What So Not - Anomaly - VINYL LP

For the first time ever on vinyl! Limited edition (1,000 copies worldwide) LP reissue of dreamy new age electronic ambient music recorded by the musician/magician Shiho in Japan between the years 1989-1990. This is the follow up to her legendary album InchThe Body is a Message of the UniverseInch. The hauntingly beautiful and captivating InchAlpha Wave MusicInch is equally exciting and features exotic, floating and shimmering, synthesizer textures with shifting tone colors bringing the listener to a very special magic place. Relax your mind and body. Sound aesthetics with 1/f fluctuation also known as pink noise.

Sami Baha is a Turkish producer based in South East London. His music was introduced to the world via his 2016 EP 'Mavericks' (Planet Mu), recorded while he was moving from Istanbul to London where he's now been living the last 3 years. Sami got into producing through being a rapper himself, working with local rappers in Turkey and producing beats for them, before setting his sights outside the country.While his first record was focused around a more familiar trap based hiphop sound, 'Free For All' expands it's range into more unfamiliar territory and also brings his production into focus by featuring a number of MCs from all corners of the globe UK drill squad 67's Dimzy, Stockholm's Yung Lean and Chicago rapper and singer DJ Nate (aka Flexxbabii) who's previously recorded on Planet Mu as a footwork producer. The record also features the rowdy sing-song of Egyptian MCs Dawsha and Abanob from Cairo whom Sami met while on tour in Egypt.Musically, Sami's production is refined and elegant, familiar tropes are reassembled in original ways, the instrumentation reflecting his background and influences simultaneously. Take the Turkish style guitar and piano of the title track or the bells, bass and rippling hihats of 'Aliens' which beautifully rearrange familiar trap elements to create a sweet, emotionally charged song. Everything Sami brings to the album sounds relaxed and minimal, but tough, built from thoughtful arrangements and instruments, shot through with emotion and a dreamy night-time feel.The title and front cover (devised and photographed by Beyza Ucak) carry the contradictions of Sami's music beautifully. He says 'Free For All' reflects his musical background, combined with modern genres, but also it's a gaming term where every player fights each other. The graffitied cover is from Sami's neighbourhood where he takes a walk everyday. He says InchSometimes it fee

4 x 12Inch LPs in 3mm spined sleeves with printed inners housed in a rigid board box with outer slipcase featuring InchBrainfeeder XInch laser die cut logo, spot gloss details and obi-style band. Artwork by Charles Munka. Includes code.