POLYTECHNIC YOUTH London
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www.polytechnicyouth.com
thegreatpopsupplement@hotmail.com
www.polytechnicyouth.bandcamp.com
Set up in March 2014, and initially run as a side project of sorts to
The Great Pop Supplement which since disbanded in the summer of 2016.
Distr. : UK - Norman/Piccadilly/
NE - Shiny Beast/Sonic Rendezvous/
Style : minimal synth pop / primitive electronics / experimental / industrial
EBM /
PY 1 VOLUME GROOP ELECTRONIC MUSIC 7" 04.2014
A Untitled
B Untitled
(Note : 7" , 20 copies)
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PY 2 CHXFX GUIDED BUSWAYS/UNDERCROFT LP 08.2014
A1 Untitled
A2 Untitled
A3 Untitled
A4 Untitled
A5 Untitled
A6 Untitled
A7 Untitled
A8 Untitled
A9 Untitled
A10 Untitled
A11 Untitled
A12 Untitled
A13 Untitled
A14 Untitled
B1 Undercroft
(Note : LP , 100 copies)
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PY 3 CHXFX GUIDED BUSWAYS/UNDERCROFT 15WAV .2014
1 Untitled
2 Untitled
3 Untitled
4 Untitled
5 Untitled
6 Untitled
7 Untitled
8 Untitled
9 Untitled
10 Untitled
11 Untitled
12 Untitled
13 Untitled
14 Untitled
15 Undercroft
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PY 4 GROUPUSCULE JE SUIS MARXISTE 7" .2015
A Je Suis Marxiste 3:02
AA Imagine: C'est La Guerre 3:03
(Note : 7" , 68 numb. copies)
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PY 5 FORMATORY APPARATUS ARCHIVE LP .2014
A-Side
i Manchmal
ii A Night To Forget You
iii Contigo
iv Days Passing
v Die Welt Ist Grau
B-Side
vi Intro 2
vii Intro
viii Jam '86'
ix Ornaments
x Untitled
xi Untitled
(Note : LP , 100 numb. copies)
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PY 6 THE DETOX TWINS AUTOFAHRER 7" 11.2014
I: Autofahrer
II: Warschauerstrasse
(Note : 7" , 40-45 RPM//4-33.3 RPM copies)
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PY 7 THEFREQDESIGN RACHEL DON'T DANCE 7" .2014
A Rachel Don't Dance 3:07
AA The Van Cleef 3:10
(Note : 7"/45 RPM , 44 numb. copies)
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PY 8 THE DETOX TWINS PASSPORT TO LEIPZIG 7" .2014
A Passport To Leipzig
AA Einhorn Suicide
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PY 9 ESCHII AKAZIE 98 7" 12.2014
A Akazie 98 4:50
AA Changes 4:41
(Note : 7" , 44 numb. copies)
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PY 10 ZYZIPS TAPE TO TAPE EP 7" .2015
A1 Cosey Warm
A2 I Am Paranoia
A3 Defector
AA1 Cluster
AA2 Satanic Estate
(Note : 7" , 55 copies on clear vinyl)
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PY 11 COLIN POTTER FROGS PORN 8" 04.2015
A Frogs Porn
B Bulkhead
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PY 12 J.G. WRIGHT SORCERER OF SOUND LP 07.2015
A1 Enter Thy Wormhole 9:31
A2 Level Head Nodding 8:34
B1 Righteous 4:20
B2 Stop To Smell The Burning 7:12
B3 Tune Out. Cast Spells. Repeat 6:41
(Note : LP , 250 copies on clear vinyl)
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PY 13 THE ASSISTANT WAYS OF SEEING 5" 02.2016
A1 Ways Of Seeing 2:10
A2 Peg Doll Ballet 1:08
B2 Cptn Carrot and the Spider 0:40
(Note : 5: , ed. of 125 x 5” 3 trk discs with inserts and sticker all hand numbered)
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PY 14 MASS DEFECT/PRISM ON MEGNETIC MELODIE 7" .2015
A Magnetic Melodie
AA Flicker Flicker....Pow!
(Note : 7" , 55 copies on clear vinyl)
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PY 15 THE HOME CURRENT WIX 7" .2015
A Wix
B When Silence Fell Quiet
(Note : 7" , 44 copies on clear vinyl)
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PY 16 MIDDEX SPACE SORRY 7" .2015
A Space Sorry 3:40
AA Delores Is 2:28
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PY 17 DIANE COOLS & THE DISTORTION : TIME IS NOW 5" 12.2015
A Time Is Now
AA Klang You
(Note : 7" , 99 hand-numb. copies on clear vinyl+ 2 inserts)
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PY 18 LISTENING CENTER AURAL ASSIGNMENTS LP 02.2016
A1 Counterfeit World 1:08
A2 Other Angles 3:41
A3 Lichens Today 3:00
A4 Occultation/No Past 2:33
A5 The Radio Listens 2:42
A6 Private Language 1:03
B1 A Remapping 2:39
B2 Psychic Work 3:33
B3 Folk Visiting 1:01
B4 Shortwave 0:32
B5 Play On 7:25
(Note : LP , 250 hand-numb. copies)
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PY 19 MITRA MITRA INDECISIVE SPLIT DECISION 7" 12.2015
A Indecisive SWplit Decision
B Heat
(Note : 7" , 99 copies , lathe cut)
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PY 20 MIDDEX BRICK WALL TAKES TO AIR 7" 05.2016
A Brick Wall Takes To Air
B Sissius
(Note : 7" , 250 copies + fold-out poster)
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PY 21 TheFreqDesign IN THE LAB 7" 08.2016
A In The Lab
B Anguarian Humblingbird
(Note : 7" , lathe-cut , 123 copies)
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PY 22 LISTENING CENTER THEN IT WAS NOW 7" .2016
A1 Event Two
B1 Housing Diorama
(Note : 7" , lathe-cut , 123 copies)
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PY 23 V / A : THEY MAKE NO SAY-A POLYTECHNIC YOUTH SINGLES LP 07.2016
COLLECTION
A1 No Artist Polytechnic Youth Intro Theme I
A2 Groupuscule Je Suis Marxiste
A3 The Home Current Wix
A4 Detox Twins Einhorn Suicide
A5 Xyzips Cosey And Warm
A6 Volume Groop Movement
A7 Mass Defect Magnetic Melodie
B1 No Artist Polytechnic Youth Intro Theme II
B2 MIDDEX Space Sorry
B3 Volume Groop Stillness
B4 Detox Twins Paradox
B5 theFreqDesign Rachel Don't Dance
B6 Groupuscule Imagine: C'est La Guerre
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
CD Emotional Response ER 37 2016 US
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PY 24 POLYPORES THE FIALKA TRANSMISSIONS LP 07.2016
A1 Ominous Calm
A2 The Patriarch
A3 Handshake In The Dark
A4 The Politician
A5 The Room Where The Tests Are Carried Out
A6 Fialka
B1 The Cabal
B2 Minus One Man
B3 Rat In Maze
B4 Encrypt
B5 Non-Person
(Note : LP is a one time pressing of 300 only on splatter vinyl and destined to sell
its run out super quick)
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PY 25 THE ASSISTANT GRISTLEIZER 12" 03.2016
A Gristleizer 9:50
1 Nothing On 4:50
(Note : 12" , 300 numb. copies on white vinyl)
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PY 26 KEHRSCHLEIFE EP 7" 05.2016
A1 Leonid Brezhnev 1:08
A2 Umdreien Wieder Ein Wieder 1:15
A3 Jizz Roboten 2:44
A4 Auf Der Strasse 1:52
B1 Arbeit Heute 1:45
B2 Auf Patrouille 2:04
B3 Zerstorer Der Nacht 2:12
B4 Die Show Der Nicht 1:39
(Note : 7"/45 RPM , 250 copies)
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PY 27
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PY 28 FATEN KANAAN : THE BOTANIST AND THE ARCHAEOLOGIST LP 08.2016
A1 Viriditas
A2 Spy Films
A3 Coryphée
A4 Sailors In Snow
A5 Roman De Gare
A6 Eephyroc
B1 Poppy
B2 Janus Point
B3 Fieldnotes
B4 Almendres Cromlech
B5 Ballad Of S. Starling
B6 Mouras Encantadas
(Note : LP , edition of 300 copies, each with a unique, handmade Cyanotype print)
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PY 29 VIC MARS THE CONSUMER PROGRAMME LP 06.2017
A1 The Leisure Centre
A2 Kosmos 582
A3 Roced
A4 Osten 80
A5 The Intermission
A6 The Consumer Programme
B1 Popular Mechanics
B2 Galaeth1&2
B3 Lloeren
B4 Soced
B5 Astrogator
B6 A Hillman To Berlin
(Note : LP , edition of 500 copies in reverse board sleeve)
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PY 30 BASTIAN VOID CANOPY PROCESS 5" 10.2016
A Canopy Process
AA Ray Tracing
(Note : 5" , lathe cut , 99 hand-numb. copies)
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PY 31 OBJETO MICROMUNDOS LP 07.2018
A1 Viento Con Partículas
A2 Punto Medio
A3 Covered By Sand
A4 Playas
B1 The Seeker Is Back
B2 Las Calles De Pompeya
B3 Los Colores De Las Estrellas
B4 Suciedad Y Corrupción
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
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PY 32 MITRA MITRA MARIONETTES LP 07.2018
A1 Telescopes
A2 Marionettes
A3 Fused
A4 Shortwave
B1 Stars
B2 History
B3 Void
B4 Symbiosis
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
Here's a new thing on the ever popular Polytechnic Youth label this time from this
Austrian duo who play icy electronic pop reminiscent of the early days of Mute Records
although the band claim not to be influenced by a particular style. Serene and melodic
the album contains eight tracks.
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/171454
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PY 33 TOMORROW SYNDICATE INTO THE VOID 7" 12.2016
A. Into The Void
B X For The Unknown
(Note : 7" , 250 copies)
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PY 34 MORPHOEX SOVIET SYSTEM LP 08.2017
A1 Technophiles
A2 UFO
A3 Brouillard
A4 Sabotages
A5 Constante Cosmologique
B1 New Dead Men
B2 Soviet System
B3 Atomes Composites
B4 Nara Theme 1
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
New on the ever prolific and ever popular Polytechnic Youth is this project from
French musician and photographer Isthmael Baudry. Here he fluctuates between the
type of icy synth pop found on early Mute records and the post industrial clatter
of Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire.
www.normanrecords.com
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PY 35 LAKER HERZOG DRIVEN TO SILENCE 7" 05.2017
A Driven To Silence
B Told
(Note : 7" , 111 numb. copies , lathe cut)
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PY 36 HOME CURRENT THAT SUMMER/GELB 7" 12.2016
A That Summer
B Gelb
(Note : 7" , 250 copies)
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PY 37 VORDERHAUS MINOR ACTIVITY LP 03.2017
A1 My Situation
A2 Black Suspicion
A3 Venus in Retrograde
A4 Palm Trees
A5 Could I Run
B1 You Take Me Down
B2 When Sparks Fly
B3 Catacombs
B4 Fading Sun
B5 Minor Activity
Killer debut full length from Berlin based Brit, Mark Vorderhaus (previously the main
guy behind earlier label faves Detox Twins). Ed. of 500 copies.
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PY 38 LISTENING CENTER EXAMPLE ONE LP 05.2017
A1 Hydro Electricity
A2 Town of Tomorrow
A3 Periodical
A4 Main Reading Room
A5 State of Tomorrow
B1 New Narratives
B2 Portable Electronic Musical Instrument
B3 Catherine B. Playalong
B4 Solaroid
Limited LP on Polytechnic Youth. Edition of 500 copies in reverse board sleeve, printed
inside and out.
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PY 39 BILLY COTE BILLY COTE 7" .2016
A1 Excerpt: Place (girlghost1)
B1 Cloudsx Trans 5 (girlghost2)
(Note : 7" , 99 hand-numb. copies on clear vinyl)
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PY 40 AUSTRALIAN TESTING LABS : MUSIC FOR AIRCOOLED MOTORING LP 01.2017
PY 40 AUSTRALIAN TESTING LABS : MUSIC FOR AIRCOOLED MOTORING LP 01.2018
(Note : LP , 2nd press , 300 copies on black vinyl)
A1 Music For Aircooled Motoring
B1 Auto Direkt
B2 Moto Moto
B3 Zundapp Joyride
B4 Citiroute Stop/Start
B5 Interflug '82
B6 Autostrada Olympica
(Note : LP , 300 copies on orange vinyl)
A killer full-length of electronic soundbites, kosmische experiments and soundscapes
made for, and inspired by, journeys on the road. This is music designed to cope with
the noise of motoring in the VW Type 2 and Type 25 Transporter. There's a ridiculously
strong consistency and motorik continuity to this set, with Neu!-ish grooves sitting
amicably next to '70s kids TV quiz soundbites, electro danceability and an industrial
drive.
www.shinybeast.nl
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PY 41 THE ASSISTANT/THE INA BAUER TRIO : SPLIT 7" 11.2016
A The Assistant Demonstration ZV10 4:28
B The Ina Bauer Trio A Simple Observation 3:32
(Note : 7" , 44 black/44 clear copies , numb. , lathe cut)
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PY 42 POLYTECHNIC YOUTH PY42 poster 12.2016
Limited edition screen-printed poster. A3 size, 11.7 x 16.5 inches on 220gsm orange
card. Edition of 66 designed / screened / signed and numbered by graphic artist Nick
Taylor. Ships in sturdy cardboard tube.
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PY 43 PYE CORNER AUDIO & FATEN KANAAN : THE DARKEST WAVE 7" 03.2017
1. Darkest Wave
2. Mirror Lake
(Note : 7" , 500 copies)
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PY 44 FATEN KANAAN PLEIADE HEX 6 LP 09.2017
A1 On the Absence of Longing in the Modern Age
A2 All by Compass
A3 Aventurine
B1 Geist und Seele
B2 Dargelos
B3 Turning into Deer
B4 Casting Two Bells (Epilogue)
(Note : LP , 400 copies)
Composed, produced, and mixed by Faten Kanaan.
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Cover & insert design/artwork by Faten.
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PY 45 ALEXANDRE BAZIN SUN DOG TRAIL LP 12.2017
1. Call Of The Wild 01:50
2. The Star Rover 02:17
3. Burning Daylight 01:42
4. The Iron Hell 04:04
5. The trouble Makers 02:08
6. One Flew Over The earth 02:57
7. Valley Of The Moon 02:01
8. Son Of The Wolf 02:08
9. The Human Drift 02:12
10. Sun Dog Trail 05:08
11. Spirit Of Ecstasy 01:38
12. Rainbows End 08:28
(Note : LP , 400 copies)
Alexandre is a composer and a current member of GRM, based in Paris, France. He holds
a master’s degree in electronic music and composition from Conservatory in Bordeaux,
France. His work considers ‘the sonic experience’ drawing on a rich mix of acoustic
instrumentation and analogue synthesis along the way. As an experimentalist music
researcher, Bazin’s compositional projects are primarily concerned with a very
personal seal on a music with emotional power. With “Sun Dog Trail”, Alex merged
several inspirations; Firstly, the influence of experimental electronic music, and
more specifically a tribute to Bernard Parmegiani. Secondly, the influence of the
blues with musicians like John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters, (English drummer Tim
Wellers (The Divine Comedy) guests on drums here).
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/168442
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PY 46 POLYPORES TIMEHOLES 2 LP 06.2017
A1 Timehole A
A2 Timehole B
A3 Timehole C
A4 Timehole D
B1 Timehole E
B2 Timehole F
B3 Timehole G
B4 Timehole H
B5 Timehole I
(Note : LP , 100 hand-numb. copies)
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PY 47 POLYPORES THE IMPOSSIBILITY LP 12.2017
1. Morgellons 01:57
2. The Great Acceleration 03:26
3. Transmutation 03:55
4. Leviathan 03:33
5. A Violation Of The Principle Of Causality 04:30
6. Algae Blooms 02:41
7. Teeming 02:22
8. The Impossibility 02:58
9. Divine Astronaut 02:27
10. Warped Earth 02:26
11. Shocked Quartz 04:43
12. Elohim 02:19
13. Ancient Information 03:12
14. Post-Extinction 03:02
(Note : LP , 400 copies)
olypores aka Stephen James Buckley makes haunted space music using an ever-expanding
mound of synthesizers, samplers, and old tape recorders. Bleak, icy drones give way
to 1970's Sci-Fi synth lines, throbbing bass rumbles ominously beneath a psychedelic
haze of wistful melody and disembodied voices.
“The Impossibility” was inspired by the destruction of the planet Earth by the
human race, the early works of JG Ballard, Tarkovsky's “Stalker”, conspiracy
theories, and places where the rules of time and space are brought into question.
It was written and recorded in January 2017.
A wonderful album, which comes dressed in a Nick Taylor designed sleeve.
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/168443?
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PY 48 THE HOME CURRENT RED ICE 7" .2019
1 Red Ice
2 River Keeper
(Note : 7" , 111 copies , lathe cut)
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PY 50 THE HOME CURRENT & THE ASSISTANT : SPLIT 7" 03.2017
A The Home Current End Of The Tunnel
B The Assistant Something Profound
(Note : 7" , 50 black/50 clear copies)
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PY 51 THE HEARTWOOD INSTITUTE : SECRET RITES LP 01.2018
A1 Broadcasting
A2 Witchcraft '70
A3 The Age Of Aquarius
A4 Sun Wheel
A5 Diana
A6 The Calling
B1 From The Forest, From The Furrows, From The Fields
B2 Spirit Guide
B3 Aradia
B4 Karnayna
B5 The Black Path
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
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PY 52 XAM DUO/THE AU FAIT split 7" 04.2017
A XAM Duo Tisch Tennis
AA The Au Fait Lutteur Français
(Note : 7" , 100 copies on clear vinyl , lathe cut)
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PY 53 HOLOGRAM TEEN : BETWEEN THE FUNK AND THE FEAR LP 09.2017
A1 Post-Apocalypteacakes
A2 Bleecker Street! Chase Me!
A3 Tracksuit Minotaur
A4 God(d) of Thunder vs. Sukia
A5 Roller Lover Doppelgänger
B1 Hologram Teen & Brasil 666
B2 Bartók in C
B3 Brooklyn's Broken! You Caught Me!
B4 Lesbian Death Drums
B5 Magique Afrique
B6 Escape from Paris (Orange Crate Art Remix)
(Note : LP , 500 copies)
Hologram Teen is the solo project of Stereolab’s Morgane Lhote.
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PY 54 TOMORROW SYNDICATE ALTERED STATE 7" 08.2017
A Altered State
AA Okulomotor
(Note : 7" , 111 copies)
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PY 55 THE DETOX TWINS I'M NOT AVAILABLE 7" 09.2017
A1 I'm Not Available
B1 Lights And Faces, Faces And Lights
(Note : 7" , 111 numb. copies , lathe cut)
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PY 56 ALPAR WAKAYAMA 7" 03.2018
A Wakayaama
AA Mejiro
(Note : 7" , 250 hand-numb. copies)
Another brilliant 7" from the label Polytechnic Youth. This time from the Hungarian
artist Alpar and his new record: Wakayama / Mejiro. If pulsating loops and easy to
listen to dancey-type music.
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/169834
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PY 57 THE HOME CURRENT ANOTHER WAY OF FALLING APART LP 03.2018
A1 A Gathering Silence
A2 Fellow Sleepers
A3 The Fossil Sunset
A4 What Remains
A5 The Devil Finds Things For Idle Minds To Dwell On
B1 You Were Right About The Stars
B2 Yesterday's Ghost
B3 Tales Of A Tribe
B4 Cloud Visitors
B5 Rooftop Nights
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
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PY 58 TOMORROW SYNDICATE TOMORROW SYNDICATE VHS 07.2017
1 Into The Void
2 Altered State
3 Stasis
4 Dreamscape
5 Okulomotor
6 Dark Matter
7 Are You Living In A Simulation?
8 X For The Unknown
(Note : VHS , 50 hand-numb. copies)
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PY 59 TIMOTHY FIFE SIMULACRA 7" 10.2017
A Simulacra
B All Tomorrows Remembered
(Note : 7" , 111 numb. copies , lathe cut)
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PY 60 CEARLEY & DWINELL FAKE TIME LP 11.2018
A1 September
A2 Real Ambience
B1 May
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
'Fake Time' presents three ace electronic tracks utilizing repetition to unnerve
and destabilize rather than coddle and sooth.
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PY 61 MIDDEX NO HOME LP 02.2018
A1 Low Life
A2 Cold Borough
A3 Wayward Tor
A4 Nightime Accountancy
A5 Yiewsley
B1 Sub Surface
B2 Conversation
B3 Blunt Telepathy
B4 Patience / Constance
B5 Space Sorry
(Note : LP , 300 hand-numb. copies)
Following two sought after, sold out 45s on the Polytechnic Youth label, this is the
debut LP by Kevin Hendrick's M I D D E X project and right from the off this is no
everyday minimal synth project. 10 brutally sharp, icily industrial, analogue synth
blasts which tip their hat to those hugely influential days in the late '70s where
across the UK, tiny pockets of forward thinking, electronic experimentalists were
creating groundbreaking, analogue electronic music, under the radar from almost all,
unknowing at the time of course about their impact even to this day.
www.shinybeast.nl
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PY 62 DREAM VISION MOSURA CS 11.2017
A1 Liquid Dreaming
A2 Deathstination
A3 Regeneration 90
A4 Don't Look Into The Eyes Of A Deadman
B1 Blade Of Blood
B2 Dark Force
B3 Don't Run
B4 Siren
B5 Cocoon
B6 Through The Gates Of Mosura
(Note :cassette , 20 copies)
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PY 62 DREAM VISION DREAM VISION EP 7" 11.2017
A1 Liquid Dreaming
A2 Regeneration 90
B1 Dark Force
B2 Blade Of Blood
(Note : 7"/33.3 RPM , 111 copies on clear vinyl)
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PY 63 DIALECTRIC PHASE LP 08.2018
A1 Analog Mass
A2 Marne River
A3 Minor Melancholia
A4 Paper Sharks
B1 Expiry
B2 Awakening
B3 Shortcut
B4 Polaroids
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
Dialectric have released Phase on vinyl LP and is very limited to 300 copies. This
rec. is a mish-mash of electronic sounds and sweet melodies that the label Polytechnic
Youth has become rapidly renowned for.
From Polytechnic Youth, "Phase" sees a debut outing on vinyl from Err Rec label
head Gilles Mate’s Dialectric project.
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/171913-dialectric-phase
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PY 64 ADAM LEONARD ENTKOMMEN PT.1 & PT.2 7" 03.2018
A Entkommen Pt.1
B Entkommen Pt.2
(Note : 7" , 250 hand-numb. copies)
A mighty extended piece of slow building Berlin school-esque electronica extended over
2 sides of a 33rpm disk, recorded by Adam Leonard, initially from a batch of 18 tracks
recorded at varying times since 2012. Limited to 250 copies.
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PY 65 DETOX TWINS IN THE HOSPITAL GARDEN 7" 03.2018
A IN THE HOSPITAL GARDEN
B TRANSFORMATION
A revisit to the always enjoyable dark electro world of Berlin's mighty Detox Twins.
Two ace tunes which precede the 2018 full length. Killer hooks from synth maestro Mark
Vorderhaus, aligned with glorious effect to Devi's icy Nico-esque vocals. Another
winner for both artist and label! A pressing of 300 copies.
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PY 66 CITE LUMIERE CALCUL OLYMPIC 5" 01.2018
A Calcul Olympic
B Bataille De Boules Lazer
(Note : 5"/45 RPM , 99 copies , lathe cut)
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PY 067 ADDERALL CANYONLY MUSEUM OF FIRE LP 11.2018
A1 #17 Slaughter Avenue 4:31
A2 B5 The B4 4:56
A3 Corpse Quest 4:19
A4 Beyond The Hall 1:52
B1 Omega On The Rise 4:44
B2 Gemini Rex / Taken By Surprise They Flee 4:06
B3 On And On And On 1:24
B4 Triumph And Loss 3:49
(Note : LP , 300 copies with artwork)
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PY 068 THE SLOW ENGINEER WHERE COMES THE DARK? LP 03.2019
1 Where Comes The Dark
2 Dendracycles
3 Sub Core
4 At Midnight I Will Take Your Soul
5 Dystempathy
6 Go Not Willing... (Read By Laurence R. Harvey)
7 Elders
8 Helectronics
9 Sulphur
10 Midwich
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
Secretive minimal/library/leftfield imprint Polytechnic Youth brings you Where Comes
the Dark? by secretive UK artist The Slow Engineer - originally released on cassette
by Lugubrious Audio in 2017. As rather befitting something allegedly recorded in
‘Analogue Hades’ and self-described as "Eldritch electronica", the album offers a
good few sinister synth riffs, a lot of sour-faced drum machinery and even an
incantational appearance by Human Centipedes 2 & 3 actor Laurence R. Harvey.
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PY 069 TOMORROW SYNDICATE FUTURE TENSE LP 08.2018
1. Impulse 00:56
2. Another World 03:52
3. Altered State 04:31
4. Dreamscape 04:33
5. Drift 01:22
6. Into The Void 03:41
7. Lifeforce 05:44
8. Gravity Wave 01:11
9. Okulomotor 04:23
10. Dark Matter 04:00
11. Horizon 00:49
12. A Glitch In Time 05:06
The second release in August from this label comes from Glasgow's very own Tomorrow
Syndicate called Future Tense. They are robots from the future so you can expect sci-fi
sounds, space-tronica, lots of vintage synths and every drum beat taken from the Neu
book of repetition. This record is available on vinyl LP and this specific version, in
a reverse board sleeve, is limited to 300 copies.
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/171914-tomorrow-syndicate-future-tense
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PY 70 V / A DEATH LINE VS. QUARETMASS 2 7" 04.2018
A The Assistant Death Line
B1 British Experimental Rocket Group : The Coming
B2 British Experimental Rocket Group : The Bolts
B3 British Experimental Rocket Group : The Frenzy
(Note : 7"/45 RPM , 99 numb. copies on clear vinyl)
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PY 71 CITE LUMIERE LE SONGE DE KEPLER LP 10.2018
A1. Bataille De Boules Lazer
A2. Le Portail De Tannhauser
A3. Epopee Cassini
A4. Discosmique
A5. Calcul Olympique
A6. L'Envol Du Toplev
A7. Terminus Pour L'Aerotrain
B1. Le Songe De Kepler
B2. Bataille De Boules Lazer (Fantasy Remix By Delodio)
B3. Terminus Pour L'Aerotrain (Ambient Remix By Domotic)
B4. Bataille De Boules Lazer (Chaos Remix By Apollo Noir)
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
This one is killer, "Le Songe De Kepler" from Paris based duo CITE LUMIERE, initially
released on cassette only via the fabulous French label Err Rec, in December 2017.
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PY 72 GABE KNOX ABC LP 02.2019
A1 Look & Listen
A2 Glacial Drift
A3 Speak & Spell
A4 Cité Radieuse
B1 Primeros Pasos
B2 Das Auto
B3 The Tomorrow People
B4 Esperanto
B5 Data Set
(Note : LP , 250 copies on yellow wax in hand numbered, reverse board sleeves)
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PY 073 THE HEARTWOOD INSTITUTE : BARSHAM FAIRE 7" 10.2018
A Barsham Faire
B The Third Eye
(Note : 7" , 99 hand-numb. copies , lathe cut)
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PY 074 DREAM DIVISION VULTURES PREY 7" 08.2018
PY 074 DREAM DIVISION VULTURES PREY CS 08.2018
7" A Vultures Prey
B The Curse
(Note : 7" , 99 hand-numb. copies , lathe cut)
CS A1 Vulture Theme
A2 Vulture Part 1
A3 Vulture Part 2
A4 Vultures Prey
B1 The Curse
B2 Vulture Cue 1
B3 Prowler
B4 Final Chase
(Note : cassette , 50 hand-numb. copies)
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PY 075 THE DETOX TWINS MY SITUATION 7" 09.2018
A My Situation
AA Dreaming Of Florida
(Note : 7" , 99 hand-numb. copies on clear vinyl)
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PY 076 LISTENING CENTER KOSMIK TWO 5" .2018
A Kosmic Two
B T Group
(Note : 5" , 111 numb. copies on picture discs)
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PY 077 BERNARD GRANCHER TROUBLANTE TOURNURE LP 03.2019
Side A 1. Entre Toison
2. Assistance A Domicile
3. Fluxion Des Mollesses
4. Nous Mangeons Les Machines
Side B 1. Californie En Carton
2. Troublante Tournure
3. La Fouille
4. Atroce Similitude
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
New on the ever collectible Polytechnic Youth is this LP from French composer Bernard
Grancher who is the latest in an increasingly long line of excellent French composers
dug up by the influential imprint. This is the sort of album which will appeal to
fans of kraut-rock, early electronic composition, motorik grooves and minimal synth
...i.e a fair section of our customers. Get on board, these never stay around too
long.
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PY 078 V / A : POPCORN LUNG-A POLYTECHNIC YOUTH COLLECTION LP 12.2018
SIDE 1: 1. Gabe Knox Look And Listen
2. Perrache Synthismus (Demo)
3. Detox Twins In The Deep Water
4. Polypores The Strangest Bloom
5. Karen Novotny X Brussels Expo 58
6. New Age Arcade Chaos Magic
SIDE 2: 1. Xam Duo Tisch Tennis
2. Australian Testing Labs Inc. : Alpenstrasse
3. Denise Fog Zimbabwe Disco 79
4. Bernard Grancher Punition Divine
5. Kendo Nagasaki The Pint Of No Return
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PY 079 V / A THE HOME CURRENT REMIXES 7" 01.2019
A Tomorrow Syndicate Okulomotor
B The Heartwood Institute : Aradia
(Note : 7" , 99 hand-numb. copies on clear vinyl)
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PY 080 COLIN POTTER HERE 2LP 05.2019
LP 1 A1 Two Feet On The Ground
A2 Hear
A3 500,001 Blades Of Grass
B1 Shallow Water
B2 499.999 Blades Of Grass
LP 2 C Gas (Part 1)
D1 Gas (Part 2)
D2 One Million Blades Of Grass (Grass Part 3)
(Note : double LP , 300 copies)
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PY 081 LISTENING CENTER RETRIEVING LP 06.2019
A1 Meridian
A2 Motif 684
A3 Preparation For A Journey
A4 Circe Cipher
A5 Szafirowa
A6 Retrieving
B1 Quincunx Quinquennium
B2 Palinopsia
B3 Towards Proximity
B4 Polygraph Sundial
B5 Telephoto Shift
(Note : LP , 250 copies in reverse board sleeve)
Listening Center is the project of big synth guy David Mason, who recorded these
‘synth essays’ over a period of two years. The tone is playful throughout, dabbling
into Radiophonic Workshop territory as well as all manner of melancholic 80’s
nostalgia. Mason knows his machines and his material, and Retrieving is a very
satisfying synth listen.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=176956
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PY 082 TRUTH IN SPACE TRUTH IN SPACE CS 01.2019
A1 Truth In Space 4:30
A2 Vince 3:26
A3 Heading For The Sun 2:57
A4 The Solar Children Come Out To Play 5:06
B1 Dub In Space 10:59
B2 Whirling (Glides And Chimes) 5:26
(Note : cassette , 82 copies)
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PY 083 SUNRAY : MUSIC FOR THE DREAMACHINE-PHASE 2 12" 07.2019
A Music For The Dreamachine (Original Mix) 15:02
B Music For The Dreamachine (Sonic Boom Mix) 14:29
(Note : 12"/33.3 RPM , 300 copies on silver vinyl)
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PY 084 DREAM DIVISION TRANSCEND LP 09.2019
(Interplanetary Mind Travel Experience)
A1 System Message: Welcome To The Interplanetary
Mind Travel Experience 0:48
A2 Aspatial 2:59
A3 Quantum Rip 5:06
A4 System Message: Internal Vision 0:13
A5 Interplanetary Mind Travel 5:00
A6 Leaving Orbit 0:48
A7 Beyond The Virtual Void 2:35
B8 System Message: Android Failure 0:41
B9 Override 3:20
B10 Floating Into The Abyss 5:17
B11 System Message: Mind Core Offline 1:31
B12 Eternal Form 2:55
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
Dream Division, the project of Londoner Tom McDowell, follows the success of two
singles on Polytechnic Youth with his debut album, Transcend. Soundwise, expect 80s
B-movie horror soundtracks mixed with psychedelic electronics and weird grooves,
inspired by the films of John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=178512
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PY 085 HOME CURRENT NOT OUR KIND OF VERTIGO LP 02.2021
Side 1 1. A Triffid Ritual (1:29)
2. Way Out Cinnamon (3:23)
3. Due Another Soul (3:16)
4. Slang Guilt (3:53)
Side 2 1. Bleeding Buildings (4:01)
2. Sounds Like Something Flirty (4:00)
3. From Here We Go Spinning (3:00)
4. Not Our Kind Of Vertigo (6:02)
The constantly creative and busy project of Luxembourg based, Danish DJ and musician
Martin Jensen, this -in PY's humble opinion- is his best record yet. Martin himself
describes the album as "a collection I did specifically with PY in mind. Dom (PY head)
and I had often discussed a shared love of private pressing electronic LPs from the
'70s, and I wanted to create something immediate, sparse and functional; with a tip
of the cap to those small run, private press records from the day. Many of which would
often sink like a stone, only to be rediscovered by eager diggers, many years later;
I'd always imagined, in a dusty old Copenhagen attic!" The album was once again
produced by Antony Ryan at Red Red Paw and features 8 tracks of fabulous exploratory
electronica, slightly more lo-fi than recent HC output, featuring that nod to the
past (drum machines etc.) whilst cleverly maintaining a consistently fresh modern
feel. Described by Concrete Islands as "having been fashioned specifically with
honouring Polytechnic Youth's unrepentant penchant for late '70s/early-'80s electronic
minimalism; whilst still retaining his unshakeable sense of finesse and knack for
grooves - this eight-part collection indubitably benefits from its stripped-down and
sprightly tooling." A lovely record, released in a pressing of 300 glass | clear
vinyl copies, expected to sell out super quick.
www.shinybeast.nl
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PY 086 MELODIEN ENANTIODROMIA LP 06.2019
A1 Spirit Of Mercury 8:18
A2 Imaginary Lives 3:32
A3 Endless Zuk 4:06
A4 Myona 4:45
B1 Spirit Of Ruins 5:47
B2 Brassai 5:06
B3 Čas, Duše, a Smyslnost 1:42
B4 Hermogenes 7:01
(Note : LP , transparent ochre coloured vinyl. Limited edition of 250 copies)
he second of two ace new Polytechnic Youth LPs for late June; this one sees Liverpool
based, Harry Sumnall’s MELODIEN debut on PY after releases on sister label Deep
Distance amongst others. Eight kosmische flavoured synth pop nuggets, heavy on nods
to the sky label oeuvre of later Cluster, Wolfgang Reichmann, Harald Grosskopf,
Deutsche Wertarbeit and co; yet with a freshness and boldness very much of today.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=176957
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PY 087 THE HEARTWOOD INSTITUTE : TOMORROW'S PEOPLE LP 11.2019
A1. Welcome
A2. The World Turned Upside Down
A3. Findhorn
A4. Phun City
A5. The Texts Of Festival
B1. Powis Sqaure
B2. The Process
B3. Heartbeat In The Brain
B4. Devil's Riders
B5. Farewell
(Note : LP , ed. of 300 copies in reverse board sleeve)
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PY 088 ANALOGUE ELECTRONIC WHATEVER : YOU NEVER DID 7" 02.2019
A You Never Did
B Buzzers And Bells
(Note : 7" , 99 hand-numb. copies , lathe cut)
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PY 089 ANALOGUE ELECTRONIC WHATEVER : FROZEN MILK 77 7" 05.2019
A Frozen Milk 77
B Surf Radio
(Note : 7" , 99 hand-numb. copies on clear vinyl , lathe cut)
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PY 090 WLADYSLAW TREJO ES UNA BESTIA LP 06.2020
A1 Movida
A2 Verbena Subterránea
A3 Tu Intimidad
B1 Es una Bestia preludio (feat. Aleksandra Waliszewska)
B2 Es una Bestia
(Note : LP , 250 copies on red vinyl)
After a successful mail-order endeavour, the industrious Polytechnic Youth label
get their regular output up and running again following the lockdown with a real
beauty. Es Una Bestia is the first solo material in five years from Slovenska
Televiza member Wladyslaw Trejo, a mini-album of striking synth-punk.
Recorded at Leipzig Inn Studio and Angel Roman Studio.
Mixed by W. Trejo and Harto Rodríguez.
Mastered by Harto Rodríguez at Metropol Studios (Madrid).
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=182054
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PY 091 THE DETOX TWINS GRAVITY 7" 04.2019
A Gravity
AA Savage Frontier
(Note : 7" , 99 hand-numb. copies on clear vinyl , lathe cut)
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PY 092 BERNARD GRANCHER WITH LAETITIA SADIER : L'immodere bien 7" 09.2019
etre de l'imbecile
A1 L'immodéré Bien-être de L'imbécile
Featuring Laetitia Sadier 5:25
B1 L'immodéré Bien-être de L'imbécile
Remixed By Gabe Knox 5:16
(Note : 7" , 300 copies)
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PY 093 LAN CORP MARS CARS EP 7" 07.2019
A1 Mars Cars
B1 Nihilism
B2 Just Begun
(Note : 7" , 99 hand-numb. copies , lathe cut)
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PY 094 IAN HELLIWELL : ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOR SPACE FILMS 7" 08.2019
1 Gemini 4 - Walk In Space
2 Apollo 11 - Man On the Moon
(Note : 7"/33.3 RPM)
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PY 095 TOMORROW SYNDICATE CITIZEN INPUT 10" 07.2019
A1 Precog
A2 Stranger in Space (Part I)
A3 Stranger in Space (Part II)
B1 Contact
B2 Captain, I Am Fading
B3 Auto Pilot
B4 Exit Guide
(Note : 10" , 500 copies)
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PY 097 PERRACHE BARRIERE IN MOVIMENTO LP 09.2019
A1 Synthismus
A2 Dustflag
B1 A Gondolier's Last Chewing Gum Blues
B2 Grace Athletic
(Note : LP , 300 copies on cleam coloured vinyl)
Polytechnic Youth have been getting all excited about the debut album from Perrache.
The Stuttgart-based artist featured on the labels Popcorn Lung compilation last year,
creating a buzz. Barriere in Movimento is a slow burning listen, dark and industrial
at the edges with most of the songs using a Moog as a starting point.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=178513
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PY 098 GABE KNOX HELLO WORLD 7" 02.2020
1 Hello World
2 Talking A Break
Two fabulously infectious synth pop gems that contain Gabe's uncanny knack for killer
hooks and unerring ear for playfulness within his amazingly melodic electronica.
300 copies on 7" vinyl only, possibly with digital to come via the Gabe Knox bandcamp.
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PY 099 DREAM DIVISION : ESCAPE FROM PLANET SAUVAGE 7" 03.2020
(Note : 7" , 300 copies)
PY 099 DREAM DIVISION : ESCAPE FROM PLANET SAUVAGE CS 03.2020
7" A Escape From Planet Sauvage
B Zarek
CS A1 Escape From Planet Sauvage 3:10
A2 Zarek 5:22
B1 Cosmic Ruins 10:43
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PY 100 V / A : They Make No Say / Popcorn Lung 2LP 02.2020
LP 1 They Make No Say
A1 No Artist : Polytechnic Youth Intro Theme I
A2 Groupuscule Je Suis Marxiste
A3 The Home Current Wix
A4 Detox Twins Einhorn Suicide
A5 Hyzips Cosey And Warm
A6 Volume Groop Movement
A7 Mass Defect Magnetic Melodie
B1 No Artist : Polytechnic Youth Intro Theme II
B2 MIDDEX Space Sorry
B3 Volume Groop Stilness
B4 Detox Twins Paradox
B5 theFreqDesign Rachel Don't Dance
B6 Groupuscule Imagine: Cést La Guerre
LP 2 Popcorn Lung: A Polytechnic Youth Collection
C1 Gabe Knox Look And Listen
C2 Perrache Synthismus (Demo)
C3 Detox Twins In The Deep Water
C4 Polypores The Strangest Bloom
C5 Karen Novotny X Brussels Expo 58
C6 New Age Arcade Chaos Magic
D1 XAM Duo Tisch Tennis
D2 Australian Testing Labs : Alpenstrasse
D3 Denise Fog Zimbawe Disco 79
D4 Bernard Grancher Punition Drive
D5 Kendo Nagasaki The Pint Of No Return
The two Polytechnic Youth label compilation LPs repackaged as a single sleeved 2LP set.
Edition of 300 copies, pressed on deep red and mustard yellow coloured vinyl.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=179838
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PY 101 E+ POISON CONTROL EP 7" 01.2020
A1 Eternity 1:53
A2 In Pursuit Of peace 2:03
A3 Watch Them Fall 2:14
B1 Bethsaida 2:26
B2 Return Of Wealth 2:07
B3 Protector 1:54
6 track 7" EP of lo-fi, 4-track home recordings of minimal synth/primitive drum machine
goodness. With heavy leanings towards PY's favourite era of killer small run, often
private press experimental electronic releases, dressed in hand assembled, very DIY
packaging. This one not only sounds the part but looks it too. Debuting here, e+ is
the performing name for this enigmatic Ontario, Canada based solo, electronic project.
6 dark pieces of exploratory electronica, delivered in the kind of lo-fi tape hiss
you'd find those early Flying Saucer Attack drenched in, this in a way is the
electronic equivalent; nice n murky and lo-fi and the sleeve it's delivered in also
harks back to those glorious post punk, DIY days - a hand stapled, numbered pressing
of 250 in flipover style sleeves just like the old days. Lovely record, and quite
reaffirming in a way, that you still see 7"'s like this. Limited to 250 copies.
www.shinybeast.nl
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PY 102 ALEXANDRE BAZIN/WLADYSLAW TREJO : RED OCHRE 7" 11.2019
1 Red Ochre
2 Movida
(Note : 7" , 300 copies on gold vinyl)
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PY 103 THE DETOX TWINS DEAD HORSE GHOST LP 11.2019
A1 Warschauerstrasse
A2 Autofahrer
A3 Einhorn Suicide
A4 Passport To Leipzig
A5 Paradox
B1 Dreaming Of Florida
B2 I'm Not Available
B3 In the Deep Water
B4 In The Hospital Garden
B5 Gravity
(Note : LP , half pink/half black duo coloured vinyl LP on Polytechnic Youth.
Limited edition of 500 copies)
Detox Twins are a duo made up from Mark Vorderhaus and Devi Von Teufel. Dead Horse
Ghost is their debut album, arriving on the back of a bunch of highly successful 7”
singles. The duo will appeal to fans of Fad Gadget, The Normal and DAF. They were
just the kind of band Polytechnic Youth owner, Dom, envisaged signing when he set
up his label.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=179351
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PY 104 LE CLICHE PRODUCTION LINE 7" 06.2020
A Production Line
AA Vicarious Life
(Note . 7"/45 RPM , clear vinyl)
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PY 105 GROUP MODULAR TIME MASTERS LP 12.2020
A1. Time Masters
A2. Hommes De Metal
A3. Black Sphere
A4. The Whale Submarine
A5. The Phantom Mazone
A6. Ke I
A7. The Big Hunt
B1. Ignition
B2. Horology
B3. Shaking The Grid
B4. Chatterbird
B5. Optical Menuet
B6. Ke II
B7. Everything Is A Number
(Note : LP , 350 copies on orange vinyl)
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PY 106 (s) SZCZEPAN BUCZKOWSKI : SMILE EYES AND THE CHILDREN LP 10.2019
FOLK
A1 Smile Eyes And The Children Folk Main Titles
A2 Magick Theme
A3 Play Time
A4 The Little People
A5 Jakub
A6 Upadek
A7 Mushroom Picking
A9 At The Temple Of Smile Eyes
A10 Theme +3
B1 Children Folk Waltz
B2 Izabella Floating
B3 Izabella Landing
B4 Sleepy Theme
B5 Veronika's Dream Theme
B6 Theme #5
B7 Sad Instrumental
B8 Drone 3
B9 End Titles
(Note : LP , 300 copies on transp.-red vinyl)
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PY 107 OXYKITTEN : ATTACK OF THE KOALA PAOPLE LP 03.2020
A1 Sex Allowance Syndicate
A2 Attack Of The Koala People
A3 Kimsuylder
A4 Bobby Pin Blues
B1 Titanium Pachyderm
B2 Hamster Wheelin'
B3 Toad Prince
B4 Space Biscuit
(Note : LP , 300 copies on clear vinyl)
Oxykitten is the musical project of Justin Case, which I assume is a pseudonym,
surely! Anyway, real name or not, the Toronto-based musician's Attack of the Koala
People lands on Polytechnic Youth and flies in the face of serious music with some
fun, yet minimal synth nuggets. Alos, the cover is a winner and it’s pressed on clear
vinyl.
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/181048
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PY 108 POLYPORES CHAOS BLOOMS LP 01.2021
(Note : LP , 500 copies on cream coloured vinyl)
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PY 109 NCHX BIGBAND EXPLOITS 7" 03.2020
A Bigband Exploits
B Strobing Thistle
(Note : 7"/33.3 RPM , 99 copies)
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PY 111 POLYTECHNIC SOUND ARCHIVE : WITCHED ON 10" 10.2020
This Side
A1 Les Sorcieres Arrivent 1:10
A2 Witch Way Now 1:00
A3 When She Did That Thing 1:23
A4 Voice S 1:00
A5 Meine Augen Bluten 0:50
A6 Semi Circle Ritual 2:20
A7 I Remember Nothing 1:20
A8 Fear Of Marimba 1:23
Witch Side
B1 Float Away Death 2:45
B2 Zone Blanche 0:45
B3 White Noise Of Particle D 0:50
B4 The Shadowy 1:36
B5 Ideal (Fear Of Marimba Pt2) 1:10
B6 I Saw Her Floating 1:25
B7 Death Spells The End 1:10
B8 Les Sorcieres (Lille 1982) 4:00
(Note : 10"/33.3 RPM , 300 copies on red vinyl)
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PY 112 TOMORROW SYNDICATE CITIZEN OUTPUT CD 02.2020
1 Precog (Krokakai Remix)
2 Captain, I am Fading (The Home Current Remix)
3 Contact (The Central Office of Information Remix)
4 Auto-Pilot (Midwich Youth Club Remix)
5 Stranger in Space (Heartwood Institute Remix)
(Note : CD , 100 copies)
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PY 112 TOMORROW SYNDICATE VHS 2 VHS 02.2020
1 Precog
2 Stranger in Space (Part I and II)
3 Contact
4 Captain, I am Fading
5 Auto-Pilot
6 Exit Guide
(Note : VHS , 60 numb. copies + sticker + 2 postcards)
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PY 113 LE CLICHE VICARIOUS LIFE LP 02.2022
The eagerly anticipated full length from the mighty Le Cliché, the minimal synth
project of Limerick born, Spanish based Gerard Ryan. 12 tracks of fabulous classic
analogue, mono synth sounds showcasing Ryan's obsession with minimal, lo-fi electro
pop - as do his sleeve notes, which credit vocal samples by cult synth forerunners
Boris Dzaneck, The Petticoats and Tara Cross, a collaboration with Ricard Anderson
of 'This Is The Bridge' and liner notes (an essay on vicarious consumption) edited
by Danny Bosten of Das Ding. Kicking off with the album's title track - which, as
a 45 in 2021 attained plays on 6Music, reviews in 'Electronic Sound' and 'Record
Collector' and sold out in a tick (as does all the LC back catalogue). Elsewhere
on the record, tips of the hat to early Cabs, Fad Gadget, Transparent Illusion,
Neural Circus et al, yet firmly sounding as fresh and current as any new electronica
doing the rounds just now, lovely stuff and a superbly free flowing consistent set
of tracks. Hugely recommended to anyone into any of the above and destined to sell
out super quick. Limited to 500 copies.
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PY 114 GABE KNOX : Cosmic Motorik Adventures & Machine 10" 10.2020
Language Music
A1 Square Wave Symphony 4:00
A2 Synthetic Soundbath 3:58
A3 Untitled I 1:37
B1 Analog Aerobics 4:20
B2 User Port Workout 3:04
B3 Untitled II 0:39
(Note : 10"/33.3 rpm , 300 copies on clear vinyl)
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PY 115 HOLOGRAM TEEN GEOMETRIES INSENSIBLE 7" 01.2021
A1 Halogéne Menthol 3:17
A2 Robot Moses 2:04
B3 Espoir Et Endorphines 1:49
B4 Amour Fission 2:29
Best-known as being Stereolab’s keyboardist for a chunk of Nineties, Morgane Lhote
has been recording as Hologram Teen since the mid-2010s. Refracting movie soundtrack
chic through lenses of synth-pop, disco and hip-hop, here she delivers an EP called
"Géométries Insensibles". Contained within are four tracks which spin entertaining
new worlds from B-movie sci-fi music aesthetics. Limited edition of 300 copies on
pink vinyl.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=185285
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PY 116 THE PRISON OF WINNERS VOLUMES ONE AND TWO 2CD 10.2021
CD 1 1-1 Normaplex 4:15
1-2 Forever Leaves 4:06
1-3 A New Envoy 3:12
1-4 Coral Birds 6:28
1-5 Reversed Rainbow 4:11
1-6 Formica Today 5:08
1-7 Strontium Dreams 5:22
1-8 Lost Station 3:54
1-9 No Moral Aerosols 4:11
1-10 Tributary Syndrome 4:47
CD 2 2-1 Caveat E 4:16
2-2 Chip Error 4:27
2-3 Hatchback Study 4:09
2-4 Security Phantom 4:59
2-5 Memory Leak 5:32
2-6 Escalator Reverie 3:38
2-7 Minus Nocturne 5:11
2-8 Coupon Hallucination 4:23
2-9 Leisure Centre 3:22
2-10 Problematic Idealist 2:56
2-11 Exit Signs 3:18
2CD on Polytechnic Youth aka David Mason of Listening Center and Martin Jensen of
The Home Current. Edition of 500 copies, housed in a card slipcase.
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PY 117 V / A THE SUNDY EXPERIENCE 7" 01.2020
A1 Tomorrow Syndicate Welcome To Someday
A2 Lake Ruth And Listening Center : How I Hear You
B1 Polytechnic Sound Archive : Semi Circle Ritual
B2 Polypores Imaginarium
(Note : 7" , 100 numb. copies , lathe cut)
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PY 118 MIDDEX SCRUTINY 7" 10.2020
1 SCRUTINY
2 ROOK TAKES DOWN
Following 2018's debut album 'Home', Polytechnic Youth release a follow-up single
from minimalist producer Middex. Presented on 7" vinyl, the two tracks here,
'Scrutiny' and 'Rook Takes Town', are pretty heavy-going on the effects but can't
disguise a bedrock of minimalist synth indebted to the seventies and eighties.
This one is released as a pressing of 250 copies. Expected to sell out swiftly.
www.shinybeast.nl
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PY 119 HANNO LEICHTMANN OFFSET 7" 10.2020
A1 Offset Two 1:26
A2 Offset Ten 1:53
A3 Offset Nine 2:39
B1 Offset Seven 1:44
B2 Offset Eleven 2:36
B3 Offset Three 1:49
Polytechnic Youth presents six pieces from electronic music veteran Hanno Leichtmann
(often better known as Static). Previously only available digitally when released as
part of an album back in 2017, 'Offset' consists of volatile, minimalist mood pieces
that never settle into stability. This pressing of 250 expected to fly quickly.
www.shinybeast.nl
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PY 120 TOMORROW SYNDICATE POPULOUS 7" 08.2020
1 POPULOUS
2 LIVING IN A SIMULATION
(Note : 7" , 300 copies)
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PY 121 CAVERN/DREAM DIVISION SPLIT 7" 07.2020
A Cavern Hadean (First Eon Mix)
B Dream Division Minds Of Evil
(Note : 7" , 100 numb. copies)
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PY 123 VORDERHAUS VELVET CHAINS 5" 04.2020
A Velvet Chains
AA This European Sky
(Note : 5" , lathe cut , 100 copies)
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PY 124 VONDERHAUS : LIGHTS AND FACES, FACES AND LIGHTS 7" 12.2020
A. Lights And Faces, Faces And Lights
B. Tanz Tanz Tanz Oder Ich Bin Verloren
(Note : 7" , 250 copies)
One half of The Detox Twins, Mark Vorderhaus brings back his eponymous solo offshoot
on Polytechnic Youth.
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PY 125 HELLVETE AND PHANTOM HORSE : SPLIT LP 08.2021
A Hellvete Voor Harmonium I
B1 Phantom Horse Vapor Snake
B2 Phantom Horse Was drauf
(Note : LP , 300 copies on blue vinyl)
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PY 126 APTA RAINBOW ISLANDS (NG+) LP .2021
A1 Loading
A2 Act 1
A3 Putty's Party
A4 Simulated Space
A5 Reloading
B1 Retry?
B2 10CC
B3 Putty's Party (Slumber)
(Note : LP , 300 copies on yellow vinyl)
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PY 127 GABE KNOX/POLYTECHNIC SOUND ARCHIVE : YOUTH DISCO 7" .2020
A Polytechnic Sound Archive : Les Sorcieres
AA Gabe Knox Student Disco 81
(Note : 7" , 150 numb. copies)
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PY 128 LISTENING CENTER CYBERNETIC WINDOW LP 03.2022
2022 full length from Dublin born, NY based synthesist and instrumentalist, David
Mason's Listening Center project. Following a sold out back catalogue on labels
as diverse as Ghost Box, Temporary Tapes, Texte Und Töne and Russian Library
(not to mention various releases on PY since 2016). Nine killer cuts of wonderfully
warm, richly melodic electronica; exquisitely crafted micro-beat analogue essays
recorded directly to 2 track (the only exceptions being the occasional overdub of
a string synth). Perhaps bearing a nod to a more Kraftwerk-ian feel than previous
output but uniquely fresh and of the moment and still maintaining that old school
BBC educational/testcard/soundtrack feel that David has within his music.
Limited to 500 copies.
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PY 129 V / A SOME NEON REASON LP 08.2020
A1 Phil Wave Hacking Sequence 6:30
A2 Klaudyna Pop Contempt 3:20
A3 Vib Vendel 10:01
B1 Récidive Noire Marcello 3:25
B2 Soloist Anti-Pop Totalization : Other 4:08
B3 Vib The Deep i 12:33
(Note : LP , 500 copies)
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PY 130 CHARLIE AND THE OSCILLATOR : JOURNEY OF ECHOES LP 05.2020
A1 The Beginning 4:36
A2 Polynesia 4:58
A3 Pie International 4:34
A4 New Loon Moon 3:25
A5 Holygon 2:59
B1 Poyson Fuud 4:35
B2 Psychic Nite 4:26
B3 Small Kidd 3:33
B4 Wonderful Citizen 6:22
(Note : LP , 100 numb. copies)
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PY 131 FREE/SLOPE ISOLATION DRONE 1+2 5" 04.2020
A Isolation Drone I
B Isolation Drone II
(Note : 5" , 100 copies on picture disc)
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PY 132 5 FEDRICK & THE LUNG ISOLATE 5" 06.2020
A Isolate 2:00
AA Catch It 2:00
(Note : 5"/45 RPM , clear vinyl , lathe cut)
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PY 133 APTA DYSKOLOS 5" 05.2020
A Dyskolos 1:59
B 1Hr Walk 1:57
(Note : 5"/45 RPM , clear vinyl , lathe cut)
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PY 134 MELODIEN APEIRON LP 06.2020
A1 Manette
A2 Lesabéndio
A3 The Life Without A Name
A4 Tapestry Mirror
B1 Ascending Moonshine
B2 La Disparition
B3 Barbusse
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PY 136 LAND OF YRX FORGET THE LESSONS OF THE PAST LP 05.2022
('SELECTED CASSETTE RECORDINGS MAY 1983-AUGUST 1984')
A wonderful -and long overdue- vinyl compilation of key UK electronic pioneers The
Land Of Yrx's work between 1982 and 1984. Limited to 300 copies.
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PY 137 MITRA MITRA HANDS REMAIN LP 01.2022
This LP is Mitra Mitra's strongest set yet; 'Hands Remain' is perhaps darker in nature
than previous Mitra Mitra releases; although mostly completed before the pandemic,
it somehow fits the times we live in now. The sleeve design is based on a work by
Canadian artist/filmmaker Michael Snow, who kindly gave permission for a processed
version of his image to be used on the cover. A wonderful 12 track collection hugely
recommended to fans of classic era synth pop, early Mute, Cherry Red, Blackwing
Studios etc. etc. One time pressing available now! Limited to 500 copies.
www.shinybeast.nl
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PY 138 FREE/SLOPE BLISSFUL REPETITIONS LP 05.2022
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
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PY 139 LE CLICHE/MITRA MITRA SPLIT 7" 09.2020
Side A Le Cliché 1.44 MBs Of Fun
Side 1 Mitra Mitra Whispers
(Note : 7" , 99 numb. copies on transp. vinyl)
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PY 140 MASONIC KITCHEN STAHLEX THEME 7" 03.2021
A Stahlex Theme
B T-City Scavenger
(Note : 7" , 250 copies)
Recalling the early work of artists like Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle and
The Human League, Masonic Kitchen is the solo moniker of Chris Walker. Two sci-fi
inspired tracks are presented via Polytechnic Youth - the minimalist banger of
‘Stahlex Theme’ and its catchy B-side ‘T-City Scavenger’.
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/185948
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PY 140 C MASONIC KITCHEN THE STAHLEX THEME CS 02.2021
A1 Stahlex Theme 3:46
A2 Aphrodollie 3:04
B1 Meriol 3:27
B2 T - City Scavenger 3:12
(Note : cassette , 50 copies)
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PY 141 ALEXANDRE BAZIN CONCORDE LP 04.2021
1 Concorde 3:08
2 Supercollider 2:53
3 Dunes 3:17
4 It Comes in Waves 2:02
5 Red Ochre 3:02
6 White Arrow 3:01
7 Swollen Seas 2:55
8 Superior Aero 3:49
9 It Comes in Waves (Drums edit) 3:59
10 Colors Of Noise 2:47
(Note : LP , 300 copies on red vinyl)
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PY 142 VOLUME GROOP : MOVEMENT AND MUSIC FOR SCHOOLS 7" 03.2021
A1 Rapid Ascent 3:18
A2 Leap And Curl 2:00
B1 Hands Up 3:10
B2 Slow Descent 1:54
(Note : 7" , 250 copies)
Minimal synth reminiscent of a more light-hearted version of Cabaret Voltaire,
Polytechnic Youth presents the first music from the enigmatic Volume Groop in nearly
six years. "Movement And Music For Schools" has the deliberate vibe of some forgotten
Seventies public information film, using a basic analogue synth, a school organ and
a procoder to produce a four-track EP on 7”.
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/185949
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PY 143 CHARLIE AND THE OSCILLATOR : BIG UNIT 7" 06.2021
A Big Unit 3:51
B Ruftop 4:20
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PY 144 ZEP TEPI SINE 7" 11.2020
A Sine
B Cosine
(Note : 7" , 150 handnumbered copies, clear lathe cut)
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PY 145 WILL SERGEANT THEMES FOR GRIND LP 06.2021
A1 Untitled 1:56
A2 Untitled 3:56
A3 Untitled 3:30
A4 Untitled 3:48
A5 Untitled 4:48
B1 Untitled 4:12
B2 Untitled 1:29
B3 Untitled 4:12
B4 Untitled 5:15
B5 Untitled 5:09
B6 Untitled 3:53
(Note : LP , packaged in a reverse-board sleeve. Limited to 500 copies.
Clear with yellow splatter vinyl)
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PY 146 CAVERN OF ANTI-MATTER : TEMP MUSIC EP 7" 03.2021
A1 Cabs Drum Machine 0:36
A2 Assault DM DR-55 1:13
A3 Nagrophobia 1:42
A4 Invocation Of My Demon Brother 2:12
B1 Electronik Rock 3:48
B2 ABC Electronic 2:48
(Note : 7"/33.3 RPM , 500 numb. copies)
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PY 147 HARMONISCHE-23 HOOFING THE OBOE 7" 06.2021
A Hoofing The Oboe
B Empathetic Eliza
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PY ?? 147 COLIN POTTER A LONG TIME LP 03.2022
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PY 148 BLACKMAIL DUR AU MAL 7" 08.2021
A Dur Au Mal
AA Mes Amis
(Note : 7" , 300 copies)
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PY 149 MELODIEN MONAD LP 01.2022
(Note : LP , 300 copies. Artwork by Fernando Manfrini)
Liverpool-based artist Harry Sumnall releases his fifth studio album as Melodien
via the Polytechnic Youth label. ‘Monad’ is once again grounded in Sumnall’s
fascination with krautrock and kosmische music, but uses that template as a vehicle
with which to explore New Age and disco influences.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=190740
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PY 150 E+/GROUP MODULAR SPLIT 7" 04.2021
A Group Modular The Tunnel
B E + Steel Doors
(Note : 7" , 300 numb. copies on transp. vinyl)
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PY 151 EAT LIGHTS BECOME LIGHTS : THE ROMANCE OF THE STARS LP 11.2021
(Note : LP , 500 copies)
PY 151 EAT LIGHTS BECOME LIGHTS : THE ROMANCE OF THE STARS CDR 11.2021
(Note : CDr , promo only)
PY 151 EAT LIGHTS BECOME LIGHTS : THE ROMANCE OF THE STARS 4ALAC 11.2021
I Last Train To Kanyakumari 9:12
II Memories Of Spain (And The Gods Looked Down) 4:32
III My Love For You Didn't Die, But My Heart Had
To Move On 6:10
IV The Romance Of The Stars (Parts I, II & III) 22:59
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PY 152 PERRACHE DREHWURM 7" 07.2021
A Torkel
B 'Copeaux D'Antan'
(Note : 7" , 99 numb. copies on clear vinyl, lathe cut)
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PY 153 LONE BISON TRANSISTOR MEMORY CD 12.2021
(Note : CD , 500 copies)
The wonderful debut full length from Lone Bison, an incredible 13 track, electronic
project for Ramsgate UK based Nick Bonell.
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PY 156 HOLY FUCK AIRPORT DREAM 7" 01.2022
1 Airport Dream
2 Lost Cool
Moving slightly away from the Polytechnic Youth's penchant for the classic minimal
synth/synth pop sound, Holy Fuck offer up two super dancey tracks; each with a guest
female vocalist across a double A sided 45. 'Airport Dreams' featuring Sarah Bonito
vox (guesting from Kero Kero Bonito in the UK), and 'Lost Cool' with vox and added
synth parts from Madrid based synth pop artist Lucia Tacchetti.
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PY 157 LOVE BISON/BERNARD GRANCHER : DRUGS 7" 11.2021
A Lone Bison "Drugs"
AA Bernard Grancher : "Dans Les Doigts Magiques De La Mort"
(Note : 7" , 100 numb. copies on transp. vinyl, lathe cut)
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PY 158 CHARLIE AND THE OSCILLATOR : JOURNEY OF ECHOES CD 02.2022
Here's a superb album on Polytechnic Youth, the next of the label's trio of recent
CD releases, aimed partly at circumnavigating the crazy world of vinyl pressing just
now. The third here is an absolute beauty - by a country mile the label's most
bonkers, whacked out release, sample heavy, dancefloor friendly and all interspersed
with voiceovers/track intros from Charlie Pellett of NY subway system announcement
fame! 17 tracks, clocking in at over an hour (the CD's biggest saving grace?)
including a bunch of extras not included on PY's mailorder LP edition from a couple
of years back that sold out same day and is now a GBP30+ record. This is a nice
opportunity to hear the album in full and is released as a one time pressing of
500. "Formed in 2018, the London based duo fuse breakbeats, synths and samples
to create eccentric alternative dance music, twisting and bending sounds into
their own distinctive style using a vast collection of vinyl 45s. Their endlessly
intriguing world has already drawn comparisons to the likes of DJ Shadow and Death
In Vegas. With a backbone of funk and soul they blend together many different
genres including ambient, trip-hop, dance, disco and more, creating a new form
of sample-heavy, dancefloor-friendly electronica. 'Journey Of Echoes' is exactly
this: a fusion of analogue grit, psychedelic colour and a mass of ramshackle ideas,
and in a world where it's almost criminal to be joyous and inventive this is the
soundtrack of a rebellion!"
www.shinybeast.nl
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