POMPEII RECORDS
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Owner : Zach Condons (Beirut)
Distr. : UK - Rough Trade/Norman/Piccadilly/
Style : gypsy folk /
POMP 01 BEIRUT MARCH OF THE ZAPOTEC 2LP 02.2009
POMP 01 BEIRUT : MARCH OF THE ZAPOTEC / HOLLAND 2CD 02.2009
DISC 1 Zocalo / La llorona / My Wife / The Akara / On A Bayonet
DISC 2 My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille / My Wife , Lost In The Wild /
Venice / The Concubine / No Dice
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POMP 02 BEIRUT LON GISLAND EP 12" 03.2010
Elephant Gun / My Family's Role In The World Revolution / Scenic World / The Long
Island Sound / Carousel
(Note : CDEP on Ba Da Bing ! Rec. BING 052)
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POMP 003 BEIRUT THE RIP TIDE LP.CD 08.2011
CDD 08.2011
A Candle's Fire / Santa Fe / East Harlem / Goshen / Payne's Bay / The Rip Tide /
Vagabond / The Peacock / Port Of Call
(Note : LP , 300 clear copies / CD & CD Deluxe)
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POMP 003 BEIRUT THE RIP TIDE LP+MP3 08.2019
1. "A Candle's Fire" 3:19
2. "Santa Fe" 4:14
3. "East Harlem" 3:58
4. "Goshen" 3:20
5. "Payne's Bay" 3:48
6. "The Rip Tide" 4:26
7. "Vagabond" 3:19
8. "The Peacock" 2:26
9. "Port Of Call" 4:21
Zach Condon's music often parallels the exotic mysteries of world travel.
Since Beirut's last album, 2007's 'The Flying Club Cup', sang a love-letter to
France (with a 2009 stop-off in Mexico for the 'March of the Zapotec' EP), many
asked where his songs would voyage next, but few predicted the inward journey Condon
takes on 'The Rip Tide', an album with the most introspective and memorable songs of
his young career.
Recorded in Upstate New York, Brooklyn and, of course, Condon's hometowns of
Albuquerque and Santa Fe, 'The Rip Tide' marks a distinct leaping off point for
Beirut. Beginning life as small melodies conceived on piano or ukulele, the songs
were built upon by the entire band in the studio before Condon's paring down and
retrofitting. The results sound like they were recorded in a single session, with
exciting rhythms matching the upbeat horns and contrasting the mournful strings.
No direct geographical affiliation was exhumed; rather, the style that emerges belongs
uniquely and distinctly to Beirut-one that has been hinted at all along.
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POMP 004 BEIRUT East Harlem // Goshen 7" 06.2011
(Note : 7" , 200 blue/200 white copies)
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POMP 005 BEIRUT GULAG ORKESTAR LP+MP3 08.2019
1. "The Gulag Orkestar" 4:38
2. "Prenzlauerberg" 3:46
3. "Brandenburg" 3:38
4. "Postcards From Italy" 4:17
5. "Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)" 3:15
6. "Rhineland (Heartland)" 3:58
7. "Scenic World" 2:08
8. "Bratislava" 3:17
9. "The Bunker" 3:13
10. "The Canals Of Our City" 2:21
11. "After The Curtain" 2:54
Orchestrated folk-pop for fans of Sufjan Stevens, Calexico, Arcade Fire, the Magnetic
Fields, Klezmer, Neutral Milk Hotel, and the Boban Markovic Orchestra. There are no
guitars on this album; instead, horns, violins, cellos, ukeleles, mandolins,
glockenspiel, drums, tambourines, congas, organs, pianos, clarinets and accordions
all build and break around Zach Condon's deep voiced crooner vocals, swaying to the
Eastern European beats like a drunken 12 piece carnival band. Guests include Jeremy
Barnes (Neutral Milk Hotel) and Heather Trost (A Hawk And A Hacksaw).
"Gulag Orkestar" is a glorious sweep of music, striking in its emotional content and
stunning in its scope.
This was their debut release, originally released in 2006.
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POMP 006 BEIRUT THE FLYING CLUB CUP LP+MP3 08.2019
1. "A Call To Arms" 0:18
2. "Nantes" 3:50
3. "A Sunday Smile" 3:35
4. "Guyamas Sonora" 3:31
5. "La Banlieue" 1:57
6. "Cliquot" 3:51
7. "The Penalty" 2:22
8. "Forks And Knives (La Fete)" 3:33
9. "In The Mausoleum" 3:10
10. "Un Dernier Verre (Pour La Route)" 2:51
11. "Cherbourg" 3:33
12. "St. Apollonia" 2:58
13. "The Flying Club Cup" 3:05
Following 2006's astonishing debut "Gulag Orkestar", Zach Condon AKA Beirut returned
in 2007 with "Flying Club Cup". In between the two albums, he had been living in Paris
immersing himself in France's culture, fashion, history and music, in much the same
way as he absorbed Balkan culture for his debut album. Condon's musical gaze now looked
to the likes of Jacques Brel and Francois Hardy for inspiration, and "Flying Club Cup"
is another sweeping and triumphant European folk album that combines these new ideas
with elements of his previous work too. Where as "Gulag Orkestar" was mainly a solo
effort, for this album Condon acted as a band leader putting together a core group of
eight musicians and together they've managed to recreate his cultural borderless vision
with this expansive and enthralling album.
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POMP 009 LP BEIRUT ARTIFACTS 2LP/1 03.2022
POMP 009 LPB BEIRUT ARTIFACTS 2LP/2 03.2022
POMP 009 CD BEIRUT ARTIFACTS CD 03.2022
SIDE A 01. Elephant Gun
02. My Family's Role In The World Revolution
03. Scenic World
04. The Long Island Sound
05. Carousels
06. Transatantique
07. O Leaozinho
SIDE B 08. Autumn Tall Tales
09. Fyodor Dormant
10. Poisoning Claude
11. Bercy
12. Your Sails
13. Irrlichter
SIDE C 14. Sicily
15. Now I'm Gone
16. Napoleon On The Bellerophon
17. Interior Of A Dutch House
18. Fountains And Tramways
19. Hot Air Balloon
SIDE D 20. Fisher Island Sound
21. So Slowly
22. Die Treue Zum Ursprung
23. The Crossing
24. Zagora
25. Le Phare Du Cap Bon
26. Babylon
2LP/1 Double black vinyl
2LP/2 Comes with a booklet exclusive to indies. Double black vinyl.
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