Opus Dei, the band’s first album for Mute, was mixed by Rico Conning (Wire, Pere Ubu, Swans, William Orbit) and the band’s classic Laibachian interpretations of Opus’ ‘Live Is Life’ (here presented in English as ‘Opus Dei’ and in German as ‘Leben heisst Leben’) and Queen’s ‘One Vision’ (reworked as ‘Geburt Einer Nation’) soon saw them emerge from the shadows as they garnered support from the likes of MTV and ITV’s The Chart Show. This mainstream spotlight, coupled with memorable features in the music press, opened up opportunities for the Slovenian collective that included their first world tour. Performances from the tour from London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, San Francisco, Berlin, Paris and “somewhere in Europe” make up the second CD of the expanded remastered edition.

The Seminal 1986 Album Revisited And Expanded. Curated, Remastered And Re-Designed By The Laibach Organisation. Complete With 2 X Cds Of Live Versions Of 'Nova Akropola' Songs From The Band's Own Archive. Vital Sleevenotes By Alexei Monroe. Few bands stand apart from the crowd as distinctly as Laibach. Their idiosyncratic outlook and philosophy were formed against the backdrop of post-Soviet socialism in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the band has continued to follow an individual, often controversial path for over forty years, taking them into places few other artists dare to go. Originally released by Cherry Red in 1986, 'Nova Akropola' ('The New Acropolis') remains a masterpiece of politically-informed industrial expression, and signalled the beginning of Laibach's breakthrough onto the international scene, at a time when restrictions imposed on them in their homeland were beginning to be lifted. Curated, remastered and designed by the band and their organisation, this new 3CD edition includes two discs of vital live recordings of 'Nova Akropola' songs spanning the years 1985 to 2021, captured in England, Slovenia, Serbia and Macedonia. Packaged in new artwork and accompanied by brilliant sleevenotes from cultural theorist Alexei Monroe, author of 'Interrogation Machine' and associate of the band, this new edition demonstrates the longevity of both the songs and the philosophy behind them, and is a vital new addition to Laibach's catalogue.

Deluxe two CD set. Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the 1984 sophomore album from Austrian pop / rock / new wave artist Falco. Features a digitally remastered edition of the Junge Roemer album plus a bonus disc that includes remixes, edits, and live recordings.

By the turn of the 80s, the impact of David Bowie’s ground-breaking Berlin recordings – the synths, the alienation, the drily futuristic production - was being felt on music across Europe. What’s more, the records being made were reflecting back and influencing Bowie’s own work – 1979’s “Lodger” and 1980’s “Scary Monsters” owed a debt to strands of German kosmische (Holger Czukay), new electronica (Patrick Cowley, Harald Grosskopf), and the latest works from old friends and rivals like Robert Fripp, Peter Gabriel and Scott Walker, all of whom had been re-energised by the fizz of 1977. Compiled by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley and the BFI’s Jason Wood, “Fantastic Voyage” is the companion album to their hugely successful “Café Exil” collection, which imagined the soundtrack to David Bowie and Iggy Pop’s trans-European train journeys in the mid-to-late seventies. “Fantastic Voyage” is what happened next.

A collection of masterpieces performed by Neville Marriner with the Stuttgart Orchestra, where he served as principal conductor in parallel with his activities with the Academy Chamber Orchestra. ``Tchaikovsky's Polonaise'', ``Flight of the Bumblebee'', ``Offenbach's Boat Song'', ``Godard: Josselin's Lullaby'', etc. Recorded 1984-1987.

Varèse Sarabande revisits the glory days of 1980s sci-fi “synthwave” with a new edition of Tangerine Dream’s classic electronic score for Firestarter (1984).Firestarter, based on a 1980 book by Stephen King and directed by Mark L. Lester, starred eight-year-old Drew Barrymore as Charly, a girl with pyrokinetic powers owing to her parents’ participation in a secret study of hallucinogenic drugs. When the agency behind the experiments comes for Charly to weaponize her powers, led by an assassin played by George C. Scott, she goes on the run with her father.

Minimalist, rhythmic electronic band whose Motorik style became a major influence on artists ranging from David Bowie to Sonic Youth to Stereolab. Collection includes: Neu! (1972); Neu! 2 (1973); Neu! '75 (1975); Neu! '86 (2010).

ENDE VOM LIED is a genre-spanning collection of punk, post-punk and avant-garde bands from the former East Germany, chronicling the work of free spirits pitted against government restraints and implied genre limitations. The underground scene in the GDR was a hydra, a noisy mix of musicians, poets, pain¬ters, photographers, filmmakers, punks and freaks. In the immediate aftermath of the primal scream that was punk, music often bred with poetry or painting in short-lived liaisons or enduring collaborations to produce a new generation of genre bastards. With the lines blurring between forms, a search for new shapes began. In the German Democratic Republic, this search constituted a tightrope walk, a dance for expression between subculture and a dictatorship.

Emotional was released in the U.S. the same year as his breakthrough album, Falco 3, which included the hit "Rock Me Amadeus." It is hard not to consider that this album (on Sire, not A&M, the home of his hit record) was rushed to market to capitalize on his one-hit wonder status. Standout tracks include the title track, "Crime Time," "The Kiss of Kathleen Turner," and a follow-up to the banned song "Jeanny" called "Coming Home (Jeanny Part II, One Year Later." "Cowboyz and Indianz'" contains some interesting Star Wars allusions. Not essential by any means, even for somewhat serious fans. However, a surprisingly solid new wave album that is quirky and fun. A great used-record find.

Die liebevoll aufbereiteten 8LP- und 5CD-Boxen „Westernhagen 75 (75 Songs: 1974 – 2023)“ enthalten je mindestens ein Lied aus allen von Westernhagens bisherigen Alben. Die umfassend geremasterte Trackauswahl mit vielen Raritäten und Überraschungen reicht über die zarte Individualität des Frühwerks, die ungehobelte Rock’n’Roll-Aufsässigkeit des Pfefferminz-Prinzen, die neugierige Experimentierfreude der mittleren Achtziger, die große Geste seiner Megastar-Phase bis zur Hingabe und Musikalität der vergangenen Jahre. Zudem enthält die 8LP-Box ein 32-seitiges Hardcover-Buch mit allen Album-Covern, Linernotes und unzähligen Fotos. Diese finden sich ebenfalls in der 5CD-Box im Booklet wieder. Darüber hinaus erscheint eine 2LP-Gatefold-Edition mit einer Auswahl von 18 Songs und eine 2CD-Digipak-Edition mit einer Auswahl von 34 Songs.

Die liebevoll aufbereiteten 8LP- und 5CD-Boxen „Westernhagen 75 (75 Songs: 1974 – 2023)“ enthalten je mindestens ein Lied aus allen von Westernhagens bisherigen Alben. Die umfassend geremasterte Trackauswahl mit vielen Raritäten und Überraschungen reicht über die zarte Individualität des Frühwerks, die ungehobelte Rock’n’Roll-Aufsässigkeit des Pfefferminz-Prinzen, die neugierige Experimentierfreude der mittleren Achtziger, die große Geste seiner Megastar-Phase bis zur Hingabe und Musikalität der vergangenen Jahre. Zudem enthält die 8LP-Box ein 32-seitiges Hardcover-Buch mit allen Album-Covern, Linernotes und unzähligen Fotos. Diese finden sich ebenfalls in der 5CD-Box im Booklet wieder. Darüber hinaus erscheint eine 2LP-Gatefold-Edition mit einer Auswahl von 18 Songs und eine 2CD-Digipak-Edition mit einer Auswahl von 34 Songs.

Front by Front is an album by Front 242, released in 1988, and has been labelled as "easily one of the greatest industrial albums ever made". Japanese edition includes five bonus tracks.

Ougenweide is a Teutonic musical collective formed at the beginning of the 70's. Their music consists of "pastoral" folk rock compositions with Middle Ages influences. They recorded their first album in 1973. Since 1974 until the end of the 70's they published several albums for Polydor label. They released their last album in 1981 before to split up in 1985. The band reformed in 1996 for a reunion album called "Sol". Both released in 1976, "Orhrenschmausen" and "Eulenspiegel" represent their most notorious efforts. Two classics in the mood of authentic "Pagan" folk rock music with a great variety of acoustic instruments from medieval (with mandolin, flute, Krummhorn.) to "World" (sitar, bongos, marimba.). The result is unique and highly inspired, introducing the listener in an "enchanting" poetic, mythical world. Beautiful lyrics in German accompany tremendous prog folk instrumentations…

French composer/conductor Paul Mauriat is a classically trained musician who decided to pursue a career in popular music. His first major success came in 1962, as a co-writer of the European hit "Chariot." In 1963, the song was given English lyrics, renamed "I Will Follow Him," and became a number one American hit for Little Peggy March. Mauriat is best remembered for his 1968 worldwide smash "Love Is Blue."

Berlin 61 / 89 / Wall Of Sound is not an ordinary compilation. It is closer to a concept album, referring both to a chapterin history and a musical assemblage which resounds like a continental echo to Phil Spector? s Wall of Sound.
Dangerous, sublime, incandescent, fuelled by a vivid mythology in which Nick Cave, David Bowie, Lou Reed, and Brian Eno meet, Berlin is an artistic city par excellence, a place of all extremes. During those three decades marked by the Wall, in which she was a world metropolis because American and French as much as German, Russian and English, Berlin established herself as the capital of an « other rock », as important and everlasting as the one which was born in the middle of the previous century, somewhere in the south of the U.S.A.