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Remastered re-release of the 1991 album.

Includes full-size (12") 12-page booklet and picture inner sleeve.

Includes full-size (12") 12-page booklet and picture inner sleeve.

Includes full-size (12") 12-page booklet and picture inner sleeve.

Includes full-size (12") 12-page booklet and picture inner sleeve.

Millos Kaiser, one half of São Paulo's Selvagem DJ and digging duo, selects 16 cuts from the 80s and 90s. From electro, balearic and vaporwave to samba-boogie, ONDA DE AMOR (Wave of Love) is that rarest of things: a Brazilian compilation compiled by a Brazilian. Thanks to all artists featured in this compilation for the wonderful music, my partner in life Luara, Miles Cleret, Antonio Simas, Tonho, Augusto Olivani, Gui Scott, Craig Ouar, John Gómez, Nick The Record, Raphael Top-Secret, Patrick Mocan, Jonas Rocha, Rodrigo Gorky, Chico e Zico, Fabiano, Celso e Sandra.

Bon Iver, Bon Iver is the second full-length album from Bon Iver. The album was released June 21st, 2011 on Jagjaguwar. Includes digital download card. LP: (33 1/3 RPM 12" vinyl LP in gatefold jacket with a single-sided insert, matte finish)

“ABBEY ROAD’S world-renowned engineers have been cutting grooves into discs since the studios first opened their doors in 1931. This record was pressed from a master cut using a precision technique known as half-speed mastering. The procedure requires the source master and the cutting lathe to run at half speed on a specially adapted Neumann VMS-80 lathe. This rare and specialised technique transforms difficult to cut highend frequencies into relatively easy to cut mid-range frequencies. The result is a cut with excellent high frequency response and very solid and stable stereo images. In short, half-speed mastering produces a master of the highest quality that enables the pressing plant to produce a superlative record.”

“ABBEY ROAD’S world-renowned engineers have been cutting grooves into discs since the studios first opened their doors in 1931. This record was pressed from a master cut using a precision technique known as half-speed mastering. The procedure requires the source master and the cutting lathe to run at half speed on a specially adapted Neumann VMS-80 lathe. This rare and specialised technique transforms difficult to cut highend frequencies into relatively easy to cut mid-range frequencies. The result is a cut with excellent high frequency response and very solid and stable stereo images. In short, half-speed mastering produces a master of the highest quality that enables the pressing plant to produce a superlative record.”

Tricky calls “Fall Please” “the closest I’ve got to making pop,” which may overlook the pop nous of songs like Maxinquaye’s “Black Steel” (and overestimate mainstream taste for skeletal go-go production). But “Fall Please”—like Fall to Pieces as a whole—does share the laser-sharp emotional focus and melodic efficiency of the best pop music. Bar the rare moments of clunky electronics, almost every sound, touch, and shade on Fall to Pieces feels like it had to be there, in blessed contrast to the rambling dead ends, failed experiments, and misjudged covers of Tricky’s recent records. Fall to Pieces is an audacious cri de coeur that ultimately finds strength in adversity where others might fall apart.