Music from Memory (Label) - Search and Seek

I don't think we'll be destroying anything but because the stuff they release is so broad and, while it's mostly been reissues in the past they are putting out more and more new recording specifically made for the label. Sometimes it's not even easy to tell the reissues from the new stuff. Then there are the compilations (so, the old stuff is not strictly reissues) I think a dedicated MfM thread would be useful.

Lots of enthusiasm from Gaussian Curve album on the albums poll. It's very good, particularly good for working to. Like gr80 on that thread I think the first album is even better. I had no idea until that thread that Young Marco was in the group.

The release I particularly like is Robert Musci's Tower of Silence, which seems to be from the mid 80s but some of it is more recent. Regardless of the sources it does sound very much of a piece as an album. It is absolutely glorious and you need to listen to it RIGHT NOW.

https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/tower-of-silence (it's also on spotify)

sorry about that garbled opening paragraph.

yes, i was listening to "tower of silence" on my way to work today!

i picked up gigi masin and joan biblioni reissues but have not gotten too deep into them yet

my favorites so far are system's "vampirella" (incredible dutch proto-techno from 1983) and leon lowman's "liquid diamonds" (amazing vaporwave funk from 1980)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYDufRzRJRk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CHR9zvmLGQ

actually the lowman comp stretches from 80-85, the track i posted is from 82

that Tower of Silence track is amazing!

The "Water Music" track by Tower of Silence I meant to say.

TLG Tip!

"tower of silence" is also on apple music, as is an album of his (some tracks overlap w/ "tower of silence") called "the loa of music"

this is my favorite off "tower of silence"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDt57uwzc_E

yes yes yes @ that Leon Lowman track, thanks.

the comp of brazilian electronic music they put out was superb. there's a european equuivalent to that coming out in the next couple of months too

also the tracks I've heard off the new kuniyuki takahashi comp have been very lovely

the suzo saiz records have been some of my favourite things as well

err suso i mean

they’ve put out some good singles too btw, but this one would be an easy favourite:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W_UoV0v1RhQ

dip in the pool - on retinae

The Richenel ep is very good too and sent me on a This Mortal Coil trip for a fortnight

https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/la-diferencia

and Richenel on This Mortal Coil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlIb34ElJ4A

oh I don't actually know that one! good job starting this thread btw jed

:)

the comp of brazilian electronic music they put out was superb.

echoing this, it's fantastic

ILM is no stranger to Gigi Masin at this point but I'd like to mention that the Talk to the Sea comp by this label is one of my favorite albums

another yea vote for "outro tempo: electronic and contemporary music from brazil 1978-1992"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpSYbzWl_nM

^ this song off the kuniyuki takahashi set is great, some kind of dank electronic spiritual jazz thing

The label compilation from last year came with a live mix from Chee Shimzu which is really good, exploring the ~dancefloor~ side of what they do. I love this label so much!

The System is British, not Dutch AFAIK. The bio says he worked with Duran Duran and you can hear the connection.

Not checked out the Geoffrey Landers comp properly but 'Breedlove' is of course classic.

Yeah, this is the English System.

Great stuff in this thread btw

oh duh, i misread the info. music from memory is dutch!

bookmarked, thanks y'all

Yeah, thanks for starting this - I like a lot of what I've heard from this label so far but am realising I've got some catching up to do.

the system sounded very early talk talk-ish to me, back when their label wanted them to be the next duran duran. has anyone head the rest of their album, like the tracks that didn’t make the ep?

I wish these LPs were less expensive to buy in the States. I love the Gaussian Curve and Gigi comp, a good deal of Outro Tempo, and that Dip in the Pool 12". A lot of the others I've heard go in one ear and out the other, but I very much like this label's aesthetic overall.

Did anyone pick up that Joan Bibiloni comp from a few years back? I'm in love this track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_I_EZ0jGik

What I have heard of from the Garrett LP on Music From Memory is dee-lish. (Garrett AKA Dam-Funk.)

These guys put out great stuff, was just listening to snippets of the Kuniyuki album earlier today. The Vito Ricci comp they put out is also great and hasn't been mentioned yet. Also looking forward to the upcoming "Uneven Paths" comp referenced upthread, as well as the one collecting ambient tracks by Terekke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q46kxRIlPI

From the upcoming comp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfps5FD7nQE

Richenel is the only dutch artist on the label, i think.

The Dam Funk album (under the name Garrett) is boring

brimstead, you've killed the vibe.

j/k

lol sorry I was really amped up for it

https://assets.boomkat.com/spree/products/484582/large/musicfrommemory-unevenpaths.jpg

Uneven Paths: Deviant Pop From Europe 1980-1991

01. Nightfall In Camp - Cada Dia
02. Ströer Duo - Nomad Song
03. Tony Hymas - Pictures Of Departure
04. Violet Eves - Listen Over The Ocean
05. Miko & Mubare - Komoma Ya-Ya-Ya
06. Piscine Et Charles - Quart De Tour, Mon Amour
07. John Makin - No Lie
08. Nonobstant - Jessica
09. Wolfgang Klingler, Thomas Heimes & Hans Christian Mittag - Nach Dienst
10. Sound On Sound - Depression
11. Pete Brandt - What You are
12. Lost Gringos - Tambo Machay
13. Vanakos - I Hate Disco... Not The Dance
14. Brenda And The Beachballs - Dancin Thru' The Night
15. Patrick Forgas - Sex Move
16. Xavier Jouvelet - Oeuf En Clock
17. Lou Blic - Mineralite
18. Steve Beresford - Comfortable Gestures
19. Bill Nelson - The Whole City Between Us
20. Harte 10 - Happy New Year
21. Monica Rypma - Hey, Where You Goin!

Steve Beresford yep, Bill Nelson okay, don't think i could tell you anything at all about a single other person on that tracklist though

link?

https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=41123

^ also has news of a new michal turtle set

NickB otm, those are the only two I know as well

that's one more than I know

love comps like this, opening up whole new worlds. there's a cool 2LP comp of the Spanish scene that just came out that's similar:

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Golpea-Tu-Cerebro-Spanish-Underground-Cassette-Culture-1980-1988/release/11267448

where do US ilxors order Music From Memory vinyl? I bought the last few on Discogs, but shipping rates are getting ridiculous

That does look awesome. Walhalla records from Belgium released two great (well, I only have vol. 2) compilations of Belgian new wave/synth acts from cassette releases.

On topic, apart from the already mentioned Outro-Tempo and Gaussian Curve records I have/love the Denis Mpunga & Paul K. (Congolese/Belgian percussion/synth collab) and Dub Oven (Californian synth/funk/punk) EP's. Basically I check every MfM release my local record shop gets in...

the suso saiz records have been some of my favourite things as well

― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, January 31, 2018 7:54 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm mildly obsessed with this as well. Also can't get enough of Roberto Musci

Terekke's Improvisional Loops is out on Spotify this morning, interesting release for MFM: https://open.spotify.com/album/7sYiiE8J3sHHCALicu6MUU?si=hn3sSfcgS9K8XbD5c5MRLQ

Somehow perfect for a snowed in London this morning.

Been watching this label since I discovered it a few months ago.

I recommend the Geoffrey Landers compilation they put out. "Say You'll Say So" got me hooked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGsr-wCiXqM

I had been aware of it more or less from the beginning cuz I was living in Amsterdam and had some friends would DJ for Redlight Radio and buy stuff from Redlight Records, but really only paid full attention after this profile on Tako in RA - https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2530 Gives a decent impression of the 00s crate-digger spirit in Europe, especially after Discogs. It's actually a bit crazy how many of those records have now been re-released even since the feature!

In general, MFM strike me as best case defense of retromania.

anyone been keeping up with the second circle releases? only one i have is the dazion EP but that's definitely a keeper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP0tFEQGUDU

where do US ilxors order Music From Memory vinyl? I bought the last few on Discogs, but shipping rates are getting ridiculous

Forced Exposure mailorder has v reasonable shipping and pretty much the whole catalog in stock.

some kind soul has made a Spotify playlist of all this stuff, looking forward to diving in

There's a good trick with Spotify, you can actually search by label.

If you enter - label:"music from memory" - into the search bar, you should get all the results. Not sure why they don't improve functionality like this tbh.

^^^ such a wonderful thing

that Dazion EP is wonderful!

Gonna just drop a reference to this reissue comp here, fits into the Redlight Radio DJ set zone of Tako, Jamie Tiller or guys like Hunee over the past few years - not sure if it's the right thread for it, but anyway...

Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth Boogie In 1980s South Africa - seriously great, sorta MFM parallel.

yeah i bought gumba fire yesterday, great stuff indeed

boxedjoy, alerted me to this, which is really good.

https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/album/tropisch-verlangen

It's on Belgian label STROOM rather than MfM but it covers a lot of the same demographic.

also this on STROOM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I3eNguvreM

Stop it! Stop it!

the Redlight Radio DJ set zone of Tako, Jamie Tiller or guys like Hunee over the past few years

I call this stuff "Discogs wormhole material"

That's a great wormhole.

could use a rolling wormhole thread tbqhwy

There is a definite axis, isn't there? Stuff that maybe five years ago would have simply been "balearic" but now its too dark and un-pop to align easily. Music from Africa and South America and Asia that's technically reissues but feels new to the world, and stuff that feels like reissues but is actually contemporary. The kind of thing you feel constantly behind the curve on. Growing Bin, Listen To This, WRWTFWW, whoever. Its a broad realm but it feels niche in its remit, "rolling wormhole" might be the best description?

its kind of post mutant sounds blog balearic?

chee shimizu
ondas
ziggy/stroom
basso/growing bin
maybe the antinote crew
redlight radio gang
visible cloaks/root strata
dream chimney
melody as truth
record culture magazine
etc

The Knew-age thread?

Start at Bumrocks -> Lovefingers?

https://youtu.be/Yy0WV2wrpsY

Not MfM but also in the same demographic - this reissued album of baroque Danish synthpop by Suzanne Menzel I've been enjoying this week. Some of it is a little eyebrow-raising but fans of weird 80s pop and Julia Holter should investigate

This Uneven Paths compilation is genuinely surprising. Maybe one of the most beautiful compilations of unknown-to-me music I've ever heard.

https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/uneven-paths-deviant-pop-from-europe-1980-1991

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dldM2onGOdQ

omg the Terekke album is so beautiful. very ambient, mostly just soft muted drifty synth pads but it's really excellent.

Uneven Paths is ace, first thing I've bought on this label. Reminds me of the Antinote five year anniversary compilation from last year

Uneven Paths, yup terrific. I feel like I'm still absorbing it, but plays like one of the best DJ mixes from Redlight.

Hunee's Hunchin' All Night is also out, and (perhaps?) also deserves a mention on this thread: https://rushhourmusic.bandcamp.com/album/hunee-hunchin-all-night - also great!

^ thanks for reminding me about that, listening now and it’s sounding great

yes, thank you x

oh great!

jed_ played "Stop It" to a dancefloor on Sunday and it sounded SO GOOD thank you jed_

I think it's my favourite single of the year and it's not even from this year

<3

I could report that boxedjoy was stone-cold-sober when I played it but I'd be done for libel.

Outro Tempo 1984-1996 announced!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtgNrPmo8Jb/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
music_from_memory
Super thrilled to announce that this Spring we will release the second volume of Outro Tempo! Following on from where the first volume left off, “Outro Tempo II: Electronic and Contemporary Music from Brazil, 1984-1996” takes another dive into the depths of the Brazilian underworld, exploring the rhythms that lurk beneath the Ipanema sunset. A year in the making and again compiled by @johngomezldn it will feature original artwork by @alicequaresma on a beautiful double LP format.

But we’re not done there… to quench your Outro Tempo thirst we are releasing an exclusive teaser EP with the never before heard cassette madness of São Paulo’s Bruhahá Babélico and Individual Industry’s ethereal electro pop on the flip! Check ‘Bruhahá II’ (1987) and be sure to head over to our YouTube for the full track!

Excellent news!

Now need to see an Uneven Paths Vol 2 (the more superior of the two collections in my opinion)

Uneven Paths is the shit.

jamie tiller was on the NTS breakfast show recently and he talked about the new outro tempo, played some very nice brazilian stuff too

https://www.nts.live/shows/the-do-you-breakfast-show/episodes/the-do-you-breakfast-show-1st-february-2019

Yup that was a good show.
Further to the above, I preferred the Uneven Paths comp too but pretty much everything that label puts out is quality.

The excellent Yu Su has an EP of ambient/Balearic tracks coming out soon on MFM sublabel Second Circle. Clips here - https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/23734

Also RA have made Stroom their label of the month, which I think would be of interest to readers of this thread - https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3449

definitely, thanks paolo!

Stroom doing amazing work!

I've been relying on this store to help turn me on to a lot of this kind of stuff lately

https://commendnyc.com/

Are there any must buys in the Stroom catalogue? I've looked at their Bandcamp page but was unsure where to start.

Well, Pablo's Eye is great!

Thanks for the Commend link, Evan. This stuff is a big area of interest for me too and it's not easy to stay on top of new releases.

The Ingus Bauskenieks album is very good.

You're welcome! I recommend following them on instagram as they're generally pretty on top of it and are descriptive about what they're showcasing/what's new.

xp

i got the zoe sinatra/kyoto 12" and the strobe light network one, of their recent releases, and the new benjamin lew one sounds good too from what i've heard; keysha - stop it! is a classic

i find out about most of this type of stuff from instagram and NTS

Yup, seem to remember Charlie Bones playing some Stroom stuff before. Thanks for the recommendations.

the guy who runs stroom (ziggy aka nosedrip) is a semi regular guest on bones' show, and he also has his own slot too:
https://www.nts.live/shows/nosedrip

btw that new curt cress reissue on MfM is fantastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kCtvoVXONc

The latest Suso Saiz LP on MfM is absolutely beautiful as well

oh well reminded - i need to hear that!

Like this a lot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFclrPm_cYQ

Wow, Pablo's Eye 'Spring Break' record is dope.

It sure is!

in a similar orbit - a compilation reissued on Strangelove compiling their work, a mix of Venezuelan folk, jazz-funk and early synth-pop, ie a South American take on Sade at their most balearic. It's really good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJhE8lxlp3Y

Awesome! Been looking forward to more Venezuelan stuff getting on reissue label's radars after those two Soul Jazz comps.

i was uber happy the Frank Harris and Maria Marquez comp came out. I have been searching for more of their music since I fell in love with Canto Del Pilon when it was included on a Ralph Records comp in 1987. It only took 32 years!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AuSFZEn6x4

yes, love room is gorgeous

TRjj Music Compilation "12 Dances" on STROOM is fucking brilliant and quite singular. I suppose kind of Pablo's Eye + Tirza without the vocals but weirder.

I agree!

While we're talking about Stroom I'd like to say that their Kyoto/Zoe Sinatra split 12" is just about perfect and probably my single of the year so far, even if both of the tracks are from the 80s.

Super happy to be able to finally announce this one, it’s one we’ve been trying to make happen since we started the label! MFM042 ‘Broken Belief’ is a collection of ten tracks from Japanese musician Toshifumi Hinata recorded between 1985/1987..https://t.co/bjtP2U2bWm

— Music From Memory (@MusicFromMemory) July 31, 2019

Website and bandcamp not even updated w/ it, it seems, but this is great news!

that is great news. he is long overdue some love and more accessibility.

I really love this song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC2sCOiCgf4

amazing that a song like that was left off the debut album despite being recorded for it.

on to the original 1983 album by The System, to clarify.

Wait, is this the "You Are In My System" System? Talk about being ahead of the curve!

No this is the English The System

https://www.musicfrommemory.com/release/6298/the-system/the-system-ep

Robert Lamb was a member and went on to produce a lot of Stephen Duffy/Lilac Time records

someone unpack the lyrical content of 'almost grown' for me please

It seems to be a father singing about a teenage daughter he can't communicate with and their relationship has broken down so much that she's leaving home and he feels regret. I admit that it's a strange subject matter for a song. I'd never really thought about it before you asked.

that is a hell of a song (almost grown)

Is the second Outro Tempo comp as good as the first one?

I think I prefer the second

I picked it up yesterday and I think you might be right

Jed - there's a new TRJJ EP out on Stroom. Just so you know

cheers, paolo. I've been buying things from their own page too, many of which are one euro or pay what you want.

https://trimusic2.bandcamp.com/

can recommend the Wanda Holt releases.

and the Subaru one which, iirc, is free if you want it free. bandcamp doesn't show me the price any more because I already have it. I never pay nothing for "pay what you want" releases, fwiw.

and forgotten Scottish wonders Vazz, too.

Going back to MFM, Test Pressing have been repping this new Toshifumi Hinata comp. Haven't heard it myself but looks interesting:

http://testpressing.org/2019/09/toshifumi-hinata-broken-belief-music-from-memory/

the shakti reissue on stroom is sublime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WPre5bWhbY

^ i mean this song jesus god

that's awesome.

the Shakti reissue has "Rainbows" which features Jade 4U (of "Injected With A Poison" fame) which I've been hoping would turn up for a few years since I heard it in a Dream Chimney mix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9yCwRoo7vk

really into this bit of pop-reggae which has been reissued on Smiling C, similar axis to the outsider pop failures that Stroom and MfM are unearthing

Have been really enjoying this MfM mix: https://soundcloud.com/music-from-memory/mfm-mix-008-dk

Anyone seen Ziggy from Stroom DJing? Because I'm going to see him in a few weeks >>>>>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECYMydGWQ4s

Their recent EP from Benjamin Lew is a bit special

Contains three tracks from Benjamin Lew and Steven Brown's excellent Douzième Journée: Le Verbe, La Parure, L'Amour, from 1982. A bit weird that Brown is not credited on this 12" release.

is that in Glasgow paolo? I can't imagine it not being excellent

Sure is! Wanna go?

https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1352923

I've heard a few mixes from Ziggy/Nosedrip and they've been excellent but more for home listening, so it'll be interesting to hear what kind of stuff he plays in the club. I'm old enough that I'd be happy with six hours of home listening music in the club though.

they put this out a few years ago but I've only just heard it. really good. liquid liquid-ish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDE0SIM350

Its the same night as my Xmas work night out. I'll need to "have a word" and see how early and easily I can sneak out

Did either of you (or anyone else) go? I am willing to bet it was far better than my attendance at an ABBA tribute night

It was great! Ziggy and his pal Victor de Roo know how to work a crowd. They even played some garage, which I did not see coming.

breaking my heart here

Love this Pablo's Eye track from the Stroom compilation, the one called Bardo for Pablo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Mr49X22w4

The album is good but this track is awesome.

(I take it this is the low countries reissuers thread rather than just MfM)

Stroom's pricing angle on Bandcamp kinda frustrates me. It's €12.50 + vat to buy from them on there but you can but it on boomkat for £3.99 (inc vat) and the vinyl was only €16+vat initially. often they put things on at the same price for digital d/l and vinyl and the vinyl includes a digital d/l! MfM too also charge too much for digital only, imo. Obv they both do good work and I'd like to support them on bandcamp, ideally, but it's not very helpful at times.

The drums on that track are so great.

this one, for example:

https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-over-maroma

Buy Record/Vinyl €20 EUR or more

Buy Digital Album €20 EUR or more

and the vinyl

Includes unlimited streaming of Cloud Over Maroma via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

it's £6.99 on boomkat.

Sorry to make the thread about this, it just seems like bad at business. Totally love and support everything they do.

MfM and the more chill Stroom releases (especially the Cybe album) have been on heavy rotation at Chez Paolo during the current unpleasantness. I've got about £70 worth of MfM records arriving in the post sometime soon as well

xp

No that's totally a peeve with some labels' digital or specifically Bandcamp pricing, especially with the VAT thing. It makes it an awkward choice if nothing 3lse, and takes the piss really as they will be making proportionally more straight profit on the digitial.

Nice one, paolo, what did you buy?

70 quid worth of MFM is 2 records right? They're about $35 each in shops here.

The Gigi Masin one, the Musica Esporadica one, the Terekke one and the Dip In The Pool single, which is £12.50 for about ten minutes of music but I've not been spending my cash on anything else so I might as well blow it all on records. And they're pretty reasonably priced in the UK for the most part. I think most of their double albums are about £20 or less with nice packaging.

Music From Memory - now more than ever

I was listening to that single today, actually.

great thread, and wish i would have read it earlier! after eventually landing on gigi masin and listening to the MfM comp and Wind pretty obsessively,
a spotify radio thing based on masin led me to the 2019 Yu Su release Roll with the Punches. it's been...36 hours? i think i have listened to it at least 10 times already. while purchasing the 12" today, i went ahead and grabbed Tower of Silence (30 seconds of "Woman of Water and Music" was more than enough to convince me) and Toshifumi Hinata's Broken Belief, based on the enthusiasm on the thread. i move like molasses but i have noted that i need to look into Stroom as well

Everyone needs to look into Stroom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIRfQ92j6nw

New one forthcoming from Suso Saiz and Suzanne Kraft. It sounds very nice.

Those are all A+ picks ZS. It's cool that Gigi Masin is like a landing spot for a lot of people who will then venture from there on. Yu Su and Hinata's 'Broken Belief' are both excellent (the organ sound on the latter is *insert cool ascii looking thing*). I'm going to check out Tower of Silence now!

That Suso Saiz/Suzanne Kraft sounds nice, I hope Vini Reilly and Pat Metheny get their royalties!

mfm adjacent stuff from javier bergia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyEGY28zwig

^ this video is EXCEPTIONAL btw

from the same album, this one's a bit less wacky and a bit more gigi-esque:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1JYOPGsxv4

just when i though 2020 couldn't get much weirder, one of my most listened to records at the moment is a solo album by the drummer from grizzly bear

https://assets.boomkat.com/spree/products/657720/large/mfm047-foolsharp-web-front.jpg

definitely a good record!

yes I was pleasantly surprised by that, thanks Nick

This sounds so good! Top of the want list it goes

https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/between-no-things

Suso Sáiz & Suzanne Kraft

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2867916005_16.jpg

in a recent mail order i threw in Toshifumi Hinata's Broken Belief on a whim, based on a few quick listening samples.

it's a collection of his music from 1985-1987, a lot of simple piano/melody lines, warm pads, and samples.

to put it another way: it is somewhere in a space between angelo badalamenti and ryuichi sakamoto

forgot to say the most important thing: i love it! it was kind of a grower, but it has come to be daily listening while i work

Beautiful album, couldn't agree more.

This thread has opened up a whole bunch of stuff for me in the last six months or so. I think it'll be my abiding lockdown music (from memory).

That Hinata album is lovely. My latest find has been Masahiro Sugaya's Horizon compilation from last year. It's mainly piano-based but has that lovely 'woody' thing going on. I can't get enough.

Excited for this

Music From Memory is turning 50! Beyond happy to finally announce no less than our 50th release since we kicked things off back in 2013! This time with a special one:

VA - Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, 1993-1997 https://t.co/7OZwWWFU81

— Music From Memory (@MusicFromMemory) September 15, 2020

Wow, thanks for the heads-up! That Move D track sounds fantastic.

Is there a track list somewhere? I love that Solitaire album definitely one of Move D's best.

Bit more info on their FB post about it:

Music From Memory is turning 50! Beyond happy to finally announce no less than our 50th release since we kicked things off back in 2013! This time with a special release we’ve been working on for some time now:

VA - Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, 1993-1997 (3xLP/2xCD) is the first in a series of compilations, as well as more in depth artist-focused releases, which will delve into music produced during the 1990’s that redefined the boundaries of ‘Ambient’. This was music that explored the concept of Ambient within a new setting, created often by House & Techno music producers for a world beyond dance floors but made very much with the pre and post-clubbing listener in mind.

Returning to our own first discoveries of Ambient music in the 90s we’ve been revisiting some personal favourites as well as rediscovering amazing music from a youth spent watching Chill-out videos on VHS, staying up all night to watch MTV’s Chill Out Zone as well as some of our earliest dabbles in local record stores.

From Ambient and Chill-out classics, to lesser known one-off projects, as well as Ambient deviations by some of the House and Techno’s leading producers, volume one of Virtual Dreams features tracks by Bedouin Ascent, LA Synthesis, LFO, Marc Hollander, Mark Pritchard & Kirsty Hawkshaw, Richard H. Kirk and more.

Check the video for David Moufang’s stunning track ‘Sergio Leone’s Wet Dream’ from his CD-only album ‘Solitaire’ (1995), released on Peter Namlook’s cult Fax +49-69/450464 label. As always head over to our YouTube channel for the full track and stay tuned for more info!

Volume One of ‘Virtual Dreams’ is released Dec 8th

broken belief is spectacular, thanks for the look out upthread km

yeah, love that album. i originally caught wind of it through young marco's first mix for beats in space, which is great but behind a paywall now, unfortunately (but understandably.)

intrigued by MFM's upcoming 90's chill out explorations

i want that now! lol

the suzanne kraft / suso saiz album is also sounding spectacular and better than i imagined.

Looking forward to that

check yr ilxmail map

xxp

Oh good I was mildly worried I was the only one who got excited about that one. Suso is great!

you def aren't the only one! between no things is lovely

Hiya karl *cough cough*

gotcha

check yr ilxmail map

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, September 15, 2020 8:05 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

hehe thx any way u could give me a shout at struggin at gmail dot com

after one listen between no things is easily among the best things i've heard this year, just stunningly beautiful, wide and deep

YSI plz? TYIA

That was my takeaway as well, map

enjoy yr malware idiots

jk enjoy yr chill vibes

thanks, this is gorgeous

Between No Things is wonderful. I could listen to the Weak Wheel of the World for a, uh, week.

Happy to see David Moufang on here. Looks as though my long-dreamed about Fax revival is right around the corner

No pre-order link as of yet, I guess?

If you like Between No Things and slept on Suso's Nothing Is Objective, check it out because it is also fantastic.

ty karl!!

release date and tracklist confirmed, up for presale at the usual spots

https://www.musicfrommemory.com/release/6879/various-artists/virtual-dreams-ambient-explorations-in-the-house-techno-age-1993-1997

Psyched for this. Tracklisting looks great except for the Primitive Painter track. I just can't get past that Voodoo Ray sample they used lol. Anyway, props to Jamie Tiller for putting this together.

Hazy memory but I think I have APL - The Calling on one of the Ambient Dub comps though I think it might be a different mix? That guy's two tracks on that are an absolute highlight for me though iirc. Stoked for this comp if everything is of that standard.

BTW if anyone is buying anything from Juno in the near future, do yourself a favour and stick a copy of the Javier Bergia comp CD in your basket cos they're selling it for 99p at the moment. Very MFM adjacent - he was a member of Finas Africae, so if you know them, you'll know to expect top stuff

The Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations in the House & Techno Age 1993-1997 is out (and on Spotify if that's your thing). It's good! Tuomas mentioned on another thread that it's kind of what you'd expect really but that's more than fine.

Looks like the physical version got pushed back to February, but I've been looking forward to this one. The Pulusha and Space Time Continuum tracks alone are worth the price.

https://images.nomorewords.net//releases/700/r6946_0_or.jpg

Coming out on her own label this month. Music From Memory releasing the vinyl I believe. Last year's 'Roll with the punches' was ace.

Love the artwork too.
https://www.musicfrommemory.com/release/6946/yu-su/yellow-river-blue

Clips are sounding good!

I'd love to get my paws on a copy of this one but unless it gets repressed that's probably not going to happen :(

https://www.discogs.com/Yu-Su-Preparations-For-Departure/release/11389130

Awesome! Yeah that 12” ended up being one of my favorite releases of last year.

clips sounds great, intriguing. Her track on this is great as well: https://wearerhythmsection.bandcamp.com/track/233-2

Thanks for the tip. Just purchased.
'Roll with the punches' was released in 2019 my mistake.

Definitely excited for this one.

Hey now:

Music From Memory has announced its next compilation, Heisei No Oto - Japanese Left-field Pop From The CD Age (1989-1996).

https://ra.co/news/74435

yu su album kills

yu su album kills dogs

hell yeah

wow you sound really happy that my dog is dead :(

but what a way to go

cool

Maybe I need to spend more time with it, but didn't have the same immediate impact as Roll With The Punches for me.

May be of interest to people who enjoy MFM stuff - our man Suso Saiz is on it for instance. Looks pretty good imo:

LA OLA INTERIOR: Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983​-​1990
by Various Artists

https://lesdisquesbongojoe.bandcamp.com/album/la-ola-interior-spanish-ambient-acid-exoticism-1983-1990

looks great. really like the available track.

love that track- sounds like a unique collection

that Yu Su album is almost great, I wish it just had a little less going on.

haha I feel that way about a lot of albums these days!

I've only heard "Xiu," which I think is fantastic, and if I could find a way to get this shipped to the US for under $40 I'd have already bought it on the basis of this track alone. Instead, I'll check out the rest to make sure I really need it.

Yeah, take the time first! I like it, but stylistic it’s so varied that it makes it tough to recommend

Roll With the Punches was very consistent

This is exceptional, can't find a scrap of info on the artist anywhere tho, sadly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p339VRINTU

fantastic record, thanks for reminding me to listen

I love this one but my ears keep hearing "ahh, shut up" lol

From discogs they've also released music as Light in Darkness xps

https://www.discogs.com/artist/166322-Light-in-Darkness

On Daisyworld, no less, everything loops back to Hosono in the end :)

I'm loving this new comp of 80s Spanish ambient on the Swiss label Bongo Joe. Exactly the kind of thing I expect from MfM.

https://img.discogs.com/cDiiM1S6Zfu55OeUEALBTJTZkBw=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-17713786-1615021873-6707.jpeg.jpg

I wasn't really sure where to put this but it has that 80s 'woody' sound and this seems a good a place as any: jazz album from 1983, with synthesizers and vibes, much of which wouldn't sound out of place on a Gigi record/DJ set.

https://larrychernicoff.bandcamp.com/

Western is particularly lovely: https://larrychernicoff.bandcamp.com/track/western

Thanks for the heads-up!
Sort of sounds somewhere btw Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Mother Mallard/David Borden (looks like I already had this Chernicoff album wantlisted on Discogs though, yet another sign of listening to too much music)

Alongside his trio collab with the younger Dutch residents as Gaussian Curve, am still holding out for a synth duo album on, say, Sacred Bones (or MFM, ha) btw Masin and A. Howarth, if only so that they could be billed as Gigi/Alan

Yes, good shout on the PCO! I don't know Mother Mallard/Borden - will have a listen.

Gigi/Alan

well played

That La Ola Interior compilation is excellent.

forthcoming comp of 90s act MLO (feat. Jon Tye of Seahawks), sick cover art

https://www.musicfrommemory.com/release/7107/mlo/oumuamua

fuck, yes.

Jamie Tiller passed away in an accident over the weekend, sadly

https://www.instagram.com/p/CyloaJFsa3W/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

OMG! Awful news.

tragic. rip

So shocked by this. Huge influence musically on me for the last however many years and I'm sure there's a lot of people out there who feel the same. And MfM has changed the lives of some of the artists they've put out, they really were doing god's work. His DJ sets were wonderful too. Terrible loss

This was a fun set of somewhat wonky dance stuff from a few years back with his mfm partner tako:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvuQGNMZMJI

awful (and shocking) news. such a great DJ and obviously MfM is an incredible label.

Gigi Masin on instA:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CymJirjMrqw/

that is very sad. rip

Very sad news. the genuine excitement of finding MfM in 2014 was a revelation, the sounds, the curation, the packaging.. it changed a lot for me.

Agreed, deeply appreciative for Jamie's positive contributions to my life. Gone far far too soon, RIP.