Finders Keepers Records S/D

Well, yeah. But one step at a time, man.

Pomegranates comp is great although the subtitle is a little weird since none of this stuff sounds particularly funky or psych to me. I guess the marketing team thought it would be a good pull in though.

this is pretty rad. thai + sabbath
http://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/discog_fkr45006.html

man... i hope both sides are going to be on that comp, those 7" releases never seem to make it over here.

The Well Hung - Communist Hungary Funk Explosion comp is my favourite. Not a bad track on it.

should I buy the Googoosh record (despite never having heard anything the Rumanian sensation)?

Iranian, I mean.

It's OK.. if you don't have the "Pomegranates" comp I'd pick that up 1st.

secret stash has a bunch of similar releases i was checking out tnite. what are some other labels that rerelease this kind of stuff?

they have a comp persian funk which is really great - i haven't heard pomegranates comp yet but possibly covering similar territory?

Pomegranates is great. This too: http://www.discogs.com/Kourosh-Yaghmaei-Back-From-The-Brink/release/3025704

The best thing on The Sound Of Wonder! release.. and lucky lucky, there's a video to it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZa-zVj-8Sw

Selda did nothin' for me,

I was surprised it placed on the '70s poll. It's pretty cool but I'd imagine there are tons of records like that. Sounds like something you'd hear at any middle eastern restaurant. But maybe it has subtle charms that haven't revealed themselves to me yet.

The store Mount Analogue in LA has some interesting limited FK stuff like a JC Vannier box set. Kind of pricey though.

I love Finders Keepers. The 70s Hungarian funk comp Well Hung doesn't have a bad track on it - that's my favourite; awesome party album. I know DJ Mencap will rep for the Man Chest Hair, NW England 70s heavy rock comp. Anything they do by Polish soundtrack composer Andrzej Korzynski is worth getting, some of the Anatolian releases like Ersen and Turk Jerk, the Jean Claude Vannier reissue which launched the label L’enfant assassin des mouches is great and, as people have already said, Sound Of Wonder and Pomegranates are fantastic. Some of the stuff borders a bit on ironic, loungey, student common room, cheesy easy listening for my tastes but Votel and Shipton are deeply engaged with their subject matter and you're getting the perspective of people who've been collecting these sorts of music for a couple of decades or more.

does anybody have any sense of where this label stands w/r/t hunting down and paying the artists? I have a couple of things on the label and love them but the whole cambodian rocks "who knows who this is by!" deal (a: people who know about cambodian music, maybe seek them out?) has made me always feel a little woozy about "found" stuff

Sounds like something you'd hear at any middle eastern restaurant. But maybe it has subtle charms that haven't revealed themselves to me yet.

Aside from the fact that, uh, no, she really doesn't, and you're kind of verging on "it all sounds the same to me" dodginess, Selda is fiercely political. I highly doubt you'd hear her at a restaurant.

Aero: I know they're very, very diligent about licensing stuff. The unique tragedy of Cambodian music is that most of the musicians who recorded pop music in the 60s were murdered by the State. (I don't have any Cambodian stuff on the label but everything else I've got by them - about 25 - 30 albums seems to be licensed completely.) I talked to Votel recently about Ameoba's digitising programme and he sees it as a rights grab and completely unacceptable.

still enjoying that Strange Passions compilation of Irish Post punk...

some of the compilations I've heard from them recently were a bit meh.

Cuckooland & Byg spring to mind...

yeah unless there's examples I'm not recalling I don't think FK are a 'found' label in the way that you're talking abt

The store Mount Analogue in LA has some interesting limited FK stuff like a JC Vannier box set. Kind of pricey though.

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p sure one of the ppl who own or work there helps run the label

yeah she does

Aside from the fact that, uh, no, she really doesn't, and you're kind of verging on "it all sounds the same to me" dodginess, Selda is fiercely political. I highly doubt you'd hear her at a restaurant.

Yeah I knew that would come across in a bad "it all sounds the same" way. But I've heard a lot of middle eastern pop that sounds really cool. The selda record sounds cool too but doesn't stand out to me as being leaps and bounds above the rest. I don't speak the language though so I don't know how lyrics can possibly enter into it.

Aero: I know they're very, very diligent about licensing stuff. The unique tragedy of Cambodian music is that most of the musicians who recorded pop music in the 60s were murdered by the State.

yes, this is true - however the Cambodian Rocks comp didn't really even do any diligence whereas these guys did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGFI6AH9KJ8

it just strikes me as one of those situations where a whole interesting style of music is reduced down to only one record

XP: I'm not aware of this compilation. We're definitely not talking about the compilation with the same name on the American Parallel World label?

according to my (quarter turkish) mom selda is leaps and bounds above the rest

The first Welsh Rare Beat comp is pretty great. Never got around to the second one.

Second Welsh Rare Beat is not a patch on the first, I think. I've practically worn the first one out, maybe listened to the second four or five times. Someone does need to reissue those Bran albums, though...

Should be noted there was a series of Cambodian Rocks comps (on the Khmer Rocks label) that DID have liner notes and artist info, not that anybody got paid because, well, see above.

I know DJ Mencap will rep for the Man Chest Hair, NW England 70s heavy rock comp

Man, I wanted to like this comp - it's totally my kind of stuff - but it really falls off about a third of the way through. Unreleased Stack Waddy track, though.

Irish post punk comp is well worth picking up, one of my most listened to records from last year

https://twitter.com/andyvotel/status/811683489846329344

They got Macca on their Christmas episode

for various reasons, i have spent the last 6 months buying as many of this labels cd releases as i have been able to afford via discogs, ebay, and bandcamp/direct.

noticed a couple of weeks ago that their bandcamp was out of action.

and now their discogs page has this notification :

"The company has been wound up voluntarily at the end of December 2024. ( Creditors voluntary liquidation )"

anyone any idea as to what will happen re the digital releases now ?

(have never gone down the vinyl road re this label as that way madness lies .. )

sad to hear about this, but explains all the deep discount sales last year
time to get those latest Ciani LPs

yeah, i was wondering that about the sales thing as well.
also, they posted a few promo cd mixtapes on one of the bc fridays that i umm'd and ahh'd about as they weren't cheap,
very glad i grabbed them now.

Say to hear this. Mark e, curious if you recommend anything in particular from the label. I have a bunch of the Ciani releases they put out.

the Midnight Massiera comp rules, see also Horrific Child

Pomegranates comp is good

Emerald Web and Ciani stuff is p much all good

the Don Cherry/Jon Appleton 7" is not good

I like the Moomin records but never listen to them in practice

the Strain Crack Break comps and the Roger Doyle reissues are also worthwhile for NWW fans

I had thought they did the Cults Percussion Ensemble record, but that was Trunk

Position Position : not an easy question as different days I love different parts of the catalogue.

However, whatever mood, I love all of the releases on the Sound of Wonder sublabel (Bollywood Bloodbath, Sound Of Wonder, Life Is Dance, Disco Didlar, Solla Solla, ilectro etc), both of the B-Music compilations, Well Hung, Absolute Belter, BYG, Folk Is Not A Four Letter Word (vol 1 and 2), Thai Dai, Cloud Cuckooland, Bearded Ladies, Pomegranates, and yeah, the aforementioned Man Chest Hair.

Of the artist albums/compilations, then as per the thread suggestions I really enjoy : Selda, Ersen, Zalatnay, Mustafa Ozkent, Susan Christie, John Hill (a particular fave!), and even the mad french prog excess of Jacky Chalard.

I'd also add : X-Ray Pop, Billy Green/STONE soundtrack, Magnetic Systems, Bruno Spoerri, Fusioon, Moomins, Jean Claude Vannier (though his Roses release is an acquired taste !), Andrzej Korzynski, Gary Sloan & Clone, Emerald Web, Science Fiction Dance Party, Voice Of The Seven Woods to albums that I have really got into.

Stuff that doesn't quite hit the spot : Danse Sacrale, T.R.A.S.E., Don & Stevie, Emma Tricca, Don Gere/Werewolves On Wheels soundtrack, and while I get the importance of Ciani, the Lixiviation compilation is not a great listening experience for me.

Top recommendation to find out if this stuff is of interest to you : grab The Gaslamp Killer FK megamix, 'All Killer', as that gives a brilliant introduction to the various styles/sounds in one easily digestible form.

the Midnight Massiera comp rules,

i spotted a copy of this over the weekend for a decent-ish price, so ordered.
really looking forward to checking it out.

here's another tip.

a couple of years ago, andy votel teamed up with verdant brewery, and released a cassette compilation.
as part of the promo he put together a mixtape of FK material.

the mixtape is still available as a WAV download via their soundcloud page

https://soundcloud.com/finderskeepersrecords/verdant-brewing-co-x-finders-keepers-records-making-global-sound-local

not so sure it should be a WAV as most of the other downloads available are in skinny mp3 form, so i'd grab it sharpish.

Awesome, thank you!

Ciani’s work is now available digitally on her own Bandcamp:

https://suzanneciani.bandcamp.com/