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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)

Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 1 February 2018 00:03 (six years ago) link

sorry about that garbled opening paragraph.

Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 1 February 2018 00:04 (six years ago) link

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

the late great, Thursday, 1 February 2018 00:08 (six years ago) link

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

the late great, Thursday, 1 February 2018 00:09 (six years ago) link

that Tower of Silence track is amazing!

the 'phet offensive (calzino), Thursday, 1 February 2018 00:10 (six years ago) link

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

the 'phet offensive (calzino), Thursday, 1 February 2018 00:11 (six years ago) link

TLG Tip!

Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 1 February 2018 00:12 (six years ago) link

"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

the late great, Thursday, 1 February 2018 00:13 (six years ago) link

yes yes yes @ that Leon Lowman track, thanks.

Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 1 February 2018 00:20 (six years ago) link

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

faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2018 00:52 (six years ago) link

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

faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2018 00:54 (six years ago) link

err suso i mean

faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2018 00:55 (six years ago) link

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

faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2018 01:00 (six years ago) link

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

Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 1 February 2018 01:13 (six years ago) link

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

faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2018 01:19 (six years ago) link

:)

Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 1 February 2018 01:22 (six years ago) link

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

echoing this, it's fantastic

The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Thursday, 1 February 2018 01:25 (six years ago) link

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

Evan, Thursday, 1 February 2018 02:56 (six years ago) link

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

the late great, Thursday, 1 February 2018 03:20 (six years ago) link

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

faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2018 07:36 (six years ago) link

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!

boxedjoy, Thursday, 1 February 2018 12:42 (six years ago) link

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.

Noel Emits, Thursday, 1 February 2018 18:36 (six years ago) link

Yeah, this is the English System.

Great stuff in this thread btw

Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 1 February 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link

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

the late great, Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:20 (six years ago) link

bookmarked, thanks y'all

sleeve, Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:20 (six years ago) link

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.

Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link

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?

faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link

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

Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 1 February 2018 21:23 (six years ago) link

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

henry s, Thursday, 1 February 2018 21:34 (six years ago) link

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

Federico Boswarlos, Thursday, 1 February 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link

From the upcoming comp

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

Federico Boswarlos, Thursday, 1 February 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link

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

Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 1 February 2018 23:44 (six years ago) link

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

brimstead, Friday, 2 February 2018 00:50 (six years ago) link

brimstead, you've killed the vibe.

j/k

Heavy Messages (jed_), Friday, 2 February 2018 00:52 (six years ago) link

lol sorry I was really amped up for it

brimstead, Friday, 2 February 2018 00:52 (six years ago) link

two weeks pass...

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!

Maconie Youth (NickB), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 13:07 (six years ago) link

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

Maconie Youth (NickB), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 13:08 (six years ago) link

link?

Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 14:45 (six years ago) link

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

^ also has news of a new michal turtle set

Maconie Youth (NickB), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 14:52 (six years ago) link

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

sleeve, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 15:00 (six years ago) link

that's one more than I know

Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link

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

sleeve, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 15:03 (six years ago) link

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

Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link

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...

willem, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link

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

Evan, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 02:21 (six years ago) link

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

MikoMcha, Thursday, 1 March 2018 08:29 (six years ago) link

Somehow perfect for a snowed in London this morning.

MikoMcha, Thursday, 1 March 2018 08:33 (six years ago) link

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

Millsner, Thursday, 1 March 2018 10:25 (six years ago) link

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.

MikoMcha, Thursday, 1 March 2018 10:49 (six years ago) link

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

i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Thursday, 1 March 2018 13:37 (six years ago) link

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

millmeister, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 10:24 (three years ago) link

Clips are sounding good!

paolo, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link

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

paolo, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 16:23 (three years ago) link

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

Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link

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

10percent Discocunt (jed_), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link

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

millmeister, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link

Definitely excited for this one.

MikoMcha, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link

two weeks pass...

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

kieth chagrin (NickB), Thursday, 21 January 2021 13:35 (three years ago) link

yu su album kills

dogs, Saturday, 23 January 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link

yu su album kills dogs

Pie face (jed_), Saturday, 23 January 2021 18:03 (three years ago) link

hell yeah

Karl Malone, Saturday, 23 January 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link

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

satanist of size (map), Saturday, 23 January 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link

but what a way to go

Karl Malone, Saturday, 23 January 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link

cool

dogs, Sunday, 24 January 2021 12:55 (three years ago) link

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

MikoMcha, Sunday, 24 January 2021 14:20 (three years ago) link

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

would a nit be nice? (NickB), Friday, 5 February 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link

looks great. really like the available track.

Heavy Messages (jed_), Friday, 5 February 2021 22:13 (three years ago) link

love that track- sounds like a unique collection

Evan, Saturday, 6 February 2021 04:50 (three years ago) link

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

boxedjoy, Saturday, 6 February 2021 11:12 (three years ago) link

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

brimstead, Saturday, 6 February 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link

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.

Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:14 (three years ago) link

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

Karl Malone, Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link

one month passes...

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

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

Maresn3st, Thursday, 18 March 2021 12:48 (three years ago) link

fantastic record, thanks for reminding me to listen

I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Thursday, 18 March 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link

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

Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 18 March 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link

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

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

groovypanda, Friday, 19 March 2021 10:55 (three years ago) link

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

Maresn3st, Friday, 19 March 2021 12:46 (three years ago) link

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

punning display, Friday, 19 March 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link

two months pass...

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

Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 18:38 (three years ago) link

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

Kangol In The Light (Craig D.), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 20:41 (three years ago) link

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

Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 21:01 (three years ago) link

Gigi/Alan

well played

sleeve, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link

That La Ola Interior compilation is excellent.

paolo, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 07:31 (three years ago) link

two months pass...

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

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

brimstead, Sunday, 15 August 2021 01:31 (three years ago) link

fuck, yes.

Heavy Messages (jed_), Sunday, 15 August 2021 01:43 (three years ago) link

two years pass...

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

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

donna rouge, Thursday, 19 October 2023 17:23 (one year ago) link

OMG! Awful news.

stirmonster, Thursday, 19 October 2023 17:35 (one year ago) link

tragic. rip

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 19 October 2023 17:43 (one year ago) link

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

blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 19 October 2023 17:49 (one year ago) link

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

blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 19 October 2023 18:02 (one year ago) link

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

toby, Thursday, 19 October 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link

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

blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 19 October 2023 22:00 (one year ago) link

that is very sad. rip

ava (paolo), Friday, 20 October 2023 13:31 (one year ago) link

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.

mmmm, Friday, 20 October 2023 21:55 (one year ago) link

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

sawdust lagoon, Friday, 20 October 2023 23:04 (one year ago) link

one year passes...

The new compilation (take a deep breath if you're reading this out loud), Virtual Dreams II: Ambient Explorations in the House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999, is really brilliant.

Some beautiful sounds, very cerebral but beats here and there also.

LocalGarda, Wednesday, 23 October 2024 15:21 (one week ago) link

nice, thanks

go polish your nose ring (sleeve), Wednesday, 23 October 2024 15:36 (one week ago) link

damn, Riow Arai - 1969 sounds like a lost Orb track, loving this

go polish your nose ring (sleeve), Wednesday, 23 October 2024 17:13 (one week ago) link

Oh wow. Volume I has been a mainstay since it's release (along with the Young Marco Planet Love comps) and was only wondering the other day if there'd be a Volume II

groovypanda, Wednesday, 23 October 2024 17:21 (one week ago) link

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

This was the standout from my first couple of listens but in general I felt the whole thing really changed the atmosphere in my home.

LocalGarda, Thursday, 24 October 2024 07:08 (one week ago) link


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