Music from Memory (Label) - Search and Seek

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

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.