— Issue 125 —

It has been a great musical month this August, with various members of the crew checking out some great live performances including Burning Spear at Electric Brixton, and the excellent We Out Here Festival in Dorset, which had some stonking highlights: Loyle Carner, Pa Saliu and the absolutely legendary Joe Bataan!

Now, on to the vinyl: Following on from last month, we’re repeating the offering: an album and the second of two 10” releases we mentioned last month.

The full size album is, we think, the first one ever we’ve sent out that could be classified as shoegaze. This is a genre we’ve loved since back in the day early ‘90s with bands like Ride, Chapterhouse and Slowdive defining the genre (Mike even went to an early Ride gig when they supported Pixies at Crystal Palace Bowl). “Outside (Briefly)” by Froth was one of the highlights of a mid-late noughties shoegaze revival, and we’ve had it on rotation since then. This, their third album adds some krautrock flavours to the mix, and overall is a very accomplished and enjoyable listen.

Our 10” this month is the reissue of a rare find indeed! “Alle Sorgenti Delle Civilta” is the work of Italian film music composer / arranger / multi-instrumentalist Giulia De Muittis, (or Kema). Perhaps best known amongst fans of Italian production music and Giallo movie soundtracks as the wife of the legendary Alessandro Alessandroni, De Muittis was an equally formidable force who emerged from the formative years of the aforementioned genres. In a career that spanned four decades until her untimely death in 1984, Giulia’s collaborative work as a reliable creative all-rounder and pop polymath has stood the unshakable test of time like few other musicians, resulting in projects like: The Pawnshop, Femina Ridens, Revolver, Questo Sporco Mondo Meraviglioso, The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Tomb, Angoscia, Inchiesta Giudiziaria and Witchcraft ‘70 (Angeli bianchi Angeli neri). All very desirable pieces in certain vinyl collector circles.