Sunday, August 9, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
Mirage Cafe
Two Japanese house pioneers reunite after six years as 'Mirage Cafe', building a synth-led, hazy tearoom of sound to drift into. Immersive and soothing, this is a small overseas restock long awaited by fans.
Chet Baker Sings
The definitive vocal album from cool-jazz trumpeter and singer Chet Baker, whose fragile, languid voice became a hallmark of the style. Reissued here in the Blue Note Essential Vinyl Series with the correct original cover at a fair price — an ideal way into this classic.
The Vanity Project
The latest work from Danish electronic artist and Posh Isolation co-founder Christian Stadsgaard. Like a shattered mirror, it takes raw voices sourced from social-media detritus and dark-web signals, breaking and reassembling them through noise electronics and tape manipulation. Nordic in its restraint and melancholy, it murmurs quietly about love and reflection — essential for fans of Merzbow.
AK Cuts: Greatest Hits
British newcomer Anish Kumar — studying veterinary medicine at Cambridge while folding South Asian music into dance — has been praised by Four Tet and Annie Mac. This eight-track LP distils a four-part singles series, weaving Bollywood colours and melodic lines into house and disco grooves for a dancefloor language all his own, among the most charming fusion sounds in recent UK dance.
For Jazz Ballad Fans Only Vol.6
The sixth volume of the popular series hand-picked by Japanese audiophile figure Yasukuni Terashima, 'For Jazz Ballad Fans Only' gathers jazz ballads across the decades, its sound and selection tailored for discerning audiophile listening.
For Jazz Vocal Fans Only Vol.8
The eighth volume of Terashima's curated 'For Jazz Vocal Fans Only' series, spotlighting female vocalists beloved by vocal-jazz fans — an essential compilation for collectors of the genre.
We Are Everyone
Japanese DIY legends Tenniscoats' first proper full-length, released in 2004 — a long-out-of-print early treasure finally resurfacing. Delicate psych-pop and chamber-folk textures meet clever production, with cover art fans hail as a classic; it's among the most acclaimed works of their career. Reissued by UK label A Colourful Storm with liner notes penned by The Pastels' Stephen Pastel.
Korean indie band Leenalchi, led by film composer Jang Young-Gyu, reimagines the traditional pansori storytelling art with a rare lineup of three singers, two bass guitars and drums — stripping away harmony in favour of heavy, hypnotic bass grooves laced with disco, new wave and psychedelia. Drawn from the pansori classic 'Sugungga', this is their first proper worldwide album, praised even by Brian Eno as changing his imagination of music and Korea.