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The cover's palette hints at liminal-space unease, but inside is a soft, easygoing instrumental funk record. Melbourne's Karate Boogaloo keep refining the minimal-funk aesthetic they've worked on for close to twenty years, building the whole album around a 'concise as haiku' idea — each track starts from one thought and gets pared down to its leanest form. 'Tremendous Fantastic' pairs crisp drums with a sticky bassline and slippery guitar. Out on US soul label Colemine Records.

封面乍看像《後室》的色調，裡頭卻是一張鬆軟舒服的器樂 Funk。來自墨爾本的 Karate Boogaloo 延續近二十年打磨的 Minimal Funk 美學，全作以「像俳句一樣簡潔」為核心，每首曲子從單一想法出發，不斷削減到最精煉的狀態。〈Tremendous Fantastic〉在清爽鼓點之中留著黏稠的 Bassline 與滑溜吉他，俐落又充滿律動。由美國靈魂樂廠牌 Colemine Records 發行。

A seven-piece boogaloo soul band from Melbourne, with members drawn from Karate Boogaloo, The Pro-Teens, Surprise Chef and The Teskey Brothers — effectively a summit of the city's soul/funk scene. After their debut 'Waiting Room' grew into an underground favourite, they returned to the attic studio where they cut it (since demolished) and finished this self-titled second album in a single weekend. Eleven instrumentals fold minor-key funk, psychedelic percussion and heaps of horns into something loose, playful and full of groove.

來自澳洲墨爾本的七人 Boogaloo Soul 樂團，成員分別來自 Karate Boogaloo、The Pro-Teens、Surprise Chef、The Teskey Brothers，等於集結了當地 Soul／Funk 場景的一群好手。首張《Waiting Room》逐漸成為樂迷口中的地下名盤後，他們回到當初錄製首作、如今已不存在的閣樓錄音室，只花一個週末便完成這張同名二輯。11 首純器樂作品把陰鬱小調 Funk、迷幻打擊樂與大量銅管揉在一起，保留七人同場演奏最直接的默契與即興。

The latest EP from California trio Brainstory. Lead track 'The Watchers' sits on a hip-hop-indebted groove laced with horn lines, jazz and psychedelic textures — loose but sticky. The Shoebox of the title is the cramped Long Beach studio they ran for years, stuffed with instruments and gear, where they taught themselves recording and arranging. Shortly after handing the record to Big Crown they learned they had to move out, so the EP became an accidental farewell to the room.

加州三人組 Brainstory 的最新 EP。先行曲〈The Watchers〉以深受 Hip-Hop 影響的 Groove 為底，交織銅管旋律、爵士與迷幻聲響，鬆弛之中帶著黏稠律動。標題的 Shoebox 是他們在 Long Beach 經營多年的小錄音室，狹窄空間塞滿樂器與器材，是三人摸索錄音與編曲的基地；作品交給 Big Crown 不久後他們便得知必須搬離，這張 EP 也就意外成了那間錄音室的告別作。

Jazz drummer and hip-hop producer Karriem Riggins (J Dilla, Erykah Badu, Common) teams with experimental neo-soul singer-songwriter Liv.e as GENA for their debut. Liv.e's smoky, unvarnished voice slides into Riggins's warm, percussion-heavy world, pushing contemporary R&B, jazz improvisation and hip-hop rhythm somewhere new — already aired on Gilles Peterson's show. Pressed on 180g red-and-black splatter vinyl in an embossed sleeve.

爵士鼓手兼嘻哈製作名將 Karriem Riggins（J Dilla、Erykah Badu、Common 的合作班底）聯手新世代實驗 Neo-Soul 唱作人 Liv.e，組成雙人團體 GENA 的首張合作專輯。Liv.e 煙嗓般不加修飾的人聲滑進 Riggins 溫暖而打擊感十足的世界，把當代 R&B、爵士即興與嘻哈律動推到新的高度，曾在 Gilles Peterson 的節目中播出。180g 重量盤，紅黑潑墨彩膠，壓紋封套。

The long-awaited vinyl edition of haruka nakamura's score for the animated film 'Look Back' is finally confirmed. Details are still thin and the pressing is strictly limited, so move early. Quiet piano and strings form the understated layer that carries so much of the film's emotional weight. Arriving January 2027.

久等了，haruka nakamura 為動畫電影《驀然回首》所作的配樂終於釋出黑膠消息。極限量發行，目前細節未明，但無論如何都請早。鋼琴與弦樂鋪成的安靜聲景，是這部短篇動畫最動人的一層底色。2027 年 1 月到貨。

Anything on Colemine is worth a listen, and The Winston Brothers return to the label after four years with the same muscular funk. Built on a 70s cinematic-soul foundation and drawing from Isaac Hayes, Willie Hutch, Roy Ayers and J.J. Johnson, it stakes out Hamburg's own corner of the soul world. Available on black and silver vinyl.

Colemine 出品必屬佳作。The Winston Brothers 時隔四年重返 Colemine，新作延續他們強勁的放克風格，以 70 年代 Cinematic Soul 為基調，汲取 Isaac Hayes、Willie Hutch、Roy Ayers 與 J.J. Johnson 的精髓，塑造出德國漢堡獨特的靈魂樂場景。重點是價格跟音樂一樣甜。黑膠與銀色彩膠兩版。

Previously issued only on cassette, this 16-track selection — chosen by Miki Matsubara herself — gets its first double coloured-vinyl pressing, with the final artwork now confirmed. It spans 'Mayonaka no Door ~Stay With Me', 'Ai wa Energy' and 'Neat na Gogo Sanji', pulling from 'POCKET PARK', 'Who are you?', '-Cupid-' and 'Myself', with arrangements by Tetsuji Hayashi, Shigeru Suzuki, Akira Inoue and Masaaki Omura.

先前僅以磁帶形式發行的精選《松原美紀 My Select 16》首度雙彩膠化，封面也終於定案。16 首曲目由松原みき親自挑選，從〈真夜中のドア ～stay with me〉、〈愛はエネルギー〉到〈ニートな午後3時〉，橫跨《POCKET PARK》《Who are you?》《-Cupid-》《Myself》四張專輯，林哲司、鈴木茂、井上鑑、大村雅朗等名家編曲盡在其中。

Tomoyo Harada — four decades into a career split between acting and singing — brings her well-loved 'Renai Shousetsu' covers series to a fifth volume, the first built around winter holiday songs, again produced and arranged by her collaborator of nearly twenty years, guitarist Goro Ito. It opens with Yumi Matsutoya's 'Surf Tengoku, Ski Tengoku', the theme to the 1987 film she starred in, finally sung by her almost forty years on. Also here: Quruli's 'Bara no Hana', Keisuke Kuwata's 'Shiroi Koibitotachi', Unicorn's 'Yuki ga Furu Machi' and 'Winter Wonderland'. Less a bustling Christmas record than a quiet, warm winter songbook.

出道超過四十年、演員與歌手雙棲的原田知世，廣受好評的《恋愛小説》翻唱系列來到第五輯，也是系列首度以冬日 Holiday Songs 為主題，製作與編曲仍由合作近二十年的吉他手伊藤ゴロー擔任。開場選了松任谷由實〈サーフ天国、スキー天国〉——她 1987 年主演電影《私をスキーに連れてって》的主題曲，相隔近四十年終於親自重唱。另收錄くるり〈ばらの花〉、桑田佳祐〈白い恋人達〉、UNICORN〈雪が降る町〉與〈Winter Wonderland〉等日洋冬日名曲。比起熱鬧的聖誕專輯，更像一冊安靜溫暖的冬日歌集。

Night City's soundtrack gets its first coloured-vinyl pressing: a limited 45rpm yellow 3LP in a heavyweight three-panel gatefold with a sticker sheet. It's a tour of Polish techno, ambient, synthwave, bass music, industrial and IDM, with Lutto Lento, Earth Trax, Private Press and Foql among the names. Last five copies in stock.

《Cyberpunk 2077》的夜城聲景首度彩膠化，限量 45rpm 黃色彩膠 3LP，厚重三折封套並附贈貼紙。波蘭的 techno、ambient、synthwave、bass music、industrial 與 IDM 元素盡在其中，Lutto Lento、Earth Trax、Private Press、Foql 等名字輪番上陣。最後五張現貨。

A restock of Eminem's first hits compilation on double vinyl, collecting 'My Name Is', 'Stan', 'Lose Yourself', 'The Real Slim Shady', 'Without Me' and 'Mockingbird', plus the live 'Stan' with Elton John. Limited quantity at this price.

Eminem 的首張精選輯雙黑膠補貨，收錄〈My Name Is〉〈Stan〉〈Lose Yourself〉〈The Real Slim Shady〉〈Without Me〉〈Mockingbird〉等生涯代表曲，外加與 Elton John 合作的〈Stan〉現場版。價格數量有限，售完為止。

Mute releases Swans' farewell Berlin concert as a 4LP+DVD box and a 2CD+DVD set. The full performance runs over two hours and includes previously unreleased material, structured in five chapters — 'The End of Forgetting', 'The Merge', 'Paradise Is Mine', 'Newly Sentient Being' and 'The End of Regretting'. Marco Porsia and Peter Harton also filmed the show as a concert movie.

Mute 發行 Swans 柏林告別演唱會實況，以 4LP+DVD 套裝與 2CD+DVD 兩種形式推出。完整演出超過兩小時，包含從未發行過的曲目，錄音以五個篇章「The End of Forgetting」「The Merge」「Paradise Is Mine」「Newly Sentient Being」「The End of Regretting」構成，Marco Porsia 與 Peter Harton 同時以演唱會電影記錄了這場演出。