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
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
https://assets.boomkat.com/spree/products/484582/large/musicfrommemory-unevenpaths.jpg
Uneven Paths: Deviant Pop From Europe 1980-1991
01. Nightfall In Camp - Cada Dia02. Ströer Duo - Nomad Song03. Tony Hymas - Pictures Of Departure04. Violet Eves - Listen Over The Ocean05. Miko & Mubare - Komoma Ya-Ya-Ya06. Piscine Et Charles - Quart De Tour, Mon Amour07. John Makin - No Lie08. Nonobstant - Jessica09. Wolfgang Klingler, Thomas Heimes & Hans Christian Mittag - Nach Dienst10. Sound On Sound - Depression11. Pete Brandt - What You are12. Lost Gringos - Tambo Machay13. Vanakos - I Hate Disco... Not The Dance14. Brenda And The Beachballs - Dancin Thru' The Night15. Patrick Forgas - Sex Move16. Xavier Jouvelet - Oeuf En Clock17. Lou Blic - Mineralite18. Steve Beresford - Comfortable Gestures19. Bill Nelson - The Whole City Between Us20. Harte 10 - Happy New Year21. 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
Forced Exposure mailorder has v reasonable shipping and pretty much the whole catalog in stock.
― Cannonley Adderall (InternationalWaters), Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
some kind soul has made a Spotify playlist of all this stuff, looking forward to diving in
― sleeve, Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:57 (six years ago) link
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.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 1 March 2018 16:14 (six years ago) link
^^^ such a wonderful thing
― brimstead, Thursday, 1 March 2018 16:22 (six years ago) link
that Dazion EP is wonderful!
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 1 March 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
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.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 11 March 2018 08:40 (six years ago) link
yeah i bought gumba fire yesterday, great stuff indeed
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Sunday, 11 March 2018 23:00 (six years ago) link
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.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Sunday, 11 March 2018 23:08 (six years ago) link
also this on STROOM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I3eNguvreM
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Sunday, 11 March 2018 23:09 (six years ago) link
Stop it! Stop it!
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Sunday, 11 March 2018 23:10 (six years ago) link
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"
― boxedjoy, Monday, 12 March 2018 08:14 (six years ago) link
That's a great wormhole.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 12 March 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
could use a rolling wormhole thread tbqhwy
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Monday, 12 March 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
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?
― boxedjoy, Monday, 12 March 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
its kind of post mutant sounds blog balearic?
chee shimizuondasziggy/stroombasso/growing binmaybe the antinote crewredlight radio gangvisible cloaks/root stratadream chimneymelody as truthrecord culture magazineetc
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Monday, 12 March 2018 21:10 (six years ago) link
The Knew-age thread?
― brimstead, Monday, 12 March 2018 22:10 (six years ago) link
Start at Bumrocks -> Lovefingers?
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:53 (six years ago) link
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
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 15 March 2018 12:39 (six years ago) link
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
― DJ U OK Hun? (jed_), Friday, 23 March 2018 00:55 (six years ago) link
omg the Terekke album is so beautiful. very ambient, mostly just soft muted drifty synth pads but it's really excellent.
― brimstead, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 01:57 (six years ago) link
Uneven Paths is ace, first thing I've bought on this label. Reminds me of the Antinote five year anniversary compilation from last year
― paolo, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 09:55 (six years ago) link
Uneven Paths, yup terrific. I feel like I'm still absorbing it, but plays like one of the best DJ mixes from Redlight.
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 11:03 (six years ago) link
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!
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 11:04 (six years ago) link
^ thanks for reminding me about that, listening now and it’s sounding great
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 23:17 (six 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
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
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 (two 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 (two 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 (two years ago) link
Gigi/Alan
well played
― sleeve, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 21:33 (two years ago) link
That La Ola Interior compilation is excellent.
― paolo, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 07:31 (two years ago) link
forthcoming comp of 90s act MLO (feat. Jon Tye of Seahawks), sick cover arthttps://www.musicfrommemory.com/release/7107/mlo/oumuamua
― brimstead, Sunday, 15 August 2021 01:31 (two years ago) link
fuck, yes.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Sunday, 15 August 2021 01:43 (two years ago) link
Jamie Tiller passed away in an accident over the weekend, sadlyhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CyloaJFsa3W/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
― donna rouge, Thursday, 19 October 2023 17:23 (six months ago) link
OMG! Awful news.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 19 October 2023 17:35 (six months ago) link
tragic. rip
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 19 October 2023 17:43 (six months 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 (six months 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 (six months ago) link
awful (and shocking) news. such a great DJ and obviously MfM is an incredible label.
― toby, Thursday, 19 October 2023 18:32 (six months ago) link
Gigi Masin on instA:https://www.instagram.com/p/CymJirjMrqw/
― blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 19 October 2023 22:00 (six months ago) link
that is very sad. rip
― ava (paolo), Friday, 20 October 2023 13:31 (six months 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 (six months 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 (six months ago) link