Music from Memory (Label) - Search and Seek

I don't think we'll be destroying anything but because the stuff they release is so broad and, while it's mostly been reissues in the past they are putting out more and more new recording specifically made for the label. Sometimes it's not even easy to tell the reissues from the new stuff. Then there are the compilations (so, the old stuff is not strictly reissues) I think a dedicated MfM thread would be useful.

Lots of enthusiasm from Gaussian Curve album on the albums poll. It's very good, particularly good for working to. Like gr80 on that thread I think the first album is even better. I had no idea until that thread that Young Marco was in the group.

The release I particularly like is Robert Musci's Tower of Silence, which seems to be from the mid 80s but some of it is more recent. Regardless of the sources it does sound very much of a piece as an album. It is absolutely glorious and you need to listen to it RIGHT NOW.

https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/tower-of-silence (it's also on spotify)

sorry about that garbled opening paragraph.

yes, i was listening to "tower of silence" on my way to work today!

i picked up gigi masin and joan biblioni reissues but have not gotten too deep into them yet

my favorites so far are system's "vampirella" (incredible dutch proto-techno from 1983) and leon lowman's "liquid diamonds" (amazing vaporwave funk from 1980)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYDufRzRJRk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CHR9zvmLGQ

actually the lowman comp stretches from 80-85, the track i posted is from 82

that Tower of Silence track is amazing!

The "Water Music" track by Tower of Silence I meant to say.

TLG Tip!

"tower of silence" is also on apple music, as is an album of his (some tracks overlap w/ "tower of silence") called "the loa of music"

this is my favorite off "tower of silence"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDt57uwzc_E

yes yes yes @ that Leon Lowman track, thanks.

the comp of brazilian electronic music they put out was superb. there's a european equuivalent to that coming out in the next couple of months too

also the tracks I've heard off the new kuniyuki takahashi comp have been very lovely

the suzo saiz records have been some of my favourite things as well

err suso i mean

they’ve put out some good singles too btw, but this one would be an easy favourite:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W_UoV0v1RhQ

dip in the pool - on retinae

The Richenel ep is very good too and sent me on a This Mortal Coil trip for a fortnight

https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/la-diferencia

and Richenel on This Mortal Coil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlIb34ElJ4A

oh I don't actually know that one! good job starting this thread btw jed

:)

the comp of brazilian electronic music they put out was superb.

echoing this, it's fantastic

ILM is no stranger to Gigi Masin at this point but I'd like to mention that the Talk to the Sea comp by this label is one of my favorite albums

another yea vote for "outro tempo: electronic and contemporary music from brazil 1978-1992"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpSYbzWl_nM

^ this song off the kuniyuki takahashi set is great, some kind of dank electronic spiritual jazz thing

The label compilation from last year came with a live mix from Chee Shimzu which is really good, exploring the ~dancefloor~ side of what they do. I love this label so much!

The System is British, not Dutch AFAIK. The bio says he worked with Duran Duran and you can hear the connection.

Not checked out the Geoffrey Landers comp properly but 'Breedlove' is of course classic.

Yeah, this is the English System.

Great stuff in this thread btw

oh duh, i misread the info. music from memory is dutch!

bookmarked, thanks y'all

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.

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?

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

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

yu su album kills dogs

hell yeah

wow you sound really happy that my dog is dead :(

but what a way to go

cool

Maybe I need to spend more time with it, but didn't have the same immediate impact as Roll With The Punches for me.

May be of interest to people who enjoy MFM stuff - our man Suso Saiz is on it for instance. Looks pretty good imo:

LA OLA INTERIOR: Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983​-​1990
by Various Artists

https://lesdisquesbongojoe.bandcamp.com/album/la-ola-interior-spanish-ambient-acid-exoticism-1983-1990

looks great. really like the available track.

love that track- sounds like a unique collection

that Yu Su album is almost great, I wish it just had a little less going on.

haha I feel that way about a lot of albums these days!

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.

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

This is exceptional, can't find a scrap of info on the artist anywhere tho, sadly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p339VRINTU

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.

The new compilation (take a deep breath if you're reading this out loud), Virtual Dreams II: Ambient Explorations in the House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999, is really brilliant.

Some beautiful sounds, very cerebral but beats here and there also.

nice, thanks

damn, Riow Arai - 1969 sounds like a lost Orb track, loving this

Oh wow. Volume I has been a mainstay since it's release (along with the Young Marco Planet Love comps) and was only wondering the other day if there'd be a Volume II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbSfeyTGjhA

This was the standout from my first couple of listens but in general I felt the whole thing really changed the atmosphere in my home.

Nice mix from Taka Reyenga: https://soundcloud.com/barsway/swaymix-012-taka-reyenga

nice - thank you!

Virtual Dreams II: Ambient Explorations in the House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999, is really brilliant.

Some beautiful sounds, very cerebral but beats here and there also.

― LocalGarda, Wednesday, October 23, 2024 8:21 AM

this completely smashes. xpost to: Sunday morning music #onethread

I really like the Ocean Moon record, Ways To The Deep Meadow.

this is great, thanks. i like it more than the mlo reissue tbh!

only thing i'm not loving is this inspirational context:

Side one of the album was created at a time when Tye had been exploring ideas around artificial intelligence, delving into books such as ‘The Physics Of Immortality’ by Frank J. Tippler, ‘Novacene’ by James Lovelock, and ’12 Bytes’ by Jeanette Winterson, seeking an alternative to the prevalent, negative views of AI. He was also inspired by the Buddhist perspective of AI as an integral part of consciousness evolution, as evidenced by the creation of a Buddhist robot that preaches in the Kodaiji Temple in Kyoto.

but it's not like you can hear that in the music really.

lol, yeah i did read something to that effect, but yeah, didn't notice it in the music. maybe he got ai to come up with this blurb of stuff he can say inspired the record.

been chilling to that ocean moon album all year, it's beautiful

Ocean Moon album is lovely. Only just realised it's John Tye from MLO.