From: JARED HOFFMAN <72170.1753@CompuServe.COM> Date: 18 Apr 94 22:12:08 EDT INSTINCT RECORDS RECENT RELEASE NEWSLETTER (4/18/94) ==================================================== CSERVE 72170,1753 26 WEST 17TH STREET #502 NEW YORK, NY 10011 This list is distributed by EMAIL only to persons who have expressed interest in our music. If you have received this in error, or simply do not wish to recieve this update, we apologize and will remove you from our list... just let us know. ==================================================== 1994! Again It's been a slow start for the new year due to the failure of one of our major distributors. For those of you who have had trouble finding recent releases in the stores..... the flood is about to begin again. We've just entered into a new distribution agreement with Caroline Records so our records should soon be available in even more alternative stores than ever. One thing is clear.... 1994 is the year for Ambient.... and it's also the year for Acid Jazz..... ==================================================== MAILORDER UPDATE If you are not already on our snail-mail list... send a self-addressed stamped return envelope to us and we'll send you our latest mail order catalog. For the rest of you... the Winter '94 catalog is still the latest... we'll get an update letter out in the next few weeks. ==================================================== WHATS NEW? * June 1 release for the new CABARET VOLTAIRE Double-CD set titled THE CONVERSATION.... disk 2 features the epic 53 minute PROJECT 80....ambient tour de force that will take your breadth away. Excerpted on CHILLOUT PHASE TWO * The brand new DRUM CLUB album, as of yet untitled, will be unveiled this summer when we also release their 1993 debut album. Look for the first single in JUNE with remixes by HARDKISS SOUND and REEL 2 REAL. * Our newest imprint INSTINCT AMBIENT is in full effect.... in June we begin the first full length ambient artist releases featuring TERRE THAEMLITZ and MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE * Coming soon... the double-CD FAX compilation... all new, never compiled before! * TECHNO NATIONS II - 12 more of the most up-to-date Hardcore tacks compiled by our friends at Kickin Records UK. ============================================================= NEW RELEASES: * DORADO: THE GOLD SESSIONS * This Is Acid Jazz (EX274) CD & Cassette Release Date 4/20/94 12 Tracks from one of the UK's Acid Jazz pioneers. The most polished, fully produced of the English Acid Jazz labels, DORADO presents it's top artists featuring keyboard wizard Matt Cooper's critically acclaimed OUTSIDE, D-NOTE featuring Matt Wienevski's flute and soprano sax , and the Missisipi born vocals of JHELISA. NY's GIANT STEP NYC crew kicks in with a a cover of Coltrane's Impressions. Many other strong, smooth jams from CIRCLE IN THE ROUND, COOL BREEZE, HIGH STEPPERS, and MONKEY BUSINESS. * NIGHT TRAINS - "MILES AWAY" * This Is Acid Jazz (EX275) CD & Cassette Release Date 4/20/94 The US debut full length album from London's NIGHT TRAINS. Arranger, producer, songwriter HUGH BROOKER fromed the NIGHT TRAINS in London back in 1985 and has joined forces with musicians such as Hip Joint's sax man Gary Foote, guitarist and drummer Nick Van Gelder from Jamiroquai, and Matt Bianco percussionist Robin Jones. The NIGHT TRAINS blend elements of jazz, soul, and hip hop breaks into something truly original.... you've heard 'em on all volumes of This Is Acid Jazz... now check them out on their own, and in force! * SOUL OF THE CITY * This Is Acid Jazz (EX281) Release Date 4/20/94 Presenting the US debut of one of Germany's pioneering Acid Jazz labels with 12 hot tracks from Yo Mama! Records out of Hamburg. Fierce grooves, soaked with soul, and the hotest rhythm sections around.... this is why Hamburg hasbecome the European capital of the Acid Jazz scene. Catch the best from MAINSTREET PEOPLE (formerly IZIT!) MOTHER OF PEARL, SOULSTAFF featuring the JB HORNS!, South Central, LA, transplant groove poet CUNNIE WILLIAMS, SPICE, HIS MASTERS VOICE, SHOCKADELICA, and MANSHA. The soul of the city, and the vibe from the street... the International Acid Jazz experience. * TRANCEFUSION (VOLUME 2) * Sonic Records SNC2031 CD & Cassette Release Date: 5/11/94 The second installment in our Trancefusion series proves the genre has truly come of age. 12 more of the best global trance and intelligent dance music selections including SABRES OF PARADISE, JAM & SPOON, THE DRUM CLUB, YOUNG AMERICAN PRIMITIVE, ORBITAL, PROTOTYPE 909, SABOTAGE, CABARET VOLTAIRE and introducing the tribal trance of NYX, and ANIMATION from Germany's trance setting Superstition Records...and more! * EMIT 0094 * Instinct Ambient (EX280) CD & Cassette Release Date 5/11/94 This CD gathering an essential survival kit in the swirling miasma of so-called home-listening experiences" - Melody Maker The most gorgeous, haunting ambient compilations I've heard... from England's superlative Time Records (the people that brought us Sine, and others) Treat yourself to the ambient dub jazz of COCO, STEEL & LOVEBOMB.... an outstanding array of ambient soundscapes from the blissed-out electronics to the most minimal of digital mindscapes. With VOODOO WARRIORS OF LOVE, BAD DATA, GAS, QUBISM, WOOB, MILAN, and more. * THIS IS ACID JAZZ (Volume 4) * This Is Acid Jazz (EX282) CD & Cassette Release Date 5/18/94 And Volume 1 seems just like yesterday! It's hard to believe that we've been doing the Acid Jazz thing for 4 years... finally, it's really begining to take off. Here's Volume 4 of the series that brought the sound to the US... and our best installment yet. With major acts including D-INFLUENCE and SOLSONICS through the most exciting new discoveries like GAZELLE, GROOVE ATTACK PRODUCTIONS, and THE BLUENOTES....Volume 4 kicks with serious grooves, and serious playing. Favorites back for encore performances include THE NIGHT TRAINS, CFM BAND, TRASH JAZZ... other new appearances include NY's CAPDEVILLE, London's MAINSTREET PEOPLE, and JAPAN's E.M.&I. * CHILLOUT PHASE TWO * Instinct Ambient (EX268) Double-CD, Xtended Cassette Release Date 5/18/94 The epic, and highly anticpated followup to last years monument to the new ambient age, CHILLOUT. Another double-CD set at a single CD price featuring over 140 minutes of sound, 90 on casette. APHEX TWIN, IRRESISTIBLE FORCE, ORBITAL are amongst the genre leaders featured on Phase Two.... digging deeper, exploring new frontiers, new artists... with extraodrinary compositions from SAD WORLD (FAX Records) SUN ELECTRIC (R&S Apollo) DEEP SPACE NETWORK (Source Records) AIR LIQUIDE (Blue Records) and brand new excursions beyond the ambient from TERRE THAEMLITZ, PROTOTYPE 909, HUMAN MESH DANCE, OMICRON, OPTICA, CABARET VOLTAIRE, DIY and more. This is a truly exceptional project, carefully sequenced, thoughtfully arranged... RECENT RELEASES: * TECHNOSONIC VOL 4: A JOURNEY INTO TRANCE * Sonic Records SNC2030 CD & Casette (2/10) Volume 4 in our best selling rave compilation series ever. Once again, Belgium's ultra-hot ANTLER SUBWAY family of labels present 12 new tracks, always evolving, always at the cutting edge. JAYDEE appears in the guise of GRAYLOCK with the hard driving trance of "Acceleration". The long awaited TRANSFORMER 2 & ADAMSKI teamup "Sleepin With An Angel" is also included. On the harder edge, ENCEPHALOID DISTURBANCE's classic "Reneagte". Also features LORD's OF ACID'S OLVIER ADAMS and PAT KRIMSON (MODEL 3000, RAVEBUSTERS, ATOMIZER) Stretching from trance into the progressive side with ASLI TANRIVERDI (The Transformer 2 singer) and SISTER BLISS, PIZZARRO, VIBES OF RHYTHM and more.... * RISING HIGH: TRANCE INJECTION (2/10) * Instinct EX265 Double CD/Xtnd Cassette Quite possibly our best compilation ever! Seriously! One disk of the wickedest trance imaginable... a second disk of ambient. This is one massive tour-de-force... and 2CD's for the price of 1. From London's one and only Rising High Records... the latest from BALIL (BLACKDOG PRODUCTIONS), IRRESISTIBLE FORCE's remix of TRANSFORMATIONS, CASPAR POUNDS brutal remix of OBX's "Eternal Prayer". Also featured... NEW LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, SEQUENICAL, DREAMFISH, SYZYGY, CYBERTRAX, ESCAPE 3, PERRY RHODAN, R.D.1, TRANQUILIZER and more.. hearing is believing! * KICKIN: HARDCORE LEADERS (2/25) * Kickin' USA KX4105 CD & Cassette Hardcore beats from London's Jungle Underground scene.... this is a compilation of the fiercest hardcore breakbeats as compiled by the UK leaders at Kickin Records. This stuff is fast... 160bpm+! Slam hungry classics from TANGO & RATTY, TWIN BASS, NOISE FACTORY, RUFF RIDER, DJ ROYAL, OMNI TRIO, ELLIS DEE AND SWANNE and more. Only for the headstrong or truly braindamaged... and if so... essential listening! * THIS IS ACID JAZZ:NEW VOICES (2/25) * Instinct Records EX266 CD & Cassette The latest in Instinct's classic THIS IS ACID JAZZ series is a more in depth look at 6 of our most exciting up and coming Acid Jazz artists. Featured 2 tracks each by THE EXODUS QUARTET out of Washington D.C.'s hippest underground scene, from London, the JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET, the European godfathers of Acid Jazz, and THE NIGHT TRAINS. NY is represented with THE ACID BLUES PROJECT, CFM BAND and SWING MACHINE. These are smooth, jazzy grooves... with some excellent vocals. Less hip hop and more dance oriented as Acid Jazz compilations tend to go... * PLUG IN & TURN ON (3/10) * Instinct Records EX267 DOUBLE CD/Xtended Cassette Another Instinct DOUBLE-CD special.... at single CD price. Presenting the full Instinct Artist Roster for 1994 .... disk 1 is trance disk 2 is ambient presenting the depth and breadth of our lineup for this year.... features a 8 page booklet with info and photos of the artists... DRUM CLUB, CABARET VOLTAIRE, GTO, PROTOTYPE 909, HUMAN MESH DANCE, EVOLVE NOW, OMICRON, MOTHERING NOISE, MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE, and TERRE THAEMLITZ. These are the artists and the sounds that will be shaping the sound for 1994.... get in early, get in fast.... a classic compilation. Get to know... THE FACES BEHIND THE MACHINES... CABARET VOLTAIRE (10/15) * INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE (EX264 CD and Cassette) * PLASTICITY (EX255 CD and Cassette) "everything you will hear in the next 74 minutes is true...." 2 New albums from one of the most important pioneers of electronic/industrial music. Back at the front of your mind with their finest work in years, Cabaret Voltaire have stripped themselves of the baggage accumulated trying to please major label contracts and have stripped back and returned to their underground roots... and, not surprisingly, are once again, redefining the cutting edge in their own image. These are the first two LP's of a trilogy that will be complete with a spring release. Expect, spacious open textures rooted in minimalist grooves... brooding, post-techno algorithms combined with Cabaret Voltaire's signature twists and turns. Seriously, these records are excellent... in one fell swoop CV have regained their crown, showing newcomers like The Aphex Twin, and Black Dog Productions how its really done. * ESP VOLUME 2 - THE TRANCE GROOVE (10/15) * Sonic Records SNC2029 CD and Cassette The much awaited follow up and companion to volume 1 featuring 15 more exceptional trance tracks released from the Dutch ESP/Go Bang! record labels. A sonic tour de force, this compilation weaves a hypnotic spell featuring Cosmic Baby, Paradise 3000, Rising Sun, Black Scorpion,Nico, Ghetto Brothers (featuring Blake Baxter!) and more all blended into a seamless continuous fabric.... Hard to find on vinyl, this is the only compilation featuring these trance classics. All in all, a superb follow up that won't let down fans of ESP Volume 1, or Trancefusion. NY'ers check out the review in NY PRESS 12/1!