Tower of Power style west coast funk rock, and it has these things called 'Breaks' too.

A lot of buzz has been building about this PHILLY/NYC group because of their eps on What's Your Rupture & Hospital & now we finally get a full length release. COLD CAVE somehow manages to sound like early DEPECHE MODE & NEW ORDER while not really sounding retro at all. Perhaps it's their lo-fi approach to their music which puts them a little in the Sacred Bones/Captured Tracks territory (specifically BLANK DOGS) & their more experimental songs which are similar to THROBBING GRISTLE at times. Some of the songs are actually very accesible & remind us a little of YEAH YEAH YEAHS or even MAGNETIC FIELDS. This record has the potential to be REALLY HUGE & if you like minimal electronic pop & new wave then you NEED TO HEAR THIS! Reissued for the masses by Matador in November 2009.

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Long overdue collection of ALICE COLTRANE material that was recorded in the '80s & early '90s & self- released within her spiritual community, not widely released via a record label. "Ecstatic Music..." collects eight songs from this period & releases them widely for the first time EVER.

First time vinyl reissue of this fantastic record! If this record caught your eye than you already know what a force ALICE COLTRANE is to be reckoned with. "Universal Consciousness" was originally released in 1971 as her fifth full length following a slew of amazing albums and immediately following her arguably most highly regarded, "Journey in Satchidananda". It was her first release exploring the organ and strings, continuing to make her the queen of dissolving the line between free jazz and new age music.