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VIRUS 523R-LP
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"Available on limited blood red vinyl. Formed in Las Vegas in 1980, M.I.A. moved to Orange County in 1981 and started playing shows at the infamous Cuckoo's Nest. They first appeared on the classic Last Rites for Genocide and M.I.A. split LP (Smoke Seven) in 1982. They quickly became known for their energetic live shows, blending fast, guitar-driven hardcore with singer Mike Conley's unique melodic voice and the trademark Southern Californian punk sound. After a show with the Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra offered to release their next album, Murder In a Foreign Place on his Alternative Tentacles label in the summer of 1984. 'In the final days of December 1983, M.I.A. played a show in Las Vegas supporting the Dead Kennedys,' Guitarist and vocalist Nick Adams recalls, 'It was one of those underground DIY shows, in a dark warehouse space with a wall broken out to make it bigger, the result of kids willing to do just about anything to be with their friends and hear the music they loved. It was nearly broken up by the police (the Butthole Surfers were not allowed to play) but the Dead Kennedys got to do their set. M.I.A. had made an impression, though, and Jello Biafra offered to release M.I.A.'s next album on his label Alternative Tentacles. The record was also done in DIY fashion, with the band self-producing the resulting album.' The band went on to release two more records, Notes From the Underground (National Trust 1985) and After the Fact (Flipside 1987), re-issued as a 2LP set in 2023 by French label Modern City. Sadly, singer Mike Conley passed away in 2008 following a tragic accident; but original members Nick Adams (guitar, vocals), Paul Schwartz (bass, vocals) and Larz Pearson (drums) perform as a three piece. Now to mark the album's 40th anniversary, Alternative Tentacles and Modern City have teamed up to bring you Murder In a Foreign Place in 2024. With a total of 19 tracks, the re-issue includes the original album along with two studio out-takes and the full Greencarton demos. Unreleased track 'Help Me Up' appears here for the first time ever! No matter if you have original copies of Murder In a Foreign Place, or just discovering M.I.A. for the first time, this album is a must for any collection! It's an incredible re-issue for an indispensable album."
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SUS 057EP
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"After two years of release-abstinence, Sub Static boss M.I.A. is finally back with a 12" foretaste of her 2nd album. Considering the many reactions and feedbacks to these completely new live pieces, the A-side track 'Safe Night,' and the B2-goodie 'Leaving Behind' were picked as two of the very special moments of the current set, being obligatory to be brought to the studio and to vinyl at last. 'Safe Night' is one of those epic M.I.A.-masterpieces, enchanting you right from the word go, and in this sense linking to the style that made M.I.A. popular, basically since she first released records on labels like Traum, Trapez, and of course, Sub Static. Big emotions, riddled with subtle vocal dabs within a straightforward drive, while still keeping the vibe down-to-earth and drawing on moderate means -- a unique quality that has adhered to her since day one."
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SUS 043EP
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"Sub Statics highness M.I.A. adds new glam to the techno-pop genre and puts the grey November into a bright light..."
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TRAPEZ 038EP
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"Yes, it is the comeback of Cologne's best female producer M.I.A. After her stunning debut on Trapez River, the breakthrough nationally and internationally, she surprises once again, this time with a super techno monster that pays tribute to analog strings and dark raving minimal tracker. Straightaway could be regarded as a German answer to Mad Mikes Red Planet Productions, sweet and deep but rocking. The unique analog quality in sound, everything is 100% non digital(!) And the spontaneity of ideas floating in and out as feathers in the wind, add a feeling not to be replaced."
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TRAUM 037EP
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"After the formidable rocking 12" on Trapez, MIA has collected all her gifted talents to assemble a deep grinding 3-tracker. The force lies within the pounding drum patterns, the great chords and her hidden voice, that is always the tiny accelerator after the great support by Richie Hawtin & friends for her debut 12" on Traum, this new EP is another step into the hearts of the all around the globe."
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SUS 026EP
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"The last highly esteemed Traum and Sub Static releases of Cologne's M.I.A. are again lying over half a year back now -- that's ages if you like music that has more to tell you than you'd first expect; that always has new secrets to reveal. It's the many details, which M.I.A. however doesn't get lost in, rather she manages to create an own sort of microcosm with every single track. But more than ever she is also paying tribute to the needs of the dancefloor, and thus the Sub Static chief delivers what we all basically want, doesn't she? Artistic techno with a remarkably own flavor, which however doesn't shirk from the needed punch which you can rely on if things come to the worst."
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TRAUM 025EP
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"Dreamy, playful minimal house EP straight from the heart...Michaela Grobelny is a well known DJ from Cologne. She runs her own label Sub Static together with Falko Brocksieper...her trax on Traum show a slightly different perspective. Still one trademark prevails, an hypnotic beat with microscopic changes, a carrier for strong emotions."
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SUS 007EP
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"Now that her debut 12" 'Schlußlicht' (sus_04) has already enchanted this world's minimalists, Sub Static chief Michaela Grobelny is back with this appropriate follow-up called 'Gleis Zwei'. Keenly calm, but always daring to take a risk M.I.A. hereby intensifies her interpretation of minimal house. However, the title track (A1) proves that her versatility also includes some of the heavier tones. 4 tracks that dig their well-deserved space in this genre, between the polished everyday sound of now.
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