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PORTISHEAD - DUMMY (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Portishead – DummyYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1994, Electronic, Trip Hop, Bristol, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Came out of Bristol’s post–Wild Bunch ecosystem alongside Massive Attack/Tricky, but stayed separate from their crews and press circuits. Media Narrative: Helped popularize “trip-hop” as a press term, which the band regularly pushed back on in interviews. Album Art: The c...
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Crystal Castles- Crystal Castles (SUPER Staff P...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Crystal Castles – Crystal CastlesYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2008, Electronic, Electroclash, Toronto, ONCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Built from aggressively clipped laptop sessions—beats and synths pushed past “clean” on purpose, with mistakes and digital artifacts left as texture. Media Narrative: Early coverage leaned hard on mystery (ages, identities, anonymity), which the band quietly enc...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: MGMT – Oracular SpectacularYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2007, Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Brooklyn, NYCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Cut with producer Dave Fridmann, who pushed maximal sessions and weird textures—an outside hand shaping how their college-project songs scaled up.Media Narrative: The band later distanced themselves from being defined by the big hits, creating a long-running “audience vs int...
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Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (Staf...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85–92Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1992, Electronic, Ambient Techno, Cornwall, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: A lot of this era was built on cheap, semi-broken gear and obsessive DIY routing—Richard D. James treating limitations like a compositional rulebook. Media Narrative: The “85–92” framing is part mythmaking—fans argue what was truly made when, but...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2018, Rock, Post-Punk, Brooklyn, NYCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Produced with Danger Mouse, an outsider to the NYC guitar scene—his role was tightening structure and pacing more than “capturing a live take.” Scene Ecology: A Brooklyn DIY band making a big “festival-era” statement without leaving the small-venue lineage that built their a...
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Drab Majesty – Modern Mirror (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Drab Majesty – Modern MirrorYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2019, Rock, Post-Punk, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Notable Myths: Deb Demure is a constructed persona—Drab Majesty treats the project like a “character” with its own mythology, not a typical frontman story. Scene Ecology: Came up through L.A.’s modern goth/post-punk circuit—small clubs, darkwave bills, and label nights acting as the s...
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Village People – Y.M.C.A. / In The Navy
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Village People – Y.M.C.A. / In The NavyYear/Genre/City: 1978, Disco, New York City, NYMatrix #: OG 4091Condition: VG+ Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Built directly from NYC gay-club culture—characters and choreography designed for the late-’70s disco floor. Media Narrative: “Y.M.C.A.” became a mainstream crowd ritual while many audiences missed its queer-coded origin story. Public Scandal: “In the Navy” ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Emerald Web – CatspawYear/Genre/City: 1978, New Age / Electronic, Toronto, ONMatrix #: SYN 100Condition: NM Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Largely a two-person project—layered parts built in-house, treating the studio like the full lineup. Scene Ecology: A late-’70s Canadian private-label artifact—small runs that circulated through shows, mailorder, and specialty shops. Media Narrative: Later became collec...
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Jon And Vangelis – The Friends Of Mr. Cairo
Year/Genre/City: 1981, Electronic, London, UKMatrix #: PD-1-6326Condition: EX, sounds gre...
Year/Genre/City: 1981, Electronic, London, UKMatrix #: PD-1-6326Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great Cultural Facts: Family Ties: The project joined Jon Anderson’s Yes-era visibility with Vangelis’ film-score trajectory, blending two parallel progressive worlds. Media Narrative: Framed as a side project, it challenged expectations of what “progressive” artists could do outside band identities. Studio Lore: Built around extended studio improvisation and cinematic sequencing, ...
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Prince – Batman OST (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Prince – BatmanYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1989, Soundtrack, Pop/Funk, Minneapolis, MNCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Prince wrote and produced it at Paisley Park at high speed, using film footage and character concepts as prompts instead of a normal album cycle. Media Narrative: It was a rare case where a pop star’s album became a parallel “official” soundtrack—Warner used it as a cross-promo e...
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Title: Herbie Hancock – Future ShockYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1983, Electronic, Electro-...
Title: Herbie Hancock – Future ShockYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1983, Electronic, Electro-Funk, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: A jazz giant plugging directly into early-’80s club and street culture—electro, breakdance, and the DJ world becoming a real musical institution. Studio Lore: Built with Bill Laswell’s production brain and heavy turntable work from Grand Mixer D.ST, treating the studio like a collage room. Media Narrative: “Rockit” and its ro...
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Mitski – Bury Me at Makeout Creek
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Mitski – Bury Me at Makeout CreekYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2014, Rock, Indie Rock, New York CityCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Recorded quickly with Patrick Hyland on a small-budget, tight-team workflow—minimal voices in the room, maximum control. Scene Ecology: Rooted in the SUNY Purchase ecosystem where Mitski learned DIY touring and self-releasing before larger indie infrastructure arrived...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Vangelis – SpiralYear/Genre/City: 1977, Electronic, Paris, FranceMatrix #: AFL1-2627Condition: VG+ Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Created during Vangelis’ Paris period, using his custom Nemo Studios setup that emphasized live, real-time recording over overdubs. Media Narrative: Released as electronic music was entering pop-adjacent spaces, helping position Vangelis beyond experimental circles. Scene Ecolog...
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Brian Briggs – Brian Damage (STAFF PICK)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Brian Briggs – Brian DamageYear/Genre/Sub-Genre: 1981, Electronic, New WaveMatrix #: BRK 699Condition: EXC+ (would be NM if the cover looked better) Cultural Facts: Brian Briggs was studio alias of engineer John Holbrook, who’d worked at IBC Studios in London and major rock sessions before this side project. Holbrook also worked for EMS, the UK synth company—an engineer stepping out from the control-room w...
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Title: Klaus Schulze – TimewindYear/Genre: 1975, ElectronicMatrix #: ORL 8175Condition: VG++ (pla...
Title: Klaus Schulze – TimewindYear/Genre: 1975, ElectronicMatrix #: ORL 8175Condition: VG++ (plays great, very light wear) Cultural Facts: Recorded as two side-long pieces, conceived as a tribute to Richard Wagner and his Bayreuth years. Schulze had already passed through Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel, bringing that German experimental pedigree into his solo work. The album earned awards in France and helped cement the “Berlin School” synth approach among European electronic musici...
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Tomita – Tomita's Greatest Hits (Copy)
Title: Isao Tomita – Tomita's Greatest HitsYear/Genre: 1980, ElectronicMatrix #: R253955Condition...
Title: Isao Tomita – Tomita's Greatest HitsYear/Genre: 1980, ElectronicMatrix #: R253955Condition: NM (vinyl spotless; light edge wear on cover) Cultural Facts: Released in 1980 on RCA’s Red Seal line, aimed at hi-fi listeners and classical collectors curious about synthesizers. Compiles Tomita’s earlier Moog-based interpretations of European composers, treating them like “sound demos” for home stereo systems. Arrived during the boom in quad and high-fidelity LPs, making it a common tes...
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Title: Synergy – GamesYear/Genre: 1979, ElectronicMatrix #: PB-6003Condition: EX Cultural Facts: ...
Title: Synergy – GamesYear/Genre: 1979, ElectronicMatrix #: PB-6003Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Games was recorded by synthesist Larry Fast, who worked as a touring keyboardist for Peter Gabriel and engineered much of his early solo material. The album was one of the first fully electronic records to experiment with digital sequencing alongside analog synthesizers like the Moog Modular and Polymoog. Its tracks were used as demo material by synthesizer manufacturers in the early ’80s, h...
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Talking Heads – Slippery People / Making Flippy...
Title: Talking Heads – Slippery People / Making Flippy Floppy (Remixes)Year/Genre: 1984, New Wav...
Title: Talking Heads – Slippery People / Making Flippy Floppy (Remixes)Year/Genre: 1984, New Wave Matrix #: 9 20143-0 ACondition: Near Mint, no flaws, perfect. Cultural Facts: Released during the Stop Making Sense era, these remixes reflected Talking Heads’ peak fusion of art rock and funk. “Slippery People” was remixed by Steven Stanley, who worked closely with Grace Jones and Compass Point All Stars. The 12” format targeted club DJs, signaling the band’s deeper integration into dance...
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Title: Four Tet – Pink Year/Genre: 2012, Electronic Matrix #: TEXT032LP Vol. 003Condition: Near ...
Title: Four Tet – Pink Year/Genre: 2012, Electronic Matrix #: TEXT032LP Vol. 003Condition: Near Mint/ like new Cultural Facts: Pink compiled several 12” singles released between 2011–2012, marking Four Tet’s bridge between club music and his experimental roots. Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) used samples from his live DJ sets to shape the record, blending house and techno minimalism. Released on his own Text Records label, emphasizing independence from major electronic imprints. Recommend...
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