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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 from Bristol’s small, cross-genre network (club nights, sound-system culture, studio friends) alongside peers like Massive Attack/Tricky. Studio Lore: Built from loops and meticulous edits—songs assembled like film scenes, with the production process treated as the mai...
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Crystal Castles- Crystal Castles (SUPER Staff P...
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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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Molchat Doma– ETAZHI (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Molchat Doma – EtazhiYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2018, Rock, Post-Punk, Minsk, BelarusCondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Built in Minsk’s small DIY circuit, where post-Soviet aesthetics and limited venues shaped the band’s stark visual world. Media Narrative: Years later it exploded globally through short-video culture, turning a Belarusian underground LP into an internet-standard reference point...
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Gary Numan – The Pleasure Principle (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Gary Numan – The Pleasure PrincipleYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1979, Pop, Synth-Pop, London, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Recorded at The Roundhouse with a deliberate “no guitars” rule, forcing arrangement decisions onto synths and bass like a design constraint. Media Narrative: UK press framed him as cold and robotic, turning the persona into a culture-war argument about authenticity ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: ZZ Top - AfterburnerYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1985, Rock, Synth Rock, Houston, TexasMatrix #: 25342-1ECondition: VG++ Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: Pushed deeper into the MTV era image machine, with videos and visuals becoming just as important as the music in defining their identity. Scene Ecology: A Texas blues band fully adapting to 80s production, showing how legacy acts either evolved with technol...
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Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate MachineYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1989, Rock, Industrial Rock, Cleveland, OHCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Reznor built the early NIN material after hours while working at a Cleveland studio, treating downtime like unpaid studio time. Legal Trouble: A messy contract fight with TVT locked up momentum and shaped his long-running distrust of labels and control. Med...
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Drab Majesty – Modern Mirror (Staff Pick!)
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Suicide – A Way of Life (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Suicide – A Way of LifeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1988, Electronic, Synth-Punk, New York City, New YorkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: The late-era Suicide method was still minimal and controlled: drum machines and synth patterns built like grids, then vocals cut as performance. Media Narrative: By the late ’80s, their earlier “riot band” reputation had flipped into influence credit, as industr...
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Suicide – First Rehearsal Tapes (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Suicide – First Rehearsal TapesYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1975, Electronic, Proto-Industrial, New York City, New YorkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Raw early-room recordings before “proper” sessions, capturing how their minimal setup was built to survive loud rooms and hostile crowds. Media Narrative: Early Suicide shows routinely provoked fights and walkouts; the duo became a lightning rod fo...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Stereo MC’s – DJ-Kicks: Stereo MC’sYear/Genre/City: 2000, Electronic / Hip-Hop (DJ Mix), London, EnglandMatrix #: K7082Condition: VG (plays well; some light surface noise) Cultural Facts: [Eviction Money]: Birch and Hallam helped finance the Gee Street studio/label after receiving £14,000 from a property developer—paid on the condition they vacate their adjacent flats. [Scene Hub]: Gee Street became their real...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Vangelis – Opera SauvageYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1979, Electronic, Ambient Electronic, Paris, FranceMatrix #: VAN 04Condition: SEALED Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: Vangelis’ film/TV work made him a household name, but it also boxed him in as “soundtrack guy” even when albums weren’t tied to a movie. Studio Lore: He worked like a one-man studio, controlling performance, recording, and mix decisions in ...
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Title: Kissing the Pink – NakedYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1983, Pop, Synth-pop / New Wave, London...
Title: Kissing the Pink – NakedYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1983, Pop, Synth-pop / New Wave, London, EnglandMatrix #: ATLANTIC 80080Condition: NM Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Vocalist Sylvia Griffin left before the album was even finished; the band moved forward without her and never returned to that lineup. Studio Lore: Cut at AIR Studios with Colin Thurston in the orbit—serious post-punk studio muscle behind a band marketed as “new pop.” Media Narrative: A UK Top 20 single put them brief...
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Empire of the Sun – Ice on the Dune (Rare)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Empire of the Sun – Ice on the DuneYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2013, Pop, Synth-Pop, Sydney, AustraliaCondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: A true “super-duo” structure: Luke Steele + Nick Littlemore (PNAU), switching between their main projects like a rotating lab partnership. Studio Lore: Built as a long-distance file-trade album—ideas assembled across sessions in different cities, then tightened ...
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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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