JOHN LAFIA - "1980-1985" 2xLPJohn Lafia 1980 1985 2xLP (Discos Transgnero, 2019) "Active in Los Angeles 1980 1986 underground music scene, John Lafia is best known for the hypnotic album Prayers, released through Barry Craigs influential, cassette only label Trance Port Tapes. "Life Is Short", "A Promise", Dream", Hidden Things", "Spaghetti Western", and "Escape" come from that release. This compilation also features tracks from subsequent Trance Port releases: LA Mantra 2 s

Sometimes they go missing and you’re left holding the bag

Dredd Foole & The Din - Songs In Heat

Really taken aback at how righteously brutal of a long-player they dropped

at times feeling lost and uncertain

Notes: Letterpress cover // Insert with liner notes by Colin potter

" - Jennifer Lucy Allen

DJ Stingray 313’s keen ear to melody still burning brightly

encountered in an unfamiliar context

The bounce of new jack swing is twisted amongst stripped back polyrhythms

The Quietus

some theorized that this was Metheny's "fuck you" to his label Geffen and perhaps a way of purposely ending his contract on a sour note

Recorded both on the road and in typical bramble-brained fashion at Dom Studious in Koenji (with help along the way from Leighton Craig)