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SISTER RAY - COVID 19 UPDATE 16/04/20

SISTER RAY - COVID 19 UPDATE 16/04/20
In line with government recommendations the shop will no longer be open to customers until further notice.

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Locked Grooves #3: Rhythim Is Rhythim / Derrick May / Mayday

Locked Grooves #3: Rhythim Is Rhythim / Derrick May / Mayday

Rhythim Is Rhythim / Derrick May / Mayday ‎– Innovator (Soundtrack For The Tenth Planet) – 2020 Reissue If I was to pick a favourite, it would be hard to choose from Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. The Belleville Three, the godfathers of techno: creators of music that defied logic and quite simply shouldn’t have existed in the 1980s. Thirty years or more later their respective labels - Metroplex, Transmat and KMS – remain as much of an indicator of quality as they did at the time. This high-quality output translates to sometimes extortionate prices where vinyl records...

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Locked Grooves #2: Steve's Confinement

Locked Grooves #2: Steve's Confinement

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Locked Grooves #1: Madvillain

Locked Grooves #1: Madvillain

LOCKED GROOVES #1 In the midst of the country's lockdown the Sister Ray team have vowed to bring a little insight into the albums that are soundtracking our isolation. First up.... MADVILLAIN - MADVILLAINY (STONES THROW), 2004 By the early 2000s Hip-Hop had, arguably, stagnated somewhat. The gangster rappers that made the '90s rap sound so edgy and febrile with innovation had either made it big and mellowed out or vanished into obscurity. Aside from a few auteurs like Ghostface and Kool Keith a lot of former heavyweights just sounded a little...short of ideas. Also (on a more personal note) the...

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Top Ten things found whilst moving the contents of the lock up.

Top Ten things found whilst moving the contents of the lock up.

We love a top 10 list. Who doesn't? Also if there's one upside of locking down it's getting a chance to have a good old sort out of the loft / house / garage. In our case it's sorting through the treasure trove of delights tucked away in the mystical lock-up. Here's 10 things we've found that caught our eye like an overhanging bramble: 10. A scarf worn by Russell Mael that he threw into the crowd after a gig in Glasgow. (Image is for indicative purposes only not the actual scarf). 9.  A signed East 17 CD 8. A Metal...

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