Label: EM - All

Thursday Mar 16, 2017

Haku

Na Mele A Ka Haku (Music of Haku)

Small re-press of this Japanese / Hawaiian synth / ambient masterpiece. Haku, aka Frank Tavares, a writer and musician, had a deep respect for the mul... more...

LP EM: EM1136LP

Brenda Ray

Do Ya Hear Me! (Naffi Years 1979-1983)

Welcome re-press of this sweet post-punk vocalist's heartfelt reggae/funk with analogue dubs. A unique slice of late-70s/early-80s niceness from Brend... more...

LP EM: EM1108LP

Tuesday Nov 8, 2016

LP EM: EM1149LP

Various Artists

The Essential Doi Inthanon Classic Isan Pops from the 70s-80s

A revered figure in his native Isan region, and indeed throughout Thailand, Doi Inthanon is a legendary composer, producer, visionary and talent-spott... more...

LP EM: EM1152LP

Sonthaya Kalasin

Grade A Guy

Sonthaya Kalasin was the male lead singer in in the molam section of legendary producer/ impresario Surin Paksiri's beloved musical troupe Thidso Lam... more...

LP EM: EM1156LP

Angkanang Kunchai

Never Forget Me

''Never Forget Me'' is the second release on EM Records from Angkanang Kunchai, one of the greatest Thai singers; the original 1979 vinyl release, now... more...

LP EM: EM1157LP

Wicked Witch

Under Your Spell

nsistent drum machines, resonant synths, phased 'n fuzzed guitar mayhem, the lone magus at play in the studio: there are musical and methodological an... more...

2x12inch EM: EM1155DEP

Thursday Jun 30, 2016

Ypy

Zurhyrethm

Springing up from the Osaka underground club music scene in 2006, Hino is a rhythm master, intimately examining and extending pulses and grooves in hi... more...

2x12inch EM: EM1153DEP

Wednesday Mar 9, 2016

Finis Africae

Amazonia

Come join Spaniard Juan Alberto Arteche Guel and his musical co-adventurers on their good ship Finis Africae on an imagined musical journey along the... more...

LP EM: EM1148LP
LP EM: EM1145LP

Thursday Jul 9, 2015

Tapes

No Broken Hearts On This Factory Floor

Shifting tectonic plates, as two island nations collide! London, UK resident Jackson Bailey aka TAPES, makes Jamaica-drenched lo-fi bass music, a for... more...

2LP EM: EM1135DLP

Monday Feb 10, 2014

Yoshi Wada

Earth Horns With Electronic Drone

Originally recorded in 1974. Combining four of Wada's self-made ''pipehorns'' (made from plumbing materials, over three metres in length), with an ele... more...

3x12inch EM: EM1081LP

Thursday Jan 23, 2014

Sheriff Lindo

Aftershock dubs

EM Records is proud to present the first new album release in 25 years from Australia's Sheriff Lindo, dubmaster of the Southern Hemisphere. His ''Te... more...

LP EM: EM1122LP

Wednesday Nov 20, 2013

Sheriff lindo and the hammer

Ten dubs that shook the world

There are certain albums which shake the world immediately upon release, and others which come from far underground and whose shocks and aftershocks r... more...

LP EM: EM1119LP

Thursday May 30, 2013

Finis Africae

A Last Discovery: The Essential Collection 1984-2011

Finis Africæ. Words redolent of mystery and myth, of Europe looking out to new lands, new worlds, new times. And so it is with 'A Last Discovery', the... more...

2LP Em: EM1113DLP

Friday Jul 27, 2012

Domingo Cura

Tiempo de Percusion: An Anthology 1971-77

This release is a compilation of the finest moments from Domingo Cura's four solo albums released during the period 1971 to 1977, featuring Cura's pro... more...

LP EM: EM1102LP

Manteca

Ritmo Y Sabor

The business — pure, heavy, deep Afro Cuban funk grooves. 1970s bass-driven percussion delirium. Lazaro Pla aka Manteca alongside Nelson 'El Flaco' Pa... more...

LP EM: EM1079LP

T.R. Mahalingam

Portrait Of A Prodigy : His Early Years, 1940s-50s

A collection of his early recordings mostly issued on 78rpm SP which are even difficult to hear
. First release outside of India and the first-t... more...

LP EM: EM1099LP

Monday Feb 6, 2012

Steel An' Skin

Reggae Is Here Again

Ultra-postive consciousness from Afro-Caribbean London, circa 1979. Members of the legendary 20th Century Steel Band (one of Grand Master Flash's favo... more...

LP EM: EM1075LP

Monday Jan 30, 2012

Matsuo Ohno

Play on animals

The gorgeous, limited reissue of a legendary, startling flexi-disc from 1970: six folk songs shaped from the analogue tape recordings of animal and bi... more...

7inch EM: EM1094

Friday Oct 7, 2011

The Son Of P.M.

Hey Klong Yao!

Wonderfully raucous and funked-up side of modernized Thai music from the '60s, also known as ''Shadow music''. Essentially these are the attempts of c... more...

LP EM: EM1090LP

T. K. Ramamoorthy

Fabulous Notes And Beats Of The Indian Carnatic-Jazz

A fabulous session of swinging '60s Indo-Jazz from Japan's EM Records! This is some exquisitely rare and daring material, not only only in number but... more...

LP EM: EM1091LP

Thursday Jan 27, 2011

The Khan Jamal creative arts ensemble

Drum dance to the motherland

The super-tuned ears at Honest Jons have picked up on something extremely special with this 1972 LP from The Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble. A quin... more...

LP EM: EM1082LP

Luc-Hubert Sejor

Mizik Filamonik / Spiritual Sound

Originally released in 1979, ''Spiritual Sound'' lives up to its name, a soaring, triumphant album, six tracks of spirit magic from Guadeloupe. A clas... more...

12inch EM: EMC003