Junior Byles - Beat Down BabylonThe first of a collection of three seminal vinyl albums is Junior Byles influential roots classic from 1972, Beat Down Babylon. Comprising the famed singers early solo recordings from the previous two years, the LP has since become a widely sought after collectors item, often hailed at Lee Perrys finest work prior to the opening of his Black Ark studio late the following year. Despite its enviable reputation, the LP has been unavailable on vinyl since

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Extra fine songwriter and longtime bedroom-pop auteur Kelley Stoltz delivers on the promise so many of his records slyly hint at

This collection serves as a companion piece to the ‰Û÷Carrie & Lowell Live‰۪ album (and as an expansion to the original album)

and represented a much more conscious use of the recording studio's possibilities

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Ultimately though we let the songs guide us this time

The title ‰Û÷Shelter‰۪ describes the listener‰۪s perception and subsequent emotional response to a collection of sounds and motifs

sampling and loops to build tracks

Prince's pop alchemy is especially potent for Jace

The first single to be taken released from the record is album opener and title track ‘The Projector’

The interim years have seen him collaborating with Kendrick Lamar on the classic ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’

But what I get the most excited about with synthesis is being free from music and the idea of not knowing what I’m doing