Beauty Sleep

The meditative, ambient minimalism of Steve Roach’s classic 1983-86 Quiet Music series is rereleased in its entirety with a meticulously remastered 35th anniversary 3CD edition.

The groundbreaking album, Beauty and the Beat was released in 1980… Every track is a treasure, a mini teen drama immediately appealing, relatable and memorable… From the very start they were instantly identifiable and maybe a little out of step… They indeed had a unique vision… It wouldn't be long till they would charm the pants off the entire world… They had everything… THE GO-GO'S seemed to be more talented than most of their peers and they were always a few steps ahead… In 1982 claimed the number one spot on the Billboard chart and stayed there for 6 weeks and of course it eventually went double platinum… THE GO-GO'S were the first all female band that wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to achieve that massive distinction… They soon proved to be a blueprint and an undeniable inspiration for like-minded girls and they spearheaded a deluge of hopeful girl bands… Pretty much any successful female artist of the past 40 years will swiftly site THE GO-GO'S as an important influence… Now Sympathy is releasing a tribute album to the girls who conquered a male dominated industry and essentially changed everything successfully rewriting the rule book… This tribute, If You Gotta GO-GO, GO-GO now features 24 bands… Included in the line-up are a few big-hitters and others you'll likely be hearing for the first time… I've been working on this since last year with the rather amazing Travis Ramin and tirelessly he has helped turn it into an impressive reality… This was in fact a daunting task and sadly some artists we would of liked to have recruited were unable to participate… Produced by Travis Ramin and with the Mighty GEZA X at the helm tying it all together we are confident it will be an amazing/heartfelt artifact honoring the brilliantly talented and ever-lovely GO-GO'S.

‘This programme reflects a personal journey: I am Belgian, I studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and now I live in France.

ANTI- Records is honored to share a never-before-heard album by Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse titled Bird Machine. Originally recorded in 2010 and mixed by Mark Hamilton (who also worked on It's A Wonderful Life), Mark's brother Matt notes "great care has been taken to archive and preserve Mark's music. We are very thankful for Mark and the beauty he brought to this world."

Good night, sleep tight, Don't let the magic mirror bite . . . My friend Robin and I were going to have the best sleepover ever. We'd stay up late, eat s'mores, share secrets – and NOT knock on my magic mirror. I was NOT getting pulled into another fairy tale.