Polytechnic Youth

Vinyl Releases

TROUBLANTE TOURNURE
12 Inch 30.04.19
limited eition of 300 copies on black vinyl.
PY77
Polytechnic Youth
Last Copy!
12.28 EUR *
FAKE TIME
12 Inch 04.12.18
cearley & dwinell with a 3-tracker for polytechnic youth in a limited vinyl edition of 300 copies.
PY60
Polytechnic Youth
Last Copy!
12.28 EUR *
SOVIET SYSTEM (LP)
12 Inch LP 30.08.17
“soviet system” is the fifth album of morphoex. this is a reflection about the fate of the planet... the consequences of the impact technology in the future...
py34
Polytechnic Youth
Last Copy!
10.24 EUR *
ALWAYS WAITING AT SHIBUYA STATION (10 INCH)
12 Inch 14.06.23
limited edition of 300 copies.
PY157
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
15.12 EUR *
HERE (2LP)
2x12 Inch LP 17.06.19
originally released in 1981 on cassette only, now finally available on vinyl via polytechnic youth in a limited edition of 300 copies.
PY80
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
20.47 EUR *
WHERE COMES THE DARK? (LP)
12 Inch LP 30.04.19
limited edition of 250 copies on black vinyl.
PY68
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
12.28 EUR *
ABC (LP)
12 Inch 12.03.19
limited pressing of 250 copies on black vinyl.
PY72
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
12.28 EUR *
POPCORN LUNG: A POLYTECHNIC YOUTH COLLECTION (LP)
12 Inch 03.01.19
PY78
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
9.82 EUR *
MUSEUM OF FIRE
12 Inch 04.12.18
adderall canyonly’s new longplayer for polytechnic youth in a limited vinyl edition of 300 copies.
PY67
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
12.28 EUR *
LE SONGE DE KEPLER (LP)
12 Inch 06.11.18
limited vinyl release of cite lumiere’s album “le songe de kepler”, featuring additional remixes from apollo noir, domotic and delodio.
PY71
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
12.28 EUR *
PHASE
12 Inch 04.09.18
“phase” sees a debut outing on vinyl from err rec label head gilles mate’s dialectric project.
impressed by the wealth of wonderfully varied analogue electronic music being released by this small, fiercely independent french label, it was surely a matter of time before py & errs’ likeminded paths crossed- and following a “cold wave” styled small run cassette release, gilles releases a full length on py for august.
“phase” is a timeless, minimal electronic record, heavy on hypnotic, emotional tonal arpeggios and sequences. dreamily crafted introspective pieces, and short “broadcastian” interludes, using a semi-modular system. comprising of various analogue oscillators, effects and sequencers (pittsburgh modular, moog, arturia, yamaha, korg to name a few…).
PY63
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
10.64 EUR *
MARIONETTES (LP)
12 Inch 29.08.18
vinyl edition released by polytechnic youth in an edition of 300 copies.
PY32
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
12.28 EUR *
MICROMUNDOS (LP)
12 Inch LP 10.07.18
this is a debut release on vinyl for spanish based jordi navarra whose musical oeuvre stretches between “surf, hippie / space rock and crude electronic music” often different yet coated in tons of reverb and echo for “it’s final catalepsy”!
“micromundos,” needless to say for py devotees, concentrates on his cruder electronic soundscapes, incredible often ambient, drone themed pieces that on one hand dip their toes into the revered works of hans-joachim roedelius and dieter moebius, and the sky back catalogue whilst equally conjuring up a collision of spacemen 3 psych meets wire, early cabs or magazine darker more atmospheric, post punk industrial / experimental workouts.
eight abstract, kosmische fuelled pieces that act as an interesting sister release to the label’s other july offering, the more overtly “in-yr-face” synth pop themed mitra mitra lp.
PY31
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
12.28 EUR *
ANOTHER WAY OF FALLING APART
12 Inch 10.04.18
following a trio of instantly sold out 45s on polytechnic youth, between 2015 and 2017, the home current finally channels a full length album through this bounteous and blossoming uk imprint for select experimental and diy electronic music.
“another way of falling apart” aims to build a wider audience for singular music adorer, martin jensen, a cosmopolitan copenhagen-born artist whose music follows an emotional route that meanders back ultimately to analogue and electronica inspirations of myriad treasurable kinds. this incursion into lp territory follows a decade or more of jensen s passionate engagement with music as the creative force behind singles on static caravan, and as the co-founder of the label second language (until 2014), for which he was the wings behind the celebrated “music and migration” series in support of “birdlife international”. he has also remixed colleen, dollboy, and ellis island sound.
PY57
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
10.64 EUR *
IN THE HOSPITAL GARDEN / TRANSFORMATION (7 INCH)
7 Inch 22.03.18
the third of march’s trio of py 45s, is a revisit to the always enjoyable dark electro world of berlin’s mighty detox twins.
the new record offers up a pair of killer synthpop gems which, in the words of the bands’ mark vorderhaus “drift into the arena of the unwell with their latest outing “in the hospital garden”, and pose the curious questions: is it so unfortunate to surrender your mind to a permanent altered state? can losing oneself irreversibly to a manipulated insanity, actually prove to become a rare and wonderful freedom? attraction battles control as the transformation completes itself. the b-side, “transformation” depicts the liberated insanity without challenge, now thriving and pulsating beyond the point of any return.”
two more ace tunes which precede a full length later in the year for polytechnic youth. killer hooks from synth maestro mark, aligned with glorious effect to devi’s icy nico-esque vocals. another winner for both artist and label!
a pressing of 250 copies. hand numbered with sticker insert and destined to fly out super quick.
py65
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
7.61 EUR *
WAKAYMA / MEJIRO (7 INCH)
7 Inch 22.03.18
polytechnic youth enter the fray once again, continuing an already productive year (these new 45s are 4/5/6th releases in 2018 already!) with a trio of quite brilliant yet totally different 45s.
alpár aka hungarian bálint zalkai, is the co-founder of farbwechsel, the budapest based record label, and his own recordings of electronic compositions (often built upon random looping sequencers in a minimalist style) are key to the label’s release output thus far. his goal as he sees it is to “catch a random pattern, loop it and build up a piece with that randomly pulsing theme. just let to flow the voltages and sound waves and try not to disturb them or change their basic behaviours”.
the two tracks here were recorded with this approach very much in mind. the atmosphere of “mejiro” is “not unlike a bird observation. attempting to find the right spot, getting closer and closer to the bird, which almost controls you and your movements as you attempt to near it”. whereas “wakayama” is a more direct piece, and maybe the most melodic song alpár ever recorded. while “mejiro” is a woozy, cautious piece, “wakayama is like a tropical fruit or the ume, (the japanese apricot), colourful and full of flavour yet -with thanks to- the slowly humming theme in the background, an element of sourness grips you at the back of your tongue as it ends!
a beautiful pair of tracks released as a double a side 45 early march 2018. pressing of 250 numbered copies.
py56
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
7.61 EUR *
ENTKOMMEN (7 INCH)
7 Inch 22.03.18
the second of march’s trio of killer polytechnic youth 45s is a mighty extended piece of slow building berlin school-esque electronica extended over 2 sides of a 33rpm disk, recorded by adam leonard, initially from a batch of 18 tracks recorded at varying times over the last six years.
“entkommen” is his first release for the label here, and both artist and label rather liked the idea of one extended track across two sides of a 45, whereby the listener must flip the disc at a half way point to continue the piece. it struck us as increasingly unusual and works a treat here...
adam has amassed a number of acclaimed releases in varying styles, and across a number of esteemed labels over the years. last year’s full band release “invaderband” being shortlisted for a northern ireland music prize 2017 and was 6music recommended. not to mention previous releases in collaboration with the owl service and p.g six.
his electronic home recordings are all well worth investigating and polytechnic youth proudly releases the first fruits of those sessions right here. a numbered, limited edition vinyl only 7” hand numbered to 250 copies.
py64
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
7.61 EUR *
NO HOME (LP)
12 Inch 27.02.18
following two sought after, sold out 45s on the label, kevin hendrick’s m i d d e x project releases it’s debut lp for mid-february and right from the off this is no everyday minimal synth project. 10 brutally sharp, icily industrial, analogue synth blasts which tip their hat to those hugely influential days in the late 70s where across the uk, tiny pockets of forward thinking, electronic experimentalists were creating groundbreaking, analogue electronic music, under the radar from almost all, unknowing at the time of course about their impact even to this day. limited edition of 300 numbered copies.
py61
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
10.24 EUR *
THE IMPOSSIBILITY (LP)
12 Inch LP 24.01.18
the impossibility was inspired by the destruction of the planet earth by the human race, the early works of jg ballard, tarkovsky s stalker, conspiracy theories, and places where the rules of time and space are brought into question.
py47
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
9.82 EUR *
SUN DOG TRAIL (LP)
12 Inch LP 24.01.18
alexandre bazin is a member of paris’ legendary grm electronic music studios, and his new album sun dog trail mixes some of the electroacoustic abstractions of the studio’s legacy with a rich emotional and melodic core.
py45
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
9.82 EUR *
BETWEEN THE FUNK AND THE FEAR (LP)
12 Inch LP 04.10.17
PY53
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
10.64 EUR *
PLEIADE HEX 6
12 Inch 04.10.17
pleiade hex 6 is comprised of mostly instrumental suites that are narrative in nature. cyclical patterns are central to the compositions: exploring harmony and counterpoint as they ebb & are reincarnated, shadows cast by silences and textures, and the perpetual return to the heart/core.
loosely inspired by medieval canons/rounds and baroque structures, the album hovers between ambient/electronic experimentations and semi-classical traditions.
PY44
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
10.64 EUR *
MINOR ACTIVITY (LP)
12 Inch LP 04.07.17
a 10 track slowdive into the sinuous distraction of love that is at one time, and however briefly or not, owned or desired by every breather to walk their years until dust. simple movements in synthesis provide currency for this forray of dark electropop, layered in poetic intrusions that tip a brim to william wordsworth, henry miller and dylan thomas as they ripple out in their own visceral style and intergrity.
PY37
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
11.05 EUR *
THE CONSUMER PROGRAMME (LP)
12 Inch LP 20.06.17
limited pressing of 500 copies.
py29
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
10.64 EUR *
EXAMPLE ONE (LP)
12 Inch LP 20.06.17
originally released on tape only in 2012 via this is care of (co_009), now available on vinyl as a limited pressing of 500 copies.
py38
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
10.64 EUR *
THE DARKEST WAVE (7 INCH)
7 Inch 16.05.17
py43
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
7.94 EUR *
THAT SUMMER / GELB (7 INCH)
7 Inch 23.12.16
limited to 250 numbered copies.
py36
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
6.96 EUR *
THE FIALKA TRANSMISSION (LTD SPLATTERED VINYL LP)
Coloured 12 Inch LP 09.08.16
limited edition of 300 handnumbered copies, pressing on translucent blue & splattered vinyl.
py24
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
11.46 EUR *
THEY MAKE NO SAY: 45S ON 33 (LP)
12 Inch LP 05.07.16
a polytechnic youth singles collection.
PY23
Polytechnic Youth
out of stock
9.82 EUR *
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