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After just 6 months since first seeing Big Yawn perform, we are thrilled to welcome them to the Research family. A compelling prelude to their debut album "No!" due out in late 2019.
Over six years the Melbourne-based group has evolved, with members of the band running various releases through label and collective Fallopian Tunes. As of 2019, Big Yawn had become a four-member music group, motivated by a history of studio production, prolific collaboration and quality hangout time.
The groups freshest effort 'Skin Rat/Thomas' captures the band performing live in the studio, and it's typical Big Yawn: fat and punchy low-end bass; drums and live drum processing; delay fx samples; thick syrupy synths. 'Skin Rat' is a hyperbolically dubbed out, tongue in cheek, magnetic blend of UK garage, footwork and breaks. And 'Thomas' takes cues from a slightly damaged post-punk sound, amplifying a brittle and sinister type of atomic porn-funk.
Limited to 200 copies.
Hand numbered and housed in a screen-printed sleeve with sticker. Artwork by Julian Hocking.
bigyawn.bandcamp.com/album/skinrat-thomas
Video by Benjamin Portis
After just 6 months since first seeing Big Yawn perform, we are thrilled to welcome them to the Research family. A compelling prelude to their debut album "No!" due out in late 2019.
Over six years the Melbourne-based group has evolved, with members of the band running various releases through label and collective Fallopian Tunes. As of 2019, Big Yawn had become a four-member music group, motivated by a history of studio production, prolific collaboration and quality hangout time.
The groups freshest effort 'Skin Rat/Thomas' captures the band performing live in the studio, and it's typical Big Yawn: fat and punchy low-end bass; drums and live drum processing; delay fx samples; thick syrupy synths. 'Skin Rat' is a hyperbolically dubbed out, tongue in cheek, magnetic blend of UK garage, footwork and breaks. And 'Thomas' takes cues from a slightly damaged post-punk sound, amplifying a brittle and sinister type of atomic porn-funk.
Limited to 200 copies.
Hand numbered and housed in a screen-printed sleeve with sticker. Artwork by Julian Hocking.
![Elite Beat - RLC (Vocoder Dub) [Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fajc1Tt4yrY/mqdefault.jpg "Elite Beat - RLC (Vocoder Dub) [Audio]
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#ResearchRecords #WorldReggae #Dub
Album: Selected Rhythms, Vol. 2 [ALBUM]
Track: 8 of 8
Title: RLC (Vocoder Dub)
Artist: Elite Beat
Label: Research Records
Cat#: RESEARCH10
Formats: Vinyl LP/Digital
Digital Release: 4th December 2020
Physical Release: 11th December 2020
About This Release:
Research Records continue their voyage into Elite Beats extraordinary back catalogue with their second compilation Selected Rhythms Vol. 2. The chosen tracks are lifted from the Portland collectives three-part cassette series Casual Rhythms; a treasure chest of meditative and genre-defying instrumentals where percussion and dub accents prevail.
Elite Beats approach to producing music is their routine for respite. The band reflects when they come together weekly, its an opportunity to put down their other projects, ambitions, work and life stresses for a few hours and just be. This spirit flows into their free-form expression, absorbing both the band and the listener. Additionally,Elite Beatreveals the foundation of their output lies in the discipline of being able to sustain vibration through repetition. Theres a constant coiling mantra throughout each track, the band commenting while many musicians can get totally bored playing the same thing over and over, we love it!
The mixing process swings between embracing the warmth of live recordings and generating noise with analog manipulation. The band experiments with their recorded sound expressing we are less concerned with sounding like 90% of recorded music out there and more concerned with trying shit out.Elite Beatalso cite dub music and its process of recording as an inspiration and how this approach lends itself to a deep listening experience, a notion the band channels artfully.
Remastered for the first time on vinyl, Selected Rhythms Vol. 2 adds to the immersive and interstellar tapestry of Elite Beat. The compilation delves deep into the healing and hypnosis that characterises the collective. For those who were inevitably left looking for more with Selected Rhythms Vol. 1, heres a no-brainer.")
![Khaled Kurbeh - wal-Leil [Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fdNuhdLAMQw/mqdefault.jpg "Khaled Kurbeh - wal-Leil [Audio]
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#ResearchRecords #WorldReggae #MiddleEast
Album: Ithā Sajā [ALBUM]
Track: 1 of 9
Title: wal-Leil
Artist: Khaled Kurbeh
Label: Research Records
Cat#: RESEARCH015
Formats: Vinyl LP/Digital
Digital Release: 4th September 2026
Physical Release: 4th September 2026
About This Release:
Ithā Sajā is an ode to dusk, dawn and what’s in between.
Or, Ithā Sajā is a collection of piano recordings I made in my Berlin studio between:
– dusk and dawn
– Hinterhof sununu chatter
– construction site clamour
– upstairs scuffles
– U-Bahn rumbles
– Kreuzberg and Tempelhof
– 2021 and 2022.
wal-Leil [by the night] is inspired by conversations with my friends Hend Alkahwaji and Wejdan Nassif during theatre rehearsals.
wal-Leili [by the night II] is an imagined conversation with my friend Raman Khalaf. An homage to the jurjina rhythm found in folk music of northern Iraq and Mesopotamia.
In wan-Najmi [by the star], one phrase repeats over and over with subtle changes – inspired by a procrastinating artist (quietly) dancing before a (nearly) stretched, (almost) blank canvas, dreaming up a (new but familiar) pattern.
In Ithā Hawā [to fall / to fall in love], a flâneur takes an early evening stroll along the Landwehr canal in Kreuzberg.
Tadāris [terrains] is an ongoing series of acoustic études – played with mallets, objects and fingers inside and outside the piano.
In Ithā Sajā [if it settles / when it darkens], my left hand keeps a steady rhythm while the right one wanders in search of a nocturnal motif. My eyes peek out the window. It’s the first attempts of dawn.
Marking Khaled Kurbeh’s second release with Research Records, Ithā Sajā is a collection of nine piano pieces. The gatefold vinyl features cover art and a booklet of drawings by Ida Lawrence – nine repetitions of Khaled’s upright piano, taking shape or disintegrating as one turns the page. Thank you to Alessandra Peach and Maryos Syawish from Research Records, and to everyone listening.")
![Ex Ponto - Put [Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gLNnGkCRaUc/mqdefault.jpg "Ex Ponto - Put [Audio]
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#ResearchRecords #ElectronicaDance #BalearicDowntempo
Album: Odlazak [ALBUM]
Track: 5 of 7
Title: Put
Artist: Ex Ponto
Label: Research Records
Cat#: RESEARCH017
Formats: Vinyl LP/Digital
Digital Release: 12th June 2026
Physical Release: 12th June 2026
About This Release:
Odlazak – the third full-length from multidisciplinary artist and musician Ivan Masic as Ex Ponto – takes its name from the Serbian word for departure. It’s a theme that reverberates throughout the release as the motifs of departure, arrival and the journey between the two are woven into an intimate personal narrative from 1980s Yugoslavia to contemporary suburban Coburg and back. Odzalak feels like a bookend to a decade of concerted, illuminating visits to the place of his birth and a countenance to the departure that long defined his youth.
Alongside Ex Ponto’s signature mix of electronic and organic textures, Masic has interspersed moments of exchange from his homeland. The haunting sound of the gusle — a traditional Serbian instrument played by his ancestors — opens the album, alongside 40-year-old VHS recordings of family members reflecting on life and death. The cover was designed by long-time friend Rick Milovanovic (TRiC), whilst photographs from Masic’s visits to Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina by his wife, photographer Sarah Pannell, are featured on the inner sleeve. The release was mastered and partially mixed by Belgrade-based Goran Simonoski (La Plant), a collaboration rooted in shared lineage and a mutual love of the darker edges of the sonic spectrum.
Taking cues from ambient to kosmiche, dub to post punk and everything in between, this is a sonic journey as much as it’s a personal one. Part Balkan Bladerunner soundtrack, part Vini Reilly in wonderland, Odzalak is Ex Ponto’s most pointed and heady release to date, equally at ease in the club and at home.")
![Elite Beat - Triplitizer [Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gQyhSPAQU6g/mqdefault.jpg "Elite Beat - Triplitizer [Audio]
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Album: Selected Rhythms, Vol. 2 [ALBUM]
Track: 7 of 8
Title: Triplitizer
Artist: Elite Beat
Label: Research Records
Cat#: RESEARCH10
Formats: Vinyl LP/Digital
Digital Release: 4th December 2020
Physical Release: 11th December 2020
About This Release:
Research Records continue their voyage into Elite Beats extraordinary back catalogue with their second compilation Selected Rhythms Vol. 2. The chosen tracks are lifted from the Portland collectives three-part cassette series Casual Rhythms; a treasure chest of meditative and genre-defying instrumentals where percussion and dub accents prevail.
Elite Beats approach to producing music is their routine for respite. The band reflects when they come together weekly, its an opportunity to put down their other projects, ambitions, work and life stresses for a few hours and just be. This spirit flows into their free-form expression, absorbing both the band and the listener. Additionally,Elite Beatreveals the foundation of their output lies in the discipline of being able to sustain vibration through repetition. Theres a constant coiling mantra throughout each track, the band commenting while many musicians can get totally bored playing the same thing over and over, we love it!
The mixing process swings between embracing the warmth of live recordings and generating noise with analog manipulation. The band experiments with their recorded sound expressing we are less concerned with sounding like 90% of recorded music out there and more concerned with trying shit out.Elite Beatalso cite dub music and its process of recording as an inspiration and how this approach lends itself to a deep listening experience, a notion the band channels artfully.
Remastered for the first time on vinyl, Selected Rhythms Vol. 2 adds to the immersive and interstellar tapestry of Elite Beat. The compilation delves deep into the healing and hypnosis that characterises the collective. For those who were inevitably left looking for more with Selected Rhythms Vol. 1, heres a no-brainer.")
![Rafet - You Are in the Embrace of the History Now (A2) [Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gaRR4esRmCw/mqdefault.jpg "Rafet - You Are in the Embrace of the History Now (A2) [Audio]
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Album: You Are in the Embrace of the History [EP]
Track: 2 of 2
Title: You Are in the Embrace of the History Now (A2)
Artist: Rafet
Label: Research Records
Cat#: RESEARCH12D
Formats: Digital
Digital Release: 30th August 2024
About This Release:
Rafet studied music from a young age. Tertiary education brought about further teachings in jazz. Growing up in the family village of Miniara (North Lebanon) saw to an inquiry into maqamat and traditional arabic musics post study. After composing for multiple ensembles and performing in various projects over the years, Rafet settles into his own artistry with You Are In The Embrace of The History. This body of work is one that is personal; sighting connection to a land, spirit and devotion to a holy other.
You Are In the Embrace of The History delivers longing with grace, a realisation of ancestral memory with the eloquence of an internal knowing. Finding home in the cradle of the poem, a universal affirmation lies deep within an irregular heartbeat.
The listener is offered an invitation to enter into the vista of expansive harmonic voicings, anticipating resolution. The work is edged by expressions of spiritual jazz and tempered by the scope of ambient musics.
Rafets offering has the humility to pose questions (the illumination and the ecstasy). In the Dead Sea, there are no fish.")
![Glass Beams - Rattlesnake [Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gwlseqJiQJE/mqdefault.jpg "Glass Beams - Rattlesnake [Audio]
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#ResearchRecords #Jazz #WorldFusion
Album: Mirage [EP]
Track: 4 of 4
Title: Rattlesnake
Artist: Glass Beams
Label: Research Records
Cat#: RREP07
Formats: 12 Vinyl/Digital
Digital Release: 25th June 2021
Physical Release: 25th June 2021
About This Release:
Research Records indicate their inclination for cosmic instrumentation and kraut pervaded polyrhythms once again with an introduction to newcomer Glass Beams. Recorded at the beginning of 2020, Mirage is the first release from the artist, issuing four compositions that lend from a profusion of sounds and influences.
The albums opener and title Mirage arrives with a coiling vocal mantra that conspires with a sliding bassline and transcendent synthwork, reminiscent of early 70s prog jams yet inverted and futuristic. Taurus is a brisk arrangement, steeped with spaghetti-western elements and space-jazz to pave the way for the agile Kong. Rife with psych-fusion guitar phrases and instrumentation, Kong unfolds like a forecast lysergic voyage. The finale Rattlesnake nudges the serpent with intergalactic scales and spellbinding riffs. We may not know much about the enigmatic Glass Beams but Mirage is one epic inauguration, leaving the listener with more questions than answers.")
![Rafet - You Are in the Embrace of the History (A1) [Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/inoDOWGnqRQ/mqdefault.jpg "Rafet - You Are in the Embrace of the History (A1) [Audio]
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Album: You Are in the Embrace of the History [EP]
Track: 1 of 2
Title: You Are in the Embrace of the History (A1)
Artist: Rafet
Label: Research Records
Cat#: RESEARCH12D
Formats: Digital
Digital Release: 30th August 2024
About This Release:
Rafet studied music from a young age. Tertiary education brought about further teachings in jazz. Growing up in the family village of Miniara (North Lebanon) saw to an inquiry into maqamat and traditional arabic musics post study. After composing for multiple ensembles and performing in various projects over the years, Rafet settles into his own artistry with You Are In The Embrace of The History. This body of work is one that is personal; sighting connection to a land, spirit and devotion to a holy other.
You Are In the Embrace of The History delivers longing with grace, a realisation of ancestral memory with the eloquence of an internal knowing. Finding home in the cradle of the poem, a universal affirmation lies deep within an irregular heartbeat.
The listener is offered an invitation to enter into the vista of expansive harmonic voicings, anticipating resolution. The work is edged by expressions of spiritual jazz and tempered by the scope of ambient musics.
Rafets offering has the humility to pose questions (the illumination and the ecstasy). In the Dead Sea, there are no fish.")
![Mouche - Juice [Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j408GsKjU5U/mqdefault.jpg "Mouche - Juice [Audio]
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#ResearchRecords #VocalEasyListening #InstrumentalPop
Album: Juice [SINGLE]
Track: 1 of 1
Title: Juice
Artist: Mouche
Label: Research Records
Cat#: RESEARCHEP07
Formats: Digital
Digital Release: 12th May 2023
About This Release:
Mouche returns to Australian label Research Records with his debut single Juice. The forthcoming album, Lake Songs out in late May 2023.
Active on the Melbourne scene in projects such as Crepes/The Murlocs/Swazi Gold/Dreamin Wild, Tims first album Live From The Bubble arrived back in 2020 as an ode to his aptly named studio space - The Bubble.
Lake Songs builds on those same atmospheres, showcasing the inward-looking craft of his one-man band. Cicada field recordings and light keys open proceedings, reflecting the warmer side of 80s new age, though before long were introduced to a variety of stylistic shifts incorporating elements of cosmic funk, lounge and library-style compositions. There are traces of Steve Hiett, Max Groove or even the recently re-discovered Ronald Langestraat, though the strength of Mouches talent for harmony shines through on its own level.
Shifting between moods yet reflecting an overarching sense of positivity, listening through the ten tracks gives off a real sense of place, though time is somewhat irrelevant. The warm climate and sandy beaches of Australia seem eternally embodied in Juice or Crystal Water. Perhaps where Live From The Bubble was dedicated to the very studio that birthed it, Lake Songs is dedicated to the vast land that surrounds it.")
![Big Yawn - Bad Boy 4 Now [Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jLW0I5KIEaM/mqdefault.jpg "Big Yawn - Bad Boy 4 Now [Audio]
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#ResearchRecords #ElectronicaDance #Garage
Album: South Preston Garage [EP]
Track: 6 of 6
Title: Bad Boy 4 Now
Artist: Big Yawn
Label: Research Records
Cat#: RRC02
Formats: Cassette/Digital
Digital Release: 4th September 2020
Physical Release: 4th September 2020
About This Release:
Research Records presents Melbourne electronic quartet Big Yawns second contribution to the label, South Preston Garage. A title to honour the bands beloved bandroom, S.P.G compiles demos extracted from the studio for a digital release with a limited run of cassettes. Big Yawn reflects that completing the EP presented the challenge of creatively engineering the lo-fi recordings in a way that offered thrilling and creative insight for us and perhaps some replay value for the listener.
S.P.G embodies Big Yawns trademark pastiche, fusing together rich percussion and sweeping synthesizers that are recontextualised through an extensive shed jam. The band characterises the first two tracks British Teeth and Burno as Big Yawn flavoured DnB, with refracted drum phrasing and unrelenting delays. Cascading acid-tinged bass rules in the quivering 4 Dads; a venture into the bands stockier temperament. The panoramic Burton Bell delivers raw and biting percussion, while remaining faithful to electronics with its layered sampling. The release then disperses into seaside rapture with its farewell Bad Boy. On Bad Boy, the band comment that the track is perhaps our most melodic number to date, with heavily looping synths evoking a Hiroshi Sato/city-pop feel.
What is perhaps most unique about Big Yawn is that they present familiar electronic sounds amplified as a live band. A timely release; S.P.G translates the satisfaction of hearing a live band in a period when all we really want is to go to a gig.")
![Mouche - Juice [Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jkXF-36yJ68/mqdefault.jpg "Mouche - Juice [Audio]
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Album: Lake Songs [ALBUM]
Track: 6 of 10
Title: Juice
Artist: Mouche
Label: Research Records
Cat#: RESEARCH011
Formats: Vinyl LP/Digital
Digital Release: 26th May 2023
Physical Release: 26th May 2023
About This Release:
Mouche (real name Tim Karmouche) returns to Australian label Research Records with another full-length of imaginary soundtracks, instrumentals and sun-kissed digital jazz. Active on the Melbourne scene in projects such as Crepes/The Murlocs/Swazi Gold/Dreamin Wild, Tims first album Live From The Bubble arrived back in 2020 as an ode to his aptly named studio space - The Bubble.
Lake Songs builds on those same atmospheres, showcasing the inward-looking craft of his one-man band. Cicada field recordings and light keys open proceedings, reflecting the warmer side of 80s new age, though before long were introduced to a variety of stylistic shifts incorporating elements of cosmic funk, lounge and library-style compositions. There are traces of Steve Hiett, Max Groove or even the recently re-discovered Ronald Langestraat, though the strength of Mouches talent for harmony shines through on its own level.
Shifting between moods yet reflecting an overarching sense of positivity, listening through the ten tracks gives off a real sense of place, though time is somewhat irrelevant. The warm climate and sandy beaches of Australia seem eternally embodied in Juice or Crystal Water. Perhaps where Live From The Bubble was dedicated to the very studio that birthed it, Lake Songs is dedicated to the vast land that surrounds it.")
