Various - Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 1968-197415 Heavy Funk Rarities Presented As A Double Gatefold LP. Cold Heat is Eothen Egon Alapatts a follow up to the famous Funky 16 Corners set he curated in the early 2000s. And like that one, Cold Heat is overflowing with great bits that had barely (or never) been heard by the rest of the world at large. Egon went through a range of rare singles, masters, and demos and came up with tunes that burn with a brightness that's undeniable. The grooves are all

emotional heft

“Rua Dois”

providing a gothically-inflected substratum upon which hauntingly wordless vocal invocations and cumulative gyres of violin melody unfurl

medium tempo “In Procession”

Available on black or limited edition clear vinyl

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The Chats aren't showing any signs of slowing down soon

Artwork By Johnny Jewel

so a new record made sense

The label states that you could order a copy of this 45 for by sending $1 to a PO Box in Boston and it’s the only record on the Brown Acid series that seems to be obtainable currently for about the same amount it was sold for over three decades ago

piecing together low-stakes conspiracy theories on what’s coming down the pike in 2021

Long live his music