Silver Apples: Contact (Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP Audio-Technica Replacement Stylus music label: Alleviated Records 1986

music label: Alleviated Records 1986 / 2012

with a lush bed of synth strings floating atop a slamming techno beat and peppered with ravey

Lenny Gait's "Embrace" sets an incredible vibe with uplifting vocals and deep

music label: Modern Silence 2016

breezy vocals

Silver Apples: Contact (Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP Audio-Technica Replacement Stylus music label: Alleviated Records 1986The first Silver Apples album with the iconic metallic cover gets first nod amongst collectors, but the 1969 follow up might be even better as a whole. Personally as a Mo Wax fanboy, I can't get over "I Have Known Love," the incredible sample source from UNKLE's "If You Find Earth Boring." What a haunted sound. "Ruby" sounds like archetype of the Stereolab sound, and yes in fact it was sampled by the band on their debut album. If those two credits