Various Artists – If Music Presents You Need This- Eastern European Sounds (1970-1986)

With two Record Store Day compilations in our discography – “If” and “If 2.0” – from 2013 and 2014 respectively, not to mention the incredible Annabel (lee) album “By the sea… and other solitary places” and Jono McCleery’s masterful “Pagodes” project, If Music return with another killer selection of glorious obscurities from Eastern Europe: “If Music presents You Need This: Eastern European Sounds (1970-1986)”.

Compiled by If Music’s figurehead Jean-Claude and Adrian Magrys – founder of the London based Polish label Lanquidity Records (Bogowie, Contemporary Noise Quintet, Speakers Corner Quartet) – the six tracks span infectious Polish disco grooves (Wojciech Karolak and Andrzej Korzyński); bustling break-heavy jazz from the Polski Jazz Ensemble and the Russian-born “Prince Igor” Yahilevich; heartwarming spiritual jazz stylings from Hungary’s Binder Quintet feat. John Tchicai; and Alojz Bouda’s awesome oddball Slovakian Techno banger ‘Random’ from 1980 also features.
Mastered by Barry Grint at Alchemy and cut on heavyweight 180g vinyl. Art direction by longtime friend of If Music – Ali Augur.

Trust us, you need this.