[engl] For the first time, the secrets of the Portuguese musical counter culture will be revealed through a unique book- compilation. The book is an unprecedented visual anthology of the Portuguese Rock'n'Roll. It is the most comprehensive and relevant collection of documentation - most of it unpublished - looking over photographs, record covers and other documents that reveal part of the history of Portuguese music, unknown until now to the general public. It reveals the world of Portuguese Rock between 1955 and 1982, highlighting the bands that lived and worked in the former Portuguese colonies, the British invasion, the first contest "Ye Ye", the psychedelia of the 60’s, the Progressive Rock, the first music festivals of the 70’s and the rise of punk. Around 500 full colour record covers of the 60’s, 70’s and early punk portuguese bands. Includind also more than 200 record covers pressed in Portugal from foreigner bands like THE WHO, SEEDS, SMALL FACES, RENEGADES, STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK, THEM, STONES.... For nearly a decade, music researchers Edgar Raposo and Luis Futre have been involved in extensive investigation to which the public will now have access with the release of PORTUGAL ELÉCTRICO- Counter Culture Rock in Portugal from 1955 to 1982. This is the largest discographic survey of its kind ever held in our country, and it is the result of the need to build and protect the memory of a unique and unknown musical culture. Scheduled to be released in December 2013, the book is an unprecm edented visual anthology of the Portuguese Rock'n'Roll. It is the most comprehensive and relevant collection of documentation - most of it unpublished – looking over photographs, record covers and other documents that reveal part of the history of Portuguese music, unknown until now to the general public. PORTUGAL ELÉCTRICO reveals the world of Portuguese Rock between 1955 and 1982, highlighting the bands that lived and worked in the former Portuguese colonies, the British invasion, the first contest "Ye Ye", the psychedelia of the 60’s, the Progressive Rock, the first music festivals of the 70’s and the rise of punk. "We are here to expose a unknown history of Portuguese music, to show that there was great musical production of rock’n'roll before April 25. Most people think that the manifestations of rock only begin to exist, in fact, from the 80’s on, with the boom of Portuguese rock, and our work ends up demystifying this idea, which is absolutely false”, says Edgar Raposo, one of the authors of the book. In addition to hundreds of photographs from the music scene, posters, magazine covers and other rarities, the book unveils over 500 color album covers of bands known as Quarteto 1111, Ecos, Steamers, Daniel Bacelar, Conjunto Mistério and Os Jets, among others more obscure such as Evolução, Os Vodkas, Mechanical Dream and Toni Araújo. Furthermore, it discloses several album covers of editions made in Portugal in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s of foreign bands like the Rolling Stones, Seeds, Zombies, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, among others. "Beyond our own personal compilation, over the years we have carried out a very extensive research that has led us into contact with dozens of major collectors of Portuguese music in Portugal and abroad, who kindly shared their anthologies, which makes this research even more special and different compared to any other known survey”, says Luis Futre. Among them are the invaluable works of mythical Joaquim Costa and Victor Gomes, pioneers of Portuguese rock, never publicly exposed. With graphic design inspired in the spirit of Do It Yourself, which also reflects in large part the spirit of the research itself, conducted without any support, ELECTRIC PORTUGAL counts with the participation of texts by musical investigator João Carlos Calixto, Afonso Cortez, Luís Piedade, in addition to Paulo Furtado (Legendary Tiger Man) and Daniel Bacelar. The book, which will be a bilingual edition in Portuguese/English, through its 200 pages, traces a watershed in the history of Portuguese Rock known until then, by revealing this whole universe lost and unknown. An oasis not only for collectors and aficionados of the genre, but for the general public in Portugal and abroad where some of the national bands have more followers than in their own country.

[engl] The Pow Pow Pows were born as a crossroad in 2012, they self-released a first cd album in 2014 and in 2016 they got into infamous Circo Perrotti recording studio to work with Jorge Explosion after winning The Battle of the Bands at Euro Ye-Yé mod & 6t's meeting. Here you are the result of those recording sessions. In their music you will find folk-rock, pop, psychedelia and r'n'r with its roots in the late 60's and early 70's, in West Coast sounds, Neil Young, Lone Star... there is so much in these three little gems! 300 copies limited edition

[engl] Finally, these are the first RADIOACTIVITY recordings after their 2015 acclaimed SILENT KILL album. "Erased was actually written just after we finished recording that record" Jeff Burke reveals. The song sounds like an evolution of that sound, with a driven riff following the classic Burke's melanchonic melodies. Th B-side, FEAR, goes back into the dark tone of the tough and radioactive Japanese days "It was written in 2011 when I was living there, but only got recorded properly in 2018".

[engl] Jeff Burke has been a solid but yet humble dark pop genius for well over a decade now. Be it with the Marked Men, the Potential Johns, or now Radioactivity and Lost Balloons, he has been penning poppy garage hits at a rate of which most songwriters can only dream on. These two new songs are the long-awaited follow-up to their 2015’ Silent Kill album, but yet they were written way before any other Radioactivity release “I think Sleep was the first song I wrote after the big earthquake in 2011, when I was living in Japan. An aftershock woke me up in the middle of the night” Jeff commented. “The song is is about dealing with the fear of death. First verse is the fear of dying suddenly, too early in life and the second verse is about the fear of dying slowly in old age” Two mid-tempo songs, that he believes somehow didn’t fit the mood of those two previous albums “The negative lyrics of Infected, in particular. I guess it’s about a relationship that was too one-sided to succeed… These two songs always felt like a set to me. I didn't want to use them on albums because I thought they sounded better as a single” And finally here they are! You can call it Punk-Rock, you can call it Garage-Punk: this is Burke’s songwriting to the top, combining grinding guitars, a lo-fi yet vibrant sound, and a unique and distinctive bittersweet singing. It’s no wonder this is one of the best and most loved bands going on right now.

[engl] In 1967, a bunch of US and Argentinean kids recorded a magical album which has remained unknown for many years due to its extreme rarity, with less than a handful known copies to exist. Released in 1968 in Argentina by a label called Phonexa, the Schibbinz album could be regarded as the ultimate teen garage folk- rock album ever. An album of fragile beauty, full of teen charm, innocent vocals, jangly guitars, charming lo- fi sound and lost- in- time atmosphere. It has the look and sound that can only be found on some USA 60s private pressings like Rising Storm or Summer Sounds. But Schibbinz music is something else. So now we're proud to present this wonderful and mega- rare album to the world, in a production counting with the band's involvement and assistance. Master tapes are lost, but the sound has been carefully remastered from an original near mint copy. Extensive, detailed liner notes and lots of cool pictures from the band's archives are all included in a 4 page insert.

[engl] Los Shambles were one of the best sixties flavoured powerpop bands from the 90's and the 2000's, not only in their home California but all over the world. True heirs of the legendary mod revival band Manual Scan, their talented songwriting and in-depth knowledge of pop history made its rare recordings a treasure for all pop fans, we are sure you know it. So it is a great honour for Bickerton Records to unearth these late recordings of the band that never before saw the light of day. Here you will find three classic Shambles numbers re-recorded live on May 27, 2007 at Strate Sounds Studios in San Diego for DJ Tim Pyles Radio Program, a unique opportunity to get these Shambles anthems in a rawer and more energetic version .Also you will find "More Than This", the last song ever recorded by the band in 2006, previously unreleased on vinyl. This is a 300 copies limited edition black vinyl 45

[engl] Shantih Shantih is a four-piece band founded in Atlanta, GA. Combining rock ‘n roll with dreamy harmonies over twanging guitars, the group consists of Italian native Anna Barattin on vocals and rhythm guitar, Julia Furgiuele on vocals and drums, Anna Kramer on lead guitar, and Nikki Speake on bass.