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Amaryllis: Issue 5

Wax Poetics presents the third issue since our 2021 relaunch with another heavyweight 148-page journal packed full of timeless music stories, record spreads, archival photography, and original artwork. Each issue now also comes individually stamped.Continuing with the trademark double cover, the front is graced with Patrice Rushen, an accomplished jazz keyboardist who found her singing voice and embraced her love of R&B, becoming a bona fide star with the release of 1982’s Straight from the Heart, an album that featured the smash hit “Forget Me Nots.” Our other cover story dives into the history of Detroit techno, from the primordial electronics of Juan Atkins and the sonic upheaval of “Mad” Mike Banks’s Underground Resistance to Waajeed (featured on the back cover), whose Underground Music Academy aims to help the next generation of Detroit artists.You’ll also find pieces on jazz organist Shirley Scott; the psychedelic soul group the Chambers Brothers; hip-hop icon Masta Ace; Jamaica’s musical incubator the Alpha Boys School; the Bill Evans Trio’s famous Village Vanguard recordings; trombonist Joseph Bowie’s trek from avant-garde jazz to NYC downtown funk; the history of Mo’ Wax Records; Brazilian singer-songwriter Joyce; London sax player Chelsea Carmichael; and nu-R&B multi-hyphenate KeiyaA.

Long Relationships: My Incredible Journey from Unknown DJ to Small-Time DJ by Harold Heath Written by former DJ/producer Harold Heath, Long Relationships: My Incredible Journey FromUnknown DJ to Small-time DJ is a biographical account of a DJ career defined by a deep love of music and a shallow amount of success.From the days of vinyl, when DJs were often also glass-collectors, to the era of megastar stadium EDM, it's a journey of 30 odd years on a low-level, economy-class rollercoaster through the ups and downs of an ever-changing music industry.Long Relationships is a love letter to DJing and to every small-town DJ who never made it to the big time but whose life was enriched and improved by DJing anyway. It's packed with tales of gigs, clubs, raves, warehouses, music, record production and record deals, low-rent international travel, shady promoters, dodgy club security, magical dance floor moments and much more.If you ever DJed, if you ever lost yourself on a dance floor, or if you ever simply fell in love with the potential contained within a dark basement, a strobe and a sound system, then this story is your story.

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Replacement stylus for Audio-Technica AT3600L cartridge.Stylus Shape: Conical Stylus Dimension: 0.6 milSuitable for models such at the Audio Technica Sound Burger, LP60X and Coturn CT-1 turntables

Following in the footsteps of the legendary Nightclub series, the re-engineered Nightclub MkII boasts numerous sonic improvements in both club and studio settings. With a new cartridge body, the Nightclub MkII offers increased output voltage for powerful, energetic sound and enhanced performance from integrated phono preamps such as the ones found in DJ mixers. Superb sound quality! Club DJ and studio workers believe the Nightclub MkII to be an absolute high-end cartridge. It is indeed a no-nonsence performer with fascinating musical resources. Its output is superb with a frequency response rating high enough to compare Nightclub MkII to any audiophile cartridge. The special elliptical stylus guarantees sound with insignificant scratching. SPECIFICATIONSOutput voltage at 1000Hz, 5cm/sec. - 8 mVChannel balance at 1kHz - 1.5 dBChannel separation at 1kHz - 23 dBChannel separation at 15 kHz - 15 dBFrequency response - 20-20.000 Hz +/- 1.5 dBTracking ability at 315 Hz at recommended tracking force - 80 μmCompliance, dynamic lateral - 20 μm/m NStylus type: Special EllipticalStylus tip radius : r/R 13/25 μmTracking force range: 2.0-5.0g (20-50 mN)Tracking force recommended: 3g (30 mN)Tracking angle: 20°Internal impedance, DC resistance: 1.000 OhmInternal inductance: 580 mHRecommended load resistance: 47 kOhmRecommended load capacitance: 200-600 pF

Tresor: True Stories is the first printed excavation of Tresor’s legendary history.Digging deeply into its rich archives, the venerable institution has unearthed countless treasures from its over three-decade old history. Over 400 never before seen photographs, flyers, faxes and other artefacts illustrate a story that intersects with the most important social and musical trend in the modern history of Berlin.The story is told with the voices of those that were there - over 40 protagonists share their first-hand reminiscences of the ‘big bang’ that launched techno into the world. Through the story of Tresor, the book charts the heady days of 80s West Berlin through to the explosion of new energy that midwifed in the new social reality of reunified Germany. This is a unique and essential printed monument to the institution that changed electronic music forever, and the city that allowed it to exist.Softcover: 300g/m² raw cardboard, granular lamination, open spine binding352 pages: Neon CMYK print on Lessebo Smooth Natural 90g/m² and Galaxi ArtSamt 115g/m²Dimensions: 22,0 x 30,0 x 2,2cmIncluding 400+ exclusive photographs by:Gustav Volker HorstMarie StaggatOliver WiaSusanne DeekenTilman BrembsWolfgang Brückner+ many more