Courtesy of Choice… asides and besides (Vinyl 3LP)

Impress the Aphex Twin and Portishead fans in your life this year, dear customer. I believe you can do it. Spooky, glitchy, noisy textures await in Leila's seminal work Courtesy of Choice - now joined by a plethora of unreleased tracks to celebrate the record's 25th anniversary. Don't try to tap your foot to this... surrender to complex rhythms and bask in that high-brow, IDM-induced smug feeling. - Rosetta

Iranian-born, London-based producer Leila has always been a singular force, collaborating with the likes of Björk and Aphex Twin while carving her own path throughout the late 90s and early 2000s. XL Recordings' 25th-anniversary edition of Courtesy Of Choice restores the full tracklist and unearths 20 unreleased tracks. Dive into the strange and expansive world of Leila, we're all mad here! - Flying Out

Iranian-born, London-based innovator Leila has been described as one of the “1990s forgotten mavericks” (Pitchfork), who has worked with the likes of Bjork, Terry Hall, Martina Topley-Bird, and Aphex Twin, releasing her debut album Like Weather via his label Rephlex in 1998. Shortly after, she signed to XL and released Courtesy of Choice, described as “creative, highly listenable, unpretentious electronic music at its best” (Exclaim!), and establishing herself as an integral member of the golden generation of boundary-pushing electronic producers.

In her post-XL years, Leila released two albums via Warp and an abundance of edits on Soundcloud, collaborated with Richard Russell on radio shows and more.

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