Vinyl Record
Ashtar Afterhours - Body Music
Ashtar Afterhours - Body Music on LP vinyl. A 2025 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
LP ยท 2025
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 2025 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Body Music is Ashtar Afterhours returning a deep-house pulse to the body rather than the screen. Released through Smallville in 2025, it carries the history of Kenneth Graham's long underground electronic practice while keeping the record focused on touch, groove and late-night function. The title is plain because the music is direct: dance music as physical language, not lifestyle wallpaper. The tracklist gives the record a compact club shape. Body Music and Lite of My Life set the melodic and rhythmic centre, while Intro to Ashtar, Touchy Feely and Taeya vs. Gia Marie shift the pressure around the second side. Nothing here needs to shout. The attraction is in the rounded bass, the patient movement and the sense that the record understands the difference between deepness and drift.
The release matters because it connects a long-running West Coast electronic lineage to Smallville's refined house aesthetic. Kenneth Graham's history reaches back through important underground projects, but Body Music does not rely on biography alone. It works because the tracks still feel functional, warm and carefully measured. For a collection, it represents the ongoing life of 12-inch house culture: records made for DJs, rooms and bodies, where a few tracks can carry more identity than a full album if the atmosphere is right.
A strong pick for collectors of deep house, Smallville releases and understated club records that value feel over spectacle. It belongs near records that are built for movement but still reward home listening. On vinyl, Body Music makes particular sense because the format matches the intention. This is a 12-inch built around side logic, groove length and touch. It is for collectors who still think of dance music as something held, cued, mixed and lived with.
Deep house with warm bass, patient groove, soft melodic pressure and a tactile late-night club feel.
Recommended for: Ashtar Afterhours collectors; Listeners building a researched vinyl shelf; Collectors of deep house and Smallville-related records; Gift buyers choosing a record with a clear story; Browsers comparing related records and catalogue eras.
When was Body Music released? It was released in 2025 through Smallville. What style is the record? It is a deep-house 12-inch with warm grooves and a tactile club focus. Who should collect it? Deep-house listeners, DJs and collectors interested in understated electronic 12-inch releases.