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Artist: B.U.G. Title: Black Fire Format: Cass Label: Cast Exotic Country: Canada Price: $8.00 |
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"Featured tighly edited unreleased recordings dating from 1996 to 1999. Classic Blown Out Noise Rock from Edmonton, (northwestern) Canada. Seriously fucked stuff. Sound sample on the web site. Features member of Staked Plain / former member of JOMF. Fans of Harry Pussy, early Chrome, Cromagnon, Black Flag, Brainbombs should dig. Breath the Fire!!!" -Cast Exotic
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Artist: BAA BAA AND THE BLACK SHEEP Title: Men of Constant Rhythm Format: Lathe Cut 10"/Fanzine Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $27.00 |
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"Ltd. 30 copies. Sounding like a cross between Homosexuals offshoot Amos and Sara and Say Yes To Apes, this 8 track 10” (plus zine) is the first proper release from the vast archives of Dunedins mysterious Baa Baa duo of Mark Williams (Marineville, Cookie Brooklyn) and Tenzin Mullin (Suka)." -Epic Sweep.
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Artist: BABIES Title: S/T Format: Cass Label: Shrimper Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "In 2008, KEVIN MORBY moved into CASSIE RAMONEs small apartment in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, for a few months. Morby, who plays bass in WOODS, and Ramone, who sings and plays guitar in VIVIAN GIRLS, wanted to start a band. They both missed the sweaty loft shows they used to play before their bands moved on to larger venues and longer tours. JUSTIN SULLIVAN, who had played with Ramone in BOSSY, began practicing with them on drums, and THE BABIES debuted as a three-piece in March 2009 at Dead Herring, their friends loft in Brooklyn. They played a few times before asking NATHAN STARK, formerly of BENT OUTTA SHAPE, to join on bass, and the full lineups first shows were that summer. The Babies wrote music and played shows in fits and spurts, whenever they all happened to be in town for a week. They recorded their self-titled debut album with JARVIS TAVENIERE at Rear House Studios, which doubles as Morbys home; his vocals were done in his own bedroom. (Taveniere, Morbys bandmate in Woods, has also recorded Real Estate, Vivian Girls and Woods.) The debut follows 7-inch singles on Make a Mess and Wild World. The Babies songs are roughed-up jewels cut from the same cloth as Hazlewood and Sinatra, The Velvet Underground and Nico, Pisces and Linda Bruner, and other dream marriages. Limited to 200 copies on cassette." -Shrimper |
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Artist: BABIES Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Shrimper Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "In 2008, KEVIN MORBY moved into CASSIE RAMONEs small apartment in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, for a few months. Morby, who plays bass in WOODS, and Ramone, who sings and plays guitar in VIVIAN GIRLS, wanted to start a band. They both missed the sweaty loft shows they used to play before their bands moved on to larger venues and longer tours. JUSTIN SULLIVAN, who had played with Ramone in BOSSY, began practicing with them on drums, and THE BABIES debuted as a three-piece in March 2009 at Dead Herring, their friends loft in Brooklyn. They played a few times before asking NATHAN STARK, formerly of BENT OUTTA SHAPE, to join on bass, and the full lineups first shows were that summer. The Babies wrote music and played shows in fits and spurts, whenever they all happened to be in town for a week. They recorded their self-titled debut album with JARVIS TAVENIERE at Rear House Studios, which doubles as Morbys home; his vocals were done in his own bedroom. (Taveniere, Morbys bandmate in Woods, has also recorded Real Estate, Vivian Girls and Woods.) The debut follows 7-inch singles on Make a Mess and Wild World. The Babies songs are roughed-up jewels cut from the same cloth as Hazlewood and Sinatra, The Velvet Underground and Nico, Pisces and Linda Bruner, and other dream marriages. Limited to 200 copies on cassette. Vinyl includes digital download coupon." - Shrimper. |
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Artist: BABIES, THE Title: Meet Me in the City Format: 7" Label: Make A Mess Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| ""Meet Me in the City" is the second single from new NYC combo THE BABIES. "Meet Me in the City" and "Somebody Else" are rollicking pop gems, pungent with sweet harmonies, raucous beats, tambourines, skyscraping guitars: the works. Summer dreams, psychic revelry, concrete heat-Babies are born! The individual Babies are no strangers to melodic transcendence, a fact to which their work in psych-pop wunderkinds WOODS and chainsaw sirens VIVIAN GIRLS will attest. Anybody with an ear for indie-pop mayhem had best put their spending shoes on pronto, as these Babies are starchildren of an entirely different breed!" |
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Artist: BABY GRANDMOTHERS Title: Baby Grandmothers Format: CD Label: Subliminal Sounds Country: Sweden Price: $16.00 |
| Repressed. "Baby Grandmothers were a short-lived Swedish band, but one of the most prolific and unique psychedelic, modal, experimental power-trios to emerge out of the Scandinavian psychedelic underground scene in 1967. Although hailing from Stockholm, Sweden they only released a single in Finland, which has since become one of the most sought-after pieces of vinyl from the era. Baby Grandmothers were formed out of the legendary R&B/beat band T-Boones in the summer of 1967. T-Boones are probably best known for their "At The Club/King Of The Orient" single which is one of the best, and most collectable of the Swedish garage beat era. Guitar-wiz Kenny Håkansson joined the band in 1965 and with the group down to a trio they drifted into the psychedelic sounds of the time and in August 1967 released the single "I Want You," which definitely was the first hard-rock recording ever made in Sweden. The band was then re-christened Baby Grandmothers by the co-founder of the newly opened psychedelic club Filips, for which he needed a house-band. Filips was the legendary breeding ground for bands such as Hansson & Karlsson, Pärson Sound, as well as orgiastic all-night jams with foreign luminaries such as Jimi Hendrix and the Mothers of Invention. Baby Grandmothers also supported Jimi Hendrix on his Swedish tour in 1968 and then turned into Mecki Mark Men, who became the first Swedish rock band to tour the U.S. Founding member Kenny Håkansson went on to form the highly influential Kebnekajse, who created the Swedish electric psych-folk sound. This unique collection presents live recordings made at Filips, their impossibly rare single and a rare live recording made in Finland. Painstakingly collected and researched by Dungens guitarist Reine Fiske. 16-page booklet included." - Subliminal Sounds. |
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Artist: BABY GRANDMOTHERS Title: s/t Format: Double LP Label: Subliminal Sounds Country: Sweden Price: $32.00 |
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"Limited 2LP vinyl version of 500 copies, following the previously-released CD. Baby Grandmothers were a short-lived Swedish band, but one of the most prolific and unique psychedelic, modal, experimental power trios to emerge out of the Scandinavian psychedelic underground scene in 1967. Although hailing from Stockholm, Sweden they only released a single in Finland, which has since become one of the most sought-after pieces of vinyl from the era. Formed out of the legendary R&B/beat band T-Boones which included guitar-wiz Kenny Håkansson, who ushered the group into the psychedelic sounds of the time. Not only were they the house band at the legendary psychedelic club, Filips, they also supported Jimi Hendrix on his Swedish tour in 1968 and then turned into Mecki Mark Men, who became the first Swedish rock band to tour the U.S. This unique collection includes live recordings made at Filips, their impossibly rare single and a rare live recording made in Finland. Painstakingly collected and researched by Dungens guitarist, Reine Fiske." - Subliminal Sounds.
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Artist: BACHI DA PIETRA Title: Non Io Format: CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $17.50 |
| "Bachi da Pietra (The stone worms) is a two-men band whose dark and resonating music wraps around tunes of desolate candor and lyrics (in Italian) as dark and imaginative as broken love can be. A relentless drumming hovers over a huge wash of ride cymbal and a deep, plaintive voice, which is able to capture sadness, anger and yearning. The entire album is a visceral emotional journey: the dissonant blues-based songs develop around the steady drone of the singers voice, a trance-inducing vocal presence singing of grim meditations on life that are crafted and performed with disarming sincerity. Just like the mysterious and enigmatic characters that orbited their doom-laden, disturbing world, Bachi da Pietra is an unpredictable band that leaves the listeners feeling vulnerable, moved, and sometimes totally spaced-out." - Die Schachtel. |
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Artist: BACHMAN, DANIEL Title: Oh Be Joyful Format: LP Label: One Kind Favor Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "This is the second full length LP by steel string guitarist Daniel Bachman (who formerly recorded and performed as Sacred Harp). Though young in years, he plays with a technical facility and emotional depth equal to that of the greatest fingerstylists. His discography is already full of strong releases, but this new recording is the first Ive heard to fully capture the intimate beauty that many have witnessed in his live acoustic performances across the country. Authenticity has been a issue that has plagued folk music for much of the 20th century and these days anyone can pick up a style that was previously known only to a few mountainfolk. While Bachmans playing is surely reminiscent of the spiritual searching sound of Robbie Basho, and indeed the spectre of Fahey looms large, he is no Johnny-come-lately. The distinct sound you will hear on this record is inspired by the traditions and lore unique to Fredericksberg, Virginia, also the hometown of Jack Rose (may God watch over his soul). Limited edition one time pressing of 500 copies." -One Kind Favor. |
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Artist: BACHS, THE Title: Out of the Bachs Format: LP Label: Void Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"First available reissue off this legendary garage classic since the old days when the Vermonster wore pants!" - FE. "700 press of all-time killer garage LP from 1968, Illinois. Minister to a Mind Diseased and Tables of Grass Fields are the two cuts that grab me, but the whole LP is killer from start to finish. Exact cover reproduced here and glossy. Just a 700 pressing -- will sell out quickly. In conjunction with Gearfab, Void Records brings you this mammoth release!" - Void.
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Artist: BACK MAGIC Title: Blood Plaza Format: Lathe Cut 5" Label: Pilgrim Talk Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| 2012 release, limited to 50 copies. Cut by Peter King. "HAIR EXP: Guitar/Vox TERROR TRANS: Drums Recorded at Opium Den, Bloomington, IL, 2011. P.S. Back Magic recently played in Tokyo with a special line-up --- video via Satoshi Yashiro's iphone..." |
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Artist: BACK MAGIC Title: Goldilocks Format: 8" Lathe Cut Label: Pilgrim Talk Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"In a departure from their famous neo-classical style, Back Magics surrealistic
anti-masterpiece is full of passion and adventure. Goldilocks takes us into a
world where sex and fantasy have no boundaries. This is the story of a Goldilocks
that redefines the "double standard," while becoming a free spirit in the process.
Includes 12 page zine. 30 copies" - Pilgrim Talk.
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Artist: BACK, SVEN-ERIK Title: Electronic Music Format: LP Label: Fylkingen Country: Sweden Price: $16.00 |
| "Sven-Erik Bäck was in his versatility unique among Swedish composers. Since his debut in the 1940s, he was regarded as a radical avantgardist and since Bäck was also a performer, the musical result became most interesting. Since his first electronic work -- In Principio (1970) Bäck produced many electronic as well as instrumental and vocal compositions. He also combined music with other media such as dance and visual art." - Fylkingen. |
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Artist: BACZKOWSKI/CORSANO/FLAHERTY Title: Dim Bulb Format: CD Label: Wet Paint Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "With a slight Ayler-esque quality to the horns and a build and collapse approach to songwriting, this trio cranks out abstract, quality free jazz that few combos approach these days. Thought to be a live-only experience, BACZKOWSKI, CORSANO, AND FLAHERTY treat their loyal fans to a take-home version of their way-out sound." |
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Artist: BAD DRUGS Title: Raw Powder Format: LP Label: Rotted Tooth Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Permanent had the opportunity to put Raw Powder out on wax and squandered it. Well never forgive ourselves. BAD DRUGS is one of Chicagos absolute best noise rock bands, not just of now, of all time. And with the storied history of noisy rock bands formed by the oppressive nature of the Windy City, thats saying something. Raw Powder. Its an absolutely punishing, brutal, and gnarly noise rock record through and through. Other bands in the genre sometimes hide their lack of ability behind noise, which is fine and dandy cuz were all about non-musicians making a racket, but this is NOT the case with Bad Drugs. Each of these dudes is totally adept at their respective instruments. So adept that even the thick layer of noise that resides between phrases cant mask the skill residing in these dudes skulls. Each and every single goddamn one of these songs R-I-P. Oh yeah, and the vinyl totally glows in the dark. Each side ends in an obnoxious locked groove. The art is fucking amazing, just like the rest of the Rotted Tooth releases. And its limited to 300 hand-numbered copies. And YOU SHOULD BUY IT to avoid a life of in regret like us Permanent idiots (for not putting this record out ourselves)." -Rotted Tooth |
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Artist: BAD DRUMLIN GRASS Title: All Night Long Format: 7" Label: Milvia Son Country: USA Price: $3.00 |
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Artist: BAD DRUMLIN GRASS Title: Live At Timber Cove Format: LP Label: Milvia Son Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "The third full length album by The Grass, following 2007s Invigorating Scent LP and the Birth/Death CDR from 2006. Timber Cove is the name of a Pacific Coast outlook off Highway 1, near Jenner, north of Gualala. The mysterious duos synthesizers, pedals, guitars and amps were taken to the foot of Benny Bufanos legendary sculpture, The Expanding Universe, an 80-foot tall missile-shaped cement monument decorated in mosaic with images of benevolent aliens. Thereafter, the equipment -- and the audience -- was turned on. The first track on the LP, mastered in glorious mono at 45 rpm for maximum impact, transposes Bufanos vision into sound, an analog anthem from deep space designed to inspire sperm whales and giant squid alike to lay down their weapons and fight no more. The small audience (of European tourists?) appears to have been moved. The entirety of side B (33 rpm, wide stereo) consists of DMT Elf Blues. Amidst a disquieting drone accompanied by a languid guitar, the damaged laughter of a clown skull is irregularly audible until ultimately vanquished by plucked strings wafting in from the East. All that remains is a pair of felt boots, a cicada, a whipporwill, and a distant echo. Is this the first businessmans trip to end up in a regional wilderness? We doubt it, but only because weve previously woken in places where we never expected to be unconscious. 300 copies, color sleeves, color insert, priced for the Great Recession." - Milvia Son. |
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Artist: BAD DRUMLIN GRASS Title: The Invigorating Scent Of Bad Drumlin Grass Format: LP Label: Milvia Son Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "The second Bad Drumlin Grass record is the first vinyl release on Milvia Son Records. Way back in July of 2006, Sensei Rebel chose the bands schizophrenic inaugural CDR (Birth/Afterbirth) as his Ambient Pick of the Week. Forsaking the drone (at least temporarily), Bad Drumlin Grass presents two solid sides of junk n roll instrumental freakouts that careen into the void like cigarette cherries dropping into the fake beard of a paranoid neo-folkie where, like Sonny Bono, they just sit there and *burn*. These are not the lost Hams rehearsals tapes. Imagine Richard Thompson and Garth Hudson rehearsing for 10,000 hours and touring with This Heat. This record is the exact opposite of that, except for being recorded live without overdubs. 300 copies for the world." -Milvia Son. |
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Artist: BAD PARTY Title: Coming Out Slowly Format: LP Label: Animal Disguise Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "The duo Bad Party emerged from the ashes of Detroit acts White Devil and Tamion 12 Inch sometime in 2006. Theyve been playing countless live shows in Detroit for a few years, delivering their polarizing and abrasive sound to dozens of fans. Calling to mind the stripped down, industrial minimalism of Big Black or early Suicide, Coming Out Slowly captures Bad Partys scummy and raw live sound perfectly. All 8 of the songs on the album, complete with uncomfortable lyrics and aggressive repetition, are the worlds perfect introduction to one of the sub-undergrounds most entertaining acts. ADR is pleased to present to you, Bad Partys debut offering Coming Out Slowly on limited edition vinyl." - Animal Disguise |
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Artist: BAD STATISTICS Title: Static Format: LP Label: Kraak Country: Belgium Price: $16.50 |
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"A new band from New Zealand! BAD STATISTICS are a fanatical bunch of drone improv rockers, veering between prog, kraut, minimalism and scandinavian doom... auch! " - KRAAK
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Artist: BAD TABLE/LAMP PUFFER Title: Silver Shadow Ghost Tape Format: Cass Label: Near Tapes Country: Australia Price: $6.00 |
| "The first release on Near Tapes. The audio equivalent of spirit photography, a live rehersal tape, recorded by Lamp Puffer, that was sabotaged by an unknown entity. The ghost leaves some strange kind of bell ringing sound and bits of worbly vocal grumbles on both sides. The end of side A is a keyboard piece that warps out thanks to paranormal producer. There is a kind of tropical feel to the rest of side A. side B begins with a kind of whale moan. The rest of side B is rather industrial?" -Near Tapes. Members of Siltbreeze recording artists Naked On The Vague. |
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Artist: BAD TRIPS Title: Open Format: LP Label: Rocketship Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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“A year and some ago THE BAD TRIPS eased their debut album out of the wilds of Ventura, California and every fan of modern psych and/or MONOSHOCK / LIQUOR BALL stood up and cheered. Something new by GRADY RUNYAN! But it turned out that The Bad Trips was a sum of its parts and, man, those parts are good. Now the Trips are back with their second record and if the first was a moon shot, Open strands you on a cold, dark planet. Atmospheric mind melting while a far off sun dies. Killer stuff.” -Scott Soriano (S-S)
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Artist: BADGERLORE Title: Stories For Owls Format: LP Label: Yik Yak Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
 "The second full-length release from psychedelic bread bakers and bird whisperers BADGERLORE-the beard-core supergroup of BEN CHASNY (SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE, COMETS ON FIRE), TOM CARTER (CHARALAMBIDES), PETE SWANSON (YELLOW SWANS), and ROB FISK (7 YEAR RABBIT CYCLE, ex-DEERHOOF). Stories For Owls features six beautifully lush, organic pieces that rise and fall with the groups broke-down, burned-up improv and the interplay of piano, vocals, and dual guitars. Fragile and tender, beautiful and devastating. Limited edition with hand-screened sleeves." - Yik Yak.
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Artist: BADGERLORE Title: Stories For Owls Format: CD Label: Free Porcupine Society Country: Price: $14.00 |
| "The second full-length release from psychedelic bread bakers and bird whisperers BADGERLORE-the beard-core supergroup of BEN CHASNY (SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE, COMETS ON FIRE), TOM CARTER (CHARALAMBIDES), PETE SWANSON (YELLOW SWANS), and ROB FISK (7 YEAR RABBIT CYCLE, ex-DEERHOOF). Stories For Owls features six beautifully lush, organic pieces that rise and fall with the groups broke-down, burned-up improv and the interplay of piano, vocals, and dual guitars. Fragile and tender, beautiful and devastating." - Free Porcupine Society. |
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Artist: BADGERLORE Title: Untitled Format: 3" CDR Label: Wholly Other Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"a really nice recording of the 2nd biggest badgerlore lineup to date, featuring rob fisk, pete swanson (yellow swans), liz harris (grouper), tom carter, and glenn donaldson (thuja, blithe sons, skygreen leopards, flying canyon, teenage panzer corps, etc.). big chunks of noise sailing over ravines of quiet and robs elegant song skeletons. recorded at the wires adventures in modern music festival in chicago last year, 24 minutes. covers hand painted, plastered with soil, and sewn into 8 page dirt books by rob fisk. 100 copies.!" - Wholly Other.
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Artist: BADGERLORE Title: We Are All Hopeful Farmers, We Are All Scared Rabbits Format: CD Label: Xeric Country: USA Price: $16.50 |
| "Badgerlore is the great tribal council of the so-called freak folk movement. The supergroup features Rob Fisk (Deerhoof, 7-Year Rabbit Cycle) and Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance, Comets On Fire), with Tom Carter (Charalambides), Pete Swanson (Yellow Swans), Glen Donaldson (Blithe Sons, Jewelled Antler) and Liz Harris (Grouper). Together they proceed with masterful nuance and inexorable tension; We Are All Hopeful Farmers, We Are All Scared Rabbits is the sound of effigy mounds slowly rousing from prehistoric slumber." - Xeric. |
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Artist: BAIER, SIBYLLE Title: Colour Green Format: LP Label: American Dust Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Recorded in the early 70s in her home on a reel-to-reel tape deck, SIBYLLE BAIERs Colour Green paints intimate portraits of lifes sad and fragile beauty. Baier and her music appeared in the 1973 Wim Wenders film Alice in the Cities, but her recordings were never released, and only shared with family and friends. Its said that "Remember the Day," the first song she ever wrote, was inspired by a road trip to the Alps with a friend during a dark period in her youth. Upon return, Baier pulled out her reel-to-reel and preserved these intimate thoughts and feelings on tape. Though she eventually chose family and motherhood over a music career, the bare, hushed folk songs on Colour Green, first released in 2006, have elevated her to the realm of revered cult performers such as Vashti Bunyan, Nico and Bridget St. John. After an extremely limited initial pressing (copies of which have fetched large sums via online auction sites), Colour Green is finally available again on vinyl. "Its sad, at times dark and almost uncomfortably intimate, and one of the most fragile and beautiful releases this year."-Gorilla vs. Bear |
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Artist: BAIKAL Title: Baikal Format: CD Label: Important Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
| "Baikal is a new burner from Bardo Pond brothers John & Michael Gibbons along with fellow Bardo Pond members Clint Takeda and Jason Kourkonis. This time they ventured down the route of heavy free-improvisation and a Last Exit style hard rock approach coupled with a hard psych bend. With two tracks each weighing in at over 30 minutes in length its clear that Baikal is a deep voyage underseas with yet another mindblowing Bardo Pond side project featuring Bardo brothers John & Michael Gibbons as your tour guide -- and its a heavy trip indeed. Dive in." - Important. |
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Artist: BAILEY & MILO FINE, DEREK Title: Scale Points on the Fever Curve Format: CD Label: Emanem Country: UK Price: $17.00 |
| "The first gig on Milo Fines extended visit to London found him playing clarinets, drums and electronic keyboard in cohorts with Derek Bailey on electric guitar. They first worked together twenty years previously, but this was the first time they performed as a duo. 58 minutes." - Emanem. |
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Artist: BAILEY, DEREK Title: Concert In Milwaukee Format: Cass Label: Incus Country: UK Price: $14.00 |
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"This was a cassette not officially released on Incus or any other label. It was sold by Derek Bailey at concerts. For a short period in 2010 original copies were sold via the Incus website. The back story: In 1983 Derek Bailey was due to visit Japan for a concert tour and decided to take with him, for sale at the concerts, a cassette recorded live in Milwaukee. Approximately 500 cassettes were prepared and dispatched to the promoter in Japan but, in the event, the tour fell through and the cassettes were returned to England. On arriving to collect the two boxes containing the cassettes from the Post Office, Derek found that they were badly damaged and, having to pay to regain them, decided to collect only one of the parcels. The salvageable cassettes - number not known, but probably around 150 - were subsequently sold at other live dates. All were produced on a light-grey plastic cassette body with Concert in Milwaukee, Derek Bailey plus date of concert, printed in light-blue directly on the cassette body. The cassette came with an insert with the number DBC2 (no number on cassette itself)." -Incus
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Artist: BAILEY, DEREK Title: Improvisation Format: LP Label: Mirumir Country: Italy Price: $28.00 |
| "The godfather of improvisational guitar, Derek Baileys praises have been sung far and wide by everyone from Pat Metheny to Karlheinz Stockhausen for having revolutionized the way the instrument was played over the last half of the twentieth century. Although fans are often frustrated by the low-fidelity of his earlier recordings, this 1975 LP (originally released on the Italian avant-garde label, Cramps), stands out in that regard. Recorded in an actual studio (unlike most of his early work) in Milan, for this session Bailey was apparently asked by his Italian hosts to define improvisation. He then proceeded to give his answer in the form of these fourteen tracks (eight performed with electric guitar, five with six-string acoustic guitar, and one with a 19-string acoustic guitar). 180 gram vinyl reissue with printed inner sleeve." -Mirumir. |
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Artist: BAILEY, DEREK Title: New Sights, Old Sounds Format: Double CD Label: Incus Country: UK Price: $31.00 |
| "2012 -- long awaited repress; originally reissued by Incus in 2002. Reissue of one of the most obscure Bailey releases ever, from the long long defunct Morgue label of Japan (run by the legendary promoter Aquirax Aida). Derek has been trying to buy back the masters to this one for a decade+ and has finally succeeded! All tracks are solo guitar (acoustic & electric), the first disc features studio recordings with titles taken from Byrons Don Juan; the 2nd disc features live recordings from Nagoya and Kalavinka -- all recorded 1978. "Incus has acquired the masters of New Sights Old Sounds, the double solo album Derek Bailey recorded for the Morgue Iabel in 1978. Issued in Japan in 1978 it has been out of print since 1979. It is now issued as a double CD on Incus with the original artwork."" -Incus. |
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Artist: BAIRD, KATHLEEN Title: Lullaby For Strangers Format: CD Label: Secret Eye Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Kathleen Baird, of Chicagos amazing Spires That in the Sunset Rise, returns with her second solo full-length for Secret Eye - this time dropping her Traveling Bell moniker." - Secret Eye. |
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Artist: BAIRD, MEG Title: Waltze Of The Tennis Players Format: 7" Label: Tequila Sunrise Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "Tequila Sunrise Records is proud to release the first recordings by Meg Baird under her own name. Meg has been singing and performing since she was a kid with her sister Laura as a charter member of thse traditional folk duo the Baird Sisters, though she is currently best known as one of the "female larynxes" of the communal Philadelphia band Espers. Or we should say, best known as the siren-voiced singer for same. Or, perhaps, we could let Nick Carraway describe the quality of her voice for us: The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain. I had to follow the sound of it for a moment, up and down, with my ear alone before any words came through. We asked Meg to record something with a country-waltz flavor, and she courteously obliged us with a graceful and bittersweet cover of Waltze of the Tennis Players by the under-appreciated 60s folksters Fraser and Debolt. The mushrooms are growing in every new boot print, my, my, my. For the B-side, she recorded an alternate version of "Dear Companion", a track from her forthcoming LP. Its an ancient melody, an aching lament sung "in the style of the chapel", with Meg whisper-singing right into your ear, or maybe just to herself as she folds the laundry and does the dishes. You can see things more clearly when you shut your eyes. So here is a taste from the Meg Baird solo LP (due Christmas 2006), enough to wet your whistle and whet your appetite. You will want to hear more." - Tequila Sunrise. |
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Artist: BAKER, AIDAN Title: Gathering Blue Format: Double LP Label: Equation Country: USA Price: $28.00 |
| "A work of blissful delight. Aidan Baker provides four sides of enchantment in this long-in-the-making 2LP set. Gathering Blue provides new original material plus a stunning cover of the Joy Division track 24 Hours as well as an extended work-out of the amazing remix of The Cicada Sings Our Love Song by Building Castles Out Of Matchsticks, which was originally released in 2005 on the ultra-limited and long-deleted Arcolepsy Records CD Remixes. This really is Aidan Baker at his very best and a record that is sure to charm. Comes in a gatefold sleeve, numbered card insert and pressed on heavy 180g virgin vinyl." - Equation |
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Artist: BAKER, AIDAN Title: Thoughtspan Format: LP Label: Blackest Rainbow Country: UK Price: $18.00 |
| "We are very pleased to be releasing this for Aidan Baker, one of the most interesting genre defying musical experimentalists around right now. Aidan also plays in the mind-melting shoegaze doom duo of Nadja. This release reissues two tracks from a very limited CDR release entitled Thoughtforms, the LP collects two tracks from this release: Thoughtspan and Thought Climate. Two long form tracks of genre-blending shoegaze, post rock, and free playing clatter experimentation. Limited to 350 copies." -Blackest Rainbow |
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Artist: BAL PARE Title: Herz Aus Stein Format: 7" Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"Out now! Minimal Wave presents a 4 song 7" EP by legendary German band Bal Paré. The band was formed in 1980 by Kirsten Klemm, Manfred Asmus and Matthias Schuster. Schuster, the brainchild behind the band, is also known for these projects: Geisterfahrer, Im Namen Des Volkes, Jeanette Und Das Land Z, and Das Institut.
The four songs were recorded between 1981-1984 and are all previously unreleased. The songs range from really original, danceable dark synth with an early industrial feel to warmer synth pop, the last song featuring Kirsten on vocals. On colored vinyl with a hand silk screened heavy card stock jacket, a beautiful release, limited to 600 numbered copies. Special thanks to Kristamas Klousch for the cover photo!" -Minimal Wave
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Artist: BALACLAVAS Title: Roman Holiday Format: LP Label: Dull Knife Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"Roman Holiday is the debut LP from Houston, Texas BALACLAVAS, following two 12-inch EP releases on the Phonographic Arts and Dull Knife labels. Roman Holiday is the groups finest recording to date, and showcases their diverse and unique sound. While the band makes nods to the dub punk of Public Image Ltd., the rhythms of Can, and the coldness of Killing Joke, they are able to keep things wholly unique and create an original, highly melodic sound. The band makes an awfully big sound for a 3-piece, supplementing their traditional rock setup with electronic drums and synthesizers." - Dull Knife.
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Artist: BALACLAVAS Title: Second Sight Format: 12" Label: Dull Knife Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "After exploring moodier sounds on 2011s Snake People LP, BALACLAVAS go back to basics with an aggressive kick to the teeth. The songs on Second Sight are some of the bands catchiest yet-think The Fall covering Samhain. Limited to 500 copies on one-sided clear vinyl, with a silk screened image on the B-Side nestled inside a clear picture disk sleeve with silk screened art." - Dull Knife |
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Artist: BALINESE BEAST Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Balinese Beast Country: USA Price: $23.00 |
| "Looped chunks of sound and feedback from microphones / saxophones, and screaming lo-fi electronics from a hacked remote control, chopped up into a vibrant collage. Includes three inserts. Edition of 287." -Balinese Beast. |
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Artist: BALL LIGHTNING Title: s/t Format: CDR Label: JYRK Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "You all may not be familiar with the project, but its William Sabiston of (part-time) Axolotl fame.. Dude is a WILD percussionist whos collaborated with tons of folks, but most recently in a group BULBS.. Im not even sure how to describe this release....... I suppose "freedom techno," a ficticious genre imagined by Roope Eronen, would be some sort of applicable term. William weavs all sorts of percussive sounds; bells, electronic drum pads, synth and acoustic drums into a complex whirl of pulses and clicks that will occasionally congeal into abstract loops, minimalist techno riffs, dub-zones or some sort of cohearance, before whatever beat hes imagined crashes in on itself... Those familiar with Williams solo track on the Axolotl CDR, "Oranur," will have some idea what to expect.. but then, Ive been listening to this thing for months and I still dont know whats happening when I listen to this thing. Limited to 150 copies." - JYRK. |
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Artist: BALLETTO DI BRONZO, IL Title: On The Road To YS Format: LP Label: AMS Country: Italy Price: $36.00 |
| "First time ever vinyl release of two extraordinary documents, dated 1971, by the legendary Balletto di Bronzo. On the Road to YS, is a landmark in Balletto di Bronzos history, because it is the demo recording made by the band in 1971 at Phonogram studios Milan, featuring the embryonic versions of two songs that would later be merged into YS (Introduzione and Secondo Incontro), with English vocals, and arrangements that are quite different than the final tracks. However, these demos will convince Phonogram to offer the band a record deal. In 1972 they released YS. The rest is history. Taken from master tapes, and remastered by Gianni Leone and Nicola di Gia in 2010. Also featuring a bonus track: an unreleased live version of La tua casa comoda." - AMS. |
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Artist: BANANA HEAD/ROSEMARY KRUST Title: Split Format: Cass Label: Goaty Tapes Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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"Banana Head and Rosemary Krust obsess over the basic structures of popular music, deconstructing the same formulas until they dissolve into reflective plainness. Banana Head nods to the wedding ballad, schmatlz indulged to the point of confusion, eagerness and imprudence, a distant relative way too old to be that hammered bleeding an oldie-but-a-goodie into monotone. Rosemary Krust draws out the essentials of guitar-drums-keys, abstracts, flattens them into hissing post-pop atmospherics. Paired up like two Moby Dicks of dopeness." -Goaty
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Artist: BANANAFISH Title: #10 Format: Mag/CD Label: Tedium House Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Editorial content and related CD tracks from David (U.S. Saucer) Tholfsen, Melt Banana, William Hooker, Couch, Prick Decay, Alexander Ross, Vagtazo Halottkemek, Macronympha and Emil Beaulieau." - Tedium House. Mid-90s issue. |
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Artist: BANANAFISH Title: #13 Format: Mag/CD Label: Tedium House Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Since 1986, a time some of your favorite writers were busy discussing the genius of Govt Issue and debating the merits of early Gang Green (although today theyll have you believe silent CDs with a single electronic chirp at 35:25 are essential listening), Bananafish magazine has been devoted to undermining the dreams and aspirations of fun-killing explainers, rimless bifocald complainers, and horrid gothic sourpusses otherwise known as "the experimental music community." As usual, the magazine comes with a full-length CD containing exclusive music and sound contributed by the featured artists. Interviewed in this issue: Japanese droneur Diesel Guitar; electronic post-pioneer and composer Ilhan Mimaroglu; French publishers of silkscreened books Le Dernier Cri; homemade electronic noise duo Nautical Almanac; Los Angeles free music kingpins Solid Eye; lovers of Prince and improv sound collage Universal Indians; lovers of fantasy and free electronics Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase; and the hardest working percussionist in new music William Winant. Electronic deep theorist irr. app. (ext.), former Scissor Girl A.Z., and New Zealand solo freak Witcyst each contribute several pages of Dante-esque words and Bosch-like images. Last but not least, New Zealand filmmaker, animator, electricity demon Nigel Bunn gives Barbara Manning a guided tour of his gadgetry wonderland." - Tedium House. 1999 issue. |
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Artist: BANANAFISH Title: #14 Format: Mag/CD Label: Tedium House Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "More fun than sticking your feet down the toilet ... [Bananafish] features ... letters found in the street, interviews that breach journalist/patient confidentiality ethics, self-abuse raised to high literary art, record reviews like no other publication (though, believe me, some have tried), and coverage of the stuff you need to know about and no other damn mag will cover ... The only journal its a sin not to buy." --Bruce Russell, Corpus Hermeticum "The latest issue in the Glass-Monroe-Beezer familys long-running magazine dedicated to that which cannot be spoken (but certainly read). Includes print and audio material from outsiders like Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle, Peg Murray of U.S. Saucer, John Wiese of Bastard Noise, James Goode, Reynols, Panicsville, Vote Robot, Polar Goldie Cats (doing a feline version of Edgar Winters "Frankenstein," and "others." 164-page magazine with a 14-track CD companion." - Tedium House. 2000 issue. |
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Artist: BANANAFISH Title: #15 Format: Mag/CD Label: Tedium House Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Publisher I. VERN BEEZER and editor M. MONROE deliver another juicy issue of their award-churning tome dedicated to the pursuit of the liesurely arts. In this gorgeously designed issue you get more than the goods on... Christine Shields - Interview with this issues cover artist, the author behind surreal, dreamlike Blue Hole comic book, and banjo-player for Appalachia-influenced Grouse Mountain Skyride (also featuring Dame Darcy and Ian Christe). On the CD: "Monkey Goes to the Moon" and "The World Is My Home". Mal Sharpe - Interview with author, jazz musician, and Man-on-the-Street interviewer most well known as half of 60s prankster duo Coyle and Sharpe, whose legendary put-ons have been released on CD by the 21361 and Thirsty Ear labels. On the CD: Coyle and Sharpe "Transporting Captured People". Ana-Maria Avram - Translation of an interview by Costin Cazaban with Romanian acousmatic composer and Editions Modern recording artist whose uncompromising, demanding music gives heavyweights like Dumitrescu and Fernando Grillo a run for the money. On the CD: the 13-minute "Etude (I), computer assisted music." Volcano the Bear - Interview by Neil Campbell with this mind-expanding UK surrealist quartet whose music straddles "a strange, ambiguous line between comforting and terrifying." Collaborations with Nurse With Wound and Aube, releases on United Dairies, Misra, and Pickled Egg. On the CD: "Phantom, tha will be done" mad-cow.org - Interview with Dr. Thomas Pringle, webmaster of the Sperling Biomedical Foundations site containing almost 8,000 articles on mad cow and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, prions, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie, and numerous other crimes against nature that should drive any sane person to veganism. John Crouse - Guest editorial plus one other previously unpublished text by this inspirational author whose writing has been described as "a non-stop torque conflating the distinctions of sky, people, forest, political costume store He makes his own vocabulary rushing forward at full tilt, the camel of wow." On the CD: Crouse reads an excerpt from Lapses (O Books, 1995) with Stanley Zappa on sax. Rats With Wings - Freeform essay and images by this emerging Australian noise artist with releases planned on Plate Lunch and Freedom From. On the CD: "Horse Eat Grass" Volvox - Interview with two members of this Australian band with a posthumous CD released by Dual Plover. Ant-honey Riddell, the leader of the band, was brain-injured and comatose after a fall through a skylight several years ago. "Next to Milk," a chapter from his phenomenal novel Betrayed by the Senses (Menisicus, 1999), is also reprinted. On the CD: "Extraordinary Swordfish" amd "Milkhead," from Egg, Pluto Pup and You Agog - Interview with Damien Bisciglia, noise artist and sculptor of Rohrshach-like, nightmarish creatures made of melted plastic and various found materials. On the CD: "Waters Black from the Dung of a Thousand Camels" - Tedium House. 2001 issue. |
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Artist: BANANAFISH Title: #16 Format: Mag/CD Label: Tedium House Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "The record-setting 16th issue of arts, music, and leisure periodical Bananfish⿿the everymans magazine for those far from being the every man. A beautifully designed 144-page magazine and CD set with features on, and music from: Australian Noise Users Society founder OREN AMBARCHI, Swedish electroacoustic musican LEIF ELGGREN, Canadian extrovert nutjob ROBERT DAYTON (CANNED HAM, Bunyon), electronic musician JASON KHAN of REPEAT, PARMENTIER (ROSY PARLANE & DION WORKMAN interviewed by DYLAN NYOUKIS), Egyptian-born composer HALIM EL-DABH (selected excerpts from an upcoming biography by DENISE SEACHRIST), electroacoustic improvisor PAUL WINSTANLEY (also interviewed by Nyoukis), and an overview of mysterious acronym-damaged Italian arts organization LATERAL AGRICULTURE ORDER. All this, along with fiction by ROGER PINELL, reviews, found mail, drawings, artwork, etc. A fantastic read, as always, especially while in the bath." - Tedium House. 2002 issue. |
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Artist: BANANAFISH Title: #17 Format: Mag/CD Label: Tedium House Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Jason McLean Canadian cartoonist and Bananafish #17 cover artist talks with Robert Dayton about his hallucinatory style and techniques, and the effect on his work of education, interior decoration, comics, Fluxus and other abstruse art movements, and mental illness. On the CD: All-Star Schnauzer Band "No Onkyo" Hetty Maclise The first of a two-part interview with Anguss wife and collaborator, who recounts how they met, her art editorship at The Oracle in the 60s, homeopathic uses of LSD, and her life as an artist in Spain, Morocco, Mexico, San Francisco, and New York. Part two will deal with the Kathmandu years. On the CD: Universal Mutant Repertory Company "Iras Theater (NYC)" Lara Allen The exploits of a high school bad girl and the deprogramming subsequently inflicted upon her, problematic theatrical experiences, her series of consistently eerie paintings of old family photos, acting, and filmmaking. On the CD: The Ragtime Germs "Im Gonna Kill Myself" (audio) and Allens The Nightshade Family animation (MPEG) Jazzkammer Lasse Marhaug chats with David Cotner about mainstream Hollywood flicks, cult films, the Nordic singles scene (both 45s and dating), Norwegian culture, Viking blood, and communication through music and abstract sound with John Hegre, Tore Bøe, Del, and Origami Republika. On the CD: Jazzkammer "Take Me Off Yr Mailing List" Astro Hiroshi Hasegawa instructs Dylan Nyoukis in the ways of reaching "final paradise" and achieving "freedom from everything" via Moog synthesizer, field recordings and computers. He also discusses soundtrack work, collaborations with a whos who of Japanese space noise huffers, and the shocking truth about C.C.C.C. On the CD: Astro "Inamura Beach" The Towne Dandies Geoff Ellsworths homemade, props-heavy musical theater, the history of the band, paying the rent (which can involve processing ham), life under a microscope in a small town, and fledging jingle-writing venture Barefoot Hockey Goalie. On the CD: Towne Dandies "Underpants Road" (audio) and "Welcome Wranglers" (MPEG) Paul Dutton Canadian soundsinger and author talks about his work with 70s sound poets The Four Horsemen and free improv trio CCMC, literary efforts and visual poems, the nature of expression through sound, and various giants in the gibberish tradition, from Schwitters and the dadaists through Bob Cobbing. On the CD: Paul Dutton "Two Due" and "May Dues," Paul Dutton, Jaap Blonk, Koichi Makigami, Phil Minton, and David Moss "Esprit dEncore" Fake Party Carla Bozulichs Sound.-produced event at the Schindler House, self-described as "new music dressed up like a party meets a social event disguised as art," reimagined as comics. On the CD: "Fake Fake Excerpt" And the usuals�?� Reviews by Alesandro Moreschi III, Roland Woodbe, Stanley Zappa, Fred Rinne, and S. Glass; a letter from the publisher, found mail, guest editorial" - Tedium House. 2003 issue. |
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Artist: BANANAFISH Title: #18 Format: Mag/CD Label: Tedium House Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"David Lester Mecca Normal guitarists surreal, interdisciplinary comics that combine choreography, quasi-clip art, collage, painting, text and typography. On the CD: Mecca Normal, "War Between the Neighbors" Monotract Dylan Nyoukis gets schooled in Big Apple wisdom by this group of beach-blanket acidheads and New York City improv tour guides. On the CD: Monotract, "Fitty Bomb" Burning Star Core Autodidact C. Spencer Yeh tracks his development from adolescent pyromaniac to violin/electronics/voice iconoclast, with sidetrips as a writer of unreadable fiction, painter, documentarian, Cincinnati gallery brat, and live venue doyen. On the CD: Burning Star Core, "You Are Legend" Nelson Gastaldi Lost and overlooked Argentinean psycho-spatial composer found and restored by South Americas premier avant sideshow barkers Reynols. Topics include pure sound, ethnomusicology, paranormal occurances. On the CD: Nelson Gastaldi, excerpt from Symphony No.3: o El Poder de la Nada Joe Colley Easily fixated Crawl Unit noise mumbler issues subdued proclamations on field recordings, arcane electronic gadgets, public invisibility, charlatans and quacks. On the CD: assorted excepts from Colleys Forensic Audio series Jim Leftwich Texts, images, collages and other hors de guerre by experimental writer, visual poet, xtant editor and Juxta publisher. On the CD: Jim Leftwich, "Ouzo and Kudzu Are Dead" - Tedium House. 2004 issue.
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Artist: BAND ON THE RUN Title: After That Its All Gravy Format: CD Label: Smack Shire Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
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"Julie Cafritz (Pussy Galore, Free Kitten, etc.), Kim Rancourt (When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water, the Vietnam Songbook, etc.), and Joe Defilipps (Kultivator, Herbal Mixture, Cain, Blues Creation, etc.) return for a second Gravy outing, again produced by Don Fleming and mixed by yours truly. This time, ATIA Gravy perform a song-for-song remake of Wings misbegotten titular album. Modesty forbids me to employ hyperbole, blah blah blah. Needless to say you should distribute, purchase, proselytize. (Cuz its fugged-up, the bastard Checkers dumpster spawn of Charles Ives and the Lennon Sisters, etc.)" - Tom Smith
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Artist: BANGO Title: Bango Format: CD Label: Shadoks Country: Germany Price: $15.00 |
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"Originally released in 1970, this is extra-heavy Brazilian psych, with killer guitars and well-crafted original songs. This is one of the most sought-after albums from Brazil in the realm of hard psych, and you may already know one track from the Love Peace & Poetry: Brazilian Psychedelic Music album which is quite a standout. Every track is a winner. For many underground collectors this is the ultimate psych album, so it needed a good reissue. What Lula Côrtes is for underground folk and Sound Factory is for garage, Bango is THE psychedelic album together with Modulo 1000 ." - Shadoks.
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Artist: BANQUE ALLEMANDE Title: Eins, Zwei Format: LP Label: S-S Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "While Berlin. Germany isnt exactly nowhere, the amount of attention garnered by BANQUE ALLEMANDE since their inception in 2005 they might as well be from Quedlinberg. When I stumbled on them and was blown away by their songs, I started to wonder What the fuck is wrong with you people? Actually nothing: Banque Allemande (also known as dbZwoVier) have spent the last 5 years avoiding Berlins rock scene, chosing to play subway cars, a hamburger grill, and the like. They recorded a couple albums worth of fantastic songs, but never spread them around. What was posted on myspace got lost in the flood of bands there. They lurk in the shadows no longer. Banque Allemande has a relentlessness that reminds me of the Gordons and Rema Rema, the thuggish charm of Feedtime, and some 1-2-3-4 yucks of i dunno, name some late 70s euro punk outfit-but thats me hearing them. Their background is in the bands DISCOUNTER, TRUMPF AS, and MOSER INDIAN. Their ears are attuned to the hammering beats of Boys Noize. Or as they describe their sound: minimalistic, cut-down songstructures-yes please. rough sounds, straight beats-yes please. if what comes out is called punk-whatthefuck. Edition of 500 copies." -S-S |
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Artist: BANQUE ALLEMANDE Title: Willst du Chinese sein musst du die ekligen Sachen essen Format: LP Label: S-S Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "A couple years ago, this fine label released the debut album by a mysterious Berlin band called Banque Allemande. Trapped in a city more known for dance music than two chord rock n roll, Banque Allemandes live shows were restricted to a few underground spaces and Berlins subway system. They recorded for themselves but outside of a small circle of friends they were unknowns. Well, now comes album number two, Willst du Chinese sein musst du die ekligen Sachen essen. Like their first, Willst du Chinese mixes marathon riffage with shorter blasts, centering on a two chord fung set to a galloping beat; a sound that brings to mind the Gordons, early Leather Nun, and even Big Black. However, it sounds like our German pals have been listening to a little Velvet Underground too. Like Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Banque Allemande take VUs pop rock side and punk it up a bit. Oh, the Banques also spare a moment or two for getting heavy. This one is a little more diverse than their first album but fans will be pleased, and those new to the band will be searching for the debut. Limited to 400 copies." - S-S. |
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Artist: BARACLOUGH Title: The Lampshade Is Not A Past Tense Format: Cass Label: The Tapeworm Country: UK Price: $8.00 |
| "Cassette-only release in a limited-edition of 250 copies only. Baraclough are a London-based trio consisting of a classically-trained musician, a self-taught musician, and a non-musician. With a distinctive palette of woozy electronics, raw and processed recordings, combined with vocals and abstract sounds, Baraclough produce a unique aural aesthetic that is hypnotic yet agitating, intimate yet awkward. Since their inception in 2006, Baraclough have performed in a variety of bizarre locations such as a Kilburn rock pub and a former Turner Prize winners stock cupboard. In March of 2009, Baraclough released their debut album Hello Animal on Forris, their audio publishing cooperative. Members of Baraclough include: Paul de Casparis, Dale Cornish, and Eddie Nuttall." -The Tapeworm |
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Artist: BARAKA (LEROI JONES) & THE SUN RA MYTH-SCIENCE ARKESTRA, AMIRI Title: A Black Mass Format: CD Label: Sonboy Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Repress, originally released in 2000. Surprise reissue of the most infamous and difficult to procure Sun Ra artifact; originally issued on Amiri Baraka (then LeRoi Jones)s Jihad label (home of the original Sunnys Time Now by Sunny Murray as well). This is the first release on the DC-based Sonboy label officially sanctioned by Baraka (and mastered from the original tapes that have been sitting in his basement all along). Other unreleased sessions from the Jihad library of tapes are still rumored to follow this release. Originally issued in 1968, A Black Mass was personally distributed by Baraka via a network of radical Black literature bookstores and was not commonly found in the channels that records of the time moved in. As a result, it has enjoyed a mystical status for the better part of its 30+ year existence, and many hard-core Ra completists have never seen a copy. A strange and revolutionary play by Baraka, with musical interludes by the Myth-Science Orchestra. Very, very historic. "The play A Black Mass was written in Harlem in 1965, much of it probably at my desk at The Black Arts Repertory Theater School at West 130th Street and Lenox (now Malcolm X. Blvd.). It was first performed at the RKO Proctors Theater, Newark as a companion piece to J-E-L-L-O, a satire on the Jack Benny show where Rochester turns militant. The reason it was Newark is because late in 1965, I decided to walk away from the BARTS because with the mounting internal strife, the phenomenon of diminishing returns had set in so disruptively that the vision of bringing Black Art into the community and creating what we were later to understand as Cultural Revolution could no longer succeed at that venue. Black Mass shows the heavy influence of the Nation of Islam even though, after Malcolms murder, I became alienated from that Nation, essentially as a means of registering my allegiance to Malcolm. Even the Jacoub story I had gotten from Malcolm when he was still more directly motivated by Elijah Muhammads teachings. Sun Ra was one of the most consistent and supportive artists associated with the BARTS. He was there several days a week, teaching all who would listen. At any rate, when I conceived of doing Black Mass to music, Ra was the only musician in my mind. Not just because of the otherworldliness of the tale, but the sensuous outness I knew Ra, with his Myth-Science Arkestra, would bring, which I felt would give a material life to the text. The work was recorded in The Spirit House, on the first floor theater we had created by tearing down the walls of my rented one-family house, just as we had done at The Black Arts. With Sylvia Robinson (Amina Baraka, a Newark artist who would shortly become my wife), Yusef Iman (a BARTS original), Newarks Marvin Camillo (he and Yusef are both gone now), and Barry Wynn (Amun Ankra), we tried to recreate the staged version which we had just done. And while there is something to be desired in our collaboration, the recording stands not only as a record of what The Black Arts was doing, but points I think into the future of the spoken word and the possibility of expanding what can be recorded and what kind of collaboration between word and music can come. The theme The Satellites Are Spinning is the dramatic musical mise-en-scène throughout, though close listeners will hear some of the music which characterized the Myth-Science Arkestra rising and falling through the mainly improvised music-drama. In total, the music is rich and evocative by itself. Heard with the text of The Black Mass, both connect and extend each other with a dramatic gestalt of Myth-Science music and the mythologized history deepens our emotional perception of what is being told. For me, re-heard with the benefit of study and another kind of thoughtfulness, it even projects a rationale thats more scientifically based, search-lighting some evasive facts of human history as well as projecting the premise which I have long held, that art is creation, and that we must oppose the creation of what does not need to be created." -Amiri Baraka, 9/6/99 |
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Artist: BARBED Title: Pocket Reminders/Rolf O.D. Format: 7" Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $4.00 |
| "Alex McKechnie and Alex Burrow are Barbed. Based in London, the Alexes are known for their witty audio collage work (see Barbeds 1994 full-length CD, released by These Records). Since the time of their debut, they have contributed to numerous compilation releases, including those for Lo Recordings, Staalplaat, Leaf, Kleptones, and RRRecords, among others. Most recently, Barbed have appeared on the People Like Us "remix" album doing what they do best. Barbeds 7" for Elevator Bath (their first ever single release, and their first new individual release in quite some time) features two brand new pieces. On black vinyl with full-color jackets, in an edition of 800 copies." - Elevator Bath. |
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Artist: BARDO POND Title: Peri Format: LP + CD Label: 3Lobed Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
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"In early 2008, Bardo Pond and Three Lobed Recordings teamed up to assemble Batholith, a collection of tracks that were close to the bands heart but for various reasons had never been released. The result was an extremely cohesive and vital statement that was positively received by both old and new Bardo Pond fans. During the compilation of Batholith, the band had to agonize over the wealth of material that they were sitting on in constructing the ultimate tracklisting -- there were too many good songs. The band approached this problem by structuring two sister albums, Batholith and Peri, each possessing their own musical themes and each fully capable of standing independent from the other. For this reason, Peri is every bit as potent as its predecessor. The meticulous sequencing of Peris five tracks provides a classic Bardo Pond experience. While the initial description of the material might lead one to think that these tracks are outtakes or cutting-room floor type material, neither conclusion could be further from the truth. The band is quite excited to finally see all of the material on Peri venture into the public. For example, Chicken Gun will be recognizable to the bands longtime fans. A former live staple from 1996 through 1998 (even making an appearance in the bands set at the first Terrastock festival), it is a propulsive and fiery rocker every bit as monumental as some of the bands classics such as lb. and Tommy Gun Angel. The Path is a subtle number featuring floating flute work from Isobel Sollenberger. The album-closing Silver Pavilion is the sort of meditative psychedelia that has been Bardo Ponds calling card over their lengthy career. The track dates to the bands extremely fertile, yet barely documented, period between the release of Dilate and On the Ellipse. ;Silver Pavilions slow, enveloping build properly see the listener to the door and is reminiscent of such flawless Bardo closing tracks as RM, Aldrin and Night Of Frogs. Peri is pressed on 180g RTI vinyl and is housed within heavy old-style one-pocket Stoughton gatefold jackets bearing new collage work from Michael Gibbons." -3Lobed
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Artist: BARDO POND Title: Ticket Crystals Format: Double LP Label: Fire Country: UK Price: $33.00 |
| "The sixth studio album from Philadelphias foremost purveyors of psychedelic space rock. Appearing for the first time on double heavy weight vinyl and with brand new artwork by Joy Feasley, Bardo Ponds 2006 album Ticket Crystals exemplifies the quintets signature doom tempo, multi-layered drones while introducing a lighter pastoral feel." -Fire. |
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Artist: BARDO POND/TOM CARTER Title: 4/23/03 Format: Double LP & CD Label: 3Lobed Country: USA Price: $31.00 |
| "Originally released on CD in 2004, this new edition of 4/23/03 is now pressed on two slabs of American vinyl pressed by United Record Pressing and housed within a handsome two color silkscreened gatefold jacket bearing artwork replicating that from the albums CD incarnation. The album, from an edition of approximately 700 copies, presents the entire contents of the original CD version plus a new additional track from the original record¬ing sessions. All copies of the 4/23/03 2xLP are accompanied by the hour long 4/25/03 CD presenting a blistering collaborative live set from Bardo Pond and Tom Carter recorded at Philadelphias Tritone two days following the albums studio sessions and gloriously exploring like-minded sonic territory." -3Lobed. |
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Artist: BARF THOTH Title: Peep Roky Format: Cass Label: Fag Tapes Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "sick llama presents more from behind the scab curtain. the elevator lights went out and the only other dude in there w/ me kept complaining about the silence. said at his crib 13 televisions and radios would be on all the time, 25/8, all set to different stations. he busted me this tape. edition 77." - Fag Tapes. |
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Artist: BARF THOTH Title: Throat Barf Format: CD Label: Fag Tapes Country: US Price: $8.50 |
| "Sick Llama presents more voice tape mash from th netherworld. Color covers, edition of 35." - Fag Tapes. |
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Artist: BARF THOTH Title: Word Vein Format: CDR Label: Fag Tapes Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "through a door is a realm where all un-recorded sound ends up. placed the microphone just inside the door and quickly shut it. trapped, lost, pissed, anguished voices and sound rescued from the realm. two takes. hand painted sleeve. edition 77" - Fag Tapes. |
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Artist: BARFIELD, CECIL Title: South Georgia Blues Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Recorded by George Mitchell in 1978, this LP was originally released by the Southland label under the name William Robertson. Due to Cecils superstitions and legitimate fears of the taxman, he insisted that it come out under a false name. Cecil was an unusual blues musician, giving each song its own feel and rhythm. Another underrated American original. This is a co-release with Big Legal Mess Records." -Mississippi |
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Artist: BARK HAZE Title: Macannabis Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Somewhere, the gods of psych are smiling. Gazing down on this Northeastern all-star unit, just feeling the music. Bark Haze is comprised of Andrew Macgregor (aka Gown), Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth), and on this recording Pete Nolan (of Magik Markers). Gown and Moores dual guitars and in constant conversation. There must be a psychic barrier between these dudes minds, nothing sounds forced, only ever flowing. Nolan keeps the time with militant precision acting as the foil for guitar development. A thirty-minute track recorded around the same time as All Tomorrows Parties last winter stretched across two sides of the tape. Infinite psyched out oblivion like a more sober Lambsbread. In a numbered edition of 200 copies with double sided red eyed tree art and tape labels by Maya Miller of Heavy Tapes/Religious Knives." - Arbor. |
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Artist: BARK HAZE Title: Total Joke Era Format: CD Label: Important Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
| "This exclusive CD release is entirely different from the LP release on Important which is also untitled. The Bark Haze is primarily a guitar duo of GOWN (nom de plume of one Andrew Macgregor) and Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth etfuckingcetera). Auxiliary members have been know to include Pete Nolan (Magik Markers, Virgin Eye Blood Brothers, Cops, et al). Their name came from a mis-hearing of the radical early 70s R+B group the Bar-Kays and from that moment the concept of mis-hearing and allegiance to presenting the mis-hearing as some open-ended musical course became The Bark Hazes identity." - Important. |
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Artist: BARK HAZE, THE Title: The Bark Haze Format: LP Label: Important Country: USA Price: $14.50 |
| "This limited edition LP is pressed in an edition of 1000. These are completely different recordings than The Bark Haze compact disc, also on Important Records. The Bark Haze is primarily a guitar duo of GOWN (nom de plume of one Andrew Macgregor) and Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth etfuckingcetera). Auxiliary members have been know to include Pete Nolan (Magik Markers, Virgin Eye Blood Brothers, Cops, et al). Their name came from a mis-hearing of the radical early 70s R+B group the Bar-Kays and from that moment the concept of mis-hearing and allegiance to presenting the mis-hearing as some open-ended musical course became The Bark Hazes identity." - Important. |
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Artist: BARK HAZE/TRAUM Title: Monolith: Jupiter Format: Picture Disc LP + CD Label: Music Fellowship Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "The Monolith series combines two like-minded artists on the same one-sided, reverse-cut LP by hard-panning one recording to the right and the other recording to the left. By adjusting the panning controls on his or her turntable, the listener is free to control the degree to which the two recordings melt into one. Each edition in the series is limited to a one-time pressing of 500 picture disc LPs featuring a Monolith inspired painting by NED CLAYTON and includes a CD with individual songs and stereo mixes. Monolith: Jupiter is realized by two fre(e/ak)-jazz duos: TRAUM and BARK HAZE (GOWN and THURSTON MOORE). On the right Bark Haze explores the interplay between two unbridled electric guitars. This recording focuses on restraint: an intimate melding of the minds through careful abuse of the strings. On the left Traum delivers a continuation their from the gutter ode to jazzs influence on noise." -Music Fellowship |
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Artist: BARKLEYS BARNYARD CRITTERS Title: Mystery Tail Format: DVD Label: Load Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"This animation tells the animated tale of Barkley and that dogs life with his band the Barnyard Critters. Barkley is a rocker and goes through the usual tribulations of band life, quits the band and goes on a drunken voyage of discovery into a sea of confusion. While away the evil record label (IM Fang) finds a devilishly constructed replacement. Watch as Barkley combs his way back to the battle of the bands and lays it all on the line. Animation on the this release is hand drawn in parts, uses 3-D animation in others, and features live action characters in exciting sequences reminiscent of the Banana Splits. This will appeal to fans of the Cartoon Network, Spongebob, and the like." - Load.
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Artist: BARN OWL Title: Ancestral Star Format: LP Label: Thrill Jockey Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"Evan Caminiti (guitars, vocals) and Jon Porras (guitars, vocals, drums, harmonium) met in San Francisco in 2006 and immediately started playing music together. Over the next four years, the two gradually sculpted a vast collection of hazy desert sky meditations -- ominous, barren expanses of music for desert walks at dusk, and dark, pastoral passages embellished with psychedelic and atmospheric wash. A mixture between devotional ragas and dusty stomp with atmosphere and production that references shoegaze and black metal influences. Ancestral Star, their third LP, marks the evolution of the Barn Owl sound into a territory where it has become wholly its own, transcending the sum of its influences and taking on a life of its own. At the same time, it is a more realized extension of that sound. Caminiti and Porras paid close attention to the composition of each track and its flow within the album as a whole. Engaging throughout, every moment contributes to an overall feeling of mysterious desert expanse and a sonic narrative that unfurls like a cinematic metaphysical western." -Thrill Jockey. 2011 repress. Gatefold LP version.
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Artist: BARN OWL Title: Ancestral Star Format: CD Label: Thrill Jockey Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Evan Caminiti (guitars, vocals) and Jon Porras (guitars, vocals, drums, harmonium) met in San Francisco in 2006 and immediately started playing music together. Over the next four years, the two gradually sculpted a vast collection of hazy desert sky meditations -- ominous, barren expanses of music for desert walks at dusk, and dark, pastoral passages embellished with psychedelic and atmospheric wash. A mixture between devotional ragas and dusty stomp with atmosphere and production that references shoegaze and black metal influences. Ancestral Star, their third LP, marks the evolution of the Barn Owl sound into a territory where it has become wholly its own, transcending the sum of its influences and taking on a life of its own. At the same time, it is a more realized extension of that sound. Caminiti and Porras paid close attention to the composition of each track and its flow within the album as a whole. Engaging throughout, every moment contributes to an overall feeling of mysterious desert expanse and a sonic narrative that unfurls like a cinematic metaphysical western." -Thrill Jockey |
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Artist: BARN OWL Title: Bridge to the Clouds Format: CDR Label: Not Not Fun Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
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"Mesmerizing album of shamanic acoustic dread/bliss by this killer and evolving San Fran squad. This is a re-issue of the tour CDR they were slanging back when they rolled through the CURIO on a west coast cruise a
couple months back. An NNF full-length is looming, were amped as heck. Silkscreened, spraypainted, and stamped arigato paks tied with ribbon. Edition of 147." -Not Not Fun.
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Artist: BARN OWL Title: From Our Mouths A Perpetual Light Format: LP Label: Not Not Fun Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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2011 repress, limited to 300 copies; originally a 2008 release. "Since first bearing witness to Barn Owls mythically desolate amplifier alchemy last year, weve been rabid fans/fanatics. But like lots of badass bands, BO are a rolling stone, heavy on the transformation tip, and the BO of today is an altered beast from the one that folkily fingerpicked Bridge To The Clouds and their self-titled disc way back when. And in case were not being clear: this is a beautiful thing. From Our Mouths A Perpetual Light burns with the sun-dead majesty of a Death Valley burial ground, all wasted waterless expanse and cracked earth smoke blowing in the dry wind. Heavy western drone revelations bleed into forlorn guitar drift, downcast percussion plods across the plain, a skull on its side lies in the sands. Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras have somehow flawlessly evolved Barn Owl into a blazing new universe, and From Our Mouths is the first mission statement from their new spectral/aesthetic outpost, a stunning and timeless eight-song suite of grim cinematic electricity. Tune in, drop dead, rot on. In swank matte jackets with four-armed demon warrior-yogi artwork by the band." - Not Not Fun.
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Artist: BARN OWL Title: Lost In the Glare Format: LP Label: Thrill Jockey Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Lost in the Glare is Barn Owls second album for Thrill Jockey, and follows quickly on the heels of their acclaimed 12" EP Shadowland. Like Shadowland the album was recorded to tape by Phil Manley in San Franciscos Lucky Cat Studios. Lost in the Glare is made up of material composed over the course of a year and recorded in sessions throughout the winter of 2011. At the heart of the albums sound is the dual guitar interaction between Caminiti and Porras, a spiraling web of interlocking gestures that give way to bone rattling, monolithic progressions and dusty drifts. The mostly finger picked guitars weave in and out of each other in precise movements that recall the hypnotic influence of American minimalists. The harmonium that was prevalent on previous recordings has been replaced on Lost in the Glare with the undulations of a Farfisa organ. The songs here are deep, cosmic excursions. Rich in dynamics, the record possesses a transcendental tone through both a densely layered combination of electric and acoustic instruments and walls of melting amplifiers and feedback alchemy. The lines between strict structure and ordered chaos blur as third-eye opening e-bowed drones explode like beams of light and corrode into crumbling distortion, baking tones that sizzle like brittle bones left in the desert sun." -Thrill Jockey |
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Artist: BARN OWL Title: Shadowland Format: 12" Label: Thrill Jockey Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "The new material on Shadowland takes inspiration from the devotional sounds of Popol Vuh and Alice Coltrane and also possesses the pitch black weightlessness of Fushitsusha and early Tangerine Dream. With waves of guitar soaring over liquid synthesizers tones, Barn Owl combine lush, melancholic serenity with cacophonous, deconstructed guitar to exhibit a visceral meeting of light and dark. Cyclical themes were explored heavily: mantric guitar processions, swelling bass waves, and fluttering tremolo hypnotism. Shadowland was recorded by Phil Manley (Trans Am) in San Francisco. For the overall sound of the EP, the band focused on using monolithic stacks of tube amps and sent guitars and synthesizers alike through them and utilized intense amounts of stereo delay." -Thrill Jockey |
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Artist: BARN OWL Title: The Conjurer Format: LP Label: Root Strata Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"The Conjurer is the latest offering by Bay Area duo BARN OWL. This new long player finds EVAN CAMINITI and JON PORRAS finally (by way of an actual recording studio) documenting something that is a bit closer to their very heavy live sets, with expanded peaks of white light distortion and enormous valleys of bottom end. Each side opens with a brief funeral dirge to set the mood, a precession of bare bones drum beats and bell like guitar statements that bridge the gap to the wider open spaces of the almost side long "Across The Desert Of Ash" and "Ancient Of Days." It may seem obvious, or even a little overwrought, but it has to be said that these guys really do evoke all kinds of cinematic drama with their music. Apocalyptic westerns, bleak melodramas, mother nature fever dreams, it all seems to come to mind amid the evening guitar passages, incantations, flute tones, and finally, the solo piano that emerges lost among the electric mayhem to close the album. Considering the amount of terrain, The Conjurer is far from being scattered or rushed sounding. The record as a whole moves at a crafted even rhythm, slowly merging from one scene of violence to the next of almost silent recovery, then back up the mountain again. An edition of 500 LPs, half colored deep red, half black. Cover etching by Evan Caminiti." -Root Strata
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Artist: BARN OWL Title: The Conjurer Format: CD Label: Root Strata Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "The Conjurer is the latest offering by Bay Area duo Barn Owl. This new long player finds Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras finally (by way of an actual recording studio) documenting something that is a bit closer to their very heavy live sets, with expanded peaks of white light distortion and enormous valleys of bottom end. Each side opens with a brief funeral dirge to set the mood, a procession of bare-bones drum beats and bell-like guitar statements that bridge the gap to the wider open spaces of the almost side long Across The Desert Of Ash and Ancient Of Days. It may seem obvious, or even a little overwrought, but it has to be said that these guys really do evoke all kinds of cinematic drama with their music. Apocalyptic westerns, bleak melodramas, mother nature fever dreams, it all seems to come to mind amid the evening guitar passages, incantations, flute tones, and finally, the solo piano that emerges lost among the electric mayhem to close the album. Considering the amount of terrain, The Conjurer is far from being scattered or rushed sounding. The record as a whole moves at a crafted even rhythm, slowly merging from one scene of violence to the next of almost silent recovery, then back up the mountain again. Cover by Evan Caminiti." - Root Strata. |
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Artist: BARN OWL Title: V Format: LP Label: Thrill Jockey Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Barn Owl has always specialized in devotional darkness, pushing desert rock into previously unexplored, murky territories. V marks a shift in approach for the duo of Jon Porras and Evan Caminiti. The pair augmented their arsenal of guitars and effects with an array of electronics, vastly expanding the albums sounds and textures. Special attention was given to implied rhythms nestled within dense slow building environments, giving the album a rhythmic presence, albeit one that is buried beneath intricate layers. Theirs is a ghostly rhythm, almost beyond reach." -Thrill Jockey. |
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Artist: BARN OWL & THE INFINITE STRING ENSEMBLE Title: The Headlands Format: LP Label: Important Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
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"Full length collaboration between Ellen Fullman, Theresa Wong, and Barn Owl produced by The Norman Conquest. Barn Owls extended drones and Theresa and The Norman Conquests strings are the perfect accompaniment to Fullmans Long Stringed Instrument; a product of her own invention. This is an album of deep material of a complexly emotional nature. Eternal ragas for the infinite now. Recorded in the pastoral setting of the Headlands Center For The Arts." -Important
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Artist: BARN OWL/TOM CARTER Title: Split Format: LP Label: Blackest Rainbow Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"Newest Blackest Rainbow hot on the heels of some truly killer releases from the artists involved, both of whom seem to have really pushed their sounds and vibes to new levels this year. Barn Owls side has been mastered by local jammer Ben Nash, and its three tracks of sparse drone layered with bleak guitar epic-ness, tingling chimes, and dark mountainous whispers. The guitars here sound delicate and beautiful, but it remains bleak and empty, if you enjoyed their LP on Not Not Fun, then this is a real treat. Tom Carters 16-minute Train Kept follows pretty damn nicely from his recent Shots At Infinity releases on Important. A far cry from his more psychedelic folk experimentations, here he slashes and riffs like many a legend, and maybe, just maybe, its a slight tribute to a certain band, too? This is a fully wild piece of work. Black sleeves, pasted stark landscape cover, with an insert of liner notes. Limited to 380 copies." -Blackest Rainbow
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Artist: BARNACLED Title: Charles Format: CD Label: ESP-Disk Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Contemporary group from Providence on ESP-Disk! "Charles, Barnacleds new full-length, and first outing for ESP-Disk, is a rollicking, propulsive offering featuring the band in some of its most intricate formations. This deftly arranged record follows Barnacled as it tightens itself into high corners, only to purposely fall down, find new ground, and pick itself back up again. This work is highly playful, even at its most intense -- and it does get intense, with saxophone battles surging over electronics and highly distorted accordion fire offerings. Then all of a sudden the sound drops out, save for a plaintive lone bassoon call, or static from a short-wave radio that sounds soothing by comparison. Intertwining rhythms and melody lines then revolve around a pulse that creates a new frame of reference while also complicating it. This music invites deep listening, and rewards the curious. Often it is simply mesmerizing, essentially what adventurous minds have come to expect from the legendary ESP-Disk oeuvre." -ESP-Disk |
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Artist: BAROQUE BORDELLO Title: Abnormal Songs Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.00 |
| "Light blue clear vinyl with yellow effects. Kawabata Makoto : Guitar. Bass. Synth. Percussion Keyboard. Voice; Kawagishi Tetsushi : Guitar. Bass. Keyboard. Percussion; Iwaki Yasuo : Percussion. Keyboard. Synth. Guitar. Bass. Organ. Trumpet; (Guest) Hirashima : Guitar. Bass. recorded at R.E.P. studio, Horyuji sound house 1980. Originally issued on cassette on the R.E.P. label in the 80s in very limited quantities, then re-issued on a 10 CD-R box set entitled "Makoto Kawabata early works 1978-1981" (ltd. ed. 100 copies only, numbered, sold out)" - QBICO. "This is a music that i originally composed for a play called Alice in Nakedland. The play was some erotic expressionist nonsense, sort of like Alice in Wonderland and Dr. Caligaris Crime added together then divided by two. My script was used, but my music was rejected by the other staff members" - M. Kawabata. |
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Artist: BARRABARRACUDA Title: Abasement Tapes Format: CDR Label: Not Not Fun Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
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"deranged free-rock trio. chaos drums, ranted vocals, guitar crush. with
full-color wrap-around covers. hand-numbered & limited to 120." - Not Not Fun.
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Artist: BARWICK & IKUE MORI, JULIANNA Title: FRKWYS Vol. 6 Format: LP Label: Rvng International Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Frkwys Vol. 6 features four pieces composed and performed by artists Julianna Barwick and Ikue Mori as part of a month long installation curated by RVNG Intl. at White Columns gallery, New York City, NY. For the installation, a particle board cubicle was custom constructed and placed at the center of the Project Space. The cubicle wall separated Julianna and Ikue to their respective seated work stations, while stationary web cams captured the musicians at work/play and became interactive projections auto-manipulated by video artist Erik Mika, illuminating this exercise in simulated engagement. Each of Julianna and Ikues improvised performances on October 29th, 2010, were cut live to vinyl via portable lathe. Julianna and Ikue met a second time three weeks later at White Columns, November 16th 2010. This time the two musicians collaborated without an audience, cubicle, web cams, or lathe, but with past experience and spirit in place, an exercise in actual engagement. The four pieces of FRKWYS Vol. 6 include two performances from the first collaboration, and two performances from the latter collaboration. The LP is available in limited edition, packaged in thick black jackets with a two color adhesive wrap. All LPs come with a 24 page black & white zine featuring photography by Mayer and Rogac." - Rvng. |
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Artist: BASALT FINGERS Title: Gashound Format: CDR Label: Our Mouth Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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"3 guitar assault from elisa ambrogio[majik markers] ben chasney [ 6 organs of admittance, comets on fire] and brian sullivan [mouthus, eskimo king]. a fretboard workout to behold" - Our Mouth.
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Artist: BASALT FINGERS Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Three Lobed Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Two side-long triple electric guitar jams by Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance, Comets On Fire), Elisa Ambrogio (Magik Markers) and Brian Sullivan (Mouthus, Eskimo King, White Rock). Extremely dense and crunchy - hold this one back to set the mood at your next summer of love party. Pressed on 180-gram black vinyl in an edition of 800 hand-numbered copies in beautiful wrap-around multi-colored silkscreened covers." -Three Lobed. |
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Artist: BASEBALL ASTROLOGER Title: Famine of the Soul Format: LP Label: Holy Mountain Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "The Baseball Astrologer is Douglas Berman -- painter, astrologer, raconteur, chai-maker and dedicated walker. His ominous take is accompanied by the guitar and sounds of Steven Wray Lobdell (Davis Redford Triad, Faust) for an otherworldly post-game wrap-up where everything needs more orange, Neptune is in Capricorn, the casino of life is operating and where, even after death, we will have things to do. Darkness has no stare." - Holy Mountain. Early release on the label.. |
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Artist: BASHO, ROBBIE Title: The Seal Of The Blue Lotus Format: LP Label: 4 Men With Beards Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"Originally released on John Faheys Takoma Records in 1965, The Seal Of The Blue Lotus is the debut album from American guitar soli legend Robbie Basho. In college Basho immersed himself in the study of Asian art and culture, even changing his last name to that of the Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, and his music shows a much greater Eastern influence than contemporaries like John Fahey and Peter Lang. Basho was particularly entranced by the raga form which is apparent in classics like Dravidian Sunday from this album. A guitar solo masterwork." - 4 Men With Beards. On 180 gram vinyl. |
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Artist: BASINSKI, WILLIAM Title: A Red Score in Tile Format: LP Label: Three Poplars Country: Germany Price: $24.00 |
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"On their own Three Poplars label Mirror offer one of their favourite compositions by William Basinski. A Red Score In Tile is a tape composition from 1979 and was inspired by James Elaines painting of the same title. Limited Edition of 600 copies. .. something was shining in a long narrow passageway between the theatre and an adjacent building. This was where he had gone. Illumination was there and sounds. From around the corners edge a grotesque light was trickling out, the first intimations of an ominous sunrise over a dark horizon. I dimly recognized this colored light, though not from my waking memory..." - Three Poplars.
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Artist: BASINSKI, WILLIAM Title: Shortwavemusic Format: CD Label: 2062 Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
| Re-issue after 10 years (first issue on CD), originally released in limited edition LP in 1997 on Noton (now Raster-Noton). Full length CD with bonus track not on original LP. "The works on Shortwavemusic resulted from a series of experiments in 1982 using lo-fi technology to extract sounds from the airwaves and weave them into musical tapestries. Using two reel-to-reel decks from the 60s, a radio and a shortwave radio, Basinski recorded samples of music from the radio, edited the tape into loops of varying lengths, and slowed them down. These themes were then layered together in real time to an accompaniment of randomly shifting shortwave radio static. The themes explored were often brief excerpts [3 or 4 notes] from muzak-type string versions of American popular standards. By manipulating these themes and mixing them with an existing symphony of electronic information, Basinski has created a series of glacial, atmospheric aural landscapes for the listener to inhabit. The music is timeless and compelling - a remarkably original experimental music album." -2062. |
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Artist: BASINSKI, WILLIAM Title: The Disintegration Loops Format: Box Set Label: Temporary Residence Ltd Country: USA Price: $350.00 |
| "9 LPs, 5 CDs, a DVD and a 144-page full-color coffee table book. "For a collection of music built around the poignant inevitability of decay, there has been a great many hopeful and inspired words devoted to William Basinskis The Disintegration Loops: stunning, ethereal, majestic, transfixing, life-affirming... and for good reason. From its 20-year gestation period to its infamously fateful completion, The Disintegration Loops is one of the most powerful manifestations of the inevitable cycle of life ever committed to tape, even as it documents the inevitable decay of all that is committed to tape. The very passage of time is its most effective instrument. To mark the 10-year anniversary of its original release -- and its forthcoming induction into the 9/11 Memorial Museum this year -- Temporary Residence Ltd. is honored to collaborate with William Basinski in presenting The Disintegration Loops in a fashion truly befitting a library of music with such a lasting legacy. This massive limited-edition box set contains all four historic volumes, plus a pair of stunning live orchestral performances from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the 54th Venice Biennale, both previously unreleased. Remastered from the original recordings and pressed onto 100% virgin vinyl for the first and only time, this exquisite box set also includes all of the remastered recordings on 5 CDs, the extremely rare 63-minute The Disintegration Loops film on DVD, and a 144-page full-color coffee table book featuring rare photos taken during the making of The Disintegration Loops, and liner notes by Basinski, Antony, David Tibet of Current 93, Ronen Givony of the Wordless Music Series, and Michael Shulan, Creative Director of the National September 11 Memorial Museum." - Temporary Residence Ltd. |
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Artist: BASINSKI, WILLIAM Title: Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive Format: Double CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $27.00 |
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"Another excellent work from the archives of American composer William Basinski (who is also responsible for one of the most beautiful and moving series in the field of experimental music: the four Disintegration Loops I-IV CDs released on his own 2062 label). This 2CD is a joint release with David Tibets (Current 93) own Durtro label. It comes in a 4 panel digisleeve." William Basinski about this work: Variations: A Movement In Chrome Primitive was created in 1981 using piano tape loops, which were played randomly against themselves creating feedback loops. By cloning small cells of melody and then breeding them randomly, new sounds were formed. These new sounds move in and out of the original cells, creating complex crystalline structures: new life forms not unlike cities for example, which the original cells occupy, moving in and out of one another in surprising variations. The equipment I used to record these pieces was very primitive and my recording technique preposterously amatuerish at that time, yet what occurred in these youthful experiments compelled me to continue learning and growing as a composer." - Die Stadt.
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Artist: BASKET CASE Title: Locked Closets Two Format: LP/CDR Label: American Tapes Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
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L. Colwell, J. Olson, G. Walker; 1997-1998, Detroit.
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Artist: BASKET CASE Title: Sin City Deciples Format: Cass Label: Green Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "So many good things I want to say about Basket Case. Incredible band with a confusing timeline. From what ive gathered, Basket Case existed from 1999-2000, mainly in Detroit, and consisted of Geoff Walker (Gravitar, Spider Tombs), John Olson (American Tapes, Wolf Eyes, Pink Chunk Jazz, etc.) and Lisa Colwell (Commune Ills, Lake Bottoms). Though they recorded constantly and amassed hours and hours of tape, only 10 or Basket Case releases were made, nearly half of which were released after the fact. All limited and impossible to find now. This tape features all live compsitions, very acoustic, sparse, and organic sounding. Recorded 1999 in Lansing and Detroit (at the Detroit Contemporary). Amazing photograph art by Geoff Walker of DC and surrounding Detroit areas. Hopefully more archival Basket Case to come! Double sided color art, color tape labels." - Green. Limited to 50 copies. |
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Artist: BASQUADECK SHELF Title: Format: Cass Label: oTo Country: UK Price: $4.50 |
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"An historical oddity. All the way from 1985 this is the complete recorded output of a formative Neil Campbell (and friends) project. Weird incantations and inexpert thumping. Actually pretty good. "Strange" -Neil." - oTo.
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Artist: BASSETT, MARCIA & HELENA ESPVALL Title: Lapidary Format: Cass Label: Heavy Blossom Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| Guitar and cello pieces. Edition of 100. |
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Artist: BASSETT, MARCIA & HELENA ESPVALL Title: Lapidary Format: LP Label: Altvinyl Country: UK Price: $18.00 |
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"Great reissue on Alt.vinyl of the "Lapidary" cassette. Marcia Bassett, Guitar, and Helena Espvall, Cello, create staggering echoes and atmospheric drones nodding towards contemporary classical ghosts. The
two side-long pieces sweep in and out of effects through dark & brooding places that lead into an avant psychedelic head trip. The newly edited pieces have been remastered by Patrick Klem and pressed
on HEAVY vinyl. Beautifully packaged LP with new photo artwork by Derek Moench. Comes in the heaviest card stock ever!"
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Artist: BASSETT, MARCIA & SAMARA LUBELSKI Title: Sunday Night, Sunday Afternoon Format: LP Label: Kye Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"Sunday Night, Sunday Afternoon is the debut LP by the duo of Marcia Bassett and Samara Lubelski. Both musicians have played crucial roles in the development of underground sound over the last 20 years, tinting the broad waters of abstract folk, chromatic noise and long form drone, and cementing themselves as cornerstone artists in the process. Sunday Night, Sunday Afternoon is the perfect synthesis of Bassett and Lubelskis individual crafts - two sidelong forays into deep black string meditation that hang in the air like ghosts on Ludlow Street. Sunday Night, Sunday Afternoon was recorded/mixed by Barry Weisblat in 2010 in Brooklyn, NY, and arrives in a high gloss monochrome sleeve, in an edition of 500 copies." -Kye. |
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Artist: BASSETT, MARCIA/MARGARIDA GARCIA Title: The Well Format: LP Label: Headlights Country: Portugal Price: $30.00 |
| "Hand-numbered edition of 200 copies LP on Manuel Motas private Headlights imprint documenting a heavyweight duo set from Marcia Bassett of Zaimph, Hototogisu, Double Leopards, GHQ et al and improvising Portuguese bassist and guitarist Margardia Garcia. Garcia is one of the major new generation European free players, coming out of the same scene as Mota, and shes just as capable of generating Swans-style Industrial entropy as she is playing explosive fire music. Here Bassett uses keyboard and guitar to create austere arcs of Industrial-strength drone that Garcia anchors with tactile, questing strings, giving the whole thing an odd avant-classical backbone." - Headlights |
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Artist: BASSETT/CARLOS GIFFONI, MARCIA Title: Organized Anatomy Format: CD Label: Blossoming Noise Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Collaborative release from No Fun creator Carlos Giffoni and Marcia Bassett of Hototogisu & Double Leopards. Edition of 300." -Blossoming Noise |
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Artist: BATH, JANINA ANGEL Title: Gypsy Woman Format: CD Label: Prophase Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "This is the music of Now...potent magic of unspecific era and dimension...the Love child of Eastern-tinged folk Raga roots meeting the lysergic depth of psychedelic free jazz only to arrive at its own unique voice...as iconoclastic as it is immersed in tradition, spontaneous as it is rehearsed, ephemeral as it is eternal. And that voice belongs to Janina Angel Bath, who is that rare breed of magician -- a sonic high priestess who resonates with her place in the spotlight as if it were her own personal ziggurat. Time bends under the trance of her musical spell; from the swell of nomadic chants to flights of fantasy lore to ancient cries of goddess invocation -- she effortlessly radiates...with unequivocal grace, passion and mysticism; illuminating scenic tours not only thru the effervescent haze of the subconscious mind, but also spiraling aural trips upon whirling astral spheres." -Joe Niem |
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Artist: BATHING DRUID Title: Beltane Loofah Format: 7" Label: Weird Forest Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "Its true of Bathing Druid, as its probably true of all major proverbs, 80-syllable titles of old-fashioned royalty and a good deal of e.e. cummings later poetry: it all started with a Madlibs-derivative word game. Despite the unbelievable weight of its results, the game is surprisingly basic. It requires three players, each of whom independently chooses one word to fill in a sentence, the structure of which is always the same from round to round (What is a (noun) but an (adjective) (noun)?). When the sentence is filled in with sufficiently vague, timeless words, the game can conjure some profound questions. In fact, if you read all of the obscure, sometimes omitted footnotes to the texts of the ancient philosophers, you will find one consistent source from which knowledge has been universally drawn since the dawn of time: The Sentence Game. (Modern technology has brought about the height of the games productivity, through a widespread experiment, being conducted in zoos everywhere: for years, chimpanzees have been arbitrarily pontificating, through machines designed to offer random words at the press of a button.) As previously mentioned, it was through this game that Bathing Druid got its name (the result of the fated round was, What is the midwest but a bathing druid?). Philosophical doors swung wide open when first this question was asked, and Bathing Druid like Brigadoon descended on the Earth -- an apparition, both quick to enchant and to disappear. Luckily, those who stumbled upon the band in its brief window of being need not wait 100 years for its next appearance. This 7" record is the only known artyfact of Bathing Druid. All songs were created within one week, and recorded in one day. May the Beltane Loofah wash you clean and make you new." -Weird Forest |
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Artist: BATOH, MASAKI Title: Brain Pulse Music Format: LP Label: Drag City Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Brain Pulse Music is the result of years of research into the bioelectric functions of the human brain combined with the traumatic aftermath of Japans Great East Earthquake. All seven Brain Pulse Music tracks are a prayer/requiem. They are a tamashizume (a requiescat) and tamafuri (reinvigoration of the withered soul) to the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Two pieces are composed of BPM machine recordings; the remaining five are rhythms and melodies commonly heard in religious rituals and provincial festivals using traditional Japanese instruments. This seems to have been a natural reaction for Batoh, considering these rituals were quite often carried out to appease gods thought to cause epidemics and disasters--for instance, the famous Gion and Aoi festivals held in Kyoto both originated as a purification ritual addressing the gods that bring about calamity upon the people. The BPM recordings are the furthest incursion Batoh has made into the deep space and mystery of the human condition. The acoustic recordings are the purest expressions of his traditional folk influence that he has released in over twenty years of music-making, a deep and soulful expression intended to calm and aid in the healing of all around him. And so from the rubble of Japans damaged bodies and minds, the power of Brain Pulse Music has emerged." -Drag City |
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Artist: BATOH, MASAKI Title: Brain Pulse Music Format: CD Label: Drag City Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Brain Pulse Music is the result of years of research into the bioelectric functions of the human brain combined with the traumatic aftermath of Japans Great East Earthquake. All seven Brain Pulse Music tracks are a prayer/requiem. They are a tamashizume (a requiescat) and tamafuri (reinvigoration of the withered soul) to the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Two pieces are composed of BPM machine recordings; the remaining five are rhythms and melodies commonly heard in religious rituals and provincial festivals using traditional Japanese instruments. This seems to have been a natural reaction for Batoh, considering these rituals were quite often carried out to appease gods thought to cause epidemics and disasters--for instance, the famous Gion and Aoi festivals held in Kyoto both originated as a purification ritual addressing the gods that bring about calamity upon the people. The BPM recordings are the furthest incursion Batoh has made into the deep space and mystery of the human condition. The acoustic recordings are the purest expressions of his traditional folk influence that he has released in over twenty years of music-making, a deep and soulful expression intended to calm and aid in the healing of all around him. And so from the rubble of Japans damaged bodies and minds, the power of Brain Pulse Music has emerged." -Drag City |
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Artist: BATOH, MASAKI Title: Collected Works 1995-1996 Format: LP Label: Drag City Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "The works that Collected Works collects are A Ghost From The Darkened Sea and Kikaokubeshi, two albums recorded and released in 1995 and 1996, during the final period of conceptualization for Ghosts Lama Rabi Rabi album. These two solo records allowed Batoh to explore musics and textures in an entirely free space from the already quite free (and rapidly morphing) Ghost. This is a solo record in a very complete sense: acoustic guitar, marimba, harmonium, voodoo drum, bells, hurdy gurdy, organ, drums, horns, duff, Moog synthesizer and the mysterious giri giri pee are all played by Batoh. In addition, field recordings done by Batoh are in the mix -- birds, seashore, winds on a bluff, industrial noise, metro, mountains, etc. The two works are fundamentally different: A Ghost From The Darkened Sea being an earthy collection of folk-songs; Kikaokubeshi composed almost entirely of a dreamy ambience." - Drag City |
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Artist: BATOH, MASAKI & ESPVALL, HELENA Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Drag City Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Helena Espvall and Masaki Batoh are known to open-eared music listeners for their collaborations with other artists -- artists with names such as Ghost, Espers, Damon & Naomi, Fursaxa, Tom Rapp, Lukas Ligeti, Bert Jansch, among many others. By collaborating with each other, theyve made one of the most beautiful recordings either one of them has yet participated in. They first met at a festival in the United States in 2006. Batoh presented Helena with a handmade bamboo instrument; short on spare celli, she gave him a copy of her solo CD. Afterwards, they stayed in touch. At some point Helena suggested an improvised musical collaboration. Batoh wrote back and said: Actually Im too busy now to think about music... if my idols Moondog, Henry Cowell or Toru Takemitsu wanted me, Ill refuse their orders. Several weeks later, he had a change of heart. He contacted Helena and said that he felt they should record not improvisations only, but songs as well. Helena made a demo of some Scandinavian folk songs that she remembered in her spirit from growing up in northern Sweden, thinking that maybe theyd record one. The recording session was held in Tokyo over four days in December 2007. For instruments fans, this session might be a treasure. So many strings were used: 6- and 12-string guitar, banjo, cello, hurdy-gurdy, harp, contra bass, chappa Tibetan bells, Kin (Buddist metallic bowl), timpani, bass marimba, vibraphone, thunder sheet & on & on. Six of the Swedish traditional tunes were reconstructed, along with Batohs arrangement of Death Letter, a classic Son House delta blues song. Additionally, a European medieval tune was addressed in its own arrangement and expression. Zeranium, a dreamy folk tune that Batoh wrote for Damon & Naomi (they didnt use it), was re-arranged for this session as well. The improvisations were done on the last recording day, with no overdubs. Completely Free was the essential concept. For one of them, they were joined by Batohs fellow Ghosts Takuyuki Moriya (contra bass), Kazuo Ogino (piano,Celtic harp) and the santur player Mayumi Nagayoshi. The same morning, Helena had received notice that her grandmother suddenly had died, and that a dear friend had chosen to end his life. Two death letters in one day? There is great emotion reflected in the improvisations. And great depth and beauty throughout the whole Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh album." - Drag City |
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Artist: BATS Title: By Night Format: 12" Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "This is an early Flying Nun release (1984) of The Bats first release. Forming new years eve 1982 by Bob Scott (The Clean), Paul Keane (Toy Love), Kaye Woodward and Malcolm Grant The Bats became of Flying Nuns strong holds with a catalog and influence spanning over thirty years. By Night establishes The Bats driven jangle sound that would find a mainstream audience some 10 years later and continue to influence bands today. As all early Flying Nun releases, ‘By Night original pressing was limited and as a result copies today are scares with a $50 price tag to reflect it. Re-issued for Record Store day as an exact facsimile of the original." - Captured Tracks. |
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Artist: BATS, THE Title: Popgun b/w Tell Me Why Format: 7" Label: Sing Sing Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "That the Bats came from that era and didn?t suck is an amazing fact du jour. And, for the record, these Bats came and went long before the like-named New Zealand group even formed (and then fluttered into their own cave of obscurity). The Bats from New Haven, CT comprised three songwriters and this near perfect single that melded New Wave, Ventures noodling, well-meaning but misplaced prog and, best of all, catchy, beautiful pop. Whats on the vinyl is well-crafted, if youthful power pop. This group is only a trio, and from their looks quite young but manages to project a full, powerful sound. Though on a small label the sound is crisp and professional. To those who wake up every morning to well worn copies of the Raspberries "Go All the Way," this ones for you. ? Billboard October 2, 1982." -Sing Sing. |
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Artist: BATSON, BAD BOY BUTCH Title: Spare Parts Format: LP Label: Beniffer Editions Country: Canada Price: $17.00 |
| "Bad Boy Butch Batson is based out of North Carolina where after a brief stint in the world of amateur wrestling he took up the blue-collar lifestyle and produced Spare Parts, a labor of love that took 10 years and dozens of studio musicians to realize. The result is a reckless cavort through the annals of popular song, ranging from wrestling rock anthems delivered in almost heroic Beefheartian gaudiness to mid 80s slasher vibes with narration provided in a congested indignity by a self-hating eunuch to uneasy love songs from the acne-scarred panty-collector, all interspliced with a series of gawky real-life tape collages. This is real outsider shit and no comparison to Jandek or the Shaggs will fully elucidate monumental what-the-fuckdedness of this here slab of vinyl." - Bennifer Editions. |
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Artist: BATSUMI Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Matsuli Country: UK Price: $56.00 |
| "Matsuli Music continues its reissue program of rare indigenous Afro-jazz sounds from South Africa with the release of Sowetan group Batsumis self-titled debut from 1974. The reissue has been lovingly re-mastered from the original tapes. Batsumi is a masterpiece of spiritualized Afro-jazz, and a prodigious singularity in the South African jazz canon. There is nothing else on record from the period that has the deep, resonant urgency of the Batsumi sound, a reverb-drenched, formidably focused pulse, underpinned by the tight-locked interplay of traditional and trap drums, and pushed on by the throb of Zulu Bidis mesmeric bass figures. The warm notes of Johnny Mothopengs guitar complete a soundscape that is at once closely packed with sonic texture and simultaneously vibrating with open space, and in whose shimmer and haze Themba Koyana and Tom Masemola soar. A sonorous echo emanating from an ancient well, reverberant with jazz ghosts and warmed by the heat of soul and pop, Batsumi is nothing short of revelatory. Hand-numbered limited edition of 500 copies; includes insert." -Matsuli |
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Artist: BATTIATO, FRANCO Title: Fetus Format: CD Label: Water Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Franco Battiato moved into the 1970s on the crest of the progressive rock wave. This 1972 impossibly strange record inhabits that nether world of pop music, electronics, politics and experimental rock. Fetus is an album beyond all definition. Its a masterpiece of daring and wild risks that work every single time. Battiato takes us through eight uniquely super-detailed songs that tug at the heart strings as no other experimental record ever could. New liner notes by Jim ORourke." - Water. |
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Artist: BATTIATO, FRANCO Title: Foetus Format: LP Label: Vinyl Magic Country: Italy Price: $35.00 |
| "An internationally known artist, Franco Battiato has been everything in his long career, from beat singer to avantgarde performer, producer, and contemporary music composer. His beginnings lay in the mid 60s, with many singles released with no particular success, the first two under his real name of Francesco. He had left his native Sicily (he was born in Jonia, near Catania in 1945) moving to Milan around 1965. In 1970 after his collaboration with Osage Tribe (that he quit before their only album Arrowhead) he had a record deal with Bla Bla, releasing his first solo album in 1972. Foetus, housed in a outrageous cover (reproducing a foetus) was definitely a prog album, but a very original one, with a minimalist sound mainly based on the use of a VCS3 synth, unusual lyrics, complex arrangements. Two tracks, Energia and Una cellula were also released as single. Produced by Pino Massara in the 70s, Foetus remained unreleased until 1999, when Vinyl Magic finally released it on CD (VM CD 065). This little gem of Italian progressive music is now reissued in its most suitable format, as a black 180 gram vinyl enclosed in a beautiful argent laminated cover." - Vinyl Magic. |
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Artist: BAUDRILLARD, JEAN Title: Le Xerox et lInfini Format: Cass Label: The Tapeworm Country: UK Price: $8.00 |
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"Cassette-only release in a limited edition of 250 copies. Jean Baudrillards Le Xerox Et lInfini -- originally published in Paris, 1987 -- as read by Patricia and Ellen. Recorded on July 12, 2009 by Vicki Bennett in Hersham, England. Jean Baudrillard is perhaps the most important theorist of the "after modern." Though he says he has "nothing to do with postmodernism," many interpret him among the most important prophets of a truly postmodern era. His works have attracted praise and derision all over the world. Since 1991, British artist Vicki Bennett (People Like Us) has been an influential figure in the field of audiovisual collage, through her innovative sampling, appropriating and cutting up of found footage and archives. Using collage as her main form of expression, she creates works that communicate a humorous, dark and often surreal view on life. Patricia and Ellen were born in Reims, northeastern France, on July 29, 1929. They told interviewers that their grandparents were peasants and their parents were civil servants. They became the first of their family to attend university when they enrolled in the Sorbonne University in Paris. There they studied German, which led to them teaching the subject at a provincial lycée, where they remained from 1958 until their departure in 1966. While teaching, Patricia and Ellen began to publish reviews of literature, and translate the works of such authors as Peter Weiss, Bertolt Brecht and Wilhelm Mühlmann. Later on, with the development of the magnetic tape recorder, Patricia and Ellen used these new means in order to manipulate their performances and expand the possibilities of language sound transformations. Patricia and Ellen continue to actively perform their work, the contextual quality of which is enhanced by their idiosyncratic delivery." -The Tapeworm
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Artist: BAUER, KARL/NELSON, NATE/NOLAN, PETE/SULLIVAN, BRIAN Title: Spirit of the Positive Wind Format: LP Label: Smeraldina-Rima Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Edition of 300 LPs, open sleeve with artwork by Nate Nelson and screenprinted inner sleeve. SOTPW: some sort of supergroup, featuring Brian Sullivan & Nate Nelson (Mouthus), Pete Nolan (Magik Markers, Spectre Folk) and Karl Bauer (Axolotl). The LP features two side-long tracks of bubbling, meandering noise-drone collages." - Smeraldina-Rima. |
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Artist: BEACH FOSSILS Title: Daydream Format: 7" Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
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"Brooklynite Dustin Payseur records dreamy, slightly fuzzed pop as Beach Fossils. Yeah, another "beach" band, but the word "fossils" rightly hints at nostalgia that goes deeper and more distant than a few summers past." - Captured Tracks.
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Artist: BEACH FOSSILS Title: Face It/Distance Format: 7" Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
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"Phase two of Beach Fossils starts here. Gone is the "lo-fi" and the comparisons that go with it. More expansive sounds, John Pena and Katie Garcia on guest vocals, keyboard, electronic drums....
Consider it a taster of things to come." - Captured Tracks.
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Artist: BEACH FOSSILS Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"The story of Beach Fossils starts with frontman Dustin Payseur writing and recording songs for their debut self-titled LP out of his tiny Brooklyn apartment in the Fall of 2009. His recent move from North Carolina that year had left him with a sense of longing to reconnect with his past and the lush open landscape he left behind. During that year Dustin experimented with innovative methods of self-recording (using a Tascam four-track and Logic Pro) and composing. He drew his inspiration from improvisational jazz, classical and shoegaze artists, such as Anthony Braxton, pre-Stereolab project McCarthy and Giuseppe Tartini. Playing all his own instruments (keyboard, drums, bass, guitar), he soon emerged with a shimmering array of sun drenched pop songs.
Dustin eventually linked creative forces with John Pena (bass), Sennott Burke (guitar) and Cole Smith (drums) who joined the band and helped collaborate on the songs Wide Awake and Gathering. The full bands immediate chemistry and unforgettable stage presence radiate with a wild, youthful-sincerity.
Beach Fossils offers warm and inviting melodies that evoke the haunted sounds of another era: straightforward guitar riffs, a kaleidoscope of psychedelic rhythms, and distant, faded vocals all come together to make the perfect soundtrack to an endless summer afternoon.
After hearing their demo last in the spring of 2009, Mike Sniper signed Beach Fossils to Captured Tracks." -Captured Tracks. Regular pressing.
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Artist: BEACH FOSSILS Title: S/T Format: CD Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
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"The story of Beach Fossils starts with frontman Dustin Payseur writing and recording songs for their debut self-titled LP out of his tiny Brooklyn apartment in the Fall of 2009. His recent move from North Carolina that year had left him with a sense of longing to reconnect with his past and the lush open landscape he left behind. During that year Dustin experimented with innovative methods of self-recording (using a Tascam four-track and Logic Pro) and composing. He drew his inspiration from improvisational jazz, classical and shoegaze artists, such as Anthony Braxton, pre-Stereolab project McCarthy and Giuseppe Tartini. Playing all his own instruments (keyboard, drums, bass, guitar), he soon emerged with a shimmering array of sun drenched pop songs.
Dustin eventually linked creative forces with John Pena (bass), Sennott Burke (guitar) and Cole Smith (drums) who joined the band and helped collaborate on the songs Wide Awake and Gathering. The full bands immediate chemistry and unforgettable stage presence radiate with a wild, youthful-sincerity.
Beach Fossils offers warm and inviting melodies that evoke the haunted sounds of another era: straightforward guitar riffs, a kaleidoscope of psychedelic rhythms, and distant, faded vocals all come together to make the perfect soundtrack to an endless summer afternoon.
After hearing their demo last in the spring of 2009, Mike Sniper signed Beach Fossils to Captured Tracks. Since joining the label s roster, Beach Fossils have played CMJ,SXSW, toured the U.S. and are planning a European summer tour." -Captured Tracks
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Artist: BEACHNIKS Title: s/t Format: 7" Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "Four songs about the summer delivered to you in the early winter. Fuzzy bubblegum 4-track pop. Features members of Crystal Stilts and German Measles. Poster sleeve. Poster life. "The Worst Dressed Band in New York." - Captured Tracks. |
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Artist: BEAK FULL OF RUBIES Title: s/t Format: One-sided LP Label: Ypsilanti Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "An entire year after they were initially pressed, the Beak Full Of Rubies one-sided LPs are finally finished, printed, amazing and ready for the world. Scott Deroche, Chuck Sipperly & Chandan Narayan, collective improvisers and Michigan noise dudes in a sub-category of natural and organic fascination improvise and rustle in an elctro-acoustic via sampled noise and prepared instruments style. We did a CDR with them many months back as part of the Tuesday series, and they have some heavy sky-oriented tracks on comp tapes and CDs from Zum, Hanson, Encore Recordings. This is their first official vinyl release, but more should come soon in various forms. Only 100 copies pressed and well worth the wait for hand-painted covers, like an actual painting in the fine-art sense and not like slabbed on Crayola watercolors. Intense and contemplative, more beautiful than brutal." -Ypsilanti. |
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Artist: BEAR BONES LAY LOW Title: Djid Hums Format: LP Label: Gipsy Sphinx Country: Belgium Price: $21.00 |
| "Its the debut LP of Bear Bones Lay Low, the psych noise power drone project of Ernesto González, an 18 year old Venezuelan kid who moved to Belgium with his family three years ago. Thick layers of Hototogisu-like guitar drones interfere with endless tape loops and warm washes of analogue jungle color tone to work up to an overwhelming fuzz guitar climax, leaving listeners helpless, ecstatic, puzzled and bemused. Ernesto has been making music for three years now, has various solo as well as collaboration projects going on, has released a slew of amazing selfmade cdrs and has recently also become a full time member of Belgiums best: freefolk/krautrock outfit Silvester Anfang, whove got an LP coming out on Eclipse later this month. A promising new star in the psych drone skies." -Gipsy Sphinx. |
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Artist: BEAST INTHE BASEMENT Title: Live Format: CDR Label: Aural Secretions Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Featuring⿿ Dr. Id / Ju Suk Reet Meate Rock and Roll Jackie / Burned Mind Aaron Dilloway / Nate Young John Olson / Tovah Olson Mike Connelly / Sharkiface Joseph Hammer / Conroy. Recorded in the midst of the American Tapes night at No Fun, March 19, 2006. The Beast gathered for an epic noise jam with video madness artist Alivia Zivich. That version was released by Aryan Asshole last year on DVD. This is a CDR version by Aural Secretions, part of the Fish Pies and BOC network. About 27 minutes of mean mudders in the murkiness of the Red Hook basement. Enveloped by mud and microphones." -Aural Secretions. |
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Artist: BEAST PEOPLE, THE Title: The Beast People Format: 10" Label: Hanson Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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"The Beast People "opera". The grunts and groans of The Beast People with a FULL ORCHESTRA backing them. Definitley the strangest recording released this year. Conducted by Vladamir Barfinski in 1999.
Limited to 300 copies only in unmarked generic green 10 inch sleeves." - Hanson.
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Artist: BEAST, THE Title: Live At No Fun Format: DVD Label: AA Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "A live performance captured at the No Fun Fest, March 31, 2006 featuring a noise-rock powerhouse set from THE BEAST-WOLF EYES and SMEGMA, along with TOVAH OLSON (DEAD MACHINES), MIKE CONNELLY (HAIR POLICE), ANGIE TARANTISM, JOSEPH HAMMER (SOLID EYE), and CONROY, and video effect work by AA boss ALIVIA ZIVICH." - AA. |
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Artist: BEASTIANITY Title: Root Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| 300 copies pressed. "10 Years ago, Ian Reads (Fire + Ice) Fremdheit label released two Neofolk/Experimental compilations under the name “The Pact�?. The second of these compilations contained an unforgettable track from an Australian outfit called Beastianity. Curious about the band and eager to hear more, we tried to dig up as much information as possible – but very little (if any) information was readily available. We were able to find the band shortly after the creation of Dais in 2007, and are proud to announce, along with Praise Dog Publishing, the first ever vinyl release of Beastianitys first and only album “Root�?, originally released in 1999 on CD and in Australia only." - Dais. |
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Artist: BEASTMASTER/TUSCO TERROR Title: Kinda Knew/Yellow River Format: 10" Label: Endleseries Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
| Re: Beastmaster: "undiscovered new genre techno slaughter solo". Re: Tusco Terror:" if u cant imagine it they will try it , turn the river yellow just like jesus" ENDLESERIES is a collection of music exclusive to our catalog. The catalog is continuously growing. We hand lathe cut 10" virgin lacquers with aproxamately 9 minutes of audio per side. Each lacquer is cut to order. The records play at 33rpm." - Endleseries. New series of customized split 10"s from Caleb Johnston (Anonymous, Nautical Almanac, etc..).. Beautifully packaged, metal-core virgin dub plates, with handstamped, old style 78 sleeves and labels. |
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Artist: BEAT OF THE EARTH Title: The Beat of the Earth Format: CD Label: Radioactive Country: UK Price: $19.00 |
| "Phil Pearlman, whose Relatively Clean Rivers album (RRLP020) has received universal acclaim, assembled Beat Of The Earth in 1967 with this, their first, eponymous album, appearing on the Radish label (AS0001) in the same year. BOTE is often compared with their illustrious East coast counterparts, The Velvet Underground, an apt comparison given the Velvets penchant for long, unstructured jams using a myriad assortment of acoustic and electronic instruments. This is the earliest incarnation of the band, and the one that is most familiar to collectors fortunate enough to own a copy of this incredibly rare album. The album consists of a single track per side, and this, the bands recording debut, is considered an unusual and singular item of significance from the California 60s alternative rock scene. Although guitarist Pearlman managed to keep Beat Of The Earth together for much of the remainder of the 60s, it is fair to say that no more proper recordings were made, although Pearlman continued to add to his personal collection of studio recordings, drafting in new musicians for impromptu after-hours recording sessions arranged at short notice. Another fascinating psych album from a true musical innovator." - Radioactive. Highly recommended! |
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Artist: BEATERS Title: Fishage Format: 7" Label: Volar/Single Screen Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
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"The debut 7"of San Diegos Beaters, a split release with Single Screen Records, springs from the ashes of San Diego punk/soul/garage legends the Sess, comprising three members of that band. Lead by Jeremy Rojas, their brand of "pre-apocalyptic" mutant-punk fuses early-80s punk with a gamut of paranoia and weirdness, and live the band stands out as a true propulsive force. Expect a 7 soon from Zoo Music, the label run by Brandon from the Crocodiles and Dee Dee from Dum Dum Girls, as well as the debut 7 on Volar of Ale Mania, comprised of the same 3/5 members from the Sess, but this time lead by their drummer, Andrew Montoya, fusing punk, funk, and new wave paranoia." - Volar.
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Artist: BEATTY, ROBERT Title: Solos Format: LP Label: What the...? Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"In spring 2009, Robert Beatty (of solo Three Legged Race and band Hair Police) Beatty travelled as a collaborating and touring member of Burning Star Core -- with whom he has collaborated and toured as a member of for a number of years as well. Written into the setlist performed every night was slot for an improvised solo by Robert, on
his special electronics rig, synthesizer, space echo, question boxes, etc. Anything sound he wanted, "make it sing." So imagine similar to three hour stadium show, the moment for the bass solo or perhaps drum solo, except this is a few minutes out of a 30 or 40 minute long set. Except the stage doesnt rise up or no additional smoke blows across. So imagine if almost every Burning Star Core performance was recorded on this tour and these "Robert Beatty" solos were cut out and strung
along into an work of their own ? This LP "SOLOS" realizes that concept. It is live, but it is not collage; it is a document, but it is not comprehensive to the originating context. So ten complete solos, in chronological order, on two sides of LP, about run time of 35 minutes. Paste-ons jacket with creepy Robert poster to get to know. 166 copies of this work for fans of detailed-driven minimum
electronics." - What the...?.
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Artist: BEAULIEAU, EMIL Title: Americas Greatest Noise Format: Double LP Label: Harbinger Sound Country: UK Price: $20.00 |
| "The record is called Americas Greatest Noise and features two 12" discs: 1) has umpteen lock grooves & handcut grooves and 2) features more locks plus the pieces in full. Basically its Emil bashing the Pain Jerk (Japan ) & Putrefier ( London ) LPs I put out a few years back in his own style!! The sleeve would make George Bush proud." - Harbingersound. |
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Artist: BEAUREGARD AJAX Title: Deaf Priscilla Format: CD Label: Shadoks Country: Germany Price: $16.00 |
| "Here is one of the best albums we ever laid our hands on. Perhaps better than Public Nuisance and as good as Brain Police from Rockadelic. This album is a milestone such as Cold Suns Dark Shadow . Not one track is losing energy (and there are 14 great ones). The album was recorded in April 1968 at Western Sound Recorders L.A. for a famous surf label, but was never released. Songs such as: Loneliness Is A Sometime Thing, Dead Woman Blues and Deaf Priscilla are outstanding but as highlights of this album we would vote all 14 tracks. Just perfect vocals, tons of fuzz guitar and tough lyrics. We will love this album forever." - Shadoks. |
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Artist: BEAUSOLEIL, BOBBY Title: Lucifer Rising Format: Double CD Label: Arcanum Country: Italy Price: $27.00 |
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"The soundtrack to Kenneth Angers legendary film has been unavailable to the public since the music was completed nearly 25 years ago. Bobby BeauSoleils dark psychedelic masterpiece is now available on this deluxe 2-disc set with multi-fold digipak. The soundtrack on disc one has been fully restored and digitally remastered, and the second disc includes never before heard alternate versions and rarities. The 28-page full-color booklet chronicles the history of these recordings with extensive liner notes by occult scholar Michael Moynihan, an introduction from director Kenneth Anger, a letter from Bobby BeauSoleil himself, and dozens of rare photos and memorabilia." - Arcanum.
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Artist: BEAUSOLEIL, BOBBY Title: Lucifer Rising Sessions Format: Picture Disc LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $32.00 |
| "The only available Beausoleil stuff available at this point, as the Arcanum CDs have been deleted. "Early sessions for the soundtrack of Kenneth Anger cult movie of the same name. On side A wed hear the only available rec. of The Magick Powerhouse of Oz live at San Franciscos Straight Theater in late 1967 (BeauSoleil, earlier in the same year, also played at the Invisible Circus, a 72-hour environmental community happening which was sponsored by Emmett Grogan & the Diggers...). on side B, wed hear a completely different version, thanks to The Freedom Orchestra, rec. 10 years later live at Tracy State Prison (using the box ring as stage). An alumnus of the Manson circle serving time at Tracy, the talented guitarist Steve Grogan played on this session (also all other musicians of the Orchestra were inmates). Legendary recordings, available for the first time ever on vinyl." - QBICO. |
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Artist: BEAUSOLEIL, BOBBY Title: Mantra Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
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"A prison is a noisy place. The clanging of bells announcing the prison routine, the whir and ratcheting, banging and slamming of electric gates and mechanical metal doors, the ebb and flow of human vocalizations as hundreds of people caged against their will respond to their conditions in myriad ways -- to express their loneliness, or discontent, or rage, or insanity, or merely to cheer or boo a play in a football game on television -- punctuated by the shouts of guards who must enforce their authority to maintain what passes for order in such places. All of this and more is amplified within the confines of reverberant concrete walls, conspiring to make it difficult to find, much less preserve, ones peace of mind. I composed Mantra: soundscapes for meditation in response to several requests from some of my fellow prisoners. I was asked to create some gentle music that they could listen to on their personal cassette players as an aid in practicing meditation and relaxation techniques widely accepted as valuable tools in the process of healing mind, body and spirit. The challenge was to produce a musical composition that would help to mask the noise of the environment without being intrusive or demanding too much of the listeners attention, while incorporating combinations of tones and textures that may aid an individual in achieving a relaxed, meditative state of consciousness. By all reports, including my own experience, Mantra succeeds in its intended mission. As environmental music, it also seems to work well as a focusing agent when doing some types of creative work, or when reading, and to enhance the restfulness of sleep when set to play continuously through the night at low volume. You may find other uses for it as well. For all I know, it may help plants to grow more healthy, or soothe a teething baby. We are all doing time in one way or another, and the stresses of day to day life make it imperative that we find ways to generate harmony within ourselves from time to time. I hope that Mantra will serve you in this regard as well as it has served some of my friends in prison. Peace, Bobby BeauSoleil." - Qbico
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Artist: BEAUSOLEIL, BOBBY Title: The Lucifer Rising Suite Format: 4LP Boxset Label: Anja Offensive Country: USA Price: $67.00 |
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"Now, for the first time, all of the music composed for the soundtrack project has been compiled into a single public release. The Lucifer Rising Suite begins with the 1967 version of the soundtrack and continues through a logical sequence of the recordings made in the years spanning 1976-79. With respect to the latter, the original master tapes were mined for music that had not been heard by anyone in nearly three decades. The newly unearthed recordings were then restored, cleaned up and combined with those previously released to make the anthology as complete as possible. The compositions that comprise the Suite are sequenced in an order that tells a story, after a fashion. It is a story that may be impossible to tell in a strictly literary manner, one that -- like a mirrors reflection into another -- is both personal and allegorical. A complete anthology of the recordings made for the Lucifer Rising motion picture soundtrack by Bobby Beausoleil with The Freedom Orchestra and The Magick Powerhouse Of Oz. This fully authorized and definitive release will include: - Remastered recordings spanning 11 years, from the 67 recording to the Tracy Prison recordings of 78. - 4 full-length LPs worth of Lucifer Rising material with half being never-before-heard sessions personally selected by Bobby BeauSoleil. - 9 new pieces of art from Bobby: 8 record sleeve panels and one 2 x 3 poster. - 2 posters: one by Bobby BeauSoleil and one by Dennis Dread. - A much-extended version of the Fallen Angel Blues piece by Bobby that originally appeared in the Kenneth Anger DVD set. - Hymns to the Solar Temple -- impressions on a visit to Bobby at the Oregon Correctional Facility in Pendleton, Oregon by Dennis Dread. - The Saga of a Soundtrack by Michael Moynihan. - Art from Dennis Dread for the back of the LP box, also to be included as a 2 x 2 poster. - Art from Dennis Dread for the front lid of the box which will provide a window into the works of Bobbys to be found within. Remastered by Robert Ferbrache, well known for his work with Blood Axis, 16 Horsepower and others. All art has been created specifically for this release." - Anja.
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Artist: BEAUTIFUL LOSERS Title: Nobody Knows the Heaven Format: CD Label: Lion Productions Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "To set the scene: its 1974, its Paris, two young guys in their bed-sit (one of whom is French music maven/famous producer Jay Alanski) are dreaming of counter-culture, and their internal versions of California and New York. The result is this album, a child begotten of Marc Bolan, Baudelaire, and Lautréamont; a fascinating record, subtle and engaging as it is scarce; the re-creation of a parallel pop universe which one Michael Moorcock wouldnt have renounced. Somehow, the duo got their record out into the world on Monde Melodys one-off Silk imprint (a tribute to Marc Bolan). And what twisted songs (in English) they managed to squeeze into a fifty-minute slab of vinyl. The music drips with deep nostalgia for the decadent beautiful people who lived and breathed and then found a home in the songs of Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen, pervaded throughout with a kind of psychedelic sadness. All of this is expressed by means of long, jagged acid guitar runs (or in acoustic strums) supported by Moroccan percussion (bongos?) and heavy bass lines from Christophe J. A post-quaalude album, as band leader Jay Alanski has said. If the LP had been released in 1971, everyone would point to T-Rex as an influence, and call it glam folk; fast forward to today and its hard not to think loner, and draw comparisons with the music of Devendra Banhart, albeit recorded 35 years ago! Were now several decades further on in the worlds slow self-destruction, but this sole recording by the Beautiful Losers has lost nothing of its freshness and superb arrogance. Blessed be the listener who is going to discover such a hidden treasure!" - Lion Productions. Includes a 32-page booklet and bonus track "Nobody Knows The Heaven" (alternate version). |
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Artist: BEAVER FAMILY Title: Beaver Family Format: CDR Label: Lonely Whistle Music Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "Rather like the Portsmouth Sinfonia playing TV themes. Also some hilarious Dave talking." - Don Campau. Archival recordings from Campau (Roots Of Madness) and friends. Recorded 1974, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA. |
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Artist: BEBEY, FRANCIS Title: African Electronic Music 1975-1982 Format: Double LP Label: Born Bad Country: France Price: $28.00 |
| "Cameroonian musician Francis Bebey is truly one of a kind. He entered the music scene with his African compositions for classical guitar. He gave recitals while pursuing a career in journalism and then as an international civil servant. The same creative impulse also led him to write pop songs, some of which (based on novels he had written) became big hits in Africa and in the French-speaking world. But few people know that in the 70s, Francis Bebey delved into electronic music. The first electronic keyboards, organs and drum machines offered him new possibilities of totally controlling his compositions. He embraced the technique of "sound on sound" recording (recording several tracks, sequentially juxtaposed on the same tape). This new stage in his musical career included the production of several records (Savannah Georgia, New Track, Haiti), rarities both for their creative explorations as well as their manifestations on vinyl. This was a particularly rich period for him, as he tested the limitless possibilities of the medium, and made use of surprising and novel instruments. Incredible sounds -- in the literal sense of the word -- would soon appear on the planet Bebey. Full-color printed innersleeves with notes in English and French." -Born Bad. |
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Artist: BEBEY, FRANCIS Title: African Electronic Music 1975-1982 Format: CD Label: Born Bad Country: France Price: $16.00 |
| "Cameroonian musician Francis Bebey is truly one of a kind. He entered the music scene with his African compositions for classical guitar. He gave recitals while pursuing a career in journalism and then as an international civil servant. The same creative impulse also led him to write pop songs, some of which (based on novels he had written) became big hits in Africa and in the French-speaking world. But few people know that in the 70s, Francis Bebey delved into electronic music. The first electronic keyboards, organs and drum machines offered him new possibilities of totally controlling his compositions. He embraced the technique of "sound on sound" recording (recording several tracks, sequentially juxtaposed on the same tape). This new stage in his musical career included the production of several records (Savannah Georgia, New Track, Haiti), rarities both for their creative explorations as well as their manifestations on vinyl. This was a particularly rich period for him, as he tested the limitless possibilities of the medium, and made use of surprising and novel instruments. Incredible sounds -- in the literal sense of the word -- would soon appear on the planet Bebey. CD housed in a digisleeve with a 8-page booklet." -Born Bad. |
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Artist: BEDLAM Title: Demos Anthology 1968-70 (The Cozy Powell Beginnings) Format: LP Label: Acid Nightmare Country: UK Price: $31.00 |
| "Bedlam and its earlier incarnations (Ideal Milk, Big Bertha, etc.) were a hotbed for launching the career of superstar drummer Cozy Powell (RIP), who later played with such major Hard Rock acts as Whitesnake, Rainbow, and Black Sabbath. In this earlier stage, we can hear the fantastic guitar playing of Dave Ball very influenced by Cream/Clapton, his brother Denny on bass and Cozy on drums. In fact this early incarnation of Bedlam called Ideal Milk was almost a tribute to Cream. Moving on later, singer Ace Kefford enters the picture for a short stint with the band where they change the band name to Ace Kefford Stand. Ace was the ex-bass player of the Move. The B-side of the record has the Big Bertha demos which had different singers including Denny Ball which also sang on Ideal Milk. The style is still similar to Cream/Jeff Beck Group, sometimes with an heavier edge predicting what was going to come after 2 years (meanwhile Cozy was with The Jeff Beck Group and Dave Ball joined Procol Harum). Reissue limited to 400 copies with insert that includes detailed song liner notes written by Denny Ball and rare pics. Remastered from the master tapes for best sound quality possible." -Acid Nightmare. |
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Artist: BEE MASK Title: Canzoni Dal Laboratorio Del Silenzio Cosmico Format: LP Label: Spectrum Spools Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Edition of 500. In the nu-world order of neo-kosmiche "one man, a synth and a looper pedal" musicians, Chris Madak rises above the rest with an astounding body of work that has been brewing since the later half of the 00s. Canzoni Dal Laboratorio Del Silenzio Cosmico is an outstanding document in the long, complex, and complicated discography that is the Bee Mask project. A carefully and meticulously-composed album thats on par with the greats of electronics Lovely Music or INA-GRM catalogs. Straying from the current nature of improvised "one take" synthesizer music flooding the underground electronic community today, Chris has created an elaborate narrative which captivates and inspires the listeners imagination. "Canzoni" is a piece of work that soundtracks an event thats shrouded in mystery and beauty, at once larger than life in its grandeur and yet somewhat cryptic. Released as a limited edition cassette on Gift Tapes in 2010 and now where it should be on the longest surviving recorded format." - Spectrum Spools. |
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Artist: BEE MASK Title: Elegy For Beach Friday Format: Double LP Label: Spectrum Spools Country: USA Price: $26.00 |
| "Chris Madak has been on a tangled and cryptic path toward the full realization of his Bee Mask alter ego. Now, for the first time, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel -- a chance for old plans to come to fruition and for new ideas to blossom into the unknown. Elegy For Beach Friday is a personal selection of highlights from a slew of limited cassette and CD-R editions recorded between 2003 and 2010, re-imagined, re-edited, and remastered, offering both a cross-section for the uninitiated and a fresh enigma for the already-enchanted. The original documents will age on the shelves of those fortunate enough to have been in the know, and for the rest of the world, we now have this double LP retrospective of Chris favorite time-stopping microcosmic suites, woven together over four instantly classic sides of wax. Here, the full range of Bee Masks sonic palette has been carefully compressed into a dazzling and infinitely dense time capsule of mind-altering Martian sound fields and psychedelic dimension-bending, bridging the worlds of Nikola Tesla and La Monte Young and giving us the ideal soundtrack for our collective walk down a dirt road into the gaseous cloud of our final days. Synthesizers, percussion, piano, guitar, tape, electronics, and max/MSP recorded 2003-2010 in Northampton, MA, New York, NY, Cleveland, OH, and Philadelphia, PA. Edited and mixed at Tranquility Base, February 2011. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, May 2011. Housed in a deluxe, full-color gatefold sleeve with spot-varnished lettering." -Spectrum Spools |
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Artist: BEE MASK Title: Elegy For Beach Friday Format: CD Label: Spectrum Spools Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Chris Madak has been on a tangled and cryptic path toward the full realization of his Bee Mask alter ego. Now, for the first time, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel -- a chance for old plans to come to fruition and for new ideas to blossom into the unknown. Elegy For Beach Friday is a personal selection of highlights from a slew of limited cassette and CD-R editions recorded between 2003 and 2010, re-imagined, re-edited, and remastered, offering both a cross-section for the uninitiated and a fresh enigma for the already-enchanted. The original documents will age on the shelves of those fortunate enough to have been in the know, and for the rest of the world, we now have this CD retrospective of Chris favorite time-stopping microcosmic suites. Here, the full range of Bee Masks sonic palette has been carefully compressed into a dazzling and infinitely dense time capsule of mind-altering Martian sound fields and psychedelic dimension-bending, bridging the worlds of Nikola Tesla and La Monte Young and giving us the ideal soundtrack for our collective walk down a dirt road into the gaseous cloud of our final days. Synthesizers, percussion, piano, guitar, tape, electronics, and max/MSP recorded 2003-2010 in Northampton, MA, New York, NY, Cleveland, OH, and Philadelphia, PA. Edited and mixed at Tranquility Base, February 2011. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, May 2011." -Spectrum Spools |
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Artist: BEE MASK Title: Elusive Lunar Bow Format: Cass Label: Together Tapes Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
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Artist: BEE MASK Title: Hyperborean Trenchtown Format: LP Label: Weird Forest Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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Silkscreened jacket. "I think Chris Madak was born after impact in a car crash, and his Hyperborean Trenchtown will enter the world in a similar fashion. The album resonates a future sound vision that can only come from an old soul destined to further pave the paths laid by electronic and minimalist pioneers. Thorough audio examinations covering every facet of sound/tone property as a whole will reveal astonishing new layers listen after listen. Undeniably pure processes of creating and sustaining sound visually, sonically and otherwise brings a mathematical and scientific accuracy that hasnt been seen since the days of Lovely Music Ltd. or GRM. The albums two side-long cuts are divided into two displays of versatility with varied sound sources including amplified acoustic instruments, hand-made electronics, phonography and more. Brilliant textures and audio hallucinogenic time/space wormholes create infinite listening possibilities for this album. Few albums can create such a disorienting tunnel that it sounds as if the record has multiple albums locked within itself -- you can hear these sounds and interpret them in so many ways that only time can unlock its many possibilities. Great albums only gain significance and this is surely no exception. Listen to this record on your turntable and stop time completely or melt into the past or the future with it -- your choice." -John Elliott.
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Artist: BEE MASK Title: No Mutant Enemy Format: Cass Label: Pizza Night Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
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"No mutant enemy shows that chris madak (bee mask) already has mastered his NEW "zone"... bells, chimes, and intense synth droning... this tape similar to style on the B side of the Trenchtown LP on Weird Forest but darker ... really beautiful and weird at the same time..." - Pizza Night
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Artist: BEE MASK Title: Vaporware/Scanops Format: LP Label: Room40 Country: Australia Price: $25.00 |
| "Bee Mask is a project from Chris Madak, a native of Cleveland, Ohio now residing in Philadelphia, and a vehicle for an intricate and deeply warped sensibility which remains coherent without being beholden to specific techniques or materials, drawing equally on the ecstatic human/machine couplings of 1970s West Coast synthesis, the fractured gloss of sampler concrète, the iridescent thumbprint of high minimalism on the IQ-decimating throb of trunk bass, and the barely-sublimated currents of vertigo and terror that course beneath the most unsettling moments in the canon of home-recorded psychedelia. Editions of his recent work are available on Spectrum Spools and Room40. His new edition for Room40, Vaporware/Scanops charts a new and at times unfamiliar musical universe, a galaxy of complex patterns in constant states of evolving and dissolving. These are pieces that unfold with an unerring organic sensibility that belies the sound-sources used. Like much of Bee Masks output to date, this is a world of controlled voltage and sequenced chaos. But there is a twist in the form of the unexpected and utterly welcome addition of voice. Over the two long-form pieces, Bee Mask reveals a juxtaposition of deeply electronic materials with a swelling cascade of vocal loops recorded by Autre Ne Veut and Katherine Brady. The resulting sound is quite unlike anything weve heard from Bee Mask before. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Limited vinyl edition of 500 copies housed in a gorgeous matte celloglazed sleeve." - Room40. |
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Artist: BEE MASK Title: When We Were Eating Unripe Pears Format: LP Label: Spectrum Spools Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
| "The seven pieces on this LP were developed over a period of about five years; Rain in Coffee is built on a Hyperborean Trenchtown-era demo, while Pinq Drinq -- sorrel, for the record, and neither guava nor antacid as certain wags have already ventured -- was reanimated directly from the cutting-room floor, 11th hour, 2012. As a whole, they should probably be considered the proper sequel to Canzoni dal Laboratorio del Silenzio Cosmico, extending that records preoccupation with the dream interiors of post-1965 Fellini and synthesizing (pun very much NOT intended) it with Elegy for Beach Fridays fascination with the lush and abject facets of advanced gastronomy and the embrace of the recursive, solipsistic, simultaneously expansive and claustrophobic universe of the sampler on Vaporware/Scanops. However, in direct contrast to each of those prior works, When We Were Eating Unripe Pears draws more deeply on formal ideas from the history of records than any Bee Mask release to date. Toward this end, most of its constituent tracks were hammered into their finished shapes on the road throughout 2011 and 2012. Those of you who heard me on tour in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan, and particularly at Voice of the Valley, the Bunker, and Labyrinth played a part in the process of shaping this material and so may well experience the shock of the familiar. When We Were Eating Unripe Pears was recorded in Cleveland and Philadelphia between 2007-2012. It was edited and mixed at Tranquility Base in Summer 2012, mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates and Mastering, and pressed by Pallas Group. The first 300 copies are on translucent green vinyl. Mark Price did the photography and layout. Special thanks are also owed to Jason Anderson, Katherine Brady, Matt Carlson, John Elliott, Lawrence English, Daniel Lopatin, and Alex Moskos, without whose perspectives this would be a very different and much lesser beast." -Chris Madak, Philadelphia, October 2012. |
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Artist: BEER DAMAGE Title: Hobo On The Face of Music Format: LP Label: Our Mouth Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| 2013 release, edition of 250 copies."This duo of Pete Swanson and Brian Sullivan go for the straight scuzz. Grey matter is sacrificed for damaged tones pinched through the loop in vague rhythms. Its not anywhere close to techno or anything like that... its more like the scattered ramblings of a discordant machine, drunk on software and freaking out for all the masses to hear." - Our Mouth. |
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Artist: BEETS Title: Locomotion Format: 7" Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "Jackson Heights, Queens favorite sons THE BEETS return to the 7-inch format with two exclusive tracks. Recorded by JARVIS TAVENIERE of WOODS and featuring some lead guitar by JB TOWNSEND of CRYSTAL STILTS. Neither of these tracks appear on the forthcoming Stay Home LP due in October. As always, you get killer MATT VOLZ art to go with." - Captured Tracks. |
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Artist: BEETS, THE Title: Dont Fit In My Head Format: 7 Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "Jackson Heights favorite sons make good and make their first recording in a real real studio. All the snarly, bratty fun of the LP with a newfound clarity and confidence. Stormer A-Side, sad-sack B-side. Full color sleeve, insert and labels featuring all of your favorite wrestling superstars, superheros and naked ladies with artwork by Matt Volz (The Fall) " - Captured Tracks. |
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Artist: BEETS, THE Title: Spit In The Face Of People Who Dont Want To Be Cool Format: LP Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| Captured Tracks is Mike Snipers label (Blank Dogs). "Debut twelve-track LP from these proud sons of Jackson Heights, Queens. Sprung from seemingly nowhere to playing constantly in Brooklyn. Shades of Los Mockers, Chicos Electricos, pre 65 Stones, early Ramones and Shimmy-Disc era Daniel Johnston. I saw these guys almost start a riot at a Fashion Week event and then proceed to party down with Mickey Rourke. Absolutely amazing. Beautiful full-color sleeve by Matt Volz." - Caputured Tracks. Repressed with full color insert |
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Artist: BEETS, THE Title: Spit On The Face Of People Who Dont Want To Be Cool Format: CD Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "The instant classic Beets LP, now available on the popular "CD" format. The songs you love, available for listening to in cars, shower radios, etc. These guys are currently blazing their way across the States on the "Nightmare of Sound" tour with the Vivian Girls. (Check out the promotional tour video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rTvnBG-gO8) The inlay and disc contain all new Matt Volz artwork, featuring even more professional wrestling, blood and disrespect for people who dont want to be cool." - Captured Tracks. |
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Artist: BEGUSHKIN Title: Kings Curse Format: LP Label: Locust Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Limited edition 180 gram vinyl LP version. Recorded live to tape in two days, after a sleep deprived month of Beefheart style creative lockdown, Begushkin -- Dan Smiths 8-headed hydra -- lay to rest the twilight folk of 2007s Nightly Things and re-emerge with the wicked and strange hard rock gypsy shake of Kings Curse. Smith yells and carries on like a man possessed with tales of the damnation of a robber king and the band plays it ultra tight and ultra heavy. Kings Curse is higher-tier creep-rock." -Locust |
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Artist: BEHRENS, M. Title: Architectural Commentaries Format: CD Label: CMR Country: New Zealand Price: $12.50 |
| "German composer and sound artist Marc Behrens has put forth a beautiful installment of sound work for CMRs second CD release, entitled Architectural Commentaries. Marc has been working with sound (in one form or another) since 1986 and is probably most recognised for his digitally re-worked field material and composition. With a long history of installation work and live performance, he has exhibited alone and in group exhibitions; and performed live internationally in locations such as Japan, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, and the UK. He has completed tours with fellow sound artists Francisco Lopez, Bernhard Gunter and John Duncan and has had notable CD releases on Gunters label Trente Oiseaux (Germany), Digital Narcis (Japan), Raster Music (Germany) and Intransitive Recordings (USA). Architectural Commentaries is comprised of five tracks. The first three pieces, entitled Architectural Commentaries 1-3, are some of Marcs most recent compositions arranged in 2001 using basic material recorded from 1990-2000 in various global locations. Taking title, sleeve images and sound together we are left with new audible environments for architectural structures; jets of forced air and amplified nothing, distant machinery and tiny bites of frequency, faded and cut together to create beautifully atmospheric soundscapes. Track 4 was previously released on RLWs Tulpas 5 CD set (Selektion 024) and was constructed using source material from Ralf Wehowsky. Track 5 was composed in 1992 as a soundtrack to accompany the video Der Raum by Torsten Grosch - stills of which feature on the CD sleeve. The album permits a smooth flow between Marcs earlier and more recent work and shows the artists continuing exploration into the depth and dimensions of sound recording." - CMR. |
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Artist: BEHRENS, M. Title: Lecture Feedback/Source Feedback/The Aesthetics Of Censorship Format: LP Label: Wachsender Prozess Country: Germany Price: $15.00 |
| "M. Behrens is considered one of the most talented young artist in the experimental electronic scene of Germany. His music has been released by many national and international labels. Recently his intricate, intense sound objects and compositions have been celebrated in Tokyo and Osaka. Back in 1992, when the first parts of this record came into being, M. Behrens started to experiment with extreme frequencies, although less conscious and docmatic than in his later works." - Wachsender Prozess. |
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Artist: BELABORIS Title: Once Upon A Time Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "BELABORIS was born in 1982 as the brainchild of Finnish producer KIMMO MIETTINEN. What Malcolm McLaren had been to The Sex Pistols, Miettinen was to Belaboris. He would put together an all-girl band that looked great in photographs but were backed by professional musicians. The first line-up was VILMA VAINKAINEN, SISKO VAINKAINEN and RITA on back-up plus JAKE and MARI who did not sing at all. The backing band behind Belaboris was a local New Wave group called TYHJAT PATTERIT. The main songwriter was ESA IJAS (guitar, synthesizer) along with his bandmates ARI IJAS (bass) and MARTTI JALONEN (drums). Belaboris debut 12" single "Kuolleet Peilit" was released in November 1982. It was followed by the "Odotus" 7" single in February 1983. The band broke up and posthumously released a mini-LP called Olipa Kerran in 1984. WIthin a few months, an all new Belaboris line-up was put together. This version was a trio consisting of SAARA SOISALO, SALLAMAARI MUHONEN, and MINNA SOISALO. They released a 7" single "Rakkauden Jaelkeen," an atmospheric electronic version of 60s Scandinavian pop hit by Carola. Shortly thereafter this line-up was quietly shelved and no further efforts were made. Once Upon A Time collects songs from all three EP releases and the "Olipa Kerran" mini-LP as well as two unreleased demos never before on vinyl. The vinyl comes housed in a full color jacket and includes an insert with liner notes, lyrics and photos." -Dark Entries. |
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Artist: BELIEVERS Title: Brontoursaurus Format: CDR Label: Apostasy Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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Artist: BELIEVERS Title: Forgotten Tracks Format: CDR Label: Blueberry Honey Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "A long three track CDR collecting a particularly insulated and homespun era of the BELIEVERS development. Especially the longer-than-album-side rendition of their standard, Down to the Lake. Step inside, take a breath, get to know this album. Perhaps you will glimpse the reasons why so many in the valley are holding their breath for the BELIEVERS debut LP. Features members of SON OF EARTH, SHACKAMAXON, DUCK, IDEA FIRE COMPANY, SAPAT, so many other spins, the whole meatball is here. Packaged in simple xerox folded jackets, origami style." - Blueberry Honey. |
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Artist: BELIEVERS Title: Tour EP Format: CDR Label: Apostasy Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "This cdr release repeats a number of hits off the first Believers cassette. These are completely new versions re-recorded and mixed for this release. Weve also added a number of new songs to the plate. Youll find the fidelity takes a giant leap upwards on the cdr, as compared to the cassette. Original packaging consisted of a Believers puzzle and disc in a clear plastic bag. This official release version has hand printed lino-cut artwork and informative insert." - Apostasy. |
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Artist: BELLOWS Title: Handcut Format: LP Label: Planam Country: Italy Price: $29.00 |
| "Giuseppe Ielasi and Nicola Ratti, two musicians from Italy with an extensive solo activity, started the Bellows project together in 2006 and released their first CD in 2007. Their second release, an LP available now on PLANAM, was recorded in November 2009 in Tübingen, Germany. Quite different from the first, this new project was developed around the simple technique of cutting/destroying and amplifying vinyl records with contact microphones, creating new grooves and physical loops while capturing the sounds on a Revox tape machine with long tape loops. No further transformations or processing were applied even if a couple of effect pedals and simple sine waves were sometimes used too. The result is a sort of very atmospheric and modern-electronic music as if these sonorities were recorded at the beginning of the last century on 78rpm shellac records. The sleeve features the original artwork by Italian artist Amedeo Martegani. Edition limited to 250 copies." - Planam. |
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Artist: BELLOWS, JOHN Title: Clean Your Clock Format: LP Label: Moniker Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "The son of Kentucky pig farmers, JOHN BELLOWS adolescent mind had been seriously warped by the discovery of punk and an extended acid binge. He moved to Chicago in 2001 with a Tascam home recorder and a growing collection of songs. Clean Your Clock, his debut album, was completed in 2005, and self-released in a very limited pressing of CDRs. Bellows has spent the last eight years freaking out the Chicago underground with just a guitar and his singular vision. He has ingested and regurgitated virtually every form of popular music, from his fathers beloved Carter Family to the heavy riffage of AC/DC. But the psychedelic feast of Clean Your Clock is very much his own. With a playfulness rarely heard in modern music, Bellows veers effortlessly from face-shredders like "(You Just Got) Mutherfucked" to the shocking tenderness of "Imaginary Friend." And while the album covers an astonishing amount of musical ground, Bellows is no ironic dabbler. He means every last bit of it. With the long-overdue re-release of Clean Your Clock, Bellows is ready to turn on the world at large. Rural Kentuckys first and only rock savant, Clean Your Clock is his primal first statement, an almost-lost treasure of post-millennial purging. An incredibly intense live performer, Bellows continues to evolve, his musical imagination as vast as Americas rock n roll landscape. Released by the new Moniker label, started by ROBERT MANIS, the man responsible for unearthing the Death and J.T. IV albums released by Drag City." - Moniker. |
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Artist: BELLY BOAT Title: Dear Robert Hanoy Format: CD Label: Not Not Fun Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
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"Outsider piano/accordion warped-pop ramblings. Debut album, 14 songs. In hand-decorated slipcases. Edition of 500." - Not Not Fun
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Artist: BELONG Title: Same Places (Slow Version) Format: LP Label: Table of the Elements Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "With Same Places (Slow Version), Belong evinces a slow-motion transformation -- plate tectonics, wired for sound. Aural mountains melt into seas; yet icy barrens yield to breathing jungles of detail. The single, sprawling track may evoke decay, dissolution and destruction, but underfoot are tendrils of inexplicable joy. Belong sings a lullaby of obliteration, and the paradox it embodies would make both Kevin Shields and Tony Conrad proud: crushing melancholia and shuddering euphoria, inexorably intertwined." Pressed on etched sea-foam green vinyl, etching artwork by Savage Pencil, London 2008. - Table of the Elements |
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Artist: BEN-ISRAEL, DANNY Title: The Kathmandu Sessions Format: CD Label: Locust Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"To a small circle of psychedelic music fans, the re-discovery of native Israeli, Danny Ben- Israels sole, privately released album, Chantarish 3, a few years ago was nothing short of a revelation. Despite having been sung in his native Hebrew, there was no getting away from the blissfully fuzzed out guitars and a voice that belted out resistant words like some mad cantorial singer. Now, after 35 years, Danny Ben Israels much talked about Katmandu Sessions produced for a Western audience and recorded in Tel Aviv and Austria between globetrotting stints around Europe finally sees the light of day. The seven tracks that make up the Kathmandu Sessions are nothing short if not completely over the top -- both of its time and prophetic. Every tune is delivered with that rare combination of wisdom and wonder, sung in a joyous English that brings together Tim Buckleys melancholic operatics with the lunatic vocal escapades of Mick Farren making this easily one of the true revelations for the 21st century." - Locust.
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Artist: BENDER, JOHN Title: I Dont Remember Now Format: LP Label: Record Sluts Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
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2010 reissue, originally released in 1980.
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Artist: BENDER, JOHN Title: Plaster Falling Format: LP Label: Record Sluts Country: USA Price: $32.00 |
| Reissue of Benders second LP from 1981, recreating (slightly less elaborately) the originals plaster sealed sleeve. |
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Artist: BENDER, JOHN Title: Pop Surgery Format: LP Label: Record Sluts Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
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2010 reissue, originally released in 1983. "Absolutely winning, home-brewed experimental electronic pop, presented in impeccable, homemade fashion!References: Ike Yard, Food and Shelter, Men/Eject, Charles De Goal, Nurse With Wound, United Dairies, Pinakotheca, Vanity Records." - Mutant Sounds.
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Artist: BENE GESSERIT Title: Half-Unreleased Madness Format: LP Label: OnderStroom Country: Belgium Price: $20.00 |
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"Very cool compilation of unreleased BeNe GeSSeRiT tracks. The husband & wife duo of Alain Neffe & Nadine Bal counted as one of the most frivolous & quite impressive live acts around during the eighties. On top of a catchy but minimal synth basis created by B GHoLa (Alain Neffe) runs the strange, & playfull voice by BeNeDiCT G (Nadine Ball). This is minimal synth pop for the crazy ones among us, but arent we all a bit mad? Limited edition of 400 copies. Cover sleeve & insert by B GHoLa." - OnderStroom.
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Artist: BENE GESSERIT Title: Music For The Fun Of It Format: LP Label: Was Soll Das? Platten Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
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"This LP is featuring 14 tracks from 1981-1985 with classic Minimal-Synth Sound sung in french and english with female vocals. A lot of songs are unreleased!!! BENE GESSERIT are from Belgium and are the 1st non-german act on wsdp. Comes with a silkscreened Cover to hurt your eyes." - WSDP.
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Artist: BENE GESSERIT Title: Still Insane After All These Years Format: LP Label: Ultramarine Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "Eleven new & previously unreleased songs from BeNe GeSSeRiT, the cult Belgian minimal synth duo of Alain Neffe (various instruments including synth, beats, loops, strings…) and Nadine Bal (vocals). Alain started his Insane Music imprint back in 1981, he is a key figure of the European cassette culture and has been making some of the most creative and cross-boundary music since the early 80’s, also with other numerous projects like Pseudo Code, Human Flesh and more recently, his and Nadine’s duo with singer Anna Homler, The Chopstick Sisters. The duo’s debut LP in 1985 “A High, Happy, Perverse And Cynical Cry of Joy” was a real gem and on this new album, they go back to their roots but take advantage of newer technologies and sonic textures - every song has a life of its own. Alain’s arrangements are impeccable and unpredictable, a mad variety of instruments and moods, punchy beats, hypnotic strings, groovy organ, crazy sax lines and an inventive use of sound shaping… at some point you’ll be in the middle of… a choir of frogs??! Nadine, on the other hand, is a muse of this and the OTHER world, she manages to sound like an angel, a child, a siren and an alien, often all in the same track. Our prescription is: listen to this LP over and over for best results, you will discover and feel something new at every listen. BeNe GeSSeRiT make truly charming and personal music that’s hard to pin down: too weird to be classified as pop, but not so much to be just avantgarde, surreal & emotional, sharing the aesthetic choices of Anne Clark, Roberto Cacciapaglia, Laurie Anderson, Kraftwerk, Die Form… Glossy full color covers with insane artwork by Alain Neffe." - Ultramarine. |
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Artist: BENNETT, BEN Title: Spoilage Format: LP Label: Experimedia Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Bennett uses no electronics in his creations and improvisation plays a vital role. This is music that is messy and organic and human. The list of instruments and implements that Bennett uses throughout Spoilage is mind-boggling: everything from various drums to a wheelbarrow, pizza cutter, and the narrow part of a balloon is in play. Considering this, the cacophonous symphony that ensues isnt as out-of-control as one might think. No, this is carefully-constructed from beginning to end, each choice made at the spur of a moment and pushed to extremes. Spoilage is a maximalist exhibition, extorting visceral sounds from the tools at his disposal. Bennett flips back and forth in his song-titles from the specific and mundane to something more universal. All of it, though, is where this music comes from. Personal, political, whatever - it all goes hand-in-hand. The scattered, blown-out percussive blasts could be the bombs falling just as easily as that moment you realize the last bus arrived two minutes early and you were one minute late. Quiet scrapes flicker between gulfs of silence, leaving room for philosophical contemplation or drawing up a reward sign for your stolen bike." - Experimedia. |
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Artist: BENNINK, HAN Title: Nerve Beats Format: CD Label: Atavistic Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "For those uninitiated, Han Bennink is one of the founding figures of European improvised music; longtime musical partner of Misha Mengelberg; and co-founder of the Instant Composers Pool (ICP). In short, Bennink is one of the most swinging, adventurous people on the planet. Though hes been active since the early 60s, Bennink remains energetic and irrepressible, and certainly qualifies as one of the great solo improvisers of the century -- at times madcap & go-for-broke, other times harrowing, but always a sheer delight. Recorded for Germanys Radio Bremen in 1973, in the period when Bennink was storming Europe in a trio with Peter Brotzmann and Fred Van Hove, Nerve Beats is a great recording never before issued on CD. It comes from a time when Bennink employed a gigantic setup; metal percussion, tons of extra drums, tablas, an early drum-machine, as well as non-percussive instruments like trombone, clarinet, and various impossible-to-describe objects. A 3 track live concert recorded in its entirety at the acoustically ideal Rathaus, Nerve Beats is also the only live document available of Han performing solo at this time, as his early FMP and ICP records are out of print (and decidedly sought after). Nerve Beats has been mastered from the radio session original tapes and sports new handmade cover art by Bennink (also an accomplished visual artist) and a freewheeling period portrait by outstanding photographer Pieter Boersma. Heres Han Bennink alone and at his most expansive, explosive, and wildly imaginative. Hilarious, razor sharp and not to be taken lightly." -Atavistic |
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Artist: BENT WIND Title: Sussex Format: LP Label: Daily Records Country: UK Price: $18.00 |
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"A re-issue of the incredibly rare debut album by this Toronto garage-psych-hard rock outfit, originally out in 1969 on the Trend label, and generally considered by collectors to be some sort of masterpiece. This re-issue features 4 bonus tracks: one from the B side of their 1969 single, plus 3 live tracks by the 1996 version of the band. Original artwork, 180 gram vinyl. Amazing LP!! More tracks than the ACME reissue. Features The Lions which was covered by Vermonster on the Spirit Of Yma LP.
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Artist: BENT WIND Title: Sussex Format: CD Label: World Psychedelia Country: Korea Price: $17.00 |
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"First released on the tiny Trend label in 1969, Toronto quartet Bent Winds Sussex has, over the years, ascended to become one of the most-wanted and most-expensive psychedelic LPs worldwide. Easy to believe as the reckless fuzz workouts, murky production and a frontman with a heavy Lizard King fixation satisfies both the garage and trippier camps with equal abandon. Once The Lions, the album climax with its anthemic call to GET STONED!, has permeated your skull theres no turning back. There have been many reissues of this classic LP since its original release and all have been flawed by either lackadaisical mastering or lackluster contemporary bonus material. World Psychedelia have remedied this by producing the best-quality reissue to date, and bolstering the package with both sides of their 7" (Castles Made Of Man/Sacred Cows [single version]), a previously-unreleased 19-minute studio rehearsal from the era, band pics, and reproductions of gig flyers & 7" labels." - World Psychedelia.
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Artist: BENT WIND Title: Sussex Format: LP + 7" Label: Anazitisi Country: Greece Price: $44.00 |
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"Monster heavy psych ultra-rarity from 1969 (Trend Records)—a volcanic dose of intense fuzz guitar, the perfect complement to the band’s sloppy garage ambience, and chugging beat; a strange case here, as the music on “Sussex” is often overshadowed by the album’s reputation as a one of the rarest collectible LPs in the world—a pity, as the music is as psychedelic as they come, a veritable fuzz guitar inferno! "An official reissue licensed by Marty Roth with the approval of Merv Buchanan (owner of the Trend Records). We proudly present the complete recordings made by legendary Bent Wind from 1969 till 1970. No need of any introduction on this monster rare, Canadian heavy psychedelic quartet. Do not expect to take the best sound quality from these primitive recordings but youll take for sure the most acidelic dose of the 60s music. Includes: Fully laminated cover. Two bonus tracks, one at the end of each side of the LP. Both the extra songs are from their lone 1969 single. The set comes along with a 7" EP, "The Lost Ryerson Tapes". It contains four tracks previously unreleased on vinyl, recorded in March 1970, by the original line-up.* 8-page LP-sized booklet with bio, photos, lyrics and memorabilia. *Reproduction of a Bent Wind gig poster. 180gr vinyl as usual. PVC protective outer-sleeve." -Anazitisi. One of the greats.. Highly Recommended!
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Artist: BERBERIAN, JOHN Title: Echoes Of Armenia Format: LP Label: Olympia Country: Germany Price: $36.00 |
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Artist: BERGE, SIGURD Title: Early Electronic Works Format: CD Label: Prisma Country: Norway Price: $16.00 |
| "Prisma Records is proud to present the first release dedicated to the music by the late Norwegian composer and electronic music pioneer, Sigurd Berge (1929-2002). This release showcases some of Berges earliest experiments with tape-machines and early synthesizers. The music is taken from three reels found in the Henie Onstad Art Centre music archives in 2009. The reason why these tapes were located at the art center is probably because Berge worked for several years at the NSEM - Norwegian Studio for Electronic Music, located at the art center. Berge also was a central part of the electronic music concert series Elektrofoni which took place at the center from 1968 until 1983. On the first tape were the unreleased pieces "Preludium," "Ritual" and "Sørgemusikk" and the pieces "Erupsjon" and "Eg Beisla Min Støvel." On a different tape, was the musique concrète piece "Delta," which Berge also used in collaboration with the avant-garde jazz group Svein Finnerud in 1970. The second part of this release is dedicated to one of Norways first multimedia art installations entitled "BLIKK." The work was commissioned for the Henie Onstad Art Centre in 1970 and created by the artists Irma Salo Jæger, Jan Erik Vold and Sigurd Berge. The installation consisted of Jægers kinetic sculptures, Volds abstract poetry and Berges electronic music, all blended together with one of Norways first computer-generated laser-light shows. The multimedia piece was so complicated to produce that the engineers Halvor Heier, Birger Komedal and Harald Schiøtz were hired on for technical assistance. The pioneering work "BLIKK" was exhibited at the Henie Onstad Art Centre between April-May in 1970. Prisma Records is proud to release one of Norways most acclaimed experimental composers and electronic music pioneers for the first time on a complete CD release." -Prisma. |
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Artist: BERMUDA TRIANGLE Title: Bermuda Triangle Format: CD Label: Radioactive Country: UK Price: $17.50 |
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"Released as a private pressing on the aptly named Winter Solstice label, Bermuda Triangle who hail from Long Island New York released this gem in the height of Punk...1977. A combination of The Farm Band and Bobby Brown (the solo act from early 1970s California), Wendy Carlos meets Joan Baez the band were made up of a female singer/bassist/female drummer/violinist and a guy who sings and plays the electronic auto harp/organ and piano. The sound is totally lost in time and transports you back to the carefree days of the early seventies and is extremely trippy. You have to check out the wah wah auto harp, the weird percussion and bass, a great listen almost pre-dates the current folktronica scene. This wild album has to be heard and is quite superb from folk to reels to country all bathed in this misty auto harped glory." - Radioactive.
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Artist: BERMUDA TRIANGLE Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Anazitisi Country: Greece Price: $37.00 |
| "Heres how Acid Archives describes this fantastic album: Truly bizarre folk-psych album thats more enjoyable than a lot of "better" records. Two of the first three songs are weird loungy covers of Nights In White Satin and Aerosmiths Dream On, neither of which sound like anything else on the album. For surprise value alone, Dream On works the better of the two, since the Moody Blues tune was dangerously close to lounge to begin with. Most of the other songs are full of fiddle-style violin and autoharp, the latter of which is often treated with phasing, flanging and other effects... Spastic, cymbal-heavy drumming adds another layer of intrigue... Both the male and female vocals are agreeable and work well in the context of these strange songs. The closing Wind (the Circus Maximus song) is another total departure, again not resembling anything else on the album, and sounding uncannily like a Linda Perhacs outtake. This album is kind of a shock on first listen, because at least to these jaded ears its not often I discover something so original and bizarre. This is truly a one of a kind album⿿you have to listen it to believe it!!! Typically deluxe presentation by Anazaitisi of an ultra-rare (and ultra-psychedelic) album." - Anazitisi. |
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Artist: BERNDT, JOHN Title: Occupation 1980-1990 Format: CDR Label: Heresee Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Music from the worlds original youngest Neoist and current Baltimore organizer of free-sound conceptual pardoxes. "1980s Avant Industrial Noise" Did i just type that? Classy Recycled Fold-Over Cd cases w pasted/painted limited edition of 100" - Heresee. |
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Artist: BERNING, DALE Title: The Horse Stories Format: LP Label: Bo Weavil Country: UK Price: $24.00 |
| "The Horse Stories is the soundtrack to Going Places Sitting Down, a film by Hiraki Sawa, commissioned by the Hayward Gallery and Bloomberg London, for Waterloo Sunset, the Dan Graham Pavilion at the Hayward in November 2004. It is a piece about make-believe journeys to far-away places (at the tips of your fingers, between the cracks in the floor at your feet, on the edge and behind the door, right here where you are, close-by...) For the soundtrack Dale used sounds belonging to the country house and garden in which Sawa filmed - water running in the upstairs bathroom; rain water dripping on the stones outside the kitchen door, sparkling water in a glass on the table, the wind-chime and the clock and the record player... And then the sounds of music boxes being played - one elaborate antique music-box with bells the shape of bees and a miniature hollow drum, and other simple music boxes, playing only one tune each, tiny naked metallic combs and drums and handles. At the core of all Dale Bernings sound work lies a deep interest in ideas of aliveness, of space and the awareness of time passing, of breathing and being still and of listening. And of the possibility of grace. 180g hand numbered limited edition." -Bo Weavil |
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Artist: BERRESHEIM, TIM Title: No Time Left Format: LP Label: Eventuell Country: Germany Price: $28.00 |
| "After numerous releases with the artist Jonathan Meese, No Time Left is finally the first solo album by the artist and musician Tim Berresheim (Cologne). Besides last years 7 on Meeuw Muzak it is also the first release that doesnt appear on his own New Amerika imprint, but on Eventuell - a label which specializes in artists records and produced a collaboration between Raymond Pettibon, Otomo Yoshihide and Blank in 2005. No Time Left is an impressive proof of Berresheims musical skills, both as multi-instrumentalist, programmer and composer. The four tracks on this LP are carefully constructed mixtures of wonderful guitar and basslines, atmospheric synth-layers, dubby electronic music and unorthodox samples. Although very eclectic in its wide range of sounds and elements, the recordings are characterized by a coherent mood. If you can imagine a hybrid of Nurse With Wound, early Residents and Tom Recchion, youre probably quite near to what can be heard on this great record. The four instrumentals correspond with four large, modified black-and-white photographs by Tim Berresheim which are fully reproduced on four sides of the stunning extra-large gatefold-cover in the form of a triptych. An impressive artists record which comes in a limited edition of 400 copies." - Eventuell. |
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Artist: BERRESHEIM, TIM Title: Studies In Future Blues Format: LP Label: Eventuell Country: Germany Price: $35.00 |
| "A good three years after his first solo debut No Time Left on Eventuell, Tim Berresheim presents Studies in Future Blues. The new album shows a different take on experimental music. While No Time Left gave a proof of his skills as a multi-instrumentalist, Studies in Future Blues is pure computer music. The title is programmatic because here Berresheim presents different takes on blues rock, from plunderphonic tracks in the tradition of John Oswald via melancholic treatments a la Caretaker, to abstract micro-assemblies that remind of early computer music like Horacio Vaggione, for example. The six tracks, all entitled Wicked Son, are highly entertaining demonstrations of his craftsmanship. Cover art by Tim Berresheim, done in conjunction with the correspondent exhibition earlier this year at the gallery Hammelehle und Ahrens in Cologne." -Eventuell |
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Artist: BERRESHEIM, TIM & JONATHAN MEESE Title: Die Christmaskameraden: Christmas Time/You are Father Christmas. Accept it Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Belgium Price: $6.50 |
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"The label with the strongest tradition in releasing Christmas 7"s is no doubt Meeuw Muzak. Not because he likes Christmas very much, but he likes to sit at home and play his releases during that day. Die Christmaskameraden are Jonathan Meese and Tim Berresheim, both well-known visual artists from Germany. Meese has a wide fascination for anything from Wagner to Stalin, and Ezra Pound to Rasputin. On this 7" they play synth, glockenspiel and sing about father christmas and even have a sort of disco rhythm on the second side, which could be seen as the extended dance remix. We are father Christmas, you are father Christmas they sing. After the RLW and Tietchens, this is certainly much more weirder and way-out then those and is a most curious record indeed. Play this for your family on boxing day and disapproval will be your share." - Vital Weekly.
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Artist: BERROCAL, DAVID FENECH & GHEDALIA TAZARTES, JAC Title: Superdisque Format: LP Label: Sub Rosa Country: Belgium Price: $16.00 |
| "Superdisque is the first album from the French trio formed by David Fenech (electric guitar) with Jac Berrocal (trumpet) and Ghédalia Tazartès (vocals). Somewhere beyond the borders of rock, jazz, punk and sound poetry -- the vocals seem to come from another planet, with lyrics in an improvised language. The winds are blown from Tibetan human bones and conch seashells. Guitars sound like rubber and steel. Expect the unexpected. Special guest Zap Pascal (accordion) appears on one track. David Fenech is a French musician living in Paris. He has played and recorded with musicians such as Felix Kubin, Jad Fair, Tom Cora, Rhys Chatham, Bérangère Maximin, James Plotkin, Shugo Tokumaru, Ergo Phizmiz, and many others. His baroque style has been described as "a kind of punk musique concrète." He is the origin of the Superdisque recording project, using his own home studio as an instrument. Jac Berrocal is a cult trumpet player living in Paris. He has played with various musicians including Pascal Comelade, Jaki Liebezeit (Can), Nurse With Wound, Sunny Murray, Jacques Thollot, James Chance, Pierre Bastien, Aki Onda, Lol Coxhill, Catalogue, Christophe, etc. Hes also known for his famous Rock And Roll Station, recorded with Vince Taylor. Ghédalia Tazartès is an orchestra and a pop group in one person. His voice shifts constantly from child to diva, from African sorcerer to Tibetan monk. His hypnotic, disturbing polyphonies draw us into an emotional universe. Its punk, sound poetry, folklore and electroacoustics rolled into one. Ghédalia has been recording music in his Parisian home studio for more than 40 years. He has also worked for theater, dance and more recently for cinema. Both Jac Berrocal and Ghédalia Tazartès appear on the famous Nurse With Wound list." -Sub Rosa. |
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Artist: BERROCAL, JACQUES Title: Catalogue Format: CD Label: Alga Marghen Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| "Released in 1979 in a limited edition on his own dAvantage label, Catalogue, with its overt theatricality is every bit as wild as the previous Paralleles. Not really jazz, not rock, having nothing to do with contemporary music either, Catalogue is a kind of sonic postcard which features not the group of the same name but instead numerous Berrocal associates including Potage (co-founder of the dAvantage label in 1976), Parle, Ferlet, Pauvros and recording engineer Daniel Deshays, plus many musicians from the French underground collective scene of the 1970s. Not content with manhandling a toy piano on Tango (which features mind-blowing accordion from Parle), abusing an arsenal of instruments including saw blades, pistols, shower attachment and even gingerbread, Berrocal pushes his own voice way over the edge on Incontrolablslaooo and Faits Divers, moving from a 60-a-day smokers cough to a terrifying sequence of gargles and vomits. The grungy free rock of No More Dirty Bla Blaps, the Portsmouth Sinfonia-like spoof Dixieland of Rideau, the distressing punk of Signe Particulier and all manner of fields recordings and cut-ups in Berrocals Artaudian theatre style, combining the excesses of glam and punk cold-wave to post-1968 Situationist perspective. With the same creative attitude documented through the mythic dAvantage label (1976-1979) Berrocal later accumulated an extensive archive of unreleased recordings, some of which finally surface now on this new edition. Catalogue represents the most experimental and complex of Berrocals records, as historical as contemporary modern, classic and at the same time as fresh and strange as if it had been recorded last week. During the same year Steven Stapleton frequently travelled to Paris to meet Jaques Berrocal and discuss a possible collaboration. In 1980, Berrocal travelled to London with his pocket trumpet and Tibetan oboe and recorded with Stapleton, Heman Patak and John Fothergill on NWWs second album, but thats another story." - Alga Marghen. |
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Artist: BERROCAL, JACQUES Title: Paralleles Format: CD Label: Alga Marghen Country: Italy Price: $21.00 |
| 2009 repress, originally released in 2001. "Jacques Berrocal has been very active since the beginning of the 1970s. No one in France could mix jazz, improvisation, rocknroll, punk, no wave, spoken words and industrial music like him. He also had a central position in the creation of dAvantage, a collective record label that issued some of the most particular sessions of the mid-late Seventies. At the same time he was working on never ending sessions for records that were never issued. Jac and his band were the Apostles of the non-urgency, enjoying recording in unusual situations, with no rules, improvising on undefined structures or using non-musical material mixed with ethnic instrumental solos. In 1976 dAvantage issued a wonderful record LP titled Parallèles featuring, among the others, Bernard Vitet, Roger Ferlet, Pierre Bastien, Michel Potage, Daniel Deshays, with the intervention of Vince Taylor, the dark diamond of rocknroll who inspired David Bowies Ziggy Stardust. Just a couple of years later Berrocal collaborated with Steven Stapleton to create the first Nurse with Would record LP. Parallèles features very different styles; acoustic solo and duo for trombone and cornet as well as a large ensemble 25 minutes long piece dedicated to the Futurist Russolo (again, two years later, Mr.Stapleton dedicated his first NWW record to the same Italian artist). Also to mention are Post-Card, recorded in a Pigsty in 1976, and the legendary Rocknroll Station, a mini-concert for voice (Vince Taylor), double bass (Roger Ferlet) and bicycle (Jac Berrocal). The remastered CD also includes five previously unreleased tracks that were actually left out of the original record: Villa Povera Naturale (1972) is a short piece for pocket trumpet and various concrete elements; Occupè by Michel Potage is an excerpt taken from an LP that dAvantage never issued; Shorten and Lisylis Pavillon are the first experiments using electronics and Cryptea IV, taken from the sessions of the early Futura LP. Thirty years later Jacques Berrocal is still there, where nothing is waiting for him, totally outside the rules, out of fashion thus indémodable. A digipack CD edition including a folded insert with very nice original photos and scores." -Alga Marghen. |
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Artist: BERTIN Title: krak, aria / tik, mikmak Format: 7" Label: Ole Country: Netherlands Price: $7.00 |
| "Bertins short digital miniatures have an impressionistic approach and contain a strong feeling for melody, story and time. Bertin build up these four pieces layer by layer, using advanced computing and improvised voice, guitar and editing. Because of its playful nature, you could easily imagine this 7" being the soundtrack for a childrens book. Bertin has been known to work under the alias (none) and performes live with prank aggressor, producing repetitive static." - Ole. |
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Artist: BERTOIA, HARRY Title: Unfolding Format: CD Label: PSF Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
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""Ambient and strange atmosphere" from the late sound sculptor. This reissues two of this American geniuss many self-released LPs as a great public service. His "sounding sculptures" consist of "ranks of tall slender rods, placed either upright or at special slants in rectangular formations. These metallic faces are not rigid, but give when stroked -- at the same time releasing lingering musical chords of a weirdly haunting nature."" - FE.
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Artist: BERTONCINI, MARIO Title: Arpe Eolie and Other Useless Things Format: Book/CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $48.00 |
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"Deluxe silver CD box, silver-foil design complete with a 31-page booklet in Italian and English. English/Italian 196-pages book, 26 black and white photos, matte white cardboard cover with flaps, silver design. "One of the most adventurous composers and performers of the Italian avant garde scene, member of the Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, great performer of the music of John Cage, Bertoncini started in the early 70s to design and build incredibly complex and visually fascinating sound sculptures based on the aeolian sound principle. Amongst his more spectacular installations there were Vele, a massive Aeolian harp (more than 7 meters high); Venti (winds), for 20 Aeolian sound generators and 40 performers; and Chanson pour Instruments à Vent, an assemblage for Aeolian harps, Aeolian gongs, and one performer. His self-built harps and gongs are excited by blows of compressed air, or by the composers own breath, and the resulting sound is amplified through contact microphones. If at superficial levels they may sound like electronic music (long drones and swooshes of otherwordly sounds), at a close listening they reveal the intensity of a the pure and analogic sound of air, far removed from both any artificial or measurable principle as well as from any casual or chance method of composition, In fact, all the pieces are carefully composed and even notated. The CD presents the complete series of his works for Aeolian harps, from 1973 to more recent days. The accompanying 196-page book, in both English and Italian and rich with photos, is a rather profound dissertation on the Aeolian harps, their generation and meaning, as well as on experimental sound and avant-garde music in general. Written by the composer in the form of a Platonic dialog (between an old and rather bitter master and his young enthusiastic pupil), the book not only conveys a wealth of information on its subject matter, but it also renders perfectly the voice full of wit of one of the most personal and uncompromising composers of the present times." - Die Schachtel
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Artist: BESOMBES, PHILIPPE Title: Libra Format: LP Label: Wah Wah Country: Spain Price: $29.00 |
| "When the bunch of filmmakers known as The Pattern Group (Roland Moreau, Georges Perdriaud and Jean Talansier) did Libra, their second movie, in 1973 they thought it would be a good idea to use bits from Pink Floyds Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother to create its soundtrack. The movie, a 90-minute film with no dialogue, depicts the story of four youngsters living in communion with nature, an idyllic life that is drastically changed when a U.S. satellite crashes in the area and attracts the attention of journalists and TV crews that come to destroy the peace of the place. Obviously, the Pink Floyd bits had been used without permission, and The Pattern Group saw they needed an original soundtrack if they wanted the film released without legal trouble. They approached Jean-Michel Jarre, who declined the invitation to create the new soundtrack, but suggested instead Philippe Besombes. Besombes was a sound explorer who walked similar paths as other avant gardist young musicians from his generation such as Richard Pinhas (Heldon), Paul Putti (Pôle), Jean Louis Rizet or Jean-Michel Jarre himself (way before he became the famed wizard of commercial synth music as we know him today). Besombes was requested to produce a soundtrack in the style of those Pink Floyd tracks used. However he came up with that and more. Always aiming to find new ways of musical expression, he produced music that fitted perfectly in what the filmmakers needed but which was totally of his own. Surrounded by a cast of friends, he locked himself in the basement of his girlfriends father (who even ended up providing the financial funds for the project to reach an end!) and taped the amazing sounds that form the Libra soundtrack, a landmark in French electronic tripping music. The soundtrack was recorded in 1974, and it was released as a vinyl LP on the Tapioca label in 1975. It has since become a highly sought-after LP among collectors of electronic music worldwide, and gets its first vinyl reissue on Wah Wah in a deluxe edition that features a lavish 12" sized, six-page booklet with plenty of photographs from the era and information on the making of Libra in texts written by Philippe Besombes himself and Raul G. Pratginestós." -Wah Wah |
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Artist: BEST COAST Title: Crazy for You Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Mexican Summer are elated to announce their latest artist and full length release from Californias Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno, aka Best Coast. Rolling out on July 27th, Crazy For You is a 12-track, twenty-nine minute collection of genuinely romantic sandy jams. Hazy, dreamy and genre-defining, Crazy For You proves that the impressive amount of press hype for Best Coast is more than warranted, especially coming off of her previous sold out singles on Group Tightener, Atelier Cuseaux, Art Fag, Black Iris, PPM and Eskuche. The bands much-awaited debut album was recorded at Black Iris, a studio in LAs Echo Park neighborhood, by Lewis Pesacov of the bands Fools Gold and Foreign Born. The result is a collection of maudlin and magical songs that approach relationships with a pure heart, a cloudy mind and pair of gas station sunglasses." - Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: BEST OF DUDE TOUR Title: s/t Format: Cass Label: Mass Dist Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "featuring members of impractical cockpit, angeldust, buddy ship, lazy magnet, usaisamonster and jimmy cousins. rock and roll." - Mass Dist. |
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Artist: BESTIAL MOUTHS Title: Hissing Veil Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Hissing Veil, Bestial Mouths debut, is 40 minutes of intense gloom. A meditation on the relationship between transgressor and victim conceived in a flurry of automatic writing, Hissing Veil is an urgent declaration revealed in a barrage of primitive rhythms and feral calls. Uncompromising, beautiful synth and beat driven compositions haunted by deep and brooding female vocals. Los Angeless finest. Limited to 500 hand numbered copies on clear vinyl." - Dais. |
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Artist: BETTER BEATLES, THE Title: Mercy Beat Format: LP Label: Hook Or Crook Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"The first reissue of the songs from the rare 1982 "Penny Lane/Im Down" 7-inch from Omaha, Nebraskas BETTER BEATLES, along with eight previously unreleased songs. Unlike their DIY brethren in the punk scene, the Better Beatles sported no originals-just savagely wacked, de-tuned, deadpan readings of Beatles material in a manner no one save the Residents couldve imagined in 1980. The songs are dark, primitive, analog synth-driven and at times transcendent. The single was a John Peel favorite and was played often by him years after its initial release. For fans of early-80s minimal synth wave." -Hook Or Crook.
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Artist: BETWEEN Title: And The Waters Opened Format: LP Label: Wah Wah Country: Spain Price: $28.00 |
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"Formed in 1970 in Munich, Between was an international band devoted to explore the spaces existing between (hence the name) disparate musical currents: from ancient music to avant garde from Western classical to Eastern musics, from medieval to pop music in a fresh approach that perfectly fitted the experimentation dominating the early 70s German music scene. Whereas many of their contemporaries favoured the introduction of electronic elements, Between relied mostly on purely acoustic sounds, albeit so distorted they would pass as electronic. Roberto Detrees self-made motocello was a constant source of other-wordly sonorities which permeated many of the bands compositions. Add to this Peter-Michael Hamels Indian-influenced systemic organ minimalism and Cotch Blacks hypnotical percussion and youll get Betweens sound in a nut-shell. A mystical vision not removed from that of their contemporaries Popol Vuh that predated much of the new-age, meditation and world-music fusions that would blossom in the 80s. Originally released by Vertigo in 1973 and housed in a colourful psychedelic sleeve by Guntram Holdgrün, this is often regarded as Betweens most exotic and beautiful opus. A huge, majestic droning masterpiece with oriental nuances that might recall Popol Vuh, Fripp & Eno or Taj Mahal Travellers. Classic album from the early German 70s scene that deserves to be rediscovered by a wider audience. With Roberto C. Detrée (guitar, motocello, adapted harp), Robert Eliscu (oboe, oboe damore), Peter Michael Hamel (keyboards, vocals), Cotch Black (percussion) plus Duru Omson (bamboo flute, percussion, voice) and Fabian Arkus (electronics). Limited to 500 copies. Cover reproduces the original artwork by Guntram Holdgrün from the 1973 Vertigo issue. Insert with liner notes." -Wah Wah
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Artist: BETWEEN Title: Einstieg Format: LP Label: Wah Wah Country: Spain Price: $28.00 |
| "The debut album by this multinational outfit, originally released by Wergo in 1971. A groundbreaking fusion of diverse sources and traditions: from ancient and medieval to avant garde, free improvisation or eastern meditation. A unique mixture that will blossom in their follow up And The Waters Opened. With Roberto Detree (guitar, motocello), Peter-Michael Hamel (piano, organ), Robert Eliscu (oboe, vocal), Cotch Black (percussion), Ulrich Stranz (viola) plus a young James Galway on flute." With 4-page insert." -Wah Wah. |
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Artist: BEVERLIN II, BRYCE Title: Seizing Fate By The Throat Format: LP Label: Taiga Country: USA Price: $23.00 |
| "Bryce Beverlin II is a prolific multidisciplinary artist based in Minneapolis. His primary discipline is music -- specifically, freely-improvised vocals and percussion. Seizing Fate By The Throat is a distillation, the spirit of 15 years of spittle and brass vapors collected in this studio recording from March 14, 2010. Quietly tinkering with an array of metal, plastic and wooden objects, Beverlin draws the listener in only to reveal that he is unlocking the cage of a life-threatening animal. Suddenly: gnash, gurgle, grunt, the sounds of saliva smacking on hand-peeled lips. His performances overwhelm, frighten and suck the air out of the room, exorcising burden and frustration. This recording captures every detail in extreme close-up from inside the artists mouth to the tips of his fingers. Mastered by James Plotkin, cut direct to metal and pressed on 200 gram virgin vinyl, Seizing Fate By The Throat comes packaged in a full-color gloss varnished jacket with spot metallic printing and liner notes printed in the pocket. Limited to 300 copies only and co-released with Beverlins label Insides Music." - Taiga. |
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Artist: BEXAR BEXAR Title: 07.04.99 Format: One Sided LP Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "07.04.99 is the debut release from Bexar Bexar, an individual (and occasional collective) based in Texas. The record consists of a single piece: A beautiful, fascinating field recording with minimal musical accompaniment. Bexar Bexar has recorded a great deal of material, some of which has recently surfaced on the debut CD, Haralambos, available now from the very fine Western Vinyl label. This one-sided 12" has been issued on black vinyl in a numbered edition of 330 copies." - Elevator Bath. |
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Artist: BEY WITH NORTHWOODS IMPROVISERS, FARUQ Z. Title: Infaa Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.50 |
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"Green vinyl w/violet. Cover by Mark Rudolph. Faruq Z. Bey - tenor & alto sax; Mike Carey - tenor, alto sax, flute, kalimba; Skeeter Shelton - tenor, soprano sax; Mike Gilmore - vibes: Mike Johnston - bass; Nick Ashton - drums. Live studio rec. from August 2006. Mystic jazz."- QBICO.
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Artist: BHAROOCHA, HISHAM Title: Artist Music Journal Volume 1: Edition 03 Format: Book Label: Soundscreen Design Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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From Hisham: This AMJ is a compilation made up of mostly collage work I have done over the years, as well as some of my installation drawings. This if the first book of my own so I am excited about it and hope you are as well. It was a simple process to create this book but I am glad to have it out in the world. It describes an era of development for me in my work. I hope to surpass this work by keeping on the creative path but its nice to have something to look back on. Art is for sharing not keeping to yourself. The more people your work can speak to the more powerful it becomes. Let it fall out of your hands and into the minds of others. You cant own it, you can only create it.
"Hisham Akira Bharoocha is an artist currently based in Brooklyn, New York. He concentrates on creating music, visual art, and photography. Bharoocha has had solo exhibitions of his work at DAmelio Terras gallery in New York, as well as Vleeshal, a state run space in The Netherlands. He has been in numerous group exhibitions at galleries such as Deitch Projects, John Connelly Presents, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. His work has been published in Art Forum, V, i-D, Flaunt, Tokion, Dossier to name a few. Hisham is well known in the underground music scene for being a founding member of the bands Lightning Bolt and Black Dice. After leaving Black Dice, he created Soft Circle, a solo project that allowed him a more personal exploration of his own musical interests. His first solo album, Full Bloom was released in January 2007 on Eastern Developments. He has a split 12 inch release with High Places that came out in July 2009 on PPM. Soft Circle is now a duo consisting of Bharoocha and Ben Vida (Bird Show/Singer) and they are working on a new album which will come out in the Spring of 2010. Hisham has collaborated with artists such as Doug Aitken on a sound piece that was performed at MoMA during his Sleep Walkers installation, as well as musicians such as the experimental rock group Boredoms in which he helped organize the legendary 77 BOADRUM (which happened on 7/07/07 where 77 drummers performed with the band in Dumbo Brooklyn), 88 BOADRUM (which happened on 08/08/08 where 88 drummers performed with Boredoms in LA, 88 drummers playing with Gang Gang Dance in NYC at the same time) and 9 BOADRUM performances (which happened on 9/09/09 where 9 drummers performed with the band as well as other dates including playing the ATP Festival curated by Flaming Lips)." - Soundscreen Design.
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Artist: BI Title: Surf N Turf Format: 7" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
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"The debut release from an aptly named bi-coastal duo. Bi is the amalgamation of New York experimental fixture Eric Copeland of Black Dice, and Los Angeles based alternative psych-pop musician Jimi Hey (All Night Radio, Beachwood Sparks). In SurfnTurf the pair use humid sunset production to bent pop songwriting, to give us their take on bubblegum. Think Tall Dwarfs meets ELO. 7" limited to 300." -Mexican Summer.
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Artist: BI G K Title: Making Love After Midnight Format: Cass Label: Mass Dist Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "michael from awesome color and colin from usaisamonster s vacation band. this is our 2nd tape. 60 minutes. noise." - Mass Dist. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Antarctic Mosaic Format: CDR Label: Alga Marghen Country: Italy Price: $18.00 |
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"Following the path opened by Frammenti, this new work represents the radicalization of the fragmentary approach in Maurizio Bianchis music. A musical composition resulting from the combination of various elements: Hetzian-waves, classical and electronic music. MB eagerly explores the immaculate spaces of the so-called frozen continent, the only one not contaminated by the human presence. The hostile surroundings and the prohibitive temperatures made the frozen paradise so stimulating and pure. Antarctica was an immense park frozen after the post-Flood events when unexpectedly and suddenly the temperatures felt of many centigrade degrees. This process is well emphasized in the Antartic track. On the other hand, in Mosaic the listener mind is projected into the future when, after the decontamination process of human presence on Earth, the frozen continent will become again a paradise. Again a strictly formal and structured work, two long and exhausting sound-collages made of little fragments, even more radical than his approach when MB was active under the name of Sacher-pelz. Also included is an excerpt from The Technological Nonsense, a text presenting the forthcoming book on Maurizio Bianchi activities soon to be issued by EEsT. As MB stated: Antarctic: sonorous infiltration in a deteriorated glacier and Mosaic: liquid resonances for asymmetric decodings. Are the glacial 1980s so far away? Available now in a CDR edition limited to 300 copies." - Alga Marghen.
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Armaghedon Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| "Private LP edition of 300 copies in 1984. This record is the soundtrack for a film with the same title, produced and directed by Maurizio Bianchi. For obscure reasons, the original LP remained unavailable for a long time, and was distributed only 1 year after it was printed. Moreover, most of the copies were destroyed. Less than 100 actually exist. This was MBs last vinyl production, and also the only one featuring recordings of the artists voice. It was made during a period of huge change in MBs life." - EEST.2008 Repress |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Armaghedon Format: LP Label: Hot Releases Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Reissue of the 1984 classic. Both sides mesmerizing time benders, ominous and beautific. This exuberant opus was conceived about one year in advance, during my final achievement to the so-called bionic music. Originally was finalized for an apologetic movie directed by myself, but this cardiotonic objective was fallen into demagnetizated oblivion. Remained just the palpitating gait of this apocalyptic soundtrack. -- M.B." |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Bactérie Format: 3" CDR Label: Taalem Country: France Price: $7.00 |
| "the italian industrial legend, maurizio bianchi, is back. more prolific than ever, he proposes here a 24min track which should put the listener in a trance-like state... rather ambient & evolutive construction with venenous & penetrating sounds..." - Taalem. "this microbic "bactérie", conceived and realized at the beginning of 2005, is profaning the rigid stoicism of our educational orthodromy, while a dichromatic decontamination accustoms the agoraphobic atomicity. the captious escape is vulcanizing the mutant manipulation of some articulated blastogenesis... another altruistic bacterial sickness?" - maurizio bianchi / M.B. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Carcinosi Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| "Originally issued as a private LP in an edition of 400 copies in 1983. De-composition for bionic organisms and concrete sounds. A sound that refuses both the cold logic of the fetish electronic computer-man-of-the-year and the sterile exasperation of the negative. A sound that dilutes and coagulates, eluding the listeners with minimal variations that make the cyclic style of Phillip Glass resemble a carousel of colors. This CD also features two untitled tracks first issued on compilation cassettes. Compositive discipline." - EEST.2008 Repress |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Colori Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $17.00 |
| A new subdivision of Alga Marghen, to deal with MBs music. "The very first new recording from Maurizio Bianchi (MB) since his decision to quit the arena of sound in 1984. Yes, hes back, the world-wide recognized master of apocalyptic electronics has decided to come back to music, opening up a new phase for his creativity." - EEST. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Computers SPA/Com.SA Format: Double CD Label: At War With False Noise Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "The second in At Wars series of CD reissues of early tapes by noise legend MB features very primitive use of synthesizer, tape loops and tape manipulation. Lo-fi, otherwordly. Edition of 500." -AWWFN |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Cycles Format: CDR Label: Alga Marghen Country: Italy Price: $19.00 |
| "The terminal concept of Cycles is matured after the sharp Fragments and the Glacial Mosaics of MBs recent artistic reproduction, at the end of a triennial project, aiming to exacerbate the routine of prefab sound, the common and forgone sound created to be exclusively consumed by an amorphous and servile mass, sunken in a sullen entertainment. The approach here is totally new and the fragment is isolated and constantly repeated in order to build an aural minimal architecture. As MB states: Our whole existence is subordinated to intense and mathematical cycles, from the biological to the technological one, from the solar to the lunar one, from the historical to the legendary one. The cyclicity of the sonorous meanders of Cycles is, probably, the unique example of cyclic music. Particular and interatomic sonorous repercussions infinitely and distinctly repeating themselves, captured in a spectroscopy of atavic and coriaceous notes. And in the classic mood of the early 80s style, MB continues: The establishment will disagree. Such an experiment will be considered tedious and banal. What matters to me is not the ephemeral judgement of this sick and condemned reality. Finally the nine cycles included in this minimal work could be considered my appropriate epitaph. I have already entirely expressed my own artistic freedom and I wonder whether this might be nothig but the end of another cycle, in anxious expectation of the... eternal cycle. Due to the extreme nature of the material included, the reproduction of this edition has been limited to 200 copies only."- Alga Marghen |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Das Platinzeitalter Format: Double LP Label: Weird Forest Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"Have you ever looked into the abyss? Man, its scary! An infinite void of the blackest black where not even a gleam of light can escape its dark talons. Needless to say, its not the most popular destination, but hey, it is there. And believe me, sooner or later that day will come when you will sit on the cusp and fix your eyes on the vast nothingness that is everything. But until that hour beckons, you may as well prepare yourself by spinning Das Platinzeitalter by Maurizio Bianchi.
Dark ambient barely captures what is engraved in these grooves. Loops from the history of dust, ancient as the catacombs and spectral like the last rays of hope. Theres an eerie calmness to all four sides of this LP. Timeless and inevitable as the setting sun, as if this music has always been here. Which it has. It was up to Bianchi to find it. This recording captures the never-ending decay of beauty at the point when it is realized that resistance is futile and the metamorphosis has begun. There are not many musicians who can distill this essence: early Zoviet France, Nature Unveiled-era Current 93, Lustmord and Andrew Chalk/Mirror to name a few, but Das Platinzeitalter sounds like it comes from hallowed grounds, the once sacred is now profane. It forces your head to turn toward the abyss. Its up to you to open your eyes and look.
Then the next thing you know, its over. Its all over. �??Dennis Yudt. Screenprinting faithfully reproducing original CD art by Seizure Palace, Portland, OR.
Limited to 500 copies on silkscreen foldover covers and hand-numbered in silver ink." - Weird Forest.
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Das Platinzeitalter Format: CD Label: Incunabulum Country: Netherlands Price: $17.00 |
| "Bianchi began to produce music in 1979, at the peak of the industrial scene since 1980 using electronic equipment with the avowed goal to produce technological sounds and in such a way to work on complete realizing of the modern decadence, but his works harked back to the musique concrete of the 1950s. This CD is a return to his early work. Maurizio Bianchi/M.B.: archaic waves, ancient loops, primitive electronics." -Incunabulum. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Dates Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $17.00 |
| "EesT records is happy to announce a further step into the Maurizio Bianchi new production, a new compact disc which completes the Trilogy starting with the previous Colori and First Day-Last Day . This time the author concentrates on Time, or the inevitable. A sound counterpointistic journey beginning with the creation of the first human being, in autumn 4026 B.C.E. and passing through the two big planetary cataclysms. Then the individual experience of MB himself is investigated, a sort of electro-biography. The climax of this work is represented by the dramatic collaps describing the imminent destruction of todays society. MB explains that this is not an utopical perspective but those feelings rise from the Revelator of all the secrets, the One who knows the future in advance and all the connected events. The Creator of the majestic universe and the One to whom all of us will give account when the final war of Har-Maghedon will break up on 60.. A.M. Will there be any survivor then? Hopefully there will be among the listeners of this work who will delight their ears and fill their hearts with the compelling and intense emotional sounds of Dates ." - EEST. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Endometrio Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
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"Originally issued as a private LP edition of 400 copies in 1983. De-composition for synthetic sounds and electronically generated noises. Here MB distanced himself from the movement of the industrial bruitists, introducing his bionic music. Notwithstanding the difficulty of listening, especially upon initial impact, you are facing treated and filtered synthetic sounds that become new organisms -- sound cells analysed under the microscope. This CD also includes excerpts from private tape editions originally issued on compilation cassettes. Personal and obsessive."- EEST.2008 Repress
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Endometrio Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"First ever vinyl reissue of the highly coveted classic LP by Italian noise composer/ sound visionary Maurizio Bianchi. Originally released in an extremely limited private press quantity in Italy in 1983, Endometrio showcased M.B. at his most crucial turning point, delving into the uncharted waters he aptly titled bionic music, blending organic electronics with contorted sounds of the human body to compose one of the most interesting ambient records to date. Copies of the original LP are practically non-existent and hard to come by, therefore making this reissue an important addition to any experimental aficionados audio library. Complete with current liners and artwork insert from Maurizio Bianchi, limited to 500 hand numbered editions." - Dais.
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Evidences Vol. 1 - Final Industrial Music 1980 Format: 5LP Box Set Label: Vinyl-On-Demand Country: Germany Price: $106.00 |
| "The 5LP box contains his tape-material from 1980: Mectpyo/Blut 1 & Mectpyo Blut 2 (1979/80), Atomique/Murder, Gene-P, Nervo/Hydra, Technology 2, all officially unreleased material on vinyl." - VOD. Amazing set!! |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: First Day -- Last Day Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $17.00 |
| "One year has passed since MB/Maurizio Bianchi decided to come back to the music arena with his very personal new sound exploration. Conceived in the same direction of the previous CD titled Colori , this new work found its bases in the revaluation of the events the started the Creation, when an intelligent and complex act of sublime love started our physical universe off, transposing them in form of 8 electronic compositions elaborated in a 2 year work. A darker atmosphere marks the background sounds giving to the whole program a more obscure and less easy impression while the more melodic traces fluctuate without direction in an empty space. MB has always worked in a very direct way following his true inspiration; he has devoted his music to the sincere listeners who will now immerse themselves in these sound waves and in the sea of primordial sonorities. The connection to his past recordings is to be found in this attitude and a reference to these feelings was already existing in the early 1980s as reported in some interviews and statements soon to be included in the full documentation of ArcheoMB boxset 2 (not a reference to the specific religious themes but anyway a more general idea of spiritual collapse and chancing). What could be interesting is to notice this continuity and consider the past and present works as a whole. Of course with a huge formal difference in the material sound approach." - EEST. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Frammenti Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $17.50 |
| "Frammenti, i.e. fragments, is the new direction in Maurizio Bianchis music. An acoustic-bionic composition for electromagnetic waves and cyclic sonorities. Left now are all the indeterminate atmospheres gently fluctuating, in order to reach a more formal and structured work. Still dealing with the fragments of our memories made of joy and tribulations, sensations and awareness, aspirations and disappointments, with the carnal and the spiritual assistance. This new composition, quite as literally as the title suggests, consists of two long sound-collages reminding some of the techniques that MB was using in the late seventies under the name of Sacher-pelz. The music is not that brutal DIY intensity of analogic treatments, but more a digital version of nowadays oscillating clinic sonorities. As the author stated: "Those who will have the courage to listen to and investigate it, will remain mentally upright when confronted with the opposition of todays music -- which is so mechanical, hybrid, aseptic, narcotic, obsessive -- while in their heart nothing will be left but the principal fragment, which originated the sonorous universe: the sacredness of infinity!". Available now in an edition limited to 500 copies." - EEST. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Genocidio 20 Format: CD Label: W.m.o/r Country: Spain Price: $13.00 |
| "I have no idea when Maurizio Bianchis Genocidio 20 was recorded but for various reasons it could be an old work, or perhaps something new, but if thats the case than hes playing some old tricks. The first of the six tracks starts out with a nazi speech (not Adolf, but somebody else, I think Rudolf Hess, but identifying voices of nazi idiots is not my science) and quite quickly piercing electronics. Other nazi people also have their say. This could be MBs Weltanschauung record from a quarter of century ago. I believe he lost interest in this kind of stuff, hence me doubting the recentness of this release. But the fourth piece starts out really soft, and that is very unlike early 80s recordings, so perhaps this is recent?" - Vital Weekly. "This is a real puzzler, as theres practically no information whatsoever.. which leads me to guess that it dates from the early 80s, Bianchis "nasty" period, before he became a Jehovahs Witness" - DW. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Industrial Murder/Menstrual Bleeding Format: CD Label: Phage Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "An early work of MAURIZIO BIANCHI recorded at Mectpyo Studio in 1981. Originally released by Banned Productions in 1992 on LP. CD packaged in five-color screen-printed arigato packs. Two tracks, fifty minutes. Edition of 300." -Phage |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: M.B. Archives Format: 5 LP Box Set Label: Vinyl-On-Demand Country: Germany Price: $92.00 |
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Incredible heavy-duty box featuring M.B.s early works: 1979-1981. 5 individual LPs in jackets, plus xerox insert, numbered to 500 copies. "Including his early tape-masterpieces released on his own tape-label, for the first time to be released on vinyl. The box will includes the following material on the vinyls: Com.SA - Computer S.P.A. (VOD26.1); Voyeur Tape - Noise O Rama (VOD26.2); Cold Tape - Dicembre 1980 (VOD26.3); Industrial Tape/ S.F.A.G. (VOD26.4); I.B.M./Technology 1 (VOD26.5)." - Vinyl-On-Demand.
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: M.B. w/ Frequency In Cycles Per Second - Final Signal Format: CD Label: Sonic Abyss Country: Germany Price: $14.00 |
| "FINAL SIGNAL", THE THIRD UNCOMPROMISING CHAPTER OF FREQUENCY IN CYCLES PER SECOND REALIZED IN STRICTLY COOPERATION WITH MAURIZIO BIANCHI, CONSISTS OF ONLY ONE TRACK: THE OVERALL LENGTH IS OF SEVENTY MINUTES AND ONE SECOND, BUT THE IMPRESSIVE AUDITORY SENSATION RECEIVED IS OF A NUCLEIC AND LIQUEFIED ETERNITY! YES, THE ATEMPORAL AND CATHARTIC SOUND PRODUCED BY THE CACOPHONOUS DEVICES OF SANDRO KAISER AND THE INSTINCTIVE MACHINERY OF M. B. ARE GRINDING THE PHONOLOGIC RATIONALITY OF THE NOTHINGNESS... WAITING FOR THE INDECOMPOSED EPITAPH." - Sonic Abyss. Frequency In Cycles Per Second- electronics, soundbeam; Maurizio Bianchi/M.B. - violins, environment sources, tapes. Limited to 300 copies. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Mectpyo Bakterium Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| 2008 repress. "First issued by Mnemonists label (DYS in the US). M.B.: proto-electronics, compositions, arrangements. Mektpyo Bakterium is a work furnished of implacable plastic exasperation. The icy oppression, the hallucinative electronic wounds, are a precious and singular fact in a technological society brought to the limit. The emotion is pushed into dangerous zones, and unusual zones, and unusual tensions -- free biological groans of extreme effectiveness. A vivid expression of a world in extinction! Bonus tracks: Placenta, first issued on the 40 Days 40 Nights picture-disc LP in 1982, and the M.B. contribution to the International Friendship compilation LP from 1983." - Eest |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Mectpyo Box Format: 10CD Box Set Label: Mectpyo Sound Country: Italy Price: $255.00 |
| "Exclusive presentation of the complete M.B. / Maurizio Bianchi recordings from the early 1980s originally issued on LP. Starting from Sterile Records Symphony for a Genocide to Broken Flags The Plain Truth, passing through DYS Mectpyo Bakterium and all the records privately issued by M.B. on his Mectpyo Sound. A slipcase with 10 CDs reproducing the 10 LPs issued between 1981 and 1984, plus all the tracks by M.B. from international LP compilations and a large selection of tracks from international K7 compilations. Each CD reproduces the original artwork and layout, with a new numbered inlay card. Also included is an 84-page booklet with original artworks and collages, M.B. playlists, interviews and reviews, as well as essays by M.B. on S.P.K., Whitehouse and Come, T.G., Monte Cazazza, Metabolists, Conrad Schnitzler and excerpts from the Dictionary of the Ultra-Glaciality." - Mectpyo. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies, including the following CDs: Symphony for a Genocide (1981); Menses (1981); Neuro Habitat / Moerter Unter Uns (1982); Regel (1982); Mectpyo Bakterium (1981); Das Testament (1982); Endometrio (1980-81); Carcinosi (1979/1982); The Plain Truth (1983); Armaghedon (1984). |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Mectpyo/Blut Format: Double LP Label: Marquis Country: Italy Price: $58.00 |
| "At the beginning of the metabolic year 1980, after Maurizio Bianchi finished the embryonal experience as Sacher-Pelz, he decided to undertake the concrete-synchronized course as M.B., a long-lived acronym that will accompany him along his next way of neuro-synthetic experimenter. His first ever release was the private cassette-tape entitled Metcpyo/Blut. An hematopoietic experiment decomposed during the months of March and beginning of April 1980 at Mectpyo Studio. Proposed here in its original layout, this 2LP set holds intact, at a distance of almost three decades, the epicenter of M.B. sonorous universe, projected towards an euphonic cacophony. Mectpyo/Blut consists of two tragic sections imbued with synthetic chloroform: the 1st, Maidanek Bakterium / Musique Belzec, exhales an icy atmosphere conveying a sense of mystery and annihilation. The 2nd, Mutant Brain / Mord Banhof assembled the most disparate electro-hypnotic levitations into a vertical rationality, bold, morbid and haunting. Psychic-cerebral works, they seem to spring from a neuro-atomic continent, with unreal outlines, where its influence artificially expands the ankylotic tissues by environmental arthrosis. Edition limited to 300 copies in full colour gatefold sleeve, reproducing various graphic materials from the original cassette edition. Attention: this is the real thing, top powerful and modern in its integral length (and not a meaningless edited excerpt as other inexperienced labels in demand would have cheaply proposed you!)." -Marquis. On red-colored vinyl. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Menses Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| 2008 repress. "Reissue of the private LP edition of 300 copies from 1981; the pyramidal construction of these two suites, with its intentionally brutal and grotesque deformations, elaborates on overflowing and apocalyptical collapse, dragging a completely dissolvent conception of the world and of the para-industrial sound. Bonus tracks: Milan Bruits from the Fix Planet! comp (Ata Tak) and the two tracks first issued in the very limited Nowhere To Play in 1981. Let M.B. be your executioner!" - Eest |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Mind Us Trial/Ihc Naib Oizir Uam Format: Double CDR Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $34.00 |
| "EEsT presents two new works by Maurizio Bianchi: Mind Us Trial. Phonological de-composition in eight dissections for tapes, noises and neurologic piano. This paleogenetic work wants to be an epitaph, and at the same time a commemoration, of those corrosive instants when M.B. was an equalized disciple of the industrial delirium. With respectful thanks to the electroacoustic influence of the decadent and palpitating past. Ihc Naib Oizir Uam. Cyclic improvisation for chaotic piano, apocalyptic guitar and final frequencies." -EEST. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Neuro Habitat/Moerder Unter Uns Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| 2008 repress. "Reissue of a private LP, issued in edition of 300 copies in 1982; a skeletal extremist project that will then transform into the soundtrack of a movie with the same title, edited and directed by Paul Hurst. Its the setting of the griable pre-apocalyptic fossilization, the supreme lapidation of the meanness which creates the myth. There are actual melodies present -- dense and dark that mutate into harsh electronic outbursts. The CD also features Plutoniumetrico from the Fur Ilse Koch LP compilation." - Eest |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Plays The Clockwork Orange Format: LP Label: Marquis Country: Italy Price: $30.00 |
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"While producing the second ArcheoMB boxset (including the CD edition of 5 original M.B. LP records from the early 1980s: Das Testament; Endometrio; Carcinosi; The Plain Truth and Armaghedon), the documentation staff working on the Maurizio Bianchi reprint series came across a very strange and peculiar object. It was a private tape dating back from 1980, never mentioned in official discographies and given only to close friends (this copy actually coming from the archive of mail-artist Vittore Baroni). The music was introducing a unique approach in MB sound. It was soon evident that this tape marked the passage from the Sacher-pelz concrete techniques to the new M.B. universe; the loop brutal approach applied to poor & pure electronic sounds and concrete material, so typical in Sacher -pelzv projects (see full documenation presented in Mutation for a Continuity 4CD boxset), was here pushed to its extreme consequences and used to manipulate the soundtrack of the famous movie by Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange (it is whispered that some Kraftwerk records also suffered the same treatment, but evidences of this were never found). In the same days, M.B. also produced his first power electronic tapes titled Cold, Voyeur and the epic double C90 Mectpyo Blut which set the new orientation to all his following works. M.B. plays A Clockwork Orange was a unique moment in Maurizio Bianchi sonic researches and is made now available for the very first time; the first LP record by M.B. isued in about 20 years. Due to the specific kind of material reproduced it was decided with M.B. to issue these historical recordings in an edition limited to 300 copies only." - Marquis.
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Plays The Clockwork Orange Format: LP Label: Hot Releases Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Reissue of a February 1980 decomposition from the Italian industrial forereunner. Halting tape cut-ups of the classical score from the film. One of the strangest M.B. recordings! Pro-printed jacket." -Hot Releases |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Regel Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| 2008 repress. "Reissue of the private LP, issued in an edition of 300 copies in 1982; his experimentation with noise syndrome has developed into a powerful stylistic electronic music that on Regel is coherent and dynamic. A dense synthetic melange sets the backdrop over which he uses various rhythms/effects to achieve maximum intensity. Acido Prussica, first issued on the Neuengamme LP compilation, is also included on this CD edition. Maurizio is ready to unload this death cargo." - Eest |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Symphony For A Genocide Format: CD Label: Hospital Productions Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "reissue. zero explanation needed. master work. true industrial." - Hospital Productions |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Symphony for a Genocide Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| 2008 repress. "ArcheoMB is the title given to the complete reprint of old M.B. records and here is part 1. EEsT Records and M.B. collaborated in this project, well understanding the value of these early works and their importance in the evolution of M.B. The sound has been improved for this digital edition from original master tapes and under the supervision of M.B. himself. All CDs feature the original artwork plus the complete historical documentation (liner notes, reviews, statements). First press of 1000 copies each. Symphony... was first issued on the Sterile label in the UK in an edition of 200 copies. M.B.: electronics, effects, rhythms. Symphony... is the most extreme music youre ever likely to hear. There are 7 tracks, all consisting of a never-changing hissing or clanking rhythm, electronic effects over the top and a wall of distortion somewhere in the middle. This is the sound of industrial music, not T.G. Maximum electronics! 3 bonus tracks first issued on Bain Totals International Compilation 2 in 1980." -Eest |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Symphony For A Genocide Format: LP Label: Weird Forest Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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"M.B., aka Maurizio Bianchi, has enjoyed a deserved renaissance in recent times as a new generation discovers his charred brand of industrial noise, particularly the artists formative early 80s period before he disappeared in pursuit of religion. In the ensuing years, many of these early records became prized collector objects, garnering hundreds of dollars -- if they could even be found. Bianchi has since returned to creating music and many of those pricey releases have been re-issued on vinyl except for whats widely considered to be his seminal work from that time, Symphony for a Genocide. Weird Forest is proud to rectify this situation. To the uninitiated, Symphony may sound like so much noise with its unyielding factory-of-death buzzsaw sound making Throbbing Gristles industrial music almost top-40 by comparison. But buried underneath the unrelenting martial rhythms and analog siren sounds is a great deal of musicality, including synth melodies and basic chord progressions. Bianchi uses all these elements at his disposal to create a gripping audio portrait of the grim subject matter. Re-issue is strictly limited to 500 copies and is a near-exact reproduction of the original Sterile Records release, including hand-stamped labels and inserts just like the 1981 issue." -Weird Forest
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: The Plain Truth Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| "First issued on the Broken Flag label in the UK in an edition of 500 in 1983. A different style, providing some distance from all his previous works; a more expansive experimentation with multiple layers of synthesizer sounds. Still very intense. MBs recordings come closest to classical electronics, but always with a very personal style. This CD edition also features an interview on Radio Popolare in Milan from 1/1/83. An English translation is included in the liner notes. Dedicated to all the redeemed people." - EEST. 2008 repress. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: The Plain Truth Format: LP Label: Hot Releases Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"Reissue of the 1983 LP. Classic eerie world-crumbling spacious beauty. Pro printed jackets, 400 copies." "This record is dedicated to all the redeemed people." - Hot Releases.
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Untitled 1980 Format: Cass Label: Hate Song Country: Japan Price: $13.00 |
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"and about MB tape, its originally right channel only recorded stuff
(+ low level white noise on left channel).
here is a MBs note:
"Concerning the description of why only the right channel, Ive only this in memory:
I was trying some experiments at my first approach on my new MS20 Korg synthesizer,
without any experience on it (because Im not a musician) and I pushed some button
by mistake and the sound came out only in a right channel." "The "UNTITLED 1980" tape is an old tape without title found
from a friend of mine, and I called it "UNTITLED 1980" because
its without title." - Maurizio Bianchi
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Violichte Format: Cass Label: Robert & Leopold Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
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"Recorded in the spring of 2010, this has been declared as the final output of MB entitled ‘Violichte. As a fatal swansong, MB loops of his own violia performance, processed through Bianchis familiar distorted fog of suspended drone. Each resonant loop slowly taking form until reaching an ultimate apex, creating an audible deity complemented with MBs own hertzian generators carefully manipulated to create one of the most delicate abrasions that experimental sound has ever joined." -Robert & Leopold
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO & LAND USE Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Small Voices Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
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"Maurizio Bianchi is back on vinyl! A new special limited edition from SmallVoices and the father of Italian industrial music, together with Land Use in this new chapter of his legendary career. An oppressive meditative obscure early-industrial symphony based on two monolithic pieces of thick throbbing stuff. A long deep trip into the darker meanderings of the human mind... good luck!" - Small Voices. From the liner-notes "Electro-neural mitosis for hypochondriac neurotronic waves and farraginous tone emissions, achieved during the decline of the 2005 by Maurizio Bianchi and Land Use." Preface "The tabular discovery of the infectious scent is unseatting the undelayable grinding of an extremistic property. In the rancid combination of "Bionic Music" and "Musique Concrète", the virological zoning renders some synthetic and respectable optograms to the marginal intractability. TSE-K oppresses the phototherapeutic egotism with its pre-recorded electronic sources and deranged acoustic samples. Its the sharp and insignificant scream melted together with mutated voices... Physiological disinfestation and sonic treatment for the hypochondriac listener." - Maurizio Bianchi
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Artist: BIG BLOOD Title: Dead Songs Format: CD Label: Time-Lag Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "CD version, packaged in an identical mini-LP style gatefold cover with clear varnish overprinting and offset printed vellum insert. First pressing of 1,000 copies. "Much anticipated proper full-length release from this wonderful Maine duo after a long running string of self-released CD-Rs and a collaborative 7-inch with Visitations. Colleen Kinsella and Caleb Mulkerin have been key personages of the Portland/South Portland sonic underground for over a decade, as members of Cerberus Shoal,Threads, Fire on Fire, etc. While those groups have no doubt left an impressive body of sound, the intimacy and directness of their Big Blood recordings take things to a higher plane of personal expression, freed from the group mind/serious band trapping of their past musical outlets. Here they are free to romp in their personal micro-verse, following whim and fantasy through the gates of acoustic transcendence. All of the off-the-cuff spontaneity, intimate home fidelity, and deep personal charms of their older releases are as present as ever, but the duos scope is now focused to a crystalline clarity of vision. Dead Songs is as sorrowful and joyful in its mirrored symmetry as the infinite life cycle itself, flowing on cleansing waves of inner release and spirit absorption...wailing fuzzed-up garage folk anthems mesh into twisted poetic acid-folk and drift to expansive melancholic meditations of boundless depth. Two voices howl, swoon, alternate and join; lyrical layers peel away endlessly, tiny amps weep in pain, crude percussion booms thunderous, and ragged, beautiful hooks unfurl straight out of the void." -Time-Lag |
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Artist: BIG BLOOD Title: Dead Songs Format: LP Label: Time-Lag Country: USA Price: $28.00 |
| "Much anticipated proper full-length release from this wonderful Maine duo after a long running string of self-released CD-Rs and a collaborative 7-inch with Visitations. Colleen Kinsella and Caleb Mulkerin have been key personages of the Portland/South Portland sonic underground for over a decade, as members of Cerberus Shoal,Threads, Fire on Fire, etc. While those groups have no doubt left an impressive body of sound, the intimacy and directness of their Big Blood recordings take things to a higher plane of personal expression, freed from the group mind/serious band trapping of their past musical outlets. Here they are free to romp in their personal micro-verse, following whim and fantasy through the gates of acoustic transcendence. All of the off-the-cuff spontaneity, intimate home fidelity, and deep personal charms of their older releases are as present as ever, but the duos scope is now focused to a crystalline clarity of vision. Dead Songs is as sorrowful and joyful in its mirrored symmetry as the infinite life cycle itself, flowing on cleansing waves of inner release and spirit absorption...wailing fuzzed-up garage folk anthems mesh into twisted poetic acid-folk and drift to expansive melancholic meditations of boundless depth. Two voices howl, swoon, alternate and join; lyrical layers peel away endlessly, tiny amps weep in pain, crude percussion booms thunderous, and ragged, beautiful hooks unfurl straight out of the void. Packaged in a suitably gorgeous full-color heavy 60s style gatefold cover with clear varnish overprinting, Large offset printed vellum insert, full-color art labels, etc. Pressed on the highest quality 180 gram virgin vinyl. Limited edition of 700 copies." -Time-Lag |
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Artist: BIG DIPPER Title: Crashes on the Platinum Planet Format: LP Label: Almost Ready Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Big Dipper Crashes on the Platinum Planet is the latest, and perhaps boldest, excursion into the perilous realm of Astronomy Pop by veteran indie-rockers BIG DIPPER. Inspired by a triumphant reunion tour in support of Merge Records 2008 3-disc retrospective Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology, the band returned from the stratosphere with a stellar collection of brand new songs. Just a few weeks after touring, Big Dipper began recording the new material in GARY WALEIKs top-secret Command Module studio. The album boasts cover art by Guided By Voices main-man ROB POLLARD, a huge Big Dipper fan (Pollard rates them the 20th greatest band in rock history, #19 being T. Rex!). The recording line-up consists of guitarist/vocalist BILL GOFFRIER, drummer/vocalist JEFF OLIPHANT, late-era Dipper alum TOM BREWITT on bass and the aforementioned vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/producer Waleik, with special guest appearances by Commander FRANK BORMAN and Command Module Pilot JIM LOVELL of the Apollo 8 Mission as well as some of the Dippers offspring. The discs 12 songs shimmer with Big Dippers trademark sound: twin vocals, ethereal harmonies, dynamic guitar arrangements by Goffrier and Waleik (dubbed by some a "two-headed guitar monster"), Oliphants powerful drumming and Brewitts melodic bass playing. But longtime fans may also be surprised at how easily Dipper has stretched its own boundaries." - Almost Ready. |
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Artist: BIG TROUBLES Title: Drastic & Difficult Format: 7" Label: Olde English Spelling Bee Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Kicking off the new OESB 7" series with a 4 track single by Big Troubles. International playboy Matt Mondanile (Real Estate, Ducktails) discovered Big Troubles and urged Olde English Spelling Bee to sign these guys on the spot for their fresh industrial shoegaze pop sound. Done and done. Features home recordings by Alex Craig and Ian Drennan who split songwriting and vocal duties down the middle. They are joined live by Luka Usmiani (No Demons Here) on bass and Sam Franklin (Fluffy Lumbers) on drums. Their debut full-length album, Worry, will be out on OESB in July." - Olde English Spelling Bee. |
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Artist: BIG TROUBLES Title: Freudian Slips Format: 7" Label: Blackburn Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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"Big Troubles are a duo based out of Ridgewood, NJ (home to Real Estate, Ducktails, Fluffy Lumbers, etc). Alex Craig and Ian Drennan started Big Troubles in the summer of 2009 after playing in many bands together since early adolescence. The songs on this EP were some of the first the band recorded that summer in Ians basement, surrounded by guitars, a multitude of pedals, a drum machine, and a 4-track. This 7" is a chunk of overwhelmingly woozy guitar pop that transcends the thinness of most lo-fi music of this era. Leading off the release is an alternate version of "Freudian Slips" that has been floating around the interweb over the past few months." - Blackburn. LP on Olde English Spelling Bee "soon"..
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Artist: BIG TROUBLES Title: Worry Format: LP Label: Olde English Spelling Bee Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "The very premise of this musical -- executives borrowing an apartment to cheat on their wives -- makes this show entertainment for grown-ups. If youre cool with your older children being exposed to infidelity to the nth degree, they will likely enjoy the wit of the dialogue and the bouncy score. But take note: there is a suicide attempt and a drunk scene -- not exactly fare for young ones. Debut LP by Ridgewood, NJ shoegazers Big Troubles. Its pretty good. Parental advisory stickers not included." With glossy full-color insert and download coupon. "This immense new album from Big Troubles follows on from a great four-song EP for the Olde English Spelling Bee singles club, featuring the New Jersey fuzz-pop project bejewelled with pop hooks and spurts of brain-scorching noise. Theres an abundance of blistering C86-style pop nuggets on here, from the distortion-surfing Bite Yr Tongue to the euphorically hooked-up Freudian Slips. Theres an overwhelmingly fizzy, treble-some recording style here which imbues the whole thing with a hazy, nostalgic quality that reminds us of everything from My Bloody Valentine to The Jesus and Mary Chain to Dinosaur Jr at their very peak -- making for one of the standout lo-fi pop records of the year bar none. Very highly recommended." - Boomkat. |
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Artist: BIG WHISKEY Title: Hats Off To (Ryan) Taylor Format: Cass Label: White Tapes Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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"Archival recordings from this now defunct suburban Jersey avant-scumbucket-improv-psych-trio. Not to be confused with their previous release, Jack Off To (Ryan) Taylor." - White Tapes.
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Artist: BIG WHISKEY Title: Semi-Brown Music Format: CDR Label: Our Mouth Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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Artist: BIGFOOT Title: Discovered Format: 7" Label: Stomach Ache Country: Mexico Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: BIGOT, FRED Title: Mono / Stereo Format: CD Label: Holy Mountain Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "On Mono/Stereo, FRED BIGOTs early "Panasonic meets rockabilly" sides are compiled and sequenced such that you cant help but mistake it for a 21th century version of KLFs "Chill Out"-except the country and Elvis references have been replaced by things like the sounds of attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion and C-beams that glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. You know, shit youd read about in a Samuel Delany book or something. Culled from two 12-inches of murky, minimalist proto-Schaeffel-beat, this CD also features rare outtakes from the full spectrum of heaviness. T-Rex-like rock-groove head-nod decadence expands the notion of stereo separation so far that the Memorex dude on the couch would be reduced to a puddle of flesh. How do you explain this stuff? You cant-it was from the future." - Holy Mountain. |
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Artist: BILDERS Title: Solomans Ball Format: 12" Label: Unwucht Country: Germany Price: $18.00 |
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Bilders/Builders were Bill Direen and Allen Meek. "1981. Direen and Meek take it slow and easy, layering their brand of menace over solid foundations. As a duo they managed to extend the range The Bilders were known for, from the lyrical acoustic harmonies of America to the gothic psychopathy of Son of Cronos. Dub experiments on Strange Nights, subtle at first, end by discovering new territory, while the shimmering darkness of Dead Heat makes the EP complete. The original 7" was released in 1982 as a limited edition of 100 copies. A second pressing of unknown but small quantity was manufactured the same year with completely different sleeve design. All music has been carefully remastered to bring out its full brilliance. The screen printed sleeve is based on the original artwork of the rare first pressing. An additional insert includes extracts from Prototype Publications "The Uterus And Beyond" and "Slices Of Man"." - Unwucht.
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Artist: BILL COSBY & HIS WHITE PUDDIN POPS Title: Passion of the Pops Format: LP Label: Krazy Punx Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"Legendary New York band that only played birthday parties. Limited LPs." -Krazy Punx. NYC "super group".. New sub-label from Whats Your Rupture.
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Artist: BILLY BAO Title: Accumulation Format: 7" Label: Xerox Musik Country: UK Price: $8.00 |
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"Heaps of noise and feedback, insistent arrhythmic pounding, and desperate hot screams coalesce into a textured, deeply layered wall of sound that is more compelling than any of its more-or-less revolting constituent parts on this new 7-inch by BILLY BAO. The concept behind the record is accumulation, as each track (uniformly 1 minute per track) adds an additional element--noise, voices, instruments. Accumulation is the engine of capitalism, and this record, which transforms accumulation into a sound, shows it to be as unpretty as one might expect. Perhaps the sound is meant to evoke the non-stop, bursting-at-the-seams chaos and disorder of Lagos, the place Billy tells us he began his journey. But of course no one, it is said, begins in Lagos; its a place where people end up. Its a city that accumulates people and detritus, or people as detritus. If Billy managed to escape, it was only physically--because judging by this record, his spirit remains in the clinking, scrounging fetters of the megapolis. Less metallic than the recent 10-inch, though still rather throbbing, this 7-inch is one of those uncommon records that you put on either to start or end a party, depending on what kind of party it is. Obscure referents: Demo-Moe, Z, Church Police, Agonia, SPK, Doden."--Stuart Schrader
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Artist: BILLY BAO Title: Dialectics Of Shit Format: LP Label: Parts Unknown Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"The first full-length offering from BILLY BAO. Born and raised on the unstable streets of Lagos, Nigeria before relocating to the alleyways of a then-recently freed Bilboa, Spain, Billy Bao is a rough, dangerous, borderline example of societys woes turned against itself, of cultural repression made flesh, as it foments into a madness both gleeful and destructive. Befriended by world-renowned noise guitarist MATTIN, the two men formed a personal alliance through the community of punk rock and the blunt-force politics therein. Every musical action Bao makes is a statement of political and personal intent, of the persecution that boils within him, and yet, across his previous releases any notions of political punk rock of the tired, insipid Anglicized version are brutally choked out. Mattins musical backdrops swing with the force of Baos vocal delivery to rattling, devastating effect." - Parts Unknown.
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Artist: BILLY BAO Title: Fuck Separation Format: 10" Label: S-S Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"Dont tell the INS, but Billy Bao is here. These internationalists destroy all boarders with the grinding bludgeon of pummeling sound. Two lonnnnnnggggg songs churn relentless riffs into wretched pounding and go back. Sub-metal, dirt dirge primitivism that attacks the shit nation state. For one from Billy Baos last one check out Bilbos Incinerator Embrace the degeneration of rock & roll! Fans of Brainbombs, Stickmen with Rayguns, Pissed Jeans, Drunk with Guns, etc. take note. White vinyl. Screened sleeves."- S-S
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Artist: BILLY BAO Title: May08 Format: LP Label: Parts Unknown Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"The Nigerian monstrosity that is Billy Bao returns in agony. Bleeding. Pointing a colossal black finger at global capitalism, regular music, non-music and anti-music, at the food crisis of 2008, the moribund spirit of 1968, and especially at you, the record buyer, who maybe "really dug" his first LP, Dialectics of Shit, and will come back for more, or perhaps "heard a lot about him" and his bandmate Mattin in the "blogosphere" or even in print media (ooh!) (whatever that is), and are "curious to finally hear his music" because you find the stories "interesting" and this is even heavier and more fucked up than The Brainbombs at their heaviest and most fuckeduppednest, and you "get it," right? Yeah! Or wait, let me guess, you got the record for free along with this press release because youre an influential but too-modest-to-admit-it journalist or music critic or program director and so far youve had something to say about Billy, or not, and this is a wonderful opportunity for you to comment upon the work of someone whose primary subject is his own work, so that you can enter into a "dialogue" with "him," or maybe "introduce new audiences" -- maybe even some "kids"! Hooray for the kids! -- to some "awesome" new sounds that "engage the listener in a perceptual tug of war, a struggle to make sense of the unnatural experience of playing audience member to someone elses performer" -- or even better, outsmart Billy, outsmart this record, and call it out as bullshit or play along and pretend that youre in on some "joke" that, lets be honest, you sometimes suspect you dont really get yourself. It dont matter! Were all human beings here, except for those of us who arent, and none of us is more human than Billy. What matters is the way Alberto Lopez pounds the drums, the way Xabier Erkizia rips up the guitar, Mattin and Xabis computer dicking, and Billy right in the middle of it, channeling a desperation so total its embarrassing. This LP is so angry the songs dont even have titles. Some of em are really long, some are really short, but theyre all pretty goddamn infuriating, as they oughta be. The Dialectics of Shit LP and the Accumulation 7" didnt go out of print as quickly as any of us would have hoped, but at least the 10" on SS and the seminal and almost-legendary Bilbos Incinerator EP that started everyone puckering their cornholes are now almost impossible to get. May 08 is actually surprising, which is pretty goddamn surprising, because where do you go after those first four platters, honestly? Well, fuck, you make a record thats somehow noisier than all of those, more tweaked and fucked-with and digitally distorted than anything before it, crammed with grotesque and sublime samples from the noise of yesteryear: Nono, Kuti, Whitehouse, Brainbombs, and Billy, Billy Bao. What? What do you want? Look at the kindsa shit people said about Bilbos Incinerator: "Nigerias answer to Stickmen With Rayguns-era Bobby Soxx -- abhorrent pummeling scuzzrock that is [...]extremely harrowing." -Art for Spastics "He might not wallow in the same cesspool as Bobby Soxx, but Billy Bao has the shine." -Siltblog "Billy Bao is identical to Bobby Soxx of Stickmen With Rayguns in every conceivable way." - Acapulco Dance Party "Punishingly prescient. Vocals sound like the second coming of Kickboy Face, and this as a whole comes off as a terrifyingly real example of what human beings are capable of if pushed far enough. The real world equivalent to the Pissed Jeans 7�?�. An important record." - Dusted Magazine Wow!!! Punishingly prescient!!! Important!!! And whattabout Dialectics of Shit? That one came out on Parts Unkown too! "One heckuva magnificent achievement. " -The Wire "Difficult and entertaining, there is nothing here that would ever be mistaken for easy listening. Punk + experimental + challenging what you think an album should sound like." - Scott Sorianos Webtoons "When Billy Bao isnt making me blow nonexistent fluff off my needle, theyre swamping my stereo with a sickly twenty-generations-removed blues vomit. Its violently dissociative in the most life-affirming way." - Z-Gun It should be pretty goddamn clear to you why you want and need to purchase this record. If you dont care about "enjoying" May 08 the way the artists "intended," go download the music for free and completely miss out on the experience of listening to this record on your turntable in "glorious" analogue sound while fixing your gaze on the epic violence of Billys 12 x 12 cover artwork. Dont play this record if you dont want to." - Parts Unknown.
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Artist: BILLY BAO Title: Sacrilege Format: CD Label: Afterburn Country: Australia Price: $16.00 |
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"Sacrilege is a collection of 2007 vinyl releases from bleak noise combo BILLY BAO. Includes the tracks from the Accumulation 7-inch, the Fuck Separation 10-inch and the Dialectics of Shit LP. Packaged in sandpaper and duct tape, just cuz. Imported from Australia." -Afterburn.
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Artist: BILLY BAO Title: Urban Disease Format: LP Label: Pan Country: UK Price: $27.00 |
| 2010 release. "Urban Disease is the new radical work by Billy Bao, Mattin, Taku Unami, Tim Barnes, Barry Weisblat and Margarida Garcia. Its important to remember that before Mattin and anarchism ruined his life, Billy Bao was a bit of a troubadour who accompanied himself on acoustic guitar and warbled wild songs of protest in his native Nigerian patois. This new album, his third on vinyl, finds Billy in a transitional phase toward the end of 2006, before the gaztetxes of Bilbao burrowed into his marrow, before Mattin became the Merle to his G.G., before Billy turned into herpes sore in the mouth of global capitalism. "Billy doesnt believe in hypnagogia," were told, "because he always sleeps with one eye open, and when he dreams, all he sees is AIDS denialists, German shepherds, and soldiers disguised as UN peacekeepers." Before Taku Unami fucked it up, this session found Bao relaxed and in high spirits as he conducted a pickup band of itinerant improvisers through a song-by-song cover of Amon Düüls Psychedelic Underground. Margarida Garcia lent her astounding skill and highly personal idiom on the electric double-bass, in her hands an instrument with the tension of string on wood and the disruptive potential of a crackle box. Barry Weisblat, meanwhile, teased out a century of drone from a Cornell lunchbox of filament and circuitry. Who better to play drums and percussion than the sainted Tim Barnes? Mattin, thumb and forefinger compulsively pinching or stroking his Hitler mustache after every take, funneled Billys malaise through laptop, percussion, and folk instrumentation. There was even, astonishingly, a womens choir on hand, eerily filling out the atmosphere with wordless vocals and incantations. But this is after, and the result is a fragmentary, extremely loud hippie jam session punctuated by stretches of uneasy silence and scrape. The Lp is mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, in a limited edition of 500 copies, pressed on 140g vinyl and comes in a poly-lined inner sleeve. It is packaged in a pro-press jacket which itself is housed in a silk screened pvc sleeve with original artwork by New York artist HENRY FLYNT." - Pan. |
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Artist: BILLY BOYS Title: Cadillac Format: 7" Label: Joteski Groteskii/Vauva Country: Finland Price: $12.00 |
| "Lajaville revisited: The Billy Boys music is for the visionaries, imagists, symbolists, outsiders and lowbrow. It will survive all the trends. Its in the world but out of this world. Somehow futuristic yet primitive. Lajas eerie and nervous mumble is like a horror version of the late Vince Taylor locked up in a psych ward. This ultra minimalistic electrobilly is backed with a static, almost stoic, beat and its rumbling through the concrete jungle in a shiny black speedoplane heading for tomorrow-land in a silver neon rain. Theres messed up Elvis in his smoking hot blue jumpsuit munching away double cheese burgers with RC Cola. Theres tough looking ladies in latex uniforms and spike heels breathing heavily through their gasmasks. Theres former Finnish President Kekkonen. Bald head gleaming and hes receiving crazy visions behind his big square glasses. Trains, cadillacs, speed. Fingers tapping the leather bound steering wheel. Rural landscape and icy rivers. Nightmares in heat. Homeros would be proud. Tears in the eye of a lonesome man. Future now." - Makke Luojus / 2010AD. Never released, mid-80s solo recordings from Laja Aijala of Finnish hardcore legends Terveet Kadet, as well as Bad Vugums Leo Bugariloves. Weird homemade Suicide/minimal rockabilly electronics. Already out of print with most copies being sold in Finland. |
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Artist: BING SELFISH Title: Selfish Works Format: 7" Label: Hyped To Death Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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"Further DIY/artpop adventures from the post-HOMOSEXUALS / THIS HEAT / Rock in Opposition squats. (In exile). Eleven-plus minutes of gorgeous/inscrutable post-everything from the same general mindset as the HOT CLUB MURPHY EP (Messthetics #701), and just as unknown. With BING SELFISH, AMOS (aka JIM WHELTON), CHRIS GRAY, ROB "MURPHY" STOREY, and assorted MILK FROM CHELTENHAM and MICROMASSA members. The complete 1983 EP, fully remastered with multiple colored sleeves, full bio insert, and track information. Hand-numbered edition of 465." - Hyped To Death. |
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Artist: BING SELFISH Title: Selfish Works Format: 12" Label: El Frenzy/Noise Method Country: UK Price: $36.00 |
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"125 original records from 1983 with a numbered, limited edition silkscreened jacket. Further artpop adventures from the post-Homosexuals / This Heat / Rock in Opposition squats – in exile.... A 1981 junket to Barcelona found Bing Selfish, Amos a/k/a Jim Whelton, Chris Gray, Rob Storey, and Milk From Cheltenham recording three tracks for a compilation LP, Domestic Sampler - UMYU, alongside the once-and-future stars of the Barcelona underground. Bing and Joe Torres (a/k/a Victor Lounge of Milk From Cheltenham) stayed on, and a few months later welcomed back Rob, Chris and Rodrigo Lodwick to tape an Amos & Sara LP. The only recordings to come of this adventure, however, were the five Bing Selfish-led tracks on Selfish Works. The 12" features those in boldface above, plus Rita Chuli (who married Lepke Buchwalter and had a cassette on her own), Gabriel – who’d played sax on the MfC track for UMYU, and Enric Villalba (a/k/a Victor Nubla), one of the locals whod helped organize UMYU. Selfish Works was pressed back in London through Robs Noise Method label, although its officially on Bings own El Frenzy imprint. Hardcore Messthetics/D.I.Y. fans will appreciate that most of the songs are introduced by fragments from the traditional Spanish music tape reels over which they were recording… As with the Hot Club Murphy 12", the original jackets were screened as needed: two basic designs were used, and both were modified as the screens degenerated. The "new" screened jacket combines both designs, adding a proper track-list and, for the first time, personnel-credits. (Cover #1 had ten small drawings on a hand-colored paste-on; version #2 had a drawing of Bing. On the back both featured an enigmatic story that loosely incorporated the song-titles, but no other info...)." - Hyped to Death.
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Artist: BINNING, RAVI Title: In The City of Mimes Format: Cass Label: Future Sound Index Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "Minimalist music for human holograms and living statues. An all analog synth affair made mechanical by tape delay loop rhythms. Cut live straight from source. Not too far from the loner synth chamber music of Mark Anthony Heide or the early 80s home taper compositions on the ICR label... 100 pro printed and dubbed cassettes, black shells with white printing on the tape." - Future Sound Index. Latest from Matt Mondaniles (Ducktails/Real Estate) label. |
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Artist: BIOMECHANICA Title: BM-01 Format: LP Label: Geometrik Country: Spain Price: $20.00 |
| "LP version, featuring an exclusive vinyl-only track. Full-color printed innersleeve; limited to 500 copies. The BioMechanica project marks the first collaboration between Francisco López and Arturo Lanz (founder and member of the current Esplendor Geométrico tandem) after thirty years of an ongoing relationship. Their debut album, BM-01, is the outcome of years of intense work in multiple cities across the world, from Beijing to Reykjavik all the way to Johannesburg. Raw power and original rhythms, together with an overwhelming sound complexity, a multi-channel spatial virtuality and a spectacular production come together in BioMechanica, synthesizing the insight and experience of two internationally acclaimed industrial/experimental music makers." -Geometrik. |
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Artist: BIOTA Title: Cape Flyaway Format: CD Label: Recommended Country: UK Price: $20.00 |
| "After 5 years of extensive and careful work, the new and much anticipated CD by this extraordinary collective, who have no parallels, no rivals and no peers, is at last complete. Its a dense and indescribable orchestration of electric and acoustic guitars, clavioline, trumpet, Hammond organ, micromoog, biolmellodrone, electric and acoustic violins, bass, mandolin, accordion, piano, rubab, kit percussion and sometimes voice, layered and radically processed in the unique Biota manner. There is a leitmotif of folk elements in this piece that emerge from the roiling, swirling quicksand of sound we now expect from Biota, with texts by WB Yeats and snatches, arrangements and influences floating by way of Christy Moore, June Tabor, Judy Collins, Sandy Denny, Bert Jansch, the Bothy Band and older traditional sources. Biota craft sonic worlds that relate to, but are not built like, the music with which we are familiar; for them time is a continuum rather than a sequence of events; a simultaneous present in which past and future possibilities exist conterminously. With a 24 page full colour art portfolio from the Biota collective." - Recommended. |
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Artist: BIOTA Title: Half A True Day Format: CD Label: Recommended Country: UK Price: $18.00 |
| "Six years in the making, this is the sixth CD released by ReR from the visual/sonic art group Biota. Unique in their history and method, Biota painstakingly construct complex, organic structures that mix extensive studio processing and musique concrète techniques, with a highly eclectic orchestra of acoustic and electronic resources: from kit drums, through medieval winds, strings and barrel organs, to early experimental electronic instruments. Their works are always performance driven and interleaved with successive stages of lamination, imbrication of parts, and radical pre- and post-processing. As the title suggests, in this new work a portion of a cycle -- a repeating segment of time -- is explored. We employed repeating and overlapping motifs of different lengths, allowing their staggered interaction to produce varying degrees of harmonization, dissonance, masking and reinforcement. Unpredictability of outcome was furthered by electronic processing -- both manual and automated, random and predetermined -- and by the appearance, taken out of context, of unrelated passages taken from earlier projects. Real-time performers had to interact with this instability as they constructed their contributions, and later as they gave form to the final composition. Although there are elements of chance at work in the process, the eventual architecture is intentional, and carefully worked. Mixing was done by hand and without the aid of computers, then the composition was assembled and integrated digitally. --William Sharp, Biota. The interaction of staggered, overlapping elements reveals a changeable truth about the whole as the parts variously harmonize or dissent; reinforce or cloak one another in their unfolding. The project is, at heart, about uncertainty. Players encounter the shifting interplay between previously recorded parts juxtaposed with instrumental snippets -- out of context -- introduced from the groups archives. Electronic processing programs are employed to apply semi-random and semi-intentional alterations to the proceedings." - Recommended |
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Artist: BIOTA/MNEMONISTS Title: Musique Actuelle 1990 Format: CD Label: Anomalous Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Biota was founded in 1979 in Fort Collins, Colorado, as the Mnemonist Orchestra. Over the years, the Mnemonist Orchestra developed into Biota (the musical contingent) and Mnemonists (the visual contingent). Both Biota and Mnemonists work as one on productions of musical and visual components. The group has released nine LPs, one EP, and four CDs on both their own Dys label and Recommended Records UK. Heard on this CD is the first adaption of their studio-based recording techniques since 1981, as presented at Montreal Musiques Actuelles -- New Music America 1990. For their live performance they composed a set of material specifically for the concert and virtually relocated their studio to the stage to properly recreate it. Nine musicians playing only acoustic instruments (aside from electric guitar) were heard natural and unamplified from the stage while extensive electronic processing, heard through the speakers, rendered radical tonal, timbral and temporal modification creating an incredibly unique and strange sound world. Added to this, the two-dimensional graphic work that Mnenomists have become so renowned for was transformed into stunning video projections -- beautiful examples of which are now included in the full color booklet accompanying this CD." - Anomalous. Highly recommended!
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Artist: BIRCHALL, STEVE Title: Reality Gates Format: CDR Label: Creel Pone Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"...deep-fried one-man-against-the-cosmos synth-automaton gunk from the distant us midwest (specifically; bloomington, indiana) of the early 70s, initially released on/by the custom fidelity recordslabel/plant... starts out with the absolutely piercing high tones/clarion call of music of the spheres after which we become the (un)willing passengers on dr. steven t. birchalls mind-trip excelsior, passing through several key lobes of the beyond before zeroing in on the cranial lump responsible for, amongst other things, time itself...
...but dont take my word for it; no less an authority on the xian psych/synth-dude crossroads than graveyard / wolf eye john olson (in response to the oeuvre(s) of mr.s birchall & nik pascal raicevic - more about him in due time) hath decreed:
...unbelievable jaw destroying dude with problems & synths lp that are in their own frozen universe. something about deranged synth damage through the jokey-gimmicky electronics make for a slightly melodic less academic and avant folk real people iron forest jam every more unsettling. done right and done strange and individual these social misfits with cracked circus gear really drive the mad home to trance mediations & rhythmic hammers of swamp glue to truly cracked musics. upon millions of listening,, there is an approach & depth to this that stands more honest & direct than more serious electronic musics. this could be the ramleh & k. mizutanis of the mid 70s? true psychosis. few and far between but the payoff is a lifetime of mutant brain waves.
certainly a neglected outsider-electronics classic, once again made audible/tangible, our lives made just that much more worth living by mr. p.c. c.p." - Creel Pone.
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Artist: BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL Title: Cast Iron Teether Format: CD Label: Insample Country: New Zealand Price: $14.50 |
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Artist: BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL Title: Tinfoilteeth Format: Square Lathe Cut 8" Label: C/Psi/P Country: New Zealand Price: $18.00 |
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Artist: BIRD BY SNOW Title: Industrial Collapse Format: 7" Label: Gnome Life Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "Two sides of total existential rebirth! Placental for you and bird by snow, a 7 inch baby of the cosmos, belching new sounds, and visions. Replete with new-metal guitar tones, falsetto cave paintings, and gasoline-riot guitar solos (think Blue Cheer in Thunderdome). Begging the question what is paradise? A waterfall? Or a burning sky-scraper? Each cover is hand printed from a linoleum block by bird by snow, at no extra cost to you. Limited to 300." - Gnome Life. |
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Artist: BIRD BY SNOW Title: Sky Format: LP/CD Label: Gnome Life Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "To you, children of the Zeitgeist, we give ⿿Sky, offered in the same generous spirit as this bountiful world itself. Ten songs of reggae-infused, psychedelic, folk music. Existentialism you can dance to! Open-hearted sound-fields, vast and colored with tiny blue-grass orchestras, authentic Dub banjo, black cloud back-beats, and (if you can believe it) California Soukous guitar! Open eyes wide, and take in ⿿Sky, bird by snows outrageously lush follow-up LP. Cloudy or clear, day or night, let us be absorbed in the one-always-giving moment, and know the sky not as vacuous hole, but as container (whole). Limited to 300, on beautiful tranparent-blue vinyl. Hand silk-screened gold covers, with a lovely hand-made booklet too." - Gnome Life. |
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Artist: BIRD SHOW Title: Bird Show Band Format: LP Label: Amish Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Bird Show Band documents Bird Shows new collaborative spirit and stands as the culmination of Ben Vidas Chicago-based work, featuring a whos who of the citys improvisational luminaries, including Josh Abrams, Jim Baker, Dan Bitney and John Herndon. The improvisatory feel of the Bird Show Band sessions function as Vidas paean to the Windy City. Rather than another Bird Show release that involves guest accompaniment on select tracks, Vida conceived of these recordings as a foray into session playing, tracking the entire album over just two days. While Herndon and Bitneys percussion invokes German psych, progressive rock, and jazz idioms, Vidas synth-based experiments, here accompanied by Jim Bakers ARP 2600, provide the first indication of his recent musical preoccupations, an interest that relies heavily on the Moog and his own fluid, lyrical melodic lines. If you have had the luck of catching Bird Show or Ben Vida perform live over the last few years, you have witnessed the centrality he now gives to the Moog and one-touch patchwork, experimental forays that point to Europe and the mid-century avant-garde, especially the Cologne-based innovations of Stockhausen and his many students during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Regardless of this description, Bird Show Band is more than a mere intellectual exercise and the sessions balance brain with musical brawn in ways that Vida has yet to achieve on his previous outings." - Amish. |
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Artist: BIRDS OF DELAY Title: A Living Room At The Bottom Of A Lake Format: LP Label: Nashazphone Country: Egypt Price: $29.00 |
| "Birds Of Delay is a Leeds duo whose first half lives in London (and loves Whitehouse and Rush) and the other in Berlin (and loves Farley Jackmaster Funk). With several releases on labels such as Chocolate Monk, American Tapes, Troniks, Hospital Productions, or their own: Alcoholic Narcolepsy, Luke and Steven have been crafting and sculpting their psychedelic-electronic-noise-drone sound for over half a decade. But who cares and what does that sound description mean anyway? If you ask them, theyll simply tell you A Living Room At The Bottom Of A Lake is a projection into a TOTAL RAINBOW BLISS zone! Edition of 240 copies." -Nashazphone. |
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Artist: BIRDS OF DELAY Title: Live From Mind Avalanche Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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"Beneath the mounds of tape loops and vocal séance rests the human forms of Luke Younger and Steven Warwick aka Birds Of Delay. "Live From Mind Avalanche" is a particularly deep work. It sounds as though it was recorded live on the wing of a flying plane or at the top of some epicly huge mountain in India. Frozen delays and deprived electronics ache for freedom from desolate captivity. Drowned static screeching into an abyss of grey tumbles down the side of a snow slicked slope. Icy smoke envelops whatever remains. In a numbered edition of 90 sprayed/stamped tapes with art by the band." - Arbor
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Artist: BIRDS OF DELAY Title: s/t Format: Lathe Cut 7"/Art Label: AA Country: USA Price: $25.00 |
| "UK burnouts are always reliable to bum your last smoke, hitch a ride or crash on you couch. If you havent decided what to do in 07 these guys have great ideas. Check this new "hands-off" electronics approach. Cover painting by Alivia Zivich." - AA Records. |
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Artist: BIRDS OF DELAY Title: The Cut Format: LP Label: Ultra Eczema Country: Belgium Price: $27.00 |
| "youll have to run thru a intense long brown tunnel before arriving at the best butcher in town! hell cut your meat down to pure droned filet americain or preparé from the chef! bears and bowie lookalikes are huge fans, as this bird butcher sliced many famous animals since a young age. he grew from playing cards in the bar with the big nuts via pinching fags in the parc to a full blown fine line worker! spin him around and you get a conceptual artpiece, back to the old skool game of throwing cards on a table! poetics re-invented by dolle smurfen repeating the same word over and over again, until you eventually get it and snap, which usually takes a while. a perfect summer bummer for boiling brains and unusual double pleasure! classic tones, properly sliced feathers, and intense poetics. comes in a metalic green cover design of a spit and ink painting by d tyfus. limited to 300 copies" - Ultra Eczema. |
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Artist: BIRDS OF DELAY/DREAMCATCHER Title: Split Format: 7" Label: Not Not Fun Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "UK wastoids Birds of Delay wing flighty electronics into a burbling ball of purple snarling sound. Montreals Dreamcatcher weave a chaos quilt out of turntables, voice, and collective unconsciousness." -Not Not Fun. |
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Artist: BIRDS OF DELAY/JAZZFINGER Title: Split Format: LP Label: Hospital Productions Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "a long time in the works this rotting jewel of electronic drone finally births. jazzfinger has been operating under the radar for longer than most might think and exhibit boxes of butterflys pined to a board, a black globe of the black sea, the tail of a scorpion in the narrow hallway of lost information. birds of delay arrive with am ominous loop roving around a little to slow for comfort as if a machine could have an astral projection. very limited edition of 114 copies in handmade cover. " - Hospital. |
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Artist: BIRDS OF MAYA Title: Celebration Format: LP Label: Little Big Chief Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Though the game mighta changed round em, the three years since Ready to Howl aint diminished Birds of Maya one ounce (or do they measure in...grams?). You can tell right away on Celebration, cuz its just as stupefying to describe as every other moment theyve put down. Why is that? Seems so simple! But ya get near pronouncements like "Free or The Groundhogs as seen in the busted mirror mosaic of Japanese underground psych" and a lil balloon of acid anxiety busts in yer gut. Insufficient. This aint just about shred and dread; this is about sweat and spit and busted bottles. This is about volume--meaning both quantity AND decibels. It takes a lot for many of us to sit still for side-long live tracks, so I suggest you dethrone that ass and break some valuables when the evil busts start rollin out like smoke from Sleeps van; its only natural. And dont fear the "TV Eye" cover, neither, cuz it surely made me forget the last 67 beef-witted versions Id heard. Course, theres so much snarl all over this thing, Im surprised the mic aint slumped in the corner, nursing an ulcer, by the end.Â
Another fetid feather in Phillys cap. Dressed in hand-painted sleeves, itll make all the records you file it next to cooler via osmotic paint flakes." -
- Sebastian Morris-White, Buffet of Loathsome.
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Artist: BIRDS OF MAYA Title: Ready To Howl Format: Double LP Label: Richie Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
| "Here it is. Its the most ambitious TestosterTunes release to date: a three-song, double-LP by the three men of Philadelphias BIRDS OF MAYA. Its called Ready To Howl and its the soundtrack to an upcoming feature length film of the same name. Formed in 2002, Birds of Maya is the finest meat n potatoes Neanderthal rock group operating today, and theyre undoubtedly the outfit most committed to creating throbbing, thoroughly relentless, blues-based hard rock. Astute listeners will note nods to the fried power-rock of Split-era Groundhogs or the relentless garage mayhem of High Rise recorded under claustrophobic sub-Funhouse decadence. Anyone with ears will hear fried-Hendrixisms all over this thing." - Richie. |
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Artist: BIRDS OF MAYA Title: Regulation Format: 7" Label: Richie Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Not ones to usually hit the road, Birds of Maya stormed the Midwest in May, and if you checked their merch table, this limited and unassuming little single was probably laying right next to Ready to Howl. ⿿Regulation is a heavy blues jam in the classic Birds of Maya style, but its special in that local man-about-town Harmonica Dan sits in on their session (Ill give you one guess what he plays). Dan doesnt mess around, he just takes off his backpack, cracks open a tallboy and blows harder than an office fan, psychically connected to Birds of Maya and the bluesy groove they stand for. Its pretty smoking and serves as an excellent petition to recruit him as a full-time member. The untitled b-side is sweet (a nice pairing to the savory a-side), starting off with some psychedelic swirl and guitar noodling, almost veering into art-drone territory (not that its a bad thing), but just as Im ready to put on my Keiji Haino wig and smoke a clove, it kicks right back into a standard Birds of Maya stoner riff with Harmonica Dan riding the rails once more. Not sure how easy this 7? will be to find, if it was tour-only or what, but please, make it your mission." - Richie. |
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Artist: BIRDS OF MAYA Title: Volume 1 Format: LP Label: Holy Mountain Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Its been said that Volume 1 is possibly the best rock release to come out of Philadelphia ever. While low on recording budget, attitude and pretension, BIRDS OF MAYA is high on stolen riffs and an energetic execution seldom seen outside of a Sunday ruling by Seamus McCaffery. Whether they are mangling riffs or stepping way out for fried boogie solos Birds of Maya oozes a dark chunky sludge with elements from all the colors of the classic rock rainbow. Do they really sound like "a GG Allin demo played through a megaphone?" Its a fair description and its certainly colorful, but it leaves out an awful lot. They are loud and they are chaotic, but they have way more groove than GG Allin could have ever imagined." - Holy Mountain"Birds of Maya did what countless garage rock geeks try and fail at: dust off 1968 and bring it back to life without making it look like museum piece. Bringing on the best of 60s power trios like Hendrix and Cream, a whiff of Blue Cheers bongwater, Black Sabbaths bass heavy paranoia, and Stooges bum-out, they were sloppy in all the right places. The jamming never got tired and held everyones rapt attention." -phawker.com
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Artist: BIRGE GORGE SHIROC Title: Defense De Format: CD/DVD Label: Mio Country: ISRAEL Price: $32.00 |
| 2 discs, one CD, one DVD. First ever reissue of this cult album from 1975, on the famous Nurse With Wound List! "Jean-Jacques Birge and Francis Gorge began to play together in 1970 and produced the first rock concert of their high school, at LycŽe Claude Bernard in Paris. Gorge was composing the music and playing the guitar, Birge was writing the words and singing. Defense de was their first album, before founding Un Drame Musical Instantane, in 1976, with Bernard Vitet. Two bonus tracks were intended to be index 2 and 4 before Birge and Gorge met Shiroc a few weeks later. These two tracks were replaced with new tracks recorded with Shiroc and so they were forgotten until today. The four initial pieces were recorded in the family apartment of Sebastien Bernard, a free jazz producer, where his father kept a lot of beautiful instruments (a pipe organ, an electric piano, a xylophone, a cello, etc.) and a 8-track tape recorder. Antoine Duvernet, another schoolmate who was playing with Urban Sax at that time, passed by on a sunny afternoon and added the tenor sax parts. The two new pieces with Shiroc and Bucchi were recorded live in studio four months later. During the following year, Birge and Gorge played a lot of concerts as a trio with Shiroc, and sometimes as a quartet with Gilles Rollet (also on percussion). All their repertoire was recorded and it will be included on the DVD as June Sessions (Over 6 hours of music). Over the years, the LP Defense de became a cult object people would buy a fortune, as well as appearing on the Nurse With Wound famous holly recordings list. So we are very pleased to have it finally available as a CD, specially with the four previously un-issued bonus tracks which were discovered recently in the Drames archives. The band took it from this point to become Un Drame Musical Instantane. Un D.M.I (in short) who is considered to be one of the top avant-garde / experimental acts ever to emerge from France and the entire world as well. The audio CD will include the complete Defense De LP plus 4 bonus tracks (approx 80 minutes of music in total). The DVD will include the experimental movie La Nuit Du Phoque made by Jean-Jacques Birge and Bernard Mollerat in 1974. The movie is a mix between avant-garde French movie and experimental ambience which takes the viewer back in time to 1974. The second part of the DVD will include June Sessions which are very long pieces made by the trio (or quartet at times). Total of about 7 hours of music and 40 minutes movie in a double CD & DVD set." - MIO. |
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Artist: BIRRA, ALI Title: Ammalele Format: LP Label: Domino Sounds Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "With the western worlds recent access to the Ethiopian music of the 1970s, the focus has been almost solely on the Amhara music of Addis Ababa. The Oromo people, the largest ethnic group, hasnt been equally represented. Ali Birra, the biggest Oromo star and a hero to his people was so beloved that he did break into the Amhara dominated record market. Learning how to play the guitar using the tuning for an oud, the sound is as much Arabic as Ethiopian. After two years singing in the Imperial Body Guard Band alongside Mahmoud Ahmed and Tilahun Gessesse, and a brief hiatus from music, he made these recordings backed up by the Aduu Birra Band. With a prevalent joy and catchy sing along style, Ali sings songs of love, misery, and beating the oppressor. Comes with liner notes and translations of the lyrics from Oromo to English, housed in a tip-on sleeve. A co-release of Domino Sound and Mississippi/Little Axe." -Little Axe. |
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Artist: BIRTH REFUSAL Title: Cove Core Format: One Sided 7" & CDR Label: American Tapes Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Bruiser and Kid, separated physically (not emotionally) by about ten feet in the shadowz of Schooner Cove, lay down the first vinyl outing by this "wives at work = the boyz will jam" afternoon electronic harsh noise project. The upcoming BR lp on Troniks wa s threatened not to be cut by the mastering dude due to horrible clean tones, and you tell on this they were struggling as well. Black hole sound, terrible textures. Ruff & Raw. Color wax, color cover, lock groove, and tape collab CD round this mutha out. Edition of 200." - American Tapes. |
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Artist: BIRTH REFUSAL Title: Current Period of Extinction Format: One-sided LP Label: Gods of Tundra Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Duo of Connelly and Olson return to wax with more pieces to the puzzle. Organ, reeds, and percussion phase in and out on dirt roads. Empty holes in the desert. For when the dust takes hold. Strange and arcane music. RIYL: Pannalal Ghosh, Roberto Bolano, Mercury Dance Band." - Gods of Tundra. Edition of 100. |
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Artist: BIRTH REFUSAL Title: Easy Sessions At The Afternoon Studio Format: Double CDR Label: American Tapes Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "New recordings of Conn/Zone. Strange." -American Tapes |
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Artist: BIRTH REFUSAL & CASSIS CORNUTA Title: Collaboration Format: One Sided LP Label: Ultra Eczema Country: Belgium Price: $26.00 |
| "during the last euro tour of WOLF EYES, john olson (of american tapes, spykes, guam river etc..) and mike connelly (of gods of tundra, hair police, failing lights etc..) decided it was enough! they screamed "IM NOT GOING TO BED!!! I NEVER WANNE SLEEP AGAIN!!!", they missed their flights and stayed in antwerp with the ultra audiobored horror crew for 7 more weeks without food and drinks, just dry weed and cancerbags to suck on! after that intense test to see if they could adapt to the antwerp life style, they finally met up with legendary belgian eccentric cacti and hat collector CASSIS CORNUTA, this psychadelic caracter brought his whole space synth and tape lab over to radio centraal to record an intense last gasp jam with the hardly breathing olson and connelly, the end result is an amazing trip to space and back to the mental hospital! like pouring lighter fluid and tabasco up your genitals or like olson states it so beautifully; like pissing on your own hand, freezing it and then using it as a lollypop for 5 days! comes in a gross 6 panel cover design and with an etch on the b side!" - Ultra Eczema. |
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Artist: BISHOP & W. DAVID OLIPHANT, SIR RICHARD Title: Beyond All Defects Format: CD Label: Chodpa Media Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "This CD is the first in a series from Sir Richard Bishop & W. David Oliphant. It was composed and recorded live in the studio in Phoenix, AZ in December of 2011. The sonic landscapes presented here find their origins in Tibet, and are heavily inspired by Tibetan Buddhism -- specifically the body of teachings known as Dzogchen. Many of the musical ideas for this project were literally derived from dreams the night before they were created. The remaining ideas were formed centuries ago. Sir Richard Bishop plays acoustic guitar throughout. Often detuned, bowed, and beaten, the guitar was "treated" by Oliphant during the live recording process. SRB also provided audio from field recordings he captured in India. WDO used a variety of computer software with a midi controller to create all the other sounds. All tracks were captured in real-time, direct to disk." - Chodpa Media. |
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Artist: BISHOP, SIR RICHARD Title: God Damn Religion Format: DVD/CD Label: Locust Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Official DVD release of Sir Richard Bishops cracked movie God Damn Religion. First edition comes with a bonus audio CD of the quasi soundtrack Elektronika Demonika, originally issued by Locust as a vinyl-only escapade in 2006. For centuries, man has used organized religion to control the hearts and minds (not to mention the pocketbooks) of the ignorant masses. Well, Richard Bishop has decided he would like a piece of the action. This film is a diabolical experiment in hypnotic mind control - a phantasmagoric presentation of demonic and divine imagery, meticulously assembled and designed to put the viewer into an altered state of darkened awareness. Includes original music from Elektronika Demonika, as well as unreleased material. If you ever wanted to go to hell and back, this film will get you halfway there. Some viewers may find the imagery used in this film to be disturbing, but thats the idea. Contains some strong sexual content (as all true religion should). Not for the weak-minded, faint of heart, or those suffering from occasional seizures." DVD is NTSC format, probably region free."- Locust |
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Artist: BISHOP, SIR RICHARD Title: Graviton Polarity Generator Format: LP Label: Social Music Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "A full LP of brand new instrumental material (organ and electric guitar) by your favorite bearded, genre-defying badass." - Social Music. 2010 release originally part of the Social Music subscription series. |
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Artist: BISHOP, SIR RICHARD Title: Improvika Format: CD Label: Locust Country: USA Price: $14.50 |
| "By trade Sir Richard Bishop is a dealer of rare occult books and fine paper ephemera. For many in the musical cosmos, he has occasion to travel the smoke filled carnie circuit as 1/3 of the Sun City Girls medicine show. But in the twilight hours of a shadow world sensed only by few, Bishop is a dazzling unaccompanied guitarist. On Improvika , Bishop rides a very tall horse through a surrealists cowboy set thats 1 part bruit Peckinpah muscularity & 2 parts illuminated Jodorowskian symbolism. A very strange place, indeed. Armed only with a single steel string wooden guitar, bare-knuckled Bishop fends off the horrors & dangers of the night with ease as he spits out glorious white robed arabesques, django inspired gypsy arcs, & latin terracotta flourishes like so many spinning tumbleweeds in a one horse town that is his alone. Improvika is Sir Richards follow up to his part on Locusts celebrated Wooden Guitar collection and second full length release after his debut on John Faheys Revenant label." - Locust. |
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Artist: BISHOP, SIR RICHARD Title: Improvika Format: LP Label: Locust Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "By trade Sir Richard Bishop is a dealer of rare occult books and fine paper ephemera. For many in the musical cosmos, he has occasion to travel the smoke filled carnie circuit as 1/3 of the Sun City Girls medicine show. But in the twilight hours of a shadow world sensed only by few, Bishop is a dazzling unaccompanied guitarist. On Improvika, Bishop rides a very tall horse through a surrealists cowboy set thats 1 part bruit Peckinpah muscularity & 2 parts illuminated Jodorowskian symbolism. A very strange place, indeed. Armed only with a single steel string wooden guitar, bare-knuckled Bishop fends off the horrors & dangers of the night with ease as he spits out glorious white robed arabesques, django inspired gypsy arcs, & latin terracotta flourishes like so many spinning tumbleweeds in a one horse town that is his alone. Improvika is Sir Richards follow up to his part on Locusts celebrated Wooden Guitar collection and second full length release after his debut on John Faheys Revenant label." - Locust |
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Artist: BISHOP, SIR RICHARD Title: Intermezzo Format: LP Label: Ideologic Organ Country: France Price: $21.00 |
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"I met Richard in 2004 on a crazy tour in Australia (Oren Ambarchis last What Is Music?). He was a founding member of The Sun City Girls but he came out to play solo. Instantly we were entranced by his playing, so many beautiful elements of why I love guitar come through in his music and presence, without floating around in genre space at all. Here on the road with Kevin Drumm, Dead C, Residents, Gang Gang Dance, Black Dice, etc., amongst this insane line-up, Richard ended up supporting Pan Sonic and really held it down, as a soloist. A few years later, Peter Rehberg and I (as KTL) were invited to join a tour Richard was doing with Earth. His incredible communication of atmosphere and texture was even more fluid than I remembered -- a real pleasure. If the reason to start a record label is to release the music you are truly enamored by, this is a true example of that philosophy." -Stephen OMalley, Paris 2012. "All songs composed & recorded by Sir Richard Bishop. Master & vinyl cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, April 2012." -Ideologic Organ. |
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Artist: BISHOP, SIR RICHARD Title: Plays The Sun City Girls Format: 7" Label: No-Fidelity Country: UK Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: BISHOP, SIR RICHARD Title: Polytheistic Fragments Format: CD Label: Drag City Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "It goes without saying that Polytheistic Fragments is an instrumental release - who among us would want it otherwise? In the tradition of his classic debut, Salvador Kali, this new record features equal amounts of improvisation and composition. Sir Richards powers lie in his ability to captivate with just the sound of his guitar, but he doesnt completely abandon studio processes, which allow Polytheistic Fragments to communicate a greater wholeness: all Sir Rick, all the time, if you will. We have come to expect a few solo acoustic guitar pieces with the gypsy stylings of his hero, Django Reinhardt - and as if to tenderize our consciousness and prepare it for the ride, Cross My Palm with Silver meets and exceeds our expectations. Rub Al Khali is an ode to the oud, a northern African lute of sorts. On Free Masonic Guitar, Sir Richard manifests free form acoustic playing wholly in his own style. Peppering the mix are the sounds of electric guitar and lap steel guitar, bringing contrast and color. Hecates Dream is a dreamy praise to a dark Greek Goddess, but Tennessee Porch Swing and Canned Goods and Firearms switch gears to good old down home Americana and country twang. Sir Richard is renowned for his prowess and mastery with the guitar, but the piano playing on Polytheistic Fragments shows a fluid, meditative style. Saraswati is a lengthy river piece bathed in Hindustani serenity, while Cemetery Games is a short celebratory skeletal dance, with more light-heartedness than spook. In a record with so many spirits, Bishop fills in the space where necessary and rounds out the feeling with catchy tunes such as Elysium Number Five and Ecstasies in the Open Air. Polytheistic Fragments shows that the divinely inspired Sir Richard Bishop cannot be contained in one form." -Drag City. |
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Artist: BISHOP, SIR RICHARD Title: Polytheistic Fragments Format: LP Label: Drag City Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "It goes without saying that Polytheistic Fragments is an instrumental release - who among us would want it otherwise? In the tradition of his classic debut, Salvador Kali, this new record features equal amounts of improvisation and composition. Sir Richards powers lie in his ability to captivate with just the sound of his guitar, but he doesnt completely abandon studio processes, which allow Polytheistic Fragments to communicate a greater wholeness: all Sir Rick, all the time, if you will. We have come to expect a few solo acoustic guitar pieces with the gypsy stylings of his hero, Django Reinhardt - and as if to tenderize our consciousness and prepare it for the ride, Cross My Palm with Silver meets and exceeds our expectations. Rub Al Khali is an ode to the oud, a northern African lute of sorts. On Free Masonic Guitar, Sir Richard manifests free form acoustic playing wholly in his own style. Peppering the mix are the sounds of electric guitar and lap steel guitar, bringing contrast and color. Hecates Dream is a dreamy praise to a dark Greek Goddess, but Tennessee Porch Swing and Canned Goods and Firearms switch gears to good old down home Americana and country twang. Sir Richard is renowned for his prowess and mastery with the guitar, but the piano playing on Polytheistic Fragments shows a fluid, meditative style. Saraswati is a lengthy river piece bathed in Hindustani serenity, while Cemetery Games is a short celebratory skeletal dance, with more light-heartedness than spook. In a record with so many spirits, Bishop fills in the space where necessary and rounds out the feeling with catchy tunes such as Elysium Number Five and Ecstasies in the Open Air. Polytheistic Fragments shows that the divinely inspired Sir Richard Bishop cannot be contained in one form." - Drag City. |
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Artist: BISHOP, SIR RICHARD Title: The Freak Of Araby Format: LP Label: Drag City Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Another album of acoustic guitar music from Sir Richard Bishop-- are you freakin nuts? The Freak Of Araby is a new direction for our distinguished gentleman, and just in the nick of time as well. Sir Ricks had it up to here with solo acoustic guitar records! The Freak Of Araby isnt even a solo record! And theres no acoustic guitar on it! So lets have no more of this kind of talk. Over his years with Sun City Girls, Richard Bishop threw a wide variety of music and sound against the wall -- and all of it stuck. Among those who know, hes reasonably fluent in any number of international music traditions, playing them for (mostly) fun and (sometimes) profit all over the place. The Freak Of Araby is the debut of Sir Richard Bishop and his Freak of Araby Ensemble, a talented quartet of players getting deep into the Middle Eastern mystic with hand drums, percussion, bass, drums, electric guitars and a heavy dose of Moroccan chanters, all of it captured with depth, detail and sympathy for the eternal enigma by engineer Scott Colburn. But a Sir Richard Bishop album with a backing band -- how did this happen? After recording a cover of Kaan Azzaman, written by Elias Rahbani, one of Lebanons finest songwriters, something dawned on Sir Richard. Half-Lebanese by birth (it didnt just occur to him later), he found himself suddenly possessed to really dig into Middle Eastern sounds. A pair of original melodies not fully developed at a prior recording session had the Arabic inspiration, so these were reattacked and finished in short order. Soon, Sir Richards head was flooded with some of the classic sounds spun for him by his grandfather back in his (way) younger days, like Farid Al-Atrache, Oum Kalthoum and Fairuz, along with other personal favorites, such as the guitarists Omar Khorshid and Mike Hegazi. In addition to the studio improvisation, Taqasim For Omar, the whole of The Freak Of Araby is dedicated to these inspiring players. Check em out. In addition to his soul-stirring electric guitar playing, Sir Richard grabbed a couple of Moroccan chanters and blew the house down on Blood-Stained Sands, providing an epic (not to mention epochal, heh heh) finish to this journey to the center of one-half of the family tree. This is music meant to be played live, and Sir Richards Freak Of Araby Ensemble intends to play it everywhere theres interest in hearing it. So get your Freak on." -Drag City. |
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Artist: BISHOP, SIR RICHARD Title: The Unrock Tapes Format: LP Label: Unrock Country: Germany Price: $27.00 |
| "After having released records on labels such as Locust, Drag City and John Faheys Revenant, Richard Bishops.... The Unrock Tapes... contains eight complete tracks, six of which are highlights taken from earlier tour CDrs that were released on micro-editions years ago. They have never been available on vinyl. Two completely new and unreleased songs make this album even more special. Bishops guitar playing skills contain a variety of influences. They could arouse the absurd impression that his work has something to do with what one would call world music. But his playing gets its fire and fascination from being irreverent in Bishops unique way. The spirit of his former outfit Sun City Girls is still floating through the album, even if it is not the musical intention, however it gives an impression of an underlying ever increasing and developing personal signature. On the one hand, Bishop uses influences respectfully (Omar Khorshid) and on the other hand his style is typically disrespectful. His guitar playing is delicate and hybrid; because of his subtle skills Bishop is able to express himself in a wide range of styles without losing authenticity. That his Ragas fray out and end up in distortion and his Flamenco sounds Arabic, is also part of his game. Bishop is a Grand-seigneur of the modern American Underground and a big part of its substance and integrity. He is a magician with his guitar; still a winking prankster. Variable and never too predictable. That is also what makes him special. Unrock in its purest form. Released in a limited pressing of 500 copies in 140g clear, virgin vinyl." -Unrock. |
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Artist: BISHOP, SIR RICHARD Title: While My Guitar Violently Bleeds Format: LP Label: Locust Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
| "This is an essential document by one of Americas most original and inventive unaccompanied guitarists working today. While My Guitar Violently Bleeds is a splendid three piece gem in which the good sir branches out & nods to points West, East & otherworldly with the classic spaghetti western-tinged, spidery fretwork of Zurvan, to the Fushitsusha style psych decay & feedback drench of Smashana to the brilliant 25+ minute raga epic Mahavidya." - Locust. 2009 repress, now on black vinyl. |
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Artist: BITCHIN BAJAS Title: Krausened EP Format: LP Label: Permanent Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Fans of Terry Riley, Kraftwerk, Conrad Schntizler, and Kosmische Musik in general take note! BITCHIN BAJAS has returned to Permanent Records (following their split single with Moon Duo) with a brand new record of side-long transcendental synth workouts. This is Bitchin Bajas most accessible and autobahn ready delivery to date! Bitchin Bajas began as a side project, but COOPER CRAIN of CAVE and DAN QUINLIVAN formerly of MAHJONGG have been spending as much time, if not more, with Bitchin Bajas as they have with the aforementioned groups and theyve been progressing very quickly. In just two or so years, Bitchin Bajas have released three critically acclaimed LPs (one on Important Records and two on Kallestei Editions), two incredible splits (one with Moon Duo and the other with the Peaking Lights-related Faceplant), and one very limited edition cassette tape. The two side-long pieces on this nearly 40 minute EP were written on their 2012 European tour and recorded and mixed over three days by Bitchin Bajas at Minbal Studio in Chicago, Illinois. Edition of 500 copies." - Permanent. |
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Artist: BITCHIN BAJAS Title: Tones/Zones Format: LP Label: Important Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Bitchin Bajas is the solo project of Caves Cooper Crane. Coopers skillful use of melody within his elastic electronic tones is matched by his ability to mix it all (much like he does with Cave) so that theres a lot of sound but even more space and separation between the sounds. Tones/Zones was pressed in an edition of 500 copies. Through some sort of cosmic serendipity, Important is releasing Tones/Zones at the same time as J.D. Emmanuels classic Wizards LP from 1981. There are some interesting parallels between Tones/Zones and Wizards. Both artists have a firm grasp of sound without wading too deeply into the blissful waters of new age melody. Both used an organ and a similar assortment of analog synths and both used the same Tascam reel-to-reel tape machine for their recordings. Though nearly 30 years separate, theyre both generously offering you the opportunity to dive deeply into their own private tones & zones. Enjoy." -Important. |
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Artist: BITCHIN BAJAS Title: Water Wrackets Film Score Format: LP/DVD Label: Kallistei Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "It appears that the well-guarded secret of the past year is out. Last summer COOPER CRANE of BITCHIN BAJAS & CAVE was asked to score a remake of the classic short film Water Wrackets (1975) originally directed by legendary British filmmaker, PETER GREENAWAY. Artists/filmmakers GABRIELLE GOPINATH and BENJAMIN FUNKE (Captcha Records) will be releasing the fruits of this project on their new fine art label, Kallistei. After only viewing a 30 second clip of the upcoming film, Cooper composed a wonderfully enlightened vision of this project that would make both Terry Riley and collaborator Bruce Conner to happy to see the torches being passed. It is fascinating to see someone this talented work through the conceptual landscape of a project and create something this beautiful and intriguing. Cooper in the depth of his practice, harmonized perfectly and completely on this recording. Packged in tip-on style gatefold sleeves with DVD and poster included." - Kallistei |
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Artist: BITTERS Title: East Format: 7" Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "East" is the next installment of the Bitters story. Featuring Ben Cook of Fucked Up/Young Governor and the great voice of Aerin Fogel, The Bitters "cave pop" is doomy as it is infectious. Coming live soon to a theatre near you." - Captured Tracks. |
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Artist: BITTERS Title: East General Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "The Bitters are Aerin Fogel and Ben Cook (Fucked Up, Young Governor). Formed in the east end of Toronto, The Bitters write and record their self-proclaimed Cave Pop from their studio, an artistic cooperative shared with Torontos most creative musicians. Their debut 12? EP, Wooden Glove, was released last spring on Captured Tracks and sold out shortly after, having been instantly well-received among tough critics and keen listeners alike. The band is a result of Cook and Fogels prolific efforts and their ability to construct songs ranging from 50s melodies atop dark post-punk instrumentals, to 90s throwback alternative and grunge, which stems from their unique dynamic as friends and partners. Their collaborative work appears live with the help of drummer Jonah Falco (Fucked Up) and a rotation of starry guest bassists." - Mexican Summer. Edition of 1000. |
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Artist: BITTERS Title: Have A Nap Hotel Format: 12" Label: Sacred Bones Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Hot on the heels of their debut Mexican Summer long-player, THE BITTERS, consisting of AERIN FOGEL and the ever-prolific BEN COOK (ROOMMATES, YOUNG GOVERNOR, FUCKED UP), bring us their Have a Nap Hotel EP. This Toronto-based duo have built a name for themselves forging their self-coined "cave pop" genre, which merges elements of 50s melodies and dark post-punk instrumentals with just a hint of flannel. Their debut 12-inch EP Wooden Glove, was released last spring on Captured Tracks and sold out shortly after, having been instantly well-received among tough critics and keen listeners alike. Cooks jangly guitars stay back in the cut and let Fogels vocals (and the occasional fuzzy lead, saxophone, synth line, and handclap) wash over the tunes. Their collaborative work appears live with the help of drummer JONAH FALCO (Fucked Up, CAREER SUICIDE) and a rotation of starry guest bassists. Though live shows have been scarce, owing to the members involvement with a number of other disparate projects, the band made their live debut a short time ago and found time to play the Sacred Bones label showcase at SXSW." - Sacred Bones. |
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Artist: BITTERS Title: Wooden Glove Format: 12" Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "The Bitters are the Cave Pop stars of the future.." - Captured Tracks. Captured Tracks is Mike Snipers (Blank Dogs) label. |
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Artist: BIXBY, DAVE Title: Ode To Quetzalcoatl Format: LP Label: Guerssen Country: Spain Price: $24.00 |
| "Since its discovery in the late 90s, Dave Bixbys legendary $2000 private press album from 1969 is considered by all serious record collectors as the king in the loner/downer-folk genre. After being involved in 60s Michigan folk and garage-rock bands such as The Shillelaghs and Peter & The Prophets, Bixby started playing acoustic guitar and experimenting with LSD. After a year of drug abuse he felt broken. Starting a soul-searching, spiritual journey, he wrote Ode To Quetzalcoatl and most of the material for his second album, Harbingers Second Coming in just a month and a half. Assisted by fellow musician Brian MacInness, who played some guitar parts on the album, Bixby recorded this record in a living room using an echo-laden 4-track machine. The sound is lo-fi and sparse: just acoustic guitars and some occasional harmonica & flute, added to Bixbys haunting, emotional vocals, spiritual lyrics and solid songwriting. The opening cut, the eerie and painful "Drug Song" sets the mood perfectly for the rest of the album. Never again has an acoustic folk album sounded as intense as this. Reissued for the first time under license from Dave Bixby himself, and carefully remastered from vinyl (no master tapes exist) at Shadoks Music Studios. Includes an insert with extensive and detailed liner notes by Matvei Procak -- the guy who found Bixby in 2006 -- plus some rare pictures. This vinyl release also includes a free mp3 download code." - Guerssen . "Highly rated by the few who have heard it, this tormented religious loner/downer folk LP has to rank as one of the ultimate incarnations of the genre." --Acid Archives. |
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Artist: BIXBY, DAVE Title: Ode To Quetzalcoatl Format: CD Label: Guerssen Country: Spain Price: $18.00 |
| "Previously released on vinyl by Guerssen Records, now available on CD. Since its discovery in the late 90s, Dave Bixbys legendary $2000 private press album from 1969 is considered by all serious record collectors as the king in the loner/downer-folk genre. After being involved in 60s Michigan folk and garage-rock bands such as The Shillelaghs and Peter & The Prophets, Bixby started playing acoustic guitar and experimenting with LSD. After a year of drug abuse, he felt broken. Starting a soul-searching, spiritual journey, he wrote Ode To Quetzalcoatl and most of the material for his second album, Harbingers Second Coming in just a month and a half. Assisted by fellow musician Brian MacInness, who played some guitar parts on the album, Bixby recorded this record in a living room using an echo-laden 4-track machine. The sound is lo-fi and sparse: just acoustic guitars and some occasional harmonica & flute, added to Bixbys haunting, emotional vocals, spiritual lyrics and solid songwriting. The opening cut, the eerie and painful "Drug Song" sets the mood perfectly for the rest of the album. Never again has an acoustic folk album sounded as intense as this. Reissued for the first time under license from Dave Bixby himself, and carefully remastered from vinyl (no master tapes exist) at Shadoks Music Studios. Includes an insert with extensive and detailed liner notes by Matvei Procak -- the guy who found Bixby in 2006 -- plus some rare pictures." -Guerssen |
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Artist: BIXOBAL Title: #1 Format: Mag Label: Bixobal Country: USA Price: $2.00 |
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"The debut issue of this new magazine dedicated to eclectic music. Inside you get: the first installment of CLIMAX GOLDEN TWIN ROB MILLIS column "Talking Machine" in which he talks about 78 rpm records, Korean ones; an interview with ALAN SONDHEIM on his group ALL-7-70 (which recorded for ESP-Disk) and his solo material (which has been released by Fire Musuem and Qbico), plus a special review section covering his discography; book dealer and artist DAVE HORNOR gives us the run down on books by TULI KUPFERBURG of THE FUGS; part one of former SUN CITY GIRLS SIR RICHARD BISHOPs Indian travelogue from this summer; an extensive interview with DAVE NUSS of THE NO-NECK BLUES BAND by Canadian writer ALLAN MACINNIS-possibly the first interview with NNCK in print. 56 pages, 5.5"x8.5", black & white. 500 copies printed." Highly recommended!
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Artist: BIXOBAL Title: #2 Format: Mag Label: Ri Be Xibalba Country: USA Price: $2.50 |
| "features: - Uncle Jim going over the words hes damn sick of seeing half-asses journalists use - "Victrola Favorities" co-compiler Rob Millis musing on the place of the phonograph in human history - part two of former Sun City Girl Sir Richard Bishops Indian travelogue from last summer; codeine, monkeys, cows and Charles Gochers ashes floating down the Ganges, what more to you really need? - Keith of No Neck Blues Band laments the lost of instrument builder and musician Charlie Nothing - visual artist and Factums bass player Jesse Paul Miller on his habit of collecting bad records with several examples - improvising vocalist Phil Minton quizzed by Allan MacInnis - cult experimental musician Robert Haigh talks about the Le Rey label and his groups Sema, Fote and The Truth Club with John Podeszwa - former Muckraker publisher Patrick Marley talks about his latest listening from free CD with Indian meals to Michael Yonkers - reviews of vinyl, cassettes, compacts disc, DVDs and a book, both new and old - At Jennie Ritchie / Vertonen, The Beast, The Beautiful Schizophonic, Adam Bohman, Karl Bösmann, Olivia Block, Carpet Floor, Christina Carter, Sylvain Chauveau, The Christian Family Underground, Climax Golden Twins, Crappy Nightmareville, Dialing In, Morton Feldman, Kon Ichikawa, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Jason Kahn, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Aaron Moore, Norbert Möslang, Gabriel Paiuk, The Pitchshifters, Christian Renou, Replicock, Sarin Smoke, Michael Shannon, Sun City Girls, Supersilent, Tabata, Tarantism, Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Yoshi Wada, Walter & Sabrina, @c & Vitor Joaquim and more"- BIXOBAL |
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Artist: BIXOBAL Title: #3 Format: Mag Label: Bixobal Country: USA Price: $2.50 |
| "Allan MacInnis talks to Peter Stampfel (The Holy Modal Rounders) about Harry Smith, the Fugs, Santeria, amphetamines, god, coincidence, music and much more in a major feature appended with a short interview with Antonia Stampfel. Rob Millis (CLimax Golden Twins) column Talking Machine reports back on 78RPM hunting in India. Patrick Marley (former publisher of Muckraker magazine) with his column Nickels and Dimes. An interview with Gerd Kraus on the legendary Krautrock bands Limbus 3 and Limbus 4 and the heady times that they grew out of. Reviews of vinyl, cassettes, compacts disc, DVDs and books, both new and old." |
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Artist: BIXOBAL Title: #5 Format: Mag Label: Bixobal Country: USA Price: $2.50 |
| "The No-Neck Blues Bands Dave Nuss recalls his time with The Source Family which led to the first Yahowa 13 performance in New York City and their new LP. An extensive interview with reformed Vancouver noise band Tunnel Canary by Allan MacInnis. A remembrance of Noggin violin player Michael Griffen by his friend Aaron Gorseth. A feature on the Belgian group Onde featuring former members of Noise-Makers Fifes. A feature on the new label Assophon, home to The Sea Donkeys, Spider Trio and Factums. Eric Lanzillottas reviews of vinyl, compacts discs, and books, both new and old. Patrick Marleys column Nickels and Dimes." -Bixobal |
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Artist: BIXOBAL Title: Bixobal # 4 - July 2008 Format: Mag Label: Ri Be Xibalba Country: USA Price: $2.50 |
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"A massive overview of the life and work of avant garde percussionist Stomu Yamashta, including his first English-language interview in over 30 years. Akio Suzukis UK travelogue translated by the expert on Japanese underground, Alan Cummings. Michael Griffen, one half of Noggin, remembered by Aaron Gorseth. Andrzej Zulawskis films. A history of the beautiful limited edition releases by Raymond Dijkstra. Patrick Marley (former publisher of Muckraker magazine) with his column Nickels and Dimes. Reviews of vinyl, cassettes, compacts disc, DVDs and books, both new and old." - Ri Be Xibalba. 56 Pages, b&w.
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Artist: BIZARROS Title: Complete Collection 1976-1980 Format: Double LP Label: Windian Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"AKRON OHIOS BIZARROS EXPERIMENTAL POPPY DRIVE WAS SOMETHING VERY NEW IN THE EXPLODING MIDWEST PUNK/NEW WAVE SCENE. THE END RESULTS WERE A HANDFUL OF BONAFIED CLASSIC RECORDINGS. INCLUDES THE SINGLES, SPLIT LP WITH RUBBER CITY REBELS, THE LONE LP RELEASED ON MERCURY RECORDS, 6 UNRELEASED LIVE RECORDINGS AND NEVER BEFORE HEARD DEMOS THAT WERE RECORDED FOR THEIR SECOND LP THAT WAS NEVER RELEASED. PRINTED ON REVERSE STOCK, EXTENDED SPINE WITH DOUBLE SIDED INSERT, PLUS, FULL BIO WRITTEN BY JEREMY CARGILL OF UGLY THINGS MAGAZINE. MP3 CARD W/ 2 BONUS TRACKS INCLUDED." - Windian.
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Artist: BJELKEBORN, THOMAS & PAUL PIGNON Title: And So It All Ended Format: CD Label: Firework Editions Country: Sweden Price: $13.50 |
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Artist: BJERGA/IVERSEN Title: Theres A Ghost In The Dream Machine Format: CDR Label: Time-Lag Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "another haunted earthy drone vortex from this ultra-prolific norwegian duo. one extended & arching track. dusty electronics flutter and moan, crackle, and drone their way through some sort of underground cavernous dirge of rippling sound decay. the beauty lays in its blankness... fold-over art paper cover with paste-on art & hand stamped text. silver rimmed all black cdrs. numbered edition of 88." - Time-Lag. |
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Artist: BLACK ARTISTS GROUP Title: In Paris, Aries 1973 Format: LP Label: Rank Country: Germany Price: $28.00 |
| "First ever reissue of this free jazz classic. Limited edition of 500 copies. Comes with an extensive essay on the Black Artists Group, printed on the inner sleeve. Written by Benjamin Looker, author of Point From Which Creation Starts: The Black Artists Group Of St. Louis." - Rank. "The Black Artists Group was an unit not unlike that of The Art Ensemble of Chicago. Except they only recorded this one document and it only came out in France on a label named after the group. This is squeaky, spindly stuff and very OPEN and a good indication of what was happening in the early 70s with members Oliver Lake (later of the World Saxophone Quartet) and Joseph Bowie (Art Ensembles Lester Bowies bro, later to start Defunkt). If you like Art Ensemble of Chicago (circa the 1970s) and the Human Arts Ensemble, youll like this recording." -Thurston Moore. |
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Artist: BLACK BONED ANGEL Title: Eternal Love/Eternal Hunger Format: LP Label: Riot Season Country: UK Price: $20.00 |
| "Formed in Lower Hell, New Zealand in 2004. The trio consisting of Campbell Kneale (Birchville Cat Motel), James Kirk and Jules Desmond have been referred to by heavy metal glitterati such as Terrorizer magazine as the heaviest band on earth. Compiling two totally out-of-print CD/CDR releases, Eternal Love/Eternal Hunger comes pressed on black vinyl in a black and metallic silver ink sleeve, limited to 500 only for the world." - Riot Season. |
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Artist: BLACK BONED ANGEL Title: The End Format: CD Label: Handmade Birds Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "This is the final album from this New Zealand doom duo. Brainchild of experimental icon Campbell Kneale (Birchville Cat Motel, Our Love Will Destroy the World, Celebrate Psi Phenomenon). Campbells previous projects have included collaborations with Yellow Swans, and Bruce Russell (The Dead C)." 7"-sized hand-assembled packaging, including three envelopes, custom folder, and oversized insert." -Handmade Birds. |
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Artist: BLACK BONED ANGEL Title: Verdun Format: LP Label: Riot Season Country: UK Price: $18.00 |
| "Black Boned Angel return with their second Riot Season release, following the Eternal Love/Eternal Hunger vinyl LP (REPOSE 013LP). Sharing a similarly bleak ground to Corrupted, Sunn 0))) and Earth, New Zealands Black Boned Angel return with their fourth full length album Verdun, and perhaps their most sombre and fully-realized work to date. The Battle of Verdun was fought between the German and French armies, and was one of the critical battles during World War 1 on the Western Front. It resulted in more than a quarter of a million battlefield deaths and at least half a million wounded. Verdun was the longest battle and one of the most devastating in World War 1 and indeed in history. Over the course of 50 minutes, BBA soundtrack that brutal conflict with their trademark dark ambient drones and doom-laden riffs. The CD version of this release contains an exclusive extra piece entitled Tears Strike The Mile High Gong and comes in a card gatefold sleeve (1000 copies only)." -Riot Season |
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Artist: BLACK BUG Title: Black Bug Format: LP Label: FDH Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"Sometime in late 2007 FDH was very proud to release the debut demo CDR from this Swedish lo-fi synth band. Since then they have released 7-inches on labels such as Disordered, Boom Chick, and Burning Hell. Each just as good as the one before. The time is finally here for a full0length and FDH is happy to have them back. Lo-fi synth trash at its best. Blown out sounds, pissed-off male and female vocals. Limited to 500 copies." - FDH.
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Artist: BLACK BUG Title: Police Helicopter Format: 7" Label: Hozac Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "The certified degenerate buzz thats surrounded BLACK BUG for the past few years has been dangerously bubbling under the surface and toxically spread over a handful of singles and their debut LP, as they have emerged as the truly most demonic and nihilistic of the minimal synth acts of the current suffocating wave. Hailing from the bowels of the Swedish underground, Black Bug are a terrorizing ambient noise duo of questionable origin, existing in a vacuous plane of reality, where simplistic noisy analog reverberation is the answer to all of lifes questions, and when isnt it? Here they offer us three more devilish cuts of unsettlingly echo-laden dance floor classics, undulating with such a depraved throb and squirm, they might be already embedding themselves deep into your skin, as to quickly dissolve and infect instantly. Black Bug revel in the ugliness of simple purity and the way it feels against your cold, wet skin. Theyve cornered the market on the vile nothingness of paranoid desperation and their songs here are as bleak and gut-wrenching as any of their fore bearers. First edition of 500 copies." -Hozac |
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Beaches & Canyons Format: CD Label: DFA Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"Known for never performing a song the same way twice, Black Dice manipulates and reorganizes sound into a fluid, swelling, blissed-out frenzy while your brain searches for patterns, your body struggles to find the beat. Somehow, it all comes together in a discombobulated synchronicity. It is chaotic for sure, but somehow symphonic and orchestrated as well. They manipulate their instruments and feedback at intense volumes with the energy and enthusiasm of artists in love with the beautiful sounds of a machine." - DFA.
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Beaches & Canyons Format: Double LP Label: DFA Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Broken Ear Record Format: LP Label: DFA Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"The latest masterpiece from uncompromising sonic adventurers BLACK DICE. On Broken Ear Record, the haunting avant funscapes on their previous Creature Comforts album gives way to a slightly darker, more percussive sound filled with tribal textures and fractured voices. Hypnotic, rhythmic, densely textured, and chaotic yet structured experimental rocking." - DFA.
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Chocolate Cherry Format: 7" Label: Catsup Plate Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
| "Black Dices "Chocolate Cherry" seven inch comes hot on the heels of their album Repo (which is Catsup Plates favorite Black Dice record) and finds the band pushing themselves further "out" and paradoxically making some of the poppiest sounds to come from their camp in some time. If Repo was the sound of Black Dice making a funk record then "Chocolate Cherry" veers more towards soul, if you can believe that. The title track is all clipped ecstatic vocals and stuttering disco soul. "POP STD" pins a laconic guitar line and backmasked vocals onto a plodding drum line. And the record closes with the amazingly titled "Bob" which somehow merges insect like buzzing, an incessantly lazy rhythm and what this writer likes to think is a sitar drone (but probably isnt) into a piece of druggy brilliance. Silkscreened on heavy chipboard in four colors by the fine folks at VG Kids. Single edition of 500 copies only." - Catsup Plate. |
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Cone Toaster/Endless Happiness Format: 12" Label: DFA Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
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"Fuck electroclash -- this Brooklyn quartet is here to plant a flag in your skinny-tie ass, reclaiming it in the name of twisted, post-ambient no wave sounds. Cone Toaster, their new single, is a track that lays a 4/4 techno thump under some of the strangest noises made by, well we actually have no idea how they were made. And we dont ask questions. The B-side features a remix by Eye of Japanese legends The Boredoms, bringing a (dare we say) jazzy dance sound to the group." - DFA.
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Creature Comforts Format: LP Label: DFA Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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"This is the official follow-up to their DFA debut CD and Double LP Beaches & Canyons. It finds the band pushing in yet another direction, at once unmistakably Black Dice, and noticeably different. Recorded with Steve Revitte (Liars, Kill Me Tomorrow), the DFA & Nicolas Vernhes (Fisherspooner, Fiery Furnaces). Venturing further into their own psychedelic, increasingly electronic world, Creature Comforts is as expansive, experimental and structurally unique as its predecessor, but there is a new sense of playfulness and accessibility mixed with naïve wonder and not-quite-steady rhythms. It is hazy, dreamy, but they have suddenly emerged as a band with an untouchably original terrain, mixing dub, tropicalia and the entire history of psychedelic rock music into one heady concoction." - DFA. Highly recommended!
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Gore Format: Book Label: Picture Box Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
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"Music enthusiasts may consider Gore, the first book from Black Dice - an extension of their highly visual melange of sound, performance, and art - a fifth album, but its something else entirely. The band grew out of the infamous Providence art and noise scene in the late 1990s, and has since drawn acclaim in New York and worldwide. Their longtime friend, photographer Jason Frank Rothenberg, has documented their work for some time. His images, often reworked and collaged by the band to illustrate their tastes and sensibilities, form the foundation of the book. In collaborating on Gore, the bands creative process parallel its musical one, each member making use of different skills in individual contributions that inform and build on one another. The resulting mix of found images, photographs, collages, and altered documentation explores the full integration of their creative processes and offers a glimpse into daily life in the genesis of their sonic persona." - Picture Box.
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Kokomo Format: 12" Label: Paw Tracks Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
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"Five tracks from Load Blown not previously released on vinyl. Includes 22" x 22" poster." -Paw Tracks.
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Load Blown Format: CD Label: Paw Tracks Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Load Blown is the fourth album by Brooklyns Black Dice. The beats drip and roll, tar-pit voices sing into an oil can, and the guitars crank like calliope. Some tunes crackle and burble like submerged television, others bump and click along like a Summer Jam concert series from another dimension. While a noticeable change in tone encompasses Load Blown (some tunes veer close to pop songs), this is a work of over-stimulation, a product of frenzied media culture, a sonic sifting of the gratuitous amount of "stuff" out there. The span of time (nearly 18 months of on-again/off-again work) encompassing the composition and recording of the album accounts for a sprawling variety of sounds and songs. Strange and abrasive, yet somehow more familiar, accessible, and celebratory than ever, this is Black Dice at their most palatable yet. Load Blown is a compilation of three 12" vinyl EPs that have been released with special edition posters plus exclusive unreleased tracks. The final EP release (released at the same time as the Load Blown cd) will be the remaining five tracks not previously released on vinyl." - Paw Tracks |
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Lost Valley Format: CD Label: Tigerbeat6 Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
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"Black Dice formed during the spring of 1997 in Providence, Rhode Island, as a loud, chaotic mix of early-80s-inspired thrash and harsh noise experimentation. By the fall of 2001, the unorthodox instrumentation continued to evolve, and an emphasis on signal processing provided a broader range of sounds to work with. While volume and physical presence of sound remained crucial, melody and repetition became key elements that songs were composed upon. The shift in focus introduced a new gentle and tuneful quality to the intense, brash music. Currently, the music retains elements of noise and proto-industrial experimentation, while organically suggesting minimal, ambient electronic, and psychedelic ideas, as well as those of tropicalia and dub. Black Dice is now the organized presentation of improvised sound, assembled into deliberate structures based on visual concepts." - Tigerbeat6. 2002 release.
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Manoman Format: 12" Label: DFA Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"The latest release from New York avant-garde leaders BLACK DICE features three brand new tracks that further refine the industrial, beat-driven direction of their last album, Broken Ear. Coinciding with the release of this 12-inch single (which includes a full-color poster designed by BJORN COPELAND), Black Dice recently teamed up with longtime friend and photographer JASON FRANK ROTHENBERG on a collection of found images, photographs, and collages. Entitled Gore (listed below), this flexi-bound, full-color book documents both the making of the aforementioned album and the cut-and-paste, psychedelic aesthetic that has influenced a whole new generation of artists and musicians." - DFA.
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Miles of Smiles Format: 12" Label: DFA Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"Every release by Black Dice is different. You know that by now, right? Changing the game once again, Black Dice release this 2 song EP, entitled Miles of Smiles. Clocking in at a total running time of 28 minutes, this release will please and confound fans and critics alike, as the band prove once again that whatever they tackle, it is on their terms only. Miles of Smiles was originally created for The Poetry of Sex art exhibit in Tokyo and finds the band exploring a Musique Concrete-like world of chance and surprise. The flip side Trip Dude Delay has been a live staple for many years. It has been on the DFA release schedule for far too long, and we are thrilled to finally get it out there for everyone to experience." - DFA. Highly Recommended!
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Miles of Smiles Format: CD Label: DFA Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Every release by Black Dice is different. You know that by now, right? Changing the game once again, Black Dice release this 2 song EP, entitled Miles of Smiles. Clocking in at a total running time of 28 minutes, this release will please and confound fans and critics alike, as the band prove once again that whatever they tackle, it is on their terms only. Miles of Smiles was originally created for The Poetry of Sex art exhibit in Tokyo and finds the band exploring a Musique Concrete-like world of chance and surprise. The flip side Trip Dude Delay has been a live staple for many years. It has been on the DFA release schedule for far too long, and we are thrilled to finally get it out there for everyone to experience." - DFA. Highly Recommended! |
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Mr. Impossible Format: CD Label: Ribbon Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Seminal NYC based art punk DIY enthusiasts / purists, BLACK DICE have returned with their sixth studio album MR. IMPOSSIBLE to be released April 10th on Ribbon Music. The nine song album combines 15 years of collaboration into one explosive electronic breakout monster mash. Over the course of their career Black Dice have refined a compositional palate that is entirely their own. Inspired by the banged up punk gallery art ethos of Mens Recovery Project, The Seeds and their own live shows Black Dice have arrived with the creation of Mr. Impossible. A being unto itself. Bridging a divide between the thrashings of punk and trance music, Mr. Impossible takes itself serious, breathes with melody and revels in a let loose , wild out , fuck off good time. Sound nuts? Well, its not. This is easy to enjoy fun for all frontier music! Get on it." -Ribbon. |
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Mr. Impossible Format: LP Label: Ribbon Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
 "Seminal NYC based art punk DIY enthusiasts / purists, BLACK DICE have returned with their sixth studio album MR. IMPOSSIBLE to be released April 10th on Ribbon Music. The nine song album combines 15 years of collaboration into one explosive electronic breakout monster mash. Over the course of their career Black Dice have refined a compositional palate that is entirely their own. Inspired by the banged up punk gallery art ethos of Mens Recovery Project, The Seeds and their own live shows Black Dice have arrived with the creation of Mr. Impossible. A being unto itself. Bridging a divide between the thrashings of punk and trance music, Mr. Impossible takes itself serious, breathes with melody and revels in a let loose , wild out , fuck off good time. Sound nuts? Well, its not. This is easy to enjoy fun for all frontier music! Get on it." -Ribbon.
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Peace In The Valley Format: 7" Label: Three One G Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: REPO Format: Double LP Label: Paw Tracks Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"REPO is the fifth album by Black Dice. The Brooklyn, NY-based trio has never worked harder at crafting a set of concise, sonically battering, or flat-out bizarre tunes than on this collection of fringe-surfing tone bombs. Yet a new roadhouse blues-band philosophy has simultaneously emerged, allowing the group to loosen up and toss off a record packed with blurry hooks and zoomed-in riffs as casually as a grizzled denizen of roadside dives might spew out aural alchemy in-between a few brews.
Brothers Eric and Bjorn Copeland and Aaron Warren have spent the better part of 10 years in daily contact, touring the world over, and sculpting their saw-toothed sound balloons under circumstances most reasonable people would wretch at. The resultant hive mind occupied by the three is an inevitable consequence of so much shared experience, both musical and simply day-to-day. Their communal consciousness is as packed with garbage as much as it is concerned with making catchy tunes, and often the songs pouring out of it contain equal parts bombastic infectious rhythm and chaotic detritus.
REPO is the sound of a disciplined group of cosmic jokers setting out to reclaim the landscape popular culture would have us believe we cannot afford. The record irreverently mulches the sounds and images of radio, TV and internet into a fertile compost pile squirming with new, raw life." -Paw Tracks
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: REPO Format: CD Label: Paw Tracks Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "REPO is the fifth album by Black Dice. The Brooklyn, NY-based trio has never worked harder at crafting a set of concise, sonically battering, or flat-out bizarre tunes than on this collection of fringe-surfing tone bombs. Yet a new roadhouse blues-band philosophy has simultaneously emerged, allowing the group to loosen up and toss off a record packed with blurry hooks and zoomed-in riffs as casually as a grizzled denizen of roadside dives might spew out aural alchemy in-between a few brews. Brothers Eric and Bjorn Copeland and Aaron Warren have spent the better part of 10 years in daily contact, touring the world over, and sculpting their saw-toothed sound balloons under circumstances most reasonable people would wretch at. The resultant hive mind occupied by the three is an inevitable consequence of so much shared experience, both musical and simply day-to-day. Their communal consciousness is as packed with garbage as much as it is concerned with making catchy tunes, and often the songs pouring out of it contain equal parts bombastic infectious rhythm and chaotic detritus. REPO is the sound of a disciplined group of cosmic jokers setting out to reclaim the landscape popular culture would have us believe we cannot afford. The record irreverently mulches the sounds and images of radio, TV and internet into a fertile compost pile squirming with new, raw life." -Paw Tracks |
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Rodriguez/Pissed In A Cave Format: 7" Label: Ribbon Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
 "An exclusive 7-inch for “Rodriguez” featuring b-side “Pissed In A Cave” with art by band member Bjorn Copeland. This b-side kicks ass, worth checking out for sure because you should." -Ribbon/Eric Copeland. |
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Roll Up/Drool Format: 12" Label: Paw Tracks Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"Coinciding with their ten year anniversary, Black Dice release a new two-song EP. Reflecting another withering season in a Brooklyn basement rehearsal space, the band created a work of abandon, a sonic balloon to unfamiliar vistas. The tunes were debuted on a Peruvian network television show called, funnily enough, "Jammin," on the bands trip to Lima last fall. Limited to 1,000 copies, packaged with a special 24x24 inch full-color poster. Both tracks are exclusive to this release." - Paw Tracks
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Catsup Plate Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"While still mining the post-hardcore territories staked out by such visionaries as Void and Harry Pussy, BLACK DICE have continued to incorporate more subtle influences on this release: bits and pieces can be heard that recall the percussive and experimental elements of Swell Maps, Cabaret Voltaire, even Can. And the lead-off track on the album [which is a prime example of the bands genius in listener manipulation] nods to Musique Concrete or the experimental recordings of the Climax Golden Twins. All of which sounds much more academic than the record is. Rest assured that this is still a BLACK DICE record: theres all sorts of rock, dissonance, general noise and all-around frenzy on this record. Its just that while theyre throwing all that heaviness at you, its clear that theres a lot more going on than mightve been originally apparent. And thats why BLACK DICE [both the band and this record] is going to be remembered in twenty years." - Catsup Plate. Out of print.
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Artist: BLACK DICE Title: Smiling Off Format: Double 12" Label: DFA Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
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"The first single off the new Broken Ear Record album from BLACK DICE. You get the album version of "Smiling Off," along with remixes by DFA, LUOMO, ZZ POT, and the video edit." - DFA.
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Artist: BLACK EAGLE CHILD/DONATO EPIRO Title: Split Format: LP Label: Blackest Rainbow Country: UK Price: $21.00 |
| "Debut vinyl release for both of these great artists who collectively have had releases on a host of excellent underground labels such as Stunned Records, Housecraft, Sturmundrugs Records and Digitalis. Black Eagle Child is the musical project of Michael Jantz, and this release is his second outing for Blackest Rainbow. Here he presents us with 4 tracks of skillful guitar finger picking layered with glockenspiel, accordion and some perfectly timed field recordings giving the music a real autumnal glow. Donato Eprios side is made up of three tracks of superbly crafted guitar work recorded between winter 2008 and winter 2010 at various destinations in Italy. I think the second track is particularly impressive; Il Primo Cerchio is an intense piece with a variety of guitar sounds and techniques used... loose string twangs, repetitive layered plucking and deep raga meditations, at times layered with whirring drones. Pressed on virgin vinyl and housed in a pro-printed high gloss sleeve featuring cover photography by Joe Blanchard, pressed in an edition of 250 copies." -Blackest Rainbow |
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Artist: BLACK FOREST/BLACK SEA Title: Portmanteau Format: 10" Label: Secret Eye Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Guitar, cello, electronics, and various small rackety sounds collect themselves into a haze of infinite possibilities." - Byron Coley. "For this new 10", the duo is joined by guests Margot Goldberg and Joe Grimm (a.k.a. The Wind Up Bird). This quartet version of BF/BS is the very same lineup that performed at Terrastock 6. 10" vinyl-only release limited to 500 copies worldwide. Silkscreened metallic silver covers by Mike Taylor (Lungfish, Avarus, Dan Higgs). 21 minutes of music⿿all exclusive material." -Secret Eye. |
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Artist: BLACK FOREST/BLACK SEA Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Secret Eye Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "The eponymous fourth album by this Providence-based, improv-volk duo is their best yet. Guitar, cello, electronics and various small rackety sounds collect themselves into a haze of infinite possibilities. At certain points theres a sparseness to their approach recalling Charalambides quiet explosions; at others theres a weird and wooly organic depth closer to some of the contemporary giants of the Finnish underground. Either way, its a stunner." - Byron Coley. |
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Artist: BLACK HOLE MIAMI Title: Pure Hell Format: Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Over the top trio of Rat Bastard (To Live & Shave in LA), Ulrich Krieger (Zeitkratzer) and Chris Grier (Scarcity of Tanks, etc.). 50 copies." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: BLACK HUMOR Title: Love God - Love One Another Format: LP Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"BLACK HUMOR was an experimental rock band from San Francisco in the early 80s. (Not to be confused with "blackhumor," alias of noise artist Frazer Hall.) They released just one, very hard to find LP on Fowl Records in 1982. Only 1,000 records were pressed, each with unique handmade covers: thick slabs of paint, collage, parrot feathers, dirt, whatever else happened to be laying around their Tenderloin flat. Many of these have since gone for high, collector prices or ended up in oblivion. Existing in a parallel universe to other bands of the era, Black Humors music is filled with jarring images of urban decay and desperation, bass-driven melodies, and layers of dissonant guitar and percussion. And perhaps the only known recording of a parrot that was taught to say "Fuck You." - Superior Viaduct. Highly Recommended!
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Artist: BLACK JOKER Title: Watch Out! Format: CDR Label: Pacific City Sound Visions Country: Belgium Price: $12.00 |
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Artist: BLACK JOKER Title: Watch Out! Format: LP Label: Olde English Spelling Bee Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"Fully re-mastered vinyl edition of what was originally a Europe-only cassette released in an edition of 80 copies from the solo project of Spencer Clark of The Skaters/Vodka Soap/Monopoly Child et al. Spencer describes Black Joker as being more drone-focused and with faster percussion than the recent Monopoly Child sets. Indeed, the percussion is thrifty and up-front, with arcs of criss-crossing time signatures generating maximum space/time confusion. The combination of trance-informed momentum and bubbling electronic sci-fi tones sounds closest to one of the Sun Ra Arkestras most future-visioned takes on �??Ancient Aethiopia�?� while expanding on the classic post-Angus MacLise feel of all of the best Skaters material. Comes with pro-printed 80s style 12�?� maxi-sleeves with liner notes by Fortean authority, itinerant visionary and Skaters road mangler in-absentia Charles Berlitz. �?��?�the drifting of desert sand sculptures appearing within crystaline miraged mountains during a cycle in which the gleaming of sand star sparkled night is blown, floating towards dawn, as the racing of the camels amongst the sunbound mirages expend dimensions of presentation for these sculptures, which, as wind diminishes and returns, a sand is cast to represent the variety of dimensions interacted : as symbold vision, where the atmosphered wind senses the stars amongst the sand, the camel within the mirage, and the mediation of an experiences whole motion of interaction...�?� - David Keenan
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Artist: BLACK MATH Title: Phantom Power Format: LP Label: Permanent Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "WFMU aptly described Black Maths debut LP from 2009 as Dark-wave buried in tape hiss, with grinding synth, electric cello, and drum machine. The three piece lists Depeche Mode and Big Black as influences, but theyre not straight up 80s. The band will also tell you that Siouxsie and the Banshees are a big influence, but Black Math has a completely compelling, catchy, dark and mysterious sound all their own. This album features 9 new tracks of killer dark- �?wave pop (with some pretty harsh sounding guitar and synth parts) as well as an amazing cover of the Anals Commando of Love (from Total Anal; PERM 006LP). First press is limited to 500 copies." - Permanent. |
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Artist: BLACK MONK Title: Flowstone Format: LP Label: Not Not Fun Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"Debut full-length by this introverted drum/drones duo featuring Roy of Changeling/Quintana Roo after several limited cassette releases (on Buried Valley, Maim & Disfigure, etc). In minimalist pro-printed jackets. Comes with a poster. Edition of 270. Co-released with Arbor." - Not Not Fun
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Artist: BLACK MOTOR Title: Black Motor Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
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"Rec. April 2006 in Tampere, Finland. Sami Sippola (alto and tenor sax); Villa Rauhala (bass); Simo Laihonen (drums). "Roaring free jazz trio from Tampere: sax/b/dr. They got style and surely a black motor pumping their hearts!" - Qbico
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Artist: BLACK ORPHAN Title: Metal Leg Format: 7" Label: Volar Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "This 7-inch from a sometimes SPITS member offers up four great tracks of dark synth/drum machine-meets Chrome punk weirdness. Think Blank Dogs with a more punk sensibility, and you might have some idea. 45 RPM, 100 on gray, 400 on black." -Volar |
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Artist: BLACK PAST Title: Pitch Black Format: LP Label: Dangerous Age Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Dangerous Age is a new label from John Elliott (Emeralds, Imaginary Softwoods, etc.). These are the last copies of this limited edition of 300 copies; housed in a thick reverse matte finish jacket featuring the best album art of the year. "Black Past is the musical solo vision of Cleveland based musician Gregory Boyd. Pitch Black is his debut statement and Dangerous Age 001. Alternatively titled A Soundtrack for a Deranged Motorcyclist, Pitch Black is a bleak narrative pulling no punches. Utilizing an array of drums, percussion, synthesizers, guitars, and other various sound making devices, Boyd creates a damaged repertoire of haunted motorik songs and ghosted void stasis. There is an intensity and mystery buried in these tracks that keep you hooked throughout and coming back for more as you peel back each hidden layer to find new messages and meanings not obvious upon your first encounter. Blown Out Mind kicks the record off with its repetitive, drum clatter on the fringes of disaster and in-the-red synth leads. The track snow balls and collapses into Brain Trouble, a blitzing and disarming hypnotic grey cloud. EG&S (Mood Ring) will launch you into the heart of the Pitch Black concept while A Dark Ride Into the Sun rounds out the record with heavy analog riffing and dusty light waves. Bizarre fidelities resonate throughout which perplex with old school, truly D.I.Y., private basement session sound." -Dangerous Age. |
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Artist: BLACK PUS Title: All My Relations Format: LP Label: Thrill Jockey Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Black Pus is Brian Chippendale, who rose to prominence as the drummer of noise rock titans Lightning Bolt and Mindflayer. All My Relations is constant forward motion and audible physicality. Chippendales furious drumming style is ever present and instantly recognizable, but the pop element, which Chippendale explored in more contained ways on earlier Black Pus releases, is more fully integrated. Tracks like 1000 Years and Hear No Evil bear a snarl and a smile, the sound of wild abandon that is both aggressive and inviting. Chippendale creates maximalist music out of the simple elements of drums, vocals, and an oscillator triggered by the kick drum, looping and repeating phrases, and rhythms in a way that can only be called meditative." -Thrill Jockey. |
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Artist: BLACK PUS Title: Black Pus Format: 7" Label: Skulltones/Corleone Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "BLACK PUS is the solo alias of BRIAN CHIPENDALE. Brian is mostly known for his antics in LIGHTNING BOLT and more infamously known in his funeral dirge noise act MINDFLAYER, but Brian is also known widely as one of the founders of Fort Thunder and an over all amazing printmaker. This record showcases both skill sets. Soundwise its a retard dub fest complete with blender sales and concrete bell tolls. Artwise the packaging is a 9-color silk screen of Brians. Limited to 500." - Skulltones. |
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Artist: BLACK PUS Title: Primordial Format: LP Label: Load Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "BLACK PUS is BRIAN CHIPPENDALE (LIGHTNING BOLT) and on this, their fifth full-length, a lot of the looped drum pop that has been percolating in this projects gene pool is drawn so much closer to the surface. Insanely long saccharine loops are pushed, pulled, screwed and tattooed all over your face. With this ammo, an enduring record of stone-etched brute pop is forged. Comrade, now is the time, take up the fight, strap this pack on and blast off into the land where Space Shuttles no longer tread." - Load. |
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Artist: BLACK QUARTER Title: Sodomy ESP Format: Cass Label: Heavy Tapes Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"After the Gematria debut, Maya Miller returns with her second solo
effort, the highly anticipated "Sodomy ESP." Recorded in one take in
deep-afternoon haze deer-skull-on-the-table statement style, Maya
closes her eyes, rocks back and forth, and blasts a magnetic mono hymn
with organ and tone-vox. Like trying to figure out how the hell
"Nelil" Young plays guitar and harmonica at the same time, on the same
beach, circa the invention of the honey slide. At 4 RPM. Last round of
warmup jams before the Ecstatic Peace LP drops. First black and white
HT cover since the first few tapes -- feel free to color "it" in." - Heavy Tapes.
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Artist: BLACK SPARROW Title: Black Sparrow Format: CDR Label: Peippo Country: Finland Price: $11.00 |
| "Black Sparrow is from UK and is also known for his works as Slow Listener, Hereharehere and so. These lo-fi drone works are spiced (and done) with voices, loops and voices again. Comes with beautiful hand assembled b/w covers drawn by the Duuser collective from Finland. All this, a great wood stick holds together." - Peippo. |
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Artist: BLACK SUN ROOF Title: 4 Black Suns & A Sinister Rainbow Format: Double CD Label: Handmade Birds Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Double album from Matthew Bower (Skullflower, Total, Hototogisu, Sunroof!, Voltigeurs) and Samantha Davies (Voltigeurs, Skullflower)." -Handmade Birds. |
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Artist: BLACK SUN ROOF Title: Feral Format: LP + CD Label: VHF Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Feral marks the return of MATTHEW BOWERs SUNROOF! (in the guise of BLACK SUN ROOF), for their first recording in five years. Quiet since 2007s blistering Panzer Division Lou Reed, the group delivers a more introspective set here, reaching back to the fuzzy, spacey sounds of releases like the epic double-CD Bliss. Among the drifting sonic washes, theres the crude, Dead C-like riffing of "Lions + Peonies" and the lock-grooved tremolo of "Son of the Blue Wolf" (referencing previous triumphs like Cloudz). Bower says: "I have a problem with the term psychedelia [and its] negative associations of a hippie falseness. Nevertheless, my arte is, I know, deeply psychedelic in a true sense, a kind of synaesthesisia, a scrambling, an overload that seeks Samadhi in its primal gush, that will reconnect one with the all, or rather, a black psychedelia, substituting the elective current, for all...." In addition to the all-new tracks on the LP, the package also includes a bonus CD featuring a Bower-curated overview of his work. Many of the tracks on the 75-min Zebra Blood CD are from scarce or out-of-print recordings, including "Austrian Shade" from an impossible-to-find TOTAL seven-inch. Also included is the epic and exclusive new track "Spirit Animal Danzig." Includes a bonus CD with scarce and out-of-print material from various Bower projects, plus one new track." -VHF. |
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Artist: BLACK SWANS, THE Title: Change! Format: LP Label: La Societe Expeditionnaire Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "here should be a pat means of conveying why the Black Swans matter. Something like: ⿿Dylans oblique, carpented melodies sung in Fred Neils voice while Leonard Cohen plays fiddle. Something that could go on a CD wrapper, if anyone used those any more. But clearly glibness will not suffice to bend your ear to a band youve (likely) never heard of; we will have to do better, knowing we will probably fail. Change! is only the second full-length album by the Black Swans, following on the delightfully priapic and correctly-titled Sex Brain EP. By rights, it is too soon to expect them to have perfected the choked swoon of the earlier works⿿the progression from Who Will Walk In The Darkness With You? meditations on mortality to Sex Brain were like a shuttered antique store full of miniatures of the corsetted deceased, turning unexpectedly pornographic behind the counter. And if not premature, it would be perverse to suggest that a record about metamorphosis and the pruning of dried limbs could be perfective in any but the smallest sense. Let us then abjure the finality of superlatives and lose ourselves in the pangs and aches of aspiration: the falling of leaves and the shedding of skin." - Stylus. Limited edition with hand-painted jackets. |
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Artist: BLACK TIME Title: ICU Format: 7" Label: Skulltones Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Newest EP from black-clad UK skulkers who continue to refine their somewhat indefinable sound. Traces of everything from Link Wray rock to 80s underground to 90s trash are molded into three new shadow tunes. Being played in gutters and back alleys as we speak. Up the treble! Limited to 500." -Skulltones |
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: #14 Format: Mag Label: Black To Comm Country: USA Price: $3.00 |
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1988 issue. "The first issue with the new and improved name features part one of the Ron Asheton interview, a nice though could be much better given all the information discovered since piece on the Deviants, an article on Peter Laughners Cinderella Backstreet and the Seeds. Oh, theres also a piece on Charlemagne Palestine written by someone or other who shall remain nameless forever.." - Chris Stigliano. Restocked.
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: #16 Format: Mag Label: Black To Comm Country: USA Price: $3.50 |
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1989 issue. "This one has the Rudolph Grey interview, some reprints of Peter Laughner things I copped out of old issues of ZEPPELIN and elsewhere, more Electric Eels lyrics with a pic, Laughing Hyenas and of course tributes to the recently departed Lucille Ball and Jim Backus." - Chris Stigliano. Restocked.
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: #17 Format: Mag Label: Black To Comm Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| Spring 1990 issue w/ Donald Miller, Maureen Tucker. Rocket From The Tombs photos, Scott Morgan Band(ex-Rationals, ex-Sonics Rendevous Band), Bob Bannister. |
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: #19 Format: Mag Label: Black To Comm Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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1991 issue w/ Joe Meek, Rancid Vat, Miriam Linna (Cramps, Norton Records), Pink Fairies, History of Fanzines, Jeff Clayton (Antiseen), Czech Underground Rock (Plastic People, DG307, Umela Hmota). Restocked.
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: #20 Format: Mag Label: Black To Comm Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| Summer 1993 issue w/ the Seeds, Mick Farren, Roky Erickson, MX 80 Sound. |
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: #21 Format: Mag Label: Black To Comm Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "A VON LMO cover story and interview grace this ish, as do interviews with Metal Mike Saunders, Brian McMahon (Electric Eels) and rockabilly star Ronnie Dawson, plus you can read much-desired items on the Trashmen, Velvet Underground and Hawkwind like I knew you would! Not to mention a piece on the infamous TEENAGE WASTELAND GAZETTE fanzine!" - Chris Stigliano. From 1995. Restocked. |
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: #22 Format: Mag/CD Label: Black To Comm Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Huge 1997 issue w/ Alice Cooper, Steve Mackay (sax on Stooges Funhouse), Planets, Umela Hmota, Seventh Seal (early 70s Detroit free rock) Krautrock and more. PLUS an amazing cd with rare tracks from Carnal Kitchen (Steve Mackay), Simply Saucer, Milk, Umela Hmota, Rockin Blewz (late 60s pre-Vom/Angry Samoans Metal Mike Saunders), Brian McMahon (Electric Eels), Dom and the Moving Parts (Erik Lindgrens late 70s avant new wave/punk group).
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: #24 Format: Mag Label: Black To Comm Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
| 2001 issue. "This issues cover features a nice interview with Doug Snyder of not only Sick Dick and the Volkswagens fame (the NYC no wave band from the late-seventies lower-Manhattan ka-BOOM!, not the nineties group with the same moniker!) but the Doug Snyder/Bob Thompson DAILY DANCE album which has achieved legendary status long ago, plus theres an interview with the Dogs (Detroit) and Greg Shaw, a piece on the old CANT BUY A THRILL fanzine and the usual feature-length reviews and the like." - Chris Stigliano. Restocked. |
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: #25 Format: Mag/CD Label: Black To Comm Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "The latest, 162 pages brimming with such goodies as a New York City Scene history (featuring interviews with Maxs Kansas Citys Peter Crowley and Ruby Lynn Reyner from Ruby and the Rednecks plus pieces on coverboys the New York Dolls and VARIETY scene-booster Fred Kirby), an interview with J. D. King (Coachmen, comix) plus one with guitarist Lou Rone, who would probably be best known to you as leader of the early CBGB-era band Cross as well as one-time guitarist for both Kongress and VON LMO, the Screamin Mee-Mees, CRETINOUS CONTENTIONS, Simply Saucer rare photos, family tree and gigography, rare fanzines of the Golden Age (and more), tons of book and record reviews (which make up the bulk of this ish!), plus a CD with live Simply Saucer 1975, the Coachmen, The Battleship, Ethel with David Nelson Byers and Ruby and the Rednecks. I think its the best issue so far.." - Chris Stigliano. With the return of one of the most informative and longest running fanzines out there, editor Chris Stigliano continues his obsession with the arcane minutia of the pre-punk obscuro-underground (musicians AND writers), sub-No New York no wave (more often than not pertaining to Von Lmo) and other high energy sounds. All issues are very highly recommended! Restocked (#25 is from 2003). Restocked! |
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: Earth Format: LP Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "EARTH is a 2009 silent film by Ho Tzu Nyen, one of Singapores foremost artists. The visually arresting film has been live-soundtracked by a number of artists (including Oren Ambarchi) in several locales, and after Black to Comm, a.k.a. Marc Richters accompaniment at Berlins Asian Film Festival and the Unsound Festival in Krakow (both in 2010), he decided to commit it to record. In Marcs own words: Most of the music was composed under the influence of heavy pain killers while recovering from a broken leg. The music (like the film) is about slowness and decay, states of unconsciousness, sleeping and waking up, dying and being reborn. The film basically is a post-apocalyptic collage based on paintings by classical European painters (Caravaggio, Delacroix, Rembrandt, Gericault) -- the music tries to translate that concept employing similar collage-based sampling techniques using loops made from vintage vinyl and shellac records combined with acoustic and electronic instrumentation and voice. Richters already formidable expressive power stretches over all of EARTH. Reflecting the countless cyclical forces that make up, oh, more or less everything we know and are, the music on EARTH is bracing, lovely, bustling and still, and at times bittersweet, a commingling of sensations and emotions that cant be neatly separated from one another. (EARTHis complex, as you know.) Guests on EARTHinclude David Aird, a.k.a Vindicatrix (on the Mordant Music label), contributing startling vocal work; Renate Nikolaus on an array of instruments and noise devices; Rutger Zuydervelt (singing bowls); and Christopher Kline (singing saw). EARTH is Black to Comms seventh album and his debut for De Stijl, following the acclaimed Alphabet 1968 (on Type) and last years vinyl-only collaboration with Mike Kelley of Destroy All Monsters (on the En/Of label)." -De Stijl. |
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: Levitation/Astoria Format: Picture Disc Lathe Cut 7" Label: Black To Comm Country: Germany Price: $16.00 |
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"Got a beautiful new single from Black To Comm, the solo project of Dekorder head Marc Richter. Levitation/Astoria (Black To Comm 7") is a gorgeous, lathe-cut picture disc that combines one side of meditational float with another that chatters and boings like one of those great Nonesuch Explorer LPs heard through a closed window at the wrong speed when youre about ten years old and feeling very foggy on a combination of fever and cough syrup. Frankly, I prefer the more screwed-up side, but listening to it made me go back and get a bit deeper into the subtleties of its flip." - Byron Coley/The Wire, April 2006. Edition of 100.
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: Rückwärts Backwards Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $23.00 |
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"Finally, heres the vinyl version of the debut album by Hamburgs Black To Comm. Strictly limited edition of 222 copies, hand screened grey cardboard sleeves, full colour insert, postcard and gold stamped labels." - Dekorder.
"The whole album is very dream-like, mystical and fascinating, like being in the middle of a fog bank and loosing your sense of direction but always knowing that youll find your way out one way or the other." - (Mats Gustaffson/The Broken Face).
"What makes this record stand out so much is its attention for detail and the thoughtful combination of source material and additions. On the album opener "Bees" for example, somebody humms over the sound of bees. It just fits perfectly. The same goes for the vintage sounding sweet lullaby loops on "March of the Vivian Girls" that get shadowed by a full distortion noise attack. Over the course of its eight tracks, "Rückwärts Backwards" exemplifies this hard-to-achieve equilibrium of beauty and repulsion, of nature and civilization. A fascinating listen." - (Foxy Digitalis).
"The title track sounds like Nicos "Marble Index" produced by William Basinski instead of John Cale with vague traces of glockenspiel becoming increasingly carnival-like, wandering behind decaying hiss. Special mention must also go to the accelerator tones and military rigour of "March of the Vivian Girls" which slowly build to a collapse of trebly noise." - Indiecult.
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: s/t Format: 10" Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $20.00 |
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM Title: Stille Nacht Format: Lathe Cut 8" Flexi Label: Hasenbart Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "Extremely limited lathe cut Christmas single. 1-sided 8" square picture disc (full colour printing on both sides, stamped on the back, audio on one side) with a plunderphonic version of "Stille Nacht" (aka "Silent Night"). This record will only be produced until Dec. 24, 2012 and then deleted forever." - Hasenbart. |
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Artist: BLACK TO COMM/AOSUKE Title: Split Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $20.00 |
| "This vinyl-only split-LP release is a meeting of two of the most interesting bands coming out of Hamburg, Germany at this moment, both continuing the long tradition of both challenging and explorative music coming from this city in the last decades. From Krautrock to the origins of the so-called Neue Deutsche Welle from experimental sound artists to some of the finest Pop Ambient, Hamburg is regularly spitting out some of the most singular artists on this planet. Both Aosuke and Black To Comm have absorbed influences from all these sources (and a million others) while working towards their very own individual vision The two brand new tracks by Black To Comm are continuing the massive organ/voice drone alchemy of the last double-LP while refining and personalizing his sound, reaching new heights of blazing sonic mysticism. Aosuke have decided to home-record their new material, continuing their loop-oriented, monotone yet highly melodic ambient journeys. Working with repetition and small abstractions, all instrumental "loops" are played by hand and recorded live without overdubs (one of the main principles of the guitar/electronics duo), creating surprisingly concrete dormant and somnambulistic soundscapes while fortunately completely lacking the washy and drowsy effects of most ambient music. Black To Comm is the one-man project of Marc Richter who is the brain behind the Dekorder label as well. So far he has released two albums on his own label ("Rückwärts Backwards" and "Wir können leider nicht etwas mehr zu tun..."). Aosuke is the duo of Tobert Knopp and Ulf Schütte, the latter being a label head as well (Tape Tektoniks). Last year they have released their debut "Monotone Spirits" album co-released by Hamburgs Audiolith label and South Germanys Meudiademorte label." -Dekorder. |
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Artist: BLACK VIAL, THE Title: Noise Frequency PWM Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
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"That Liebfried Loch has been making his found sound/voice/guitar/organ recordings more or less unnoticed since the late 70s is a real shocker. And he has played amongst and with the bigger names of a DIY, Velvets/Barrett/Drake inspired scene in and around Berlin, with connections to 39 clocks, Phantom Payne, Beauty Contest, etc. But his method is decidedly more avant-garde than most. Loch has no patience for a melody, choosing to layer sounds unwittingly. That method has been used to some very tiresome results by a great many artists, but for whatever reason, is much kinder to Herr Loch. If you got ahold of his 95 debut "Frozen Morning" you were one of the lucky few probably to be taken with its freshness. That Loch was pushing 60 was that much more enticing. These 2 lps are his first to enjoy a domestic release, and were done in editions of 300, bearing artwork by the artist and longtime collaborator, Sabine Faust." - Destijl.
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Artist: BLACK VIAL, THE Title: The Jaguar and the Yellow Colours Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
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"That Liebfried Loch has been making his found sound/voice/guitar/organ recordings more or less unnoticed since the late 70s is a real shocker. And he has played amongst and with the bigger names of a DIY, Velvets/Barrett/Drake inspired scene in and around Berlin, with connections to 39 clocks, Phantom Payne, Beauty Contest, etc. But his method is decidedly more avant-garde than most. Loch has no patience for a melody, choosing to layer sounds unwittingly. That method has been used to some very tiresome results by a great many artists, but for whatever reason, is much kinder to Herr Loch. If you got ahold of his 95 debut "Frozen Morning" you were one of the lucky few probably to be taken with its freshness. That Loch was pushing 60 was that much more enticing. These 2 lps are his first to enjoy a domestic release, and were done in editions of 300, bearing artwork by the artist and longtime collaborator, Sabine Faust." - Destijl.
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Artist: BLACK, JAYSON Title: Basic Black Format: LP Label: Bizarrd Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"Unauthorized repress of 1969 LP by ex-mental patient poet Jayson Black. Nihilist poetry backed w/ occasional electronic and sound effects. Best liner notes of any LP EVER! 100 numbered copies." - Bizarrd. SOLD OUT
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Artist: BLACKBURN, JOHNNY & MARY LAUREN Title: Echoes Of Loves Reality Format: LP Label: Guerssen Country: Spain Price: $29.00 |
| "Most would probably agree that this is one of the very best psych-style LPs from the 1980s. Not retro at all but (like Bobb Trimble) a piece of the late 1960s preserved from times rust. Male/female vocals lament and serenade the quest for knowledge of love and beauty in an appealing soundscape, with lyrical guitar leads throughout, good use of mellotron, occasional tablas, flute and bells. The recording has a definite 1981 sound but (again, like Bobb Trimble) this somehow becomes an advantage. Theres not a questionable song on this album, recommended to anyone open for a soft, dreamy trip inside the melancholy and bliss of an acid-tinted romance." -Patrick Lundborg, The Acid Archives "High-quality reissue in 180 gram vinyl, housed in a nice package with original artwork, unbeatable remastered sound quality and also including a huge 16-page booklet with lyrics and drawings. Limited edition of 500 copies only." -Guerssen |
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Artist: BLACKDEATH Title: Katharsis: Kalte Lieder Aus Der Hölle Format: LP Label: Hospital Productions Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Hot blood in the frozen wastes, tormented sleeps, no rest, no peace, always some war to be fought. Blackdeath keep fighting, living life as war. On this new album, all of the wildness and violence that Blackdeath have been renowned for have now hardened into an idiosyncratic and cracked style: manic vocals that switch between black rasp and psychotic singing, Nordic style riffs that are somehow bent into a weapon with sharper angles, and a song progression that is equal parts percussive brawl and wide-eyed revelation. After six albums youd think that they would have plateaued, or grown tired, but no. Rather, here, you find them in the strongest form since the bands inception back in 1998.They now have finally secured themselves a real drummer, and full-professional studio sound. For some underground black metal bands, that might equal an awkward combination, but Blackdeath have always been stubbornly focused on quality of riff and refined composition of song which translates perfectly in this level of production." -Hospital |
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Artist: BLACKOUT BEACH Title: Skin of Evil Format: LP Label: Soft Abuse Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Blackout Beach is the solo nom de guerre of Carey Mercer (from Frog Eyes and Swan Lake), and Skin of Evil is his second full-length. Skin of Evil is remarkable in the sense that a. it contains a story, and b. it sticks to the story; a rare occurrence in these free times. "Donna" is the subject, and each of her lovers (past & present) say their peace in song (Donna gets her song, too). Composed, played and recorded entirely by Mercer alone, these songs revel in the dark side of the heady proto-punk Cleveland axis (e.g. Peter Laughner, David Thomas) with a minimal, textural & almost Suicide-ish sense of pop form and the experimental nature of recent Scott Walker works. LP version released in an edition of 500." - Soft Abuse |
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Artist: BLACKSHAW & LUBOMYR MELNYK, JAMES Title: The Watchers Format: LP Label: Important Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "The Watchers is a historic collaboration between Lubomyr Melnyk and James Blackshaw. These new pieces are being released as a CD/LP with material exclusive to each format. LP is pressed in an edition of 500. I first met Lubomyr Melnyk at a festival called Hea Uus Heli in October 2008. We were both scheduled to play that day and I was very excited to see him perform. Before the show I bought several LPs from him and mentioned as much. Lubomyr (more than modest and courteous, as he always is) asked me what I was doing at the festival and I replied that I was also performing at the festival a little later, to which he responded "Ill come and watch you," before being ushered into the hall to play one of the most staggeringly sonorous and beautiful sets Ive ever heard. It was overwhelming, full of pathos and I left the hall with those incredible overtones hanging in my ears for hours. A couple of hours later, I was onstage when I glanced up and saw Lubomyr, true to his word, stood in the audience watching me attentively. I felt incredibly nervous. Its not everyday you get to play for someone who has greatly inspired and influenced your own music. After the show, I packed up my guitar and came out to meet the crowd. The first person who greeted me was Lubomyr: friendly, full of enthusiasm and keen to hear about my music, my processes, the way in which I made music. Yet again, I was overwhelmed - for very different reasons. "You have invented continuous music for guitar!" We all met at the Vortex Jazz Cafe around midday. We set up, Lubomyr at the grand piano, me directly facing him with my 12-string guitar and began. I would retune at random between songs and together we would find interesting chord progressions, hints of melodies and ways in which to weave those immense overtones that Lubomyr is able to generate on the piano with those of my guitar. No more than two takes per song. Improvisation, spontaneous composition, whatever you want to call it. Either way, it truly felt as if the piano and guitar were as one -- inseparable, parts of a bigger whole, a means by which for two people to make one sound. It never felt forced and never less than engaging. Lubomyr was always humble, jovial and open to ideas. The whole session lasted six hours." -James Blackshaw, October 2012. |
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Artist: BLACKSHAW, JAMES Title: Holly EP Format: LP Label: Important Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "British composer-guitarist James Blackshaw returns with this limited edition 12" EP. The two intimate and introspective pieces collected here were written and recorded during the first three months of 2011, during a break after an intense year of touring and the release of his eighth album All Is Falling. In many ways, these songs more closely resemble his earlier work, with swirling, cyclical acoustic 12-string and nylon string guitar (a first for Blackshaw) being the focal point of the compositions. Charlotte Glasson also contributes some beautifully restrained clarinet, saxophone, flute and violin playing to the proceedings. There are echoes of French Impressionist composers Satie, Debussy and Ravel in the song Holly, while Boo, Forever even sees a nod to the Takoma guitarists which first enthused and inspired him to start fingerpicking a decade ago, but - more than anything - the sound is unmistakably Blackshaws own and ranks among some of his finest and most beautiful work yet." - Important. |
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Artist: BLACKSHAW, JAMES Title: O True Believers Format: CD Label: Important Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
| "When UK native James Blackshaw plays his 12-string, something spiritual takes place. This unassuming 23 year-old is transformed into a guitar god whose name belongs alongside the likes of Jack Rose, Steffen Basho-Junghans, and Glenn Jones. Making instrumental, solo, acoustic music that remains consistently interesting and moving is a difficult task. Yet, time after time, Blackshaw hits out of the park, constantly breaking boundaries in what could be conceived as a somewhat limited medium. O True Believers is the latest in a string of impressive releases, all with their own mood and inspiration." - Important. |
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Artist: BLACKSHAW, JAMES Title: Sunshrine/Celeste Format: LP Label: Bo Weavil Country: UK Price: $32.00 |
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"Bo Weavil Recordings is proud to release onto vinyl for the first time Englands James Blackshaw. An acoustic folk guitarist who takes his primary cues from the holy trinity of the near mythical -- John Fahey, Robbie Basho and -- along with recent adherents to the weird Americana / new folk sound, Jack Rose. Blackshaws twelve-string guitar resonates to produce unbridled raga-like flurries, bursting with energy, yet harnessed with enough melodic definition to their fluid motions. On Sunshrine (side A) and Celeste (Side B) James does a brilliant job of bringing together his skill on the acoustic guitar with a talent for melding soundscapes and drones into coherent compositions. He uses his 12-string guitar and open tuning to create some wonderful passages of beautiful folk guitar. James Blackshaw plays 12-string & 6-string guitar, sarod, harmonium, Farfisa organ, glockenspiel, bells & bowed cymbals. 180g limited 500 hand-numbered pressing." - Bo Weavil.
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Artist: BLADDER FLASK Title: One Day I Was So Sad.. Format: CD Label: Sonaria Country: Poland Price: $16.00 |
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CD reissue of classic 1981 LP by the Rupenus Bros (New Blockaders).
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Artist: BLANCHE BLANCHE BLANCHE Title: 2wice 2wins Format: LP Label: Feeding Tube Country: USA Price: $29.00 |
| "Brattleboro, Vermonts Sarah Smith and Zach Phillips have dropped another absolute bomb. The music here is so good, Feeding Tube Records couldnt resist releasing it on vinyl, even though their Our Place LP was already in production. Exquisite songcraft, cunningly rhythmic arrangements and Sarahs lilting vocals give the songs here a deceiving lightness, almost like a 21st century Gilberto/Jobim collaboration. The more you play it, the deeper it will cut. A perfect record for summer, with an engraved B-side, courtesy of the youngest members of Team Feeding Tube: Addie C. and Coco M. Also available as half of a cassette split with Bruce Hart on Blanche Blanche Blanches home-label OSR Tapes. No EQ. Bass by Danny Bissette. Edition of 200." -Feeding Tube. |
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Artist: BLANCHE BLANCHE BLANCHE Title: Our Place Format: LP Label: Feeding Tube Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
| "No effects, EQ or noise reduction were used in the making of this album, the fifth by this fantastic Brattleboro duo. Sarah Smith and Zach Phillips (aka Bruce Hart, Jordan Piper Philips, Nals Goring, etc.) assemble mostly keyboard-oriented skeletal pop gems from the softest imaginable bones. Sarah Smith sings like a torchier version of the Young Marble Giants Allison Stratton, singing lost fragments from the Randy Newman Songbook. Smiths guitar playing seems effortless but planned out with a true heart. Its an incredible combination that always pulls itself back from the brink of potential cutesy-pieness with genuinely unexpected moves and a fully brilliant manner of constructing songs. A surrealist cocktail masterpiece from the upper reaches of the Connecticut River Valley." -Feeding Tube. |
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Artist: BLANCHE BLANCHE BLANCHE Title: Wink With Both Eyes Format: LP Label: Night People Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Brattleboro, VT prolific song writing duo BLANCHE BLANCHE BLANCHEs second Night-People release shines even more then their excellent first cassette effort. Wink With Both Eyes is a distinct statement in the contemporary underground music environment. It is a distilled, unified, collection of songs compiled from the hundreds of songs BBB has created in the last couple of years. To add extra flavor to their weirdo synth pop songs on Wink With Both Eyes, BBB enlisted many of their Brattleboro music friends including shredders like KING TUFF, CHRIS WEISMAN and GRAHAM BROOKS. Band members SARAH SMITH and ZACH PHILLIPS didnt use any computers, samplers, drum machines or sequencers when they created Wink With Both Eyes sticking to their own unique processes of song craft. Retained from prior releases is the urgent jazzy retro synth feel, catchy monotone vocals and minimalist post punk references. BBB is a distinct creative team and this LP is there definitive statement thus far." - Night People. |
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Artist: BLANCHE BLANCHE BLANCHE Title: Wooden Ball Format: LP Label: NNA Tapes Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Sarah Smith and Zach Phillips, better known as Blanche Blanche Blanche, live by the element of risk. This becomes clear upon listening to their latest full-length record Wooden Ball, where the unpredictability reaches palpable levels. These prolific young masters of harmony from Brattleboro, Vermont have spent the last couple years recording and releasing nearly 10 full-length records worth of brilliant and confounding musical quicksand. Describing it in words can be difficult, but make no mistake that these songs are both highly calculated and drenched in paradox. Manic keyboard lines are pounded out with hyper chops, running circles around octopus basslines. Each progression is seemingly different from the last, showing a simultaneous reverence and destruction of the tonal study. Percussion pads are guided by ruthless polyphony at an intense, hummingbird-paced tempo, with lines and melodies colliding at every junction, clashing and crashing, like the most fluid and elegant car wreck youve never seen. The cutting, topical lyrics and deadpan, bare-bones vocal delivery are wholly original, while undoubtedly fueled by the eternal flame of the punk spirit and DIY ethics. Most importantly, at the heart of the all the technicality lies the warmth of the human element. Wooden Ball, like most BBB, was lovingly recorded to four-track tape, so you can tangibly feel the intention of these spirited musicians. This taps into what seems to be an emerging Vermont-style, evident in other locals artists like Ryan Power, Son of Salami, Chris Weisman, or Happy Jawbone Family Band -- raw, no-rules songwriting, unattached to genre or principal. The revenge of the small town feel, where rock and roll is in the eye of the beholder. There must be something in the syrup. Mastered and cut by Lupo at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin." -NNA. |
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Artist: BLANK Title: Duden Format: LP Label: Eventuell Country: Germany Price: $24.00 |
| "Rüdiger Carl is one of the most important figures to have emerged from European free jazz. Musicians Oliver Augst and Christoph Korn, who are a generation younger, work at the cross-roads of improvisation, installation, electronics, and theory. Oliver Augst, Rüdiger Carl, and Christoph Korn have appeared as Blank in different projects and releases from FMP and GROB international. Their latest project takes the theme of "collection" as a starting point. Oliver Augst, Ruediger Carl, and Christoph Korn have sifted through their own recordings and releases from recent years, and have broken them down into microscopically small parts, creating countless strange and colourful fragments. These fragments are then recorded on vinyl in the form of 240 locked grooves. "Duden" is not only a very special recording, but an instrument in itself for Blank will use the locked grooves to perform live with three recordplayers instead of their usual instruments - a genuine mixture between post-turntablism and improvised music. Limited on 400 copies, comes with stunning artwork on extra thick cover by Tobias Rehberger." - Eventuell. |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: Captured Tracks Volume One Format: CDR Label: Blank Dogs Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
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"First in a series of self-released CD-R only releases.
More noisy/experimantal than other Blank Dogs releases, if youre
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5 Exclusive tracks.
Silkscreened raw paper with 7x7 insert (comes in a 7" sleeve.)
Stamped, numbered edition of 200, not to be repressed." - Blank Dogs
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: Diana (The Herald) Format: LP Label: Sacred Bones Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"For the quickly ascending career of the BLANK DOGS, this 12-inch marks another ringer, and already their fourth release of 2007, clearly showing an impeccable work ethic with no signs of stopping. Each record sounding more unique and far out than the last, this brand new 12-inch EP on Sacred Bones shows the Blank Dogs evolving into a full-on goth-gone wrong killing machine, yet they dont need to get nasty. The effects the vocals reverberate through will cause instant nausea when exposed to the elderly and the weak, yet underneath lie those keenly disguised pop hooks that stick with you long after the record stops. If Death Pop was ever really a term, the Blank Dogs now own it, yet their wrong wave wanderings can entertain fringe psych-heads just the same, hence their growing appeal across genre boundaries."-Victim Of Time. Repressed!
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: In A Web Format: 7" Label: Daggerman Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: Land and Fixed Format: CD Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Mike Sniper never meant to be one of Brooklyns ‘most mysterious musicians. Things just ended up that way, as the singer/multi-instrumentalist released a steady stream of limited singles and EPs on such reputable indie labels as Sacred Bones, HoZac and Woodsist. Not to mentions Snipers own Captured Tracks imprint—a carefully-curated roster thats grown as quickly as Blank Dogs itself, thanks to such buzz-stirring releases as Dum Dum Girls debut EP and recent records by Beach Fossils, Wild Nothing and Minks. “The anonymous thing happened in the very beginning because I didnt even have a backing band to play shows with,” explains Sniper. “It led to some ridiculous rumors—that I wear a mask onstage, that Im Stephen Malkmus…funny stuff.” Another common misconception about Blank Dogs is that Sniper wanted his early recordings—starting with the speaker-crawling cold sweat cuts of 2007s Diana the Herald EP—to sound like a lo-fi gathering of queasy vocals, bruised beats and Chinese water torture chords. The truth is much simpler than that: Blank Dogs murkier mixes were purely a matter of having limited means. Things started to change around his On Two Sides (Troubleman, 2008) album, however, as rare slabs of Blank Dogs vinyl landed on the eBay circuit and influential blogs (The FADER, 20jazzfunkgreats) feverishly posted brand new MP3s. Between that cult following and the continued success of Captured Tracks, Sniper was finally able to buy better equipment and develop his sound into an expansive mix of clear (The Cure, Joy Division) and cryptic (The Go-Betweens, Neil Young) influences—a decidedly Blank Dogs direction that touches upon everything from the spare, sparkling synths of Frances cold-wave movement to the jangly guitars of classic indie rock. All of this progress was made with one particular record in mind: this falls Land and Fixed LP, a tight 12-song effort that took about a year and 13 scrapped tracks (some of which ended up on the Phrases EP) to complete. The result isnt just a clearer recording; its like going from stolen cable on a 15-inch set to a wall-swallowing HDTV. A headphone listen, in other words—literally mixed on the subway to enhance widescreen details like the heat-seeking hooks of “Blurred Tonight,” the elegantly-layered arrangements of “Out the Door,” and the moonlit synth melodies of “Elevens.” As it turns out, the next phase of Blank Dogs is an instrumental Woodsist record in the vein of “Elevens.” Sniper says hes “pretty psyched for it,” a dance 12-inch for Italians Do It Better and sessions with Blank Dogs live trio, which is rounded out by Craig Mileski and Pamela Garavano-Coolbaugh. “Were definitely more of a "band" now,” insists Sniper, although one thing hasnt changed: he still isnt Stephen Malkmus. " - Captured Tracks. |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: Land and Fixed Format: LP Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Mike Sniper never meant to be one of Brooklyns ‘most mysterious musicians. Things just ended up that way, as the singer/multi-instrumentalist released a steady stream of limited singles and EPs on such reputable indie labels as Sacred Bones, HoZac and Woodsist. Not to mentions Snipers own Captured Tracks imprint—a carefully-curated roster thats grown as quickly as Blank Dogs itself, thanks to such buzz-stirring releases as Dum Dum Girls debut EP and recent records by Beach Fossils, Wild Nothing and Minks.
“The anonymous thing happened in the very beginning because I didnt even have a backing band to play shows with,” explains Sniper. “It led to some ridiculous rumors—that I wear a mask onstage, that Im Stephen Malkmus…funny stuff.”
Another common misconception about Blank Dogs is that Sniper wanted his early recordings—starting with the speaker-crawling cold sweat cuts of 2007s Diana the Herald EP—to sound like a lo-fi gathering of queasy vocals, bruised beats and Chinese water torture chords. The truth is much simpler than that: Blank Dogs murkier mixes were purely a matter of having limited means.
Things started to change around his On Two Sides (Troubleman, 2008) album, however, as rare slabs of Blank Dogs vinyl landed on the eBay circuit and influential blogs (The FADER, 20jazzfunkgreats) feverishly posted brand new MP3s. Between that cult following and the continued success of Captured Tracks, Sniper was finally able to buy better equipment and develop his sound into an expansive mix of clear (The Cure, Joy Division) and cryptic (The Go-Betweens, Neil Young) influences—a decidedly Blank Dogs direction that touches upon everything from the spare, sparkling synths of Frances cold-wave movement to the jangly guitars of classic indie rock.
All of this progress was made with one particular record in mind: this falls Land and Fixed LP, a tight 12-song effort that took about a year and 13 scrapped tracks (some of which ended up on the Phrases EP) to complete. The result isnt just a clearer recording; its like going from stolen cable on a 15-inch set to a wall-swallowing HDTV. A headphone listen, in other words—literally mixed on the subway to enhance widescreen details like the heat-seeking hooks of “Blurred Tonight,” the elegantly-layered arrangements of “Out the Door,” and the moonlit synth melodies of “Elevens.”
As it turns out, the next phase of Blank Dogs is an instrumental Woodsist record in the vein of “Elevens.” Sniper says hes “pretty psyched for it,” a dance 12-inch for Italians Do It Better and sessions with Blank Dogs live trio, which is rounded out by Craig Mileski and Pamela Garavano-Coolbaugh.
“Were definitely more of a ‘band now,” insists Sniper, although one thing hasnt changed: he still isnt Stephen Malkmus. " - Captured Tracks.
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: Leaves Format: Cass Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: On Two Sides Format: Cass Label: Fuck It Tapes Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: On Two Sides Format: LP Label: Troubleman Unlimited Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"BLANK DOGS proposition does also contain a great deal of the otherworldly, I think you shall find the way in which they resonate uncertain and hazy like transmissions coming from the other side most appealing, like reliable messengers delivering a lost love letter across impossible distances with a fierce passion which reminds me of that most excellent Sir John Maus. Blank Dogs seem to have studied in the cadaverous school of German minimalism where thaumaturgs such as Grauzone excelled, but covered some of the piercing angles with the flesh and blood of the new wave that these Islands did bear, particularly Joy Division and even Young Marble Giants at certain moments of trembling melodic beauty. All laced with that distorted barbed wire one finds in so many promising new acts from the other side of the pond. Formidable material, I am sure you will agree, do purchase their album On Two Sides when it is made available and you shant be disappointed."-20 Jazz Funk Greats
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: On Two Sides Format: CD Label: Sacred Bones Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "BLANK DOGS proposition does also contain a great deal of the otherworldly, I think you shall find the way in which they resonate uncertain and hazy like transmissions coming from the other side most appealing, like reliable messengers delivering a lost love letter across impossible distances with a fierce passion which reminds me of that most excellent Sir John Maus. Blank Dogs seem to have studied in the cadaverous school of German minimalism where thaumaturgs such as Grauzone excelled, but covered some of the piercing angles with the flesh and blood of the new wave that these Islands did bear, particularly Joy Division and even Young Marble Giants at certain moments of trembling melodic beauty. All laced with that distorted barbed wire one finds in so many promising new acts from the other side of the pond. Formidable material, I am sure you will agree, do purchase their album On Two Sides when it is made available and you shant be disappointed."-20 Jazz Funk Greats |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: On Two Sides/The Fields Format: Cass Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: Phrases Format: 12" Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "...Occasionally calling in collaborators from the likes of Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls and Times New Viking, Phrases, Snipers latest EP in a long succession of vinyl-only releases, sees him going it alone for the most part. Indeed, its hard to envisage anyone else being allowed sufficient mindspace to create alongside Sniper, such is the vast propensity of ideas that fill the four tracks here. While the opening electro-tinged robotics of Heat And Depression resembles a Crystal Castles outtake, Sniper mumbling "Can you see yourself?" with surreptitious repetition over a distorted funky bassline, its on Phrases other three tracks that his more obscure influences start to take hold. Blurred Tonight takes The Cramps danse macabre schtick through the same backdoor as The Horrors managed so successfully last year, except with even more menacing vocal assertions courtesy of that man Sniper. His voice then gets the heavily reverbed treatment on Racing Backwards, a Cure-inspired number that sees the opulent Sniper make the offer "stay to the end" which becomes increasingly difficult to refuse as verse usurps chorus. Despite Blank Dogs NYC dancefloor tendencies, theres something inadvertently English about these compositions, suitably realised in the closing End Of Summer which takes Depeche Modes early Roland Jupiter-led blueprint before mashing it into a collage of post-punk ambience, beats and all..." - from Drowned In Sound. "4 track EP, all exclusive to this record." - Captured Tracks. |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: S/T Format: 7" Label: Hozac Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: Seconds Format: 12" Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Four new tracks of Blankdoggica. Silkscreened sleeves." -Captured Tracks. New release on Mike Blank Dogs label. |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: Setting Fire To Your House b/w I Was Counting Format: 7" Label: 4:2:2 Country: Denmark Price: $10.00 |
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"The new single "Setting Fire To Your House" b/w "I Was Counting" is now available from 4:2:2 Records, a Danish label. These are limited to 500 copies with 100 on red vinyl. Unlike past releases, the a-side of this 7" will be on the 2xLP/CD "Under and Under" scheduled for release in December of this year on In The Red Records." - Blank Dogs
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: The Doorbell Fire Format: 7" Label: Sweet Rot Country: Canada Price: $5.00 |
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"One of the most exciting things when listening to Blank Dogs records has been trying to dissect the alchemy of his recording process. How did he make that guitar/synth sound like that? And was it on purpose or something he just stumbled on to? The mysteries behind these questions (and of course the increasingly annoying debate of the identity of the suspects involved...I mean, it really doesnt matter folks. Cant you just enjoy something?) make for intense listening experiences...a Blank Dogs record is something I really just cant have playing in the background while I do other things. They demand attention, or perhaps just have a certain magic that sucks you into their world. They manage to be quite personal sounding and keep you at an arms distance as well. "Outside Alarmer" has already been picked as one of Mr.BDs choicest cuts by many and I cant argue with facts. Its synth flares lend a nearly pretty quality to a tune that would at first seem almost creepy. "It Was" treks thorugh the desert on a winding minimal-synth path. "Doorbell Fire" reminds me of The Cure for no apparent reason. Somewhat fragile and surprisingly quite stirring and evocative music from a "band" that I hope just isnt toying with my emotions. Theres a distinct odor of Eighties nostalgia surrounding this record in my mind as well, so much so that I envisioned them as the soundtrack for some outre John Hughes teen-flick on a particularly late and chemically enhanced evening. My personal fave of the Blank Dogs records so far." - Terminal Boredom (Rich Kroneiss).
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: The EPs Format: Cass Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: The Fields Format: CD Label: Woodsist Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "BlankDogs are actually singular: Its the insanely prolific one-man Brooklyn-based band of Mr. Blank Dog. We dont know too much about the biography of the guy behind the bedroom new-wave pop/punk and hes usually covering his face with masks or bedspreads, but thats fine. The aura of anonymity allows you to focus on the sounds -- and, really, he might be releasing a ton of things, but theres definitely a higher jam to crap ratio. Its like Joy Division vocal lines with the Cures synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment. And that voice? All the feedback in the world cant hide his knack for melody. Blank Dogs have been making plenty of rumbles in the noisier and more secretive outposts of the underground (half his discographys sold out), but Troubleman Unlimiteds just repressed his very recommended full-length On Two Sides (on yellow vinyl in an edition of 500) and In The Reds releasing a 20-song double LP (or single CD) Under And Under in January. Its all new material. Hes also playing his first shows this month in NYC, so if you want to take a peek, you can. All this to say: Seems like BlankDogs is on his way out of the basement."-stereogum. |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: The Fields Format: Cass Label: Fuck It Tapes Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
| "BlankDogs are actually singular: Its the insanely prolific one-man Brooklyn-based band of Mr. Blank Dog. We dont know too much about the biography of the guy behind the bedroom new-wave pop/punk and hes usually covering his face with masks or bedspreads, but thats fine. The aura of anonymity allows you to focus on the sounds -- and, really, he might be releasing a ton of things, but theres definitely a higher jam to crap ratio. Its like Joy Division vocal lines with the Cures synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment. And that voice? All the feedback in the world cant hide his knack for melody. Blank Dogs have been making plenty of rumbles in the noisier and more secretive outposts of the underground (half his discographys sold out), but Troubleman Unlimiteds just repressed his very recommended full-length On Two Sides (on yellow vinyl in an edition of 500) and In The Reds releasing a 20-song double LP (or single CD) Under And Under in January. Its all new material. Hes also playing his first shows this month in NYC, so if you want to take a peek, you can. All this to say: Seems like BlankDogs is on his way out of the basement."-stereogum. |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: The First Two Weeks Format: LP Label: Freedom School Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: The Singles Format: Cass Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: Under And Under Format: CD Label: In The Red Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "For the past several years, a slew of 12-inches, 7-inches, and cassettes have been released by the mysterious Brooklyn artist known as BLANK DOGS. Blank Dogs is actually singular-its the insanely prolific one-man band of Mr. Blank Dog. Not too much is known about the guy behind the bedroom new wave / pop / punk act and hes usually covering his face with masks or bedspreads. The sound is Joy Division vocal lines with The Cures synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient, submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment. Under and Under is Blank Dogs latest and most massive release to date-a double-album housing twenty brand new songs (fifteen on the CD) that show off his pop chops to a greater extent than any of his previous releases. Also, for the first time, Blank Dogs has incorporated the assistance of outside musicians to lend a hand, including members of the CRYSTAL STILTS and VIVIAN GIRLS, among others. contribute this time around, Double LP version to follow." - In The Red |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: Under and Under Format: Double LP Label: In The Red Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "For the past several years, a slew of 12-inches, 7-inches, and cassettes have been released by the mysterious Brooklyn artist known as BLANK DOGS. Blank Dogs is actually singular-its the insanely prolific one-man band of Mr. Blank Dog. Not too much is known about the guy behind the bedroom new wave / pop / punk act and hes usually covering his face with masks or bedspreads. The sound is Joy Division vocal lines with The Cures synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient, submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment. Under and Under is Blank Dogs latest and most massive release to date-a double-album housing twenty brand new songs (fifteen on the CD) that show off his pop chops to a greater extent than any of his previous releases. Also, for the first time, Blank Dogs has incorporated the assistance of outside musicians to lend a hand, including members of the CRYSTAL STILTS and VIVIAN GIRLS, among others. contribute this time around." - In The Red |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: Under and Under Format: Double Cass Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: Waiting Format: 7" Label: In The Red Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "To coincide with the release of BLANK DOGS Under and Under album, In The Red has issued this companion single featuring two exclusive tracks. "Waiting" finds the band drifting ever closer to C-86 Brit-pop terrain and incorporates more guitar than synth. Stereogum says, "Its like Joy Division vocal lines with The Cures synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment." Edition of 2,000." - In The Red |
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Artist: BLANK DOGS Title: Year One Format: Cass Label: Fuck It Tapes Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
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"compilation of all tracks from the first year of releases. This
includes the two 12" EPs , the first four 7" EPs and the Mirror
Lights cassette. 27 tracks in just over 70 minutes. limited..." - Fuck It Tapes
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Artist: BLANK REALM Title: Deja What? Format: LP Label: Bedroom Suck Country: UK Price: $21.00 |
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"BLANK REALMs wax follow up to their debut LP on Not Not Fun. This second album sees the band delving deeper into pop territory while still keeping their feet firmly rooted in the shimmering haze of garage rock psychedelia. Sounds like something you would find hidden at the bottom of your dads dusty collection. Your dad is a stoner." - Bedroom Suck.
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Artist: BLANK REALM Title: Go Easy Format: CD Label: Fire Country: UK Price: $19.00 |
| "Australian psychedelic pop outfit Blank Realm. Go Easy initially came out on a limited edition, vinyl-only run via the awesome tastemaker label Siltbreeze and in Australia on the equally wonderful Bedroom Suck. An incredible blend of psychedelic rock n roll and super-catchy pop smarts." -Fire. |
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Artist: BLANK REALM Title: Go Easy Format: LP Label: Fire Country: UK Price: $26.00 |
| "Australian psychedelic pop outfit Blank Realm. Go Easy initially came out on a limited edition, vinyl-only run via the awesome tastemaker label Siltbreeze and in Australia on the equally wonderful Bedroom Suck. An incredible blend of psychedelic rock n roll and super-catchy pop smarts. LP version on pink, 180 gram vinyl." -Fire. |
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Artist: BLANK REALM Title: Go Easy Format: LP Label: Siltbreeze Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "BLANK REALM is arguably the most diverse sounding of all the excellent bands presently calling Brisbane, Australia, home. Following a host of releases including two out-of-print LPs for the Not Not Fun label and a pair of sevens on their hometown imprint Negative Guest List, Go Easy is the one where all the chickens come home to roost. With an uncanny channeling of Missing-Links-styled garage / psychedelia, Pere-Ubu-esque rustbelt avant trippery and the experimental post-punk spasms of The Work, Blank Realm ably goes deep (when called for) as well as plays it tight and inside (ditto). For the discerning sodbuster who actually has cash burning a hole through the leather pouch found at the end of that wallet chain, this is surely one of the primo investments for 2012. Limited edition of 500 copies with download coupon." -Siltbreeze. |
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Artist: BLANK REALM Title: Heatless Ark Format: LP Label: Not Not Fun Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"Vinyl debut by this consistently impressive Australian psych collective with 2 previous cassette albums on NNF. This one finds them moving into weird-punk song terrain, almost a fried improv no-wave vibe in places. Beautifully silkscreened sleeves." - Not Not Fun.
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Artist: BLANK REALM Title: Heatless Ark Format: LP/Cass Label: Not Not Fun Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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overdue vinyl debut by this consistently killer Brisbane crew finds them
more form-destroying and ambitious than ever before. outsider psych rabble
burned through an art-punk eyeball. comes alone OR with a fantastic
companion cassette album, DIRTY ARK." - Not Not Fun.
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Artist: BLANK REALM Title: Hey! Little Child Format: 7" Label: Negative Guest List Country: Australia Price: $12.00 |
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"BLANK REALM have been setting hearts aflutter in Brisbane and beyond (including, most recently, the United States) for the better part of the last decade. Over two LPs and a gaggle of small run CDR and tape releases, this rabid family unit have blurred the lines between spoiled Krautrock, FM channel-surfing and psychedelic shrubbery. Their first release on NGL is also the first in a series of Negative Guest List Jukebox Singles, where artists are invited to take a song that has been pre-written by another and attempt to transcend the meaning of the word "cover", the only guidelines being that it should be fit to cut at 45RPMs. Here, the SPENCERS (and a WALSH!) add a blazed psychedandy vibe to Alex Chiltons orgiastic "Hey! Little Child," taken from his classic Like Flies On Sherbert LP. If this is your first taste of Blank Realm it will surely only leave you wanting more, and for the old fans here is your chance to be satiated in hearing the only tune this band has covered on stage immortalized to wax. Get a gobfull." -Negative Guest List
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Artist: BLATCHLEY, JOSHUA EMERY Title: VDSQ- Solo Acoustic Volume One Format: LP Label: Vin Du Select Qualitite Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Id like to introduce you to a new label that is a joint effort between Steve Lowenthal (Plastic Records, Swingset Magazine) and Rob Mason (Old Flame Records), Vin Du Select Qualitite. The first three releases planned for early fall release include the debut recording from Joshua Blatchley (A new voice in the Ragtime and American Primitive guitar-playing lineage, Blatchley offers a unique interpretation of both new and traditional compositions. Blatchley performs in the band Mountain Home with Marissa Nadler and Greg Weeks of Espers.), Mark McGuire, who plays guitar in Cleveland drone heroes Emeralds, and session-man, indie rock legend Chris Brokaw, who played in bands such as Codeine, Come, The New Year, Pullman, and the New Wave Bandits and many others. The series will be released on high quality LP with letterpressed sleeves, each with a picture of the guitar used to record the albums. Track-by-track liner notes will also be included. ⿿The idea behind VDSQ was really to create a label that was a nod to the great guitar-oriented labels like Takoma and Transatlantic but focusing on contemporary artists rather than reissues, said Lowenthal. ⿿I tried to curate a series that transcended genre and really pull together some exceptional musicians from different geographic and musical scenes. The goal is to hopefully bridge the gap between traditional and contemporary styles of music all within the context of acoustic guitar music. The process of each edition of the series is such that it really lets the personality of the player come to the forefront so each record really reflects the essence of the personality of the players. The first run is 500 of each LP" - Vin Du Select Qualitite. |
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Artist: BLAWAN Title: His He She & She Format: 12" Label: Hinge Finger Country: UK Price: $20.00 |
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Small repress. "Blawan has always packed menace into his tracks -- his percussion doesnt just smack you in the face; it toys with you in a bear-about-to-break-his-fast kind of way -- but hes never really sounded as psychotic as he does here. Noisy, dissonant and packed with funhouse screams..." -Resident Advisor.
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Artist: BLAZE X Title: Some Hope/Rippy Format: 7" Label: Sing Sing Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Blaze X formed in late 1975 in Tuam. They quickly learned to play and scored support slots for touring bands such as The Radiators, The Fuze, Tony Koklin and most famously U2 at Leisure Land in Galway on December 18, 1980. In November 1980 they entered RCF Studios in Galway and recorded their self-released single which sold well locally but didnt have much distribution apart from some mailorder sales. Only 500 copies pressed and its a tough one to find these days. Most were sold locally and some were sent out as promos -- one of which went to RTE DJ Larry Gogan, who made it his Hit-Pick of the week (though the B-side "Rippy" was banned). Despite this success, the band failed to get on TV and no more copies were pressed. They split in 1981 when they failed to achieve their ambitions." - Eamonn Keane. |
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Artist: BLBAF Title: Home of the Brahma Chopp Format: LP Label: Vertical Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "A solo project, with Squirmbo connections, heres the first non-single on the Vertical label. Its a monster slab of noise contact implosion; not far in parts from an Akita mix of (Vermonsters) Holy Sound of American Pipe." - FE. Mid-90s release. |
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Artist: BLEAK RACE Title: Communication Breakdown Format: Cass Label: Robert & Leopold Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| Limited to 100 copies. "Communication Breakdown is the lost gospel for the final blueprint of Bleak Race.  Theresa Smith cuts up her time between guitar duties in Home Blitz, tape destruction and noise bleeding in York Factory Complaint, and lo-fi cheek pinching behind the wall of Lemon Dots.  Somehow along the way she lost all sense of reality, completely immersing herself in the fine art of analog seduction, which opened up a Pandoras box of hellish tone.  Treated violin sliced up and left for dead, junk electronics gasping for air and schizophrenic editing that has no place in this world. A wretched drool of warped sex appeal and beautiful disaster wrapped up in 30 minutes, maybe that isnt enough." - R&L. |
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Artist: BLEAKS Title: Haste, Error Format: LP Label: Wodger Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| ""Haste, Error" is the debut album from the aptly monikered trio Bleaks, consisting of Jeremy Lemos (White/Light, White/Lichens), Kyle Bruckmann (EKG, Lozenge) and Steve Silverstein (Christmas Decorations, Wodger pit boss). Thick, analog-synth black-hole dronisms and metallic percussive clatter meld with assorted reeds⿿all swimming in the deep end of 1980s industrial/improv sprawl, perhaps bringing to mind the work of Factrix or early Maurizio Bianchi. This is not noise as it is currently understood. Rather, Bleaks ravage with precise subtlety and a surgical moodiness that is frankly unsettling. ⿿Haste, Error was meticulously put to tape in Chicago over a three-day span in 2007. Post Script: A black metal band was recording across the hall at the same studio complex. Hearing Bleaks wafting through the hallways, they brought up the possibility of the boys guesting on some of their material. This didnt end up happening. Clearly, the metallers feared a pissing contest." - Wodger. Letterpressed edition of about 200 copies. |
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Artist: BLEEKER, ALEX Title: These Days Format: 7" Label: Group Tightener Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "Were extremely happy to announce the release of our third 7-inch with Alex Bleeker, who you may also know from Real Estate and Alex Bleeker and the Freaks. You may also know him as an awesome dude. Whatever the case, this record is perfect to jam out in the early days of Summer (or any other season you might feel like putting it on)." - Group Tightener. |
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Artist: BLEEKER, ALEX & THE FREAKS Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Underwater Peoples Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Alex Bleeker & The Freaks self titled album was recorded live on June 11th, 2009. The bulk of the session took place in the basement of Julians childhood home, in Ridgewood, NJ. The group consists of Alex Bleeker (Real Estate), Matt Mondanile (Real Estate, Ducktails), Martin Courtney IV (Real Estate) and Julian Lynch. Some of the songs mirror the boys collective disposition, that of a gentle and warm young man. Others however, invite the listener in for a glimpse at that same boys restless, virile soul. A sensitive type may describe it all as Raw, Live, Honest Rock and Roll with Heart. Alex Bleeker & The Freaks have been friends since High School and as healthy, red blooded American men so often choose to do, theyve channeled their romantic energies into an electrified musical powerhouse. Its as classic and genuine as an adolescents Playboy collection or a fat, bald man in a Red Corvette." - Underwater Peoples. |
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Artist: BLEEKMEN Title: Seven Inch Format: 7" Label: Classic English Womb Country: UK Price: $6.00 |
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Artist: BLESSED OBLIVION Title: Format: CD Label: Ventricle Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "more classic spectral ambient, perhaps the most typical of the silver series; spiritual ethereal vocals in a dark wash of electronics & mellotron, the 10 minute magnum opus that ends the cd is perhaps the most sublime example of voice merging with feedback echo so as to create a whole new form of music,transcending all previous forms of tonality, like what Feldman or Cage would have done if they were goths in their 20s." - Ventricle. All available titles from Mauve Sideshows (post-Kangaroo Kourt) long running label, exclusively releasing experimental, "mysterious female vox". "(Mauve Sideshow is an) extraordinary trippy US girl combo, sometimes kinda Current 93 meets "space whisper" era Gong, other times a weird space-trip, brain movie, noise & soundscape trip & flip out! There are numerous other Ventricle label interconnected acts to check-out, like: Angel Provocateur, Blessed Oblivion, Minus Infinity, Mistress Of Strands, Thistle, Torn Curtain, etc." - Ultima Thule. "A new CD on Mauve Sideshows Ventricle label is always a thrilling event." - FE. |
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Artist: BLESSURE GRAVE Title: Judged by 12, Carried by 6 Format: LP Label: Release The Bats Country: Sweden Price: $23.00 |
| "Founded as a duo by T. Graves and Reyna Kay in September 2008, Blessure Grave blurs the lines between the goth, postpunk and neofolk genres. The pair has since developed the project into a full band while building a cult-like following, scattering various vinyl and tape releases on boutique labels around the globe. Citing Killing Joke, Death in June, March Violets and The Cure as influences, Blessure Grave injects a pop sensibility into songs otherwise doomed to dreariness, creating an interesting mix of old and new but dark all around. The music initially appears rather simple, but quickly reveals the fact that the songs are fully fleshed-out and genuinely memorable. The album provides the perfect soundtrack for contemplating todays troubled times or for simply being swept away with the nostalgic 80s vibe that permeates much of the recording. The band does not waste a lot a time allowing tracks to drone on: the songs are short and to the point, with the average track approximately three minutes in length. 12 tracks." - Release the Bats. |
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Artist: BLESSURE GRAVE Title: Learn To Love The Rope Format: 12" Label: Captured Tracks Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Doomsday duo make it to the large format." - Captured Tracks. Captured Tracks is Mike Snipers (Blank Dogs) label. |
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Artist: BLESSURE GRAVE Title: Making the Death Beds for Teenage Vampires Format: 7" Label: Release The Bats Country: Sweden Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: BLEU, DORA, TOM CARTER & SAM SHALABI Title: Circle of Crosses Format: LP Label: Tequila Sunrise Country: USA Price: $23.00 |
| "The Hill of Crosses in Siauliai, Lithuania (56°0055N 23°2500E) is one of the most demented folk-art installations on the planet, a thicket of 100,000+ crosses, crucifixes, graven images, minor effigies, rosaries and other pilgrim-offerings dating back almost 200 years and maybe longer. It is a monument to accretion, to the endless addition of one more thing. It has its parallels in the votive-stuffed caves of Arkalochori (35° 8 0.76"N, 25° 15 26.94"E) and Psychro (35.1628055°N 25.4448972°E), as well as the Buddha-stuffed caves of Mogao (40°0217.98N 94°4815.28E), Bezeklik (42° 57 22 N, 89° 32 41 E), and Pak Ou (20.0489°N 102.2101°E). At this Hill of Crosses, one rubs up against what Aliferis has called das Überwältigensein (“the overwhelm”) in one of its many forms. In the past, human encounters with the overwhelm were always described in religious terms: a glimpse into the abyss that staggers human speech, and our need to fill that void with a force that eclipses human measure; that is to say, God. But in 2012, our horror vacui has replaced God with ourselves, and the overwhelm we face is a socially constructed one, of endless surveillance and information-gathering, where everywhere is the same and anywhere is nowhere, and where the principle of too-muchness prevails unceasingly: “Labour unparallelld! a wondrous rocky World of cruel destiny / Rocks piled on rocks reaching the stars; stretching from pole to pole.” Clearly we have lost our bearings. Clearly the need is for something on a smaller scale. Clearly we must reclaim the void. To that end, Fire Museum (39.955117°N 75.161240°W) and Tequila Sunrise Records (39.969203°N 75.14505°W) present this gathering of guitar-driven emanations, the first side leafy, lyrical and acoustic, the second side an astringent application of electric gnarl. “Circle of Crosses” brings together folk pythia Dora Bleu (guitar and vocal) with psych-improv wizards Sam Shalabi and Tom Carter (guitars and other instruments). It links Tripoli (32°548N 13°119E) to Washington D.C (38°5342.4N 77°0212.0W) and Houston (29°4546N 95°2259W), not to mention Mile End (45°3130N 73°3500W) to Louvain-la-Neuve (50° 40 4 N, 4° 36 42 E). Consider these songs map coordinates for safe-houses from das Überwältigensein, a set of precise locales for ecstasy, atheist shrines, or open spaces for reverie in the forgotten recesses of the planetary connectome. " - John Cleves Symmes, Jr., Tequila Sunrise. |
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Artist: BLIGHT Title: Detroit: The Dream Is Dead - The Collected Works Format: CD Label: Touch and Go Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "A long unavailable document of the early 1980s sound of Detroit hardcore/industrial noise band BLIGHT-former THE FIX members STEVE MILLER and MIKE ACHTENBERG, along with TESCO VEE (MEATMEN). Includes all the songs from the bands 1982 7-inch EP (Touch And Go), two demo tracks, and a bunch of live songs recorded at a July 82 performance opening for the Dead Kennedys. Packaged with liner notes by Miller and Vee." -Touch And Go. |
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Artist: BLIMP, THE Title: Not Beer Format: LP Label: Violet Times Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"The Blimp is something akin to all of the above and something else entirely, soaring beyond mere caveman crunch evident in passing, ferociously ripping thru the past and any kind of perceived influences, providing the mass ear w/ a clatterist cacophony of sound/s for now times and beyond. Guitar flight, zig-zag wanderings, warped sense shatterings, spoken/acapella yearnings, theremin derangement, and more -sometimes combine, sometimes crash- wailing high, revealing to the listener a not hardly hidden pop-sensibility evident almost at once to even the most never been experienced of ear and/or idea, life or song.
When every single mind in the physical has already been blown, what can ya really say or do? Blast away my blues. This is just a small tasting of things to come from this waking nightmare alive band." -Violet Times. |
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Artist: BLITHE SONS Title: Rooms Format: CD-R Label: Chocolate Monk Country: UK Price: $12.00 |
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"so most of the gamulas are used to hearing glenn donaldson & loren chasse knee deep in mud & insect droppings while the wind blows and the birds sing, but this release is the first by the Jewelled Antler boys to be recorded indoors. a live track recorded in sacremento and the other recorded in the "sun room". musically similar to their previous releases, creeping musics, late night head lick." - Chocolate Monk
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Artist: BLITHE SONS Title: The Great Orthochromatic Wheel Format: LP Label: Family Vineyard Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "The Great Orthochromatic Wheel is The Blithe Sons first full-length release since 2004. In the years since the California duo of Loren Chasse and Glenn Donaldson may have traversed poppy fields and swam to aqua cities though mostly theyve remained active with their Jewelled Antler offshoots: Ov, Of, and Child Readers (Chasse) or Skygreen Leopards and Flying Canon (Donaldson) and both in Thuja. These five songs combine natures melodic pull and minimalist song forms summoned by a miniature backyard orchestra of acoustic guitar, vocals, harmonium, drums, and a whispering sea breeze. Each LP side flaunts a different depth of the Sons, one recorded outdoors and the other inside; one organic slow-motion folk and the other a thick honeycomb drone. Each 500 copies contain a download coupon for MP3 version of the album." - Family Vineyard |
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Artist: BLITZ BOYS, THE Title: Eddys New Shoes Format: 7" Label: Sing Sing Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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"Punks were few and far between in the Forest of Dean - a remote, heavily wooded, former coal-mining area on the border between England and Wales. You had to be dedicated or stupid to survive the constant ambushes from local disco boys, bikers and rugby club drunks. Five teenage punks (Topper Toplis, Jer Phelps, Drew Smith, Jon Ralphs, Barry Phillips) united in a love of The Boys, The Ramones, T Rex and 60s girl-groups formed The Blitz Boys. A million miles from the narcissism of the deteriorating London scene the boys drew inspiration more from Northern Ireland - the tunes and escapism of Good Vibrations Records, of Protex, Rudi, The Outcasts and The Undertones.
It was DIY or do-nothing. Gigs were initially few and far between - and what gigs there were often ended abruptly due to fighting amongst, or with, the audiences...or equipment failure. Helped by incendiary Gloucester punks Demob, who gave them support slots, the boys began to pick up more gigs and press. In 1980 The Blitz Boys second studio venture yielded 3 tracks ? live favourites Eddys New Shoes, She Told My Friends She Loved Me (But Shes Too Shy To Talk To Me) and Eddys Friend. Self-funded with the support of their loyal circle of friends and fans, and with outstanding artwork from the Inadequate Youth, the Eddys New Shoes EP was released on the bands own Told You So Records ? a dig at a journalist who predicted theyd never achieve anything. Within a week the title track was getting repeated plays by John Peel who also aired both flip-side tracks. The great man got it, commenting that he loved bands who created their own world. They met with Peel at the BBC and things momentarily looked bright with a second single planned and talk of a Peel session. But it wasnt to be. The band was always destined to burn briefly (and vividly). Eddys New Shoes was a poignant legacy created from the chaos and the total lack of focus which would lead to the bands inevitable evaporation. Barry carried his guitar through various other bands eventually realising his ambition when The Rainsaints signed to Good Vibrations Records.
Meanwhile, Eddys New Shoes became a cult track - pirated on a number of punk compilations despite the bands ambivalence, but until now never legitimately re-released." - Sing Sing. |
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Artist: BLITZZ Title: Go Now/You Got What You Want Format: 7" Label: Sing Sing Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "All members of the Blitzz could frequently be seen playing at jam sessions in the 70s Amstedam rock-scene before they decided to join forces. When Mick Ronson (David Bowies Spiders from Mars) heard them play at a venue in the Amsterdam Red Light District he immediately fell for the compact sound of the band. This memorable evening led to the recording of So Free in a London recording studio soon afterwards. The first single from The Blitzz was released by EMI in the UK and on the Continent in September 1978. So Free went up the charts in several European countries in the months to follow. In December of the same year their second single Go Now was recorded at the renowned Pebble Beach Studio in Brighton and released in the beginning of 1979. After three years of successful touring the band decided to split up to pursue personal goals." - Sing Sing. |
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Artist: BLITZZ Title: So Free/Degeneration Format: 7" Label: Sing Sing Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "All members of the Blitzz could frequently be seen playing at jam sessions in the 70s Amstedam rock-scene before they decided to join forces. When Mick Ronson (David Bowies Spiders from Mars) heard them play at a venue in the Amsterdam Red Light District he immediately fell for the compact sound of the band. This memorable evening led to the recording of So Free in a London recording studio soon afterwards. The first single from The Blitzz was released by EMI in the UK and on the Continent in September 1978. So Free went up the charts in several European countries in the months to follow. In December of the same year their second single Go Now was recorded at the renowned Pebble Beach Studio in Brighton and released in the beginning of 1979. After three years of successful touring the band decided to split up to pursue personal goals." - Sing Sing. |
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Artist: BLO Title: Chapter One Format: LP Label: Shadoks Country: Germany Price: $45.00 |
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New LP version (previously issued by Parallel World, what seems like a millions years ago) in very deluxe package. Has never been on CD, so your only chance to hear this South African classic from 1972, and one of the better Shadoks efforts. "For the first time BLO comes out with the original gatefold sleeve. This band from Nigeria became very famous among collectors worldwide. Perhaps this is the most sought after album from Africa. The 3 members, Berkely Jones, Laolu Akintobi and Mike Odumosu created the name BLO from B for Berkely, L for Laolu and O for Odumosu. 2 members toured with Ginger Baker in 1972 and BLO supported Osibisa on tour in Nigeria. At that time BLO was voted as the best band in Nigeria. So finally its out. Enjoy this amazing Underground album with African beats."
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Artist: BLO Title: Phase II Format: LP Label: Strawberry Rain Country: USA Price: $25.00 |
| "Reissue of one of the most famous afro rock albums from Nigeria, Blos second offering Phase II is long overdue for a re-release. A blend of funky rhythms, quality song writing, and psychedelic guitars can be heard with consistency from start to end. No weak moments! Remastered with incredible sound from the original tapes, even owners of an original LP copy should pick this up! For fans of Ofege, SJOB, and other African acts. Remastered from the original reels. Comes in a paste-on sleeve and includes a copy of the original insert and artwork." -Strawberry Rain. |
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Artist: BLO Title: Step Three Format: CD Label: Hot Casa Country: France Price: $18.00 |
| "Hot Casa Records is proud to present this Holy Grail of Afro-Funk and rare gem from the 70s Lagos music scene. Reissued for the first time outside Nigeria, including an interview and photos of the original band members. The three core BLO bands members were "B" for Berkely "Ike" Jones on guitar, "L" for Laolu, "Akins" Akintobi on drums, and "O" for Mike "Gbenga" Odumosu on bass. BLO was formed just as a trio in late 1972 and split up in 1982. They developed their music on tour before they recorded their first album, Chapter One in 1973 on EMI Records. They built something unique, original and different than any other young African group at the time, blending rock with its African roots and transmuting it into soul-fusion. They left an indelible impression on the Nigerian music scene and became an institution for worldwide music lovers. From Clusters to Afrocollection alongside with the Lijadu Sisters, theyd been involved in many various acts. They also toured with Ginger Baker, the famous English drummer of both power trio Cream and Salt, whose influence has been considered by Laolu Akins as "another major player in the development of BLO." After their highly inspiring worldwide tour with Salt, leading them from Munichs Olympic Jazz Festival to the USA, BLO decided to work on their own concept album with the main ingredients of Afro, rock and dance. Immediately preceding their disco period, Step Three is a real and beautiful definition of Afro soul music." - Hot Casa. |
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Artist: BLO Title: Step Three Format: LP Label: Hot Casa Country: France Price: $25.00 |
| "Hot Casa Records is proud to present this Holy Grail of Afro-Funk and rare gem from the 70s Lagos music scene. Reissued for the first time outside Nigeria, including an interview and photos of the original band members. The three core BLO bands members were "B" for Berkely "Ike" Jones on guitar, "L" for Laolu, "Akins" Akintobi on drums, and "O" for Mike "Gbenga" Odumosu on bass. BLO was formed just as a trio in late 1972 and split up in 1982. They developed their music on tour before they recorded their first album, Chapter One in 1973 on EMI Records. They built something unique, original and different than any other young African group at the time, blending rock with its African roots and transmuting it into soul-fusion. They left an indelible impression on the Nigerian music scene and became an institution for worldwide music lovers. From Clusters to Afrocollection alongside with the Lijadu Sisters, theyd been involved in many various acts. They also toured with Ginger Baker, the famous English drummer of both power trio Cream and Salt, whose influence has been considered by Laolu Akins as "another major player in the development of BLO." After their highly inspiring worldwide tour with Salt, leading them from Munichs Olympic Jazz Festival to the USA, BLO decided to work on their own concept album with the main ingredients of Afro, rock and dance. Immediately preceding their disco period, Step Three is a real and beautiful definition of Afro soul music." - Hot Casa. |
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Artist: BLODFET Title: Ride The Dysfunctional Beat Format: LP Label: Borft/UFO Mungo Country: Sweden Price: $15.00 |
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"2003 a solo album from one of the heads in Enema & Gejonte, that means a lot of fun & bizzarre electronics. lim ed 300x LP" - Borft/UFO Mungo.
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Artist: BLODVITE Title: Dekonstruktioner Format: LP Label: Järtecknet Country: Sweden Price: $21.00 |
"We can now present the debut vinyl release with this Gothenburg act. After several cassette releases in the past this fullength recording is their most focused and well-crafted release so far. Taking several steps away from the muddy and noisy lo-fi approach heard on previous recordings and moving towards a more distinct and textured sound.
The five tracks on this recording shows a nuanced and restrained approach resulting in 40 minutes of introverted and claustrophobic industrial sounds. Released in 160 copies." - Järtecknet.
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Artist: BLODVITE Title: Ett Främmende Land Format: Cass Label: Blodvite Country: Sweden Price: $8.00 |
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"Official bootleg from artist. Comes in high quality covers in new design. Previously released on Posh Isolation." - Järtecknet.
"Organic textures of tape loops and metal presented with amazing skill and care" - Posh Isolation.
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Artist: BLODVITE Title: Renad i eld Format: Cass Label: Blodvite Country: Sweden Price: $8.00 |
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"Official bootleg from artist. Comes in high quality covers in new design. Previously released on Styggelse." - Järtecknet.
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Artist: BLOOD STEREO Title: For Heavy Lung Format: CDR Label: Chocolate Monk Country: UK Price: $12.00 |
| "A one night only 5-piece when we were joined by Julian Bradley, Neil Campbell and Sticky Foster in Leeds. Just what you would hope for, tape loops, drone, vocal damage, confused percussion, reeds etc. A ten legged brew-up." - Chocolate Monk. |
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Artist: BLOOD STEREO Title: Hymn For The Crippled Mulatto Format: CDR Label: Carbon Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "10YR.Series.10 - the tenth (and final release) in the Carbon 10 year anniversary CDR series. 30+ minutes of a beast emerging from a swamp of static. or a seismic mic on the tail pipe of my brothers Harley. kicks ass! [Blood Stereo is Karen Constance and Dylan Nyoukis]" - Carbon. |
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Artist: BLOOD STEREO Title: Little Creeper Format: CDR Label: Chocolate Monk Country: UK Price: $12.00 |
| "Recorded live at Resonance FM. Full on duo in kick back mode, trying to burrow out of the airwaves into the listeners spine via tapes, voice, violin, oscillators, percussion and various other junk. A very pleasant magnetic headache. " - Chocolate Monk. |
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Artist: BLOOD STEREO Title: Live at Sonic Protest Format: CD-R Label: Chocolate Monk Country: UK Price: $12.00 |
| ⿿Blood Stereo featuring Professor Dylan Nyoukis, Karen Constance and Milche Grand invaded the stage and spat a half-hour of pure sonic bliss. They offered an onslaught of ⿿hydrostatic⿿ sounds that made both my constipation and blood circulation problems avoid the need for any form of homeopathy. Hicham Chadly, Blastitude.com Joined by Milche Grand (Chrome Hoof), this is a mangled/remixed recording of the Blood Stereo show at Sonic Protest Festival in paris in 2004. - Chocolate Monk |
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Artist: BLOOD STEREO Title: Tape Hiss For Brainwash Format: Cass Label: Feeding Tube Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "To celebrate their upcoming US tour, Feeding Tube Records is releasing a spooky little c30 by Blood Stereo, the Scottish duo of Dylan Nyoukis and Karen Constance. Any one familiar with their previous work will know that Tape Hiss For Brainwash is not to be missed. A heady mix of tape collage, minimal instrumentation and other-worldly vocals. We only made 100." - Feeding Tube. |
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Artist: BLOOD STEREO Title: The Magnetic Headache Format: CD Label: Bottrop Boy Country: UK Price: $19.00 |
| "Blood is dripping from my stereo and my ears. Blood stereo submerges its listeners in horror vacui. The awfulness of emptiness is made audible in all its horrific detail. This album can be construed either as a radio play for exhausted ears or the ideal soundtrack for waking up from a disturbing nightmare. Reality refuses to return this early in the morning and all that remains is a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. Voices wander around in your head, somewhere there is the creaking of a door and in the distance you hear someone softly crying. British noise wizard Dylan Nyoukis (from, among others, Prick Decay) and partner in crime Karen Constance combine to let rip under the name Blood Stereo. The pair set about their work in subtle way. Instead of loud eruptions of noise they set out to create the most quietly disturbing of soundscapes. Think an innocent walk in a Transylvanian mountain village or a Blair Witch forest or any other godforsaken place where your only companions are the whispering voices hell-bent on driving you insane and the howling wind. Listen to The Magnetic Headache with your headphones to feel the sounds dripping through your eardrum and crawling up your brainstem. On the last track, honorary guest Neil Campbell aka Astral Social Club sprinkles a little stardust into your stereo - a much-needed, soul-cleansing coda after such an ominous head trip." - Bottrop Boy |
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Artist: BLOOD STEREO Title: The Trunk Is Flexed Format: CDR Label: Chocolate Monk Country: UK Price: $12.00 |
| "A late night whiskey jam with brain bent serenades. Nyoukis & Constance joined by Caroline Lewis (PSKB) and southern ladies man Billy Taylor (ex-Melted Men, ex-TL&SiLA)." - Chocolate Monk. |
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Artist: BLOOD STEREO Title: Your Snakelike King Format: LP Label: Pan Country: UK Price: $33.00 |
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"Brand new release from Brighton mongs Blood Stereo, duo of Dylan Nyoukis and Karen Constance. Your Snakelike King picks up where 2008s The Magnetic Headache left off, a shape shifting and strange mix of tape collage, free vocals and electro-acoustic mischief. Midnight to 3am recordings fueled by grape and smoke conjour up a blurred narrative, the meaning of which is never quite clear, like weird off camera sounds in some tripped out movie. Anal fins tucked in tight behind them, Blood Stereo look like a pair of ill-kempt roosters, fighting over a doughnut. The guy rooster is jibbering in some unknown tongue, turning his face inside out, while shoving the microphone slowly through a hole in his cheek. The girl rooster appears to be pecking at him, either that or shes picking at various trash they have strewn around the stage. Every time she ducks her head there is the sound of a jet passing overhead. But when you look up at the sky there is no sign of a contrail. After a while you think you are starting to get a handle on what they are doing, but the guy falls down and starts doing a spazz dance so utterly convincing you begin to worry about him. Then the girls starts screaming and it seems as though something is really profoundly wrong. And it is. But its not like theyre in any kind of trouble. Theyre just wrong, yknow? So savagely wrong from every angle that its really tough to imagine there s anything you could do to really help them. As if theyd even want in. In their masks or out, they sow confusion like wheat. -- Byron Coley. The LP is mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, in a limited edition of 330 hand-numbered copies, pressed on 140g vinyl and comes in a poly-lined inner sleeve. It is packaged in a pro-press jacket which itself is housed in a two-tone silk screened pvc sleeve with interweaving geometric designs." -Pan.
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Artist: BLOOD STEREO/MOYSK EN CHIMYSER Title: Split Format: CDR Label: Chocolate Monk Country: UK Price: $12.00 |
| "Super split. Belgian learning disabilites duo Moysk en Chimyser produce some wondrous low brow scum/shit noise, elbow deep in patch cords and cheap beer. Blood Stereo get all bent out of shape and try to explain the sounds of tape machines dying. This is xerox psychedelia." - Chocolate Monk. |
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Artist: BLOOD STEREO/POD BLOTZ Title: s/t Format: Book/Cass Label: Beniffer Editions Country: Canada Price: $22.00 |
| "Suzy Poling from California has had her chops in the blustering aural stew as Pod Blotz for some time now, wringing the impossible out of a drift of craptronics and alchemical grease. Here the blotz is a series of Orca farts into the ruminative spend of Hades all wadded up in the biggest Kleenex disaster that threatens to tear under the peril of the whales noxious wind. All this drama bubbles to the surface of ⿿ you guessed it! ⿿ a bog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blood Stereo is Karen Constance and Chocolate Spunks big cheese Dylan Nyoukis from Brighton, UK. Their craft was scraped from the woozy corduroy centrifuge where the tape sneezed and the worlds tallest slot machine apologized for its incessant dispensation of rubber bullets. All of this housed in a ridiculous screenprinted fiasco of a book by Jesjit Gill, Jacob Horwood and Andrew Zukerman. Edition of 150." - Beniffer Editions. |
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Artist: BLOODLINES Title: Only the Holy Format: CDEP Label: Social Registry Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "James Loman [Ex-Cranium | Ex-Centuries] & Raqual Vogl [Ex-Cranium] team up with Busy [Telepathy | Ex- Wikkid] & Allie [Telepathy] to create that someone once described as "a goth version of Captain Beef Heart & The Magic Band". This 3 song EP was pressed up for their recent US tour with Gang Gang Dance & features music from their forthcoming full length." - Social Registry. |
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Artist: BLOOM & LOREN CONNORS, KATH Title: Sing The Children Over/Sand In My Shoe Format: Double CD Label: Chapter Music Country: Australia Price: $18.00 |
| "Originally released by Chapter Music in 2008, this is the first of two double disc reissues by extraordinary early-80s folk duo Kath Bloom and Loren Connors. Meeting in 1976 in their hometown of New Haven, CT, Bloom and Connors formed a creative partnership that has haunted psych-folk fans ever since, releasing six albums of fragile, avant-garde folk-blues in miniscule quantities, all of which now change hands for huge sums. At first, Kath would act out monologues while Loren played his free-form guitar, extrapolated from Mississippi Delta and Chicago blues. But while Loren worked on his now-legendary nine-volume series Unaccompanied Acoustic Guitar Improvisations, he and Kaths performances gradually became more song-based. Kath began practicing guitar among the headstones of New Havens Grove Street cemetery, while Lorens idiosyncratic style had been developing since the 1960s. By the early 80s, after self-releasing two limited-edition live albums, the duo were playing occasionally outside of New Haven, and soon Boston independent label Ambiguous Records approached them to record their first studio effort. Acclaimed jazz critic and music historian Nat Hentoff wrote sensitive, insightful liner notes and Sing The Children Over emerged in 1982 and Sand In My Shoe in 1983. The albums mixed traditional folk and blues songs with Kaths originals, revealing Kath to be an accomplished and moving songwriter. It also set up the dynamic template that she and Loren would follow over their remaining recordings -- Kaths fragile voice and subdued finger-picked guitar set against Lorens playing: abstract, skittering, sometimes atonal but always intuitively supportive. Together the duo created a sound almost impossibly emotional and haunting, one unlike anything created before or since. By 1984, however, Kath was married with a young son, and Connors himself was entering a new relationship, so the duo found themselves drifting apart. And now, after almost 25 years, these original recordings are again available to be soaked up, marveled at and relished. Completely remastered, and containing extensive liner notes, original photos and artwork, and a treasure trove of bonus tracks." -Chapter |
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Artist: BLOOM, KATH Title: Finally Format: CD Label: Chapter Music Country: Australia Price: $15.00 |
| "Kath Bloom is a fifty year old American legend of folk, country, blues and avant-garde music, but very few people have ever heard of her. She has been making records since the late 70s, and has had her music featured in the movie Before Sunrise by Richard Linklater (starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy), but since 1984 has released no new material of her own bar a few self-distributed cassettes and CD-Rs. The daughter of world-renowned oboist Robert Bloom, Kath was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut, where she trained as a cellist. However, she soon gave away formal musical education for the acoustic guitar, which she taught herself over long afternoons spent among the tombstones of her local cemetery. After a brief romance and musical collaboration with journeyman songwriter Bruce Neumann, she met avant-garde guitarist Loren Mazzacane Connors in 1976, teaming up with him for a series of now highly sought-after recordings of traditional blues and folk songs and Blooms originals. Some records were released in editions of as few as fifty, most no more than 200 copies, until the duo released their swansong Moonlight in 1984. While Connors astounding solo work from that time has been compiled into a four CD set by Sonic Youths Thurston Moore, Bloom and Mazzacanes duo recordings still languish in un-re-released obscurity, except for a single CD compilation that is now almost as hard to find as the original LPs. Although Chapter Music, unfortunately, cannot help in that regard, it can present a compilation of Kath Blooms heartbreaking, lovelorn and remarkably beautiful songs recorded since the early 90s, when after a period of child-rearing, family life and daily financial struggle, Kath began to return to the studio. These are songs recorded on the fly in friends lounge rooms or cut-rate studios, but they reveal a mother-of-three songwriter as accomplished and affecting as any of her more hallowed colleagues such as Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch or Hazel Dickens. In the mid-nineties US director Richard Linklater stumbled across her music and used the song Come Here in Before Sunrise, but despite an initial flurry of interest, little came of the exposure and Kath soon returned to domestic obscurity. Ten years later, perhaps Kath Blooms moment has finally come, and one of the best singer/ songwriters of the last 25 years will be accorded some long-overdue recognition." - Chapter Music. |
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Artist: BLOPS Title: Blops Format: 3 LP Box Set Label: Shadoks Country: Germany Price: $74.00 |
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"This box starts a series of several releases in the near future: all releases of one band in one box, all with the original covers. Blops made 3 albums in Chile, all incredibly rare. The music is most beautiful. If you think you like El Congreso, you love Kissing Spell and Embrujo you will adore the music of the Blops. The first album from 1970 is pure underground folk with some electric moments, the second from 1971 becomes more electric still with most touching songs which makes you shiver and the third album from 1973 is complete electric and psychedelic with a progressive touch. Members of Kissing Spell + Embrujo (which will be released as a box-set too in the near future) became later members of Blops. The music from underground in Chile is well-known for perhaps the best music in whole South America. The Pacific coast, the influence of Indio music and the tough political pressure in 1973 makes this music so special. A real masterpiece." - Shadoks.
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Artist: BLOPS Title: Blops Format: 3CD Box Set Label: Shadoks Country: Germany Price: $55.00 |
| "This is a 3CD compilation of the rare and beautiful complete works of Chile-based Blops. If you think you like El Congreso, if you love Kissing Spell and Embrujo, you will adore the music of Blops. The first album from 1970 is pure underground folk with some electric moments, the second from 1971 becomes more electric with touching songs which make you shiver and the third album from 1973 is completely electric and psychedelic with a progressive touch. Los Blops formed in 1970 when Eduardo Gatti (vocals and guitars), Julio Villalobos (guitars), Pedro Greene (drums), Andres Orrego (keyboards) and Juan Pablo Orrego (bass) performed covers (Beatles, Rolling Stones, Animals, Cream, Kinks) in a local club in Isla Negra, with additional changes in the band with the addition of members Sergio Bezard (drums) and Juan Contreras (flute and keyboards). Their first LP was recorded in 12 hours on a two-track machine and produced by DICAP (Discoteca Del Cantar Popular De Las Juventudes Comunistas), a label that was affiliated with Communist youth, whose tapes were later destroyed by the military. Their first concert at the Marconi Theatre showcased their own material and was recorded by a television crew. Their first LP includes a song that became a hymn that generations would continue to sing, "Los Momentos." The LP version of this box sold out quickly, and here is the CD version of it in a beautifully laminated heavy book-box, with 3CDs in jewel cases containing two non-LP extra tracks, limited to 1000 copies." - Shadoks. |
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Artist: BLUE BUS Title: Your Minds Moving Too Fast Format: LP Label: Vee Country: Germany Price: $15.00 |
| Compilation of 1967-1970 demos by this mysterious Byrds-influenced band, purportedly from Southern California. |
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Artist: BLUE HUMANS, THE Title: Incandescence EP Format: CD Label: Shock Country: UK Price: $10.00 |
| "Exceptional 23 min assault from 88 - incredible line-up of R Grey, Beaver Harris (his last Blue Humans performance) and Jim Sauter." - Shock. |
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Artist: BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER Title: Crows Eat The Eyes From The Leviathans Carcass Format: CD Label: Release The Bats Country: Sweden Price: $15.00 |
| "Blackened mayhem from Seattles Blue Sabbath Black Cheer. Crows Eat The Eyes From The Leviathans Carcass is a collection of several older, long out of print cuts and included is also two unreleased tracks. Mastered by Hans Grüsel. Limited to 500 copies in a Stumptown Printers cardboard sleeve with artwork/design by FEEDING. Black on black print both on the cover and the disc. Blue Sabbath Black Cheer formed in late 2005, in Seattle, WA, USA, and is centered around the duo of wm.Rage: guitar, vocals, electronics and tapes - and Stan Reed: vocals, electronics, tapes and bass. The sound of BSBC is dark and heavy, violently bleak horror-noise: ⿿a demon network of scraping nails. 500 copies -Release The Bats |
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Artist: BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER Title: DDTTNB Format: One Sided LP Label: Anarchy Moon Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
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"BSBC tear us a new one on their latest slab of sublime filth "DDTTNB" (Destructively Dedicated to the New Blockaders). This surly one-sided 12" delivers 15 minutes of unyielding harsh beauty, using amplified cement mixers as well as source material from the New Blockaders Rupenus brothers, roiling and thrashing about within BSBCs trademark "dark and heavy, violently bleak horror-noise" sound machine. Released in an edition of 200, this deluxe package includes 2-tone screen-print covers by the inimitable Seizure Palace, with the record screen-printed on the blank side. Get them before they get you." -Anarchy Moon
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Artist: BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER Title: Dead Death, Death Dead Format: LP Label: Gnarled Forest Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Side A features two live tracks originally released on the Dead C-20 on Scumbag Tapes, a live version of "Borre Fen" recorded at the Baltic Room in Seattle Washington on September 26th, 2006 and "Black Acid" recorded live at the Funhouse in Seattle Washington on October 22nd, 2006. Side B features "Victim" recorded live at the Rebar in Seattle Washington on December 23rd, 2006, originally released on the Feral Debris Vol. 2 CDR compilation and a previously unreleased track recorded and mixed back in 2007. Black vinyl, black hand-stamped labels, comes housed in a pro-printed jacket with a gruesome spot varnished photograph by STAN REED on the front. Includes an 11"x11" insert. A split release with Troubleman Unlimited pressed in an edition of 500 copies." -Gnarled Forest |
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Artist: BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER Title: Endless Blockade Format: LP Label: Gnarled Forest Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"This new BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER LP reissues three tracks from some older out of print BSBC Gnarled Forest cassette releases, "The Sense of Violence," "Funeral Rehersal" and "The Endless Blockade." Raw, black and nasty crunch presented to you in its proper fomat. Features GEOFF WALER of GRAVITAR and JOHN LUKEMAN of DROWNER. Cover art by CRYSTAL PEREZ. A side plays at 33rpm, B side at 45rpm. Edition of 400 copies on black vinyl." -Gnarled Forest
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Artist: BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER Title: The Boundary Between The Living And The Deceased Dissolved Format: LP + 7" Label: Equation Country: USA Price: $40.00 |
| "BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER returns with a stunning package of music and art. Both vinyl records (LP and 7-inch) were beautifully mastered by MIKE at Prairie Cat Mastering who managed to capture an exceptionally open, clear and rich sound so the full ferocity and detailed sonic textures of these performances are fully realized. Best played very loud. LP pressed on one-sided vinyl with a silkscreened B-side. 7-inch, titled D.D.T.T.C.P (Destruction Dedicated To The Cherry Point), pressed on one-sided red vinyl with etched B-side. Audio CD features rare and unreleased material. All three formats are packaged in dedicated picture sleeves. Also included are inserts, a screen-printed slipmat, 12"x12" poster, button, and more." -Equation. |
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Artist: BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER & IRR. APP Title: Skeletal Copula Remains Format: LP Label: Gnarled Forest Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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"Part 2 in the 4-5 part collaboration between these two highly disparate groups: Seattle, Washingtons hate and scum-noise black acid duo BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER, and the whimsical, sinister and surrealist musings of M S WALDRONs IRR. APP. (EXT.), now based near to Portland, Oregon. Recordings began in 2008 and continued thru 2009 while mixing was undertaken through all of 2009. Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, WM. RAGE & STAN REED, were joined by then current live performance member CRYSTAL PEREZ (MINDLESS THUGGS) for the recordings, with contributions coming from JOHN LUKEMAN (DROWNER, What We Do Is Secret Records, and live member of BSBC), GEOFF WALKER (GRAVITAR, BASKETCASE, BSBC) and longtime friend of both groups, MASON JONES (Charnel House Records, TRANCE, SUBARACHNOID SPACE, NUMINOUS EYE). Edition of 500 copies on black vinl with pro-printed covers, insert and poster." -Gnarled Forest
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Artist: BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER/DRIED UP CORPSE Title: Split Format: 10" Label: Gnarled Forest Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Originally released as a c16 on What We Do Is Secret in an edition of 50 copies. Two bleak and desolate trips to despairsville are what await you here, BSBC take a more minimulist approach to horror than the usual roar, sure to make you a bit uneasy as your led into the fog. DUC ride a slow drone of death into the winds of the end. Comes housed in a screen printed jacket, front and back, with a double sided insert." -Gnarled Forest |
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Artist: BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER/WICKED KING WICKER Title: Split Format: LP Label: Gnarled Forest Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "BSBC & WKW split hairs and wax to bring you another unique soundtrack from hell. BSBC is STAN REED and WM. RAGE for this march into oblivion. WKW is JIM GIBSON (Noiseville Records) and LOGAN BUTLER. Edition of 300 copies on black vinyl with screen printed covers and inserts." -Gnarled Forest |
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Artist: BLUE SABBATH BLACK FIJI Title: Mistake Of A Small Bird Format: LP Label: Feeding Tube Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "This multi-national European duo, who currently hail from Scotland, have been producing a steady stream of ultra-limited releases and incendiary live performances on both sides of the Atlantic. BSBF may be a swanky looking couple, but their music is about as destroyed as a bombed out building. The two guitars and two mics are constantly threatening to overpower and split open the discotheque beats of the drum machines and electronics. You could dance to this music but you might get a bloody nose. This is, by far, their most fully realized album, showcasing them in peak form. Mastered by Rat Bastard and James Plotkin." - Feeding Tube. |
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Artist: BLUE SABBATH BLACK FIJI Title: S/T Format: LP Label: At War With False Noise Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "This record translates the French/German Glasgow-based duos contagious live set perfectly: at the forefront overdriven guitar scree, feedback, heavily-effected vocal distortion and brain-pummeling drum machine. Within a mostly noise free-for-all, a moment of cohesion pops in-a great groove, possibly the most head-nodding noise release on the label. Edition of 300. Screen-printed sleeves." -ATWFN |
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Artist: BLUES ADDICTS Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Shadoks Country: Germany Price: $43.00 |
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"Numbered edition of 450 copies, glossy heavy sleeve, 180 gram white vinyl pressing, with insert. "There were only four good and rare albums on the Danish Spectator label: Terje, Jesper & Joachim (which we have just done on LP and CD), Moses, Days and the rarest of them all: Blues Addicts. What a guitar work this is. Ivan Horn really kicks ass with his extra-heavy guitar. As good as the heavy Cream songs, in parts as creative as Jimi Hendrix. The musical range and the guitar style is as good as the best early Eric Clapton work with the far out techniques of Jimi Hendrix. All their own compositions, long tracks, extra heavy guitar, English vocals & heavy drum sounds. Ivan Horn (guitars, vocals & kazoo), Mich Brink (bass), Gibber Thomsen (vocals & congas), Henning Aasbjerg (drums). If Spectator would have kept to rock music as their musical style instead of switching to jazz, those four bands would have been successful on the international rock circus." -Shadoks.
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Artist: BLUES CONTROL Title: A Full Tank Format: CDR Label: Managing Expectations Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "Spring 2007 tour CDR. Compiles the Palsy tape + the split tape on Uzi Suicide + a salty mix of Tenku You + Glen Fandango (from the WFMU session). RIYL Poltran and Circular Drinking." - Blues Control. |
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Artist: BLUES CONTROL Title: Blues Control Format: CD Label: Holy Mountain Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "As you may or may not know, it can sometimes get pretty hairy working at a record store when some smelly, denim-clad dude walks in asking for the blues. If youre lucky, hes at least wearing a belt when you point him over to the records that are now relegated to an open spot on the floor. Thats just one scenario; who doesnt love those other blues fondly recalled with names like Blues Addicts and Blues Creation? And lets not forget that other queen of the blues -- Barbara from Just Farr a Laugh. Blues Control might just be the missing link between Van Halen and legendary experimentalist Henry Flynt. They are a duo. Lea Cho plays swank but grounded atmospheric keyboard parts (think Harold Budd), through which guitar player and manipulator of assorted junk-on-table Russ Waterhouse cuts, whittles and lays to waste. Its a hazy, spaced world that exists between fuzzed distortion, jabbering electronics, and a lazy, stay-in-bed psychedelic glaze, with rhythmic keyboards pulsating below it all a la a guy named Florian -- and you can choose which one you want. Oh yeah, I gotta mention the humid bikini-vibe that permeates the entire album." -Holy Mountain. |
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Artist: BLUES CONTROL Title: Blues Control Format: LP Label: Holy Mountain Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "As you may or may not know, it can sometimes get pretty hairy working at a record store when some smelly, denim-clad dude walks in asking for the blues. If youre lucky, hes at least wearing a belt when you point him over to the records that are now relegated to an open spot on the floor. Thats just one scenario; who doesnt love those other blues fondly recalled with names like Blues Addicts and Blues Creation? And lets not forget that other queen of the blues -- Barbara from Just Farr a Laugh. Blues Control might just be the missing link between Van Halen and legendary experimentalist Henry Flynt. They are a duo. Lea Cho plays swank but grounded atmospheric keyboard parts (think Harold Budd), through which guitar player and manipulator of assorted junk-on-table Russ Waterhouse cuts, whittles and lays to waste. Its a hazy, spaced world that exists between fuzzed distortion, jabbering electronics, and a lazy, stay-in-bed psychedelic glaze, with rhythmic keyboards pulsating below it all a la a guy named Florian -- and you can choose which one you want. Oh yeah, I gotta mention the humid bikini-vibe that permeates the entire album." -Holy Mountain. |
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Artist: BLUES CONTROL Title: Local Flavor Format: CD Label: Siltbreeze Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Local Flavor is the fantastic newest shimmer from BLUES CONTROL. While past releases have been beauteous extrapolations into the miasmic core of psychedelia and billowing fog of ambient space, Local Flavor is the one where all the chickens have come home to roost. The opening track "Good Morning" is practically a sideways step into boogie rock (horn accompaniment provided by none other than JESSE TRBOVICH and KURT VILE); with the proper seismic shift, it could almost be heard as an alternate reality take on "Re-make/Re-model." Its easily the bands longest stomp in the forest of rock since their debut cassette, and, man, them boots leave a bruise! The remaining three tracks morph and ebb harmoniously-in true Blues Control fashion-the timbre occasionally elegiac, yet more often riffing on a plane that has yet to be transcribed." - Siltbreeze. |
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Artist: BLUES CONTROL Title: Local Flavor Format: LP Label: Siltbreeze Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Local Flavor is the fantastic newest shimmer from BLUES CONTROL. While past releases have been beauteous extrapolations into the miasmic core of psychedelia and billowing fog of ambient space, Local Flavor is the one where all the chickens have come home to roost. The opening track "Good Morning" is practically a sideways step into boogie rock (horn accompaniment provided by none other than JESSE TRBOVICH and KURT VILE); with the proper seismic shift, it could almost be heard as an alternate reality take on "Re-make/Re-model." Its easily the bands longest stomp in the forest of rock since their debut cassette, and, man, them boots leave a bruise! The remaining three tracks morph and ebb harmoniously-in true Blues Control fashion-the timbre occasionally elegiac, yet more often riffing on a plane that has yet to be transcribed." - Siltbreeze. |
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Artist: BLUES CONTROL Title: Puff Format: CD Label: Fusetron Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| First album now on CD (vinyl is out of print)! "...the music of Blues Control, as evidenced on this record, is a master work explodin. It germinates absolutely from the bowels of the Blues but erupts via a postmodern portal; there are gorgeous sheens of rust that fissure throughout, harmonicas smoke in the distance, guitars splatter, keyboards ooze white hot neo psychedelic lava, in the end, like the music emitted from Apollos lyre, it is a devastatingly wondrous experience. And as much as I hear the (non specific) PSF or Akiyama buzz, to me Blues Control seem beget from the prominent clang & snarl of Dead C, who was beget by This Heat, who was beget by Faust, from whose seed it all originated. And thats nothin to sneeze about, unless yous is allergic to greatness. A cd on Holy Mountain is next. Theys on tour right now too, so drop everything & go seeem! I know its early, but Puff seems a shoe-in for one of the years best." - Siltblog. "Puff is the work of two modern gris gris chefs, and the most righteously authentic stoner gumbo this side of Twin Infinitives or Jungle Rot. Glittery framed sunglasses and dopers remorse. The finest racket of 2007 so far." - james jackson toth/wooden wand. "Blues Controls distorted rumblings sound like Mountain or Cream songs emanating from a sunken submarine." -- New York Times. "Deep in the redundant junk DNA of the blues, between the reptilian throwbacks and vegetable remnants, lurks the mutation that gives life to Blues Control." -- Nick Southgate / The Wire. "Brute force monstrosity trudge in the cloudsmashing style of the mighty Blue Cheer...and impressionist, introspective space and electronic plant music on that subtle plane visited by Eric Satie and Popul Vuh." -- Arthur Magazine. "Celestial, watery progressive/psych stuns and beautiful puffs of minimal melody." -- Volcanic Tongue. "I saw Blues Control play a show a couple nights ago and it was totally weird and great. On top of being truly unique retro-futuristic heavy psychedelia (thats the part I expected), the visuals of their setup combined with the sonics to make me think of all kinds of unexpected things, like various beats & rhythms heard from passing cars.....cheap-keyboard entertainment in the neon-lit backs of inner-city restaurants...... all the details you might find inside a pawn shop or bodega.... what can I say, it is definitely some new kind of urban music." -- Larry Dolman / Blastitude. "The music of Blues Control, as evidenced on this record, is a master work explodin. It germinates absolutely from the bowels of the Blues but erupts via a postmodern portal; there are gorgeous sheens of rust that fissure throughout, harmonicas smoke in the distance, guitars splatter, keyboards ooze white hot neo psychedelic lava, in the end, like the music emitted from Apollos lyre, it is a devastatingly wondrous experience." -- Roland Woodbe / Siltblog. |
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Artist: BLUES CONTROL Title: Puff Format: LP Label: Woodsist Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| Repressed. "BLUES CONTROL is LEA CHO and RUSS WATERHOUSE, a piano, guitar, and tapes duo from New York. Puff is their first full-length record, after two cassette-only releases. "Puff is the work of two modern gris gris chefs, and the most righteously authentic stoner gumbo this side of Twin Infinitives or Jungle Rot. Glittery framed sunglasses and dopers remorse. The finest racket of 2007 so far."" -James Jackson Toth. |
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Artist: BLUES CONTROL Title: Riverboat Styx Format: Cass Label: Fuck It Tapes Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
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Artist: BLUES CONTROL Title: s/t Format: Cass Label: Palsy Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
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"A seemingly straight-faced blues turn from the always great Watersports. Moves and hovers simultaneously. This just might be my favorite palsy release yet." - Palsy.
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Artist: BLUES CONTROL Title: Valley Tangents Format: LP Label: Drag City Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Theres a new muse at the house of BLUES CONTROL. Yes, mother nature! Now located in the Woodstock of east Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley, Blues Control conceived Valley Tangents far from the madding crowds theyd previously swarmed with and composed among. Could this be the reason for the homegrown, natural feel of the music, with the metronomical hissing of summer mosquito-bots behind their signature Debussy via Guaraldi qua Bley qua Hornsby pianisms, and the playful juxtapositions of a full spectrum of rock colors: stadium, industrial, psych and prog (to name just a few)? And yet, Blues Controls shape-shifting qualities could lead us to type them as a mystic lounge act, with spacey guitar leads, a clarion synth and the punch of real drums. Only to suddenly discover they were instead playing inside a world music bag, wrapping their mellow drug-mospheres around a crisp keyboard center, evoking heat and nature with waves radiating from seemingly formal western scales! The exotic and the classical, wedded together with a freedom the old masters couldnt imagine. Of course, man has always yearned to smoke the grass on the other side of his societys fence-like McCartney in the jungle playing his staid English beats while running through ebony and ivory scales, Blues Control are liable to superimpose the British blues over new waves just to feel the juice run down their legs. Upon hearing Valley Tangents, long-time listeners will surely attest that the band are increasingly capable of anything in the spectrum they feel should be integrated." - Drag City. |
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Artist: BLUES CONTROL Title: Valley Tangents Format: Cass Label: Drag City Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Theres a new muse at the house of BLUES CONTROL. Yes, mother nature! Now located in the Woodstock of east Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley, Blues Control conceived Valley Tangents far from the madding crowds theyd previously swarmed with and composed among. Could this be the reason for the homegrown, natural feel of the music, with the metronomical hissing of summer mosquito-bots behind their signature Debussy via Guaraldi qua Bley qua Hornsby pianisms, and the playful juxtapositions of a full spectrum of rock colors: stadium, industrial, psych and prog (to name just a few)? And yet, Blues Controls shape-shifting qualities could lead us to type them as a mystic lounge act, with spacey guitar leads, a clarion synth and the punch of real drums. Only to suddenly discover they were instead playing inside a world music bag, wrapping their mellow drug-mospheres around a crisp keyboard center, evoking heat and nature with waves radiating from seemingly formal western scales! The exotic and the classical, wedded together with a freedom the old masters couldnt imagine. Of course, man has always yearned to smoke the grass on the other side of his societys fence-like McCartney in the jungle playing his staid English beats while running through ebony and ivory scales, Blues Control are liable to superimpose the British blues over new waves just to feel the juice run down their legs. Upon hearing Valley Tangents, long-time listeners will surely attest that the band are increasingly capable of anything in the spectrum they feel should be integrated." - Drag City. |
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Artist: BLUES CONTROL & LARAAJI Title: Frkwys Vol. 8 Format: LP Label: Rvng International Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Volume 8 in the ongoing FRKWYS series on RVNG Intl. is a double album-length collaboration between Blues Control and Laraaji. Following the "fodder first" tradition of previous FRKWYS installments, Vol. 8 was birthed over e-mail dialogue between RVNG and Russ Waterhouse and Lea Cho of Blues Control. Blues Controls evolved output gracefully arcs with influence and innovation that gleams electronic, New Age, and hard rock terrains. Laraajis name came up early in that conversation and felt intrinsic to Waterhouse and Chos own musical calling. After learning various instruments in his formative years and studying composition at Howard University, Laraaji eventually found his musical conduit in an electronically-modified zither. Laraajis 1979 album Celestial Vibration (recorded as Edward Larry Gordon) places the stringed instrument at the forefront on two side-length excursions in rhythmic ambiance. The 1980 album Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, produced by Brian Eno for his ambient record series, further documented Laraajis zither explorations alongside Enos soundscaping. Laraaji continues to pursue music both in its recorded form and as a healing tool. Blues Control and Laraaji convened at Black Dirt Studio in upstate New York on December 9th, 2010. Over the course of a single studio day, the three musicians (accompanied on certain jams by Laraajis "musical friend" Arji Cakouros) improvised on several themes, providing nearly four hours of material and the basis for FRKWYS Vol. 8. After meticulous note taking, sharing, and rough edits among Blues Control and Laraaji, the album was fully fleshed out. Without context, its hard to imagine that these musicians never creatively collaborated before this juncture. The dynamic breadth (and breath) of the album feels both effortless and epic, a line usually straddled only after years of playing together. Its clear a cosmic force is at play, and that this playfulness is the creative mediator of the music. Over two album sides, the listener is transported from the urban sound garden of "Awakening Day," through the soulful yow of "Light Ships," into the texture bliss of "City of Love," and finally the reflective pool of "Freeflow". The first bonus track "Somebody Scream" demonstrates Laraajis dexterous zither-playing over thirty-five minutes of music, while the second, "Astral Jam," starts with a Wu-like beat (courtesy of Laraaji) and warps into a rolling snare trance. The limited edition LP version of FRKWYS Vol. 8 is packaged in thick black jackets with a two-color adhesive wrap, both printed on post-consumer goods papers at Stumptown Printers." - Rvng International. |
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Artist: BLUES CREATION Title: Demon & Eleven Children Format: LP Label: Therapeutic Country: Spain Price: $31.00 |
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"Ultra heavy, psychedelic and bluesy hard-rock from Japan 1971. This is the second album by this wild sounding quartet, an album that stands as one of the best from Japan and is a heavy psychedelic worldwide classic. This reissue comes with the original mega-rare first pressing artwork, meaning gatefold cover and insert." -Therapeutic
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Artist: BLUES CREATION Title: Demon & Eleven Children Format: LP Label: Bamboo Country: UK Price: $27.00 |
| "Japans Blues Creation was formed by guitarists Kazuo Takeda, Koh Eiryu and singer Fumio Nunoya, in early 1969, after the dissolution of their Group Sounds outfit The Bickies. Highly influenced by Cream and The Yardbirds, Takeda joined forces with school friends Takayuki Noji, Shinichi Tashiro, and lead singer Fumio Nunoya. Formerly vocalist with Taboo, a heavy band led by future Happy End guitarist Eiichi Otaki, Nunoya was also searching for an even heavier sound, and the results of the new American-influenced experiment were released in October 1969, as Blues Creation. Singer Fumio Nunoya soon found himself edged out of artistic decisions by the supremely confident Takeda, and thereafter left to form his own band, Dew. While searching around throughout 1970 for a new singer, guitarist Takeda heard the new, even more strung-out music of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Eric Claptons solo LP Clapton, and Leslie Wests Mountain, and decided he should take the opportunity to start again from scratch. Takeda enlisted bassist Masashi Saeki and drummer Akiyoshi Higuchi for the new line-up, and eschewed the previous style in favor of his own compositions. With the new Blues Creation fronted by singer Hiromi Osawa, Kazuo Takeda recorded what has come to be regarded as his masterpiece in the form of Demon & Eleven Children, originally released in 1971 on Denon. This album was recorded at the Japan Folk Jamboree, and is a full-on gem of a record, but Takeda was now widely-known as a true Japanese guitar hero, and -- as ever -- had set his sights higher and higher. He split Blues Creation the following year, leaving for London in late 1972. This sludge-y slab of big, loud, brain-busting heaviness sits at #17 on Julian Copes Japrocksampler top 50 list. Includes original LP insert and lyric sheet." -Bamboo |
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Artist: BLUES CREATION Title: Recorded Live At The All Japan Folk Jamboree August, 7 1971 Format: LP Label: B13 Country: Italy Price: $29.00 |
| "Blues Creation was formed in 1969 by Japanese axe-hero Kazuo Takeda, along with fellow guitarist Koh Eiryu and singer Fumio Nunoya (later of Dew). Initially influenced by the likes of the Yardbirds and Cream, group mastermind Takeda soon decided to move the heavier territory occupied by bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin. But at the same time Blues Creation had morphed into something truly original, focused more on song writing and looking into their own Japanese roots as well as to the West. By the time this live performance was recorded in August, 1971 at the 2nd All Japan Folk Jamboree, Takedas Blues Creation was a force to be reckoned with. Plays a mix of originals (sung in English) and well-selected covers, as always Blues Creations sound hinges entirely on Takedas impressive handiwork on the fretboard." -B13. 140 gram vinyl. Clear red vinyl in transparent PVC sleeve with blue lettering. Limited edition 500 copies. |
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Artist: BLUMEN DES EXOTISCHEN EISES Title: Karawane der Mystiks? Format: CD Label: Psycho-Path Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Alfred Otterstaetter began playing music in the late 70?s, releasing homemade tapes and records under different band names. Blumen des Exotischen Eises LP was released in ?86 in the quantity of 100 copies on his ?Dead Eye Records?. It was recorded between ?83 and ?85 and consisted of spontaneous music, some of it played by Alfred alone on different instruments with overdubs, and some with friends. Some tracks have early 70?s open-air spaced out feel, others - more heavy hypnotic Teutonic sound. Overall, this record will appeal to fans of other German bands like Kalacakra, Siloah, Limbus, Faust, and Amon Duul I. This is the official and first ever CD reissue of ?Karawane der Mystiks? album, with three previously unreleased bonus tracks from the original recording sessions. Original artwork, remastered sound." - Psycho-Path. |
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Artist: BLUNT, DEAN Title: Jill Scott Herring OST Format: Cass Label: Trilogy Tapes Country: UK Price: $12.00 |
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Artist: BLUNT, DEAN Title: The Redeemer Format: LP Label: Hippos In Tanks Country: USA Price: $23.00 |
| "London-based artist Dean Blunt presents his first official solo LP, The Redeemer, released via his own World Music imprint and Hippos in Tanks. The Redeemer proceeds with a yet more direct and heartfelt message, and a notable lifting of the veil of tape hiss and blurred signifiers that characterized Blunts previous work." -Hippos In Tanks. |
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Artist: BLUNT, DEAN & INGA COPELAND Title: Black Is Beautiful Format: CD Label: Hyperdub Country: UK Price: $20.00 |
| "After three albums for as many labels, Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland, also of the group Hype Williams, release their debut Hyperdub LP, Black Is Beautiful. Amid rumours circulating, and confirmed by their advisor Denna Frances, the album was recorded during a tremulous period for the two : Inga Copelands Arsenal girls tryouts, Deans Waschbärgate trial (he was implicated in being behind a one night robbing spree across 16 taxidermists based in London and the South East, allegedly only for racoons) and his subsequent conversion to Nation of Islam upon being acquitted. Black Is Beautiful is laced with their signature hazy glow and is full of crunched eurovision lullabies, kinetic drum machine jams, unsettling funk, smeared walls of synth, moments of unadulterated opiated bliss, mogadon rap, infinite coughs and insights into the odd sexual behaviour of crackers." -Hyperdub. |
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Artist: BLUNT, DEAN & INGA COPELAND Title: Black Is Beautiful Format: LP Label: Hyperdub Country: UK Price: $25.00 |
| "After three albums for as many labels, Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland, also of the group Hype Williams, release their debut Hyperdub LP, Black Is Beautiful. Amid rumours circulating, and confirmed by their advisor Denna Frances, the album was recorded during a tremulous period for the two : Inga Copelands Arsenal girls tryouts, Deans Waschbärgate trial (he was implicated in being behind a one night robbing spree across 16 taxidermists based in London and the South East, allegedly only for racoons) and his subsequent conversion to Nation of Islam upon being acquitted. Black Is Beautiful is laced with their signature hazy glow and is full of crunched eurovision lullabies, kinetic drum machine jams, unsettling funk, smeared walls of synth, moments of unadulterated opiated bliss, mogadon rap, infinite coughs and insights into the odd sexual behaviour of crackers." -Hyperdub. |
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Artist: BMN TRIO Title: Live At Tunnel Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
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"Thomas Borgmann (tenor and soprano sax, ocarina), Wilber Morris (bass), Reggie Nicholson, (drums). "Only available recording of a kind of historic festival that EP and Laura Moja organized in Milan in 2000. other sets were Sunny Murray/Arthur Doyle, Mego night with Rehberg & Bauer, Peter Kowald/Daunik Lazro, Frank Perry solo, the music of Conrad Schnitzler, Han Bennink solo, John Butcher/Phil Durrant. Its a live set full of passion and warmth, in total contrast with the cold cover. This trio evolve from the original one of Borgmann/Morris/Dennis Charles (which I had the pleasure to see and invite in 1998). Reggie Nicholson took jazzs chair after his premature passing. Dedicated to you, Wilber." -Qbico
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Artist: BOB & LOU Title: Five Tracks 1991-1993 Format: LP Label: Ultra Eczema Country: Belgium Price: $28.00 |
| "one of the earliest cdrs on ultra eczema was a Bob & Lou cdr, which were also recordings from the 90s, and which, together with discovering the insane recorded archive of cassis cornuta, sparkled the idea of collecting and publishing the lost recordings of these belgian weirdos! Bob & Lou is the pseudonym for the duo field recording / electro-acoustic synth project that Peter De Ceulaer and Luther Vanhoof started in the late 80s. They never played live as Bob & Lou although both of them also played in SPACECACTUS, a loose collective that would play live and build side specific soundart installations. A lot of the Bob & lou recordings were used in radioplays they would construct for Radio Centraal in Antwerp. Bob would also record most jingles for the radio and was the chairman there until he sadly passed away on october 30 of last year, therfore this record carries a incredibly typical "centraal sound", since i got obsessed with this insane radio station this strange combination of library space music, radical satire, fassbinder, klaus schulze and percise field recording styles has not left me ever! The obsession of hunting down the right microphones, synthesizers and self build metal instruments in combination with the ability to build, mix, cut and paste and change any existing format resulted in a amazing recorded archive and a giant studio where no one but Bobby Colombo could find his way around... This record is limited to 200 copies and comes with a "real" photo, developed at the colunst house, a fold open space poster and a sleeve with more archival photography on it." -Ultra Eczema |
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Artist: BODENPERSONAL Title: Produkt Eines Langweiligen Wochenendes Format: LP Label: Was Soll Das? Platten Country: Germany Price: $23.00 |
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"...a true MINIMAL SYNTH Classic, the BODENPERSONAL 12"!!! Featuring 7 songs from their one and only cassette release from 1980 on the classic KOMPAKT PRODUKTE Label from Berlin. On the record is also included their dancefloor-killer "O-TON", well known from their PLASSETTE." - Was Soll Das? Platten.
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Artist: BODIN, LARS-GUNNAR Title: Clouds Format: LP Label: Fylkingen Country: Sweden Price: $15.00 |
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"Lars-Gunnar Bodin, Swedish composer and graphic artist, was one of those who during the first half of the 60s tried to integrate elements of different fields of art in his works: instrumental music, tapes, texts, actions, projections etc. In Clouds (1972-76) he developed an advanced form of musical drama involving electronic music in 8 channels, singers, dancers and slide and film projections on five screens. The music on this record is a shortened version of Clouds, especially created for this medium." - Fylkingen.
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Artist: BODKIN Title: Three Days After Death Format: LP Label: Acme Country: UK Price: $24.00 |
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"We are proud to announce the release of this legendary underground UK album from 1972. This was a private pressing that rarely turns up. Its a beautiful example of UK music from those days when people were dreaming of a much better place to live. A heavy and hard prog trip of magnificence with burning hammond organ and killer fuzz lead guitars throughout..... Well everybody knows this! Goes along with Raw Material, Spring, Cressida and Steel Mill. This issue comes with the original label artwork. Remastered 180 gm vinyl." -Acme.
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Artist: BODO Title: Hits Internacionales Format: LP + 7" Label: Shadoks Country: Germany Price: $48.00 |
| "Along with Kaleidoscope and Los Ovnis, this is the rarest of all Mexican psychedelic albums. Bodo Molitor recorded this album for Orfeon records, Mexico, as label mates of Kaleidoscope. Bodo created the famous cover for Kaleidoscope and several other covers for this album. Hits Internacionales was recorded in 1968 and released in 1969. Bodo was born in Germany and traveled all over the world playing music. Included here are cover versions, some of his own compositions, and an extra 4-track EP of amazing, unheard tracks. An ultra-rare original of this late 60s Mexican garage psych album is a Holy Grail for collectors, in the same league with Mexicos Kaleidoscope. After this release, Bodo left Mexico to travel the world playing with great musicians. He now lives and plays music in Cairo, Egypt, rocking the center of the Islamic world. 500 numbered/heavy sleeve/insert/180 gram pressing; the bonus 7" is on red vinyl." -Shadoks |
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Artist: BODO Title: Hits Internacionales Format: LP Label: CSM Country: Mexico Price: $20.00 |
| "Originally released in 1969, this Mexican graphic artist and counter culture hero unleashed an unhinged burst of psychotic fuzz, a true slice of demented garage psych that could have only been made in those lost days, with improbable remakes of "Sookie Sookie," "Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood," "Shes a Woman," "St. James Infirmary" and more. On its face, the musical contents should be mediocre, but its just too crude and weird to be anything but the proverbial head-turner in any record store that plays it. The cover art is reminiscent of the Mexican band KALEIDOSCOPEs legendary Orfeon label LP, and indeed, it was Bodo Molitor who drew the crazy, freaked-out cover for that $7000 rarity, along with the similarly sought after LA LIBRE EXPRESSION album. One glance at this sleeve and youll know its true. Original copies fetch close to $1000 on the collectors market. This official reissue comes with the original full color artwork and a color glossy liner note insert in Spanish and English." - Orfeon |
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Artist: BODUF SONGS Title: Inviolate Projection, Blood From Rome (Blankets) Format: 10" Label: Blue Sanct Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Bluesanct announces the fourth release in our art vinyl series will be Boduf Songs. Like its predecessors, this will be a beautiful single, with an exclusive recording on one side, and a screenprinted image of the song on the other side, housed with a letterpressed sleeve. Boduf Songs is primarily the work of Mat Sweet, minstrels of misery from the United Kingdom. They have released three incredible albums on Kranky Records, as well a devastating EP on Southern Records as part of their special Latitudes series. Mat gave us an exclusive 12 minute epic entitled Inviolate Projection, Blood From Rome (Blankets) which not only gives us the drones and hushed guitar they are known for, but also ventures into their (partially) suppressed doom underpinnings. The record is accompanied by gorgeous specially commissioned artwork by Norwegian artist, Johannes Hoie, whose apocalyptic scenes perfectly embody the yearning for the black sun that is Boduf Songs." -Blue Sanct |
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Artist: BODUF SONGS Title: On The Brink Of Alll We Hate Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Five Minute Association Country: UK Price: $26.00 |
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"Packaging - Outercase is a card flip-lid box, with button and string closure, with letterpressed printed artist name. Housed inside is a fold over letterpressed folder, carrying two sreen printed 7" posters, and a digitally printed poster, along with a standard full colour 7" sleeve, and the clear 7" lathe. Also, each copy has an idividual polaroid photo taken my Mat Sweet himself (in France)."- Five Minute Association. Limited to 100 copies.
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Artist: BODY/GATE/HEAD Title: Glare Luring Yo Format: LP Label: Feeding Tube Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "In the spring of 2011, Michael "Powderfinger" Morley was in the U.S. for a short visit. There had been some talk of doing a Gate show or two, but when he visited Western Mass., Feeding Tube Records decided to put use to his collaborative talents. He played one night at the Yod space in Florence with Kim Gordon and Bill Nace, then at Feeding Tube with Spencer Yeh and Meg Clixby. Both sets provided jumbo pleasure, and Michael managed to record the Yod set for our presentation to you. Kim and Bill were at the beginning of their duo explorations at this point. Cant even remember if theyd started using the Body/Head name yet. Regardless, the instrumental sluice -- with occasional spirit-vocals by Kim -- is similar yet quite different from the duo tactics theyve since evolved. Morleys presence gives the proceedings a bit of a grungy psychedelic smear, whereas their other recordings (at least as of now) have a rather more ethereal arc. The set occurred in front of a slowed-down screening of Catherine Breillats gorgeous 1976 film Une Vraie Jeune Fille. Feeding Tube thinks youll agree that the music here matches the sexy surrealist power of that film frame-for-frame, or your money back. The cover, by the way, is a beautiful silkscreen designed by Morley and based on an outtake from Susan Harris NBC program, The Golden Girls. The image was based on Bea Arthur and Betty Whites characters from a season five episode entitled "Break-In." The album title is a phonetic spelling of what Ms. Arthurs character keeps chanting while attending a Madonna concert. Now you know." -Feeding Tube. |
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Artist: BODY/HEAD Title: Fractured Orgasm Format: Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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"Kim Gordon + Bill Nace. 150 copies." - Ecstatic Peace.
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Artist: BODY/HEAD Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Open Mouth Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Bill Nace (Guitar) and Kim Gordon (Guitar, voice). So much more than a likely pairing, this is a group which manages to illuminate the best of both players while simultaneously pushing them into fresh territory. Live shows have been accompanied by slowed films, and the pairs obsession with cinema comes across in the music itself. The pieces exist as vignettes in and of themselves, all the while presenting a full-bodied emotional narrative over the course of the records 20 minutes. Its fascinating to hear Nace and Gordon develop these ideas, to hear relatively simple pulses, stabs, moans, and calls take shape as something almost like songs. There is a strange terror to this music. Electric shards punch through and shatter the air. There is agonizing pain living in the guitars and genuine anguish in Gordons voice. It is some of the most courageous and emotive singing of her career. This is some of the most fantastically elastic music currently being produced, shifting form and formlessness without batting an eye. Like the best art, it exists out beyond the limits of what we can easily define. Its as pained as it is curious, as free as it is claustrophobic, full of spellbinding tension throughout, from the sparse opening of Turn Me On to the intensely moving and breathtakingly sad closer, Where Did You Go?, a track thats as good as anything either player has ever put to tape. Its so scary and so sad, so tender and so angry, a consummate example of what both musicians are capable of, the capstone to a sequence so satisfying one wants to just play it again. The music changes shape with each listen, behind each shadow lives another melting perspective. Beautifully pressed at 45rpm, the fullness and depth of sound and feeling come through loud and clear. This record is a complete picture, a blurry pool at night, a short story to revisit over and over again." -Matt Krefting. |
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Artist: BODY/HEAD Title: The Eyes, The Mouth b/w Night of the Ocean Format: 7" Label: Ultra Eczema Country: Belgium Price: $14.00 |
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"Sonic Youths Kim Gordon and XO4 and VAMPIRE BELTs Bill Nace team up for the third time (they also released a cassette and did a FEVER cover) showing no band needs a drummer to trash or mildly shake brains! basement jams after listening to basement jams, deep down in the deepest basement of the valley, 2 guitars fighting for a place on a chubby cassette recorder while the ultra no wave vocals of Kim Gordon ghostride thru a pretty packed parking lot. a throw back as well to early raw Sonic Youth days, where feedbags were the only luggage you needed for a night out! comes in a thick full colour hand stencilled cover collage by DT, printed on thick drawing paper. limited to 400 copies." - Ultra Eczema.
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Artist: BODYSNATCHERS Title: s/t Format: 7" Label: 540 Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "A reissue of the self-titled debut 7-inch from Australias BODYSNATCHERS, originally released in 1979 by Savage Music. Recorded the same day and in the same studio as YOUNG IDENTITIES. "Formed in early 1978, the band were a short lived studio based outfit. ROD & GAVIN MCLEOD were members of two other local punk outfits THE YOUNG IDENTITIES and JUST URBAIN. When the opportunity arose for a cheap and nasty recording session, the 3 piece decided to fill in the last remaining time slot by cramming in 2 short sharp songs that didnt quite fit in with the sounds arising from the rest of the Brisbane music scene. Drawing on the likes of the Gang of Four, A side Frantic was a re-write of a Just Urbain song while its flipside Mystery is a sped up/hacked up cover of the Velvets Venus in Furs. The record has a jarring sound with the vocals more whispered than yelped, while the vintage drum machine drone adds an additional spectral quality. Above and beyond that, it still has the trademark bass heavy, non production values much loved by the rest of the Savage Music family. Released as a 300 limited edition with photo copied cover in 1979, its sound stands as the odd, stumbling step-kid of the label and the band was never to be seen or heard of again. Frantic mystery indeed!" -540. |
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Artist: BODYVEHICLE Title: Amplified Voices of Crystals Format: Cass Label: Tone Filth Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
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"Recently I recieved a package from Russia neatly wrapped in twine
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just a single CDr inside marked "BODYVEHICLE". Here are the best
moments, "Amplified Voices of Crystals". Very Kosugi / Taj Mahal
Travellers - esque. Edition of XXX with hand screened cases, inserts,
and tapes." - Tone Filth.
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Artist: BOE, LASSE H./TORE MARHAUG Title: Scum Noise Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Humbug Country: Norway Price: $15.00 |
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Artist: BOE, TORE H. Title: Knekk Format: 7" Label: Killer Country: Norway Price: $5.00 |
| "Tore H. Boe should by all rights be well known to you all from his many years as a performing artist. Sometimes in various Origami fractions, sometimes in different hotshot bands and sometimes on his own, as he is on this single. Alone Tore specialises in micromanipulations. Glitch without a Laptop. The wonderful world of contact microphones. The comfort of objects. Tapes and trolls. The seriously stunning Siesta on CD last year was a revelation. Righteous colour cover by To |