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Artist: DUBROVAY, LASZLO Title: Arbeiten fur Streicher/Komposition fur Flote Format: LP Label: Daad Galerie Country: Germany Price: $25.00 |
| "Warehouse find of this 1988 LP, last copies. "Known for his classic electronic music LP (reissued in the Creel Pone series) this is one of Laszlo Dubrovays compositions for Instruments (string quartet / bassflute / violoncello). Including Streichquartett No. 3 (1985) [21:29] The Arditti String Quartet, Solo No. 5 für Baßflöte (1985) [11:20] Eberhard Blum, and Solo No. 4 für Violoncello (1985) , [14:07] Francis-Marie Uitti." -Daad Galerie. |
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Artist: CASTRO, NICK & THE YOUNG ELDERS Title: Come Into Our House Format: Dbl LP + 7" Label: Daffodelic Country: Netherlands Price: $33.00 |
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"Deluxe vinyl issue, 2x180 gram vinyl + extra 7" featuring three so-far unreleased exclusive tracks! West Coast psychedelic folkie currently making some of the most dynamic and truly original sounds to emerge from the new freak-folk movement. Gracefully immersing 60s/70s UK acid balladry with Middle Eastern traditional music and communal jams. Castro succeeds in reaching otherworldly vistas and ocean-spanning folk transcendence. He assembled a new band, The Young Elders, a truly stellar cast of musicians who played in folk and avant rock ensembles like Current 93, In Gowan Ring, Cul De Sac and Damo Suzukis Network performing together on an East-meets-West melting pot of instrumentation from acoustic guitar to Celtic harp to Moroccan tabla to nyabinghi drum. A mixing of folk ballads, psychedelic folk rock, Middle Eastern traditional music and Bay Area acid-raga. The result being astonishing, challenging and utterly psychedelic. A modern acid folk masterpiece." -Daffodelic.
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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: CARPENBORG, STAFF AND THE ELECTRIC CORONA Title: Fantastic Party Format: LP Label: Daily Country: Germany Price: $20.00 |
| "Some really outrageous Krautrock out-there-ness on this 1970 release on the Maritim label, this has been compared to early CAN, SOFT MACHINE or FAUST (or maybe REYNOLS or YAHOWHA 13 trying to appeal to a lounge crowd) with free jazz/avantgarde influences, all subsumed in psychedelic rhythmic fog, with crazed fuzz guitars, swirling organ and Moog, and hypnotic vocals. Originals are stoopidly expensive and rare collectors" items! This nice reissue comes to us via the fine folks behind the "Prae-Kraut Pandaemonium" series. Original full color artwork, white vinyl pressing," - Daily |
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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: AMERICAN CLOUD SONGS Title: Aum Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Folk artist and American tattooer Robert Ryan turned the holy ones onto their backs with his solo folk roots recording endeavor under the name of American Cloud Songs . Previously getting his ideas in order under his band Harmonize Most High and his conceptual collaborations with artist Daniel Higgs, Ryans understanding of meditative drone coupled with hidden knowledge of the metaphysical plane make American Cloud Songs compositions stand over to the cliff, harmonically in tune with itself, steeped heavily in primitive folk tradition and sacred geometric imagery. Featuring artist contributions by Nathan Bell (Lungfish), Neil OBrien (The Van Pelt) and free jazz legend Danial Carter. Recorded by Alap Momin (Dälek /This Immortal Coil). Limited to 300 copies." - Dais. |
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Artist: ATELECINE Title: ...And Six Dark Hours Pass Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"…sometimes difficult and sometimes confrontational but always true to who we are , if even in a fantasy…" Easily the most asked about and anticipated release on Dais this summer, aTelecine is famed performance artist and porn actress Sasha Grey along with Pablo St. Francis and Anthony Djuan. After causing a stir with their first release on Pendu Arts last year, aTelecine return with an LP on Dais continuing their course through brooding intimate soundscapes." - Dais.
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Artist: ATELECINE Title: Entkopplung Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
 "After releasing their debut LP on Dais in the summer of 2010, Sasha Grey, Ian Cinnamon and Pablo St. Francis grouped together under the banner of aTelecine once again, this time composing the recent soundtrack to the English/German film Entkopplung . The film itself is a highly esoteric science fiction labyrinth in the shape of Phillip K. Dick meets William s Burroughs. “The surreality of certain dreams, or the intense attraction of a perplexity of new impressions in real life.” Recorded and mixed in a marathon four day live to tape session using the mammoth 226 page script and the existing 30 minutes of completed footage as a scoring template, the music is dark, paranoid and claustrophobic echoing the themes in the film. This electronic score should be heard as a separate but yet equal vehicle to the film, an experience the listener shouldn’t worry about it altering the later cinematic encounter. Sonically it’s mission is complex and none vocal, purely enriching the narrative…and melodically creating all the necessary in-between nightmare illustrations. Limited to 1,000 copies on transparent green vinyl." - Dais.
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Artist: AWEN Title: The Bells Before Dawn Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "We are proud to release the first LP of inspirational Ancestral Ambience and folk from Texas-based Awen! Beautifully dark compositions accompanied by deep vocals - songs of life, history, and blood! Not to be missed!" - Dais. Edition of 300. |
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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: 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: 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: COLD SHOWERS Title: Love and Regret Format: CD Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Cold Showers, a band formed in Los Angeles, CA in 2010, fuses the brash power of the shoegazers with the smoky compulsions of the no-wavers - Cold Showers would fit comfortably within the dusty catalog of Factory Records, if only for an industrial subtlety in terms of electronics and acoustics. A piston-precision rhythm section drives all these loud, crafty pop songs. This is the pervasive pop mode against which Cold Showers cast themselves, but they arent fired in steel to the darkside. Founding members Jonathan Weinberg, Jessie Clavin, Brian Davila, Renee Adams and Chris King, added since, have a lumbering, sometimes terrifying beast of a band - wed be remiss not to follow its caustic, addictive trek." - Dais. |
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Artist: COLD SHOWERS Title: Love and Regret Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Cold Showers, a band formed in Los Angeles, CA in 2010, fuses the brash power of the shoegazers with the smoky compulsions of the no-wavers - Cold Showers would fit comfortably within the dusty catalog of Factory Records, if only for an industrial subtlety in terms of electronics and acoustics. A piston-precision rhythm section drives all these loud, crafty pop songs. This is the pervasive pop mode against which Cold Showers cast themselves, but they arent fired in steel to the darkside. Founding members Jonathan Weinberg, Jessie Clavin, Brian Davila, Renee Adams and Chris King, added since, have a lumbering, sometimes terrifying beast of a band - wed be remiss not to follow its caustic, addictive trek." - Dais. |
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Artist: CONRAD, TONY & GENESIS P-ORRIDGE Title: Taking Issue Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "An exclusive vinyl release of the live violin collaboration between avant-garde legends Tony Conrad and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge featuring percussion by Morrison Edley. Presented by filmmaker Marie Losier and recording live in January, 2009 at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn, NY. LP limited to 500 hand-numbered copies." - Dais. |
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Artist: COUM TRANSMISSIONS Title: Sugarmorphoses Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "This installment in the COUM story entitled Sugarmorphoses was recorded in 1974 by Genesis P-Orridge within the COUM headquarters, joyfully known as the Ho Ho Funhouse, and is one of the most far-flung, experimental recordings related to COUM. This recording consists of Genesiss candid kitchen recordings of solo broken piano improvisations accompanied by P-Orridges own reel to reel experiments using old tape dating back to 1965, from which a young Neil Megson made countless field recordings and homework dictations. Playful, chaotic, imaginative, and historic. Limited to 1000." - Dais. |
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Artist: COUM TRANSMISSIONS Title: The Sound of Porridge Bubbling Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"(1971) The first in a planned continuing series of lost recordings by COUM Transmissions on Dais. Considered to be COUMs first proper record, but never released due to the fast pace of COUM actions and line-up changes, this bizarre album was shelved and forgotten into the rabbit hole of the P-Orridge With Everything archives. Released for the first time ever, remastered with complete liner notes written by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. Limited to 500 Copies" - Dais.
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Artist: CULT OF YOUTH Title: A Stick To Bind, A Seed To Grow Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"Full color foil-stamped gatefold LP. Limited to 500 hand numbered copies. The new voice of folk from the shadows of New York City. Edgy and aggressive, gorgeously arranged pagan neo-folk for fans of early Death in June and Strength Through Joy. This will turn heads!" -Dais
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Artist: DBC Title: Pris Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Blinding white magic in light of the new age opera, the Dangerous Boys Club bring the heat. DBC has the lips of a killer, the unholy choir of the repentant, and the glamour cast from gold. Known for their history in such outfits as Heroin, Antioch Arrow and Get Hustle, their debut album Vril on Fast Weapons awoke followers out of their coma. Dais now brings everyone to the alter with their follow up LP, Pris. Sacramental electro synth-rock mixed with glam violence inducing one into a state of bliss and ecstasy. Not from this world…not of this time, but DBC knows exactly what we needed to hear. Making sure that everything will be alright, just give in to the club. Limited edition of 500, soaked in soul." - Dais. |
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Artist: DEVIATION SOCIAL Title: From End To Beginning Vol. 1: Compilation Tracks 1982-1984 Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"Started in the ashes of the post-industrial scene of San Francisco and continuing onwards until his final performance in 1986, Deviation Social became a obscure cult phenomenon to followers of industrial tape culture of the 1980s. Only self releasing his recordings through his Ppresence label, the Deviation Social output was limited to a handful of tapes (some being less than 20 copies) and one sole 7", all of which fetch $$$ through collectors markets today. This limited release on Dais collects all of Deviation Socials contributions to experimental/noise/industrial cassette compilations throughout the early 80s on such notable labels as Vita Nova, Aeon, Beyond The Pale, and Another Room. Primitive, raw, and powerful....Deviation Social drew on influences & contemporaries such as Throbbing Gristle, SPK and Leather Nun but fused a experimental approach of musique concrete and crude experimentation using analog synthesizers, hollowed drum machines and tribal instruments allowing him to sporadically, at will, create some of the most interesting and unabashed industrial recordings the genre has created. Limited to 500 copies and includes a 8-page LP booklet with original linear notes by Deviation Social and archival zine interviews republished for the first time since their publication." - Dais. Highly recommended!
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Artist: DEVIATION SOCIAL Title: Tempus/Deathwatch “From End to Beginning” Vol. 2 Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "One-man industrial outfit, Deviation Social left a scar on the face of the American 80s experimental/noise scene that has mysteriously been left to legend and rumor. Dais previously released the first authorized reissue of Deviation Socials compilation tracks dating back from the early 80s. Here within, Volume 2 compiles the two proper “studio” releases of Deviation Socials checkered past. The destructive Tempus Purgatio Part 7 single and 1982 album cassette Workforce/Deathwatch are finally collected and reissued as a single LP in a edition of 500 with zine booklet with writings and archival images from Deviation Social." - Dais. |
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Artist: EARLY WORM Title: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Thee Early Worm Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
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"The legendary and never before heard 1968 recordings of Genesis P-Orridge and friends, transfered and mastered from the ORIGINAL tape, sounding better than the actual first (and only) pressed acetate from the Porridge With Everything Archives. Recorded in a roofspace attic during the summer of 1968 by Genesis P-Orridge and friends, and later pressed to a SINGLE acetate in 1969, this recording is probably the most documented (yet never heard) missing piece of musical history in the legacy of COUM Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle, and Psychic TV. We are proud to announce this as our first release, remastered and preserved in a limited vinyl pressing, with liner notes written by Genesis he/r-self." - DAIS. "In 1965, while attending Hull University,[verification needed] Neil subsumed himself into the character of Genesis P-Orridge. He used the name for his first pressed recording, "Early Worm" in 1968 (of which only one copy was pressed), and legally changed his name in 1971. The follow-up to this album of improvisation on homemade instruments, "Catching the Bird" was never released.
At this point, the Megson family was living in Solihull, a prosperous town near Birmingham. The attic of the house on Links Drive was not only P-Orridges den but his first sound studio, where "Early Worm" was recorded.
According to Genesis P-Orridge, Deroy Sound, the lab where "Early Worm" was pressed, also pressed speeches of Adolf Hitler for serial killer Ian Brady, recorded from radio and television by Brady.[citation needed] The Throbbing Gristle song Very Friendly is about Brady and his partner-in-crime Myra Hindley." -Wikipedia. Limited to 500 numbered copies.
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Artist: FRANK ALPINE Title: Night Tripper Format: 7" Label: Dais Country: Price: $7.00 |
| "Former drummer of enigmatic LA synthpunk outfit New Collapse, Rich Bitch (AKA Frank Alpine) has been privately sharing his solo work with friends over the last few years on cassette. Dais is proud to announce the first vinyl release of these cassette recordings. (Dark ambient / analog synth / coldwave.) Limited to 300 copies." - Dais. |
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Artist: ICEAGE Title: New Brigade (Black Vinyl) Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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"Its not often that you hear a perfect record. Or a record created with such honesty and energy that it makes you drop absolutely everything, listen intently, and then completely readjust your outlook on music. With an average age of 17, this Copenhagen quartet has somehow managed to redefine our perception entirely, and we love it. Uncontrived, pure – this record is a youthful assault of downer no-wave hardcore, wise beyond its years. Dais is proud to unveil Iceage here in the States with our special limited edition LP of their first album “New Brigade”. Our version contains two exclusive bonus tracks, and comes with a 4-page foldout lyric and photo insert, in a hand-numbered thick stock matte sleeve with gloss overlaid artwork. Limited to 500 copies on black vinyl" - Dais.
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Artist: ICEAGE Title: New Brigade (Red Vinyl) Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Its not often that you hear a perfect record. Or a record created with such honesty and energy that it makes you drop absolutely everything, listen intently, and then completely readjust your outlook on music. With an average age of 17, this Copenhagen quartet has somehow managed to redefine our perception entirely, and we love it. Uncontrived, pure – this record is a youthful assault of downer no-wave hardcore, wise beyond its years. Dais is proud to unveil Iceage here in the States with our special limited edition LP of their first album “New Brigade”. Our version contains two exclusive bonus tracks, and comes with a 4-page foldout lyric and photo insert, in a hand-numbered thick stock matte sleeve with gloss overlaid artwork." - Dais. 200 copies on red vinyl. |
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Artist: ICEAGE Title: New Brigade (White Vinyl) Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Its not often that you hear a perfect record. Or a record created with such honesty and energy that it makes you drop absolutely everything, listen intently, and then completely readjust your outlook on music. With an average age of 17, this Copenhagen quartet has somehow managed to redefine our perception entirely, and we love it. Uncontrived, pure – this record is a youthful assault of downer no-wave hardcore, wise beyond its years. Dais is proud to unveil Iceage here in the States with our special limited edition LP of their first album “New Brigade”. Our version contains two exclusive bonus tracks, and comes with a 4-page foldout lyric and photo insert, in a hand-numbered thick stock matte sleeve with gloss overlaid artwork." - Dais. 300 copies on white vinyl. |
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Artist: ITALIAN HORN Title: The Bells of Spring Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "12"debut from Italian Horn, a solo project of New York City writer Anthony Pappalardo (Radio Silence, Live Suburbia). Continuing the home recording tradition of My Dad is Dead, East River Pipe and Sebadoh, The Bells Of Spring channels equal parts GBV, Bailterspace and Flying Saucer Attack. …synth and subtle noise intertwine with short strummed songs selected with washed out shoegaze reverb guitar creating direct but layered soundscapes. Cover collage created by Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices) and limited to 300 copies." - Dais. |
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Artist: KING & BROWN SIERRA, ANDREW Title: The Kraken Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Andrew King, along with collaborators Brown Sierra, send forth a follow-up EP to last years folk diamond Thalassocracy. The Kraken sounds like a traditional maritime shanty ripped from historys pages, laced with experimental beauty, electronic hisses, and static. Andrews own background as one of the primary members of Sol Invictus (alongside Tony Wakeford) and The Triple Tree mixed with his studies of ancient English folklore forged with Brown Sierras epic electronic noise instrumentation make this release one to be anticipated and easily one of the most remembered folk recordings of the past year. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. With insert." -Dais |
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Artist: KING DUDE Title: Burning Daylight Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"Last years release of King Dudes debut full-length masterpiece, Love, saw a beautiful vision of what was in store for the future…and that future is now. Dais is humbled and proud to be working again with Mr. Cowgill to bring forth Burning Daylight, the newest edition to the King Dude canon. Coal dust spirituals mined from the haunting backwoods landscape of the Pacific Northwest. Stories of the constant struggle of mans turbulent affair with his Lord and the Devil. Burning Daylight produces a maturity and direction that in unparalleled…showing us the word, the way and the light. Released as a limited edition vinyl LP in old-style foil embossed jackets with exclusive artwork by T.J. Cowgill." - Dais.
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Artist: KING DUDE Title: Love Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"Dark pagan-fueled folk wrapped tight with outsider Americana, steeped in themes of love, death and redemption. …an atmosphere filled with hope and salvation, drawing sound influence akin to Death In June & Sol Invictus but sewing together a hybrid of true folk tradition alongside Woody Guthrie and Johnny Cash. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. Records come in thick die-cut cardstock sleeves revealing beautiful inner sleeve printed artwork beneath. Designed & conceived by T.J. Cowgill." - Dais.
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Artist: KING DUDE Title: You Can Break My Heart Format: 7" Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "KING DUDE returns hot of the heels of his prolific debut album Love, giving listeners a preview of two new tracks poetically titled You Can Break My Heart (which will be featured on his upcoming full-length Burning Daylight on Dais Records this summer). An exclusive unreleased b-side of "Devils Tail" wraps up the old world backyard gospel that King Dude has cemented himself in over the past year. Serves tribute to both sides of the coin, both sides work equally, paying service to the ones well never understand. Complemented with reverent artwork by TJ COWGILL. Limited to 500 copies." -Dais. |
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Artist: LORD FOUL Title: Killing Raping Burning/The Devils Advocate Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "This an absolute time capsule of blasphemous American Black Metal, a collection of the only material (two demo cassettes) ever recorded by Louisville, Kentuckys LORD FOUL between 1993 and 1994, whos only member "ROACH" played and recorded every instrument. A hateful document from the early metal underground! This vinyl is a single-sided etched art edition, with beautiful artwork by BRYAN BURK of Dark Horse Tattoo carved into the B-side. ..comes in a thick cardstock matte finish sleeve with new foil embossed artwork (Also by Burk.)" - Dais. |
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Artist: LUNDVALL, TOR Title: Sleeping and Hiding Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "This is a very special release for us, having admired Tors artwork and music since first hearing him over a decade ago! Originally recorded in 2005 and intended as the third and final chapter in the series which included the beautiful albums "Last Light" and "Empty City", Dais Records is proud to release the latest album from Ghost Ambient composer Tor Lundvall: "Sleeping and Hiding". Dark and beautiful soundtracks for afternoon daydreams and moonlit forest walks. Limited to 500 hand numbered editions." - Dais. "Sleeping And Hiding (or two things Im very good at) was recorded in what seemed like the blink of an eye during the Spring of 2005 and then shelved while I concentrated on other projects. I originally intended this album to be the third and final chapter in the series which also included "Last Light" and "Empty City". Listening to it now, however, I feel this album stands alone in its own unique space. Musically, its an enitrely vocal effort and somewhat more song oriented than my previous releases. Several of the tracks were inspired by evening drives through the woods, watching the copper-pink sunlight reflecting off bright yellow-green blossoms. Other tracks were inspired by specific events, such as Falling Trees which was recorded after my next door neighbor cut down all of the oaks in her backyard, forever changing the view from my porch. The Dead Period is a personal favorite which describes a space I still find myself falling into. The final track Sleeping manages to conjure up the precise atmosphere of one of my earliest childhood memories: Lying in bed during a bright afternoon as the strange sounds outside lulled me to sleep." -Tor Lundvall |
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Artist: LUNDVALL, TOR Title: The Seaons Unfold Format: 4 CD Box Set Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $27.00 |
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"This release contains Tor Lundvalls three epic original Winter, Spring, and Summer albums “Ice”, “The Mist”, and “Under the Shadows of Trees” remastered, repackaged, and with 10 unheard bonus tracks across all three. Also included is the new Autumn collection, “Turning” – which features the ambient tracks from “Autumn Calls” plus six unreleased pieces and alternate mixes recorded between 1992 and 1993. (For full details on the bonus material see our homepage posting from Tor!)
Matte finish box with gloss-overlaid artwork, containing art booklet and 4 CDs with 83 tracks in total." - Dais.
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Artist: LUNDVALL, TOR Title: The Shipyard Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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"Tor Lundvall has graced us with yet another remarkable album this year. Previously, Lundvall had introduced himself to Dais with his masterpiece album Sleeping & Hiding and struck lightning twice with the resilient The Seasons Unfold box set and now we are humbled to be crafting the strings with the curation of his most recent effort. The Shipyard was recorded during the dramatic season change-over of 09/10, during which time Lundvall was immersing himself in portrait studies of local maritime themes and nautical life at the docks. This instrumental collection of songs composed the soundtrack to the final renderings of these conceptional ideas put side by side, for which semblance he is most know for. Limited to 500 hand numbered vinyl copies (comes with a free MP3 download coupon) with artwork by Tor Lundvall." -Dais. "In the Autumn of 1990, I documented a handful of spontaneous audio experiments on a portable tape recorder. One of these pieces was a quiet instrumental entitled In a Shipyard. I worked on a few variations over the following months and then I put the track to rest, hoping to expand on the idea at some point in the future. Almost 20 years later, I finally started recording an album based on the themes and images this old track evoked. The Shipyard in Winter was the first new recording to take shape. This track was constructed around the soft, mechanical loop I used in my original demos. I then altered the loop to construct The Shipyard at Dawn and The Shipyard at Night, both of which appear on the album. The Shipyard in Winter and another out-take entitled Safety in Grey were released on the Tursa compilation “With Friends Like These” in 2010. The nautical and industrial sounds on the album were created from scratch and come from some surprising sources. The distant, sluggish melody on Under Snow Conditions is actually a slowed down fragment of distorted piano from Blankets of Snow (an out-take from the “Ice” sessions). The two final tracks, Blue Rain Ships and Grey Rain Ships, were constructed by running randomly overlapping tape loops from my archives, so there is an element of chance in these pieces. “The Shipyard” is my first entirely instrumental album since “Empty City”. Like that previous album, the recordings continue to explore my fascination with man made structures interacting with their natural surroundings. The music has a strong sense of place and it recalls the atmospheres and landscapes I had hoped to capture so many years ago." -Tor Lundvall |
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Artist: P-ORRIDGE, GENESIS & STAN BINGO Title: Whats History Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Originally released as a cassette on the cryptic Austrian tape label, Nekrophile, in 1983, this simplistic experimental recording was a industrial classic ahead of its time. Recorded in 1981 in the Hackney bedroom of Genesis P-Orridge, who at this point was romping through his final months in seminal industrial act Throbbing Gristle. Done as a spur of the improvisational moment, Genesis was accompanied by then TG documentarian Stan Bingo (a.k.a. director Dan Landin) to try out some new equipment and spun into a unplanned composition. This original recording, due to the scarcity of its original format was somewhat forgotten, only to be coveted by collectors. This vinyl LP is an authorized reissue by both artists and limited to 500 copies." -Dais. |
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Artist: PRICE, SETH Title: Army Jacket Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "For the unaware, Seth Price is an conceptual visual artist who lives and works in New York, considered by most to be one of the most interesting and thought-provoking artists to currently be at work. His sculpture, video and painting has been exhibited internationally at venues including the Tate London and the Museum of Modern Art, while gracing the cover of Art Forum last year, as well as countless other publications. Price has been working in sound and music for number of years; though most recordings were controlled under hyper-limited releases through select galleries worldwide. This special reissue LP release gathers and remasters tracks recorded between 2000 and 2002 and originally released on a limited edition CD through the Reena Spaulings Art Gallery, collected under the title of “Army Jacket”. This limited reissue LP contains an exclusive edit and remaster of his seminal avant-pop masterpiece by Seth Price featuring new, exclusive artwork by Price. Limited to 500 copies." - Dais. |
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Artist: PRURIENT Title: Wrapped In the Flame of Illusion, Masked In the Clay of Behavior Format: Double 7" Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Recorded within the bleak transitional period immediately prior to the sessions that would now become known as Bermuda Drain, Dominick Fernow sketched out four compositions which can only be framed as “ambient power electronics”. Some of Fernows most destitute works to date, this release captures Prurient at its most vulnerable and sedate, reflective and rapt. Compositions that throw away that past decade of experience, only to start at the foundation of his art. Uniquely different from anything previous by Prurient and never to be repeated. Original exclusive cover art collage by artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. Limited to 500 copies." - Dais. |
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Artist: PSYCHIC TV/PTV3 Title: Mr. Alien Brain Vs. The Skinwalkers Format: Double LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
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"Psychic TV / PTV3 returns with Mr Alien Brain vs. The Skinwalkers! A collection of ALL new material from various sessions. This beautiful full color packaging with insert holds TWO multi-colored marbled slabs of vinyl that feature THREE tracks not available on the CD version. Limited to 500." -Dais
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Artist: SIGHTINGS Title: Terribly Well Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "The noise rock parade that defies definition, set out on a mission of pure volume worship that is the post-decade pilgrimage of NY-based Sightings. After eight instinctive albums, the Sightings guys show no mercy with endless annihilation of their newest material on Terribly Well. All parts destruction measured against their abrasive songwriting. Jagged, collapsing rhythm based mayhem, guitars that can be mistaken for a freight train being ripped for scrap metal, only to be held together with panic stricken bass patterns that keep their voice from the edge of insanity. An accessible album for the unacceptable; their finest record to date. Each song saws through the humanity, taking no hostages with this hectic industrial rock masterpiece. Edition of 500. Includes download code." -Dais. |
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Artist: TAZARTES, GHEDALIA Title: Diasporas Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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"Originally recorded in 1977 with a limited pressing in 1979 on the underground French label Cobalt, Ghédalia Tazartès debut album, Diasporas, quietly fell into the catacombs of avant-garde obscurity. Tazartès himself, (a strange, nomadic character) played upon myths and legends about his existence and sounds – making him somewhat of a lost legend, trapped between a modern time and a surreal, simple age. Inclusion of Diasporas on Steve Stapletons famed “Nurse With Wound List” only added fuel to the fire of this legendary album. Traditional Parisian folk, frightening tape loops, and gypsy incantations …. Truly one of the most fascinating and mysterious albums ever created. Remastered from the original source tapes from Ghédalia Tazartès, an official reissue LP limited to 500 hand-numbered copies." - Dais.
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Artist: TURMAN, ROBERT Title: Way Down Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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"Originally released as a small run cassette in 1987, only to fall into tape label obscurity, Robert Turmans industrial genre-bending masterpiece album Way Down finally has been excavated for a proper vinyl reissue after twenty-three years in the shadows. This album solidifies Turman as a cut above the rest with respect to his talent and his natural ear for experimental composition. Turman first came onto the industrial scene in the late 70s as the ominous other half of legendary noise outfit NON, alongside Boyd Rice, together releasing the now classic first NON single, Mode of Infection/Knife Ladder 7″ in 1977. After parting ways, Turman went on an excursion of self-released cassettes to which he fused every possible influence at his disposal, culling together past habits of experimental know-how and going forward into uncharted terrain. After his previous experimental efforts included on his Flux release in 1981, and even later in the prolific Chapter Eleven boxset, Turman turned the tables with the creation of Way Down, using synthesizer arrangements and drum machines alongside guitar solos, piano chords, tape loops and primitive sampling to create a whole new concoction of dance-like minimal synth blended together with the industrial darkwave noise he was mostly known for. After almost vanishing from the music scene, Turman resurfaced in 2005, teaming up with seminal noise musician Aaron Dilloway to not only reissue previous recordings, but to record and perform once again with new releases out on Hanson and Medusa. This vinyl reissue of Way Down serves as the blueprint of what Turman sought to render as a very accessible minimal synth/industrial album, yet keeping it just obtuse enough to make it one of the most brilliant and engaging albums to be ushered into the canon of 80s experimental culture. Numbered, limited edition of 500. Includes a glossy insert with new notes by Turman." -Dais
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Artist: TWIN STUMPS Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"THIS IS A BRUTAL RAW MINDFUCK OF A NOISE/HARDCORE RECORD. If youve been at a Brooklyn basement party around 2AM recently sweating in the dark, then you may have also been at a Twin Stumps show. Put the Brainbombs, Cabaret Voltaire, and No Trend in a blender and youve come somewhat close to their sound... Debut LP on DAIS. Limited to 300 hand numbered copies." - Dais.
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Artist: YORK FACTORY COMPLAINT Title: Apology Format: LP Label: Dais Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"Brooklyn based industrial outfit York Factory Complaint has been chipping out a unusual existence over the past 4 years. With a variety of limited edition releases on labels such as Hanson Records, House of Alchemy, Cae-Sur-a, Acid Casualty and Robert & Leopold, York Factory Complaint took time away from the world to record a full length LP in the summer of 2010. Engineered by Kris Lapke (Alberich / Northern Cross) and recorded underneath the departed Hospital Productions, this LP stood as a document of a band in transition and ideas at their most abrasive. Features members of Veins, Twin Stumps, DeTrop & Home Blitz. Hand made edition of 100 copies featuring artwork by visual artist Michael Yaniro." - Dais.
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Artist: PSYCHIC FARE Title: The Slow Drag Format: CDR Label: Damaged Restrooms Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Blazing living room budget psych from this mysterious mid-90s Humboldt County trio, with ties to the Plague Lounge (featured Six Organs of Admittances Ben Chasny). This release is steeped in old weird America monsters like Vertical Slit and Half Machine Lip Moves, as well as great NZ jams like Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos, Dead Cs Runway cassette and other "weve smoked as much as we possibly can" basement classics." -Damaged Restrooms, Numbered edition of 97. |
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Artist: ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB Title: Plug Music Ramoon Format: LP Label: Dancing Wayang Country: UK Price: $24.00 |
| "Dancing Wayang Records are proud to present the new studio-recorded, full-length album by Neil Campbells Astral Social Club. Featuring two tracks of fearless sonic bliss and two long journeys to a state of sustained ecstasy Plug Music Ramoon was recorded in one day on analogue 2" tape. This limited edition LP comes housed in a gorgeous hand-printed silkscreen sleeve, with insert. Sequenced in chronological order on the LP as the tracks were recorded in the studio, the opener Flamingo Moon takes off into outer space. Its a gentle start to the impending Astral chaos as the rambunctious Punk Rocker / Mug Cracker noisily propels itself and its passengers forwards. This 14-minute showdown is divided into two parts with the loose, drum-led Punk Rocker submerging into the swooping sonics of the Mug Cracker. Side 2 introduces a playful element into the spiral density with percussive sticks and bells providing a tribal backdrop for resonant electronics, keyboard odysseys and some experimental vocal work from helmsman Neil Campbell. After a wild solar adventure, the album culminates in Ramoon Ramoon, a considered and tight improvisation that steers the Club homeward. Whilst Club member John Clyde-Evanss laptop contributions provide much of the backbone groove of the album, Stewart Keith adds light and shade on a variety of keyboards and toys. But its Campbells dense guitars that thicken the very stem of these four tracks and leads his Astral Social Club to conjure up his dreams and visions. Neil Campbell is a stalwart of the UK experimental music scene who began making music in the early 1980s. Originally a member of loose improvisational collective A-Band, he established himself more firmly in the 90s as a founding member of Vibracathedral Orchestra. Campbell utilizes guitars, electronics, vocals and laptop generated and manipulated sounds in his freeform improvisations. In 2005, he embarked on his solo project Astral Social Club often drawing on the talents of kindred spirits. Stewart Keith is a long-time friend and collaborator of Neil Campbell and one of the main members of Nottinghams the A-Band playing free drone and high-energy rock music and championing an un-tutored, elemental and almost primitive approach to music making. John Clyde-Evans, aka Tirath Singh Nirmala, has played with artists such as Richard Youngs and Vibracathedral Orchestra contributing computer generated sounds, electronics and violin. Limited 500 copies, numbered." -Dancing Wayang |
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Artist: CORSANO, CHRIS & JOHN EDWARDS Title: Tsktsking Format: LP Label: Dancing Wayang Country: UK Price: $27.00 |
| "TSKTSKING is the first duo album by London-based double bassist John Edwards and US drummer extraordinaire Chris Corsano. The album was recorded at Eastcote Studios, London in December 2008. Limited to 500 copies it comes housed in hand screenprinted wrap-around sleeves. The accompanying insert features exclusive and humerous liner notes written by UK sax pioneer Evan Parker. Defying the drum and basss classic roles as rhythm instruments, Edwards and Corsanos TSKTSKING is a beautifully melodic album. At times Corsanos drumset sounds like its got strings whilst Edwardss double bass takes its fair share of scrapes and slaps. Extended passages explore the most subtle and some unexpected sounds that can be summoned from metal and timber. Equally, possessed progressions and untamed eruptions of energy and power are conjured up. These two musicians prey and pounce on their instruments like its their last chance." -Dancing Wayang |
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Artist: DIRECTING HAND Title: What Put The Blood Format: LP Label: Dancing Wayang Country: UK Price: $26.00 |
| "Dancing Wayang record label is based a short distance from the Honest Jons hood, in Eastcote Studios. Sessions for the label are released in a limited run of 500 LP copies packaged in hand screenprinted sleeves. The second and latest release, Directing Hands What Put The Blood, blends free jazz with chilling folk. With drums, harp and wordless vocals and interpretations of traditional English folk songs. The band is Lavinia Blackwall on vocals and Alex Neilson on drums. Alex has worked with Rochard Youngs (who features on the Honest Jons album Migrating Bird), Bonnie Prince Billy and Baby Dee. Lavinia is a classically-trained singer in early music and is a member of The Pendulums. This is her debut with Directing Hand." - Dancing Wayang |
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Artist: GUSTAFSSON, MATS Title: Needs! Format: LP Label: Dancing Wayang Country: UK Price: $28.00 |
| "Needs! is the brand new heavyweight album from heavyweight saxman Mast Gustafsson. The studio album comes housed in the customary Dancing Wayang hand silk screened sleeve, this time featuring artwork by Austrian artist Mathias Poschl and with liner notes by Jim ORourke. On Needs! Gustafsson uses the studio setting to produce unexpected and surprising results, pushing his playing into unchartered territories. The LP features Mats baritone, but also the slide saxophone (a rare antique instrument) as well as a small selection of live power electronics. He combines the acoustic sounds of his saxophones with these amplified sounds, mixing them as overdubs as well as live improvisations. The raw and muscular approach to blowing that has made Gustaffson the unbound force he has become can be experienced in its naked and most vital form on this LP. From gasping to rasping to tongue slapping, nothing smoothes over the up-close physicality of conjuring sounds from his saxophones. The brass resonates as Gustafssons lungs whistle with tension and release. While his acoustic playing is rich in dynamics with a sense of punctuation and spaces, some of his electronic concoctions are thick slices of condensed compressed mass. Sources of Such manufactures a dense, immovable wall of electronic sound broken only by a deep, gutteral warble of the baritones lowest registers. On both the opening and closing tracks, Gustafsson uses the electronic devices to follow and echo his acoustic playing with organically playful results that merge and blur the lines between the acoustic and the electric sound sources. This is a record of substance and space shifting in an array of unexpected layers of noises, which interlock and split apart in equal measures." - Dancing Wayang. Hand-numbered edition of 500 copies. |
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Artist: MINTON & OKKYUNG LEE, PHIL Title: Anicca Format: LP Label: Dancing Wayang Country: UK Price: $28.00 |
| "The result of a first time meeting between boundary pushing cellist Okkyung Lee and legendary vocalist Phil Minton, ANICCA presents a set of four explorations of timbre and of minds. Recorded in studio in London and presented in hand screenprinted sleeves designed by Okkyung especially for this release, ANICCA is a very limited, heavyweight pressing. Liner notes have been provided courtesy of artist Christian Marclay, a frequent collaborator of both Okkyung and Phil, who rightly declares: Beware, this is scary stuff! Recorded acoustically and with the aim to capturing the rawest, smallest, biggest and most beautiful sounds of their respective instruments, Okkyungs cello and Phils voice sound nothing like they should. At their most powerful the resonance of both strings and vocal cords trade places, merge and tangle to create a storm, a wave and a crackling fire. But each gust of the wind is preceded and followed by the hush tones of two strangers meeting for the first time. The Korean track titles allude to a stillness encountered in such a meeting, a void ready to be filled with willing stabs at forming friendship. Soon this nothingness is filled with chanting and banging, hooting and hacking. Numbers are exchanged and songs are sung together in exuberance and quiet beauty. The track Mu-Byun ends on such a delicate note, a moment of mutual understanding. But true to the album title ANICCAs true meaning of impermanence, this fleeting moment is torn apart by the following Mu-Jin which begins with a guttural growl by one instrument only, the voice. Following ANICCA is witnessing a constant state of flux. Just as the strings meet in celebration, turmoil pulls them apart and therein lies the thrill of this music." - Dancing Wayang. Hand-numbered limited edition of 350 copies. |
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Artist: MOTOR GHOST Title: A Gold Chain Round Her Breast Format: LP Label: Dancing Wayang Country: UK Price: $27.00 |
| "MOTOR GHOST is the new project of free drummer / vocalist Alex Neilson and multi-instrumentalist Ben Reynolds. Both Glasgow residents and frequent collaborators on the live circuit, A Gold Chain Round Her Breast is their first recorded document as a duo. From the brooding opener through tracks of soaring electricity to the beautifully fragile a capella rendition of the folk song Leaves Of Life, this album sees Alex and Ben exploring darkness and light and all shades in between. Alex drumming provides much of the backbone of the album supporting and conversing with Bens acoustic and electric guitars, loops and the call of the dürmuk (a Greek horn). Recording in a studio environment allowed MOTOR GHOST to define their sound and experiment with overdubs to lay down some intense tracks. The album comes in screenprinted sleeves, all of which have been hand embellished with gold enamel and are individually numbered. ALEX NEILSON SOLO bonus disk �?? The first 100 copies of the album include a 3�?� bonus disk containing a 4 song solo vocal set Alex performed at the Macbeth in London the day before the MOTOR GHOST studio session. The bonus disk features exclusive liner notes by Scottish folk singer Alasdair Roberts (Drag City). ALEX NEILSON has been drumming up a storm in the last few years playing with some of the UKs finest innovators like Richard Youngs, Ashtray Navigations, Taurpis Tula and Scatter as well as accompanying Jandek on his first ever and subsequent UK live shows. More recently hes been playing internationally with Bonnie Prince Billy and developing his solo project Directing Hand further to include (solo) singing as well as his inspired freeform drumming. Alex personal interest to investigate parallels between improvised, experimental and more traditional folk music is clearly audible on A Gold Chain Round Her Breast. BEN REYNOLDS (www.benreynolds.tk) is an improviser, guitarist and composer who has been an active participant in the UK underground music scene for several years, playing and recording as a solo artist as well as in Phil Todds Ashtray Navigations and with such underground activists as Bridget Hayden (Vibracathedral Orchestra), John Fail (Lied Music, Oakwhistle), Andy Jarvis (Sculptress, A Warm Palindrome) and Jani Hirvonen (Uton). More recently Ben has become increasingly interested in the potential of music as a psychedelic force, which can change life by illuminating the usually unconscious faculties of the human psyche." - Dancing Wayang. Limited to 300 copies. |
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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: OSCURO LUGAR Title: Alguien Muere Format: 7" Label: Darbouka Country: France Price: $10.00 |
| "From Medellin, Colombia, comes this duo with 3 tracks of very dark goth/postpunk synthwave that sounds a bit like early CURE recordings. Full color board sleeve with lyrics, limited to 300 copies." - Darbouka. |
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Artist: ADN CKRYSTALL Title: JazzMad Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Dark Entries is excited to release the 30th anniversary edition of ADN CKRYSTALLs debut album JazzMad. ADN Ckrystall is the moniker of synthesizer wizard ERICK MONCOLLIN from Tarbes, France. In 1977 Moncollin spent time in Paris experimenting with synthesizers, jamming alongside composers Vangelis and Tim Blake. It was here that he obtained a prototype of the Korg MS-20, a legendary synthesizer. While attending art school in Tolouse, Erick met BENOIT HUTIN, who offered a studio for the recording of the JazzMad album. The entire album was recorded over a 4 day period in 1980. The sound of JazzMad revolves around the synthesizer, utilizing the instrument to all its capacities. ADN was Influenced by New Wave bands that incorporated keyboards into their songs like Gary Numan/Tubeway Army, and Simple Minds, as well as Prog Rock and Krautrock bands such as Hawkwind, Heldon, Gong, and Neu!. The result is an unconventional and discordant conglomeration of synthesizers, drum machines, and vocals that cradle the edge of the brain. Most of the songs are long instrumental pieces but when Erick sings his lyrics favor love, drugs, and science fiction themes. All songs have been remastered for vinyl by GEORGE HORN at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley directly from the original master tapes. Each LP comes in an exact replica of the original jacket with paintings and illustrations designed by the band. This 30th anniversary edition also includes a zine filled with unreleased photos, original artwork and lyrics." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: ALTRES Title: Archives Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "ALTRES are a band from Dundee, Scotland who originally formed in 1983. They were playing mostly instrumental, improvised electronic music at a time when very few bands, if any, were making this type of music in the UK. The bands influences included Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Philip Glass, Throbbing Gristle, Faust and many others, but their sound is clearly their own. After a few months of recording the band had a lot of material on tape, so they decided to release their first cassette Rise in 1984. Within that year the band managed to release 4 more cassettes: Live at the Tayside Bar, Archive One, Archive 2 and Angel Chords & Devil Chords. The band also appeared on the audio magazine, INKEY$ - No10 cassette. Dark Entries has chosen their favorite tracks from each of the cassettes for this special 7 song compilation album entitled Archives. Each song has been carefully remastered for vinyl by GEORGE HORN at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley directly from the original master tapes. Each LP includes a photocopied clear acetate with unreleased photos and notes for each song." - Dark Entries. |
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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: BORGHESIA Title: Clones Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "BORGHESIA is an electronic music group, founded in 1982 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The band was formed by four members of alternative theatrical group THEATRE FV-112/15: DARIO SERAVAL, ALDO IVANCIC, NEVEN KORDA and ZEMIRA ALAJBEGOVIC. They established FV Video to self-publish their video projects and FV ZaloÏba - the first independant record label in ex-Yugoslavia. Aldo and Dario took care of songwriting, production and recording while Zemira and Neven handled the visuals. In the late 80s the band signed to PIAS and went on to release a string of successful albums and played world-wide tours. Clones was Borghesias second album, self-released on cassette only in 1984. The band borrowed synthesizers (Roland SH-101, Casio VL-1, Korg Polysix) and a Roland 808 drum machine from friends. Every song was played live-no overdubs-and recorded to a cassette deck over a few nights at their club Disco FV during 1983-1984. The music on Clones is meant to accompany various video installations and performances. All of the songs are instrumental and feature various cutting edge techniques for 1983. Hypnotic, proto-techno and acid rhythms and synth lines. Music on the A Side of the LP is faster and club oriented while the B Side offers a drugged out soundtrack to get lost in. All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley directly from the original master tape. Each LP is housed in a silver jacket with original gelatin print by photographer JANE STRAVS. An 11x17 fold-out poster is included with unreleased photos and more. After 28 years, Borghesias "music for video" is finally appearing on vinyl for the first time." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: BORGHESIA Title: Ljubav Je Hladnija Od Smrti Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Borghesia is an electronic music group from Ljubljana, Slovenia, created in 1982 by Aldo Ivancic and Dario Seraval who were members of the alternative theater troupe FV-112/15. Along with Laibach, Borghesia is the most successful band from the territory of former Yugoslavia who launched the activist movement and managed to turn sexual freedom into an important political issue by creating the New Slovenian Art scene. After two cassette-only releases the band recorded their debut vinyl LP Ljubav Je Hladnija Od Smrti (“Love Is Colder Than Death�?) during the winter of 1983-84. The band was eager to use early sampling techniques to construct tracks from cut up radio noises and movie dialogue. They developed their own brand of EBM (Electronic Body Music) that combined symphonic synthesizers (Korg PolySix), funky basslines, military drum beats (Roland TR-808) and harsh, crisp sequenced rhythms that repeat in trance-like loops (Roland TB-303). All songs from Ljubav Je Hladnija Od Smrti are sung/recited in Croatian and use the imagery of the prohibited, tabooed and repressed. Equal parts Chris & Cosey, Cabaret Voltaire, Art of Noise and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. All tracks have been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studio in Berkeley. Pressed on blood red vinyl, each disc is manufactured with its own unique pattern: no two discs are identical. Each LP is housed in an exact replica of the original large 6-panel fold out poster with lyrics and photos. Limited to 1000 hand-numbered copies." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: BUZZ Title: See You Sioux Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Dark Entries is honored to present the “See You Sioux” cassette by BUZZ for the first time ever on vinyl. BUZZ began as the brainchild of J-C Van Thienen in Lille, northern France, ten miles from the Belgian border. He released one album in 1985, the highly limited demo cassette See You Sioux. In the late 70s and early 80s J-C witnessed the punk explosion while studying and working abroad in England. He regularly attended concerts by Adam and the Antz, The Sound, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Ski Patrol, Spizzenergi, The Cure, interviewing the bands for a fanzine. Returning to France, and feeling inspired, J-C bought a Soundmaster drum machine and two second-hand synthesizers in 1983. He started composing songs applying the DIY punk ethos akin to Cabaret Voltaire and Fad Gadget, who like him were eccentrics in a pop-rock world. Borrowing a 4-track Portastudio from a friend, J-C recorded 7 songs that would become the skeletons for the “See You Sioux” album. The local radio station provided studio time for free so BUZZ enlisted help from the guitarist (Vincent) and drummer (Franck) of The Figurines. His neighbor, Béatrice, added backing vocals. The result was the entirely self-produced See You Sioux cassette, recorded in one take. BUZZ combined new wave dancefloor appeal with the abrasive textures and irreverent attitude of post-punk. Lyrically, they addressed topics such as the Cold War, post-World War II tension in Berlin, the assassination of Kennedy, Pablo Picasso’s minimalism – all in a manner that was as sarcastic as it was politically-charged. The overall sound of “See You Sioux” fits nicely beside their French contemporaries: Opera Multi Steel, Norma Loy, Little Nemo, Taxi Girl, but is more aligned with their Belgian neighbors the Neon Judgement and Trisomie 21. Artwork for the cassette jacket was all done by J-C using letrasets, scissors, glue, coloring with markers and hand-numbered in an edition of 250 photocopies. Over the years, BUZZ’s demo cassette travelled from bedrooms to dancefloors around the world, and even into the purse of Anne Clark around the time BUZZ supported her in Ghent and Paris. The success of See You Sioux landed BUZZ a deal with Danceteria Records, who would release four maxi 12” singles from 1986-1989. Around 1990 BUZZ took a break, eventually restarting in 2005 with the release of a career spanning compilation and remix album. J-C continues to write and release music today with his project Vuduvox. All songs on “See You Sioux” have been remastered from the original C-60 metal master tape for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA. Each LP includes a fold-out, double-sided insert with photos, lyrics and liner notes by Anne Clark. 27 years later these demos provide a glimpse of the bleak post-industrial European wasteland as seen from the bedroom window during the French coldwave scene." -Dark Entries. |
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Artist: DANSE SOCIETY Title: Demos Vol. 1 Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Dark Entries digs deep into the UK Goth underground to unearth The Danse Society “Demos Vol. 1.” The band formed in Barnsley, England in 1980 from the remnants of local post-punk bands Y? and Lips-X. Between 1980 and 1982 the band released a handful of 7” and 12” EPs and the debut album “Seduction” on their own independent label, Society Records. The band also recorded several sessions for Radio 1, including a John Peel session, and topped the Independent Charts with the single “Somewhere.” Their commercial debut, “Heaven Is Waiting” was released in February 1984. They released two further singles and the album “Looking Through” before breaking up in 1986. After 24 years three original band members reunited to record the new album “Change of Skin,” released in July 2011. 1983 was The Danse Societys year. Playing sold out tours and the success of “Seduction” won them a recording contract with Arista Records. Spending their advance on new equipment the band recorded an albums worth of demos in one day at Greenhouse Studios, London in May 1983. The line-up for this session was Steve Rawlings (vocals), Paul Nash (guitar), Lyndon Scarfe (keyboards), Tim Wright (bass) and Paul Gilmartin (drums). Doom laden guitar riffs, swirling synthesizers, crushing drums, driving and disembodied vocals, characterize the distinctive Society sound. “Demos Vol. 1” is the closest youll get to The Danse Society live experience. You can almost taste the dry ice, feel the power coming through the monitors, and become entranced by the strobe-induced madness this album embodies. The Danse Society operate in a raw, atmospheric realm less campy than many of their Goth Rock peers, unconcerned with pop charts or commercial appeal. These arent songs, they are commands. This 11 track collection includes an early version of the single “Wake Up,” 5 demos that would make the cut for “Heaven Is Waiting,”3 songs that would later become B-sides and 2 unreleased instrumentals. All songs have been remastered from the original tapes for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA. Each LP includes a fold-out, double-sided newsprint poster with photos, lyrics and liner notes by original drummer Paul Gilmartin and music journalist Mick Mercer. 28 years later these demos capture a band at the height of their confident, powerful and haunting glory." -Dark Entries. |
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Artist: DARK DAY Title: Exterminating Angel Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Dark Entries is working in reverse order to re-issue Dark Day’s first album “Exterminating Angel” originally released in 1980 onLust/Unlust. Dark Day is the minimal electronics brainchild of Robin Crutchfield following his separation with no wave band DNA. Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, Crutchfield was fascinated with both performance art and the most esoteric edges of pop music. After making his escape to New York City in the mid-seventies, he was inspired by Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band and Lydia Lunch’s Teenage Jesus & The Jerks. He made the transition into the new music of downtown Manhattan and formed the “no wave” band DNAwith Arto Lindsay and Ikue Mori in 1977. In 1979 Crutchfield left DNA to pursue a series of musical projects under the name Dark Day. His first album, “Exterminating Angel” is named after the Luis Bunuel film of the same name. On this album the band is Robin on synthesizers and vocals, Phil Kline on guitar/bass, Barry Friar on drums and guest Steven Brown of Tuxedomoon on saxophone. All 13 songs on “Exterminating Angel” use cheap synthesizers to create cyclical, machine-like keyboard riffs as a foundation for the moody, Teutonic music. Crutchfield sings like a lost member of Kraftwerk with a dry detachment creating a starker and chillier atmosphere. Lyrics were derived from cut-up methods similar to those used by the surrealists, fluxus artists, and William Burroughs and Bryon Gysin and pit the subjected against their torments and tormentors. All songs on “Exterminating Angel” were originally recorded at Sorcerer Sound, NYC. 1979 and produced by Charles Ball. This re-issue has been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA. Each LP includes a two-sided fold out poster containing lyrics, photos and lyrical explanations by Robin Crutchfield. Dark Day continue to inspire the current wave of stark, eerie, processional synthesizer music more than 30 years later." -Dark Entries. |
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Artist: DARK DAY Title: Window Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Following the first few incarnations and various lineups of r.l. crutchfields Dark Day, 1981 saw the direction of the project morphed into an electronic keyboard duo of Robin Crutchfield and Bill Sack with an album of nine songs released on Plexus Records. Lyrics were inspired by various sources including occult texts by Colin Wilson and art by Leger, Bruegel, Malevich, Man Ray, Duchamp and Jean Cocteau. The mechanized sound of Window is less one of the man machine robots in charge of Kraftwerk than man at the mercy of his machines. Carefully remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley and limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. This re-issue also includes a 24-page newsprint zine Darker Days As I Recall Them by Robin Crutchfield with silk screened cardstock jackets and an 8x11 lyrics sheet with song meanings!" - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: DEATH DOMAIN Title: Ethidium Bromide Format: 7" Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
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"Death Domain aka Adam Stroupe is a science nerd from Baltimore and wears it as a badge of honor. His sound is undoubtedly one of the most bewildering, disorienting yet magnetic and infectious slices of downright bleak takes on synth-based dance music. A one man all-live-analogue electronic ice machine (who is also behind the likes of SIDS - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). His sound is as cryptically raw as it gets - summoning the seminal Industrial/EBM sounds of the likes of early Cabaret Voltaire, Skinny Puppy, and The Normal. Limited to 400 silk screened, hand numbered copies with 4 different covers that feature a different glow-in-the-dark letter of each base pair of DNA: A,C,T,or G." - Dark Entries.
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Artist: ELEVEN POND Title: Bas Relief Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Dark Entries Records is proud to announce the reissue of the debut album by Eleven Pond. Long sought after by collectors, the Rochester, NY band only released a single LP in their time together before dissolving into obscurity. Their sounds a merging of post punks dark dance and synthpops melodic arrangements reflected the originality of gifted songwriters who met in art school with a shared interest in 4AD and Factory Records. In cooperation with the band members, the entire album has been remastered from the original 2-track analogue masters by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The recordings on this release comprise the bands entire recorded output and the LP includes a 2009 redesign by Jeff Gallea of Eleven Pond: 11x11 cardstock lyrics/artwork sheet, 2 Eleven Pond postcards and 1 Dark Entries Sticker. Eleven Pond officially parted ways in 1987 but nearly a quarter-century later these recordings prove how vital they remain." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: END OF YOUR GARDEN/DE MA VERE BELGIERE Title: Split Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "This split LP combines two 7″s from the Danish bands End Of Your Garden and De Ma Vere Belgiere originally released on the Replik Muzick record label in 1981/83. End Of Your Garden were a trio from Haderslev who took their name from the Joy Division song “Eternal”. Inspired after reading an NME review of the first Young Marble Giants release, the band formed in late 1980. Using a DIY mentality, they employed a sparse, simple sound built around synthesizer, rhythm box, bass, guitar and violin, which set them apart from their contemporaries. The recording for the Celebration 7″ took place during one weekend in the summer of 1981 with producer Ingolf Brown of Danish synthpop band Moral. The four songs on the Celebration 7″ showed the diverse range this band covered during their short life. After recording the Test 7″ in 1982 the band broke up and members went on to form Tristan T. De Må Være Belgiere were a four-piece from Aarhus formed in 1982. Their sole release was a 7″ recorded in February 1983 and the music was a product of the Factory Records post punk sound conveying a melancholic and mournful mood. The band played guitar, bass, drums, sang in their native language of Danish and shared a love for Echo and the Bunnymen, Josef K., The Cure and Joy Division. Sadly the group broke up in 1984 after a handful of live shows, one of which was recorded and released on CD in 2006 by Tryghed & Tristesse Records. All songs were remastered from the original reel to reel tapes by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Each LP includes a lyric sheet with unreleased photos of each band and is limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. This split LP is released in conjunction with Tryghed & Tristesse Records of Denmark who have the CD version with bonus tracks by both bands." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: EUROPA Title: La Ultima Emocion Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Europa was a short-lived synthpop group from Valencia, Spain formed in 1980 by Julio “Nexus” Pastor (synthesizers), Alfonso Aguado (vocals, guitar), Lino Oviaño (vocals, drum machine), and José Luis Macias (synthesizers). The quartet championed the use of synthesizers, drum machines and other polyphonic gadgets in a city that was stuck in the throws of progressive rock. They recorded and released their only album La Última Emoción in 1981 on cassette, released by DAI (Division Avanzada Independiente) a label interested in bands “capable of building electronic sounds from drum machines, sequencers, synths and effects, rather than conventional instruments like guitars and basses.” The original issue of La Última Emoción was a single-sided cassette and limited to 500 copies. The band mixed all the tracks at their home studio using a Roland Juno 60, Casiotone 202, Korg Polysix, MS-20, MS-10 and the KR-55 drum machine. As part of the Spanish Techno-pop movement of the 1980s, Europas songs featured arpeggiated synthesizers and upbeat drum machines that flashback to the sound of Vince Clarkes Depeche Mode days. Comparisons could be made to other Spanish Techno-pop bands like Aviador Dro, Vocoder or Metal y Ca but Europa weaved a unique style of driving, energetic rhythms, bouncy keyboards and soaring vocals perfect for dancing or speeding into outer space. Shorty after their debut release the band would switch their name to Última Emoción releasing an EP in 1983 and an album in 1984 before breaking up. Alfonso Aguado went on to front Los Inhumanos, Julio Pastor launched the Valencia techno bands Megabeat and Interfront, while José Luis Macias and Lino Oviaño formed Comité Cisne. In 2010 the original Europa line-up reformed to play a few select live shows celebrating the re-issue of their 1984 cassette Máquinas Románticas on Turia Records of Spain. Their sound remains clean, rhythmic and futuristically strange, transporting crowds to another dimension. All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley for vinyl. Each LP includes an 8-page booklet originally housed in the 1981 cassette long-box complete with bi-lingual liner notes, lyrics and photos. 30 years later the futuristic sounds of Europa are ready to usher in another new wave." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: FALL OF SAIGON Title: Untitled EP Format: 12" Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Dark Entires Records is honored to re-issue the debut EP by FALL OF SAIGON. The band was born in 1981 when FLORENCE BERTHON (vocals), PASCAL COMELADE (organ, synthesizer) and THIERRY DEN (guitar, vocals) met at a concert in Montpellier, France. They chose to the name the project Fall Of Saigon after a song by UK post-punk act This Heat. They self-released their debut EP in 1983 citing Nico & The Velvet Underground, Suicide and James Joyce as influences. At the time the band formed, Pascal Comelade was an accomplished musician with instrumental sketches composed for the trio. The 6 songs on the EP were recorded in two stages. "She Leaves Me All Alone" and "On The Beach At Fontana" were sung by Thierry and recorded at Pascals home on a Revox 2-track in one shot. The four songs sung by Florence-"Visions", "Blue Eyes", "So Long" and "The Swimmer"-were recorded and mixed at the Montpellier Languedoc Video Animation Center by Jean Alain Sidi on two ReVox A77 reel to reels and a small mixer. On "Visions," "Blue Eyes" and "So Long," the group employed a drum machine that could only play four or five rhythms with a single slider to increase or decrease the tempo. The songs were minimal: verse, chorus, no bridge, no intro. Built on a simple spine, they create a feeling of space with just a voice and an organ or synthesizer melody. Full of class and inventiveness, Fall Of Saigon are often compared to Young Marble Giants due to the fragile, ephemeral quality of the songs. All songs have been remastered for vinyl by GEORGE HORN at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The vinyl comes housed in a full color jacket using the original artwork from the EP and includes an insert with lyrics and photos. Through two years of existence, Fall Of Saigon only released one EP and 30 years later their subtle sound is an essential guidepost in post-punk history." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: INFORMATICS Title: Dance to a Dangerous Beat Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "INFORMATICS were a post-punk electronic band from Melbourne, Australia formed in 1981. MICHAEL TRUDGEON, VALEK SADOVCHIKOFF, STEVE ADAM and RAMESH AYYAR met in the experimental sound studio while attending the same art school. PHILIP MCKELLAR later joined the band in 1983. Between 1981 and 1985, Informatics recorded numerous tracks, mainly in a garage, using a four-track tape machine and any electronic gear they could get their hands on. The band held a fascination for contemporary visual art and moving images and videos would accompany their live performances.The production elements in the videos reflected Informatics philosophy on sound composition: the footage was entirely pirated from television ads, manipulated and then collaged to create new narratives that reinforced the music. Between January and November 1981 the band recorded their debut 4 song Dezinformatzia EP but it was not released until 1983 . The track "Proximity Switch", later renamed "Accidents in Paradise" became popular in parts of Europe and was re-released in 1985. Dance To A Dangerous Beat collects all 4 songs from the first EP, 2 songs from compilation appearances as well as 6 unreleased tracks on vinyl for the first time. Informatics early songs have a brittle, cold, disconnected feel made by a Roland SH-101, Korg MS-20 and a lot of processed guitar. The later songs utilize newer technology and ambient, synthesized melodies closer to their country mates Severed Heads. All songs have been transferred from the master tapes by Informatics and remastered for vinyl by GEORGE HORN at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The vinyl comes housed in a full color printed jacket using the original magenta and grey artwork from Dezinformatzia EP. Each LP includes a double sized 11x11 insert with photographs and liner notes by the band. Dance To A Dangerous Beat recounts the history of these synthpunk pioneers a world away from their contemporaries in America." - Permanent. |
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Artist: INHALT Title: Vehicle Format: 12" Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Dark Entries is proud to release the debut EP “Vehicle” from San Francisco based synth trio INHALT. Consisting of European and East Coast natives– Matia Simovich, Bryan Gibbs, and Philip Winiger– INHALT’s core operative strategy is of sonic fidelity and integrity rather than nostalgia. Having experienced the downfall of the music industry and professional studio system while working at Asphodel Records/Recombinant Media Labs, INHALT needed to create their own creative working environment. Thus, they designed and built The Bunker Studio, developed around an integrative ideology and employing the best of vintage and modern technologies and techniques. Here, they’ve honed their sound–sometimes referential to the raw electronics of Kraftwerk or the drive of Moroder disco–but ultimately their own interpretation of the border between the past and the present. What started with the split 12″ for Andy Blakes’ World Unknown imprint now continues with the “Vehicle” EP, where the brutality of the analogue transistor rhythm section meets the sincerity of the human voice. All tracks were written, produced and mixed by the band at The Bunker Studio, San Francisco, California between 2009 and 2011. Everything was recorded to a 24 track 2 inch reel to reel tape machine and mixed down to a 2 track 1/4 inch tape. The tracks were then mastered by Paul Lavigne in London, England at Walls of Sound Mastering. All songs have been EQed for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA. Each LP includes a special two-sided tabbed cardstock insert." -Dark Entries. |
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Artist: KITCHEN AND THE PLASTIC SPOONS Title: Screams To God Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "KITCHEN AND THE PLASTIC SPOONS formed at a basement rehearsal studio in Stockholm, Sweden during the spring of 1980. The band consisted of ANNE TAIVAN (vocals), HELENA LONGQVIST (synthesizer), IGGO KARLSSON (synthesizer), JACIE PAZDA (bass), and MATS WIGERDAL (drums). After a few concerts, Kitchen booked some free studio time and recorded their first single "Serve You!" in two days. Six months later PATRIK LINDVALL (guitar) joined the group and the band recorded their second single "Ice Cream To God" in early 1981. Kitchens sound was getting darker and heavier and so was the mood in the band. Anne shortly left and was replaced by IODINE JUPITER on vocals. This new line up recorded a few songs for local compilations. The band broke up in November 1981 before recording their debut LP. Screams To God collects Kitchen And The Plastic Spoons two 7" EPs, two compilation tracks as well as three demos from 1980 never before released on vinyl. Kitchen were part of the new DIY generation starting bands, making self- produced singles and rapidly breaking up. Their sound echoes the speedy chaotic energy with the synthesizer as its driving pulse. Annes vocals are barely understandable but they have a sense of urgency. They didnt sound like any other band in Sweden at the time, having more in common with American bands, Devo, The Screamers and Pere Ubu. Packaged in full color spot gloss jackest with a photo of Anne with bright magenta hair. Each LP includes an insert with liner notes, song descriptions and photos." -Dark Entries. |
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Artist: LINEA ASPERA Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Dark Entries is proud to present the debut album of contemporary British band LINEA ASPERA. Linea Aspera is the London duo of RYAN AMBRIDGE (Synths/Programming) and ALISON LEWIS (Vocals/Synths). They began the project in November 2011, technically drawing inspiration from electronic music from the early 1980s. Within the duo, Alison writes and performs all vocal elements, while Ryan is responsible for the writing and performing of the electronics, as well as recording and mixing of the final recordings. For their debut album they utilized small, simple analog synthesizer set up: Roland SH-09, Roland Juno 6, Vermona DRM MKiii, Korg Poly 800 and Analogue Solutions Semblance. Linea Asperas sound includes clear influences from early electronic body music, classic synth-pop and, in some instances, industrial and noise. Lyrically the band incorporates the sciences of osteology, neuroscience, and anthropology weaving a new medical language around themes of desire, despair and renewal. Linea Aspera serve up an icebox of dark doom riding on Alisons powerful vocals with a soft but sharp touch. All songs have been mastered for vinyl by GEORGE HORN at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Each LP is housed in a specially designed jacket by DOVILE SHURPO and includes a full sized insert of all lyrics." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: LIVES OF ANGELS Title: Elevator to Eden Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Dark Entires is honored to reissue the long out of print debut album Elevator to Eden by LIVES OF ANGELS. Lives of Angels was the brainchild of GERALD OCONNELL from London, England. In 1974 he worked at CBS studios mastering recordings from tape to disc. By 1977 he joined his first band MYSTERY PLANE, led by school mate Mark Harvey and later joined by his soon-to-be wife Catherine. Gerald branched off in 1980 forming Lives of Angels as an outlet for his own compositions. He recorded, produced and played all of the instruments on "Elevator to Eden" between 1981 and 1983, using a primitive set up of drum machines, one keyboard, guitar and a tape echo. Influenced by the Krautrock sounds of Neu! and Amon Duul II as well as US psychedelic rock, Lives of Angles crafted their own unique post-punk sound. Elevator to Eden was originally released in 1983 on cassette by Color Tape Records, the label started by Gary Ramon of Modern Art. Then in 1986 Fire Records remixed and re-released the album on vinyl but the band was not happy with the mixes. This reissue features the original 4-track cassette mixes of Elevator To Eden on vinyl for the first time ever. The LP includes 9 songs featured on the original Color Tapes release. All songs have been remastered for vinyl by GEORGE HORN at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley directly from the original master tapes. Each LP comes with unreleased photos, original artwork and a lyrics for all songs." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: NAGAMATZU Title: Sacred Islands Of The Mad Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"Dark Entries is honored to present the highly limited second cassette by British duo Nagamatzu for the first time ever on vinyl. “Sacred Islands of the Mad” is a collection of eleven tracks recorded between December 1984 and March 1986 in London by Andrew Lagowski (SETI, Legion, Terror Against Terror) on synths, guitar, and drum machines and Stephen Jarvis (Pure Motorised Instinct, Terraform) on synths, bass and programming.
Nagamatzu began in 1982 after messing around with old tape machines and drum boxes, making numerous contributions to international compilations and erratically releasing their own cassettes. Their name comes from a character in JG Ballards “Atrocity Exhibition” and their music reflects his influence and incorporates carefully chosen samples from the Challenger shuttle disaster, Gregorian chants and films including “Dawn of the Dead” and “The Omen.” All the songs were recorded onto a Ferrograph reel to reel in a small room at their parents house and some of the backing rhythms and sequencers were recorded first onto cassette and then the band played along live. Nagamatzus instrumentals combine stuttering bass, guitar bursts and funeral keyboards draped over a dragging drum machine beat, calling to mind Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire and early New Order or Cocteau Twins. “Sacred Islands of the Mad” is a complex, textured tapestry of sound full of dark electronics, fresh harmonies and danceable rhythms.
All songs have been remastered especially for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios from the original cassette masters. Each LP is limited to 500 hand-numbered copies and includes a newsprint zine full of fliers, gig tickets, ads, and photos." -Dark Entries
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Artist: NEON JUDGEMENT Title: Early Tapes Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Dark Entries has dug deep into the early days of the Belgian cassette scene to release two tapes by The Neon Judgment in the form of one vinyl LP for the first time ever! These pioneers of underground electronic music hail from the small town of Leuven near Brussels, Belgium and gave birth to the New Beat and EBM scenes worldwide in 1981/2 with the release of their first two cassettes neatly compiled here as Early Tapes. Always a consistent duo of Dirk Da Davo (synthesizers, vocals) and TB Frank (guitar, drum machine, vocals) The Neon Judgment worked in a parallel world alongside Suicide, Cabaret Voltaire, and the Deutsche Neue Welle recording under the watchful eyes of Roland Beelen (Antler-Subway) & Ludo Camerberlin (A Blaze Colour). Arriving just in time to celebrate the Neon Judgments 30th anniversary, Early Tapes showcases the bands brash and seedy lyrics, with raw synth stabs and repetitive drum machine beats adding to this rhythmic discourse. The result is a combination of lo-fi technology and emotional sincerity to create a sound both warm yet alienating that has stood the test of time and 30 years later, still evokes the same magic. The 10 songs on this LP were remastered from the original cassette masters resulting in a cohesive, gritty, maniacal dance program that sounds more relevant today than ever. Lyric sheet including rare photos, a mini poster and two silk screened die-cut diagrams taken from the bands original synthesizer workbooks." - Dark Entries. 2nd edition with blue jackets. |
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Artist: PARADE GROUND Title: The Golden Years Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Parade Ground has always been the duo of brothers Jean-Marc and Pierre Pauly from Brussels, Belgium formed in 1981. Taking cues from Post-Punk, Coldwave, Dada and Surrealism, Parade Ground channeled suffering, tension and rage through pulsing synthesizers, skeletal guitar, severe bass and Jean-Marcs expressive vocals as the most melodic and emotional instrument. The Golden Years is an 11-song, career-spanning collection of Parade Grounds long out-of-print 7” and 12” singles as well as rare compilation tracks from the pioneers of emotional body music created during 1982-1988. Parade Ground first appeared on the Nationale Rockmeeting LP in 1982, striking straight to the heart with the passionate plea “I Shut My Eyes.” Later that year the brothers met Daniel B. and Patrick Codenys of Front 242 beginning a collaborative partnership that continues to present day. In 1983 they released their debut 3-song 7” EP Moan On The Sly on the New Dance label, musically a hybrid of Joy Division and Fad Gadget. 1984 brought further explorations into the world of electronic body music with the 3-song Man In A Trance EP and 2 tracks on the live concert compilation Mask Promotion both records released on Front 242s Mask Music label. The following year the single Took Advantage/Moral Support 12” was released incorporating then, state-of-the-art modular synthesizers programmed by Daniel B. and back-up vocals from Flo Sullivan (A Formal Sigh, Shiny Two Shiny). Then in 1987 the brothers collaborated with Colin Newman of British post-punk band Wire, who produced and lent his vocals, guitars and keyboards to two songs ("Moans"/"Action Replay") while Daniel B. produced flipside "Gold Rush" on the Dual Perspective EP that stands alongside 80s anthems from Tears for Fears, Modern English, Echo & The Bunnymen. Finally in 1988 their debut album Cut Up was released on Play It Again Sam Records and featured the singles Strange World and Hollywood. In 1993 the brothers wrote and composed the vocals on two Front 242 albums Up Evil and Off. After 15 years of silence the boys released their second album Rosary in 2007 and continue to write new material and tour with their extensive catalog of dark dance classics. All tracks have been carefully remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Each LP includes a 6-page press kit with lyrics, discography, photos and liner notes by Daniel B. of Front 242. The history of Belgian electronic music would not be complete without a trip through “The Golden Years” of Parade Ground." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: PESTEG DRED Title: Years Of Struggle Against The Lies, The Stupidity And The Cowardice Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Dark Entries has tapped into their Gothic roots to unearth a 29-year old lost album now available for the first time on vinyl. Years Of Struggle Against The Lies, The Stupidity And The Cowardice was written, recorded and produced by a trio of Danish 18-year olds during a weekend in December 1981. Unable to pay for the recording session, the master tapes were confiscated and the album remained unreleased until the summer of 1985 where it was issued as a bonus cassette with the Danish art magazine Atlas. This is the first and only album from Pesteg Dred, a trio from Denmark made up of Martin Hall (Ballet Mécanique, Under For, Before), Per Hendrichsen (Dialogue, Uté-Va) and vocalist Inge Shannon, who later starred in Halls project SS-Say. The band combines dark rumbling basslines with austere guitar shrieks and the occasional cello/violin/autoharp to create the perfect tension of soft/loud synthesized post punk. But what steals the spotlight of Martin Halls well-crafted production are the dynamic vocals of Inge Shannon who ranges from cold Teutonic monotone to shrill cacophony at times bringing to mind Nico, new romantic chanteuse Ronny or Simona Buja from Kirlian Camera. This landmark album could have fit perfectly on the 4AD or Factory Records roster alongside A Certain Ratio, Bauhaus or Joy Division. All tracks have been remastered from the original master tapes by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA and include a printed interview with Martin Hall as well as a silk-screened image of the original reel to reel master tape. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies so grab one while you can." -Dark Entries |
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Artist: PRODUCT Title: Alive Again Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "THE PRODUCT were a duo from the small villages Kvistgaard and Espergaerde, in the north of Denmark. DAN STIELLOW MORTAZAVI wrote the lyrics and sang while KENNETH NEUHAUS composed the music and played the instruments. They met in the Autumn of 1982 and recorded their sole album Alive Again over a weekend. It was self-released on cassette in 1983 and limited to 50 copies. Alive Again features 11 songs recorded in two short live takes directly onto one cassette. The Product employed a basic set up of Micromoog, Roland JX-3P and TR-606 Drumatix. Nine of the songs employ only these two synthesizers and drum machine while two songs feature a guest bassist. With these three instruments they crafted melodic, icy electronic rhythms with detached vocals. They were influenced by UK post-punk bands Second Layer, This Heat, Wire, Gary Numan, Fad Gadget and most noticeably The Cures Pornography and Faith albums. Lyrics revolve around growing up in broken homes, alienation and romance. Each song has been carefully remastered from the original cassette master for vinyl by GEORGE HORN at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Includes an insert with lyrics and photos." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: Q4U Title: Q1 Deluxe Edition 1980-1983 Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Q4U was born the winter of 1980-1981 in Reykjavik, inspired by the British punk movement. By early 1982 they self-released a full length cassette, Skaf I Dag and appeared in the documentary Rokk I Reykjavik, which showcased the Icelandic punk scene. This version of the band ended and only two members continued on. In the summer of 1982 their drummer was replaced by a Roland TR-808 drum machine they named "Elisabet II", signaling a change in the groups sound toward synthesizer-driven post punk. In August 1983 they recorded a final set of demos and then called it quits. This compilation collects 16 songs from 1980-1983. SIde A features the original six songs from the Q1 EP, plus two songs from the Rokk i Reykjavik soundtrack. Side B collects four demos from 1982 and four demos from 1983, all presented on vinyl for the first time ever. Q4U began with a stylish, aggressive punk image before experimenting with drum machines and synthesizers, which almost nobody did in Reykjavik at the time. The later sound had gothic leanings,often compared with Siouxsie and the Banshees and Xmal Deutschland. Their body of work is united by the powerful vocals of Ell, who mostly sings in Icelandic about controversial, political experiences, much like Ari Up of The Slits. Each LP includes a double sized fold-out poster with lyrics, photos and drawings by the band plus a Q4U sticker!" -Dark Entries. |
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Artist: SECOND DECAY Title: Le Decadence Electronique Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Dark Entries presents, for the first time ever on vinyl, the debut full length album by German electronic darkwave pioneers, Second Decay. Formed by Christian Purwien and Andreas Sippel in 1987, Second Decay hit the underground dark dance scene with their 12" Killing Time and then worked on their debut album from 1988 to 1992. La Decadence Electronique is an album full of addictive analogue electronics that combine synthetic sounds and constant rhythms with memorable vocals. Each song has been carefully remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley and is limited to 500 hand-numbered copies." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: SIC Title: Thought Noises Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Dark Entries is proud to shed light on underground Belgian New Wave pioneers, SIC, with the career-spanning release “Thought Noises.” SIC were a post-punk band from the industrial city of Charleroi in the francophone part of Belgium. They were formed by Francis Pourcel, Alain Neffe (Bene Gesserit), Micheline Dufert, and Mario Berchicci in 1977. Francis and Alain had previously played with Krautrock band Kosmose in the mid 70s. In 1978 Alain left the group to launch the cassette label Insane Music. The new trio released their debut 7” “Voltage Control” in 1979 on Artibano Records. By 1980 Mario left and was replaced by a Korg KR-55 drum machine. As a duo, SIC self-released the “Cover Girls Smile”/ “Between” 7” in 1980, which was played by John Peel on Radio 1 in London. Unable to replicate the studio sounds for live concerts, the duo recruited three additional musicians, Wilhelm Dunker (bass), Henry Krutzen (saxophone) and Danièle Daoust (synthesizer). In 1981 their final 7” single, “Free Radio Stations” was self-released and the band recorded a demo tape to help secure live gigs. SIC continued to play live over the next two year but eventually broke up in 1983. SIC stray from more conventional post-punk, mixing the affordable Korg MS-20 and Roland RS-09 synthesizers with jazz and funk elements. All three 7”s and demos are united by strong, watery Rickenbacker bass chords reminiscent of American jazz legend Jaco Pastorius and UK bassist Mick Karn (Japan). A heavy reliance on rhythm and Micheline’s strong, insistent voice give SIC its own moody personality. More of a European group than a Belgian one, SIC take cues from Magazine, “Live At The Witch Trials”-era The Fall, Delta 5, The Raincoats and Kleenex. Their lyrics are original and autobiographical, documenting commercialism, technology and communication as we enter the 1980s. “Thought Noises” compiles all three SIC 7" singles released from 1979-1981 plus 6 unreleased demos from a 1981 recording session. All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Each LP includes a lyric sheet insert. More than 30 years later, SIC are a document of a mutant strain of new wave ripe for discovery." -Dark Entries. |
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Artist: SMERSH Title: Cassette Pets Format: Double LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $25.00 |
| "Dark Entries has dug deep in the New Jersey basement of SMERSH to release the double LP compilation Cassette Pets. Smersh was the duo of MIKE MANGINO and CHRIS SHEPARD, who started writing music together in the late 1970s. They were uninterested in traditional notions of songwriting or live performance. Everything they needed was in Piscataway NJ: a basement full of musical toys and instruments, novelty space microphones, a TR-606, a SH-09 (Cabaret Voltaires favorite synth), and-perhaps most importantly-a couple of tape recorders. Most Monday nights, they would write a new song from scratch. A couple hours later, the song was recorded, never to be performed again. By 1981, this dedication to spontaneous creativity had already produced countless recordings, and the duo began releasing cassettes as Smersh via their own Atlas King label. A definitive Smersh discography may not even be possible, but one lists more than 30 Atlas King cassettes. As these tapes traded their way across continents, Smersh developed a devoted following in places far beyond Piscataway, leading to releases on dozens of other labels from around the globe. For Cassette Pets Dark Entries has selected 17 songs, featuring some of the many highlights from Smershs vast discography, spanning 1981-1994. Smershs sound is a lush hybrid of techno, industrial, dance, and experimental. Sometimes easy, sometime not. Most songs revolve around driving EBM style beats, intricate industrial noise manipulation and synth melodies. The Smersh sound has so many faces it doesnt fall into any one category. Each song has been carefully remastered from the rapidly decaying cassette originals for vinyl by GEORGE HORN at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The vinyl comes housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket with original drawings by Mike Mangino, lyrics and photos. This the first time since the original cassette issues that the music of Smersh is reappearing on vinyl format . Cassette Pets is a sneak peak into the subversive world of New Jerseys isolated, prolific legends of the cassette underground." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: STARTER Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "STARTER was a minimal electronic/synthpop group from Switzerland, formed in 1980 by vocalist and fashion designer Francis Foss, Claudine Chirac (from fellow Swiss Wave group Grauzone) and Jet Harbour. Originally the band also included Stephan Eicher who co-wrote two songs but departed before the band recorded their debut album. STARTER began in the city of Bern when Francis, Claudine and Jet decided to create their own brand of New Wave music inspired by Gary Numan and Kraftwerk.They released their debut, self-titled album STARTER in the summer of 1981, making this summer the 30th anniversary of this long out-of-print and extremely hard to find LP! Using early analog Roland and Korg synthesizers, STARTERS music seamlessly merges wistful electronics from Germanys Neue Deutsche Welle movement and powerful vocal stylings from French Chanson. Alongside their Swiss Wave contemporaries like Grauzone, Yello, Liliputt/Kleenex, STARTER created a new brand of hallucinatory �Techno-Pop made up of chopped rhythms, energetic and almost epileptic vocals that are immediately catchy and hypnotic, perfect for the dance-floor. In 1985 STARTER reformed as a duo with Francis Foss on vocals again and Gary Grey on synth/rhythm programming. Their first single �Victim� took cues from Italo Disco and Bobby Orlandos Hi-NRG dance sounds and is the bonus track on Side B of this LP. The song �Part of You� was chosen as the lead track on the Gomma compilation CD Teutonik Disaster 2 in 2003 recruiting new fans worldwide and ushering Francis Foss to release a homemade CD-R/DVD compilation of the entire STARTER discography in 2004. All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley in 2011. Each LP includes a lyrics sheet with unreleased photos and a STARTER badge/button." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: STRESS Title: Conspiracy Theory Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "STRESS is the duo of ALAN RIDER and PHIL CLARKE from West Midlands, England formed in 1981. Alan was editor of Coventry fanzine Adventures in Reality, and Phil was editor of Nuneaton fanzine Damn Latin. Stress combined electronic rhythms and keyboards with bass guitar, vocals, percussion, and cut-up samples. They created catchy electronic pop songs that fused accessible & experimental elements with a pointed lyrical edge in the vein of Cabaret Voltaire, Depeche Mode and Joy Division. Their first two albums were cassette releases on Alans own Adventures in Reality Recordings label. Help Comes Too Late in 1982 followed by Restraint in 1984. In July 1985 Stress released The Big Wheel album and appeared on numerous cassette and vinyl compilations worldwide. More gigs and press followed and the album took the Number 1 spot in the NMEs electronic charts. Stress split in September 1985 and re-formed briefly in 1991 to record two tracks. Conspiracy Theory is an 11-song best of compilation album featuring tracks from the first two cassette albums with "The Prayer Clock" from Third Mind Records Life At The Top compilation LP and "Tear It Down" from the Compulsory Overtime compilation LP. Each song has been carefully remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Each LP also includes a 16-page booklet "Stress Edition" of Adventures in Reality fanzine with photos, equipment list, press cuttings, lyrics and an exclusive Stress badge." - Dark Entries |
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Artist: SYSTEM LILIPUTT Title: Harpa Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "System Liliputt was the solo project of Geir Vasseng from the Stavanger area of Norway in the early 1980s. He released one cassette, Harpa a mini-album of 6 songs in Feburary 1984 on his own label Geva Tapes & Studio that was limited to 150 copies. 27 years later Dark Entries has baked and transferred the original master tapes, adding 5 bonus tracks, restoring this lost piece of Norsk D.I.Y. dark post-punk. Harpa, in its entirety and all the demos were recorded in Geirs home studio from November 1982 to September 1983. All tracks were written, produced, recorded and performed by Geir without the involvement of any others. Influenced by the darker/melodic post-punk bandsYoung Marble Giants, Fra Lippo Lippi and Seventeen Seconds/Faith era Cure, System Liliputt created rich atmospheres with intricate guitar work, ethereal synths and sombre vocals. Whereas the original six Hapra songs capture a brooding and downbeat feel the demos showcase Vassengs ability to write a catchy, wistful pop song with minimally treated instruments. All tracks have been carefully remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley for the first time on vinyl. The original cassette included six inlay cards with lyrics which are re-printed here along with English translations by Geirs son! Another piece of Norways rich post-punk past is ready for your ears." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: THOSE ATTRACTIVE MAGNETS Title: Electromagnetic Pulse Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"Those Attractive Magnets were created early 1980 in a town called Tamworth, the heart of the English Midlands, as a vehicle for Rikk Quay (keyboards) and Andy Baldwin (vocals). They self-released a super limited cassette EP, Pictures on the Wall in 1980 and the Nightlife/Love Chimes 7? in 1983 and appeared on a Futurist music compilation LP, Synthetic Romance in 1982.
Their music travels beyond copycat synthpop bands of the time into electronic realms of the 80s underground scene. There are some obvious parallels of the time you can hear the commercial strains of The Human League, Soft Cell and Kraftwerk at times but the band never wholly embraced commercialism as these tracks reveal. Although their sound takes a cue from the post-punk and early new romantic scenes, it still remains one step ahead in a unique futuristic world full of delicious dance beats!
Electromagnetic Pulse is the first ever compilation of a number of tapes Those Attractive Magnets produced during their three creative and prolific years of song writing, 1980-1983. This LP contains remastered versions of both songs from the 7? as well as 2 songs from the cassette EP and a different version of the song that appeared on Synthetic Romance; 9 songs in total, 7 of which have never appeared on vinyl until now! Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies with an 1117 poster/insert of lyrics, photos and liner notes by Sam Holliday." - Dark Entries.
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Artist: V/A Title: Bay Area Retrograde (BART) Vol 1 Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Bay Area Retrograde (BART) Volume 1 is Dark Entries first compilation of underground music from San Francisco (and the greater Bay Area) in the 1980s. Towards the end of the 70s, San Francisco experimental music clashed with the aftermath of punk and gave birth to a vibrant underground scene. By the early to mid 80s the DIY music scene of the Bay Area was a hotbed for experimental and quirky new wave, post punk, and synthpop, quite similar to New Yorks No Wave scene and Berlins Neue Deutsche Welle. This compilation literally connects the (transit) lines between these varied musical offerings and tells the secret story of eleven forgotten Bay Area bands and contains four previously unreleased tracks on vinyl, until now! BART Volume 1 features a Korg-heavy assault from Danvilles utterly obscure Nominal State; two little-known left-field electronic dance gems from Batang Frisco and Quiet Room; Berkeleys answer to darkwave, Necropolis of Love; a synth-driven drama fest from drag performance troupe Wasp Women; quirky lo-fi gothic pop from one man band Distant Thunder; a gay Hi-NRG anthem delivered by Danny Boy and the Serious Party Gods; two lesser know gems from SF synth legends Voice Farm and Los Microwaves; and the futuristic pulsing synth-punk of Standard of Living and the Units. All tracks have been carefully remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Each LP is housed in a large 6-panel fold out poster by with liner notes by Johnny Ray Huston, original photos, fliers and artwork documenting this fertile period. BART is more widely know as the acronym for Bay Area Rapid Transit, the main rail transportation system for the San Francisco Bay Area and the band on this compilation. This LP is by no means a definitive compilation but merely opens the tunnel to the underground sounds of the Bay!" - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: V/A Title: The Thing From the Crypt Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"Dark Entries is proud to present The Thing From The Crypt, a 16-track compilation of UK DIY/Synth/New Wave/Post-Punk originally released in 1981. Showcasing the thriving post punk sound of Watford, a town in Hertfordshire, England, located 20 minutes northwest of central London. The Thing From The Crypt neither attempts to sell a Wotford sound nor claims to be a comprehensive guide to the areas best beat bands. Like all good compilations, its essence is variety: some tracks will make you come whilst other will make you vomit. -original liner notes by ROBERT DELLAR. This compilation features 8 bands with two songs included by each group. Tracks from EXHIBIT A, SAD LOVERS & GIANTS, MEX, GAMBIT OF SHAME, FLYING BEECHCRAFT, IMAGE IN RUIN, S-HATERS, and SOFT DRINKS. All songs have been transferred from the master tapes by PAUL MEX and remastered for vinyl by GEORGE HORN at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The vinyl comes housed in a full color printed jacket using the original silk screened artwork. Each LP includes a copy of the 12 page booklet that came with the original pressing." - Dark Entries. One of my favorite UK DIY comps, worth it for the S-HATERS and Outer Himalayan/ RUDIMENTARY PENI related SOFT DRINKS tracks alone (if anyone has a spare SOFT DRINKS 7" or the MAGITS 7" for that matter, please get in touch..) SOLD OUT
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Artist: VITA NOCTIS Title: Against The Rule Format: Double LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
| "Dark Entries and Minimal Maximal have joined forces to re-issue the complete discography of Vita Noctis on a double vinyl LP. Previously these songs were restricted to limited self-released cassettes, compilation appearances and a sole 12″ Mini LP. Beware, this is abrasive, primal music made by irritated teenagers full of angst! Vita Noctis were a trio from Vilvoorde, Belgium in the Flemish Region. Inspired by the post-punk movement twin brothers Kris and Jos Kips convinced Kris girlfriend Martine Genijn to start a band in 1981.They recorded their earliest songs onto a 2-track tape deck in their bedroom studio using second-hand equipment they could afford: Roland TR-808 drum machine, Casiotone MT-31, Ibanez bass guitar and a Korg MS-20 keyboard. Their first album “In The Face Of…DEATH” was self-released on cassette only in 1984 by the “Much Money Good Boy, No Money Good-Bye” cassette in 1985. In February 1986 the band recorded five songs at Studio Care in Gent, Belgium later released as the self-titled 12″ Mini-LP on Mad In Belgium Records. Their final recording session was November 1986 returning to the bands bedroom studio, resulting in the song “She Likes Me” which appeared on the “Climax Productions Presents” LP. “More “arthouse” than “goth”, Vita Noctis blend the sneering attitude of punk with the spartan structures of minimal electronics. The band had more in common with the early electronic Sheffield scene of Cabaret Voltaire, Vice Versa or early Human League than their Belgian contemporaries. Urgent vocals go from a whisper to a scream in seconds and sound restless, bored and irritated all at once. Fuzzy guitar, simple baselines and crude electronics take turns accompanying the dynamic vocal stylings. While lyrics tackle weighty topics like death and religion, the landscape they paint is as playfully bratty as it is grim. All songs have been remastered from the restored 1/4″ reel to reel tapes by George Horn at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley California. Each double LP comes in a deluxe gatefold jacket with cover art by original designer Stephan Barbery and never before seen band photos and lyrics for each song. Spanning three years and four recording sessions “Against The Rule” is the soundtrack to Armageddon, very fitting in the contemporary climate of dissatisfaction and social upheaval." -Dark Entries. |
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Artist: VOCODER Title: Cuadro Sinoptico Format: 12" Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"Dark Entries is thrilled to present a 4-song compilation from one of the finest groups of the Spanish New Wave/Tecno-Pop scene of the 1980s. Vocoder were a quartet from Zaragoza, Spain formed in 1981. Keyboardists Antonio Laval and Alfonso Olarte attended the same university and fell in love with a Korg MS-20 synthesizer in a music shop window. They met keyboardist Antonio Tenas at a local radio station and were later joined by vocalist Pilar Pellicer. They recorded several demos with synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines, creating a soundtrack for the clubs and dance floors. Inspired by the “Movida Madrileña,” they sent demos to various record companies. The band signed a deal with Aviador Dro’s sublabel Neón Danza and released two EPs, “What Happens Now”/”Radio” in 1984, “Mindanao”/”Amor de Robot” in 1985 and a self-titled LP which was produced by Michel Huygen (Neuronium) in 1987. Vocoder also appeared on the TV program “La Bola De Cristal”, presenting their music video for “What Happens Now”, in which the band danced in a supermarket with a shopping cart full of synthesizers. The group mutually disbanded in 1988 and continued to organize concerts for other groups touring in Spain.
“Cuadro Sinóptico” compiles both 2-song 12″ maxi singles as one 4-song EP. All four songs were recorded during 1984-85 at Doublewtronics Studios in Madrid, Spain, using the most advanced and sophisticated techniques of time in digital recording and Direct Metal Mastering (DMM). The band utilized many professional synthesizers of the time: Roland Juno 60, Prophet V, Korg Poly 61, Yamaha DX-7, Roland TR-909 and the Linn Drum, which was used by most Italo Disco artists. These songs were recorded in the highest fidelity with disc jockeys in mind. Genuinely catchy, Vocoder combined soaring melodies with cybernetic coldness. A futuristic sound for the modern age topped with Pilar’s charismatic vocals. Lyrically they address robotic love, disco dancing, and the tropical island of Mindanao, and sing in Spanish, English and French.
All songs on “Cuadro Sinóptico” have been remastered from the original reel to reel master tapes for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA. Each LP includes a double-sided insert with photos, lyrics and liner notes by Flemming Dalum, a Danish DJ who introduced much of the world to Vocoder in 2008 on his “French Spanish Italo Connection” mix. Vocoder want you to barricade yourself in the discotheques and dance away the depression." -Dark Entries. |
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Artist: X RAY POP Title: Dream Machine Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "X RAY POP are the synth-pop duo of DOC PILOT and ZOUKA DZAZA from Tours, France. They got their start in the no wave art group BOCAL 5 in 1981 and split off in 1984 to focus on their own brand of quirky synthesized electronics. Influenced by Erik Satie, Brigitte Bardot, Suicide and Young Marble Giants, they call their music "minimum naive new wave." Armed with a Casio PT-20 keyboard and a rudimentary Yamaha MR10 drum machine they recorded their demo cassette and first 7-inch "Eurasienne / La Machine à Rêver" in 1984. Upgrading their synthesizers and adding some saxophone and guitar, they recorded the "Alcool / Amazone" 7-inch in 1985 and the "DS / El Gato" 7-inch in 1986.The Dream Machine collects X Ray Pops first three 7-inch singles plus eight songs from their demo cassette, never released on vinyl before. Their songs are short, concise and well structured; richly textured, moving at a quick speed with hardly a pause. The demos show a sense of humor, vitality and carefree playfulness. Zoukas pouting, tongue-in-cheek vocals (sung in French) come together for a catchy, sensuous, danceable, eccentric psychedelic ride. Reminiscent of the Mo-dettes, early OMD or Algebra Suicide, X Ray Pop could be the missing link to Stereolab. All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley directly from the original master tapes. Each LP comes in a neon yellow jacket with an 8-page booklet full of unreleased photos, original artwork and lyrics. 28 years later, this is the first time since the original issue that the songs of X RAY POP are reappearing on vinyl again, but is the world ready?" - Dark Entries |
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Artist: XEX Title: Group: Xex Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "xex were an all-synthesizer band from South River, New Jersey who recorded their debut album group:xex in 1980. Formed when a trio of high school misfits with funny names (Waw Pierogi, Thumbalina Gugielmo and Alex Zander) teamed up with some friends from Rutgers College Performed entirely on then-state-of-the-art Arps, synths and electronic drums - no guitars anywhere - group: xex aims for the future, but comes across now like a time capsule from the deepest, darkest Reagan years. Each song burrows its way into your head with repetitive, undeniably catchy synth lines and vocal chants. "SNGA" ("Soviet Nerve Gas Attack"), "Cops" and "Delta Five" are doomy evocations of Cold War tension not far removed from very early Devo. But they were also capable of being quirky and whimsical. On "Fashion Hurts," "Svetlana" and "St. Vitus Dance," Waw and Thumbalina come across like a primitive B-52s, replacing the dance/party vibe with resignation and cynical humor. group: xex doesnt sound like its from New Jersey. It barely sounds like its from Earth. However, theres a certain residual murkiness that subliminally evokes the Central Jersey working-class suburbs. group: xex was all but forgotten until 1998, when radio DJ Tom Smith discovered it in the WFMU music library and tracked down the band members, which lead to a CD reissue in 2004 on Smack Shire Records. Just in time for the 30th anniversary of group:xex Dark Entries tracked down Waw Pierogi and restored the original master tapes with George Horn who remastered the tracks for vinyl at Fantasy Studios. All copies include a 16 page zine with never before seen photos, lyrics, bios, press releases as well as an original concert invitation from 1980!" - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: ZWISCHENFALL Title: Heute Format: LP Label: Dark Entries Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Zwischenfall formed in 1982 with Michael Sass (synths), Martin Urban (bass/vocals) and Stephan Kraemer (guitar/drums)�??all of German descent. They were united by musical sensibilities that combined electronic and traditional instruments developing the basis for their 1982 demo recordings. By chance Patrick Codenys of the Belgian electro pioneers FRONT 242 heard two songs and decided to record a 4-song EP for the electro bands newly formed label MASK. The Heute EP was released in 1983 after a week of recording in Fronts private studio under the direction of sound-whiz Daniel B. Bearing in mind MIDI had not been invented at the time, the recording involved some extensive sound sculpting including the use of individual synths (PPG Wave, Syrinx, Roland System 100, etc.) for separate drum sounds. To create an organic feel to the combination of acoustic and electric guitar, a trumpet and a bass were incorporated into the electronic arrangements. Sonically way ahead of their time, Zwischenfall have a distinct sound with hard rhythms and melancholic melodies that blend minimal yet catchy electronics to create a very danceable production. Remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios, the EP features two bonus tracks from the Heute sessions never before released on vinyl: the uptempo �??Tausend Jahre�?� and �??Katastrophe�?� the demo version of Flucht. The Dark Entries release of Heute will include an original press kit with lyrics and band photos and is limited to 500 hand-numbered copies." - Dark Entries. |
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Artist: HUNTING LODGE Title: Will Format: LP Label: Dark Vinyl Country: Germany Price: $26.00 |
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"Essential cult release from 1983. Besides the early releases of SPK, THROBBING GRISTLE and LUSTMORD one of the most important releases in the real industrial movement. Limited to 449 copies." - Dark Vinyl. Last copies of the 1996 reissue. The origins of Michigan noise..
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Artist: KUDO, TORI/KINUTAPAN/YUMBO Title: Dont Fear An Adjoining Island Format: CD Label: Das Gemeine Country: Japan Price: $17.00 |
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"A live concert performance recorded at Martian
Gardens in Sendai, Japan, November 2002 featuring
TORI KUDO, KINUTAPAN, and YUMBO playing both
alone and together. TORI KUDO is the leader of
faves MAHER SHALAL HASH BAZ. KINUTAPAN play
rarely, and only new songs, so this is the only
opportunity to hear this material. YUMBO, led by
KOJI SHIBUYA of Maher Shalal Hash Baz, sounds
much like that band, and performs with piano,
electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drum, toy
keyboard, trombone, kazoo, and more. Sixteen
tracks of great psych pop, packaged with a
40-page booklet (printed in Japanese). Imported
from Japan."
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Artist: DE MARIA, WALTER Title: Drums And Nature Format: CD Label: De Maria, Walter Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"..In 1957, (De Maria) graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, where he earned his M.F.A. in painting two years later. De Maria and his friend, the avant-garde composer La Monte Young, participated in Happenings and theatrical productions (including very early Fluxus events) in the San Francisco area.
In 1960, De Maria moved to New York; here he wrote essays on art, which were published in 1963 in Youngs "An Anthology", and took part in Happenings and multimedia presentations. In 1961, he made his first wooden box sculptures. De Maria and Robert Whitman opened the Great Jones Street gallery in New York in 1963; the same year, De Marias first solo show of sculpture was presented there. This year, he worked as a drummer for the rock group The Velvet Underground. He continued to work in wood, began his "invisible drawings," and composed music. With the support of collector Robert C. Scull, De Maria started making pieces in metal in 1965.
De Maria emerged as a leader of the Earthworks movement in 1968 when he filled the Galerie Heiner Friedrich in Munich with dirt. This year, he also made his The Mile Long Drawing in the Desert in the Mojave Desert for Walls in the Desert, a project, originally conceived in 1962, which is to consist of two parallel mile-long walls. In 1968, he also participated in Documenta in Kassel. A major exhibition of De Marias sculpture was held at the Kunstmuseum Basel in 1972. Earthworks and serial geometric sculpture continue to occupy De Maria in the 1970s: his Three Continent Project was completed in 1972 and the Lightning Field in New Mexico was finished in 1977. That same year, De Maria recreated his Earth Room at the Heiner Friedrich Gallery in New York. The artist lives in New York." -Guggenheim. Self released CD (with almost no distribution) featuring De Marias tribal drumming mixed with field recordings (as the title implies). The two pieces, Cricket Music and Ocean Music, were originally recorded in 1964 and 1968 (evidently with some help from Tony Conrad). Restocked yet again... Very highly recommended! |
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Artist: 39 CLOCKS Title: Zoned Format: CD Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "The first public appearance pairing Christian Henjes (then Zero Jack) and Juergen Gleue (then Genius Nr.17) was in 1976, at the Dada Nova (a space later occupied by Otto Müehls AAO commune) in midtown Hannover, Germany. Known for pranksterism and the destruction of the clubs in which they would perform, friction would follow the band everywhere. In 1979 they were thrown out of a show in Kassel at the Documenta (their sounds had disturbed Joseph Beuys). They created an outrage (they wrote a tune with the title Art Minus Idiots) at the Filmtage Hannover with their avant garde Super 8 movies under the guise of director Zachius Lipschitz. Rumour claims that at a Hannnover show at the Cafe Glocksee, they played the vacuum cleaner and a circular saw instead of guitars. Inspired, then (clearly), by protest in the broadest and most romantic sense (they wrote a tune with the title Radical Student Mob In Satin Boots) theirs was a sound attuned to classic American punk/Nuggets. This collection was put together with the non-completest in mind (originals of some of these records are as rare as Italian underwear), intending to display the general 39 Clocks vibe, but also some of their more curious wrinkles. And as Diedrich Diedrichsen wrote the first review of the band, we at DeStijl are very pleased with his liner notes." - DeStijl |
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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: JEFFERIES, PETER Title: The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World Format: LP Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
| "Peter Jefferiess extraordinary debut solo album, The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World, first saw life as a cassette via the Xpressway label of Port Chalmers, New Zealand, in 1990. As a result of some international underground acclaim in fanzines and mailorder catalogs -- for both the album and a striking 7-inch, The Fate of the Human Carbine, released around the same time -- it soon appeared on LP and CD as well, through the Ajax label of Chicago. Within a couple of years it slipped out of print and out of sight. Twenty years later were putting it back on wax which includes the songs from the attendant single, and no amount of remastering, whatsoever. Though no ones gotten around to writing a book on it yet, The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World nonetheless stands as one of the singular singer-songwriter albums of all time, existing on a sparsely populated plane with Pink Moon, Blues Run, the Game, Our Mother the Mountain and not many others. In a sandy voice that soothes and slashes, Jefferies offers a piercingly, crushingly lucid view of the endeavor of life, all our pain and small glories rendered in tones both harrowing and tender. On piano, drums and percussion, he pounds out melodies that roar, sweep and lilt, accompanied on many songs by the serrated guitars of a variety of players. Featuring a small team of South Island heavy-hitters -- all three members of the Dead C as well as David Mitchell (3Ds), Alastair Galbraith, Kathy Bull (Look Blue Go Purple, Cyclops), Nigel Taylor and Robbie Muir (whos co-billed on the single) -- Last Great Challenge provides a pivot point in Jefferiess formidable recording career, which included two bands he shared with his brother Graeme in the 80s, Nocturnal Projections and This Kind of Punishment, and four further solo albums, as well as stints in bands here (Mecca Normal, Two Foot Flame) and there (Plagal Grind, Cyclops)." -De Stijl. |
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Artist: KILGOUR, DAVID Title: Here Come The Cars Format: LP Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "A year after the Cleans reunion LP Vehicle (also their first proper album ever) put them back on the international-pop radar in 1990, guitarist David Kilgour retreated with his new Revox tape machine (which hed been singing about rapturously in his side-project Stephen and elsewhere: Have you seen my new tape machine?!) and cut his first solo album, Here Come The Cars, issued by Flying Nun in 1991. From the jarring cover image of David through to the last note, Here Come The Cars is a special pop album, even on a label that had no shortage of them. A sparkling gem cloaked in achingly atmospheric production (courtesy of Nick Roughan), Here Come The Cars has haunted us since its release -- its just one of those albums that exists outside of time, the opening chords of the title track never fail to draw you out of the world youre in and into its own magical space. The album was remastered and rereleased on CD by Flying Nun in 2004, but has never before been on vinyl -- which De Stijl is happy to rectify here in 2012." - De Stijl. Includes mp3 download. |
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Artist: LUBELSKI, SAMARA Title: Wavelength Format: LP Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "First lady of winds and stars Samara Lubelski returns to her once and future label home for her sixth album, Wavelength, and the spheres harmonize at the news. Wavelength comprises a dozen new arrowed whispers, Samaras feathery touch on guitar and microphone now so at balance with the elements that the whole, her music and the air it enters, become inseparable. Dont be fooled by the persistent psych-folk labels she gets - oh, they may be accurate as far as modern usage goes, and that scene is now as it was then, but Wavelength is an electric record through and through. Everything comes to life in light, the guitar speaking in radiant strums and felt-tip leads, her violin calling up everything that glows and grows in the dark. Funny how nature always seemed to work everything out fine on her own before we showed up, huh?" - De Stijl. |
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Artist: MESSAGES Title: Message Bag Format: Double LP Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
| "We come burdened with the glorious purpose of having readied the latest recordings by Messages, a double LP set called Message Bag. Its a set of pieces that imparts a vibe rife with history, and yet clearly focused on the future. You buy these 2 LPs, poster, and insert in a bag, but in all of its formats and strategies Message Bag operates as a return to an unresolved system, as an alternative to the rest of yr choices, and bestows something that cant be bought. We call it wisdom." - Destijl. |
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Artist: OLAUSSON, JAKOB Title: Morning & Sunrise Format: CD Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "At some point all great explorers, from Amundsen to Kishan Singh Rawat, come to an opening up and cast their minds across a big space. A clearing, a promontory, a look out from a place no ones been before. Jakob Olausson ventured deep on Moonlight Farm, his debut for De Stijl in the winter of 2005. His singular expression returns on Morning and Sunrise, an explorers codex, a gaze through to whats more important and less seen. The path yet traveled and the sun arcing over it. Morning and Sunrise is a different record from Moonlight Farm. Neither progression nor the preferred natural progression describe how. There is more electric guitar and it really whisks at your earbones, the playing is beautiful. Jakobs singing glows more. It gives light and shows love as it reassures, makes no false promises, says: You can be understood. Honest as the elements, whether you count four or 118. Words like loner will be hung on Morning and Sunrise, and thats okay, we associate clarity this potent with solitude. And this could be the most lucid psychedelic record ever, morning is just so clear, and anyway, its not really loner, because you are there all along. Dont we all just want to know how the next person gets along? Come out into the morning and see." - De Stijl. |
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Artist: OLAUSSON, JAKOB Title: Morning & Sunrise Format: LP Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "At some point all great explorers, from Amundsen to Kishan Singh Rawat, come to an opening up and cast their minds across a big space. A clearing, a promontory, a look out from a place no ones been before. Jakob Olausson ventured deep on Moonlight Farm, his debut for De Stijl in the winter of 2005. His singular expression returns on Morning and Sunrise, an explorers codex, a gaze through to whats more important and less seen. The path yet traveled and the sun arcing over it. Morning and Sunrise is a different record from Moonlight Farm. Neither progression nor the preferred natural progression describe how. There is more electric guitar and it really whisks at your earbones, the playing is beautiful. Jakobs singing glows more. It gives light and shows love as it reassures, makes no false promises, says: You can be understood. Honest as the elements, whether you count four or 118. Words like loner will be hung on Morning and Sunrise, and thats okay, we associate clarity this potent with solitude. And this could be the most lucid psychedelic record ever, morning is just so clear, and anyway, its not really loner, because you are there all along. Dont we all just want to know how the next person gets along? Come out into the morning and see." -De Stijl |
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Artist: ROBUST WORLDS Title: Emotional Planet Format: LP Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Chris Roses Robust Worlds has impressed us since first glimpse. He was actually barefoot, if you can believe that, and his set had the feel of a way more lysergic Kevin Ayers. It was freezing fucking cold and Im pretty sure he wore a Hawaiian shirt. His debut LP is called Emotional Planet, and its deceptively simple. Voice, guitar, some noisy shit, whatever. His playing is sick: fluid, unforced, warm, soothed and soothing. Its a bath you dont want to exit. Seriously, if yr going to play guitar, play it like he does. With a trick in his back pocket and a heavy moon on his mind, Rose utilizes the sort of neo-noir narratives that you hear thru Neil Michael Hagerty, James Jackson Toth, Kurt Vile and other keen observers. Handguns, B&E, two-lane black tops, love, lust, and hard drugs. Life: summed up!" -De Stijl. |
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Artist: SCARE SUPPLY aka UNIVERSAL VAGRANTS Title: Format: LP Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $35.00 |
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Somewhat mysterious John Olson/American Tapes related project which is more than likely the Universal Indians under a different name. Released in 1998 in an edition of 99 copies.
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Artist: STARE CASE Title: Lose Today Format: LP Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
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"Duo John Olson and Nate Young, names commonly associated with the underworld regimes electronic noise kings Wolf Eyes, are runaways, yet their direction toward the primitive and battered blues has been somewhat inevitable. At first, it appears accidental that the same players who have produced countless screeching aural onslaughts are creating the subtly sensitive and focused meanderings of fleshy and intricate scales. On second thought, Olson and Young love to push the envelope, as well as themselves, and Lose Today shows traces of their ever-present and contorting thumbprint: raw elegance. Though perhaps the mere consideration of the majestic noise kings performing by note seems both perplexing and cumbersome, think again. Their methods are cunning and their outpour is monstrously elegiac. Lose Today wields the ethereal meditative power leftover from The Velvet Undergrounds Sweet Sister Ray epic bootleg. The result: a melodious somnolent grievance that leaves the listener to feast on a curiously endless and internal banquet. Young snarls and writhes in irritated spiraling pronouncements that trail off in regretful, pained fashion, producing the same eventual something-isnt-right that The Velvet Underground secured, but set aside to allow the Michigan basement bluesmen to borrow. Also, here is Youngs virgin performance on bass, a venture that proves suiting as his sparse yet stable meanderings are the backbone to a jam lost in the arcane. At times the bass lines seem to be counting off the seconds until an eventual meltdown. Meanwhile, Olson wanders off on woodwinds, seemingly tangled in wavelengths, letting his own sounds guide him through a brassy chilling darkness. He follows scales--Indian scales, blues scales--though the subtlety of Olsons discipline fosters to an expansive intimacy, a nuance so massive his quips on flute and saxophone are the secret architects of Lose Todays meditation. Olson takes the spiraling mania inspired by the likes of The VUs Sweet Sister Ray lose-all jam and lets it blossom into a soundtrack for a secret think tank whose sole purpose is to maintain a shadowed fire." -De Stijl.
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Artist: VOLUNTEERS PARK Title: Tragic Pote/Jerusalem Stone Format: 7" Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
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"Aviram Cohen is a jerk. Who cares if he was in Silk Flowers, Soiled Mattress and The Springs, or the Germs rip-off The Bad Form? You can tell that his parents are immigrants. Hes a suburbanite from New Jersey, and now, another New Yorker with an attitude, who learned how to use a sequencer to program synths and drum machines, so that he can sing about how boring life can be. Its like hes creating all this atmosphere because its lacking in his life. It sounds like someone is blasting the 80s station out of their car, while parked under the subway overpass. And the train is roaring by overhead." -De Stijl. |
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Artist: WADA, TASHI Title: Gradient Format: 7" Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "Tashi Wada is a San Francisco-based composer and performer whose recent work focuses on sound perception as a basis for direct modes of listening. His work has been performed throughout the United States and Europe, and for several years now he has performed alongside his father, Yoshi Wada. Gradient is two sustained tones, a fourth apart, positioned along a wall, one at each end. The string player produces a very slow glissando from one pitch to the other while physically moving from one pitch to the other -- in other words, the string player moves so that pitch distance coincides with spatial distance. The two possible directions form a sculpture-like presence shifting through all of the blue notes. Harry Partch often worked with this type of harmony, so Tashi and Marc Sabat used one of his adapted violas for the recording." -De Stijl. |
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Artist: WET HAIR Title: In Vogue Spirit Format: LP Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Wet Hair have been living on the road and in the studio for the last few years and have made something special out of little more than synths, drums, flesh, blood, organs and ideas. Theyve traveled the world supporting the astral concepts of their music, which has henceforth had a subterranean visibility. In Vogue Spirit is their third LP and it is surely the one wherein all elements have gelled : the hazy, shifting experimental semi-thrust, the psychedelic production (notice we didnt use the word dub) and the effortless melodic flow contribute to the vibe that makes this sound infinitely more fresh than the forms explored therein. There is no seismic shift. Worlds dont collide. Silver apples dont grow on the moon. The contributions Wet Hair makes nudge a strange and subtle augmentation on the template, and thats all Im content with asking of pop music." - De Stijl. |
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Artist: WET HAIR Title: Spill Into Atmosphere Format: LP Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Hey kid, need a lift? Like, right up off the ground? Spill into Atmosphere is the freshest whitecap in the crashing-upward wave known as Wet Hair, the Midwestern duo-cum-trio thats been holding it down for years as a multi-stop repeat-shop-n-hop psych-pop pin-drop right there in the dead center of everything and/or nothing, Iowa City. The Wet Hair discography having spired itself to a respectable vantage - shared releases with such powers as Rene Hell, Naked on the Vague and Peaking Lights, both via frontmensch Shawn Reeds Night People imprint and others - Spill into Atmosphere becomes the bands second full-length with De Stijl. There is motion here, oh yeah - circling swirls of lighter-than-air energy, born aloft on propellers of foam yet anchored to earth with thunder-clap rhythms and Reeds heady bellow. Spill into Atmosphere gives you that feeling you had when you finally mastered the controls on your hovercraft: Youre both in it and above it." -De Stijl. |
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Artist: WOLF EYES Title: No Answer : Lower Floors Format: CD Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| ""No Answer : Lower Floors is the record of 2013 you need to be most worried about. No Answer : Lower Floors is further flesh to the shadowy silhouette cast by this Michigan art abstraction unit, perenially poised on the cusp of a precipice. Wolf Eyes will carry on forever but always remain mysteriously unfinished. The No Answer : Lower Floors material covers all bases: tough to toughest to tangled, all done in the Wolves least convoluted smooth style. The vocals, delays, primitive electronics, woodwinds and raw guitar of newest member Jamas Baljo create a new destroyed space to crawl through. No Answer : Lower Floors was recorded and mixed at the Michigan Underground Groups gambling/clubhouse/art space, with the usually 2D-flat quality of the drums and electronics given creeping new brightness-life within the hollow echo acoustics of the sacred spaces cinder prisons. No Answer : Lower Floors shares a natural feel with previous Wolf Eyes efforts but goes much further in detailing their underworld of odd melodies and mangled harmonics. Within their system-based economic compositions, there remains zero room for wasted space. Wolf Eyes return to longtime friendbase and Interzone of outsider art De Stijl Records, with whom the band worked on No Face Lives, their collaboration with Smegma, and the loner blues cerebration unit Stare Cases Lose Today. No Answer : Lower Floors features former members Aaron Dilloway and Mike Connelly, and thus is a family homecoming of sorts. More important, its the dawn of a new Wolf Eyes era." - De Stijl. |
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Artist: WOLF EYES & SMEGMA Title: The Beast aka No Face Lives Format: LP Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"Smegma man, fucking Smegma. They started the whole damn thing. Sure there was Lee Rocky & some soundeffects 78s that set the crew in motion but screw it.. you wouldnt be blasting "The Beast" or any "weird handdrawn lp" with rotten ears if it wasnt for this truly motley crew. In high school my sweet momma would give me ten bones a week for lunch, come Monday by noon that shit was blown at the local rec shop. When I only had a couple of raggedy bux left from gripping Zorlac stickers, the only option was the dollar bin at the store. It was there that John Bender, Haystacks Balboa, Nik Reicnek, & Peter Catham lps blew open my teen mind to the netherworlds. Among the giants was this homemade wreckord by Ju Suk Reet Meat. Looked amazing.. had no idea. Threw it on for nearly every day since. Mutant loops, improv from alien swamp prom & deviant horrible ideas. Changed my life. Just what a young mind needed to replace the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Found out later it was from the Smegma camp, a strange unknown mystery troupe from Portland. No photos ever... just a numbling clip on RRR comp video gave me & Dilloway a tunnel view into the spirtual mecca that would the Smegma klan. Before the first Wolf jaunt out west we dropped them a postcard saying it would be good to meet. Soon it mangled into a recording session. We would be so honored. The day came. The Smegma house, totally pink, queued us in to rainy green Portland. We knocked. A femme voice said through the door, "use the bell". Nate pushed it and out came a gargled electronic siren. The door opened, Rock n Roll Jackie, 5 foot tall, grinning & long beatiful grey hair. We all fell in love. Soon after we meet Ju Suk & one by one slowly met all the Smegmas in one of the strangest nights ever. Burned Mind, Meltzer, Stan, Amazon Bambi, others. All weird as hell, checking us as much as us checking them. Yep, this is what we wanted to be with the rest of our lives... the Mich crew had never been so inspired & moved this unholy blending of mutant minds... So we jammed. It was fucking amazing. Here are the results. Every year we are going to see them & hang like the best friend weirdo family. A total pilgrimage. Nate & I once got so blasted from Portland cloud we projected that Smegma has always existed, ever since the beginning of time. Someone will carry it on... might be this dude in Yspi who has no face. Really/ no nose, barely a mouth, always has a broken arm or something.. smells like shit. Dude is totally in Smegma. Fucking life rules." - John Olson, Wolf Eyes.
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Artist: YEH, C. SPENCER Title: Songs 2002 Format: Cass Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Double A sided cassette reissue of a severely limited one-sided LP, and what might be C Spencer Yehs most trying, challenging and rewarding foray into a world previously unknown to him, and us: his world of song. Songs 2002 contain what are perhaps subtle homages to early Eno and primo era Bowie vis a vis the studio treatments of the raw sounds with which were more familiar in his previous work. Yehs songs work within two generalized veins: ala Enos early attempts to communicate liquidly within a rigid language and structure as pop/rock, and similar to Keiji Hainos sense of mythos and personal pulse. Recorded over 10 yrs ago, ultimately, these songs can stand aside the most difficult of outsider aesthetics. There is nothing really new here, aside from what is essentially editing and narration. Might just be me, but I think hes found love, both in what inspires him, and a new found expression." - De Stijl. |
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Artist: YEH, C. SPENCER Title: Transitions Format: CD Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "C S Yeh (C. Spencer Yeh) flings open the door and steps inside with Transitions, his first full-length album of songs after years of establishing himself as one of Earths top humans in experimental music and unbound improvisation, both alone and in collaboration, on record and onstage. The effect Transitions has on you may or may not depend on your familiarity with Yehs past work; regardless, his path in music has always been about and rather than or. And the addition to his catalog of work that Transitions represents is nothing short of startling: songs that flit between sculpted guitar riffs and measured, just-shy-of-lush synth-pop, wry lyrics delivered in guileless tones, the remarkable fact that Yeh made every sound on the record. All the same, his most ardent fans will have little trouble understanding the move and recognizing this distinct voice. Its plainspoken confidence and intrepid spirit are as present as when hes carving drones or emitting speckled and serrated noise. Transitions is simply a different form of Yehs unmediated expression. As youd guess, for a career outside guy really coming inside for the first time, Transitions involved quite a bit more behind the scenes strategizing than it would for some indie band on its third album. Think of how English can sound so jarringly beautiful on the tongue of non-native speakers: everything fits even when, maybe especially because things might seem ever so slightly off. Thus we have a new language of melodies, ones of a spirit with say, Slapp Happy, but which wouldnt sound out of place on a Magnetic Fields record. Ultimately, the pop heart on display is characterized by the artful mind behind it - and besides, when we say pop are we talking popular, or populist? Perhaps the space were trying to sketch here could be found between the artists covered on Transitions: Father Yod and the Spirit of 76 and Stevie Nicks. Perhaps citing the varied examples of Jim ORourke, Dave Gahan and the aforementioned Peter Blegvad in artful songcraft could be useful (whether or not they were inspirations). Perhaps were not talking about a space at all, but instead a particular sort of freedom in a music landscape defined by cages and enclosures. Questions, questions - what do we know, were only observers. All thats really clear is that C. Spencer Yeh is transitioning into, not away from." - De Stijl. |
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Artist: YEH, C. SPENCER Title: Transitions Format: LP Label: De Stijl Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "C S Yeh (C. Spencer Yeh) flings open the door and steps inside with Transitions, his first full-length album of songs after years of establishing himself as one of Earths top humans in experimental music and unbound improvisation, both alone and in collaboration, on record and onstage. The effect Transitions has on you may or may not depend on your familiarity with Yehs past work; regardless, his path in music has always been about and rather than or. And the addition to his catalog of work that Transitions represents is nothing short of startling: songs that flit between sculpted guitar riffs and measured, just-shy-of-lush synth-pop, wry lyrics delivered in guileless tones, the remarkable fact that Yeh made every sound on the record. All the same, his most ardent fans will have little trouble understanding the move and recognizing this distinct voice. Its plainspoken confidence and intrepid spirit are as present as when hes carving drones or emitting speckled and serrated noise. Transitions is simply a different form of Yehs unmediated expression. As youd guess, for a career outside guy really coming inside for the first time, Transitions involved quite a bit more behind the scenes strategizing than it would for some indie band on its third album. Think of how English can sound so jarringly beautiful on the tongue of non-native speakers: everything fits even when, maybe especially because things might seem ever so slightly off. Thus we have a new language of melodies, ones of a spirit with say, Slapp Happy, but which wouldnt sound out of place on a Magnetic Fields record. Ultimately, the pop heart on display is characterized by the artful mind behind it - and besides, when we say pop are we talking popular, or populist? Perhaps the space were trying to sketch here could be found between the artists covered on Transitions: Father Yod and the Spirit of 76 and Stevie Nicks. Perhaps citing the varied examples of Jim ORourke, Dave Gahan and the aforementioned Peter Blegvad in artful songcraft could be useful (whether or not they were inspirations). Perhaps were not talking about a space at all, but instead a particular sort of freedom in a music landscape defined by cages and enclosures. Questions, questions - what do we know, were only observers. All thats really clear is that C. Spencer Yeh is transitioning into, not away from." -De Stijl. |
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Artist: MAC BLACKOUT Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Dead Beat Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "The debut solo album from MAC BLACKOUT of FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS and DAILY VOID fame. Upon listening to the songs, one distinctly get the feeling something special is going on. The tracks have a sweet DIY home recording feel to them which makes these deeply personal tunes shine. Performed with guitar and vocals, self-created clarinet, saxophone and electronic violin all intricately layered into very cohesive, concise songs. Twelve tracks. For fans of Electric Eels, Blank Dogs, Chrome, early David Bowie, Catholic Boys, Factums, Frustration, Joy Division, Kraftwerk, Daily Void, Haunted George, Jay Reatard, Funtional Blackouts and Dead Hookers."- Dead Beat |
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Artist: EVANS, PETER/WOOLEY, NATE Title: Instrumentals Vol. 1 Format: LP Label: Dead CEO Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
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"Dead CEO is very happy to announce a long overdue new release featuring two of the most exciting musicians in New York City, trumpeters Peter Evans and Nate Wooley. Each side of this LP features a solo acoustic trumpet track by each musician. While Evans and Wooley have recorded together in duo previously and work in similar terrains, each work here pushes solo trumpet in radically different directions. Peter Evans solo equally displays stamina and sensitivity in this casual improvisation, while Wooley creates layers of sound and dramatic cuts, toying with the recording medium itself. This release is presented in an edition of 150, pressed on white vinyl with screened prints for LP covers." -Dead CEO
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Artist: HIROSHI Title: Where Do You Come From Format: CD Label: Dead Flower Country: Japan Price: $28.00 |
| "Anthology for Hiroshi who played in Datetenryu, Zuno Keisatsu, Rallizes, Niplits, etc. Point is Hiroshis vocal version of Zuno Keisatsus song and "Arayuru Yami" the live that maniacs regard it as best live." |
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Artist: LES RALLIZES DENUDES Title: & Yellow/Rallizes House Session at Fussa Format: Double CD Label: Dead Flower Country: Japan Price: $45.00 |
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"A big session of members of and around Rallizes with psychedelic band Yellow (ex-M).
Best for beginners of Rallizes as well as maniacs of Rallizes. Attached chronological table of Dead Flower."
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Artist: V/A Title: Electric All-Night Show @Saitama Univ. 1973.11.3-4 Format: Double CD Label: Dead Flower Country: Japan Price: $55.00 |
| Tracks by 70s festival regulars Les Rallizes Denudes, Masato Minami (who recorded the classic "The Tropics" LP and was featured on "Oz Days Live"), Gypsy Blood, Acid Seven (on "Oz Days Live"), Anzen Band, New Soul Session, Lazy Kim Blues Band, and Mentanpin. Includes an insert entitled "Dead Flower Chronicle - Japan Rock History" (in Japanese unfortunately). Purchase a copy of this CD along with at least one LP and youll get a free Dead Flower promo poster of Mitzutani (and it MUST be ordered with at least one LP - no expections). Limited supply available. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Electric Pure Land Stars Format: CD/DVD Label: Dead Flower Country: Japan Price: $60.00 |
| "CD includes (previously unreleased): 1. Lost Aaraaff, Meiji University April 74 2. Hiroshi, summer 73. 3. Masato Minami, Back Page Studio May 79 4. Lost Aaraaff, private session July 73. DVD features: 1.Electric Pure Land #5 Document in Hibiya,May,74 - The treasuring document films of the situation of work of Venue of those days etc. is recorded focusing Rallizes special session on the super-magnificence films of Mizutani, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Acid Seven, Keiji Haino, Kenny Inoue, Masato Minami etc (about 18 min). 2. Evening Glow Festival/Hadaka No Rallizes - The performance of Rallizes in the legend event performed by Ishikawa ,August,76 Rallizes to play is the new film which can rarely be seen in daytime. (about 5 min)." |
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Artist: V/A Title: Yuuyake Matsuri Best Format: DVD Label: Dead Flower Country: Japan Price: $75.00 |
| "Including the performance from "Yuuyake Matsuri" regarded as Japanese Woodstock fes. Mentanpin is like Grateful Dead. And this is a complete version for the performance of Rallizes gig, that can be seen just a few minutes on "Electric Pure Land Stars" so far." THIS IS A JAPANESE REGION 2 DVD. |
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Artist: CIANI, SUZANNE Title: Voices Of Packaged Souls Format: LP Label: Dead-Cert Country: UK Price: $26.00 |
 "The inquisitive minds behind Pre-Cert Home Entertainment and Finders Keepers combine to bring you the results of some of their most subaqueous vinyl, tape and film excavations yet for this brand-new label: Dead-Cert. Taking the combined obsessions of all its collaborators and applying it to an intensive research model investigating vintage outsider music, sound sculpture, spoken word, ethnological documents, Art-Trash, early computer music, Neotantrik music, tape manipulation, non-pop and vinyl voyeurism, the label aims to investigate and recontextualize previously un-heard recordings from sources that transcend and eclipse the limitations of the record-collecting trend and the commercial music industry. All scheduled recordings are pressed on vinyl LPs mastered in accordance with the original creators instructions and cut at the most relevant volume and playing speed, duplicated in modest quantities and housed in a variety of bespoke or homemade packaging, faithful to the original pressings. The first archival release on the label is a new pressing of an original vinyl run of around 50 copies only made in 1970 for an art gallery exhibition in Brussels documenting a sound sculpture collaboration between hard material artist Harold Paris and fledgling electronic composer Susan (Suzanne) Ciani. This original limited gift/art-artifact is officially the rarest tangible recording of Cianis music, who is now recognized in the press as "The Delia Derbyshire Of The Atari Generation" on account of her groundbreaking developments in the commercial evolution of synthesizer music as one of a small number of female composers in the field. Paris created an original Mylar cover for the album, which is now an almost impossible-to-find collectors item. Ciani produced this, her first album, at radio station KPFA in Berkeley, CA, where she was given access to the tape machines from midnight until 6 AM, gratis. She owns only one copy of this work in its original vinyl form. Vinyl cut at Dubplates & Mastering and made in an edition of 1,000 copies only, housed in individually screen-printed silver foil sleeves faithful to the original pressing." -Dead-Cert.
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Artist: DOLAT-SHAHI, DARIUSH Title: Electronic Music, Tar and Sehtar Format: LP Label: Dead-Cert Country: UK Price: $26.00 |
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"This release will undoubtedly be met by the same deep breaths that have been shared by the small group of collectors who, over the past few years, have held original copies of this rare Folkways release in such high regard. In simple terms this LP is the kind of record you wished existed while nothing really came close to the mark. Respectfully and subtly combining traditional Persian instrumentation, modular synth exercises, field recordings and tape manipulation -- this debut release from 1985 by Dariush Dolat-Shahi bridges multiple cultural and stylistic voids and vindicates the vinyl-buying markets disparate interests in bygone Eastern experimental rock music, radio-phonic experiments, musique-concrete, sound design, neo-tantric meditational records and other early accidental acidic electro murmurs. For those who enjoyed the re-contextualized music of Ilaiyaraaja and Charanjit Singh while holding tight to the legacy of Pierre Schaeffer, Daphne Oram, Ilhan Mimaroglu, and harbor penchants for all things drone, Teutonic, electronic, demonic, and euphoric, this record has just changed all your plans for the weekend. A perfect primer for the aforementioned labels and a proud indication of what to expect from this eternally studious camp in 2013. This facsimile/reproduction of the original album is housed in a deluxe hand-made Smithsonian-style oversized outer with wrap-around print. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering." -Dead-Cert.
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Artist: SPOERRI AND BETHA SARASIN, BRUNO Title: AX+BY+CZ+D=0 (aka Kunst Am Computer) Format: LP Label: Dead-Cert Country: UK Price: $25.00 |
| "Here is the second release from this new archival series brought to you by the combined inquisitive minds behind Pre-Cert Home Entertainment and Finders Keepers as they continue to share the results of some of their most sub-aqueous vinyl, tape and film excavations yet. Dead-Cert takes the combined obsessions of all its collaborators and applies an intensive research model to the annals of vintage outsider music, sound sculpture, spoken word, ethnological documents, art-trash, early computer music, neotantrik music, tape manipulation, non-pop and vinyl voyeurism. Investigating and re-contextualizing previously un-heard recordings from sources that transcend and eclipse the limitations of the record collecting trend and the commercial music industry. Following on from Dead-Certs debut release (The liberation of the rare Voice of Packaged Souls by Suzanne Ciani), this official new pressing of an equally obscure sculpture theory souvenir disc treads similar ground in documenting conceptual art and sound collaborations with mechanical music pioneers, in this case Swiss electronic jazz musician, Bruno Spoerri. This previously un-travelled and un-promoted aural thesis documents a one-off 1982 collaboration between the Zurich-born music technologist Spoerri and theoretical material mechanic Miss Betha Sarasin as they collectively embrace computer technology to the advantage of their individual artistic disciplines, resulting in a series of startling melodic and non-melodic pieces using electromagnetically-oscillated stainless steel "instrument sculptures." For Spoerri enthusiasts, this record presents the musician in a new light. AX+BY+CZ+D=0 (aka Kunst Am Computer) both sonically and stylistically revealed a darker side to Spoerris music, pre-flecting the recent favor for "industrial" and "drone" aesthetics in contemporary experimental recordings and bridging a comparative unison with other unconscious European contemporaries such as Gruppo dImprovvisazione Nuova Consonanza, Giuliano Sorgini and Egisto Macchi (from Italy) and Igor Wakewich and Richard Pinhas (from France) and the darker Czech soundtrack work of Zdenek Liska. In equal measures, this LP also retains the unmistakable personality of Bruno at his most uninhibited, including the signature sounds buried in his earlier construction site sample experiments and his ongoing relationship with Arp technology and Bill Bernardis Lyricon 1 wind synth that was simultaneously being utilized and developed in the U.S. for Suzanne Ciani, Roland Kirk, Michał Urbaniak and new-age electronic artist Kat Epple, again, sonically unifying these forward-thinking pioneers. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering. Made in a limited edition of 700 copies." -Dead-Cert. |
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Artist: ANGKOR WAT Title: When Obscenity Becomes the Norm Format: LP Label: Death Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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Sealed copies of this late 80s, TX metal/hardcore LP featuring Dave Nuss (NNCK).
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Artist: ANDREWS, MICHAEL Title: Donnie Darko Format: LP Label: Death Waltz Country: UK Price: $32.00 |
| "Released in conjunction with Everloving Records. Re-mastered for especially for this exclusive vinyl release, the score is pulsing, hypnotic and captures the dark and moody nature of the film perfectly, this release also features the million selling single Mad World by Gary Jules. Exclusive cover art by Tom French a fine artist who has shown his work in Philadelphia and London. Liner notes by director Richard Kelly and Artist Tom French. This limited edition comes with an exclusive A2 poster of the cover art by Tom French. Exclusively re-mastered for vinyl by Ron McMaster at Capitol Mastering." Contains the same music content as the Everloving label issue in the U.S., but this version has artwork by Tom French (diff to EV version) and an exclusive A2 poster by French as well. Limited edition, 140 gram vinyl." -Death Waltz. |
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Artist: CARPENTER, JOHN Title: Escape From New York Format: LP Label: Death Waltz Country: UK Price: $29.00 |
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"Exclusively re-mastered for this vinyl release including 6 tracks that never made it into the original film. John Carpenter not only directed Escape From New York but also composed and recorded all of its music too. This score sounds as fresh today as it did when it was first released. Laden with brooding electronic pulses, flashes of Krautrock and healthy dose of nu disco ensures that this soundtrack sounds as happy on the dance floor as it is in your headphones. Exclusive cover art by Jay Shaw (aka Iron Jaiden), one of the most in demand poster artists working today, his recent work has been selling out in minutes creating a huge demand on the aftermarket. Sleeve notes from Alan Howarth and Jay Shaw. Comes with a massive A2 poster. Strictly limited edition of only 500 copies worldwide." -Death Waltz.
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Artist: FRIZZI, FABIO Title: Zombi 2 Format: LP Label: Death Waltz Country: UK Price: $29.00 |
| "One off pressing of 1000, 140 gm vinyl re-mastered and pressed at 45 rpm for maximum stereo destruction. Comes with A2 (42 x 60 cm) poster of cover artwork. The first time this classic soundtrack to the notorious Lucio Fulci video nasty has ever been made available on vinyl to collectors. This soundtrack is one of the holy grails of Italian cinema with the maestro Fabio Frizzi delivering a dizzyingly brilliant soundtrack that can hold its own with anything released by John Carpenter or Goblin. Cover art by legendary UK poster artist Graham Humphreys who was responsible for the original cinema posters for the Evil Dead, Nightmare On Elm Street 1-5 and Return Of The Living Dead. Exclusive sleeve notes from composer Fabio Frizzi and renowned Italian horror expert Stephen Thrower." -Death Waltz. |
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Artist: SODERQVIST, JOHAN Title: Let The Right One In Format: LP Label: Death Waltz Country: UK Price: $32.00 |
| "First ever release on vinyl for this modern day classic. One of the most beautiful looking vampire movies ever filmed and featuring a soundtrack loaded with dark, brooding themes that still manage to be achingly melancholic at the same time. Exclusive cover art by Candice Tripp, an internationally renowned fine artist that has shown work in galleries such as Lazarides (London) and Joshua Liner (New York), and is currently represented by Black Rat Press in London. Sleeve notes by composer Johan Söderqvist. Comes with a massive A2 poster." -Death Waltz. |
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Artist: SORGINI, GIULIANO Title: Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue Format: LP Label: Death Waltz Country: UK Price: $32.00 |
| "The score to this classic zombie film by Giuliano Sorgini pre dates Suspiria by 3 years and every time I hear it I cant help but think Goblin used this as a benchmark for Suspiria, the score features a great mix of 60s psych driven breaks with the lushest strings youll ever hear, pulsing electronics and some terrifying wailing screams from hell itself." -- Jordi Grau. Exclusive cover art by Luke Insect comes with an A2 poster. Sleeve notes by renowned Italian horror expert Stephen Thrower, artist Luke Insect and composer Giuliano Sorgini." - Death Waltz. |
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Artist: D YELLOW SWANS Title: Draught Format: 7" Label: Deathbomb Arc Country: USA Price: $4.50 |
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"The latest from the ever-changing YELLOW SWANS camp. You get two songs recorded by micing the room the band performed in rather than their usual lined-in direct to computer approach. After the songs were completed they were sent to a couple of friends to record vocals. The A-side, "Alchemical Blonde," features EVA INCA ORE (ALARMIST, GANG WIZARD), while the flip, "Oh! The Czar," features SAM MICKENS (DEAD SCIENCE)."
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Artist: FRIENDS FOREVER/GANG WIZARD Title: Split Format: CD Label: Deathbomb Arc Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Both bands tackle the theme of SPACE on this moody disc." - Deathbomb Arc. |
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Artist: GANG WIZARD Title: The Atlas of Cancer Format: LP Label: Deathbomb Arc Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| " Ten years of Gang Wizard has seen the band/collective take on many forms. For the US and European tours in support of their album on Load, Byzantine Headache, Gang Wizard locked down their lineup, cast off their "fight club the band" cocoon, and emerged as an angelic force, delivering a unique thrash-bliss sound to the world. Sparkeling synths and homemade glitter electronics are combined with whirlwind drums, screaming vocals, and aluminum spring guitars. A fantasy of blindness cycling through your lungs. Features members of Dynasty, Yuma Nora, Foot Village, Kevin Shields, Unicorn Hard-On, and Mike Landucci himself. co-release w/ Accidie & Gilgongo" - Deathbomb Arc. |
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Artist: GANG WIZARD Title: Why Is There A God? Format: LP Label: Deathbomb Arc Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Released at the height of Gang Wizards "the is no such thing as music any more" / complete nhilist phase, this follow-up to the Jeckyl Loves Hyde LP on Ecstatic Peace was completely panned by critics for not sounding like mystical stoney-baloney. Combining a distinct love for 80s college rock ala REM and ribcage crushing Harry Pussy sludge, Gang Wizard was walking in a land that perhaps no one has ever been to even since. This album remains one of Gang Wizards best kept secrets, dont pass it up now that you have a 2nd chance! co-release with Father Yod, SNSE, Breaking World Records, & many more!" - Deathbomb Arc. |
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Artist: HORSE DWARVES Title: 1st Adventure Format: Triple 3" CDR Label: Deathbomb Arc Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Collection of the first 3 Horse Dwarves releases, DBA045, 46, and 47. feat members of Friends Forever, ex-Hale Zukas, Foot Village, Gang Wizard, etc..." - Deathbomb Arc. |
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Artist: ROBIN WILLIAMS ON FIRE Title: Jungle Gym of Crucifixes Format: 7" Label: Deathbomb Arc Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "Over the top rebel-mockers, crowd pleasing self-abusers, nudists, treble enthusiasts, and all around good ol boys bring out the noise and the punk. Somewhere between XBXRX and Harry Pussy is the chaotic sound that has earned these youths the title of "best band in LA" even though they are from San Francisco (or Santa Barbara or something). For anyone that wanted to know what happens when you play with fire, and the fire loses, then make sure to pick up a copy of this wax... if you think you can handle it. No refunds if the music bullies you around too much." - Deathbomb Arc |
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Artist: ROSE FOR BOHDAN/BOOKS ON TAPE Title: Sunglass Sonnets For Springtime Sharks Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Deathbomb Arc Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "Books On Tape and Rose For Bohdan do a very limited edition split 7" for their tour together (with Creepy Crawly Claw) in June 02.The art for this 7" is handmade by Grace Lee of R4B. Each cover can be disassembled and turned into no-wave jewelry. Sounds like weird electronics and collaborative mayhem." - Blackbean. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Pisspunch Format: Triple LP Label: Deathbomb Arc Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"Triple LP set featuring Rainbow Blanket, Sword Heaven, Aa, Foot
Village, Grey Skull, & Dreamhouse. Each band gets a full LP side to
demolish with their unique take on using drums in a noise/experimental
setting. From the beyond hammering sparks of Sword Heaven to the
smooth protests of Aa, from Foot Villages unique drums-only approach
to hardcore to Grey Skulls beyond slurpin purple slow down that
would make sun-oops turn the lights out and just go to bed, from
Dreamhouses brittle clattering that miraculously melts into anthem
pop to Rainbow Blankets transcendent finale, that will make you
rethink everything you know about sound." - Deathbomb Arc.
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Artist: YUMA NORA Title: Red Train Graphing The Sunset Of All Format: CD Label: Deathbomb Arc Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Debut cd from this ex-Gang Wizard improvised long song group. Somewhere between Charalambides and Neon Hunk." - Deathbomb Arc. |
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Artist: CAMPLIN, BONNIE Title: Heavy Epic Format: LP Label: Decemberism Country: Germany Price: $30.00 |
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"Bonnie Camplin is a musician, artist, dj and club organiser from London. Featuring previously on Dec01, Nova Popularna a a member of donateller. Decembarism are proud to present this, her first solo LP. Its a collection of electoronic compositions, working with samples and simple programmes. Shedeconstructs optimistic, familiar music, and remodels it with a sleeker and more autonomous soul. It includes the monumentally melancholy reworking of Polish Discopolo, Polanda Heavy Epic, and pieces psanning subjects such as death, normality and mutually assured destruction. Limited to 1000 copies, full colour gatefold sleeve with artwork by Enrico David and insert."- Decemberism. Recent release on artist Lucy Mckenzies label.
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Artist: GRAY, ALASDAIR Title: Some Gray Stuff Format: LP Label: Decemberism Country: Germany Price: $30.00 |
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"Alasdair Gray, born Glasgow 1934, produces fiction, theatre, criticism of politics and literature and in visual art mural painting, illustration and book design. His first novel Lanark, written as both autobiography and socialist science fiction, was developed over a period of 30 years and is a landmark in Scottish literature; he is the leading figure in the creation of a contemporary Scottish imagination. This, his first audio collection on vinyl, spans his career and includes poem, short story and song read by the author. The sleeve artworks are from his personal archive, and are classic examples of his visionary ligne clair illustration.Limited edition of 1000 copies."-Decemberism. Recent release on artist Lucy Mckenzies label.
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Artist: V/A Title: Nova Popularna Format: LP Label: Decemberism Country: Germany Price: $30.00 |
| "The first release on Decemberism records is a document of the temporary bar that the artists Lucy McKenzie and Paulina Olowska ran for one month in Warsaw, 2003, in collaboration with Foundation Gallery Foksal. In a limited release of 1000, with extravagant pop-up gatefold sleeve, the LP presents the music of: donAteller, Bianca Glazebrook, Mathilde Rosier, Nightshift [forthcoming release on Kompakt], Marcin Dutka. All of whom played live in the illegal salon, many performing material specially written for Nova Popularna. An eclectic mix including house, show tunes and prepared piano, the record reflects the amalgam of finesse that was that place. donAteller is an ongoing collaborative project from London. The work comprises records, CDs, live performance, video, various forms of publicity and other strategies associated with the promotion and distribution of pop music. All tracks involve the re-editing and mis-matching of popular melodies and lyrics. donaAteller are, were, or have been, at various times Ed Liq, Mark Leckey, Bonnie Camplin and Enrico David. They have released CDs, artefacts and 7s through High Society Records, Cabinet and GBE. Bianca Glazebrook was born in 1975 in London. She studied vocals at the Warsaw Academy of Music, graduating in 2000. Biancas repertoire is a mixture of classical jazz, blues and cabaret songs, which she performs in galleries and salons in Warsaw and London. She also performs with experimental audio-visual group RH+, whose first recordings are to be release soon. Mathilde Rosier lives and works in the rural outskirts of Versailles, devoting her time to filmmaking, painting and song writing. Her work featured here was performed live as a duet with a hidden piano which emanated from behind a curtain, actually generated by a soundsystem. Nightshift are the Berlin artists Makus Selg and Marcel Hüppauff. Their music blends samples from Ibiza house, soul and cock rock with vocals, performed in a ravishing style. Releases include on their own Parfüm label, through L`AGE D´OR / LADO Musik and we currently await the Christmas 2004 release of their first album Still Crazy After All These Years on DIAL records. Marcin Dutka was born in 1974, and studied painting and mural design in the Academy of Fine Art in Warsaw, finishing his MA degree in 1999. Since seven years old he had taken violin lessons, but when twenty he decided to concentrate on investigations in music with piano. He uses piano as a whole body instrument. He still works in fine art, painting and music and often combines all of the above. Some of the recorded concerts include: Teatr Studio, â Szpachla na Fortepianâ 2004, Kielce â Preparated Pianoâ 2003, Marcin Dutka also makes music for short length feature films. Decemberism is a label based in Glasgow devoted to new music and the spoken word. Particular attention to detail is given considering vinyl LPs and their attendant sleeves as objects of beauty. Upcoming releases for 2005 include Cosey Fanni Tutti, Lucy McKenzie and Paulina Olowska, Bonnie Camplin, Alasdair Gray and Joanne Tatham and Tom O Sullivan." - Decemberism. |
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Artist: KOSMONAUT Title: Kosmonaut 1 Format: LP Label: Deep Distance Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"Like the private pressings of Konrad Schnitzler from 1973 to 74, each album of Deep Distances series is a solid color. PATRICK R. PARK joins Schulze, Froese, Ashra / Gottsching and latter day celestial synth explorers Expo 70, Jonas Reinhardt, and Mist in a good ol fashioned kosmische collision. All tracks are previously released on the limited-edition CDR Voyage of Time (Ethereal Mother 2011). Six inserts. Blue vinyl. Edition of 250." -Deep Distance
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Artist: LSD AND THE SEARCH FOR GOD Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Deep Space Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Take a dose of LSD & THE SEARCH FOR GOD-the highly anticipated debut from these San Francisco space-rockers. This masterful collection of five lysergic-dipped, guitar-based gems is delightfully reminiscent of the early Creation Records sound. Turn it on and tune in to a psychedelic trip, where swirling guitars and playfully flirtatious boy/girl vocals travel through dreamy pop hooks and fuzzed out drones. This brilliant EP makes it clear why the bands astonishing live performances up and down the West Coast have firmly established them as the up-and-coming darlings of the underground psychedelic, space rock, shoegaze community. Limited to 1,000 copies." - Deep Space
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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/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: DIJKSTRA, RAYMOND Title: L Opus LH Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $18.00 |
| "Dutch artist/musician Raymond Dijkstra is one of the most radical and original composers around today. With a clear DIY ethos and self-imposed restrictions he has created a singular universe all by himself. In the past 7 years he has (self-)released countless LPs, 7" , 5" & 3" Vinyl releases in very tiny editions on his Le Souffleur label, all packaged in carefully edited artworks made by Dijkstra himself. ⿿LOpus LH" will be one of his first widely available releases since 2003s collaboration with Timo van Luijk (Af Ursin, Noise Makers Fifes, In Camera, Nurse With Wound) as Asra. Dijkstra is using a minimal set-up for all of his compositions: harmonium, scraping metal & glass, and, exclusively to his "Opus" cycle the addition of tuba, strings and audio effects. Hes exploring these small parameters in an improvised and highly personal, often trance-like, ecstatic setting comparable to "Automatic Writing" or "Surrealist Automatism" techniques. By offensively restricting and repeating his methods he is able to profoundly explore the depths of the particular sounds and, not least, of the player/composers psyche itself. "LOpus LH" is the second title in Dijkstras series "The Advantages of Schizophrenia". "All my work is highly autobiographical, highly subjective and highly emotional. In this sense my work is the complete opposite of that from most musicmakers out of the experimental corner whos work is mostly without any emotion. The reason for me making music is to strenghten my connection with life. For me my music is not experimental, simply because it was Never made to experiment. There is a bit of a problem with most experimental musicians, who are mostly only touching the surface of a subject after which they go beyond to find another experiment. I feel more connected to painters and sculptors who delve deep into the subject and explore it thoroughly, going into every possible direction, to really connect with their world. Even more interesting I find it when one connects with ones own genuine personal world. Just to come home to his self, instead of going out for a journey, what experimenting often is." Limited edition of 300 copies!" -Dekorder |
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Artist: HEMATIC SUNSETS Title: Aroma Club Paradox Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $18.00 |
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"Hematic Sunsets is an alias (an anagram to be exact) for German Soundartist Asmus Tietchens from Hamburg. Tietchens is a self taught artist with more than 50 LP and CD releases on numerous labels (Nurse With Wounds United Dairies, Sky Records, the Mille Plateaux sub-label Ritornell, Staalplaat, Selektion, recent albums on Richard Chartiers Line label and a massive reissue series on Die Stadt, to name but a few). His solo works are mainly concerned with the manipulation of concrete sounds and (most recently) pure sine waves (on his Mengen series) and their placement (assemblage?) in time and space.
While his solo efforts are often austere formal works (yet never lacking a twisted humour),Hematic Sunsets is a different beast altogether. Reminiscent of his Sky-era attempts with rhythm and melody, the Aroma Club series is Tietchens warped, almost parodic (per)version of lounge music. Each record of the series is based on the sounds and rhythms of one particular (preferredly cheap) organ/keyboard, usually a Yamaha product (this time its the PSR 36). While the last Club LP was recorded with several guests (Felix Kubin, Michael Rother...) and the 2007 X-mas 7" was a collaboration with long-time "producer" Okko Bekker, "Aroma Club Paradox" is another solo effort (collaborating with several fictitious anagrams/characters though).
The result is a timeless and completely unique take on muzak using cheap keyboard sounds usually associated to drunk wedding bands or your grandmothers home organ family music. Tietchens elaborately transforms the cheesy associations into cold, bloodless, almost unhuman pop tunes totally lacking the sensationalism and pseudo-fervour of most music, especially modern pop music.
Limited edition of 500 copies in baby blue heavy vinyl!" - Dekorder.
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Artist: HEVOSET Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
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"Hevoset is the duo of two of the most enigmatic individuals of the Finnish Underground, namely Jan Anderzen and Jani Hirvonen, both hailing from Tampere. Anderzen is ringleader of a mysterious multitudinous beast known as Kemialliset Ystävät (Fonal Records), a part-time member of Avarus and Islaja and records solo as Tomutonttu (Ultra Exzema, Beta-Lactam Ring Records) with a new album coming out on Dekorder this year (hopefully). Hirvonen is best-known under his Uton monicker with two LPs on Dekorder and a stream of releases on Last Visible Dog, Digitalis, Ruralfauna, Jewelled Antler, Pseudo Arcana and his own Ikuisuus label.
While most one-off meetings between so-called experimental and improvising musicians often sound like bad excuses for a few beers and endless jams this is quite the opposite - a heavy weight championship finale of two like-minded whizkids cross-fertilizing each other with idea after idea, leading to some of the weirdest and quixotic recordings you will have heard of the two.
Everything you loved about Kemialliset Ystävät, Uton and Tomutonttu is contained in Hevoset.....and more. Rural psychedelia, out-of-tune plucked and strummed strings, overloaded organs and effect pedals, Jani Hirvonens sweet wordless vocals, ecstatic improvised drone collages, bells, backward loops, jungle percussion and tons of unidentifiable sounds and noises shaped into tight 4 - 6 minute tracks." - Dekorder.
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Artist: IIBIIS ROOGE Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $16.00 |
| "Iibiis Rooge is the new superastral duo team bringing together the mysterious High Wolf (Not Not Fun Records, Winged Sun) with the seminal talents of Mr. Neil Campbell, better known these days as Astral Social Club (Fat Cat, VHF, Qbico, Important, Textile, Bottrop-Boy and countless other labels around the globe) and (ex-) member of Vibracathedral Orchestra, A-Band, and other obscure/legendary outfits. The new self-titled LP is the debut album of the band (dont call it "project") combining modern psychedelic High Wolf jams with the fucked up yet refined electronics and techno-infused beat choppery of the Astral Social Club - the result being a lot more then you might have expected from the two, transcending their combined talents into a multicoloured supernova. The strength of the album is an unexpected pop sensibility and airiness, while still being tighter and more consolidated than their regular solo outfits. Even the noisier elements are embedded in loose song structures with a carnivalesque air dominating the whole atmosphere. While the duos solo outings are often camouflaging any melodies in oodles of electronic noises or lo-fi psych jams and hiss this is a fairly different affair with simple melodic textures always dominating the four tracks. The defibration of structures is still apparent but the music is constantly pulling itself together again. Where the Astral Social Club is sometimes willingly losing himself in electronic soundscapes and the High Wolfs short & sketchy songs are rarely fully formulated by nature, all the positive aspects of their respective works are combined and complemented in Iibiis Rooge. These gentlemen are the perfect match. A visible proof that (musical) online dating can be a highly prosperous activity." -Dekorder |
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Artist: KUBIN UND DAS MINERALORCHESTER, FELIX Title: Music for Theatre and Radio Play Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $20.00 |
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"We are extremely excited to announce the 1st collaboration between the Dekorder label and our old friend, local conspirator and private hair gardener Felix Kubin.
Kubin has achieved world wide reputation by releasing post-dadaist, futuristic NDW-influenced Organ&Korg smash hits on his own Gagarin label, on A-Musik, Ski-pp, Meeuw, Diskono et al. He has collaborated with People Like Us, Coolhaven, Mark Boombastik, Asmus Tietchens, ensemble Intégrales, David Fenech, Ergo Phizmiz, Boris D. Hegenbart, Wojtek Kucharczyk and many others. His first recordings date back to his teenage years in the early 1980s, followed by his electroacoustic noise duo Klangkrieg and the pseudo-communist Liedertafel Margot Honecker.
Right from the start Felix Kubin has written and recorded music for films (hence the title of his first album) by the likes of Mariola Brillowska and Anke Feuchtenberger and continues the German tradition of "Hörspiel" (radio play) with works such as "Territerrortorium", "Nachtspeicher", "Orpheus Psykotron" and "Syndikat für Gegenlärm" (with guest appearances by Matmos, DAT Politics and Wolfgang Müller of Die Tödliche Doris).
Some of Kubins most gorgeous and adventurous works are his contributions to "The Raft" (a radio play by the mysterious Xentos Bentos of The Homosexuals, directed by Lukas Simonis of Coolhaven, Trespassers W, Dull Schicksal) and his soundtracks for theatre plays by Branko Simic ("Zufall", based on a short story by Vladimir Nabokov) and the notorious Schorsch Kamerun. The latter (known in Germany as a member of Goldene Zitronen) directed "Hollywood Elegien" based on a song cycle by Bert Brecht and Hanns Eisler. Now the best parts of these works are for the first time available on LP and CD, simply (and aptly) titled "Music for Theatre and Radio Play".
While the musical spectrum on this release covers a variety of styles and moods its still almost immediately recognisable as a typically Kubin-ist work featuring the main ingredients his records and body-and-mind-boggling live shows are famous for. Twisted rythms & playfully clever arrangements that could have been created by a mutated reincarnation of the legendary Juan Esquivel; hauntingly ethereal tracks sounding like a narcoleptic John Carpenter playing Angelo Badalamenti arrangements; contorted Big Band music, pre-war Schlager and Vaudeville sent through a malfunctioning pre-digital time machine; Ennio Morricone cloned as a Russian male choir; instrumental workers songs Hanns Eisler might have imagined in a feverish nightmare - its all there, and more!" - Dekorder.
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Artist: KUUPUU Title: Unilintu Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "Unilintu" is the second of two vinyl-only LPs on the Dekorder label compiling the best material from Kuupuus first four CD-R and cassette releases, this time presenting a slightly darker and even more coherent sonic vision compared to last years gorgeous "Yökehrä" LP.." - Dekorder. "Of all the many travellers in the Finnish psychedelia scene, Kuupuu is surely one of the most enigmatic.(.....) Among the Finnish leftfield, Yökehrä is second only to Ess Sateenkaarisuudelma in its meditative intensity." - The Wire, September 2006. |
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Artist: KUUPUU Title: Yakehrau Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $20.00 |
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"Jonna Karanka aka Kuupuu is one of the main movers of the (deservedly) much hyped Finnish Psychedelic Free Folk scene. Originally hailing from Tampere she is known as a core member of Avarus, Anaksimandros, Kukkkiva Poliisi and Maniacs Dream. Additionally, she has recently started Hertta Lussu ssä with Lau Nau and Islaja and has collaborated with Tomutonttu (aka Jan Anderzen of Kemialliset Ystävät) and Paavi (as Lussu ja Paavi).
"Yökehrä" is the first of two vinyl-only LPs on the Dekorder label compiling the best material from her first four CD-R and cassette releases, all of which immediately became much sought after collectors items, fetching ridicolous prices on the eBay market.
This LP is a beautifull collection of haunting (sometimes spooky) home baked freeform folk songs, strange lo-fi loops, vocal drones and psychedelic cut-ups, made using weirdly tuned plucked and strummed strings, bells, clattery percussion, unidentifiable wind instruments, backwards tape loops and a ton of other noisemakers all played and recorded by herself; accompanied by her distinctive voice (often looped and layered) with vocals sung and whispered in her native Finnish language making the whole atmosphere even more haunting and mysterious. Jonna Karanka creates an intimate space where the listener feels like sitting next to her in a small chamber or outside in the woods where Kuupuu sings a lullaby just for him.
Were proud to say that this has to be one of the most exciting debut albums of the year.
Housed in a full colour sleeve with beautifull design / drawings / collage artwork by Jonna Karanka herself." - Dekorder.
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Artist: LEUKERS, ANTONIA Title: Hasenlove Format: Picture Disc LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $25.00 |
| ""Hasenlove" is the debut musical release of Hamburg visual artist Antonia Leukers. Shes a founding member of "Institut Hasenbart", a 10-piece artist collective dedicated to a meta-scientific research of hares and related social, zoological and aesthetical phenomena in reference to the art world and pop culture. Leukers has previously created stitched, sewed and animated sculptures while casually growing cucumbers, working for a local in-vitro fertilization hospital and advising young people on erotic issues as a German Dr. Ruth for a popular Online magazine. Inspired by a journey to Island, hearing local travel guides spontaneously interweaving their narrations with sudden outbursts of folklore chanting and an encounter with Wolfgang Müllers (Die Tödliche Doris) strategy of transforming and combining his (pseudo-)scientific, documentary and social research into a musical and artistic performance she started to elaborate her fellow artists lectures with musical renditions. As a passionate DIY home-recording artist she has soldered her own microphones, used cheap toy instruments, gameboys and minidisc recordings of kitchen sounds to create her very own bricolage comic universe. By recycling corny AOR mainstream Rock/Pop songs into some oddly disturbing and wonderfully weird rabbit love songs with newly-made German lyrics and combining these with some truly strange original compositions (ranging from freeform collage to distorted techno to deranged singer/songwriter stuff), she has created a musical love story in 7 parts. Spiritually influenced by (though not really sounding alike) German "Neue Deutsche Welle" artists such as Der Plan and theatrical and surreal performance bands like The Residents her versions of popular love songs sound like a teenage/female Andrew Lloyd Webber on bad acid. This 1-sided vinyl-only picture-disc LP is a strictly limited edtion of 300 copies. Both the gorgeous design and ornamental etching on the b-side have been done by fellow Hasenbart founding member Renate Nikolaus." - Dekorder. |
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Artist: MACHINEFABRIEK/BLACK TO COMM Title: Stofstuk/Stickstoff Format: 7" Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $13.00 |
| "Private release in a limited edition of 100 copies! Grey vinyl, handstamped labels, 100 different individual full-colour sleeves (handmade laserprints)! Alternative version of "Stofstuk" on one side and a Black To Comm-remix thereof (titled "Stickstoff") on the B-side (both not included on the recent Machinefabriek remix-CD / previously unreleased)." - Dekorder. A few copies of this 2008 release. |
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Artist: OUR LOVE WILL DESTROY THE WORLD Title: Stillborn Plague Angels Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $17.00 |
| "The gates of Birchville Cat Motel crack, creak wide, and crash, unleashing a gush of soul-fried bleakness and love-damage stained with a defiantly metallic pose. Thats METALLIC... as in, has the surface qualities of metal not METAL... as in, has the surface qualities of Metallica... step back you fucking freaks. Although the broken bricks of BCM are still plain to see amid the burning wreck and ruin, Stillborn Plague Angels represents the first fully formed sentence in a new chapter of Campbell Kneales ongoing tome of star-spangled, psychedelic, noise-OM. Cholesterol-shaving guitar peeks over the trench to survey an adrenalised landscape of endless roaring catastrophy... Everything louder than everything else! Our Love Will Destroy The World is the new one-man project by New Zealander Campbell Kneale after disbanding BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL. In the past Kneale has released albums on Ecstatic Peace, Corpus Hermeticum, Last Visible Dog, Conspiracy and his own Celebrate Psi Phenomena label. He has colllaborated with Lee Ranaldo, Neil Campbell, Bruce Russel, John Olson (Wolf Eyes), Yellow Swans, has toured throughout Japan, Europe, America and Australia and also records und the names Black Boned Angel and Ming. "Stillborn Plague Angels" is the debut LP by this new project." - Dekorder. |
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Artist: UTON Title: Alitaja Ylimina Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "Alitaju Ylimina" is the first vinyl album by Finlands Uton released in a strictly limited edition of 500 copies in a marvellous fold-out sleeve with a full-colour drawing by Uton himself on the outer sleeve and some fierce black&white illustrations by dutch artist Christelle Gualdi inside. Uton is the one-man project of Jani Hirvonen originally hailing from Tampere and currently travelling and recording in India. Hirvonen is one of the most active musicians of the Finnish underground scene that has recently presented us the likes of Kuupuu, Kemialliset Ystävät, Islaja, Paavoharju and Lau Nau and a seemingly never-ending stream of beautiful and highly original record releases. The music of Uton is no exception there, drawing inspirations from psychedelia to free jazz to pure ecstatic drones and noises using a wide range of acoustic instruments from various parts of the globe and a bulk of electronics. Recorded in glorious lo-fi the mystery of Hirvonens sound is difficult to pinpoint; sheer ravishing beauty, elegancy and variegation is stashed behind a wall of grey, inscrutable haze - gorgeous melodies and voices, reeds and alien sounds gleaming through the mist from time to time, shimmering like diamonds through layers of dust. Uton has previously released dozens of CDs, CD-Rs and Cassettes on a myriad of labels including Jewelled Antler, Pseudo Arcana, Last Visible Dog, Digitalis and his own Ikuisuus. He has collaborated with Amon Dude (Avarus), Anla Courtis (Reynols), Antony Milton (Black Boned Angel), Ben Reynolds, Peter Wright, Phil Todd (Ashtray Navigations) and Jan Anderzen (Tomutonttu, Kemialliset Ystävät) among others. The latter collaboration (under the Hevoset moniker) will be released on LP by Dekorder later this year." - Dekorder. |
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Artist: UTON Title: Straight Edge XXS Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| ""Straight Edge XXS" is the 2nd vinyl album by Finlands Uton released in a strictly limited edition of 500 copies on the Dekorder label. It comes in a gorgeous full-colour collage sleeve assembled by Hirvonen himself. While Utons last Dekorder album "Alitaju Ylimina" (and most of his other recorded works respectively) are hazy lo-fi drone masterpieces for the most part, this is a completely diffferent affair. Recorded straight to tape within one month, right after returning from a 6-month trip to India, these songs (if you could call them songs) are completely out-of-this-world; very short and crazed sketch-like pieces sounding like a Nonesuch Explorer LP of long lost field recordings from an as yet unexplored continent. Or is it World Music from an unknown planet recorded by those Sublime Frequencies guys from mysterious short wave transmissions? Well, it is all that and more. It is pure ecstatic expression channelized through Psychedelia, Free Jazz, Noise and rural ancient Folk Music from all over the world in a completely naked, predominantly acoustic setting. One of the purest forms of music you could imagine; while all the familiar Uton elements remain evident in a hazy backcloth. Uton is the one-man project of Jani Hirvonen originally hailing from Tampere. Hirvonen is one of the most active musicians of the Finnish underground scene that has recently presented us the likes of Kuupuu, Kemialliset Ystävät, Islaja, Paavoharju and Lau Nau and a seemingly never-ending stream of beautiful and highly original record releases. Uton has previously released dozens of CDs, CD-Rs and Cassettes on a myriad of labels including Jewelled Antler, Pseudo Arcana, Last Visible Dog, Digitalis, Ruralfauna and his own Ikuisuus. He has collaborated with Amon Dude (Avarus), Anla Courtis (Reynols), Antony Milton (Black Boned Angel), Ben Reynolds, Peter Wright, Phil Todd (Ashtray Navigations) and Jan Anderzen (Tomutonttu, Kemialliset Ystävät) among others. The latter collaboration (under the Hevoset moniker) is released on LP by Dekorder simultaneously." - Dekorder. |
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Artist: UTON Title: Unexplained Objects Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $18.00 |
| "Unexplained Objects" is the 3rd vinyl-only LP by Finlands Uton for the Dekorder label, like his previous Dekorder albums released in a strictly limited edition of 500 copies in a beautiful full-colour heavy duty sleeve designed by Hirvonen himself. While the last albums explored rural soundworlds from the outer reaches of this planet and hidden places of the inner human (and animal) mind, he has finally left planet earth completely and is now reaching out for outer space and alien communication. Hirvonen seems to have traveled the spaceways, bringing home folk music and field recordings from faraway planets and alien cultures. Erich von Däniken beware! Uton is the one-man project of Jani Hirvonen originally hailing from Tampere. Hirvonen is one of the most active musicians of the Finnish underground scene that has recently presented us the likes of Kuupuu, Kemialliset Ystävät, Islaja, Paavoharju and Lau Nau and a seemingly never-ending stream of beautiful and highly original record releases. Uton has previously released dozens of CDs, CD-Rs and Cassettes on a myriad of labels including Jewelled Antler, Pseudo Arcana, Last Visible Dog, Digitalis, Ruralfauna and his own Ikuisuus. He has collaborated with Amon Dude (Avarus), Anla Courtis (Reynols), Antony Milton (Black Boned Angel), Ben Reynolds, Peter Wright, Phil Todd (Ashtray Navigations) and Jan Anderzen (Tomutonttu, Kemialliset Ystävät) among others. The latter collaboration (under the Hevoset moniker) has been released on LP by Dekorder as well." - Dekorder. |
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Artist: YOUNGS, RICHARD Title: Like A Neuron Format: LP Label: Dekorder Country: Germany Price: $18.00 |
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"Richard Youngs is a prolific British musician (located in Glasgow) with an extremely diverse output. Dusted Magazine once wrote he is "defying strict genre classifications since the early nineties, swapping labels, styles, partners, motifs, and recording techniques as the desire has struck him". So his new album for Dekorder might not be a surprise to anyone following his career. Still, a self-proclaimed all-electronic "ecstatic House record" comes somewhat unexpected. With a line of distinctive synthesizers often used for Techno/House Music Youngs recreates the energy, euphoria and frenzy of these styles without ever trying to recreate the music note by note.
The final outcome sounds like recordings made by aliens who have received transmissions about House Music but never listened to the music itself. The album reminds of the sound of hallways/corridors inbetween large House parties where you can hear the music from several floors collide. While its an emulation, interpretation or replica of House Music, its still managing to evoke similar feelings even though some might find it difficult to dance to the music.
In the past, Youngs has released several albums on a dozen labels such as VHF, Jagjaguwar, Table Of The Elements, Gipsy Sphinx, Majora, Chocolate Monk, Celebrate Psi Phenomena, Fusetron and his own No Fans outlet. He has collaborated with Neil Campbell (aka Astral Social Club), Matthew Bower, Simon Wickham-Smith and many others and was a member of the A-Band and has performed live and in the studio with Sunroof! And Skullflower. Additionally, Youngs played bass for Jandek, appearing on three of his live records/DVDs.
Limited edition of 500 copies!" - Dekorder.
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Artist: CULTURCIDE Title: Home-Made Authority Format: CD Label: Delayed Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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1998 release. "The first new recording from these pre-post rock heroes in 5 years is a high energy rocknroll animal with a canker-worm of noise gnawing at its heart, with ever-present flamboyant guitar and pointed detours into dance and country, contemptuous vocals and canned applause. Limited to 1000 copies for some unknown reason." - Delayed.
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Artist: DALTON, KAREN Title: 1966 Format: LP Label: Delmore Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "In 1966, Carl Baron brought his reel to reel over to her remote cabin in Summerville, Colorado and recorded one of those exquisite musical evenings. Karen and Richard Tucker were rehearsing for a gig when Carl hit the record button. The result is a 45-year-old tape, carefully exhumed, documenting Karen at her most raw and unfiltered. On it are Fred Neil and Tim Hardin songs weve never heard Karen give voice to before, as well as traditional songs she uncannily makes her own, including a devastating version of Katie Cruel, that is so powerful, it is as if the ghost of Katie Cruel seeped into her blood. This recording is a window to her Summerville cabin opened, allowing us to eavesdrop on Karen Dalton at her most pure and unaffected. Newly unearthed rehearsal tape from 1966. Features Karen solo on banjo and guitar, plus four duets with Richard Tucker. Many never heard before covers including Reason To Believe and Dont Make Promises by Tim Hardin, and Other Side To This Life by Fred Neil. KD at her most intimate and unfiltered. CD booklet contains beautiful, unseen photos (including Karen with Fred Neil and Tim Hardin), and a 3500 word essay by Ben Edmonds (MOJO and currently working on a biography of Tim Hardin)." -Delmore. |
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Artist: MENTAL Title: Extended Play LP Format: LP Label: Demo Tapes Country: UK Price: $24.00 |
| Compiles the "Extended Play" (1979) and "Shoot the Hostages" (1980/previously unreleased) EPs. "The Mental formed at school in late 78, were based in Melksham Wiltshire, played 10 usually chaotic gigs, got played twice by John Peel (RIP), sold all 600 copies of the first EP and split in 1980 before getting the money together to release the second one. This Fucking album is made by Punks for the Punks. There is no coloured vinyl with special pre-order silk screened cover- one version for all. You dont have to sit on the internet all day, You dont have to search message boards, You dont have to be in a special club. Music is Fucking Music. We will try to make these records available as long as people want them. No Ebay, No Mobiles, No Website, No MySpace, No." - The Mental. |
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Artist: IKO Title: 83 Format: LP Label: Democratic Dancebeat Country: Italy Price: $26.00 |
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"Iko was a minimal/synth/wave outfit from Canada. The most notable release by the band is their LP simply titled 83, which was released on a small Canadian disco label called Manhattan-Formula. Not much is known about the group due to little information in their record sleeves and little to no traces of information about the label they released on. Anyway, this is one of the most unknown yet amazing creations in the entire history of minimal wave and electronic music. Lots of simplistic lyrics, abstract and experimental sounds, and at the time, extremely groundbreaking techniques on the synthesizer. Iko is what todays electro artists replicate - Adult being the best example. Their sound is hardly new or unique some 20 years later. A true cult of this genre. Try this album for a trip down electro lane!" -Democratic Dancebeat Records.
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Artist: VICE VERSA Title: 1979-1980 Format: LP Label: Democratic Dancebeat Country: Italy Price: $26.00 |
| "Vice Versa was formed by Stephen Singleton and Mark White in 1978. They asked Martin Fry to join them after Martin had interviewed them for his fanzine Modern Drugs. They founded their own independent label called Neutron Records and produced their first release (Vice Versa -- Music 4 EP). This is probably one of the greatest minimal-synth releases ever without any doubts. Neutron Records most important contribution to the scene was the 1980 EP The First 15 Minutes, which featured four unsigned bands of Sheffield: Clock DVA, Im So Hollow, the Stuntkites and of course, Vice Versa. The band released another 7" (Stilyagi/Eyes Of Christ) and the cassette 8 Aspects of Love. As Vice Versa they played a numerous amount of concerts. Their first gig was together with the Human League at Now Society at the Sheffield University and it was called What no Drummers. When they went over to Holland on tour, they were invited to jam in a studio in Rotterdam. Martin started to improvise on vocals and everybody was surprised by the quality of his voice. They decided to make him the lead singer instead of Mark White and spent about a year writing new songs, thinking of a new name and concept. The result was ABC, one of the most famous UK pop bands of the 80s."-Democratic Dancebeat Records. |
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Artist: HUMAN BEAST Title: Volume One Format: CD Label: Deram Country: Japan Price: $13.00 |
| "The music of this young Edinburgh trio was described in 1969 as "electro-flagellation," a phrase that aptly describes their vicious, Eastern-inflected guitar lines, pounding bass and frenetic percussion. Taped in a single twelve-hour stint in London that December and released in 1970 on Decca, their sole album stands as one of the most distinctive and unsettling pieces of rock music ever recorded. Issued here with their full participation, their story -- an enigma for decades -- is finally told for the first time in an accompanying 16-page booklet, packed with previously-unseen photographs, making it an essential purchase for all fans of heavy psychedelic rock and roll." |
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Artist: SWINGERS Title: A Certain Sound Format: 7" Label: Descabezados en Acapulco Country: New Zealand Price: $11.00 |
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"Two killer tracks that until now were only available on the elusive and excellent AK-79 compilation, a document of the late 70s Auckland punk scene, released on Ripper Records in 1980. Featuring members of the SUBURBAN REPTILES, "A Certain Sound" and "Baby" capture a moment when the New Zealand punk scene was transitioning from the taut, snotty UK-inspired sound into what became the Propeller Records and Flying Nun style-more melodic, more moody. Two perfect pop songs with enough bite to feed the jaded punk in all of us. Limited to 300 copies on red vinyl." -Descabezados en Acapulco.
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Artist: TENSE Title: Memory Format: LP Label: Desire Country: France Price: $15.00 |
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"The debut LP from Tense out on Frances excellent Desire Records. The intense new duo featuring Mariana from Medio Mutante put on a seethingly infectious live show at the Wierd weekly party earlier this year, blowing us all away with their erotically violent blend of modern industrial dance music inspired by the classic early EBM and Wax Trax label bands(Front 242, Ministry Thrill Kill Kult) as well as the pioneering first wave of European minimal electronic groups. Beautiful 1st edition pressing of 300 copies on gray wax." - Wierd.
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Artist: PALESTINE & JANEK SCHAEFER, CHARLEMAGNE Title: Day Of The Demons Format: LP Label: Desire Path Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Through the unending fog and beyond the impassable door, a voice emerges. Charlemagne Palestine, writhing in uncontrollable terror, moves to ward off the demons for the sake of the listener by howling through the void. Janek Schaefer bellies a haven, a cocoon for the listener to hide in, to grasp some semblance of life that remains and hold on to it dearly. Bells chime ominously to help dispel the haunting and are yet another stark reminder of the impending doom. What hath wrought them? What can be done against them? On this day, Charlemagne Palestine and Janek Schaefer have faced the darkness surrounding us, traversed through the fog, waded into the murky waters, and encountered demons that have surfaced from the dark recesses of the earth. Herein lies the hope that was gained through facing the horror that was left unchained. Each LP comes with a demon mask that is full color and custom die cut on 12 point card stock with elastic straps." -Desire Path. |
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Artist: ASKEW, ED Title: Here We Are Together Again/Yellow Dollars Format: 7" Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "This is the last of the vintage, tipple era Askew, before the fingers cramped and began tickling digital ivory. These 2 wondrous cuts wouldve been included on the Little Eyes CD if time were not space. Wonderful live versions, of "Here We Are Together Again" and "Yellow Dollars", taken from David Porters Show on WYBC, Nov 1969. These songs are the topical concern of that or any era (Love and War) and what else is there anyway ?" - Destijl. |
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Artist: ASKEW, ED Title: Little Eyes Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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"Although bernie stollman sits on decaying mastertapes of would be treasured musics, (an lp by masayuki takayanagis new direction unit, debut rec by charles gayle, supposedly even a henry flynt disc) some are lucky to escape the punishment of his fat ass. next week, ed askews "little eyes" will wiggle free. After leaving yale with a fine arts degree ed landed various teaching gigs. high schoolers dont want to paint, and ed gave it up to play music. new havens coffeehouse scene was essentially the basement of church, and ESP alums erica pomerance and bill horowitz, as well as a teenage michael bolton, also shared the stage. chops were clearly honed; songs this beautiful are not born without hard knocks. it was shortly after he relocated to the city that he hooked up with ESP. "little eyes" was recorded immediately following eds poorly selling debut "ask the unicorn". made with little more than eds voice and the stunningly modern arrangements of his beloved martin tipple, (sort of a larger 10 string ukulele) all the songs were recorded in one continuous take. lyrical concerns of any era, I suppose, are love and war. and ed was inspired! "little eyes" is as grand, sad and beautiful a statement as can be expressed. His off key lilt hangs like a seductive pink mist, and settles deeply; youll hear these songs long after they are over." - Destijl. Small repress. Beautiful silkscreened rice paper cover artwork. Highly Recommended!
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Artist: ASKEW, ED Title: Little Eyes Format: CD Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| First CD issue of this unreleased 2nd album, recorded in 1970. This was the intended follow-up to Eds classic ESP-disk album, Ask the Unicorn from 1969. This CD adds 6 bonus tracks from radio sessions, 1970-71. Wow. "Ed Askew recorded Little Eyes in one continuous take during a brief, hot, hetero moment, 1970, New York City. Thirty-two years later, Destijl released it on LP. Made with little more than magnetic tape, Eds voice, and the stunningly modern arrangements of his beloved Martin Tiple, Little Eyes is as grand, sad and beautiful a statement as can be expressed. His off-key lilt hangs like a seductive pink mist and settles deeply; youll hear these songs long after they are over. Attempting to publicize an unreleased record, Ed did a string of radio gigs between New York and New Haven, and the best of them are collected here. Lovely and wild, this one is very near and dear to our hearts. Soon, yours too." -Destijl. |
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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: CIRCUIT DES YEUX Title: Ode To Fidelity Format: 7" Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "3 new songs from Haley Fohr. Seemingly inspired by something or someone that has pierced her young, little heart, Ms Fohr has established herself as one of the most ambitious songwriters (for anyone whos taken the time to actually listen to her previous efforts). These sounds form a part of the arc that I doubt has apexed. This single will echo between yr ears till the new full length is complete, surely a monster in full." -Destijl |
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Artist: CIRCUIT DES YEUX Title: Portrait Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Portrait is Haley Fohrs third LP and a massive step in her growth as a musician and artist. While pursuing a degree in recording and ethnomusicology she has become proficient in the studio. The result - radically unexpected qualities of cohesion and hi fidelity posit Portraits narratives in a space that weve yet to experience. This sort of playing the game in the way that the game is usually played, I think is usually called a sell-out. And had her intent faltered to the slightest degree that conclusion might be apropos. But its merely an effort to strip the canvas bare and get face to face with things. And its Haleys intent that continues to be championed, as it has endured the acts of recording and performing and yet still stands strong and pristine. The rare qualities of strength and character can only be attributed to a rare artist. The modest, clarion sparkle of Portrait would not have been expected, or even achievable, considering the arc of Symphone and Sirenum, and it stands as a cornerstone and a monument, a testament to the daily practice of channeling her 21 yr old, roiling emotions into sound recordings." -De Stijl |
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Artist: CIRCUIT DES YEUX Title: Sirenum Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "From a small town in the middle of the land of milk and honey, where the air is filled with the blossoming of the fruit trees for a big part of the year, comes these perfect little lilies of bands that make perfect little records that reflect this fertile and flowery region. its a timeless land, and making records there is possible during this surely short period of history wherein the youth of this era feel as if theyve solved the mystery of life and love and its really loving that is the answer to everything. all of which has nothing at all to do with circuit des yeux and sirenum, which was made in indiana, and there arent exactly pipers at the gates of lafayette. sound? its the sound of "issues", and the sound of "troubles". you dont get but one phone call and honey, the girls voice makes this message a bit rubbly anyway. take the manic snorts of captain liberty, dissonant as chalk and the next moment as melodic as sharp yet slick, metal teeth. take the mermaid, 1988, turn the tides, gently, gently away. selected breath / silences / selected feedback. take an argument you have here with an empty street while the memory of high traffic is leaking back. sirenum has a real "spiritual food" vibe and its fucking pain and pleasure relief in this real met en zonder sort of way. this world is her world, and pipe if you like it ..." -DeStijl |
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Artist: CIRCUIT DES YEUX Title: Symphone Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"the arrival of circuit des yeux symphone, from the small, fresh sigh?of haley fohrs wings, has been one of the most unexpected,?pleasurable gifts bestowed upon on us in recent memory (and were?already blessed). blurred and bold with husk and chutz, there is an?obscured narrative route to her work, and the songs of symphone emerge?with an emphasis on chronology rather than thru decisive lines of?development. its like journaling (but no blog). whatever teh intent,?the thing is a subtly kinetic creature honoring the most basic,?earthy, and archetypal cycle we have. it doesnt sound like this, and?it doesnt sound like that. her very individual expressions are marked?by confident force and a gentle subversiveness, and their effect?unfolds slowly. like snakes dangling round a medusa head, wrapped in?blood, wool, and other things. yum. herein lies the dreams. (its no)?trash ! (go pick it up) .." - Destijl. Limited to 150 copies.
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Artist: FUCKIN FLYIN A-HEADS Title: Swiss Cheese Back Format: 7" Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "THE FUCKIN FLYIN A-HEADS were a band from Hawaii most commonly construed as "punk", tho they might provide one of the more exciting links between a more typified conception of "punk", and that of "noise". If the A-side of this hybrid genre is the final aggregate regimented elements of deconstructed hard core that Harry Pussy by way of Magic Band displayed, the flip is the excess of Experience inspired freedom and recklessly abandons anything that even vaguely resemble "form". Perhaps the most radically mixed recording, ever (to the extent that you might wonder if they just fucked up, or were working with a broken machine). A completely astounding spin. Their first review is a riot : from Damage Magazine, DEC 1980: White noise this pure must take lots of to work to perfect. Somewhere far away there is a 60s endless guitar solo, bass playing 2 notes, a cymbal being hit at a constant 2 / 4 beat, and a distorted voice talking. But mostly there is white noise, simultaneously complex and simple. Its quite disturbing when cranked up. I like to play this record and watch TV. It instantly gives a surreal sense to the most mundane images. Not recommended for anyone with high blood pressure. -- M.C. Parker" - Destijl. Very highly recommended! |
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Artist: HERTTA LUSSU ASSA Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Gnomic no-fi plunk, wheeze, rattle and moan courtesy of an unfortunately monikered (well...at least to English language readers anyway...it probably means something just lovely in Finnish...) supergroup comprised of Jonna Karanka aka Kuupuu, Laura Naukkarinen aka Lau Nau and Merja Kokkonen aka Islaja that draws from the seemingly eternal well of stoned detuned mischief that feeds the viaducts of the Finnish underground. The sheer density of acts positing variants on this same post-Amon Duul/Siloah-like freakout stylee there gives rise to questions of bandwagon hopping, but thats a discussion for another time. For the here and now, this first release of theirs is a choice manifestation of heavy-lidded third-mind acoustic weirdity thats as ungainly as it is mystically/chemically blasted." -De Stijl |
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Artist: HOTOTOGISU Title: Chimärendämmerung Format: CD Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Hototogisu are Marcia Bassett and Matthew Bower, and they dwell upon two continents (Marcia in Brooklyn NY and Matthew in Leeds UK). Both share rich discographical heritage. Marcia has recorded with numerous labels (Siltbreeze, Timelag, Eclipse, Troubleman Unlimited, etc.) with UN, GHQ and the Double Leopards, and Matthew with Total, Skullflower, Sunroof!, Vibracathedral Orchestra and more. A Wikipedia entry in his name clearly (sic) illustrates his cultural heft: Bowers huge discography of visceral, free drone-rock is probably the most formidable of its kind and he was rightly considered in 2005 by The Wire to be one of the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s (issue 259) . Chimärendämmerung is the 3rd Hototogisu release on Destijl and the 5 untitled walls of vertical viola drone/overtone, lapped by shifting electronic waves of feedback, blackened guitars, rhinegold cast deep into dying rivers, an instrumental cycle of conflict of the birth of a supreme aristocratic beauty into a fallen world, and its inevitable conflagration, then a glimmer of hope of escape from the cycle, in tune w/ the breath of the cosmos, like a glacial reimagining of Van der Graafs A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers, and it represents a current plateau for the duo." - Destijl. |
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Artist: HOTOTOGISU Title: Floating Gardens Format: Triple LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $38.00 |
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"the hototogisu is one of several pieces of japanese cuckoo. since the song of the hototogisu traditionally signaled the arrival of japanese summer, it was as eagerly awaited as the trimming of la monte youngs nose hairs. the text of this piece likens the long-awaited first notes of the bird to the arrival of ones lover. floating gardens compositions are mainly narrative in style and more dramatic in character than anthony moores drooping bamboo shaft. however, also contained are light and lyrical pieces which will touch the sentiments of the people of this time as deeply as terry rileys toes are dug in the sand. the package is impressive, a kaleidoscope of color, as flamboyant / indulgent as chalemagne palestines brandy-sogged teddy bears and when it meets your gaze, youll be as bug-eyed as phil glass. floating gardens is the best known of these." - Destijl. Insane full color paste-on jacket. Limited to 300 copies. Highly recommended!
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Artist: HYPE WILLIAMS Title: Find Out What Happens When People Stop Being Polite... Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "...And Start Gettin Reel. "Hype Williams may or may not consist of two people named D. Blunt and Inga Copeland, it may or may not still be part of an 18 year relay project thought up by a lady named Denna Frances Glass. Lately there has also been rumor that it is the side project of singer Joss Stone (she evidently financed the making of it). Either way, when asked for a statement concerning Find Out What Happens When People Stop Being Polite, And Start Gettin Reel, weve been informed via email from Inga Copeland only these words: ritolin (sic) and rama lama 555 (sic)." -Destijl |
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Artist: HYPE WILLIAMS Title: Han Dynasty 1 Format: 7" Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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"HYPE WILLIAMS is an eighteen-year "relay project" conceived in 2005 by husband and wife motivational speakers FATHER RONNIE KRAYOLA and DENNA FRANCES GLASS. Every three years it gets passed on to someone else to "look after." Recordings from the first three years were stuffed into a pinata and will be released at the conclusion of the project. In May 2008 it was passed on to a heckler called ROY BUNDY (PARADISE SISTERS) who, along with KAREN GLASS and BAHAAMA MOUTCHAKA (ARC M) have released numerous CDRs through the Ceylan Projects gallery in London. They have a large rotating cast of deviants they play with live under the moniker BO KHAT ETERNAL TROOF FAMILY BAND." -Destijl
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Artist: JERUSALEM AND THE STARBASKETS Title: Dost Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Jeremy Freeze is a Memphis born songwriter who has spent the last few years in Columbia, Missouri playing and recording with Kim Sherman as Jerusalem and the Starbaskets. Before your preconceived notions of Missouri make things cloudy, consider the Black Artist Group, Screamin Mee Mees, Drunks with Guns, Gene Clark and a whole lot of other shit that you dont know about get in the way. Lest there be other confusion, my friend Oliver, this 65-year-old dude from Kashmir, told me DOST means brother man. So basically, DOST is friend but a more familiar way of the word. Just so happens that its the phonetic same as dosed. One crystalline thing herein is the jams. Freeze has reached that point where hes saying more by saying less and thats a level that many songwriters never reach. After a few years of playing gigs with Times New Viking, Wooden Wand and a short list of more or less limited releases, DOST is the bands first readily available release. Includes a full-color double-sided insert." -Destijl |
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Artist: JERUSALEM AND THE STARBASKETS Title: Room 8/Swingin Vine Format: 7" Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
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"The great rock writer James Jackson Toth has regarded Jerusalem and the Starbaskets as being on the verge of sounding like the third Velvets LP as played by The Terminals. We couldnt agree more, but this could be twisted around rightfully if anyone feels like it to provide an analogy that would make the Terminals feel pretty good about playing the Velvets third to sound like what the Starbaskets just might be on the verge of sounding like. First, there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is. Crypto rock illiteration, like fear over Columbia Regional." -Destijl
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Artist: JU SUK REET MEATE Title: Solo 78/79 Format: CD Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Smegma were formed as a reaction to the bands perceptions of how horrible things were in the 70s. We moved up to Portland just as the Los Angeles Free Music Society came out of the closet. There was the whole punk scene and a rebirth of things, but when we left, it was the deadest, worst time to be there unless you were into glam. This disgust is reflected in the tone of the early classics Pigface Chant, Flash Cards, Disco Diarrhea and Glamour Girl 1941. The crown jewel, perhaps, of the early Smegma dawn, is this CD, a solo Ju Suk Reet Meate joint, recorded in 78/79 and pressed in a miniscule quantity in 80, this is a recording that has been largely unavailable outside of certain collector circles. Even there, you better rub yr rabbits foot/save yr pennies. But here comes the kingdom, finally made available in an affordably-priced digipak CD, with liner notes by Wolf Eyes John Olson and containing a couple of never before released tracks, Solo 78/79 aka Do Unseen Hands Keep You Dumb? is a post-Zappa, stoned blues/concrete melange of guitar, tapes, Do Unseen Hands Keep You Dumb? aka found sounds and voice. As a member of what many have called the greatest band of our time, Ju Suk Reet Meate has had an immeasurable influence, shaping the lives/sounds of the creators of underground culture the globe over, and this CD bears his heft."-Destijl. |
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Artist: KANDALINI NIVAGRETSEVI Title: S/T Format: 7" Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
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"Dear people at Destijl records,
I has come to my attention lately that the Kandalini Nivag Retsevi 7" has
been surfacing lately quite a lot. I bough that 7" with a promo sheet
that
read something along the lines of:
SHOCK.
BOOTLEG.200. $2.60. NO INVOICES/ TRADES ARE PREFERRED. SURELY YOU KNOW
WHO
NIVAG RETSEVI WAS: NO ONE ELSE HAS COPIES.
I picked it up at a second hand store in London 10 years ago because of
the
cover. I liked what looked like (actually is) a xerox of the back cover
of
V/A WEIRD NOISE 7" (Fuck Off Rcs). I didnt know of the WEIRD NOISE comp
at
the time and I was intrigued by the cover, the record lasted months at
the
record store and finally when it was reduced to £0.50 I bought it.
Ive been fascinated by it since then. I keep playing it to people and
trying to make any sense of it all this time. I searched online and in
fanzines and the only clue I got was Nivag Retsevi from TONGUE AVULSION
(V/A
Not so quiet on the Western Front LP) Secretly I had that record in my
pantheon of oddities since then and it has been only lately that doing
another random search I came across your website after finding a copy for
a
friend. All at sudden the record is for sale in Fusetron and a few other
places and I am puzzled of how a record absolutely no one knows about can
be
repressed and/ or in demand... I mean, it is the ultimate prank since it
can
be anyone farting on their backroom really.
Anyway, I just realized I may be wasting your time and not making much
sense
at the same time so all I ask for is some LIGHT. Please enlighten me, I
want
and need to know more about this record. Regards" - Paco Mus
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Artist: KING DARVES Title: The Sun Splits For .. The Blind Swimmer Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "So i would imagine that youd have one look at the photo of King Darves we have here and think "Oh brother! Another guy with a beard getting over what looks like a bad case of the clap and an acoustic guitar. Wheres my axe?" so were not gonna put it up here. (Mystique, dig?) But its really not like that, i tell you! The bedrock of King Darves New Brunswick based concoction is certainly folk based but theres no headband and hes not singing of pixies in the moss. This is somewhere between rolled cigs and the foggy vision of Big Pink from somewhere on Jersey Avenue, or maybe a one-manned Meat Puppets. This kid has really cobbled something together in his kitchen sink! The Sun Splits For ... The Blind Swimmer will shock and please when the prettiest sound of his deep, rich voice comes out of yr headphones, and itll make you tap yr toes and nod yr head like a little Jersey Goil." - Tony Rettman. |
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Artist: KING DARVES Title: The Sun Splits For... The Blind Swimmer Format: CD Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "So I would imagine that youd have one look at the photo of King Darves we have here and think oh brother! Another guy with a beard getting over what looks like a bad case of the clap and an acoustic guitar. Wheres my axe? So were not gonna put it up here. (Mystique, dig?) But its really not like that, I tell you! The bedrock of King Darves New Brunswick-based concoction is certainly folk-based but theres no headband and hes not singing of pixies in the moss. This is somewhere between rolled cigs and the foggy vision of Big Pink from somewhere on Jersey Avenue, or maybe a one-manned Meat Puppets. This kid has really cobbled something together in his kitchen sink! The Sun Splits For... The Blind Swimmer will shock and please when the prettiest sound of his deep, rich voice comes out of yr headphones, and itll make you tap yr toes and nod yr head like a little Jersey Goil." --Tony Rettman |
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Artist: LUBELSKI, SAMARA Title: Spectacular of Passages Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $16.50 |
| "There is certainly nothing wrong with chanteuses ⿿ we are quite lucky to now have a fair few in our aural midst as some of the younguns seem to take off ⿿ but neu-folk composer Samara Lubelski is absolutely not a chanteuse by nature. In truth to her pedigree in Metabolismus, Tower Recordings, Hall of Fame, the Sonora Pine, Pacer, Matt Valentine et al., shes a master of atmospheric textures at both juggernaut tempi and languorous sonic canvasses, her part as one of whole. Samara, with dew-flecked voice and slippery strung chords, makes that languor a tour of both honeyed breakfast plate and the midday crackle of dried grass. Third as bandleader, ten new classics of deliciously effusive songcraft, Passages joins Lubelski with The Cleans Hamish Kilgour and otherworldly luminaries Matt Heyner (NNCK), Christian Frederickson (Rachels), and Cynthia Nelson." - Destijl. |
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Artist: LUBELSKI, SAMARA Title: The Fleeting Skies Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Although Samara Lubelskis presence in the psychedelic / folk scene of the last 10 years hasnt necessarily been widely stated, its been solidly felt. Thru her work with Metabolismus, The Tower Recordings, Sonora Pine, Hall of Fame and so many others she has proven to be fully talented and widely diverse. While the work of her contemporaries might bespeak of dark forests, moss and mushrooms, this is a rec of sunshine, dutch tobacco and fine wines. This one is a big statement. If the last 10 years were practice, and they werent, then The Fleeting Skies is the big game. Put your money on her. Recorded in NYC and Degenfeld Germany, The Fleeting Skies features the playing of PG Six, Cynthia Nelson and Tim Barnes." - Destijl.
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Artist: MESSAGES Title: After Before Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "The baby believes the womb is the Universe. At birth there is a glimmer of light and a shifting of space. I was there, but now i am Here. Then there are still but 2 things : Me and the Universe. And then what happens is Other People. From a note sounded in 1960 and held for a long time, a continuum of Sound has been sluiced along a diagonal of personal ecstasy, and some have come to call it a Drone. Surrounding the Drone is a genre, and within, wheat and chaff often comingle all too comfortably. But with tones as thick and texturally luxuriant with spiritual resonance as their long, glorious hair, Messages are the two worthy gurus currently contributing to the echo. Messages evoke the womb. And when the womb smiles, it whispers Messages, and then there is the first glimmer of Light.." - Meassges. ""TAKETO SHIMADA moved to New York in late 80s and has been making music with TRES WARREN of PSYCHIC ILLS as MESSAGES since 2006, exploring a hybrid of raga, techno and drone rock. Odds are someone walking down Canal Street in NYC will hear the sound of Messages coming from a fifth floor walkup: mashing sine waves, bass loops, guitars, samplers and turntables into a storm of slowly shifting repetitions, heavy monotone low-end and smoky echoes that conjure unexpected subsonic grooves. Dusted called their Social Registry seven-inch "some heavy, humid drone, pregnant with 4am electricity and, in the end, thick fuzzy beats. A beautiful surprise, engaging even in its abstract tendencies." - Destijl. Taketo Shimada on bass and tambura, Tres Warren (Psychic Ills) on shruti box, guitar and ukelin and Spencer Herbst (Matta Llama) on percussion. Highly recommended! |
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Artist: MICHAEL AND THE MUMBLES Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Before Michael Yonkers would revise the history of recorded music with the clarion chords of Microminature Love he was in a band called Michael and the Mumbles and they made this self-titled LP in 1966. Upon immediate spins, their would-be debut comes off as a naive, teenage trip thru the typified garage band moves of this era. But repeated spins reveal a darkness beneath what some dullard might be deceived by as its crisp, winsome visage. Its only to a slightly less visible degree that the Mumbles LP has the same characteristics that would make Micro the singularly original piece that is; its emotionally bleak themes, dissonant undercurrents, and recklessly wild performance. So, once again we have a Michael Yonkers LP that is going to turn the world upside down, make the college girls scream, and leave you wondering how many more times this can happen. Seriously, Pigeon Falls up here looks like a Riot on the Sunset Strip. Indulge yrself. PS. Michael and the Mumbles is on the king of all known formats (with a digital download coupon, natch). The mastertapes used herein are 45 yrs old and aside from the glitch on Cold Town they sound amazing." -Destijl |
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Artist: MOTHER OF FIRE Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Troubling rituals are gathering. Haggling skills are becoming golden chisels, and granite belts grind them to sparks. Turning with traction, these sparks gather like flies. The kinetic tones of acceleration found within Mother of Fire combs the psyche for hints of panic and replaces it with an imperative momentum. Drive away superficial doubt like a herd of unwanted beasts, and allow the sagacious freedom our instinct rightfully deserves, its requisite course. Channeling this responsibility with confident sincerity, the troubling is at once the relaxing. This conviction and tolerance is persistent, enabling a bloodletting which battles to cure and to cull. Without the contemporary irony used to punctuate and justify in distanced safety, Mother of Fire instead creates an honest reflection through brave hand forged lenses. Churned in memory-like cycles the ritual is commanded by searing bow strokes and a Muscovy glass voice. Silhouette elements pass decree through almost ancient melodic incantation. The stable hand of song in a world saturated with scattering distraction. Beside these earnest standards a rich understandable darkness, like the pulse of frozen lakes and failing factories, urges us toward the terrible, daunting and sublime. It is here in the folds of both endurance and remedy that Mother of Fire sways with darkness until darkness swoons." -Asa Irons |
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Artist: NOTHING, CHARLIE Title: Charlie Nothing & Dingulator Format: Cass Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
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"Charlie Nothing & Dingulator was one of the seemingly myriad 80s Charlie Nothing cassettes and its inclusion was, in part, intended within a 2CD anthology that wed planned but the amount of material is too great and the moments therein are too grand to even dream of an edit. Although this is fairly late in Mr Nothings oeuvre, we cant think of a more fully realized statement regarding the scope of his playing recycled automotive steel guitars and the performing of his Big Dingulator Song Sweet (or Suite, as it were, a concept of his that implied all songs were but one song) than a reissue of this 1985 manifesto-like piece. What you are about to hear is... Dingulation." -Destijl
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Artist: NOTHING, CHARLIE Title: Outside/Inside Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Charlie Nothing was the fractured-psyche pseudonym of author, father, horsekeeper, organic farmer, beekeeper, philosopher, clown and inventor of the Dingulator (guitar sculptures made from American car metal), Charles Martin Simon. Charlies only visible offering to the record buying public was really anything but. Due to its rarity, The Psychedelic Saxophone of Charlie Nothing, issued by Takoma Records in 1967, has been a source of consternation for in-the-know types for years. Outside / Inside, the second and only other Charlie Nothing LP, originally issued by Everitt Enterprises in 1969, thematically follows with two sidelong flute-based instrumentals. Nowhere on wax will you find more palpable preserved air of a real-time dropout scene than with these sides of Nothing. It is a wonder that these records circulated at all outside the vacuum in which they were created. Nothingness, a California existentiality looping back on itself, preserved and disseminated as evidence. There are indeed very few records like these. Fully Authorized / Fully Legit." - Destijl. Very highly recommended! |
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Artist: OLAUSSON, JAKOB Title: Moonlight Farm Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $16.50 |
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"If Skip Spence were somehow, instead of finding his white-frocked self stuck in the rat-infested hole that was Bellvue, transplanted to the pine forests north of Duluth in a sonic nest of gimbri, bells, shakers and clothed in Tibetan silk, one would come slightly closer to the reality of Jakob Olaussons migratory whims. To be sure, that foggy and only slightly inland empire of synapse-twisters like Ben Chasny offers a step on the trodden trail, but this isnt the same road weve traveled before. Olaussons huge ears protect him from the cold and keep the sun from turning his face to a series of desert crags, as his compositions slowly fade down the walls of four-track bedroom artistry into atemporal suites that shrink huge expanses and are a bellows to the microcosmic. Enter the Moonlight Farm." - Destijl.
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Artist: OLAUSSON, JAKOB Title: Moonlight Farm Format: CD Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $12.50 |
| "Jakob Olausson is a farmer in the south of Sweden, from Landskrona, and he works there in the fields of sugar beets. Not to re-hero-ize the life of the prole, but the workday sun has had a clear influence: Moonlight Farm is a rec made on a dime, in a dime-sized bedroom apartment, and it transcends all the limitations that that scenario has thusly taught us to expect. A real "statement", in the micro-politics of personal resistance / expression in a globally commodified life, and were here to sell it to you. Moonlight Farm is comprised of ten songs, somehow both comforting and unsettling, concerned with the classic subjects: the garbage, the flowers, ones mother, and the love of them all. Laid thick with a vague dissonance, they possess a mask of fog / haze, but the trail between writer / performer / song is not often trodden in such a deftly crystalline manner. Enter the Moonlight Farm. "From one loner to another, this is everything that the phrase private press conjures up and more. A modern classic. " - David Keenan / The Wire. "Well, no reason for me to make music anymore. This kid hit it." - Ben Chasny / Six Organs of Admittance. Jakob has toured extensively thru Europe and somewhat thru the States, sharing the stage with Samara Lubelski, Times New Viking, MV EE & the Bummer Road, James Blackshaw, Charlie Nothing and many others." - Destijl. |
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Artist: ORANGE Title: In The Midst of Chaos Format: CD Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Free jazz group Oranges one and only release In The Midst Of Chaos was recorded in 1978 and became renowned saxophonist Paul Flahertys first record. Its also the first and only release of legendary out guitarist Barry Greika, who along with Bob Laramie on bass and Glen Hobbit Peterson on drums remains a terribly under-recorded group. Orange made a screaming, blistering, howling slap of a record that defies categorization, as it pushed the already hazy 70s into uncharted confusion. An LP release of only 200 copies on its only run, it received the notice of seriously few. Besides the band, only two people definitely heard it; one sailed it out the kitchen window, the wife of the other demanded the thing leave the house. But as the times have changed, were just certain its gonna sell wildly now. So here you go, hardcore free-form improvisation enthusiastically rejuvenated, without shame." --Charles F. Destruction |
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Artist: PARASITES OF THE WESTERN WORLD Title: Politico/Zytol Automation Format: 7" Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
| "De Stijls excavation of The Parasites Of The Western World turns up the lead single for their second album in the form of an exact reissue. Originally released circa 1980-81, Politico opened the B-side to Substrata with a rippin new wave roller full of glam stomp, proggy arrangement and punky attitude. The synth-fueled instrumental B-side was exclusive to the single, and as tradition dictates, far more interesting, featuring Terry Censky and Patrick Burke in an ebullient symphony of synths, drums and guitar." - Destijl. |
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Artist: PARASITES OF THE WESTERN WORLD Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "the parasites of the western world are a band from portland OR who released their recorded debut in 1978. its a fascinating spin, a galactic ramble across the otherworldly themes of alienation and paranoia, seemingly inspired by LSD and philip dick. primarily the creation of patrick burke and terry censky, the parasites were limitless with invention and completely DIY. this is a record that was recorded in an apartment, by a crew thoughtful enough to curtail its loud excursions for the daylight hours. its rockist moves are surprisingly informed by the typical institutions of this era : pink floyd, the beatles and hawkwind and its many electronic flourishes are an above ground sound that would presage the likes of vertical slit, f / i and vertigo. the parasites remain to be light years ahead of a time that has yet to come." - Destijl. Easily one of our "desert island discs".. Very highly recommended! |
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Artist: PENS Title: Hey Friend! What You Doing Format: CD Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Where have all the good new British bands gone? Hello? Is there anyone out there? The answer is a pretty resounding nope. Stop and think of a genuinely good new band you have heard in a year that is already way past half-done and I bet you ten Chomps youll struggle. Then we saw Pens and it changed everything. Their set lasts about 14 minutes and the girls swap instruments in between tunes mainly because it appears none of them really know what they are doing. The whole thing is so swathed in static and reverb and shambolic about-to-fall-apartness that its like watching that YouTube clip of the kid kicking through the granite wall and getting his ankle snapped in half: kind of bite-your-bottom-lip atrocious but kind of the best thing you have seen since ever. They also do a cover of Sex Beat by the Gun Club that sounds like the Germs trying to be the Shangri- Las through a gauze of early K Records fuzz." - Jammin Johnson / VICE |
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Artist: PENS Title: Hey Friend! What You Doing Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Where have all the good new British bands gone? Hello? Is there anyone out there? The answer is a pretty resounding nope. Stop and think of a genuinely good new band you have heard in a year that is already way past half-done and I bet you ten Chomps youll struggle. Then we saw Pens and it changed everything. Their set lasts about 14 minutes and the girls swap instruments in between tunes mainly because it appears none of them really know what they are doing. The whole thing is so swathed in static and reverb and shambolic about-to-fall-apartness that its like watching that YouTube clip of the kid kicking through the granite wall and getting his ankle snapped in half: kind of bite-your-bottom-lip atrocious but kind of the best thing you have seen since ever. They also do a cover of Sex Beat by the Gun Club that sounds like the Germs trying to be the Shangri- Las through a gauze of early K Records fuzz." - Jammin Johnson / VICE |
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Artist: PENS Title: Love Rules Format: 7" Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "PENS are three girls who take an old-school approach to a hum and riff and add their own who-gives-a-fuck, homemade panache. Tuck yourself into bed with some warm milk and cookies and throw this new platter in repeat mode. Nighty night!" -Destijl |
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Artist: PHANTOM PAYN DAYS Title: Phantom Payn Days Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Since the late 70s, while in the widely neglected 39 Clocks, he made records that never sold and played gigs that few ever saw, Juergen Gleue has arguably been the most important exponent of electrified German sound. Phantom Payn Days was made in the mid to late 90s and has never been released. Its his final LP and is overflowing with all the elements that romanticized, loner / stoner music claims, an encoded expression of highly private feelings, an ambiguous, emotional quotient, and a dark, murkily melodic vibe. Its a record that first and foremost lives and breathes with an endless stream of great songs. But perhaps its most curious component is its amazingly prescient sound, a precursor to so many of todays lo fi acts, all wrapped up in their San Francisco hair." - Destijl. |
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Artist: ROCKEY, LEE Title: Music Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $16.50 |
| "destijl is pleased to present the first archival digs into the wondrous world of lee rockey. lee was a hardswinging jazzbo who had mastered the modern style by 46, and became known as one of the vancouver whiz kids. he went to the city in 53, jammed with neil hefti, and appeared on the first few herbie mann recs ( plays bethlehem BCP-58, east coast jazz / 4 bethlehem BCP-1018). upon his left coast return, he began developing his own sound / style, with an intent of transcending traditional musical forms / expectations. ju suk reet meate caught one of his performances in early 76, and lee became a figure of big inspiration. hed eventually invite lee to play on a few early smegma recs. aside from a few record booth lathes cut in the 40s / 50s, this is his first solo release. on first spin there are a few brief moments when the sounds of toshi ichiyanagi come to mind, but these sounds inhabit a universe that is entirely that of lee rockey. tho the pieces contained on this rec were recorded from the yrs 59 to 73, they own a keen third eye prescience that portends the likes of c spencer yeh and axolotl. this is far / away the most modern sounding rec to ever brandish the destijl logo, and youll scratch yr head until the kingdom comes.." - Destijl. "Portland oregon, art museum, early 1976. in the auditorium, drums / electic violin / and cello played thru an echoplex, a 4 channel tape deck was playing pre -recorded electronic skronks, flutes, and off speed voices, dancers were holding video cameras, connected to a paik video synth that was creating a live video projection. The music was crazed, scary and funny and beautiful. of all the live shows Ive seen, this one stands out. The man behind all this was Lee Rockey. 1926 -2002. this was the second (and last) of his full blown personal music / art world performances. A few months later I saw lee on drums with Kenneith Rexroth poetry and jazz. after that lee mostly played at home and a few low key gigs in town. Lee rockey was a hardswinging jazz drummer who mastered the modern style by 1946 and became known as one of the Vancouver whiz kids. Went to NYC in 1953, worked and recorded with neil hefty and herbie mann later moving back to Portland and playing with the top modern jazz artists. He was also developing his own music and painting style and appeared on a few smegma records. this record (his first solo release) is from 7 inch reel tapes recorded mostly early 1960s, early 1970s with lee on home made electronics loops, horns, violin, cello, drums, bells, and poss dick Knudsen on cello." -Ju Suk Reet Meate / Smegma, Portland OR 2006. |
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Artist: ROOTS OF MADNESS Title: The Girl In The Chair Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $16.50 |
| "1971 heavy private press free blues/psych from the left coast cortical geo zone of the US underground chain spearheaded by Don Campau and essentially the Californian amalgam of the Gate 5 as ESP disk punk/jazz 3rd eye. A higher key farrago of hypercosmic extended runs that oscillate between the tubular philosophy of the Sun City Girls sound/art and the aloneness of stoned blues concréte. A refreshing lost artifact of pure American fizz resurrected from the iconoclasm void and perfectly reissued in a joint effort from De Stijl and Child Of Microtones. An essential LP for anyone concerned with the paramount energy fields of all the above ground sound subterrains." - Destijl. Highly recommended! Tons of Roots Of Madness and related CDRs also available from Dons label, Lonely Whistle Music. See: http://www.fusetronsound.com/index.php?whomlab=LonelyWhistleMusic |
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Artist: SPERM Title: Shh! Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"totally legit LP only reissue of this amazing Helsinki monsterpiece from 1970. Shh! is primarily a document of Pekka Airaksinens experimental compostions, consisting of primitive samples, guitar loop feedback and musique concrete.
Sperm also functioned as a wildly theatrical live act ala Dionysis in 69, that would arrange underground happenings, occasionally inspiring a rallied public outcry against the derisive act of public sex atop a grand piano.
ooh la la.." -Destijl. Very Highly Recommended!
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Artist: TUCKER , MARK Title: In The Sack Format: CD Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "There seems to be two truisms I keep to: ONE - By and large, when an album is described as loner / psych / real people it isnt going to be as good as I hope, and TWO - The Residents suck. Generally these hold true for me, maybe you too, and often Ill look suspiciously at descriptions like that. But then I remember, hey the first few Residents records are pretty damn amazing, and hell, the Kenneth Higney and Moolah records are pretty great too. But when I have a need for the real people sound, the first record I reach for is Mark Tuckers In The Sack. Although better known for his Batstew record, which is pretty relative, this album is no slouch. The cast of characters is familiar, upright piano, backwards vocals, rants, ravings, life savings. But here its damn cheap; hell you should buy a few for friends, Im going to! Mark Tucker is very mean on the piano and the best backwards vocalist Ive ever heard, he knows more than blues progressions, this guy is writing pop symphonies. If David Ackles or bootleg Brian Wilson is your bag, this one is gonna rip the sack open (you can take that literally or apply it to Coley style allusion). Comparisons to the first Residents record are not far off, but I truly prefer Tuckers record, and it wouldnt be out of place in a spin with Moolah, Bruce Haacks kids records, Song Cycle and Horrific Child." - Jim ORourke, Brooklyn 04. Reissue of Tuckers second LP from 1983. Very highly recommended! |
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Artist: TUCKER, MARK Title: Batstew Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
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"America is a great country when one realizes its roadside stops offer artistic haven for all brands of perverts, bloodletters and musical cut-ups. More than mere concréte audio-collage, Batstew is both a respite from and an antidote for the sottish Reykjavik-borne revues polluting our national collegiate airwaves, and when the rare song-icons of folk-rock rise up from the maelstrom, one wants to offer both a firm handshake and a slingshot to the eye. Ive followed Merce Cunninghams lead and pasted a photo of Hilary Duff on the jacket of my copy, letting the excrement seep outward at its whim. something else, again, that i suppose you can file next to your tweddle, trimble and grudzien lps. this is tuckers first lp, the second being in the sack, a rec which goosed jim orourke into gasping, "thats the greatest record ever made"! batstew was pressed twice, with a stop at the mental institution inbetween. and with that thing passing around for not much less than 5 bones, this reish is priced for the people. sweet, innocent and totally wrecked DIY vibes, evoking the desperate bicylcles, department store santas, et al. Batstew may not make it into the freezer bag of bejeweled sonic artifacts for the next century, but for now, let it help eradicate realizations of what will." - Destijl.
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Artist: VIRGIN INSANITY Title: Illusions Of The Maintenance Man Format: LP Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $16.50 |
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"one time pressing of exact / legit repro of an unbelievably / unassumingly great / rare rec from TX, circa 71.
4 kids ( one shorty fatale ) stoned / alone and aware of the big things. tempted, yet devoted only to the shaft of light extending from the loin of god, on which we will all eventually sit, that slowly rises and lifts us towards the heavens...
for the fan of gripped mind / dropped jaws, this is the regal beagle; austere / smart / aware vibes that slowly imply the king of american folk privates. its connection within the deep timbre of the private / psych / folk family tree of references is hazy, but perhaps the dropped names of arthur lee harper, pete fine, fenner / leland / obrien, timmothy, the bachs will work for the astute customer.
there is a CD forthcoming, which will contain extras from the unreleased acetates "odometer suite" / "toad frog and fish friends", and will feature liner notes by patrick "the lama"." - Destijl.
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Artist: WOLF EYES & SMEGMA Title: The Beast Format: CD Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| " ***NOW AVAILABLE ON CD!!! Intergenerational discomfort rock performed together by two free-sound conglomerates-the sprawling Portland, Oregon-based LAFMS progenitors SMEGMA, and the more compact WOLF EYES. With cover art depicting crop circles, alien grave rubbings and cryptographs, and group portrait inside resembling a family reunion snapshot you might find at a thrift store, The Beast merges RICHARD MELTZERs nasal meander, reptilian pulsations, exploratory tweakadelica, outsider improv, toys, devices, and electronic noises. Proof that old weird America is far from obsolete and more than capable of frying the fiendly skies." |
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Artist: YEH, C. SPENCER Title: In The Blink Of An Eye/Condo Stress Format: 7" Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "Im the rabbit who believes in the magic (in a way that a tiny girl can inspire quiet men), and its the magic that keeps me in the dark (in the larger view, of producing records pursuing 1). Electronics Music, 2). Music as Furniture (Modernistic Music), 3). Music with experimental new vision.) These are Songs that are Those Things. And these are essentially the first of C S Yehs efforts to be widely available, discounting songs from 2002, documented previously by WHAT THE...? records." -Destijl |
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Artist: YONKERS, MICHAEL Title: Grimwood Format: CD Label: Destijl Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "When considering Grimwood, itd be a mistake to not also give thought to Microminature Love. Recorded in 68 for Sire, MML languished unreleased until the spring of 2002, when we unearthed it swank on wax (later reissued as a Sub Pop CD). Called the greatest psych record of the 60s by more than a few, its no stretch to say that had it materialized, it wouldve altered the lay of the land. Tho recorded in 69, Yonkers privately released Grimwood in 74, along with 3 other recs: Goodby Sunball (recorded in 71), Michael Lee Yonkers (72) and a duo with Jim Woehrle (73), borders of my mind. If they sold at all, they sold horribly. There is a photo inside Sub Pops MML CD of Yonkers throwing copies of Grimwood up in the air, as theyd seemingly become disposable, as well as a heavy burden to lug around. Enterprising rec collectors have had a run on Grimwood for some time and its been impossible to affordably obtain. So here it is, remastered, digitized and priced for the people." -Destijl |
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Artist: MANÿO, BARIS Title: Live In Tarsus 1975 Format: LP Label: Destur Country: Germany Price: $31.00 |
| "Destur Records is proud to present more ultra rare, previously unreleased material from the 70s Turkish rock scene: Baris Manço, Live in Tarsus 1975, a live bootleg from the end of 1975. In the concert, Manço and Kurtalan Express mostly present songs from their new LP called 2023 which had not been released in that period. During the concert, the group displays an eclectic sound from space rock to psychedelic funk which is blended with Turkish traditional music and a mystical atmosphere. 500 copies only, blue vinyl and with liner notes. Sound quality is not perfect but its more than enjoyable. A fantastic piece of Turkish rock history!" - Destur. |
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Artist: CIRCLE X Title: s/t Format: CD Label: Dexters Cigar Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "1996 release, somehow available again. Dexters Cigar is the now defunct Drag City subsidiary reissue label run by Jim ORourke (unofficially, the first 2 releases were the Mayo Thompson and Red Krayola reissues; the label now has separate catalog numbers and design motifs from Drag City proper). Most releases on this label are now out of print or soon-to-be. Reissue of the debut (recorded 1979) 12" EP by this group, originally from Louisville before migrating to NYC. A "seminal no wave classic"; in the words of Jordan N. Mamone: "brutal outbursts of feedback-and-blare emitted by the late Bruce Wisiepe remain perhaps the most underrated and unknown influences in underground rock." - FE. |
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Artist: DISKAD Title: The Answers Format: 7" Label: DF Country: Sweden Price: $12.00 |
| "Diskad is Drajan from Brainbombs solo. Only drums and feedback. Sleazy stuff, feels like a dark and very noisy no wave meets freejazz version of Brainbombs or something." Edition of 100 in very nice, textured silkscreeend covers. |
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Artist: NO BALLS Title: Problems That Will Solve Themselves Format: 7" Label: DF Country: Sweden Price: $11.00 |
| More destroyed pummel from Drajan Bryngelsson and Dan R墥rg of Brainbombs. Numbered edition of 306. |
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Artist: NO BALLS Title: s/t Format: 7" Label: DF Country: Sweden Price: $12.00 |
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Drajan from Brainbombs - LP soon on Release The Bats. Edition of 187.
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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: 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: 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: 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: CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Title: A Carrot is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond: Captain Beefheart Interviews and Texts, 1966 - 2001. Format: Book Label: Diamond Carrot Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
"This book compiles tons of articles interviews, and press clippings
about Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. It contains 40 separate
pieces of writing, including Lester Bangs original reviews of Trout
Mask Replica and Lick My Decals Off, Baby, interviews and articles
from such diverse sources as Rolling Stone magazine, ZigZag, Hot
Wacks, and New York Rocker, and transcripts of interviews from Late
Night With David Letterman, Dutch radio, interview promo LPs, and a
lot more. Its a real treasure trove of information for any Beefheart
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Artist: BUNYAN, VASHTI Title: Just Another Diamond Day Format: LP Label: DiCristina Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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" Produced by JOE BOYD (Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, Incredible String Band), Just Another Diamond Day is an E-S-S-E-N-T-I-A-L album of pastoral British folk that sounds as rarified and beautiful now as it did in 1970. Includes four bonus tracks not featured on the original release, as well as contributions from members of FAIRPORT CONVENTION and the INCREDIBLE STRING BAND. Named one of the top British albums of all time (# 54) by the London Observer." - Dicristina.
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Artist: BUNYAN, VASHTI Title: Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind Format: Dbl CD Label: DiCristina Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Following the amazing success story of Vashti Bunyans recent re-emergence as an artist after an exile of over 30 years, comes the release of Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind, a comprehensive compilation of early recordings dating from the period prior to Vashtis classic Just another Diamond Day album which was originally released in 1970. Titled after Vashtis (Jagger/Richards-penned) debut single which opens the compilation, this double-album represents an attempt to both open out and draw a line under the past, and also to try to set the record straight about the disparity between how Vashti viewed (and still views) herself against the way she has been popularly perceived. Widely construed as a folk singer-a tag she fundamentally disagrees with-these recordings instead reveal Vashti as a pop singer, however fragile and unique. A complete collection of Vashtis existing early recordings, the album is divided across two discs and features 25 tracks-mostly rescued from a number of old acetates and quarter-inch tapes Vashtis brother John had found in his attic a few years ago. The first disc gathers together the early singles (two of which were unreleased) and a set of taped demos recorded between 1965 -67. The second disc comprises the entire, unaltered contents of a long-forgotten tape discovered at the last minute before mastering, whilst Vashti was searching for one of the master reels for disc one. Beautifully packaged in period style and annotated for both vinyl & CD formats." - DiCristina. |
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Artist: BUNYAN, VASHTI Title: Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind Format: Double LP Label: DiCristina Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"A comprehensive compilation of early recordings dating from the period prior to VASHTI BUNYANs classic Just another Diamond Day album. Titled after Vashtis (Jagger/Richards-penned) debut single which opens the compilation, this double-album represents an attempt to both open out and draw a line under the past. A complete collection of Vashtis existing early recordings, the album is divided across two discs and features 25 tracks. The first disc gathers together the early singles (two of which were unreleased) and a set of taped demos recorded between 1965 -67. The second disc comprises the entire, unaltered contents of a long-forgotten tape discovered at the last minute before mastering, whilst Vashti was searching for one of the master reels for disc one. Beautifully packaged in period style and annotated for both vinyl & CD formats. LP PACKAGED IN GATEFOLD SLEEVES." -DiCristina.
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Artist: MV & EE WITH THE GOLDEN ROAD Title: Drone Trailer Format: LP Label: DiCristina Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Orbiting the earth in Vermont is MATT "MV" VALENTINE, once the brawn of the TOWER RECORDINGS, and ERIKA "EE" ELDER, CEO of HEROINE CELESTIAL AGRICULTURE and The MV & EE MEDICINE SHOW. Together with their dog Zuma, they run the Child of Microtones library of exploratory music--sometimes their own lunar blues, sometimes finger-picking-style noise/space, sometimes lonesome frontier folk. MV & EE have landed at the DiCristina Building bearing Drone Trailer, featuring THE GOLDEN ROAD: DOC DUNN (pedal steel, guitar, harmony), MIKE SMITH (bass, Fender Rhodes, harmony), and JAMES ANDERSON (drums, engineer). You may recognize these names as part of MV & EEs touring band when they scorched across New England and the Rust Belt en route to Terrastock this past June. Drone Trailer is a consolidation of the previous musical high-life of the duos space shanties for the 21st century. In other words, MV & EE explore their unique mix of lunar raga and astral string band music, with a couple deep-space burners/covert jams such as opening blast "Anyway" thrown in to bust it all open. Nobody is gonna mind if they hear a little Crazy Horse and prime-era Dead here as well! Previous releases on their own Child of Microtones label, along with notable albums on Time Lag and Ecstatic Peace." -DiCristina |
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Artist: ARCHETTI, LUIGI Title: Null II/Null III Format: Double CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $21.00 |
| "Null II and Null III are the second and third part of Italian/Swiss composer Luigi Archettis massive electronic work on the theme of "nothing" ("Null"), whose first part saw the light with the 2010 Die Schachtel "Null" edition in the ZeitComposers series (ZEITC 003CD). Within these pieces, Archettis thick sound-drones border on the edge of tonality as their many layers develop with a sort of "geological" pace. The work is in fact intended as musical research on the "interior" of sound, obtained by large masses of sound punctuated by seemingly minimalistic details. The mastery of Luigi Archetti conducts the listener deeply inside the musical event, while at the same time introducing a model, just like the traces of a gold seam in rocks, which the listener can follow and frequently re-encounter over the 140 minutes in which the music unfolds. The result is a trance-inducing sense of slow-motion and even stillness, alternating with subtle changes often obtained only by tiny, almost "invisible" variables. Null is a vast and profound place where perception is confronted with a stream of slow-developing, sometime "still" sound. Null II and Null III will certainly appeal to fans of Eliane Radigue, Thomas Köner and long and sustained drone electronic music in general." -Die Shcachtel. |
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Artist: ART FLEURY Title: I Luoghi Del Potere Format: CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "Art Fleury was born in Brescia, Northern Italy, in the mid-70s. They were still in their teens when they had the opportunity to open for the group Area at the famous Parco Lambro Festival in Milan (1976), in front of fifty thousand people. In the following years they extensively toured and played with Henry Cow, and in 1980 they were finally able to produce and release their first record, I Luoghi del Potere (The places of power), which they started recording in 1977. Superficially (or intentionally) included in the prog genre, I Luoghi del Potere (originally conceived as the soundtrack of an imaginary movie), is a very personal and radical experience, at times recalling Fausts free-form Kraut riffing, or the industrial sound collages of Nurse With Wound. The music is articulated through an outstanding dynamic juxtaposition of instrumental parts, with frequent structural and harmonic fragmentations, and a diverse array of unusual sound elements: from a sort of brass-band progression to radio frequencies, from cacophonic intermezzos to expressionist tape-collage techniques. Through this free flow of sounds, only apparently casual, the group wanted to expose the alienation, the folly, the hopes and fears of their times, through a creative act that pushed to the limits their expressive means." - Die Schachtel. |
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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: 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: BOSETTI, ALESSANDRO Title: Exposé Format: CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $17.50 |
| "Based on a series of 33 musical ideas written, printed, framed and exposed in a recent installation in Milan, Exposé is the first of a new cycle of works as well as the result of Alessandro Bosettis fascination with speech loops. The mesmerizing voice of Audrey Chen, endlessly repeating the same sentence over the entire duration of each piece, is full of musical nuances, and it rewards close attention. The result is a weird and fascinating experience, that takes the listener through a surreal sonic space. The misty, microtonal electronics and instrumental layers are arranged and recorded in an extremely precise fashion. The slowly shifting speech-derived rhythmical patterns provide a subtle, low-key backdrop to the vocal parts, perhaps suggesting the option of adopting an ambient-like listening strategy, while at the same time the use of headphones will enhance the works strangely compelling blend of the surreal and hypnotic." - Die Schachtel. |
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Artist: BOSETTI, ALESSANDRO Title: Exposé + Art Format: CD/Art Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $76.00 |
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Limited art version, signed/numbered edition of 33 copies. "Audio CD + 34 art sheets in a special cover with hand drawn translucent dust-jacket, numbered and signed by the author. This limited edition includes the 33 art sheets presenting the musical ideas that generated the compositions on the CD. The complete series was printed, framed and exposed in a recent installation at the OArtoteca art gallery in Milan, in March 2007. The minimalistic design is the result of a collaborative work with Die Schachtels designer Dinamo, who has typographically interpreted Alessandros surprising conceptual scores, expanding the music into a visual territory that gives a completely new listening perspective to the fascinating music of this very creative musician." - Die Schachtel.
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Artist: CHIARI/DANIELE LOMBARDI, GIUSEPPE Title: +/- Format: LP + CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $60.00 |
| "LP+CD special limited edition release by Fluxus composer Giuseppe Chiari and Futurist pianist Daniele Lombardi. Each LP is hand-numbered, and contains two art prints by Giuseppe Chiari, housed in a very original fold-out cover. The CD is hand-numbered and signed by Daniele Lombardi. The total selling copies of the bundle edition are limited to 130. Giuseppe Chiari was one of the leading names associated first with Fluxus (being the only Italian member of the interdisciplinary art group since 1962) and later with conceptual and performance art as well as sound art. Coming from a background of different disciplines, he established new theoretical and practical standpoints in relation to music and art: his approach was always irreverent, walking the tightrope between to do or not to do, to say or not to say, while continually challenging the limits of language. The Die Schachtel vinyl LP (titled +/-) features some of his previously-unreleased and most intense pieces for piano, the musical instrument par excellence and emblem of conformist sound with which Giuseppe Chiari has a love-hate relationship, bestowing on it equal measures of ridicule and praise. It is also an amazing document of his last concert, with Frederic Rzewski (playing the 1964 groundbreaking piece "La Strada"), Giancarlo Cardini, Daniele Lombardi and Giuseppe Chiari himself. The limited CD edition by Daniele Lombardi, published on the occasion of his solo exhibition at MUDIma Foundation in Milan (2008), is the reissue of a 1978 piano sound exploration entitled Costellazione, based upon a map of sky constellations, planned as the first step in a large work focused on the exposition and "performance" of constellations maps, planetaria and maps of the heavens. It is a perfect counterpoint to the Chiari Edition, and it is housed in a custom-made, silk-screened natural cardboard case, inserted in the fold-out cover together with the LP. " - Die Schachtel. |
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Artist: CHRISTA PFANGEN Title: Watch Me Getting Back The End Format: CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $17.50 |
| "Christa Pfangen are Andrea Belfi and Mattia Coletti. The name is an homage to Nico, although the music has obviously no relation with the icon of the New York avant garde scene. They belong to the new electroacoustic/improv/avant-rock scene which is taking shape in Italy and includes such names as 3/4 Had Been Eliminated, Valerio Tricoli, ÿ, Stefano Pilia and others. Working with percussion, treated guitar and an array of different objects and noises, they have given birth to a dynamic work of great beauty and reverberating rhythms, oscillating between avant-folk and electroacoustic music." - Die Schachtel. |
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Artist: CILIO, LUCIANO Title: Dell Universo Assente Format: CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $22.00 |
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"Deluxe triple-folded CD digipak with the lost work of Luciano Cilio, a Neapolitan avantgarde composer who committed suicide in the early eighties and whose music is absolutely stunning, deep and melancholic, placed between avantgarde and the most adventurous prog. It includes the legendary Dialoghi del Presente 1977 LP along with several unreleased tracks; liner notes by Jim ORourke. 24 pages booklet." From ORourkes liner notes: "These recordings sound as they feel self contained, introspective, and determined, you can feel in the music a sort of necessity that can be rarely found, as in Bill Fays Time of the Last Persecution or in Nick Drakes Pink Moon: this enormous weight that is bearing on its creators, the absolute need to exorcise it from their lives, a moment in time where you are invited to hear artists truly in contact with their existence. Luciano Cilio holds that moment in time, an authentic emotional testament, something to be cherished..." - Die Schachtel. "This developing Italian label is setting a new standard for high quality modern composer artifacting -- extremely impressive!" - FE. Great record!
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Artist: CLEMENTI, ALDO Title: Punctum Contra Punctum Format: CD Box Set Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| "Aldo Clementi marks out the distance with an absolute refusal to provide narratives, whether of tension resolved, or simply of that logically unending succession of states of being so dear to many of his contemporaries. His materials, whether gathered from a tonal past, generated as a jeu desprìt from the names of dedicatees, or produced by a purely abstract process, are projected into a rotational steady state that has no logical end or beginning." - David Osmond-Smith, 2005. "On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Die Schachtel is proud to present "Punctum Contra Punctum", a deluxe compact disc box dedicated to Aldo Clementi, one of the most important figures of Italian music of the 20th Century. Born in Sicily in 1925, he studied piano and later composition under the guidance of teachers such as Goffredo Petrassi and Bruno Maderna, who also introduced him to electronic music at the RAI Studio of Phonology in Milan. Like many composers of the period, he employed serial technique early in his work, to abandon it later on in favor of a very personal, ingenious and unique method for creating new music. Blessed with extraordinary skills of invention and assimilation, Clementi may be the one living composer for whom "genius" is not too strong a word. His musical language is extremely articulate and profound, resulting in a fascination with obsessive repetitions, collages, canons, and incredibly complex rhythmic textures which have to be heard to be believed. At the same time his music maintains to stay fresh, dynamic and highly enjoyable. A must-have for all the modern music lovers, and a great discovery for the most adventourous and prepared listener. Deluxe white and silver-foil design CD-box edition, complete with a lovingly designed 64-page booklet in English and Italian." - Die Schachtel. |
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Artist: CURRAN, ALVIN Title: Under the Fig Tree Format: LP Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $28.00 |
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"Two masterpieces of the early 70s by Alvin Curran, released by Die Schachtel for the first time ever. Using VCS3 live electronics and environmental sounds, Alvin Curran created a hypnotic and meditative transcendency of minimalist beauty. Limited deluxe vinyl LP edition." - FE.
"The two works presented here are seminal pieces of two genres from which a great part of my musical practice springs, and to this day, continues to evolve from. Under The Fig Tree is, in fact, the realization of one monophonic piece contained in my well known early collection of single line melodic compositions entitled Music For Every Occasion. The version I present here was originally made for a performance of trombonist Giancarlo Schiaffini, playing against the recording. It is realized by myself playing a VCS3 (Putney) synthesizer, one of the first in a famous line of portable electronic synthesizers from the early 70s. Notable are electronically produced timbres which approximate acoustic flutes, clarinets, trombones and tubas -- long before the availability of multi-track tape machines, these tracks were recorded on multiple Revox tape recorders and mixed on a custom-made mixer. The Magic Carpet is, remarkably, my first sound installation, long before that phrase came into our daily vocabularies. It was inspired by a project of my dear friend and sculptor Paul Klerr -- an American with Italian-Jewish roots, who lives in Rome. He had this brilliant idea to fill a gallery with steel and gut wires, to which I suggested that he was actually building a fantastic musical instrument which could even be played by the visiting public -- so my intervention in this spontaneous collaboration was to figure out how to amplify this jungle of long steel wires -- which I did with simple contact microphones placed at various connecting points; and further adding a vertical element of sounding glass chimes plus aluminum and brass tubing and occasionally placed metal chimes." -Alvin Curran
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Artist: GROSSI, PIETRO Title: Combinatoria Format: Double CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "A comprehensive guide to the core recordings of one of the most visionary and inspiring, subversive and radical musicians from Italy, this 2CD box deluxe edition captures Pietro Grossis original vision, presenting a wide selection of his studio early recordings, beautifully remastered to preserve the enduring quality. Pietro Grossi used to playfully define himself as pigro (trans. "lazy"), but he wasnt lazy at all! Few musicians have been working everyday at such a cracking pace, creating, teaching and writing -- and when we listen to his music, we should bear in mind how this complex figure of musician, cellist and composer, and also visual artist, has developed creative thinking in a path where a blend of very different aspects organically cohabited. Since the late 50s, Grossi was convinced of the potential of the "new sound" and was totally obsessed with pioneering it, to the point where he would found the S 2F M (Studio di Fonologia Musicale di Firenze) in 1963 -- which made its headquarters in Florence at the Conservatorio, and then in his apartment -- spending days and nights on end splicing tapes and working with various modified machines to create his abstract soundscapes. The two CDs feature his first analogical electronic music, as well as some S 2F M studio works by colleagues such as Vittorio Gelmetti, Gruppo NPS (with Teresa Rampazzi) and Albert Mayr, while the second disc is focused on the prototype computer-generated sound synthesis." -Die Schachtel |
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Artist: GROSSI, PIETRO Title: Musicautomatica Format: LP Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $30.00 |
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"Minimalist before the Minimalists (Progetto 2/3_1961), pioneer of Computer Music, founder of the Studio of Phonology of Florence, visual artist and hacker ahead of the time This was Pietro Grossi, a larger-than-life Italian and composer who questioned the concept of musical authorship (Collage_1968) the idea of personal artistic expression: A piece is not only a work (of art), but also one of the many works one can freely transform: everything is temporary, everything can change at any time. "Ideas are not personal anymore, they are opened to every solution, everybody could use them (Unicum_1985). The infinite music of Pietro Grossi is published for the first time by DieSchachtel in a limited edition of 300 black vinyl LPs with a deluxe gatefold wallet cover, with metallic design printed on matt silver an red, complete with a custom made transparent inner sleeve, and an exhaustive English/Italian booklet." - Die Schachtel.
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Artist: GRUPPO DI IMPROVVISAZIONE NUOVA CONSONANZA Title: Azioni Format: 2CD/DVD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $50.00 |
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"This deluxe boxed edition presents some of the most compelling improvisations of this extraordinary improv group active in the 60s and featuring such names as Ennio Morricone, Ivan Vandor, Roland Kayn, Franco Evangelisti, Walter Branchi, Mario Bertoncini and John Heineman. Spanning from free-jazz to total abstract noise and wild electronic sounds, these pieces were recorded between 1967 and 1969 are released here for the first time. The enclosed video DVD, shot in a stunning black and white, is a unique document that captures the rehearsal of the thrilling concert that the group gave in Rome in 1967. It features both english and Italian subtitles.
The cloth-covered box contains three individual digipak, a 72-pages italian-english booklet and a poster." - Die Schachtel. Incredible collection!
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Artist: GRUPPO NPS Title: Nuove Proposte Sonore 1965-1972 Format: LP Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $31.00 |
| "The NPS -- Nuove Proposte Sonore (trans. "New Sound Proposals") group was founded in Padua (Italy) in 1964 by the composer Teresa Rampazzi, together with the visual artist Ennio Chiggio. Working with analogical devices, they produced some of the most compelling electronic music of the period, and they soon became one of the most reputed electronic music centers in Italy, together with the S 2 FM by Pietro Grossi in Florence and the SMET by Enore Zaffiri in Turin. With the departure of Chiggio, the years 1969-1970 transformed it into a female-only collective (Teresa Rampazzi, Serenella Marega and Patrizia Gracis). The two periods were characterized by different instrumentation, and it is surprising how they were able to achieve great results with some simple means -- at least in the beginning. In the first period, they used a couple of two-track tape recorders (Sony 777 and Sony 521), an EICO low-frequency generator, a radio station to produce long wavelength frequencies, a mixer, an oscillator, a Revox, and a self-built loudspeaker. They had to use the stairwell as an echo chamber. In the second one, when the studio was more established, they had six manually-controlled oscillators as well as six modulated ones, a white noise generator, an octave-band filter and a variable one, an amplitude modulator, a noteswitch, a reverb, a 10-channel mixer, a unit for audio signal routing, four tape recorders, a stereo sound system and a frequency meter (during the last years they also bought a 2500 ARP synthesizer). This deluxe edition presents the groups compositions for the first time ever. The LP comes in a silver-foil design, including a booklet in Italian and English in an edition of 300 copies." - Die Schachtel. |
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Artist: GRUPPO NPS Title: Nuove Proposte Sonore 1965-1972 Format: CD Box Set Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $21.00 |
| "The NPS -- Nuove Proposte Sonore (trans. "New Sound Proposals") group was founded in Padua (Italy) in 1964 by the composer Teresa Rampazzi, together with the visual artist Ennio Chiggio. Working with analogical devices, they produced some of the most compelling electronic music of the period, and they soon became one of the most reputed electronic music centers in Italy, together with the S 2 FM by Pietro Grossi in Florence and the SMET by Enore Zaffiri in Turin. With the departure of Chiggio, the years 1969-1970 transformed it into a female-only collective (Teresa Rampazzi, Serenella Marega and Patrizia Gracis). The two periods were characterized by different instrumentation, and it is surprising how they were able to achieve great results with some simple means -- at least in the beginning. In the first period, they used a couple of two-track tape recorders (Sony 777 and Sony 521), an EICO low-frequency generator, a radio station to produce long wavelength frequencies, a mixer, an oscillator, a Revox, and a self-built loudspeaker. They had to use the stairwell as an echo chamber. In the second one, when the studio was more established, they had six manually-controlled oscillators as well as six modulated ones, a white noise generator, an octave-band filter and a variable one, an amplitude modulator, a noteswitch, a reverb, a 10-channel mixer, a unit for audio signal routing, four tape recorders, a stereo sound system and a frequency meter (during the last years they also bought a 2500 ARP synthesizer). This deluxe edition presents the groups compositions for the first time ever. The CD box comes in a silver-foil design, complete with a 36-page booklet in Italian and English." -Die Schachtel |
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Artist: GUACCERO, DOMENICO Title: Rot (1971-73) Format: LP Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $31.00 |
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With Electronica Viva members Alvin Curran, M. Hirayama, W. Branchi. "Die Schachtel is proud to present two brand new releases, both dedicated to
Domenico Guaccero, an important Italian composer/musician of the 60s, very
active in the fields of avant garde, electronic and aleatory music.
The "ROT" LP edition is the 4th in the "metallic" series, dedicated to the
masters of Italian electronic music, and it will soon be followed by a
great and unpublished work by Marino Zuccheri. With the great Alvin Curran
at the synth, "ROT" is a lost gem of raw musical power, one of the most
exciting pieces of electroacoustic music around." "This provocative and very advanced multi-media work, was conceived from the beginning to include purely notated music, improvised music, and recorded music on tape which the composer could manipulate, redesign and remix (long before that concept existed) and create yet another layer, or sonic strata with those sounds." (Alvin Curran). "The electroacoustic parts of Rot are now available for the first time ever in a limited vinyl LP edition (350 copies), with a gatefold wallet cover, silver foil design on silver, diecut letters, custom inner sleeve and a 4-page booklet in English and Italian. The second piece on the LP (CMPSZN 2), for eight treated pianos, is a powerful and mesmerizing concrete/electroacoustic piece that takes to the limits the sonic possibilities of the instrument, but still remaining musical and highly enjoyable." - Die Schachtel. Another amazing production from Die Schachtel.
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Artist: HENNIX, CATHERINE CHRISTER Title: The Electric Harpsichord Format: CD/Book Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $21.00 |
| "2nd pressing with new lower pricing. After the limited art edition quickly sold out, The Electric Harpsichord is now reprinted -- in its complete form -- in a new elegant white boxed edition. Known to the very few, The Electric Harpsichord is possibly THE obscure masterpiece of early American minimalism. Recorded live in 1976 after many years of study under the guidance of Pandit Pran Nath and La Monte Young, it has finally found the perfect home in the Die Schachtel catalog, now in an elegant white boxed 56-page book+CD edition, that gives the work the space and merit it deserves as a unique work of art, complete with two poems by La Monte Young especially written for this edition, and an extensive essay by Henry Flynt. An improvisation performed on just intonation-tuned keyboards put through time-lag accumulators similar to those used by Terry Riley, Hennix has produced one of the most remarkable pieces of music to emerge from the La Monte Young school of minimalism. A Sweden-born composer, who studied in the tradition of Xenakis and Stockhausen in the 1960s, Hennix met La Monte Young and Hindustani raga master Pandit Pran Nath at the Nuits du Fondation Maeght festival in 1970, and pursued studies with both men during the 1970s. While the use of the time-lag in Rileys works such as "A Rainbow In Curved Air" results in an experience of blissful, focused, samadhi-like calm, Hennixs drone work has more in common with the chaotic fluxes of psychedelic experience or the mandalas of Tibetan Buddhism. This is a moving eternity, a pulsating, shifting-something like a raga perhaps, insofar as a raga is a specific deity invoked into sound, fluttering inside the matrix of the drone. Catherine Christer Hennix: keyboard and custom sine wave generators. Recorded live at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi." - Die Schachtel. |
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Artist: INSIEMEMUSICADIVERSA Title: Format: CD Box Set Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
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"Another remarkable package from the jet-setting Die Schachtel label." - FE. "Much more than just a CD, this edition encapsulates the true spirit of Die Schachtel. It really is a box full of surprises; a journey into the sound of a unique group and the mind of a genius composer. The white industrial cardboard box includes an audio CD, a 12-page booklet, five graphical scores plus Roulette, a clock-like gadget originally used as the score of the aleatory composition with the same title. The music on the CD includes the digitally re-mastered edition of their only (and impossible to find) LP, privately pressed in 1977, plus two previously unreleased long compositions, for more than an hour of a great musical experience. About: Insiememusicadiversa (Different Collective Music): A remote part of the world staged the hidden and extraordinary musical utopia of Insiememusicadiversa, an experience of collective music that devoured and assimilated the seeds of the musical avant-garde of the second half of the twentieth century, mixing Cage and Cardew, DIY aesthetics and free jazz, fluxus and electronic/concrete music, nihilism and mal de vivre. Founded in Umbria (a region of central Italy) in the early 70s by Terzilio Mancinelli, creative genius and visionary composer, Insiememusicadiversa was the representation of Sound as a way of living, as a devouring obsession, a breathing and pulsating paradigm. Its a lucid delirium in which every single sound was -- surprisingly -- rigorously determined (each composition is annotated with mind-blowing graphical scores). Insiememusicadiversa was looking for collective music, often played with self-built or invented electronic instruments, including in its timbre-filled landscape the remains and debris of music shattered into tiny fragments." - Die Schachtel.
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Artist: KALENDAREV, YURI Title: Sound Sculptures Format: CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $26.00 |
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"Bronze silkscreened custom designed heavy natural cardboard digipak, complete with booklet in Italian and English. 300 hand-numbered copies. Yuri Kalendarev belongs to the generation of Russian underground non-conformist artists -- the dissidents of the 70s. He has been working for 30 years with different media such as granite sculpture, land art and light. He came upon the sonic possibilities of his work while exploring the intersection of sculpture and sound vibrations. His Sound Plates are forged with hammers and fire out of acoustic bronze compounds. They are designed to generate a large range of frequency oscillations, from massive low-frequency drones to deep percussive sounds that allow multiple interactions with the listeners inner being. In redefining the concept of sculpture in pure sound terms, the work of Yuri Kalendarev aims to explore a new aural experience beyond the act of listening, an investigation into the realm of pure acoustics. The performances captured on this CD represent the crystallization of the physicality of Kalendarevs sound sculptures, his attitude to rhythm, and his ability to create an atmosphere of deep concentration, silent communion, and mystery." -Die Schachtel
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Artist: KUBISCH, CHRISTINA Title: On Air Format: CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $18.00 |
| "A spectacular all-transparent Audio/multimedia CD (a reprint of the 1984 cassette-only private release). A final and comprehensive document on the series of installations named On Air or Magnetic Air which C. Kubisch exhibited in Italy and Europe from 1982 to 1986. The relationship between specific locations and electronic music was explored through the use of magnetic induction cables and special earphones. Twenty years later, On Air has remained a fascinating listening experience, and represents a unique illustration of the artistic integration of sound and vision. The interactive section provides a virtual journey through the spectacular 1984 installation created for the medieval town of Gargonza in Tuscany, complete with 1 hour of music and a 15-minute video plus photos, a Bio, info and scores." - Die Schachtel. Enhanced CD; Audio and Interactive tracks. + 15 .MPG Video for PC/MAC. |
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Artist: KUBISCH, CHRISTINA Title: On Air Format: LP Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $125.00 |
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"99 pieces limited edition -- clear vinyl with no label -- multiple of the same title (On Air), contained in a special transparent/opaline sleeve, each individually hand drawn by the author herself. Contains a piece of the original wire used for the Gargonza installation in 1984, signed by the author." -Die Schachtel. "Same track listing as the CD , but a very special art-version for the serious Kubisch collector, well done." - FE.
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Artist: NIBLOCK, PHILL Title: Six Films (1966-1969) Format: DVD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $27.00 |
| "Die Schachtel in collaboration with O artspace proudly presents a deluxe DVD featuring six experimental films by New York-based composer, photographer and filmmaker Phill Niblock from the late-1960s. Anybody familiar with Niblock would probably characterize his work by the sound of his long, sonorous drones, producing rich overtones usually combined with a visual element -- since before moving into composition, Niblock was an active photographer and filmmaker. While he usually is known for his films from the Movement Of People Working series alongside performances of his music, Niblocks early works stand apart as unique objects. The integrity and consistency of his style is fully on display in these seldomly-seen or screened 16mm sound films wonders that include: Morning (1966-1969) from an idea by Phill Niblock and Jean Claude Van Itallie, filmed by PN, text by Lee Worley and Michael Corner, with members of the Open Theater group. Starring Lee Worley, James Barbosa, Cynthis Harris, Sharon Gans, Joseph Chaikin; text read by Lee Worley, James Barbosa, Barbara Porte, Dorothy Lyman, Michael Corner. Black & white 16mm film. The Magic Sun (1966-1968) with members of the Sun Ra Arkestra, music by Sun Ra and the Arkestra. Filmed on high-contrast black & white 16mm film. Dog Track (1969) -- a film by Phill Niblock, with a found text read by Barbara Porte. Color 16mm film. Annie (1968) -- a portrait of the dancer Ann Danoff, with a sound collage soundtrack. Color 16mm film. Max (1966-19) -- an image collage film/portrait of percussionist/sound-artist Max Neuhaus, with a collage soundtrack by Max Neuhaus. Black & white 16mm film. Raoul (1968-1969) -- a portrait of the painter Raoul Middleman, with extensive use of time-lapse film technique. The soundtrack is improvised by Raoul Middleman and Phill Niblock. Color 16mm film. Limited edition of 500 copies. NTSC, all-region DVD, stereo, 4:3 format. Run-time: 65 minutes." -Die Schachtel |
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Artist: PETRONELLA, ANGELO Title: Sintesi da un Diario Format: CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $17.50 |
| "Angelo Petronella has been working as a composer and sound artist for many years, and has developed a very personal vision on the narrative qualities of acousmatics, which he pursues with millimetric precision and obsessive passion. In Sintesi da un Diario (Abstract from a Diary), he has created a rich and complex soundscape made of distant and future memories, imaginary places and countless possible stories." - Die Schachtel. |
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Artist: PRIMA MATERIA Title: The Tail Of The Tiger Format: CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $22.00 |
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"As is the case with La Monte Youngs Theater of Eternal Music, David Hykes Harmonic Choir and Pauline Oliveross Deep Listening Band, Roberto Laneri has had a life long penchant for the droning mysteriosa of the Sound Current and with the Prima Materia ensemble he has expressed it in a disciplined, expansive and singular way" - Terry Riley, 2005.
"In 1977 an obscure Italian private label issued a record that sounded like it came from outer space. A long and dense trance-inducing drone of sustained notes, rich with overtones and harmonic embellishments, coming from a space so vast and unexplored that seemed almost of non-human, even electronic nature. Paradoxically, each and any molecule of that sound was produced using only the most original and archaic instrument, the human voice. The name of the group was Prima Materia (First Matter), a project that took shape in 1973 in San Diego, and the record The Tail of the Tiger was issued by the Ananda label, owned by Roberto Laneri, Alvin Curran and Giacinto Scelsi. The record soon disappeared and over the became almost a legend among collectors and experimental music lovers.
The musicians of the group Prima Materia individually researched and developed unusual vocal techniques (originally used in Tantric rituals in North India, Mongolia and Tibet), based upon the use of overtones coupled with a special state of inner concentration, which was the essential condition for both the emission and control of long-sustained and complex vocal sounds. Their capacity to sustain a note for what seems an eternity, and then continue to provide endless variations generates a continuous and sustained drone of sound, in which the overtones are clearly perceived.
This unique compact disk presents the complete Tail of the tiger recordings in a digitally remastered version, including two live concerts held in 1974 in Berlin and in 1976 in Rome. A totally fascinating journey into the realm of pure sound.
Deluxe digipak CD, complete with a 8-page informative booklet plus an astounding 16-page exploration of visual overtones printed on transparent paper in full color." - Die Schachtel. Very Highly Recommended!!!
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Artist: RAMPAZZI, TERESA Title: Musica Endoscopica Format: LP Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $31.00 |
| "Following the acclaimed CD edition released by Die Schachtel in 2008, heres the long-awaited limited "silver" LP edition of Teresa Rampazzis incredible early electronic music. It differs from the CD edition with the inclusion of "Metamorfosi," a previously-unreleased and magnificent drone piece. Teresa Rampazzi, a seminal yet very little-known female Italian composer/musician, founded the NPS - Nuove Proposte Sonore -- an experimental music collective formed in the late-60s. She was also one of the founders and main figures of the Centro di Sonologia Computazionale, a computer music research center active from the early-70s at the University of Padua. It would be easy to see electronic composer Rampazzi as Italys equivalent of Daphne Oram or Delia Derbyshire, those long-neglected pioneers behind the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. But zoomed in closer, though, a more intriguing picture begins to emerge: Musica Endoscopica is in fact an immersive journey into a futurist-ic/early digital electronic music with dense, long drone pieces made of complex textures that explore the computers capacity to produce endless variations of source material, at times anticipating some of the electro-feel to emerge in the years to follow. A welcome return of Die Schachtels celebrated "metallic" series vinyl LP editions, dedicated to early electronic Italian composers. Housed in a deluxe silver cover with silver foil design with a custom inner sleeve and a 4-page booklet in English and Italian." -Die Schachtel |
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Artist: RAMPAZZI, TERESA Title: Musica Endoscopica Format: CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $18.00 |
| "2008 deluxe CD box edition of Teresa Rampazzis incredible early electronic music. Teresa Rampazzi, a seminal yet very little-known female Italian composer/musician, founded the NPS - Nuove Proposte Sonore -- an experimental music collective formed in the late-60s. She was also one of the founders and main figures of the Centro di Sonologia Computazionale, a computer music research center active from the early-70s at the University of Padua. It would be easy to see electronic composer Rampazzi as Italys equivalent of Daphne Oram or Delia Derbyshire, those long-neglected pioneers behind the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. But zoomed in closer, though, a more intriguing picture begins to emerge: Musica Endoscopica is in fact an immersive journey into a futurist-ic/early digital electronic music with dense, long drone pieces made of complex textures that explore the computers capacity to produce endless variations of source material, at times anticipating some of the electro-feel to emerge in the years to follow. Includes a 40-page booklet with extensive notes in English and Italian." - Die Schachtel. |
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Artist: ROCCHI, CLAUDIO Title: Suoni Di Frontiera Format: CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $18.00 |
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"2009 reissue of this Italian psychoacoustic obscurity, originally released in 1975 on Ariston. Slick tri-fold digipak release with 12-page booklet and gloss varnish cover." - FE. "Back in 1975 when Suoni Di Frontiera (Borderline Sounds) was released, Claudio Rocchi was already a well known figure in the Italian pop scene. In the late 60s Rocchi had burst onto the scene as a member of Milanese psych-prog legends Stormy Six. He performed on their Le Idee Di Oggi Per La Musica Di Domani LP in 1969 and soon after, the acid folk of Viaggio, Rocchis solo debut, was released in 1970. That same year Rocchi hosted an influential radio show on the Italian national broadcasting station, RAI. 1971 brought the simply awesome Volo Magico No.1.
An acknowledged classic, it emerged as not dissimilar to Roy Harpers landmark song cycle of progressive/psych folk, Stormcock. The album -- especially the epic 18 minute title track -- established Rocchi as the Italian psych-folk minstrel par excellence. Then, after traveling to India, improvisation and Eastern philosophies began to shape his next few albums, Essenza from 1973 being a high point. 1974s Il Miele Dei Pianeti Le Isole Le Api (The Honey Of The Planets The Islands The Bees) featured guitars, tabla, strings and percussion but the following album from 1975, Rocchi was, according to the man himself, a real U turn. It featured a handful of songs, though Rocchi baffled his hardcore following by introducing cut-ups, environmental sounds and analogue synthesizers recorded at his home studio using a Revox A70.
This brings us to the experimental electronics of his next album Suoni Di Frontiera. Consisting of 16 sketches made at home, this recording went much further out than Rocchi. Described by so-called authorities to be naïve and unsophisticated, to these ears Suoni is a highly personal and extremely charming collection of psychedelically damaged constructs. All of Rocchis celebrated and highly-recognized vocals were now processed and modulated -- if they were heard at all. They sat alongside his spacey and dislocated homespun synth stylings that sound simultaneously retro and futuristic. What more can one ask for?
Rocchi described the release as "diving deeper into psychoacoustics, a practical theory on healing music, mind resonances, inner flows." Yep. And thanks to the good folk at Die Schachtel, another crucial piece of the 70s Italian puzzle has been unearthed for our pleasure. Dig in." - Oren Ambarchi.
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Artist: SACCHI, FRANCA Title: En Format: LP Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $28.00 |
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"One of the very few female composer of early electronic music, Franca Sacchi studied at the famous RAI Studio of Fonologia in Milan in the 60s, and developed the En-static principle which included improvisation, electronic music, ritual, performance, teaching and meditation. Extremely reserved and enigmatic, Franca Sacchi has devoted her entire life to music, dance and yoga; she has been active as a conceptual artist too, and her work was also included in the notorious Broken Music exhibition. Throughout the years, she has carried on a complex multi-disciplinary research in a quest for the integration of music with other artistic expressions while at the same time radically questioning the concept of music making. Her electronic music focuses mainly on sound, which is treated as raw material and endlessly explored. Sacchis free concept of duration and deep emotional feel brings her closer to Eliane Radigue and La Monte Young, especially for the long and sustained tones which are suddenly turned into pulsations and gritty sound textures. This LP record presents her first attempts in the field of electronic and concrete music, from the late 60 to 1972." - Die Schachtel. An incredible production, as always, from this label. "Regular" edition of 300.
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Artist: SACCHI, FRANCA Title: En Format: LP Box Set Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $175.00 |
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"One of the very few female composer of early electronic music, Franca Sacchi studied at the famous RAI Studio of Fonologia in Milan in the 60s, and developed the En-static principle which included improvisation, electronic music, ritual, performance, teaching and meditation. Extremely reserved and enigmatic, Franca Sacchi has devoted her entire life to music, dance and yoga; she has been active as a conceptual artist too, and her work was also included in the notorious Broken Music exhibition. Throughout the years, she has carried on a complex multi-disciplinary research in a quest for the integration of music with other artistic expressions while at the same time radically questioning the concept of music making. Her electronic music focuses mainly on sound, which is treated as raw material and endlessly explored. Sacchis free concept of duration and deep emotional feel brings her closer to Eliane Radigue and La Monte Young, especially for the long and sustained tones which are suddenly turned into pulsations and gritty sound textures. This LP record presents her first attempts in the field of electronic and concrete music, from the late 60s to 1972." - Die Schachtel. Special artists edition limited to 60 copies in a gold leaf wooden box, individually hand drawn, signed and numbered by the artist. Amazing!
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Artist: SACCHI, FRANCA Title: En Format: CD Box Set Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $21.00 |
| "One of the very few female composers of early electronic music, Franca Sacchi studied at the well-known RAI Studio of Fonologia in Milan in the 60s. She developed the "En-static" principle, which included improvisation, electronic music, ritual, performance, teaching and meditation. Her music focuses mainly on sound, which is treated as raw material and endlessly explored. Sacchis free concept of duration and deep emotional feeling brings her closer to Eliane Radigue and La Monte Young, especially for the long and sustained tones which are suddenly turned into pulsations and gritty sound textures. Her work was also included in the seminal Broken Music exhibition in Berlin. Originally published by Die Schachtel as a limited edition LP, this lavish, golden CD box + booklet presents her best works in the field of electronic and concrete music from the late 60s to 1972, in a fully remastered edition. CD box (digipack deluxe) in a gold-foil design, complete with a 12-page booklet in Italian and English. Limited edition of 500 copies." -Die Schachtel |
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Artist: TRAVERSA, MARTINO Title: Critical_Path Format: CD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $18.00 |
| "Martino Traversa is a very well-known Italian composer who studied at Salzburgs Mozarteum, at the CCRMA at Stanford University and with Luigi Nono from 1987 to 1989. Critical_Path presents for the first time ever a selection of his electronic music works, composed between 2000 and 2008. Besides being a prolific composer, Martino is a very active cultural promoter: he founded the Ensemble Edgard Varèse in 1990, with Luigi Nonos support; in 1991 he launched "Traiettorie," a highly-reputed international festival of modern and contemporary music in Parma, where he is also Professor of Music at the University. He recently established the Casa del Suono in Parma, a place entirely devoted to new music events. The most important piece on this CD is undoubtedly "Variations Upon A Labyrinth" (2000), prompted by two of the most significant personalities of Italian avant-garde, the poet Edoardo Sanguineti and the composer Luciano Berio. The piece is in fact based on the "Laborintus" text by Edoardo Sanguineti, read by the poet himself, whose voice is electronically treated by the composer, becoming a sort of maze of sound and meaning. "NGC 253" (2007) is a sort of virtual sound sculpture realized for the outstanding "Sonic Chandelier" installed in the Casa del Suono. The Chandelier consists of 228 speakers precisely distributing sounds in the area below the installation, giving the listeners the feeling that the sound is coming from invisible sources moving just above and around their heads. This site-specific works main constituent is anything else but 253 milliseconds of noise, taken from an old vinyl recording that undergoes a subtle transformation, evolving and wandering in different time and spatial dimensions, but always following a spiral pattern, falling from the top to the bottom of the acoustic space as a sort of "quantistic rain of sounds." This is not the only composition inspired by a specific site: "Coming To The Temple Of Asclepion" was composed after a visit to the ancient temple situated on top of one of the hills of the Greek island of Kos, where the surrounding sounds are greatly evocative: waves breaking on the rocks and the shrill of cicadas in a landscape made mainly of blue sky. Taking inspiration from these sounds (and far from any New-Ageish reference), the composition is a sort of programmed crescendo that builds up to a drama: a high level of noise is followed by a sudden, immense silence. What remains is the image of the "écume des mer" that climbs up the hill, bringing with it the voices of the thousands of men and women that lived there, just to make us remember once again the fragility of the human existence. Last but not least, "Critical_Path" is a composition that once again starts from natural sounds, like wind and water, and the sound of traditional instruments like the piano, and aims to explore the intrinsic properties of the nature of each sound, in order to define a specific abstract reference model. It is realized through a sound-generation engine based on a new type of synthesis and sound models. The new sounds are multiform, almost protean, as different structures and reference models coming from different sounds co-exist within them. A great "electronic" premiere for a composer definitely worth exploring." -Die Schachtel. |
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Artist: V/A Title: E1 Format: 5LP Box Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $275.00 |
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"The newest Die Schachtel edition, a deluxe box (with metallic design printed on matte silver) that contains all the Die Schachtel long sold-out LP releases! The metallic series was the starting point of all the Die Schachtel editions: this series on limited LP is mainly dedicated to the documentation of the archival and unreleased material from the most interesting (and often unknown) names of both the electronic avant-garde music and the sound-art scene, of the period 1960-1980. This special boxed edition has been created in order to give the opportunity to those who missed the now-rare original editions to be able to find them now, even if in a very limited edition of 40 copies only, in a luxury box-set edition that actually includes the original first 5 LPs (containing all the inserts, booklets, etc.) issued for the silver series." Includes Musicautomatica by Pietro Grossi, Musica Reticolare by Enore Zaffiri, En by Franca Sacchi, Rot by Domenico Guaccero, & Parete 1967 by Marino Zuccheri. -Die Schachtel
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Artist: V/A Title: Musica Improvvisa Format: 10CD Box+DVD Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $80.00 |
| "Musica Improvvisa is a cutting-edge project of multi-sensorial improvisation, an open dialogue among different musical experiences, narratives and aesthetics that charters the unexplored soundscape of the telluric territory of the new improvised music from Italy. Ten groups that span from the South to the North of Italy, from the well-known to the totally obscure, whose music goes from a harsh assault to the ear to a visionary post-electronic/post-everything free-form structure. The brilliant outcome has been lovingly packaged by Die Schachtel in a deluxe box featuring 10 full-length CD albums in a series of painstakingly-designed individual CD/LP sleeves, plus an additional DVD of visual scores to accompany CD4 PLUS a 24-page booklet AND a poster. DVD format: 16:9, PAL, region free, Stereo 2.0, Surround 5.1, total time: 45 minutes. Artists include: A Spirale, Amp 2, Amuleto, An Experiment In Navigation, Ligatura, Ossatura, Thau, Tumble, Wintermute, Xubuxue (CD+DVD)." - Die Schachtel. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Prix Italia Format: 6CD Box Set/Book Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $100.00 |
| "Subtitled: The Prix Italia And The Radiophonic Experimentation. Deluxe boxed edition -- 6CD + 400-page book in Italian and English. Edited by Angela Ida De Benedictis and Maddalena Novati. After five years of intense, passionate and sometimes painful work, Die Schachtel (in collaboration with RAI) is proud to announce the release of the long-awaited massive book + 6CD boxed edition dedicated to some of the most compelling Italian radio works which took part in the prestigious Prix Italia, a world-famous contest established by the RAI (the National Italian broadcasting company) in the 50s and still alive today, aimed to award the best and most uncompromising audio-visual works produced throughout the world. The Prix Italia and Radiophonic Experimentation presents seven original radio plays -- some of them previously-unreleased -- which entered the competition from 1961 to 1981, complete with two audio interviews of some of the participants. The works have been taken from the original RAI tapes, carefully restored and impeccably re-mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi, making them a splendid listening experience. The accompanying 400-page book (in Italian and English) features seven essays written by some of the most prominent experts in this field, plus a long interview with Mr. Sermonti and the complete transcriptions (again both in Italian and English) of all the featured works. Curated with painstaking attention to detail by Angela Ida De Benedictis and Maddalena Novati (authors of the celebrated New Music At The Radio and Nine Oscillators books, both devoted to the RAI Studio di Fonologia), the enclosed book takes advantage of the impeccable English translation by Mr. Mark Weir and the classic design by Dinamomilano, making it an essential reading in understanding in-depth the musical and semiological aspects of these outstanding works, composed and realized by some of the greatest geniuses of modern Italian music. The selection includes works from artists such as Nino Rota, Bruno Maderna, Niccolò Castiglioni, Luciano Berio and Salvatore Sciarrino." -Die Schachtel. |
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Artist: ZUCCHERI, MARINO Title: Parete 1967 Format: LP Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $31.00 |
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"Marino Zuccheri was the sound engineer of the famous Milan RAI (Italian
Broadcasting Company) Electronic Music Studio, and he worked with Berio,
Nono, Maderna, Cage, Pousseur among the others, and he gave birth to some
of the great masterpieces of early electronica. He was the one who actually
knew how to operate the machines (oscillators, tapes etc), and thats why
Umberto Eco (the philosopher and world famous novelist - i.e. The Name of
the Rose - who worked at RAI and especially with Berio on "Thema-Omaggio a
Joyce") wrote: «Who is one of the most performed contemporary electronic composer in the
world? Marino Zuccheri, the sound engineer of the RAI Studio of Fonologia
in Milan. Illustrious figures in the history of contemporary music arrived
there with State grants; but after many months, they still couldnt figure
out how to handle the machines. Then Marino (who, working with Berio and
Maderna, had become a wizard), started mixing tapes and producing
electronic sounds: that is why some of the compositions now being performed
all over the world are by Marino Zuccheri.» (Umberto Eco)
In 1967 the world-famous painter Emilio Vedova was appointed by the
National Government to create an installation for the Italian Pavilion at
the Montreal Expo. Vedova came up with this great idea of using small glass
slides, especially created to reproduce his abstract painting, and then
projected on the asymmetrical walls of the Pavilion. He then asked Nono to
compose some electronic music. Nono had no time, and suggested to ask
Marino. He replied: "I could do something, but keep in mind that I am no
composer". The result is Parete (Wall) 1967, a spectacular and intense
30-minutes loop of pure and intense electronics, a magmatic cascade of
harsh sounds and deep drones, and a fantastic counterpart to the vibrant
and expressionistic painting of Vedova. As in Marinos word:
"I used some previously recorded sounds, the result of an early research:
they were really rough material. I created a great loop, which intersected
another one, a 30 meters, 30-minutes tape ring. It was so long that it
extended out of the Studio room, my colleagues thought I was gone totally
nuts. You heard this very loud timbre the music interacted freely with
Vedovas visuals, it really was a free encounter between sound and light."
This great work has been totally forgotten since today. This record is in
fact a world premiere, and the final act of justice towards a man that
contributed so much to the birth and development of Electronic Music.
PERSONAL NOTE: We have received the tape directly from Marinos hands ,
taken from his archive. He has been dreaming for years to have it released,
and he was totally enthusiastic about our project. Unfortunately he was
very old and sick, and he died a few months ago, before we could give him
the actual record. It surely is one of our greatest regrets, although we
think that justice is done, after all." - Die Schachtel.
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Artist: ZUCCHERI, MARINO Title: Parete 1967 Per Emilio Vedova Format: LP Box Set Label: Die Schachtel Country: Italy Price: $110.00 |
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"Looking like a perfect replica of a vintage tape reel, this is in fact a 33rpm vinyl LP inserted between two round slices of soft black rubber, and two custom laser-cut aluminum plates. Complete with a 4-page booklet and hosted in a custom-made red cardboard box, this unique object is intended as an homage to the great and recently missed Marino Zuccheri, the sound engineer/tape music genius of the world famous RAI Studio of Fonologia in Milan from the early 60s to the official closure in the early 80s. His sense of humor and natural modesty, together with his immense talent, made him a very special man and musician, and the music of Parete 1967 is a living testimony of this. Total hand-numbered copies: 67." - Die Schachtel.
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Artist: AUTECHRE & THE HAFLER TRIO Title: aeo3/3hae Format: Double CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $28.00 |
| "Two of the leading artists in their own field team up again for the much-anticipated second installment of their collaboration project. Like Part One this comes in a special deluxe handmade cover with mysterious inserts. First edition of 1000 copies. Total playing time: 82:16 min." - FE. |
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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: COLECLOUGH, JONATHAN & ANDREW LILES Title: Torch Songs Format: Double LP Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $51.00 |
| "Torch Songs is a collaboration between Jonathan Coleclough and Andrew Liles. They met in October 2004 when they both performed at Intergration 3 in Preston, UK. Liles subsequently reworked the recording of Colecloughs solo performance from that evening. He went on to add, subtract, multiply and divide further live recordings supplied by Coleclough, and the eventual result was this double LP. Torch Songs is packaged in a gatefold sleeve featuring I Dreamt I Was a River, a poem composed and painted by Geoff Sawers during a performance with Coleclough in Geneva in March 2005. The sound of Geoffs brush painting this lettering can be heard on side B of Torch Songs. There is a special edition of Torch Songs (250 copies) which includes an additional CD of Colecloughs solo performance at Intergration 3, the basis for some of the music on Torch Songs. The album comes in a full color gatefold sleeve with full color inner sleeves in a limited edition of 500 copies. 180gr. vinyl." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: FOVEA HEX Title: Bloom Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $17.50 |
| "First in the Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent series of three CD EPs by this new project founded by Irish singer Clodagh Simonds. Contributors incl. Brian Eno, Roger Eno, Laura Sheeran, Lydia Sasse, Cora Venus Lunny, Toby Arnott, Carter Burwell and Andrew McKenzie of The Hafler Trio. The CD comes in a beautiful embossed cover in an edition of 2000 copies." - Die Stadt. Simonds is the ex-vocalist for Mellow Candle. |
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Artist: FOVEA HEX Title: Huge Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $16.50 |
| "Following the critical acclaim which has greeted EP 1 Bloom, Die Stadt and Janet Records are proud to announce that Huge EP 2 in the Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent limited edition series by Fovea Hex is out. Fovea Hex continues to shape-shift and to evade & confound those who bray what exactly IS it?, and where does it BELONG exactly?, and who exactly belongs to IT?. If you must bang on the table like that, you wont hear a thing. If this music can be described as up-to-the-moment, then perhaps we could use an up-to-the-moment term like collective. But eschewing all Fashion Accessory stalls, it lives as many miles away from the shocknawe factory beloved of the avantgarde, as it does from the souvenir-strewn temple of the new nostalgics. All in all, Fovea Hex is something more akin to a labrynthine ensemble of associates, some recent, some ancient, some close to the core, some distant, some very heard-of and some never-heard-of, all of whom showed willing and able, at some point in time (and for reasons best known to themselves) to slither in and help prepare and perform these songs and quasi-songs written -- or at least started-off -- by Clodagh Simonds. Songs that dont go where you think. With voices to match... somebody said recently. At the end of the day, thats about all that CAN be said with any kind of certainty. If you need a better idea of what this means, visit the Janet Records website now, where youll find some treats we prepared earlier -- three mixes (by Andrew McKenzie) of near-moment excerpts from the songs from EP 1 Bloom and three (by Colin Potter and Clodagh Simonds) from new songs from EP 2 Huge. Players on Huge: Clodagh Simonds, Colin Potter, Roger Doyle, Cora Venus Lunny, Brian Eno, Laura Sheeran, Percy Jones, Carter Burwell, Lydia Sasse, Hugh ONeill, Sarah McQuaid. The CD comes in a full colour embossed cover. Edition of 2000 copies." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: ILLUSION OF SAFETY/THOMAS KONER Title: Heartmath/ Intro/Col de Vence Format: 7" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $12.00 |
| "Two exclusive tracks that were specially recorded for this concert release on the 19. September 2002 at the Lagerhaus Bremen. Heartmath is a typical IOS track using found music which mutates into a quiet pulsating soundscape and back to the beginning (ending with a lock groove). Intro/Col de Vence was performed by Thomas Koner in full lenght (60 min.) and in quadrophonic sound at the concert. A beautifully athmospheric track that can be seen as a further progression from his great Unerforschtes Gebiet pic LP (DS43). Limited edition of 400 numbered copies." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: JACKMAN, DAVID Title: Edge of Nothing Format: 10" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $19.00 |
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"The re-release of yet another classic work by David Jackman. Edge Of Nothing was recorded in 1983 and was originally released on the legendary The Elephant Table Album compilation (also feat. among many others Nurse With Wound whose Steven Stapleton got in touch with Jackman after hearing Edge Of Nothing stating that the track was a cherry on a pile of vomit). Soon afterwards Jackman and Stapleton would work together on several projects - Stapleton released two albums by Organum Submission and the split NWW/Organum A Missing Sense/Rasa LP on his own United Dairies label. Both tracks are new mixes of the original material made in January 2003." - Die Stadt.
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Artist: JACKMAN, DAVID Title: Flak Format: 10" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $19.00 |
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"New release by David Jackman and the first of four 10"s to be released on Die Stadt in 2003 (though this is not a series). Side a features Flak which consists of a multilayered mix of harsh sounds (similar to some of his works as Organum) whereas side B Wietrzendorf is a straight field recording. Edition of 500 copies." -Die Stadt
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Artist: JACKMAN, DAVID Title: Machine Gun Fighting Format: 10" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $21.00 |
| "Third release (following Machine Guns 7" on Die Stadt and the Gun, Machine Vickers, 303-inch, MK1 7" on Robot), using the original archive sound recordings of the imperial War Museum London. This one features extensively treated material compared to the two 7"s. Four tracks with a playing time of about 17 minutes. Clear plastic sleeve. 500 copies." -Die Stadt |
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Artist: JACKMAN, DAVID Title: Machine Guns Format: 7" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $14.00 |
| "Two new tracks using the archive recordings of the Imperial War Museum in London as a sound source. Again, these recordings mark another departure from his previous work and are bound to leave some people confused. Edition of 400 copies." -Die Stadt |
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Artist: JACKMAN, DAVID Title: Verhalte Dich Ruhig Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $20.00 |
| "Long time announced re-release of a very rare cassette (edition of 61 copies only) from 1996. The two pieces (with a total playing time of about 30 minutes) can be seen as the first step into a direction which later developed into the Laus 7inch (DS17), Sternklare Nacht CDR & Rabenfeld CDR (Flugzeug Schallplatten) and also the Machine Gun pieces. Found sounds (here a real orchestra) overlaid and altered making this a very strange listening experience indeed. For a live performance any number of musicians using any instrumentation play along with the tape as best they can (from the liner notes of the cassette). Full color booklet. 700 copies." -Die Stadt |
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Artist: JACKMAN/PHILIP SANDERSON, DAVID Title: Terrain Format: 10" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $19.00 |
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"Two archive tracks. Side A features an unreleased version of Terrain. The original version of this track appeared on their very rare (maybe less than 25 copies) 0 Degrees North cassette only release from 1982 on Aeroplane Records (AR4). The B-Side features the David Jackman solo track Adrift which originally appeared on another rare cassette single (also released in an edition of about 25 copies) Ritual / Offshore on Snatch Tapes (Phillip Sandersons own label) in 1981. Limited edition of 500 copies." -Die Stadt
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Artist: MIRROR Title: Still Valley Format: LP Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $34.00 |
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"Fantastic new album by Andrew Chalk, Christoph Heemann and Jim ORourke recorded between May 2002 - January 2004. This strange atmospheric work ranges among their finest works to date and is first released on vinyl only (the CD version feat. extra material to follow in spring 2005). Edition of 500 copies." - Die Stadt.
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Artist: MIRROR Title: Still Valley Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $23.00 |
| "Re-release of DS78 incl. one extra track. One of Mirrors finest works recorded by Andrew Chalk, Christoph Heemann and Jim ORourke between May 2002 - January 2005. The music on Still Valley might seem calm on the surface but something mysterious is going on underneath. Edition of 1000 copies in dye-cut cover similar to the LP version." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: MONOS Title: Generators Format: Double CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $26.00 |
| "Long announced new drone release by Colin Potter & Darren Tate. This double album consists of two different works recorded between 2002-2003 at IC studio. Disc one features 3 tracks that are loosely based on processed field recordings in the classic Monos style, exploring internal spaces. Disc two has one long track of organic and electronic tones which combine to give a dense cloud of flowing sound. Full colour digisleeve. Artwork by Darren Tate & Helen Potter. Design by Jonathan Coleclough." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: ORA Title: Morgendammerung Format: 10" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "This 10inch vinyl only release by Ora, a group project which mainly consisted of Andrew Chalk, Colin Potter and Darren Tate - who both later moved on to become Monos - active between 1991-1998 features two hauntingly atmospheric tracks from their rare New Movements In G CDR (150 copies) originally released on Darren Tates own Gnome Records label in 1998, and were not included on the two Ora retrospective CD compilations Final and After The Rainfall (both on Colin Potters own ICR label). For these recordings Ora were: Darren Tate, Colin Potter, Lol Coxhill, Daisuke Suzuki on the A-Side The Sun Sheds A Golden Tear, and Darren Tate & Colin Potter on the B-Side The Impregnable." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: ORGANUM Title: Amen Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $23.50 |
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"The second installment of a short series begun with the Sanctus album issued by Robot Records in January of 2006. Amen, Unto the Aeon of Aeons, is a work of two parts using grand piano, Hammond organ, tower bell, gong and voices. The CD is pressed in a first edition of 600 copies in digipack. Playing time: 40:08 min." - Die Stadt.
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Artist: ORGANUM Title: Die Hennen Zahne Format: 3" CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $14.00 |
| "A four track mini CD combining the never released two 10"s Maus (DS57) and Die Hennen Zähne (DS66). Die Hennen Zähne opens with Die Kralle, actually a David Jackman track from his archive recorded in the early 1980s. Next is the title track Die Hennen Zähne, a joyful noise not unlike some of the TNB/Organum material including the sound of broken glass and Tibetan horns, best to be experienced LOUD. Maus is the centre piece of this mini album and typical old school Organum. The album closes with the more quiet and haunting Kazi, a live improvisation featuring collaborators Michael Prime and Emma OBong. Digipack. 600 copies. Total playing time: 18:18 min." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: ORGANUM Title: Ein schwärzeres Schwarz Format: 7" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $15.00 |
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"The two tracks featured here are a further development from the Die letzte Musik vor dem Krieg 7" (DS70) using the new work with piano sounds and its one of the best works of Organum yet in our opinion. Edition of 500." -Die Stadt
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Artist: ORGANUM Title: Omega Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $26.00 |
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"The third and final part of the Organum trilogy that started with Sanctus (Robot Records) and Amen (Die Stadt). Omega is a further continuation of the first two parts. While The Stars Be Not Darkened. First edition of 600 copies in digipack sleeve." - Die Stadt
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Artist: ORGANUM Title: Sanctus Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $16.00 |
| "The first album in a trilogy of new material, Sanctus represents the new architecture of the Organum sound. Recorded utilizing an implicit graphic score, the album is comprised of four discrete parts, each a variant of the others. These are not parts as in a movement or continuation of the composition, but rather four distinct audio canvases that represent a continuum of the elements at large. Composed in the spirit of the early Organum material, David Jackman has resurrected the droned-based, percussive turbulence of earlier years with a distinct new form of compositional systems. These new systems are scored for grand piano, Hammond organ, tower bell, and gong. While each element retains its distinct acoustic quality, the whole of each piece resonates the art of its totality. The results convey an ecstatic sense of presence, vast expanse, and, ultimately, infinitude." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: ORGANUM Title: Vacant Lights/Rara Avis Format: Double CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $26.00 |
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"Jochen Schwarz / Die Stadt is very delighted to announce the re-release of Vacant Lights one of his all time favourite works by David Jackman, in combination with a second CD comprising of five unreleased or hard to find tracks entitled Rara Avis. David Jackman, active since the late sixties as a member of The Scratch Orchestra and later with many solo works and under the name Organum with changing line-ups, was supported on these recordings by some of the main collaborators during this Organum phase: Dinah Jane Row, Jim ORourke, Eddie Prevost (AMM), Christoph Heemann (H.N.A.S.), Robert Hampson (Main) as players and Steven Stapleton (NWW) and Peter McGhee in the studio. Most of the recordings on these two CDs show the more contemplative side of the Organum sound, the main characteristic being Jackmans playing of various types of bamboo flutes some of which were actually made by David Jackman. Edition of 600 copies in 4panel full color digisleeve." - Die Stadt.
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Artist: ORGANUM/DAVID JACKMAN Title: Penguins Eat Fish/Little Dark Wing Format: 7" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $9.00 |
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"Split single of new compositions by Organum and David Jackman. Penguins Eat Fish features a metamorphosis of the Organum sound, integrating more punctuated, real-time acoustic elements with a diverse cacophony of chordal loops of fog horn and bugle band. The penguins march to the horizon. Little Dark Wing is the first piece to appear from a series of new piano works by Jackman. Here Jackmans extensive graphic and visual background reveals a new palette of chordal systems. Further recordings of these graphic scores are forthcoming in mid-2005. Comes complete with bird. First edition; 402 copies." - Robot.
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Artist: ORGANUM/ZEV Title: Toscin - 6 thru +2 Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "Following their maxi CD Tinnitus Vu on Touch in 2004 Tocsin is the first full length album by these two renowned sound artists. Whereas Zev simply reworked already existing work by Jackman for Tinnitus Vu ,this time the artists agreed to both meet in the studio for Tocsin . They created and recorded sounds from a piano which can be found at RMS Studios London and a stainless steel piece built by Zev circa 1989, over the course of several hours, took the recordings home, and after a period of each one mixing these sounds by themselves came up with what can be heard on this CD. Two distinctively different works/sections by both artists which form a multilayered and fascinating album. Design by Jonathan Coleclough. Edition of 600 copies in full colour 4 panel digisleeve." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: PRIME, MICHAEL Title: Requiem Format: LP Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $23.00 |
| ⿿A new album by Michael Prime who is another prolific sound composer for many years. Being an active member of Morphogenesis he also collaborated with among others: David Jackman/Organum, Jim ORourke, Eddie Prevost, David Toop, Adam Bohman. Hes also one half of Negative Entropy a collaborational project with G. Feyton (Noise Makers Five). Recorded between December 1998 and December 2000 Requiem is one of his most intense works so far and quite different from his more inviromental studies. Dedicated to M, H and LL. Pressed on 180 gramm vinyl the record is coming in a full color gatefold sleeve. Limited edition of 700 copies. - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: SCRATCH ORCHESTRA Title: London 1969 Format: 10" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $17.00 |
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"Two recordings made during the first public performance by The Scratch Orchestra. The concert took place on the first of November, 1969, at Hampstead Town Hall, London. Edition of 350 copies." - Die Stadt. "The Scratch Orchestra was formed by Cornelius Cardew, Howard Skempton and Micheal Parsons in 1968. Performing into the mid-seventies, the highly variant line-ups could include some of the following members: Stella Cardew, Brian Eno, Lou Gare, David Jackman, Dave Smith, Michael Nyman, Tom Phillips, Eddie Prevost, Keith Rowe, John Tilbury & numerous others. There has been little recorded evidence of the Scratch Orchestra to date (there was an LP from 1971, Great Learning Disc which appeared as part of the Deutsche Grammaphone Avant Garde boxset)." - FE.
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Artist: TIETCHENS, ASMUS Title: Adventures In Sound/Nachtstucke Format: Double CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $28.00 |
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"First in a series of 18 CDs aiming to make available all early vinyl albums by Asmus Tietchens between 1980-1991 on CD. Each release feat. the original tracks (sometimes extended/original versions) + unreleased bonus tracks from the same recording period, original artwork + accompanying texts by Tietchens. This -- the only 2CD in the series -- feat. his very first album Nachtstücke from 1980 (incl. 4 bonus tracks) + a 2nd CD with archive material recorded with his long time friend Okko Bekker between 1965-1969. These are the first works in Tietchens long career as a sound artist and were never released before. Edition of 1000 copies in jewelcase with full color poster booklet. About the artist: Asmus Tietchens started recording music as early as 1965 (documented here on Adventures In Sound) though his first release only appeared 15 years later (Nachtstücke). Ever since then he stayed very productive and had numerous cassette, vinyl and CD releases on numerous labels (Sky, United Dairies, Dom, Staalplaat, Ritornell and Die Stadt to name just a few). He has collaborated with various other like minded artists such as Okko Bekker, Cluster, Conny Plank, Terry Burrows, Liquidski, David Lee Myers (Arcane Device) and most recently with Thomas Köner who is one half of their ongoing collaborational project Kontakt Der Jünglinge." -Die Stadt
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Artist: TIETCHENS, ASMUS Title: Aus Freude Am Elend Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $26.00 |
| "Eleventh part in the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums between 1980-1991. Aus Freude Am Elend is based on the human voice as a primary sound source and was originally released in an edition of 500 copies on Dom America in 1988. The CD includes two previously-unreleased tracks and comes in a jewel case with full color artwork and poster booklet also featuring the original front and back cover. First edition of 600 copies. "Following my research of piano and water sounds, it didnt come as a surprise that my next project was about the human voice as a sound source. The great masters of Plunderphonics already showed the way in the early 80s, when they plundered the gigantic junk-shops packed full of already recorded material, which was stolen by them to use it for their own aesthetic targets. This album only consists of such stolen goods. Each track (with the exception of In Memoriam P.F.) was based on voices of people who I naturally didnt ask their permission to use these recordings in the first place. So you can hear the voices of ecstatic religious people as well as other people making love. Youll also hear someone singing to Annette and Peggy out of the trash bin of a publishing company. Even the screams of furious teachers came in handy while I made loops from them. Especially loops: rarely before this album and only once after it did I made use of the structural means of loops to such an extent. I was fascinated by the rhythmical and harmonic permanence, in the same way as many of my musical colleagues at the time. The aspect of the ritual was a self-evident common formulation in difficult music during the 80s, so loops and tape voices, monotonous rhythms and LoFi became obvious means to shape the music. Aus Freude Am Elend too was strongly spiced with these ingredients and therefore can be seen as a prototype album of this specific view of music during the time. This tendency was supported -- even partly inspired -- by a new generation of sound machines, which also made it possible for new aesthetic goals to appear at the horizon. The 90s were near at hand and sound art music would develop drastically in many ways in the years to follow. Samplers, digital editing, hard-disc recording and the first PCs opened new doorways. Half of the material on Aus Freude Am Elend was already created with these digital tools. I never quite understood how the labels Dom America (run by Jon Carlson) and Dom here in Germany were connected. Was Carlson a fan of Dom which was founded by Christoph Heemann and Achim Flaam? Did he simply like the release politics of this label? And what became of Dom America? Actually I dont know. I guess it was one of the small enthusiastic independent labels which released a handful of titles and which disappeared after being active for a couple of years during the 80s. However ,Aus Freude Am Elend had vanished shortly after its release. I only used stolen voices twice again after this album, by the way." -Die Stadt |
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Artist: TIETCHENS, ASMUS Title: Formen Letzter Hausmusik Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
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"Part six in the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums on CD. Formen Letzter Hausmusik was originally released on United Dairies (the label run by Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound) in 1984. The original album consisted of a mix of archive tracks from the late 1960s / early 1970s and new tracks specially recorded for the release. Many people see Formen Letzter Hausmusik as the first real Tietchens album laying the basis of what was about to follow in his long recording career and therefore vote this album among the most important and best Tietchens works. The CD version includes three unreleased bonus tracks and comes with the usual poster booklet featuring the original cover art plus text by Tietchens about the album." - Die Stadt.
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Artist: TIETCHENS, ASMUS Title: In Die Nacht Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| Fourth part in the re-release series of all early vinyl albums by Asmus Tietchens on CD. This is the third of the SKY albums from 1982 incl. three bonus tracks of unreleased material not included on the original LP. "I found myself trying to square the circle, wanting to have the rich detail of my short works at the same time as creating longer pieces. This experiment, an equivalent to doing the splits, was only partly successful. It is not really possible to create pieces of six minutes or more from ideas which are only adequate for tracks of three minutes, unless one is willing to risk musical redundancy or, worse, long-windedness. In retrospect, the four central tracks of In die Nacht are too long for the material from which the are built. Back in 1982 though, my opinion was different. Nonetheless, I did gain my first insight into the rules of time and proportion, even though I was not able to handle them perfectly." -Asmus Tietchens, 2004 |
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Artist: TIETCHENS, ASMUS Title: Leuchtidioten Format: 10" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $15.00 |
| "This new release features two rhythmic tracks that were recorded during the Teilmengen sessions (which appeared on CD as a-Menge and b-Menge on Ritornell) but were not used for these albums as Tietchens regarded them as too different to the other pieces and therefore decided to have them released on their own. Limited edition of 500 copies." -Die Stadt |
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Artist: TIETCHENS, ASMUS Title: Notturno Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $23.00 |
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"Tenth part in the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums between 1980-1991. Notturno was originally released by Spanish label Discos Esplendor Geometrico in 1987 and also by Barooni on CD in 1992. Remastered version in a first edition of 600 copies in jewel case with full color artwork and poster booklet also featuring the original front and back cover. By the time Studie für Klavier (Formen Letzter Hausmusik, DS84) was released, it actually wasnt my first attempt to use the piano as a sound source. Various pre-studies came before this, but all which either were not characterized as such in their title or simply didnt make it onto record. I was intrigued by the great range of sounds it offers in general, but also by the multiple possibilities to produce sounds inside of the piano. Of course I was fully aware that these techniques had already been used by other composers like Henry Cowell and John Cage in the past. Not only could I make use of a grand piano in 1986, I also had the technical equipment at hand which didnt leave nothing to be desired. I wasnt quite precise calling these pieces Studien für Klavier (Piano) by the way, as I was actually using a flügel (grand piano). I began preparing the strings in an almost old fashioned way, also producing sounds with unusual aids (electric gastr beater, wire brush, coins and others). Then in another step, with the help of the studio, I carefully started working on the recorded sounds. While doing this, I wasnt even afraid of using some good old avant-garde tricks, by the way. But I wont tell. The fact that Notturno was released by an industrial label, shows how much the interest in unusual electro-acoustic music had grown at the time. In fact, Notturno is nothing less than an industrial album. To my own delight and to the delight of the listeners as well, I used techniques which were introduced in the field of new music since several years already. As a result, Notturno can be seen as a cross between musical styles. On one hand it sounds academic, but in fact it isnt. But the question whether this was U (popular) or E (serious) was obsolete anyway, as electro-acoustic experiments didnt exclusively belong to the circle of serious composers anymore. Of course I wasnt the first or only non-academic composer who produced music, which couldnt be categorized easily then, and maybe even still not until today. As a result, the exchange of these new aesthetic strategies with other musicians and listeners in the mid-80s, further encouraged the musicians to produce such music, and as a result, labels such as Discos Esplendor Geometrico could be sure to sell a small edition of 500 copies in a fairly short time. The ears had opened up for this genre-crossing music and the heads were ready to accept. We had succeeded breaking new ground." -Die Stadt
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Artist: TIETCHENS, ASMUS Title: Seuchengebiete Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "Seventh part in the re-release series of all early Tietchens albums between 1980-1991. Another early Tietchens classic, the first where he only used a single sound source as the basis for a complete album. Originally released on A-Mission in 1985 the CD version includes one bonus track. Full colour fold-out booklet featuring the original cover artwork plus liner notes by Tietchens." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: TIETCHENS, ASMUS Title: Zwingburgen des Hedonismus/Mysterien des Hafens Format: CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "Part 9 of the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums from 1980-1991 on CD. This combines two separate releases from 1987 (Zwingburgen des Hedonismus) and 1988 (Mysterien des Hafens on Face to Face, Vol. 1). Zwingburgen des Hedonismus was originally released as a one-sided LP on Swedish label Multimood and features a single 21-min. long track composed on a Fairlight CMI. Mysterien des Hafens was part of a split LP (the other side feat. Die Form) originally released on French label Odd Size and featuring recordings made by Tietchens using underwater microphones. The bonus track Faircomp 1K on this CD is a different version of the first track and previously unreleased. First edition of 600 copies in jewel case with full cover artwork and poster booklet also feat. the original album covers." -Die Stadt |
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Artist: VON HAUSSWOLFF, C.M. Title: Operation of Spirit Communication Format: 7" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $14.00 |
| "Two unreleased tracks recorded in 2006 for this 7" meant as a companion release to the repress of DS31 LP. The 7" comes in a full colour sleeve reproducing the original artwork of the LP. 500 copies on clear vinyl." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: VON HAUSSWOLFF, C.M. Title: Operations Of Spirit Communications Format: LP Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $25.00 |
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Year 2000 release, repressed. Gatefold jacket, clear vinyl, edition of 300. "Die Stadt is very pleased to announce the release of a long time project, an LP by Carl Michael von Hausswolff. C.M. von Hausswolff is a prolific sound composer for almost 20 years now who lives and works in Stockholm/Sweden. He was the founder of now defunct Swedish label Radium and still is one of the two Kings of Elgaland-Vargaland (together with fellow artist Leif Elggren). His works (also under the name PHAUSS in his early years) have been released on labels such as Touch, Sub Rosa, Fire, Table of the Elements/Edition. The entire piece on this vinyl only released is dedicated to the research of Friedrich Jürgenson a Swedish artist and researcher who recorded The Voices Of The Dead from the radio with his tape recorder (for further information on his works you may consult the CD From The Studio Of Audioscopic Research on Ash. The 47 min. long LP comes in a color gatefold cover." - Die Stadt.
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Artist: WATERMANN, JOHN Title: Calcutta Gas Chamber Format: Picture Disc LP Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $33.00 |
| "Re-release of the long out-of-print album by the late John Watermann. The idea for this project came about after a visit to Calcutta in 1990, and through the nightmarish experiences during that short visit. The concept of aurally conveying the horror of a gas chamber was realized through field recordings in an abandoned electrical power station in Brisbane in 1992. The sounds are grating and harsh, a mixture of field recordings and electronic manipulations. One can rarely pinpoint a location or action but the images the sounds conjure up are of all sorts of nefarious activities related to death by machinery. The sleeve notes take you into the horror that is the Calcutta Gas Chamber. John Watermann started the re-design for this re-issue (originally released in 1993 on U.S. label ND), but tragically passed away in 2002 before its realization. A beautifully composed and produced album, completely remastered and featuring new artwork. This special picture LP is limited to numbered 444 copies. A CD version of Calcutta Gas Chamber was released by Cold Spring in late 2006." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: Z EV/THOMAS KONER & ULRICH KRIEGER Title: Untitled Format: Double 7" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $18.50 |
| "Four exclusive tracks. Released in conjunction with a live performance at the Lagerhaus Bremen on 17. April 2004. Record One features two very dynamic untitled tracks by legendary industrial percussionist Zev recorded and mixed in early 2004 , while record Two features Zerfall_Gebiete a new collaborational project by Thomas Köner and Ulrich Krieger (former Zeitkratzer member who besides his solo work also plays in various other projects e.g. in a band project called Text Of Light with Lee Ranaldo, DJ Olive, William Hooker and others). The two atmospheric tracks mark the very beginning of their mutual work and are a promise of more great work to come." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: ZEV Title: Production and Decay of Spacial Relations... Format: Double CD Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $26.00 |
| ...vs. Reproduction and Decay of Spatial Relations. "Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the very first Zev studio album which originally came out on Backlash in 1981, Die Stadt is proud to announce the re-release of Production and Decay of Spacial Relations for the first time on CD. It features the original seven tracks from the vinyl plus six recodings entitled Reproduction and Decay of Spatial Relations made by Zev in May/June 2005. Back in the day, Zev used to bring boxes over from Holland when he would come back to New York City which he would sell to Bleeker Bob (a famous record shop situated in the East Village of NY) who told him: this is the best industrial record ever and I sell it to every Japanese buyer who comes into the store. The CD is housed in a reproduction of the original LP (!) cover and comes with a special handmade insert. First edition of 500 copies. Total playing time: 79:57 min. The first edition of 500 copies also includes a bonus CD with never before released archive material all recorded in 1982." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: ZEV/JOHN DUNCAN/AIDAN BAKER/FEAR FALLS BURNING Title: Untitled Format: Double 7" Label: Die Stadt Country: Germany Price: $19.50 |
| There are 2 versions of this release. Both contain 2x7" discs; this first one (DS 085CD) has 2 bonus CDs added, with remixes. "Released in conjunction with a live concert on the 2. October 2005 in the Lagerhaus Bremen. The 2x7inch feat. four exclusive tracks for this project. ZEV provides another intense mix of material which partly originates from a live recording from the Atonal Festival in Berlin back in 1983. Side B feat. John Duncan with a strange static sound/noise piece, whereas both Aidan Baker on Side C and Fear Falls Burning (a new project by Vidna Obmana) on Side D give fine examples of their slowly building drone scapes. Edition of 600 numbered copies. The discs come in a full colour fold-out cover. The 2CD consists completely of remixes by all four artists reworking the original material of the 7inchs by another artist. CD E track 1 feat. ZEV remixing John Duncan plus Duncan remixing ZEV on track 2. CD F feat. Fear Falls Burning remixing Aidan Baker and vice versa on tracks 2 and 3. The CDs come in a seperate full colour fold out cover." - Die Stadt. |
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Artist: ELECTRIC BUNNIES/PINK REASON Title: Colorful Teardrops/Hey Girl Format: 7" Label: Die Stasi Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "Both bands take a stab at some pop with the Bunnies making a mosaic named "Colorful Teardrops" and Pink Reason teaching a lesson in pachydermy called "Hey Girl." Enough ivory on that one to return a couple tusks! "Rest your head on a cloud while flower petals sprinkle from the heavens" is a down-under style Thumper and the Electric Bunnies second offering on this one. Make sure your stereo is fit. And then we got some vintage Pink Reason drag: "Watching You Fall" Some say its Kevins best track--it sticks to the ribs, boy." - Die Stasi |
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Artist: LEPER PRINT Title: Coma Format: 7" Label: Die Stasi Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
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"One-man army Leper Print brings three shots of gnashing-teeth DIY to the lunch counter. Get a seesaw and you slap this monster on one end and Home Blitzs "Live Outside" on the other and the thing is dead level. Light and dark, good and evil, balance! Leper Prints third and most luscious banger weaves like a drunken monkey in a ski mask." - Die Stasi
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Artist: PUFFY AREOLAS Title: Rock N Roll Express Format: 7" Label: Die Stasi Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
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"Rust belt bruisers hailing from the 80/90 corridor of Ohio bang out 3 tracks. The a-side (and title track) travels through inner space before crashing into Lake Erie. The double-dose b-side tears the mask off these heels revealing...songs...catchy songs. Theyre broken, scarred, ugly (I can see why they wear a mask), but if you can keep yourself from recoiling in horror, the reward is yours for the taking. Acetate overlay sleeve." -Die Stasi
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Artist: THIS HEART ELECTRIC Title: Polar Format: 7" Label: Die Stasi Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "Gentleman of leisure Ricardo G, serves up two Flexi Pop style rulers complete with twists, turns and a BIG personality. Its always summer in Miami, and that shines through on "Polar," a true-blue a-side. "Nowhere to Run..." bubbles and bristles under a lathering of paranoia. Two lovely and odd tracks with screenprinted covers." -Die Stasi |
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Artist: TV GHOST Title: 9 Song 12 Format: LP Label: Die Stasi Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"The worlds sole purveyors of Wabash Wave coming back with the Lubricatedgoatdoomsuicid ealuminumknoteyewolfeyes countryteaserscrampsafra mes (Your words, not mine) mash-up thats all the rage. Thats right, something here for the whole family. Your mommys a junkie you say? Give her a taste of "The Nihilist". Daddys a faggot? Inspire him with the sounds of "Lee is Free". Little sisters a beard punk? Well thats unfortunate, but shell like the record too. 9 songs on this 12" and recorded on Ohio State Fair weekend by Matt Horseshit at Self-Esteem Studio. Relentless! - Die Stasi. Available again in silkscreened/stickered cover.
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Artist: TV GHOST Title: Atomic Rain Format: 7" Label: Die Stasi Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
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"How many records just feel mysterious these days? The debut Pink Reason 7" had it, the Los Llamarada LP has it in spades, certainly the Blank Dogs can pull it off whenever "they" choose, but most records will sit before your jaded eyes and ears and perform exactly the dance they appear to advertise: powerpop, electro-beep, folkie stems n seeds, etc. This here TV Ghost 7" is more in line with the aforementioned bands as a new X Factor on the micro-popular music scene, a band whose sound is difficult to categorize and resists easy comparison. No, they dont sound like the Blank Dogs, they are working a vein that drives a path back thru indie rock all the way to early No Wave and threads forward to us thru the LAFMS archives with a pitstop in Port Chalmers for a spot of homebake. It helps that the songs on this record feel like excerpts from a larger whole, and that the vinyl tends to make your needle act like its haunted by St. Vitus in the middle of one side. Musico Mysterioso. Please kids, no limited-to-50 cassette follow-up to this, get this shit out to the "masses"�?� "-RW, Z-Gun.
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Artist: V/A Title: XXperiments Format: LP Label: Die Stasi Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"...varied in instrumentation and sound (from total primitiveness to entirely grandiose) but overall has a very cold/creep vibe. All the songs are currently unreleased except for the Buckets of Bile track which was on her short-run, self-produced cassette. The artwork for XXperiments is a one-color spraypaint stencil and a couple little stickers. One-time only pressing on this one."
Includes
Cro Magnon (members of Circuit des Yeux),
Luxury Prevention,
Circuit des Yeux ,
Buckets of Bile,
Bird,
U.S. Girls, and
Zola Jesus.
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Artist: MEIFERT, ARNULF Title: Unrein Bis Zum Abend/Reise Ins Diesseits Format: LP Label: Die Taubnessel Country: Germany Price: $28.00 |
| "A record of extreme poetry and sound. Arnulf Meifert was the first drummer in the legendary German group Faust (he is only present on Faust, the first LP issued by Polydor). Later, and for many years, he was a companion of Vienna actionist Guenter Brus, whose 50th birthday was celebrated with the publication of the Panishes Liederbuch LP (the now mythical first LP issued by Die Taubnessel back in 1988). For the recordings of this new project, Meifert met Kommissar Hjuler and his wife Mama Baer, also experimental musicians, but nearly two generations younger. They have been working together for just a few hours, so everything had to be totally improvised. Nevertheless, Meifert brought some texts with him, fascinated by confrontations of word and music. These texts range from the Old Testament to Renaissance artistry and Christian hate-speech from the 20th century, ending with a modern guide for the voyage from death to rebirth. The impressive and singular cover artwork was done by Klaus Holzmann, an upcoming Austrian artist. Two letters showing the discussion between Meifert and Hjuler after the meeting are also included. Edition limited to 280 copies." -Die Taubnessel |
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Artist: SLASHDEATH Title: Kein Mitleid Format: LP Label: Die Taubnessel Country: Germany Price: $28.00 |
| "One-sided LP record. After completing the Unrein Bis Zum Abend/Reise Ins Diesseits LP recordings, Arnulf Meifert decided to be available for the Slashdeath project, this time under the direction of Kommissar Hjuler and in collaboration with Mama Baer. What resulted is a kind of death-metal-pastiche or parody, spontaneously realized with nearly no instruments at all. Quite noisy and primitive screams with percussive cymbal ostinato! Black cover with no info at all, except Slashdeath in printed lettering. Edition limited to 115 copies." -Die Taubnessel |
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Artist: ANTIFAMILY Title: Antifamily EP Format: CDR Label: Difficult Fun Country: UK Price: $6.00 |
| "I blame WFMU for infecting me with my first taste of Antifamily. "Staring at a Point" from the self-titled EP came on the radio and I was hooked. I started exploring antifamily.org and quickly found myself obsessed with their intricate DIY methodology. An UK-based collective that holds four members at its core but has included up to 15 different participants. Utilizing people who have never sung or played before. An improvisational spontaneity reined in with editing and production. Each song is an artifact of a band in continuous flux. Antifamily stride the acerbic, detached, anxious, cathartic, and brittle with intellect and innovation. Distancing the likes of Erase Errata and Numbers with a nod toward Lilliput, Can, and Velvet Underground along the way. Syncopated repetition, guitar flourishes, electronic hooks, and lyrical content are all part and process of an actuated dialogue where obscurantist tactics flirt with convention in a trialectic loop of art, philosophy, and music." - Other Music. Limited, handpainted artwork. |
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Artist: ASJA AUF CAPRI Title: Novi Ronde Format: LP Label: Difficult Fun Country: UK Price: $18.00 |
| Collaboration with German label Labil. Limited edition of 355 (numbered), Hand printed covers with inner sleeve notes. "marries the minimal synth of DAF with Weltklangs restless panic, Malarias cool intonations with Grauzones icy monosynths" - PLAN B. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Difficult Fun Format: 7" Label: Difficult Fun Country: UK Price: $6.00 |
| "The Difficult Fun compilation introduces an additional 3 equally adventurous bands and repeated visits to difficultfun.org had me pretty keyed-up to get my hands on a copy. Sharing the A side with Antifamily, Philosophy Queen bring a fractured drop in fidelity to beautifully render a fragile and hazy display of emotion, "Lucy" a.k.a. "defeat is not important/defeat is not unimportant" is a rough-hewn gem. For the flip, Hellogabalus celebrate the damaged acoustic sonorities of their instruments. Then the brilliant Asja Auf Capri round things out with a tempered strut of Zick Zack/Ata Tak but without all the pomp and pose of the Neue Deutsche Welle. The packaging is a kit composed of six parts that beg interaction and offer a multiplicity by design. A card inserted into my copy includes a phrase that I think might be Marxist in origin. This is so much more fun than the bulk of what hits the singles rack these days." - AG, Other Music. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Game & Errancy Format: LP Label: Difficult Fun Country: UK Price: $14.00 |
| "Difficult Fun follow their critically acclaimed first compilation 7" with a 10 track collection of eclectic left-field and DIY music. The LP features kraut/punk collisions from Antifamily, experimental music from Sarcomasine Bloc and Larcin, Electronic pop from Petit Mal and Break/Flow and ambient guitar excursions from Vaw, and avant-folk from Moscow courtesy of Star Wars. Comes with individual hand made cards and a 16 page zine containing beautiful text and images from each artist featured. Limited 500 copies." - Difficult Fun. Recommended! |
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Artist: VAW/HELIOGABULUS Title: Split Format: LP Label: Difficult Fun Country: UK Price: $15.00 |
| "The new split vinyl LP featuring sides by Vaw and Heliogabalus will be out in the UK and Germany from the 7th November. Heliogabalus featured on the DF001 7" and Vaws track on the Game & Errancy compilation was described by Other Music as beautiful, meandering Eno/Fripp-style guitar work. Each side contains around 25 minutes of music.The cover features artwork from both bands, and the record comes with 2 inserts with track listings and information." - Difficult Fun. |
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Artist: MONOSTADT 3 Title: Experiment 8.2 Format: LP Label: Digestive Systems Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Monostadt 3 is an experimental free noise band initially from Miami comprised of Adris Hoyos of Harry Pussy on drums, Priya Ray of Kreamy Lectric Santa on viloin and Robert Price, also of KLS on electronics and sound manipulation." 2008 release now in stock. Side A - recordings from an LA reunion in the early 2000s, Side B - remixes/reworkings from various artists. 10 year follow-up to the 1998 CD on Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers. |
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Artist: AHMED, ILYAS Title: Between Two Skies/Towards The Night Format: Double CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Im going to keep this short and sweet. Ilyas Ahmed is incredible. Born in Pakistan and raised in New Jersey, he now plies his trade in Portland, Oregon. Between Two Skies and Towards The Night is where it all began. Released in criminally limited editions of 50 copies each, both albums are now fully remastered by Pete Swanson and repackaged in beautiful gatefold jackets from Stumptown Printers. Also included are extended liner notes from David Keenan. I think he sums up both these albums best: Call it abandon, a facility for letting go, for moving on; either way Ahmeds music is *gone*. And all we have are the recordings, scattered notes to prove that he once existed and felt it all as deeply and miraculously as any of us. And right now, from where Im calling from, I wouldnt ask for anything more. Ahmeds original voice is a welcome addition to an oversaturated aural world. He has gone on to put out numerous self-released CD-Rs as well as a new CD/LP on Time-Lag. But in the beginning there were these. What Between Two Skies and Towards The Night make crystal clear is that his vision and his voice were there from the very beginning."-Digitalis |
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Artist: BRODERICK, HEATHER WOODS Title: From The Ground Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "LP version. This is Heather Woods Brodericks debut album -- From The Ground is built around warm, reverberating atmospheres and familiar yet striking melodies, gently wrapping around the listener and finding magic in subtlety. Her soft voice matches the delicate neo-classical arrangements that are as light as a feather. Careful attention has been paid to the albums understated production, giving the feeling that these are lullabies pulled straight from the still morning air. Brodericks songs make the case that sometimes starting out somewhere simple is often better. At the core is Heather and her guitar and throughout From The Ground that combination is its greatest strength. Plucked and strummed chords provide the foundation from which these songs take flight. The record is populated by lyrically-engaging songs and impressive instrumentals that take the listener into a world full of Indian summers and pink sunset skies. Its inevitable that anytime From The Ground comes up, the fact that Heather Woods Broderick is, indeed, the older sister of everyones favorite ultra-talented multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick is mentioned, but his string arrangements and production on the album cannot be overlooked. They add another layer to compositions that are already stunning, further making the case that From The Ground is an alluring yet subtle force to be reckoned with. From The Ground was originally released on CD by Preservation Records (Australia). This limited LP edition features new artwork and a previously-unreleased bonus track. Vinyl cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Includes a hidden locked groove." -Digitalis |
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Artist: BROTHER RAVEN Title: VSS-30 Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "In 2010, the ride never seems to stop so if you want to get off youve just got to jump head first. Brother Raven, the Seattle-based duo of Jason Anderson (Spare Death Icon, Gift Tapes, etc) and Jamie Potter (ex-Bonus, Million Mists, etc) are taking synthesizer-based music into new and unexpected realms. Anderson and Potter are total time travellers, searching out old, forgotten methods and sounds and taking them into a square-wave future. VSS-30 is rooted in its namesakes primitive synthesis but is forward-thinking enough to take the listener on a tripped-out cosmic space walk. As with all their music, Brother Ravens sound is 100% improvised and always recorded to tape. That added warmth keeps their space-age intonations from getting distant or cold. The flip-side of the record dials things in and shows just how much focus and restraint the duo possess. More blitzed beats push things along at a reliable pace, underscored by repetitive tones leading into candy-striped, totally sweet synthesizer loops. VSS-30 seems, on the surface, to be all over the map but its absolutely cohesive and flows like a perfect pink stream. Theres no doubt that theres been dozens upon dozens of new synth-based bands and artists coming out of the woodwork over the last couple of years, but Brother Raven have shown over and over that theyve got a head above most. VSS-30 is an impressive, fully-realized piece of work that cements their place on the astral plane. Edition of 300 in silkscreened jackets. With full-color insert." -Digitalis |
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Artist: BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD Title: Goodbye Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "As far as the Southern Hemisphere goes, Australias budding underground has often played second fiddle to that of its island neighbor, New Zealand. But a new crop of Aussies is levelling the playing field. Leading the way is the brother/sister duo of Michael and Kristina Donnelly aka Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood. These cosmic travellers are soaked to the bone in dust, like relics from the past. They speak only in tongues and send out shortwave psychedelic radio transmissions into the bleeding edges of drugged-out folk sludge. BOTOS organic compositions are familiar to many by now. After a string of CD-R releases on Time-Lag, Celebrate Psi-Phenomenon, and others, this is their first pro-pressed offering. Building on transcendent themes and saturating everything in an all-encompassing puff of bong smoke. Endless walls of instrumentation create artificial boundaries that the Donnellys destroy with far-reaching, hypnotic drones. By the time Goodbye comes to a grinding halt, it feels like the stuff of legend. Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood are only interested in blowing your skull to smithereens while cradling you in their arms. They are simply magnificent, and there arent many doing it better these days." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: CAROUSELL (RICHARD SKELTON) Title: Black Swallow & Other Songs Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "In the last decade or so, Richard Skelton has cemented his place as one of experimental musics most favored sons. Through a multitude of projects (under his own name and otherwise) and his own Sustain Release label, there has been an absolute treasure trove of music to sink your teeth into. The first project of Skeltons that the Digitalis label-head heard back in 2005 was Carousell (and the lovely A Dead Bridges Into Dust album) so it felt poetic to reissue the Carousell album, Black Swallow & Other Songs. Originally issued on Sustain Release in the criminally low run of 100 CDs, Black Swallow & Other Songs is a soft and sparse exercise in understated melodies. This is music rich in texture and heavy on the emotional impact it makes. The nine minute "Artery" opens the album and slowly coalesces from a fractured whisper to leave its marks on your skin. Blurry violin notes stretch to the breaking point while Skelton loosely strums and plucks his guitar into a warm, aural embrace. The title track continues with this theme, but adds a heavy dose of nostalgic melancholy to proceedings. Its like you have to look back, accept things and head down the winding path to a new future. On the closing suite, "Owl Lanterns" and "The Clearing," we get a full dose of hopefulness. A childs laughter flickers by while the bowed strings add an unfaltering lightness. Skeltons guitar plucks are floating on clouds, passing by with a buoyant spirit. As Autumn Grieves wordless vocals bring everything to a close there is nowhere else to go but up. Her voice is the exclamation mark, powerful and restrained as it leads the minimal bowed & plucked strings to rest. Black Swallow & Other Songs is a potent mix of darkness and light, expertly crafted by one of the UKs premier composers. Vinyl cut at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin. Limited to 700 copies only for the world." -Digitalis |
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Artist: CARTER, CHRISTINA & GOWN Title: Weve Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Christina Carter is best known for her work with ex-husband Tom Carter in the legendary Charalambides. She also boasts an impressive body of solo work on labels such as Kranky and Eclipse. Gown is Nanaimo, BCs own Andrew MacGregor. Early in 2005, the two begin a month-long trek from MacGregors home in British Columbia to their current place of residence in Western Mass, where MacGregor is temporarily running the mighty Yod store. During their journey, the duo played live on WDVS radio in California. Weve is culled from that sprawling session. Carters playing has always been about creating open spaces that live and breathe on their own. Weve is no different, but Gown manages to find his way into those spaces and destroy them. There is a constantly shifting dichotomy at play here, and the results are fantastic. Gown and Carter have loads of chemistry and Weve is the perfect of example." - Digitalis Industries. |
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Artist: CARTER, TOM & ROBERT HORTON DUO Title: Steeljaguar Rocket Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Charalambides Tom Carter and Robert Horton have become close collaborators over the past few years, appearing in a handful of projects together from Kyrgyz (w/ Jewelled Antler-ites Loren Chasse and Christine Boepple) to Mudsuckers (w/ D. Yellow Swans). But when they are stripped back to a duo, the sonic onslaught is just as dense and impressive. Steeljaguar Rocket is the second album, following-up Lunar Eclipse on Important Records. Horton again acts as the puppetmaster, pulling the strings to move each sound into its right place. Expansive improvisations and full-on psychedelic freakouts intermingle, creating a cosmic web of enchanted debris. Fiddler extraordinaire Hal Huges adds exponentially to the dynamics at work with his marvelous playing on the title track. The strained violin notes whisk the listener away to the dirt-soaked alleys of Damascus. Its a hypnotic journey through jewel-encrusted foreign lands, like a solo flight to sun. Everything is not peaceful on Steeljaguar Rocket, however. Digging further into the cataclysm finds Carter & Horton turning up the volume knobs and cranking out wailing solos on top of a bed of heavy drones and cacaphonic drums. Like Hortons Future Ears project, its equal parts noise, free jazz, and fractured folk bliss. There is no stone unturned on Steeljaguar Rocket, and just as it feels as though it will collapse in on itself, Carter & Horton bring everything back down to earth, ready to begin again." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: CHARLATAN Title: Triangles Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Theres something almost religious about this Charlatan (Brad Rose) LP, its narrative arc swinging from light to dark and back again. From the opening chords of "Lime Beauty," were awash in polarized-lens glinting twilight, fluorescent skies over the water. "Trace Blue Outlines" is trance-like and reflective, with long, arpeggiated figures chasing each other skyward in a fugue. Darkness creeps in around the edges of "Vodka Rocks," with almost post-rock moodiness bringing the side to a close. "Traces" opens the B-side and is a breakout track. With dark new-wave synth textures and warped dissonance, it has almost an Altar Eagle vibe, but things get darker, deeper, and more personal as multilayered melodic lines close in on the loping drum track. This is the kind of song you dont want to end, and wonder if you can set lyrics to. After "Foxes" provides the perfect interlude with classic Charlatan synth tones on a masterfully layered canvas, closer "Swimming Pool Summer Nights" is just as staggering. Its slow drum pattern echoes early Cluster experiments as blissed-out synths and even bird-like squawks pass through its celestial gates. As time goes on, it yields into what could almost pass for some kind of acceptance, embracing the darkness that came before it. More than any before it, this is an extremely emotional Charlatan record -- majestic, reflective, yearning for something like transcendence. Even though its richly layered, its not gauzy. There is nothing dreamy or half-remembered about these pieces. They are sharp, fresh as wounds. This record puts Charlatan on a seriously high plane for anyone exploring these tones, textures, or emotions. Limited to 500 copies only. Mastered by John P. Twells (Xela) at Seventh Door, cut to vinyl at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Original cover illustration by Caroline Teagle." -Digitalis. |
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Artist: CHUBBY WOLF Title: Turkey Decoy Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Chubby Wolf was the moniker used by the late Dani Baquet-Long of Celer for her subdued world of sound. With the help of Danis husband and Celers other half, Will Long, the final Chubby Wolf recordings are finally seeing the light of day, posthumously. Turkey Decoy represents some of her most accessible work. "Cantankerous Baby" opens the set with cybernetic clouds -- its like endlessly floating through an unknown haze built around processed vocals and sample-ridden electric guitar. As you continue dreaming through the morose romanticism of pieces like "Prescient Inspiration," theres an understated sensuality that weaves its way into the music. "If Theres An Elephant In The Room" pulls back the curtain and reveals a breathless aftermath punctuated by distant piano chords and sprawling drones. Each swell of Baquet-Longs voice makes you want to avert your eyes, unsure if its something youre supposed to see. Closing out the album, "Scalloped Toes" and "Intrusively Coexisting" wrap things up with an elegant sweetness as everything comes full circle. The former is bathed in warm, relaxing tones that bleed into the barking and howling of Danis beloved wolves that begin the last song on the album. "Intrusively Coexisting" is more gloomy and leaves lingering questions about all that came before it. Its the right way to end such a raw album -- each layer removed like an article of clothing, until theres nothing left to hide behind. Limited edition of 500 copies only. Cut at Dubplates And Mastering, Berlin." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: CLYDE-EVANS, JOHN Title: Apetal Thunderfall Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Its been a monumental year for John Clyde-Evans. He recently returned from a year living in the Punjab region of India, and after a slew of releases under his Sikh name of Tirath Singh Nirmala, hes back to the good ol JCE. Thats not all thats changed, though. His latest opus, apetal thunderfall, spins off into a new web of cacophony, leaving behind the pastoral anthems of yesteryear and taking aim at more abrasive ways to leave behind the rust. apetal thunderfall was recorded entirely during JCEs stay in Jalandhar in 2007 using found software and audio sources. The resulting recordings feel almost primitive. Evans uses his uncanny ability to blend and mix multitudes of tones into sprawling thickets of sound. It is hard to call this music drone, but at the same time there is a continuous flow to these three pieces that works in a similar way. Over the course of 43 minutes, this music etches itself into your skull, drilling itself in deep without drawing blood. Divided into three tracks, apetal thunderfall is more a singular entity than a collection of works. This album is cathartic, both musically and as a vehicle for JCE himself. But make no mistake, this is not spiritual music with mystic over/undertones. Simply, it is the new aural vision from one person made while living in India for a year. It is abrasive yet beautiful, and harkens back to a time and place when things were far less complicated." -Digitalis. |
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Artist: CONCERN Title: Truth & Distance Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Gordon Ashworth is Concern and this is his manifesto. Truth & Distance, originally released on CD in 2009 is a mini-epic -- a minor masterpiece. Within these sonic walls lies a stunning landscape, adrift in golden tones and silver siren songs. Ashworth creates beautiful, shimmering music that defies categorization. It stands on its own, droning away into the furthest reaches of the night. Using only acoustic instrumentation, Ashworth conceives pieces of music in which resonance and timbre mutate in the air and unfold naturally. Hints of piano glisten like night shadows whispering through the leaves. Strings are bowed and plucked into oblivion. Everything is turned into a pile of reverb. Everyone is a ghost. The title track starts with frayed edges and continually dials back, trying not to fall apart. Ashworths skill in wrangling discordant sounds out of his array of acoustics seems to grow as the piece flows along. Daunting as the seemingly endless layers of droning tones may be, its the all-enveloping nature of this music that makes it so engaging. Like hearing Basinski destroy and rework Peter Brodericks deepest compositions, Truth & Distance feels familiar while sounding new. As the final, looping piano chords of "Heartsink" disintegrate into oblivion, Concern has gone all in. This is music that trades in immediacy for reservation and restraint. Ashworth is able to combine all these elements into towering aural monuments that he scatters through the air and down into the soil. This new vinyl edition features extended cuts of all three pieces from the original CD, adding 10 minutes of new music that pushes the album to another level. In addition, there is all new art and it is cut by Berlins D+M. Limited to 500 copies only." -Digitalis |
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Artist: CURSILLISTAS Title: Wasp Stings The Last Bitter Flavor Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Wasp Stings The Last Bitter Flavor marks the first widely available release from this Portland, Maine troubadour. The brains behind the project is Matt Lajoie and he is perhaps best known for his enchanted album on Time-Lag Records. His folk-inspired psychedelia reaches new heights on Wasp Stings as he puts together an album of lost songs, found hiding in a dank and dusty cellar. Lajoies approach here is different. Its as if hes taken the negative space of his previous works and hashed them out and spruced them up until theyve become epic, flowing songs whitewashed with a basket full of analog hiss. The whole thing flows together like magic poured straight from the sky. Its haunting, beautiful music. Cursillistas music is often densely populated with a variety of instrumentation and textures. Lajoie is a master at molding sounds from a variety of sources into a cohesive, organic whole. This music, as with past efforts, sounds like an intimate secret whispered in the listeners ear."-Digitalis |
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Artist: DECIMUS Title: 11 Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Pat Muranos Decimus project has been all over the map in the past few years, undertaking a massive effort to put out a series of 12 albums in accordance with the zodiac of Decimus Magnus Ausonius. Previous to this, Murano was perhaps best-known as one of the founding members of No Neck Blues Band, K-Salvatore, and Malkuth, but it is with Decimus that the full story finally unfolds. With 11, Murano is going schizo and taking you down a hellish aural rabbit hole, deep into the abyss. Digitalis is not exaggerating when they say this might be the weirdest record they have ever put out. 11 opens with layers of looped, rusty-sounding strings mashed together with slowed down, death-rattle vocals. With buried crunch rhythms peeking out from the morass, the whole effect is like wandering through a funeral procession through a post-apocalyptic metropolis. Everything moves rapidly until it doesnt. Murano slows things to a crawl, pushing the demonic howl under a pane of glass. Blown-out minimal beats emerge to carry the bones along, but it feels like the worst is inevitable and theres no place to go but down. And thats when Murano pulls the rug out from beneath. Solemn guitar chords are plucked like feathers, mourning the loss of the sun but never losing faith entirely. Of course, thats just a tease because just as abruptly as it appears, the section is destroyed and replaced by sharp synth stabs and manipulated tribal death marches. Everything has a crunch to it. 11 sounds like an album that was found in a sandy tomb. Its simultaneously ancient and still looking forward. The whole album is so disorienting and disfigured that its oddly beautiful. The thing about this installment in the Decimus saga is how much of a story it tells. Murano deftly jumps from one chapter to another, throwing so many ideas and styles into the cauldron and spitting out something that flows like magic. This is the soundtrack for modern times, in all its ugly glory. Cut to vinyl at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Artwork by Tiny Little Hammers." -Digitalis. |
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Artist: DISCOVERER Title: Tunnels Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
| "Kansas Citys Brandon Knocke has quietly been making a name for himself as a producer and composer the last few years. Beyond his solo work as Discoverer, he fronts the enigmatic Parts Of Speech as well as the newly-formed, incredibly promising duo, Svamps, with Kianna Alarid Cameron of Tilly & The Wall. Knocke is a glutton when it comes to his electronic concoctions, but on Tunnels, we hear him at his most bare. Discovers second full-length, Tunnels, could be considered a concept album of sorts. Whats immediately apparent about the album is the attention to detail in the composition. From the opening chords of "Circular Motherboard" through the laid-back catharsis of "Personal Clone," Knocke is prepared to take listeners on a cinematic ride through white, sterile hallways and feminized technology. The low-end thump of standout "Blood Lab" drags you through antiseptic, holographic imagery designed to distract from the disconnect between reality and an imaginary utopia. "Lesbian Software" embraces the desolation of a technologically-driven existence with heavily-vocoded vocals paired exquisitely with emotionally-charged synth leads. Diametrically opposed but combined in absolute harmony, Knocke is absolutely on top of his game here. It is music that infects you like a nano-virus, simultaneously destroying what you know but rebuilding it as something better and more pure. As the album comes to a close, Discoverer has come to grips with this controlled and stilted future that hovers in the distant future. But in that acceptance is a realization that our human essence cannot be entirely vanquished. In the playful bass lines of "Materialize" and triumphant assertion of "Personal Clone" that close out the album, Knocke lets you know that even in the starkest future is the chance to further evolve." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: DONOSO, RICARDO Title: Assimilating the Shadow Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "In the time since Ricardo Donoso delivered his debut album Progress Chance, hes been pursuing his take on morning music even further. Informed by deep house, slowed-down trance and club influences, this new album unfolds to reveal elaborate sonic labyrinths that emerge out of the burning embers of dance music. Assimilating the Shadow has been designed to be consumed at sunrise, at the partys end. It assembles dark, carefully-considered sequences layered in a way that seems on first listen to be a fusion of opposites. Sacred geometry sets the stage for these intricate, emotional structures, illustrating tonal passages that appear divergent on first listen but which become coherent the further into the album you delve. Its an album that harks back to the beginnings of dance music but which somehow sidesteps the usual revivalist signatures that have become all too familiar in recent years, instead opting for a rhythmically complex variant that echoes early Jean Michel Jarre, Cluster, Manuel Göttsching and Speedy J but with a strange compositional quality quite unlike any of its influences." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: DONOSO, RICARDO Title: Progress Chance Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
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"In recent years, Boston has become an epicenter for some of the best experimental music emerging out of the USA. A native of Brazil, Ricardo Donoso has floated under the radar until recently, but has become an integral piece of the Boston puzzle. Not only is he half of the exquisite Perispirit and the brains behind the Semata label, but hes also a member of avant-metal outfit, Ehnare. Donosos previous two solo efforts were both cassettes (on Digitalis and Razors & Medicine, respectively) but Progress Chance presents an impressive leap forward into something quite unexpected. While on a hiatus from working on the score for an upcoming film, Donoso was inspired to try something new. His roots as a jazz drummer in Brazil werent always obvious on his previous solo efforts, but through his soundtrack work, he realized that he wanted to make a record that explored his interest in techno and more specifically, old Goa and Scandinavian trance. The idea was to strip out the four-to-the-floor beats and any drum programming and create his own version of the "morning dance music" he grew up with in the Brazilian rave scene. As Donoso explores his synthesizers in new ways, the result is something incredibly intricate yet surprisingly accessible. Through the heavy use of gates and arpeggiators, Donoso lays down a series of rhythmic counterpoints. There are certainly traces of Berlin school influence -- "Baiting Disappointment" and "The Deck Of An Ancient Ship" would not feel out of place with Mirage-era Klaus Schulze. Yet Donoso finds his own voice, figuratively and literally. Ghostly whispers and incantations drift in and out over the polyrhythmic layers of synthesizers like radio waves from the grave. "Conditional Formatting (Descent)" feels timeless with its gradual build-up and hopeful repetition while "Chrome Decadence" is over-the-top without being gauche. Even with the newfound hints of positivity prevailing, there is still something vaguely austere creeping in on "Morning Criminal." If youve fallen under the spell of Leyland Kirbys Intrigue & Stuff series, or if youve been drawn in by the many different shapes and colors thrown out by a new generation of producers messing with dance music templates -- this album will rule your world. 500 copies only, cut to vinyl at Dubplates and Mastering, Berlin." -Digitalis
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Artist: EMUUL Title: The Drawing Of The Line Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Seattles Emuul has been around the block a few times over the last few years, releasing an excellent string of tapes on Digitalis, Monorail Trespassing, Stunned and others. Emuul (Kyle Iman) has always shown a masterful level of restraint and subtlety, leaving the listener to fill in the blanks. Iman uses each song as a dot on a map that ultimately leads you to an aural treasure. The Drawing Of The Line is his most fully-realized work, crafting a set of deceptively complex songs that flirt with unexpected, slightly-buried pop influences to create an expertly-composed meditation on an unknown future. On the opener, "Expectations," Emuul is at its restrained and sanguine best. Using a series of repetitive, evocative notes over a bed of rising-and-falling oscillations, theres much promise ahead. "Love Theme" is even more tender and blossoms into near-catharsis, longing for that time when everything you hope for is finally within reach. Those feelings are set aside with the worried and frenetic walls of "The First Look." As the synthesizer and guitar move faster, and as wordless vocals descend on the mix, it is as though things didnt quite turn out the way they could have. He brings it all home when he closes out the A-Side with the six-minute "Big Clouds," - recorded to tape and sounding dense to the point of breaking, while the side-long "Plus One" is the ultimate pay-off for all that came before, a 21 minute meditation on self-reflection and acceptance. The Drawing Of The Line is a beautiful album that offers the perfect introduction to Emuuls sound." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: ENGLISH, LAWRENCE Title: Kiri No Oto Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Theres no doubt that Australia-based media artist, composer and curator Lawrence English has been responsible for some of the best drone compositions in the past decade, but with Kiri No Oto he unleashed his magnum opus. Its a stunning album on every level. English blends an array of natural and unnatural sources into a living document that is constantly captivating and engages the listener on many levels. This is a work set apart from much of Englishs discography, but still blanketed by his exquisite attention to detail that keeps everything in its right place. Originally released as a CD on the Touch label (TONE 031CD) in 2008, Kiri No Oto finds a new lease on life etched into wax. Album opener "Organs Lost At Sea" leaves nothing to chance. From the first saturated chords, you are enveloped in Kiris aural landscape. Towering drones get weighted down with fuzz, overpowering the fog thats present throughout the record. Its like hearing the hum of the Earth released from its cage for the first time. Flowing seamlessly into the quieter but no less imposing "Soft Fuse," theres never a chance to catch your breath. English is content to overrun your ears. "Waves Sheer Light" catches you by the wings and lifts you high into the clouds. This is what floating sounds like. Its an enchanted and dizzying experience. This is music that is timeless in the literal sense. You get lost within these sonic walls, unsure if youve been swimming there for hours or only a few minutes. This is especially true on the underwater gauziness of "Figures Lone Static." It feels endless. "White Spray" plies similar ground with bits and pieces of electric harmonics peaking through the static every so often, acting as beacons to find your way. One is content to get lost here. As the album comes to a close on the cathartic "Oamura," Lawrence Englishs job is done. He has taken you on a dynamic journey and kept you riding on eternal highs. When the melodic tones finally get overtaken by the sound of ocean waves, it is simply time to flip it over and start the experience again. Vinyl cut at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin. Limited to 500 copies only for the world." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: FRAK Title: Muzika Electronic Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
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"FRAK has been around for 25 years now. They have been the talisman of Swedens inimitable Börft label since its inception. Over the course of dozens of tapes, 12"s, and full-lengths, this group has known no real boundaries. It is alien music in every sense of the word. Even if each track offers something different to the narrative, the album keeps a connective tissue running throughout. After 25 years, FRAK is showing no signs of age. Muzika Electronic is a mix of skewed dance music paired with heavy doses of modular synthesizer exploration and bizarro pop. Its all brand-new, recorded specifically for Digitalis. FRAK is constantly skirting the line between minimal dance music and noise music, often finding new and innovative spaces to occupy and exploit. Album opener "Voyage No. 1" embodies this to perfection. Slow-moving rhythms provide the backbone while looping, crusty synths spin around, spiked with dizzying, high-pitched melodies. It seems odd at first, but as an introduction to what is contained within the sonic walls of Muzika Electronic, it starts this journey off right. It flows into the deceptively catchy "Tristesse Dance" like magic. You will find yourself hooked on the cyclical bassline within a few bars. FRAKs pop sensibilities are most on display, though, with the New Order-tinged "Pulse-Crack." Wide-eyed leads mesh into the pulsating bass undercurrents, riding a blissed-out electronic wave into outer space. It is absolutely hypnotizing. The robotic vocals of "Varje Dag" and "In Order To Create" swim in a sci-fi glow. This is music that is wrestling with itself, never sure if it is searching for the future of dance music or looking back to its past. That dichotomy, though, is what drives Muzika Electronic into so many great and unexpected realms. Cut to vinyl (LOUD) by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Art by Tiny Little Hammers. Limited to 500 copies only." -Digitalis
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Artist: GARDEN SOUND Title: Black Summit Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"When it comes to blown-out psychedelia, the first current band I want to hear is Eternal Tapestry. When it comes to desolate desert blues, that band is Barn Owl. Those are two pretty potent names in the world of experimental music right now so when 4/5 of them join up for some Portland sessions, thats good news for us all. Gärden Sound is the quartet of Dewey Mahood and Jed Bindeman of Eternal Tapestry (as well as Plankton Wat & Heavy Winged, respectively) and Jon Porras and Evan Caminiti of Barn Owl. Black Summit is their first charcoal-lined foray into the deep and if you cant get lost in this haze, theres not much hope. Immediately evident is the incredible restraint shown by all four players. Theyre not being timid or trying to feel each other out, but theres an obvious level of comfort and understanding between each. With three guitars and Bindemans trademark drumming, it would be easy to drown everything in full-on sludge but Gärden Sound are too damn good to play that game. Opener, Forbidden Paradise, sets the scene. Methodical guitar works lull the listener into a solemn state of comfort while Bindeman adds to the hypnosis with tribal-infused narcotic rhythms. The build-up is slow but gets you ready for the knock-down blasts of Beast of Burden. Heavy stomp and zoned-out, smoked-out guitar riffs that blow the roof to oblivion. This is music that needs to be played as loud as you can stand it. Hidden Origin calms things back down, contemplating the next move while finding its way through the blackened labyrinth concocted by Porras, Caminiti and Mahood. Each guitarist finds his own path as they lead each other to the prize. The 14-minute closer, Obsidian Sky, brings everything home. Sprawling riffage like a dense forest of apocalyptic crumble. Desolation takes hold as the molasses drones take shape and form themselves into an unpassable mountain of debris. Its mind-bending and cathartic; a sonic temple crushed to ash so it can rise again. Gärden Sound prove worthy opponents, ably standing on their own and stomping out their own trail toward the stars." -Digitalis
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Artist: GUNN, STEVE Title: Sundowner Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Steve Gunn is probably best known as a key component to the mighty GHQ with Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards) and Pete Nolan (Magik Markers), but his solo efforts have been even more impressive. With a couple limited & hard-to-find CD-Rs under his belt and a few offerings under the moniker Moongang, Gunn is ready to step out of the shadows and into the spotlight with his first proper CD. This music is finely-tuned and expertly crafted by Gunns capable hands, showing his skill not only as a guitarist, but as a songwriter as well. Sundowner may be short & sweet, but it has an epic feeling. Gunn reaches deep into the vaults to line the walls with hypnotic acoustic guitar dirges, organic drones, and banjo ditties. And unlike any of his previous work, he also unleashes his voice on three songs, showing that not only can he play with the best of them, he can sing too. When hes not wowing the listener racing around the fretboard, his simple but effective vocal hooks are sinking themselves deep into the confines of your memory." Limited to 500 copies in 2-color black gatefold jackets. - Digitalis |
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Artist: HORTON, ROBERT Title: Dirt Speak Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Robert Horton made a monumental splash into the scene of free music in 2005. With nearly 30 years of experience under his belt, the catalog of recordings hes accumulated is enough to make even the most prolific artists blush. After taking a hiatus from releasing music from the mid 90s until now, the dam finally broke in 2005 with the release of Angel Humming Through Wire on Foxglove. Ever since, Horton has released albums on Celebrate Psi-Phenomenon, Jyrk, Important, Nosordo, Last Visible Dog and more. Dirt Speak is Hortons first solo CD release under his own name. When he plays with close collaborators Tom Carter (of Charalambides), Yellow Swans, and others, Horton takes on the role of primary curator. He weaves his magic into the sounds of others with mathematical precision. In his solo works, he takes this boundless inspiration and pushes it even further. Organic, insular drones are the backbone of Dirt Speak, but the heavy tinges of folk, jazz, and musique concrète are equally important to its unique sound. Horton will use anything that makes any kind of sound as a source for his music. In addition to more traditional instrumentation, Dirt Speak also features the use of vibrators, an electric toothbrush, and even the sound of contact mics in a fire. In a world full of copycats and fakers, Robert Horton is one of the most original voices to emerge in music in recent memory." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: IMAGINARY SOFTWOODS Title: S/T Format: Double LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $32.00 |
| "In 2008, a triple cassette oddity appeared out of nowhere adorned in washed-out nature collages and zero information. Turns out that John Elliot of Emeralds was behind the madness, and after further dissection of the sounds enclosed, it all began to make sense. Those three tapes (one yellow, one blue, one red) were the first taste of something that felt like a lost private-press object from the early European electronic experimentations of the 60s and 70s. Each vignette is its own story, its own exploration. Synthesizers and other electronics are stripped to their bare bones, never drifting beyond a mere five minutes. Its the brevity that is the guiding hand, though. Every tone and every note is carefully considered and utilized as youre sucked into a world of washed-out colors and sullen landscapes. One thing that immediately stands out with these pieces is just how restrained Elliot is with them. It adds considerable tension, even if its understated, giving the album a surprising amount of emotional depth. Each piece is its own miniature mountain, traversed and left behind all in a matter of minutes. As you interact with the subtlety changing harmonics and tonal shifts, you begin to float away into synthetic dreams. If all bedroom albums were this great, Id never leave the house. A true gem. It doesnt get much better than this. Completely remastered for vinyl by James Plotkin and cut in Berlin by D+M. The deluxe vinyl edition is presented in full-color gatefold jackets with all new art from John Elliot in conjunction with the inimitable Witchbeam. Strictly limited pressing." -Digitalis |
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Artist: KEIJO Title: Flying Over Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "The godfather of the Finnish Underground is back with his most complete album to date. Keijo Virtanens far-reaching hands can be felt throughout the Nordic peninsula from his home in Jyväskylä. While he often performs in numerous groups such as The Free Players and Kheta Hotem, it is in his solo work that he is most accomplished. Virtanen is not just a talented and prolific musician, but also an artist and published author. His inspiration and creativity know no bounds. At 54 years-old, Virtanen still rides his motorcycle all over the country and shows no signs of letting up. Virtanen finally took his show on the road this past autumn, touring with members of Uton and Vapaa throughout Northern Europe. He also released two CDs on the much heralded Last Visible Dog imprint. Flying Over is the culmination of a landmark year for this troubadour. These nine tracks run the gambit of all of Keijos talents, from the rattling blues transgressions of On the Edge, to the throat singing-laced organic drone of Late Night Here & Far Away. Virtanens range is pure magic. While the bulk of Flying Over is entirely Virtanens creation, he is joined by two of his closest collaborators on two tracks: Sami Virtanen and Jussi Karsikas, two extremely talented Finns in their own right. Whatever the moment calls for, though, Virtanen fills the void and the empty space with exactly what is needed. He is a wizard of sound and a seemingly endless well of magnificent music. It shouldnt be surprising for someone who makes their home at the center of the universe." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: KEIJO Title: Palla, Blown From Here Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Keijo hails from Jyväskylä, Finland - a small town in the north that claims to be the center of the universe. In the sprawling Finnish underground, Keijo is the wise sage who everyone admires. In his 52 years, he has travelled the world twice and seen his share of turmoil. He was nearly killed in a motorcycle accident and still bears a metal plate in his skull as a constant reminder. But these experiences have been essential in shaping the sound world he constructs with his fingertips. After releasing a handful of small-run CD-R releases on labels such as Pseudoarcana, Lal Lal Lal, and Foxglove, Palla, Blown From Here sees Keijo finally getting the larger audience he deserves. He has worked and collaborated with Finnish acts such as Vapaa, Avarus, and Kheta Hotem. This CD, limited to 500 copies, sees Keijo taking a more solemn path, reflecting on the quiet moments nature brings. These nine songs showcase Keijos array of talents, including his impressive throat-singing abilities. Palla, Blown From Here is the aural transition of summer into autumn. Over the course of this album, Keijos soft acoustic compositions flow from him like prose from a poets pen. The beauty this music exudes is a testament to his life and his work. This is Keijos world and we are just living in it. Packaged in beautiful imported paper in slip case." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: KRGYZ Title: Kyrgyz Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: United States Price: $11.00 |
| "Kyrgyz is a name that will be unfamiliar to most, but the bands members read like an all-star team of Bay Area improvisers. This quartet consists of Tom Carter (Charalambides), Loren Chasse (The Blithe Sons, Thuja, etc), Christine Boepple (Skygreen Leopards Skyband), and Robert Horton (Broken Mask, Infinite Article, etc). Kyrgyzs debut album is 60 minutes of droned-out bliss. With its roots firmly planted in trance-inducing soil, the six songs here stretch their branches toward the sun. When four artists of this calibre come together in a single setting, the expectations are high. There is tension to spare. But Kyrgyz is such a perfect blend of all their talents that it never implodes beneath the pressure. Horton is the hand that guides this mix of heavy, hypnotic drones, a thicket of acoustic scrawl, and even free jazz skronk. Each sound is carefully chosen and blended together magically. There are equal elements of Charalambides and Jewelled Antler throughout Kyrgyz, but again it is Horton that upsets the balance to create something completely new. In the end, this is nothing short of brilliant." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: LEVEN SIGNS Title: Hemp Is Here Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
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"Leven Signs Hemp Is Here came and went in 1985, as both a cassette release (Unlikely Records) and vinyl release (Cordelia) in the blink of an eye. The duo of Peter Karkut and Maggie Turner managed to craft one of the strangest, most affecting albums of new wave experimentalism of the era, but due to the albums impossible-to-find status, its been largely forgotten and continuously overlooked ever since. A chance encounter with the cassette version of Hemp Is Here led Brad Rose of Digitalis on an internet scavenger hunt before tracking Karkut down. Through the years he has continued developing his various artistic pursuits, recently having his short film Sunflower Supermodel shown at the London Short Film Festival. Turners path is a bit foggier, though her collaboration with Karkut continues. But what is it about Hemp Is Here that makes it such a special record? At times it feels like a modern, electronic take on gamelan music with crashing rhythms and modal melodies corrupted via bewildering sonic processes. Karkut layers organ sequences over and over, constructing songs that have more in common tonally with music youd hear in gothic cathedrals than any sort of school of electronic music. Think of a more diverse, Eastern-tinged Flaming Tunes and you might be getting close. On the surface, Karkuts complex compositions seem at odds with Turners often-detached, stunning vocals, but its the dichotomy of those two disparate elements that latch on and dont let go. All new artwork by Pete Karkut. Remastered from the original tapes by James Plotkin, cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin." -Digitalis.
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Artist: MAN PACK VARIENT Title: Sticky Wickets Format: CDR Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Manpack Variant is the persistently intermittent commingling of electronicists Jaime Fennelly (Peeesseye, peeinmyfacewithsurgery, Phantom Limb & Bison) and Chris Peck, resulting in transcendent sound rituals and unexplainable detritus such as the recent "Flash Vault" 7" split with Gerritt on Misanthropic Agenda and now "Sticky Wickets," the bands first full-length CD. "Sticky Wickets" will take the paint off your walls. Bone-crunching noises fly in an analog heaven, short on altitude but high on fire? Insanity? Asylums? Try it all on for size. Manpack Variant are bringing barrels of concrete to the show, ready to build a scuzzed-out monument complete with skeleton electronics and bags of fuzz. And to add even more sparkle, "Sticky Wickets" features original artwork by Jason McLean. Entranced by latent characteristics of military-industrial sound hardware, Manpack Variant has laid audiences from Vienna to Vancouver (to waste) with there own special bland of ecstatic nose drool. Ambient ambient ambient! Ambient ambient ambient! Four years now they have failed to either get a sharper blade or have a new one made. Take a load off: the album woks!" - Digitalis |
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Artist: MANDELBROT & SKYY Title: OD-Axis Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "M&S is the duo of Jeff Witscher (Rene Hell, Secret Abuse, etc) and Daren Ho (Driphouse, ex-Raccoo-oo-oon, etc) and OD-Axis is the synth-laden dreamscape you would hope for. There are heavy sci-fi leanings and sharp rhythmic backbones but what comes through most clear is Witscher & Hos sense of pop melodicism. Underneath all the weirdness and all the debris, OD-Axis is one hell of a catchy record. All three pieces are just a setup for the side-long journey that is Monte Carlo, however. This 18-minute opus an ice-cold killer that leaves little doubt that Mandelbrot & Skyy is more than your typical collaboration. Calculated beats underline the movement as Witscher & Ho lace a dozen sonic ideas around a central, slow moving design. The ride starts off ominous as it traverses through an aural wormhole with no specific destination in mind." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: MOTION SICKNESS OF TIME TRAVEL Title: Luminaries & Synastry Format: LP + CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $23.00 |
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"Motion Sickness of Time Travels Rachel Evans returns to Digitalis with the proper follow-up to 2010s acclaimed Seeping Through The Veil Of The Unconscious. Over the course of numerous limited releases, Evans has showcased a natural ability to construct floating sound worlds that immerse the listener in an aural cocoon. With Luminaries & Synastry, shes ready to unleash a whole different kind of voodoo. Recorded through the latter part of 2010, these songs are darker and more condensed, with Evans voice sitting even more prominently in the mix. Her synth work is effortless and mesmerizing, adding the perfect accompaniment to those vocals which are, as ever, the star of the show. On the opening "Luminaries," rhythmically hypnotic synth chords provide a gaseous backbone while Evans pierces the darkness with her voice. Its a perfect foreshadowing for whats to follow on the rest of the album, and "Synastry" follows and unfurls in a minimal and haunted fashion, reveling in its simplicity, finding a perfect balance between grounded effervescence and astral projection. Skeletal rhythms and sunburned arpeggios return on album centerpiece "Day Glow," dripping in miserable beauty -- the song makes vague kosmische nods and paints a thick coat of sublime whimsy to fill in the cracks. When it reaches its peak -- its just absolutely devastating. Heading toward the finish line, bombarded by gorgeous, revolving synthesizer passages on "Eight Nineteen" and the blissed-out "The Walls Were Dripping Stars," its clear that Luminaries & Synastry offers something special in the ever-expanding discography of one of the years finest new voices. Artwork by Hobo Cults Frank Ouellette. The audio has been re-mastered by Brad Rose and cut to vinyl at Dubplates and Mastering, Berlin. On pink vinyl. The included CD contains the entire album, plus two bonus tracks not on vinyl." -Digitalis
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Artist: MOTION SICKNESS OF TIME TRAVEL Title: Seeping Through The Veil Of The Unconscious Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
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"Motion Sickness Of Time Travel is the solo moniker of La Grange, Georgias Rachel Evans. She also plays in the duo Quiet Evenings with her husband and runs the Hooker Vision label. And while shes done some really great stuff, this album takes all of it, everything, to incredible new heights. Seeping Through The Veil Of The Unconscious came to the Digitalis label out of nowhere as a demo and the label reckon that its the best demo theyve ever received. Evans concocts five whirlwind romances all in the space of less than an hour. Beauty, magic and bleeding effervescence come together in perfect harmony. Vague electronic meanderings hide hints of early Grouper as Evans compositions sing like an ecstatic choir. While the songs are built around vaguely-catchy, repetitive synth backbones, she laces an incredible array of instrumental layers between those bones, creating music that is as dense and complex as it is continuous. Yet, the real star here is her voice, sometimes at the fore, other times buried underneath plodding keys -- but always highly evocative. As the opening chords and rising whispers of "Clairvoyance" begin, youre immediately immersed into the well. Evans voice delivers haunted, wordless lullabies that sound distant and strange yet oddly comforting. The entire aural world of Seeping... is populated with ghosts, haunting the crevices between notes and adding a beguiling sense of complexity. With heavy Kraut influences, "Mental Projection" is a midnight gem while the dark, rhythmic sequences of "Telepathy" would perfectly fill the halls of a spectral ballroom. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Strictly limited pressing." -Digitalis. Small repress on white vinyl.
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Artist: MULLER, JURGEN Title: Science Of The Sea Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
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"Jurgen Muller was a self-taught amateur musician who, while studying oceanic science at the University of Kiel, purchased some electronic instruments and set up a mobile studio on his house boat, docked along the town of Heikendorf, on the North Sea. He held a life-long fascination with the ocean, the expansive and endless inner-space of the deep, where he felt many ecological miracles had yet to be discovered, and which kindled a love for the unknown. This love of all things nautical started early in his youth and eventually led him to study the oceanic sciences. For one week in 1979, Jurgen took up with a film crew on a mission to document some sea-water toxicity testing that was being performed by a couple of notable biologists, only a few kilometers offshore. At the end of the expedition, he decided that he would make music to capture the strange feeling conjured by these experiences. Utilizing only a handful of barely-remembered childhood piano lessons, Jurgen set about creating his marine-influenced vignettes with some electronic instruments he had gathered through friends, as well as borrowing some new equipment from a local schools music department. As a general music lover, earlier in the 70s he had taken note of several avant-garde electronic composers who he felt simultaneously captured a purity of sound and sense of wonder that was lacking in other music. He dreamt of fusing this ideal with the synthetic recreations of nature. In a sense, one could say he stumbled onto an early "new age" aesthetic through pure ignorance and coincidence. Mixing relaxing ambient tones and spooky, otherworldly sounds, he came up with a unique approach. After filling several reels of home recordings, he held ambitions of becoming a film composer. He decided to start his own publishing company, Neue Wissenschaft, and hoped to compose albums to sell as production music to various film companies for use in documentaries and television programs. As he was simultaneously hard at work on his studies to finish school, he had to work on his music in short intervals, and often had to put it aside altogether. As a result, it took several years for him to actually realize his sole full-length recording, Science Of The Sea, the sessions for which began in late 1981, before finishing a year later. Less than 100 copies were pressed, and few of them were even sent out to potential clients. Most copies were eventually given to friends and family. Jürgens musical gamble never quite paid off as he had hoped, and without any outside interest or connections in the music world, he soon abandoned any dreams of a musical existence and instead chose to further his oceanographic career. Remastered from the original tapes by Brad Rose. Cut to vinyl at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin and pressed in Germany." - Digitalis. Limited repress.
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Artist: MULLER, JURGEN Title: Science of the Sea Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Jürgen Müller was a self-taught amateur musician who, while studying oceanic science at the University of Kiel, purchased some electronic instruments and set up a mobile studio on his house boat, docked along the town of Heikendorf, on the North Sea. He held a life-long fascination with the ocean, the expansive and endless inner-space of the deep, where he felt many ecological miracles had yet to be discovered, and which kindled a love for the unknown. This love of all things nautical started early in his youth and eventually led him to study the oceanic sciences. For one week in 1979, Jürgen took up with a film crew on a mission to document some sea-water toxicity testing that was being performed by a couple of notable biologists, only a few kilometers offshore. At the end of the expedition, he decided that he would make music to capture the strange feeling conjured by these experiences. Utilizing only a handful of barely-remembered childhood piano lessons, Jürgen set about creating his marine-influenced vignettes with some electronic instruments he had gathered through friends, as well as borrowing some new equipment from a local schools music department. As a general music lover, earlier in the 70s he had taken note of several avant-garde electronic composers who he felt simultaneously captured a purity of sound and sense of wonder that was lacking in other music. He dreamt of fusing this ideal with the synthetic recreations of nature. In a sense, one could say he stumbled onto an early "new age" aesthetic through pure ignorance and coincidence. Mixing relaxing ambient tones and spooky, otherworldly sounds, he came up with a unique approach. After filling several reels of home recordings, he held ambitions of becoming a film composer. He decided to start his own publishing company, Neue Wissenschaft, and hoped to compose albums to sell as production music to various film companies for use in documentaries and television programs. As he was simultaneously hard at work on his studies to finish school, he had to work on his music in short intervals, and often had to put it aside altogether. As a result, it took several years for him to actually realize his sole full-length recording, Science of the Sea, the sessions for which began in late 1981, before finishing a year later. Less than 100 copies were pressed, and few of them were even sent out to potential clients. Most copies were eventually given to friends and family. Jürgens musical gamble never quite paid off as he had hoped, and without any outside interest or connections in the music world, he soon abandoned any dreams of a musical existence and instead chose to further his oceanographic career. Remastered from the original tapes by Brad Rose." -Digitalis. |
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Artist: NIRMALA, TIRATH SINGH Title: Bluster, Cragg, & Awe Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Not too long ago, John Clyde-Evans made a huge splash with his phenomenal solo LP on Englands Fisheye imprint. He also performed as an important member of the seminal UK group, Hood. After taking a seven year hiatus and committing to the path of Sikhism, he returned as Tirath Singh Nirmala. His continually unfolding backstory is interesting enough, but its his music where the real magic and mystery stretch their silver wings. Nirmala returned to making music after his close friend and collaborator, Vibracathedral Orchestras Neil Campbell, gave him some free software and set him on his way. Nirmala responded with nearly a dozen self-released, highly limited CD-Rs. The releases were filled to the brim with Eastern-influenced, transcendental drones and uplifting spiritual sound explorations. His manipulation of sine waves and use of obscure Asian instruments creates a wholly original and unique sound. As on his solo LP as John Clyde-Evans, Nirmalas ability to concoct sprawling, majestic drones using such simple terms is unmatched. Bluster, Cragg, & Awe, Nirmalas first non-CD-R release, is the perfect beginning. It collects the best tracks from those now impossible-to-find releases and adds one new song and one collaborative piece with Scottish guitar guru, Richard Youngs. It is a journey that lasts less than an hour, but contains a lifetime of aural experience, wrapped into one, shimmering golden package. Oh yes, Tirath Singh Nirmala has returned." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: NOVA SCOTIAN ARMS Title: Cult Spectrum Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Grant Evans, who is also of Quiet Evenings alongside his wife Rachel (aka Motion Sickness Of Time Travel) and co-curator of the Hooker Vision label, is the brains behind Nova Scotian Arms. Throughout numerous releases, he has shown a consistent ability to keep listeners guessing as he explores endless sonic territories. With Cult Spectrum, Evans is drowning himself in a hazy aural sea. Like much of his work, there is a very distinct mood on Cult Spectrum. This is funereal music that is stretched to the breaking point -- distant echoes are buried underground in a delicate mix of sounds that are as cosmic as they are organic. This duality is at play straight-off with the masterful opener, "Gathering/Composition." Soaring in crystal skies on beds of hiss, each strained note from Evans Rhodes piano emerges from the murk like an anchor keeping the song and the mood forlorn. Tape-loops and radio interference deliciously muddy the waters on the 16+ minute "Emulsion," combining all those and more into a cacophonous stew. Acoustic guitars circle around in a swirling synthetic drain -- each wave emerging in stages as Evans shows considerable compositional skill in the way the piece is put together. With "Overcast (1st Delay)" comes a melancholic, skyward glance, taking shape through tonal dichotomies. This is the sound of dissonance sculpted and shaped into something far greater than the sum of its parts, leaving its mark long after the final, ghostly seconds of "Hearse Overdub (Decomposition)" fade away. Evans is digging a tunnel, heading straight for the sun. Mastered by Lawrence English and cut to vinyl at Dubplates and Mastering, Berlin. Limited to 500 copies only." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: PANABRITE Title: Soft Terminal Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Panabrite is the project of Norm Chambers -- not a household name to most people, but for those who have been reveling in his music for the last few years, he is absolutely adored. He is also, we should add, the man responsible for one of the most-loved synth albums of the last few years, although thats a journey he took incognito and we just arent at liberty to divulge that identity quite yet. Some will be quick to chalk Soft Terminal up as just another Kosmische record, but thats just the surface dressing. There is something deeper happening here: vivid, liquid dreams are sculpted into intricate fantasy landscapes, each layer revealing another aspect of Chambers production prowess. The thing with Chambers, is that he has an innate ability to write richly-textured, melodic compositions that have as much in common with vintage electronic library music as they do with minimal synth-pop and 70s prog. Soft Terminal opens with "Rainbow Sequence" and "Index Of Gestures." The former remains understated, moving simply and slowly while pulling open the curtain on the rest of the album. With "Index Of Gestures," Chambers opens up the sequencers and lets them fly. Dizzying passages resonate and when the piece finally feels like it will lift off, he tightens the reins and dives straight into an underwater sequence. But thats only a small part of the story. "Janus" opens with finger-picked guitar arrangements augmented with synth chords and rising leads. The guitars return on "Sound Softly" while Chambers ghostly, robotic vocals float away unscathed. On "Beta Axis Terminal," pointillist tones flutter in and out before sharp, sequenced chord progressions overtake them. As the piece continues to build, vocoder hovers above thickened basslines and you feel lost in a dystopian sci-fi novel. But ultimately, Chambers pop sensibilities are most evident on the mini-masterpiece, "Camembert Symphony." Pushed along by the constant thrum of a drum machine, multiple melodies are interwoven, wrapping themselves tightly around you. Each soaring synth glues the song deeper into your mind before fading away into the sonic ether. Cut to vinyl at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Limited to 500 copies only." -Digitalis. |
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Artist: PERISPIRIT Title: Spiritual Church Movement Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Perispirit is the duo of Ricardo Donoso and Luke Moldof and they have been haunting the Northeast of the United States for a couple of years now. After a slew of releases on Prurients Hospital Productions label and Ricardos own Semata Productions, Spiritual Church Movement has Perispirit taking an unexpected turn as they unleash their most cohesive and accomplished work to date. Spiritual Church Movement is the sound of two worlds colliding and forming something entirely new in the aftermath. In this case, digital and analog systems are turned against each other. Moldofs analog source material was blitzed and manipulated while Donoso worked his sorcery via digital matrix, showing that both approaches can win the prize. Squalid sonic debris spill out and melt together with beats that are barely there and melodic shrapnel to create this weirdly compelling, utterly disjointed composition. And if you thought Moldof and Donoso were concerned about expectations, Spiritual Church Movement is proof it was the last thing on their minds. Synthesizers are mauled by digital processes, battered down to bare bones, turning passages of melody into disease-stricken organisms paired with fractured, plodding rhythms, at times sounding like Autechre attempting to make a noise record: its well and truly fucked. The expertise with which everything is constructed, though, is what makes these pieces excel. Everything is where it should be and the combination is almost religious in its attention to detail. But before the duo gets too close to the sun, everything is burned to the ground and the process starts over. Just when you think you have it figured it out, Spiritual Church Movement is off on another disfigured tangent. Over the course of these two sprawling sides, the cult of Perispirit is born. Ricardo Donoso and Luke Moldof carry with them the conviction that anything is possible and nothing is out of bounds. Spiritual Church Movement is their manifesto. Mastered by Brad Rose and cut to vinyl at Dubplates + Mastering, Berlin. Limited to 500 copies only." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: PICHE, JEAN Title: Heliograms Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
| "In 1982, a small Canadian record label specializing mostly in classical music released Heliograms. This was the first record by Canadian composer and video artist Jean Piché, and it was also one of the first albums to feature music produced almost entirely with digital synthesizers. But, due to an unfortunate turn of events, the label went bankrupt as soon as Heliograms was released, therefore relegating this essential piece of electronic music to obscurity. Jean Piché recorded Heliograms between the years 1977-1980 during his time at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC. The music on the LP consists of works for computer, digital synthesis and acoustic instruments, and most of it was composed using the POD Interactive Compositional System that Barry Truax had developed at SFU. The four compositions that make up Heliograms are often dense, harmonically-rich pieces that slowly evolve through time. There is a strong use of tonality throughout which characterizes Pichés work during this period. It echoes a fascination with the music of Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Lou Harrison, placing it firmly in a minimalist approach to electronic music, alongside the contemporary work of American composer Laurie Spiegel, then working at Bell Labs. The initial sounds that would end up constituting the bulk of "Ange," the first piece on the LP, were created on the Systems Concepts Digital Synthesizer, also known as the Samson Box, during a residency at Stanford University, California, in the CCRMA facilities. The Samson Box was a powerful machine and the first of its kind. It was designed to synthesize complex musical events in real time using FM synthesis. As soon as Piché returned to SFU, he mixed all the tracks in a traditional analog studio and then proceeded to record the voice of Joanna Anonychuk, as well as his own voice, carefully blending these with the sounds generated with the Samson Box. The result is a striking oceanic drone of microtonal frequency waves shifting in and out of focus. Remastered by James Plotkin from the original tapes and cut to vinyl by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin." -Digitalis. |
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Artist: POCAHAUNTED/ROBEDOOR Title: Hunted Gathering Format: Double CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
| "Theres a savage battle raging in the hallowed streets of Los Angeles, being fought by prehistoric megaliths spewing lava from their mouths. These acid-tongued shamans are interested in one thing and one thing only, and thats to raze this city to the ground. Okay, perhaps its not so apocalyptic, but hot off the heels of opening for Sonic Youth, dirt worshippers Robedoor and their native sisters Pocahaunted have unleashed an army for the ages with Hunted Gathering. Drones painted with black holes collapse under their own weight while the archangelic voices of Pocahaunted birth a brand new world of spirit decay. Hunted Gathering is both a split release and a collaboration. Each band offers up their own malfeasance while collaborating on the epic final eponymous track. The union of these two groups is a natural combination. Two members are married and run the Not Not Fun label together and they share amps and a practice space, for example. But theres also something about both that is visceral and raw. Robedoors subsonic doom is washed down with a smooth chaser of Pocahaunteds reverberating soul sounds. Recorded by the inimitable Bobb Bruno at the NNF/Bored Fortress studio space across many moons in 2007 and mastered by Yellow Swans Pete Swanson, Hunted Gathering is an essential feast for fans of doom-infused drones and Stevie Nicks. These hunting & gathering songs from the Eagle Rock air also feature appearances by the aforementioned Bruno as well as Changeling mastermind, Roy Tatum. Climb the totem pole and let these mutant beasts put you under their psychosis spell. Hunted Gathering is full of antiquated sounds soaked in electric mud. Robedoor and Pocahaunted are your brothers and sisters in conjuring and the gatekeepers to a lost universe of sonic enchantment." -Digitalis. |
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Artist: RADIO PEOPLE Title: Radio People Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "LP release; limited to 500 copies only. Radio People is a project from Ohio-stalwart Sam Goldberg. After a handful of solo releases under his own name on Weird Forest, 905 Tapes and the Emeralds-run Wagon & Gneiss Things labels, he debuted Radio People on an ultra-limited self-titled cassette on his own Pizza Night imprint. At that point, there was no way back and the only move was to push forward with this cosmic beast. Two more short-run tapes followed and it was clear that this new chemically-imbalanced synthesizer project wasnt just a quick hit one-off. Radio People is here to stay. On this, his debut vinyl effort, Goldberg has compiled the best elements of those three, long-gone cassettes. This Dubplates & Mastering-cut slab of wax is the strongest statement Goldberg has made, proving his talent lies far beyond ambient soundscapes and well into the world of pop-infused synthesizer chaos and Kraut-inspired composition. Major hooks sit alongside dense planetary drones. Goldberg pairs rivers of polysynth tracery with deep shards of droning organs, minimal live percussion and a whole host of drum machine backbone. This really is the best of both worlds. Melodies suck you in, beats get your head bobbing and then youre sucked down a complex tonal wormhole of introspective loops and ambient synthscapes. Pop song frameworks nestle themselves neatly beside somber soundscapes, sometimes jumping back and forth in the same track. Barely-there vocals foil the stasis, leaving the listener guessing and wondering if theres a ghost in the mix. Radio Peoples embracing of simple Kraut rhythms to underscore the catchy, kosmische wanderings give this music an accessibility not present in much of Goldbergs previous work. It crosses boundaries and comes back and shows still-untapped wells of talent and ideas in Goldbergs bag of tricks." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: ROLL THE DICE Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
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"Limited vinyl pressing of 500 copies only for the world. Though this is the official debut recording from Swedish duo Roll The Dice, Malcolm Pardon and Peder Mannerfelt are certainly not strangers to the world of independent music. Mannerfelt has been producing records for years as The Subliminal Kid and also produces for and tours with Fever Ray while Pardon continuously composes for film and television. Having shared a studio in southern Stockholm for several years, they finally decided to join forces in something musical. Each of their sessions together started and ended in the same way. There were to be no pro-conceived ideas going in, but there had to be a completed track at the end of each day. These forced limitations led to a creative cloudburst, finding unexpected passages from beginning to end. Elements of early analog electronics bleed into hints of minimalists such as Terry Riley and Arvo Pärt. Repetition and understated progression engage the listener subtly. It may bring a piece of Basic Channel to mind, but its another beast entirely. Each track consists of only synths and piano. Nothing more. No computer processing. No drum machines -- pure analog. The result is something warm and emotive. There may be a murky darkness underlying these tracks, something almost sinister, but theres a streak of something comfortingly familiar running throughout. Two years after their first session together, they put the finishing touches on the record through the API desk at the legendary Gröndal studio in west Stockholm. It is music that etches itself into your mind like diamond on glass. Pardon and Mannerfelt operate with absolute precision, expressing raw emotions and ideas that are as flitting as they are unforgettable." - Digitalis.
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Artist: SANSO-XTRO Title: Fountain Fountain Joyous Mountain Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "2005 was the last time anyone heard from Melissa Agate aka Sanso-Xtro on her record for Type, Sentimentalist. Since then, quite a bit has happened. Agate has relocated to her native Australia and the move has treated her well. Fountain Fountain Joyous Mountain takes a lot of the ideas from her first record and dials them in, pushing everything to the next level. This collection of songs is a quiet force, blissfully confident and expertly assembled. Sansos soundworld is a fully immersive environment. On the opener, "Fountain Fountain," we get a glimpse of everything to come. Theres this carefully controlled chaos at work that is immediately hypnotizing. Agate sings simple passages toward the end, welcoming listeners into this new world as her voice floats above the fray. It becomes obvious as the album progresses that Agate is, at heart, a drummer. The staccato rhythms and percussive embellishments bring the album to life. These rapid-fire beats in conjunction with precise, half-speed instrumentation work in perfect harmony. Reminiscent of Blackdance-era Klaus Schulze at times, theres an intoxicating dizzyness that is effortlessly present in "The Origin Of Birds" and "Wood Owl Wings A Rush Rush." Agate even throws a few nods to free jazz with "Goodnight Thylacine." Her skill as a drummer is matched by her ability as a songwriter, knowing when to push it over the top and when to hold back. Album closer "Exit: Joyous Mountain," sounds like a lost Alan Lomax gem with its melodica/harmonica duet and delicate singing. "Hello Night Crow" is the literal and figurative center of the album, though. It starts with a ringing synth loop that gives nothing away until the chord changes emerge a minute in. Again, its about the slow-build, raising the tension and anticipation before melting into the sky. "You wouldnt recognize that its not there anymore," Agate sings over the bubbling waves of synths. It is beautiful and crushing." -Digitalis |
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Artist: SLAVES Title: Spirits of the Sun Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Portland, Oregon duo, The Slaves, only have a handful of releases under their belt so far, but it doesnt mean they havent left their mark. Operating in the void somewhere between shoegaze and doom, this is music that is stretched to its breaking point and epic in the true sense of the word. Barbara Kinzle and Birch Cooper know how to fit within each others movements, piling on in all the right places and knowing when to pull back. Spirits of the Sun shows their singular focus at its peak. These four dark and lush dreamscapes stretch their claws, dig in, and never let go. The Slaves have no qualms about who or what they are. The formula is simple: guitar, synth, voice. Kinzles synth-work is where the backbone begins, but Coopers caustic guitar raids are always lurking, waiting for the perfect moment to disrupt the harmonic elegance. Its these layers of smeared guitar chords and synth notes that add so much depth to each piece. It feels like youre being swallowed by a sonic abyss and its only Kinzles narcotic, sublimely towering vocals that save you in the end. Throughout Spirits of the Sun, there is a dichotomy pulling in opposite directions. The Slaves create music that is simultaneously beautiful and grotesque. Theres a twisted, dark side that is consistently being overshadowed by sounds that are overwhelming and majestic. Each aspect pushes and pulls, but the beauty and the symmetry win out in the end. By the time the album closes with the soaring "Born Into Light," it is statuesque and firmly entrenched in the deepest reaches of your psyche. Spirits of the Sun is a force and The Slaves will guide you toward your own oblivion. Mastered by Brad Rose and cut to vinyl at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Artwork by Birch Cooper. Limited edition of 500 copies." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: SVARTE GREINER Title: Penpals Forever (and Ever) Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "LP version. The first side (first two tracks) were originally issued on the Penpals Forever cassette on Digitalis in 2008, limited to 180 copies. Both tracks have been completely remastered. The remaining pieces are all new and exclusive to this release. Svarte Greiner is the nom de plume of Deaf Centers Erik K. Skodvin. Hailing from Norway, his solo efforts are always stripped bare, white-knuckle sojourns through dark, haunted ambient sonic corridors. Penpals Forever (And Ever) is the imaginary tale of a long dead Baroque painter and his telekinetic correspondence with a flightless bird. It feels archaic; experimental death marches circa 1622. Like Guercinos Et in Arcadia ego, once the end is realized, theres nowhere left to go. Its beyond our experience and sometimes you never recover from the shock. Despite its rather cheery title, Penpals Forever (And Ever) is another step toward the abyss. Musically sparse, Svarte Greiner finds new channels connecting desolate landscapes through ethereal nightmares. It is music best served cold. Chattering, looping guitar lines that feel like muscle being separated from bone slowly build into aching piles of aural dissonance. Its painful to a point. Recorded voices speak a language you cant understand underneath ominous, echoing single notes. Distant metal fragments scrape the dirt from detuned strings while a nefarious feathered minstrel bows dying instruments in the background. No hope left, death is just around the corner. As it ever was, Svarte Greiner is again weaving something deliciously sinister. This is music that is uncomfortably bare. Within its blood-stained confines, there is nowhere to hide. Skodvins tangled, gnarled tale goes back and forth into infinity until it becomes clear that the flightless bird in question lives inside your skull. Drowning slowly into ones own twisted mind, Penpals is the soundtrack of loss; the procession of fears gradually becoming so overbearing that you cant escape your own demons." -Digitalis |
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Artist: TUMA, SCOTT Title: Dandelion Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "This is Scott Tumas third release on the Digitalis label. After a five-year hiatus, 2008s Not For Nobody reminded everyone of the subtle force that was lurking in Chicago. He followed that up with an epic collaborative LP with Zelienoples Mike Weis and an underrated gem as part of the Good Stuff House trio. Those ideas and manifestations present on all three albums come to a head with Dandelion. This is Scott Tuma at his most definitive, most vocal, and most devastating. His acoustic vignettes flicker in and out like the specters of long-forgotten greats, showing up just long enough to remind you that once upon a time, they ruled the land of kings. Sparse guitar plucks and banjo strums ache in the thin air. "Red Roses For Me" puts all the pieces in place with hollow, reverberating drones piercing the grey skies in the first half of the song. Quiet recordings of birdsong echo in the background, bouncing off minimally shifting banjo and chimes. But this is when Tuma really starts to mess with you, this is when Dandelion takes one of many unexpected turns. As a siren wails in the background, he is almost playful in the last half of the piece with a chord organ and gently strummed guitar bleeding nostalgia into the streets. Its a sinister joke in the middle of the flood. Dandelion is a hymn to loves won, then lost. Dying on the vine, he bellows "you are so pretty," yearning for something simpler and easier to navigate. "Youre always on my mind" reminds us that things come to an end, that even the best things have a shelf-life. It runs head first into the megalith that is "Free Dirt." Mike Weis makes his presence felt as the duo navigates the darkest moments Tumas ever put to tape. This is "Taradiddle" drowned in the mud. Hope is lost to the darkness as denial turns to acceptance. Winding down into a wall of cymbals and heavy-handed acoustic guitar, its total catharsis. Eventually this ride, this testament comes to an end. The mournful longing of the final two pieces wraps Dandelion up into a perfect, graceful package. Scott Tuma shows one more time why theres nobody else like him around. This may be an album that asks a lot of questions, but it also answers every single one. Limited vinyl edition of 450 copies only for the world, featuring custom artwork by award-winning artist, Christopher Koelle." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: TWELLS & CHRISTENSEN Title: Coasts Format: LP Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Coasts has been a long time in the making. John Twells (aka Xela) and Matt Christensen (of Zelienople) have been collaborating in various forms for years, but this is their first fully-realized work. The entire album was made with vintage gear and recorded to 8-track during a weekend in Chicago in 2008 and finally mixed at Twells Seventh Door Studio outside Boston. The resulting record is a spectral odyssey in two parts. Darkened passages shift and fall apart while keeping the piercing sun at bay. Faint song structures lurk beneath the rolling black waves, but only get an arm above the surface during those rare moments of light. Opening with "The Crate," immediately you are immersed inside the belly of the whale as Twells siren call gets trapped beneath Christensens bleak guitar notes. It all feels held together by the thinnest of threads. Rattling tones crawl out from underneath swirls of electronics, like barely-there points of reference in a white-out. Lines are crossed but blur together and everything ends up sounding like a desperate, beautiful collage of sound. Its all a ruse, anyway, as you are tricked into a sense of calm as the dying orchestral zones gently flame out. "Burning Bridges Together" is your reward for buying in. Crunching guitar chords bowl into you at full-force, moving slow but piling on the pressure. Christensen belts out the vocals this go-round, getting buried underneath endless washes of fuzz-soaked cacaphony. Tension rises to the point of no return as they desperately search for a breaking point. Things finally settle down and gently fade into oblivion, Christensens guitar providing the final epitaph. In the end, the seamless nature of the collaboration is what really leaves its mark." -Digitalis |
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Artist: UTON Title: Mystery Revolution Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "One of Finlands best kept secrets returns with a new album, and a sonic excursion through the Finnish forests unlike any other. Massive drones are balanced by the hypnotic dance of flutes, bells, and keyboards. Underneath everything runs a mind-altering stream of fuzzed-out brainwaves. Every corner you turn, theres another smiling nymph, begging you to follow the golden path into the mystic woods. UTONs minimalist rumblings are there to infect and enchant, and never fail to impress. "Utons a genius & I always love his art, album titles & cryptic noise mud-slides. Great forestdrone, shortwave, bowed guitars? ... I dont know what he uses, but it all sounds mysterious & subconscious, dreamlike."- Glenn Donaldson, Jewelled Antler. |
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Artist: UTON Title: Were Only In It For The Spirit Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "For the past five plus years, Uton has been one of the most consistent projects to come out of the snowy confines of his native Finland. His output has been constant, but the quality is always great. His drones have always been underscored with a sense of melody and a keen utilization of the space where the music was created. These songs are not icy or glacial, though, like one might think. Uton has an uncanny ability to inject an inviting sense of warmth and spirit. Were Only In It For The Spirit is ghost music; barely there and out-of-sight in the blink of an eye. The man responsible for these masked-spirit journeys is Tampere native, Jani Hirvonen. Hes collaborated with the likes of Jan Anderzén (Kemialliset Ystävät, etc), Bridget Hayden (Vibracathedral Orchestra), & Anla Courtis (Reynols), among others. When it comes to enchanted, sprawling drones, Hirvonent is a true Rennaissance man. He is joined by Vapaas J.P. Koho on all tracks, who complements Hirvonens delicacy with subtle hints of chaos. Were Only In It For The Spirit continues to trek through new worlds of sound, polishing off the once-rough edges of Utons sound into something that acts as a beacon in the void. Dark, brooding drones for guitar and electronics flicker and fade like a distant, stellar horizon. Hirvonen is a master craftsman, and Koho is his perfect foil. The two play off each others every move and produce an end result that rivals anything Uton has released previously. Were Only In It For The Spirit is a magical piece of work." -Digitalis |
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Artist: V/A Title: Gold Leaf Branches Format: Triple CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $22.50 |
| "Gold Leaf Branches is a massive collection. It is an undertaking that is years in the making, one that often looked as though it would never be completed. But after endless hours of emailing, calling, and generally harassing the 59 artists presented here, Gold Leaf Branches is complete. This is a compilation with two simple motives: to collect as much of the music I love from all over the globe in one place and to expose as many people as possible to numerous outstanding artists they might not have heard. Gold Leaf Branches succeeds with flying colors. Of the 59 tracks here, all but one are exclusive to this release." Artists include: Six Organs of Admittance, Charlambides, James Blackshaw, Hala Strana, Lau Nau, Wood & Wand featuring the Rose, Nick Castro, Marissa Nadler and more. |
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Artist: ZELIENOPLE Title: Stone Academy Format: CD Label: Digitalis Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Hailing from Chicago, Zelienople have been etching out a place for themselves in the Windy City for the past five years. Constant collaborators with Souled Americans Scott Tuma, this quartet mixes ghostly song structures with ambient drones better than just about anyone. With recent releases on Time-Lag, New Zealands Pseudoarcana, and Tarentels Root Strata imprint, the boys of Zelienople are rising like vines toward the canopy. Stone Academy picks up where 2005s brilliant Ink (recently reissued on CD by Loose Thread Recordings) left off. It balances the simple beauty of guitar-based songs with overwhelming, dark drones. The combination is as powerful as it is intricate. Each note, each chord is carefully chosen and perfectly placed; they never take too long or push too much. The attention to detail is magnificent. Zelienople have mastered the art of making expansive, luminescent drones sound as organic as the soil beneath your feet. Stone Academy reverberates like its planted deep inside a lost cavern, hidden miles beneath the surface waiting for excavation. With rich textures and challenging soundscapes, Stone Academy is a wholly satisfying listening experience. The darkness is only a canvas for the light of these compositions to shine through. Zelienople offer up one of the years finest aural adventures." - Digitalis. |
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Artist: RAAJMAHAL Title: Celandine Format: Cass Label: Digitalis Ltd. Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
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"Beautiful, ominous grit from members of NNCK, flower orgy, etc." -Digitalis Ltd.
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Artist: KRAUS Title: Faster Than The Speed Of Time Format: LP Label: Dilettante Courtoisie Country: France Price: $27.00 |
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"The superpowered arrogance of the title (of an earlier KRAUS release called I Could Destroy You With a Single Thought)," observes NZ watchdog Jon Bywater, "Matches the pains taken to craft (it), somewhere between a pop Moog record and the harshest no wave. Short melodic and rhythmic figures are worked hard into the knife edge between queasy claustrophobia and rigorous brilliance." A resident of Auckland, Kraus plays guitar, drums, synthesizer, organ, tape loops and electronics; he played drums in THE MURDERING MONSTERS and THE AESTHETICS, co-founded THE FUTURIANS and played on their first album !Blastov! (Root Don Lonie For Cash 2001) and plays currently in POUFFE (with Matthew Plunkett), THE MALTESE FALCONS (with Duckling Monster of The Futurians), and OLYMPUS (with Stefan Neville). Edition of 300." -Dilettante Courtoisie
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Artist: CUT HANDS Title: Afro Noise 1 Format: LP Label: Dirter Country: UK Price: $27.00 |
| "Limited vinyl edition with bonus tracks. A bludgeoning mix of machine and vaudou/Central African percussion plus other acoustic instruments combine to create one of the most physically intense musical experiences ever. Since 2007s Whitehouse album Racket, and after his original Afro Noise mix became one of the most downloaded experimental mixes ever made, William Bennetts remarkable Cut Hands album has seen four long years of meticulously obsessive studio work in the making, notably deploying his special collection of Congolese and Ghanaian percussion instruments. All songs written and produced by William Bennett; mastering and remastering by Denis Blackham." -Dirter. |
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Artist: CUT HANDS Title: Afro Noise 2 Format: LP Label: Dirter Country: UK Price: $27.00 |
| "Volume 2. Limited vinyl edition with bonus tracks. Startling Afro noise that will blow your fucking mind from Whitehouses William Bennett." -Dirter. |
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Artist: CURRENT 93 Title: Like Swallowing Eclipses (Dreamt By Andrew Liles) Format: 6LP Boxset Label: Dirter Promotions Country: UK Price: $102.00 |
| "For the first time on vinyl, the complete, highly-acclaimed Andrew Liles remixes of the first five classic Current 93 albums. Andrew Liles has re-imagined Nature Unveiled (1984), Dogs Blood Rising (1984), In Menstrual Night (1986), Dawn (1987) and Live at Bar Maldoror (1985). Also exclusive to this set is a sixth LP, Haunt Invocation (Apadno), which is a remixed version of Faust (2000) and A Special Plan (2000). These influential albums by Current 93 are regarded by many as ground-breaking and innovative -- building upon this, Andrew Liles has re-dreamt and re-imagined these pieces with the flare and vision that he is renowned and respected for. All the records in this 6LP set come in individual covers in a beautiful spot-varnished box and are adorned with astounding artwork by David Tibet and photographs by Simona Dalla Valle." -Dirter Promotions |
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Artist: FAUST & NURSE WITH WOUND Title: Disconnected Format: Double LP Label: Dirter Promotions Country: UK Price: $40.00 |
| "An entirely logical and almost mythical collaboration, this joining of the two greatest studio bands in the history of audio recording has finally arrived on vinyl. Disconnected delivers in every way. Sounding, as you might expect, like both bands, but also standing on it own as might not. With bands such as Faust having an early influence way back on a young NWW, its clear that as the years pass, NWW have had a profound effect on the German legends. The feeling is mutual, and it comes across." -Dirtier Promotions |
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Artist: MARBLE SHEEP Title: Tokyo 1988 Format: CD Label: Dirter Promotions Country: UK Price: $16.50 |
| "Brand new re-mastered and expanded edition of this long out-of-print seminal live CD from Japans Marble Sheep (or to give them their full title on this release: Marble Sheep and the Run-Down Suns Children). This was originally issued by Cold Spring back in 1995, and sold out within a week of release. This classic Marble Sheep line-up boasts the inclusion of some giants of the Japanese scene. Members of Zeni Geva, Incapacitants and Hijokaidan all grace the CD for this blistering performance. This is by no means a noise release though - it is incendiary Japanese rock music in the tradition of the likes of High Rise, Fushitsusha and Acid Mothers Temple. The CD is lavishly housed in a beautiful mini-LP gloss laminated sleeve, with brand new full color artwork. It is rounded off with the inclusion of two previously unreleased tracks from the same period in the bands history. The special mini-LP packaging is exclusive to the first 1000 copies." -Dirter. |
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Artist: NURSE WITH WOUND Title: Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine Format: 2LP Box/Shirt Label: Dirter Promotions Country: UK Price: $115.00 |
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"...And An Umbrella. This is the long-awaited vinyl re-issue of the timeless Nurse With Wound debut release from 1979. Described by Sounds at the time as a record that "makes The Faust Tapes sound like Carousel," nothing has changed to alter this view over the last 30 years, and to say that this work is the "Sgt. Pepper of the avant-garde" would not be hyperbole. The special box edition will consist of: the double LP, which will be a 2LP set with the extra track "Strain, Crack, Break" (never previously available on vinyl and appearing for the first time in any format in its intended unedited form) on side three and an etching on side four. Also included in this box is a t-shirt with the legendary "NWW list" (a list of 294 bands that accompanied NWW on this album) in luminous ink on a black shirt, and a die-cut enamel badge of the woman from the iconic front cover. The collection will be housed in a beautiful box printed with a matte laminate coating. Only 250 copies of this box will be available at retail level. The regular double LP will be released shortly thereafter. Members include: John Fothergill (synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, wind), Heman (synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, wind), Nicky Rogers (guitar), and Steve Stapleton (synthesizer, flute, guitar, keyboards)." -Dirter Promotions
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Artist: PINHAS, RICHARD AND MERZBOW Title: Keio Line Format: Triple LP Label: Dirter Promotions Country: UK Price: $40.00 |
| "Deluxe vinyl version of Keio Line (the same content also to be issued on double CD by Cuneiform); the complete recording of an incredible collaboration that sweeps across the generations of electronic music. Richard Pinhas is internationally recognized as one of Frances major experimental musicians: the "father" of French electronic music. He was the founder of seminal space-rock band Heldon, a band whose violent fusion of electronics and guitar in the 70s rivalled the German electronic school. As a guitar player, he has been compared to Robert Fripp. Cited as an influence by many electronic musicians, Pinhas has helped to define the space music genre. Since founding Heldon in 1974, Pinhas has released over 15 albums, had involvement in dozens more and shaped the way we listen to music today. Masami Akita aka Merzbow is the forerunner of Japanese electronic music, and for the last 20 years plus, has been at the top of his game ploughing more and more extreme sonic territories. This release, recorded in Tokyo in October 2007, will surprise a lot of people in its sheer beauty. This is a collaboration that works in the true sense of the word, with each artist complimenting the other over six long, sprawling tracks, each occupying the whole of each side. The set comes housed in a gloss-laminated sleeve and is limited to just 1000 copies."-Dirter Promotions |
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Artist: RAMLEH Title: Hole in the Heart Format: Double CD Label: Dirter Promotions Country: UK Price: $22.00 |
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"Originally issued by Gary Mundys own Broken Flag label in 1987 on cassette, this is UK noise/industrial/power electronics wizards Ramlehs Hole In The Heart, now expanded and remastered on a double CD set, also including material from their 1987 Nerve cassette release. Here at last, is part of the "missing link" in the long and ever-evolving history of Ramleh. This material bridges the gap between the (for want of a better description) early "power electronics" material and the (for want of a better description) later "noise rock." Neither of these terms do justice to this pioneering group led by Gary Mundy. To quote Anthony Di Franco (the other half of the band these days): "...swirling phased feedback, fuzzed vocals and guitars. At the same time there were melodies, words and structures in the music, which itself consisted of very simple electronic and acoustic elements magnified to a colossal scale...." This music has a harmonic beauty, if you look for it, that all its imitators lack. Listen and you will hear the genesis of what was to follow from many 90s underground bands such as label mates and close collaborators, Skullflower. This double CD set is packaged in the classic Broken Flag stark, monochrome style." - Dirter Promotions.
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Artist: RAMLEH Title: Too Many Miles: Complete Singles 90-95 Format: CD Label: Dirter Promotions Country: UK Price: $18.00 |
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"This is the CD collection of all the long-unavailable Ramleh singles spanning the years 1990-1995, now reissued due to Ramlehs sprawling 6-page feature in The Wire (issue #305, July 2009). Ramlehs history goes back to the early 80s, when their brand of "power electronics" caused outrage, along with their contemporaries Whitehouse. Much has changed since then, and over the years, they developed a reputation as one of the leading exponents of UK "noise rock." Along with the likes of Skullflower, Splintered, etc., they made the genre their own, to much acclaim from not only the UK, but Europe and America as well. In fact, many of the singles compiled on this disc were U.S.-only releases by such labels as Sympathy For The Record Industry. The CD is packaged in the same style as many of the singles were, featuring artwork culled from former member Philip Bests personal collection. They continue to have a loyal fan base, and still perform (the current line-up is comprised of founding member Gary Mundy, bassist Anthony di Franco, drummer Martyn Watts), and a collection such as this will never not be in-demand. The songs on this compendium will cement Ramlehs reputation as geniuses in your memory, as they pretty much summoned, prefaced and heralded every crushing, free-form, feedback-worshipping, extreme noise/avant-rock moment that was to follow them." - Dirter Promotions.
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Artist: RLW Title: Fall Seliger Geister Format: CD Label: Dirter Promotions Country: UK Price: $18.00 |
| "Dirter Promotions presents a stunning new album by Ralf Wehowsky. He is currently one of the most respected electronic composers of our day. Ghostly creaking sounds mix with highly complex electro-acoustic and electronic sounds. This description may sound familiar, but no sound is what it seems and RLW always manages to stay far ahead of his contemporaries. His music is impossible to pigeonhole into one simple bracket. It is neither industrial nor musique concrète, nor computer music nor improvisation. Limited to 500 copies, the CD comes packaged in a Japanese mini LP-style sleeve with textured reverse board printing and black inner sleeve." - Dirter Promotions. |
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Artist: TUTTI & PHILIPPE PETIT, COSEY FANNI Title: Mist While Sleeping Format: 7" Picture Disc Label: Dirter Promotions Country: UK Price: $13.00 |
| "Philippe Petit teams up with Throbbing Gristles Cosey Fanni Tutti. These instrumental pieces were recorded long ago and then manufactured as unique vinyl units which Philippe Petit used during his sets. After many plays, their texture gradually changed, resulting in an alteration in sound. On Mist While Sleeping, Philippe takes advantage of the patina of age to elaborate a peculiar sound texture. However, to emphasize the aging on Invisible Whispers, Philippe used sandpaper. This beautiful picture disc 7" is limited to 350 copies worldwide." - Dirter. |
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Artist: HAWKWIND Title: Leave No Star Unturned: Cambridge January, 1972 Format: Double LP Label: Dirtier Country: UK Price: $36.00 |
| "Dirter Promotions presents on double vinyl a previously-unheard and unreleased live Hawkwind show from the Cambridge Corn Exchange in 1972. "Though the tapes were listened to in the weeks after the show, Lucas and Kemp upgraded their recording equipment to half-inch a few months later and the quarter-inch reels disappeared, thought perhaps to be lost forever. Fortunately, that wasnt the case. In 1985, a reel was unearthed at Spaceward Studios, noted to contain the Syd Barrett element of the show plus parts of the Hawkwind and Pink Fairies sets, and in 2005 a second copy of the recordings was unearthed in a collection of tapes stored in Gary Lucas attic. Its the Lucas tape, via an appearance on the auction lists at Bonhams in Knightsbridge, which has enabled the release of this pivotal show. Dirter Promotions is very pleased to present these recordings, cleaned-up and remastered, enabling Hawkwinds dedicated fan base to experience the band in full flow, poised to fly high and fly far, making the very concept of space-rock their own in perpetuity." - Ian Abrahams (taken from sleeve notes). Features "classic line-up" of Dave Brock, Nik Turner, Lemmy and Robert Calvert. |
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Artist: FAUST/BAND OF PAIN Title: John Cage - Radio Music (1956) Format: 10" Label: Dirtier Promotions Country: UK Price: $14.00 |
| "John Cage composed the piece "Radio Music" in 1956. It is scored in 8 parts (A-H) with each part to be performed either individually or together with other parts as an ensemble. The performers follow a score that is a sequence of radio frequency tunings and silent parts. Obviously, each time the piece is performed, it yields a different end result. We present here 4 solo versions on this limited edition 10" EP. The works are performed by members of German legends, Faust (Jean-Hervé Péron and Zappi Diermaier) by Steve Pittis project, Band Of Pain. All tracks were recorded live in the studio with absolutely no overdubs. The 10" vinyl EP is packaged in a superb gloss laminated sleeve and is strictly limited to 500 copies." - Dirtier Promotions. |
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Artist: SNOWY RED Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Dirty Dance Country: Europe Price: $25.00 |
| "Snowy Red was a one-man minimal wave outfit from Belgium, active throughout the 1980s. Though occasionally a band here and there (and featuring scattered collaborators during their tenure), Snowy Red was primarily an outlet for Micky Mike (real name: Marcel Thiel), who released four records, and two cover records under his proper name before seemingly disappearing from the music scene in the early nineties. Ultra limited reissue of this very rare legendary 1980 first LP" - Dirty Dance. |
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Artist: SNOWY RED Title: The Right To Die Format: LP Label: Dirty Dance Country: Europe Price: $19.00 |
| "Snowy Red was a one-man minimal wave outfit from Belgium, active throughout the 1980s. Though occasionally a band here and there (and featuring scattered collaborators during their tenure), Snowy Red was primarily an outlet for Micky Mike (real name: Marcel Thiel), who released four records, and two cover records under his proper name before seemingly disappearing from the music scene in the early nineties. Though each of Snowy Reds four records are synth classics, 1982s The Right to Die is many peoples favorite, as it has a darker atmosphere and heavier synthetics than some of the other Snowy Red material." - Dirty Dance. |
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Artist: AFCGT Title: S/T Format: 10" Label: Dirty Knobby Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"Following the extremely limited cd-r, AFCGT (or A-Frames Climax Golden Twins) drop eight new mangled tunes for their debut vinyl release. A truly rare case of a supergroup living up to expectations, AFCGTs unholy racket goes from noise punk jams to tripped out psychedelic intergalactic excursions. 500 pressed on manly 10" red vinyl." -Dirty Knobby
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Artist: ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB Title: Monster Mittens Format: 7" Label: Dirty Knobby Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "New single by Neil Campbells ever-evolving solo project, Astral Social Club. Neil (A Band, Vibracathedral Orchestra) with assistance from Karl Bauer (Axolotl) unleashes two electronic psychedelic noise jams with distorted loops, cascading feedback, and the sound of hypnotic drones recorded in space. 500 pressed" -Dirty Knobby. |
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Artist: DRILLS, THE Title: Skull Death Format: 7" Label: Dirty Knobby Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
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"1981/1982 recordings from Seattles noisiest hardcore band. They were formed by two thirtysomething ex-hippies with distortion boxes and a drum machine who fell in love with the local hardcore scene, recruited some young punks, and recorded a bunch of racket that was out of step with the world. They appeared on the 1983 What Syndrome cassette compilation tape along with the Fartz, the Rejecters, Mr. Epp, Silly Killers, and Solger, and played loud, noisy, and primitive punk rock. These recordings were lost for 25 years until now.... Think Forming-era Germs meet Bobby Sox or something equally as awesome and youll be close." - Dirty Knobby.
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Artist: FRESH & ONLYS Title: Ill Tell You Evrything Format: 7" Label: Dirty Knobby Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "2nd EP from San Franciscos Finest. Featuring members of Black Fiction and Skygreen Leopards, the Fresh and Onlys bust out three freakbeatpop hits with the best goddamn harmonies youll hear all year. We love these guys and wish they were our neighbors. The band also has current and future full lengths on Castle Face and Woodsist. " - Dirty Knobby. Repressed. |
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Artist: INTELLIGENCE, THE/UNATURAL HELPERS Title: Split Format: 7" Label: Dirty Knobby Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "At last! The single weve all been waiting for! Unnatural Helpers & the Intelligence cover each others top ten singles. See! Intelligence Getting Classy. Hear! Helpers gettin Confident. Lars Intelligence & his legendary 7 track bang out 3 outstanding Helpers covers, and the Helpers return the favour with their brill Dutchess & the Dean take on 2 Intelligence songs. Worth it for the cover alone. 500 pressed." - Dirty Knobby. |
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Artist: OUR LOVE WILL DESTROY THE WORLD Title: Polished Glass Autobahn Format: 7" Label: Dirty Knobby Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "Debut single of the new project by Campbell Kneale (Birchville Cat Motel / Black Boned Angel) Sure to pack the dance floors in Hades." -Dirty Knobby ⿿Shoot. The goddamn funkiest noise record ever? Like a bop-off between Rudolph Grey and Terminator X. Grinding psychedirgecore plastered over tasteless and ghastly electrosplatter and ambivalent fake-folk strummage. (EVERYBODYDANCENOW!) -Campbell Kneale |
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Artist: PUMICE Title: Magnedisk Recordings Of gFrenzy Songs Format: 7" Label: Dirty Knobby Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "Bleedin gorgeous. Pumice covers 4 songs by NZ genius recluse gFrenzy, and the results will make you want to throw all yr other records out of the window. Seriously unique and utterly gleeful warble-fi gems. Stefan Pumice sez ⿿its a pretty rugged record. 4 gfrenzy songs, i recorded it on this weird dictation machine from the 1940s. its like a turntable but has special flexi discs made of magnetic oxide like analogue tape and instead of a stylus the arm has a magnetic record/playback tapehead. the speed is inconsistent so it sounds wobbly too. all live all mono. hope you like it. If you dont, yre a soulless git. Please go away." - Dirty Knobby. |
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Artist: WRIGHT, PETER Title: Magpie Attack on the Back Road to Albert Town Format: 7" Label: Dirty Knobby Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "New 2-song single by New Zealand-born, London-based Peter Wright. Aquarius Records says Peter is ⿿one of the most compelling sound makers we have ever heard and has released records on Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, Drone, Last Visible Dog, Digitalis, and PseudoArcana. Peter uses a 12-string guitar, effects, amplified mini tambura, bells, chimes, and other gizmos to create powerful, organic noise. For fans of Smith and Youngs, Matthew Bower, and Birchville Cat Motel. Mastered by John Golden for maximum volume and pressed on think vinyl. 500 pressed" - Dirty Knobby. |
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Artist: WRIGHT, PETER Title: The Terrifying Realisation We Might Be Wrong Format: 7" Label: Dirty Knobby Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "Peter returns for a 2nd single on Dirty Knobby. This three song EP is an organic wash of gorgeous drones made from a contact microphone, Bulbul Tarang, 12-string, found noise/field sounds and laptop effects. The pieces run the gamut from abrasive machine noise grind to blissed-out ambient hush and back, maintaining a strong sense of craft and human warmth." -Dirty Knobby. |
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Artist: MUSICA DISPERSA Title: Musica Dispersa Format: CD Label: Discmedi Country: Spain Price: $17.50 |
| "Spanish album from 1971 that featured the talent of three of the most significant musicians from the Catalonian underground movement of the late sixties: Jaume Sisa, J.M. Brabo El Cachas and Albert Batiste, who after their Miniatura project with Pau Riba were joined by young hippie girl Selene. Echoes of The Incredible String Band are present mainly in the guitar parts; drums are absent in all but one track on which they are played by Josep M. Vilaseca Tapi, of Máquina & Tapiman fame, but percussion, harmonica, organ, mouth harp, piano and wordless vocals are heard throughout the album, as is Selenes flute work. All in all this is a strange, relaxing little piece of underground from Barcelonas early seventies hippie youth that has become a classic of Spanish pop music; a masterpiece full of melodic tunes that are equally indebted to the English folk music of the era, as they are to the early Amon Duül freakout sound concept; beautiful digipack edition." - Discmedi. |
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Artist: SISA, JAUME Title: Orgia Format: CD Label: Discmedi Country: Spain Price: $17.50 |
| "JAUME SISA was an important part of MUSICA DISPERSA. The same year, 1971, that MUSICA DISPERSA was released, he also put out this great solo album. Crazy acid folk with lots of humour and weird vocals by Sisa himself!" - Discmedi. |
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Artist: NYOUKIS, DYLAN Title: The Acrylic Widow Format: LP Label: Discombobulate Country: UK Price: $27.00 |
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"Nyoukis! The name trumps hot on the carved brass horn. Gongs crash shrill and slaves shriek aloud. You Sir! Expecting pure vocal gravy like on Carrion Hut or Hora? Madam, perhaps the holy minimal strings like that Golem grey Penderecki served us on Owl Tapes? No. Nein. Nyet. Not the fucking case pal.
Four measured tracks. Two dedicated to the cats thats been making heads turn for a while now (Banana Seymour & that Dogfella exactly) but all washing up a new kind of psychedelic moss. Fresh thin tendrils, easy to snap, but determined to grow among loose grey matter late on into the next day, and the next and the next.
Dry coughs and outta-wack piano chords play into Boy Scout bike repairs, test the bell, spin the wheel! Hot air leaks from a perished rubber hose. With knuckles like hazelnuts, these sounds shine like delicately laid cobblestones, laid end-to-end without no fuss or haste, they are tram tracks. Late night thumps, boof, baff and a lousy Soft Machine organ solo talks a Brighton raver down from gritted jaw oblivion.
Ideas are put through the wringer in stereo effect. The domestic bric-a-brac builds up: a motorcycle revving, the dry crunch of gravel underfoot...a jumble sale of sweaty woollens, singing out through pinched throat to make un-sense of the phrase iss, sum bear-lae-um. An unexpected kitchen sink gamelan makes for a discombobulating listen. Tension is introduced via leathery lunged accordion but theres no crass crescendo. Fading out like a flu virus... Euro voices abound in tangled syntax. Verbs sounds & nouns renamed. Sure, theres blubber and chunder...you, you, you and me thats slam-up-bang to babby titter chat for starters. Then the downs come in re-directed by taut tape loops making the ecstatic, grooving on the surface of a micron-thin bubble. The proclamation, Im right here leaves us in no doubt who you are sharing your damp bedsit with tonight, slurping up the old wine as red as pooled blood. Another take on the stretched ritual. A parrot squawks underwater struggling for fresh O2. Furious eraser scurrying action is met with the stony silence of a 14 year old girl while apples crunch between strong white teeth. Our old friends, words, are worried and fretted in a dark experiment; turned over looking for new seams and valves to shuck and prise open like ripe clams until mucus-like muscle slips free and falls to the flagstones below. This is a living séance with The Acrylic Widow. Wisdom from the Old Ones, the thin Venn diagram slice between frantic scuttling & sweet Miskatonic stoned." - Discombobulate. |
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Artist: DESPER, BOB Title: New Sounds Format: LP/7 Label: Discourage Country: USA Price: $26.00 |
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"If you havent heard Bob Despers New Sounds yet, you may have heard something about it. Originally recorded in 1974, New Sounds is considered to be one of the Pacific Northwests best-kept secrets, a regional Holy Grail with copies fetching upwards of $1000. Until recently, not much was known about this mysterious blind folk-singer from Oregon. In 2007, Discourage Records located Bob Desper, alive and well, living in Albany, Oregon. After two years of culling materials, Discourage Records is proud and honored to officially reissue this once lost masterpiece. Evoking the melancholy mood of Nick Drake, the fluid improvisation of Van Morrisons Astral Weeks, and the intricate instrumentation of Jose Gonzales, New Sounds dark, meditative urgency immediately transcends the thirty-five years marking its original release. This official reissue of New Sounds includes Bob Despers 1972 debut 7", Dry Up Those Tears (including picture sleeve); an 11 x 17 insert with extensive liner notes and full color photos; and 1970s style tip-on sleeve." -Discourage
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Artist: NUDITY Title: The Nightfeeders Format: LP Label: Discourage Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| ".. reserve yourself a place in your LP collection for the incredible new 12" purple vinyl monster from Nudity, those killer guitar heroes led by Monseigneur Dave Harvey, former lead guitarist with Tight Bros From Way Back When. I know Ive already bigged up this band before, but I aint even started, motherfuckers. For not only is D. Harvey one of only two whiteys who can hit me with a raga and make me want more (TiMOTHy Revelator is the other), Harveys also a percipient enough motherfucker to have boosted the bands personnel to new heights by adding former Tight Bros fellow guitarist Quitty on bass, thereby bringing the current Richter Scale stature of this ensemble to Overfloweth. And while side one clocks in at twenty-one minutes of early (TNT-period) DC as played by Amon Düül 2, side two sports a re-mix/re-model by Fucking Champs hero Tim Green, thereby stuffing even more sonic overload into the grooves. Once Nudity get their first full album up-and-running, I know all Hell will break loose cause theyze already majorly there with this release. So dont just kick your heels and wait for Nudity to come to you, demand one of these exquisite purple vinyl delights and pronto, Tonto!" - Julian Cope, Headheritage.co.uk |
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Artist: DURIAN BROTHERS Title: Clubs EP Format: 12" Label: Diskant Country: Scotland Price: $22.00 |
| "The Durian Brothers are a three piece band (sequencer, 2x2 prepared turntables). their music is a vision of a new and radical club music (strictly 90 bpm). not a bassdrum is the boss of the rhythm but multiple dense, rhythmic structures generated from turntables played with rubberbands and found objects; muted guitar sequences lead through a jungle of sounds. this is the first release of the new diskant label. the group consists of two members of institut für feinmotorik and antonelli electr. founded around the salon des amateurs in düsseldorf in late 2008. this extended play vinyl comes with a silkscreen cover on black cardboard and is limited to 350 copies." - Diskant. |
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Artist: DURIAN BROTHERS Title: Cubs Format: 12" Label: Diskant Country: Germany Price: $14.00 |
| "the third ep by the durian brothers is called "cubs" ep and completes the trilogy of first recordings by the durian brothers to express their unique vision of a rough and direct club music that has its roots in minimal techno, noise and ethnic trance music. like its precursors, it comes in a foldout silkscreened cover; the cover artwork is again taken from the medicine book of the 1920s and reflects the durian brothers aesthtics of dense, analogue black and whiteness. the A1 track heat is a radical approach in polyrhythmic trance-eternity: no bassdrum and bassline anymore, on , just a metallic sounding rhythm which goes on and on. even dj ́ s will have a questionmark on their face... B1 deals with a slower, more sparse beat that stays at 90 bpm and shows more traditional club music structures. B2 is a listening-track which might be a challenge for your nerves and sounds a bit like an uncanny piece of minimal film soundtrack. play loud. the durian brothers play with 4 prepared turntables (without vinyl), a sequencer, effects and some tiny bits & pieces for treatments. Lim 330 / screenprint foldout / poster-cover." -Diskant. |
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Artist: HAGGART, SCOTT Title: 117 Format: LP Label: Diskono Country: UK Price: $13.00 |
| "DISKONO 017 is a 45rpm 12" conceptual LP by Scott Haggart titled "117" . The A-Side Scott Haggarts original edit is "psychotopologically derived from a 0.7 millisecond recorded extract of a DISKONO performance (2000)." Six others (SCOTT HAGGART, EVOL, FELIX KUBIN, LARY SEVEN, CHARLIE MCALISTER, JAN VEN DEN DOBBELSTEEN) created alternate versions (resulting in seven total variations). Strict adherence was required to a rule of the versions being 1:17 seconds in duration, so as to absurdly explore the potentials of this 0.7 millisecond sound. Keywords : analog, feedback, fridge, beauty, horror sound pressure levels, implode. note : The performance is inspired by the presence of Diskono in Eindhoven, 2003 where they held a transatlantic telephone interview with PHIL MILSTIEN at the opening of the exhibition I AM A CAMERA (a JaDa-Jan Van Den Dobbelsteen/Danielle Lemaire concept-curators, also behind the telephone piece). Founded in the spring of 1998 and described as a "a Scottish multi media cabal masquerading as a record label" , DISKONO was initially based in Central Scotland but befitting its constitution as a complex carbohydrate, the constituent pieces of its chemical structure are now strewn all over the globe ; New York, London, Moscow, Brussels etc. The known and affiliated elements of Diskono were/are Klaus Oldanburg, Ruth Random, Findo Gask, Dr. Barnes Advocaat, Gunter Saxenhammer, Ttocshagg Forfib, Joel Ongthorne, Kosten Koper ; although these may be pseudonyms for the same person or persons. Together or alone, they / he / she operated a record label releasing sound art & "avant-garde flicks of the wrist" as well as curating savory pretentiously artistic projects such as the exhibition Revisionland by Alejandra and Aeron (which won an Award of Distinction in Digital Music at Prix Ars Electronia 2002) and physical remixseries of 7" records with Aerospace Soundwise and Prix Ars Electronica winner Janek Schaefer. Diskono also released music by blue-chip figures such as Felix Kubin, Alejandra and Aeron, Kid 606, Pimmon, Nomex, Ashtray Navigations, JaDa, People Like Us, Francisco Lopez, Boards Of Canada, Goodiepal, V/vm, Hrvatski, Aavikko." - Diskono. |
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Artist: KUBIN, FELIX Title: Jane B. Ertrinkt Mit Den Pferden Format: 10" Label: Diskono Country: UK Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: V/A Title: Unattainable Text #1 Format: LP Label: Diskono Country: UK Price: $12.50 |
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"9 tracks. 9 artists. 38 minutes. Clear vinyl. Clear Cover. No identifying marks. 500 copies. The first two releases in our self-styled anonymous series. The representational analysis of music and the nostalgic sick bucket trip of music journalists provided the impetus for us to commission this series of releases. Wild boar attacks in France and Austrian immigration police also played a part. Only Peter knows the identity of all the participants, and he can neither read nor write; though he did whisper something about Madrid and biology. So throw away your copies of The Wire and forget Wagner meeting Throbbing Gristle in car crash with the Monkes whilst chewing the innards of a laptop computer, in the end, the only thing that can assist you are your ears."
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Artist: LOS SAICOS Title: Demolicion Format: 7" Label: DisPeru Country: Peru Price: $15.00 |
| "As the sticker on this hand-numbered, limited to 500 copy exact replica of the mega-rare original single edition says: "SO DAMN FIERCE THUS WAS PUNK BACK IN 1965."Red vinyl. Great extra poster included! Saicos released all but one single through the small DisPeru label, thereby unleashing "Saicomania" and leading the way for dozens of bands throughout Peru. They became legends, and many myths were created due to their short existence and mysterious disappearance. Their anthem Demolición was one of the biggest radio hits of the year in Peru—and simply put, it is one of the most insane 60s punk songs of all time. Raw, snotty, and raucous." -DisPeru. |
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Artist: WICKHAM-SMITH, SIMON Title: Rapt Format: CD Label: Disposable Thumb Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "On his latest release, with beautiful hand-printed foldover jackets of his own design, Simon continues to explore his obsessions and fascinations with reverence, wry wit and a skillful ear. Aesthetically similar to 2002s dyrø (PseudoArcana), the CD is an exercise in "wonderment and rapture" via the friendly conduits of electronic drone, cut and paste minimalism and mischievous white noise. Oftentimes a confluence of contrasting disciplines and perspectives, the document is a rich work of intricate spells merging tension and release. Says Simon of Meiji13: "Its a very uncharacteristic foray into program music: the fuzz over the top is like a patina of age, like hearing Caruso singing I Pagliacci." - Disposable Thumb. |
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Artist: L.O.S.D Title: Sublivian / Astral Being Format: 10"/Sculpture Label: Disques Le Carotte Country: France Price: $22.00 |
| "L.O.S.D. is Laboratory of Sonic Discovery from Amsterdam the Netherlands, the project of Peter Fleur and also in collaborations with Radboud Mens. Both have been active since the early 80s as soundmixers on various radiostations. With this project there is always a search for Organic electronics and a way to create a living sound. Also known as remixers under the name L�?SD creating a different style of sound in the realms of rhythm. For L.O.S.D. this means that it can keep concentrating on the more experimental works." - discogs.com. Sealed original copies of this 10 inch e.p released in 1998. Comes on clear vinyl, packed with a screw to a dense, multicolor paper-mache disc. |
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Artist: TYVEK Title: Blessed Format: 7" Label: Disques Steak Country: France Price: $9.00 |
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"Just in time for their first Euro tour with Cheveu, beginning the 10th in Switzerland, les disques STEAK is releasing Tyveks all new 7" "Blessed b/w Summer things". The 7" is 600 copies, all white vinyl." -Disques Steak
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Artist: V/A Title: Waterpipes & Dykes: Dutch Psychedelic Underground 1966-1972) Format: CD Label: Distortions Country: Netherlands Price: $12.00 |
| "...Volume One. "Dutch & English language psychedelia from 1966-1972. In 1968 the new foreign hippie gods caroused through the pristine Dutch tulip gardens. In musical history, this moment marked the end of the typical Nederbiet scene as we knew it. The impact on culture and society of these new rockstars was totally overwhelming. People were dumbfounded. The handful of pearls which were produced by these bands are amongst the least-known and most sought-after vinyl that was ever produced in the Netherlands. After 30 years, these peals are wrested from oblivion and this unique collection of recordings finally gets the well-deserved recognition in the world of pop music." --from the liner notes. Artists include: Karel Appel, The Maskers, Met & Zonder, N.V. Groep 65, Dirty, The Motives, Crash, The Bumble Bees, Woorden, Mothers Love, The Nicols, Incredible, St. Giles System, Short 66 I.L.N., Children of Jubal and Suprieze." - Distortions Records. |
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Artist: NOVELLER/AIDAN BAKER Title: Colorful Disturbances Format: LP Label: Divorce Country: Canada Price: $19.00 |
| "Guitars warped so hard they dissolve into pure consciousness! Seriously, this record had to happen because these two are the NOW of transcendental guitar weirdness. In families like ours where deformed music of one kind or another pours out of the speakers all day long, Torontos Aidan Baker is a household name. He is no doubt one of the most imaginative experimental musicians of the new generation, quickly creating a universe of limitless sound with his bursting discography. He offers this record an extensive piece which mixes drone, texture, and an ever-bowing foundation -- imagine the sound of falling backwards... forever. The new blood on this split is guitarist Sarah Lipstate from Brooklyn, New York (aka Noveller). Sarahs prepared twin guitar works up a slow hypnotic force, gently pulling way out to the furthest deep end of pulses and patterns. Beautiful repetitions effortlessly skirt over a dark undercurrent. A+++ listen. Edition of 600 copies." -Divorce |
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Artist: SHEARING PINX Title: Weaponry Pt. 1 Format: LP Label: Divorce Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Divorce was so pleased with how SHEARING PINX delivered on the Haruspex 7-inch last year that they decided to up the ante considerably and release a double LP in two parts. In return the Pinx have gone all in with the new material. Weaponry Pt. 1 is a mountain that will remain visible in the sea of astounding, bizarre releases Shearing Pinx have been pouring for the last half decade. It is made clear from the first moments of the opening track; the Vancouver trio has been committed here to tape while in rare form. This LP sets up a classic, demento-tuned twin guitar battle where a nonchalant vocal delivery squares off against the drum sets muscular fake jazz-jizz-isms. William S. Burroughs used a shotgun to create paintings. Shearing Pinx use musical instruments to wound and maim. Tunes for the unglued. Artwork by RICK WHITE of ERICS TRIP and ELEVATOR. Edition of 600 copies. For fans of Harry Pussy, No New York, Sonny Sharrock." -Divorce. |
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Artist: F.D.A.S.F.D.A. Title: High Fashion Format: 7" Label: Djuring/Borft Country: Sweden Price: $6.50 |
| "a cool & bizzare sound that mix together classic folk music with today electonics and much more." - Borft. Edition of 250. |
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Artist: ATTESTUPA Title: 1867 Format: LP Label: DNT Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "A winter so harsh, a spring so cold and a summer so late. A dead harvest. The failure of the crop meant starvation and thousands and thousands of people died. Bark bread, lichen gruel and families slowly fading away. This bleak period, ended in 1869, resulted in that more Swedes than ever emigrated to Northern America and other places for a better life. Based around those years, Gothenburgs ÿttestupa here creates an absolutely terrific soundtrack to this misery with their new 3-song EP. Exploring the dark past of their native country Sweden, this is a well-executed journey into the never ending well of hopelessness. Into the struggle of nature and mankind. The unique production is getting close to perfection, a raw and disgusting thick sonic bliss with a continuous crunch. A sharpened blend of noise, Kraut and black metal with a crude melancholic atmosphere. Vocals buried deep under the soil and guitars being more prominent. Organs, screeching metal junk, tape loops. Pounding drums. The recording reeks of bad times and tremendous coldness and its hard to grasp for air. No hope and definitely no joy. Recorded during the first three months of 2009. Limited to 330 copies on black vinyl." - DNT. |
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Artist: CABOLADIES Title: Caboladies Format: LP Label: DNT Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| Mastered by Pete Swanson. Includes glossy, colored insert. "It is with great pleasure that DNT Records presents the self-titled long player from Caboladies. Recorded by the three piece of Chris Bush, Eric Lanham, and Ben Zoeller, this collection draws a narrative thread through their past releases on Arbor, Students of Decay, Mountaain, and their own Smooth Tapes imprint. Its not so much a summation of their back catalog as it is a spotlight on a particularly fluid and holographic area of their sound. The result is a flowing and coherent collection of nuanced electronic mess. A real trip and an excellent demonstration of the Cabo ethos." - DNT. |
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Artist: FAMILY UNDERGROUND Title: Demon Parade Format: LP Label: DNT Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Denmarks drone demons return with another gloomy, dark, intense drone-rock based release. Edition of 500 on black vinyl, pro-printed matte jackets, shrink wrapped." - DNT |
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Artist: FAMILY UNDERGROUND Title: Helium Rug Format: LP Label: DNT Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Denmarks drone demons release another one. A helium rug would float, which is exactly what your melted mind will do while listening to this record. Whistling blown by the birds of hell. This has been in the works for quite some time. Originally intended to come out last summer on their US tour, but we didnt want to flood the market (they already had 3 LPs coming out the same time). Edition of 300 on black vinyl with bi-color stencil. The front cover is what you will look like after listening to this. Your mind will split open unleashing the helium rug from within. Artwork by Zachary Fleming.1-sided LP" - Dnt |
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Artist: JAZZFINGER Title: Wixxon Flag Bearer Format: CDR Label: DNT Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "Jazzfinger, from the UK, have been making music for quite some time now. The main thing that Ive noticed about them, is that they never stay put with just one sound. Their sound can change from song to song even. The first song on this cdr has a keyboard (or is it a melodica?) drone, changing chords a few times, with a guitar or other screeching sound over it. The second song continues right where the first one left off, this one is a quarter of an hour long. This time, it builts up in substance, with some drumming from cans and various toys. The next few tracks continue the calmness, and five songs in a piano joins the mix, with pots-and-pans drumming. Water-color splashes over a weird drawing of heads. Edition of 100" - DNT. |
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Artist: MUDBOY Title: MuDMuX Volume One Format: 7" Label: DNT Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "This is the first installment of a series of 7"s to be released by various labels. Each record contains a single track on each side by a different band- produced, mixed, orchestrated, destroyed, mutilated and brought back to life by the dark dreams of Mr. mudboy. Side A of this first edition features an unearthed file by the Extreme Animals resurrected as a tribute to "Lil John Carpenter." Percussion by Jeremy Lazy "animal" Magnet Harris. Side B is a devastating whirlpool cliff walk based on a song written and sung by the DarkDarkDark band. Backup fingers by Alec K Redfearn of the Eyesores fame. Cover art is a hand made blue and gold 4 pass silkscreen by R Lyon in collaboration with Kevin Hooyman. Limited to 535."- Dnt |
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Artist: PLANKTON WAT Title: Dawn of the Golden Eternity Format: LP Label: DNT Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Debut solo LP by DEWEY MAHOOD of Portland psych-jammers ETERNAL TAPESTRY. Ten songs recorded at the Owl House basement last winter on cassette 4-track. The LP encompasses a vast array of sounds and moods, from blissed-out drone punk rippers to super chill deep space folk. Total late night stoney textures, and radiant sun anthems. Acoustic and electric guitar, drums, banjo, mbira, and some singing, all mega tripped with syrupy analogy delay. Really beautiful heavy zoners. Hand drawn covers and insert by Dewmah. Edition of 500 on marbled orange vinyl." - DNT. |
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Artist: UTON Title: Echoes in the Wonderland Format: LP Label: DNT Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"After countless releases on labels such as Housecraft, Digitalis, Dekorder, Sloow, etc. and his own label, Om Ha Sva Ha Ksha Ma La Va Ra Yam, UTON finds a new home with DNT. Echoes in the Wonderland is the first full-length LP by Finlands JANI HIRVONEN since 2009s Unexplained Objects (Dekorder) and is no less weird than his previous excursions from the outer regions of the cosmos to the minds innerspace. As the album title could say, this is a way to the "wonderland" (also called the "other side"-many names been used during the history of humankind), which shouldnt be mixed for the adventures of famous Alice-even it might give some idea about what is going to happen, but thats just a start of it all-the start of nothing else but listeners mind. What are the "echoes" then? They are something which are coming from beyond to here where we stay-this album being a link between these worlds; inside & outside; like they are working together. Psychedelic transmissions of consciousness. Bizarro alien communication thats difficult to pinpoint, Utons "sheer ravishing beauty, elegancy and variegation is stashed behind a wall of grey, inscrutable haze-gorgeous melodies and voices, reeds and alien sounds gleaming through the mist from time to time, shimmering like diamonds through layers of dust." (Dekorders words) Co-released with Finnish label Ikuisuus in a unrighteously limited pressing of 275 with full-color pro-printed jackets designed by Uton himself. The DNT edition is limited to 110 hand-numbered copies." -DNT.
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Artist: V/A Title: Caked Paradise Format: Mag/CDR Label: DNT Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Guess what everybody? DNT has now been around for two years! This is the compilation to celebrate it! Who wants cake? Totally (not really) in the making since last years birthday comp. This one tops it for certain. Drone cake batter by Warmth & Quilts. Psychedelic icing by Moonmilk. The socks that grandma always gives you by German. Stringed folk-balloons by The North Sea & Nomen Dubium. Melted ice cream by The Mighty Acts of God. Art by: Puff & Magic, Dean Sullivan, Zach McCraw and Adam Baz of Night Wound fame, and Zach Fleming. Comic by Britt Brown (NNF). Writing by DJ Rick (Art for Spastics), Eric Hesson (maan), Bob Gregorio, plus reviews of the past years releases, by Z-Gun, Animal Psi, Cassette Gods & more. Plus then its like, flip to the back bro and pop in the disk (remember when disc was spelled with a k? what changed that?). Anyway, full-color art for some of it, black ink-colored paper for the rest of it. In a dvd case with birthday stencils and invisible cake. Hand numbered out of 150. Eat up!" - DNT. |
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Artist: EXCEPTER Title: Maze Of Death Format: Cass Label: Dog Daze Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Recorded live at Death by Audio NYC, October 2nd, 2009, on occasion of the You Are Here “Maze” festival, curated/created by Trouble (Laura Paris and Sam Hillmer (Zs)). Within the ad-hoc labyrinth, Excepter performed obscured to the audience and alienated from each other, starting early and playing late. Shares title with a Philip K. Dick novel in which an isolated group of space colonists consider the absolute as their mutual hallucination crumbles around them. Contains Excepters psychotropic cover of Mecca Normals “Fallen Skier.” Previously released in different form as STREAM 64. Special 2010 tape edit by Robert Girardin (Jaws.) pro dubbed and imprinted cassette includes mp3 download" - Dog Daze. |
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Artist: WATERSPORTS Title: Natural History Format: Double Cass Label: Dog Daze Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"Watersports is the long running new age duo of Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse, who also play together in the band Blues Control. “Natural History” collects tracks from their out of print releases on Not Not Fun, Arbor, White Tapes, Breaking World Records, Hank Recordings, and Ore Records plus a live performance on WFMU. You can think of this as their greatest hits album.
Featuring double j card art of Lea and Russ playing for a bunch of dogs and ladies practicing yoga.
Pro dubbed and imprinted chrome tapes with mp3 dogload code." - Dog Daze.
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Artist: SLUGFUCKERS Title: Transformational Salt Format: LP Label: Dogfood Production System Country: Australia Price: $45.00 |
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Original (meaning NOT a reissue) "new"/unplayed copies of this legendary 1981 LP (recorded at M-Squared studios!), in the original fold out poster sleeve with the insert. Dogfood Prod also brought us the Negative Reaction LP, Hiroshma Chair/Culturicide LP, Severed Heads/Rhythmyx Chymx LP (RC being a Slugfuckers side project) and the first Severed Heads (still need this one if anyone wants to trade). As some of you know, we managed to get these years ago direct from John Ladliers closet and have been waiting for our site revamp before "unleashing" them. Well, thats taking forever so.. The 12" reissue of the 2 singles coming soon..
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Artist: NECROPHONIE Title: 1996-2006 Format: 10" Label: Dogma Chase Country: Japan Price: $24.00 |
| "Necrophonie is a collaboration project of M.Nothing a.k.a. Atrax Morgue, and Devis G. a.k.a. DeV, Lvnvs, Teatro Satanico. This is their first 10 inch vinyl released in 2006 from Japanese new label "Dogma Chase". Greasy electronic noises are discharged with muddiness reverberation like as leaking from stoned coffin. One side is filled with poisonous shadow as unreleased new track recorded in 2006. The other side is more rusted industrial noise mainly inorganic rhythms and heavy layered paranoid electronics and comes from long deleted cassette tape collaboration as Atrax Morgue/Lvnvs on Slaughter Productions (spt69) recorded in 1996. Special corset styled foldout sleeve with an inside message and full color printed insert. Hand-numbered limited edition 300 copies." - Dogma Chase. |
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Artist: SUTCLIFFE JUGEND Title: Transgression Format: LP Label: Dogma Chase Country: Japan Price: $28.00 |
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"Dogma Chase proud to announce the new album of the true innovative power
electronics band from UK. SUTCLIFFE JUGEND Transgression follows This Is
The Truth on Ground Fault Recordings and Hospital Productions. It comes
absolutely standing and disturbing electronics noise which is thorough
aggressiveness and total directly fierce vocals. Its tension is ultra
violent including seditious for all of need it. We are sure that you feel
strongly again they are still outstanding and are growing toward into the
living truth. We would like to dedicate it for all of the human living with
strength that continue to be honest and real NOISE fanatics.
This release was sold at their first Japan tour in April. It comes on pure
white vinyl with a A4 sized insert in textual sleeve with embossed band
name. Limited to 500 copies." - Dogma Chase. Textured paper jackets. |
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Artist: DUNGER, NICOLAI Title: Tranquil Isolation Format: LP Label: Dolores Country: Sweden Price: $23.00 |
| "Special limited 500, vinyl edition of album by Swedens answer to Nick Drake. His 6th album to date recorded with/by Will Oldham in USA." - Dolores. 2002 release. |
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Artist: H.N.A.S. Title: Küttel Im Frost Format: CD Label: Dom Country: Germany Price: $21.00 |
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"The long overdue official CD issue (77 min.!) of the long-deleted and sought after third H.N.A.S. album, originally released on DOM in 1986." - Dom.
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Artist: ROWENTA, FRANK Title: Weingüter Format: CD Label: Dom Country: Germany Price: $21.00 |
| "Franks newest output on Dom Elchklang features music that he originally composed for an exposition of french architecture in Bordeaux, France. Weingüter, a quadrophonic piece in 4 parts (for 4 tube amplifiers) was actually never performed, as his concert at the exhibition had to be stopped when Frank began to throw grand crus at the audience. 10 years after this event the original composition is available to the recordbuyer for the first time (carefully mixed down to stereo by Achim P. Li Khan). Compared to its predecessor Schuss in den Ofen, Weingüter shows Frank in a more power-electronics mood, featuring some adventurous use of synthesized amplifier sounds."- Dom. |
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Artist: WALLS, BRENDAN Title: Outposts Format: LP Label: DOM Country: Germany Price: $32.00 |
| "Brendan Walls first release as a solo artist since his 2002 Cassiafistula CD (Idea Records). Brendan has been active in the Australian music scene for over 10 years and has also worked with Oren Ambarchi, Greg Turkington, Mirror, Daisuke Suzuki and others. In its two parts that cover an LP side each, Outposts creates a dream-like motion from distant drones of vaguely defined shape towards totally disembodied sound. The question of what is creating the sounds the listener is perceiving becomes more and more oblivious in the course of listening. Outposts is also the first release on the DOM Bartwuchs label since the 1994 TNB/Organum Wreck LP and is now being pressed in an edition of 300 copies." - DOM. |
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Artist: SEXVID Title: Voyeur Format: 7" Label: Dom America Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
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Recorded live in Olympia, WA on 4/18/08. A: Cleaning / Nests. B: Exorcism / No Room.
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Artist: ULTRA Title: Roman Holiday Format: Double LP & 7" Label: Dom America Country: USA Price: $26.00 |
| "A double-LP reissue of the 1997 CD, with an additional seven tracks taken from various 7-inches and compilations-sixteen songs in total of unparalleled refinement and sensitivity (and often a great deal less). Includes a bonus 7-inch containing two previously unreleased tracks culled from the Zoll sessions. "Classic early industrial / power electronics from the American Northwest receives a deluxe vinyl treatment of their entire output. Violent cacophony reminiscent of Whitehouse and similar ilk; a beautifully presented monstrosity." Limited edition of 400 copies." -Dom America |
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Artist: MODERN ART Title: Circuit Lights (1982-1986) Format: LP Label: Domestica Country: Spain Price: $32.00 |
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"The songs that Gary Ramon edited during the Modern Art era (from approximately 1982 to 1989) was basically from cassettes; most of his music didnt take off outside of the English Underground scene in the 80s, probably due to the fact he only had limited copies of his albums, in some cases less that 50.
Inspite of the circumstances his songs are still fondly remembered by many lovers of independent music and after many years others have also discovered his surprisingly fascinating work, (partly) thanks to the internet. Nowadays its much more difficult to enjoy his music in its original format and even more so to enjoy his completed work. For all these reasons we have decided to produce this selection which gathers up and represents part of the original work during the most experimental era of Gary Ramons music career. We constantly wonder why this compilation has not been thought of before now.
LP presented in a heavy weight matte die-cut jacket, with printed inner sleeve. Edition: 320 copies." -Domestica. Gary Ramons homemade synth/new wave based recordings prior to the Sun Dial/Acme era of the 90s.
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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: VON HIMMEL Title: Rock n Roll Animal/Traum Esel Format: LP Label: Donkey Disk Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Second full-length, follow up to the much-loved "Space Communion". descending hieroglyphics implicated by percussion fluctuations and multiphonic undergrowths of upended guitar hero sound diagrams in a prism of vacuous moon secretions; horizons unfold with tingling sparkles on a phosphorescent mossy riverbed in unseen hinterland tombs as our bodies melt with coursing streaks of sublimity in finite journeys vis-a-vis primordial birthdeath interplay. drawings by bart de paepe of sloow tapes." -Donkey Disk. |
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Artist: GARM, B.R. Title: The 78th Morning Tide Format: LP + CD Label: Dont Trust The Ruin Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "B.r. Garm is a member of Visitations and founder and owner of our local universe “Strange Maine”. The “78th morning tide” is truly a fantastical listen that is simultaneously foreboding and inviting. Side A opens with the title track and is a complete psychedelic journey unto itself, followed by a lady losing her mind and smokin’ on rainbows, a face off with Jesus and the devil, a tale of Windham Maine, a bombed out apocalyptic country song and a fuzzed out doomy cover of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald”. Side B begins with “Can You Feel It” which sounds like a loners take on Damo era Can. Followed rapidly by a duo of songs that cover the apocalypse and getting stoned, a song that sounds as if Black Sabbath never made it out of the bedroom, a sort of childs prayer called “So Many Men” (which we got to play on!), a deceivingly dark folk song called “Pretty Red Pony”, and finally a truly haunting and beautiful song called “At The End of The World”. Locked grooves end both sides! This whole record is a complete joy to listen too, infectious and hard to get off the record player. One of our all time favorites! This is Garm’s second release on dttr (other releases can be found on Mangedisc, and Time-Lag). Cover artwork by Hillary Irons, printed on thick old style jackets, accompanied by a pamphlet with lyrics and chords for those who want to play along. Limited to 500 copies." - Dont Trust The Ruin. |
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Artist: DOODLES Title: Cassette 2 Format: Cassette Label: Doodles Country: Japan Price: $10.00 |
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Autumn, 2000 release.
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Artist: NUSS, DAVE Title: Wood on Wood Format: DVD Label: Dornbracht Culture Projects Country: Germany Price: $16.00 |
| "Premiere solo performance of Nuss of the NNCK from Fall 2006, this gallery edition DVD includes a 40-page color photo journal of the event and essay by the Bernadette Corporation. A drummer at the centre of the sportshall in the former Postfuhramt building, Berlin Mitte, closely encircled by tracks to transport the slowly and relentlessly moving camera, capturing his every movement, his every emotion. The audience postiions itself a safe distance from the increasingly loud, ecstatic acoustic attacks. The ground is vibrating. The pressure waves tranform the room into a single force field. Dave Nuss continues until the final beat of his inner being had been sounded. The DVD presents two versions of the entire performance, one from above, and one from a camera rotating constantly around him in a 360 degree circle, as well as a 10-minute "short version" edit of the two." - Dornbracht Culture Projects ALL Region DVD player required. |
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Artist: HAYWARD, CHARLES Title: Out of Order b/w Beside Format: 7" Label: Dot Dot Dot Country: UK Price: $14.00 |
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"Two 7 min+ tracks, one with vocals, one without. 250 copies only, marbly grey/green vinyl." - Dot Dot Dot. Recent solo recordings from from Hayward (This Heat, Quiet Sun, Camberwell Now, etc...)
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Artist: NISENNENMONDAI Title: Sorede Sozo Suru Neji Format: CD Label: Dot Line Circle Country: Japan Price: $12.00 |
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Artist: NISENNENMONDAI Title: Tori Format: CD Label: Dot Line Circle Country: Japan Price: $12.00 |
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"newest release, enhanced cd (has a 5 minute video of them
freaking out on it while wearing chicken mask, kind of like
Scissor Girls, Butthole Surfers, and Boredoms all rolled in
one)." - Dot Line Circle. 2005 release.
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Artist: CULTURCIDE Title: Short CD: For Commotional Use Only Format: CD Label: Double Naught Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"The first release from this legendary Texas group in over 4 years grafts their infamously sarcastic attitude onto a collection of rock and blues tunes recorded live and in the studio, with elements of country, thrash, electronic and emo-core tossed in for good measure. This gets really sick in places, too." - Double Naught. 1995 release.
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Artist: MIKE GUNN, THE Title: Durban Poison Format: LP Label: Double Naught Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| Sealed copies of this 1992 "hard psych" release featuring Tom and Christina Carter (Charalambides). |
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Artist: MIKE GUNN,THE/ALISA Title: Split Format: 7" Label: Double Naught Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| Unplayed copies of this 1992 release featuring Tom Carter (Charalambides). |
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Artist: PUMICE Title: s/t Format: 10" Label: Doubtfulsounds Country: France Price: $16.00 |
| "Some time ago, I got a message from Stefan Neville about this record : "I been workin on some recording for you. some dumb punk slop and some tape loop soup and a pretty love song." I couldnt describe the record better. Its maybe the end of an era for Pumice with his 8 track pushed to its maximum limits and dying soon after these recordings were finished. So the result is maybe one of the noisier Pumice records to date... with a pretty love song. Recorded in june 2009 in Sandringham, Auckland, NZ. And mixed in january 2010 at Mainz. Black vinyl packed in black paper silkscreened by Cotoreick, with 2 postcards. Artwork by Stefan Neville. Mastering by Aigle noir. Limited to 500 copies." - Doubtfulsounds. |
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Artist: TMS Title: Bunyi-bunyi sangsi dari kl oleh tms Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Doubtfulsounds Country: France Price: $14.00 |
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"Doubtful sounds from KL (Malaysia) by tms (Thierry Monnier). Cassette manipulations of possible field recordings.
Transparent 7 cut on polycarbonate plastic by Peter King. Limited to 30 copies." - Doubtfulsounds.
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Artist: TIMMYS ORGANISM Title: Im on a Hunt Format: 7" Label: Douchemaster Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
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"Finally! The King of Weird Punk finds himself on Douche Master. If there were a budget rock hall of fame, TIMMY VULGAR would almost have to be one of the first inductees. Its always a thrill to see what Timmy will do next, either in a studio or perhaps walking down the street. The A-side is grimy as hell and sounds a bit like early Dead Boys. B-side carries a similar vibe but with a healthy dose of heroine soaked Bad Seeds. Edition of 600." - Douchemaster.
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Artist: BREGGER, DOUGLAS Title: My Innermost Thoughts Format: DVDR Label: Douglas Bregger Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "An animation hand-painted onto 16mm film. Made throughout 2006. About 30:00. Dedicated to Stan Brakhage." -Douglas Bregger. First new release from Bregger since Vampire Radio in 1991 (the RRR100 track was from a previous LP)! Very minimal packaging. |
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Artist: DOWN & OUT Title: #20 Format: Mag Label: Down & Out Country: Australia Price: $7.00 |
| B&W zine from Tasmania. Slightly oversized (roughly A4) format. Interviews with LR, William Basinski, Lust for Youth, Natural Assembly, Lower, 3 Toed Sloth, and Exiles from Clowntown, plus reviews. |
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Artist: CAGE, JOHN Title: The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of John Cage Format: Double LP Label: Doxy Country: Italy Price: $35.00 |
| "Recorded live at Town Hall, NYC in May of 1958, this historic concert (organized by Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg) was a retrospective of Cages work from 1934 to the present. Here Cages interest in technology, Eastern philosophies, and the concept of silence and chance as related to composition come to the fore as he plays some of his most significant and controversial pieces of his career, several of which (Six Short Inventions for Seven Instruments, She Is Asleep, Music for Carillon, and Concerto for Piano and Orchestra [in which Merce Cunningham took the part of the conductor - the living clock - and David Tudor that of the pianist]), were performed here for the first time ever. This concert created quite a stir for its time, with many journalists and audience members loudly complaining this isnt music! Includes booklet with comments by Cage himself." -Doxy |
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Artist: CAGE/DAVID TUDOR, JOHN Title: Indeterminacy Format: Double LP Label: Doxy Country: Italy Price: $35.00 |
| "Subtitled: New Aspect Of Form In Instrumental And Electronic Music. Originally issued as in 1959 on Smithsonian Folkways, the initial idea for Indeterminacy came from avant-garde pianist, David Tudor, who suggested that John Cage give a lecture that was simply the telling of stories. Cage did this in Brussels in September 1958. For this lecture Cage simply stood in front of an audience and told 30 stories without musical accompaniment. Upon returning to the States in 1959, Cage decided to record the stories, but this time with the musical accompaniment of David Tudor. For the recording the two men were placed in different studios where they could not hear each other, while Tudor performed portions of Cages Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1957-58) along with pre-recorded selections of Cages Fontana Mix (Milan, 1958), and Cage simultaneously told 90 one-minute stories (sped up or slowed down according to the storys length). In a career that spanned over half a century, this album is considered to be one of Cages best. It has never been reissued on LP until now. Includes liner notes by John Cage. Gatefold sleeve." -Doxy |
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Artist: CARDEW, CORNELIUS Title: We Sing For The Future & Thalmann Variations Format: LP Label: Doxy Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "Recorded in 2002 by American contemporary composer and pianist, Frederic Rzewski, We Sing For The Future & Thalmann Variations are two compositions from English composer Cornelius Cardews Marxist-influenced Peoples Liberation Music period. Rzewski came to prominence in the mid-sixties in Rome as a founding member of the MEV (Musica Elettronica Viva) improvisation group (along with Alvin Curran and Richard Teitelbaum), which shared a vision with groups like Cornelius Cardews Scratch Orchestra of the same period. However, like Cardew, in the 1970s Rzewski also became interested in Communism and the power of music to express the will of the people, so it is fitting that Rzewski should chose to revisit these two compositions. 1974s Thalmann Variations was written to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Ernst Thalmann, the Secretary General of the German Communist Party, and is based on a popular German Workers Movement song (1934s Thalmann Song), while We Sing For the Future is a solo piano piece meant to convey the struggle of young people in an imperialist world. It was written in 1981, the year Cardew - who by this time was an active member of the Communist Party - was mysteriously killed in a hit and run accident in London." -Doxy |
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Artist: CARDEW, CORNELIUS Title: We Sing For The Future & Thalmann Variations Format: LP Label: Doxy Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "Recorded in 2002 by American contemporary composer and pianist, Frederic Rzewski, We Sing For The Future & Thalmann Variations are two compositions from English composer Cornelius Cardews Marxist-influenced Peoples Liberation Music period. Rzewski came to prominence in the mid-sixties in Rome as a founding member of the MEV (Musica Elettronica Viva) improvisation group (along with Alvin Curran and Richard Teitelbaum), which shared a vision with groups like Cornelius Cardews Scratch Orchestra of the same period. However, like Cardew, in the 1970s Rzewski also became interested in Communism and the power of music to express the will of the people, so it is fitting that Rzewski should chose to revisit these two compositions. 1974s Thalmann Variations was written to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Ernst Thalmann, the Secretary General of the German Communist Party, and is based on a popular German Workers Movement song (1934s Thalmann Song), while We Sing For the Future is a solo piano piece meant to convey the struggle of young people in an imperialist world. It was written in 1981, the year Cardew - who by this time was an active member of the Communist Party - was mysteriously killed in a hit and run accident in London." -Doxy. |
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Artist: FELDMAN MORTON/EARLE BROWN Title: Morton Feldman/Earle Brown Format: LP Label: Doxy Country: Russian Federation Price: $25.00 |
| On 180 gram vinyl. "Finally back in print. This rare Morton Feldman/Earle Brown split LP was originally released in 1962 on the small NY-based Time Records and features Feldmans Durations I-IV on side A and Browns Hodograph I, Music for Violin, Cello and Piano and Music for Cello and Piano on side B. David Tudor is featured on piano throughout. Feldman and Brown, who were both interested in non-traditional systems of notation and improvisation, were very closely aligned with the New York School, a group of avant-garde composers in the 1950s and 60s that included John Cage, David Tudor, and Christian Wolff. These composers applied to music many of the same ideas and experiments that visual artists, like Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Robert Rauschenberg, were applying to painting." - Doxy. |
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Artist: HENRY, PIERRE Title: Le Voile dOrphee Format: LP Label: Doxy Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "Pierre Henrys 1953 Veil of Orpheus is the first example of symphonic musique concrete, the use of non-traditional sources and real sounds like trains, dogs barking, footsteps, etc., in place of actual instruments and then electronically manipulating these sounds in new ways. It was originally composed for the opera Orpheus 53, which was written with movement founder Pierre Schaeffer for the Donauescliingen Festival. Despite the quantum leaps made in the field of electronics over the past 50 years, this initial experiment still manages to convey its original importance. The piece uses concrete sounds much in the same way a traditional orchestra would use individual instruments. Besides two versions of Veil of Orpheus (the original 27-minute version and the second 15-minute version used in the Maurice Bejart-Pierre Henry ballet Orpheus in 1958), there are two shorter pieces -- Entity and Spiral -- which evoke an unsettling search for meaning that is so often associated with Henrys work." -Doxy. |
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Artist: HENRY, PIERRE Title: Musique Sans Titre/Spatiodynamisme Format: LP Label: Doxy Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "Musique Sans Titre, composed in 1951 at the Studio dessai of the RTF, was one of Henrys earliest attempts at musique concrète. Spatiodynamisme, on the other hand, was based on the 1954 recordings of a Nicolas Schöffer sound sculpture. Metallic parts, mirrors, lights and sounds emanating from a 50-meter building interacted with the environment and visitors. Henry recorded various grating and scraping sounds from the metallic sculpture and then manipulated them for this piece, which was influenced by Italian Futurist Luigi Russolos LArte Dei Rumori." -Doxy. |
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Artist: SHANKAR, RAVI Title: Improvisations Format: LP Label: Doxy Country: Russian Federation Price: $25.00 |
| "Some of the first eastern-jazz fusion ever recorded, finally reissued on LP. Originally recorded in 1962 for World Pacific and featuring jazz musicians Gary Peacock on bass and Bud Shank on flute, the album opens with improvisations on the theme that Shankar wrote for the 1955 Indian neorealist film Pather Panchali, by legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Fire Night was another jazz-fusion piece, recorded to commemorate the fires that were burning all around LA when this session was recorded. The remaining two tracks, however, are traditional Indian pieces and serve to juxtapose the two major styles in Indian classical music. The first piece, Karnataki, is in the Carnatic (southern Indian) style, while the second, Raga Rageshri, is in the (northern) Hindustani style (which, of course, Shankars himself was a master of). Includes original liner notes. Comes on 180 gram vinyl." - Doxy. |
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Artist: SPENCE, JOSEPH Title: Music Of The Bahamas: Bahaman Folk Guitar Format: LP Label: Doxy Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
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"Music historian Sam Charters first recorded the legendary Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence on Andros Island in July 1958 for Folkways Records. Charters was so enthusiastic about Spences playing that the LP, released in 1959, became one of the labels first to be dedicated entirely to a single artist from outside the US. This reissue, long out of print on vinyl, includes three bonus tracks that originally appeared on a 1964 Folkways split LP featuring Spence and two other Bahamian musicians, John Roberts and Frederick McQueen." -Doxy
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Artist: STOCKHAUSEN, KARLHEINZ Title: Beton-Studie/Zeitmass Für Fünf Holzbläser/Klavierstuck XI Format: LP Label: Doxy Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "A collection of some of Karlheinz Stockhausens earliest work, including his earliest piece of musique concrete Beton-Studie (aka Etude) written by Stockhausen in 1952-53 at Pierre Schaeffers studio at the RTF in Paris. Until 1992 this piece was believed to have been lost. The LP also includes the celebrated Zeitmass (1955), and Klavierstück XI, parts I-IV (1956), both of which helped to cement Stockhausens role as one of the leading German composers of the 20th century." Zeitmass performed by Arthur Gleghorn, Donald Muggeridge, Donald Leake, Donald Christlieb and William Ulyate in Los Angeles, 1958. Klavierstück XI performed by David Tudor in Köln, 1958." -Doxy. |
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Artist: STOCKHAUSEN, KARLHEINZ Title: Kontakte Format: LP Label: Doxy Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "Kontakte (1959-60), Stockhausens first piece to use both electronics and traditional instruments together, marks a turning point in his care |