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Artist: V/A Title: Bunte Bezuge Format: LP Label: E-Klageto Country: Germany Price: $20.00 |
| "Multicoloured relations(connections), a sampler whose name is a program! Twelve artists whom only one connects, the enjoyment in the music. The pieces are, although all electronically, experimentally and minimal, so differently, how the artists themselves. Music: screechy...nervous...deep...coloured...strange....distorts...." New label related to KERNKRACH. Includes CLOSEDUNRUH 30GR.WEN.FETT, ORDNUNGSAMT, YANGWELLE, BRANDSTIFTER, MESSDIENER, MILFORD T., SICKDOLL, ALDI, GOTT 30 + BRANDSTIFTER, WOHNRAUMHELDEN, and DR. PROLL. |
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Artist: ZIP CODE RAPISTS Title: Sing and Play the Three Doctors and Other Sounds of Today Format: CD Label: Eabla Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "As SF Weekly journalist Mike Rowell says, "Part comedy act, part psychodrama, the ZIP CODE RAPISTS were a volatile, often antagonistic duo who wreaked havoc on San Franciscos underground during the first half of the 90s. You never knew quite what to expect from guitarist JOHN SINGER and vocalist GREGG TURKINGTON, but they always challenged the conventions of what a band should be." From their supposed beginnings as a Doors cover band from Texas, to their shameful years of bloated excess, to their acrimonious breakup and inevitable decade-later reunion, this CD details the hope and anger, the trauma and triumph, of this quintessentially American folk-punk combo. In addition to the Zip Code Rapists astonishing 1992 debut LP Sing and Play the Three Doctors and Other Sounds of Today, this CD compiles the overlong 7-inch The Man Cant Bust Our Music (1993) and the inexcusably short 12-inch 94124 (1995), all of which have been lovingly remastered for todays more discerning listener. This deluxe package also includes previously unheard outtakes and compilation tracks, four songs from an incendiary 1993 show at CBGB, and a touching tribute to Seals and Crofts from a 2006 reunion show. With the exception of 94124, none of this seminal material has ever been released on CD. And none of it was ever released on good-quality vinyl after competent mastering, either, so even if youre familiar with the original releases, youll be amazed by all the details you missed! Best of all, each CD comes with a FREE RUB-ON ZCR TATTOO, which can be worn for a day, or cherished for a lifetime." - Eabla. |
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Artist: COPELAND, ERIC & DJ DOG DICK Title: B.Y.O.B. Format: 7" Label: EAC Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
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"NYC regional hit single between Eric Copeland (Black Dice) and DJ Dog
Dick. Blowing up the city! Affordable pressing, 300 copies made.
Sure to be lost in time and found in the future, "Fuck yeah, where did
this fucker even come from?!" Cult party classic. Awesome cover.
Feel good. Take a chance." - EAC.
Eric Copeland & DJ Dog Dick - B.Y.O.B. from Rob Feulner on Vimeo. |
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Artist: DRUNJUS Title: Thorn Shield Format: LP Label: Earjerk Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| " too killer journeys... Dremcrom and Relax, Hunter. Both recorded live. One side completely in the analog realm; from the boys cassette deck straight to 180 gram black wax. Strictly limited to 300 copies. Hand screened on thrifted album covers turned inside out. No two alike. Side A - Dremcrom is a sideways drift through the earths crust which confirms that the core truly is molten. Drunjus bore a hole straight to the center of your brain. Live at the infamous Wisco Biker Bar... Side B - Relax Hunter is a more galactic affair. With enough molten fuel to get their ship airborn, Drunjus escape the atmosphere and enter a 300 year cryogenic sleep... co-released with Tree Tapes..." - Ear Jerk |
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Artist: GRASS MAGIC Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Earjerk Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "The Grass Magic LP comes from Wisconsin (the label is Earjerk)... its a one-off jam that was recorded the night before the legendary Pasture Festival and Jubilee in August 2004, by a 10-person lineup that features most key members of The Davenport Family, both of The Skaters, Glenn Donaldson of Jewelled Antler.... its a total jam and it sounds like it, but once Side A gets going it picks up a nice walloping head of steam and one thing that distinguishes both sides from the general mid-00s moanwave onslaught is the crafty psychedelic rhythms that snake underneath. Anyway, Im glad they pressed this thing up (the cover is a thrift-store LP jacket turned inside out and silkscreened with stoner artwork, and some brief liners that name the lineup and include a rad quote from Rabindranath Tagore, stuff like that)." - Larry Dolman, Blogstitude. |
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Artist: JAN DUKES DE GREY Title: Mice and Rats In The Loft Format: LP Label: Earmark Country: Italy Price: $23.00 |
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"Rare second LP by one of the most legendary underground acoustic folk bands to come out of the UK in this era. Although the band released just two LPs, it achieved cult status and is considered responsible for spawning a whole new genre. Recorded for Transatlantic in 1971, Jan Dukes De Greys second album was (despite the addition of drummer Denis Conlan) much more free-form than the first. While still essentially a folk album, the bands progressive leanings are far more pronounced, dissolving song structure and taking the audience on a wild, semi-improvised journey. Liner Notes by David Tibet (Current 93)." - Earmark. Included on the NWW list. Highly recommended!
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Artist: STOOGES Title: You Want My Action Format: 4 CD Set Label: Easy Action Country: UK Price: $26.00 |
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"Ok how do i start here ? We have bought tapes of four Stooges shows from spring 1971 when the line up included James & Ron on guitar with Jimmy Recca on bass and what a sound they make too ! mind blowing isnt the word . Why this whole thing was restricted to a handful of gigs, with all the set list bar ’I got a right’ being scrapped is beyond comprehension this band are truly magnificent . These shows illustrate just how shoddy the Michigan Palace show or the Whiskey a go go shows really were in comparison. These recordings are Audience recordings! The Electric Circus shows in New York and the Detroit show being recorded by then-manager Danny Fields who has kindly written a forward for us. The wonderful thing that you get with the audience recording is that you pick up bits of conversation of the New York crowd from that gig which i find endearing . We also have photos from the gig shot by Eric Rudolph. and Lisa Gottlieb The St Louis Factory show has been very poorly bootlegged but the recording made by John Caspermeyer has been taken into the studio and improved and again we have photos from the concert shot by Craig Petty and his first hand account of the gig. The band have authorised this! I cannot stress enough that although our recordings are enormously superior to the Factory bootleg they are still audience recordings. There will only be 1000 of these sets made available. They will be exclusively available from the web site. So we only have one shot at this so everything including the kitchen sink is going in. One of the greatest bands in the world playing a handful of gigs with a twin guitar line –up which lasted all of two months with a live set list that was scrapped and never performed nor recorded again." - Easy Action.
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Artist: LES RALLIZES DENUDES Title: Deeper Than the Night Format: LP Label: Echoes From The Earth Country: Germany Price: $45.00 |
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"European bootleg, theoretically limited to 300 copies, priced to kill. One of the daftest cover jackets weve seen (imagine a low grade color xerox, taken from across the street). I believe this is copied from the long-gone 2nd official Rallizes CD released in 1991 [MIzutani/Les Rallizes Denudes (SIXE 0203)], although no details are provided. "Legit" Rallizes material has been on sale for a total of about 5 days over the past 40 years (some kind of record?), so dont feel so bad about having to suffer over this one." - FE. "One of the most sought after Japanese underground psychedelic/acid rock bands. Recorded in Kyoto, Japan in 1970, and for the first time ever on LP. Contrary to their general recognition, the musical style in this album is totally loner acid folk. The A-side includes totally downer and psycho-atmospheric songs, with desolate vocals, beautiful & spiritual. Whereas the B-side features an over 22 minutes long track called The Last One, a slowly building epic with aggressive vocals, totally trippy and freaked out drenched in psychedelic fuzzy & distorted phased-out, feedback guitar-outbursts with effects and echo all over the place."
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Artist: ANAKSIMANDROS, THE Title: River of Finland Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
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"Finlands Anaksimandros play avant-folk music that is improvised and psychedelic. Some of the members are involved with other groups you may be familiar with such as Kemialliset Ystävät and Avarus. These recordings from 2002 feature strummed and plucked strings, clattery percussion, chanting vocals, reeds, hand percussion, bowed instruments and more that I cannot properly describe. Edition of 500 copies with printed jackets featuring some great black and white artwork from the group. Highly recommended for fans of Finnish folk, Jewelled Antler label, Sunburned Hand of the Man, No Neck Blues Band, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Sunroof!, Vibracathedral Orchestra...You need to hear this." - Eclipse.
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Artist: CARTER, TOM Title: Root King Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Second solo release (first if CDRs dont count) by Charalambides member Tom Carter. White Les Paul copy, lap steel, and a purloined bell collection layered into three long tracks of string moan and slithering hum. Amanifesto of grounding during an uprooted time, an attempt to bend in the wind. A slice of a long winter and a momentary flash of cranially pooled guitar sound suddenly scattered by unexpected freedom. A guitar album (mostly)." - Eclipse. |
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Artist: CARTER, TOM & MARCIA BASSETT Title: Zaika Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
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"Limited edition (500 copies) lp from the duo of Tom Carter (Charalambides / Badgerlore / Friday Group) and Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards / Hototogisu / Shackamaxon). Screen printed jackets from Alan Sherry (Siwa Records)." - Eclipse.
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Artist: CHARALAMBIDES Title: IN CR EA SE Format: Double LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $16.50 |
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"A long glimpse at a special and hazily documented node of vibrational warmth taken from Charalambides shifting history, recorded with the original duo of Tom & Christina Carter in the Heather-less interlude between their 2000-2001 tours. IN CR EA SE is four side-long escavations of the auditory plane defined by interweaving threads of lap steel and chord organ and swept by intermittent currents of breath-born voice and serene modalities cycled upward into towering microtonal dissonances, then flung down into corners of dark intimacy. And summoned back up again (once you flip the record)." This is one time pressing of 1000 copies in a printed black and white sleeve. Looks and sounds beautiful!" - Eclipse.
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Artist: CHARALAMBIDES Title: Rose/Thorn Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
| "Long-, long-, long-, loooooong-awaited and singular entry in the Charalambides and Klang Industries discographies; one of those does it really exist? items thats finally seeing daylight, or moonlight. A stark, unsettling and beautiful slice of duo Charlambides invocation/incantation, taken from the period between Jason Bill and Heather Leigh Murrays tenures with the band and featuring extraordinary chord organ and vocal work from Christina and some signature lap steel mastery from Tom. Fans of the bands most recent, more song-based work will find this relevatory, long-time listeners will say ahhhh and settle in for the flight. Heavy vinyl, limited pressing, cover handiwork by Tom, the first release in years from Klang and a sign perhaps of a truly epic revival." "Long-awaited Klang debut of Charalambides. This record has been brewing since 2000, and is now finally available under the auspices of Eclipse/Klang. Two side-long improvisations in much the same vein as IN CR EA SE, a bit more topographical perhaps, but still horizontally serene and horizonless. Chord organ, lap steel, vocals." --Wholly Other. |
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Artist: DEAD MACHINES Title: Live at Tzompantli Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "The a side was recorded at the first No Fun Festival in March 2004 (Brooklyn) and features a little comedy to start with and then things get heavy...and the second side is the very first VG Kids/Wolf Den Ypsi Street Level throwdown....our set was live on a 6 color shirt screen press and Nate brought a fog machine that blasted out the room and into the parking lot night of the VG complex...near the end you can hear people chucklin cause its absurd..that night was also the first "offical" Sick Llama, and MI debut of Failing Lights...great night....DM had a weird 7 small speaker set up on the heads of the press and spun it slighty for that dead-universe dying electronic creeping blast sound....." Printed covers with the back cover featuring a demented John Olson collage - killer!" |
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Artist: DOUBLE LEOPARDS Title: Halve Maen Format: Double CD Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $17.50 |
| "After two full length LPs and a handful of CDRs comes Double Leopards magnum opus, a tome to the alveoli, paranormal science, and murderous intrigue on the high seas. A rueful journey that they are all still recovering from, the Leopards had to boldly ingest substances that while harmful to their original earthly containers, turned the ghosts of Panthalassa from transparent to opaque, allowing them to see with their mortal eyes the horrible shape of the enemy. With guitars, tapes, piano, drums, and a craggy heap of rusted electronics, they went to battle, and like the early grainy photographs of Americas Civil War, the document is poignant and will only gain significance as time passes and the medium improves." - Eclipse. |
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Artist: LABREQUE, PAUL & VALERIE WEBB Title: Trees, Chants and Hollers Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Duo weaves a cautious, dreamy folk spell, reminiscent of the vocal impressionism and effected acoustic sonics of Charalambides, beautiful stuff charged with a sense of desperation and love lingering on the edge of loss. Ties to Sunburned Hand of the Man and other Boston area ensembles, like Bright." - Lee Jackson. |
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Artist: MIDDLETON, IAN Title: 5 Pieces 1998-1999 Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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Artist: MIDDLETON, IAN Title: With and Without Late Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"This is some more music I made, some with LATE, to make myself feel good. I played a late 1970s obsolete analogue synth and LATE played various instruments on one track. Side one takes a quasi-psych drone form while side two veers off into stranger waters, playing off some unexpected juxtapositions and combinations of sounds." - Ian Middleton. One time pressing of 110 copies.
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Artist: MIGRANTES Title: Monsoon Moods Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| This is the 2nd LP by Migrantes (Jason Bill {guitar, air organ, Hammond organ, cymbal} & Caroline Vickers {Hammond organ & vocals}) of Tucson, AZ. Pressed in an edition of 536 copies and housed in a lovely printed full color jacket, this is a sublime record! ⿿For those that have never been there, the desert signifies space, sand, and nothing. When I (who live nowhere near any deserts) first visited Jason & Caroline (who live smack in the middle of one), that was what I had thought too. I was a bit surprised that the desert in fact looks nothing like its platonic counterpart - it is in fact interlaced with ropy thorned plants, crawls with life of every species, and is inevitably circumscribed by distant mountains. For some, Monsoon Moods may capture the real desert, the one where home fires burn under looming stone, where love and life flourish in austerity. For me though this LP somehow encompasses sweaty nights in 100 degree summer warehouses, ghostly drives through Norfolk shipyards, the slow crack of datura pods drying in the sun, and all the other things that have grown inside j&c to buoy them up into this warmly inviting space illuminated by their big hearts. A stunning record that camouflages the simplicity of its ingredients with songs of glowing precision and vox-laced Hammond drones of vertical majesty. - Tom Carter. |
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Artist: MIGRANTES Title: Moon Journals Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"Migrantes is Caroline Vickers and Jason Bill (ex-Charalambides). Based now in Tucson Arizona,
Migrantes recorded Moon Journals in Houston, El Paso, Newport News, Hampton and Tucson. On Moon
Journals, Migrantes create psychedelic folk music using voice, acoustic and electric guitars, air organ,
kalimba, clarinet, and found sounds. Results are both traditional and experimental. Released in an edition
of 336 copies with printed jackets featuring photographs by Jason Bill. Highly recommended!" - Eclipse.
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Artist: MONOSOV/SWIRNOFF Title: Recorded Works Vol. 3 Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $14.50 |
| "California sound artists Ilya Monosov and Preston Swirnoff return with two more sonic labyrinths stretched over disparate terrain. As on their previous albums, Monosov and Swirnoff cast boundaries to the wind. Disillusioned and wise to the ways of the world, the duo not only succeeds in propping up the shambolic planet they created on Recorded Works Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, but also in soaring toward the furthest reaches of distant suns. Blurring the line between composition and improvisation, these new installments are rare, unearthed gems. Volume 3 begins with dancing shadows and acoustic myopia. Monosovs minimal vocals lead Swirnoffs piano ramblings deeper into the cerebral maze, inadvertently finding the best route out. Setting off the shaky delicacy of the opener and Side A closer, Repeat Again (with enchanting vocals from Naomi) are the raucous, industrial rhythms of Snake Lust and Fly Away. The Indian-inspired drones of With Charles Curtis top the whole thing off with cinematic splendor. Monosov and Swirnoff manage to seamlessly mesh these ideas into a cohesive whole." --Brad Rose. |
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Artist: MONOSOV/SWIRNOFF Title: Recorded Works Vol. 4 Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $14.50 |
| "California sound artists Ilya Monosov and Preston Swirnoff return with two more sonic labyrinths stretched over disparate terrain. As on their previous albums, Monosov and Swirnoff cast boundaries to the wind. Disillusioned and wise to the ways of the world, the duo not only succeeds in propping up the shambolic planet they created on Recorded Works Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, but also in soaring toward the furthest reaches of distant suns. Blurring the line between composition and improvisation, these new installments are rare, unearthed gems. Volume 3 begins with dancing shadows and acoustic myopia. Monosovs minimal vocals lead Swirnoffs piano ramblings deeper into the cerebral maze, inadvertently finding the best route out. Setting off the shaky delicacy of the opener and Side A closer, Repeat Again (with enchanting vocals from Naomi) are the raucous, industrial rhythms of Snake Lust and Fly Away. The Indian-inspired drones of With Charles Curtis top the whole thing off with cinematic splendor. Monosov and Swirnoff manage to seamlessly mesh these ideas into a cohesive whole." --Brad Rose. |
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Artist: MONOSOV/SWIRNOFF Title: Seven Recorded Works (Volume 1) Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
| "The sound of two souls, all alone in claustrophobically infinite space. These two volumes see disenchanted Californians Ilya Monosov and Preston Swirnoff whittling out their own autonomous spaces far from the surf and sun, then climbing in and nailing the door firmly shut behind them. Seven Recorded Works comes over like someone has leached the spirits of Ennio Morricone, Eric Satie and Pauline Oliveros, stuffed them in a leaky wooden barrel, and set them rolling out to sea on a spring riptide. Uncertain, hesitant piano and melodica miniatures undercut with the evil drone of harmonica and hurdy-gurdy. Its a creaking and queasy trip, guaranteed to heave underwater, piratical nightmares out of some long suppressed substream of your subconscious." - Alan Cummings. Edition of 500 copies. |
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Artist: MONOSOV/SWIRNOFF Title: Two Recorded Works (Volume 2) Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Two Recorded Works opens in equally brooding, cinematic fashion with Swirnoffs air organ slow gasping its weighted way through magenta dust-clouds of bowed guitar. Later, sea-shanty bellows underscore the spectral traces of whistles and ghosted vocals and whistles to particularly melancholic effect. But the final side, credited to Monosov and Swirnoffs rock unit The Shining Path, is a whole other kettle of herring. It rockets upwards into the fuzzed out expansive zones of the Rallizes sound, but is tethered to an on-edge, speedfreak shake of a Suicide rhythm, just too fast for comfort. Bliss handily circumvented, higher mind tied to delerium tremens. I think theyre trying to tell us something" - Alan Cummings. "Time passed, and we began recording Volume 2 which contains our experiments with song form and our rock band, The Shining Path. We would like to thank Ed Hardy for offering us creative freedom over a span of four vinyl records, the last of which we plan to record in 2005." - Eclipse. Ilya Monosov (2005). Edition of 500 copies. |
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Artist: MY CAT IS AN ALIEN Title: The Rest Is Silence Format: Double LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "The Rest Is Silence is till now the most complete and varied work of My Cat Is An Alien. After some totally improvised works, such as Landscapes of an Electric City on Ecstatic Peace and Il Segno on Starlight Furniture Co., with this debut release on Eclipse Records MCIAA start a more complex and oblique studio-modus operandi, in which the instantaneous composition is now a basement open to stratified extraterrestrial fluxus of sounds, often permeated by melancholic vocal inserts. The title of this new double album is taken from the last words spoken by Hamlet before his dying in the homonymous Shakespearians tragedy. The whole corpus of the work is an ectoplasm of sounds flowing from the earth surface towards the sky; with their electric and acoustic guitars, some pedal effects and a series of weird space-toys, MCIAA light a candle as a bright beacon in the darkness of the Great Void. From the Infinite Spaces incipit, a sad whispered voice delayed through a toy-megaphone, moving on isolated guitar strokes going downhill, defines The Rest Is Silence vocabulary: a new intimate alien folky-blues mood expanded on the avant-space sounds that have marked MCIAA since their beginning. Self-recorded and produced in Torino at their own Space Room headquarters during the cold winter time, The Rest Is Silence speaks the same intimate and desolated language of Tim Buckleys Lorca and reflects the same suffering of some primitive folk-blues masters such as Blind Lemon Jefferson, projected in the deepest outer space. Each track is dedicated to the mystery of the 4 elements (air, earth, fire, water), as surrealist metaphors involving the mystery of life and death. When all is over, things vanish in the quiet brilliance of the Cosmos; MCIAA will stay till Silence will come to stay forever." - Eclipse. |
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Artist: PELT Title: Heraldic Beast Format: Double LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
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"Intense 2 LP survey of Pelt geography around the turn of the century, compiling live recordings the band issued on cdrs in tiny editions or on comps plus some unreleased material. Combines the most all-out electric attacks Pelts ever deigned to release, plus some of the growling drone float that preceded/coincided with the bands jump into acoustic material. Off the hook gatefold packaging that maybe offers hints of sources, etc. Full list of recording dates/locations/prior releases is supposed to be posted on www.klang.org soon." This dbl lp set is sure to blow some minds - especially those who have come to know Pelt in the past 2-3 years. These early recordings (1998-2003) are heavy and sure to please those who have been waiting patiently for this. The packaging is incredible, too - with beautiful artwork and a very sturdy gatefold sleeve. Dig it." - Eclipse.
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Artist: PELT/KEENAN LAWLER/ERIC CLARK Title: Keyhole Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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Artist: SKATERS, THE Title: Physicalities of the Sensibilities... Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| ...of Ingrediential Stairways. "Uncalculated unconscious expectations within an involuntary interception (system) of detached fantasy detached provided the fantasy is born of ingredients outside of the body but determined by the unpenetrated unconsciousness this in combination with the minds ability to sight illusions creates a world in which the consciousness can travel in and out of realization of the event arising as with the tangible actions of the ceremony ascending and descending within the spectators consciousness manifest exchanged illusions. The unknowing of levels of consciousness as the procession of the ceremony transforms the imagination from inner and outer experience to one a whole motion of physical and mental interaction. Recorded in Universal City, Mexico by Spencer Clark and James Ferraro. Limited edition one-time pressing." - Eclipse. |
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Artist: SUN CITY GIRLS Title: Bleach Has Feelings Too/To Cover Up Your Right To Live Format: Double LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $19.50 |
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"Propagandizing 13 tonal music? We all need something....sexy religion? Where were YOU when the blue was BLUE? Youll never check-out OR leave Fog Hotel...its like being in the middle and blowing both sides off the map. You could still smoke on an airplane when these cuts were recorded. Listen to the quiet moments of track D-4 and hear one of the first PZM microphones rattle against the wall as it hung around a nail. What about the limiter on that old boom box as it wont allow the signal to continue recording on track C-6? Good thing they didnt have any money because everything would have sounded like shit! Some people say I should be shot for writing about this music. I met them in Malaysia when I was selling Asmat wood carvings from Irian Jaya. They nicknamed me Mikey which referred to Michael Rockefeller who had his interest in Asmat art cut short by angry tribal leaders. One of them told me years ago that were ALL Sun City Girls. Was he modest or was he lying? I dont know how many homosexuals ARE in the book of Revelations but I DO KNOW that the bible is always lying. And its fairly well documented that Satanists launder money to cover up your right to live. Just remember: Bleach has feelings, too!" -- Harold Wayne. Limited, one-time pressing of 1000 copies housed in a heavy duty gatefold sleeve with amazing photos from the time of these recordings -- which was during the time period between October 1982 and November 1985." - Eclipse.
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Artist: SUN CITY GIRLS Title: Folk Songs of the Rich & Evil/Exotica on $ 5 a Day Format: Double LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $28.00 |
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"The fourth volume in the Cloaven cassette reissue series from the SUN CITY GIRLS. Includes the 1985 Folk Songs of the Rich & Evil-a diabolical collection of essay-lecture monologue songs-along with the Exotica on $ 5 a Day recordings from 1985 and 1983. Exotica features the bands ethnic eccentricity at its most fragrant. Limited edition pressing of 1,000 copies. Includes a previously unreleased recording to boot." - Eclipse.
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Artist: SUN CITY GIRLS Title: Fruit Of The Womb/Polite Deception Format: Double LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
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"Fifth reissue in the Cloaven Cassettes series by Sun City Girls. Both cassettes were released in 1987. About Fruit of the Womb: Recorded 1984-85 between the first and second Sun City Girls LPs in mono. The performances on this tape are superb. Near Eastern instrumentals, extended improvisation, ostracized jazz plus impossible versions of Sun City Girls standards. Like the other titles in this series, some tracks from the original tape releases have been removed for the LP versions and some unreleased tracks are included, too. About Polite Deception: Side one is a continuation of the previous tape listed (Fruit Of The Womb). And side two was described by an Albanian diplomat as: An industrial Mesopotamian environmental piece followed by Egyptian trance jazz. Of course, we all know that this description is false. Recordings are from 1984-1985. Limited edition of 950 copies in ultra thick gatefold sleeve with lots of pictures from the mid-80s. Series is back on track -- you wont have to wait 3 more years for the next one!" - Eclipse.
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Artist: SUN CITY GIRLS Title: God Is My Solar System/Superpower Format: Double LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
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"Reissue of the first two cassettes self-released by the band in the late 1980s. These are the earliest Sun City Girls recordings from 1982 & 1983. Featuring a heavy duty gatefold sleeve with archived photos from the time period of the recordings, and some liner notes, this is the first in a series of ten double LPs reissues. Limited, one time pressing of 974 copies." - Eclipse.
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: The Trickle-Down Theory of Lord Knows What Format: CD Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Released nearly a year to the day of the recording itself, this full length CD from Massachusetts own Sunburned Hand of the Man is truly brilliant! It features 5 cuts recorded at the top of a rickety red staircase on June 20, 2002 that will keep you groovin and freaking out! Highly recommended!" - Eclipse. ""Welcome to the latest chapter in the Book of Hand - an lp documenting a private performance from June of 2002, in which we further explore the art of investing emotional surplus into a trust that yields the fruit of mad, naked passion. Hear the voice of Reason backwards, the drum that dreams are made of, and the tunnel at the end of the light. All pressed into two sides that are guaranteed to keep you happening. Yours truly, Out of Hand" - Sun Burned. |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: Wedlock Format: Double LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $23.00 |
| "Wedlock captures Sunburned in its 2003 suit when they took it to the West Coast to tour their way up to Wasilla, Alaska to attend and perform at Paul & Vals wedding on the longest day of the year, June 21, 2003. Under the bright midnight sun, Sunburned recorded this document, a testament to irony, omnipotence, moisture, pain, and the weight. Come and dine at this one, clear table. Double LP. September 2005 release taken from recordings in Alaska on the Summer Solstice. Features a beautifully designed heavy duty gatefold sleeve with two inserts featuring many photos from the trip to Alaska as well as some pictures from Northern California from the same tour." - Eclipse. |
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Artist: UNITED SUPREME COUNCIL Title: Oastem! Vibe Orchestra Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
| "Document of a big band made up of the entire lineups of Pelt and Rake (+ additional miscellaneous players) that gigged several times in 1996 and 1997. Whether clearing the room at the Fredericksburg Centre for the Arts or emptying the hall at the Black Cat, the band always kicked it with uncompromising true love and substantial Oastem! vibe. The long improvisations performed varied wildly from show to show, often starting with a bang and slowly expanding into open space where the interesting little details emerged. This LP is an extract from the center of a two hour performance recorded in April 1997 at Tommys in Richmond. The players are: Mike Gangloff (guitar, shenai, electronics), Jack Rose (lap steel), Patrick Best (guitar, bass resonator, conga), ~SKB (bass and percussion), V2G2 (nylon string guitar, percussion, shenai and voice), Planet C (moog, sax, percussion), Mick (dumbek and dijembe), Beth Jones (dijembe), and ??? Edition of 330 copies."- Eclipse. |
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Artist: WOMB Title: Womb Format: LP Label: Eclipse Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Improvised free jazz from San Diego featuring Josh Quon (satellite member of Upsilon Acrux and member of Children of Gauhd), Christopher Williams (just released duo CD with Derek Bailey on Incus / Compatible), Ray Raposa (the creative impetus of the Castanets, with an album out on Asthmatic Kitty in the fall), Dan Bryant (member of the Skaters), Ilya Monosov (various solo and collaborative releases -- plays guitar and vibes on this LP), as well as Connor Kirkwood and Gabe Sundy. Limited edition of 200 copies." - Eclipse. |
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Artist: HIGASHI, HIROSHI Title: Solo Format: LP Label: Eclipse/Galactic Zoo Disk Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"Gorgeous soundscapes by Acid Mothers Temple wildman Hiroshi Higashi. As 2nd guitarist in AMT (dont dare say rhythm guitarist hes so much more!) and synth abuser holy man extreme, hes dazzled audiences the world over with his mixture of controlled acidic sounds and utter reckless abandon damaging nearly as many instruments as master Makoto. We are granted this gift from the same gods that oversaw the experiments of Florian Fricke, Rudolph Grey, and some Pink Floyd worshipping stoners throughout the ages. Yes folks, these are some shimmering meditations that test the boundaries of electronic equipment, while maintaining a creamy center. Call them audio hallucinations or new age if you must, just dont blame me when youre looking down at your body. To support his numerous travels and devil-may-care lifestyle, most of the sound generating devices are in hock now so dont expect another anytime soon or ever." - Galactic Zoo Disk/Eclipse.
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Artist: V/A Title: By The Fruits You Shall Know The Roots Format: Triple LP Label: Eclipse/Time-Lag Country: USA Price: $48.00 |
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"a massive time-lag/eclipse collaberation, featuring a way-out full lp side each from SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE, JACK ROSE, MV/EE MEDICINE SHOW WITH CHRIS CORSANO, DREDD FOOLE, FURSAXA, & JOSHUA WITH KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT. packaged in a huge full color fold-out poster poster. limited to 1000." - Time Lag.
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Artist: PELT Title: Burning/Filament/Rockets Format: CD Label: Econogold Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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Unplayed copies of this 1995 release (featuring Jack Rose).
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Artist: BLACK HOLE MIAMI Title: Pure Hell Format: Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Over the top trio of Rat Bastard (To Live & Shave in LA), Ulrich Krieger (Zeitkratzer) and Chris Grier (Scarcity of Tanks, etc.). 50 copies." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: BODY/HEAD Title: Fractured Orgasm Format: Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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"Kim Gordon + Bill Nace. 150 copies." - Ecstatic Peace.
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Artist: CALDERA LAKES Title: Arranged Format: Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Beautiful dream noise from Eva Aguila (Kevin Shields) and Brittany Gould. 100 copies." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: CHAPMAN, MICHAEL Title: The Resurrection And Revenge Of The Clayton Peacock Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"Michael Chapman, one of the finest acoustic guitar innovators borne of the late 70s UK folk scene, was in Philadelphia early 2010, paying tribute to his good friend, the late Jack Rose, a mighty six-string alchemist in his own right, and a youngster wholly inspired by Chapmans critical recordings. While sharing in the good light of friendship backstage, we asked Michael if hed ever recorded an LP of purely improvised guitar music. It seemed feasible, as the current state of acoustic guitar exploration was in equal measures inspired by both composition and improvisation. Chapman, along with Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, John Fahey et al, was a significant and historical informant for this young set. But he claimed to have never even entertained the notion of an LP of exclusively improvised playing. Anyone who has had the good fortune to hear Michael just take off in the middle of his songs and simply shred into zones of in-and-out-of-the-chakras stratosphere knows that such an idea could only be wildly welcomed. As it were, Michael got in touch within a week or so and said he was game, and here it is, The Resurrection And Revenge Of The Clayton Peacock, two sides of unbroken, idiosyncratic guitar improvisation that moves from neck-tapping harmonics into effects pedal kosmische into distinctly strange tone huzz. An odd and lovely, momentous session. Limited edition of 500 copies, each numbered with silver ink." -Ecstatic Peace.
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Artist: DARA Title: One Sided Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Detroit/NYC guitarist, singer, songwriter, photographer, filmmaker, artist Dara was a member of His Name Is Alive for a few years. She was part of upstate NY based multi media performance art group Brown Cuts Neighbors doing films, playing drums, guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards, and guerilla street performance. She collaborated through the mail w/ Warren Defever on a project called Nu Grape. They have a CD available though Time Stereo. She had a group w/ Ron Asheton called Creature79. She worked w/ artist Steve Cerio on a project called Lettuce Little featuring members of the Residents. She now performs with husband Nick in a duo they call Laudanum. Her influences/interests range from Japanese noise bands/performers such as Masonna and Melt Bananna, jazz of Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Coltrane. The Stooges, Neil Young, 80s hardcore bands, New wave, Harry Partch, artwork of Jackson Pollack. Hammer horror flicks. Film Noir. Spooky stuff. William Blake, William S Burroughs, Bukowski, Nietzche, Kathy Acker, Nick Cave, Lydia Lunch, Slayer. The Ecstatic Peace record: All of it is Dara playing vintage Farfisa keyboards, Casio keyboards, guitar, radio. Recorded in Daras kitchen in 1997 on 4 trk. All artwork/photography by Dara. Album was heavily influenced by love of 80s synth pop and heartbreak. Like OMD, Depeche Mode and John Hughes films which she loved as an 80s teenager." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: DE WYS, MARGARET Title: I Oh Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $14.50 |
| "Margaret De Wys is a composer living and teaching in the Hudson Valley region of New York. She has collaborated with artists Joan Jonas, Charlie Ahearn, Glenn Branca, Maryanne Amacher, Rudolf Grey, and Kiki Smith. With Branca she was a founding member of the legendary NYC no-wave group Theoretical Girls." - EP. "This composition developed as a music-centered response to my personal work with liminal states of consciousness that arose in a non-art context generally characterized as healing. Based on casual recordings of my own voice that I made during actual sessions, my soundtrack focuses on sequences of highly stimulated vocalization (excited, ecstatic, etc.), particularly those that seem to embody a unique and intense experience of knowing, something like a direct encounter with vitality. The effects: sound, vision and emotion in the rawest possible state. Truth shot through me like a whistle." - Margaret De Wys. |
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Artist: DEAD MACHINES Title: Human Brain Wasting Syndrome Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Dead Machines is the lovechild of John Olson of Wolf Eyes and Tovah ORourke of Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice. John leaves behind the Wolf Eyes angst, yet keeps all of the aggression while Tovah adds her own version of electronic mayhem and magic. To date, most of their releases have been on Johns infamous label, American Tapes, notorious for pressing quantities of two to forty-two in packaging that wont conform itself to your music shelf." |
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Artist: DIETRICH, DON Title: Chinese Root Letter/Tabulae Sex Format: 7" Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $4.50 |
| "Two sides of sense-heightening solo sax momentum by one-third of Borbetomagus. Sleeve features Dons legendary "tar" paintings, printed with more clarity than ever before." - Ecstatic Peace. Slightly damaged in shipping; bent corners. 1995 release. |
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Artist: DREAMCATCHER Title: A Team Come True By Format: Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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"Katherine Kline and Blake Hargreaves deliver a full session of otherworldly noise/rhythm damage/improv intuition sizzling outta Montreal. As Dreamcatcher these two North of the Border experimentalists have a sweet history of cracked beat tabletop throwdowns w/ releases on American Tapes, Alien8 and NotNotFun. This is a magick machine. Black as night C100 cassette shells, full color gloss weirdo art jcard, silver ink #d edition of 100" - Ecstatic Peace
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Artist: ECSTATIC PEACE POETRY JOURNAL Title: #7 Format: Mag Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
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"The long awaited Ecstatic Peace Poetry Journal #7, edited lovingly by Mr. Thurston Moore. Poems from Twig Harper, Byron Coley, Christina Carter, Chris Habib, Ira Cohen, Richard Hell/David Shapiro, Ira Cohen, Loren Connors, Joanna Yas, Noel Black, Alan Licht, Richard Meltzer, Dylan Nyoukis, David Keenan, Lee Ranaldo, Charles Plymell, Matthew Wascovich, Jeni Olin, Robert Opalio, Maurizio Opalio, Kyle Lapidus, Valerie Webber, Mike Watt, Angela Jaeger, Wooden Wand, Ian Nagoski, Richard Krech, Nick Henry, Jack Brewer and Mali Thep." - Ecstatic Peace.
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Artist: FLAHERTY, PAUL & BILL NACE Title: An Airless Field Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Paul Flaherty remains one of North Americas most breath-taking free-sax wonders. With white flowing beard and twinkled eye he can either blow solo, levitating all real estate to a higher key of thought, or collaborate with anyone lucky enough to travel his spaceway of experience. Radical guitarist Bill Nace has been connecting with Flaherty for a number of years now. Nace is the secret weapon of the New England underground free scene and has been charming basement dwellers searching for portals to new noise dimensions with his prepared guitar administration in accordance with both Chris Corsano in the legendary Vampire Belt and with Thurston Moore in the magic wildstyle of Northampton Wools. Here, in duo with the master Flaherty, he drops and sails and the two men create journeys both frightening and enlightening. A strange and beautiful session." -Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: FOOLE, DREDD Title: A Long, Losing Battle with Eloquence and Intimance Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "7 songs of studio-recorded solo Dredd Foole on vocals and acoustic guitar, in a totally different vein than the last Dredd Foole & the Din record with Pelt & Thurston Moore ( The Whys of Fire )." "For years and years (maybe about 17 or so), people have been pleading with Dan Ireton to record an album of his songs, as they are here, "mostly in one take". That has, almost unbelievably at this point, finally been taken care of. Not necessarily "new" or particuarly "weird", this is unquestionably (for lack of better terminology), "American". And when was the last time you could admit to that? In front of a crackling fire, it could perhaps sound good enough to melt into the floor, but even those illuminated by mere fluorescence will find pure captivation. Words, voice, guitar, culturally-informed emotional expression. Printed inner sleeve with lyrics, just like the old days. Great Kim Gordon cover." - FE. |
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Artist: FOOLE, DREDD & THE DIN Title: The Whys of Fire Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Thurston Moore and Pelt in Dredd Fooles Din this time around (past Din members include Mission of Burma & the Volcano Suns). Mastered by Jim ORourke. Quite handsome Acutal-tribute cover art. The Whys of Fire: The idea evolved a couple years ago. Dredd was playing a lot again, after his move to Vermont, and it seemed like the time to get some of his new instant compositional gambits onto tape. It so happened that Pelt were going to be coming to town pretty soon. That seemed like a good connection. Chris and Thurston both played with Dredd already in various action units, so that made sense. Hell, it all made sense. In the way that things can on hot, buggy nights in a swamp, when theres plenty of cold beer and enough electricity to go around." - Ecstatic Yod. Features Dredd Foole (voice), Patrick Best (prepared amplified acoustic guitar), Mike Gangloff (esraj, tanpura), Jack Rose (prepared electric guitar), Chris Corsano (drums, percussion) and Thurston Moore (electric guitar). |
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Artist: HAT CITY INTUITIVE Title: A Ticket For Decay! Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Hat City Intuitive have long been the mainstays of the Danbury, Connecticut free improvisation scene and, as such, are regal. Yet this crown of creative impulse and desire does not cloud their intention of celebrating the NEW. When they gather, and whoever they may invite into their high flying midst, the vibrations are a fresh fire and are wholly positive, forsaking the droll techniques of free jazz blather, and licking the under shine of night stars howling light into the black. This session has most recent member Gene Moore (guitar/reeds) showing up with his kid bro Thurston, who plugs into the nearest amp and is only too happy to just GO, as TM is a long-time fascinant of the Hat City Intuitive, having grown up in the same Nutmeg State environs just 30 some years prior. Compiled from hours and hours and hours of basement mind/spirit autumnal wine-soaked pot-smoked camaraderie, this recording is where the dirt meets the concrete and winks up to the forever sky." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: HORSEBLADDER Title: Not, Ill Not Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Not Ill Not is the debut LP from Horsebladder aka Elaine Kahn, a poet & musician currently living in Northampton, Massachusetts. Kahn uses minimalist loops & incantation to create primitive pop songs for the second body. Vocals range from ethereal to ragged, music is a corporeal daydream of night sweats & sad sex, laced with preconscious allusions to Dome, Two Daughters & Catullus. Previous releases on Yod Tapes & Night People. This recording will spook you into a third-floor poet mind devising schematics for basement loveletter. The sounds of a heart beating through raw chambers of reverb and rhythm. Engrossing, exquisite and holistically haunting. 300 copies." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: HUNTING RITUALS Title: Brooding Forest Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Hunting Rituals is the moniker of Scott Johnson (also Scott Cloud, Thoughts On Air) which was inspired from many impromptu collaborations with other weirdo musicians within the city limits of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Brooding Forest was the first recording to feature a second member, a fellow collaborator Jeremiah Buchan from Bottom Feeder who was also a main influence on the overall ritual sound process. This recording fuses Scotts focus of feral improv with Jeremys premeditated landscapes of organic creep sound. Brooding Forest was recorded in Sonic Unyons basement, originally released as a cassette on Myiasis Tapes. This is the true underground shadow music of Ontario improv/drone/outsider accidentalia. Startling and hypnotic. Limited pressing." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: HUSH HARBORS Title: Yankee Reality Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Yankee Reality. What does it mean? Does it portend that there is some unique, other plain of existence for northerners and/or city folk? Something perhaps alien to, well, everybody else? Virginia cum citizen of London/rambling man Keith Wood knows all about it. Several years ago, he relocated to the city of crumpets and tea, where he, among other things, secured a gig playing guitar for notoriously intense death folk legends Current 93. In the midst of all this excitement, he has managed to write and record a brand new Hush Arbors album, his second for Ecstatic Peace!, and its his finest to date. With a full band in tow -- multi instrumentalist Leon Dufficy, bassist Jason Ajemian, and drummer Ryan Sawyer -- and none other than J Mascis in the producers chair, Yankee Reality continues Woods winning streak while introducing an embarrassment of riches in the way of surprises and curveballs along the way. Yankee Reality is a credit to Keith Woods vast talents as a songwriter and performer, but also, stands as a shining example of his breadth of focus and versatility. How many fools out there love Merle Haggard, The Dead and Dinosaur, Jr equally? I know one." - James Jackson Toth, Nashville, TN, August 2009 |
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Artist: ISLAJA Title: Blaze Mountain Recordings Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Islaja is Merja Kokkonen, a visual artist and musician from Helsinki, Finland. Shes been releasing records on Finnish label Fonal since 2004. The first one, Meritie, introduced her lovely sense of musical wonder to the world and garnered excited praise from the more astute ears at The Wire (UK) and Dusted Magazine (USA). The 2nd release Palaa Aurinkoon was equally boss and brought Islaja to North America with compatriot Finnish folk experimentalists Lau Nau and Kuupuu where she mesmerized audiences with a captivating minimalism of sweet singing and small toy and hand-made instruments played by herself and companion Jukka Raisanen. In 2007, she released her third album Ulual Yyy which expanded her sound into further psychedelic paths. Since then Islaja has played numerous large festivals including Eurosonic, Sonar and the 2006 All Tomorrows Parties/Nightmare Before Christmas curated by Thurston Moore. Animal Collective invited Islaja to play a two week support tour with them in Europe. Blaze Mountain Recordings is a live document, all music and words by Merja and played by Merja and Jukka. Its the perfect portal to enter the living world of Islajas music/art spirit with a unity of traditional Finnish forest mystery and a radical song universe." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: KEFFER, LESLIE Title: Feels Like Frenching Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "When Leslie Keffer lived in Athens, Ohio she was asked about the noise scene there. Youre looking at it, she responded. Indeed. Leslie is one of the more fascinating proponents of homegrown Middle American noise music. A single girl drawn to the more ravaged and magical aspects of noise as source music, art and lifestyle. She has since moved to Nashville where she has been developing and progressing her personal take on what is basically a highly marginal genre of music. Leslies sound has been heard on various cassette labels (Rampart, Gameboy, I Just Live Here, Epicene, Cherried-out Merch) and most recently, her own imprint, Action Claw. She has issued a number of hand-made CDRs with her own touch of knitted fabric pouches. She has two tracks on the 2CD Tarantula Hill Benefit, one with Baltimores Nautical Almanac who have been championing Leslies work for years now. We are only too happy to release this premier full-length LP of Leslies demonstrating where shes been and where shes going." - Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: KREFTING, MATT Title: I Couldnt Love You More Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "My career in music is about to enter its 13th year. Lucky 13! Ive performed in at least 15 groups (probably more on the order of 20 if you count guest spots) over the years, the most prominent being the long-running quiet music combo Son of Earth and the short-lived-but-muchhyped Believers. Historically more of an experimental man, the Believers project showcased my always right-below-the-surface interest and passion for all things rock, and so, a couple of years after the demise of that group, I was approached by Ecstatic Peace, who asked me to produce a solo record. For the better part of a year I conceptualized, recruited, and eventually came up with I Couldnt Love You More. An early attempt to marry electronics, field recordings, and song was scrapped in favor of the personal and perhaps obvious choice of producing a covers record. It was the perfect idea, the realization of a dream. Years of singing in the shower and on long car trips had given way to the stuff of fantasy. Why stick to what you know when you can reach for what youve always desired? I asked friends to help with the realization. John Moloney, Phil Franklin, Ron Schneiderman, and Rob Thomas (all of Sunburned Hand of the Man), Ive known for years. Same with J Mascis. Old friends John Shaw (who Ive done more music with than anyone) and Lynn Meyers provide some vocals here and there, as does my wife, Jamie Jo Oltmans. The Wild Card here is John Townsend. Andrew Kesin of Ecstatic Peace introduced me to him, and he was a jack-of-all-trades. He plays on most of the tracks, sometimes exclusively, and co-produced. I chose songs from all over the map, from Rick Danko to John Martyn to the great Bill Fay. Not exactly lightweights, and quite intimidating when their full historical weight is taken into account. However, I attacked each piece with the intensity of one who truly loves these songs. I didnt concern myself with being overly arty or inventive in my interpretations (there are no truly radical re-workings of anything here), instead allowing my own emotional investment in the material to guide me and inform the other players. These are songs of love and longing. The themes are eternal. Its an honor to have had the chance to play them. Enjoy the music." -- Matt Krefting, December 2008 |
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Artist: LITTLE CLAW Title: Human Taste Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Little Claw was born in Detroit, Michigan during the Great Eastern Seaboard blackout of 2003. Having nothing to do, nowhere to go, Heath Heemsbergen and Kilynn Lunsford began playing their acoustic guitars and singing into the darkness. An auspicious beginning to be sure. Even now, Little Claw are still strumming and screaming into the void. Formed originally with Jamie Easter from the Piranhas on drums, the band played a string of shows, starting with their debut performance with legendary Ohio art-punks the Bizarros, which then led to the recording of the first Little Claw LP with Warn Defever (His Name Is Alive) The album was released by Ypsilanti records in 2005. Jamie left the band in the summer of 2005 and after one show as a duo, Hendrik Deherder joined up on the drums. A second LP was recorded with Matthew Smith (Outrageous Cherry) in his Hamtramck living room mid-2006 and was subsequently released by Thurston Moores Ecstatic Peace label in 2007. Later that year, there was a release of a split 7" single with Michael Yonkers on X! records. Little Claws move from the urban nightmare of Detroit to the more subtle cloudy terrors of Portland, Oregon prompted some more augmentations to the line-up: Adam Svenson (of Seattle improv band Du Hexen Hase) took over the caveman beat on the drums, freeing up Henrik to bang the synth and add additional percussion. On the road and on recordings, the Little Claw sound is graced by the touch of Toledo native, Damon Sturdivant (Puffy Areolas, Tyvek) on additional percussion and synth." "But what do they sound like anyway? They sounded like the greatest godammned fucking band on the planet the time we saw em. Two minimalist drummers, a guitar dude with a nice underhook rhythm rip and a girl with a badass no wave slather tongue tearing hell out of her slide guitar given half the chance. And not all hellbent rage either -- some nice licorice melt drizzle crud groove too. Fuckin awesome." -Thurston Moore |
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Artist: LONG DISTANCE POISON Title: Gamma Graves Format: Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Hand-numbered limited edition of 100 copies. "Long Distance Poison present an irresistible concoction of convergent psychedelic and analog electronic energies, everything from a love of nature, and Rothko-like visual aesthetics, to musical influences like Sky Records, John Carpenter soundtracks, minimalism, and a less-hyper Mother Mallard or post-Phaedra Tangerine Dream. Theyve released some excellent tapes, on Life Like, Cryptic Carousel, and Digitalis Limited, releases that capitalize on the bands strength in long-form electronic composition with a wealth of improvisational wiggle-room. Theres a ground concept for each section of each piece, but that merely serves as a taking-off point for LDPs pulsating extrapolations, typically about 30 minutes in length total, or longer. Theyve been wowing local Brooklyn audiences for some time now, and part of the fun of their shows is the opportunity to experience the band finding their way in the moment, watching the clay of their ideas take on form and urgency as they go." -Wm. Berger, host of "My Castle of Quiet" on WFMU |
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Artist: LUBELSKI, SAMARA Title: Future Slip Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "LP version with glossy insert. Samara Lubelskis 5th solo LP Future Slip serves up a gorgeous and friendly collection of bittersweet melodies, sinister basslines, gestural Polaroid lyrics, and spot-on drumming garnished with sprigs of fuzz, paired with a guitar Riesling. It is a record of knowledge and innocence, of truth and fairytale, of wonder and clarity. Envision France Gall performing the songs of Sterling Morrison and Mo Tucker with Ralph Molina on drums. The show is at a loft across Bowery from CBGBs and the only person in the audience at soundcheck is Jandek, cross-legged in the middle of the floor. Produced by Thurston Moore. And here is the result: Future Slip is a worldly record, a record which offers a taste of the new dimension but warns of guru bummers. To a sunny day it adds the shadows which allow the perception of depth. On a rainy day it offers a selection of cakes. Anyone who does not dig this record deserves our pity, as they know nothing about the joy or sadness of life." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: MAGIC MARKERS Title: I Trust My Guitar, etc. Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $16.50 |
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"Magik Markers have delivered nothing but total weird confusion since their nascent days as Hartford, CT.s only real rock n roll animal. Through sporadic touring and constant relocation theyve developed into one of USAs most harrowing and mesmerizing live noise units since mid-period Germs. This LP captures an early studio session which is spectacularly failed, their Forming if you will, and hardly references what theyve been throwing down live these days. Dense-pack mixed by drummer Pete Nolan, with gut-spill guitar and barely audible vocals by lyrical wizardess Elise Ambrogio and Tiffany-with-a-switchblade rhythm guitar death from Leah Quimby, it still has an essence of madness that will creepy crawl its way into your nervous system. Deluxe full colour gatefold sleeve w/ Slow Toe Publications poetry booklet featuring Byron Coley, Matthew Wascovich and T. Moore, bumpersticker and full sized insert."
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Artist: MAGIK MARKERS Title: Boss Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "When confronted with an example of magnificence in nature, such as a waterfall, Jane Goodall reported that the chimpanzees she observed were captivated, as if in awe of the beauty of the world. On BOSS, the Magik Markers have tried to capture the chimps awe. A formality and restraint the Markers have never exerted on their previously recorded material is present on BOSS. Now the Markers are Jainists, with their mouths masked so as to not inhale even one tiny insect, here pursuing the killer gentle with a vengeance. Recorded in the cavernous dark of Echo Canyon West, with producer Lee Ranaldo working the boards like a diviner, BOSS documents the Markers with a previously unheard fidelity and orchestration. Idiosyncratic song structure and melodies interspersed with a destructive drum stomp are reminiscent of the early electrified blues of Junior Kimbrough, or the black hole rhythms of Kousokuya. Mixing a gentle vulnerability with a winded egomania, the Markers have always had a musical tunnel vision; BOSS is that vision made manifest. The tug of war the Markers enact, the way they are fully prepared to start yanking their world apart as they find themselves losing their place in, makes moot possibilities of greatness or mediocrity. It makes them unapologetic soothsayers with their ears pressed to the ground, waiting for footsteps. With Peter Nolan, we finally hear what Lou Reed would have sounded like had he sallied with the drums instead of getting seduced by the easy praise of front man status. Like Rashid Ali squeezed into the Teutonic leather pants of Faust, Nolan drums like there are hell hounds at his heels but he just cant be bothered. Here both laconic and frenzied, Nolans drumming arms reach out like an octopus: tickling the ivories, humming the organ and blasting taps on some kind of endtime trumpet. As a pianist, Nolan reminds us that the piano is a percussive, beating out the whoomp of some old war dance, a bare foot-fall rhythm of fighters to battle and the heavy hands of a whiskey burlesque in the afternoon. Nolan is easy to underestimate, but finally, here is high fidelity record of the strange soul of one of Americas most natural and quizzical musical minds." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: MENSTRUATION SISTERS Title: Samantha (My Wack Panther) Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Unlike anything book or animal, the Menstruation Sisters destroy wholly" -- Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth. "Menstruation Sisters hail from Sydney, Australia. Basically a duo comprised of wildboy poet ululationist and guitar strangler Nick Kamiussis (aka Rizili aka Riz) and OZ wonderkid Oren Ambarchi (Sunn 0))), Burial Chamber, Grave Temple, John Zorn etc etc), and sometimes aided by Brendan Walls and others. Their first LP, Ma, was in an edition of 100 copies, all of which had razor blades, balloons and hypodermic needles applied to one side. As an objet dart it became a highly desirable item for noise believers (and was recently reissued -- sans appliques -- by No Fun Productions). Every once in a while an LP drops out of nowhere only to further confuse whomever is fortunate enough to grip it. 2005 saw the Holy Africa 7" on White Denim, in 2001 the infamous Goog LP on Saucerlike, in 1999 the Dead At Slugs LP on Menlo Park and in 1998 the Triple Bogey On A Ma Par Hole 3x7". All of these are essential documents of one of the most bizarre, genuinely inspired free time outfits working the avant-mind body love/noise worship axis today. This newest LP has been patiently waiting to be released for the last few years, initially a multi-label project instigated by Menlo Park and now fully realized by Ecstatic Peace. Long a champion of Menstruation Sisters after witnessing an out-of-nowhere set at NYCs legendary lost underground experimental oasis The Cooler in the late 90s, Thurston Moore invited the Sisters to open for Sonic Youth in Sydney shortly thereafter and, as inspired and weird as the NYC set was, the Sonic Youth gig was perhaps one of the most astounding question marks of music the seasoned Moore had ever experienced. So we present you Samantha (My Wack Panther) -- a new and beautiful peek into the edge of musical menstruation." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: MOORE, GEORGE Title: Plastic Flowers Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "George Moore lives in Connecticut. He is the 20 year old son of Ecstatic Peace recording artist Gene Moore. Regardless of these obvious bloodline connections George Moores musical world should, would and could easily creep into the living underground on its own mystic merits. He recorded these instrumental pieces at some point in early 2001 and issued them privately in an edition smaller than Albinis dick. The music therein is an amalgamation of spurious signals wholly independent though readings and mis-readings of John Fahey, Whitehouse and Jackie-O Motherfucker are in probable detection. The basement aura of this session will appeal to anyone even slightly aroused by the aforementioned troika. Ecstatic Peace will continue to release artifacts from the Moore boys and their Connecticut Nutmeg State of Mind environmental joob." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: MOUTHUS Title: Divisionals Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "After releasing the first Mouthus LP years back, Ecstatic Peace returns to unleash another beast by this always amazing duo. Brian Sullivan (gtr/vox) and Nate Nelson (perc) connect here with a focused, thematic hayride through long tone static and fried mind amp terror. Anyone following the arc and molten flow of Mouthus last few LPs and CDs (on Our Mouth, Troubleman Unlimited, Olde English Spelling Bee, Music Fellowship, Important, Three Lobed, Weird Forest and the exemplary Saw A Halo on Load) will be surely intrigued by Divisionals as it is Mouthus at their sweetest. Almost. Just when youre drifting through the electric skies you find the Earth reaching into your soul pulling you back to a primordial foreverness. A charming action." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: MUTANT APE Title: Erotic Yorkshire Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Mutant Ape is the insane noise project by Yorkshire, UK resident George Proctor. George runs the Turgid Animal label, which since 2005 has been the go-to place for harsh noise, power electronics and other demented spuzz releasing over 500 CDs, CDRs, cassettes, LPs, 10"s, 7"s etc. He has been releasing Mutant Ape sounds wherever and whenever, establishing his classic yet contemporary noise/horror vision of lust and spectacle as one of the premier scum artists of the last decade. Erotic Yorkshire is Mutant Ape at its most corrosive delivering from track to track occult ambience to skin shredding power drug electronics. All bookended by the demented and misogynist rants of Jamie Gillis. Artwork by the fractured mind of Tisbor. Disgust, depression, defilement and demotion are all here for those of you who demand only the best in carnal crud." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: MV & EE Title: Barn Nova Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Still harvesting and sustaining in the deep woods of Vermont , MV & EE (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) are following their 2008 release Drone Trailer with their feature-film-for-the-blind Barn Nova, which marks their return to the Ecstatic Peace! label. MV & EE aspire to the sort of beautifully rewarding standard in their documented output that Sun Ra or The Grateful Dead achieved. It is with Ecstatic Peace! that their most consistent works have been born and continue reach fans with The Golden Road, their most constant band. Together with Doc Dunn (pedal steel, rhythm guitar, vocals, drums) and Mike Smith (Rickenbacker 4001, vocals), who appeared on Drone Trailer, as well as J Mascis (drums, guitar, plate reverb) and Woods Jeremy Earl (vocal, drums) they take you on the ride now known as Barn Nova and here they jam. Justin Pizzoferrato also appears contributing percussion, space echo and aiding once again at the controls. This album was recorded at MV & EEs own home studio Maximum Arousal Farm as well as their current local New England rooms of choice, Bank Row (an old mid 1900s bank) and Js home studio Bisquiteen. These kindred spirits share a wealth of ideas including a serious reverence and desire to upgrade/expand the classic-rock idiom. Barn Nova marks the return of Spectrasound, MVs production technique that places tones dancing all around the stereo sound field: it has to be heard to be believed. This effect is all the more impressive that the majority of it was created recording live, rather than conjured through studio post-production during mixing. Especially potent on the A side-ending stomp Summer Magic, where Erikas economical leads go head-to-head with Js on a particularly mind-blowing live-in-studio effort; It brings to mind the vibe of Green Blues, Mother Of Thousands and even an electric Moon Jook with matured songwriting. Inspired by the likes of Jerry Garcia, John Cipollina and Tom Verlaine, Matt Valentine displays an insatiable appetite to play in various idioms with constant exploration and development. Meanwhile, Elders harmony leads recall the glorious twinned guitar lines of Canned Heats Al Wilson & Henry Vestine at their most potent." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: MV & EE Title: Barn Nova Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| LP version with poster. "Still harvesting and sustaining in the deep woods of Vermont , MV & EE (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) are following their 2008 release Drone Trailer with their feature-film-for-the-blind Barn Nova, which marks their return to the Ecstatic Peace! label. MV & EE aspire to the sort of beautifully rewarding standard in their documented output that Sun Ra or The Grateful Dead achieved. It is with Ecstatic Peace! that their most consistent works have been born and continue reach fans with The Golden Road, their most constant band. Together with Doc Dunn (pedal steel, rhythm guitar, vocals, drums) and Mike Smith (Rickenbacker 4001, vocals), who appeared on Drone Trailer, as well as J Mascis (drums, guitar, plate reverb) and Woods Jeremy Earl (vocal, drums) they take you on the ride now known as Barn Nova and here they jam. Justin Pizzoferrato also appears contributing percussion, space echo and aiding once again at the controls. This album was recorded at MV & EEs own home studio Maximum Arousal Farm as well as their current local New England rooms of choice, Bank Row (an old mid 1900s bank) and Js home studio Bisquiteen. These kindred spirits share a wealth of ideas including a serious reverence and desire to upgrade/expand the classic-rock idiom. Barn Nova marks the return of Spectrasound, MVs production technique that places tones dancing all around the stereo sound field: it has to be heard to be believed. This effect is all the more impressive that the majority of it was created recording live, rather than conjured through studio post-production during mixing. Especially potent on the A side-ending stomp Summer Magic, where Erikas economical leads go head-to-head with Js on a particularly mind-blowing live-in-studio effort; It brings to mind the vibe of Green Blues, Mother Of Thousands and even an electric Moon Jook with matured songwriting. Inspired by the likes of Jerry Garcia, John Cipollina and Tom Verlaine, Matt Valentine displays an insatiable appetite to play in various idioms with constant exploration and development. Meanwhile, Elders harmony leads recall the glorious twinned guitar lines of Canned Heats Al Wilson & Henry Vestine at their most potent." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: MV & EE WITH THE GOLDEN ROAD Title: Gettin Gone Format: Double LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
| Double vinyl version, gatefold sleeve. "A new sound has organically evolved that will most certainly astonish listeners new & old, but still find a special place on the formidable shelf of their back catalog. So rejoice in this disc, which boasts some of MV & EEs most finely-crafted songs to date and along with The Golden Road present a feast of tones & riffs that will stick to your ribs for a long time. Like its predecessor, Gettin Gone is a family affair of like-minded freak and friendly hair waves. Most fascinating is the Ecstatic Peace! soundboard premier of Zuma, one of the coolest dog minds north of New York City. Also the one part golden addition of Doc Dunn and the harmonium magic of Luisa, she of Mascis child. Oh and J his self blams some mountain heavy drumming on a few of these tracks. Matt and Erikas devotional dharma is open to all true vibes of rock n roll and folk n roots ramble both tender and tuff." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: MV & EE WITH THE GOLDEN ROAD Title: Gettin Gone Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "A new sound has organically evolved that will most certainly astonish listeners new & old, but still find a special place on the formidable shelf of their back catalog. So rejoice in this disc, which boasts some of MV & EEs most finely-crafted songs to date and along with The Golden Road present a feast of tones & riffs that will stick to your ribs for a long time. Like its predecessor, Gettin Gone is a family affair of like-minded freak and friendly hair waves. Most fascinating is the Ecstatic Peace! soundboard premier of Zuma, one of the coolest dog minds north of New York City. Also the one part golden addition of Doc Dunn and the harmonium magic of Luisa, she of Mascis child. Oh and J his self blams some mountain heavy drumming on a few of these tracks. Matt and Erikas devotional dharma is open to all true vibes of rock n roll and folk n roots ramble both tender and tuff." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: MV CARBON Title: Dislodged Perihelion Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "MV Carbon is a Brooklyn-based musician/artist with a completely unconventional and wildly conceptual approach to music-making and performance. She uses fragmented field recordings, cello, guitar, analog synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, tape manipulations, and photosensitive oscillators to create eerie and weirdly unsettling compositions. Carbon has collaborated with a whos-who of avant-garde contemporanea: Aki Onda, Tony Conrad, Evan Parker, John Wiese, C Spencer Yeh, Twig Harper, Bill Nace, John Edwards, Culver (Skullflower), Okkyung Lee, Smegma and a host of others. She has performed internationally for years in galleries, rock clubs, museums, attics, basements, gardens, etc. With her band Metalux she has released music on some of the most interesting labels of the last ten years: 5RC, Load, Hanson, Veglia, No Fun, and Nihilist. Her work with the band Bride Of No No has two releases out on Atavistic. Her solo cassette tape, The Shaft, was released on Period Tapes in July 2011. Carbon is also a painter and installation artist whose artwork has been exhibited at a number of U.S. galleries. Dislodged Perihelion utilizes vintage drum machines and synths, guitar loops, tape machines, voice, and cello. The lyrics abstractly reveal particular scenarios, images, moods, and impressions where the listener feels and experiences sensations from disruption to enchantment. Edition of 300 LPs with silkscreen covers printed by Rel Records." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: NEW BLOCKADERS/THURSTON MOORE/JIM OROURKE Title: The Voloptulist Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"Originally released as a limited CD by Hospital Productions in 2005. This is the equally
limited LP version with variant artwork. TNB is arguably the most notorious and interesting
proponent of ground zero UK noise/industrial history. A mysterious and oddly evocative
practitioner of abstract noise purpose TNB has released some of the most consistently
challenging recordings of the genre. What we have here is ORourke on one side and
Moore on the other taking TNB "music" and collaborating with it in distinctly different
ways: ORourke utilizing the free-life percussion power of Chris Corsano and Moore
employing the spirit-index of shortwave. 500 Copies." - Ecstatic Peace.
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Artist: NOTEKILLERS Title: 1977-1981 Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"The Notekillers were a Philadelphia based band between the years of 1977 1981. They were a nowave guitar/drums, instrumental band that had one amazing self released 7" in 1978, "The Zipper" b/w "Clock Wise". They played in NYC a couple of times, most memorably opening for Glen Branca, which is how they came to the attention of Ecstatic Peace. A few years back, Sonic Youths / Ecstatic Peaces Thurston Moore was asked to make a fantasy mix tape for Mojo magazine. He included the song "The Zipper", saying, "It was one of those records that resonated fully with all of us at the time - a genuine hybrid of radical approach (ayler/pistols!)" This rock based group from the age of punk rock and disco featured talented musicians that had two main goals. The first was to experiment; to push their combined abilities to uncommon results. The second was that their efforts should be able to follow any record on their turntable, whether it be reggae, rock, acoustic or punk and the influences would be evident while maintaining their own driving rock sound. This new release from Ecstatic Peace includes the song that started it all, "The Zipper" and its B-Side, "Clock Wise", the never released single, "Run Dont Stop" b/w "Juggernauts" and eleven tracks taken from 2-track reels, dusty cassettes and an actual 8-track cartridge." - Ecstatic Peace.
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Artist: NYOUKIS & JAAP BLONK, DYLAN Title: Dubbletwee Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Here is one of the most anticipated head-scratching meeting-of-the (insane) minds recordings ever rumored to have existed: the blabber-gunk vocalistix of Chocolate Monk honcho and musical zone/zap improv outsider and founder of Decaer Pinga (née Prick Decay) Dylan Nyoukis and the high-energy, consistently startled and startling voicebox-tongue shredder, Jaap Blonk. Nyoukis from the UK and Blonk from The Netherlands bash heads and gums together to splat out a relentless and rapacious slew of ululation and indescribable utterance. If vocal duo improv of the most bizarre order is yr meat, then pull a stool up to this table and get a snoot full o what-the-fuck. Wicked weirdness." LP only -- full color jackets -- 400 copies."- Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: OSCILLATOR Title: Hollywood Groupies Rule Format: Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Ben Wolcott, original member and pioneer oscillator noise actionist from To Live And Shave In L.A. along with Brian Miller, L.A. noise musician/collaborationist and overseer of the Deathbomb Arc label have come together as Oscillator. Ben playing ⿿light driven oscillator and Brian ⿿mechanically driven electronics. Recorded at The Smell in downtown Hell A to a blasted audience of noise star loving mamas. Incredible duo splurge of shared shard exploration. Pretty in pink C24 cassette shells, full color gloss jcard featuring four of Hollywoods most notorious phase 2 groupies of the early 70s (including the awesome Lori Lightning who, alongside Pamela Des Barres, was Jimmy Pages direct conduit of West Coast comfort.) silver ink #d edition of 100." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: PEAH, LEAH Title: s/t Format: Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Solo cassette of harsh noise love from member of Head Molt. 100 copies." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: POOR SCHOOL Title: The Holy Master Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "POOR SCHOOL started in April 2005 with Bryan Ramirez (gtr), John Niekrasz (drms) and Nathan Hoyme (sax). We first caught wind of this sick noise/jazz/postpunk rock trio when John Olson brought Ramirez other combo Ex-Cocaine (who have a sick new LP on Siltbreeze out NOW) to the No Fun basement a few years back and Ramirez laid some POOR SCHOOL cdr action on us. Needless to say we were buh-lown away by the manic improv hepness and immediately emailed the dude to see if we could slam some POOR SCHOOL magic onto black plastik. And unto Ecstatic Peace was delivered The Holy Master. Ramirez and Olson go waay back when the two of them jammed together in the nascent Michigan underground psychedelic troupe Universal Indians. Ramirez took off to Missoula, Montana to investigate micro-brews and mountain air and help put together the awesome Ex-Cocaine. Hes still there. Niekrasz went to get high on life in India but is expected back sooner than later. Upon his return we can hopefully expect POOR SCHOOL to shed new love and light and chaos for the future."-Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: RADIO/GUITAR (BARBARA ESS AND PEGGY AWESH) Title: Radio Guitar Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $12.50 |
| "RADIO GUITAR is nine tracks of fantastic music and noise utilizing radio sound and electric guitar as realized by Peggy Ahwesh and Barbara Ess respectively. Filmmaker Peggy Ahwesh came of age in the 1970s with feminist politics and the experimental film underground. She started working with Super-8 film in her teens and went on to make feature films, including Splice This (1999) and Girls Beware (1997). Barbara Ess has been performing music in NYC since the 1970s w/ such famed no-wave groups as The Static and Daily Life as well as The Glenn Branca Ensemble and Y Pants, a trio of women playing music on toy instruments. Most recently she has been a member of Ultra Vulva. She has also worked as a publisher of Just Another Asshole - a series of anthologies of artists works in various formats." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: RAMIREZ & MSBR, RICHARD Title: Negative/Offensive Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "A project in celebration of the work and influence of mysterious UK (anti) artist noise outfit The New Blockaders as constructed by Houston, Texas black whips and male-on-male noise pioneer Richard Ramirez (Black Leather Jesus et al) and the sadly departed Japanese harsh noise maestro Koji Tano (MSBR). A mail collaboration where each artist would send source materials to be decomposed by each other. Fantastic walls of brutal shard skum splatter taken to points of demented anguish and resultant cosmic implosion/explosion. Exquisite cover art by Stan Reed of Blue Sabbath Black Cheer." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: RELIGIOUS KNIVES Title: The Door Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| ""Maya Miller and Michael Bernstein met in New York a decade ago, and began making music together as half of strum und drone quartet Double Leopards a few years after that. Religious Knives came later still, away from the road and the rehearsal space, borne and nurtured in cramped apartments throughout Kings County. Beginning in 2005, the pair released a string of CD-Rs and cassettes, both on their own Heavy Tapes imprint and through the labels of kindred spirits. Steadily moving away from the psychedelic tone baths and modern industrial scrape for which the Leopards had become known, Religious Knives coursed through minimal synth oscillations and spare Kraut repetition. Mouthus Nate Nelson joined the pair in 2006, lending a powerful presence behind the drums that shaped Religious Knives rudimentary jams into rough-hewn, long-form paeans to tar-blackened bummer psych. Soon after that, old friend Todd Cavallo completed the quartet on bass, adding a sturdy low-end and dubwise groove that lifted Religious Knives from cellar murk to black cloud puffs of bone-deep alarm. An active four-piece for a little more than a year now, Religious Knives have presided over a pair of 12"s, a couple of collections of out of print singles and long gone burns, and one full-length. All throughout, these four have traced a path away from the clamor they once knew, bathing slight guitars, interlocking vocals, and solemn bass lines in reedy organs and recalcitrant modular synths. The seemingly tin-eared would call it noise, but in these eight hands, such a set plays as anything but, instead a (cough) syrupy stroll in search of the ghosts of rocks classicist past. With The Door, Religious Knives have not only found those bygone days, but broken them apart. There are bookmarks to be found here, pages creased in well-worn chapters. But make no mistake -- theirs is a sound tied to the here and now, a summer record for those dread days when the heat holds low and skin sticks to cheap car seats and old patio furniture. These six songs are brighter, sharper than anything that has come before, locking in tight on jugular rhythms. Its the score for disappearing neighborhoods and crumbling buildings, a hope of holding onto the past as those around us move fast to forget it. It is scent as sound, the stench of smog and sickly smoke spiraling towards the sky. It is Brooklyn, July of 2008. The sun has left us in the East, disappearing somewhere behind Jersey, leaving our borough to find the pulse of another night deep with the citys streets." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: SHIFLET, MIKE/16 BITCH PILE-UP Title: Extract, Behold/Make Like a Fetus and Abort Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $12.50 |
| Edition of 500. "Ohio has been rampant on the Ecstatic Peace play lists lately with the release of a long player earlier this year by Leslie Keffer and a forthcoming split LP by Emeralds and Tusco Terror. Like Keffer, whos moved to Nashville (to be closer to Be Your Own Pet), 16 Bitch Pile-Up and Mike Shiflet are both ex-pats of Ohio. 16 Bitch to California and Shiflet to some weird small town in Japan. Mike Shiflet weve known for years as he has produced some of the more interesting tapes and whatnot of Midwestern out-ness from his Gameboy label and from his legendary duo tour with Burning Star Core/C. Spencer Yeh of a few years back. Like the amazing beard he has sported since childhood, his music is a free-fall of acoustic wonder. He is also the cat responsible for turning on most of the world to the radical charms of three girls from Ohio wickedly named 16 Bitch Pile-Up. With a name like that you may have expected something just kinda funny but what made itself imminently obvious was that 16 Bitch was really and extremely into producing a wholly personal thrombosis of noise improvisation. Crystallized to the trio of Sarah Bernat, Sarah Cathers and Shannon Walter, this trio has become one of the most consistently exciting live experiences of the last five years. These recordings by both artists were done when both were still residents of Ohio and reflect that time and space right before each others exodus. They are raw and righteous and ready for you to take a bite." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: SIGHTINGS Title: Through The Panama Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"Bass, drum and guitars meshed together with a synthetic twine envisioned in future think tanks. Literally the sound of human progress darkened with a profound fidelity so loud the dark matter of the universe quivers in a deadly orgasm. Guitar, bass and drums reconfigured for a new purpose. This is the bands sixth album and takes the notch so much higher than previous efforts in terms of songwriting and production. With Andrew W.K. as a producer, some of the caustic curtains that swathed past albums have been parted to reveal a coldly pulsing artificial heart. And the beat of this heart sounds off in an alien tongue of bass and drums. Guitars descend like unforgiving sheets of napalm from the smoldering skyline. Songs pop out of this miasma that tick off icy coolness with piano and vocal stylings. Indeed, hot and cool. To accentuate the difference this album has versus previous Sightings records, a Scott Walker cover is included. This is a rock album, but a rock for times coming, a sound of future days. Break the chains from the days of past, listen to Sightings and evolve. Limited edition beautiful high gloss gatefold LP." - Load.
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Artist: SMACK MUSIC 7/THE POLLY SHANG KUAN BAND Title: Split Format: 7" Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "this is basically karen lollypop/karen constance (wife, sister-in-law and fellow Jock to Decaer Pinga). Smack Music 7 is her doing solo tape music, a style she refers to as Glamtronics - it is amazing, elegant and stately. The Polly Shang Kuan Band is her ever changing groop, consisting of herself and whoever else is drunk enough to partake (in this case Cecile Gilbert) a very sensuous text/test experience. edition of 300." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: STEGM Title: On Tight White Sheets Format: Double Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "2Xcassette in white vinyl case. Killer harsh noise project of Canada power electronics master Ryan Bloomer. 100 copies." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: STILLBIRTH Title: Before Things Got Worse Format: Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Focused noise drama from Luke Moldof (Razors & Medicine). 100 copies." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: STRANGE BREW Title: Live Weird, Die Weird Format: Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Solo noise action from Ann Arbor, Michigan legend Michelle Birawer. 100 copies." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: SUNBURNED Title: Z Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Following in the footsteps of My Morning Jacket, SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN are calling their forthcoming album Z. Main Man JOHN MOLONEY says the record is about infinity and the double dimension we all live in yet dont fully understand. Z is the sound of that feeling you get when you think youre being watched or followed by the omnipotent one. In keeping with the metaphysical theme, the albums five tracks are titled simply with different numbers of infinity symbols. And since it would have been in keeping with their neo-hippie aesthetic, we are bummed that Sunburned didnt title the album Infinity While High."-Pitchfork. |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: A Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "A is Sunburneds second album with producer Kieran Hebden, a.k.a. Four Tet. Directed by Kieran like actors in a film, Sunburned is taken off the bandana smokestage of their previous collaboration -- Fire Escape -- and put onto a sweat-soaked 4am lysergic dance floor. Kieran uses the band like his live instrument laptop and sampler. The results are truly stunning which makes this record into one of the best moments of each artists respective musical careers. With artwork by California visionary and band favorite Raymond Pettibon, A has looks that kill along with the sounds that thrill. Includes double-sided poster of Pettibon artwork." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: TREETOPS Title: Treetops Format: Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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"TREETOPS is Mike Pollard, young experimental musician out of Western Springs, Illinois. Mike also runs the amazing Arbor label. Focusing on the more marginal drone and noise musics of the planet Earth, Arbor has graced us with killer cassettes by Evan Miller, Gown, Cygnus, Bark Haze and his own Treetops project. Hes also banged out some vinyl by Warmth, Black Monk, Yellow Swans, and Robedoor. All class acts. Weve been digging on Treetops droning Midwest kosmiche moves on a number of past releases on great underground labels like Zeik Zak, jk tapes, Not Not Fun, DNT, Gilgongo/C-salt and Blackest Rainbow. So its with a happy heart and slippery soul that we issue this lovely jammer. Cover art by Coco. Limited Edition of 100" - Ecstatic Peace.
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Artist: W.K., ANDREW Title: 55 Cadillac Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Andrews first ever new-age instrumental solo piano concept album. 55 Cadillac showcases Andrews spontaneous piano improvisations, as well as the visualized manifestations of his car. Special edition gatefold vinyl by Ecstatic Peace!. The 55 Cadillac recording process began in Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday, January 23rd, 2009. Andrew played his very own Steinway Concert D piano, set up for optimum tape recording by F.F.V., using a mobile triple cassette sound system. Photographer, Andrew Strasser, has completed a comprehensive photo shoot of AWKs prized 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood limousine, which features heavily into the albums artwork. Mario Dane mixed the album at Skyscraper Music Maker in Manhattan, NYC. Only 750 copies of the LP will be pressed." -Ecstatic Peace |
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Artist: WATSON, DAVID Title: Throats Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "From 1981-86 DAVID WATSON was active in the New Zealand music and art scene, as a member of PRIMITIVE ARTS GROUP, appearing in the first New Zealand International Arts Fest, and co-founded Braille Records to record the local improv music scene (which released 12 LPs in the eighties). He released three LPs on Braille, and did much to create an improv/noise-music scene where previously there was none. In 1987 he moved to New York and has performed in clubs, new music and concert venues throughout New York, Europe, Australia, NZ and Japan since then. From 1988 to 1995 he played primarily guitar performances in New York with Ushio Torikai, Ikue Mori, Mark Ribot, Zeena Parkins, Kato Hideki, Cecil Taylor, William Hooker, Shelley Hirsch, Andrea Parkins plus many others at venues like CBGBs, Knitting Factory, the Cooler, as well as curating music series like Roulette, Experimental Intermedia, St. Marks Church, Greenwich House, Bang-on-a-Can, PS 1, and PS 122. He did a Japan tour with John Zorn, and members of the Boredoms, Merzbow, Ground Zero, Makigami Koichi, and others."- Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: WEIRD HABIT Title: s/t Format: Cass Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Amazing new solo venture from Sarah Bernat of 16 Bitch Pile-Up. 100 copies." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: WOODEN WAND Title: James & the Quiet Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "The prolific JAMES JACKSON TOTH, working under the nom-detune WOODEN WAND has released some 20-plus albums over a handful of years. However, Toth considers James & The Quiet only the third proper Wooden Wand full length. While each release has explored a psychedelic-folk wonderland, this album is far and away one of the most concisely focused and downright catchy recordings in the WW oeuvre. Co-arranger and vocalist JESSICA TOTH may be the records secret weapon. While perhaps best known for her role as lead vocalist and occasional guitarist in Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice, on James and The Quiet she emerges as the perfect foil to Toths inimitable artistic voice. Together with LEE RANALDO, Jessica wrote and fine-tuned most of the albums exquisite harmony vocals and piano lines. Hoping to transcend genre tags, Toth, with more than a little help from his friends, has crafted a consistent and creative batch of songs that rewards repeat listens and continues to showcase his talent as a songwriter." -Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: X04 Title: Cataracts Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Debut vinyl release by the Western Massachusetts drone/scrape trio of Bill Nace, John Truscinski and Jake Meginsky. These guys have developed into one of the most soul-glowing sound/improv units out there today. And we mean out there �?? sparkling shards of guitar/amp/file machinations dance and intercede with rolling thundercloud dreamdrum dramatics. Nace you know from his killer duo throwdowns with Chris Corsano as Vampire Belt as well as the more recent weirdness with Dylan Nyoukis and Karen Lollypop as Ceylon Mange and in duo with Thurston Moore as Northampton Wools. Truscinski and Meginsky are the fine gentleman whove recorded as Slaughterhouse Percussion, Meginsky a student of and research assistant to Milford Graves at Bennington College. 500 copies." - Ecstatic Peace. |
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Artist: MONSTER ISLAND Title: From The Michigan Floor Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Peace/Father Yod/End Is Near Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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Artist: CLARINETTE Title: Haze Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Yod Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Regardez-vous the debut recording by Clarinette, a solo project that has flowed from the brain of well-known archivist, Daniel "Dan" Vallor. Utilizing such instruments as guitar, swinehorn and kuck, Mr. Vallor has created a world of scrambled-diz miniatures of disarming variety. Played w/ tiny robot fingers, lacerated by stumps of home-studio fuckery, the five pieces here are as potently frenched a selection of man-handled string readymades as any record collector has ever waxed." |
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Artist: FUZZHEAD Title: El Saturn Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Yod Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"Subtitled: An Entirely Subjective Visit To The Sun Ra Musical Omniverse. 1995 second LP by this Kent, Ohio psych collective, on which they attempt to collapse the universe-as-known-by-Sun-Ra into a shape that will fit neatly into a two car garage. It is a bravura performance, paying ecstatic tribute to the Man from Saturn, and also creating an amazing fever acid swamp of sound. Known in academic circles as volume 7 in the esteemed Center Of The Ass Run series. Housed in a gatefold sleeve with photos from the BYG archive. Includes insert." -Ecstatic Yod. Mid 90s release.
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Artist: GOWN Title: Sacred Mountain Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Yod Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
| "We used to carry a whole line of ⿿Gown Is a Band buttons and hoodies, but we discontinued them, because they were a lie. In truth, Gown is a person. Gown is from the islands of British Columbia Canada, and spent an entire year living on one such island alone, apart from his dog and three or more goats. If rock-qua-rock and/or its sub-forms are based on blues epistemology, then Sacred Mountains is rooted in the vernacular of sea shanties, sea creatures and sea salt in general. The music swirls and eddies as water does when trapped in a cove, just before rejoining the ocean-propers massive swells and crashing onto a buncha rocks. And I guess the music is like that rejoining, too. A process such as this is a journey and far from perfect, but the missteps sparkle and gleam like the random beauty that surrounds us. The LP was recorded over the course of a month in Florence, Mass, following a two month tour across the USA, playing in a duo with Christina Carter. Gown and Christina also contributed a side the My Cat Is An Alien split LP/CD series and have a CD out on Digitalis Industries. This LP is limited to 500, all with hand painted original covers." - Yod. |
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Artist: GOWN Title: Wandering Glory Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Yod Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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Artist: HEAD OF WANTASTIQUET Title: Mortagne Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Yod Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Head of Wantastiquet is the solo project of Sunburned Hand of the Man"s Paul Labrecque. This is the long awaited follow-up to Paul"s debut cassette release on Open Mouth. This LP is luscious and layered with psych banjo based pieces spread over 12 tracks. I"d compare it to a cross between Daniel Higgs and Doc Boggs sans vocals. A truly beautiful record which comes in a VG Kids screenprinted double sided sleeve sleeve in a one time edition of 500." - Ecstatic Yod |
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Artist: ID BATTERY Title: Unique Ancient Tavern Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Yod Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "1997 release. Volume 6 in the Center Of The Ass Run series. L.A.-based duo of Brandon Labelle and Loren Chasse, who have self-released 2 prior CDs. Concerned with small, installation-oriented audio, what they refer to as "found sounds within found spaces." -Ecstatic Yod |
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Artist: LITTLE CLAW Title: Spit And Squalor Swallow The Snow Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Yod Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "CD version of 2007 release on Ecstatic Peace! Little Claws batter-rock style provokes a lot of aggression on both sides of the audience/performer divide. Originally from Michigan, they relocated soon after this album to the moister turf of Portland, Oregon (home of JOMF, Smegma, Meltzer, etc). Little Claws rituals are tribal, their tongues unknown, and their recordings for XL, Siltbreeze, Ypsilanti and other labels have taken maximum r&b in many bizarre directions. This CD reissues a newly-mastered version of their second LP, originally issued by Ecstatic Peace! in 2007. It is a monster of form-disruption and includes some of Kilynn Lunsfords most easily comprehended songs. Beauty wears many skins. Heres the proof." -Ecstatic Yod |
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Artist: MOUTHCRAZY Title: Open/Openwide Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Yod Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "1996 debut LP by a beautiful trio of UK improv wheezers, led by Sharon Gal (currently a member of Meltaot with Savage Pencil). They create incredible hillocks of acoustic and electronic clatter, with certain resonances (although very few actual similarities) to some of the other UK underground giants of their era. They existed from 1992-96 and this LP was released as the 4th volume of the Center of the Ass Run series. I seem to recall Tom Lax once drunkenly comparing them to Throbbing Gristle and well, Tom should know." -Byron Coley |
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Artist: PANTER & DEVIN FLYNN, GARY Title: Devin And Gary Go Outside! Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Yod Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Gary Panter and Devin Flynn are two goddamn geniuses of the visual arts universe and anyone who says different can eat my lardy shoe. But what happens when these two bohemian gentlemen retire to their smoke-pit with a bunch of musical instruments, several pounds of sweet leaf, and some recording equipment? If you really wanna know, well, you now have the power. Their fully-smoked psychedelic vision allows them to re-imagine and re-align one of Garys own back pages ("Tornader To The Tate" originally recorded with the Residents in 1981), as well as various song-bits they recall from elsewhere. Recombinant theories mix with tricky fingering in ways that will blow you across the room (as a recent Brooklyn live show demonstrated to several unwary attendees). Very mind-blown and fully loaded. Includes liner notes by Byron Coley." -Ecstatic Yod |
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Artist: PICKS & LIGHTERS Title: S/T Format: CD Label: Ecstatic Yod Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Picks & Lighters were a Knoxville, TN combo who come to us straight out of 1999. Because of fates vagaries, their time is gone. Everyone missed and ignored the boat they offered us, and we were all left floating, lonely, in a sea of our own shit. Until now. We truly dont understand how this one got by us upon its initial release, but it did. Picks & Lighters even released a beautiful vinyl record to make sure we wax lovers gave them a chance, no dice though. Their cries of creation fell upon deaf ears; for a good while, anyway. Now, here we are in the year 2006, and there is finally enough time of give some love to the Picks & Lighters crew. So heres a re-release -- with proper jewel case packaging -- of their genius S/T CD from 1999. Their music ombines all sorts of parts including (but not exclusive to) Royal Trux, universal Siltbreeze sounds, Rolling Stones feedback loops, American Primitive volk guitar, Boogie Rock, lo fi form-scrumble, etc. It s a motherfuckin shame this went unnoticed in 1999, but maybe now we can right some wrongs, change the world, and float a boat or two. Cause you know what Thurston Howell says ⿿ theres always room for another yacht. Hopefully, well eventually have the wherewithal to issue some of their related material, both that of an archival nature, and that which the remnants of Picks & Lighters now create under the name, Newport. Because it all sounds fucking great. And you really oughta know it." - Yod. |
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Artist: RAM UMBUS Title: Swing Low Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Yod Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Volume 5 in the Center Of The Ass Run series. "Did I ever tell you about my new wicker pants, well I bet I have the only ones in town. They are stiftly ribbed and that preset form gives me all the support that Ive always needed. And just because I cannot wear them right now, you can bet I will be stylin, just as soon as loose these eighteen pounds. Then I wont have to worry about them leaving basket marks on my arms." -Ecstatic Yod. Mid 90s release. |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: A Taste of Never Format: LP Label: Ecstatic Yod Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "VPRO session from Sunburneds first European tour in 2003, this features the O.G. line up of Moloney, Thomas, Pontius, Franklin, Orleans, Bohill, K, Val and Corsano. Slick studio recordings. Letterpressed sleeve, insert, clear vinyl and limited to 400 copies." |
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Artist: ELECTRAVOX ENSEMBLE Title: Musiche di Guido Baggiani, Walter Branchi, Luigi Ceccarelli & Marcello Federici Format: LP Label: Edipan Country: Italy Price: $22.00 |
| Sealed, original copies from 1987. |
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Artist: ELECTRAVOX ENSEMBLE Title: Musiche di Luigi Ceccarelli & David Keberle Format: LP Label: Edipan Country: Italy Price: $22.00 |
| Sealed, original copies from 1986. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Primitivismo e Mito della Macchina Format: LP Label: Edipan Country: Italy Price: $16.00 |
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Artist: TINGUELY, JEAN Title: Sound Sculptures - Tate Gallery 1982 Format: LP Label: Edition Bierammer Country: Austria Price: $32.00 |
"Lovely second release by Austrian Edition Bierammer (after the Joseph Beuys / Nam June Paik Coyote III LP). This time a long-overdue reissue of Jean Tinguelys Sound Sculptures cassette from 1983, originally released on Audio Arts. Presenting recordings of 13 of Tinguelys kinetic sculptures at the Tate Gallery exhibition in 1982 including a 18 minute piece performed by Meta-Harmonie. Essential document of one of the important artists in this field. Edition of 150 copies with gold on white silkscreen cover." -Edition Bierammer.
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Artist: BOHMLER, CLAUS Title: Materialien Zur Postmoderne In Bild Und Ton Format: LP Label: Edition Block Country: Germany Price: $36.00 |
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"Claus Bohmler works with the media. Since they seem to function so well, he takes them apart, examines them, and then, perhaps, assembles them anew. This process doesnt create chic elements for the living rooms of the communication-theorists, the sociologists, or the simulation-apocalyptic, but rather the same sort of rudimentary raw material as found in notebooks, drawings, miniture cameras, radios, photostats, and cassettes. Its these poor media that open eyes and ears. Not bound to a cultural-bureaucratic administrative machinery, they atand their ground by presenting an opulence of idea-productions that fragmentate, ferment, combine, and experiment, because according to Bohmler, every substance is good for thinking" - K. Gallwitz.
"Especially language materializes, for to Bohmler it is not only commentary, but also a starting point, composition, confusion, and instruction at the same time. Imagine a rhinoceros as a gramophone. With the apt title Materialien zur Postmoderne in Bild und Ton, Bohmlers record for this device present a complex, compact matter. Side A composes three movements with magnetic tape. The concatenation of tapped, blown, plucked, and played sound produces a changing atomosphere and, as with any series of fragments, could go on sounding forever.
The enclosed score of this Muzak for progressive idyllists, housewives, and cardrivers - all of whom are not annoyed by sporting airplanes - was written during the recording of the white colored record; its coverdesign mixpickles Stockhausen, Rams, typewritter-esthetic, and fashion.
The other side of the record includes a speech by Bohmler about the new German design ("die kombi-nation steht Kopf!")
By acoustic revision, the sequence of the recitation is made brittle, pointed, and - again through arrangement of simple elements - the message is decomposed and multilayered.
Bohmler, who designs media-furniture, is a polygot: he speaks and write music for all. His living room lecture.
Cover: two-color print of a drawing by Claus Bohmler. 30cm, 45RPM, Edition Block, Berlin, No. EB 120. White record, score included." - Broken Music. Featuring Holger Hiller. Original copies from 1986. Highly Recommended!
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Artist: CORNER, PHILIP Title: Pictures From Pictures Of Pictures Format: LP Label: Edition Block Country: Germany Price: $36.00 |
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Artist: ROTH, DIETER/GERHARD RUHM/OSWALD WIENER Title: Selten Gehdrte Musik von den 3. Berliner Dichter Workshop - 12./13.7.73 Format: LP Label: Edition Hansjorg Mayer Country: Germany Price: $38.00 |
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Artist: BRUS, GUNTER Title: Bodyanalysis: Actions 1964-1970 Format: DVD/Book Box Set Label: Edition Krothenhayn Country: Germany Price: $108.00 |
| "A core member of the artist collective around Hermann Nitsch, Otto Mühl and Rudolf Schwarzkogler- instigators of Viennese Actionism- it was during the early 1960s that Viennese painter, performance artist, graphic artist and writer Günter Brus staged his first actions in Vienna. Due to the radical nature of his works, Brus soon found himself at odds with the Austrian authorities. Sentenced to six months of close arrest, in 1970 Brus absconded to Berlin. During the subsequent years, his works were shown by a range of internationally-renowned museums and galleries-nowadays, Brus ranks among Austrias most eminent contemporary artists. The DVD introduces the films Körperanalysen ("Body Analysis"), an overview of Actionism movies from 1964-1970 (by, amongst others, Kurt Kren, Otto Mühl, Ernst Schmid Jr.), compiled and presented in a documentary format by Peter Kasperak, as well as Anita Natmessnigs documentary Schrecklich Verletzlich ("Awfully Hurt"). In addition, the DVD features many slide shows of Actionism photography by Ludwig Hoffenreich, amongst others. Hand-numbered edition of 1,000 copies. The packaging consists of a slip lid box with banderole, containing an 100-page book with photos and texts by Peter Weibel and Theo Altenberg. Running time: 131 mins; Audio-Language (Actions): German, English, French; Audio-Language (Documentary): German; Subtitles: English/French; Format PAL, 4:3/16:9 Color; Audio-Format Stereo (MP2/AC3); Region 0 (All Regions); X-Rated 18; Book: 100 pages; ISBN 978-3-9811856-2-1." - Edition Krothenhayn. |
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Artist: DIE TODLICHE DORIS Title: Gehörlose Musik Format: DVD Label: Edition Krothenhayn Country: Germany Price: $62.00 |
| "During the years 1980-87, German trio Die Tödliche Doris was absolutely legendary in the Berlin underground music and art scene. Embodying the pure, obscure spirit of "neue deutsche welle," their releases and live shows revealed a raw post-punk sensibility with performance art. Die Todliche Doris are still widely considered one of the most radical, intelligent and influential German avantgarde bands of the last two decades. Now this DVD brings the music of the legendary, long unavailable LP Gehörlose Musik from 1981 back to life -- in the guise of gestures, signs, interaction and movement. Each DVD is hand-numbered and available only in a limited edition of 1,000 -- once gone, will be gone forever. In November 1998, Wolfgang Müller, founder of Die Tödliche Doris, decided to re-release the bands sought-after and long unavailable first vinyl LP. However, not as sound, but as a gesture: sign language interpreters Dina Tabbert and Andrea Schulz translated and reshaped the lyrics and music of the album using nothing but signs and gestures. The result of this transmutation is a "soundless" music, expressed entirely within and through the body. Many hearing-impaired people -- and an equal amount of those who could hear just fine -- made their way to the Prater at the Berliner Volksbühne to witness this process as part of a series of events called Gehörlose Musik (music for the deaf or "soundless music"), initiated by "Freunde guter Musik" (friends of good music). And the result is no dance, no performance, no music -- it constitutes a new form of art defying conventional definition. The DVD can be played in sign language option, or music option and also contains an interview with Wolfgang Müller as well as a 24-page booklet with writing and photographs. Comes encased in a slip-lid box with banderole. Format: DVD 5; Language: German; Subtitle: German/English; Format: NTSC, 4:3, Region: 0; Time: ca. 60 min. Booklet: 48 pages, German/English." - Edition Krothenhayn. 2006 release. |
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Artist: KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN Title: Musik / 1979-1995 Format: CD/Book Box Set Label: Edition Krothenhayn Country: Germany Price: $79.00 |
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"Kippenberger unplugged! Martin Kippenberger skipped out on this world after just 44 years - in 1997, the art worlds flamboyant enfant terrible, one of Germanys most famous painters best known for his biting provocations and prolific output, died of the consequences of his equally prolific alcohol consumption. In 1978, Kippenberger moved to Berlin, launched Kippenbergers Büro (together with his future gallerist Gisela Capitain) and became the managing director of Kreuzbergs seminal venue SO36 where he proceeded to confuse the local punks with acts like Red Krayola, Scritti Politti, Kleenex or Kevin Coyne. His own band Luxus (featuring Christine Hahn of Malaria!, among others) released a limited edition single in 1979, available in homeopathic quantities. In subsequent years, he cranked out a steady stream of further singles, with fellow painter Albert Oehlen, among others. Kippenbergers not-so-secret love and passion, however, was swing music - expansive, and possibly pompous, big band jazz - and traces of this have found their way onto a Golden Kot Quartett release, which lists Kippenberger as its drummer. "Yuppi Du," on the other hand, makes the most of his Dadaist humor, while several versions of "Ja, Ja, Ja, Nee, Nee, Nee" pay tongue-in-cheek homage to Joseph Beuys. Now, give or take three decades later, Edition Kröthenhayn releases the surviving works of Kippenberger and his friends on CD and vinyl. Expect 60 minutes of music: jazz, noise and obscure sound experiments squeezed into a limited, hand-numbered (1,000 copies) CD box containing a 72-page book. Edition is replete with a slip lid box and banderole and is a prime example of luxurious, high-quality bookbinding. In addition, essays and writing by Max Dax (Spex), Wolfgang Müller (Die Tödliche Doris) and Frieder Butzmann are accompanied by many previously unpublished - and unseen - photographs." - Edition Krothenhayn.
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Artist: KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN Title: Musik / 1979-1995 Format: Triple-10" & Book Box Set Label: Edition Krothenhayn Country: Germany Price: $108.00 |
 "Kippenberger unplugged! Martin Kippenberger skipped out on this world after just 44 years - in 1997, the art worlds flamboyant enfant terrible, one of Germanys most famous painters best known for his biting provocations and prolific output, died of the consequences of his equally prolific alcohol consumption. In 1978, Kippenberger moved to Berlin, launched Kippenbergers Büro (together with his future gallerist Gisela Capitain) and became the managing director of Kreuzbergs seminal venue SO36 where he proceeded to confuse the local punks with acts like Red Krayola, Scritti Politti, Kleenex or Kevin Coyne. His own band Luxus (featuring Christine Hahn of Malaria!, among others) released a limited edition single in 1979, available in homeopathic quantities. In subsequent years, he cranked out a steady stream of further singles, with fellow painter Albert Oehlen, among others. Kippenbergers not-so-secret love and passion, however, was swing music - expansive, and possibly pompous, big band jazz - and traces of this have found their way onto a Golden Kot Quartett release, which lists Kippenberger as its drummer. "Yuppi Du," on the other hand, makes the most of his Dadaist humor, while several versions of "Ja, Ja, Ja, Nee, Nee, Nee" pay tongue-in-cheek homage to Joseph Beuys. Now, give or take three decades later, Edition Kröthenhayn releases the surviving works of Kippenberger and his friends on CD and vinyl. Expect 60 minutes of music: jazz, noise and obscure sound experiments squeezed into a limited, hand-numbered (1,000 copies) CD box containing a 72-page book. Edition is replete with a slip lid box and banderole and is a prime example of luxurious, high-quality bookbinding. In addition, essays and writing by Max Dax (Spex), Wolfgang Müller (Die Tödliche Doris) and Frieder Butzmann are accompanied by many previously unpublished - and unseen - photographs." - Edition Krothenhayn.
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Artist: NITSCH, HERMANN Title: The Action Art of Hermann Nitsch from Past to Present Format: DVD/CD Label: Edition Krothenhayn Country: Germany Price: $108.00 |
| "Super deluxe DVD & CD set. The Action art of Hermann Nitsch from past to present Actions, 1962-2003 (1 DVD; this DVD is in European PAL format only and not compatible with some/many DVD players in the US) plus a CD with the recordings from the 2005 Burgtheater performance. Hand-numbered edition of 1000 copies. The packaging consists of a slip lid box with banderole, containing an 80-page book with photos and text. Disputed and celebrated: Hermann Nitsch, Actionist and painter, composer and stage designer. He is one of the most renowned Austrian artists of today and nevertheless still divides the art world as before. Nitsch belongs beside Günter Brus, Otto Mühl and Rudolf Schwarzkogler as one of the most important main actors of Viennese Actionism. At the beginning of the 60s he carried out his first "Actions" in Vienna, which involved several trials and three terms of imprisonment. His main work, "Orgy Mystery Theatre," the bloody, sacrilegious meat-play inspired by Greek mythology, Antonin Artaud and Sigmund Freud, was the defining work of his career, and has established and influenced Actionist performance representations in contemporary art ever since. On this DVD there is a 4-hour overview of all of Nitschs "Actions" from 1962-2003, as well as an interview from 2005. The 80-page book (German/English) which includes text by Florian Schreiner and numerous photos, explains the theoretical basis of Nitschs work. On the CD are recordings of the 122nd "Action" at the Burgtheater of Vienna in November of 2005. Package: box/book, 80 pages/DVD/CD; Edition: Limited to 1000 copies, hand-numbered; Content: main feature + interview; Running-time: approx. 4 hours; Audio-Language: German; Subtitles: German/English/French; Format: PAL, 4:3, color; Audio-Format: Stereo (MP2/AC3); Region: 0 (all regions)." - Edition Krothenhayn. 2006 release. |
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Artist: AGENCEMENT Title: Experimental Music of Japan Vol. 4: Early Works 1983-1986 Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $26.00 |
| "At first, Agencement was started as an anonymous tape music project in 1985. It started from an indie movement that had occurred in inverse proportion to the calm situation of Japans mid-80s domestic improvised music scene. As for activity of violin performances that I started from the influence of European improvised music after it is related to the edit of underground music magazine named Avant-Garde that Kanazawa University students issued from 1976 until 1979, several years have passed from beginning. I played the violin in various places at that time, for instance, I have participated at the 2nd Ten Minutes Solo Improvisation Festival (1982) at Kyoto Seika University, and I sometimes performed violin + live electronics solo at Merzbau cafe, etc. I was gradually editing them with multi-track though the magnetic tapes that recorded live performances. Such a work style originates from the drawing works which I started producing when I was a teen. The work of my 1st LP was made by using a cheap analog multi-track tape recorder and took 1 year. The flow of such time has not basically changed in the studio work of me digitalized now too. In 1986, I was able to come in contact with artists such as Merzbow, Toukaseibunshi, 10T and others through compilation cassette releases, etc. Masami Akita who had contact for several years recommended it though I did not think that I make LP of myself at first." --Hideaki Shimada Hideaki Shimada was born in 1962 in Kanazawa and began work with violin solo improvisation in 1980. He started tape music project Agencement in 1985, where he creates multi-layered violin improvisation and records them on magnetic tape. He has performed live in the noise music scene since the early 90s. In 2000-2003, he collaborated with Kiyoharu Kuwayama (Lethe) and Kiyoshi Mizutani in "Lethe Voice Festival" in Nagoya. In recent years he has improvised with Katsuyoshi Kou, Mori-shige, and also a sound event curated by Toshi Ichiyanagi in 2009. Housed in a cardboard paper gatefold sleeve with artwork by the artist. Includes newly-written liner notes in Japanese & English. Limited edition of 500 copies." -Edition Omega Point |
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Artist: ICHIYANAGI, TOSHI Title: Music For Tinguely Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $26.00 |
| "A quarterly magazine for graphic work, gq was issued in the 1970s. The magazine was re-produced in 2008, and the newest issue devoted to kinetic sculptor Jean Tinguely was completed in 2009. Edition Omega Point made a special CD for the edition comprised of rare sound materials from Toshi Ichiyanagis Music For Tinguely, released here for the first time ever. Also includes the track released on OPA 005CD. Toshi Ichiyanagi is a well-renowned Japanese avant-garde composer who made brilliant pieces of tape music. Most of his works have not been issued on CD, or have only been issued in very small editions. Housed in a cardboard paper gatefold sleeve. Newly-written liner notes in Japanese and English by Toshi Ichiyanagi. Limited edition of 300 copies only." -Edition Omega Point |
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Artist: ISHIGAMI, KAZUYA Title: Experimental Music of Japan Vol. 5: Hosshin no Kizashi Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $26.00 |
| "Subtitled: Acousmatic Electronic Works. This is the fifth volume in Edition Omega Points Experimental Music Of Japan series. Sound performer, composer and sound engineer Kazuya Ishigami was born in 1972, in Osaka. He graduated from Osaka University Of Arts in 1994. He composed his pieces for INA-GRM in August 1997. His Radiophonic work "Sonic Escapism," "2nd 49" and "Whisper Of Sound God" were broadcast from Deutschlandradio in 2005-2008. Ishigami studied at music academies in Japan and France, and since 1997, has also acted as a noise/improvisation unit Billy? and Daruin. This CD consists of two recent works of "Acousmatic Electronic Music." Works in this style may be more challenging for electronic music fans because they are so academic, but Ishigamis sound is exciting and cool. "Hosshin no Kizashi" is a work based on the theme of prayer by priests in the Buddhist temple of Senkoji (in Osaka). Hosshin means "departure bodhi mind." "Hosshin no Kizashi" means there is still a hesitation. "Otokamui no Sasayaki" (trans. "Whisper of sound god"); "Oto" means "sound" in Japanese. "Kamui" means "god" in Ainu. Housed in a cardboard paper sleeve. Including newly-written liner notes in Japanese & English by the artist. Limited edition of 500 copies only." -Edition Omega Point |
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Artist: ITO, ATSUHIRO Title: Experimental Music of Japan Vol. 6: R.G.B./Pre OPTRON 1999 Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $26.00 |
| "This CD is a remastered reissue of a very limited CD-R released by Omega Point in 1999. This is the sixth volume in Edition Omega Points Experimental Music Of Japan series. Atsuhiro Ito was born in 1965. He launched his career as a visual artist in the late 80s, and in 98 began presenting sound performances at art exhibitions. Ito made use of fluorescent lighting (which is also an element of his art installations) in the creation of an original musical device called the Optron. In addition, Ito is active in a number of musical units. One of these is Optrum, the explosively loud "extreme optical noise-core band" consisting of Ito and drummer Yoichiro Shin, and another is free jazz trio Kazuo Imai Trio with Kazuo Imai, a guitarist who is also a member of Marginal Consort, and Manabu Suzuki (electronics). He published his own label Gotobai Recordings in 2009. "My homemade instrument is called the Optron -- it outputs flicker-noise of fluorescent lamps as sound directly. In the early years of its conception, it was not only uncontrollable and unstable, but also the sound was so barbaric. However, I had no intention of controlling the system and performing it as music. I recorded the electric phenomenon by flicker of fluorescent lamp innocently. I first named the Optron sound system when I performed a live show after the release of the CD-R. The sound materials of this CD-R were not recorded as noise-performances, but rather, they would be called recordings of phenomenon as effect from experimental works, and an extension of my installation works. This fluorescent performance had not gotten a good reputation from my acquaintances in those days. However, I was interested in the lights and sounds simply, and it is not too much to say that its only a feeling of wow, its so exciting!" --Atsuhiro Ito; Housed in a cardboard paper gatefold sleeve with newly-written liner notes in Japanese & English by the artist himself. Limited edition of 400 copies only." - Omega Point. |
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Artist: KANAZAWA, KENICHI Title: Experimental Music of Japan Vol. 10: Solo Performance Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $25.00 |
| "Edition Omega Point presents solo performance pieces by Japanese sound and visual performance artist Kenichi Kanazawa. "Oto no Kakera" ("Fragments of Sound") was based on his participation in an exhibition called Sound Garden in 1987. He cut thick steel plates like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, concerned with the thematic relationships of iron, figures, and sounds. He attacked the pieces with sticks, and then played with their sounds. Various pitches, tones and resonances of sounds were made from the area and shape of each pieces, extending the world of iron sound richly. This CD is a recording of performances in the exhibition "Kenichi Kanazawa, iron as a starting point 1982-2011." Solo Performance is housed in a cardboard paper gatefold sleeve, with newly-written liner notes in Japanese and English. It also includes a summary written by Kanazawa. Limited to 300 copies." -Edition Omega Point. |
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Artist: KANAZAWA/SHINJIRO YAMAGUCHI/HIROYUKI URA, KENICHI Title: Experimental Music of Japan Vol. 9: Fragments of Sound, Figure of Music Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $26.00 |
| "Kenichi Kanazawa held the exhibition "Oto no Kakera" ("Fragments of Sound) and "Workshop" at the Kawagoe City Museum between 2006 and 2010. At the fifth and final exhibition, he did a workshop and performance with Hiroyuki Ura and Shinjiro Yamaguchi. This performance consisted of some fragments, with Yamaguchi adding his own details. According to his explanation, he tried to capture an invisible figure of music through composition using simple rules and styles. Housed in a cardboard paper gatefold sleeve with newly-written liner notes in Japanese and English. Also includes a summary by the artist. Limited to 300 copies." -Edition Omega Point. |
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Artist: MINAMI, HIROAKI Title: Obscure Tape Music of Japan Vol. 10 Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $27.00 |
| "...Electronic Symphony No. 1. Little-known composer Hiroaki Minami was a professor of electronic music at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music and is a pioneer of synthesizer music in Japan. He built a private studio for his self-made synthesizer in his home in 1976, and shortly thereafter, he composed this piece, Electronic Symphony No. 1, filled with spacey and very noisy analog synthesizer sounds, much like Roland Kayns 60s concrète works. Contains liner notes by the artist in Japanese and English; housed in a limited-edition specially-designed cardboard paper sleeve." -Editions Omega Point "The artist himself: "At the age of 15, having more of an interest in technology than music, I began to build radio sets and vacuum tube amplifiers. In the next 20 years, electronics advanced into the realm of transistors and integrated circuits, creating a huge potential for the use of the synthesizer for musical applications. In the 70s as knowledge about experiments in transistors, integrated circuit oscillators, and filter technology became available in electronic technology magazines, I attempted IC even though I only had vacuum tubes to complete an analog synthesizer, and I also purchased 2-channel and 4-channel tape recorders. I was finally equipped with the necessary equipment to create electronic music when tragedy struck my family: my 8 year-old daughter died from liver disease. It compelled me to compose the fifth movement Sorrow Song The Stars Sang of the Electronic Symphony No.1 as the requiem for my daughter. The piece, created from my own analog synthesizer, was distributed throughout the world as an individual work, and only later did I compose the rest of the movements in order to complete Symphony No. 1." -from the liner notes. |
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Artist: MOROI, MAKOTO Title: Obscure Tape Music of Japan Vol. 13: Kusabira Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $27.00 |
| "One of the pioneers of Japanese electronic music, Makoto Moroi, composed "Kusabira" for Kyogen (traditional comedy theater) with electronic sound in 1964. "Kusabira" means "mushroom." A strolling Buddhist monk, Yamabushi, tried to exterminate many mushrooms that grew in the garden of a mans home. However, his magic did not take effect on them but also the Mushrooms began to increase. The man and Yamabushi were driven out of the home by a large Mushroom, finally. In this work, Moroi used abstract electronic sounds, like on his earliest works, and he modulated Kyogen lines into concrete sound -- so noisy and strange in all of Morois electronic works. The second piece is "Sinfonia - Shin - For S.M." (1972). This is Morois most important work using Japanese traditional instruments. The origin of this work was based on Arving Tofflers 1970 book Future Shock, and it was composed as spacephonic music by a 4-channel recording system. This is committed work by the young genius player Susumu Miyashita, who plays various kinds of koto, gongs, percussion and Indian flute bansuries. The sharpness of the performance is so wonderful, and also some transformed human voices are inserted in the middle part of this work. Both of these two works together contrast "comedy" with "tragedy." This work was released on LP in 1973 (Victor). This is the first time "Kusabira" has appeared on disc, and this is the first CD reissue of "Sinfonia-Shin-For S.M." Cardboard paper gatefold sleeve in its original design. Newly-written liner notes in Japanese by the artist, translated into English. Limited edition of 500 copies." - Edition Omega Point. |
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Artist: SUZUKI, HARUYUKI Title: Experimental Music of Japan Vol. 2: Electronic Works Vol. 1 Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $25.00 |
| "This is the second release in Edition Omega Points Experimental Music of Japan series, featuring the work of Tokyo composer Haruyuki Suzuki (b. 1962). This CD includes four of Suzukis electronic works -- the oldest piece, "Concret II," was composed in 1985, and is an experiment in sound and noise. The triptych "Go And Back" series composed in 1996, are like versions of the same screenprinting, but made in different colors. While the MIDI data that comprises the structure of the pieces is the same, the varying sound materials used to augment the versions are different. Influenced by Luc Ferrari, Suzuki began composing electronic music using CD-J players in 2005, and "Circuit II," composed in 2006, uses two CD-J players. "Bustling For Luc," composed in 2007 was also inspired by Ferrari, and heavily influenced by the work of American experimental musicians, most particularly James Tenney. The only sounds used here are systematically transformed tidbits of environmental sound recordings of the busy quarters of Tokyo. Haruyuki Suzuki is a mostly self-taught composer. He helped establish the composers group Tempus Novum in 1991, along with, among others, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Yoshifumi Tanaka and Hiroshi Yokoshima. He has collaborated with visual and film artists, and has organized lectures and concerts by James Tenney (2001) and Luc Ferrari (2002/2003). Housed in a specially-designed cardboard paper gatefold sleeve, with newly-written liner notes in Japanese & English by Haruyuki Suzuki himself. Limited edition of 300 copies." -Editions Omega Point |
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Artist: UEHARA, KAZUO Title: Experimental Music of Japan Vol. 8: Assemblage Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $26.00 |
| "This is the eighth volume in Edition Omega Points Experimental Music Of Japan series. Japanese composer and synthesizer artist Kazuo Uehara was born in Osaka in 1949. He studied composition in Tokyo and in New York and is a Professor of Music at the Osaka University of Arts, teaching composition, experimental music and also multi-media performance. His music has been performed in France, Germany, the U.S., and other countries and he has also performed his interactive live music and multi-media pieces at major festivals in Sweden, Bulgaria, Russia, France, Poland, Brazil, China, Korea and other countries. He was the main prize-winner at the Bourge International electroacoustic music competition in 1983. In 1990, he was awarded a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. He has been producing the International Festival for Contemporary Music in Japan since the 1980s. "Assemblage is a word from the domain of modern art. This is one of the techniques in the expression of art. The word means mixture, originally. I decided that assemblage would be the concept of this CD. A collage by Picasso is similar example. Dadaism is also another similar example. I try to express new directions in music by using the assemblage technique. Music Collage Re-Mix Version is based on the live recording of a performance from Brazil in 1989 -- a collaboration with a Brazilian dancer and her voice. Pont De lAlma De Paris was a piece composed at INA-GRM, which is well-known as the place where musique concrète was created by Pierre Schaeffer. The title of this piece Pont De lAlma is the name of the metro station in Paris. I tried to express the harmony between traditional images and contemporary images of Paris. OTO Mandala 2 -- usually a mandala is created as a visual image but in this piece I tried to create a mandala image by using sound with bandoneon by Miho Kurosawa. Sound Work 1 is the first piece I composed by using a personal computer. I used NEC PC 8-bit which came out in the beginning of the 1980s. I tried to create very simple synthesized sounds. Forest Of Gombe is a piece on the subject of nature from a chimpanzees forest in Africa. Assemblage 2004 was composed using the assemblage technique using various sounds, noises from nature and instruments like piano and biwa. Meteora Version 1.0 is the name of a strange rock from the northern part of Greece. Meteora 1 is created as acousmatic music." Housed in a cardboard paper sleeve. Including newly-written liner notes in Japanese & English by the artist. Limited edition of 400 copies only." - Omega Point. |
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Artist: UEHARA, KAZUO Title: Obscure Tape Music Of Japan Vol. 15: Event 73 Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $27.00 |
| "From 1972 to 1973, I was based in New York for my creative activities and live performances. New York at this time was in its golden age of experimental music. Towards the end of my stay, I held a live performance entitled Event 73 to sum up my creative works in New York. The venue for the performance was The Kitchen of the Mercer Arts Center that provided spaces for innovative and emerging artists. This CD consists of a mixture of sounds that were created at a studio prior to the live performance and the sounds recorded live at the performance. I used the Buckla Synthesizer for electronic sound and also for transformation of the sound. The work has four different segments: 1) Diffusion 2) Condensation 3) Chaos 4) Revolution. Each segments meanings and sounds itself doesnt necessarily correlate to each other. Yet, the images that are evoked by each word express the chaotic world of the day." -Edition Omega Point. |
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Artist: UEHARA, KAZUO Title: Obscure Tape Music Of Japan Vol. 16: Early Works Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $27.00 |
| "Edition Omega Point presents a collection of early work from Japanese experimental composer Kazuo Uehara. "Seoul 1982 was composed using recorded sounds as raw material to reassemble the historical soundscape of Koreas capital city, Seoul, in the early 1980s. During this time, despite the political chaos and the tension in the city under the Korean military government, I felt the lively energy in peoples lives. The raw material comprised a wide range of different sounds, including the street cries in the downtown, cheerful voices of children in the Namsang area, noise of arterial streets, and conversations of from students at the Seoul National University. Apart from that, the encounter with the Korean traditional percussion music group, Samul Nori, was such a precious moment in my fieldwork. I would like to dedicate this piece to the people in Korea, especially the original members of Samul Nori, and also to the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson who captured the decisive historic moments. Music For Contemporary Dance is dedicated to Takao Kusuno. In the 1970s, the art space Jean-Jean in Shibuya served as a popular venue for experimental music, theater, dance, etc. Within this movement, I did collaborative works with Takao Kusuno who performed as an artist and dance director. In the 1980s, Kusuno moved his base to Brazil where his outstanding performances won numerous awards until his early passing. This piece was composed in collaboration with Kusuno to explore new approaches for dance. The work has two consecutive parts, subtitled Crows Habit and I Am A Clown. It was not merely contemporary dance, nor Butoh, but it indicated the contemporary room for the dance scene of the time. His work returned home with Brazilian dancers and was staged in Japan in 2009. Science Technology Expo 85 - Music For Cell Universe was specially composed for the Health and Sports Pavilion at the International Exposition, Tsukuba, Japan, 1985. The space was comprised of 27 multiscreen films and stereophonic space. The uniquely designed space controller, the system for moving sound image, made it possible to control the electronic acoustic sound image to create virtual 3D space. Homage To Xenakis was composed at a UPIC workshop held in Tokyo in the 1980s where the composer Iannis Xenakis made remarks on each presented work. The musical composition tool, UPIC, was created by Xenakis, and was developed at the Centre dEtudes de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales (CEMAMu) in Paris. This unique sound synthesis system allows the user to create music by drawing lines on the board. Xenakis originally envisaged this tool to be used for pedagogical purpose. Other than musicians, the workshop drew participants from children to adults. The piece was composed in collaboration with the computer graphic artist Masao Kohmura and others." -Edition Omega Point. |
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Artist: YUASA, JOJI Title: Obscure Tape Music of Japan Vol. 12 Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $27.00 |
| "...Miniatures Of Concrete Works. Edition Omega Point presents work by legendary Japanese composer Joji Yuasa -- one of most important composers in Japan after World War II. "Nadja, Twincling in Stars" (1963) is the incidental music, by NHK Radio, based on "Nadja" by Andre Breton who made "Declaration of Sur-Realisme." The actual chart of constellations was played by three players (violin, piano and vibraphone) which was used as the music score. Birdsong, electronics, and sound generated from inside the piano using music concrète techniques were constructed at the NHK Electronic Music Studio where Yuasas first so-called pure electronic piece "Projection Esemplastic For White Noise" was made in the same year of 1963. "Music For A Cenotaph For Industrial Victims" (1972) was set in the woods of Tama Hills, in the suburb of Tokyo. The music consists of echoing wooden bells in the woods, made from lowered marimba moderated by square wave, various metamorphosed sounds reminiscent of industrial work to accompany the offering flowers by the attendants, and again, more reverberant sounds of wooden bells. "Music For The Main Pavillion Of The Okinawa Oceanic Expo" (1975) is a musique concrète work which was made for the Oceanic Expo in Okinawa prefecture in 1975. Folk music with an indigenous stringed instrument (Jamisen), voices of various sea birds, the engine sound of a boat, and metamorphosed instrumental sounds reminiscent of the wind and waves combined with orchestral chamber music. Italian folk song "To The Sea" is arranged for chamber orchestra and recorded by the composer as an important sound source of this work. Limited edition of 500 copies only." - Omega Point. |
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Artist: YUASA, JOJI Title: Obscure Tape Music of Japan Vol. 14: Background Sound... Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $27.00 |
| "...In Textile Pavillion Of EXPO 70. At the EXPO 70 in Osaka, many avant-garde artists contributed architectural, space, environmental design and sound works. In the Textile Pavillion ("Sen-i Kan" in Japanese), Japanese composer Joji Yuasa and filmmaker Toshio Matsumoto presented a remarkable experimental event, "Space Projection Ako" for multi-channel tape music and image projection. Also included in the presentation at the Pavillion was background sound for several spaces and objects, composed by Joji Yuasa, mainly. This original master tape was provided by Yoshimasa Matsumoto, the sound operator at the Pavillion, who was also a sound engineer for 60s film and television which included "Ultra Q," "Ultraman" and others. For the first track, "Music For Pattern-Slide Monyoh," abstract textile images were projected on the walls of a corridor ("Monyoh" means graphical patterns). This concrete sound was composed specially for this space. "Music For Colourful World" (by unknown mixer) was played and recorded by three electric guitar players. "White World" involved the same interior space as "Colourful World," except it was painted white, in contrast to "Colourful World." Music for this room was made out of sound material from "Projection Esemplastic" and "Icon For White Noise," both important electronic works from Yuasas early years. "Voices Of Dolls" featured a group of tall, gentleman-like dolls set in a lobby space, accompanied by meaningless text in Japanese, English and Portuguese coming out of them. The Japanese version is a part of Yuasas concrete work, "Voices Coming." An English version (by Joseph Love) and a Portuguese version (by Joaquim M. Benoetez) were recorded for this project. For "Voice Of Raven Objects" (by unknown mixer) the artist Masunobu Yoshimura created ravens and arranged them here and there on the Pavillion. The accompanying sound was made from modulated Noh chant and lines from a story coming out of the mouths of the ravens. "Background Sound Of Central Dome" was taken from events such as "Space Projection Ako" that took place in the dome space of the Pavillion. This background sound was prepared from marimba modulated by a square wave. Premiere recordings on disc, housed in a cardboard paper gatefold sleeve in an original design. Includes newly-written liner notes in Japanese & English. Limited edition of 500 copies." - Edition Omega Point. |
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Artist: YUASA, JOJI Title: Obscure Tape Music of Japan Vol. 1: Aoi-no-Ue Format: CD Label: Edition Omega Point Country: Japan Price: $27.00 |
| "2010 repress. Volume one of Omega Points Obscure Tape Music of Japan series, featuring Joji Yuasas "Aoi-no-Ue" (1961) and "My Blue Sky" (1975). Joji Yuasa (b. 1929) is one of most important composers in Japan after World War II. "Aoi-no-Ue" was composed for experimental theater at Sogetsu Art Center. The sound of this work is made from the chants of Japanese traditional "Noh" theater. "The text is recomposed by me keeping the original words. And it was sung in the style of Noh-chant by three brothers ... This work is composed mainly based on the metamorphosed sound of Noh-chant. The other sound is concrete sound such as bird songs, water drops, glasses, the warped sound of a vibraphone, some generated electronic sound and others. These sound sources are diversely changed, metamorphosed through all the possible electronic techniques at that time, and finally mixed and reconstructed on stereophonic tape. This piece had taken almost half a year to complete, working with the excellent sound engineer Zyunosuke Okuyama at the Sogetsu Art Center." --Joji Yuasa. This package also includes his final electronic music piece "My Blue Sky No.1," made at NHK electronic music studio. This studio was the 60s and 70s mecca of Japanese electronic music. Yuasa explains: "In this work only clicks, pulses and the various kinds of beats induced from them -- varying pitches, width and their frequency of pulse -- are adopted. For example, I controlled successively occurring pulses of low frequency sine wave by means of triggering with the frequency of the square wave." Limited edition of 500 copies for this second edition. Housed in a cardboard paper gatefold sleeve in the original design. Newly-written liner notes in Japanese and English by the artist himself. New and quite different cover art for this second edition by Ryuhei Yuasa." - Omega Point. |
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Artist: CAGE, JOHN/TERRY FOX Title: High Fidelity Format: Double LP Label: Edition RZ Country: Germany Price: $62.00 |
"Double lp in deluxe threefold sleeve and large booklet catalogue released on the occasion of the exhibion "High Fidelity. Artists Records in the Marzona Collection" at Kunstbibliothek Berlin 2008/09. The double lp features: LP 1 by John Cage, "John Cage speaks Mureau by John Cage" (68:07 min.) that was previously released on tape by S Press in 1972. LP 2 by Terry Fox, "Culvert" (55:39) a recording of the sound art / 24 hrs. performance piece recorded in 1977, first time available. The 36 pp. book contains texts by Wolfgang Brauneis, Michael Lailach and Andreas Schalhorn (in german and english), a complete discography of the artists records in the exhibition plus foto/text material both on "Mureau" and on "Culvert". Edition of 1000 copies, co-released of the Kunstbibliothek Berlin with Edition RZ." - Edition RZ.
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Artist: ICHIYANAGI/MAKI ISHII, TOSHI Title: Music For Living Process/Cho-Etsu Format: LP Label: Edition Rz Country: Germany Price: $24.00 |
| "1997 release. Two pieces by Japanese avant garde composers, performed in 1973. ("Music For Living Process" for Shakuhachi, flute, harp, percussion) & ("Cho-Etsu" for Shakuhachi, shell horns, percussion, harp)." -Edition Rz. |
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Artist: KRIWET, FERDINAND Title: Hortexte Format: 3 Picture Disc LP Boxset Label: Edition RZ Country: Germany Price: $90.00 |
| "Ferdinand Kriwet (*1942) its radio work 1961 with the language text began openly". "See texts", that left the traditional medium book and were published in displays and on placard walls, followed. Parallel in addition Kriwet developed theoretical manifestation to the acoustic literature, that became the base for its radio works. Picture and tone composed it to "text film", that were shown in Mixed-media-shows in art halls, churches and movie theater. For its manifold activities, it was priced with international praising. The sound material for its texts" "hear broadcast and television, a Sound pool, that permanently surrounds us on all waves, originates mainly. Organizes after semantic and musically rhythmic viewpoints, join itself the medium quotations to impressive auditiven Collagen. The hear pieces presented here process the massenmedialen representation of the first manned moon landing (1969) and the American presidency choices 1973, fragments out of sport coverage and further language material and sound material out of the broadcast. With "Voice of America", "Apollo America", "Campaign", "ball", "radio ball" (Karl-Sczuka-Preis 1975) and "radio" six of its legendary radio works are published here for the first time on sound-recording medium; on the six Picture-Disc-LPs, six of its legendary "see texts" are reproduziert." -Edition RZ (via freetranslation.com) "Absolutey stunning release - three picture discs with Ferdinand Kriwets legendary audiocollages and radioplays from the 1960s & 70s, comes in a deluxe box, with booklet (in german). "- Amusik. |
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Artist: LACHENMANN, HELMUT Title: Guero Für Klavier Format: LP Label: Edition Rz Country: Germany Price: $24.00 |
| "1990 release. All works by experimental composer Helmut Lachenmann: ("Guero" for solo piano), ("Pression" for solo cello) & ("Grand Torso" for string quartet)." -Edition Rz. |
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Artist: NONO, LUIGI Title: A Carlo Scarpa Format: LP Label: Edition Rz Country: Germany Price: $24.00 |
| "1990 release. All works by Luigi Nono: ("A Carlo Scarpa" for large orchestra), ("A Pierre" for contrabass flute, contrabass clarinet and live electronics), ("Guia Al Gelidi Mostri" for electronically treated winds, voices and strings). Regarding Nonos concept of "new listenings": "This no longer means revolutionizing the entire linguistic system ie. a subversive attack on the institution of music; rather it means progressively expanding the technical possibilities of sound produced by traditional instruments and the perceptive faculties of the listener."" -Edition Rz. |
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Artist: RADULESCU, HORATIU Title: Clepsydra Format: LP Label: Edition Rz Country: Germany Price: $24.00 |
| "1990 release. Two 22+ minute works by this Romanian composer. ("Clepsydra" for 16 sound icons [a grand piano laying vertically on its side, with the strings played by bowing]) & ("Astray" for 6 saxophones and sound icon). "Clepsydra" is a massive, rumbling work of outstanding darkness, and needs to be heard." -Edition Rz. |
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Artist: SPAHLINGER, MATHIAS Title: Morendo Format: LP Label: Edition Rz Country: Germany Price: $24.00 |
| "1990 release. Six compositions by the German composer Mathias Spahlinger: ("Morendo" for orchestra), ("Yon Hier" for string quartet), ("Vier Stcke"), ("Entschend"), ("Storung" -- electronic music), ("Sotto Voce" -- choral work)." -Edition Rz |
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Artist: SUZUKI, AKIO Title: Na-Gi 1997 Format: CD Label: Edition RZ Country: Germany Price: $21.00 |
| "A CD of minimalist environmental sounds by this Japanese sound-artist, previously known for his fabulous Soundsphere CD on the Dutch Het Apollohuis label." - FE. "This music was recorded in Takano, Tango-cho, the northern-most coast of Kyoto, where I live. The bay surrounded by volcanic rock caves is the place where the mighty sounds of waves of the open sea have their muffled echo. Seawater flows into the hollows in the rock again and again like breathing in and breathing out. Spring water constantly drips in the cave, and now and then the wind from the meadow above the chasm brings the sounds of the crickets...the sound spaces of the coast of Takano. A site of a new encounter with the rhythm of the sounds of the sea." - Edition RZ. Restocked. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Inventionen I Format: LP Label: Edition Rz Country: Germany Price: $24.00 |
| "Last copies of this 1985 release. Featured works: Boguslaw Schaeffers Berlin 80 II (composed in 1980 for piano, synthesizer and 4-track tape); Ricardo Mandolinis Fabulas II (composed in 1980); Sukhi Kangs "Inventio" (composed in 1984 for piano and tape)." -Edition Rz |
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Artist: V/A Title: Inventionen II Format: LP Label: Edition Rz Country: Germany Price: $24.00 |
| "Last copies of this 1985 release. Featured works: Takehito Shimazus Zytoplasma (composed 1980 for tape); Boguslaw Schaeffers Maats (composed 1981 for vocals and electronics); Rolf Enströms Fractal (composed 1984 at EMS Stockholm for tape and 10 slide projectors)." -Edition Rz. |
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Artist: WILLIAMS, EMMETT Title: Poems 1950-2003 Format: Picture Disc LP Label: Edition Rz Country: Germany Price: $32.00 |
| "2004 release. From Fluxus originator and member of the "Darmstadt Circle" of concrete poetry, Emmett Williams. Features poems written 1950-2003, spoken by Emmett, recorded from 2000-2003. "This tiny sampling of my poetic oeuvre is a very mixed bag, as they say; so much so that Im inclined to call it a bag of tricks. To confuse matters, some of the poems were meant to be looked at rather than read aloud, and others were intended to be performed with sound effects and slide projections."" -Editions Rz. |
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Artist: AGAM, YAACOV Title: Yaaaccov Agaam Format: Hardcover Book/7" Label: Editions Du Griffon Country: Switzerland Price: $75.00 |
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"...Agam is one of the founders of the post-war "kinetic art" movement, along with Pol Bury, Soto and (Jean) Tinguely." 127 page oversized (9.5" x 12") hardcover book with 100s of black & white and color photos of Agams sculptures, scores, etc... All texts (in english) by Agam. The 7", "Trans-Formes Musicales", features 5 short forms utilizing inner mobility, meaning he allows the musician/interpreter to determine the musical development by choosing his or her entry point within the piece. These are original copies from 1962 and are in excellent/unread/NM condition - they actually look brand new. Agam was also included in Henry Chopins OU sound poetry magazine (an image was reproduced in last years Alga Marghen collection).
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Artist: SCHOFFER, NICOLAS/PIERRE HENRY Title: Spatiodynamisme I/II Format: Hardcover Book/7" Label: Editions Du Griffon Country: Switzerland Price: $120.00 |
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Beautiful 154 page oversized (9.5" x 12"), hardbound book published in 1963 featuring photos and text (in english) on the experimental spatiodynamic, cybernetic and luminodynamic scupltures of Nicolas Schoffer. The 7" record is a piece Pierre Henry composed in collaboration with Schoffer using his sculptures as a sound source (basically manipulations of him banging and scraping metal!). With several vellum and acetate pages.
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Artist: AKITA/ GUSTAFFSON/ OROURKE Title: One Bird Two Bird Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $20.00 |
| "Three titans of experimental music with more than three decades of experience clashing together for a monster studio session in Tokyo, 2009, resulting in two blistering sides of wax full of face-melting intensity. Fuck yeah!!! Limited edition of 500 copies only." - Editions Mego. |
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Artist: AMBARCHI, OREN Title: Sagittarian Domain Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $21.00 |
| "For anyone who still associates Oren Ambarchi exclusively with the clipped, bass-heavy tones of solo electric guitar works such as Suspension (TO 033.18CD), this rhythmically churning one-man-band monster of an album-length piece might seem to come out of nowhere. However, listeners who have followed the breadth of his work for the last few years (solo and in projects with collaborators from Jim ORourke to Stephen OMalley and Keith Rowe to Keiji Haino) will have noted how Ambarchi has allowed increasingly clear traces of his enthusiasms as a music listener (for classic rock, minimal techno and 70s fusion, among other areas) to surface in his performances and recordings, all the time filtering them through his signature long-form structures and psychoacoustic sonics. Recorded in a single inspired studio session, Sagittarian Domain displaces Ambarchis trademark guitar sound from the center of the mix, its presence felt only as an occasional ghostly, reverberated shimmer. Endlessly pulsating guitar and bass lines sit alongside electronic percussion and thundering motorik drumming (familiar from his work with Keiji Haino) at the core of the piece, locking into a voodoo groove, like Faust covering a 70s cop show theme. The work is founded on hypnotic almost-repetition, the accents of the drum hits and interlocking bass and guitar lines shifting almost imperceptibly back and forwards over the beat as they undergo gradual transformations of timbre. Cut-up and phase-shifted strings enter around the half-way mark like an abstracted memory of the Eastern-tinged fusion of the Mahavishnu Orchestras classic Visions of the Emerald Beyond, before returning for an extended, stark yet affecting come-down coda, equal parts Gavin Bryars and Purple Rain. While Sagittarian Domain contains traces of a diversity of influences, it mines all of them to uncover something that is clearly an extension of Ambarchis own investigations up to this point, exhibiting the same care for micro-detail and surrender to the physicality of sound that are present in all of his work, extending them in new ways to repetition, pulse and rhythm." --Francis Plagne; Vinyl cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, June 2012. |
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Artist: DOME Title: 1-4+5 Format: 5LP Box Set Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $165.00 |
| "Editions Mego are proud to release the complete recorded works of Dome in a deluxe vinyl box set that also includes newly-designed artwork by David Coppenhall, reproductions of the original Atelier Koninck posters that accompanied Dome 1 and Dome 2, an insert with sleeve notes by Howard Jacques and Neil Martinson as well as unseen photos from the period. If that wasnt enough, it also contains a matchbox to put matches in to shake along to your favorite Dome tune! With the demise of the group Wire in 1980, founding members Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis joined forces to create Dome. With the assistance of engineer Eric Radcliffe and his Blackwing Studio, Dome took the ethic of "using the studio as a compositional tool" and recorded and released three Dome albums on their own label in the space of 12 months: Dome (July 1980), Dome 2 (October 1980) and Dome 3 (October 1981). A final fourth album, Will You Speak This Word: Dome IV was released on the Norwegian Uniton label in May 1983. These albums represent some of the most beautifuly stark and above all timeless exercises in studio experimentation from the early 1980s alternative music scene. With the re-activation of Wire in 1985, it was thought that all Dome activity had ceased. While no new recordings appeared, Dome utilized any spare time to secretly record new pieces. In 1989 dancer/choreographer Michael Clark commissioned them to record a piece for his new ballet "Because We Must." In the same year, they also performed live in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. In 1999, WMO commissioned Dome to record new pieces to accompany the recordings from 1989. This compilation, entitled Yclept, would be the final recordings, to date, that Dome have made. Dome 1-4 appear on vinyl for the first time in over 30 years, whereas the recordings making up Yclept (Dome 5) appear for the first time ever on vinyl. Each LP is housed in a new cover based on the originals. Also includes a matchbox, a postcard, 2 posters and an 8-page 3-fold insert with some essays. Floating-point re-master by Russell Haswell, August 2011. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering by Rashad Becker, August 2011." -Editions Mego |
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Artist: DRUMM, KEVIN Title: Relief Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $21.00 |
| "Once more, Chicagos finest, Kevin Drumm, delivers a devastating slab of emotionally-charged noise. Its been 10 years since the epic statement that was Sheer Hellish Miasma. In the meantime, Drumm trawled through the depths of the global underground with a back-breaking catalog of releases for labels all over. Returning to Editions Mego, he delivers Relief, a 36-minute hypnotic roller-coaster ride through the depths of his unique palette of audio tactics. A haunting melody pinned to a bed of nails while it spins around the room, thats the kind of stuff Editions Mego likes. Extreme but approachable, a piece of music that demands repeated listens. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, September 2012." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: DRUMM, KEVIN Title: Sheer Hellish Miasma Format: CD Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $15.50 |
| "Originally released in 2002, now reissued with a bonus track. Utilizing guitar, tapes, mics, pedals, analog synthesizer and some computer assistance, Chicagos own Kevin Drumm concocted a sonic beast with Sheer Hellish Miasma. One is taken on an intense journey of storming feedback, open audio onslaught and somewhat savaged sonics. The extreme end of anarchic electronics and possibly a hint of musical violence is present throughout much of the disc. An essential release capturing Drumm at his most ferocious and most inventive. Its an exhilarating, visceral test of endurance brimming with demonic humor and a tour of Drumms ever-expanding sonic palette. For seasoned noise veterans, Sheer Hellish Miasma offers a bracing soundscape filled with exquisitely abrasive textures and more than enough hidden detail to warrant repeated listening - a distinct voice in the increasingly same-sounding world of abstract electronic noise. For everyone else, Drumms journey through the noisy underworld is likely to inspire fear or, in an optimistic case, fearful admiration. This reissue comes with an additional track, "Impotent Hummer," taken from the same period - a 13-minute drone piece that draws the listener into the forthcoming blizzard. In total? A din of arms, the fierce swell of damaged drone and the shriek of subtle shifting sonic slaughter ... for the seasoned, a bountiful sonic feast awaits, for the meek its intense and rewarding - noise rarely sounds this exhilarating. Revised artwork by Stephen OMalley. Re-mastered at Piethopraxis, Köln, December 2006." - Mego. |
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Artist: DRUMM, KEVIN Title: Sheer Hellish Miasma Format: Double LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $26.00 |
| "At last, Kevin Drumms classic 2002 album sees a full vinyl release, including a bonus track. Crank it! Utilizing guitar, tapes, mics, pedals, analog synthesizer and some computer assistance, Chicagos own Kevin Drumm concocted a sonic beast with Sheer Hellish Miasma. One is taken on an intense journey of storming feedback, open audio onslaught and somewhat savaged sonics. The extreme end of anarchic electronics and possibly a hint of musical violence is present throughout much of the disc. An essential release capturing Drumm at his most ferocious and most inventive. Its an exhilarating, visceral test of endurance brimming with demonic humor and a tour of Drumms ever-expanding sonic palette. For seasoned noise veterans, Sheer Hellish Miasma offers a bracing soundscape filled with exquisitely abrasive textures and more than enough hidden detail to warrant repeated listening -- a distinct voice in the increasingly same-sounding world of abstract electronic noise. For everyone else, Drumms journey through the noisy underworld is likely to inspire fear or, in an optimistic case, fearful admiration. This reissue comes with an additional track, "Impotent Hummer," taken from the same period -- a 13-minute drone piece that draws the listener into the forthcoming blizzard. In total? A din of arms, the fierce swell of damaged drone and the shriek of subtle, shifting sonic slaughter ... for the seasoned, a bountiful sonic feast awaits, for the meek its intense and rewarding -- noise rarely sounds this exhilarating. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, September 27, 2010 by Rashad Becker. Deluxe gatefold sleeve with gold foil lettering on the cover." -Editions Mego |
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Artist: EMERALDS Title: Does It Look Like Im Here Format: Double LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $26.00 |
| "Gatefold double vinyl version. This is the third official album by Emeralds (after Solar Bridge on Hanson, and the self-titled LP on their own Wagon and Gneiss Things imprints, as well as countless small edition tapes and CD-Rs on a host of labels) and once again, it presents another radical new direction for this Cleveland trio. It sees the group moving from playing single oscillator analog synthesizers to really complex analog and analog/digital hybrids as well as a great deal of guitar synthesizers, not to mention fine-tuning their skills as brilliant tunesmiths. Simply put, the results are outstanding. Comprising of a number of tracks from their ultra-limited 7" vinyl series on Wagon, as well as new compositions exclusive to this release, this fine selection of tunes surpasses anything they have achieved in their 5-year career. Perfect melodies intertwined with ripping sequences and a guitar sound that floats perfectly throughout. Although most tracks cover new ground in that they follow a shortened "pop format," more long-form cuts such as the towering "Genetic" and the title track will give fans of their earlier work something to grab onto, or totally let themselves go, depending on their state of mind. Having spent all their lives in the relative isolation of Cleveland means their music has developed into a vital, stunning unique hybrid that may not have been able to blossom in more active urban centers. Does It Look Like Im Here? heralds a turning point for all those involved and is a perfect, vivid soundtrack to emerge out of a harsh, grey winter. Fresh, shiny and totally essential." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: EMERALDS Title: Does It Look Like Im Here? Format: CD Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $16.00 |
| "This is the third official album by Emeralds (after Solar Bridge on Hanson, and the self-titled LP on their own Wagon and Gneiss Things imprints, as well as countless small edition tapes and CD-Rs on a host of labels) and once again, it presents another radical new direction for this Cleveland trio. It sees the group moving from playing single oscillator analog synthesizers to really complex analog and analog/digital hybrids as well as a great deal of guitar synthesizers, not to mention fine-tuning their skills as brilliant tunesmiths. Simply put, the results are outstanding. Comprising of a number of tracks from their ultra-limited 7" vinyl series on Wagon, as well as new compositions exclusive to this release, this fine selection of tunes surpasses anything they have achieved in their 5-year career. Perfect melodies intertwined with ripping sequences and a guitar sound that floats perfectly throughout. Although most tracks cover new ground in that they follow a shortened "pop format," more long-form cuts such as the towering "Genetic" and the title track will give fans of their earlier work something to grab onto, or totally let themselves go, depending on their state of mind. Having spent all their lives in the relative isolation of Cleveland means their music has developed into a vital, stunning unique hybrid that may not have been able to blossom in more active urban centers. Does It Look Like Im Here? heralds a turning point for all those involved and is a perfect, vivid soundtrack to emerge out of a harsh, grey winter. Fresh, shiny and totally essential." - Editions Mego. |
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Artist: EMERALDS Title: Just To Feel Anything Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $21.00 |
| "Initial copies with gatefold sleeve, but not for long. Just to Feel Anything, the new album by Emeralds, surpasses all expectations, just as its predecessor, Does It Look Like Im Here, did in 2010. This expertly recorded new album sees the band deliver plenty of their distinctive aesthetic for old fans to enjoy while offering a new range of fresh, exciting ideas for newcomers. "Before Your Eyes" begins the record with a steady build-up, which bleeds into humid layers of synthesizer pads and warm guitar. The track sets the tone perfectly for "Adrenochrome," a fast-paced excursion into new territory for the band. The calm after the storm appears in the form of "Through & Through," with its contemplative strokes and heart-wrenching atmospherics. "Everything Is Inverted" is an energetic rush of monolithic guitar leads, pulsing drum machine, and driving sequences. Still, its on the second half of Just to Feel Anything, a triptych of tracks, where Emeralds adroitly demonstrate why they are a cut above their contemporaries. "The Loser Keeps America Clean" kicks off the B-side by diving into the deepest fathoms of their experimental oeuvre. As the final bursts of static dissipate, we are led into the opening chords of the eponymous "Just to Feel Anything," a new zenith in Emeralds repertoire. The album closer, "Search for Me in the Wasteland" sees mounting layers of brightly strummed guitar chords blossom into a storm of color and expertly crafted textures -- a truly majestic end to an immense album. With Just to Feel Anything, Emeralds shine a laser-sharp light into the future, while preserving their uniquely intelligent historical perspective. The long-awaited next chapter in the Emeralds discography is finally here, emerging as a sophisticated progression in both sound and structure. Emeralds are John Elliott, Steve Hauschildt, and Mark McGuire. Mastered by James Plotkin, cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: EMERALDS Title: What Happened Format: Double LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $26.00 |
| "After the runaway success of their Does It Look Like Im Here? (EMEGO 101CD/LP) album, Editions Mego is chuffed to release these vintage synth-guitar improvisation jams recorded straight to tape, 2007-2008. Previously released as a CD by No Fun, this is now the definitive vinyl edition of this material, and serves as archival insight into the development of Emeralds sound over the last years. Mastered by James Plotkin. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin." -Editions Mego |
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Artist: EVIL MADNESS Title: Super Great Love Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $20.00 |
| "Evil Madness has been described as the Traveling Wilburys of Icelandic electronic music. Behind the name stand men like Petur Eyvindsson, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson, Helgi Thorsson and BJ Nilsen (who is not "quite" Icelandic but was born in a country "very" near Iceland). This album, Super Great Love, presented by Editions Mego will be their fourth album since the time of their formation in 2006. Now for those of you reading who know the music of Evil Madness will know for sure that this band does whatever they damn well please when it comes to making music. With Super Great Love they want to get people in a "good" mood for 2011 and present them with some upbeat Icelandic "disko" tunes. Cover artwork by Helgi Thórsson. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Edition of 500 copies." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: FELL, MARK Title: UL8 Format: CD Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $16.00 |
| "Written and recorded in Whitby, York and Rotherham (UK) during summer 2010 by Mark Fell (one-half of the duo snd). Mastered at Dubpates and Mastering Berlin in 2010 by Lupo. Part 1: The Occultation of 3C 273. Using 32 operator frequency modulation synthesis configured in 16 pairs of operator and modulator. Frequency, modulation ratio and amount determined by linear interpolation between two spatial extremes, with further interpolation over variable temporal divisions. Panned at equal positions around the circumference of a circle using high order ambisonics. First implemented for the DVD Attack On Silence (Line Records 2008) and developed for the cassette release Thunder Bollocks with Evol (Alku 2009). The compositions here also feature modified Roland TR707 and Linn kick drum samples. Part 2: Vortex Studies with 2, 4 or 8 channel rectangular waveforms with variable pulse width subject to frequency modulation from synchronized sine functions with variable phase offsets. Initially implemented with synchronized blue light at Algorithm, Glade (Thatcham 2008) with further presentations at Enjoy (Leeds 2008), Centre dArt Santa Mònica, Sónar (Barcelona 2008), Three Pieces For Unattended, Somewhat Attended and Attended Computer (Sheffield 2008), Avoid (Leeds 2009), Three Neurocognitive Approaches To The Formation Of Cross-Modal Objecthood (Rotherham 2009) Sonic Materialities (Sheffield 2010) and as Supersymmetry at Matter-Space-Motion (Elsecar 2010). Here with percussion synthesis. -Editions Mego "This project takes its name from the Celestion UL8 speaker. My older brother bought a pair of these when I was starting comprehensive school, and between his 10cc and Supertramp records, I first encountered very loud electronically-synthesized sound. I soon noticed a pattern emerging in my musical tastes which excluded guitars or drums. Instead, I favored almost exclusively the electronic textures and rhythms of The Human League, Fad Gadget and other synthesizer-based music of that period. I was quite curious about this prejudice and would try to work out why Kraftwerk sounded so much better than a rock band of the time. Since then, my interest was in the texture of synthetic sound -- there was something much more beautiful (and perhaps more emotionally-charged) about a sustained square wave than any guitar solo. Soon, I began to search out and replay sections of music which dropped to a single sound -- these, for some reason, were the best." -Mark Fell |
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Artist: FOX, ROBIN Title: A Handful of Automation Format: Cass Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $14.00 |
| "Cassette version, limited to 200 copies. Includes two bonus tracks not on the LP. "First solo audio-only release by Melbourne-based sound and laser artist Robin Fox and first solo release since the mind-melting Backscatter DVD on Synaesthesia (2005). Taking time out from his duo with Anthony Pateras, A Handful Of Automation showcases Foxs unique and highly individual take on the usually misunderstood extreme computer music genre, and is a pleasurably disorientating ride. Alongside chaos trips such as "Boundary Layer Skin Friction" and the stunning title-track, sit beautifully-scored examples of electronic concentration such as "GODSPEED" and the closing "Melophobia (Final Edit)." This album is a must for connoisseurs of high-grade computer usage, and is released as a vinyl LP as well as a C50 cassette featuring 2 bonus cuts. Cover features images from Foxs photographic collection Proof Of Concept -- a series that has grown out of his legendary laser performances." -Editions Mego |
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Artist: FOX, ROBIN Title: A Handful of Automation Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $20.00 |
| "First solo audio-only release by Melbourne-based sound and laser artist Robin Fox and first solo release since the mind-melting Backscatter DVD on Synaesthesia (2005). Taking time out from his duo with Anthony Pateras, A Handful Of Automation showcases Foxs unique and highly individual take on the usually misunderstood extreme computer music genre, and is a pleasurably disorientating ride. Alongside chaos trips such as "Boundary Layer Skin Friction" and the stunning title-track, sit beautifully-scored examples of electronic concentration such as "GODSPEED" and the closing "Melophobia (Final Edit)." This album is a must for connoisseurs of high-grade computer usage, and is released as a vinyl LP as well as a C50 cassette featuring 2 bonus cuts. Cover features images from Foxs photographic collection Proof Of Concept -- a series that has grown out of his legendary laser performances. Edition of 300." -Editions Mego |
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Artist: GILBERT, BRUCE Title: This Way With The Shivering Man Format: Double LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $26.00 |
| "Editions Mego presents a special gatefold vinyl edition collecting Bruce Gilberts classic solo albums from 1984 and 1986 in a limited edition of 500. This Way, originally released in 1984 on Mute, was UK guitarist Bruce Gilberts first solo album, realized in that brief period between Dome winding down operations and Wire reforming for the first time. A stunning study of controlled ambience and subtle minimalism which is still regarded as an all-time favorite at Editions Mego. The Shivering Man, originally released in 1986 on Mute, was Bruce Gilberts second solo album, further exploring Gilberts investigations into the grey border where abstract noise and rhythm co-exist with obscure melodies and song structures. The sound is further expanded with guest vocal appearances by Angela Conway and fellow Wire traveler Graham Lewis." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: HARRY PUSSY Title: Lets Build a Pussy Format: Double LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $29.00 |
 "Editions Mego is happy to announce a vinyl reissue of the long out-of-print and impossibly rare final Harry Pussy album, the monumental Lets Build a Pussy. Originally released in 1998 after the band broke up, this has always been an elusive release. "You cannot buy this anywhere and you will never find one!!!" was what one writer exclaimed. Consisting of an hour-long piece of Bill Orcutt time-stretching a second of Adris Hoyos voice into a slow, shifting drone. A piece of music you will love or hate, with not much room for anything in between. As Alan Licht states in his liner notes: "Lets Build a Pussy is a requiem, of sorts; Adris opening one-second vocal noise has been variously termed a yelp or a shout, but I prefer to think of it as Bill and Adris mutual last gasp, a band death-rattle. Put in a computer program, Adris protracted utterance becomes, almost literally, the ghost in the machine. Lets Build... is something of a late 90s audio inheritor of 19th-century spirit photography. Paradoxically functioning as both Harry Pussys curtain call and final act, Lets Build a Pussy is an altogether unique past-tense statement from a band whose members were not immediately going on to solo careers or to other bands." Bill Orcutt (Mouse), Adris Hoyos (Mouth). Available only in this format. Cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates and Mastering, Berlin, June 2012. Housed in a gatefold sleeve." -Editions Mego.
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Artist: HASWELL, RUSSELL & FLORIAN HECKER Title: Kanal GENDYN Format: LP + DVD Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $31.00 |
| "Editions Mego is happy to announce the release of Kanal GENDYN, a vinyl and DVD set by Russell Haswell & Florian Hecker. This is the first full-length release by the artists following their highly-acclaimed albums, Blackest Ever Black and UPIC Warp Tracks. In the late 90s/early 2000s, it became common for bands, or solo artists to perform live -- often alternative -- soundtracks to feature films or silent classics. Critical of obvious instrumentation and the combination with known classic film, the artists Russell Haswell and Florian Hecker chose to create a real-time soundtrack to an un-scored film, Kanal Video (1992, 60 min.) by the Swiss artist duo Peter Fischli & David Weiss. Core to Kanal GENDYN is Haswell & Heckers ongoing research on the legacies of polymath Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) and in particular, his concept of the Dynamic Stochastic Synthesis, an abstract sound synthesis procedure that creates "sound out of nothing." In an interview with Peter Hoffmann, the artists recall: "This video, which consists of an hour-long ride through the Zurich sewage system, with a remotely controlled maintenance vehicle equipped with a video camera to survey the sewers for eventual irregularities of defects -- struck us both as an ideal piece to be projected in a nightclub or music venue with a GENDYN only performance. We found twisted relations with such an hour-long tunnel vision. Once with the seemingly endless amount of computer-generated video projections used as visuals accompanying raves and techno parties during the 1990s -- and also to the accounts of visual hallucinations induced by mescaline as described by Heinrich Klüver in the 1920s -- with the so-called form constants -- where he mentions amongst others, tunnel-like patterns. The particularities of GENDYN, with its ever-changing and meandering waveforms appeared to us as an ideal counterpart." Kanal GENDYN was performed on the occasion of the event "Musterraum 9. Dual Presentation -- Peter Fischli & David Weiss -- Russell Haswell & Florian Hecker" at Musterraum, Munich, 1/30/2004. Originally constructed as an experimental building, "Musterraum" -- German for "sample" or "reference room" -- was a freestanding cube with a base area of 10×12 meters. Built as a test and reference space for the planning and construction of the adjacent Pinakothek der Moderne. Two stereo feeds were crossed for quadraphonic (4.0) diffusion using a L&B F12/B12 loudspeaker system. Performed concurrently to the Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Kanal Video (1992, 60 min.) screened on three facing walls. Kanal GENDYN is released as a stereo vinyl LP + 4.0 DTS 24 Bit/48 KHz DVD (audio-only) set. The cover features 10 stills from the original Fischli & Weiss video, included inside is a 30x30 cm 170 gram paper insert with a further, full-page still, plus extensive sleeve notes by musicologist and software developer Peter Hoffmann, and everything was designed by NORM, Zurich. Its also worth noting that, with a running time of over an hour, this is one of the longest single LP releases you will come across. Cut by Rashad "The Master" Becker at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, September 2011." - Editions Mego. |
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Artist: HAYNES, JIM Title: The Wires Cracked Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $21.00 |
| "The recordings for The Wires Cracked were completed in a frenzied two week period in October of 2012. I had mentioned in discussing a previous albums construction that I prefer to forget how I build any particular electro-acoustic amalgam. This is so that I dont get to precious with them, so that I could refine them further, so that the sounds themselves speak beyond their aggregate parts. With the album being relatively fresh in my mind, I can still recall various components to "The Wires Cracked" -- the desolate howl of a metal screen activated by a desert wind, the hissing air compression from the cooling apparatus for a laser at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory operated by Stanford University, and the tremolo rhythms from a thin wire that still get me thinking fondly of Günter Schickert -- but much of the caustic drone, thrumming reverberation, and tactile grit thoroughly escapes me. Thats probably for the best, since these various parts speak to an existential rupturing, the collapse of the self, the aftershocks of dark energy, and a belief in the hope for renewal. Describing his work through the pithy phrase "I rust things," Jim Haynes is an artist who has developed a vocabulary of decay that he has applied to photography, video, installation, and sound. Haynes sound work draws from shortwave radio static, electric field disturbances, controlled feedback manipulation, and numerous textural scrapings, manifesting broken minimalism of magnetic drones and volatile tactility. This engineering of disparate materials and media seeks to evince the unpredictability of decay, to manifest its potential for a rough hewn beauty, and to bare witness to its inevitability. He has exhibited internationally at Electric Works (San Francisco), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , the Bekerley Art Museum, The Exploratorium (SanFrancisco), WestSpace (Melbourne, Australia), Jack Straw Productions (Seattle), Eyedrum (Atlanta), Diapason (New York), and The Lab (San Francisco). Haynes has published his work through the Helen Scarsdale Agency, 23five Incorporated, Intransitive, Observatoire, and ElevatorBath. He has collaborated with Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound), M.S. Waldron (irr. app.(ext.)), Keith Evans, Allison Holt, and Loren Chasse. Haynes is one of the directors for 23five Incorporated and is the sole occupant at the Helen Scarsdale Agency." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: IELASI & KASSEL JAEGER, GIUSEPPE Title: Parallel/Grayscale Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $21.00 |
| "Parallel/Grayscale is the first collaborative work between Italian guitarist and composer Giuseppe Ielasi and French-Swiss composer and electroacoustic musician Kassel Jaeger. It is comprised of two different improvisation sessions. The first one took place in Paris, in October of 2011. The second happened in Oreno, in June of 2012, after the first concert Ielasi and Jaeger performed together. The first session was a pure analog device improvisation, whereas the second one was more laptop-oriented. These two moments have been melted together, forming two different subtracts of the same material. Gratitude to Fabio Carboni and Sara Serighelli from O, Milano." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: JAEGER, KASSEL Title: Deltas Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $21.00 |
| "Kassel Jaeger is a French-Swiss artist based in Paris and a member of the GRM (Groupe de Recherches Musicales). Deltas is his fifth album, and first on vinyl. "Campo Del Cielo" (2012): Commissioned by Espace Mendes France for a performance at The Planetarium in Poitiers, France, diffused on an 8-channel system. The sound material is exclusively derived and processed from stone recordings. The first part, "Aerolite (flying stone)," is mainly based on aerial field recording of stone manipulations. The second part, "Baetylus (sacred stone)," is made with electromagnetic capture of meteorite resonances. This meteorite was part of the Campo Del Cielo site. "Deltas" (2012): "Whenever the volume of water is so great as to counteract and almost neutralize the force of tides and currents, and in all cases where the latter agents have not sufficient power to remove to a distance, the whole of the sediment periodically brought down by rivers, deltas are produced." "A Guest + a Host α" (2011): Commissioned for Ina-GRMs Retro/Actif at La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France. Originally displayed on 16 channels, this work is exclusively composed with non-processed and original sounds made with the legendary Coupigny Modular Synth housed in the Groupe de Recherches Musicales studios. This work is structured as three dialectical parts: electricity + crystals = spectrum. "A Guest + Host = Ghost" (M. Duchamp). Mastered with Robert Hampson at 116 Bunker, Paris, May 2012. Cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates and Mastering, Berlin, July 2012. Layout by Stephen OMalley." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: KTL Title: Live In Krems April 2007 Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $26.00 |
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"LP-only release, in an edition of 500 numbered copies in a gatefold cover with poster. This is the fourth full-length release by KTL, the formidable collaboration between Stephen OMalley (SunnO))), Khanate, etc.) and Peter Rehberg (Pita, etc.). A scorching document of the first phase of KTL concerts in 2007. This is a different version than the Florian Hecker recording which appears on the KTL Live Archive podcast. Featuring stunning versions of KTL standards such as "Abattoir," "Forest Floor" and "Theme," as well as unreleased track "Coldest Piece." Multi-channel recording from April 30th, 2007 at Donaufestival, Krems by Throbbing Gristle and live sound by Charlie Poulet. Stephen OMalley: Guitar / 1606559580; Peter Rehberg: Computer / 1376480544." - Editions Mego.
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Artist: KTL Title: V Format: CD Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $16.00 |
| "Finally the fifth KTL studio album is ready for release. Whereas their previous album IV (EMEGO 089CD) was recorded and made in a relatively short period in a more traditional rock environment, V turns full circle, takes its time and tackles the complex working processes of the European avant-garde. Rooting themselves in such legendary electronic music studios such as EMS in Stockholm and GRM in Paris, Stephen OMalley (SunnO))), Khanate, etc.) and Peter Rehberg (Pita, etc.) have delivered a rich set of sound experiments far removed from the harsh metal/noise blizzards of their early albums. They took a step further by inviting Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson to orchestrate "Phill 2" (performed by City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Richard Hein), resulting in a towering storm of monumental classicism. Finally, "Last Spring: A Prequel" turns the whole album on its head with the abstract alien textures of the Gisèle Vienne installation of the same name, with text by Dennis Cooper spoken with devout intensity by long-term Vienne collaborator, Jonathan Capdevielle. With full-color artwork by Mark Fell, V is KTLs most sophisticated work to date. Produced by KTL. Photo by Estelle Hanania. Stephen OMalley (guitar, bass, modular synthesizer, computer, contact mics), Peter Rehberg (modular synthesizer, computer). Recorded September 2010-October 2011 at EMS, Stockholm; Tinitus, Bergen; Ina GRM, Studio 116, Paris; Smecky, Prague; Centre dArt Passerelle, Brest; Twisted, Wien. Mixed at Twisted, Wien, May 2011 - January 2012." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: KTL Title: V Format: Double LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $31.00 |
| "Finally the fifth KTL studio album is ready for release. Whereas their previous album IV (EMEGO 089CD) was recorded and made in a relatively short period in a more traditional rock environment, V turns full circle, takes its time and tackles the complex working processes of the European avant-garde. Rooting themselves in such legendary electronic music studios such as EMS in Stockholm and GRM in Paris, Stephen OMalley (SunnO))), Khanate, etc.) and Peter Rehberg (Pita, etc.) have delivered a rich set of sound experiments far removed from the harsh metal/noise blizzards of their early albums. They took a step further by inviting Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson to orchestrate "Phill 2" (performed by City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Richard Hein), resulting in a towering storm of monumental classicism. Finally, "Last Spring: A Prequel" turns the whole album on its head with the abstract alien textures of the Gisèle Vienne installation of the same name, with text by Dennis Cooper spoken with devout intensity by long-term Vienne collaborator, Jonathan Capdevielle. With full-color artwork by Mark Fell, V is KTLs most sophisticated work to date. Produced by KTL. Photo by Estelle Hanania. Stephen OMalley (guitar, bass, modular synthesizer, computer, contact mics), Peter Rehberg (modular synthesizer, computer). Recorded September 2010-October 2011 at EMS, Stockholm; Tinitus, Bergen; Ina GRM, Studio 116, Paris; Smecky, Prague; Centre dArt Passerelle, Brest; Twisted, Wien. Mixed at Twisted, Wien, May 2011 - January 2012." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: LOCUST Title: Youll Be Safe Forever Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $21.00 |
| "Youll Be Safe Forever marks the first release from Locust in 12 years. Mark Van Hoen, who made a string of influential releases as Locust on R&S records in the 1990s, all but retired the alias at the end of that decade. In May 2012, Van Hoen was invited to perform a live set on WFMU radio. In order to make the set more spontaneous and add a further dimension, he asked friend and fellow musician Louis Sherman to collaborate. While improvising new material in Shermans Brooklyn rehearsal studio, it swiftly became obvious that the material sounded like Locust. Inspired by joint explorations with found sound sources and ambient textures, and sharing a pan-dimensional immersion in the length and breadth of analog and digital recording, the duo performed a series of tracks live. This material, combined with previously-recorded tape tracks dating back to 2006 form the bulk of the album. The melancholic depths of electronic music explored in those improvisations, expanded further through subsequent sessions at Van Hoens Woodstock, NY studio, have resulted in this latest entry in Locusts impressive discography. The record showcases prime examples of Van Hoens compulsively hypnotic beats and abstracted pop vocals -- already hallmarks of his collected work since 1993 -- manipulating a global variety of samples in Celemonys Melodyne software to weave a unique sonic tapestry, as inviting as it is intricate. Paired with Shermans evocative synth improvisations -- an immediately visceral element new to Locust -- these collaborators have crafted a shattered landscape that bridges two perspectives of progressive movement in electronic music under a single name. Sherman, an American from Baltimore, comes to the band armed with a vast knowledge of the history of electronic music. This, combined with Londoner Mark Van Hoens known musical pedigree, maps the complete topography of a landscape -- its shadow and light, depth and height, mesmerizing complexity and ethereal simplicity -- with a break-beating heart and alchemical ear." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: MCGUIRE, MARK Title: A Young Persons Guide To Mark McGuire Format: Double CD Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $22.00 |
| "A Young Persons Guide To Mark McGuire collects together some of this Emeralds members best works, previously-released on a number of limited edition CD-Rs and tape releases over the last 4 years. Although only 24 years of age, McGuire has racked up an impressive canon which most artists twice his age would have problems delivering. With his expert use of loops and layers, as well a superb ear for killer melody hooks, makes AYPGTMM simply an essential collection. Electric and acoustic guitar, vocals, tapes, and guitar-synthesizer performed and recorded by Mark McGuire 2007-2010." -Editions Mego |
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Artist: MCGUIRE, MARK Title: Get Lost Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "And yet another killer album from the ever-productive Mark McGuire (Emeralds). It just keeps getting better, as he delivers another fine set of tunes in his perfected style. A few more electronic elements than usual and even some voices, but still the unique blend of feel-good riffs, electric and acoustic loops and melodies that just stick in the head. This album is chockablock with short hits and one long jam of blissed-out McGuire ambience. Awesome. Electric and acoustic guitar, vocals, and guitar-synthesizer recorded digitally between June 2010 and July 2011 in Westlake, Ohio and Portland, Oregon. Mixed at Hardbodies, July 2011 by Mark McGuire. Mastered and cut by Helmut Erler at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Photography and art by Mark McGuire, 2011." - Editions Mego. |
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Artist: MCGUIRE, MARK Title: Living With Yourself Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $20.00 |
| "Mark McGuire operates chiefly as guitarist in the legendary Emeralds; however, he also has racked up an impressive set of solo releases over the last few years (albeit mainly in small- to micro- print runs). Living With Yourself is his new album and Editions Mego hope to meet any demand which may arise from this fine selection of modern crafted guitar tunes. Focusing on his family, early friendships and the problems that inevitably develop through years of knowing someone, it takes McGuires sound even further out, and contains some of his most accomplished songs to-date. The opening track is a fine example of McGuires magical technique of taking a lone acoustic guitar then transforming the track into bliss-out electro wash looping off into the distance. And tracks like "Clouds Rolling In" and "Brain Storm" take off where such McGuire classics as "The Marfa Lights" (which incidentally is planned for a future reissue) left off. While connoisseurs of his sound will find all they desire in here, many superb surprises await around every corner. These are songs that cruise, bubble and rise to the top." - Mego. |
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Artist: MCGUIRE, MARK Title: Living With Yourself Format: CD Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $16.00 |
| "Mark McGuire operates chiefly as guitarist in the legendary Emeralds; however, he also has racked up an impressive set of solo releases over the last few years (albeit mainly in small- to micro- print runs). Living With Yourself is his new album and Editions Mego hope to meet any demand which may arise from this fine selection of modern crafted guitar tunes. Focusing on his family, early friendships and the problems that inevitably develop through years of knowing someone, it takes McGuires sound even further out, and contains some of his most accomplished songs to-date. The opening track is a fine example of McGuires magical technique of taking a lone acoustic guitar then transforming the track into bliss-out electro wash looping off into the distance. And tracks like "Clouds Rolling In" and "Brain Storm" take off where such McGuire classics as "The Marfa Lights" (which incidentally is planned for a future reissue) left off. While connoisseurs of his sound will find all they desire in here, many superb surprises await around every corner. These are songs that cruise, bubble and rise to the top." - Editions Mego. |
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Artist: NILSEN & STILLUPPSTEYPA, BJ Title: Space Finale Format: Cass Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $14.00 |
| "Cassette-only release. This is the follow-up to BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypas well-received Man From Deep River (DEMEGO 007CD). Space Finale is another surreal slice of heavy listening from these legendary north Europeans. The material included here was realized on analog equipment, with a Revox 2-Channel tape machine as their main instrument. Maintaining the analog spirit of the audio, this release is available as a C90 cassette. The tracks presented here are longform excursions into intense slabs of atmospheric disturbance, melancholic fog and chattering melodies, as well as their legendary field recordings. Packaged with some suitably cool images by Franz Graf. Limited to 200 copies." -Editions Mego |
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Artist: NILSEN & STILLUPPSTEYPA, BJ Title: Space Finale Format: Double LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $26.00 |
| "The follow-up to BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypas well-received Man From Deep River (DEMEGO 007CD), Space Finale is another surreal slice of heavy listening from these legendary north Europeans. The material included here was realized on analog equipment, with a Revox 2-Channel tape machine as their main instrument. Maintaining the analog spirit of the audio, this release is now available as a double LP vinyl set, after being previously released as a C90 cassette. The tracks presented here are long-form excursions into intense slabs of atmospheric disturbance, melancholic fog and chattering melodies, incorporating their legendary field recordings. Packaged with some suitably cool images by Franz Graf. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, and limited to 500 copies only." -Editions Mego |
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Artist: OMALLEY, STEPHEN Title: Cocon & Oiseau de Nuit Format: Cass Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $13.50 |
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"Cocon & Oiseau de Nuit is a recently excavated long-form piece from 2006, 40+ minutes of minimalist guitar work relating to Stephen OMalleys (SunnO))), Khanate, etc.) work on Keep An Eye Out (Table of the Elements, 2009) & Salt (iDEAL Recordings, 2008). Pure guitar saturation and amplifier feedback is the name of the game here. A sub-shifter monster of a track. This release is the first in a series of 3 cassette releases that OMalley will be releasing for Editions Mego. Edition of 250 copies. Running length: 40:44. Program repeats on both sides. Recorded November 2006, NYC 10025 Soma. Reamped through 2 x SUNN2000S w/Oekel custom cabinets/G12M speakers, JUN10 PARIS 75010, Turzi. Mastered AUG10 KÖLN 506070, Piethopraxis." - Editions Mego.
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Artist: ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER Title: Returnal Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $22.00 |
| "Gatefold LP version. Returnal is the fourth album from Daniel Lopatins Oneohtrix Point Never project, after Betrayed In The Octagon (Deception Island, 2007), Zones Without People (Arbor, 2009) and Russian Mind (No Fun, 2009). All 3 albums being superbly compiled on the Rifts double CD set (No Fun, 2009). It sees Lopatin fine-tune his craft for the creation of deep atmospheres and textures even further. Starting off with the mind-blowing triptych of "Nil Admiari"/"Describing Bodies"/"Stress Waves," which fires off into a noise/rhythm excess before entering a zone of relative calm, building to the melancholy of the final part. This sets the tone perfectly for the albums title track, a stunning, out-of-this-world ballad featuring Lopatins near-desperate vocal delivery, ending what could be seen as one of his most chilling and thought-provoking sides to-date. The atmosphere is slightly lifted as the darkened sun comes up over the ruins on "Pelham Island Road" and "Where Does Time Go," with the album closing with edgy broken beats and the fourth-world possible landscapes of "Preyouandi," which fades into the distance with echoes of the "Returnal" chorus closing the loop. Whats burnt into memory here is Lopatins love affair with the long, slow path back home... the cycle... the hypnotic sector... the ghost in the machine... and whether people are making dance music or hip-hop or space head-music or metal, the ouroboros is present in every sector -- as it was in Bachs study, and in the elephant songs of the Ituri forests. Instrumentation: Akai AX-60, Roland Juno-60, Roland MSQ-700, Korg Electribe ES-1, Voice. Recorded using a personal computer. Mastered by James Plotkin. Tape-op & additional engineering by Al Carlson. Awesome spot-varnished cover design by Stephen OMalley." - Editions Mego. |
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Artist: ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER Title: Returnal Format: CD Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $16.00 |
| "Returnal is the fourth album from Daniel Lopatins Oneohtrix Point Never project, after Betrayed In The Octagon (Deception Island, 2007), Zones Without People (Arbor, 2009) and Russian Mind (No Fun, 2009). All 3 albums being superbly compiled on the Rifts double CD set (No Fun, 2009). It sees Lopatin fine-tune his craft for the creation of deep atmospheres and textures even further. Starting off with the mind-blowing triptych of "Nil Admiari"/"Describing Bodies"/"Stress Waves," which fires off into a noise/rhythm excess before entering a zone of relative calm, building to the melancholy of the final part. This sets the tone perfectly for the albums title track, a stunning, out-of-this-world ballad featuring Lopatins near-desperate vocal delivery, ending what could be seen as one of his most chilling and thought-provoking sides to-date. The atmosphere is slightly lifted as the darkened sun comes up over the ruins on "Pelham Island Road" and "Where Does Time Go," with the album closing with edgy broken beats and the fourth-world possible landscapes of "Preyouandi," which fades into the distance with echoes of the "Returnal" chorus closing the loop. Whats burnt into memory here is Lopatins love affair with the long, slow path back home... the cycle... the hypnotic sector... the ghost in the machine... and whether people are making dance music or hip-hop or space head-music or metal, the ouroboros is present in every sector -- as it was in Bachs study, and in the elephant songs of the Ituri forests. CD digipack packaging. Instrumentation: Akai AX-60, Roland Juno-60, Roland MSQ-700, Korg Electribe ES-1, Voice. Recorded using a personal computer. Mastered by James Plotkin. Tape-op & additional engineering by Al Carlson. Design by Stephen OMalley." -Editions Mego |
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Artist: ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER Title: Returnal Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $20.00 |
| "2011 repress; gatefold LP version. Returnal is the fourth album from Daniel Lopatins Oneohtrix Point Never project, after Betrayed In The Octagon (Deception Island, 2007), Zones Without People (Arbor, 2009) and Russian Mind (No Fun, 2009). All 3 albums being superbly compiled on the Rifts double CD set (No Fun, 2009). It sees Lopatin fine-tune his craft for the creation of deep atmospheres and textures even further. Starting off with the mind-blowing triptych of "Nil Admiari"/"Describing Bodies"/"Stress Waves," which fires off into a noise/rhythm excess before entering a zone of relative calm, building to the melancholy of the final part. This sets the tone perfectly for the albums title track, a stunning, out-of-this-world ballad featuring Lopatins near-desperate vocal delivery, ending what could be seen as one of his most chilling and thought-provoking sides to-date. The atmosphere is slightly lifted as the darkened sun comes up over the ruins on "Pelham Island Road" and "Where Does Time Go," with the album closing with edgy broken beats and the fourth-world possible landscapes of "Preyouandi," which fades into the distance with echoes of the "Returnal" chorus closing the loop. Whats burnt into memory here is Lopatins love affair with the long, slow path back home... the cycle... the hypnotic sector... the ghost in the machine... and whether people are making dance music or hip-hop or space head-music or metal, the ouroboros is present in every sector -- as it was in Bachs study, and in the elephant songs of the Ituri forests. Instrumentation: Akai AX-60, Roland Juno-60, Roland MSQ-700, Korg Electribe ES-1, Voice. Recorded using a personal computer. Mastered by James Plotkin. Tape-op & additional engineering by Al Carlson. Awesome spot-varnished cover design by Stephen OMalley." -Editions Mego |
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Artist: ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER/ANTONY/FENNESZ Title: Returnal Format: 7" Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $11.00 |
| "Hot on the heels of the acclaimed Oneohtrix Point Never Returnal album come these fabulous versions of the title track. Antony swings the mood and strips the track of its delayed harmonized vocals and creates a poignant ballad with OPNs Daniel Lopatin on piano. Fennesz, on the other hand, sprinkles some of his world-famous majestic stardust over the proceedings. All packaged in dazzling artwork by Stephen OMalley." -Editions Mego |
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Artist: ORCUTT, BILL Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts Format: CD Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $16.00 |
| "Editions Mego is suitably chuffed to announce a CD reissue of San Francisco guitarist Bill Orcutts acoustic hardcore blues stormer A New Way To Pay Old Debts, previously released on Palilalia in 2009, and for many, one of the highlights of recent years with its unique visionary take on solo guitar playing. At the heart of Orcutts sound is a vintage acoustic Kay guitar equipped with a DeArmond pickup. After the neck was broken and subsequently repaired, the guitar was downtuned so as to withstand the tension of the strings, and played with the A and D strings removed. This all lends itself to an intense set of raw, blues-influenced songs that sound heavier than most of the guitar records in your collection put together!! In addition to the original album, this CD reissue contain 2 tracks from the High Waisted 7" (also previously released on Palialia), as well as 4 unreleased tracks. Bill Orcutt: 4-string Kay, voice." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: ORCUTT, BILL Title: How The Thing Sings Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $19.00 |
| "Gatefold LP version. Yet another essential, cracking new set of songs from Bill Orcutt, showcasing a further development of his unique, visceral acoustic style. The language that Orcutt uses looks familiar at first glance, but cuts deeper and its a myriad of twisted audio thats both full-on and drenched in melancholy, usually in the same gasping breath. While a lot of it is the classic face-melting style, some quieter segments counter balance on the title track as well the epic closer "A Line From OlMan River" and "Heaven Is Closed To Me Now." Recorded Spring 2011 in the Living Room, San Francisco." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: ORCUTT, BILL Title: How The Thing Sings Format: CD Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $16.00 |
| "Yet another essential, cracking new set of songs from Bill Orcutt, showcasing a further development of his unique, visceral acoustic style. The language that Orcutt uses looks familiar at first glance, but cuts deeper and its a myriad of twisted audio thats both full-on and drenched in melancholy, usually in the same gasping breath. While a lot of it is the classic face-melting style, some quieter segments counter balance on the title track as well the epic closer "A Line From OlMan River" and "Heaven Is Closed To Me Now." Recorded Spring 2011 in the Living Room, San Francisco." -Editions Mego |
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Artist: POPOL VUH Title: Nachts: Schnee/Aguirre I (Remixes) Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $16.00 |
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"Editions Mego is pleased to present two re-workings of classic Popol Vuh tracks. Mika Vainio takes "Nachts: Schnee" from the 1987 soundtrack Cobra Verde and delivers a skillfully-constructed ambient piece of beauty. Haswell & Hecker turn "Aguirre I" from the 1972 soundtrack Aguirre: The Wrath Of God into the first track to be played at the last rave on Earth. This release uses vintage digital delays and freeze effect units, in conjunction with digital compositional tools. Pressed on red vinyl." -Editions Mego
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Artist: PRURIENT Title: Arrowhead Format: CD Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $17.00 |
| "Brooklyn noise herald and Hospital Productions label-head, Dominick Fernow presents his first release for the Editions Mego label. Fernow has been an active instigator in the power electronics and noise genre for well over a decade, with 100+ releases issued so far, usually limited and covering all known formats. Known in particular for his harrowing live performances where he uses his voice, amps, microphones, coins, tools, suitcases etc., to create a brain-bashing journey through mangled, negative sound. In this spirit, Arrowhead is comprised of three ear-splitting tracks of high-end quality feedback, disturbed vocals and twisted percussion. While previewing this work for release on a flight from Milan to Vienna, it came to the attention of the listener that an irritated passenger two rows in front complained of high-pitched whistling in the air conditioning. Such is the power of Arrowhead. Recorded in the winter of 2004 in Providence, RI. Finalized in the winter of 2005 in New York City. Guest musician: Kris Lapke." - Editions Mego |
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Artist: RAGLANI Title: Real Colors of the Physical World Format: LP + 7" Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $24.00 |
| "Real Colors of the Physical World is a title whose parameters of reference may at first seem obvious, but a moments consideration renders it strange. The physical world, as opposed to the phenomenal, is, as we are able to suppose through the insights of science, an invisible place, if it is even enough to count as a place. What, then, are the qualities being named here? By way of an answer, it is worth recalling that musique concrète has not only an historical but a conceptual priority over kosmiche musik. The concrete in the cosmic: electronic music concerned itself from the beginning with getting past the emotional, historical, and religious themes that had defined traditional composition in order to head straight into the very matter of sound. For the concrete composers, this meant literal experimentation, stretching, analyzing, and recombining the properties and limits of auditory material and its perception. The kosmiche musicians conserved those approaches through metaphor as much as technique. The continuity between them involves a vocabulary of fundamental concerns: space, time, shapes, speed. Electronic music arguably allowed for music to become actively self-reflexive, even ontological, for the first time. Its natural epic form has always been the cosmogony. The kosmiche focus on space travel and cybernetic futures has its roots in the earlier electro-acoustic renderings of a universe whose deepest origins are electrical and sonic. Two tacit, convergent metaphors structure the conceptual explorations of both approaches: that "electronic composition" accurately describes the activity of the human nervous system; and that cosmic evolution may be legitimately qualified as an act of modular synthesis. But much electronic music today has lost sight of the ambition to map that convergence, giving way instead to an emphasis on superficial prettiness, period nostalgia, the merely pleasant stupor of the new age; or else to a vacuous static of technical fiddling. Raglani has never abandoned the grand vision that distinguished his ancestors, and this is his most determinedly comprehensive piece of work. It revisits the promise in the electronic synthesis of sound, implicit from its beginning, to construct a plastic image of the imperceptible dynamics beneath the surface of the world. This is a drama realized at constantly telescoping scales, in all directions. If the disintegration of a divine voice into the skittering communications of machines, or the transformation of a densely alien jungle into the promise of personal redemption, can count as objects of experience, they can do so only here, through the condensation of sound. But this hectic, exotically diffuse rendering has more in common with the world as we know it than does the placid stability of actual things; inner life has its own geometry, its own physics. The cosmic in the concrete: real colors remain within. Raglani has been making electronic music since he saw Otomo Yoshihide perform while under the influence of severe fever. This is his first full length album under his own name since 2006s Of Sirens Born. LP comes with a bonus 7". Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: THOUGHT BROADCAST Title: Emergency Stairway Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $21.00 |
"Emergency Stairway could have been Thought Broadcasts debut vinyl full-length. In fact, when commissioned in early 2012, only one 7" and two super-limited tapes were in existence, until some other label snapped to the finish with an even older commission. So, lets say an "almost-debut." Confused? Well, yes, thats probably the point. Ravi Binnings Thought Broadcast project oozes out a dank and confused audio experience isolated way beyond the city limits. A glance at the titles suggests a routing in the primeval real industrial mind-set, hooked up to classic dub sensibility. Listening to these fascinating recordings, one gets the impression something happened in the room that you are probably not supposed to know about, hinting at a twisted form of Aktionism. Beyond the analog grime (these tracks were delivered to label as cassettes, then carefully transferred and mastered at Dubplates and Mastering in Berlin) lays some real treats with "Orgone Theater" and "Portrait Heads" fitting neatly beside V.O.A.-era Cabs in your local disco. Simply put, a beautiful record." -Editions Mego.
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Artist: TONE, YASUNAO Title: MP3 Deviations #6+7 Format: CD Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $16.00 |
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"The MP3 Deviation album contains pieces that are results of the collaborative research by a team of the New Aesthetics in Computer Music (NACM) and myself, led by Tony Myatt at Music Research Center at the University of York in UK in 2009. My idea was to develop new software based on the disruption of the MP3. Primarily I thought the MP3 as a reproducing device could have created a very new sound by intervention between its main elements, the compression encoder and decoder. It turned out that result was not satisfactory. However, we found that if the sound file had been corrupted in the MP3, the corruptions generated 21 error messages, which could be utilized to assign various 21 lengths of samples automatically. Combining with different playback speeds, it could produce unpredictable and unknowable sound. That is a main pillar of the software. We, also, added some other elements such as flipping stereo channels and phase inversing alternately with a certain length of frequency ranges, which resulted in different timbres and pitches. I performed several times at the MRC and I was certain that this software would be a perfect tool for performances. I have tentatively performed the piece in public in Kyoto, May 2009 and in New York, in May 2010. I also performed it successfully with totally different sound sources when I was invited for The Morning Line in Vienna in June 2011." - Yasunao Tone.
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Artist: TONE, YASUNAO Title: MP3 Deviations #8 Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $21.00 |
| "The MP3 Deviation album contains pieces that are results of the collaborative research by a team of the New Aesthetics in Computer Music (NACM) and myself, led by Tony Myatt at Music Research Center at the University of York in UK in 2009. My idea was to develop new software based on the disruption of the MP3. Primarily I thought the MP3 as a reproducing device could have created a very new sound by intervention between its main elements, the compression encoder and decoder. It turned out that result was not satisfactory. However, we found that if the sound file had been corrupted in the MP3, the corruptions generated 21 error messages, which could be utilized to assign various 21 lengths of samples automatically. Combining with different playback speeds, it could produce unpredictable and unknowable sound. That is a main pillar of the software. We, also, added some other elements such as flipping stereo channels and phase inversing alternately with a certain length of frequency ranges, which resulted in different timbres and pitches. I performed several times at the MRC and I was certain that this software would be a perfect tool for performances. I have tentatively performed the piece in public in Kyoto, May 2009 and in New York, in May 2010. I also performed it successfully with totally different sound sources when I was invited for The Morning Line in Vienna in June 2011." -Yasunao Tone. |
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Artist: WHITMAN, KEITH FULLERTON Title: Generators Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $21.00 |
| "Over the course of a year, Keith Fullerton Whitman performed a piece of live electronic music a few dozen times entitled "Generator." The debut was given in San Francisco at Root Stratas On Land festival at Cafe Du Nord on September 19th, 2009 -- over the months that followed, stagings took place in venues ranging from flooded basements to festival stages in Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Easthampton, Iowa City, Jamaica Plain, Northampton, Raleigh, Saint Louis, San Francisco, Somerville and Washington D.C. This LP covers the final two performances of the piece over two consecutive evenings; the opening solo set from the final night of the High Zero festival in Baltimore at the Theater Project, September 26th, 2010, then the performance during the "For Eliane" night of the Propensity Of Sound festival dedicated to Eliane Radigues work at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, September 27th, 2010. These recordings show the piece in two different iterations, taking two different trajectories entirely. Theyre considered the definitive versions of the piece. Composed for, and realized with a scalable selection of digital and analog modular synthesis equipment, "Generator" was an attempt to wrest a viable performance-based music out of what had until then been a solitary set of sound-design tools. The piece grew out of a frustration with the limitlessness of computer-based real-time synthesis and algorithmic/generative systems vs. their utter failure as performance solutions. It hinges heavily on the ideology of the "Playthroughs" system (in that the subtle tuning inconsistencies of a physical instrument -- the electric guitar -- could be amplified and multiplied) through the use of multiple layerings of different topologies of oscillator, yielding an unstable array of modal canons that drift in and out of "tune," causing all manner of inter-voice beating and assorted psycho-acoustic effects." -Editions Mego |
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Artist: WHITMAN, KEITH FULLERTON Title: Occlusions; Real-Time Music For Hybrid Digital-Analogue... Format: LP Label: Editions Mego Country: Austria Price: $21.00 |
| "Occlusion is a loose framework for a multi-channel, freely-improvised piece of live electronic music, performed without the aid or consent of pre-recorded or even pre-arranged materials of any kind. A given realization will last between 10 and 30 minutes; time is elastic. Every effort has been made to avoid divisible rhythms (although mistakes are occasionally made). Still, I consider it a kind of dance music. These two realizations, recorded a week apart at festivals in France and The Netherlands during February 2012, capture the piece (much like those on the Generators LP) in two entirely different iterations, in states of (A) a mildly inebriated bliss & (B) an arbitrarily triggered blind rage. Both recordings were made at 24-bit, 96khz through the absolute cheapest means available to the consumer to do so. They sound fantastic. Occlusions is a companion piece to Generators in that they share the same tool-set; however, it is the free jazz yang to Generators minimalist yin. It is not recommended to those seeking meter, melody, cleanliness, or a clearly-outlined organizational sense." -Editions Mego. |
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Artist: ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS, FAMILY BATTLE SNAKE & STELLAR OM SOURCE Title: How Do Siamese Twins Arrange Their Love Lives? Format: LP Label: Editions Zero Country: Greece Price: $20.00 |
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Artist: NMPERIGN/SKELETONS OUT Title: Live 1978/Marvin Format: 7" Label: Editions Zero Country: Greece Price: $6.50 |
| "A rather nicely lo-fi packed 7" of two of the more intelligent noise projects around. On side A Greg Kelley and Bhob Rainey, otherwise known as Nmperign team up for one of their great pieces of improvised wind instrument mayhems. Mayhem as in silence meeting noise, but not the usual noise you may expect from someone like Merzbow. The controlled blowing of the two make a great fine interplay. The instruments as instrument and as objects. A fine piece. Skeletons Out are more a noise rock piece band, or so it seems. Howard Stelzer on cassettes and Jay Sullivan on turntable create a more straight forward piece of noise music that rocks the house. It sounds like a rock band with dark rumbling noise underneath and cracklings on top, all in true fierce noise mood. Much more heavy and linear than the other side, but great noise altogether." - Frans de Ward, Vital Weekly |
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Artist: DEATH KNELL Title: Exchange of Accusations Format: CDR Label: Editionsbrokenresearch Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"The flip side of the Christmas coin is the loss of Olson to what must
be a super interesting and awkward explanation of "Inzanity" at Tovah
D-Days family Christmas gathering back home. The ugliest 2/3rds of
Graveyards put on the chain-mail and cocaine and invite Gustav Mahler
to the party. He hasnt been putting out much shit lately so they
figure a little r&r for composer corpse will suit him just dandy. He
wrote a nice Detroit drama chamber piece just for the occasion." - Editionsbrokenresearch.
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Artist: DEATH KNELL/DEAD MACHINES Title: A Thousand Means To One End Format: 3" CDR Label: Editionsbrokenresearch Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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Artist: V/A Title: Insanely Happy Format: 7" Label: EE Country: France Price: $17.00 |
| "A collection of vintage 80s tracks by various Insane groups from Belgium, compiled by Alain Neffe. Four projects featuring Neffe himself in different disguises: Pseudo Code, Human Dance, Subject and Bene Gesserit, and one track by M.A.L., long-time Insane collaborator. This vinyl ep contains 6 tracks of which 4 are never released before. Both Bene Gesserit tracks are taken from their classic LP on Insane, long out of print by now." - Ee. Edition of 250. |
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Artist: V/A Title: The Walls Are Whispering III Format: CD Label: EE Tapes Country: Price: $13.50 |
| "Final part of this compilation trilogy, and maybe the most adventurous one of the series, digging further into the experimental worlds of minimal | weird | field-recordings | drones | noise | whatever Did anyone say ⿿dark ambient ? Again we managed to gather a superb international-artistic crew : Af Ursin (BE) ⿿ Oren Ambarchi (AUS ⿿ published by Touch Music) ⿿ Contagious Orgasm (JP) ⿿ Yannick Dauby (FR) ⿿ Fear Falls Burning (BE ⿿ aka vidnaObmana) ⿿ Felix Kubin (DE ⿿ aka Felix Knoth) ⿿ Eric Lanzillotta (USA ⿿ ex-Anomalous Records) ⿿ Mnortham (USA) ⿿ Seth Nehil (USA) ⿿ Shifts (NL ⿿ aka Frans de Waard) and absolute newcomers Acid_Soma (GR) and Azymbol (BE) Worth a very special mention is Yannick Daubys track ⿿Sanguine that won the second price on an international festival for unpublished music in Taipei (Taiwan)! The full metallised CD comes housed in a heavy cardboard 7 cover(colour : shiste) with gold and black offset-print." -EE Tapes. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Armaghedon Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| "Private LP edition of 300 copies in 1984. This record is the soundtrack for a film with the same title, produced and directed by Maurizio Bianchi. For obscure reasons, the original LP remained unavailable for a long time, and was distributed only 1 year after it was printed. Moreover, most of the copies were destroyed. Less than 100 actually exist. This was MBs last vinyl production, and also the only one featuring recordings of the artists voice. It was made during a period of huge change in MBs life." - EEST.2008 Repress |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Carcinosi Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| "Originally issued as a private LP in an edition of 400 copies in 1983. De-composition for bionic organisms and concrete sounds. A sound that refuses both the cold logic of the fetish electronic computer-man-of-the-year and the sterile exasperation of the negative. A sound that dilutes and coagulates, eluding the listeners with minimal variations that make the cyclic style of Phillip Glass resemble a carousel of colors. This CD also features two untitled tracks first issued on compilation cassettes. Compositive discipline." - EEST.2008 Repress |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Colori Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $17.00 |
| A new subdivision of Alga Marghen, to deal with MBs music. "The very first new recording from Maurizio Bianchi (MB) since his decision to quit the arena of sound in 1984. Yes, hes back, the world-wide recognized master of apocalyptic electronics has decided to come back to music, opening up a new phase for his creativity." - EEST. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Dates Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $17.00 |
| "EesT records is happy to announce a further step into the Maurizio Bianchi new production, a new compact disc which completes the Trilogy starting with the previous Colori and First Day-Last Day . This time the author concentrates on Time, or the inevitable. A sound counterpointistic journey beginning with the creation of the first human being, in autumn 4026 B.C.E. and passing through the two big planetary cataclysms. Then the individual experience of MB himself is investigated, a sort of electro-biography. The climax of this work is represented by the dramatic collaps describing the imminent destruction of todays society. MB explains that this is not an utopical perspective but those feelings rise from the Revelator of all the secrets, the One who knows the future in advance and all the connected events. The Creator of the majestic universe and the One to whom all of us will give account when the final war of Har-Maghedon will break up on 60.. A.M. Will there be any survivor then? Hopefully there will be among the listeners of this work who will delight their ears and fill their hearts with the compelling and intense emotional sounds of Dates ." - EEST. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Endometrio Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
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"Originally issued as a private LP edition of 400 copies in 1983. De-composition for synthetic sounds and electronically generated noises. Here MB distanced himself from the movement of the industrial bruitists, introducing his bionic music. Notwithstanding the difficulty of listening, especially upon initial impact, you are facing treated and filtered synthetic sounds that become new organisms -- sound cells analysed under the microscope. This CD also includes excerpts from private tape editions originally issued on compilation cassettes. Personal and obsessive."- EEST.2008 Repress
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: First Day -- Last Day Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $17.00 |
| "One year has passed since MB/Maurizio Bianchi decided to come back to the music arena with his very personal new sound exploration. Conceived in the same direction of the previous CD titled Colori , this new work found its bases in the revaluation of the events the started the Creation, when an intelligent and complex act of sublime love started our physical universe off, transposing them in form of 8 electronic compositions elaborated in a 2 year work. A darker atmosphere marks the background sounds giving to the whole program a more obscure and less easy impression while the more melodic traces fluctuate without direction in an empty space. MB has always worked in a very direct way following his true inspiration; he has devoted his music to the sincere listeners who will now immerse themselves in these sound waves and in the sea of primordial sonorities. The connection to his past recordings is to be found in this attitude and a reference to these feelings was already existing in the early 1980s as reported in some interviews and statements soon to be included in the full documentation of ArcheoMB boxset 2 (not a reference to the specific religious themes but anyway a more general idea of spiritual collapse and chancing). What could be interesting is to notice this continuity and consider the past and present works as a whole. Of course with a huge formal difference in the material sound approach." - EEST. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Frammenti Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $17.50 |
| "Frammenti, i.e. fragments, is the new direction in Maurizio Bianchis music. An acoustic-bionic composition for electromagnetic waves and cyclic sonorities. Left now are all the indeterminate atmospheres gently fluctuating, in order to reach a more formal and structured work. Still dealing with the fragments of our memories made of joy and tribulations, sensations and awareness, aspirations and disappointments, with the carnal and the spiritual assistance. This new composition, quite as literally as the title suggests, consists of two long sound-collages reminding some of the techniques that MB was using in the late seventies under the name of Sacher-pelz. The music is not that brutal DIY intensity of analogic treatments, but more a digital version of nowadays oscillating clinic sonorities. As the author stated: "Those who will have the courage to listen to and investigate it, will remain mentally upright when confronted with the opposition of todays music -- which is so mechanical, hybrid, aseptic, narcotic, obsessive -- while in their heart nothing will be left but the principal fragment, which originated the sonorous universe: the sacredness of infinity!". Available now in an edition limited to 500 copies." - EEST. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Mectpyo Bakterium Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| 2008 repress. "First issued by Mnemonists label (DYS in the US). M.B.: proto-electronics, compositions, arrangements. Mektpyo Bakterium is a work furnished of implacable plastic exasperation. The icy oppression, the hallucinative electronic wounds, are a precious and singular fact in a technological society brought to the limit. The emotion is pushed into dangerous zones, and unusual zones, and unusual tensions -- free biological groans of extreme effectiveness. A vivid expression of a world in extinction! Bonus tracks: Placenta, first issued on the 40 Days 40 Nights picture-disc LP in 1982, and the M.B. contribution to the International Friendship compilation LP from 1983." - Eest |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Menses Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| 2008 repress. "Reissue of the private LP edition of 300 copies from 1981; the pyramidal construction of these two suites, with its intentionally brutal and grotesque deformations, elaborates on overflowing and apocalyptical collapse, dragging a completely dissolvent conception of the world and of the para-industrial sound. Bonus tracks: Milan Bruits from the Fix Planet! comp (Ata Tak) and the two tracks first issued in the very limited Nowhere To Play in 1981. Let M.B. be your executioner!" - Eest |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Mind Us Trial/Ihc Naib Oizir Uam Format: Double CDR Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $34.00 |
| "EEsT presents two new works by Maurizio Bianchi: Mind Us Trial. Phonological de-composition in eight dissections for tapes, noises and neurologic piano. This paleogenetic work wants to be an epitaph, and at the same time a commemoration, of those corrosive instants when M.B. was an equalized disciple of the industrial delirium. With respectful thanks to the electroacoustic influence of the decadent and palpitating past. Ihc Naib Oizir Uam. Cyclic improvisation for chaotic piano, apocalyptic guitar and final frequencies." -EEST. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Neuro Habitat/Moerder Unter Uns Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| 2008 repress. "Reissue of a private LP, issued in edition of 300 copies in 1982; a skeletal extremist project that will then transform into the soundtrack of a movie with the same title, edited and directed by Paul Hurst. Its the setting of the griable pre-apocalyptic fossilization, the supreme lapidation of the meanness which creates the myth. There are actual melodies present -- dense and dark that mutate into harsh electronic outbursts. The CD also features Plutoniumetrico from the Fur Ilse Koch LP compilation." - Eest |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Regel Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| 2008 repress. "Reissue of the private LP, issued in an edition of 300 copies in 1982; his experimentation with noise syndrome has developed into a powerful stylistic electronic music that on Regel is coherent and dynamic. A dense synthetic melange sets the backdrop over which he uses various rhythms/effects to achieve maximum intensity. Acido Prussica, first issued on the Neuengamme LP compilation, is also included on this CD edition. Maurizio is ready to unload this death cargo." - Eest |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Symphony for a Genocide Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| 2008 repress. "ArcheoMB is the title given to the complete reprint of old M.B. records and here is part 1. EEsT Records and M.B. collaborated in this project, well understanding the value of these early works and their importance in the evolution of M.B. The sound has been improved for this digital edition from original master tapes and under the supervision of M.B. himself. All CDs feature the original artwork plus the complete historical documentation (liner notes, reviews, statements). First press of 1000 copies each. Symphony... was first issued on the Sterile label in the UK in an edition of 200 copies. M.B.: electronics, effects, rhythms. Symphony... is the most extreme music youre ever likely to hear. There are 7 tracks, all consisting of a never-changing hissing or clanking rhythm, electronic effects over the top and a wall of distortion somewhere in the middle. This is the sound of industrial music, not T.G. Maximum electronics! 3 bonus tracks first issued on Bain Totals International Compilation 2 in 1980." -Eest |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: The Plain Truth Format: CD Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $20.00 |
| "First issued on the Broken Flag label in the UK in an edition of 500 in 1983. A different style, providing some distance from all his previous works; a more expansive experimentation with multiple layers of synthesizer sounds. Still very intense. MBs recordings come closest to classical electronics, but always with a very personal style. This CD edition also features an interview on Radio Popolare in Milan from 1/1/83. An English translation is included in the liner notes. Dedicated to all the redeemed people." - EEST. 2008 repress. |
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Artist: SACHER-PELZ Title: Mutation For A Continuity Format: 4CD Box Set Label: EEST Country: Italy Price: $76.00 |
| "Very few are aware of the beginning of Maurizio Bianchis adventures? Before starting the complex and compelling production of many records and tapes in the early eighties under the M.B. trademark, Maurizio Bianchi was documenting the new music scene writing essays and reviews for independent magazines. It was August 1979 in Milan, Italy and his sound was strengthening when he felt the time had come to prove his desire for something new. So he started his first solo project, under the name Sacher-pelz. He assembled a concrete equipment -- the endurance of M.B. had started. During the following few months four C60 magnetic tapes were created Cainus (August/September 1979), Venus (October/November 1979), Cease to Exist (December 1979/January 1980) and Velours (February/March 1980), a couple of copies for friends, never getting an official distribution. Surely a very private moment but still the first and only production at that time in Italy to go beyond the TG movement, the direct reference. EesT records got into possession of the original masters and decided this was the right moment to let those obscure sonorities see the night light. The tapes were remastered for a more powerful digital sound featured in this four CD boxset including the original graphics and liner notes as well as a new visionary essay, written expressly for this edition. After a long research in the archives spread around the Italian territories a few more documents were found (the original presentation text titled Sacher-pelz: mutation for a continuity, a collage titled Pure art for crime people, more graphics and reviews) and they are also included here. Edition of 480 copies." - Eest. |
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Artist: HASSELL, JON Title: Dream Theory in Malaya: Fourth World Volume Two Format: CD Label: EG Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| Seminal 1981 recordings; Mati Klarwein cover. Personnel includes: Jon Hassell (trumpet, pottery drums); Michael Brook (bass); Walter DeMaria (drums); Brian Eno (drums, bowl gongs, bells); Miguel Frasconi (bowl gongs); Daniel Lanois (mix). "Volume One of Jon Hassell and Brian Enos Fourth World report remains a classic recording of electronic, mutant gamelan and exotic indigenous musics that truly bridges many worlds. Dream Theory In Malaya picks up right where its predecessor left off, eking out even more convoluted paths into the dense shrubs and foliage of the cyberjungle. Dream Theory In Malaya, featuring collaborators Eno and Daniel Lanois, is one of Hassells finest moments. Hassells remarkable trumpet tone, all tone smears and monsoon breaths, is at its peak on Dream Theory, wherein insect-like tribesmen make ritual whoopee amid cavalcades of thick, throbbing log drums. At once alien and awe-inspiring, this music is so highly individual that it has yet to be eclipsed -- even by Hassell himself. Datu Bintung at Jelong further probes the gamelan/juju interface, splicing in the respiratory sounds of metallic harps, vibrating electronic chorales and strange, mechanistic breathing." - EG. |
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Artist: GASOLINE Title: Killer Man Format: 7" Label: Egg Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
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Artist: ACKERMAN, BLASTER AL Title: I Am Drunk Format: LP Label: Ehse Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "..an insanely prolific maker of word machines, a Dionysian weaver of tall tales about people that Kraft-Ebbing only dreamt of during naps after overdoing it at University buffet luncheons, co-founder of confounding Neoism, internationally reknowned mail artist prankster, former census taker, romance writer, medical attendant in a burn unit (okay, lets get this out there - those are his words, inspired by the burn unit, used by Psychic TV in "Hamburger Lady"), author of many books including The Blaster Al Ackerman Omnibus, Let Me Eat Massive Pieces of Clay and I Taught My Dog to Shoot a Gun. For Christs sake he even did television work in the 50s and worked for LBJ!" - Ehse. |
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Artist: CRANE, G. LUCAS & RIC ROYER Title: Dark Cabinet of the Strange Weird Format: LP Boxset Label: Ehse Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "It has been a long forever since I had heard a good gothic collaboration. Hearkening back to the days of radio nasties and coming off like a bizarro-⿿Munsters (so, actually eerie and funny?), Royer and Crane pulled out all the shock stops as they crept their way through macabre stories-with-sound, like on ⿿Pig Dog Baby, ⿿Creepy Aunt Nikki, and ⿿Man with One Eye and a Hook for a Hand (the latter is a peculiar piece with hilarious asides by Royer). Horror should unnerve and challenge, but mock-horror should fascinate and delight, and Dark Cabinet of the Strange Weird certainly did. There were no mounting horrifying crescendos or terrifying rides to the edge of darkness, but there were plenty of toothsome, subtly spooky, old-style tales of suspense. One would be half-right to think of Dark Cabinet of the Strange Weird as a mere novelty (the cob-webbed album comes cased in an Erin Womack-illustrated crypt box), but they would be short-changing it; this ghoulish union was, surprisingly, a very embraceable example of surreal narrative and sound-torturing that remained with the listener well past its conclusion, but not necessarily for the ⿿chilling reasons you may think. Release of the year? Hardly. Smile of the year? Definitely." - Ehse. |
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Artist: HAYLECK, ANDY Title: Two Gong/Wire Pieces Format: LP Label: Ehse Country: USA Price: $14.50 |
| "Baltimore-based sound artist Andy Hayleck has worked primarily with field recordings and bowed metal over the past seven years in improvised settings, installation and solo composed works. His previous recordings include The Disappearing Floor (Recorded), a suite of edited field recordings and vibrating metal sounds; Various Recordings Involving Ice (Fairfield/HereSee), a set of field recordings of crystallized H2O; and his bowed saw and cymbal performances with fricative free music collaborative group Trockeneis (Ehse). Two Gong/Wire Pieces presents side-long live-to-tape performances using a special system which Hayleck has invented and with which he has performed widely - bowing a long wire attached to a Chinese gong, allowing for special control of the irrational vibrations of the metal plate through careful control over the tension of the wire and place and style of bowing. The resulting masses of beating tone-forms are lakes and pools of eddies or whirlpools born from a deceptively simple and carefully considered system and a seemingly enormous pair of ears." - Ehse. |
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Artist: NAGOSKI, IAN Title: Kerflooey Format: LP Label: Ehse Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Nagoski has been one of the most heartfelt progenitors of electronic, psychedelic soundfields of the past decade, having produced three solo full-lengths in tiny editions and contributing his sounds on record with the likes of Joe McPhee, Jack Rose, Six Organs of Admittance, Pelt, and Magali Babin and collaborating live with Tom Carter. Nautical Almanac, Andy Hayleck, Donald Miller and many others. A record shop owner and writer, he has published in Halana, The Wire, the Ecstatic Peace Poetry Review, Yeti, Baltimore City Paper, Sound Projector, Sound Collector, and elsewhere. His slow-moving soundfields have been praised in print by Bruce Russell, Chris Corsano, Campbell Kneale, John Berndt, Thurston Moore, Jerome Noetinger and many other peers. This is his first solo outing in four years, apart from his recent, widely-praised anthology of early 20th-century, foreign music collection Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Musics (1918-1955) on the Dust-to-Digital label." - Ehse. |
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Artist: SNACKS Title: Natural Snacks Format: 10" Picture Disc Label: Ehse Country: USA Price: $17.50 |
| "For this record, Snacks initially wanted to encode an interactive web site of sexy dance music videos and lathe it into vinyl. Included with the record would be an rca jack to telephone wire adapter so people could jam the album using their old 56k modems. The board of directors at Ehse Records unfortunately 86ed this concept leaving Snacks to do a picture disc containing analog gastronomy, fights between the wait staff and the cooks, effluvial drum licks, persuasive percussion, tasteful guitar solos, non-ironic tap dancing, hot body squelches, vintage garbage, French primitivism, nocturnal grooves carved in avocado rinds, troublesome themes, Slavic melancholy, uptight programming, neoist sequencers, ham-fisted mastering. Picture window hand-screened jacket around picture of pure record picture disc record. Edition of 500."-Ehse. |
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Artist: TROCKENEIS Title: 5025 AD Format: LP Label: Ehse Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "From the den of pre-scientific iniquity in which Baltimore sound actors thrive on non-planning, the stately emergence of professional harsh acousticians in five-part harmony, a brash romp through the New Frictionalism, The New Spectralism, and The New Ritualism. Bowing. Rubbing. Scraping. Squealing. Squeaking. Screeching. Moaning. Silence. Anything else. Nothing else. Sound fixations waiting to unfix in the act of observation/measurement. Go ahead, measure them. Then flip to side B and watch your numbers float away in a muddy stream of ink. All sounds were made without electricity. Its portable music. You can easily move from now to the time when there was no emotion, just its precursors of permanently lingering urgency. Paul Neidhardt, Catherine Pancake, Dan Breen, and Andy Hayleck caress their idiophones until theyre lost in backporch lullabies of terror. Audrey Chens voice also gets lost, swallowed by its mechanical half-kin and trapped into the shadow world of forbidden overtones. In the center we find a steaming hunk of dry ice, hosting the sounds of molecular frenzy at the interface of hot and cold. Metal. Wood. H2O. Larynx. Danger. Safety. They say its built into the limbic system." - Ehse. Instrumentation: bowed metal, dry ice with heated metal, musical saws, percussion and voice. |
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Artist: COMMON EIDER, KING Title: Amnesia Format: LP Label: Eider Press Country: US Price: $18.00 |
| "A limited edition one-sided white vinyl silkscreened 12-inch with silkscreened clear plastic sleeve from FREE PORCUPINE SOCIETYs ROB FISK and company. One fourteen-minute track. "Arvo Part, AMM and Godspeed get in a fight on a hot afternoon day..." Edition of 100 copies." - Eider Press. |
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Artist: SPACE DUST Title: Beatle! Format: LP Label: Eighteen Wheeler Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"A very special offering! SPACE DUST made a small appearance from the middle 1990s New Zealand crowd. Their unique brand of damaged psychedelia causing only a mild enough stir due to the LP From the Future released on Clint Simonsons Carburetor Records and a seven inch on Eighteen Wheeler. Held together by drummer Duane Zarakov, and lead vocals by his sister Violet, whose frail and rich voice brushes color on your journey, Space Dust also featured guitar playing by the legendary BROTHER LOVE and clarinet playing by MATT MIDDLETON (CRUDE, AESTHETICS). Of all their records to reach these ears, BEATLE! is by far the beautiful best. We feel it fits real nice in between Charlambides Market Square and the Un s/t LPs on a snowy, wine filled, evening. BEATLE! Is truly a lost classic. Pressed and never released in 1996, it took us four years to convince EW label head Tom Scharpling to take time away from his work as radio straight man to drag these out of his house and send them up. Limited and numbered to 300 copies." - Eighteen Wheeler..
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Artist: BING SELFISH Title: Selfish Works Format: 12" Label: El Frenzy/Noise Method Country: UK Price: $36.00 |
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"125 original records from 1983 with a numbered, limited edition silkscreened jacket. Further artpop adventures from the post-Homosexuals / This Heat / Rock in Opposition squats – in exile.... A 1981 junket to Barcelona found Bing Selfish, Amos a/k/a Jim Whelton, Chris Gray, Rob Storey, and Milk From Cheltenham recording three tracks for a compilation LP, Domestic Sampler - UMYU, alongside the once-and-future stars of the Barcelona underground. Bing and Joe Torres (a/k/a Victor Lounge of Milk From Cheltenham) stayed on, and a few months later welcomed back Rob, Chris and Rodrigo Lodwick to tape an Amos & Sara LP. The only recordings to come of this adventure, however, were the five Bing Selfish-led tracks on Selfish Works. The 12" features those in boldface above, plus Rita Chuli (who married Lepke Buchwalter and had a cassette on her own), Gabriel – who’d played sax on the MfC track for UMYU, and Enric Villalba (a/k/a Victor Nubla), one of the locals whod helped organize UMYU. Selfish Works was pressed back in London through Robs Noise Method label, although its officially on Bings own El Frenzy imprint. Hardcore Messthetics/D.I.Y. fans will appreciate that most of the songs are introduced by fragments from the traditional Spanish music tape reels over which they were recording… As with the Hot Club Murphy 12", the original jackets were screened as needed: two basic designs were used, and both were modified as the screens degenerated. The "new" screened jacket combines both designs, adding a proper track-list and, for the first time, personnel-credits. (Cover #1 had ten small drawings on a hand-colored paste-on; version #2 had a drawing of Bing. On the back both featured an enigmatic story that loosely incorporated the song-titles, but no other info...)." - Hyped to Death.
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Artist: ELECTRIC ANNIHILATION Title: #1 Format: Mag Label: Electric Annihilation Country: USA Price: $2.50 |
| "The first issue of Electric Annihilation is now available. EA is a 20-page music publication, b&w on tabloid-size (11 x 17 pages) newsprint. The first issue includes interviews with: Thurston Moore, Henry Rollins, John Olson (Wolf Eyes/American Tapes), Emeralds, Sun Araw, Wet Hair, Nomen Dubium Plus scene reports from Gothenburg Sweden (written by Matthias Andersson of Release the Bats), Cleveland (by Sam Goldberg) and Iowa City (by Shawn Reed). Also an article by Jon Isaac. Theres a centerfold poster too. Cover artwork and border/frames by Zachary Fleming." -Electric Annihilation |
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Artist: MV & EE Title: Sweetheart Of The Nascar Format: 7" Label: Electric Temple Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Fans of the lengthy psych of Bardo Pond, the noise jams of Fushitsushsa, the yawning drones of Pelt-- will admire their refusal to sacrifice peaks in order to avoid valleys. - Pitchfork The always prolific Matt Valentine and Erika Elder are back at it with the debut 7-inch on Electric Temple Records, Sweetheart of the Nascar. Rising from the depths of the grass-roots, free-riding psychedelic underground, MV&EE provide the nighttime companion over two midnight-oil burning tracks to their recent masterwork for Thurston Moores Ecstatic Peace label, Barn Nova. The A-Side titletrack, Sweetheart of the Nascar is perhaps one of the duos heaviest tracks to date, pushing the threshold of Rust Never Sleeps-era Neil Young into sludge metal meets Mark Hollis ambience. The b-side, Crow Jane Variations is a slow-burner featuring Erika Elders reverb-drenched echoes behind a wash of lap-steel guitar and minor-key rustic psychedelic vibes. Sweetheart of The Nascar was recorded with Matt Valentines mind-boggling production technique, Spectrasound. The Spectre Sound engineering was done by James Anderson, while the final mix was done by long-time producer/engineer Justin at Barn Row Studios and Matt Valentine himself at their home studio, Maximum Arousal Farm. The inventive technique is highlighted on Sweetheart of the Nascar with two drummers playing - one in the left channel, one in the right, spread across a gorgeous stereo-pan." On brown-colored vinyl." - Electric Temple. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Granulat Format: Double LP Label: Electric Transfusion Country: SWITZERLAND Price: $16.00 |
| Cool comp of experimental/minimal electronics. Features tracks by Anselem Caminada, Steinbruchel, Margaritis/Schallbetter/Kalabrese, Ramon Orza and Roger Roto. See also the Steinbruchel 7"s. |
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Artist: U.S. GIRLS Title: Rosemary Format: 7" Label: Electric Voice Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "Here comes US GIRLS resurrecting puzzled memories. Nostalgia to be unsure of, or maybe days lost behind thick shadow. Something is bubbling to the surface, but why is it happening? Strange, this is innocent melody at drift on waves of tape disintegration. Shes a one woman call and responder dialing up minimalist lines and beats. A loner. And of course, these two jams are crooned so hard and with such ease that we fall deep within the emptiness on either side. This is music with plenty of space for being dissolved, and sure, it could even be the gift of an inner door that opens on and on."-Pigeon Row. Edition of 300 copies. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Electric Voice Compilation Format: Double LP Label: Electric Voice Country: Canada Price: $24.00 |
| "Over the past few years Electric Voice Records has established itself as one of Canadas most forward-thinking and ambitious new labels, releasing a mountain of innovative pop music from an eccentric roster of international bands and artists. The labels grand vision is quite simply to archive the current state of affairs in the underground world of pop music. Although a bold mission, this new compilation makes huge strides towards that aim. Culled from a hopelessly jammed inbox of submissions and requests, these 18 tracks represent some of the finest jams to ever grace the Electric Voice catalogue and offer a cross section of both up and coming and established artists. The labels obsessive attention to quality means that every track is an absolute highlight. Includes tracks from ARIEL PINK & R. STEVIE MOORE, JEFF & JANE HUDSON, SOFT METALS, HTRK, FEMMINIELLI, AUTOMELODI, DEON, INNERGAZE, CHEVALIER AVANT GARDE, COLOURS, RAPE FACTION, HORRID RED, and others. Jackets have slight crease along the bottom edge." -Electric Voice. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Electric Voice Compilation II Format: LP Label: Electric Voice Country: Canada Price: $24.00 |
| "On this deluxe compilation, Electric Voice Records offers another exploration of historical and contemporary underground music. Whereas last years collection focused on alternative approaches to electronic pop music, this new album mines a darker spectrum of genres, one that spans more than three decades of minimalist synth and industrial work. Here, new-generation artists like TROPIC OF CANCER and MARTIAL CANTEREL extend rather than revive the music of their influences. Electric Voice II marries these young artists with pioneers from the beginning days of this music-truly groundbreaking acts like IKE YARD Yard, the first American band to sign with Factory Records, and Throbbing Gristle / Psychic TVs enigmatic GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE, now performing some of her most poignant material to date as THEE MAJESTY. Other featured artists include DAS DING and French group MARTIN DUPONT, who both offer cuts from their respective early-80s archives. There are also exclusive tracks by ADN CKRYSTALL, FRANK (JUST FRANK), VITA NOCTIS and NINE CIRCLES. Taken together, the seamless flow of these tracks, despite the span of generations, makes clear the continued relevance of these practices and pure electronic sounds. To celebrate this collection, acclaimed artist JUAN MENDEZ (Silent Servant) provides cover artwork, with additional design by DMYTRIJ WULFFIUS." - Electric Voice. |
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Artist: LOS ROCKETS Title: S/T Format: 10" Label: Electro Harmonix Country: Spain Price: $20.00 |
| "A rare psychedelic gem from Nicaraguas Los Rockets, including their 1968 debut LP with covers of Cream, Peter, Paul & Mary, Duke Ellington and Los Brincos, plus some terrific cumbia beat instrumentals which were hugely successful when they were released. Los Rockets were one of the first and most relevant bands in Nicaragua during the 60s and early 70s, regular performers at legendary venue La Tortuga Morada and owners of their own famous club, The Happening. Reissued on vinyl for the first time." -Electro Harmonix. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Live from the Afterworld: Recordings at the Afterworld Lounge 1991-1993 Format: LP Label: Electro Motive Country: Price: $20.00 |
| "Yes, Virginia, there really was an Afterworld Lounge. Heres live tracks from the remarkable early-90s eclectic music venue, including SUN CITY GIRLS, CAROLINER, RUINS, THINKING FELLERS UNION, MECCA NORMAL, ROVA SAXOPHONE QUARTET, C.C.C.C., THE MOLECULES, O-TYPE, THREE DAY STUBBLE, SPLATTER TRIO, VOMIT LAUNCH, FIBULATOR, VACUUM TREE HEAD, CRAWLING WITH TARTS, and more." - Electro Motive. Mid-90s release. |
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Artist: SPIEGEL, LAURIE Title: Obsolete Systems Format: CD Label: Electronic Music Foundation Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Laurie Spiegel, electronic music pioneer, has been working with cutting-edge electronic instruments since the 1970s. She has written software, designed systems, and explored most of the early synthesizers. And she is also a wonderful composer! And the music on this CD is so talented, beautiful, and fascinating that it becomes a stunning demonstration of how musical and humanly expressive technology can be. The CD also demonstrates relationships between instruments and the music that can be composed for them. Spiegel writes: Each musical instrument, whether electronic or not, implies an aesthetic domain and sensibility unique to its design ... These are a few Ive personally explored. When it was new, each of these music systems, now long obsolete, was state of the art, visionary, radically new and so revolutionary that it required extended explanations in response to common questions such as Why would anyone ever want to do that?" - Electronic Music Foundation. |
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Artist: ELLIOT, STEVE Title: S/T Format: CDR Label: Elefantplatte Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Elefantplatte Records is proud to present the 1969 private press loner folk lp by NYC musician Steve Elliot. Possessed of a raw, nasal, emotionally charged vocal style, Elliot spins tales of madness, death and regret, sounding simultaneously defeated and hopeful. Elliot is backed with bass, piano & wind instruments by later sidemen to Earth Opera, Tom Paxton & David Bowie( ! ). The album was presumably given away free (if the cover stencil is to be believed), and needless to say, is hideously rare. But through the magic of "Elefantplatte", this lost gem is now available to all. Housed in a mini-lp style cardboard jacket, with color cover & full lyric sheet. 7 tracks, 31 minutes." - Elefantplatte. |
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Artist: FROST GIANT Title: Heavy Encounter Format: CDR Label: Elefantplatte Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"Reissue of ultra-excessive German hard rock, circa 1970. Three heavy smokers who seemed intent on shredding every speaker cone in existence, yours included. Fuzz bass, fuzz drums, fuzz harmonica, and a guitar sound like Mark Farner doused in gasoline & set aflame. If Vincebus Eruptum-era Blue Cheer always sounded "too refined"to your ears, "Heavy Encounter" just may be the ticket. Housed in a mini-lp style cardboard jacket, with full lyric sheet & hilariously stoned interview. 5 tracks, 42 minutes." - Elefantplatte.
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Artist: V/A Title: The Nativity Scene Format: CDR Label: Elefantplatte Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Subtitled ⿿An Anthology of Christian Psychedelia & Exploitation. What better soundtrack to the end times than this 24 track collection of "turned on" Christian youth music? The material is wildly diverse; the hard Hendrix-influenced fuzz of 4th Movement, the avant-classical/ garage stylings of Tedd Smith, the psychedelic chamber folk of Trees, the naive, orchestrated pop of Turning Point, the Byrdsy harmonies of The Mission, the huge breakbeats of David Fanshawes "African Sanctus", the inner space mind-melt of Crosscurrent Communitys "Genesis", and so much more. Assembled from various thrift store finds, and contains no overlap with the similarly-themed "Resurrection" and "Holy Fuzz" comps. Includes a three panel booklet with photos, artwork & commentary. This is a split release with co-compiler Daniel Presnells Feed & Seed Records. Jewel case, 24 tracks, 79 minutes." - Elefantplatte. |
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Artist: DIETRICH, DON Title: Dietrich Format: LP Label: Elevage De Poussiere Country: France Price: $20.00 |
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Recorded in Dietrichs (Borbetomagus) bedroom, July 14, 2002., directly to D.A.T. "Six abrasive titles on tenor, gadgets & peavey." - Elevage de Poussiure.
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Artist: JUNKO Title: Sleeping Beauty Format: LP Label: Elevage De Poussiere Country: France Price: $19.50 |
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Solo album from the vocalist of Hijokaidan. "Such a fucking poetry of the gap, something very close to Yoko Onos orgasmic vocalisations, to Diamanda Galas menstrual glossolalias, to Linda Sharrocks (*) sexual negritude. What a free from the ritornello (**) free music, what a totally free chant, so let the listener go through to it and let him free to listen to that. To that psychoanylists id, to the trouble Eros, to the perforated tongue from the pornographic body. It surely takes a lot of perversity to get submitted to that. To that improbable soundtrack from a porno film (***) which would look like some inverted movie, like some black pictures. It surely takes a lot of terror to listen to that voice but you may call it beauty. Because that voice deals with some wonderful confusion (something between pleasure and pain), that indiscernible space due to the man who lays upon a woman. A frightening paroxystical flow. Almost endless quavering deep into the dyslexic monstrous climbing up to inhuman shrills voice, held close by the auditory pain. Her chant as a desiring machine one more time building up some unspeakable, some terror so. A chant coming from the pleased or from the suffering body. Junko made a poem out of the scream which gets the atom particles speed and its dread too that is grinding both the word and the meaning. Hop ! Got free from the semiotic chain, as the rising of an organless body among the small world of music -- try to imagine the neighbourhood terror -- but imagine that this scream was calling us : did you hear something?" - Michel Henritzi.
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Artist: URABE, MASAYOSHI Title: Soingyokusaiseyo (All Soldiers, Prepare for Suicide Attack) Format: LP Label: Elevage De Poussiere Country: France Price: $18.00 |
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"A beat-up light fixture hangs from a weathered ceiling, as the glint of a red light bulb spills along the length of its electric cord. Masayoshi Urabe stands underneath, in a half-penumbra of light. His saxophone is fit into his folded body, as he releases riffs of heavy rock. The atmosphere is thick with cigarette smoke and wisps of smoke that fly off from the movements of his body, heated by two bare light-bulbs nearby. Through moments of intermittent illusion, you can see the bright flash of a drum set deep in the stage, or sense the murmur of sidemen who would stir up such a smoky aura. A theatre of apparitions, of pure hallucinations provoked by ritual, the music reverberated with its double: Masayoshi Urabe has transformed the tiny stage of the Cave 12 in Geneva into a new-york-like heavy metal stadium, his solitary presence swings into action on stage like a horde of savages - a rock-n-roll animal. The audience must have prepared for the show by an endless loop of listening to a vulgarian best of Lou Reed record. This will be the most rock-like of his three shows in April 2001, for which the audience has prepared its ears as delicately as it prepped its hair, in a pre-concert ritual taking hours before the show.
In each concert of his series, Urabe invoked the invisible at the foot of the walls where he found himself, and fought against the traces of ghosts who still yet haunt the club spaces - the artist Yayoi Kusama in the room of the Contemporary Regional Art Fund in Dijon, the legendary sets people described - or that we told him about while speeding along the highway between shows, militants of speed or direct action like Yoko Ono, Albert Ayler, Sam Peckinpah. Each night spelled an encounter with a different phantom. Another night, the mythic echo of a concert by Haino Keiji infused the grand wooden room of the Totem de MaxŽville. Masayoshi deployed returning, seductive riffs and their feedback, and attacks with the sword-like edge of his saxophones bell; drawing out an immense space to the point of stamping of a floorboard, he imposed a tentative victory over this incarnated marching band, before the static silence of the last transformation of a ghost rider. I cant believe what I no longer know thats the ghost I want to hold CIRCLE X "Puerto Rican Ghost (After Mars)" 1992 ... evenings to catch the phantom and its echo." - Yves Botz.
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Artist: RESIDUAL ECHOES Title: Firsts EP Format: CD Label: Elevation Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "ADAM PAYNE and his psych cohorts deliver a 20-minute EP of a skronky psych amalgamation of everything theyve has done before-lo-fi freakouts, krautrock vibes, guitar tsunamis-yet this time around they also seem to find their pop voice and channel some amazing early-60s vibes and touches of 70-80s So Cal punk around the edges. This one will definitely put a smile on any RESIDUAL ECHOES fans face. Five tracks, one-time limited edition pressing of 2,000 copies." -Elevation. |
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Artist: BARBED Title: Pocket Reminders/Rolf O.D. Format: 7" Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $4.00 |
| "Alex McKechnie and Alex Burrow are Barbed. Based in London, the Alexes are known for their witty audio collage work (see Barbeds 1994 full-length CD, released by These Records). Since the time of their debut, they have contributed to numerous compilation releases, including those for Lo Recordings, Staalplaat, Leaf, Kleptones, and RRRecords, among others. Most recently, Barbed have appeared on the People Like Us "remix" album doing what they do best. Barbeds 7" for Elevator Bath (their first ever single release, and their first new individual release in quite some time) features two brand new pieces. On black vinyl with full-color jackets, in an edition of 800 copies." - Elevator Bath. |
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Artist: BEXAR BEXAR Title: 07.04.99 Format: One Sided LP Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "07.04.99 is the debut release from Bexar Bexar, an individual (and occasional collective) based in Texas. The record consists of a single piece: A beautiful, fascinating field recording with minimal musical accompaniment. Bexar Bexar has recorded a great deal of material, some of which has recently surfaced on the debut CD, Haralambos, available now from the very fine Western Vinyl label. This one-sided 12" has been issued on black vinyl in a numbered edition of 330 copies." - Elevator Bath. |
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Artist: BOKANOWSKI, MICHELE Title: Trois Chambres D Inquiétude Format: CDEP Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "Concrete music recorded, edited and mixed in the composers studio (Paris). Final mix: GMEB Studios (Bourges). First performance: June 5th, 1976, Bourges, Palais Jacques Coeur, 6th International Festival of Experimental Music. Title taken from the Danish engraver Lars Bo (1924-1999). Michèle Bokanowski studied harmony, fugue, counterpoint and analysis with Michel Puig from 1965 to 1969. In September 1970, she began a two-year internship at the Research Department of the French National Office of Broadcasting (ORTF) under the direction of Pierre Schaeffer. At the same time she participated in a sound synthesis research group, studied computer music at the University of Vincennes and electronic music with Eliane Radigue. Between 1972 and 1984 she composed essentially music to be performed in concert - POUR UN PIANISTE (For a Pianist), TROIS CHAMBRES DINQUIETUDE (Three Rooms of Unrest), TABOU (Taboo) - and for film - score for Patrick Bokanowskis short films as well as his feature-length film LANGE (The Angel). Since 1985, she has also composed for television, for theater - with director Catherine Dasté - and for dance - with choreographers Hideyuki Yano, Marceline Lartigue and Bernardo Montet. Michèle has released compact discs on the labels Metamkine, Empreintes Digitales, and trAce. Compact disc issued in an edition of 1000 copies. Packaged in beautiful full-color (inner and outer) jackets - featuring photography from the composers husband, filmmaker Patrick Bokanowski." - Elevator Bath. |
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Artist: DEUTSCH, ANDREW/TONY CONRAD/MARC SCHULZ/ILYA MONOSOV Title: AD/TC Format: Picture Disc LP Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
| "This special picture disc LP features a live performance from Andrew Deutsch and Tony Conrad on side A (originally issued on CDR by Deutsch a few years back in an edition of 150 copies). The flip side contains two re-worked versions of the original AD/TC recording by sound artists Marc Schulz and Ilya Monosov." Edition of 200 copies. |
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Artist: FREQUENCY CURTAIN Title: Frequency Curtain Format: CD Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Trio consisting of John Grzinich, Rick Reed and Josh Ronsen, using both analogue and digital sine wave generators, processing and interventions from the radiophonic spectrum. Frequency Curtain formed as a collaborative performance group, for an independent experimental media showcase in Austin, Texas known as Intersect 4. The Frequency Curtain debut (at Intersect 4) was on August 25th of 2001. In order to prepare for the performance, the group held a series of private improvisation sessions for two months prior to the event. What resulted was a highly charged interplay of analog and digital electronic sounds. The four tracks on this CD are excerpts from extended improvisation sessions. This compact disc is packaged in two beautiful heavy-paper sleeves, in an edition of 528 copies." |
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Artist: HAVERGAL Title: Trash Format: 10" Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "The five instrumental compositions, which comprise this EP from 1999, are contemplative and melodic sound experiments. Traditional instrumentation (guitar, percussion, etc.) mixes with found sounds and samples to create wisely restrained, yet emotional music. On transparent vinyl with clear plastic sleeves, in an edition of 550 copies." - Elevator Bath. |
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Artist: HAYNES, JIM Title: Eraldus/Eravaldus Format: Picture Disc LP Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
| "Beautiful picture disc LP featuring two full-color reproductions of visual works by Jim Haynes and two new side-long solo compositions. The ideal companion piece to Jim Haynes masterful album, Telegraphy by the Sea. Eraldus and Eravaldus are both shadowy concoctions built from agitated objects and amplified spaces (a lighthouse, some high-tension wires driven by wind, a very large pile of sand, etc.). These are subtly manipulated field recordings, rusted to perfection and fine-tuned into scraping and humming machinations. The artwork comes from two corroded photographs, one of which was created especially for this LP. Haynes has worked with this process for almost 15 years and, here, the resulting images are as beautiful and mysterious as the audio is nuanced and evocative. In addition to his solo work, Jim Haynes has participated in a number of fruitful collaborations over the years with Loren Chasse (as Coelacanth), Keith Evans, Steven Stapleton/Nurse With Wound, and irr. app. (ext.)/M.S. Waldron. He currently resides in San Francisco. This picture disc LP has been released in an edition of 260 copies." -Elevator Bath |
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Artist: MONOSOV, ILYA Title: Architectures on Air and Other Works Format: CD Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Elevator Bath proudly presents the first full-length CD from Ilya Monosov. Architectures on Air and Other Works is a challenging collection of recordings, perfectly summarizing the various interests of this inventive sound artist. The range of these works is tremendous: From harsh intensity to gorgeous drone to virtual silence, concluding with the deeply affecting title track. Monosov recorded three of the six pieces presented here as solo works, while the other half are collaborations. Two of these collaborative tracks feature conceptual sound artist Civyiu Kkliu (Banned Productions) and the third includes the work of veteran electronic composer Larry Polansky (Frog Peak). Architectures on Air and Other Works displays the fruits of several years worth of activity, and though each piece is distinct in concept and execution, the album offers a solid block of organic sound, compelling from beginning to end. In addition to the stunning audio work, this enhanced CD also features two QuickTime movie files of Monosovs sound performances (about 18 minutes of material)." - Elevator Bath. |
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Artist: MONOSOV, ILYA Title: Vinyl Document #1 Format: LP Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Music performed by 2 organ glitches, songs by broken music boxes (+ added circuits), a remix of my 2002 catalog (Music For Everyone) by my friend Andrew Deutsch: All broken music -- music breaking away from the surreal and the intellectual in order to gain physical characteristics -- I think music can be found in just about anything, just like everything can be said to have a musical quality. You can use sound to power a small motor that will be used in an autonomous sound piece or you can use it for a light bulb and play light songs for few green plants or maybe you can simply listen to the sound and observe things changing all around you -- I think that for me it is such small joys that can have a lasting effect on things and it is this perspective from which I continue to work." - Ilya Monosov. |
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Artist: PUBLIC WORKS Title: Numbers Format: Lathe Cut 9" Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "With regard to Numbers, a few key observations can be made. Intuition, it seems clear, reaches conclusions that logic cannot. The same can be said of Public Works manner of working. The strength of Numbers lies in its ability to invoke draughts of apparently coded meaning, without necessarily rendering these too clearly; as if to say that in excessive amounts, clarity can serve to stifle the full development of intellectual flavor, presenting a less rounded impression of the form and volume occupied by the phenomenon in question. What better, indeed clearer, way is there to encapsulate the essence of the humankinds contemporary predicament? We know so much, and yet so little. We are masters of minutiae, and slaves to an ignorance of its ramifying effects." - Elevator Bath. Sound collage from former Tape Beatles members. |
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Artist: RECCHION, TOM Title: Proscenium Format: LP + 7" Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $23.00 |
| "Proscenium is a subtle and remarkably controlled collection of atmospheres. The air of mystery, deliberate pacing, the deep tones and unidentified sounds of Recchions 2006 album Sweetly Doing Nothing have been explored even further here. Its a logical development but the results are unexpected and strikingly original, sounding wholly unfamiliar and yet like no ones but Tom Recchions. Prosceniums six pieces mostly began life as music for filmmaker/puppeteer Janie Geisers play "Invisible Glass," an adaptation of Poes "William Wilson." The plays intricate beauty and the storys moody confusion have been perfectly mirrored and expanded on by Recchion who used that inspiration as a leaping off point for Prosceniums rich and surprising compositions. "It was an attempt to create a sound world for the viewer that started as they entered the theater and drenched them until they left in an ongoing series of atmospheres." Tom Recchion has been a sound and visual artist/composer/art director and graphic designer in California since the 1970s. He is the co-creator of the legendary Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS) and has collaborated with David Toop, Christian Marclay, Oren Ambarchi, Keiji Haino, and Max Eastley, among many others. Though Proscenium is only his sixth album as a solo artist, Recchion has had many recordings released by labels such as Birdman, Touch, PSF, RRR, Idea, Staubgold, and the Cortical Foundation. He has also written for The Wire magazine. Tom Recchion lives in California. Proscenium consists of one 180-gram virgin vinyl LP inside a black poly-lined sleeve, plus 7" record, each with five-color labels, housed in a full-color gatefold jacket. Included with each copy of this set is a full-color download card featuring access to high-quality MP3s of the complete contents of the vinyl records. Package imagery was created by artist Pae White and photographed by Recchion’s long time music and visual collaborator, noted photographer Fredrik Nilsen and was designed by Colin Andrew Sheffield and Tom Recchion. This package has been issued in an edition of 500 copies." -Elevator Bath. |
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Artist: REED, RICK Title: Dreamz / Blue Polz Format: Picture Disc LP Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Beautiful picture disc LP featuring two full-color reproductions of visual works by Rick Reed and two new side-long solo compositions. Reeds fascinating, highly evolved world is represented well by these two new pieces, each of which offers up the kind of droning intensity and unsettling beauty that this veteran noisemaker has come to be known for. Reeds work is very obviously that of an experienced craftsman - one whose sound is a reverent nod to early electronic music underscored by an enduring sensibility for atmosphere and ethereality. "Dreamz" began life as the soundtrack for a live visual display by filmmaker Ken Jacobs, which was performed live by Jacobs and Reed at the 2007 New York Film Festival. The records flipside, "Blue Polz," was also inspired by the work of a filmmaker (originally conceived as a kind of alternate soundtrack to a piece by Fred Worden). All of the music was created using an EMS Synthi A, plus 2 sine wave generators and a shortwave radio. The artwork comes from two original paintings. Reed has been active in the visual arts for more than 20 years; his work is utterly abstract, beautifully enigmatic. These images are the perfect accompaniment to Reeds otherworldly audio counterparts. In addition to his solo work, Rick Reed has participated in a number of productive collaborations over the years with Keith Rowe, Jgrzinich (in Frequency Curtain), the Abrasion Ensemble, and SIRSIT. He currently resides in Austin. This picture disc LP has been released in an edition of 260 copies." - Elevator Bath. |
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Artist: SHEFFIELD, COLIN ANDREW Title: First Thus Format: CD Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "This is Sheffields debut solo album. The recordings on this disc were entirely composed using other commercially available recordings. The goal was to distill the essential qualities of these works and then utilize that essence for new recordings. Only very brief sections of the original works were selected. These raw components were then contracted, expanded, layered, and/or otherwise processed until something new was forged. The result is gorgeous ambient music that gradually shifts and unfolds, offering subtle nuance and quiet restraint. In a sense, it is a collection of other peoples work, but this music appears here for the first time in a new setting or, if you will, a new translation. Packaged inside two elegant printed sleeves of 100% recycled paper, this compact disc has been issued in an edition of 330 copies." - Elevator Bath. |
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Artist: SHEFFIELD, COLIN ANDREW Title: In Between Format: 10" Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "in between is an atmospheric new piece in two parts. It is possible that Colins work is best listened to peripherally, perhaps while writing or (as is the case with in between) while reading.... front cover text by ilex fenusova. The evocative writings which grace the records jacket come provided by this acclaimed poet from Texas. On transparent vinyl with lovely text-only jackets, in an edition of 295 copies." |
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Artist: SHEFFIELD, COLIN ANDREW Title: Side One/Side Two Format: 7" Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $4.00 |
| "This is Sheffields debut (as well as the first for Elevator Bath), released in 1998. The record consists of two short pieces, each of which utilizes highly amplified machine sounds. On transparent vinyl with fold-out covers, in an edition of 475 copies." - Elevator Bath. |
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Artist: SHEFFIELD, COLIN ANDREW Title: Spring (Time) / The Bridge Format: 7" Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $4.00 |
| "Colins sophomore effort from 1999 continues in a vein similar to that of his first record. The digital, mechanical sounds are still present but are now intertwined with deep tones and hidden half-melodies. On transparent vinyl with lovely inner and outer jackets, in an edition of 300 copies." - Elevator Bath. |
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Artist: SHEFFIELD, COLIN ANDREW & ECK RIPPIE Title: Variations Format: LP Label: Elevator Bath Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "variations is selection of works from the duo of turntablist/guitarist James Eck Rippie and sampling minimalist Colin Andrew Sheffield. After a recent cluster of live performances and even a bit of soundtrack work, Sheffield and Rippie have released a debut LP that is intriguing and beautiful. The textured ambience here is rich and subtle, simple and complex. The three pieces comprising this album were recorded live with no additional production or processing and were wholly improvised. Sheffield and Rippie have been performing and recording together for years, though variations is the first document of their ongoing collaboration. pressed on 180-gram vinyl with lovely full-color jackets, in an edition of 400 copies." - Elevator Bath. |
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Artist: FINE, MILO/DAVU SERU/ELLIOT FINE Title: Second Meeting (Percussion; Improvised) Format: CD Label: Elfin Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Milo Fine: marimba (electronics), orchestra chimes, bowed cymbals; Davu Seru: percussion; Elliot Fine: drum set, assorted percussion. Recorded in concert at Homewood Studios (Minneapolis) July 11, 2005, this CD documents the trios second encounter. (The entirety of their first concert can be heard on Elfin 1/2: PERCUSSION MUSIC; IMPROVISED). Milos lifework in improvised music began in 1969. Davu started working with free improvisation in 1998, and, in 2000, began his ongoing collaborations with Milo. In addition to being a 44 year veteran of the Minnesota Orchestra, Elliot, Milos father, has a long career as a free lance drummer, teacher, and drum book author. This CD documents his sixth foray into improvised music." - Elfin. |
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Artist: FINE, MILO/DAVU SERU/ELLIOT FINE Title: Percussion Music; Improvised Format: Double CD Label: Elfin Publications Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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Artist: VITAMIN B12 Title: Format: Double 10" Label: Elica Country: ITALY Price: $26.00 |
| "More catchy than Dlin Dlon Cowboy. The Vitamin B12s music maintains an ingenious home-made sound in a refined bric-a-brac of experimental sound explorations, adventurous and successful juxtapositions and playful melodies and structures. This set presents 24 kaleidoscopic miniatures, like the images which adorn the cover, assembled with amazingly gracious do-it-yourself pop sensibility, groovy lounge tendencies and a passionate curiosity for noise and sound modification. The history of The Vitamin B12 remains a mystery for us too, so that not many words can be written on that. This is its first album which is not self-released, following an obscure four-LP box set and an even more obscure double LP set, which were mysteriously released in tiny editions in England in the last decade or so. A double 10" LP record set (as we decided that a Vitamin B12 release can only be a multiple one) with color gatefold sleeve, released in an edition of about 400 copies." - Elica. |
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Artist: VITAMIN B12 Title: Format: Double 10"/DVD Box Set Label: Elica Country: Italy Price: $80.00 |
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"special edition of 50 numbered copies of
the TWO 10" GATEFOLD SET in unique boxes each including a unique print
and Alasdair Willis eye-popping kaleidoscopic short film PATTERN PLANT on CD/DVD." - Elica.
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Artist: RILEY, TERRY Title: Last Camel In Paris Format: CD Label: Elision Fields Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Throughout the 1970s, legendary American composer TERRY RILEY toured regularly in Europe, performing solo organ concerts. In October 1978, Rileys personal technician CHESTER WOOD built a stereo digital delay out of an ancient computer he had procured from DON BUCHLA, and the subsequent tour was the maiden voyage to try it out. Rileys specially modified two-manual Yamaha YC-45D portable combo organ had a Just Intonation setting and allowed him to feed stereo signals to the digital delay. The Yamaha had been manufactured with single mono output, but now with the modification it had a separate output for each manual eventuating in four channels (two live and two delayed). During a residency as a Fellow at DAAD in Berlin, Riley fine-tuned the delay speeds and experimented with different stereo combinations so that by the time of this Paris concert, the tape delays worked well with the tempos he was using. This all came on the heels of the Shri Camel recording Riley had just made in San Francisco for CBS. The musical materials of The Last Camel in Paris are second generational, belonging to the Shri Camel family while manifesting their own distinct shape and flavor. Includes never-before seen archival photographs." - Elision Fields. |
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Artist: RILEY, TERRY Title: Les Yeux Fermés & Lifespan Format: CD Label: Elision Fields Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "After changing the world in the late 60s with In C and A Rainbow in Curved Air, legendary American composer and father of minimalism Terry Riley abandoned tape manipulation and written composition to concentrate on longform keyboard cycles and improvisations. In the early 70s, while in Europe, he was invited to create scores for two films. The first, in 1972, was Joel Santonis Les Yeux Fermés, a feature-length art film that instantly became a cult classic by virtue of its never having screened in the USA. The second, Lifespan, directed by Alexander Whitelaw in 1974, featured Klaus Kinski. Both soundtracks were released in limited editions on LP and have long been out-of-print. This first-ever CD release of these two classic Terry Riley soundtracks - both on one disc - was remastered from the original tapes, the hypnotic songs sounding far superior to the below-average vinyl pressings." - Elision Fields. |
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Artist: RILEY, TERRY Title: Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band All Night Flight Format: CD Label: Elision Fields Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| TERRY RILEYs classic "All Night" album originally released as part of the Organ of Corti Archive Series. "The live recording of Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band All Night Flight taken from a 1968 concert titled "Purple Modal Strobe Ecstasy with the Daughters of Destruction" is the perfect trigger for what anthropologist Jean Rouch called The Strange Mechanism, the trance state which most of this decades electronic music aspires to induce. The immediacy and the spectral filigree-the dervishes summoned during Rileys nocturnal concert-have been faithfully preserved on this CD."-Richard Henderson, The Wire. Packaged with new cover art and photography. |
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Artist: MANSON FAMILY Title: The Family Jams Format: Picture Disc LP Label: Elite Hunting Country: USA Price: $34.00 |
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"The lost acid-folk "desert music" songs of Charles Manson, recorded during his trial in 1970 by Family members Clem on guitar and vocals, Gypsy on violin, and featuring the ultra-ethereal vocals of Gold and Country Sue. Artwork by Adam Parfrey and Robert N. Taylor, with included postcard. Very limited pressing of 500 copies, German import." -Elite Hunting.
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Artist: V/A Title: The Perils of Paradise Format: LP Label: Elitepop Country: Netherlands Price: $21.00 |
| "A truly old style industrial record which shows the various sides of the genre: from rhythmic noise to bombastic sounds and from minimal electronics to ritual music. The obscure Dutch Vektor project teams up with Echo West, ICK and Terroritmo for a celebration of real industrial music." - Elitepop |
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Artist: HAIZEA Title: s/t Format: Label: Elkarnean Country: Spain Price: $16.00 |
| "First LP, from 1977. Over the top, folk-psychedelic at its best, fragile acoustic sound with male/female vocals, sinuous percussions." - Elkarnean |
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Artist: V/A Title: Ohm+ - The Early Gurus of Electronic Music Format: 3CD/1DVD Label: Ellipsis Arts Country: USA Price: $40.00 |
| "OHM: the early gurus of electronic music. Met with critical acclaim, this award-winning box set celebrated the composers and inventors who led the electronic music revolution. Five years later due to continued demand from passionate aficionados (eBay sales at $150, etc.) were now re-releasing the Special Edition OHM+ containing a bonus DVD with over two and a half hours of performances, interviews, and experimental video. Three CDs (42 original music tracks from 1948-1980) packaged in a deluxe fold-out digipak, slipcased with a 112-page book of notes and information about the contained material (texts by: Brian Eno, DJ Spooky, Otto Luening, Francois Bayle, David Toop, Robert Moog, etc.). Plus, unique to this new version: a Special Edition DVD -- Over two hours of rare performances, interviews, animations, and experimental video." Most works are in excerpted form (full versions of everything here would have required a much bigger set to say the least), but there are a number of exclusive, previously unreleased tracks as well (Richard Maxwell, MEV, Raymond Scott, La Monte Young, Maryanne Amacher & Jon Hassell). Crucial release for the beginner or the connoisseur, and everybody inbetween. Artists: Clara Rockmore, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Schaeffer, John Cage, Herbert Eimert/Robert Beyer, Otto Luening, Hugh Le Caine, Louis and Bebe Barron, Oskar Sala, Edgard Varese, Richard Maxfield, Tod Dockstader, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Milton Babbit, MEV, Raymond Scott, Steve Reich, Pauline Oliveros, Joji Yuasa, Morton Subotnick, David Tudor, Terry Riley, Holger Czukay, Luc Ferrari, Francois Bayle, Jean-Claude Risset, Iannis Xenakis, La Monte Young, Charles Dodge, Paul Lansky, Laurie Spiegel, Bernard Parmegiani, David Behrman, John Chowning, Maryanne Amacher, Robert Ashley, Alvin Curran, Alvin Lucier, Klaus Schulze, Jon Hassell, Brian Eno. |
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Artist: ACKAMOOR, IDRIS Title: Music of Idris Ackamoor 1971-2004 Format: Double CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $27.00 |
| "2012 repress. 2CD collection of the ex-leader of legendary Afro-spiritual/deep funk/free jazz group from 1970s Ohio (later in SF), The Pyramids. Their music is one of the most deep attempts by African-Americans, deep sounds like Strata-East, aggressive performances like Tribe or Black Jazz, every free jazz/funk collector should agree on it. Featuring 10 pieces of The Pyramids taken from their 3 albums and unreleased (!) recordings (including their first live recording in Holland!). Notably, The Pyramids had even stayed in African countries like Morocco, Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia and studied real African culture and music there in the early 1970s. Do you know other African-American jazz musicians who had done such a road trip in the early 1970s?? Also featuring the never-heard pre-Pyramids, P. Sanders and Strata East recording as The Collective, and 4 pieces from the late 70s to 00s, recording as Idris Ackamoor Quartet/Ensemble. Sixteen pieces in total. Ackamoor owns all original master tapes (its a miracle!) and Em Records checked them all and compiled their finest and best cuts. All digitally re-mastered in excellent sound shapes. This 2CD set will be housed in a big "DUO" case with complete English liner notes written by Ackamoor himself, a bunch of rare photos and session data, etc." - EM. |
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Artist: ALTZ Title: Escape: The Reconstruction of Isophonic Boogie Woogie Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $19.00 |
| "Intergenerational gene-splicing from EM Records. Roland P. Youngs classic Isophonic Boogie Woogie (EM 1045CD/HJ-JP) is tripped-out, minimalist, spiritual free-jazz from 1980, and is here mutated, masticated and machined by Altz, the hotly-tipped renowned "organic electronicist" and producer/remixer from Osaka, Japan. Maintaining and magnifying the cosmic bliss-vibe of the original release, Altz lovingly massages Youngs sounds into the year 2009 (as experienced through Altzs patented acid-disco filtration system). Sounds are layered and treated, atmospheres extended, and propulsive elements from Youngs original recordings are bolstered (there is some fine drumming here from former Boredoms member, Muneomi Senju). Altz also respects Youngs more abstract side, following the elder master into atmospheres of freedom, unrestrained by the gravity of the beat and the conventions of the dancefloor. Rather than a mere roughshod remix, this release is a meeting -- Youngs San Francisco of the late 70s encountering Altz in Osaka in 2009. Young is respectfully and playfully transformed, but not trashed, and we all go home happy. Editing, programming, electric bass, guitar, synthesizer, noise and drum machine by Altz and disc-scratching by DJ Kensei." - EM. |
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Artist: ALTZ Title: Escape: The Reconstruction of Isophonic Boogie Woogie Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "Intergenerational gene-splicing from EM Records. Roland P. Youngs classic Isophonic Boogie Woogie (EM 1045CD/HJ-JP) is tripped-out, minimalist, spiritual free-jazz from 1980, and is here mutated, masticated and machined by Altz, the hotly-tipped renowned "organic electronicist" and producer/remixer from Osaka, Japan. Maintaining and magnifying the cosmic bliss-vibe of the original release, Altz lovingly massages Youngs sounds into the year 2009 (as experienced through Altzs patented acid-disco filtration system). Sounds are layered and treated, atmospheres extended, and propulsive elements from Youngs original recordings are bolstered (there is some fine drumming here from former Boredoms member, Muneomi Senju). Altz also respects Youngs more abstract side, following the elder master into atmospheres of freedom, unrestrained by the gravity of the beat and the conventions of the dancefloor. Rather than a mere roughshod remix, this release is a meeting -- Youngs San Francisco of the late 70s encountering Altz in Osaka in 2009. Young is respectfully and playfully transformed, but not trashed, and we all go home happy. Editing, programming, electric bass, guitar, synthesizer, noise and drum machine by Altz and disc-scratching by DJ Kensei." - EM. |
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Artist: CAGE, JOHN Title: John Cage Shock Format: Double LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $31.00 |
| "Special 2LP version of EM Records John Cage Shock series, compiled from the three CD releases. Featured works: 2655.988" for 2 Pianists and a String Player, Piano Music #7, 000", Variations II. Performers include: David Tudor, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Kenji Kobayashi, Yoko Ono and John Cage. Includes rare photos and liner notes in Japanese and English, plus commentary by Toshi Ichiyanagi." - EM. |
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Artist: CAGE, JOHN Title: Shock Vol. 1 Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $23.00 |
| "In October 1962, John Cage and his great interpreter/co-visionary David Tudor visited Japan, performing seven concerts and exposing listeners to new musical worlds. This legendary "John Cage Shock," as it was dubbed by the critic Hidekazu Yoshida, is the source of this series of releases -- three CDs and a "best hits" double LP compilation. Recorded primarily at the Sogetsu Art Center in Tokyo on October 24, 1962 (with two performances from October 17 at Mido-Kaikan in Osaka), all recordings in this series are previously-unreleased. A major historical trove, unearthed. The performances on this tour featured Cage and Tudor with some noteworthy Japanese musicians playing pieces by Cage and a number of other composers. Volume 1 begins with Toru Takemitsus Corona for Pianists (1962), played by Tudor and Yuji Takahashi, an indeterminate piece scored using transparencies, a sign of Cages influence on younger Japanese composers of the era. Following this is Duo for Violinist and Pianist (1961) by Christian Wolff, written specifically for David Tudor and violinist Kenji Kobayashi. The final piece, a near-20-minute realization of Variations II (1961), is a rare example of the rougher side of Cage, work that presaged much of the live electronic music and noise of the following decades, an aspect of his oeuvre which is woefully under-represented on CD. Cage and Tudor, using well-amplified contact microphones on a piano, deliver an electrifying performance, alternating distorted stretches of harsh 60s reality with bountiful silences. The John Cage Shock series features truly historical recordings, all previously-unreleased, of compositions by an amazing roster of international composers. The intensity of these has remained hidden and unheard for half a century, but remains undiminished. Features rare photos plus liner notes in Japanese and English with commentary by Toshi Ichiyanagi." - EM. |
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Artist: CAGE, JOHN Title: Shock Vol. 2 Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $23.00 |
| "Volume 2 in EM Records John Cage Shock series lifts off with a fiery example of David Tudors piano virtuosity, his mastery of dynamics well-evident in a performance of Klavierstücke X (1961) by Karlheinz Stockhausen. The titular shock of this series is delivered even more forcefully with the next piece, John Cages 2655.988" for 2 Pianists and a String Player (1961), which was first performed the year before in Darmstadt by Tudor and Kenji Kobayashi, a combination of two of Cages solo pieces. The performance here, from Osaka, has a slightly altered title and the composition becomes a seismic quartet with the addition of Toshi Ichiyanagi and Yoko Ono, with the four performers providing acutely-angled blasts of sound. Features rare photos plus liner notes in Japanese and English plus commentary by Toshi Ichiyanagi." - EM. |
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Artist: CAGE, JOHN Title: Shock Vol. 3 Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $23.00 |
| "The final CD of the John Cage Shock series features John Cages 000" (1962), also referred to as 433" No. 2, performed by the composer, with daily activities such as writing and drinking coffee amplified by contact microphones into sonic abstraction, following the scores directions: "with maximum amplification (no feedback), perform a disciplined action." Next is Composition II for 2 Pianos (1960/1961) by Michael von Biel, lovely and sparse, performed by David Tudor and Toshi Ichiyanagi. The disc closes with Ichiyanagis Piano Music #7 (1961), performed also by Tudor and Ichiyanagi, beds of silence disrupted by pianistic stabs, music box madness, traffic recordings, percussive thumps, tape manipulations and more. Features rare photos plus liner notes in Japanese and English plus commentary by Toshi Ichiyanagi." - EM. |
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Artist: CARROLL & FRIENDS, CORKY Title: Laid Back Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "Laid Back by Corky Carroll & Friends is a warm-hued snapshot of the musical life of one segment of the American surfing world, circa 1971. This album, the first ever recorded by true surfers, captures the relaxed, truly laid back feeling of the surfing life. The album features none of the tropes of "surf music": no reverb, no sugary vocal harmonies. Simply recorded with warm fidelity, what we hear is pro-surfer Corky Carroll and his surfer pals in various combinations delivering songs and instrumental pieces, perfectly capturing the sultry seaside atmosphere and their idyllic oceanic lives. All the performers were, in Corkys words, "real surfers" (unlike the Beach Boys), well-recorded in casual circumstances in California in 1971. Beginning (and closing) with Hawaii-born master board-maker Raymond Pattersons joyful slack-key guitar fantasias, the album features the famed Denny Aarberg on guitar (with Kathy Dragon of the legendary Dragon family), the articulate folk picking of David Lyons, Al Oakies affable acoustic blues (with some fine harmonica), and the folky guitar playing of Carroll himself. A blend of vocal and instrumental pieces, the album is largely acoustic, and even the two tracks with electric instruments (from the band Hana, with electric pianist Jon Close, guitarists Dave Rullo and Herb Torrens, and bassist Dave Shoffner, surfers all) do not break the serenity of the calm, Pacific mood. Laid Back was Carrolls first recording, released independently on Rural Records (jointly run by Carroll and Dennis Dragon) while Carroll was still surfing professionally. Dragon, a skilled engineer, and Carroll "travelled up and down the California coast with (Dragons) mobile recording setup and recorded this music in these peoples living rooms and garages." You can feel the ocean nearby. Laid Back, a long-prized treasure, is an oceanic balm retrieved from the waves of time and offered to all by EM Records. Housed in a cardboard sleeve jacket plus an insert with liner notes written by Corky Carroll." -EM |
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Artist: CARROLL & FRIENDS, CORKY Title: Laid Back Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $38.00 |
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Artist: COLLINS, NICOLAS Title: Devils Music Format: CD/CD-ROM Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $25.00 |
| "EM Records presents the CD and vinyl reissue of U.S. experimental electro-acoustic artist/circuit bender Nicolas Collins live radio sampling masterpiece, Devils Music, originally released on vinyl in 1986. Born and raised in New York City, Nicolas Collins has been hugely influential in contemporary electronic music, having performed world-wide for many years, collaborating with Christian Marclay, Elliot Sharp, David Shea, David Tudor and John Zorn, composing, recording, modifying circuits and inventing instruments, and spreading the good word through his writing (Handmade Electronic Music -- The Art Of Hardware Hacking 2nd Edition; Routledge, 2009) and teaching (Department of Sound, School of the Art Institute of Chicago). The pieces released here are only part of his ongoing, multifaceted and truly experimental activities. This edition of Devils Music is served up in all its stuttering glory, a time capsule of the mid-80s New York City airwaves, acclaimed by Philip Sherburne as "an early template for techno," with a feel somewhat akin to scratching turntablist madness, a block-rocking party put through a blender and re-assembled by body-popping demons. Also included is "Real Landscape," a 1987 "remix" recorded in Europe (originally released on cassette), and (CD-only) "The Spark Heard Round The World," a fascinating tape piece sourced from multi-band radio and scanner recordings, plus a video of a live performance of "Devils Music" from 1987 in Birmingham, Alabama. And if youre still not satisfied, CD purchasers also get a downloadable software version of the original hardware circuitry used for Devils Music which, a la David Tudor, constitutes the original composition itself. Make your own "Devils Music!" Devils Music is available on 2LP vinyl in a gatefold sleeve, and double CD in a triple-gatefold sleeve (with bonus audio track plus CD-Extra and software). 24-bit digitally remastered; containing a booklet with text in English & Japanese, including rare photos." -EM |
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Artist: COLLINS, NICOLAS Title: Devils Music Format: Double LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $31.00 |
| "EM Records presents the CD and vinyl reissue of U.S. experimental electro-acoustic artist/circuit bender Nicolas Collins live radio sampling masterpiece, Devils Music, originally released on vinyl in 1986. Born and raised in New York City, Nicolas Collins has been hugely influential in contemporary electronic music, having performed world-wide for many years, collaborating with Christian Marclay, Elliot Sharp, David Shea, David Tudor and John Zorn, composing, recording, modifying circuits and inventing instruments, and spreading the good word through his writing (Handmade Electronic Music -- The Art Of Hardware Hacking 2nd Edition; Routledge, 2009) and teaching (Department of Sound, School of the Art Institute of Chicago). The pieces released here are only part of his ongoing, multifaceted and truly experimental activities. This edition of Devils Music is served up in all its stuttering glory, a time capsule of the mid-80s New York City airwaves, acclaimed by Philip Sherburne as "an early template for techno," with a feel somewhat akin to scratching turntablist madness, a block-rocking party put through a blender and re-assembled by body-popping demons. Also included is "Real Landscape," a 1987 "remix" recorded in Europe (originally released on cassette), and (CD-only) "The Spark Heard Round The World," a fascinating tape piece sourced from multi-band radio and scanner recordings, plus a video of a live performance of "Devils Music" from 1987 in Birmingham, Alabama. And if youre still not satisfied, CD purchasers also get a downloadable software version of the original hardware circuitry used for Devils Music which, a la David Tudor, constitutes the original composition itself. Make your own "Devils Music!" Devils Music is available on 2LP vinyl in a gatefold sleeve, and double CD in a triple-gatefold sleeve (with bonus audio track plus CD-Extra and software). 24-bit digitally remastered; containing a booklet with text in English & Japanese, including rare photos." -EM |
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Artist: CURA, DOMINGO Title: Tiempo De Percusion: An Anthology, 1971-77 Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
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"Despite tremendous political upheaval, Argentina in the 1960s and 1970s witnessed a remarkable musical flowering in which traditional "folklore" styles were embraced and updated by a new generation of musicians who fused traditional Argentinian rhythms and musical forms with elements of rock, soul, funk and jazz. Percussionist Domingo Cura was at the center of these exciting musical developments. Born in 1947 in Santiago del Estero province in northern Argentina, he moved to Buenos Aires at the age of 18, where he joined the band of harmonicist Victor Hugo Diaz. In the 1960s, Cura became the rhythmic heart of much Argentinian music, playing with Ariel Ramirez, Mercedes Sosa, Astor Piazolla and Gato Barbieri. Cura also worked closely with Eduardo Lagos, playing on every track of Lagoss 1969 debut album Asi Nos Gusta, a landmark of the modern Argentinian folklore sound. This release is a compilation of the finest moments from Domingo Curas four solo albums released during the period 1971 to 1977, featuring Curas propulsive mastery of the traditional bombo drum as well as other percussion instruments. The music ranges from DJ-friendly percussion workouts to piano-dappled rhythmic fantasias, Afro-Latin sax grooves to pieces with a more typically "South American" feel, featuring guitars and flutes. But it all coheres, driven along by Curas percussive vision, magnificently displayed on the opening track "Percusion," a groundbreaking multi-track groove monster. For all percussion lovers and fans of world music. Featuring a lovely collage cover by Finnish musician and artist Kuupuu. Newly remastered in a fine quality pressing." -Em. |
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Artist: EATON, WILLIAM Title: Music By William Eaton Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $24.00 |
| Originally released in 1978, this was a private-press album from an experimental stringed instrument builder (the photos of said instruments in this booket are mindblowing). First time re-issue on CD. "When I started building instruments, playing guitar took on a whole new dimension. The process of envisioning the design, drawing the plans, making templates, cutting, carving, and gluing revealed new insights about the construction, inner workings and physical mechanics of guitars and stringed instruments. From the conception to the birth of each instrument, new layers of meaning unfolded. During this time I sought out quiet natural environments to play and listen to the voice of my 6-string, 12-string, 26-string (Elesion Harmonium) and double neck quadraphonic electric guitar. Deep canyons contained a beautiful resonant quality and echo. A star lit night with a full moon provided all the reflection and endless space by which to project music into the cosmos. The sound of a bubbling stream and singing birds added a natural symphonic tapestry to a melody or chord pattern. These were solo sessions where I felt integrally connected to all that was happening. As I perceived it, everything was participating in a serendipitous dance. Everything was part of the music. I decided to record an instrumental album of music. The idea was simple; it would be a series of tone poems with no titles or any information attached, only the words Music by William Eaton. It was conceived as a limited edition of 1000 copies, with no more to be pressed. While some of the songs evolved out of composed chord progressions, most of the songs were played spontaneously, only on the occasion of the recording. These improvised songs havent been played since." -William Eaton. |
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Artist: FAITED, THONGHUAD Title: Diew Sor Isan Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "Subtitled: The North East Thai Violin Of Thonghuad Faited. Em Records returns to Thailand, this time back to 1970s Isan. For Em Records latest foray into unchartered musical territory, we are concentrating on the sor from Thailand, the traditional two-stringed violin that is a mainstay of Isan musical culture. Diew Sor Isan: The North East Thai Violin Of Thonghuad Faited focuses on the talents of one of the instruments greatest proponents and brings his key releases together onto one anthology for the first time. Thonghuad Faited comes from the "molam" tradition, the dominant rural music that hails from Isan, the northeast Thai province that borders with Laos and Cambodia. Underpinned by woozy basslines, drones and clattering percussion, his music is characterized by sprightly melodies through to haunting dirges that could come from as far a field as eastern China, or even the Celtic traditions of Ireland. Detailed notes trace his history from humble beginnings to playing up to five gigs a night in Bangkok at the peak of his fame. Whether its playing beautifully-crafted solo pieces, or providing a counterpoint for raw vocal work, Thonghuad Faited is a nationally-recognized master of his craft who has additionally cut sides with dozens of established singers over the years, such as Waipod Petchsupan and Angkanang Kunchai. Percussive, otherworldly and universal, Em Records is proud to present this unique music to the world, much of it released outside of Thailand for the first time. Housed in a gatefold cardboard sleeve jacket plus inserts with liner notes in English and Japanese." -EmM |
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Artist: FAITED, THONGHUAD Title: Diew Sor Isan Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $23.00 |
| "Subtitled: The North East Thai Violin Of Thonghuad Faited. Em Records returns to Thailand, this time back to 1970s Isan. For Em Records latest foray into unchartered musical territory, we are concentrating on the sor from Thailand, the traditional two-stringed violin that is a mainstay of Isan musical culture. Diew Sor Isan: The North East Thai Violin Of Thonghuad Faited focuses on the talents of one of the instruments greatest proponents and brings his key releases together onto one anthology for the first time. Thonghuad Faited comes from the "molam" tradition, the dominant rural music that hails from Isan, the northeast Thai province that borders with Laos and Cambodia. Underpinned by woozy basslines, drones and clattering percussion, his music is characterized by sprightly melodies through to haunting dirges that could come from as far a field as eastern China, or even the Celtic traditions of Ireland. Detailed notes trace his history from humble beginnings to playing up to five gigs a night in Bangkok at the peak of his fame. Whether its playing beautifully-crafted solo pieces, or providing a counterpoint for raw vocal work, Thonghuad Faited is a nationally-recognized master of his craft who has additionally cut sides with dozens of established singers over the years, such as Waipod Petchsupan and Angkanang Kunchai. Percussive, otherworldly and universal, Em Records is proud to present this unique music to the world, much of it released outside of Thailand for the first time. Includes liner notes in English and Japanese." -EM. |
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Artist: FASSETT, JIM Title: Symphony of the Birds Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "2013 repress, originally released in 2006. Symphony of the Birds is a CD reissue of the historical 1950s LP, featuring a three-track multi-speed tape collage, "Symphony," made by ONLY natures birdsongs (its REAL), plus regular-speed and time-stretched field recordings, and explanations from the man himself. Jim Fassett was the musical director of CBS radio in the 50s-60s, and also famous as the author of another concrete work, Strange to Your Ears in the 50s. The kinda roots of recent field recordings/drones stuff. Total birdsong mania! Huge booklet of photos and (mostly Japanese-only) texts -- so big that EM actually uses a slightly larger-than-normal jewel case to make it fit!" -EM. |
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Artist: GUTHRIE, NORA Title: Emilys Illness/Home Before Dark Format: 7" Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $13.00 |
| "Nora Guthries ultra-rare "Emilys Illness" is a lost gem of songcraft originally released in 1967, now reissued in the same 7" vinyl format (b/w "Home Before Dark") as the original. Featuring the pure vocals of the 17-year-old daughter of Woody Guthrie, "Emilys Illness" was written by Eric Eisner (The Strangers) and impeccably arranged by Artie Schroeck. A romantic collaboration of psychedelia, pop, and acid-folk, but informed by the harmonic and rhythmic developments of João Gilberto and jazz." - EM. |
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Artist: IASOS Title: Inter-Dimensional Music Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $24.00 |
| "CD reissue of the 1978 debut LP by the original new age music legend, Iasos. 15 tracks (including 3 bonus tracks) of original analog bliss. It is NOT the typical sounds like average new age music we found throughout the 80s, it is a trippy exotic psych sound having roots in 60s West Coast experimental music. A cornerstone of new age music by real new agers." "l find lasos inter-dimensional music needing new words to describe it. I feel as though I were entering a new world - a new and very profoundly beautiful world." - Buckminster Fuller. |
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Artist: JAMAL CREATIVE ARTS ENSEMBLE, THE KHAN Title: Drum Dance To The Motherland Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $22.00 |
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"A special treat for the vinyl hounds! The long-awaited first vinyl reissue of The Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensembles almost-impossible-to-find, 300 copies only, 1972 Drum Dance To The Motherland. Newly remastered and sounding great, this is a unique, uncategorizable expression of Afrocentric America -- freely-improvised (but not necessarily "free jazz"), pulsing, moving, restless, yet restful. Recorded live in the groups hometown of Philadelphia and originally released on the now-defunct Dogtown Records, the players masterfully combine all the currents of Afro-American music -- jazz, RnB, blues, funk and more -- in a manner not imitative of, but somehow informed by, the spiritually Afro-astral work of Sun Ra. Drums, percussion, bass, guitar, clarinets and the balaphon-influenced marimba and vibes of bandleader Khan Jamal are all wondrously-integrated and propelled into other dimensions by the heavy, dub-like use of live echo and reverb by "sixth member" sound engineer Mario Falana (dancer/actress Lola Falanas brother!). Trippy! There is an abundance of fine playing in these grooves: tasty guitar, propulsive bass lines, layers of percussion, wailing clarinets, Jamals vibes and marimba, all periodically carried farther out on waves of echo, and farther in via cavernous reverb. "Thirty years after its release, the albums tapestry of sound, fearless abstractions, relentless grooves, cool swing, flashes of ecstasy, and pan cultural embrace remain powerful and beyond category. This long overdue reissue rescues from obscurity a really stunning document of musical exploration, a classic session that perhaps now will acquire the status it has always deserved." --From the liner notes by Ed Hazell; Khan Jamal (vibraphone, marimba, clarinet); Alex Ellison (drums, percussion); Dwight James (drums, glockenspiel, clarinet); Billy Mills (Fender bass, double bass); Monnette Sudler (guitar, percussion)." - EM
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Artist: KARKI & PARTY, BHARAT Title: International Music Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "LP version. 1978 private production from Calcutta, India in a first time ever reissue. From beginning to end, this is a flood of weird Indian psychedelic funk, showering us with heavy percussion grooves in a borrowed "international music" style featuring elements of rock, as well as Latin and Arabic music, melded with chanted Hindu mantra. Electric guitar and bass, a bunch of Indian percussion, flutes, screams, organs and (maybe) Moog! An explosion of Indian youth music. Musicians: Bharat Karki, Utpal Dey, Provat Das, Biswanath Chandra, Bimal Biswas, Kany Roy, Chandan Roy Chowdhury, Benu Chatterjee, Badal Sarkar, Hillol Mandal, and Khoka. Vocals: Palash Mukherjee, Panchashil Dutta, Subhankar Sengupta, Miss. Sunanda Ghose Roy, and Miss. Mridula Bhattacharya." -EM |
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Artist: KUNITAKA, SATO Title: Wandering Shadow Of Southern Streets Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $27.00 |
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"Subtitled: Blind Itinerant Musician From Amami Island. Em Records presents Wandering Shadow Of Southern Streets, 1970s recordings from Sato Kunitaka, dark star of the southern islands of Japan. Sato Kunitaka was born in 1919 in the Amami Islands, south of Kyushu. He lost his sight at eight months; his grandfather taught him to play sanshin, the southern shamisen, to ensure that Sato would be able to earn a living when he grew up. When he was 12, he began to play tategoto, a vertically-held form of koto. He developed a unique style on both of these instruments. From the age of 17, he began his wandering lifestyle, travelling through the Ryukyu Islands, a thousand-kilometer subtropical archipelago including Okinawa. He supported himself as a travelling musician, performing island folk songs, pre-War popular songs and his own compositions. Although he was a fine instrumentalist, Satos real power resides in his voice: a powerful, wailing, howling sound dredged up from the depths of his being. Some have likened the impact of his voice to that of Charley Patton -- a dark, intense sound-world most unlike the relatively smoother, sunny vocal styles of other Ryukyu/Okinawa singers. After World War II, Satos popularity spread to the U.S. troops stationed in Okinawa, and it is rumored that his wanderings took him to Hawaii. He continued his itinerant ways, travelling through the archipelago, singing, playing, living and loving (a man of rumor and mystery, he is said to have married at least eight different women during his lifetime). In the early 1970s, he came to the attention of Takenaka Ro, a writer and political activist, and through Takenakas enthusiastic support, Sato travelled to Tokyo in 1975 to record his first album. Satos fame continued to spread, and he performed at various folk festivals and made other recordings, some of which were released posthumously. Travelling and playing throughout the islands to the end, he made his last public appearance in Okinawa in 1985 and died the same year. "WSOSS" features recordings of Sato Kunitaka made in the late 1970s in Okinawa. These recordings, by Harada Kennichi, show Sato in his element, playing Ryukyu Island songs on his home turf, capturing his innate wildness and his elemental, raw spirit. Released on 12" vinyl, one side of "WSOSS" features Sato playing tategoto; the flipside is devoted to his sanshin. Both sides, of course, spotlight the mystery and majesty of his voice. Includes a 4-page insert with liner notes in both English and Japanese." -Em.
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Artist: LEGENDARY STARDUST COWBOY, THE Title: Paralyzed!: His Vintage Recordings 1968-1981 Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "Killer presentation of the earliest recordings of this Texas hero, including all 4 of this singles for the Mercury label, cut in the late 60s. Plus unreleased tracks and the 1984 album, Rock-it To Stardum. Typically great EM Recors booklet with old photos and lyrics, etc." - FE. "It might be the weirdest piece of music ever committed to tape in Fort Worth. On Paralyzed, an explosion of madness recorded at Sound City Studios on Camp Bowie Boulevard in 1968, the Legendary Stardust Cowboy thrashes away at a single guitar chord over a rudimentary two-beat, tunelessly bellowing indecipherable lyrics and whooping like an Indian in an old western movie. In the middle of the song, theres a drum solo that sounds like someone dropping trash cans down a flight of stairs, followed by a blatting bugle. The pandemonium starts up again only to subside, like the end of an epileptic seizure. Hearing the song for the first time is disorienting, to say the least. Its impact is both hilarious and primal. Norman Carl Odam is an unlikely musical hero. Thats the name the Leges parents gave him when he was born, in Lubbock in 1947. But since high school, hes called himself the Legendary Stardust Cowboy. He has an extremely limited vocal range, has trouble singing in time, and can barely play his instruments. Yet, some surprising people like him. Chameleon-like British rocker David Bowie based his Ziggy Stardust character on the Lege after receiving a copy of Paralyzed from Mercury Records upon signing with the label in 1968." - EM. |
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Artist: LERMAN, RICHARD Title: Music Of Richard Lerman 1964-1987 Format: Double CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $27.00 |
| "Every bicycle rider will dream of "Music for Bicycles," if it really exists. Sure, you know "Bicycle" sung by Queen, and "Tour de France" by Kraftwerk, but REAL bicycle music DOES exist! Travelon Gamelon (Music for Bicycles), realized by the sound artist Richard Lerman used real bicycles as musical instruments. Performed in the 1970s-1980s, he realized that the music for bicycles sounded like gamelan music in Southeast Asia. No joke, its serious, a real true story. Travelon Gamelon had only ever been released as an album on Folkways Records in 1983, including 4 tracks of promenade and concert versions. It was long out of print and became a very hard to find, sought-after album for experimental/industrial music fans. This long-awaited re-issue is its first-ever CD release. This one and only original performance is not only an unrivaled experimental piece but also is the ultimate "industrial" music that will appeal to heavy noise/industrial music listeners. Music Of Richard Lerman1964-1987 is a 2CD collection, with the Travelon Gamelon (Music for Bicycles) album on disc one with an unissued bonus track. And disc two features other various soundworks of Lermans entire pieces performed and recorded from 1964-1987. Both discs are CD-Extra (CD enhanced) including movies of his scarce performances on QuickTime and scores/diagrams for those works on PDF file. The liner notes were written by Arthur Sabatini and Richard Lerman himself. English & Japanese texts. A lot of photos within a heavy booklet, as usual. Packed in a duo case." -Em. |
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Artist: LINDO & THE HAMMER, SHERIFF Title: Ten Dubs That Shook the World Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $24.00 |
| "Superb 13 Aussie dub tracks from 1981 to 1988 by Loop Orchestra member Sheriff Lindo aka Anthony Maher. Surprisingly almost home recordings, under the style of heavy roots reggae but experimental also industrial sense. Original vinyl release limited to only 250 copies. Echo, delay, phasers, ring modulators, full on!" - EM. |
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Artist: LOCKWOOD, ANNEA Title: Early Works 1967-82 Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "EMs original selection of her early works which had once featured on Source: Music of the Avant Garde, you know its a now-legendary magazine for new & experimental music in 1967-1973. (SOURCE featuring artists were ALL important new music creators incl. Cage, Tudor, Ichiyanagi, Rosenboom, MEV, Chopin, EMS studio, Riley, Neuhaus & more & more!) . This CD incl. the album Glass World (originally issued on Tangent Records in England, 1970), and trippy ritual shamanic tape piece Tiger Balm (1970). Also her most notable works, series performances Piano Transplants (1967-82) is now re-realized on one single special booklet, containing Piano Burning, Piano Garden etc. Annea Lockwood was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1939 and lived in London and Cologne from 1961-1972, studying at the Royal College of Music and the Musikhochschule, Köln, and freelancing as a composer-performer. Since 1973, she has lived in Peekskill, New York, and taught on the faculty of Music at Vassar College, New York from 1982-2001. Her music has been presented in North America, Britain, France, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Italy, Belgium, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand." - EM. |
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Artist: MAHALINGAM, T.R. Title: Portrait Of A Prodigy: His Early Years, 1940s-50s Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $25.00 |
| "The music on this release consists of the earliest recordings by flautist T.R. Mahalingam, a legendary figure in the Carnatic music of South India, one of the worlds great musical traditions. Mahalingam, known as "Mali" to his legions of fans and admirers, was a musician who revered these traditions yet opened new realms, raising the flute to levels of voice-like expressivity. Portrait Of A Prodigy: His Early Years, 1940-50s reissues, for the first time, recordings from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s and show Mali at the peak of his powers, his acclaimed technical skills and rich tone at the service of his immense melodic and rhythmic gifts. The majority of these recordings were originally released in the 78 rpm SP format and feature him with two of his greatest musical partners, violinist T. Chowdiah and mridangam master Palghat Mani Iyer. Available for the first time as a commercial release outside of India, Portrait Of A Prodigy is a rare opportunity to hear a genius in his prime. A must-have for all fans of Indian music and for all who appreciate the joys of rhythmic playfulness and melodic mastery." -Em. |
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Artist: MAHALINGAM, T.R. Title: Portrait Of A Prodigy: His Early Years, 1940s-50s Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "The music on this release consists of the earliest recordings by flautist T.R. Mahalingam, a legendary figure in the Carnatic music of South India, one of the worlds great musical traditions. Mahalingam, known as "Mali" to his legions of fans and admirers, was a musician who revered these traditions yet opened new realms, raising the flute to levels of voice-like expressivity. Portrait Of A Prodigy: His Early Years, 1940-50s reissues, for the first time, recordings from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s and show Mali at the peak of his powers, his acclaimed technical skills and rich tone at the service of his immense melodic and rhythmic gifts. The majority of these recordings were originally released in the 78 rpm SP format and feature him with two of his greatest musical partners, violinist T. Chowdiah and mridangam master Palghat Mani Iyer. Available for the first time as a commercial release outside of India, Portrait Of A Prodigy is a rare opportunity to hear a genius in his prime. A must-have for all fans of Indian music and for all who appreciate the joys of rhythmic playfulness and melodic mastery. Housed in a gatefold cardboard sleeve jacket with liner notes in English and Japanese." - EM. |
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Artist: MCLEAN, BARTON & PRISCILLA Title: Electronic Landscapes Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $24.00 |
| Originally issued in 1979, first time on CD w/ bonus tracks. "Although Barton and his wife Priscilla McLean have had a long and distinguished history of LP and compact disc albums throughout their professional composer/performer career, this album is unique in that it is the first one to present, on one CD, such a broad and comprehensive picture of their purely electronic music, spanning 1975 through 2001. Interestingly, although their materials and equipment have changed, their ideas of musical composition are still basically the same, creating a unity throughout the CD." From the liner notes: "When Bart introduced me to the new studio with the Synthi-100, I stared unbelievingly: here was a huge synthesizer, along a whole wall, with hundreds of push-pins (a matrix setup for connecting sounds, rather than the old patch cords), and twenty-two oscillators! The Synthi-256 Digital Sequencer was a full-sized keyboard, standing alone diagonally to the analog synthesizer, but connected internally. In that studio with the giant machines, one raced from one end of the room to another to play and record the sounds, never sitting down, and in removing unwanted noise or editing out a recorded section, the composer had to take a metal splicing block and sharp razor blade, and pressing down very hard, cut through the 1-inch wide acetate tape in two places, remove the unwanted time segment, and rejoin the two remaining ends with special splicing tape! So we three - Bruce, Bart, and I worked all our spare time, alternating with each other, in the I.U.S.B. Studio. I spent whole days there, sometimes 22 hours long, working and working to get just the right sound-combinations and record them." - Priscilla Mclean. |
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Artist: MOOLAH Title: Woe Ye Demons Possessed Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "2012 repress of the since quickly sold-out and deleted 2005 press. Self-described as "...a cosmic rock relaxation creation to elevate sensory awareness to include the aura of intuitive perception of higher realm of human/divine consciousness using the astral body projection experience vehicle to pierce time/space/logic dimension barriers on the return voyage to the ultimate concept." CD reissue of this classic 1974 private press album. On Steven Stapletons Nurse With Wound list, of course. Moolah was comprised of two youths from New York, Walter Burns and Maurice Roberson. This revolutionary psychedelic album features piano, keyboards, electronic percussion and other electronic sounds, an esoteric, Buddhist vocal sound, with bits of concrète, tape and delay effects. Cover + obi in a standard jewel case." -Em. |
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Artist: MOORE, SAM Title: Moooohieee! Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "2012 repress. Musical saw classic from 1920s. Saw & guitar soli played by a wizard of strings. A must have for the listener who like this genre. Innovator of the octo-chorda (an open/alternate-tuned eight-string steel guitar), banjo, singing saw, inflated rubber balloon, and various other "household instruments," Floridian Samuel Pasco Moore (1887-1959) was a darling both in NYC and on the vaudeville circuit during his 1920s heyday. While novelty acts suffered the pitfalls of most soft-soapers, Moores sound is startling, heavenly, haunted Southern folk, Hawaiian and ragtime, the ghosts of Stephen Foster, and the stretching, endlessly splayed void that he carelessly toys with. Moooohieee!, his first compendium, on which he plays the octo-chorda and singing saw in duo settings, collects 13 of the mans unknown amount of sides." - EM. |
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Artist: NOAHLEWIS MAHLON TAITS Title: Gift from Noahlewis Mahlon Taits Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $23.00 |
| "Gift from Noahlewis Mahlon Taits, the third release from the band on EM Records and first since 2001, is a vinyl-only example of the bands unique place in the current Japanese music scene; a hard-to-classify blend of original compositions (swinging garage-sax swagger, serpentine accordion/musical saw funk, pensive sky musings) and well-chosen covers, acclaimed (Rogers and Hart, Joe Meek) and obscure (lounge wizard Bobby Hammack and 50s pianist/composer Bob Brandt). Recorded in 2011 in Tokyo, this album captures the special Noahlewis Mahlon Taits frontline blend of sax, accordion, and musical saw, joyfully urged on by the rhythm section. This band, so distinct from the mass of typical Tokyo sounds, is intent on pursuing its own musical vision, joyously melodic and defiantly timeless. The eight songs on this LP are sure to bring a smile to your face, a tap to your toe, and perhaps, a tear to your eye." - EM. |
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Artist: OHNO, MATSUO Title: Choju Gigaku (Play On Animals) Format: 7" Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $17.00 |
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"Em Records presents a slice of lost history unearthed for your enjoyment and delight. A first-ever reissue, on limited edition 7" vinyl of Choju Gigaku (Play On Animals), an ultra-rare 33rpm 7" flexi-disc by esteemed sound designer Matsuo Ohno, the legend behind the soundtracks for anime classics Astro Boy (1963-1966), Submarine Cassiopeia (1964) and Space Battleship Yamato (1974-1975). The original flexi-disc was released as a souvenir during the famed World Expo 70 in Osaka (think Stockhausen and Xenakis), but was available for only a brief time and soon disappeared, an object of rumor and mystery for collectors. As befitting Expo 70s remit as a meeting of world cultures, Ohno chose 6 well-loved Japanese and international songs -- and rendered them entirely in animal and bird sounds, using analog tape recordings. Choju Gigaku contains equal measures of musicality, magic, madness and mayhem, with domestic and barnyard animals combining their natural and pitch-shifted voices with the calls and cries of a multitude of birds. Eschewing musical instruments, Ohno utlized Japans first variable-speed tape recorder to create these melodies, adding delay and reverb to the warm analog mix. The five songs on Choju Gigaku are "Sekaino Kunikara Konnichiwa," the theme song for Expo 70 originally sung by Haruo Minami, the Japanese traditional songs "Sakura Sakura" and "Yagi Bushi," an Italian song "Funiculi, Funicula," the Russian "Volga Boatman" and an American classic "Oh My Darling, Clementine." Recording in Sogosha studios (his production company) in Aoyama, Ohno was ably assisted by avant-garde composer/musician Takehisa Kosugi (Taj Mahal Travellers, Merce Cunningham and many others), who was an integral part of the recording process. Housed in a full reproduction of the original triple gatefold sleeve with liner notes newly written by Matsuo Ohno (in 2011)." -EM.
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Artist: OHNO, MATSUO Title: I Saw The Outer Limits Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $25.00 |
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""I am not interested in sounds that already exist." Thus spoke the esteemed "Onkyo designer" Matsuo Ohno, early in his expansive, influential career. This reissue of his stellar 1978 LP I Saw The Outer Limits presents him at the peak of his powers, combining his mastery of classic analog tape music techniques (honed to perfection while providing sound design for Astro Boy and numerous other films and TV programs) with then-state-of-the-art analog synthesizers. This is a true under-recognized classic, a masterfully recorded, massive-sounding poetic construction of unearthly sound -- an undulating, breathing behemoth, with Ohnos galaxy moving beyond "sounds that already exist" in search of new sonic spaces. Liner notes and biography in Japanese with an English translation. Original LP artwork with hologram-coated sleeve. Limited edition." - EM.
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Artist: OHNO, MATSUO Title: I Saw The Outer Limits Format: Double CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $29.00 |
| "Mind-stretching analog synth wizardry from the legendary Matsuo Ohno, sound designer for Astro Boy and many other Japanese films and TV programs. His first non-soundtrack release, from 1978, is a massive, undulating galaxy re-released here on CD with a bonus mini-CD reissue of a rare 1970 flexi-disc Play On Animals, rated as one of 2011s top releases by Byron Coley of The Wire. This reissue of his stellar 1978 LP I Saw The Outer Limits presents him at the peak of his powers, combining his mastery of classic analog tape music techniques with then-state-of-the-art analog synthesizers. This is a true under-recognized classic, a masterfully recorded, massive-sounding poetic construction of unearthly sound, a breathing behemoth, with Ohnos galaxy moving beyond "sounds that already exist" in search of new sonic spaces. Matsuo Ohno was born in Kanda, in central Tokyo, in 1930. The relentless bombing onslaught of the war years, the near-apocalyptic conditions, were defining, formative forces. As a youth he was interested in Surrealism and philosophy, and was uninfluenced by music and musicians -- an exception being the electronic works of Karlheinz Stockhausen. Other early influences were the film director Fumio Kamei and the dramatist Michio Kato; rather than viewing himself as a musician, and never studying under any masters, Ohno forged his own path as the original "onkyo sound" artist, defining himself as an "onkyo designer" in the 1960s. His innate independent streak manifested itself early on, when, chafing under creative restrictions, Ohno left a prestigious post at NHK, Japans national broadcaster. But of course, his skills were in high demand and he was extremely busy as a freelance sound designer for a wide range of films, television shows and radio programs, developing his ear and his technical savvy. In 1963 he began his most famed efforts, providing sound design for the legendary Japanese animation series Astro Boy, with Takehisa Kosugi as his assistant. I Saw The Outer Limits was the first full-length non-soundtrack release by Matsuo Ohno. The record was a huge step for him, being non-programmatic music, designed to stand alone, free of visual imagery. Ohno himself has stated that he was uninterested in notions of message, expression and representation. Shinji Hinoki, a producer at Toho Records, approached Ohno with the offer of releasing an album; Hinoki perhaps envisioned something to cash in on the popularity of the synth-driven elements of Pink Floyd -- what he got was something much more abstract and otherworldly. Hinoki supplied both title and subtitle, including the latters variant spelling of "marijuana," a ploy to evade Japanese censors. On these recordings, made at Sogosha in Tokyo, his private studio, Ohno used the EMS Synthi AKS, which at that time in Japan carried a price close to that of a family car, the newly-released Roland System 100 (three of these, in fact), and a custom-made synth. He combined these synthesizers with his virtuosic control of analog tape recording techniques, resulting in a magnificent LP. The original vinyl release was, however, somewhat marred by 50 Hz hum generated during the mastering process at Toho Studios. This EM CD reissue restores the masterpiece to its primal, clear, massive glory. Housed in a foldout thick paper sleeve. Liner notes and biography in Japanese with an English translation. The bonus disc is pressed on a mini-CD (8cm) and packed in a triple foldout sleeve, in the same style as the original 1970 issue, and is inserted in the EM 1098CD sleeve." -EM |
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Artist: RAY, BRENDA Title: DYa Hear Me!: Naffi Years, 1979-83 Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $23.00 |
 "Sweet post-punk, with a heartfelt reggae/funk influence, analog dub effects and lovely femme-vox. A unique slice of late 70s/early-80s goodness, starring Brenda Ray, whose previous release on EM Records, "Walatta" has been embraced by a large number of listeners. Recorded in Northwest England, DYa Hear Me! is warm-hearted, open, fresh and slyly experimental. With an independent spirit and a true D.I.Y. soul, these 13 tracks, originally released in various formats by Ray aka Brenda Kenny aka Natalie Sand aka Polly Rithm and her musical friends under the moniker(s) Naffi/Naffi Sandwich, were recorded in a simple homemade studio, making full use of the creative options opened up through the full use of simple means -- although the warm, full audio belies any notions of primitivism. Far from media-crazed London, Naffi created a musical world free from lust for the spotlight, focusing solely on the music, and the results are fittingly pure. DYa Hear Me! is a wide-ranging release, with lovely vocal tracks, warm dubs and pleasingly odd instrumentals, all knitted together with a special trans-Atlantic rhythmic sense. Two songs of special interest here are "Moonbeams" and the Young Marble Giants-esque "Everyday Just Another Dream," which are early versions of "Starlight" and "Another Dream" from Walatta. Also noteworthy are several previously-unissued longer versions of some songs. Comes with an insert with (Japanese & English) liner notes written by Brenda Ray, plus rare photos." - EM.
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Artist: RAY, BRENDA Title: DYa Hear Me!: Naffi Years, 1979-83 Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
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"Sweet post-punk, with a heartfelt reggae/funk influence, analog dub effects and lovely femme-vox. A unique slice of late 70s/early-80s goodness, starring Brenda Ray, whose previous release on EM Records, Walatta (EM 1071CD/LP) has been embraced by a large number of listeners. Recorded in Northwest England, DYa Hear Me! is warm-hearted, open, fresh and slyly experimental. With an independent spirit and a true D.I.Y. soul, these 13 tracks, originally released in various formats by Ray aka Brenda Kenny aka Natalie Sand aka Polly Rithm and her musical friends under the moniker(s) Naffi/Naffi Sandwich, were recorded in a simple homemade studio, making full use of the creative options opened up through the full use of simple means -- although the warm, full audio belies any notions of primitivism. Far from media-crazed London, Naffi created a musical world free from lust for the spotlight, focusing solely on the music, and the results are fittingly pure. DYa Hear Me! is a wide-ranging release, with lovely vocal tracks, warm dubs and pleasingly odd instrumentals, all knitted together with a special trans-Atlantic rhythmic sense. Two songs of special interest here are "Moonbeams" and the Young Marble Giants-esque "Everyday Just Another Dream," which are early versions of "Starlight" and "Another Dream" from Walatta. Also noteworthy are several previously-unissued longer versions of some songs. Liner notes written by Brenda Ray. Includes rare photos." - EM.
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Artist: RAY, BRENDA Title: Starlight Format: 12" Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $18.00 |
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Four 12" tracks cut from the album Walatta (EM 1071CD/LP). Handmade silkscreen print sleeve in a 2-holed disco bag. Super limited edition.
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Artist: RAY, BRENDA Title: Walatta Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "2012 repress. Certainly the most unusual reggae album ever made. Augustus Pablo, King Tubby, Asha Puthli with Ornette Coleman, Lonnie Liston Smith and Pharoah Sanders -- very disturbing slices of psycho-dub/doo-wop/jazz-fusion/exotica music. Her breathy Chordettes meets Susan Cadgan vocals, multi-tracked whisperings about inter-galactic Bluebeat starlights over what sounds like a modulated cut of heavy rhythm. Brenda Ray will be familiar to observers of the Liverpool scene as part of the NAFFI organization through the 80s, also famed as Brenda & The Beachballs. Over the past years, together with cohort Sir Freddie Viadukt (aka The Minister of Noise), she has been aiding and abetting the reggae producer Roy Cousins, once of The Royals, in his program of remastering and reissuing selections from his Tamoki Wambesi imprint. Cousins suggested she record an album using original roots reggae tracks from original tapes. The whole album was overdubbed, played, recorded and mixed between 1995-2005 at NAFFI Studios. Everything was done by herself except the final mix-down with Sir Freddie. The cover photo has Brenda in a pose somewhere between Pharoah Sanders Thembi and Augustus Pablos East of the River Nile with a melodica pointed towards the water." - EM. |
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Artist: ROSENBOOM, DAVID Title: Brainwave Music Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $24.00 |
| "CD reissue of biofeedback/brainwave music masterpieces from 1971 to 1974, using analog synthesizers, piano, and text. Includes a bonus track, a previously-unreleased 2001 piece featuring biofeedback-driven computer synthesis, violin and oboe. With original cover art." - EM. |
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Artist: SKANDRANI, MUSTAPHA Title: Istikhbars and Improvisations Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $35.00 |
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"Housed in a silkscreened printed handmade sleeve. Mustapha Skandrani: besides having an excellent name, this man, a luminary of Algerian music, possessed a unique musical sense, able to transcend the borders of musical cultures to create a distinctive fusion of Arabo-Andalusian and European styles. Istikhbars And Improvisations, recorded in 1965 in Paris, is a solo piano album presenting a trans-Mediterranean crossover based on traditional Algerian vocal pieces known as istikhbars. Playing these istikhbars (which have roots in the Islamic Arabo-Andalusian culture which flourished in Spain) on the piano, that quintessentially European instrument, Skandrani was greeted with derision by some purists. Skandranis powerful musical vision, however, perceives the European element involved in Arabo-Andalusian musical culture, a world of exchange and co-existence, and his decision to play this music on the piano reminds us of this European influence. Skandranis modus operandi on this release is to present each istikhbar, modal in nature, then to play an improvisation based on the istikhbar and its attendant mode. This A/B alternation continues throughout. The pellucid clarity of Skandranis playing on this album may remind the listener of a modal Goldberg Variations, Bach and Glenn Gould transplanted to Andalucia. Other ears will hear the Arabic/Maghreb elements more strongly. Skandranis precise touch and clear, symmetrical rhythmic sense links both worlds, assuring us that the Mediterranean is not a barrier, but a unifier, and that the differences between the cultures are not vast. This is an admirable achievement, resulting in beautiful music of a rare charm. Mustapha Skandrani was born in Algiers in 1920, and died there in 2005. He mastered a number of instruments at an early age, and his musical prowess led him to work with the great singers and ensembles of his day, in live performances, recordings, and radio broadcasts. Later in his life, he devoted much energy to education. Istikhbars And Improvisations comes with an insert with liner notes in English and Japanese. Limited edition of 200 pressed on vinyl." -EM
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Artist: SMITH, BARTON Title: Reelizations One & Two: The Sound of Barton Smith Format: Double CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $27.00 |
| "2013 repress, originally released in 2004. Double CD reissue of two albums, originally released on Folkways in 1980 and 1982, recorded in the early to late 70s. All pieces composed for various dance groups, using guitars, keyboards, self-made instruments, synthesizers, and tape manipulation." -EM. |
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Artist: SON OF P.M., THE Title: Hey Klong Yao! Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $28.00 |
| "Subtitled: Essential Collection of Modernized Thai Music from the 1960s. "Amazing Thailand!" -- The Thai national tourism slogan was undoubtedly inspired in part by the mind-bendingly cool 1960s recordings by the band The Son Of P.M., one of the leading lights of the Thai Shadow Music scene. Inspired by an influx of Western rock and pop music (including British guitar band The Shadows), The Son Of P.M. developed their own style of modernized Thai music, combining traditional Thai instruments with Western keyboards, drums and electric guitars. The result was a seductive, intoxicating blend of Thai melodies merging with elements of rock, surf, go-go, Latin and blues. Amazing indeed. The Son Of P.M. was one of several Shadow Music groups (including P.M. Pocket Music, featured on three tracks of this release), playing "Modified Thai Music," organized by manager Phayoung Mukda. These bands featured the keyboards and arrangements of P.M.s adopted son Khabuan Mukda -- thus this particular bands moniker. The idea of modernized/modified/developed Thai music is central to Mukda and The Sons Of P.M. Retaining an essential Thai core, the music borrows melodic, harmonic and rhythmic elements as well as instrumental timbres from a wide range of Western popular music sources. The resultant "developed" music loses none of its Thai character, vigor and élan, and is enriched by the adoption and creative use of new influences. The music on this anthology is an excellent example of this spirit of openness and adventure, a rocking, rollicking parade of undeniably Thai music, relentlessly propulsive and energetic, informed by musical developments from around the globe. A true hybrid which creates energy instead of merely conserving." -EM |
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Artist: SONS OF P.M. Title: Hey Klong Yao! Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| Subtitled: Essential Collection of Modernized Thai Music from the 1960s. "Amazing Thailand!" -- The Thai national tourism slogan was undoubtedly inspired in part by the mind-bendingly cool 1960s recordings by the band The Son Of P.M., one of the leading lights of the Thai Shadow Music scene. Inspired by an influx of Western rock and pop music (including British guitar band The Shadows), The Son Of P.M. developed their own style of modernized Thai music, combining traditional Thai instruments with Western keyboards, drums and electric guitars. The result was a seductive, intoxicating blend of Thai melodies merging with elements of rock, surf, go-go, Latin and blues. Amazing indeed. The Son Of P.M. was one of several Shadow Music groups (including P.M. Pocket Music, featured on three tracks of this release), playing "Modified Thai Music," organized by manager Phayoung Mukda. These bands featured the keyboards and arrangements of P.M.s adopted son Khabuan Mukda -- thus this particular bands moniker. The idea of modernized/modified/developed Thai music is central to Mukda and The Sons Of P.M. Retaining an essential Thai core, the music borrows melodic, harmonic and rhythmic elements as well as instrumental timbres from a wide range of Western popular music sources. The resultant "developed" music loses none of its Thai character, vigor and élan, and is enriched by the adoption and creative use of new influences. The music on this anthology is an excellent example of this spirit of openness and adventure, a rocking, rollicking parade of undeniably Thai music, relentlessly propulsive and energetic, informed by musical developments from around the globe. A true hybrid which creates energy instead of merely conserving." - EM. |
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Artist: STEEL AN SKIN Title: Reggae Is Here Once Again Format: CD/DVD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $26.00 |
| "Outstanding steel pan, disco and dub CD + DVD release and the third installment in Em Records Steel Pan Series. Steel N Skin were an Afro-Caribbean workshop band based in 1970s London, founded by Peter Blackman, featuring ex-members of 20th Century Steel Band (Grandmaster Flashs fave). Comprised of young nightclub musicians born in Ghana, Nigeria, St. Kitts, Trinidad and the UK, the group gave concerts and workshops in London schools, expanding nationwide to prisons, psychiatric hospitals and summer festivals. The group combined an admirably brave, open and unironic mix of musical forms with community outreach, non-cynical and untainted by preachiness or "social work." Gratifyingly intricate African ritual rhythms and strong vocals compliment reggae, funk, disco and soul influences to form a relentless groove machine. This EM reissue consists of Steel N Skins 1979 debut 12" single "Reggae Is Here Once Again," featuring "Afro Punk Reggae (Dub)," a fine disco-dub workout, plus two tracks from their 1984 LP Acid Rain as well as one unissued track. The documentary DVD by Steve Shaw features perceptive commentary from Steel N Skins founder Peter Blackman, killer live and rehearsal footage of the band, workshop scenes and devastating views of inner-city Liverpool. Including liner notes written by Peter Blackman, English/Japanese text and rare photos. DVD running-time approximately 34 minutes; All-Region; NTSC."-EM |
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Artist: STEEL AN SKIN Title: S/T Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $23.00 |
| "First time-ever vinyl LP release of this steel pan + disco + dub material from the 1970s. This LP version consists of Steel An Skins 1979 debut 12" single Reggae Is Here Once Again, featuring "Afro Punk Reggae (Dub)," a fine disco-dub workout (now a worldwide dancefloor favorite), plus tracks from their 1984 album Acid Rain. Three of those tunes, 1980s modern-soul/boogie-influenced "Lady (Vocal)," "Lady (Instrumental)" and also a typical Steel An Skin performance "Burning World" appear only on this LP version (not on previous CD version). Steel An Skin was a unit composed of young nightclub musicians born in Ghana, Nigeria, St. Kitts, Trinidad and the UK, who once performed with Ginger Johnsons Afrikan Drummers -- a highlife band under the tutelage of the late Ginger Johnson -- and played at Johnsons Iroko Country Club in Hampstead, London. Steel An Skin began giving concerts and workshops in London schools, expanding nationwide to prisons, psychiatric hospitals and summer festivals, including the world-famous Notting Hill Carnival. The group combined an admirably brave, open and unironic mix of musical forms with a non-cynical approach to community outreach. Ultra-positive consciousness from Afro-Caribbean London, circa 1979. Features ex-members of the legendary 20th Century Steel Band (one of Grand Master Flashs favorites) sailing Trinidad-wise over gratifyingly intricate African ritual rhythms. Strong vocals compliment reggae, funk, disco and soul influences to form a relentless groove machine. Includes an insert in English and Japanese." -EM. |
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Artist: TULLY Title: Sea of Joy Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "First time on CD & re-issue of the music for the classic Australian surf movie filmed by Paul Witzig in 1971, starring Wayne Lynce, Nat Young and Ted Spencer. Filmed in Australia, Mauritius, South Africa, Oahu and Kauai. The music was all written & performed by a psychedelic rock acid folk outfit called Tully featuring Richard Lockwood and Michael Carlos. The band that recorded Sea of Joy was the precocious child of two very different creatures, Tully the First (wild psychedelic & spiritual progressive rock) and Extradition (ethereal acid folk sounds, later survived the album entitled Hush). They played together once then became Tully the Second. The music they played for the soundtrack was engrossing and particularly enchanting (and still is!). You may find there will be nothing to compare such a recording with - not even other surf soundtracks or surfing-related music in the whole of surf music history (even now). Deep-psych-progressive-rock-acid folk surf in the early 1970s!" -Stephen McParland. |
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Artist: WADA, YOSHI Title: Earth Horns With Electronic Drone Format: Triple LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $68.00 |
| "Triple LP version of the entire 162-minute performance -- the vinyl version therefore contains approx 85 additional minutes of music!. Includes booklet with text in Japanese & English, and an original-size reproduction of the circa-1975 Fluxus poster by George Maciunas. Limited to just a few hundred copies worldwide." -EM. |
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Artist: WADA, YOSHI Title: Earth Horns With Electronic Drone Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "Yoshi Wada and EM Records presents the first-ever, world-premiere release of Earth Horns With Electronic Drone, recorded live in 1974. Combining four of Wadas self-made "pipehorns" (made from plumbing materials, over three meters in length), with an electronic drone tuned to the electrical current of the performance space, this is a lost masterpiece of early minimalism, placing Wada rightfully in the pantheon with La Monte Young, Phill Niblock, Maryanne Amacher and Alvin Lucier. Recorded live in Syracuse, New York, this recording captures the room-filling complex overtones generated by the ever-shifting interplay of the breathing horns and the constant electronic drone. This is a music of ritual hypnotic power, its heavy low-end mass and sense of change within constancy engendering a meditative transcendency. Earth Horns With Electronic Drone is the fourth and ultimate release in Em Records Yoshi Wada series, a must for all fans of minimalism, heavy drones, ritual, mystery and world-shaking transcendence. From an original performance of almost three hours, the CD features a 77-minute excerpt. The full performance is also available as a 3LP set (162 minutes). From Earth horns to beyond the firmament: prepare to be elevated! Pipehorns constructed by Yoshi Wada; electronic equipment designed by Liz Phillips and Yoshi Wada; Electronics: Liz Phillips; Pipehorn Players: Jim Burton, Garrett List, Barbara Stewart and Yoshi Wada. 96khz/24bit digitally remastered, including a booklet with text in Japanese & English, and a reproduction circa-1975 Fluxus poster by George Maciunas." -EM |
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Artist: WADA, YOSHI Title: Lament For The Rise and Fall of the Elephantine Crocodile Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "Finally, a CD reissue of Yoshi Wadas most important and most rare LP, Lament For The Rise And Fall Of The Elephantine Crocodile, originally released in 1982 on the India Navigation label. Yoshi Wada is a Japanese sound installation artist and musician -- he moved to New York in the late 1960s, and became well-known as a Fluxus artist with links to La Monte Young, and has been involved in many performances and sound installations. However, he has released only two recordings, which are both hard to find. This CD contains two pieces: track 1 features a solo overtone voice (he studied with legendary Indian vocalist Pandit Pran Nath) recorded at the performance space Dry Pool (literally a dry pool that Wada slept in before this recording), with a deep underground echoing feeling. Track 2 displays Wadas trademark dense psychedelic drones using his "pipe horn," a home-made, bagpipe-like instrument. These wondrous sounds will take you to another, better world. 96khz/24bit digitally remastered complete full-length version (original LP edition was edited). Liner notes in English & Japanese." - EM |
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Artist: WADA, YOSHI Title: Off The Wall Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "More Yoshi Wada from EM Records! The long-awaited reissue of Wadas 1985 LP Off The Wall, recorded in Berlin and originally released on the esteemed FMP-subsidiary SAJ label. A minimalist yet majestic monsterpiece ("massive," as Tom Johnson declares in his perceptive liner notes), Off The Wall features Wada and Wayne Hankin on bagpipes, Marilyn Bogerd on adapted organ, and percussionist Andreas Schmidt-Neri. The original album consisted of two side-long pieces recorded on successive days by Jost Geber, who captured the power and dynamics of the quartet without losing the meditative delicacy of the bagpipes and the intricacy of their interplay with the homemade organ (constructed by Wada), resulting in a slowly-evolving mosaic of combination tones and overtones. Simultaneously static yet changing, rooted and ethereal, homespun and alien, ancient and very modern, the music is created entirely with acoustic instruments but has "electronic" textures at times, yet is very warm and human, always pulsing, shifting and mutating. Em Records is pleased indeed to release Off The Wall for the first time ever on CD, with the bonus track "Die Konsonanten Pfeifen," a slightly earlier recording with Wada and Hankin on bagpipes and Kevin Newhoff on percussion, originally released as a cassette." - Em Records |
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Artist: WADA, YOSHI Title: Singing in Unison Format: Triple LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $68.00 |
 "Singing in Unison is the latest in a series of recordings from acclaimed sound artist, composer, and performer Yoshi Wada. Recorded live over two nights in 1978, on March 14th and 15th at New York Citys legendary performance space The Kitchen, Singing in Unison is a dramatic yet meditative work: modal improvisations for three male voices, singing, with great gravitas, in purposeful unison. These previously-unreleased recordings, featuring vocalists Richard Hayman, Imani Smith, and Wada himself are extremely powerful, with a glacial majesty and a sense of timeless wonder. Wadas earliest musical memories are of hearing Zen Buddhist ritual chants in his native Japan, and those memories are reflected in the deep vocalizations here; also evident is Wadas period of intense study with Indian master singer Pandit Pran Nath. Thus there is a definite "eastern" feeling to Singing in Unison, with further elements added by Imani Smiths Sufi background and Wadas interest in eastern European vocal styles, but the music is also informed by Wadas experiences in the Fluxus movement and as a member of the New York avant-garde community. The edgy atmosphere of 1970s New York City pervades these recordings, adding a hint of menace. Despite the fact that this is purely vocal music, fans of the slow-moving heaviosity of Sunn 0))) will appreciate Singing in Unison. Yoshi Wada has four previous releases on EM Records: Lament for the Rise and Fall of Elephantine Crocodile (EM 1074CD); The Appointed Cloud (EM 1076D); Off the Wall (EM 1078CD); and Earth Horns with Electronic Drone (EM 1081CD). This triple LP set features a complete version of both performances, March 14 and 15 (two and a half hours in total). Singing in Unison is a massive, monumental, monolith of vocal sound. 96khz/24bit digitally remastered. Liner notes written by Yoshi Wada, with English/Japanese text. Cover art by Yoshi Wada." -EM.
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Artist: WADA, YOSHI Title: Singing in Unison Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "Singing in Unison is the latest in a series of recordings from acclaimed sound artist, composer, and performer Yoshi Wada. Recorded live over two nights in 1978, on March 14th and 15th at New York Citys legendary performance space The Kitchen, Singing in Unison is a dramatic yet meditative work: modal improvisations for three male voices, singing, with great gravitas, in purposeful unison. These previously-unreleased recordings, featuring vocalists Richard Hayman, Imani Smith, and Wada himself are extremely powerful, with a glacial majesty and a sense of timeless wonder. Wadas earliest musical memories are of hearing Zen Buddhist ritual chants in his native Japan, and those memories are reflected in the deep vocalizations here; also evident is Wadas period of intense study with Indian master singer Pandit Pran Nath. Thus there is a definite "eastern" feeling to Singing in Unison, with further elements added by Imani Smiths Sufi background and Wadas interest in eastern European vocal styles, but the music is also informed by Wadas experiences in the Fluxus movement and as a member of the New York avant-garde community. The edgy atmosphere of 1970s New York City pervades these recordings, adding a hint of menace. Despite the fact that this is purely vocal music, fans of the slow-moving heaviosity of Sunn 0))) will appreciate Singing in Unison. Yoshi Wada has four previous releases on EM Records: Lament for the Rise and Fall of Elephantine Crocodile (EM 1074CD); The Appointed Cloud (EM 1076D); Off the Wall (EM 1078CD); and Earth Horns with Electronic Drone (EM 1081CD). CD version features the March 15 performance. Singing in Unison is a massive, monumental, monolith of vocal sound. 96khz/24bit digitally remastered. Liner notes written by Yoshi Wada, with English/Japanese text. Cover art by Yoshi Wada." -Em. |
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Artist: WADA, YOSHI Title: The Appointed Cloud Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "This is the first-ever release of the extraordinary 1987 performance of Yoshi Wadas interactive sound installation The Appointed Cloud, recorded in the Great Hall of the New York Hall of Science. This majestic recording captures 60 minutes of sound produced by a self-made 80-pipe organ, a pipe gong, sirens and a massive suspended metal sheet, all triggered by a computer program designed by David Rayna. The CD also features Wada, Bob Drombowski and Wayne Hankin on bagpipes, plus Michael Pugliese (percussion). Dramatically structured, shifting and intense, The Appointed Cloud features massive low frequencies and regal percussion vying with the ululations of bagpipes, all resounding in the huge, reverberant space of the Great Hall with its 24-meter ceiling. This CD, the second Yoshi Wada release as a joint production of EM Records and Omega Point (the first being the reissue of 1982s Lament For The Rise and Fall of the Elephantine Crocodile), is sure to delight all who enjoy drones, dynamics and drama. "His creation explores the effects of low, rumbling bass sounds and the higher, ringing tones of the organ as they reverberate off the curving walls of the space ... The work continues Wadas fascination with producing sub-sonic sounds -- sound frequencies so low that it seems the sounds are produced by the inner ear rather than an outside source. "- EM |
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Artist: WATTS LITTLE ANGEL BAND Title: New Orleans/Land Of A 1000 Dances/Nik Nak Paddy Whack Format: 7" Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $15.00 |
| "After the Watts Riots in South Los Angeles in 1965, the working-class community suffered further with no improvements to the infrastructure, a lack of opportunity, and the rise of delinquency and gang-fuelled crime. In the early 70s, a community activist, Mike Joseph, discovered a group of children in Watts playing music using junk and scrap metal as instruments. He brought them into a studio in Los Angeles and produced a record in 1971 in cooperation with the Watts Writers Workshop and other community groups. Scrap oil drums, iron bars, metal cans & other urban castoffs are played with enthusiasm, backing R&B favorites and a childrens song. But it was more than a mere document of childs play -- this peerlessly unique musical expression sends a strong message." - EM. |
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Artist: WICKED WITCH Title: Chaos: 1978-86 Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $22.00 |
| "First-time ever reissue of rare evil psycho machine-funk from 80s Washington, D.C., including previously-unreleased mixes. Now is not the time to doubt your senses -- the Wicked Witch does exist. Born and raised in the musical magical cauldron of Washington D.C., Wicked Witch combines elements from alchemical mentors Parliament Funkadelic, Sun Ra, ESG, Run DMC, James Brown and Jimi Hendrix to cast a crazed spell on the innocent listener. An evil mass of machine-funk with lashings of rhythm and blues and fusion delivered direct from the heart of the Witch, a misunderstood psycho-genius weaving his solo web deep within the dark studio walls. Trained by masters at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Wicked Witch is in full control; he plays all, knows all, tells all. His message will not be denied. Believe your ears, believe your eyes: the Wicked Witch does indeed exist. First-time ever re-issue, remastered from the original master tapes." - EM. |
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Artist: WICKED WITCH Title: Chaos: 1978-86 Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $19.00 |
| "First-time ever reissue of rare evil psycho machine-funk from 80s Washington, D.C., including previously-unreleased mixes. Now is not the time to doubt your senses -- the Wicked Witch does exist. Born and raised in the musical magical cauldron of Washington D.C., Wicked Witch combines elements from alchemical mentors Parliament Funkadelic, Sun Ra, ESG, Run DMC, James Brown and Jimi Hendrix to cast a crazed spell on the innocent listener. An evil mass of machine-funk with lashings of rhythm and blues and fusion delivered direct from the heart of the Witch, a misunderstood psycho-genius weaving his solo web deep within the dark studio walls. Trained by masters at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Wicked Witch is in full control; he plays all, knows all, tells all. His message will not be denied. Believe your ears, believe your eyes: the Wicked Witch does indeed exist. First-time ever re-issue, remastered from the original master tapes, including rare photos." -EM |
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Artist: YOUNG, ROLAND P. Title: Isophonic Boogie Woogie Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $24.00 |
| "Reissue of the legendary 5-track first LP (plus 2 bonus tracks) from horn wizard & original underground FM radio DJ Young, featuring soprano sax, clarinet, and electronically-processed bass clarinet. An enjoyable outing from a neglected musician. Cosmic Afro minimal electronic winds recorded in 1970s San Francisco." - EM. "Classic explorations from the dude who was responsible for the legendary Infinite Sound LP on Arch 1750." - FE. |
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Artist: YOUNG, ROLAND P. Title: Isophonic Boogie Woogie Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "Long-awaited, newly repressed for vinyl LP edition of the legendary 5-track first LP from U.S. horn wizard & original underground FM radio DJ Roland P. Young, featuring soprano sax, clarinet, and electronically-processed bass clarinet. Youngs mid-70s work with jazz/chamber/electronic ensemble Infinite Sound (including members Glenn Howell and Aisha Kahlil) helped form the musical language of Isophonic Boogie Woogie, a solo, jazz/world music-flecked exploration of acoustic and electronic sounds. An enjoyable outing from a neglected musician. Cosmic Afro-minimal electronic winds recorded in late 1970s San Francisco. CD version re-released in 2005 on Em Records." -EM |
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Artist: YOUNG, ROLAND P. Title: Mystiphonic Format: LP Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "Mystiphonic is the third release from Roland P. Young on EM Records, following Isophonic Boogie Woogie (EM 1045CD/HJ-LP) which was originally released in 1980 and re-issued by EM in 2005, and the 2009 Istet Serenade (EM 1087CD/LP). Mystiphonic is the fruit of two years of recordings at Youngs Isophonic Sound Laboratory in Brooklyn, "comprovisations" which are more electronic than the previous EM releases, and yet this new LP retains Youngs emotional life-long horn playing, a romance which began in his youth in Kansas City. Also carrying on from previous releases is the all-encompassing warmth and organic/oceanic feeling of Youngs music, a rootedness that has been present since his early exposure to Charlie Parker, on through his San Francisco years and ever forward, linking past, present and future through deep American soil to his world-embracing current music, all united through his "Isophonic" philosophy. The Mystiphonic blend of electronics, percussion and horns is one of subtle beauty, sure to please Youngs fans while attracting new admirers." -EM. |
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Artist: YOUNG, ROLAND P. Title: Mystiphonic Format: CD Label: EM Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "Mystiphonic is the third release from Roland P. Young on EM Records, following Isophonic Boogie Woogie (EM 1045CD/HJ-LP) which was originally released in 1980 and re-issued by EM in 2005, and the 2009 Istet Serenade (EM 1087CD/LP). Mystiphonic is the fruit of two years of recordings at Youngs Isophonic Sound Laboratory in Brooklyn, "comprovisations" which are more electronic than the previous EM releases, and yet this new CD retains Youngs emotional life-long horn playing, a romance which began in his youth in Kansas City. Also carrying on from previous releases is the all-encompassing warmth and organic/oceanic feeling of Youngs music, a rootedness that has been present since his early exposure to Charlie Parker, on through his San Francisco years and ever forward, linking past, present and future through deep American soil to his world-embracing current music, all united through his "Isophonic" philosophy. The Mystiphonic blend of electronics, percussion and horns is one of subtle beauty, sure to please Youngs fans while attracting new admirers." -EM. |
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Artist: MAHALINGAM, T.R. Title: Mali: Essential Recordings of Carnatic Bamboo Flute, 1969-70 Format: Double CD Label: EM/Meditations Country: Japan Price: $27.00 |
| "EM Records and Meditations, from Kyoto, are pleased to announce the reissue, on double vinyl and double CD, of two classic 1969 and 1970 LP releases from Indian bamboo flute legend T.R. Mahalingam, known as "Mali" to his fans. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1925, Mali was a true original whose musicality revolutionized Indian flute playing, elevating the instrument from its folk origins to the heights of art music, imbued with spirituality, without losing vitality or succumbing to the blandishments of fame. Mali was a beguiling combination of virtuosity, spirituality and rebelliousness, and his music reflects this, and much more. He was a legend and a master. Malis virtuosity was innate; he picked up the flute, against his fathers wishes, at the age of five, and gave his first performance at seven, to great acclaim, eventually playing with other legendary musicians including the revered violinist Palghat Mani Iyer. Mahalingam developed tremendous control of the instrument, able to sustain single notes for over 40 seconds, able to play any music after hearing it only once, but he used his virtuosity to serve the music, pursuing the Carnatic ideal of the voice as the purest form of music. He sang with the flute. In contrast with the mechanically-keyed Western flute, the Indian bamboo flute allows the player to directly touch the finger holes, allowing access to a wider range of tones and contributing to this vocal quality. Mali added an extra hole to his flutes, increasing his expressivity, and performed other modifications to bring him closer to the ideal of the human voice. Malis technical innovations also included the development of new fingering techniques and the introduction of a unique hand positioning, the "parrot clutch." This relentless search allowed the flute, for the first time, to be elevated to the highest ranks of Carnatic music. Mali was spiritually driven. He had a life-changing religious experience at the age of sixteen, lending a sense of depth and introversion to his music. He claimed to have seen god many times while playing, and was known to cut concert appearances short in such instances. He was also said to have been able to communicate with birds through his music. Legendary in India, Mahalingam was very influential in Europe and North America also, especially among composers including La Monte Young and Terry Riley. Olivier Messiaen, another bird lover, was keenly interested in Malis music, and one may hear this influence in a number of Messiaens pieces. So, a legend. A master. And beyond words. Please listen to Mali." -EM/Meditations |
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Artist: MAHALINGAM, T.R. Title: Mali: Essential Recordings of Carnatic Bamboo Flute, 1969-70 Format: Double LP Label: EM/Meditations Country: Japan Price: $51.00 |
| "EM Records and Meditations, from Kyoto, are pleased to announce the reissue, on double vinyl and double CD, of two classic 1969 and 1970 LP releases from Indian bamboo flute legend T.R. Mahalingam, known as "Mali" to his fans. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1925, Mali was a true original whose musicality revolutionized Indian flute playing, elevating the instrument from its folk origins to the heights of art music, imbued with spirituality, without losing vitality or succumbing to the blandishments of fame. Mali was a beguiling combination of virtuosity, spirituality and rebelliousness, and his music reflects this, and much more. He was a legend and a master. Malis virtuosity was innate; he picked up the flute, against his fathers wishes, at the age of five, and gave his first performance at seven, to great acclaim, eventually playing with other legendary musicians including the revered violinist Palghat Mani Iyer. Mahalingam developed tremendous control of the instrument, able to sustain single notes for over 40 seconds, able to play any music after hearing it only once, but he used his virtuosity to serve the music, pursuing the Carnatic ideal of the voice as the purest form of music. He sang with the flute. In contrast with the mechanically-keyed Western flute, the Indian bamboo flute allows the player to directly touch the finger holes, allowing access to a wider range of tones and contributing to this vocal quality. Mali added an extra hole to his flutes, increasing his expressivity, and performed other modifications to bring him closer to the ideal of the human voice. Malis technical innovations also included the development of new fingering techniques and the introduction of a unique hand positioning, the "parrot clutch." This relentless search allowed the flute, for the first time, to be elevated to the highest ranks of Carnatic music. Mali was spiritually driven. He had a life-changing religious experience at the age of sixteen, lending a sense of depth and introversion to his music. He claimed to have seen god many times while playing, and was known to cut concert appearances short in such instances. He was also said to have been able to communicate with birds through his music. Legendary in India, Mahalingam was very influential in Europe and North America also, especially among composers including La Monte Young and Terry Riley. Olivier Messiaen, another bird lover, was keenly interested in Malis music, and one may hear this influence in a number of Messiaens pieces. So, a legend. A master. And beyond words. Please listen to Mali." -EM/Meditations |
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Artist: BAILEY & MILO FINE, DEREK Title: Scale Points on the Fever Curve Format: CD Label: Emanem Country: UK Price: $17.00 |
| "The first gig on Milo Fines extended visit to London found him playing clarinets, drums and electronic keyboard in cohorts with Derek Bailey on electric guitar. They first worked together twenty years previously, but this was the first time they performed as a duo. 58 minutes." - Emanem. |
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Artist: RUTHERFORD, PAUL Title: Solo In Berlin 1975 Format: CD Label: Emanem Country: UK Price: $19.00 |
| "Recorded a year after his acclaimed masterpiece, The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie, these three festival sets are at least as good. They find Rutherford at his most original and inventive, making wild music by enhancing his trombone with his voice, with mutes and other objects, as well as using his awesome speed and stunning range. No one else has made the trombone sound like this, before or since. 75 minutes. (5 minutes originally on an FMP sampler -- the rest is previously unissued)." - Emanem |
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Artist: CARTER, CHRISTINA Title: Alone Together #1 - Obelisk/Tholos Format: 7" Label: Emerald Cocoon Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "A new 7" by Christina Carter which serves as the opening ceremony for our new 7" series of solo performances Alone Together. A loan voice, the tangled bells, the caw of a crow, a plane passing overhead… A fortuitous overlapping of sound moments, trapped in amber by Christina for us to bear witness. Much like her early CDRs Hand & Mind or Human As Guitar, Obelisk/Tholos is an act of white witchcraft, a healing spell that defines time with the merest of tools: bells, voice, a microphone… Mastered by Pete Swanson, Edition of 300." - Emerald Cocoon. |
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Artist: METAL ROUGE Title: Trails Format: LP Label: Emerald Cocoon Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"After a period of semi-hibernation and technological downgrading Metal Rouge are back with the first full length missive by their new trio formation. On Trails lifers Helga Fassonaki (lapsteel/vocals) and Andrew Scott (guitar) are joined by true-crime aficionado Caitlin Mitchell (drums) for a free floating investigation into Lew Welch’s mist-ridden disappearance into the norcal wilderness on one side and a raging fit of white magic against urban-planning hell on the other. Mumbling low-fidelity chord flares, dual slide attacks and reverb-drenched vocal confusion underwritten by stuttering free cymbal play and outright rockist brutalism combine to make this perversely their most approachable release yet. Come get lost.
Recorded at Green Machines 09, Mastered by Pete Swanson, Photo Art by Lemule Barbour. Edition of 300." - Emerald Cocoon.
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Artist: SUNKEN Title: New Zealand Eels Format: LP Label: Emerald Cocoon Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| Edition of 300 with free digital download. Thick reverseboard sleeves with art by Stefan Neville. "Sunkens previous two albums on Pseudo Arcana were long form chord-organ driven flights into the heart of the ecstatic blaring sun. Despite Antony Milton (The Nether Dawn, Glory Fckn Sun etc.) and Stefan Nevilles (Pumice) Lovecraftian attempts to posit Sunken as sea-shanties sung by sailors lost to Cthulhu at the bottom of the deepest darkest ocean, somehow their surging reed driven organs and vocal streams broadcast via cracked electronics seemed to suggest sailors breaking free of the weeds and swimming towards the light, and even, occasionally, breaking the surface. Their first vinyl release New Zealand Eels however, is a tentacle shot from the abyss to drag the sailors back down into the service of the lurker in the deep. Bleak, black and completely drowned, New Zealand Eels beams five submarine tracks from the lost to the lost through the milky darkness. With the vocal melodies pushed to the foreground and the instrumental origins of the music obscured as never before by damaged baby monitors, power starved dictaphones, tape saturation and spring reverb, Sunken are now finally, truly lost to the abyss. Two drowned sailors invite you to breathe in the water, forget about life on the surface and lay down with the kraken amidst the curling weeds." - Emerald Cocoon. |
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Artist: SWANSON, PETE Title: High Time/Trees Format: 7" Label: Emerald Cocoon Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "Pete Swansons love for the New Zealand underground is no secret (rumour has it that he engineered the entire Yellow Swans New Zealand tour of 2005 just so he could procure a copy of The Pin Group Goes To Town 12"), so we were pleasantly unsurprised when Pete turned in two re-imaginings of classic NZ underground tracks as his contribution to the Alone Together series. What surprised us greatly though was the form that they took: sparkling acoustic guitar, audible vocals, audible room tone – this was a Pete Swanson wed never heard before. Although his signature degradation systems are still in place (both sides end with a blown-out acoustic guitar emulating dirty-needled distortion), acoustic strings, four walls and a voice dominate, dislocated just enough to give you the sense that the world ends at your bedroom walls. This is a sound that shouldnt be unfamiliar to anyone previously baptised by 4-track channelled lathe transmissions from the bottom of the world. The dusty gems re-interpreted here are High Time by seminal Christchurch kvltists Dadamah (originally released as a 7" on the genius Majora label circa 91) and Trees from Gates recent downer-techno masterpiece A Republic Of Sadness, both are redolent of the darkest, coldest Dunedin winter as imagined from half a world away. Edition of 300. " - Emerald Cocoon. |
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Artist: EMERALDS Title: Laying Under Leaves Format: Cass Label: Emeralds Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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"first track is a low, misery drone. voices come, voices go. weird disturbed synths going up and down, sort of a turbine blade type vibe. fluttered backwards and upside down guitars layered over heavy layers of vocal mystique. b side is a dual synth and heavy guitar drone clocking in at like 15 minutes. starts of controlled, half way through all control is lost in synth/guitar bliss - red hot, toaster oven drones. ltd to 99, first emeralds cassette. color art, emerald colored tape."
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Artist: EMERALDS Title: Servant Format: Cass Label: Emeralds Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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Artist: EMERALDS Title: Smoke Signals Format: Cass Label: Emeralds Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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Artist: TUSCO TERROR/EMERALDS Title: Born Blacked Out Format: Cass Label: Emeralds Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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"tusco side is fucking amazing, maybe some of the best stuff. think feral cousins c40 meets the heresee disc. this one is heavy on the panic, lots of static - not the light kind. metal klanging, basement noises and six dudes from tusco county having their way in the basement of the diamond shiners house. beware the tremd vocals and 900 MPH hurricane noises. cornfield, ohio is a boring place and the tuscos are an american nightmare come true in rural ohio. emeralds side is a heavy, heavy low end speaker killer drone. think midnight lake water smashing against breakwalls - heavy wash, heavy marijuana. 3rd edition in blue norelco case. refered to as "the red tape."
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Artist: TUSCO TERROR/EMERALDS Title: Christmas Tape Format: Cass Label: Emeralds Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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"this c40 is wall to wall with HEAVY. tusco terror side (R.I.P. ers) is extra trashy, filled with gross metal and scraping things that should have been thrown away in 1993. dudes go at it live with room mic and and two direct in diamond shiners basement. listen for Russco Terrors crewcut sweatshirt with three million bells sewn to it! extremely awesome drum/noise loop halfway in. lots of low end, blown out speaker type stuff, with stoney tuscos ever present metal bar finally audible. emeralds side (vaporizer) is a 20 minute stress jam that builds up too much tension to hold in. a space beam type drone: maybe more like vegetable oil and water with food coloring in a two liter type thing going on. at 13 minutes that track breaks down into a guitar and dual synth meltdown like a volcano letting lava run down the sides of the mountain. edition of 70, painted tapes, silk-screened wrap-around case designed by nathan bowers."
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Artist: REVOLUCION DE EMILIANO ZAPATA Title: Revolucion de Emiliano Zapata Format: LP Label: Emiliano Zapata Country: Worlds Leading Terrorist State Price: $28.00 |
| "First album of this Mexican legend, one of these albums that you must own. Probably the best acid rock album ever made in Latin America, plenty of fuzz guitars and excellent compositions. New and limited reissue, including the original poster and a promo sheet." |
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Artist: TAYLOR/PAULINE OLIVEROS, CECIL Title: Solo - Duo - Poetry Format: DVD Label: Empac Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Recorded live at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, October 5, 2008, this DVD presents two musical giants: Pauline Oliveros and Cecil Taylor, each performing a solo set, plus a first-time ever duo performance. Also included is Taylor performing his own poetry as well as the EMPAC Opening Festival." Total playing time: 165 minutes. NTSC format; aspect ratio: 16:9. |
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Artist: GALBRAITH, ALASTAIR Title: Mirrorwork Format: LP Label: Emperor Jones Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"On Alastairs third long player, sounds -- guitar, violin, even some bagpipes -- expand and contract, folding into one another one moment and breaking away the next. His soothing, almost meditational voice is the calm which sets atop the musics pulsing shiver - you get the feeling that hes singing in the same room with you.
This is very intimate and personal music, full of wondrous melodies, cyclical experimentation and suspended notes." - Emperor Jones. Small stash of this mid-90s release.
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Artist: McMILLEN, SHAWN DAVID Title: Catfish Format: LP Label: Emperor Jones Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "The debut solo release from former ASH CASTLES ON THE GHOST COAST member and current IRON KITE and RUBBLE player SHAWN DAVID McMILLEN. Five epic, mostly instrumental songs performed with bowed bass and metal, Indian goat bells, analog synth, a rusty old autoharp, amplified springs and an abundance of guitars. Features guest appearances by BC SMITH (Iron Kite, ETHEREAL PLANES INDIAN) and MATT MARTINEZ (FRIDAY GROUP). One-time vinyl-only edition of 500 copies, packaged with eye-blistering artwork by McMillen reproduced in a sickening black cast created with multiple passes of ink." -Emperor Jones |
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Artist: RUSTED SHUT Title: Rehab Format: CD Label: Emperor Jones Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "The latest in repetitive naplam obliteration from Texas crust-grind filth-heads RUSTED SHUT. Thirteen over-amped tracks of maximum scuzz and infectious scorn delivered with genuine hatred. Originally released as a CDR, the album has been re-sickened with four new studio tracks and a live tribute to the city of Houston. Fans of Cherubs, Brainbombs, High Rise and Lightning Bolt will all die happier." |
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Artist: DRY SPELLS Title: Too Soon for Flowers Format: LP Label: Empty Cellar Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Too Soon For Flowers marks the debut of San Franciscos female fronted psych-folk ensemble, THE DRY SPELLS. Recorded by TIM GREEN (Fucking Champs), and featuring members of CITAY and SONNY & THE SUNSETS, this album is an impressive set of genre-defying compositions. Existing somewhere near the sonic intersection of Fairport Convention, Fleetwood Mac, and some heavy spaced-out dub, Too Soon For Flowers transitions effortlessly between eastern-influenced sustenatos, ethereal folk, and fuzzed-out psychedelic crescendos. Recommended for fans of Linda Perhacs, Cocteau Twins, & Espers, this woodsy album evokes numerous influences in the process of immersing the listener in something that is altogether new and mysterious. Keeping with the times, the LP comes with a high-quality digital download of the full album including The Dry Spells stunning rendition of Fleetwood Macs "Rhiannon." Limited to 500 copies." - Empty Cellar. |
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Artist: MAGIC TRICK Title: Glad Birth of Love Format: LP Label: Empty Cellar Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
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"TIM COHEN (FRESH & ONLYS) returns with his fourth full-length album, now under his MAGIC TRICK moniker. Four extended tracks running 43-minutes featuring Magic Trick members NOELLE CAHILL, ALICIA VANDEN HEUVEL, and JAMES KIM, with guest contributions from JOHN DWYER (THEE OH SEES), GRACE COOPER (SANDWITCHES), DIEGO GONZALEZ (GONG, CITAY, JONAS REINHARDT, DRY SPELLS), JOE ROBERTS (BLACK FICTION), AMBER LAMPRECHT (RODRIGUEZ BAND), and STEVE PEACOCK. Limited edition pressing of 100 copies released for Tims birthday (July 19), packaged with a limited edition art print by KEVIN EARL TAYLOR." -Empty Cellar
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Artist: SHEARER, DYLAN Title: Porchpuddles Format: LP Label: Empty Cellar Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Empty Cellar Records is more than stoked to present the sophomore full-length LP by San Franciscos elusive pop wizard, DYLAN SHEARER, at once a continuation of his distinctive and infectious melodic sensibilities and an evolution, fully exploring the romance and isolation only hinted at in previous releases. "There is a new specter among us. Dylan Shearers throaty baritone seems to have been borne on the slow-moving winds off some far-away coast. Plaintive and honest, his voice recalls Syd Barrett, Bill Fay, Skip Spence, and others whose words and melodies never seemed in a rush to get anywhere, yet always arrived fully formed in the listeners ear nonetheless. Porchpuddles, Shearers second full length and first for San Franciscos hodge-podge Empty Cellar records, is rare in its perfect timelessness. Sounds are heard and understood perfectly, yet the combination of these sounds is beyond a simple pop understanding. Songs of longing and songs of seeming indifference are bedded together seamlessly. Perhaps, questions about the records origin and its mysterious creator will abound, for taken at face value, Porchpuddles has little to no recognizable counterpart in todays one-hit warehouse. Indeed, there is a new specter among us; let us all welcome in the ghost of the present."-Tim Cohen. This first pressing (limited to 500 copies) comes in a classic uncoated tip-on sleeve. All LPs include a high quality download of the full album plus seven bonus tracks!" - Empty Cellar. |
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Artist: SWORDS + SANDALS Title: Good & Plenty Format: LP Label: Empty Cellar Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Introducing SWORD+SANDALS, a free jazz unit from San Francisco founded by JOHN DWYER (THEE OH SEES, COACHWHIPS, etc.) and RADYLEE SUTHERLAND (VHOLTZ, CONTROL R WORKSHOP, FREAKOUT TAPES). After Dwyer & Randy Lee roared for a few as a mighty duo they brought on broad artist SHAUN ODELL (BEAK, CORN SILO OF SKULLS) to complete the S+S sound. While performing for locals only, this group found a sound, which brought out the individual players trip-be it humor, art or soul. This became their blue print to have fun playing this music, deep on this feeling with heavy skill dedication. Live performances broke out into the material on this LP, drawing on recordings of the greats, and the feel for those amazing records! They floated these out-their originals, their sound-a record to bring into its history. Good & Plenty, stemmed from one epic all-day 16-microphone recording session captured on 1-inch tape. This recording features John Dwyer on traps, flute and bass string, Shaun Odell on tenor, alto, and keys and Randy Lee Sutherland on alto, bass clarinet, and traps, with ANTHONY PETROVIC (EZEE TIGER) sitting in for one track on synth. This pressing is limited to 300 copies, featuring full color original artwork by Shaun ODell." - Empty Cellar |
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Artist: KUBISCH, CHRISTINA/9KHZ HEGENBART/DEMAND Title: Ohne Titel (Lichtbilder I-V/2001)/9KHZ Format: LP/Artwork Label: En/Of Country: Germany Price: $84.00 |
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"A pigment photo print (five different versions) with images of walls taken with ultraviolet light, together with a new record from 9kHz, the duo of Boris Hegenbart and Sascha Demand. Edition of 250." - En/Of. Christina Kubisch: Ohne Titel (Lichtbilder I-V/2001), 2005; Pigment Print, 30 x 30 cm; Edition of 250, Signed, numbered and dated. 9KHZ Hegenbart/Demand: 9KHZ, 2005; 12"
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Artist: MIRROR/DASH & DAN GRAHAM Title: Sweetface/Rom Supply Co. Format: LP/Art Label: En/Of Country: Germany Price: $130.00 |
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"Artwork by: Dan Graham: "Sweetface / Rom Supply Co." (featuring Chan Marsall & a cat in a box), Screenprint, 30 x 30 cm, 2003. Edition of 100. Signed, numbered & dated. LP is by Mirror/Dash (Kim Gordon & Thurston Moore, both guitars). Their first release since the
monumental "Electric Pen/Gum" 7" over a decade ago. Recorded live in Northhampton, March, 2003. [note: Dan Grahams piece is
mis-identified as a "screenprint" -- appears to be a digital color laser print or something like that...]" - FE.
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Artist: SIGHTINGS Title: End Times EP Format: LP Label: En/Of Country: Germany Price: $40.00 |
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"EN/OF is a series of releases from the Bottrop-Boy record label. Every release contains a 12" record & an art edition and is limited to 100 copies. The intention is to let musicians and artists (in)directly collaborate. The result is a true audiovisual experience from some of the most exciting contemporary artists and musicians." - En/Of.
Features the Sightings tracks Failure Of Words, Carry On, Slow Boat and Knecht Ruprecht. The first 3 are on the End Times CD on Fusetron, the 4th is exclusive to this release. ****A handful of unnumbered copies without the Richter art. Unique press-on lettering artwork.***
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Artist: BURNS, RANDY Title: Evening Of The Magician Format: LP Label: Enabling Works Country: Netherlands Price: $26.00 |
| "Three albums by Randy Burns were originally released on the ESP-Disk label during the late 60s. The first called Of Love And War came out in 1966 and was somewhat your typical mid-60s solo folk debut album, straight out of the Greenwich Village scene. It contained a few self-composed tunes but mostly "borrowed" songs from fellow folksters. Accompanied only by his acoustic guitar and occasional 12-string backing, Randy laid down a set that inspired his own writing. The third album called Songs For An Uncertain Lady was released in 1970 and already leaned much more towards Randys rock style in the early 70s, when he moved on to the Mercury label. However still folky, as a whole it was much more straightforward and outgoing than the music described yet. Now, in retrospective categorized as acid- or loner-folk, ever an effort of a self-composed album in the folk-rock genre of the time is Evening Of The Magician, from 1968. Randy has a clear and warm, very distinctive voice, especially beautiful when backed up by himself on two songs. In regards to the "acid-folk" point of view, his poetic lyrics may be considered slightly psychedelic. However, his words are often used and placed oddly, therefore making the meaning of the song not instantly obvious. From a "loner-folk" perspective, the music is quite introverted due to a woolly home-recording sound. Now backed up by a small band, Randys music really is folk-rock in the very essence of the term. He constructed compositions that are and can only be carried out on (acoustic) guitar, the core melodies being within the suggestive chords, underlined by electric solo guitar and bass, and occasional drums, organ, piano, and flute. The album only consists of the most gentle and musically interesting songs. It has been a challenge to provide the best of sound quality for the vinyl reissue. The original vinyl was of poor quality, the original tapes were worse. Furthermore, the recordings appeared to have been panned dominantly to one channel, making it sound completely out of balance. But, with the latest technology, the album could be fully restored to the way it should sound. The audiophile will find a centered stereo image and smooth continuity of tonal beauty. Randy recently picked up the guitar and started writing again. Apart from his often ESP-Disk-related cult status, he is a very much respected member of the U.S. folk community. Now, his current followers are introduced to probably his most essential release, as collectors are offered a true gem in the best quality, ever. 180 gram vinyl LP." -Enabling Works. |
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Artist: CONNORS, LOREN Title: Hells Kitchen Park Format: LP Label: Enabling Works Country: Netherlands Price: $25.00 |
| "180 gram vinyl special. Hells Kitchen Park is the first of a selection of Loren Connors typical and truly addictive guitar suites from the 90s to be reissued on vinyl. With his initial imprint release in 1993 on Black Label, Loren introduced his first thematic effort that later would prove to have shaped the identity of his work as it is today. Loren started using the electric guitar in the late 80s, which enabled him to experiment with more sustain and subtlety. This resulted in recording shorter, more structured pieces as opposed to his earlier acoustic solo work of long, on-going improvisation. He put down chord material on the four-track tape recorder, a sequence, and then overdubbed leads onto it. Pieces were built up in this way, and subsequently, suites of pieces. The first album recorded in this fashion was In Pittsburgh, followed by Blues: The "Dark Paintings" of Mark Rothko, Fallen Son, Midnight, concluded by and partially compiled on Rooms. All were self-released on the St. Joan label in very limited numbers, during a very productive period from 1989 to 1990. With the exception of the occasional tracks on which Suzanne Langille sang, most were merely numbered and named "Blues," still leaving Lorens work strongly signatured only in sound. In 1993, a picture of a poverty scene from around the turn of the 20th-century led Loren to come up with his first theme-based suite, continuing his solo home-recordings, now most distinctive in both sound and image. Hells Kitchen Park radiates with inspiration. On this album, Loren introduces the contrast between tender, often anthem-like melodic lullabies, and haunting, thick distorted guitar crying, which causes great intensity. Suzanne Langilles occasional singing adds surprising diversity and warmth to the recording. It mingles so naturally that it sometimes is difficult to tell her voice from the guitar, as it seems to appear in tracks where it is not recorded. The tracks are strung together to build a composition as a whole, so it works as a composition itself rather than just a collection of pieces. The story the suite tells is of the poor circumstances the early 20th-century Irish-New York folk were living in, clustered in a neighborhood called Hells Kitchen. The theme first saw light on a 7" EP called Mother & Son, which was released in 1993 by Road Cone, shortly before the Hells Kitchen Park CD. The picture that inspired Loren to put the suite together is shown on the cover of the LP. Probably one of the best known, yet least-owned albums by Loren is now available again, on 180 gram quality vinyl with an insert." -Enabling Works |
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Artist: CONNORS, LOREN Title: Moonyean Format: LP Label: Enabling Works Country: Netherlands Price: $25.00 |
| "180 gram vinyl special. This is the second of a selection of Loren Connors typical and truly addictive guitar suites from the 90s to be reissued on vinyl. In 1994, after the Hells Kitchen Park (EW 001LP) album and Mother & Son 7" EP had come out, a semi-sequel to the latter was released by Table of the Elements in the form of a 7" EP called The Five Points. The record told a short story of a New York City slum of that name, which counted the citys most mortalities in the year 1857, of which most were Irish children under six years of age. The EP featured one track that was given the ambiguous name "Moonyean." There was a movie from 1932 that was based on a theater play from 1919, in which the ghost of an Irish-American woman appeared in a garden. That ghost was Moonyean, and Loren named his next album after her. This suite of 13 individually untitled tracks was originally released on CD by Road Cone in 1994. For the re-release on 180 gram vinyl, the original artwork including Suzanne Langilles picture on the front cover has been upgraded, but the title is all that remains clear about the theme, still leaving its content up to ones imagination. Though ever-equipped with the same tools of his trade, Loren managed to come up with a different sound on every album. Moonyean for the most part is probably the most gentle of all, due to its source of inspiration. It carries a number of warm and fuzzy tracks in which notes just melt on the tongue. But the album also has the right dose of distorted experimental blues riffs, ever so intense. Loren may have found a new way to express himself through the different pick-up positions on his guitar as well as external effects, but his character guiding his soft artistic hands over the strings leaves the sound of one man and his guitar unequalled, as his state of mind decides the color of a recording. With the tape hiss, environmental sounds, acoustics, and Lorens occasional distant moaning, Moonyean is another beautiful piece of timeless and earthly sound art. For its completion, Suzanne Langille hums a few lines on one of the tracks, bringing in an element of peace -- perhaps playing the role of Moonyean. Even though it is not clear what Loren is saying exactly with the untitled tracks on the album, there is a certain pureness and truth in it." -Enabling Works |
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Artist: BEASTMASTER/TUSCO TERROR Title: Kinda Knew/Yellow River Format: 10" Label: Endleseries Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
| Re: Beastmaster: "undiscovered new genre techno slaughter solo". Re: Tusco Terror:" if u cant imagine it they will try it , turn the river yellow just like jesus" ENDLESERIES is a collection of music exclusive to our catalog. The catalog is continuously growing. We hand lathe cut 10" virgin lacquers with aproxamately 9 minutes of audio per side. Each lacquer is cut to order. The records play at 33rpm." - Endleseries. New series of customized split 10"s from Caleb Johnston (Anonymous, Nautical Almanac, etc..).. Beautifully packaged, metal-core virgin dub plates, with handstamped, old style 78 sleeves and labels. |
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Artist: GRUSEL KRANKENKABINET, HANS/SMEGMA Title: Another Miserable Day #3/Nov. 1973 Format: 10" Label: Endleseries Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
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"ENDLESERIES is a collection of music exclusive to our catalog. The catalog is continuously growing. We hand lathe cut 10" virgin lacquers with aproxamately 9 minutes of audio
per side. Each lacquer is cut to order. The records play at 33rpm." - Endleseries. New series of customized split 10"s from Caleb Johnston (Anonymous, Nautical Almanac, etc..).. Beautifully packaged, metal-core virgin dub plates, with handstamped, old style 78 sleeves and labels.
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Artist: HAYLECK, ANDY/THURSTON MOORE Title: The Demolished Man/Touch You Format: 10" Label: Endleseries Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
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"ENDLESERIES is a collection of music exclusive to our catalog. The catalog is continuously growing. We hand lathe cut 10" virgin lacquers with aproxamately 9 minutes of audio
per side. Each lacquer is cut to order. The records play at 33rpm." - Endleseries. New series of customized split 10"s from Caleb Johnston (Anonymous, Nautical Almanac, etc..).. Beautifully packaged, metal-core virgin dub plates, with handstamped, old style 78 sleeves and labels.
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Artist: HIGGS, DANIEL/ANGST HASE PFEFFER Title: Recitation/Reveitte & Commiseration Format: 10" Lathe Cut Label: Endleseries Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
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"ENDLESERIES is a collection of music exclusive to our catalog. The catalog is continuously growing. We hand lathe cut 10" virgin lacquers with aproxamately 9 minutes of audio per side. Each lacquer is cut to order. The records play at 33rpm." - Endleseries. New series of customized split 10"s from Caleb Johnston (Anonymous, Nautical Almanac, etc..).. Beautifully packaged, metal-core virgin dub plates, with handstamped, old style 78 sleeves and labels.
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Artist: NAGOSKI, IAN/ANDY HAYLECK Title: Holding, Never Again, Take Me/Crepuscule With Mollusks Format: 10" Label: Endleseries Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
| Re: Ian Nagoski: "psyche-improv bliss-out and on the other, embarrassing, drunken karaoke". Re: Andy Hayleck:" the multi talented a.h. is back , this time w/ a field recording of a microverse" ENDLESERIES is a collection of music exclusive to our catalog. The catalog is continuously growing. We hand lathe cut 10" virgin lacquers with aproxamately 9 minutes of audio per side. Each lacquer is cut to order. The records play at 33rpm." - Endleseries. New series of customized split 10"s from Caleb Johnston (Anonymous, Nautical Almanac, etc..).. Beautifully packaged, metal-core virgin dub plates, with handstamped, old style 78 sleeves and labels. |
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Artist: ROSENFELD, MARINA/METALUX Title: Untitled/Czar Rust Repair Format: 10" Label: Endleseries Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
| ENDLESERIES is a collection of music exclusive to our catalog. The catalog is continuously growing. We hand lathe cut 10" virgin lacquers with aproxamately 9 minutes of audio per side. Each lacquer is cut to order. The records play at 33rpm." - Endleseries. New series of customized split 10"s from Caleb Johnston (Anonymous, Nautical Almanac, etc..).. Beautifully packaged, metal-core virgin dub plates, with handstamped, old style 78 sleeves and labels. |
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Artist: ACTOR, THE Title: Covergirl EP Format: 10" Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $19.00 |
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"The Actor is one of the most famous, and also obscure, minimal wave acts from The Netherlands from the early 80s. Now, in 2005, The Actor has re-recorded their all time classic track Covergirl.
Next to this new version of the track enfant03 also features the original 1982 version and two brilliant cover versions by the French masters of contemporary minimal electronic music: Porn.Darsteller and It & My Computer. Both these artists appear from the leading Invasion Planète Rec. label." - Enfant Terrible.
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Artist: AFTER THE SNOW Title: Fracture Format: LP Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $20.00 |
| "On his debut LP After The Snow (this artist was already present on Enfant04: Electronic Renaissance) presents to the world his visions and feelings translated into dark, ritualistic and invocative minimal electronics. In his sound you will discover that After The Snow works within the old industrial and new wave tradition. And, his sound will remind you of early minimal electronic acts. Still he has a very unique and original sound of his own, made for the world of today... LP limited to 310 copies." - Enfant Terrible. |
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Artist: AGENT SIDE GRINDER Title: Agent Side Grinder Format: 7" Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $11.00 |
| "Agent Side Grinder is one the most promising new bands in the field of contemporary minimal electronic music. Their music is firmly rooted in the post-punk, new wave, minimal electronics and industrial tradition and they are following in pioneers footsteps of the likes of Silver Apples, Suicide, Throbbing Gristle and Liaisons Dangereuses. No laptops and backing tapes or such things are used. All is done in real time with analogue synths, rhythm boxes and tape loops... in the studio and live on stage... Agent Side Grinder is the new breed for today! This is the second release on the Petit Enfant series for 7" releases only. The artwork and packaging is done by Dutch artist Edwin Stoutjesdijk (also known as dj Kramp from our Hex parties)..." -Enfant Terrible. |
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Artist: AGENT SIDE GRINDER Title: Irish Recording Tape Format: LP Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $22.00 |
| "After the debut album was finished and released one of the members had to leave for the USA for about one and a half year. During this time the band continued to write songs and played numerous live shows, with their studio technician (now a full time member of the band) filling the spot. Also in this period the band attracted another band member to perform live bass guitar on stage. Together they worked on a new album which was finished after the lost member was back from the USA. This record is Irish Recording Tape. On this record the band has been perfecting their sound and song writing skills. Maybe the songs have been become more accessible in a way, but they still show the typical style of Agent Side Grinder: drilling industrial sounds which may be reminiscent at times of Swans, hypnotic synth sequences that refer to krautrock and psychedelic music and post-punk influenced bass lines which will give you flashbacks to Joy Division." - Enfant Terrible. |
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Artist: AGENT SIDE GRINDER Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $26.00 |
| "We do not exagerate when we say that this record by Swedish band Agent Side Grinder has been awaited for. The response to their debut single, and their contribution to the "Hoera! Een Hex voor thuis!" compilation LP, has been overwhelmingly positive. There has been written and said that a full lenght album is eagerly awaited. Enfant Terrible is very happy to pressent this debut album. The band plays real industrial music in the style of Cabaret Voltaire, mix it with some proto-punk in the Suicide way, fuse this with the energy of early EBM reminiscent of The Klinik and top this with psychedelic touches that can be traced back to The Doors. The result is an unique, contemporary and fresh sound that will appeal to fans of industrial, elektro, old style EBM and krautrock alike. Also Agent Side Grinde has already proven to be a great live band, with only analogue equipement on stage." - Enfant Terrible |
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Artist: AGENT SIDE GRINDER Title: The Transatlantic Tape Project Format: LP Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $22.00 |
| "Limited to approx. 500 copies. Back and forth across the ocean... The true experimental side of Agent Side Grinder is shown in The Transatlantic Tape Project. This project started as a way to keep working together while one of the members was in the USA. Sounds and music where put to tape and send over the Atlantic Ocean and re-worked their and sent back again to Sweden. In the end this resolved into an unique album with amazing music. The Transatlantic Tape Project is a blending of 60s psychedelic music and 80s experimental industrial muzak which is molded into original contemporary ambient music. Maybe it is better to call this Electronic Chamber Music as it is much richer in texture then ambient music. Think about a soundtrack for a David Lynch film, think early Cabaret Voltaire and think elements of Velvet Underground and you can maybe get an idea of the actual sound of this record. This is still an ongoing project. Right now (October 2009) the visual part is being realized. In the near future we hope to present a special performance around this project." - Enfant Terrible. |
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Artist: BRONZE Title: One Night In Mexico/ Hymn of the Night Shepherd Format: 7" Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $11.00 |
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"...the band hollows out the inside of an ARP 2600 and rides its plastic carcass all the way into the pits of hell, picking up the bones of a million dead post-punk/synth-punk bands along the way. Youll be picking pieces of Throbbing Gristle out of your teeth as "One Night in Mexico" shifts gears from menacing to terrifying, a barrage of white hot synth shrapnel and lacerating guitars threatening to take you head off even before you can flip the record. The B-Side isnt any tamer, with a whiplash rhythm that cant sit still for more than a second, perhaps thats because its getting poked, rammed and prodded with all manner of scorpion synth stabs and screaming that sounds like it was recorded through a trash compactor." - Impose Magazine. Edition of 300 copies.
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Artist: DOXA SINISTRA Title: Conveyer Belt Format: LP Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $25.00 |
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"Doxa Sinistra was besides The Actor and Ende Shneafliet one of the more prominent acts on the Trumpett label in the 80s. Conveyer Belt is
simply one of the best pieces of experimental and industrial music released in that era. Even today this music stands on its own and has lost nothing of it genius, originality and impact." - Enfant Terrible
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Artist: HERO WOUTERS Title: Muziek voor Leven en Dood Format: LP Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $22.00 |
| "Psychedelic minimal electronics from the early 80s by Dutch artist Hero Wouters. The LP comes on crystal clear vinyl, with two inserts and a beautiful sleeve with an artwork by Maaike." -Enfant Terrible. |
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Artist: ICK Title: La parade des sans illusions Format: 7" Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $10.00 |
| "The present is imperfect...ICK is a well know name in the industrial music world. Since a long time he is also involved in minimal electronic music. On this 7" EP ICK displays his perception on contemporary society. His dreams and fears about political power, youth and the future are crafted into fierce minimal elektro tracks with punk and industrial influences. This is the first release on the new Petit Enfant series. This series is for 7" releases only. The artwork is done by Dutch artist Edwin Stoutjesdijk." - Enfant Terrible "Die Platte enthält vier kraftvolle, energiegeladene und tanzbare Stücke des alteingesessenen französischen Projekts I-C-K. Erfrischender und gelungener Crossover aus Miminalelektronik, Punk und Retro-Industrial mit brachialen GenerationX-Vocals. Ein wenig wie CRASS meets SPK meets METAL URBAIN." (Nonpop) |
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Artist: KAA ANTILOPE Title: VPRO RadioNome April 2 1982 Format: LP Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $25.00 |
| "Kaa Antilope from Belgium is possibly one of the better kept secrets from the 1980s. Known to few people but loved by those. The reason is simple... this band was unique with their wonderful neo romantic, playful and melancholy sound. Their songs are best described as experimental synthpop with a poetic touch. Only one 7" record was released in 1982. Even today their music stands out with its very special sound of its own. There has not been a single other band since the 1980s that can be compared to Kaa Antilope. This live studio session was done as part of the legendary RadioNome radioshow broadcasted by the VPRO in the early 80s. The session has been tranfered from the original tape and is edited and re-mastered to make it available for the ultimate listening pleasure the songs ask for. The liner notes have been written by a close companion of the musicians / member of Pseudo Code." -Enfant Terrible. Limited to 500 copies. |
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Artist: SCORPION VIOLENTE/THE DREAMS Title: Split Format: 7" Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $11.00 |
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"...Scorpion Violente is up first, and seeing that they share members with The Anals, you might think you know what theyre going to sound like, but they take a left turn into dizzyingly
dour minimal electro with a dadaist flair, especially on "Force de Droite", a filter-crammed blast of raw electronic gurgling and futuristic intent. On the flip, The Dreams trade in a similar
brand of electronic fury, and their sole contribution here, "Tropique de Cancer" is a scorcher, filled with short-circuiting electronics and all manner of Hades-scraping atmospherics and harsh
oscillating vibes." - Impose Magazine. Edition of 300 copies.
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Artist: SOLITAIREN EFFEKTEN Title: S/T Format: 10" Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $20.00 |
| "Neo romantic minimal wave with Neo Deutsche Welle touches. Six hits for you to dance and listen to..." - Enfant Terrible "Solitairen Effekten is more than influenced by the early 80s electronics, they simply try to emulate the total way of working of the pioneers. They dont use midi or computers, which is hardly imaginable today. The result is a pure 80s electronic sound like a mix of Front 242s ⿿Geography-period and German 80s bands (for the German vocals). The song ⿿Ein kleines Stück Erinnerung perfectly brings these old memories alive." - Side-Line |
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Artist: V/A Title: Festival Der Genialen Dissidenten Format: LP + 7" Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $28.00 |
| "The compilation Festival der Genialen Dissidenten can be considered as a sort of sequel to the highly acclaimed and long time sold out collectors piece and cult LP Electronic Renaissance (Enfant04). Especially realized for the Enfant Terrible label night (12 april 2008 in Bruxelles) is the 7" release by Wermut. The following artists are present on the compilation: Agent Side Grinder ⿿ known for their releases on Enfant Terrible. Dolina ⿿ very promising new elektro band from France/Belgium. Vincent K. ⿿ also known as RA-X, established and long time producer of electronic music. Nosztalgia Direktíva ⿿ new alias of artist who previously released on Invasion Planete Records. Adolf Filter ⿿ Swedish duo who create elektro and EBM influenced analogue tracks. :Codes ⿿ Belgian act who released on a Kommando 6 compilation but is now working with Enfant Terrible. Le Triangle De LAndrogyne ⿿ interesting new commer on Enfant Terrible with spacious electronica. Pierre Normal ⿿ Belgian / French band who play poetic electronic music. Yseult Descieux ⿿ playful and weird band from Belgium/France. Jongbloed featuring Sofia E.R. ⿿ Enfant Terrible boss and Wermut member collaboration. Coeurvert ⿿ twisted elektro chansons from Belgium" - Enfant Terrible |
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Artist: V/A Title: Trumpett Days Format: LP Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $25.00 |
| "After the highly acclaimed and already long time sold out Trumpett Sounds (Enfant02) compilation Enfant Terrible presents the second (and last) collection of sounds from the legendary Dutch 80s tape label Trumpett. This time we went deeper into the Trumpett archive and came out with some material even the Trumpett gatekeeper forgot about. Trumpett Days is maybe a little bit weirder as its predecessor (even though it also features some excellent dance tunes), it will make the true minimal electronics heart beat faster for sure!!!" - Enfant Terrible |
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Artist: VAN ACKER, LUC Title: VPRO RadioNome December 18 1981 Format: LP Label: Enfant Terrible Country: Netherlands Price: $25.00 |
| "Luc Van Acker is all except an obscure musician. Already from his solo records in the early 80s he has been building a name for himself as a multi talented musician and performer. While his early works are rather experimental he later joined forces with other musicians (who have become famous with bands like Front 242 and Ministry) to create a more rock orientated industrial / electronic act called Revolting Cocks. The session on this record is from 1981 and thus a very early piece of music in the discography of Luc Van Acker. For this occasion he performed with live electronics, a violin and various other gadgets and tools. The music must be seen as somewhere in between old style industrial music (thus experimental) and modern classical music. This live performance takes the listener from rhythmic pieces into more soundscape like baths of sound and was done as part of the legendary RadioNome radioshow broadcasted by the VPRO in the early 80s. The session has been tranfered from the original tape and is edited and re-mastered to make it available for a new audience. The liner notes have been written by Luc Van Acker himself." -- Enfant Terrible. Limited to 520 copies. |
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Artist: YUGANAUT Title: Sharks Format: LP Label: Engine Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Calling the three members of Yuganaut ⿿multi-instrumentalists is a little too easy. What is needed is some kind of word that would connote being multiple bands. Between them they could be a small brass group, an electric chamber ensemble or a straight-ahead jazz trio. But such formal confines may not leave room for the moments of playfulness or the passages of spacey psychedelia that sneak in between their evocative and highly original sounds. Between them, band members Stephen Rush, Tom Abbs and Geoff Mann play Fender Rhodes and Moog synthesizer; trumpet, trombone and tuba; bass, cello and violin; and drums, toys and didgeridoo. Does that sound streamlined? Their previous release also included mandolin, euphonium and vibes. More important than the listing of implements is the fact that the three gentlemen of Yuganaut are more than conscientious about leaving room in the music, not just for each other but to let the music grow. Between them they can boast of Reggie Workmans tutelage, performance with the Warsaw National Symphony and membership in the Fela-inspired Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra. Which is to say there is tradition, formalism, groove and a sense of fun at play. They are at core, perhaps, a jazz band; but being a jazz band means (or should mean) that anything is possible. Theres ritual, theres storytelling, theyre contemplative, extrapolative, expressive, even impressive. Yuganaut is not here to be pigeon-holed. Theyre just here to play for you. Yuganauts first album, This Musicianship (ESP 4044), was released on ESP-Disk in 2008. Personnel: Stephen Rush (rhodes, moog, trombone, toys) Tom Abbs (bass, cello, violin, tuba, didj) Geoff Mann (drums, percussion, trumpet)" - Engine. Limited to 100 copies, in silkscreened jackets. |
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Artist: VOICE CRACK Title: Shock_Late Format: LP Label: Entenpfuhl Country: Germany Price: $13.00 |
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Artist: BURMESE Title: Monkeys Tear Man To Shreds, Man Never Forgives Ape, Man Destroys Enviroment Format: LP Label: Enterruption Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"Completely raw and brutal dual damaged bass and drums attack from the legendary and infamous Burmese. Recorded in 2000 at their rehearsal space in Oakland on 8 track reel-to-reel by yours truly, wm.Rage, a few weeks or month before they recorded their debut CD release for Tumult Records: same material, different recordings. This LP also includes from the same session their BLISTERING cover version of Black Flags "Ive Heard It Before" - previously released on their "Treaties of Greed and Filth" 7". Mastered by Scott Colburn. Edition 500x copies, red vinyl." - Enterruption.
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Artist: DEMONLORE Title: Palace of the Nixies Format: Cass Label: Enterruption Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "Levi and Kaylie, both from Alaska �?? Levi is the aforementioned Visible/Invisible Wall, Kaylie living in Idaho now. Broken electronic night crawl and acoustic damaged forest creep completely inspired by the endless winter nights and eternal summer days spent wandering through forever stretching forests and empty plains, rocked out on knife hits. Fans of Dead Machines should take definite note. Demonlore is by far the best project Ive heard from Levi - all the talent being attributed to Kalie, of course." - Enterruption. |
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Artist: LARSEN Title: Musm Format: Double LP Label: Enterruption Country: USA Price: $16.50 |
| "Italian experiment rock doing soundtrack pieces. one LP = music, other LP = screenprinted art edition" - Enterruption. |
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Artist: SUN CITY GIRLS Title: Beginnings Dark Format: LP Label: Enterruption Country: USA Price: $36.00 |
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One sided LP with a backwards version of "The Venerable Song (The Meaning Which Is No Longer Known)" from Bright Surroundings Dark Beginnings released on Majora back in 1993.
Truly impressive packaging: die cut, metallic embossed lp slipcase, white vinyl lp (which plays inside out) with silkscreened b-side, multiple 12"x 12" full color flats/innersleeve, misc artwork inserts, a band photo, a childhood photo of Charlie Gocher (R.I.P.), linernotes, etc.. Very limited copies.
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Artist: V/A Title: Wooden Octopus Skull 2006 pFestival Format: CD/Book Label: Enterruption Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Originally these program guides were given to the ticket purchasers for the pFest in Sep. 10"x10" pro printed magazine, 32 pages, full color cover with art by Santos. Magazine contains info/bios/interviews/photos of the 2006 Wooden Octopus Skull artists line up including: Japanese New Music Festival (Acid Mothers Temple SWR, Ruins Alone, Zubi Zuva X, Zoffy, Akaten, Scikazoku, Shrinp Wark) Midmight (of Hans Grusels Krankinkabinet), MV Carbon (of Metallux), Dialing In, Tovah Olson (of Dead Machines, Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice), Laticia Casteneda, Replicock (Jackie of Smegma teamed up with Angie Sharkieface), 16 Bitch Pile-Up, Amber Asylum, irr.app.(ext.), Ear Venom, Soriah, Waldteufel (members of Crash Worship). Magazine also contains the most up to date and complete discographies of the Noise night artists + a pro pressed CD with exclusive tracks by these artists as well: Wolf Eyes (2 pages worth of discog!!!), Dead Machines, Double Leopards, Yellow Swans, Hive Mind, Cherry Point." - Enterruption. |
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Artist: VISIBLE/INVISIBLE WALL Title: Distant Realities 1 Format: Cass Label: Enterruption Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "Levi hails from an insolated coastal town in Alaska, pop.300+ in summer, pop.70+ in winter. He grew up around cold sea, endless forests, glaciers bigger than most breadboxes by far, endless ice-fields, endless days and endless nights. All of these influences can be heard in the sounds that this guy busts forth. Levi has been a big creative influence around these parts �?? he was a forming member of the band I roll with: Blue Sabbath Black Cheer; and his art has adorned our walls for months now. Visible/Invisible Wall is Levi being Levi: endless minimalist stoned sounds and a societal misanthropic philosophy. Good stuff. Even Richard Rupenis, the mastermind behind The New Blockaders, is a fan of V/IW." - Enterruption. |
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Artist: VISIBLE/INVISIBLE WALL Title: Numbered 7 & 8 Format: Cass Label: Enterruption Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "These tapes, the V/IW and Demonlore, are from Levis short-lived uber-limited tape label, Numbered Tapes. Since hes moving back to his hometown in Alaska he gave us the masters at our insistence (and Stentorian Tapes as well) so that we could re-release them - a couple of the Numbered Tapes were in editions of 5x. This is more of Levis minimalist knife-hits noise jams, inspired by the bear bones he found half-buried in the frozen tundra near his home in Alaska." - Enterruption. |
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Artist: DJ ORDEAL Title: Sea/Seagull Format: LP Label: Entracte Country: UK Price: $20.00 |
| "DJ Ordeal has been creating his progressively strange tape collages for the best part of a decade. Following more than a dozen releases, Sea/Seagull may well be his oddest recording yet. Based on a multi-tracked and speeded-up vocal riff, played alongside recordings of sea breakers, voices, orchestral and seagull sounds, this is a painstakingly constructed audio tapestry. LP; first edition of 200 copies." - Entracte. Recently collaborated with Vitamin B12. |
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Artist: RAIONBASHI Title: Cloral Works I & II Format: One Sided LP Label: Entracte Country: UK Price: $24.00 |
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"Two symphonic compositions for yodeling voice and electro-acoustic body functions performed by Doreen and Daniel Kutzke-Lowenbruck. First edition of 250 copies." - Entracte.
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Artist: VENROOY, ESTHER Title: Shift Coordinate Points Format: LP Label: Entracte Country: UK Price: $20.00 |
| ⿿K9 moved back into the combat area ⿿ Standing now in the Chinese youth sent the resistance message jolting clicking tilting through the pinball machine ⿿ Enemy plans exploded in a burst of rapid calculations ⿿ Clicking in punch cards of redirected orders ⿿ Crackling shortwave static ⿿ Word falling ⿿ Photo falling ⿿ Break through in Grey Room ⿿ Pinball led streets ⿿ Free doorways ⿿ In 1997, British maverick label Irdial-Discs collected a selection of so-called numbers stations or spy stations recordings under the title The Conet Project. This plays like a best of of more than 30 years worth of secret radio and contains fragments of American, German, Swedish and Russian transmissions. Belgian composer Esther Venrooy was given permission to work with the material and for the occasion of the celebration of 75 years of Belgian radio created a highly personal interpretation of the mediums secret history. Using manipulated sound and collage techniques she manages to distill an abstract poetry of sounds and thereby succeeds in extracting some meaning out of these hermetic transmissions." - Entracte. Highly recommened! Limited to 300 copies. |
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Artist: AESTHETICS, THE Title: Dusk Husk Format: 7" Lathe Cut Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $15.00 |
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"This is the latest release from the new Aesthetics line-up. More refinement, rather than departure, from their unique sludge-noise-roark. Although directed by Matt Middleton, Dunedins finest have always been the sum of their collective musical parts." - Epic Sweep. Limited to 30 copies.
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Artist: AESTHETICS, THE Title: Live at the Crown Format: Cass Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $10.00 |
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"This is a fantastic set by one of the best live bands around. Ten tracks recorded warts n all in Dunedin." - Epic Sweep. Limited to 20 copies.
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Artist: BAA BAA AND THE BLACK SHEEP Title: Men of Constant Rhythm Format: Lathe Cut 10"/Fanzine Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $27.00 |
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"Ltd. 30 copies. Sounding like a cross between Homosexuals offshoot Amos and Sara and Say Yes To Apes, this 8 track 10” (plus zine) is the first proper release from the vast archives of Dunedins mysterious Baa Baa duo of Mark Williams (Marineville, Cookie Brooklyn) and Tenzin Mullin (Suka)." -Epic Sweep.
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Artist: BOMBER JACKETS Title: Hot Georgian Summer Format: 7" Lathe Cut Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $17.00 |
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"Ltd. to 20 copies. The Bomber Jackets include Russell, head honcho from the more than excellent UK DIY/Messthetics sounding band The Pheromoans. Much more than a side project, The Bomber Jackets here present two spoken word synth orientated tracks in all their live glory." -Epic Sweep
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Artist: CARTOON Title: Live Format: Lathe Cut 8" Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $18.00 |
| "A brilliantly short and chaotic live set from Ryan Bennett (aka Cartoon), chock full of the ferocious drumming intensity of his earlier noise rock outfit, Butt Simpson. Equal parts meditative and headache-inducing but always compellingly controlled in a cooler-weird-second-cousin to Lightning Bolt or early Boredoms kind of way." -Epic Sweep. Limited to 50 copies. |
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Artist: COOKIE BROOKLYN Title: Get Out Of My Dreams, Get Under My Car 1996-2006 Format: Cass Label: Epic Sweep Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Cookie Brooklyn is Mark Williams (Marineville, Bad Statistics and Idle Suite) and this 40 minute cassette covers a huge range of fascinating musical noodlings and home recordings, 10 years in the making." -Epic Sweep |
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Artist: CRUDE Title: Grandmother Format: 7" Lathe Cut Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $15.00 |
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"Free-jazz-noise-glitch-scitzo-electro genius proves he can also write a beautiful pop song, or two. Although losing none of what has made his music so singular for the past 20 (or so) years, Crude has never sounded so accessible as he does on this release." - Epic Sweep. Limited to 25 copies.
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Artist: FANTAILS, THE Title: Matariki Mayhem Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $17.00 |
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Limited to 30 copies."The Fantails are an all whaine punk band from Wellington and this EP is their second release. It contains seven blisteringly short songs, including re-recorded classics from their Shake Your Tail Feather debut album alongside newer songs." -Epic Sweep.
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Artist: FUNKE, MAXINE Title: Felt Format: LP Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $35.00 |
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"Felt is an album full of beautifully understated songs and song fragments that make it impossible to not be drawn into the unique and completely original world view of a special song writer. Dont be fooled by the quiet mostly acoustic mood, there is a deeply hypnotic quality throughout the 18 songs on the album. This is Maxines second album following her brilliant debut Lace released on Alastair Galbraiths Next Best Way. The vinyl LP is limited to 100 individually numbered copies with handmade covers." - Epic Sweep. Unfortunately most of these were slightly damaged during shipment (minor bent corners). SOLD OUT
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Artist: FUNKE, MAXINE Title: Oranges In The Oaks Format: 7" Lathe Cut Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $16.00 |
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"Limited to 20 copies. An understated voice over a beautifully minimal backing, its hard not to be taken in by the unique story telling of one of the most interesting song writers around. This is Maxines latest release following the brilliant Lace album released on Alastair Galbraiths Next Best Way label. The one time member of the $100 Dollar Band and The Snares goes from strength to strength." -Epic Sweep
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Artist: FUTURIANS Title: Urban Chaos Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $17.00 |
| "More garage noise rock madness from the Futurians. Everything that continues to make them great is present in spades -grinding guitars, synth squall and relentless tribal thud drumming." - Epic Sweep. Limited to 30 copies. |
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Artist: IF Title: Bill Format: CDR Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $10.00 |
| "Sharing squat stages with bands like the Ex, If were a loud, messy, anarchic band of mainly Kiwis based in Amsterdam in the mid 1980s. Bill was originally released on cassette in 1986 and is re-released now for the first time with two unreleased tracks." Epic Sweep |
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Artist: KITES, THE Title: Sunfish Twins Format: 7" Lathe Cut/CDR Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $16.00 |
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"The Kites were an obscure acoustic duo from the 1980s (NZ) that wrote rough, wayward and beautifully honest and melodic songs in their bedroom. This 4 song 7″ EP comes with a 22 track CD compilation taken from their very limited cassette and EP releases from the mid to late 1980s." - Epic Sweep. Limited to 20 copies.
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Artist: KRAUS Title: Luxury and Mystery Format: 7" Lathe Cut Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $15.00 |
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“Sounding like a Soviet-era Dr Who special invaded by 60s psych guitarists”, this is the latest release by Auckland based artist Kraus. Sci-fi soundtrack synth bleepery and guitar fuzz give way to Moondog-like time signatures with a dash of exotica. Phew! The ex-Murdering Monsters, Aesthetics and Futurians drummer and electronics whizz kid continues to evolve a sound all his own." - Epic Sweep. Limited to 40 copies.
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Artist: MARINEVILLE Title: Face Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $15.00 |
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"These two songs are from Marinevilles Face 7" vinyl single. This release follows their third album Fowl Swoop, and sees Mark Williams (Cookie Brooklyn, A Bad Suburb and Bad Statistics) leading a stella Marineville line-up featuring members from legendary (and soon to be legendary) acts like The Verlaines, The 3Ds and Tlaotlon. The single is a limited run of 100 individually numbered copies." - Epic Sweep. SOLD OUT
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Artist: OLYMPUS Title: Live Format: 7" Lathe Cut Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $16.00 |
| "Limited to 30 copies. Olympus is Pat Kraus and Stefan Neville (Pumice). The collaboration continues its skillful, clanging, pounding pop glory on this 5 song EP recorded live at the Victoria theatre in Auckland. It follows nicely from the diverse instrumental territory covered in their Bold Mould album jointly released on Soft Abuse/Stabbies." -Epic Sweep |
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Artist: RORY STORM Title: Cheap Utopia Eats Cheap Utopia Format: 7" Lathe Cut Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $15.00 |
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"A soundtrack of industrial tones and drones swirl around hushed vocals. Mixed, layered and morphed in three parts per side, this is the latest and long overdue offering from the incredibly talented Rory Storm." - Epic Sweep. Limited to 20 copies.
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Artist: RORY STORM Title: Wirewreath Format: Cass Label: Epic Sweep Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"More intense transiting of sounds and beats with unexpected surprises throughout make this latest release from Rory Storm all the more engaging through its 30 minutes." -Epic Sweep
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Artist: SEHT Title: Hand Full of Sleet Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $17.00 |
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"Ltd to 20 copies. Stephen Clover (aka Seht) has been making beautiful minimalist drones for the past 10 years. Hand Full Of Sleet was previously released on an abscure comilpation, but here is repackaged and re-presented in two distinct parts." -Epic Sweep
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Artist: STORM, RORY Title: Five Improvisations Ror Piano and Electronics Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $17.00 |
| Limited to 30 copies."More new fascinating directions in sound from Rory Storm. Although possibly the quietest music hes ever recorded, this release features five beautifully minimal improvisations." -Epic Sweep. |
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Artist: TLAOTLON Title: Floor Poisn Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $17.00 |
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"More beautifully fuzzed-out organic surges and pulses from Tlaotlon (Jeremy Coubrough) with a heady mix of psychedelic weirdo beats and electronica. This single follows a split 7” with Whirling Hall of Knives and the Squirt Image Flex album released on Trensmat." -Epic Sweep. Limited to 20 copies.
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Artist: WOLFSKULL Title: Famine Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $17.00 |
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"Centered around the Clayton Noone axis, Wolfskull present their most varied musical pallet to date with a spoken word opus on one side and a classic noise rock jam on the other." -Epic Sweep
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Artist: WOLFSKULL Title: What You Have Will Be Mine Format: Lathe Cut LP Label: Epic Sweep Country: New Zealand Price: $24.00 |
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"Trimmed to a three piece, Wolfskull continue to refine their brand of noise rock in a lean and down right nasty kind of way on this six song mini-album." -Epic Sweep. Limited to 25 copies.
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Artist: IOVAE/THREE LEGGED RACE Title: Heliofugue/Calling Order Format: 7" Label: Epicene Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "Two of my favorite modern noise makers from the states have to be HAIR POLICE and IOVAE. This is very close to being a split from both. IOVAE is Ron Orovitz also known as the D.J. on ART DAMAGE RADIO, a memeber of the no-wave nosie group DEATH BEAM, a noise weirdos WILD GUNMAN. For IOVAEs track we get slow churning crackle, pop and hiss from the "Grinder" (a series of ancient military oscillators) that builds into what sounds like the church bell tones of a satanic mass echoing through the devils canyon. 3 LEGGED RACE is Robert from HAIR POLICE and EYES AND ARMS OF SMOKE. For the Race side we get one ominous heavenly droning swelling tone which is given the extreme reverb treatment until it sounds like a white washed blissed out radiant hum. The artwork was designed by Robert and is a must see. One sheet of lines with a transparency of lines. but when one is placed over the othere, you start to see a hidden image. Also just moving the transparency around on top of the other page makes alot of tripped out intersecting lines. like i said one you have to see, def one of the best looking, most intresting covers in EPICENE history. Limited edition of 300 copies, split release with Mark of Black Tents Gentian label." - Epicene. |
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Artist: ORTHRELM Title: OV Format: LP Label: Epicene Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "DCs Orthrelm is Mick Barr (Crom-tech, Quix*o*tic, Octis and more) on guitar and Josh Blair (ABCS, WWIII, Supersystem) on drums. With three full-lengths under their belt, they join the Ipecac Recordings roster with OV, a one-track album that spans 45-minutes and multiple musical genres. Orthrelms first recordings avoided repetition of any kind, no choruses, no riff repeated. The early material distilled the over-the-top, raging parts of metal. Music moved at a blistering pace, never giving the listener a moment to relax, no resolutions and no familiarity. There were more notes than the listener could ever possibly absorb. With OV, Orthrelm embraces repetition.... sort of. While metal still undeniably influences Mick and Joshs music, this new recording equally evokes flavors of the Middle East and the early minimalism of Tony Conrad." Vinyl issue of the Ipecac CD. |
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Artist: BAKER, AIDAN Title: Gathering Blue Format: Double LP Label: Equation Country: USA Price: $28.00 |
| "A work of blissful delight. Aidan Baker provides four sides of enchantment in this long-in-the-making 2LP set. Gathering Blue provides new original material plus a stunning cover of the Joy Division track 24 Hours as well as an extended work-out of the amazing remix of The Cicada Sings Our Love Song by Building Castles Out Of Matchsticks, which was originally released in 2005 on the ultra-limited and long-deleted Arcolepsy Records CD Remixes. This really is Aidan Baker at his very best and a record that is sure to charm. Comes in a gatefold sleeve, numbered card insert and pressed on heavy 180g virgin vinyl." - Equation |
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Artist: BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER Title: The Boundary Between The Living And The Deceased Dissolved Format: LP + 7" Label: Equation Country: USA Price: $40.00 |
| "BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER returns with a stunning package of music and art. Both vinyl records (LP and 7-inch) were beautifully mastered by MIKE at Prairie Cat Mastering who managed to capture an exceptionally open, clear and rich sound so the full ferocity and detailed sonic textures of these performances are fully realized. Best played very loud. LP pressed on one-sided vinyl with a silkscreened B-side. 7-inch, titled D.D.T.T.C.P (Destruction Dedicated To The Cherry Point), pressed on one-sided red vinyl with etched B-side. Audio CD features rare and unreleased material. All three formats are packaged in dedicated picture sleeves. Also included are inserts, a screen-printed slipmat, 12"x12" poster, button, and more." -Equation. |
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Artist: NEW BLOCKADERS & DAS SYNTHETISCHE MISCHGEWEBE, THE Title: The Monosyllabic Bicycles Tri-Coloured Quadruples Format: LP/7" Label: Equation Country: USA Price: $40.00 |
| "LP + 7" set, super-heavy casebound sleeve, 305 numbered copies. Very beautiful and nice." -Equation |
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Artist: ORGANUM Title: Valentin Format: 7" Label: Equation Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"233 numbered copies. Heavy matte picture sleeve plus matching card insert (both full CMYK). First vinyl release by Organum in over 7 years. It is hard to underestimate the importance and significance of Organum. David Jackman (the force behind the project) wishes the audio to speak for itself and prefers not to attempt to describe the contents of this release. However, it is worthy to note that the greatest possible care was made to every aspect of this release -- which was mastered at Prairie Cat Mastering, who provided the most clear and dynamic audio possible. A release worthy of inclusion in the extensive discography of Organum." -Equation
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Artist: PEPE WISMEER Title: Musi Format: LP Label: Equation Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
| "This is a 1-off pressing of 100 copies only - each numbered (in various places). Musi features 6 tracks selected by the band from their past 11 years that forms a coherent and continuous work. While this is not a Best of..., it does provide an excellent introduction to the band for those not already familiar with them. Pepe Wismeer have a pretty extensive discography with a vinyl LP, CD, a remix LP and numerous CD-Rs to their name. While drawing comparisons with other artists is always difficult - and often misleading - their warm, mature and fluid musical style and melancholic visions may remind some of Coil, Current 93 and others. Their work is structured around piano and voice accompanied by electric/acoustic guitar, 5-string bass, concrete sounds, samples, oud, sitar, metallophone ... and maybe some sheep & birds & water & glass. All music recorded on analogue equipment to add warmth and handcraft to the icy atmospheres. Each copy comes with an 8-page stapled booklet + insert." -Equation |
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Artist: MELNYK, LUBOMYR Title: Corollaries Format: CD Label: Erased Country: UK Price: $18.00 |
| "Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk -- the pioneer of Continuous Piano Music -- presents his first release on UK label Erased Tapes. Entitled Corollaries, the album was recorded and produced by Peter Broderick with the additional help of Nils Frahm and Martyn Heyne. Erased Tapes founder Robert Raths knew it was time to share the great musical legacy of Melnyk, to which he simply responded: "Where were you guys when I was thirty?" Melnyk is a true innovator, exploring new directions in contemporary music. Classically-trained and greatly affected by the minimalist movement in the early 1970s, the Ukrainian pianist developed his own unique language for the piano, named after the principle of maintaining a continuous, unbroken stream of sound. Melnyk has shown a remarkable devotion to the instrument, always striving to discover new ways of composing music in the continuous mode. His focus is on the actual sound of the piano as much as the harmonies and melodies of the music. Playing rapid and complex note patterns made Lubomyr one of the worlds fastest concert pianists. His virtuoso piano technique forms overtones that blend, collide or even create new melodies in rare moments, and thereby shape the composition beyond its original form. In the artists own words: "My first encounter with Peter was at the Ambient Festival in Cologne, when I came into the cathedral where he was playing along with Nils. I was amazed and enthralled by the beauty and power of their music. The colors and majesty of the cathedral coupled with their music made it a great experience I will never forget. Some time later, Peter contacted me with an invitation to come visit him in Berlin and try creating some music together. I had not played improvisation with other ambient musicians before, having worked solo for all these past years. So it was such a relief to start playing at his studio and hear his wonderful input. He was adding a beautiful and delicate dust cover of sounds and pearly effects that cast a lovely sparkle over the piano music -- I loved it. It was a thrill to hear Continuous Music in some new clothes! And with the addition of Nils and Martyn, we all felt the beautiful spell of the communal flow as the music carried us into wonderful spaces." The album artwork and design was created by American contemporary artist Gregory Euclide, known for his cover art for Bon Ivers self-titled album." -Erased. |
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Artist: BOLDER DAMN Title: Mourning Format: CD Label: Erebus Country: UK Price: $19.00 |
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"Fantastic new release on Erebus Records containing a 4-page booklet with band info. This album is very dynamic and has a huge soundstage. It shows the band as excellent, tight musicians who were capable of both writing and performing original songs delivered with meaning and strong lyrics especially, and, as it turned out, ironically, about Vietnam. The haunting doom-power of Dead Meat, a mind-blowing epic track clocking in at 15 minutes long, the moving boogie feel of Got That Feeling and the alarming Monday Mourning are just some of the great tracks on this KILLER album, which is of a consistently high standard throughout. Mourning is a mighty testament and one of the most essential powerhouse albums from the early 1970s. Killer." -Erebus
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Artist: SEARCH PARTY, THE Title: Montgomery Chapel Format: CD Label: Erebus Country: UK Price: $19.00 |
| "Fantastic new release on Erebus Records containing a 4-page booklet with band info. A primitive Christian folk-rock LP which hits some truly unique moods and sounds on about 2/3rds of the tracks. Obviously inspired by the West Coast psychedelic sounds of the era, The Search Party take compositions by their spiritual mentor, a Catholic middle-aged priest, and turn them into primitive California garage folk rock and psych with fuzz leads and raw vocals! Most Christian folk-rock LPs suffer from still having one foot left in Sunday School, but these young seminarians have definitely broken through to the other side. Side 1 ends with an unparalleled 9-minute downer folk-rock excursion with heavy soul-searching lyrics that alone makes Montgomery Chapel worth checking out, but beware -- its crude, even the female vocalist has a strange edge. Unrehearsed confessions from a basement Music Emporium." -Acid Archives |
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Artist: JAMAL CREATIVE ARTS ENSEMBLE, KHAN Title: Drumdance to the Motherland Format: CD Label: Eremite Country: USA Price: $14.50 |
| "Classic reissue of this 1974 private press album!" - FE. "Theres not another record on the planet that sounds even remotely like vibraphonist Khan Jamals eccentric, one-of-a-kind masterpiece, Drumdance to the Motherland. In its improbable fusion of free jazz expressionism, Black psychedelia, & full-on dub-like production techniques, Drumdance remains a bracingly powerful outsider statement thirty-four years after it was recorded live at the Catacombs Club in Philadelphia in 1972. Comparisons to Sun Ra, King Tubby, Phil Cohran & BYG/Actuel merely hint at the cosmic otherness conjured by the band & by recording engineer Mario Falanas real-time enhancements. The first edition of three hundred copies, issued by Jamal in 1973 on the local Philadelphia label Dogtown, was barely distributed outside the citys limits. Since then Drumdance has assumed a mythic status among the very few aficionados, eBay mutants, & heads who know of it at all. Hallelujah that it can finally be heard outside their murky inner-sanctums!" - Eremite. Highly recommended! |
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Artist: MURRAY, SUNNY Title: Big Chief Format: LP Label: Eremite Country: USA Price: $28.00 |
| "First LP reissues on Eremite and true state-of-the-art reproductions -- beautiful heavy sleeves, attentive re-mastering, 180 gram RTI pressings. This Sunny Murray LP was released on the French EMI/Pathé label in 1969 and rarely seen by humans since. "Examples on record of Sunny Murrays enduring originality & influence as a drummer are many (refer to eremite 14, 45 & 46, among others), but very few recordings demonstrate his strikingly unusual voice as a band leader & composer. None do so more spectacularly than his 1969 album Big Chief. Unfortunately, its been a sick collectors item since long before ebay. So it is with great pride & satisfaction that Eremite returns to our friends in the human clan this long unavailable masterpiece. The group assembled for this Parisian studio date includes musicians from France, South Africa, Jamaica, & the USA, and the huge sweeping sound they conjure while absolutely nailing Murrays highly irregular compositional structures is as thrilling as free jazz gets. Hart Le Roy Bibbs appears once only in a wildly memorable turn. Everywhere & thru-out, Murray uses the instrumentations orchestral range to explore his fascination with the far extremes of the frequency range. Prepare your hearing for searing high-end burn! The record resolves beautifully in a performance of This Nearly Was Mine that manages to be both otherworldly & poignant. Not only is Big Chief one of Murrays great achievements, its one of the truly special recordings in free jazz history. Seriously. There is no greater love. The music was fastidiously remastered from the best available sources by Mike King (Reel Recordings), pressed on premium HQ-180 gram vinyl by RTI, & presented in a heavyweight Stoughton replica sleeve in an edition of 600." -Eremite. |
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Artist: SOLIDARITY UNIT, INC Title: Red, Black & Green Format: LP Label: Eremite Country: USA Price: $28.00 |
| "Originally produced & issued by Charles Bobo Shaw himself, Red, Black & Green, by the band Solidarity Unit, Inc. documents what happened at The Bag Room in St. Louis, MO, the day Jimi Hendrix died. Captured in a gloriously blunt & low-res recording that is as stark as the B&W cover art, Shaw & the ten piece group produce a raw, teeming, clattering sound that never relinquishes. Lake & Bowie were by this time already powerful soloists, & both declaim fervently & damn near relentlessly over Shaws swaggering themes. Dead at age 34 & recorded just four times, guitarist Richard Martins performance is a true revelation; as Martin leaps from blues idioms to screaming attacks to pure howling feedback, one wonders if even Sonny Sharrock reached these places with the instrument. Furious kit & hand drumming, violently rattling little instruments, jabbing percussive Rhodes, thundering bass guitar -- these guys dont hold back! Easy to say lost underground free jazz classic, but thats the real story here. The music was remastered from the best available sources by Mike King (Reel Recordings), pressed on premium HQ-180 gram vinyl by RTI, & presented in a heavyweight Stoughton replica sleeve in an edition of 600." -Eremite |
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Artist: SULTANS ABORIGINAL MUSIC SOCIETY, JUMA Title: Father Of Origin Format: Double LP & CD Boxset Label: Eremite Country: USA Price: $109.00 |
| "Deep archeology into a long buried and previously undocumented chapter in the history of the early 70s loft era brings forth the revelatory Father of Origin, Eremites box set retrospective of percussionist/bassist Juma Sultans Aboriginal Music Society. Drawn from Sultans mammoth private archive of recordings, this ground-breaking set includes two audiophile LPs and a CD, a 28 page 12x12 book featuring previously unpublished photographs and ephemera and a detailed historical essay by jazz scholar Michael Heller, all manufactured to highest quality-freak standards. This old-school multi-media extravaganza exposes some of the most extraordinary and explosive free jazz of the period to the light of day for the first time. Established by Sultan and percussionist Ali Abuwi in Woodstock in 1968, Aboriginal Music Society was both a radical arts presenting organization and a killer band. Dedicated to musician self-sufficiency and stubbornly non-commercial, AMS waged guerrilla cultural warfare against mainstream America from strongholds in rural Woodstock and from lofts on New Yorks Lower East Side. For ten years, Sultan and the loose alliance of like-minded musicians in AMS produced independent concerts, owned and operated its own recording studio, and collaborated with legendary artist-run New York loft space Studio We on performances and educational programs. But during that whole time, they never released a record. Inspired by an emerging understanding of African cultures and the political ideas of the black power moment, AMS synthesized an African approach to percussion and collective performance with the revolutionary jazz of its day. In open-ended free improvisations they played an incendiary mix of massive trap kit and hand drum grooves and heaven-storming free jazz. The music was a cry of freedom, a declaration of black cultural artistic and political independence; and until now it has not been heard since the day it was made. The first of the sets two LPs, a 1970 Boston studio date, features a New York-Woodstock sextet--including Sultan, Abuwi, Dinwiddie, Wilson, Walsh, and Cross--engaged in a characteristically percussion-heavy improvisation. The other vinyl disc features a private jam session by Sultan, Abuwi, and saxophonist Frank Lowe at the Broadway headquarters of AMS. Recorded in April 1971, it predates by several months Lowes recording debut on Alice Coltranes World Galaxy. The CD features yet another historic meeting--an undated concert with the Woodstock crew and a trio of Midwesterners recently relocated to New York--saxophonist Julius Hemphill, cellist Abdul Wadud, and drummer Charles Bobo Shaw, all members of the St. Louis music and arts collective, Black Artists Group. Father of Origin is presented in a heavyweight telescoping box in paper wraps screen-printed by Alan Sherry at Siwa, who also screen-printed the LP sleeves, CD jacket & additional loose memorabilia." - Eremite. |
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Artist: DILLOWAY, AARON Title: Corpse On Horseback Format: LP Label: Ergot Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Ergot Records inaugural release: Aaron Dilloways Corpse on Horseback. Originally released as a cassette on Hanson Records in 2003, this marks the first time that this classic 10 year old recording of ultra crude 8-track tape junk metal loops is available on vinyl. Limited edition of 500 copies on gold wax." - Ergot. |
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Artist: ERIE, CYRUS & THE QUICK Title: Get The Message/Southern Comfort Format: 7" Label: Eric Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
| "One of only a handful of North American garage acts to digest the maxim of the Whos maximum R&B and temper it with the dramatic teen pop appeal of the Easybeats and Small Faces, Cyrus Erie and the Quick mark GROUND ZERO not merely for Buckeye state Angophilia, but also for the greatest power pop band of the 1970s:  The Raspberries.  Long before Wally Bryson was a teen angel and Eric Carmen was all by himself, the future Lennon/McCartneys of Cleveland were devouring the British Beat scene mail-order, scouring the margins of imported copies of Melody Maker and Fab 208; copping looks, licks and hair-styles (dig the drummers perm!).  Allotted just two stiff single shots on Epic in 1969, Cyrus Erie and the Quick were huge on their home turf, but could never go all the way outside their Midwestern enclave.  Here now is both their end and their beginning.  The post-Choir, pre-Berry harvest.  Tin soldiers melted with Friday on my minds eye.  As necessary for pop fans as life itself." |
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Artist: LABELLE, BRANDON Title: Dirty Ear Format: CD Label: Errant Bodies Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Hyper-constructions, neurotic representations, micro-compositions designed as counter-sonorities to specific locations or settings... ⿿ environments ingested and regurgitated as audible fantasies... * Brandon LaBelle is an artist and writer working with sounds, places, bodies, and cultural fictions. Through his work with Errant Bodies Press he has co-edited the anthologies ⿿Site of Sound: Of Architecture and the Ear, ⿿Writing Aloud: The Sonics of Language, ⿿Surface Tension: Problematics of Site and "Radio Territories". His installation work has been featured in exhibitions and festivals internationally, including "Sampling Rage" (1999) Podewil Berlin, ⿿Sound as Media (2000) ICC Tokyo, "Bitstreams" (2001) Whitney Museum New York, ⿿Pleasure of Language (2002) Netherlands Media Institute Amsterdam, ⿿Undercover(2003) Museet for Samtidskunst Roskilde, and ⿿Cross Lake Atlantic (2007) Enrico Fornello Gallery, Prato, and his writings have been included in various books and journals, including ⿿Experimental Sound and Radio (MIT) and ⿿Soundspace: Architecture for Sound and Vision (Birkhäuser). He presented a solo exhibition at Singuhr galerie in Berlin (2004), and an experimental composition for pirate drummers as part of Virtual Territories, Nantes (2005). His ongoing project to build a library of radio memories, ⿿Phantom Radio, was presented fall 2006 as part of Radio Revolten, Halle Germany and at Casa Vecina, Mexico City in 2008. He is the author of ⿿Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art (Continuum 2006)." -Errant Bodies |
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Artist: LAMBKIN, GRAHAM & JASON LESCALLEET Title: The Breadwinner Format: CD Label: Erstwhile Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
| "Graham Lambkin and Jason Lescalleet are both highly respected artists, with small but intensely hardcore followings. Since 2001, theyve been gradually moving closer towards realizing a collaborative project, and The Breadwinner is the results of two years of recording, reworking and polishing. Lambkin first entered the public consciousness at 19 when he formed his band The Shadow Ring, in Folkestone, a small town in Kent, England. The band was memorable and built an rabidly passionate fan base because of its sui generis approach, blending elements of folk, noise, cracked electronics, and surrealist poetry, while radically changing the overall formula with each release. A decade of increasingly skewed and inspired work culminated in 2003s Im Some Songs, constructed long distance as Lambkin had relocated to the US in 1998. Over the last few years, Lambkin has primarily worked under his own name, most notably with 2007s brilliant Salmon Run, a precursor to The Breadwinner. Lescalleet has gradually and painstakingly built a compelling discography over the past decade. He uses reel-to-reel tape decks to explore the textures of low fidelity analog sounds and the natural phenomena of old tape and obsolete technology. He is one of a growing list of master producer/musicians, whose skill lies as much in reworking, assembling and mastering the material available as in creating it (or helping create it) in the first place. He has worked with such wide-ranging artists as Ron Lessard, Joe Colley and Phill Niblock, and has released a string of superb solo discs in Mattresslessness (Cut), Electronic Music (RRR) and The Pilgrim (Glistening Examples). This is his second release for Erstwhile, after 2001s Forlorn Green (w/Greg Kelley), and his third is already in preparation, a duo with Bhob Rainey, planned for release in early 2009. The material for The Breadwinner was recorded at Lambkins house in upstate NY, over two recording sessions. The duo treated the entire building and its surrounding grounds as a studio, welcoming in outside sounds, which were later kept or eliminated as they felt appropriate. The subtitle on the front cover is ⿿musical settings for common environments and domestic situations, layering numerous submerged fragments to find beauty in everyday life." -Erstwhile |
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Artist: LAMBKIN/JASON LESCALLEET, GRAHAM Title: Air Supply Format: CD Label: Erstwhile Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Follow-up to the 2008 collaboration The Breadwinner (ERST 052CD) from Graham Lambkin (The Shadow Ring) and reel-to-reel virtuoso Jason Lescalleet. Their second release in an eventual trilogy." - Erstwhile. |
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Artist: YOSHIDA, AMI/CHRISTOF KURZMANN Title: aso Format: CD Label: Erstwhile Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Ami Yoshida and Christof Kurzmann are both well-respected artists within the international community, each performing in a wide range of contexts from abstract to pure pop. Both are best known for their long-running duos, Yoshida for Cosmos (with Sachiko M) and Kurzmann for schnee (with Burkhard Stangl). This project finds them in far less comfortable territory, and a s o is the outcome of two years of hard work. a s o contains recordings from the first meeting of Yoshida and Kurzmann in March 2004. The collaboration was a difficult one, partly because of their wildly different backgrounds and partly because of the communication issues due to their language differences. Four translators helped the project along over the course of the two years it took to make this record (Taku Unami, Toshimaru Nakamura, Yuko Zama and Kae Uchihashi). Although it was a long and complicated journey, the end result is very organic and accomplished. a s o contains an extremely broad range of abstract approaches from both artists, resulting in a wildly different soundworld from any of their previous recordings, and has been beautifully captured as always by recording engineer Christoph Amann. The impeccably minimal yet lush CD design is by Hirozumi Takeda, utilizing images provided by Asuna." - Erstwhile. |
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Artist: COPELAND, ERIC Title: Waco Taco Combo Format: LP Label: Escho Country: Denmark Price: $14.00 |
| "In the dictatorship run by My Little Pony, Eric Copeland plays the part of both bad boy and messiah, indulging the plastic horses and their whipping, colorful hair into spastic noise dance ritual extravaganzas. Already a cult figure in the human world, Copeland has gone fishing to realize his Copenhagen dream. He came here in the autumn of 2010 so that the ponies might also get acquainted with the Scandinavian hole. Please dont stop the beat. Mastered by Goodiepal and Lupo at D&M, Berlin. 500 copies." - Escho. |
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Artist: ICEAGE Title: New Brigade Format: LP Label: Escho Country: Denmark Price: $27.00 |
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"The young quartet Iceages first full length album "New Brigade" burns like beams from the sun to an earth where no dead pop meat is too tender. With their rock tongue licking the guitar-bass-drum-vocal-mouth encircled by the eardrum-heavy face, and 12 tracks in 25 minutes, Iceage mix youthful desperation with the ectoplasm that adult life is made of and become a timeless fever-causing energy discharge of sticky no-wave spindle." -Escho
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Artist: ICEAGE Title: S/T Format: 7" Label: Escho Country: Denmark Price: $10.00 |
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"As pubic hair shots from young flesh, Iceage crawls out of the underground with the allegation that guitar-drum-bass-vocals-is-rock. The four young (16, 17, 17 and 18 year) gentlemens determination and early awakening has left its mark on their aggressive and high-frequency expression, where something as sincere as �great riffs� dominate the neo-nihilistic soundscape. The drumming is rough and with songs about holes and broken fingers which is a desperate attempt having an otherwise disjointed world making sense. Copenhagen�s own punk legend Peter Peter placed the young quartet in a studio one day in June where they together conceived the 7� debut." -Escho
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Artist: KONAGAYA, JUN Title: Organ Format: CD Label: Eskimo Country: Japan Price: $20.00 |
 "This is Jun Konagaya (a.k.a. GRIM )s first solo album. GRIM released collection of complete sound sources from hanng niap records in 2009. and insanity live performance was resumed after it.
And having been released this time is not GRIM but a solo Jun konagaya name.
Atrocious feedback/roaring cannot be heard there.
"Organ" The malformed story about floating folk song of malformation, such as "Message" of GRIM.
Inner surface of the universe is filled with deep sorrow of Jun konagaya,
has been expanded to over 26 page booklet and beautiful sound.
Factory-pressed CD in a double gatefold digi pack.with 26P beautifle color booklet." - Eskimo.
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Artist: GRIM Title: Amaterasu Format: 7" Label: Eskimo/G.A. Propaganda Country: Japan Price: $18.00 |
 Unplayed original copies of the first Grim release, from 1985. Numbered (hand-stamped) edition of 1000, with a 12-page b&w booklet. Self-released by Jun Konagaya as the third release on his Eskimo label following the much sought-after LP and 7" by the legendary White Hospital (Konagaya and Tomo Kuwahara) from a year prior-- though the label here is confusingly also listed as G.A. Propaganda, actually just a one-off offshoot of Eskimo. This material was included on the recent Vinyl-on-Demand box set and the earlier CD compilation released on Haang Niap (run by mems. of Kito Mizukumi Rouber, Keiji Hainos Nijiumu project, etc). Konagaya plays "percussion, pulse, bass, organ, voice."
"In Grim, Konagaya took the noise/junk techniques of industrial music as his core methodology, but what made his sound unique were the elements of ethnic music and folklore and the shamanic sensibility that oozed from within. In 1985 he released a three-track 7" single with the title Amaterasu, the sun goddess of ancient Japanese myth. The record was superlative, from the combination of metal percussion, feedback and electronic noise shrouding his roaring agit-prop vocalizations, to the way that the monstrous fairytale of the title track destroyed time and space." - from the liners to the "Folk Songs for An Obscure Race" comp on Haang Niap. "GRIM is an absolutely amazing, almost skizophrenic and obscure power-electronics and noise-one-man project of Jun Konagaya. Juns sound change its mood and athmosphere in seconds. From extreme harsh and hard power electronic noise-walls to ingenious folk-songs and tunes as you know it from Charles Manson. In the very early 80s Jun formed White Hospital together with Tomosada Kuwabara. They released one album called "Holocaust" in 1984 and split. At that time Jun had already released the "Vital“ Tape with his project GRIM. Kuwuhara moved on to form Vasilisk while Jun continued as GRIM releasing one Lp, 12" and 7“ as well as contributing to several compilations during the 80s." - Vinyl-on-Demand. 
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Artist: ASKEW, ED Title: Ask The Unicorn Format: CD Label: ESP-Disk Country: Italy Price: $16.00 |
| "First time on CD for this ultra sought-after 1969 album by outsider folksinger ED ASKEW. Playing a ten-string lute-like instrument called a tiple, Askew creates a psychedelic folk masterpiece. One of the most bizarre and wonderful albums released by ESP." - ESP Disk. |
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Artist: BARNACLED Title: Charles Format: CD Label: ESP-Disk Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Contemporary group from Providence on ESP-Disk! "Charles, Barnacleds new full-length, and first outing for ESP-Disk, is a rollicking, propulsive offering featuring the band in some of its most intricate formations. This deftly arranged record follows Barnacled as it tightens itself into high corners, only to purposely fall down, find new ground, and pick itself back up again. This work is highly playful, even at its most intense -- and it does get intense, with saxophone battles surging over electronics and highly distorted accordion fire offerings. Then all of a sudden the sound drops out, save for a plaintive lone bassoon call, or static from a short-wave radio that sounds soothing by comparison. Intertwining rhythms and melody lines then revolve around a pulse that creates a new frame of reference while also complicating it. This music invites deep listening, and rewards the curious. Often it is simply mesmerizing, essentially what adventurous minds have come to expect from the legendary ESP-Disk oeuvre." -ESP-Disk |
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Artist: CROMAGNON Title: Cave Rock Format: CD Label: ESP-Disk Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Already commercially successful as tune-smiths for teenyboppers, Austin Grasmere and Brian Elliot approached Bernard Stollman looking to focus their talents on something more original and unrestrained. Stollman asked, What would be your theme? and Elliot replied: Everything is one. Bernard said, Go do it. What followed was Cromagnons (Grasmere, Elliot and the Connecticut Tribe) non-linear journey through the subconscious, weaving together bizarre instrumentation and meter with a psychotic blending of musical styles. Bagpipes, pounding percussion, blood-curdling yelps, chanting, laughing, and billowing subterranean rumblings create the otherworldly soundscape that is Cave Rock. Heralded as one of the best freak-out records of all time, Cave Rock was ridiculously ahead of its time and brings to mind the savage sound-fuckery of Nurse with Wound and Throbbing Gristle as well as the hallucinations of early Red Krayola. Manufactured in the US by the original label. Digitally re-mastered; new digipak format with original artwork and album title." - ESP-Disk |
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Artist: DUNMALL, PAUL & CHRIS CORSANO Title: Identical Sunsets Format: LP Label: ESP-Disk Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Best known for his collaborations with people like Paul Flaherty, Michael Flower and Thurston Moore as well as a year-and-a-half stint as the drummer for Björks Volta tour, Chris Corsano is widely considered to be one of the best and most adaptive drummers of his generation. Equally adaptive is UK saxophone giant, Paul Dunmall, who has worked disparately with jazz greats like Alice Coltrane and Evan Parker as well as funk and folk acts like Johnny Guitar Watson and Dando Shaft. After a chance meeting in a taxi line at the Lisbon Airport, a surreal intertwining of tours emanated. In between the lasers, confetti and face-painted fans at Plymouth Pavillions and Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Chris left the Björk mega-tour to get down to business alongside the prolific and imaginative Dunmall for some vital improvisation at Slak Bar in Cheltenham, England. This wonderfully recorded live set begins with Dunmall swirling away on the border pipes (he may be the preeminent improvisor using bagpipes). What follows is an impulsive and lyrical improvisation, alternatingly sparse and impossibly textured. Corsanos skittering marries perfectly with Dunmalls rapid-fire lines. The melodies are expertly uncoiled so that they remain charged whether the tempo is at full speed or crawling. The set ends furiously and with the impression that this duo was fated to work together." - ESP-Disk. |
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Artist: HOWARD & JOE PHILLIPS, NORMAN Title: Burn Baby Burn Format: CD Label: ESP-Disk Country: USA Price: $13.50 |
| "Featured artists: Norman Howard (trumpet); Joe Phillips (alto saxophone); Cornelius Milsap (percussion); Walter Cliff (bass). Thought to have been lost, ESP recently recovered this master tape by Norman Howard (once side man to Albert Ayler), and is now releasing this exceptional album for the first time. Digitally remastered. Manufactured in the USA by the original label. Never before released studio recording." -ESP-Disk "Flame-throwing trumpeter Norman Howard has been long lost in the American free jazz void. He appeared on Albert Aylers Spirits alongside heavyweights Sunny Murray and Henry Grimes in 1964, and penned the tune Witches & Devils. In the year of freedom, 1968, he cut apparently his only sides as a leader, which were unreleased and vaulted for twenty years. Furthering the legend, 1988 saw an ill-circulated, microscopic 100-copy cassette run from the Scottish Homeboy label, who had acquired the master tapes. In 1997, Henry Rollins was rumored to have bought the tapes and earmarked them for release on his 2.13.61 label, but Bernard Stollmanns resurrected ESP-Disk -- who the tapes apparently originally belonged to -- has now overtaken the undertaking. Rivaled only by Don Aylers legendary ca. 1968 unreleased session for Amiri Barakas Jihad label as the most prayed for, prime-era reissue by an otherwise unrecorded band leader from the riot time, this blown-out, sidewinding freedom scrawl has finally found its way home. Now dig." -Kris Price |
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Artist: KESZLER, ELI Title: Oxtirn Format: LP Label: ESP-Disk Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
| "Oxtirn is a truly unique and powerful blend of free energy, modern composition and mechanical music that defies genre. With two proper full lengths, and an array of self-releases under his belt, Eli Keszler has turned to ESP-Disk for the release of Oxtirn, his third, most composed and large scale effort to date. Oxtirn captures Keszler and crew at their most frenetic, and abruptly spills out into a cacophony of tuned brass, squeaking rust, and electrically shorting contact mics, taking the detritus of post-industrial existence (sheet metal, spring boards and motors wrenched from their initial hearths) and transforming that refuse into a twenty-first century musique-concrete orchestra. On the albums initial track, motors tumble across prepared sheets of metal as expertly placed squalls of bowed string and what could only be described as the sounds of a phantom brass band (courtesy of multiple horn player Andrew Fenlon and Keszlers longstanding partner Ashley Paul on clarinet) mesh transcendentally with Keszlers precise percussion and bursts of controlled chaos. Side B sees Eli and sonic artist Sakiko Mori on both prepared and installed pianos; as the two furiously scrape and agitate strings with a mix of switch-operated motors, contact mics and suspended preparations, slowly undulating resonant clusters float on top of the underlying din, creating a striking contrast. Here, the eerie timbre of Keszlers bowed crotales recall Italian futurist Luigi Russolos Intonarumori, and the string quartets of Dumitrescu. The vinyl is limited to 300 copies and comes packaged with a beautiful, hand-screened poster featuring original artwork by Eli Keszler." -ESP-Disk |
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Artist: SANDERS, PHAROAH Title: Pharoahs First Format: LP Label: ESP-Disk Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"Exact repro reissue of the original 1965 ESP Disk pressing of what would become consensually known as Pharoahs First (but is here misspelled "Pharaoh"). Recorded in 1964 with Stan Foster (trumpet), Jane Getz (piano), William Bennett (bass) and Marvin Pattillo (percussion). Two side long tracks: "Seven By Seven" and "Bethera" from the most fearsome tenor saxophonist on the 60s scene." -Esp-Disk.
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Artist: SEVENTH SONS Title: Raga (4 A.M. At Franks) Format: CD Label: ESP-Disk Country: Italy Price: $16.00 |
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"First reissue in a while of this classic ESP stoned-folk oddity (recorded in 1964, released 1968 just before the world collapsed). One long track, 31 minutes (original tape hiss preserved) - asking for bonus material would be akin to asking for another piece of Christ the next time youre in line at church, so dont thnk that way!" - FE. "Perhaps the first band to do Indian raga with an electric rock band line up, The Seventh Sons released this very collectible album on ESP-Disk. Featuring guitarist and vibraphonist Buzzy Linhart, The Seventh Sons also served as folk-rock artist Fred Neils backing band for a time in the mid-60s." - ESP Disk
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Artist: SUN RA Title: The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra Format: Triple CD Label: ESP-Disk Country: USA Price: $27.00 |
| "Together for the first time, ESP-Disk is proud to present all three volumes of The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra in a gorgeous fold out digipack. Originally released as two volumes in 1966, and with a third volume uncovered in 2005, the landmark sessions recorded by Richard Alderson on April 20th and November 16, 1965, have been hailed as a ...masterpiece of free jazz. To further delve into the Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra and his Orkestra, each enhanced disc in the set contains archival photos, critical writings and historical videos including the 18 minute documentary Sun Ra Spaceways. Digitally remastered from the original tapes." - ESP-Disk. |
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Artist: YXIMALLOO Title: Unpop Format: CD Label: ESP-Disk Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Yximalloo is a one-man mysterious phenomenon. He has maintained obscurity, even though he has been making and recording music since the 1970s and his champions include artists as diverse as Jad Fair (Half Japanese), Momus, and members of Animal Collective. This is Yximalloos first recording in 9 years, and it is his first to include his one-man-band sound of guitar, laptop and vocals. It builds on his primitive trance-like rhythms mixed with offbeat pop sensibilities by way of crude electronic sampling. A true masterpiece, a modern-day Moondog off the streets of present-day Tokyo, London, NYC, and wherever you happen to be." "Hes John Lee Hooker with a synth, Wild Man Fischer with a bone. Hes totally central and totally unknown." -- Momus. 8-page booklet with notes by Momus and art by Jad Fair." -ESP-Disk |
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Artist: +MINUS Title: Lécoute libéré Format: CDR Label: Esquilo Country: Portugal Price: $15.00 |
| "Three tracks from three of the most interesting musicians operating in Europe and one of the most inventive groups to appear in the improvised music scene in recent years. The first number in the Variant Series is a very special presentation: each musician re-works the groups soundworld adding new dimensions to it. The pieces, either resultant from post-recording on un-released live recordings of +minus or the virtual assemblage of the band based on each musicians individual work, are all different - and different from their previous records on trente oiseaux. The whole works perfectly giving a sense that the music included in this record could have emerged naturally from one of the bands encounters. This edition comes in a red deluxe gatefold cardboard case with silk-screened original art and a short description of each track by the musicians themselves. Limited to 160 copies." - Esquilo. +minus is Bernhard Günter, Mark Wastell & Graham Halliwell. |
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Artist: ROWE, KEITH / JULIEN OTTAVI / WILL GUTHRIE / MANU LEDUC Title: November Quebec Format: CDR Label: Esquilo Country: Portugal Price: $15.00 |
| "The radio. Its possibilities and extensions. This is what (N:Q) explores: the use of the radio and its meanings. An electroacoustic ensemble, perpetually in movement, forging a soundworld of its own. Like airwaves transformed into music transformed into airwaves. The second number on the Variant Series presents the Radiophonic Quartet of Keith Rowe, Julien Ottavi, Will Guthrie and Manu Leduc in a truly unique release. Active since 2000, this is only the second release of the group - the follow up to the highly acclaimed self-titled on Fibrr. November Quebec comprises two tracks: a solo track by Keith Rowe, recorded live while being broadcasted; and that same piece as viewed by the Quartet. This edition comes in a blue deluxe gatefold cardboard sleeve with sikscreened original art by Keith Rowe. Limited to 250 copies." - Esquilo. |
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Artist: WOLF EYES Title: Six Arms and Sucks |Live in Porto| Format: CDR Label: Esquilo Country: Portugal Price: $15.00 |
| "Recorded live in Porto this release shows a different side of Wolf Eyes. Clearly?uncomfortable for playing to a sitted audience, the band throws an unsetting 30?minutes long improvised track ranging from quiet moments - where scrapped?metal, electronics and horns melt - to the most explosive harsh noise and?guttural vocals.?But this was not the end. Without warning, Wolf Eyes start a 2 songs medley.?Both well know for the Wolfs concert goers. Minimal beats, distorted?guitars, cracked-up electronics and noisy vocals fill the remaining 20 minutes.?This edition comes in a gatefold cardboard sleeve with silkscreened original art?designed by Soopa?Limited to 200 copies." - Esquilo. |
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Artist: ROCKCELONA Title: La Bruja Format: LP Label: Estereo Fonico Country: Spain Price: $29.00 |
| "Considered by many worldwide collectors as one of the best hard-rock albums ever, Rockcelonas La Bruja saw the light in 1978 and sank without trace. The band came from Barcelona and could be seen as one of the early Spanish proto-punk bands along with La Banda Trapera Del Rio. Killer sound with primitive English/Spanish vocals and heavy, and I mean heavy fuzz-wah wah assaults from start to finish! First time ever reissue with remastered sound and original artwork. A must!" -Estereo Fonico |
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Artist: COOPER, MIKE Title: World Slide Format: 12" Label: Ethbo Country: UK Price: $11.00 |
| "Preceding the Killing Melody LP by ten years, this EP was recorded by Mike in the late 90s and originally released on his own CDr label Hipshot. A 500 only pressing, these are the last remaining copies. Mike is a British blues legend. In the early 60s he supported John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Howling Wolf, Son House and many more American blues artists on their UK visits - as well as backing British R&B bands. He honed his guitar skills to later include steel blues and Hawaiian lap steel guitar. From the 80s onwards, he ventured into more avant garde territory and has continued to beat a path somewhere between all these styles. The three tracks here represent his later experiments with lo-fi loops and Hawaiian steel guitar. They were recorded in his kitchen in Rome, on a primitive computer, dumped onto minidisc and then CD. The result is a quiet and multilayered recording. This was a challenge even for Porkys George Peckham to master, but after a few takes, the record was pressed at the old EMI plant, shortly before their machinery was sold off. World Slide and New Hula Slide demonstrate Mikes fusion of the traditional Hawaiian melody with dirty avant garde loops. New Hard Times is a slide guitar and vocal blues, stripped down and angry." -Ethbo |
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Artist: V/A Title: Killing Melody - Instrumental Music From Japanese Pinky Violence Movies Format: LP Label: Ethbo Country: UK Price: $27.00 |
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"Subtitled: Instrumental Music From Japanese Pinky Violence Movies. The title Killing Melody is from the movie Criminal Woman: Killing Melody and sets the scene for a taste of Pinky Violence. Any filmgoer new to the genre should be warned: Pinky Violence movies are not for the prudish or faint hearted. With the irreverence of Luis Bunuel, the slapstick of a Carry On film, the frisson of Russ Meyer, all combined with callous violence. That said, they can be a whole lot of fun. They have more than a resemblance to Blaxploitation movies, yet these films were made before Cleopatra Jones, Coffy and the like. The music selected for this album is not limited to Pinky Violence films, but also the New Action gangster series and the erotic avant garde of Koji Wakamatsu. Very much products of their shameless and liberated times, expressed with a uniquely Japanese mania; essential viewing for anyone interested in early 70s Japanese culture. Featured on the record are cult gloom-folk-rock band THE JACKS. Instead of their signature suicidal folk, they are represented here with one of their earliest recordings, a fuzz rock discotheque hoe-down. Alongside them THE FLOWERS, one of the most renowned Japanese 60s rock acts, beat out a hippy jazz bossa version of their first hit Last Chance. Enka goes RnB, meat and potatoes drums, clavichords, rocking horn sections, driving drones, big reverb and beats to die for. Some of these sounds could easily have been made by Ramsay Lewis, Duke Ellington or Lalo Schifrin. Instead they were banged out by the tight studio bands and orchestras of the Toei, Toho and Nikkatsu film studios. Released on Ethbo Music, its first release for several years, the label being a product of the fevered mind of Howard Williams. Normally found holed away in the basement of Honest Jons record shop, where he runs the distribution for the Honest Jons label and a select group of imprints from around the world. Co-compiler of the Moondog - Viking Of Sixth Avenue compilation album for Honest Jons, he also co-ran Rita Records in the mid 1990s, which launched Smoke Citys international chart hit Underwater Love. This is a 1000 only limited edition vinyl run single LP with insert. Liner notes are written by Mark Schilling, author of No Borders No Limits: Nikkatsu Action Cinema. Mastered in at Dubplates and Mastering Berlin and pressed at Pallas." - Ethbo.
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Artist: FRIEDMAN, RUTHANN Title: White Dove/Motorcycle Madness Format: 7" Label: Ether Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "Ruthann Friedman wrote the early bubble-pop anthem Windy for The Association while crashed out on Crosbys couch, swung with Zappas crew, and she almost got that Jefferson Airplane vocalist slot before bitch goddess Grace slunk in. Ruthanns 1970 LP, Constant Companion is a recording of sublime beauty and abstract folky ruminations which shouldve sent ol Joni running to Essra Mohawk and Judee Sill for consolation (and inspiration!) -- but sadly recognition was a long time in coming. Friedmans lone 45, Carry On (Glittering Dancer) is another bit of genius, fleshed out by captivating Van Dyke Parks arrangements a la Smile or Song Cycle. The two tracks on this single arent as densely arranged as that, certainly more of a piece with Constant Companion than the Hurried Life demos collection that came out in 2006 on Water. Still, any further recordings from this era should be recognized as a godsend... like these two! The A side, White Dove, is Ruthann naked amongst spiraling acoustic beauty, while the B is a rip-snortin west-coast style groover that sounds like Moby Grape or Big Brother (or late West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band!) backing one bad-ass biker mama." -Ether |
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Artist: CLIMAX GOLDEN TWINS Title: Eerie Fragrance Format: 12" Label: Etude Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "A lovely vinyl reissue on Etude Records of a long obscure Climax Golden Twins gem. Originally issued in 1995, on cassette, Eerie Fragrance or Eyeless Fabrication or Exclude Frank or Eat Fuck or etc (forever) was Climax Golden Twins second official issue after a self-released double seven inch gatefold record. Cassettes--the cockroach of the industry--were a necessity at the poorer end of the music spectrum prior to CDRs and file sharingthe good old daysEF was a collage of noise, found sounds, punk rock disasters, Chinese climaxes, broken records, and tape failures mastered directly to cassette on a reverberant wooden floor in an old building in Seattle, Washington. It seemed an inauspicious start and little presaged the ambient/dreamy/art installation/field recording/Anomalous Records darlings CGT were to become with releases such as Lovely, Dream Cut Short in the Mysterious Clouds, Locations, etc. However, secret free hillbilly noise epilepsy has always lurked under the button up shirts, white wine sipping and gallery-opening snack-munching. The noise informs the dreams which informs the ambiance which informs the chaos and so back to the beginning and vice-versa. Etude Records discovered CGT through their work on the horror film Session Nine and have been wanting to release something ever since. Part band, part art project, Climax Golden Twins were discovered lurking under a desk in a laboratory in the early 1920s. Reconstituted around 1993 or 4 (just add gin), they perpetrated various audio artifacts on an unsuspecting (and cold) world (see extensive and largely mythical list below). These days they are the CGT in AFCGT. And they released Victrola Favorites recently on Dust to Digital. Their laboratory origins lead to a an unhealthy interest in early recording and the era of music on 78rpm records and cylinders, a time of acoustic sound reproduction when oral traditions ended and the home entertainment industry and the information age devoured our puny lives. Thats a mouthful. This era was a pivotal one in understanding how humanity arrived where it is today, though Climax Golden Twins denies all knowledge of where that might be." -Etude |
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Artist: BERRESHEIM, TIM Title: No Time Left Format: LP Label: Eventuell Country: Germany Price: $28.00 |
| "After numerous releases with the artist Jonathan Meese, No Time Left is finally the first solo album by the artist and musician Tim Berresheim (Cologne). Besides last years 7 on Meeuw Muzak it is also the first release that doesnt appear on his own New Amerika imprint, but on Eventuell - a label which specializes in artists records and produced a collaboration between Raymond Pettibon, Otomo Yoshihide and Blank in 2005. No Time Left is an impressive proof of Berresheims musical skills, both as multi-instrumentalist, programmer and composer. The four tracks on this LP are carefully constructed mixtures of wonderful guitar and basslines, atmospheric synth-layers, dubby electronic music and unorthodox samples. Although very eclectic in its wide range of sounds and elements, the recordings are characterized by a coherent mood. If you can imagine a hybrid of Nurse With Wound, early Residents and Tom Recchion, youre probably quite near to what can be heard on this great record. The four instrumentals correspond with four large, modified black-and-white photographs by Tim Berresheim which are fully reproduced on four sides of the stunning extra-large gatefold-cover in the form of a triptych. An impressive artists record which comes in a limited edition of 400 copies." - Eventuell. |
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Artist: BERRESHEIM, TIM Title: Studies In Future Blues Format: LP Label: Eventuell Country: Germany Price: $35.00 |
| "A good three years after his first solo debut No Time Left on Eventuell, Tim Berresheim presents Studies in Future Blues. The new album shows a different take on experimental music. While No Time Left gave a proof of his skills as a multi-instrumentalist, Studies in Future Blues is pure computer music. The title is programmatic because here Berresheim presents different takes on blues rock, from plunderphonic tracks in the tradition of John Oswald via melancholic treatments a la Caretaker, to abstract micro-assemblies that remind of early computer music like Horacio Vaggione, for example. The six tracks, all entitled Wicked Son, are highly entertaining demonstrations of his craftsmanship. Cover art by Tim Berresheim, done in conjunction with the correspondent exhibition earlier this year at the gallery Hammelehle und Ahrens in Cologne." -Eventuell |
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Artist: BLANK Title: Duden Format: LP Label: Eventuell Country: Germany Price: $24.00 |
| "Rüdiger Carl is one of the most important figures to have emerged from European free jazz. Musicians Oliver Augst and Christoph Korn, who are a generation younger, work at the cross-roads of improvisation, installation, electronics, and theory. Oliver Augst, Rüdiger Carl, and Christoph Korn have appeared as Blank in different projects and releases from FMP and GROB international. Their latest project takes the theme of "collection" as a starting point. Oliver Augst, Ruediger Carl, and Christoph Korn have sifted through their own recordings and releases from recent years, and have broken them down into microscopically small parts, creating countless strange and colourful fragments. These fragments are then recorded on vinyl in the form of 240 locked grooves. "Duden" is not only a very special recording, but an instrument in itself for Blank will use the locked grooves to perform live with three recordplayers instead of their usual instruments - a genuine mixture between post-turntablism and improvised music. Limited on 400 copies, comes with stunning artwork on extra thick cover by Tobias Rehberger." - Eventuell. |
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Artist: CHRISTIANSEN, HENNING Title: Op.39 Fluxorum Organum Format: Double LP Label: Eventuell Country: Germany Price: $52.00 |
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"In 1967 Henning Christiansen proposed to Joseph Beuys that he, Christiansen, composes a major work for organ titled fluxorum organum for Beuyss planned Aktion Eurasienstab. Beuys and Christiansen agreed to structure fluxorum organum in five sections. Henning Christiansen composed a piece with five movements. The organist Franz Meiswinkel played the composition on the organ in Düsseldorfs Liebfrauenkirche. Henning Christiansen recorded the entire performance with a manipulated tape machine. The first Eurasienstab Aktion took place in 1967 in Vienna at the Galerie Nächst St. Stephan. There the final tape version fluxorum organum was played. In 1968 there was a repeat performance at the Wide White Space gallery in Antwerp. There was a film made of the performance, which, however, remained a fragment and included only the first and a bit of the second part of Christiansens composition. The film fragment is only about 20 minutes long. In the summer of 2008 Henning Christiansen gave me some old tapes with the complete recordings of his composition Eurasienstab -- fluxorum organum. Marcus Schmickler restored and remastered these tapes at Piethopraxis Studio, Cologne. On the recordings the actual playing times differ from the instructions in the score. The total duration of this recording is 72 47". -- from the liner notes by Ursula Block / gelbe MUSIK. Comes with two booklets, reprints of the original notation (15 pp.) as well as typewritten annotations (5 pp.) by Christiansen, limited edition of 450 copies. Highly recommended!" - Eventuell SOLD OUT
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Artist: HEISZENBERGER, ANDREAS Title: Solokarriere Format: LP Label: Eventuell Country: Germany Price: $16.00 |
| "A few months after his contribution (I Hate You) on Matthias Schaffhäusers Warenkorb #4 , the new Cologne-based label Eventuell is proud to present the first longplayer of visual artist and electronic musician Andreas Heiszenberger from Nürnberg. Heiszenbergers concept of House might remind of Jan Jelineks Farben and Ekkehard Ehlers Betrieb , but is also characterized by his refreshing DIY-approach, experimentalism and very own humour and, its not only because of Heiszenbergers vocals that Solokarriere will suit fans of Justus Köhncke or the new Kompakt Pop serie. Next to the electronic and dance tunes youll find short, narrative interludes of soundpoetry and fieldrecordings together with his regular use of unusual samples, Solokarriere defines a completely new way of compiling a longplayer in electronic music. The record comes in a very special gatefold-cover with sticker, with paintings by Andreas Heiszenberger who also studied with German artist and musician Albert Oehlen (Leiterwagen Records). On the inside youll find a documentation about his visual art work (many coloured paintings and drawings) and a text by Wolfgang Brauneis (in german). This first edition is limited to 280 copies plus 20 copies numbered and signed special edition with an original drawing by Andreas Heiszenberger (now sold out). Eventuell is run by the tonschacht-crew and will be specialised in artists records. Forthcoming releases are planned with Sven-Ake Johansson, Jason Forrest (aka Donna Summer), and a collaboration between Blank with Raymond Pettibon and Tobias Rehberger (together with Grob)." - Eventuell. |
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Artist: INSTITUT FUER FEINMOTORIK Title: Original und Fälschung Format: 7" Label: Eventuell Country: Germany Price: $10.00 |
| "First 7" by turntablism-quintet Institut für Feinmotorik from Cologne/Freiburg, well-known for their records on Staubgold and Fusetron. In 2002 the Eventuell-crew organized the first exhibition with the Institut für Feinmotorik at the exhibition space "kontor" (Cologne) to document both their music and their visual art. Although purely done with prepared turnables, the tracks remind of the melancholic atmosphere of Gamelan music, but at the same time both "Original" and "Fälschung" ("imitation") proof that this collective still marks the most playful and elaborate end of minimal techno. The 7" comes in a stunning cover with a picture puzzle artwork, including ten "mistakes" to be found in the version on the backcover. A highly entertaining piece of art and music. Limited to 500 copies." - Eventuell. |
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Artist: PETTIBON, RAYMOND/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/OLIVER AUGST/CHRISTOPH KORN/R�?DIGER CARL Title: Long Live The People Of The Revolution Format: LP Label: Eventuell Country: Germany Price: $26.00 |
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"The point of origin for the radio play �??Long live the people of the revolution�?? are the texts Bruno Schönlank and Ernst Toller wrote in the
1910s and 1920s for the revolutionary speaking choirs which were part of the communist labour movement. Here, Otomo Yoshihide�??s manipulations of those original recordings meet Raymond Pettibon�??s captivating lyrics. His revisions and translations of those utopian pieces recall the texts of his drawings and paintings, also known since his collaborations with bands like Black Flag and Sonic Youth.
Both are supported by the fabulous Frankfurt based trio Blank which consists of free-jazz legend Rüdiger Carl, Oliver Augst and Christoph Korn who both work in the grey are between improvised music, electronic music and free noise. Together with Yoshihide and Pettibon they transform that apparently anachronistic combination of art and politics into a highly challenging, at the same time touching piece of art.The design of the labels and the stunning silkscreen-cover is by Raymond Pettibon. Thanks to one of the most unique collaborations in contemporary art and music, both musically and textually �??Long live the people of the revolution�?? is without doubt a masterpiece. The vinyl-only release is limited to 400 copies." - Eventuell.
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Artist: PEEESSEYE Title: Commuting Between the Surface & the Underworld Format: CD Label: Evolving Ear Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Commuting Between the Surface & the Underworld continues Peeesseyes pattern of ignoring virtually all patterns but those that spring forth from the swarm of earthquakes in their collective brain. Recorded following an unamplified tour of US noise venues with groups including Nautical Almanac, Life Partners, and Sharks With Wings, this record brings vocals, a more pronounced rhythmic pulse and piles of acoustic instruments to the foreground alongside the waves of electronic density that have characterized past releases. Guests on Commuting Between the Surface & the Underworld include three frequent collaborators of Peeesseye: Clare Cooper, the Australian harpist who adds pedal harp and guzheng (Chinese harp) to two tracks; trumpeter Nate Wooley, who adds brass on ⿿Distant Mud; and the reclusive conceptualist Shawn Edward Hansen, who provides additional percussion and vocals to two tracks. The resulting record is a perverse twist on spaced rock and post-noise ritual - mayhem in the mansion, shivers in the shack." - Evolving Ear |
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Artist: psi Title: Artificially Soul Care Operators Format: CD Label: Evolving Ear Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Captured live and in the studio over the past two years, Artificially Retarded Soul Care Operators is the definitive pee-ess-eye blast of true and pure sacrificial brain-rot. A fifty-minute collection of densely cultivated mitherings from the unforeseen masters of complete silence. psi is Jaime Fennelly (electronics), Chris Forsyth (guitar) and Fritz Welch (drums, cymbals & objects). Brooklyn, New York based. Cathartic, hermetic, meditative noise that slowly evolves into nothing. Featuring beautiful full color gatefold cover art and poster by Fritz Welch and Stephen O⿿Malley (SUNN O))),." - Evolving Ear. |
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Artist: RAINEY, BHOB Title: Two Bites Of A Bitter Sweet Format: 7" Label: Evolving Ear Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Very first release of all electronic music from this bigwig of the global improv/noise/experimental underground, known for his work alongside trumpeter Greg Kelley in the influential duo, nmperign, his direction of the improvising juggernaut, The BSC, and collaborations with Jason Lescalleet, Gunter Muller, Ralf Wehowsky, Le Quan Ninh, Alessandro Bosetti, and Michel Doneda, among others. This new music ranges from homemade synth textures to field recordings from Lisbon, Venice, Huelva, and other, unremembered locations. Theres some singing by Naomi Yang (Damon and Naomi) and Bhob himself, and some words of wisdom from Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Overall, a woozy alternate reality is offered for repeated dream pool swims. Edition of 300." - Evolving Ear. |