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Artist: PORMM CIRCLES Title: Live Format: CDR Label: M Record Country: JAPAN Price: $11.00 |
| Recorded live Oct & Nov, 2002. |
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Artist: BRANDLMAYR/WERNER DAFELDECKER/CHRISTIAN FENNESZ, MARTIN Title: Till The Old Worlds Blown Up And A New One Is Created Format: LP Label: M=Minimal Country: Germany Price: $23.00 |
| "M=minimal is pleased to release a masterpiece of the early 21st century on vinyl. Till The Old Worlds Blown Up And A New One Is Created is an outstanding work of reductionism and minimalism. Martin Brandlmyar (Radian/Trapist/Kapitalband 1), Werner Dafeldecker (Polwechsel, David Sylvian, Autistic Daughters) and Christian Fennesz (Touch/Mego/Thrill Jockey) on this record created a new kind of cool jazz coupled with a big portion of New York School (John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown and Christian Wolff). Its hard to describe the music with words. This work reveals its secrets only after listening to it a couple of times. It grows with each time you listen to it. In this work, silence and noise are never used as an end in itself. As equal parameters they stand in the composition that also has space for some tonal "flowers." M=minimals recommended listening time is round about midnight. Christian Fennesz: electric and acoustic guitars, computer; Werner Dafeldecker: double bass, tape delay, computer, Martin Brandlmayr: drums, percussion, vibraphone, computer, piano. Editing and arrangement by Martin Brandlmayr. Cut by Stefan Betke at Scape Mastering. Cover artwork: Christian Borngräber, cover photography: Jens Strüver. Includes download code." -M=Minimal. |
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Artist: SCHNITZLER, CONRAD Title: Ballet Statique Format: LP Label: M=Minimal Country: Germany Price: $16.00 |
| "M=Minimal continues their collaboration with electronic music legend Conrad Schnitzler, and presents after 30 years, the re-release of one of the key works from Conrads large, adventurous back catalog. Ballet Statique is not only a musical milestone but also a highlight of music production. It was recorded in 1978 at the legendary Paragon Studio, Berlin by Tangerine Dreams Peter Baumann in the same period when other masterworks like Clusters Großes Wasser and solo recordings by Roedelius and Asmus Tietchens were recorded. Ballet Statique was first released on the German Paragon label, under the original title Con (also issued on legendary French label Egg). This album is a must-have, and not only for fans of Emeralds and Oneohtrix Point Never." -M=Minimal |
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Artist: SCHNITZLER, CONRAD Title: Endtime Format: Double LP Label: M=Minimal Country: Germany Price: $31.00 |
| "Bureau B is honored to be able to present Conrad Schnitzlers last work. Only a few days before he passed away in August 2011, he created this unique, almost 70-minute-long work. Thirty-six parts mixed into each other create a walk through his entire work. This record is not only for fans of Conrad Schnitzler -- its like a trip through 40 years of electronic music. Schnitzler once again shows how strongly he has influenced artists such as Emeralds and Oneohtrix Point Never. Without his solo works and his projects Kluster, Tangerine Dream and Eruption, electronic music wouldnt be the same." - M=Minimal. |
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Artist: SCHNITZLER, CONRAD Title: Zug Format: LP Label: M=Minimal Country: Germany Price: $16.00 |
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"Conrad Schnitzlers Zug is one of the most important and one of the first electronic minimalist works that was published in the 1970s. Almost simultaneously with Kraftwerks groundbreaking Autobahn, "Zug" appeared on the legendary The Red Cassette (1973). The Wire magazine wrote about Zug: "Kraftwerk might have used similar methods to create rhythm but three decades on, it still sounds like the future." As an original member of Tangerine Dream (1969-1970) and a founding member of Kluster, Conrad Schnitzler is a creator of milestones in the history of electronic popular music. This release is rounded off with remixes by Con (1978) fan Stefan Betke aka Pole and Borngräber & Strüver. Pole and Kassian Troyer (Radian) have mastered the record, so the best quality is guaranteed." -M=Minimal.
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Artist: SCHNITZLER, CONRAD Title: Zug: Reshaped And Remodeled Format: LP Label: M=Minimal Country: Germany Price: $23.00 |
| "Conrad Schnitzler is an early member of Tangerine Dream and a founding member of Kluster, along with Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and his works will always be important. Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer were so fascinated by his album Zug (MINIMAL 001LP), that they immediately delivered two reshapes of this milestone of electronic music. Max Loderbauer is a veteran of the Berlin techno scene, who became known with his project Sun Electric. For his current project NSI and as a member of the Moritz Von Oswald Trio, Max Loderbauer enjoys a worldwide reputation. His great cooperation with Ricardo Villalobos for the legendary ECM label appeared in many "Best of 2011" lists. Ricardo Villalobos is one of the leading techno DJ/producer/musicians. He has influenced the scene for more than 15 years. The "Aktion" mix targets with 100% certainty on the dancefloor, but is also suited to wake you up in the morning. DJs need this 20-minute mix as a tool. The "Sorgenkind" mix is not for the mainfloor but for fans of the broken beats. Everybody who enjoyed the RE-ECM work of the two will love this 15-minute mix. Schnitzler/Loderbauer/Villalobos = dreamteam. Includes a download coupon with two amazing remixes by Stefan Betke aka Pole and Borngräber & Strüver." -M=Minimal. |
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Artist: STIEBLER, ERNSTALBRECHT Title: Sequenz II - Mitteltöne - Trio 89 Format: LP Label: M=Minimal Country: Germany Price: $27.00 |
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Artist: STIEBLER, ERNSTALBRECHT Title: Sequenz II - Mitteltöne - Trio 89 Format: LP Label: M=Minimal Country: Germany Price: $27.00 |
| "Ernstalbrecht Stiebler is the first German composer that based his compositions on minimal techniques. This record is the first part of an edition of his works on the M=minimal label. Stiebler, whose first reductionist work Extension I was first performed in 1963, clearly showed an opposite position to the serial composers of that time. As a composer, Stiebler is unfortunately still very unknown, but he has a great reputation as a producer for the German radio. Some of the recordings were released on the prestigious hat ART label. Among other things, he supervised recordings by Morton Feldman, John Cage, Alvin Lucier, Giacinto Scelsi, Earle Brown and Christian Wolff. The work "Sequenz II" for cello and tape from 1984, is available as a new recording with cellist Agnieszka Dziubak. The organ work "Mitteltöne" (1997) was performed by the 77 year-old Stiebler himself and is the first available recording. The recordings were produced by Borngräber & Strüver. "Trio 89" is a key work that was released in 1996 on hat ART and is now finally available again. The recording licensed for this record was produced by German radio RBB in 1994 and was performed by Frances-Marie Uitti (cello), Robyn Schulkowsky (percussion) and Marianne Schroeder (piano). All three of them are well-known for their excellent performances of new music." -M=Minimal. |
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Artist: BOGNER, URSULA Title: Pluto Hat Einen Mond Format: 7" Label: Maas Media Verlag Country: Germany Price: $15.00 |
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"Limited edition of 300 copies. More unearthed recordings from German pharmacist Ursula Bogner, possibly dating back to 1968. After Jan Jelineks discovery and reassembly of Bogners reel-to-reel tapes (released by Faitiche on Recordings 1969-1988), this 7" makes public for the very first time another 4 tracks of fascinating electronic modulations and synth loops." - Maas Media Verlag.
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Artist: ANONYMOUS Title: Inside The Shadow Format: LP Label: Machu Pichu Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
"Originally released in 1976 in an edition of 300 copies, the sole album by Indianapolis ANONYMOUS stands today as a high-water mark in rock n roll, combining the adventure of west coast ballroom groups, the 12-string majesty of Byrds, and breathtaking multi-part harmonies to forge something inimitable and one-of-a-kind, with powerful songs that pushed the limit and raised the bar at the same time. Long time top ten favorite with almost every head we know, a true classic recommended for everyone into amazing rock records of all varieties. Remastered and restored by WARREN DEFEVER. LP in tip-on jackets with original lyric insert." -Machu Pichu.
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Artist: ANONYMOUS Title: Inside The Shadow Format: CD Label: Machu Pichu Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Originally released in 1976 in an edition of 300 copies, the sole album by Indianapolis Anonymous stands today as a high-water mark in rock n roll, combining the adventure of west coast ballroom groups, the 12-string majesty of Byrds, and breathtaking multi-part harmonies to forge something inimitable and one-of-a-kind, with powerful songs that pushed the limit and raised the bar at the same time. Long time top ten favorite with almost every head we know, a true classic recommended for everyone into amazing rock records of all varieties. First officially licensed reissue of this classic in almost twenty years; issued with the groups full cooperation and assistance. Remastered and restored by Warren Defever for best-ever sound. Sleeve notes from Aaron Milenski (co-author of the essential reference guide The Acid Archives), and recollections from Ron Matelic, Anonymous visionary songwriter." -Machu Pichu. |
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Artist: V/A Title: MTR-01 Format: LP Label: Macro-Eden Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "An 18 band one sided LP on gray marble vinyl featuring Temple of Bon Matin, Hop-Frogs Drum Jester Devotional, AMK, Sander Roscoe Wolff, Books on Tape, Kyozin Yueni Dekai, I Heart Lung, Foot Village, Tres Quatro, No Age, BARR, Debaser, Sharon Cheslow, Hestbak, Bavab Bavab, Organisms, Fanboys, and Whitman. With a color collage front cover and a gritty black and white photo of Ed Wilcox (Temple of Bon Matin) for the back, no corners were cut in the making of this album. The record itself is a document of how 18 different bands responded to the challenge of writing a 45 second song. The transitions between songs come so seamlessly that the piece stands as a massive effort by many musicians, rather than a series of individual tunes." - Macro-Eden. |
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Artist: CLAUDIO TWO Title: Contemporary Suicide Music Format: CDR Label: Mad Monk Country: USA Price: $14.50 |
| "Brand new dead end carpetbagger blues by these born losers. This third Claudio Two album (following the unreleased and indefinitely shelved Jazz Improve CDR) finds the crew flexing their muscles a bit - from wasted bedroom metal riffs carelessly layered over each other to create a zit cream vortex, to synth / occult pieces inspired by John Carpenter soundtracks and Ritalin snorting, to atmospheric black metal frightmares, and decrepid blooz rock, its all here on this brief CD, which may or may not include the bands first actual cover song, by French geniuses Vietnam Veterans. Full color collage covers by local college radio personality (actually he just steals CDs from the station) Blake Conley. Only 150 copies of this one, hurry!"- Mad Monk |
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Artist: CLAUDIO TWO Title: Hot Lead Format: CDR Label: Mad Monk Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Latest and best from this mysterious tribe finds them in full synthesizer horror mode. Taking cues from the soundtracks of John Carpenter, the mutant space techno of Allan Bryant, the time-lapse mesmerism of Robert Fripp, and the intrepid synthesizer experiments of Ruth White, Hot Lead deals in nightmarish arpeggios, shapeshifting noise and ominous melodic variations. Recorded direct to 8 track - no boring, sterile microhouse polish here - and comprised of mostly solo tracks by individual members. Complete with dreamy Sisters of Mercy fanboy cover art. Limited to 150 copies." -Mad Monk |
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Artist: CODY, TURNER Title: The Great Migration / Quarter Century Format: LP Label: Mad Monk Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Turner has been kicking around the NYC folk scene for quite a few years now, but this is, perhaps inexplicably, his first foray onto wax. While most singer / songwriters these days seem to draw most of their water from Iron and Wine via Pavement and back again, Turner sounds like he began his musical education listening to Gershwin player piano rolls and quit buying records somewhere around the time Dylan brought it all back home. Lyrically, Turner can turn a phrase with the best of em, and the gloriously ramshackle accompaniment is Mungo Jerry meets Herman Dune sharing a squat in Tin Pan Alley. This LP combines two of Turners self-released CDs, and is as good an introduction to his wonderful music as any. Heres what Jeweled Antler head honcho Glenn Donaldson sez about Turner: "Cody is pre-war, Old Testament & A Confederate General from Big Sur." Errnuff said, no?"" - Mad Monk. |
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Artist: EGYPT IS THE MAGICK # Title: The Valentine Process Format: LP Label: Mad Monk Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Egypt is the Magick #, the duo of Adam Mortimer and Dave Shuford (NNCK, Suntanama, Coach Fingers, Enos Slaughter, etc) (plus a mysterious third member) return after a seven year hiatus with an LP of archival material that somehow bests their massive CD on Psych-o-Path all those years ago. Beautiful full color covers and 180 gram vinyl, only 500 copies so hurry!" - Mad Monk. |
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Artist: MATTA LLAMA Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Mad Monk Country: USA Price: $16.50 |
| "Matta Llama are already one of the most talked about bands in New York City, but after the psych beardstrokers, dateless dronemongers, and stoner rock wastoids get ahold of this, the bands name will be express-delivered to legendary status alongside Trad Gras Och Stenar, Edgar Broughton Band, and High Rise. Featuring gifted artist Arik Moonhawk Roper on bass, this relentless foursome have crafted one of the most explicitly psychedelic and teeth-rattling albums to come along in years. With deluxe fold out poster and fancy matte printed covers, only 500 copies and destined to fly." - Mad Monk. |
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Artist: OWL XOUNDS Title: Teenagers From Mars Format: LP Label: Mad Monk Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "We here at Mad Monk have been fans of Adam Krineys many projects over the past few years and feel deeply honored to offer the vinyl debut of his long-running fucked-jazz unit Owl Xounds (formerly OWL SOUNDS). Taking their psychedelic rhyhmic core of drummer Kriney (LA OTRACINA/BLIZZARDS/RUST IONICS/CASTANETS/THE PLACES) and upright bassist Gene Janas (Screamin Jaw Hawkins/Bern Nixs SEDITION ENSEMBLE) to any reedsman up for the challenge, the boys explode it all with Austrian sax-ist Mario Rechtern, who has been invlolved with free-music since the late 60s playing in the REFORM ART UNIT (with Sunny Murray, Linda Sharrock, & Leena Conquest) and more recently as a guest in the Weasel Walter QUARTET/SEXTET/TRIO. Truly and honorably a post-ESP expression, it is much a post-SST expression. While the instrumentation and framework are a staple of the jazz/improvisaion tradition, the directions and velocities at which OWL XOUNDS exist are just as informed of the worlds of hardcore/punk and experimental noise. Citing the MISFITS as the most important band in his musical education, drummer/leader Kriney always felt the connection between the punk he grew up on and the free-jazz he became aware of later in life, the energy, the volume, the commitment, and most importantly the UNDENIABILITY of them both! And similarly the ostracism of the two is not to be ignored, being an outsider, the alienation from popular music, from popular culture, and from everyone around who just didnt get it were also of significance. It is with these considerations that this LP was named, for after all, from Albert Ayler to Thurston Moore to Glenn Danzig to Kawabata Makoto to Peter Brotzmann, they and we are all Teenagers From Mars, and we dont care! This LP is a split release with Krineys own Colour Sounds Recordings." - Mad Monk. |
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Artist: WAND Title: Born Bad Format: LP Label: Mad Monk Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Brand new VINYL ONLY LP by WAND aka James Jackson Toth, documenting an unraveling of psyche and soul. A psychedelic and almost comically intimate ode to abandonment and bad choices. Hand screened covers containing an insert with full lyric sheet, and pressed on swirly psychedelic vinyl (no two alike!). . Limited to 500 copies." - Mad Monk. |
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Artist: WEISMAN, KURT Title: More Is More Format: 7" Label: Mad Monk Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "We were crazy about the music of Kurt Weisman from the first second we heard it. You can Google at least two or three examples of us publicly gushing over ⿿Past The Moon, one of Kurts songs played with his band Feathers. Its probably our single favorite song of last year. Needless to say we are overjoyed to release Kurts debut on vinyl, following an excellent self-released CD-R. Possessed with the rare talent of writing tunes that are at once whimsical and strangely ominous, Kurts music is reverential without being anachronistic. His solo work is even more far-reaching, adding electronic elements without sacrificing the charisma and charm inherent to the songs. While somewhat poppier than his work with Feathers, dont worry - Kurts solo vinyl debut is just as possessed with the spirits of Canterbury. Fans of Les Maledictus Sounds cut up / collage work, (not to mention their affinity for speeding up vocals) will be delighted, as will those who cant understand why the Beach Boys didnt make ⿿Vegetables a sidelong jam. Elsewhere, Kurt conjures Comus as remixed by Otto Von Schirach. He also writes some of the most compelling melodies weve heard in a long time ⿿ timeless, beautiful ones. Remember the feeling you got when you were a kid and you first saw that last scene in Over The Edge, where they play Valerie Carters version of ⿿Ooh Child as the kids head off to juvie? Kurts single gives you that kinda feeling. Your life totally needs this." - Mad Monk. |
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Artist: WILD GUNMEN Title: Cocain Spyders Format: CDR Label: Mad Monk Country: USA Price: $12.50 |
| "The second volume in this exciting series by this wastoid troupe from the buckeye state is even better than the first. While the highly popular Volume One introduced the band as the parole boards answer to the Cherry Blossoms, Volume Two: Cocain Spyders (the misspelling is the bands) finds the group more stoned, introspective and deliberate, with oscillators, delay drones, horns, and high pitched feedback squeals taking the place of more traditional instruments. Singer Kristy is, as ever, center stage, singing beautifully harrowing misfit tales of lonely strangers, train wrecks and dreams fading away. Volume Two also features what is perhaps, in our opinion, the quintessential Wild Gunmen track thus far - an untitled jam near the middle of the disc begins like any other paranormal WG track, until Kristy nonchalantly takes a break from singing to audibly converse with her captive party guests about sex and cocain(e), while Witt and Ron, undaunted, lock into a supremely fucked clarinet / guitar duet that sounds like a moonlight meeting between Rafael Toral and Little Howlin Wolf. When Kristy decides to begin singing again, the track only gets weirder, stretching out over several parts and nearly fifteen minutes like a lost ESP side or perhaps the music the guy who left the desperate answering machine message at the beginning of Charalambides Market Square might have made. As if all of this werent enough, Volume Two also includes the soon-to-be-punk-classic "(Ive Got A) Washboard (For A Stomach)." This is the second in what we hope will be a long running series of releases by Wild Gunmen on Mad Monk, but each one could be the last - word has it a few of the band members are dead set against these releases - so treasure and cherish every minute while it lasts!" - Mad Monk. |
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Artist: WILD GUNMEN Title: End Ov The World Format: CDR Label: Mad Monk Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Were pretty thrilled to offer up the third volume in this series of CDRs by Wild Gunmen. End Ov the World is our favorite of the bunch, because it offers the expected - chaotic wastoid jams, cacaphonous raging, and crude acoustic punk ditties - along with the entirely unexpected - essentially, the albums untitled 12 minute closer, which is by far the best thing the band has ever done. "12" is a monstrous piece of low bass tones, disembodied vocal samples, ominous cascading noise, spooky backward effects, and singer Kristys deadpan voice (sample lyric: "I hate being raped every day / every day that I live I am raped / Everybody rapes me every day / do you know what its like to be raped every day?"). Scary shit. This track is unlike anything else in the WG discography, sounding like a cross between Consumer Electronics Teenage Nuremberg and "Revolution 9" for a post-Mullholland Drive world. There are other highlights as well, like the Godz-style punk of "Up Your Ass" (featuring rare lead vocals by either Ron or Witt), and a nearly lucid cover of "Folsom Prison Blues," complete with train whistle sound effects. Elsewhere, banjos collide with saxophones, guitars feed back mercilessly against found audio, chaos reigns. If youre new to Wild Gunmen, this is the place to start." - Mad Monk |
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Artist: WILD GUNMEN Title: Volume One Format: CDR Label: Mad Monk Country: USA Price: $14.50 |
| "I was introduced to the music of Wild Gunmen by Russ Waterhouse, who handed me a tape wrapped in silver foil and told me Id love it. He was right, and I immediately wrote to main Gunman Witt, just telling him how much I liked his band. He wrote me back immediately, promising "years" of more music, and telling me Id better get ready, because this was some serious shit. He explained that the band - a trio - were bad on the biz end because they were all saddled with being drug addicts and had also been dealt the unfortunate blow of all being born under the sign of Libra (???). He also told me that two of the members were former FM radio DJs on Cincinnatis WAIF. A few days later, a package arrived containing three unmarked 90 minute cassettes, and a handwritten letter. The letter featured color copies of a sexy drummer who, Witt explained, was dead now, and another photo of a very young girl who Witt claimed to have taken to see GG Allin. The letter, rife with more references to the copious amount of drugs the band takes, quotes from South Park, and casual boasting, was still not enough to prepare me for the amazingly twisted sounds contained on the tape. Eerie acoustic blues, with oscillator and other various noises, super confessional lyrics sung by what sounds like the demon spawn of Jandeks gal Nancy and Niagara, and the unmistakable sound of several fucked up adults getting together to rock out in a self-described drug infested nut house. This one is hard to explain, and frankly, Im at a loss - a very authentic psychedelic nightmare that may be a little too real people for its own good. Of all the amazing shit coming out of Cowtown lately (and there is a LOT!) this is some of the most fried by far. Some of it maybe sounds a little like Sam Esh? I dont know, man. Anyway, this is the first of what we hope will be many releases of Wild Gunmen material on Mad Monk. We are super excited to share this with the world! I asked Witt to send me cover art and song titles, and he told me to "just make them up, cause no one here can ever agree on them...our singer Kristy is a drug addict...half the time I just want to kill her. And surprise us and cook up your own design for a CD cover - title it anything you want." Okay, then! Only 150 copies, hurry!"- Mad Monk |
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Artist: WOODEN WAND & THE BRIARWOOD VIRGINS Title: Briarwood Format: LP Label: Mad Monk Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Limited to only 500 copies, this LP version of the new album by WOODEN WAND is being released by Fire Records in the UK on CD (and eventually, a vinyl reissue), but this version is the homegrown DIY style, with Office Max printed inserts and marble-y swirl purple vinyl. Further alienating those who would just as soon attend a Renaissance Fair as they would a gig, this album is WW at his most rock and roll - a valentine to trad rock (only one track of acoustic guitar on the whole record) - no honey straws here. Features a cover of Jim Fords "Big Mouth USA" and longtime crowd favorite "The DNR Waltz." Tube sizzlin good times. Bottoms up!" - Mad Monk. |
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Artist: AGITATION FREE Title: 2nd Format: LP Label: Made In Germany Country: Germany Price: $19.00 |
| "When the band Agitation Free came together in 1967 as a result of the merging of two Berlin rock groups, one of the most interesting groups in a dawning independent German music scene was created. With their improvisations between rock, jazz and new music, Agitation Free - soon relegated to the not so flattering category of krautrock - made musical forays into areas that few of their fellow German musicians had ever penetrated." -Made In Germany. |
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Artist: AGITATION FREE Title: Malesch Format: LP Label: Made In Germany Country: Germany Price: $19.00 |
| "A vinyl re-release of the debut-album by legendary krautrock avant garde band Agitation Free, starring Lutz Lüül Graf-Ulbrich on guitar, who late became part of Ash Ra with Manuel Goettsching." - Made In Germany. |
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Artist: S.Y.P.H. Title: 4 Format: CD Label: Made In Germany Country: Germany Price: $16.00 |
| "Re-release of a German avant garde-punk-classic from 1981. Co-produced by Holger Czukay (Can) it was the counterpart of the Czukay-Album On the Way to the Peak of Normal, in which all the members of S.Y.P.H. also took part. The CD comes with booklet with unreleased photos and extensive liner notes by S.Y.P.H.musicians Harry Rag and Jojo Wolter." - Made In Germany |
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Artist: S.Y.P.H. Title: 4 Format: LP + CD Label: Made In Germany Country: Germany Price: $18.00 |
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"Re-release of a German avant garde-punk-classic from 1981. Co-produced by Holger Czukay (Can) it was the counterpart of the Czukay-Album On the Way to the Peak of Normal, in which all the members of S.Y.P.H. also took part. The CD comes with booklet with unreleased photos and extensive liner notes by S.Y.P.H.musicians Harry Rag and Jojo Wolter." - Made In Germany
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Artist: SCHULZE, KLAUS Title: La Vie Electronique 10 Format: Triple CD Label: Made In Germany Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "2011 release. CD1: Unheilbar Deutsch; CD2: Walk The Edge; Havlandet; Interview 1991; CD3: Goodwill; Olé; Habla Espanol; Gaudi Gaudi; Suite Nr.3, D-Dur, 2. Satz, "Air". "Former member of Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempels 10th volume of his early works. La Vie Electronique is a series of 3-disc CD releases by Klaus Schulze, reissuing material from his limited edition 50-disc CD box set The Ultimate Edition (2000), which itself collected the previously released limited edition multi-disc box sets Silver Edition (1993, 10 discs), Historic Edition (1995, 10 discs), and Jubilee Edition (1997, 25 discs), along with an additional five discs. The series began in 2009 with a plan to release all the music from The Ultimate Edition in chronological order." - Made In Germany |
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Artist: SCHULZE, KLAUS Title: La Vie Electronique 11 Format: Triple CD Label: Made In Germany Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| ""In 1992-93 Klaus Schulze recorded about ten hours of music, not intended for record release. This music was issued in a box set and quickly sold out, so smaller collections have been reissued. Disc 1: The four parts of Film Musik contain the complete music for the soundtrack to the 1993 German TV documentary Spurensicherung. Baudenkmaler. Disc 2: Klaus called the 71-minute piece Narren des Schicksals his first symphony. It was recorded in 1992/93 for no special purpose. Disc 3: Track 1, Der Schonheit Spur, is the longer version of the music Klaus recorded 1993 as soundtrack for a film about Berlins Potsdamer Platz, and the final track (Return in Happy Plight) is the remixed version which was actually used for the film. Ein schones Autodafe was meant but not used as ballet music for Klaus opera Totentag." - Made In Germany |
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Artist: SCHULZE, KLAUS Title: La Vie Electronique 6 Format: Triple CD Label: Made In Germany Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "CD 1 contains the second part of the Oberhausen-concert with Schwanensee and two solo pieces recorded in 1976 in the studio in Hambuhren. Fear at Madame Tussauds was recorded in April, 1977 in the London planetarium - at that time a novelty, for it was the first time that a concert was held in a planetarium. Zeitgeist is a concert which was recorded on October 17th , 1977 in front of 5500 people in the Saint Michael cathedral in Brussels, Inside The Harlequin is the encore of this evening. The recording date of La Vie Secrete cannot be exactly determined after all years any more. Recorded either in 1977/78 or 1975 this piece remains a very quiet, almost meditative jewel. In contrast to this stands Barracuda Drum recorded about 1978 with Harald Grosskopf on drums. Last but not least at the end of the third CD we encounter the Klaus Schulze of 1979: In October and November that year Klaus Schulze was on tour with Arthur Brown (Fire). There was Greatness in the Room is a fragment of the encore of concert from October, 29th 1979 in Brussels. The specific thing about this recording: Beside the voice of Arthur Brown the vocoder-voice of Klaus Schulze is also to be heard." - Made In Germany |
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Artist: SCHULZE, KLAUS Title: La Vie Electronique 7 Format: Triple CD Label: Made In Germany Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "Re: People I Know is the first of the two long pieces that Klaus played during his Dusseldorf concert in 1977. Its similar to the highly valued piece that KS played around the same time in Brussels St. Michaels cathedral. Avec Arthur: During the lengthy 1979 tour, Klaus played a long solo piece that filled the first half of the concerts as usual. After the intermission, the singer Arthur Brown joined him for the second piece. This is one of those energetic second halves. Arthur could be, and was often, very high-spirited, very good, I dare say even excellent. As here, on the 25th of October 1979 in a youth club of the Belgian town of Liege. During the peaceful part after the break (and his famous roar). Arthur sings partly in French. Merveilleux! My diary reports: Small youth club, jam packed. Good concert. Crazy Nietzsche is loosely based on Klaus well-known Friedrich Nietzsche title from the X recording session. As on the X tracks, the drumming is by the great rhythm man Harald Grosskopf. First, Klaus recorded Haralds familiar solid pulse, and for the middle part - Asketische Ideale - he was asked to add some floor toms playing. As usual during that blooming Schulze era, also this track was recorded at the Panne-Paulen studio in Frankfurt. After listening to the music for the first time after many years, Klaus told me it must be a live recording because of the sound of the Korg PS 3300 that he only played in concerts not in a studio. Judge for yourself." - Made In Germany |
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Artist: SCHULZE, KLAUS Title: La Vie Electronique 8 Format: Triple CD Label: Made In Germany Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "Klaus Schulze recorded some of his more introspective works. Albums like Mirage, Dune, and Dig It saw a significant change in his style of playing and his way of composing. While Schulze was quickly expanding his collection of synthesizers, that ultimately had its effect on the outlook of the music and the possibilities of performing that in a more exquisite way. Play a track like Synthasy and notice that Schulze has come a long way since Timewind and Moondawn. On this 8th part of La Vie Electronique theres a selection of stuff that was archived beside his official albums in those years. A large part of this 3CD-set forms the appearance of concert recordings (made on a cheap, but stereo radio cassette recorder) from Klaus 1979 tour with singer Arthur Brown. Besides the recordings that made up three sides of his monumental Live album that was released in 1980, there were plenty of other versions available of the material that Schulze played during the fall of 1979. The late seventies/early eighties work of Klaus Schulze is often overlooked and underrated by many. Hearing the material featured on this 3CD-set, one can discover the other side of that particular period when analogue was still there, but digital was about to become the power to be." - Made In Germany |
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Artist: SCHULZE, KLAUS Title: La Vie Electronique 9 Format: Triple CD Label: Made In Germany Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "The three tracks on the first CD are a complete Schulze concert in Budapest: Budapest on the 21st of October 1982 in a huge sports arena, with Rainer Bloss on additional keyboards, but mainly he plays the electric piano. This was the only concert that was actually done from a scheduled tour through south-east Europe, together with Tangerine Dream, Rick Wakeman, KS, and Classix Noveaux with Thomas Dolby. The first title played in the Hungarian capital is based on Klaus famous Ludwig title from the album X. "Die spirituelle Kraft des Augenblicks" (The spiritual power of the moment) is still the Budapest concert. The encore. The announcement is made by Klaus Schulze." - Made In Germany |
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Artist: SCHULZE, KLAUS Title: La Vie Electronique Vol. 5 Format: Triple CD Label: Made In Germany Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "We are proud to announce La Vie Electronique Vol. 5. The rarities of the electronic pioneer Klaus Schulz were previously released in a strictly limited edition, called The Ultimate Edition, and document the history and the rich diversity of this exceptional musician, even more impressive than on his official releases. Now these recordings, completely remastered and for the first time in chronological order, are available in elaborate editions. Every episode contains 3 CDs in high-quality vinyl look with digipack including booklet with detailed background information and comments. La Vie Electronique Vol. 5 contains music of the years from 1976 to 1977. Berlin Schoneberg was recorded in 1976 at a Berlin radio concert, Vie de reve is a concert from the same year, recorded in Reims in France. Nostalgic Echo and Titanische Tage are also solo concerts from 1976. A year later For Barry Graves has been recorded - a short concert for the West German Radio broadcasting show music extra 3. The Oberhausen Tape is a concert from 1976 (you will find the second part of this concert on La Vie Electronique 6). Finally, The Poet is a typical piece of the Moondawn era." - Made In Germany |
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Artist: SCHULZE, KLAUS Title: Richard Wahnfrieds Tonwelle Format: Double CD Label: Made In Germany Country: Germany Price: $16.00 |
| "2 CD version of 1981 release from former Ash Ra Tempel member. Since the late seventies Klaus Schulze uses the alter ego Richard Wahnfried. The album Tonwelle was released in 1981 as Richard Wahnfrieds second. Within Klaus Schulzes universe Tonwelle remains an exceptional album today. This 2CD package contains: The original vinyl was produced for a speed of 33 1/3 rpm but by mistake, the cover said a speed of 45 rpm. For this release the fast version was processed. Both versions are now available for the first time." |
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Artist: HAINO & YOSHIDA TATSUYA, KEIJI Title: Hauenfiomiume Format: CD Label: Magaibutsu Country: Japan Price: $20.00 |
| "The controversial work which stepped into the forbidden territory of editing the performance of Haino Keiji. Yoshida breaks up their studio session boldly and restructures it from the unacceptable tune reproduced by extreme editing to the pop song thing that it is surprised. From the irregular hard core to heavy tune. From the modern music short piece, to the lyricism acoustic number. This album shows new possibility with union/condensing the music of Haino & Yoshida. This time they made 2 different (but similar) albums." 16 tracks, 50 min.-Magaibutsu |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: Loose Bugs Format: CD Label: Magnificent Expansion Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "i recorded this in Feb 1998 at con art loft and mixed /mastered and hand made limited to 999 copies. here is the first batch of 100 ready and shrink wrapped. theres 10 years of previously unreleased sunburned music here with me that i recorded and i plan on continuing to make as much as possible available over the next year, this is volume 1 loose bugs." |
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Artist: BURNING STAR CORE & LAMBSBREAD Title: Live In St. Louis Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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"lambs as the chiefs backing band.... 1st jam is slow, quiet, longer developing jam that never really bursts; just builds.... 2nd jam = quick burner with the chiefs electronics getting fried.... edition of 80"
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Artist: CLAMS Title: Marinos Dream Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Like sleeping off a hangover while slowly breathing in the smell of cheap fried seafood... recorded live at some gallery in columbus, played by all 3 members of lambsbread/spencer yeh/james ferraro of the skaters... edition of 75/handmade covers" - Zac Davis, Lambsbread. |
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Artist: DAVIS, ZAC Title: Bad Ludes Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: DAVIS, ZAC Title: In MI Format: Cass Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: DAVIS, ZAC Title: In Michigan Format: Cass Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| 2007 release limited to 40 copies. |
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Artist: DAVIS, ZAC Title: Living Easy Is Hard Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: DAVIS, ZAC Title: Ripoff Scumbag Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: DAVIS, ZAC Title: Valleys Of Your Mind Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: DAVIS, ZAC/BEN HALL Title: Slab Pt 2 Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"hell hall says it sounds like coryell meets cobham....
while i dont disagree, i think its a bit more
fucked..... sounds like if some kids who have been
listening to nothing but charlie christian records
their whole life found a non-existent bailey/harris
duo lp and tried to imitate it while drunk..... very
strange.... edition of 60" - Maim & Disfigure.
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Artist: DEAD MACHINES Title: Live Dead Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "live in columbus early 05, olson on drums and vocals, tovah on drunk junk box/j-tar destroying.... like no dead machines youve heard... imagine the drums from the negative approach 7" being played under some weird synth tape being slowly mangled and eaten with the sound of one bass string being detuned and abused and youre somewhat close to what it sounds like.... one part everything cuts out and both get into some seriously twisted screaming type shit, sounds like they were killing each other up there..... olson in fine mode talking some punk talk.... rumor in town for a while was they had a bunch of LSD in their car on the way to the gig and got pulled over so they had to eat it all, and i hearing this you could believe it.... if youre under 18 we need a letter from your parents to buy this one, lots of anti-cop talk... dont want another "cop killer" on our hands..... edition of 100" - Zac Davis, Lambsbread. |
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Artist: DEAD WAFER Title: IDM Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
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Artist: DEAD WAFER Title: s/t Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "2nd release from this mysterious tape/echo/vocal wipeout.... a bit more droned out than the earlier cassette release, but still same burned vibe.... maybe if the other one was the sound of waking up in pain from smoking too much weed the night before, this one is the sound of what happens after that pain has already been killed with a heavy early morning session.... edition of 50" - Maim & Disfigure. |
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Artist: DEAD WAFER Title: s/t Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: DEAD WAFER/ZAC DAVIS Title: Baloon Head Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: DEAD WAFER/ZAC DAVIS Title: Split Format: Cass Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "newest early morning brain incinerating jams from the wafer on side a with side b being more typical awful sounding acoustic jamming... edition of 50" - Maim & Disfigure. |
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Artist: DEMONS W/ ZAC DAVIS Title: s/t Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: DOMINOS PIZZA Title: C. B. Answering Machine Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Zac Lambsbread & James Ferraro.
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Artist: EMERALDS Title: Dirt Weed Diaries Vol 2 Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"clevos #1
misogynists (well at least one of em is) cook up
another demented batch of stewed audio haze.... this
time much darker..... if you could be served a bowl of
this it would be dark grey but would sparkle when you
turned your head in different directions to look, and
each glisten would feel too bright and piercing,
sometimes to the point of feeling like you eye is
gouged, only to realize youre staring at nothing but
thick grey surface which might not even have anything
underneath.... ltd to 75" - Maim & Disfigure.
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Artist: HALO RAZOR HEAD Title: Boogie Punks Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"also known as
"the bp band", this is one of our best releases
ever.... weirdest rock/improv unit ive ever heard....
guitar goes from weird waves of in and out volume to
complete mars style atonality into straight up hendrix
destroyed blues mania..... drums are like no other
drummer ive heard; dude plays a line, tries to copy it
but does a bit off, repeats this 3 or 4 times, then
goes into strange open wasted bashing that somehow
still retains logic... gonna be playing some gigs with
us in the next few weeks (chicago, stl and lexington)
so come check em ltd to 60" - Maim & Disfigure.
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Artist: KEFFER, LESLIE Title: Provocative Oral Mics Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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"was trying to find title for keffer cd few weeks back.... hanging at skylab party where elusive DJ EURO was playing, emeralds crew + connolly + keffer in da house..... all night big john and keffer coming at it each other with weird sexual tension vibes, calling each other names and shit with big john getting a bit out of control.... dude starts rappin "your music just sounds like a skeezy 16 year old..." everyones jaws drop, but dude keeps going "not like i dont like it... it turns me on... but it sounds like a slutty 16 year old girl..... all those cute little toys you use.... and those provocative oral mics.... it really turns me on" (to which she responded "you sing like a girl with 2 boys")..... i cant say any sort of mics or noise toys have ever really turned me on, but maybe it will for you..... 2 live shows from tour with lambsbread in sept...... 1st is nj rager, keffer in awful mood all day... not talking to anyone.... plays killer 8 minute super loud oppressive set, in great mood after.... 2nd = weird stoned vibes in pvd..... edition of 60" - Maim & Disfigure.
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Artist: KUMPINY NIGHT Title: Kumpiny Night Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"from jan 07.....ben chasney, elisa ambrogio, kim
gordon, thurston moore, bill nace, zac davis,
christian carter, gown, jessi leigh swanson, dredd
foole, matt krefting.... all inna combination....
duos/trios etc.... the whole gig on tape, hear all the
bad jokes made between every set.... everyone was
great this night, 5 minute set limit, names pulled out
of a hat for collabs...... edition of 126" - Maim & Disfigure.
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: (U Are Now Slipping Into) The Xans Of Time Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Alien Smoke Out Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Blake The Next Nick Lachey Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Check Yr Head Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Flat and Old Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Floating Inside Baloons Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Foiled Again Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Kiedis Got Clean With Help From A Magical Elk Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Killing Yourself To Live Vol 1 Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "first 4 gigs from summer "killing yourself to live" tour w graveyards/bloodyminded/demons..... cbus/chi/mn/iowa..... chi and iowa have c spencer yeh on vocals, sounds like someone gargling with wood chips.... other 2 are lambs trio..... completely raw sound...... no fucker were at some of these gigs..... edition of 60" - Maim & Disfigure. |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Levitation Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Paid In Full Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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"real trashed out boombox jams, recorded late night, probably in an opiate haze.... cover features diddy, lebron james, dwayne wade and some other mugz.... edition of 60" - Maim & Disfigure.
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Police In Helicopters Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "newest rank basement jams.... recorded 4 am style, everyone almost passing out..... each time it seems the riffs get longer and longer and the explosions stay a bit more restrained, take longer to happen.... sounds like sabbath or moses trying to take their songs apart, but theres too much gunk in the way... edition of 60" - Maim & Disfigure. |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Ram Up U Party Format: Cass Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "includes one live jam from last tour and one basement jam..... recorded 100% handheld style" - Maim & Disfigure. |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Return To Sender Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Rodnet King Was On PCP That Night Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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"cd of newest lambsbread recordings, going deeper into sub-sab repeition territory, holding off for a long time before the blast..... willie d says "fuck rodeny king", and while i dont agree, its cool he was dusted.... edition of 100" - Maim & Disfigure.
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Shit Gayz Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Steal Yr Face Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Straight Ahead Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Take Me To Your Dealer Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"alien series....... best poster ever.... you can make that joke everytime you see an alien and its still funny.... edition of 60" - Maim & Disfigure.
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Under the Bridge Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Waking Sleep Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: LAMBSBREAD Title: Wigger Bounse Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: MIRANCHITO Title: S/T Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: MURDER/SUICIDE Title: Murder/Suicide Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "well i still cant really wrap my head around this one.... greg kelley/dave doogan duo... extremely rough sounding.... first jam sounds like oscillators and drums, weird vocals every now and then..... sounds angry, would not want to be in the way with this jam going down.... 2nd track = harsh high pitched trumpet "runs" with out of tune tom beating off time in the background.... listened to it with a crew last night, all agreed one of the "harshest" things weve ever heard.... track 3 = longer jam... real loud/in the red oscillators, trumpet etc.... edition of 60" - Maim & Disfigure. |
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Artist: RITUAL ABUSE Title: s/t Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| Boston hardcore band, Mind Eraser w/ Zac Davis |
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Artist: SCRAMBLED SPICE Title: Baldhead Hoes Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: SCRAMBLED SPICE Title: Part 2 Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| Steve Gunn, John T (XO4) and Zac Lambsbread. |
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Artist: SHAPESHIFT Title: Inna Basement Style Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| Zac Davis (Lambsbread), James Ferraro (Skaters), Karl Bauer (Axolotl), and Phil (Driver) |
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Artist: SHOWERS Title: Live in Rats Eyes Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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"providence scuzz-addicts make you feel like youre sitting in a sauna
pumping out piss mist... goes from blown out heavy rock to stagnant out of
order urinal rot... one song is a cover off of flex your head comp...
edition of 50" - Zac Davis, Lambsbread.
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Artist: SICK LLAMA Title: Skin Walker Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "the best dude in "noise" right now.... total fucking braindead, too burnt out to even get high anymore type noise.... some parts sound like plastic, 5 foot circular basketballs slowly boucning and deflating on a contact micd city street late at night; others sound like if you were the size of a safety pin and were crusing through a small, tight sewer that was all curvy and fucked up and the water was almost not even in there anymore but was slowly dripping while your carrying vessel was scraping up the ground you sailed on; others sound like someone flushing a toilet while taking a bong hit..... 2nd track = live on new years, hear how fucked up the emeralds crew was.... ltd to 75" - Maim & Disfigure. |
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Artist: SKY JUICE Title: Empty Telepathy: Early Trancemissions 2000-2005 Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: SKY JUICE Title: Meets Stoney Freeman Uptown Inna Dub Style Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Numbered limited edition of 40." -Maim and Disfigure |
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Artist: TWISTED TUNNELS Title: s/t Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
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"local guitar hero tom derwent gets a generator and goes under a highway overpass to shred...... sounds like haino without the emo or if you isolated just the guitar track from a TG record and played it on a dying boombox outside.... totally killer.... edition of 40" - Maim & Disfigure.
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Artist: V/A Title: Live At Spooky Action Format: CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "live @ spooky action cdr (w/ c spencer yeh, axolotol, skaters, lambs.... "- |
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Artist: WOLF EYES Title: Fried Alive Format: Double CDR Label: Maim & Disfigure Country: USA Price: $16.50 |
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"double live wolfs, one gig from sept 2005, other from little brothers in cbus this october..... both discs have a good mix of songs from the bigger lps and free jamming..... first disc has a bit more of a wasted, empty, paint-thinner huffed style creepy vibe.... 2nd disc is more full on assault.... edition of 100" - Maim & Disfigure.
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Artist: JOSEFUS Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Mainstream Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "2013 repress; 180 gram vinyl. Authors of two albums published in 1970, the Texas based Josefus are the quintessence of hard psych made in the USA -- a gritty sound featuring prominent guitar and a solid and agile rhythmic base. This second album by Josefus, released a year after their debut, confirms their place as one of the most interesting and underestimated bands of the era. Largely influenced by early Zeppelin and British blues, Josefus deftly brought late sixties hard rock into the 70s, anticipating sounds that would later become synonymous with bands like ZZ Top and giving birth to a genre that would eventually give way to heavy metal." - Mainstream. |
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Artist: MAHER SHALAL HASH BAZ Title: Souvenir De Mauve Format: CD Label: Majikick Country: Japan Price: $18.00 |
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Latest from Tori Kudos long running project - released on the Puka Puka Brians label, Majikick. Supposedly marketed as a CD single even though it contains over 60 minutes of music. Features 8 shortish songs in the post-"Rough Trade era Red Krayola" primitive psych pop arena Toris been mining for awhile now and 3 tracks (totaling over 40 minutes) of solo piano. Possibly the most "listenable" Maher release to date!
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Artist: PEEPING TOM Title: Beginin Format: 7" Label: Majikick Country: Japan Price: $6.00 |
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Saya of Puka Puka Brians/Tenniscoats/Maher Shalal Hash Baz.
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Artist: DETROIT, EDDY Title: Immortal Gods Format: CD Label: Majora Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| CD reissue of the first (of two) self released albums put out by Eddy Detroit (his third album would come out many years later on Majora, Jungle Captive, in 1997. Very exotic cult folk and primitive rock album, led by the irrepressible vocal presence of Eddy. "A reissue of more material from the early 80s Phoenix underground music scene, contemporary with Paris 1942; this time none other than the first LP by Eddy Detroit... this was self released in 1982 and has been pretty impossible to find for quite a few years. Featuring an all star lineup including Mary and Dan Clark (Victory Acres), Charlie Gocher and Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls), James Verlaine (aka J. Akkari from Paris 1942) and others, this has turned out to be one of my favorite records documenting a scene I pissed away a whole lot of my just barely post adolescence loitering in and around." - Nick Schultz. |
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Artist: Q. LESLIE Title: Presque Vu! Format: LP Label: Majora Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Leslie Q is a new discovery from Tennessee I believe, who records songs in a solo bedroom style that are startling in their immediacy, power and ability to fly out of the known universe. Really rough textured acoustic guitar, insanely personal vocals, perfectly realized individualistic style. While Lou Guru and the rest of the Lo-fi-kill-me-now generation feverishly scour their Boys Life back issue set-collections for subject matter and inspiration, its nice to hear somebody maintain & actually add to the Real Person cannon." - FE. Late 90s LP.. |
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Artist: Q. LESLIE Title: The Casual Plane Format: LP Label: Majora Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Second solo album of spectacular personal intimation; absolutely hammered acoustic guitar mantra-esque tunes and enchanting droned vocals on top. This is a sound for many unanswered dreams." - FE. Late 90s LP.. |
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Artist: SUN CITY GIRLS Title: Bright Surroundings Dark Beginnings Format: CD Label: Majora Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"2nd CD in the Majora reissue program, this was the 7th Sun City Girls album, first issued on LP-only in 1993. It contains just three long tracks, opening with the ultra-gorgeous Eastern-laced ballad "The Venerable Song (The Meaning Of Which Is No Longer Known) -- a track which features a throbbing Alan Bishop bass-line mantra, much exotic Charles Gocher percussion and some unbelievably gliding lip numbness in the vocal dept. -- one of the most instantly recognizable sounds in modern music. "Omani Red Light" is one of those staggering trio cuts where Rick Bishop takes off for outer limits guitar-wise, heavily psychedelic and emotionally expressive, easily blowing away so much "real" psych that we all have to wade through. The final track is "The Multiple Hallucinations of an Assassin" -- a glowing improv-rock instrumental piece of perfectly intense resonance. The sequencing gives you an ideal feel for the mesmerizing frequencies this band was intent on emitting during the height of their live activity years, an era in American music when they were as threatening, confounding and potentially awe-inspiring as anyone that could be named. Yet another classic document." - Majora.
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Artist: SUN CITY GIRLS Title: Valentines For Matahari Format: CD Label: Majora Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"Reissue of this all-time classic first issued on LP-only in 1993, and the first of a series of CD reissues of Sun City Girls material on this label. Chronologically, this is the 8th Sun City Girls album, following the first 3 on Placebo, and the early Majora titles: Torch Of The Mystics ,Dawn of the Devi ,Live From the Planet Boomerang &Bright Surroundings Dark Beginnings. Majora never issued information as to the source of their material, but the albums were laboriously edited for home listening perfection and these few records documented this American bands apex in terms of inspiration, instrumental explosivity and third mind delirium. Mostly recorded live on earth (not necessarily in front of other humans), the material on Valentines... is mixed blazingly loud, up front and in your face, particularly notable for the special crystalline nature of Rick Bishops guitar playing -- a melding of psychedelics, sharding post-Ginn scale extensions and Eastern-tinged luminosity. Alan Bishops bass is in full accompanying force, pushing the improvisational zig zaggery element of the band to its core (although perhaps best known for his sparkling skills n manners of deception, manipulation & charm, Alan just might be the most significantly underrated bass player of the last 15 years!). Charles Gochers clattering traps fill out the remaining spaces in the middle perfectly. The record starts with the deliriously powerful "Black Tent" and closes with the next-planet conversation piece, "Circus Haddam", by which time things have cracked up pretty goddamn far. A most significant record, back again." - FE.
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Artist: TOTAL Title: Here, Time Is Space Format: Double LP Label: Majora Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "This is the 3rd Total album, following the stunning Beyond the Rim debut and the Sky Blue Void CD on Freek Records UK. Total is the solo project of Skullflowers Matthew Bower (also Hototogisu, Sunroof!, Vibracathedral Orch, etc..), and here he presents 4 sides of long, glorious washes of guitar noise splendor" - FE. Original copies of this mid-90s release. |
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Artist: BABIES, THE Title: Meet Me in the City Format: 7" Label: Make A Mess Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| ""Meet Me in the City" is the second single from new NYC combo THE BABIES. "Meet Me in the City" and "Somebody Else" are rollicking pop gems, pungent with sweet harmonies, raucous beats, tambourines, skyscraping guitars: the works. Summer dreams, psychic revelry, concrete heat-Babies are born! The individual Babies are no strangers to melodic transcendence, a fact to which their work in psych-pop wunderkinds WOODS and chainsaw sirens VIVIAN GIRLS will attest. Anybody with an ear for indie-pop mayhem had best put their spending shoes on pronto, as these Babies are starchildren of an entirely different breed!" |
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Artist: BRILLIANT COLORS Title: Walk Into the World Format: 7" Label: Make A Mess Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "Make a Mess Records presents Walk into the World, BRILLIANT COLORS second 7-inch for the label, following their four-song 2008 debut. With a handful of singles and an LP on the classic Oakland imprint Slumberland, this San Francisco trio has in the past three years projected a glittering stream of noisy pop gems over the Bay Area and beyond, carving a charmed path through indie melody and bratty punk primitivism. "Walk into the World" shimmers into life with a 60s girl-group swing and timeless pop drama, refracted through a hazy DIY lens, initially curious and ultimately triumphant. "Bad Vibes" turns your world upside-down with a downer dose of delightful disorientation. The 7-inch was recorded by garage punk wunderkind TY SEGALL and will be paired by a single just released by Slumberland. Pick em up!" -Make A Mess |
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Artist: GRASS WIDOW Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Make A Mess Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "GRASS WIDOWs debut LP is Make A Mess Records fourth release. This all-girl San Francisco trio borrows some of the aesthetic and sound from early art-punk bands like the Raincoats and blends it with their own unique style. Each song is vocally driven with intricate harmonies over strong melodies. For fans of Nodzzz, Brilliant Colors, Mika Miko, etc." - Make A Mess |
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Artist: GUN OUTFIT Title: High Places Format: 12" Label: Make A Mess Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Olympia, Washingtons enjoying some of the best bands in the country again, and out from the basement comes GUN OUTFITs High Places 12-inch. The groups timeless, dueling guitar work twists and braids with melody around the trading vocalists, hypnotizing a growing legion of true believers stateside and abroad. Guitarists CARRIE KEITH and DYLAND SHARP shred with patience and deliberation, casting spells with the grace and power of Patti Smith or Huesker Due, the lyricism and six-string tenacity of Felt or Television. After last years triumphant Possession Sounds LP (Post Present Medium), High Places is a bright, open page in Gun Outfits continuing songbook. Four songs and an empty room-youll sit close to the needle to put it on over and over again." -Make A Mess. |
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Artist: KNIGHT SCHOOL Title: Revenger Format: LP Label: Make A Mess Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "KNIGHT SCHOOL is a fresh-faced duo (sometime trio) from New York City transmitting mesmeric frequencies like star students of a cassette-pop underworld. Revenger is their second full-length record following 2009s self-released The Poor and Needy Need to Party, and their first for a minor label: San Franciscos Make a Mess Records. Knight School populates gorgeous, entrancing melodies with opaque lyrics that are often bleak, sometimes humorous and often bleakly humorous (sometimes). Their concise songs have a strange air akin to a celebratory sadness, like bounding out of the house in the middle of summer to find yourself in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm. KEVIN ALVIR and CHRIS BALLA wrote and recorded Revenger themselves, conjuring epic bedroom hypnosis from acoustic guitars, electric jangle and chime, primitive drum machines, tumbling drum kits and dreamy harmonies (and harmonicas). The album recalls early Guided By Voices, 60s folk-pop wonderment, The Go-Betweens and post-punk-era indie, but casts off into foreign waters on the strength of its own charmingly personal vision." - Make A Mess. |
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Artist: PROPER ORNAMENTS Title: Recalling Format: 7" Label: Make A Mess Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "San Franciscos Make a Mess Records ventures across the pond for its ninth release, the debut 7-inch single from Londons THE PROPER ORNAMENTS, on which the English duo offers up two songs of languid drift, rainy-day vibes and ethereal pop power. "Recalling" rides a motorik pulse into dreamy, dimly lit terrain, simultaneously mannered and damaged, melodies moving back and forth between keyboards, guitars and voices. "Are You Going Blind?" is sadder and softer, evoking a classic British pop landscape of gray streets, upturned collars and haunting harmonies. The group shares members with the current goth-tinged, punk-flecked indie pop sensations VERONICA FALLS (7-inches on No Pain In Pop, Trouble Records and Captured Tracks) and the now-defunct SEXY KIDS (7-inch on Slumberland Records). One Ornament also spends time on the other side of the aisle, issuing underground missives with the Germs of Youth record label." - Make A Mess |
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Artist: RANK / XEROX Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Make A Mess Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"The debut LP from San Francisco post-punkers RANK/XEROX. The album follows a now-out-of-print four-song 7" and a split cassette with Grass Widow. Their sound is one of post-punk tension, messy but vaguely pop in a fractured fashion, guitar scratchers and synth screamers. The LP inhabits darker, danker spaces than previous recordings; damaged dirges seep out from a confused consciousness and are stared down by obtuse ragers and disorienting excursions into the synth zone. Recorded in a Chinatown dungeon by San Francisco luminaries ERIC BAUER (aka King Riff) and TY SEGALL. " - Make A Mess.
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Artist: WHITE FENCE Title: White Fence Format: LP Label: Make A Mess Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"San Franciscos Make a Mess Records (Grass Widow, Brilliant Colors, Traditional Fools) is proud to unleash upon the masses the self-titled debut LP from LA psychpop auteur WHITE FENCE. Wander into the sweltering Cali smog to find yourself transported into a lysergic pop netherworld, where White Fence carves broad strokes of color into your mind. Coming on like Love in a Lollipop Shoppe, or Chris Knox abusing a Vox, the record oscillates between a sun-dappled English meadow, a crumbling SoCal suburban bedroom, and a riotous Sunset Strip leather gang knife fight, with the kind of warped precision and purity that marks the wolves from the sheep and the profound from the pretend in this instant online age. You know what I mean. Connoisseurs of the physical format will be richly rewarded with surgical-grade vinyl and a gorgeous fold-out insert." - Make A Mess. Highly recommended!
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Artist: MAKING WAVES Title: #1 - August 2011 Format: Mag Label: Making Waves Country: UK Price: $11.00 |
| Squarebound mag featuring interviews with Jerri Cain Rossi of Denver post punk band Your Funeral, Dolly Mixture, Petticoats, Linder/Ludus, Chalk Circle, Liliput, Alice Bag, Chuck Warner and more. |
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Artist: HOTOTOGISU Title: Befriending Demons/Nepenthe Format: 3" CDR Label: Mallard Lake Country: Sweden Price: $7.50 |
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"A population of singing birds. How nice. But armed
with rusty metal strings and heavy amplifiers executed
in a freakout state of mind, it gets nasty.
UltraFuzzDronePreacher Matthew Bower, known from
Skullflower and Sunroof!, unveils another episode of
the Hototogisu, in a collaboration with Marcia Bassett
from the Double Leopards." - Mallard Lake.
"The three inch cd seems to be the format of choice
these days for all things avant / drone related. I
guess its part the novelty, but also the 20 minute
limit is just perfect for one big long track. Like the
modern day drone rock equivalent of our old friend the
seven inch single. This super limited three inch just
so happens to be the latest missive from Mr. Matthew
Bower of Sunroof!, Skullflower, Total, etc. Bower is
the Hototogisu, and on this disc that means gorgous,
pulsing free noise, taking the crushing power of
Skullflower and smoothing it out with the bliss of
Sunroof! Two tracks merged into one twenty minute
piece of strangled guitar chords, droning and
throbbing, becoming more and more machinelike, until
the whole thing is a keening, looped mass of distorted
grit and vibrating hum, like an industrial Steve
Reich, or a noise rock Terry Riley. Caustic and
abrasive, but also hypnotic and beautiful. These are
ultra limited so you can bet they wont be around for
long." - Aquarius.
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Artist: PEEPER, THE Title: Hustler Collage Format: CDR Label: Man Hand Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
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"edition of 200. the peeper is Matt Krefting, John Moloney, Gene Moore, Thurston Moore, and Bill Nace, psycho blowout from the time machine in easthampton"-Man Hand
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Artist: SUNBURNED Title: Ego Enema Format: CDR Label: Man Hand Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "32 shows / 3 to go, east coast touchdown (meltdown), recorded about a month ago in rochester, ny. adams return to new york state, ashes aware session." -Man Hand |
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Artist: SUNBURNED Title: Glek Format: CDR Label: Man Hand Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Next in the g-vowel series full on warp circa 2005 from the Loft, Moloney, Thomas, MJK, Phil Franklin and Dave Bohill. edition of 100." -Man Hand |
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Artist: SUNBURNED Title: Glok Format: CDR Label: Man Hand Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Final joint in the g-vowel series.loft warp continueum, 5man creep leading into the thomas, bohill, cooper flush. edition of 100." -Man Hand |
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Artist: SUNBURNED Title: Gluk Format: CDR Label: Man Hand Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Micks kitchen in Leeds is a multiuse facility. Gluk continues our trip through the vowels and brings you this hard bop session from the flowerhouse. Mick Flower, John Moloney, Rob Thomas & Ron Schneiderman. edition of 60." - Man Hand |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: An Ants Death Format: CDR Label: Man Hand Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "presidential audio collage of a 2008 birmingham show / micks house / london / and greenfield, ma - b&w artwork, plastic digicase features Moloney, Thomas, Schneiderman, Sarah O Shea, Paul Labrecque, Mick Flower, Conrad Capistran, Phil Franklin, Taylor Richardson, and Adam Nodelman - edition of 100" - Man Hand |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: Charlies Itch Format: CDR Label: Man Hand Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Brand new drugstep record for the robitussun dance crowd. played by moloney, oshea, thomas & schneiderman. edition of 100." - Man Hand. Numbered edition of 100 |
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Artist: BLUES CONTROL Title: A Full Tank Format: CDR Label: Managing Expectations Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "Spring 2007 tour CDR. Compiles the Palsy tape + the split tape on Uzi Suicide + a salty mix of Tenku You + Glen Fandango (from the WFMU session). RIYL Poltran and Circular Drinking." - Blues Control. |
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Artist: OS LOBOS Title: Miragem Format: LP Label: Mandrax Country: Italy Price: $33.00 |
| "Next stop, Brazil. 1971 psychedelic album that was released by the Top Tape label (same as Modulo 1000). Os Lobos Miragem is a great album; some distorted psychedelic guitar here and there, organ and piano arrangements, some acoustic guitar. Includes highlights like the psychedelic Byrds-y Miragem or O Homem de Neandhertal."-Mandrax |
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Artist: PUSEY, JOSEPH Title: In My Ladys Chamber Format: LP Label: Mandrax Country: Italy Price: $33.00 |
| "High level psych-folk from 1977, Californian private release but with a sound that has more to do with UK stuff, with some Eastern-influenced parts as well. Pusey, ex-Yellow Autumn, is certainly a very impressive guitar player -- his playing on this album is simply incredible and especially the instrumental parts will knock you out. Theres only acoustic guitars, bells, gong, flute and slight percussions, but you wont need anything else. A brilliant record this is, sure to impress any psychedelic folk fan."-Mandrax |
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Artist: DEATH COMES ALONG Title: Heavy Psychedelic Schizoid God.. Format: LP Label: Mangrove Country: Japan Price: $28.00 |
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..Funeral March for Amebix, the Mob, Antisect, Crude SS, MB, SPK, F.T.B., Diamanda Galas, Ash Ra Tempel, Guru Guru, Amon Duul, Bodkin, Black Sabbath & German Oak. Dedicated To Edward Gein. "Amazing psychedelic side project by forward thinking members of Japanese hardcore band CROW. Full on psych gush meets heavy metal float with stops in side long industrial synth breakdowns and holy vocals." - Quote about their second LP "Psychedelic Inferno". "Sounds much like the title suggests with heavy psych influences meeting the punk style of CROW." - Mangrove. Original unplayed copies of 1st LP from 1994, w/ obi strip and inserts.
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Artist: BRAILLE CONNECTION Title: Hair Doll/Doll Hair Format: Cass Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "electronics, synth & tape loop duo of Rob Thomas (Sunburned) & Taylor Richardson (Infinity Window, Sunburned), sounds like a soundtrack to an unreleased michael mann movie - maybe Heat II?" -Manhand |
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Artist: CLEAR PEOPLE Title: Clarity Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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Artist: DIAMANTE, HERB Title: My Crawling Eye Sees All Format: LP Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Herb teams up with The Diminished Men, Kinski, Master Musicians of Bukkake and more, to make this amazing collection of songs, hits, and heavy dancefloor vibe on some tracks. Paste-on covers; hand-numbered edition of 200." -Manhand |
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Artist: EGG, EGGS Title: Why Cant You Find Your Flash Cards? Format: Cass Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Edition of 40. egg, eggs is a psychedelic high octane hardcore band for the rubber room crowd from Western Mass led by 9 foot tall frontman Dave Russell (frothy shakes). 3 drummers, 2 bass players, one guitar, features members of Fat Worm of Error, Sunburned, Zebu!, Gas Station, Radioactive Prostitute, and the original Barn Owl." -Manhand |
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Artist: FRANKLINS MINT Title: Tir Na Nog Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Reload your jukebox with this live 05 mint set with the best line-up this band ever saw. recorded at our one time somerville, ma favorite local Irish pub, the Mint walks the line between tasty covers and originals. the line up includes Phil Franklin, Tony Goddess, John Moloney, Rob Thomas, & the nashville voice of Betsy Nichols. tracks by dylan, lightfoot, velvets, tim hardin, the stones, zevon and more, 18 tracks - edition of 150." - Manhand. |
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Artist: MACRODOT Title: Macrodot Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| Macrodot is John Moloney of SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN. |
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Artist: MANWHALE Title: S/T Format: Cass Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Pronounce it like you speak spanish, manwhale is the rosetta stone in the quest to unite man & whale futhering on the theories touched upon in star trek IV - the voyage home. long sweeping, slow moving analog synth pieces played solely on a flower electronics - little boy blue synthesizer through a roland space echo - recorded by a member of sunburned." -Manhand |
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Artist: MV & EE Title: Hick Smoke Format: LP Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| Edition of 300. screened jacket. "Used to be a time when MV & EEs main means of expression was their Child Of Microtones. Tons of full length albums would be released every year on that label, but nowadays, were lucky if we get more than one per year). True the band seem to permanently be on the road so there is less time to record anything at the Maximum Arousal Farm. The Heroine Celestial Agriculture label has now gone on to become the main outlet for their live recordings (these seem to pop up everywhere like weed - no pun intended) and Im not complaining really, but I do miss all the elaborately packaged albums from the early years. Hick Smoke is the first CoM release for 2009 (Im keeping my fingers crossed for more) and is an interesting mix between the bands bastardized Neil Young clones, their LSD-laced folk tunes and the infamous extended freak-out jams. Sure wish there would be more like this, cuz Hick Smoke is definitely a must for fans." - Manhand. |
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Artist: OZONE LAYER Title: Formidable Circle Format: CD Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "More than simply the first ever solo jams from SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MANS guitar razor-lazer MARC ORLEANS (see also JUNEAU) this hand assembled, limited to 300 CDR only release is the opening of the chest he has long threatened. And still it is just the opening shot. More blues-rag, electro-acoustic, open brained experyments than any of us could have imagined, proving that it is not only still waters that run... well you know the axiom. it also likely to stand as one of, if not the only, systems of functional psychosis laid to music with reverence, respect, and obsession on the plane of the 64." - Manhand. |
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Artist: PEEPER, THE Title: Time Machine Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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The Peeper is Matt Krefting, John Moloney, Gene Moore, Thurston Moore, and Bill Nace.
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Artist: SHIT SPANGLED BANNER Title: No Dolby, No DBX Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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CDR reissue of the ecstatic yod lp from this mid-90s pre-Sunburned band.
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Artist: SOUND OF POT, THE Title: Only Jesus Can Make Me Format: LP Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "Conrad Capistrans debut solo LP. Twenty-five tracks, song-based electronica. Paste-on sleeves with glossy insert; hand-numbered edition of 200." -Manhand |
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Artist: SUNBURNED Title: Drifting Mist Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "september 2007 tour - 4 piece cleveland department - moloney, nodelman, oshea & richardson on this synth heavy live drift. edit and art by sunburneds sarah." - Manhand |
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Artist: SUNBURNED Title: Silence Of Color Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "edition of 100. sonic juxtaposition of humboldt county medical on halloween 2008 vs. southern vermont dank - july 2008 - run through the editing and art filter of sunburneds newest member Sarah O Shea - features franklin, moloney, oshea, thomas & schneiderman" -Manhand |
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Artist: SUNBURNED & PAUL FLAHERTY Title: Unmuzzled Ox Format: LP Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Originally issued on cassette by Ecstatic Peace in an edition of 100 copies. Its by Sunburned with the incredibly ball full Paul Flaherty and its called Unmuzzled Ox. Nuff said. LP edition of 200 numbered copies with inserts." -Manhand |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: Anatomy Vol. 1 Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| August 2002 and July 2004 recordings as well as "flashbacks from the archives of insanity". Thick chipboard sleeve with full color paste-on artwork. |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: Attica Rectangle Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "First in the mental prison series. new years day recording from the 1277 studio. cross 28 minutes in the hole with a good hit of frog lick juice. hole turns white. attica! - edition of 100." - Manhand. Recorded Jan 1, 2007, Somerville MA. |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: Cheap Blood Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Culled from sound check and live performance recordings made at the NETMAGE09 FESTIVAL in Bologna Italy this past January. Sunburned was honored to play live soundtrack for a multi-screened video and film aspect of the larger project, VILLAGE OBLIVIA, hosted by the creative force known as INVERNOMUTO (http://www.invernomuto.info). the rooms at the PALAZZO RE ENZO, where the event was held, were enormous, old, and beautiful.... Full color cover." -Manhand |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: Knifelife Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| Recorded at the Loft, June 2005. |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: Liveinshit Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| Recorded in Ohio, 2004. |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: Tailwind Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "More live recordings find their way to the surface. Edits from the final leg of SUNBURNEDs tour this past autumn. After several weeks on the road, this is a snapshot of maximum power blasting through the muddy trail. A shock to the system.... Locales include Chicago, Pontiac, Oberlin, Rochester, and Philadelphia. Moloney, Thomas, Franklin, OShea, Schneiderman, and joined by K & Richardson in Philadelphia." -Manhand |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: Terminator 9 Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| Recorded at Bank Row, August 2007. |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: Two Whats Format: DVDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "sunburned live from the bookmill in the summer of 2004, eyes wide shut set with the big crew - bohill, corsano, capistran, K, Paul & val, moloney, thomas, rongoose, pontius, filmed by Kyle and refilmed by Ron in full smokescope. over an hour." - Manhand. |
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Artist: SUNBURNED/EMERALDS Title: Split Format: Cass Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA Title: The Momentary Aviary Format: LP Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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Numbered edition of 600 copies. "Recordings from two consecutive hit-and-run shows in the south of the UK, August 2007. Special guest appearances from Wood(hush arbors, current 93) and Hayden. Frequencies adjusted for the birds full length, full color paste on fronts, 11x17 poster." -Manhand. 2008 release.
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Artist: WICKED IT, THE Title: Format: CDR Label: Manhand Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Originals, samples, loops and remixes of the Music Of The Sunburned Hand Of The Man by Chad Cooper." - Manhand. |
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Artist: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN Title: The One You Forgot To Forget Format: Cass Label: Manhand/Lost Treasures of the Underworld Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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"Some recordings from a few years back (2006). NewCastle, Cambridge, Bristol & Edinburgh. Comes in a cloth bag (dyed and screened) with artwork by John Malta and insert by John Moloney.
Personnel: Moloney, Thomas, Orleans, Schneiderman, Hayden, Wood, Franklin, Corsano , MJK, Flower, Pontius, Richardson, Gozzy, OShea" - Manhand.
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Artist: SLEEP CHAMBER Title: Sonorous Invokations Ov Brian Jones Vol #1 Format: 10" Label: Manhood Country: Italy Price: $11.00 |
| 1995 release. Recorded at Roshambo Studios, 1994. "SONOROUS INVOKATIONS OV BRIAN JONES is SLEEP CHAMBERs 19th album. As on BRIAN JONES album PRESENTS THE PIPES OF PAN AT JOUJOUKA, this album is about the traditional ritual music of Morocco. JOHN ZEWIZZ of SLEEP CHAMBER impressively adapts this music by the use of flutes, horns, bells, cymbals etc., mixed with samples of BRIAN JONES. The last track contains parts of an interview done with JONES during his time in the military. The whole album is underlayed by the typical dark sounds of SLEEP CHAMBER. The result is a masterpiece of classical ritual industrial music, which can be compared to SLEEP CHAMBERs cult album SEXMAGICK RITUAL." - Fünfundvierzig. |
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Artist: FRANK (JUST FRANK)/SOVIET SOVIET Title: Split Format: LP Label: Mannequin Country: Italy Price: $15.00 |
| "Released on our beloved friend Alessandro Adrianis Mannequin Records label in Rome who brought us the killer Led Er Est/Ancien Régime record earlier this year. The ever-brilliant young FjFs shimmeringly crystal clear private synth wave here perfectly compliments the rawly aggressive raging full-on post-punk(think Killing Joke, The Sound, Danse Society) sound of Italys Soviet Soviet. This excellent release proves the future of European cold guitar wave is wildly bright indeed." - Wierd. |
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Artist: LED ER EST/ ANCIEN REGIME Title: Split Format: LP Label: Mannequin Country: Italy Price: $15.00 |
| "Mannequin had a dream and it has come true, a split vinyl between Led Er Est (New York, US) and Ancien Régime (Rome, Italy). Led Er Est hailing from Brooklyn are one of the leaders of the new cold wave and minimal synth scene, signed to scene leaders Wierd Records and recently released their ‘Dust On Common album which could have quite happily been released on Mute in 1979 alongside Fad Gadget and The Normal. Cheap drum machines and synths hammer away relentlessly forming a post-industrial soundscape for sombre yet emotive vocals. Ancien Régime hailing from Rome, moving closer to the spirit of the 80s new wave, the bands sound incorporates influences from 80s dark wave music and modern indie-alternative rock. For the 12 Split the 4 tracks were produced by Alessandro Adriani with a full analog synths and drum machines setup at Mannequin studio. " -Mannequin. |
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Artist: METRONOMES Title: The Ballad Of The Metronomes Format: Double LP + 7" Label: Mannequin Country: Italy Price: $36.00 |
| Handnumbered pressing of 500 copies. Gatefold cover with rare photos and insert with The Metronomes history by former member Al Webb. "Mannequin is more than enthusiastic to announce the re-release of both the LPs (“Multiple Choice” from 1980 and “Regular Guys” from 1985) plus the 2 singles seven inches “Saturday Night / Sunday Morning” and “A Circuit Like Me” from this legendary minimal synth band from Australia. The group was an integral part of the early electronic music scene in Australia and their releases have become a collectors item in Europe, as they are mostly impossibile to find. The Metronomes first appeared in Melbourne in 1979, initial members were rock journo-synth player Al Webb, the bass player Andrew Picouleau (Secret Police, Sacred Cowboys) and the synth-pioneer Ash Wednesday, nowdays a live tour member of Einsturzende Neubauten. Al himself will admit later that Ashs ingenuity in creating something out of very little was the key to the Metronomes sounding as produced as they did. If their first 7 single “Saturday Night / Sunday Morning” came out in 1980, featuring a real metronome as rhythm section with instrumentals layered over, instead the second A Circuit Like Me / Closed Circuit from 1980 is addice more to experimentation with drum machines, rhytm sections for both sides were recorded using a borrowed Roland CR 78. It was the first time in their compositions that a vocal had been used, courtesy of a lady called Talking Judy. The first full-lenght Multiple Choice was recorded in the winter of 1980, using Roland Strings, a mini-Korg, some Arp synthesizers and a Boss Dr-55, a drum machine that was intensivly used by many minimal synth bands during the 80s and by legendary bands like Sisters of Mercy or New Order in their first songs. The second album Regular Guys, published in 1985, was recorded after a break in which all the members various lives and careers took left and right hand turns, surely more premeditated, as most of the songs arrived in studio already written. Each writer had creative contro lover their respective songs, a long-standing Metronomes road rule, only one track had what you might call a spontaneous birth. The LP featured the next wave of synth toys like the Oberheim synth, Oberheim drum machine and Prophet 5. Once the programming was set up, the instrument tracks were dumper via a PCM box direct to video tape, a pioneeristic process which almost entirely eliminated tape hiss." - Mannequin. |
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Artist: HEDAYAT, DASHIELL Title: Obsolete Format: CD Label: Mantra Country: France Price: $18.50 |
| "New deluxe digipak version (on the long defunct Mantra label?) of this 1971 classic. The LP was originally released on the legendary Shandar label. Hedayat sang lead vocals, played keyboards and "cosmic-hedayat-rumble and cut-ups," coerced Daevid Allen and Gillie Smyth (of Gong), William Burroughs, Robert Wyatts son Sam and others to join him in recording this stoned, prog-psych masterwork of two long tracks. The memorable message: "This record must be played as loud as possible, must be heard as stoned as impossible, and thank you everybody" is still intact. A classic deserving of its cult." - FE. |
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Artist: HEDAYAT, DASHIELL Title: Obsolete Format: CD Label: Mantra Country: France Price: $21.00 |
| "New remastered CD version (from original tapes according to the cover info), in cardboard sleeve (aka "vinyl replica" packaging); edition of 999 copies. "When Obsolete was published in November of 1971, the reporter from the magazine of reference, Superpop Hebdo (Superpop Weekly), questioned the repetitive aspect of this disc. He couldnt know that this musical approach would take flight thanks to English and German groups like Hawkwind, Amon Düül, and soon after, Gong, in France, whose founding members (Daevid Allen, Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Gilly Smith, Christian Tritsch) accompany Dashiell Hedayat. From this space-rock album is torn Chrysler Rose -- a little known masterpiece in its day, but which has today become a cult anthem to the joint at all hip celebrations, revered by multiple generations of partiers. Humor and derision exist alongside the unreal on Love Song for Zelda, realized with the help of William Burroughs, author of the hippies must-have bedside book Junkie. Drugs are omnipresent in the hallucinatory texts of Dashiell Hedayat. The musical and lyrical composition date from the autumn of 1969, from whence the choice of the title Obsolete. An avant-garde disc so cool, itll never go out of style! After having composed a second, very rare, opus under the pseudonym Melmoth (the beginning of intoxication), Dashiell Hedayat has since adopted a different type of writing, and today has authored novels and Hollywood screenplays under the name Jack-Alain Léger." -Mantra |
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Artist: CARTER, CHRISTINA Title: Masque Femine Format: CDR Label: Many Breaths Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"..mostly solo voice, interpretations of classic lyrics from
jazz and popular song. four of the tracks have acoustic accompaniment. (melodies improvised
by me, so they are not covers)...edition of 80. hand made covers etc." - CC.
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Artist: PERSONAL BEST Title: #1 Format: Mag Label: Marhaug Forlag Country: Norway Price: $14.00 |
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"With SINDRE BJERGA on the Gold Soundz label; BRUCE RUSSELL on not listening and natural disasters; TOMMI KERANAN on MOOMIN, drones and LSD; stories from the Korean experimental scene by CHULKI HONG; C. SPENCER YEH on Dawn of the Dead; PENNTI DASSUM of UMPIO on gear; SETE STAR SEPT on Japanese grindcore; the SISSY SPACEK Interview with JOHN WIESE; black metal singer and toilet artist ZWEIZZ; VIVIAN WANG of ARCN TEMPL on Singapore; the Teddy Roosevelt of noise DANIEL MENCHE; and RONNIE SUNDIN of Very Friendly on comics. Ninety pages." -Personal Best.
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Artist: PERSONAL BEST Title: Issue #3 Format: Mag Label: Marhaug Forlag Country: Norway Price: $14.00 |
| "Norways GURO MOE on her various projects, ice swimming, playing loud and whats wrong with Norwegian music; Norwegian guitarist and vocalist CARL MICHAEL EIDE on being inside the metal groove, and not wanting out; THE MENSTRUATION SISTERS multi-disciplinary Australian artist NIK KAMVISSIS talks about crying, Moby Dick, primitive art and those times when the human state just isnt enough; American minimalist legend PHILL NIBLOCK on driving really fast, motorcycle crashes and amnesia; SVARTE GREINERs Norwegian Prince of Darkness ERIK KNIVE SKODVIN on horror cinema, the Demoscene, his Miasma label and design work; New Zealands STEFAN NEVILLE on the lo-fi label (with a drunk PUMICE comic by kiwi-mystic GFRENZY); JUNKY KAO of TORTURING NURSE on the hardships of being tied up at concerts, bodily damage and the current Chinese noise scene; English expat and ex-SHADOW RING member GRRAHAM LAMKBIN on the whys and hows of his art with C. SPENCER YEH; Australian percussionist WILL GUTHRIE on bombing trains, discovering fusion, and how quitting smoking changed the course of his music. 100 pages." -Marhaug Forlag. |
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Artist: PERSONAL BEST Title: Issue 2 Format: Mag Label: Marhaug Forlag Country: Norway Price: $11.00 |
| "Interviews with MIKAWA and KOSAKAI OF INCAPACITANTS; ATTILA CSIHAR of MAYHEM, SUNN O))), and TORMENTOR; singer/composer MAJA S.K. RATKJE; DYLAN CARLSON of EARTH; PHIL BLANKENSHIP of PacRec, Troniks, and LHD; MISA MORONAGA of Damage Digital; enigmatic Norwegian guitarist FREDRIK NESS SEVENDAL; noise whiz VANHALA; turntablist KATSURA MOURI; and DON DIETRICH of BORBETOMAGUS. Eighty-four pages, full color." -Marhaug Forlag. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Mectpyo/Blut Format: Double LP Label: Marquis Country: Italy Price: $58.00 |
| "At the beginning of the metabolic year 1980, after Maurizio Bianchi finished the embryonal experience as Sacher-Pelz, he decided to undertake the concrete-synchronized course as M.B., a long-lived acronym that will accompany him along his next way of neuro-synthetic experimenter. His first ever release was the private cassette-tape entitled Metcpyo/Blut. An hematopoietic experiment decomposed during the months of March and beginning of April 1980 at Mectpyo Studio. Proposed here in its original layout, this 2LP set holds intact, at a distance of almost three decades, the epicenter of M.B. sonorous universe, projected towards an euphonic cacophony. Mectpyo/Blut consists of two tragic sections imbued with synthetic chloroform: the 1st, Maidanek Bakterium / Musique Belzec, exhales an icy atmosphere conveying a sense of mystery and annihilation. The 2nd, Mutant Brain / Mord Banhof assembled the most disparate electro-hypnotic levitations into a vertical rationality, bold, morbid and haunting. Psychic-cerebral works, they seem to spring from a neuro-atomic continent, with unreal outlines, where its influence artificially expands the ankylotic tissues by environmental arthrosis. Edition limited to 300 copies in full colour gatefold sleeve, reproducing various graphic materials from the original cassette edition. Attention: this is the real thing, top powerful and modern in its integral length (and not a meaningless edited excerpt as other inexperienced labels in demand would have cheaply proposed you!)." -Marquis. On red-colored vinyl. |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Plays The Clockwork Orange Format: LP Label: Marquis Country: Italy Price: $30.00 |
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"While producing the second ArcheoMB boxset (including the CD edition of 5 original M.B. LP records from the early 1980s: Das Testament; Endometrio; Carcinosi; The Plain Truth and Armaghedon), the documentation staff working on the Maurizio Bianchi reprint series came across a very strange and peculiar object. It was a private tape dating back from 1980, never mentioned in official discographies and given only to close friends (this copy actually coming from the archive of mail-artist Vittore Baroni). The music was introducing a unique approach in MB sound. It was soon evident that this tape marked the passage from the Sacher-pelz concrete techniques to the new M.B. universe; the loop brutal approach applied to poor & pure electronic sounds and concrete material, so typical in Sacher -pelzv projects (see full documenation presented in Mutation for a Continuity 4CD boxset), was here pushed to its extreme consequences and used to manipulate the soundtrack of the famous movie by Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange (it is whispered that some Kraftwerk records also suffered the same treatment, but evidences of this were never found). In the same days, M.B. also produced his first power electronic tapes titled Cold, Voyeur and the epic double C90 Mectpyo Blut which set the new orientation to all his following works. M.B. plays A Clockwork Orange was a unique moment in Maurizio Bianchi sonic researches and is made now available for the very first time; the first LP record by M.B. isued in about 20 years. Due to the specific kind of material reproduced it was decided with M.B. to issue these historical recordings in an edition limited to 300 copies only." - Marquis.
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Artist: INSTITUT FUER FEINMOTORIK Title: Abgegriffen Format: LP Label: Marriage Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "INSTITUT FUER FEINMOTORIK (IFF) is an artists group working in different formats and media. Although the main activity is acoustic-art / music. IFF is located in Bad Saeckingen, Berlin, Cologne and Karlsruhe (all Germany). The group was founded 1997 for a club-event in Basel (Switzerland) at brisant kiosk/club. IFF produces different outputs (photography, video, music, drawing, computer-programming, printed matters etc.), organizes artistic-/cultural events, does lectures and workshops and publishes artistic goods such as music records, books etc. IFF got some reputation for their acoustic work with a reductionist set-up called octogrammoticum: 8 turntables, 4 DJ mixers + end-mixer, which is served by the group members. Anything (except records) which somehow fits between turntables and pick-up cartridges (household-rubberbands, paper-stickers, rubbergums, handicraft-tools + various tinker-trivias) may be played. Lately, IFF contributed to Art Exhibitions (e.g. MUDAM, Luxembourg), took part in the music-theater "ensemble fuer staedtebewohner" in Vienna, produced an abstract radioplay for RADIO ARTHUR (Swiss) and another one for RADIO ZERO (Portugal), they also published a book entitled "Feinmotorik Kompendium" in 2005. Includes a download." - Marriage. |
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Artist: LUCKY DRAGONS Title: Dark Falcon Format: LP Label: Marriage Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Appearing originally in the fall of 2002 as a limited CD-only release from the pioneering indie electronic label 555 Recordings, Lucky Dragons first full length Dark Falcon circulated widely through burned CDs and tapes traded amongst friends. Now this mythical mixtape creature is getting a royal reissue treatment from Marriage Records, coinciding with the release of Lucky Dragons newest full length, Dream Island Laughing Language. This is where the Los Angeles-based collective learned how to make a record: culling from two years worth of accumulated field recordings and tender homemade spirituals, each of the 21 tracks hangs together in a delicate reinventing of traditional song structures. For all of its densely layered nostalgia and boldly digital textures, this is a lucid and revealing listen, a microscopically poetic vision into the process of blossoming collaboration between good friends in hard times. Cassettes traded through the mail, chance snippets of radio from a friends bedroom, firecrackers in the street, drums in the living room, overheard conversations, every sound is to be listened through: a window perpetually opening. Spare and gentle, explosive and candid, all of the collectives prolific output relies on this record as its foundation." -Marriage |
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Artist: LUCKY DRAGONS Title: Dream Island Laughing Language Format: LP Label: Marriage Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "The eighteenth release by Los Angeles-based Lucky Dragons details the continuing pursuit of a humble and ecstatic, drippy and explosive, smoldering and upset music for our experience in America right now -- messages of unrest have long failed to be clearly understood, solitude and empty organization have given way to a very current volcanic desire for togetherness. Genre has never been less important -- influences and ideas are consumed and digested and released in the spirit of a culture larger than music as it is bought and sold. This is world music for a world that doesnt care about music as we have packaged it for the last 100 years. You could call it post- noise, or post-anything you like, but we would prefer to call it pre-something. For this recording, the time is 2007-2008, the place is California. The name of the record refers to the landfill-island in Tokyo harbor where the original lucky dragon now lives -- dream island-- and to the creation of imaginary languages -- laughing language -- that can be used to express things our own languages cant. As with Lucky Dragons legendary live performances, these recordings strive to create a space where community and memory and ritual and perspective all come together as a crystal and then vibrate and shatter. Includes 24-page booklet of drawings." -Marriage |
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Artist: FLOATING DI MOREL Title: Real People Psych Format: LP Label: Marshy Power Country: Germany Price: $18.00 |
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"The dark side of psychedelic has not lost any of it allure on people with attitude and lofi-equipment in the years since Velvet Underground or the third Big-Star-Album. The Berlin trio Floating Di Morel has freed this type of 60�??s coolness, that which is attached to flared jeans, in their album without much fuss from the retro graveyard. In the 80s there was a retro-psychedelic movement which was bypassed by New-Wave-Cool �?? jagged electronics without emotionality and with the 60�??s-Noir-Cool �?? grinding guitar without emotionality �?? with their flea market casio fenders. Floating Di Morel goes further, eliminating the guitar and sounding, with this small quirk, so refreshed, that during the interlude, one could imagine oneself being in Martinique. It is not for nothing that on the cover, next to 60s underground heroes Skip Spence and Moondog, Green Velvet are portrayed." Edition of 300. Highly Recommended!!
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Artist: S/T Title: Gorp (A Hommage to Van der Graaf Generator) Format: LP Label: Mas De Cade Country: Germany Price: $22.00 |
| "The last thing I expect to come from Germany is a group covering songs of Van Der Graaf Generator. And to be honest, I didnt expect an album of VDGG-covers at all. This music is so highly individual and idiosyncra- tic, that it is almost impossible to reinterpret these works. Just like in the case of Beefheart, Popol Vuh, etc. On the other hand, why not? Why ex- clude the possibility of successfully reworking highly idiosyncratic mate- rial. It all depends on the creative powers of artists. Van Der Graaf Generator is still around as I discovered All that Before and Drop Dead come from their 2008 album Trisector. The job is done by S/T, a trio from Frankfurt, Germany, founded in 1993 by Martin Bauner and Joachim Ga- ertner, who present with Gorp their homage to this english progrock group. The musical careers of both men go back to the end of the 70s and that is about all I can trace about their earlier whereabouts. They are declared fans of Faust and Amon Duul 2, but also Pere Ubu, Cravats (re- member?), and many other groups inspire them. Since 1997 they re- leased several records. Gorp however is the first one meeting my ears. We hear Martin Brauner on guitar and vocals, Joachim Gaertner on organ and machines. Special guest Daniel Krieger is the drummer. The voice of Peter Hammill is of course not to be imitated. But they tackled this problem very cleverly. The voice is Bauner is manipulated, making it sound a bit distorted but penetrating, and it it not mixed on the forefront, so that making a comparison comes not to your mind. With guitars, key- boards and drums they create a full and massive sound of hybrid pro- grock. What I can say is that S/T deliver a very well executed album, with stripped down and a bit simplified arrangements and performance. The way they did it surely works." -Vital Weekly. |
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Artist: BEST OF DUDE TOUR Title: s/t Format: Cass Label: Mass Dist Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "featuring members of impractical cockpit, angeldust, buddy ship, lazy magnet, usaisamonster and jimmy cousins. rock and roll." - Mass Dist. |
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Artist: BI G K Title: Making Love After Midnight Format: Cass Label: Mass Dist Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "michael from awesome color and colin from usaisamonster s vacation band. this is our 2nd tape. 60 minutes. noise." - Mass Dist. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Music For Swingers Format: LP Label: Massacre at Central Hi Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| Original sealed copies. "Released in early 1995, this turns over the rock on what were then some of the newer and more-underground San Francisco gutter-creepers: DIMEBAG CHILD, RROPE, RAILROAD JERK, MOTHER HIPS, CHOTCHKE and ZIP CODE RAPISTS, with some added prank phone calls by none other than a very early NEAL HAMBURGER!" - Massacre At Central Hi |
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Artist: RODRIGUEZ CASTRO, PLÁCIDA Title: Cantos Icaros Format: Cass Label: Masstropicas Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "...a collection of icaros or shamanic chants by Placido of Sensación Shipibo. They were recorded in Peru while the Masstropicas crew were there on a recent trip." - Culture Remixed blog. "[L]imited to only 100 copies and the funds made from selling will go towards building him a new home in Yarinacocha which burnt down in August leaving him and his family homeless." - Masstropicas. |
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Artist: CULVER-COURTIS Title: s/t Format: Cass Label: Matching Head Country: UK Price: $7.00 |
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Artist: HERBERTSON, SIMON/E.H.I. Title: Split Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Matching Head Country: UK Price: $8.00 |
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Artist: MEV/AMM Title: Apogee Format: Double CD Label: Matchless Country: UK Price: $36.00 |
| The first CD features a joint recording of the six musicians of Musica Eletttronica Viva and AMM together: Alvin Curran, Eddie Prévost, Keith Rowe, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum and John Tilbury. It was recorded April 30th 2004. The 2nd CD contains separate performances that MEV and AMM gave at the Freedom of the City festival, London on May 1st 2004. "After the generally low dynamic levels and relatively slow pace of the AMM trio set on 1 May, the MEV trio opened with the blast of Alvin Curran playing the sho far, a trumpet made from a rams horn, a defiantly primitive, prototypical music, fit to leave the walls of the Conway Hall, like some new Jericho, pitched down fiat. If I spoke earlier of the way in which AMM might deal, in Reeve and Kerridges phrase, with the internal, microscopically-enlarged body surface which becomes a landscape - and the same is true of some of Teitelbaum and Currans quieter use of radically pitch-shifted and extended samples - particularly that ululating operatic-theatrical voice, coming to sound almost like something from AMMs label-mates FURl - then this is the extrovert mode, which refuses any easy accommodations. Which division is inherent; as Bourdieu explains, the culture which unifies via the medium of communication is also the culture which separates via the culture of distinction, and which legitimates distinctions. It may be, as Adorno remarks, that a work of art is great insofar as it registers a failed attempt to reconcile such objective antinomies; failure then being in the highest sense the measure of success." - Harry Gilonis. |
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Artist: ORGANUM Title: Veil Of Tears Format: CD Label: Matchless Country: UK Price: $20.00 |
| "Collection of tracks from 1985-94, recorded by the Organum core of David Jackman, Michael Prime, Dinah Jane Rowe and Jim ORourke; further mastering of sound cluster presentation and development." -Matchless |
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Artist: ORGANUM/EDDIE PREVOST Title: Flayed/Crux Format: CD Label: Matchless Country: UK Price: $20.00 |
| "CD issue of an LP previously issued on Silent Records in 1985. "Crux" is an Organum track, featuring Andrew Chalk on bowed gong, David Jackman on drone flute & bowed piano, Dinah Jane Rowe on drone flute and Stephen Stapleton on chair. Its a pretty classic piece to say the least. "If you like the dronescapes of traditional Far Eastern musics, youll love Crux; if you wigged out to La Monte Young at his most conceptual, youll do much the same with this. Better still, you may love Crux having previously heard none of these supposed influences; youre simply wired for sound." --David Ilic. "Flayed" features mainly AMMs Prévost on drums, general percussion and acme thunderer whistle, while Jackman added some bowed gongs and electronic sounds." -Matchless |
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Artist: V/A Title: Crystal Flowers Format: LP Label: Mathew-Rec Country: Germany Price: $29.00 |
| "The Crystal Flowers compilation is a transposition of Florine Stettheimers poems (published posthumously by her sister Ettie in a limited edition volume titled Crystal Flowers in 1949) into song or other vocal interpretation by Karl Holmqvist/Stefan Tcherepnin, Lorraine OGrady, Dignity Sister, Ei Arakawa/Sergei Tcherepnin, DJ Complicated, Jutta Koether, Dan Fox, Megan Francis Sullivan, David Lieske, Kim Gordon, Fanki And The Frogs, Bogdan Mooczkowsky/Vilde von Krigh/Mikael D. Brkic and Steven Warwick/Magnus Schaefer." -Mathew-Rec. "I associate Florine Stettheimer with moving to the city to begin art school, with making a friend, and struggling to find a motive in history that I could relate to, something to project into. During the late 90s, in a surprisingly homophobic and theoretically stale New York art school atmosphere, to come upon the scenes Florine Stettheimer painted offered secret elation and a sense of kinship. Flipping through issues of Charles Henri Fords View Magazine in the library, I came upon Virgil Thompsons "Portrait of Florine Stettheimer," a musical composition as portrait, which, like Gertrude Steins portraits in text, aimed for something like an affectionate caricature of someone considered a peer. This encounter with Florine Stettheimer seen through the lens of musical notation, reminded me of the charge of so many first encounters: the way in which the new "object" remains opaque yet also shimmeringly open, illegible, like a sheet of music, but not withholding. Ken Okiishi and I made a record on which each of us performed a sight-reading of Thompsons portrait on the piano. The effect was awkward, amateurish -- interpretation gave out under the technical challenge of simply trying to play the unknown piece -- in some sense magnifying the tensions and pitfalls inherent in trying to invoke Stettheimer, or anybody. Some years later, Ken found a copy of Crystal Flowers, and we were both thrilled to read the poems and the texts written as tho from a diary in the voice of Florine Stettheimer -- to find that like her paintings, the poems are so present. Stylized, ornate, jazzy, sharp, wistful, sugary -- the poems jubilantly synthesize in Stettheimers unmistakeable tone the pleasures, pangs, and aspirations of a life in culture. It seemed to lie on the hand for these poems to find other voices, or the response that they call out for at this point in time, perhaps as a way to measure the difference. I wanted to re-publish this small volume, intended for Florines friends and the friends of her paintings, in a warped way, and landed on the form of an LP collection of songs and voice tracks by various individuals interpreting or refracting the text. While some of the people I invited already knew Florines work very well, for others this was an entirely new encounter." -Nick Mauss. |
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Artist: BATSUMI Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Matsuli Country: UK Price: $56.00 |
| "Matsuli Music continues its reissue program of rare indigenous Afro-jazz sounds from South Africa with the release of Sowetan group Batsumis self-titled debut from 1974. The reissue has been lovingly re-mastered from the original tapes. Batsumi is a masterpiece of spiritualized Afro-jazz, and a prodigious singularity in the South African jazz canon. There is nothing else on record from the period that has the deep, resonant urgency of the Batsumi sound, a reverb-drenched, formidably focused pulse, underpinned by the tight-locked interplay of traditional and trap drums, and pushed on by the throb of Zulu Bidis mesmeric bass figures. The warm notes of Johnny Mothopengs guitar complete a soundscape that is at once closely packed with sonic texture and simultaneously vibrating with open space, and in whose shimmer and haze Themba Koyana and Tom Masemola soar. A sonorous echo emanating from an ancient well, reverberant with jazz ghosts and warmed by the heat of soul and pop, Batsumi is nothing short of revelatory. Hand-numbered limited edition of 500 copies; includes insert." -Matsuli |
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Artist: BUTZMANN, FRIEDER/CHRIS LUNCH Title: Oi!Oi!Oi!/Butzmania Format: 7" Label: Mauerstadtmusik Country: Germany Price: $12.00 |
| "Two minimal electronic tracks from 1980, one previously unreleased. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies in full colour cover with full colour label and insert." - Mauerstadtmusik. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Nekromantik - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Format: LP Label: Mauerstadtmusik Country: Germany Price: $18.00 |
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Soundtrack to the Jorge Buttgereit films (1 and 2). Features music by NDW artists Hermann Kopp, Monica M, Buttgereit and others..
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Artist: FINN, SIMON Title: Pass The Distance Format: LP Label: Mayfair Country: Germany Price: $31.00 |
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"One of the rarest LPs from the exclusive Mushroom-Label finally gets its official release on vinyl! Often labeled as folk, Simon Finns debut album from 1970 is actually more in the singer/songwriter vein but totally different to everything else you can find in this genre. With a couple of guest musicians (e.g. Kenny Elliot from Second Hand) Simon Finn created ten songs of an eerie, angry, unsettling and, if you hear the track Jerusalem, even disturbing nature. Shortly withdrawn after its release, this demanding album is nearly impossible to find these days so finally here is your chance to listen to this fascinating music. Limited edition of 500." -Mayfair
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Artist: JAMESES Title: Haunted Rider Format: 7" Label: Mayo Factory Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "THE JAMESES debut 7-inch features the two infectious songs "Rat People" and "The Haunted Rider." In advance of their debut single, Impose Magazine has praised the "breezy garage pop of The Jameses." Already, The Jameses have taken Florida by storm. This band is a hurricane of catchy sonic-delights coming to get you. Board up your windows, and hit play. Based on this single, Captured Tracks has signed the band to do a full-length. There have also been glowing reviews from Pitchfork and Raven Sings the Blues." -Mayo Factory |
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Artist: VAN KAYE & IGNIT Title: A Slight Delay Format: LP Label: MBR Country: Germany Price: $38.00 |
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Artist: TELEVISION PERSONALITIES Title: I Was A Mod Before You Was A Mod Format: Cass Label: Mctelevi Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "Originally released on Overground records in 1995, this is one of Burgers favorite TELEVISION PERSONALITIES albums and the label is extremely proud to release it on cassette for the audiophiles. Limited one-time pressing of 250 numbered copies." -Mctelevi |
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO Title: Mectpyo Box Format: 10CD Box Set Label: Mectpyo Sound Country: Italy Price: $255.00 |
| "Exclusive presentation of the complete M.B. / Maurizio Bianchi recordings from the early 1980s originally issued on LP. Starting from Sterile Records Symphony for a Genocide to Broken Flags The Plain Truth, passing through DYS Mectpyo Bakterium and all the records privately issued by M.B. on his Mectpyo Sound. A slipcase with 10 CDs reproducing the 10 LPs issued between 1981 and 1984, plus all the tracks by M.B. from international LP compilations and a large selection of tracks from international K7 compilations. Each CD reproduces the original artwork and layout, with a new numbered inlay card. Also included is an 84-page booklet with original artworks and collages, M.B. playlists, interviews and reviews, as well as essays by M.B. on S.P.K., Whitehouse and Come, T.G., Monte Cazazza, Metabolists, Conrad Schnitzler and excerpts from the Dictionary of the Ultra-Glaciality." - Mectpyo. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies, including the following CDs: Symphony for a Genocide (1981); Menses (1981); Neuro Habitat / Moerter Unter Uns (1982); Regel (1982); Mectpyo Bakterium (1981); Das Testament (1982); Endometrio (1980-81); Carcinosi (1979/1982); The Plain Truth (1983); Armaghedon (1984). |
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Artist: AXXESS Title: Novels for the Moons Format: LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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Medical Records is ecstatic to present the reissue of the essential Novels For The Moons by AXXESS. Originally released in 1983, Axxess is the brainchild of French multimedia artist PATRICK MIMRAN. Mr. Mimran was co-director of Lamborghini Motors (along with his brother) at the time and fittingly released the album on the imprint Lamborghini Records. Heavily influenced by German electronic pioneers Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, and Kraftwerk, Mr. Mimran commissioned the German engineer ANDREAS BAHRDT to build a custom complex synthesizer which eventually materialized into a 16 voice analog synthesizer of genius proportions. Andreas had previously designed a less elaborate prototype for Peter Baumann of Tangerine Dream fame. What then came to life as the product of Patricks imagination and this unique machine is a spectacular array of 15 sequenced instrumentals that is Novels For The Moons. The opener "When The Lips Fly High" sets the stage for the labyrinthine polyrhythms that will enchant and enrapture the listener for the duration of the album. While most tracks have an upbeat driving vibe, others have a synth-heavy low-key subdued aspect as well. The album has been described in some circles as having cosmic qualities (as well as the track "Pages" making an appearance on a Daniele Baldelli mix in the past). Occasional resemblances to 70s horror synth soundtracks could also be appreciated but with a more intricate song structure of layered intertwining sequenced patterns. This long out of print beautiful artifact has essentially been unavailable except for the occasional rare copy on the collectors market. The LP features original reproduction sleeve art (front and back) featuring the mysterious and eye-dazzling original painting that donned the original LP. Included is a 2-sided insert featuring an interview and profile of Axxess by DAVE SEGAL and color photos of the infamous "Le Bart" synth used to create this masterpiece. This will certainly appeal to fans of early progressive synth records, sequencer-heavy Tangerine Dream period, cosmic disco, and other lovers of all things early-electronic. Presented on high-quality 180-gram yellow vinyl in a limited edition of 1,000 hand-numbered copies." - Medical.
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Artist: CAREY, TONY Title: Explore and Yellow Power Format: Double LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
| "Tony Carey needs no introduction, but for the uninitiated, he is a keyboard whiz originally from California. He is clearly most famous for his work as keyboardist in the 1970s band Rainbow (alongside Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio) up to 1977. He then embarked on a solo career with multiple charting records under his own name. In the mid-late 1970s, he took up residence in Germany and began working in Peter Haukes studio. Carey embarked on a period of intense experimentation and mastery of various studio equipment, songwriting, and the like. Influenced by what Tony referred to as euro-electronica, the product of these enlightening sessions became Explorer, No Human, TCP, Heaven, and Yellow Power. Though both LPs have similar tracks, the overall mixes and feel of the two LPs are vastly different. Instrumental and very catchy, Explorer is more stripped down almost proto-techno meets synthed out Italo disco while Yellow Power has a more polished, well-rounded and produced sound with a different array of instrumentation and alteration in mood. Released in a sturdy gatefold jacket with montaged new artwork on the front and back but preserved original covers in the inside of the gatefold, this is a gorgeous reissue. Released on double colored 160 gram vinyl (LP1 is green and LP2 is baby blue) in limited edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies. Release also includes a special bonus insert with a retrospective and interview by Dave Segal. Fans of proto-techno, early synth-based disco, and left-field wave/electronica will need this gem in their collection." -Medical. |
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Artist: CHRISMA Title: Chinese Restaurant Format: LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"A seminal album by Italian new wave duo Chrisma, the absolutely essential Chinese Restaurant has not been available on vinyl format in over 30 years. Chrisma is made up of husband and wife team Maurizio Arcieri and Christina Moser (the name comes from the first letters of each of their names). The record was first recorded in 1977 and originally released that same year by Polydor. It was produced, and arranged, and contains musical contributions by Niko Papathanassiou (brother of the famous Vangelis Papathanassiou responsible for the timeless Blade Runner score). Chinese Restaurant is a very unique record blending the best elements of synth-punk, Neu!-esque prog jams, and new wave into a hybrid of sheer perfection. From the post-punk energy of the single, Black Silk Stocking to the jagged hooks of What For and the analog warbling synths of Mandoia, this futuristic slab of wax is a classic. This reissue was licensed directly from the artists, and it includes a reworking of the original front and back cover artwork. Presented on high-quality 180gm orange vinyl in a hand-numbered limited edition of 500 copies." - Medical Records.
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Artist: CHRISMA Title: Hibernation Format: LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"Hibernation is the spectacular follow-up to the Chinese Restaurant LP and was recorded in 1978 and was originally released in 1979 on Polydor. This record has not been available on vinyl for over 30 years and tends to fetch rather high prices on the collectors market. The songs are restrained yet explorative and passionate. The opening track Calling takes the listener down a quirky new wave path riddled with angular guitars and random bits of analog beeps. The stand out track is certainly Gott Gott Electron which is an intoxicating dancefloor slow cosmic jam which will leave a permanent involuntary imprint to the lucky who hear it. As a whole, the record is reflective of the passion between Maurizio and Christina and is a new wave masterpiece on many levels. Aurora B and Lover further display the intense emotional interplay. This reissue was licensed directly from the artist, and the front and back artwork have been re-interpreted and re-invisioned. This is presented on high quality 180 gram clear vinyl (similar to a limited pressing in 1979) in a hand-numbered limited edition of 500 copies." - Medical Records.
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Artist: DER PLAN Title: Geri Reig Format: LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Debut full length album originally released in 1980 on DER PLANs own Warning (later known as Ata Tak) label. Der Plan is widely acknowledged as the pioneers of the Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave) movement which was the transformation of punk rock and new wave into an entity of distinct form and style. The movement spawned other notable acts as Grauzone, Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, and Xmal Deutschland. Der Plan originated from Duesseldorf and consisted of MORITZ REICHELT (aka MORITZ R(r)), FRANK FENSTERMACHER and KURT DAHLKE (aka PYROLATOR, ex DAF) on this recording. Geri Reig is a very diverse album consisting of tracks reminiscent of the early Der Plan avante garde period contrasted with more musical and catchy songs geared more towards minimal synthetic pop and experimental minimal synth. It has not been available on vinyl since its original release in 1980. The opener "Adrenalin Laesst Das Blut Kochen" is a hypnotic, pulsing ride interspersed with freeform synth textures. Vocal pitch-shifting makes it presence on Geri Reig and is style detectable in a number of Der Plan songs. "Gefaehrliche Clowns" is a rather minimal number with an infectious melody. "Commerce Exterieur Mondial Sentimental" was featured on the New Deutsch compilation and is a wonderfully sequenced piece with a melodic lead intertwined. The album is also intermixed with multiple experimental tracks which in composite result in a ground-breaking and pioneering document of the Neue Deutsche Welle scene. Medical Records is proud to present Geri Reig with original cover art (enhanced and overseen by Moritz R himself). This masterpiece is presented on 180-gram olive green colored vinyl in a limited edition of 550 hand-numbered copies." - Medical. |
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Artist: DER PLAN Title: Normalette Surprise Format: LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Normalette Surprise is the equally important and ground-breaking followup album to Geri Reig and was released in 1981. On Normalette Surprise, DER PLAN further evolved their unique style of Neue Deutsche Welle into an ever-so-slightly more accessible record yet not abandoning their roots as evidenced by hints of experimental sound textures and their characteristic quirky yet unde nable sound collages and pre-industrial notions. "Lebdoch" opens the record and is a marvelous and infectious pop ditty complete with catchy bassline and pitch-shifted vocals. "Generaele Essen Erdbeereis" is a stripped down electro number adorned with a pitch-bending freakout. Other standout tracks are "Meine Freunde" and "Das Insekt". For this special reissue, the hit-single "Da Vorne Steht Ne Ampel" and B-side "Rot-Gruen-Tot" will be included at the start of side 2 of the record. The single was originally released in the time gap between Geri Reig and Normalette Surprise and both songs are phenomenal additions to an already intriguing and landmark album. Normalette Surprise will appeal to devoted followers of this unique genre and fans of contemporary artists (DAF, Saal, Liaison Dangereuses, etc). Similar to Geri Reig, cover and back artwork have been restored by MORITZ R. Together, with Geri Reig,, this album is an essential document for any fan or collector of the fascinating Neue Deutsche Welle period. This record is lovingly presented on 180gram dark blue vinyl in a limited edition of 550 hand-numbered copies." - Medical. |
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Artist: DEUTSCHE WERTARBEIT Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Fantastic and long out of print solo project of DOROTHEA RAUKES. Dorothea was the ex-singer in of the famous German progressive, krautrock band STREETMARK (founded 1968 in Duesseldorf and released four LPs between 1976-1981). Dorothea Raukes was one of the few female characters of German progressive rock scene. The LP-previously released by Sky Records in 1981-is instrumental and reminiscent of a style similar to other classic late 1970s synth pioneers (Cluster, Tangerine Dream, Wolfgang Riechmann, etc.). The LP consists of six beautiful synth tracks and will be certain to appeal of fans of the above mentioned artists or any fans of early minimal wave, synth soundtrack, or other lost classics from the era of late 1970s and early 1980s. Pressed on high-quality 180-gram vinyl in a limited edition of 500 (individually numbered)." -Medical. |
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Artist: DISCO VOLANTE Title: No Motion Format: 7" Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "For the first 7" record released by Medical Records, we are proud to reissue the long lost and out of print 7" by Disco Volante. Disco Volante was essentially Terry Clarke (aka Terry Tanx) and formed in London in 1982. Inspired by the early Bond films and their soundtracks (Disco Volante was a yacht in Thunderball), Tanx played live in a number or small clubs between 1982-1986. Using a small number of Roland instruments (TB 303, TR 606, MC-202, and SH-09), Disco Volante self-released a cassette entitled Traction in Rehash, which is sadly lost. In 1984, the 7" single No Motion was released on Catalyst Box Records, with the title track as the A-side and Click and Punishment Tank (Live) as the B-sides. The track No Motion is a very catchy, layered synthpop hit that is quite unique yet capturing the essence of the early 80s new wave sound very nicely. Click on the b-side is a march-like track with propulsive synthetic bass textures and monotonous analog drum beats. The final track Punishment Tank (Live) was recorded live at the Red Box, London with a punk feel and with intense, delayed vocals, guitar and overlayed synth hooks. Beyond out of print and sure to appeal to lovers of the DIY coldwave and synth 7" revival and resurrection. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies." - Medical. |
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Artist: DRINKING ELECTRICITY Title: Overload + Singles Format: Double LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
| "The first in a series of unparalleled reissues originating from the crucial Survival Records imprint. Survival Records is a UK label now operating for over 30 years. Formed in 1981 by ANNE-MARIE HEIGHWAY and DAVID ROME, early releases included such iconic releases as Tik & Tok, Play, Hard Corps, and Richard Bone. The first release in this series, is the work of DRINKING ELECTRICITY, the project of label curators Anne-Marie and David. David Rome previously had worked with Martin Lloyd in the Analysis (later to be evolved into Oppenheimer Analysis). Drinking Electricity formed in 1980 and released two singles on Pop Aural before forming Survival which housed the rest of their output during their two years as a band. This double LP collection showcases Drinking Electricitys full 1982 LP Overload, as well as compiling the bands multiple singles released between 1980-1982. Best described as a perfect fusion of minimal synth-based new wave with poignant, angular and stylized guitar-driven post-punk. Touching on sociopolitical topics intertwined into catchy, synth-heavy tracks that are also danceable, this collection will appeal to fans of early Gang Of Four, OMD, Fad Gadget, and the like. Packaged in double gatefold jackets with custom Drinking Electricity inspired artwork. Inner gatefold jacket features a variety of pictures of the band during this period. The release also features a bonus 2-sided insert with liner notes and interview of the band by DAVE SEGAL. Pressed double 180-gram transparent colored vinyl (LP one is red; LP two is yellow) in a limited edition of 650 hand-numbered copies." - Medical. |
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Artist: GAY CAT PARK Title: Synthetic Woman Format: LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"As a monumental first time in the labels existence, Medical Records presents an LP of previously unreleased songs by an icon of Italo Disco and synthpop well known for their club-stomper Im A Vocoder. Gay Cat Park is an Italian duo consisting of Graziano G. Ravizza and Davide Gatti. At the tender age of 14 with an obsession for electronics and a dream, they crafted the hit Im A Vocoder that was released as a single on Discotto Records in 1982. Using very primitive toy-like keyboards modified to makeshift synthesizers early on, this masterpiece and floor-stomper was a success. Though they recorded many other records in the studio with other artists under a variety of different names in the more popular vein, there were sadly no further releases in the style of Gay Cat Park or under that moniker. Working behind the scenes on their limited equipment, they wrote and developed many other tracks that would be best described as the true Gay Cat Park sound. These tracks were home-recorded and not considered commercial enough in those times. Influenced heavily by Kraftwerk, Tomita, and Depeche Mode, Ravizza and Gatti layed these tracks down on standard UCXS Sony tapes or TEAC Tascam four tracks. These tracks have been unheard and stored until now. Medical Records took an interest in Gay Cat Park and requested to hear the potential early tracks. Needless to say, the tracks were astonishing and are presented now on this compilation of hand-picked tracks from that era. 8 tracks (including Im A Vocoder) were culled and restored from the original cassette tapes by Gay Cat Park. All tracks were recorded from 1982-1984. On high-quality 160 gram splatter vinyl in a limited edition of 650 hand-numbered copies. Includes special insert with liner notes by Dave Segal." -Medical.
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Artist: GINA X PERFORMANCE Title: Nice Mover Format: LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Medical Records is proud to present the quintessential first album by Gina X Performance. Gina X Performance was composed of the charismatic Gina Kikoine (vocals/lyrics) along with famous German producer/musician Zeus B. Held and backing band. Released in 1978 on various labels including EMI, Nice Mover has been out of print on vinyl format since 1980. Zeus B. Held has previously worked with the band Birth Control and has recorded multiple solo albums as well. Nice Mover has been an internationally regarded electro/disco record with various tracks appearing on compilations throughout the years (e.g. Andrew Weatheralls Nine OClock Drop). The track No G.D.M. (a tribute to famous gay actor/writer/personality) was a club hit on both sides of the Atlantic and remains a commonly heard track on better DJ sets to this very day. It is made up of an infectious slow driving disco-esque beat with perfectly aligned and arranged synth accompaniments. Ginas unmistakable and truly unique vocals and lyrics set this record apart from its contemporaries. Tackling controversial subject matter such as transgenderism, exhibitionism, and other fetishes, this record has left a deep mark on the history of new wave and electro/disco. The title track Nice Mover is a cosmic sequenced synth hit and also has appeared on various compilations. The bouncing Be a Boy is a high energy dancefloor cutter that illustrates the internal thought processes and daydreams of a female longing to become a male. Black Sheep continues this theme and is a very catchy number with bonus sheep sounds to keep it interesting. The closing track Tropical Comic Strip starts off with peaceful cricket samples and piano and builds into a bombastic production that is a fitting close to the record. Master recordings provided by Zeus B. Held and remastered by Lafayette Masters, Freiburg. Officially licensed from Mr. Held (KGBeat Productions) directly. This is a seminal work of electro/disco/wave and is essential for fans of late 70s wave-synth-disco crossover and the like. Original reproduction artwork is preserved on the front (one of the best record covers of the entire scene) and back. Presented on high quality 180 gram bone colored vinyl in a limited edition pressing of 1000 hand-numbered copies. Includes bonus insert with liner notes and interview by Kurt B. Reighley." -Medical. |
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Artist: GLOWALLA, CHRISTOF Title: Erde 80 Format: 10" Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "The next installment in the Medical Records journey takes us to West Berlin. In 1979, armed with a Korg MS-10 synthesier and a very simple rhythm box, Christof Glowalla began experimenting with a tape recorder and a few DIY sound generators. Influenced by outfits such as Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, and Fad Gadget, Glowalla eventually put his creation to tape at the West Berlin Musiclab, which was a small 8-track studio in the Kreuzberg district. What resulted in 1980 was the self-released now excruciatingly rare Erde 80 7-inch single. Glowalla also collaborated in a band called Exobit in 1981 with Ingolf Kurkowski and Frank Landgraf, but it was a brief existence. Also in 1981, Glowalla recorded three more tracks with Kurkowski which were presented to various record labels, but they unfortunately were never released at the time. Though relatively obscure in the early 1980s, the Erde 80 7-inch release slowly became an underground hit with collectors with subsequently rising prices that continue to rise today. Medical Records is proud to compile for the first time the two tracks from Erde 80 plus the three tracks recorded in 1981. The tracks are culled from the carefully digitized now lost master tapes. For lovers of cold, synth-heavy pop with a darker feel. Presented as Medical Records first 10-inch release, this collection is released on high-quality 10-inch opaque mustard colored vinyl in a limited edition of 600 hand-numbered copies." - Medical. |
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Artist: GUYERS CONNECTION Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Guyers Connection were a Swiss duo that started making electronic music in 1982. Tibor Csebits and Philippe Alioth were merely 14 and 15 years old and were armed with simply two synths, a drum machine, and a 4-track tape recorder. They are best known for their highly-sought after self-produced and released album Portrait in 1983. It is now considered a classic minimal synth pop masterpiece. Several other members joined the band in 1984 and worked together for some time. Philippe Alioth has been very active in the music business writing, producing, and running a Swiss studio as well as running a Swiss label (Sonic Content). This extraordinary collection of tracks was discovered in a dark recess of Philippes achieves of 4-track tapes in his studio. The tapes were recorded from 1982 to 1984 but were rediscovered in 2005. A portion of the songs were restored/remixed/remastered. The German record label Kernkrach released the tracks in 2005 in a limited viny-only pressing of 330 copies. This sought-after release has long been out of print. Medical Records in collaboration with Philippe Alioth is proud to present another presentation of these glorious tracks. Featuring 13 tracks (including several never before released and a few reworked versions of tracks released in 2005), this will appeal to all lovers of minimal synth, electro-pop, flexi-pop, and the like. Standout tracks include the vocoder tinged Discoqueen II, the hyper-catchy ar Isch Schon, and a slightly modified version of He Sabine!. New tracks include an interpretation of a German childrens song and Macky Messer featuring words by Kurt Weill. The LP features newly created front and back artwork. Presented on 180gm green vinyl in a limited edition of 600 hand-numbered copies." -Medical |
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Artist: LOU CHAMPAGNE SYSTEM Title: No Visible Means Format: LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Originally self-released in 1984 on Pterodactyl Records, No Visible Means is the work of Canadas own LOU CHAMPAGNE. Lou Champagne was active the Ontario music scene and also performed with other local musicians from that region as well. The "Lou Champagne System" was the real-time guitar synth solo act of Lou Champagne. Due to his knowledge of electronics, he was able to link his guitar, synth, and synthetic drums into a working one-man solo act that was playable with floor switches and pedals. The overall effect was the sound of a full band. No Visible Means was recorded in 1981-1982 and mixed in 1983. It consists of 9 works of unrelenting sonic bliss. The music can be described as synth-heavy, textural punk with a very diverse palette of styles drizzled in for a truly unique listening experience. "Dont Say Im Here" opens the album with a bang showcasing Lous angular guitar effects and emotionally powered vocals. "Propaganda Frustration" is a thick, modulated affair with overtones of minimal disco and motorik motifs that commands attention on the dark dancefloor. "Machine Muzik" is a standout track with effects-laden jagged guitar hooks drenched in a haze of electronics. From beginning to end, No Visible Means is a synth-punk masterpiece and will surely appeal to connoisseurs of the darker, synth-based outer limits of post-punk and jagged guitar-heavy new wave. Available in the past only in limited quantities from Mr. Champagne himself, No Visible Means has been long out of print. Medical Records is proud to reissue this LP with original reproduction artwork. Original 1/4" analog tapes were restored, transferred, and remastered by GEORGE HORN at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA. This reissue is officially licensed from Lou Champagne. LP also includes original "nuclear circuit map" as an additional insert (with lyrics on flipside of insert). Presented on high quality 180-gram white vinyl in a limited edition of 1,000 hand-numbered copies." -Medical. |
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Artist: MATHEMATIQUES MODERNES Title: Les Visiteurs du Soir Format: LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Medical Records is very proud to present the much anticipated reissue of the seminal French synthpop classic Les Visiteurs Du Soir by Mathématiques Modernes. Released in 1981 on the famous Celluloid imprint, this masterpiece has been out of print since its initial pressing. Mathématiques Modernes was the project of keyboardist Claude Arto and vocalist/lyricist Edwige Braun-Belmore. Arto has also worked with French bands Artefact and Spions. Also, to note, the late French producer Jacno also worked on the Mathématiques Modernes record. This gem needs no introduction to the fans who have enjoyed the classics from this era. The record is a very diverse blend of new wave, almost progressive arrangement, baroque melodies, complex rhythmic structures, and plenty of so called cold wave sprinkled in. The addition of horns was not a common finding during these times and is also represented on this eclectic record. Probably the most well known track, Disco Rough, was a single as well as was later included on the popular comp, So Young But So Cold, Underground French Music 1977-1983 released in 2004 on Tigersushi Records. It is a staple in many DJ sets with its sassy lyrics and jagged synth hooks. The album features string arrangements which were somewhat unique to the new wave scene. Most notably, the track Jungle Hurt displays the wonderful arrangements that interface well with the synth textures and percussion. The track A + B = C has also been featured on various flexi-pop comps and has a quirky melody accented by xylophone. The final track on the LP is an interesting medley of various tracks on the LP with interesting transitions. This LP has become very collectable for original copies and (when rarely found) is quite expensive. The original tape masters have been restored and remastered by Gilbert Castro of Celluloid Records. The sound quality is unparalleled. This project has been the collaboration between Mathématiques Modernes, Gilbert Castro, and Medical Records. The jacket features original reproduction artwork on the front and back. This record will surely need to make a mandatory arrival in the collections of fans of French new wave, early synthpop, and lovers of all things late 70s/early 80s. Presented on 180 gram grey opaque high-quality vinyl in a limited edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies. Bonus insert included as well with interview of Claude Arto by Dave Segal plus other interesting tidbits." -Medical. |
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Artist: OGI Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "Originally released in 1980 on EMI France, the OGI LP (OH-JEE-EYE) is the work of Hungarian-born PETER OGI (pronounced as "ohgee"). Peter Ogi obtained formal education in music composition at the Budapest Music Academy and quickly thereafter formed the very early Hungarian punk outfit, the SPIONS. Though never documented on tape, the Spions were considered very important in the Hungarian music scene. In the late 1970s, Peter began traveling back and forth between Paris and London where he worked together with legendary producer of the Sex Pistols, MALCOLM MCLAREN. Their collaboration was integral to the creation of the OGI LP. It was recorded in Autumn 1980 at Pathe Marconi Studios, Boulogne. The album was composed by Peter Ogi with lyrics written by Malcolm McLaren on over half of the tracks. Unfortunately, the record was criminally overlooked most likely due to its French-only release. It is now being reintroduced for the first time in over 30 years. The LP is a phenomenal creation of synthesized pop. The albums opener "King Kongs Fear" creates the mood with minimal synth leanings and unusual hooks that set the stage for an adventurous slide down the synthesized rabbit-hole. The 2nd cut "Resist Dance" was also a 7" single and is a standout track of infectious catchiness. Officially licensed from EMI and features re-envisioned front and back cover art. This reissue is over one year in the making and is lovingly presented on high-quality 180-gram magenta vinyl in a hand-numbered limited edition of 650 copies." - Medical. |
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Artist: ROBOTNICK, ALEXANDER Title: Ce Nest Quun Début Format: LP Label: Medical Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"ALEXANDER ROBOTNICK (aka MAURIZIO DAMI) is an Italian electronic musician. He made his debut on the Italian music scene as the founding member of AVIDA, a dance-cabaret band featuring Daniele Trambusti and Stefano Fuochi. In 1983 he attained international popularity with his track "Problemes DAmour," published first by the Italian label Materiali Sonori and then by Sire-Wea. "Problemes DAmour" went on to become a "cult track" of the disco scene. It became quite an import hit in Americas underground club scene, and sparked the mini-LP Ce Nest Quun Debut that same year (originally released on Materiali Sonori in 1984). Ce Nest Quun Debut consists of six captivating tracks including the hit "Problemes DAmour," as well as the track "Dance Boy Dance," which has appeared on other cult disco compilations. Ce Nest Quun Debut will appeal to lovers of Italo disco, early new wave, and minimal pop." - Medical. Limited edition of 500 copies (individually numbered).
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Artist: CROOK, BRIAN Title: Bathysphere Format: LP Label: Meds Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
| "Here we finally have a first time vinyl issue of Bathysphere, the debut solo album by Brian Crook (of such estimable bands as the Renderers, Terminals, Max Block, Scorched Earth Policy, etc). It was originally released on CD in 2000 on the Medication label (no relation). Bathysphere stalks the same haunted terrain as the Renderers but with an even more isolated and experimental feel. Crook expertly uses his accent and voice to tease out the nuance of the weird phrasing, odd timing and lyrics of his tunes. Tom Lax of Siltbreeze called this album Brians Like Flies on Sherbert in reference to the legendarily damaged solo album Alex Chilton recorded after Big Star. Includes guest spots by Robbie Yeats of the Dead C and Peter Stapleton of Dadamah, Pin Group, Terminals, etc. A hand numbered limited edition of 400 copies in beautiful silk screened covers with Meds version of an On the Beach style inner jacket. Not to be missed." -Meds. |
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Artist: EAT SKULL Title: Eat Skull Format: 7" Label: Meds Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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"No weird America. Three tracks of damaged pop. The raw, menacing Things I Did When I Dyed My Hair, the early-Clean summer vibe of Seeing Things and the Happy Squid tribute - Stuff Reverse. Edition of 300 copies. Recorded on 4-track cassette over old Chinese opera tapes in May of 2007." - Meds.
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Artist: HOLE CLASS Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Meds Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Mostly recorded on a farm in Ohio in 2006 by Beth Murphy (Times New Viking) & Rob Enbom (Eat Skull). Great pop songs from this duo with a "gothic country" vibe that vaguely calls to mind an interpretation of Nancy & Lee by Neil & Jennifer. There is a stripped down feel and intimacy to everything here. From roadtrip singalongs to true heartbreakers, a perfect album." -Meds. |
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Artist: HOSPITALS Title: Hairdryer Peace Format: CD Label: Meds Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Finally available on cd. Ranked 3rd best album of 2008 in The Wire magazine. Intensely psychedelic and mixed for maximum hallucinations, this marks a pretty heavy departure from the Hospitals of old. Heavy tranced out riffs, weird pop, cracked folk, disorienting noise, paranoid vibes...Main Hospital Adam Stonehouse with Rob Enbom & Rod Meyer from Eat Skull and Chris Gunn from The Hunches. The most forward thinking album of 2008 but also an album of songs with actual emotional intensity. Not a party record and definitely not background music. Best listened to loud, alone and with herbal assistance." -Meds. |
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Artist: SUN SUPREME Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Meds Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
 "Recorded in a cloud of smoke in Seattle at the Chummery one night in February of 2004. The players? Your ears should be able to place a few of them. If not, try your third ear mood ring medallion. An after dinner jam with guitar, bass, drum, piano, gamelan, marimba, banjo, cumbus, oscillator and other odd things. Silkscreened covers in a one time edition of 500."-Meds. ""Recorded in a cloud of smoke in Seattle at the Chummery one night in February of 2004. The players? Your ears should be able to place a few of them. If not, try your third ear mood ring medallion. An after-dinner jam with guitar, bass, drum, piano, gamelan, marimba, banjo, cumbus, oscillator and other odd things I dont know the name of. Silkscreened covers in a one-time edition of 500." If you were going to get a tattoo, would you carve the following initials onto your ass? AB, CG, SS, LT, RW & E? I didnt think so. This LP walks down the same side of the street that Majora used to..." - FE. "Mystery" collab between SCG and CGT. Last copies.
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Artist: WHINES, THE Title: Hell To Play Format: LP Label: Meds Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "The Whines transcend the lo-fi tag with real, honest songs that are not hipster genre exercises or an act of desperate trend hopping. Hell To Play is a major leap forward in fidelity and songwriting from their 7". Anchored by Kariannes hypnotic voice and basslines and colored by Jesses raw guitar and Bobbys primitive drumming. Tracks were recorded alternately by Rob & Rod from Eat Skull with 1 track recorded by Kyle from Meth Teeth / Meercaz & 2 tracks recorded by the band. This LP brings to mind things like Neil Young, Thirteenth Floor Elevators, Dead Moon and Cheater Slicks filtered through contemporary ears/minds. Sequenced like a classic album with moody rock songs, melted psych garage tunes & strange, haunting heartbreakers. Play this over and over. You will be rewarded." - Meds. |
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Artist: GUNN, STEVE Title: Human Condition Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Medusa Country: Canada Price: $25.00 |
| Small repress of 20 copies, in silkscreened quad fold-out box. |
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Artist: MV & EE Title: Lazy Light/Lead Me To Vibration Format: Lathe Cut 7" Label: Medusa Country: Canada Price: $18.00 |
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"also featuring Doc Dunn and Mike Smith..
Edition of 150, housed in a quad fold-out box (7.25x 7.25x0.25), 3
color silkscreen. Each record is packaged in a mylar sleeve.
Designed by MV & Horwood and packaged by Jacob Horwood." - Medusa.
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Artist: U.S. GIRLS Title: Early Works Format: Cass Label: Medusa Country: Canada Price: $9.00 |
| "21 minutes collecting 8 out of print tracks from her 1st 2 7"s and cassingle. Pro-dub, silkscreen, velcrow enclosure." -Medusa. |
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Artist: WOODS Title: Smokers Choice Vol. 1 Format: Cass Label: Medusa Country: Canada Price: $9.00 |
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"Bootleg cassette with Jeremy Earl and Woods blessing in an edition of 100 in anticipation of their upcoming
tour and new LP (which drops today!!!). 24 minutes of psyched-out jams that will blow your mind, seriously! Produb, silkscreen. Edition of 100." -Medusa.
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Artist: OLIVEROS, PAULINE Title: Two From Seven Passages, Excerpt 1, 2 (1963) Format: 7" Art Edition Label: Medusa Editions Country: Canada Price: $18.00 |
| Edition of 150. "In honor of her 80th birthday, medusa presents a silver, screen print quad fold-out box (7.25x 7.25x0.25in.) art edition for one of the most inspiring human beings on the planet. Seven Passages was recorded at the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1963 for a dance choreographed and performed by Elizabeth Harris with Pauline Oliveros performing the music. Using inside piano strings and bowed flexible brass rods from a telephone exchange. These rods were flat, and were easily clamped to the inside of the piano and resonated nicely. I still have the rods." - Medusa Editions. |
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Artist: BERRESHEIM, TIM & JONATHAN MEESE Title: Die Christmaskameraden: Christmas Time/You are Father Christmas. Accept it Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Belgium Price: $6.50 |
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"The label with the strongest tradition in releasing Christmas 7"s is no doubt Meeuw Muzak. Not because he likes Christmas very much, but he likes to sit at home and play his releases during that day. Die Christmaskameraden are Jonathan Meese and Tim Berresheim, both well-known visual artists from Germany. Meese has a wide fascination for anything from Wagner to Stalin, and Ezra Pound to Rasputin. On this 7" they play synth, glockenspiel and sing about father christmas and even have a sort of disco rhythm on the second side, which could be seen as the extended dance remix. We are father Christmas, you are father Christmas they sing. After the RLW and Tietchens, this is certainly much more weirder and way-out then those and is a most curious record indeed. Play this for your family on boxing day and disapproval will be your share." - Vital Weekly.
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Artist: BOOMBASTIK, MARK Title: Plastic Lieb/ Hoffnung Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $7.00 |
| "Its been a while since we last heard a new 7" by Meeuw Muzak, but then here a brand new 7" by Mark Boombastik, who already released I Hate Art Galleries on the same label, as well as material for other labels, such Solotempo, Lou Records, Gagarin Records, Tomlab etc. His background is in the field of hip hop, so hes probably better known in other, non Vital areas. He has worked with Patric Catani (Candie Hank), Funkstoerung, Felix Kubin and such alike. The music is not really hip hop like (as far as I can judge, not being fully known with the genre), but Boombastik uses a stomping rhythm, deep bass sound, something that sounds like a theremin and German vocals, which sing about our love for plastic. Quite biting the a-side, maybe even a political edge to it. The b-side is a looped voice duet between where is my hope and where is my fear, along with fucked up rhythm backing. Quite chilling this one. Great labels here too: based on the energy chocolate which keeps drivers awake." - Vital Weekly. |
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Artist: GOLDT, MAX, FELIX KUBIN & MARK BOOMBASTIK Title: Fog Frog Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Belgium Price: $6.50 |
| “The future is female”, announces the well-known homosexual ironist Max Goldt here (on Ladies Ladies) speaking in 1983, long before getting married to a woman and thereby exhibiting a confounding yet admirable internal consistency. This finely-tuned sense of amibiguity will be familiar to those who have followed Goldts work as a musician and then an author since the late 70s. He is of course also a noted columnist in the German-speaking world. Here on this record his lyrics and vocals are filleted from the historical timeline for a reconstitution involving the various talents of Mr Kubin and Mr. Boombastik. Mark Boombastik: musician, singer, DJ and human beatboxer par excellence – giving the frogs something to hop to here on Fog Frog. Felix Kubin: Ubiquitous celebrity in an alternative universe, but in ours a nebulous presence in the musical underground since the heyday of the Neue Deutsche Welle. A self-professed dadaist, one shouldnt try and linger too long on a definition for Felix. He is, however, the wicked svengali whose tendrils traverse time and space to tickle this record into existence, because Side Bs Ladies Ladies, as previously mentioned, is actually a post-feminist pre-ejaculation from way back when, here recently gently re-agitated in the Kubin studio. The 2003 “too-Neubauten” mix (involving electric heater percussion) of Fog Frog has been updated to a more judiciously organized final version, whilst still retaining the original tipsy-sounding recording of the famously discerning Mr Goldt in his hotel room. Aged like a fine wine, perhaps. Indeed the thin pining sounds come from a Fellini-inspired choir of wine-filled glasses. So, the old ladies meet the new frog princes and off they go. Here is the transformation." - Pete Um. |
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Artist: HEMATIC SUNSETS & OKKO BEKKER Title: Weihnachten Im Aroma Club Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $6.50 |
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Artist: IMLER, CHRIS Title: Vorwarts/Tanzen Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Belgium Price: $6.50 |
| "Two ear-jingling, primeval drumtasms: a jerry-rigged version of the Chris Montez classic backed with an original "sci-fi romanticist socialist anthem." Kinetic energy, a chugging beat, and waves of delayed gratification. Classic trembling Teutonic disco-punk, in other words. Dodgy drummer Chris Imler, infamously involved in Spankings and Golden Showers (these are groups) has also previously been associated with work with Puppet Mastaz, Peaches, Namosh, Electronicat as well as being one half of the Driver&Driver duo with Patric Catani, with whom he has toured the world and recently released a double album entitled We Are The World, funnily enough. This year he has also played drums for Soffy O, Die Türen and for Stereo Total in a theatre play. This is not to mention a detour into fine arts with a sound installation with Patric Catani for the Robert Wilson Institute in New York, as well as numerous remixes. Edition of 450." - Pete Um. |
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Artist: JACK THE RAPPER Title: Dutroux Rap Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $6.00 |
| "Marc Dutroux is one of the most notorious criminals in Belgian history. He was convicted of having kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls, ranging in age from 8 to 19, four of whom died as a result. He was also convicted of having killed a suspected former accomplice. He was arrested in 1996. His widely publicized trial took place in 2004. A number of shortcomings in the Dutroux investigation caused widespread discontent in Belgium with the countrys criminal justice system. Dutroux is considered one of Europes worst serial killers. Dutroux Rap is Jack The Rappers acerbic view on the Belgian state and its foul state." - Meeuw Muzak |
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Artist: JAILHOUSE Title: Christmas Day Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $6.00 |
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Artist: KUBIN, FELIX Title: Antarktis Slow Rock Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $6.50 |
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"This was the first release, in 1997 by a man named Felix Kubin, before stepping into the world of fame. So riding on this fame its been re-issued with a new mix of the original b-side. The a-side is indeed a slow, rock-rhythm box pieces, with nicely humming organ lines, a sweet little melody. A quasi eastern-Europe feel comes to live in the form of wind blowing over the tundra. And tundras shaking ahead on the flipside, via a casio rhythm and a more up-tempo song. Here to similar eastern Europe feelings float by, in what is a very joyful and up-tempo song. Great to have it back in print." - Vital Weekly.
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Artist: MERRY, HARRY Title: Harry Merry and barrel organ De Pansfluiter: Australian Sun Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Belgium Price: $6.50 |
| "Various friends of mine go wild over Harry Merry. They think hes witty, a genius, an outsider, a true composer in a new tradition or anything something alike. I dont belong to those people. I think Harry Merry, a singer and keyboard player, is a clever man, who carved with weirdness a niche for himself, performing at alternative art locations and every now and then releasing a new record. Here he has one on Meeuw Muzak - now theres a favorite label of mine! - produced by Dear Listener Martin Luiten, who by now has the role of in-house producer for Meeuw - and which label does have such a producer these days? Here he has a song where he sings along a barrel organ, with a song someone carved into the organ book. There are microphones everywhere, so we also the pages going through the organ, which add a very weird quality to the song. In fact its so weird that this easily might be the very first record I hear from Harry Merry that I truly like. Perhaps because I cant stand barrel organs out on the street? Will I listen to these differently next time I pass one? Negative plus negative makes positive? Curious little record with an instrumental version on the flip - now theres a daring move. Crazy indeed." - Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly. |
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Artist: MOSLANG, NORBERT & RALF WEHOWSKY Title: Einschlagskrater Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Belgium Price: $8.00 |
| Norbert Moslang = 1/2 of Voice Crack. Ralf Wehohsky = RLW/P16 D4 |
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Artist: PASKA Title: Christmas Album Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $6.00 |
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"yes, its that time of the year again. paska is a vocal artist from helsinki, finland here mr paska does dainty evergreens such as silent night, white christmas, rudolf the red nosed reindeer and so on, all in his unique style of screaming and shouting. recorded especially for you. white vinyl, 300 copies. theres nudity on the cover" - Meeuw Muzak.
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Artist: PITCHSHIFTERS Title: Goshen Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Belgium Price: $8.00 |
| "The second 45 by HIDETO ASO. Happy neon mystique and tinny breaks. Out of the norm, something antique but extremely new music. Edition of 200." -Meeuw Muzak |
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Artist: PITCHSHIFTERS Title: s/t Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $8.00 |
| "The Pitchshifters is Hideto Aso from Tokyo. The two pieces on this seven inch were taken from the "Improvise*Dessert" CDR that he released in 2003. Drum machine, cheap synths, buzzing sounds." - Meeuw Muzak. |
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Artist: PRIMITIVE CALCULATORS Title: Glitter Kids b/w Signals, Lullaby Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $7.50 |
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"synth punk/no wave from australia, recorded live at the champion hotel,
fitzroy, in 1979, clear vinyl, 400 copies, w/ insert (just a piece of paper w/
credits)" - Meeuw Muzak. Last copies!
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Artist: RECCHION, TOM Title: Where Were You On Christmas?/Christmas Filled With Tears Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $7.25 |
| "Tom Recchion founded the Los Angeles Free Music Society in the late seventies (and if you can find it, try and get the 10 CD box that was released on RRRecords a while ago, which is an excellent documentation), and later on worked with David Toop, Keiji Haino, John Duncan and Smegma. For his solo work he loves exotica, which was ten years ago a term for lounge music of an exotic nature. Mood music played on an organ. These titles, Recchion uses a laptop with Ableton live.. Some strict editing certainly worked well on Tom Recchion contribution to what I call the darkest days of the year, or at least the most boring days. Like Mister Meeuw I dont like Christmas very much, but its a fine day to play all your alternative tunes and avoid Last Christmas and Mister Meeuw adds every year a new tune. Tom Recchion puts on his mood tune hat, and digs for some gospel preacher preaching where you were on christmas. The b-side has an even more sorrowful tune from a guy who lost his father and now he is all alone. Both pieces are precise and to the point. Let the season begin!" - Vital Weekly. |
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Artist: RLW Title: Merry Merry b/w Ihr Kinderlein... Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $6.00 |
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"this years xmas hit is by ralf wehowsky. he recorded his daughter sonja
"singing" silent nite, with an electronic version on the flip. lovely.
MM027, white vinyl, 300 copies" - Meeuw Muzak.
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Artist: SASKER SCHEERDER Title: Boomcar Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $6.00 |
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Artist: SCREAMERS Title: Magazine Love b/w Cholo Jump Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $6.00 |
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"The Screamers were part of the 1st wave of west coast punk. They were
together from 1977 - 81 and had roots that can be traced back nearly a
decade. Founding members Tomata du Plenty and Tommy Gear had performed
together in Ze Whiz Kidz, a lip-sync troupe which godfathered major
rebirths of local scenes of performance art, modern dance, punk and the
gay underground in Seattle in the early 70ies. In 1975 they formed The
Tupperwares, an all drag trio which included Rio de Janeiro, Tomata and
Melba Toast (Tommy). They performed a few shows in 1976 with the help of
various underground Seattle musicians such as Bill Rieflien (of Rev-co
fame) and members of his band The Telepaths. One of the first west coast
DIY shows was put on by The Tupperwares, The Telepaths and Meyce on May
1st, 1976, at the Odd Fellows Temple - admission was $1.00.
The spring of 1977 would see a move to LA by Tommy and Tomata where they
meet and recruit KK Barrett and David Braun, and form The Screamers.
Vocals, ARP Odessey synth, Fender Rhodes electric piano with fuzz box and
drums was what they used to create their lo fi psycho kraftwerk
performance punk attack. They became one of LAs all time biggest club
bands and they were also its most mysterious. They are renowned as the
original punk undergrounds most popular band, who vanished into thin air
without ever releasing a single record, who never officially toured, and
who were so far ahead of their time in doing away with electric guitars
in aggressive rock music that they were called techno punk back in
1978. Style and theater were also so much part of The Screamers that
nobody ever called them out for being a punk band with a full time
stylist. The legendary west coast synth punk band live at the whisky, LA, 14.9.78, red vinyl, 400 copies." - Meeuw Muzak.
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Artist: TIETCHENS, ASMUS/STEFANI RESSIN Title: 3 Wishes Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $9.00 |
| "A: a cover of the klaus nomi tune by stefanie ressin (from hamburg).this is decent synth pop. B: salto rückwärts - version of stefanies cover by asmus tietchens" - Meeuw Muzak. |
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Artist: TITAN KATZEN Title: Achtung Debakel! Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $6.00 |
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"titan katzen is wendy gondeln, andre butzer, schorsch kamerun somewhat heavier and more rhythmic than jailhouse but equally unsettling vocals by butzer grey vinyl, 300 copies. file under: new stream music." - Meeuw Muzak.
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Artist: TITMACHINE Title: I Wanna Be Your Dog Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Belgium Price: $12.00 |
| "If youd have asked me yesterday if I needed to hear another cover of the Stooges Wanna be your dog", the NO wouldve resonated like one of them Alps yodellers in the Riccola commercial. But after hearin Titmachines version of said overdone classic, Is liked to have choked to death on my cough drop. A tremendous neanderthalic, witchy all-fem DIY sucker punch right between the eyes of any of the greatest punk primitief classics you can name, right up there w/Kleenex & Manisch Depressiv. Id have peggedem as Swiss too, but theys Dutch & much like their infamous elm disease, Titmaster is more than capable of complete devastation. The B-side a wondrous mess as well & I am goin to the front of the line to wait impatiently for their next amazing release. Cmon, lets have it! NOW!" - SILTBLOG. "The four members of TITMACHINE met in prison (each was convicted of crimes she did not commit). Unable to find gainful employment upon their discharge from stoney lonesome, the ex-inmates formed a band, naturally, the ideal vehicle for the unemployable. The lucrative alternative Dutch music scene rewards them handsomely in exchange for the quartets release of pent-up rage fueled by continuing injustice. Since October 2006, Titmachines raw and loose sound has remained unhampered by the constraints of talent, and answers questions anyone has yet to ask. Kinda like the Dutch Shaggs meets the female Monks and Flipper with a conscience."-Meeuw Muzak. Restocked! |
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Artist: VON EULER-DONNERSPERG, DITTERICH Title: O Du Frohliche/O Tannenbaum Dub Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $6.50 |
| "And of course, the days are short, the nights are long and we must celebrate the birth of our saviour again. Christmas was no friend of mine. But there is one little bit of light in the dark days of christmas: Meeuw Muzak releases another fine 7". By now I can spend at least half boxing day listening to the crazy christmas tunes of Meeuw. The latest addition is by Dittrich von Euler-Donnersperg who has released some even more crazy music on his own Walter Ulbricht label and Die Stadt, with partly reading of texts and partly electronic music. Here he offers two soft electronic music pieces, which are like snowflakes (of course it never snows in Dutch christmas times). Almost kitchy and new age like on a super cheesy keyboard with all the wrong (and thus right) preset sounds, Dittrich is perhaps that great family man that such tunes under his tannenbaum for a wealth of happy children, who start unwrapping their presents as daddy finishes his tunes. Great stuff, once again. I cant wait for christmas with my Meeuw Muzak collection (isnt about time for a nice CD compilation, mister Meeuw)." -Meeuw Muzak. |
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Artist: WEHOWSKY, RALF Title: Merry Merry Format: 7" Label: Meeuw Muzak Country: Netherlands Price: $6.00 |
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Artist: GROWING Title: Dry Drunk On Woman Format: 7" Label: Megablade Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "An extremely limited repress of the debut 7-inch from drone-metal, doom, ambient searers GROWING. Two tracks recorded at home, March 2002 by KEVIN DORIA and JOE DENARDO. A split release between Nail In The Coffin and Megablade." |
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Artist: V/A Title: Platos Trip Format: LP Label: Megali Idea Country: Spain Price: $31.00 |
| "Subtitled: A Psychedelic Journey To Greece In The 1970s Vol. 1. "For some reason, Greece has remained one of the last corners in Europe to be explored for underground music in the 1970s. Sourced from rare 45s and LP albums, this compilation includes pure psychedelia, early progressive sounds, killer keyboards, piercing fuzz guitars, lots of breaks, Eastern psych sounds and even some Euro-funk. The LP is a hand-numbered edition limited to 600 copies, which will surely fly away fast. Includes an informative insert with extensive liner notes." Artists: 2002 GR, Mad, ALLOY, Thanassis Gaifilias, Mariza Koch, Peloma Mpokiou, Sounds, Boomerang, Despina Glezou, Elena, Daltons, Elpida, V. Dimitriu." -Megali Idea. |
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Artist: MOORE, R. STEVIE Title: Hearing Aid Format: Double LP Label: Megaphone Country: USA Price: $27.00 |
| "R. Stevie Moores music sounds like so many different things, yet like no one else. Hes been making home recordings since the late 60s as an underground artist and only now is he seeing a much larger recognition of his work. His friend Jason Willett compiled this record over the course of 17 years, digging deep into Stevies cassette catalog. Hearing Aid is a collection of Stevies songs that cover a wide range of variety: pop genius, sublime instrumental country surf, electronic experiments, bizarre spoken-word theater, dark disco rock, field recordings, etc. The end result is not a "greatest hits" collection but rather a diverse sculpture of the early world of R. Stevie Moore. This is one of the only readily available R. Stevie releases and 95% of Hearing Aid has never appeared before on vinyl. It features 32 songs that were recorded from the late 60s to the early 80s, over 87 minutes of audio. This compilation of rare tracks is produced on limited double LP vinyl only, in a deluxe gatefold sleeve (featuring 284 images of R. Stevie)." - Megaphone. |
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Artist: YOUNG, LA MONTE/MARIAN ZAZEELA Title: Dream House Format: Postcard Label: MELA Foundation Country: USA Price: $2.00 |
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"4" x 6" postcard featuring the Church Street Sound & Light Environment." - MELA Foundation.
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Artist: YOUNG, LA MONTE/MARIAN ZAZEELA Title: The Log Cabin Format: Postcard Label: MELA Foundation Country: USA Price: $2.00 |
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"Postcard of La Monte Youngs Birthplace, photographed on his birthday, by Marian Zazeela." - MELA Foundation.
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Artist: YOUNG, LA MONTE/MARIAN ZAZEELA Title: The Well-Tuned Piano in The Magenta Lights Format: Postcard Label: MELA Foundation Country: USA Price: $2.00 |
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"4" x 6" (full color) postcard of the DVD installation at Kunst im Regenbogenstadl." - MELA Foundation.
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Artist: BOE, TORE H. Title: Solvstuy Format: 7" Label: Melektronikk Country: Norway Price: $6.00 |
| "Tore H. Boe has worked as a solo artist for two or three years, but before that he has participated on hundreds of releases, and even more concerts as a member of different projects in the Origami Republika art collective. Tores credo as a composer/sound artist is to turn up the volume on the things we usually dont hear, carefully looping and filtering them. By doing this he creates a sort of microscopic and extremely clean cut drone music." - Melektronikk. |
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Artist: MIGHT OF COINCIDENCE Title: Announcing the Birth Of Might Of Coincidence - Why Couldnt People Wait Format: LP Label: Mellotron Country: Spain Price: $32.00 |
| "reissue of original 1971 album on the Entropia Label. RARE and killer underground limited-edition Swiss LP has a distinctly Krautrock feel with a totally druggy atmosphere, folky with an eastern feel, acoustic guitars, flute, hand drums; I think they sound a bit like Kalacakra with English vocals. Label credits Stephen Sulke with co-production; he also worked on the mega-rare Pacific Sound LP. The music is stoned, haunting and with an emphasis on flute and bongos; very dense sound on all six tracks, reaching a peak on the final track Minima Into Space, with instrumental distortion and strange vocals creating an unusual and disturbing sound". In some ways, similar to Comus, albeit not as creepy; also similar to Emtidis "Saat" and (especially) Amon Duuls "Paradieswarts Duul". Tranced male/female vocals over tablas, wood flute and electric and acoustic guitar in a cosmic and experimental vein." - Mellotron. |
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Artist: YELLOW AUTUMN Title: Children of the Mist Format: LP Label: Mellotron Country: Spain Price: $32.00 |
| "..very late in the day psych album, recorded by members of a hip Hermosa, California scene that included James Pusey and others, including BLACK FLAG roadie and all-around associate—and assistant engineer of this record—SPOT. In fact, this album was recorded in the same studio within weeks of BLACK FLAGS Nervous Breakdown! " - Lion Productions. "First ever vinyl reissue of this rare and sought after US psychedelic folk album from 1977, very much UK folk-styled. Limited to 600 copies, all with exact reproduction of the original insert with lyrics." -Mellotron. |
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Artist: MECKI MARK MEN Title: Running In The Night Format: CD Label: Mellotronen Country: Sweden Price: $23.00 |
| "Mindbending heavy acid space rock from Sweden 1969! Mecki Mark Men was (together with Hansson and Karlsson) Jimi Hendrix favourite Swedish band. When Jimi came back from his Swedish tours he probably told tales about the wild Swedish organ tormentor Mecki Bodemark who did the same things with his grinding Organ as Jimi did with his guitar. They sound like a mix of Teargas, High Tide and Jimi Hendrix but with a wild organ player in glittering space costume. The mighty guitar wizard Kenny Hakansson has never been more psychedelic than this!!! "While I was searching for the master tape to Mecki Mark Mens 2nd album titled "Running in the Summer Night" I discovered the original master which was originally meant to be released as the Swedish version of the album. Mecki Mark Men was contracted by Philips in Sweden but it was Limelight records in the USA who released the album in 1969. I compared the Limelight tapes and the newly discovered Philips tapes. Basically it was the same album but sound wise it was two totally different ones. Musically it is still brain melting Heavy Acid Space Rock driven by the fury of demons, but now with a fantastic pure and dynamic sound! The CD includes the album plus bonus material from the US version as well as short conversations from the studio. Detailed biography by Reine Fiske and Tommy Dahln!!!" - Mellotronen |
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Artist: DINOSAURS WITH HORNS Title: Return of the Disco-Aristo-Sarcophagus Format: CD Label: Melon Expander Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Since 1983s self-titled cassette release on The Solid Eye label, RICK POTTS and JOSEPH HAMMER have delicately dispensed laughing-gas-balloon-animals-go-pop music as DINOSAURS WITH HORNS. This cryptic LAFMS-related group occurred during and in between periods of playing with POINTS OF FRICTION, STEAMING COILS and SOLID EYE. SPENCER SAVAGE and TOM RECCHION played with them in the mid-80s and continued intermittently since. A smattering of Dinosaurs With Horns material has appeared on various compilations and very limited cassette and CDR releases, but Return of the Disco-Aristo-Sarcophagus is the first full-length CD release, recorded November 2000 on KXLU radio and January 2007 at the LACE Gallery in Hollywood. It is the perfect soundtrack to a snorkeling dream or stumbling down the stairs with berries and cream. Obviously." - Melon Expander |
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Artist: SOGGY Title: Slog Format: Double LP Label: Memoire Neuve Country: France Price: $36.00 |
 "Après une première livraison de ce groupe de Reims sur ce même label Mémoire Neuve en 2008 (sold out en 1 mois), on espérait pas un complément, surtout après la grosse claque que nous procuras lécoute de cet opus initialement prévu pour une sortie en 1981, seul un 45t autoproduit fut commercialisé à lépoque. On retrouve ici des morceaux en versions différentes et des inédits sur les deux premières faces, et un live sur lautre vinyle. Leur hard rock influencé Stooges et Black Sabbath mélangé au punk (beaucoup plus présent ici) dégage toujours autant de puissance et durgence, les hissant largement au-dessus du lot des groupes français de lépoque. Pour les premiers acheteurs, un poster dépoque sera offert !" - Memoire Neuve. 
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Artist: ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS Title: Caeduceus and Black Sal Format: LP Label: Memoirs Of An Aesthete Country: UK Price: $24.00 |
| "The latest in Ashtray Navigations ongoing vinylization of our out-of-print CDR catalogue has this amped-up mindbender from 2007... yes, the one with the cute little doggies on the cover. Except now theyre on the label and the vinyl is pink. And there is no cover, just a PVC bag so it matches the Red Culture reissue. One side featuring a thick dinner of swirling tambouras, electric sitars and synths blasting out of tiny battery amp speakers wrapped in buzzing tinfoil (a description of the methodology here and not just the sound!). One side of clubfooted samba rhythms and twin guitar sustain overload which offers a key as to why Ashtray Navigations set at Thurstons ATP a few years ago was roundly condemned as "Santana" in certain circles. Ashtray at its heaviest and most monolithic, though those words are often apply, I guess. Pink vinyl LP. . . . limited to 250 copies" -Memoirs of an Aesthete |
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Artist: ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS Title: Deadicated to The Sensory Armada Format: LP Label: Memoirs of an Aesthete Country: UK Price: $34.00 |
| "The seven new numbers recorded between summer and autumn 2011 in the first ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS vinyl LP since 2009 arrives with a heartfelt dedication to the lost and unrecorded 60s London psych duo of the title, and to all sounds sucked into the air, gone forever. Deadicated to the Sensory Armada is the latest stage of PHIL TODD and Cos immersion in the synths-and-sequencers cosmos which has edged into recent Ashtray Navigations releases. A few new moves should give an indication of future directions. Piled-up guitar structures, cascading rhythms and the first recorded appearance of drummer SETH COOKE. Edition of 100." -Memoirs of an Aesthete. |
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Artist: ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS Title: Johnny Fuckoff Minotour (Easter Exit 2) Format: CDR Label: Memoirs Of An Aesthete Country: UK Price: $12.00 |
| "....and a new one from easter 2009. Believe it or not, these are the first 2009 Ashtray Navigations recordings to be released, so there. And this is quite definitely the last in the "painted clamshells" series of CDRs (this time they are mostly yellow, fact fans). Sort of a response to a review which described Ash Nav as "obviously Heldon-influenced"...news to me, but I decided to Go For It and prove the reviewer right. But imagine a bunch of early 70s frenchmen playing all of their psychedelic records, all of their Ocora records and all their prog/fusion at once whilst angry drum machines beamed in against their will from an alternate future blast out very mutated hip-hop beats. Apparently Mr. R.Pinhas was an attendee at a Paris Ash Nav gig and is said to have remarked "I thought they only had pop music in England these days". This release may prove him right also. This is also the first Ashtray release to be almost all digitally recorded....and youll be surprised how fucked up it sounds - gawd bless technology for giving us so many options. Our most fun-packed CDR for a while. Limited to 100 copies" -Memoirs Of An Aesthete |
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Artist: ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS Title: Snakestrings/Hollywood Taught You To Kiss Format: Double CDR Label: Memoirs Of An Aesthete Country: UK Price: $15.00 |
| "double CDR! two tracks each exceeding 40 minutes. Snakestrings (i.e. disc 1) is a trip through strings and soundboxes, Phil Todd plays esraj, kemence, electric sitar and guitars until the electronic instruments rebel and propel the whole thing into psychedelic overdrive. Hollywood Taught You To Kiss (i.e. disc 2) is based around another Todd/Crowley/Legard trio excursion. Dedicated to Sun Ra and Andy Warhol respectively. Limited to 99 numbered copies." -Memoirs of an Aesthete |
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Artist: CHURINGA CANARIES Title: Format: CDR Label: Memoirs Of An Aesthete Country: UK Price: $12.00 |
| "Christmas basement blowout with UK underground meta-stars PHIL TODD (ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS)! ... PHIL LEGARD (XENIS EMPUTAE TRAVELLING BAND)! ... TIRATH NIRMALA SINGH! (ex-JOHN CLYDE-EVANS)!... and... ALEX NEILSON (DIRECTING HAND, SCATTER, JANDEK, every other fucking band in the country)!! Vintage analogue muck noise meets free jazz in the Sunny Murray/Ayler tradition, recorded direct to cassette while the irons were hot. Limited to 100 copies on vinyl-look CDR with print gocco screenprints and very nice they look too. Dont miss this one as it wont be reissued." - Memoirs Of An Aesthete. |
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Artist: NACKT INSECTEN Title: A Site Specific Piece of Avant-Garde Sound Art, Nothing To Be Worried About/Corridor Voyager (Quantum Odyssey II) Format: 7"/CD Label: Memoirs Of An Aesthete Country: UK Price: $18.00 |
| "Mr. Ruaradidh Sanachen has been getting a name for himself recently with his one man kosmische metal space ritual project Nackt Insecten, releasing plenty of limited edition "stuff" on a whole bunch of labels. In February 2008, as part of Glasgows wonderful Instal festival, he was seen cradling a suitcase full of howling drone/noise aboard Glasgows tube trains, and what a show it was - check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V5nrb6NLlo for a glimpse of the fun. As Nackt Insectens relentless sounds meshed in perfectly with the locomotive rumblings, I thought to myself what a fine 7 inch single it would make. And sure enough, over a year later, here it is. An explanation made by a member of the "audience" to a worried fellow traveller provides the title. This package also contains a CD of new Nackt Insecten studio concoctions, a conceptual sequel to the recent LP on Blackest Rainbow Records. A real CD too, not a CDR! Cover art by Goldenlabs Fliss Horrocks and the inclusion of a genuine Glasgow tube train ticket completes this handsome package. Limited to 200 copies." -Memoirs Of An Aesthete |
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Artist: PUFF-PLAIN Title: The Pyrognomic Glass Format: 3" CDR Label: Memoirs Of An Aesthete Country: UK Price: $9.00 |
| "New astral mystique from Witchfynder Joincey (ex- WAGSTAFF, INCA EYEBALL, COITS, SCULPTRESS et al). Primitive psych-folk clonk and voices treated so heavily they sound like huge sheets of tinfoil cracking. "Research suggests that Puff is the current working nomenclature of Joincey, one of the most unfairly unheralded artists of the English Underground...the greatest visionary-outsider slabs since Jandek...Confusing." - Jon Dale (The Wire). |
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Artist: REYNOLDS, BEN Title: Third Tongue Meditations Format: 3" CDR Label: Memoirs Of An Aesthete Country: UK Price: $9.00 |
| "Final wheel on the psychedelic wagon for you. Three tracks of blissful muck. In case you?ve been hiding under the fridge for the last 12 months, Mr. R is a citizen of the Glasgow (nee Stoke On Trent) and has been a recording artist for Time-Lag, 267 Lattajjaa, Ikuisuss, First Person, Foxglove, Pseudoarcana and others and you can see his happy smiling blue face at http://www.benreynolds.tk" |
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Artist: XENIS EMPUTAE TRAVELLING BAND Title: The Pyrognomic Glass Format: CDR Label: Memoirs Of An Aesthete Country: UK Price: $12.00 |
| "There is another longhaired droning Yorkshire citizen named Phil. The Memoirs "search and co-opt" policy ensures that we have to take action. So: this. Mr. Phil Legard has the debonair aura of Marc Bolan-meets-Tony Visconti circa early 68, and his music is similarly patterned after the more disorientating artifacts from the original Age Of Aquarius. Desolate folk plunkings, Krishna-on-a-vacation flute and a real melancholic lost-in-the-forest ayr of mysterie makes this a July winner. One for retiring to your alchemists laboratory-in-the-woods with a few test-tubes full of absinthe to. Do something real decadent like that, anyway. Five English pounds." - Memoirs Of An Aesthete. |
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Artist: XENIS EMPUTAE TRAVELLING BAND Title: The Pyrognomic Glass Format: LP/Booklet Label: Memoirs Of An Aesthete Country: UK Price: $24.00 |
| "The Xenis Emputae Travelling Band is Mr. Phil Legard of the halloweed borough of Yorkshire, England. He has been hard at work since 2001 making psychedelic folk-concrete inspired by the psychogeography and mythology of various secret regions of the British countryside. XETB has released plenty of CDRs and tapes over the years (all limited editions, long sold out etc etc) but, aside from one track on a Cold Spring Records CD, nothing at all in a "posh" format - something we at Memoirs thought we should do something about. We are, after all, classy folks and that. Mr. Legard is also a writer on various occult and esoteric matters, his most recent publication being a contribution to the new translation of "The Consecrated Little Book Of Black Venus" (Waning Moon Publications). He also has several other music projects, most notably The Neon Death Slittes and Pneumonic Consort. He is also, for his many sins, a frequent collaborator in Ashtray Navigations. "The Pyrognomic Glass" was originally released by us as a ltd. ed CDR back in 2005. By popular demand it is back, this time on vinyl, and including "Abital - or Conferences with the Genii of Nocturnal and Diurnal Dew in vii Chapters", a beautifully-printed 28 page chapbook by Mr Legard, most profitable to students of Natural Philosophy." -Memoirs Of An Aesthete |
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Artist: HARRY PUSSY/FROSTY Title: Split Format: 7" Label: Menlo Park Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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Artist: MAZZACANE CONNORS, LOREN Title: The Stations Of The Cross Format: Double 7" Label: Menlo Park Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
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Artist: M.B. Title: Carcinosi Format: LP Label: Menstrual Recordings Country: Italy Price: $29.00 |
| "Near exact replica of this classic Maurizio Bianchi / M.B. Private LP published in 1983 in an edition of 300 copies. This is the first official vinyl re-issue and is limited to 314 copies. Included is a numbered insert consisting in new liner notes by Maurizio Bianchi and a replica of an original polaroid photo by M.B. from 1982." - Menstrual Recordings |
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Artist: V/A Title: Forty Minutes and Eleven Seconds Format: LP Label: Merce Cunningham Company Country: USA Price: $25.00 |
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remaining performances of the Merce Cunningham Company during their
precedent-setting Legacy Tour.
The record contains never-before-heard recordings of works by Merce
Cunningham Dance Companys Music Committee, Takehisa Kosugi, Christian
Wolff, John King, and David Behrman and MCDCs Music Coordinator, Jesse
Stiles. These pieces were recorded live over the course of the Legacy Tour
using a variety of acoustic and electronic instruments.
Forty minutes and eleven seconds pressed onto translucent red vinyl in a
hand-numbered edition of 500." - Merce Cunningham Company.
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Artist: HICKORY WIND Title: S/T Format: CD Label: Merry Go Round Country: Korea Price: $20.00 |
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"This Indiana based band released only a handful of copy which full of variety with psychedelic tunes. Sounds much alike the acid rock era of The Byrds & Buffalo Springfield. Also this reissue features 4 bonus tracks of B.F Trike which founded by three members after disbanded Hickory Wind." Packaged in a high quality mini-LP style gatefold jacket, with insert, Limited to 1000 copies. "-Merry Go Round
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Artist: YURA YURA TEIKOKU Title: NA.MA.SHI.BI.RE.NA.MA.ME.MA.I. Format: CD Label: Mesh-Key Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Available for the first time outside Japan, This 2003 hour-plus live recording captures (Yura Yura Teikoku) at the height of their powers" - Mesh Key. ⿿From Japan springs forth the greatest band in the world, Yura Yura Teikoku. I have profound love and respect for this band⿿s music and I hope it brings you as much joy as it has brought me. - Michio Kurihara, THE STARS/GHOST/DAMON&NAOMI guitarist. ⿿Yura Yura Teikoku is Japan⿿s sensational, psychedelic, pop-noise explosion that Western ears have never heard. The sheer amount of noise generated by these three mere men has become stuff of legend in Japan: only Yura Yura Teikoku could pull together a sound this brutal, this large and make it into something this meaningful, this unique. - W.D. Marx, THE FADER. |
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Artist: YURA YURA TEIKOKU Title: Soft Death Format: 12" Label: Mesh-Key Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
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"A brand new 12-inch EP from veteran Japanese psych rock legends YURA YURA TEIKOKU. The A-side is a pounding long mix of the song "Soft Death" from the bands Sweet Spot album. The B-side features an exclusive remix of "It Was A Robot," along with a "Soft Death" instrumental mix. The bands ecstatic pop/pysch sound has been embraced by both rock and dance music fans alike. Limited to 500 copies." - Mesh Key.
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Artist: MESMER Title: Kensho Format: 7" Label: Mesmer Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| Restock of cool San Francisco free-rock with an experimental Twisted Village vibe. Limited to 300 copies with handpainted, 1-of-a-kind photograph adorned sleeves. |
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Artist: 12 MINUTES AT THE HOT CLUB MURPHY Title: s/t Format: 7" Label: Messthetics Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
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"a limited edition of 457 reissue of a Rosetta Stone rarity from 1982: adventurous, subtly-hued pop art from an all-star line-up of post-Homosexuals / This Heat / Rock in Opposition squat savants.
The full story is more complicated – and exponentially richer (as is the music!), but heres a short version, in the words of Rob Storey, the one constant in 30-plus years of Murphy variations - Federation Murphy, Orchestre Murphy, The Murphy Love Experience, Murphy Patrol, Murphy Working Stiffs, Laboratoires Murphy, etc.: (musicians performing on the EP appear in boldface):
"We had made a start as the Good For Nothings in about 77/78 and played sort of punk rock music with a line-up of Catherine OSullivan, Bing Selfish, Rodrigo Lodwick, Seamus Luttman-Johnson, and Robert Storey. We soon got tired of the straitjacket of the punk sound and started trying other things, fake jazz, more theatrical elements, improvisation and performance deconstruction – which resulted in some extremely antagonistic audience reactions... "After making the first single Fed Up Skank / Slipping Past On The Inside, Bing was a semi-detached member of the Murphies anyway, and went on to make Selfish Works. Chris Gray, Jim Whelton, Ted Barrow (who had all been associated with the Homosexuals), Lepke Buchwalter, David Doyle and Joe Torres (who were Milk from Cheltenham), Janey Haggar (Nancy Sesay), and Mick Hobbs (The Work), amongst others, became part of the pool of people who would do gigs, tours or recording sessions. It was a loose arrangement of players by the time we made 12 minutes at the Hot Club Murphy." In the meantime, Robs label Noise Method had at least six cassette releases in addition to the Murphy Federation single [NM1], the Hot Club Murphy 12" [NM6, 1982] and Selfish Works [NM8, though officially on El Frenzy, 1982], and thered also been several junkets to Barcelona that resulted in the Domestic Sampler – UMYU compilation [1981] and Bings Selfish Works (of whom and of which much more anon!). In addition to the Hot Club tracks that Chris Gray recorded at Surrey Sound, others were taped at This Heats legendary Cold Storage studio in Brixton with Pete Bullen. Mick Hobbs left The Work (to be replaced by Jim Welton/Amos) and went on to Officer!; Catherine OSullivan went on to Sally Patience (who were named for a Murphies song)… Anyway, Messthetics and Stewart Andersons [Boyracer+++] Milk and Alcohol label have reissued 12 Minutes at the Hot Club Murphy in its entirety as a 7" EP, limited to 457 numbered copies. The silkscreened sleeve reproduces the original front artwork (admitting there were many variations with different inks and cover stocks, and as the original screens and LetraSetting for the 12" wore out and were patched or replaced "on the fly")… There has never been musician credits until now. YouTube videos are online for Hiding in the Forest and The Encampment showing the originals and representative artwork from the 7" EPs."- Messthetics. |
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Artist: DRY RIB Title: Whose Last Trickle Format: CD Label: Messthetics Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "D.I.Y. with a guitar-genius/nonsense poet only begins to explain Dry Rib and the projects that followed, but they were one of a tiny handful of D.I.Y./post-punk-era groups whod probably have sounded the same whether Punk had happened or not. And things only got cooler, odder, and more idiosyncratic as Rob Vaseys audio insurgency progressed. Ed Ball of O Level (and later the Times and Teenage Film Stars) saw Dry Rib first in late 1978 and promptly signed them to his new Clockwork label. He writes, Dry Rib were a late 70s three piece group of some indefinable power - not Powerful in the obvious sense, as in everyone slugging out the same riff... More the power of musical and lyrical imagination ... Rob Vaseys guitar style of blurred chord stylings coupled with continuous tremolo arm preempted My Bloody Valentine (or anyone else) by the best part of a decade. [He] wasnt like Eric Clapton or Paul Weller in way/shape/form ... Which could only be a good thing because, he superseded these fellows for sheer guitar innovation and songscapes that neither could even conceive of. Rob was ably supported by two equally intelligent musicians ? Andrew Goodwin (one of the best two drummers Ive ever played with - and that includes the so-called shit-hot session guys) and Mike Mullholland (who could make a Fender Precision sound like Entwistle, Matlock or a distressed horsefly!) Dry Ribs EP received heavy airplay from John Peel, who featured all three tracks: Quail Seed, Cruelty of the Victim and their epic Alaska (the latter and a demo of Quail Seed appear on Messthetics #102) and briskly sold through a thousand-odd copies at the beginning of D.I.Y.s golden age. They made several further trips to the studio, with no loss of intensity or inventiveness. Robs career next took a more fluid and improvisational turn in a series of collaborations with various members of the Times extended family, mostly under the flag of as, hem syrup (the name taken from a nonsense prose piece of Robs) and the lyrics grew even more fanciful. As with Dry Rib, theres no mistaking any of the material for anyone elses. Theres much more of Ed Balls account in his liner notes (including diary entries from the time) along with every surviving Dry Rib photo, lyrics, the usual daunting ephemera, and 20 songs and 75 minutes of music on the CD." - Messthetics |
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Artist: GODS GIFT Title: Pathology: Manchester 1979-84 Format: CD Label: Messthetics Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "From 1979 to 1984 other bands on the Manchester scene played larger roles, but sooner or later almost everyone who was there mentions Gods Gift -- in tones of awe or amazement. Heres where the rest of the world finds out what all the racket was about. The early Manchester scene was anchored by The Fall, Joy Division, a few straightahead punks, and the more idiosyncratic denizens of the Manchester Musicians Collective. And Gods Gift out-did them all -- in diffidence, darkness, pure feral energy and gleeful musical anarchy. Their successes were epic, but their failures, too, left indelible impressions. Guitarist Steve Murphy: If things were going wrong, wed make them go more wrong... Singer Steven Edwards once shouted out to a baffled London crowd, Wotcha dancing for? -- its tuneless, you pillock! This was no pose. As much as can be said of any band in rock history, Gods Gift were the product of their day jobs: Murphy, Edwards, and at least five others who played in GG all worked inside at Prestwich Asylum -- then the largest psychiatric hospital in the U.K. The hospitals grayness, hopelessness, and constant menace permeated not just GGs tunes and lyrics, but their very stage-presence -- Edwards in work-clothes, and Murphy playing (always!) with his back turned to some of the U.K.s least cuddly audiences. GG recorded a fight onstage and used it in place of lyrics for their self-released first 45, People. Gods Gift found a champion in New Hormones owner, Richard Boon, who booked the band and put out the 12" Gods Gift EP and their landmark Discipline single, but unfortunately, as New Hormones finances crumbled, Boons favorite track, Clamour Club, remained unreleased. Messthetics 17-song CD, Pathology, spans GGs career from 1979 to 1984, drawing material from their records, a Manchester Musicians Collective compilation, several demos and two full-length cassette albums. 12-page booklet with photos and extensive bio; 75 minutes of pounding, insistent, magnificent noise." -Messthetics |
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Artist: PERFORMING FERRETS Title: No One Told Us Format: CD Label: Messthetics Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Twenty-eight songs from one of D.I.Y.s iconic bands, including most of their astonishingly scarce LP, which music-historian / journo / D.I.Y.- enthusiast Johan Kugelberg described as the most seminal LP to come out of DIY ... Fantastic over enthusiastic juvenilia of an almost supernatural beauty. Whether or not the name was ironic, The Performing Ferrets were very much a performing band -- whose songs clearly grew out of the way they interacted. A curious rhythm, an engaging riff, an arresting lyrical snippet, and frequently a Melodica tumble and writhe, ferretlike, into song / groove / experiments that stood unique on the indie post-punk scene. The Ferrets started out in Maidstone, Kent, in 1978 but they parlayed academic careers in Manchester, Portsmouth, Nottingham and Preston into appearances all over the U.K.. John Peel once lamented that every gig he did there seemed to be a Ferret there clutching a demo tape in its sweaty paw. Theres a touch of The Fall and the TV Personalities, a little garage and Beat, hints of the rhythm-propelled sounds of the Monochromes, Feelies, Beefheart, Gang of 4/Delta 5 or Diagram Brothers, and a dry wit that had more to do with the Ferrets favorite authors and comedians than anyone from the class of 77, but the Ferrets response to D.I.Y. was all their own. In Mandolin (performed on a detuned mandolin that sounds like a toy piano) they complain, The independent market / Is just a bring-and-buy sales ... God help those who do it small scale / Youve got to watch those pennies ... Youre bound to lose pounds / We just cant make money (oh no, oh no!) Their conclusion? Theyd just as soon give their records away for free (though the planned free flexi never happened). No One Told Us collects 28 tracks from 1980-82, although only three rather inscrutable tunes saw wide distribution back in the day on their lone Peel-championed 45. They also released two cassettes (perhaps 200 each) and 300 odd copies of their self-titled LP. After two years in Manchester the Ferrets wound down when two of them ended up in Miaow with Cath Carroll, another took over the editorship of Manchesters legendary City Fun, and a fourth got a doctorate in immunology. The complete sagas in the 12-page booklet, along with photos, artifacts, and almost 80 minutes of the Ferrets finest on the CD." - Messthetics |
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Artist: V/A Title: Messthetics #103 D.I.Y. 77-81 Midlands I Format: CD Label: Messthetics Country: USA Price: $12.50 |
| "D.I.Y. and (very) indie postpunk from the Midlands, 77-81. The Messthetics #100-series hits the metal-weary Midlands, where it encounters a sparse but energetic rabble of (mostly) teens - happily raising their own musical racket, completely outside the mainstream music business. Faster, louder, and less arty than their D.I.Y. counterparts elsewhere in the U.K. Messthetics #103 collects rare tracks from the Versatile Newts [pre-Felt], Swell Maps, Prefects [pre-Nightingales], the Accused, Profile, Hardware [pre-Pigbag], Famous Explorers, School Meals, The Shapes, the Buzz, Domestic Bliss, Cracked Actors, Lester and the Brew, Human Cabbages, 021, and Cult Figures. Also selections from the first releases from Digital Dinosaurs, Spizzoil, Cravats, and Dangerous Girls. 22 songs on the CD plus four bonus MP3 tracks. Lavishly illustrated and documented 24-page booklet, with histories, photos and ephemera." - Messthetics |
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Artist: V/A Title: Messthetics #105 D.I.Y. 77-81 Scotland I Format: CD Label: Messthetics Country: USA Price: $12.50 |
| "D.I.Y. and (very) indie post-punk from Scotland, 77-81. Messthetics first Scottish installment focuses on a brief, intense scene of ardently independent bands who got started rubbing shoulders with 1977 punk then paid no attention at all to London after that. (London returned the favor.) The sound was based on guitars of all sorts, ingeniously skewed melodies and unashamed local accents. Naturally, it all fell apart as soon as The Sound of Young Scotland became a marketable commodity, but they left behind a rich cache of lost alternative hits. Plenty of traditional D.I.Y., too... 24 songs on the CD plus nine bonus MP3 tracks. 90 minutes of music. 24-page booklet, lovingly documented with histories & photos galore. Messthetics #105 features rarities by Fire Engines, Scrotum Poles, 35mm Dreams, The Exile, Commercials, Fakes, Metropak, Tony Pilley, Visitors, Article 58, Radio Ghosts, Rapid Dance, Strutz, Vertical Smiles, Restricted Code, Brills, Rhythm Method, Hes Dead Jim, Friction and Paul Reekie. Unreleased first recordings by Dirty Reds [who became the Fire Engines], 35mm Dreams, Jazzateers, International Spys [pre-Radio Ghosts, Wee Cherubs, Bachelor Pad] and Edinburghs legendary Ettes. Plus other never-before-released material from the Scrotum Poles, Commercials, Tony Pilley, Article 58, Radio Ghosts, Vertical Smiles, and Restricted Code..." -Messthetics. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Messthetics #106 The Manchester Musicians Collective Format: CD Label: Messthetics Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "...1977-1982. Messthetics first visit to Manchester surveys the most successful and innovative of Britains post-punk-era musicians collectives. The MMCs most famous spawn were obviously The Fall (who first played at an MMC meeting) and Joy Division (who loaned their P.A.), but the MMCs emphasis on public performance and its egalitarian ethic of shared gear, expertise, and, frequently, band-members, affected and inspired future stars and faintest sparks alike to create an unparalleled range of truly alternative sounds. Twenty-one songs on the CD plus five bonus MP3 tracks. 80+ minutes of music. 24-page booklet, extensively documented with histories, photos and artifacts. Messthetics #106 features songs by the Mud Hutters, Gods Gift, Dislocation Dance, Elti-Fits, Diagram Brothers, The Liggers, The Passage, Bee Vamp, Spherical Objects, Grow-Up, Contact, Slight Seconds, Armed Force, the Manchester Mekon, The Spurtz, and never-released tracks by The Elite, The Hamsters, Manchester Mekon, Bee Vamp, and Property Of (Messthetics fans will also note an unusual concentration of women-in-charge, unorthodox effects, provocative lyrics, wildly varied electronics and general non-punk stylings)." -Messthetics |
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Artist: V/A Title: Messthetics #107: D.I.Y. 78-81 London III Format: CD Label: Messthetics Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Messthetics returns to London - mostly to a handful of Tube-stops along the Central and Northern Lines. #107 also includes a special 7-band, 6-page feature on the legendary Dining Out label. Rough-edged new wave wonders, scrappy D.I.Y.-punk, ear-boggling home experiments - and the usual quota of accidental pop from fifth-form teens, art-school grads and committed hippies. Some recorded in actual studios, others on stand-alone cassette-decks placed just so on the squat- or church-hall floor. With ex-members of Spitfire Boys, Tax Exiles and Flying Lizards; others went on to Weekend, Alien Sex Fiend, A Certain Ratio, 400 Blows, Alabama 3, Celestial, Afro Celt Sound System, Fraff, Late Night Poker, and ..and the Native Hipsters. Plus 5 bands that got their start at Raynes Park High School for Boys, Morden. Messthetics #107 features obscure vinyl sides from Disco Zombies, Demon Preacher, Jelly Babies, Six Minute War, Stepping Talk, Occult Chemistry, The Patterns, 49 Americans, Avocados, Methodishca Tune, Jangletties, Stolen Power, Flags, The Steppes, The Insex, The Milkmen, Design for Living, Twilight Zoners, and Club Tango. Unreleased material from Disco Zombies, Buddy Hernia & the Rickets, Twilight Zoners, Milkmen, and the White Brothers. 23 songs on the CD plus 7 bonus MP3 tracks: 90+ minutes of music. 24-page booklet, extensively documented with histories, photos and artifacts." -Messthetics |
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Artist: V/A Title: Messthetics #108: South Coast D.I.Y. 77-81 Format: CD Label: Messthetics Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "D.I.Y. and (very) indie postpunk from the South Coast 1977-81 (vol. 1: Bournemouth-to-Brighton). Throughout the age of Punk and postpunk the English music press, the major labels, and the established indies ignored the South Coast with surprising thoroughness. Their neglect blurred lines between potential chart acts, Rough Trade prospects, and deliberate D.I.Y., so that the South Coast scenes (while still insular) remained highly varied, while D.I.Y. became less a choice than a necessity. Except for the Mods, hardly anyone put out records on their own, so instead the best documents of South Coast postpunk were a handful of excellent local compilations and a raft of barely-circulated tapes -- that account for a majority of the tracks here. Messthetics purists may note with alarm that almost every band on #108 had a proper drum-kit (sacrilege!) and also performed regularly in public. Still, there are Messthetics sounds of all species on #108 -- and its our most generous selection yet! 24 songs on the CD plus 10 bonus MP3s and a video: 110 minutes of music; 28-page booklet, extensively documented with histories, photos and artifacts." -Messthetics |
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Artist: V/A Title: Messthetics Greatest HISS: Classics Of U.K... Format: CD Label: Messthetics Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "...Cassette Culture D.I.Y.: 1979-1982 (Volume 1). An introduction to the D.I.Y. cassette scene 1979-84. The U.K.s original cassette-scene hosted some of the most inept shambling in the history of recorded music, but there was no shortage of musical genius, either (be that accidental or otherwise). From endless bedrooms filled with home-made gadgets, Woolworths guitars, Casios and soldering fumes, came sounds both stunningly simple and sophisticated -- and vastly more varied than anything on vinyl. These artists seldom made more than 100 copies of their cassettes and typically circulated them for free, with untold thousands of tapes changing hands through the Royal Post. Messthetics new series samples the more, er, musical sides of the scene (lots of cool electronics, but no ambient or industrial -- and everythings under 5 minutes!): Here is D.I.Y. at its most liberated. Twenty-five tracks on the CD plus five bonus MP3s. 90+ minutes of music. 24-page booklet, crammed with histories, photos, artifacts and an essay from Mick Sinclair, who wrote the original Cassette Pets column for Sounds. Messthetics Greatest Hiss features the superstars of cassette culture and plenty of others: The Jelly Babies, Danny & the Dressmakers, Storm Bugs, Colin Potter, Event Group, The Get, Instant Automatons, Missing Persons, Gravity Craze, Farming Jim & his Hepcat Groovstas, 391, The Chromosomes, Mike Jones, The Living Dead no. 5, Digital Dinosaurs, The Twizlers, Aconite, Casual Labourers (Bendle and other DIY heavies), Midnight Circus, Milkshake Melon, Funhouse, Cultural Amnesia, Stripey Zebras, Chimp Eats Bananas (pre-Chumbawamba!) and Dean Johnson." -Messthetics |
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Artist: OOSTERLYNCK, BAUDOUIN Title: 1975-1978 Format: 4LP Box Set Label: Metaphon Country: Belgium Price: $172.00 |
| Hardboard linen LP box contains 4 LPs with separate covers and a 34-page booklet with notes and photos from B.O. Signed and numbered edition of 300 copies. |
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Artist: OOSTERLYNCK, BAUDOUIN Title: 1975-1978 Format: 4CD Box Set Label: Metaphon Country: Belgium Price: $85.00 |
| Hardboard linen CD box contains 4 digipack CDs and a 78 page booklet with notes and photos from B.O. Signed and numbered edition of 500 copies. "There are times when you collect material, ideas, and emotions without being able to combine them. You feel as if you are laying the foundations of a work without knowing its form and you wait, feeling curious. You let the sounds rest until the evening when birth resembles death. The fruit is ripe for an instant only, the time it takes to fall. Like the virgins veil. Bold wine, austere lineage. Since 1978, Baudouin Oosterlynck has been introducing his music in the floor, the walls, the windows, etc., thereby creating his first musical installations and sound installations. The music no longer goes towards the listeners ears but it is the listeners ears that go towards the music. All of this happens in silence. He did musical performances in function of acoustic phenomena particular to specific architectures. He completed 15,000 km on foot and by bicycle in Europe, looking for variations of silence. For the past fifteen years he has been producing listening prosthesis and special instruments played by the listener in silence! There are more than 180 opuses to date." - Metaphon. |
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Artist: RANTA/MIKE LEWIS/CONNY PLANK, MICHAEL Title: Mu Format: Double CD Boxset Label: Metaphon Country: Belgium Price: $44.00 |
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"The only time this ensemble got together before was for the singular and legendary Wired session recorded in 1970 and published on the Deutsche Grammophon box set Free Improvisation in 1974. The Wired session also included Karl-Heinz Böttner while this release of Mu just has the trio of Ranta, Lewis and Plank. Mu got recorded a few months after the Wired session, in Planks studio, but never got released strangely enough. Yet its a true hidden treasure of marvelous minimal psychedelic improvisations with an oriental touch controlled and mixed by Diabolis in Musica Conny Plank. Although the intense recording session ended early in the morning the mixdown was still done straight afterwards of which this is the direct result for MU1, Mu2, and Mu4. For Mu3 Michael Ranta added live percussion to the original tape mix and dedicated it to Mike Lewis. Due to circumstances and moving to different continents they never had the chance to meet again. Previously unreleased studio material from 1970 recorded a few months after the legendary Wired session. Hardboard linen CD box contains 2 CDs and a 28-page booklet with biography text and notes from Michael Ranta (in Dutch, German and English). Edition of 500 copies." -Metaphon
Michael Ranta : percussion, guitars and prepared thundersheet
Mike Lewis : keyboards, wind instruments and percussion
Conny Plank : live electronics, sound control, recording supervision, mix
"What a stunning surprise discovery of this obscure ensemble with Michael Ranta, Mike Lewis and Krautrock master Conny Plank. As on the legendary Wired LP on the Free Improvisation box set (Deutsche Grammophon 1974) they created an amazing free form abstraction, a floating resonant and timeless music, similar in many ways to the early experiments of Tangerine Dream but in a world of its own, in all their twisted exotic and melancholy beauty... To be filed under classic Krautrock, a masterpiece!" -Steven Stapleton
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Artist: RANTA/MIKE LEWIS/CONNY PLANK, MICHAEL Title: Mu Format: Double LP Boxset Label: Metaphon Country: Belgium Price: $100.00 |
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"The only time this ensemble got together before was for the singular and legendary Wired session recorded in 1970 and published on the Deutsche Grammophon box set Free Improvisation in 1974. The Wired session also included Karl-Heinz Böttner while this release of Mu just has the trio of Ranta, Lewis and Plank. Mu got recorded a few months after the Wired session, in Planks studio, but never got released strangely enough. Yet its a true hidden treasure of marvelous minimal psychedelic improvisations with an oriental touch controlled and mixed by Diabolis in Musica Conny Plank. Although the intense recording session ended early in the morning the mixdown was still done straight afterwards of which this is the direct result for MU1, Mu2, and Mu4. For Mu3 Michael Ranta added live percussion to the original tape mix and dedicated it to Mike Lewis. Due to circumstances and moving to different continents they never had the chance to meet again. Previously unreleased studio material from 1970 recorded a few months after the legendary Wired session. Hardboard linen 2LP box version, containing 2 LPs and a large-format 16-page booklet with biography text and notes from Michael Ranta (in Dutch, German and English). Edition of 300 copies." -Metaphon
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Artist: SOUFFRIAU, ARSENE Title: Experiences BIMES Format: Triple CD Boxset Label: Metaphon Country: Belgium Price: $53.00 |
| "Arsène Souffriau (born Brussels 1926) is a cornerstone of the first generation of Belgian electronic and experimental music composers along with Henri Pousseur, Karel Goeyvaerts and Leo Küpper. Regardless of decades of dedicated work he received even less recognition than his Belgian contemporaries. In the late 60s Souffriau got some appreciation among the larger public for his contribution of electronic sounds to the Free Electronic Pop Concept LP, a psychedelic pop album around the brothers Jess & James. But his professional musical career that started at a young age reached much further than this: he worked as a conductor, composer, sound editor, functional music composer for film, documentary and theatre, producing a massive quantity of recordings. Since the early 60s, in his free time, he has independently been working in his home studio BIMES, where he has recorded numerous experimental, electronic music works of which most never left his studio. The pieces on this release, which span over a period of almost 40 years, have been selected from Souffriaus private music archive and were mostly recorded at his BIMES studio. The pieces clearly depict the wide spectrum of his work throughout the time starting with the primitive concrete tape music from the early 60s, going through his period of (group) improvisation (Groupe Fusion) with analogue (and live) electronics towards the digital techniques in the 80s and 90s using MIDI and computer. Hardboard linen CD box contains 3 CDs and a 40-page booklet with extensive background, photos and notes from A.S. (in Dutch, French and English). Edition of 300 copies." -Metaphon |
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Artist: SOUFFRIAU, ARSENE Title: Experiences BIMES Format: Triple LP Boxset Label: Metaphon Country: Belgium Price: $114.00 |
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"Arsène Souffriau (born Brussels 1926) is a cornerstone of the first generation of Belgian electronic and experimental music composers along with Henri Pousseur, Karel Goeyvaerts and Leo Küpper. Regardless of decades of dedicated work he received even less recognition than his Belgian contemporaries. In the late 60s Souffriau got some appreciation among the larger public for his contribution of electronic sounds to the Free Electronic Pop Concept LP, a psychedelic pop album around the brothers Jess & James. But his professional musical career that started at a young age reached much further than this: he worked as a conductor, composer, sound editor, functional music composer for film, documentary and theatre, producing a massive quantity of recordings. Since the early 60s, in his free time, he has independently been working in his home studio BIMES, where he has recorded numerous experimental, electronic music works of which most never left his studio. The pieces on this release, which span over a period of almost 40 years, have been selected from Souffriaus private music archive and were mostly recorded at his BIMES studio. The pieces clearly depict the wide spectrum of his work throughout the time starting with the primitive concrete tape music from the early 60s, going through his period of (group) improvisation (Groupe Fusion) with analogue (and live) electronics towards the digital techniques in the 80s and 90s using MIDI and computer. Hardboard linen LP box version, contains 3 LPs and a 20-page large-format booklet with extensive background, photos and notes from A.S. (in Dutch, French and English). Edition of 200 copies." -Metaphon
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Artist: CATALOGUE Title: Brussel Live Format: LP + 7" Label: Mettre A Fond Country: Belgium Price: $44.00 |
| "Highlights of their first 2 concerts in about 20 years, live in Brussels (2007-2008), shows the trio of Artman, Berrocal and Pauvros anarchistic, powerful and controversial as ever. LP with 1-sided fluo green bonus 7" (minimal rock & roll version of Be bop à Lula), edition of 200 copies handnumbered and signed by Artman, Berrocal, Pauvros. ... after several years on tour in different galaxies the group returns on earth, notably in the region of Brussels. "Uncertain rockers, exacerbated freejazzmen, pranksters, Jean-François Pauvros: guitarist, Jac Berrocal: trumpeter and vocalist, Gilbert Artman: drummer and pianist are a bit of everything, rock stomping, boring the avant garde, enraging the virtuosity. Trespassing the unbreakable with the surprises of clumsiness they reach a flamboyant music. It smells like sulphur, like a desperate laugh." -Mettre A Fond |
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Artist: THREE FORKS Title: Firewood Format: 3" CDR Label: Metynomic Country: New Zealand Price: $10.00 |
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Artist: CLOUDLAND CANYON Title: Silver Tongued Sisyphus Format: 12" Label: Meu Dia De Morte Country: Germany Price: $25.00 |
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"LIMITED edition vinyl (CD to be released on KRANKY) of 96 COPIES only with golden-color silkscreened cover ! Features 3 psychedelic jams by experimentalist duo, Kip Uhlhorn (guitarist of PANTHERS/RED SCARE) and Simon Wojan. Soundscapes using structures and parts of Ambient, Drone, Electronica and Kraut-Rock, with influences ranging from minimal composers like Steve Reich, over bands like FAUST to BLACK DICE!" - Meu Dia De Morte. Last copies of this limited release from early 2007.
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Artist: DAVENPORT FAMILY Title: At the Foot of Zodiac Mountain Format: Cass Label: Meu Dia De Morte Country: Germany Price: $12.00 |
| "one sided 35minutes long jam. their very last jam withmask of the davenport clan on their faces, free-form improvisational folk performed on walpurgis, clay rubys brithday by clay ruby, t endless, woodman, johnny d, billy lee, nico kain, aaron laurant, tyler olson.limited to 230 copies." -Meu Dia De Morte. |
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Artist: HATRED / VIKI Title: Live Format: Cass Label: Meu Dia De Morte Country: Germany Price: $12.00 |
| "Holy crab! Two live shows on one cassette! Nate Youngs Hatred with creepy electronics and synths. Viki with a hybrid of industrial/noise and dance music created using her own modified instruments and processors." - Meu Dia De Morte. |
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Artist: MELEE Title: Violent Forms Of Laughter Format: Cass Label: Meu Dia De Morte Country: Germany Price: $12.00 |
| "new stuff by the Graveyards arrhythmia section of Hans Buetow and Ben Hall with Nate Woley on trumpet. " If Graveyards looks like just the skeleton than this looks like just the muscle."cover by p.h. lim to 200" -Meu Dia De Morte. |
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Artist: NONHORSE Title: Evileye Broadcast Format: Cass Label: Meu Dia De Morte Country: Germany Price: $12.00 |
| "New tape manipulating by Lucas Crane from Vanishing Voice / Time Life. Comes in a little fold out cover by Jeremy Earl (Fuck It Tapes / Woods / Meneguar)." - Meu Dia De Morte. |
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Artist: OWL XOUNDS/DATASHOCK Title: Split Format: Cass Label: Meu Dia De Morte Country: Germany Price: $12.00 |
| "NY based freak-jazz troupe OWL XOUNDS EXPLODING GALAXY, featuring the core of drummer Adam Kriney (LA OTRACINA/Colour Sounds Recordings) and upright bassist Gene Janas, upright bassist Shayna Dulberger, Bonnie Kane on amplified tenor sax and electronis and Greg Vegas on tenor sax. "The textures/times/vibrations embarked upon in this free-music setting draw from the sewers of outsider-experimental jazz explorations and intuitive approaches to instant composition received from the cosmos above." recorded live at goodbye blue monday brooklyn Datashock is a stylized German neo hippie collective who combine their kraut roots with contemporary psych folk vibes. Improv sound rituals, offerings to the altar of free flows and creation, together in a noisy harmony. recorded live in darmstadt. lim to 125." -Meu Dia De Morte. |
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Artist: SCHUTTE, ULF Title: Summer 1st Ather Format: CDR Label: Meu Dia De Morte Country: Germany Price: $10.00 |
| "Ulf Schütte is the dude behind a couple of Meudiademorte Releases. 1/2 of Aosuke , Cones or Scanners, the man behind Shivers, Member of Datashock and Labelhead of Tape Tektoniks. His first Solo output under his real name is a modular synth madness. could be a sound track to lucio fulcis worst nightmare. wasteland, end time and post nuclear war sounds. heavy in the 70s. the score to a yet to be done / never to be made zombi flick." - Meudiademorte |
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Artist: TIME LIFE Title: Double Blackberry Format: Cass Label: Meu Dia De Morte Country: Germany Price: $12.00 |
| "Heidi Diehl and G. Lucas Crane Non Horse of Vanishing Voice formed a new duo called Time Life. Heidis totally beautiful hypnotic female vocals and guitar lines / acoustic strings over the psyched tape manipulations from Lucas. Packaged in a silkscreened 4 x 6 inch folder by p.h." - Meu Dia De Morte. |
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Artist: VANISHING VOICE Title: Vellum Format: Cass Label: Meu Dia De Morte Country: Germany Price: $12.00 |
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Artist: WIESE, JOHN Title: Spectral Hand Format: 7" Label: Meu Dia De Morte Country: Germany Price: $6.00 |
| "limited to 500 copies. Features two tracks (Spectral Hand & Trapped In A Spell) recorded in July 2005 on KXLU in Los Angeles." - Meu Dia De Morte. |
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Artist: ARIEL PINKS HAUNTED GRAFFITI Title: Cant Hear My Eyes Format: 7" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
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"These two new cuts from Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti went so fast, that we decided to repress 300 more copies to sell at stores. The demand has been crazy high and this is all before he starts recording his new upcoming album. This new material constitutes the FIRST studio recordings with the full band. The band features keyboardist Kenny Gilmore (Lilys), bassist Tim Koh (White Magic, All Night Radio), drummer Aaron Sperske (Beachwood Sparks, Lilys), and guitarist Cole M. Greif-Neill (The Samps)." - Mexican Summer.
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Artist: BEST COAST Title: Crazy for You Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Mexican Summer are elated to announce their latest artist and full length release from Californias Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno, aka Best Coast. Rolling out on July 27th, Crazy For You is a 12-track, twenty-nine minute collection of genuinely romantic sandy jams. Hazy, dreamy and genre-defining, Crazy For You proves that the impressive amount of press hype for Best Coast is more than warranted, especially coming off of her previous sold out singles on Group Tightener, Atelier Cuseaux, Art Fag, Black Iris, PPM and Eskuche. The bands much-awaited debut album was recorded at Black Iris, a studio in LAs Echo Park neighborhood, by Lewis Pesacov of the bands Fools Gold and Foreign Born. The result is a collection of maudlin and magical songs that approach relationships with a pure heart, a cloudy mind and pair of gas station sunglasses." - Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: BI Title: Surf N Turf Format: 7" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
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"The debut release from an aptly named bi-coastal duo. Bi is the amalgamation of New York experimental fixture Eric Copeland of Black Dice, and Los Angeles based alternative psych-pop musician Jimi Hey (All Night Radio, Beachwood Sparks). In SurfnTurf the pair use humid sunset production to bent pop songwriting, to give us their take on bubblegum. Think Tall Dwarfs meets ELO. 7" limited to 300." -Mexican Summer.
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Artist: BITTERS Title: East General Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "The Bitters are Aerin Fogel and Ben Cook (Fucked Up, Young Governor). Formed in the east end of Toronto, The Bitters write and record their self-proclaimed Cave Pop from their studio, an artistic cooperative shared with Torontos most creative musicians. Their debut 12? EP, Wooden Glove, was released last spring on Captured Tracks and sold out shortly after, having been instantly well-received among tough critics and keen listeners alike. The band is a result of Cook and Fogels prolific efforts and their ability to construct songs ranging from 50s melodies atop dark post-punk instrumentals, to 90s throwback alternative and grunge, which stems from their unique dynamic as friends and partners. Their collaborative work appears live with the help of drummer Jonah Falco (Fucked Up) and a rotation of starry guest bassists." - Mexican Summer. Edition of 1000. |
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Artist: DATE PALMS Title: Honey Devash Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Based in Oakland, California, Gregg Kowalsky and Marielle Jakobsons share internationally spanning solo careers as creative practitioners with a solid foundation in drone music composition and performance. However, it is a mutual love for analogue electric sound sources and tape multitracking that has resulted in their psychedelic, trance-inducing collaboration as Date Palms. Honey Devash, Date Palms first release on Mexican Summer, is testament to their captivating skill for layering and balancing timbres into long-form, immersive slow burners. Astonishingly evocative of desert heat, summer nights, dry sandscapes of fuzz bass, fender rhodes, synth, violin, tanpura and feedback shift gradually like dunes in hot winds, as wavering mirages in the distance are picked out through slow melodies on keyboards, piano and flutes. Two tracks of incredibly slow-panning consideration, Honey Devash feels like a hazy meditation on survival; a prolonged buzz of tension and uncertainty melding with simple acceptance as the sun, unrelenting, beats ever down…" - Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: DIMPLES Title: I Can Feel You Out There Format: 7" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "Dimples presents a marrow-deep comprehension of rocks most striking moves, strips them of their parts and leaves them up on blocks, as a warning. “I Can Feel You” chugs and chings through a nervy, slicked-down run through West Coast punk delinquency; “Heaven Blotted Regions” throws out the band and leaves Parme alone with a guitar and a drum machine, ripping out the sort of sleazy, Leisure Suit Larry-esque, yet highly personal ballad that sticks to the wall with effortless attitude. Something like Hanoi Rocks had they recorded for Shimmy-Disc. Two great goddamn songs. 500 pressed." -Mexican Summer |
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Artist: EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESION RING Title: Wet Cement Format: 7" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
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Artist: FOLSOM, ROBERT LESTER Title: Music And Dreams Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "One of the first of many reissues on the Mexican Summer slate brings forth a 1976 private press affair from Georgias Robert Lester Folsom, a high-quality and shimmering, unbuttoned-collar collection of marina rock and sunset ballads. Long out of print and worth a small fortune on eBay, this release is a perfect companion to your copies of "Something/Anything", "If Only I Could Remember My Name" and your Bobb Trimble reissues. Soft is not a four letter word, and this release proves why. Vaguely psychedelic and professionally rendered, this is a strong and consistent brace of rock, staid yet breezy. "At this point, it sounds current and refreshing, especially on album highlight ⿿My Stoves On Fire, which contains the best non-sequitur (I think I love you baby/ my stoves on fire) that may or may not actually be a metaphor for his heart and/or penis." - Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: FRACTION Title: Moonblood Format: LP/10" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $42.00 |
| "At long last, the FIRST fully authorized reissue of the psychedelic hard rock private press to end them all, Moonblood. There are very few albums in the psych/punk/hard rock/private presses strata that garner the sort of universal awe and accolades that FRACTIONs almighty Moonblood LP does, and even fewer records in the world that could be dubbed Christian Rock incur such fierce devotion. Indeed some records just meteorically lift themselves out any genre tag with brilliance and sheer defiance-and Moonblood is surely one of them. LP and 10-inch packaged with translucent red vellum on the sleeves. 1,000 pressed." - Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: FRESH & ONLYS Title: Yes or No Format: 7" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "The Fresh & Onlys are four supremely talented (if a bit shaggy-looking) San Franciscans. The band is so comfortable with mixing and matching seemingly disparate genre elements that each song is its own mini-musical movement. Really! (Not really). Yes or No and Take Back The Night serve as a teaser for Long Slow Dance." - Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: GAUNTLET HAIR Title: Out...Dont Format: 7" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| Hand-numbered edition of 500 copies. "The duo of Andy R. and Craig Nice makes up Denver, COs Gauntlet Hair, but the gravity of the situation they create goes deeper than that. Both men are part of the Rhinoceropolis house in the city, and have sparked a musical movement thats already gotten some dap via electronic artist Pictureplane. Gauntlet Hair divides the dance beats with an icy spell of post-punk and chilly, urbane vocals, but keep the rhythm up front and the aural violence at tense levels. Imagine the gorgeous gents of Duran Duran dressing up as Liars and showing up to the beardo mountain Brooklyn commune to pants the guys in Yeasayer, and youre a bit on course to defining the heavy space hits and body-moving apocalypse grooves they dumpster-dine on every night. Pressed on beautiful translucent yellow vinyl. 500 pressed" -Mexican Summer |
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Artist: GR Title: A Reverse Age Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Truth comes today from Frances Gregory Raimo, once again taking up the mantle of the performance moniker GR. Raimo has been shredding with ingenious ferocity for a number of years now, both alone and as guitarist/vocalist for Gunslingers, a power trio fortified by his relentless barrage of guitar noise and rhythmic imperative. A Reverse Age is Raimos third and most intense solo album, following a collaborative EP with Michael Yonkers. Those of you in the know will hear Yonkers late 60s period influence, whether it be myth or reality (only the artist is telling), as you might also find the strange, hissing atmosphere of Alien Soundtracks-era Chrome or the psychic limbering-up of The Magic Band evident in GRs music. Real, productive damage comes from within, however, and thats where A Reverse Age performs its miracles. It figures that you would need to go back 30 to 40 years in the history of underground or fringe music to find any sort of precedent to its eight songs. Its restless nature highlights Raimos frantic compositional structures and explosive playing across guitar, bass and drums alike, the product of one guy with real vision and the skills to pull off a work of virtuosic hostility such as this one. Riffs sizzle and burn up, pushed through effects that somehow cheapen lesser works yet bolster this one. Things you know -- eldritch forest folk, roadhouse blues, aggressive jazz-style drumming -- are distended near to the point where they become part of GRs own musical syllabus, grounded by GRs street-corner vocal hustle, sounding like Armand Schaubroeck rapping into a CB radio in a stolen car, out joyriding and knocking off side view mirrors." -Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: GRAHAM, ANDREW & SWARMING BRANCH Title: Andrew Grahams Good Word Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "ANDREW GRAHAMs first release since the dissolution of RTFO BANDWAGON, the elegantly primitive Columbus, OH folk band. While RTFO Bandwagon heavily reiterated the elements already present in Grahams guitar frameworks with the bass, drums, and even the vocal melodies, Swarming Branch takes a more delicate approach. Throughout Good Word, each instrument plays only one note at a time, freeing up space in the mix and ensuring that every note is intentional." - Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: HOME BLITZ Title: A.T.K./Last Cycle Format: 7" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "Its okay there arent any two Home Blitz releases which sound alike. Sure, bandleader Daniel DiMaggio is involved in all of them -- thats his voice, a British scouser trapped in a latent New Jersey teenagers body -- and theyre all pretty much as lo-fi as you can get without the tape disintegrating, but its his approach to songwriting that changes things up on each new record. Here we have two new ones, songs about nostalgia for experiences not had (A.T.K., which shifts from Incredible Kidda Band style energy to Pavement-esque slacker downbeats in just over two minutes), and experiences in interstate travel and estimation of ones worth (Last Cycle, doing a completely different trick in something more like three). Both songs bristle with the sort of nervous energy that powered groups like the Feelies and Game Theory, two distinct touchpoints in Home Blitzs sloppy, floppy sound, and when they power through it in the live setting (with guitarist Theresa Smith, bassist Jason Sigal and teenage drummer Henry Hynes in tow), they become the greatest band on the East Coast for that moment." - Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: HOME BLITZ Title: Frozen Track Format: 12" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Six more tracks by the coolest band in the Tri-State area. Daniel DiMaggio is living in the big city now and as the driving force behind Home Blitz, he keeps the rhythms crazier and the feelings more nervous than ever, having fully adopted the restless jangle of Hoboken 81, the working class anger of Londons East End in the mid 70s and the starry-eyed wonder of the Sunset Strip in 78. You can choose which lens you want to view them through, though theres only one right answer: that which is the most sincere, because Home Blitz is nothing if not real. If they align most closely with the sort of bespectacled guitar pop-in-the-wake-of-punk that gave rock critics the chills way back when, its because thats where the heart of this music resides, the thrill of excavation and discovery of an era before ones own, the one that speaks to you the most clearly. There is real love in these songs, five new originals and a reverent cover of Game Theorys Rolling with the Moody Girls. What a great time youre gonna have with this one. Includes mp3 download; hand-numbered edition of 1000 copies." -Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: MANTLES Title: Pink Information Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Incredible jangle-pop that conducts a druggy seance for the spirit of Gene Clark. A collectors dream, these San Francisco visionaries have released an incredible series of singles on Duc-I-Tone, Slumberland, and Slitbreeze. Shades of LA 66, New Zealand 82 and London 86 dance around each other in a delirious, druggy waking dream. Truly beautiful stuff." - Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: MICHAEL ANGELO Title: Sorcerers Delight Format: 7" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "We first heard of Michael Angelos brilliant soft psyche from his 1977 self-titled album, but when Angelo himself shared these ultra rare recordings from his album A Sorcerers Dream-Mexican Summer headquarters pretty much flipped out. This is a perfect 7 inch thats filled with ahead of its time bubble jams-if Bobb Trimble, Ariel Pink, and Caetano Veloso had a drunken night, it would surely harp this. " -Mexican Summer. Numbered edition of 500. |
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Artist: ORKUSTRA Title: Adventures In Experimental Electric Orchestra From The San Francisco Underground Format: Double LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $36.00 |
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"A mighty set of archival recordings from the legendary Bobby BeauSoleils proto-psych collective. Incredible packaging including an eighteen page booklet with hand-written liner notes and original paintings from BeauSoleli. A perfect production from an infamous, iconoclastic legend who worked with everyone from Arthur Lee to Kenneth Anger. Staggeringly re-mastered, pressed on high-quality vinyl." - Mexican Summer. "A youthful improvising ensemble attempting something outside of the tie-dyed, standard-rock format of 1960s San Francisco." - Signal To Noise.
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Artist: PEAKING LIGHTS Title: Lucifer Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "The golden duo of Aaron Coyes and Indra Dunis continue to crystallize their mesmerizing sound and find new dimensions within. Lucifer also comes at a time of great transition for this married couple and it reflects the possibilities that they have found during this new life era, especially with the birth of their son, Mikko, a guiding light muse for the album. Recorded in Brooklyn at Garys Electric studio over the course of a month, Peaking Lights consider Lucifer a nocturnal version of their sound. Its slinkier and full of grooves. To us this record is about play and playfulness, unconditional love, rhythms and pulses, creation and vibration, says Coyes. Lucifer is also Peaking Lights most ambitious release to date in terms of its approach and scope. Through their studio experiments, the duo has managed to link their musical loves - dub, krautrock, analog electronic dance music, sound collages, pop music - all while maintaining cohesive songs. Lucifer was self-produced and engineered by Al Carlson (Yeasayer, Ford & Lopatin, 0PN)." - Mexican Summer. Includes download code. |
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Artist: PERHACS, LINDA Title: Parallelograms Format: Double LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $28.00 |
| Deluxe gatefold, hand-numbered edition of 1000 copies, featuring a download coupon and 6-sided insert with new liner notes written by Perhacs in May, 2010. "Mexican Summer is beyond psyched to present a hefty, heavy gatefold edition of Linda Perhacss lone album, Parallelograms. On the strength of this single album, recorded in 1970, Linda Perhacs remains a towering figure in the world of psychedelia, folk, female singer-songwriters, and acid-visionaries alike. Lauded by artists as diverse as Daft Punk, Devendra Banhart, Animal Collective, and Swedish metal band Opeth, in the 21st century, her album remains a testament to her singularity of vision. Ignored upon its initial release, Parallelograms seemingly sank without a trace, and Perhacs gave up making music for the next forty years. Psych fans the world over unearthed and began to obsess over this album in the meantime: a spine-tingling blend of crystalline vocal melodies from Perhacs, mind-expanding sound effects, and on the title track, one of the finest aural hallucinations ever captured, equal parts sound sculpture and visual music." -Mexican Summer |
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Artist: PURLING HISS Title: Lounge Lizards Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "After a series of three LPs which alternated between minds eye-gouging psychedelic excess and pine-scented woodshedding of pop tunes, here comes the logical endpoint between both: Lounge Lizards, six songs that stick around like sedan carpet matted with spilled Pepsi and Pats wrappers, a hard drill that penetrates historical musical hits, like the Cars through Dinosaur Jr through Monoshock and into the cold, acrid air of present times." - Mexican Summer. Limited, numbered edition of 1000; includes download code. |
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Artist: PURO INSTINCT Title: Stilyagi Format: 7" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "The first single from the upcoming PURO INSTINCT (formerly known as PEARL HARBOR) full-length. Puro Instincts tasty first single features the helping hand of none other than fan and mate ARIEL PINK, who took the group on tour last year supporting Haunted Graffiti. Here, Mr. Pink adds background vocals behind PIPERs dreamy voice. With Puro Instincts full-length debut Headbangers in Ecstasy on the horizon, Mexican Summer is proud to boast that Puro Instinct will be the reality in 2011. "Fleetwood Mac-meets-Soviet-pop vibes abound on STILYAGI, which features Puros L.A. homie / tourmate / 7-inch coverboy Ariel Pink . . . and will definitely be making an appearance on our favorite songs of 2010 list."-Gorilla vs. Bear. Packaged in 5-color metallic sleeves." -Mexican Summer |
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Artist: RADIO PEOPLE Title: Hazel Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Slowly drifting over the horizon, into the realms of Mexican Summer, comes Radio People. The return of Cleveland, Ohio man Sam Goldbergs cosmic synthesizer project is cause for fanfare of the most blissful kind – his music is, after all, a beautiful, hovering behemoth worthy of celebration. Since 2007 Goldberg has become renowned for his slew of highly collectable cassettes, CDRs and VHS on such labels as the Emeralds-curated Wagon and Gneiss Things, Weird Forest, 905 Tapes, Catholic Tapes and Tusco/Embassy, while also finding the time to found his own prolific imprint Pizza Night. Radio People appeared in 2009, producing a similar cascade of material, with Digitalis Records carefully gathering a selection and committing them to vinyl a year later. Mexican Summer is proud to contribute to this legacy with his new album Hazel, a collection of dream-like soundscapes, billowing clouds of synthesizers cut with poignant razor drones, expansive sweeping melodies and suspended harmonies. When brought out of reverie, Radio People pushes ever onward with Italo and Kosmische pulses, concise percussion and sombre vocals, but when left for a while it is always happy to melt back into music for drooping eyelids and swollen hearts. Intergalactic drama at its best and most essential. 750 pressed." - Mexican Summer |
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Artist: RAMASES Title: Space Hymns Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| Hand-numbered edition of 2000. "In 1971, a message was delivered from an Egyptian god through his vessel to the youth of the world via the infamous Vertigo label. That vessel was one Martin Raphael, an central heating salesman from Sheffield, shocked into servitude by Ramases in order to preach his word. Backed by the band Hotlegs, who were moments away from being known as 10cc, Ramases created this one-of-a-kind cosmic folk rarity, a bizarre and alluring message of peace and the supernatural, housed in a six-panel Roger Dean gatefold designed to make your pupils dilate. Mexican Summer proudly presents an exact reissue of the first Ramases LP, available domestically after almost 40 years of a secret existence." -Mexican Summer |
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Artist: REAL ESTATE Title: Reality Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
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"Long-awaited 12" from one of the most blogged about bands in Brooklyn. Amazing, infectious fuzz-pop that establishes Ridgewood, New Jersey as the current cultural center of these United States. Genre straddling, mind-bending, indierockpopsurfjanglepunk craziness. The massive amount of press attention given to these guys doesnt begin to do justice to their universal appeal and brilliant songwriting. One of the most anticipated records in the history of Mexican Summer and well worth the wait. Features Matt Mondanile of Ducktails." - Mexican Summer. Repressed.
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Artist: SAMPS, THE Title: The Samps Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "A hidden agenda from members of Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti, the Samps toe over the chillwave divide into legit, spaced out R&B dance jams, clipped together from uncharted sources and designed to insert the boogie back in your butt. Five tracks of computer funq, jittery rhythms, and heavy synth bass abuse, ready for the dancefloor in your room." - Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: SOFT PACK Title: Gagdad Format: 7" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "The Soft Pack celebrates their jump over to the tanning rays of Mexican Summer with a brand new single. Gagdad sprawls across both sides of a 7‿ with a party-starting organ groove, slamming drums, and the unmistakable vibes that one of our catchiest acts has no trouble bringing across. No matter what time of year, the distinct Fall/VU groove of “Gagdad‿ will convince you to don some shades, make it down to your nearest body of water, and get your own beach party happening, under the auspices of no man-made laws." -Mexican Summer |
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Artist: SOFT PACK Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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Artist: TAMARYN Title: The Waves Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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Artist: TERRIBLE TRUTHS Title: Lift Weights/Don Juan Format: 7" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "The Terrible Truths are a stunning young post-punk band from Australia, beholden to the aesthetics that drove that musics late 70s inception with a spirited, fresh-sounding energy shared with so many of the great bands that are making their countrys current dominance over rock music. The intertwined vocals of guitarist Rani Rose and bassist Stacey Wilson evoke the feelings of freedom and discovery bestowed upon those who have learned to control their musical powers, the wild magic therein enchanting all lovers of UK DIY, goth, and the 90s riot grrrl explosion. Limited, hand-numbered edition of 300 copies." -Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: VACANT LOTS Title: Confusion Format: 7" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
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"Hailing from the wooded confines of Burlington, Vermont, THE VACANT LOTS are musicians as well as scientists, having built a time machine that will transport your headspace directly to the Sunset Strip in 1967. "Confusion" and "Cadillac" are both prime-cut psychedelic burners, heavy-lidded and strobing with the delights of the era, pristine examples of atmosphere and attitude lent to great pop-rock songwriting. Edition of 300 copies." -Mexican Summer
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Artist: VILE, KURT Title: God Is Saying This To You.. Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"More than a mere odds-n-ends collection, Kurt Viles latest LP is a compilation of tracks from Overnite KV, a tour-only CDR, along with a handful of extra tracks recorded specifically for this release. Here we find Kurt solo, four-trackin as usual, and blowing minds with his mix of bluegrass guitar, blazed singer-songwriterisms, and the knowledge of how to balance these contexts out with laidback precision. Psychedelic to its core, these twelve tracks speak to the will of the casual perfectionist, honing his craft with effortless aplomb. Youll be hearing plenty more from this Philadelphian wizard in the months to follow, and were happy to keep the ball rolling with God Is Saying This to You" - Mexican Summer.
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Artist: WASHED OUT Title: Life of Leisure Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Debut 12" from Ernest Greene aka Washed Out. Bent synth-pop gems that are equal parts psychedelia and anthemic club banger. All recorded in his parents home in the rural Georgia town where he grew up. Essential and addictive." - Mexican Summer. Repressed. |
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Artist: WEBB, TK Title: TK Webb Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Back to the solo stance, T.K. Webb trades in the power moves of his last album Ancestor for the sad-eyed folk foundations that propped them up, bringing back the power of the rock trio and transposing it into a more personal, confessional offering. Honest music by a guy whos been killing it for years." - Mexican Summer. |
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Artist: WOODEN SHJIPS Title: Contact Format: 12" Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
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"This release is brand a new slab from SFs incomparable Wooden Shjips. They are a modern day answer to space rockers like Hawkwind, F/i, or just the good parts of Van der Graaff Generator. This band helped to kick off the modern small-press vinyl revival with their debut 10"EP (now a sought-after collectors piece) and eking out limited releases one at a time since 2005. For this release the band has cooked up a two-song EP of colossal proportions. Contact is a cover of a Serge Gainsbourg classic, made famous by Brigitte Bardot. The Shjips update with their patented thousand yard psych-cosmos stare, transposing the originals freakbeat tendencies with a Krautrock bassline and a transcendental wander thatll put you in the zone, every time. Once there, chill out even harder to the EZ Version of original I Hear the Vibrations, is slower, grander, heavier, and dreamier, and takes full advantage of the 12" format for better fidelity and a truly blissful listening experience." - Mexican Summer.
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Artist: WOODSMAN Title: Collages Format: LP Label: Mexican Summer Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
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Artist: SALOMAN, GABRIEL Title: Adhere Format: LP Label: Miasmah Country: UK Price: $19.00 |
| "When legendary noise duo Yellow Swans dissolved just prior to releasing Going Places, it left in its wake two musicians with very distinct but very different voices. Pete Swansons post-YS technoid experimentations have been well documented, but that still leaves Gabriel Saloman, who, after leaving the group, buried himself headfirst in sounds and images that were possibly even further away from his comfort zone. Adhere is Salomans first "proper" solo album, and it finds him stripping away the blood, sweat and tears of his old band, revealing a rich seam of ominous restraint. Delicately-picked strings, piano and hocking woodblock percussion are drowned in reverb and drawn out in cold anguish giving a cracked, minimalist mirror to the work of fellow Miasmah alums Kreng or Elegi. A softly-spoken record, while Adhere pushes away Salomans noise history, none of his well-documented intensity is discarded and lost. Instead, the blistering punk nihilism is allowed to simmer and boil over in different ways, and the occasional moments of post-Cocteau Twins shimmering bliss we could just about make out on Going Places are now given a chance to shine in all their glory. Adhere is a surprising, challenging and perfectly-paced album, and fits into its very own niche, ushering in a new generation of listeners to Salomans distorted, hazy vision. Includes mp3 download." - Miasmah. |
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Artist: CARLTON MELTON Title: Pass It On Format: LP Label: Mid To Late Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"Another slice of supreme San Franciscan psych-melto to be filed alongside Wooden Shjips et al, and UKs own Heads, maybe Earthless or White Hills, but this stands real tall indeed. Taking the cues of Hawkwind and Pink Floyd (theres a heavy hitting cover of "When Youre In") to create some great heavy droning fogged up glass onion sike...know what were saying? Recorded in a genuine geodesic dome by ex-members of ZEN GUERILLA, and nothing short of highly recommended. Packaged with artwork by ALAN FORBES." -Mid To Late
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Artist: CARLTON MELTON/QUMRAN ORPHICS Title: Split Format: LP Label: Mid To Late Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Brand new split of heavy freakiness from one of our favorite local bands CARLTON MELTON teamed up here with new-to-us bizarre shamanistic cult collective QUMRAN ORPHICS. The Melton side is two 10-minute slabs, the first, "March Of The Cicadas," sounds exactly like the title implies, a slowmotion dirge over martial rhythms with buzzing electronic hisses and stratospheric guitar leads. The closer, "Murder Ridge" is a noirish Bardo Pond-like spiral of burning sonic embers and sustained decay. The Qumran Orphics side is a stranger beast altogether. Recorded from a live set at the Blank Club in San Jose, Qumran Orphics is led by KFJC DJ CY THOTH (host of the show Firebunker, that plays lots of our favorite metal and experimental sounds), backed by an array of simmering guitars and shifting droning electronics. Like a strange and unfurling Crowleian ritual, Cy Thoth croakingly intones bizarre utterances one might hear in an H.P. Lovecraft story. Its a wild and charged performance. Not sure where this project will go next, all info on the group is rather scant or cryptic, but were definitely curious!" - Mid to Late. |
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Artist: AC/DP Title: High Voltage Format: LP Label: Middle James Co. Country: Canada Price: $15.00 |
| "side a = Andrew Coltrane busts weird slow string reverb that vibrates vertebrae while David Payne layers acoustic guitar scraped stretched screeched for a spaced out creeper weed that continues to haunt. side b = warbles feedback waste & tape disgust decay insect hum & rumble fish. limited to 150, totally analogue in production, play at any speed, mastered for vinyl by Aardvark on 4/20, guaranteed to get you stoned locked in the groove." - Middle James Co. |
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Artist: YURA YURA TEIKOKU Title: III Part 1 Format: Picture Disc LP Label: Midi Country: Japan Price: $32.00 |
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"The last remaining copies of Yura Yura Teikoku backstock vinyl from MIDI Records in Japan. These records are totally out of print. A uniquely Japanese sonic hybrid of Jimi Hendrix, Murahachibu, Neil Young, Les Rallizes Denudes, 13th Floor Elevators, and 60s Japanese pop, Yura Yura Teikoku have amassed a tremendous Japanese following in Japan but remain criminally unknown elsewhere.
Former PSF and CAPTAIN TRIP recording artists, Yura Yura Teikoku, have spent the last 15 years honing their experimental yet infectious ecstatic pop-psych sound. Their early work on PSF and CAPTAIN TRIP is compelling but pales in comparison to their later, brilliant recordings from MIDI Records. All of these release were recorded at Soichiro Nakamuras (of Japanese psych legends WHITE HEAVEN) Peace Studios with YOU ISHIHARA (also formerly of WHITE HEAVEN) producing. Yura Yura Teikoku bass player Chiyo Kamekawa also plays in THE STARS (PSF) with Ishihara. Co-conspirator MICHIO KURIHARA of GHOST plays second guitar on a number of Yura Yura Teikoku tracks as well.
Singer/guitarist Shintaro Sakamoto is also an accomplished visual artist and his illustrations decorate the covers of these beautiful full color EP and LPs. All releases are on color vinyl and/or picture disk." - Mesh-Key. The two 10"s are from 1999, the two Picture Discs are from 2001 and the other 2 LPs are from 2003.
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Artist: YURA YURA TEIKOKU Title: III Part 2 Format: Picture Disc LP Label: Midi Country: Japan Price: $32.00 |
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"The last remaining copies of Yura Yura Teikoku backstock vinyl from MIDI Records in Japan. These records are totally out of print. A uniquely Japanese sonic hybrid of Jimi Hendrix, Murahachibu, Neil Young, Les Rallizes Denudes, 13th Floor Elevators, and 60s Japanese pop, Yura Yura Teikoku have amassed a tremendous Japanese following in Japan but remain criminally unknown elsewhere.
Former PSF and CAPTAIN TRIP recording artists, Yura Yura Teikoku, have spent the last 15 years honing their experimental yet infectious ecstatic pop-psych sound. Their early work on PSF and CAPTAIN TRIP is compelling but pales in comparison to their later, brilliant recordings from MIDI Records. All of these release were recorded at Soichiro Nakamuras (of Japanese psych legends WHITE HEAVEN) Peace Studios with YOU ISHIHARA (also formerly of WHITE HEAVEN) producing. Yura Yura Teikoku bass player Chiyo Kamekawa also plays in THE STARS (PSF) with Ishihara. Co-conspirator MICHIO KURIHARA of GHOST plays second guitar on a number of Yura Yura Teikoku tracks as well.
Singer/guitarist Shintaro Sakamoto is also an accomplished visual artist and his illustrations decorate the covers of these beautiful full color EP and LPs. All releases are on color vinyl and/or picture disk." - Mesh-Key. The two 10"s are from 1999, the two Picture Discs are from 2001 and the other 2 LPs are from 2003.
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Artist: YURA YURA TEIKOKU Title: Memai Format: LP Label: Midi Country: Japan Price: $32.00 |
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"The last remaining copies of Yura Yura Teikoku backstock vinyl from MIDI Records in Japan. These records are totally out of print. A uniquely Japanese sonic hybrid of Jimi Hendrix, Murahachibu, Neil Young, Les Rallizes Denudes, 13th Floor Elevators, and 60s Japanese pop, Yura Yura Teikoku have amassed a tremendous Japanese following in Japan but remain criminally unknown elsewhere.
Former PSF and CAPTAIN TRIP recording artists, Yura Yura Teikoku, have spent the last 15 years honing their experimental yet infectious ecstatic pop-psych sound. Their early work on PSF and CAPTAIN TRIP is compelling but pales in comparison to their later, brilliant recordings from MIDI Records. All of these release were recorded at Soichiro Nakamuras (of Japanese psych legends WHITE HEAVEN) Peace Studios with YOU ISHIHARA (also formerly of WHITE HEAVEN) producing. Yura Yura Teikoku bass player Chiyo Kamekawa also plays in THE STARS (PSF) with Ishihara. Co-conspirator MICHIO KURIHARA of GHOST plays second guitar on a number of Yura Yura Teikoku tracks as well.
Singer/guitarist Shintaro Sakamoto is also an accomplished visual artist and his illustrations decorate the covers of these beautiful full color EP and LPs. All releases are on color vinyl and/or picture disk." - Mesh-Key. The two 10"s are from 1999, the two Picture Discs are from 2001 and the other 2 LPs are from 2003.
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Artist: YURA YURA TEIKOKU Title: Shibie Format: LP Label: Midi Country: Japan Price: $32.00 |
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"The last remaining copies of Yura Yura Teikoku backstock vinyl from MIDI Records in Japan. These records are totally out of print. A uniquely Japanese sonic hybrid of Jimi Hendrix, Murahachibu, Neil Young, Les Rallizes Denudes, 13th Floor Elevators, and 60s Japanese pop, Yura Yura Teikoku have amassed a tremendous Japanese following in Japan but remain criminally unknown elsewhere.
Former PSF and CAPTAIN TRIP recording artists, Yura Yura Teikoku, have spent the last 15 years honing their experimental yet infectious ecstatic pop-psych sound. Their early work on PSF and CAPTAIN TRIP is compelling but pales in comparison to their later, brilliant recordings from MIDI Records. All of these release were recorded at Soichiro Nakamuras (of Japanese psych legends WHITE HEAVEN) Peace Studios with YOU ISHIHARA (also formerly of WHITE HEAVEN) producing. Yura Yura Teikoku bass player Chiyo Kamekawa also plays in THE STARS (PSF) with Ishihara. Co-conspirator MICHIO KURIHARA of GHOST plays second guitar on a number of Yura Yura Teikoku tracks as well.
Singer/guitarist Shintaro Sakamoto is also an accomplished visual artist and his illustrations decorate the covers of these beautiful full color EP and LPs. All releases are on color vinyl and/or picture disk." - Mesh-Key. The two 10"s are from 1999, the two Picture Discs are from 2001 and the other 2 LPs are from 2003.
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Artist: YURA YURA TEIKOKU Title: Taiyou No Shiroi Kona Format: 10" Label: Midi Country: Japan Price: $24.00 |
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"The last remaining copies of Yura Yura Teikoku backstock vinyl from MIDI Records in Japan. These records are totally out of print. A uniquely Japanese sonic hybrid of Jimi Hendrix, Murahachibu, Neil Young, Les Rallizes Denudes, 13th Floor Elevators, and 60s Japanese pop, Yura Yura Teikoku have amassed a tremendous Japanese following in Japan but remain criminally unknown elsewhere.
Former PSF and CAPTAIN TRIP recording artists, Yura Yura Teikoku, have spent the last 15 years honing their experimental yet infectious ecstatic pop-psych sound. Their early work on PSF and CAPTAIN TRIP is compelling but pales in comparison to their later, brilliant recordings from MIDI Records. All of these release were recorded at Soichiro Nakamuras (of Japanese psych legends WHITE HEAVEN) Peace Studios with YOU ISHIHARA (also formerly of WHITE HEAVEN) producing. Yura Yura Teikoku bass player Chiyo Kamekawa also plays in THE STARS (PSF) with Ishihara. Co-conspirator MICHIO KURIHARA of GHOST plays second guitar on a number of Yura Yura Teikoku tracks as well.
Singer/guitarist Shintaro Sakamoto is also an accomplished visual artist and his illustrations decorate the covers of these beautiful full color EP and LPs. All releases are on color vinyl and/or picture disk." - Mesh-Key. The two 10"s are from 1999, the two Picture Discs are from 2001 and the other 2 LPs are from 2003.
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Artist: YURA YURA TEIKOKU Title: Zukku Ni Rock Format: 10" Label: Midi Country: Japan Price: $24.00 |
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"The last remaining copies of Yura Yura Teikoku backstock vinyl from MIDI Records in Japan. These records are totally out of print. A uniquely Japanese sonic hybrid of Jimi Hendrix, Murahachibu, Neil Young, Les Rallizes Denudes, 13th Floor Elevators, and 60s Japanese pop, Yura Yura Teikoku have amassed a tremendous Japanese following in Japan but remain criminally unknown elsewhere.
Former PSF and CAPTAIN TRIP recording artists, Yura Yura Teikoku, have spent the last 15 years honing their experimental yet infectious ecstatic pop-psych sound. Their early work on PSF and CAPTAIN TRIP is compelling but pales in comparison to their later, brilliant recordings from MIDI Records. All of these release were recorded at Soichiro Nakamuras (of Japanese psych legends WHITE HEAVEN) Peace Studios with YOU ISHIHARA (also formerly of WHITE HEAVEN) producing. Yura Yura Teikoku bass player Chiyo Kamekawa also plays in THE STARS (PSF) with Ishihara. Co-conspirator MICHIO KURIHARA of GHOST plays second guitar on a number of Yura Yura Teikoku tracks as well.
Singer/guitarist Shintaro Sakamoto is also an accomplished visual artist and his illustrations decorate the covers of these beautiful full color EP and LPs. All releases are on color vinyl and/or picture disk." - Mesh-Key. The two 10"s are from 1999, the two Picture Discs are from 2001 and the other 2 LPs are from 2003.
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Artist: YURA YURA TEIKOKU Title: Tsumetai Gift Format: 10" Label: Midi Inc. Country: Japan Price: $22.00 |
| "Out of print 10" features title track originally found on "Memai" LP and exclusive alternate take of "Kantsuu" from the "Shibire" LP." - Mesh Key. |
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Artist: GALBRAITH, ALASTAIR Title: Cry Format: LP Label: MIE Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
| "Recorded in a shed at Taieri Mouth between 1998 and 2000, Mies vinyl reissue of ALASTAIR GALBRAITHs Cry CD (Emperor Jones 2000) looks directly into the furthest recesses of the mind of one New Zealands most admired yet habitually overlooked underground musicians. Guitar, violin, organ, and vulnerable murmurs frequently reverse and invert through four-track manipulations, giving Cry a haunting, unsettling and incredibly complex mindscape where tenebrous drones, hushed, lilted words, and deep warmth pull you in further and further." -MIE. |
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Artist: GATE Title: Dew Line Format: Double LP Label: MIE Country: UK Price: $32.00 |
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"A reissue of the 1993 The Dew Line album from New Zealand guitar patriarch MICHAEL MORLEY (DEAD C), and the first part of his "rock trilogy" that includes 1996s Monolake and 1999s The Wisher Table. Typical Gate/Dead C no-fi guitar subduction and locked-in-the-car-trunk vocals are prominent, but theres also a hefty amount of scraping synthesizer menace and Paleozoic riffage. The crust of noise is there, but crack open the sonic geode and youll discover some nifty song styling as well. An anti-rock classic. Expanded and remastered with five previously unreleased bonus tracks. Edition of 500 copies." - MIE.
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Artist: HALLOCK HILL Title: Union/A Hem of Evening Format: Double LP Label: MIE Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
| "TOM LECKY stacks and layers acoustic, electric and lap steel guitars, delivering a new kind of studio improvisation-spontaneously made, yet feeling composed, gliding from harmonious to dissonant. MIE Musics vinyl reissue of his debut CD (Hundred Acre 2012) sweetens the deal with A Hem of Evening: six interlocking acoustic pieces that extend the structural themes of The Unions central acoustic tracks. Lecky again works with a range of overlapping improvisations and twisted melodic weavings, but here within a more naked and spare atmosphere. The Union is structured by continually stacking great density of sound and involutions, but A Hem of Evening works with a different geometry. In the words of Fluid Radios Andy Gillham, "A Hem of Evening shows "a canny ability to build meaningful musical structure from free-form composition." Includes a book of prose poems and photographs." -MIE. |
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Artist: KOBUKU SENJU Title: Joining The Queue To Become One Of Those Ordinary Ghosts Format: LP Label: MIE Country: UK Price: $23.00 |
| "TETUZI AKIYAMA (guitar), TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA (no input mixing board), MARTIN TAXT (tuba), ELVIND LONNING (trumpet), and ESPEN REINERTSEN (saxophone) "follow a calm through-line across turbulent free improvisation" explains The Chicago Reader, "finding austere and meditative beauty in a profusion of sonic details and textures that easily could be dizzying.... The performances are beguilingly rich and uncategorizable." An empire of exquisitely crafted noise recorded live in Oslo in 2011. Edition of 250." - MIE. |
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Artist: PART WILD HORSES MANE ON BOTH SIDES Title: Poisson Format: LP Label: MIE Country: UK Price: $27.00 |
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"MIE Music is extremely proud to be reissuing on vinyl one of the finest gems in PART WILD HORSES MANE ON BOTH SIDES astounding back catalog. Poisson was originally released by Rayon Recs in a run of 50 cassettes in 2009, hardly seeing the light of day before it sold out. Droning and looping flute, scattering drums, cyclical patterns and inaudible mutterings. "Percussionist PASCAL NICHOLS and flautist KELLY JONES have minted a profound new form of improvisation that carves spectral shapes from silence and creates free music with a spare orchestral beauty and deep psychedelic atmosphere."-David Keenan, The Wire. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Edition of 500 copies." - MIE.
"Work of this quality tends to be the product of a self-contained and selfconcsious tradition, even if a hermetic one. And in this case I fancy I can hear the flowering of a Northern/Midlands sensibilty that stems originally from the A Band, Youngs and Wickham-Smith, and Ashtray Navigations. It is informed by ecstatic jazz but its roots are in pragmatic sonic experimentalism of a determindedly autochthonous kind. You can almost smell the witch trials in this, and I urge you all to catch a handful of mane before these horses gallop over the hill." - Bruce Russell. SOLD OUT
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Artist: PELT Title: Effigy Format: Double LP Label: MIE Country: UK Price: $30.00 |
| "Recorded live in 2011 in Wisconsin (at an old yoga studio and at a decommissioned synagogue), Effigy melts layer upon layer of droning strings over never-ending harmoniums while peals of gongs ring out to mesmerizing effect-a testament to the ancient animal-shaped effigy mounds which dot the landscape in and around Madison, Wisconsin. Edition of 500." - MIE. |
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Artist: YOUNGS, RICHARD Title: Amaranthine Format: LP Label: MIE Country: Scotland Price: $26.00 |
| "MIE are delighted to be releasing the excellent Amaranthine on vinyl on the 16th January 2012. Richard is one of our favourite artists on the UK experimental scene and to release this new, singular work by the man himself is very exciting for us. Bringing rhythm to the fore, Amaranthine is built around layered percussion and Youngs ever present vocals. The asymetrically patterned underlay is scored for drums, household objects and handheld percussion; at points scything fuzz guitar cuts through the sense of ritual with abandon and deep synths bubble up out of nowhere before dissipating into solo shakuhachi. Amaranthine is another typically atypical Youngsian release in which he ventures deep into uncharted musical space, all the while retaining his essential Youngs-ness."- MIE. |
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Artist: ARVEDON, DAVE Title: Best of Dave Arvedon Format: LP Label: Mighty Mouth Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"Crazed garage basement goof with low-rent humor, idiosyncratic vocals, and primitivist songwriting rivaling the Shaggs. Prior to his solo career, Arvedon was with New England Teen Scene legends the Psychopaths." - Acid Archives.
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Artist: FALCO, TAV & THE PANTHER BURNS Title: Shes the One to Blame Format: 7 Label: Mighty Mouth Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "Reissue of debut. Featuring Alex Chilton and Ross Johnson. Comes in silk-screened envelope sleeve. Just like 1979! " -Mighty Mouth. |
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Artist: AVENGERS, THE Title: Be A Cave Man Format: 7" Label: Mighty Mouth Music Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
| "Be A Cave Man is a winner all the way with its uptempo teen beat groove and put down lyrics...."Be a cave man - keep her in line"...the boys would have the womans liberation after them these days of course....But who cares? this was 1965 when men were men. "Heres what Gerry Blake said about Be A Cave Man: "Im not sure we even thought about how politically incorrect Caveman was. We just liked the song. It would get people dancing for sure. I dont think the girls thought much about it either. It was a different time back then. It was just music. We werent dragging any girls behind the stage by the hair. Although some of them might have gone for it! By the way, the "monkey" sounds was one of us trying to make monkey sounds. Didnt cut it. So Gary Paxton just looped it and sped the recording up. I was the Tarzan yell."" -Mighty Mouth |
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Artist: FEATURES Title: Floozie of the Neighborhood Format: 7" Label: Mighty Mouth Music Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
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"This almost tops the Eat. Ahhh so intense. Listen to the hi-hat sound. You dont hear that nowadays. And the clicking sound when hitting the ride cymbal. Add to that the (r)obnoxious “I don’t give a fuck” style of singing and we have a winner. And the way they end the song it sounds like theyre just glad it’s over. The b-side “I Wanna Be Your Man” is a great cover with inspirational vocals." - KBD Records blog.
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Artist: GRUDGE Title: When Christine Comes Around/Im Gonna Smash Your Face In Format: 7" Label: Mighty Mouth Music Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
| "Official reissue of 1973 demented glam classic." - Mighty Mouth Music. "If youve ever wondered what Joey Levine might sound like if he was a jilted psychopath, this may be the answer. �Im Gonna Smash Your Face In� is the flip side of a rare 1973 single by the elusive Grudge. Preceded by the equally maniacal �When Christine Comes Around� (which could have very well been titled �Im Gonna Smash Her Face In�), the details of this hilariously creepy slice of bubblegum misogyny remain largely unknown. It is credited to �Laurie Marshall,� a pseudonym of Paul St. John (the same person behind junkshop glam staples such as �The Flying Saucers Have Landed� and Spivs �Oh You Beautiful Child�)." - Popshifter |
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Artist: LAURICE Title: Best Of Laurice Volume 1 Format: LP Label: Mighty Mouth Music Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "70s rock meets mainstream British pop in an explosive style fusion of pre-punk, glam, psychedelic and gay themed musical gems by controversial British rocker LAURICE. Recorded in the early to mid-70s at various studios in London, UK, these tracks, many previously unreleased, demonstrate the versatility and originality of a singer-songwriter who challenged societys rules. British rock was always LAURICEs roots. From the pre-punk underground classic hits When Christine Comes Around/I?m Gonna Smash Your Face In to the heavily impassioned openly gay anthem He?s My Guy and the highly sexualized gay lyrics of Wild Sugar, to the S&M master-slave darkside of Born To Serve, LAURICE constantly challenged himself and his musical peers to explore out of the mainstream music box. His influences ranged from Lou Reed and Cream, to the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and various 70s British pop bands. Take a listen to this treasure trove of incredible tracks. LAURICE was a star, far ahead of his time, and suffered mightily for fighting the conventions of the day." - Mighty Mouth Music. |
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Artist: PSYCHOPATHS Title: Till The Stroke Of Dawn Format: 7" Label: Mighty Mouth Music Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
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Artist: REP, MIKE AND THE QUOTAS Title: Rocket To Nowhere Format: 7" Label: Mighty Mouth Music Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
| Official 2012 reissue of Reps 1975 single. |
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Artist: SPIV Title: Oh You Beautiful Child/Little Girl Format: 7" Label: Mighty Mouth Music Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
| "Limited reissue of 1973 glam masterpiece." - Mighty Mouth. "Oh You Beautiful Child" is a great example of the perfect Glam Cruncher with its slap-back compressed handclaps, cutting lead, catchy hook and exuberant vocals, its up there with the best. "Little Girl" starts off like Dear Prudence but then turns into this Radio Birdman/ New Christ styled rocker with the vocalist sounding uncannily like Rob Younger! The single was produced and the A side written by Laurice Marshall - the same person who was behind Grudge (When Christine Comes Around/ Im Gonna Smash Your Face In), Paul St. John (The Flying Saucers Have Landed) and Weeny Bopper (David, Donny And Michael)." - Scram Magazine. |
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Artist: TRIMBLE, BOBB Title: Take Me Home Vienna Format: 7" Label: Mighty Mouth Music Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
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"Official reissue of 1981 single w/ rare picture sleeve. 1000 pressed." - Mighty Mouth.
"This reissue of some rare 1981 tracks by Bobb Trimble, a strangely sensitive sounding folkie/singer-songwriter, whose odd voice and artistic ambitions get his ultra-rare records classified as psyche, earning him a cult status that resulted in the eventual re-release of his private press materials. Whats most intriguing about Trimble may be that for a while he assembled an all-little boy backing band, and while they were not incompetent musicians, their imperfection adds to the vulnerability of Trimbles work (think they are backing him on the A-side here, which is the weirdly wonderful title track). Plus, the photos on the sleeve of bob and his Bad News Bears backing band are AWESOME!" - Roctober |
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Artist: TWEDDLE, CHARLIE Title: The Midnight Plowboy Format: LP Label: Mighty Mouth Music Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"...a collection of raggedy tonk-tales (the first of no doubt many archival recordings) from that lost
living legend, Kentuckys Charlie Tweddle. Its the first time these later full-band recordings have been released on vinyl." - Mighty Mouth Music. |
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Artist: MIKAMI, KAN Title: 19 Years 2 Months 16th Night Format: Double CD Label: Mikami Komuten Country: Japan Price: $42.00 |
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"A monster of a reissue -- by a long way the rarest item in Mikamis discography, a fanclub-only DLP released in an edition of 100. These are the very earliest recordings by surrealist folk legend Mikami, captured on tape in 1970 at the legendary Shibuya underground club and hangout, Station 70. The club used to host regular sessions by free-jazz heroes like Motoharu Yoshizawa and Kaoru Abe, while the cream of the citys avant-garde community rubbed shoulders with Japanese Red Army terrorists and Yukio Mishimas private army. Thrust into this ferment comes a nineteen year-old police academy dropout from the far north of Japan, armed with nothing but his guitar and a satchel full of coruscating, carnal songs of anger, lust and hate. This reissue isnt going to stick around for long either -- an edition of 777 copies, in a special card digipack." -- Alan Cummings.
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Artist: MIKAMI, KAN Title: 1972 Kochi University Live Format: CD Label: Mikami Komuten Country: Japan Price: $21.00 |
| "A long-circulated set of intense early recordings from Mikami. "Kan Mikamis 1972 Kochi University Live has long circulated in fan circles and is whispered to be one of the most powerful dates the bald colossus ever played. Captured live at Kochi University in front of a crowd of hyped-up wannabe student revolutionaries, Mikami breathes raging white-heat into a set of lurid, rabble-rousing classics. Stunning cover painting by Kazuki Tomokawa. Special card jacket, limited edition of 1000." - Mikami Komuten. |
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Artist: MIKAMI, KAN Title: Hoi 1973-1992 Format: CD Label: Mikami Komuten Country: Japan Price: $20.00 |
| "Hoi (Addendum) is another long-rumoured record that at last sees the light of day. It was originally scheduled to have been released by Mikamis fanclub as a follow-up to the 19 years 2 months 16th night DLP, but the project was shelved at the last minute. Now, ten years down the line, the world finally gets to hear this wonderful trawl through Mikamis deepest archives. Eighteen tracks, all previously unreleased, comprising live versions, outtakes and much more. Special card jacket, limited edition of 1000." - Mikami Komuten. |
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Artist: CHO, MARGARET & NEIL HAMBURGER Title: I Drink/How Little Men Care Format: 7" Label: Million Dollar Performances Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "Ready for two great tastes that go so-so together? Us neither! But duets are apparently in this year, so get ready for two non-songbirds to stretch their wings for fun and profit (please God). Million Dollar Performances presents Margaret Cho and Neil Hamburger, together at last! You could say that these two are a John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John for the foulmouthed generation." - Million Dollar Performances. |
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Artist: SOLIDS Title: Padma, Gling-Pa Format: 7" Label: Million To One Country: Australia Price: $6.50 |
| Synth/organ/drum splatter from Australia circa 1997. Featuring members of the Hi God People. Out of print. |
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Artist: BAD DRUMLIN GRASS Title: All Night Long Format: 7" Label: Milvia Son Country: USA Price: $3.00 |
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Artist: BAD DRUMLIN GRASS Title: Live At Timber Cove Format: LP Label: Milvia Son Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "The third full length album by The Grass, following 2007s Invigorating Scent LP and the Birth/Death CDR from 2006. Timber Cove is the name of a Pacific Coast outlook off Highway 1, near Jenner, north of Gualala. The mysterious duos synthesizers, pedals, guitars and amps were taken to the foot of Benny Bufanos legendary sculpture, The Expanding Universe, an 80-foot tall missile-shaped cement monument decorated in mosaic with images of benevolent aliens. Thereafter, the equipment -- and the audience -- was turned on. The first track on the LP, mastered in glorious mono at 45 rpm for maximum impact, transposes Bufanos vision into sound, an analog anthem from deep space designed to inspire sperm whales and giant squid alike to lay down their weapons and fight no more. The small audience (of European tourists?) appears to have been moved. The entirety of side B (33 rpm, wide stereo) consists of DMT Elf Blues. Amidst a disquieting drone accompanied by a languid guitar, the damaged laughter of a clown skull is irregularly audible until ultimately vanquished by plucked strings wafting in from the East. All that remains is a pair of felt boots, a cicada, a whipporwill, and a distant echo. Is this the first businessmans trip to end up in a regional wilderness? We doubt it, but only because weve previously woken in places where we never expected to be unconscious. 300 copies, color sleeves, color insert, priced for the Great Recession." - Milvia Son. |
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Artist: BAD DRUMLIN GRASS Title: The Invigorating Scent Of Bad Drumlin Grass Format: LP Label: Milvia Son Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "The second Bad Drumlin Grass record is the first vinyl release on Milvia Son Records. Way back in July of 2006, Sensei Rebel chose the bands schizophrenic inaugural CDR (Birth/Afterbirth) as his Ambient Pick of the Week. Forsaking the drone (at least temporarily), Bad Drumlin Grass presents two solid sides of junk n roll instrumental freakouts that careen into the void like cigarette cherries dropping into the fake beard of a paranoid neo-folkie where, like Sonny Bono, they just sit there and *burn*. These are not the lost Hams rehearsals tapes. Imagine Richard Thompson and Garth Hudson rehearsing for 10,000 hours and touring with This Heat. This record is the exact opposite of that, except for being recorded live without overdubs. 300 copies for the world." -Milvia Son. |
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Artist: JAKIZAWA, JAKI Title: Can You Feel The Juices? Format: LP Label: Milvia Son Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Jaki Jakizawas first album is short, sweet and deep. Side As “Period Fart” is a 13 minute edit of a purportedly 180+ minute electroboogie stomp that was improvised in the sunblasted milieu of the Black Rock Desert sometime in the last decade of the previous century. Recalls Jaki: “It was hot and people were naked. I got naked. We danced like hot, naked birds.” Side Bs “Eros In Neon” is a relatively austere piece consisting of a quarter hour of melodically pulsating trance tones, sans vocals or percussion, that we find equally evocative of Kraftwerk, Terry Riley, Arthur Russell, and Shivkumar Sharma. Who among us has not felt the juices? Heres another chance. 284 copies with covers silk-screened by the incomparable Alan Sherry, and a set of totally rad Jaki stickers inside every sleeve." - Milvia Son. |
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Artist: MOONEY AND THE TENTH PLANET, MALCOLM Title: InCANtations Format: LP Label: Milvia Son Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "MALCOLM MOONEY and the dueling guitars of Stephen Clarke (Arkansas Man) and Len Patterson (Flowtilla), bassist Peter Conheim (Neung Phak) and drummer Marc Weinstein (MX-80) performing only classic Mooney-era CAN material Guitar-woven tapestries of molten metal, lubricious rhythms and Malcolms inimitable vocals lifting everthing up into that special sector. Eight choice tracks culled from two Bay Area shows circa 2010, excellently recorded by Bernice Nipplehalter and pressed onto glorious blue spattered vinyl. Full color sleeves featuring Mals artwork on the front and back, plus a lyric sheet inside. 400 vinyl-only copies for the world." - Milvia Son. |
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Artist: OLD YELLER & THE PIGBITES Title: Songs For Nadine Format: LP Label: Milvia Son Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Milva Son is pleased to present the first appearance of Bob Frankford on vinyl (along with the simultaneously released track on the label sampler 7"). Other than a handful of pseudonymous cassette micropressings leaked out over the past quarter century, Bobs vision has been, shall we say, strictly personal. In Bobs words: At the time, I was deeply immersed in the Basement Tapes, especially the classic boot on Surprise Records, (which still has the best track sequencing of all the various incarnations). I just wanted to sing and play songs like that. And I wanted to be all of the original members of the Dead. I was living in a closet (literally) in an apartment behind the Nottingham co-op in Madison, eating tomato soup and crackers every other day and paying rent with sheets of this ridiculous green gel. My roommate had a dual cassette deck with a mic input. My dad had a cheap classical guitar that I knew he hadnt played for years so I borrowed it and taught myself how to play. I scotch-taped a radio shack microphone to the body and bounced the tracks from one cassette to the other with the microphone input turned on. Some strange things happened, sometimes by accident. So says Bob, and we are inclined to agree. Some strange things did happen, but perhaps nothing quite so strange as seeing these songs and experiments with feedback made available in the permanent format. The beginning of a long journey, retraced. 300 copies pressed, color printed lyric insert, priced for the Great Recession." - Milvia Son. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Just A Little Bit Of Milvia Son Records Format: 7" Label: Milvia Son Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "Just A Little Bit provides an overview of the labels current roster, four tracks clocking in around 9 minutes total, each by a different artist. First up is O Carl by Bob Frankford, recorded during Bobs middle period. Says Bob: After the car accident, I was unable to move my fingers or toes for several months. But I could sing and I could play the turntable. And thus, a song is born. Next we hear from the Korg-abusing electrofreak, Jaki Jakizawa, providing his impression of one of R2D2s greasiest dreams, entitled Now You Hate the Swedes. Side B blasts forth with Day Nudes, a guitar feedback mini-nightmare created by Bad Drumlin Grass as an homage to a few of their southern hemisphere heroes. Concluding the record is the unforgettable Little Bit, sung and strummed by a certain Petomane, a fellow who sounds not unlike Lou Reed doing an imitation of Skip Spence covering Lou Reed. Full color jackets, insert featuring pictures of the artists, 250 copies pressed, priced for the Great Recession." - Milvia Son. |
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Artist: FAXED HEAD Title: From Coalinga To Osaka Format: DVD Label: Mimicry Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "From Coalinga To Osaka documents the pride of Coalinga, CA in all their self-handicapped, brain-damaged glory. Beautifully shot on three cameras during FAXED HEADs improbable 1995 tour of Japan, the live footage of this self-proclaimed "desk metal" quartet is interspersed with baffling but authentic footage of a Japanese junior high school class where the students are instructed on the subject of... Faxed Head! In addition to the electronics-and mayhem-heavy 1995 Osaka set, the DVD includes bonus live footage of a reconstituted (and much more metal-sounding) Faxed Head on tour in Canada in 2001. And, for the true fan, a 45-minute long hidden "Easter egg" showcases an entire concert by Faxed Heads long-time nemesis, pitiful Coalinga-area boogie-blues idiots THE BON LARVIS BAND. This strange and wonderful DVD is a surefire seller to fans of MR. BUNGLE, NEIL HAMBURGER, and CAROLINER-all acts with which Faxed Head has long been associated, for reasons that are not clear. Faxed Heads devoted fan-base remains hungry for product, as health problems have prevented the band from any activity since 2001s Chiropractic CD." -Mimicry |
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Artist: DECAYES, THE Title: horNetZ Format: CD Label: Minds Ear/Imgrat Country: USA Price: $26.00 |
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"CD in "mini-LP" format with 12 page booklet containing group historical information. Lettered series of 26 in special packaging, each with unique art - signed by the artist. Numbered Series of (474). Contains (4) previously unavailable tracks. For our first release, we selected horNetZ by the Decayes. Underground, maverick, and DIY to the extreme, this recording combines diverse avant and RIO influences with giddy and edgy experimentalism. We are proud to re-issue and preserve this slice of playful (yet serious!) weirdness for the benefit of the fans of this band and related material. Mind"s Ear Records (MERe) was formed to assure the continued existence of certain materials that were in danger of being lost to the listening public. The Landmark recordings are standouts from the underground music scene that have been rescued from obscurity, or, to quote William Burroughs: "to freeze-dry the edifying spectacle for posterity and export". Our interest is partially selfish. These recordings are hard to find and expensive. Moreover, the originals were done on a "shoestring", so the art, packaging, and information contained in them is - to use a kind word - minimal. What we wanted to do is re-present these recordings with the care and feeding they deserve: as quality artifacts from maverick artists." - Minds Ear/Imgrat.
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Artist: FACTORYMEN Title: Factorymen Format: 7" Label: Minds Eye Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
| "Recordings made with STEVE from HOMOSTUPIDS during and after their Brutal Birthday sessions. Seven spooky cuts featuring synth, drum, guitars and mouth." - Minds Eye. |
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Artist: AUTUMN Title: Synthesize Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
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"The twenty-seventh release on Minimal Wave is Autumns Synthesize LP, selections from the bands best material. Autumn was the legendary project of Peter Bonne and Geert Coppens, two Belgian teenagers who started experimenting with the potentials of analog synthesizers during the late 70s and soon after formed a band together in 1980, quickly becoming one of the most truly visionary groups to emerge from the synth scene in Europe. The album is titled after their Synthesize single which was recorded along with its b-side The Third Autumn in 1981 in a professional 24 track studio in only 7 hours. Both songs became modest summer hits in Belgian dance clubs in 1982, and the release been highly sought after ever since. This album features Synthesize and The Third Autumn, along with other cassette only favorites like I Say You Hello, Not Afraid To Die, and Night In June (featured on Angulars Cold Wave & Minimal Electronics compilation in 2010). Considering how young Autumn were when they recorded these songs, the production is very impressive. These multi-layered synthpop gems are catchy, danceable and definitely ahead of their time. I Say You Hello has been described as an "amazing" piece of synth music with "insanely catchy vocals, an incredible bass line and some mind-melting analog patterns".
Autumn was previously featured on V/A The Lost Tapes LP with their Time Is On Our Side, a magical piece of dark synth wave music. Due to heavy interest in the band and our general love for all Micrart Group projects, we decided a full LP needed to be released. Thus we present it to you: a hand-numbered, limited edition pressing on 180 gram clear green vinyl housed in a heavy printed gloss jacket." - Minimal Wave.
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Artist: BAL PARE Title: Herz Aus Stein Format: 7" Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"Out now! Minimal Wave presents a 4 song 7" EP by legendary German band Bal Paré. The band was formed in 1980 by Kirsten Klemm, Manfred Asmus and Matthias Schuster. Schuster, the brainchild behind the band, is also known for these projects: Geisterfahrer, Im Namen Des Volkes, Jeanette Und Das Land Z, and Das Institut.
The four songs were recorded between 1981-1984 and are all previously unreleased. The songs range from really original, danceable dark synth with an early industrial feel to warmer synth pop, the last song featuring Kirsten on vocals. On colored vinyl with a hand silk screened heavy card stock jacket, a beautiful release, limited to 600 numbered copies. Special thanks to Kristamas Klousch for the cover photo!" -Minimal Wave
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Artist: CIRCUIT 7 Title: Video Boys Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
| "Minimal Wave presents a full length album by cult UK duo Circuit 7, founded by Martyn Good and Andy Partington. They released 2 singles: "Modern Story" and the amazing "Video Boys", and a few tracks on the legendary "Offering of Isca" compilation between 1984 and 1985. The album features the single version of "Video Boys" as well as an unreleased studio version, and other incredible tracks like "Beat Tonight", "The Force", and "Modern Story". Most of the material is rare or previously unavailable. The music falls into the minimal synth / synthpunk / new wave category while some songs can be classified as post-punk. The record is pressed on 180 gram neon green vinyl and comes in a matte printed innersleeve with lyrics and is housed in a matching matte outer jacket." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: D ANCEY, GRAHAM PHILIP Title: The Sacred Project Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "The 11th release on Minimal Wave, is Graham Philip DAnceys The Sacred Project EP. A 12" pressed on white 160 gram vinyl, the EP is presented in a matte white cover with a drawing called the Eyes of The Universe printed on it. The project consists of 4 tracks, all of which have been remastered and sound incredibly warm and full. The first track was originally released in 1981 as single entitled Sacred Heart and is highly sought after today. Aside from that single, Graham released several LPs in the early 80s. Alluma, which is a pure analogue synth soundtrack style LP and Chinese, a library LP with some unusual instrumentation plus a couple of killer electronic cuts. Very interesting and wordly stuff. Limited to 500 numbered copies, 160 gram white vinyl." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: DAS DING Title: H.S.T.A. Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Minimal Wave presents a full length album by Dutch electro pioneer, Das Ding. Das Ding is Danny Bosten, who was active in the early 1980s releasing his music and friends music via his own cassette label called Tear Apart Tapes. While studying graphic design in art school, he designed all the tape covers himself. Meanwhile, he recorded his own music as Das Ding. Powerful dark electro, some tracks are quite addictive and danceable while others are more for at home listening enjoyment. The dancefloor killer is somewhere between Reassurance Ritual and H.S.T.A. The record features lovingly remastered tracks, is pressed on 180 gram vinyl and comes in a printed innersleeve featuring artwork by Danny Bosten, and heavyweight outer jacket with photographs by Dima Belush. Definitely one of this years favorites." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: DAS KABINETTE Title: Spy Thriller Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $25.00 |
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"The tenth release on Minimal Wave, presented in a special die-cut jacket, is Das Kabinettes Spy Thriller LP. Two of the tracks: The Cabinet and Fudge It first appeared on their 7" release in 1983, and are now highly sought after. The Cabinet became a cult dance floor hit, and received lots of airplay on radio shows in Europe and the US throughout the 80s until now. The other tracks are great previously unreleased studio recordings. The LP is presented in a heavy weight matte die-cut jacket, with printed inner sleeve which shows through the window. Limited to 500 numbered copies and pressed on 180 gram vinyl." - Minimal Wave.
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Artist: DEUX Title: Decadence Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
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"Minimal Wave is proud to present a full length LP by French duo Deux. Gérard Pelletier and Cati Tete formed Deux after meeting in Lyon in 1981. Their music can be described as minimal synth with stripped down rhythm compositions and suitably cold duets. Their influences are a perfect blend of Kraftwerk and French synthpop. Between 1983 and 1992, they released a cassette and several rare singles. They also appeared on the V/A BIPP LP (2006) and most recently on V/A The Minimal Wave Tapes: Vol 1 LP. Check out their Felicita video here. The Decadence LP will feature selections of their old material, newly remastered. It is a hand numbered edition, pressed on 180 gram vinyl and housed in a heavy matte jacket." -Minimal Wave.
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Artist: DEUX Title: Golden Dreams Format: 12" Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "12" EP by the lovely French synthwave duo known as Deux. Gérard Pelletier and Cati Tete formed Deux shortly after meeting in Lyon in 1981. Their music can be described as minimal synth with stripped down rhythm compositions and suitably cold duets. A perfect blend of archetypal Kraftwerkian pop and French synth, these set of songs comprise their later years (1985) and stylistically sound like classic house combined with the romance of new wave. This EP features previously unreleased newly remastered studio and demo tracks. Pressed on 180 gram gold vinyl, limited to 999 hand-numbered copies." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: ENSEMBLE PITTORESQUE Title: The Art of Being Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
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"Originally submitted to Polydor (NL) in 1982, Ensemble Pittoresques first tape has been restored and is now available as an LP entitled "The Art of Being". Ensemble Pittoresque were featured on the cover of the Dutch magazine, Vinyl in June of 1983, and also reached success on the European indie album charts, positioned between New Order and Joy Division one year. Aside from this group of songs, they released 2 albums on their own Clogsontronics label, both of which have attained cult status. With impeccable song writing, and heartfelt vocals; there is a true timeless feel to their music. Sound samples are here. Limited to 500 numbered copies with insert, 180 gram vinyl." - Minimal Wave.
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Artist: FUTURISK Title: Player Piano Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
| "Minimal Wave presents the long awaited 30th anniversary release by Futurisk. Originally from Florida, Futurisk was a pioneering electro-punk group that recorded and performed in the pre-midi era of the early 80s. They had two vinyl releases that sold out : The Sound Of Futurism 1980 / Army Now and the Player Piano EP. They played a legendary live show and had some TV appearances and videos (check their video for Army Now here), but for a number of reasons by 1984 Futurisk was history. The Player Piano LP culls material they recorded between 1980-1982, featuring all the tracks from their two 7" releases as well as some early 4 track tapes and rare studio recordings. The record is pressed on 180 gram vinyl, comes in a matte printed innersleeve (with old photos and press) and orange matte outer jacket." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: HARD CORPS Title: Clean Tables Have To Be Burnt Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Minimal Wave is proud to present our 35th release, a full length LP release entitled “Clean Tables Have To Be Burnt” by UK legends Hard Corps, a band weve been long time admirers of. Aside from their releases on Survival and Polydor, Hard Corps gained some notoriety for their unique and uncompromising live shows throughout the 1980s. It was the juxtaposition between their hard edged industrial sound and the fragile and enigmatic vocals of French frontwoman Regine Fetet that created an unusual dichotomy, lending to their strength of character as a band and thus allowing them to stand out from the rest. A 12” white label, released by Survival Records, containing the hammering rhythmic attack of Dirty and the softer, melodic, pulse of Respirer (To Breathe) was circulated around Londons dance floors. In no time a wave of attention hit them and throughout 1984 and into 1985 they dominated the independent pop charts. John Peel championed them on his infamous late night Radio One show and they headlined at his ICA Rock Week in the Mall, London. By 1985 Hard Corps had signed with major label giants Polydor. This enabled the band to work with a couple of their favoured and respected producers, Martin Rushent (known mostly for his exceptional work with the Human League) and Depeche Mode producer and Mute Records supremo, Daniel Miller. These sessions provided the public with just one single due to the labels non-promotion, Je Suis Passee, a sweeping arrangement of breathtaking beauty, combining pumping sequences and sheer power of emotion of Regines voice. The band went on a major tour with The Cure in 1985 and Depeche Mode in 1988, before finally disintegrating. Now for the first time ever, rare unreleased versions of Hard Corps tracks from the 1980s have been remastered and are being made available. “Clean Tables Have To Be Burnt” is a 180 gram vinyl pressing limited to 999 copies with double sided inner sleeve featuring a beautiful group shot and all of Regines lyrics." -Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: IN AETERNAM VALE Title: Dub Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Minimal Wave is proud to present a second volume of selections from our French favorites, In Aeternam Vale. Culled from a vast archive of recordings, these tracks were originally self-released on various cassettes by the bands frontman Laurent Prot between 1985-1988. The sound ranges from early EBM/industrial to gristly coldwave to dark reverby guitar psychedelia. This record illustrates the stylistic range that, through experimentation and fearlessness, Laurent Prot and Pascal Aubert were capable of producing. To quote a review from In Aeternam Vales self-titled LP (2009) "All the caustic, lazy, lowbrow/highbrow genius is there and even though the music is still raw, ramshackle and DIY-sounding, its produced and mastered like a motherfucker!. MW036 is a limited edition pressing of 999 hand-numbered copies, housed in matte heavy weight printed sleeve and black paper innersleeve." -Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: IN AETERNAM VALE Title: Dust Under Brightness/Highway Dark Veins Format: 12" Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Minimal Wave is proud to present a 12" single from our French favorites, In Aeternam Vale. The single features the original unedited 12 minute version of hypnotic dancefloor track Dust Under Brightness (1988) accompanied by Highway Dark Veins (1987) on the flipside, a rare, cult 13 minute techno track. The record is pressed on 160 gram white vinyl, comes in a white hand stamped sleeve and is limited to 500 numbered copies." -Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: IN AETERNAM VALE Title: La Piscine Format: 12" Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Minimal Wave is proud to present a second 12” single from our French favorites, In Aeternam Vale. This one is in the same vein as the Dust Under Brightness / Highway Dark Veins 12”we released last May. The single features an epic, pioneering, late 80s underwater techno masterpiece called La Piscine(1989) accompanied by a slow, dark, drugged out 15 minute number on the flip side entitled Calling Somewhere (1990) – which sounds especially relevant today. Neither of these tracks have ever been released before. The pressing is limited to 999 hand-numbered copies, the first 500 are pressed on 160 gram clear highlighter yellow vinylhoused in matte heavy weight printed sleeve and black paper innersleeve." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: IN AETERNAM VALE Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Minimal Wave presents a full length album by cult French band In Aeternam Vale. Having made over 200 recordings, I.A.V. were one of the most prolific bands of the French underground scene. Headed by Laurent Prot and featuring Pascal Aubert, the band released many cassettes all showing off his wonderful collage work. Their sound is extremely original, overflowing with character, and crossing between genres: electro, minimal, noise, and even garage. "With the passing of time, In Aeternam Vales work remains astonishingly powerful, cold and caustic with its uncompromising minimalism, but also provocative and capable to smash your ass on the dance-floor"(-Douche Froide Magazine, 2002). The record is pressed on 180 gram clear vinyl and comes in a heavyweight matte jacket with cover artwork by Laurent Prot." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: IN TRANCE 95 Title: Cities Of Steel And Neon Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Minimal Wave proudly presents Cities Of Steel And Neon, a compilation of early tape recordings by Greek electronic pioneers In Trance 95. In Trance 95 was formed by Alex Machairas and Nik Veliotis when they were just 18 years old. From its inception, the duo shaped their sound using portable analogue synthesizers and drum machines, becoming one of the first artists in the minimal synth / cold wave / EBM vein to come out of Greece in the 80s. They released two singles, one 12”, and one album as well as appearing on several compilations at the time. Now for the first time ever, songs from their vast archive of unreleased 4-track tape recordings have been made available. Cities Of Steel And Neon features material recorded between 1988-1989: the unreleased 4-track recordings, the highly lauded first single Desire To Desire / Brazilia, and a rare version of 21st Century European Temptation. The LP is pressed on 180 gram black vinyl and housed in a matte sleeve with semi-gloss inner sleeve depicting 1989 video stills of the the duo. Special thanks to Peter Miles Studio for the sleeve design and Matthew Bakkom for supplying the cover image. 999 hand-numbered copies." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: KUBIN, FELIX Title: Teenage Tapes Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
 "Minimal Wave is proud to present Teenage Tapes, an LP of selections from the early tape archives of Felix Kubin. The recordings span his adolescent years, when he was between 11 and 15 years old. He actually began playing music at 8 years old, when he studied piano, organ, and glockenspiel. In 1980, he acquired a Korg MS-20 synthesizer and his recordings took off from there. He began experimenting and recording a variety of tracks, adding his own bizarre lyrics to them. In 1982, he formed a band with Stefan Mohn called Die Egozentrischen 2. In 1984, they played a legendary live show at the Möbel Perdú in Hamburg, a small multifunctional gallery founded in the early 80s by a.o. Claudia Schneider-Esleben, who happened to be the sister of Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk). They were only 15 years old. Although Alfred Hilsberg of the notorious ZickZack label (Palais Schaumburg, Die Toedliche Doris, Einstuerzende Neubauten) had planned to release Felix Kubins early music in 1985, it took another 20 years until the French label SKIPP and the German label A-Musik put out a selection of tracks for the first time. Pressed on 180 gram black vinyl, printed on a heavy matte sleeve and presented with an innersleeve of all lyrics both in German and English text. Six of the twelve tracks on this album have never been released before." -Minimal Wave.
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Artist: LAURENT, PHILIPPE Title: Hot Bip Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Minimal Wave is proud to present a full length LP by French mastermind Philippe Laurent. The LP is entitled Hot-Bip, a pseudonym Laurent used throughout the 80s and 90s and also the title of his 1983 cassette on Fraction Studio. Hot-Bip features tracks recorded between 1979-1988, most of which have either remained unreleased or only previously appeared on scarce 80s experimental cassette compilations. Laurents music can be described as spacey synthpop, containing much depth and range. It is edgy, political and pushes the limits, transforming his sound beyond one specific genre. Hints of classical influences as well as electro influences can be heard. Hot-Bip showcases Laurents best musical output from the 80s and includes some very avant-garde pieces from as early as 1979. A limited edition of 999 hand-numbered copies, this LP is pressed on 180 gram, translucent red vinyl and housed in a black and white matte printed heavyweight sleeve." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: LINEAR MOVEMENT Title: On The Screen Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
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"The thirteenth release on Minimal Wave is Linear Movements On The Screen LP, a collection of songs originally slated for release in 1983. Linear Movement is Belgian mastermind Peter Bonne (A Split-Second, Twilight Ritual, Autumn) joined by Peter Koutstaal, and Lieve Van Steerteghem on vocals. Some tracks appear on the exquisite Pulse Music cassette (released by the Micrart Group) while the rest are previously unreleased. Linear Movement was featured on V/A The Lost Tapes LP with their highly acclaimed The Game, described as an "unstoppable pop song". Due to so much interest in this song, we decided a full LP needed to be released and so we present it to you: hand-numbered, limited pressing on 180 gram vinyl, and accompanied by a large glossy postcard photograph of the band live. These songs are perfect for the dance floor and for home listening too!" -Minimal Wave
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Artist: LLOYD, MARTIN Title: LAmant Electronique Format: 7" Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
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"Minimal Wave presents an exquisite 7" EP release by Martin Lloyd entitled "LAmant Electronique". Martin is mainly known for his Oppenheimer Analysis (Minimal Wave) and Analysis (Survival Records) projects, yet through the years he recorded over two dozen tracks on his own, most of which never saw the light of day. The four selected tracks were recorded between 1980 and 1984 in his own "Feedback Studios" in Battersea, London. Martin Lloyd delivers vocals via the vocoder and carefully layers synth melodies which range from upbeat and danceable, to what could be the soundtrack to a 1981 post-apocalyptic science fiction film. The record is pressed on white vinyl with a hea vy black jacket (spot gloss) and is limited to 999 hand-numbered copies." - Minimal Wave.
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Artist: LOS INICIADOS Title: s/t Format: 7" Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Los Iniciados was the sister project of cult synth punk band El Aviador Dro from Madrid, Spain. They formed in 1981 as a performance art group to combine music and theatre, and to initiate a break from the traditional band line-up. They had ever changing members whose identities were concealed by masks and costume during the live show. These 4 tracks are selects from their original cassettes, most of which have been previously released but are long out of print." - Minimal Wave.
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Artist: MARTIN DUPONT Title: Lost And Late Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "The twelfth release on Minimal Wave is the long awaited "Lost And Late" LP, by one of the biggest cult bands of the French New Wave scene, Martin Dupont. This release brings you selected cassette tracks from the Inédits 81-83, the Your Passion 7" and the original version of Just Because as it appeared on the Just Because LP. The release is a limited edition of 999 pressed on 180 gram vinyl, accompanied by a heavy cardstock insert printed with old band photographs by Michel Bresson. Huge thanks to Lorenzo Mattotti for the beautiful cover painting." -Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: MODERNE Title: Moderne/L Espionne Aimat La Musique: 1980-81 Format: Double LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $38.00 |
| "A limited edition release of Modernes two full length LPs: Moderne (1980) and LEspionne Aimait La Musique (1981), remastered from the original analog reels and pressed on 180 gram audiophile quality vinyl, is now available. The gatefold artwork features photographs of the band, and is printed on heavyweight 350 gram double white board, with a matte laminate and black inner sleeves. The release is accompanied by a double sided 18" x 24" poster featuring an interview with the band on one side, and photograph on t he other. Moderne was a Minimal / Synthpop band formed in Tours, France in 1979. The band consisted of: Gérard Lévy, Thierry Teyssou, Bernard Guimond, Dominique Marchetti and their videographer Patrick Millerioux. After releasing two albums and two corresponding 7" singles between 1980-1981, nothing was heard from Moderne and aside from "Switch on Bach" (released on the compilation So Young But So Cold in 2004), very little has been heard from this band. Moderne remains notoriously hidden in the past, and their albums and singles have become collectors items. The albums were recorded in their Tours studio and mixed by Joschko Rudas and Henning Schmitz at Studio Rudas Düsseldorf, the same studio Kraftwerk used for Man Machine (1978). The production is exceptional. This is French new wave at its best." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: OHAMA Title: The Potato Farm Tapes Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Canadian musician Tona Ohama was first featured on the Found Tapes compilation (2007) with T.V. and then on The Minimal Wave Tapes: Volume 1 (2010) with My Time (Demo) and most recently on The Minimal Wave Tapes: Volume 2 (2012) with The Drum, which was also selected and edited by J. Rocc. The Potato Farm Tapes is an album of his early output, featuring some songs from his first cassette entitled Midnite News (1982) and other rare tracks that only have only appeared on compilations thus far. Were happy to be able to cull together the very best of these early tracks and release them cohesively as an album. Pressed on 180 gram clear red vinyl accompanied by an in depth Ohama interview by Brandon Hocura printed on the inner sleeve. Limited to 999 hand-numbered copies." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: OPPENHEIMER ANALYSIS Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "The first release from Minimal Wave originally pressed in 2005, the Oppenheimer Analysis 12" EP is back again by popular demand. This EP is a third pressing hand-numbered edition (999 copies) on 180 gram vinyl of selected tracks from the Oppenheimer Analysis cassette entitled "New Mexico" released in 1982, as well as two others that were previously unreleased. Andy Oppenheimer (nuclear weapons consultant) and Martin Lloyd (previously involved in the Survival Label, also known for his project "Analysis") formed Oppenheimer Analysis in the early 80s shortly after meeting one another at a Science Fiction Convention in London. They opened up for such bands as Hawkwind and Spizz Energi, and were reviewed in Melody Maker back in the day. Check the sound samples and images here. Note: the spot color on the sleeve is a powder blue." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: PAS DE DEUX Title: Cardiocleptomanie Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "For our 31st release, Minimal Wave is proud to present Belgian pop trio Pas De Deux, best known for their participation in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest. The group was formed in 1982 by Walter Verdin joined by Hilde van Roy and Dett Peyskens. They released two LPs and several singles along with some incredible video work produced by Verdin himself. Stylistically, their music is a bit post-punk and completely new wave with vocals reminiscent of the indie girl bands of the late 70s and early 80s. The slower tracks are quite dreamy, repetitive and hypnotic – resembling dream pop. The title track Cardiocleptomanie (originally released as a flexi-disc in 1983 and recently made available on V/A The Hidden Tapes) has been described as “a less is more sum composed of drum machine, wood blocks and bongos, a few tasty minimal synth lines, and an overlay of repetitive female vocals that touch a Krafwerkian harmonic nerve.” The Cardiocleptomanie LP gathers the best of Pas De Deuxs newly remastered studio recordings and presents them as an edition of 999 hand-numbered copies on 180 gram blue vinyl. The record is housed in a printed inner jacket and spot color printed outer jacket with band photo and song credits. 999 hand-numbered copies pressed on 180 gram blue vinyl." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: PAVILLON 7B Title: Dark Life Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $21.00 |
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"Active from 1984-1991, Pavillon 7b were a synthy cold wave band from Dijon, France, where not too long ago the master tape for their first cassette entitled Overdose (1985) was found.
The Dark Life lp consists of tracks from that tape and other selections: amazing, previously unreleased tracks that were also recovered. Limited 180 gram vinyl pressing of 500 numbered copies, each record comes with a special embroidered patch insert." - Minimal Wave.
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Artist: RUINS Title: The Art Dance Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Minimal Wave proudly presents a full length LP by Ruins, an Italian electro-wave duo. Ruins formed in Mestre in 1978 with the intention of experimenting with electronic devices and mixed media. They mainly created music out of self-expression without any intention of joining the mainstream. Interested in multimedia, they had a strong visual aesthetic apparent via their album art, videos and projections. Their classic hit Fire is one of our favorites to date, so powerful with its great energy and beautiful production (I dont like your job / I dont like your games / I dont wanna be just a sleep-machine). Its where Italo meets Minimal Wave. The Fire videos are a must-see in order to grasp the full effect of the song, check out the first version here and rare second version here. The LP entitled "The Art Dance" features a collection of songs recorded between 1980-1984, some previously released, others never released before pressed on 180 gram vinyl and housed in a lovely hand-numbered glossy gatefold jacket lined with the bands history and photos, and accompanied by a lyrics insert sheet." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: SANDRA PLAYS ELECTRONICS Title: Her Needs Format: 7" Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "A 7" release of primitive D.I.Y. electronics by Sandra Plays Electronics, a project founded by Karl OConnor (Regis) while he was a teenager living in Birmingham, England in the 1980s. OConnor, mostly known for his pioneering work in the techno field (as Regis, Sandwell District, British Murder Boys, and various other entities) as well as his Downwards label, began playing and recording his own music when he was 16 years old. He collaborated with friends performing in short-lived bands such as Family Sex and also recorded on his own as Sandra Plays Electronics. He was heavily influenced by D.A.F., Liaisons Dangereuses, Cabaret Voltaire, and Soft Cell, to name a few. He would eventually collaborate with Robert Görl and also Chrislo Haas in the late 90s. The tracks we are presenting here are two versions of the same song, Her Needs, both recorded in Birmingham, England. The first was recorded in 1988 during sound check at the College of Food and Domestic Arts and the second was recorded in 1999 (from the Man Has Responsibilities session) at the Ice House. Pressed on heavy weight 70 gram ultra clear vinyl, the 7" is housed in a matte double sided printed sleeve. Limited to 999 numbered copies." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: SCHEDELVRETER Title: Hunker Format: 10" Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Minimal Wave is proud to announce our 34th release, a limited edition hand-silkscreened 10" of SCHEDELVRETER (which loosely translates as "Skull Gobber"), the Dutch side project of brilliant minimal synth pioneer DANNY BOSTEN, best known for his project DAS DING. The seven tracks were originally recorded in Dannys home studio in the Netherlands and self-released on a cassette entitled Hunker via his Tear Apart Tapes label in 1985. Unlike Das Ding, Schedelvreter is not pattern-based or sequenced, the synth sounds are hand played over a collage of found sounds. At the time, Danny was experimenting with a Crumar synth that was falling apart, and would sporadically create sounds that were like human voices. He created massive drum sounds by layering noise, using leftover four-track additions in reverse and some live drum recordings courtesy of his brothers tapes. The end result feels narrative and filmic, like the soundtrack to an imaginary apocalyptic movie: bleak and desolate. The newly remastered 10" release is limited to 999 hand-silkscreened numbered copies pressed on black medium weight vinyl." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: SLUIK Title: Back to Burnsley Format: 7" Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $8.50 |
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"Raw Dutch synthy wave at its best. Sluik recorded these tracks in his friend Mentals bedroom studio in 1981. John Peel fell in love with one of his songs, entitled "Back to Burnsley" and played it on his BBC radio program 3 times in one week. He told his listeners to "go buy the record!" but unfortunately there was no record to be bought. We decided it was about time that these recordings be made available to the public. Limited to 300 numbered copies with special postcard insert." - Minimal Wave.
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Artist: SOMNAMBULIST/M. BRYO Title: Facing the Moon Format: 7" Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "A split 7" between Somnambulist and M. Bryo is out now. Described as "one-man, new wave synth" bands, these projects were a part of the emerging new music scene in Belgium in the early 80s. Other related bands from that era include: Absolute Body Control, The Klinik, OB Minimax, Quality-T and Vita Noctis. All three tracks were created spontaneously; resulting in beautiful, minimal, analog synth recordings. Thanks to Central Tapes (BE) for the initial impetus to release these. Limited to 500 numbered copies with insert, clear vinyl. Embossed sleeve." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: STEREO Title: Somewhere In The Night Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "The fifteenth release on Minimal Wave, presented in a printed jacket of original artwork, is Stereos Somewhere In The Night LP. Two of the tracks: Somewhere In The Night and No More first appeared on their 12" releases in 1982 and 1983 respectively, and are now highly sought after. Both tracks became cult dance floor hits, and received radio airplay in Europe and the US throughout the 80s until now. The rest of the LP brings together the French bands best studio recordings from 1982-1985,. The LP is pressed on 180 gram vinyl and includes a large heavy card insert with photos of the band. Limited to 999 hand-numbered copies." -Minimal Wave |
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Artist: STEREO Title: Somewhere In The Night Format: CD Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "The fifteenth release on Minimal Wave, presented with original artwork on the cover, is Stereos Somewhere In The Night CD. Two of the tracks: Somewhere In The Night and No More first appeared on their 12" releases in 1982 and 1983 respectively, and are now highly sought after. Both tracks became cult dance floor hits, and received radio airplay in Europe and the US throughout the 80s until now. The rest of the CD brings together the French bands best studio recordings from 1982-1985. The CD is presented in a digipak, includes a card insert with photos of the band, and all copies are hand-numbered. The CD includes 2 bonus tracks." -Minimal Wave |
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Artist: STORUNG Title: Europe Calls Format: 7" Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
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"Two great and long lost tracks: Europe Calls and Radio Lines, from the Dutch duo known as Störung. Europe Calls is previously unreleased and described as a "minimal dancefloor killer"! Special thanks to Lieven de Ridder for providing source tape. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies, accompanied by a photographic print of the band." -Minimal Wave
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Artist: SUDETEN CRECHE Title: Are Kisses Out Of Fashion? Format: 12" Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "The fourteenth release on Minimal Wave is a 12" EP by UK band, Sudeten Creche. The EP includes their cult song Are Kisses Out Of Fashion? (originally released on the 1982 compilation EP Europe in the Year Zero), as well as an unreleased version of Kindergarten (the original version was released on Illuminated Records in 1983). The songs are from their original tape reels, and theyre pure electropop bliss. Release limited to 500 hand-numbered copies pressed on 180 gram vinyl." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: SYMPATHY NERVOUS Title: Automaticism Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Sympathy Nervous is the project of Japanese artist Yosihumi Niinuma. Influenced by both classical and Krautrock, he began recording in 1979, and released several records on the highly coveted Vanity label. He continued to record and self-release much of his work throughout the 80s and 90s. His sound is intelligent and probably the most unique minimal synth to come out of Japan. Exploring dystopian themes, his music is well balanced and beautifully recorded. Automaticism features songs Yosihumi recorded between 1979-1981. Most were originally slated for a cassette release but never saw the light of day until now. When the Tsunami washed away the coast of Japan last March, Niinuma lost everything: an entire lifetime of recordings, instruments, hand built sequencers, and even his home. Fortunately, he had sent us his audio masters prior to the disaster. This release is fully dedicated to him, in memory of all his lost recordings. The record is pressed on 180 gram ultra clear vinyl and comes in a printed heavy clear sleeve, with Niinumas account of what happened on that day of March 11, 2011 and the months that followed. This is a benefit album, all the proceeds go to the artist. Special thanks to Narumi Omori for translation assistance and Gustavo Eandi for cover art. 999 hand numbered copies." - Minimal Wave. Very highly recommended! |
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Artist: SYMPATHY NERVOUS Title: Plastic Love Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Sympathy Nervous is the project of Japanese artist Yosihumi Niinuma. Influenced by both classical and Krautrock, he began recording in 1979, and released several records on the highly coveted Vanity label. He continued to record and self-release much of his work throughout the 80s and 90s. His sound is intelligent and probably the most unique minimal synth to come out of Japan. Exploring dystopian themes, his music is well balanced and beautifully recorded. The Plastic Love album features songs Yosihumi Niinuma recorded between 1979-1980. These were originally recorded as studio demos and have never been released until now. The album is a follow up to Automaticism, which we released in 2011 as a benefit record to help Niinuma cope with the loss of his home and studio after the great east Japan earthquake of March 2011. Stylistically, these particular songs range from proto-techno tracks like Anatawa Suguni (1980) to post-punk ones like Untitled 1 (1979), to a pure synthpop masterpiece from 1980 called Butoubyou No Syounen featuring his wife on vocals. Printed in the same style as Automaticsm (on a heavy clear sleeve) and pressed on 180 gram white vinyl. Cover art by Gustavo Eandi." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: TURQUOISE DAYS Title: Alternative Strategies Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Minimal Wave presents a full length album by synthpop band Turquoise Days. Hailing from Jersey, Channel Islands, Turquoise Days was formed in 1981 by Luciano Brambilla and David Le Breton. Throughout the 1980s, they self-released many cassettes, as well as the renowned masterpiece Grey Skies / Blurred 7". They were selected for the Radio Luxembourg song contest in 1985 and received press for their releases and appearance there. Their music can be described as melodic, emotive new wave. Watch their Channel TV appearance here. The record is pressed on 180 gram white vinyl and comes in a matte heavyweight jacket designed by Phil Yamada accompanied by a matching 18"x 18" poster." - Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Orgelvark Format: Double LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $30.00 |
| "Minimal Wave proudly presents a newly remastered vinyl edition of the cult Swedish cassette compilation Orgelvärk, subtitled “en stadig samling svensk synthmusik” – “a solid collection of Swedish synth music”. Orgelvärk is a compilation of Swedish synthpop, experimental and industrial music representative of the underground tape scene that thrived there in the 1980s. Many of the bands didnt quite fit into one particular genre, and most remained unknown. They lived in small villages and were making what can be described as electronic folk music. Orgelvärk was originally compiled and released on cassette in 1986 by Tor Sigvardson, also known for his own musi- cal project 18:e Oktober and cassette label Neuköln. The vinyl edition includes five previously unreleased tracks which were submitted to Tor for the original 1986 cassette release but due to space limitations, never made it on there. All the audio has been remastered from the original tapes especially for vinyl by Tor himself. Limited edition of 999 hand-num- bered copies, pressed on 160 gram vinyl and presented in a matte gatefold jacket with a letter from Tor accompanied by further information on the bands." - Minimal Wave. Includes Glenn Winter, Santiago de Gil, Ferdinand Rhtym, Arvid Tuba, Artificial Control, The Heart Of Darkness, Caique, Corteche, Spilluffe, 18:e Oktober, Moulin Rouge, Peter Tengvall, Engürdetz, Art Division, Patchwork, Ausgang Verboten, Overlords and a few unknown artists. |
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Artist: V/A Title: The Found Tapes Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
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"A compilation of North American Minimal Wave 81-87. The Found Tapes is a follow up to The Lost Tapes compilation of European Minimal Wave 81-86 (2006). It features previously released, rare tracks, as well as some unreleased tracks from Futurisk, Iron Curtain, Deo Toy, Experimental Products, Mark Lane, Ohama, Crash Course In Science, Dark Day, Craig Sibley, and Tara Cross. This release represents some of the best synth songs from the North American scene during that 80s period, some of them you may already know (as they are highly collectible minimal gems) and if not, will soon surely love. Thanks to all the bands involved in making this happen. Limited to 500 numbered copies with insert, 180 gram vinyl. Featuring Futurisk, Ohama, Iron Curtain, Deo Toy, Mark Lane, Crash Course In Science, Dark Day, Craig Sibley, Tara Cross, and Experimental Products." -Minimal Wave
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Artist: V/A Title: The Hidden Tapes Format: LP Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "A compilation of Minimal Wave from Around the World 79-85. The Hidden Tapes features rare, unreleased, and licensed tracks from as far as Japan and the former Yugoslavia. Most of the bands on this compilation recorded on 4-track tape in their bedroom studios while two of them went further to collaborate by sending tapes through the mail. The sounds on this record range from raw proto-industrial to naive danceable Belgradian new wave, to filmic synthesizer music to more complex, vocal-driven melodic synthpop. The Hidden Tapes presents songs from Dantons Voice, Oskarova Fobija, The Fast Set, Sympathy Nervous, Pas De Deux, Unovidual + Tara Cross, SS-Say, Robert Lawrence + Mark Phillips, Kym Amps and Reserve, all lovingly remastered. Thanks to everyone involved in making this happen. Limited edition of 999 numbered copies, pressed on 180 gram vinyl, and housed in heavy printed jacket accompanied by inner jacket with photos and info." -Minimal Wave. |
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Artist: V/A Title: The Hidden Tapes Format: CD Label: Minimal Wave Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "A compilation of Minimal Wave from Around the World ‘79-‘85. The Hidden Tapes features rare, un released, and licensed tracks from as far as Japan and the former Yugoslavia. Most of the bands on this compilation recorded on 4-track tape in their bedroom studios while two of them went further to collaborate by sending tapes through the mail. The sounds on this record range from raw proto-industrial to naive danceable Belgradian new wave, to filmic synthesiz er music to more complex, vocal-driven melodic synthpop. The Hidden Tapes pre sents songs from Dantons Voice, Oskarova Fobija, The Fast Set, Sympathy Nervous, Pas De Deux, Unovidu al + Tara Cross, SS-Say, Robert Lawrence + Mark Phillips, Kym Amps and Reservé, all lovingly remastered. Thanks to everyone involved in making this happen." - Minimal Wave. CD features bonus tracks by Gary Allen and Art Fact. |
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Artist: BIRGE GORGE SHIROC Title: Defense De Format: CD/DVD Label: Mio Country: ISRAEL Price: $32.00 |
| 2 discs, one CD, one DVD. First ever reissue of this cult album from 1975, on the famous Nurse With Wound List! "Jean-Jacques Birge and Francis Gorge began to play together in 1970 and produced the first rock concert of their high school, at LycŽe Claude Bernard in Paris. Gorge was composing the music and playing the guitar, Birge was writing the words and singing. Defense de was their first album, before founding Un Drame Musical Instantane, in 1976, with Bernard Vitet. Two bonus tracks were intended to be index 2 and 4 before Birge and Gorge met Shiroc a few weeks later. These two tracks were replaced with new tracks recorded with Shiroc and so they were forgotten until today. The four initial pieces were recorded in the family apartment of Sebastien Bernard, a free jazz producer, where his father kept a lot of beautiful instruments (a pipe organ, an electric piano, a xylophone, a cello, etc.) and a 8-track tape recorder. Antoine Duvernet, another schoolmate who was playing with Urban Sax at that time, passed by on a sunny afternoon and added the tenor sax parts. The two new pieces with Shiroc and Bucchi were recorded live in studio four months later. During the following year, Birge and Gorge played a lot of concerts as a trio with Shiroc, and sometimes as a quartet with Gilles Rollet (also on percussion). All their repertoire was recorded and it will be included on the DVD as June Sessions (Over 6 hours of music). Over the years, the LP Defense de became a cult object people would buy a fortune, as well as appearing on the Nurse With Wound famous holly recordings list. So we are very pleased to have it finally available as a CD, specially with the four previously un-issued bonus tracks which were discovered recently in the Drames archives. The band took it from this point to become Un Drame Musical Instantane. Un D.M.I (in short) who is considered to be one of the top avant-garde / experimental acts ever to emerge from France and the entire world as well. The audio CD will include the complete Defense De LP plus 4 bonus tracks (approx 80 minutes of music in total). The DVD will include the experimental movie La Nuit Du Phoque made by Jean-Jacques Birge and Bernard Mollerat in 1974. The movie is a mix between avant-garde French movie and experimental ambience which takes the viewer back in time to 1974. The second part of the DVD will include June Sessions which are very long pieces made by the trio (or quartet at times). Total of about 7 hours of music and 40 minutes movie in a double CD & DVD set." - MIO. |
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Artist: MAGICAL POWER MAKO Title: Hapmoniym Format: 5 CD Box Set Label: MIO Country: Israel Price: $122.00 |
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"First release on this Israel-based label that plans to "reissue RIO, psych, avant-guard and progressive masterpieces mainly recorded in the 60s and 70s." Magical Power Mako is the Japanese underground legend who made a batch of amazingly dusted psych LPs for the Japanese Polydor label in the 70s, sometimes referred to in terms of "the Japanese Faust". His first 2 records in particular, the Magical Power debut from 1973 & Super Record from 1975 are as good as it gets. This box reissues the first 5 volumes of the proposed 15 volume Hapmoniym series that Mako recorded in the early 70s (the Japanese MomnDad label originally issued these 5 volumes in 1993 as individual CDs; they are still working on getting around to volumes 6-15). The box is in an edition of 500 numbered copies. Five slim-line jewel case CDs packed in a heavy-duty and gorgeous feeling box; with booklet of liner notes (English and Japanese language), photos. Extremely well done overall." - FE. "The 5 CDs set named Hapmoniym was created between 1972 and 1975 in Makos private studio, while he was working on his second album, Super Record. Hapmoniym is Makos best piece recorded in these years. Its composed of a few magnificent ideas and sounds and recorded in a very free atmosphere with friends and colleague musicians. The music Hapmoniym is offering consists of progressive rock, psychedelic, avant-garde & experimental sounds. Hapmoniym box set number one is the first part of a trilogy of pure experiments that has mostly bnever been published. The 5 CDs contained in this box were released in a very limited edition in 1993, then becoming unavailable. This new re-sale edition of Hapmoniym is printed as set number one, planned to be followed by two additional boxes: number Two and Three. Each set will include five CDs. Set number one is composed of parts one to five. Each part is included in one CD with one long piece edited by Mako himself, sound engineered by Naohiro Ukawa. We are very proud and pleased to release this masterpiece in MIO records." - MIO.
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Artist: SCHNITZLER, CONRAD Title: 10.10.84 Format: Cass Label: Mirror Country: Malaysia Price: $11.00 |
| "Conrad Schnitzler, a previous student of Joseph Beuys, and a founding member of Tangerine Dream and Kluster, as a soloist developed the idea of the “kassetten konzert” or cassette concert, utilizing pre-recorded synthesized sounds on separate tapes, which were mixed together through adjustments of volume and equalization into a vaster and more complex piece that formed his live remix performances. Each event is unique due to the element of unpredictability in his real-time improvisations, and this is a documentation of such a performance on 10th October 1984, Berlin." -Mirror |
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Artist: BAILEY, DEREK Title: Improvisation Format: LP Label: Mirumir Country: Italy Price: $28.00 |
| "The godfather of improvisational guitar, Derek Baileys praises have been sung far and wide by everyone from Pat Metheny to Karlheinz Stockhausen for having revolutionized the way the instrument was played over the last half of the twentieth century. Although fans are often frustrated by the low-fidelity of his earlier recordings, this 1975 LP (originally released on the Italian avant-garde label, Cramps), stands out in that regard. Recorded in an actual studio (unlike most of his early work) in Milan, for this session Bailey was apparently asked by his Italian hosts to define improvisation. He then proceeded to give his answer in the form of these fourteen tracks (eight performed with electric guitar, five with six-string acoustic guitar, and one with a 19-string acoustic guitar). 180 gram vinyl reissue with printed inner sleeve." -Mirumir. |
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Artist: CACCIAPAGLIA, ROBERTO Title: Sei Note in Logica Format: LP/CD Label: Mirumir Country: Russian Federation Price: $28.00 |
| "An impossible to find album, reissued for the first time ever on vinyl! 1979s Sei Note in Logica is Italian experimental composer Roberto Cacciapaglias second LP, a minimalist album that features one continual composition for four voices, computer, and orchestral ensemble, in the same vein as Fred Rzewski, Steve Reich, and Terry Riley. Unlike anything else coming out of Italy at the time, Cacciapaglia (who worked for Italys national Department of Phonology) is also quite advanced in his use of computer-based technology. A major influence on the likes of Jim ORourke and others of his ilk." - Mirumir. 180 gram vinyl. Comes with a bonus CD of the album, which includes an extra acoustic version of the entire album. |
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Artist: CACCIAPAGLIA, ROBERTO Title: Sonanze Format: LP/CD Label: Mirumir Country: Russian Federation Price: $28.00 |
| "An influential member of the Italian avant-garde, Roberto Cacciapaglia has spent the last four decades blurring the lines between classical and electronic music, developing a sound that has never been restricted by genre. A classically trained pianist and composer from Milan, Cacciapaglia first came to prominence in the early seventies as keyboardist for the king of experimental Italian pop, Franco Battiato. After recording his own debut LP, 1975s Sonanze in Milan, Cacciapaglia traveled to the Ohr/Cosmic Couriers studios in Cologne to mix the results under the watchful of eye of krautrock overlord Rolf-Kaiser Ulrich (Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Ash Ra Tempel). The resulting album was a mix of electronic (moog, synth) and classical instruments (guitar, oboe, trombone, clarinet) that was experimental in the cosmische sense, but with the musical chops and vision of a classically trained musician." - Mirumir. 180 gram vinyl. Comes with a bonus CD of the album, includes15 bonus tracks recorded between 1972-74, but not released until 2000. |
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Artist: CAGE, JOHN Title: Cheap Imitation Format: LP Label: Mirumir Country: Italy Price: $28.00 |
| "Recorded at Mills College in Oakland, CA in March 1976, this LP represents one of the very few examples of John Cage performing his own work. Actually written in 1969, Cheap Imitation, composed for solo piano, is based on Erik Saties symphonic drama Socrate. An example of one of Cages indeterminate pieces, here Saties Socrate undergoes a series of variations based on the random extraction of hexagrams from the I-Ching. 180 gram vinyl reissue. Pocket gatefold LP with printed inner sleeve and liner notes." -Mirumir. |
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Artist: CAGE, JOHN Title: Empty Words (Parte III) Format: Triple LP Boxset Label: Mirumir Country: Italy Price: $64.00 |
| "When John Cage took to the stage at Milans Teatro Lirico on 2 December 1977 to read from a portion of his not yet published book, Empty Words, little did he know that he was about to incite one of the great art riots of the twentieth century! As Cage reads aloud in what sounds like a nonsensical language (the result of using the I-Ching to extract a series of sounds and syllables from the journal of Henry David Thoreau), the Italian audience (many of whom did not really know who Cage was or what to expect from the performance) begins to grow increasingly unruly, eventually yelling for Cage to get off the stage! Cage, however, simply ignores it and keeps right on reading above the din for over 2 full hours. This fully remastered triple LP box set of this historic performance also features an explanatory text along with accompanying illustrations and photographs of the event. 180 gram vinyl." -Mirumir. |
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Artist: CARDEW, CORNELIUS Title: Nova Musicha No. 6: Four Principles on Ireland and Other Pieces (1974) Format: LP Label: Mirumir Country: Italy Price: $28.00 |
| "Having worked closely with Karlheinz Stockhausen during the late 1950s, the Irish-born Cornelius Cardew became a major figure on the European avant-garde music scene over the following decade. However, by the early 1970s Cardew had become deeply involved in the international communist movement, which created a growing rift between himself and his colleagues (particularly after his book Stockhausen Serves Imperialism was published in 1974). As Cardews politics changed, so did his music, which began drawing more and more from the populist roots of folk music. On this LP Cardew proposes a series of compositions based on the revolutionary songs of different countries (i.e. the Irish Rebellion of 1798, the Islamic Rebellion of 1937, the uprisings in West Berlin in the early seventies). It is perhaps not surprising that Cardews new music found a home in Italy of the 1970s (this LP was originally released on the Italian Cramps label), as the Italian Communist Party was extremely strong during this era. 180 gram vinyl reissue. Pocket gatefold LP with printed inner sleeve." -Mirumir. |
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Artist: SCHULZE AND GUNTER SCHICKERT, KLAUS Title: The Schulze-Schickert Session Format: CD Label: Mirumir Country: Russian Federation Price: $22.00 |
| "For the first time, from the vaults of electronic music guru, Klaus Schulze, comes The Schulze-Schickert Session, a rare and previously unreleased private session featuring echo-guitar pioneer Günter Schickert. Recorded on 26 September 1975 in Klaus Schulzes home studio in Hambuehren, Germany, Schulze can be heard playing an EMS Synthi A, as well as keyboards, and a Syntanorma, while Schickert plays a 12-string Framus with metal strings and also sings on a few tracks. Although Schickerts name is little-known outside of a very select circle of krautrock fans, he was a key member of the Berlin free jazz scene of the 1960s and a pioneer of the echo-guitar. Just prior to the recording of this informal session, Schickerts first LP, Samtvogel, was released on the seminal Brain label. On the two bonus tracks, found only on theCD version, Schickerts playing ebbs, as Schulze takes on the more dominant role." -Mirumir. |
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Artist: SCHULZE AND GUNTER SCHICKERT, KLAUS Title: The Schulze-Schickert Session Format: LP Label: Mirumir Country: Russian Federation Price: $28.00 |
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"For the first time, from the vaults of electronic music guru, Klaus Schulze, comes The Schulze-Schickert Session, a rare and previously unreleased private session featuring echo-guitar pioneer Günter Schickert. Recorded on 26 September 1975 in Klaus Schulzes home studio in Hambuehren, Germany, Schulze can be heard playing an EMS Synthi A, as well as keyboards, and a Syntanorma, while Schickert plays a 12-string Framus with metal strings and also sings on a few tracks. Although Schickerts name is little-known outside of a very select circle of krautrock fans, he was a key member of the Berlin free jazz scene of the 1960s and a pioneer of the echo-guitar. Just prior to the recording of this informal session, Schickerts first LP, Samtvogel, was released on the seminal Brain label. On the two bonus tracks, found only on theCD version, Schickerts playing ebbs, as Schulze takes on the more dominant role." -Mirumir.
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Artist: SENSATIONS FIX Title: Time to Decide Format: LP/CD Label: Mirumir Country: Italy Price: $28.00 |
| A compilation of rare studio and live tracks from the band, circa 1978-1980, not on RVNG Intl.s Music Is Painting In The Air... collection. On 180 gram vinyl with CD of the album. "Formed by Florentine guitarist Franco Falsini (formerly of Noi Tre) and American drummer Keith Edwards, Sensations Fix was one of the most exciting acts to come out of the Italian music scene of the 1970s. Beginning in 1974, from their outpost in the Florentine countryside, Falsini and Edwards (along with bassist Richard Ursillo) recorded a handful of excellent albums that were more closely aligned with the German Krautrock scene of the era than Italian prog." - Mirumir. |
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Artist: COLLEY, JOE Title: Anthem Format: LP Label: Misanthropic Agenda Country: USA Price: $28.00 |
| "Presented here for the first time on vinyl, JOE COLLEYs Anthem LP gathers material from limited edition releases issued between 2001 and 2006. Side A presents "Anthem," a long form tonal study with contrasting climax. Side B edits together 4 shorter explorations culled from the Triptych triple business card CDR release and inserts a track from the 2001 compilation Coalescence. Limited edition of 200 copies housed in deluxe tip-on jackets." -Misanthropic Agenda. |
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Artist: MEIRINO, FRANCISCO & DAVE PHILLIPS Title: We Are None Of Us Format: Double LP Label: Misanthropic Agenda Country: USA Price: $37.00 |
| "FRANCISCO MEIRINO (PHROQ) and DAVE PHILLIPS (SCHIMPFLUCH GRUPPE) have collaborated on this extremely dynamic electroacoustic studio album. Through meticulous arrangement of electronics, processed sound and field recordings they create a dark and unsettling audio narrative. We Are None of Us exemplifies these two masters at the best of their craft. Includes two additional tracks not included on the CD and comes with a download card with a bonus live track, a recording of their full performance at Ertz Festival, Bera, Spain, September 11, 2010. Edition of 200 copies." -Misanthropic Agenda. |
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Artist: SEITZ VS. MICHAEL GENDRAU Title: Seitz Versus Gendrau Format: LP Label: Misanthropic Agenda Country: USA Price: $20.00 |
| "A collaborative experiment by a former member of TAXODIACAE and the CRAWLING WITH TARTS dude, who use concrete music compositional strategies on found sound captured in San Francisco. On "Chorus After Rains," both use the same raw sound clips and meld their individual results together into one piece of music. "Things Lost That Will Never Be Found," a composition with live instruments, moves from a toy piano to various invented motor instruments. "Trains Will Not Stop" uses sounds from records, composed by Gendreau and re-mixed by Seitz using accelerometer recordings collected in San Francisco during 2005. Edition of 90, packaged in tip-on jacket." -Misanthropic Agenda. |
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Artist: WIESE, JOHN & MERZBOW Title: Free Piano Format: Picture Disc 7" Label: Misanthropic Agenda Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "limited to 500 hand numbered copies, material from Merzbow & John Wiese not found on the Multiplication CD. " - Misanthropic Agenda. |
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Artist: JAD AND NAO Title: Half Monster Format: CD Label: Misc Music Country: USA Price: $12.50 |
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The third album of collaborations between JAD FAIR (HALF JAPANESE) and Japanese noisemaker NAOFUMI ISHIMARU (YXIMALLOO). Forty-five tracks of unbelievably good music, including covers of Chuck Berrys "Roll Over Beethoven" and Daniel Johnstons "Lonely Song."
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Artist: WHIRLYWIRLD Title: The Complete Studio Works Format: CD Label: Missing Link Country: Australia Price: $14.00 |
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"Pioneer new wave electronic outfit Whirlywirld was the home of the maverick team of Ollie Olsen and John Murphy from 1978 to early 1980. Together with other members they form a connection to virtually every punk/post-punk and art-punk band in Melbourne and many places beyond. Extensive liner notes with rare photos included in the package. Whirlywirld began life as an almost orchestral, yet still hard-edged all electronic ensemble, evolving into an all-encompassing, almost free-form aggregation by their end." - Missing Link.
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Artist: CRASH COFFIN Title: Crash Coffin Format: LP Label: Missing Vinyl Country: Greece Price: $30.00 |
| "Crash Coffins eponymous album was originally released privately in 1974 on the Mus-I-Col label. It is very rare and sought after by early 70s US psychedelic collectors worldwide. Not unjustly so, since it contains one of the best psychedelic songs ever recorded (God Loves the Loser) and a couple of other great moody psych tracks. It contains 2 unreleased bonus tracks from the same period. Limited edition of 500, deluxe 180g vinyl, heavy original cover and insert with group history. Insert also contains a sketch of what the original cover was supposed to become -- if it were not for lack of funds -- that led to an original release with plain white covers -- half of them carrying Crash Coffins signature." -Missing Vinyl |
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Artist: DEUTER Title: D Format: LP Label: Missing Vinyl Country: Greece Price: $34.00 |
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"Deuter was one of the earliest multi-instrumental soloists in Germany. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of new age music and is still active, having released more than 40 albums. D, his first album, was released on the legendary Kuckuck label in 1971 and is considered to be a classic. With guitars, sitar, organ, harmonium, Asian and Oriental percussion, etc., it is a mixture of psychedelic underground rock, cosmic music and ethnic fusion, at places similar to Amon Düül 2, Between and Popol Vuh. Limited edition, deluxe 180g vinyl, exact reproduction of the original first pressing." -Missing Vinyl
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Artist: MANTICORES BREATH Title: Manticores Breath Format: 10" Label: Missing Vinyl Country: Greece Price: $34.00 |
| "Manticores Breath is Will-o-the Wisp, who have outgrown their old name and musical style. It is heavier, louder and more mature than their previous works, but still in their well-known UK early 70s progressive direction. This 10" LP contains two 8 minute-long tracks with great rhythm and fuzz guitars, organ and powerful English vocals. Both tracks are impressive and this record will most probably become a sought-after rarity, like their previous ones. 450 pieces limited and numbered edition, deluxe 10" with 2 covers." - Missing Vinyl. |
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Artist: SANDSTONE Title: Can You Mend A Silver Thread? Format: LP Label: Missing Vinyl Country: Greece Price: $34.00 |
| "Sandstones sole 1971 privately pressed album is one of the best and rarest early 70s US psychedelic folk rock records. Although only recently rediscovered, it is very sought after from worldwide collectors both for its rarity and musical quality. Great male female vocals in an early 70s UK psychedelic acid folk rock sound similar to Tudor Lodge, Jade etc. It contains 2 previously unreleased bonus tracks, not included in the original album. Highly recommended! Limited edition, deluxe 180g vinyl, from the original analogue master tapes, exact reproduction of the original first pressing." -Missing Vinyl |
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Artist: AHMED, MAHMOUD Title: Accompanied By Ibex Band Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Mahmoud Ahmeds first LP reissued on vinyl for the first time. Early hypnotic heavy songs by one of Ethiopias greatest artists. Mahmouds voice is one of the most powerful in the world and on this LP it is in full force. A true masterpiece. Part two in our series of LPs of material culled from the monumental Ethiopiques CD series. Old school tip on cover." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: AHMED, MAHMOUD Title: Jeguol Naw Betwa Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Reissue of a 1978 self released LP by one of the greatest Ethiopian vocalists of all time. This material has not been reissued in any form since its original release digitally or analog! Recorded at the end of the golden age of Ethiopian urban music, Mahmoud is in top form belting out transcendent intense vocals over the Ibex Bands hypnotic soulful horns, organs, guitars, bass & percussion. As good as it gets & as close to universally perfect music as ever has been made. Old school thick tip on sleeve. Beautifully remastered by Timothy Stollenwerk." - Mississippi. |
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Artist: AMANAR Title: Alghafiat Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Tuareg guitar from Northern Mali by Kidals hometown band. A different side of desert blues with high energy gritty guitar sessions that are popular favorites. Recorded at a local studio in 2008 during the last uprising, the music is very poignant as the North has again fallen into rebellion and the band is scattered in exile. The title translates as Peace. Includes detailed liner notes in Tifinagh. A split release with Sahel Sounds." - Mississippi/Little Axe. |
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Artist: AMOUMINE, ALI AG Title: Takamba Format: LP+7" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Hypnotic recording session with griot "ALI" AG AMOUNINE at his home in Timbouctou. Playing the distinctive style of Northern Mali and Niger known as Takamba-droning electrified traditional guitar accompanied by a haunting rhythm tapped on a calabash-Ali navigates a repertoire drawing on music learned on his travels and his own compositions. Comes with a bonus 7" of acoustic performances. Co-release with Sahel Sounds." -Mississippi |
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Artist: ANIMALS & MEN Title: Never Bought Never Sold: Singles + Demos 1979-83 Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"Animals + Men -- named after a song by Adam and the Ants -- started life around the winter of 1978-1979 when Susan Wells took over vocal duties in what was a three piece called Psychotic Reaction. Based in Frome Somerset, their first release Dont Misbehave in the New Age (1980) was an indie hit. When the band split in 81, Susan and Ralph formed the Terraplanes. A & M/Terraplanes released three vinyl 45s. A few years ago, demos by the band surfaced on the Messthetics/Hyped 2 Death label. Recently, the band have reformed and performed the odd gig and are releasing an EP of new songs soon on Convulsive Records. Mississippi Records is proud to be the first to release an entire LP containing the three 45s and early demos, all recorded between 1979-1983. For fans of early UK DIY." -Mississippi
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Artist: BARFIELD, CECIL Title: South Georgia Blues Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Recorded by George Mitchell in 1978, this LP was originally released by the Southland label under the name William Robertson. Due to Cecils superstitions and legitimate fears of the taxman, he insisted that it come out under a false name. Cecil was an unusual blues musician, giving each song its own feel and rhythm. Another underrated American original. This is a co-release with Big Legal Mess Records." -Mississippi |
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Artist: CHALK CIRCLE Title: Reflection Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Chalk Circle existed in the Washington, DC metro area punk/hardcore scene between 1981 and 1983. They were the first all-female rock or punk band to ever record and perform in DC, their recorded output is finally available on vinyl for the first time. Reflection includes 12 songs from compilations, and live shows, and unreleased recordings and a 16 page booklet with extensive liner notes by Don Fleming. Chalk Circle, although personally part of the birth of hardcore as friends and fans of the Dischord scene, musically never fit in to the stringent rules of that scene. They sound like they were from a time where experimentation was rewarded, where new ideas were examined and transformed by people who were curious and excited to fit with the moment. For those who want a tag, well, think about the post punk of Delta 5, Liliput, The Swell Maps and the Slits. Think about the youthful energy of DC Hardcore and the enthusiasm of teenagers making music that comes from the heart and not from copying riffs from rock records. Co-released by both Mississippi Records and Post Present Medium. Digital download included." -Mississippi |
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Artist: CHIN CHIN Title: We Dont Wanna Be Prisoners Format: 7" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
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"From Biel Switzerland, comes this little known group. One of the few all-girl bands (along with KLEENEX/LILLIPUT) to come out of the early 80s Swiss punk scene. CHIN CHIN definitely considered themselves a punk band. Although their catchy pop vocals and harmonies strongly aligned them with the burgeoning C86 scene. They shared bills with THE SHOP ASSISTANTS, TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, THE POGUES and NEW MODEL ARMY, before the band drifted into obscurity. This 7" was originally released in 1984 on the bands own, Farmer Records. It contains 3 self-penned songs and marks their first and punkest release. Keep your eyes peeled for their full length LP out soon as a split between the Mississippi and Slumberland labels." - Mississippi.
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Artist: COHRAN AND THE ARTISTIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE, PHILIP Title: Malcolm X Memorial Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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"An early member of the Sun Ra Arkestra, Philip Cohran went on to record & self-release this LP in 1968, originally in an edition of 1,000. Cohran was a personal friend of Malcolm X, & this is a concept album musically telling the story of Malcolms political & spiritual journey. It features a tight groove-oriented band (which later evolved into the Pharoahs, & then Earth, Wind, & Fire!) who explore soul, jazz, & Middle Eastern rhythms. A politically radical & intense recording not to be missed. Philip Cohran is a much under-appreciated musical genius, & we are proud to reissue this album for the first time on vinyl. Gatefold LP with archival photos & liner notes." -Mississippi.
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Artist: COLEMAN, GEORGE Title: Bongo Joe Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "There can only be one Bongo Joe, and that is the incredible George Coleman. Bongo Joe is perhaps the worlds only virtuoso player of the empty oil drum, a man so ingenious that he could even turn petroleum refuse into something musical and sublime. Recorded on the streets of San Antonio in 1969 by Chris Strachawitz (Arhoolie Records). Bongo Joe drums on his oil cans with a thunderous, tympani-like effect, while discoursing rambling, insightful and hilariously funny lyrics that are often times more stories than songs. As Joe himself put it, I rap but not that bullshit theyre putting down now. I play fundamental beat music. Whether draping his drums with an American flag or washing them in swirls of psychedelic green and red paint, theres something beyond the typical street-corner busker in Bongo Joes persona, unbridled quality that isnt just musical, but draws on a tradition of pure entertainment. One of the true treasures of the Arhoolie catalog for many years. Try Science Fiction, Innocent Little Doggie (if you think Joe was just a novelty act, listen closely to the poignant insightfulness of the lyrics), Transistor Radio (more wry commentary) and Dog Eat Dog. One of our favorites, available on vinyl for the first time in 39 years." -Mississippi |
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Artist: COUNT VERTIGO Title: I Am A Mutant Format: 7" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
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"Reissued for the first time, a crazed Portland punk record from 1979. A side project of ICE NINE, COUNT VERTIGO only existed for this one record as a band. Side A features "I Am A Mutant"-an uneasy little song with a relentless menacing organ riff. On the flip is "Patriot X"-an angry political song that still rings a little too true. Two heroic punk anthems not to miss, if you like that sort of thing." -Mississippi
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Artist: DE KIFT Title: De Kift Format: 7" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "Spunky 1988 release. A fairly unknown predecessor to their debut LP Yverzucht. Impossible to find and never reissued. Three songs of driving rhythms and volatile speech. Another testament to the uniquely prolific 80s Dutch punk scene." Awesome tri-fold, heavy cardstock sleeve with Dutch/English lyrics. -Mississippi |
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Artist: DE KIFT Title: Yverzucht Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "De Kift emerged from a Dutch squatters movement and the punk waves of the late 70s and early 80s. Their debut vinyl LP Yverzucht was released in 1989. Ferry: guitar & brass (Svatsox); Wim: drums (Rondos, the Ex); Jacco (GRRR): bass; Maarten: vocals (Pistache B.V.). De Kift were a tremendous and original force at the time. Sparse, rhythmic, angular, yet energetic music. Staccato punk with fanfare elements. Maartens lyrics were recited, spat out and crooned, bleak reflective explorations of the Dutch mental state of the times. Maarten (as well as Jacco) departed the band after debuting Yverzucht. Out of the ashes, emerged a new conceptual, literary De Kift that would play on for 20 years. De Kift were part of the squatter movement. Playing benefits, raising funds, eyebrows and soundtracking a lifestyle on its last legs." Includes insert with Dutch/English lyrics. -Mississippi |
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Artist: DEAD MOON Title: Defiance Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Dead Moons 3rd LP from 1990. Another classic with hits such as Not The Only One, Crystal Is Falling, Dagger Moon, Walking On My Grave, Johnnys Got A Gun & Unknown Passage. A perfect record, not for the faint of heart. Remastered from the original tapes." -Mississippi |
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Artist: DEAD MOON Title: In The Graveyard Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Reissued for the first time-DEAD MOONs first record! Originally released in 1988. Dead Moon were a band that existed outside of the constraints that time and style usually impose on artists. An authentic mix of psychedelic rock, punk, blues, country, and every other American music worth a damn. This LP features all time classics such as "Graveyard" ( A 13th Floor Elevators type vibrating psychedelic song), "Dont Burn The Fires" and "I Hate The Blues." Lo-fi as hell. Remastered from the original tapes. We are very proud to make this LP available on vinyl once more." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: DEAD MOON Title: Stranded In The Mystery Zone Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Maybe the hardest to find Dead Moon LP. All kinds of killer songs. Another stone cold classic by the worlds greatest rock band. Some call them the thinking mans AC/DC and some call them the working mans Roky Erickson but really there is nothing that compares to Dead Moon. They live in a world of their own -- D.I.Y on every imaginable level, brilliant song writing, perfect elemental stripped down playing, honest and intense vocals. Its all here." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: DEAD MOON Title: Strange Pray Tell Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "One of Dead Moons all time classics, filled with some of their catchiest and most rousing songs. Rockers of the highest caliber such as Destination X, Fire in the Western World, and Dont Look Back as well as perfect ballads such as You Cant Do That and Out in the Blues. An utter masterpiece of psychedelic rock straight from the heart." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: DEAD MOON Title: Too Many People Format: 7" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "2 completely unreleased songs & 2 songs only available on the hard as hell to find 13 Off My Hook European compilation. Altogether 4 killer Dead Moon songs from 1989! Side A features Dont Hate Me & Too Many People -- both quality rock songs. The flip side has the utterly devastatingly beautiful ballad Ill Follow You & the world weary tune Claim To Fame. All not to be missed songs. Picture sleeve with unpublished photos of the band. Its hard to believe these songs did not make the cut for the early Dead Moon LPs." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: DEAD MOON Title: Unknown Passage Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"Dead Moons 2nd LP. Great pop ballads sit side by side with heavy rock songs. A hit laden record featuring classics such as Dead Moon Night, A Miss Of You, 54/40 or Fight, Time Has Come Today, Demona, & On My Own. Originally released in 1989, easily one of the top 4 rock records of all time. Remastered from the original tapes." -Mississippi
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Artist: DOG FACED HERMANS Title: Hum of Life Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"When we put out the Mental Blocks For All Ages, the obvious question from everyone who excitedly plopped down their nine bucks on our glass counter was, Are you gonna put out Hum Of Life? So here it is, the follow up to Mental Blocks. Recorded in 93, DFH lays down 11 tracks of thumping drums, pulsating bass lines, most unusual guitar squacks and Marion Coutts belting out enchanting melodies with voice and her trusty trumpet. 8 Eyed Spy and Ornette Coleman covers (its legit, I swear) complete this perfect album of political art-punk at its best." -Mississippi
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Artist: DOG FACED HERMANS Title: Mental Blocks For All Ages Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
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"Repressed. Dog Faced Hermans was a five-piece band whose style could be described as anarcho-artpunk incorporating folk and noise influences as well as unorthodox instrumentation. Hailing from Scotland, DFH came out of the herky-jerky Glasgow scene with bands like Stretchheads, Dawson and Archbishop Kebab. Mental Blocks was their 2nd full length LP, released in 1991 on the bands own Demon Radge label. They had 3 LPs, 1 12" EP and a collection of EPs, comp tracks and splits before signing on with Alternative Tentacles for their last two LPs. Guitarist Andy Moor has been a part of The Ex for about 12 years now, and bassist Colin McLean is now playing as part of The Exs live set. DFH has influenced bands such as Erase Errata, Veronica Lipgloss, God Is My Co-Pilot, and many more. Mental Blocks is considered one of their (if not the) best and hardest to find albums. Remastered by members of the band for improved clarity over the original release." -Mississippi
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Artist: ESHETE, ALEMAYEHU Title: Alemayehu Eshete Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Known by some as the Ethiopian Elvis, Alameyahu Eshete was the ultimate modernist. His music combined R&B, Ethiopian groove, soul, rock n roll, and traditional Ethiopian music to create something truly unique. This LP features a collection of his 45s recorded between 1967 and 1974. Back to back true classics. The fourth in our continuing series of releases culled from the monumental Ethiopiques series." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: EVOLUTIONARY JASS BAND Title: Whats Lost Format: LP & CD Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"With a reputation for mind-blowing live sets and their own brand of improv meets ethio-jazz meets jazz standards, EJB is steadily gaining popularity in the Pacific Northwest. Lead by Jeff Brown, who along with drummer Michael Hendrickson, spent a tour of duty in Portlands revolving improv ensemble Jackie-O-Motherfucker. As opposed to JOMFs guitar-driven psychedelia, EJB chooses jazz as their vehicle, without the constraints of the term. With a CD on Community Library (Strategy, Eats Tapes, Reanimator) under their belt, the now sextet offers Mississippi Records a conceptual LP of dirges. Limited to 500 copies, includes a free CDR (courtesy of Collective Jyrk) and is packaged in beautiful hand-silkscreened paste-on covers with art by upcoming political art dude Icky Apparatus. A true labor of love." - Mississippi.
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Artist: EX & TOM CORA, THE Title: Scrabbling At The Lock Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"North American re-issue of a masterpiece of our generation. The perfect blend of angsty punk rock, Eastern European leanings and free improv. Tight rhythms, roaring guitars, smartly political vocals and and the late Tom Coras amazing cello work. Essential." -Mississippi
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Artist: GEBRU, TSEGE MARIAM Title: Spielt Eigene Komposition Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "A most unusual and stunning album. Tsege Mariam Gebru is an Ethiopian nun who has dedicated her life to helping others. She has been composing and playing music on the piano since the 1960s. Her music is a unique mix of Western classical music in the vein of Erik Satie, Ethiopian music and religious Christian meditation music. On this reissue of her first LP, originally released in Germany in a very small pressing, we find Tsege Mariam Gebru playing her own compositions solo on piano. She plays with restrained grace and purity. The record invites repeated listening well and is filled with spiritual warmth. We are very proud to present this LP -- the first in a series of records we will be releasing with music culled from the monumental Ethiopiques CD series. Old school tip on cover." - Mississippi. |
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Artist: GEORGIA SEA ISLAND SINGERS Title: Join The Band Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "The latest in our series featuring music from the Alan Lomax archives. The Georgia Sea Island Singers were a vocal group of unparalleled depth. Some beautiful sorrowful accapella songs, some raucous stompin & shoutin sessions & even a couple tracks accompanied by a drum & fife band along with a banjo player. Altogether a nice mix of material recorded in the homes & churches of this small community by Alan Lomax between 1959 & 1962. This LP features three never before released tracks, an insert with liner notes by Nathan Salsburg & photographs & its all housed in an old school tip on sleeve." -Mississippi |
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Artist: GIGNOR, ALKIBAR Title: La Paix Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Rock n roll LP from Mali! First ever US release of music from one of Malis most beloved underground garage rock bands. Lo-fi crunchy rock riff workouts sit side by side with beautiful acoustic performances. A truly unique LP -- some elements of American classic rock, some African soul music & even a somewhat punk vibe all fuse to create a sound not often heard in the Western hemisphere. Recorded by Chris Kirkley. Comes with a foldout poster & press sheet. A co-release with Sahel Sounds." - Mississippi. |
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Artist: GURDJIEFF, G.I. Title: Improvisations Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
  "Stunningly beautiful harmonium improvisations recorded in 1949 by spiritualist G.I Gurdjieff. Many who heard these performances live found themselves crying uncontrollably. After this cathartic listening experience they reached a place where they felt happy and whole. We hope this record will bring a similar experience to the modern day listener. It doesnt get much purer than this. Cover is silkscreened with gold ink. A co-release with Psychic Sounds Research." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: HAACK & MS. NELSON, BRUCE Title: The Electronic Record For Children Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"Recorded in 1969 , early electronic music pioneer Bruce Haack and child educator Ms. Nelson go bravely and deeply into psychedelic music compositions designed to open the minds and hearts of the young. Truly far out electronic music that evokes a space age alternate universe. Bruce and Ms. Nelson are joined by pianist Praxietellis Pandit and their relaxed sounding friend Chris to bring you songs about everything from ancient folk tales to outerspace to what the world sounds like when you listen with your inner self. Real great stuff, not for the faint of heart. Avante garde music by and for the people. Old school tip on cover." - Mississippi.
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Artist: HAACK & MS. NELSON, BRUCE Title: The Way Out Record For Children Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"Recorded in 1968, a true psychedelic masterpiece for the kids. Ms. Nelson (a child educator) and Bruce Haack (an early electronic music pioneer) designed this record to open the minds and hearts of children to deeper levels of insight and culture. Not condescending in the least and with a childlike sense of wonder, Bruce and Ms. Nelson lay into some heavy songs about everything from Robots to Indian Mysticism to Motorcycle riding fantasies. Its all in here. The music is all generated by Bruces homemade electronic instruments which churn out proto hip hop beats and straight up avante garde moments left and right. The kids in Ms. Nelsons community chime in with their voices here and there and the record ends with a haunting existential twist thatll leave you screamin for more. A great record for children and adults of all ages. Old school tip on cover." - Mississippi.
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Artist: HAGAR THE WOMB Title: A Brighter Shade of Black Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "HAGAR THE WOMB is for many, the missing piece of the UK anarcho punk scene. Formed in 1981, Hagar The Womb was not a typical example of that scene, for they refused to conform to the dress codes and dour seriousness of their peers. What first started as a sextet sporting three female vocalists, soon experienced a healthy bit of turnover. Circulating through at least a dozen band members, Hagar The Womb was often identified by bright colored artwork and outfits, as well as bringing an original and upbeat sound to an otherwise homogenous scene. A week after their inception, they were sharing a bill with The Mob and Zounds. Hagar The Womb would go on to play with the likes of The Apostles, Poison Girls and Rubella Ballet before breaking up in 1985. A Brighter Shade Of Black puts together both of their 12" EPs, Word Of The Womb and Funnery in the Nunnery, as well as a common compilation favorite called "For The Ferrymen." The latter recorded by POISON GIRLS sometimes bassist, PETE FENDER, in the Poison Girls own X-N-Trix Studios. Reissued for the first time and limited to 1,000 copies." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: HEMPHILL, SID Title: The Devils Dream Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Multi-instrumentalist, band-leader, and composer Sid Hemphill (1876-1961) was for decades the musical patriarch of the Mississippi Hill Country. He and his band -- comprised of Alec Turpentine Askew, Will Head, and Lucius Smith were fixtures at dances, picnics, and frolics throughout the right triangle formed by Memphis, the Delta, and the Hill Country. This LP features Alan Lomaxs first recording of Blind Sid in August 1942, near Sledge, Mississippi, where the Hemphill band was appearing at a country picnic. By that date hundreds of commercial records had been made of the music of the Delta, and the preponderance of those were of or relating to the blues form, with guitar or piano accompaniment. Lomaxs recordings were the first made of the Hill Countrys local music, and contributed to a broader perspective of black vernacular instrumentation with their inclusion of the fiddle and banjo of the string band, the fife and drum ensemble, and the cane panpipes or quills. This music is wild & loose & of a style seldom heard. Includes liner notes insert by Nathan Salsburg." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: HURLEY, MICHAEL Title: Armchair Boogie Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"First ever vinyl reissue of Michaels hard to find classic 1972 2nd album. Hurley is a much respected singer songwriter (former member of the Holy Modal Rounders), & it is an honor for us to put this out. Features the following songs: Werewolf (a beautiful haunting song later covered by Cat Power), Grand Canyon Line, English Nobleman, Be Kind To Me, Troubled Waters, Red Ravagers Reel, Sweedeedee (also covered by Cat Power), Open Up, Jockos Lament, Light Green Fellow, Get The Best Of Me, Biscuit Roller, When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano, & Penguins (a beautiful dirge played by trumpets & guitars). New back cover & label designed by Michael himself." -Mississippi. Restocked.
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Artist: HURLEY, MICHAEL Title: Back Home with Drifting Woods Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $18.00 |
| "Unbelievably great Hurley recordings from 1964, never before heard. Recorded by Fred Ramsey as part of the same sessions that resulted in Michaels First Songs LP on Folkways. Side A starts with Whatll You Say, Whatll You Do, a pretty psychedelic classic that can very well put you into some kinda trance. After that we hear The Blues Comes Around - a sad drifty little tune, then Little Girl On Roller Skates with a rare Hurley harmonica solo and hallucinatory lyrics worthy of some examination and then a beautiful alternate take on one of Michaels all time greats - The Tea Song. Side B starts up with yet more alternate takes of songs from the Folkways LP - this time of Intersolar blues and I Like My Wine. After that we get to hear two great compositions for the first time, and man oh man are they pretty - Hey Hey Hey Hey and I Love You Babe. Real great stuff all around that we recommend for deep into it Hurley fans and newcomers to his art alike. Michael Hurley is a great American song writer with his own unique way of seeing the world and this LP is a great testament to his vision. Faux folkways wraparound cover with liner note insert by Hurley himself. Co-release with our friends Neros Neptune." - Mississippi. |
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Artist: HURLEY, MICHAEL Title: Blue Hills Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "New recordings by Michael. On this LP we find Hurley stretching out on six longer than usual compositions that are heartbreaking & beautiful as anything hes ever done. Side one features Hurley on a creaky pump organ & a hammond organ. Side two starts out with two newer compositions - just Michael on guitar & vocals. The record ends with a stunning version of Tea Song (which Michael originally wrote & recorded way back in 1963). We rarely resort to hyperbole on these descriptions, but we have to say that this LP is one of the more moving things weve ever heard. A sustained feeling of loss & need for redemption haunts this record. It aint easy listening, but then what worth a damn is?" -Mississippi. |
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Artist: HURLEY, MICHAEL Title: Fatboy Spring Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"A full LP of never before released Hurley recordings from 1972-73! Great early versions of classic Hurley songs such as Automatic Slim & the Fatboys, Drivin Wheel, Ghost woman Blues, Watchin the Show, and The Portland Water that come off for the most part better than later releases of these songs. Hurley is backed up by The Fatboys - not the rotund hip hop crew from the film Disorderlies, but rather a bunch of not so fat nice guys in Vermont who played mostly for the local dairy farmers. (Later they were known as Sheriff Mocus & the Deranged Cowboys) A laid back countryish album sure to please the hardcore Hurley fan and casual listener too. Deep and breezy. Cover painting by Michael. A co-release with our friends label in San Francisco, Secret Seven." - Mississippi.
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Artist: HURLEY, MICHAEL Title: Hi Fi Snock Uptown Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "A reissue of MICHAEL HURLEYs third LP. Originally recorded in 1972, this record finds Hurley exploring the full range of his stylistic canon and features some of his most loved songs such as "Water Train," "The Twilight Zone," "Eyes, Eyes" and "Blue Driver." Remastered from the original tapes." -Mississippi |
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Artist: HURLEY, MICHAEL Title: Parsnip Snips Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Originally released in 1997 in Germany in a press size of 500. These original copies were seized by the government shortly after the records release. Only 150 or so were sold before the seizing, but since then copies have leaked out of whatever dank German bureaucratic basement they were relegated to. Still, a very hard record to find for years, now back in print. Our current reissue was re-mastered from the original tapes and has superior sound quality to the original. Culled from Michaels unreleased output between his First Songs LP from 1964 and Armchair Boogie in 1972. All tracks feature just Michael and guitar. Absolutely beautiful folk music by the singular Snock -- in our opinion, one of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time." -Mississippi |
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Artist: HURLEY, MICHAEL & BETSY NICHOLS Title: Jockos Lament Format: 7" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "This little gem has four gentle, wistful, homespun duets recorded with a bit of humor in March 2009. Board sleeve with nice artwork by Hurley." - Mississippi. |
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Artist: JAMES, SKIP Title: 1931 Sessions Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"Twelve songs from Skips first recording session including Devil Got My Woman, Im So Glad, Hard Time Killing Floor Blues and Illinois Blues. Better sound quality than any reissue weve heard. It is Skip James though, so expect pops and crackles. A rarely-seen photo of Skip is hand-glued to each cover. Arguably one of the greatest blues musicians of all time in all his misanthropic glory. This record is equally sad as it is beautiful." -Mississippi.
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Artist: JAY, ABNER Title: Folk Song Stylist Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"Long awaited follow up to the True Story of Abner Jay LP. Abner Jay was a man who had a grand sweeping vision of what folk music was. In his lifetime his expression of what folk music could be encompassed some serious stylistic variations. Sometimes he was a one man band traveling troubadour playing an electric banjo, harmonica, & drums who tried to hoodwink audiences into believing that he was 150 years old & the standard bearer for authentic Americana. Sometimes he played in electric straight up R&B bands such as Koko Joe & the Jobhunters. Sometimes he claimed to be the black Bob Dylan strumming an acoustic guitar & singing socially conscious urban folk. On this LP we find Abner in all of these modes & more. (He also does a pop song about a submarine disaster & a beautiful gospel song). Culled from a mix of Abners 45s & LPs spanning the period 1964-1973, including Abners first long lost LP, which we reproduced the cover image for this LP from. We hope that this release will help to further the current wave of understanding that Abner Jay is an important artist who deserves a wider audience than he ever received during his lifetime. Comes with a self promotional pamphlet penned by Abner & a color photo of Abner. Housed in an old school tip on sleeve. We are very proud to get this incredibly hard to find material out into the world." -Mississippi
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Artist: JAY, ABNER Title: Last Ole Ministrel Man Format: 10" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "ABNER JAYs last recording session. Here we find him laying into five never before released compositions (...and one never released version of his popular tune "Cocaine) On these songs the usual one man band set up is put aside and replaced by a simple delicate acoustic guitar and harmonica accompaniment, with the exception of the rocking "My Middle Name Is The Blues," which has Abners classic sound in full force. The first track, "I Cried," is as sad as they come. The last track, "Too Poor To Live, Too Poor To Die," is almost too honest to bear. Beyond that is the strange blues number "Love Wheel." Altogether this 10-inch stands as a fitting last testament by one of Americas most neglected musical geniuses. Tip-on old school cover. Each copy includes two commemorative photos of Abner and a 16-page booklet with extensive liner notes by JACK TEAGUE, who recorded this session and palled around with Abner in his final days." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: JAY, ABNER Title: True Story Of Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Compilation culled from ABNER JAYs self released LPs and 7-inches featuring hits such as "Im So Depressed," "Cocaine," "Vietnam," and "The Reason Young People Do Drugs." Abner Jay was a one-man band singer/songwriter deserving of a wider listening audience than he received in his day. This is the first vinyl release of his material since the 1970s. Great soulful folk and R&B music. LP includes a press photo of Abner, transcriptions of his spoken word pieces, a reproduction of an informative pamphlet about Abner, and a press statement penned by Abner himself. Tip on jacket." -Mississippi. Repressed. |
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Artist: JOHNSON, BLIND WILLIE Title: Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground Format: Double LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"The complete works of Blind Willie Johnson (minus alternate takes of two songs) on one album for the first time! The most powerful gospel blues musician of all time growls & moans through twenty-nine amazing songs. Great duets, ballads & rockers. At times tough & at times tender slide guitar playing that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Not for the faint of heart. Beautiful clear transfers heard for the first time on vinyl. A onetime pressing not to be missed. Housed in a gatefold old school tip on sleeve." -Mississippi.
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Artist: JONES, EDDIE LEE & FAMILY Title: Yonder Go That Old Black Dog Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Stunning little known blues & spirituals recording session from 1965. BILL KOON recorded EDDIE LEE JONE and his families absolutely unique music in Eddie Lees home in Lexington Georgia. These, the only known recordings by Eddie Lee, are as heavy as blues can get. Atmospheric recordings with plenty of stomping & whooping & singing along by Eddie Lees family & neighbors. A real stunner from start to finish for fans of Fred Mcdowell, Blind Willie Johnson and so on. Old school "tip on" cover. Co-release with Sutro Park records." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: KERKAR, KESARBAI Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "One of the greatest Indian classical vocalists of all time. Kesarbia Kerkar rose up from the bottom of the cast system in India to become one of the countries most respected vocalists. These recordings from 1947 through 1953 are beautiful ragas not to be missed. First LP issue of her material available in the US; a real treasure for fans of our Abdul Karim Khan and Pandit Pran Nath releases. Beautiful, detailed liner notes by Ian Nagoski complete with photographs and sacred Tantra art. Old school tip on cover. A co-release with Canary records." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: KHAN, ABDUL KARIM Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"Compilation of 78s by the master of Indian classical vocal music. First U.S release dedicated to his work. Heavy & spiritual austere performances of 10 ragas. Not easy listening by any means but ultimately very rewarding. Comes in an old school tip on cover. Includes a 12 page booklet with many archival photographs & notes by Ian Nagoski." -Mississippi
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Artist: KLEENEX/LiLiPUT Title: Kleenex/LiLiPUT 1977-1983 Format: 4LP Boxset Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $55.00 |
| "One of the most unique punk bands of our time, hailed from Zurich, Switzerland. From 1978-80 Kleenex gigged around, recorded 2 7"s and toured the UK with such acts as Gang Of Four, Subway Sect, The Swell Maps and The Raincoats. In 1980, the group changed their name to LiLiPUT (due to pressures from the Kleenex tissue company) and continued under that moniker until their demise in 1983. As LiLiPUT, 3 more 7"s and 2 LP were released as the band evolved through numerous personnel changes. Finally the entire contents of the ever-popular Kill Rock Stars double CD is now available as a 4 LP set. Housed in a sturdy tip-on sleeve slipcase and includes a full-color 12-page booklet." -Mississippi |
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Artist: LEWLEWAL DE PODOR Title: Yiilo Jaam Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Hailing from northern Senegal, LEWLEWAL DE PODOR is a Pulaar guitar centric band that draws from the folk stylings of Fouta Toro. Featured on last years compilation Ishilan n-Tenere, their first ever full length ranges from mellow acoustic jam sessions to electrified hip shaking concerts. Recorded by CHRISTOPHER KIRKLEY. Comes with booklet and portrait studio photo. Old school "tip-on" cover. Co-release with Sahel Sounds." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: LEWLEWAL DE PODOR Title: Yiilo Jaam Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Hailing from northern Senegal, Lewlewal de Podor is a Pulaar guitar centric band that draws from the folk stylings of Fouta Toro. Featured on last years compilation Ishilan n-Tenere, their first ever full length ranges from mellow acoustic jam sessions to electrified hip shaking concerts. Recorded by Christopher Kirkley. Comes with booklet and portrait studio photo. Old school tip-on cover. Co-release with Sahel Sounds." - Mississippi/Little Axe. |
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Artist: LORCHESTRE NATIONAL A DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU MALI Title: LOrchestre National A de la Republique du Mali Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "The National A Orchestra was founded by the new government at Malis independence. They later divided into A and B formations. The A Orchestra was led by Keletigui Diabate, a multi-instrumental virtuoso. An album of incredible Malian music reissued for the first time since the 1970s. Eight tracks with beautiful vocals and guitar work. This is the second in a series of six Mali music LPs we will be reissuing from Sterns." - Mississippi. |
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Artist: MCDOWELL, FRED Title: Fred McDowell Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Reissue of the Arhoolie LP originally titled Fred McDowell - Volume 2. A beautiful set by the Mississippi blues legend. One of Freds best. Intense Delta blues." - Mississippi.
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Artist: MCDOWELL, FRED Title: The Alan Lomax Recordings Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "The first ever recordings of Fred McDowell! Recorded by Alan Lomax in 1959. The first vinyl release dedicated entirely to this phenomenal recording session. 12 songs that highlight the depth of his repertoire - from droning & hypnotic versions of songs that later became blues standards such as Shake Em On Down & Good Morning Little Schoolgirl to his deeply felt renditions of spirituals like Keep Your Lamp Trimmed & Burning . Accompanied at times by some amazing hair comb playing & beautiful backup vocals. Comes in an old school tip on sleeve with liner notes by Nathan Salsburg. A co-release with our friends Domino Sound. The stuff of dreams." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: MEDEH, HADRAMI OULD Title: Kamlat/La Mone Format: 7" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
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"Two songs from Mauritanian guitarist and singer HADRAMI OULD MEDEH. Originally pressed in Lebanon in 1970. There were 500 copies pressed but only distributed at shows. Before a second pressing could be made, war broke out in Lebanon." -Mississippi
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Artist: MEKURIA + THE EX & GUESTS, GETATCHEW Title: Moa Ambessa Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"GETATCHEW MEKURIA is a legendary Ethio-Jazz saxaphone player. Well documented in the Ethiopiques series, he continues to make amazing music into his seventies. This LP presents eleven new interpretations of Ethiopian tunes. Backed by the awesome force of The EX and a guest horn section." - Mississippi. Includes full color 8.5"x11" glossy 28-page magazine with interviews and historic photos.
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Artist: ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE MAURITANIE Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Recordings of Mauritanias first modern musical group with some never before released material. Formed in the 1960s, the Orchestre Nationale combined folk instrumentation with brass sections and electric guitars. Dreamy and hypnotic sessions are reminiscent of other post-colonial West African orchestras, but diverge with experiments in Mauritanian classical tradition. All but vanished into obscurity in the ensuing decades of military dictatorship, these recordings slated for destruction were salvaged during a 1978 coup détat. Comes with extensive liner notes. A co-release with the mighty Sahel Sounds label. Old school tip on covers." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: ORCHESTRE REGIONAL DE KAYES Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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Artist: ORCHESTRE REGIONAL DE MOPTI Title: Les Meilleurs Souvenirs De La 1ere Biennale Artistique Et Culturelle De La Jeunesse Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Recorded in 1970 as part of the First Biennale of Arts and Culture for the Young in Mali. The Regional Orchestra of Mopti was a state funded orchestra that participated in country wide music festivals and competitions. A hypnotic band featuring electric guitars & a large horn section. This is the first in a series of six Mali music LPs we will be reissuing this summer from Sterns. A serene and droning record that is both sorrowful & celebratory." -Mississippi |
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Artist: OVERSTREET, REV. LOUIS Title: His Guitar, His Four Sons, And The Congregation.. Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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..Of St. Lukes Powerhouse Church Of God In Christ. "Reissue of the Arhoolie LP recorded in 1962 at Overstreets church in Phoenix, Arizona with a slightly altered track listing. Includes two tracks previously unissued on vinyl. Recorded very live during a church service. Rev. Overstreet plays electric guitar and bass drum in his own driving & intense style while his four sons and the congregation take care of tambourine, backup singing and hand claps. A powerful record of gospel energy and testament." -Mississippi
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Artist: PAPAGIKA, MARIKA Title: The Further The Flame, The Worse It Burns Me Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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Includes 12-page booklet. "Marika Papagika was one of Greek musics greatest vocalists. She recorded 225 performances between 1918 & 1929. This LP features some of her most mystical & moving. Instrumental accompaniment is provided by various combinations of cymbalon, cello, violin & clarinet. Includes a booklet featuring all known photographs of Marika & extensive liner notes by Ian Nagoski, which shed much deserved light on one of the deepest artists of the Rembetika & Greek folk music scene. Record is housed in an old school tip on sleeve." - Mississippi.
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Artist: PHILLIPS, WASHINGTON Title: What Are They Doing in Heaven Today? Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"2nd edition with regular printed jacket. Original recordings from 1927-1929, with Phillips perhaps accompanied on the Dolceola (miniature piano-like instrument). Beautifully haunting music from Phillips. His sweetly-sung Christian blues, bathed in a celestial haze of notes from an instrument that sounds like a childs music box, stand out amongst the work of guitar evangelists and street corner Scripture-ites of the era. Phillips sacred porch songs provide evidence of a higher power, for how could man alone create music for the angels? These recordings sound remarkable from being from the 1920s."-Mississippi Records.
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Artist: RAIL BAND Title: Orchestre Rail-Band de Bamako Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Reissued for the first time, the legendary Malian Rail Bands classic 1970 debut LP. Based out of the Buffet Bar of the Station Hotel in Bamako, the band was sponsored by the Ministry of Information. Swirling Afro-Latin guitars & horns. Malian folk songs modernized & played by some of the countrys finest musicians including Tidani Kone & Salif Keita." -Mississippi |
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Artist: RANGE RATS Title: Range Rats Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Recorded in 1986 & completely unreleased until now - this is Fred & Toody Coles (Weeds, Lollipop Shoppe, Zipper, Torpedoes, Rats, Western Front, Desperate Edge, Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows, & so on) great lost country LP! All original compositions...some sad lilting ballads & some punk as hell. Two songs feature Fred & Toddy playing with Rollie, a janky Roland drum machine that didnt keep a consistent meter very well. The rest of the songs were recorded with a lean mean band. We are very proud to bring this LP into the world for the first time - another facet of the genius of Fred & Toody Cole & low-fi as can be. Housed in an oldschool tip-on sleeve." -Mississippi |
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Artist: RATS, THE Title: Intermittent Signals Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"The second release by Portlands own Rats, Fred and Toodys pre-Dead Moon outfit. This record hails from 1981 and holds a place in Portland punk history. Considerably better sound quality compared to the first record. Poster included and tip-on jacket." -Mississippi
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Artist: RATS, THE Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Formed in 1979 by Fred Cole from the 1960s garage rock band The Lollipop Shoppe. Cole played guitar and sang, his wife Toody played bass and sang, and initially Rod Rat played drums. Their sound was a raw mix of punk rock and garage rock with occasional country touches. Mississippi Records is the first to reissue this pre-Dead Moon classic." -Mississippi
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Artist: RIVERS, BOYD Title: You Cant Make Me Doubt Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "First full length album by one of the greatest gospel musicians of all time! Boyd Rivers was an amazing but unfortunately, little known gospel artist. Comparisons could be made to Charlie Jackson, but in the end not too many people sound anything like Boyd Rivers. Side one features Boyd playing stunning electric guitar & belting out 6 incredibly heavy songs. Side two finds Boyd playing acoustic guitar -- a bit mellower but still impassioned. All the material on this album has never been released, with the exception of Fire In My Bones -- the title track of the Case Quarter 3 CD gospel compilation. (Its also on our Last Time Around compilation) Its somewhat unbelievable that Boyd has not been heard more out in the world -- but so it goes. Includes liner notes by Amos Harvey. Old school tip on cover." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: ROCKMORE, CLARA Title: The Art Of The Theremin Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"This LP, originally recorded and released by Delos International in 1977, features the eerily beautiful theremin accompanied by piano. A record of stark simplicity & emotional intensity. We are proud to present the first ever vinyl reissue of this material. Gatefold tip on cover with extensive liner notes detailing the history & inner workings of the theremin & Clara Rockmore." Presented by Shirleigh and Robert Moog, with piano accompaniment by Nadia Reisenberg. This is actually a reproduction of the (superior) 1981 Japanese pressing of the original 1977 Delos International release." -Mississippi
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Artist: SPENCE, JOSEPH Title: Bahaman Guitarist: Good Morning Mr. Walker Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"Reissue of the Arhoolie LP recorded in 1971. Joseph Spence was a highly original guitarist and vocalist from the Bahamas. His music is hard to describe - extreme guitar runs with joyful vocalese rambled along with it. This album includes hits such as Out On The Rolling Sea and Sloop John B. One of our favorite LPs of all time. Silk screened cover glued over a hand manufactured Folkways style cover." - Mississippi.
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Artist: SPIRITUAL SINGERS Title: Ntsamina Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Congolese gospel group from the early 70s. Loose-knit, almost Shaggs-like rhythms. Accompanied by male and female vocals. From slow dirges reminiscent of Beatles pop melodies to fast African rockers inspired by American 50s R&B. A truly unique record. Full-color beautiful cover in the stylish tip-on sleeve." -Mississippi
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Artist: THOMAS, HENRY Title: Bull Doze Blues Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Twelve of our favorite songs by amazing Texas blues songster HENRY THOMAS. Thomas recorded a couple dozen sides between 1927-29 often accompanying himself on the quills, a pan flute sounding instrument. A traveling musician with an older style than many of the country blues musicians recorded in the 20s. Includes his classic numbers Fishing Blues, Railroadin Some, Honey, Wont You Allow Me One More Chance, the beautiful gospel number Jonah in the Wilderness and many more." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: THOMAS, URAL Title: Fade Away/Smile Format: 7" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "The fourth volume in our North Portland Music Series -- a most unusual record. Ural recorded this in his house with a bunch of neighborhood kids back in 1970. Fade Away is reminiscent of the bad trip portion of Sly & the family Stones Theres A Riot Goin On. A lazy funk riff is accompanied by drony vocal incantations & kids blowing into sawed off bed posts as if they were trumpets! It really happened. Smile is a more straightforward simple ballad wherein Ural sends a positive message out to the world. Ural self pressed 300 copies of this way back when just to prove to the kids accompanying him on it that they can do anything they want if they put their minds to it. Its message rings true today. Housed in a thick old school tip on sleeve." -Mississippi |
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Artist: THOMAS, URAL Title: Push Em Up/ Deep Within My Heart Format: 7" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "The third volume in our North Portland Music Series, two great soul songs by local legend Ural Thomas recorded in 1960. Push em, Up is an upbeat soul stomper for the dance floor. Deep Within My Heart is a pretty ballad with tight harmonies & lots of groove. Ural is an underappreciated musician who toured opening for Otis Redding back in the day, had James Brown plagiarize his style, played in countless bands in Portland & Seattle, built a house out of debris salvaged from the Willamette river, mentored countless kids in the neighborhood, & probably wrestled an alligator or two. Proof that unsung heroes live right in our backyard. Housed in a thick old school tip on sleeve." -Mississippi |
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Artist: TILLIS, PERRY Title: In Times Like These Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Perry Tillis was born July 29, 1919, in Elba, Alabama , and began playing his brand of rambling blues at a very early age. He continued playing the blues and singing gospel, despite going blind, up until his death on November 3, 2004. In the 40s Tillis played the Chicago blues circuit. However, when a revelation convinced him it was the devils music, he moved back home and began preaching the gospel. This LP is culled from 72 hours of cassette tapes recorded during the last 10 years of Tillis life. Extremely lo-fi gospel with Tillis playing guitar and singing into boombox. Not for the faint of heart. This is a first time release of this material. Liner notes included with archival photos. Tip-on jackets." -- Mississippi Records
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Artist: V/A Title: A Short Life of Trouble Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Compilation of truly great sorrowful American ballads recorded between 1927 and 1943. Songs mostly about murder, death, and broken hearted-ness. Lots of intense minor chords and stark gritty vocals. Artists include Emry Arthur, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Red Hot Old Mose, the DeZurik Sisters, Shortbuckle ORourke and Family, Jimmie Tarlton, Mississippi John Hurt and more. Mountain bluesmen and songsters presenting their darkest & most intense work. Old school tip on sleeves." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Assiyo Bellema Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "All hits compilation of late 1960s to early 1970s Ethiopian soul and R n B. Very intensely groove oriented material by some of Ethiopias top musicians. Includes songs by Mulatu Astatke, Seyfou Yohannes, Ayelew Mesfin, Getatchew Kassa, and the mighty Abbebe Tessemma. Nonstop party. Old school tip on sleeve." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Bed Of Pain Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Excellent compilation of Greek rembetika/folk/mortika music. Dark and beautiful 78s about love, crime, death, drugs and so on. All songs never reissued on LP before. Extensive liner notes by Ian Nagoski with great photos. A co-release with Canary records. Old school tip on cover. A real winner." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Been Here All My Days Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, George Mitchell recorded extensively in the South. Mitchell concentrated mainly on local blues traditions, recording some famous bluesmen and many otherwise ignored artists. The George Mitchell Collection was originally released as a series of forty-five EPs on Fat Possum; this LP contains our favorite fourteen tracks. This LP represents songs from many well-known blues musicians such as Fred McDowell, Furry Lewis and Joe Calicott as well as some from criminally under-represented artists like Jessie Mae Hemphill, Rosa Lee Hill and John Lee Ziegler. Comes with a short booklet of photos, discographical notes and recollections." -Mississippi.
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Artist: V/A Title: Brass Pins And Match Heads: International 78s Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Compilation of deep 78s from all over the world -- India, Iran, Anatolia, Portugal, Switzerland, Greece, Macedonia, Spain, America and more. Compiled by Ian Nagoski, as sort of a sequel to the String of Pearls compilation we put out a couple years back. Beautiful, austere performances by master instrumentalists and vocalists. Comes with four pages of liner notes. Tip-on, old-school cover." -Mississippi |
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Artist: V/A Title: Fanafody: A Collection of Recordings and Photography From Madigasikara Vol. 2 Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "The second volume of recordings in Mississippis series of Madagascar music. From the archives of Montreal recordist, CHARLIE BROOKS. While containing some similar artists as volume one (Fanajana), Fanafody focuses more on his second trip through the island during 2002 featuring violin players and throat breathing singers. Includes extensive photography and liner notes booklet." -Mississippi |
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Artist: V/A Title: Fanajana Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "A Collection Of Recordings And Photography From Madagasikara. Over a three year period in the late 1990s, Charlie Brooks embarked on two long field recording trips in Madagasikara. Brooks primarily concentrated on the more remote north and west regions of the island. Upon his return in 1999 he pressed 200 copies of a triple record and stored them under his bed for the last ten years. The three themed LPs: Vocal, Valiha Marovany and Miscellaneous Instruments were released as the now out-of-print MR-061 Fihavanana. This single LP collection compiles seventeen tracks from Fihavanana. Comes with a twelve page booklet of photography and notes." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Fight On, Your Time Aint Long Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Compilation of sanctified blues recorded between 1927-1934. This is our sequel to the popular Life Is A Problem LP. Twelve songs of pure guitar-driven gospel. This slab is as melodic as it is rockin. Features songs by Bukka White, Willie Mae Morris, Bo Weevil Jackson, Kid Prince Moore and more. This is packaged in the old-fashioned tip-on sleeve." -Mississippi
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Artist: V/A Title: Five Minutes to Midnight Format: 10" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Very austere and intense gospel performances culled from very small label 7 inches. Lo-fi guitar based recordings from the 1960s and 1970s that will put the hairs on the back of your neck on end. No holds bared songs that tackle the meat of the matter only - birth, love and death. Gospel music that speaks of the human condition in a way that Christians and secular folks can get behind. Old school tip on cover." - Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Hasabe Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Absolutely killer compilation of Ethiopian R&B from the golden age of Ethiopian music. Classic performances by Lemma Demissew, Tlahoun Gessesse, Sefu Yohannes, Bahta Gebre Heywet, Teshome Meteku, Mahmoud Ahmed and Alemeyahu Eshete. All songs never reissued on vinyl before. A nonstop party record that we can recommend without any reservations. The third LP in our continuing series of releases culled from the monumental Ethiopiques series." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: I Dont Feel at Home in this World Anymore 1927-1948 Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
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"This compilation is our tribute to the music made in the U.S. between 1927 and 1948. We decided not only to focus on traditional genres (blues, old-time, Cajun), but to also show the music that was brought by the boatloads of immigrants coming to these shores. Their music influenced and still affects our culture today. The album starts off with a heavenly example of Greek rebetica from Marika Papagika. Also featured is early Tex-Mex pioneer Lydia Mendoza and gospel duo Two Gospel Keys. The latter gives us our title track. Louisiana Cajun music is beautifully executed by artists Cleoma Falcon and Blind Uncle Gaspard with Dela Lachney. The Blue Sky Boys may be considered old-time, but their haunting, melancholic harmonies belong in their own genre. The Caresser and Wilmouth Houdini bring on the Calypso with that New York jazz flavor. Hawaiian slack key guitar is demonstrated by Mike Hanapis Ilima Islanders and Mme. Rivieres Hawaiians. Aside from Calypso, NY was also a big hub for Jewish klezmer, as shown by Jacob Hoffman playing with Henry Kandels Orchestra. Sexteto Bolona is a great example of the roots of salsa and theres even a mystery track by an unknown Indonesian folk singer of the time. The comp ends with blues performer Big Boy Cleveland with his oddly original Quill Blues. A beautiful record from beginning to end." -Mississippi Records.
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Artist: V/A Title: I Wish I Never Came: To What a Strange Place Vol. 2 Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "A compilation of 78s recorded between 1916 and 1930. On this LP we find recent immigrant music from masters of Greek. Armenian, Turkish, Egyptian and Syrian music. Beautiful performances by luminaries Achilleas Poulos, Nishan Kelijikan, Kosroff Malool, Maria Symyrnea, Marika Papagika and many others. Liner notes by Ian Nagoski. One time limited pressing. A co-release with Canary Records." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: I Woke Up One Morning In May Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Sequel to our Last Kind Words compilation. All country blues recorded between 1927-1934. Features favorites such as Memphis Minnie, Lottie Kimbrough & Robert Wilkins. This slab also has a few of our favorite obscurities like Little Hat Jones and Louie Lasky. Fourteen songs -- all classics! Full color beautiful cover in the stylish tip-on sleeve." Other artists include: Cryin Sam Collins, Henry Spaulding, Kansas Joe McCoy, Buster Johnson, Elvie Thomas, Willie Baker, Blind Blake, Charlie McCoy and Joe Callicott.
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Artist: V/A Title: Ill Be So Glad When The Sun Goes Down Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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"Fourth installment in the Field Recordings From Alan Lomaxs "Southern Journey", 1959-1960 series, featuring recordings from Blue Ridge instrumentalist Wade Ward performing alongside an eighty-one year old Charlie Higgins, sought-after Mississippi church singers James Short and Viola James, more from Fred McDowell ("Woke Up This Morning"), a locally composed religious piece written from words spoken by Mountain View, Arkansas resident Joseph Looney while on his deathbed, Hillsville, Virginias The Mountain Ramblers, spiritual singers from the Georgia Sea Island of St. Simons and banjo master Hobart Smiths "Banging Breakdown." -Mississippi
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Artist: V/A Title: Ill Meet You On That Other Shore Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Third installment in the Field Recordings From Alan Lomaxs "Southern Journey", 1959-1960 series, featuring recordings from Fred McDowell, Carlos "Bookmiller" Shannons rendition of "The Eighth of January" (another variation of which -- "The Battle Of New Orleans" -- was a Billboard charting hit by Johnny Horton in 1959), a medley of classic African American spirituals by Virginias Union Choir of the Church of God and Saints of Christ, lined hymns from Kentuckys George Spangler and a Baptist Church congregation, Ozark balladeer Neal Morris, work songs from Mississippi State Penitentiary, a previously unissued version of "Moses Was A Servant Of The Lord" performed by Charles Barnett (vocal and washtub) and Arkansas Almeda "Granny" Riddle performing "Rainbow Mid Lifes Willows," based on a British broadsheet originally published in 1631." -Mississippi |
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Artist: V/A Title: Im Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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"Fifth installment in the Field Recordings From Alan Lomaxs "Southern Journey", 1959-1960 series, featuring recordings from North Carolinas Mountaineers, migratory labor songs from fishermen The Bright Light Quartet, a stark religious meditation on the end of days from Virginia service station owner E.C. Ball, Bessie Jones (later a touring performer) singing the spiritual "Daniel In The Lions Den," an evening worship service at a Pentecostal Temple in Memphis, Emma Hammonds dance tune "Shout Lula," an excerpt from Alabama religious radio testimony and music performed on caned panpipes (or quills) at a country picnic in Senatobia, Mississippi." -Mississippi
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Artist: V/A Title: In The Storm So Long Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"A compilation of gospel songs from the Pitch/Gussman label. Raw and ragged 1960s & 1970s recordings made in Georgia. Most tracks have a heavy guitar sound with loads of reverb. At times haunting and at times joyous. Real rockin homemade music by and for the people. Old school "tip on" sleeve. Liner note sheet too. Great stuff." -Mississippi.
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Artist: V/A Title: Ishilan N-tenere Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Compilation of recent field recording made by CHRIS KIRKLEY (Sahel Sounds). All tracks feature acoustic guitar players & vocalists from Senegal & Northern Mali, with the exception of the last song which is a rocking Tuareg electric guitar band. Beautiful music by some of Africas finest griots. At times melancholic and at others romantic pop music. We think this is one of our strongest releases ever. Old school tip on cover. Comes with a 16-page full color booklet featuring descriptive notes & beautiful never before published photos." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Laila Je Taime Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Beautiful field recording compilation of guitar music from the Western Sahel. A wide spectrum of styles is covered here in stripped down variations of regional styles ranging from the deep acoustic ballads and nostalgic folk songs to Western pop cover songs. Street musicians and professional stage bands are featured in intimate and informal sessions in village houses or around desert campfires, complete with the occasional car horn or motorcycle rumble in the distance. Highlights of over three years of field recordings, includes a full color booklet with many photos and liner notes by Christopher Kirkley. Old school tip on cover. A co-release with the Sahel Sounds label." - Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Last Kind Words (1926-1953) Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"2nd edition with regular printed jacket. Incredibly well compiled 20s-30s era blues comp. High quality of sound for the time period of its recordings. This compilation is filled with the most accessible blues songs made to be appreciated by enthusiasts and those new to the genre. Features Blind Willie McTell, Memphis Minnie, Geechie Wiley, etc." -Mississippi
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Artist: V/A Title: Last Time Around Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Part three in Mississippi Records series exploring the rawest side of gospel music (Part one being the Life Is A Problem compilation & part two being the Oh Graveyard, You Cant Hold Me Always compilation) Moving ballads sit side by side with incredibly rocking crunchy guitar workouts. The recordings span the 1950s through to the 80s, but the sound is timeless & consistently soulful like you wont believe. Artists include Precious Bryant, Isaiah Owens, The Hickory Bottom Harmoneers, Boyd Rivers, The Straight Street Holiness Group & many more. We are very proud of this one. Housed in an old school tip on sleeve." -Mississippi |
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Artist: V/A Title: Life Is a Problem Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
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"Compilation of raw electric guitar-based gospel recorded between 1949 & 1976. Hard to find & unreleased gospel that makes most rock & roll sound weak & contained. Features Utah Smith, Rev. Lonnie Farris, Sister O.M Terrill & many lesser known artists. 14 tracks in all." -Mississippi.
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Artist: V/A Title: Lipa Kodi Ya City Council Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: US Price: $13.50 |
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"We consider this some of the most beautiful music in the world. This LP contains hard to find pan-African music in the styles of R&B (Moussa Doumbi), pop (Kabushi & Mwenya, Frida Sonko), highlife (George Mukabi, Isaya Mwino), folk (Yaseen Mohammed & Saada), palm wine guitar music (S.E. Rogie), Juju (Sami Kamar & The Black Diamonds) and choral music (Noviciat de Soeurs Missionaires). Twelve tracks total from Mali, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Somalia, Uganda and Rwanda. Recordings made from 1967-1972." - Mississippi Records. Highly recommended!
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Artist: V/A Title: Love Is Love Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
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"A very unusual little collection -- one that brings together guitar-based numbers from a variety of African sources -- then packages the whole thing with a relatively discreet sort of presentation! The styles here are mostly pre-funk, but offer up some creative use of the guitar -- or the "dry guitar", if you will -- in tracks that mostly have a relatively spare sort of sound, and which mix guitar with bits of percussion, vocals, flute, and other instrumentation. Titles include "Sax Jive" by Leribe, "Castle Beer" by William Siwale & Friends, "Jumbe" by Elija Ishmael, "Tumshukuru" by W John Ondolo, "Ulayinda" by George Kazoka, "Khukhaua" by Jimmy Amukamua, and "Love Is Love" by Alemanyo Eshintay." - Mississippi.
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Artist: V/A Title: Mata la Pena Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Compilation focusing on mellow dramatic music from around the world. Everything from Calypso to Flamenco to Thai ballads to Indonesian instrumentals to American country to Hawaiian music. Designed as a sort of sequel to our I Dont Feel At Home In This World Anymore compilation. Cover art by Chris Johaanson." Heavyweight sleeve with paste-on cover. -Mississippi |
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Artist: V/A Title: Mortika: Recordings From A Greek Underworld Format: Double LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $25.00 |
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"Amazing 2LP set of Greek underground folk music sometimes called Rembetica and/or Greek Oriental Music. Compiled by Tony Klein. Songs about drugs, sex, crime, poverty, and heartbreak. Housed in a box and includes 20 page notes with extensive archival photos and full lyric translations." - Mississippi.
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Artist: V/A Title: Naughty Girl: To What a Strange Place Vol. 1 Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "The music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora. A compilation of 78s recorded between 1916 and 1930. On this LP we find recent immigrant music from masters of Greek, Armenian, Turkish, Egyptian & Syrian music. Classic, austere performances by deep musicians: Markos Sifnios, Kosroff Malool, Naim Karakand, Achilleas Poulos, and many others. Liner notes by Ian Nagoski. One time limited pressing. A co-release with Canary Records." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Notes from Home: To What a Strange Place Vol. 3 Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "The Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora. A compilation of 78s recorded between 1905 and 1930. On this LP we find a small, but stylistically broad, cross-section of nostalgic recordings from Greece, Turkey, Syria and Egypt.; the beautiful music that recent immigrants listened to to remind them of their homeland. Distant voices from as long ago as 1905. Liner notes by Ian Nagoski. One time limited pressing. A co-release with Canary Records." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Oh Graveyard, You Cant Hold Me Always Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"Compilation of hard-to-find gospel recorded in the 1960s & early 1970s. More mediative & well-produced material than the Life Is A Problem LP. Nice old school tip-on sleeves. Great stuff. Artists include: Mosby Family Singers, Straight Street Holiness Group, Laura Rivers, Rev. Lonnie Farris, Radio Four, Joe Townsend, White Family, Silver Quintette, James Carter & The Mighty Stars, Farris & Williams, Brother Willie Eason, Traveling Echoes, and Sensational Happy Travellers." -Mississippi
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Artist: V/A Title: Rain Dont Fall On Me Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
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"A compilation of prewar country blues & gospel. Features popular artists such as BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON, GARY DAVIS, BUKKA WHITE, and MEMPHIS MINNIE alongside unfairly less documented artists such as SONNY BOY & HIS PALS, LULU JACKSON and WILLIE MAE WILLIAMS. Could be viewed as a sequel to Mississippis Last Kind Words compilation. Some heavy meditative songs and some dance numbers too." - Mississippi.
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Artist: V/A Title: Rocket Infinity: The Global Rise of Rocking Music, 1942-62 Format: 10" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Rock n rolls rise around the world from 78s, 1942 - 1962. A rousing eight song 10" featuring pre-rock n roll sounds from around the globe. Music that was influenced by early American rockin music and, in turn, influenced the western world. Youll hear early Bollywood swinging rock from India, lively jazz from Zimbabwe, cumbia from Columbia, traditional music mutated into pop from Japan and Egypt, and even a polka. A real wild ride. Liner notes by Ian Nagoski. Old school tip on cover. Limited one time edition. A co-release with our friends Canary Records." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Sticks Over My Shoulder Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "A compilation of Georgia bluesmen who play all in a style of their own. Truly great recordings made by George Mitchell between 1979-1981. Features the hypnotic sounds of John Lee Ziegler, the incredibly rockin drumand guitar music of James Davis, the hair-stands-up-on-the-back-of-your-neck voice and guitar of William Robertson (also known as Cecil Barfield!), the unique doaist playing of Jimmy Lee Williams and the ragged and beautiful music of Jim Bunkley. Really just the best blues music you could ever hope to hear. Another testament to the brilliant ear of George Mitchell, who traveled the south in search of the real stuff and found it. Old school tip on cover." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Street Music of Yogyakarta Format: LP + 7" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "In 1978 JACK BODY recorded an amazing amount of street musicians in Java. His ear was geared not just towards traditional folk forms of music but also to all the new hybrids of pop street music. Here we find a mix of his recordings that really cannot be classified easily. Influences on the music include Bollywood soundtracks, American rock & pop, Javanese traditional songs and modern gamelan music. All these recordings were made in the street so you can hear babies crying, car horns & food frying throughout. Raw folk music by and for the people, this is the real deal. There was too much good music to fit on an LP, so weve included a free bonus 7-inch 33 RPM EP of material. Comes in old-school "tip on" sleeves. Includes a booklet with liner notes by Jack Brody. A truly unique record filled with beautiful and stirring sounds." -Mississippi |
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Artist: V/A Title: String of Pearls Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
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"A compilation of international 78s compiled by Ian Nagoski (compiler of the Black Mirror CD on Dust To Digital). 14 amazing songs ranging from Calypso, Indian vocal music, Jewish Cantorals, Native American chants etc. Includes a two-page insert with detailed notes on each song." -Mississippi
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Artist: V/A Title: The Devil Is Busy In Knoxville Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Compilation of early gospel recordings spanning from 1927 - 1955. Sanctified blues by the Two Gospel Keys, Mother McCollum, Blind Rosevelt Graves, Lottie Bracey, Sister O.M Terrell & Rev. IB Ware. Beautiful slow country gospel by the Anglin Brothers & Delmore Brothers, Intense vocal performances by the New Gospel Keys, Elder Richard Briant & the Silent Grove Baptist Church Congregation, & much more! All killer no filler compilation that rocks hard & gets deep & sad too. Old school tip on cover. Limited one time pressing." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: The United Sacred Harp Convention - The Alan Lomax Recordings, 1959 Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "The first stereo recordings of the Fiery choral sounds of Sacred Harp singing! Recorded by Alan Lomax at Corinth Baptist Church in 1959. Over 300 singers performing shape note music, shaking the walls & doors. Very intense & beautiful performances. Liner notes by Nathan Salsburg with excerpts from essays by Alan Lomax. Limited one time pressing." -Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Time Will Make A Change Format: LP/7" Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Heavy compilation of hard to find gospel 7"s. A meditation on mortality & the meaning of life. Side A features some fairly lo-fi but intense & emotional performances. Side B gets even more lo-fi, but also a bit more rocking. Mostly guitar based ensembles & solo performers with the occasional sparse organ & drums. Artists include Mira Jean Clark, Rev. R Henderson, the Whirlwinds, Ike Gordon, Bishop McDaniels & many more. Comes with a bonus 7" featuring the amazing Ethel Proffit on guitar & vocals performing Death is not the end & Life is a battle! One of our best compilations ever & not for the faint of heart. Old school tip on cover." - Mississippi. |
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Artist: V/A Title: Wave The Ocean, Wave The Sea Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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"People were saying that Southern folk song was dead, that the land that had produced American jazz, the blues, the spirituals, the mountain ballads and the work songs had gone sterile." -- Alan Lomax, 1960.
"In 1959 and 1960, at the height of the Folk Revival, Alan Lomax undertook the first-ever stereo field recording trip through the American South to document its still thriving vernacular musical culture. He traveled through Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, and North Carolina, making over 70 hours of recordings. The trip came to be known as Lomaxs Southern Journey, and its recordings were first issued for the Atlantic and Prestige labels in the early 60s. Those, however, as well as subsequent releases on New World and Rounder Records, are now all out of print. To remedy this, and to celebrate the Southern Journeys 50th anniversary, Mississippi Records and the Alan Lomax Collection have collaborated on five commemorative LPs, spanning the breadth of Lomaxs 59-60 Southern recordings, drawing on new transfers of the original 1/4" tapes, and featuring a considerable amount of previously unreleased material. The five LP volumes feature singing siblings Hobart Smith and Texas Gladden from Saltville, Virginia; menhaden fishermens chorus the Bright Light Quartet; the Young Brothers Mississippi Hill Country fife and drum band; Blue Ridge instrumentalists Wade Ward and Charlie Higgins; Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers; work songs and hollers from Parchman Farm; congregational hymns from African American and white Appalachian meeting-houses; Alabamas singing washerwoman Vera Ward Hall; the 1959 United Sacred Harp Convention; and the debut recordings of bluesman Fred McDowell, among much else. Each volume is being sold separately with its own distinctive packaging. All come with a 12-page booklet featuring many never before published photos. Old school tip on sleeves & beautiful sound. Not to be missed!" -Mississippi
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Artist: V/A Title: What Remains of Eden Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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Subtitled: Anatolian & Levantine Music 1928-1952. "Compilation of Anatolian & Levantine 78s recorded between 1928 & 1952. From the regions now known as Turkey, Syria, Lebanon & Egypt. Beautiful classical solo improvisations, folk songs & ensemble rockers -- all never reissued before on LP. Compiled by Ian Nagoski. Extensive liner notes featuring a meditation on the supposed site of the Garden of Eden, details on the artists & photos. A co-release with Canary records." - Mississippi.
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Artist: V/A Title: Worried Now, Wont Be Worried Long Format: LP Label: Mississippi Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
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"Second installment in the Field Recordings From Alan Lomaxs "Southern Journey", 1959-1960 series, featuring recordings from blues singer Sidney Carter, seventy year-old Norman Edmonds, Rosa Lee (or Rosalie) Hill performing on Fred McDowells porch, two Mississippi gospel groups, the United Sacred Harp Convention in 1959 Alabama, the first-ever recordings of the fife and drum music of the Mississippi Hill Country and The Bright Light Quartet, a group of fishermen recorded in Virginia in 1960." -Mississippi
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Artist: OVERSTREET, REV. LOUIS Title: Theres No Future In Gaining The World Format: 7" Label: Mississippi/Small Axe Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "Two songs by REVEREND LOUIS OVERSTREET, originally self released on his Overstreet Records in the 1970s. Recorded when Overstreet had relocated to Portland, Oregon and featuring his future wife MARY FORBES." -Mississippi/Small Axe. |
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Artist: EXPLODE INTO COLORS Title: Quilts Format: 12" + 7" Label: MLadys Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "At long last, and after so many wild adventures, MLadys releases their first ever 12-inch long-playing record: EXPLODE INTO COLORS are one of the most fantastic groups on the planet, and this compiles their three now very hard-to-find singles. Packaged in embossed all-white sleeves. Mastered for maximum seismic disturbance by the esteemed BOB WESTON. So devastating, so ridiculously good. First 500 copies include a bonus 7-inch." -MLadys |
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Artist: TALK NORMAL Title: Lone General Format: 7" Label: MLadys Country: USA Price: $5.00 |
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"Double A-sided treasure from one of the finest duos around, TALK NORMALs first new material in quite some time, and boy is it something to behold. A tantalizing window into what lies ahead for them, truly. Sleeve art by the esteemed KIM GORDON (before you ask, yes.) A TRUE STUNNER. 2nd edition of 200 copies on mystery color vinyl." - MLadys.
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Artist: TYVEK Title: Fast Metabolism Format: LP Label: MLadys Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "At long last, the vinyl debut of this flawless compilation of Tyveks early singles. Unstoppable, much like a juggernaut or an avalanche. An avalanche of hits! People have been asking us about this record for over two years now, so were really excited to finally have it here. Deluxe tip-on sleeve, with lyrics for the first time! Issued in conjunction with our comrades at Water Wing Records in Portland, a subsidiary of Mississippi Records! Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk and Bob Weston for maximum scree and scrum." - MLadys |