This week's CD update contains releases by:
Ad Ombra * Agnivolok * Amina * Antenne * Apart * Ben Nash * Bisclaveret * Bitcrush * Bleiburg * Cars Can Be Blue * Chap * Cold Fusion and Rukkanor * Colours * Crisis * Cyclotimia * David Ramos * Death In June * Disharmony * Down In June * Dr. Boogie * Earl Rodney * Emeralds * Fiery Furnaces, The * Future Sound of London * Glenn Branca * Gregorio Bardini * Hard Place * Haven * Heavensore * Heaviness * Hotpants Romance * Infinite Livez Vs Stade * Jason Crest * Jennifer Gentile/Kawabata Makoto * Joe Grimm * John Matthias * Ken Ikeda * Kenji Siratori * Las Malas Amistades * Late, The * Lights Out Asia * Lil' Kim * Lydia Lunch * M.E.V. * Majdanek Waltz * Mathieu Ruhlmann + Celer * Maurizio Bianchi/siegmar Fricke * Merzbow * Miaou * Michael and Spider * Michael Mantra * Milton Cross * Minoru Sato + Asuna * Minox with Lydia Lunch * Mixel Pixel * Mr. Scruff * Mucca Pazza * Mykal Xul * Near The Parenthesis * Nimh * Nucleus * Opitope * Oxyd * Painting Petals on Planet Ghost * Peace, The * Peanut Butter Conspiracy * Pentangle * Phragments * Pomassl * Rudimentary Peni * Runhild Gammelsaeter * Sabicas * Samhain * Seven That Spells * Shout Out Louds * Silence and Strength * Silence And Strength * Smile Down Upon Us * Smittens, The * Soft Machine * Soundpool * Spoon * Sprung aus den Wolken * Stefan Fraunberger * Steve Gunn * Stone Harbour * Sunforest * Teenage Filmstars * Teenage Jesus & The Jerks * Testing Vault * This Bike is a Pipe Bomb * Troum * Tubes, The * Vaious Artists * Warner Jepson * Wire, The * Yair Etziony
[ F E A T U R E D R E L E A S E S ]
Future Sound of London - Environments CD (Jumpin' and Pumpin')
[1378497] $21.75
RELEASE DATE: 07-22-2008
Described by collectors this is the long lost album by FSOL. Released
and
then lost in 1993 following the bands most successful album LIFE FORMS it
went into the archives as the bands label then folded.
Michael and Spider - Iridescent Garden CD (Lavender Records)
[LAV04] $9.00
Take equal parts of Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman and Martin Denny. Add a
dash
of Yma Sumac, Link Wray, Santo & Johnny and The Ventures. Blend until
smooth and lush, removing kitsch through strainer. Pour into tall tiki mug
and garnish with a sweet red cherry and a paper umbrella. Q: How would you
describe “Iridescent Garden, exotica reinvented” in
terms of the music?
Michael: It’s magical, tropical, romantic, decadent, lush,
wicked, dark,
sonic, mysterious, surreal, gorgeous and gilded. Spider: We took vintage
exotica and turned it upside-down on its head, adding our own modern twist
while still remaining faithful to the genre.
[ . . . ]
Ad
Ombra - Rites of Genesis CD (Rage in Eden) [09597] $19.50
Romanian project Ad Ombra's debut album "Rites of Genesis" (equinox
tremendum) offers a suite in 15 parts of Dramatic Orchestral art, rooted in
the timeless fragrance of Classical music, adorned with Eastern lullabies,
funeral dirges, monumental choirs and operatic female chants, theatrical
soliloquies, industrial hues of a dark disturbing manner, all coagulated in
order to depict the aesthetical testimonies of the project's mastermind,
George D. Stanciulescu. A spiral of emotions, thoughts, opalescent visions,
essential recurrences, for Creation's shrine that stands as a living mirror
where everyone can reflect the(m)selves. For fans of Elend, Stoa, Sophia
and Chaostar. 15 tracks, 42 minutes, 3 panel matt digipack with original
artwork by Luna.
Agnivolok - Sculptor CD (The Eastern Front) [09616] $19.50
CD reissue of the "Sculptor" album previously released on 12"LP by
Stateart. Now on CD with a previously unreleased bonus track "Angels". The
alchemy of Agnivolok, an Israeli ensemble of musicians whose roots lie in
the depths of Russia and the Ukraine, takes you to a place where
unspeakable events fall into place... An impressive musical meltdown that
takes traditional music into a new dimension. Passionate folk, rich of
eastern and oriental characteristics, skillfully combined with experimental
acoustic ambient layers, and a female voice that is haunted by melancholy.
Agnivolok is Near Life Experience - traditional music for spiritual
travellers. Limited, hand-numbered edition of 1000 copies in nice 3-panel
digisleeve.
Agnivolok - Cherries CD (The Eastern Front) [09617] $19.50
The album was planned to be released on a few years ago under the
original
title "Cherries for the Golden Skull"
Amina - Animamina CD (Workers Institute) [TWI1] $6.25
The debut EP from the women of Iceland's AMINA, who've played on the
last
two SIGUR ROS albums, an ALBUM LEAF record, and EFTERKLANG's Tripper
full-length. Four tracks of interwoven beauty performed with violin, viola
and cello, along with an assortment of malleted instruments, a glassophone,
and various stringed instruments picked up around the world.
Antenne - 3 CD (Beta-Lactam Ring) [HR0020] $14.00
RELEASE DATE: 07-01-2008
***This recording weaves a fine web of electronic and acoustic
elements,
crafting a world where noise becomes melody, twisting through a tangled web
of wires and roots. ANTENNE creates a minimalist dream of sound that
conjures images of long train rides through the European countryside, the
sounds of the machine beneath you as you pass untouched through a lush
organic world. The mind drifts like a cloud on the breeze as serene vocals
float gently above an ocean of mechanical echoes and soft swirls of
acoustic guitar.
Apart - Across the Empty Night CD (Finalmuzik) [09589]
$19.50
Apart is the music project by Francis M. Gri, "Across The Empty Night"
is
his official debut, though he already released a few private demo CDs.
Francis has been member and co-founder of well-known ethereal Italian act
All My Faith Lost, until "In A Sea, In A Lake, In A River..." band's
official first release. "Across The Empty Night" is a fabulous dark album,
developing new influences and sound structures. The songs alternate male
(by Daniele Stefanuto and Alberto Milani) and female vocals (by Viola
Roccagli of All My Faith Lost...), building a bridge between the ethereal
music past and current moody / somptous identity. Fans of obscure dark /
etehreal sounds, Projekt Records, cloudy postrock, Antimatter and - of
course - All My Faith Lost will 100% love this album! Digipack, limited to
500 copies
Ben
Nash - Seventh Goodbye CD (Aurora Borealis) [ABX024] $14.50
The debut full-length album from 23 year old BEN NASH. Clocking in at
34
minutes, its not an overly long album, but rather one that demands repeated
listens, a collage of so many layers, patterns and textures so as to be as
dazzling as the plumage of the finest peacock in paradise. Musical elements
as diverse as folk, raga, Eastern percussion, drone, prog and noise collide
and coalesce as the album unfolds, with each of the eight tracks providing
new twists and turns, with never an element out of place.
Bisclaveret - Psyche Nomme CD (The Eastern Front) [09613]
$19.50
Bisclaveret - A Polish dark ambient/dark wave duo presents its album
Psyche
noMine. It took two years to conceive, resulting in 6 songs (clocking at
around 53 minutes). Musically, it's a piece for those interested in moving,
yet extraordinary art. Lush strings, industrial rhythms and even noise
tones at times summarize the background for Dragos' voice coming from the
other, subconscious side of his mind. Lyrically, it's a concept-album of
sorts. All the lyrics deal with human sub consciousness. The words on
'Psyche noMine' shows a man entangled in the arcane of the world, somebody
who does not notice phenomena around him. The man whose recklessness or
even arrogance so natural for him is the cause for him being lost in the
surrounding reality. The album's ambiguous title suggests what receivers
will deal with when listening to new Bisclaveret album. A must-have album
for fans of Nordvargr, Dead Man's Hill and Cold Meat Industry acts, such as
In Slaughter Natives & Sanctum
Bitcrush - Shimmer and Fade CD (n5MD) [MD160] $11.75
RELEASE DATE: 08-19-2008
Originally released in 2005, 'Shimmer and Fade' was a limited time
download
EP from n5MD's sub-label En:peg Digital. Within its forty-eight minutes,
bass and guitar arose from the background to a place of prominence and
carried the EP's melodic content. This change in form represented an
important period in the natural evolution of the Bitcrush sound, a time
that found Mike Cadoo transitioning from his post-industrial and IDM
beginnings found on Enarc to the more ambient/post-shoegaze direction of
'In Distance.' After years of requests to bring Shimmer and Fade back, n5MD
has chosen to re-release it as a re-mastered CD which contains four extra
tracks not found on the original EP. Limited to 1000, this release will
serve as a time capsule of what was yet to come.
Bleiburg - Way of Crosses CD (The Eastern Front) [09609]
$19.50
Though only people themselves create History, they always prefer to
re-write it afterwards, being horrified and embarrassed by what they have
committed. But sometimes we must make bold to face the truth and to
acknowledge the fact that we are guilty of what we made and that we are
guilty towards History. And we must carry our own cross and pass our own
way and once reach the Golgotha of our own conscience.
14 outstanding compositions of one of most enigmatic artists of German neo folk/industrial scene.
14 songs presented on this album were recorded in various years,
composed in various styles and sung in various languages. Just truth stays
invariable.
Cars Can Be Blue - Doubly Unbeatable CD (Happy Happy Birthday
to Me) [HHBTM102] $12.25
RELEASE DATE: 07-07-2008
16 songs! Three years in the making! Two people who can barely stand
each
other most of the time, who have endured emotional distress, heartbreak, a
grueling, botched disaster cross-country tour that resulted in bankruptcy
and homelessness, YET STILL summoned inhuman tenacity of spirit and came
out swinging with a record that will be ripping you, not one, but TWO
auxiliary assholes. Since forming their strange musical alliance in 2002,
CARS CAN BE BLUE have strived to combat the inertia of indie music's boring
banalities with cheekily colorful aplomb. The twisted worm that had always
wiggled beneath the surface of this cheerful boy/girl pop duo has gradually
swelled up and begun devouring its human host. Behold, "DOUBLY UNBEATABLE!"
A joyous paroxysm of negative energy culled from three years of uncertain
circumstances and desperate living, Becky Brooks and Nate Mitchell have
filtered their own distrust of humanity into a living document that is
catchier and more compelling than the volume that preceded it (2005's "All
the Stuff We Do"). Yes, times have changed and the new CARS CAN BE BLUE
attitude is sharper and thornier than ever before, all of which translates
into GREAT NEWS for fans of real-deal rock-n-roll. This new batch of songs
is faster, louder and meaner than its predecessor. All the choicest
ingredients of the CCBB recipe are still here: manic tempos, huge pop
hooks, killer vocal melodies, ultra-compact songwriting custom-made for
even the shortest of attention spans, but with the following improvements:
HEAR the sassy, vintage Vox amp guitar tone and explosive drum trashiness
dialed in by production maestro Jeff "Flesh Hammer" Walls (he of
Woggles/Hillbilly Frankenstein/Guadacanal Diary fame who has also twiddled
knobs for sleaze-rock luminaries like Southern Culture on the Skids and
Man? or Astroman?). LISTEN to snotty, spiteful, f***-off lyrics spewed
vindictively by chirpy musical elf Becky Brooks on tracks like "Hope You're
Hurting", "Coat Tails" and "Just Because", as well as the
pointed-if-misguided social commentary of "You're On Drugs". THRILL to the
excitement of Cramps-homage zombie-rocker "Eyeballs", Buzzcocks/Vaselines
hybrid "I Wish I", the post-punkified Minutemen-on-crank rave-up "Ribbon"
or the shuddering balls-out catharsis of Dwarves-via-Whitehouse explosion
"So Cheap". EMBRACE the sensitive side of CCBB with songs like "Flipped
Around", the playful mirth embedded in "Pretty Special" and "I Think It's
A...", the Spectorian bombast of album-opener "Sun Blows Up", or the
discomfiting Nick Cave-meets-Tom Waits dirge-de-force "Cycle of Violence".
Yes, experience all of the above and more! CCBB gives you a "total package"
Lex Luger himself would be proud of.
Chap - Mega Breakfast CD (Ghostly International) [GI72]
$11.00
RELEASE DATE: 07-01-2008
***THE CHAP, the already-legendary London-based, modern pop group, are
back with their third album, Mega Breakfast. Mega Breakfast is the sound of
the search for a heart of gold in a world gone cold. It deals with sex
issues, depression and classic economics. The band have expanded their
repertoire to include some Justin Timberlake style R&B, an ode to World
Music, and a corporate motivational song. Pop, improv, disco and rock all
get their due along the way.
Cold Fusion and Rukkanor - Silk Road CD (Rage in Eden) [09598]
$19.50
The Silk Road is a series of trade and cultural transmission routes
connecting East and West by linking traders, merchants, pilgrims, monks,
soldiers, nomads and urban dwellers from China to the Mediterranean Sea
during various periods of time.Many artistic influences transited along the
Silk Road, especially through the CentralAsia, where Hellenistic, Iranian,
Indian and Chinese influence were able to intermix."Silk Road" - a split of
Cold Fusion and Rukkanor is a road album, connecting past with present,
East and West, classical oriental melodies with modern arrangements. 9
tracks, 43 minutes, CD in digipack. Limited edition of 500 handnumbered
copies.
Cyclotimia - Algorithims CD (Rage in Eden) [09599] $19.50
Moscow duo Cyclotimia is one of the best recognized, well-known Russian
projects in the electronic scene today. On "Algorithms" album Cyclotimia
presents apocalyptic version of electronic music, dark ambient sounds
supported by bouncing electronic rhythms, religious samples and different
effects, all blended in that way which makes this album very intriguing.
Cyclotimia's trademark sound proceeds from using a mix of the modern
synthesis technologies and cult vintage analog / Soviet machines. For all
who listen into Ulver, Holon or Forma Tadre. 11 tracks, 52 minutes, 3 panel
glossy digipack.
David Ramos - This Up Here CD (Fake Four) [FFINC001] $12.00
By age 15, DAVID RAMOS was studying Latin-jazz polyrhythms and
recording
what would be ANONYMOUS INC.'s debut CD. And by age 24, David was named one
of Modern Drummer magazine's Top 10 Progressive Drummers of Today. As part
of bands TOCA and Anonymous Inc. with brother CESCHI, David has been the
source of backing beats for collaborations with a range of acclaimed
artists--including everyone from ACEYALONE and BUSDRIVER to SOLE and DOSE
ONE. On tours David has performed as part of LITTLE WINGS with KYLE FIELD
(who also provided David his new album's artwork) and even as part of
hardcore metal band DEAD BY WEDNESDAY. But David's smorgasbord of past work
has little to do with his new album, This Up Here. At first listen, the
album sounds something like a synthesizer-injected lo-fi indie folk record,
complete with occasionally dramatic shaky vocals, layers of Casios, shitty
drum machines, glockenspiels, acoustic guitars, and melodicas. Upon closer
examination, however, the musical quality is apparent. The album sounds
much more like an ensemble of unlikely instruments becoming good friends,
while Ramos' creative use of percussion undoubtedly surges through the
Casio static. His acrobatic rap-vocal abilities only complement the
concoction. By the last track we come to realize that This Up Here is
simply a beautifully selfproduced pop record crafted by a talented young
songwriter who uses a basement full of toys and old instruments to shape a
subtly emotional story filled with nostalgia, humor, and honesty. No
exports to Canada.
Death In June - The World That Summer 20th Anniversary Extras
CDEP (Nerus) [09585] $10.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-30-2008
Available separately for the first time are the six bonus songs from
"The
World That Summer", re-recorded in 1989 and 2006. These tracks were last
seen for a few short weeks in 2006 as the second disc in the 2xCD stone box
edition of the 20th Anniversary Edition of "The World That Summer". This
edition is presented in a simple but elegantly finished slipcase.
Track
Listing: Come Before Christ And Murder Love / Love Murder / Break The Black
Ice / Rocking Horse Night / Torture By Roses / Rule Again
Disharmony - Malignant Shields CD (Aliens Production) [09594]
$18.25
Endless transformations and experimenting with sound is natural phase
that
brings Disharmony in their next work. This time fifth stop and mapping of
their territory, Disharmony opens their next phase and with their new album
opens the gates into the space of electro underground. Combining industrial
elements and idm puts Disharmony into the modern, electro revolution and
with this opens next phase and possibility to look into the ambiental
waters covered into hybrid structures that seconds cinematic moods and
lived vocals. Destructive and at the same time beautiful listening. Those
who listen to Disharmony from their beginnings will hear a primary root
that has put their electrodes into the time depths. Electronic vibrations
are pulsating between organic frequencies and beautiful moods. Disharmony
has moved one level higher. Intelligent and modern work!!!
Disharmony - Frames CD (Aliens Production) [09596] $18.25
In order, it's 4th album of Bratislava's dark-electro project. This
time
the protagonists are maping their early period of time and on their new
release they're presenting works, regarding to release MOONFLOWER. The
tracks on this CD are actually unreleased retrospective and the material,
which appeared on this CD leaves in the listeners the phases where
Disharmony keeps moving. Rhythmical, hybrid structures. Atmospherical
spaces and film moods meet on each step. Typical destructive vocals in
Ryby's interpretation give more agressive face of this one side harmonical
and on the contrary dark and destructive walk in electronic underground.
There are many industrial elements in the tracks, thus fans of metal chimes
will enjoy it. CD contains inteligent remixes from bands such as:Gaping
chasm, Anhedonia a Flint glass. Atmospheric vibrations in electro scheme
are the quality guaranteed for all, who follows this project since the
begin....
Down In June - Covers...Death In June CD (Ner) [09584]
$14.25
RELEASE DATE: 06-30-2008
No slavish imitators, Sweden's Down In June deconstruct and lavishly-as
well as lovingly-reinvent songs from the Death In June catalogue with their
own distinctive Totenpop vision. As The Byrds were to Dylan, so Down In
June are to Death In June. A very rare and surprising discovery awaits.
Track Listing: HEILIGE LIEBE! / THE ENEMY WITHIN / FALL APART / BUT, WHAT
ENDS WHEN THE SYMBOLS SHATTER? / HOLLOWS OF DEVOTION / HEAVEN STREET /
LITTLE BLACK ANGEL / THE GRASS IS ALWAYS BROWNER / FIELDS OF RAPE / LITTLE
BLUE BUTTERFLY / FROST FLOWERS / HE'S DISABLED / KAMERADSCHAFT / TO DROWN A
ROSE IN WHITE...
Emeralds - Solar Bridge CD (Hanson Records) [HN183CD]
$12.00
"Starting out in 2005, performing live sets using only television sets
as
sound sources, Emeralds has grown in recent years into a monster of HEAVY
improvised drone using analog synths and masterfully-effected guitar. Born
out of the Midwest scum-noise scene, these guys have taken the intense
heaviness of their Midwest brethren to a place that is entirely their own.
They have replaced the creepy atmosphere and abrasive harsh noise of their
peers with a very different, though equally intense blast of cosmic drone
power! Hanson Records is proud to announce Emeralds' Solar Bridge, the
trio's first full-length album after numerous cassette and CD-R releases on
such labels as American Tapes, Chondritic Sound, and the band's own
imprints Wagon and Gneiss Things. The album opens with the side-long
`Magic' where the band builds a quiet drone into an extreme thick saw blade
of swirling noise as beautiful as it is menacing. The flip is yet another
side-long journey titled `The Quaking Mess,' a track that stabs your brain
with fluttering sparks of synthesized needles before relaxing you into a
Göttschingesque dream state while slowly bringing you back to earth
with an
electronic wave of molten rumble. Fans of the smooth tones of New Age Of
Earth-era Ash Ra Tempel and the buzzing thick drones of Throbbing Gristle's
Heathen Earth should take note, as Emeralds may be their new source for
electronic drugs." CD pressed in 1000 digipak copies.
Fiery Furnaces, The - Remember 2CD (Thrill Jockey) [THR202CD]
$15.25
No description available at this time.
Fiery Furnaces, The - Remember 3xLP (Thrill Jockey) [THR202LP]
$16.50
No description available at this time.
Gregorio Bardini - Sentinelle Del Mattino CD (The Eastern
Front) [09610] $19.50
Hypnotic musical journey composed by the legend of Italian scene
Gregorio
Bardini. An artist who is on scene since early 80s, stood behind TAC and
Kino Glaz, collaborated with Thelema and Tuxedo Moon, Tony Wakeford and
Vidna Obmana, Alio Die and Steve Pikkolo, Thierry Lolif and Doubling
Riders.
"Sentinelle Del Mattino" dips you into the world of harmony,
expressiveness and anguish melodies. Wide specter of musical instruments
(piano, flutes, guitars, drums, zurna, kena, ciaramella, saxophone),
unforgettable vocals, unique records of Mary de Rachewilts voice, reading
her father Ezra Pound' Cantos and musical innovations of Stefan Rukavina
(Bleiburg), Tiziano Popoli, Mauro Franceschi, Paolo Longo Vaschetto, Peter
"Kompripiotr" Holzknecht, Martin "Mala" Langes, Stephan "Physh"
Fischnaller, touches a heart up to its deepest depths.
Hard Place - Get Your Hopes Up CD (World Famous In San
Francisco) [WFNSF001] $10.75
HARD PLACE are an invigorating art rock band that has hit the Los
Angeles
scene with full force, fusing '80s new wave with metal riffs resulting in
sounds comparable to Human League, Sparks, Iron Maiden, and Slade. The band
is fronted by ASHLEY HUIZENGA and FREDDY CRISTY, who bring a theatrical
flare to the music through their sexy--bordering on depraved--vocal
interplay.
Haven - A2982 CD (Rage in Eden) [09603] $19.50
42 minutes 05 seconds. This is the duration of the album. It will
communicate any meter of time. Let us not however be deluded by the spells
of this sorcerer; because the first sounds overturn its acknowledged and
safe definition and begin construction of different,weirder spaces. This is
the last chance to resign and turn back. Otheriwse, when you listen to the
end of first track the only thihg left to say is "Toto, I have an
impression that we're not in Kansas". You begin your own, separate (and the
longest?) journey. What do you see on your way? What unknown ladns,
traditions, incomprehesible rituals and dialects will you discover? I do
not know. But I am sure that if David Lynch will ever undertake the filming
of "Alice in the Wonderland" the soundtrack of the movie will be filled
with the music from this particular album."Victoire Vrist "Le Figuro". 10
tracks, 42 minutes, CD in digipack.
Heavensore - Asmodai CD (Utech Records) [UR016CD] $15.25
No description available at this time.
Heaviness - Heaviness CD (Quince Records) [qrcp-61] $13.50
RELEASE DATE: 08-12-2008
An experimental three-piece based in Stockholm, Heavïness might
be one of
the best things since My Bloody Valentine; indeed, this Swedish band's own
brand of mayhem pop has been very well received in the neo-shoegaze camp.
Electric violin, driving drums, flowing guitar, and bittersweet vocals
forge a path through a forest of anxiety, longing and oppression. The songs
strike you down with their brute force only to lift you up with the beauty
of their melodies. Live they have been known to blow away unsuspecting
audiences. This is their acclaimed debut album in a special Japanese issue
featuring a bonus track and new artwork.
Hotpants Romance - It's a Heatwave CD (Happy Happy Birthday to
Me) [HHBTM103] $12.25
RELEASE DATE: 08-12-2008
Three girls! Three years! Three chords! Hotpants Romance debut album
'It's
a Heatwave' is shouty, shambolic, garage pop that wears its heart on its
sleeve. On the 14th February 2005 Hotpants Romance formed two hours before
their first gig, with a vow to play once a year on Valentines Day, after a
storming two and a half song set the audience wanted more. The original
plan was dropped in favour of playing anywhere and everywhere that Anyone
would have them. The rest of 2005 had their first tape 'The Greatest Hits'
was released on Manchester DIY label Soft Presents and the 50 copies
quickly sold out. Gigs were played all around the UK with many amazing
bands, winning over audiences with energetic and shambolic live shows. 2006
had Hotpants Romance playing more shows and releasing their demo EP titled
"Lucky 6". In 2007 things started to really come together when the girls
were able to tour with their post punk heroes the Nightingales, only to be
followed by a support slot for the Ting Tings UK tour. In 2008 after a win
on a horse called Purple Moon, Nightingale Robert Lloyd is able to release
the first Hotpants Romance album on his Big Print label. 'It's a Heatwave'
crashed into the world, catching the attention of music press and radio
stations to great critical acclaim. The girls booked a short US East Coast
tour with Christie and Emily. They are currently working on songs for a 7"
on Cherryade Records in the UK, and getting ready for a performance at this
years' Athens PopFest in Athens, Georgia, having their "It's a Heatwave"
released on Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records in the states, and a 2 week
South East US tour with new label-mates Cars Can Be Blue.
Infinite Livez Vs Stade - Morgan Freeman's Psychedelic Semen CD
(Big Dada) [BD119] $13.25
Multi-colored, sticky, bursting with tiny fertile tadpoles, vaguely
cosmic,
and yet funny when smeared in inappropriate places. A new album from
INFINITE LIVEZ is always a reason to cream your jeans, even if you're a
major Hollywood star. Extracted live in single takes at a fertility clinic
in Geneva's renowned sperm-banking district, Morgan Freeman's Psychedelic
Semen sees Doctor Livez once again making beautiful music with jazz-glitch
Europeans and matinee idols PIERRE AUDETAT and CHRISTOPHE CALPINI (aka
STADE), plus special guest emissions from the remarkable JOY FREMPONG and
DJ TENDRAW. Drawn from a DNA pool so confused and mysterious that it's best
not to look for antecedents, this is the sound of William Blake wanking
over a jazz mag while old-skool Dadaists form a guard of honor and fire
great fountains of vanilla-flavored milkshake into the sky. No exports
outside the US and South America
Jennifer Gentile/Kawabata Makoto - The Wrong Cage CD (A Silent
Place) [09591] $21.00
Finally it is here, the long-awaited re-release of "The Wrong Cage",
the
superfreaky , acid rock album that introduced Italian psych-pop mavericks
Jennifer Gentle to the rest of the world, leading to their subsequent Sub
Pop signing. Originally self-released in late 2002 on their own imprint
Sillyboy Records, "The Wrong Cage" saw the young Italian quartet (who had
already home-recorded a couple of eccentric albums) join forces with
Kawabata Makoto, the legendary Japanese guitar-god leader of Acid Mothers
Temple and zillion other projects, for a live album that captured the band
at it's most ferocious. The result was over 30 minutes of wonderful loud
sonic carnage: two long, ultra-heavy guitar freakouts plus a eerily
beautiful solo sarongi track played by Kawabata - all in all, a must for
all fans of heavy, guitar-driven psychedelic avant-rock. Long out of print,
"The Wrong Cage" is available again, now with the addition of a lo-fi BONUS
TRACK, 18-minute long version of "Bring Them" cut on the another night of
that tour and burning with even more fire and primal power than the
original album. Comes in elegant digipak!!!
Joe
Grimm - Brain Cloud CD (Spekk) [KK015] $16.00
Joe Grimm (formerly known as The Wind-Up Bird) is a composer/ performer
based in Providence, RI known with remarkable releases on Music Fellowship
Label. The seed for this music was planted when I participated in one of
Glenn Branca's 100-guitar symphonies. The sound was incredible: a
deafening, electric choir incorporating so many voices that the each
element was subsumed within the group sound. But I was struck even more by
the unrealized potential in Branca's approach; the sound was separated into
several identifiable voices, so that the impression given was of a
conventional counterpoint-driven music. I wanted to make a particulate
music that presented itself as a single mass of varying density, comprised
of tens of thousands of individual events. Soon afterward, I began to
immerse myself in the piano music of Charlemagne Palestine. I learned from
him that when two notes share a particular frequency in their overtone
series, that frequency can be made to sing out clearly -- a ghost tone, not
played directly, but arising from the interactions among the directly
played notes. I began to compose and improvise with this in mind -- I could
sketch out desired pitches, and then arrange webs of lower pitches that
coincided to produce those target pitches within their harmonic series.
This music deals with overtones. I listen not so much to the direct-played
notes; instead, I let my mind wander through the web of throbbing harmonics
that arise as a result of their interaction. There are obvious sounds on
the surface of the music, but eventually my ears penetrate beneath the
surface to where harmonics overlap in countless reinforcements and
cancellations. I love the glowing acoustic haze that seems to hover above
the obvious notes, and the sustained ghost tones that emerge and recede
within that cloudy texture. The Brain Cloud pieces are through-composed
according to the principles of overtone confluence and particle density.
There are no special electronics on these recordings -- the humming sounds
are the result of the acoustical interaction of voices, violins, horns, and
above all, piano (Brain Cloud III was recorded live with three pianos, each
played by three people; 18-handed piano). The harpsichord interludes are
solo improvisations for harpsichord, equalizer, and slight delay.
John Matthias - Stories From The Watercooler CD (Ninja Tune)
[COUNT014] $13.25
There are a lot of stories one can tell about JOHN MATTHIAS. He could
be
painted as a mad scientist, a contemporary composer, a violin prodigy, and
so on. But Matthias is interested in talking about other people more than
he is about himself. Stories from the Watercooler is a suite of twelve
short stories rendered in song form. Their basic template is classic
folk-rock--great songwriting, acoustic and electric guitar, strings. But
within this seemingly simple formula, Matthias writes about everything from
the shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes to fake alternative therapies,
credit ratings and telephone banking; from boxing to Japanese internment
camps in California and bombs painted with the face of Britney Spears. But
beyond this, he also wraps the "classic" sound of the record in several
levels of complexity. First, his choice of instrumentation includes
harmoniums, banjos, clarinets, and mono synths. Then there are the
electronic layers added by his own experimental devices as well as by
COLDCUT, who produced the album. Last but not least, Matthias's voice is
deadpan, up-close, and all the more emotional for the lack of histrionics.
No exports outside the US and South America
Ken
Ikeda - Mist on the Window CD (Spekk) [KK010] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-30-2008
Ken Ikeda is a video artist and composer born in Tokyo (1964) but
currently
resident in New York. He has exhibited sound art and visual installations
around the world and has collaborated with painter Tadanoori Yokoo and
artist Mariko Mori. Mist On The Window is his third album, following Tzuki
(2000) and Merge (2003) both on the Touch label. There are moments in your
life when something changes as you hear and become aware of the sounds
around you. Why do the sounds that cups and chairs make feel so distant? It
seems that 'I' as an existence won't be forgiven for being my ordinary
self. The meaningless noise that reverberates in the living room opens up
the possibility of connecting beyond the horizon... Then, I become alone
and say goodbye to the 'Me that was pretending to be like me'. By
assimilating these everyday sounds I get away from the everyday me and get
closer, little by little, to the universe of 'eternity and nothingness'. At
this point ~V meaning the moment I change ~V I enter a personal time and
space which could never be shared with others. During the 2 years spent on
this project I used an instrument made with rubber bands and nails to
document my daily involvement with sounds. There exist various faces of
'me' and through the process of recording I became aware of the concept of
'beyond the window' and got lost in this vague daily space. What could you
see beyond the window? The whole universe and at the same time the usual me
living my daily, ordinary life.
Kenji Siratori - Melancholic Lobotomy CD3 (The Eastern Front)
[09618] $12.50
Comes in small jewel case with black and white insert. Limited edition
of
99 handnumbered copies.
Las
Malas Amistades - Patio Bonito CD (Honest Jon's Records) [HJR029]
$17.50
The second LAS MALAS AMISTADES release on Honest Jon's. The band formed
in
1994, when several art students in Bogota, Colombia, began meeting up to
play music together (though none of them were musicians). From the start,
their method has been to make up songs there at the session, sometimes
while their four-track is already running, moving straight on when
something is caught on the tape. Six members use a hulking charity-shop
synth and a Casiotone, electronic drums, an acoustic guitar, a cuatro and
various small percussion gadgets. Sometimes songs are acoustic, sometimes
electronic, usually mixed. The music is spontaneous, intimate, spare. It's
lovely, heartfelt, and full of poppy wit.
Lights Out Asia - Eyes Like Brontide CD (n5MD) [MD161]
$11.75
RELEASE DATE: 08-19-2008
Once a band has developed a sound that is undeniably theirs it can be
difficult to push beyond those confines and expand the sound into new
territory. Lights Out Asia set out to do just that and have succeeded in
writing a record that was as much a sign of the times as it was an
expansion of their aural bubble that has been their watermark. They have
been called ethereal, post-shoegaze and sleep-rock, but on their third full
length "Eyes Like Brontide" the band slides into a darker more ominous and
less lucid dream than on previous efforts. The release is a stylistic shift
from the sweet lullabies of their debut "Garmonia" (Sun Sea Sky) and the
electronic drum driven post-shoegaze of 2007's "Tanks and Recognizers"
(n5MD). The song dynamics on the album deserve special attention. For the
first time in Lights Out Asia's history they have gone for broke with some
of the most epic drum machine driven post-rock this side of the Pacific
along with solemn disconnected passages of dream nourished sonics. The
occasional floating vocal and dusty winding guitar they are known for are
still present, but "Eyes Like Brontide" brings a whole new dimension to the
Lights Out Asia ethos. Most importantly, the band has expanded upon its
sound without throwing away the original blueprint or alienating it's
fanbase. "Eyes Like Brontide" is recommended for fans of Hammock, Bitcrush,
Robin Guthrie and Manual.
Lil' Kim - Ms. G.O.A.T. CD (Money Maker) [MMC0503] $13.50
Ms. G.O.A.T. is the official street album from Brooklyn's own LIL' KIM.
This is the first music Lil Kim has released since her highly successful
album Naked Truth as well as her first effort since being released from
Jail. Linking up with past collaborators such as MISTA CEE and
TRACKMASTERS, as well as G UNIT's own WHOO KID, Ms. G.O.A.T. shows off
Kim's skills as the greatest female rapper in the world as she stomps
through twenty-three tracks paying homage to her heroes from Lauyrn Hill
and MC Lyte and also linking up on official remixes with some of today's
hottest stars.
Majdanek Waltz - Hamlet's Childhood CD (The Eastern Front)
[09607] $19.50
New full-length album of cult neo-folk project from Russia. Beautiful
lyrics in Russian (original poems of Symbolist poets Boris Poplavsky
1903-1935, Maximilian Voloshin 1877-1932 and translated poems of German
Expressionist poet Georg Heym 1887-1912), acoustic guitars, violins,
traditional Russian accordion (bayan). Decadent tragic atmosphere of
Russian Silver Age faded away in cafes of Paris and Berlin, nostalgic and
gloomy music rooted deeply in classical European and Russian musical
traditions of XX century...
Mathieu Ruhlmann + Celer - Mesoscaphe CD (Spekk) [KK014]
$16.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-30-2008
A beautiful collaboration album by sound artists Mathieu Ruhlamm (CAN)
and
Celer (US). 'Mesoscaphe' is a sound work dedicated to The 1969 voyage of
the Ben Franklin, the naturally-propelled submarine created to explore the
currents of the Gulf Stream, and the nature of the sea. Half of the sound
is composed of original pieces of music, meant to symbolize a deepening
human element culled from memory, from strings, pianos, and electronics.
The other half of the sound is composed of natural field recordings, of the
Ben Franklin itself, as well as the surrounding oceans and habitats, with
the intention of providing realism through sound, just as if it were an
actual document from the voyage, of the surrounding ocean. The artists
exchanged their own original sounds with each other, allowing each artist
to experiment and remix outside of their own sound sources, with the
potential to apply our own sound methods to each others' sound sources, and
develop the concept even further. Titles were made to coordinate with the
movement of the voyage, creating their own story, in relation to the
progressing sounds. The final result is a documented literary and audio
interpretation of the voyage, from the perspective of 3 sound and visual
artists, of the experiences and surroundings of the crew of the Ben
Franklin, traveling for 30 days by the gentle glide of the Gulf Stream. We
hope to bring attention to an important event in history, overshadowed by
the moon landings, and for people to know the story of the revolutionary
submarine that explored the nature of the ocean, challenged scientific
development, and ended up in a salvage yard.
Maurizio Bianchi/siegmar Fricke - Primordium CD-R (The Eastern
Front) [09619] $19.50
CD-R in 3 panels half handmade digipack Limited to 250 copies
Merzbow - Eucalypse CD (Soleilmoon) [09583] $22.75
RELEASE DATE: 07-21-2008
The Tasmanian Blue Gum tree, Eucalyptus globulus, is native to Tasmania
and
southern Australia. Eucalyptus trees are uniquely suited to the varied
ecologies of Australia, and there is no other continent more closely
associated with one genus of tree. Its leaves are the food of choice of the
koala, and its flowers attract bees and hummingbirds. Out of approximately
300 identified species, Blue Gums are now the eucalyptus most frequently
found in other parts of the world. Throughout the tropics they are known
for their ability to dry out swampy areas, making them a valuable weapon in
the fight against malaria, a disease caused by parasites carried in female
Anopheles mosquitos, which breed in standing water. Eucalyptus globulus was
first brought to India in the late 18th century. Large plantations were
establish in Kerala in 1863, but other than small amounts of oil
distilling, little use has been made of the fast growing trees. Instead,
they have thrived in the moist, foggy hills, spreading far across the
landscape and transforming the ecosystem in the process. With their deep
roots they lower water tables, depriving native species of the moisture
necessary to survive the annual dry season, while the anti-bacterial
properties of the "blue gum" secretions they drop on the soil further
suppress the germination and growth of other plants. An ancient and
intricate web of life has been disrupted, and native plants, insects and
animals are being driven to extinction. Humans, who have long been a part
of the local ecosystem, are adaptable and will survive, but the
biodiversity of an entire region is under threat from a single exotic
species.
It is truly a eucalyptus apocalypse.
It is a eucalypse.
At Soleilmoon, packaging and presentation are never overlooked. This
release is presented in a hand-crafted round wooden box with screenprinted
swiveling lid. The box contains one CD and four round, full-color cards.
Only 1000 copies of this handsome CD have been made.
Miaou - All Around Us CD (Thomason Sounds) [TSIP-2025]
$16.00
RELEASE DATE: 07-15-2008
Miaou, one and only band offers glittering electronic melody and post
rock
sounds. 2 years from last "painted e.p", miaou has finally come back to
scene. Mino, the engineer worked with most well known Japanese post rock
band "toe" backed up miaou. "All around us" has easily exceeded their past
2 releases "painted e.p" and "MAKE THESE THINGS ALRIGHT". Unlike last 2
albums, latest album features a vocal tune "you found me". With powered up
rock sounds and melodies, miaou will definitely become the scene leader.
Michael Mantra - D#m/GM CD (Purplesoil) [09588] $19.50
The so far unreleased 1998 album. Classical example of static music.
Two
lengthy ambient tracks, heavy on subtle drones and concrete sounds,
descending slowly forwards. CD comes in nice 6-panel digisleeve.
Milton Cross - Light In The West CD (Digitalis) [ACE013CD]
$11.25
No description available at this time.
Minoru Sato + Asuna - Texture In Glass Tubes And Reed Organ CD
(Spekk) [KK012] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-30-2008
2 meltingly beautiful drone pieces made between 2 great Japanese
artists
Sato Minoru (WrK) and ASUNA (Lucky Kitchen, Power Shovel Audio..). We have
been performing "music" focusing on the materialistic nature (physical
phenomena) of sounds by utilizing the reed organ and glass tubes. Our music
is composed and constructed in such a way that however the phenomena we use
reacts with the circumstances of the space ~V the situation of the site
including the audience ~V our live performance involves and uses these
conditions. Since these compositions are studio recordings however, we
decided to exclude acoustic spatial matters and the 'one-time-ness' of live
performances and instead composed the structure of resonances within
certain divisions of time. This is similar to textiles ~V weaving
"resonances", rather than thread, in certain patterns. "Superposing five
harmonic states" was developed by recording five harmonic states
separately. Each of the harmonies was obtained by finding the
characteristic sound effects made by the relationship of the chords of the
organ and resonances of the glass tube. It was constructed by layering the
recordings regularly in certain passages of time. The resonances of the
organ and the tubes are left as they were originally recorded and the
result is five separate recordings woven into a single piece. "Weaving
seven resonances: with raw stereo material" was developed by recording a
state where the resonances keep a subtle balance between the relationship
of the organ and the glass tubes. From the originally recorded material we
found seven characteristic frequencies and reconstructed them into a piece,
by giving each individual volume a transition using optionally assigned
periodic variations. Thus this composition, made of a single recording, is
like a piece woven by one string. If our live performances were to be
evaluated as music where we are presented with one-time incidents ~V i.e.
reflecting the real time phenomena as 'now and there' in the music ~V this
CD could be evaluated as music to analyze the sound structure of these
phenomena and to make those aspects audible. It is intended to create a
narrative about the phenomena which resonate through constructed sounds.
Minox with Lydia Lunch - U Turn CD (Get Back) [GET165]
$17.00
A reissue of the precious limited edition U Turn album by MINOX with
LYDIA
LUNCH, originally released in 1998 on the Italian Suite Inc. label. On this
occasion Lydia Lunch was again invited to join Minox and presents her
interpretation of "Arp 2001" and "Cobalt." This reissue marks the timely
collaboration between these artists and signals the release of a next new
project from Minox and Lydia Lunch. Minox constructs beautifully melodic
electronic foundations, which when accompanied by Lydia Lunch's persistent
and contagiously haunting voice-overs, create the effect of a soundtrack to
the malaise of life; an incessant trip along a dark and silent road to
nothingness.
Mixel Pixel - Let's Be Friends CD (Mental Monkey) [MMR013]
$12.00
This is the latest release, by indie rock darlings MIXEL PIXEL. After
four
records, extensive touring, and massive support at radio, press and blogs
Mixel Pixel continue to stand at the forefront of the self-recorded, DIY
music scene. Making the most of their home studio, Mixel Pixel have taken
their bedroom pop music across the country (touring with Of Montreal, Grand
Buffet and Yip Yip.)
Mr.
Scruff - Honeydew CD (Ninja Tune) [ZENCDS86] $6.25
No description available at this time.
Mr.
Scruff - Mrs. Cruff CD (Ninja Tune) [ZENCD112] $9.50
No description available at this time.
Mucca Pazza - Plays Well Together CD (Mucca Pazza) [MP002]
$13.75
Trumpets. Trombones. Sousaphone. Glockenspiel. A guitar plugged into a
speaker mounted on a hockey helmet? And everyone is waltzing. Suddenly,
they start marching in circles and honking like geese. It's almost as if
the band director went missing and the students took over. MUCCA PAZZA is
the marching band that thinks it's a rock 'n roll band. The group is a
collection of shameless band nerds wielding instruments of incongruous
traditions, sometimes in competition, oftentimes in cooperation. Many of
them played in traditional marching bands in high school. Others wanted to
but couldn't because they played violin or accordion, and no one had yet
come up with the aforementioned amplified helmet. With speakers strapped
firmly to heads, their rambunctious live show has brought them to such
acclaimed venues as Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Lollapalooza, and some
canoes floating down the Chicago River. With thirty people in the band, it
takes a bit of effort to actually play well ll together--which is why
they're so proud of their new album.
Mykal Xul - Johnson County Line CD (Gulcher) [GULCHER612]
$10.25
With the release of Mykal Xul's new album, JOHNSON COUNTY LINE, it's
plain
to see the Hoosier race hasn't evolved much in the past three decades. Xul
spins absurdly sick yarns, backed with a mix of folk, punk, blues,
rockabilly, and especially hard rock with a 70s swagger.
Near The Parenthesis - L'Eixample CD (n5MD) [MD159] $11.75
RELEASE DATE: 08-19-2008
Near the Parenthesis follows up 2007's "Of Soft Construction" with
"L'Eixample," Tim Arndt's most focused work to date. L'Eixample draws on
inspiration gained during travels through Barcelona, Spain. Of particular
interest was the innovative and sometimes peculiar modernist architecture
of the L'Eixample district. In Catalunyan, L'Eixample literally means an
extension, a strong symbolic parallel to the music found on Arndt's latest
work which itself reflects an extension of the Near the Parenthesis' sound.
While this collection begins where "Of Soft Construction" left off, it
quickly migrates to an even calmer and more atmospheric experience. Through
L'Eixample, Arndt has moved closer to an an emotional apex and provides
even greater melodic rewards.
Nimh - The Unkept Secrets CD (Silentes) [09604] $16.75
After few months of distance from the escape of "The Missing Tapes" and
the
relative "Rework" by Aube, Nimh (Giuseppe Verticchio) sets aside the
ethnic-lysergic visions that have characterized the previous album and
continues along the distance of sonorous search and fascinating
experimentation electronic, already undertaken with works which "The
Impossible Days" and "Subterranean Thoughts", ulteriorlyexpanding just the
range of sounds and instruments set, revealing the own "secrets" through
new, dark but stylistically a unclassifiable CD, in which it arranges with
extraordinary originality and in an absolutely personal and unknown
elements of drone music, dark ambient, electronics, ritual, ethnic, field
recordings, and enriching in particular every track with the recurrent
presence of evocative sounds of electric guitar in varied filtered and
elaborated way. The search goes on...
Nucleus - Hemispheres CD (Hux) [HUX078CD] $17.25
2006 release. "There can be little more exciting or rewarding than
listening to a band playing live and firing on all cylinders at the
absolute peak of its powers, and the live performances presented here by
Nucleus are no exception. They capture the group in arguably its finest
incarnation right at the start of its long career, exhibiting a
staggeringly high level of musical discipline matched by an equally
impressive ability to improvise and solo."
Opitope - Hau CD (Spekk) [KK011] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-30-2008
Optiope is a duo formed by Date Tomoyoshi and Chihei Hatakeyama (also
known
for his works on Kranky) in autumn 2002. 'Hau' is an imaginary album
traveling from the north to south, overlapping the images of transition of
the four seasons. In reality, indeed one things always leads to an end and
I feel sad every time I think about that. In this album, we tried to
express this sorrow feeling changing gradually into hope as we travel
south. Seasons have no end. It always moves from spring, summer, autumn,
winter back to spring.. And just like the changing seasons, the tracks in
this album constantly shifts another and the last piece connects to the
very beginning which forms the never ending circle. We have expressed the
images of these "endings" with "never endings" by music. These thoughts
were brought up naturally during the making of this album and it's not that
we had this idea from the start. Another concept of this album is
"symmetry". There are 9 pieces in this album and is constructed by track 5
being the axis of the symmetry - like in terms os composition, 1st track is
a piano piece and also the 9th track. The same thing goes to the
arrangements like you will notice sounds that forms contrasts between the
left & right speaker.
Oxyd - Larva CD (Aliens Production) [09593] $18.25
LARVA could be described as unlimited quantity of transformations and
pulsating moves in electro oasis, that brings us third release of slovak
OXYD ,behind which stands both of protagonists from project dISHARMONY. New
release brings a new voyage and in comparison with last releases sound of
these two is for a step closer to technological ways, where darker messages
follows organic melodies, machine rhythms and atmospheric floods in
combination with scenic elements. Combination of dark ambient moods,
industrial and idm elements is great combination of various styles in
electro music. Let your fantasy flow and travel around the world, that will
bring you guaranteed industrial transfusions. Open the gates of your mind.
Enjoy direct message from the world of imaginary civilizations and become a
part of atmospheric vibrations!!!
Painting Petals on Planet Ghost - Fallen Camellias CD (A Silent
Place) [09592] $21.00
Second full-lenght album from Italy's Painting Petals On Planet Ghost,
aka
brothers Maurizio & Roberto Opalio (My Cat Is An Alien) and vocalist Ramona
Ponzini (also involved in the duo Praxinoscope, as well as a new project
with Z'EV). 'Fallen Camellias' is a tribute to one of the greatest poetess
ever, Japanese Yosano Akiko, whose work in literature in the early 1900's
is considered as manifesto of the Japanese Romanticism. Imagine a Vashti
Bunyan or a early Marianne Faithful singing sweet melodies in Japanese
language, and you can have an idea of the musical and poetical universe of
Painting Petals On Planet Ghost. Here Ramona Ponzini's singing comes from
the use of Akiko's selected original poems in Japanese along with Ponzini's
own typical soft and enchanting wordless vocals style, a out of time
muse-like chant hypnotizing the ears and the minds of the listeners. The
songs of 'Fallen Camellias' are built on acoustic guitar melodies composed
by Maurizio Opalio,and are made of the same pure, melancholic essentiality
of the legendary Nick Drake; while, after contributing arrangements of the
most ecstatic nature, the other brother Roberto Opalio has played the role
of producer of the whole album, searching for not only an aesthetic, but
especially an emotional ideal of perfection. In the heart of winter covered
by snow, let 'Fallen Camellias' be your warm blanket, as well as the
promise of a new future spring. Here's a special Painting Petals On Planet
Ghost's dedication: 'For those who drink the wine of love springtime is
forever'. Comes in a deluxe 3 panels digipak!!! Don't miss it!
Peace, The - Black Power CD (Groovie) [GROO001CD] $16.00
No description available at this time.
Phragments - The Burning World CD (The Eastern Front) [09608]
$19.50
Pressed CD in oversized luxury 3-panels folded packing. New powerful
and
emotional full-length album of Slovakian project PHRAGMENTS. 7 orchestral
industrial compositions heavily accented by dark ambient and martial
atmosphere. Majestic orchestrations, industrial machinery and noisy
outbursts. Second full-length album of Phragments shows a dramatic vision -
a sombre view of a world that is burning.
Pomassl - Spare Parts CD (Raster-noton) [RASTER088CD]
$16.00
No description available at this time.
Rudimentary Peni - No More Pain CD (Outer Himalayan) [BOOBOO9]
$12.75
RUDIMENTARY PENI, one of the best and most mysterious bands of the
English
punk scene return with an album of completely new material. Welcome to No
More Pain. Known for intensely personal music and lyrics made by the
exceptional musicians in the band, and alternating lyrically between the
witty macabre and the socio-political, Peni have never tried to keep up
with any particular musical fashion or trend, generally sticking to a
policy of doing precisely what they want to do. No More Pain is no
exception and keeps within the boundaries of '77 fast punk and the '80's
style of slower, chugging material, though always staying clear of the
punk-metal crossover that infected so many bands of that '80s period. As
always, artwork is designed by the wonder NICK BLINCO.
Runhild Gammelsaeter - Amplicon CD (Utech Records) [UR017CD]
$15.25
No description available at this time.
Sabicas - Flamencan Guitar Solos CD (El Records) [ACMEM149CD]
$16.50
No description available at this time.
Samhain - Violent Idenity CD (Aliens Production) [09595]
$18.25
Samhain is already fixed star of slovac industrial scene and after more
interesting compilation it's comming with it's in fact debut album. During
existaton of this electronical compilations it's sound was substantialy
changed, but noise roots which was strong inspiration at the beginning are
still identical in this powerfull electronical act which is huge complex of
consistent athmospheres, industrial blocks, krystal electronics and
experienced vocals. Athmospherical madnes in rytmic vibrations.
Shout Out Louds - Impossible CD (Merge) [MRG331] $5.75
"Impossible" is the second single from Our Ill Wills, the Merge debut
full-length from Stockholm's SHOUT OUT LOUDS. With a video for the title
track directed by Shout Out Louds bassist TED MALMROS, two remixes, a live
recording of "Hard Rain," and a non-LP B-side, this is a fantastic reminder
of the beauty and grandeur of the Shout Out Louds brand of Swedish pop.
Silence and Strength - Opus and Paracelsum CD (The Eastern
Front) [09614] $19.50
Second full-length esoteric dark ambient/alchemical experimental opus
full
of weird sounds composed by Silence & Strength. The album is inspired by
life and works of Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim,
medieval Swiss physician, chemist, alchemist, one of the fathers of modern
medicine and rebellious thinker, developed his own system of medicine and
philosophy.
All music by Stephan Friedman
Silence And Strength - Le Divin Cagliostro CD (The Eastern
Front) [09615] $19.50
A Tribute to the Grand Copht, the creator of the Egyptian Rite of
Freemasonry, the most colourful magical Adept and one of the previous
incarnations of the Master Therion. Recorded in Tel-Aviv, Israel by local
dark-ambient/dark-folk project.
Smile Down Upon Us - Smile Down Upon Us CD (Static Caravan)
[VAN161CD] $17.25
RELEASE DATE: 07-21-2008
Smile Down Upon Us is a very modern kind of band. Comprising Phelan
Sheppard, the duo behind celebrated album Harps Old Master, and Japanese
artist moomLooo, it's a project that crosses cultural and musical
boundaries. And, for the duration of recording their self-titled debut
album, it existed solely on the Internet, as the three have never met. The
band came about when Keiron Phelan, a prodigious MySpace trawler, came
across moomLooo's page and her enchanting recordings for Japan's Clay
label. He sent a message introducing himself, and she responded saying she
admired his work too. "None of us had any reservations about working
together from the word go," says Phelan. "It just seemed natural ~V a touch
of kismet." Soon, they began sending ideas back and forth on the Internet,
sound files whizzing between Tokyo and London. Though initially a project
to occupy Phelan whilst David Sheppard was writing his much-anticipated
Brian Eno biography, On Some Faraway Beach, Phelan's long-time fellow group
member soon came into the fold. The pair set up in East London's Soup
Studio, in the basement of ukulele shop Duke Of Uke. There, they purloined
parlour guitars, banjos and ukes from the shop and recorded them into
ProTools, blending old and new, as well as east and west. Over in Japan, at
home and at Tokyo's Naturebliss studio, moomLooo recorded her largely
electronic parts and field recordings, adding delicately captivating vocals
and spoken word, half in English, half in Japanese. Soon, they were writing
parts for each other, playing to each other's strengths. "I don't speak any
Japanese and moom's English is so-so," says Phelan. "In order to understand
each other, we had to use simple language, and our emails began to look
like a dialogue between two hyper-enthusiastic nine year-olds. We could
only discuss things in a very 'primary colour' way and the music seemed to
become extremely vivid too. Dave and I had the idea that this was sounding
like a Chagall painting looks. That seemed a really strong and suitable
feeling for the band, so we pushed it along that road." Between the
language barriers, time differences and hours downloading files, the
process of creating the album took almost 14 months. When moomLooo emailed
the last part over, it came with a recorded message introducing herself to
the pair. "It's been a very mysterious process," says Phelan. "I email moom
all the time, but I know very little about her. I've never met her, never
spoken to her. I don't know how old she is or what she does for a living.
None of the usual things. And I think we all found this an intriguing
situation." The resulting album has a strange kind of magic, an essence
running through it. Blending warm wooden instruments with moomLooo's icy
vocal, it sounds modern at the same time as aged, distinctly Japanese but
rooted in the conventions of modern, electronic folk music. More structured
than Phelan Sheppard's usually instrumental music, it reveals a new,
accessible side to their work, one that's sure to appeal to fans of Bjork,
Deerhoof and lovers of beautiful, beguiling music everywhere. The next step
in the evolution of Smile Down Upon Us is to turn it into a functioning
live band. In Japan, moomLooo has assembled a couple of musicians to
recreate the songs until she finally meets with Phelan and Sheppard this
summer, when they intend to stage what's bound to be some very special live
shows indeed. "It would be quite something to have a Smile Down Upon Us
(East) and a Smile Down Upon Us (West)," says Phelan. "Dave and I have
never met or spoken to these musicians, don't even know their names. But
soon we'll be able to look on YouTube and see them playing our songs! It's
a weird but pleasant feeling."
Smittens, The - The Coolest Thing About Love CD (Happy Happy
Birthday to Me) [HHBTM101] $12.25
RELEASE DATE: 07-28-2008
Delicate and Twee! Summer fun with a sparkly heart! Sincere honest pop
music with a gentle soul and good intentions! Herein lie some of the
Smittens sweetest songs yet. Expanding their sonic palate a bit on their
third full-length album, the Smittens' take on hot fun in the summer sun
finds them reating oodles of hummable melodies in a rainbow assortment of
whimsical locales (on the beach, on the interstate, in a dandelion field,
in the library- to name just a few!) and dishing out the love in all
directions! The Smittens sing their songs directly into your heart and
leave a lasting deep warmth there, even as their catchy tunes continue to
spin round and round your head! Lovingly recorded by the Smittens
themselves with new sounds and friends chipping in including (a sassy cameo
from Tullycraft's Sean Tollefson!) and then mixed and produced with Eric
Masunaga and the gang working to make their new favorite record to share
with friends and lovers and family and fans the world over. Look out! Tune
in! Don't mess with the rainbow! Happy Happy Birthday to Me is pleased to
present The Coolest Thing About Love ~V the new album by The Smittens ~V
the gentlest gang in town!
Soundpool - Dichotomies & Dreamland CD (Quince Records)
[qrcp-60] $13.50
RELEASE DATE: 08-12-2008
Soundpool's second full length release "Dichotomies & Dreamland" boasts
two
bonus remixes from Manual & Ursula 1000, available only on this Japanese
import. These extras aren't the only things differentiating this from its
American release: Quince re-arranged the tracks to give an entirely
different perspective on the album's original concept. In addition, many of
the songs that were cross-faded on the domestic release can be heard in
their entirety on this one, making some key tracks more radio-friendly and
appropriate for podcasting. Also features Quince's high quality packaging
with all new artwork, obi, and liner notes in Japanese & English. If you
are interested enough to be reading this, then it's a pretty safe bet that
this album is a must-have!
Spoon - Don't You Evah CD (Merge) [MRG320] $6.50
"Don't You Evah" is the new single from SPOON's critically acclaimed
2007
smash hit Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. With a new B-side, a video of "Don't You Evah"
directed by PETER SIMONITE and remixes of the song from DIPLO, MATTHEW
DEAR, DJ AMAZE, TED LEO and DOCTOR DELAY, this EP is a great follow-up for
fans clamoring for more Spoon music after the success of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.
Stefan Fraunberger - Safara CD-R (The Eastern Front) [09620]
$19.50
handmade digipack, Limited to 100 copies
Steve Gunn - Sundowner CD (Digitalis) [ACE014CD] $11.25
No description available at this time.
Sunforest - Sound of Sunforest CD (Acme Gramophone/Lion
Productions) [ACLN1012CD] $15.00
No description available at this time.
Teenage Filmstars - Star CD (Artpop!) [ARTPOP013CD] $16.50
No description available at this time.
Testing Vault - The Laughing Torso CD (Finalmuzik) [09590]
$19.50
Yes, we did it. dANi/Alvo's Testing Vault debut full length CD is
available
through Final Muzik. Obscure, isolationist (post) industrial soundscapes:
in Testing Vault's music, love is hidden by painful moods and by a
breathless atmosphere of pure fear. File under: early Coil, Virgin Prunes'
"A New Form Of Beauty", Rozz Williams' experimental music projects, Italian
cult industrial / ritual band Rosemary's Baby. "The Laughing Torso"
features moody trumpet extravaganza by DBPIT and vocals by artist Val
Denham. Angst industrial / experimental music! Digipack limited edition.
500 copies
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb - Convertible CD (Plan It X) [PXS13]
$9.00
The fourth full-length album from Pensacola/San Francisco-based
underground
tour de force THIS BIKE IS A PIPE BOMB. Fourteen brand new tracks. LP
version to follow. Released on the band's own Plan-It-X imprint.
Troum - Darve SH/Ajin CD (Nefryt) [09586] $19.50
Two rare vinyls as one CD. The ritual face of Troum! "DARVÊ SH"
was
released in February 2003 as 10"-vinyl on Beta-Lactam Ring Records (mt030)
as part 10 in the "Lactamase" - series. "AJIN" was released in December
2005 as a picture-12" vinyl on Equation Records (E=mc11). DARVÊ SH:
etymological persian source for "Dervish", it means "doorway" (metaphor for
being between this word and the netherworld. AJIN: hebrew for "Eye". It
also means "Colour" or "Source" and is the 16th letter of the hebrew
alphabet. The right eye that looks into the sky for transcendence, the left
eye that looks to the ground to the worg of god (one that dances and the
other that speaks) -> balance of contradictions.
Vaious Artists - ...where tattered clouds are stranding:
Tribute to Einar Jonsson 2CD (The Eastern Front) [09606] $26.50
Double CDs compilation of European neofolk, industrial, dark ambient
projects dedicated to the art of Icelandic sculptor and painter Einar
Jonsson (1874-1954). Almost all the songs presented on the compilation
inspired by Einar Jonsson's art are unique, previously unreleased and
composed especially for this compilation.
Part I "Grief" is a
neofolk/martial part with the songs of Belborn, Storm Of Capricorn,
Westwind, Rukkanor, H.E.R.R./Von Thronsthl, Horologium, Weihan, Cold
Fusion, Larrnakh, Zebaoth, Agnivolok, Kammer Sieben, Aeldaborn and
Cawatana. Part II "Birth Of Psyche" is dark ambient/industrial/esotheric
part with the songs of Rose Rovine E Amanti, Wach, Objekt4, Hoarfrost,
Gandolfs Gedanken, Shining Vril, Echo West, Gregorio Bardini, Artefactum,
Kadaver, Bisclaveret, Sitra Ahra and Simulacra
Various Artists - Half Dreaming: An Asian Shoegaze Compilation
CD (Quince Records) [qrcp-62] $13.50
RELEASE DATE: 08-12-2008
Shoegaze transcends its British influences and resurfaces in Asia with
the
compilation Half Dreaming, featuring sixteen bands and sixteen new,
unreleased, or re-recorded tracks. Some of these artists are well known in
the Asian indie music scene and others about to debut, but all betray their
debt to such seminal bands as My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, and the
Cocteau Twins. The shoegaze/dreampop scene in Asia is burgeoning; Half
Dreaming surveys this new scene and provides a neat sampling of the artists
reviving the genre. 1. The Majestic High - See Her Fall (Korea) 2. burrrn -
Song Without Words (Japan) 3. Perfect Angel - Cataclysmic (Indonesia) 4.
Hideka - Echoes (Japan) 5. Elemental Gaze - Unperfect Sky (Indonesia) 6.
Monocism - Seisou (Japan) 7. Daixiaole - Satellite Boy (China) 8. Oeil -
Strawberry Cream (Japan) 9. Witherspoon - Tingles And Everything (Malaysia)
10. The Evening Primrose - Stargazer (Hong Kong) 11. Caucus - Sing (half
dreaming version) (Japan) 12. Candyaudioline - Felt So Fine (Philippines)
13. Sharesprings - Fix Your Eyes On (Indonesia) 14. Nanocycle - Great
Little Ones (Japan) 15. Everybody Loves Irene - Love Is So Strange
(Indonesia) 16. cryv - April And You, March And I (Japan).
Various Artists - More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
CD (Trikont) [TRKUS0367] $19.25
Trikont's second collection of songs that showcase the African-American
influence on the Country & Western genre. You get twenty-four tracks from
JOHNNY ADAMS, O.B. McCLINTON, ERIC MERCURY, JOE TEX, IKE & TINA TURNER,
SAMMY DAVIS JR., STONEY EDWARDS, RUTH BROWN, JUNIOR PARKER, CLARENCE
GATEMOUTH, ANDRE WILLIAMS, SOLOMON BURKE, JAMES BROWN, and more.
Various Artists - Variations In Time: A Jazz Perspective CD
(Public Transit) [PTR009] $17.75
What is Jazz? Jazz fans and critics alike have struggled to define this
constantly-evolving musical form. ANDY WILLIAMS, veteran DJ and compiler of
the new Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective compilation on Public
Transit Recordings, has a few words for the music: Colorful. Passionate.
Soulful. Electrifying. Witty. Raw. Heavy. Off-kilter. Deep. Whether hip
hop, spoken word, soul, free or funky, the diverse artists on this PTR
compilation share common ground in the Nile of jazz. Andy's been embracing
and linking music for more than 30 years through experiences in Jamaica,
England, West Africa, Montreal and Toronto, and he curates PTR's first deep
jazz compilation for those who know--and need to know.
Various Artists - Mariachi: The Sound Of Hysteria & Heartbreak
CD (Trikont) [TRKUS0365] $19.25
Mariachi - The Sound of Hysteria & Heartbreak documents the whole
spectrum
of the Mariachi sound--emotional eruption, grief, suffering and complete
elation--from folk traditions to modern popular music. Mariachi trumpets
exult in techno and hip hop as well in ballads of popular music gogetters,
the typical violins yowl no less in house music than they do in CALEXICO's
desert sound. This compilation brings all the sounds and emotions together.
Along with traditional Mariachi groups there are tracks from Calexico,
WILLY DE VILLE, MIGHTY DUB CATS, KEVIN AYERS, LINDA RONSTADT, TOSHINORI
KONDO, RORY McLEOD, and others. Eighteen tracks in all.
Various Artists - Hyperreality CD (Aliens Production) [09621]
$18.25
Track Listing: HOLOCAUST / AFRAID / LAUGHIN' / ON TV / WHITE YOUTH / RED BRIGADES / ALL ALONE IN HER NIRVANA * / ALIENATION / S.P.G. ** / UK 79 / FRUSTRATION / KANADA KOMMANDO /
* Never before released and would become a Death In
June song.
** Never before released in any form.
Dr.
Boogie - Shim Sham Shimmy CD (Sub Rosa) [SR279CD] $14.75
RELEASE DATE: 07-22-2008
This is the third volume in Sub Rosa's collection devoted to rare and
lost
recordings from the `20s to the `60s, following Dr. Boogie Presents
Rarities from the Bob Hite Vaults and Oh, Run Into Me, But Don't Hurt Me!
Female Blues Singers - Rarities 1923-1930. Shim Sham Shimmy has been
assembled by Belgian radio personality, musicologist, and Canned Heat
devotee, Walter De Paduwa aka Dr. Boogie. Is it really possible to imagine
what modern music would sound like if a few pioneering geniuses had not had
the idea of electrifying their instruments, especially guitar and
harmonica, between 1945 and 1950? Some purists pan this evolution, but, in
the `50s, the new sound was heard and embraced at all the studios and night
clubs in the United States; it would become a staple on the radio, and in
pop culture in general, radically transforming the blues, boogie and
country into acts of rebellion. This collection pays tribute to about
thirty artists, some of whom later became known, like "Master of the
Telecaster" Albert Collins, boogie-woogie and blues pianist Champion Jack
Dupree, slide guitar innovator Homesick James, harmonica and blues singer,
Sammy Myers, "The Boogie Disease" author Doctor Ross, and one-man band
wild-man, Joe Hill Louis. ==
Earl Rodney - Friends & Countrymen CD (Em Records) [EM1077CD]
$19.00
RELEASE DATE: 07-22-2008
As part of EM Records' ongoing Steel Pan series, here is Friends &
Countrymen by Earl Rodney - the first-ever solo album from a Trinidadian
steel pan player. This reissue of the original 1973 LP, recorded in New
York City by Rodney and fellow expatriate Trinidadians, is a rootsy stew of
Caribbean, Afro-Yoruba and funk influences. Heavy, propulsive and deep,
driven by island percussion and funky bass, peppered by the imaginative
phrasing of steel pan veteran Rodney, with slatherings of horns and wicked
wah-wah guitar, this is a revolutionary release - fusion in the best sense
of the word.
Glenn Branca - Symphony #5 CD (Atavistic) [ALP015CD] $13.75
2008 repress. Subtitled "Describing Planes Of an Expanding
Hypersphere".
Recorded in 1984 but held up in a post-production stasis until now, this is
music for 5 guitars, mallet guitar, violin, drums, bass, keyboards, that is
being touted as the "most dense, cacophonous Branca symphony yet."
Jason Crest - Collected Works of Jason Crest CD (Wooden Hill)
[WH006CD] $21.00
"Now available again after being deleted since 2002, Collected Works Of
Jason Crest collects the A and B sides of all five late 1960s singles by
British psychedelic pop cults Jason Crest"
Late, The - Songs From The Family Tree CD (Wooden Hill)
[WH021CD] $21.00
"Although harmony-based British soft rock act Unicorn didn't release
their
superb debut album, Uphill All The Way, until mid-1971, the core of the
band had been playing together, principally as The Late, for several years.
Taken from previously unreleased acetates and studio tapes, Songs From The
Family Tree charts the group's hitherto undocumented progress from 1967 to
1969"
M.E.V. - Spacecraft/Unified Patchwork Theory CD (Alga Marghen)
[ALGA038CD] $18.50
2008 repress! "In the fall of 1966 a group of composers that included
Frederic Rzewski, Alvin Curran, Allen Bryant, Jon Phetteplace, Giuseppe
Chiari and Richard Teitelbaum organized `Avanguardia Musicale I', a
festival of several consecutive nights at the Accademia Filarmonica Romana.
The program included tape music, Fluxus performance art pieces and live
electronic works. It was also the beginning of the group MEV.
Peanut Butter Conspiracy - For Children Of All Ages CD
(Rev-Ola) [crrev253] $15.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-30-2008
Perhaps it was just their name, but the Peanut Butter Conspiracy
somehow
failed to reap due plaudits during their existence. From an early
incarnation as the Ashes onwards, their story intertwines with those of
several Californian contemporaries while, at its best, the band's music
fused Bay Area-styled invention with 60s LA sunshine harmonies. They scored
early on with the deathless Turn On A Friend (To The Good Life) This, their
final album, may not scale such heights, but it nonetheless provides a
fascinating coda to the group's complex history. Moving into rock and R&B
areas at times, we still have the soulful vocals of Alan Brackett mixed
with the ethereal tones of Sandy Robison for that unique and loveable PBC
sound.
Pentangle - The Lost Broadcasts 1968-1972 2CD (Hux) [HUX049CD]
$25.75
"This double CD of Pentangle's BBC recordings is comprised primarily of
rare and previously unheard tracks. From 1968 to 1973, Pentangle were
prolific session guests on BBC radio, their unique fusion of sounds
providing access to programmes covering folk, pop and progressive rock.
When BBC cupboards were trawled for these recordings in the early `90s,
they were almost bare - a mere handful of tracks survived in the tape
archive (released on the Band Of Joy/Strange Fruit labels). More recently,
however, a further twelve tracks, in pristine sound, were discovered buried
deep in the BBC archives.."
Soft Machine - Softstage: BBC In Concert 1972 CD (Hux)
[HUX070CD] $17.25
2005 release. "This live BBC concert was recorded at London's Paris
Theatre
on July 20,1972, just a few months before the live and studio material for
band's album Six was put together. The Six album is widely regarded as a
great record, but as the critic Duncan Heining says in his liner notes to
Softstage, this CD is actually even better. This concert was the fifth by
this incarnation of Soft Machine, with Karl Jenkins joining Mike Ratledge,
Hugh Hopper and John Marshall, adding his considerable skills on woodwinds
and keyboards, not to mention his talents as composer. This performance
also showcases the exceptional Hopper-Marshall rhythm section."
Sprung aus den Wolken - Faux Pas 1 CD (Klanggalerie) [09601]
$18.25
Faux Pas 1 was Sprung aus den Wolken's first album, released in 1982
and
recorded at the infamous Cassettencombinat studio. Member of the band at
that time was also Alexander Hacke of Einstürzende Neubauten. We are
very
proud to bring you a re-issue of this milestone of German avantgarde in an
expanded form of 15 tracks!. If you're interested in minimal electronica,
early German Industrial or just rough pop music, have a go at this. It is a
perfect companion to the "Early Recordings" CD we released a couple of
years ago.
Stone Harbour - Emerges CD (Lion Productions) [LION621CD]
$15.00
No description available at this time.
Teenage Jesus & The Jerks - Shut Up and Bleed CD (Cherry Red)
[CDMRED367CD] $15.00
"Here we compiled all Teenage Jesus and The Jerks recordings, alongside
some NEVER previously released live material. Simultaneous to Teenage
Jesus, Lunch formed Beirut Slump, released one single and recorded an
album's worth of material, which is also included on this remarkable
release."
Tubes, The - Goin Down The Tubes CD (Cherry Red) [cdmred363]
$15.00
Reissue of this classic compilation, taken from the Tubes' golden
period
during their time with A&M records in the late 1970's. This double CD takes
from all their best-loved albums and includes the entire remote control
album that was released in 1979, produced by Todd Rundgren. The CD booklet
features a UK discography, sleeve notes and lyrics to the singles included
on the album. Also many of the band's brilliant and visually striking album
images are featured throughout the booklet. The CD features 5 of the band's
best known singles 'White Punks On Dope', 'Don't Touch Me There', 'Prime
Time', 'TV is King' and 'Love's A Mystery (I Don't Understand)'. The Tubes
created a unique blend of tongue in cheek theatrical rock that found a
niche within the whole punk/new wave movement of the mid-late 70's. They
built a huge reputation for their outrageously extravagant live shows,
performing at Knebworth festival and a record breaking run at the old
Hammersmith Odeon. The Tubes are still working today. The band tours
extensively across the us and they have a very well presented and supported
official website www.thetubes.com
Various Artists - Allergic to Flowers: Garage Beat & Popsike -
Part 2 1965-68 CD (RPM) [RPM838CD] $16.50
No description available at this time.
Warner Jepson - Totentanz and Other Electronic Works 1958-1973
2CD (Melon Expander) [MELON005CD] $16.50
"The act of dusting off old forgotten master tapes, and old people too,
can
reveal a myriad of results. Crappy music that sounded great to the stoned
performer at the time, crappy music that sounded great before time ate away
at the tapes, great music trapped behind various complications, or, in the
case with Warner Jepson, great music from a composer enthusiastic about
revisiting it. Jepson recorded over 200 ?" tape reels full of electronic
sounds at the San Francisco Tape Music Center, Mills College and The
National Center for Experiments in Television (NCET). Some of them were
used as soundtracks for theatre productions and art films, and some were
heard ephemerally at art galleries, parties and `happenings' in the late
`60s and early `70s. Only one document was ever released - the soundtrack
to Totentanz, a ballet by Carlos Carvajal, on an LP that yielded a
circulation of only 300 copies in 1971. This 2CD release is a reissue of
that Totentanz LP, plus many other pieces that vary in content from his
late `50s musique concrète experiments to rhythmic prepared piano
and tape
pieces to sprawling meditative sound paintings done on the 100 and 200
series Buchla synthesizers."
This week's VINYL update contains releases by:
Ahmet Sisman * Alberto Montero * Alex Attias * Alex Carbo & Insect O. *
Alex Flatner feat. Lopazz * Alex Picone * Alter Ego * Anakrid * Asem Shama
* Axel Bartsch * Baaz * Bad Cop Bad Cop * Bearweasel * Bozzwell * Bubble
Puppy * Burger/Voigt * Byrds, The * Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band *
Cassy * Dan Drastic * Deadbeat * Deepgroove & Jamie Anderson * Delirium *
Dez Dickerson * Dirka Dirka * Don Rimini * Eric Borgo * Eyeone * Fairmont *
Fiery Furnaces, The * Frivolous * Gareth Whitehead * Hard Place * Harvey
Milk * Hella * Hum of the Druid * Indian Jewelry * Jean-Pierre Massiera *
Jello Biafra * Jim Haynes * Johannes Heil/Extrawelt/Gregor Thresher * John
DahlbÄck * Joz * Kollektiv Turmstrasse * La PeÑa * Los
Updates * Marco
Shuttle * Metope * Mikael Stavostrand feat. K.atou * Mr. Scruff * Nicolas
Stefan * Nthnth Sthsth * Om * Osanna * Oxia vs. Gino's & Snake * Paul
Panzer * Phokus * Pocahaunted * Roger McGuinn * Rudimentary Peni * Sharam
Jey * Sleeparchive * Stephan Hinz * Substance * Sukh Knight * Super Flu *
Taron-trekka * Tommie Sunshine * Trolley Route * Watson * X-102 * Zero dB *
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Ahmet Sisman - Yakin ve Uzak... Near and Far 12 inch (Stock5)
[STOCKLTD002EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Alberto Montero - Alberto Montero LP (Greyhead Records)
[GREYHEAD007LP] $31.50
No description available at this time.
Alex Attias - Unreleased Dubz 12 inch (Mule Electronic)
[MULE047EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Alex Carbo & Insect O. - Science Fiction Summer Movie 12 inch
(Etui) [ETUI012EP] $10.25
No description available at this time.
Alex Flatner feat. Lopazz - Perfect Circles 12 inch (Circle
Music) [CIRCLE018EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Alex Picone - Furby/Floppy 12 inch (Cadenza) [CADENZA027EP]
$13.25
No description available at this time.
Alter Ego - F***ingham Palace 12 inch (Klang Elektronik)
[KLANG135EP] $11.50
Nerk and Dirk Leyers, Modeselektor, Deepgroove and Jamie Anderson remix
tracks off Alter Ego's Why Not?!. Nerk and Dirk give the sub-bass inferno
"F***ingham Palace" even MORE bass, while Modeselektor carry the principle
of "comic techno" to the absolute extreme. Deepgroove and Jamie Anderson
turn down the stomping beat of the original "Queen Anne's Revenge" a little
bit, but it's still incredibly edgy.
Anakrid - Feverdreamfever LP (Stereonucleosis) [STRNU105]
$12.00
Critically acclaimed sound artists ANAKRID present another in a series
of
limited run explorations into alien occultic territory. These avant-garde
hit-makers have real crossover potential, combining the best, most dynamic
experimental noise with the very latest drones. This exciting NOW sound is
OUT OF THIS WORLD! Hey kids! If you love Nurse With Wound, Genocide Organ,
Hafler Trio, Muslimgauze, Pierre Henry, Nadja and Harry Bertoia and
confusing your parents, then you'll want to get in on the Anakrid craze
before it's too late. They've got a whole new way of kickin' it old school.
Asem Shama - Kabuki 12 inch (Highgrade) [HIGH052EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Asem Shama - Trick 17 12 inch (Sportclub) [SPORT017EP]
$10.25
No description available at this time.
Axel Bartsch - Kiss 2x12 inch (Karmarouge) [KR035LP] $19.00
Double-12" vinyl version of Axel Bartsch's debut full-length, Kiss,
previously released on CD by Karmarouge. After a few 12" releases on
Kompakt, Sportclub and Spielzeug, Axel Bartsch made the final decision to
name his album Kiss because of his passion for music... because music is
like kissing - highly emotional and sensual, as the feeling of approaching
lips. These are melodic and energetic tracks that space out into ambience
against minimalist hooks, classic techno, dub, and vocal experimentation,
dipping into the abstractness of familial and emotional electronic
soundscapes. Kiss celebrates the glorious pressure and tension felt in the
body when the dancer is animated by a grooving techno current - moving,
throbbing, and finally being released in hisses and pops, like being kissed
by music.
Baaz - You And Some 12 inch (Sthlmaudio Recordings) [SA018EP]
$11.50
No description available at this time.
Bad
Cop Bad Cop - Top of the Cops 12 inch (Kahlwild) [KAHL012EP] $10.25
No description available at this time.
Bearweasel - Orpington 12 inch (Murmur) [MUR003EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Bozzwell - Bozzwell 12 inch (Firm) [FIRM028EP] $10.25
No description available at this time.
Burger/Voigt - Roter Platz 12 inch (Kompakt) [KOM176EP]
$11.50
No description available at this time.
Cassy - Idle Blues/April 12 inch (Cassy) [CASSY002EP]
$12.25
Cassy presents two deep, hypnotic, agravic house cuts, including 6
loops!
Second release on Cassy's own label.
Dan
Drastic - Xibeca 12 inch (Hairy Claw) [HAIRY010EP] $11.50
"Dan Drastic is a German producer and DJ with impeccable taste.
Previous
output for Highgrade has been superb and he has some amazing stuff due to
drop on Moon Harbour (where he takes care of promotions in fine style) so
Hairy Claw have handpicked him for the first release of 2008. Deep, groovy
and with just the right amount of drive, `Xibeca' is a modern house cut of
the highest order. Supernature and Tsuba artists Bearweasel take the
techier elements of Dan's original and twist them into a flowing tech-house
cut - so there's something for the heavier crowds too. There are big things
afoot with Hairy Claw, we'll keep you posted."
Deadbeat - Versionist Carmot 12 inch (Wagon Repair) [WAG039EP]
$11.50
This is Deadbeat's second Wagon Repair release in quick succession.
Versionist Carmot blends dubstep and house in a pulsating techno workout.
"Boil" progresses sharply with off-beat rhythmic melody and probing
percussion. "Freeze" soothes with icy-cool looped dub guitar and
reverberating percussion. "Evaporate" is a deeper house number, with
cymbals riding high alongside sampled machinery and a throbbing synth
melody. "Incinerate" closes procedures with a combustive climax - a fiery
mix of percussion and bubbling melody.
Deepgroove & Jamie Anderson - Killer/Butterflies 12 inch (Klang
Elektronik) [KLANG134EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Delirium - Delirium III LP (Vinyl Magic) [VM126LP] $31.50
No description available at this time.
Dez
Dickerson - Modernaire 12 inch (Citinite) [NITE010EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Dirka Dirka - DIRKA DIRKA 12 inch (Dipolter) [DIPO005EP]
$11.50
No description available at this time.
Don
Rimini - Kick'n Run 12 inch (Mental Groove) [MG068EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Eric Borgo - Mopti 12 inch (Tsuba) [TSUBA022EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Eyeone - Abstracks Volume 1 12 inch (Snork) [SNORK011EP]
$11.50
No description available at this time.
Fairmont - I Need Medicine 12 inch (Border Community)
[BCR024EP] $10.75
No description available at this time.
Fiery Furnaces, The - Remember 3xLP (Thrill Jockey) [THR202LP]
$16.50
No description available at this time.
Frivolous - The Emoticon Don 12 inch (Minibar) [MINI013EP]
$11.50
No description available at this time.
Gareth Whitehead - Left Behind 12 inch (Bullet: Dodge)
[DODGE002EP] $11.00
No description available at this time.
Hard Place - Get Your Hopes Up LP (World Famous In San
Francisco) [WFNSF001LP] $10.75
HARD PLACE are an invigorating art rock band that has hit the Los
Angeles
scene with full force, fusing '80s new wave with metal riffs resulting in
sounds comparable to Human League, Sparks, Iron Maiden, and Slade. The band
is fronted by ASHLEY HUIZENGA and FREDDY CRISTY, who bring a theatrical
flare to the music through their sexy--bordering on depraved--vocal
interplay.
Hella - There's No 666 In Outer Space LP (Black Diamond)
[BDX04] $17.00
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! The California-based group's There's No 666
in
Outer Space, sees longtime HELLA members ZACH HILL (drums) and SPENCER SIEM
(guitar) joined by an extended lineup. Zach considers the rebirth to be
"Easily the best thing we've done under the moniker, for sure." Hella's
re-birth? Zach certainly believes so. "It's a whole different story. It's
the most concentrated effort we've ever made. We're perceiving it as--in a
non-religious fashion--basically being born again. We're definitely
handling this like it's the first record we've ever made. It's not some
experiment or project. Musically, it's obvious how it differs from the
others. I think it's different in everything--different in spirit,
different musically, different people."
Hum
of the Druid - Raising the New Wing/Braided LP (Snse) [SNSE072LP]
$15.25
No description available at this time.
Indian Jewelry - Fake And Cheap LP (Deleted Art) [DLTD]
$16.25
INDIAN JEWELRY are lime-spitting music bitches much scarred by the
slings
and arrows of outrageous fortune. They roll deep. Fake and Cheap is
comprised of ten new songs recorded in Los Angeles and Chicago during 2006
and 2007. Indian Jewelry "are doing to electro what the Butthole Surfers
did to the blues and Scratch Acid did to funk." Imported from Sweden.
Jello Biafra - Jezebel/Speed Demon 7 inch (Alternative
Tentacles) [VIRUS390] $4.50
What do you get when Jello Biafra and three of the Zen Guerillas attack
two
songs for a Reverend Horton Heat compilation? You get this aural
ass-kicking of a 7-inch! The A-side is their scathing take on the classic
rockabilly tune, "Jezebel," while the B-side is their version of the Rev's
awesome tune "Speed Demon!" The cover art is hand-picked by Jello- and if
you think the topless blonde with the dog is striking, wait 'til you see
the other side!
Jim
Haynes - Eraldus/Eravaldus Picture Disc LP (Elevator Bath) [EEAOA026LP]
$19.75
"Beautiful picture disc LP featuring two full-color reproductions of
visual
works by Jim Haynes and two new side-long solo compositions.
Johannes Heil/Extrawelt/Gregor Thresher - The Double Feature 12
inch (Metatron Recordings) [MTR003EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
John Dahlbäck - Pyramid 12 inch (Pickadoll Music)
[PICK036EP] $12.25
After the super-elegant album release Winners & Fools, which caused a
massive stir in ALL clubs, John Dahlbäck keeps on rocking with more
canned
adrenaline. Positive house vibes and a melody that will stick in your head
and put a smile on your face. A more aggressive mix comes from the
well-known new producer/genius Dirty South. The melody walks hand-in-hand
with a big house piano. A true must-have for all old and new Pickadoll
fans.
Joz
- Juice 12 inch (Knall Traxx) [KNALL008EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Mondschein Primaten 12 inch (Baalsaal)
[BAAL004EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Holunderbaum 12 inch (Musik Gewinnt
Freunde) [MGF004EP] $10.25
No description available at this time.
La
Peña - Volume 1 12 inch (La Peña) [LPA001EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Los
Updates - First If You Please - The Remix Part 1 12 inch (Cadenza)
[CADENZA026EP] $13.25
Los Updates is the latest project from Chile's Jorge González
with Loreto
Otero. González is one of the country's best-known musical
ambassadors. His
group Los Prisioneros defined the sound of Chilean rock in the `80s and
`90s. In the `90s, he teamed up with the usual suspects in Latin America's
expat electronica scene. Los Updates connects the dots between mindbending
minimal house and unabashed pop; this first EP in a series of remix
packages features an original album cut edit backed by remixes from Ricardo
Villalobos and Dandy Jack & The Superhero.
Marco Shuttle - Don't Laugh At Me 12 inch (Serialism Records)
[SERIALISM003EP] $11.00
No description available at this time.
Metope - AR3 12 inch (Areal Records) [AR003EP] $11.50
RELEASE DATE: 07-22-2008
This is the third release in Metope's AR series.
Mikael Stavostrand feat. K.atou - Waiting For So Long 12 inch
(Lick My Deck) [LMD003EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Mr.
Scruff - Donkey Ride/Giant Pickle 12 inch (Ninja Tuna)
[ZEN12208/NinjaTuna01] $11.25
MR. SCRUFF is more than just a DJ/producer. The bearded British wonder
is a
cartoonist, purveyor of fine teas, club impresario, lover of fish (but not
in a funny way), and general purveyor of A Better Way of Life for
Right-Minded Club Folk. Now, the Mancunian maverick and Ninja Tune have
come together to launch a new venture: Ninja Tuna. Instead of a traditional
album campaign, over the next 18 months Ninja Tuna will release various
types of Scruff ephemera, intramedia, and post-prandial devicing music,
clothing, merchandise, art, and more. Here, Scruff shows all his
music-making virtues are intact. Funny, funky, musically warm, and astute,
but with some of that cartoonish fun-fair atmosphere that makes every
Scruff release a celebration, "Donkey Ride" is a collaboration with
longtime cohort QUNATIC and pianist ANDY kINGSLOW., "Giant Pickle" slaps
the biggest hip hop break up against hi-life keyboards and moody strings
for the most moving ode to large vegetables killed by vinegar since...
well, maybe it's a first. With unfeasible bass and cowbell snaps, this will
move the floor. No exports outside the US and South
Mr.
Scruff - Get A Move On 12 inch (Ninja Tune) [ZEN12104] $8.75
No description available at this time.
Nicolas Stefan - Time Is Over 12 inch (K2) [K2034EP] $10.25
No description available at this time.
Nthnth Sthsth - Uton & Anthony Milton Collaboration LP (Release
The Bats) [RTB35] $18.25
Finland and New Zealand meets again on this second collaborative album
from
UTON and ANTHONY MILTON (first one under the NTHnthSTHsth moniker was
released as a limited CDR on Celebrate Psi Phenomenon back in 2004). A
perfect clash of two beautiful worlds over two sidelong tracks divided into
several shorter segments. Layers of majestic droning sounds, field
recordings, voices, guitars, percussion. Full colour artwork by JANI
HIRVONEN and liner notes by JON DALE. Limited to 520 copies, imported from
Sweden.
Om
- Live At Jerusalem LP (Southern Lord) [SUNN86.5] $20.75
In December of 2007 the mighty duo that is OM made a pilgrimage to
Israel
to play for its people. Their pinnacle performance unfolded at 4
Aristobolus Street in Jerusalem the site of Uganda Records. The band played
for over 4 hours on this evening! The tracks: "Flight of the Eagle" and
"Bhimas' Theme" were captured and the transmission of these recordings were
flown back to the United States where the vinyl lacquers were made by BOB
WESTON. Southern Lord in cooperation with OM present you the listener with
this 180-gram black vinyl transcendental offering: OM-"Live at Jerusalem".
Limited to 3,000 machine numbered copies.
Osanna - Milano Calibro 9 LP (Vinyl Magic) [VM092LP] $31.50
No description available at this time.
Oxia vs. Gino's & Snake - Seven Remixes 12 inch (Notorious)
[NOTO019EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Paul Panzer - Verbrechen/Alibi 12 inch (Knall Traxx)
[KNALL007EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Phokus - Inta 7 inch (Police In Helicopter) [PIH002EP]
$11.50
"Proper dubstep / reggae hybrid business on smart 7"
Pocahaunted - Mirror Mics LP (Weird Forest) [WEIRD023LP]
$15.25
No description available at this time.
Rudimentary Peni - No More Pain LP (Outer Himalayan) [BOOBOO9V]
$14.50
RUDIMENTARY PENI, one of the best and most mysterious bands of the
English
punk scene return with an album of completely new material. Welcome to No
More Pain. Known for intensely personal music and lyrics made by the
exceptional musicians in the band, and alternating lyrically between the
witty macabre and the socio-political, Peni have never tried to keep up
with any particular musical fashion or trend, generally sticking to a
policy of doing precisely what they want to do. No More Pain is no
exception and keeps within the boundaries of '77 fast punk and the '80's
style of slower, chugging material, though always staying clear of the
punk-metal crossover that infected so many bands of that '80s period. As
always, artwork is designed by the wonder NICK BLINCO.
Sharam Jey - Dont' Lie - The 2008 Remixes 12 inch (King Kong
Records) [KKR029EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Sleeparchive - Hadron 12 inch (Sleeparchive) [ZZZ008EP]
$11.50
No description available at this time.
Stephan Hinz - Etudes for Rhodes and Canned Strings 12 inch
(Kickboxer) [KICK021EP] $10.25
No description available at this time.
Substance - Relish 12 inch (Scion Versions) [SCION006EP]
$11.50
"Re-issue of classic Chain Reaction techno by Substance aka DJ Pete,
incl.
original killer loops and adding a brilliant remix by Shed - TIP!"
Sukh Knight - Born Invincible 12 inch (True Tiger) [TTR012EP]
$11.00
No description available at this time.
Super Flu - Zinnober 12 inch (Herzblut) [HERZ010EP] $12.25
The Super Flu jack-masters deliver "Zinnober" - an accelerating intro,
claps, a slight change in melody, some efx and bass, melody fading in and
out, and people go wild. After the breakdown, everything floats on top of
plastic-soaked house beats. "Mjölk" starts with a stupid and
tremendous
beat. Tiny snares, wobbler-effects, and used crash drums do the rest. This
is a dangerous club weapon and will definitely cause huge damage on the
floors.
Taron-trekka - Secret Findler 12 inch (Brut! Records)
[BRUT005EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Tommie Sunshine - Limit of Your Mind 12 inch (Alphabet City)
[ALPHA075EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Trolley Route - World's Waiting 12 inch (Cray1labworks)
[C1LW015EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Various Artists - Emergency Room Vol. 1 LP (Grotesque Modern /
Nominal) [GROSSMOD07] $18.50
"This record is to document a year of one of the best alternative
spaces
currently operating in Canada, THE EMERGENCY ROOM in downtown Vancouver.
Features tracks from DEFEKTORS, PETROLEUM BY-PRODUCTS, VAPID, WHITE LUNG,
MUTATORS, TWIN CRYSTALS, NU SENSAE, and SICK BUILDINGS. A one time pressing
of 1000. Includes full-size, 20-page book of photos, art and text printed
on recycled paper at Hemlock Printers.
Watson - Basin Head 12 inch (Neutonmusic) [NEUM037EP]
$11.50
No description available at this time.
X-102 - Flyby 12 inch (Axis) [AX052EP] $8.75
No description available at this time.
Zero dB - Heavyweight Vinyl 12 inch (Ninja Tune) [ZEN12214]
$11.25
Dirty jazz 'n' bassmeisters ZERO dB continue their remix project with
all
the attack, elan, grit, and sheer fun associated with their unique brand of
club music, following up their remix album, Heavyweight Gringos, with a
12-inch of cuts from the good harvest of Bongos, Bleeps & Basslines remixes
gathered by CHRIS VOGADO (one of the dBs) from the Fluid Ounce Friends and
Familia crew plus Ninja Tune and Big Dada stablemates. These heavyweight
remixers plundered the dB drives and picked their perfect partners for the
dance. Featured on this vinyl-only sampler are mixes from: PETER KRUDER
(KRUDER & DORFMEISTER), NWACHUKWU (ATTICA BLUES, CDR founder), and DAVE DA
GATO. Also included is Zero dB's own rather marvelous remix of "Keep On"--a
DJ Kentaro tune featuring the still-mighty PHARCYDE. No exports outside the
US and South America
Ø - Oleva 2xLP (Sahko) [SAHKO023LP] $27.00
"Mika Vainio's explorative music at its very best somewhere in between
industrial, electronic drones & Pan Sonic-esque techno - TIP!"
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Bubble Puppy - A Gathering of Promises LP (Sundazed) [SC5220LP]
$18.50
No description available at this time.
Byrds, The - Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde LP (Sundazed) [SC5072LP]
$18.50
No description available at this time.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - It Comes To You In A Plain
Brown Wrapper 2xLP (Sundazed) [SC5217LP] $32.00
No description available at this time.
Harvey Milk - Pleaser 2xLP (Chunklet) [CHKLP003] $24.00
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! HARVEY MILK's classic rock album The Pleaser
along with its companion piece Live Pleaser nestled in a double album
gatefold with all photos in full color and a full color insert complete
with lyrics. The artwork is as jaw-dropping as the albums! And yes, the
exclamation points are entirely warranted!!!!! VERY LIMITED!
Jean-Pierre Massiera - Psychoses: Freakoid 1963-1978 LP (Mucho
Gusto) [MGLP008] $17.00
This is volume one in the story of JEAN-PIERRE MASSIERA, the mastermind
behind Maledictus Sound. Released in 1968, the album was his epiphany,
produced with no artistic constraint or pressure to produce a hit.
Jean-Pierre Massiera is a freeform artist with no set plan, who's career
started with early '60s French beat groups continuing through the '70s,
'80s and up to the present, where he now works in various French studios as
a producer. Like the horror sci-fi collages of his early '70s album
jackets, this compilation is homage to his fantastic Frankenstein like
career, a beautiful multi layered monster.
Jean-Pierre Massiera - Psychoses: Discoid 1976-1981 LP (Mucho
Gusto) [MGLP009] $17.00
Volume two in the story of JEAN-PIERRE MASSIERA.
Roger McGuinn - Live From Spain 2xLP (Sundazed) [SC5210LP]
$32.00
No description available at this time.