This week's CD update contains releases by:
About * Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno * Andrew Liles *
Aranos *
Arpiar * Asmus Tietchens * Atum * Bass Communion / Freibrand * Beequeen *
Begushkin * Billy Childish & The Blackhands * Black Nielson * Brighter
Death Now * Business Lady * Candlesnuffer * Catz 'n' Dogz * Christina
Carter * Christopher Mcfall * Co-Pilgrim * Dirt Crew * Doormouse *
Dutchesses * El Vez * Elodie Lauten * Evapori * Experimental Audio Research
* F/i * Fonda 500 * Frans De Waard * Freiband * Gary Usher * Golgotha/Dawn
& Dusk Entwined * Gregory Buttner * Gregory BÜttner Stephan Nicolai,
Asmus
Tietchens, Stefan Funck * Hatewave * Heidelinde Weis * Hey Colossus *
Hi-Fi's, The * It's A Musical * Joe Carducci * Joesphine Foster * Landed *
Matthias Tanzmann & Thomas Melchior * Michael Knight * Mighty Kong * Mike
Shannon * Mudhoney * Nekyia * New Estate * Next Life * Niko Skorpio *
O.W.L. * Oddfellows Casino * Ovro * Paleface * Passione Nera * Pick-up *
Plush * Pocahaunted * Rodriguez * Sailboats Are White * Scott Foust * Serge
Blenner * Slepcy * Soda Fountain Rag * Souls On Board * Specimens, The *
Stefan Goldmann * Stephen Funck * Steve Bug * Stunt Rock * Subaudible Hum *
Tania Vulcano & Sossa * Tape Op * Terminal 11 * Tex La Homa * Vestigial *
Vorpal * Wild Billy Childish & The M.B.E. * Wire, The
[ F E A T U R E D R E L E A S E S ]
Niko Skorpio - Half Born in Half Light CD (Some Place Else)
[SPECD08049] $19.61
Half Born in Half Light is based on the foundations of
psychedelic ambient soundscapes and darkly majestic
bass drone, over which tribal rhythms and magickal
vocal invocations build grotesque alien monoliths
whose angles mock the euclidean mathematics of
conventional composition. Niko Skorpio is not
restricted
to one particular genre, but draws
on many
sources. This makes the music colourful and
diverse, yet it remains coherent and
has the
artist’s unique fingerprints
all over (this time
literally in the cover as well). If
we are
to give it a label,
let’s call it
HERMETIC FUSION MUSICK.
Ovro - Revisited CD (Some Place Else)
[SPECD08047] $19.61
The wondergirl of Finnish
dark ambient soundscapes is
back with a new album.
Revisited is based
on field recordings made during
Ovro’s tour in
Russia in 2006, subsequently
processed and treated in
the studio. Revisited is
a powerful aural
travelogue. It will lull the
listener to a
state of receptive trance,
and then starts working
on the subconscious mind. Let
yourself go,
lose yourself in the
sound, expect lucid dreams,
out-of-body experiences,
alien apparitions and a
shower of sound massaging
your body throughout.
Serge Blenner -
Virtualis CD (Serge Blenner)
[MdeCCD002] $14.50
"Great new album for this French
artist, who wants to show in music
all a
series of sensations from Latin word
“virtus”, not
like ethical sense but
existential and creating. >From that
here 12 very good tracks in a flight
over classical sounds, running with
electronic and to go inside in the
drops of rare voices [...]. Listener
is capturated by the melody so sweet
and strong in the same time, soft
parts and others more rhythmical.
Wonderful
“Splendeur”,
fabulous ouverture to hear all the
music developed
for an hour about. Very good the
sound of cello, often important to
build
the track. Again, Blenner has
composed a rainbow of colours in
music, and
we can only leave ourselves to
caress by its notes". ©
Stefania Carezzoli,
(Italian)
Serge Blenner - Miroir
de Soi CD (Serge Blenner)
[MdeCCD003] $14.50
“Serge Blenner [...]
has a unique place in the world of
electronic music.
His music is totally incomparable
with what others do and that makes
it so
interesting. After he started
experimenting with high-grade
equipment like
the PPG Wave Computer in the early
eighties, his music has slowly grown
into a specific sort of classical
music. “Miroir de
Soi” (“Mirror
Of Self”)
is perhaps his most classic album to
date, perhaps also his most
romantic.
Beautiful orchestral parts,
pianopieces, acoustic guitars and a
lot of
atmosphere have an important place
on “Miroir De
Soi”. It surprises me
that
Blenner (as far as I know)
isn’t a well-known
composer of filmmusic by now
because his music is excellent
suitable for this. Very beautiful
are tracks
like “Le Miroir”
(nice melody),
“Exlibris”
(very romantic),
“Projection”
(a
great recording)
“Illumination”
(darker),
“Estival”
(great samples of
stringinstruments), “Les
Méandres” (could
have been music of a French film
from the seventies) and
“Les Anges”
(samples of churchbells and fine
choirs). This is very
special”. © 2004
Paul Rijkens, (Netherlands)
Serge Blenner - Musique
de Chambre CD (Serge Blenner)
[MdeCCD004] $14.50
With "Musique de Chambre" Serge
Blenner publishes his seventeenth
and most
demanding work. On this new album
the master of electronic music sends
a
complete virtual chamber orchestra
on stage. Came out is a sound
enormous
music- full of soul! Serge Blenner
creates it to breathe the electronic
music life. The sensitive and
melodic tracks device the listeners
into
dreams while listening the wonderful
and filigree piano, the blowers and
the pearling chimes of "Les Perles"
or the urgent soprano voices, the
harps
and the string players of
"Symbiose". It is a very special
sound of
classical music, you can not stop
listening to this new album!
[ . . . ]
About - Bongo CD (Cock
Rock Disco) [Crock009] $11.75
Sale price! Meet "About",
legally registered as Rutger
Hoedemaekers in the
city of Amsterdam; he makes the pop
musics. His debut album, "Bongo" is
f***ing great. Teen girls, gay men,
kittens, puppies and architects will
all adore it. Really. It's poppy as
hell, but in the best way possible
and
you'll be tortured by how the songs
stick in your head- TOURTURED! Yeah,
he
throws down some hardish beats and
insanity in there too, but in a real
pop
way. Damn, motherfucker is so damn
Pop he makes some old school Michael
Jackson seem like he's faking it.
Acid Mothers Temple &
The Cosmic Inferno - Hotter Than
Inferno / Live in Sapporo 2008 CD
(Vivo) [vivo038] $15.00
RELEASE DATE: 08-11-2008
Recorded live at Counter Action,
Sapporo, Japan, 29 June 2008 2
tracks: 1.
Master Of The Cosmic Inferno ~ Heart
Of Earth 2. Pink Lady Lemonade
~including Doobie Wonder Land. Time
72:26 AMT are: Tabata Mitsuru (bass,
voice, malatab), Higashi Hiroshi (
synthesizer, guitar, dancin'king),
Shimura Koji (drums, latino cool),
Pikachu (drums, voice, cosmic
shaman),
Kawabata Makoto (guitar, speed
guru).
Andrew Liles -
Somnambulance to Dream General CD
(Klanggalerie) [09757] $18.25
"Somnambulance" is a reworking
of an album of odd and obscure
tracks that
was released in a microscopic
edition on CD-R before. For this CD,
Mr.
Liles has provided his funniest and
possibly most controversial artwork
as
of yet. You get an hour of music of
many different styles: Andrew Liles'
trademark of eerie and spooky sounds
is there; also electronics and a
whole
range of instruments are placed in
between sketches and longer tracks.
And
if all this weren't enough, you get
three bonus tracks that didn't
appear
on the CDR at all. After a long line
of collaborations, finally a new
album
by Current 93 and Nurse With Wound
man Liles himself!
Aranos - Koryak Mistress
Stakes Golden Sky CD (Pieros)
[09756] $14.75
This record contains one track,
A concerto for 3 double bases, 4
violins,
viola, zither, condomble drum and
other things that make noise.
Composition
is in one movement; division into
parts is possible but rather
superfluous.
Originated as a simple tune on double bass harmonics. Ran away with itself simply to enjoy digital ones and noughts on little silvery disc or even smaller bits of plastic. It times about one hour before returning to its origin.
May gods bless her and all who listen to her.
She
arose
Gently, gently, As if not to wake
Newborn reeds and rushes. Yet
shimmering
of her power Filled both visible and
invisible.
Arpiar - Circoloco 10
Years Anniversary - Part 2 of 3 2CD
(Moon Harbour) [MHR008CD] $21.25
RELEASE DATE: 08-19-2008
On volume two, resident/mixer
Arpiar presents his own view behind
the decks
at DC 10. This is the deepest, most
minimal contribution to this series.
Arpiar is from Bucharest, Romania,
where he runs the [a: rpia:r] label.
Asmus Tietchens - Eine
Ganze Menge CD-R (1000Fussler)
[09753] $13.25
We are proud to present three
"teilmengen" by Asmus Tietchens. 20
minutes
with 3 unreleased tracks from the
well known series. Sinuswaves and
whitenoises are modified into
enormous almost empty rooms, into
snapping
and nibbling abstrakt places -
deserted by humans.
Asmus
Tietchens has
been recording music since the
1965's. First LP release 1980. Since
then
more than 30 releases. After a brief
?pop" period (1980 - 83) I became
more
+ more involved in the industrial
movement. From the 90s on he
concentrated
on minimal abstract noise music. His
focus is the manipulation of found
sound in ways suggested by the
material itself. He is teaching
Soundstudies
at the University of applied Science
in Hamburg, Germany. 2003 and 2006
he
is winning the Karl Sczuka Prize for
for Works of Radio Art. He had
released on Labels like: Die Stadt,
Soleilmoon, Staalplaat, Ritornell,
Line, United Dairies, Croutonmusic,
Esplendor Geometrico, Hamster
Records,
Sky Records. Collaborations with:
Thomas Köner (under the name
"Kontakt der
Jünglinge"), Achim
Wollscheid, Arcane Device (David Lee
Myers), Merzbow,
and many others.
If
symbol can be recieved be senses,
then
combining with a sound, how much a
concept does it makes? Is this
something
more, that can move our imagination
a step forward? New album of Polish
project Atum is atry in creating
such images in our minds. As a
guests on
the album participated: INFAMIS,
DEAD FACTORY i EQUUS. 47 minutes
long
album of strong dark ambient.
Sounds, calm, and growing, pulsing
create a
grim atmosphere. Album diversified
by rhytm loops, industrial hits and
also
acoustic guitar. Sounds for a Cold
Meat fans, something between
Desiderii
Marginis and Megaptera.
Supported and
celebrated by the
experimental music communities of
San Francisco, L.A. and San Diego,
local
luminaries appear all over the
record. In the midst of graduating
high
school and "leaving the nest," the 4
fledglings recorded these songs
themselves. It was then mixed by
Bobb Bruno (Polar Goldie Cats,
Goliath
Bird Eater), and edited and mastered
by Weasel Walter (Flying
Lutenbachers,
Lair of the Minotaur, Lake of
Dracula). The second half of the
record is
comprised of heavy, extremely f***ed
up, psychedelic remixes by Weasel
Walter, Sunshine Militant Childrens
Hour, Ops Spirits, Qulfus, and
Blanketship.
Release date is 24st November 2007.
Limited edition of 500 copies in
jewelcase
The title refers to the myth of the
Saint Graal, the 'holy grail', and
the 'sang real', the bloodline of
Jesus
Christ. The album researches on
various levels the different
readings of
the grail through the centuries,
from an ancient fertility rite to
the
popular conspiracy theory. 'In
its astral-mythical origins, long
before
its Christian interpretation, the
Holy Grail is the spring and the
magic
cauldron of daylight itself - the
Sun. But the Sun has to be cut from
the
clouds and to be won: Indra in the
Indian myth and Thor in the Germanic
myth were the heroes who conquered
the cauldron of the Sun through the
Spear of Lightning. Only later this
cauldron became the Christian
chalice,
in which Joseph of Arimatäa
caught the blood of Christ, this
differently
'hot' essence from the Other Sun...'
Ernst Bloch, The Principle of Hope
The pagan roots of this myth are
once again revealed! The 6-pages
digipak features unique photos by
Birthe Klementowski and
photos/artwork by
David Sabre.
"Alchemalady" is a 60
minute long, dynamic album, full of
rhythm, female and strong male
vocals, whispers and singings. 14
compositions combining electronic
elements with varied percussion and
strong industrial hits.
Originally
conceived by Andy in the dying days
of
2005, it would not be until the
spring of the following year that
the band
took its first steps, and embarked
on a journey that would eventually
see
the project evolve into a 4-piece
band (by early 2007). Initially, the
songs were stripped-down acoustic
guitar compositions with the
occasional
addition of piano, accordion or
organ. However, as the band grew and
expanded, the songs were redefined
and their sound changed. Today,
Passione Nera has evolved from a
folk-pop creature into a
fully-fledged
chamber-pop ensemble. The band keeps
one watery alcoholic eye fixed on
the
cinematic tradition, with melodic
landscapes that are dusty and
melancholy.
These melodious scenes are then
wrapped up in lush, orchestrated
songs with
acoustic and electric guitars taking
the center stage, and additionally
enhanced by a large array of other
instruments. It is as if these songs
were written on the backs of 1960s
postcards brought back from some
imaginary journey into "Americana",
then bred with French-pop,
cross-fertilized with baroque-pop,
and finally molded into a soundtrack
for
the broken-hearted, the disenchanted
and the misunderstood. The
"Research EP" features appearances
by Simone "Hellvis" Salvatori (guest
vocals on "Sinking"), and
Piergiorgio "PJ" Ambrosi (additional
arrangements
and co-production) of older brothers
Spiritual Front, and will be
released
as digipak CD-single and limited 7"
vinyl.
Presented
in a lavishly designed 6-panel,
partially varnished digipak
This groundbreaking album is nothing
short of a sacred death-machine that
relentlessly works itself into the
mind with a most obtrusive, and
almost dangerous, insistence. This
review
from 1996 says it all: "This is
music created from a place beyond
all
imaginable Hells... a place that
exists only deep within the macabre
mind
of its creator, Roger Karmanik. A CD
of such impenetrable darkness, as if
the entire world had collapsed into
itself! Where the inspiration has
been
drawn from for these recordings can
only be speculated, but suffice it
to
say, it's not a place one would like
to spend eternity! Tormented voices
announce the birth of some
unspeakable horror, while heavily
metallic,
grinding electronics shudder like
the last gasps of a dying machine.
Together, they form a vision so
bleak and ghastly it purges both the
mind
and soul of everything but the most
impure of thoughts. Leave all
notions
of decency at the entranceway, for
they are not wanted nor needed here.
Only in the final title track,
featuring the despondent
orchestrations of
Mortiis, will you find solace, but
even that is a harbour deemed
unsafe."
And yet, as a Brighter Death Now
record, we still insist that it is
"easy listening"... In order to
once more make this groundbreaking
album available, we have gone back
and digitally restored, remastered
and
remixed the tracks to give them the
facelift they so richly deserve.
This
new edition of Necrose Evangelicum
is presented in a beautiful
foilprinted
digipak together with a "live" CD
recorded during the same era.
Actually
the "live" CD is the recording of a
rehearsal for a concert in Vaasa,
Finland, which ended up never taking
place! The permission of the
organizers ran out, and the evening
came to an end, before BDN had an
opportunity to take the stage.
Darkishly served in a
gold-foilprinted
digipak!
This week's VINYL update contains releases by:
[ F E A T U R E D R E L E A S E S ]
Atum - Hitwa CD (Beast
of Prey) [09732] $19.50
Bass Communion /
Freibrand - Haze Shrapnel CD-R (My
Own Little Label) [09734] $9.00
I have been in contact with
Steven Wilson off and on for quite a
while.
Recentely he wrote me, we traded
some CDs and he liked my little
enterprise. He had a spare track of
12 minutes and 'if I want to release
it'. 'Sorry, and why not do a remix
then', as Freiband. Next time roles
will be reversed.
Begushkin - King's Curse
CD (Locust) [LOCUST112CD] $13.50
"Recorded live to tape in two
days, after a sleep deprived month
of
Beefheart style creative lockdown,
Begushkin - Dan Smith's 8 headed
hydra -
lay to rest the twilight folk of
2007's Nightly Things and reemerge
with
the wicked and strange hard rock
gypsy shake of King's Curse."
Black Nielson - Current
Sunlight CD (Low Transit Industries)
[LTID022] $13.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-08-2008
Beautiful 2005 album from now
defunct British troubadours. Mike
now plays
in LTI band Co-pilgrim. At just
under 5 years since the inception of
the
band, Black Nielson have established
an impressive reputation, both on
record and as a live act. The modest
level of success achieved by the
band
can be traced in a steady trajectory
from noble beginnings on the south
coast of England, formed by
principle songwriter Michael Gale--
And that
trajectory shows no sign of abating.
Throughout their progression, Black
Nielson have undertaken national
tours in the UK with French Kicks,
Beachwood Sparks, Mark Gardener,
Goldrush, Slumberparty and The Rock
Of
Travolta, using their time on the
road to hone any new material ready
to be
recorded. From the band's very first
performances, it became clear it was
only a matter of time before some
small independent would snap them
up--
Oxford's Truck Records did just
that, won over by the first Black
Nielson
appearance at the label's own Truck
festival in 2000. Recorded in just
one
week and released in early 2001, the
debut album "Still Life Hear Me"
showcases a band clearly eager to
burst free from their Hampshire
roots.
Helped along by the two subsequent
singles, "Still Life Hear Me"
quickly
found a following amongst an
unsuspecting public. Airplay from
Steve Lamacq
on the Evening Session, XFM, London
Live, Sean Hughes and Gideon Coe on
6Music, Mark Radcliffe and the late,
great John Peel (amongst others)
garnered the growing reputation of
the band and complimented glowing
reviews from NME, Mojo, The Fly and
Careless Talk Costs Lives. The
Independent awarded the first
single, "Lasoo The Moon", single of
the week,
and everything was set for the next
step. Truck studios had always been
the
home of Black Nielson's recording
sessions in the past, and so it
continued
for mid 2003's "The Seahorse Boe". A
new component was drafted in this
time
in the shape of mixer/producer Phil
Vinnall. His considerable experience
at
the helm (working with Elastica,
Pulp, Placebo, dEUS and the Zephyrs)
gave
the record an added depth and
vivacity. "The Seahorse Boe"
followed its
2001 predecessor into the media
spotlight, receiving critical praise
from
the Independent, the Times, Rock
Sound, Logo Magazine and many
others,
including album of the month in
polish E-zine Screenager. Such
widespread
interest ensured international
distribution of the steadily
blossoming back
catalogue in Europe, Scandinavia and
North America. An epic, eclectic and
beautiful record, "The Seahorse Boe"
proved Black Nielson could continue
to
deliver exciting, forward thinking
music. After more writing and
touring in
late 2003/early 2004 (including
European Festival dates with
Sharko), Black
Nielson are again moving forward.
Changing the scenery as well as
upping
the momentum has seen them leaving
Truck Records, gaining a new drummer
and
moving temporarily to the Cornish
coast to record their first self
produced, self financed album ~V
without doubt the most exciting set
from
the band to date. Vindication of
this has already been voiced by
Loose
Records in the UK (set to include
one song on their next influential
label
compilation) and much farther afield
from Low Transit Industries,
licensed
to release Black Nielson's new opus
in Australia (spring 2005). That
trajectory just keeps curving
upwards, and the sky's the limit.
Business Lady - Torture
Footage CD (Load) [LOAD112]
$14.25
REISSUED!!! Wound up and looped
guitar, bass, drums action from
these
Southern California warriors of
silliness. Definitely melodic with a
dark
anthemic quality not seen since
Midwest pioneers MX-80 Sound or some
such.
This is a limited release for Load
Records but exists to erect a
fitting
Easter Island-styled "head" on your
island. Definitley sharing certain
kinship with the Silver Daggers
blast of junk punk, but existing
more as an
island in the room temperature
weirdness that is San Diego. Tune in
to this
fascinating document of a band with
zonked songs and fabulous costumes.
Or
sleep through it and miss the 21st
century. Limited edition of 500
copies.
Candlesnuffer -
Apsomeophone CD (Lexicon Devil)
[LEXDEV017CD] $12.25
No description available at this
time.
Catz 'n' Dogz - Stars of
Zoo CD (Mothership) [MSHIP001CD]
$16.00
RELEASE DATE: 09-16-2008
First full-length release on
Claude von Stroke's Mothership
label,
subsidiary of Dirtybird. This is the
debut release by Catz `N Dogz, the
Polish duo who also comprise 3
Channels. 3 Channels have amazing
releases
on Crosstown Rebels, Trapez, and
Dirtybird, but Catz `N Dogz is a
totally
new and original sound. Stars of
Zoo is a hybrid masterpiece; a
beautiful
cross between the best elements of
deep house, minimal techno, and
cinematically-arranged live
instrumentation.
Christina Carter -
Original Darkness CD (Kranky)
[KRANK122CD] $12.75
"The latest album from the
longtime Charalambides mainstay
follows her
Electrice album from late 2006 on
Kranky as well as a split album with
Pocahaunted from early in 2008.."
Christopher Mcfall - All
For the Terror CD-R (1000Fussler)
[09752] $9.25
"Many of the sound tailorings
used in these works were resultant
from
source material consisting of
several recording sessions involving
a flock
of black birds that routinely roost
within the building architecture in
the
downtown district of Kansas City at
night. I found this series of
recordings to be absolutely
fascinating, as the chatter and
cross talk
between this rather charged group of
birds seemed to assume a definitive
dialogue, as they seemed to banter
back and forth endlessly. Given
this, I
began manipulating them further and
integrating them into other
recordings.
As I began to work more and more
with these pieces, I felt there was
a
sense of almost primeval
sophistication to the quality of
these recordings;
a direct contradiction however the
notion of this became the source
from
which the names for the track
listings emerged. Confidence,
cunning and
endurance: All for the terror that
sings sweetly to you in the night."
Co-Pilgrim - Pucker Up
Buttercup CD (Low Transit
Industries) [LTID039] $13.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-29-2008
Sparkling & beautiful down beat
pop gem from British troubadour Mike
Gale.
Co-Pilgrim was started in August of
2005 by Mike Gale following the
demise
of his former band Black Nielson.
Black Nielson a U.K alternative
country
band released three full length
albums, two of which were released
on
Oxford based independent label Truck
Records, their third and final album
was released in Australia on
Melbourne based record label Low
Transit
Industries. During their time
together Black Nielson toured
consistently
across the U.K and Europe and also
undertook a month long tour of
Australia
in 2005. After recording the debut
Co-Pilgrim album 'Pucker Up
Buttercup'at
Truck Studios in England, Gale
received an offer from Darren
Smallman at
Low Transit Industries to release
the work nationwide in Australia and
to
become the bands manager. Gale
decided to accept both of these
offers and
chose to relocate to Melbourne to be
closer to his label and manager.
'Pucker Up Buttercup was released on
Low Transit Industries across
Australia in March of 2007. The
album received glowing reviews and
substantial airplay. Gale had been
toying with the idea of adding a
female
vocalist/guitarist for a while so
when he met Alysia Manceau at one of
her
former bands shows in Melbourne he
decided to ask if she'd be
interested in
joining Co-Pilgrim. Alysia Manceau
is a self taught musician who began
playing guitar at the age of five.
After Studying film and television
at
RMIT in Melbourne she realised that
her true passion in life was music.
Writing and performing locally in
Melbourne since 2000 as a solo
artist
,her formidable underground
reputation as one of Melbournes most
unique
singers and guitarists led to her
becoming a founding member in
Alternative
Country/Rock and Roll band Ned And
The Meds. Luckily for Gale, Manceau
agreed to take up his offer of
joining Co-Pilgrim formally and the
two have
been working together since, indeed,
such was the pairs belief in their
new
found unison that Gale moved into
Manceau's sharehouse in order to
live and
breath together with the music they
create, which is a beautiful blend
of
folk and country, with emphasis on
space and harmonies. The newly
strengthened Co-Pilgrim have been
performing frequently around
Melbourne
for the past six months as well as
recording a demo CD of future single
and
album material. With tours across
Australia and the U.K in the works,
a
single/EP planned for release by Low
Transit Industries in late 2008 and
a
follow up album in 2009, these are
exciting and creative times for the
pair
and their growing number of fans. ~U
Tours of the USA & Europe are in
planning for the release of their
next record in 2009. ~U Two tracks
from
the album are apart of the current
Adidas mobile phone download
campaign in
the USA. ~U Worldwide marketing
campaign starting spring 08 to
coincide
with worldwide retail push. ~U
Websites:
http://www.lowtransitindustries.com
/ http://myspace.com/ "'Pucker Up
Buttercup' is impressively assured
and quite easily marks Co-Pilgrim as
one
to keep an eye on. For anyone who
appreciates soul in their music,
it's
highly recommended" dB magazine "The
overall result is a record that is
simultaneously sad and joyful" Rave
magazine "Effortlessly tugging on
heartstrings here and there, the
result is reminiscent of a more
subdued
Richard Swift or a torch-singer gone
porch-singer. Pretty stuff with a
heart full of promise, can't wait to
hear more" Cheese On Toast "The
album
lasts just over half-an-hour,
meaning the ten songs don't hang
about. Like
the wonderful minuet of The Blessing
of a Cure, piano minor and vocals
soft; it's fleeting appearance sums
up a great album which known when
just
enough is sometimes the best" Rockus
Dirt Crew - Dirt Crew
Presents Collection 02 DJ Mix CD
(Dirt Crew) [DIRT004CD] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 09-16-2008
Dirt Crew presents their first
label compilation mix CD called
Collection
02. It is a continuous DJ mix by the
boys themselves which features some
hot and new, exclusive unreleased
tracks and remixes by artists such
as
Afrilounge, Gregor Tresher, Sasse,
Till von Sein and Tigerskin as well
as
some of last year's highlights that
were released on the label.
Doormouse - Stanley
Yerkowski presents: Xylophone Jism
as The Ridiculator CD (Cock Rock
Disco) [Crock003] $11.75
So way, way, way back in 1994
Dan Doormouse first starting making
hardcore
techno in Milwaukee Wisconsin, then
one day he stumbled upon a Sun Ra
record and thus, "Breakcore" in the
United States of America was born.
He
began the legendary Addict and
Distort record labels soon after,
and began
releasing the most f***ed up high
intensity music the world has ever
seen.
The nephew of Lemme from motorhead
(really, no shit!), Dan soon started
performing solo and with his band
Meat around Milwaukee in the Midwest
of
the US, gaining a massive following
of renegades, speed freaks and
social
workers. Somehow, Mike Paradinas
(Mu-ziq) took notice, and "Broken"
was
Dan's first major CD release in 2002
on the Planet Mu record label. But
it
comes as no surprise that the sorted
and complex realities of Breakcore
stardom (in this case of bottle of
Jack Daniels, and some misplaced
punches) made it difficult to
continue with Planet Mu . Naturally,
Dan
finds a home here at Cock Rock Disco
with "Stanley Yershonowski presents
Xylophone Jism as The Ridiculator."
Dutchesses - Estupet CD
(Apop) [09744] $13.25
This precocious all-girl quartet
with an average age of 19 create a
Medusa's head of sound; their
influences range from Death In June
to Kate
Bush. The musical result is a motley
collision of razorchainsaw guitars
(Alice Dee), sinister high school
marching band drums (Traci), seasick
rolling basslines (Eva Borg), all
heading into battle lead by a
screaming
banshee-girl-thing spitting acid and
venomous bile (Amber Alert!). Don't
be
deceived by their youth and
knee-highs.
Evapori - Na Katarynce
CD-R (1000Fussler) [09750] $9.25
the flea market discovery of an
old polish waltz 7" vinyl single
served
evapori as source material for his
composition 'na katarynce', called
like
the waltz of the same name. the
vinyl was scratched, cut and
digitally
edited. afterwards he made the
material freed from the information
evaporate on his hard disc to fine
sizzling lumps.
F/i - Paradise Out Here
CD (Lexicon Devil) [LEXDEV018CD]
$12.25
No description available at this
time.
Fonda 500 - Je
M'Applelle Stereo CD (Low Transit
Industries) [LTID047] $13.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-08-2008
Big, loud, quirky, rock... what
else can we say. VIVA FONDA 500!!!
Since
emerging from a disillusioned
British music scene in 2000 with
their
critically acclaimed album '8 Track
Sound System', Fonda 500 have
pre-empted musical styles and
scenes, and released a succession of
influential yet highly individual
albums. Their forthcoming release
'Je
M'appelle Stereo' is no exception.
True to form Fonda 500 are once
again
unapologetically irreverent, this
time gifting us with a true timeless
classic, full of woderment, love and
audacious twists and turns brimming
with Northern swagger. Refreshingly
free from gimmicks and trends, 'Je
M'appelle Stereo' will both
electrify the body and warm the
soul. Fonda 500
sound like all your favourite bands
from the last 40 years queuing up to
dive into a pool full of jelly
puppies. That's not to say they
don't have
their moments of melancholy, pathos
and seriousness. It's just that once
you're on board this new musical
love train, you'll see that the
refreshment carriage is always open,
the hostesses are accommodating and
the glass is always full. In short,
you'll never want to alight. The
sound
of Fonda 500 makes a beguiling group
photograph. Outrageous Led Zep riffs
firmly hold up the back row whilst
Beatles rhythms make rabbit ears
sneakily behind Kraftwerks' upright
mid-row stance. SFA mess up the
middle
of the photograph by tickling ELO in
the ribs and making the 2nd row a
blur. The front row is topped off
with the Beastie Boys sat hands on
knees
next to Cornelius, with beautiful
Brian Wilson cheekily lying on the
floor
pretending to swim. "Who the hell is
this? This is awesome!" is the
correct
two sentence response to first
listening to the new record from
Fonda
500... Think Grandaddy meets The
Beatles meets Super Furry Animals
(without
being annoyingly quirkily Welsh)
meets awesome" CHEESE ON TOAST
"Twisted
pop magic of the highest order" NME
"Great pop moments topple into each
other... play loud and often" Mojo
"Some of the best off kilter, genius
pop
ever recorded in a bedroom" The Edge
Frans De Waard -
Untitled (Le poeme d'une vie bien
remplie) CD-R (My Own Little Label)
[09735] $9.00
Rutger asked me to play on the
same night as he did in Leeuwarden
and 'if I
could incorporate some text'. I
asked Dmitry Vasiljev of Monochrome
Vision
to speak a short Mayakovsky text, in
Russian of course, and this 3"
captures the slightly edited concert
Freiband - Reflection
CD-R (My Own Little Label) [09737]
$9.00
Piano sources recorded on boxing
day, transformed in the days after
with
the final mix on new years eye 2007.
Moody textured music with a bite.
Freiband - Capture CD-R
(My Own Little Label) [09739]
$9.00
On March 14th 2008 the 2LP
'Audioscoop' was released, with a.o.
a track by
Kapotte Muziek. At the presentation
I did a remix in the style of
'Captured
Music' (on Selektion), using a lot
of the sound material from the 2LP.
This
has become 'Capture'.
Freiband - Replicas CD
(Monochrome Vision) [09741]
$14.25
Highly conceptual project that
combines features of remix,
recycling and
plagiarism - the re-interpretation
of classic album by Asmus Tietchens
"Daseinsverfehlung". All what can be
heard on this CD, as always in case
of
Frans de Waard framework, is made
from music that already existed:
every
sound, word in titles and even the
cover picture - all is just
processing
and manipulation techniques.
Golgotha/Dawn & Dusk
Entwined - Sang Graal CD (Cold Meat
Industry) [09760] $15.50
'Sang Graal' is an opus magnum,
built in symbiotic collaboration
during the
last two years by the French masters
of martial neo-classic Dawn and Dusk
Entwined and the German
Ritual-folk-band :Golgatha: - both
formations well
know from their recent albums on
CMI. Both bands worked on all tracks
together, combining their styles and
forces to create a powerful
neo-classical-folk-opera with
occasional glimpses of soundtrack
pathos and
dark ambience. A wide range of
acoustic instruments was used
(guitar,
viola, bass guitar, flute, gong,
piano, dulcimer, percussion) and at
least
three vocalists appear - including
Sorakey from :Golgatha:'s appraised
'Tales of Transgression and
Sacrifice'. Martial tunes like 'The
Messiah' or
'Cross of Lorraine' and majestic
folk hymns like 'Crusade' and 'A
Seeker
Divine' will rule the darkest dance
floors worldwide, while
introspective
ballads invite those interested in a
deep listening experience. 'Sang
Graal' is true aural mythology!
Gregory Büttner -
3/1 CD-R (1000Fussler) [09749]
$9.25
Rustling, tinkling and a faint
remainder of instrumental tunes -
despite
their frosty atmosphere the three
tracks remain breezy, the darkness
doesn't turn sinister and their
tranquility doesn't become sleepy. -
hazy
music -
Gregory Büttner -
Every CD-R (1000Fussler) [09751]
$9.25
'every' is the second
contribution of gregory
büttner for the 3"-cd-series
on 1000füssler. the human
voice was exclusivly used as source
material,
though taken in parts and only in
the epilogue recognizable as voice.
abstract minimalism between sawing
sounds and whirring from far away.
Gregory Büttner -
Walze 1-8 CD (Firework Edition)
[09755] $19.75
"The source material of the
compositions are historical
recordings made on
wax cylinders (German: "Walze") from
the archive of the Ethnological
Museum
in Berlin. The recordings were all
made at the beginning of the last
century in different parts of the
world. For each of my eight pieces I
processed the sounds and noises of
one wax cylinder using a computer,
sometimes modulating them with sine
waves (Walzen 3, 4 and 8), combining
them to new compositions. I was
interested in the interplay of
recorded
"memory", imagination (who
sang/played what where and why?) and
the
disintegration of the information by
the material (background noise,
technical faults, decay), the fading
of semiotic contexts and lastly in
my
electronic processing. My method was
to contrast and integrate the sound
of
the wax cylinders and the
transported audio content. The
recording and
storing of immaterial "audio
information" made me curious and
inspired me
to work with the material. Like old
photographs that slowly fade, the
"audio information" disappears or
changes either by decay of the
medium or
on the semiotic level by the
ignorance of the listener who, the
older the
material becomes, only can imagine
how the person whose song or music
is
played posthumously, thought or
lived. In his essay "Die helle
Kammer"
(English title: "Camera Lucida")
Roland Barthes describes the paradox
situation in the coincidence of past
and present which takes place when
looking at old photos. A similar
effect is achieved through the
renewed
sounding of recorded voices from the
past. Of course this holds true with
any recording, but is intensified by
the old age of the wax cylinder
recordings, after all it is likely
that all the people that created the
music are dead. The impression of
times past is increased by technical
traces like crackling, rustling,
etc. comparable to the changing of
colors,
folds, scratches and spots on old
photographs."
Gregory Büttner
Stephan Nicolai, Asmus Tietchens,
Stefan Funck - Heizung Raum 318 CD
(1000Fussler) [09754] $19.75
The four musicians have been
meeting weekly in room 318 for
years, but only
now did they create music using the
acoustics of the room. To be more
precise, using one element in the
room: the heating. The heating has
two
problems: first, it doesn't heat.
Second, it whistles. Problem one is
unnerving, especially during the
winter. Problem two can be used
aesthetically: by turning the
radiator knobs, not only can the
pitch of the
whistling be varied, by using
several radiators a multitude of
sounds and
noises can be created. To add to
that, the three radiators used
influence
one another so that the musicians
can provoke aimed acoustic
situations.
The three radiators were played
simultaneously and recorded using a
room
microphone to create the material
for the seven tracks. The unedited
version can be heard on track eight.
Hatewave - Sexual
Healing CD (Apop) [09743] $13.25
significant and sexually
disgusting
Hey Colossus - Happy
Birthday CD (Riot Season)
[REPOSE018CD] $17.75
No description available at this
time.
Hi-Fi's, The - Snakes
And Hi-Fi's CD (Wooden Hill)
[WH022CD] $21.00
No description available at this
time.
It's A Musical - The
Music Makes Me Sick CD (Morr Music)
[MORR086CD] $14.75
RELEASE DATE: 10-28-2008
This is the debut full-length
release by Swedish/German duo, It's
A
Musical. Happy things, bad things,
like The Carpenters or Jens Lekman -
rough and subtle, virtuoso and
amateurish, mischievous and angelic.
Sincere, upbeat pop about having no
money and having trouble making art.
Joe Carducci - Enter
Naomi: SST, LA and All That Book
(Redoubt Press) [761232] $19.50
JOE CARDUCCI's Enter Naomi began
as the author's attempt to discover
what
had happened to music photographer
NAOMI PETERSEN. She worked most
notably
at SST Records in the 1980s. At the
May, 2005 premiere of the Minutemen
documentary, We Jam Econo, word
spread that she had died two years
earlier.
As Carducci found out more about her
years before and after SST, his
planned email death notice became a
lengthy photo-essay for the web and
eventually this book. "This is an
absolutely mesmerizing introduction
to
L.A.'s punk pantheon of outside
musicians, artists, photographers,
and
performers. As Carducci reminds us,
the wild kids on the Strip, the
Strand,
and the Desert created a potent
musical underground in the shadow of
the
corporate-entertainment industry and
it continues to subvert and
inspire."-Mike David (City of
Quartz, Planet of Slums). 270 pages,
with
photos, illustrations.
Joesphine Foster - This
Coming Gladness CD (Boweavil)
[WEAVIL31] $14.25
A brand new studio recording
from JOSEPHINE FOSTER.
Transcendental fin de
siecle songs from one of the great
unsung voices and songwriters of our
modern times. Foster unites rarely
united royal realms-self-penned
operatic
art songs cast in freely rendered
blues with electric guitars and
drums
beating the path. Features
contributions from VICTOR HERRERO
and ALEX
NIELSON. UK import.
Landed - How Little Will
It Take CD (Load) [LOAD115]
$14.25
REISSUED!!! A double disc
compilation featuring a blown out
3-inch bonus
disc. On this release you get some
compilation tracks, some new
chapters in
the band's history (the band has
mutated into a breakcore booty crew
with a
mush mouthed grape ape singing!), a
re-release of the Time I Despise
12-inch, a 7-inch track and some
sundry live material. Altogether a
recommended affair for those looking
at doing a little post graduate work
on late 20th/early 21st century free
range roving garbage rock of the
highest order. Yes, they were
contemporaries of many bands in
Providence
like Lighting Bolt, Arab on Radar &
Six Finger Satellite. Limited
edition
of 700 copies.
Matthias Tanzmann &
Thomas Melchior - Circoloco 10 Years
Anniversary Part 3 of 3 2CD CD (Moon
Harbour) [MHR009CD] $21.25
RELEASE DATE: 09-02-2008
No description available at this
time.
Michael Knight - I'm Not
Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like
This CD (Yesboyicecream) [YBI11CD]
$17.25
"I'm Not Entirely Clear How I
Ended Up Like This" is the debut UK
release
for Dublin/Berlin beat combo Michael
Knight and represents the logical
progression in their ongoing musical
argument that influences as diverse
Beethoven, Bach and Bacharach can
make compelling bedfellows. The
result is
11 slices of the most irresistibly
sophisticated pop music and, as
further
evidence of their genius, the album
has been released with instrumetal
and
vocal versions of each song. Imagine
Modesst Mussorgsky backing Jens
Lekman
and you're halfway there. The
presence of Brian O'Shaughnessy (The
Clientele, Primal Scream, My Bloody
Valentine) on mixing duties should
give
an indicaton of the sonic palette on
offer: sweeping strings, haunting
harmonies and dramatic mood swings.
The cd comes in a double cd gatefold
digipak, complete with liner notes &
lyrics. REVIEWS: "Why Michael Knight
aren't already huge is both baffling
and beguiling; but sooner or later
these songs will be discovered. I
may as well say it in advance, then;
I
told you so". SoundsXP. "Supremely
beautiful songs, which have a heart,
a
soul, a wry sense of humour and none
of that upsetting necessity to make
every lyrical couplet rhyme" In
Dublin.
Mighty Kong - All I
Wanna Do Is Rock CD (Aztec Music)
[AVS037CD] $21.00
"Aussie rock icon Ross Wilson
has been at the helm of two of
Australia's
biggest bands (Daddy Cool and Mondo
Rock) plus one of our more obscure:
Mighty Kong. Mighty Kong lasted less
than a year, but they did leave us
with one terrific and underrated
album: All I Wanna Do Is Rock.'"
Mike Shannon - Memory
Tree CD (Plus 8) [PLUS8102CD]
$16.00
RELEASE DATE: 09-16-2008
This is Mike Shannon's third
full-length album. It's been 10
years since
Shannon started making a name for
himself on the international techno
scene
as a DJ, producer and label owner
(Cynosure, Revolver). Now, having
recently relocated to Berlin, he's
crowning his first decade of active
service with Memory Tree. Shannon's
music covers a broader spectrum than
just minimal techno. In fact, 2005's
Possible Conclusions To Stories That
Never End was awash with downbeat
electronica, highlighting a natural
instinct for fusing rhythm and
melody whatever the style or tempo.
Although
Memory Tree follows a more
club-oriented trajectory, it retains
much of the
emotional response generated on
Possible Conclusions and is all the
better
for it. As a result, Shannon has put
together a collection of tunes that
are simultaneously dark and soulful,
staying true to his roots while
embracing the future with a flurry
of kick-ass, funk-inflected beats.
Nekyia - Alchemalady CD
(Beast of Prey) [09731] $19.50
New Estate - Out of the
Ground CD (Low Transit Industries)
[LTID051] $13.50
RELEASE DATE: 08-18-2008
New album from Melbourne indie
elite featuring members of Sleepy
Township &
Jaguar is Jaguar. 'Out of the
Ground' is organic, gritty, raw,
loud,
sometimes mean, sometimes raucous
and occasionally placatory. It's the
culmination of a five year search by
four adventurers for the perfect
synthesis of their different whiles
and ways. Nine months after their
first
gig in March 2003, New Estate ~V who
first rehearsed as Mia Schoen, Larry
G
and Marc Regueiro-McKelvie -
launched their debut album,
'Considering...' .
Released in both Australia and the
United States, its combination of
noise
and catchy pop/rock found
wide-spread appeal, however lost its
legs due to
their former bass player, Mindy,
leaving the band a few weeks
afterwards.
Enter Brad Cosier who had been in
attendance at Mindy's final gig.
Brad
introduced an entirely new sound to
what's now seen as the classic band
line up, including funk, soul and
classic rock at its best. He wrote
songs
as well! With four songwriters in
the band with extremely varied
influences, a spanner was thrown in
the works of the (let's be honest)
ultra-conservative "indie" scene and
New Estate dropped off the local
radar. For a good three years New
Estate composed, recorded and
performed
like ghosts on speed, gigging at
least once week in Melbourne alone
(as
well as the odd flirt with Sydney
and Brisbane) and releasing home
recorded
singles and EPs to the delight of
those who knew better. It was a time
of
gross under-documentation and lack
of recognition, yet massive personal
and
musical growth for all involved ~V
the band, friends and fans. Fast
forwarding to 2007, New Estate
re-emerged with 'Is It Real' ~V an
album
that made a bold, albeit nervous
introduction as the band they're
supposed
to be. Recorded by Simon Grounds, it
perfectly captured a band that was
volatile, scared of their future,
however seemingly unable to go down
without a fight. Also recorded by
Simon Grounds, their new album, 'Out
Of
The Ground' packs the punches and
serves as a statement of intent for
all
they aspire to be ~V a band not
afraid of the dirt but more than
capable of
digging themselves out before
anyone's noticed. "You need this
album before
the cold really hits. It will be
like a psyical presence keeping you
company through the rains & chills
of this winter. Those lucky enough
to
possess it will be the proud owners
of a slice of Melbourne history as
these guys gain more praise" A Fine
Line. "New Estate deliver a searing
listen, a sonic snapshot bolstered
by songs that will not be hits, but
should be" Beat "It's all a
beautiful shambles" The City Hub
"There's a
twisted sense of humour at work here
and a definite 'that'll do'
approach.
But New Estate also have pop
smarts-- consistently good" Rolling
Stone - 3
stars "beautifully made music to
which you can magic carpet away to a
place
where you sleep inside the big warm
basin of new headphones, lulled to
sleep by the warm waves of
resonating anthemic-ness" The Dwarf
New Estate - Is It Real?
CD (Low Transit Industries)
[LTID056] $13.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-08-2008
Sleepy Township & Jaguar is
Jaguar. New Estate started in 2002
when at the
demise of Sleepy Townnship, Mia
Schoen and Chris Gorman of ST kept
the
fires burning by enlisting New
Zealand guitar god Marc
Regueiro-McKelvie
and Mindy Mapp (formerly of Fur) to
complete the melodic noise quartet
that
is NEW ESTATE. This format produced
a debut album: Considering-- which
was
released locally on W.Minc records
and internationally on LA's
Kittridge
Records. A warm and accomplished
home recording, Considering--
received
much airplay on Australian stations:
3RRR, 4ZZZ, RTR, 2SER and college
radio around the USA, as well as
passionate reviews from all corners
of the
globe attracting comparisons to such
varied acts as My Bloody Valentine,
Pavement, and the Faces. Due to work
commitments Mindy left and was soon
replaced by Brad Cosier on bass who
added another song writer to the
band
making a new total of 4. New Estate
toured in Sydney and Brisbane in
2004
and released an EP in 2005 and 2006
respectively. They have just
completed
their second album: Is It Real?
stepping up to a bigger, studio
production
which highlights the songs' strength
and variation. Is It Real? is due
for
release on Low Transit Industries
early 2007. New Estate plan to tour
Is It
Real? in Australia and the US in the
not too distant future. "You need
this
album before the cold really hits.
It will be like a psyical presence
keeping you company through the
rains & chills of this winter. Those
lucky
enough to possess it will be the
proud owners of a slice of Melbourne
history as these guys gain more
praise" A Fine Line / The Dwarf.
"New
Estate deliver a searing listen, a
sonic snapshot bolstered by songs
that
will not be hits, but should be"
Beat "It's all a beautiful shambles"
The
City Hub "What really sets New
Estate apart is the hazy cool of
their fuzz
rock - there's a vast difference
between Don Henly and company takin'
it
easy and Thurston Moore deadpanning
that it takes a teenage riot to get
her
out of bed and Is It Real? Falls on
the right side of that divide. Their
music is laconic but never lazy; it
takes a lot of effort to sound this
unaffected" Mess+Noise "There's a
twisted sense of humour at work here
and
a definite 'that'll do' approach.
But New Estate also have pop
smarts--
consistently good" Rolling Stone - 3
stars "beautifully made music to
which
you can magic carpet away to a place
where you sleep inside the big warm
basin of new headphones, lulled to
sleep by the warm waves of
resonating
anthemic-ness" The Dwarf
Next Life - Electric
Violence CD (Cock Rock Disco)
[Crock008] $11.75
CD also includes 4 minute video
of live performances! You simply
aren't
ready for Next Life. So rare is it
that you discover a band with such
an
original sound, coming from
somewhere within their own universe
that when
you do find a band such as this,
it's always surprising. We proudly
introduce you to Next Life. Hailing
from Oslo, Norway Next Life are Hai
Nguyen Dinh and Tormod Christensen.
They make music that fetishistic
ally
explores the twin worlds of
Deathmetal and game music with a
preciousness
that some how skirts into the
art-rock realm. Around the office,
we call
their sound "Gameboy Deathmetal" and
when you hear a second of the
record,
you'll know why. Basically it's real
guitar, synth guitar, Nintendo
"vocals" and programmed beats made
to fit a metal archetype. This
refined
and personal new music somehow
always winks at the artifice through
which
it was created (which is why it is
also completely unnerdy). Lastly, a
side
note here about Next Life. These
guys f***ing ROCK live. You wouldn't
believe it could work, but live they
are like vicious robots
spasmodically
jerking to every power chord and
chugging riff. They are available
for
booking, and really, they are
probably one of the very best new
bands
around. Email us to get their
booking info. Their album 'Electro
Violence'
is gonna burn a hole in your Cd
player; we can't stop listening to
it.
O.W.L. - Of Wondrous
Legends CD (Locust) [LOCUST110CD]
$13.50
"Proof that there's still
excellent albums out there to
discover. Drawing
mainly on art rock and early
light-prog aesthetics, O.W.L deliver
an
ambitious song cycle which at its
best transforms into dazzling
psychedelia."
Oddfellows Casino -
Absence Of Birds CD (Pickled Egg)
[EGG66] $14.00
Pickled Egg Records are pleased
to announce the release of The
Absence of
Birds, a four song EP by ODDFELLOWS
CASINO, combined with a short film
by
Brighton-based film maker TOBY
AMIES, which features an original
soundtrack
by Oddfellows Casino. The Absence of
Birds showcases four new DAVID
BRAMWELL compositions, exhibiting
lush orchestral arrangements with a
nod
towards late-period Talk Talk, and
featuring Oddfellows' usual eclectic
array of guests, including
STEREOLAB's SIMON JOHNS on bass,
GIANT LEAP
guitarist and composer ANDREW
PHILIPS on guitar and percussion,
CLEARLAKE's
JASON PEGG on organ, and BEVIS FROND
guitarist PAUL SIMMONS on bass and
guitar. The 20 minute film The
Ballad of Oddfellow, stars DRAKO OHO
ZARHAZAR- former Salvador Dali
model, actor in films by Andy Warhol
and
Derek Jarman, and the recent subject
of a Radio 4 documentary, The Man
Whose Mind Exploded. UK import.
Paleface - Rinse 05 CD
(Rinse Fm) [RINSE006CD] $17.75
No description available at this
time.
Passione Nera - Research
CDEP (Cold Meat Industry) [09758]
$15.50
The "Research EP" marks the
first offering from the ever-growing
Roman
outfit Passione Nera.
Pick-up - From Here to
Anywhere CD-R (My Own Little Label)
[09736] $9.00
Pick-up is a new duo of Martin
Luiten (Girlfriends, Uw Hypotheek
Advies) on
guitar and Frans de Waard on laptop.
Two gorgeous pieces of digital
blues?
Well, whatever. Forthcoming is a LP
on Important Records and one on
Plinkity Plonk.
Plush - Fed CD (Broken
Horse) [BKH013CD] $17.75
"Six years after its Japan-only
release on the After Hours label,
Broken
Horse is thrilled to announce the
first European release of the
much-talked-about but seldom-heard
Fed, the second album by Liam Hayes'
Plush. "
Pocahaunted - Island
Diamonds CD (Not Not Fun) [NNF132CD]
$13.50
No description available at this
time.
Sailboats Are White -
Turbo CD (Low Transit Industries)
[LTID040] $13.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-08-2008
As completely incidental as it
may seem, the acronym for Sailboats
Are
White is in fact SAW. Coincidence?
Perhaps, but it's also a pretty
accurate
musical description. You see, saws
are used to cut through things like
bone, metal and possibly wood,
likewise though, Sailboats' music is
just as
fierce, cutting and destructive to
the senses as say, a lumberjack's
saw
would be to a maple tree. Straight
outta Hamilton, SAW play a vicious
mix
of anger, insanity and speed that
really is something to behold ~V and
they
do it all without the comfort of a
live drummer. "I'll admit that I did
get
a little bit of a fright when I
first listened to this album-- I
almost
filled my pants!" Tearaway ~V 2/5
"it's too sloppy, too crappy... it's
cool
though - listen a couple of times I
reckon you'll like it" Eavesdrop
"This
is some grinding aural insanity. The
overwhelming chaos of drum loops,
angry guitar distorted to the hilt
and vocals make for a strange and
menacing beast. What we have here is
Indie punk that lacks coherence (as
good punk should?) but makes up for
it with a raw, unbridled 'sod off or
I'll glass ya' tone and style.
Crazed, amphetamine fuelled riffs
and
larynx-shredding vocals rise up out
of the storm of distortion and hard,
fast drum beats. Bloody marvellous!
I wouldn't suggest first thing in
the
morning, or it might make you cry"
Scene "Turbo is a hectic & above all
unique album quite unlike anything
you'll have heard this year (if at
all)"
Time Off "They've got a stupid name,
sound like shit and do it loud as
f***. It's pretty good" Beat
Slepcy - We Are The
Newest Battle Models CD (Cock Rock
Disco) [Crock010] $11.75
Slepcy are Piotr Kurek and
Marcin Stefanski from Poland. They
started
making music with just a Casio
Rapman and a gemini mixer with 30
sec sample
memory. Their music blends opera
with breakcore, synth-pop, jazz,
hardcore-noise and who knows
what.They did some f***ing brilliant
records
for Koop.POP, Ambush Records and
Suburban Trash Industries which you
should
spend your last days trying to find.
We guarantee you that their debut
CRD
release, "We are the newest battle
models" will leave you all
speechless.
It's a truly unique record that
matches brutality with melodies that
stick
in your head, but in a really cool
way.
Soda Fountain Rag - It's
Rag Time! CD (Yesboyicecream)
[YBI09CD] $15.00
Soda Fountain Rag is the musical
universe of Ragnhild Hogstad
Jordahl, a
one-woman indiepop phenomenon from
Bergen, Norway. Having released a
number
of sold-out limited edition cdr EPs
for DIY labels such as Cloudberry
and
Anorak in 2007, "It's Rag Time!" is
her debut CD release, containing 14
moreish subversive pop classics
about bitterness (Go!),
reorientation (I
was Reborn) and the importance of
not killing clowns (Don't Kill The
Clowns), all delivered with
unfathomable sincerity. Imagine, if
you can, an
anti-folk Nico playing all the
instruments in a nintendo pop garage
band.
The cd comes in an attractive
high-gloss cardboard gatefold
wallet, with
lyrics booklet and beautiful
illustrations by Peter Danielsson.
REVIEWS:
"All you really need to know is that
she makes the most wonderful indie
pop
tunes". IndieMP3 "The most thrilling
pop you could find!" Pop 'n'
Cherries.
Souls On Board - Blood
Face CD (Low Transit Industries)
[LTID049] $13.50
RELEASE DATE: 08-18-2008
Bastards! Like some unholy
breeding ground, SOULS ON BOARD are
loyal to an
ever-evolving matrimony - beauty and
dirt, ugliness and invention, dumb
and
smart, mind-blowing power and grace.
BLOOD FACE is the new EP, the
Melbourne group's second release
after their "hurtling and assured"
self-titled EP debut of 2005.
Released by wunderkinds Low Transit
Industries, the EP saw the band draw
comparisons to The Pixies & Sonic
Youth, tour the country with Dan
Kelly & The Alpha Males and End of
Fashion, play alongside Maximo Park
(UK), Faker & Deloris as well as
land
spots on the Big Day Out and St.
Kilda Festivals! BLOOD FACE picks up
the
hazardous extremes of that first
rugged EP and beats them into a new
shape.
A shape with pointed edges,
electricity in the veins and a wall
of
psychedelic sound bubbling under a
whip-smart guitar bleed section.
While
the tunes bulge with shining phrases
& stirring twists, lyrically BLOOD
FACE grapples with dark visions and
uncomfortable realities - these ills
given some respite by the pop
playfulness of the 6 tracker.
Recorded by
Finn Keane (theredsunband,
SubAudible Hum) in the heart of
Melbourne city,
and mixed by Aaron Cupples (Dan
Kelly & the Alpha Males, The Drones)
between cows and night monsters in
the hills of Gippsland, BLOOD FACE
captures the peaks and explorations
of the bands live set over the last
2
years. A visceral & powerful project
on stage, SOULS ON BOARD have
captured
an experience equal to the sparks of
its creation. Punchy, raw, exploding
with life and colour . . .
introducing BLOOD FACE. R E V I E W
S : "Blood
Face is an ambitious release
delivered with confidence and gusto
and will
no doubt leave punters cheering for
more" Rave "Helmed by a vivid,
coolly
electric guitar tone ~V the voltage
feels integral, for reasons not yet
tangible ~V the second EP from
Melbourne's Souls On Board confirms
that
their melange of atmospheric
soundscapes, plangent stadium rock
and jazzy,
experimental pop lacks for neither
vision nor a sense of reality-- they
feel on the verge of discovering
something essential within their
music.
They're already closer than too many
of their contemporaries will ever
get"
Mess+Noise "In conclusion, Souls On
Board as a group perpetuate many
questions. With their eclectic mix
of pop and heavy guitar riffs, Blood
Face cements their own creative
space in music as their songs take
your
hand and lead you in one direction
before suddenly halting and taking
you
on an alternate route, repeat and
serve hot" The Dwarf "I don't think
I've
heard such a ragtag, mixed-back
offering of songs sound as cohesive
as this
in a while. Mainly because, as far
as I can tell, SOB's versatility
doesn't
compromise their musicianship, and
they know how to write a solid
number
with a pulse and a point" Beat /
Xpress
Specimens, The - Jazz
Brutus CD (Low Transit Industries)
[LTID050] $13.50
RELEASE DATE: 10-06-2008
The most useful aspect of Terry
Opie's Catholic Education was the
time his
teacher brought a Black Sabbath
record to class to prove it wasn't
satanic.
Hmmm, he thought, I'm not so sure.
He showed it to three other
specimens,
who took it all in and eventually
they formed a mind-blowing band,
specialising in nefariously loud
sound. Their debut was good, but it
was
with their second album (2004's The
Quick and The Deaf), that critics
shat
themselves. "Straining amps to near
combustion!" spat Kerrang. "Feels
that
it could jump out of your speakers
and whack you one!" shrieked Faster
Louder. Third album Jazz Brutus
flexes even more sonic muscle.
Saintly pure
punk, blazing riff rock with weird,
ancient riffs exploding like Blue
Oyster Cult and a title track that
is ferociously original psychedelia.
'I'm a Believer' sounds like Sebadoh
after years performing at
knifepoint,
emerging from some generic suburban
outpost like a Phoenix. Some tips:
Do
not listen to this album while
operating heavy machinery. Do not
attempt to
control a wrecking ball, do not get
behind a speedboat or handle
electric
kitchen utensils. 'Jazz Brutus' is
what results when a whole lot of
speed
and mayhem impact upon Melbourne
like a meteorite. "The Specimen's
have
written one of the more destructive
and unique garage records in the
last
five years, one that takes the
aggression of Detroit garage with
the melody
of Birdman. 'Shroom of Turn' opens
the L.P. and sounds like 'My Pal'
meets
Rocket from the Tombs 'Sonic
Reducer'. Regardless of influence,
this song
opens the L.P. in a manner which
reaffirms the fact The Specimen's,
whilst
one of the more traditional garage
rock bands in Aus, have studied the
greats well and have subsequently
released an album that delivers on
the
promise of their live shows" Scene
"The Specimens are the business.
Jazz
Brutus ought to feature in your
collection o' records under 'F', for
'Friday night' and 'f***ing loud'"
The Dwarf "The Specimens spit in the
face of artistry, preferring
body-blow punk rock of an old
Australian
tradition ~V Radio Birdman, Lime
Spiders and Onya's" Rolling Stone "a
guaranteed heart starter" Tracks
"Cooler then finding a pair of
original
seventies Lee flairs and hotter than
a Marshall under stage lights" The
Brag
Stefan Goldmann - The
Transitory State 2CD (Macro
Recordings) [MACROM007CD] $19.75
RELEASE DATE: 09-30-2008
With his releases for
Innervisions, Perlon and Macro,
Stefan Goldmann has
been a key figure at the
cutting-edge of post-minimal techno
and the
renewal of house music. With The
Transitory State, he finally
unleashes his
highly-anticipated debut CD. Two
separate albums in one package - a
double
whammy with benchmark club tracks on
CD1 and electro-acoustic avant-garde
tracks on CD2.
Stephen Funck - Tau CD-R
(1000Fussler) [09748] $9.25
Winter 2003 - equipped with dat
and microphone Stefan Funck is
walking
across the plains of northern
Germany. He is acoustically
interested in the
cracking sounds of the melting ice
and the clattering of icy branches
in
the breeze. The digitally arranged
result is a track of 21 min,
beginning
very quietly and winding itself in
perpetual mutation.
Steve Bug - Bugnology 3
CD (Poker Flat) [PFR022CD]
$16.00
RELEASE DATE: 09-30-2008
Following on from the pioneering
and heralded Bugnology mix in 2004,
and
the equally outstanding Bugnology 2
in 2006, Steve Bug, Poker Flat label
head and one of the world's leading
house and techno producers and DJs
presents number three. The mix
presents a detailed, mesmerizing
journey
through Bug's current musical
addiction, and also takes a snapshot
of a
very exciting time in dance music,
where genres and barriers are
continually being broken, in the
name of exciting, forward-thinking
and
free-flowing house music! Like its
earlier volumes, Bugnology 3 is a
genuine masterpiece in next
generation DJ mixes. Not only did
Steve
carefully select each track featured
here (no doubt club-tested and
dancefloor approved) but there was a
unique process of editing, looping,
stretching and shortening involved,
to ensure the whole mix flows like
no
other.
Stunt Rock - This is
Stunt Rock Vol. 3 CD (Cock Rock
Disco) [Crock007] $11.75
Sale price! If you dig deep
enough in some underground videotape
trading
circles you can find a tape from
back in 1999 of William Flegal aka
Stunt
Rock performing in a band called
"Meat." He can be seen slashing
himself
with razorblades, urinating in cups
and drinking them, smashing computer
monitors on his head, all while a
band plays mediocre Black Sabbath
covers
and Dan Doormouse shoves meat up his
ass. Perhaps the tape was just a
product of Midwest boredom and
youthful ambition, but whatever the
case,
let us introduce you to the
confusing and zany world of Stunt
Rock, the
most legendary, reclusive, and
talked about artist to rise from the
ashes
of the Midwest-USA Breakcore scene.
Stunt Rock built his career on
countless spray-painted CDR's given
away at shows in a drunken stupor. A
total disregard for sequencing and
obsession with samples gave way to a
reputation as the new "punk rock" of
the electronic scene in the Midwest.
Addressing the emptiness of
existence, while at the same time
mocking it,
"This is Stunt Rock Vol. 3" is the
most genuine assertion of the modern
lifestyle ever committed to disc.
Built on loop after loop of drum,
guitar
and movie dialogue, the album
becomes a sort of looser's Music
Concrete.
But is it actually funny? F*** yeah!
Rolling Stone says: "This is Stunt
Rock Vol. 3' is like a new sort of
rock n roll comedy meltdown;
irreverent,
blue collar, foul mouthed, and beer
fueled. "This is Stunt Rock Vol. 3"
will be an instant classic!"
Subaudible Hum - All for
the Caspian CDEP (Low Transit
Industries) [LTID043] $8.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-08-2008
Deluxe single feating radio
faves "Sugarcoat" & "All For The
Caspian".
Features a live track & remixes from
New Yorks Secret Frequency Crew &
Gordon McQ from The Avalanches. In
late 2005 SubAudible Hum released
their
debut full-length album entitled
"Everything You Heard Is True". It
was a
dark, venomous abrasion on the
guitar format that also managed to
make time
for sprawling sonic scenery and
downbeat, melancholic intricacy. The
record
gained SubAudible Hum immediate
national radio rotation including a
spot on
Triple J's Next Crop campaign.
SubAudible Hum write from that
mysterious
void between emotive art and
didactic thesis. The subject matter
is always
of paramount importance but never at
the expense of listening pleasure,
in
fact SubAudible Hum may just have
found the harmonious middle ground
between the two. Any modern day
themes of global politics, dirty
economics,
fundamental agendas, and social
degradation are always communicated
with
music, never using it as a soapbox.
Stepping into 2006 SubAudible Hum
have
a whole new take. Having purged much
of their structural and self-imposed
stylistic constraints the SubAudible
Hum sound is now less definable than
ever. Their sophomore effort "In
Time For Spring, On Came The Snow"
swings
from drawn-out orchestral opuses to
quasi-UK indie trash to dam
bursting,
almost trip hop anthems. With this
release, as always, SubAudible Hum
are
exploring every crevasse of their
musical ambitions.
Subaudible Hum -
Everything You Heard is True CD (Low
Transit Industries) [LTID017]
$13.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-08-2008
Dark & brooding debut alt. rock
masterpiece from this critically
acclaimed
Melbourne band. In late 2005
SubAudible Hum released their debut
full-length album entitled
"Everything You Heard Is True". It
was a dark,
venomous abrasion on the guitar
format that also managed to make
time for
sprawling sonic scenery and
downbeat, melancholic intricacy. The
record
gained SubAudible Hum immediate
national radio rotation including a
spot on
Triple J's Next Crop campaign.
SubAudible Hum write from that
mysterious
void between emotive art and
didactic thesis. The subject matter
is always
of paramount importance but never at
the expense of listening pleasure,
in
fact SubAudible Hum may just have
found the harmonious middle ground
between the two. Any modern day
themes of global politics, dirty
economics,
fundamental agendas, and social
degradation are always communicated
with
music, never using it as a soapbox.
Stepping into 2006 SubAudible Hum
have
a whole new take. Having purged much
of their structural and self-imposed
stylistic constraints the SubAudible
Hum sound is now less definable than
ever. Their sophomore effort "In
Time For Spring, On Came The Snow"
swings
from drawn-out orchestral opuses to
quasi-UK indie trash to dam
bursting,
almost trip hop anthems. With this
release, as always, SubAudible Hum
are
exploring every crevasse of their
musical ambitions. "An extremely
impressive Melbourne debut" Beat -
Andrew Ramadge. "21st century
disillusionment expressed in the
form of grinding guitars, marching
drums,
an astounding, impassioned voice,
and a bass tone that can only be
classified as heave machinery, this
is the sound Fritz Lang surely had
in
mind when he created his Metropolis"
Beat - Today is the day "Single Of
The
Week" - Daniel Z "Describing the
voice as a mash of Jeff Buckley,
Thom
Yorke & Iggy Pop. SubAudible Hum,
big, deep and melancholic without
ever
crossing over into self-indulgence"
Lucky - Matty B "A profoundly
eclectic
first release fluently melding the
emotional with the intellectual... a
work of undeniable brilliance"
Inpress - Shane O'Donohue
Subaudible Hum - In Time
for Spring, On Came the Snow CD (Low
Transit Industries) [LTID044]
$13.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-08-2008
Critically acclaimed sophomore
album from Melbourne experimental
pop
outfit. Features hit singles
"Sugarcoat", "All For The Caspian" &
"Aaron's
Western Assault". In late 2005
SubAudible Hum released their debut
full-length album entitled
"Everything You Heard Is True". It
was a dark,
venomous abrasion on the guitar
format that also managed to make
time for
sprawling sonic scenery and
downbeat, melancholic intricacy. The
record
gained SubAudible Hum immediate
national radio rotation including a
spot on
Triple J's Next Crop campaign.
SubAudible Hum write from that
mysterious
void between emotive art and
didactic thesis. The subject matter
is always
of paramount importance but never at
the expense of listening pleasure,
in
fact SubAudible Hum may just have
found the harmonious middle ground
between the two. Any modern day
themes of global politics, dirty
economics,
fundamental agendas, and social
degradation are always communicated
with
music, never using it as a soapbox.
Stepping into 2006 SubAudible Hum
have
a whole new take. Having purged much
of their structural and self-imposed
stylistic constraints the SubAudible
Hum sound is now less definable than
ever. Their sophomore effort "In
Time For Spring, On Came The Snow"
swings
from drawn-out orchestral opuses to
quasi-UK indie trash to dam
bursting,
almost trip hop anthems. With this
release, as always, SubAudible Hum
are
exploring every crevasse of their
musical ambitions. ~U Aaron's
Western
Assault, Sugarcoat & All For The
Caspian all received high rotation
on
national youth broadcaster triple j.
~U Feature album on PBS radio,
triple
j (ABC), Forte magazine & Tsunami
magazine. ~U The Age: #6 in top 10
ten
albums of 2006. ~U Undercover: #7 in
top 10 ten albums of 2006. ~U Tours
of
the USA & Europe are in planning for
the release of their next record in
2009. ~U Worldwide marketing
campaign starting spring 08 to
coincide with
worldwide retail push. "The whole
experience has left me speechless"
Tsunami - 9.5 / 10 "In Time For
Spring, On Came The Snow is an
entirely
captivating and vastly rewarding
listening experience" Forte "The
perfect
soundtrack to a gloomy city at dusk"
Mess+Noise "In Time For Spring, On
Came The Snow features driving
rhythmic instrumentation tempered
with pure
pop bliss" Rolling Stone - 4/5
Tania Vulcano & Sossa -
Circoloco 10 Years Anniversary: Part
1 of 3 2CD (Moon Harbour) [MHR007CD]
$21.25
RELEASE DATE: 08-05-2008
The Moon Harbour label
celebrates the 10th anniversary of
Ibiza's
summertime Circoloco party with part
one of a series of three double CD
releases. No question: the summer
belongs to Ibiza. No other place
attracts
so many faddists of electronic music
from all over the world in such a
magical way like the Balearic
Island. The two Italians Antonio and
Andrea
Pelino have organized the legendary
party series Circoloco at the club
DC10
since 1999. This daytime after party
is a crazy circus of carnivalistic
hilarity. Party people with colorful
clothes and crazy styles enjoy the
unique atmosphere as well as the
countless internationally-known
house and
techno DJs, which play top-class
sets week after week. On the
occasion of
the jubilee, the mix CD series
Circoloco 10 Years Anniversary
presents a
versatile impression of the special
Circoloco sound. On volume one,
residents/mixers Tania Vulcano and
Sossa present their private
perspectives
of the summer months in Ibiza. .
Tape Op - Issue #66
Magazine (Tape Op) [T66] $4.75
Issue number 66 of your guide to
creative music recording punches in
with
features on ADAM FUEST, STEVE
ROSENTHAL, SLOAN & NICK DETORO, ADAM
FRANKLIN, VINNIE CASTALDO, BILLY
BARNETT, PALEO, and DOUG ROGERS &
NICK
PHOENIX, plus recording tips &
secrets, gear & CD reviews, and
more.
Terminal 11 - Illegal
Nervous Habits CD (Cock Rock Disco)
[Crock002] $11.75
Sale price! Remember when IDM
music was interesting? Yes, it's
been a long
time, and computers have "given us"
many cheap, lifeless albums since
then.
But wait! Here's Mike Castaneda, AKA
Terminal 11, fresh from Phoenix
Arizona, to prove to the world that
it is possible to tame your computer
and force it to work for the powers
of goodness. Illegal Nervous Habits
is
easily the greatest album ever made!
It's an emotional rollercoaster of a
record, with thrills and chills,
heartbreaking sacrifice and enough
guts
and grit to make even your
grandmother pay attention. But what
does it
sound like? Well Johnny, imagine a
million bits of information flying
through the air, and watch these
bits weave and dive like a ballet on
PCP.
Then, as you're just getting bored,
these bits make pictures of your
friends laughing and having the best
fun they ever had. Yeah, that's
trippy
isn't it? Well this album is just
like that, and MORE.
Tex La Homa - Little
Flashes Of Sunlight On A Cold Dark
Sea CD (Acuarela) [nois1087]
$13.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-08-2008
New release date. Departing from
the more electronic oriented sounds
on
previous albums by Tex la Homa,
Little Flashes Of Sunlight On A Cold
Dark
Sea is a collection of eleven
acoustic songs featuring Matt Shaw
on every
instrument, mainly guitar and piano.
After releasing six exclusive tracks
(which were a prelude to the sound
of this last record) entitled Into
Timeless Shadows a couple of years
ago, Acuarela is proud to present
the
fourth album by Tex la Homa, an
approach towards a more intimate and
personal side of his music. Ever
since the beginning of Tex la Homa
Matt
Shaw has played very quiet acoustic
concerts, a side of his music he
really
wanted to explore more on his
recordings. A wooden guitar, some
keyboards
and pianos and his voice. All
against a microphone and a computer,
within
the emptiness of his room in Poole,
Southern England. The aim Shaw tried
to
achieve while writing the songs of
Little Flashes Of Sunlight On A Cold
Dark Sea was to have mostly acoustic
sounds and try to write very simple
but melodic songs. To reduce
everything down to what it is
actually needed
to communicate an idea or a story,
and to try to keep things clear. Old
friends' names and past events
served as inspirational memories. So
there
are songs about people Matt was
around when he was writing the songs
("Dream Sliding") and people from
his past ("The Ginnel") but
sometimes
written about as if it were all
still happening now ("The Unanswered
Question"). Matt reaches the idea
that within our memories these past
events can be as real as what is
happening in our present lives. The
eternal now, with things happening
on several planes of existance, that
we
may or may not really understand.
But this music is also deeply
influenced
by places like Sandbach in Chesire,
where Matt grew up, Barnoldswick and
surrounding Lancashire and
Yorkshire, where he spent a lot of
his
childhood, Poole in Dorset where he
currently lives and snapshots of
various places he has travelled over
the years. Also by the sea which he
lives close to. As an extension of
what was started with Into Timeless
Shadows, the EP Matt recorded for
Acuarela two years ago, this new
record
sees no use of electronic
programming or heavy atmospheres and
textures
featured on Some Lost Bliss (&
Records, 06 / All Is Number, 07). If
that
record was Tex la Homa's best
electronic effort, taking even
further the
mixture of dream pop, folk and
ambient of If Just Today Were To Be
My
Entire Life (Talitres, 03) and
Dazzle Me With Transience
(Superglider, 02),
his two other albums, Little Flashes
Of Sunlight On A Cold Dark Sea opens
a
new direction for Tex la Homa. One
based on personal experience as an
engine for creating music with an
undeniable healing power.
Various Artists -
Forwards In Backwards Time
(Submerged, Scorn, Quoit, Temulent,
etc) 2CD (Ohm Resistance) [OHM1M]
$13.00
Released only thru the Ohm
Resistance online store in 2006.
Never had N.
American distribution. The Ohm
Resistance singles and EPs 1-9 with
bonuses,
marking the beginning of our musical
output - hard drum n bass from Mick
Harris (as Quoit), Submerged,
Temulent, and other irresponsible
partiers.
The origins of the label when it was
one of the few US outposts for drum
n
bass music - always challenging the
limitations of the musical format.
The
early vinyls took what was to be
considered "dance" music and turned
it
out, giving it a rawer, punker,
grittier feel. CD1 1. Temulent -
Drugged
[Remix] 2. Quoit Vs. Submerged -
Everything You Do Is Wrong 3.
Knuckledown
- Gangbang 4. Knuckledown - Mephisto
5. Submerged - 110 6. Temulent -
Monoplegia 7. Quoit - Clasp 8. Quoit
- Clasp [Version] 9. Knuckledown -
Watersnake 10. Scorn - Out Of
[Submerged Remix] 11. Quoit Vs.
Submerged -
Page Fault CD2 1. Temulent -
Alchaloid 2. Temulent - Kill For Me
3.
Temulent - Cease + Desist 4.
Temulent - Dopesick 5. Temulent -
Distant Suns
6. Submerged - Alchaloid Reshape 7.
Temulent - Pins + Needles 8.
Temulent -
Dimwit 9. Temulent - Sarcoma 10.
Submerged - For The
Various Artists -
Zelphabet Vol. D CD (Zelphabet)
[ZEL-D01] $10.25
Over the next four to five
years, Zelphabet will be releasing a
series of
26 noise CD compilations-one for
each letter of the alphabet.
Installment
number four features contributions
from DAMION ROMERO, DANIEL MENCHE,
and
DAVE PHILLIPS.
Various Artists - A
Cleansing Ascension CD (Elevator
Bath) [EEAOA040CD] $13.50
"On the occasion of Elevator
Bath's 10-year anniversary, the
label has
issued its first compilation
release. This 73-minute compact disc
is not a
retrospective but is instead a
collection of (almost) entirely
exclusive
material from 10 artists currently
involved with Elevator Bath. "
Vestigial - Translucent
Communion CD (Cold Meat Industry)
[09759] $15.50
Having developed a strong cult
following with their limited CD-R, a
split
LP, and compilation works, Vestigial
(Italy) come forth with their debut
CD
poised to establish themselves among
the dark ambient elite. The
Translucent Communion - a reflection
of the hollow and imaginary
archetype
of our civilization , a blackened
view on the humanity falling into a
perfect nothingness of technocratic
illusions, a refined and well
designed
disharmony for our next generation.
6 tracks that arise from the
shadows,
then spread and sweep across a
barren, wind swept landscape,
creating a
sound so thick and texturally deep
it swallows the earth like a
venomous
fog. Comparisons to Raison
D'Être, Lustmord and Bad
Sector are reference
points, but only hint at the massive
potential of Vestigial.
Vorpal - An Incomplete
guide to VORPAL Music CD (Cock Rock
Disco) [Crock004] $11.75
price! You will ask yourself:
"What the f*** is this?" Yep, it's
the debut
release from VORPAL. A sort of
rickety old wooden roller coaster
careening
on a broken track of amazing fast
breakbeat processing, insane noises,
and
held together with a sort of antique
haze. It's an explosive collection
of
tracks both new and ancient,
creating some vague form of
nostalgic
breakbeat neurosis. But it slams
too. But fuck all that, just give it
a
listen and hear for yourself.
Wild Billy Childish &
The M.B.E. - Thatcher's Children CD
(Damaged Goods) [DAMGOOD313]
$14.00
RELEASE DATE: 08-05-2008
***WILD BILLY CHILDISH and THE
M.B.E. are back with a third album.
Twelve
new tracks including the title
track, which is also be available in
an
alternative version as a limited
7-inch (Damgood 311). The front
cover has
been designed by legendary Sex
Pistols cover artist JAMIE REID, who
also
shows at London gallery The Aquarium
alongside Billy, Sexton Ming, James
Cauty and more. The back cover has a
lovely picture of MAGGIE in her best
Churchillian pose! The songs are
fast and furious with biting lyrics
and
wry observations on today's world.
UK import.
Wire, The - #295
September 2008 Magazine (The Wire)
[WIRE295] $8.75
"On the cover: Ultra-red.
Features: Luciano, Trevor Watts,
Dusk And
Blackdown, Fluxus Now, Ghedalia
Tazartes, Aleks Kolkowski. Invisible
Jukebox: Jad Fair and Daniel
Johnston."
[ D V D ]
El Vez - Gospel Show In
Madrid DVD (Munster) [MRDVD7]
$25.75
EL VEZ isn't a conventional
Elvis impersonator at all. He takes
50 years of
popular music and knits it together
to arrive at a revue style of
ginormous
proportions. T. Rex, The Jam, Iggy,
U2 and Aerosmith all go under the
thunder and into the blender. This
DVD captures the magic and
entertainment
of El Vez live show, this time his
"Gospel" show in Madrid in 2007. It
looks great with a six-camera shoot.
This film should whet your appetite
to
be first in line for tickets when
they hit up your town or somewhere
nearby. Extras include two video
clips, songs from The Gospel Show
shoot in
Toronto, intro, and discography.
Mudhoney - Live At El
Sol DVD (Munster) [MRDVD8]
$25.75
A "take-no-prisoners"
performance of one of the best rock
bands of the last
two decades! Shot live in Madrid
(Spain) in 2007 with six cameras,
and the
band playin' the best and toughest
hits of their career and a few of
their
most recent songs. No bullshit,
just...BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Extras
include discography, photo gallery
and Munster trailers.
Scott Foust - Here's To
Love! A Film By Scott Foust DVD
(Swill Radio) [SWILL028DVD]
$16.50
No description available at this
time.
Various Artists - People
Who Do Noise DVD (Cold Hands Video)
[CH01] $13.50
Anarchymoon Recordings and
filmmaker/musician ADAM CORNELIUS
have teamed up
to form a video label for extreme
music, Cold Hands Video. The debut
release is the feature-length
documentary People Who Do
Noise-featuring
performance footage and interviews
with fourteen of the most active
noise
artists in Portland Oregon
(including SMEGMA, DANIEL MENCHE,
YELLOW SWANS,
PULSE EMITTER and more). Cool and
precise in its cinematic style, the
film
allows the words and sounds of the
artists to be considered in a stark,
honest light. Visually reminiscent
of Kubrick's work, the film has also
drawn parallels to the work of Errol
Morris and Chantal Ackerman. The
movie
is 82 minutes long, and the DVD
includes over an hour of special
features
(deleted scenes, additional
performance footage, trailer).
[ H I S T O R I C A L ]
Beequeen - Long Stones
and Circles CD-R (My Own Little
Label) [09738] $9.00
Re-issue of a long out of print
classic Beequeen work, based around
various
text by land artist Richard Long
Beequeen - Time Waits
for No One CD (Herbal) [09740]
$14.25
Re-release of a 1994 classic.
Billy Childish & The
Blackhands - Play Capt. Calypso's CD
(Damaged Goods) [DAMGOOD302]
$14.00
A reissue of WILD BILLY CHILDISH
& THE BLACKHANDS' debut album from
1988.
Originally released on Billy's own
Hangman Records (Cat No: Hang 21 UP)
This reissue had been rushed out due
to the fact that ASDA are currently
using their great version of the
Dad's Army theme 'Who Do You Think
You Are
Kidding Mr Hitler' on UK TV press
much 50 times a day. The Blackhands
were
Billy on banjo/vocals, DAVE on
trumpet/guitar, SEAMUS on accordion,
RICHARD
on drums, LUDELLA BLACK (DELMONAS /
HEADCOATEES) on vocals and KYRA
RUBELLA
(Headcoatees/A-LINES) on vocals and
percussion. UK import.
Brighter Death Now -
Necrose Evanglicum 2CD (Cold Meat
Industry) [00081] $15.50
Recorded during 1995 - that most
creative of years for Brighter Death
Now,
which also produced the much harsher
album Innerwar, as well as the final
part of the epic "Great Death"
trilogy - Necrose Evangelicum was
immediately received as a new
milestone in the genre of
"sacred-death-industrial." In fact,
the album had the most favorable
reception of any BDN record, and has
generally been considered the most
easily accessible of BDN's work.
Elodie Lauten - The
Death of Don Juan: An Opera In Two
Acts CD (Unseen Worlds) [UW004CD]
$13.50
"CD debut of this 1985
post-minimal landmark by Elodie
Lauten. Lauten has
been active in the downtown New York
classical and punk scenes since
moving
from France in the 1970s. The Death
of Don Juan is a breakthrough for
its
lyrical minimalism in combination
with drama that actively engages a
contemporary emotional experience.
Originally self-produced and
released
as a small LP edition on her own
label, it has been touted ever since
by
Kyle Gann, who adds notes to this
edition, and was recently included
on one
of Alan Licht's Minimal Top Ten
lists. Features performances by
Arthur
Russell and Peter Zummo."
Experimental Audio
Research - Beyond The Pale CD (Space
Age) [ORBIT031CD] $15.25
"Originally recorded way back in
1992, Beyond The Pale was E.A.R.'s
first
album
Gary Usher - Barefoot
Adventure: The 4 Star Sessions 2CD
(Sundazed) [SC11167CD] $25.25
RELEASE DATE: 08-19-2008
"Barefoot Adventure does more
than simply collect a bunch of songs
that
sound great on the car radio and
mean exactly what they say (take
that,
psychedelic music!). It's also a
remarkable glimpse of the process,
of a
struggling songwriter angling for a
break, sometimes tap dancing in
tangents, oblivious to the bullseye
he was hitting on the way to forging
an
important new sound."
Heidelinde Weis - Der
Supermann: Song Collection 1975-1979
CD (Bureau B) [BB018CD] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 09-30-2008
The Bureau B label presents a
compiled history of the
collaboration between
Austrian theater and TV actress,
Heidelinde Weis and
composer/keyboardist,
Kristian Schultze. Who would have
thought somebody like Heidelinde
Weis
had done fluffy bossa nova and
gallant funk? A few DJs have known
it for a
few years, mainly because the tracks
"Der Supermann" and "Hans Emmerich"
belong to their repertoire. Now,
everyone has access with this
release that
combines the best songs from the
three albums that emerged from this
unique
musical love affair, originally
released in 1975, 1976 and 1979. The
music
world was quite amazed when the
debut album first appeared:
extremely laid
back, jazzy bossa nova taking turns
with slick `70s funk, and above it
sizzling, lascivious vocals with
often blatantly erotic lyrics.
Rodriguez - Cold Fact CD
(Light In The Attic) [LITA036CD]
$15.25
"It's one of the lost classics
of the `60s, a psychedelic
masterpiece
drenched in colour and inspired by
life, love, poverty, rebellion, and,
of
course, `jumpers, coke, sweet mary
jane.' The album is Cold Fact, and
what's more intriguing is that its
maker - a shadowy figure known as
Rodriguez - was, for many years,
lost too.
Various Artists -
Breaking Point: 20 Hard-edged Beat
Diamonds CD (Psychic Circle)
[PC7023] $17.50
A collection of 1960s tracks
recorded in the UK, with a couple of
excursions into Europe. Specially
compiled by legendary psych musician
and
Psychic Circle label-head, NICK
SALOMAN (THE BEVIS FROND). Artists
include:
LIVERPOOL FIVE, SHORTY & THEM, JAMES
TAMLIN, THE MULDOONS, THE MI5, THE
DENNISONS, LEE GRANT & THE CAPITOLS,
HAMILTON KING, TAGES, THE DEE TEES,
THE CIRCLES, THE SHAKERS, THE MIKE
COTTON SOUND, LEE CURTIS & THE ALL
STARS, CHRIS KERRY, TIFFANY & THE
THOUGHTS, THE MOONLIGHTERS, GEORGE
BEAN,
KENNY & THE WRANGLERS, and LES
CRUCHES.
2AM/FM * Alter Ego * Angel Pavement * Annie Hall * Anthony Reynolds
feat.
Vashti Bunyan * Arne Weinberg * Barbara Manning & Go-luckys * Beezy *
Begushkin * Betty Botox * Bill Quick * Catz 'n' Dogz * Chopstick & Johnjon
* Chymera * Cousins of Reggae * Daedelus * Dark Meat/Diplo * Davie Allan &
The Arrows * Deetron * Dirty Hospital * Efdemin * Emaciator * Factory *
Figures Of Light * Flippers * Gary Usher * Godspeed You Black Emperor *
Goldmund * Handycraft * Headhunter * Health * Hi-God People / Zond * It's A
Musical * Jacopo Carreras * Jacques Renault * Jerry Cole and His Spacemen *
Lee Ranaldo * Link Wray * Los Hermanos * Los Peyotes * Maetrik * Marco
Carola * Maya * Meters, The * Michel De Hey * Mike Fuzz * Mike Shannon *
Minilogue * MLZ * O.W.L. * October * Rodriguez * Sea Donkeys * Smear *
Suffering Bastard/Cock ESP * TG * Tiefschwarz/Schneider & Galluzi *
Treetops * Two Dead Sluts One Good F*** * Vath vs. Rother/Ricardo
Villalobos * Voltaic * Warlus * Wolves In The Throne Room
Link Wray - White Lightning: Lost Cadence '58 LP (Sundazed)
[SC5254LP] $18.50
No description available at this time.
[ . . . ]
2AM/FM - Electronic Justice 12 inch (Spectral Sound) [SPC062EP]
$11.50
No description available at this time.
Alter Ego - Gary Remixes 10 inch (Klang Elektronik)
[KLANG133EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Angel Pavement - Maybe Tomorrow LP (Tenth Planet) [TP057LP]
$21.00
2003 release. "Best known for their highly regarded late `60s singles
(including the pop-psych classic `Green Mello Hill'), Angel Pavement also
cut an unreleased album for Morgan Blue Town. Finally, here it is, with the
45s augmented by twelve previously unheard tracks - a genuine late `60s
baroque harmony pop classic in Left Banke/Honeybus vein, with a glossy
insert detailing the Angel Pavement story. 1000 numbered copies, 190 gram
vinyl."
Annie Hall - Comienzo 12 inch (D1 Recordings) [DONE044EP]
$11.00
No description available at this time.
Anthony Reynolds feat. Vashti Bunyan - Dream of Flowers & Your
Summers Meadow Breath 7 inch (Hungry Hill) [SLOPE004EP] $8.25
No description available at this time.
Arne Weinberg - Onmuta Mechanicks 12 inch (Echocord Colour)
[ECHOCOLOUR001] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Barbara Manning & Go-luckys - One Starry Night PICTURE DISC LP
(Swamp Room) [NR3868-21] $16.25
Limited edition German import of The Fierce Blonde recorded live at The
Shop, Spokane Washington, with the STEINBACH twins. Eighteen tracks from
throughout Manning's career recorded August 2001 with impeccable sound
quality. Nicely packaged in full-color sleeves with artwork by DARREN
MERINUK, and pressed on matching picture disc vinyl.
Beezy - Thoughts In Retrospect 12 inch (Rinse FM) [RINSE0022EP]
$19.75
No description available at this time.
Begushkin - King's Curse LP (Locust) [LOCUST112LP] $16.50
"Recorded live to tape in two days, after a sleep deprived month of
Beefheart style creative lockdown, Begushkin - Dan Smith's 8 headed hydra -
lay to rest the twilight folk of 2007's Nightly Things and reemerge with
the wicked and strange hard rock gypsy shake of King's Curse." 180 gram
vinyl LP version
Betty Botox - MMM, Betty! Vol. 2 12 inch (Endless Flight)
[EF009EP] $16.50
No description available at this time.
Betty Botox - MMM, Betty! Vol. 3 12 inch (Endless Flight)
[EF010EP] $16.50
No description available at this time.
Bill Quick - Maravillosa Gente LP (Time-Lag) [TIME-LAG038]
$26.75
Long in the works reissue of this amazing and little know gem, from
1972.
Born in Miami, Florida to an American father and Venezuelan mother, BILL
QUICK split the USA to Madrid, Spain in the early '70s. Once there he
quickly landed a recording deal with famous producer ALAIN MILHAUD of the
Explosion label, and set to work on this, his sole LP release. Sessions
went down with an impressive cast of up to eleven players in the studio. A
finely balanced mix of sounds that drifts between throbbing electric full
band groove and gentle acid folk. When Bill wants to rock, things get
downright funky, with a wickedly hard-hitting rhythm section, pumping
organ, scorching electric leads, and flipped out acoustic guitars all
locking into some seriously tight jams. Then the next minute the mood
swings and you're deep into some beautifully fragile and introspective folk
meditations; often just two acoustic guitars, Bill's lyrics, and huge,
angelic, vocal harmonies all weaving together into lush tapestries of
sound. The album was released only in Spain and Brazil, to very little
interest, and quickly became yet another great album lost to obscurity. At
least until now. Packaged in a heavyweight gloss coated exact reproduction
of the original cover, including the the original double sided insert, as
well as a huge new full color foldout insert which reproduces at nearly
full size the totally different Brazilian version of the album art. Plus
extensive notes by album musicians SALVADOR DOMINGUEZ & MARK GOTTSCHALL,
and ALEX CARRETERO. Pressed on 180gm audiophile grade vinyl and limited to
1,000 copies.
Catz 'n' Dogz - Stars of Zoo 2xLP (Mothership) [MSHIP001LP]
$19.00
RELEASE DATE: 09-16-2008
First full-length release on Claude von Stroke's Mothership label,
subsidiary of Dirtybird. This is the debut release by Catz `N Dogz, the
Polish duo who also comprise 3 Channels. 3 Channels have amazing releases
on Crosstown Rebels, Trapez, and Dirtybird, but Catz `N Dogz is a totally
new and original sound. Stars of Zoo is a hybrid masterpiece; a beautiful
cross between the best elements of deep house, minimal techno, and
cinematically-arranged live instrumentation.
Chopstick & Johnjon - Birds (Afrilounge Rmx) 12 inch (Dirt
Crew) [DIRT027EP] $11.50
Two new hot producers to their label, known for their own imprints
Criminal
and Baalsaal and collaborations as Eyerer & Chopstick. "Birds" is an
absolute smash tech-house bomb that proves its power in the club. The
Afrilounge guys deliver two great remixes (one funk, one dub) that take the
track towards a more stripped-down, percussive direction.
Chymera - Caprica Burning 12 inch (Connaisseur Superieur)
[CNSS013EP] $12.00
No description available at this time.
Cousins of Reggae - Quartz LP (Spanish Magic) [SM013]
$25.00
BLAKE HARGRAVES & LIAM THURSTON's dirty rock overdrives everything from
under a sickening haze-guitar, drums, turntable, homemade feedback devices
and homemade drum triggering systems. Volcanic Tongue admire "this
Canada-based riot squad" for their "riffs that sound like 'I Wanna Be Your
Dog' tied to streamrollers and dragged on their face through industrial
warehouse [combined] with the deforming use of clotted effects [and]
endless vistas of crunch." All covers are handmade (screen-prints,
stencils, hand carved stamps). Australian import.
Daedelus - Make It So Feat. Michael Johnson 12 inch (Ninja
Tune) [ZEN12216] $8.75
DAEDELUS links up with MICHAEL JOHNSON for the kind of happy song / sad
vocals mash-down which ALFRED DARLINGTON learnt from listening to too much
Brazilian music. This, however, is not bossa. Drawing on bits of Italian
disco, twisted trance, French house and more than a smattering of early
'80s English new romanticism it's the kind of glorious, uplifting, sad
number for which sweet indiscretions were invented. The epic nature of this
song is sure to make this a Daedelus anthem.
Dark Meat/Diplo - Split 7 inch (Chunklet) [WHIRLYCHUNK003]
$6.25
A limited edition 7-inch pressed specially by Chunklet as a merch item
for
a show. DARK MEAT unleashes their version of Iggy Pop's "Success," followed
by DIPLO, who rocks his "Unsuccessful Space Dub." Yellow vinyl pressing
with sweet artwork on the sleeve.
Deetron - Lets Get Over It 12 inch (Music Man) [MM141EP]
$11.50
No description available at this time.
Deetron - Lets Get Over It Remix 12 inch (Music Man)
[MM141R-EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Dirty Hospital - Leave The Planet 12 inch (Mighty Robot)
[MRR009EP] $11.00
No description available at this time.
Efdemin - Bruxelles 12 inch (Dial) [DIAL024EP] $9.75
"After some live concerts and DJ gigs alongside the Vienna and Swiss
minimal scene and a remix for labelmate Pantha du Prince, efdemin is back
with a new masterpiece. Since he is studying computer music, efdemin aka
Phillip Sollmann got deeper into minimal music, from John Cage to La Monte
Young. Also filled with inspiration of the post-Hawtin school, his
definition of techno speaks a unique language. If you watch his own history
you can see a proper change from Detroitish deep house to that special
minimal sound, but you will feel the intense way efdemin falls in love with
the inner sound."
Emaciator - Coveting LP (Not Not Fun) [NNF131LP] $15.25
No description available at this time.
Goldmund - The Malady of Elegance LP (Type) [TYPE039LP]
$17.25
No description available at this time.
Handycraft - Le Bal Masque (Catz N' Dogz Mix) 12 inch (Boxer
Recordings) [BOXER062EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Headhunter - Initiate 2x12 inch (Tempa) [TEMPA031EP] $17.25
Originally released in 2007. Headhunter presents an exciting and
futuristic
second release on Tempa. "Locus Lotus" is an up-tempo, summery track with a
bouncy soca-style. "Drop The Waste" features a heavy half-time rhythm.
N-Type has been caning "Sushi Brain," with its distinctive, submerged
techno intro leading into a sick drop. While "Quanta" jacks it all up, the
ghost of rave hovers in the cut-up, high-pitched vocals of "Spyro." Radio &
DJ support from Hatcha, Rob Da Bank, Youngsta and Tes La Rock.
Health - Triceratops / Lost Time + Remixes LP (Tough Love)
[TLV020] $12.75
Following the unanimously excellent praise foisted upon their
self-titled
debut album released late 2007, LA-based noiseniks HEALTH return with the
release of a limited edition MLP through Tough Love Records. Book-ended by
the original versions of album tracks "Triceratops" and "Lost Time," the
record also collects together a number of remixes that firmly establish the
dancefloor potential of Health. Sharing a lineage with the percussive
impulses of Drums Not Dead-era Liars and the almost ambient freakouts of
early Black Dice, Health display a willingness to stretch out their sound
and discover new sonic palettes rich in texture and rhythm. The remixes
here play testament to this experimental tendency, serving to
re-contextualize the band's approach while bringing them to a new audience.
With only 500 copies pressed and the band's star firmly in the ascendancy,
it's sure to establish itself as a collector's item. UK import.
Hi-God People / Zond - Split LP (Spanish Magic) [SM011]
$25.00
The HI-GOD PEOPLE side was recorded around the same time as their
recent
split 12-inch with fellow NZers The Dead C; it has live snippets from their
show at The Palace supporting Sonic Youth and recordings from a radio 3CR
session. Their live shows vary from cosmic rock jams to evolution
performance art epics. Pop stars doing the tango with some psychedelic
monk. Named after a satellite of the USSR, Melbourne Australia's ZOND
broadcast dark ecstasy from a place far below outer space, like a Rorschach
blot or a Freudian analysis gone wrong. Their live shows vary from a
screaming psychedelic car crash to ambient metal. With current and past
members of ON, FONG, LIBRARY PUNKS, MUM SMOKES, NED & THE MEDS, and THE
STABS. All covers are handmade (screen prints, stencils, hand carved
stamps). Australian import.
It's A Musical - The Music Makes Me Sick LP (Morr Music)
[MORR086LP] $14.75
RELEASE DATE: 10-28-2008
This is the debut full-length release by Swedish/German duo, It's A
Musical. Happy things, bad things, like The Carpenters or Jens Lekman -
rough and subtle, virtuoso and amateurish, mischievous and angelic.
Sincere, upbeat pop about having no money and having trouble making art.
Jacopo Carreras - One Sentence 12 inch (Lan Muzic) [LAN015EP]
$11.50
No description available at this time.
Jacques Renault - Rvng of the Nrds Vol. 6 12 inch (Rvng
International) [NRDS006EP] $12.25
No description available at this time.
Lee
Ranaldo - Countless Centuries Fled Into The Distance LP (Table of the
Elements) [TOELP97] $16.25
SONIC YOUTH'S LEE RANALDO was part of the original Table of the
Elements
Guitar Series in 1993; now he returns with Countless Centuries Fled into
the Distance Like So Many Storms. It's an epic earful, replete with
shimmering textures and an inimitable charging clangor. With ecstatic,
rocking squalor, he summons some dazzling shronk, reminiscent of early SY,
the soaring drone of John Cale, and even the looping orientalia of Dream
Syndicate-era La Monte Young. So duck and cover, as Lee fires an impeccably
aimed fusillade across the screaming fields of sonic love.
Los
Hermanos - Traditions & Concepts 12 inch (Submerge) [SUBWAX003EP] $8.75
No description available at this time.
Los
Peyotes - Introducing Los Peyotes LP (Dirty Water) [DWC1021LP] $17.25
"Offspring of the seed of the marauding Spanish conquistadores that
brought
medievel venereal diseases to the Americas, Los Peyotes are a savage sort
that would make any Nazi war criminal or strongman dictator that ever lived
on their native soil raise their eyebrows in disbelief while running away
crying for their mama. Equal parts of Garage Punk, Tex-Mex and Surf,
"Introducing Los Peyotes" is their UK album release and stands up to
anything released by Los Saicos, Los Shakers or any other of the legendary
sixties South American Garage Punks that inspired them. Elhumotassemal!!!
Surf-guitar, Tex Mex, psychedelic garage-punk and rhythm'n'blues, that
seems to have crossed time and space from the Buenos Aires of 1965. Track
listing: El Corredor Quemado, Action, El Humo te Hace Mal, Vampiro, Scream,
La Malvada Creacion del Dr Illusion, El Entierro de los Gatos, Psicosis,
Back Come to Me, I Don't Mind, Serial Killer, Connection, No Puedo Hacerte
Mia.
Maetrik - Space Chronic 12 inch (Mothership) [MSHIP008EP]
$11.50
Maetrik's Space Chronic EP combines the innovation of techno with a
sense
of fun. "Sex With Bass" explores the type of low frequencies that usually
occur when suspension bridges tear apart. "Stab Jockey" throws a techno
curveball, utilizing rhythmic synths over a simple beat. Midway through,
the line clears out for full-frequency busting bass drops. "Crawl Machine"
immediately builds a head-nodding groove that wastes no time firing off its
boosters. Sneaky builds shoot you off into orbit.
Marco Carola - Get Set 12 inch (2M) [2M002EP] $10.75
No description available at this time.
Maya - Y 10 inch (Discalcula) [PEAY001EP] $12.00
10-inch vinyl 4 track EP Limited edition of 500 hand numbered copies.
Michel De Hey - Hey! It's A Remix EP! 12 inch (Hey! Records)
[HEY011EP] $11.50
"It's a remix EP on Hey! Michel De Hey invited three superhot producers
to
remix his recent works on Hey! Records. Polder are the top act on all the
Shinedoe & 2000 And One affiliated labels such as 100% Pure, Remote Area
and Intacto, where they just released their debut album Poldermodel.
Stimming is known for his productions on Diynamic (Solomun's label),
Terminal M and Buzzin Fly, whereas Mr. G doesn't even need an introduction
anymore, he's pure history!"
Mike Fuzz - Check Your Head 12 inch (Musick) [MUSICK022EP]
$10.25
Figures Of Light - Smash Hits [CED336CD:f] Norton Records $12.75
"Includes the ultra rare 1972 single, the proto-punk anthem `It's Lame.'
Nine studio and live cuts with the A-Bones! Mind boggling finale of FOL's
first show (1970) with TV sets destroyed on stage! Essential!"
Mike Shannon - Memory Tree 2xLP (Plus 8) [PLUS8102LP]
$19.00
RELEASE DATE: 09-16-2008
This is Mike Shannon's third full-length album. It's been 10 years
since
Shannon started making a name for himself on the international techno scene
as a DJ, producer and label owner (Cynosure, Revolver). Now, having
recently relocated to Berlin, he's crowning his first decade of active
service with Memory Tree. Shannon's music covers a broader spectrum than
just minimal techno. In fact, 2005's Possible Conclusions To Stories That
Never End was awash with downbeat electronica, highlighting a natural
instinct for fusing rhythm and melody whatever the style or tempo. Although
Memory Tree follows a more club-oriented trajectory, it retains much of the
emotional response generated on Possible Conclusions and is all the better
for it. As a result, Shannon has put together a collection of tunes that
are simultaneously dark and soulful, staying true to his roots while
embracing the future with a flurry of kick-ass, funk-inflected beats.
Minilogue - Jamaica/Hispaniola Remixes 12 inch (Cocoon)
[COR051EP] $12.25
No description available at this time.
MLZ
- NewAnalogueCentury 12 inch (Modern Love) [LOVE049EP] $12.25
Devastating new heavyweight 2-tracker from DJ Miles, precision cut for
maximum bass-weight by Berlin's Dubplates and Mastering.
"NewAnalogueCentury" rides on frayed dub chords and a padded kickdrum,
eventually tumbling into a mass of delayed stabs and skittering hi-hats
coming across like the bastard child of Vainqueur, Maurizio and T++ :
messed up and unbelievably HEAVY. "OneState" channels one colossal,
beautifully padded kickdrum into an arrangement of bass, drums and endless
space. Absolutely deadly, sick wares.
O.W.L. - Of Wondrous Legends LP (Locust) [LOCUST110LP]
$18.00
"Proof that there's still excellent albums out there to discover.
Drawing
mainly on art rock and early light-prog aesthetics, O.W.L deliver an
ambitious song cycle which at its best transforms into dazzling
psychedelia." Limited edition, 180 gram vinyl LP version
October - Say Again 12 inch (Perspectiv Records) [PSPV014EP]
$12.25
This is October's first release for Perspectiv. With three singles on
his
own label Caravan, October's organic techno cuts and thuds add physicality
to his productions. "Say Again" features a female vocal loop, throbbing
with pulsed melodic tone, punching live percussion and a deep bass line.
"Go Outside" is a darker, deeper and more ethereal work - stuttering beats
are glued together by a warm synth melody. Resonant percussion and phased
keys submerge the track into a claustrophobic climax.
Sea
Donkeys - Live At The S.s. Marie Antoinette LP (Assophon) [A001] $14.75
A limited edition (400 copies) live LP from this new label and group
out of
Seattle and featuring one of the brains behind the Sublime Frequencies
imprint. These guys previously had an LP available via the Sun City Girls'
Abduction label but this is their best yet, a divinely ragged live blast
that combines a more garage rocking taking on the communal folk breakdowns
of The Cherry Blossoms with killer Shaggs/Godz style drum violence, drunk
choir vocals and the kinda fidelity that makes it all sound like a great VU
Bootleg. There are inspired covers of material like "It's A Rainy Day" by
Faust and Albert Ayler's "Ghosts" (which wins out over countless lame indie
free jazz versions by re-staging it as a melancholy avant rock dirge as
played by Don Van Vliet and the Maher Shalal Has Baz orchestra) and the
more rocking sections are a near perfect amalgam of primitive avant brut,
stumble punk oblivion and beautiful melodic chord solos. Recommended.
Smear - Transect 12 inch (Forward Strategy Group) [FSG001EP]
$11.00
No description available at this time.
Suffering Bastard/Cock ESP - Suffering 10 inch (Apop) [09745]
$11.50
Brutal grind featuring a dual-bass assault of the highest gain and
lowest
frequency, complete with brain-rattling vocal violence and remorseless drum
kit abuse. vs. An ugly & unlistenable shrieking noise overload inspired by
1980's top 40 hits & the pure unadulterated HATRED of mankind.
TG
- Mr. Dry 12 inch (Trapez) [TRAPEZ090EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.
Tiefschwarz/Schneider & Galluzi - Cocoon Morphs Tokyo Pt. 1 12
inch (Cocoon) [COR050.1EP] $12.00
No description available at this time.
Treetops - Permission / When I Was Younger LP (Arbor)
[ARBOR100] $11.00
Spirited youth and the intense magnification of focused energies chart
the
recent zones for TREETOPS. Utilizing tapes, Casio keyboards, vocals and a
variety of other sources, the path to earth bound nature drone is firmly
rooted in electricity. Like the combination of the glacial drifts of
massive rocks and the movements of air, the sources meld into blissed out
meditative drones: ceremonial music rising into the future to get out of
the past. Infinite ancients; constantly progressing, constantly evolving.
Mastered by PETE SWANSON (D. YELLOW SWANS); in an edition of 300 copies in
pro-printed foldover sleeves featuring photography by KYLE PARKER (INFINITE
BODY). The B-Side features a remastered and extended version of the When I
Was Younger double-C10 (ARBOR 69) from last winter.
Two
Dead Sluts One Good F*** - Two Dead Sluts One Good F*** LP (Apop) [09742]
$13.25
Finally after months of pressing delays...Twodeadsluts Onegoodf***
release
their LP on Apop Records. Originally released as a limited edition CDR late
last year. This is a severe examination of abhorrent eroticism and
unsurpassed hopelessness. Morose synthesizer dirges that quickly
disintegrate into screaming bloody feedback hailstorms. Mastered for
optimum frequency carnage by James Plotkin. Limited to 300 Copies.
Various Artists - Wooden Guitar LP (Locust) [LOCUST033LP]
$25.75
Limited 180 gram vinyl version.
Various Artists - Ruts 1/3 12 inch (Meakusma) [RUTS001EP]
$11.50
No description available at this time.
Various Artists - Oh, Run Into Me, But Don't Hurt Me! LP (Sub
Rosa) [SR268LP] $14.00
No description available at this time.
Vath vs. Rother/Ricardo Villalobos - Cocoon Morphs Tokyo Pt. 3
12 inch (Cocoon) [COR050.3EP] $12.25
No description available at this time.
Voltaic - Abyss 12 inch (Point.one. Recordings) [PTO006EP]
$11.00
No description available at this time.
Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters LP (Southern Lord)
[SUNN83] $19.75
RELEASE DATE: 08-05-2008
***NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! WOLVES IN THE THRONEROOM's music is
rooted in
the traditions of Black Metal, but they subvert the common aesthetic and
ideology in order to remain true to their own personal manifestations.
Their strong convictions appropriately compliment the confident decisive
execution of their sound. This is the sound of paradox, ambiguity and
confusion, Catharsis is the objective, not a lilly-white and guilt free
existence. Death and rebirth, transformation and enlightenment. They
believe that in Black Metal, there is great truth, transcendence and power.
Two Hunters was recorded on tape, at London Bridge and Aleph Studio by
RANDALL DUNN (Earth, Sunn 0))), Boris, Kinski) in the Pacific Northwest.
JESSICA KINNEY provides beautifully dark vocals on "Cleansing" and "I Will
Lay Down My Bones Among the Rocks and Roots."
[ H I S T O R I C A L ]
Davie Allan & The Arrows - Cycle Breed LP (Sundazed) [SC5204LP]
$18.50
No description available at this time.
Factory - Path Through the Forest LP (Guerssen Records)
[GUESS046LP] $24.00
"Sixties UK freakbeat legends get a new legit re-release of their
complete
available recordings and Guerssen is the proud new home for them."
Figures Of Light - Smash Hits LP (Norton Records) [ED336LP]
$11.25
"Includes the ultra rare 1972 single, the proto-punk anthem `It's
Lame.'
Nine studio and live cuts with the A-Bones! Mind boggling finale of FOL's
first show (1970) with TV sets destroyed on stage! Essential!"
Flippers - Pronto Viviremos Un Mundo Mucho Mejor LP (Guerssen
Records) [GUESS050LP] $25.75
"One of Colombia's better known `60's & `70's groups is Los Flippers.
But
few people outside Colombia knows about this wonderful 1973 album they
did."
Gary Usher - Barefoot Adventure: The 4 Star 2xLP (Sundazed)
[SC5244LP] $32.00
No description available at this time.
Godspeed You Black Emperor - f#a# LP (Constellation) [CST003LP]
$14.50
1997 release. "Vinyl version, CD is on Kranky. This is the original
release
on their Canadian label. Thick card sleeve with original black and white
photography. Several letter-press inserts."
Jerry Cole and His Spacemen - Surf Age LP (Sundazed) [SC5261LP]
$18.50
No description available at this time.
Meters, The - The Meters LP (Josie Records) [JOSIE4010LP]
$12.25
Exact repro edition, 180 gram LP. "Before they released this
self-titled
first album in 1969 on the Josie label, the four New Orleans musicians who
comprised the Meters had spent several years serving as producer Allen
Toussaint's house band and backing the likes of Lee Dorsey, Chris Kenner,
Earl King and Betty Harris. This classic debut, produced by Allen
Toussaint, features the Meters' instrumental hits "Cissy Strut" and
"Sophisticated Sissy," and covers of tunes by Sly Stone, Burt Bacharach and
the Classics IV."
Meters, The - Look-Ka Py Py LP (Josie Records) [JOSIE4011LP]
$12.25
Exact repro edition, 180 gram LP. "Reissue of the second Josie LP
(#4011,
January 1970), recorded out of state in Atlanta without f***ing up the
formula (Toussaint & Sehorn were along for the ride, natch). Features the
singles `Look-Ka Py Py' (reached #11 on Billboard's R&B charts) and `Dry
Spell' (reached #39) and a hod-load of Zigaboo bricks, grafted straight
from his hip pocket to append to your ass. You can't avoid it, it's all
around you." -Hrvatski; 180 gram limited edition LP.
Rodriguez - Cold Fact LP (Light In The Attic) [LITA036LP]
$30.75
"It's one of the lost classics of the `60s, a psychedelic masterpiece
drenched in colour and inspired by life, love, poverty, rebellion, and, of
course, `jumpers, coke, sweet mary jane.' The album is Cold Fact, and
what's more intriguing is that its maker - a shadowy figure known as
Rodriguez - was, for many years, lost too.
Various Artists - Syde Tryps Seven LP (Tenth Planet) [TP052LP]
$21.00
2001 release. "Late `60s UK psych/pop rarities with five previously
unreleased tracks from the Brain (forerunners of Giles Giles & Fripp/King
Crimson) and a host of obscure/previously unreleased goodies from The Outer
Limits, Fire, The Snappers, Jygsaw, Those Fading Colours, The Brain, 6AX,
Cliff Ward. Great `Rubble'-style sleeve with liner notes, 1000 numbered
copies on 190 gram audiophile vinyl."
Warlus - Songs LP (Guerssen Records) [GUESS047LP] $25.75
"Released as a private edition of only 200 copies in 1977 on the Joint
label (but recorded two years earlier, in 1975), Warlus Songs could be
regarded as the king of all French `70s obscure private pressings."