This week's CD update contains releases by:
Alan Sondheim * Alex Ward * Alexis Taylor * Alfredo Costa Monteiro
(solo
cymbal & resonating objects) * Angels of Light * Anthony Pateras & Robin
Fox * Art Ensemble Of Chicago * Barbecue Bob * Bass Communion * Benge *
Blevin Blectum * Charlie Parker * Chico Magnetic Band * Circus Devils *
Config.sys/Ahnst Anders * Crazy Dreams Band * Danielson * Deaf Machine *
Desolation Wilderness * Dim Dim * End of the World * Envy/Thursday *
Fervent * FM3 * Free Blood * Frida Hyvonen * Gayle McCormick * Gish * Gore
* Graham Day & The Gaolers * Grampall Jookabox * Guillaume Gargaud *
Hypnoskull * Hysteresis * J Spaceman & Matthew Shipp * Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
* Kazumasa Hashimoto * Klangstabil * Kranken * KTL * Loïs Laplace * Lodz *
Luke's Anger * Lukestar * Makoto Kawabata & Michishita Shinsuke * Mark Fell
* Mekons * Micha Blue Smaldone * Michael Gendreau * michaelthomasjackson *
Mississippi John Hurt * Moctan * Morphon * Mt. Sims * Nikos Veliotis,
Anastasis Grivas * No Choice * Oldman * Pari Zangeneh * Past Lives * Paul
Bley Quintet * Paul Kalkbrenner * Peter Brotzmann/Fred Lonberg-Holm *
Philip Glass * Port Royal/Absent Without Leave * Punk Rock Karaoke Band *
Rasputeen/Catholic Boys In Heavy Leather * Red Snapper * Rev. Gary Davis *
Sebastian Lexer (piano+) & Seymour Wright (alto sax) * Shaking Hands *
Sinkwell * Skeletons * Skip James * Squarepusher * Steinbruchel * Subhumans
* Suicide Inside * Sunken Foal * Sven Vath * The Four Fishermen * The Scene
Is Now * Tim Barry * Tobruk * Underground Failure * Vetiver * Virgins *
Virus Syndicate * Vromb * Wallpaper * Washington Phillips * Wicked Witch *
Wilderness * Wino
...plus a sale item by:
Ricardo Villalobos
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T U R E D R E L E A S E S ]
Alfredo Costa Monteiro (solo cymbal & resonating objects) -
Centre of Mass CD-R (Another Timbre) [at-b01] $14.75
'centre of mass' is an astonishing work by Barcelona-based
multi-instrumentalist Alfredo Costa Monteiro. Alfredo himself has described
it as "quiet noise music", and the range of sounds he produces from such
limited means is testament to his extraordinary individuality and
creativity. "Playing solo seems to be the most free form of expression...When
I'm playing alone, I'm the only one responsible for what's happening. It's
very rewarding, because you learn a lot about yourself; no justification to
a third person is needed. But this is also what can make it
dangerous...Playing alone requires more honesty with oneself, but as long as
one is able to recognise one's mistakes, it's fine."
Bass Communion - II/III 2CD (Beta-Lactam Ring) [MT182]
$17.75
"II finds its ellipses crossing long, glowering belts of ambience and
majestic rings of thick, bass-heavy electro-pulses. Miniature terrestrials
appear as stringed acoustics and other Earth-bound instrumentation peeks up
through the crackling electronic mists. Hardly a truer music of the
spheres, but then there is still the brother to contend with. III began its
days at the same time as its kin, originally as leftover pieces, tv music,
and failed experiments recorded between 1995-99 from the first two BASS
COMMUNION albums and then briefly released as a made-to-order CDR. III's
lustmord for global communication moans out in a series of lonely alien
drones." First edition of 1000 packaged in a full color gatefold sleeve.
Benge - Twenty Systems Book+CD (Expanding) [ECDB108] $21.25
Twenty tracks made on 20 synthesizers spanning 20 years, accompanied by
a
60-page full-color book with a foreword by ROBIN "SCANNER" RIMBAUD. Twenty
Systems is the latest release from electronica artist and Expanding Records
founder BEN EDWARDS (aka BENGE). His tenth solo album, this ambitious
project combines an audio CD of new music with a hard bound full-color book
containing photos and diagrams of the electronic instruments used, along
with a detailed history documenting the development of synthesizers between
1968 and 1988. The purpose of the record is to demonstrate the development
of the the synthesizer from the first commercially available systems in the
late 1960s to the introduction of fully digital systems in the late 1980s.
Although not intended to be a comprehensive history of synthesizers, the
listener will hopefully gain some insight into the character of each
instrument, and on a more general level experience the evolving sound of
synthesis over the years. "A brilliant contribution to the archaeology of
electronic music."-Brian Eno.
Charlie Parker - Bird In Time 1940-1947 CD Box (ESP Disk)
[ESPDISK4050CD] $59.50
Selected Recordings and Rare Interviews. "Bird in Time: 1940-1947 is a
unique four disc set produced by bebop jazz historian Michael D. Anderson.
This set chronicles the early developmental stages of the career of the
artist from 1940 to the fall of 1947. This includes his performances in the
Jay McShann band, his work as a sideman, collaborations with trumpeter
Dizzy Gillespie, as well as his leadership of various groups. In addition
to select recordings, the four disc set includes unique interviews by Mr.
Anderson with artists who performed with Charlie Parker, or 'Bird' as they
knew him, describing in detail their experiences with him during this
period of time. These interviews provide, for the first time, a glimpse
into the creative process that was engaged in making these song tracks.
This is a 'must have' for serious Charlie Parker music collectors."
Chico Magnetic Band - Chico Magnetic Band CD (Nosmokerecords)
[NOSMOKE003CD] $21.50
"Chico Magnetic Band's eponymous album, released by French Vogue
subsidiary
Box Office label in 1971, defines the term 'heavy Psychedelia.' These bunch
of freaks, lead by Algerian born Mahmoud 'Chico' Ayari were clearly
influenced by the Jimi Hendrix Experience but somehow they created a song
of their own: violent, trashy, stoned as hell heavy psych featuring
demented vocals, furious guitars, loud rhythm section and mindblowing
studio effects including phasing, backward tapes, weird and groovy
electronics. Eight killer tracks including their insane fuzzed-out
deconstruction of Hendrix's 'Crosstown Traffic' and cult classics like 'Pop
Pull Hair,' 'Explosion,' 'Pop Orbit.' This reissue includes a good number
of bonus tracks (6 on the vinyl, and a total of 8 on the CD making their
complete recordings). Features an insert with full band story and rare
photos. Limited to 600 copies on vinyl and 500 papersleeve CDs, both
including the insert."
Fervent - Irgendwo CD3 (Dirty Demos) [DirtyCDR034] $9.59
limited edition of 50 - Fragmented electronica is the name of the game
here. Fervent disects sounds such as voices, guitar, wavestation etc and
reassembles them into vast pieces of rhythmical computer glitch,
complimented with particles of disoriented melody. Hand numbered edition,
with handsprayed disc.
FM3
- Buddha Machine II (Burgundy) CD (FM3) [BUDDHA02-BURG] $21.75
The Beijing-based duo FM3 is back with an all-new version of their
wildly
successful 2005 release, the Buddha Machine. Introducing Buddha Machine
2.0: 9 new loops. 3 new colors. Pitch bend. Blurring the line between music
box and musical instrument, the Buddha Machine 2.0 is an interactive album
that lets users customize the listening experience. Drop the pitch and the
music ebbs in a low ambient drone. Boost the speed and suddenly its alive
with melody. Add a few more machines, set them at different speeds and you
have an evolving audio perfume. Plug it into a mixer, add some beats or
vocals or guitar... FM3 won't mind. In fact, they encourage people to use
the Buddha Machine as inspiration. Since its release in 2005, the original
Buddha Machine has sold more than 50,000 units worldwide and has won praise
from artists as diverse as Daft Punk, Gorillaz, Low, Monolake, Sunn O))),
Blixa Bargeld and Mike Patton. Legendary producer Brian Eno was the first
customer for the original Buddha Machine and nearly 3 years later told FM3
he still "cherishes" his purchase! Similar in shape and design to the
original Buddha Machine, but boasting more robust construction and improved
sound quality, the 2.0 comes in three colors: burgundy, grey and brown. For
those who haven't experienced the pleasure of the original, the Buddha
Machine is essentially a small plastic box that plays ambient loops. The
loops repeat endlessly until the "track" is switched or the two AA
batteries (not included) run out. The machine has its own built-in speaker
and there is also a headphone jack for a more personal experience. But the
charm of the device isn't nearly as specific: the Buddha Machine has a
calming presence in today's fast-paced world. Its charm mixes with FM3's
innovative music to provide the owner with an experience that is hard to
define. Essentially, it's a box with a life, a tool for living, and to
many, it's a friend. Founded in 1999 by Christiaan Virant and Zhang Jian,
FM3 are considered pioneers of electronic music in China. Inspired by
Buddhist prayer boxes found at temples around Asia, the duo released the
original Buddha Machine in April 2005, winning acclaim in publications
including BoingBoing.net, The New York Times and Arthur magazine.
FM3
- Buddha Machine II (Brown) object (FM3) [BUDDHA02] $21.75
FM3
- Buddha Machine II (Grey) CD (FM3) [BUDDHA02-GREY] $21.75
FM3
- Buddha Machine (Black) CD (FM3) [BUDDHA01-BLACK] $21.75
This is the original Buddha Machine, first released to worldwide
acclaim in
2005. Now available with barcodes and available to order by color choice:
Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Red & White. FM3 present the Buddha
Machine, a unique "soundbox" from China which is causing sensation
worldwide. The Buddha Machine is a small musical loop player, built kind of
like a little AM radio -- but without all the nonsense. Total genius from
out of nowhere, it comes with an integrated speaker, a volume control, a
mini jack-out and a switch to choose between nine different loops which are
stored on a small chip and can be directly played by this mini soundsystem.
A totally dazzling item which causes jaw-dropping delight everywhere --
Alan Bishop bought twenty-four of these on sight, Brian Eno bought eight
(how's that for apocalyptical math?). FM3 are a duo of Christiaan Virant
and Chinese keyboardist and computer musician Zhang Jian who create
loop-based ambient electronic music. Based in Beijing, they came upon a
small box used at Buddhist temples to chant or play prayers. Explains
Virant: "...there are a number of different explanations of why they
invented this box in China. Some people say it's because modern people are
too lazy to go to the temples to say the chants to the Buddha like they
used to, so they invented this small machine to do it for them." FM3 gave
it a name and began manufacturing it in 2005. In two years, they sold
nearly 50,000 of them. The Buddha Machine is not an iPod. It's not loaded
with features. It's simply a small plastic box -- available in an
assortment of colors -- that plays nine different loops. The possibilities
of how you listen to it, however, are infinite. [Please note that the
original Buddha Machine comes packaged with 2 double AA batteries, for now;
this will be discontinued in the near future.]
FM3
- Buddha Machine (Orange) CD (FM3) [BUDDHA01-Orange] $21.75
FM3
- Buddha Machine (Green) CD (FM3) [BUDDHA01-GREEN] $21.75
FM3
- Buddha Machine (Red) CD (FM3) [BUDDHA01-RED] $21.75
FM3
- Buddha Machine (Pink) CD (FM3) [BUDDHA01-PINK] $21.75
FM3
- Buddha Machine (White) CD (FM3) [BUDDHA01-WHITE] $21.75
Gish - Making Clocks CD (Dirty Demos) [DirtyCDR033] $11.06
limited edition of 50 - Gish is a improvised guitarist based in London,
UK.
When not performing with Dirty Demos $un$hine Republic and Jack Nicholson,
Gish can be found playing solo using guitar and sometimes a microphone,
run
through a mixing board and various electronics. 'Making Clocks' is a sweet
display of sound textures, microsound and glitch. Think bleak, minimal and
marvellous. Over sized cardboard sleeve with insert.
Guillaume Gargaud - Le Lieu CD (Dirty Demos) [DirtyCDR032]
$11.06
limited edition of 150 - We are very proud to present Guillaume's
debut
solo album 'Le Lieu'. Here we have pure epic soundscape and hypnotic
rhythmical pieces. Drone undercurrents drift and pulse, while dense waves
of processed guitar morph into lush glitchy tribal atmos. Drift into
another world. special. White digipak case.
Lodz - Heniek CD (Tsuku Boshi) [tskb003] $17.32
Lodz signs a unique and successful disk, which is not without evoking
a
sort of B.O of fantasy and dumb movie, taken out of some rubble of the
XXth
century. A singular artist to classify beside some francs-markswomen of
the
sound and the experiment, just like french Judith Juillerat, Eglantine
Gouzy or Colleen. " (TSUGI Magazine)
Michael Gendreau - Voutes CD-R (Cohort) [CRCD125] $12.00
Les Voutes (Paris, France) 16 June 2004 - This installation
performance
integrated the unique layout of this group of arch-shaped vaults
(photographs at lesvoutes.org) located under the rue Tolbiac in Paris. Due
to the thick masonry, the vehicles on the road above are generally not
audible in the performance space below, but they cause micro-vibration
which is not perceivable without sensitive instruments. Several seismic
accelerometers were installed in the brickwork to sense and then amplify
the vibration to audible levels. Furthermore, the shape of the structure
alters the frequency content of the vibration so that the amplified
vibrations take on various characters depending on the measurement
location
within an arch. Vibration recordings were made throughout the day of the
performance from different points in the structure, which were then
organized and combined with a live feed from the (stereo) vibrations from
the vaults on either side of the performance vault.
michaelthomasjackson - Little Village Suite CD3 (Dirty Demos)
[DirtyCDR029] $9.59
limited edition of 50 - 'Little Village Suite' is a 3 track EP
comprising
of improvisations for prepared electric bass guitar. The nature of the
sound here is loud, distorted and menacing, but also has quieter, more
subtle rumbling moments which breaks up the tracks and gives them room to
breath. Mini jewel case, handsprayed disc.
Morphon - OM Mars Venus CD (Klangwirkstoff) [KW003] $19.53
This CD contains spherical electronic ambientmusic with a philosophic
background. With their project, Morphon is exploring artistically the
mental and physical effects of natural vibrations and rhythms The tonal
tuning of the music on this cd depends on planet tones based on the
"cosmic
octave". This tones are octave-analogue overtones of planetary cycles:
Year-tone OM the relaxing, mental principle Mars the willpower and
purposive energy Venus the harmonic principle and the love energy The
ability to be in resonance with the vibrations of cosmic totality means to
be in unison. It is by way of immediate experience and through the
archetypical aspects of being, that tuning oneself to a cosmic coherence
becomes possible.
Nikos Veliotis, Anastasis Grivas - Vertical CD (Low Impedance)
[LoZVert] $13.50
Nikos Veliotis and Anastasis Grivas have quite a long history of
dealing
with drones, improvisation, electroacoustic composition and experimental
sounds. In this release, 'Vertical', Veliotis' strings and Grivas' custom
made guitars create a harmonically dense landscape that murmurs, howls,
shrieks, sometimes even sings or just rests in silence. The key here is
the
experience of time, as the music brings a state of suspension and the
frequency spectrum dissolves into a frozen uniform mass of pure tonal
bliss. Veliotis and Grivas seem to approach the material both with an
artist's passion and a surgeon's cold calculated movement as they
methodically built an intense crawling soundscape.
Oldman - Two Heads Bis Bis CD (Low Impedance) [LoZTwoBis]
$13.50
'Two Heads Bis Bis' is a twisted bedtime story, a dark poem, an
alchemist's
magic diary of secrets. Oldman (aka Charles Eric Charrier) employs the
typical trio of 'rock' instrumentation (bass, guitars, drums) along with
several rather atypical sound generating devices to sculpt a truly intense
lo-fi masterpiece, a dreamy album drenched in fuzzy smoke: a dark,
melancholic, weird and ultimately therapeutic experience. This is
post-'something' in the true sense of the term, as Oldman transcends most
musical genres to create something unique and exciting. Repetitive
rock-inspired patterns, tribal percussive jams, improvisation, organic
ambience and lots of dark humor. This is what popular music would be like
in an ideal world.
Sebastian Lexer (piano+) & Seymour Wright (alto sax) - Blasen
CD (Another Timbre) [at13] $14.75
'blasen' is the first duo disc by two of the rising stars of London's
improv scene. Seymour Wright's recent solo disc 'Seymour Wright of Derby'
was rapturously received by critics and was described by Dan Warburton as
"the best solo sax I've heard for years". And Sebastian Lexer " a pupil of
and collaborator with John Tilbury " has developed his own software to
extend the sound of the piano electronically in live performance. They
both
emerged from Eddie Prevost's improvisation workshop, have played with
musicians such as John Butcher, Keith Rowe, John Edwards and Evan Parker,
and have released discs on the Matchless, w.m.o.r. & TwoThousandAnd
labels.
Sinkwell - Tunnels CD (Angle.Rec) [.A.R.05.06.] $15.00
Doors cleverly concealed¦unexplored abandoned industrial sites¦.the
angleREC and Mondes Elliptiques labels had the opportunity to work with
many sound artists whose explorations are accompanied by a will to uncover
on the field, in the abstract as well as in the concrete, different
mysteries or secrets, or at least, to probe the enclave, the place they
haunt. The SKINWELL project is no exception; its two protagonists,
CHRISTIAN CORVELLEC and MARTIN DUMAIS, concoct music for TUNNELS, those
places, where, at the end, one is beginnning to see the light, as the old
proverb says, but in the present case, we do not really care; we can see
the light in the distance, it also penetrates different interstices or
fissures along the walls of the tunnels where we progress, but we prefer
taking the time to pace the premises, to permeate ourselves with the sound
echoes with which they fill our ears and head, and it should be mentioned
that the ambiant-drone styling embraced by SKINWELL contains, like the
music of some well-known artists of the genre (here we shall name
CRANIOCLAST, TROUM or ZOVIET FRANCE with the unique goal of giving people
a
better idea as to where they are on the map of sonorities), a whole
assortment of subtle electronic pulsations, concocted here by CHRISTIAN
CORVELLEC, which always adequately support the sound fabrics woven by
MARTIN DUMAIS, and which also are their starting point. One only has to
imagine a minimal tech project gone the drone-ocean way ¦pulsations are
there, always, but tinged with a sonic fog that is heavy, damp and fluid
at
the same time and which always suggests, in the end, uncertain twists and
turns in this crossing of tunnels. But who would complain?
Steinbruchel - Sustain CD (Koyuki) [YUKI004] $10.08
koyuki is very proud to release the new work of the renowned swiss
sound
artist Steinbrüchel. This new introspective 22 mins. composition is built
around melodic chord sounds, stratified gentle noise and beautiful
resonances to slowly lull you into hypnosis. A minimal reinterpretation of
his recent soundwork, as heard on the Basis and Stage cds.
The Four Fishermen - Fallen Oak CD3 (Dirty Demos)
[DirtyCDR035] $9.59
limited edition of 100 - Debut release by The Four Fishermen. File
under
folk, psychedelica and drone. Here Ben McElroy receives help from a bunch
of people on drums, double bass, clarinet, violins and cello. Beautiful.
A4
folded cover + insert in pvc sleeve, each one numbered. Handsprayed disc.
Various Artists - Active Agent of Sound CD (Klangwirkstoff)
[KW002] $24.57
Ambient music meets science - cosmic octave, quantum music &
planettones.
With this ambient double CD, Klangwirkstoff brings together 22 widely
varied international music projects, all of which are working with a
harmonical topic. The planet tones on this CDs are acoustical exponents
from our natural cosmic surroundings and our focus on them brings us into
harmony with the way of things. Music tuned to molecules, like planetary
music, is composed in accordance with strict harmonical rules and is based
on existing harmonic structures and the natural laws which govern the
'cosmic octave'. Music from: Coil, Mirror System (Steve Hillage), Susan
Alexjander, Lutz Berger, True Frequencies, Sci-Rom, Star Sounds Orchestra,
Orbital Dolphins, Brain Entertainment Laboratory, Morphon, Akasha Project,
Devas, Toshra, Ruben, Motom, EPiOS, B. Ashra, Rainer von Vielen, Michael
Reimann and a Text from Hans Cousto.
Vromb - Le Pecheur De Noye CD (Spectre) [09984] $30.00
CD box with postcards, stickers, newspaper and metal pin - limited
edition
369 copies
Translation of 'Le pêcheur de noyés' is almost impossible, but 'The fisher of drowned ones' covers it quite good. Nautilus, the water based sub-division of Spectre Records, presents its tenth release and all honours go to Vromb. The Canadian sculptor of electronic sounds pictures life below water-level and sadly for us humans, the oxygen-level isn't high enough to survive ...
'Le pêcheur de noyés' is the story about Roger Girard who - as a scubadiver - searched for and found several corpses of drowned people. Not the most cheerful of stories to tell, but a fact of life. His stories have been well documented over the years and this CD add a new dimension to the archives.
The atmosphere and underwater sounds are amazingly well caught by Roger Girard's son Hugo, who happens to be Vromb. Deep rumbling sounds, oxygen masks producing waterbubbles and a cry for help which wasn't heard in time.
The characteristic rhythm based soundsculptures of Vromb are on this album accompanied by more ambient works; A bit compareable with the ones we have gotten to know on 'Jeux de Terre'. The result is an honest, sincere and very personal release which only one man could write.
This release comes in a deluxe-box with many additional items like postcards, stickers and a pin, but also copies of the actual newspaper clippings from the recoveries by Roger Girard.
The
result is most impressive in more ways then one ...
[ . . . ]
Alex Ward - Cremated Thoughts CD (Treader) [TRD011CD]
$16.00
"Extraordinary clarinetist Alex Ward in his first solo recording. In
the
tradition of 'For Alto' and 'Monoceros': one musician and one instrument."
Alexis Taylor - Rubbed Out CD (Treader) [TRD012CD] $16.00
"Exclusively tailored in places, planes, hotel rooms and at home. 15
bespoke songs and instrumentals by Alexis Taylor."
Angels of Light - Everything Is Good/please Come Home CD
(Young God) [YG22] $13.25
No description available at this time.
Anthony Pateras & Robin Fox - End of Daze CD (Editions Mego)
[DEMEGO006CD] $16.00
Melbourne-based electroacoustic improv duo Anthony Pateras & Robin Fox
return with their second release for the Editions Mego label. This is a
shredding album filled with Antipodean-blasted bliss that will get even
the
darkest of doomlords crawling out of their abyss of hatred and dancing
like
lunatics. End of Daze is a bulletproof testament to the duo's eight year
history in the trenches of live electroacoustic music -- their messy,
over-the top contact-miked beginnings now formed into a powerful and
futuristic meta-language borrowing from the early electronic masters, with
bizarre sound poetry, vintage synth festishism, the eternal patch tweak
and
good old fashioned Melbourne experimentalist brutality fueled by a
poisonous love affair with sonic invention. A combination of materials
forged live on stage alongside carefully considered studio mayhem, the
audio contained on this disc is their finest vein-popping blend of chaos
and order to date. Recorded beautifully by longtime engineer James
"Wilkinsound" Wilkinson in Melbourne, combined with some sessions from
WORM
in Rotterdam, End of Daze promises a sonic range as wide as its genesis,
complete with angry-boy artwork courtesy of Clare Cooper. Limited to 500
copies. Robin Fox: computer, controllers, ARP 2500, and programming.
Anthony Pateras: computer, Doepfer A-100, voice, and Revox B-77.
Blevin Blectum - Gular Flutter CD (Aagoo) [AAGOO011]
$13.75
Breaking a four year silence with her strongest album to date, BLEVIN
BLECTUM's Gular Flutter confirms her gift for making electronic music that
is allergic to cliche. Blectum's new songs throb with swarms of transient
surface details, but they never come off as haphazard. Asked about her
title, Blevin notes that "Gular fluttering is the pulsation of the upper
esophagus in some species of birds in response to heat-stress," an oblique
reference from avian anatomy that stems from her recently completed
training as a veterinary technician. It's a title that perfectly captures
the mysteriously organic shifts that pulsate across this heavily processed
music.
Circus Devils - Ataxia CD (Happy Jack Rock Records) [HJRR19]
$13.25
H.P. Lovecraft meets Devo on Ataxia, CIRCUS DEVILS' new collection of
moonshine revelries and musical trips by torchlight into the mist-shrouded
fields and forests of Ohio (aka: land of mystery). ROBERT POLLARD (GUIDED
BY VOICES) and the TOBIAS brothers treat the listener to an intoxicating
blend of jagged, insistent rock and uneasy lullabies. Formed in Ohio in
2001 by Pollard, Circus Devils create albums rich in atmosphere and
imagery, filled with ferocity and gentleness. Their previous album, Sgt.
Disco, was released on Ipecac Recordings in 2007. Ataxia is their sixth
release. No exports to the UK
Circus Devils - Five CD (Recordhead / Fading Captain Series)
[LUNA81/FCS34] $13.25
No description available at this time.
Circus Devils - Harold Pig Memorial CD (Recordhead) [LUNA62]
$12.00
No description available at this time.
Circus Devils - Pinball Mars CD (Recordhead) [LUNA72/fcs29]
$13.25
No description available at this time.
Circus Devils - Ringworm Interiors CD (Recordhead) [FCS15]
$12.00
No description available at this time.
Config.sys/Ahnst Anders - Boiling the Ocean CD (Pflichtkauf)
[09990] $17.25
rhythmic industrial power meets anders' ambient soundscapes, to be
concluded on this concept album which has 'water' as main topic.
packaging:
cardboard sleeve.
Crazy Dreams Band - Crazy Dreams Band CD (Holy Mountain)
[HOLY1977] $12.00
Grooves that confuse? CRAZY DREAMS BAND presents its guitar-free "thug
pop"
dirge with creeping crooning and brassless horn blasts. Like the best
Giallo films, you'll be as turned on as you are terrified. As tender as
Coco Rosie, as brutal as Magik Markers, and as cool as Royal Trux'
Radio/Video vibe. Imagine if Bruce Springsteen and Martin Rev collaborated
on songs for Patti Smith or Catherine Ribeiro. Channeled inner voices are
expelled as cave anthems into neon text in Linear A, while bones poke
through the skin atop a witch's brew of venomous sludge. Crazy Dreams Band
is the urban tribal music that survives whatever "end is nigh" theory you
choose. They're jamming this music outside the thunder dome, beneath the
planet of the apes, and the day after tomorrow. LP version to be released
in early December.
Danielson - Trying Hartz 2CD (Secretly Canadian) [SC180]
$13.25
Trying Hartz samples the first decade of the DANIELSON/DANIELSON
FAMILE/
BR. DANIELSON oeuvre (all the years before Ships), attesting generously to
the movement of the work as a whole, from proto-minimalist eccentric
gospel
band to prog-metal-dread outfit to music hall choir to indie rock one-man
band to outsider art celebrity to family man and family member. It's a
perfect starter volume for listeners who have not had the pleasure of
engaging with the evolution of this unusual, surprising, and incredibly
moving musical consortium.
Deaf Machine - Transistor CD (Raubbau) [09991] $17.50
the german label raubbau have decided that the time is ripe to end the
nearly two decades of severe under-exposure for deaf machine, the
megaptera
offshoot conceived by mikael svensson. previously in 2008 the 'found
noises' cd was put out, a release that was met with great enthusiasm. a
majority of listeners to industrial music were up until this year not even
aware of the name deaf machine. only a minuscule fraction had ever heard
the music. merely ten people can claim to actually own the original tape
release. but certainly the extremely limited nature of an album does not
automatically imply that its content merits another issue. in the case of
'transistor' any such fear of groundless hyperbole can be scrapped. while
operating within the confines of death industrial, the sound of deaf
machine clearly lacks antecedence in its more oppressive, minimal
approach;
a rhythm-less universe inhabited by the creaking noises of analogue
devices
and metallic artefacts, and fleeting voices leaking through from media
broadcasts. svensson may have been a minor player in the scene, but his
precious few moments of brilliance are now finally captured for posterity.
what more semi-forgotten corpses from the heyday of swedish death
industrial are waiting to be unburied?
Desolation Wilderness - White Light Strobing CD (K Records)
[KLP198] $13.25
"The debut album of the band DESOLATION WILDERNESS. Recorded in the
Winter
of 2008, supposedly the dark months but there is a beauty hidden there,
too. Sound waves transmuted through archaic vacuum tubes and dusty
transistors, magnetized on to a playable medium. A rush of air pressure, a
few more charged ions here and there. Somehow, out of chaos comes order, a
record of an event at a specific time and place. White Light Strobing
contains songs straight from the wide awake dream world about simple
things
(love, escape, the open road) which transform before your ears into
something else entirely.
Dim Dim - Whip CD (Audio Dregs Recordings) [ADR072X]
$12.25
RELEASE DATE: 11-17-2008
Dim Dim is back with its sixth full-length album and an obsession for
all
forms of sonic pop culture. Tossing fistfuls of guitar, ukulele,
programmed
beats, twisted synth and toy instruments into a blender, Dim Dim hits
"liquefy", and surfs the sonic mixture as it spills across his musical
universe. Deconstructing all things known and leaving a trail of brightly
colored debris, Dim Dim has turned his back to the norm and rip-shredded a
technicolored path to a genre unknown... and we have Whip! As Dim Dim, the
Belgian producer, Jerry Dimmer started releasing albums in the 90's,
producing tracks in his home-studio cave, though he began a career as
illustrator, working mainly for comic books following study at the
St.Lukas
and Les Beaux Arts. He published several books in Belgium then moved to
Paris where his work was picked up by the main comic publishers of the
time: Heavy Metal, Albin Michel, Glenat, Dargaud. A few years later he
left
France for Portugal, where he made watercolors and had several exhibitions
in Lisbon, Paris and Brussels. In more recent times he has done everything
from producing songs for European pop bands, and crafting minor dance
floor
hits in Ibiza, to illustrating children's books, and creating music for
video games. He has also created his own style of abstract "Pictoplastic"
paintings, which have appeared on previous album covers (excluding "Whip"
which was done by Belgiun illustrator Oreli). Being a colorful visionary
it
comes as no surprise that Crayola would feature a Dim Dim song in ads
representing of their own colorful vision, and no surprise at all that his
bright musical vision has attracted its own cult-like following,
especially
in the U.S. and Japan.
End of the World - French Exit CD (Flameshovel) [DIG051]
$13.25
When you leave without saying goodbye, it's called a "French Exit."
Suffice
it to say, there has been an interesting cast of characters weaving in and
out of the lives of THE END OF THE WORLD's STEFAN MAROLACHAKIS (vocals,
drums) and BENJAMIN SMITH (guitars). Somehow, though, through fourteen
bass
players and one fistfight, the two of them have been able to stick
together
as best friends and band mates. With eleven songs of city stories, the
band's second full-length, French Exit, addresses the growing pains of
boys
becoming men and transitioning into adulthood, or at least attempting to
do
so. Stefan's old school crooning underscores the earnestness in his
lyrics,
as he sings about people who have appeared and disappeared from his life.
Meanwhile, Benjamin chimes in with shimmery, yearning guitar strums. The
sound is minimalist and stripped down, calling attention to each song's
emotion and tone.
Envy/Thursday - Split LP+CD (Temporary Residence Ltd) [TRR146]
$16.25
More than two years after THURSDAY first put the idea in our heads,
Temporary Residence is proud to finally bring together two influential
bands from two very different places. Recorded in Spring 2008, both bands
turn in some of their most inspired work yet. In addition, Thursday
invited
ANTHONY MOLINA of MERCURY REV to remix the dark instrumental "In Silence"
into the pitch-black closing track, "Appeared And Was Gone," providing the
perfect transition into the massive dynamics of ENVY. Beginning with the
subtle electronics of the symphonic opener, "An Umbrella Fallen Into
Fiction," Envy thrashes and burns through a trio of thoughtful
face-melters. Pressed on audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl and featuring
original artwork by acclaimed poster artist, DAN GRZECA, this deluxe set
includes a free copy of the CD format beautifully incorporated into the
exquisite package design.
FM3 - Buddha Machine (Blue) CD (FM3) [BUDDHA01-BLUE]
$21.75
This is the original Buddha Machine, first released to worldwide
acclaim in
2005. Now available with barcodes and available to order by color choice:
Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Red & White.
FM3 present the Buddha
Machine, a unique "soundbox" from China which is causing sensation
worldwide. The Buddha Machine is a small musical loop player, built kind
of
like a little AM radio -- but without all the nonsense. Total genius from
out of nowhere, it comes with an integrated speaker, a volume control, a
mini jack-out and a switch to choose between nine different loops which
are
stored on a small chip and can be directly played by this mini
soundsystem.
A totally dazzling item which causes jaw- dropping delight everywhere --
Alan Bishop bought twenty-four of these on sight, Brian Eno bought eight
(how's that for apocalyptical math?). FM3 are a duo of Christiaan Virant
and Chinese keyboardist and computer musician Zhang Jian who create
loop-based ambient electronic music. Based in Beijing, they came upon a
small box used at Buddhist temples to chant or play prayers. Explains
Virant: "...there are a number of different explanations of why they
invented this box in China. Some people say it's because modern people are
too lazy to go to the temples to say the chants to the Buddha like they
used to, so they invented this small machine to do it for them." FM3 gave
it a name and began manufacturing it in 2005. In two years, they sold
nearly 50,000 of them. The Buddha Machine is not an iPod. It's not loaded
with features. It's simply a small plastic box -- available in an
assortment of colors -- that plays nine different loops. The
possibilities
of how you listen to it, however, are infinite. [Please note that the
original Buddha Machine comes packaged with 2 double AA batteries, for
now;
this will be discontinued in the near future.]
Free Blood - The Singles CD (Rong DFA) [RONGDFA07] $13.25
Brooklyn's FREE BLOOD (featuring fromer !!! member JOHN PUGH), a band
formed in 2003 with roots in the New York art, fashion, and music circles,
unleashes their debut album courtesy of Rong Music's and DFA Records' new
joint imprint. On The Singles' six original tracks and five remixes, Free
Blood synthesizes pop and avant-garde leanings. The album opens with the
first single, "Never Hear Surf Music Again," and later BARFLY contributes
a
head-turning remix of the track that calls to mind The Flying Lizards,
another band that helped bridge similarly opposing worlds. The album also
includes the "Royal Family" single and its B-side, "Grumpy." THE BROTHERS'
remix their own production work on the former into a main room 4/4
floor-filler, and disco edit legend GREG WILSON twists some dark magic
into
"Grumpy." TIM "LOVE" LEE and SCOTTY COATS also contribute remixes. No
exports to Japan.
Frida Hyvonen - Silence Is Wild CD (Secretly Canadian) [SC184]
$13.25
On Silence is Wild, FRIDA HYVONEN continues to take an utterly modern
approach to classic songwriting forms: blending the confessional with the
fictional; mixing wit with a sexuality that shifts from the refined to the
raw; all the while using language which dances effortlessly between the
timeless and the contemporary, referencing high art and pop culture in a
transcendent manner which masterfully put Hyvoenen at the top of a new
international class of singer-songwriters.
Gore - Hart Gore + Mean Man's Dream 2CD (Southern Lord)
[SUNN96] $16.75
An essential reissue of the first two albums from this seminal
instrumental
Dutch band who ruled in the '90s. Relentless, heavy pounding instrumental
ROCK, whose influence on other instrumental outfits like Pelican, Don
Caballero, Russian Circles etc.. is painfully obvious. With their use of
repetitive heavy rolling rhythms and bombastic execution (sans vocals)
GORE
pioneered a new style of music for the time. Gore's sound is a monolithic
one, uncompromising and seemingly singular in its vision. Although the
music is exclusively instrumental the first two albums all contain lyric
sheets-ostensibly meant to add a "horrorshow" element to the music and
make
it all the more ominous and hardcore. One can certainly hear elements of
Gore's aesthetic in other like-minded outfits from the 90s' like Melvins,
Helmet, the Jesus Lizard, and Godflesh. For the first time ever these
recordings have been painstakingly remastered and are now available again
to amaze, overwhelm and bewilder! Each disc of this double-cd set contains
the remastered album in all its glory PLUS unreleased bonus material from
the same era as the album. Includes a 32-page booklet that contains
several
never before seen photos plus meticulous liner notes from bassist: ROB
FREY.
Graham Day & The Gaolers - Triple Distilled CD (Damaged Goods)
[DAMGOOD319] $14.00
After a year of touring and the release of their Travelled And
Unravelled
EP earlier this year, THE GAOLERS returned to the studio in July 2008 to
record their follow up to the critically acclaimed debut album Soundtrack
To The Daily Grind with their second album Triple Distilled at Ranscombe
Studios in Rochester, Kent. Triple Distilled is made up of twelve
blistering new tracks with fairly autobiographical lyrics telling tales of
their life on the road, drinking and smoking. As usual they are the
amalgamation of GRAHAM DAY's (PRISONERS, MIGHTY CAESERS, BUFF MEDWAYS,
etc.) tuneful and aggressive songs, driven with an energy and attitude,
which has been perfectly captured in a simple no-frills studio recording.
Features JOHNNY BARKER (ex-BUFF MEDWAYS) and DAN ELEKTRO (WOGGLES).
Grampall Jookabox - Ropechain CD (Asthmatic Kitty) [AKR51]
$13.25
"Ropechain braids holy fear, schizophrenic inspiration, baroque
pop-references, and deep, mystical love into a formidable work likely to
leave aficionados of rock-n-roll trapped in an obsessive cycle of
listening
and re-listening."
Hypnoskull - Industrial Owes Us Money CD (Ant-Zen) [09983]
$17.25
concept by hypnoskull: call me every name in the book. but don't count
me
into your carefully selected circle of so called 'fellow brothers and
sisters'. subcultural lil' copies of the regular society which is out
there. we die alone. and death is certain. don't regard my temporary
presence to your group as some declaration. it is just a lucky or unlucky
coincidence in space and time. i do what i am supposed to do? forget it.
no
one knows, not even myself. if your life is a movie i am playing a minor
yet crucial part in it. passing into your screen for 23 seconds maximum.
leaving nothing more but a short impression which will live under your
skin
and eventually will come out again like that alien in this movie which
crawls out of someone's chest. i am not a messenger. don't expect my view
on global warming. don't ask me to judge. do not expect anything. i pass
by
in these 23 seconds like some drive-by shooter. fast. violent. out of the
blue. unexpected. my bullets don't kill though. they mark you. or don't.
if
they don't, i will be some footnote you will remember as some weird
character of a freakshow. if they do, i will be influencing your mind
forever with fake images of aesthetics, anti-fashionable audio
combinations
just made to provoke you. i will make you doubt about your own self. you
will never be the same. you will question the next fashion someone will
try
to lay upon you. you will see that your lil' world is full of posers.
f***ing posers. artists that live for one season only. hypes so big they
die in the timespan of one of your own breathings. breath deep and slow.
cash is the new god. money piles up so fast we need wings to stay above
it.
everybody who makes it wants to double it. you are only allowed into a
group when you show enough of it. or pose enough that you have enough of
it. the new reference. measured in piles. goods. 'style'. your new
religion. 323 questions to ask a hypnoskull, and here are just 3 of them:
"do you have enough to be part of my scene ?" and yeah, this one also:
"what is your value?", and the main one: "how much am i worth for you?".
industrial owes us money. word.
Hysteresis - Will + Representation CD (Spectre) [09987]
$18.75
"the curse of the mummy began when many terrible events occurred after
the
discovery of king tut's tomb. legend has it that anyone who dared to open
the tomb would suffer the wrath of the mummy..."
nobody knew where the rabbits went - one day they disappeared and were never seen again. only a few documents proved they even existed. years passed. there were rumours about a federation of ninjas overwhelming an unpremeditated audience, but before the legend became widespread there were more ominous tales being told: a congregation of mummies entering stages, taking no prisoners, making eardrums bleed... all these tall tales mentioned the same name: monokrom. after a long period of research, ant-zen obtained an aural and visual manifestation of these bandaged beings, and it is our duty to publicize it as a demonstration of the roughness and the savageness of ancient times: one fine day in the pyramid...
this very special artifact, packaged in a plaster bandaged sleeve, it will riddle scientists, musicologists and listeners for decades: a permanent breathtaking attack of contorted, cadenced noise, challenging your audio equipment to the highest peak. walls of grinding uproar, pulsating frequencies and warped, unknowable voices that add up to a primordial soup of sheer intensity. beware while listening! beware while watching! do you believe in the curse of the mummy? we will leave that for you to decide...
warning: this
compact disc includes extreme aural frequencies. listen with extreme
caution, at your own risk, and in the safety of your own pyramid dwelling
J
Spaceman & Matthew Shipp - Spaceshipp CD (Treader) [TRD010CD] $16.00
"Spaceman and Shipp return to Treader with a collaboration first outed
for
Patti Smith's Meltdown festival. This is their studio corollary to that
concert. Magic golden voice drone followed by celestial ecstacy."
Jimmy "Duck" Holmes - Gonna Get Old Someday CD (Fat Possum)
[BLM0205] $13.50
Hailing from Bentonia-the same small southern Mississippi town that
spawned
country blues legends Skip James and Jack Owens - guitarist JIMMY "DUCK"
HOLMES manages to conjure up the spirits of his predecessors while at the
same time infusing his blues with his own stark and powerful voice.
Critics
are calling Back to Bentonia a contender for best traditional blues
release
of the year and hailing it as "a traditional blues masterpiece." Blues
historian and Muddy Waters biographer Robert Gordon writes that, "I've
never been to Bentonia, but whatever's in the water there, whatever's
haunting the grounds at night, whatever gave the place its historical
power, clearly lives on in these recordings."
Kazumasa Hashimoto - Tokyo Sonata: Original Soundtrack CD
(Noble) [CXCA-1239] $16.50
RELEASE DATE: 11-24-2008
They were supposed to be leading a normal life. But something crept
unexpectedly into their lives and turned this family into one of
disharmony. Will there be a day when this family can ring in harmony
again?
TOKYO SONATA is a film portraying the typical family of modern day Japan
and is an exploration into a new genre for world renowned director Kiyoshi
Kurosawa. The widely acclaimed film which received the Jury Prize in the
Un
Certain Regard section at the 2008 Cannes International Film Festival is
also the first film score created by artist kazumasa hashimoto and noble
is
proud to announce the release of its original soundtrack. The minimal but
heartwarming harmony created by the mellotron, piano, guitar and noise
synchronizes brilliantly with the film to bring more strength to the world
of Kurosawa. In addition to the film scores that brought colorful
impression to the film, the album includes many unreleased pieces written
for the film as well as a cover song of "clair de lune" by Claude Debussy,
an artist much respected by hashimoto and a piece that can also be heard
in
parts of the film. It is a soundtrack and a kazumasa hashimoto original
album that can be enjoyed by hashimoto fans and movie fans alike. As the
title TOKYO SONATA indicates, music plays a central role in the film and
kazumasa hashimoto took on this challenge with solid respect. The result
is
a collection of lean music that preserves the raw essence and core of the
melody which help to guide the film to perfection, a monumental piece that
celebrates the artist's entry into new horizons as a composer of film
music. Kazumasa Hashimoto biography: Born in Tokyo. Composer/ Musician.
kazumasa hashimoto has released 4 albums to present including Euphorium
released from noble records in December 2007. Until now, the artist has
received 5 stars in a review by Germany's DE: BUG magazine, his music has
been used by the UK's BBC television, and his work has been taken up
widely
by Japanese and overseas media in Europe and the United States. June 2007,
kazumasa hashimoto performed in Europe's largest festival of electronic
music and multimedia art, the sonar festival in Barcelona, and has been
spreading his music actively on a global scale. In addition to his own
work, hashimoto created music for the movie TOKYO SONATA (director:
Kiyoshi
Kurosawa), an award winning film in the Un Certain Regard section at the
2008 Cannes International Film Festival and continues to unleash his
spectrum of talent as a music producer for commercials, theater, and other
artists.
Klangstabil - Math and Emotion CD (Ant-Zen) [09981] $17.25
the idea of producing a concept album about chess arose in the summer
of
2005 when boris may started cultivating an interest in the game to find a
way to overcome his growing mental laziness. maurizio blanco also liked
the
idea of turning chess into a musical concept. chessboards and relevant
literature were aquired so as to get into to the spirit of the game.
originally, the title of this album was planned to be "mindchess". later
on, it was transformed into 'math & emotion' because this title reflects
the way klangstabil learned how to play the game. "the concept 'math &
emotion' became wider and overstepped the limits of a mere game of chess.
it was projected on interhuman behavioral patterns in the everyday game of
life." (boris may)
at the end of 2005, boris may was captivated by the idea to make a cover for 'math & emotion' in the dime novel/ghost story style of the german "gespenster geschichten" comics. these ghost novels were pulp fiction that was published in the 1970s and that impressed him deeply in his childhood. after some research he was able to contact the artist who did the cover paintings, ugurcan yüce (can). boris may: "since he is not only a painter but also a musician, we got on to the same wavelength very quickly when the concept of 'math & emotion' was explained. i explained how the chess theme should run through the whole album." this contradiction is visually realised by two archetypal spirits emanating from boris may's and maurizio blanco's bodies to fight the deadly match to the end.
the music on this album seems easily accessible, resuming the
path
klangstabil has been on for years. the first impression to the expectant
listener might be undiluted dark electro-based pop, but this isn't an
inaccurate evaluation, as they call it 'klangpop'. massive synth surfaces,
pulsing sequencer patterns and intense vocals intertwined with precise
computerized drum beats add up to memorable tunes. on closer examination
oblique details become visible: elaborated rhythmical work, hidden sound
fragments and the specific tension klangstabil are well-known for - all
aided by significant lyrics in german, english and italian. the more you
engage in 'math & emotion' the more the deepness of this release will
develop - just like the seemingly simple game of chess and the game of
life.
Klangstabil - Math and Emotion SPECIAL EDITION CD (Ant-Zen)
[09982] $30.50
special edition of act216 with oversized 20page booklet (21x21cm) +
poster
(42x42cm), postcard & stickers incl. additional lyrics and special chess
game - limited edition of 400 copies
KTL - IV CD (Editions Mego) [EMEGO089CD] $16.00
"And how things have evolved. Long awaited new album by the ongoing
duo of
Stephen O'Malley and Peter Rehberg. KTL's first full length release that
is
not commissioned work for theatre or film showcases their approach to
composition and structure as a highly active live band. Whereas the
Kindertotenlieder trilogy of 1, 2 and 3 were blurred washes of fog and
noise polished in by ambient shine, IV is a more direct and demanding
beast, referencing such diverse projects as: Volume era Swans, Mecca
period
Cabaret Voltaire, phase one Wire, Fushitsusha and This Heat. Developed and
composed over the spring and summer of 2008, KTL brought the material to
Tokyo the following September and worked with Jim O'Rourke at the desk and
controls. IV is a stunning new direction and great addition to both
artists' already impressive canon. The opening and shortest track,
"Paraug"
is a dark shadow of previous KTL sounds, with its blowtorch riffs and sub
bass rumbles. This leads the way for the album's monster "Paratrooper."
Over 21-minutes of driving bass pulse interwoven with razor sharp guitar
from O'Malley and synth and organ blasts from Rehberg. Atsuo, from
Japanese
top-rockers Boris, glues it together with his arrhythmic and punishing
drumming. "Wicked Way" is a breezy upbeat number, which if we were that
way
inclined would be the album's single. "Benbbet" on the other hand is a
whole different ball game: a distant guitar loop is joined by slamming No
Step beats and making way for a guitar riff to straddle all valleys and
computer bass rattles. Possibly KTL's most detailed recording. "Eternal
Winter" is an exercise in black frozen resonant harmonics, whereas
"Natural
Trouble" is a slowly evolving twister of a track which is both spontaneous
and focused. KTL IV is issued on CD for the world (except Japan) on
Editions Mego. Daymere will be releasing the Japanese version, with Inoxia
issuing a special vinyl edition."
Luke's Anger - Funk Of The Rural Neverness CD (Tigerbass)
[TBASS11] $13.75
The name arising from a recent re-location from London to the Norfolk
countryside, Funk of the Rural Neverness is a collection of
dancefloor-heavy tracks, many from strictly limited vinyl releases. Music
previously being secret weapons of DJs and techno collectors alike, now
becomes available to everyone on this exclusive CD/MP3 album courtesy of
Tigerbass/Tigerbeat6 records. LUKE'S ANGER (aka LUKE SANGER) has been
involved in electronic music since he started DJing in 1995. His
involvement with music and machines began even earlier with an Amiga and
tracker software. He started writing tracks using synthesizers, samplers,
drum machines and computers in 2000. In 2005 he had his first vinyl
release
on Don't Recordings and hasn't stopped since, releasing on a wide variety
of well-respected underground labels and starting his own imprint called
Bonus Round.
Lukestar - Lake Toba CD (Flameshovel) [DIG049] $13.25
The men of LUKESTAR-JORGEN YNGVE, MARIUS, TORBJORN and TRULS- can be
recognized by their Magnum, P.I.-esque facial hair and glowing
expressions,
which could only be the result of complete rock salvation or deep
intoxication. Started in 2004, these Norwegians toured Europe and the UK
relentlessly before disappearing without a trace from Oslo's surface in
early 2007. When they suddenly reemerged three weeks later with a new
incarnation of the band, they all agreed its name was Lake Toba. It's an
album of otherworldly guitars, energetic drumming and Truls' ethereal,
dreamy, power falsetto that truly defies the expected vocal range for a
dude. Lake Toba has received rave reviews from countless Norwegian
publications, all the while selling more than 4,500 copies in a country
where 15,000 albums sold is a gold album. "A solid collection of pulsing
indie-rock songs with half-shouted hooks and guitars unwinding like
fractal
art."-Pitchfork (7.0)
Makoto Kawabata & Michishita Shinsuke - Sex, Voyage, Echo...
CD (Beta-Lactam Ring) [MT180] $16.25
Acid. Meet LSD. LSD. Meet Acid. The reigning lords of the new
psychedelic
church cross guitars for a super-electric cosmic jam that causes even
hurricanes to don ear plugs. More like the paintings of crazed banshees
than songs, this shape-shifting set's loud-quiet-loud transforms the
spaciousness of the axe duel into a growling canvas of thunder. Walls of
feedback and distortion moan like sinking U-boats. Fuzzed tones collide
into cavernous micro black holes that seem to engulf the Earth. Bigger
bangs birth savage suns of massive noise. A fierce metallic martini, best
taken shaken AND stirred! Play loud!
Micha Blue Smaldone - Red River CD (Immune) [IMMUNE002]
$13.25
The Red River is the fourth solo offering from Portland, Maine's MICAH
BLUE
SMALDONE and the first to be released on Chicago label Immune. Ears
ringing
from a once thriving New England punk scene, Micah withdrew at some point
and emerged a few years later on the street corners of Portland, plucking
frantic Ragtime and pre-war ditties on a resonator guitar. The Red River
was mostly written upon returning from an 11 week, 50 show Euro tour in
the
winter of 2007, particularly around heavy experiences in the Balkan and
Baltic countries. This album confronts the malevolence we've come to
accept
in our nature perhaps more out of cynicism than of true understanding. It
tells hard tales gently, and in the end offers faith in our capacity for
goodness.
Moctan - Come Closer CD (Spectre) [09985] $17.25
with 'come closer' andreas glöckner joins the ant-zen racing team for
a
second time - perpetuating what began years before and what was perfected
with 'suspect'. still the target moctan has set is visible: creating a
unique synthesis of atmosphere, aggression and rhythm.
after starting with the comparatively silent 'here and now', moctan increases speed and activates the supercharger on the subsequent tracks - making you move, just as intended. titles like 'come closer' and 'a new day' slow down the pace for a well needed pit stop by using dark synths and ceremonial voices which create a hypnotic trance - only to be followed by pulsing floor burners like 'long distance runner' and 'deja vu'. after having endured the abrasive noise attack of 'overkill' the listener will reach the finish line with the heavily grooved remixes by asche and bipol.
once again,
moctan
has created a perfect balance between hard technoid dance tracks with an
industrial feel and disturbing soundscapes - all overlaid with a multitude
of unsettling, fierce samples. come closer - join the race!
Mt. Sims - Happily Ever After CD (Hungry Eye) [EYE17]
$12.00
MT SIMS returns to form after relocating from LA to Berlin with his
eagerly
anticipated third full length. Now with a full band with RANDY TWIGG and
ANDR'E LANGE, Mt. Sims drops twelve new songs that bristle with nervous
energy. Merging his signature electronic style with stark post-punk
textures as first unveiled on his second album Wild Light, Happily Ever
After's songs showcase the new band's versatility. Features guest
appearances of JESSIE EVANS (VANISHING/ AUTONERVOUS) and TOBY DAMMIT
(SWANS, IGGY POP). Crisp production work done by THOMAS STERN of CRIME AND
THE CITY SOLUTION ensures that Happily Ever After is a future classic on
par with the work of fellow travelers and collaborators Adult, the Hacker,
Vitalic, or Ladytron.
Past Lives - Strange Symmetry CD (Suicide Squeeze) [S071]
$9.00
Former members of THE BLOOD BROTHERS JORDAN, MARK and MORGAN have
regrouped
along with DEVIN (late of SHOPLIFTING) as PAST LIVES. The track "Beyond
Gone" announces the band's arrival with "no curtain call." Guitars seethe
and snarl. Contempt hangs in the air. "Strange Symmetry" recalls the
hypnotizing lock-step of The Monorchid. Continually building. Increasingly
frantic. Finally breezy. "Skull Lender" rides a feral gallop of desire for
memory erasure. The plinky din of jackpot slots couches the fateful ascent
of "Reverse The Curse." "Chrome Life" is a Neu-inspired run to the sun.
Guitars and synths awake bleary-eyed and bleed within carefully considered
lines.
Paul Kalkbrenner - Berlin Calling - The Soundtrack CD (Bpitch
Control) [BPC185CD] $14.00
After the amazing success of its digital release, BPitch Control
releases
the Berlin Calling soundtrack on CD. Renowned Berlin-based DJ and producer
Paul Kalkbrenner delivers the perfect music for this movie, which he also
stars in. The film's synopsis: "Berlin electronic music composer Martin
(Paul Kalkbrenner), known as DJ Ickarus, is touring with his manager and
girlfriend Mathilde (Rita Lengyel) from club to club around the globe and
is about to release their biggest album to date. However, all of his plans
are thrown out of kilter after Ickarus is submitted to the emergency ward
of a psychiatric clinic high on drugs after a gig - a tragicomedy in
Berlin
of today." The soundtrack contains nine exclusive tracks by Kalkbrenner,
including the movie's hymn "Sky and Sand." In addition, the package holds
five of Paul's previously released tracks -- among others "Gebrunn
Gebrunn"
and "Altes Kamuffel" -- as well as a remix of the title track from Sascha
Funke's "Mango," also released on BPitch Control. This release comes in a
high class digipack and holds, as a special bonus, two exclusive tracks
that have not been released digitally before -- "QSA" and "Train" -- as
well as a special large sized Berlin Calling poster.
Peter Brotzmann/Fred Lonberg-Holm - Brain Of The Dog In
Section CD (Atavistic) [ALP186] $13.75
Peaked-out duo recordings from one of the founders of the form and his
ever
adventurous, cello-torque-ing protege. Recorded live in November 2007 at
Chicago's famed Hideout destination, the duo combine for the first time
ever in this penultimately intimate configuration. Although "Braindog" (as
Atavstic affectionately refers to it) was recorded in an ultra-industrial
urban warehouse district, the resulting music is ueber-organic, almost
onomotopaeic at points.
Philip Glass - Soundtracks - Piano Transcriptions CD (Orange
Mountain) [OMM051CD] $18.00
"Michael Riesman is the conductor and producer of nearly every Philip
Glass
soundtrack recording. Riesman has artfully served Glass' music as a
producer, conductor, transcriber and pianist. This disc presents his own
transcriptions for solo piano of some of the best Philip Glass film
scores.
Included are the entire scores to The Hours and the Glass score to
Dracula,
which in concert, he performs live-to-film. Philip Glass' Soundtracks
includes many new suites and transcriptions including music which has
never
been heard before including No Reservations, A Brief History Of Time,
Anima
Mundi, Neverwas, Candyman and much more."
Port Royal/Absent Without Leave - Magnitogorsk split CD (Sound
In Silence) [SIS004] $16.00
Limited to 500. Special packaging. Individual nature/landscape color
print
on each heavy brown cardstock container. Velum insert. Full color print on
CD face. 8 exclusive new tracks, 4 tracks per artist. Each artist
contributes 3 new unreleased tracks and there are also 2 collaborative
tracks. In fact, these are two remixes as each artist has remixed an older
track of the other artist. The split is packaged in a recycled cardboard
with the front cover image printed on photo paper! It's a limited edition
of 500 hand-made collectable copies and there is a total of 50 different
front cover photos (10 copies with each photo). Each cd comes with a
tracing (transparent) paper insert including the tracklist and the credits
too. TRACKS: 1.port-royal - Ernst Bloch 2.port-royal - Agent 008 Codename
Littlehorses (Aka The Lazybones) 3.port-royal - Severnaya 4.port-royal -
Zobione Pt.2 (Absent Without Leave Remix) 5.absent without leave - On A
Carousel 6.absent without leave - My Music Is Still Sad Though I Found My
Happiness 7.absent without leave - Evening Walks 8.absent without leave -
Blind (Port-Royal Remix)
Rasputeen/Catholic Boys In Heavy Leather - In Heavy Leather CD
(Bazooka Joe) [09992] $15.00
info: rotor siffredi and joke stryker first met in 1989 as young
recruits
in the vatican city's swiss guard. after many years of serving and
protecting the holy father they got a bit bored and discovered their
mutual
fascination for loud music and heavy leather. cbihl was born!
enigmatically, cbihl professed to have cruised the realms of central
europe
'to convert all the lost souls down the valley deep and up the mountain
high'. within a few years they had gathered many enthusiastic disciples
from their public appearances. at one of these occasions cbihl met a
mysterious person who was semi-nude, had their face enshrouded by a paper
bag and who was preaching about liverwurst sandwiches, bureaucracy, insect
people, and calling himself rasputin. immediately they knew that this was
a
memorable coincidence - after all, wasn't the russian rasputeen often
called the 'mad monk'? so they kept contact, and in a few years the
metamorphosis from rasputin to rasputeen took place. eventually they
decided to enter a studio to amalgamate their spiritual powers and
release:
rasputeen in heavy leather! what you are about to receive is a perfect
symbiosis between cbihl's noise- and e-punk influences and rasputeen's
minimal-breakbeat-electropop madness. distorted beats covered with a
purgatory of pounding sequenced structures, multilayered samples and
aggressive, claiming vocals. raw, wild and dirty - music for (the) masses
-
hallelujah!
Red Snapper - Pale Blue Dot CD (Lo Recordings) [LCD72]
$14.50
RED SNAPPER returns from the outer reaches with six brand new tracks,
and
they are once again back to a rocking three-piece with a saxophone. As
always, it's impossible to define the sound they make--afro-jazz,
krautrock, rockabilly, hip hop, and funk all bubble in their dub melting
pot. A Pale Blue Dot was recorded live in concert with DARIUS KEDROS on
mixing/dub duty, and live in the studio with TIM HOLMES of DEATH IN VEGAS.
New sax (and clarinet) man TOM CHALLENGER brings back the edge and makes
these recordings truly sizzle. Anyone who has caught them live knows what
unique and powerful performers they are. This CD is both a document and
mission statement, and includes radical new reinterpretations of two
tracks, one apiece by KELPE and SUBWAY, stretching the future-jazz vibe
riiiiight out. No exports outside North America
Shaking Hands - Shaking Hands CD (Kiss of Death) [KOD021]
$12.00
Featuring members of YOUNG LIVERS, don't be tricked by the
preconceived
notion of what you think of this band formerly known as THE HORROR sound
like. This record delivers anthemic (dare I say) street punk with tinges
of
melodic pop punk. Lyrically tackling social and political issues, the
songs
are still loaded with sing along choruses and whoa-ohhhs galore. Overall,
the record brings the energy and intensity of Strike Anywhere, Avail, and
Rancid.
Skeletons - Money CD (Tomlab) [TOM123] $14.00
"Already up so early in the morning of 2008, SKELETONS were
hibernating in
the safest, quietest, warmest place in the world: Times Square, New York.
In a haunted WWII-era ballroom they recorded through the wintry nights
when
the studio was on fire. Taking breaks at 5am, standing under heat lamps
listening to Hot Jass outside the Time Warp Hotel, soaking up the the
empty
streets with the leftover creeps while the tourists sleep. It's just the
same struggle any old human has to go through to make anything: make it to
work on time, make an excuse, make babies, make war, make breakfast
without
getting into a fight. The child of this struggle is Money, pre-made, for
you."
Squarepusher - Just A Souvenir CD (Warp) [WRP161] $14.75
"This album started as a daydream about watching a crazy, beautiful
rock
band play an ultra-gig."-SQUAREPUSHER. This very aptly sums up the latest
full-length from the virtuosic TOM JENKINSON. Just A Souvenir is a
sprawling gaze through the looking glass at Squarepusher's vast musical
scope-ravers, noise heads, jazzbos and post-rock trainspotters alike can
unite around his frenetic sound.
Suicide Inside - Dead Red CD (Pflichtkauf) [09989] $17.25
"Dead Red" supplies the eleven tracks plus three bonus-remixes with
massive
technoid beats, deeply distorted industrial noise, painful synth layers
and
Natasha' voice out of your speakers, which you feels by your skin. With
"Dead Red" SUICIDE INSIDE invites you to a journey into the
post-apocalyptic desert of iron and steel, where dead atoms has saved the
souls, full of fury and love. From killing wall of sound in "Mechanics Of
The Fall" to oppressive waltz in "Lick The Silence", from dancefloor
blasts
like "Dance In Emptiness", "Eternity Smells Like Skin", "Red Flower" or
"Endless Suicide" to furious broken beats in "Aflame", from hypno-IDM in
"Kidnapping Of Europe" to pounding rhythmic noise bolero "Leaving Your
Body", from cold establishment of despair in psychedelic suite "Kill The
Guilt" to noisy theater of death in "Dead Red" plus remixes by MOCTAN,
CONFIG.SYS and BEINHAUS - this trip will doesn't kill you, but you will
never could be the same person anymore. Are you experienced?
Sunken Foal - Fallen Arches CD (Planet Mu) [ZIQ218] $13.25
Dublin act SUNKEN FOAL consists of one DUNCAN MURPHY, accompanied when
he
records or plays live by various friends and collaborators. On Fallen
Arches, the band's debut album of intensely evocative guitar-based
electronic music, piano, strings, and occasional vocals build up and then
collapse under the weight of digital rhythms that twist and turn at every
juncture. Sounding not unlike an Irish Fennesz playing mandolin, these
twelve organic-sounding compositions have a definite "plucked" feel, with
subtly detuned instruments adding a slightly unsettling mood. In other
words, Sunken Foal is right at home on Planet Mu. CD includes one extra
track. No exports outside North America and Japan
Sven Vath - In The Mix: The Sound Of The Ninth Season 2CD
(Cocoon) [CORMIX022CD] $21.25
Frankfurt-based Sven Vath is co-founder of the Cocoon label, and The
Sound
Of The Ninth Season is his musical trip through the year 2008. Listening
to
the mesmerizing grooves, you might browse through the memories of your own
year. What were its special moments? It might be a trip, a relationship,
or
a party -- or a phrase in a track you danced to at a party. Rarely does
electronic music manage to blend the personal and the public so perfectly:
The Sound Of The Ninth Season is a compendium of the club music of 2008,
but at the same time a very personal statement. Sven Vath passes his
special musical message to everybody on this planet willing to celebrate
what is exciting and fascinating about life. Simultaneously, it's a
private
statement about what is important to him artistically and socially. The
two
sets on this double CD could not be more different. The first CD is a
techno hurricane, collecting the most energetic moments of 2008 including
the most enigmatic and mysterious track released on Cocoon Recordings this
year: "Subtellite" by Timo Maas. Although there have been a couple of
mind-blowing club hits during 2008, it was not a year for explosive
peaktime anthems. Instead, it was a year for subtle deep house grooves and
quiet research within the textures and landscapes of electronic sounds.
Taking these developments into account, the second set is a labyrinth of
tender grooves and sweet and strange sounds. Vath's life long journey
through electronic music continues and it brings us an excess of
excitement, empathy, madness and beauty. Artists include Mathew Jonson,
Ahmet Sisman, Styro 2000, Sasha, Alex Flatner, Smith & Selway, Flügel,
Johnny D, Sven Tasnadi, Pigon, Microworld, Reboot, Robert Babicz, Luke
Solomon, Bang Goes, Cirez, Joris Voorn and Prins Thomas.
Tim Barry - Manchester CD (Suburban Home) [SH92] $10.25
Suburban Home records is proud to announce singer/songwriter TIM
BARRY's
(AVAIL) brand new album, Manchester. Manchester features twelve songs
which
were recorded with LANCE KOEHLER and feature many of the same players who
have played on his past releases.
Various Artists - Maschinenfest 2008 2CD (Pflichtkauf) [09988]
$21.00
CD1:
After two aquatic adventures on the Spectre sub-label Nautilus and the emotional trilogy 'Amore', 'Chagrin' and 'Drift' on Spectre Records itself, you might have wondered if the guys from Kraken would be able to rise above the level of excellence they had already reached.
In all honesty and modesty, because we are the ones releasing it: "Yes, they are".
On 'Nachtschade' the Krakens take their creational possibilities a step further on a combined CD & DVD release. The CD part gives you over an hour worth of new music as dictated by the little voices in the twisted minds of Joris and Ricardo.
There are thirteen untitled tracks in which you are guided around the world with influences ranging from Belgium to India, spoken word in Dutch and Iranian and finally auditory visualisation from above and under sealevel.
On the DVD it looks like the men behind those little voices took over the camera, lightning and sound department of a professional filmset. The result is some truely astonishing video material with which Kraken annihilates every predefined thought in your head.
Sixty-five minutes of either new material - not even on the 'Nachtschade' CD - or reworked older tracks and visuals ranging from high quality art movies to Lynch-like mindscapes. And no, we are not joking about this ...
'Nachtschade' by Kraken is not just another Spectre release, it's a
whole new dimension.
Loïs Laplace - To Semiturn DVD (Dirty Demos) [DirtyDVDR001]
$12.54
limited edition of 100 - Loïs Laplace is something of a hero round
these
parts. Previously on Dirty Demos had been the - Inland' album, tracks on
both the 'Observation Point' compilations, a collaboration release with
Guillaume Gargaud under the name of Aarde, and now Loïs is back with a
very personal and interesting new project. - To semiturn' is an abstract
video filmed on a ship travelling around the world. A reflection of
footage
recorded on a four month journey at sea, floating the oceans. The whole
film is made by Lois, including the experimental sound track, a haunting
mix of rhythmical glitch and electronics. Screen printed disc in blue
cases.
Mark Fell - Attack on Silence DVD (Line) [LINE037] $22.00
RELEASE DATE: 12-01-2008
LIMITED EDITION of 1000. Attack on Silence brings together a series of
works by British artist Mark Fell exploring the relationships between
geometry, color, and waveform. These works have been shown around the
world
as performances, installations, and in print.For the past decade Mark Fell
has been one of the leading innovators in the fields of experimental
electronic music and sound art. Combining interests in experimental music,
contemporary art, computer technology and philosophy, his work has been
performed and exhibited internationally to wide critical acclaim. Mark
Fell
is one half of SND.Sacred geometries, and their sonic equivalents, are
said
to mirror the micro and macroscopic structures of the physical world; the
complex harmonies of the Tibetan singing bowl, like the patterns of the
Mandala, allow access to the deepest levels of the consciousness inducing
meditative states that transform the very being of their participants. In
the modern reciprocals of these technologies the shift is one of
teleology.
The sacred metals and antique art of the singing bowls give way to the
magic of digital synthesis as sacred geometry gives proxy to
psychophysiology and the cognitive neuroscience of brainwave
entrainment.Drawn from these sourceswith mutual ambivalenceand realized
through a distinct aesthetic minimalism, intricate combination of form,
color and sound are projected through a series of transitions, sometimes
gradual, sometimes abrupt, sometimes giving way to sustained tones and
repetitions. In a process of ever-emerging horizonan attack on silence
and
a space for silencethe potential arises to be ensconced or alienated, a
space for enchantment, for anxiety, for profound boredom or for
reverie.Are
these phenomena affirmations or reconfigurations of the subjectroutes to
an authentic, spiritual or otherwiseor are they essentially
physiological?
Are they aesthetic distractions or intrusive technological
interventionspointers to dystopian possibilities? Are we being
enlightened? Examined? Entertained? Enmeshed? Recorded at The Music
Research Centre at the University of York (UK) and snd studio Sheffield
2007 and 2008. Digital coding and mastering by tez in NTSC. Audio
presented
in both stereo and 5.1
Punk Rock Karaoke Band - Punk Rock Karaoke DVD+CD (Punk Rock
Karaoke) [MVDV4776] $17.75
This DVD/CD package (amaray) gives you the chance to wield punk rock
powers
of an extraordinary nature! It features punk rock classics performed by
the
one and only PUNK ROCK KARAOKE BAND-ERIC MELVIN of NOFX (PRK MC, Guitar),
GREG HETSON of BAD RELIGION / CIRCLE JERKS (Guitar), STEVE SOTO of
ADOLESCENTS / AGENT ORANGE / 22 JACKS (Bass, Backing Vocals), and DEREK
O'BRIEN of SOCIAL DISTORTION / AGENT ORANGE / ADOLESCENTS (Drums, Backing
Vocals). There's even an added "vocal option" to hear the songs with the
guest singers.
[ H I S T O R I C A L ]
Alan Sondheim - Ritual-All-7-70 CD (ESP Disk) [ESPDISK1048CD]
$12.75
"Alan Sondheim was the young, exuberant leader of a pack of
improvisers in
their communal loft in Providence, Rhode Island. Undaunted by attempts to
categorize electronic music as the province of academic tinkerers, a cold,
unfriendly realm, with its own authorities, and audiences and mystique,
they plunged fearlessly, joyously and unselfconsciously into the medium,
discovering a new way to express their ideas. Their ESP CDs, ESP 1048,
Ritual all 7-70 and ESP 1082, T'Other Little Tune, merge free
improvisation
and electronic instrumentation. New digipak format." "Ritual All 7-70 is a
curious collection of short improvisations by the multi-instrumentalist
Alan Sondheim -- who plays, among others, koto, English horn, electric and
acoustic guitars, and various percussion and reed instruments -- and a
bassist, percussionist (doubling on tabla and bongos), and drummer, with
the wordless vocals of Ruth Ann Hutchinson echoing the horn lines and
occasionally spiraling off into the ether on their own. Although they
largely sound like live improvisations by a full band, the fact that
Sondheim plays the majority of the instruments by himself suggests that
these pieces were painstakingly overdubbed. Although Sondheim's 1968
follow-up, T'Other Little Tune, is a largely electronic effort with quite
a
bit of pioneering synthesizer and oscillator work, this album is much more
traditional in its sound and format. Some of these short pieces -- all of
them given numbers between 770 and 782 for titles, except for the almost
traditional-sounding 'June' -- recall John Cage's occasionally harsh '40s
and '50s vintage work, when randomness and indeterminacy were the primary
focus of his composing method, while the more overtly jazz-oriented works,
like the fascinating '780' (which features a rat-a-tat rhythm that may be
of electronic or found-sound origin), are more in tune with the usual ESP
ethos." - Stewart Mason, All Music Guide.
Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Les Stances a Sophie CD (Soul Jazz
Records) [SJR191CD] $17.75
Previously released on Soul Jazz's subsidiary imprint, Universal
Sound.
Recorded in France, 1970. "To coincide with the release of the Les Stances
a Sophie DVD, Soul Jazz are also re-issuing the Art Ensemble of Chicago's
Les Stances a Sophie album on CD. The album features the epic 'Theme de
Yoyo,' the Art Ensemble of Chicago's finest ever moment featuring the
soaring vocals of Fontella Bass and the super-heavy funk drums of then
current newcomer to the Art Ensemble Don Moye. The Art Ensemble of Chicago
were living in Europe in 1970 when the film was made along with a host of
other US jazz émigrés such as Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman and more."
Barbecue Bob - Chocolate To The Bone CD (Yazoo) [YAZ2005CD]
$15.25
1992 release. "Barbecue Bob of Atlanta was a great singer and powerful
twelve-string bottleneck guitarist in the 1920s. His inventive and varied
arrangements are compelling rhythms made him a musical standout. His
percussive attack was totally unlike any of his peers and added a new
dimension to Georgia blues."
Gayle McCormick - Gayle McCormick CD (Rev-Ola) [CRREV265CD]
$15.00
"As a girl-about-L.A. and singer with the wonderful Smith, Gayle
McCormick
had it all. And here on her wonderful Lambert-Potter produced first album
from 1971, you have it too! In the midst of producing The Four Tops, Evie
Sands and Dusty Springfield, Lambert and Potter were on a roll, providing
a
glossy Hollywood take on Northern Soul which makes even the songs you
might
think are too well trodden absolutely vital! Possibly the best ever
version
of 'Superstar' too and you know how good that means! A classic pop/soul
album, much in demand in DJ circles! Wonderfully mastered in top Rev-Ola
style! Wonderful artwork by Pepperbox! A must for all fans of Evie Sands,
Dusty Springfield and soulful femme pop of all sorts!"
Mekons - Mekons Story: 1977-1982 CD (Buried Treasure) [BURT5]
$12.75
AVAILABLE NOW!!! Originally released in 1982, The Mekons Story (also
known
as It Falleth like the Gentle Rain from Heaven) is a collection of rare
and
unobtainable tracks from the UK punk legends JON LANGFORD describes as
"our
revenge on the world." This twenty-track CD includes brilliant outtakes,
unreleased tracks, alternate versions, B-sides, as well as a handful of
live radio sessions recorded between 1977 and 1982 during the first MEKONS
incarnation. With a drunken sounding DAVID SPENCER providing a between
cuts
"history" of the band, this, more than any other Mekons recording, shows
their crucial and comic post-punk development. From cacophonic punk,
primitive disco, agitated funk and new wave, and synth pop, the consistent
thread in this material is the sheer brilliance of the Mekons' literacy in
songwriting.
Mississippi John Hurt - 1928 Sessions CD (Yazoo) [YAZ1065CD]
$15.25
1990 release. "With his warm, gentle vocals and rhythmic guitar lines,
Mississippi John Hurt's recordings represent a fascinating counterpoint to
what is expected of Mississippi blues. His repertoire is a mixture of
narrative ballads, traditional songs and blues."
No
Choice - Anaesthetize This! Annihilate That CD (No Idea) [NIR222]
$12.00
NO CHOICE started making noise in 1981 in Cardiff, Wales, UK after
becoming
switched on musically and politically by bands that included The Clash,
Crass and The Ruts, to name a few. Very quickly they were signed up by
Riot
City records to do a 7" single titled "Sadist Dream". They split up
shortly
after, with Gagz and Martin (the main songwriters) getting the band back
on
its feet within weeks, and bringing Ada on board to co-write new songs.
Ada
and Gagz have done this ever since; nowadays, tho', everyone in the band
has an input to what you eventually get to hear, pure punk energy!
Pari Zangeneh - The Series Of Music For Young Adults CD (Ks)
[KS2011CD] $21.50
"Absolute mega-rarity, an incredible discovery and the ultimate
folk-psych
artifact unearthed directly from Teheran! Female vocalist Pari Zangeneh
recorded this really amazing album in 1976 with a full backing band,
covering a number of traditional Persian folk songs and giving them a
lovely psychedelic flavour. Beautiful strings, flutes, really charming and
tasty drumming, some organ and orchestration, percussions. A truly
fantastic album, and one of the rarest folk-psych records ever to file
along other obscurities as Book of Am or Mellow Candle! Limited
papersleeve
CD reissue, beautiful mini-lp replica and only 500 copies."
Paul Bley Quintet - Barrage CD (ESP Disk) [ESPDISK1008CD]
$12.75
"Paul Bley recorded the compositions of Carla Bley with a quintet that
included Eddie Gomez, on the evening of October 20, 1964, at Mirasound
Studios, with Alfy Wade as engineer. His group included Milford Graves,
Marshall Allen of the Sun Ra Arkestra, and Dewey Johnson. Today, Marshall
leads the Sun Ra Arkestra." "Pianist Paul Bley's early ESP free jazz
session combines the influence of the Jazz Composer's Guild with Ornette
Coleman. On Barrage, Bley is joined by alto saxophonist Marshall Allen (in
one of his few appearances outside of Sun Ra's Arkestra), trumpeter Dewey
Johnson (who would go on to play on Coltrane's Ascension the following
year), Eddie Gomez on bass, and Milford Graves taking care of percussion.
All compositions are by Bley's former wife, Carla Bley, with a definite
nod
to Coleman's hyperactive stop-start punctuation (Paul Bley had fronted one
of the earliest incarnations of the original Coleman quartet). Graves and
Allen are especially irrepressible here, making Barrage a lost free jazz
classic." -- Al Campbell, All Music Guide
Rev. Gary Davis - The Complete Early Recordings Of Reverend
Gary Davis CD (Yazoo) [YAZ2011CD] $15.25
1994 release. Remastered from 78s, originally recorded in mostly 1935
(with
a few tracks from 1949). "Reverend Gary Davis was one of the greatest
guitar players of the 20th century, regardless of genre. His range of
styles and repertoire encompassed the spectrum of black music from the
early part of the century. His faultless and complex picking techniques
gave his 'holy blues' an inimitable richness, complemented by his
impassioned religious singing."
Skip James - The Complete Early Recordings: 1930 CD (Yazoo)
[YAZ2009CD] $15.25
1994 release of newly remastered original recordings. "Certainly the
most
haunting and eerie sounding of all bluesmen, Skip James had a rare ability
to draw upon his inner self for musical expression and an unmatched
facility as an arranger to create a truly unique body of work. His playing
on guitar and piano is unparalleled for rhythmic unpredictability and
emotional effect."
Subhumans - Death Was Too Kind CD (Alternative Tentacles)
[VIRUS391] $9.50
SUBHUMANS and DOA were the two pillars of the Vancouver, BC, Canada
punk
scene who caught Jello Biafra's attention and were spotlighted in the
landmark Alternative Tentacles compilation Let Them Eat Jellybeans. The
Subhumans, first active between 1978 and 1982, were the more elusive of
the
two, with many out-of-print releases fetching bank on eBay and making it
difficult for present-day fans to connect the dots. Now, the Subhumans
join
the Alternative Tentacles "Reissues of Necessity" pantheon with Death Was
Too Kind, a collection of material from the early years, lovingly
remastered from original source material: the very first single Death to
the Sickoids (only 500 were pressed); the Firing Squad single; the
self-titled EP produced by BOB ROCK, who went on to work with Metallica,
The Cult, Offspring, etc.; "Look at the Dawn" and "Pissed Off... With Good
Reason," two virtually lost songs (only available on the 1996 collection
CD
released by Essential Noise in Canada), especially remastered for this
reissue from the original tapes by JESSE GANDER at Hive Studios. Death Was
Too Kind features the band's best-known lineup with WIMPY ROY, GERRY
USELESS, MIKE GRAHAM, DIMWIT, and JIM IMAGAWA.
The Scene Is Now - Tonight We Ride CD (Lexicon Devil)
[LEXDEV026CD] $12.25
Between the years 1984 and 1988, The Scene Is Now released three
magnificent albums which have been out of print for a dog's age and have
never seen the light of day on compact disk -- until now. This exclusive
Lexicon Devil CD reissue of the band's third album, Tonight We Ride, has
been fully remastered from original tapes by the band. Some folks compared
them to the Red Krayola or Pere Ubu, some to SST outfits such as the Meat
Puppets and Slovenly, and some people even hail them as the world's finest
no wave jug band. The Scene Is Now (TSIN) were formed at the dawn of the
1980s by Philip Dray and Chris Nelson, a band born from the ashes of no
wave trio Information (the third partner of that outfit being Rick Brown).
The beauty of TSIN lies in their deceptive simplicity. What at first
appears to be a straightforward, rootsy rock tune twists and turns
throughout its lifespan into something completely different, keyboard
lines
and guitar licks darting out to and fro and seemingly pulling in different
directions. The Scene Is Now remain -- as indeed they still exist -- one
of
the great post-Beefheart harmolodic American pop bands. Influenced equally
by the ragged avant-folk sounds of the Holy Modal Rounders and the Fugs,
the screech of DNA and Mars, and the traditional Americana of Bob Wills
and
Hoagy Carmichael, TSIN instantly set themselves apart from the pack. If
you
like the music of their fans -- Sonic Youth and Yo La Tengo (who covered
an
old TSIN track on their Fakebook LP) -- the music of their peers --
Mofungo, Pere Ubu, dBs, Fish & Roses, The Feelies -- or the sounds of
their
acknowledged influences -- Sun Ra, Red Krayola, Minutemen -- you'll love
the music of The Scene Is Now. Their music was an indefinable mixture of
the old and new, the impenetrable and the accessible and the weird and
wonderful. Certainly the most accessible of the three, this album features
the added talents of ex-dBs Will Rigby and Pere Ubu wunderkind Tony
Maimone, expanding the TSIN clan to a family of six. Playing it 20 years
after its original release, it still stands tall as one of the great,
virtually unknown albums from 1980s underground America.
Tobruk - Ad Lib CD (Cash Box) [CB501CD] $20.25
"Tobruk was formed by some North American guys living in Brazil, and
this
wonderful album got released in 1972 on the Cash Box label (sometimes you
can see the album named as if Cash Box were its title). It's a pretty good
psychedelic album with an astounding, original sound based in fuzz, organ,
psychedelic effects and an eerie atmosphere. It's completely sung in
English as well. 500 copies vinyl reissue and 500 papersleeve CDs, with
remastered sound."
Underground Failure - Underground Failure CD (Black Light)
[GS1002CD] $20.25
"Swedish underground counter-culture monster album from 1971,
originally
released as a private pressing of 150 copies, never sold at shops at the
time. These bunch of freaks were clearly influenced by Dylan, early Velvet
Underground and The Fugs but they came with a sound of their own.
Stoned/druggy atmosphere alternating from acoustic/acid-folk tracks to
devastating fuzzed out ones like 'Green Ocelot,' which was included at #38
in the recent 'Punk before Punk' top 50 list in Ugly Things magazine.
Limited to 500 copies, with remastered sound in nice papersleeve mini-LP
replica."
Various Artists - Messthetics #106 CD (Messthetics) [MESS106]
$12.00
Messthetics #106 continues the labels fascination with the early DIY
scene
this time focusing on the Manchester Musicians Collective 1977-82.
Features
songs by the MUD HUTTERS, GOD'S GIFT, DISLOCATION DANCE, ELTI-FITS,
DIAGRAM
BROTHERS, THE LIGGERS, THE PASSAGE, BEE VAMP, SPHERICAL OBJECTS, GROW-UP,
CONTACT, SLIGHT SECONDS, ARMED FORCE, THE MANCHESTER MEKON, THE SPURTZ,
along with previously unreleased tracks by THE ELITE, THE HAMSTERS,
MANCHESTER MEKON, and more.
Various Artists - Messthetics Greates Hiss: DIY Cassette Scene
1979-84 CD (Messthetics) [MESS110] $12.00
Messthetics Greatest HISS features the superstars of cassette
culture-and
plenty of others. You get tracks from THE JELLY BABIES, DANNY & THE
DRESSMAKERS, STORM BUGS, COLIN POTTER, EVENT GROUP, THE GET, INSTANT
AUTOMATONS, MISSING PERSONS, GRAVITY CRAZE, FARMING JIM & HIS HEPCAT
GROOVSTAS, 391, THE CHROMOSOMES, MIKE JONES, THE LIVING DEAD NO. 5,
DIGITAL
DINOSAURS, THE TWIZLERS, ACONITE, CASUAL LABOURERS [BENDLE AND OTHER DIY
HEAVIES], MIDNIGHT CIRCUS, MILKSHAKE MELON, FUNHOUSE, CULTURAL AMNESIA,
STRIPEY ZEBRAS, CHIMP EATS BANANAS (pre-CHUMBAWAMBA) and DEAN JOHNSON.
Various Artists - Country Blues Bottleneck Guitar Classics
1926-1937 CD (Yazoo) [YAZ1026CD] $15.25
1991 release. "Bottleneck blues came from every region of the South;
from
Memphis (Memphis Minnie) to Texas (Black Ace) to Mississippi (Robert
Johnson) to Georgia (Barbecue Bob), startling and imaginative creations
were produced by a wealth of top-drawer bluesmen. Powerful, driving
performances that utilize both clear single-note and barred chords will
delight any listener." 1991 release of essential bottleneck classics from
Barbecue Bob, Weaver & Beasley, Ruth Willis, Bukka White, Shreveport Home
Wreckers, Robert Johnson, Black Ace, Jim & Bob (The Genial Hawaiians),
Irene Scruggs, Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie, Oscar Woods, Bo Weavil
Jackson,
King Solomon Hill, and Ramblin' Thomas.
Various Artists - Roaring Blue: Return Of The Instro-Hipsters
Vol. 3 CD (Psychic Circle) [PC7028CD] $16.00
20 Groovy Instrumentals from the '60s and '70s. Neon, piccadilly,
discotheque, debutante, wideboy, pulse, brash, distortion, MG, cocktail,
boogaloo, Lord John, purple, diet pill, park, houseboat, party, laugh,
fuzzbox, strobe, satin, flugelhorn, granny, Chelsea, haircut, typeface,
miniskirt, minimoke, Biba, bunny, swinging, art, happening, country house,
bedsit, gangster, dancehall, Pall Mall, jazz, modern, Victoriana, trip,
Union Jack, revolving restaurant, basement, design, bombsite,
shutterspeed,
orange, pep, jacket, medal, tinted, blow-up, Hammond, throb, sex, cartoon,
Jermyn Street, pirate, shake, beat, hip, to think we fought a war for
people like you, belt, weed, Paisley, all-niter, upper, more, mind, sound,
soaring, roaring, blue. Artists include The Sound Of Jimmy Nicol, The Des
Champ Orchestra, Clubman, The Duke Of Burlington, Casey & The Pressure
Group, Okko Bekker, The Keith Mansfield Orchestra, The Underground, The 4
Instants, Rajah, Ram Inn Junction, Shake Keane, Monty Babson, Johnny
Howard
Band, Electric Bird, The Jim Doherty Trio, The Cyril Stapleton Orchestra,
Big Jim Sullivan, The Stormsville Shakers and The New Dance Orchestra.
Washington Phillips - The Key To The Kingdom CD (Yazoo)
[YAZ2073CD] $15.25
Compiled from extremely rare 78s originally recorded between
1927-1929,
remastered; originally released in 2005. "Washington Phillips is one of
the
most intriguing and delightful figures in American music history. His
style
is completely unique, both in his warm, plaintive singing and his use of
zither for accompaniment. His treatments of early religious material is
poignant and expressive and his zither playing backup is absolutely
captivating. His complete output of 16 selections is presented here with
brand new remastering that heightens all the irresistible characteristics
of his performances. Included also are 4 bonus tracks of similarly
touching
early religious music by Mamie and A.C. Forehand."
Wicked Witch - Chaos: 1978-86 CD (Em Records) [EM1080CD]
$17.25
"Evil psycho machine-funk from '80s Washington, D.C. Now is not the
time to
doubt your senses -- the Wicked Witch does exist. Born and raised in the
musical magical cauldron of Washington D.C., Wicked Witch combines
elements
from alchemical mentors Parliament Funkadelic, Sun Ra, ESG, Run DMC, James
Brown and Jimi Hendrix to cast a crazed spell on the innocent listener. An
evil mass of machine-funk with lashings of rhythm and blues and fusion
delivered direct from the heart of the Witch, misunderstood psycho-genius
weaving his solo web deep within the dark studio walls. Trained by masters
at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Wicked Witch is in full control
of his art; he plays all, knows all, tells all. His message will not be
denied. Believe your ears, believe your eyes: the Wicked Witch does indeed
exist. First time ever re-issue. Remastered from original master tapes."
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Ricardo Villalobos - Alcachofa CD (Playhouse) [PLAY08CD]
$13.75
RELEASE DATE: 09-23-2003
"Welcome to the New Profundity. In the last several years, Ricardo
Villalobos has emerged as one of the foremost producers in that Zone That
Has No Name -- minimalism that's too rosy-cheeked to be minimal, techno
too
slinky (and dare we say: feminine) to be techno, house too adamantly
anti-anthemic to be called house. On singles for Playhouse, Perlon,
Frisbee
Tracks and more, Villalobos -- both under his own name and as half of Ric
Y
Martin, alongside Martin Schopf (aka Dandy Jack) - has broken open
techno's
crank-case and reconfigured its motor to run on nothing but pebbles and
honey, silicon and grass. Less minimalist than profoundly, proudly,
regally
restrained, his music is full of pauses, patience and white space; he
overlaps genres until only their outlines remain, like a kind of
subtractive synthesis used to blot out all but the essence of a given
combination of tones. Which brings us to Alcachofa, an album that, like
its
namesake -- the humble artichoke -- peels away in layers, stripping back
rubbery leaves to reveal a sweet, pulpy interior crowned by a halo of
thorns.."
This week's VINYL update contains releases by:
Angels of Light * Annelies Monseré * Bird Show * Castanets vs. Ero *
Cheapers, The * Citta Frontale * Colossal Yes * Crystal Stilts * Daniel
Haaksman * Dusty Springfield * Earth * Efdemin * Envy/Thursday * Fachmann *
Flying Burrito Bros. * Free Blood * Jackmate * James Ferraro * Jamie Jones
& Simon Baker * Jesse Rose/Oliver $ (feat. Deize Tigrona) * Lee Jones *
Madera Limpia * Manteca * Marascia * Marc Houle * Martinez * Measure (SA) *
Michal Ho * Michna * Monkey B * Monotax * P.A.R.A. * Pallers * Peace
Division * Rhauder * Ricardo Villalobos/Carl Craig * Riva Starr * Samklang
* Shaking Hands * Skull Defekts * Soccer Committee & Machinefabriek *
Squarepusher * Sunken Foal * Svarte Greiner * Tecumseh * Terence Fixmer *
Tim Paris * Tom Demac * Virgins * Virus Syndicate * Virus Syndicate vs.
Various Production * Virus Syndicate/Mark One * Wara * Whitehouse * Wicked
Witch
Angels of Light - Sing 'other People' LP (Young God) [YG27]
$13.25
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! Another breakthrough for former SWANS
frontman M.
GIRA and company- short, sharply orchestrated, almost-pop songs that
access a multitude of musical styles and references. These twelve finely
hewn tributes to friends and heroes, stars and scoundrels make this easily
the most accessible ANGELS OF LIGHT offering yet. Fiercely melodic,
produced with crystal clarity and often bizarrely arranged, each song
inhabits its own peculiar world, built up from Gira's intense and
ultra-present acoustic guitar and vocal performances - poignant,
uncomfortably personal, comical, deranged. Featured throughout are
sometimes subtle, sometimes weirdly psyched-out instrumental and vocal
contributions from Brooklyn's eccentric young avant rock savants AKRON/
FAMILY, making for yet one more rebirth for Gira. Once again, The Angels of
Light sound like no one else.
Annelies Monseré - Somewhere Someone 7 inch (Morc) [morc49]
$8.50
Limited to 185. All copies hand-numbered, hand-stamped and have
handwritten
liner notes by Annelies. "Somewhere someone" consists of 6 previously
unreleased songs. Five out of six are brand new and written right after
recording "marit" ~V Annelies' second yet to be released full length. One
was written a long time ago for her band Zent One, but, completely reworked
for this release. She recorded these songs over a short period of time in
2008 on an eight track cassette recorder at home. This ep features a
Hammond organ for the first time. This instrument led to new approaches in
songwriting. This release deviates clearly from previous releases, with a
darker and harsher sound. Lyrically, these songs all touch the theme of
absence, though this was not a conscious starting point. About Annelies
Monseré: Annelies Monseré is a multi-instrumentalist from Gent, Belgium.
Her debut record came out in 2005 on Bluesanct records. During a four year
stay in the Netherlands, she toured Europe and the US and played on
festivals like Tanned Tin and Primaverasound, leading to high expectations
for her second record, due for release later. In the meantime, she has
released several well received collaborations, with diverse artists as
Jessica Bailiff, dREKKa and Birch Book. Press quotes: "An exercise in
communicating the things in the darkest corners of your skull.
Monseré does
it magnificently." (Digitalis industries ) "When Monseré plays she
allows each note to speak clearly and simply and toys with a childlike
naivety which is impossible not to fall in love with." (Boomkat)
Recommended if you like: Nico, Movietone, Richard Youngs, Hammond organs,
Folk, Shoegaze, drones and/or minimal songwriting.
Bird Show - Untitled LP (Barge Recordings) [BRG006LP]
$12.75
Limited LP version. "Bird Show aka Ben Vida has been a major force in
the
avant-rock underground for over a decade. From his work in the seminal Town
and Country to his two previous offerings under the Bird Show moniker, Ben
has managed to consistently challenge his fan base while staying true to
his unique musical vision. Untitled finds Ben exploring a wide variety of
ethnic and traditional instruments creating an album of unique rhythmic
ragas that are at once experimental yet easily listenable. Ben effortlessly
blends world music clatter with indie rock song structure to create a
modern composition that would instantly please fans of Konono No. 1 and
Tortoise as well as Kemialliset Ystävät, Keith Fullerton Whitman and
Jackie-O Motherf***er."
Castanets vs. Ero - Dub Refuge LP (Asthmatic Kitty) [AKR42]
$13.25
Dub Refuge turns a minimalist folk record (CASTANETS' City of Refuge)
into
a ghostly dub, subverting dub tradition while still nodding in the
direction of King Tubby, Scientist, Burning Spear, and Sly and Robbie. Dub
Refuge works because Castanets and ERO GRAY (aka PAPA ALABASTER, sometimes
bass player for Castanets, and member of Brooklyn-based RAD UNICORN) are
both preoccupied with ghostly, ephemeral and messy sounds. Ero and the
Castanets share a haunted quality in their music, a unique dedication to
risk, and a reverence for accident in folk music. At it's best, Castanets
music accomplishes an eerie and very difficult balancing act between the
disaster-surfing of experimental and noise music, and the sort of calm
competence shown by classic country singers. The City of Refuge sessions
exemplified this balance, and here on Dub Refuge, Ero has emphasized both
aspects without destroying either.
Cheapers, The - Wilderness EP Part 2 12 inch (Upon You)
[UY017EP] $12.25
"Once upon a time there was the Wilderness EP Part 1. What follows is
the
second band of this furturist music fairy tail-continuing the journey
through the dark forests and gardens of The Cheapers in which the 'Hunter'
on A1 claims his territory and eagerly is looking out for bass-devils in
heat. Thereby the fun drunken rifleman shoots down the rave-bird and even a
flock of house-sparrows are being stampeded into the underwood. On the
other side of the forest play the busy intricate bees in the vaults of the
'Fortress' on its mystical fantasy plug ins and a bewitched quake is coming
through the deep B1- cracks until the magic tree of dreams starts to
flourish."
Colossal Yes - Charlemagne's Big Thaw LP (Ba Da Bing) [BING064]
$12.00
After COMETS ON FIRE played Auckland, UTRILLO KUSHNER met one of his
idols,
the legendary DIY producer and songwriter CHRIS KNOX. The following day
Knox invited Kushner and his bandmates over to his house for conversation
and beers. The afternoon was spent in the kitchen (Knox was baking a cake
for The Clean's Bangers and Mash anniversary tour) drinking while Knox spun
stories of the New Zealand music underground of yore. From this experience,
Kushner conceived of the initial idea for the second COLOSSAL YES album.
Inspired by the Kiwi indie-pop formulas of Tall Dwarfs, The Clean, and The
Verlaines, Kushner set out to write his own songs using piano as the main
instrument. It was a reawakening of the pop aesthetic done Piano Man style.
Recording of the basic tracks started in the summer of 2007 with KELLEY
STOLTZ producing and KEVIN INK engineering. Songs were then fine-tuned over
a series of nighttime and weekend sessions with MATT WATERS in early 2008.
Finally, they were mixed with BEN CHASNY (SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE) and
Waters almost a year from the starting point. The end result is unique yet
similar to the epic pop bands of the past. Charlemagne's Big Thaw combines
simple melodies and basic structures with lyrical territories such as
expired youth, grand betrayals, overdrawn faculties, and dissolving
empires. Features contributions from Kelley Stoltz, Ben Chasny (Six Organs
Of Admittance, Comets on Fire), NOEL HARMONSON (Comets on Fire) BEN
FLASHMAN (Comets on Fire), ELI ECKERT (DRUNK HORSE), GARETT GODDARD (THE
CUTS, HOWLIN RAIN). CD version features a track on upcoming Judee Sill
tribute comp both coming out in early 2009.
Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts + Shattered Shine 12 inch
(Woodsist) [WOODSIST017] $12.00
CRYSTAL STILTS deliver a compilation of their self-titled 12-inch and
the
Shattered Shine 7-inch. Six tracks.
Daniel Haaksman - Who's Afraid Of Rio? 12 inch (Man Recordings)
[MAN031EP] $13.25
Berlin-based DJ Daniel Haaksman (one half of Haaksman + Haaksman)
established Man Recordings as the sole label outside of Brazil to focus
exclusively on baile funk. His debut EP Who's Afraid Of Rio? features four
DJ friendly club tracks that mix the best of baile funk with Euroland
ghetto club sounds. Featuring vocals by baile funk songwriter MC Jennifer,
Rio's MC Betta and the infamous SD Boys.
Daniel Haaksman - Who's Afraid Of Remix? 12 inch (Haaksman,
Daniel: Who's Afraid Of Remix? 12") [MAN033EP] $13.25
Daniel Haaksman returns with four club ready remixes of his debut EP
Who's
Afraid Of Rio? "Parolar De Veso," remixed by Ku Bo (Stefan Mörth, aka
Stereotyp), explores Afro-Brazilian music territories and mounts the lyrics
of Rio De Janeiro's MC crew SD Boys onto an uptempo dancehall beat.
Baltimore's Scottie B fits the track into his trademark minimalist
breakbeat booty shape. The B-side features MC Jennifer, remixed by Italian
producer Riva Starr and Hong Kong turntablist DJ Beware.
Earth - Bee Made Honey In The Lion's Skull 2xLP (Southern Lord)
[SUNN090] $30.25
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! Special 180-gram ultra-deluxe vinyl version
of
the new studio album from EARTH. Contains the exclusive vinyl only bonus
track: "Junkyard Priest." Limited to 5,000 copies total pressing!
Efdemin - Carry On Sampler 1 12 inch (Curle Recordings)
[CURLE016X-EP] $11.50
This is the first of two vinyl samplers with much sought after tracks
from
Efdemin's debut mix-CD Carry On, Pretend We're Not In The Room
(CURLE016CD). This sampler features tracks from Brothers' Vibe, Minilogue,
and Tony Foster.
Envy/Thursday - Split LP+CD (Temporary Residence Ltd) [TRR146]
$16.25
More than two years after THURSDAY first put the idea in our heads,
Temporary Residence is proud to finally bring together two influential
bands from two very different places. Recorded in Spring 2008, both bands
turn in some of their most inspired work yet. In addition, Thursday invited
ANTHONY MOLINA of MERCURY REV to remix the dark instrumental "In Silence"
into the pitch-black closing track, "Appeared And Was Gone," providing the
perfect transition into the massive dynamics of ENVY. Beginning with the
subtle electronics of the symphonic opener, "An Umbrella Fallen Into
Fiction," Envy thrashes and burns through a trio of thoughtful
face-melters. Pressed on audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl and featuring
original artwork by acclaimed poster artist, DAN GRZECA, this deluxe set
includes a free copy of the CD format beautifully incorporated into the
exquisite package design.
Fachmann - Fachmann 04 12 inch (Fachmann) [FACHMANN004EP]
$11.50
"The next in minimal madness from Mr. Fachmann!"
Free Blood - Parangatang 12 inch (Rong DFA) [RONGDFA06]
$7.50
This record is the finale in the three-part 12-inch single project from
Brooklyn's FREE BLOOD. First up is the club-friendly "Parangatang." Broken
house beats with increasingly hectic vibes are accompanied by an old-time
piano melody as the duo continues their onslaught of head-scratchingly
unique pop singles that maintain a fierce rhythmic consistency. The
original is followed by TIM "LOVE" LEE's remix. Lee strips away all but the
essentials and adds a heady analog synth melody in place of most of the
vocals, creating a proper dance dub version. Finally, SCOTTY COATS and WES
THE MES offer a punk-funk version of "Weekend Condition" that has risen to
the status of "best remix ever made" at Rong's office. Super bad club music
with a crafty, superb bass-line to drive it.
Jackmate - Malawi Dub 12 inch (Philpot) [PHILE2008EP]
$11.50
"Jackmates strikes again on Phil E (Philpot Records) with this three
track
12inch called Malawi Dub and delivers the perfect follow-up for Mont Blanc
(Phile2007). The main title 'Malawi Dub' is full of rollin` drum and
percussion sounds merging into an intense piece of (oldschool) techno. Both
titles on the flip, 'In Flux' and 'S....Out,' are deeper, with charming
harmonies and tricky grooves. This is a preview for Jackmate`s upcoming
album in 2009."
James Ferraro - K2 - Chameleon Ballet LP (Olde English Spelling
Bee) [OESB031LP] $16.50
"'In Chameleon Ballet I wanted to create a work of magic that simulates
a
dream atmosphere of post industrial landscapes, with the waking memory of a
romantic alien encounter occurring in the dream. Dedicated to the mystery
of night and the magic of dreams' -- James Ferraro. 'Debut limited edition
album by this new sci-fi synth project of James Ferraro of The Skaters et
al, with 1980s minimal wave moves bisected by the kinda keyboard patterns
you might've found on an Edgar Froese solo album or post-Body Love Klaus
Schulze then exploded with barbarous invocations, syruped-vocals and some
black drone atmospherics. Or, as the cover art suggests, urban landscapes
as visioned by showroom dummies illuminated under 3 am neon. Another
killer.' -- David Keenan. Remastered and expanded version of the CD-R
release on New Age Discs -- this has an additional previously unreleased
track. Limited edition of 425 copies. Black & white printed covers."