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| 8/4/2007 | (Ad)vance(d) | Poem#red128dot | CDR | $7.99 | Absurd | "... 2006, while fuckin' around in a hot early summer night w/ zenia & george of red dot zine in thessaloniki they invite absurd to contribute to a special issue of 'red dot' a kinda anniversary issue in which various contributors of the previous issues would include stuff they fancied... well... what can you add in a comix zine? a short story mr absurd wants to write but can't find the time to finish... something else? being in a crazy and happy mood for his ever beloved 'vance orchestra' (one of absurd's heroes!) i email mars and ask for contribution. he fancies it but as v.o. are dead it turns to be (ad)vance(d). how to do it? hhhmm.. what'd you think for a a5 size card? as if a birthday card? mr. absurd suggests. 'sure, why not man?' mars replies and in less that a month lands in absurd's office a lovely pack w/ artwork and a cdr that reminds some of the most beloved v.o sounds in a more obscure way though. includes that fuckin' tape loop w/ greek counting that makes it so cute as well! .......2007... being shelved for a year as 'red dot''s issue is shelved too and while digging still-to-be-issued master cdrs of upcoming delayed or not releases i start listening to it again. early summer melancholy as is not one of absurd's favest periods this time i get hooked on its bizarre ambiances and totally play it daily on my player. so here it is... kinda a lost archive material from absurd's vaults that had to be out now before it becomes another 'lost classic'. comes in a super cute b/w a5 card size and expect you to unfold it and get lost in its sounds (which btw are dedicated to the late geert feytons).... PLAY LOUD!!!!" |
| 8/2/2008 | A Broken Consort | Crow Autumn | 3" CDR | $6.99 | First Person | "Richard Skelton presides over every aspect of the beautifully presented releases on his Sustain_Release label, a project initiated in memorandum to his wife Louise; the weight of which can be felt in all that Skelton produces from the hand crafted and personalised 'edition of one' CD's (featuring Louise's photographs of the surrounding Lancashire landscape) to the heartfelt and considered music contained within. FirstPerson is very proud to be the first to release Skelton's music outside of his own label (a trend that will continue with future releases on Students of Decay amongst others). For this release we are treated to a slowly unfolding meditation on the sonorities of the violin, an elegiac and minimalistic rendition in the mould of Arvo Part or Anton Batagov. This is music of substance that lingers long after it recedes into silence." *Second edition, initial 50 copies sold out.* |
| 3/21/2009 | A Fallen Black Deer | Requiem | LP | $13.99 | Latitudes | "It's a miracle the record you are holding in your hands ever happened. Josh Graham and I had been discussing the possibility of Red Sparowes recording a Latitudes session before they came over to tour the UK in the Autumn of 2006, and the studio time was duly booked. I got fleeting messages and missed calls as the shows progressed and began to get the feeling it just wasn't going to happen. For the first time in the history of the Latitudes series, we were going to have to scrap a proposed session. Ever the optimist, I carried on discussing it with Josh, and a new idea coalesced. Greg Burns and he were eager to fulfill the commitment and still set on entering the studio to improvise their own soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick's classic The Shining, particularly concentrating on the last half of the film where Jack Torrance slowly loses his fragile grip on reality and the inevitable conclusion draws in. At this stage, I must say, I wasn't confident of them being able to pull off such an endeavour with no preparation time and in the midst of a big tour with their 'day job' band. I needn't have worried. Listening to the crystalline melodies, ominous drones and confident ringing peals the duo composed on that day, I am sure that you, the immersed listener, would have received no clue as to the fraught, hurried and hanging-in-the-balance nature of the session in question. Without the benefit of these notes to explain the situation, you would just have ten tracks of gloriously evocative, cinematic soundscape to enjoy. And like the best of this ongoing series, a never-to-be-repeated masterpiece." - Tony Sylvester, February 2008. |
| 11/2/2008 | A Handful of Dust | Now Gods, Stand Up For Bastards / The Philosophik Mercury | Double CD | $15.99 | No Fun | "Now Gods, Stand Up For Bastards/The Philosophik Mercury is a double-disc re-issue of two limited and long out-of-print works by this obscure enigma. Plunging straight into the chasm of ultra-minimalist abrasion and chaotic improv, these two records stand as unrelenting and engrossing epics of guitar feedback, disintegrating electronic sound, string-shredding violin abuse, and other facets of impassioned iconoclasm. Recommended for lovers of AMM, Henry Flynt, and Hijokaidan. A Handful of Dust are a group consisting of a core duo of Bruce Russell (The Dead C) and Alastair Galbraith. Formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1990." |
| 9/23/2004 | A Mercury Ensemble | Keep Children Out of School | CDR | $9.99 | 23 Productions | “Since we just released what we did on 4.6 of this year, we felt it only right to put last year's 4.6 jam out too, as it is no less interesting. This jam features a line up of 9 or more folks in a fusion/improv blast. This release is especially dear to us, as this lineup of AME includes the late Lyx Ish contributing on percussion, Rhodes, sax, and voice. Her tremendous presence put the AME collective over the edge for this jam, and we are happy to have it documented and available.” Edition of 48 copies. |
| 2/12/2008 | A Middle Sex | A Middle Sex | CDR | $10.99 | Blackest Rainbow | "A Middle Sex? Who the fuck are A Middle Sex I hear you cry... one of the best out there bands in the UK that nearly no one knows, totally ruling Manchester duo of Phil and Karl. Fluxing between minimal scrape and pound rhythms to noisy tumbling weird jamzzz using there trashed guitar, drums and electronics, with the odd weird vocal splatter thrown in. This is fresh from the jungles of Manchester... it really gives me a jungle vibe - you'll see what I mean." Colour sleeve, edition of 55. |
| 2/12/2008 | A Place To Bury Strangers | A Place To Bury Strangers | LP | $14.99 | Important Records | "A Place To Bury Strangers have often been called "the loudest band in New York". This may very well be the case, but unlike much so-called "loud" rock and roll that's out there, APTBS is not loud simply for the sake of it. The sonically overdriven sound they've accomplished is no clumsy accident, but a carefully cultivated and well-maintained entity all its own, fostered by an unbridled passion that's clearly evident in every live show they play and each recording they make. A Place To Bury Strangers does not so much play songs as allow them to pour out. They are songs about longing, heartbreak and confusion played extremely well and at a passionately loud volume. While there are obvious reference points: Pornography-era Cure, early Ride, My Bloody Valentine, and pre-1990s Jesus and Mary Chain, the sound is all their own, in part due to singer/guitarist Oliver Ackermann's day job of building custom guitar pedals (see deathbyaudio.net). Coupled with the solid bass of Jono Mofo and the relentless drumming of Jay Space, the APTBS team is a force to reckon with. These ten songs have been floating around for years on CD-Rs sold at shows and MP3s circling around the Internet, but are presented here uncompressed in their full glory, professionally mastered for CD. From the time that Killer Pimp first approached APTBS to release these songs until the time of the release, interest in the band has exploded, they have played South By Southwest, and have been offered recording deals with bigger sized labels. We're excited to release these songs because even as self-recorded tracks they are all blistering, intense, energetic, and powerful." |
| 2/21/2009 | A Vibrant Struggle / Fossils From The Sun | split | cassette | $5.99 | Bumtapes | "a vibrant struggle" is a collaboration between Norwegians Sindre Bjerga and Jan M. Iversen (aka Bjerga/Iversen) and Dutchman Steffan de Turck (aka staplerfahrer). At the end of September 2007, they spent a long weekend in a wooden cabin up high in the Norwegian mountains, to fill up a pile of tapes with some blissful drones, crackling/clanging electro-acoustics, wood thumping and the occasional guitar picking. "Fossils From the Sun" is sound recorded in Albany, NY by Ray Hare who also plays in Burnt Hills, Century Plants and with other artists in the Albany experimental community. To date its mostly been created using VW and Mercury guitars, microphones, feedback, fx loops and vocals. C60 edition of 28." |
| A Warm Palindrome / Feverdreams / Badgerlore | Three Owls Six Ears | CD | $7.99 | Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers | Three-way split CD featuring 20 minutes by each of these three acts. A Warm Palindrome you should know from our Betley LP. The tracks here are a lot more cohesive and direct than the stuff on that record (despite being recorded over a 12 month plus period). Feverdreams is a solo electronic/guitar project from California, playing miniature, textural and heavily-processed pieces. Badgerlore is a duo featuring an ex-Deerhoof and Ben Chasny a.k.a. Six Organs of Admittance. They play raw string/pick-up improvisation which magically transforms itself into song form by the end. |
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| 9/30/2005 | A Way / Jazzfinger | The Sun Is Your Enemy, The Wind Is Your Friend | CDR | $9.99 | Mallard Lake | "Mallard Lake presents a split release with finnish A Way and british Jazzfinger, sharing the space on this release. A Way stir up a sound from the soil they are standing on, sounding as an old and lonely farmer, living in the city, remembering his youth, playing drums and guitars buried five feet down in the ground, when the memories have become corrupted by wind and electric fog. This is rural, rustic and disintegrated rock'n'roll drone. Jazzfinger conjures a gritty execution of the all mighty powerdrone. Their contribution sounds as an extended roar with shifting moods, from nasty to grim to the invasion of battle hawks, slowly creating a numbing feeling as the sun goes down. 5" cd-r. gray speckled paper with black color. edition of 100." |
| 3/26/2006 | A.M | Yet Marvellous Stasis / Strata | DBL CDR | $15.99 | Pseudoarcana | "This release brings together the sister albums’ from Antony Miltons 'A.M' project recorded in 2003. Recorded simultaneously (and released on Haamumaa and Humbug records respectively) these 2 disks document a particularly productive year. Ranging from ecstatic tape noise works through gestural instrumental pieces, field recordings, drone works and live tracks this is a great introduction to the work of A.M." |
| 11/16/2004 | A.M. | Small Engine Funk Tantra | CDR | $11.99 | Transient Recordings | “Antony Milton becomes the first interloper to enter the Transient camp. Described by A.M. as ‘autistic’, at times this is challenging almost in the way that Sachiko M. can be. It’s also pretty damn engrossing and …. entertaining. This sounds somewhat like what you might have produced with that electronic junk you found in the basement as a teenager (if only you’d had a lot more experience, flair and skill).” |
| 3/5/2009 | A.M. | Tour Disk 2006 | CDR | $8.99 | Pseudoarcana | "I found a small box of these when I was packing down my music room. This is a full length album containing 3 tracks of noisy psychedelic drone. At the time I thought it was the best ever A.M album, and I still think it's a pretty good record. (Its weird that I forgot all about it for so long...!)" - Antony Milton |
| 1/28/2005 | A.M. Salad | Lo-Fi For Hi-Fi | CD | $10.99 | Sloth Jinni | "A.M. Salad is the solo project of Keith Childress who has worked in various other projects, most recently the free-noise improv mock rock libation sponges Algebrassiere. The tracks on ‘Lo-Fi For Hi-Fi’ range from cut-up collage to drone to noise, though a noise of a more trance inducing nature rather than an assaultive angle... though some abrasive moments are certainly present. Sounds from electric tools, hygiene and vanity devices, and various other gadgets of the home and office are teamed with tones from faulty keyboards and various other rickety instruments, as well as a hearty portion of turntable manipulation done with damaged record players playing scratchy old thrift store records. All tracks on this CD were originally recorded in the mid 1990's... some of which were originally released on E.F. Tapes, one of the premier noise-taper labels of the time period, operated by Emil Hagstrom of Cock E.S.P. The work on Lo-Fi For Hi-Fi was all recorded on a crappy karaoke machine; so many sound sources were run directly into the karaoke machine that some sessions actually ended wiht the sing-along-party-box emitting smoke before completely shutting off. All tracks for this CD release, however, have been digitally remastered by Rat Bastard of The Laundryroom Squelchers and To Live And Shave In L.A." |
| 2/7/2009 | A.M. Shiner | The Sunny Hour | cassette | $5.99 | Housecraft | "Through a narrow slant in a cobwebbed shanty, A.M. stares hypnotically at a rising sun whilst sanding electronics in a neo-ritualistic haze of sawdust and smoldering vegetation." Edition of 50 |
| 12/1/2004 | Abe, Kaoru / Sabu Toyozumi Overhang Party | Senzei | DBL LP | $37.99 | QBICO | Kaoru Abe: (alto sax). Sabu Toyozumi: (drums, percussion). Recorded February 25 and April 15 & 30, 1978 live at Gaya, Tokyo, Japan. Unrelease recordings available here for the 1st time after more then 25 years. |
| 4/10/2009 | Absinthe Minds | Rising Kulo Summit b/w Passage of the Wicked, River of Time | cassette | $5.99 | Earjerk | "Mangled tape. lo-fi, mucked up, too close to the band, deck on the floor boards, picking up every vibration. every drop of the crowds sweat. this is an indie-reject hell. This is absinthe minds. Nice live recording from the new york tour jams. Looks like the boys took a little bit of the midwest along when they dropped this on NYC. Plains Indian Style. But Plains Indians ancestors back from the dead and pissed style. Upon arrival back in the home territories the Minds souls just kept heading west... God damn if the boys dont lay out a total fucking zombie SURF ROCK tune! Absinthe Minds stylee! For real so but dont be sceered! 45 copies on unholy white and bloody sunset red cassettes." |
| 3/21/2009 | AC/DP | Hells Bells | cassette | $7.99 | Middle James Co. | "non-stop assault from demon duo of Andrew Coltrane (hermitage tapes) and David Payne. "hells bells" was constructed by Doc Payne in the mjc lab December '08 with source tapes from A.C.'s deep basement being spun-out in blizzard wind whirls on the highway between Hamilton, Ontario and Redford, Michigan. side A starts with a weird sax loop morphing into an intense drum decay thickening further into some sick,sweet&sour soup....side B is a dumb-dumb drum on drugs spaced-out in outer space. limited to 33." |
| 3/24/2008 | Acetate Zero | Civilize the Satanists | CD | $13.99 | Arbouse | "Well, the new album is there, just between 2007 and 2008, just nowhere. The title means nothing but 'éduquons les sales cons' (Educate the bastards) but if you can think about it, it just means 'we can't change nothing after all'. Twelve new tracks exept 'Definition of fall' re-recorded 10 years after we made it and recorded in few instants almost 10 years ago. We love that song. We have new tracks now and always ready to play. You can say that we don't mind, you're right but after 10 years how can you say that? You can say that we don't know how to use our guitars, you're deadly right but after 3 chords of 'wooden ride', we're just laughing. Nobody's right and you can't change nothing after all." From Paris, France. |
| 10/6/2007 | Acetate Zero | We Deny This | CDR | $8.99 | Arbouse | 16 live and unreleased tracks. Limited edition of 250 copies. |
| 4/24/2006 | Acid Mothers Gong | Live in Nagoya | CD | $15.99 | Vivo Records | "A live collaboration between legendary psychedelic-space-rock band GONG & not less respectable japanese ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE. Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Josh Pollock, Kawabata Makoto, Higashi Hiroshi, Tsuyama Atsushi, Yoshida Tatsuya. Together they form Acid Mothers Gong. Recorded at Nagoya TOKUZO on 9th april 2003. Essential." |
| 10/6/2007 | Acid Mothers Guru Guru | Psychedelic Navigator | CD | $13.99 | Important Records | "Acid Mothers Guru Guru features Mani Neumeier from the legendary and influential German Krautrock group Guru Guru as well as Kawabata Makoto and Atsushi Tsuyama from Japan's holy Acid Mothers Temple. The result is a fiery fantasy filled, loud/soft, colorful trans-generational psychedelic collaboration. The Acid Mothers Guru Guru started in a spontaneous session in March of 2006 in Nagoya, Japan. When the improvisation commenced, the passionate excitement was clear to all in the room and it was then that this special psychedelic trio began. A Japanese tour was planned, an album was recorded and this recording is the fruits of this mutual musical admiration. While all involved will admit that this is a dream collaboration, it was the Acid Mothers Temple guys who were worshipping Guru Guru in their teens. The Acid Mothers Guru Guru is two generations of psychedelic rock joining forces for the 21st century." |
| 1/1/2008 | Acid Mothers Temple | Acid Mothers Temple Festival Volume 5 | DVD | $14.99 | Acid Mothers Temple | This is the live footage of the full concert of AMT Fest. vol.5 (Dec.2006) in Nagoya Japan featuring Mani Neumeier (drums, percussion, voice: Guru Guru), Kuriyama Jun (voice: ex.Ox) as well as Tsuyama Atsushi (monster bass, voice, recorder, guitar), Higashi Hiroshi (synth, guitar, voice), Kawabata Makoto (guitar, voice), Kitagawa Hao (voice), and Tabata Mitsuru (freak out). Region free - limited one time pressing of 1000 copies. Recommended! |
| 9/30/2005 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno | 'Another Band From The Cosmic Inferno European Tour 2005' Cosmic Funeral Route 666 | CD | $14.99 | Acid Mothers Temple | "Just before setting off on the fall 2004 European tour I accepted a booking for my solo unit, Mothers of Invasion, in Osaka for January 2005. At the time I imagined that we would just play the gig as Mothers of Invasion with a new lineup. But later I began to feel the need for some powerful, new force that could stand against the virtually extinct dinosaur of Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., a worthy rival who could read the last rites to the corpse. Perhaps I felt this need because I had nothing to replace the declining power of Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. Everything that exists in this universe consists of two elements. Just as ancient Chinese yin-yang five-element philosophy states, in everything there are two opposing forces - a front and a back, a yin and a yang. Without the balance between these two forces, the motion of the universe would cease. With that thought in mind, I chose to mount an attack Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. myself. Of course, if this attack were to succeed I would need musicians just as powerful, if not more powerful, than Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. The first person who voiced their agreement for my ideas was my old friend and partner in Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Higashi Hiroshi. He and I are like two sides of the same coin, yin and yang, and without any explanation from me he immediately grasped my intentions. We decided to take the members of Mothers of Invasion and shift them to the new group, giving birth to a new Acid Mothers Temple. Just then I received a transmission from my own cosmos - the group should be named Cosmic Inferno. It was utterly fitting for this is truly a battle between heaven and hell, between The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. and The Cosmic Inferno. Though we shall henceforth be Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno, the new group will also be known in short as Acid Mothers Temple and this will no doubt sow confusion in the minds of many. But the true manifestations of Acid Mothers Temple are many - Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno, Acid Mothers Temple SWR. The future may see yet other groups bearing similar names. But each and all of them will be true manifestations of Acid Mothers Temple. Thus, on this the tenth anniversary of the founding of Acid Mothers Temple, I announce the birth of the hellchild, Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno." - Kawabata Makoto. This is a tour only cd - limited to 1000 copies. The lineup is: Tabata Mitsuru (bass, vocal, maratab), Higashi Hiroshi (electronics, dancin' king), Shimura Koji (drums, latino cool), Okano Futoshi (drums, god speed), Kawabata Makoto (guitars, bouzouki, tambura, speed guru). Recorded at Acid Mothers Temple from January - April 2005. |
| 9/30/2005 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno | Demons From Nipples | CD | $15.99 | Vivo Records | "A new incarnation of Acid MothersTemple fame called The Cosmic Inferno and their CD Demons From Nipples is just out on Vivo Records. 2 tracks, 52 minutes of hard / psychedelic / guitar-driven trance! Recorded at Acid Mothers Temple, March - May 05." Polish label release. |
| 7/14/2007 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno | Hardcore Uncle Meat - Live in Croatia 2005 | DVD | $16.99 | Acid Mothers Temple | Complete version of the 2005 gig played by Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno in Zagreb. The gig was filmed with three cameras by the genius Croatian film artist Niko Potocnjak (Seven That Spells), who also edited the double DVD "History of Acid Mothers Temple" due to be released this autumn. The sound was recorded to sixteen-channel digital and mixed by Kawabata himself to create an astoundingly high-quality live package. Tracks include "Trigger in Trigger Out", "Pink Lady Lemonade", "OM Riff", etc. The lineup of Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno at the time of this gig was: Tabata Mitsuru : bass, vocals. (Zeni Geva, ex Boredoms, Leningrad Blues Machine), Higashi Hiroshi : synth, guitar, chorus. (Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.), Shimura Koji : drums. (Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Miminokoto, ex High Rise, ex Mainliner, ex Nagisa Nite, ex White Heaven), Okano Futoshi : drums. (ex Ghost, ex Subvert Blaze, Andromelos), Kawabata Makoto : guitar, chorus. (Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Gong, ex Mainliner). NTSC format, region free. Limited edition of 1000. This will be in stock Monday. |
| 8/22/2008 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno | Hotter Than Inferno / Live in Sapporo 2008 | CD | $15.99 | Vivo Records | "Recorded live at Counter Action, Sapporo, Japan, 29 June 2008 2 tracks: 1. Master Of The Cosmic Inferno ~ Heart Of Earth 2. Pink Lady Lemonade ~including Doobie Wonder Land. Time 72:26 AMT are: Tabata Mitsuru (bass, voice, malatab), Higashi Hiroshi ( synthesizer, guitar, dancin'king), Shimura Koji (drums, latino cool), Pikachu (drums, voice, cosmic shaman), Kawabata Makoto (guitar, speed guru)." |
| 8/2/2008 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno | Hotter Than Inferno ~ Live in Osaka 2007 | DVD | $15.99 | Acid Mothers Temple | A complete document of the final Osaka date on the summer 2007 "Hotter Than Inferno Western Japan Tour " by Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno's (featuring Pikachu from Afrirampo). The miraculous injection of power provided by the addition of grenade-girl Pikachu to the ranks, and the special guest appearance by Yamazaki Maso (AKA Masonna) meant that this date at Bears was insanity on an unprecedented scale. By the end of the group's set there was so little oxygen left in the venue that no one's lighter would work! This date became an instant legend - and here's your chance to witness it on DVD!! Edition of 500 copies. NTSC / Region Free |
| 9/30/2008 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno | Journey Into The Cosmic Inferno | CD | $18.99 | Very Friendly | "The "Cosmic Inferno" manifestation of Acid Mothers Temple was initially formed in 2005, in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the planetary sonic event that is Acid Mothers Temple. As leader Kawabata Makoto explains: "Though we shall henceforth be Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno, the new group will also be known in short as Acid Mothers Temple and this will no doubt sow confusion in the minds of many. But the true manifestations of Acid Mothers Temple are many -- Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno, Acid Mothers Temple SWR. The future may see yet other groups bearing similar names. But each and all of them will be true manifestations of Acid Mothers Temple." This is the first studio recording since the addition of Pikachu, drummer and vocalist with Osaka grenade-girl duo, Afrirampo. A churning psychedelic mandala driven by Pikachu and Koji Shimura's (ex-Mainliner, ex-High Rise, ex-Nagisa Ni Te) explosive twin drum assault. The original super-heavy AMT & TCI groove is blended with Pikachu's wild and spontaneous power. Against a background of ultra-loud fuzz-wah guitar and swooping space sounds, Pikachu and Tabata's (Zeni Geva, ex-Boredoms) twin vocals beckon you on an endless journey through the cosmic inferno!" Recommended! |
| 9/30/2005 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno | Just Another Band from the Cosmic Inferno | CD | $13.99 | Important Records | "Just Another Band From The Cosmic Inferno is the debut album from the brand new configuration of the Acid Mothers Temple. Drained creatively like 'dinosaurs on the brink of extinction,' Kawabata Makoto decided to disband the highly successful Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO lineup and replace it with something far heavier and much more powerful. Replacing the original lineup are deep-psych heavyweights including members and ex-members of The Boredoms, Ghost, Mainliner and Zeni Geva. With these ultra-heavy epic jams Kawabata Makoto has marked a new direction for his celebrated psychedelic collective." |
| 1/19/2008 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno | Ominous From The Cosmic Inferno | CD | $21.99 | Essence Music | "After a long period of great expectation - the band had been carefully planning this album for us during the last couple of years, Acid Mothers Temple finally debuts on Essence Music with two releases (see also 41st Century Splendid Man Returns)! And what this powerful quartet delivers on Ominous From The Cosmic Inferno is a nothing short but amazing. A super wild, punishingly dark slab of experimental psychedelic hell where fuzz blasted, ultra riffing and hypnotic speed guru guitar chaos - courtesy of Mr. Kawabata Makoto - meet early Amon Düül-influenced druggy, acoustic, mantric folk experimentalisms and eastern drones from below. The scent of sulphur fills the air and brings on the Japanese psychedelic inferno! Presented in our deluxe, sturdy gatefold mini-LP packaging featuring cosmic artwork by Jason Killinger and including a striking pop-up!" |
| 8/22/2008 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno | Pink Lady Lemonade (You're From Outer Space) | CD | $19.99 | Riot Season | "This really could be AMT's first 'summer album.' Unlike previous Cosmic Inferno albums this one doesn't reach in the red status often? it's more out there, like they've gone back to their mountain retreat and taken too much mushroom tea perhaps. " |
| 2/26/2006 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno | Starless and Bible Black Sabbath | CD | $14.99 | Alien8 | "While this album is certainly a tribute record it doesn't consist of straight-up Sabbath worship in the simple sense of covers. The band sounds as if they are simultaneously paying respect to other Sabbath-influenced projects such as Melvins or Zeni Geva, the later being the former home of Tabata, one of the Temple's latest recruits. Starless and Bible Black Sabbath consists of two tracks, the first being an epic thirty four minute blowout titled 'Lady from Hell.' The opening cut begins in a similar fashion to Black Sabbath's eponymous open albeit much less dramatic. The second track relates more to the band's obsession with Kraut rock, sounding like the more pop-oriented period of Hawkwind." |
| 1/1/2008 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | 41st Century Splendid Man Returns | CD | $21.99 | Essence Music | "We are proud to say welcome to the Japanese psychedelic retro freak ensemble on our roster - with two releases (see also Ominous From The Cosmic Inferno) - and finally make available on CD one of the most captivatingly beautiful recordings from The Melting Paraiso U.F.O line-up! Motorik krautrock rhythms work side by side with interstellar signals, ghostly female voices and analog synths. Bursts of damaged psych brilliance and free guitars open and seal the album, healing the aural wounds for/from the mammoth droney, mysterious and transcendental ambient experience of the title track, built with the aid of a non traditional array of instruments, like sarangi, sitar, zurna and tibetan trumpet. Definately not of this world. This is one of the many incarnations of the band, a combo also featuring, at the time of the recordings, the beautiful vocals of Cotton Casino and the appearance of Tatsuya Yoshida from Ruins as one of the special guests. As always, monster guitarist and mastermind Kawabata Makoto leads the troup to ensure a safer trip. Originally released as an extremely limited 12" picture vinyl on Tumult Records, this extended CD edition features two extra tracks, new artwork - including a stunning psychedelic painting by Jason Killinger - and comes in our deluxe, custom old school miniature LP gatefold packaging!" |
| Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | CD | $15.99 | PSF | "First release for the 'freak-out trip' group led by Makoto Kawabata, long-haired guitar monster of Musica Transonic, Mainliner, Toho Sara etc. notoriety. Some of the other members may be familiar too - Koizumi is ex-Mainliner, Yasuda is ex-Toho Sara, Casino is from Mardi Gras Blue Heaven. Musically this record is going to moisten a few gussets around the globe. Deep-space synth-float signaling, cosmic voices, drugged trickery, and whirlpools of churning percussion topped with Kawabata`s trademark speed psycho guitar, all recorded with at speaker-destroying fuzz level. Track titles like 'Zen Feedbacker', 'Amphetamine A GoGo', 'Satori LSD', and the 20 minute 'Speed Guru' should tell the cognoscenti all they need to know. Recorded under the influence of the teachings of the Acid Mothers Temple, and of internalized psychedelic states." | |
| 3/25/2008 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Acid Mothership Live | CD | $14.99 | Acid Mothers Temple | Includes "Dark Stars In The Dazzling Sky (aka Dark Star Blues), Pink Lady Lemonade, La Le Lo and improv track. This is the tour cd of US & Canadian tour 2008. Limited 1000 copies only. |
| 5/11/2004 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Born To Be Wild In The U.S.A. 2000 | CD | $12.99 | Wabana | "In the year 2000, Japan's psychedelic rock masters, The Acid Mothers Temple, hit the road on an endless journey. That journey has taken them to many far and strange places. While braving their way through the wilds of the American venue, they were captured...on tape. That tape surfaced a year later as the much sought after 'Born To Be Wild In The USA' LP. It looked like one of those classic dubious "live" records from the seventies in the vein of the Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake and Palmer or Kiss. Photo copied image on plain white sleeve with black labels. Apparently there were 1000 pressed. Not much more was known except the fact that it disappeared very quickly. That LP has been remastered for this one time CD release. Contains the original five long tracks: 1) Acid Tokion 2000 2) La Novia 3) Pink Lady Lemonade 4) Speed Guru 5) God Bless AMT. Packaged in a generic looking purple Digipak except with a lone 'Skull' on the back cover. The front cover has the original LP cover art affixed in the form of a sticker." |
| Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Born To Be Wild In The USA 2000 | LP | $18.99 | "This seems to be a live LP recorded during their tour of 2000 but it looks like one of those classic dubious live records from the seventies in the vein of the Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake and Palmer or Kiss. Photo copied image on plain white sleeve with black labels. Apparently there were 1000 pressed. Not much more to be said." Tracks include Acid Tokion 2000, La Novia, Pink Lady Lemonade & Speed Guru. This is a one time pressing with no chance of reissue. Highly recommended so grab a copy now before they are gone! | ||
| 6/3/2009 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Dark Side of the Black Moon: What Planet Are We On? | CD | $12.99 | Important | "Brand new full-length recording from Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. Proggy psych sounds mix Pink Floyd with fuzzy wah guitars and cosmic sounds. Focused riffing, super fidelity recording, and packaging designed by Seldon Hunt." Double vinyl issue coming later. |
| 9/23/2004 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Does The Cosmic Shepherd Dream Of Electric Tapirs? | CD | $15.99 | Space Age Recordings | “The debut Space Age release for Japan's leading cosmic explorers Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.. This time in you get psychedelicized with the cuts ‘Daddy's Bare Meat,’ ‘Suzie Sizteen,’ ’Hello Good Child,’ ‘The Assassin's Beautiful Daughter,’ ‘Dark Star Blues,’ and ‘The Transmigration of Hop Heads.’” |
| 10/21/2002 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Electric Heavyland | CD | $14.99 | Alien8 Recordings | "Electric Heavy Land is one of the most over top releases to come out of the Temple so far, and is perhaps Kawabata Makoto's heaviest groove-oriented material since the classic Mainliner debut Mellow Out. The recording is made of three tracks that at times will have listeners reminiscing over the likes of early Mudhoney and Monster Magnet's ‘Spine of God’-era sound. It's the one of the catchiest records from the incredibly prolific psych unit in recent times and can be best compared to the heavier tracks on Absolutely Freak Out Zap Your Mind the bordering-on-metal sound the band often seems to take on in live situations." |
| 11/9/2002 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Electric Love Machine | 7" | $19.99 | Fractal | New 7" EP features Electric Love Machine (different than CD version) / Cosmo Chiva (unreleased). Pressed on 3 different color vinyls (transparent, green, and yellow) - edition of 600 copies. |
| 12/2/2008 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Episodes of Cometary Orbital Drive | LP | $19.99 | Bambalam | Limited to only 500 copies featuring 'Episodes' of the Cometary Orbital Drive suite, namely: Side-A: Milky Way Star From The Planet Billions Of Light-Years Away. Side-B: System 7777777. |
| 11/21/2008 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Glorify Astrological Martyrdom | CD | $14.99 | Important | "Acid Mother's Temple's Glorify Astrological Martyrdom is sure to appeal to the myriad AMT fans who have made Crystal Rainbow Pyramid a new fan favorite. Professionally recorded mega-riffage for a super defined clean sound. Kawabata and company deliver this focused rock explosion full of hyper repetitive heavy hooks and freaked-out, pitched-up vocals. Cover art by Seldon Hunt." |
| 5/1/2009 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Glorify Astrological Martyrdom | LP | $16.99 | Important | "Limited edition of 1000 copies. Acid Mothers Temple's Glorify Astrological Martyrdom is sure to appeal to the myriad AMT fans who have made Crystal Rainbow Pyramid a new fan favorite. Professionally recorded mega riffage for a super defined clean sound. Kawabata and company deliver this focused rock explosion full of hyper repetitive heavy hooks and freaked out pitched up vocals. Cover art by Seldon Hunt." |
| Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Grateful Head | 7" | $19.99 | Wabana | "7" made for 2001 US tour. Limited to only 500 copies and features two exclusive tracks, 'Grateful Head' & 'Whopping Wild Freaks.' It's pressed on yellow-ish vinyl, and there are several slight variations in the vinyl color between various copies." Great record! | |
| 4/10/2009 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Interstellar Guru and Zero | CD | $16.99 | Homeopathic | "The most prolific and widely-known of the various Acid Mothers Temple collectives. Psychedelic, space-rock music, free-form and experimental. An experience you can't miss! "Interstellar Guru And Zero" is one of the most chaotic albums by AMT & TMP U.F.O. In the AMT imaginary Guru And Zero means Ground Zero. The album is only two tracks long and gives form to this concept and represents a lucid hallucination which will blow away the listener in one of the weirdest trips ever. "Astral Projection From Holy Shangrila" is the first part of this trip, twenty minutes of cosmic explosion intense and highly unforgettable. Then it starts up again with the infinite "Interstellar Guru and Zero" . This represents the moment after the explosion, described by the band like the "loop of the universe". What will you see after "Interstellar Ground Zero"?" |
| 11/2/2002 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Live In Japan | CD | $16.99 | Acid Mothers Temple | An Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. live album entitled 'Live in Japan' has released on the AMT label. The album was recorded last December on digital 16 track, and features the twin-drum line-up of Koizumi Hajime and Ichiraku Yoshimitsu. This is the document of Acid Mothers Explosion 2001!!!! Tracks included are: cosmic introduction ~ untitled space (08:25), In E (13:06), La Novia ~ Speed Guru (41:40) Acid Mothers Temple at this live recording : Cotton Casino (vocal, synthesizer, beer & cigarette), Tsuyama Atsushi (monster bass, vocal, cosmic joker), Higashi Hiroshi (guitar, synthesizer, vocal, Dancin' king), Ichiraku Yoshimitsu (drums {L} kendo master), Koizumi Hajime (drums {R}, sleeping monk), Kawabata Makoto (guitar, speed guru). Recorded live at Tokuzo (Nagoya) 9th Dec.2001. Engineered by Usui Yasuhiro (Tokuzo), mixed by Kawabata Makoto. Art work by sachiko@ELF |
| 5/1/2009 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Lord Of The Underground: Vishnu And The Magic Elixir | CD | $13.99 | Alien8 | "Acid Mothers Temple returns with a new release, their fourth for the label. The album is made up entirely of new studio recordings that have captured the band in fantastic form. The band is captured flying at full speed dishing out three slabs of Turkish psych meets Krautrock, served up Acid Mothers Temple style. The opening cut, 'Eleking The Clay' is a smoker that bears some resemblance to their well known 'hit,' 'La Novia.' The speed guru, a.k.a. Kawabata Makoto, is on fire and mesmerizes us with his speed and furry on this track. His guitar playing is so quick it becomes difficult to differentiate the actual notes being played as you are overtaken by the speed and repetitious nature of the track. In this respect it also brings to mind their fantastic rendition of the Terry Riley's minimalist anthem 'In C.' The same notes repeating over and over until they start to coalesce and take new shape. Next up is a short piece written by bass player and multi-instrumentalist Atsushi Tsuyama who is credited with playing monster bass, voice, acoustic guitar, alto recorder, flute, toy trumpet and kazoo. If you have ever witnessed the band live, you are aware of what a huge presence bassist Atsushi Tsuyama is within a live context and it is equally the case on Lord Of The Underground. This track, entitled 'Sorcerer's Stone Of The Magi,' serves as an intermission if you will; it is a nice gentle piece of outsider folk that allows you brace yourself for the epic closing track 'Vishnu And The Magic Elixir.' The final cut takes it's time to deliver its message and sees the band in familiar territory. Here they play with some of their more playful influences, such as Frank Zappa and Incredible String Band, and blend them with their patented spaced out electronics that have graced many of their records." |
| 5/1/2009 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Lord Of The Underground: Vishnu And The Magic Elixir | LP | $17.99 | Alien8 | "Acid Mothers Temple returns with a new release, their fourth for the label. The album is made up entirely of new studio recordings that have captured the band in fantastic form. The band is captured flying at full speed dishing out three slabs of Turkish psych meets Krautrock, served up Acid Mothers Temple style. The opening cut, 'Eleking The Clay' is a smoker that bears some resemblance to their well known 'hit,' 'La Novia.' The speed guru, a.k.a. Kawabata Makoto, is on fire and mesmerizes us with his speed and furry on this track. His guitar playing is so quick it becomes difficult to differentiate the actual notes being played as you are overtaken by the speed and repetitious nature of the track. In this respect it also brings to mind their fantastic rendition of the Terry Riley's minimalist anthem 'In C.' The same notes repeating over and over until they start to coalesce and take new shape. Next up is a short piece written by bass player and multi-instrumentalist Atsushi Tsuyama who is credited with playing monster bass, voice, acoustic guitar, alto recorder, flute, toy trumpet and kazoo. If you have ever witnessed the band live, you are aware of what a huge presence bassist Atsushi Tsuyama is within a live context and it is equally the case on Lord Of The Underground. This track, entitled 'Sorcerer's Stone Of The Magi,' serves as an intermission if you will; it is a nice gentle piece of outsider folk that allows you brace yourself for the epic closing track 'Vishnu And The Magic Elixir.' The final cut takes it's time to deliver its message and sees the band in familiar territory. Here they play with some of their more playful influences, such as Frank Zappa and Incredible String Band, and blend them with their patented spaced out electronics that have graced many of their records." Limited edition - pressed on pink vinyl. |
| 5/7/2004 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Mantra of Love | CD | $14.99 | Alien8 Recordings | "Mantra Of Love is destined to be a classic release in the expanding catalog of one of today's most exciting psychedelic ensembles. It is beautifully recorded, featuring AMT's cleanest production to date. Cotton Casino's vocals are captured fabulously, rivalling the Univers Zen ou de Zere a Zero release on France's Fractal label. The recording is composed of two tracks. 'La Le Lo,' a traditional Occitan piece, is somewhat similar to the classic La Novia release. It is largely based around the melodic vocals of Cotton Casino. Halfway through the track, speed guru Kawabata Makoto lets the thunder roll, giving the feeling of an entirely new song until it becomes melodic again toward the end. Mantra Of Love is the perfect release for those who enjoy the more melodic, droned out hippy elements of Acid Temple Mothers but also want the piece to let loose from time to time." Highly recommended! |
| Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | New Geocentric World of Acid Mothers Temple | CD | $12.99 | Squealer | "The Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. hail from Nagoya in the central region of Japan, but they may as well be from the moon. A self-described 'freak-out group for the 21st century', the band was founded in 1996 by members of the Acid Mothers Temple soul-collective, led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto (from Musica Transonic and Toho Sara). New Geocentric World continues the development shown on their previous albums for the pioneering Japanese label P.S.F., with intense music veering between blitzkrieg maelstroms of electricity and gently lilting garden psychedelia." | |
| Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Pataphisical Freak Out MU!! | CD | $15.99 | PSF | "Announcing the long-awaited 2nd album from Makoto Kawabata's millennial hippy-group Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO! The band slip even further into cosmic overdrive with the addition of Atsushi Tsuyama (Omoide Hatoba) on bass and Haco (ex-After Dinner) on vocals!! Core-meltdown is guaranteed with their raging psychedelic acid-trip, spacey hard rock!" | |
| 6/11/2006 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Power House of Holy | CD | $14.99 | Acid Mothers Temple | Limited edition 2006 US Tour CD featuring recordings from 2004. 'Dark Stars in the Dazzling Sky (aka Dark Star Blues) was recorded at Spaceland on June 6, 2004 - a great show I was there for. And the other track is Pink Lady Lemonade recorded in Gloucester on October 30, 2004 - another killer version of this song. For these recordings, AMT was: Tsuyama Atsushi (monster bass, vocal, cosmic joker), Higashi Hiroshi (synthesizer, guitar, chorus, dancin' king), Koizume Hajime (drums, sleeping monk), and Kawabata Makoto (guitar, chorus, speed guru). |
| 4/30/2008 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Recurring Dream and Apocalypse Of Darkness | CD | $14.99 | Important | "Recurring Dream And Apocalypse Of Darkness is by far the heaviest Acid Mothers Temple record yet. So heavy, in fact, that Kawabata Makoto jokingly said 'the album is really heavy, maybe a bit like Sunn O))). hahahaha.'" |
| 4/30/2008 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Recurring Dream and Apocalypse Of Darkness | Double LP | $26.99 | Important | "The limited edition double LP version of Recurring Dream... is packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on heavy duty jacket and contains two bonus tracks rounding out the double LP set. Featuring remarkable art work by Seldon Hunt. LP is limited to 1000." |
| 7/16/2006 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | The Day Before the Sky Fell In | CD | $12.99 | Galactic Zoo Disk / Eclipse | 47 minute performance recorded at Reckless Records in Chicago on September 10, 2001. Features the 'classic' lineup of Cotton Casino (synth), Tsuyama Atsushi (bass, voice, acoustic guitar), Hiroshi Higashi (synth, electric guitar), Ichiraku Yoshimitsu (drums), and Kawabata Makoto (electric guitar) playing 2 long tracks: Space Age Ballad / La Novia (including In E) and La Novia - Speed Guru. Excellent performance / recording - limited edition of 1000 copies. Also features the artwork of Plastic Crimewave. "The sold out LP "The Day Before the Sky Fell in" released a few years back by GZDisk/Eclipse is at last on CD! Recorded the day before the cataclysm at a Reckless records in-store in Chicago, this finds another side of the Mothers, as they lay down a spacious acoustic bed before taking off into the stratosphere, with Tsuyama blissfully strumming a Martin for perhaps the most cosmic and dynamic version of "La Novia" ever. Even Makoto was caught off guard by the uniqueness of this performance, and believe you me, the walls shook and records tumbled down before the show was done. Cleaned up from the original master by Makoto, this also features all new kraut-indebted artwork by Plastic Crimewave, and the actual credits not allowed on the original bootleg-type release.............." |
| Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Troubadours From Another Heavenly World | CD | $15.99 | PSF | "Third PSF album from the Nagoya-based (but always heavenly-bound) Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., led by Japan's current king of the long-hairs and mystic rock-guitar guru Makoto Kawabata (also of Musica Transonic, Mainliner, Toho Sara). Their previous releases were delirious communal Gong/Hawkwind patchouli collisions, colorful as a Life with the Hippie Jetsons cartoon, but with an acid punch that proved their music was beyond any idea of pastiche or irony. A couple of extensive American and European tours have gained the Acid Mothers an unbeatable cachet on the contempo-trip scene. Kawabata's international reputation has been cemented with solo and group releases on his own ATM label, SIWA, Eclipse, Swordfish, Detector, Elsie & Jack, Last Visible Dog, etc. For their latest flight though, the Acid Mothers have stepped back off the delirium pedal, and bumped up the luminous folk-mysticism faders. To be sure, the space synths, guitar supernovas, and stoned cosmic mumble are still present. It's just that now they're deployed to entirely different effect -- this is no longer the soundtrack to your first highschool acid 'n' beer party, it's more like a solitary roadtrip seeking enlightenment, a hermit's cell halfway up Magic Mountain, the cosmic butterfly gently enfolding its pan-dimensional wings over your bruised psyche. It's a slowly hypnotic, deeply meditational platter of god-honest real-time wonder." - Alan Cummings | |
| 11/7/2002 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Univers Zen ou de zéro à zéro | CD | $17.99 | Fractal | "With 6 years of existence and already a rich discography, around a dozen of titles, Acid Mothers Temple presents today their new studio album, and which is in fact the 6th of the band (after the three first on PSF, ‘New geocentric world of AMT’ and ‘Absolutely freak-out’ - all others are considered by Makoto Kawabata himself, as AMT’s special concept releases). ‘Univers zen ou de zéro à zéro’ is a full recording, with the ‘whole world’ of AMT...from spirit to love, freak-out psychedelia, cosmic folk, blues, humour... a great introduction for all new listeners, and maybe, for all fans, another magic mushroom treasure ! Indeed, musically, it is probably one of the best achievement, including the demented opening track ‘Electric Love Machine’ (or how see 40 years of acid rock !). But impossible to avoid the two magnum opus (of more than 20 min. each) forming the cornerstone of the album, and also the first studio version of the emblematic ‘God bless AMT’ (only plays live as ending) and more... plenty of freaky guitars, space electronics, monster bass etc.. and super revolution in Cotton super Casino’s vocals : in almost all tracks, she sings ala Mady Gula Blue Heaven style, delicate, beauty, dreams ! Special guest in this album, the great guitarist Hiroshi Narazaki (ex Les Rallizes Dénudés, Zuno Keisatsu, Port Cuss). Archangels thunderbird brings the New Rock from the cosmos…" |
| 11/29/2002 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. / Circle | split | 7" | $19.99 | Verdura | New tour 7” that came out about 2 weeks ago and is now sold out at the label! Grab one while they are still available. “One track from both; AMT lets loose a chaotic psyche-burst just as effective as you can imagine, whereas Circle.. oh yeah, they're the one and only Circle, stunning as usual. Limited edition of 500 copies w/ full color laminated glossy covers.” |
| 12/16/2003 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. / Escapade | A Thousand Shades of Grey | CD | $13.99 | Fünfundvierzig | "In today's post-post-(etc.)-modern times, almost all people inhabiting this planet have access to all kinds of music. (Anybody with a fast connection who ever 'buried' him- or herself in the internet for a few days knows what I'm talking about). More than ever, 'anything goes' is the credo of the present; it seems that there is no kind of music which hasn't been there before. And yet, now and again one chances upon music, which strikes one as completely 'new'. This CD is such a discovery. 'Architecture is frozen music' is one of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer's best-known quotes. Maybe the members of New York-based band Escapade knew this quote. For their two tracks on this album sound very 'constructed'; everything seems to be based on what's been played before. But surprise, surprise: All the band's music is completely improvised and spontaneous! The first track opens with just a few notes on the organ which after about three minutes is joined by guitar feedback. The latter instrument then starts to produce rhythmic sounds and at the five-minute-mark, a monotonous drumbeat introduces itself. Ten minutes after the beginning, the guitar becomes somewhat offensive, but without aspiring to a soloistic heights. (Later, one can actually discern something like a solo in the background, but this is buried so deep in the mix that it cannot count for one). Then the whole structure slowly gains momentum and peaks in a sound-orgy that is simply mesmerising. And suddenly you find that the first 18 minutes of this CD are over. You'll probably also find yourself groping for words. What was that? A new kind of post-rock? Early Amon Düül jamming with Shellac? I can't tell you either, but one thing I know: it's damn good music! What follows is an absolute killer: 28 minutes of Acid Mother's Temple, the Japanese answer to Hawkwind, Motörhead and Grateful Dead combined. Like Escapade, AMT take their time in building up their track. They heap layers upon layers of synth-sounds and weave these together with vocal improvisations into a tapestry of increasing complexity. With this track, they are probably closer to Terry Riley's In C than with their own cover-version of that composition (as can be heard on the Eclipse LP). That a piece of music is steadily gaining in intensity for over 20 minutes, I have never heard before. Here, AMT show that they are capable of expressing their unique 'monsterrock' in a much more subtle form. One minute before the track's end the tension decreases and the listener is washed out into infinitive space with a few spherical sounds. Thus AMT have proven again, that they just cannot be of this world. Their music isn't anyway. The second track by Escapade starts out as a seemingly 'normal' rock-track with drums and bass. But after a few moments these familiar forms vanish to be replaced by a spooky free-form guitar-improvisation, which reminds one of the cacophony of Pink Floyd during their A Saucerful Of Secrets-phase. Out of this, a thundering, archaic drum-pattern emerges, on top of which guitar and tambura create atmospheric droning. Again, after some time the track increases in intensity and rises to a rhythmic orgy. At the end, there is a loud bang on a gong, and all that remains is the subtle droning of the tambura. The fact that Escapade have just interpreted John Cage's 4'33'' for a compilation on the Emperor Jones-label bears further testimony that they know what they're doing. On this CD, two of the most incredible and far out sound-sculpturers who venture off the beaten track of zeitgeisty electro-acoustic music shake hands. Anybody who thinks he or she knows his avant-garde should listen to this record. And be amazed." |
| 1/1/2009 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. / Nishinihon | We Are Here - UK Tour Single October 2001 | 7" | $19.99 | Resonant / Static Caravan | Limited edition of 500 copies on colored vinyl. AMT's 'My Guitar Wants To Kiss Your Mama' was recorded in July 2001 by Cotton Casino, Tsuyama Atsushi, Higashi Hiroshi, Koizume Hajime, Kawabata Makoto. Nishinihon's 'Super Station: The Hell In A Cell Version' features Kawabata (guitar), Tsuyama (vocal, bass), and Ichiraku Yoshimitsu (drums) recorded live in Nagoya on Valentine's Day 2001. Killer!! |
| 4/24/2006 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues featuring the Sun Love and the Heavy Metal Thunder | untitled | CD | $17.99 | Fractal | "WARNING : Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues is a different group than the well-knows Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO and Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno. This new japanese band was created in April 2005 by Magic Aum Gigi (ex-Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO). His main works with the "Melting Paraiso UFO" can be found on the album "AbsolutelyFreak-Out" (2001), the compialtion "Do whatever you want, don't do whatever you don't want !!" (2002), and has released his own solo album "MMMM - My Metal Machine Music" (2004). Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues is an underground punk blues trio composed by two guitarists(Tsuchy, Magic Aum Gigi) with one drum (Mai Mai). Their first album : "Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues featuring the Sun Love and the Heavy Metal Thunder" is a deep raw trip and a wild transgression of the mother nature filtred by the occult powers ! This love potion is made by thunder guitars, power drums, plus various electronics and acoustics sounds, and vocals. If reviewers have often compared the sound of Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO closed to Amon Düül 2, so, Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues sounds close to Amon Düül 1. A surprising and an impressive first recording in this beginning of new century that you should hear to believe it!" Recommended! |
| 3/26/2006 | Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues featuring the Sun Love and the Heavy Metal Thunder | untitled | DBL LP | $38.99 | Fractal | "WARNING : Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues is a different group than the well-knows Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO and Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno. This new japanese band was created in April 2005 by Magic Aum Gigi (ex-Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO). His main works with the "Melting Paraiso UFO" can be found on the album "AbsolutelyFreak-Out" (2001), the compialtion "Do whatever you want, don't do whatever you don't want !!" (2002), and has released his own solo album "MMMM - My Metal Machine Music" (2004). Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues is an underground punk blues trio composed by two guitarists(Tsuchy, Magic Aum Gigi) with one drum (Mai Mai). Their first album : "Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues featuring the Sun Love and the Heavy Metal Thunder" is a deep raw trip and a wild transgression of the mother nature filtred by the occult powers ! This love potion is made by thunder guitars, power drums, plus various electronics and acoustics sounds, and vocals. If reviewers have often compared the sound of Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO closed to Amon Düül 2, so, Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues sounds close to Amon Düül 1. A surprising and an impressive first recording in this beginning of new century that you should hear to believe it! Limited edition of only 300 copies - recommended! |
| 12/2/2008 | Acid Mothers Temple & Yamamoto Seiichi | Giant Psychedelia | double CD | $18.99 | Acid Mothers Temple | Live recording from AMT Festival vol. 6 on December 8, 2007. This is dbl CD set with 6 panel card board jacket limited to 1000 copies. Recorded on digital 16 track multi recording system. Features: Yamamoto Seiichi : guitar, voice (Boredoms, Omoide Hatoba, Rovo, etc) -- Tsuyama Atsushi : bass, voice (Omoide Hatoba, AMT & TMP U.F.O., AMT SWR, etc) -- Shimura Koji : drums (AMT & TMP U.F.O., AMT & TCI, Miminokoto, ex.High Rise, ex.Mainliner, ex.Nagisa Nite, ex.White Heaven, etc) -- Higashi Hiroshi : synthesizer (AMT & TMP U.F.O., AMT & TCI, Galax, Cosmic Dew) -- Tabata Mitsuru : freak out, voice (AMT & TCI, Zeni Geva, ex,Boredoms, Leningrad Blues Machine, etc) -- Kawabata Makoto : guitar (AMT & TMP U.F.O., AMT & TCI, AMT SWR, Gong, ex.Mainliner, etc) with Kuriyama Jun : voice (Jiyujigen, ex.Ox) |
| 10/9/2003 | Acid Mothers Temple / Kinski | untitled | CD | $9.99 | Sub Pop | "A four-song split release from Kinski and their friends Acid Mothers Temple, limited to 5000 copies on CD and 1000 on double-LP. The album includes two versions of a track taped at Higashi Hiroshi's old house when Kinski toured Japan in December 2001. One of the takes was mixed by Kinski, the other adds overdubs by AMT to the mixed take. The album includes one new track by each band. The AMT track is a 25 minute monster-piece called ‘Virginal Plane 5:23’. The CD and LP versions of this track are slightly different." |
| 12/24/2005 | Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno | IAO Chant From The Cosmic Inferno | CD | $16.99 | Ace Fu | More psych exploration from the Acid Mothers Temple's newest form as the Cosmic Inferno. IAO Chant From The Cosmic Inferno is a fifty-five-minute, one-song tribute to the late Pierre Moerlen of Gong (1952-2005). Touring the USA in October." |
| 9/30/2008 | Acre | Bleeding | cassette | $7.99 | I Just Live Here | "Pure solid tones on a slow drift. Thick and spongy sound. Space encompassing and crevasse filling drone. Yellow and brown silkscreens on white paper. Edition of 100." |
| 2/7/2009 | Æthenor | Faking Gold & Murder | CD | $13.99 | VHF | "Third earth shattering outing for Vincent De Roguin (Shora), Stephen O'Malley (Sunn0))), KTL) and Daniel O'Sullivan (Guapo). For Faking Gold and Murder, the core trio is joined by percussionists Nicolas Field and Alex Babel, as well as renown guitarist Alexander Tucker and the inimitable David Tibet. Faking Gold is Æ's heaviest outing, driven by a weighty low end and the full fury of Babel and Field's free-wheeling drums. The trio's electronics, guitar, Rhodes, and organ ride the waves of sound in a tightly-controlled blare, leaving plenty of space for Tibet's declarations of the mystical and supernatural. Tibet is on top form here, rising out of the tempest at just the right moment, almost plain-spoken in places - grounding the squall at times, voicing the apocalypse at others."Brooding, primeval, dark alchemical epics are full of a ferocious intensity, sounding more like a starlit night being ripped open by lightning than a musical group. Intelligent and primal, like a dæmonic workshop, battering up Pandemoniums and dreaming of gold and murder, Æthenor are spectacular."- David Tibet. Cover design by Nicola Todeschini and Vincent De Roguin. CD is in a tri-fold letterpress folio, printed on heavy black art paper by Stumptown. A fantastic sounding and looking item." |
| 2/7/2009 | Æthenor | Faking Gold & Murder | LP | $21.99 | VHF | "Third earth shattering outing for Vincent De Roguin (Shora), Stephen O'Malley (Sunn0))), KTL) and Daniel O'Sullivan (Guapo). For Faking Gold and Murder, the core trio is joined by percussionists Nicolas Field and Alex Babel, as well as renown guitarist Alexander Tucker and the inimitable David Tibet. Faking Gold is Æ's heaviest outing, driven by a weighty low end and the full fury of Babel and Field's free-wheeling drums. The trio's electronics, guitar, Rhodes, and organ ride the waves of sound in a tightly-controlled blare, leaving plenty of space for Tibet's declarations of the mystical and supernatural. Tibet is on top form here, rising out of the tempest at just the right moment, almost plain-spoken in places - grounding the squall at times, voicing the apocalypse at others. "Brooding, primeval, dark alchemical epics are full of a ferocious intensity, sounding more like a starlit night being ripped open by lightning than a musical group. Intelligent and primal, like a dæmonic workshop, battering up Pandemoniums and dreaming of gold and murder, Æthenor are spectacular."- David Tibet. Cover design by Nicola Todeschini and Vincent De Roguin. Deluxe LP is 180 gram, pressed at RTI, in letterpress cover on heavy black art stock by Stumptown, with custom gold on black inner. Cut by John Golden. A fantastic sounding and looking item." |
| 9/16/2007 | Aethr Myth'd | The Eight | CDR | $12.99 | Spirit of Orr | "A new collection of material culled from recordings made in 2004 through 2007, mostly at the Blueberry Studio space in Brattleboro VT. Aethr Myth'd members and some local guests in a sprawling unformed free process. This disc was made to be available on the band's recent east coast usa 'tour', limited to 200 hand assembled copies. Next planned shows will be at various random stops in Europe." |
| 1/1/2008 | Af Ursin | Aura Legato | LP | $32.99 | La Scie Dorée | "At the same Timo van Luyck releases a new LP as Af Ursin, if Im not mistaken his second or third. Van Luyck produces all the sounds himself on his records, which are finely woven together. He plays electronica to process sounds from a flute, voices, glass harmonium and on side two even, a drum-machine and bass guitar. Here, on this side, things are jumpy, perhaps even a bit krautrock like, which doesnt sound unlike old HNAS records. But for the most part this record (four lengthy pieces in total) contains wonderful extended drone music, that is alike some of the UK counterparts, but Af Ursin adds a much more musical dimension to it, through a much clearer use of instruments and a likewise much clearer production. Great stuff for those who like expand beyond the ordinary drone music." - Frans De Ward. Edition of 350. Highly Recommended! Out of print. |
| 1/24/2009 | AFCGT | AFCGT | 10" | $8.99 | Dirty Knobby Industries | "Following the extremely limited cd-r, AFCGT (or A-Frames Climax Golden Twins) drop eight new mangled tunes for their debut vinyl release. A truly rare case of a supergroup living up to expectations, AFCGT's unholy racket goes from noise punk jams to tripped out psychedelic intergalactic excursions. 500 pressed on manly 10" red vinyl." Out of print - last copies available here. Remaining copies play perfectly but have a slight warp so we've put a nice low price on these. |
| 9/30/2005 | Afrirampo | Kore Ga Mayaku Da | CD | $16.99 | Tzadik | "Another exciting unit out of the infamous Osaka underground rock scene. Close friends with the Boredoms and Acid Mother's Temple, Afrirampo is a bizarre duo of two twenty year-old girls who sing and play guitar and drums like no one else. Scantily clad in outrageous costumes, alternately kicking, screaming and caressing their instruments with an animalistic passion, this extreme and original band is the natural inheritor of the Boredoms legacy. Eleven songs about love, sex and death. This is poison." |
| 3/2/2008 | Afternoon Penis | High Noon | CDR | $9.99 | Our Mouth | "Another slo outing from nate nelson (mouthus) . percussion and tape loops abound" |
| 4/21/2008 | Afternoon Penis | I Want You to Write | cassette | $8.99 | Bread and Animals | "Nate from MOUTHUS / RELIGIOUS KNIVES. this cassette is a two sided scenario. side a is the seeker, about to discover a new path. side b is the thinker, about to interact with new information. this is the smoked out entity of an encounter...." |
| 2/11/2006 | Afternoon Penis | In The Evening | cassette | $9.99 | Heavy Tapes | "Nate Nelson is the Afternoon Penis and "In The Evening" is his solo debut. Nate also pounds in Mouthus, White Rock, and Religious Knives, and brings a truly homemade vision that has managed to sustain several haircuts. Don't ask us to explain that. A truly "in-house" affair, with mysterious false start B-side and classic REAL REAL REAL zone -- grunts, unts, stunts, pounds, drounds and blown out sounds." |
| 2/26/2006 | Agamenon | Todos Rien de Mi | LP | $24.99 | Guerssen | "Hippie group from Madrid, this is no doubt the most acid psychedelic rock album recorded in Spain in the '70s. It is their sole album, originally released in 1975 on the Explosion label and a very rare and collectable item. No one knew anything about the group members until now, it had been even rumored to be some Argentinian guys living in Spain...but no, the group was formed by two Spanish females and four males and the brainhead was Carlos Garcia, who sadly passed away not long ago and to whom this reissue is dedicated. Ten tracks, eight of them in English and two in Spanish, all originals and fantastic; there's lots of heavy acid fuzz guitar here, probably the wildest fuzz recorded in Spain ('Todos Rien de Mi,' 'Send Me' or 'I Need Money'), and also some great sunshine psych-pop ('Cuco Go Fly,' 'Al Salir el Sol'), and it's all very well packed with some of the best multi-vocal harmonies you can find in a Spanish record ever." |
| 10/16/2003 | Agape | The Problem Is Sin: Live & Unreleased | CD | $13.99 | Hidden Vision | Nine track release with 4 of the tracks recorded live and previously only available on 8-track tape! Needless to say this is a very rare release and it also includes 5 unreleased tracks. |
| 7/16/2006 | Agents At Midnight | Agents At Midnight | CD | $9.99 | Fargone Records | "The full-length debut of noise-jazz duo Agents At Midnight, and a real pro-pressed CD in an edition of 500 copies, the first on Fargone! Meticulously constructed from hours and hours of recording sessions, this album is a distillation of all the many sounds and styles explored by this duo. Rumbling bassy drones, unflinchingly ear-piercing examinations of feedback tones, dizzyingly fast sample-based pieces, musique concrete-inspired collage. And on all of it, sax and electronics flow subtly into one another, bleeding over until the authorship of sounds is often uncertain. Agents At Midnight inhabits a weird hybrid territory somewhere between abstract modern improv, harsh noise, and free jazz, sometimes blending these styles, sometimes veering between them. Limited to 500 pro-pressed CDs." |
| 4/20/2004 | Agincourt | Fly Away | CD | $14.99 | Acme / Lion | "1970 UK private pressing mega-rarity—a psychedelic-folk classic in a Syd Barret solo/Fairfield Parlour vein, only with female vocals. Originals are Ł1500 or more—no chance to get them! Available for the first time from the original master tapes. Sixteen-page booklet comes complete with lyrics and band history, and includes stunning previously unseen photos of the band. The addition of previously unheard bonus tracks makes this an essential reissue!!" |
| 11/6/2003 | Agitation Free | 2nd | CD | $17.99 | Garden of Delights | "'The band's masterpiece and probably even better than Malesch. Originally released on Vertigo's swirled label. As usual with a 32-page coloured booklet.' Previously reissued on the Spalax label. "Adds bouzouki, mellotron, 12-string guitar to their classic twin guitar, heavy Krautrock sound. Recorded and released in 1973, few months after the first and incredible Malesch, Second is at the frontiers of experimental, progressive, jazz. If Malesch was experimental recording with a touch of progressive, Second just appears as a progressive recording with experimental touch, revealing the incredible music of the band in an 'easier,' HIGHER way." |
| 11/6/2003 | Agitation Free | Fragments | CD | $17.99 | Garden of Delights | "Third issue of these 1974 sessions, with 1 bonus track; with much better sound quality than the Spalax CD. Recorded in Berlin, 11/14/74 as their 'final reunion' a loose jamming session featuring various members of the groups' different periods: Christoph Franke, Michael Hoenig, Lutz Ulbrich, etc. Not issued at the time, although a CD Rom version came out in Germany on Musique Intemporelle. Great extended psych and a fine addition to their small discography." - FE |
| 6/17/2004 | Agnosia | The Six Plus One Cardinals (Live From the Lost Continent) | CDR | $8.99 | Hammasratas | "More 'rising talents' of Finnish experimental field. Agnosia cdr is great mixture of rhythms, experimental manipulations and drones. 7 tracks and 55 minutes of totally entertaining sound art. Great b/w cover art." |
| 9/30/2005 | Ahlzagailzehguh | Problems with Preventive Medicine | C10 | $6.99 | Hospital Productions | "Searing, fierce, remorseless noise lost In youthful rage." |
| 5/1/2009 | Ahmed, Ilyas | Goner | CD | $12.99 | Root Strata | "Portland, OR. bedroom wanderer Ilyas Ahmed emerges from the shadows and offers up his first new batch of songs in some time. Over a year in the making, 'Goner' sees Ahmed telescoping his previous acoustic wanderings into fuzzed out rockers and a hypnotic set of beautifully tight knit nocturnes. The whole things kicks off with a massive rush to the head called 'Earn Your Blood' which has Ilyas effortlessly channeling any number of stoned out trajectories found in a Topanga Canyon ditch circa mid 70's. Massive waves of hiss still penetrate the mix, and so do the smeared vocal trails, it's just that it's all a little more in focus this time around. The comedown into 'Exit Twilight' with Grouper at the helm is a haunting broadcast that will for sure knock around in your skull for days. Edition of 1000 CD's in an offset buff case with maroon ink." |
| 4/11/2008 | Ahmed, Ilyas | The Vertigo of Dawn | LP | $29.99 | Time-Lag Records | "Much anticipated first proper release after a string of ear tugging & increasingly impressive private press cdrs. a real shinning spirit in these somewhat goofy times of "folkpsych" abuse, this guy nails it like its in his DNA. way beyond a simple formula, this is a complete tonal voyage. opening the album with a dark ritual of dueling reeds and buzzing drones, things than erupt into some seriously burning psych raga excursion built from totally heavy, jamming, acoustic guitar licks, eastern grooving hand percussions, stoned backwards or fuzzed-out electric guitar splatters, and subtle creaky drones. the vocals are nearly unintelligible but swirl beautifully through most songs like floating smokey ripples. woozy, headbobbing, and completely THERE. yow... pressed on 180gm audiophile vinyl & packaged in a custom fabric textured, golden hued, heavy gatefold cover with black & blood red printing, plus insert. un-numbered limited edition of 750 copies." |
| 4/24/2006 | Aineettomaksi Temperamentin | Narsk | CDR | $9.99 | 267 Lattajjaa | Improvised guitar & drums racket. "freeform tumbling-down-a-staricase splurges of guitar and drums" - Boa Melody Bar |
| 10/6/2007 | Ainotamenishis | Live '418 | LP | $14.99 | Holy Mountain | "Ainotamenishis is a loud, heavy guitar group from Tokyo who were birthed from one oviduct marked "Velvet Underground" and a massive salpinx marked "Gaseneta." Their high-energy rock'n'roll action was first captured on an extremely limited CDR release, now released for the first time on vinyl. Ainotamenishis's brand of controlled panic is sure to spike the tongues of all those who purport to talk about the rock. It is primal, punk, eerie, harsh, and utterly essential. Featured on PSF's extremely cool Tokyo Flashback 6 compilation CD." |
| 1/24/2009 | Ajilvsga | Last of the White Buffalo | cassette | $5.99 | Abandon Ship Records | "Sometimes it's primitive and baked in the clay-infested dirt that sucks most of the life out of the dust bowl that is Western Oklahoma. Sometimes it's drenched in caustic rain in Green Country, out near the foothills of the Ozarks. But the obscured rhythms, the sludge, and the decaying bits of black magic wisdom that suckle the young ones dying on the vine? Fuck 'em. They never were of this world anyway." Edition of 100 copies. |
| 4/22/2009 | Ajilvsga | Little Earth | cassette | $7.99 | Peyote Tapes | "Brighter, shinier, more blissed out - more stars lighting the sky. Named for the toughest Indian encampment in the world. B-side is the A-side in reverse. Think of it as the Earth spinning backwards - because it is. Totally cryptic Pawnee star gazer art." Edition of 100 copies on C20 Pro-dubbed and imprinted Chrome High Bias Type II Tapes |
| 2/7/2009 | Ajilvsga | Three Heaps of Skulls | cassette | $5.99 | Peasant Magik | "With their third release for Peasant Magik, Ajilvsga push their sound even further. Huge slabs of densely layered scum continuously churn while Rose and Young summon shards of electricity from the high heavens." Edition of 100 |
| 4/10/2009 | Ajilvsga | White Crow | cassette | $7.99 | Blackest Rainbow | "The consistently mind numbing crushing noise project from Nathan Young and Brad Rose (The North Sea, Digitalis) tears apart this cassette release, a black swarm of god knows what tearing your mind apart. If you dug the North Sea cassette we released last year, you should def check this shit out. Limited to 100." |
| 8/22/2008 | Akiyama, Tetuzi & Jozef Van Wissem | Hymn for a Fallen Angel | CD | $13.99 | Incunabulum | "The second release highlights the improvisatory aspect of Van Wissem's activity, but as is always the case with him, the approach is not so easy to categorize. Hymn for a Fallen Angel pairs Van Wissem with another rigorously iconoclastic artist, Japanese guitarist and Off-Site alum, Tetuzi Akiyama. Van Wissem improvised to a recording of Akiyama that he had entered into Garageband, a program which allowed him to "see Akiyama's notes coming." The result is something like a duo improvisation in which the participants are separated in time, with one player given the benefit (or burden) of precognition. This is austere, yet open music that unfolds slowly and laterally, with Van Wissem's lute and Akiyama's bottleneck guitar tightly echoing one another or sounding together in strange clusters of tones that are allowed to decay slowly into deep chasms of silence. Full of spectral chords, microtonal glissandi, and iron concentration, Hymn draws firmly from the work of both artists in forging a sound world that is as barren as it is deep. [CC] Minimal Classical Contemporary Folk Blues played by Japanese Rising Improv Star guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama and Dutch/American Lute player/composer Jozef van Wissem, Their second cd as a duo. "The music is gradual and contemplative, unfolding like an unhurried chess game, edging forward in a shared yet adaptable and accommodating language. Courtly arpeggios, blues slurs and other pointers beyond the frame don't disrupt the Feldmanesque autonomy of their continually mutating, freely paterned flow." The Wire, UK |
| 12/13/2008 | Akiyama, Tetuzi + Kevin Corcoran + Christian Kiefer | Low Cloud Means Death | CD + 3" CDR | $19.99 | Digitalis | "For years I've counted Tetuzi Akiyama as one of my absolute favorite guitarists. He's been cranking out great records for ages, honing his style and skill in every possible way. Add in Christian Kiefer, who has also put out a string of magnificent releases, and a talented drummer/percussionist in Kevin Corcoran (who has appeared on releases on Weird Forest and played in Antennas Erupt!) and you've got a recipe for something magical. "Low Cloud Means Death" is a series of sea-inspired improvisations that are fighting a continual battle with the silence between each note. This is sparse music at its finest. Minimal notes float in the air as Corcoran lays a web of various percussion beneath the organic layer Akiyama and Kiefer weave. The instrumentation is varied - Akiyama sticks to acoustic guitar while Kiefer splits time on accordian, piano, and other vices. What the trio produces ends up coming off like an all-improvised Morton Feldman or something of the like. This is a journey on salt-encrusted waves, traipsing through empty spaces in search of whatever aural mystery can be found. It goes something like this: Thump. Quiet again. Twang thump. Quiet. Quiet. Still quiet. Distant blap. And let me tell you, it is one fantastic voyage. Limited to 500 copies. Artwork by Eden Hemming Rose. Special edition limited to 100 copies includes bonus 3" CDR, "The Old Language," featuring a live performance by the trio. Hand-stamped covers." |
| 11/22/2008 | Alcorn, Susan | Curandera | CDR | $7.99 | Majmua Music | "A curandera is a Latin American traditional folk healer or shaman, dedicated to healing physical and spiritual ailments. The musical balm to be found here offers a similar result for those who will listen and surrender themselves to its deep well of sound. Susan Alcorn is a composer, improvisor, and pedal steel guitarist active in contemporary music and free improvisation. She combines the techniques of country-western pedal steel with her own extended techniques to form a personal style influenced by free jazz, avant-garde classical music, Indian ragas, Indigenous traditions, and various folk musics of the world." |
| 9/17/2006 | Alien Zoner Ensemble | A New Day, A New Smoke | CDR | $7.99 | Cherried-Out Merch | "Special silkscreened re-issue of this anti-gem from the Weed Wizard label (Belgium)... let's go back to January 2006... unedited/naked-and-not-ashamed international creep-core supergroup w/Carlo (Hardline Elephants, Audiobot), Dallas (Green Mist), Luke (Birds of Delay), Eva (Orphan Fairytale), and Pat (me)... ends with the cops telling us to knock it off, goes some infected/dense places... like I said, I'm no good at music descriptions... this was on an American Tapes top ten a couple months back for dudes/bros who are into that kind of thing... edition of 50." Retardo thick slimy zoner jam. |
| 9/4/2004 | Allen, Daevid | Gentle Genie | CD | $14.99 | Mister E | “A previously unreleased collection of acoustic songs recorded by Gong mainman Daevid Allen between 1985 and 2000, and a companion to the Dreaming A Dream album. Twelve tracks of Allen's cosmic, acid-folk vibrations, completely remastered, and presented for your meditative pleasure. And such a pleasure it is.” |
| 9/30/2008 | Allen, Jamie | circuitMusic | cassette | $5.99 | Anathema Sound | "Jamie Allen is a Canadian artist currently residing in the UK. With circuitMusic, he uses raw op amp components with minimal effects to experiment and revel in the sound of pure, electric signals. Allen's compositions are streamlined, yet remarkably varied with harsh walls of static, dense drones, and playful rhythms all vying for the listener's headspace. This piece has been performed at venues throughout North America including Tonic (NYC), Galapagos (NYC), Eyebeam (NYC), SAT (MTL), and the S.S. Marie Antoinette (WA). Be prepared to turn this one up extra loud and get lost in it. Full color artwork, glossy inserts, and labels by Matt Yacoub." Edition of 50 copies. |
| 2/19/2007 | Alligator Crystal Moth | Bones of the Great Divide | DBL CDR | $12.99 | Deep Water | "Alligator Crystal Moth is the trans-Pacific duo of Brad Rose (the North Sea, Ajilvsga, the Foxy Digitalis webzine/CD labels, etc.) and Michael Donnelly (Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood, Terracid, the MusicYourMindWillLoveYou label, etc.), and this is their third full-length collaboration. While previous works developed as long-distance tape-trading deals, Bones of the Great Divide was recorded in some epic in-person sessions last summer in Oklahoma, & it's much free-er and looser than earlier ACM - tranced-out string-bend percussive rattle scatter'n'shake'n'drone, all-acoustic ethnological forgeries from a landscape where the rainforest meets the great plains. Two CDs, 11 tracks." |
| 10/6/2007 | Almaden | The Dream Continues in 1,000,000 Roads | CDR | $8.99 | 267 Lattajjaa | "Michael Hilde is Almaden, he kindly sent a copy of his CD-R release on the Finnish label Lattajjaa. And also provided the longest title of any musical release that I'm aware of. A dozen mysteriously melancholic tracks in the snow. Some drone-based instrumentals, some fragile lo-fi song-like creations humming and overflowing with varying degrees of folk-based confessional insularity. Personal folk songs spun from acoustic guitar and trebly male vocal layered song/talk, stomping distortion and flutes. Late night possessions, deep depression, desperation, obsessive attachment, visions, hallucinations, spirit dances in the dark, and fleeting glimpses of bliss." George Parsons, Dream Magazine. The full title of this cdr is The Dream Continues in 1,000,000 Roads as the Journeyman Slumbers to be Awoken by the Berries of Air and Forest, a Dawn Pre-Imagined and so Owned in Footstep and Deed as Our Lovely Sojourner of Unabysmal Light Sojourns 4th into Willowy and Totally Purple Dawning, Day is Upon r Hero and the Golden Rd. of Infinitudinous Blessedhood |
| Alphane Moon | The Echoing Groove | CD | $11.99 | Camera Obscura | "Alphane Moon is Dafydd of Our glassie Azoth and his partner Ruth making music that complements the howlingly great OgA stuff with something more structured. This beautifully wrought disc of shimmering rural psychedelia was originally released on various tape labels in a small run of circa 100." | |
| Alphane Moon / Our Glassie Azoth / Spires of Oxford | split | 7" | $7.99 | Oggum | 3 tracks on blue vinyl limited to 300 copies | |
| Alphonse de Montfroyd + Nihil Est eXcellence | Defect Analysts | 3" CD | $6.99 | Nexsound Records | “Defect Analysts split release presents here latest music efforts of alphonse de montfroyd and nihil est excellence. First half of release brings calm and composure, serial music (#2), and ancient japan music (#3) in terms of processed digital sound. Second half comes with persistent events and occasionally droning torrent of processed environmental sounds. Everything flows, everything changes.” 3” cd with full color printings on transparent/dull sleeves. From Ukraine. | |
| 5/23/2009 | ALTAR EAGLE | Judo Songs | c38 cassette | $7.99 | Digitalis Limited | "Corsican Paintbrush had a good run, but times move on, things change, etc etc. the spark was lost. so rather than close up shop completely, there were renovation plans, there were game plans, there were just a lot of fucking ideas that finally came together. the result: ALTAR EAGLE (all caps for maximum effect). this won't be what you expect. nope. hints of flaming tunes, specks of loveless, maybe an homage to new-school classics like bugskull. thick on the beats sliced and diced with drones galore, ALTAR EAGLE is not yr mom's folk music anymore. edition of 125, pro-dubbed on pink and yellow high-bias tapes." |
| 7/30/2006 | Altar of Flies | As The Years Went On, That Dream Ended... | CDR | $11.99 | Hästen & Korset | "One of two excellent self-released solo (mostly) recordings from Mattias Gustafsson released on his own Hästen & Korset imprint. Artwork and layout by Mattias Frisk on two panel colour folder in vinyl case. Dark and scary ambient-like soundscapes, heavy outbursts of feedback, buried monstrous screams and really fucked up witch-like vocals, samplings... All over the place insanity. Bleak and disgusting music. 6 songs, 23 minutes. Highest Recommendations!" |
| 7/30/2006 | Altar of Flies | How Many Times Can We Be Born Again? | CDR | $11.99 | Hästen & Korset | "Second of two excellent self-released solo recordings from Mattias Gustafsson released on his own Hästen & Korset imprint. Artwork and layout by Mattias Frisk on two panel colour folder in vinyl case. Dark and scary ambient-like soundscapes, heavy outbursts of feedback... All over the place insanity. Bleak and disgusting music. 4 songs, 24 minutes. Highest Recommendations!" |
| 5/29/2008 | Altar of Flies | The Funeral Tapes | cassette | $5.99 | 905 Tapes | "Originally released as a very private press on swedish imprint ksp, the material on "the funeral tapes" was just far to emphatic to stay hidden. mattias gustafsson, the whiz behind the altar of flies moniker, spends about a half an hour conjuring up narcotic vibes and sickly tantrums that boil down to some truly eerie sermons. everything from the layers of creep synth, the dense beats, even the sporadic moments of silence between stabs of feedback all manage to sound abnormal and perfect at the same time. the final track plays like a john carpenter tune (think escape from new york, not ghost of mars) with moments where you could imagine carpenter is attempting to teach free jazz to martians. |
| 5/10/2004 | Althoff, Kai | Fanal | LP | $20.99 | Neu | "First Solo-record by well-known artist and musican Kai Althoff (Cologne). Melancholic Synth-compositions reminiscent to early Schlammpeitziger and experimental, electronic music of the 70s (Conrad Schnitzler). Edited by Berlin-based Galerie Neu and limited to 500 copies." |
| 7/16/2006 | Alvarius B | Alvarius B | CD | $14.99 | Abduction | "CD reissue of the first Alvarius B record. Thirty-two instrumental acoustic guitar excursions into a realm of weird lo-fi rustic beauty that sketch retro-portraits of several folk guitar styles, some which may never have existed before. From abrasive to delicate, these lucid antique paintings with acoustic guitar employ Appalachian polyrhythms, dark melodies, flamenco thrash, alien tunings, pseudo eastern drones, cinematic backroad twang, and other hybrid ideas not easily described. This record is a folk drifter classic and is now available again for the first time in a decade. Originally released as 1000 copies (vinyl only) in 1994 on Abduction. Recorded from 1981-1989 by Alvarius B (aka Alan Bishop/Sun City Girls) onto various portable cassette decks and includes the original 28 tracks from the LP plus four unreleased bonus tracks." |
| 12/24/2005 | Alvarius B | Blood Operatives of the Barium Sunset | LP | $29.99 | Abduction | "It's been seven years since we heard the last Alvarius B record (Alan Bishop/Sun City Girls), and Blood Operatives of the Barium Sunset is the third released thus far. This is a collection of songs seemingly based on actual, but unnamed shady characters of the global underworld past and present, according to the brief statement on the insert. Regardless of intent, this is cryptic folk music of the highest order, with several tracks employing folk/rock/psych orchestrations featuring the talents of Eyvind Kang, Tim Young, Richard Bishop, Andrew McGinnis and Randall Dunn. Twisted Americana folklore breeds with baroque Italian cinematic pop, dark ballads, and vagrant story lines. Eleven unique and varied tracks and the most "produced" Alvarius B record to date. This is a limited edition one-time pressing of 1000 vinyl LPs with lyric sheet insert." |
| Ambarchi, Oren / Robbie Avenaim | Alter Rebbe's Nigun | CD | $14.99 | Tzadik | "Formerly orthodox Hasidic students of Talmud and Tanya, these two members of the Australian punk unit Phlegm have brought together influences from Boredoms and the Japanese noise scene, traditional Jewish Nigunim and Yiddish theatre, Marc Ribot, Ornette Coleman and countless others to create a new world of twisted dreams and startling sonorities. A must for all lovers of weirdness." Part of Tzadik's Radical Jewish Culture series. | |
| 9/16/2007 | Amber Lions | Pink Panther Blood | 3" CDR | $5.99 | House of Alchemy | "The mystic worlds of Valerio Cosi and The Solo Joint collide as Amber Lions......one long track navigates through a dreamworld of saxophone, synth, strings and more strings all glazed in a mercurial fog. Magnificent." Edition of 123 copies. |
| 7/11/2008 | Amigo Result | Vid Baljan | CDR | $8.99 | 267 Lattajjaa | "A psychedelic collage, sounds a bit like Tomutonttu." |
| 4/10/2009 | Aminome | Blue Fishes | cassette | $8.99 | Sloow Tapes | "Akiko Terashima (Doodles) and Masayuki Toshimitsu letting loose some classic mindbending baked goods. Part psychedelic guitar duets, part guitar/drums duels: these melodies are ripping the high mountain of vocal buzz apart. Artwork by the band, edition of 70." |
| 12/25/2005 | Amlee, Erik | Sitar | CDR | $10.99 | Mandragora Records | "Mandragora head Erik Amlee has been playing the sitar since late 2000, but it wasn't until Spring 2003 that he found the voice and emerged from his private closed-door sessions. Entirely self-taught, Amlee brings a unique style and sensibility to the instrument, mixing sitar technique with sonic experimentation derived from years exploring acid rock guitar and psychedelic noise. Non-traditional space raga summoned from the deepest core of inner mind and spirit. This first volume in what is now an ongoing series collects tape from various sets and settings throughout 2003-04, including a blistering sitar heavy freakout with Paradise Camp 23, duets w/ Nate Longcope (Rezanate, Donkey Claw), and Amlee's first solo performance. 5 tracks / 40 min." |
| 12/25/2005 | Amlee, Erik | Sitar 2 | CDR | $10.99 | Mandragora Records | "Second volume of neo-raga exotica featuring three live solo improvisations from July 2005 and a mega-trip meta-alap recorded as a special introduction. All tracks were completely created and improvised in the moment. Whereas classical raga uses a complex tradition to set mood, scale, and melodic structure, Amlee, as an unschooled Western adept, approaches it from the other side, tuning in to the unique time, place and emotion of the performance, allowing the music to flow outward and sing its own song. Deeply zoned cosmic drone and tone. 4 tracks / 45 min." |
| AMM | To Hear and Back Again | CD | $17.99 | Matchless Recordings | Lou Gare (tenor sax) and Eddie Prevost (drums) recorded between June 1973 and April 1975 | |
| AMM | Tunes Without Measure or End | CD | $17.99 | Matchless Recordings | The trio of Keith Rowe, John Tilbury, and Eddie Prevost recorded at free radiCCAls Festival in Glasgow, Scotland on 4th May 2000. | |
| 8/2/2008 | Ammonites | 33.3 | CDR | $13.99 | Reverb Worship | "This is the debut recording by Ammonites and called "33.3".The band comes from Whitby in North Yorkshire.They have created five tracks of wonderful music which shows off how truly talented and creative they are. The music has a meandering ambient drone like quality which utilizes field recordings of streams,childrens voices and what sounds like a marching band playing in a procession. The cdr is available in a limited edition of 50 copies with hand numbered insert." |
| Amon Düül | Experimente | CD | $17.99 | Captain Trip | 5th Amon Duul album, a collection of outtakes | |
| Amon Düül | Paradisewarts Düül | CD | $15.99 | Captain Trip | Includes Eternal Flow/Parachemical World single | |
| 3/5/2009 | Amon Duul II | Phallus Dei | LP | $17.99 | "At last, a vinyl LP reissue of the legendary Krautrock pioneers' 1969 debut album! A weird and wonderful mix of space rock and psychedelic improvisation! Original artwork, Euro import." | |
| 10/30/2002 | Amon Düül II | Phallus Dei | CD | $15.99 | Captain Trip | Out of print - 1st Amon Düül II release from 1969. |
| 1/16/2003 | Amon Düül II | Wolf City | CD | $15.99 | Repertoire | "Definitive 2002 reissue. The 5th ADII album, from 1972. Restored and digitally remastered by Eroc, no bonus tracks. 'Rather than focusing on standout virtuosity, AD2 sought to create a hybrid of progressive and psychedelic styles in which mood and texture were the most important features - to this end, the presence of various guests serves them remarkably well. The seven tracks on Wolf City are all imbued with a certain brilliance that transcends individual contribution - the perfect sort of music for psychedelic dungeons of any description...The obvious standout is 'Wie Der Wind Am Ende Einer Strasse', an early excursion into world-music fusion featuring drones, sitar and tabla in accompaniment with the psychedelia proffered by the other musicians." |
| 4/23/2003 | Amon Düül II | Wolf City | CD | $12.99 | Captain Trip | "Rather than focusing on standout virtuosity, AD2 sought to create a hybrid of progressive and psychedelic styles in which mood and texture were the most important features - to this end, the presence of various guests serves them remarkably well. The seven tracks on Wolf City are all imbued with a certain brilliance that transcends individual contribution - the perfect sort of music for psychedelic dungeons of any description...The obvious standout is 'Wie Der Wind Am Ende Einer Strasse', an early excursion into world-music fusion featuring drones, sitar and tabla in accompaniment with the psychedelia proffered by the other musicians." |
| 12/29/2001 | Amon Düül II | Yeti | CD | $15.99 | Repertiore | "Comes with a 12 page booklet of liner notes & photos detailing the history of ADII. This is the best sounding & visually appealing version yet of this reissue. And as can be expected, the quality of the performance remains as staggering as ever - Yeti.is one of the deepest rock records of all time. A follow up to their debut Phallus Dei, the structures here are even more extended, the vibe even more wasted. This version features 2 bonus 7" tracks from 1970: 'Rattlesnakeplumcake' and 'Between The Eyes'." - FE |
| 8/28/2004 | Amygdala | Amygdala | CDR | $9.99 | Deserted Village | “The sixth release from Deserted Village is an unedited recording of the first meeting of a truly odd and exciting line-up: Dave Carroll (The Wormholes) on percussion, Fergus Cullen (Papercop) on guitar, Gavin Prior (Murmansk) on percussion and electronics and Paul Roe (Concorde Ensemble) on Bass clarinet. This unplanned hour of improv arose from two overlapping sessions in the Deserted Studio and was an enjoyable departure for everyone involved. It is an extremely fluid set with frenetic grooves twisting and turning before dissolving back into sonic sludge. Paul Roe draws on his contemporary music background, exploiting a wealth of extended technique. His humming and clicking blends in and out of whatever noise or groove comes his way. He is met half-way by the non-academic musicians in a stew, stranger than the sum of its parts.” 59 minute jam of the first meeting of this 4tet. A bit like a mangled Bitches Brew. You might call it free jazz but the rhythmic parts hold a foot tapping groove. “.....wandering drone clatter and abrasive noise masquerading as free jazz.” - Lee Jackson, The Broken Face |
| 2/7/2009 | Anahita | Matricaria | CD | $14.99 | Important | "Anahita is Tara Burke (Fursaxa) and cellist Helena Espvall (Espers). Tara recently showed up on Important as part of the duo of Tau Emerald with Sharron Kraus while Helena contributed a beautiful piece to the James Blackshaw curated Garden Of Forking Paths compilation. Anahita is a beautiful, laboriously created and floating affair of skeletal organ drones, ceremonial singing and subtly frantic instrumental accompaniment conjuring up a natural woodland romp and stomp." |
| 5/20/2009 | Anakrid | Ceaselessly out of a Cloudless Sky | c31 cassette | $6.99 | Black Horizons | "The third and final tape for Anakrid on Black Horizons. As per Mr. Bickel's usual unexpected style, expect to be surprised. The a-side is what I would come to expect from this project, an impressively composed piece of deep analogue dark ambiance, while the flip is a bit of a change up, where this project's often latent violent underpinning is fully exposed in a 15 minute piece entitled acidpianoharp, consisting of a harsh acoustic assault on the ears, thousands of tiny sounds strung together to form a swarm. Packaged in the Anakrid for BH tape style, consisting of a color transparency layered on top of various marbled pieces of paper. This time with the addition of a vertical transparent floating OBI, all held in place with rivets. Edition of 100 copies on BLACK hi bias chrome tapes. Silver labels with the Black Horizons color touch." |
| 7/10/2008 | Anakrid | FeverDreamFever | LP | $13.99 | Stereonucleosis | "Critically acclaimed sound artists Anakrid present another in a series of limited run explorations into alien occultic territory. These avant-garde hit-makers have real crossover potential, combining the best, most dynamic experimental noise with the very latest drones. This exciting NOW sound is OUT OF THIS WORLD! Hey kids! If you love Nurse With Wound, Genocide Organ, Hafler Trio, Muslimgauze, Pierre Henry, Nadja and Harry Bertoia and confusing your parents, then you'll want to get in on the Anakrid craze before it's too late. They've got a whole new way of kickin' it old school." - Revolver |
| 3/29/2005 | Anderegg, Brendon | Falling Air | CD | $12.99 | Psych-o-Path Records | "Psych-o-path Records is proud to present Falling Air the new acid-folk inspired singer songwriter album by Brendon Anderegg. Anderegg's two previous releases on the Brooklyn based label Apestaartje, Anomia and When Rectangles Roll Under Cities, combine field recordings, electronics and acoustic instruments to create a strong sense of environmental space and structure. While there is definitely a thread of isolation and strong sense of experimental music apparent in Falling Air this album is an entirely different affair. Elements such as voice, acoustic guitar, banjo, violin, Rhodes, organ, piano, accordion, computer and various small instruments are interwoven into subtle yet complex arrangements at once defining a very personal style." |
| 6/6/2009 | Andromelos | Andromelos | CD | $14.99 | Ektro Records | "Andromelos is a psychedelic supergroup formed by Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple, Nishinihon, Musica Transonic, Mainliner, Gong...), Yamazaki Maso (Masonna, Space Machine) and Okano Futoshi (Nishinihon, ex Subert Blaze, ex Ghost)." |
| 2/21/2009 | Angell, Theo | First Recordings | cassette | $5.99 | Really Coastal | "Unearthed recordings from 1994/1995 featuring Theo solo except for a few sampled answering machine messages. Recorded before Theo was in Hall ofFame/Jackie O Motherfucker. Lost first solo recordings that have not been distributed in any way prior to this release (the only other person, other than myself and Theo, to hear them has since passed away). Program repeats on both sides. Creepy how contemporary this sounds." |
| 8/27/2003 | Angell, Theo | Sun & Steel: The Lost Recordings of Yukio Mishima | CDR | $9.99 | Polyamory | "Debut solo release of improvisations and slight arrangements performed by filmmaker Theo Angell (Hall Of Fame, Jackie-O Motherfucker)." |
| 5/8/2005 | Angkor Wat | When Obscenity Becomes the Norm | LP | $13.99 | Death Records | "Check it out. Late 1980s Texas metal hardcore featuring Dave Nuss (of NNCK) on drums. Stamp collectors only, please." - Dave Sweetapple |
| 7/23/2003 | Animal Collective | Campfire Songs | CD | $14.99 | Catsup Plate | "Recorded largely on a screened-in porch in rural Maryland, Campfire Songs represents a significant change in sound and technique for the Animal Collective. Acoustic guitars have replaced the electronic effects of previous releases like Danse Manatee and Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished, captured live on three strategically placed mini-disc recorders (with field recordings added to two tracks at a later point). Though the sound is radically different from the digital processing and sound manipulation previously employed, the results are clearly of a piece with the percussive, almost incantatory feel of their earlier records. From there, the trio (3/4 of the Collective appears on this recording) knits together threads of guitar strum and pluck; chanted, nearly wistful vocal harmonies; and often a pulsing rhythm that seems like it might break apart at any moment, and sometimes does. The melodies are simple and repetitive, recalling the early work of the Third Ear Band, '70s German commune-music, and similar folk-psychedelic explorers. But these are all mere starting points: here, there is real insight into notions of 'natural' sound, a retreat from technology and a return to traditional instrumentation, and conventional song structures broken down, drawn out, and reassembled. The resulting record is beautiful, heartfelt, mournful, and brimming with spontaneous energy." |
| 2/11/2006 | Animal Collective | Feels | CD | $15.99 | Fat Cat | "Following last year's widely acclaimed Sung Tongs album and more than a year of snowballing momentum, Animal Collective return with an eagerly-anticipated new album -- a truly stunning, inviting, often heart-warming experience. Feels is the band's seventh album to date -- their sophomore effort for FatCat -- and sees them again kicking off from their previous release to explore another different direction. Where Sung Tongs was largely acoustic-based and the product of just two members of the Collective (Avey Tare and Panda), Feels is in contrast a full group effort (also including Geologist and Deakin). Moving further away from the suggestion of folkish affinities; it is electrified, rhythmically more urgent, and overall a considerably denser work. Those sweet melodies and big catchy hooks remain intact, and the songwriting is once again bold, brave and adventurous, as ever indelibly stamped with their own unique personality. Hugely inventive and tightly focused, Feels simply sounds like nothing else right now." |
| 3/26/2006 | Animal Collective | Grass | CD + DVD | $9.99 | Fat Cat | "Following the widespread acclaim of last year's Feels album, Animal Collective return with a new release. Includes the song "Grass" from a UK-only single, along with two exclusive cuts, "Must Be Treeman" and "Fickle Cycle." DVD includes videos for "Grass," "Who Could Win A Rabbit?," and "Fickle Cycle," along with a six-minute video and sound collage by BRIAN DeGAW of GANG GANG DANCE." |
| 4/1/2004 | Animal Collective | Here Comes the Indian | CD | $13.99 | Paw Tracks | With 5 records and 2 tours (including one with BLACK DICE) since their inception, this outfit takes the freak-psyche of CAROLINER and SUN CITY GIRLS, bursts of punk, minimal techno, and the sounds of AMON DUUL and CAN and combines them into an organic, loose hybrid." |
| 2/23/2007 | Animal Collective | People | 12" | $8.99 | Fat Cat | "The Animal Collective returns with an EP comprised of three previously unreleased studio tracks, as well as a live version of the song "People"-tracks fans know from the group's live shows and bootlegs, but have never heard on record proper." |
| 6/5/2005 | Animal Collective | Prospect Hummer | EP CD | $9.99 | Fat Cat | "Animal Collective return with their first release of 2005 - a brand new four-track EP, which features the sweet voice of the near legendary Vashti Bunyan. Having long been huge fans of her sole album, the recently rediscovered 1970 gem, Just Another Diamond Day, Animal Collective happened to meet Vashti when they played in Edinburgh on a 2003 tour supporting Four Tet (Four Tet's Kieran Hebden had recently played as part of Vashti's band during her first live set in over 30 years at the Royal Festival Hall). Following this meeting, ideas were hatched and conversations began, culminating in the group selecting these three beautiful songs for her to make a home in. Acoustic-based and once again recorded by their friend Rusty Santos (who co-produced Sung Tongs along with the band), Prospect Hummer centres around the three harmonised vocal tracks, 'It's You', 'Prospect Hummer', and 'I Remember Learning How To Dive', all of which were recorded over three days in March 2004 at Idle Luxury Studios in London, immediately before the band set off on their European tour to promote Sung Tongs. Weaving their luscious, multi-layered web around Vashti's singing, these three tracks feature Animal members Avey Tare, Panda Bear and Deakin. A fourth track, the instrumental 'Baleen Sample' was completed late last year, and includes samples from band member Geologist, who was absent from the Four Tet tour." |
| 10/28/2003 | Animal Collective | Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished / Danse Manatee | DBL CD | $15.99 | Fat Cat | "Despite the evident appeal of their deliciously skewed songs and deep pop sensibilities, Animal Collective is clearly not a simple or stable ‘band’ proposition, it is instead an umbrella name now used for a grouping of four people – Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist and Deaken – who play together under different names and in different configurations, and whose releases are prone to continual musical change: from beautifully skewed pop ballads to fiercely ruptured noise-squalls to tribal rhythmic work-outs to simple folk songs; from fully orchestrated group freak-outs to a the intimacy of an acoustic duo. This double album serves well as an introduction point to the group, repackaging their first two releases which, whilst gathering a certain amount of critical acclaim in the US, had little or no distribution elsewhere. As far as peers and influences go, Animal Collective’s sprawl could also be located alongside fellow American contemporaries such as Black Dice, Lightning Bolt or Jewelled Antler Collective; the digital texturings of the Mego label; the freak-outs of ‘90s west coast isolationists like Caroliner and Sun City Girls; the minimalist post-techno of Kompakt; or back to ‘70’s European commune-music utopians like Amon Duül, Harvester, Can, and similar folk-psychedelic explorers. But despite this, it is Animal Collective’s natural affinity with pop music that makes up the crux of their sound. Whilst they may recall the likes of Barrett, early Bowie, Ray Davies or Arthur Lee, it’s without ever aping them or sounding retro. And most of all, in whatever guise they assume, Animal Collective always manage to sound like no one but themselves |
| 7/16/2004 | Animal Collective | Sung Tongs | CD | $14.99 | Fat Cat | "Another stunning album from Brooklyn-based modern folk duo Avey Tare and Panda Bear under their Animal Collective moniker, and the latest installment in Fat Cat's ongoing Splinter Series. Built around the duo's gorgeous harmonic vocals and twin acoustic guitar strumming, the album moves from chiming acoustic guitar songs to gentler, more dispersed picked ballads to sprawling, guitar-swell psychedelics, bubbling, acid-warped vocal effects, and tribal, almost shamanic trance-outs based around looping vocals and hypnotic kick-pulses. Influences range from the Holy Modal Rounders to Simon & Garfunkel, Syd Barrett, the Beach Boys, the Incredible String Band, Brazilian tropicalia, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nasciemento, Black Dice, and beyond." - Revolver |
| 3/21/2009 | Animals & Men | Never Bought Never Sold | LP | $11.99 | Mississippi Records | "Animals and Men - named after a song by Adam and the Ants - started life around the winter of 1978/9 when Susan Wells took over vocal duties in what was a three piece called Psychotic Reaction. Based in Frome Somerset their first release Don't Misbehave in the New Age (1980) was an indie hit. When the band split in '81 Susan and Ralph formed the Terraplanes. A & M/Terraplanes released three vinyl 45s. A few years ago demos by the band surfaced on the Messthetics/Hyped 2 Death label. Recently the band have reformed and performed the odd gig and are releasing an EP of new songs soon on Convulsive Records. Mississippi Records is proud to be the first to release an entire LP containing the three 45's and early demos, all recorded between 1979-83. For fans of early UK DIY." |
| 2/1/2005 | Anna Planeta | Anna Planeta | DBL CD | $19.99 | Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers | “Drones and environmental improvisations recorded in a deserted schoolhouse. Cavernous creaks, bats, found objects, the elements and halls of mystery.” |
| 2/21/2009 | Annapurna Iilusion | Heat of the Fire, Heat of the Sun | CDR | $6.99 | Earjerk | "Expansive, mountainous waves of drone from this mystery outfit. The Drones create a beautiful backdrop for the intricate organic noises that float on the surface. The debut release of Annapurna iIlusion, presents us with four tracks of woven electric breath, which can either lull you into a dreamstate or pummel your head against the shore, depending upon how loud you play it. Brings to mind those times when The Beastmaster would like, have his bird fly way up in the air and then he could like, see through the birds eyes and stuff..oh man! ..I'll change that tomorrow. Want to write more but need sleep! Just believe me, This Slays!.. More info here: myspace.com/annapurnaillusions" |
| 9/21/2006 | Antique Brothers | Bears in the Woods, Volume 1 | CDR | $8.99 | House of Alchemy | "All songs improvised live (no overdubs) to 1/4" 8-track tape at home by ged in one day some time in early june, except the last song, which we recorded a couple days later. all instruments played by ged + cy. we used martin, silvertone, burswood, and fender acoustic guitars, memphis and epiphone electric guitars, drums, wooden flute, tambourine, tapes, buddha machine, moogs, pedals (rc-20, delays) chord organ, our voices and whatever else we had around to bang on. mixed by ged, mastered by grant capes. volume one of a five album series. CD-R edition of 123." |
| 8/2/2008 | Antique Brothers | Beneath the Dead Castle | CDR | $8.99 | House of Alchemy | "Following their acclaimed debut here on -house of alchemy- and two stellar discs on Phantom Limb (Vol.5) and Foxglove (Vol. 3) comes Volume 2 in their mangled and distorted un-series. This air is thick this time around, musty even. Prisoner children run the castle halls making these strange sounds, deranged echoes, lost in a maze. Electricity flows through this one, via frayed cords. Percussion jars you from stasis, leaving you only to gasp for cool crisp air. And then things really get unwound." Edition of 123 copies. |
| 2/21/2009 | Antique Brothers | Hot Shit | cassette | $5.99 | Really Coastal | "'Hot Shit' is two long form tracks, charting the development of Antique Brothers from insular, tape-scuzz-coated two-piece to the current phase of the Antique Brothers big band, which saw it's birthing at the Bottled Smoke festival (hosted by Digitalis Industries and Phantom Limb Recordings), a November Reign tour with Sleepwalkers Local, Stone Baby, Century Plants, and Rafi Bookstaber; and at this years Neon Commune (hosted by Not Not Fun).Hot Side was recorded on a break from their 2007 East Coast Tour. The BROs set up in a snow-crusted Hudson, NY apartment and laid tracks with Jeremy Kelly (best known for his solo CD on Digitalis, recorded and played on by Bro Ged) and Kyle Clements (of Hudson super group Sleepy Demons). Mostly acoustic, with heavy percussion, lap steel aquatics and tiny-amp feedback. A good but icy bridge between the original Antique Bros. sound and who they are today. Shit Side - Part of a marathon series of sessions in Los Angeles in summer 2008, this jam (recorded in Ged's Green Machines studio) features Kelly on drums, Caitlin C. Mitchell (of Thousands) on Hammond, and Seth Kasselman (of Warm Climate and the Seth Kasselman/Ged Gengras duo) on clarinet and keys. The brothers hoist electric guitars, vibe on global moods, and oddly enough, approach quasi-jazz historical layers dense with stratagraphic memories and partial objects. Edition of 125 with full color cardstock J-Cards with images from "a trip" to Lappland." |
| 6/11/2006 | Antler Juice | Live at Relay 03 | CD | $13.99 | Postmoderncore | "Seoul, Korea, is currently home to Alfred 23 Harth, formerly of Cassiber but now gainfully employed in Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble. Another improviser based there is young New Zealander Sam Stephens, who runs the Postmoderncore label and performs under a flurry of aliases. As Tangent, here he engages in a live free electronica trio with local boys Choi Joon Yong and Jin Sang Tae. Harth contributes the cover photo of the Antler Juice trio gearing up to play at the Iri Café - it's here that a bimonthly series of concerts goes by the name of Relay. Visual work is strongly featured alongside sound experiment. Along the lines of Derek Bailey's Company Week, organiser Ryu Hankil grouped the three youngsters together at a few minutes notice during last September's "Relay 03" event, and the album contains their 26 minute set. This is a gritty, ill at ease music, where conflicted signals seem to be struggling to get through, a kind of audio dogfight in the ether. The clear intensity of purpose, however, means that it's an engaging listen. Voices start to layer up in a radio collage, people cheerfully discussing pain and limits of endurance. The ominous mood dissolves into a slurry of looped fragments, snipped from Korean traditional vocal recordings. There's a sprinkling of chopped-up rapper. Eventually a fast, flapping rhythm drives us into a climax of distorted live vocals, ending with a sort of peace, sounds flickering across drones. Antler Juice has a satisfying arc of development, and the musicality of its structure contrasts nicely with the dirt and rough edges of the sound itself. All the more impressive for a first meeting, and it's clear why Postmoderncore, till now a web based label, felt this set was worth releasing as their first proper CD." - Clive Bell, Wire |
| 11/29/2007 | Anvil Salute | This is the Voice of Doom Calling | CDR | $9.99 | Deep Water | "Anyone who read our Deep Water interview with Norman, OK's Anvil Salute knows what big fans we are of the group. And lucky for us, they've returned to the Acres to grace us with their ironically titled fourth full-length disc, a full hour of gloriously unwinding instrumental great plains folk rock. Both their most focused and most varied work to date, it takes in everything from angular modal epics to sweetly melodic miniatures to ethnic-infused psychedelic drones, all seemingly rendered live via lovely you-are-there room-fi acoustics. Heed that rooster's crow. . . ." |
| 5/31/2009 | Aosuke / Uton | split | cassette | $6.99 | Ikuisuus | "Psychedelic ambient trip in sound to the abyssian wonders. Teleportal holes and dive to the other dimensions of time and focus in the free space with surreal and dreamy odd creatures. Like a soundtrack of some mysterious low-budget sci-fi movie from 23rd century "new cinema". c-60, edition of 100 copies." |
| 2/5/2004 | Apna | Apna | CDR EP | $6.99 | Haamumaa | "Mr. Uton playing with his two little cousins - primitive folk percussions and ambient rituals. 6 songs - 19 minutes." |
| 5/30/2003 | Apostasy Peace Squad | Apostasy Peace Squad | CD | $8.99 | Apostasy | "I REALLY like that Peace Squad CD, it sounds like the Pan-African Festival meets Brion Jones' Joujouka." – uncredited quote! Featuring Matt Krefting, Aaron Rosenblum, & John Shaw of Son of Earth, Flesh on Bone as well as Willie Lane, Anna Klein, Jessica Swanson & Matt Weston. “On Sunday, April 20, 2003 (Easter Sunday), a small but determined group took to the town commons of Amherst, MA armed with piles of instruments and sound-making devices in order to make a racket in favor of peaceful living. The group performed under the banner of Apostasy Peace Squad. We were occasionally joined by passers-by, and drew small crowds of onlookers. The results are documented on this cd.” – Aaron Rosenblum. |
| 5/8/2005 | Apothecary Hymns | Trowel & Era | CD | $12.99 | Locust | "With a treasure trove of analogue, swirling effects, arch songcraft and a sweet yet assured vocal delivery, Trowel & Era brings to the table the epic debut long player by the one man band Apothecary Hymns (AKA Alex Stimmel). Stimmel has made a collection with one foot in kaleidoscopic coastal loner psych that floats on a musical bed of whimsical levity and another foot rooted firmly in the grand ethos of east village troubadours of the mid 60s." Alex Stimmel: acoustic & electric guitars 6 & 12 string guitars, banjo, bass, drums, wurlitzer, analog synth, organ, flute, recorder, kalimba (African finger piano), autoharp, etc. |
| 1/1/2008 | Apples & Milk | Master of Disguise | CD | $18.99 | Interregnum | "We're not generally inclined to include reviews of folk-oriented singer-songwriters but Apples & Milk's six-song EP Master of Disguise is just too pretty to be denied. Conceived in 2003, Apples & Milk is the brainchild of wunderkind Magnus Reiten, originally from Stavanger, Norway but now residing in Bergen. Though Reiten lists Madonna, Beach Boys, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor among his favourites, his assured debut has more in common with the winsome style of Sufjan Stevens than any of those three. "Up & Away" instantly appeals with its relaxed acoustic strums and Reiten's crystal clear, pure vocalizing. Peals of electric guitar swoop through the background in "Remembering 06:45 AM" before Reiten's voice, lower this time, enters backed by acoustic picking and bass. A graceful piano line guides a multi-tracked vocal line through the melancholy title song ("One can barely see / See that I'm a master of disguise") while the carefree mood established by a lightly romping rhythm in "Starry Eyes" is belied by lyrics like "Foolish little dreams make starry eyes" and "Everybody seems to disappear"; ultimately, however, Reiten's acoustic folk-pop songs sound less melancholic than reflective and more summery than wintry. Enhancing Master of Disguise's appeal, Reiten opts for uncluttered arrangements, and exudes confidence without being strident or overbearing." - Textura |
| 8/22/2008 | Arabian Blade | Arabian Blade | cassette | $5.99 | 905 Tapes | "The stay-blazed team up of conneticut's chris donofrio and donovan fazzino get up in them guts with some comatose low blows spread out over twenty minutes. tones get deep in the earth, take a nap in the crust, and are discovered years later when they forget to wake up. bring a blanket and maybe a few coffin nails." |
| 1/24/2009 | Arabian Blade | Horned Moon | cassette | $6.99 | Morbid Tapes | "Stuttering synth sludge..… ........mushrooms+chemdawg=AB....." Painted tapes. |
| 7/11/2008 | Arborea | Arborea | CD | $11.99 | Fire Museum Records | "This self titled collection is the second release for Arborea. Hailing from Maine, the duo of Buck and Shanti Curran (on vocals, guitars, banjos, percussion) are joined on two numbers by Helena Espvall of Espers on cello. Here they conjure up a musical offering that is equal parts Appalachian music, traditional English folk music, and contemporary psychedelic folk with experimental touches creating a sound that stands out as unique while touching upon something that feels as ancient as the urge to create music. Rare is the record that takes the listener to fields both verdant and desolate in the same journey as this release does, and it does so in a way that makes both equally powerful and inviting. The duo possess an alchemy that makes their collaboration feel as natural as the trees from which their names comes from. Following upon the success of their debut effort Wayfaring Summer, Arborea have outdone themselves with this release, a recording that establishes them as masters of their craft. This is a group you will be hearing from for years to come." |
| 7/14/2007 | Arborea | Wayfaring Summer | CD | $11.99 | Summer Street | "Arborea was formed in Maine in 2005 from the midnight ramblings and deep woods mischief making of Buck and Shanti Curran. Soon the summer moved on to autumn, and the lovers took their banjo and guitars to the warmer confines of their cottage, beginning in earnest, the creation of their debut recording. In October of 2006 the duo released their first cd 'Wayfaring Summer'. Equal parts psychedelia, Smithsonian field recordings, and backwater folk, Arborea succeeds in creating a new folk form of breathtaking originality." Colourful shades with berries, calmy sitting down in a protected area, where there's nothing to prove, this duo succeeds to create music and a new folk form in their environment in the same way like the Appalachian music was developed in a social and traditional form. This is much sweet-moodier. While aware of what's happening in the world (wars, misunderstandings about differences of populations,..) Arborea provides peaceful wishes from the spring muze deep-in-the-woods. Musically we hear acid-folk visions with tiny melodic improvisations based upon evolutions of looped melodic tunes made from sweet folk guitar pickings mostly, or rhythm guitars, banjo, and a bit of slide guitar..with a few handclap-like rhythms (1,2), and songs, which are completely in balance with the soft freedom aspect of the mood improvisations. Singer Shanti has a very beautiful delicate folk/singer-songwriter voice, which also in duet, harmonizes perfectly. The album succeeds in creating its own unique atmosphere that is nature and human friendly. Recommended!" - http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/acidfolkreview16.html#anchor_369 |
| 2/21/2009 | Arc | Glassine I | CD | $12.99 | A Silent Place | "Glassine I was recorded live at the Ambient Ping in Toronto on 03/07/2006; and can be easily described as an organic space ambient, with very strong references to Pink Floyd (Ummagumma), Popol Vuh, Ashra Temple, Jackie-O Motherfucker, O Yuki Conjugate, AMP and Flying Saucer Attack or "Fourth World" ambient music! Four tracks of pure vibrant multi-layered psychedelic drone music! Now, close your eyes, listening to "Glassine I" and start for your trip even without the intake of any substances...waiting for ...Glassine II (coming soon on A Silent Place)." |
| 7/10/2008 | Area C | Darkens The Mind | cassette | $10.99 | Sloow Tapes | "A fountain of sounds opening a gateway beyond the mist of time and most likely not going to bring you back home before dark. 100 copies." "A sound to slowly immerse yourself in. Eric Carlson creates molten soundscapes from looped guitar gloop and tremulous delay shiver." - Boa Melody Bar |
| 4/1/2003 | Armpit | Butta Daze | CD | $14.99 | Celebrate/Psi/Phenomenon | "Revolving feverishly around their own dark-matter, escaping Armpits unbelievable gravitational pull borders on the mathematically-impossible. Utterly impenetrable 'songs' coupled to unfathomable blankness (sometimes I swear they've packed up and gone home!), makes 'Butta Daze' one of the most fearfully disorienting, and supremely damaged recordings ever allowed out into daylight. Imagine your frontal lobe being sandwiched between a two king sized mattresses, and then subjected to the entire Gate discography, backwards, on 16rpm. Yep... Its THAT good!" |
| 9/30/2005 | Armpit | Gallows | CDR | $12.99 | Root Don Lonie For Cash | No info on this one - ordered it 17 months ago - finally showed up. |
| 9/14/2004 | Armpit | Mano O Mano | CDR | $10.99 | Rhizome | "The return of the endless nameless ever-dissolving rock experience. CJA and Sugar Jon have spent the past decade treating rock as malleable material; from the post-Dead C. sprawl of early cassettes, the aesthetic-defining 'Sun's Movement Across Darkening Skies' 7", and the subsequent Rubik's Cubes of trashed, defiled instruments ('Thee Praying Mantis', 'Butta Daze', etc.) - the Armpit world is hermetic, cloaked, 'full of' absence and disappearance. Containing recordings that date back over half a decade, 'Mano O Mano' was touched up in recent times, and is one of many 'apexes' of this outfit's singular and indefinable (non-)rock output. The first Rhizome transmission from the Armpit heart..." |
| 9/17/2006 | Armpit / Cock E.S.P. | His Cocks Too Big For His Pants / After Everything Now Shit | lathe cut 7" | $12.99 | Root Don Lonie For Cash | Edition of 50 copies - released back in 2004. |
| 8/28/2007 | Arn, Eric & Vanessa | y/y Live In Vienna 1/18/07 | CDR | $11.99 | The Lotus Sound | "Eric & Vanessa Arn's new cd-r 'y/y Live in Vienna: 1/18/07' is ready for order from the miraculously and happily resurrected Lotus Sound label. This disc is the second release in the limited edition Handmade Series, with only 100 copies made. Get 'em while you can. Featuring a complete live concert from the Amann Studios in Vienna, with the meticulous sound quality associated with that great studio. Featuring solo and duo excurisions by Vanessa - electronic sound generation, struck percussion and Eric - guitar, bowed percussion. Mixed and mastered by the unstoppable Douglas Ferguson, at the Still in Austin. Cover photograph by Vanessa. Environmentally friendly hand-assembled packaging. Cures depression and acne. Don't wait around too long and miss out....." |
| 2/11/2006 | Arsenio | '00 iii | cassette | $5.99 | Black Velvet Fuckere | "Those who heard the RAW THUG CD-R on U-Sound will be chomping at the bit over this recording from the same mind (though different handle). Known little beyond the Kentucky-Indiana state line, though even those close with in that line aren't sure who Arsenio actually is? It is a fact that while attending high school he did convince his entire class for 2 years that his name was Arsenio (though it is not). A bare foot Napoleon & Josephine wonderer through out Louisville who talks in nonsequitor guruisms, sets up one man junkyard gamelan performances to no one in abandoned parking lots and drives a car whose front windshield is covered in stickers revealing a view hole no larger than a little green apple wrapped in Kentucky-chrome (duct-tape). Known as Arsenio, Alan the Egpytian, Raw Thug, Arthur Kalow, Pewitisha, the Whistler, etc., No one is quite sure what is printed on his birth certificate.... or if one exists? Evidence suggests this recording was created in 2000 while channelling surfing American Intuitive Esoterica." |
| Art Ensemble Of Chicago | A Jackson in Your House / Message to Our Folks | CD | $15.99 | Charly | "The classic line-up recorded during a magical moment. Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, and freaky-deaky Malachai Flavors recorded in June '69 in Paris during their economic exile from the beast. This doesn't so much blast down the walls as glide effortlessly over and away. About a zillion times better than most anything else you bought this week." | |
| Art Ensemble Of Chicago | Bap-Tizum | LP | $16.99 | 4 Men With Beards | "First of the 2 landmark albums originally released on the Atlantic label by one of most significant avantgarde jazz groups (and the most famous band to come out of the AACM). A particularly inspired AEC recorded live at the legendary Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival on September 9, 1972.. A radical and outrageous performance ranging from driving percussions jams to exaggerated poetic narration adding spare tenor solos and rhythm explorations to chaingang R&B. Contains new and detailed liner notes by MC5 manager John Sinclair and a rare photo from the band's archives. Audiophile remastering from the original master tapes. 180 gram HQ vinyl. Original artwork. Gatefold sleeve." | |
| 11/15/2002 | Art Ensemble of Chicago | Live In Paris | DBL LP | $21.99 | Get Back | "Recorded in Paris on Oct. 5, 1969, after the Art Ensemble (Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman and Malachi Favors) has headed to Europe to find work and recording opportunities. Regarding the Art Ensemble's trip to France, trumpet player Lester Bowie said, 'I sold everything that I had and bought the tickets...we had to leave Chicago to let people know what was happening....you can't stay regional, not if you have something the world wants to hear...’" |
| 12/31/2003 | Artanker Convy | Ocean Parkway | 12" EP | $7.99 | The Social Registry | "The Social Registry 12" series continues with this groove infected barnstormer from Artankers Convoy. This four track EP is sure to get feet moving and hips swiveling with their catchy and irresistible flow (people who have tried resisting have ended up with severe muscle cramps). The six piece convoy continue to come up with new songs that demand being put onto vinyl making it a golden opportunity to start your own dance party wherever you want. Organic Grooves remixes one of the pieces shooting AT into an even higher orbit. But this EP is not only for the floorcutting set. It is layered with a multitude of different influences that set this group apart from the typical club ravers, they compose pieces that allow them to really stretch out. You can sit back and just enjoy this, but your body might have different ideas. Released in an edition of 600 one sided 12" EPs with aAn etching on the B side." |
| 2/11/2006 | Arthur | In Search Of | LP | $33.99 | RD | "Long awaited release of this psychedelic/acid folk masterpiece from the North. Arthur started his career in Toronto, Canada as folkie in the mid '60s. In 1969 he went to Colorado and recorded a 1-sided demo LP that surfaced some years ago in collector's circles. It was on Two:Dot, the same label that Hendrickson Roadhouse was on. Only a handful of demo copies were released and sent out to major labels to get a record deal. This happened only later after he signed with Tumbleweed Records and released two albums as Arthur Gee. This first ever official release includes his complete demo LP, unreleased sessions and his mega rare 45 rpm both from before the LP and recorded in Canada. The music can be described as a mixture of Perry Leopold, William C. Beeley and early Pink Floyd (his 45 rm) which is pure magic. Pressed on heavy audiophile vinyl, ultra heavy old style cardboard sleeve and an insert with a bio written by Arthur." |
| 2/14/2008 | Arts and Crafts Building | Vol. II | cassette | $7.99 | Fag Tapes | "Field recordings / whut th hell ? recordings of th arts. a disher, a cat, a camera, window guy, organ + more. edition 50." |
| 5/1/2009 | As Zeik | As Zeik | cassette | $6.99 | Funeral Folk | "Bunch of drunks from Maldegem obsessed with violent no wave punk improv. Like Los Lamarada jamming with Harry Pussy and Slant 6 after 666 Westmalles." Edition of 44 copies. |
| 10/1/2002 | Ash Castles On the Ghost Coast | Ash Castles On the Ghost Coast | CD | $12.99 | Wholly Other / Fleece | “Debut album of crystalline beauty from this nomadic Texas duo. You're left with the feeling that you have been inadvertently listening in on something you weren't meant to hear, recorded long before the presumed earliest possible date for electronic recording technology.” Features Heather Murray (Taurpis Tula / Scorces) and Shawn McMillen (Iron Kite). Recommended! |
| Ash Ra Tempel | Join Inn | CD | $14.99 | Spalax | “Ash Ra Tempel became a working power trio for Join Inn, with Göttsching on guitar, Hartmut Enke on bass, and space rock hero Klaus Schulze on drums, organ, and synth. The title of the A-side (‘Freak 'N' Roll’) sums up the music quite well, while the B-side ‘Jenseits’ is a prescient kosmische jam with voicings from Rosi Mueller.” | |
| 8/8/2002 | Ash Ra Tempel | Seven Up | CD | $14.99 | Spalax | "Even with the presence of special guest Timothy Leary, Seven Up sticks to its predecessor's penchant for bizarre, bluesy psychedelia on the first side while the second takes off into the deepest realms of space rock. Fans of Leary may be a bit surprised, since he's but one of the five voices sprinkled throughout the album and sounds more like a poor man's Eric Burdon than an acid visionary might on tracks like ‘Right Hand Lover,’ ‘Downtown,’ and ‘Power Drive.’ Side two consists of three drawn-out space jams that conclude with a rushing of air quite close to a vacuum cleaner. Except for the last bit, Seven Up is not quite the meeting of minds that acid and Kraut fans expected." |
| Ash Ra Tempel | Starring Rosi | CD | $17.99 | Spalax | “From 1973, and now paired down to just a main duo of Manuel Gottsching (guitar and most other musical accompaniment), and Rosie Muller on vocals. A lesser/lighter album than some of the earlier titles, but still with charms, especially if you're looking for insight into the hippie-flower floatation system lifestyle.” – FE | |
| 10/25/2008 | Ashtray Navigations | Animalinterior | CDR | $12.99 | Memoirs of an Aesthete | "Solo Phil Todd guitar/voice interweaving with additional electronic interior design and rainbow overtones. One long and heavy one which just oozed from the amps one day. It tasted good so we served it up for you in pink art paper covers, numbered edition of 100." |
| 9/30/2005 | Ashtray Navigations | Aurora Grease Sweetrocket | 3" CDR | $8.99 | Memoirs Of An Aesthete | "Latest basement clacker from The Nav. Blown tape levels, idiot rock n roll (with moron mantra drumming) and the shimmering of a sexy mile-long windchime in space. It’s a bit like smearing sugar all round the inside of your mouth and going into the park to hand out fireworks. And its not even Xmas yet! Holy fuck." |
| 8/2/2008 | Ashtray Navigations | Brittle Licks 666 | 3" CDR | $6.99 | First Person | "The end of the FirstPerson label comes in the form of the third release for FP from Phil Todd's psychedelic behemoth ensemble. Two tracks of shortwave static, low end rumble and searing guitar pyrotechnics from possibly the most consistently on form artist the UK underground has produced. It is fitting that the last release should come from Todd, whose Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers imprint and rigid commitment to a sustained and formidable work ethic formed an early and undeniable influence." *Second edition, initial 50 copies sold out* |
| 6/11/2006 | Ashtray Navigations | Cante Jodido Lookalike Contest | 3" CDR | $6.99 | Firstperson | "The Jodido triangular live sound of Ashtray Navigations (...lamf) caught upstairs in one of Leeds' very most exotic wallpaper dens. The walls dripped honey and yet we did not make too much of a mess. Features Melanie Delaney (Sculptress) and Phil Legard (Xenis Emputae Travelling Band) as well as "the usual". Very 'eavy, very 'umblin'." (Phil Todd) |
| 2/16/2005 | Ashtray Navigations | Electric Cointelpro | 3" CDR | $6.99 | Firstperson | "Now into his l0th year operating under the ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS moniker & with releases on such esteemed labels as MENLO PARK, JEWELLED ANTLER, SILTBREEZE, AMERICAN TAPES, CELEBRATE PSI PHENOMENON etc, PHIL TODD continues to conjure up his own unique brand of rural psychedelic folk musik. With his prolific output under various guises (ANNA PLANETA, A WARM PALINDROME, INCA EYEBALL, TARGET SHOPPERS, DOGLIVEROIL, GREEN MONKEY, TEA CULTURE etc etc...) not to mention his previously longrunning label & distro - BETLEY WELCOMES CAREFULDRIVERS, PHIL TODD has been a tireless champion & exponent of fucked-up rock, avant-folk, mangled pop, allout noise, indeed 'outsider' art in all its forms. For 'ELECTRIC COINTELPRO' we are treated to 4 superb tracks of organic drone & inspired electric gtr aktion. An excellent addition to an ever-expanding resume." All released are 3" cdr's housed in hand-made clear acetate covers with information printed on one side and an image on the other. |
| 6/19/2007 | Ashtray Navigations | Four Raga Moods | CDR | $12.99 | Revival Records | "Reissue of the first CD by UK psychedelic noise/drone/blues one-man operation Ashtray Navigations. Originally released in 1997 by Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers and long unavailable (not to be confused with the recent Four More Raga Moods CD on Ikuisuus which has completely different material). Everything from junkyard metal raga to disorientating field recordings of electraic holler to tapehiss drenched third ear static. In other words, what you'd usually expect from Ashtray but, dig, done much earlier. CDR edition of 100." |
| 8/22/2008 | Ashtray Navigations | Fuzzbottle Phenomena | CDR | $13.99 | Memoirs Of An Aesthete | "New recordings from july 2008 in which the fuzzbottle is shaken by several fathoms full of swirling psych guitar oscillations. tremelo spit and scouring grit fuzz. Who left it on top of the amp then? don't do that you'll stain the carpet...edition of 100 copies in screenprinted wallets - first new release in donkeys years from the revitalised Memoirs Of An Aesthete label! |
| 4/20/2008 | Ashtray Navigations | Hands Under Water Reaching For Nothing 1995-1997 | CDR | $12.99 | Revival | "Vintage recordings dug up from 1995-97, including material for the 1st ashtray navigations LP which was never issued plus a track which never made the final cut of FOUR RAGA MOODS because it sounded too much like the work of someone else (can you guess who?) back in the mid-90s when YOU were listening to Pearl Jam, Ashtray Navigations sounded like this. numbered edition of 100" |
| 5/31/2008 | Ashtray Navigations | In Liquid Bravado | CDR | $12.99 | "Two new numbers indicating a few new tricks in the ashtray bag, a rendition of a very obscure Spanish folk tune to start things off (so obscure nobody else in history has ever heard it!) and a slowly transforming live blast recorded at the beautiful Second Layer record shop in London a couple of months ago. Limited to 99 copies in an inscrutable red-on-black cover design which I would guess is dedicated to White Light/White Heat." | |
| 10/25/2008 | Ashtray Navigations | Red Culture | LP | $19.99 | Memoirs of an Aesthete | "Vinyl LP reissue of long out of print CDR from 2006. Limited to 220 numbered copies in red vinyl. one of the most popular Ashtray Navigations releases with the Todd/Crowley/Legard band in full force. here's what the FOXY DIGITALIS site had to say about the original CDR release… "Ashtray Navigations have released many CDRs and come up with some pretty sick album titles (e.g. "Some Cat Lost In His Own Picture", "Never Grew Out Of Being Holden Caulfield"). This new-ish installment, "Red Culture", gathers together 3 tracks of kaleidoscopic noise by the trio line-up of Todd, Delaney, Legard--recorded in a single day. I'm usually interested in small runs and personal touches with records. This CDR doesn't disappoint. It's hand-numbered and housed in a spray-painted clamshell case. You could say Ashtray offer a tonic for modern My Space culture. They compete with the deluge of mp3s most bands distribute by releasing fuck loads of CDRs (maybe around 1 a month) instead. HOW TO MAKE A VORTEX IN SOUND. "Railroad Poet" kicks off the disc and is its centrepiece: 25 minutes of increasingly frenzied psych. The initial cross-legged keyboard tinkering is soon swamped with fuzz. The volume increase. Tension rises until the guitars are screaming and it feels like the walls are about to melt. Finally, hypnotic drums (well into-the-red, of course) pull this vortex of sound in around the kit to create a heaving stasis of sweat. Nice. The disc winds down with 2 shorter tracks. "iPod Catastrophe" trades screaming sonic love for disorientation and claustrophobia. The band employ scummy guitar tones and bleating tinitus electronics to make you feel like you've drunk far too much at a party and can't register anything beyond "ugh", until luckily someone turns it off. "Bitter Lemon Licks" wraps up the set in sparse style. No guitars this time, just paranoid drone, some loose tambourine and cymbal action, and skittering electronics that sound like angry rats darting between the speakers. 8/10 -- Matt Lindley (9 October, 2006) |
| 4/10/2009 | Ashtray Navigations | Running On Autokinetic | LP | $20.99 | QBICO | Recorded in Leeds, June 2007. Originally released as CD-R limited to 100 copies. "Classic Ashtray Navigations, two hallucino-kinetic tracks each side." Pressed on green clear vinyl. |
| 2/21/2009 | Ashtray Navigations | San Francisco Loops | CDR | $9.99 | Memoirs of an Aesthete | "Three unearthed dark grooves from circa 2006/2007, rescued from under another label's tardy backside (yes, again). Snarling winter psych with a late 60s vertigo swirl in the tail, now bundled up with a long 35 minute space-out of more recent providence and packaged up with love for YOU...100 copies only of course...." |
| 11/15/2008 | Ashtray Navigations | Skewered By Clouds | CDR | $11.99 | Memoirs of an Aesthete | "Reissue of a long oop release featruring a trio of Phil Todd, Mel Crowley and Arttu of AVARUS / AMON DUDE / HETERO SKELETON. Field recordings of a very dramatic thunderstorm overlaid with free psych jamming and electronic pulsations." |
| 2/11/2006 | Ashtray Navigations | Sky Whine | CDR | $12.99 | Memoirs of an Aesthete | "Three new tunes and a piece of shiny cardboard. Two short and mildly melodic solo Phil Todd numbers to start you off then a headlong rush into the murky junkyard of dreams which also features Phil Legard of the almighty Xenis Emputae Travelling Band. Dedicated to the inaudible sound of the whining sky. Sound never dies, it’s up there all the time – just press 'play' to tune into it." |
| 5/31/2008 | Ashtray Navigations | Snakestrings / Hollywood Taught You to Kiss | DBL CDR | $16.99 | "Double CDR! two tracks each exceeding 40 minutes. Snakestrings (i.e. disc 1) is a trip through strings and soundboxes, Phil Todd plays esraj, kemence, electric sitar and guitars until the electronic instruments rebel and propel the whole thing into psychedelic overdrive. Hollywood Taught You To Kiss (i.e. disc 2) is based around another Todd/Crowley/Legard trio excursion. Dedicated to Sun Ra and Andy Warhol respectively. Limited to 99 numbered copies." | |
| 2/1/2005 | Ashtray Navigations | Some Cat Lost In His Own Picture | 7" | $8.99 | Memoirs Of An Aesthete | “Six interweaving tracks recorded Leeds Easter 2004. Dictophone cut-up while catsitting, tabla volley, junkyard folk, bare wall howl and fast musical chairs with the legs falling off. Ideal for any witches jukebox, provided it runs at 33. Ten years of Ashtray Navigating spawns a lost kitty instead of a monster. You may have been king of the jungle back in Africa, but in this circus you're just another bozo. Edition of 170 copies.” |
| 1/24/2009 | Ashtray Navigations | Sugar Head Record | double CDR | $11.99 | Deep Water | "Over the past decade and a half, Phil Todd's long-lived & insanely prolific Leeds-based outfit has been boggling adventurous heads with infinite variations on its central uber-maximalist noise/psychedelic/ur-drone forms. AN have always been masters of the long take, and Sugar Head Record features just three mostly-Todd tracks: Disc 1 is entirely filled by "Sugar Head Music with Sines", an hour of undulating electronic tapestry swathed in layers of gooey psychedelic lava. Disc 2 leads with "Orange Matter Custard", nine minutes of Todd's patented modal guitar extremity, strings shredding off into pure electrification; and closes with the colorfully-titled "Toilet Training", adding regular collaborators Phil Legard (Xenis Emputae Traveling Band) and Melanie Crowley (Ocelocelot) for 43 minutes of glacially-paced swells of electrical haze. For already tuned-in households, a totally necessary release; for virgins, well, with AN it's all the deep end, so this is as good a place to dive in as any." |
| 9/17/2006 | Ashtray Navigations | Sweet Iron Feet | CDR | $9.99 | Chocolate Monk | "More hot orbit action from Mr Todd. Perfectly formed fog sounds via guitar, violin, electronics and who knows what else, all drenched in fx spit. Gloaming smoke rings float high, man." |
| 2/21/2009 | Ashtray Navigations | Ten Layer Terror | CDR | $9.99 | Memoirs of an Aesthete | "Ten short pieces with the accent on brevity, for a change. Recorded in late '08, runs the usual Ashtray gamut - psych guitar flourishes, chugging synthesis and hard compresso-rock and all the rest, but in a less rambling timeframe....could possibly be described as "coming attractions" disc with a few sidelong glances in the rear view mirror.....limited to 100 copies on green vinyl CDRs." |
| 4/20/2008 | Ashtray Navigations | The Beast Series / Ssssnares | CDR | $12.99 | Memoirs of an Aesthete | Reissue of two 3" cdr's originally released in early 2005. Numbered edition of 100 copies. |
| 4/20/2008 | Ashtray Navigations | The Creamwheel | CDR | $12.99 | "1st quarter of the FOUR WHEELS series! more minimal and electronic sounds from Ashtray Navigations. Edition of 50 copies. | |
| 9/16/2004 | Ashtray Navigations | To Your Fucking Feather'd Wings | CD | $12.99 | Gold Soundz / Absurd | "The Rock Album. Ashtray Navigations commiserates ten years of broken equipment action by recording a CD of blasted soaring guitar psych. The drummer and second guitarist fail to turn up to the recording sessions but hey thats OK we'll just turn the amps up instead. You may think there's lots of effects pedals utilised for this one, but no no no it is just the sounds of rusty circuit boards corroded tape and the pain what's in yo' heart. Ashtray Navigations have been recording artistes for siltbreeze, celebrate psi phenomenon, american tapes, betley welcomes careful drivers, menlo park, gameboy, jewelled antler, staalplaat and countless others. Ashtray Navigations will not be stopping at any time soon. Goodnight fuck you. Hope you sleep easy." - Phil Todd |
| 4/29/2004 | Ashtray Navigations | Yesterdays Teeth Cast in Gold | CDR | $13.99 | Pseudoarcana | “Showing just how far ahead of the game he is, Mr Todd presents a classic 25mins from the vaults... At 1st I didn't realise that this music is 6-7 years old, it sounds so damn CURRENT! Wonderful dronings and guitar scrabblings from the litter strewn glades of the forest of the plastic trees. Very very good indeed! |
| 3/5/2009 | Ashtray Navigations / Family Battlesnake / Stellar Om Source | How Do Siamese Twins Arrange Their Love Lives? | LP | $19.99 | Absurd | "Massively heavy three-way collaborative session from Ashtray Navigations, Bill Kouligas aka Family Battlesnake and Christelle Gaudi aka Stellar Om Source, occasional NNCK member and part of Way Of The Cross. the release comes in an edition of 260 copies, Dense electronic ritual in the tradition of Taj Mahal Travellers, MEV, Hermann Nitsch et al cut with a classic UK drone feel, there are long, gorgeous passages where static tones are illuminated with brief glimpses of melodic keyboard and rustling low-level crunch before dissolving in luminous bows of tamboura song and fluttering overtone. A fantastic set, miles deeper and much more densely populated than your average 'drone' outing. Highly recommended." David Keenan, Volcanic Tongue |
| 6/5/2005 | Askew, Ed | Ask the Unicorn | CD | $16.99 | ESP-Disk | "First time on CD for this ultra sought-after 1969 album by the outsider folksinger. Playing a ten string lute-like instrument called a tiple, Askew creates a psychedelic folk masterpiece. One of the most bizarre and wonderful albums released by ESP..a total must for the Holy Modal Rounders and Jan Dukes de Gray appreciatin society." Track listing: "Fancy That," "Peter and David," "Marigolds," "Mr. Dream," "Red Woman - Letter to England," "The Garden," "May Blossoms Be Praised"' "9-Song," "Love Is Everyone," and "Ask The Unicorn." |
| 5/20/2009 | Aso Ai | Aida | CD | $15.99 | PSF | "Document of a recent live show by the most gorgeously acid folk-esque of Japan's female singer-songwriters. A piece of dazed, limpid dream-beauty, with a tremulous, wavering intensity all its own. Since recording her first demo cassette in 1997, Ai Aso has released two full studio albums. She has connections with the cream of the Tokyo psychedelic underground -- You Ishihara (of White Heaven and The Stars) produced her albums, Michio Kurihara, Wata (of Boris), and Chiyo Kamekawa (of The Stars and Yura Yura Teikoku) have played on them. Includes a guest appearance by Go Hirano on piano. Six tracks, thirty-six minutes. Booklet includes lyrics and liner-notes in English and Japanese." - Alan Cummings |
| 3/20/2007 | Astral Social Club | #1-7 | MP3 CDR | $10.99 | "One disk containing 256kbps MP3 rips of the entire first seven CDR installments in the ongoing ASC research process/saga. Check the source material for the vhf100 CD, plus a whole other wad of long-unavailable sound. Original single CDR versions of each of the volumes were available in editions of 100 - this is an unlimited edition. 57 tracks, 316 minutes." | |
| 9/17/2006 | Astral Social Club | #10 | CDR | $10.99 | "Recording of the ASC power trio, live at Subcurrent festival in Glasgow, April 2006. Neil Campbell and Tirath Singh Nirmala throw down string/wind/electro action which is then mangled by Richard Youngs' brutal FX. Heavy liquid 35 minute suite in four movements." | |
| 3/20/2007 | Astral Social Club | #11 | CDR | $10.99 | "Content this time around is highly nitrous, with much overloaded top-end twinkle. Check for some particularly screwy (and often barely-recognisable) versions of tracks set for release on QBICO and Important Records later this year, taking the demented recent ASC live persona and twisting it further with heavy collage / layering techniques. Offset this with remedial drumbox stumble and mysterious processed tracks and you know there's only one hotel you can be checking into. Edition of 150 in colour ASC corporate house-style. 7 tracks, 42 minutes." | |
| 3/20/2007 | Astral Social Club | #12 | CDR | $10.99 | "More jams culled from sessions both live in the field and at home, again sometimes touching on alternate-universe takes on tracks destined for LP and CD issue. Huge chord swathes, babbling ectoplasm rituals, crunching delay unit swing, weird time tricks, scattershot beats, all propped up with shards of the patented ASC heavy tonal foundation. Edition of 150 in colour ASC corporate house-style. 8 tracks 44 minutes." | |
| 2/11/2006 | Astral Social Club | #6 | CDR | $12.99 | "New collection running the astral gamut, and bookended by skewed takes on the Temptations' "Get Ready" riff, although Berry Gordy's gonna have to have good ears and lawyers if he wants to sue. 10 tracks, 44 minutes." | |
| 2/11/2006 | Astral Social Club | #7 | CDR | $12.99 | "Kicks off kinda new age, sampling a Mick Flower blissed-out groove pretty early on, before taking a dive into total alien territory, only to be brought back to earth by a homely pop number before the last 4 tracks twist it all over the shop again, comprising as they do mash-ups/remixes by the enigmatic Tirath Singh Nirmala (aka "the artist formerly known as John Clyde-Evans). 10 tracks, 47 minutes." | |
| 6/11/2006 | Astral Social Club | #8 | CDR | $10.99 | "After a winter spent with new baby, jamming aphex/theo parrish (dazed daytimes) and axolotl/dead machines (graveyard shift), comes the new Astral Social disk. In here, there's a mix of recent obsessions = raw reel-to-reel edits, steamrollered riffing, garage dream music, splattered eurodisco, FX madness all culminating in a deep wallow in beatless birdsong ecstacy. Respendent in full-colour artwork for the first time. 5 tracks, 40+ mins." | |
| 2/23/2007 | Astral Social Club | Astral Social Club | CD | $13.99 | Vhf | "First generally available release by Neil Campbell (Vibracathedral Orchestra) and co's genre-destroying Astral Social Club unit, following a series of instantly sold-out limited editions. Compiled by vhf and Neil from ASC's now unavailable catalog, vhf100 is a dense mega-mix of continually peaking sound-flow. Working a tricky hybrid ground between contempo uk teams like Sunroof! and VCO, and the influence of Kompakt-style pulsating electronic "techno," ASC's music shimmers and throbs in a truly psychedelic manner. Neil and Tirath Singh Nirmala have radically re-worked these tracks to be unrecognizable from their original CDR issues, but they are instantly recognizable as part of the unrelenting ASC rainbow stream. In lovely silver and orange card folio printed by Stumptown." |
| 2/4/2007 | Astral Social Club | MCR Blast | square lathe cut 8" | $25.99 | Alt.Vinyl | Numbered edition of 150 copies. Features live recordings of Neil Campbell (Vibracathedral Orchestra) and Arttu Partinen (Avarus). |
| 2/25/2008 | Astral Social Club | Model Town In a Field of Mudd | LP | $19.99 | Textile | "Model Town in a field of Mud is the result of a collaboration between Neil Cambell and John Clyde Evans. This album was recorded largely thru the post during John's year long stay in India. (although the very last few minutes are the duo live in Sheffield right after he returned). This album is a 50/50 collaboration, hopefully the first of many! John Clyde Evans has a lenghty career, even if he did "disappear" for a few years. John was in the band Hood (Domino Recordings) then cut a couple of great solo records, then disapeared, reappearing using his Sikh name of Tirath Singh Nirmala, cutting an LP with Richard Yuongs, then reverting his original name and droping the magnificent "Apetal Thunderfall" CD on us earlier this year!! Neil Campbell is a cornerstone of the UK underground and played in Vibracathedral Orchestra, Sunroof, A Band, with Richard Youngs, Damo Susuki and many many other artists. Despite some esoteric path, Model Town in a field of mud reconfirm John and Neil intentions to blast techno into the Stratosphere." |
| 7/10/2008 | Astral Social Club | Monster Mittens | 7" | $4.99 | Dirty Knobby Industries | "New single by Neil Campbell's ever-evolving solo project, Astral Social Club. Neil (A Band, Vibracathedral Orchestra) with assistance from Karl Bauer (Axolotl) unleashes two electronic psychedelic noise jams with distorted loops, cascading feedback, and the sound of hypnotic drones recorded in space. 500 pressed." |
| 9/16/2007 | Astral Social Club | Neon Pibroch | CD | $13.99 | Important Records | "Astral Social Club is the current project of Neil Campbell, formerly of Vibracathedral Orchestra, Sunroof!, A Band and many more. Campbell has been active since the early '80s, and The Wire magazine has said that, along with his friends Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower, he 'provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the '80s and '90s.' Campbell's approach as Astral Social Club could be seen as both a continuation and a refutal of his work with Vibracathedral Orchestra - a continuation in that it continues the quest into the unknown stellar regions of improvised drone-based music, and a refutal in its espousal of most of the elemental organic rock modes that made that band so special. The focus here is more on alien electronics and overloaded loop disorientation." |
| 2/7/2009 | Astral Social Club | Octuplex | CD | $13.99 | VHF | "Neil Campbell's unique Astral Social Club return to VHF after a couple of years in the underground wilderness with the squelching, restless ambience of Octuplex. The CD is split roughly in half between Harmonia/Voigt-style chuggers and sweeping swirls of instantly recognizable dronage, familiar from Neil's extensive contributions to Vibracathedral Orchestra, Sunroof! and others. Neil's interest in "techno" comes out on "Caustic Roe" and "Muscle Adductor," neatly compiling the influence of recent minimal jam innovations with piles of synth and effects noise, lending the beat-driven tracks a rough, unfussy style. Other cuts like "Mügik Churn" and "Pilgrim Sunburst" swell with twittering electric birdsong and synthetic rain, the trademark sound of many Astral titles. Octuplex is full up with collaborator cameos, including the familiar (Richard Youngs, John Clyde-Evans), and the novel (Spider Stacy - from the Pogues!). In eye-burning blue n' red digipak." |
| 4/29/2008 | Astral Social Club | Skelp / Ginnel | 7" & CD | $9.99 | Trensmat | "Its been said that Neil Campbell has provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during the late 80s and 90s. His Astral Social Club material shimmers and throbs in a truly psychedelic manner as it fuses textural drones and the kraut-influenced electronic pulsing & sputtering beats. This 7" sees the Astral traveler moving into further realms and putting a capital 'C' on club, with two tracks fuelled by deranged strobe rhythms. Frenetic fizzing beats are fused with searing slow-build drones of bowed strings & flickering synthesized riffs. The sounds are alive & glistening - rich reverberant like technicolor cascades underpinned by wonkey mesmerizing rhythms. An endless spaced out groove pouring out of the sound system on some alien dancefloor. The additional CD features some amazing remixes from Richard Youngs, John Clyde-Evans and Magnetize as well as the two tracks on the 7". VERY limited edition package of numbered yellow vinyl 7" and CD. In full colour wraparound picture sleeve." |
| 6/19/2007 | Astro & Suzuki Junzo | Cosmic Blues Experience | CD | $17.99 | Plunk's Plan | Killer cd featuring from Japan - Hiroshi Hasagawa (CCCC, Astromero, Astro) on synthesizer and tambura machine and Suzuki Junzo (Overhang Party) on electric guitar. Recommended! "With every other band in Japan fighting for supremacy on the psychedelic bandwagon, another act has jumped into the game. Guitarist Suzuki Junzo strikes out with two releases on his newly formed Plunk's Plan label. Each one is more psychedelic than the next. Astro is actually synth player Hiroshi Hasegawa. Together with Suzuki Junzo, they've formed a band, logically called Astro & Suzuki Junzo. Spread over three long pieces, their sole reason for existence is a deeper exploration of the drone. These guys jump at the chance to ramble on long motifs that are as emasculating as they are calm. Great thing about the drone I find, is that no matter what volume the music is played at, the music retains a stunning and calm quality about it. On "Tumbling Dream" Hasegawa lays down a jolting synth bed, while Junzo feeds his partner healthy doses of controlled feedback. As I listen to these guys variations on the drone, I can think of only one place - the space. Much of this stuff sounds so barren and absolutely life-less, the air seems to be sucked out of your ears as the music progresses. Modulations that Hasegawa uses are particularly interesting. Throughout the longish "Crack Star" [a pun on "Dark Star" perhaps?], he tests the waters with a crystalline, trickling analysis of his synth's prowess. As rough as the sounds tend to get at certain points, the duo prefers to speak to each other in subdued tones, rather than to let things rip at maximum volumes with wild abandon. If you like most things My Cat is an Alien have done over the last several years, I'm sure you'll love this. "Cosmic Blues Experience" is another serious contender in the space-age musical game." - Tom Sekowski |
| 8/22/2008 | Astro / Hiroshi Hasegawa | Live At Muryoku Muzen Temple | LP | $18.99 | Important | "Live At Muryoku Muzen Temple is limited to 500 copies. This is the companion release to the Astro CD titled The Echo At The Purple Dawn, released on Important Records. Astro, of course, is the analog/space project of Hiroshi Hasegawa of the legendary Japanese group, C.C.C.C. This limited vinyl-only release was created using ring modulator and vocals which are rare these days in Astro recordings." |
| 9/30/2008 | Astro / Hiroshi Hasegawa | Strata | CDR | $13.99 | Cut Hands | "Since founding C.C.C.C. in the early nineties Hiroshi Hasegawa has been exploring the psychedelic edges of the worldwide noise underground to become one of the godfathers of the current noise scene. Cut Hands is extremely proud to release Strata, which to me stands as one of his most out there sets to date. Here Hasegawa manages to use his loud, psychedelic experience to launch a bold cosmic journey into the darkest corners of space. Perfect synthesizer build ups to crushing episodes of oscillating synth, pulsating into infinity. 75 copies, in slimline dvd cases. Artwerk by fartjerk." |
| 11/17/2007 | Astro Jazkamer Hairstylistics | Motorcycle Fuck with the Ghostrider | CD | $13.99 | Archive | "A completely violent little disc documenting this live 2007 Tokyo performance pitting some really heavyweights in the underground world of "noise" on stage together. (Lasse Marhaug, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Masaya Nakahara, and John Hegre). Housed in center opening heavy stock sleeve with circular diecut adorned with graphic work from Mr. Lasse himself. Pressing of 600 copies." |
| 6/7/2005 | Astromero | Astromero | DBL CD | $12.99 | P Tapes / Troniks | "INNER MIND MELT. A double cd Hiroshi Hasegawa / Damion Romero collaboration recorded between 1995-2005. Hasegawa began ASTRO in 1993 to explore his analog synthesizer work and was also a founding member of the legendary psychedelic noise act C.C.C.C. Damion Romero has been exploring the possibilities of power acoustics since the early '90s, also recording as SPECULUM FIGHT and head of the P-Tapes label. Disc one recorded by mail & in person, on the second C.C.C.C. tour of the USA and on Romero's journey in Japan. Disc two was made from two different live show recordings in Tokyo 2002. TEN YEARS in the making!" |
| 1/24/2009 | Astronaut / Family Battle Snake | split | cassette | $7.99 | Digitalis Limited | "New York City and London are both total fucking meccas. in those meccas lurk the glorious electronic madness that are astronaut and family battle snake, and honestly i don't know if i can think of a better pairing for this split. Astronaut is the duo of daniel lopatin (oneohtrix point never) and andy plovnick (healing feeling) who conjure a whole host of mystic spirits on their side, "empty pyramids." this sprawling piece of synth maximalism finds it's diamond through the sonic looking glass underneath a river of sea ice. this is hypnotic music that whisks you away on a cumulus cloud. Family Battle Snake is the greek god himself, bill kouligas. fbs arches over the analog plane on "parallel prime/eye river." synth squalls bathe in liquid reverb, eventually falling through an emerald hourglass until you realize you're floating on a rocket to the moon. kouligas is on some kind of heavily tripped journey these days, and i'm glad on this fucken ride. limited to 86 copies with geometic-inspired art & labels." Out of print - last copies available here. |
| 3/27/2004 | Astronauts | Issue #4 | zine | $6.99 | After a long absence, Jon Dale’s Astronauts zine is back! This new issue features articles / interviews with Tower Recordings, Hall of Fame, Shirley Collins, Tim Barnes, Bill Wells, David Behrman and the Sonic Arts Union, loads of reviews and much more! | |
| 7/10/2008 | Aswara | Aswara | cassette | $7.99 | Woodsist | "Philadelphia drone crew featuring Rafi from Death Chants. Lush psychedelic moves morphing into some nice synth/mumble creep out. 3 tracks in 30 minutes recorded at Black Dirt Studio. cover art by jeremy earl. limited to 100" |
| 5/31/2009 | Aswara | Aswara | CDR | $9.99 | Azriel | "Vibrational string theory in an inner cosmos. hand stamped and embossed art paper covers with hand lettered text. numbered ed. of 160." Features ex-Death Chant duo. |
| 4/16/2007 | Aswara | untitled | CDR | $7.99 | Azriel | Electrick space raga by members of Death Chants. Recorded live 11.9.06 were Paul (sarangi, flute, tapes, oscillator) and Rafi (dulcimer, wood flute, voice, drum, percussion). |
| 8/4/2007 | At Waugh With Gieles | Cautious Movements | CDR | $7.99 | Brothers | "At Waugh With Gieles is the alter ego of the youthful Camryn Rothenbury, resident of Perth, Western Australia. In his first outing for the Brothers imprint, Rothernbury delivers 3 tracks of slow-burning guitar drone. Tense shimmering waves of tonal layerings and feedback squall slowly build and retreat with a harkening to such comparitive predecessors as Thela or early Fushitsusha. Occassional bursts of other oblique fragments of instrumentation build upon a solid core of late night meanderings." |
| 6/19/2007 | Atomic Workers | Embryonic Suicide | LP | $29.99 | Nasoni | "Atomic Workers is formed by some members of the Italian psych rock band That's All Folks and Sun Dial's Gary Ramon and Laurence O'Toole. This album is a really unique and strong blend of heavy rock, psychedelia, garage and an occasional experimental edge in sound and rhythm. Driving and skillful acid guitars, mystical and hazy psychedelia with mellotron and organ ... it's all in there. As well as a strong version of Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man". Check them out and you won't lose." Edition of 500 copies - 100 on colored vinyl - all copies in stock are colored vinyl. |
| 4/10/2005 | Attack | Complete Recordings 1967-1969 | CD | $14.99 | Acme / Lion | "The complete output from the prime era of this epochal band, taken for the very first time from the original master tapes—a fact which no other issue of this music can boast! fifteen tracks of essential UK freakbeat/psych, with hard-edged, sitar-esque guitar, great vocals and prominent organ; includes both sides of their five recorded singles (four were released), plus five additional tracks; Alan Whithead left the group to form Marmalade; Davey O’List joined the Nice, and the rest of the band evolved into the great Andromeda." - Lion Productions |
| 8/22/2008 | Attar Cups | untitled | LP | $21.99 | Blackest Rainbow | "We hit up our fourth vinyl release with this beauty which was originally intended to be a cassette only release (it still will be available on cassette, but only in a tiny run). This Maine based crew features a host of psychedelic jam talent... Nemo of Drona Parva and head honcho of Time-Lag Records, Sparrow WIldchild of The Bummer Road, and the three members of Visitations, whose record on Time-Lag last year was one of 2007's best! So this is the second recording from this crew, the first being last years Sloow Tape. This beast is different to the Sloow vibe, still with a super nice jam band sound, but projecting to a maybe more 'song' (in the loosest possible way) based plane, a little like Visitations. Limited to 300 copies with zero info and stickered black sleeves." |
| 9/30/2008 | Ättestupa | Ättestupa | LP | $22.99 | Release the Bats | "There is a myth that elders in the old Sweden was thrown down from a big mountain or height when they no longer was for any use in the farms and households. This place was called Ättestupa. And that is the name of a new band from Gothenburg. Dealing with an old era of Sweden, this is music that reeks of plague, desolate countrysides, heathen rituals and long and harsh cold winters. With members from Leafes and Sewer Election, it would be easy to call Ättestupa off as an mix of those two acts when it comes to the sound, but there is definitely more to it than that. With traces of dark folkmusic, black metal and 70's German prog, this is mean-spirited stuff with an unique atmosphere. Religious Knives meets Burzum? The debut album is a journey back to a forgotten world, an anti-urban masterpiece. Two tracks ('Tjälen' and 'Den Stora Sjukdomen') and a playtime of 40 minutes. 330 copies, all on black vinyl. 3 12" sized inserts included with each LP." Jackets are a little dinged on 2 corners - damaged on the way here from Sweden. |
| 2/27/2003 | AU | Non-Existing Input | CD | $12.99 | Grond Records | "The untitled tracks on this CD by the duo of artist / musician Jan Borchers and Paul Klaui were recorded in various living rooms ( presumably in the Hague where AU is based) over the last year and a half. They're all live improvisations, which might explain the documentary feel permeating the album, and there's a textural depth of field to the sounds and drones that AU favour throughout. Rather than focus on conventional melodies as such, the structures here concentrate on sculpting dense, emotive, shifting clouds of ambience and sustained analogue notes, around which heavily reverbed events circle and disperse. Snatched moments of overheard conversations whispering to themselves, soft electronic flutters and drifting piano chords create a ghostly, grainy, sombre mood, alternately soothing and unnerving." – The Wire |
| Aube | Timemind | CD | $21.99 | Alchemy | "Alchemy limited edition series 'Inner Mind Music' 2nd release. Source material: monophonic analog sequence synth: Firstman SQ 01. New recordings. This CD is dedicated to Klaus Schulze." | |
| Aube / Nagisa Ni Te / Naoki Zushi | Orbital Confluence-Benefit 200 | CD | $17.99 | Neurec | "First release from the label of famed writer Takuya Sakaguchi (famous for making L.A.F.M.S. known in Japan and now writing for G-Modern), published in conjunction with a benefit concert for supporting people suffered from the Hanshin Awaji earthquake in 1995. Included is 'Sonority Area' by Aube (which is over 25 minutes) and two tracks each by cosmic folk bands Nagisa Ni Te and Naoki Zushi (former member of Hijokaidan). | |
| 10/5/2004 | Aufgehoben | Anno Fauve | CD | $19.99 | Riot Season | "Third CD release from Riot Season and the third album from the newly shortened monikered Aufgehoben (previously Aufgehoben No Process). Anno Fauve sees the band collaborate once again with stereo guitar virtuoso Gary Smith (Mass, Glass Cage, Powerfield etc). Anno Fauve is an album for those who like their music difficult with the density, dynamics and bludgeoning distortion levels that have become the hallmarks of an Aufgehoben release. Anno Fauve contains 6 tracks spread over 50 minutes and comes in a wonderfully weird designed sleeve." |
| 3/20/2007 | Aufgehoben | Axiologue / Thermidor One Five | picture disc 7" | $6.99 | White Denim | "Limited to 524 copies. Comes in a real cardstock sleeve, not just a polybag, recommended for fans of Hijokaidan, Air Conditioning, Seven Minutes of Nausea, Hamid Drake, Mainliner, etc." |
| 12/24/2005 | August Born | August Born | CD | $14.99 | Drag City | "August Born is a collaboration between Japan's Hiroyuki Usui and Six Organs of Admittance's Ben Chasny. Well versed 'heads already know Hiroyuki under his alias of L, in which he recorded the subtle psychedelic gem, Holy Letters. Along with spending time in Marble Sheep, he also played drums for Fushitsusha for six years and played in an early incarnation of Ghost, which can be seen on the live DVD, Metamorphosis. Holy Letters was an early template for Six Organs when it was released nearly ten years ago. August Born started off as a game that was based on the idea of 'fortuitous mistranslation.' That is: even if they didn't understand exactly what the other wanted to do or where to go with the song, the songs themselves would find their own direction. The project started with the scraping sounds of a bird being buried. As improbable as it seemed, these sounds eventually created music. August Born is a mellow work seamlessly blending Hiroyuki's guitar, vocals, vibes, harmonium, bass, drums, cello, field recordings, and didgeridoo with Chasny's unmistakable voice and guitar. The tunes found here hold rewards that will only grow with patience and time." |
| 12/24/2005 | August Born | August Born | LP | $15.99 | Drag City | "August Born is a collaboration between Japan's Hiroyuki Usui and Six Organs of Admittance's Ben Chasny. Well versed 'heads already know Hiroyuki under his alias of L, in which he recorded the subtle psychedelic gem, Holy Letters. Along with spending time in Marble Sheep, he also played drums for Fushitsusha for six years and played in an early incarnation of Ghost, which can be seen on the live DVD, Metamorphosis. Holy Letters was an early template for Six Organs when it was released nearly ten years ago. August Born started off as a game that was based on the idea of 'fortuitous mistranslation.' That is: even if they didn't understand exactly what the other wanted to do or where to go with the song, the songs themselves would find their own direction. The project started with the scraping sounds of a bird being buried. As improbable as it seemed, these sounds eventually created music. August Born is a mellow work seamlessly blending Hiroyuki's guitar, vocals, vibes, harmonium, bass, drums, cello, field recordings, and didgeridoo with Chasny's unmistakable voice and guitar. The tunes found here hold rewards that will only grow with patience and time." |
| 4/21/2008 | Auk Theatre / The Collection of the Late Howell Bend | Auk Theatre / The Collection of the Late Howell Bend | cassette | $8.99 | Bread and Animals | "An expanded listening session that breaths towards visions of KORLA PANDIT, TOM DISSEVELT, and early 1900's fair / carnival folklore. two tracks contain the aural documentation of the wanderers of the AUK THEATRE. check out their beautiful visions of the parallel continent on the Ubu Web archives (http://www.ubuweb.com/film/moon.html). two tracks from the COLLECTION, another project of Auk Theatre mind IRENE MOON. a beautiful blend of organ tunes and more introspective signals." |
| 5/20/2009 | Aural Fit | II | CD | $15.99 | PSF | "The reincarnation of the in-the-red psych aesthetics of early High Rise. One of the biggest underground psych/noise rock discoveries was Tokyo-based Aural Fit. A heavy, bludgeoning cudgel of a band, all distorted grime and redlined aggression, their 2004 self-released first album burst over the scene like a big bag of heavy spanners. They followed up with a track on Tokyo Flashback 5, but then line-up changes seemed to sideline their juddering, thundering rock juggernaut. Leader Mondo Bohachi has gone about reassembling the group from the ground up, and these are the first recorded results. If anything, it's even scarier, noisier and more rock than last time. 'Loud' and 'psychedelic' are still the watchwords, needles in the red all the way, and all the Stooges, Blue Cheer, TG, etc., references you might require are present and correct." - Alan Cummings. |
| 9/6/2002 | Aurora Plastics Company | Low Noise | CD | $10.99 | Bobby J Records / Crunchy Food Organization | "A dirty, yet simmering atmosphere surrounds these free noise improvisations built out of lo-fi guitar feedback, siren like modulations of analog electronics, theremin, clarinet, accordian, organs, etc. Wouldn’t be out of place on Ecstatic Peace or Siltbreeze." – Aquarius. Aurora Plastics Company is Anne Heller and Lars Nielsen. |
| 3/20/2007 | Auto Da Fe | The Spectre | CD | $12.99 | Secret Eye | "Secret Eye is very happy to release the debut full-length from the fabulous Auto Da Fe! "The Spectre" spans a wide range of sounds from trad-flavored freak-folk to Middle Eastern raga to 80's gothic minimalist rock. Guest appearances include Joel Connell, Aaron Kenyon and Henry Barnes from Man is the Bastard. Fans of Amps For Christ will revel in its unique beauty." - label. "Martin Kvisvic and Tara Tavi of Amps for Christ teamed up in Auto Da Fe to mess up with the geopolitics of our planet. Using a brilliantly mismatched arsenal of traditional instruments, the two of them shatter cultural and political frontiers. Through the course of the 18 tracks, the listener is treated to guzheng (a Chinese zither), Tibetan cymbals, tambur, balalaika (a Russian lute), bouzouki, and various bowed instruments, in addition to Gothic harp and tablas (performed by guest musicians), and more conventional (i.e. Western) instruments. The songs -- all original, it seems, but there are no songwriting credits -- mimic folk styles to add to the cultural confusion. For instance, 'Past Times' sounds very much like an old English song, except that Tara's voice is backed by guzheng. Following a similar logic, 'Ne'er Do will' could be a skiprope rhyme, 'Huar Weishenme' would be a Jewish lament, and 'The Spectre' might be a frantic East-European instrumental tune. But the instrumentation always sends such issues out the window. What is left is this duo's unbridled creativity, their knowledgeable disregard toward tradition, and Tara Tavi's voice, at times charming, haunting or scary ('Undun'). Several guests contribute to the sound palette, including members of Man is the Bastard. The overall attitude is definitely that of the underground folk scene, but ignores its improvisational/jam aspect; The Spectre is thoroughly composed and focuses on catchy -- if unpredictably arranged -- tunes. A find to treasure and one of the truly surprising albums of 2006." - François Couture in All-Music Guide |
| Autodidact | Welcome to the Dissonance Engine | CD | $14.99 | Monotremata | “Heavy ambient trance from one man and a massed army of guitars fed through miles of effects and set to slow-motion, minimalist beats. Sprawling, dense, hypnotic and psychedelic. This is the first Autodidact cd after years of cassette-only releases.” | |
| 4/24/2006 | Autumn Galaxy | Harappa | CDR | $12.99 | musicyourmindwillloveyou | "Shimmering blankets of glass sound lay fallen upon concentric ears this spaced gorgeous collaboration between brad rose and ville moskiitto unfolding slow in delicate patterns very pretty." "Whilst shopping from the mymwly headquarters in Kyogle, Australia you should also get your hands on the first release under the Autumn Galaxy moniker, the long distance relationship between Digitalis head honcho Brad Rose and Finland's Ville Moskiito. What we get is visceral sonic abstraction in the shape of clouds soaked with reverb-drenched guitars, scraped and plucked strings, melodica and panting organ. The organ and melodica are key components here as they supply the delicate sound webs with the frosty feel of snow-clad landscapes and frozen lakes." - Broken Face |
| 3/1/2007 | Autumn Shade | Ezra Moon | CD | $12.99 | Strange Attractors Audio House | "Autumn Shade is the nom de plume of Jes Lenee', a stunning young songstress brimming with unbridled talent. Toting a satchelful of pensively beautiful tunes, Lenee' possesses a voice as pristine as any your ears have heard in this lifetime. A classically trained piano prodigy, Lenee' was penning songs at the age of eleven, many of which won award recognition. Ultimately seduced by the craft of songwriting, Autumn Shade is a marriage of her piano prowess and folk-inspired guitar strumming. Set to splash with their full-length debut Ezra Moon, Autumn Shade has concocted a fascinating foray into an ethereal yet emotionally raw netherworld. Ezra Moon is a unique sepia-toned microcosm that intertwines folk, chamber music, psychedelia, rock, and indie singer/songwriter. With additional instrumentation of violin, hammer dulcimer, and percussion-as well as a healthy penchant for sonic experimentation-the sound is reminiscent of the female artists that helped define the 4AD sound. Jes Lenee's classical roots and compositional sense invoke the avant-chamber feel of Rachel's, if they were enveloped in the hazy folk atmosphere in which Marissa Nadler resides." |
| 7/30/2006 | Avarus | II | LP | $15.99 | HP Cycle | "Here is your introduction to phase two. While there is a certain degree of continuity in the approach, II is a noticeable extrapolation of the Avarus SOUND. The album's six tracks span collage-esque pieces of audio junk to deconstructed song forms to subtly dense instrumentals. Waves of stretched electronics, distorted clank and warbling bass throb create layers of chaotic wreckage until a sudden collapse reveals an underlying stasis. Unnoticed patterns now conscious pull the listener into another time/mind continuum. Step into the g-a-p. The LP is presented in a full cover printed sleeve with suitable "found" photo art...for you to figure out what it's all about." Highly recommended! |
| 5/1/2009 | Avarus | IV | LP | $21.99 | Secret Eye | "All-new exclusive Avarus! Fourth Secret Eye full-length and tenth release overall from this incredible Finnish band that pretty much defines modern psychedelic kraut improv. Primitive, primal and tribal, desolate and mournful, dreamy and pastoral, motorik and hypnotic. Buzzing, clattery, droning, stumbling Krautrock flecked with shimmering free-noise, avant ambience, delicate folk fuckery, and chaotic caveman psychedelic space rock. Avarus IV starts where the Rasvaaja LP ended. The IV, too, consists of Tomas Regan's careful high-quality recordings. On the IV Avarus makes and even longer dive in the warm and clear pond, into which the water is poured from both kraut and space rock, and from micro music and slapstick. The recording was made after the US tour, which guarantees the firm harmony satisfying the most demanding listeners. The delicate talent and the hilarious team spirit guarantee a recordful of heart-warming harmonies and surprising turns delighting an unprejudiced mind. The wondrous adult rock of Avarus is born from an uncompromising love for music. The finished recording deserved a fantastic cover, too. This in mind, the graphic visionaries Amanda Vähämäki and Pauliina Mäkelä spent their summer holidays swimming, drinking beer, and drawing their kaleidoscopic Davy Crockett epos inspired by music. LP only - 160 gram virgin vinyl, pressed in Czech Republic, direct metal mastering, full-color labels and jackets, all-exclusive new jams." Limited edition of 200 copies. Highly recommended! |
| 12/1/2004 | Avarus | Jättiläisrotta | CD | $12.99 | Secret Eye | "The burgeoning Finnish free-folk movement has been garnering much praise and attention over the past year. From the same circle of psychos who bring us Kemialliset Ystävät, Maniac’s Dream, Pylon and the Anaksimandros comes this, the first full-length CD release by Avarus. These Finns play a left-field blend of noise, folk and, could it be... free jazz!?! Packed with aural mayhem and musical non-sequiturs, this is backward, dirt-eating freak folk that makes The Animal Collective sound like Judy Collins." Recommended! |
| 4/24/2006 | Avarus | Vesikansi | CD | $12.99 | Secret Eye | "49 minutes of gooey new goodness from Avarus - spread over just three tracks! From the same tattered coven of piss drinkers who alternately refer to themselves as Kemialliset Ystävät, Lau Nau, Pylon, Islaja, Es, Kiila or the Anaksimandros comes this, another Secret Eye release and a follow-up to last year's Jättiläisrotta.These fumbling Finns conjure a smoky, shit-drunk forest of noise, folk and unsurpassable tribal improvŠa delicious Yahowha soup with a spicy, burnt Amon Düül crust. Oh so highly recommended. Features guest vocals and noise from Tara Burke a.k.a. FURSAXA (Eclipse Records, ATP Recordings, Ecstatic Peace). Avarus have received extensive coverage in both The Wire and Pitchforkmedia. In 2005, Avarus played The Wire's Subcurrent Festival (Glasgow). In 2006 they are scheduled to perform at Dramarama (Belgium) and the Terrastock 6 festival in Providence (which will mark their first-ever U.S. performance) "Using a muse found deep in the woods, this collective base their sound on fumbling lurches of folkrock drug groove interspersed with weevilly keyboard stuff and quite extraordinary, persistent yowling." - The Wire. Recommended! |
| 6/11/2006 | Axolotl | Chemical Theatre | 12" | $16.99 | Gipsy Sphinx | "Brand new hand-numbered edition of 552 12" EP from this great new European label that also just released the Vanishing Voice Nordic Visions set. Here Karl Bauer uses violin, vocals, electronics and percussion to assemble huge fields of strafing white light that somehow reconcile the all-night flights of Terry Riley and the clouds of lung generated by Yoshi Wada with flickers of microdot vision and stoned oblivion poems. His set at Subcurrent was absolutely outstanding, accelerating Partch-like percussive miniatures into huge vertical architectures and this is another great blat of rigorously thought-out modern American sound. Highly recommended." - Volcanic Tongue |
| 4/22/2009 | Axolotl | Of Bonds in General | CDR | $7.99 | "After 3 years I have finally completed what I think is my best record, "Of Bonds in General", which will see a small run of 200 CDR's now and then finally a proper LP courtesy of the wonderful Catsup Plate records sometime this summer. Digital Download will also be available. I hope you enjoy it!" - Karl Bauer | |
| 11/4/2006 | Axolotl | Telesma | CD | $10.99 | Spooky Action | "It is true without lying, certain and most true. That which is Below is like that which is Above and that which is Above is like that which is Below to do the miracles of the Only Thing. And as all things have been and arose from One by the mediation of One, so all things have their birth from this One Thing by adaptation. The Sun is its father; the Moon its mother; the Wind hath carried it in its belly; the Earth is its nurse. The father of all perfection in the whole world is here. Its force or power is entire if it be converted into Earth. Separate the Earth from the Fire, the subtle from the gross, sweetly with great industry. It ascends from the Earth to the Heavens and again it descends to the Earth and receives the force of things superior and inferior. By this means you shall have the glory of the whole world and thereby all obscurity shall fly from you. Its force is above all force, for it vanquishes every subtle thing and penetrates every solid thing. So was the world created. From this are and do come admirable adaptations, whereof the process is here in this. Hence am I called Hermes Trismegistus, having the three parts of the philosophy of the whole world. That which I have said of the operation of the Sun is accomplished and ended." -The Emerald Tablet (Isaac Newton, trans.) Five stellar pieces with new attention to structural detail and emotional depth. Presented in stunning foil-stamped sleeves, in an edition of 500. |
| 2/7/2009 | Axolotl + Eskimo King | untitled | CDR | $9.99 | Our Mouth | "collab. muddy industrial" |
| 11/17/2007 | Axolotl / D Yellow Swans / Gerritt | split | LP | $15.99 | Root Strata | "Originally released in 2005 as a limited edition CD-R on Yellow Swans' JYRK label, this three-way collab now gets a proper run on wax. Recorded in Oakland at the Huffin House before the Swans made the retreat back to Portland. Despite the weight of these players when they rock alone, this jam really never gets into full on white out territory. Instead, it's loaded to the brim with wavy neon distortion and soothing low end that occasional drops out into huge washes of emptiness. The opening passage of GMS guitar flecks sympathizing with Karl's string wash is alone worth the price of admission." Red vinyl with lime green splatter. Edition of 500. |
| 2/6/2003 | Ayami Yo-Ko | Ayami Yo-Ko | CD | $8.99 | Public Eyesore | "Ayami Yo-ko is the introspective folk outlet for Tottori, Japan singer/songwriter/experimenter Satoru Kadowaki. AY began in the mid-1990s as Four Leaf Clover, an experiment in electronic psychedelia. Now, relying on frigid feedback, subtly reverberated guitar, and weathered vocals, Kadowaki paints a melancholic image of loss and desire." |
| 10/12/2004 | Ayler, Albert | Holy Ghost | 9CD Box | $102.99 | Revenant | “By 1958, Albert Ayler and his horn had made some rounds: from boy prodigy to teenage member of Little Walter's Blues Band, from 'Little Bird' of Cleveland to featured U.S. Army Band soloist. Then he resolutely set out to forget everything he ever learned about how to properly play the sax so he could channel symphonies to God out of his horn. Seeking nothing short of Truth in music, Ayler shortly became THE catalytic force in defining the sound of the tenor in Free Jazz, and was a heavy influence on John Coltrane's later work. Holy Ghost is the first comprehensive attempt to construct a monument in sound to Albert Ayler, including his never-before-heard first and last recordings, book-ending rare and unissued music from every stage of his career. 9 CDs of rare and unissued recordings, 208 page full color hardbound book, new essays by Amiri Baraka, Val Wilmer, and other Ayler scholars, 10th bonus disc with Ayler as a member of the U.S. Army Band, all housed in a lavish 9.5" square by 3" deep Spirit Box cast from a hand-carved wooden original." – label. “Seven discs of live music (Hertb Katz Quintet with Ayler, Helsinki, 1962), Albert Ayler Trio (NYC, 1964), Ayler Quartet (Copenhagen, 1964; NYC, 1967), Burton Greene Quintet with Ayler (NYC, 1966), Albert Ayler Quintet (Cleveland, Berlin & Rotterdam, all 1966; Newport, 1967; Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 1970), Pharoah Sanders Ensemble with Ayler (NYC, 1968), Don Ayler Sextet w/ Ayler (NYC, 1969), Albert Ayler solo (NY, 1968). Plus 2 CDs of intereviews (1964, 1966, 1970), including a Don Cherry interview from 1971.” – Forced Exposure |
| 5/1/2009 | Ayler, Albert | Spiritual Unity | LP | $16.99 | ESP-DISK' | "ESP's first recording session was on July 10, 1964, in the tiny Variety Arts Recording Studio, just off Times Square. Just before 1 PM, SUNNY MURRAY arrived, a large, genial walrus, moving and speaking with an easy agility that belied his appearance. GARY PEACOCK was next, tall, thin, ascetic looking, and soft spoken, with an introspective and kindly demeanor. ALBERT AYLER was last, small, wary and laconic. The walls of the reception area were covered with Latin album jackets. The engineer quickly set up the mikes and began the session. B sat outside in the reception area with Annette Peacock, Gary's wife. As the music was heard through the open outer door of the control room, felt a sense of jubilation. At one point, the engineer fled the control room for a few minutes, but returned in time to change the tape for the next selection. When the session was over, B learned that it had been recorded in monaural, although he remembered requesting a stereo recording. Happily, the engineer Joe had properly miked and mixed the session, and the recording stands today as a classic of the genre. After the session, the participants sat in a coffee shop next door, while they were paid and signed recording agreements. A few days later, B saw them off on their flight to Europe from Idlewild International Airport for a European tour. DON CHERRY was with them." Pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl in the United States with original artwork restored. Hand numbered 1-1000, limited edition - Digital download included. |