| DateAdded | Artist | Title | Format | Price | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/14/2007 | D. Charles Speer | Some Forgotten Country | LP | $12.99 | Sound@One | "A true solo endeavor, this LP is the debut of D. Charles Speer on long player. Recordings over a span of 4 years have been assembled here into a rumination on loss in its many forms - loss of direction, loved ones, home, mental acuity, money, and emotional stability. Pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl and limited to 500 copies." |
| 2/21/2008 | D. Charles Speer & The Helix | After Hours | LP | $18.99 | Black Dirt Records | "In a world populated by meh-rate bar bands, Shuford and his crack quartet are our best saloon band: Put on After Hours, Shuford's second album as D. Charles Speer but his first with the Helix, and you'll have trouble not thinking of dusty roads, big skies and rye whiskey served in bottles marked xx." - Time Out NY (5 out of 6 stars) "...a pretty major work for the first quarter of 2008. We've heard the (supposedly) psychedelic approach applied to folk and singer/songwriter music plenty in these last couple years (with many hitting the mark, true), but has anybody really applied it to country/western/bluegrass music besides Mr. Speer? Does anybody else really need to?" - Blogstitude. "The inimitable Mr. Speer coined the term himself upon titling his pre-Helix full length releaseŠ Forgotten Country. Not so much a forgotten people of a state or a rural area. Not so either some South's gonna rise again moonshine. More so a return to a way of presenting a music in the context of a tradition (something those boys in the band are pretty high on.) But this isn't your grandfather's Bakersfield we're dealing with. Tho' the tongue of the balladeer may spin tales ripe with a cast of characters including "the Pastor" Randolph Healey, Cheese Frog, the man from HHS, Uncle Ernie, that guy with the black mustache and red Caddy who stole your girl, and the true born sons of Levi, he sings them not only with the twang of the roadhouse, but tainted with the grit of the streets of the big city. As one casual listener once noted to the band after a performance, "You guys play both typesŠ Country and Psych." And it's true that the sounds contained on After Hours do act on the mind as much as they tug at the heartstrings. Replete with tales of mental instability, infidelity, drunken advice, wartime hucksters, heartbreak, and redemption, the first album by D Charles with his backing band will surely immediately stand out amongst the shards of gothic Americana that litter our fair sonic landscape." Recorded at Black Dirt Studio in Westtown, NY. Pressed on to 180 gram vinyl by RTI in Camarillo, CA. The covers were screened by VGKids in Ypsilanti, MI. Edition of 500 copies. |
| 1/1/2008 | Dadge, Chris | I'd Drive Your Ass Across the World If I Had To | CDR | $9.99 | Bug Incision | "crystalline solo percussion (with occasional amplifications) recordings from september 2006. debut solo recordings from bent spoon trio, musk cup, and malleagle percussionist." |
| 1/1/2008 | Dadge, Chris & Rachael Wadham | 100 Silk Buttons From the Room Upstairs | CDR | $9.99 | Bug Incision | "recorded in vancouver fall 2006. sparkling piano / percussion / violin / junk improvisations with two of western canada's most original improvisors." Limited edition of 150 copies. |
| 2/1/2005 | Dadson, Phil | Sound Tracks | CD | $14.99 | Atoll | "Phil Dadson was a member of the foundation group for Scratch Orchestra in London with Corneluis Cardew, Michael Parsons and others. In 1970, he founded the New Zealand Scratch Orchestra and later founded the percussion group ‘From Scratch’ who have an international reputation for their innovative, energetic and compelling style of music/sound performance owing to their rhythmic invention, experimental instruments (including different sets of tuned and un-tuned percussion) and original methods of percussion playing. He is an intermedia artist/composer whose solo work takes many forms including performances (solo and with ‘From Scratch’), videos, installations, radio works, sound sculptures, compositions, graphic scores, sound stories & his own hand made experimental musical instruments. ‘Sound Tracks’ maps a sequence of solo improvisations on a range of Dadson’s invented instruments, with track titles; Gloop, Peel the Unseen, To a Circular Mirror, Laced Cool, etc; as intriguing and evocative as the names of his instruments; longstring Zitherum (3 metre long zither / drum combination), Gloopdrum (single string & drum-membrane resonator), Nundrum (modified bass-drum resonator with threaded rods & spring-drums), song/stones, overtone-vocals, headrush pedal and ostifans." "This set of solo improvisations could well be sub-titled 'From Scratch to Outer Space': anyone familiar with Dadson's celebrated From Scratch ensemble will be familiar with the general terrain of the sound world here, while the cover etching commemorates a star in the Eridanus constellation named after our most famous experimental composer. Invented instruments abound, with fetching names like Gloopdrum, Numdrum and Zitherum. Understandably less rhythmically focussed than much of his prior work, these pieces encompass overtone singing, and a veritable magic bag of odd sounds which evoke everything from native bird song to battling rubber bands. Top 10 material, then." - Gary Steel. METRO Magazine, NZ. Sept 2004 |
| 12/25/2005 | Dale, Jon | Rotten Sun | CDR EP | $7.99 | Rhizome | "Massed lag accumulation from guitars, cymbals, and hand held fans. Jittery, spooked dronology. Ltd to 50." |
| 4/10/2005 | Dale, Jon | Son d’Or | CDR-EP | $7.99 | Rhizome | "Organs and guitars, playing themselves: minimal interjection from human hands. The distorted splatter of a malfunctioning speaker-box, vibrato drawn from the air, guitars and hand-held fans, amps set to 1. The klang of drumstick on string as guest (and informant) Kynan Lawlor steps into the fray, arms akimbo." |
| 4/10/2005 | Dale, Jon / Kynan Lawlor | I've got a tiger in my tank | CDR | $6.99 | Fuckin Stoner Records | "Look if for some strange reason you have a desire to hear the sound of two blokes mucking about with an electric guitar and drum kit, go no further. If you want to hear the best punk album of the year so far, you have also come to the right place." - Mark Groves, Ujaku. 2002 release - two copies available. |
| 3/2/2005 | Damon & Naomi | The Earth is Blue | CD | $13.99 | 202020 | "A year in the making, The Earth Is Blue is Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang's most intimate and accomplished record to date. Delicate harmonies and intricate melodic lines dominate the album's ten tracks, all of which were recorded in the duo's home studio. Michio Kurihara flew in from Japan, where he provides the guitar playing for the genius psych-folk of Ghost, and added another layer of inspiration to the songs. Also contributing are trumpeter Greg Kelley and soprano saxophonist Bhob Rainey of Boston's nmperign. Along with eight original songs, the group beautifully interprets 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' by George Harrison and 'Araca Azul' by Caetano Veloso. The Earth Is Blue marks the first release on Damon & Naomi's record label, 20/20/20." |
| Dara | Dara | LP | $9.99 | Ecstatic Peace | “DARA plays guitar, keyboards, and sings. DARA sang for a band called His Name Is Alive a few years ago. DARA also played in a band called Nunsex (which featured Ron Asheton of Stooges fame on lead guitar). They are now called ‘Laudanum’ sans Asheton. DARA also does a lot of home recording of which this one-sided LP is representative of. True sounds from the underground - spirit, soul and the heat of whispered telepathy. Rock n roll heart. Leaves Lou Reed in the dust.” – T. Moore | |
| 9/10/2003 | Dare Devil Band | Inomusha | CD | $16.99 | PSF | "The Dare Devil Band moniker first showed up in the early nineties on a duo album by German sax titan Peter Brotzmann and master drummer Shoji Hano. Hano obviously has a soft spot for the name, as he has resurrected it for this new project a hardcore improvised rock trio, consisting of Hano with Makoto Kawabata and Atsushi Tsuyama from acid-freak commune Acid Mothers Temple. Hano made his name as an intensely physical free drummer who draws upon a multitude of esoteric physical practices to energize his playing. He’s recorded with Peter Brotzmann, Derek Bailey, Werner Ludi, William Parker, Keiji Haino and a host of other leading free improvisers as well as proving his rock credentials on two albums with the legendary High Rise. Inomusha was recorded live earlier this year in Osaka and Kyoto, with the trio locking down into some seriously wired and sprawling rock craziness. Comes in a gorgeous mini-LP style gatefold jacket with English liner notes by Hano. The group will be commemorating this release with three dates in Osaka (Hard Rain), Nagoya (Tokuzo), and Tokyo (Super Deluxe) on September 9th, 10th and 11th." |
| 5/14/2007 | Darksmith | Darksmith | cassette | $6.99 | Hanson | "First release from this KILLER new project. Tom Darksmith is from California and has been ruling my head. Great organic sound collage/Vaccuum cleaner shit.. Fans of Hands To, Yeast Culture, etc.. Need to wake up to this dude NOW... More tapes coming soon on Hanson as well. Keep ears PEELED OPEN." |
| 2/25/2008 | Datashock & Shivers | Vol IV | LP | $15.99 | Textile | "Textile Rds presents Datashock a ritualistic "Neo -- Hippie -- Spook -- Folk collective from Germany - the new 12" in our Textile Vinyl Series. There is no constant line-up, as the group is joined by new members every now and then. Their music is defined almost entirely by psychedelic multidimensional live-improvisations stemming from 70ies Kraut-rock influenced by contemporary electronic music and psychotic dronescapes. As a result we find complex layers of sultry muffled vibrations met by heavy waves of electronic sound experiments and strangely disfigured images. Here and there reality-distorting bits of whispers and cut-up voices are woven into the texture of these alien patterns of sound. Every step here is like nervously stumbling through the swampy ground of a jungle. Here every look is like a secret glimpse at a hidden ghost-train world. If, however, you would want to use other bands from past and present as a reference, names like Tangerine Dream or Sunburned might come to mind. Datashock's music has a similarly warm and organic feel to it. Labels like 'spooky Psychedelic-Post-Krautfolk' are at the same time graphic description as well as missing the point altogether. During the band's four-year history one of the highlights has been this year's (2007) release of a live-collaboration picture-LP with Nadja, also known as Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff. Founding member Pascal Hector is also running Meudiademorte Recs, known for releases of Noise- and Improv-music by artists such as Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Sunburned, Vanishing Voice and many others. Ulf Schütte also plays in Aosuke, works as a solo-artist as Shivers and Diamond Lemonade and is running the Tape Tektoniks-label. The collective's newest member is Marcel Türkowsky who besides his work as a solo artist is involved in Cones, UUHUU w/ Andrew Cvar (ex jackie o'motherfucker) , Wooden Veil, Leo Mars and Kinn." |
| 11/2/2008 | Datashock / Jettatura | split | cassette | $7.99 | Archivo de Sangre de Dios | "New split from Saarlouis freewheeling collective Datashock and Brightons Jettatura (featuring members of Polly Shang Kuan Band). Datashock's spaced out clank,clatter and drone bringing sunlight and calm in advance of Jettatura's darkness and confusion. Doom bass,thud,wail and hum amidst ancient ritual chant........Maureen of the band couldn't listen to it on her own in the house....uuuggghh." |
| 10/1/2002 | Dave Dove Paul Duo | A | CD | $10.99 | Tempo Kannan Bail | "Incredible trombone/bass-triggered synthesizer duo that Muckracker calls ‘unlike any other improv based groups.’ A huge influence on Houston's ‘free’ scene. Ltd. edition of 500, hand-painted covers." |
| 12/24/2005 | Davenport | Loki's War | cassette | $6.99 | Skullfucking Tapes | "Nico Kain and Clay Ruby hypnotize you with their subtle prayers and dances. Sacred document of candlelit prayers. As a trio in the studio, Davenport burns it from both ends on this long traveling jam. Reissue of cdr." |
| 12/24/2005 | Davenport | Push em Back | cassette | $6.99 | Skullfucking Tapes | "Reissue of cdr featuring live muscular drone workout in the cathartic heat of a new England sweatlodge." |
| 12/24/2005 | Davenport | Rabbit's Foot Propeller | CD | $12.99 | Three Lobed | "The extended Davenport family has been producing their unique flavor of free-form and exultant improvisational folk since 2001. Operating out of Madison, Wisconsin, their music has taken on an open joviality that reflects the spirit of their hometown and the natural world that resides just outside its borders. Respectful and observant of all things natural, Davenport has focused on their organic sound over a long string of CDR and cassette releases for a number of different labels. Rabbit's Foot Propeller is simultaneously a natural extension of their prior work and a confident step into a new and different direction. Taken as a whole or as its component tracks, the album is a solid continuation of the Davenport aim to bring light into all dark corners. Rabbit's Foot Propeller is all about the juxtaposition of varying sounds and musical textures against one another. Over the course of the album's thirteen tracks, the listener is presented with numerous playful improvisations, tones generated from various instruments and lilting melodies (both guitar and vocal). Unconventionally captured to tape by the band through the use of a handheld recording device lacking an erase head, the recordings allowed for an infinite amount of overdubs confined only by the fact that it was impossible to simultaneously monitor all of the previously recorded progress. This technique allowed for a high degree of experimentation with results that range from pensive and calm to miniature folk masterpieces." |
| 12/24/2005 | Davenport | Sun Your Open Mouth | cassette | $6.99 | Skullfucking Tapes | "Bare chested barbarians attack the studio with massive one-take hexing. The children of the sun begin to awake, watch out. Reissue of cdr." |
| 12/24/2005 | Davenport | The Weakest Link Can Pull the Heavy Load out of the Blues and onto the Road | cassette | $6.99 | Skullfucking Tapes | "Reissue of cdr featuring two live sets from the beginning of the first Davenport tour. Includes live fantasy soul version of "Country Blues" on the B side. and a deep explorative environmental psyche freakscene on the A side, recorded at the Million Tongues Festival." |
| 12/24/2005 | Davenport / Son of Earth | split | cassette | $6.99 | Skullfucking Tapes | Reissue of cdr featuring Davenport as duo singing hymns to the dead. Son of Earth give dark out of body stillness and shudder. Don't Shudder." |
| 4/16/2007 | Davenport Family | At the Foot of Zodiac Mountain | one-sided cassette | $9.99 | Meudiademorte Records | "One sided 35minutes long jam. their very last jam withmask of the davenport clan on their faces, free-form improvisational folk performed on walpurgis, clay rubys brithday by clay ruby, t endless, woodman, johnny d, billy lee, nico kain, aaron laurant, tyler olson.limited to 230 copies." |
| 6/5/2005 | Davenport Family, The | Field Tales | DBL CDR | $15.99 | 23 Productions | "The Davenport Family jams in the woods, in the barn, on the trail, in the pasture, around the campfire, and before the altar. This two cdr set also features several excerpts from their three hour ritual held in Central Park this past fall. Featuring a few special guest stars and the usual fire that is always smoldering, this collection of moving snap shots is by far the most eclectic offering of Davenport's live improvisations to date. Limited edition of 123." |
| 6/5/2005 | Davies, Rhodri / Ingar Zach | Ieirll | LP | $21.99 | QBICO | Rhodri Davies (harp); Ingar Zach (percussion). Rec. November 2002 in London. "Incredible and totally alien sounds! Metal, electronic, far out sounds on their self-built and prepared instruments... really unique and highly creative duos!" |
| 9/10/2003 | Davis Redford Triad | Blue Cloud | CD | $13.99 | Holy Mountain | "Over three years in the making, Blue Cloud is a stupendous new effort by guitarist / engineer Steven Wray Lobdell (Sufi Mind Game / Faust) and leader of one of the preeminent power trios working today (see Code Orange). This is the group's first studio album since 1999's Ewige Blumenkraft. A transcendent blend of heavy, guitar-based psychedelia, noisy scraped loops, menacing licks, spacey improvisation, bizarre pop, and screaming backwards ecstasy. Features a ‘right on’ guest rant from the Baseball Astrologer.” |
| 2/13/2003 | Davis Redford Triad | Code Orange | CD | $13.99 | Holy Mountain | "Code Orange is a live collage from the Davis Redford Triad's Spring 2002 tour. The band played a variety of material from both of their Holy Mountain albums plus rocked-out electric versions of material from Mr. Lobdell's sublime solo album,Automatic Writing by the Moon. In addition, there are three new songs, 'Mellowed for Over 80 Million Years,' 'Loop 03,' and the title track of their upcoming studio album Blue Cloud." Recommended! |
| Davis Redford Triad | Ewige Blumenkraft | CD | $13.99 | Holy Mountain | "The Davis Redford Triad is the solo vehicle for occasional Faust guitar-player Steven Wray Lobdell. His previous album, The Mystical Path of the Number Eighty Six was hailed as 'a limber sonic attack that sounds like 1,000 chattering meth-soaked bats being chased through the caves of Sun Ra's Atlantis by a litter of ax-wielding Chihuahua vampire pups, who just need some lovin'.' The unique, distortion-laden guitar-playing on this album has endeared Mr. Lobdell to many who revere him as an untouchable 'liquid bitch.' This is not just some guy with a guitar and a talent pedal. Ewige Blumenkraft's six tracks, especially the epic, 18-minute alpha state of 'Plum Village,' make up an exciting, new psychedelic chapter in the little known tradition of Carnatic rock. Other entries might include Ustad Bismallah Khan, Clark-Hutchinson Band, Sun City Girls and U. Shirivas, among others. Somewhere in a Las Vegas hotel penthouse, behind the security of dependable guards, deep beneath the quick of a reclusive billionaire's fingernails, this record has been described as 'indispensable.' It is time to admit your plane can't fly. How about your carpet?" | |
| Davis Redford Triad | Mystical Path Of The Number Eighty Six | CD | $13.99 | Holy Mountain | “Holy Mountain released the first LP by Steven Wray Lobdell's Davis Redford Triad in the spring of 1997, following Lobdell's release from a mental institution and return to playing the guitar. The music just poured out of him. The heavy psychedelic guitar compositions on The Mystical Path - think Takayanagi Masayuki backed by a Crazy Horse-like force attempting a ‘version’ of Sun Ra's ‘The Invisible Shield’ with organ, analog synth and various other electronics - managed to pull down maximum sky. Since that time, Lobdell has recorded two more albums for Holy Mountain and has produced two albums by Hochenkeit. After the purchase of a tapedeck similar to the one used for this recording, Mr. Lobdell located a few tracks presumed lost and became inspired to remix the entire album. This reissue restores the original sequence of the album and has new liner notes written by Lobdell.” Highly recommended! | |
| 5/8/2005 | Davis, Greg | Gather / Scatter | 7" | $6.99 | Tonschacht | "This record was created entirely from a casio sk1 drum machine sample. This sample was then processed in real-time using a custom-built max/msp sound environment. 'Scatter' was created by subtracting (or scattering) these sounds, processing them further and adding silences until I achieved a desired lesser density. 'Gather' was created by adding (or gathering) these sounds, processing them further and overlaying them until i achieved a desired greater density. All of these sounds were then carefully arranged with soundedit16 to create the finished pieces. 'Two Skylines' was created by taking the processed source sample and processing it further with sonicworx powerbundle. Then the waveforms of the left and right channels were rectified in such a way as to resemble two city skylines. These pieces were created between the late winter of 2001 and the early fall of 2002. This record is dedicated to John Cage." - Greg Davis) |
| 5/29/2008 | Davis, John | The Gold Hooped Nature | CD | $12.99 | Rot Strata | "'The Gold Hooped Nature' is the debut long player by California dreamer John Davis. Picking up where his 3" CD-R 'At Home And Afeild' left off, this disc is a scenic set of audio drift that easily zigzags dense passages of analog crunch as well as blank vistas of crystalline tones via guitars, found sounds, contact microphones, tape speed oscillations, field recordings and a small battery of effects. John's study as a Filmmaker & Photographer definitely plays some roll here, with any number of landscapes (real or imagined, inner or outer) being brought to mind. Way less head than heart though, with plenty of these tracks dipped in a romantic glaze that betrays any tendency to over conceptualize drone / ambient / whatever music. It's more wide-eyed sunset, lost west coast stargazing than that. And I suspect the endless Midwest horizons of John's youth are in there as well. Gold & white offset print covers." Edition of 300 copies. |
| 11/4/2006 | Davis, Zac | Full of Holes | CDR | $8.99 | Maim & Disfigure | Lambsbread dude's solo shit |
| 6/11/2006 | Davis, Zac | Menstrual Milkshake | CDR | $9.99 | Maim & Disfigure | "Solo guitar... theres one part where theres a "hotel california" style riff for a few seconds that sounds real nasty... hear me cough while i play guitar...edition of 40/hand drawn covers" |
| 3/26/2006 | Davolinas | Edge of a New Day | LP | $24.99 | Nasoni | "First album by Copenhagen based danish power trio. The Davolinas group around foxy female guitar player and singer Lene Kjær Hvillum, along with bass player Torben from Magnified Eye. They take simple guitar riffs, basic heavy bass and powerful drums to create a cool and rockin' mix of songs with elements of stoner, progressive, psychedelic, garage rock. If you ever have enjoyed a Davolinas live performance, you've probably noticed that Lene's voice sounds a bit like Janis Joplin." Edition of 500 copies - 100 on colored vinyl - which these are. |
| 8/2/2008 | de Deyster, Edmond | Selectie 02 | LP | $27.99 | Ultra Eczema | "This is the second in a series of Edmond de Deyster (who sadly died in '99) archival lp's. Edmond de Deyster left an incredible amount of reel tapes behind full of beautiful analog synthesizer music. his family was kind enough to share this archive with us. it took me way longer to get this second instalment together, partly because i wanted to interview his relatives and other people who knew him during the years these tapes were made. frankly time flies by too quick and i decided to first release this second lp and do the interview for the third release in this series. this second lp got selected from 2 reel tapes that were in the same box as the ones from the first lp. one of them mentions the same info as those first ones, "1975", the fourth tape didnt mention any information. i'm not entirely sure if these recordings were made in the same period, though they sound more like the previous stuff then like the upcoming releases; incredibly sad and lonely synth tunes! comes in a duo coloured cover with photo's of edmond de deyster and a insert with liner notes and another picture. limited to 500 copies." |
| 4/20/2008 | de Jesus, Eric | Cult Of The Moon | zine | $7.99 | Sloow Tapes | "Drawings, photo's and lunar stories by Eric de Jesus. Half black & white, half full-color. Let your moustache grow easy. Bound together by the hand." |
| 11/3/2003 | Dead C | Damned | CD | $13.99 | Starlight Furniture Company | "Over the last 17 years (and 18 full-lengths and numerous 7-inches), New Zealand's the Dead C have produced some of the most strident, uncompromising and downright nasty rock screech ever, without sacrificing an ounce of the grace and finesse required of tamers of gigantic, wild sandworms. Six improvised tracks-the band's first new US release since 1997-that verge on disintegration with trademark hazy disorientation, invariably evoking hypnotic and heavy moods. The recognizable sullen strumming, mumbling and lyrical ennui of Michael Morley (Gate), anchored by percussionist Robbie Yeats and punctuated by the atonal bursts of Bruce Russell (A Handful of Dust, Corpus Hermeticum), coalesce in a solid front that mocks the efforts of schmaltz-peddling hacks." Recommended! |
| 11/2/2008 | Dead C | DR503 + Sun Stabbed EP | Double LP | $21.99 | Ba Da Bing / Jagjaguwar | "The first in a series of Dead C reissue collaborations between Jagjaguwar and Ba Da Bing, DR503 has been pressed on vinyl for the first time in years, along with the Sun Stabbed EP as a bonus record. Originally released in 1987 (and not to be confused with the releases DR503b or DR503c, which are completely different recordings), DR503 sounded like nothing that came before--a furious pastiche of unrelenting drones, noise and menace. It didn't fit in with the other bands New Zealand's venerable Flying Nun was releasing, and it immediately staked a fork in the road, dividing the "New Zealand Pop Sound" from its black sheep brother, "New Zealand Noise." Today, the record still sounds as vicious and vital as when it first went to vinyl, except now perhaps there will be more people ready to appreciate the innovative approach the band took some 21 years ago. This reissue also contains a bonus record of the rare Sun Stabbed EP from the same recording period. With bonus tracks not on the original 7-inch, the recordings from the Sun Stabbed sessions are being released for the first time in their entirety. Packaged in beautiful gatefold Stoughton jackets." |
| 11/2/2008 | Dead C | Eusa Kills + Helen Said This 12" | Double LP | $21.99 | Ba Da Bing / Jagjaguwar | "The second in a series of Dead C reissue collaborations between Jagjaguwar and Ba Da Bing, Eusa Kills has been pressed on vinyl for the first time in years, along with the Helen Said This 12-inch as a bonus record. Eusa Kills is The Dead C's second album from 1989, released by Flying Nun, the arbiter of the time for all that mattered in New Zealand rock. Considered by many to be their "songs" record, Eusa Kills adds ominous aggression to the abstract sounds of their time. One can hear the direct influence The Dead C had on Sonic Youth at the time--mining deep into the underbelly of music to yield a truly intense and unparalleled sound. This reissue also contains as a bonus record the rare Helen Said This 12-inch from the same recording period. Originally released by Siltbreeze at 33 rpm, this is the first vinyl reprint, and will display improved sound quality at 45 rpm. Packaged in beautiful gatefold Stoughton jackets." |
| 6/19/2007 | Dead C | Future Artists | CD | $10.99 | Ba Da Bing | "In their first new album since 2003's The Damned and last year's double-CD greatest hits behemoth, Vain, Erudite and Stupid, New Zealand's The Dead C return with another uncompromising realization of the finest rock improvisation you'll ever hear. Future Artists contains five tracks of genius drone and barbarous clashing sounds. From the first track, 'The AMM of Punk Rock' through to the last, 'Garage,' their intensity is unyielding, their inventiveness jaw-dropping. It's been twenty years, and The Dead C show no sign of losing their ability to express the surreal and undefined. Long may they prosper." |
| 11/17/2007 | Dead C | Future Artists | DBL LP | $19.99 | Ba Da Bing! | "In their first new album since 2003's The Damned and last year's two-CD greatest hits behemoth, Vain, Erudite & Stupid, New Zealand's The Dead C return with another uncompromising realization of the finest rock improvisation you'll ever hear. Future Artists contains five tracks of genius drone and barbarous clashing sounds. From the first track, "The AMM of Punk Rock" through to the last, "Garage," their intensity is unyielding, their inventiveness jaw-dropping. It's been twenty years, and The Dead C show no sign of losing their ability to express the surreal and undefined. Long may they prosper. Features a bonus track-12:30 song called "The Prisoners." |
| 11/2/2008 | Dead C | Golden / Canine | 12" | $16.99 | Ba Da Bing | Limited edition 12" single available only during their 2008 USA tour. Pressed on clear vinyl. |
| Dead C | Harsh 70's Reality | CD | $13.99 | Siltbreeze | Reissue of the double album on CD minus two tracks from Michael Morley, Bruce Russell and Robert Yeats from 1992. | |
| 11/4/2006 | Dead C | Relax Fallujah - Hell Has Come | 7" | $4.99 | BaDaBing! | "Limited to 1000 copies, Relax Fallujah coincides with THE DEAD Cs double-CD retrospective Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987-2005, also on Ba Da Bing! Side A is brutal, never-released version of "Power" from the bands archives. The B-Side serves up their most famous song (especially after it was covered by the likes of Yo La Tengo and The Rogers Sisters, among others), for those who finally want to hear it on glorious vinyl." |
| Dead C | The White House | CD | $131.99 | Siltbreeze | “Dead C hail from Auckland, New Zealand, which is appropriate since they sound like noise from the edge of the world. The Village Voice has described them as sounding ‘like a garbage truck backing over the abyss’ The White House, their tenth album (the group has been going since 1987) is from the tradition of Lou Reed's 1975 anti-classic Metal Machine Music. More contemporary reference points would have to include Royal Trux's impenetrably weird Twin lnfinitives, or loft primitivist Jad Fair's Half Japanese at their most deviant. ‘Your Hand’ is Dead C's sole concession to anything resembling pop conventions. A stumbling. awkward neoballad, its their only song featuring a 'vocal', or rather a heavily distorted and buried voice mumbling 'Won't you come hold my hand". The rest is an unhinged skree of white nose, as if the group is paying tribute to the feedback on the end of The Velvet Underground's 'European Son’. Dead C have likened themselves to a jazz ensemble, and there's certainly an element of improvisational, freeform jazz at work here, as well as a late 70s No Wave noise aesthetic combined with a harsher take on the current American lo-fi sensibility, There's also a hermetic, insular rural-basement feel that is completely Dead C's own. The White House should warm the hearts of noise advocates everywhere.” – Bruce Tiffee |
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| Dead C | Tusk | CD | $13.99 | Siltbreeze | "There is no mistaking the Dead C's Tusk with the Fleetw`ood Mac album of the same title. Although both sound like experimental magnum opuses, the Dead C is merely doing its usual business. Even so, the standard issue Dead C cuts through the warm experimental arrangements of the Big Mac's Tusk like a wolverine tearing through a pack of poodles. Michael Morley (guitar, feedback), Bruce Russell (guitar, feedback) and Robbie Yeats (drums, guitar, feedback) have stripped most everything musical from their music, leaving a difficult but opaque sound: guitars roar and snarl indecipherably, punctuated by simple, but ever-shifting, drum beats. Vocals occasionally make an appearance, but they are usually buried amidst the fray. The Dead C's music is more a visceral attack upon convention than something to shake your rump to, even when the band plays quietly (as on 'Plane'). Capable of causing headaches, scaring listeners, annoying your annoying neighbors and redefining your threshold for pain, this record is only for the intrepid. Nevertheless, it is this edge that makes the band so loved among the small but loyal group of listeners that buy everything the band releases. The band's tenth full-length, Tusk once again delivers salvation to the faithful. Looking for a thrill? Check out the stupendous 'Head' (10:55) or the more time-friendly 'Half' (5:15)." - CMJ | |
| 9/17/2006 | Dead C | Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987-2005 | DBL CD | $10.99 | BaDaBing | "There's no 'correct' way to respond to The Dead C's music. With a catalogue that oscillates between subverting traditional song structures and stomping out and obliterating the very notion, New Zealand's Michael Morley, Bruce Russell and Robbie Yeats have continually made the most crushing, expansive and intelligent rock noise ever to be heard. The number of their peers who are also fans -- Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Comets On Fire, Black Dice -- shows the league in which they play. The Dead C have been creating the greatest of squalls for twenty years now, and to mark the anniversary, Ba Da Bing is proud to present this double CD retrospective, with tracks hand-picked by the band members themselves, collecting old and new faves and out-of-print rarities. All this at a price so nice, you'd think you were picking up a ten-song Supertramp greatest hits package. This release serves long-time fans and the curious alike, as chances are few people have heard everything on these discs. The band chose critical highlights as well as material they felt deserved wider exposure. While classics like "Constellation," "Power," and "Bitcher" are present, so are obscurities like "Mighty" from their Forced Exposure 7-inch, "All Channels Open" from the limited, double-disc DC record and "3 Years" from the Xpressway Pile-Up compilation. The real thrill is listening to the band's development over time, from the deconstructed skeletal rock of their early output to the eventual, cosmic marriage of reason and squalor that is as crushing as it is indescribable." |
| 10/25/2008 | Dead C, The | Secret Earth | CD | $10.99 | Ba Da Bing | "The elegance of howling guitar noise was fully realized when THE DEAD C appeared. For over twenty years now, the trio has continually redefined what rock music is and can sound like, and have inspired Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo, Wolf Eyes, and Comets On Fire, not to mention the current fertile underground noise scene. The Dead C is the ultimate blues band. But rather than departing from the heartfelt singing of the African-American South, they express the tenants of alienation in society with unrelenting force-a focused soundtrack to accompany Knut Hamsun novels, Samuel Beckett plays, and Ingmar Bergman films. MICHAEL MORLEY's monotonic vocal moan anchors the inherent isolation of our modern world--nothing is more earnest, nothing sounds so lost. Along the axis of The Dead C's recordings, Secret Earth sounds like it was created between Eusa Kills and Harsh '70s Reality. It contains a straightforward (for them) expression of sound, while continually pushing their vast improvisational techniques into a realm of subconscious genius. Ba Da Bing is teaming up this fall with Jagjaguwar to reissue their two essential Flying Nun albums from the eighties-DR503 and Eusa Kills." |
| 10/25/2008 | Dead Comet Alive | Universe for One | one-sided LP | $11.99 | American Tapes | "Old AT group, first leap into the wax world. DCA is a long-standing ??? electronics??? and ???? home jamming loner sound unit and here's two pieces of other worldly echoing empty universe tone twisters to inhabit a table-for-one ear vacation to the lurking parts of your daily experience. Sounds like having a huge unknown gnawing entity chase you inside a huge unknown sound world, at any speed. Super weird, not Demoon Skirt weird but more...internal noize stylez. Numbered Edition of 100, crazy inzane sleeve paste on." |
| 7/16/2006 | Dead Machines | Dead End at Olson St. | LP | $13.99 | Ypsilanti Records | "New full-length of Ypsi-electronics... Slick fucking cover on this thing...literally...Full color Olson collage-art w/ a slick coating over it...weird as hell.. Clear vinyl, full color labels. Sounds amazing...looks amazing! RULES!" - Hanson |
| 12/25/2005 | Dead Machines | Futures | 10" | $11.99 | Troubleman Unlimited | "Dead Machines is the married duo of John Olsen (Wolf Eyes) and Tova O'Rourke (Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice). Together-with the use of handmade electronics, tape manipulation, and blistering volume-they deliver two squirming heaps of drone and moan that is more restrained than Wolf Eyes though less folked-out than Wooden Wand." |
| 9/30/2005 | Dead Machines | Futures | CD | $11.99 | Troubleman Unlimited | "DEAD MACHINES is the duo of JOHN OLSON (WOLF EYES, American Tapes, a million other bands) and TOVA OLSON (ex WOODEN WAND AND THE VANISHING VOICE, also a million other bands). Together--with the use of handmade instruments and electronics, tape manipulation, sax, gong, and loud volume--deliver music by insaniacs for insaniacs." One time pressing of 750 copies. |
| 7/16/2006 | Dead Machines | Live at Tzompantli | LP | $12.99 | Eclipse | The a side was recorded at the first No Fun Festival in March 2004 (Brooklyn) and features a little comedy to start with and then things get heavy...and the second side is the very first VG Kids/Wolf Den Ypsi Street Level throwdown....our set was live on a 6 color shirt screen press and Nate brought a fog machine that blasted out the room and into the parking lot night of the VG complex...near the end you can hear people chucklin cause its absurd..that night was also the first "offical" Sick Llama, and MI debut of Failing Lights...great night....DM had a weird 7 small speaker set up on the heads of the press and spun it slighty for that dead-universe dying electronic creeping blast sound....." Printed covers with the back cover featuring a demented John Olson collage - killer! |
| 7/16/2006 | Dead Machines | Live Dead | CDR | $12.99 | Miam & Disfigure | "Live in columbus early 05, olson on drums and vocals, tovah on drunk junk box/j-tar destroying.... like no dead machines youve heard... imagine the drums from the negative approach 7" being played under some weird synth tape being slowly mangled and eaten with the sound of one bass string being detuned and abused and you're somewhat close to what it sounds like.... one part everything cuts out and both get into some seriously twisted screaming type shit, sounds like they were killing each other up there..... olson in fine mode talking some punk talk.... rumor in town for a while was they had a bunch of LSD in their car on the way to the gig and got pulled over so they had to eat it all, and i hearing this you could believe it.... if youre under 18 we need a letter from your parents to buy this one, lots of anti-cop talk...don't want another "cop killer" on our hands.....edition of 100." |
| 4/16/2007 | Dead Machines | Live Frying | cassette | $8.99 | American Tapes | "Same closet cleaning for the 97 style boxes found this lonely DM live from Inzane Studio rehearsal tape from Jun 10 2003. Dont remember anything about the session, but soundz lurking nonetheless... Color Cover" |
| 2/14/2008 | Dead Machines | London Dungeon | one-sided LP | $13.99 | Tovinator | "Waaaayyyy black in 2002 the Olson-O'Rourke duo jetted over the pond to meet Dylan and Karen in Brighton, hang for big D's birthday, soak in the craggy UK atmosphere. Crazed Dylan held a weird show somewhere in London, at the KFDM's dude club, with strange painted walls and a movable stage. Young traveler Big J's eq blew up right before the gig, so DM had to share one electronic set-up and reeds, etc. Was a truly strange night, some punter kept yelling something at us, you can hear it on the record, but can't tell what he's yellin - but it doesn't sound like a wish of good luck. Milch Grande and Dylan also played and I think that [sic] Goldie jammed as well.Here's the DM set, an odd one for sure. Playable at any speed, color vinyl, edition of 200 with a live photo from the gig." |
| 12/25/2005 | Dead Machines | Minister To A Mind Diseased | cassette | $6.99 | Hanson | "Hub and wife deliver another assault of fluttering dead electronics... Moving more quickly than most DM releases...Gutted Horrorbleness sketched by psychic sickness. Could be the soundtrack to Harry Harrison's DEATHWORLD if they ever made it into a movie. Sick Sci-Fi horror nastiness!" Edition of 100 copies. |
| 6/11/2006 | Dead Machines | The Last Pallbearer | cassette | $9.99 | Heavy Tapes | |
| 7/16/2006 | Dead Machines | The Night Callers | LP | $15.99 | Blossoming Noise | "Brand new LP from husband-and-wife duo John (Wolf Eyes) & Tovah Olson (Wooden Wand...) left field horror drone, flutes and garbage electronics. Cover art by John Olson. Limited to 500 hand numbered copies on 140gram pink marbled vinyl." Out of print. |
| 3/20/2007 | Dead Machines | The Night Terrors Vol. 2 | 3" CDR | $7.99 | Chondritic Sound | "Second installment in this not-so-nice series of explorations by this husband & wife duo. Starts with cavernous howl and quickly moves into a series of sputtering and chirping tones mixed with split action reverberations. Painted 24 minute cdr, color art & spraypaint on colored paper." Edition of 140 copies. |
| 3/20/2007 | Dead Machines | The Night Terrors vol. 3 | 3" CDR | $7.99 | Chondritic Sound | "Third split spunk and reverb junk disc from inzane studios. More churning, thumping tonal grit but mixed throughout with blown-out organ blasts and absolutely decayed ambience. nighttime interruptions. Painted 24 minute cdr, color art & spraypaint on colored paper." Edition of 140 copies. |
| 2/26/2006 | Dead Machines | untitled | 7" | $25.99 | AA | One-sided square lathe cut 7" from Nate Young's (Wolf Eyes) AA label. Cool art on the record. |
| 12/24/2005 | Dead Machines / Scientific Explanation of Despair | split | CDR | $15.99 | "Limited to 167 copies. The cdr is housed in a hand screened, machine sewn leather pouch designed and painstakingly made by Larry Hernandez. If you have ever gotten some weird tapes or cds with awesome handmade packaging its probably from Larry. Dead Machines is John Olson from Wolf Eyes with his wife Tovah rocking out on home made electronics if you didn't already know." | |
| 2/26/2006 | Dead Machines / The Haunting | Private Live | LP | $13.99 | Gods of Tundra | "Red vinyl, edition of 300. One night last winter, Dead Machines and The Haunting performed a gig where the sole audience was the other band (and not cause no one showed up..no one else was invitied). This split LP is a document of this cold night of Distant Sound. Dead Machines began the night with possibly their strangest, most obscure set to date. The two players are Sound and No Sound. More accurately: what I have always thought the sound of a dying machine would be. The Haunting's set is equally as slow. Haze fades in and out. Talk about living rooms and fields and things that are far. Haunting gigs are very few and far inbetween and this happens to be their first. We all felt kinda weird afterwords, but it also totally ruled. Like we all had sex or something. Ewww." |
| 10/12/2004 | Dead Machines, The | Human Brain Wasting | LP | $14.99 | Ecstatic Peace | “Dead Machines is the Ypsilanti lovecore of Tovah O¹Rourke (Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice, Golden Calves Money Band) and John Olson (Wolf Eyes, Sweepers, Violent Ramp). Human Brain Wasting Syndrome is two sides of sick-bliss junk machine improv counterplaying a feminized Black Vomit vibe with a gonad butter dish of bohunk. Olson is insane with stapled skull O-rot and Tovah is resplendent in natural delecta-noise. This is ‘fuck the cops’ at the center of the universe. Packaged betwixt cardboard sleeves w/ melting psychosis Olson art. Buried...alive.” |
| 3/20/2007 | Dead Moon | Unknown Passage: Dead Moon Story | DVD | $20.99 | Magic Umbrella | "This dual layer NTSC dvd includes the 88-minute "theatrical version" of the film and an additional 90 minutes of live performances, interviews, deleted scenes and archival footage. A fascinating documentary glimpse at the lives of these reclusive underground legends. Utterly unpretentious, organically wayward, homespun, and purposeful without being overly sentimental, this film fits its subject perfectly. Documenting the trajectory of the Portland trio Dead Moon (including the prior solo and garage-rock careers of Fred Cole), Unknown Passage is the ultimate punk-rock feel-good flick; there isn't a band that better embodies the sounds and ideals of its genre." |
| 1/1/2008 | Dead Peach | Psycle | LP | $29.99 | Nasoni | "Heavy Fuzz Psych and Stoner Rock from Italy. Seven acid-dripping tracks with loads of late 60s sonic Detroit garage rock influences, prominent early 70s psychedelic Space sound escapades and sluggish Stoner Rock feel. Blue Cheer & The Stooges meet Mudhoney & Spacemen 3 meet The Heads & Dead Meadow. The artwork is another amazing work by Mallues art labs." |
| 12/26/2005 | Dead Raven Choir | Cask Strength Black Metal | 3xLP | $44.99 | Weird Forest | "A triple-LP box set collection from black metal/folk sound benders Dead Raven Choir. Insanely loud and noisy blasts of sonic skree with strange folky melodic undertones of banjo, cello, mandolin, percussion, and extremely frightening vocals. Includes the tracks from the band's Sturmfucklinglieder, Grand Ravishing Extravaganza, Sevenfold Songs of Death, and Sheath And Knife EPs, all previously released in very small quantities. Pressed in an edition of 999, and packaged with seven inserts in a beautiful, dark forest-clad box. Previous releases on Last Visible Dog, Jewelled Antler, Digitalis Industries, and Foxglove. For fans of Leviathan, Gorgoroth, Draugar, Xasthur, Burzum, and the like." Stellar packaging! |
| 8/2/2008 | Dead Raven Choir | Cask Strength Black Metal | DBL CD | $17.99 | Supernal Music | "Reissue of the Sheath And Knife, Grand Ravishing Extravaganza, Sevenfold Songs Of Death and Sturmfuckinglieder CD-R EPs. Remastered by Weasel Walter. Released in two formats: as a triple LP box set on Weird Forest and as a double CD on Supernal Music. This collects all the black metal recordings of DEAD RAVEN CHOIR from 2001 through 2004. Here's Weird Forest's description: The most insane black metal release ever !!! Three, yes three vinyl lps of the harshest sounding evil, atmospheric off-kilter black metal. Call it black metal folk. The loudest noisest crazy insane sounding blasts of skree with strange folky melodic undertones of banjo, cello, mandolin, and percussions and the most frightening vocals ever dared to be recorded. Many traditional folk songs shrouded in blasts of white noise armageddon. For fans of twisted, unique, raw black metal with a very bent edge. Pray (no, commit ritual sacrifice) to the underworld that your stereo survives! This release compiles the "Sturmfucklinglieder", "Grand Ravishing Extravaganza", "Sevenfold Songs Of Death", and "Sheath And Knife" EPs, all previously released in very small pressings and all long, long gone!" Triple lp box still available, too. |
| 2/11/2004 | Dead Raven Choir | Goating Shapelessness Theatrical Wolves | 3" CDR | $8.99 | Pseudoarcana | "Goating[...] is sort of controversial in its contents - the first track is a manifesto written by a Futurist poet on the beauty of war, which is bad enough, but it was written in the 1930s in Italy which makes it Fascist. (Even if Mussolini himself would think that manifesto goes entirely too far.) Not anything I agree with, but I couldn't pass it up - I came across it in an old book on international relations and found it fascinatingly creepy and bizarre. The last track is even worse, being a jazzy cover of an early 1900s neoclassical song. It's really normal and melodic and all that. Pretty lousy by either jazz or classical standards - It should frighten avant-garde people, though". - Smolken |
| 2/12/2008 | Dead Raven Choir | My Firstborn Will Surely Be Blind | CD | $15.99 | Aurora Borealis | "D. Smolken's (Wolfmangler, Garlic Yarg) most notorious alias, Dead Raven Choir has built a veritable army of fans through innumerable CD-R and micro label re-leases. Blending everything from folk to noise on top of a solid foundation of double-bass-driven metal, this new release features covers of songs by Townes Van Zandt, Cole Porter, and Richard Thompson. If you can get your mind squarely around that, you've taken the first step toward understanding why Dead Raven Choir's ever-growing legion of fans have remained so loyal." |
| 2/12/2008 | Dead Raven Choir | My Firstborn Will Surely Be Blind | LP | $18.99 | Aurora Borealis | "D. Smolken's (Wolfmangler, Garlic Yarg) most notorious alias, Dead Raven Choir has built a veritable army of fans through innumerable CD-R and micro label re-leases. Blending everything from folk to noise on top of a solid foundation of double-bass-driven metal, this new release features covers of songs by Townes Van Zandt, Cole Porter, and Richard Thompson. If you can get your mind squarely around that, you've taken the first step toward understanding why Dead Raven Choir's ever-growing legion of fans have remained so loyal." |
| 8/2/2008 | Dead Raven Choir | Selenoclast Wolves | CD | $13.99 | God is Myth | "The final acoustic recordings of DEAD RAVEN CHOIR released by God Is Myth Records on CD and distributed by Cold Spring Records. Some tracks feature instrumental or vocal contributions by Matt Rosin. Each poem by a different poet. The earlier album Lesbian Corpse Wolves (with contributions by Matt Rosin and Emily Salvatierra) is included as bonus tracks. Everything has been remastered by Frederic Arbour (Cyclic Law)." "Though Dead Raven Choir manoeuvres here within the more restrained corners of the BM spectrum, the spirit that pervades ?Selenoclast Wolves? is undeniably black. This long-awaited album from the enigmatic, ethereal conjurer Smolken comprises six brand new odes as well as the entire nine-track ?Lesbian Corpse Wolves? album reworked as a generous bonus. The latter was originally released on CDr in 2003, limited to a mere 30 copies so all 15 tracks hereon will represent a new experience to most listeners. For those who don?t know, the individual behind DRC - Smolken - is a schizoid performer, alternating between raw black metal and avant-garde, neo-folk. 'Selenoclast Wolves' focuses on the latter facet of his muse, with lyrics borrowed from a host of eclectic poets, including pugilist and ear-biter extraordinaire Mike Tyson ('I am Not a Recluse'). You should know already that you are in the realm of the truly bizarre Residing once more in his native Poland after spending some time in Texas, Smolken is one of the underground's most prolific creators. He allegedly recorded about ten albums in the four years leading up to 2004, all of which had the word 'Wolves' included somewhere in the title and most of which were available only on CDr, that mainstay of non-commerciality. DRC also released a triple vinyl retrospective collection of its entire black metal catalogue last year but this vanished quicker than a condom in a whorehouse. Eerier than Mick Jagger's pulling power and creepier than a paedophile's smile, the ghostly rumblings of 'Selenoclast Wolves' are designed to fuck with your mind. Deceptively accessible, this is nonetheless as unique a dosage of extreme dementia as you could wish to encounter. The promotional jargon stresses folk influences and the presence of acoustic guitars, bass fiddle, troll cittern, cello banjo, mandolin and piano (as well as many spoken passages and the overall earthy vibe) backs this up emphatically - but another accurate description of DRC's bewitching output as evidenced here might be Unplugged Black or Acoustic Black. It's (I refer generally to the first six songs) definitely got the cold dirty heart of black metal but without any emphasis on electrics, pounding percussion or aggression, leading to a bizarre mix of pagan tunes, laid-back sensibilities and naked angst. Delightfully understated and carefree, opening shots 'The Silence' and 'January' work subtly at the emotions, setting a surreal tone that magnifies and amplifies the further we venture into the myriad chambers of Smolken's mind. Though the waters are calm, a sense of menace lurks close to the surface - not unlike the movie 'Deliverance' - and there is a foreboding feeling that all is genuinely not well. Closer to Nick Cave than Darkthrone, 'Selenoclast Wolves' possesses a seedy, slimy underbelly that erupts during the disturbing Tyson-inspired rant that ends the first movement of this release. Like Iron Mike in his physical prime, this one will lay you out cold. There's a clear change of tact for the nine bonus tracks, which are even more subdued. With abundant female vocals, some of these songs remind me of PJ Harvey, or Bjork perhaps. Antimatter or The Gathering even... There are also strong hints of William Blake-era Ulver perceptible in both male and female deliveries. As the pace drops close to that of a snail's funeral, a multifaceted volume shows its two faces. That's Smolken for you. Quite the trickster." - Gerald Robinson, Vampire Magazine |
| 8/4/2007 | Dead Traveller | Outside My Window Vol.1 | CDR | $7.99 | editions_zero | "which are the tamest sounds you might have ever heard? at least that was the question a friend was asking in an email totally bored from his daily routine.. don't really know i said... suddenly one day i woke up from a drone coming from the opposite block of flats. in the beginning i thought it must have been jason of 1000+1 tilt visiting his parents who live nearby and found the time to practise a p.s. stamps back set. it turned out to be the workers & machines who were working on a newly built block of flats.. still sleepy, turned on my tape recorder and started recording the drones that were in the air. a couple of days earlier i had found myself wiling to record new sounds to use as background noises for upcoming 'aux' sets so the march of the 25th of march sounded a cool idea. however accidentally i had my sony's tape recorder voice activation system on so the result was more of a crappy cut up bullshit that the march itself... to make things worse while being at mecha/orga's place to cdr transfer the tapes was carrying a cdr too w/ sounds recorded in my olympus w-10 recorder. accidentally in it also were some field recordings done back in 09/05 when we did a couple live sets in skopje. one of them including a short walk i did on one bridge of vardar river under which a mini fest was set, that time 'ps stamps back' playing so you can hear his drones while am walking from to the other side of the bridge. 'hey motherfucker, actually this recording is a ps stamps back as he's playing and you simply recorded him during your walk'... 'naw! its neither ps stamps back nor dead traveller sucker. if there's someone to be asked for possible crappy 'rights' then that one is the bridge and no one else as both we were hosted on it playing & recording...' .. and ends w/ an extract of another walk in a park in my town after our return sometime in mid september 05... probably to those who besides their routine wanna listen to more tame, tedius, crappy phonographies... or kinda like that..." |
| 2/4/2007 | Dead Wafer | New | CDR | $9.99 | Maim & Disfigure | "a bit thicker and more expansive than the 'ass wipe' c20, the new dead wafer has more of the sound of being extremely high in the early AM instead of being completely brain dead and in subtle, barely moving pain.... ltd to 50" |
| 2/4/2007 | Dead White | Holy Deprivation | CDR | $8.99 | Arbor | "Dead White is a one-man dream team comprised of drone maker/dreamscaper, Andy Brack. Whirling loops of sound bounce off of the walls this dude creates with his voice and guitar. Too many muted fire alarms must blare through Andy’s hallway while he is snoozing. Three tracks and just short of forty minutes, this recording splatters the sound canvas with aural landscapes; evoking images of really big bird cages and sacred Tibetan caves. Comes in six color silkscreened fold out posters by Belgian wizard Jelle Crama. Keep (dead) noise alive(in an edition of 130)." |
| 2/4/2007 | Deadnotes | Deadnotes | CDR | $13.99 | Kindling | "Busby/Carchesio/Craig kick out 18 fractured circus tunes and 1 death funk jam with barely a breath taken. Trained in the school of error and coursing with electric energy - instantly hummable miniatures for post-punk moondogs." “Fabulously jerky bursts of jagged guitar, drums and trumpet - imagine if Maher Shalal Hash Baz tried to make mariachi music with only half their band members. Other tracks recall Morricone in miniature. Rough and utterly great - actually, post-punk mariachi ain't a bad idea!” – Gayle Brogan, Melody Bar. |
| dEALERS | s/t | CD | $10.99 | low orbit | "A lofi-improv-psych-drone romp through the world of thc and red wine" | |
| 7/10/2008 | Deas, Cam | Five Bells | CDR | $10.99 | Blackest Rainbow | "2nd edition with different artwork to the first run... The initial 2 seconds of the opener on this 6 track blazer from Cam are screeching electronics which vanish instantly into a seance of a doomed village, with the leader strumming out some bleak herbal drug folk ritual/haze. Track two, 'Where We've Been' blurs into an intense dronescape, smearing into a lighter, more psychedelic, drone piece 'Where We're Going'. 'The Days Are Over' has a floating drone back, layered on top with guitar ala Jack Rose, Blackshaw etc. Title track 'Five Bells' follows burning the guitar into a flaming rage, with a few remaining strum yelps struggling through the flames. The disc closes with a sweet guitar piece entitled 'Two More Days', again similar to Blackshaw and Rose. Cam just moved up for the smoke to the steel city and a bunch of us just discovered his musical vibes. He has a bunch of things dropping soon, and had a split release with Sindre Bjerga not so long ago. The dude has the skills. Limited to 60." |
| 7/14/2007 | Deathroes | Final Expense | LP | $15.99 | No Fun Productions | "Deathroes is Gerritt and Sixes. Total Auditory destruction by these west coast veterans debut collaboration LP. Dark psychedelic drone, walls of sounds, electronic impossibility. Tectonic plates shift and rain of lava annihilates ones own soul along with everyone else's. Enligthment and new death-born feelings combined with hallucinations so sharp and vivid that they lead to the disintegration of all senses. Salvation, elation, Truth?-no, only the final expense! Split Release with Misanthropic Agenda. Limited to 500 copies." |
| Debris’ | Static Disposal | LP | $19.99 | Anopheles Records | "High quality clear vinyl, thick jacket limited to 1000 copy reissue of the 1976 LP, featuring original artwork, new notes and one previously unreleased cut exclusive to this edition, a stunning echo-plex fueled take of the Stooges’ ‘Real Cool Time’ that is radically different to the version included on the Anopheles 004 CD." | |
| Decaer Pinga | Green Conclussion | CDR | $12.99 | U-Sound | “Dora Doll & Dylan Nyoukis start this volume off with a fine round of Scottish ping-pong or maybe just Pong in the Stereo Scope. Layers of magnetic refuse slide in once and awhile reminded you to dub this fucker to tape when you're through. Next we move into the kitchen rattlesnake dishes and some queer boys enjoying each other. This amazing audio collage has sneaky sound imbedded within. Live excerpts, guests like Rat Bastard, Jeff Fuccillo, Neil Campbell, and sharp-witted humor. Some of which may have to be decoded by prolonged exposure. Essential so step on up!” | |
| 3/26/2006 | Decaer Pinga | Plate Of Failure | CDR | $9.99 | Chocolate Monk | "2 tracks. 1 is a high orbit clutter mong out with DP joined by Sticky Foster, the whole touchy/feely racket is mixed into putrid mindloaf by one Bad Ronald. Track 2 is a twilight gurner, lubricated sound collage with guests voices (including Hitomi Arimoto broadcasting truth!)." |
| 3/26/2006 | Decaer Pinga | The Brown Mouth Downer | CDR | $9.99 | Chocolate Monk | "DP 5tet of Dylan Nyoukis & Dora Doll with Karen Constance (smack music 7), Rhian Thompson (ckdh) and Drew Demeter (withdrawal method) recorded in Edinburgh in 2004. A snippet from a sweaty ear rot session rescued from Demeter's erase button finger." |
| 9/29/2003 | Decaer Pinga / Monotract | split | 7" | $4.99 | Gameboy | "When the junk noise of crank sturgeon manages to collide with noise-rocking of a load records band, it's pretty hard to do any wrong. for the unknowing, that is just a description, not what monotract actually is. whatever that may be is still unknown. one known thing is their side of this split was recorded live in japan and it is awesome. decaer's side is a little slower and more psychedelic than the other releases I have of their's. doesn't sound out of place compared to any of them though. another fine british export. this is co-released with breathmint and take me to my car records. i have no idea what they are doing with them, but all gameboy copies are officially photocopied on yellow paper. limited to 300. here's to hoping monotract gets signed to load and invites sturgeon to be their fourth member…" |
| 7/10/2008 | Deep, The | Psychedelic Moods | DBL LP | $34.99 | Fall Out | "Previously reissued on CD by Fallout, now issued on deluxe LP format as well; 180 gram virgin vinyl. The Deep were a Philadelphia-based studio-only band whose one and only album, Psychedelic Moods was released to critical acclaim in 1966. Recorded in a darkened Philadelphia studio one night, this pioneering album was the first album ever to have the word "psychedelic" in its title and is well-established as an acid classic. Invented and produced by Mark Barkan and Rusty Evans and the legendary David Bromberg, whose playing credits include just about everybody from Bob Dylan to Jerry Jeff Walker, Psychedelic Moods is hailed as the very first album with a consistent psychedelic theme running throughout. Presented here in both its mono and stereo mixes (which have fascinating differences), it still sounds truly unique and is a must for all fans of true American psychedelia." - FE |
| 2/28/2006 | Deepkiss 720 | Assembled by… | CDR | $8.99 | Curor Recordings | "Jason Williams (aka Deepkiss 720) is one of UK noise music’s best-kept secrets. By his own admission, he tries not to record or play live, 'but things happen.' His recent discography includes a sold-out picture-disc LP for Harbinger Sound, but Curor can boast his debut release, the 'Arse Decks Barry White w/ Sludgehammer' cassette from way back in 1997. (Look out for a limited reissue soon.) We’re pretty chuffed to welcome him back to the label. 'Assembled by...' is typically eclectic and terminally unclassifiable: a single 54-minute track of genre-bending plunderphonics, noise guitar jam and general sonic mayhem. High point for us are the two live sets with operatic soprano Madam Velia, recorded at Brighton’s Start Gallery, which push the levels of distortion on Jessica Rylan and Josh Hydeman's 'Thrasher/Princess' cassette even further into the red. (What do they teach them at opera school these days?) Shamefully we weren't there, but we understand that most gallery-goers preferred to experience proceedings from a safe distance on the other side of the window. CD-R comes in a white-tray slimline jewelcase that sets off Jase’s garish artwork a treat. Deepkiss 720 will be embarking on a US tour this spring with Putrefier, Smell & Quim and Onomatopoeia." |
| 10/9/2003 | Del | Der Lehnstuhl Sagt Alles | CDR | $12.99 | Pseudoarcana | "A re-release of the limited edition LP on Ohm, ‘Der Lehnstuhl Sagt Alles’ features 3 epic live tracks from Norway’s Del. Drums, guitars, and electronics create an edgy and exciting racket that is up towards the ecstatic end of the ‘free’ drone-rock spectrum." |
| 2/19/2004 | Del | Tremors / Screamers | CDR | $9.99 | Gold Soundz | "Reissue of cassette put out by everybody's favorite Freedom From (ahem...) in 1999. Loud and ugly, one hour, two tracks.” |
| 9/24/2002 | Delcloo, Claude & Arthur Jones | Africanasia | LP | $16.99 | Get Back / BYG Actuel | "Drummer Claude Delcloo and alto sax player Arthur Jones focus on the fusion of Asian melodies and African rhythms with the help of giants Kenneth Tercade, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Clifford Thornton, Malachai Favors, and Earl Freeman. Recorded on August 22nd, 1969 at Studio Saravah in Paris. Packaged in a gatefold sleeve with the original artwork, and pressed on 180-gram HQ vinyl." |
| 8/9/2003 | Dellaria, Sam / Adam Sonderberg | Fold Your Arms and the World Will Stop | CD | $9.99 | Absurd | "Fold Your Arms and the World Will Stop sounds, as its title suggest, like a bizarre game scored by Sam Dellaria and Adam Sonderberg and is their third encounter (personally in consider it as their most intense) since their 'signal hill' debut back in 1998 and 2000's '64 Squares' (both were issued on Sonderberg's Longbox Recordings - scored & assembled out of various recordings the duo extensively did within late 2002 the stunning result is giving you the feeling that slowly folding arms move like the soundscapes presented on this cdr, intense ambiences that slowly vary in mood & lower while listening in density & intensity to stop while arms have folded. A really frenetic trip through Dellaria's & Sonderberg's visionary world. Limited edition of 141 copies. |
| 11/2/2008 | Deluxx | Zwanolski | CDR | $7.99 | Blueberry Honey | "Over an hour of recordings from 1993, the earliest moments of this astounding Boston duo featuring MARK PERRETTA (Subskin Cables) and Bob Fay (Sebadoh). This record brings up fond memories of everything from MONTEZUMA BABY DUCK to the massively predictive and overlooked GOLDEN AXES II album. And perhaps there could be some influence of these two masterpieces on ZWALNOSKI if not for the fact that IT WAS RECORDED THREE YEARS EARLIER!! This CDR serves as evidence of just how deep the waters of the early 1990s greater BOSTON ran. Catch the virus you already been sucking on." |
| 10/6/2007 | Demons | Evocation | CD | $10.99 | No Fun Productions | "Consisting of Nate Young (Wolf Eyes) and Steve Kenney, Demons explore near-epileptic fits of droning synth textures that elicit comfortable remembrances of electronic-obsessed forefathers like Stockhausen and Cluster whilst simultaneously bludgeoning forward with the grating and scraping atonal complexities of Whitehouse and Throbbing Gristle. Having already rallied a fervorous flux of supporters with discomforting psychedelic multi-media performances and a slew of cryptic releases, among them this year's fetishistic Life Destroyer box set, Evocation is an appropriately elaborate and accomplished approximation of their shrewd identity. Subterranean analog rumbles compete with laser-sharp extraterrestial blasts and hums, both contrasts birthing an ominous hallucination of impending dread. The four pieces here fixate into an almost narrative concoction, forming an abstract portrait that feeds its murky sonics into perplexing vibrations that force one forth into their path just as much as they delight in crafting intriguing unease. With artwork contributed by the duo's frequent visual collaborator Alivia Zivich, Evocation, which happens to be Demons' first CD release, is as apt a proper declaration as any, seamlessly crafting their steady and intricate synth-scapes with the darkly psychedelic images such creations naturally elicit within the psyches of attentive devotees." |
| 3/20/2007 | Demons | Frozen Fog | LP | $16.99 | AA Records | "In the winter of 2005 Steve Kenney (Isis and the Werewolves, Pterodactyls) and myself began Demons. Steve rescued his Pro One from New Orleans Katrina aftermath. The synthesizer was moldy, had a bad power cord and a horrible buzz (I broke it after our first gig). I played various homemade electronic devices, rewired radios, feedback, etc. Later that week I bought a Pro One as well. Mine had no working keyboard and, of course, a horrible buzz (a grounding issue). What we found ourselves doing was not so much making music with the Pro One but rather just turning them on and listening to the synthesizer play itself. I recorded our sessions and we called it Demons. Our synthesizers are still some what broke." - Nate Young |
| 5/29/2008 | Demons / Hatred | split | LP | $11.99 | Troubleman Unlimited | "A split album featuring two NATE YOUNG (WOLF EYES) projects. DEMONS features Young along with STEVE KENNEY (PTERODACTYLS, WEREWOLVES). HATRED features Young, Kenney and SPENCE BRYANT." |
| 7/14/2007 | Demons / Vertonen | split | LP | $11.99 | SNSE | Edition of 500 copies. "Here we have a straight-up SYNTH RECORD. The Demons duo of Nate Young (Wolf Eyes) and Steve Kenney contirbute a side recorded live in Chicago in the late winter of '07. And it sounds very much like late winter in Chicago of 2007 - psychedelic and grey. Vertonen's side doesn't fuck around at all, what with all this aggressive harshness and shit. Really never heard the dude like this before. It's like he's all pissed off that, after seven years of trying, he still hasn't contracted AIDS.... sheesh! Co-released with the saintly C.I.P. record label." |
| 3/20/2007 | Demoon Skirt | Fag Tapes Style | cassette | $8.99 | Fag Tapes | "J. Coorz Olson with something melted in his silverware trap rat brain. recorded through a refrigerator and toster oven. amazing sounds! edition 77." |
| 10/25/2008 | Demoon Skirt, The | Live France / Spain For The Sleeping | one-sided LP | $11.99 | American Tapes | Live at the Bievnenue La Hotel in Nieges De France Challes. Numbered Edition of 100. |
| DeNunzio, Rob | Window Music | CD | $8.99 | Public Eyesore | Recorded 1.31.00 - 2.10.00 | |
| 12/24/2005 | Der Draaigitaar | Der FeuerwehrschlauchanschluB Ist Kaputt CDR | CDR | $12.99 | Audiobot | "Der Draaigitaar's demonic mission is to ride the neck of a four headed guitar serpent and drag it's collosal weight down under into a slow motion void of dizzying feedback and thick drone fog. Once the mesmersing creature starts to rotate. no escape route is safe. Seriously dark guitar ritual as in dead birds on stick. drenched in reverb. No riffs getting stuck in your head. just a pure beam of creeping ambience. Just never give the wood wizard to the toy seller. First chapter in Audiobot's on-going Improvised Music series. Start to deal with it... Limited to only 100 copies. packaged in silkscreened A5 cardboard covers by Iris Rombouts." |