| DateAdded | Artist | Title | Format | Price | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/24/2005 | 6majik9 | In Mara's Glove | CDR | $10.99 | musicyourmindwillloveyou | reissue of first 6majik9 disc , previously available on foxglove. |
| 12/24/2005 | 6majik9 | The Human Hand | CDR | $10.99 | musicyourmindwillloveyou | "the companion release to 'majik - in mara's glove' to be released on foxglove in may. the collective madness unleashed in various forms , sparked by awareness of the infinite , sunburned minds ornamental disasters trapped on magnetic fiber.....or ink" |
| 2/20/2010 | M.B. | Mectpyo/Blut | double LP | $46.99 | Marquis Records | "At the beginning of the metabolic year 1980, after Maurizio Bianchi finished the embryonal experience as Sacher-Pelz, he decided to undertake the concrete-synchronized course as M.B., a long-lived acronym that will accompany him along his next way of neuro-synthetic experimenter. His first ever release was the private cassette-tape entitled "Metcpyo/Blut". An hematopoietic experiment decomposed during the months of March and beginning of April 1980 at Mectpyo Studio. Proposed here in its original layout, this 2LP set holds intact, at a distance of almost three decades, the epicentre of M.B. sonorous universe, projected towards an euphonic cacophony. "Mectpyo/Blut" consists of two tragic sections imbued with synthetic chloroform: the 1st, "Maidanek Bakterium / Musique Belzec", exhales an icy atmosphere conveying a sense of mystery and annihilation. The 2nd, "Mutant Brain / Mord Banhof" assembled the most disparate electro-hypnotic levitation's into a vertical rationality, bold, morbid and haunting. Psychic-cerebral works, they seem to spring from a neuro-atomic continent, with unreal outlines, where its influence artificially expands the ankylotic tissues by environmental arthrosis. Edition limited to 300 copies in full colour gatefold sleeve, reproducing various graphic materials from the original cassette edition. Attention: this is the real thing, top powerful and modern in its integral length (and not a meaningless edited excerpt as other unexperienced labels in demand would have cheaply proposed you!)." |
| 4/10/2009 | M.C. Carpet | This is an MC Carpet Sample | cassette | $5.99 | "Mankato, Minnesota's first rapper. A local legend whom had made maybe 10 tapes in the mid 90's & tried to sell them at high school football games. This may be the only MC Carpet tape not thrown in a trash. Incrediblly bizarre LONER BASEMENT RAP. side B is instrumental. KICKIN A STYLE FOR 96!!! Somewhat comparable to the "Sheriff Jake Fields" cs" | |
| 2/4/2007 | Machine Gun TV, The | Go | CDR | $8.99 | Public Eyesore | "First there is The Machine Gun TV, a trio from Japan. They are Jun Masumizo, Hidekazu Miyano and TV - let's safely assume that the latter is a real TV as this six pack (although the cover lists only five tracks) of madness contains many samples sounds from the (idiot) box. Regular, but Japanese pop-music, and on top the other two members play their brand of heavy guitar sounds, rhythms and other madness. Crazy wild high adrenaline music is what the Machine Gun TV is all about. Play this after a hard day's work and you feel reborn - at least I felt like that." - Franz de Waard (Vital Weekly No. 520) |
| 1/17/2010 | Machinefabriek / Nils Frahm | Dauw | 7" | $11.99 | Dekorder | "To celebrate the video release of "Dauw" (see YouTube) we are putting out a small edition vinyl 7" with one of the most popular tracks we have released on Dekorder so far (originally appearing on a CD with the same title). For the B-Side Nils Frahm has recorded a gorgeous piano version in a church in his current hometown Berlin. Frahm has released a highly accclaimed solo album on Kning Disk this year. Mastered by Guiseppe Ielasi. Metallic print on grey cardboard stock. Limited edition of 300 copies!" |
| 7/16/2009 | Mackenzie / Yeh Duo | Mackenzie / Yeh Duo | CDR | $10.99 | High Spirits | "Killer live colaboration = 2 tracks + remix by Spencer and a remix by Dead Wafer .....4 tracks in all." |
| 11/30/2011 | Maclise, Angus | Dreamweapon I | LP | $27.99 | Boo Hooray | "Boo-Hooray has re-pressed Dreamweapon I & III to commemorate the opening of the Angus MacLise - Dreamweapon exhibit at CIAP-Hasselt, Belgium. Live recordings of Angus MacLise, Tony Conrad, and Jack Smith from the MacLise tape archive. In a silkscreened sleeve. The second pressing includes a risograph-printed 8 page booklet of the text to "Les Evening Gowns Damnées" illustrated with a reproduction of one side of an original Theatre of Jack Smith promotional brochure. First edition of 500 (black cover) - SOLD OUT Second edition of 500 (blue and pink cover) now available! Side A: Les Evening Gowns Damnées (December 20 1964) 16'48" Side B: S.O.S. (Ca. 1968) 13'28" |
| 11/30/2011 | Maclise, Angus | Dreamweapon III | LP | $27.99 | Boo Hooray | "Boo-Hooray has re-pressed Dreamweapon I & III to commemorate the opening of the Angus MacLise - Dreamweapon exhibit at CIAP-Hasselt, Belgium. Previously-unheard recordings of Angus MacLise and Tony Conrad from the MacLise tape archives. In a silkscreened sleeve. This second pressing also includes a risograph-printed facsimile of an annotated flier advertising a 1965 performance of Angus MacLise's multimedia piece "Rites of the Dreamweapon." First edition of 500 (purple cover) - SOLD OUT Second edition of 500 (blue cover) available now Side A: Untitled (recorded October 18 1968 at Tony Conrad's apartment) 15'27" Side B: Short Drum and Viola part 1 & 2 (ca. 1969) 4'49" Druid's Leafy Nest (undated) 7'26" Early Jams (undated) 6'46" |
| 5/14/2007 | Macrodot | untitled | CDR | $12.99 | Manhand | New solo recordings from Sunburned's John Moloney. Fucked up sounds - intense shit. Recommended! |
| 7/16/2009 | Madak, Chris Benedetto | Bees Removed | c30 cassette | $7.99 | Deception Island | "First-ever all-acoustic, al fresco DI sesh, for fans of springtime and the "what the fuck is even happening right now?" aspect of ye olde high concept editions. The backstory is that, when the snow melted in my neighborhood a few months ago, an acquaintance of mine discovered a seriously corroded upright piano rotting on its back in a vacant lot. The material for this tape was recorded on-site, over the course of a week of daily visits, during which the skeletal remains of the instrument were thoroughly rearranged and new techniques and preparations tested and refined. "Bees Removed" is, in a sense, the sound of the mangled/distended piano tapes featured on Bee Mask releases such as "How Softly Sings the Kettle, How Sweetly Chimes the Clock" (Arbor, 2008) unspooled and resituated as experiments toward the assembly of a technical vocabulary in real time, an absurd and open-ended array of stark impact, scrape, clatter, and the barest ghost of the instrument as resonant body, treated with a sensibility not dissimilar to the one found in the outdoorsy bits of Christiansen's "Abschiedssymphonie" and throughout the Euro-postflux canon, generally speaking." Hand-numbered edition of 50. |
| 5/14/2007 | Madame P | Spellbound | CDR | $8.99 | Curor | "Incredible vocal layering and magical glossolalia from Italian Patrizia Oliva, like a fabulously eccentric mix of Diamanda Galas and an unaccompanied Larkin Grimm. Soon to release an LP on Qbico ... I, for one, can't wait." - Gayle Boa Melody Bar |
| 2/16/2003 | Madder / Stylianos Tziritas | Rabbitspeech | CD | $9.99 | Absurd | "Rabbitspeech is the name of the s/t theatrical performance that Stylianos Tziritas (member of the Greek avant rock group ‘Kopsokephaloi’) handled in small music theatre in Athens last April. Being though a performance that wasn't lasting for long he wanted a group to play a live set afterwards. For the occasion Madder jumped on the idea and did 2 live sets within the 2 days that the performance took place. On this cdr is the documentation of these 2 live improvised electronics (utilizing electronics, an amplified toy typewriter, objects, turntable) sets plus as bonus the little experimental miniatures Stylianos Tziritas did for his theatrical piece." Edition of 155 copies. |
| 11/15/2008 | Magen, Anthony | Pourquoi | 3" CDR | $10.99 | Black Petal | "A guy from melbourne doing some very nice loner blues stuff; then versioning it 4 times in a very obscure take on dub tactics." |
| 7/30/2006 | Maggoted | Maggoted | CDR | $8.99 | Jyrk | "Aside from Gabe and Liz, I've probably spent as much time with Robert Mayson from Grey Daturas in the last year as I have with anyone. I feel totally honored to have had time with the dude.... I can't think of a better dude to be trapped in a sweaty van with or out exploring odd aussie beach towns... No matter where you're at with the dude, he's always down for whatever trouble needs to happen. So.. when he and I were both camping at the old Huffin House in Oakland, where I was at the end of one tour, and he was at the beginning of his, we decided that we would form a band... Now.. there ARE plans for us to record in the future, I'm not sure if it'll be later this year or in ten years, I don't really care... that's all besides the point.. what does matter is that we slammed our skulls together for just about 30 minutes and dropped this egg out of the cracks... This is the entire recording history of the group thus far. the music is totally dense, repetitive and dark.. I think we were both listening to mirror a lot around then, but I can also hear heaps of early MAIN in there too.. Anyway, I felt great during this sesh and I'm always stoked to listen to this thing.. I hope ya'll are too. edition of 150." - label |
| 7/8/2003 | Magic Band | Back To The Front | CD | $14.99 | All Tomorrow's Parties | "After twenty years of dormancy, Captain Beefheart's legendary group the Magic Band have reunited to play some shows and bend some minds. Key members John ‘Drumbo’ French, Gary ‘Mantis’ Lucas, Denny ‘Feelers Reebo’ Walley, and Mark ‘Rockette Morton’ Boston deliver seventeen classic Beefheart tracks, originally recorded for such albums as Safe As Milk, Trout Mask Replica, Lick My Decals Off Baby, and Clearspot, and get 'em sounding as fresh as ever." |
| Magic Carpathians | Book Of Utopia | CD | $13.99 | Obuh | "Second album of ex-Atman Marek Styczynski and Anna Nacher project with friends. Flocks of acoustic instruments from all over the world in airy ethno-psychedelic dance. Refined spaces and moonlight trance. Music from the spectacle of Theatre of Dreams (other music for the same theatre was released on Atman: Soundreams CD)." Highly recommended. | |
| 12/23/2003 | Magic Carpathians | Euscorpius Carpathicus | LP | $29.99 | Obuh | "Grand psychedelia from one of the most interesting Eastern projects. From dreamy, visionary ‘Fat Moon’, through climbing the walls of acoustic-electric noise at ‘Amp Ass’, till energetic, pulsing from cosmic electronics bubbles ‘Fishyfish’. Recorded at our new vintage studio with old electronics weirdo Wojcek from ZSG . Fresh as milk and a must. Analog version in a completely different super solid cover reminiscent of classic vinyl LP’s of the 50's and early 60's. Sounding deeper and warmer. Limited to 350 copies." Limited stock. |
| Magic Carpathians / Nimbus 2000 | split | 7" | $5.99 | Oggum | Numbered edition of 500 copies on red vinyl. Magic Carpathians recorded live in 1998. | |
| 6/5/2005 | Magic Carpathians Project | Sonic Suicide Ethnoise Vol. 1 | CD | $17.99 | Vivo | Magic Carpathians Project's new release, Sonic Suicide, is as surprising and as challenging as every one of their previous albums. The figure of suicide designates the moment of closure and transformation, not far from orgasmic density and bodily pleasures of sounds on the album. The music here creates intense, vibrating, rhizomatic field of electric pulsations, drones and irregularities. This time Magic Carpathians Project's line up has been scaled down to just two of core members who have been establishing the name since 1998: Anna Nacher (mistreated electric guitars, voice, lyrics, media manipulation and bastardization, loops, field recordings) and Marek Styczynski (homemade analog sound modulator, field recordings, saxophone, clarinet, flutes, gongs, percussions). A prototype version of analog sound modulator-called badoog-which emits soundwaves of sinusoidal amplitude and frequencies reaching out beyond the standard range audible to human ear has been designed and built especially for this session. Anna Nacher sings, screams and soars both in English and Polish, occasionally inhabiting the space between languages or mixing up the dialects, idioms and pronunciations. Field recordings taken by the duo during their travels across Himalaya, Carpathians and Balkans are employed as signs of hybridic soundscape of cultural nomads, far from overproduced and colonized idioms of 'world music'. Only for the bravest of the bravest!" |
| 5/1/2009 | Magik Markers | Balf Quarry | CD | $13.99 | Drag City | "Oh, Magik Markers -- you dirty fuckers! You look like a reasonably intelligent young woman and man -- perhaps a bit intense, but who isn't in these end times? Then the needle drops and you're amok, dusting us from the git-go, wild-eyed in a china shop where stop keeps meaning more. Ah, if it were only music -- but it would appear you've rethought that too. And would it kill you to crack a smile? When an album begins with a song called 'Risperdal,' one should assume a mind-and-body-slamming forty-five minutes or so are underway. And 'one' wouldn't be wrong, dickhead. Sure, Balf Quarry has moody space in its soul, melodies whether stretched over rock, ululating rhythm, chimes 'n piano and/or wah-wah. Regardless of the configuration, Elisa Ambrogio and Pete Nolan are locked together, beating it out, listening to feeling the sound of their earth quake. And slicing through all the atmosphere, Elisa's voice is a spear of light, splashes of mud, an acid purple flashback. The Balf Quarry libretto reads like an inner monologue of some poor bastard from The Stand: desperate and vengeful musings from the head of a witness to and survivor of an apocalypse, in a world they never made, dreaming helplessly of the demons out west. 'Safe before their life sets in' might mean hope in this landscape. The world's not broken -- people ruin it every time. Working with engineer Scott Colburn (Sun City Girls, Animal Collective, Sir Richard Bishop), Magik Markers have captured a lot of different moods and twitches on Balf Quarry. Tremoring mid-rhythms form the body, with a couple showers of hardcore, high flying free-duo style and several clinking music boxes of woe as well. On slower tunes, the mass of brooding guitar tone generated is Elisa's signature, a carving all of her own. Fills, licks and other touches move the songs a broken arm's length away from a fundament of chaos and horror. When colors actually match and you have grey music for grey days, it's great -- but what about grey music for cherry red lava days, or rainbow sounds goes -- and just your luck, Magik Markers have brought anything with them on Balf Quarry -- a multicolored projectile of vomit you can sing along to! If psychosis is your thing, Balf Quarry is like a jukebox just for you. The only thing it's missing is a brick attached to the LP/CD to facilitate throwing it through your window! No, we're not talking about you, asshole. This is the royal 'you' -- the 'you' of all Magik Markers fandom, the 'you' of anyone with ears and the guts for this shit. Wot fun! Prepare for the birth of the second sun, y'all." |
| 11/25/2007 | Magik Markers | Boss | LP | $15.99 | Arbitrary Signs | Repress - 2nd edition. "A formality and restraint the Markers have never exerted on their previously recorded material is present on Boss. Now the Markers are Jainists, with their mouths masked so as to not inhale even one tiny insect, here pursuing the killer gentle with a vengeance. Recorded in the cavernous dark of Echo Canyon West, with producer Lee Ranaldo working the boards like a diviner, Boss documents the Markers with a previously unheard fidelity and orchestration. Idiosyncratic song structure and melodies interspersed with a destructive drum stomp are reminiscent of the early electrified blues of Junior Kimbrough, or the black hole rhythms of Kousokuya. Mixing a gentle vulnerability with a winded egomania, the Markers have always had a musical tunnel vision; Boss is that vision made manifest." |
| 11/4/2006 | Magik Markers | For Sada Jane | CD | $16.99 | Textile | This is another monument to the Markers ability to evade any kind of long-term definition by busting out two serene and dark, trickling lullabies alongside two more “recognizable” blasts of live guitar/drum anarchy. The whole thing, recorded in different places, sounds awesome and this is basically some of the best-captured Markers yet…again. There’s whole slabs of weirdness throughout - bits of old records slip in with the static, the disparity of all the different line-ups and locations, and the record is tinged with that beautifully understated awkwardness, that shy and shifting broken fumbling that make this band one of the most truly human groups to listen to on record (or see in the full sweaty flesh for that matter)…“Blind White Alligators”, a duet piece by Elisa and Pete, begins tremendously nervously with plucked, hollow notes bouncing off the indifferent air, until Nolan’s roaring patterns finally get a chance to cling onto something and the guitar is carried off on the train ride. Total blitz drums man…and they’re recorded brilliantly, all the drive and rip captured underneath the flailing, berated guitar. “Dance Upon the Steam”, the first of two “curveballs” that aren’t really curveballs because every aspect of the Magik Markers’ approach to music is a fucking “curveball”, lingers on the edge of sinister and is numbing…easily accepted but almost impossible to grasp fully, and there’s a ghostly vocal line that shimmers in the background and barely makes its own presence felt. The only track on the LP featuring the original line-up, Elisa, Pete and Leah, “Infinite Regress” is not only representative of the wall of clawing luminosity that the band portrays live, it also contains some of the most killer lyrics they’ve put out on record yet…“what do you wanna be?!”, begs Elisa, “the creator? or WHAT HE CREATES?!”, diving into the crowd to forcibly ransack someone’s devotion. I love watching videos of the crowds at Magik Markers shows, there’s always one dude in the front row who’s about to let himself go at any moment, he’s just waiting for the jam to REALLY kick in, and then he’s promised himself he’s gonna go nuts, shaking his head and arms every now and then to convince himself, and then the band just keep up the unbreakable tension for ever, keeping themselves caught in the middle of confusion and catharsis. The wonderfully delicate drawing of the eponymous baby by Pete Nolan echoes the final track, “Shabbetai Tzevi/1666”, an obscurely beautiful poem and the best song on the album by a million miles. The vocals are trapped behind this thin wall of static that twists and breaks with the vocal inflection, humming over Joshua Burkett and John Shaw’s innocent, rambling and resigned acoustic and bass. It’s the frailest, most naked song I’ve heard by the band on record, the false glory and the bitter road…“the city steals your body baby” bemoans the character who’s possessed Elisa…her lyricism is desperately truthful and possesses a weary, sickly empathy, and her lyrics, whether they’re a panic-stricken wail or an almost silent drone seem to totally overwhelm her to the point of physical possession. This song alone is worth getting the album for, and the lyrics/poem is re-produced on the back of the dust sleeve of the LP. Totally great."- Joe Luna, Foxy Digitalis. |
| 4/24/2006 | Magik Markers | Inverted Belgium | LP | $17.99 | Hospital | "one sided lp of the infamous bloody face cutting show in beligium.. instrumental noise assult edited and remastered to slow motion shit attack" |
| 12/24/2005 | Magik Markers | NxCxHxC Vol. 1 | LP | $18.99 | "Early Markers compiled here in sort of a 'best-of' retrospective. This band has won more than it has lost playing with Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth and Sunburned Hand Of The Man. Chaotic, joyful, moving and stunning, the Markers are really one of the best outfits of the 21st Century thus far." | |
| 7/31/2006 | Magik Markers | Road Pussey | CDR | $11.99 | Arbitrary Signs | July 2006 release featuring 7 tracks clocking in around 43 minutes. Includes a killer 10+ minute track titled Brooklyn Sweat which is the highlight on the album for me. |
| 3/21/2007 | Magik Markers | The Volodor Dance | CD | $13.99 | Latitudes | "The Volodor Dance contains four frantic pieces of primitive expressionism, and was recorded live to tape, with no overdubs, and no re-takes. Three of the songs are deeply instinctive and rattle and holler along the free rock tradition, the fourth is an energetic assault on a three chord punk song. All in all the session was a total success, with the engineer bottling the explosive spirit of the band's phenomenal live performance with skill. Words don't do justice to a band as important as this one and this session is the closest thing you'll hear to actually witnessing their frantic live show." |
| 2/12/2008 | Magik Markers | Volodor Dance | LP | $15.99 | Southern Latitudes | "A trio capable of throwing out No-Wave noise rock of mammoth proportions, Magik Markers' debut recordings for Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label garnered national attention, building a dedicated fan base in the process. This special, limited edition Latitudes recording features 3 frantic tracks that were recorded live to tape at Southern Studios in London." Limited edition of 1000 copies. |
| 2/11/2006 | Magik Markers, The | A Panegyric to the Things I do not Understand | CD | $10.99 | Gulcher Records | "So, you know, I was listenin' to the radio back in '76--surprised to hear the title track from Patti Smith's RADIO ETHIOPIA, when the LP was brand new and I hadn't got my copy yet. "Radio Ethiopia" (the track) was this amazing surge of pure sonic madness--total free blow-out--and it left my head reeling. Then I heard the full album, otherwise devoid of the free thing--and I was bummed. Well, 30 years later, here's the Magik Markers. This trio sounds like its ABCs of R&R begin with "Radio Ethiopia" + the breathless free-rock orgasm of the Stooges' "L.A. Blues" + the most open moments of the first Godz LP on ESP-Disk. Of course, a zillion other things've come along in the meanwhile. The Magik Markers were bathed in hardcore as young'uns, and they came of age in the wake of the Dead C, Harry Pussy, and a worldwide noise scene that touches any and every other alleged genre. But at the heart of the Magik Markers is something much older: rock and roll. You know, R+R as envisioned down at the pub by Mark Smith & The Fall--except you can't remember the chord changes. Let's twist again like we did the first time we heard Suicide's "Rocket USA." Drummer Pete Nolan can scatter and merge in a way that you could say references Sunny Murray's free breakthroughs with Albert Ayler, but just as often sounds like he could be playing "Louie Louie" in a '65 garage band. Somewhere behind and beneath the clang and dissonance of guitarists Elisa Ambrogio (also vocals) and Leah Quimby (bass axe), I still hear the distorted blurry notes of Paul Burlinson with the Johnny Burnette Trio--the murderous licks of Pat Hare with Howlin' Wolf. And in between: everything from West Coast Quicksilver / Dead / Love to dark heavy Velvets / Zep / Sabbath / PiL. But remember, these young studs take out all the "fancy" stuff: no songs, no scales, nothin' but room--lots of rhythms, tons of sounds and noises (although don't mistake the MMs for a power-electronics assault squad), even a few recognizable English words. Yeah, the words. They seem spontaneous, but offer tantalizing hints at the magik behind the musicians: "You're my American woman. You're my American thighs. It's a dark night in Vegas. It's a dark night in Vegas" . . . "I am not compassionate. I don't like mercy. I will take your life" . . . "It's a shy, arthritic sky" . . . ?! In spite of their punk roots, the Markers' form tends toward extended breakdowns: this disc is divided into two "sides"--two long tracks--the first running to 19:41, and the other is 19:38. No rules is the rule here. For instance, dig the near-acapella section on the first "side"--whistlin', odd voices, clappin', just an occasional rattle or beep--very casual and simple but mesmerizing. Then there's the part on the second "side" where it sounds like everything is moving in outta-focus slow-mo, like after you've drank waytoomuch cough syrup (DXM)--'n yr legs 've turned t' melted, oooozing plastic. But my favorite part (swoon!) is when Elisa begins an erotic gutter-cat rant: "I'm your ramblin' rose . . . I'm your Sister Anne," obvious references to the MC5. Imagine THAT band jammin' with Yoko Ono--and yer about halfway to here. Elisa raves against the torrent of Quimby's roaring feedback and Nolan's exploding skins in an intuitive way that recalls Patti Smith's lost-in-the-whirlpool moments and/or Damo Suzuki's most tongue-driven gestures with Can. Whew. Formed in 2000, the Magik Markers have moved from New England to Kentucky to NYC--who knows where next? They've played around the U.S. and western Europe, including gigs with alt-rock heavies like Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. The trio has released various CDRs and cassettes on their own Arbitrary Signs label, as well as an LP of "early" material for T. Moore's Ecstatic Peace, and CDR releases for Slippy Town, Imvated, and Apostasy. For their first manufactured CD release, the Markers have landed on the Gulcher imprint--it somehow makes sense that this group of out-crowders would end up with the same label that spewed MX-80, the Gizmos, and other weirdos onto an unsuspecting world. The strange thing is this time the world might be paying attention! Ssshhhhhh--pass the peace pipe--turn up the amplifiers." Eddie Flowers, Slippy Town |
| 6/30/2010 | Magill, Rob | Compositions That Go Left Right Away | c92 cassette | $5.99 | Roll Over Rover | "Rob's baritone voice and dissolving sanity lure the listener into an aural mental hospital, with the occasional padded-cell freakout on tenor saxophone. Spazzes between Calvin Johnston, Jandek, and Syd Barrett? Dragging you through 27 songs of black widows, jellybeans, and swinging trees. The A-Side features the album, while the B-Side holds an extended interview with the well-mannered giant, Rob Magill. Meet the man behind the jellybeans, with gentle discussions of cereal, Mountain Dew, and assesŠ. limited to 55 copies, with insert." |
| 5/16/2010 | Magina | Nazca Lines | 3" CDR | $7.99 | Synth / Ruralfaune | "Unique digital capsule of melodic memorabilia on keyboards. Obsolete and old-fashioned technology to create a retro-futuristic voyage. Worldwide edition of this newcoming portuguese artist." Edition of 40 copies - non-Portuguese version. |
| 2/26/2011 | Magina, Pedro | Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five | cassette | $5.99 | Not Not Fun | "Musically speaking, the 80's mean more to more people these days than they maybe ever have, which is weird but cool because revisionist history is the best kind, and panoramic Lisbon synth harmonia-ist Pedro Magina's textured, retro-futurist luxury elegy, Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five, raids the heart of the decade for everything it should have been. The album's eight pieces sweep in wide aerial arcs, flying low over empty glittering midnight seaside estates, synthesizers shimmering like swimming pools. Richly gauzy keyboard lines sparkle minor key moods of Mediterranean melancholia, splashed with whiplash thunder, grey rainfall, the sound of distant birds lost in the wind. The money means nothing; the crash is coming. Pro-dubbed tapes in double-sided full-color J-cards with faded credit card art/design by Andre Abel of Tropa Macaca. Edition of 150." |
| 3/5/2009 | Magneticring | Magneticring | LP | $18.99 | Uzu Audio | "Magneticring is the solo project of Josh Stevenson, member of Staked Plain (est. 1993), Von Bingen, B.C.V.C.O. and formerly Jackie-O Motherfucker. Not to mention contributions to a Kemialliset Ystävät recording, touring as a member of Samara Lubelski's live band, Pink Mountaintops, numerous mastering credits, and is currently working on recordings with Montreal's Sam Shalabi's 'Land of Kush Orchestra' and Steven Wray Lobdell (Faust, Davis Redford Trio) After a couple of cassette releases, we are pleased to present his first long playing LP. Three tracks of hazy vintage synth pieces. This album is a one time pressing of 449 copies of clear 180 gram vinyl packaged in a Tip-on style gatefold jacket with custom silk screened art." Nice! |
| 11/23/2004 | Magnetize | Biome | CD | $12.99 | Rimbaud Records | "Biome has been vaguely described as 'ambient-oriented noise music' and was inspired by the work of among others - John Balance, Robert Hampson, Martin Rev, Laurie Anderson and Conny Plank. It is made up of a layered tapestry of textures, ranging from drones and soundscapes to looped guitar sounds and radio-wave static." From Ireland. |
| Magnog | More Weather | DBL CD | $15.99 | kranky | Awesome collection of home recordings recorded from 9/94-10/96 | |
| 12/10/2003 | Maher Shalal Hash Baz | Open Field | CD EP | $8.99 | Geographic | "Taken from Maher Shalal Hash Baz's forthcoming album, Blues du Jour, Open Field E.P features some beautiful new compositions from Tori Kudo with Maher creating some of their warmest, most accessible music to date. The title track is a true avant-pop masterpiece with its reflective and melancholy tone conjuring up images of a long car journey through Tori Kudo's homeland and an immediate, simple and soulful refrain. Appearing on 'Open Field' are Bill Wells and The Pastels - whose piano part led to Tori's idea of the conceptual 'Next Field Mix', also included." |
| 8/27/2003 | Maher Shalal Hash Baz / The Curtains | Make Us Two Crayons On The Floor | CD | $12.99 | Yik Yak | "Split cd coinciding with the arrival of legendary Japanese underground music collective MAHER SHALAL HASH BAZ who have come to the United States for the first time to tour the west coast with California music maestros THE CURTAINS (members of DEERHOOF, OPEN CITY). Features recordings from MAHER'S highly-acclaimed performance at Le Weekend in Stirling, Scotland 2002." |
| 4/22/2009 | Mahikari | Mahikari | LP | $15.99 | Birdman | "A chance meeting around an axe-wound-shaped microphone and MAHIKARI is born. On one side, world-famous ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE guitar god MAKOTO KAWABATA. Showblazing on stage other is SEIICHI YAMAMOTO, the guitarist ending THE BOREDOMS' sound from the beginning to Vision Creation Newsun. Two of the greatest guitar players of all time cut mind-churning psychedelic meltdowns with ex-THIN WHITE ROPE drumer STOO ODOM, following the path paved by their respective bands as well as Fushitsusha, Solmania, CCCC, KK Null, and Highrise. The first Mahikari record is a blistering colossal attack of legendary proportions, available on super-limited-edition vinyl." Highly recommended! |
| 12/24/2005 | Mahogany Brain | Some Cocktail Suggestions | LP | $27.99 | Fractal | "Brand new and third album by the '70s French underground free-rock cult band Mahogany Brain. Some Cocktail Suggestions (March 2005) is the logical and inevitable prolongation of the first two albums, With (Junk-Saucepan) When (Spoon-Trigger) (December 1970 - released in 1971) and Smooth Sick Lights (June 1972 - released in 1977), all in all the third shutter of a trilogy and which could be entitled: 'Mahogany Brain or how to play Russian roulette in the artificial paradises.' Thirty-five years for an unexplainable trilogy. However, if one symbolically looks at the first album on Futura as 'the injection of drugs' (the true original record cover was a photograph showing an arm with a syringe and following the stop to publish the famous stereotype for reason of censure of the time, the group chose an entirely black cover as a mourning). The second on Pôle (with the title wink in 'Sister Ray') would be rather 'the action' as if the track headlight suggests which opens the album Green Winter of Revolvers which is the soundtrack of the crazy short film of Michel Bulteau 'Main Line.' Mahogany Brain always developed a music radical, unforeseeable, hard, voluntarily unfinished, and with this album, they continue the adventure even further: decomposition of the music, recomposition of the juxtaposed voices, artistic blur, collages, mad guitars, all very amalgamated in a magma broken rock'n'roll. Mahogany Brain was created during the summer 1970, and was composed by two central personalities, the alter ego Michel Bulteau (leader and founder of the group) and Patrick Geoffrois (the man without whom Mahogany Brain could never have existed). Writer, film maker, Bulteau also carried out five albums in solo (whose Rinçures on Fractal in 1999) he's the last of the electric poets and his meeting with Geoffrois was also electric - Bulteau created a rock band but it is Geoffrois which created the dynamics of the group. Geoffrois was a sharp sectional view, and he recall a little the revolted and destroying spirit of a certain Peter Laughner (Rocket From The Tombs), he will join later the group of James Chance & the Contortions in New York at the end of the '70s or he will sow the discord besides! Two complementary strong energies and spontaneousness, the process was engaged. Mahogany Brain is an atypical group in the Parisian underground, they play with their tripes and as with their veins, it is an experience out of the limit, not-conventional, with only one concert in all their history, and probably the most subversive formation as there was to see in France! Some Cocktail Suggestions is incontestably matter dangerous? To taste with great whiskeys." |
| Maitreya Kali | Apache/Inca | DBL CD | $18.99 | Shadoks | "California deep Psychedelic loner. Acid leads, mystical vocals, tons of effects, completely stoned feeling. Came out as 2 single albums and even more limited as a double album. Only 3 copies known. The music is outta space psychedelic with great songs and beautiful vocals. A real killer from beginning to end." Dedicated to Jimi Hendrix. | |
| 6/19/2002 | Major Stars | Distant Effects | LP | $15.99 | Squealer | "Distant Effects is the third full length release from Cambridge, MA-based Major Stars. Combining an interest in mid-60's folk rock, free jazz and Hendrix-oid guitar riffage, the Major Stars create tuneful compositions that rapidly lift into the stratosphere on the waves of guitar amperage supplied by Wayne Rogers and Kate Biggar. Wayne and Kate have been purveyors of obscure musics for over a decade, first off in the bands Crystalized Movements and Magic Hour, then as operators of the Twisted Village label and store." |
| 4/24/2006 | Major Stars | Syntoptikon | CD | $13.99 | Important Records | "Syntoptikon features the new lineup of the Major Stars now with a third guitarist added for extra heaviness. Syntoptikon is the newer, heavier Major Stars who have been dumping amp loads of heft upon Boston stages and now they're bringing it to your home audio system." |
| 2/7/2009 | Majutsu no Niwa | At the End of Summer | CD | $15.99 | There | "Majutsu no Niwa is the new psychedelic rock band which Rinji Fukuoka of OVERHANG PARTY which stopped the activity at the beginning of 2008 leads. This album extracted from live show in the last year have variety, from deep song and more vivid rock instrumental to heavy feedback drone." |
| 11/6/2010 | Majutsu no Niwa | Ecstatic Crystallization | c55 cassette | $8.99 | Sloow Tapes | "Feedback drenched guitarnoise drones by Rinji Fukuda's Majutsu no Niwa, his follow-up band to the legendary Overhang Party. A magical garden of post-Velvet doom stripped to the bare essentials by way of the Japanese psyche. 100 copies." |
| 1/31/2011 | Majutsu no Niwa | Ecstatic Crystallization | CD | $15.99 | Musik Atlach | "Metempsychosis of FUKUOKA Rinji, Overhang Party~Majutsu no Niwa which began by unexpected 'La Fièvre' passed through 'Serchin' for my Layline' 'La Vena'and reached 'Ecstatic Crystallization'. The rearguard Rock having neither the progress nor the step backward, or aesthetics of reactionary conservatism. The heavy peals of 'Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung' or 'Ewige Wiederkunft des Gleichen'. Continuo which continues drifting in the depths of the pop pieces to hear in past issue. Experience eternal rock'n roll theater 'now come out'. This is CD version limited 250. |
| 12/12/2009 | Majutsu No Niwa | Frontera | CD | $15.99 | Music Atlach | "2nd album from Majutsu no Niwa (ex Overhang Party). This is their first studio album. Heavy hard pychedelic." |
| 6/11/2006 | Malcolm, Greg | Hung | CD | $14.99 | Celebrate / Psi / Phenomenon | "Hooray! Boy am I happy to be putting this cracker out. Recorded live, without the cumbersome weight of newfangled techniques such as 'overdubs' (gee-whiz!) which may seem a little commonplace for you hip-to-be-square cats until you realise that the good Mr Malcolm plays two guitars and percussion with his feet. His third guitar, the guitar he actually holds in his hands, has about half a million strings and a number of contact mics imbedded where the sun-don't-shine to amplify a host of springs, triangles, and other junkyard ephemera. This is a second-to-none ride through a world of sunshine, as viewed through net curtains from a darkened room in suburban New Zealand. Charming, stupifying, and profoundly accomplished. The noise of music." |
| 3/26/2006 | Malcolm, Greg | Swimming In It | LP | $15.99 | k-raa-k | "Swimming In It is Greg Malcolms first solo vinyl releases and he continues walking the same path were The Homesick For Nowhere ended. Again he reaches the borders of what one can do with a guitar and shows the multiple ways of how one can play his favorite instrument. Everything was recorded in one take without overdubs. And again the result is pure Greg Malcolm. The melodies utilise a variety of tones and sounds created by his unusually amplified acoustic guitar. Other than the e-bow and fuzz box all sounds are created live and organically by string manipulation techniques. Influences of primitive folksongs can be heard, but Malcolms songconstructions are more complex then first meets the ear. He's a model for all the experimental guitarists out there and a perfect example of a travelling troubadour who stands with one foot in the past and one foot in the present." |
| 3/21/2009 | Maleficia | Maleficia | LP | $14.99 | Isounderscore | "Well in the works for over a year is the debut LP of Oakland experimental/noise duo Maleficia with Ilysea Viles Sunderman on vocals/viola and Andy Way (also of French Radio, NF Orchest, Carrion) on electronics. Two side-long tracks, "Making" and "Remaking" produce an exquisite and carefully balanced binary system of torrential noise along with beautiful vocals/viola; ultimately the result is an impressive record from one of the most original and interesting noise groups to come out of Oakland over the last couple of years. Recorded at Earhammer Studios in Fall 2007 by Greg Wilkinson (Chronicles of Lemur Mutation, Carrion, Laudanum), and mastered in Winter 2008 by Thomas Dimuzio at Gench Studios in San Francisco. Limited to 400 copies." |
| Mali Rain | ...We Shall Return To the Sea | CD | $17.99 | Third Stone | Ambient/Trance | |
| Mali Rain | Forecast For Storms | CD | $10.99 | Third Stone | Full length release from 1996 | |
| 11/30/2011 | Maltese Falcons | lathe LP | $24.99 | Root Don Lonie For Cash | "woohoo, collab between kraus & ducklingmonster, like when universes collide & create more worlds, comets flying about everywhere, watchout! this one is coming right at my head!!! guitars, drums, singing, synth, noises, its all there, wicked stuff. very few copies left (already!)" | |
| 2/21/2007 | Mammal | Double Nature | CD | $7.99 | SNSE | "Really, this is an intensely unpleasurable record. When the beats do emerge in these four long tracks, they are sick, withered, fried, dead. I don't mean all of these adjectives in a negative sense." - Blastitude 16 |
| 3/21/2007 | Mammal | No Hope / In the Mood | 7" | $5.99 | Chondritic Sound | "One hateful, hopeless music from Detroit's least favorite artist (next to white devil). The a-side is a machined bass churner reminding of Thrones, while the b-side is a venomous cover of Bloodyminded's classic song "In the Mood". i hope you're not!" Edition of 333 copies, silkscreened covers. |
| 3/26/2006 | Mammatus | Mammatus | CD | $13.99 | Holy Mountain | "Named for the ominous clouds that are usually seen after the worst of a thunderstorm has passed, Mammatus is a lean sludge machine that shoots giant burritos (carne asada) from their instruments. They have no known enemies in the natural world and share symbiotic relationships with hamburgers, sub-goths and dragons. Their album was mastered by a wizard so mighty he has no name. They assure you that his abilities far exceed those of any 'terrestrial' engineer, for they send the tapes back in time to be woven with spells of the nameless ones that were spoken of before rock could speak. So, what was the last record you bought that was recorded in 'Dragonfidelity' or 'Drag-Fi'?" |
| 7/11/2008 | Mammatus | Mammatus | LP | $14.99 | Holy Mountain | "Named for the ominous clouds that are usually seen after the worst of a thunderstorm has passed, Mammatus is a lean sludge machine that shoots giant burritos (carne asada) from their instruments. They have no known enemies in the natural world and share symbiotic relationships with hamburgers, sub-goths and dragons. Their album was mastered by a wizard so mighty he has no name. They assure you that his abilities far exceed those of any 'terrestrial' engineer, for they send the tapes back in time to be woven with spells of the nameless ones that were spoken of before rock could speak. So, what was the last record you bought that was recorded in 'Dragonfidelity' or 'Drag-Fi'? Packaged with mind-blowing, Roger Dean-inspired cover art by ARIK MOONHAWK ROPER." |
| 5/14/2007 | Mammatus | The Coast Explodes | CD | $13.99 | Holy Mountain | "Mammatus' second album The Coast Explodes straddles the line between psychedelia and hard rock while introducing more progressive aspects. The music is heavily influenced by both the power and complexity of the natural world and the ongoing battles of light and darkness. "Excellent Swordfight" is a continuation of the same story told in the debut's epic "Dragon of the Deep." "Pierce the Darkness" explores being a light in a dark world. "The Changing Wind" is a pipe-led psychedelic folk tune that could have been sited by Ghost's Second Time Around and the shanga vibes of the forest in the Autumn. It unfurls into the title track which encapsulates the massive fury of the ocean. For fans of similar Holy Mountain artists Om, Lesbian, or Residual Echoes. "The same heavy, spastic psych as Acid Mothers Temple, Psychic Paramount, Comets on Fire and Green Milk from the Planet Orange." - Dusted Magazine |
| 5/19/2011 | Mamuthones | Mamuthones | CD | $12.99 | Boring Machines | "The first release which anticipated spring on March 13th has been the new eponymous album from Mamuthones, the solo project of Alessio Gastaldello formerly of Jennifer Gentle. This eponymous album is a definite step beyond previous Mamuthones' releases: it still retains the droney, foreboding darkness of its older siblings, but this time the sound is the one of a raw, aggressive rock trio. Shrouded in a haze of psychedelic noise and firmly rooted to Boldrin's inventive and powerful drumming, the album gathers a series of crushing performances interspersed with shorter, more reflective interludes. At times hypnotically thundering (The first born), monstrously rhythmic (like on the real tour-de-force that is Ota Benga, all pounding percussion, Sun Ra-styled keyboard solos and fractured guitars) or simply unnerving (check ghostly closer Ave Maria), the album's heaviness is balanced by tracks like the pulsing Kash-O-Kashak that, with its buzzing bouzouki-like guitars, manages to sound at the same time menacing and melancholic, or the airy, subdued MJ 74 (actually recorded by Maurizio Boldrin back in 1974!)." "Plugging into the dark tradition of Italian psych and Prog Rock that includes Goblin and Antonius Rex - Mamuthones [is] the perfect blend of brute force and immaculate timing. A work of formidable intensity." (Joseph Stannard, The Wire). "A massive ritual piece of startling originality. A hefty percussion top-heavy project somewhat reminiscent of Faust, Magical Power Mako, the Boredoms and even Choukoko No Niwa. This is a superb record." - (Julian Cope, Headheritage.co.uk). "Compellingly unsettling music that seems to pre-date history, yet also sounds thrillingly futuristic. Mayhem and Sunn O))) share Mamuthones' interest in blurring the boundaries between the beautiful and the baleful, but the urgent, bouzouki-like guitar on Kash-O-Kashak marks them out as very much their own men." - (Sharon O' Connell, Uncut) |
| 7/5/2011 | Man Made Hill | Neck Test | cassette | $9.99 | Beniffer Editions | 4 color silkscreen J-Card CS - Proper issue of tape released in an edition of 30 in 07 - Edition of 100. "Silver Era, Tower of Randy. The time before the bangers, but still very funky for outsider tape music." |
| 4/24/2006 | Manaia | Faith | CDR | $14.99 | "Beautiful self-released cdr by Jen Strickland (previous outings limited to reviewing music for popwatch or promoting shows in portland, maine, in the mid-90's; terrible stage fright kept her from pursuing her true passion, until _inspired_ by nemo's work to overcome). overall the sound comes off something like early pj harvey or sandra bell... emotionally taught female vocals accompanied by often chugging/chrunchy electric guitars, as well as occasional optigan, drums, synth, slide guitar & electronics. a power dose of soul... features 2 way-out cover versions of buffy sainte-marie's "he's a keeper of the fire" and a creepy a capella translation of townes van zandt's "if i needed you". amazing hand-assembled packaging ó screenprinted silver ink on deep blue metallic-infused paper. limited edition of 100 copies." | |
| 5/1/2009 | Manço, Baris | Dünden Bugüne | LP | $26.99 | Guerssen | "Baržs Manço was one of the leading, most influential and most beloved Turkish rock musicians, along with Erkin Koray, Edip Akbayram and Cem Karaca, and this is his first long-player, released in 1971 by Sayan Productions. It's a compilation of tracks taken from previously-released 45s, plus the track "Lory" that only appears on this album. Killer psych-rock with a strong Turkish flavor, this features Baris' all-time classics like "Derule" and "Daglar Daglar," as well as the brutal, wah-wah flooded "Küçük Bir Gece Müzigi," with its infectious drumming that drives anyone searching for sampling stuff mad. Not to be confused with two different releases with the same name that actually have different tracklistings and artwork, this is the real album as it was originally released. Reissued on vinyl for the first time, and including an insert with great photos of Baržs as well as detailed liner notes." |
| 2/28/2011 | Mandelbrot & Skyy | OD-Axis | LP | $15.99 | Digitalis | "M&S is the duo of Jeff Witscher (Rene Hell, Secret Abuse, etc) and Daren Ho (Driphouse, ex-Raccoo-oo-oon, etc) and OD-Axis is the synth-laden dreamscape you would hope for. There are heavy sci-fi leanings and sharp rhythmic backbones but what comes through most clear is Witscher & Ho's sense of pop melodicism. Underneath all the weirdness and all the debris, OD-Axis is one hell of a catchy record. All three pieces are just a setup for the side-long journey that is 'Monte Carlo,' however. This 18-minute opus an ice-cold killer that leaves little doubt that Mandelbrot & Skyy is more than your typical collaboration. Calculated beats underline the movement as Witscher & Ho lace a dozen sonic ideas around a central, slow moving design. The ride starts off ominous as it traverses through an aural wormhole with no specific destination in mind." |
| 11/9/2004 | Mandrake Memorial | Mandrake Memorial | LP | $12.99 | Poppy Records | “US pressing. Exact repro of their self-titled debut from 1968. Formed in 1967 in Philadelphia, Mandrake Memorial was a progressive-rock quartet which helped pioneer the use of electronics in rock music. The group consisted of guitarist Craig Anderton, keyboardist/vocalist Michael Katz, bassist Randy Monaco and drummer Kevin Lally. Using such psychedelic music techniques as feedback, sitars, orchestras and backwards tape loops, the group added the sound of synthesizers, one of the first bands to do so on a regular basis.” |
| 2/21/2009 | Mania / Bloomer | Ready To Do Damage | LP | $13.99 | SNSE | "Ready To Do Damage is an album that seethes with malevolence. Sustained piercing feedback. Crashing and ripping metal. Distortion flaking off every corner. Dank. Violent. The A side contains a live collaboration (first ever for Mania) between these two artists, while side B holds a solo track from each. Mania has terrorized the noise/PE world since 2002 with releases on his own imprint, Bitewerks, as well as Freak Animal, Harsh Head Rituals, Abisko, Vemod, and others. He resides in Texas in near total isolation and is certainly armed. Ryan Bloomer is currently a member of industrial scuzz unit Piss Horn. He lives in Canada, surrounded by amplifiers, and heads up the Traumatone organization, makers of noise devices most vile." Pressed on black vinyl; pasted-on matte white LP jackets; pro-printed 11x17 glossy full color poster; edition of 300. |
| 10/16/2003 | Maniacs Dream | Maniacs Dream | cassette | $6.99 | LalLalLal | "This wild group is a distant relative of Avarus. Maniacs Dream think they are playing punk rock but all they can catch on tape is dizzying, swirling and tumbling lunacy. They don't know how some of the sounds ended up on tape, the sounds have just somehow emerged from somewhere. But still there is a logic deep in all this. Relentless energy and a constant flow of ideas, some of them good, some of them something else. And these are hi-fi 4-track recordings. This is the fresh and exciting sound of the 21st century!" |
| 2/12/2008 | Maniacs Dream | Turku Hold 'em | CD | $16.99 | Lal Lal Lal | "A 66 minute excerpt from a 2 hour session from 2005. Recorded in the middle of the night after christmas - the result being the most detailed mess this trio has ever made. Bella is banging the drums naked, releasing lots of skin power. Fricara is giving the bass some feedback and Hesedelic is playing guitar very, very fast." |
| 11/4/2006 | Maniacs Dream | Zanzibar | cassette | $7.99 | LalLalLal | "New album by the most relentless free-rockers in the solar system. Recorded after Maniacs Dream's trip to Zanzibar, where they succeeded to find the beauty of antiquity. How beautiful! Like in the Homeric times! Bella Blossa said of the harem that inspired him to write the last song on side A. The song is a speed of light free fall into the orange hole, like the whole album! In time! Comes with beautiful psychedelic covers by Bema Bergman!" |
| 8/31/2008 | Maniacs Dream | Zanzibar | LP | $14.99 | Arbor | "Finland is the epicenter of collective music making. Under the name Maniacs Dream, members of Finnish bands such as Avarus, Fricara Pacchu, Kemialliset Ystävät, and more come together to create blown out free rock. Their unique/bizarre approach to music making, constantly questioning the construction/deconstruction of sound creates songs at times recalling the electro acoustic clatter drone of Avarus crossed with tribal rhythms and intergalactic kraut rock guitar zones. Total sonic freedom with a punk ethos directly influenced by a trip to Zanzibar prior to recording this record (which is a reissue of the long sold out tape originally released on Lal Lal Lal in 2006). In an edition of 450 records on light blue vinyl with printed labels and full color proprinted foldover sleeves with art by Benjamin Bergman and an insert." |
| 3/6/2010 | Manic Shooter | Dog Master Teleportation | CDR | $7.99 | Upstairs | "Manic Shooter's DMT is sonic weird hieroglyphs from combination Taos, New Mexico and Long Island; the hybrid of which mirrors the effect... bent clues will set you on a path while others are meant to deceive you. Powerlines whisper instructions in a non gendered voice. Mystical Hasid rapper vaporizedendlessly in interlocking dimensional mechanism. Remember this was during the initial Bush era, pre-dating 911 and thus Junior's eyeballs hadn't yet been upgraded to format terrestrial. Mirror plates in the eye cavity is how they found terrorists. Shooter was the first to command green missle control, similar to a Tartan warrior he refracted the beams himself and thus took the problem into his own hands. DMT is an in and out enhancement of this frightening time, as if the lingering confusion of a post-Inside Edition childhood had naturally spawned the devastated political mis-en-scene, building up to the 911 simulation telecast we witnessed while en route to Yusef Lateef's class when we got word of the attacks. This is also a historic document containing some of the first ever KGB MAN overdubs, as well as marking the first time in RIAA history that anyone has ever exclusively fucked with Prince of Darkness and Alphaville on a sampling level, but beyond recognition, musique concret style, plus a touch of cartoon Skinny Puppy meets Mike Patton isolated in a hotel room with a portastudio while on tour with Bungle in '97 vibes. I have recommended Trujillo to be committed to the Material Eye Institute for dog master evaluation. Enjoy it while you can and as Lou said, "watch out for worlds behind you." |
| 5/16/2011 | Mannion, John | Slice Through or/in Glassmetal | LP | $16.99 | Hanson | "John Mannion is a member of the Red Light Collective operating out of Rockaway, NY and breeding intense electronic music acts like Yellow Tears, Halflings, Cowards, Teeny Bopper, and John's Cathode Terror Secretion. "Slice Through or/in Glassmetal" is his debut LP and is a three years in the making document of extreme electronic composition. A ultra dynamic mix of modern classical, electronic, noise, and power electronics techniques. Kind of makes me think of what it may have been like if Penderecki made a power electronics record. Whirling electric box fan, piercing electronics, junk metal clang, screeching violins, harsh and whispered vocals, and haunting vocals by opera singer Caitlin Haughney." Cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates and Mastering, Berlin. Limited to 500 copies. 3 color silkscreen sleeves with the "Hanson Droll Flaps" and featuring cover art by the artist plus 11" x 11" lyric sheet. Recommended for fans of CON-DOM, Krzysztof Penderecki, John Wiese, Iannis Xenakis, Kevin Drumm, Yellow Tears, Aaron Dilloway, Genocide Organ. |
| 11/17/2007 | Manpack Variant | Sticky Wickets | CD | $12.99 | Digitalis | "Manpack Variant is the persistently intermittent commingling of electronicists Jaime Fennelly (Peeesseye, peeinmyfacewithsurgery, Phantom Limb & Bison) and Chris Peck, resulting in transcendent sound rituals and unexplainable detritus such as the recent "Flash Vault" 7" split with Gerritt on Misanthropic Agenda and now "Sticky Wickets," the bands first full-length CD. "Sticky Wickets" will take the paint off your walls. Bone-crunching noises fly in an analog heaven, short on altitude but high on fire? Insanity? Asylums? Try it all on for size. Manpack Variant are bringing barrels of concrete to the show, ready to build a scuzzed-out monument complete with skeleton electronics and bags of fuzz. And to add even more sparkle, "Sticky Wickets" features original artwork by Jason McLean. Entranced by latent characteristics of military-industrial sound hardware, Manpack Variant has laid audiences from Vienna to Vancouver (to waste) with there own special bland of ecstatic nose drool. Ambient ambient ambient!" |
| 8/8/2009 | Manson Family, The | Family Jams | picture disc LP | $35.99 | "The lost acid-folk "desert music" songs of Charles Manson, recorded during his trial in 1970 by Family members Clem on guitar and vocals, Gypsy on violin, and featuring the ultra- ethereal vocals of Gold and Country Sue. Very limited pressing of 500 copies, Euro import." |
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| 11/21/2009 | Mantles | Mantles | LP + Download | $14.99 | Siltbreeze | "With two acclaimed seven-inches under their belt, THE MANTLES answer the call for more with a stunning debut LP sure to please all who cross its path. The Mantles have been dead-on in distilling a contemporary pop / psych concoction that mixes equal parts early Chills with early Dream Syndicate-and really, who among us wouldn't want a bottle of that with which to quietly tipple the day away? Recorded by GREG ASHLEY, the LP taps said hybrid, and if anything, burrows deeper into the core of rock, extracting essential magma that fuses early SF Ballroom psychedelia, Byrds-ian jangle-pop, and the Velvet Underground's extraordinary ability for serpentine leads and bridges. And yep, that pretty much covers all the bases. LP includes free digital download." |
| 6/18/2002 | Maquiladora | Ritual Of Hearts | CD | $12.99 | Better Looking | "The second album from mutant-country, Americana roots twisters Maquiladora. A dirgey blend of droning and wheezing countrified rock tunes, rusted-in-the-yard with dying accordian, distorted piano, and Ribot-nucleic guitar acid drenching." Previous release on Acid Mothers Temple label and they played several shows with AMT back in March of 2002. |
| 3/6/2010 | Marble In Heavy Syrup | Marble In Heavy Syrup | c32 cassette | $6.99 | Scumbag Relations | Recorded using a homemade contact mic fabricated by K.Vonk. Originally crafted for a performance piece entitled "Infallible Metronome". Here the instrument was utilized to create... "A little ball made of a hard substance (as glass) and used in various games" "A thick sticky solution of sugar and water often flavored or medicated" On the flip side is a multi-layered rhythm meditation realized using an early nineties Yamaha keyboard. |
| 8/5/2011 | Marchetti, Lionel / Jérome Noetinger | Paris - Genève | LP | $15.99 | Corpses Underneath The Bed | Documentation of 2 stellar performances - edition of 300 copies. .Lionel Marchetti & Jérome Noetinger, both on tape recorder Revox B77. One side live at Cave12, Geneva, Switzerland, 2009. One side live at GRM, Paris, France, 2007. Incredible duo working live with tapes, microphones and objects. Sound cannibalism ! Nice cover from Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre. |
| 7/29/2004 | Marchetti, Walter | De Musicorum Infelicitate | DBL LP | $37.99 | Alga Marghen | "After the edition of Walter Marchetti 'De Musicorum Infelicitate' book + 2LP quickly sold out (there is a copy still availbable here), Alga Marghen decided to make the double LP itself available as an official edition. Three years ago Alga Marghen issued the third compact disc by Walter Marchetti, the mysterious and inaccessible 'De Musicorum Infelicitate'. The edition included a folded poster with the presentation written by Gabriele Bonomo, a series of aphorisms to introduce the listeners to this work. The composer had then decided to let this edition circulate with no extra information looking at it as a perfect final statement! Music! Deadly dust for the mind. The world as music: a cosmic catastrophe! At this point, music remains in possession of only a single sound; all the others have been discarted. The last sound is recorded on the double-LP, as well as the complete painful variations of musical unhappiness. Edition limited to 90 numbered copies." |
| 2/2/2011 | Marchetti, Walter | In Terram Utopicam | CD | $18.99 | Alga Marghen | "Walter Marchetti is one of the most original and controversial pre-Fluxus authors. In this work he frees all of his sophisticated poeticism. In Terram Utopican, includes 'J'aimerais Jouer Avec Un Piano Qui Aurait Une Grosse Queue' (1974/75) and 'Per La Sete Dell'orecchio' (1981). The 16-page booklet presents the original score of 'J'aimerais Jouer', photos of the performances in Milano and at the Venice Biennale, and the reproduction of the original In Terram Utopicam LP layout. All texts are published both in English and Italian." |
| 2/2/2011 | Marchetti, Walter | In Terram Utopicam | LP | $25.99 | Alga Marghen | LP version, previously released in the Il Divano Dell'orecchio 5LP box (ALGA 083LP). "Includes the same materials as the original 1978 Cramps LP titled In Terram Utopicam, or 'J'aimerais Jouer Avec Un Piano Qui Aurait Une Grosse Queue' (1974/75), 'Adversus' (Home-made electric music) (1966) and 'Osmanthus Fragrans' (Home-made electric music) (1973). The LP sleeve reproduces the original scores of 'J'aimerais Jouer' and 'Adversus', photos of the performance at the Venice Biennale. The full color inner sleeve reproduces photos of various Marchetti performances as well as the original In Terram Utopicam LP layout." |
| 2/2/2011 | Marchetti, Walter | La Caccia | LP | $26.99 | Alga Marghen | LP version, previously released in the Il Divano Dell'orecchio 5LP box (ALGA 083LP). "Includes the same materials as the original 1974 Cramps LP titled La Caccia (1965). The LP sleeve reproduces the original scores, photos of both the 1965 ZAJ performances and of Marchetti recording La Caccia. The full-color inner sleeve reproduces the original La Caccia LP layout. |
| 2/2/2011 | Marchetti, Walter | Natura Morta | LP | $25.99 | Alga Marghen | LP version, previously released in the Il Divano Dell'orecchio 5LP box (ALGA 083LP). "The LP sleeve reproduces a photo of the performance at Milanopoesia in 1988, as well as the text In My Music. The full color inner sleeve reproduces a photo of the Natura Morta installation." |
| 2/2/2011 | Marchetti, Walter | Per La Sete Dell'orecchio | LP | $25.99 | Alga Marghen | "The LP includes 'Per La Sete Dell'orecchio' (1981), previously privately issued on the LP with the same title as well as 'Song for John Cage' (1985), never available on vinyl before. The LP sleeve reproduces the 'Song for John Cage' score. The full color inner sleeve reproduces the original Per La Sete Dell'orecchio LP layout. All texts are published both in English and Italian. First included in a 5LP box set together with other 4 LPs titled La Caccia, In Terram Utopicam, Natura Morta and Vandalia, this LP is also available now, separately from the complete box set, in a very limited number of copies." |
| 9/17/2006 | Marchetti, Walter | Utopia Andata e Ritorno | DBL CD | $35.99 | Alga Marghen | "Music: the foundation of that presence in which we find ourselves shows itself as pure negative. Everything is founded on a demonstration of its own negativity: as awareness of its being negative, and does not look for an escape into a future presence, that is an objective future. But, accepting its negativity, makes of this self-negation the real act, the true reality -- the true foundation, the real and actual continuity: this is music's sense. Utopia Andata e Ritorno is the title of the new composition by Walter Marchetti, recorded in Milano in 2005. It has two parts, each one CD long. The first part, 'L'Andata,' puts together two former recordings of Marchetti. The recording of a real storm and a recital for solo piano. This is not the first time that Marchetti mixes a piano solo recital with the recording of a natural live event, thus creating a 'piano concert'. The second CD, 'Il Ritorno', reverses the direction of the first record and literally destroys itself. In the first part of this work, Marchetti puts music successfully in the place it has to have today: on the road to renewal in contact with reality, a reality that is a synonym for vacuity, that is the interdependence of phenomena, music, reality, technology. There is nothing mimetic or anecdotal in this work. The storm is a real storm and the solo piano recital is a modern work of pure music, without the excesses that the society expects of a piano recital from composer and virtuoso player. Pure music, in the best sense of the word. 'L'Andata' is one of the great works of music of our time, or, as José Luis Castillejo remarked, 'it may be the best modern piano concert since Brahms.' In the second part, 'Il Ritorno,' sound waves are deformed when one tries a reverse hearing and the turn around trip becomes an aural nightmare. Of course, avant-gardism has made us accustomed to noises and silences and to the arbitrary idea that anything is music. 'Il Ritorno' announces the end of musical avant-gardism and its technocratic aspirations. It points to the end of music avant-gardism because it exposes the technological manipulation not only of technology beyond its powers, but also the manipulation of both music and sound. 'Il Ritorno' is such a problematic work also because its subject is failure and impossibility. Three-folded digipack 2CD edition. It includes a 32-page booklet with essays by Water Marchetti, Gabriele Bonomo and José Luis Castillejo. First edition limited to 500 copies." |
| 2/2/2011 | Marchetti, Walter | Vandalia | LP | $25.99 | Alga Marghen | LP version, previously released in the Il Divano Dell'orecchio 5LP box (ALGA 083LP). "Includes 'Perpetuum Mobile' (1981) and 'Le Secche Del Delirio' (1989). Both pieces were never available on vinyl before. The LP sleeve reproduces a photo of the 'Perpetuum Mobile' performance at Musicalia in 1981. The full color inner sleeve reproduces a 'Musica Da Camera' installation and the original Vandalia layout." |
| 7/16/2009 | Margolis, Al & Dan Burke | Live April 5, 2008 - Le Bonheur, Brussels, Belgium | CDR | $10.99 | Absurd | "Guess i owe it to mecha/orga who upon landing in athens after a mini european tour phoned and asked for a usual meeting at varsos in kifissia to combine our recent news with our beloved sweets and coffee.... it was a pleasant shock to find a raw live cdr recording of the margolis / burke set waiting for me as a surprise from al & dan. and no matter that i might long some 15 more or less years to see (mostly out of my stupidity of not asking earlier) an if,bwana (al margolis) / illusion of safety (dan burke) release on absurd but the result is a documentation of an enchanting evening in a space that was full of those soundscapes that landmark & explore the sounds of al & dan's universe as we know it so far... why don't you go in search of it?" "I guess Dan Burke and Al Margolis don't need much introduction, because if they do I'd be asking: where have you been? Or perhaps you know them from their 'band' names, Illusion Of Safety and If, Bwana. If not, I'd say go back in time and read the preceding 674 issues of Vital Weekly and discover their long history in real underground music. Both have shifted a bit towards music that might be less industrial by some standards these days, and tending towards serious musique concrete, but what they recorded on April 5 in 2008 in Belgium, seems to these ears harking back to the older days of crude looped material, processed clarinet and field recordings. Maybe it has to do with the fact that this is a microphone recording, in stead of a line recording (the popping of beer bottles is a present feature), but it gives the music a very nice sort of retro feeling to it. Modern classical music, meets industrial, meets musique concrete. Maybe a bit more editing could have been in place, but its nice as its crude." - FdW, Vital Weekly |
| 1/24/2009 | Marhaug / Feiler | No More Drama | LP | $15.99 | No Fun | "Edited live recordings, sometimes sounds like a borbetomagus storm, sometimes sounds like being in the middle of a bombing in Palestine. A Picture of this record should be next to every definition of Noise music. Lasse Marhaug plays in Jazkamer and has at least 300 other great projects solo and with other people. Dror Feiler served as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, and refused to serve in the occupied territories in the early 70's. He is now a Swedish-Israeli musician and artist and has been living in Stockholm, Sweden since 1973. He is active as a composer of modern music and enjoys giving ear problems and headaches to classically trained musicians. The most brutal vinyl record you will hear this year. Limited to 300 copies." |
| 2/23/2007 | Marhaug, Lasse / Carlos Giffoni | Lesbian Brunch | CD | $13.99 | Archive | "Collaborative disc feature a pairing of two vets of the genre documenting electronic destruction recorded at Lasse's studio in 2006. Single pressing of 500 copies, comes packed in a center fold sleeve featuring graphic work from Lasse." |
| 2/28/2006 | Mark, The | History of Dance Music | 3 x 3" CDR | $11.99 | Curor Recordings | "He's a master at coaxing small, unexpected sounds from his array of cheap electronics and toy instruments and organizing them into fragmented compositions, this time with the addition of various bits of percussion. there's a nice track with guitar on it as well, though they don't credit it. deluxe packaging!" |
| 4/24/2006 | Markku Lahtelan Sirkus | Vol. 1 | CD | $13.99 | Kevyt Nostalgia | "Markku Lahtelan Sirkus is the product of a long-time collaboration between two visionary minds, namely Mikko Nenonen and Tomi Pekkola. Taking their name from a Finnish postmodernist writer, and his main work from the 1970's, their aim is to attain equilibrium between experimentation and discipline. They want to avoid the dead ends of gratuitous improvisation as well as virtuoso showmanship. They really succeed in this: Their music dances the thin line between chaos and control, sound and noise, construction and destruction. It constantly moves to unseen directions, though never losing sight of the whole. The music is almost impossible to categorize, but some comparisons to progressive/kraut rock, free jazz and even experimental electronic music in style of Pan Sonic may be done. The musicians themselves have used terms like "punk-progressive rock", referring to their Do-It-Yourself attitude. The debut album Vol. 1 contains seven fairly different pieces, which nevertheless form a coherent whole. The music moves through different landscapes and moods. It offers a unique and rewarding experience for a music lover with open ears and mind. This is music that follows the logic of poetry. - Matti Rautaniemi |
| 10/23/2003 | Markley | A Group | CD | $15.99 | Acid Symposium | Reissue of 1970 release. "Final recordings by The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (WCPAEB) are a showcase for the various dementias of vocalist Bob Markley (paranoia and a very keen interest in young ‹emphasis on young‹ women), and the electric shock treatment of guitarist/vocalist Dan Harris; the album's rich harmonies and full, delicate arrangements show the abundant influence of Michael Lloyd, who co-produced the album with Markley; tracks such as 'Elegant Ellen', 'Sweet Lady Eleven' and 'Magic Cat' are nearly as good as some of the highlights from the WCPAEB catalog; a surprisingly consistent and accomplished album for a band about to collapse under the collective weight of it's own insanity." |
| Markley | A Group | LP | $15.99 | Forward Records | "'Markley, A Group' released on the obscure Forward label, was effectively the fifth West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band album; the personnel was the same and indeed, the music too was an extension of 'Where's My Daddy'. Once again it lacked the heady atmosphere of say 'Smell Of Incense', but it was by no means indispensable. 'A Group' did, however, mark the end of the collaboration between Markley and the two Harrises and they each went their separate ways." Reissue. | |
| 2/21/2009 | Married in Berdichev | Married in Berdichev | 7" | $5.99 | Gilgongo | "Married in Berdichev is Brittany Gould, and is a vocal-based sound / noise project that spans the terrain between soft and soothing and jagged and abrasive. Voices and organic sounds are looped and layered over each other, sometimes providing the back bone of a GROUPER or INCA ORE type piece, but at other times, ricocheting into scathing movements that tear through speakers and pierce ear drums, simultaneously beautiful and powerful. This two song 7" is Married in Berdichev's first release outside of several self-released CDrs and an appearance on the 2008 DEATHBOMB ARC TAPE CLUB (w/ Lucky Dragons, 16 Bitch Pile-Up, Hawnay Troof and more), and features art created by and hand-screened by Brittany herself, is released alongside an October 2008 European tour with Kevin Shields, and is limited to 300 copies. Brittany is a former member of TRANSISTOR RADIO SOUND and has played a huge role in the Denver collective venue / space RHINOCEROPOLIS and as Married in Berdichev, she has collaborated with other artists such as JANDEK (live), KEVIN SHEILDS (as a duo called CALDERA LAKES), GLOCHIDS (live) and JAMES FELLA (of TENT/CITY, SOFT SHOULDER). She has done various album and poster art for artists such as FRENCH QUARTER and FOOT VILLAGE." - label |
| 2/12/2008 | Marsh, Bob | Viovox | CD | $9.99 | Public Eyesore | "Bob Marsh who has appeared a few times on the label with a solo album. And another where liner notes can be a distraction. Marsh calls these 'rantings, ravings, sermons, scenes, little operas and whatever they might be' which leads you to expect a spoken word album. Reading on you see he plays (and processes) his violin and cello, messes around with sampled loops and some electropercussion and processes his voice. The result is a series of weird radio transmissions from another dimension - the voice shifts in and out of meaningfullness, instruments call and deconstruct and repeat, percussion weaves in and out, and the mind tries to build something from the words, grasping at interpretation as actual statements fly pass. The musical looping playfulness scraping and scattering around in the background echoes into darkness. Some titles are metonymic - the Amerindian feel to Indian summer, the tumbling Ready to roll, watery Oh bouy as waves drift and whispers whistle. Others reflect their 'text' I'm a sucka or Bring out the dead. Forest for the trees voice keens wordlessly over a twittering of birds and insects. Most tracks are relatively Short, but the final Calm down is extended and provides an opportunity for some lovely extended violin loops. This is haunting as its phantasmal verbal tangets tantalise your desire to find meaning. The music fractures dissolving melodic meaning as well - creating an album of drama and fascination." - Jeremy Keens, Ampersand Etcetera |
| 6/30/2010 | Marshmallow Staircase, The | Terror De Lune | LP | $14.99 | Summersteps Records | "Thanks to Summersteps Records for sending us this mind-bending piece of fucked-up psychedelia for our listening pleasure, whew, this one is a strange transmission. After a number of CD-R releases, The Marshmallow Staircase bring their patented form of hard-driving psychedelic rock and weirdo vocals to the vinyl fanatics with “Terror De Lune”. Some of it sounds spacey like Hawkwind, other parts sound like a haunted house soundtrack, but it’s all top notch, red-blooded PSYCH. Oh, and yes, it’s really good." - OMG vinyl |
| 5/29/2008 | Martens, Jef | Dronevolk (A Film By Jef Martens) | DVD-R | $12.99 | "Between March and October 2007 Jef Mertens hung out with some of Belgiums finest weirdo folk and drone artists IGNATZ, SILVESTER ANFANG, BEAR BONES LAY LOW and KISS THE ANUS OF A BLACK CAT. The quality of the material on the footage on this is awesome... you got interviews, live footage, random conversations and anecdotes... including a pretty funny one from Ernesto of Bear Bones about his sisters meeting with Haino, a killer street jam from funeral folk crew Silvester Anfang who are consistenly one of my favourite straight out jam bands in some time, a sweet bit of footage of Igantz and some interesting interviews.. All in all, this is one fine piece of work! I have copies of both NTSC and PAL...sweet slimline dvd case with full colour artwork. Plus, stick it in your computer and there's an MP3 from each band... total killer and highly recommended. NTSC come with english subtitles and PAL version with both English and Danish subtitles. You turn the subtitles on using your dvd player remote or menu on your computer, there isn't a menu on the screen, just in case you wondering. Initial pressing of 100 copies." - Blackest Rainbow. Both NTSC and PAL versions available. | |
| 9/25/2010 | Martin, Aaron | Worried About The Fire | LP | $17.99 | Experimedia | "Experimedia presents the fourth full length solo album by Kansas-based Aaron Martin. A former collaborator of artists as diverse as Machinefabriek and Dawn Smithson (Sunn O))), Martin originally devised Worried about the Fire as the soundtrack to a short film and the record sees him deconstructing preexisting snippets, sketches and samples from various collaborations and solo performances. All prior restrictions were set aside as Martin forwent his regular live-approach, untypically using electronic processing and effects and editing the parts without limiting himself in any way. Still built around his set-up of cello, banjo, harmonica and organ, there is an unsettling installation-character to the work, with distant echoes of acoustic instruments shining through the ghostly fabric of these twelve short pieces. Mastered by 12k label-head Taylor Deupree, Worried about the Fire has however not only turned out a dark and demure work, but also one of brittle beauty - ranging from the meditative cymbal-space of 'Ice melts' and the broken-Piano semblance of 'Blue Light' to the consoling Ambient-Folk of 'Making Rope'." Edition of 500 copies on random multi-colored vinyl. |
| 11/25/2010 | Martin, Jason | Adirondack Power and Light | LP | $15.99 | Signify | "Brooklyn-based musician and visual artist Jason Martin records on 4 track near his upstate NY hometown in a haunted cabin by a lake that used to be a valley of towns and Indian settlements. Some of them were his ancestors. This album crashes through deconstructed folk, gospel-tinged noise, a Nick Lowe-esque pop song about women turning men into horses to whip and ride through the woods (actual legend from the region), while soundscapes string it all together. Well-researched liner notes explain the history, while the LP puts it into sound. With a nearly 20 year-long discography, Jason made music throughout the 90's with Schenectady's expansive cable-access tele-audio-visual collective BROWN CUTS NEIGHBORS, and has been in dozens of groups including ATLANTIC DRONE, EVOLUTION REVOLUTION, CORCRAFT (w/ J.Mascis of Dinosaur Jr + Suzanne Thorpe of Mercury Rev), THE BUNNYBRAINS, DENIM AND DIAMONDS. His love of glamorous, paganistic animism surfaces in his music as well as videos, drawings, and performances. This LP is no exception as it creaks, moans and shimmies with voices of the undead in catchy little ditties such as "Witch", "White Horse", "Body in the Water" and other hits. 99 copies available. High quality screen-printed sleeves, hand stamped labels, hand-numbered." |
| 9/12/2010 | Masaru | Imagined Rooms | CDR | $6.99 | Nada | "float through sketches, ideas, textures, loops, and themes of dream like space zones...room...by...room. free ambient. 37 minutes. Includes color booklet." Edition of 20 copies. |
| 7/16/2006 | Mason, K. | kmason1 | CDR | $11.99 | Spanish Magic | "First out is a limited reissue of Tasmanian Keith Masons debut album K Mason 1 on the amazing Spanish Magic imprint. We get five rough outsider folk-blues mysteries all delivered with some sort of immediacy and raw tone that make them difficult to escape. The skeletal sonic qualities and loner/oddball characteristics that overflows this disc has me thinking about equal parts Pumice and Jandek, and that is indeed high praise folks." - Mats Gustafson (Broken Face) |
| 6/4/2010 | Mass Ornament | Fyxe | c39 cassette | $7.99 | Digitalis Limited | "it's been a while, but it's finally time for the latest feather in eden hemming's cap to be plucked. "fyxe" follows-up 2008's "bewilderness" on her own teosinte label. but forget what you know because this is the next level and where it goes from here, i can only guess. "fyxe" is heavy. it's deep. from the opening, bass-heavy electronics and wordless vocal loops of "polygon angel" you know you're in for a treat. the rise of altar eagle has led to more vocal-heavy compositions in hemming's solo wares, but for my money that's no bad thing. discordant, almost-lost guitar structures provide the bass for more soaring. there's a harsher side, too, with found objects fed through a continous circuit of reverbs and delays to create aural moonscapes devoid of tonality. metallic drones pierce the dust while she suffers through, dropping vocals from a perch above. at any minute everything could fall apart. it's a beautiful thing. edition of 75." |
| 5/4/2011 | Master Musicians of Bukkake | Totem 3 | LP | $17.99 | Important | "This is the final offering before entering the new wave of the failed future from MMOB. Totem 3 journeys from quiet Bardo womb choosing meditations and instrumental mantras to the delusional glee of Kali Yugafied Indian rock. Totem 3 is the most diverse and heartfelt of the Totem trilogy. A steady pulsating musical mirror prison expressing the atrophy of our "Modern World" through no-age hallucinations of passionate and unfolding melodies. A blissfull mirage filled caravan with no destination pushing onward through a mercurial blue sanded desert between what is and what was. A place where disembodied nomadic djinn join in lament attempting to push through the cell phone interference with a message of no return. Features seven new pieces influenced by the music of Satyajit Ray, Tuareg music of the Sahara, Early Music, John Carpenter, and the writings of french philosopher René Guénon. Totem 3 features guests from SECRET CHIEFS 3 and ALAN BISHOP from the SUN CITY GILRS, as well as many more luminaries from the Seattle music scene. Packaged with artwork by SELDON HUNT completing the connecting art of all three of the Totem records. Produced By RANDALL DUNN. LP pressed in an edition of 1,000 copies." |
| 3/27/2008 | Master Musicians of Hop-Frog, The / San Kazakgascar | split | 7" | $4.99 | Lather Records / URCK Records | Side A: San Kazakgascar "Planet Dog" / Side B: The Master Musicians of Hop-Frog: "Song of the South" "It is of the highest honor that the Master Musicians’ get to share wax with the amazing San Kazakgascar!!! Song of the South, finds its roots as a ’Song for the East’ yet the ironic wordplay shines a dark light on what is seen as a new generation of American racism. Song of the South features the Hop-Frog Kollectiv’s E.loi, Hermit the Flog and Carl F. Off and was recorded by Stane Hubert at IL Corral for URCK Records. Following up the recently released Greetings From Beautiful..., San Kazakgascar offers up "Planet Dog." Like a giant science-fiction movie cobra weaving slowly across the sands, this song is the soundtrack to the desperate and final dogfight over Mideast oil." Edition of 300 copies. |
| 4/15/2011 | Mateen, Sabir / Mathew Heyner / David Nuss | Light Comes From The Front | LP | $49.99 | Sound @ One | Recorded 1995/1997 at 195 Chrystie St. Individually hand-rendered front art by Rita Ackermann, back by Mateen. Comes with an A4-sized insert. Limited edition of 500 copies. Drums, Percussion, Voice - David Nuss. Saxophone [Tenor, Alto], Piano, Flute, Clarinet, Voice, Percussion - Sabir Mateen. Voice, Double Bass, Bass Guitar, Percussion - Matthew Heyner |
| 3/21/2009 | Mathieu, Stephan | The Key To The Kingdom | 10" | $12.99 | Dekorder | "The Key to the Kingdom" is Stephan Mathieu's tribute to the great gospel preacher Washington Phillips and the world of raw, early gospel on 78rpm platters. The 2-part suite, presented in the classic 10" vinyl format that comes in an authentic, individually stamped and numbered 78rpm archive sleeve, has been performed on a historic Phonoharp No.2 zither from the 1890s utilizing five E-Bows and entropic and convolution processes. "The Key to the Kingdom" is a spin-off of Mathieu's "Virginals" project, a solo recital of contemporary classics performed on historic instruments. Stephan Mathieu is a musician and sound artist based in Saarbrücken, Germany. During the last decade his music has been released on 16 critical acclaimed CDs, both solo and in collaboration with Douglas Benford, Ekkehard Ehlers, John Hudak, Janek Schaefer and Akira Rabelais on some of the finest electronic music labels worldwide (Die Schachtel, Häpna, Ritornell, Lucky Kitchen, HeadzŠ). His sound is largely based on early instruments, environmental sound and obsolete media which are recorded and transformed by means of experimental microphony, re-editing techniques and software processes involving spectral analysis and convolution and has been compared to the landscape paintings of Caspar David Friedrich and the work of Colorfield artists Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman and Ellsworth Kelly. Stephan is a collector of 78rpm records from the 1910s and 20s, the era of acoustic and early electronic audio recording. His most recent album "Radioland" made it into "Best of 2008" lists in The Wire, Dusted, Boomkat, Milkfactory and many others. Limited numbered edition of 400 copies!" |
| 3/26/2006 | Maths Balance Volumes | Cattle Skulls & Railroad Tracks | CDR | $9.99 | Chocolate Monk | "Demented basement hollering and white spirituals delivered from Mankato, Minneapolis. The sound of young America stirring up their own cult and aural confussion." "Gut-busting loner folk with passages of brain-hoovering drone and pure prairie howl."- Volcanic Tongue |
| 4/16/2007 | Maths Balance Volumes | Hospital Dubs From 128 Satanical Square | CDR | $9.99 | Chocolate Monk | "More complex ear debris from these Minnesota heathens. Out in the woods weirdness with dirty hands put to all types of eerie jobs. Narcotic basement yammerin', viloin & guitar stutterin', reed wailin' and general tape damage. Very fucking 'out'." |
| 4/10/2009 | Maths Balance Volumes | Information is Pain | cassette | $5.99 | "a truly weird blend of smoked out psychedelic rumble played by a guitar player and a tapeplayer, my mind tripped out so heavily on their live / life information that i couldn't resist to hassle them into a tape release asap. and this is it. this is mississippi blues played in the local arcade. this is a collage of synchronicity. these are the workings of Babalon... and when i was playing the mastertape for J C Scanner, his individual scannercells collectively popped out as well, so this album is co-released with the Zeikzak" -tapedsounds | |
| 11/15/2008 | Maths Balance Volumes | Lower Forms | LP | $13.99 | "Couple of guys from shithole Minnesota catch lurking & hulking things on spools of tape. Back of the brain singing from their recently acquired girl collaborator, and some growls too." - Weirdo records. Edition of 300 copies - self-released. | |
| 2/21/2009 | Maths Balance Volumes | Tried To Make A Call | cassette | $5.99 | Bumtapes | "Fractured vocal vignettes, broken organ melodies, squelchy stunted phrases and echoey grunted rhythms.an entropic and mathsy meltdown. edition of 50." |
| 9/30/2008 | Maths Balance Volumes + Endless | Sad Blues | cassette | $6.99 | Earjerk | "Endless and the boys from Maths Balance Volumes lay down some slanky, off center grooves. Eternal. Hand packaged in nice stickered envelope. Labeled, green, pro-dubbed c40 cassette. Limited to 45 hand numbered copies." |
| 12/24/2005 | Maths Balance Volumes / Davenport | split | cassette | $6.99 | Skullfucking Tapes | "Reissue of cdr. Maths Balance Volumes are a black-clad congregation scattered around Minnesota. Their track is incredible noise monster destroyed by wailing passion dances and teenage evangelists. Davenport contributes a hypnotic mumble and then falls asleep." |
| 11/15/2008 | Maths Balance Volumes / Sejayno | split | cassette | $8.99 | 8mm | "Following the tradition of great basement recordings on 8mm, Minnesota's Maths Balance Volumes and Baltimore's Sejayno share the tape for this nicely packaged split cassette. Six shots full of mysterious vibes and smoked abstract atmospheres are provided by MBV, while side B is one long suite for handmade instruments, percussions, voices and god-only-knows-what-else, from the fenomenal project of Peter/Ciat Lonbarde, Severiano Martinez and C Garhart. Both bands are incredibiley inspiring on this album. Very good for the spirit as well. A great surprise. 120 copies. Numbered." |
| 4/10/2009 | Maths Balance Volumes / Sejayno | split | cassette | $5.99 | "Following the tradition of great basement recordings on 8mm, Minnesota's Maths Balance Volumes and Baltimore's Sejayno share the tape for this nicely packaged split cassette. Six shots full of mysterious vibes and smoked abstract atmospheres are provided by MBV, while side B is one long suite for handmade instruments, percussions, voices and god-only-knows-what-else, from the fenomenal project of Peter/Ciat Lonbarde, Severiano Martinez and C Garhart. Both bands are incredibiley inspiring on this album. Very good for the spirit as well. A great surprise." -8MM | |
| 12/24/2005 | Maths Balance Volumes and friends | 1.1.2005 | cassette | $6.99 | Skullfucking Tapes | "The Maths Balance Volumes cult planned and executed an explosive musical happening at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. This cassette is a document of roughly what occurred there." |
| 1/24/2009 | Matomeri | I'm Spitting on My Grave | cassette | $6.99 | Oms-b | "Finland's avant-garde never seems to disappoint. swirling feedback, drones, faint tribe beats, and all kinds of drugged out madness echo from the beginning to the end of the cassette. A great example of free music. Hand painted art work and block print by Megan Diddie." Edition of 60 copies. |
| 1/17/2010 | Matrix Metals | Flamingo Breeze | LP | $14.99 | Olde English Spelling Bee | "Remastered issue of the out-of-print tape released over the summer by Not Not Fun. Limited to 500 copies. Full color pro-printed covers and includes coupon for free digital download." "The Matrix vision is to grow a long term, copper bi-product based on the fitness workouts and dance moves of Frank B. Harnsaul & Marianne Weisner MD. Located in the world class Mt. Isa base dance studios, this routine will be achieved by elevating the cities existing frozen yoghurt resource and reserve inventory through the special achievements of ongoing exploration success on the largely unexplored, unexpected Jackson portfolio. The various phases of the dance will be implemented with ongoing due respect to all participating parties particularly homeless natives, native title claimants and landholders in the extended families of both Mr. Harnsaul & Ms. Weisner. Applications: High Pressure Gas Cylinders, Scuba Tanks, Medical Gases, Fire Extinguishers, Fire Suppression Systems, Over The Road Trailers, Refrigerant Gas Cylinders, Specialty Gas Cylinders." -- Outer Limits Incorporated. Project from Sam Meringue, featured on Explorer's Bermuda Telepaths LP on Not Not Fun. |
| 2/4/2007 | Matta Llama | Matta Llama | LP | $15.99 | Mad Monk | "This group has been called Mountains of Matallama, Mountains of Matalama, Mountains of Mata Llama, Mountains of Mattallama, Mountains of Mata Lama, Mountains of Mattalama, Mountains of Mattalamma, and on down the line. For the record, this record, and the rest to come this is Matta Llama. Residing in NY Matta Llama have been playing together longer than they would like to admit. What do they play? Blood music. The music works like that of the circulatory system chugging and pounding. At other times it can turn out a wispy, crispy tune of flickering light. All of this delivered via drums, keys, guitar, and bass with the occasional seasoning of vocalizations and in/organic dripping. With this, their first record, they offer 5 cuts culled from years of rehearsals at the Hint House. These impromptu rock excursions gleam with but a taste of their musical existence, and with that expect more to come. Matta Llama. With deluxe foldout poster and fancy matte cover art! 500 copies." |
| 6/11/2006 | Mattin | Songbook Vol. 3 | CDR | $12.99 | Black Petal | "improvised-on-the-spot guitar, cello and vocals songs by London-based Basque artist Mattin (also a member of Sakada, along with Eddie Prevost)." - Boa Melody Bar |
| 11/4/2006 | Mattin / Alex Dörner | Berlin | CD | $10.99 | Absurd | The three pieces on Axel Dörner and Mattin's Berlin are less easy to fathom. The CD comes with a liner note consisting of the first tow verses of the tilte song from Lou Reed's Berlin, and the sleeve and on-body artwork are a degraded, monochrome version of Reed's album sleeve. Whatever significance this my have, it doesn't seem to be reflected in the music. Amidst the electroacoustic clamour, a ringtone comprising a phrase from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony keeps popping up in the first tracks infrequently quiet moments. Dörner's trumpet, which eirther he or Mattin seems to have subjected to digital treatments and edits in post-production, can be heard throughout all three tracks and provides a strong dialogue with Mattin's computer feedback. The pieces consist of snippets of material butted together to provide jumpcut contrasts and unexpected continuities, and as such they work well, constantly surprisingly the listener, thought some of the surprises are more pleasant than others." - Brian Marley, The Wire |
| 9/30/2008 | Mattin / Junko / Michel Henritzi | Je t' Aime! | CDR | $9.99 | Absurd | "It happened as usual, one day in the mail pops up a cdr from michel, during those 'audio news' trades that usually happens in absurd's universe... curious as usual, started listening the live recording of mattin (guitar), junko (voice) & michel henritzi (lapsteel, harmonica) from the 'densites' festival of 2007... after an (almost) 6 minute silence the first guitar chord tears the air and a destructed improvised / noisy (supposed it is 'blues(ey) feeling) racket accompanied by junko's voice is unleashed in the air, a marvellous improvisation that soon is also joined by mattin's bassy guitar throbs on the background make it an even more adventurous experience that is highly recommended to be listened as loud as possible to create a more intense atmosphere!" |
| 5/1/2003 | Matz, Dan | Carry Me Over | CD | $12.99 | Amish Records | "Dan Matz's (Windsor from the Derby / The Birdwatcher) solo album titled Carry Me Over is now available. Dan presents a much more intimate and bit more subdued look at his songwriting skills. The new album was written and then recorded in an upstate New York farmhouse during a winter storm with Anna Neighbor and unlike previous work with The Birdwatcher, Windsor for the Derby, and Michael Gira which have taken on average of two years to record and mix, Carry Me Over was tracked and mixed during a two week period in Dan Matz's Hope Union Studio. From the spark and jangle of the title track to the folk-pop of ‘Possessions in a Nest’ Matz captures a spontaneity and energy that can be so hard to find in the sterility of the typical studio setting. Matz continues the more traditional songwriting approach he first began with the aforementioned Birdwatcher project from the Germanic waltz ‘To Know My Song’ which depicts Matz's recent move from New York City to the pastoral hills of Boston Township, New York to ‘Bearcat Blues’ and ‘Matthew’ that are stripped down cathartic odes to love lost and longed for. A beautifully spare and personal album, Carry Me Over promises to appeal both old supporters and new fans of this gentle pop music." |
| 12/29/2001 | mausim | mausim | CD | $9.99 | hp cycle | "Blistering CD of fuzz/wah guitar intertwining from Canada, a bit like Vermonster without the songs or the rhythm section. Dense, psychedelic and incredibly beautiful. In elaborate wooden package too. Can't recommend this highly enough." Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers catalog |
| 5/22/2009 | Mayet, Hisham (Director) | Palace Of The Winds | DVD | $20.99 | Sublime Frequencies | "Shot over the course of two years (2006-2008) by Hisham Mayet, Palace Of The Winds is an intimate and dream-like journey exploring the music of Saharawi culture from Guelmim in Southern Morocco to the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott. With spectacular images from inhospitable landscapes, chimerical phenomena that transpire by the sheer remoteness of the land, and haunting indigenous music from a people that have long been shrouded in mystery, this is a genre-defying film of profound beauty. Explore the intoxicating tapestry of sight and sound that this obscure region has to offer through its most awe-inspiring musicians. Featuring live performances by Group Doueh, Group Marwani, Sadoum Oueld Aida and Group Bab Sahara. Color; 52 minutes; digipack; all-region DVD; NTSC format. Limited edition pressing of 1,000 copies." |
| 7/14/2010 | Mayson, Robert | Hross | CDR | $10.99 | Black Petal | "Solo album from Robert Mayson (grey daturas, whitehorse, it's is, breathing shrine, ultra waste, etc). a black dunlop volley kick up yr fucken bum. cdr with sandpaper and wire cover." |
| 5/8/2005 | MC Trachiotomy / Occasional Detroit | split | 12" | $10.99 | Ignivomous | "A mess-up-your-mind new LP split between two outside-the-norm screwballers. New Orleans' MC Trachiotomy scores with some more of his patented, deep-in-the-game experimental hip hop stylings (including some Drum Buddy work from fellow Marginy mate Quintron), while Michigan freak sound motherhumpers Occasional Detroit just get fucked. Packaged with cover art by Devin Flynn." - Revolver |
| 12/24/2005 | MC5 | 1965-1968 | DBL LP | $16.99 | Get Back | "This compilation of MC5's outtakes on Get Back presents 18 tracks from their early period, long before the release of their breakthrough manifesto, 1969's famed Kick Out The Jams. 1965-1968 includes basement rehearsals and early studio sessions that already witnessed the power of Wayne Kramer and Fred 'Sonic' Smith's guitars in a furious attack to the sound establishment." |
| 9/17/2006 | MC5 | Kick Out the Jams | DVD | $14.99 | MVD | "To be sure, Detroit's MC5 were some bad mofos. With their hard-edged take on psychedelia, radical politics and personal liberation, the Five's cultural vibrations were so profound they're still being felt today. Conceptual artist and Destroy All Monsters co-founder Cary Loren has assembled rare late-1960s footage of the band shot by Leni Sinclair into a swirling psychedelic art piece. This film features much never-before-seen footage of the MC5 during the peak of the band's creativity, with audio performances selected to compliment the visuals. The result is an exploding kaleidoscopic mind-trip filled with sparkling surrealism that cuts to the heart of the musical-mystical-political-chemical nexus of the MC5 experience (which Norman Mailer referred to as the 'electro-mechanical climax of the age')." |
| 12/24/2005 | MC5 | Rehearsals | DBL LP | $16.99 | Get Back | 1969-1972. "From the archives of one of the most politically involved rock'n'roll bands (ever heard of John Sinclair's White Panthers?), here's the first of two double albums of rarities and outtakes that will amaze all the band's fans and encourage new adepts to review the torrid years of repression in America through the original cries of freedom from Detroit's working class homes and garages. This collection presents 22 tracks as they were conceived before they ended up on the three MC5 classic official releases." |
| 6/4/2010 | McCann, Sean | Chances Are Staying | LP | $11.99 | DNT | "Debut vinyl release from Californian droniac Sean McCann. Recorded in the summer of 2009, this album was meant to be a continuation of the kaleidoscopic sound of his first albums, "Phylum Sigh" (DNT051) and "Frame Of Mind" (Stunned no.34). While still beaming with beauty and grace, this record demands a bit more from the listener than his other works. The first side of Chance Are Staying explores stringed melodic minimalism ala Tony Conrad, yet with much more poignant and somber motifs. The second side displays the ambit of his sound, from rapturous (and even Š grooving?!) violin and saxophone blurs to ecstatic mind-warps. This record stands as a pillar in the dawn of this young man's career. Guaranteed to make your heart shine with memories of affection and glimpses of an uncertain future. Full color matte jackets with insert - in a hand-numbered edition of 400 mastered by Pete Swanson." |
| 4/14/2011 | McCann, Sean | Mammoth Mountain | double cassette | $10.99 | Avant Archive | "Sean McCann literally needs no introduction. If you're reading this promotional paragraph, you already know who Sean is and there is a good chance you're already convinced of his musical capacity. Sean's specialty seems to be this airy and sweet 'atmosphere', something that sounds simultaneously like a slow-motion stringed dirge and an accompaniment to your morning's reflection over a pot of steaming coffee. With Mammoth Mountain, Sean is in a unique form. These songs are short and rambling, and they present McCann in a kind of sparse orchestration. There is very little 'constant' drone that frequently appears on his records. Mammoth Mountain is space-specific, recorded during a series of family outings over two years, and the compositions on these two volumes are apropos of the space. The sparseness with which the songs are written and played (or improvised) allows the mountain air to permeate the tape. The overall effect is just what one might expect from Sean McCann: a tender set that almost insists on the transportation to or envisioning of Mammoth Mountain and its surrounding beauties. This album is sometimes fun, sometimes discordant, and sometimes entirely disarming, much like the wild spaces from whence it was derived. Sip a cool stream and join Sean for a stringed jaunt up the mountain. 2-Cassette set includes 4.5" x 5.5", 8-page color photo booklet." 52 minutes. |
| 10/21/2011 | McCann, Sean | Sean McCann | c30 cassette | $6.99 | Ekhein | "Orchestral miniatures by the always forward Sean McCann. Layering countless 4-track recordings of strings at varying fidelity. Huge swells of pure music rising out of unexpected places on these six tracks. Flowing very much like an album, every sound in it's right place." |
| 11/30/2011 | McCann, Sean | Sincere World | CD | $10.99 | Amethyst Sunset | "Listening to new work from Sean McCann is always an exciting prospect. Go far back into this young pioneer's catalog and you'll without a doubt uncover a collection of music as diverse as it is long. What you may also notice is the consistency with which Sean portrays himself. His music is always fearless, frank and personal. Sincere World is another turn toward Sean's signature earnestness. Open Resolve and The Capital, both cleverly laced with swirling filter manipulation and confounding superimposition of manic and sloth-like compositions, exposed us to a more playful side of McCann's persona. These works are on the surface a bit zany, but deeper down they still maintain a charming character-something that draws the listener in magically. Sincere World is the somber younger brother to these two. Sincere World is adrift on Badalamenti-like lethargy, skeptical of the world around and unsure of what to do about it. But despite his bashfulness, he is every bit as charming and perhaps even more so, for there are no rough edges on him. In six movements, Sean takes us from under the bed to behind the bleachers and finally, to the bottom of the sea. Recorded mostly in 2009, Sincere World has after two years in hiding, finally mustered the audacity to come out into the open. This is the world Sean McCann lives in, and I want to do everything I can to live there too." - Michael Jantz. CD tracklisting 1. i've seen your face before 2. academy hall 3. transplanted heart 4. over the stars (there is rest) 5. deep sea divers 6. removed 7. glade 8. devotion |
| 11/30/2011 | McCann, Sean | Sincere World | LP | $14.99 | Amethyst Sunset | "Listening to new work from Sean McCann is always an exciting prospect. Go far back into this young pioneer's catalog and you'll without a doubt uncover a collection of music as diverse as it is long. What you may also notice is the consistency with which Sean portrays himself. His music is always fearless, frank and personal. Sincere World is another turn toward Sean's signature earnestness. Open Resolve and The Capital, both cleverly laced with swirling filter manipulation and confounding superimposition of manic and sloth-like compositions, exposed us to a more playful side of McCann's persona. These works are on the surface a bit zany, but deeper down they still maintain a charming character-something that draws the listener in magically. Sincere World is the somber younger brother to these two. Sincere World is adrift on Badalamenti-like lethargy, skeptical of the world around and unsure of what to do about it. But despite his bashfulness, he is every bit as charming and perhaps even more so, for there are no rough edges on him. In six movements, Sean takes us from under the bed to behind the bleachers and finally, to the bottom of the sea. Recorded mostly in 2009, Sincere World has after two years in hiding, finally mustered the audacity to come out into the open. This is the world Sean McCann lives in, and I want to do everything I can to live there too." - Michael Jantz. Edition of 380 copies. LP tracklisting 1. i've seen your face before 2. academy hall 3. transplanted heart 4. over the stars (there is rest) 5. deep sea divers 6. removed |
| 4/3/2011 | McCann, Sean | The Capital | LP + c32 cassette | $23.99 | Aguirre Records | "Second vinyl release "The Capital" by rising drone-star Sean McCann. These all new recordings prove - once again - his ability to keep his stretched out & richly textured ambient drones right on track. The A side opens with synth spirals and exstatic sounds, there's no going back now. B Side is full of violin explorations and lo-fi fieldrecordings. This is an amazing effort by one of Earth's most promising musicians. Sean McCann really sets the bar for how far a one-man project can really go, and gives the feeling of a complete orchestra with his music. With cassette releases on just about every backyard label imaginable, Sean McCann has received recognition almost to the extent of masters such as Yellow Swans or Merzbow, and rightfully so. Cover painting by Lorien Stern. Mastering by Anders Peterson. Limited to 300 copies." 125 copies come with bonus tape. |
| 1/17/2010 | McClure, Bruce | Vouchsafe Me More Soundpicture - Fain Make Glories | LP | $15.99 | Olde English Spelling Bee | "Bruce McClure is well known on the international experimental film circuit for his unique projector performances that utilize film loops & modified 16mm projectors. But there is also an equally innovative sound element to his work and he has been embraced by the experimental music community as well. Bruce performed at the Chocolate Monk curated 'Colour Out of Space' festival in 2008 and was chosen as an opening act for Throbbing Gristle's reunion tour in the spring of 2009. During McClure's performances the optical sound signals from each projector are fed through banks of guitar pedals, manipulated live, and played at extremely high volumes through the p.a. system. The different loops phase in and out of each other resulting in what could be described as a power electronics version of the early tape experiments of Steve Reich and Terry Riley, while sparser sections have an off-kilter minimal techno feel reminiscent of Plastikman and the early works of Thomas Brinkmann. This album features four excerpts from a professionally recorded performance in early 2009 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN. Edition of 375 copies in heavy duty covers silkscreened by Monoroid." |
| 9/23/2003 | McCord, Kirsten | Kirsten McCord | LP | $12.99 | Ecstatic Peace | "A very difficult to peg mix of vocal-less sounds, textures and gestures, with equal debts to the original Philip Glass Ensemble, early OMD, and the glass harmonica compositions of Benjamin Franklin. We couldn't have been more surprised if you stuck some turkey bones up our collective ass. With the visions of a better (stricter) tomorrow, Kirsten McCord herewith allows us the opportunity to advance our own causes into the softness of the future's folds. Where a rumble was, it is no longer. Not that kind of rumble anyway. Enjoy yrself. Be patient. Life is short. Art is long." - Byron Coley |
| 11/21/2009 | McDowell, Fred | Fred McDowell | LP | $13.99 | Mississippi | "Reissue of the Arhoolie LP originally titled Fred McDowell - Volume 2. A beautiful set by the Mississippi blues legend. One of Fred's best. Intense Delta blues." |
| 2/15/2005 | McGee, Hal / Albert Casias | New Forms For Piano and Prepared Guitar | CDR | $7.99 | Shadow Puppet Recording Co. | “Albert plays in a free-improv style that concentrates on the sounds and percussives that result from various string manipulation techniques. With Hal handling the melody and ‘musical’ aspect of the recording, Albert adds the avant-garde sonics to produce an interesting and enjoyable combination. I’d be very interested in playing this album for a traditional orchestra fan and see their reaction. On the one hand, there’s a high degree of accessibility to the music. On the other you have Albert’s jagged sound creations that are sometimes quietly but busily working away and other times wrenching and intense. But it’s the combination of piano and guitar, which are occupying such radically different worlds, yet seeming to travel so comfortably in the same space, that really held my interest and attention for an hour. Much to enjoy here for avant-garde free-improv fans, and definitely recommended to seasoned Hal fans who are open to hearing him doing something different.” - excerpt of review by Jerry Kranitz or Aural Innovations. |
| 5/6/2011 | McGuire, Mark | A Young Person's Guide To Mark McGuire | double CD | $21.99 | Editions Mego | "A Young Person's Guide To Mark McGuire collects together some of this Emeralds member's best works, previously-released on a number of limited edition CD-Rs and tape releases over the last 4 years. Although only 24 years of age, McGuire has racked up an impressive canon which most artists twice his age would have problems delivering. With his expert use of loops and layers, as well a superb ear for killer melody hooks, makes AYPGTMM simply an essential collection. Electric and acoustic guitar, vocals, tapes, and guitar-synthesizer performed and recorded by Mark McGuire 2007-2010." |
| 10/1/2011 | McGuire, Mark | Get Lost | CD | $15.99 | Editions Mego | "And yet another killer album from the ever-productive Mark McGuire (Emeralds). It just keeps getting better, as he delivers another fine set of tunes in his perfected style. A few more electronic elements than usual and even some voices, but still the unique blend of feel-good riffs, electric and acoustic loops and melodies that just stick in the head. This album is chockablock with short hits and one long jam of blissed-out McGuire ambience. Awesome. Electric and acoustic guitar, vocals, and guitar-synthesizer recorded digitally between June 2010 and July 2011 in Westlake, Ohio and Portland, Oregon. Mixed at Hardbodies, July 2011 by Mark McGuire. Mastered and cut by Helmut Erler at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Photography and art by Mark McGuire, 2011." |
| 10/1/2011 | McGuire, Mark | Get Lost | LP | $19.99 | Editions Mego | "And yet another killer album from the ever-productive Mark McGuire (Emeralds). It just keeps getting better, as he delivers another fine set of tunes in his perfected style. A few more electronic elements than usual and even some voices, but still the unique blend of feel-good riffs, electric and acoustic loops and melodies that just stick in the head. This album is chockablock with short hits and one long jam of blissed-out McGuire ambience. Awesome. Electric and acoustic guitar, vocals, and guitar-synthesizer recorded digitally between June 2010 and July 2011 in Westlake, Ohio and Portland, Oregon. Mixed at Hardbodies, July 2011 by Mark McGuire. Mastered and cut by Helmut Erler at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Photography and art by Mark McGuire, 2011." |
| 11/20/2010 | McGuire, Mark | Living With Yourself | CD | $15.99 | Editions Mego | "Mark McGuire operates chiefly as guitarist in the legendary Emeralds., however he also has racked up an impressive set of solo releases over the last few years (albeit mainly in small to micro print runs). 'Living With Yourself'is his new album and we at Editions Mego hope to meet any demand which may arise from this fine selection of modern crafted guitar tunes. Focusing on his family, early friendships and the problems that inevitably develop through years of knowing someone, it takes McGuires sound even further out, and contains some his most accomplished songs to date. The opening track is fine example of McGuires magic technique of taking a lone acoustic guitar then transforming the track into bliss-out electro wash looping off into the distance. And tracks like 'Clouds Rolling In' and 'Brain Storm' take off where such McGuire classics as 'The Marfa Lights' (which incidentally is planned for a future reissue) left off. While connoisseurs of his sound will find all they desire in here, many superb surprises await around every corner. These are songs that cruise, bubble and rise to the top." |
| 9/25/2010 | McGuire, Mark | Living With Yourself | LP | $19.99 | Edition Mego | 8 tracks: The Vast Structure Of Recollection Around The Old Neighbourhood Clouds Rolling In Brain Storm (for Erin) Two Different People Moving Apart Clear The Cobwebs Brothers (for Matt) Electric and Acoustic Guitar Recorded February - September 2009 Cleveland and Westlake, Ohio by Mark McGuire. Percussion on "Brothers" Performed and Recorded November 2008 at Zombie Proof Studios, Cleveland, Ohio by Nate Scheible. Tape Samples Recorded 1991 - 1998 by Mark McGuire Sr., Jr. "Mark McGuire operates chiefly as guitarist in the legendary Emeralds., however he also has racked up an impressive set of solo releases over the last few years (albeit mainly in small to micro print runs). 'Living With Yourself'is his new album and we at Editions Mego hope to meet any demand which may arise from this fine selection of modern crafted guitar tunes. Focusing on his family, early friendships and the problems that inevitably develop through years of knowing someone, it takes McGuires sound even further out, and contains some his most accomplished songs to date. The opening track is fine example of McGuires magic technique of taking a lone acoustic guitar then transforming the track into bliss-out electro wash looping off into the distance. And tracks like 'Clouds Rolling In' and 'Brain Storm' take off where such McGuire classics as 'The Marfa Lights' (which incidentally is planned for a future reissue) left off. While connoisseurs of his sound will find all they desire in here, many superb surprises await around every corner. These are songs that cruise, bubble and rise to the top." |
| 2/15/2011 | McGuire, Mark | Off In The Distance | LP | $21.99 | Cylindrical Habitat Modules | "Off In The Distance is a true testament to the brilliance currently seeping out of Cleveland's smog-filled pores... One of Mcguire's earlier releases, originally presented as a cassette on Chondritic Sound in 2008 and mastered for vinyl by James Plotkin to emphasize and bring out every single nuance and stroke this colossal recording holds. Gorgeous sprays of vast, melancholic guitar build in the classic Mcguire style. Dense, angular drones weave in and out and pull your brain along with them. Thunderous electronics crackle and warp over the lush, subtle melodies that are reverberating and bouncing off each other below. And when the clean guitar comes in on side A, nothing else matters. A perfect album. And really, what else could matter? Edition of 500." |
| 10/3/2009 | McGuire, Mark | Solo Acoustic Volume Two | LP | $15.99 | Vin Du Select Qualitite | "Melodic ballads and new songs from Emeralds guitarist spark new innovations and memories thought to be lost. One third of the drone masters Emeralds." 2nd edition from 2011. |
| 8/31/2010 | McKay, Stuart | Dripwatch | c20 cassette | $8.99 | Dungeon Taxis | "Astonishing programme of unreal folk music and pyre mantra from Elsewhere. McKay's delicate but inflammatory monument to cross-rhythmic acoustic guitar radiance, ligneous ragas and ruling tunes made from hardly anything is the lesson. The works are drumlike in their tolling and reiterative minimalism. Syncopated and layered interplay is strikingly cathartic but really really disquieting. Eloquent and angelic but kind of irate as well!? Shamanic voices evaporate from a sophomore song that becomes a Gamelan of aquatic and bitcrushy chimes. The harp-like contours of another one slowly crumble into a plucky microscopic breakdown before re-erupting as a luminous, tintinnabulating helix. Really good and not as obfuscate as my description!?" |
| 8/31/2010 | Mclaughlin, Nathan | Echolocation #2 | c30 cassette | $7.99 | Digitalis Limited | "Alright friends, this one goes deep. REAL deep. nathan mclaughlin (half of the excellent loud & sad, who you will hear more about later this year) offers up the second volume of his "echolocation" trilogy (vol. 3 coming on gift tapes this fall while vol. 1 remains up-in-the-air) and we are all the better for it. deftly composed electronics bind together effortlessly with ghost drones of the highest order. this is music that is simultaneously beautiful and disjointed. mclaughlin is an expert at knowing the perfect placement for each movement and each fluid note. "echolocation" is split into six separate pieces, but they all form together to form a much greater whole. this isn't a single continous composition, but the pieces fit together expertly. fuzzy tones generator from decaying radio waves and field recordings sit alongside delicate drones without interfering with each other. at times i'm reminded of some eloy's "shanti" record or dick raajimakers longer tape pieces, but "echolocation" is something that is wholly mclaughlin's own. exquisite. edition of 75, pro-dubbed." |
| 4/5/2008 | McMillen, Shawn David | Catfish | CD | $12.99 | Tompkins Square | "Guitarist and composer Shawn David McMillen is a native of the East Texas town of Lake Jackson, known as the 'Cancer Capitol of America' due to its large concentration of chemical plants. In the early '90s, Shawn met Tom and Christina Carter (Charlambides) - now considered early pioneers of the present avant-folk movement - as well as Heather Leigh Murray. Heather and Shawn moved to Galveston where she attended Texas A & M/Galveston while 'working at an animal clinic, recording music constantly and having cataclysmic experiences on acid together at the beach.' Shawn and Heather recorded as Ash Castles on the Ghost Coast. Catfish is acoustic-based only because Shawn had no electric guitar at the time. Other instruments include autoharp, Roland keyboard, Indian goat bell, Indonesian gongs, bowed electric bass, African kalimba (thumb piano) and shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute). Cited influences at the time include American Indian lore, music from the Middle East and India, Phil Yost, Robbie Basho and Malachi Favors. A recent Wire review noted that Catfish 'shares the peculiar sense of temporal and topographical resonance that exemplifies the soporific, glazed music created by artists from Texas. Though their music references psychedelia (a notionally placeless aesthetic), there is something very specific about the manifestations of place and space in Texas psych...'." |
| 4/3/2010 | McMillen, Shawn David | Dead Friends | LP | $13.99 | Tompkins Square | "Shawn David McMillen is a guitarist living in Austin, TX. Along with various compilations, CDRs, cassettes and LPs, SDM has appeared under his own name via Catfish [Tompkins Square], End Of The City [dnt,abandon ship] and now, Dead Friends [Tompkins Square]. Past involvements have included Friday Group, Ash Castles, Max Ochs, Jandek, warmer milks, Tom Carter, Christina Carter, Peter Walker, Ralph White, Starving Weirdos, Steve Gunn, Marc Orleans and more recently Gel Jail with Mikey T and Greg Bachus [both from warmer milks]. Dead Friends is Shawn's new record. It has el. and a. guitars, strings, piano, electronics, vocals, fiddle, drums, and tapes. All rendered in amber fidelity. From 'Phantom Rivers' to 'Sick on Navasota' it's all here. A real slow burner." |
| 1/17/2010 | McPhee, Joe | Alto | LP | $16.99 | Roaratorio | "Alto joins Tenor and Soprano to complete a discrete trilogy within Joe McPhee's catalog of unaccompanied waxings. Recorded live at a Lower East Side bar in 2009, McPhee's explorations on alto saxophone and clarinet are alternately fiery and contemplative, imbued with the masterful intelligence that's marked his work for over forty years. A limited edition of 525 copies on 180 gram vinyl, with a Judith Lindbloom silkscreen print on rice paper and liner notes by Hank Shteamer. Digital download coupon included." |
| 4/3/2011 | McPhee, Joe & Chris Corsano | Under A Double Moon | LP + download | $14.99 | Roaratorio | "With a career now spanning over 40 years and more than 100 recordings, Joe McPhee has shown that emotional content and theoretical underpinnings are thoroughly compatible - and in fact, a critically important pairing - in the world of creative improvised music. Since recording The Hated Music with Paul Flaherty in 2000, Chris Corsano has been hyper-active in far-reaching corners of the free improvised world. Under A Double Moon, recorded live in Paris during their spring 2010 tour of Europe, is their first album together (and, given how phenomenally simpatico a partnership they've forged, we hope it's not the last). With cover artwork by Judith Lindbloom and liner notes by John Szwed. Download coupon included." |
| 4/10/2009 | Me Con | Me Con | CDR | $6.99 | Oms-B | "Amazing noise punk group with Megan Remy from U.S. Girls and Dan who does Bird customs." |
| 3/21/2007 | Mecha / Orga | 56.24 | CD | $8.99 | Absurd | "As if a garden being planted and you are watching all the process from the bare earth to the colourful result, comes 56:24... generating a drone layer which slowly starts the cultivation process where layers upon layers slowly build a delicate atmosphere and the way they expand and grow draws an even more colourful result, as if a swarm of insects spreads the pollen in our garden, helping it grow even more beautiful and even more colourful, lasting in a flabbergasting droning result... or at least, such was the atmosphere last march in halandri where yiorgis sakellariou (aka mecha/orga) premiered this piece for us. and it was john pallas, who by the time the set ended proposed absurd the cd release and didn't leave until we 3 shook hands... such also was our life in our 2006, like a fertile garden, with lots of releases and trips here and there, always ending with our occasional meetings at cafe amarrylis in kifissia for coffee (mecha/orga) & shitloads of alcohol (absurd) or at 'varsos kifissia' to enjoy our sweets & cofee (mecha/orga), hot/cold chocolate (absurd). and as a friend wondered of how the future will look like, we thought nice to picture mecha/orga on the cd's front cover sleeve, as a middle aged man, thinking of how he'll create his next piece/live set and a grey haired absurd on the cd label, probably in a meeting w/ someone to discuss an upcoming release or project in one of editions_zero's side/ghost labels, book publishing houses, etc etc etc... comes highly recommended if you fancy instant trips to colourful droning soundgardens!!!" |
| 4/24/2006 | Mecha / Orga | Holder | CDR | $12.99 | Absurd | 'it was the evening of sunday the 22nd of january, when tziritas called... a couple of days ago i know that komnas had phoned and asked him for a special cdr project for 'a question of re_entry' but didn't know myself much 'bout what the fuck they talked 'bout. instead of that he sounded as if he was reading me a telegram, 'mecha/orga's in the hospital, faded 2 days ago at while being at the dentist's'... that was all. i called yiorgis immediately thinking it was a joke, though unfortunately it wasn't. being late at night and no visitors were allowed anymore we postponed it for next evening in order to get'im some bananafishes to read and kill time... however a severe snowstorm changed plans, while he was already connected on the 'holder' machine to check his hear's biorhythms... out of blue striked us the idea of stealing the tape of it (being nothing but a simple tdk d60 recording in ultra slow speed) as happened actually less than 24 hours later... and that's what you get, the original 'holder' mecha/orga's recordings plus his impressions in a short piece around the what for fun we call his 'near death experience'." |
| 3/5/2009 | Mechanical Children | Blue Mouth | CDR | $12.99 | Blackest Rainbow | "Mechanical Children is Sarah Sullivan and Ben "The Touch" Jones ( two thirds of the legendary Jazzfinger ) and this is their debut album. Utilizing two knackered old drum machines ( though you'd never know it ) the duo take the listener on a molten ramble through a scrapyard of silver ghosts. The pacing and unspoken rythms of the thing are, not surprisingly, in keeping with much of the 'Finger back-catalogue, but this is a bolder, starker affair, more straight lines, black light, none of that fog, that rusting mist, no, no, no, this is more akin to the drawn-out sex-moan of a dilapidated robot-king. It's bloody awesome, and quite bonkers. Comes in an LP-sized, hand-made card sleeve, and it's of course hideously limited' - Richard Dawson aka Eyeballs. First edition of 85 copies in 12" sleeve - out of print from label. |
| 5/31/2009 | Mechanical Children | I Rise To Cover All | LP | $17.99 | Blackest Rainbow | "Debut vinyl release from this new duo that makes up two thirds of Jazzfinger (Ben Jones and Sarah Sullivan). Based around the idea of used broken keyboards, Ben and Sarah make some totally fucked and pretty heavy noise jams, there's some searing moments in this beast, particularly across the two part 'Burning of the Light Fields' which spans all side A, and most of side B... the closer is 'Planatary Wasp', which pretty much would be what Jeff Goldblum would have sounded like if he'd turned into some kind of rancid badass wasp instead of that pussy fly! Turn it up and get ready for your neighbors to come knocking with an ASBO for ya. Limited to 300." |
| 6/4/2010 | Media Dreams | untitled | cassette | $7.99 | Arbitrary Signs | "New full length tape from the deep zone trio of Samara Lubelski, Pete Nolan, and Brian Sullivan.. This band exists for the sole purpose of penetrating the vast unknown and their using the most up to date fire power. Jammage of the highest order.. Recorded live at the legendary Tarpit. |
| 8/20/2011 | Medicine Rocks | Medicine Rocks | c32 cassette | $7.99 | Wagon | "the medicine rocks new cassette offers 7 or 8 (??) tracks of head spinning electronic percussion, vocals and busted synthesizer. Quite different than the contributions made with Colored Mushroom, these tracks see the unit in much more raw form. Sloppy guitar, destroyed electronic drum kit, and unintelligible vocals make this a rough rider. ltd to 150 copies, professionally duplicated with killer art by Jessica." |
| 3/21/2009 | Medroxy Progesterone Acetate | Mar'ah | CDR | $8.99 | Ruralfaune | "Mar'ah is a warm coat that you've had for years with notes in the pockets from friends you don't know anymore, it's a rainy day at the airport watching people waiting for their lives to resume, it's Hebrew for mirror and for vision (as in to have a), it's a pillow heavy with old dreams, it's Joe Hicks singing if it feels good it's alright, it's sunlight through the window across a slow afternoon, it's Arabic for the woman, it's threadbare tape hiss florescent hum and jackdaws in leafless trees, it's a half-remembered song bound to something she once whispered, it's a sullen Sunday morning with your headphones on and your quilt around your shoulders, it's frost on the window and the blood like black syrup in the chest and it feels so good inside yourself don't wanna move." Limited edition of 79 copies. |
| 3/21/2007 | Medroxy Progesterone Acetate | Supplications | cassette | $7.99 | Black Horizons | "A reissue of a tape that was initially an edition of only 5 copies. Blending homemade synths, field recordings, and vocals, an epic recording that requires a closer listen. Buried under the tape hiss and piercing highs there is many details that could easily be overlooked, minimal beats, cryptic vocals, radio interference and insect song. Isolationist psychedelic noise. Color cover on black shimmer cardstock, with an insert containing texts / collage, on silver paper, clear labels. Hi-bias chrome tapes in an edition of 56." |
| 3/31/2008 | Medroxy Prrogesterone Acetate | Blearyeared | cassette | $7.99 | Tipped Bowler Tapes | "A sixty-five minute soundtrack to MPA’s Satanic babysitter cult film. I pray to God no one has to see that thing. This tape alone will produce night sweats. MPA is up to his usual business, making absolutely uncomprising and unclassifiable sound, composed of horribly mutated mystery samples, tape mutilations, and malevolent synthesizer. DB summons a depth unmatched by most of the drone and community. You don’t want to live here, and you probably shouldn’t visit for long. Full-color glossy foldover prints with insert and hand-painted tapes." Edition of 93 copies. |
| Meelkop, Roel | 6 Mailcop Rules | CD | $12.99 | Intransitive | "With his first ever US release, Dutch composer Roel Meelkop presents a ten year retrospective of music beginning way back in 1985. Meelkop is known for his work with the ensemble THU20 (Staalplaat) as well as the rhythm-based trio Goem (Noton/Rastermusic/Mego/Microwave) and the live version of Kapotte Muziek along with Frans de Waard and Peter Duimelinks. With "6", he collects six tracks representing his diverse musical interests, from minimal manipulation of ticking clocks and somber drone to furious noise and austere concrete tape work. The result demonstrates a unity of vision which belies the broad range of material, a strong album from one of contemporary electro-acoustic music's most exciting new voices." | |
| 4/24/2006 | Meerk Puffy | Nung | LP | $10.99 | Animal Disguise | "PROVIDENCE, RI'S MEERK PUFFY BRINGS THE THROB AND BOUNCE TO A BOIL IN YOUR PORES. OBSERVE THE ACID DRENCHED ASHES WHILE HEARING THE MELTING TEMPLES MELT IN TEMPLES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. EDITION OF 500 WITH SILKSCREENED COVERS AND POSTER BY MEERK HIMSELF. EX-FORCEFIELD." |
| 4/3/2010 | Meisselschieber | Ohikuolija | CDR | $6.99 | 267 Lattajaa | "The term "skwonk" might not tell you much, or maybe it does? great improvised "racket" from two guys, rene kita and oorlog braatö playing various instruments." |
| 11/2/2011 | Melchior, Dan und das Menace | Catbirds & Cardinals | CD | $12.99 | Northern Spy | "Catbirds and Cardinals is the latest psychedelic album lobbed in to New World shores from Dan Melchior und das Menace. Coming down slow with a clear vision, it's a sure hit. Since the late 90s, Shepperton, England native Dan Melchior has consistently delivered an avant-pop that is off-kilter and literate, with a sense of menace and a stronger sense of play. He's a new Jesus of Cool, riding just about the underground like the antipodean Chris Knox. The sound of Catbirds and Cardinals is clean, lo-fi, deeply-engaging, and guaranteed to pull in new legions of fans. It's a clever garage pop set that will lick your pate clean. On Catbirds and Cardinals, Dan Melchior und das Menace successfully meld a hodge podge of disparate elements into a cohesive whole, bringing to mind veteran UK and US underground bands like The Swell Maps, Andrew Klimek, Chrome and Alternative Television more than they do old blues men or the tweedy garage rock conservatives of Dan's past. Catbirds and Cardinals is probably the most overtly 'poppy' Das Menace release, with songs like 'Poison Pete's Holiday' and 'English Shame' lodging in the cranium like carpet warehouse jingles. The recordings retain the overdriven quality Melchior is known for but push the envelope sonically into some unexpected places, with the dream like synths of 'Crow Radio number 1? showing a marked departure from the overall guitar grime." |
| 11/2/2011 | Melchior, Dan und das Menace | Catbirds & Cardinals | LP | $14.99 | Northern Spy | "Catbirds and Cardinals is the latest psychedelic album lobbed in to New World shores from Dan Melchior und das Menace. Coming down slow with a clear vision, it's a sure hit. Since the late 90s, Shepperton, England native Dan Melchior has consistently delivered an avant-pop that is off-kilter and literate, with a sense of menace and a stronger sense of play. He's a new Jesus of Cool, riding just about the underground like the antipodean Chris Knox. The sound of Catbirds and Cardinals is clean, lo-fi, deeply-engaging, and guaranteed to pull in new legions of fans. It's a clever garage pop set that will lick your pate clean. On Catbirds and Cardinals, Dan Melchior und das Menace successfully meld a hodge podge of disparate elements into a cohesive whole, bringing to mind veteran UK and US underground bands like The Swell Maps, Andrew Klimek, Chrome and Alternative Television more than they do old blues men or the tweedy garage rock conservatives of Dan's past. Catbirds and Cardinals is probably the most overtly 'poppy' Das Menace release, with songs like 'Poison Pete's Holiday' and 'English Shame' lodging in the cranium like carpet warehouse jingles. The recordings retain the overdriven quality Melchior is known for but push the envelope sonically into some unexpected places, with the dream like synths of 'Crow Radio number 1? showing a marked departure from the overall guitar grime." |
| 4/16/2007 | Mêlée | Violent Forms Of Laughter | cassette | $9.99 | Meudiademorte Records | "New stuff by the Graveyards arrhythmia section of Hans Buetow and Ben Hall with Nate Woley on trumpet. " If Graveyards looks like just the skeleton than this looks like just the muscle." cover by p.h. lim to 200" |
| 7/16/2004 | Mellow Candle | Swaddling Songs | LP | $29.99 | Acme | "From Dublin, Ireland, Mellow Candle specialised in imaginative psychedelic folk rock and early progressive rock, with the singing talents of two ladies (Alison Williams and Clodagh Simonds), in addition to bassist Frank Boylan, drummer William Murray and guitarist Dave Williams. They covered both ballad and rock domains equally well. The music displayed a prodigious degree of natural talent for songwriting, harmonizing, and arrangement. A folk-rock in the vein of Fairport Convention or Fotheringay. 'Swaddling Songs' debut album is rich in varied and a true sonic marvel of beauty and simple melodies, and, most of all, a blending of two of the most beautiful voices in all of music. This is a fantastic album that deserves new discovery. A second album, 'The Virgin Prophet', featuring unreleased and different versions of songs found on 'Swaddling Songs', was released in the mid nineties. In some respects, I think this ranks with the best Fairport Convention, Pentangle, and Renaissance albums at the top of the folk rock genre." |
| 12/21/2004 | Mellow Candle | The Virgin Prophet | CD | $24.99 | Kissing Spell | Unreleased tracks from 1969-1970. "Virgin Prophet adds up to a collection of Mellow Candle gems that keep up the incredible standard of the material on 'Swaddling Song's'. Their more rough and ready state only add to the uniqueness of the band, their talent and inventiveness. Mellow Candle couldn't ask for a better way to be remembered." |
| 5/28/2011 | Memorize the Sky | Creeks | LP | $17.99 | Broken Research | "Memorize the Sky have played and recorded with Braxton, sure. That doesn't do much to explain what they accomplish in terms of reducing breadth of musical experience to focused motivic cells that continually produce new ideas that I would never think of. I could also run down the massive who's who type bio of each individual but suffice to say they are recording for a label focused on new American improvisation for a reason. When I became familiar with the band, and it really is an actual band, it was through playing with both Zach and Aaron who we're not reductionists or drones but rather folks who REALLY got into a singe idea, thus motivic cells. The previous stuff I heard sounded like morning fog dissipating in the dawn. This one sounds like a rain forest, maybe? A temperate American rain forest? The weird world music cut on On The Corner?" |
| 5/16/2010 | Men Diamler | Live | c44 cassette | $7.99 | Bumtapes | "Bumtapes is more than pleased to present the first ever record of the incredible men diamler live experience. the permatouring south west tornado has electrified audiences up and down the country with a mix of hushed spirituals and blood flecked blues stomp holler, With lyrics that mix quiet wisdom with surreal black humour delivered by a unique and vibrant voice you owe it to yourself to see him in the flesh. This is the next best thing. two full sides of the cream of his recent tour... highly recommended . limited 65 copies." |
| 4/8/2010 | Menard, Tanner | The Oceans of Your Aura | CDR | $8.99 | Slow Flow Rec | "The Oceans of Your Aura was composed in June of 2008 and was the culmination of musical breakthroughs, personal transcendence through dark times and a whole range of esoteric information that had guided me to that point in my life. Each 'song' in the album was created using two instances of pianoteq, a physical modeling software that here replicates two pianos each 10 meters in length, each having a unique tuning system always tuned one hertz from the other with A being 444 and 445 respectively. Both pianos also allow their strings to vibrate freely through the use of a constantly activated damper pedal. Loops of midi data drive these pianos through an improvisation that I carefully crafted into slow motion portraits of quasi-song structures. Unlike much of my work which I arrive at in a very nonlinear way, The Oceans of Your Aura was through composed. Each track followed the other as a sort of vector towards personal growth. The track titles explore the emotional or psychic states under which each was created. Often, like many of my titles, they refer both to personal anecdotes and esoteric information that is often a source of creativity and inspiration for me. Here, we see an alchemical progression from the circumambulating golden flower in the first movement the final state of meditative contemplation of the final movement. On another level, The Oceans of Your Aura are a collection of ambient love songs. They take the listener through a progression of emotions that describe the stages of moving away from and letting go of love and replacing it with spiritual love." |
| 7/10/2008 | Meneguar | The In Hour | LP | $12.99 | Woodsist | "Switching instruments and experimenting with recording techniques, Meneguar has cooked up a totally unique(and surprising) record. The In Hour channels the spontaneity and aesthetics of Swell Maps, the pop hooks of the Zombies, and lyrical collage of Guided By Voices. Everything was home recorded at their little Xanadu in Brooklyn, Rear House, home base to the Woodsist label and the changing roster of Meneguar's alter egos(Woods, Shepherds). Only six months since their last record, The In Hour represents a serious departure that still holds true to the band's undeniable pop sensibility. limited edition with full color jackets." |
| 8/22/2008 | Menstruation Sisters | MA | LP | $15.99 | No Fun Productions | "Reissue of their legendary first LP, released originally in an edition of 100 in Australia only. Best band ever? limited to 500 copies." |
| 11/15/2008 | Merda, Rosso / Cheap Machines | Next to Nothing | cassette | $7.99 | Fag Tapes | "collaborative cassette. real real sick synth. or so it seems, until audio hallucinations cause horrific unmoving thought patterns. lines of violence are blurred. Old World style! European import! hand-numbered edition 77." |
| 11/17/2007 | Merrell / Baker / Jordan | Nagual | CD | $13.99 | Archive | "Long playing ambient dronescape focusing the combined efforts of Todd Merrell on shortwave radio and electronics, Patrick Jordan on shortwave radio and processing and Aidan Baker (Nadja) on guitar. Recorded live in 04 in Hartford. Comes packed in heavy stock center open sleeve with environmental mirror image landscape artwork courtesy of Seldon Hunt. Pressing of 600 copies." |
| 10/13/2010 | Merritt, Christopher | Crown Heights | c24 cassette | $7.99 | Digitalis Limited | "There's no time like now to get carried away on a bubbling river of flowing electronics and christopher merritt is more than happy to oblige. "crown heights" is an absolute monument. these are pieces that are fresh-faced and earnest, sprawling toward the horizon. merritt's process feels weirdly disjointed on the surface, like he's throwing a whole host of ideas into the cauldron and seeing what kind of potion he can improvise. but that's the real beauty of this stuff because once you get into the guts of it and really digest these tunes, you realize how oddly complex each layer is and how much effort he must take to get everything lined-up and synchronized. this is a well-oiled machine for sure. what does me in everytime are all the varying textures singing together - acoustic guitars plucked & strum along with unrecognizable field recordings and percolating synths plus bowed strings with a million other things interconnected that i can't figure out. this is one hell of a dizzying aural maze. it's the kind of place you want to get lost in and buried. merritt has me in the palm of his hand. edition of 75, chrome tapes." |
| Merthiolate | Merthiolate | CDR | $3.99 | Last Visible Dog | Improvised music using electric guitar, slide guitar, bass, drums, antique synthesizer, accordian, computer sax, and vocals. Hard to describe the sounds but it's pretty cool. | |
| 7/29/2003 | Merzbow | Ikebana: Merzbow's Amlux | DBL CD | $16.99 | Important Records | "Artists were asked to use Merzbow's album Amlux as an instrument in an original composition, rather than to perform the conventional remix. We hoped that this would allow the artist to flourish with greater creative freedom and a less restrictive context. We didn't want to fit this project into any sub-genre of music. We wanted it to simply exist. Perhaps the beat oriented tracks, record scratching and vocals will annoy some Noise purists, and perhaps the noisy sound collages will irritate others, but hopefully this collection of tracks from some of the best electronic artists working today will enlighten the listener. Music is sound and sound is everywhere, regardless of classification." Remixers include: Jack Dangers, DJ Spooky, Luke Vibert, Alec Empire, Kawabata Makoto, Cornelius, Kid 606, Negativland, Nobukazu Takemura, Atom, Chicks On Speed, Experimental Audio Research, Bola, Kim Hiorthoy, Staalplaat Sound System, Lasse Marhaug, Kim Cascone, Freiband, Nau-zee-aun, Kurt Weisman, Raub Roy, Instavoid, Custom Drummer, John Wiese, Zipperspy, DJ Rupture. |
| 1/1/2008 | Merzbow | Live Destruction at No Fun 2007 | CD | $10.99 | No Fun | "At this year's No Fun Fest, the legendary Japanese noise king Merzbow gave a blistering performance that stunningly brought together both his classic analog and recently-explored digital concerns. Keeping pace between two laptops and an amplified sheet-metal instrument, the walls of computerized droning distortion and psyched-out metallic scarping easily reminded those attending to the world of noise that even icons with twenty-plus year careers under their belts can still vivaciously channel the advancements they helped build as well as compose stunning untried sounds. Along with the recent Pain Jerk/Incapacitants split CD and the upcoming Aaron Dilloway/Carlos Giffoni split LP, Live Destruction at No Fun 2007 manifests itself as an essential audio document of one of many striking performances at this year's festival. Often considered a genre best experienced live, the gargantuan walls of outer-region sonics set forth by noise were aptly spawned in-the-moment and afresh by their performers, and the variety, sheer power, and unrelenting confidence of Merzbow's set in particular no doubt left longtime followers thoroughly fulfilled while those who've only heard the name thrown around in mythical regard were bound to have been left with a hearty appreciation of his genius." |
| 5/14/2007 | Merzbow / Carlos Giffoni / Jim O'Rourke | Electric Dress | CD | $11.99 | No Fun | "Electric Dress covers the full spectrum of sound color possibility, from totally brutal walls of destructive noise to beautiful minimal synthetic interplay, analog drone and shifting alien electronics. A total face melting collaboration recorded live in Tokyo using an array of analog synths and a variety of custom analog equipment,including Merzbows classic home made spring/junk metal instrument. Warm, varied, and obsessive this is what industrial music should have been, the sound of infinite machines demolishing a planet and creating a new structure where live organisms have been eradicated. Edited and mastered by Jim for maximum sonic annihilation. comes in our deluxe mini-gatefold package." - No Fun. |
| 7/5/2011 | Merzbow / Cris X | Guya / Greed | LP | $29.99 | CX Records | "Second official release from CX records, Italy. "Guya" new and unreleased track from the master of japanese noise Masami Akita, 18 minutes of noise bliss, a powerful sonic trip structured by feedbacks, digital and analog electronics. A devastating masterpiece. 3 new tracks recorded, composed and mixed in Berlin, Rome and Tokyo by Cris X/Cristiano Luciani in collaboration with underground japanese musicians, Keiko Higuchi (vocals, piano, lyrics) and Sachiko (vocals, electronics): a dark and visionary journey through espressionist ambient atmospheres, electronic and vocals experimentations." White vinyl limited edition of 300 copies. |
| 1/22/2011 | Merzbow / The Guilt OfŠ | split | LP | $10.99 | Chrome Peeler | "Japanese noise legend Merzbow offers up an assault of violent, swarming electronic distortion swirling with shards of brutal high-end feedback and cosmic oscillating tones, creating a vast whirlpool of caustic aural grit and buzz while Industrial noise punks "The Guilt øf... " a group made up of Mike IX Williams (EyeHateGod, Outlaw Order, Arson Anthem) and Ryan McKern (Wolvhammer) layer waves of piano, fuzz, tortured vocals, drums and distorted sub-bass to create a mesmerizing and crushing drone-like effect. Limited to 500 copies." |
| Mesmer | s/t | 7" | $3.99 | No idea what this San Francisco band is like. Each sleeve is unique in that is in spray painted and has a picture glued to it. | ||
| 3/29/2010 | Messenger Girls Trio | Excelsior Salon Trio | LP | $21.99 | Uzu Audio | "Messenger Girls Trio, The Excelsior Salon Trio... comprised of Sir Richard Bishop (by appointment to her majesty-what the old broad did to deserve that, we'll never know) and David Knott (improvisationally board certified music therapist), in congress with Robert Millis and Jeffery Taylor (often known for their recreational duties in both Climax Golden Twins and AFCGT). The quartet last released a trio album in 2002 for the Anomalous Record label. Or perhaps the trio released a quartet album. After that Richard Bishop toured. Dave Knott put people's minds back together or took them apart--it just depends on your point of view. Climax Golden Twins devoured 78rpm records and other Victrola favorites. Meanwhile the quartet trio tape kept rolling-cassette players, digital devices, dictaphones, micro cassette, wire recorders, phonautographs, notes on paper. Edited from hours of material recorded between 2002 and 2008. Mostly improvised in living rooms and on front porches. Mostly in Seattle: on Goat Hill, at the Shabby Greenwood Grotto Studio and at the Sun City Girls' cavernous Blue West headquarters, may it rest in pieces. Mostly with acoustic guitars and percussion. Occasional insects were wrangled into the proceedings. Layered. Sliced. Stretched. Messed, tweaked, poked, prodded, beaten and slipped luxuriously onto a vinyl platter for our listing enjoyment and listening pleasure by the epicureans at Uzu Audio. 545 copies of 180 gram vinyl, packaged in a custom made gatefold jacket, silkscreened, stamped, numbered." |
| 3/6/2011 | Metabolismus | Mauser O.K. | 7" EP | $7.99 | Amish Records | "Seven inch EP from the German group Metabolismus. Includes covers of Brian Brain's "Asthma Game" and Crass' "Do They Owe Us A Living" plus two originals. Limited to 300 copies. Vinyl only-- no digital release." |
| 5/1/2003 | Metabolismus | Sprießwärtsdrall | CD | $12.99 | Amish | "This full length is firmly rooted in the rich German experimental music tradition of such bands as Can, Amon Duul and Popol Vuh. The album begins with subtle tones that shift and eventually build into a Silver Apples psychedelic groove. Things move back and forth through layers of analog synthesizer orchestration, electronics and droning violin, eventually accentuated by ambient recordings of wind chimes, cow bells, birds, crickets, barking dogs and the sounds of Stuttgart. An absolutely stunning record, which Bananafish claims, has '24-7 potential.' Vivid full color artwork by German animation artist Petra Kolitsch. Edition of 600." |
| 1/30/2010 | Metacomet | Depression Ceremony | c21 cassette | $7.99 | Pizza Night | "Metacomet exemplify the beauty of the dark. Their songs emit a glowing melancholy bleakness that rings with euphoria. Mesmerising vocals from Christina Boyd weave beautiful melodies through tunnels of illuminating guitar. Their sound melts with an evocative resonant reverb that creates a space of heavenly haze. Within the haze, guitarists Max Gardner and Ian Staub pair up in a precise aural unity that seems like they've been playing together for many years. Their chiming compositions are spacious and the guitars' controlled playfulness at moments are reminiscent of the guitar teasing styles of Ennio Morricone or Wilburn Burchette. Haunting and warm, this trio is bound for big things as this is only their debut release from this new project. Pro dubbed. Edition of 80." |
| 2/4/2007 | Metal Islands | Ghost Road | CDR | $7.99 | American Grizzly | "Canadian duo conjure lo-fi scum skronk and psychedelic guitar dirge reminiscent of Open City, The Dead C and Lou Reed's 'Metal Machine Music'." |
| 4/27/2011 | Metal Mountains | Golden Trees | CD | $11.99 | Amish Records | "...out of the ancient ruins of The Tower Recordings has now finally risen a stealth Metal Mountains! It features Helen Rush, Pat Gubler (Mr. PG Six) and Samara Lubelski, all former Tower soldiers, and some may say the very key ones. There's a sort of haunted architecture to Metal Mountains, they morph 1960s electric and psychedelic folk rock, the right VU influence, spatial excursions, and whispery dreams into a unique whole. It is a carefully crafted album that is real and intimate, yet has the air of ease and playfulness about it. It is confident in its frailty, if that makes any sense to you. Did I say it is perfectly sequenced? Y'know, that's the kind of thing a reviewer needs to mention if he wants to be taken at all seriously." -- Jesper Eklow / November 2010. On vinyl also. |
| 5/20/2009 | Metal Rouge | Ephemeroptera IV | CDR | $7.99 | Seymour Records | This is the fourth in a series of five, released on Seymour Records, limited to 50 copies. Drawing of a whirligig beetle on a copper-colored background. |
| 11/15/2008 | Metal Rouge | Three For Malachi Ritscher | CD | $12.99 | Root Strata | "The first proper CD from LA (by way of New Zealand) duo Metal Rouge. Full on high wire melt down as Helga & Andrew channel dark waves from pedal steel & electric guitar. Trio era Charlambides with a good dose of LA DIY crud is getting somewhere close. Offset print, black on black." Edition of 300 copies. |
| 4/3/2010 | Metal Rouge | Trails | LP | $15.99 | Emerald Cocoon | "After a period of semi-hibernation and technological downgrading Metal Rouge are back with the first full length missive by their new trio formation. On Trails lifers Helga Fassonaki (lapsteel/vocals) and Andrew Scott (guitar) are joined by true-crime aficionado Caitlin Mitchell (drums) for a free floating investigation into Lew Welch's mist-ridden disappearance into the norcal wilderness on one side and a raging fit of white magic against urban-planning hell on the other. Mumbling low-fidelity chord flares, dual slide attacks and reverb-drenched vocal confusion underwritten by stuttering free cymbal play and outright rockist brutalism combine to make this perversely their most approachable release yet. Come get lost. Recorded at Green Machines 09, Mastered by Pete Swanson, Photo Art by Lemule Barbour. Edition of 300." |
| 9/14/2004 | Metal Tech | Sounds Through Fishing Lines | 3" CDR | $5.99 | Foxglove | “An appropriate title if there ever was one. These loose, noisy improvisations from head Unread records honcho, Chris Fischer (also of Naturaliste) dangle in the air, communicating in the way of the old world. Telegraph lines hang in the balance, hoping not to snap under the pressure. Claustrophobic whirs and buzzes sit next to fuzzy drones, all hoping that their imminent death isn't just around the corner. There's a subtle, fragile beauty here, too. But I find that in all things chaotic.” Edition of 95 copies. |
| 6/17/2004 | Metalux | Waiting for Armadillo | CD | $10.99 | Load | "Clipped and chopped radio beamings from a Middle American bunker, METALUX bring a rodeo of galactic proportions home to your speakers. M.V. CÄRBON and J. GRAF play a dual synth/tape soundtrack to an uneasy nation. The vibe is dark and alien and the recording on this record is top-notch. Crazy voices and spectacle mounting live action! Ballpark reference points include CHROME and the RESIDENTS in the same thought as Chicago form shapers from the early 90's MILK OF BURGUNDY scene like DUOTRON, SCISSOR GIRLS et al. Both members were in the now defunct BRIDE OF NO NO, a fixture of Chicago uneasy culture. TWIG HARPER of NAUTICAL ALMANAC, occasionally records with METALUX and contributed 4 tracks to this record." |
| 9/29/2005 | Metalux / Evil Moisture | split | LP | $17.99 | Veglia | "Long-awaited spilt LP from two free noise cells with flesh to burn. Metalux are all-femme duo who cross Wolf Eyes-gristle with rhythmic blats of electro-punk, zaps of analog what-the-fuck and weirdly modulated vocals that sound like vacant robot children. Side one collects six shots of gloop with a guest appearance from Twig Harper of buddies Nautical Almanac on 'Gummy Grinder'. Evil Moisture side is a little more degraded, a side-long soup that sounds like a stumpier, more primitive take on Masami Akita's flesh/metal sound. Comes in a silkscreened sleeve (every one unique) with colour insert. Recommended." - Volcanic Tongue |
| 12/12/2009 | Metalux / K.K. Rampage | split | 12" | $11.99 | Rampage Recordings | "METALUX continues their refinement of creepily serene noise arrangements and free-floating modern psychedelia. Voices are treated as another instrument in an amorphous wash of sound among atmospheric keys and harsh electronics. KK RAMPAGE-Chicago's confrontational, rabble-rousing, NO(w) wave misfits-replace their piercingly, de-tuned Arab-on-Rabar-esque guitars and "pop" beats with sinister, mechanical chaos and throbbing spastic drumming. A truly fascinating album that improves with repeated listening. Limited to 400 copies." |
| 8/17/2009 | Meth Teeth | Everything Went Wrong | LP | $14.99 | Woodsist | "Meth Teeth reside in Portland OR. and in some ways embody the rainy day big country vibe of the city with its youth culture dreamers, old druggies, and rustic history. There is something that is really hard to pin down about Meth Teeth, the songs rely on simple ramshackle rhythms, upbeat shinny guitar interplay, and big fat chord churners, and a lot of tambourine banging away on the snare drum. Ultra catchy summertime rockers keep you sad and lonely, and upbeat and hopeful all at once." - Shawn Reed/Night People |
| 7/10/2008 | Methadrone | Final Skull | double cassette | $7.99 | 905 Tapes | "Methadrone was an early moniker of joe brietenbach, who now grows organic drones under the name of gallows. before he unplugged the laptop, a small amount of output made it's way into the public realm in the form a few splits (w/ yes collapse, dance wounds, and wether) a c20 ("the sun cocaine" on lovers tapes) and a collab 12" w/ wether (forthcoming in snakefork/blue sky writing). these are the remaining tracks that have been collecting virtual dust in some moldy folder. four sides, five shots. oscillating, slightly processed, chloroformed doses that blend mechanical rhythms and natural elements with each other. packaged in clamshell cases." |
| Metropolitan | Down For You Is Up | CD | $10.99 | Crank Automotive | "Hurtling forward from the rough-but-beautiful streets of the Washington DC metropolia are the equally raw-but-harmonious sounds of Metropolitan, wrestled to perfection on their second full-length recording, Down For You Is Up. The follow-up to 1999’s Side Effects finds the band in revitalized trio mode, connecting the dots between the fiery, T.Moore-esque guitar work of John Masters, the fluidly unpredictable bass tones of Shyam Telikicherla, and the bounding drum-slaps of kit-master Saadat Awan. Hypnotically mixing curving hooks, sliding chords, untamed basement-jam energy, and tightrope-walking precision, Down For You Is Up is a mesmerizing mind-trip through tunnels previously carved by master- diggers like the Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Spacemen 3, Pavement, and Yo La Tengo." | |
| Metropolitan | Side Effects | CD | $9.99 | Crank Automotive | 2 guys, 2 guitars, vocals, bass, and drums. Influences: Velvet Underground, Spacemen 3, Dead C. Very good! | |
| 4/24/2006 | Metsämorfeus | Draco | CDR | $9.99 | Outa | "Metsämorfeus turned in one of the most promising performances on the Out001 compilation CD-R that Outa put out last year. Their contributions there had me quite curious to see what they'd do on a longer release. "Draco" is their first full-length and it is promising. While it goes on too long for my tastes (it's just a hair over 60 minutes), there are some great elements here. Mostly made up of ambient electronics with various loops, this is well put together synth-based music. The additional instrumentation is also good. This is a very subtle release that works as perfect background music (I mean that as a compliment). It's non-intrusive, but has a soothing quality to it that will help your brain focus. "Draco" is a good debut and has me looking forward to where this Finnish outfit will head next." - Brad Rose. |
| 7/11/2008 | Metzger, Paul | Canticle of Ignat / All Glass | CD | $14.99 | Archive | "One track played on modified acoustic guitar and one track played on modified Banjo. For those unfamiliar with Saint Paul's Mr. Metzger his works offer and amazing mix of Indian ragas crossed with a junk yard band feel, highly evolved and incredible unique. Recorded by myself in 2007 at BigJar in Philly a fantastic piece of documentation offered in unaltered form. The CD edition comes housed in a slightly taller sleeve with two color silk screen work by Alan Sherry of SIWA on a heavyweight 140lb paper. The front cover is die cut with and inserted picture from the performance printed on vellum, all hand glued and assembled by myself. Graphic work by Demian Johnston." Edition of 500 copies. |
| 4/11/2008 | Metzger, Paul | Gedanken Splitter | LP | $12.99 | Roaratorio | "Paul Metzger continues to pile up the plaudits from critics and peers alike for his virtuosic string-slinging, gaining notice through his CD on Chairkickers and his split LP with Ben Chasny and Chris Corsano on Roaratorio. Metzger's modified banjo is tricked out with additional sympathetic raga strings, although the compositions on Gedanken Splitter are informed by much more than Eastern drone music alone. Recorded in the same period as 2007's Deliverance on Locust Music, this is a more jagged and aggressive (although no less accessible) affair. Metzger winds these improvisations around thornier threads than on his previous releases, and while never turning completely abstract, Gedanken Splitter moves even further away from anything resembling typical banjo fare. This is mesmerizing and singular playing." |
| 6/9/2010 | Metzger, Paul | The Uses of Infinity | CD | $11.99 | Locust | "The lonesome banjo picker returns! Recorded in one take in a de-sanctified century old cathedral in Northern Minnesota, The Uses of Infinity is a 6 part cosmic hobo's dream suite for 23 string banjo. Cast in the drifting nebula of the whole tone scale, Paul Metzger plucks, picks, bows and spins his way through a 40 minute odyssey making for his most ambitious and adventurous musical trip to date." |
| 2/7/2009 | Meyers, Justin | Permanent Pressure | cassette | $8.99 | Tone Filth | "A study in pressure; the effects, affects, & practice of. Sounds sources both acoustic & electronic. Issued on cassette tape to specifically dull certain frequencies. Edition of 100 with 2 color screen printed inserts and professional printed chrome cassettes." |
| 2/20/2010 | Meyers, Justin | The Amplitude of Neighbors | c20 cassette | $5.99 | Arbor | "Minneapolis' Justin Meyers has been producing extremely discreet musique concrete for the past few years. Through field recordings Meyers achieves a double sided voyeurism; his capturing of another's space, and the listeners glimpse into his space. His care and precision demands attention with an unconscious magnetism; on Both Sides the recording of an outdoor summer's evening is paired with subtle beating frequencies symbiotically shifting in and out of the other, producing a deeply compelling command over space. This same phenomena is explored on A Visitor. Composed solely of sine waves, infinite variations of listening interaction are possible, imposing the piece directly within the space of the listener. In an edition of 125 copies with full color cardstock covers and labeled tapes." |
| 2/21/2009 | MFHS | A House Painter's Manual | CDR | $10.99 | Black Petal | "Although MHFS (Mark Sadgrove) is mainly solo he gets help from various people (Andrew Scott, Ben Spiers and Sam Hamilton) in seven of the ten short pieces. Lyrics were written while driving a car through rural New Zealand, and then record the songs on battery powered electric guitar on a dictaphone. How lo(fi) can you go? Sadgrove strums his guitar and sings songs which I don't really understand, but there is an attractive low, outsider character with these recordings that I like very much. At just under thirty minutes this is very fine music. Was this released on a limited LP twenty years ago, it would now go as a lost classic of weirdness. Great cover on this release, as usual with Black Petal." - FdW, Vital Weekly |
| 10/20/2011 | MHFS | Alone Together #4: The Grey Lynn Homeless Set | 7" | $7.99 | Emerald Cocoon | "New Zealand-born Tokyo-based physicist Mark Sadgrove aka MHFS aka Hometown Feilding has been quietly upsetting petty notions like 'music' since 2004 when his 'West Auckland Driving Songs' CDR barely drifted onto the scene via Campbell Kneale's Celebrate Psi Phenomena label. From the start all the hallmarks were in place: site specific recordings, lyrical domesticity, systematically illogical recording choices, an acoustic guitar strung only with low Es (his favourite string - who wouldn't want more of a good thing?), invented instruments, real-time linux csound programming, obsessively repeated lyrical fragments, an almost Buddhist sense of 'sound as object', songs buried so quietly under so much hiss that even the most jaded 'difficult music' fans double checked their players to make sure something wasn't broken. In 2006 Metal Rouge played their first ever show (at the Wine Cellar in Auckland, New Zealand) which also doubled as Helga's farewell party for her imminent departure back home to the US. MHFS was asked to play, but busy at work on his PhD thesis ('Resonant Quantum Transport for Kick Atoms') was unable to make it and handed us 'The Grey Lynn Homeless Set' to be played over the PA in lieu of an in-person performance. Billed as a 'special non-appearance by MHFS', Saturday night bar patrons were subjected to completely brutalized fragments of bone-dry pointillist guitar, seemingly random electronic beats jumping across the stereo spectrum and two sub sub sub low fidelity acoustic 'folk' songs buried under masses of hiss and digital haze - the only audible lyrics something about being 'fucking angry'. I wish I could say the bar regulars stopped in their tracks, stunned by the sheer alien illogic of the misshapen audio tumbling from the bar PA, but alasŠ Most punters just assumed the PA was on the fritz and went back to their drinks - those sounds couldn't possibly be intentional, right? Emerald Cocoon is now proud to present as part of our 'Alone Together' series: 'The Grey Lynn Homeless Set' in it's short and confusing entirety. Check your cables, check your speakers - beauty has never sounded so broken. Mastered by Pete Swanson, edition of 300." |
| 6/11/2006 | MHFS | Driving to Rawene | 3" CDR | $7.99 | Pseudoarcana | "Along with Tim Coster (see below) Mark Sadgrove is a key member of a recently very dynamic and productive experimental electronic scene in Auckland. (Indeed he is a member of the brilliant 'Plains' amongst other ensembles). MHFS is Sadgroves solo project. Using home-made electronics, self-authored software, field recordings, guitar and voice MHFS produces austere and abstract soundscapes that through a peculiar personal magic are rendered intimate and human. 'Driving to Rawene' was recorded in Sydney, Dresden and Vienna during 2005, and mixed at home in Auckland. I am deeply concerned that it may in fact be a work of genius..." |
| 3/21/2007 | Mi, Kim Jung | Kim Jung Mi | CD | $24.99 | Jigu | "Groovy Korean psychedelic pop with slight English folk flavors from Kim Jung Mi - known throughout as the the "Francois Hardy of Korean pop." "This 1974 album shows a different side of the delectable Korean singer's personality, as she is called upon to front slinky mid-tempo rockers instead of the folk-inflected tracks of both the Nowand Wind records; this makes for some interesting music, including a cover version of Janis Joplin's 'Move Over'; the tracks all sound more than a year removed from Now and Wind, in part because of drastically better production values (this album was made for Jigu, unlike Kim Jung Mi's other releases), plus the addition of horns, organ, and even a string section; Shin Jung Hyun is still backing his protégé with characteristic guitar lines, so no loss of musical quality is evident." World Psychedelia label has reissued this but this is the original cd pressing from Korea on Jigu. Recommended! |
| 7/28/2011 | Miaux | Miaux | 7" | $13.99 | Ultra Eczema | "Warm thick tears force their ways out of droopy eyes, children cover their ears and peppep is rubbing his underbelly with sandpaper. the general gloom MIAUX spreads on her sandwiches is darker than tatort and could easily replace any soundtrack of a fassbinder movie, the sad joy of a lady from sarajevo pushing her entire hands into a keyboard, don't ask her for a encore or you'll receive a grim reward! it seems that a new breath of electronic music is blowing over antwerp, all in a sort of kubin/depressed pop/late wave/instrumental suicide kind of style (check mittland och leo, the eye, roman hiele, dsr lines etc), who knows where the hell it came from, orphan fairytale's early antics, cassis and colombo, radio centraal, meeuw muzak? it of course matters as much as what i ate this morning, one banana, which is exceptional, as i usually don't eat fruit. comes in a orange stencil printed cover design by dennis tearfus, your hands will be orange after holding it, limited to 150 copies. no reissues." |
| 7/5/2011 | Mich, Ludo | fluidium | c47 cassette | $12.99 | Beniffer Editions | "Original and new performance art documentation from Belgian Fluxus legend. Comes in a handmade cigarette box. Edition of 100." |
| 1/24/2009 | Mich, Ludo and Blood Stereo | From Tapes & Throats | LP | $19.99 | Giant Tank | "A couple years back, Glasgow was consumed by the collective throats of Antwerpian weirdo Ludo Mich and Brightonian/Lothian noise-family farmhands Blood Stereo (Karen Constance and Dylan Nyoukis of Prick Decay, etc.). Hear their night-terror-inducing Nosferatu yap melt the minds attending the Instal '06 festival on side A, and neck the swallie of post-everything sound poetry and tape-dirt manipulation on Side B. A real out odyssey. 250 copies." - Revolver |
| 10/31/2009 | Michael And The Mumbles | Michael And The Mumbles | LP | $13.99 | DeStijl | "Before Michael Yonkers would revise the history of recorded music with the clarion chords of Microminature Love he was in a band called Michael and the Mumbles and they made this self-titled LP in 1966. Upon immediate spins, their would-be debut comes off as a naive, teenage trip thru the typified garage band moves of this era. But repeated spins reveal a darkness beneath what some dullard might be deceived by as it's crisp, winsome visage. It's only to a slightly less visible degree that the Mumbles LP has the same characteristics that would make Micro the singularly original piece that is; it's emotionally bleak themes, dissonant undercurrents, and recklessly wild performance. So, once again we have a Michael Yonkers LP that is going to turn the world upside down, make the college girls scream, and leave you wondering how many more times this can happen. Seriously, Pigeon Falls up here looks like a Riot on the Sunset Strip. Indulge yrself. PS. Michael and the Mumbles is on the king of all known formats (with a digital download coupon, natch). The mastertapes used herein are 45 yrs old and aside from the glitch on "Cold Town" they sound amazing." |
| 3/3/2005 | Micht | Ysms | 3" CDR | $6.99 | Imvated | "Perfect for lying flat on the ground when your lungs are about to collapse. Micht never blossoms into giant garden bliss yet strangely strips noise down to it's bare necessities. Tape hiss maggots crawl. Sticky covers buried in Imvated's rotten backyard, dodgy stuff. They've been sent to our medical research laboratories to check how toxic they truely are. No wonder nobody can keep track of Imvated's continuous stream of quality dirt style!" |
| 8/23/2009 | Microblind Harvestmen | I | CDR | $10.99 | Ruralfaune | "Two long live improvisations by Robert Horton and his longtime collaborator Hal Hugues. One based on fiddle, the other on banjo, and both with Robert Horton's usual crazy mix of sounds. Planned to be released eponymously as their first CDR, Microblind Harvestmen's 'I' was recorded before the 'Death Bottom Slide' CD released on Digitalis in 2007." Edition of 70 copies. |
| 7/14/2007 | Microblind Harvestmen | Songs & Instruments From Death Bottom Slide | CD | $12.99 | Digitalis | "After 2 1/2 years of a seemingly endless stream of releases, Robert Horton shows no signs of slowing down. The inevitable question of "What next?" may crop up from time to time, but with the launch of Microblind Harvestmen's debut album, "Songs & Instruments From Death Bottom Slide," Horton punches back with resounding fury. Joining up with long-time collaborator and fiddler-extraordinaire, Hal Huges, this duo is plowing through fresh, new ground on their way to a mud-soaked heaven. "Songs & Instruments From Death Bottom Slide" has been in the works for over 20 years now, with the first remnants begun as far back as 1983. This is music that is lost in time, however, spanning countless eras and cultures, and melting them all together into a giant, boiling mess. As with most things Robert Horton does, his hand is the guiding force that keeps the album flowing. But Hughes' contributions are just as vital: stunning fiddle work that is a perfect slice of Americana along with drops of mandolin and banjo to light the leaf-covered path. Horton and Hughes mix a range of originals with a number of traditional tunes turned completely on their heads. "Hellblazer" may have its root in the Old West, but Microblind's version is a spastic exorcism of wailing horns and screeching violins, flowing like a river of sound underneath the duo's parched vocals. This raucous romp through burning crops and the backwoods blows up into the harmonica-tinged, banjo tune "Innermost Friend." It sounds like an unearthed document from 75 years ago, left to rot in a bourbon cellar in Tennessee. Music like this doesn't just appear, it takes time to properly age. Microblind Harvestmen are the rare creature, like those only found in a few places in nature, that manages to avoid simple classification. This is drone. This is raga. This is bluegrass. This is folk. This is free-jazz. This is pure, covered-in-dirt, dancing-in-the-rain psychedelia. The death bottom slide is a riveting world, finally unleashed after years in the barren wilderness." |
| 6/9/2011 | Middleton, Ian | Aural Spaces | LP | $21.99 | Swill Radio | "I've been in touch with Ian Middleton for over 13 years now, lured into contact by a Remora lathe-cut LP, I believe, which sounded similar in intent to IFCO material that Karla and I were working on at the time. Ian was a somewhat prolific figure of the 90's UK underground scene, both with his music and his visual art. There was an LP for Swill Radio 'in the can', which ended up on Eclipse as there wasn't any money here to release it. Ian's music has always had both organic and artificial elements combined with the vague melancholy of distant beauty. With Aural Spaces, Ian has refined and distilled his processes into a gorgeous electronic diamond. To quote my good friend Oskar Spee, "Aural Spaces is an exotic, scientific, and beautiful perfume that slows down time and allows one to live, however briefly, in a better possible world". I couldn't agree more. There is not a wasted moment. Ian has kept a low profile the last few years, preferring to concentrate on his work and make it better, an approach of which I heartily approve. The sequencing of this LP is immaculate, a skill that is becoming a lost art in this shuffle-play world. Aural Spaces is totally removed from the confines of today's backwards looking fads and instead points its bow directly towards The Future. Fighting the good fight." -Scott Foust |
| 1/22/2011 | Midnighties | Midnighties | CDR | $8.99 | Bug Incision | "This is the debut recordings, and first recorded document of the duo of Cody Oliver and Chris Dadge. Oliver's involvement in Calgary's creative music scene dates back to the 90s, and his involvement with Nach Hause, Space For Space, and his labels Noise Miniatures and House Leek Audio. He worked extensively with Darren Williams, Dan Meichel, and Thom Golub, and more recently shared a ferocious trio with Lyle Pisio and Peter Moller. The duo with Dadge finally convened in 2009, and produced a number of recordings, mostly live. This crisply-recorded set documents the duo at CJSW studios in Calgary, performing what was a live broadcast. Olivers plays a resonator guitar, with contact mics, into a small amp; he uses a variety of objects on the guitar. Dadge plays a half-drumset, with pedal-controlled amplification. Both players share an affinity for the more propulsive, hyperactive end of playing, and the amplification adds an odd, extended touch, allowing for effective use of space, longer tones. Thanks to Paula, Mike, Myke. Edition of 63, cdr, color covers in plastic sleeves." |
| 2/10/2004 | Midwich | Procedures | CDR | $12.99 | Celebrate/Psi/Phenomenon | "From the peripheries of the Leeds-based ‘no fans’ scene comes Rob Hayler’s Midwich. Those of you who have made friends with his Fencing Flatworm label will already be hip to the greatness this cascading, breathing, hypno-bliss represents. Precariously suspended clouds of audio bubble bath that drip all over the floor yet never stain the carpet. Two thumbs up." |
| 1/23/2003 | Migrantes | Monsoon Moods | LP | $10.99 | Eclipse | This is the 2nd LP by Migrantes (Jason Bill {guitar, air organ, Hammond organ, cymbal} & Caroline Vickers {Hammond organ & vocals}) of Tucson, AZ. Pressed in an edition of 536 copies and housed in a lovely printed full color jacket, this is a sublime record! "For those that have never been there, the desert signifies space, sand, and nothing. When I (who live nowhere near any deserts) first visited Jason & Caroline (who live smack in the middle of one), that was what I had thought too. I was a bit surprised that the desert in fact looks nothing like its platonic counterpart - it is in fact interlaced with ropy thorned plants, crawls with life of every species, and is inevitably circumscribed by distant mountains. For some, Monsoon Moods may capture the real desert, the one where home fires burn under looming stone, where love and life flourish in austerity. For me though this LP somehow encompasses sweaty nights in 100 degree summer warehouses, ghostly drives through Norfolk shipyards, the slow crack of datura pods drying in the sun, and all the other things that have grown inside j&c to buoy them up into this warmly inviting space illuminated by their big hearts. A stunning record that camouflages the simplicity of its ingredients with songs of glowing precision and vox-laced Hammond drones of vertical majesty." – Tom Carter |
| 2/19/2004 | Mike Rep & The Quotas | Mama Was a Schitzo Daddy Was a Vegetable Man | 7" | $5.99 | Old Age | “Both songs recorded around the same time as the legendary ‘Rocket to Nowhere’ that came out on Moxie. Nice cover and insert be Rep himself.” |
| 12/26/2005 | Mikel Dimmick Spiral Joy Band | Searing Float | CDR | $10.99 | Klang | "A mix of duo, trio and quartet recordings from a variety of lineups that include Amy Shea, Karl Precoda, Jack Sutherland and Isak of the Black Twigs (along with, of course, the main duo from Pelt - Mikel Dimmick and Mike Gangloff), and is wrapped in the usual snazzy Mikel Dimmick cover. It doesn't have the horn and piano of the vhf disc (but does have gongs, Tibetan singing bowls, sruti and esraj), though it does have night recordings from our back porch, some singing and a half-hour thing called "Osmanthus" that's pretty mammoth." 9 tracks - 77 minutes. This was sold on tour recently and all the remaining copies are now here at Eclipse HQ. Killer disc - highly recommended! |
| 10/9/2003 | Mikroknytes | Live_SRC | CD | $9.99 | Crank Automtive | "The follow-up to their self-titled 2001 CD, which was tagged by scribes as 'eerily drifting,' 'interestingly extreme,' and 'memorably glazed-eyed,'live_src sees the Washington D.C. duo Mikronkytes taking a further step into dense, planet-sized soundscapes, while retaining the bubbling spontanaiety and kitchen-sink invention of their debut. Culled from a huge library of innovative live performances, then run through a maniacally-detailed process of mixes, overdubs, and manipulations, live_src echoes the wavy drones of Can and Cluster, the clicking minimalism of Pole and Microstoria, and the ambient soundtracks of Labradford and Stars of the Lid. But ultimately, live_src is the sound of two hyperactive brains Derek Morton (electronics, effects, software wrestling) and John Coursey (violin, electronics, skull massage) - discovering new ways to directly translate thought into action. Pouncing right into the heart of the matter with the windy, earth-ending 'valentia,' live_src never lets up, piling up layers of stirring violin hum, cracked electronic pulse, and sheer sonic invention. Meditative, hallucinatory pieces like 'artsace' and 'amelioride' paint ghostly pictures, like the lost scores to movies projected in the background of dreams, while choppy, clipping workouts like 'w.e.k.' and the scary robot revolt 'xeh' melt shards of beats and cuts into rivers of lava-like drone. Throughout, the duo’s patient, infintiely inventive approach to building huge galaxies out of small sounds remains hypnotic. Besides recording and performing as Mikroknytes, Morton and Coursey remain active in a number of experimental aural pursuits. Both have contributed to Morton's D.C. electronics series Tech Club (www.techclub-dc.com), while Morton is hard at work organizing D.C.'s Sonic Circuits Festival. He has also been commissioned to compose sound for a living installation based on the life cycle of silkworms." |
| Mikroknytes | Mikroknytes | CD | $9.99 | Crank Automotive | "Cross-breeding minimalist droning, abstract electronic channeling, concrete machine-shop sampling and meditative improvisation, Mikroknytes are a brain-rearranging Washington, D.C. duo whose patient radar waves and aggressive sound blitzes are the results of years of sonic architectural research. Firing thought-lasers into the gaps between analog and digital, programming and spontaneity, and computers and instruments, Derek Morton (electronics, effects, mind control) and John Coursey (violin, electronics, idea manufacturing) sift massive mono-tones through a barbed-wire filter of cracked electronics and random codes, without ever breaking apart their eternal drone. Imagine Hrvatski if his dad was Tony Conrad, or Phill Niblock if he was quarterback of a football team made of Microstoria 12-inches." | |
| 6/11/2006 | Milan, Jerzy | Milianalia- Free Conversations With Myself | LP | $24.99 | Obuh | "New album from outstanding jazzy composer and vibraphonist presenting intimate face of the artist - on the one hand incorrect lyrist, on the other indefatigable joker and improvising experimentalist. You may hear here 60's modern and free jazz spirit, Middle and Far East influences, avant experiments, lots of airy vibes. Recorded in our studio on classic tube equipment from the golden analog era. Limited to 350 numbered copies in black and white, laminated covers." |
| 2/26/2011 | Miles of Birth | Free Day Vol. 1 | CDR | $4.99 | American Tapes | "OMG! New Years was a hoot hoot at DJ Lonely hearts'. Partied ALL NIGHT in the cove. Was a blast. Woke up the next morn, hit up the Stony Creek for bfast, came home. Set up again and jammed ALL AFTERNOON. Evening Miles, The Conn Artist, and Ziljohn in Comfort zone style. Had Steve Perry napping and watching the brothers focus down on some OUTER LIMIT SOUNDS. Took a break, hit up Circle K for some chips and Tall Boys and when black into the VOID. Killer. Packed up again and went to the Magic Stick for Moon Pool & Dead Machines Randy jammer. Was a killer day of SOUND. More volumes coming of the PILZ styled sound unit. B & W covers. Numbered edition of 40." |
| 7/8/2010 | Miller, Evan | Spool/Thread | c12 cassette | $6.99 | Ehkein | "Two ambient miniatures from former Iowa City/current Portland, Oregon resident Evan Miller. Never one to be pigeonholed, Millers displays his talent for bright, romantic guitar and organ work on this release while maintaining that same personality that comes through on all of his work over the years. A shot of color." |
| 7/30/2010 | Millett, James 'Opie' & The Weekend Reformers | Heavy Claims | CDR | $6.99 | Blueberry Honey | "OPIE was the lead singer in the short-lived, brattleboro dude powerhouse PHAZED OUT. He has also spent some time rambling and ranting with the brothers and sisters of SOIL SING THROUGH ME. In both cases his voice was strugggling to get out ahead of the sonic onslaught of both those bands. Not an easy task. Taking a new approach, he teamed up with his own small combo, The Weekend Reformers (RUTH GARBUS, RON SCHNEIDERMAN, CHRIS WEISMAN), and dropped a string of thoughts and short pieces 'EN SALON' recorded 'LOFT STYLE'. A rare and beautiful celebration of his home-turf." |
| 8/31/2010 | Millions | Into The Flood | CDR | $9.99 | Blackest Rainbow | "New full length 3 track album from Brooklyn based sound artist David Suss and his Millions project, whose had previous releases on Baked Tapes, Abandon Ship and Peasant Magik. Three long form tracks of futuristic spaced out fuzzy mind blazers for star gazers. These three tracks churn you brain with its whirring and buzzing, putting you into a trance-like state. Housed in minimal colour sleeves. Limited to 50." |
| 5/1/2009 | Millions | Static & Distance | 3" CDR | $4.99 | Obsolete Units | "David Suss is the sole party behind Millions, and his monstrously dense and overpoweringly gorgeous take on the peaks and valleys of drone is remarkable for a solo project. Overseeing a complex set-up of guitar, synths, and electronics, Suss uses this mini-CD-R as the platform for a 20-minute composition that puts emphasis on the brighter tonalities and absorbing euphoria that inhibits his oeuvre. Layers of unending haze and blissful noise hold power for the whole of this piece; followers of Matthew Bower and the VHF imprint need keep close watch." |
| 5/29/2008 | Millions | The Notebook Behind Your Eyes | CDR | $5.99 | Abandon Ship Records | "Brooklyn local David Suss lays it all out for us here. While having a complete understanding of patience and subtlety, he can jar the senses with his powerful technique. Three extended, texturally rich pieces for guitar, voice, electronics, effects, etc. Massive blurred-vision dronescapes of existential heaviness and introspective density." Edition of 50 copies. |
| 2/16/2005 | Milton, Antony | Fleeting | CDR | $12.99 | Wire Bridge Productions | "The 1st off the block in the Wire Bridge reissue series is Fleeting, originally released in a scant edition of about 10 in 1998 (on the eve of my departure from Australia for India). Fleeting collects together a series of songs, graphic score works, and improvy noise pieces recorded to 4 trk on Stradbroke Island during 1997-1998. I had forgotten the extent to which I was ensconced in a kind of feral mysticism during this period… Wild flutes are played amongst the waves and there are songs dedicated to weird subjective Gods (and their impossibility…)." |
| 9/17/2006 | Milton, Antony | Live @ the Cake Shop, August 2005 | CDR | $9.99 | Transient Recordings | "Gorgeously intimate live set which joins some of the dots between Antony's earlier song-based work (as heard on Last Visible Dog's "Sirens Š" reissue, the title track of which appears here) and the brain-rotating psychedelia of current projects such as The Nether Dawn, The Stumps and Glory Fckn Sun. A songwriting voice as unique as that of contemporaries Pumice and GFrenzy emerges out of this modest, yet hugely significant release." |
| 2/16/2005 | Milton, Antony | Queenslandbrisbane | CDR | $12.99 | Wire Bridge Productions | "Queenslandbrisbane 1st appeared (packaged rather extravagantly...) as a book/cassette in 1997. The 1st 3 trks were recorded the day before leaving NZ for Australia and are (I feel...) amongst the best of the songs I recorded during this period. The rest of the album, a collection of songs, field recordings, concreté pieces and abstract electric guitar collages was recorded over the next few months in Brisbane and on Nth Stradbroke Island. I wound up in a fairly negative working environment when in Brisbane, and this is reflected in the intensity and aural violence of some of the pieces here. The overall feel of the album is more kinda 'psyche-folk' though and overall I'm really pretty proud of this one." |
| 7/23/2010 | Miminokoto | Chofu-Ekoda Koenji | CD | $15.99 | Plunk's Plan | As some part of the Acid Mothers Temple nexus of forward thinking rock musicians in Japan, Junzo Suzuki's Miminokoto keeps the psychedelic freakout tendencies in check, but the trio isn't afraid to push their folksy sound into rawer, less conventional territory. Compared to his recent Pieces for Hidden Circles, the full band setting helps to create a more diverse and rich tapestry of sound that bears his mark. Recorded live at three different locations in Tokyo between late 2008 and early 2009, it sounds far more like a coherent album rather than live recordings in various settings. The opening traditional of "Ame To Yuki" starts mostly as rudimentary rock: basic guitar strums, sparse percussion and vocals, with melodic bass appearing later on. For the most part, it keeps mellow until the ending segments, which turns on the effects and throws a bit of chaos into the mix. "That Spiral Orbit" treads similar ground, but with some fuzzy, wah-wah'd bass that turns the funk up some, but not too much. The dynamics shift from relaxed and minimal to tenser, loud moments, but not dramatically so. "Teiji Romen" sets sail for jazzier territories, focusing on the rhythmic pulse of Takuya Nishimura's bass and Koji Shimura's drums, with Suzuki's guitar acting more as a subtle punctuation, before all three of them launch into some great harsher moments later on. Both "1-3-5" and "Remember" go back into a more conventional rock framework, the former mixing electric guitar playing and rhythms, and even allowing for some jazz-based guitar soloing towards the end. The more somber "Remember" immediately called to mind "Another Day" from the first Cure album as a possible influence, in both its sound and emotions conveyed, later building in complexity from the interplay of instruments. The closer "A Whirlpool of Light" takes its influence more from Tago Mago era Can than anything else. Opening slow with delicate guitar and tom-tom drum flourishes, it later morphs to a more dramatic sound, with impassioned vocals and clattering percussion leading the charge into rapid fire, but complex and dense rhythmic structures. It is perhaps the most "different" of the tracks here, and I personally think it's a brilliant closer to a great album. Sonically this is perhaps one of the most "normal" things I've had come across my desk in recent months, but it's far from boring or overly conventional. Instead, it's a warm and inviting disc that isn't an exercise in unnecessary complexity, nor is it overly esoteric, but is just the right vibe of familiar and innovation." - Brainwashed. |
| 12/2/2008 | Miminokoto | Live Performance 2007 | CDR | $11.99 | Plunk's Plan | Features: Suzuki Junzo:Vocal,Guitar -- Takuya Nishimura:Bass [on tracks 1,2] -- Tabata Mitsuru:Bass [on track 3] -- Shimura Koji:Drums. Three tracks recorded live in Tokyo over three dates from September - December 2007. |
| 11/4/2006 | Minamo | A Herdsman's Life | CD | $14.99 | Esquillo | "New album from the japanese electroacustic quartet featuring Keiichi Sugimoto, Tetsuro Yasunaga, Namiko Sasmoto and Yuichiro Iwashita. This is probably minamo's most direct album including electronic manipulation, guitar workouts, piano lines and a distant saxophone in a true sound narrative. This is a work of great simplicity and staggering beauty evoking in the listener a feeling of serenity and nostalgia. It's Minamo's seventh album following releases in Line, Quakebasket, Cubic, Apestaarje and other labels. Limited to 250 copies" |
| 5/4/2011 | Mineo, Attilio | Man In Space With Sounds | LP | $29.99 | Subliminal Sounds | "Recorded in 1951 but only released in conjunction with the 1962 Seattle World's Fair as the musical accompaniment to the Bubbelator, a transparent, spherical elevator that carried as many as 150 passengers, Attilio Mineo's Man In Space With Sounds remains one of the most foreboding and complex records in the cosmic exotica canon. A dark, dissonant exploration of interstellar travel rooted in the avant-garde ethos of Cage and Stockhausen, this is music that's alien not only in its presentation but also in its orientation, fusing traditional instrumentation and sound effects to the point that one becomes indistinguishable from the other. Electronic elements pulse, hum, and sputter their way to complete domination of Mineo's sonic palette, depicting a bleak, sterile future where mankind gives way to machinery. The Bubbleator transported fair visitors through an overview of the future, a technological utopia where science and space travel promised solutions to all of humanity's plights. Needless to say, that future never arrived and this music (actually recorded in the early 1950s) still sounds as futuristic today as it must have back then. The all-original compositions fall somewhere between nervous Philip Glass and 1950s sci-fi movie music, arranged with a string orchestra in a sometimes rhythmic, polyrhythmic, or merely ambient cloud of odd electronic space noises. Despite its intended technological optimism, the music is quite heavy and menacing, and the future ultimately feels pretty scary. Regardless, this recording proves Attilio Mineo to have been an unbelievably progressive and underappreciated composer and arranger. The amazing aural and visual content of this endearing package transcends everything. A rare, sought-after gem made accessible as a facsimile, with added bonus photos, in a limited pressing of 500 copies. Packaged for collectors by collectors." |
| 4/15/2011 | Minotaurus | Fly Away | LP | $29.99 | Amber Soundroom | "Minotaurus from Oberhausen in the western Ruhr area / Germany played symphonic rock in the vein of the early Genesis or Yes. It all started in the mid-70's when six young men decided to make music. After many rehearsals an own repertoire was available and they managed to play their first gigs. They made a name for themselves providing live accompaniment to Stanley Kubrick´s film "7117" at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival. In 1977 they decided to release an album. The recording was made in the Langendreer sound studio, owned by Günter Henne of Epidaurus. Dietmar Barzen was allowed to make use of the Epidaurus´ mellotron. Soon later the LP "Fly Away" was released, a private pressing of 1000 copies. Unfortunately they had ordered just 600 covers. After selling these, 200 covers with an arrowplane-picture were printed and 200 copies were sold without cover. The original-LP is very rare today, so it was at time, to make an official reissue. 180 gram quality-pressing and including a fine Minotaurus-poster plus one bonus-track. Limited to 500 copies." |
| 4/15/2011 | Mirkwood | Mirkwood | LP | $39.99 | Amber Soundroom | "Mirkwood were from Dover, Kent, in England. They played progressive rock with two guitars and a thought-provoking text. They owed not only to their musical abilities, but also to their capacity of transforming new ideas into music that they were among the leading bands in Kent. Their one and only LP (Flams Ltd. PR 1067) was recorded on 17 January 1973. It still was released in the very same year in a number of only 99 pieces. Thus, today it is worth about 1000¤ when in mint condition. New legal releases appeared on Tenth Planet in 1993, and on Amber Soundroom in 2004." "Mirkwood is a very obscure band from Dover England in the early 70's. This record was originally released in 1973 and has been restored from a pristine vinyl copy as the original master tapes do not exist anymore. The band plays a raw edged guitar driven progressive rock. The opening track has some great guitar work. This track reminds me a bit of Steamhammer. Love's Glass of Sunshine changes things but is also a really cool track with a lot of changes but a strong drive leading into the guitar solo section that goes into a tiny bit of Hendrix like the Wind Cries Mary and then the track slowly builds up again. Amazing song. Just Because is a mellower groovy tune with some jazzy lead guitar. The Leech is a 60's inspired track but they still leave space for a nice acid guitar break here and there. The Vision is a very short track in a similar vein as the previous track. Clockwise is a cool song as well that slowly builds up but is mostly based on just a simple guitar and some cool layers of vocals until the end when he plays some great guitar. Lavendula ends the album and a really great release. You are really lucky if you have the vinyl version of this rare record." |
| 6/27/2009 | Mirrors | Something That Would Never Do | LP | $18.99 | Vilolet Times Records | "Finally! The classic Cleveland, OH sounds from the 70's all on one handy full length- 15 trax, including both sides of the Hearthan 7" single, all but one of the "Those Were Different Times" Scat 10" cuts, and others from "Hands In My Pockets" cd on Overground. It's solid, some might say a "best of" even. All trax recorded '74 and '75. Officially licensed from the band and remastered for the ear by John Golden, includes those cool old school, tip-on jacket covers that most of the record nerds i know love, but don't seem to know what they are. 800 copies, worldwide." |
| 7/16/2006 | Miscarriage | Miscarriage | one-sided LP | $10.99 | Gods of Tundra / American Tapes / Hanson / Chondritic Sound | "THIS ONE-SIDER JUST REPRESSED...AVAILABLE AGAIN....ORIGINALLY A 4-LABEL SPLIT edition of 200 copies...now 400 more copies have been pressed...100 more for each label!! Grab it BEFORE IT HAS TO BE REPRESSED AGAIN!!!!The band that shouldn't have happened.. and kind of didn't. Olson / Dilloway / Connelly / Holger. co-released in a SECOND edition of 400 by HANSON / GODS OF TUNDRA / AMERICAN TAPES / CHONDRITIC SOUND." - Hanson |
| 5/8/2005 | Miss High Heel | Split Wax Cylinder, Inscribed: Beast 661 | CD | $13.99 | No Sides | "One-time-only no wave / grindcore SUPERBAND featuring Tom Smith (TO LIVE & SHAVE IN L.A.) and Marlon Magas (LAKE OF DRACULA) on dual vocals, AZ (SCISSOR GIRLS, BRIDE OF NO NO) on synth, and the metal-era FLYING LUTTENBACHERS as the rhythim section! Recorded live on WZRD FM in Chicago, 1/4/96." |
| 3/22/2010 | Mist | Glowing Net | cassette | $7.99 | Pizza Wagon | Edition of 150 copies. |
| 11/20/2010 | Mist | Glowing Net | LP | $15.99 | Amethyst Sunset | "Vinyl issue of the 2010 cassette release from john elliott (outer space, emeralds) and sam goldberg (radio people, docile dawn). further exploring the zones on the previously released "mist" lp, the duo take it one step further with their electronics unleashing a record which sounds like it could be the soundtrack to an amazing 70's / 80's sci fi movie. the tracks have been remastered for vinyl by james plotkin, and the vinyl lacquer was cut for 45rpm at d+m in berlin." Edition of 750 copies. All copies here are on black vinyl. |
| 5/28/2011 | Mist | House | double LP | $24.99 | Spectrum Spools | "This is the second official full-length offering by Cleveland, Ohio duo Mist featuring Sam Goldberg (of Radio People) and John Elliott (Emeralds, Outer Space, Imaginary Softwoods, etc.) after 2009's self-titled debut effort on Amethyst Sunset. A suite consisting of seven complex, layered compositions shows new progression in composition and melody from the duo. From the lightning-fast, bittersweet crescendo of "Twin Lanes" to the dramatic chord progressions of "I Can Still Hear Your Voice," House is a certain expansion in execution and construction. Tracks like "P.M." put a new take on the long-form Mist style with cryptic alien vocoder and humid pad sounds, while "Mist House" and "Dead Occasion" reveal new, complex territories that will most certainly please fans of the previous Mist recordings. John Elliott: Moog Voyager OS, Roland RS-101, Sequential Circuits Prophet 600, Roland SH-101, Phasers, vocals; Sam Goldberg: Korg Polysix, Univox Minikorg, Multivox MX 202, Dave Smith Instruments Mopho. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin by CGB, March 14th 2011. Mastered by James Plotkin." |
| 8/2/2008 | Mixers by the River | Born With This | CDR | $12.99 | musicyourmindwillloveyou | "Another beautiful dose of sonic abstraction from some of finlands finest. Sami Virtanen and Keijo Virtanen lay down 6 tracks of gentle spacefolk tinged improv and dense cosmic drones to create an ever-changing image of comfortable lossŠminds adrift without fearŠblissed." |
| Miyamoto, Naoaki | Live At 20000V | 7" | $4.99 | Public Eyesore | Recordings from 7.30.2000 | |
| 2/20/2010 | Mizutani, Kimio | A Path Through Haze | LP | $29.99 | Therapeutic Records | "Regarded as one of the absolute best albums from the Japanese 70s scene, this 1971 release by Japanese rock guitar hero Kimio Mizutani is a psychedelic-progressive masterpiece. Tons of fuzz guitar, moog, keys, impressive drumming. Something like a wilder King Crimson." |
| 6/11/2006 | Mlehst | A Puritan Am I | LP | $21.99 | Belief Recordings | "Another new LP, this one has a bit more out-stretched, almost droney sounds, still mixed with sudden bursts of screech noise. Edition of 150 copies. MLEHST (All Brentnall) is a project started in the early 90s with the handmade, defunct, art label Bandaged Hand Produce back with a brand-new CD-R vehicle, Belief Recordings to both re-release former recordings and lost gems as well as new work." |
| 6/11/2006 | Mlehst | As A Man Thinketh, So He is In His Heart | LP | $21.99 | Belief Recordings | "New recordings from this seminal classic UK act. Cut up and looped concrete sounds mixed with some calmer parts. Edition of 150 copies. MLEHST (All Brentnall) is a project started in the early 90s with the handmade, defunct, art label Bandaged Hand Produce back with a brand-new CD-R vehicle, Belief Recordings to both re-release former recordings and lost gems as well as new work." |
| 8/20/2011 | Mo Kolours | EP1: Drum Talking | cassette | $5.49 | Sweat Lodge Guru | "Some records seem to come out of nowhere. Witness this debut EP by the half-Mauritian percussionist & singer Mo Kolours, which unites an array of more familiar influences with the Sega music of his island roots. The rhythms lead the way here, whether the straight percussive workout of Drum Talking or the crafty vocal manipulation that drives the low-slung bump of Biddies, a song that traces an imaginary line between Theo Parrish and Gonjasufi. Dead of Night mines the symbolism of The Beatles' outwardly chirpy Blackbird while his own Bakiraq (like Burt, the songwriter) resembles a soul classic pieced together from fragments around the flickering light of a fire." Vinyl version out of print - edition of 170 tapes. |
| 12/24/2005 | Mocassins | Mocassins | cassette | $6.99 | Skullfucking Tapes | "Headstrong living music collective lead by Clay Ruby and Brad Dixon (white mountains, oxblood reincarnations) Thick forest fog drenched in analog pipe dreams. This is Mocassins' debut co released by SFTrees." |
| 4/23/2003 | Modern Art, The | All Aboard The Mind Train | CD | $12.99 | Gallium Arsenide | Gary Ramon’s pre-Sun Dial band recorded in 1988. “The reissue of All Aboard The Mind Train in 1994 allowed for a reappraisal of The Modern Art's music. Surprisingly, it stands up very well and compares favourably with most of Sun Dial’s output. The characteristic sound of the album is intricate and wild electric guitar set against an acoustic background as exemplified by the opening track One Way Ticket. A heavy sixties influence is apparent in much of the music. Forcefield Blues has a punky surf sound and superb twanging guitar with fx aplenty. Beautiful Place one of the album's highlights, also features surf guitar and garagey vocals while some sneaky oriental sounding passages give the piece a feel of The Thirteenth Floor Elevators. Pictures Rewind and White Sports Car are both heavier pieces, the latter featuring superb fretwork. Stand out track, inevitably, is Mind Train A trippy phased intro with a barrage of fx heralds in the familiar riff, soon joined by pounding bass guitar while the fuzz gets turned up to maximum. This is as good a version as has been committed to vinyl. Not all tracks are this good, a number of them featuring vocals set too far back in the mix, but overall the standard is excellent.” – Chris Williams |
| Modern Whigs | Raped By The Cops | CD | $12.99 | Lost Records | "Their music uses multi-guitars, bass, drums, organ, and synths to produce sounds intentionally confusing. Growling vocals, found sounds, samples, whittles, odd percussion, banjo and spoken parts also found here" | |
| 1/17/2010 | Moerland, Keith | Distorted Mirror Vol. 2 | cassette | $6.99 | Fag Tapes | "It gets more and more fucked up and better and better. it depends on your perspective. looking into the sounds of this shit is reflective and objective. pretend, when you spin this tape, that you are the one creating the sounds you are listening to. hand-painted / numbered sealed edition 25." |
| 9/17/2006 | Moglass, The | Sparrow Juice | CD | $14.99 | Nexsound | "The group under the Moglass came into being in 1997, in Kharkiv / Ukraine. New records of the Moglass are spontaneous improvisations, mostly live records, which by no means always can be called free-noise because sometimes they are very gentle and melodic. Up to date they released 6 full-lengths and various compilation appearances, have collaborations and recordings with Tom Carter (Charalambides), Vanessa Arn (Primordial Undermind), Anla Courtis (Reynols), Andrey Kiritchenko, Kotra. Toured with Jackie O' Motherfucker, My Cat Is An Alien." Melodic passages, improv acoustic and electric guitars, ambient drones and field recordings by Ukrainian trio. |
| 3/26/2006 | Moglass, The | The Moglass | CDR | $12.99 | U-Sound Records | "Barely heard of stateside, these gents have worked before with Tom Carter, now unleashing their terrific, original, drone/improv mastery in a full length record of deep, simmering telepathy...." |
| 2/9/2002 | Moglass, The / Nihil Est Excellence | split | 3" CD | $6.99 | NexSound Records | "This split release of improv experimental post-rock band the Moglass and droning sound collages of musique concrete Nihil Est eXcellence." Here are some more words about this release: "'Guitar' is a tiny noisy intro. 'Agitur' is a droning thing made with layered guitars and basses and it sounds warm and mellow. Third track is 'The Transposition of Letters'. It's a solo guitar and sounds more close to what we do now. Two Nihil Est Excellence tracks are collages made of processed field recordings and they are beautiful." More...I have no idea who The Moglass are, but they have three tracks on this split 3" CDR with Nihil Est Excellence, so each eats about 10 minutes. It seems to me that The Moglass are into sampling. The first piece is called 'Guitar', but I don't think I heard one through the sampled choirs. 'Agitur' may use guitars, but maybe also a violin, plus maybe some sort of computer processing. Or is that the high end distorts. The third track is darkly toned and densely. The prize winning piece of the entire release... Nihil Est Excellence is a guy from Russia who presents us two ambient like recordings, with some dark synths and what could be environmental sounds." |
| 3/21/2007 | MoHa! | Rock / OFF! | 7" | $6.99 | Humbug | "Young and infamous duo consisting of guitarist Anders Hana (Ultralyd and Noxagt) and drummer Morten A. Olsen (Ultralyd, etc)." |
| 1/22/2011 | Mohanna, Nickolas | Optics | CDR | $10.99 | Slow Flow | "Aha, now this is the second thing I've reviewed by this New York multimedia artist, the former being 'Transmission Hue' on Low-Point which I recall enjoying at the time. This gets going nicely with stuttering tones while gradually warmer, thicker layers are introduced. I particularly like the sustained notes which have a most cerebral effect. This really is one to enjoy in a darkened room or with eyes shut as all sorts of colourful visuals can be imagined within the spacious sonic landscape. There are also starker moments, such as 'Hayashi' which recalls folks like Peter Wright etc. Comes in slimline DVD case in an edition of 100 individual copies on Japan's Slow Flow." - Norman Records |
| 6/4/2010 | Mohave Triangles | Astral Holograms | c30 cassette | $7.99 | Digitalis Limited | "it's always exciting when somebody you've never heard of comes along and blows your mind. such is the case with the fantastically-named mohave triangles. hailing from the depths of north carolina, MT cuts to the chase with thick, crunchy synthesizer drones. side a is over-the-top, always at 11, always in the red. he covers the full spectrum, lighting up carolina all the way. perfect listening with your morning coffee - it'll wake up your senses and start the day off right. the flip-side reverses that approach, descending into midnight without a map and ending up lost in the backwoods with nothing but a full-moon and a thousand mosquitoes for a guide. drink the sludge and swallow it down and at the end you're rewarded with a short cosmic journey on lsd-wings. edition of 70." |
| 1/24/2009 | Mohel | Babylon Bypass | LP | $19.99 | Tyfus | "TAKE YOUR DISSONANCE LIKE A MAN. From time to time, I suddenly realise just how differently it is possible to hear exactly same sounds using the exactly same, god-given hearing devices - your ears, that is. Of course, it's never about JUST hearing, it's always linked to what/where/when & why, plus everybody's own personal life experiences & time spent on this planet. But that's another story, although closely related. I'd bet a hefty sum of down-beaten dollars that if you'd play this record to, let's say, one hundred random streetwalkers, maybe 90 of them would call this just some mindless noise, a butt-ugly mess, aural manure - and definitely NOT music at all. And it's very understandable: there are no hooks, no pretty melodies (well there're not even UGLY melodies!), nothing to really hang on to. Oh pity the poor common man. This music thrives on energy and energy alone. Only a very distant cousin to Grandfather Jazz nowadays, I've said this before: this is primal music. (just now, writing this, that image from Kubrick's 2001 w/ those forefathers of today's man banging those bones against each other's skulls came to my mind - and also the towering picture of the monolith, turned into an adjective - MONOLITHIC, that's what this here is.) At the same time this music (and yes, this is very much MUSIC to my ears.) has the sense of something very simple and child-like in its enthusiasm ('Hey Mom, listen to this!') but also something very determinate as a whole, like there's nothing that could stop it once it gets going on all four (or, in this case, FIVE) cylinders. And still, among all the rough edges and spikyness, I can hear the peace and calm, you know the feeling that comes when you know you're doing something completely RIGHT, doing something the only way it can be done. This is not music that can be re-done if something goes 'wrong' (and how can you define 'wrong' in a situation like this? There are no stones to throw.), at least not in the same exact way. Like that old saying about rivers - you can never step into the same one twice. Here, gone, like a passing train. I think I could go on forever about trains & rivers (don't get me started!) but I'll just say: don't take this at face value, there's more than meets the ear here. Give peace a chance, motherfucker." - Tyrone D.C. Washington, Helsinki 17.11.2008 |
| 4/5/2008 | Moisturizer, The | 3 Headed Howl 2 | cassette | $7.99 | Together Tapes | "Second in the Moisturizer's Three Headed Howl series. Heavily blown out tape delay and cassette loops with an ominous underlying beauty present. The whole thing sounds like whaaawhooo and bell tones. Grey zone feedback drone loner visions. Edition of 100 with heavy printed 4C art and mag scrap all over labels." |
| 3/21/2009 | Mokele Mbembe | Mokele Mbembe | CDR | $9.99 | Cut Hands | "Cut Hands headquarters is proud to release the debut album by this Oakland, Cali, band. Lost in a dense fog between Heavy Winged and The Skaters, this outfit jumps from deformed rock moves, acoustic acid and blurry soundscapes to truly fucked up guitarjams and slowjazz voodoo piano. It's an understatement to say that Mokele Mbembe offer a wide array of sounds on this self-titled album, the opener brings up images of tropical sunsets suffering under heavy monsoons while another track feels like a no holds barred, Japrock jamsession, psych guitars meandering into an unknown, mushroom polluted void. And more." 40 copies, housed in plastic sleeves with artwerk by the band. |
| 2/21/2005 | Mokinox | I'm Your Chair | CDR | $9.99 | Chocolate Monk | “Sonic Youth cabin boy Chris Habib gushing out audio tourettes with electronics and voice garble. Word on the street has it that he wheezed this baby out while wearing a full adult sized frog costume, no shit.” |
| 11/17/2007 | Molah | Molah | CDR | $7.99 | American Grizzly | "pure repetitious psychedelic stoner/space rock from france." |
| 9/17/2011 | Mold Omen | Soil | cassette | $6.99 | House of Alchemy | "This Baltimore duo make sounds without category. Power surges, melting audio tape, frayed strings. Uneasy squalls, mad tinkering, tweaking and heavy petting. And that's just the half of it. Late night sounds for the unhealthy." |
| 12/24/2005 | Mollenhauer | Mollenhauer | cassette | $6.99 | Funeral Folk | "Mollenhauer (really great stuff, far out twisted psych flute orchestra)" |
| 6/15/2003 | Molls | Mushroom Live | 3" CD | $10.99 | Hello Good-bye Studio | In 2002 Hiroshi Nar (Les Rallizes Denudes) founded Molls and this cd “catches the quartet at a peak. Nar’s vocals are now gravelled and boozy, his keyboard playing creating a weird nexus between Sun Ra and Ray Manzarek.” - David Keenan, Wire May 2003 |
| 2/11/2004 | Monaghan, Kieran | History Wringing | CDR | $12.99 | Pseudoarcana | "Kieran Monaghan is one of the key figures in the Wellingtons - if not NZs - ‘adventurous music’ scene. A driving force behind NZ punk during the 90s, he currently plays cabaret ‘chamber-punk' as mr sterile, drums for Sunship and various ‘improv’ ensembles, edits the local indymedia zine, and writes voluminous quantities of witty and politically astute poetry. This cdr and booklet document his 1st solo ‘performance’ work. Dedicated to the memory of Alan Brunton (of Red Mole Theatre, with whom Monaghan worked) History Wringing is an intense juxtaposition of percussion, tape noise, and spoken word investigating the issue of colonialisation." |
| Moncur III, Grachan | New Africa | LP | $16.99 | Get Back / BYG | "In this adventurous 1969 recording, released as #21 in the BYG Actuel series, trombonist Moncur matches ideas with altoist Roscoe Mitchell, pianist Dave Burrell, bassist Alan Silva, drummer Andrew Cyrille and (on one of the four pieces) his former boss, tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp. Three of the selections are a bit reminiscent of the John Coltrane Quartet in their modality, but it is during the four movements of the continuous ‘New Africa’ that Moncur can be heard at his dynamic best. Original artwork, deluxe gatefold sleeve, and pressed on 180 gram vinyl." | |
| 3/26/2006 | Mongoloid Men | From The Void | CDR | $9.99 | Chocolate Monk | "For one night only the Mongoloid Men (connelly, olson, young and nyoukis) came lurching into a brighton basement. Cheap beer and indian food in their stomachs, beards and hair full of hash smoke. A swarm of metallic insects shitting debris into ears of those who attended. Horrible, horrible noise." |
| 3/29/2005 | Monks | Black Monk Time | CD | $17.99 | Repertoire | "The Monks' only album is packed with angst anthems on the order of 'Shut Up,' 'I Hate You,' 'Complication,' and 'Drunken Maria'. One of the strangest recordings of all time. The repackage is made all the more appealing with the inclusion of their two later non-LP singles, the live 1966 'Monk Chant,' and a couple of 1965 demos, making it the definitive document of the Monks' recorded legacy." - Richie Unterberger |
| 2/7/2009 | Monks of The Balhill | Ten Ways To Get Out Of The Water | cassette | $5.99 | Peasant Magik | "Vocal mantras, decaying guitars, and found sounds combined in totally refreshing way. Both sides constructed from similar pieces, but distinctive enough to show the endless stream of ideas pouring from these two Vincents. Made with love, guitars, wind instruments, field recordings, and tigers. Art by Adriane Dalton." Edition of 100 |
| 2/20/2010 | Monofonicorchestra | musicdesign | CD | $19.99 | Alga Marghen | "Monofonicorchestra is not a disc recorded in mono / is not ambient music / is not funky / is not experimental music / is not funny / Monofonicorchestra is not avant-garde / is not pop / is not op / is not dada / Monofonicorchestra is not fashion / is not hard-core / is not horror / is not Frigidaire was writing Maurizio Marsico at 10h20 on wednesday, december 23rd, 1981. A country: Italy. Several countries: Italies. Late seventies, early eighties. The ether of punk is in everyone's nose and disco virus invades even the most reticent legs. New-wave for sure rules the underground. Neo dandyism attitude applied to the italian post-rock era; Dolce Vita with a dreamed revolution in the background. United Countries of Italy! Bologna and the Confusional Quartet, Gaznevada, The Stupid Set. Not to forget the Naif Orchestra from Florence and all trans-borders adventurous navigators such as Piermario Ciani, Vittore Baroni (Lieutenant Murnau, Trax), the members of the musical theatre Magazzini Criminali. The vivid eclecticism of the above mentioned is to be compared to the aesthetic manifesto of the AtaTak crew from Düsseldorf (Der Plan, DAF, Tödliche Doris, Pyrolator). or the Vanity label japanese explorers (Tolerance, Aunt Sally, Normal Brain, BGM, RNA Organism). These bands were not leading the italo disco movement neither were they really punk or industrial nor waving cold-wave banners. They went off the industrial darkness adolescent like romanticism to assert humor, may it be black, as a revolutionary weapon throbbing over the ruins of radicalism. It's getting cold in here. The dreams have moved toward conscious needs: the desperate hope of having fun. And so is the Monofonicorchestra. The music of Maurizio Marsico is repetitive music. Mi. La. Short pieces 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,... Every record Marsico makes is a conceptual sequence of drawings. Casual Casio-jazz cartoon soundtrack like. There is nothing to decipher here, it's all given already, all referenced. The appearances are pleasant and you get trapped into the depth of some cynical easy listening rhizome where ZNR merges with Steve Reich and Blue Gene Tiranny. Indeed, it has something of the Lovely Music elegance. First pressing limited to 500 copies with full color digipack sleeve. Also including a 12 page full color booklet with original graphics, photos as well as liner notes by Samon Takahashi." |
| 12/24/2003 | Monolab | Home World | CDR | $11.99 | Droning On Records | "Some people have noted a similar plain being travelled by Monolab and Maso Yamazaki’s Space Machine. Monolab’s love for old synths and all things cosmic and spacey are contained on this cdr for all to hear. Home World contains dying worlds, machines screaming out and in return answering these cries while searching for lost worlds and planets. Get lost with the sonic bleeps, sweeps, and swooshes. Edition of 100 copies." |
| 12/24/2003 | Monolab | Signals From Space | CDR | $11.99 | Droning On Records | “Monolab’s love of space travel, alien lifeforms, robots and 50’s/60’s B-movie sci-fi soundtracks… still fills the air. With this release, on his own cdr label, this three track cosmic mini-album, it would be very easy to imagine you were hearing long lost messages and signals from far off galaxies. Minimal synth bleeps, sweeping electronic sounds, and far away sonic tones. Edition of 100 copies.” |
| 8/17/2009 | Monopoly Child and Black Joker Star | Nightlife on Horseback | cassette | $14.99 | Pacific City Cassettes | "This set of recordings represents Monopoly Child and Black Jokers travel experiences in UPPUAA, and their constant recognitions of hallucinations design during Night and Day. Night music." |
| 8/17/2009 | Monopoly Child Star Seachers | Aqueducts of Channel Island | cassette | $14.99 | Pacific City Cassettes | "Bamboo water stick percussion prepared for aqueduct travelling on the main island." |
| 2/15/2011 | Monopoly Child Star Searchers | Bamboo For Two | LP | $17.99 | Olde English Spelling Bee | "A Nights Creativity. A Parroted Companions guided tour to the most Romantic details of a Jungles sensbility. Imagine the elements of your most recent landscaped vision coming to life and allowing you to witness a hearts perception of the natural world. Charles Berlitz has reported this eventful experience in the form of a Romantic Poem, and the Star Searchers have invented the soundtrack. Olde English Spelling Bee and Pacific City Sound Visions invite the listener to experience the first Studio album in Pacific Citys history! Featuring James Ferraro as Rocco Martini, Lieven Martens of Dolphins Into the Future, and Eva Van Deuren of Orphan Fairytale; Playing the most exotic keyboard melodies this side of a Parrots hotly lit Plumage. This album is the first in series of Romantic Audio recordings that will later include the titles: "Make Mine, Macaw" and "The Garnet Tucan". Do enjoy the excitement of this one of kind journey to Pacific Citys Nightlife and relax your minds physical limitations...." - OESB. |
| 4/11/2008 | Monopoly Child Star Searchers | Gitchii Manitou (12 step Retrance Program for Troubled Dreamwarriors) | CDR | $9.99 | Pacific City | New (2007) album from Spencer Clark of The Skaters, the second broadcast of his Monopoly Child power visioning. Helium-inflected gamelan sonorities create dancing chains of thudding African percussion somewhere between Whitehouse's Racket, the endless rhythmic torrents of Frank Lowe's Black Beings and Terry Riley's all-night tape modulations." - Volcanic Tongue. Originally issued on cassette, these are now available in a very limited edition on cdr. |
| 4/11/2008 | Monopoly Child Star Searchers | Infant Spirituality Rates Coconut Percent | CDR | $9.99 | Pacific City | "Brand new 2008 CD from Spencer Clark of The Skaters' solo Monopoly Child project. The arc of these new jams seems to be focussed more on the flashing, hallucinatory component of combined percussive levitations and infinite keyboard flow, with Spencer's liquid synth logic generating huge ectoplasmic though-forms that are then ritually processed using infinite mathematical re-statements of time in order to more closely mirror the onset of classic hypnagogic states. Terry Riley's Persian Surgery Dervishes still feels like the closest reference point but it sounds more like a hallucinatory remembering of the endlessly reproductive and organic aspects of Riley's universal vision. Front cover artwork featuring a temple opening up to the stars provides the perfect visual corollary. Closer to the live Vodka Soap 'jungle' rituals than anything else he has recorded to date, this is one of his most psychedelic and fully immersed sides and is another necessary instalment on one of the most accelerated evolutions in modern punk primitive avant-thought. Recommended." - Volcanic Tongue. |
| 4/11/2008 | Monopoly Child Star Searchers | Mandala Levitations | CDR | $9.99 | Pacific City | Late 2007 recordings from Spencer Clark of The Skaters (Vodka Soap, too). "The presentation and actualization of patterned symbols for integration within the communities temple (MIND). Cyclical meditations as informed by the temples organ pipes 5665, 3773, 275572, 14633641, goodbye. For the forms of the symbolic mind and that of the physical to act in togetherness and to hallucinate this phenomenon amongst the stars. To be experienced under the influence of MSG." Originally issued on cassette, these are now available in a very limited edition on cdr. |
| 1/24/2009 | Monopoly Child Star Searchers | Prince Of Parrot Shooters | CDR | $11.99 | Pacific City | "Solo project of Spencer Clark of The Skaters/Vodka Soap/Black Joker et al. It follows the heavily rhythm-based arc of the last few Monopoly Child sides, but there's more of a squealing fourth world modal quality to the brain-levitating sonics, with what could almost be field recordings of Eurasian folk-trance rituals pitch-shifted into drone-grade lo-fi exotica and accompanied by tweaked repeating melodies and minimalist codes. Comes with liners from Charles Berlitz." - Volcanic Tongue. Recommended! |
| 4/11/2008 | Monopoly Child Star Searchers | Start Levitating Now! | CDR | $9.99 | Pacific City | "New limited self-released set of ritual soundtracks from Spencer Clark of The Skater et al. This one is heavier on the percussive figures, with almost Moroccan-style intersecting drum circles and dunting melodies illuminated with shadowy melodic forms, the warp of primitively cranked cassette and a smear of pipes, F/X and helium inflections." - Volcanic Tongue. "Levitation for reconfiguration of star charts as limboed vertical paralleld light beams bevelled for vocalizers meditation mediation towards levitation facilitated new star charts for the development of life cycled community spiritualization...within a parroted starred nightlife as levitation provokes the fourth planed mind of symbol meditations to your coconuts content, pacific city..." Originally issued on cassette, these are now available in a very limited edition on cdr. |
| 3/29/2005 | Monosov, Ilya | Architectures on Air and Other Works | CD (enhanced) | $15.99 | Elevator Bath | “Elevator Bath proudly presents the first full-length CD from Ilya Monosov. Architectures on Air and Other Works is a challenging collection of recordings, perfectly summarizing the various interests of this inventive sound artist. The range of these works is tremendous: From harsh intensity to gorgeous drone to virtual silence, concluding with the deeply affecting title track. Monosov recorded three of the six pieces presented here as solo works, while the other half are collaborations. Two of these collaborative tracks feature conceptual sound artist Civyiu Kkliu (Banned Productions) and the third includes the work of veteran electronic composer Larry Polansky (Frog Peak). Architectures on Air and Other Works displays the fruits of several years' worth of activity, and though each piece is distinct in concept and execution, the album offers a solid block of organic sound, compelling from beginning to end. In addition to the stunning audio work, this enhanced CD also features two QuickTime movie files of Monosov's sound performances (about 18 minutes of material). Ilya Monosov's sound works have been released by Bremsstrahlung, Eclipse, & Elevator Bath. Packaged inside two elegant printed sleeves of 100% recycled paper, this compact disc has been issued in an edition of 330 copies.” |
| 11/4/2006 | Monosov, Ilya | Solo Cello #1 For Charles Curtis | CD | $12.99 | "For the 40th anniversary of Fluxus exhibit, my friend Marc Schulz was working with Ben Patterson on an installation piece, to which he asked me to make a contribution. I created a photographic sheet music score presented as ‘Music Everyday’, which comprising of different elements, recorded by me, created a sounding picture / sheet music that was to be used for ‘Solo Cello #1 For Charles Curtis’. When I asked Charles Curtis to perform this piece, he asked me to compose a text explaining my relationship to the pictures, which I include herein. “Photographs allow my ideas to lay flat - The beauty with which things happen around us is missed by those attempting to search for it with ridiculous vigor; to look up at a thin wire resembling ‘notation’ is an experience if one relaxes enough to understand the irrational precision with which nature creates unpredictable and random events – the beauty of endings, beginnings, love and violence, of irrational thinking, and of birds sitting on an electrical wire – the feeding source for our various pursuits, a balance for the bird’s view of the ground, the motion of decay…The blue color of the sky and the shape and texture of the sky - Blue is the color of the sea and the color of the sky – largeness, irrationality, borderless-ness, and perceived repetition which is cut into shape by the shadow lines of the electrical wires which smoothly transmit the cloud shapes towards the end of each photograph. After looking at various patterns for a prolonged time, the mind forms meanings,& shapes while searching for context. Music, like photographs of the sky, practices the mind and feeds our primordial passion, which to some degree is the passion for order and decay." - Ilya Monosov. We decided to cut the score into 5 separate sheets, which were then interpreted by Charles Curtis resulting in the recorded work herein. "When Ilya Monosov handed me the score which he wished me to realize, i was relieved that it revealed a complete absence of composerly attributes; it struck me as an honest, an entirely sincere parallel reconfiguring in pictorial, or spatial form, of the disposition of sounds and sound states, and the feelings that inhere in sounds...in response to the photographs and their airy, sky-directed orientation, i created a group of airy, diffuse, diaphanous, unfocused cello sounds, using the extended corpus of the cello as a unified vibrational field, and expressing the point at which cello sound production breaks up into unspecific matter, or diffuses, freeing itself of singular pitch or any other characteristics lending specificity... i organized these sound states into a continuum from extremely diffuse to not so diffuse, the least diffuse being a high artificial harmonic played sul ponticello (and this the only sound actually played conventionally on a string)... we agreed the most diffuse was to be silence... therefore, including silence, i had at my disposal an incremental set or pallette of eleven sound states...applied to the score, we agreed that, read from bottom to top, the most widely spaced sky-strips, as figuratively admitting the largest volume of air, be assigned the most diffuse sounds; and the narrowest the least diffuse... durations were determined by taking a visual average of the faintness of the two wires delineating a sky strip, with the most faintly delineated strips the longest durations, the most boldly the shortest... to this end ilya monosov provided a scale of five durations, in seconds 20, 30, 45, 80, 100... thus with five durations and eleven sound states i identified seventy-one separate events and played them accordingly...of course even diffuse sounds yield pitch content, and the (faint) pitch relationships are relational... only one though is the result of choice: the high artificial harmonic i selected to duplicate as nearly as possible the (unstable) high d-sharp of the tailpiece wire...in the case where two consecutive sky-strips are, equally, the most widely spaced in a series, and are additionally both framed by the faintest lines, as indeed once occurs, the result will be two consecutive long silences, with no audible separation...the sounds are neither processed nor manipulated in any way, and the recording is a single take played to a close condenser microphone onto analog tape..." - Charles Curtis (2004). Some notes about the tracks on the cd: 1. ‘Solo Cello #1 For Charles Curtis’ - Interpreted and Performed by Charles Curtis in the year of 2004. Composed By Ilya Monosov For the Fluxus 40th Anniversary Exhibit. Recorded and Mixed by Preston Swirnoff at The Habitat in San Diego, CA with assistance from Roy Silverstein. All sound recorded live in one take with no multitracking or layering of any kind. Limited one time edition of 500 copies. | |
| 11/4/2006 | Monosov, Ilya / Preston Swirnoff | Recorded Works Vol. 3 | LP | $11.99 | Eclipse | "California sound artists Ilya Monosov and Preston Swirnoff return with two more sonic labyrinths stretched over disparate terrain. As on their previous albums, Monosov and Swirnoff cast boundaries to the wind. Disillusioned and wise to the ways of the world, the duo not only succeeds in propping up the shambolic planet they created on Recorded Works Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, but also in soaring toward the furthest reaches of distant suns. Blurring the line between composition and improvisation, these new installments are rare, unearthed gems. Volume 3 begins with dancing shadows and acoustic myopia. Monosov's minimal vocals lead Swirnoff's piano ramblings deeper into the cerebral maze, inadvertently finding the best route out. Setting off the shaky delicacy of the opener and Side A closer, "Repeat Again" (with enchanting vocals from Naomi) are the raucous, industrial rhythms of "Snake Lust" and "Fly Away." The Indian-inspired drones of "With Charles Curtis" top the whole thing off with cinematic splendor. Monosov and Swirnoff manage to seamlessly mesh these ideas into a cohesive whole." - Brad Rose. Edition of 500 copies. |
| 11/4/2006 | Monosov, Ilya / Preston Swirnoff | Recorded Works Vol. 4 | LP | $11.99 | Eclipse | "California sound artists Ilya Monosov and Preston Swirnoff return with two more sonic labyrinths stretched over disparate terrain. As on their previous albums, Monosov and Swirnoff cast boundaries to the wind. Disillusioned and wise to the ways of the world, the duo not only succeeds in propping up the shambolic planet they created on Recorded Works Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, but also in soaring toward the furthest reaches of distant suns. Where Volume 3 is steeped in elegiac drones and tones, Volume 4 turns off the main road and heads toward a fuzzed-out oblivion. This record is actually a split between the Monosov/Swirnoff duo and their band Habitat Sound System. Opener "Needle's Eye" throws back to Side B of Volume 2 and another Monosov/Swirnoff band, The Shining Path. With spaced-out hints of Les Rallizes Denudes, this is a cosmic transport into the stratosphere. The other duo track, "Desire Sings Just One True Song," is the antithesis of "Needle's Eye." Unplugged and methodic, it unfolds like an impulsive narrative where the ending seems as unlikely as the storyline. Organic drones of hurdy gurdy, harmonic, and bowed banjo meander over streams of abstract percussion. It pours perfectly into a dub-infused rhythm that closes out the side. Habitat Sound System pick up this theme with impressive ease with four tracks straight from the Kingston underground. Smoke-filled jams sound as though they've been hibernating all winter complete with horns, synthesizers, organs, and more. In the Habitat Sound System, it never rains, only shines." - Brad Rose. Edition of 500 copies. |
| 3/29/2005 | Monosov, Ilya / Preston Swirnoff | Seven Recorded Works (Volume 1) | LP | $11.99 | Eclipse | "The sound of two souls, all alone in claustrophobically infinite space. These two volumes see disenchanted Californians Ilya Monosov and Preston Swirnoff whittling out their own autonomous spaces far from the surf and sun, then climbing in and nailing the door firmly shut behind them. Seven Recorded Works comes over like someone has leached the spirits of Ennio Morricone, Eric Satie and Pauline Oliveros, stuffed them in a leaky wooden barrel, and set them rolling out to sea on a spring riptide. Uncertain, hesitant piano and melodica miniatures undercut with the evil drone of harmonica and hurdy-gurdy. It's a creaking and queasy trip, guaranteed to heave underwater, piratical nightmares out of some long suppressed substream of your subconscious." - Alan Cummings. "Our collaborative effort is our search for new models for what people call 'song', 'improvisation', 'dub', and 'composition'. The first volume documents a difficult pairing, I play Hurdy Gurdy and Harmonica, Preston Swirnoff plays piano and organ. I used a harmonica on the last day of our Blues sessions, and with that we ended the recording of Volume 1. We would like to thank Ed Hardy for offering us creative freedom over a span of four vinyl records, the last of which we plan to record in 2005." - Ilya Monosov (2005). Edition of 500 copies. |
| 3/29/2005 | Monosov, Ilya / Preston Swirnoff | Two Recorded Works (Volume 2) | LP | $11.99 | Eclipse | "Two Recorded Works opens in equally brooding, cinematic fashion with Swirnoff's 'air organ' slow gasping its weighted way through magenta dust-clouds of bowed guitar. Later, sea-shanty bellows underscore the spectral traces of whistles and ghosted vocals and whistles to particularly melancholic effect. But the final side, credited to Monosov and Swirnoff's rock unit The Shining Path, is a whole other kettle of herring. It rockets upwards into the fuzzed out expansive zones of the Rallizes sound, but is tethered to an on-edge, speedfreak shake of a Suicide rhythm, just too fast for comfort. Bliss handily circumvented, higher mind tied to delerium tremens. I think they're trying to tell us something…" - Alan Cummings. "Time passed, and we began recording Volume 2 which contains our experiments with song form and our rock band, The Shining Path. We would like to thank Ed Hardy for offering us creative freedom over a span of four vinyl records, the last of which we plan to record in 2005." Ilya Monosov (2005). Edition of 500 copies. |
| 3/20/2008 | Monosov, Ilya E. | Seven Lucky Plays, Or How To Fix Songs For A Broken Heart | CD | $14.99 | Language of Stone | "Ilya E. Monosov’s Seven Lucky Plays, Or How To Fix Songs For A Broken Heart is Monosov’s private celebration of the human experience and are based on his poems and stories written from 1996-2007. His early exposure to Russian dissident culture greatly affected his life and art. Influenced from a young age by his parents’ passion for literature, art, and poetry; as well as by the music of Vladimir Vysotsky, Alexander Galich, Leonard Cohen, Coltrane, Miles Davis, and African American folk music traditions (blues and gospel), Monosov’s picked acoustic guitar and voice arrangements were recorded at Hexham Head by Greg Weeks (of Espers), and feature strings by Margaret Weink (Fern Knight), mandolin and harp by Jesse Sparhawk, and electric guitar by Weeks." |
| Monotract / Gang Wizard | split | 7" | $9.99 | Blackbean & Placenta | Recordings from 1998 - one copy in stock. | |
| 11/21/2008 | Monseré, Annelies | Somewhere Someone | 7" | $6.99 | Morc | "Her first 'official' solo-output since 2005 -after collabs with jessica bailiff and birch book. pretty much focussing on organ sounds and harmonics, in her unique style: scarce, minimal and haunting tracks. Somewehere Someone is probably more dark and droning than previous works. ltd to 185 copies, comes in handwritten and handstamped sleeves." |
| 6/1/2002 | Monster Island | Dream Tiger | CD | $12.99 | The End Is Here | “Dream Tiger is a 13 song CD album by the Detroit area group Monster Island. This is their first album since the 1996 LP recording From the Michigan Floor on Ecstatic/Yod. Principal artists are Cary Loren (Destroy All Monsters) Warn Defever (His Name is Alive) Erika Hoffman (x-Godzuki) and Matt Smith (Outrageous Cherry, Volebeats). Monster Island is an acid/folk project that began in 1995. Their new album features a mixture of ethnic folk instruments: (Oud, Sitar, Tanpura, Harmonium, Shakuhachi, Djembe, Gamelon Gendèr and African percussion) mixed with traditional (Guitars, Bass, Violin, Flute, Drums) and novelty sounds: (Chinese organ, Water harp, Mini-moog, Toy piano, gongs).” |
| Monster Island with John Sinclair | Peyotemind | CD | $12.99 | The End Is Here | "Inside a found 1963 student notebook written by John Sinclair was poetry and an essay written while under the influence of peyote. This work became the main 33 minute title track for the Peyotemind CD, an improvisation recorded by Monster Island with vocals added later by the author John Sinclair. An early and important contribution to psychedelic literature Peyotemind was recorded in one take in the fall of 2000. Included are two other Monster Island improvisations Ganges Dawn and Eternal Now - an homage to Alice Coltrane with Otto Kontrol on Rebab." | |
| 12/24/2005 | Monteiro, Alfredo Costa | Stylt | CDR | $12.99 | Absurd | "created using pick ups on turntables, alfredo costa monteiro, surprises us once more with the powerful drone/harsh improvised nature of this recording offering us 4 stunning explorations. those familiar with his unique solo work or the bizarre universe of cremaster will certainly love this release, those unfamiliar will find a sonic world to discover..." Edition of 99 copies. |
| Montgomery, Roy | Particle/Wave | 7" | $4.99 | Varispeed | Summer 1998 release of 2 tracks recorded from January to March 1996 | |
| Montgomery, Roy / Chris Heaphy | True | CD | $12.99 | kranky | Two members of Dissolve using guitars to create beautiful sounds | |
| 3/6/2011 | Monypeny, Derek | Don't Bring Me Down, Bruce | LP | $15.99 | Raheem | "I've never been one of those armchair sound-travelers myself. Say the words "world music" and it immediately conjures up a specific, neutron-bomb-worthy scenario in my mind, involving a jester's hat, a farmer's market, and a pan-pipe enema. So it's strange that I find myself drawn to this LP of all-instrumental solo oud recordings by Derek Monypeny, the first-ever release on his new Raheem label. It's doubly surprising that I care at all about this thing given Monypeny's credentials. Apparently he is a former member of the bands Oaxacan and Sir Richard Bishop's Freak Of Araby Ensemble (whoever that is - I guarantee you they're no Lothar And The Hand People). And get this - in 2009 he put out a solo double cassette on the Weird Forest label. The last time I had a got-damn cassette tape in my hand, it said "Billy Idol" on it and I was throwing it across the room at my little sister. Anyway - this guy seems to be the exact model of "underground" buffoon who spends all his mom's money on effects pedals for his hella weird jams (of course they're "jams," and "rad" ones at that) - and yet he's made something genuinely intriguing here. Side 1 consists of six very stark, intimate composed pieces. Almost as if Jandek took a trip to Mississippi via Istanbul and Calcutta, but had somebody help him get tuned up first. Real loner atmosphere here, authentic ache, no steel drums in sight. Side 2 is made up of two long, tranced-out hunks of what the late Mr. Vliet once dubbed "psychedelic Bromo-Seltzer." The last song, "Sobek" is an ecstatic 12-minute-plus undersea raga with crazed percussion, everything run through a severe phase-wah wringer that will scatter seeds and stems all over your study. To sum up: This is one of those out-of-nowhere, higher-minded head scratchers that everybody loves. I salute Mr. Monypeny, and hope that Jeff Lynne lends him that spaceship from the Out Of The Blue tour sooner rather than later." -Bix Glanz, The Yellow Front Journal, spring 2011 |
| 1/24/2009 | Moon | Tales of Long Dead Ladies | CD | $14.99 | Interregnum | "Don't be deterred by the cryptic Tales of Long Dead Ladies title, and don't think Moon's album is a merciless blast of punishing noise either. Instead, it's a thirty-four-minute collection is moodscaping of a particularly strong vintage. The group's the brainchild of DDN who, on this recording, is ably assisted by singer Chandra Murray (words for three songs derive from poems by Emily Dickinson, Letitia E Landon, and Jennifer Jacobs-the first two filling the "long dead ladies" bill while the third is "still alive and dreaming"); born in 2000, Moon lists eight albums (on CDR and net labels) in its discography. DDN regards Moon as his adult tribute to the soundtracks of his childhood nightmares, one he characterizes as "Mahavishnu Orchestra remixed by Merzbow," and his attempt at re-imagining what "the music of the future would sound like back in 1976," when DDN was seven. In a distinctive move, bass guitar often assumes the lead instrumental role with Murray's vocals and rippling sheets of electronic and synthetic waves swelling alongside it (guitars, organ, and theremin also figure into Moon's music-making). The seductive opener "My Life in Ruins," a celestial cloud where bass guitar meditations drift through windswept atmospherics of electronics, synths, and the breathy sweep of Murray 's angelic voice, pulls the listener in immediately. In the folk traditional-styled meditation, "Shall I Ever Fall," Murray 's intonation of Dickinson 's words ("Good-bye to the life I used to live / and the world I used to know") echoes through a mass of guitar stratospherics until they eventually drown within it. Roasted guitars burn through the funereal "Dreams Dreaming" and nightmarish "Dream Monsters" (Sleep little gargoyle / Dreaming of worlds / Sleep 'til the stars all make sense") while phantom whispers murmur and electronic noises seethe. There's a somnambulant quality to Moon's music, as if the tracks are audio transcriptions made when DDN's asleep. The music drifts hazily in and out of focus, with voices and electronics ebbing and flowing throughout. Though Moon's sound is disorienting and mildly turbulent too, Tales of Long Dead Ladies nevertheless impresses for the subtle and nuanced handling of its material." - textura.org, November 2008 |
| 5/16/2010 | Moon Duo | Catch As Catch Can b/w Set It On Fire | 7" | $8.99 | Agitated | "San Francisco's Moon Duo feature the combined forces of Wooden Shjips' Erik Johnson and Sanae Yamada. Led by, 'Catch As Catch Can', a blistering sonic stew and b/w the a cover of the Scientists' classic speaker burner "Set It On Fire". Taking threads from the fabric of Loop, Neu, Silver Apples, the PSF canon and the Red Eye /Black Eye label oeuvre the band weave a tapestry of droning motorik rock noise." Edition of 1000 copies from UK label. |
| 2/20/2010 | Moon Duo | Escape | LP | $13.99 | Woodsist | "San Francisco's Moon Duo was formed in 2009 by SANAE YAMADA and ERIK JOHNSON (WOODEN SHJIPS). Inspired initially by the legendary John Coltrane and Rashied Ali, Moon Duo counts such variant groups as Silver Apples, Royal Trux, Moolah, Suicide, and Cluster as touchstones. Utilizing primarily guitar, keyboards, percussion, and vocals, the pair plays space against form to create a primordial and disorienting sonic stew. They released two acclaimed records in 2009: the Love on the Sea 12-inch single on Sick Thirst and the Killing Time EP on Sacred Bones. Escape, their debut long-player on Woodsist, marks the fullest realization yet of the young group's evolving sound." |
| 10/31/2009 | Moon Duo | Killing Time | 12" | $14.99 | Sacred Bones | "Moon Duo is a project of Wooden Shjips guitarist and singer Ripley Johnson. Under the Moon Duo moniker, Johnson and collaborator Sanae Yamada create expansive Krautrock influenced tapestries of warm cascading fuzz and controlled feedback, organ, and accenting keyboard. This four song 12-inch is the second release and incorporates a much more concise, composed and driving sound than before. The Duo expand on ideas only hinted at on the Sick Thirst 12-inch (which is already long gone) adding a driving drum machine beat behind the thick walls of layered sound. Don’t sleep on this one." |
| 4/27/2011 | Moon Duo | Mazes | CD | $12.99 | Sacred Bones | "We are thrilled to present the newest long-player from psych prodigies Moon Duo. For just over two years now Ripley Johnson (Wooden Shjips) and Sanae Yamada have been burning up the scene with their propulsive beats and compelling acid washed shows. Formed in San Francisco, the duo recently relocated to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. This record, however, was cut in Berlin. Certainly the most pop-oriented batch of songs the band has ever delivered, Mazes, reveals a more accessible vocal delivery and song structure that is sure to appeal to a wide audience not necessarily well-versed in the psych underground. The concepts of minimalism, expansion through repetition and sensory distortion are all still here and the dynamic interplay between Ripley's guitar and Sanae's keyboard continue to push this band and genre into uncharted territory. An unexpected and deadly follow-up to their critically acclaimed EP, Killing Time and prior release for Woodsist." |
| 2/7/2009 | Moon Pie | Moon Pie EP | CDR | $7.99 | Moon Pie features Alison and Michael from Death Chants. The live band sometimes features fellow ex-Death-Chanter Paul, now of the recording projects Aswara and Muntjac. "The music is psychedelic, prismachromatic, and pan-galactic, with inspiration drawn variously from shoegaze, folk, Vaudeville, and Albanian urban lyric song of the 1930's, all presented in a collagey psych/dreampop context. The EP has 6 tracks and is 21 minutes long. Each copy is packaged in an individually collage-decorated clothbound cover." | |
| 3/27/2004 | Moon Trotskij | I Fell But Andromeda Rose to the Stars | CD | $19.99 | Countryman Records | “The Artist: Moon Trotskij is the alter-ego of one cosmically inclined sub-human being known to close friends as Henrik Oja. Pete Frame and others may recognize Henrik’s name off some too-psychedelic release by The Spacious Mind, where he’s been residing since the beginning of time. ‘I fell But Andromeda Rose To The Stars’ is his first solo album, though he threatens to have twelve follow-ups ready to go. The Music: Ah, here comes the tricky bit. How do you describe something that seemingly has no beginning nor end? Something that flows down ancient universal paths with the grace of the Holy Bird Of Rejijahal only to suddenly be interrupted by the thunderous power of the rumbling mountains of the Great North, as they reach further and further into what Man call sky, but Moon Trotskij calls home. Or, it could just be said that this CD contains enough pretty melodies, heavy riffs, folky chord progressions, and ambient electronics to carry you away at will. Add a fair load of his trademark ripping guitar solos and you get the sense that this is not so much an album as it is…something else. The Other: No, that’s too soon to give away…in the head of Moon Trotskij, the future looks amazingly out-there. Regards, B.C. Wolff (B.C. Wolff carries black and white magic in his pants and trusts the animals to save his mind)” |
| Moon, Chris | World Without Sound | CDR | $1.99 | Last Visible Dog | "Recorded in the fall of 1996 on a reel to reel machine, using primarily shortwave radio and a simple analog keyboard, WWS is an early glimpse of what would evolve into Yermo during the next two years. Appearing originally on a 60 minute cassette, Chris presented each thirty minute side as a window; cutting off where the tape ended (or began), indicating his belief that any beginnings or ending in his music was arbitrary. Part two did not cut off at the end but concluded with a short stretch of static; the end of that night's transmission. As a selling point (?) the album was dedicated to David Tudor, who had passed away during the month in which WWS was pieced together. After it's initial release, WWS was heralded by Eclipse Records as Chris's best release, and both artist and album disappeared into obscurity. 65 minutes, Mono (!)" Recommended! | |
| 3/26/2006 | Moon, The | In Phase | LP | $24.99 | Nasoni | "'In Phase' is the first Moon album. It is dedicated to one of the most remarkable but almost forgotten bands to come from Sweden. The band was founded in 1995 in Stockholm by Fredrik Rönnqvist and other members of the today well known band QOPH. The following two years saw The Moon developing their very special and unique definition of experimental progressive psychedelic rock inspired by mystery and darkness, with it's roots in the early 70's. The results were recorded in three studio sessions. They present The Moon at their peak, and unfortunately it was not to last. In 1998 The Moon were no more and their musical legacy had been locked away from the public for almost a decade. But now it's definate time to let The Moon shine again. This time on delicious vinyl to please your ears and mind." Edition of 500 copies - 100 on colored vinyl - which these are. |
| 4/24/2006 | Moonlanding | untitled | 7" | $25.99 | AA Records | One-sided square lathe cut 7" from Nate Young's (Wolf Eyes) AA label. |
| 6/19/2007 | Moonmilk | Hidden Speech | cassette | $6.99 | DNT | "Lia Tsamoglou and Kell Derrig-Hall make up this Australian drone duo. Umm..tape effects and dronescapes. partial field recordings? If I were good at writing descriptions I'd write like 10 pages on how good this tape is..but uh, yeah.. Anyway, crazy swirly intricate black and white cover art design by Zachary Fleming (who also comprises 100% of the project Nomen Dubium) in a DIY shrinkwrapped case with label-maker labels and red cassettes. Hand-numbered and limited to 100 copies. 'Poof!" |
| 5/14/2007 | Moonmilk | The World Creaks | CDR | $9.99 | Spanish Magic | "A concoction of weird distorted sounds made up by various keyboards, tapes and microphones all collide to create tension in the form of extended circular drone/noise pieces. Haunting!" |
| 3/2/2008 | Moore / Moore | split | LP | $20.99 | Nihilist | "A collossal meeting of the Moores! Thurston Moore (Ecstatic Peace label dude and Sonic Youth frontman) goes head to head with Graham Moore (TLASILA, Black Meat and Blossoming Noise label CEO) for a no holds barred noise attack! Thurston delivers a scathing 24 minute opus of gut twisting skin scraping skree. Graham takes a more collage style approach to his side using everything from body belching to a touch of classical avant abstract. Initial pressing of 500 copies of marbled 140 gram vinyl with pro-pressed jackets." |
| 11/19/2003 | Moore, Gene | Carnival of Souls (Original Score) | CD | $13.99 | Birdman | "Some real nice data recovery here - lots of Gene Moore’s bizarrely played but nevertheless heavily scary organ music rescued from old acetates, plus a bunch of creepomatic dialogue from ‘a story so unusual it will burn itself into your mind.’ With liner notes by screenwiter John Clifford and bonus tracks (producer-director Herk Harvey putting a little perspective on the whole thing and music recorded for the film that went unused)." One copy available. |
| 4/1/2003 | Moore, George | Plastic Flowers | LP | $12.99 | Ecstatic Peace | "George Moore lives in Connecticut. He is the 20 year old son of Ecstatic Peace recording artist Gene Moore (we released his far-out Twisting Wires CD last summer 2001 - Gene Moore is the older brother of Thurston Moore who runs Ecstatic Peace.) Regardless of these obvious bloodline connections George Moore's musical world should, would and could easily creep into the living underground on its own mystic merits. He recorded these instrumental pieces at some point in early 2001 and issued them privately in an edition smaller than Albini's dick. The music therein is an amalgamation of spurious signals wholly independent though readings and mis-readings of John Fahey, Whitehouse and Jackie-O Motherfucker are in probable detection. The basement aura of this session will appeal to anyone even slightly aroused by the aforementioned troika. Ecstatic Peace will continue to release artifacts from the Moore boys and their Connecticut ‘Nutmeg State of Mind’ environmental joob. Forthcoming will be another session by Gene Moore this time LP only. And an LP by Daniel Moore on one side and Daniel and Gene on the flip. ltd. edition: 400 copies for sale." |
| 5/29/2008 | Moore, Steve | Demo 2003 | LP | $26.99 | Hlava | "You may have already heard Steve Moore's work as one-half of the unbelievably awesome prog-rock instrumental duo Zombi, or through his phenomenal first solo-album called "The Henge" (Relapse/Static Caravan, 2007). Now Moore gives us "Demo 2003," a re-issue of his first solo recordings from the turn of the millenium. In contrast to Zombi's tightly structured progressive epics, "Demo 2003" is an exploratory, psychedelic meditation. Over the course of its 10 tracks, including the previously unreleased "Fever Dream", "Demo 2003" explores psychedelic paths through dark atmospheres and drifting harmonies. Smaller in scale than "The Henge," these tracks document Moore's initial fascination with analog synthesizers, focusing more on experimental timbres and droning ambience than on composition or form. This is why this long-player becomes the soundtrack of the mind. It is paranoid, monumental music that hypnotizes the listener with an unholy mix of gloomy, nightmarish, electronic ambiences and the neverending and almighty cosmic beauty." Limited edition of 500 copies. Recommended! |
| 3/21/2009 | Moore, Steve | Outer Bounds Of Sound: Vaalbara | LP | $17.99 | Noiseville | "Outer Bounds Of Sound is an experimental LP series in an edition of 300 copies with a hand-made cover. Steve is half of the duo known as Zombi. This is a solo project, very ambient electronic passages." |
| 10/6/2007 | Moore, Thurston | Trees Outside The Academy | CD | $11.99 | Ecstatic Peace | "It's Thurston's first solo outing since 1995's Psychic Hearts. Of course, Thurston's been releasing records here, there and everywhere, mostly in the context of rowdy and rambunctious noise/improv escapades but this new one is killer diller SONGS! Unlike Psychic Hearts' skeletal trio rock, this new jammer, 12 years post, has a far fuller bouquet of sonic depth and proves this Sonic dude to have a very real songwriting life outside of the legendary Sonic Youth (of which he is a founding figure, duh). This newborn disc is 12 songs long. Thurston recorded primarily on acoustic guitar and bass, laying down the core of the tunes with drummer compatriot Sonic Youth's Steve Shelly and violinist Samara Lubelski, a noted player from MV/EE and The Golden Road, Hall of Fame and other awesome gatherings as well as solo artiste. Most of the tunes are lyric driven but there are a couple of majestic instrumentals like 'Trees Outside The Academy,' which brings the album to a musical and breathless close. There's also some weird cassette tape that Thurston found at his mom's of him at 13 years old in the early '70s making some kind of sound-theatre. It's kinda nuts, and it's the last 'hidden' track. Tracks like 'Frozen Gtr,' 'The Shape Is In A Trance,' 'Silver>Blue,' 'Never Day' and 'Fri/end' (a theme song to the hippest TV show yet to be broadcast) will lead you in to a sparkling and heavy new world of Thurston's heart, mind and soul." |
| 4/3/2011 | Moore, Thurston / Gravitons | split | c60 cassette | $11.99 | Wintage Records | "Continuing the Wintage tape subscription series comes volume #5 featuring noise celebrity A sider Thurston Moore(of Sonic Youth) w/ Toronto's own mixed gender free-noise duo Gravitons on the flip. Thurston lights a fire with his wobbly-pop, string-zing induced ho-down on the A side featuring two tracks of total shred and scrape; 12 String Acoustik Regret and 12 String Acoustik Suicide Pact with God. Like a zest bar on acid waiting for the devil at the crossroads, the smoke off these two tracks will surely appease the ones who watch the watcher's, watcher! On the B side Gravitons lay down a sweat dripping count-out full of feedback and fury. Total heavvvy hitters, all thrash & bash These cats play to no one's time but their own, depending on which space-time continuum they happen to be in. Strictly Irie, 100% proof shot of rye on the rocks served with a hot rimmer of "Preferred Stock" Check the screen printed deluxe box and two posters that come with the hand-sprayed cassette. Limited edition of 100." |
| Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Band / Nimbus 2000 | split | 7" | $5.99 | Oggum | Numbered edition of 500 copies on orange vinyl. | |
| 4/10/2009 | Mopar Mountain Daredevils | Mopar Bloody Mopar | CDR | $7.99 | El Suprimo | An early documentation of Mopar Mountain Daredevils. Recorded and mixed Feb. 26-27, 2009 featuring: Cotton Casino (vocals, synth), Bill Turney (guitar), Jack Moore (synth), Bob Sweeney (bass), and Derrick Hans (drums). These guys just played shows on the US East Coast with Ya How Wha 13. Good stuff! |
| 4/14/2011 | Mopar Mountain Daredevils | Mopar Bloody Mopar | LP | $13.99 | El Suprimo | "Features Cotton Casino from Acid Mothers Temple. Mopar Mountain Daredevils create a swirling thicket of heavy psychedelia that has more to do with stoner metal than any current psychedelic rock trends. But where loud bands with less songwriting talent or imagination settle down with the almighty riff, Mopar Bloody Mopar remains unhinged throughout, careening from one passage to the next, never looking back. The first thing that hits you on Mopar Bloody Mopar is how crisply the guitar effects pan out of the speakers, almost glistening, and in sharp contrast to the acid bath of rhythm lurking underneath. It is almost as though someone took rhythm tracks from a long lost '70s heavy metal band, and grafted beautiful spiraling fractals of guitar wank onto them in a thick-knit fabric woven of modern technology and 40 year old psych aesthetics. Like the best Sabbath albums, Mopar Mountain Daredevils' heaviness always comes caked in an irresistible sludge. Bits and pieces peek through like glimpses of some half-witnessed swamp thing. The whole EP sounds like it might have been recorded on top of a Himalayan peak, with space and wind being the dominant elements of the effects board. Excess has been the norm with psych bands, but the effect is for the album to fade out, strangely becoming more minimalistic as the songs get longer, and the beast settles back into the murk. An engaging debut from a promising band." Record Store Day 2011 release; limited to 500 copies on red & black splatter-colored wax. |
| 9/19/2011 | Moral Holiday | Moral Holiday | CDR | $11.99 | Memoirs Of An Aesthete | "Another day, another Phil Todd (Ashtray Navigations etc) project... Analogue electronic junk and vocal meltdown, Call it minimal synth, call it noise, call it electronic garage rock (my favourite description,actually), call it the rawest electropop session you ever heard. There are melodies, there is noise, there is screaming and there is delay unit delerium. Four tracks of fun for all the family. First "available" Moral Holiday release following a very limited edition demo CD-R and a track on a Total Vermin split tape." Edition of 100 numbered copies. |
| 6/11/2006 | More Experience | From Acid Dreams | CD | $12.99 | Obuh | "From flowery psychedelic songs to long hallucinating, heavy trips and acid guitar fireworks sounding like a lost diamond of 67' Autumn of Love. Old analog sound and cover. Blows your hippy mind!" |
| 3/2/2005 | Morganstewart | Trappiste Protest | 3" CDR | $7.99 | Firstperson | "Recently re-located to Scotland, Stewart Morgan is a veteran of countless Leeds-based improv & rock collectives including To Suckle the Pups (with Phil Todd), Backdrummer & Codex not to mention his work as organiser of 'special events' including 'Sound Light Vision' of February 2003 which placed the free-form music of The Vibracathedral Orchestra, Sculptress, & Midwich within the confines of the Leeds Metropolitan University gallery alongside the work of prominent local artists & large scale film projections. For this recording - Trappiste Protest - we find our subject alone armed only with his acoustic gtr & a clutch of songs to break yr heart. The recording has a particular quality due in no small part to the high ceiling and bare walls of a deserted leeds metropolitan university gallery. This really is an outstanding collection of solo acoustic material, which tips a wink to the lineage of Renbourn / Jansch et al but manages to stand clearly & proudly on its own through dexterity & sheer ingenuity." 3" cdr housed in hand-made clear acetate covers with information printed on one side and an image on the other. |
| 9/29/2009 | Morley, My Cat Is An Alien, Ponzini, Ranaldo | Live @ Sensational Fix | LP | $14.99 | Starlight Furn. Co. | "On June 17, 2008, the exhibition SONIC YOUTH etc.: Sensational Fix opened at LiFE in Saint-Nazaire, France, with a focus on their multi-disciplinary activities since 1981-collaborations with visual artists, filmmakers, designers, and musicians, as well as other works selected by the band. As part of the exhibition project, MY CAT IS AN ALIEN performed on stage with their long-time collaborator RAMONA PONZINI (PAINTING PETALS ON PLANET GHOST, BLACK MAGIC DISCO, Z'EV) singing Japanese, MICHAEL MORLEY of New Zealand's free noise band DEAD C, and LEE RANALDO of Sonic Youth. As a non-programmed live act, My Cat Is An Alien were supplied with two guitars from Sonic Youth's memorabilia wall of old guitars. No MCIAA show would be complete without sounds and beams generated by space toy guns, which they liberated from a local vintage toys warehouse (including a toy microphone for Roberto's vocals). Exhibition curator ROLAND GROENENBOOM recalls: "Michael Morley joined My Cat Is An Alien and Ramona Ponzini on stage for an improv piece. They were already way into developing [it] when, to their surprise, Lee Ranaldo picked up the guitar that Maurizio had left lying on stage when he moved on to playing percussion, [which only] made the already phenomenal sonic achievement even denser." Stills from the live footage shot by Groenenboom appear on the color insert. During the performance, Roberto shot photos with a Poloroid, which are front and back cover and labels of this LP. Side B features a collection of solo pieces by each of the five members of this extemporaneous ensemble. The perfect compendium to the unicity of this historical document. Limited edition vinyl-only release." - label. |
| Morning 40 Federation | Your My Brother | CD | $12.99 | Tekito | "On the band's new 'You My Brother' CD, vocals are occasionally run through distortion effects, banjos share time with saxophones that sound suspiciously like kazoos, and all six musicians get in on the singalong fun. The boozy, plodding tempo, off-kilter refrain and barroom piano set against fuzz-tone guitar in 'That Ain't Professional' is perfectly in step with the song's sentiments; the howling distortion of 'Gotta Nickel' might come from the French Quarter's most aggressive panhandler, as produced by Trent Reznor. Good-humored, original and irreverent, only-in-New Orleans fun." | |
| 10/17/2009 | Morris, Joe | Colorfield | CD | $12.99 | ESP-Disk | "Joe Morris returns both to the guitar and to ESP-Disk' with the long form improvisation album 'Colorfield'. Much as the Colorfield painters simplified their compositions to evoke emotion with color, this trio emphasizes harmony, phrase, tempo and rhythm to electrifying results. Morris has been called the preeminent American jazz guitarist of our time, and, on 'Colorfield', his playing is characteristically intense, eloquent and melodic. The ranks of the trio are filled out by two of the most talented and skillful improvisors on the scene today, Steve Lantner and Luther Gray. Lantner's soloing on this recording has a state-of-the-art fluidity, energy, shape and dynamic variety while Gray, a master of the school of Free Music drumming, provides a constantly shifting but still driving groove that punctuates each moment with precision and invention. To see musicians of this caliber fuse their talents to create an original, dense and deeply contemplative work such as 'Colorfield' is extraordinary. As a result, the album gets better with every listen." |
| 5/16/2010 | Mortuus Auris & The Black Hand | Freiheit ist immer Freiheit der Andersdenkenden | c60 cassette | $6.99 | Stunned | "The last time we heard from Mortuus Auris & The Black Hand, the London cipher-weaver spun a most quixotic tapestry alluding to a nearby Other (Stunned no. 46). This next chapter raises the tension ever higher, thoroughly exploring ancillary avenues of nocturnal field recording & alien found sound. 'Freiheit ist immer Freiheit der Andersdenkenden' is an amalgamation of organic and inorganic energies fused into a beautiful, breathing contradiction. Special recording & editing techniques employed over its hour align the sacred geometries uncovered in spider webs, fishing nets, and tantric sex positions. The luminous sub-dimension revealed by such transgressive use of tech might take some getting used to; its' presence suggestive of a Contact experience right under our own skins. Hand-numbered edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c60 tapes with double-sided color jcard and insert." |
| 11/6/2010 | Mortuus Auris & The Black Hand | Sleep | c33 cassette | $6.99 | Stunned | "The journey to fatherhood took a turn I never expected. Upon the birth of my daughter I felt compelled to communicate in the early stages of her life. A newborn has a whole world of sound and shapes to contend with. I used this as a point of reference to begin a sonic trip into nebula static, white noise and otherworldly tones. I built a pallet from a hundred culled cassettes tapes, eroded vinyl and electronic tones. 'Sleep' is conceived for ultimate spatial displacement, allowing the listener to absorb, focus and drift. Each tone is focused on a particular emotion and state of slumber. The drift, the doze and the deep sleep." - Peter Taylor of Mortuus Auris & The Black Hand |
| 6/9/2011 | Mortuus Auris & The Black Hand | The White Paper | double c40 cassette | $8.99 | Stunned | "We welcome back our favorite audio raconteur for a fourth round on Stunned in the form of a special double-c40 set. "The White Paper" is Mortuus Auris & The Black Hand's most thematically-focused work to date, spending four ambitious tape sides in sonic dialog with recent literature published on anthropoeia, or "people-making." Each of his complex chapters raise up their own ear-catching specter: genetic code gematria, petri dish pranksters, odd effigies crafted & burned, and glimpses into futuristic hive mind hatcheries. It's clear "The White Paper" is an unmistakable hybrid of the MABH laboratory - fertile with unexpected turns and undeniably scintillating to the core. Limited edition set of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted x2 c40 tapes in butterfly case with double-sided cards." |
| 9/17/2003 | Moshe and The Music Now Unit, Ras | Into the Openess | CD | $14.99 | "Featuring Ras on tenor & alto saxes, Matt Lavelle on trumpet & bass clarinet, Tor Snyder on guitar, Matt Heyner & Todd Nicholson on acoustic basses and Jackson Krall on drums. Ras is one our closest pals and a kindred soul who shares our DMG's love and knowledge of the spiritual side of modern jazz, no matter where it comes from or how obscure its background might be. A number of his different units have played here at DMG from time to time and always blow away the devoted who attend DMG's weekly Sunday sets. ‘Straight Up Out There’ launches off with ‘Love Supreme’ like throbbing doubled basses while both horns, bass clarinet and tenor sax, swirl together furiously. Strong solos from the bass clarinet and bowed bass erupt with Jackson (from Cecil Taylor' current trio) pushing the soloists skywards. Ras and co. do a great job a capturing that fire music with the basses and drums recorded up front and in your face, the horns also riding the waves of energy and exploding bigtime! Lavelle's trumpet flies high on ‘Kuntu’ soaring as Ras' tenor squeals intensely underneath. Another alien-sounding arco bass solo buzzes like a like an angry hummingbird, but finally breaks down to a more tentative bass and drums duo, tightly wound and flowing together just right, before erupting intensely near the end. The explosive two bass and drum team also burn together on ‘Celestial Suite’ as the bass clarinet and bowed bass connect and explore the darker, denser regions. The two bass thing was made popular by Trane some forty years ago and still sounds fresh when done right, one bassist (Todd I believe) keeps that pulse flowing as the bowed bass bends notes around the horns in a connected frenzy of activity. The final piece is an epic suite called ‘Cosmic Blue Night Forest Parts 1-5’ and begins with the horns stating the dark theme in the distance as this piece is live. The eerie arco bass hovers in the center like a sinister ghost, as the other plucked bass and drums spin freely with some pumping tenor dancing like a flame. This piece features Tor Snyder's growling, bluesy guitar weaving with suspense-filled horn cries and the cosmic bowed bass buzzing with tension and release. At nearly 75 minutes, this cd is a bit long, but no less engaging throughout. Get ready for the long and winding journey and leap ‘into the openess.’" – Downtown Music Gallery |
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| 1/24/2009 | Mossy Throats | Electric Marsh | cassette | $8.99 | Pizza Night | "Electric Marsh is a hot slab of disgustingly likeable psychedelic mess. Clattery Squelches of electronics and sax. Dan D's current jams (in acts like Uneven Universe, Body Morph, Cardboard Sax) are some of the sickest in the midwest. The rising sun of ferndale, some say. Anything that he touches turns to absolute gold, showing incredible control on the most bizzzzare zones. Couldn't be more stoked to drop this one." Edition of 100 copies. |
| 12/25/2005 | Moth | 1997-2003 | CDR | $9.99 | Rhizome | "After requests, here's the pick of the earlier Moth CDRs. Note: No Extra Tracks. This is only for newbies - unlimited." |
| 11/21/2009 | Moth Cock | Cock at Croc's | c20 cassette | $7.99 | Pizza Night | "moth cock dudes seems to have a certain style..killer vibes always and the moth cock grab bag is always filled with many a ????? now, i know i do not have as much moth cock cred as ryan keuhn or say wyatt but i can vouch for that sick endless bag of schwag that they always seem to have and i can say when i saw them at this years VOV i was glad that the great lakes posse had a new staple. long run on there. the recordings are always as fucked and unpredictable as the live gig..just listened to this new "cock at crocs" and i cant even remember it cause it was so weird. its got that mind eraser quality..go back and listen again and it will sound like a different tape..it probably will be. moth cock rules" - john elliott. Edition of 60. |
| 7/8/2010 | Mother Of Fire | Mother Of Fire | LP | $14.99 | DeStijl | "We're releasing an LP by a band called Mother of Fire. Inspired by many things, I'm reminded of two main veins: a Krauty, rhythmic throb and a sort of gutterized/behead the prophet stance that once seemed to have run up and down the West Coast (which is where MOF have called home for some time). Both of these things are filtered thru post-Spacemen sensibilities and fueled with violin, bass and drum, all of which makes for a disjointed listen evoking things you've heard before in a completely surprising and fresh way." Nice! |
| 12/12/2009 | Motherfucking | Danke Liebe | 3" CDR | $6.99 | Zero Jardins | Review from vital weekly: "All I could find out was this is a label from Lyon France which is into Folk, Free Improvisation, New Wave, Noise and some details of live performances. We have four tracks of improvised abstract sounds using real as opposed to electronic objects. It could be made using kitchen equipment - pots and pans with the string sound made with an egg slice but I suspect it's a guitar and drums.. and so these sounds rumble on like a slow goods train, I'm sure whoever made this was having fun and its quite fun to listen to. Oh - and the last track uses a wah wah so strike egg slice and replace guitar. And some electronics - but that's OK - it's as they once said 'groovy'" - (jliat). 4 tracks, 19min. Julien dupont: Guitar, vocals, effects ~ Gael moissonnier: keyboards, electronics, vocals ~ Pascal nichols; drums. |
| 12/12/2009 | Motherfucking | UK Tour | CDR | $7.99 | Zero Jardins | "Motherfucking is the duo of Julien Dupont & Gael Moissonnier. With sometimes guests Pascal Nichols (Part wild horses mane on both sides, neon temple, stuckometer..) & Ben Morris (Chora). Julien dupont: Guitar, vocals, effects. Gael Moissonnier: Electronics, vocals, effects, contact mics, cymbal. Review from vital weekly 702: Motherfucking went to the UK in August to play eleven concerts and I believe this CDR is their tour CD. They play one piece, almost twenty-nine minutes, which is very much along the lines of the Faux Amis LP, but better recorded. Here too improvisation plays a big part (I have no idea about the band line up, but there are drums, bass and guitars for sure), but things are stretched out a bit more. Motherfucking takes more time to develop their piece and sound also less chaotic than Faux Amis. Everything is almost pushing the loudest peak in sound, making this (also) to quite a noisy affair. The quality is, as said, much better, with more attention to the low end of the music. Quite a dense recording, and musically better than Faux Amis, but they share both the raw energy of improvised noise rock." (FdW) |
| 4/27/2011 | Motion Sickness Of Time Travel | Seeping Through The Veil Of The Unconscious | LP | $18.99 | Digitalis | "Small repress on white vinyl. Motion Sickness Of Time Travel is the solo moniker of La Grange, Georgia's Rachel Evans. She also plays in the duo Quiet Evenings with her husband and runs the Hooker Vision label. And while she's done some really great stuff, this album takes all of it, everything, to incredible new heights. Seeping Through The Veil Of The Unconscious came to the Digitalis label out of nowhere as a demo and the label reckon that it's the best demo they've ever received. Evans concocts five whirlwind romances all in the space of less than an hour. Beauty, magic and bleeding effervescence come together in perfect harmony. Vague electronic meanderings hide hints of early Grouper as Evans' compositions sing like an ecstatic choir. While the songs are built around vaguely-catchy, repetitive synth backbones, she laces an incredible array of instrumental layers between those bones, creating music that is as dense and complex as it is continuous. Yet, the real star here is her voice, sometimes at the fore, other times buried underneath plodding keys -- but always highly evocative. As the opening chords and rising whispers of "Clairvoyance" begin, you're immediately immersed into the well. Evans' voice delivers haunted, wordless lullabies that sound distant and strange yet oddly comforting. The entire aural world of Seeping... is populated with ghosts, haunting the crevices between notes and adding a beguiling sense of complexity. With heavy Kraut influences, "Mental Projection" is a midnight gem while the dark, rhythmic sequences of "Telepathy" would perfectly fill the halls of a spectral ballroom. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin." |
| 12/12/2009 | Mountainhood | Death Pod | one-sided LP | $16.99 | Blackest Rainbow | "Our very first one sided LP, which is a bizarre trip from Michael Curtis Hilde's Mountainhood project. This one follows on from the two LPs on Time Lag's Red Records label a few months back which vanished super fast, as well as other releases on Reverb Worships and Yod. Total outsider midnight missions into weirdness... strange strings twang and rattle into the darkness, a very strange experience spread across one side of black wax. Limited to 300 copies in pro-printed wrap around sleeve featuring art by Michael." |
| 3/5/2009 | Mountainhood | White Banquet : Live at The Story Chapter I | CDR | $9.99 | Reverb Worship | "This is Mountainhood's third release for Reverb Worship. Mountainhood is Michael Curtis Hilde. This cd is a complete live recording of the first of a series of gigs from The Story Club.The cd contains eight dark and introspective songs played solo. Michael are two future releases planned on Time Lag Records and a recent released cdr on Yod Tapes.The cd comes in a limited edition of 50 hand numbered copies in A red card cover with paste on artwork,insert and hand sprayed cd." |
| 8/31/2010 | Mountainhood | Year of the Mountain | CDR | $8.99 | Reverb Worship | Reissue - edition of 50 copies with new artwork. "Doing this reissue of "Year Of The Mountain" has brought back many memories for me.Its great to hear these six tracks again.You may recall the original issue of this cd having a gatefold spray painted recycled card sleeve (which at the time to take ages to do)Š.and not forgetting the pipe cleaner that held it all together. For this reissue Michael has made new artwork for me.The original issue of this is now extremely hard to track down.During the time it took to create all the covers for the first issue, I recall Michael informing me he was changing his name from Almaden to Mountainhood.Then the title of the cd went from "Prince Fish" to "Year Of The Mountain".Finally, right at the last minute we went from five tracks up to six tracks with the addition of the final song "Grassy".It all worked out rather well in the end.This reissue is in a limited hand numbered edition of 50 copies." - Roger Linney |
| 9/27/2002 | Mourning Cloak | Beyond | CD | $11.99 | Ichor Recordings | "Guitars, sitar, and Celtic harp are melded with analog synthesizers, hand-drums augment electric guitars...the result is a variously pulsing and droning, dreamlike, otherworld music." |
| 9/30/2008 | Mouths | 3V1/3V2 | CDR | $9.99 | Absurd | "Mouths is another of Mueller's projects, here collaborating with Jim Schoenecker and Carol Genetti. Genetti's vocal work at the beginning of "3v1" sets the tone – a sung note that cracks, wavers, wobbles, and shivers for an extended time, it's slowly swarmed by percussive noise, before an unceasing rattle, ghosted by the lone foghorn peal of voice swimming in the background, pitches the composition into claustrophobic territory. This actually feels closer to the emotional tenor of metal than Mueller's Metals, to be honest. When Genetti's voice reappears it's a real blast from outside, though I'm less impressed by the wag who walked in while I was listening to this and said it sounded like Yoko Ono. Recordings of Genetti's voice also appear on "3v2", though for this live-to-air recording, Mueller is paired in the performance space with Schoenecker. The gracefulness in the pacing actually reminds me more of the patient enfolding of texture and drone by figures like Mirror, Andrew Chalk, or Mimir; "3v2" skirts the perimeters of various Industrial music tropes without falling into the mire of Industrial Lite, and Mouths' interest in the laminal gives these pieces a great sense of space/scope. Further proof, if it were needed, that Jon Mueller's ear is a finely tuned instrument indeed." - JD |
| 2/7/2009 | Mouthus | Days Through the Combine | CDR | $9.99 | Our Mouth | "Confused rock scramblings." |
| 8/8/2009 | Mouthus | Divisionals | LP | $14.99 | Ecstatic Peace | "After releasing the first Mouthus LP years back Ecstatic Peace returns to unleash another beast by this always amazing duo. Brian Sullivan (gtr/vox) and Nate Nelson (perc) connect here with a focused, thematic hayride through long tone static and fried mind amp terror. Anyone following the arc and molten flow of Mouthus' last few LPs and CDs (on Our Mouth, Troubleman Unlimited, Olde English Spelling Bee, Music Fellowship, Important, Three Lobed, Weird Forest and the exemplary Saw A Halo on Load) will be surely intrigued by Divisionals as it is Mouthus at their sweetest. Almost. Just when you're drifting through the electric skies you find the Earth reaching into your soul pulling you back to a primordial foreverness. A charming action." iiiiIII |
| 3/2/2008 | Mouthus | Dual Drift | CDR | $9.99 | Our Mouth | "New limited 2007 self-released album from Mouthus. Pulsing, minimal rock brut that sounds like the Kosmiche psych of Neu/La Dusseldorf et al endlessly extended across spools of repeating magnetic tape ala Terry Riley before the whole thing erupts into fuzz coated propellers set to spin in huge, deserted warehouses while primitive drum machines trigger fried jolts of electricity. A very beautiful release from these two." - Volcanic Tongue |
| 9/24/2009 | Mouthus | En Tour Singularity | CDR | $9.99 | Our Mouth | "Limited edition tour collage/mash-up from the duo of Brian Sullivan and Nate Nelson. This one is even more out of focus and malformed than the corpus of their back catalogue, with vague thunder clouds and fucked-up electro percussion floating the ghost of Alan Vega through sheet metal memories of the TG 24 cassette box." - Volcanic Tongue |
| 3/23/2007 | Mouthus | Follow This House | CD | $14.99 | Important | "A companion piece to MOUTHUS' 2005 The Long Salt album. Picking up where Long Salt left off, Follow This House is a record full of manic bad mood energy, crunchy resin-soaked jams, and hundred year old instrumentation emerging from the soggy mire only to be slowly pushed back in by poison clouds of delayed vocal groan." |
| 12/24/2005 | Mouthus | no title | LP | $17.99 | Olde English Spelling Bee | "An early recording from this Brooklyn duo. Two side-long tracks. Dense, slow but fast blasts of whirlpool sound created with guitars, keyboards and other electronics. #'d edition of 350 - covers individually silk-screened & stickered." |
| 12/25/2005 | Mouthus | Slow Globes | CD | $11.99 | Troubleman Unlimited | "Mouthus doesnt set out to create music, they want to annihilate it. Fresh on the heels of the Ecstatic Peace LP and Psycho-Path releases, Mouthus return with Slow Globes. Mouthus pummel you into submission with blasts of ferocity so intense, you'll find yourself on the floor crying for mommy until you pass out and wake up the next day in a glassy-eyed haze. They'll tear you apart from the inside with a deadly mixture of abrasive drums and disjointed guitars until you finally succumb and your mind turns to mush. This is destruction at it's finest." |
| 2/26/2006 | Mouthus | The Long Salt | CD | $13.99 | Important Records | "This album is a return to more abrasive and heavy Mouthus territory after forays into acoustic instrumentation and, yes, a Fleetwood Mac cover on their recent Troubleman full-length. Free/tribal percussion spatter 'n clatter duels with endlessly mutating three chord sludge-riffage beneath thick, poison clouds of delayed-out vocal groan. Truly CHOCK full of manic bad-mood energy but maybe psych-droney and resin-soaked enough for the new crop of crunchier noise-heads to nod to as well. Electric guitars strung with duct tape and drums equipped with hundred-year old heads are jettisoned into deep space and dynamited, combusting so vividly that the after-images soak our retinas with mandalas of interwoven earthworms and beer funnels for hours afterwards." |
| 1/1/2008 | Mouthus | untitled | DBL LP | $22.99 | No Fun | "Industrial Psych Rock from Brooklyn troglodytes of heavyness. Twice the volume, twice the destruction, twice the machinery, twice the head ache of psychedelic industrial joy! Play it at whatever speed you want. Limited to 350 copies." Recommended. |
| 12/24/2005 | Mouthus & Axolotl | 12-15-04 | LP | $17.99 | Olde English Spelling Bee | "X-mas 2004, Brooklyn. Brian Sullivan and Nate Nelson of Mouthus meet up with Karl Bauer of Axolotl for some sonic celebration and let the tape machine roll. Two side-long psilocybe-inspired scoops of shimmering and stumbling drone/zone/sludge ragas. Better dust off yr bib." |
| 2/14/2008 | Mouthus & Yellow Swans | Conan Island | LP | $15.99 | Weird Forest | * - LP $15.99 (Weird Forest) "An inevitable match made in Hades. Four titans workin' it out in the primordial mulch and all the gods are cowering in their presence. The dual intertwining guitar-attack impacts and fragments into the dense concrete percussion forest surrounded by a shroud of pulsing caterwauling skree. A harum-scarum locomotive ride of thick, bombastic & heavy proportions..just like you want it to be. Play loud for optimum effect! Cover art by Brian Sullivan." Limited edition of 500 copies. |
| 4/25/2008 | Mouthus & Yellow Swans | Live On Conan Island | LP | $19.99 | No-Fi | "The ultimate East coast/West coast soundclash as Oregon's Yellow Swans and Brooklyn's Mouthus present a smouldering document from their onstage interactions on their Fall 2006 US tour. The sound of Mouthus's splat&clatter percussion and sheets of severely altered guitar and voice noise paired with Yellow Swans' raucous axe-mangling and sublime noise processing make for a gargantuan oil tanker of sound that can't avoid enveloping the listener. 'Live On Conan Island' is a range of monstrous caverns of free electro skronk, alt-percussion and wailing guitars from live collaboration between two of Load's hottest noisemongers. Gigantic!" |
| 3/6/2010 | Mouthus / Bulbs | split | LP | $16.99 | Important | "MOUTHUS: Drum and guitar explosion through tape manipulation and a total synth bath. Collided through a number of recording sessions and strings of modulation to elevate the particle riffage to a heightened state of platectonic rock. BULBS: Like tuning your radio slowly between far off New Age stations in the most serene way possible. The marriage of muted melodies existing below feedback skwerls and electronic swerls. Transmissions from a better place. Bulbs features WILLIAM SABISTON formerly of AXOLOTL. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Screenprinted at Monoroid." |
| 7/30/2006 | Mouthus / Cousins of Reggae | split | LP | $15.99 | Olde English Spelling Bee | "A side each of fertile noise-rot from Montreals Cousins of Reggae and Brooklyns Mouthus. Soundly rejected by Discovery Channel - the Cousins five-track suite about the Hudson Bay follows up their limited & hard-to-find debut l.p. (on Ohnonoise) & a recent cd-r on Mouthuss Our Mouth imprint. They set sail with some hyperactive stompers and narcoleptic stumblers intent on capsizing all vessels in their path before coming under attack by a squadron of pissed off jet-skiiers. On flip are two massive Mouthus jams - "New Drugz" & "Better Than Facemask" which perfectly capture a day spent peaking on mescaline at the Daytona 500. Limited edition of 500 with unique handpainted covers and full-color inserts.." - label |
| 12/24/2005 | Mouthus / Ground Monkeys / Dosdedos/ Tan As Fuck | split | 7" | $7.99 | Heat Retention Records | "Great bite-sized gob of free noise on this limited four-way split. Mouthus deliver with some barrelling strings / knuckles assault that's as formless as electricity, while Tan As Fuck hit make with some dissolving cacophonous testimony. Love these explosive noise 7", a helluva lot of fun to flip. Edition of 500." - Volcanic Tongue |
| 6/11/2006 | Mouthus and Valerie Allen | Mouthus and Valerie Allen | CDR | $11.99 | Our Mouth | "Mouthus continue their slew of momentous releases with this latest CD-R on their own Our Mouth Records. Ecliptic (sch)locked grooves cartwheel through a cascade of howling voices and punk primitive guitar like Denis Charles, Marian Zazeela and Sumner Crane spilling out of a frozen moment with pure lunatic abandon. Some of this is heavily redolent of Cornelius Cardew's The Great Learning, as Nate Nelson's slovenly percussion wades through a thick heave of trembling, wordless vocals arching into the darkest regions of the rolling golden everlasting. Track 3 meshes the mesmeric call of struck metal objects with Allen's dilated oesophagus and the sibilant gush of the tide rolling in and out. For fans of VCO, DNA and MEV. Featuring distinctive artwork from resident Our Mouth illustrator. Limited to 100 and highly recommended." - Alex, Volcanic Tongue |
| 4/27/2011 | Mr Sterile / Biff Bangle | split | 8" lathe record | $19.99 | Root Don Lonie For Cash | "Big & cool split 8" record out on Root Don Lonie! Biffs music like pirate surf drenched in cool 70s cop program action. Mr Sterile, more old school punk, sitting at the back with all the naughty kids. Three songs each side. I'm real happy to be releasing this one coz both of these guys are undervalued (in my opinion) in the 'nz underground/noise/whatthefuckever' music scene, they are super people too." |
| 6/27/2009 | Mrtyu | Ornate Shroud | LP | $15.99 | Tipped Bowler / Faunasabbatha | "Hopefully Mrtyu requires little introduction, because the project evades easy description. An odd compound of Vedic imagery, metal misanthropy, and violin agony, this music moves away from any particular fan base in pursuit of its distant, darkened idols. Ornate Shroud is Mrtyu's most potent spawn to date. Hewing closer to song form than previous releases, the album conceals Antony Milton's violent guitar and violin work behind Mrtyu's characteristic murk. Its pieces transition from jagged riffs to eerie ambient scrapes through wooly feedback, approaching the uncanny. Although the year is yet young, 2009 will likely not produce a bleaker aggraga record. Edition of 350 180 gm. LPs in heavy-stock linen-paper sleeves hand-screened, -cut, and -glued by Reuben Little of 43rd Parallel Press." |
| 6/19/2007 | Mrtyu | Ritual Terra Continuii | cassette | $7.99 | Tipped Bowler | "The second stateside release from the murky Mrtyu following the double-disc goliath on 20 Buck Spin. Ritual Terra Continuii retains the morbid intensity, hard-edged rumble, and gruesome death-knells of the debut, packing the visceral shudders into a dense but digestible c30. For those in the dark, Mrtyu is New Zealand's Antony Milton, of Nether Dawn, The Stumps, and nearly half the projects of note from the Pacific outpost. Tantric doom of the highest order. Cardstock covers with two inserts and blood-sprayed tapes." Edition of 120. |
| Ms. Bliss / Naming Mary | split | 7" | $3.99 | Wintermute | Split single on blue marbled vinyl | |
| 4/24/2006 | MSBR / Spykes / Gov Alpha | Tano Forever | one sided LP | $24.99 | American Tapes | "Man...where to start..... in 98 MSBR and Alpha did a short Midwest Canada tour and was a total blast...mind-blowing experience.... way black when it was done RAW and human.... so after three amazing MSBR/UI/Princess Dragonmom/ Alpha etc. gigs in Detroit the duo red'ed up to Grand Rapids on a Monday night to bust one at a huge indie club. I intercepted a call by Davin from PDM in the late afternoon claiming dem boyz wanted to jam together. Within minutes I was in enroute from Detroit for the action. Got there / and busted this at 1:30 AM in GR. to a crowd of empty bottles...... fucking ruled...hard. Total schizo lofi audio weirdo live session with the only known recordings of the raw Koji vocal scream/mutterings. Feedback reeds and zoned electronics galore, recorded by a Walkman on a lonely table at the back of the club. For some reason this sounds Droll Yankee ish and calm/ harsh loverz will be bummed...weird man.... Stoked to have done it. Everyone needs more Koji legends in they lyfe....dude is an icon homeboy.... A strange document from free-ER times. "See you on the Other Side Warrior Brother" indeed...man...kinda choked up..... Edition of 200 in weird handmade "wave sleeve" and color mounted artwork. Scratch friendly packaging. RIP" |
| 1/22/2011 | MSSNG / Greenhouse | split | c20 cassette | $6.99 | Prairie Fire | "We've been scheming on this on for a long time. We're from Winnipeg & because few people give a shit about this prairie burg, we seek out and showcase the most talented underground sounds this frozen hole has to offer. MSSNG is Lee Breyfogle , a Montreal (via Wpg) based bedroom recorder relatively unknown to most drone/drift folks - we here a PF HQ are seeking to rectify that... we think he's brilliant - so will you - expect big things. Curran Farris however has seen his Greenhouse project expand to greater heights with each successive release. His Golden City cassette (PF 016) didn't hang around long and we expect neither will this. A 20 minute record of what listening to Taj Mahal Travellers, Sunn 0))), and Growing does to the minds of Canadian youth." Edition of 50. |
| Muckraker | #6 | zine with 7" | $4.99 | Features on Shaking Ray Levis, Milo Fine, Ladonna Smith & Davey Williams, Ecstatic Peace Discography (part 1), a lot of reviews plus a 7" featuring Shaking Ray Levis & Ladonna Smith & Davey Williams. | ||
| 3/5/2009 | Mudboy | Eno Trouble / Midiwards / Happy Birthday Song | cassette | $7.99 | Goaty Tapes | "Blocky critters jam up in the webs in my ma's bakelite every once in a while. She tell me I ought to investigate so I brung my earphones and muffled the two-step gothgroove. Check it out!" - Valhalla. Edition of 100 on purple shells with full-color artwork. |
| 1/1/2008 | Mudboy | Hungry Ghosts! These Songs are Doors | enhanced CD | $12.99 | Digitalis | "Mudboy dares you to find a suitable label for his warped sonic missives. But find one way to trap him and he changes direction and weasels out under the cracks in the wall. This is music for those who like to skit the line between light and dark, because believe Mudboy himself when he says that this record is all about the dark arts. His spells and incantations are the perfect guide through this analog labyrinth. "Hungry Ghosts" is at times hypnotic, dabbling in psychedelia, but is also disorientating like a house of mirrors. The circuit bent organ and arsenal of pedals does Mudboy well and will keep you guessing for as long as you're willing to give it a go. This album is a grower, but after a few listens you'll find yourself completely hooked. On "Hungry Ghosts," the listener is given glimpses into a whole host of new worlds. Each song is like a diorama; intricate, detailed, and totally 3-D. You'll find yourself wandering aimlessly through this mess of devilish sonic missives only to realize that once it ends, not only are you lost, but completely entranced and calm. This is meditative music for the agitated soul. Like poltergeists that haunt belfries and spires, Mudboy is never in one place for too long. This is the CD version of the recent LP on Not Not Fun. This enhanced CD contains the same music as well as a short video by Mudboy, "Othern Lights." The disc is packaged in lasercut & slightly burned cardstock sleeves with matching insert. It's similar to the LP, only more intricate." |
| 1/22/2011 | Mudboy | Live | cassette | $5.99 | Utmarken | "A hidden treasure from the Utmarken live archives finally available on the cassette format. Recorded on the 21st of January 2009, this 42 |