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DateAdded	Artist	Title	Format	Price	Label	Description
9/17/2006	R.O.T.	L'écurie	LP	$13.99	K-raa-k	R.O.T. has gained a quality reputation in the underground scene during their six years of existence. This led to a splendid cdr- and tape discography. "L'écurie" is their first long player. Each side contains two jams that sound like calm and fluently movements through sound at one time, then like a somewhat more brutal treatment at another point. The album shows nicely how R.O.T. works as a (live) band. It's not about well-thought sound poetry here, but about spontaneous improvisation where random incidents are considered as an extra band member. A slow bass that wanders gently through the acoustic droning, when suddenly an alarm clock starts to ring, followed by new almost-quietness and laidback noise. R.O.T. stands for an original approach of sound sources and a continuously seeking for the "moment". Side A was recorded in an abandoned administration building in Jette, a small town near Brussels. The space was run by young students for six months and renamed the place "l'écurie", the French for stable. R.O.T. improvised in the dusty kitchen during three long days, mostly during the nights as well. The tracks on the B side are takes from improvisations in an horse stable. There again the album's title refers to L'écurie. This time at an old farm which is called Ferme du Biereau (Louvain La Neuve). The farm is also known as a nice venue and spot for artists en musicians."
3/26/2006	Rabe, Folke / Jan Bark	Argh!	CD	$12.99	Kning Disk	"Kning Disk (in collaboration with Håll Tjäften) have the enourmous pleasure of presenting a full-length CD with legendary and pioneering works by Swedish masters Folke Rabe and Jan Bark; stretching from the early 1960´s up until right now! Rabe and Bark, both as individuals and as sometime-collaborators, have produced absolutely stunning and totally unique works through the decades, reaching from musique concrete, electronic music to ensemble music and further on. This cd-release collects 7 great works of music (3 by Rabe, 3 by Bark and 1 by Rabe/Bark); most of them previously unreleased. A dream have finally come true!"
6/11/2006	Raccoo-oo-oon	Cave of Spirits Forever	CD	$15.99	Time-Lag	"A hot new real CD reissue of the CDR version that went instantly out of print last year. RACCOO-OO-OON are one of those bands that can somehow shift between seemingly divergent genres, while the whole time keeping a sound very much their own. The disc launches with a speed blasted, noise fueled, psych/punk rocker, slides into nearly grooving free-jazz territory, then into a gorgeous, buzzing/floating/tinkling bliss mantra, and that's just the first three tracks. Things continue unfolding from there, but the overall sound constantly slips back to the sort of mantric, damaged rock thud these guys are clearly fond of. A rather thrilling and quite great ride. Remastered by PETE SWANSON (YELLOW SWANS) for extra punch. Packaged in a full color offset printed tri-fold art paper cover, reproducing SHAWN REED's original eyeball frying art. Limited edition of 1000 copies."
6/19/2007	Raccoo-oo-oon	Raccoo-oo-oon	7"	$4.99	Gilgongo Records	Released along side their newest full length, "Behold Secret Kingdom", Iowa City's Raccoo-oo-oon's self titled 7" has three new and exclusive songs, going from dark, erie broken layers of cello, vocals and percussion (Mud Mound), to the precise, triumphant and uplifting, post-everything feelings of the actual song, "Behold Secret Kingdom".
11/4/2006	Raccoo-oo-oon	Raccoo-oo-oon is Night People	CD	$12.99	Release the Bats	"Swirling sax-and-effects-heavy free-form punk from Iowa Citys Raccoo-oo-oon. Is Night People is their first magical recording, 7 organic rituals creating a majestic outlet of neverending energy. Beautiful cascades of manipulated vocals and layers of feedback melting together over sunny explosions of insane drumming. In the vein of Sun City Girls, Here Comes The Indian-era Animal Collective, Excepter etc. The cd comes in a letterpressed black Arigato Pak with gold ink made by Stumptown Printers and stunning art by Shawn Reed in the band."
3/2/2007	Råd Kjetil & the Loving Eye of God	Mattmar	CD	$19.99	Goddamn I'm A Countryman	"Thanks to the editor of this magazine, the supply of Scandinavian experimental and psychedelic rock music in my post box never ends. The latest one comes from Rad Kjetil & the Loving Eye of God, presumably from Sweden. Who knows from which barn all these bands come, but anybody who passes Rad Kjetil without giving them a try will miss something. "Mattmar" is a total brainwash and as psychedelic as anything I´ve heard in a long ass time. While the album starts out really dark with a slow menacing drone, it soon becomes more friendly on the surface. But several seconds into the second track "Sen Ska Vi Se Vad Jag Sjunger", you will not know where left and right is anymore. A child´s voice babbles unintelligible words over stringed instruments and it gets more and more intense every minute. The third track "Dry Air Static Sparks Northern Skies" continues the mindfuck, only with different means. In the beginning an echoed male voices sings over backwards played guitars and when the voice gives way to the instrumental part, it´s almost as good as the best tunes by Steven R. Smith. "Dry Air" blends into the album´s title track which is maybe a tad too jam band. Although it´s very atmospherique and the interplay between the players is really good, the bassline and the guitar improvisation bits are too foreseeable and have been played in a similar way one too many times. The fifth track "Fylgia" takes the album back to more quiet waters. It shifts back and forth and features some lovely harmonium playing. Halfway through, a percussion player joins in and adds some structure to the otherwise hard to grasp track. Also the last tune mostly drones and features less of the heavy psychedelia of the first half of the album. Only after about five minutes, some earthshaking bass notes and handclaps remind us what we´ve already gone through and it all ends with a heavy blast of loud and epic Rawk. With these very different aspects to it, the album would actually be most suitable for a vinyl release, but on CD it has a similar positive effect. Among all the little known psychedelic bands currently on the market, Rad Kjetil & the Loving Eye of God is definitely one you should check out. 8/10" - Stephan Bauer, Foxy Digitalis
12/29/2004	Råd Kjetil and The Loving Eye Of God	Råd Kjetil and The Loving Eye Of God	CD	$19.99	Goddamn I'm A Countryman	"Here's the deal - there is no deal. Wilmot says it all in his liner notes & here's my take on it, but obviously in other words. After all, words don't count. The heartbeat is what's important, the flow of the other side to which we may connect if we care enough. Råd Kjetil is a ghost of the past and the life to come, The Loving Eye Of God is equal parts gentle tides and raging seas. I don't know much else on this subject, but I can tell you about dark nights in the woods where no evil dwells for long. The music heard there is not the same as on this disc, but that doesn't mean the music of Råd Kjetil and The Loving Eye Of God is not as good. It's just different, and difference can be a thing to hold dear as well. There is certainly something happening here, but you don't know what it is - do you, Mr Jones?" - B.C. Wolff
9/29/2005	Ragliani	Blood Piece 2 / For A.O.	CDR	$12.99	Pegasus Farms	"Muscular, emotional, and richly layered electroacoustic works from America's middle west. With a more diverse range of sound sources than the earlier 'Inner Piece,' Raglani points in the direction of a new music that would consolidate the methodological innovations of the improv-electronic underground while broadening its expressive resources. Musique concrete for aggressive children, noise determined to make you cry, any lingering distinctions between composition and improvisation are here happily erased."
9/29/2005	Ragliani	Inner Piece 1 / Inner Piece 2	CDR	$12.99	Pegasus Farms	"Tonal fetishism. Raglani's most ascetic pieces tend towards a resistant materialism; high frequencies are marshalled to serve contemplative, rather than assaultive, ends. Falling neither on the side of noise nor that of the dryer strains of contemporary European electronics, Raglani improvises into being the layered space he would later fill with more direct allusions to melody and memory.
9/29/2005	Ragliani / Scenic Railroads	split	CDR	$14.99	Gameboy / Pegasus Farms	Raglani's contribution to this split comes in the form of three tracks motivated by a more focused attention to narrative elements and the microrelations between layers of sound. Musical and nonmusical sources dissolve into one another, filling the air with solid memories. Structurally, these pieces are Raglani's most fully realized, and they contain his most explicit nods in the direction of melody. Another chapter in the ongoing negotiation for an affectively deeper form of electroacoustic music. Along with Scenic Railroad's (Mike Shiflet and Joe Panzer) 4 digital improvisations, this disc plays excellently off each other creating a disc with a consistent, organic flow. An edition of 500. co-released with Shiflet's Gameboy records and printed at the infamous thumbprint press."
2/14/2008	Rahdunes	Rahdunes	LP	$24.99	QBICO	Picture disk, cover by QBICO. Recorded 2007, two tracks on side A and one on side B. "Originally from Sacramento, CA this is a rude boy duo. The record begins with some of the most crude and rough guitar/drums duo ever! Then you'll drift toward a far away place... to be finally hypnotized for 25 minutes by a side long track... derailing!"
7/30/2006	Rainey, Bhob	Two Bites of a Bitter Sweet	7"	$5.99	Evolving Ear	"Bhob Rainey is an established bigwig of the global improv / noise / experimental underground as a result of his work alongside trumpeter Greg Kelley in the influential duo, nmperign, his direction of the improvising juggernaut, The BSC, and his numerous solo works and collaborations with the likes of Jason Lescalleet, Gunter Muller, Ralf Wehowsky, Le Quan Ninh, Alessandro Bosetti, and Michel Doneda, among others. Two Bites of a Bitter Sweet is his first release of purely electronic music, and Evolving Ear is tickled to be the messenger on this one. The material on the two side-long, 33rpm pieces ranges from homemade synth textures to field recordings from Lisbon, Venice, Huelva, and other, unremembered locations. There's some singing by Naomi Yang (Damon and Naomi) and Bhob himself, and some words of wisdom from Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Overall, a woozy alternate reality is offered for repeated dream pool swims. Beautiful, hallucinatory artwork by Elaine Kaufmann." - label.
11/4/2006	Raionbashi	Kollekte	LP	$15.99	Hanson	"RAIONBASHI is the project of German artist DANIEL LOEWENBRUECK. Daniel is a member of Aktionist sound art gang THE SCHIMPFLUCH GRUPPE (along with members of RUNZELSTIRN & GURGELSTOCK, FEAR OF GOD, and SUDDEN INFANT), as well as operator of Germany's Tochnit Aleph record label and mailorder. Kollekte is a disgusting LP--human vomit grunts, guard dog growls, the squeal of 10,000 balloons, the clatter of 10,000 tin cans, the mumblings of 1 drunk German artist, additional scum material from JOHN WIESE and MICHAEL BARTHEL, and to top it all off....ACTUAL RECORDINGS of the LIVING DEAD! RAIONBASHI has created a truly awkward document of sound--possibly the most bizarre record Hanson has released yet. Total confusion to the ears and mind. A straight-up difficult listen, meticulously edited to contain only the most disturbing and horrible sounds. Limited to only 400 copies. Housed in a slick black and white silkscreened cardstock jacket featuring the usual Hanson outer "droll flaps.” Artwork as confusing and disturbing as the sounds contained within."
7/16/2006	Raised by Wolves	Tipping the Grinning Monkey	CDR	$8.99	Curor Recordings	"Raised by Wolves remind us that real power comes from knowing when to hold back, and Tipping the Grinning Monkey is an exercise in endlessly delayed gratification. The power duo of Andy Pyne on drums and Matt Colegate on electric guitar consistently refuse to give us the avalanche of feedback and clattering drums that we think we want. Instead, playing with considerable restraint, they tantalise the listener with brief moments that only suggest the geological forces swelling beneath, and it's this that keeps us wanting more. Over the course of eight psyched-out improvisations, they lay to waste every tedious genre-description, leaving them flattened and smoking like peasant villages after ethnic cleansing. Tipping the Grinning Monkey sounds like nothing so much as Sonny Sharrock playing the songs of Glenn Branca to a Jaki Liebezeit drum track. Their fourth album, it marks the close of one chapter and the beginning of another in Raised by Wolves' development; it is both their first away from their own Foolproof Projects label, and the last that will feature the duo lineup."
4/16/2007	Rakhim	Crimson Umbrella	CD	$12.99	20 Buck Spin	"What if Z'ev had written the intro to Darkthrone's "Blaze In The Northern Sky"? With that question in mind Finland's RAKHIM unearth "Crimson Umbrella" a two-track fit of kraut-noise psychosis, schizophrenic percussive clatter and layers of effects and over-processed vocal chants and screams. The nightmarish deconstruction of "Transylvanian Error" and "Ultimate Sword" bare only trace elements of main members Krypt and Rudimentor's day jobs in Circle and Pharaoh Overlord, with RAKHIM indulging in sonic terror too far gone for the aforementioned bands. Although the album's title makes reference to L.A.'s great Jesters Of Destiny, RAKHIM would more aptly call to mind Wolf Eyes filtered through a lengthy Faust tape jam. Best experienced through headphones at appropriately ear-bleeding volume."
	ralph haxton	A Thing Or Two About Etiquette	7"	$4.99	Gyttja	1997 release.
2/15/2005	Ram Umbus	Swing Low	LP	$14.99	Ecstatic Yod	"Sole known recording by this harshly proletarian improv unit from Brooklyn. They supposedly have been around for a long time, but they exist in the shadows of the hip world on downtown NYC & choose (as Chain Gang did before them) to create and man their own scene. High powered at times, resolutely unfocussed at others, this is their music." - Byron Coley. Volume 5 in the COTAR (Center Of The Ass Run) series.
3/21/2007	Rameses III	Honey Rose EP	CD	$8.99	Important Records	"Rameses III are architects of the most beautiful swathes of blissful ambience whose releases have previously found homes on labels like Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, Music Fellowship, Scarcelight, MYMWLY, Barl Fire and Type. On Honey Rose, the group's first release for Important, the South London trio build a bucolic soundtrack to Jon Spira's mysterious short film Suityman. Whilst the influence of Bruce Langhorne, Boxhead Ensemble and much of the 4AD roster can be keenly felt on this six song EP, so too can the wondrous drone narratives that are such a feature of Rameses III's previous works."
3/2/2007	Rameses III	Matanuska	CD	$12.99	Music Fellowship	"During the quiet nights of winter while the snow gently falls outside, the fireplace offers warmth and light. The UK's Rameses III hail from a place where subtle drifts are priceless. These insular drones are highlighted by rich acoustic depths, adding so much contrast that it's heartbreaking. Recordings of birds add a natural grace, and in the context, this trio is freed. Within these digital walls rises something majestic, extracted from the soil. With their latest full-length release, Rameses III build upon their burgeoning reputation as architects of some of the most beautifully striking soundscapes around. Matanuska invites metaphor, conjures atmosphere and envelopes the listener in its shroud. Glistening waves of string and keyboard hum and shimmer to create wondrous ambient sculptures that eventually find release in a blossom of bucolic folk. Matanuska will appeal to fans of Stars Of The Lid, Eyvind Kang, Brian Eno, Thomas Koner and Richard Youngs."
2/21/2005	Ranaldo, Lee	Music For Stage and Screen	CD	$16.99	DSA	“Music For Stage and Screen features original music composed and constructed by Lee Ranaldo for theatre plays produced in Italy and the USA plus a movie soundtrack. Best known as the guitar player/sometime singer with Sonic Youth, Lee Ranaldo has also worked with some of the most influential and important experimental musicians around, Glenn Branca and Jim O'Rourke (obviously) to name but a few. Music For Stage and Screen is a collection of voluminous soundscape constructed out of looped guitar fragments, a kind of improvised noise jam similar in spirit to sonic youth's trio of instrumental eps. Guest artists include : Alan Licht, Christian Marclay, Gunther Muller and William Hooker."
4/24/2006	Ratkje, Maja	Stalker	LP	$15.99	Important Records	"Renowned international composer Maja Ratkje is a founding member in two of Norway's most respected improvisational units -- Spunk & Fe-Mail. Like much of Ratkje's work Stalker flawlessly contrasts these two distinct emotional and audio extremes. While Stalker is influenced by the hardest Japanese noise it is also a quiet emotional drift based around Bertolt Brecht's story of a girl who has drowned and is floating down a river while her body slowly dissolves leaving only her hair to remain. With this dichotomy of hanging in limbo, Ratkje fills in the blanks with her signature compositional attention to detail and balance."
2/19/2007	Rats With Wings	Aide-Memoire	DBL LP	$27.99	Heard Worse	"Absolutely killer vinyl release from Sydney based sound human, ebay enthusiast and explorer of all things noisy esoteric and damaged. Material taken from various CD-R releases of recent years. This is SUPREME analogue grief, haunted clatter, half-demon metallics, and good ol timey feedback. Really this rat has been spewing forth golden wares for a long time now and it's nice to see a vinyl release which may give him much warranted recognition. Shit hot! Material taken from CD-R releases: The Fish Rots From The Head (unreleased), Southern Oscillation Index (HoLR) CDR-RWW (MIR), Ratified Loopholes (AEN), Ashtray Cabbage (Fiend), Get And Put (Deadline), Out Vile Jelly! (Gold Soundz), Night Science and Underground Australia compilations (Cipher Productions). Package has a damaged CD glued to the cover." - synaesthesia
9/30/2005	Rats With Wings	Out Vile Jelly!	CDR	$10.99	Gold Soundz	"All new 75 minute electronic hot soup from mr Burston!!"
11/10/2003	Rauhan Orkesteri	Felix	3" CDR	$6.99	267 lattajjaa	4 tracks - 20+ minutes of mellow but mind-blowing free-jazz. "Call it free music, call it jazz, even free jazz, improvised music... You can use whatever names you wish to describe the sound of Rauhan Orkesteri (= Orchestra Of Peace). But one thing's sure: few words can describe the FIRE AND PASSION these cats put in their music!!! It's so boiling and joyful, that it makes you wonder: 'What are they thinking??!!'"
10/26/2004	Rauhan Orkesteri	Hyppy Tunti	7"	$7.99	Pohjoisten Kukkaiten Äänet	October 2004 release from free jazz quartet of Antti Tolvi, Ville Jolanki, Tero Kemppainen, and Jaako Tolvi who reside in Turku, Finland. This 3 track ep is another fine release to follow up their now repressed self-titled lp and the still available 3” cdr ‘Feliz’.
10/16/2003	Rauhan Orkesteri	Rauhan Orkesteri	LP	$17.99	Pohjoisten Kukkaiten äänet / LalLalLal	“Call it free music, call it jazz, even free jazz, improvised music... You can use whatever names you wish to describe the sound of RAUHAN ORKESTERI (= Orchestra Of Peace). But one thing's sure: few words can describe the FIRE AND PASSION these cats put in their music!!! It's so boiling and joyful, that it makes you wonder: ‘What are they thinking??!!’ I tell you, this is the sound of awareness! When they play, you just get nailed to the floor... there's so many things going on, that your mind will feel no need for ‘normal’ music in a while. Totally insane and at the same time the only sane thing around. You should catch these guys live. If you are in Finland be sure to find out about club TULIPESÄ in Turku, for evenings of improvisation that feature one or many of these guys, but also other surprising people performing... This album is recorded in the outdoors for the most part, and it is in MONO!!!!!! How cool is that???!!!”
7/16/2006	Rauhan Orkesteri & Laukheat Lampaat	Sylissain Oot	CD	$15.99	Ache	"We are proud to announce the release of Rauhan Orkesteri (Peace Orchestra)/ Lauhkeat Lampaat (Meek Sheep) CD originally released on LP in 2005 on Italian label, Qbico; ten pieces of free-improv-folk-jazz from Finland, with a distinctive foundation of playful vigor and heartening spirit. It's an organic improv session that breathes countryside air, sensing the grass between its toes. Deeply routed in the incestuous Finnish psych-folk-experimental scene, the family tree of this four-piece has many branches, including the duo, Lauhkeat Lampaat who are peppered throughout this release. These pieces are differentiated by higher timbres and a slightly more tongue-in-cheek air (they are also distinguished by the asterisk in the song listing). Rauhan Orkesteri has to be one of Europe's most exciting new free jazz outfits, filled with a rarely encountered joyful energy floating on a fantastic search into the free realms of the outer possibilities of sound. No cause for intellectual drama here, Antti Tolvi, Ville Jolanki (reeds), Jaakko Tolvi (percussion) and Tero Kemppainen (bass) need no more then the direct physical contact between body and instrument for their sonic onslaughts that in no time go from hectic outbursts to warm and mellow soft blows." LP version in stock, too.
6/5/2005	Rauhan Orkesteri / Lauhkeat Lampaat	Sylissain Oot	LP	$21.99	QBICO	Antti Tolvi (reeds, percussion, objects); Ville Jolanki (reeds); Tero Kemppainen (bass); Jaakko Tolvi (drums, percussion, objects). Rec. 2004 in Finland. "Seven pieces by The Peace Orchestra 4et (fierce ecstatic jazz) and three pieces by Meek Sheep (brothers Tolvi's more ethnic/folk/tribal oriented duo). Very promising young blood from the exciting new Finnish scene." Highly recommended!
2/26/2006	Raven Strain	Trisagion	cassette	$6.99	Hanson	"Ever heard of the NORTHVILLE TUNNELS?? It's these underground tunnels in Northville, MI that lead to an old abandoned Mental Hosptial. A teenaged RAVEN STRAIN aka MATT BILLINGS used to hang out in those tunnels... ALOT! This is totally the sound of creeping thru there high on paint, seeing only by the light of a shitty BIC mini lighter... runnin around the hospital and reading the forgotten files of the inmates that once lived there. I remember him telling me a story of snakin some old filing cabinet from there and draggin em home thru the tunnels. I think he recorded that and put it on this tape. Total abandonment, illness, and drugs."
4/24/2006	Raven Strain	untitled	7"	$25.99	AA Records	One-sided square lathe cut 7" from Nate Young's (Wolf Eyes) AA label.
2/5/2004	Raw Thug	Raw Thug	CDR	$12.99	U-Sound	"Very little known about Aurther Kalow / Raw Thug. We crossed paths with him in Louisville and again, randomly in Hudson NY, where he gave us this cd. Simple, but diverse...Raw Thug presents his tunes with the immediacy of Arthur Doyle. This document is all over the place, percussion with vocals, haunting keyboards, cut up electronics...rocked in a minimal, unique, voice." First 50 come with a limited poster sleeve - these are available now.
2/19/2007	Ray Off	Nothing Like A Ribbon Round A Parcel	CDR	$11.99	Black Petal	Dunedin NZ group led by Jimb Currin of United Fairy Moons, with friends including Tim Cornelious of Sandoz Lab Technicians.. really beautiful release!
2/26/2006	Ray Pacino Ensemble, The	Be my Lonely Night	cassette	$6.99	LalLalLal	"Album full of recordings from the late 90's by this wonderful Swedish trio closely connected to Johannes Nilsson. Packed with folkish wibes and hypnotic hi&lo-fi grooves they sound like the summer sun shining through the smoke of tar production. At the same time it gives you a feeling of eating well and starting to get drunk after a long day in the tar fields. Every song is great like every dance you dance on the dancefloor on a cruiser on the same night. The tape stops just before the police takes you to prison because of otherworldly dancing and wrestling with your beloved ones."
10/25/2008	Red Favorite	Red Favorite	LP	$16.99	Streamline	"Red Favorite, a cycle of compositions for guitars, electronics and voices created by Jeremy Pisani was first released as a limited edition CD on Spirit of Orr and is now offered, as it was originally conceived to appear, on an LP. He moved closer and looked through the peephole. And he saw: the world stretched out before him, a quiet and gentle space with a broad expanse of grass that practically glistened in its greenness. A sparkling brook ran through the meadow in the middle distance, and now he saw that the grass was dotted with the pale blue and soft yellow of many blooming flowers, which, half hidden in the grass, stared out at him like so many frightened eyes. On a distant hilltop stood a grove of small pink trees, covered and obscured by the astonishing pinkness of their blossoms. The world had a sense of freshness, as if it might only be minutes old -- washed clean by a careful springtime rain, dried and scrubbed by a solicitous breeze, burnished to its brightness by the rays of a gentle sun. It was an uncomplicated place, a very simple place. But what it had was quite enough; it had all it needed."
	Reed, Loud	Metal Machine Music	CD	$16.99	RCA Germany	Reissue of 1975 double LP of pure noise.
6/19/2007	Reggae, The	Balthar	cassette	$7.99	Tipped Bowler	"Fifteen-plus minutes of astral debris from the Reggaee, aka Florian Tositti of Angers, France. With previous releases on Ruralfaune and his own Vilaaaviivivi imprint, Tosittiti has mapped a space of eternal-drone now sound channeled through a roomful of instruments and old tape decks. Balthar's two side-long tracks of blissful whirring and buried, distant percussion catch the Reggaee at his best. The A-side is lodged inside a dream of vocal clouds and scattered bells, with the nocturnal kicking of the dreamer audible in the fog. The B-side ebbs to nightmare, ending in bleak tonal decay. Full-color cardstock covers with two inserts and sprayed tapes." Edition of 68.
2/4/2007	Reid, James	Like A Buzzard Chased By Crows	CDR	$12.99	Barl Fire	"Like A Buzzard Chased By Crows is the debut album from the Fife based singer-songwriter James Reid. With a love for the Autumnal pastoralia of Nick Drake, forays into the woods, homemade wine, and the legendary Wickerman soundtrack, Reid combines these passions to deliver his own lo-fi folk sketches of the beautiful, and sometimes strange, rural landscapes and hedgerow habitats of his native Scotland. Armed with acoustic guitar, mandolin, a broken-down dictaphone, some demijohns and blessed with a golden larynx, Reid weaves melodies and atmospheres that draw favourable comparison to contempories like Greg Weeks and classics such as Drake's "Pink Moon" and David Crosby's "If I Could Only Remember My Name". "Like A Buzzard Chased By Crows" features cover-art by Reid himself, is packaged in jewel cases and limited to 200 copies."
10/25/2008	Religious Knives	Door	CD	$11.99	Ecstatic Peace	"Religious Knives return with six songs that are brighter and sharper than anything they've done before, locking in tight on jugular rhythms. It's the score for disappearing neighborhoods and crumbling buildings, a hope of holding onto the past as those around us move fast to forget it. It is scent as sound, the stench of smog and sickly smoke spiraling towards the sky. It is Brooklyn, July of 2008. The sun has left us in the East, disappearing somewhere behind Jersey, leaving our borough to find the pulse of another night deep with the city's streets."
2/12/2008	Religious Knives	It's After Dark	CD	$11.99	Troubleman	"Brooklyns Religious Knives - members of Double Leopards / Mouthus - deliver a brand new full-length featuring the full on "band" with drums, bass, guitar, and keyboards/electronics. Overdriven by dual male/female vocals. The follow up to the bands In Brooklyn After Dark EP." Highly recommended!
5/29/2008	Religious Knives	Its After Dark	LP	$14.99	Troubleman Unlimited	"Brooklyn's RELIGIOUS KNIVES-members of DOUBLE LEOPARDS / MOUTHUS-deliver a brand new full-length featuring the full on "band" with drums, bass, guitar, and keyboards/electronics. Overdriven by dual male/female vocals. The follow up to the bands In Brooklyn After Dark EP." Highly recommended!
3/27/2008	Religious Knives	Resin	CD	$10.99	No Fun Productions	"Since their first release for No Fun Productions, the collection of early LP’s/singles entitled ’Remains’, the Religious Knives have grown into a stunningly assured and powerful rock n’ roll band of sorts, one liberally and noticeably immersed in the smoke-addled haze of the psychedelic underground. Resin marches ahead with a vigorous potency that accurately shares its bloodline with the best psychedelic acts of the past. This is Brooklyn’s true Psychedelic Rock."
4/24/2006	Religious Knives	untitled	7"	$25.99	AA Records	One-sided square lathe cut 7" from Nate Young's (Wolf Eyes) AA label.
4/16/2007	Religious Knives & The Haunting	Live in the Cove	cassette	$8.99	Heavy Tapes	"When you're "a couple," there's nothing better than finding another couple that you connect with. Here, husband and Wife teams Religious Knives and The Haunting (Mike and Tara Connelly) hook up for a late night pyjama jam after a full evening of eating, drinking, and relaxing. We knew we were friends, but would the jams work out? I think we found out that we have as much in common in terms of sound and approach as we do in taste for food and wine. Creaking, reverb, a jar full of marbles, and a lot of atmosphere. You don't need to be full and sitting by candlelight to enjoy this, but it helps."
4/16/2007	Reminguez	Stupid With Brains	CDR	$9.99	Chocolate Monk	"Universal Indian Bryan Ramirez's solo damage from 1996. Over 45 minutes of one mans screwed up wrestling with broken gear. Tapes, turntable, electronics, feedback, percussion, sweat and grease. Total no-fidelity dementia, like a lone flickering lightbulb in some damp, sodden Michigan basement."
4/9/2003	Residents, The	Demons Dance Alone	DBL CD	$38.99	EuroRalph	"The new album of The Residents. But this is not the regular release, this is the deluxe edition. Just to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Residents Euro Ralph put together their last pennies to produce this stunning edition. A full color 16 page booklet in a CD-sized book like cover. It contains two CDs: One with the regular album and another one with additional songs and alternate version. The whole thing is protected by a spectacular suede packaging. Strictly limited to 3000." Two copies available.
12/24/2005	Residents, The	The King & Eye: RMX	LP	$16.99	Euroralph	Newly recorded, first release of this remix project. "In 1989 The Residents recorded an album of Elvis hits called The King & Eye. Anyone familiar with the group's work would not be surprised to hear no attempt at recreating the original arrangements. In fact a great deal of thought went into re-interpreting the songs and digging into their freudian undertones, usually overlooked in the lyrics. Aware that pain inevitably swirls around these feelings of lost love and obsession, The Residents decided to return this emotional marrow to the material. Within that context, the album was unified by a children's story -- one about a baby, who compensated for the profound emptiness in his life by turning himself into a king. For The Residents, Elvis's life became a cautionary tale: a story of lost innocence, misplaced while stumbling through the shadows of substance. But even more amazing for the group was how, in death, Elvis became the ultimate Americana icon, inspiring legions of aping imposters, zealously imitating the caricature he so willing and sadly became. Ironically, aping the apes, The Residents chose to make their statements on The King & Eye through the voice of an aging Elvis imitator. Fifteen years later, in 2003, The Residents asked German remix whiz, Paralyzer, to listen to the original 24 track master recording and see what he would do to re-interpret their album, not unlike what they had done to Elvis's original material, and make it more relevant to the 21st century. Paralyzer accepted the challenge but asked the group to give him free rein in reconstructing the pieces. Excitedly, The Residents agreed." Gatefold sleeve - nice.
11/29/2007	Residual Echoes	First EP	CD	$9.99	Elevation	"OK, who put the Benzedrine in Residual Echoes' Ovaltine? Time was when bandleader Adam Payne and crew seemed never to have met a song they didn't want to stretch out, flail around in an echo canyon, then wrap around a couple California palm trees just high enough for the swallows to become entangled in its cloth. But not on First EP, which is their fourth and shortest record. On its first two songs, the echo unit is intact, but the tempo's accelerated to the point where young dudes will want to punch the air, hoist their imaginary guitars over their shoulders, and do scissor kicks 'til their knee braces fall around their ankles. Even the guitar freak-outs adhere to loud, fast rules. To further confound things, the third song, "Wipe It Up," is a Blake Babies cover. It's hoarsely shouted rather than chirpily yelped, but otherwise presented without a shred of irony or disrespect. The fourth, "Fresh Eyes," picks an earlier point on the memory lane timeline, specifically the moment when it seemed possible that Hüsker Dü and the Meat Puppets might peel down the same psychedelic alley, eclipsing the double nickels on the dime. Turns out they've moved to Los Angeles, so maybe Residual Echoes have been pulling out their old SST vinyl. Only "Strawberrytes" stretches out like the Residual Echoes of yore, and even that is taken at a flat-out rate that makes me wonder if they picked out a virgin teenaged track star for a drummer. I'm not sure if there's much behind the catchy melodies, fast beats, and superballing wah-wah licks, but does there really need to be? After all, it's only a "First EP." - Bill Meyer, Dusted Magazine
2/28/2006	Residual Echoes	Phoenecian Flu And Ancient Ocean	LP	$15.99	Holy Mountain	"Phoenecian Flu And Ancient Ocean is another seething mish-mash of psychedelia, krautrock and free-noise-- the perfect follow-up to last year's highly regarded self-titled debut LP. Partially self-recorded and partially recorded in the studio, Phoenecian Flu and Anciet Ocean is full of absolutely staggering material. The endless riff-santiy of "Death Comes for the Archbishop" is followed by billowing smoke, then a fuzzy-wuzzy pop number that finally shoots itself when the smell of smoke turns out to be an amp that was on far too loud for far too long. That piece of reverbed noise insanity might've been all were it not for the depraved psychedelic dub and Monoshock tribute that follows. Odes to the acoustic guitar and former gods of the six-string close the album. What does it sound like? Everything and nothing, baby."
3/11/2005	Residual Echoes	Residual Echoes	CD	$13.99	Holy Mountain	"A far-freaking-out blend of fried, DIY psych rock from this Santa Cruz combo led by Adam Payne (a friend and colleague of fellow travelers Comets on Fire and Six Organs of Admittance). A vibrant eight-track collage of long, distorted, and meandering tracks, loaded with 'that sound' from an indiscriminate time where drugs reign above all and the clock is always set for snooze. Packaged with dope artwork and named album of the month (January 2005) by Julian Cope. Previous LP version is out of print."
3/21/2007	Ressu	Sirpaleet tuottavat ropinaa	CDR	$8.99	267 Lattajjaa	"naïve paralysing melodies" from a new finnish talent
	Restgeraeusch	One hour/One minute	CD	$19.99	Mille Plateaux	Brain crunching sonic blips
12/24/2005	Retroactive Interference	Retroactive Interference	cassette	$6.99	Skullfucking Tapes	"Highlights from the debut cdr by this duo of twisted basement tweakers recorded in 2000-2002. Youngster sanity workouts, cavemen electronics and psychedelic cowboy explosions galore."
7/14/2007	Reverse Mouth	Gay Control Icon	3" CDR	$7.99	Phase	"Three of the most intense tracks (Little Bodie, Fashion Blog Whatevah, Go Out w/ Crap In Your Pants) Reverse Mouth ever jammed gathered in this *fancy* 3", if you panzies can call that. Gross vocal vomitings and hi-end feedback dance along w/ garbage percussion and lo-fi fx. It's so much black trance, as Stalone never was gay in "Lock Up" or any other tender movie. Stenciled grass pattern + rubber stamp on 10cm x 20cm color heavy paper, spraypainted label and xerox insert, numbered to 50."
7/14/2007	Reverse Mouth / Slasher Risk	split	cassette	$7.99	Phase	"An Athens-Brooklyn conjoined junk! Reverse Mouth side is a 20-minute track, "Negative Cutter", a cut-up pastichio full of soundtrackish sounds and noise wounds. On the other side, Slasher Risk offers two tracks, "Amrican Football Fux" and "???", two tracks of healthy free rock sickness and way destructive mood. Limited to 80 w/ collaborative full color artwork by the two groups."
10/25/2008	Reviver	Crawlers Spit Black	cassette	$5.99	905 Tapes	"Parasite drone done lights-out style in a fume tunnel. no ventilation, total mind's eye light show dragging corpses through through the mud. reviver brings the collapse like nobody knows, solid ct solo style."
2/4/2007	Reynolds, Ben	Basic Consciousness	cassette	$8.99	Cauliflower Dreams	"Ben from ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS, UNCABINETED DUO, etc... a real circular psych dreamer. 4 songs of muddy water."
7/30/2006	Reynolds, Ben	Book of Beyond	CD	$12.99	Last Visible Dog	"Ben Reynolds is one of the newer voices from the same UK scene that includes Ashtray Navigations and many of the VHF celebrities (Sunroof!, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Richard Youngs, etc.) It should be of little surprise then that Book of Beyond fits very nicely among the recordings of those other artists--noise/junk drone. As in his previous recordings, this at times dissolves into more acoustic offerings, but the Fahey influence appears to be mostly gone, and what remains in the quieter moments is far more bewildering. Time-stretched bells and weird short-wave transmissions, one helluva lot of well used ring-modulator (nice to hear it done well for a change), fumblings on more traditional instrumentation (flute, guitar, etc.) but never coming together to form anything you might call a song. Book of Beyond may truly be well titled, since this is music stretching out beyond his two other recent releases, taking what he's learned from his participation in Ashtray Navigations and focusing more on texture and aural disorientation. This is definitely the kind of uncomfortable music we are proud to release!" - label
9/30/2005	Reynolds, Ben	More Tongue Meditations	3" CDR	$8.99	Memoirs Of An Aesthete	"Like 'Rocket Fuel' coffee (anyone remember that stuff?), this is exactly what it says on the packet. A sequel to the prolific Mr R's previous Memoirs volume 'Great Tongue Meditations'. Dream tones, psychedelic wavering and the haunting voices of the Stoke On Trent power grid will keep you smiling through this half of the cake. Will he make us a Tongue Trilogy? Time will tell. This will sure be sufficient for now."
4/24/2006	Reynolds, Ben	Music is the Music Language	CD	$14.99	Ikuisuus	"It's no secret that Ben Reynolds has put out a heap of records within a very short time. Pretty much every review of his work begins by exclaiming how prolific he has been recently. Luckily, his work ethic (he has also recently begun collaborating with Ashtray Navigations and he plays bass with The Wow) is matched by a desire to push boundaries and stretch musical ideas. Many of Reynolds' past CD-R releases have been beautiful marriages of acoustic guitar flurries with amorphous electronic drones. On "Music is the Music Language," his first 'legit' CD and the first release for the Finnish Ikuisuus label, Ben has tangled up his previous musical ideas and created what is perhaps his most abstract and phantasmagoric release yet. It's immediately apparent from the first ten seconds or so into the record that something unearthly is going on. "Swing + Maths" begins with a subtle electronic trill with what sounds like haphazardly manipulated hand drums overtop. One instantly gets the feeling of being trapped somewhere on the wrong side of the solar system. Suddenly we're transported to the bottom of an ocean, seemingly inside a pedal-powered submarine, as "Mother Legato" begins and shifts the musical mood. It can be quite exciting when someone can evoke two such disparate images in two succeeding songs. On "Spacious Yowl," we're treated to some of that delicious acoustic guitar resting atop the diluted remains of a synthetic beast's mating call. Echoey chirps wrapped up in a gooey amorphous hum are prevalent on the perfectly titled "Overcome Your Infinity (Fornever)." One of the longer pieces, "Bird to Flame" is also one of the more abstract, being composed exclusively with densely layered electronics. "Quester" brings back the acoustic guitar, however Ben's playing is freer and farther out in the realms of improvisation. Subtly manipulated tribal percussion - undoubtedly produced electronically - on "Curiosity" leads into a final acoustic guitar number, the lush "Serial Hoper." There's no shortage of whirrs, chirps, hiccups and burps in the forty-odd minutes contained in "Music is the Music Language." But then again, did we really expect Ben Reynolds to rest on his laurels? This is truly engaging, envelope-pushing music, and however far "Music is the Music Language" veers to the left in comparison to Reynolds' other records, fans of abstract electronic composition should seek this out straightaway.- Bryon Hayes / Foxy Digitalis
9/30/2005	Reynolds, Ben	Other World Sermons	3" CDR	$7.99	Firstperson	"Is this the 6th, 7th, 8th cd in less than 6 months? not sure, what i can say is that the quality hasn't dropped one inch. The acoustic gtr has been usurped by a determination to document a burbling, bubbling netherword of ominous tones and subtle percussive perambulations. Really fucking good in other words. Other fine produce stuff on 267 Lattajjaa, PseudoArcana, FoxyDigitalis etc etc..."
6/11/2006	Reynolds, Ben	Outmospheric Arts of the Outmosphere	CD	$12.99	Digitalis	"Ben Reynolds has emerged as one of the most prolific contributors to the UK ecstatic-drone scene over the past year. He has released numerous solo CD-Rs and last year saw his first CD on the Finnish Ikuisuus imprint. "Outmosphere" was originally intended to add to the list of CD-R releases, but once we heard it, we knew it deserved something bigger. Many moons later, this is Ben Reynolds first stateside widely-available CD release. As his music has developed, Reynolds has given nods to raga-infused acoustic folk all the way to dense, monolithic drones. "Outmosphere" finds all these elements smashed together in perfect harmony. Each song is carefully constructed, keeping in mind its place in the larger whole. Througout "Outmosphere," he turns this holy racket into something mystical and beautiful. On every track we are treated to cosmics webs of earth and space magic woven in only the way Ben Reynolds can. "Outmospheric Arts of the Outmosphere" is an excellent introduction to Reynolds work for those unfamiliar, and a perfect continuation of previous efforts for those who are fans already. It is a sublime and rich listening experience all around."
12/24/2005	Reynolds, Ben	Special Noises / Many Straight Creation	CDR	$12.99	Time-Lag Records	"yet another fine joint from one of the uks most prolific and ear tickling sound benders. ben seems to find a particularly dizzying, playful groove this time around. build from undulating buzzes, squeaks, drones, loops, and what seems to be an endless supply of cosmic electronic noises. this is the kind of sound-art that you can really dive into and enjoy, much more entertaining then anything purely avant, and that's something we can really dig. dished out with enough analog gurgle and acoustic/voice waves to keep it all nice and warm... packaged in the usual tri-fold art paper covers, with wrap-around full color paste-on art, hand stamping, inserts, and all black cdrs. hand numbered edition to 155 copies."
7/16/2006	Reynolds, Ben / John W. Fail	Uncabineted	CDR	$8.99	Sharks & Pfennigs	"Ben Reynolds and John W. Fail collated several recordings to compile Uncabineted, covering the period between September 2005 (when they met) and March 2006. Reynolds work is well-documented on labels such as Ikuisuss, Memoirs of an Aesthete, Time-Lag and 267 Lattajjaa while Fail has dabbled in myriad projects including Lied Music, Intro to Pterodactyl and Land. Ranging from screaming acoustics to dirgy fuzzfests, the real document is that of experience, joy and camaraderie."
	Reynols	"-------"	CD	$12.99	Betley/Blackbean	1999 recordings. "Argentina’s greatest export in free rock maelstrom with Tomasin’s unearthly howl."
4/19/2004	Reynols	Deportation Symphony	7"	$7.99	Riot Season	"The sounds on this record were made entirely from sounds samples of the bands deportation papers hung in an Argentinean warehouse. No instruments. It creates a weird and eerie ambience as the band make their 'art' statement at the UK's immigration service."
2/26/2003	Reynols	Fire Music	CD EP	$11.99	Digital Narcis Ltd.	"Piece made only with processed recordings of fire. In slimline case with no printed matter. One 20-minute track.”
8/6/2003	Reynols	Live in Copenhagen	CD	$12.99	into the lunar night	"Even who is offending God is in fact praising Him" - Meister Eckehart. “Reynols's first dannish gig ever is a powerful sound experience in a real CHURCH in Copenhagen. The Chapel had a natural reverb of 5.5 seconds and was the right ambience for a concert like this. The CD contains two different recordings of the same gig both sounding very different. If anyone doubts noise-drone-rock can meet the ancient European mysticism, here is a proof. So now you have something to believe in…"
6/9/2003	Reynols	Sosina Arada Mica	CD	$14.99	Celebrate / Psi / Phenomenon	"From the same country that brought you the Argentine Rugby Team comes the brand new bucket of steaming hot-fong from the globes finest heavy metal shamen. Lurid-green, audio-slime that whispers your name and threatens to suck you down its own psychic plughole. The shiniest examples of everything Reynols-ish: visionary wail and murmer, cyclopean beating, and unshackled string twist. Powerful, deeply sinister, and truly beyond your wildest dreams."
8/7/2002	Rezanate	Missed America	CD	$9.99	Mandragora Records	"Missed America, continuing in Mandragora Records' tradition of experimentation, is a thoroughly bizarre affair. Relying equally on the manipulation of the tape as its actual contents, the band offers us a mixture of experimental guitar compositions and field recordings that are often degenerated into pure sound as a result of bizarre recording methods and oddball tape effects. How the band have created the noise on this album is all beyond me, although its safe to say that they've tried a lot of things, and they've surely had their hands draped in tape more than once during its creation. While those bent on accessibility will be scared off, those who don't mind a little hallucinogenic headfuck every once in a while will surely be greeted pleasantly by this. Who knows, maybe these crazy experimentations will resonate in your head for weeks? Ha ha ha." - Matt Shimmer, indieville.com "Ecletic and diverse debut CD, pairing intricate guitar symphonies with lo-fi tape chemistry. Moogified swankadelia for the inner mind. A musical puzzle. An experimental medley. A trip."
	rhBand	First Tone	CD	$13.99	Drunken Fish	"Their second CD for DFR, ‘First Tone’ is another culling of impacted sine waves and further explorations via an arsenal of ‘circuits and wires, analogue feedback units, things bowed, electric organ, McNaughton, e-bow, delay units, phase controllers, wah pedals, practice chanter, smoke and flute’. Recorded over three sessions during the latter half of '97, each piece unfolds as it was improvised to tape, receiving only a minimal amount of mixing later (no overdubs). The rhBand continues on, heads down and mouth agape, on their transilient quest for enlightenment." Recommended!
	rhBand	Third Order Parasitism	CD	$13.99	Drunken Fish	"rhBand are a California based improvising collective becoming known for their extended explorations in search of the Ur-drone. Utilizing cracked electronics and homemade long string instruments, the debut CD ‘Third Order Parasitism’ was welcomed with slack jaws and packed pipes, receiving magnanimous praise in such highbrow mags as Wire, Opprobrium and Maximum RocknRoll." Recommended!
	Riff	Songs For The Dog	CD	$14.99	Stono Records	“An intimate solo work of Riff (Cosmic Gardeners) of 1989 /90 ( up to now just private release ) personal songs, thoughts, pictures, views to an animal-men-connection silent melancholic vocals traveling with most acoustic guitar tunes in a jungle of psychedelic sound and hypnotic moments.”
	Riff, Nick	Cloak Of Immortality	CD	$15.99	Delerium	Psychedelic guitar mayhem
	Riley, Terry	Olson III	CD	$16.99	Cortical Foundation	Performed in 1967 by a Swedish High School Band with Terry Riley on soprano saxophone. Produced by Folke Rabe.
2/23/2007	Riley, Terry	Red Streams	CD	$15.99	Elision Fields	"Terry Riley's first LP, originally released in 1966 in a limited edition of 1,000 on Mass Art. Includes the first appearance of the time-lag accumulator on record heard in an early version of "Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band," along with a version of "Keyboard Studies" on reed organ, and as a bonus, a psychedelic big-band adaptation of "In C (Mantra)" recorded under the direction of Walter Boudreau in 1970."
12/26/2005	Rise of the City Cat Cult	Rise Up City Cats	CDR	$12.99	Seedy R!	"Dunedin all-girl synth and casio rock band featuring member of The Futurians and Dick the Phone. Squally, lurchy, poundy and howly..."
3/2/2005	Robbins, Andy	s/t	3" CDR	$7.99	Firstperson	"Regular at the Stoke-on-Trent based Musicrooom events, appearing variously as solo singer/songwriter & member of Sculptress. Andy Robbins presents 5 finely crafted tracks including 'Come Down' which features Mikarla & Andy Jarvis on violin & gtr respectively. Bowed banjo, zither & autoharp all combine on these recordings to produce a wonderful collection of shimmering, mind-altering drone folk classics." 3" cdr housed in hand-made clear acetate covers with information printed on one side and an image on the other.
7/10/2008	Robe.	Star Form	CDR	$7.99	Peasant Magik	"Horror movie / soundtrackish guitar and trombone workouts. Releases on Black Horizons etc. Limited to 100 copies, hand numbered / stamped. Black cdrs, packaged with printed vellum and full color wrap around art."
1/1/2008	Robedoor	Closer to the Cliff	CD	$20.99	Interregnum	Brand new killer album from one of LA's finest duo's. Recorded from June-September 2007 in Eagle Rock, CA, this features 4 heavily droned tracks and a run time of about 45 minutes. Nice!
7/10/2008	Robedoor	Endlessly Blazing	LP	$12.99	Woodsist	"Eagle Rock, CA's Robedoor are back with another doomed out K-hole. Slow creeping drones building to some nice loner caveman pound/ real song territory. Three tracks in just under 40 minutes. edition of 500 with full color jacket. Artwork by Jeremy Earl." "Another bowl of black wax lit up and littered into the smogset. Another half hour in the haze, burned and overturned. "Endlessly Blazing" loads together a trio of semi-recent resin sessions: the A is a sidelong sinkhole into lava and quaaludes, the B starts with a sprawling spiral sweetleaf ballad before convulsing into a pissed withdrawal of dread drums, electronic fumes, and damaged howling. Hold it in as long as you can" -?
8/2/2008	Robedoor	Pained Transformation	CDR	$8.99	House of Alchemy	"This disc is both new and old. It features tracks from two long gone cassette releases and one massive new track to burn yr skull. If you missed the Pained Seer or Hopeless Transformation cassettes, now is yr chance to grab those jams plus something new! Heavy yeah." Edition of 200 copies.
8/2/2008	Robedoor	Shapeshifter Slave	LP	$15.99	Olde English Spelling Bee	"Shapeshifters are messengers and imitators of the gods. Shapeshifters can be divine or human. Crossing boundaries between sacred and evil, they often bring messages, power or punishment from the gods. Shapeshifting is used to gain access to the tower. They are able to turn any situation around. Nothing is too much or too little. The shapeshifter can invert a life-threatening situation into one where he triumphs. This form of shapeshifting is most commonly painless but can be traumatic if the change was unintentional; clothing is rarely lost in this process. Edited, assembled, and mastered with assistance from Pete Swanson of the Yellow Swans. Ectoplasmic cover art conjured by France's Parisse Bruno. Pro-printed black and white covers and insert. Limited edition of 425 copies."
4/20/2008	Robedoor	Shrine to the Possessor	LP	$16.99	Music Fellowship	"New batch of brutal minimalism from Robedoor on their first vinyl full length, Shrine to the Possessor. This one is pure darkness - no light, no air, just tortured souls and echoed cries. Three epic droning processionals built from the heaviest, thickest low-end tones. The sound of indentured servants from a scorched dustbowl wasteland. Caveman aesthetic pushed to its limits by recording to eight analog channels. Robedoor's storied back catalog includes full length CDs on Release the Bats and Interregnum, collaborative albums with their sisters-in-arms Pocahaunted on Digitalis, Ecstatic Peace, and Blackest Rainbow, and countless other long sold-out CDRs and tapes, several on the band's own label, the undeniably prodigious Not Not Fun, as well as on Ruralfaune, Chocolate Monk, Chondritic Sound, and many others. Recorded by Bobb Bruno at Bored Fortress HQ in Eagle Rock, CA. Artwork by Andy Spore. Includes silkscreened 11x17 poster. Limited and numbered to 500."
8/31/2008	Robedoor / Husere Grav	split	cassette	$7.99	Not Not Fun	"Two bleak teams pass the death pipe across this black lake of a tape, and the mood - at best - runs from dread to dead (or undead, same vibe). Robedoor's "Terminal Abomination" finds them grappling their recent song-form style with bass, drums, and slime, a heavy metal swamp-thing crawl that drips and riffs from the depths to deeper depths. A strident stalk across new weird wetlands. The B side is a suite of songs from southern lord Husere Grav, who operates from more of a bedroom black metal/death drone perspective, utilizing buzzing guitar, tomb tones, and the occasional drum machine plod to convey his message of relentless misery with strange elegance. Past self-released CDRs like The Great Empty and Stay Asleep have mapped similarly cursed terrains, but his five queasy pieces here are easily among his most cold and cutting ever laid to tape. On pro-dubbed cassettes. Edition of 150."
3/29/2005	Roberts, Alasdair	No Earthly Man	CD	$13.99	Drag City	"Over the course of three albums of original music with the band Appendix Out and a pair of albums under his own name, Scotsman Alasdair Roberts has been moving toward a purer understanding, exploration and interpretation of the traditional song of the British Isles. No Earthly Man shouldn't be regarded as a culmination of this exploration: this is Roberts' music, something he'll be fiddling with for the rest of his days. However, this new album comes with some sense of finality, part of which may have to do with its focus - a set comprised entirely of death ballads. Recorded near the whisky distilleries of rural Aberdeenshire and mixed amid the tobacco fields of Kentucky, No Earthly Man benefits from the playing and perspective of a diversity of musicians, and from the production talents of honorary Scot Will Oldham."
3/29/2005	Roberts, Alasdair	No Earthly Man	LP	$13.99	Drag City	"Over the course of three albums of original music with the band Appendix Out and a pair of albums under his own name, Scotsman Alasdair Roberts has been moving toward a purer understanding, exploration and interpretation of the traditional song of the British Isles. No Earthly Man shouldn't be regarded as a culmination of this exploration: this is Roberts' music, something he'll be fiddling with for the rest of his days. However, this new album comes with some sense of finality, part of which may have to do with its focus - a set comprised entirely of death ballads. Recorded near the whisky distilleries of rural Aberdeenshire and mixed amid the tobacco fields of Kentucky, No Earthly Man benefits from the playing and perspective of a diversity of musicians, and from the production talents of honorary Scot Will Oldham."
11/9/2004	Roberts, Dean	And the Black Moths Play the Grand Cinema	LP	$13.99	Staubgold	"A re-release of the long deleted Ritornell CD from 2000, many fans and critics regard New Zealander Dean Roberts' second solo album And the Black Moths Play the Grand Cinema as his best so far. This re-issue comes with complete new artwork and is available on vinyl for the first time. Guest musicians include Tim Barnes, Charles Curtis and Matt Valentine." "And the Black Moths Play the Grand Cinema is a tremendous achievement. Everything fits. It's less of an attempt to blend genres - post-rock, prepared-guitar improv, glitchadelica - than a demonstration of how; for the truly imaginative, genres remain utterly meaningless. Roberts has always had a fine ear for sonic exploration, but Moths sees him on peak form. Even when he leaves the instruments to drone, their individual character and juxtaposition as interesting as the appealing density of their combined harmonics. On this album, the overall essence is truly far more than the sum of its parts." - Brian Duguid, The Wire
12/3/2003	Roberts, Dean	Be Mine Tonight	CD	$14.99	kranky	“Be Mine Tonight is a recording of songs. Slow, often wrenching songs where the brush of a cymbal, a voice or a plucked string can have great impact. Through arrangement, processing and editing Dean Roberts has crafted out rock that presents listeners with familiar forms as it challenges them with oblique gestures. Improvisational and electronic strategies are ably utilized to push the dimensions of rock songs played by a group of people together in one room. It was recorded in Bologna, Italy from Dec. 2000 to Dec. 2002. Giuseppe Ielasi, of Fringes Recordings and a legend of Italian improvisational guitar, contributed prepared guitar, as did Christian Alati. The deft drumming by Antonio Arrabbito marks his recording debut. Roberts played acoustic and electric guitars, piano, percussion, bass, harmonium and glass harmonica.”
9/27/2002	Robot vs. Rabbit	Trading The Witch For The Devil	CD	$10.99	Mandragora Records	"So some people think that Robot vs. Rabbit isn't the greatest name for an atonal drone/noise rock band. Maybe I wasn't that impressed with the philosophical possibilities when I first heard it myself, but after some time with their official debut on the Mandragora label, not to mention the handful of self-released cd-r's that've preceded it, I'm starting to think no other name would quite do the trick. The music this ensemble makes is disturbing in the true sense of the word. If any recurring theme can be traced throughout TWFD, it's the utter annihilation of innocence in any form. Song titles like "Hiroshima." I Have Been an Axe in the Hand," and "Waltzing Towards the Ovens" pretty much tell you everything you need to know. Detuned guitars squelch and shriek against low-end bass waves, tapes and synth noise with fireballs of distortion and grungy feedback bouncing around inside the mix like a cat trapped in a cage. Sure it's harsh and cruel to say the least, but interspersed throughout are occasional and unexpected forays into more transcendental realms, offering slight slight shelter from the mostly raging black seas that dominate this pulsating mélange. The final results fall somewhere between Throbbing Gristle, HNAS and Skullflower, or The Dead C, Chrome and Merzbow, or ... you get the idea. This inspired piece of work is easily the finest these lads have delivered to date. A necessary listening experience to any fans of creeping crawling noise terror." - Lee Jackson, Broken Face #15
6/11/2006	Robotobibok	Nawyki przyrody	LP	$19.99	Obuh	"The third and finest to date album of the band which reveals a very core of its own style based on rhythmic section cascades, fantastic horn section, mysterious guitar and layers of vintage electronics from Moog and EMS. For the first time they visit electro-acoustic areas, praise abandoned cosmodromes, winked at CAN style from the half of 70's and in the end singing weird song for difficult youngsters of post-atomic era. Obviously they still keep their jazzy mood, which always brings reminiscence of moving in the rain car wipers from early 60's Polish school movies. With no doubt this is their most organized and shining work. Absolutely recommended even if you are really far away from jazz (like me). Vinyl version is coming in different, full color cover and with different track order. Recorded in our vintage Rogalow Analogowy studio on classic tube equipment, sound is simply fabulous. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies in extremely solid, laminated covers reminding classic US jazz releases from the early 60's."
8/8/2002	Rockfour	Supermarket	LP	$24.99	Third Ear	"Supermarket is a perfect pastiche of its influences, suffused with the spirits of the Byrds, the Beatles and the Kinks, rather than just ripping off the riffs in the Britpop tradition. The title track could be an Abbey Road outtake, and Oranges steals the same John Coltrane-style cascades that the Byrds sprayed over Eight Miles High. Oddly, the chorus of the opening track opines: ‘Isn't it time to change the government?’, though this can only be coincidence, surely." - Stewart Lee, The Sunday Times. This is the first all-English LP from this psychedelic Tel Aviv band.
8/31/2008	Rodgers, Michael	Curtained Moon	CDR	$11.99	Black Petal	"Long awaited solo guitar release from Mr Michael Rodgers of Broken Hands. Pure nightime ritual music.. the street enters the house.. and the guitar weaves around the sounds of London which intrude from every window and every door.."
4/24/2006	Rogaland Hot Club	One Hour Closer To Death	CDR	$12.99	Utan Titel	"By far the weirdest cover I have seen in some time. You might easily mistake this for a bit of waste: a recycled envelop stuck into a bigger white envelop, with a big, blurry black & white xerox and a small card with the 'information'. Rogaland Hot Club are Bjerga, Egeland, Gjerde, Pettersen and Toft from Norway, and the work was recorded straight to minidisc in Stavanger, with a little bit of editing by Bjerga and Pettersen afterwards. Like some many from the ever so active Norwegian scene, this is very much in the realms of improvisation. Playing percussive like sounds, amplification through contact-microphones, field recordings and whistling down empty bottles, this is actually quite nice. If they Bjerga/Iversen collaborations mean anything to you by now, then this is surely something to look out for. Mildly noise related, very free playing, but throughout the tracks are shorter than on the average Bjerga/Iversen work, thus adding to the variety of the material they offer here. Usually slow and contemplative, lo-fi but yet full of air and vibe. Very nice indeed." (FdW)
	Rogers, Wayne	At Home	LP	$12.99	Twisted Village	"Mr. Rogers turns his back on 8-track & pulls out the cassette 4-track in an attempt to find new anti-structures in which to frame electric guitar music. Four long monotone no-chord instrumentals and a postscript. Inspired by / dedicated to Kaoru Abe and cough syrup."
	Rogers, Wayne	Infraction	CD	$12.99	Twisted Village	40 minute track recorded in 1996
11/2/2008	Rohm, Jason	Suicide	artbook + CDR	$13.99	Cut Hands	"Originally intended to celebrate the first anniversary of Cut Hands waaay back in Januscary but since it's never too late to celebrate in the oh 8 here it is and goddamn if it wasn't worth the goddamning wait. In this book Jason Rohm paints a grim picture that's both realistically nerving yet bizarrely funny. The tale of a desperate soul in a world that's tied by rules and akward questions, almost comic like in subtle detail. Suicide has 32 pages of black and white drawings, with text in English and awkward Dutch. The compilation provides a harrowing soundtrack with tunes by Andrew Coltrane, Sick Llama, Warmth, Droughter, Bottom Feeder, Raperies (Like Draperies), Ex-Cocaine, Robedoor and Josh Lay." Edition of 125 copies.
3/21/2007	Rokkiryhmä	Maailmanvoitto	3" CDR	$7.99	267 Lattajjaa	"lo-fi pop-folk. Musically challenged teenagers dreaming of world domination. Faux-naive pop songs and formless folk recorded with a microphone."
2/4/2007	Roman Torment	Masculine Failure	LP	$15.99	Hospital Productions	"First full length vinyl offering from the combined efforts of impregnable and moth drakula. a bitter storm of jagged and sharp rage with escalating fury! opening with 'the perfect servant' and closing with 'shades of pain' roman torment sews a disturbing thread of sexual and fetishistic demise through a wilted fabric of introspective violence. reference points to the incendiary violence of massona with the sinister mood of mlehst, and roman torment churn forth a wall of trembling destruction set forth with erect tunnel vision blurred with tender malaise. limited to 200 copies with the traditional silk screened 2 sided fold out cover."
5/14/2007	Romero, Damion	Missing Link	cassette	$6.99	Hanson	"30 minutes of Burl from the mysetrious boxes. Heavy thick piles of drone upon drone of heavy electronic buzz, creating an intense wall of multi-layered sound attack. INTENSITY."
4/24/2006	Romero, Damion	untitled	7"	$25.99	AA Records	One-sided square lathe cut 7" from Nate Young's (Wolf Eyes) AA label.
4/10/2005	Romero, Damion & David Scott Stone	John Wiese's Legs	3" CDR	$6.99	P Tapes	An all analog synth duo mainly on Dave's MOTM system.
5/8/2005	Roots of Madness	Girl In The Chair	LP	$16.99	DeStijl	“Heavy free blues/psych from 1971 spearheaded by Don Campau. Imagine a cortical geo-zone in which the private press circuit finds its Californian amalgam of Gate-5-as-ESP-Disk punk/jazz third eye. A higher key farrago of hypercosmic extended runs that oscillate between the tubular philosophy of the Sun City Girls sound/art and the aloneness of stoned blues con