| 3/1/2007 |
X.0.4 |
Cataracts |
LP |
$11.99 |
Ecstatic Peace |
"Debut vinyl release by the Western Massachusetts drone/scrape trio of Bill Nace, John Truscinski and Jake Meginsky. These guys have developed into one of the most soul-glowing sound/improv units out there today. And we mean out there – sparkling shards of guitar/amp/file machinations dance and intercede with rolling thundercloud dreamdrum dramatics. Nace you know from his killer duo throwdowns with Chris Corsano as Vampire Belt as well as the more recent weirdness with Dylan Nyoukis and Karen Lollypop as Ceylon Mange and in duo with Thurston Moore as Northampton Wools. Truscinski and Meginsky are the fine gentleman who’ve recorded as Slaughterhouse Percussion, Meginsky a student of, and fellow professor with Milford Graves at Bennington College." Edition of 500 copies. |
| 2/9/2002 |
Xenakis, Iannis |
Musique Electro-Acoustique |
CD |
$16.99 |
Fractal |
"CD premieres of two mid-80s works: 'Pour La Paix' (1981) and 'Voyage Des Unari Vers Androméde' (1989), both utilizing the UPIC system quite heavily [refer to the recent Xenakis/UPIC/Continuum release Electroacoustic & Instrumental Works from CCMIX Paris (MODE 98) for extended references to this zany lightpen-computer-pattern-sound-zapping/interpreti ng setup]. 'Pour La Paix' is a piece in radio-play form (see Cage/Patchen The City Wears a Slouch Hat) based around anti-war sentiment written by Iannis's wife Francois, perhaps reflecting on Iannis's youth spent as a soldier in the Greek resistance against the Nazi occupation (during which he lost sight in one of his eyes). A very powerful work mixing some very far-out UPIC computer blat (the most omnipresent element in the piece), various voices male and female, and choral interjections. 'Voyage Des Unari Vers Androméde' is a 2-channel piece constructed solely of UPIC elements, and was composed specifically for the Goethe Institute in Japan's 'Internation Exposition of Paper Kites'. Apparently concerned with 'a space voyage far in the future, toward the galaxy of Andromeda, with episodes while crossing the spaces between the stars'. An apt and telling libretto (shine on... you CRAZY diamond...), just imagine that couplet in sound and you're halfway there. Awesomely outrageously great." |
| 6/11/2006 |
Xenis Emputae Travelling Band |
Heard Gripe Hrusan |
CDR |
$9.99 |
23 Productions |
"Heard Gripe Hrusan collects together archival recordings made in Yorkshire between June 2004 and October 2005. Locales for the recordings include Little Almscliffe Crag, Ilkley Moor, the ruined church of Wharram Percy and the Thornborough Henges. XETB makes beautiful droning 'British primitive music' played with accordion, dulcimer, flutes, guitar, violin and banjo. XETB was formed in Summer 2001 at the prehistoric site of Men-an-Tol in Cornwall. Heard Gripe Hrusan will be the twelfth CDr release." Edition of 129 copies. |
| 11/2/2008 |
Xiphiidae |
Wake Of The Hoods |
cassette |
$6.99 |
Peasant Magik |
"Xiphiidae is the solo project of Housecraft's main man, Jeffry Astin. Side A is full of air-conditioned drones, nature sounds, and delayed guitars. Very sleepy, indeed. Side B could possibly be a recording of someone eating dinner while thousands of insects run wild over various stringed instruments." Edition of 100 copies. |
| 9/16/2007 |
XNo BBQX |
Sunshine of Your Love |
LP |
$13.99 |
Siltbreeze |
"XNo BBQX are hardcore vegans hailing from Sydney, Australia. That's right-vegans; the only similarity Matt (guitar) and Nick (drums) share with Cream is a title. All you dairy lovers out there, keep your slowhands in plain sight. This will only take a second. Originally released some time back on the cassette-only label Breakdance The Dawn, Sunshine Of Your Love pricks up the ears in much the same way as a Han Bennink recording might, and left Siltbreeze wondering, what's left in that studio that's not broken? Answer: Only their will! Matt and Nick had played together a couple of times as part of Antipan (with Sumu and Anthony Guerra). On a day off, in a shed out back of a sharehouse in Newtown, the duo did a couple sets with computers and turntables with no records, but then Matt suggested Nick give the drums a go (he'd played a full kit only once prior). They plugged into the cassette deck-left channel, guitar; right channel, mic under the floor tom-and played. Apart from minor adjustment of levels, the end result was basically that. Citing both Harry Pussy and Mouthus as influences, XNo BBQX rocks with a lot of junk in their collective trunk, so of course Sunshine Of Your Love sounds like nothing (or everything) anyone's heard before. Former members of Antipan. One-time vinyl press of 500." |
| 7/16/2006 |
XNOBBQX |
Blues |
CDR |
$10.99 |
Seedy R! |
"What can I say... I seriously believe this album takes urban blues to a whole new level. Featuring seriously damaged autistic slo-mo riffage, comatose drumming and line hum the Sydney-side duo of Mat Earle and Nick Dan will have fans of Armpit/CJA lost for hours, their faces lit up in big shit-eating grins as they swim through the glorious murk. The sheer mind numbing deliberation and persistency of these vaguely blues-inflected untuned guitar lines lull one into an hypnotic trance whilst at the same time the seeming randomness of the drummers interjections keep one anxiously on the edge of ones seat...Overall it makes Jandek sound like Joe Satriani!" |
| 12/24/2005 |
Xombie |
Deathdrip |
3" CDR |
$8.99 |
Chondritic Sound |
"this time the rotbrain shows a more aggressive style than shown on the split 3" w/ hive mind with heavy mind-melting electronic moans. vintage xombie culled from an unreleased double cassette! green & black artwork on disgusting green paper, painted cdrs." Edition of 132 copies. |
| 12/24/2005 |
Xombie / Hive Mind |
Last Blood Into Soil |
3" CDR |
$8.99 |
Chondritic Sound |
"slow-motion loop mutation and synth swells from redrot alter-ego xombie while hive mind brings classic synth shudder and uncomfortable tones. a nightmare in stereo. brown & black artwork on dark red paper, painted cdrs." Edition of 133 copies. |