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DateAdded	Artist	Title	Format	Price	Label	Description
12/24/2005	Zaat / Mystical Footprints of Asia	split	LP	$15.99	Nauscopy	"On one side we've got Canada's ZAAT who are like THE NEOS and LARM plus a fucking organ and a whacked sense of humor. On the other side we've got a compilation of songs taken from 78 rpm records - all Asian and Middle Eastern fare - fucking transcendental! Gorgeous covers, sharp labels, and a full-color insert."
3/23/2007	Zabrodzki, Piotr & Tatsuya Yoshida	Karakany	CD	$15.99	Vivo Records	"Young generation of Polish jazz meets Japanese free / jazz / improv / experimental Guru. Psychedelic free jazz for piano, drums, voice and bass guitar effects. Not easy but pretty refreshing sound experience."
9/30/2008	Zaika	Live at Eat Records	CDR	$11.99		Very limited album from the Zaika duo of Tom Carter (Charalambides) and Marcia Bassett (Hototogisu/GHQ/Zaimph), with a guest appearance by third guitarist Steve Gunn.
9/17/2006	Zaika	Recording From Il Corral July 2005	CDR	$11.99	Heavy Other	"Second release on the Heavy Other imprint: brand new, outrageously heavy duo set from Tom Carter of Charalambides and Marcia Bassett of Double Leopards / Hototogisu / GHQ et al recorded in Los Angeles in 2005 that combines the sound of collapsing galaxies with air-raids of E-bow, the sting of acid guitar and a whole vortex of unknown tongue." - Volcanic Tongue. "A long way from the delicacy of the Eclipse LP, more like a barbed wire q-tip..." Tom Carter. Edition of 205 copies in paper sleeves - recommended!
1/1/2008	Zaimph	La Nuit Electrique	CD	$13.99	Utech Records	"Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards, Hototogisu) rears Zaimph's vile head once again on La Nuit Electrique. A raspy, delicate instrumental passage begins like a crippled music box. Elegant and soporose. Blackened guitar and amplification apprise the rest. Acrid feedback hangs in the air and vocal modulations clot inside dark rivers of current. The night electric." Edition of 500 copies.
9/17/2006	Zaimph	Live Hasselt	CDR	$11.99	Heavy Blossom	"A frozen howl of anguish blacks out tevelvision skies and turns water to blood. This is not fashion or distraction. A tumultuous upsurge of lashing spectral form, a doom fug of revenge - a swirl, a swathe - a blistering exhalation, rising bloody. This is not a utopian attempt to build transparent cathedrals and unite mankind. This is war - pure and bloody - implacable - real."
11/4/2006	Zaimph	Sexual Infinity	CD	$12.99	Hospital Productions	"marcia bassett of double leopards, hototogisu, ghq, fame on her first proper solo full length has given us one of our favorites in the history of hospital productions. sexual infinty stands refreshingly organized into six escalating pieces of her signature guitar, voice, and electronic moodscapes entrancing the listener with sinister seduction. comparisons to early 80's power electronics and industrial acts as uncommunity, mauthausen orchestra and ramleh reside in the underbelly of zaïmph's ability to generate ominous, gritty, and doom laden atmosphere cloaked in a thick lush drone. what begins with raw ethereal guitar shadows of longing delight closes with vital gripping electronic tension."
5/29/2008	Zaimph	The Undetermined Dyad	LP	$23.99	Volcanic Tongue	"Zaimph is working cover for the solo experiments of Marcia Bassett, formerly of Un and Double Leopards, currently of GHQ and Hototogisu. The Undetermined Dyad functions as the fulcrum of her career to date, looking back towards her experiments in group levitation with Double Leopards while extrapolating on her recent solo work. Most of all it's a *guitar* record and one that sits comfortably alongside previous six-string monoliths like John Fahey's Days Have Gone By, Donald Miller's A Little Treatise On Morals or Masayuki Takayanagi's Live At Zojoji Hall while sounding quite unlike any of them. Bassett's re-imagining of the instrument pushes it to the point of almost-translucence, where the physical fact of the guitar itself is almost completely subsumed by echo, F/X, loops and the kind of improvisatory logic that prizes infinite expansion and organic growth over repeated tropes or riffs. Aspects of the first side – the eerie ghost voices, the deep space echo - recall the electrified ritual of nomadic Japanese avant gardists Taj Mahal Travellers but more immediately it sounds like a magnification of her individual contribution to Double Leopards, generating towers of electricity that move from malevolent arcs of anti-gravity and spumes of throttled single notes through to deep wormholes that do violence to feeble notions of time and space. The B side is a little more aggressive, with the tactile sound of strings on pick-ups anchoring a gorgeous wash of all-consuming drone and garage band fuzz before Bassett cranks the tone into realms of total sonic reducer. If your concept of the guitar begins with Jimi Hendrix setting the fucking thing on fire and ends with the sound of voltage completely liberated from any kind of tonal or harmonic anchor whatsoever then this record may well be the girl you've been praying for. But you won't wanna introduce her to your parents. Edition of 300 copies, with jackets featuring original artwork by Marcia Bassett, all silkscreened by Alan Sherry of SIWA and with a full-colour insert wrapped in a Japanese plastic sleeve. Expertly mastered by Tom Carter of Charalambides." - Volcanic Tongue
4/24/2006	Zaimph	Unfolded Gold	CDR	$11.99	Heavy Blossom	"Latest solo album from Marcia Bassett of Double Leopards/Hototogisu/GHQ et al, released to coincide with the recent Blonde On Blonde UK tour alongside Heather Leigh Murray. Very different from the earlier Zaimph recordings, this one channels silver shots of overloaded synth and blasted vocals into a blur of speed-damaged codes, sounding a little more aerodynamic and glassy than the earlier dirt whorls of e-bowed guitar loops. First track is a pure heavy metal pulse ala Throbbing Gristle's early air-raid form, with tactile metal scree welding the whole thing to the floor while scattershots of thick analogue tone building archways of brain scramble high into the air. Later tracks combine machine sound and feedback with a wide spectrum of tonal bloot and a supremely degraded atmosphere alla Faust's gnarliest Wümme-era plant jams. It feels like Marcia is working to really push the music somewhere beyond even the last few Double Leopards records and the result is a whole bunch of previously-unmapped space to explore. Edition of 100 in full-colour wraparound sleeves with insert. Highly recommended." - Volcanic Tongue
8/2/2008	Zaimph	untitled	7"	$6.99	Arbor	"In the past Marcia Bassett(of Double Leopards, GHQ) has proved her versaitility under the Zaimph name; from the depraved feedback and tone fury of her "Sexual Infinity" CD on Hospital Productions to her delicate electric guitar and vocals waves on the "Mirage of The Other" LP on Gypsy Sphinx. This untitled 7" release further proves this fact by recalling her earliest roots in the Siltbreeze band UN: vocal mantras and delicate strumming are placed over a hypnotically evolving base of looped piano, feedback, and strings. The end result is something beautiful that twists the lines of classification, picking up little points of reference from her past bands and laying out a path towards the future. In an edition of 500 7"s in proprinted full color foldover sleeves with art by Marcia. Mastered by Josh Stevenson."
2/4/2007	Zaïmph	Mirage of the Other	LP	$17.99	Gipsy Sphinx	"The third release on the Gipsy Sphinx imprint is a full LP (+/-40min) from Marcia Bassett's solo project Zaïmph. Marcia is well known for her leading role in improv groups such as Double Leopards and GHQ, as well as for her groundbreaking work with free guitar/flesh metal duo Hototogisu. With her solo project Zaïmph she starts off from the base these groups laid out and takes things to another level, shredding boundaries between dark noise, drone and psych music. It's deeply meditative yet darkly disturbing and emotionally touching music. The LP, Zaïmph's vinyl debut, is pressed in a one-time edition of 525 copies on 180g vinyl with paste-on artwork on thick black jackets, full color 2-sided art paper insert, resealable plastic sleeve; etc.." Highly recommended!
7/11/2008	Zashiki Warashi	Fog-Fluid	CDR	$11.99	Chironex	Solo release from Carter Thornton (Enos Slaughter, Izititiz, Pigeons...) - edition of 80 copies.
9/16/2007	Zashiki Warashi	Garbage Archive Vol. II - Pulp Bulb	cassette	$6.99	Conduit Creations	"The second cassette release in a small series which covers the last ten years of activity. Volume II includes live cello performances, Texas sounds, harsh gurglings, broken piano in defunct bar hallways, basement duels with Count Hejnowski and much more. C60 limited to 50 copies. Hand painted/cut cloth packaging."
8/9/2003	Zashiki-Warashi	Floor Child	DBL CD	$11.99	Conduit Creations	"Floor Child is a collection of field recordings, home assemblies and live documentations organized and mutated by New York based composer and improviser Carter Thornton. Spanning five years and two CDs, this initial release from the fictional collective of Zashiki-Warashi is sewn together with appearances by members of NNCK, Izititiz, Enos Slaughter, Floriculture and TEST. The music shrieks, drones, floats, superimposes unlikely realities and outlines a subconscious narrative inspired by travels ranging from a South Carolina swamp to a Moroccan graveyard. A mix of shortwave transmissions, ukuleles, bowed and plucked strings, distant drums and voices, nearby birds and guitars, chanting crowds and not quite discernable sounds recorded in places as diverse as a Texas parking lot, Harlem’s Hinthouse, Roulette Intermedium and a Virginia old folks home. Presented in hand painted sleeves." Limited to 502 copies.
5/7/2004	Zashiki-Warashi	Meat N 3	C60	$5.99	Conduit Creations	"The first cassette release in a small series. Archival material including various home and field recordings, pieces for radio, water, prepared guitar, rooftop performance and voice. C60 limited to 50 copies. Hand painted/cut cloth/scratched plastic covers."
12/24/2005	Zdrastvootie	2	CD	$13.99	Holy Mountain	"Zdrastvootie 2 is a perplexing album. It folds the far corners of some of the world's most out-there progressive rock with deep, deliberate singer-songwriter type vocals and lyrics. It is both a collection of confusing, dark and fragmented meditations and defiantly odd music, yet it is far more accessible and playful than one would expect. The recorded debut of Drew Adam's vocals is imposing and grand-- he sings like a crooner. Zdrastvootie 2 is still marked by the group's gifts as songwriters and players as the songs are disjointed and the arrangements abrasive. The material is achingly beautiful, and lovely melodies appear throughout the album. This new album will sound, to most, like no other music on Earth."
9/23/2004	Zdrastvootie	Zdrastvootie	LP	$14.99	Holy Mountain	“A few years ago Santa Cruz avant-rock group Zdrastvootie decided to ditch their vocalist and concentrate on the unique interplay they had begun to achieve with two guitars and drums. This new configuration recorded an album of material that was eventually scrapped because their sound had morphed into something different by the time everything was ready to go. Zdrastvootie are currently a very focused entity, with increasingly complex songs à la King Crimson, Hampton Grease Band or Doc at the Radar Station-era Magic Band. While they have recently added a bassist, and guitar-player Drew Adams has begun to sing, Zdrastvootie still orbits this zone and will continue to until you are very aware that they practice all the time.”
5/14/2007	Zecharia, Zadik	Kurdish Melodies Played on Zorna - Remixes	CD	$12.99	Something on the Road	"Two years ago the Israeli label Something on the Road re-issued "Kurdish Melodies Played on Zorna" - An intensive document of Zadik Zecharia's zorna playing which was first released on cassette in the early 80's. The album was also released by U.K label, Bo' Weavil. Since the release, experimental / alternative musicians from Jerusalem, where Zadik still resides, discovered his music and started interpreting / remixing the gripping tracks of the album. This resulted in a series of four remix EP's. Now, all those remixes are available on one CD with 4 additional remixes especially made for this compilation album. The compilation takes Zadik's zorna sounds to varied musical terrains: Atmospheric/ cinematic dubstep, grime, tech - house, dub, field recordings, drone, noise, metal Š all which are knit together into one statement / tribute."
7/30/2006	Zen Nuns, The	The Zen Nuns	CDR	$12.99	Memoirs of an Aesthete	"Reissue of late-90s mail collaboration between Phil Todd (ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS) and Lasse Marhaug (JAZZKAMMER, DEL etc), originally released in a micro-edition by Ordinance Tape Only. The kids thede days want noise – that’s what they’ll get. Swirling relentless cosmic electro-spasms of it. Packaged in recycled maps, as was the original cassette version, with paste-on gold gocco print. Numbered edition of 100."
12/17/2003	Zendik Farm Band	Zendik Farm Band	LP	$27.99	Nasoni	"Heavy vinyl, 3 inserts, hand-numbered 300 copies ltd. A collection of spoken word, psychedelic, progressive, space and industrial orchestrated tunes recorded by the Zendiks during the years of 1989 to 1992."
7/10/2008	Zodiac Mountain	Butte des Morte	CDR	$9.99	Skulls of Heaven	"Joined by the Reverend Karen Eliot, Zodiac Speedcreep and his crew take to the unlikely task of covering songs by Kendra Smith and Brainbombs... Not for the light hearted, the A-side features a white-boy-Soul-fried Acid Rock version of "Ass Fucking Murder". The B-side is a jarring compilation of all the mysterious tapes reels recently found containing outtakes from the infamous "Wheel of the Law" sessions. Love it or hate it, this is a record you will never forget."
7/16/2006	Zodiac Mountain	Lake Winnebago	CDR	$9.99	23 Productions	"This is the Zodiac speaking. A collection of early demos from the primal beginnings of the Zodiac Mountain, a grateful underground process of young and ready saints. Lake Winnebago holds beautiful songs colliding with twisted jams, all at the edges of their wits, from gone down too long in the Zone."
9/18/2006	Zodiac Mountain	Live in America, Summer 2006	CDR	$10.99	23 Productions	"Early in the Summer of '06, Clay Ruby's Zodiac Mountain did a short U.S. tour, showering the people with roots rock, heavenly boogie, atmospheric spirituals, cryptic blues and the occasional classic cover tune. This incarnation of Zodiac Mountain was a collaboration between Clay Ruby and Wooden Wand, featuring jams with Nate Nelson (Mouthus, Religious Knives), Robert Beatty (Eyes and Arms of Smoke, Hair Police), and Maya Miller (Religious Knives, Double Leopards). 5 songs, over an hour of red, white and blue BLISS from two of the heaviest, gun toting, bourbon soaked, BBQ breath'd road warriors east of the Mississippi." Edition of 230 copies.
6/11/2006	Zodiacs	Come	CDR	$10.99	23 Productions	"Can you smell burning horse hair and flesh? Totally unprecedented and deep 1%er scuzz damage from a group that may or may not be none other than Clay Ruby, Keith Wood, and James Jackson Toth under psuedonymns. Long jams that bring to mind such wild ones as German Oak, Magic Muscle and that foggy dream you had where The Stooges covered "Space Ritual" start to finish. Led by the mysterious Zodiac Speedcreep, whos credited as handling drums, organ and vocals all at the same time, Zodiacs burn a heavy trail back to the days where outlaw biker clubs roasted and consumed whole horses in celebration of the wild life. Come and Gone are two CDRs to be released simultaneously, extremely limited so hurry!"
2/23/2007	Zodiacs	Gone	CD	$13.99	Holy Mountain	"Deep one-percenter scuzz damage from the Zodiacs [aka Zodiac Speedcreep], a group whose Clay Ruby, Ezekiel Blackouts III [aka Keith Wood] and Grim Jim Gypsy [aka James Toth] - are also involved in Hush Arbors, Sunburned Hand of the Man and Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice. Gone is full of l-o-n-g jams that bring to mind such wild ones as German Oak, Magic Muscle and foggy dreams of The Stooges moonlighting as a Hawkwind tribute band during the off season. Zodiacs burn a heavy trail to the days when outlaw biker clubs roasted and consumed whole horses in celebration of the wild life. Get your wings!"
6/11/2006	Zodiacs	Gone	CDR	$9.99		"1%er inspired scuzz from Zodiac Speedcreep aka Clay Ruby (Davenport Family), Ezekiel Blackouts III aka Keith Wood (Hush Arbors, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Six Organs of Admittance, Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice), and Grim Jim Gypsy aka James Toth (Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice). Total in-the-red psych blowouts, recorded entirely live, and with secret special guests listed only as "The Others of Invention." The second of two simultaneously released discs ("Come" is the first)."
2/11/2006	Zoffy	Zoffy Live!	CD	$15.99	OM	Live recordings spanning from May 1999 - May 2003 from Acid Mothers Temple members Tsuyama Atsushi (vocal, bouzouki, acoustic & electric guitar, alpine trumpet, bass harmonica, bamboo reed, soprano recorder, drums) and Kawabata Makoto (oud, bouzouki, violin, yoruk, algoza, electric guitar, bowed peacock harp, electric organ, electronics, theremin, 6 string bass, chorus). Originally released a limited edition cdr (100 copies) on the Acid Mothers Temple label in 2000, this cd version includes 3 bonus tracks. This comes in a jewel case and is the first release on Tsuyama Atsushi's label. Limited edition of 1000 copies.
9/16/2007	Zombi	Twilight Sentinel	LP	$19.99	Wabana	"Producing work that is epic in concept, sound, and artistic approach, Steve Moore and A.E. Paterra, the masterminds and multi-instrumentalists behind Zombi, have re-imagined the architecture of progressive rock and dynamic instrumentals, carving a niche in underground music distinctly their own. The band's signature sound, achieved using only electric bass, drums, and a collection of analog synthesizers, is deceptively lush considering its two man skeleton crew ensemble. Moore's bass playing and meticulous synthesizer programming interacts seamlessly with Paterra's controlled, precision drumming, as if each man is anticipating his counterpart's next move. 'Zombi' and 'Twilight Sentinel' were ZOMBI's first two recordings as a band. This Wabana re-issue of both as individual LPs is the first time either have been available on vinyl. Both titles were self released as CDR only, in super limited numbers. In 2004, ZOMBI were signed to Relapse Records and in a few short months the epic 'Cosmos' was released to much acclaim. In 2005 the band compiled 'Zombi' and 'Twilight Sentinel' onto one CD called 'Anthology', also self released in an edition of 1000 copies. After a short time, this too sold out and these recordings have been unavailable ever since. These vinyl versions sound vibrant and warm, and were remastered. These recordings reveal the early history of Zombi and fans of the band already familiar with their music who haven't heard them will get a better idea of where the duo came from and where they were going as they wrote "Cosmos". Each LP is limited to 1000 copies. "Zombi" contains a semi-bonus track, 'Sequence 9', which appeared on the original release, but they left off of the recent release of "The Anthology"."
9/16/2007	Zombi	Zombi	LP	$19.99	Wabana	"Producing work that is epic in concept, sound, and artistic approach, Steve Moore and A.E. Paterra, the masterminds and multi-instrumentalists behind Zombi, have re-imagined the architecture of progressive rock and dynamic instrumentals, carving a niche in underground music distinctly their own. The band's signature sound, achieved using only electric bass, drums, and a collection of analog synthesizers, is deceptively lush considering its two man skeleton crew ensemble. Moore's bass playing and meticulous synthesizer programming interacts seamlessly with Paterra's controlled, precision drumming, as if each man is anticipating his counterpart's next move. 'Zombi' and 'Twilight Sentinel' were ZOMBI's first two recordings as a band. This Wabana re-issue of both as individual LPs is the first time either have been available on vinyl. Both titles were self released as CDR only, in super limited numbers. In 2004, ZOMBI were signed to Relapse Records and in a few short months the epic 'Cosmos' was released to much acclaim. In 2005 the band compiled 'Zombi' and 'Twilight Sentinel' onto one CD called 'Anthology', also self released in an edition of 1000 copies. After a short time, this too sold out and these recordings have been unavailable ever since. These vinyl versions sound vibrant and warm, and were remastered. These recordings reveal the early history of Zombi and fans of the band already familiar with their music who haven't heard them will get a better idea of where the duo came from and where they were going as they wrote "Cosmos". Each LP is limited to 1000 copies. "Zombi" contains a semi-bonus track, 'Sequence 9', which appeared on the original release, but they left off of the recent release of "The Anthology"."
10/25/2008	Zomes	Zomes	CD	$14.99	Holy Mountain	"A lot of people mention the "L" word when talking (or whispering) about ASA OSBORNE. It's not LUNGFISH we're talking about here (he was their guitar player), but rather "Levine," as in Keith Levine. It seems Mr. Osborne witnessed a fight with Keith Levine as one of the combatants. Levine subsequently lost a tooth and-this is the strange part-Osborne grabbed it and has used the tooth as a guitar pick ever since. Weird. ZOMES' self-titled album is full of beautiful Seesselberg-sized chunks of loop-like melodies that effervesce while Osborne brings them to life. There is a cinematic quality to the material here that recalls "library music," East German Indianerfilmen soundtracks, and even Blues Control at their most humid."
2/11/2006	Zone Six	Live Wired	DBL LP	$42.99	Nasoni	"Live album by German psychedelic space'n'kraut project featuring Dave Schmidt, member of Liquid Visions, Sula Bassana and Weltraumstaunen. This extra-ordinary musical snapshot captures the band in full flight, building delightful improvisational psychedelic soundscapes. Six long and very well produced impressive instrumental trips with floating keyboards, fuzzed up guitars and a sometimes very funky pumping rhythm section. This album creates a long lasting and incredibly mesmeric impact." Pressed on colored vinyl with embossed printing gatefold sleeve, edition of 500 copies.
4/24/2006	Zoo	Frogs Making Love in Glass Rivers	CDR	$12.99	musicyourmindwillloveyou	psych rock electronic and thuggish art
11/17/2007	Zuydervelt, Rutger (Machinefabriek) / Mariska Baars (soccer Committee) / Wouter Van Veldhoven	Zeeg	CD	$12.99	Digitalis	"Zeeg" represents the best that the Dutch underground has to offer. Combining the talents of Rutger Zuydervelt, Mariska Baars, and Wouter Van Veldhoven, this album shows off what can happen when the stars align. This is stunning in its scope and breadth. It's a sonic magic trick. Most enchanting is how "Zeeg" manages to slow time to a near stand-still. The sounds and motifs unfold like a snail trapped in tar; each note, each sound seemingly more important than the previous. The depth of sound is considerable, and the impact is immense. While the performers know exactly where they plan to take you, the listener remains shrouded in mystery. It's all about the journey and this is a deliciously delicate place to get lost in. The care with which "Zeeg" was improvised and created is obvious. But how, exactly, these three stalwarts manage to pull the listener down this diamond rabbit hole where stellar time is meaningless is a riddle. Through Van Veldhoven's use of tape recorders and metallophone to Baars' lovely voice that is endlessly manipulated and looped by Zuydervelt, everything clicks. Add in Zuydervelt and Baars guitar work and you have an exquisite combination. "Zeeg" is simple. It is minimal. And it is pure beauty. If you cannot disappear here, then you aren't truly living Packaged in silkscreened cardboard jackets with original art by Mariska."