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"Recordings of the first performance of Nitsch's 8th Symphony (for Choir, Orchestra, and Noise Orchestra). Composed by Hermann Nitsch. Performed June 25th 1990 at the MAK Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna by Ensemble 20.Jahrhundert, Hugo Distler Chor, Blasorchester der Wiener E-Werke, Wolfgang Mitterer (Synthesizer).
Professionally recorded, extremely dramatic, dynamic, rich, full-blown orchestral music & noise, heavy drones, and austrian 'Volksmusik'.
Comes in big double-disc jewel case, including 2 posters with credits, photos, a part of the score, and the text 'Die Gigantische Symphonie' by Günter Brus.
The music was previously released by the Cortical Foundation in 2001 as a 2LP-Set limited to a mere 185 copies. Remastered for this CD Edition from the original tapes. The artwork, photos & texts are exclusive to this edition." - Tochnit Aleph.
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Latest work by swiss artist Marc Zeier presents 9 musique concrete compositions based on ice, wind, plankton, a whip, a bow, a suitcase, and other recordings made in the last few years, reminiscent of his 90's albums 'Seismogramm' on Schimpfluch and 'Yack Park' and 'Geopod' on Zabriskie Point.
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Shangaan is an electronically enhanced form of South African traditional music that's popular in the areas between Johannesburg, Limpopo and Mozambique. Despite the genre's highly localized popularity and lack of digital distribution, tens of thousands of Shangaan records are sold each year. The music goes hand-in-hand with its own style of dance, which is extremely fast and energetic, as most Shangaan tunes cruise along at 180 BPM. "When you see them dance you feel like they have got no bones," says Nozinja, aka Dog, a producer and centerpiece of the Shangaan scene.
Shangaan Electro was compiled by Honest Jon's boss Mark Ainley and former Basic Channel member Mark Ernestus. It collects 12 tracks recorded between 2006 and 2009 at Nozinja's studio in Johannesburg, a creative hub for Shangaan artists.
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Shangaan is an electronically enhanced form of South African traditional music that's popular in the areas between Johannesburg, Limpopo and Mozambique. Despite the genre's highly localized popularity and lack of digital distribution, tens of thousands of Shangaan records are sold each year. The music goes hand-in-hand with its own style of dance, which is extremely fast and energetic, as most Shangaan tunes cruise along at 180 BPM. "When you see them dance you feel like they have got no bones," says Nozinja, aka Dog, a producer and centerpiece of the Shangaan scene.
Shangaan Electro was compiled by Honest Jon's boss Mark Ainley and former Basic Channel member Mark Ernestus. It collects 12 tracks recorded between 2006 and 2009 at Nozinja's studio in Johannesburg, a creative hub for Shangaan artists.
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Don’t worry we’re not going to branch off into dance music but juke, ghetto-tech, footwork - whatever you want to call this Chicago style is something we’re excited about. This style has been around since the early 90’s but is only recently getting recognised in the UK due to Planet Mu’s signing of DJ Nate, a relatively new figure on the scene. Erractic but minimal 808 kick drums, 909 synthesised tom toms, repeated and pitchshifted vocals combine to create something truly hypnotic and seriously energetic (check some clips of the jukin dance style!). Highly recommended.
As much as we recommend this 12” we want to emphasise that DJ Nate is just the tip of the iceberg – go and check figures like DJ Slugo, DJ Funk, DJ Assault to give a better overview of the history of this style.
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Birds Of Delay |
The Cut |
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"...Poetics re-invented by dolle smurfen repeating the same word over and over again, until you eventually get it and snap, which usually takes a while. A perfect summer bummer for boiling brains and unusual double pleasure! Classic tones, properly sliced feathers, and intense poetics.
Comes in a metalic green cover design of a spit and ink painting by Dennis Tyfus. Limited to 300 copies." - Ultra Eczema.
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"...This record is the summer hit of 2010, a heroic soundtrack to staring into nothingness! The ideal trigger for a change of times! and especially the absolute tribute to krautrock, early german electronics, and later spin offs of Neu, Harmonia etc.. The band Michael Rother should have been in! An absolute "super group" with morthound's BJ Nilsen, classical mad scientist Johann Johannsson, roadchief Petur Eyvindsson and intense visual artists and Stillupsteypa members Helgi Thorson and Sigtrygur Berg Sigmarsson!!
Comes in a collaged cover design by Denniss Tyfusson. Limited to 300 copies. - Ultra Eczema.
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Reissue of old Factor X tape from the 80's. Top-class crude no-fi voice and tape yuck by this much underrated UK project. A genuinely strange record. Limited edition of 200 copies. Recommended for fans of Mlehst, Schimpfluch and tape collage noise.
"A great collaborator and all round cassette scene protagonist who provided Bandaged Hand with the Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock / Factor X / AMK "Helicoptor" remix, a Mlehst / Factor X collaboration cassette and various source material contributed by Factor X for Mlehst recordings... Once a great introduction to a slurry of weird location recordings, for someone who was integral to the scene, never really talked about these days." - Mlehst.
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"Follow-up release of 2006 'Kollekte' LP on Hanson (USA). All voices, noises, instruments, body-functions & apostrophes by DL. Performed, recorded and mixed 2005-2008 at No-Go-Area, Berlin. Mastered at Clunk, and cut at D+M, Berlin, by Rashad Becker. Edition of 500 copies. 33rpm." - Absurd. Highly recommended.
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"When a couple of years ago Michael posted a couple of CDRs to listen to couldn't imagine that I'd ever saw myself issuing a Michael Prime / Max Eastley CD... or better to return to the story... I listen to the CDRs, the Negative Entropy one is already history, guess now the enthusiasm (called 'wet pants') when Michael asked whether I'd love to do the 'Hydrophony for Dagon' as a CD on Absurd... how can you say 'no' for a release that's a collaboration between 2 of your all time faves..."
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"I guess that most of you are used to Al Margolis' (aka If, Bwana) more 'serious' electroacoustic soundscapes and expect 'Gruntle' to be another fine addition to this style. In a sense it is, a unique If, Bwana recording, collecting 4 tunes recorded between '95 and '02 which however refer more to the legendary If, Bwana tapes sound (if there wasn't a kind of remaster to the original tapes there would have been even more lo-fi hissing electroacoustics) where Al's creative play with loops & enigmatic sounds, together with the childlike artwork of nixilx.nijilx make it a wonderful trip in a bizarro world..." - Absurd.
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"The long-awaited foray into the Vietnamese Rock, Pop and Soul sound of the late 1960s and early 1970s is finally here. Saigon Rock and Soul delivers the goods International retro collectors have been searching for in vain for many years - and it delivers beyond belief. Every song is a mini-masterpiece be it heavy acid rock psychedelia, horn and guitar drenched funk grooves, or gripping soul ballads reflective of life during wartime. Limited edition 2-LP in full-color gatefold jacket...." - Sublime Frequencies.
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Maso Yamazaki a.k.a. Masonna is undoubtedly the most over the top player in the field of extreme noise. He has been dominating the Japanese underground since 1987 with his barbaric mix of vocals and noise. The results on Frequency L.S.D. are incomparable to other noise makers, due to Maso’s obsession with Sixties and Seventies pyschedelia.
Frequency L.S.D. is highlighted by tripped out tonal works intertwined within its overall chaos, giving it a much different feel than past efforts. This recording features 14 ear wrenching tracks and is beautifully packaged in a limited edition special packaging (5 1/4" by 7 1/4").
"Frequency L.S.D. is the best Masonna CD ever, and one of the top five noise albums of all time." – Matt Kaufmann, Exile Osaka.
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"The magical interplay and incredible virtuosity of this exhilarating trio of string masters has made it one of the most beloved and acclaimed of all Masada ensembles. Back now by popular demand for their first studio recording in over five years, their telepathic interplay and endless creativity had never been stronger. Ten more tunes from the rich and inventive Book of Angels featuring moody ballads, hypnotic grooves, intense burners and of course the trademark lyricism of the Masada songbook performed by one of the most acclaimed contemporary ensembles in the world. A long awaited release - essential!" - Tzadik.
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"Radical in both conception and execution, Zorn’s studio compositions are among his most personal and unique creations. Owing as much to film as to any musical model, these evocative postmodern tone poems have been described as cinema for your ears. This CD presents two exciting new pieces. The first, Dictée, is a ritualistic homage to Korean/American writer and conceptual artist Theresa Hak-Kyung Cha, whose brilliant work about loss, memory, language and identity is finally receiving due respect. The second piece, Liber Novus is a mythic psychodrama inspired by the legendary Red Book of Carl Jung; scored for keyboards, percussion
and sound effects, this is truly Zorn at his best. Two outrageous, intense and poetically beautiful pieces filled with dynamic moments of sonic drama and experimental lyricism on one CD." - Tzadik.
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"Richard Foreman is one of the great geniuses of modern theatre, and his dynamic staging of John Zorn's opera Astronome was one of his greatest works. Premiering in February of 2009 at his Ontological-Hysteric Theatre in the East Village, it continued its sold out run for months. Drawing upon Alchemical and Mystical imagery, the visual world Foreman created was sumptuous, provocative and mysterious. For this DVD, ten performances were captured on film from hundreds of angles and brilliantly edited by filmmaker Henry Hills, a longtime friend of both Zorn and Foreman. You can now experience this once in a lifetime presentation with a whole new intensity. Staged so as to hear the music "better and clearer" than ever,
Astronome is a revolution in opera/music-theater." - Tzadik.
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"Since the success of the first volume in 2002, WIZZZ has been considered the benchmark compilation of French sixties alternative pop. It launched an unprecedented craze for this rare breed of disc, featuring exceptionally danceable rhythms, twisted sounds from another world and demented lyrics, coupled with an underlying sense of mockery. It focuses on the creativity of these French artists who dared to break with the boring commercial conventions of their era... Includes a 38 pages booklet with biography of each artist and full of cool and unissued photos." - Born Bad.
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All Current 93 LPs from the already sold out Vinyl On Demand box-sets are available separately in a very limited edition of 231 copies each. All of the LPs come with double-sided info sheet.
Side A: 1 Suzanne: She and I in Darkness We Lay and Lie; 2 Maldoror is Ded Ded Ded Ded; 3 Silence as Christine.
Side B: 4 Hooves; 5 Our Lady of Horsies; 6 The Signs and the Sighs of Emptiness; 7 The Sadness of Things (excerpt); 8 In Sadness Sang.
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All Current 93 LPs from the already sold out Vinyl On Demand box-sets are available separately in a very limited edition of 231 copies each. All of the LPs come with double-sided info sheet.
Side A: 1 'Khor Ba'I Nyes Dmigs; 2 Lament for Her; 3 The Death of the Corn; 4 A Song for Douglas After He's Dead; 5 Terra Tegit Terram.
Side B: 6 Be; 7 Hooves; 8 Horsey; 9 They Returned to Their Earth (for My Christ Thorn); 10 A Song for Douglas After He's Dead.
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"New Directions In Experimental Music offers the listener an unhealthy dose of challenging sounds for the new age. With contributions from some of today's forerunners in the experimental scene, this boxset is sure to garner some new fans as well as satisfy the steadfast aficionados.
Each artist is represented with a sidelong track and 4" X 8" full color insert. Contributors include: Mlehst, The Haters, Irr. App. (Ext.), Andy Ortmann, Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock, and an ultra-rare appearance from Mixed Band Philanthropist.
Limited edition of 100 copies in poly-vinyl cases, cassettes recorded on highest quality chrome, with silver print over black shells." - Nihilist.
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"Originally released as a tape in 100 copies on Klorofyll Kassetter in 2008 which sold out immediately, Bristning finally gets the vinyl treatment. For this reissue, Dan Johansson revisited the original masters recorded at Utmarken in 2008 and elaborated it into an extended version, now clocking in on 33 minutes. Bristning shows the progression between the loop-based vocal manipulations on Kassettmusik (iDEAL) and the Vidöppna Sår LP (Pan), weaving together elements from both. A RTB favorite in the big Sewer Election discography. Mastered for vinyl by Viktor Ottosson. Limited edition of 275 copies." - Release The Bats.
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Parson Sound |
S/T |
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Absolute last copies - very few left. "Deluxe triple LP box set. Limited edition of 1000 copies worldwide. Revised liner notes. A spectacular archival package of primitive drone and minimalist rock/trance/psych from the Swedish underground, one of the most memorable audio documents ever. The nucleus of the Swedish 1960's-70s underground psych rock scene: the legendary Pärson Sound. This deluxe 3-LP box set presents the most remarkable Swedish underground band, known in a later incarnation and continuation as International Harvester and Träd, Gräs och Stenar, and features both intricate studio recordings and orgiastic live performances. Pärson Sound never released any records in their time and that is why a very few have heard about them at all. The recordings date from 1967/68 while the band explored unknown musical territory as well as inner- and outer space..."
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"...Opening with an eerie violin over a rushing river, the bleak tone is immediately set. Set to a backbone of monotonous drumming, guitars and organs take the freezing lead in the sinister arrangements. Abrasive electronics intersects with field recordings and a sparse and elegant use of acoustic instruments. The chant-like vocals lure somewhere in the background, working as an instrument on it's own. Often based on scrap metal junk abuse and tape loops, the droning interludes from their recent live sets are incorporated. The overall atmosphere is more melancholic, paving itself through different shades of grey with a calmer and more distinct sound than before.
Recorded between summer 2009 and spring 2010. 2 tracks, 35 minutes. Mastered by Viktor Ottosson. Comes with a A1 poster. Limited edition of 521 copies." - Release The Bats.
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One of 2 new releases on Dan Johansson (Sewer Election) and Viktor Ottosson’s new label, Nattmaran.
"Kristian Olsson should not need any presentation due to his work with Alfarmania, Blood Ov Thee Christ, Shock Tilt, Styggelse etc. On Att vara där jag... Olsson presents ten cuts of oppressive industrial filth filtered through a unhealthy dose of intoxication, paranoia, depression and death. Comes with a A2 poster. Limited to 275 copies." - Nattmaran.
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"This double LP is the second release of Experimental Products on Vinyl On Demand. It contains all their previous official vinyl releases on the first LP plus more ultra-rare and unreleased minimal synth tracks on the second LP plus a live in the studio performance from 1985." - Vinyl On Demand.
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"The package includes two LPs chocked full of 80’s tracks (29 in all) that include rare songs previously unavailable on vinyl, never heard and previously unreleased
material, as well as classics from that era that have not been available on vinyl for
nearly three decades. The two discs will be packaged in one of those 70’s style
gatefold covers first popularized buy the progressive bands of that time. It will contain
rare Mark Lane photographs of that era, and liner notes that include interesting facts
about each track. If that’s not enough it will be a limited edition of only 600 copies
making these beauties extremely rare." - Vinyl On Demand.
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"Skeleton Dust is proud to present its debut CD release, 'The Rim Job' by legendary Houston noise artist Richard Ramirez. 'The Rim Job' is a collection of 8 different rare and unreleased tracks from 1993-2009. The CD offers a glimpse into the variety of noise produced by Ramirez over the years; from sheet metal harsh noise violence to distant drones. Cover photo by Kevin Parrett. Edition of 200." - Skeleton Dust Recordings.
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You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die: The Recorded Works
"An absolute collector's item, this box features Patton's recordings from 1929 to 1934 all in one extremely limited treat. Four albums, four different colored slabs of vinyl and all you want to hear from the incredible king of Delta blues. If you're not already a blues maniac, you'll become one when you see this in record stores. Includes a poster and a booklet. Limited to just 275 copies." - Monk Records.
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Limited edition vinyl only release. "Recorded only days after their performance together in Berlin that resulted in the powerful and haunting live album “ Shall I download a black hole and offer it to you?”. “In The Studio” is a more controlled, even tense, affair. Where the participants circle each of like gladiators at the Colosseum. Deluxe artwork by Stephen O’Malley." - Blast First Petite.
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Pan Sonic – Mika Vainio & Ilpo Vaisanen. All hail the unsmiling Finns. “After this Pansonic goes into deep freeze” says Vainio. In one of his more loquacious moments. Eleven new tracks of their trademark warm, deep, muscular sound that acts as personal trainer to your speaker cones. Gravitoni , their seventh son born as a duo since 1995. No live shows whatsoever are planned to celebrate their fifteen year run at the forefront of expanding the electronic music scene although Ilpo would still like to play in africa some day soon.
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Private-press reissue of this power-electronics classic from Ramleh. Originally released as a 7” on Broken Flag in 1983, this has been re-pressed on 12” format and sounds a lot better than the original 10 minutes-per-side 7”. Second edition in tan/black sleeves. Limited edition of 100 copies only. Essential.
"The Hand of Glory EP had been recorded prior to that Newcastle gig with Peter McGhee at IPS again. Jerome was getting very into reading about medieval torture and satanic rituals at this time. I was getting more interested in concepts of morality and freedom. My influence came through more in our next phase but Hand of Glory is more Jerome's subject-wise. Musically it was very much a joint effort. The vocals are less like the previous Ramleh records, they sound more desperate than angry..."
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"...This records is a collage of home brew synth madness, fieldrecordings, detailed registrations of Floris throwing a full drum kit 20 times of a staircase in a church, coincidences and litres of delicious tape delay spun together by a man who only eats fast food, as eating the real thing would take too much time, time that could be spent on more important things, like digging Dick Raaijmakers, art history, synths and long forgotten sound carriers!
Finally, the first LP by one of my favorite Belgians! After a bunch of self published tapes, CDRs and films it was about time!
Limited to 300 copies, comes in a bright purple/black sleeve design by dennis tyfus and with 2 inserts, including the scores for these 2 side long pieces! - Ultra Eczema.
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Various Artists |
Popcorn |
Ultra Eczema |
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Compilation of covers version of Gershon Kingsley's banger from 1969, ‘Popcorn’. Featuring Pavbel Buchler, Hair Stylistics with Takuma Watanabe, RLW, Kian Sandalen, Burning Star Core, DSR Lines, Evil Moisture, Nuslux, Raionbashi, Hetero Skeleton, Vomgrill, Helm, Attempt, Helicoptere Sanglante, Dracula Lewis, Jacques Beloeil, Spykes, Amon Dude V, Blood Stereo, Family Battle Snake, Three Legged Race, Rock and Roll Jackie & Nour Mobarack, Lucas Abela, Christopher Leeger & Kevin Blechdom, Heatsick, Astral Social Club, Tarp and loads more.
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No Joy |
S/T |
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"Splitting time between Montreal and Los Angeles, female-fronted noise pop group No Joy debuts with this two-song single. Not content to mine the depleted fields of shoegaze and twee indie sounds for inspiration, the group creates a maelstrom of melody out of both, with a layered, fuzzy approach that incorporates big, clean riffage, anonymous vocals hiding in the background, and a considerable churn across memorable four-minute pop songs. There’s a great deal more structure in their work than is found in many of their contemporaries, and their contemplative song structures work in favor to this approach. It’s the perennial box of chocolates filled with razor wire, but even the most fastidious of modern music archaeologists won’t see this one coming." - Mexican Summer.
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Organum |
Sorow |
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"Sorow is a new work by David Jackman aka Organum after completing the recent "Holy" trilogy (Sanctus, Amen and Omega). Sorow is not an album that expands the trilogy still farther, but opens a new chapter in Organum's career. On the basis of the European organ drones and the Indian Tanpura foundation, the gentle Japanese temple bell compliments the piece. It is neither of European Middle Age by a revisionist nor Oriental music composed from a European viewpoint. Its actions are of international minimalism and Sorow is 'Universal Music' in the true sense of the word. In an edition 500 copies with high quality gatefold sleeve designed by Jonathan Coleclough." - Siren Records.
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"David Payne began building his Fossils empire back in 2004. Since that time
Fossils has colonized the underground circuit with a steady flow of
ultra-limited tapes/cdrs, many of them through David's own Middle James Co
imprint. The Fossils sound is always one of formless despair. Churning low-grade
electronics, primitive tape manipulations, and an aura of stoned reverie are all
genuine signatures.
Kye is pleased to offer Fossils a rare vinyl outing, showcasing two classic new works. The Golden Door delivers a lo-fi elevation over grey clouds of looping ferric tape, whilst War Puzzle could have been swept off the floor at Cold Storage - a strange and paranoid collage of crumpled guitar and collapsing sine waves. With both pieces edited/mixed by Graham Lambkin and mastered by Jason Lescalleet, this is Fossils like you've never heard them before..."
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Limited opportunity to get all 13 records from Masami Akita's Thirteen Japanese Bird Series at a box set price. Packaged along with a limited edition Merzbow Bird Bag and a bonus hand stamped CDR of unreleased material from the 13 Japanese Bird Sessions. A small number of these are being made available.
Merzbow's 13 Japanese Birds was a 13 month series of releases inspired by Olivier Messaien's Catalogue D'Oiseaux. Beginning in January 2009 one volume of 13 Japanese Birds was be released each month. The 13th and final volume was released January 2010.
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Government Issue |
Joyride |
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Official repress of Government Issue’s 1984 hardcore masterpiece Joyride. Produced by Tom Lyle and Brian Baker, this is 12 songs of Government Issue in their prime. Recommended.
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"What did South Africa and South East Asia of the 1940s and 50s have in common? In both places the local population was trying to gain independence from British colonialism. Although colonialism is never a good thing, there are always some positive outcomes when two cultures collide, especially when it comes to music. The Zulu of South Africa are the largest ethnic group in the country and are well known for their rich musical traditions. In the 1940s, however, Zulu musicians began fusing traditional Zulu choral music (often sung by migrant mine workers), like Mbube and Isicathamiya, with the instruments and rhythms of Western jazz.
A continent away in India, we see that the same kind of musical revolution was taking place during this same period. Calcutta in particular became a musical hotbed beginning in WWII, when it became one of the major ports for the South East Asian Theatre of the War..."
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"Hype Williams is an eighteen year 'relay project' conceived in 2005 by husband and wife motivational speakers Father Ronnie Krayola and Denna Frances Glass. Every three years it's been passed on to someone else to 'look after'. Recordings from the first three years were stuffed into a pinata and will be put out at the end of the project. In May 2008 it was passed on to a heckler called Roy Bundy who, along with Karen Glass and a string of collaborators, have released numerous CDRs and VHS tapes. On the rare occasion of them showing up as themselves for shows (in the past,children, chickens and foil statues have been seen on stage in their place), they have a large rotating cast of deviants they play with under the moniker 'Bo Khat Eternal Troof Family Band'." - De Stijl. Recommended.
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"Following on from debut album Love Comes Close, New York’s Cold Cave release an EP of remixes for Life Magazine. A live favourite, Life Magazine sees Caralee McElroy’s vocals take centre stage beside a maelstrom of pulsating beats. The accompanying remixes illustrate the core elements that make the band – the dichotomy of leftfield noise and dancefloor pop sensibilities. The A-side features a remix from legendary producer Arthur Baker (Afrika Bambaataa, New Order) whose efforts transform Life Magazine into an epic, hard-hitting proposition poised to ignite many a dancefloor. DJ duo Optimo, whose notorious Glaswegian club night closed recently provide the Espacio remix. The more outré B-side contains re-workings from minimal techno mastermind Pantha Du Prince and the noise artist Prurient (aka Cold Cave’s Dominick Fernow)." - Matador.
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Julian Lynch |
Mare |
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Second full-length album by Julian Lynch. Recorded in Madison, Wisconsin and Ridgewood, New Jersey in 2009 and the beginning of 2010. Download coupon included.
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"Kicking off the new OESB 7" series with a 4 track single by Big Troubles. International playboy Matt Mondanile (Real Estate, Ducktails) discovered Big Troubles and urged Olde English Spelling Bee to sign these guys on the spot for their fresh "industrial shoegaze pop" sound. Done and done. Features home recordings by Alex Craig and Ian Drennan who split songwriting and vocal duties down the middle. They are joined live by Luka Usmiani (No Demons Here) on bass and Sam Franklin (Fluffy Lumbers) on drums. Their debut full-length album "Worry" will be out on OESB in July." - Olde English Spelling Bee.
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"Pigeons is the psychedelic pop project of married couple Wednesday Knudsen and Clark Griffin. They met in Seattle and while living there were part of The Sea Donkeys - a shambling anti-folk collective of freaks which also featured Hisham Mayet of the Sublime Frequencies label. The Sea Donkeys released an lp on the Sun City Girl's Abduction label in 2005. Pigeons formed later that same year when Wednesday and Clark relocated to New York. After releasing a string of micro-run cassettes and lathe-cut vinyls that explored noise and free jazz modes they turned their energies towards writing structured songs. The first widely available release of their song-oriented material was the "Virgin Spectacle" lp that came out on Black Dirt in 2008. That was followed by a 7" single on Soft Abuse in 2009. "Si Faustine" is their second album and like "Virgin Spectacle" was recorded at Jason Meagher's Black Dirt Studio..."
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Highly recommended collaboration between Graham Lambkin (The Shadow Ring, Idea Fire Company, Tart, etc.) and Jason Lescalleet (Due Process). Comes in a digipak with artwork that references Robert Ashley's classic 'Private Parts', and a somewhat disturbing image of the two artists faces merged into one on the inside.
"The material for The Breadwinner was recorded at Lambkin's house in upstate NY, over two recording sessions. The duo treated the entire building and its surrounding grounds as a studio, welcoming in outside sounds, which were later kept or eliminated as they felt appropriate. The subtitle on the front cover is 'musical settings for common environments and domestic situations', layering numerous submerged fragments to find beauty in everyday life..."
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Intensely abstract but never too cold or austere. Lescalleet is known primarily for his perilous, sometimes acrobatic tape loopism (as heard on his collaborations with John Hudak), but here he's in full electroacoustic mode, with great, gauzy curtains of sound from time to time picking up a gust of air. Contrasting with the in-situ dramas of Forlorn Green, his duo with Greg Kelley (nmperign), Electronic Music shows Lescalleet's stuff up-close and semi-impersonal. It's a definite texture-fest. Especially brittle cicadic sheets give way to whatever you call a space ship's equivalent of a boiler room. Highly Recommended.
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Recently unearthed copies of Povertech's excellent 1997 compilation of Eric Lunde (Trait, ex-Boy Dirt Car) material from the period 1983-1991, including rare cassette, 7" and compilation appearances. Compiled by Joe Colley (Crawl Unit) and issued on Lunde's own label. Digipack with booklet, signed by Eric Lunde. Highly recommended.
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Toba Seydou Traore |
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"Donso Ngoni artist Toba Seydou Traore was born in the early 1960s near Bougouni in Mali, where as a young child he heard the music of hunters. Seydou’s ensuing fascination led to much family conflict, but he persisted, later becoming an apprentice of renowned musician Yoro Sidibe and eventually a master in his own right. Consistently satisfying listeners across Mali with his strong voice and truly comic sensibility, Seydou cries out here over the trance-inducing pulse of his deep six-string donso ngoni to exceptional hunters, Muslim holy men, and elderly blacksmiths, lauding their knowledge, power, and invaluable contributions to Mande society." - Yaala Yaala.
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Abdoulaye Traore |
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"Abdoulaye Traore of the Malian village Mountougoula recalls an early childhood of listening intently to his father’s hunter harp. Abdoulaye quickly learned to scrape the accompanying nègè, sing backing parts, and dance the blurred, rapid-fire footwork of Wasulu hunters. In 2008 he completed apprenticeship with his master, the legendary Yoro Sidibe. A young lion of this funky old-time groove, Abdoulaye aspires to become a hunters’ musician of the highest calibre - one who lives in accordance with the longstanding way of hunting, inciting hunters to provide wild game, quelling strife where it crosses his path, moralizing listeners from all walks of life, and satisfying performance goers with exceptional music and dance. This CD is a re-release of the first of his seven commercial cassettes." - Yaala Yaala.
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"Six new songs of homespun psychedelic pop. Sure these tracks are on the Sacred Bones CD, but you need this on vinyl...this is lo fi pop, that takes the Ariel Pink theme and blows it skyward...amazing! This dude has played with Bobb Trimble, Blank Dogs and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graphitti. Sort of somewhere between those three with a sound all his own." - Captured Tracks.
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"For the past few years, Puffy Areolas have been fritzing synapses and scorching the landscape with their corroded psych / hardcore scree. Enlightened by the most unhinged charters of Acid Archives and Killed by Death alumnus, the Puffies' sound might best be described as embodying the Stooges' Raw Power if your pretty face had gone to hell. There, it would have encountered (among others) White Boy and The Average Rat Band, Tampax, Opus and Mag Amplitude for an eternal damnation of scarred depravity, the excesses of which would be legendary even by Hades standards.
In the Army 1981 is its own sadistic brand of plastic surgery, heavy on the anesthetic, short any bedside manner. Rude and ready for action, Puffy Areolas will forever be the bull in the china shop. And if that's China White you're talkin' about - well, friend, meet your new Daddy." - Siltbreeze.
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