UPIC Diffusion Session #23
*300 copies limited edition* Russell Haswell and Florian Hecker have both a long history with Mego/Editions Mego. Individual releases have peppered the Mego catalogue since Haswell’s Live Salvage 1997->2000 cd release (MEGO 012) in 2001 and the debut Hecker release IT ISO161975 (MEGO 014) in 1998. The individual exploration of sonic phenomena by these two practitioners has resulted in both being highly regarded for their uncompromising approach to sound as matter. Russell Haswell and Florian Hec…
The Itself Of Itself
Huge Tip! *Limited edition of 400 copies.* Since 1983, Justin K. Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu, Council Estate Electronics, The Sidewinder, etc.) has been producing largely solo, but sometimes collaborative, work under the Final moniker. Beginning as a more obviously power electronics-inspired project it has during the past two decades or so evolved into one which still retains that sonic intensity but has a more expansive sound. 'I Am the Dirt Under Your Fingernails' is the latest album, closely fo…
Body Double
Celebrated Canadian filmmaker and composer Chris Alexander joins Library of the Occult records with his album 'Body Double'
Après-Midi
"Another gem from the Yen Records treasure trove (Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi production). Cheeky, unhurried, fairly minimal synth pop, with a dusting of tittering bleeps, bloops, and sleigh bells for dimension. Mostly dry and Disneyland plump, but of course nothing Hosono is quite what it seems. Après-Midi is far from simplistic–there are plenty of well-executed jabs at western pop music (and culture), and then there’s the surprise “Catchball,” which is a deep, dark grinding proto-tec…
Kosmische Musik
Original 1971 2LP compilation of early Kosmische Musik featuring Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Schulze, Popol Vuh, Tangerine Dream.
Atem
Original 1973 first pressing on Ohr with gatefold Sleeve of Tangerine Dream's fourth album.
Alpha Centauri
Original 1975 first French edition on Ohr / Cosmic Music with gatefold sleeve of Tangerine Dream's milestone second album from 1971.
Einsjaeger & Siebenjaeger
Original Italian Quadraphonic edition on PDU of Popol Vuh's 1974 lovely meditative LP.
In den Garten Pharaos
1975 Italian Quadraphonic edition on PDU with gatefold sleeve of the splendid second album by Popol Vuh from 1971.
I was a Robot
First 2000 edition by Sanctuary Publishing of Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flur's informative and polemical autobiography.
Trans-Europe Express
Mid-90's US Elektra CD re-issue of the 9th Kraftwerk masterwork from 1981.
The Man-Machine
1995 release ** European CD re-issue with 2-panel cover. "The Man-Machine is closer to the sound and style that would define early new wave electro-pop - less minimalistic in its arrangements and more complex and danceable in its underlying rhythms. Like its predecessor, Trans-Europe Express, there is the feel of a divided concept album, with some songs devoted to science fiction-esque links between humans and technology, often with electronically processed vocals (The Robots, Spacelab, and the …
Trans-Europe Express
1995 US Capitol CD re-issue of the 6th Kraftwerk masterwork from 1977.
Radio-Activity
1992 US Cleopatra CD re-issue of the 5th Kraftwerk masterwork from 1975.
Я Твой Слуга Я Твой Работник
Rare 2LP set of Kraftwerk live in Germany in 1981 with folded poster cover.
Early Water
Limited edition of 500 copies on clear with blue streaks vinyl. Reissue of on LP a classic duo performance, recorded in Berlin 1976. Ash Ra Tempel's Gottsching (Farfisa, ARP, Gibson, tape echoes with Revox A 77) and Tangerine Dream/Agitation Free associate Hoenig (Yamaha, EMS, Moog, Oberheim) layering the zones for one continuous 48 minute flow of cosmic sequencing.
Deutsche Wertarbeit
Original 1981 1st press on Sky with laminated sleeve of excellent Berlin-school synth and only album by Dorothea Raukes solo project.
Planes
Unplayed original copy of great obscure 1974 dark brooding electronic album.
The Red Cassette
Original ultra-rare cassette self-released by Con in 1973.
Rot
First CD re-issue on Plate Lunch from 1997 of Con's wild electronic first album from 1973.