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Who Sees Goes On #3 : Lipchamber
Rare original, limited edition of 333 handnumbered copies ( + a 8-page printed booklet) Recorded, manipulated and constructed at the GOD facility, Reykjavík, Iceland, up to and including January 1995. The Hafler Trio were assisted in no small measure by: Dr. Kurt Euler, Jochen Schwarz, Erla Þórarinsdóttir, Dame Madden of Galicia, C.M. Von Hausswolff, Sólveig, Jóhann Jóhannson and precious few others. Eternal love and respect are due. Concept partially provided by David Jackman. Title by Brian Gy…
Who Sees Goes On #2 : Broadcast In White
Recorded, manipulated and constructed at the GOD facility, Reykjavík, Iceland, up to and including January 1995. The Hafler Trio were assisted in no small measure by: Dr. Kurt Euler, Jochen Schwarz, Erla Þórarinsdóttir, Dame Madden of Galicia, C.M. Von Hausswolff, Sólveig, Jóhann Jóhannson and precious few others. Eternal love and respect are due. Concept partially provided by David Jackman. Title by Brian Gysin. Sleeve and book design by A.M.McKenzie for Suitcase Studios.
Who Sees Goes On #1 : Timerape
Rare original, limited edition of 333 handnumbered copies. Comes with an 8-page printed booklet. Recorded, manipulated and constructed at the GOD facility, Reykjavík, Iceland, up to and including January 1995. The Hafler Trio were assisted in no small measure by: Dr. Kurt Euler, Jochen Schwarz, Erla Þórarinsdóttir, Dame Madden of Galicia, C.M. Von Hausswolff, Sólveig, Jóhann Jóhannson and precious few others. Eternal love and respect are due. Concept partially provided by David Jackman. Title by…
Intoutof
Rare original copy of this early ultra limited edition in bookstyle packaging.  All material present generated between 1985 and 1987. Intoutof is a series of finely woven drone environments incorporating location recordings by Ward Phillips. The section titles imply some sort of alchemic process, with the grinding sounds of "Initiation" evolving into the brighter tones and birdsong of "Ascent," before the hard discords of "Purgatory No 1 & 2."
æo3/3hæ
Two of the leading artists in their own field team up again for the much anticipated second installment of their collaboration project. Like part One this comes in special deluxe handmade cover with mysterious inserts. Third edition of 1000 copies.'The deformation of light entering several lives is simply a prismatic event and depending where the bottle spins, you're it. the acclaimed and cajoled, fussed over and clutched to multifarious bosoms is about to tread no water and several grapes, the …
The Marvelous Aphorisms of Gavin Bryars: The Eearly Years
Gavin Bryars' music, post 'The Sinking of the Titanic' and 'Jesus' Blood...', is well known and often performed today. Less known are the earlier works featured on this cd, created during the years 1969-71. At that time, Bryars became associated with Michael Nyman, John Tilbury and Brian Eno - marrying ideas from Cage, Fluxus, free improvisation and experimentalism. Some of the works recorded here appeared on Eno's avant-garde Obscure label in the mid-1970s. In 1, 2, 1-2-3-4, the musicians liste…
Future Travel
Long out of print in its original, 1981 LP version from Street Records, Future Travel, has now been released again, remastered for digital media, by New World Records (80668-2). All the music composed and performed by David Rosenboom from this historic album is included, along with a new version of And Out Come the Night Ears, which was first introduced on an LP from 1750 Arch Records in 1978. One of the first albums composed almost entirely with a digital synthesizer, Future Travel, features th…
wahrnehmungen 1980/1981
excellent triple lp / 7” box containing music from 5 separate cassette-only releases on the pre-selektion “wahrnehmungen” label by label-heads p.d. (later known as p16.d4.). A gorgeous set, the first thing on vinyl on demand i’ve been inclined to stock (although i imagine i’ll be bringing in more of these records over the next few months.) those wishing to witness the birth of the selektion universe via a... selektion of noisy, lo-fi tape experiments & general pre/post-industrial sound-smithing …
In die Nacht
Fourth part in the rerelease series of all early vinyl albums by Asmus Tietchens on CD. This is the third of the SKY albums from 1982 incl. three bonus tracks of unreleased material not included on the original LP. Comes with a poster booklet feat. the original cover artwork. Edition of 1000 copies.Asmus Tietchens »In die Nacht« (Sky Records 077) 1982 To my surprise, SKY ordered a third album from me. For distribution reasons the album had to be finished rather quickly. This presented me with an…
Formen letzter Hausmusik
Part six in the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums on CD. »Formen letzter Hausmusik« was originally released on UNITED DAIRIES (the label run by Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound) in 1984. The original album consisted of a mix of archive tracks from the late 1960's / early 1970's and new tracks specially recorded for the release. Many people see »Formen letzter Hausmusik« as the first »real« Tietchens album laying the basis of what was about to follow in his long record…
The Ninth Set
Irish composer Roger Doyle's first release on Die Stadt is his prize-winning work The Ninth Set, a 67 minute masterpiece in 5 parts. He was awarded the Magisterium Prize at this years's Bourges International Electro-acoustic Music Competition in France for parts 4 and 5. The award, which is one of the most important prizes in the world for electronic music, is open to composers having at least 25 years of professional experience in the field, and its objective is 'the promotion and diffusion of …
s/t
**Released in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies** A compilation of live recordings specially released for a Die Stadt label night feat. All artists, at Argos in Brussels on 18. October 2007. The John Duncan recording was made at The Compound , San Francisco on 21 July 2007. Kontakt der Junglinge (Asmus Tietchens & Thomas Koner) 'Montreal Solution 1' is an excerpt from their live performance at Mutek Festival, Montreal on 28 May, 2003. The final track on this CD is by C.M. Von Hausswolff a…
Materiali per tre esecutori e nastro magnetico
Hailed in the early seventies as the best Italian group of avant-garde jazz/rock along with Area and Perigeo, in the mid-seventies, with the release of their second album, Dedalus started a much more uncompromisingly experimental approach to music through the use and combination of disparate musical materials: improvisation, electronic music and musique concrète techniques, elements of contemporary classical composition, folk tunes, jazz, use of self-built and modified instruments for timbric re…
colori
The very first new recording from Maurizio Bianchi (MB) since his decision to quit the arena of sound in 1984. Yes, he's back, the world-wide recognized master of apocalyptic electronics has decided to come back to music, opening up a new phase for his creativity.
Persian Electronic Music: Yesterday and Today 1966-2006
The Sub Rosa label presents the work of Alireza Mashayekhi and Ata Ebtekar/Sote, two essential, key luminaries in the so far very unknown electronic music scene as composed in Iran from the '60s until today. These Iranian music masters work on ancestral structures to create something radically new, travelling around the world as vivid creators, working through the hazards of history. Alireza Mashayekhi (b. 1940) is a pioneer Iranian avant-garde composer whose ideas and works have been performed …
supplementary benefit
side 1 of the lp comprises full length versions of the the first two storm bugs singles; namely the 5 track table matters ep (1980) and the metamorphose single (1981). whilst tracks from these singles have appeared on compilations before, this is the first time they are being presented in their entirety. this means the first re-issue of the spoof industrial rockabilly track tin and the vocal version of make customer matter. the tracks have been digitally re-mastered from virgin un-played copies …
early recordings 77-83
who of you does not know and searches for the wave-classic lp “trust no women”. the performance and video/music-artists zyx from vienna have looked into their archive and are now providing a finest selection of wave-classic-material which has been unreleased on vinyl to this point.
early recordings 1979-83 Lp-2
In the early 1980's, Ptose emerged from Niort, France. They were a trio who released a couple of albums, earning some comparisons to The Residents, and then they dissapeared from view - terrific minimal proto-techno stuff here, highly recommended
C.O.I.T. - A Collection of Isolated Tracks 1981-1988
Eclectic French group (for some time also known as CO2 which started out in the early 80's and still active. Their music ranges from new wave to weird sound experiments. Awesome double LP release in a deluxe gatefold sleeve. "The ultimate compilation with rare, unreleased and demo material with early works of the French goth-legend."
Snatch Paste: An Assortment of Snatch Tapes
Compilation of one of the best DIY-tape labels of the early '80s compiled by Philip Sanderson (former member of Alien Brains) from the three Snatch Tape Compilations 1-3 (originally released (1978-81) with the odd extra bonus drawn from other Snatch Tapes." Artists include: David Jackman, Storm Bugs, Mannequin Movies, Philip Sanderson, Tony Clough, The N4s, Alien Brains, Karl's Empty Body, Orior and Claire Thomas & Susan Vezey. Limited vinyl edition of 500 copies.