Sang
Tim Hodgkinson's new album is another intense collision of contemporary classical music and rock energy. Perhaps best known as a founding member of avant rock group Henry Cow, Tim has since displayed many musical personalities. What is so effective in Tim's recent work is the requisitioning of rock production techniques; through the use of sampling & sound manipulation, the virtual orchestra hits the speakers with unprecedented force.
Baku: Symphony Of Sirens
RESTOCKED! An incredible artefact from ReR, this double-disc release comes housed in a beautifully detailed book, all dedicated to the pioneers of the Russian avant-garde in the early twentieth century. The first disc captures a modern-day reconstruction of Arseni Avraamov's Symphony Of Sirens, a public sound event originally conceived in 1922, made up from factory sirens, military regiments, steam locomotives and choirs, all representing the lively sonic signature of the port city of Baku. In a…
Conan Island
An inevitable match made in Hades. Four titans workin' it out in the primordial mulch & all the gods are cowering in their presence. The dual intertwining guitar-attack impacts & fragments into the dense concrete percussion forest surrounded by a shroud of pulsing caterwauling skree. A harum-scarum locomotive ride of thick, bombastic & heavy proportions.
Human Animal
These songs are rotten with metal, reeds, consciousness-erasing islands of black doom, bass-heavy rippers, late night free terror jams, and pure mayhem. The new double-bass attack is showcased on "Human Animal"/"Rusted Mange" with scraping strings and a full terror-shriek workout. New directions are countered by "Rationed Rot" which revisits the eerie Throbbing Gristle-esque vocal deployment that dates from Wolf Eyes' "Dread" LP. The album also features the band's first cover, the No Fucker's an…
Repas froid
Culled from Tazartes own archives, this is like a global opera in which Henri Chopin has been reanimated by Bedouin tribes people. It manages to sound strangely nostalgic but simultaneously modern. It's also incredibly addictive…the more times you listen, the more you have to relive the experience…Housed in a jet-black digi pack, blank, apart from album title and label… no inlay, no track titles, nothing to distract from the contents... Mr. Tanz has spoilt us rotten with this first Tanzprocesz o…
Space Programs
When the shoe drops on the first bars of the USA is the Monster's new full length, it becomes clear some changes have occured since the last record, Sunset at the End of the Industrial Age. Buttery synth and elaborate vocal harmonies combine to levitate hairpieces at least a wee bit. This is the perfect synthesis of the pastoral wanderings circa thier second full length record, Wohaw, and the punk spunk junk of their first and third full lengths. The band is still a New York two-piece tribe of N…
Noisers
Tracce, percorsi e geografie del nuovo rumore USA: All’alba dei 2000, l’universo delle musiche indipendenti americane è stato invaso da un’inattesa, temibile generazione di estremisti sonici. Nomi come Black Dice, Wolf Eyes, Lightning Bolt, sono solo la punta dell’iceberg di un movimento ramificato all’inverosimile, tra discografie in cdr, festival, fumetti, performance, concerti negli scantinati e inattese canonizzazioni mainstream. In queste pagine si raccontano le storie, i protagonisti, i lu…
Napoleon & Josephine Singles Vol. 2
Vol. 2 in a series feat. rare singles & unreleased tracks. Includes 4 tracks originally targeted for the classic album "Dante's Disneyland Inferno," as well as one unreleased track, an alternative mix & two extended tracks, including the full 22-minute version of "Reflection Of A Young Boy Eating A Can Of Dog Food On A Siny Red X-Mas Ball".
Clomeim
Limited double vinyl LP version. Locust is proud to announce the release of Clomeim, the new studio album from New York's No-Neck Blues Band. Clomeim is an evolution, a vital document of change in The No-Neck Blues Band's 15+ years of para-musical activity. This pivotal recording is a creative distillation of the collective at a new and startling saturation point. For three rainy days in March 2007, the seven-headed hydra that is NNCK holed up in Black Dirt Studios, their newly outfitted recordi…
Rastakraut Pasta
1st release from the duo of Dieter Moebius & Conny Plank, originally released on Sky Records in 1980. As the title suggests, this album is heavily influenced by dug & reggae & those rhythms are incorporated into the ambient space-rock one would expect from these German pioneers of Kosmische musik.
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The debut album by the Kasai Allstars collective raises the ante & lifts Crammed's Congotronics Series up to the next level. An unbelievable mixture of traditional acoustic instruments, electric guitars, distortion-laden thumb pianos & soulful vocals.
Master Of Pigeons
There is nothing quite like attending a Japanther show, each one is a different animal, and each one brings a smile. 14 new tracks recorded over the past year. Japanther sort of call this album their positive album even though some of the songs are straight up noise, punk, and misunderstood ride your bike anthems, there is a decidedly cheery feel to some (some) of the songs; more than anything, they just want you to go and actually do something fun with your time. But wait, are Japanther now all…
Dump The Body In Rikki Lake
Enter the world of the infectious beat down, unpredictable chaos, rock chariots & the unchained expressions of 2 youths, their splintering punk beat tightness will fill your pleasure center with warmth (ew). Brooklyn duo w/taperecorder beats. Follows their sold out "leather wings" LP.
Wild & Inside
"Sick to Death" received worldwide accolades for its frantic pacing, unimpeachable lyric quality, & nugget after nugget of pop hooks buried under a gob of lo-fi muzz. This time they explore a cleaner, more inimitable sound. Gone is the wall of crud that prevents discerning listeners from identifying the instrumental play-by-play; it its stead, a set of crafted songs recall the paisley punk of The Last & the rural-delica of Great Plains, as well as nodding to the sanguine pop of early Flying Nun …
beauty school
during my last visit to the states, about 2 years ago, one of the highlights was definatly a night long visit to SCOTT FOUST's house! john shaw took us there and explained from before what it was gonne be like, we would be seated down in a confortable couch while "the last great man" would stand up next to a pedastal with some quality whiskey, dope and cigarettes on it, sporting a mono coloured suit and sunglasses (day and night) while foust is telling stories about different art records, and ma…
ladybird labyrinth
orphan fairytale is the solo monniker of eva van deuren, member of the lady folk troupe MASKESMACHINE, who started blowing my mind 12 years ago as a street performance troupe in antwerp. besides my own ladyfriend, i don't think i know anyone better than eva, and her boyfriend (audiobot madman) carlo steegen. for some reason this makes it even more difficult to write a decent description for this record, we live in the same mansion, and i could write a lot of stories about doing the dishes togeth…
Should Sisters Suck?
i don't know a rabi that yells as high pitched and psycho then nik rizili! and i don't know another guitarist besides oren ambarchi that can make strings sound like yiddish yelling! they do sound like ladies that have their period non stop, since 5 years! and they do sound like they are 456 km away from the hospital while the head of a baby is forcing it's way out of a mangina. so much stress, and strings so loose on a guitar that u can put both your legs and your two arms between the strings an…
La Bamba
Over 15 years ago Daniël de Wereldvermaarde Botanicus (hat and cacti collector Cassis Cornuta) deejayed a ton of horrible la bamba versions for 2 hours in the now defunct situationist radioshow RTVS (Radio Centraal-Antwerp). The 'galdezen' of RTVS yelled-sung along, creating their own versions of la bamba while getting more and more hammered or naturally gone from a bamba trance! After telling me this short story Daniël mumbled 'I always wanted to dj all night long la bamba, I think it will driv…
Very Friendly #1
Very Friendly is a comic book project that subjectively collects its material from the world of experimental electronic music and will mix stories of an autobiographical nature with historical accounts. In other words; the reader will get a chance to meet some of Sundin's musician friends and colleagues as well as take part of some historical events where a classic recording or performance took place. The first issue of Very Friendly, released in April 2009, presents over 52 pages three main sto…
Beam Stone
Per Anders Nilsson (computer and synthesizer), Sten Sandell (piano, prepared piano, electronics and voice) & Raymond Strid (percussion). Beam Stone was founded a year before this October 2007 recording. The trio consists of three free improvisers, each with a distinctive personal sound. Their aim with Beam Stone is to explore sonic territories with the guidance of different pre-defined concepts. Listening and sonic exploration are considered the essential points of departure.