Fantasma Parastasie
Vinyl Format. Fantasma Parastasie sees the pairing of Aidan Baker, of the Ambient Doom band Nadja, and Tim Hecker, two of Canada's brightest musicians in the world of abstract electronic music. This release, divided in seven movements, blends together to form a fluid example of a collaboration that works. Unlike those collaborations where artists throw some sound files back and forth via the internet, this release is the fruit of various real-time recording and mixing sessions the two artists wo…
thirty thirty
The second release on Presto!? is a fascinating work from Greg Davis (who seems to have been remarkably quiet in recent times) along with Steven Hess. I have absolutely no idea of the background of the piece at the moment, but I can tell you it's a real voyage through field and environmental recordings. Their talent lies in gently manipulating the already beautifully varied sounds and then conjuring up a compelling narrative with them. From naturaistic moments through to more abrasive textures a…
Spectral Hand
John Wiese is one half of Bastard Noise, Sissy Spacek and frequent collaborator with the likes of Sunn 0))), Wolf Eyes and Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth). Two new tracks between his more "pure" harsh noise work and an ambient space drone sound. Limited to 500 copies.
Complexion
It's been doing the rounds as a CDR for yonks now, but Sunburned Hand of the Man's 'Complexion' has now got itself a full-fat release that'll bring its odd-ball charm to a much wider audience. On the back of 2002's debut LP 'Headdress', 'Complexion' is the latest missive from Sunburned Hand of Man and was recorded in its ENTIRETY from a small public garden outside of Union Square in Somerville, Massachusetts. Where?! Wrapped in John Jagel artwork, 'Complexion' is an almost impenetrable miasma of…
s/t
Studio collaboration recorded and mixed by DR. ID. himself at Smegma's Portland studio during Metalux - Giffoni summer tour. Total weirdness full on psychedelic improvisation in the classic smegma style, amplified by giffoni's arsenal of unmatched apocalyptic precission machinery and Metalux's own arsenal of strangeness electronic sound and vocals from the next dimension. Already a total American classic before it even existed. Enjoy the Present. The Eternal Sound is now and forever. Coreleased …
Cacophony: 1979-1981
Double CD archival overview of this obscure Australian band from the late 70s. They released 2 7" in 1979, including the legendary debut Instant Classic, which was a strange combo of primitive punk and dub. Those singles, plus the later LP from 1981 Transformational Salts make up the first disc. A small piece of near forgotten history, comprehensively recalled for consumption. The two discs contain both the scarce 7"s, the album, and two live sets. All digitally mastered by The Slugfuckers. It's…
Primitive Calculators And Friends 1979-82
Originally released by Chapter Music in 2007. After reissuing the landmark 1979 live album by Melbourne's ferocious synth-punk snarlers Primitive Calculators in late 2004, Chapter Music follows up with a crucial compilation of tracks by Primitive Calculators and their friends from the legendary Melbourne Little Band scene. Including the Calculators' only studio recording, the single "I Can't Stop It" b/w "Do That Dance," plus the Little Bands compilation EP (both originally released in 197…
Troubled
The sole output from Vancouver, British Columbia's all-but-forgotten Jesus rock trio, the New Creation. Originally pressed in 1970 in the vinyl LP format in a very limited run, this album never quite made it out of its hometown borders. We think this album is an extraordinary example of "outsider" rock and roll and produced this CD so that it can be shared by more than just a few isolated music fans. The CD was transferred from one of the surviving copies of the original album (master tapes are …
Some Blood Will Stick
Hototogisu is Matthew Bower (Skullflower/Sunroof!) and Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards). They've been laying down billowing sheets of Teutonic guitar drone-noise since 2003 with the thickest possible helpings of vocals and electronics. Some Blood Will Stick is a collection of tracks from their ultra-limited self produced label Heavy Blossom. Songs were taken from Swoon Scream (2004) and Awful Symmetry (2005) with one additional track. What makes this disc more than a simple re-release is the ext…
Volume 1
Live in-person' collaborations between Hototogisu and the BxC. Hototogisu, as you know, are the time-defying duo of Matthew Bower (Skullflower, Ramleh, Sunroof!, Total, etc.) and Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards, GHQ, Zaimph, etc.). For these sessions, Burning Star Core was C. Spencer Yeh, Robert Beatty, and Trevor Tremaine (the latter two being of Hair Police, Eyes and Arms of Smoke, Sick Hour, etc.). Note that the music on this disc is different material from the Heavy Blossom companion volume …
Crippled Rosebud Binding
This fifth installment in the Music Fellowship’s triptych series brings together two Brooklyn bands, Mouthus and Double Leopards, and the sonically entwined Sunroof! From the UK. While each band contributes a side to this two-LP set, the artists are brought together not just figuratively on wax, but literally, as the fourth side features all seven musicians playing together. Double Leopards are Mike Bernstein, Maya Miller, Chris Gray, and Marcia Bassett. Like Taj Mahal Travellers before them, th…
Savage Summer Sun
'Savage Summer Sun' is the highly anticipated new full length from the Double Leopards on Pruient's Hospital Productions label. Two lengthy tracks each recorded live from their recent US tour: Il Coral, Los Angeles and KDVS, Davis. Deep, turning, sinister industrial wrapped in existential undertow.
Silent Blood
New Full length from Armpits CJA. Even though a recurring theme throughout is a reflection upon the amount of time spent on his PC (the same analogue sound as ever, but the use of digital layering tech adds extra depths to the hum) this disk still has that wonderful lofi droniness, and CJA is as resolutely himself as ever. Includes an epic that threatens to rival the incredible headache. Degradation can be a beautiful thing.
Stories for Owls
The second full-length release from psychedelic bread bakers and bird whisperers Badgerlore-- represented on this release by beard-core ambassadors Ben Chasny (Six Organs Of Admittance, Comets On Fire), Tom Carter (Charalambides), Pete Swanson (Yellow Swans), and Rob Fisk (7 Year Rabbit Cycle, ex-Deerhoof)-- Stories For Owls features six beautifully lush, organic pieces that rise and fall with the group's broke-down, burned-up improv and the interplay of piano, vocals, and dual guitars. The musi…
Bending the Gending
Gamelan Son of Lion is a new music repertory ensemble and composers' collective based in downtown New York City. The ensemble uses Javanese-style iron gamelan keyboards made by Barbara Benary, who co-founded the group along with composers Daniel Goode and Philip Corner. Gamelan Son of Lion specializes in contemporary pieces written for the instruments of the Javanese and Balinese gamelan percussion orchestra. The ensemble has been performing since 1976, making it one of the oldest and best known…
Symphony No. 6 (Devil Choirs At The Gates Of Heaven)
1993 CD release and one of Mr. Branca's absolute masterworks: 10 guitars and bass & drums, beautifully studio-recorded. Originally released by Blast First in 1989.
number one
awesome reissue of the rare 1967 psycho-electronic wonder, with psychedelic comic book, in deluxe gatefold sleeve. drug induced wild electronics by john mills-cockell and trippy outsider narrative by blake parker. the package offers a glimpse into the installations and psychedelic environments that intersystems created (for example, the mind excursion center) during the 1960's, with the time-capsule effect as reported by the media including the toronto telegraph and time magazine. (the mind excu…
no record
very rare nowadays, this is the awesome Nihilist Spasm Band debut album, released in heavy vinyl pressing, 700 copies only - it comes with printed insert from 1968 (Arts Canada). A companion release to the Intersystems Number One LP; both originally on Allied records, and both of these groups representing extremes in art bands in Canada 1960's. A proto-dada assault, 'No Record' heralds a do it yourself punk aesthetic with unrestrained humor and noise performed on largely home-made instruments. E…
The Return of the Giant Slits
The full, original 1981 Return of the Giant Slits album + a bonus CD that features ALL the archived dub versions and an American radio interview conducted at the time that was subsequently used by CBS for an ultra-rare promo disc. Including new cover art and two of the classic photos by Anton Corbijn from the NME magazine cover session. The 1981 second and final Slits studio album features the same line-up as their first album, Cut: Ari Up, Tessa Pollit and Viv Albertine. This record has often b…