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.
In the 7th moon chief turned into a swimming fish and ate the he
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.
Un llamp que no s'acaba mai
Agustí Fernández (piano), John Edwards (double bass) and Mark Sanders (drums). Agustí Fernández's connection with the London scene grows stronger by the year. His trio with John Edwards (double bass) and Mark Sanders (drums) brings him to the heart of things. Their set played at the Jazz Sigüenza 2007 festival in Spain comprised this free improvisation, which was captured by the fabulous ears of ace engineer Checa R Puértolas & mixer Feran Conangla.
Integument
Lawrence Casserley (signal processing instrument and voice) & Adam Linson (double bass, live processing and sampling) met first when Adam joined the Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble for the Free RadiCCAls festival at the CCA, Glasgow in November, 2004. They formed an almost instant rapport, which has continued ever since. During Lawrence's European tour in May, 2007 they met again and performed with the Ensemble in Cologne, after which Lawrence spent several days in Berlin. For two of those…
Lunula
Octante: Ruth Barberán (trumpet, speaker & microphones). Alfredo Costa Monteiro (accordion & objects). Ferran Fages (electronics). Margarida Garcia (bass). Recorded at ca l'escuder on february 8th and 9th, 2008 by Ferran Conangla. Mixed and mastered by Ferran Conangla. Cover by Alfredo Costa Monteiro.
Psychedelic Noise Freak
Kawabata Makoto (better known in his adult incarnation as the Father Yod like ringleader of Acid Mother's Temple) was a precocious Japanese kid at the age of 13 when he made these recordings. Like his Dark Revolution Collective album that was recorded about the same time in 1978, the only instrument that Kawabata had access to was a borrowed synthesizer, which he tweedled and modulated to create what qualified way back then as "Psychedelic Noise." In between all of the Morton Subotnik / Conrad S…
Dark Revolution Collective
The Dark Revolution Collective was the first musical group formed by Kawabata Makoto, who has since earned considerable notoriety in the incredibly prolific Acid Mother's Temple. Recorded back in 1978, Kawabata with Tetsushi Kawagishi and Yasuo Iwaki had no instruments, but managed to borrow a synthesizer and acquired some equipment from their high school science laboratory to use as percussion. The unwavering rhythmic clatter from the multiple percussionists, hammering away at PVC pipes, glass …
Musics In The Margin Vol.4
Fourth opus of musical art brut, faithful to our precepts, we search out self-taught musicians. That means people who make contemporary music outside the customary production and distribution channels and with the determination and creative gifts that stem from unmistakable artistic talent. Some of these musicians operate in mental or social isolation and make their music in special workshops while others can be classified with the spiritualist or visionary artists. This particular relationship …
Psychic Secession
This is the third Yellow Swans vinyl release on Weird Forest and they've really tattooed it out of the ballpark on this one. It's a pulse-pounding, synapse-blasting expedition straight to the cacophonous pleasure points of your innards. It must also be known that it's one of the most grooving releases I've heard all year, dig? Makes me shake it maniacal. Yellow Swans? Yeah, they do all these things, baby. Their ultimate release Ñ simply phenomenal Ñ features a treasure-trove of guests including …
La Guepe
Mythical avant jazz lp on the rare FUTURA label - part of the contemporary FUTURA SON cat. A truly magical session from Dec. 72 with Bebe Guerin, Jean Guerin, Francoise Achard, Dominique Dalmasso, Jouck Minor, Francois Tusques and Jean-Paul Rondpierre. Some amazingly deep compositions, a must for any serious collector of out-there sounds.SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN NWW LIST!!!!Vite also was also a member of Un Drame Musical Instante!
Quand Le Son Devient Aigu, Jeter La Girafe A La Mer
Originating from the 1960s’ French jazz scene, Jacques Thollot left a string of unclassifiable recordings ranging from free neo-expressionist explorations for keyboard and percussion to ornate, carefully arranged baroque jazz. But Thollot’s imagination was too rich to enclose him within jazz idiom. His instrumentals, proportional and highly inventive, are often fragile and elusive. His rich arrangements were as lofty as they were airy. Formally impeccable, they were never academic.Were it not fo…