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Kuomintang and Generalissimus Chiang Kaishek
** Edition of 300 numbered copies in cardboard folder ** A collaborative project between Nick Sudnick (ZGA) and Alexander Lebedev-Frontov. Reissue of the album Kuomintang (Ultra, 1998) and the mini-album Generalissimus Chiang Kaishek (ALF Produkt, 2008) collected here on one CD. Especially for this release Nick Sudnick and Alexander Lebedev-Frontov recorded a bonus-track, Kuomintang 2, in May 2018.
Modern
** Deluxe double vinyl LP version. Limited edition to 299 copies ** The Kansai based noise band Hijokaidan, come with the first ever vinyl reissue of Modern, originally released on 1989 in CD format. Resting at a fascinating juncture between space-harsh progressive, impro and noise, it was years ahead of its time when it first appeared becoming one of the great holy grails of Japan noise. Creatively thrilling - filled with emotive highs and lows - it’s a crucial piece in the puzzle of Japan’s wi…
Shocks! Shocks! Shocks!
** Deluxe vinyl LP version. Limited edition to 299 copies ** The Tokyo-based Japanese experimental musician Masaya Nakahara as kwon as Violent Onsen Geisha has been dazzling us with his entirely singular approach to sound since 1989. Harnessing his unique natural approach to mixier by combining techno, pop samples and hip hop, as well as his sister's karaoke singing or his parent quarreling, screams and glass or ceramic bowls broken, he incredibly built a body of work in recorded contexts that h…
Mort Aux Vaches: Sen
"Much like their previous incarnation Maeror Tri, Troum are masters of the slow progression, be it in terms of intensity, volume, style, or all three, as in the case of this release. Sen, which consists of one hour-long track, begins quietly with delicate reverberations and soft metallic ringing: sonic architecture so subtle that one might not even notice the gradual accumulation of the duo's trademark sound. Troum's skill as artists in field of drones truly lies in their ability to craft them w…
Frequency L.S.D.
* Ltd x 400 copies on 180g black vinyl * Maso Yamazaki: Voice, Microphone, EXPJ Ringmodulater, Colorsound Pedals, 60's Fuzz Noise Canister, Spectral Audio Analogsynth, Sherman Filterbank, Delay. Originally released on CD in 1998 (Alien8 Recordings), "Frequency L.S.D." is now presented on vinyl for the first time. Features 14 ear-wrenching, extreme Japanese Noise tracks from Maso Yamazaki (Controlled Death)."The cult icon of Japanoise once again makes another proverbial anti-statement with his un…
Summoning Ancient Spirits (Tape)
* Edition of 70 copies * Sprawling sublime archaic noise electronics from visual artist Manuel Knapp (C.C.C.C, Tim Blechmann, Government Alpha) and vocal acrobatics by Keiko Highuchi (Albedo Fantastica (with Sachiko) and lots of others). Floating somewhere beyond harsh and hazy psychedelic dreams into the blackness of a Japanese night. Edition of 70 copies.
Collection 008
* Numbered edition of 200 copies in a folder cover. * Recorded and Mixed at Lowest Music & Arts, Telecom Studio 1981 - 1982. Percussion, Recorder, Effects, Artwork – Masami Akita (Merzbow) violin – Kiyoshi Mizutani. Remastered from Original Cassette Tape in Feb 2018 at Munemihouse, Tokyo. Originally Released on Cassette by Lowest Music & Arts in 1982.
Collection 006
* Numbered edition of 200 copies in a folder cover. * Recorded and Mixed at Lowest Music & Arts, Telecom Studio 1981 - 1982. Percussion, Recorder, Effects, Artwork – Masami Akita (Merzbow) violin – Kiyoshi Mizutani. Remastered from Original Cassette Tape in Feb 2018 at Munemihouse, Tokyo. Originally Released on Cassette by Lowest Music & Arts in 1982.
直美のオナニーと若草寮案内 (Tape - Art Ed. Box)
* Art edition, C-60 cassette in a deluxe wooden box with many inserts + a numbered certificate in 200 copies * Always ahead of the curve, bringing seminal lost works back into centre of our consciousness, we have done it again. A true joy in listening and historically as important as they come, their first ever reissue of The Gerogerigegege, 直美のオナニーと若草寮案内 Re-issue'' ("Naomi's Masturbation and Wakakusa Dormitory Guide RE-ISSUE'), turns everything on its head (and not only that) and is not to be …
Uguisudani Apocalypse
* Art edition, C-80 cassette in a deluxe wooden box with many inserts + a numbered certificate in 300 copies * Uguisudani Apocalypse is a collection of untitled instrumental songs where each track is succinct and minimal, packing melody into a short and concise pounding of different styles with its tracks influenced by lounge music, bossa nova, funk, punk, jazz as well as the sound of the Japanese bubble era - with disco inflections. The simple spread of different styles is almost astounding, wi…
Ikigai
**200 copies** After the intense 2020 tape "Tykoching vs. Gamera", Hanzo Hasashi's brand of cinematic, surgically accurate and twitching cut ups continues with "Ikigai" ("a reason for being"). This Japanese concept refers to having a direction or purpose in life, providing a sense of fulfillment and towards which they the person may take actions, giving them satisfaction and a sense of meaning. Hanzo Hasashi is an artist involved in the areas of cut-up harsh noise mixed with field recordings, am…
Échancré
**200 copies** A new work by French raging harsh noise act, Tourette. This is Tourette's first new material since 2017's "Proximité Du Murmure" (Triangle Records). An absolute masterclass of dynamic, crushing and emotive harsh noise presented within 4 untitled tracks (over 40 mins of music). Digisleeve.
Solonoise 1 & 2 (2CD)
* Compilation of the 1982 cassette releases Solonoise 1 and Solonoise 2. Limited to 300 copies. Released in digipak. * Merzbow re-edition of 2 historical tapes of the first Japanoise era! Special guest on "Solonoise 1": Kiyoshi Mizutani.This albums offers pure analog noise with varied timbre and string, keyboard, percussion. Inspired by DADA & Kurt Scwitters from which he took "MERZ" for his project name, this might be considered a New-DADA experiment....These early tracks are not the overwhelm…
195 Melrose Avenue NW2
Originally released in 1996 on Self Abuse as a limited Music Cassette in 1996. Self Abuse and Old Europa re-released this tape for the first time into CD for it's 25th anniversary. Moreover, when looking through original tapes trying to find the master, Patrick (Self Abuse) found an extra cassette labeled "195 melrose Ave NW" with only 3 songs on one tape side, such tracks wasn't used for the release of the tape. Well, we are going to use such "unreleased tracks" as bonus for this CD re-release.…
In The Reign Of Dying Embers
For a number of years now Fourth Dimension Records has been responsible for releasing most of Gary Mundy of Ramleh’s solo works under his Kleistwahr guise. Each of these albums is possessed of a thematic approach harbouring some of his obsessions, passions and explorations into both pure, unadulterated sonic expression and many of the concerns driving it. Although traces of Gary’s longstanding interest in unforgiving and uncompromising music can often be found threaded throughout Kleistwahr’s wo…
Sonic Deprivation
A selection of archive materials from the very first cassette releases (Murderfuck, Mafarka, Anal Perversions, Host Sodomy, From Homicide To Slaughter), completely restored and remastered.
Verrückt
* Limited edition 66 numbered copies with complete handmade artwork * Originally released in Japan as split cassette tape with Criminal Party in 1987
BDSM Atlantic Partnership (LP)
Housed in a plain black sleeve with a sticker in the upper left-hand front corner. Includes a double-sided insert. Edition of 250 copies. Freak Animal’s vinyl offerings to satisfy fanatics of violent and raw power electronics. Sadio is project of #Grunt + Kommando Skingraft, utilizing raw, simple and fierce recording techniques and live-in-studio method to create piercing sound. Prurient from USA offers material that excludes obvious rhythms, synth melodies and other elements project has been k…
Hate
** Deluxe vinyl LP version. Limited edition to 299 copies ** Mademoiselle Anne Sanglante Ou Notre Nymphomanie Auréolé, the double-barreled name for Masonna, of course, is one of most prolific, adventurous, and respected noise artists, making dozens of releases on his own legendary and astonishing label Coquette, presenting them in very limited editions, sometime totally confidential (one sole copy), and reflecting his predilection for 60’s psychedelic music revisited in its own very peculiar way…
Structured Suicide
** Deluxe vinyl LP version. Limited edition to 299 copies **The 1990s were a fascinating moment for music and new idioms of experimental music began to bubble in the underground. While often belonging to highly localized scenes and thus overlooked by a broad listenership in the moment, many of these gestures have proven to be profoundly important and influential and have left an indelible mark on the musical landscapes that have followed in their wake. Particularly notable among others C.C.C.C.'…