Helicopter
Label owned by John Wiese, an artist and composer from Los Angeles, California. His ongoing projects include LHD and Sissy Spacek, with plenty of freelance work with many artists as diverse as Sunn O))), Wolf Eyes, Merzbow, Dave Phillips, Smegma, Kevin Drumm, Cattle Decapitation, and C. Spencer Yeh (Burning Star Core). He has toured extensively throughout the world, covering Europe, Scandinavia and Australia as a member of Sunn O))), the UK as part of the Free Noise tour (a tentet including Evan Parker, C. Spencer Yeh, Yellow Swans, etc.), the United States alongside Wolf Eyes, and recently performed in the 52nd Venice Biennale with artist Nico Vascellari.
Dawn Of The Bloody Tapes
The Cherry Point returns with the long gestating follow-up to Night of the Bloody Tapes, a speaker-shredding demolition across two tracks of unforgiving hell. Recorded in Los Angeles, 2020–2024, Dawn of the Bloody Tapes is an unrelenting underground audio annihilation fueled by xeroxed zines, shot-on-tape traumas, and scrambled late-night broadcasts. All electronics by Phil Blankenship. Mixed by John Wiese.
It's exactly what you think it is.
EKA Varna
Nearly 20 years after the release of their landmark collaboration Multiplication, and nearly 25 years since their first live partnership, Merzbow and John Wiese reunite for a deep immersion into chaotic, raging electronics. Recorded on stage at Koiwa Bush Bash, Tokyo, Japan, December 2023. Digipak CD presented by Helicopter and Troniks. Art and design by John Wiese.
Live At 落合 Soup
In a follow-up to their duo debut, 2016’s Oblique No Strategy, T. Mikawa (Incapacitants, Hijokaidan) and John Wiese (Sissy Spacek) document a blazing live performance and rehearsal at the legendary Ochiai Soup, presenting an energetic explosion of free form electronics. Recorded at Ochiai Soup, Tokyo, Japan, December 2023. Digipak CD presented by Helicopter and Troniks. Art and design by John Wiese.
Multiple Density
Kimihide Kusafuka and John Wiese capitalize on their common language of concrète cut-up sounds for their first ever duo album, following many collaborations with Sissy Spacek. In a roaring daytime session, the pair performed two sets, approximately 20 minutes each, of finely detailed fast paced electronics. Recorded November 2023 at Technology Hour Extra Volume 3 at Freaky Show, Shizuoka, Japan. Digipak CD presented by Helicopter and Troniks. Art and design by John Wiese.
Past Present Future
Second album of minimal musique concrète from this Ohio duo. Robert Turman is a sound artist from the United States who is most recognized for his pioneering and experimental work in the fields of contemporary minimalism and ambient music. John Wiese is a sound artist and composer who is well-known for his singular and forward-thinking approach to sound as well as his ability to produce intricate, layered works that blur all boundaries. Both experimental and post-improvisational approaches are u…
Violent Semi-Abstract
Debut duo recording of LAFMS-founder and Airway maestro Joe Potts and John Wiese. Recorded during the Joe & Joe/John Wiese mid-west tour of 2018. Melting/sweating tape music/chopped optigan.
Hunter Killer
2015 Disfathom-era multi-track recording with Mike Du Bose on vocals.
Mirror Aggressor State
On the heels of their F.O.A.D. LP and mid-west/east coast tour, a new full-length album from the Isaac Horne/Charlie Mumma/John Wiese trio line-up.
Amplified Crystal
A howling vortex of psychedelic whiteout and swirling shimmer by trailblazing Japanese icons C.C.C.C. (Cosmic Coincidence Control Center), featuring the core foursome of Mayuko Hino (electronics, voice, performance), Hiroshi Hasegawa (synthesizer, voice), Fumio Kosakai (electronics, tapes), and Ryuichi Nagakubo (bass). Originally released as a legendary, limited vinyl LP on the group’s own Endorphine Factory label, this seminal release has been painstakingly remastered in 2023 by John Wiese and …
Community Center Cyber Crash / Live In Pittsburgh
A searing document of C.C.C.C.’s indelible live performance at Wilkins School Community Center on October 11, 1992, Community Center Cyber Crash/Live In Pittsburgh voyages into an abyss of scorching sound featuring the lineup of Mayuko Hino (electronics, voice), Hiroshi Hasegawa (synthesizer, voice), and Fumio Kosakai (electronics, tapes). Originally released as a vinyl LP in 1993 that helped cement the ensemble’s legacy and influence, the album has been meticulously remastered in 2023 by John W…
Tractor 2023
The Haters classic remixed, remastered and reenvisioned! A full volume grinding cacophony of entropic sound and amplified destruction across three reworked live actions—8/15/87 San Francisco (tearing large sheets of paper & fire sounds), 10/11/87 Colorado Springs (sledgehammers smashing holes through the brick walls of an abandoned metal refinery), 12/16/88 Salt Lake City (destroyed junk on an overflowing club stage). Newly mixed from vintage material by GX Jupitter-Larsen & John Wiese exclusive…
Coronado
In their first collaborative album, pioneering Japanese sound artist Merzbow and prolific outsider outfit Sissy Spacek unite to unleash an unstoppable firebomb of frenzied electronics and raging percussion across two 45-minute discs in this monumental set. Assembled July–September 2023, it features a lineup of Masami Akita, Charlie Mumma, and John Wiese, with a special appearance by Phil Blankenship (The Cherry Point). Beautifully packaged in a metallic gatefold digipak with artwork by John Wies…
Cosm
A new Sissy Spacek album in the realm of free-improv, but a great expansion of the perimeter. This power trio features Charlie Mumma on drums, Masahiko Ohno (Solmania) on guitar, and John Wiese on organ. Unlike anything that's come before.
Black Tupelo
Alex York’s Black Tupelo comments on the obscured line between American folk music and spiritual minimalism. Through sampling across analog and digital media, including vinyl, cassettes, and YouTube, Black Tupelo derives all its sonic material from recordings of Powers / Rolin Duo. In the past, York has primarily sampled jazz musicians, but gravitates towards acoustic drones on this record, which lend to collage and layering. In approaching these samples, York was inspired by a Roscoe Mitchell l…
Threshold
Noise/noisecore/grindcore/cut-up in unparalleled intensity from Mumma/Wiese with two tracks featuring Jay Randall.
Mechanical Abstraction
A scorching assembly of recordings from Sissy Spacek's 2022 ensemble tour, featuring the first John Wiese solo as Sissy Spacek since 2001 and two sets from the trio of Chris Goudreau/Jay Randall/John Wiese. Jewel case with heavy 28-page booklet.
Live In Hong Kong
Sissy Spacek is known for their extended approach to sound and performance. Founded in 1999, the group (since 2013, primarily a duo of Charlie Mumma and John Wiese) have released a broad range of work, from grindcore to musique concrète, with a considerable gulf of experimentation in between. Their performance at Empty Gallery in Hong Kong and its peripheral documentation is an example of the band’s abstracting style and approach. Recorded on the occasion of Takeshi Murata’s “Infinite Doors” ope…
The Elusive Flexure
Helicopter is proud to present the first trio album of Joseph Hammer (Solid Eye, Dinosaurs With Horns, LAFMS), Joe Potts (Airway, Extended Organ, LAFMS), and John Wiese (Sissy Spacek, Strain of Laws).
Solid State of Time
Robert Turman is an American sound artist best known for his innovative and experimental work in the field of ambient and minimalism. Beginning in the mid/late-1970s, Turman became involved in the world of experimental music, being particularly drawn to the work of minimalist composers such as Steve Reich and Terry Riley, and began to experiment with tape loops and other forms of sound manipulation.Turman’s first solo release, the cassette album “Flux” (1981), is a landmark in ambient and minima…
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