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Moondog
*2024 stock* Debut album, originally released in 1956. The blind Kansas native showcases his talent for the minimal & avant-garde here, w/ compositions driven by percussion & Japanese-inspired melodies, complimented by street sounds, recitations, & animal noises. Bizarre even for today's standards, it's a wonder this was released over a half-century ago.
More Moondog
*2024 stock* Continues the NYC street performer's exploration of minimalist composition & field recording, mixing percussion & sparse melodies w/ piano solos, street sounds, & monologues. Surprisingly accessible despite it's avant-garde nature, bridging the gap between the familiar & the bizarre. Another all out masterwork from one of 20th century America's most unique minds.
The EP Collection
*2024 stock* Moondog is one of those artists who it is almost impossible to define. His look was unique and his music even more so, and whilst many of the people who encountered him on the streets of New York thought of him as one of the sights of the city, to the police he was little more than a beggar. Yet Moondog was ultimately to become a worldwide celebrity, feted by the great and the good of New York City, including the likes of Benny Goodman and Charlie Parker. This album gathers together…
Issue 47 (Magazine)
Audion 47 (12/2002) 40 pages. Cover article: A Little Bit Of Spaghetti: New Trolls, Nuova Idea, Osanna, Novaplus: Dweller At The Threshold (interview), Eleni Karaindrou - Film Music, Nurse With Wound (9 reviews), Cuneiform Records, Musea Records, Relics Revisited, Garden Of Delights, Some Choice Leicester Talent Volcano The Bear & others, Oöphoi, IQ In Concert - Sat 29th June 2002, Electroshock, etc.
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Audion 41 (11/1999) 44 pages. Cover article: The Legend of the Third Ear Bandplus: Rescued Relics, La Neu Captain Trip?!, Paradigm Discs, Felix Jay (Interview), Musea, Embryo, Zeuhl part 1 - The Magma Story, Faust - The Garage, London, 25/10/98, Burg Herzberg Festival, 17-19/7/98, Volcano The Bear, Garden Of Delights, Cuneiform Records, etc.
Issue 40 (Magazine)
Audion 40 (11/1998) 44 pages. Cover article: 30 Years of Krautrock with Guru Guru, Mani Neumeier, Uli Trepteplus: Igor Wakhevitch "Donc...", Krautrock Reissues, RIO - Revisions And Additions: Bruniferd + Octavo, Gazul Records, Repertoire's Krautrock Archive, Rescued Relics, Hans-Joachim Roedelius - 30 Years On (interview), Brainville - Physio & Firkin, Leicester 19/6/98, Helmut Wenske - The Visionary Art Of, Cuneiform Records, Graham Bowers - Eternal Ghosts, articles & interviews, RIO - The Aft…
Issue 39 (Magazine)
Audion 39 (2/1998) 44 pages. Cover article: Space Explosion - The ultimate Krautrock Supergroup plus: Rock In Opposition - Part 5: Stormy Six, Burg Herzberg - Open Air Festival 1997, Silver Apples & Support,Crevice, Bondage Fruit, RLW, Premiata Forneria Marconi "10 Anni Live", Captain Trip, Space Dreams, Volcano The Bear - Physio & Firkin, Leicester, 5/9/97, Brian Barritt - Memoirs Of A Cosmic Joker, reviews, etc.
Issue 38 (Magazine)
Audion 38 (8/1997) 48 pages. Cover article: Rock In Opposition - Part 4: The French Connection (Etron Fou, ZNR, Albert Marcoeur, Art Zoyd)plus: NME at the NFT - Julian Cope Presents A Krautrocksampler, Sphere & IQ - The Palace Theatre, Newark, 11/5/97, Artemiy Artemiev, Cluster On Tour, Volcano The Bear - Physio & Firkin, Leicester 1997, SFF - An interview with Heinz Fröhling, Urban Sax - "Street Life" at the South Bank, London 18/7/97, The Deviants, King Crimson "Epitaph", Cunieform Records, Se…
Issue 37 (Magazine)
Audion 37 (5/1997) 44 pages. Cover article: A Chat With Chris Karrerplus: Caravan, Cluster - Asheville, North Carolina, USA, 6/8/96, Faust - The return of Faust Part ???, Moving Gelatine Plates - The Genius Of, Rescued Relics, KLEMdag '96 - Vereniging, Nimwegen, Rescued Relics, Infortecture, Peter Hammill - Union Chapel, London 3/11/96, London Oris Jazz Festival - QEH, Brainticket - The Mysterious Story of..., etc.
Issue 33 (Magazine)
Audion 33 (10/1995) 44 pages. Cover article: Agitation Free - Roots Of The Berlin Krautrock Sceneplus: Fushitsusha , Chris Cutler - The Interview, Rescued Relics: Atlas, Fifty Foot Hose, Vita Nova, etc., Nuova Consonanza, Hoelderlin, U.K. Electronica 1995, Maureen Anderson / Shapeshifter, reviews: Boud Deun, Cranioclast, Cul De Sac, Groon, Heretic, Magma, Melting Euphoria, Mimir, Saddar Bazaar, etc.
Issue 31 (Magazine)
Audion 31 (4/1995) 40 pages. Cover article: Rock In Opposition, part 2 - the Henry Cow legacyplus: Cuneiform Records, Legend Music, Lost Vinyl, Discipline Global Mobile, Tony Conrad With Faust + AMM - QEH, London, 17/2/95, Art Gallery, Teru's Symphonia, Bi Kyo Ran: A Japanese Progressive Legend, Magical Power Mako, Jorge Reyes, plus: MIA, Grey Lady Down, Frei Zinger, reviews, etc.
Issue 30 (Magazine)
Audion 30 ((2/1995) 40 pages. Cover article: Rock In Opposition, part 1 - Univers Zero/Present/Daniel Denisplus: Made In Sweden 90s Style, Art Zoyd - Queen Elizabeth Hall, Electronic Music From Cologne: Stockhausen, Eimert, etc., Morphogenesis - Conway Hall 3/11/94, New Perspectives In Music, New Synth from Europe: Ron Boots, Frank Quasar, etc., 5uu's, The Hafler Trio, Rufus Zuphall - Avalon And On, etc.
Issue 29 (Magazine)
Audion 29 (10/1994) 40 pages. Cover article: French Special: Jean-François Pauvros / Jac Berrocal / Catalogue plus: UK Electronica 1994, Voiceprint - Radio Sessions, Byoung Duk Kim, Rhys Chatham + 101 Electric Guitars,John Etheridge Band, Mother Gong - Leicester 94, Klaus Schulze - Paris 94, Jacques Rémus: Mecamusique, The Urban Sax Experience, Richard Pinhas & John Livengood - interview, Odd Size, etc.
Issue 27 (Magazine)
Audion 27 ((3/1994) 40 pages. Cover article: Ozric Tentacles - A Psychedelic History plus: UK Electronica 1993: Land Of Yrx, Richard Pinhas, Geinoh Yamashiro Gumi, Carlo La Manna, Progressive Rock Worldwide, World Music Messenger Service, Progfest '93 Citadel, Änglagård, Quill, IQ, Man live, Klaus Schulze - Silver Edition, Bacillus Records - Classic labels #5, Happy Family - A Japanese Zeuhl Monster, etc.
Issue 26 (Magazine)
Audion 26 (11/1993) (11/1993) 40 pages. Cover article: Arthur Brown - Still Crazy! plus: AMP Records - Electronic Evening 27/6/93, SI Music - Progressive & Melodic Rock, Peter Michael Hamel & Between, Jim O'Rourke - Industrial Soundscapes, Luigi Russolo - Father Of Noise, Prog & Psych Labels (Background, Aftermath, BGO, etc.), Arrival Music, Trettoåriga Kriget - Thirty Years War, Anekdoten, etc.rear cover: Instant Record Collection 4: The Rhythm Devils - The Apocalypse Now Sessions to "Sound Scu…
Issue 25 (Magazine)
Audion 25 (6/1993) 40 pages. Cover article: Carpe Diem - Seize The Day! plus: Dome: Bruce Gilbert & Graham Lewis, Pat Metheny - live 93, Iannis Xenakis - Electronic music of..., Steve Hackett - live, Icebreaker - Phoenix Arts 93, Goblin - Music To Terrorise, Toru Takemitsu, Franco Battiato - Pollution, Änglagård - Hybris, John Mclaughlin Trio, The Rain Garden, Courtyard Moth (live reviews); Edition RZ, reviews, etc. rear cover: Instant Record Collection 3: Teddy Lasry - e=mc² to Jorge Reyes - Ek…
Issue 24 (Magazine)
Audion 24 (3/1993) 40 pages. Cover article: Gilbert Artman: Lard Free & Urban Sax - plus: Lightwave & Paul Haslinger interview, Iancu Dumitrescu, King Crimson - The Great Deceiver, Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass, Morphogenesis - An interview with, Roach/Reyes/Schulte - live in Paderborn, Germany 2/10/92, Supersister - Who Is Nancy?, Lovely Music, Miranda Sex Garden, UK Electronica, '92, Musea, etc. rear cover: Instant Record Collection 2: Paul Dolden - The Threshold Of Deafening Silence to Lar…
Issue 22 (Magazine)
Audion 22 (7/1992) 44 pages. Cover article: Sound Sculptures: Lasry Baschet, Jean Tinguely, Sonde, etc. plus: Caravan Of Dreams - Live 91, Ozric Tentacles - Live 92, Hawkwind - Live 92, Djam Karet & Atavism Of Twilight, Richard Pinhas (interview), Current 93 - Keeping Up With The Current..., Anckartsröm, Igra Staklenih Perli, Harry Partch, Mario Bertoncini, Sonde, Ian Boddy (interview), plus: Harmonium, Voiceprint, Alquimia, reviews, etc.
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Audion 15 (7/1990) 36 pages Experience the Italian Progressive Rock reissue explosion! plus: Peter Schaefer (interview), Silence Records (update), Far Out, Artis, Grobschnitt, New World, Musea Records, Rescued Relics Beggars Opera, Marsupilami, Steel Mill, etc., Direction Music, reviews: Ashra, Chris & Cosey, Achim Gieseler, Kennedy, Nurse With Wound/Current 93/Sol Invictus "Cerne" box set, etc.'
Issue 14 (Magazine)
Audion 14 (3/1990) 32 pages. cover article: Silence Records plus: Welcome Back Germany!, Jack Tamul, French Progressif, Musea Records, Lawrence Ball, Recommended Records, Gerard, GRRR! Un Drame Musical Instantane, Bernard Vitet, etc., Live In Leicester: Nexus, Amadinda, Shiva Nova, From The Archives Banco, East Of Eden, High Tide, Electronical Dreams, reviews, etc. rear cover: artist list, part 4 Pump to Zweistein