New Arrivals
Asylum
After a very promising debut album, Cressida proceeded with a stunning artwork on their sleeve, but somehow I feel that it does not work fully either as the backside of the gatefold is the same but reversed shot of the front. Heyworth had left (but not completely) but was replaced by Culley and flute player McNair also joined (but his interventions will be few). With this jacked-up sound, it is no surprise that Cressida sounds even more enthusiastic, more instrumental, and their melancholy reach…
Womankind
** Compilation of the two Womankind cassettes released on Survivalist in 2010 and 2012. Remastered in an edition of 200 copies ** A new compilation featuring the two Womankind tapes by The Rita released on Survivalist in 2010 & 2012. Remastered by Grant Richardson and co-released with Self Abuse Records.
Swingers Get Killed
** Remastered by Grant Richardson. Edition of 200 CDs in digipak covers ** Reissue of the classic The Rita's album released on Solipsism in 1998. Featuring new artwork and co-released with Self Abuse Records. A true noise classic.
呪術装置
** Original Single Sided, Numbered ** Vanilla Records presents 呪術装置 by 恐怖新聞. Words and Music by Proletariat Honma.
29.1.1991 Live in “Woody”
** Original Single Sided, Numbered ** Vanilla Records presents 29.1.1991 Live In “Woody” by 愛と誠 (Love And Sincerity). Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – 鈴木敬, Drums, Percussion – 伊藤拓也, Fretless Bass – 水澤秀彦, Guitar – 能勢山愛, Keyboards – 神田聡 (tracce: A1, A3, A4, A5), Tuba – 高橋良行, Violin – 神田聡 (tracce: A2, A4), Vocals – 能勢山愛 (tracce: A3), 伊藤拓也 (tracce: A2, A4, A5), 神田聡 (tracce: A1), Voice [詩の朗読] – 塚田雅也 (tracce: B).
Grind Carve
**Limited Edition of 199 copies.** Akifumi Nakajima was probably best known for his work under the name Aube, which was one of the more prolific and most interesting noise acts from Japan. He had an impeccable and marvelous sense of design and appreciation for the materials, taking packaging beyond just using regular old paper with his wonderful and unique label G.R.O.S.S., dedicated to releasing experimental music and noise, in addition to his own recordings as Aube. He began recording in 1980 …
月蝕
** Original Single Sided, Numbered ** Vanilla Records presents 月蝕 by Vehiyd. Clear cassette shell with glued on pink labels on both sides. Single-sided, 4-panel foldout J-card with a Vanilla Records stamp on the reverse. Numbered with a stamp on both the J-card flap and the cassette shell (side A). Includes a folded Vanilla Records insert. The catalog number "Vanilla Records-19" appears on the J-card and the side B cassette label. Bass – 博子, Drums – 真由美, Guitar – 界, Vocals – Piaa.
Refugee / On The Move
** Original Single Sided, Numbered ** Vanilla Records presents Refugee / On The Move by Dislocation. Edited 1991. Included Live Recording at Shinsake Gallery (May 18, 1991). Numbered (stamped) edition. Edited By – Dislocation. Electronics – T.Okazaki, Guest, Bass – Y. Sato, Guitar – F.Kimura, Performer – K.Kiyokawa, Saxophone – Y.Yanagawa.
Flamenco Party
** Original Single Sided, Numbered ** Vanilla Records presents Flamenco Party by Suigin-Lamp. Recorded at Shinjuku Ongakukan April ‘91. Bass, Sampler – Kumiko Yamamoto. Guitar, Vocals, Sampler – Kazuhide Kawata. Violin, Guitar – Kosei Yatani. Tracklist: TV, Peep Points, Amentia, Gate, My Side, Happy.
Coalescence of Time: Other Conjectures on Future
** 2021 Stock. Edition of 150 ** “… we propose to study a generalized growth model, including all categories of unconventional literatures and yet coalesce them around critiques of linear thought… hence our estimates would be some of the endless positive examples for further conjectures on the end of time…. this could drive the need to communicate perception samples to all other forms of intelligence… evocative prescriptions which could offer potentially misleading guidance for future research, …
Shadows of Death and Desire
** 2021 Stock ** Now-legendary producer, DJ, and art director Juan Mendez arguably reset techno at least twice. Once with his surreal and Europe-by-way-of-LA '80s apocalypse culture aesthetics for Sandwell District, and again--as Silent Servant--with his “Jealous God" imprint that captured the youth-driven mutation of crossover electronics and dark parties churning in the American underground, which followed directly in the wake of his game-changing modern classic, Negative Fascination.
Mendez h…
The Ascent of Deimos
** 2021 Stock ** Hospital Productions presents The Ascent of Deimos by Torture Chain. Morbid and baroque keyboard organ intros accompany a caustic and harsh hammering black death metal, complete with ripping guitar solos courtesy of Arthur Rizk with winding interactive single note leads set atop the crumbling temple of riffs. Highlights even hit the stressful agony of mayhem's chimera at its nastiest peaks or the angular dissonance of corpse vomit’s debut. This could easily have sat alongside so…
The Process of Significance
This extended study of the grandeur of failure and its significance is the culmination of 12 years worth of meticulous audio work, remastered in all its brilliant detail, presented together in one lavishly designed box set. An absolute must for fans of masterfully crafted audio design, Musique Concrète, modern composition, and more, the box set—packaged in four separate digipaks and housed in a bespoke box— includes long out of print albums “Anthems For Unsuccessful Winners,” “Recordings Of Vol…
Musica Per Insiemi
Tip! If it were possible to relate images with Giovanni Di Domenico's music, the most plausible would be those of forms painted with perfect balance and purity. Absolutely versatile and eclectic, the Italian composer has long accustomed us to sounds full of ecstatic tension, but pervaded with a refined and cyclical harmony of the parts. Musica Per Insiemi is the result of three recordings with three different ensembles, two more varied in terms of orchestral tones, one for organ only and female …
Rare Psych, Moogs & Brass : Music From The Sonoton Library 1969-1981
Germany's Sonoton library remains one of the largest independent production music companies in the world. This compilation focuses on psychedelic grooves, synthesized funk and big band belters produced for Sonoton between 1969 and 1981. Founded in 1965 by Rotheide and Gerhard Narholz, Germany's Sonoton library remains one of the largest independent production music companies in the world. This compilation focuses on psychedelic grooves, synthesized funk and big band belters produced for Sonoton …
ae³o & h³ae
**500 copies only, already sold-out at source** Drone: as with anything else that rarely changes, it's necessary to latch onto subtleties. What minimal suggestion put forth by a drone is so easily applied to pretty much any impression you might have that, predictably, describing one often leads to vague subjectivities bordering on bad poetry. And as much as I'd love to go around proclaiming my love for "deeply resonant, holy abysses" (not), I wish there were an easier way to communicate the real…
Speaker Crackle In The Garden
**Edition of 300 copies** Next-level DIY print publication from Gothenburg’s IDDB label head and Discreet Music co-owner Matthias Andersson who’s thankfully taken it upon himself to document the tricky to navigate but dripping with intrigue New Zealand lathe cut scene. Speaker Crackle In The Garden originally ran for a short series in fanzine Fördämning, but here it’s been expanded to cover no less than 83 individual micro-releases from the likes of Armpit, The Drugs, Entlang, Little Skull, The…
The Devil's Cradle: The Story of Finnish Black Metal
Heavy hardcover book, approx. 500 pages. “The Devil’s Cradle: The Story of Finnish Black Metal” by Helsinki-based journalist Tero Ikäheimonen is a definite history of one of the most uncompromising and brutal music scenes in the world: the Finnish Black Metal. Based on over 50 interviews, the book unravels the story from late 80’s to modern days featuring such bands as: Beherit, Impaled Nazarene, Barathrum, Archgoat, Azazel, Diaboli, Darkwoods My Betrothed, Horna, Vornat, Thy Serpent, Wanderer…
The Matrix Poems: 1960-1970
The Matrix by Norman H. Pritchard (1939–1996) gathers a selection of the Concrete and Black Arts poet’s work from 1960 to 1970. The seventy-one poems collected here might be regarded, as Charles Bernstein has written, as “sound” poems, being tethered not only to the literature of the Black Arts Movement but also to jazz culture and urban life in New York. Drawing as much from the visual arts and concrete poetry as from sound-based experimentation and music, Pritchard utilized the simple tools of…