Son of Buzzi - In schwarze Stücke zerbrochen (2026 stock): Zürich owns son Sebastian Bischoff (existing under Son of Buzzi moniker) is one of the most devoted european players and aficionados inspired by ever changing and ever inspiring stream of beloved american guitar primitivism. His instagram posts and reels of his lonely sun roof jams often brings calmness to the realm of social media. Fans of the genre could hardly miss his (now freshly repressed Cardinal Fuzz label) 2022 album Die Hand Der Riesin. Bischoff's approach to music is very multidisciplinary, although his main instrument is of course guitar, very often he gets trapped in the zone with no-input mixer, circle of pedals, weird little synths and clouds of field recordings.

His new 7” single presents both sides of his work and i can't honestly get enough of it. Side A of In schwarze Stücke zerbrochen (Broken into Black Pieces) offers super minimal electronic meditation which at times sounds like Laurie Anderson's O Superman stripped down to one bare sound. The flip side brings wonderful eerie meditation. Very authentic. Very dense atmosphere. It's hard not to get excited for Bischoff's future work.

Štepán Adámek has delivered beautiful artwork for this single. After Jon Collin and Dire Wolves, this is his third 7” cover he made for us. And it fits. I can't take my eyes away from that. Thank you both!

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Joseph Allred / Son of Buzzi - EP (n 214, 2025, 7”)

Split seven inch out just in time for Joseph Allred and Son of Buzzi European tour. Joseph and Sebastian (Bischoff aka Son of Buzzi) are two leading figures of contemporary primitive guitar (and beyond). This is a new split 7”. The idea for the split was sparked when their European tour (October 2025) got announced. Side A features long blues meditation by Joseph Allred, side B offers waltz from Son of Buzzi which reminiscents some of the deepest Fahey’s 60’s. Both tracks were meticulously mastered by Michael Potter. Artwork for this release is by Štepán Adámek and it depicts Štepán's vision of Sebastian and Joseph eating pho (?) on used cardboard. I feel like each time I receive a new artwork from Štepán, it hits hard. This hit harder. 

Both Sebastian and Joseph are often greeting us with instagram live broadcasts and memos from their very own private temples of guitar. We can often see Sebastian jamming his guitar on the balcony overlooking the Limmat river in Zurich and Joseph playing tunes for his cat in different corners of his house. You often see that each one gave cute like to the other's video. Now the two sweet maestros meet on real soil. I imagine Sebastian has probably rented some weird futuristic vehicle somewhere in Zurich so they can get around. When they are on the road, it's all futuristic and fast. But once they arrive at the venue which they are bound to play, it's all just very traditional, simple and slow, like it should be. Man and his guitar. Man and his beer. Man and his cigarette. Sebastian fires one and marks the place of their future performance with smoke rising up to the beautiful skies. Later on we hear sounds of beer bottles pop and some of the most delicious europa lagers are served.

Before this tour they have already met face to face once before and if i tell you where, you will probably think it's the beginning of a good anecdote: yes, it was in Nashville. Now you can still see them live in places like Vienna, Brno, Prague, Ghent or Kiedrich. Stop by and grab the damn seven inch!