Reissues
Good Night
Ian Elms’s cult isolationist synth masterpiece Good Night returns via Dark Entries. Originally released in 1982, Good Night blends Berlin school minimalism and BBC Radiophonic weirdness with the aesthetics of then-nascent DIY punk electronics throughout its fifteen short tracks.
According to Elms, these pieces were composed in two broad but interrelated modes: pieces with voice and synthesizer, which are obliquely narrative, and instrumental synthesizer pieces that aspire to capture fleeting emo…
Archive Fever - New Zealand Underground Sound in Fanzine Interviews 1991–1999
Bomb! A book collecting interviews, artwork and texts of New Zealand underground sound artists from fanzines in the years 1991-1999. Collected by Noel Meek. Texts by Noel Meek, Bruce Russell, Seymour Glass (Bananafish) and Nick Cain (Opprobrium). Cover illustration by Stefan Neville (Pumice).308 pages, format: 18 x 24 cmInterviews with: Alastair Galbraith, A Handful Of Dust, Omit, Bruce Russell, Gate, Surface Of The Earth, Sandoz Lab Technicians, The Dead C, Witcyst , Roy Montgomery, Dadamah De…
Maraccaba
German ambient musician.He was briefly a member of the krautrock band Popol Vuh in the early 1970s where he played on the albums Hosianna Mantra and Seligpreisung. Comes in jewel case with slipcase.
Distant Dosage
Super tip! *100 copies. Extra print, extra numbered postcard* Turman first came onto the industrial scene in the late 70’s as the ominous ‘other half’ of legendary noise outfit NON. Shortly after recording the classic 1977 single Mode of Infection, Turman went on to pursue his own unique vision as a solo artist. Fusing every possible influence at his disposal while laying his ideas down on self-released cassettes like Flux (1981), Spirals of Everlasting Change (1987), Way Down (1987) and the mas…
79/80
Tip! *Extra signed and numbered print, envelope with 4 extra postcards, extra tape* While she was still a member of Nasmak, one of the leading bands of the Dutch ultra-movement, Truus de Groot started Plus Instruments in 1978 with herself as the sole member. When the project evolved, she found a wide range of rotating collaborators like Michel Waisvisz, Lee Ranaldo and James Sclavunos. Plus Instruments was about freedom and the live performances were largely improvised. The sound minimal but cap…
Selected Works II
Tip! The second volume in an archival series of selected electronic and acoustic works by Sarah Davachi. "Featuring (way) back catalogue material from various CDs, cassettes, and EPs; singles and original film scores; as well as miscellaneous live and studio recordings."
Selected Works I
Tip! The first volume in an archival series of selected electronic and acoustic works by Sarah Davachi. "Featuring (way) back catalogue material from various CDs, cassettes, and EPs; singles and original film scores; as well as miscellaneous live and studio recordings."
Ethniques Psychedeliques
Platform 23 returns to where it began, working the Vox Man Records to bring their compelling and unique archive to light, going beyond the hugely successful Alternative Funk compilations that launched the label, to again create a compilation from their cult cassette releases, in this instance Audiologie N°4 - The Independant Psychedelic Trip and Audiologie 5 et 6 - Ethniques Urbaines. Run by Axel Kyrou (Vox Populi!) and Francis Man (FR6 Man / Kosa), their label, releasing cassettes, 7” and LPs b…
Prayers For The Sick
The debut release from Dead Body Love and first collaboration with Slaughter Productions. Prayers For The Sick features two harsh efforts which are juxtaposed with the funereal "Murder Obsession". Available on CD for the first time, remastered by Grant Richardson at Hex Audio Labs. Play at maximum volume for full satisfaction.
Non-Stop Pathological Gland Sucking
Stalwarts of UK noise S&Q + EYE unite for their Slaughter Productions appearance. Relentlessly harsh, yet endlessly shifting collage. Loops and mangled tape editing. Strange and rewarding listening. Recorded, manipulated, and mixed by D Foist, Paul Harrison, Milovan Srdenovic. Originally released by Slaughter Productions (cassette SPT 082) 1996. A Stinky Horse Fuck Production for Slaughter Productions.Thanks to Marco Corbelli
Fac-Totum
All tracks produced and composed by Die Sonne Satans except "Dismal Chant", which is based on a song from Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares. Originally released by Slaughter Productions (cassette SPT 07) 1993. "Regerminated Part 3" was originally released on Slaughter Age 95 compilation (cassette SPT 39) Slaughter Productions 1995. "Addenda" and "Dirge" were originally released on Prayer of Mankind compilation (cassette SSSM-015) SSSM 1997
Metallurgi
Reissue of a 1994 tape incorporating elements of post-punk, dark ambient, and neofolk. C’33’ had appeared on countless compilations throughout the 90s from the likes of RRRecords, Strength Through Awareness Branch, and Bandaged Hand Produce.
Perfume
First released in 2008 by Bare Wire Technologies. Source sounds for this album come from a (circa 1900) electro-shock therapy machine converted into a synthesizer. Cassette inserts smell of perfume.
Comarousal
Originally released on IRRE Tapes, Germany, (cat.-nbr IT092) in 1992. A1, A2, A3, B2, and B5 recorded October - November 1992A4, B1, B3, and B4 recorded Feb. 20, 1990. Original mix by Siegmar Fricke, October - November 1992. Digital transfer from tape by Dieter Mauson, February 2023. Audio mastered and artwork scanned by Siegmar Fricke, February 2023. Produced by Dieter Mauson + Siegmar Fricke
Stream
European fusion at its best ! Philip Catherine has been on the forefront of the European jazz scene since the sixties, working with the likes Chet Baker, Larry Coryell, Tom Harrell, NHOP, Stéphane Grappelli, Charles Mingus. At the age of 18 he toured Europe with Lou Bennett and in 1971 Jean-Luc Ponty asked him to join his quintet. In 1971 he made his first record under his name - Stream – with a stellar line-up comprised of Freddie Deronde (bass), Frédéric Rottier (Drums), Giggs Whigham (trombon…
Indo-Jazz Suite
The magnificent Indo-Jazz suite by The Joe Harriott Double Quintet Under The Direction Of John Mayer. Features Kenny Wheeler on trumpet, band leader Joe Harriott on alto saxophone, sitar player Diwan Motihar and more. On Indo-Jazz Suite's release in 1966 its four tracks – ‘Overture’, ‘Contrasts’, ‘Raga Megha’ and ‘Raga Gaud-Saranga’ – freeze-framed something in Indo-jazz fusion that was unique to Britain. The States may have had ‘happening’ notables like Don Ellis but never a John Mayer or a Jo…
Tapestry Koto & The Occident Sea
'Tapestry: Koto' is a 3-album series produced by Nippon Columbia in the mid-1970s dedicated to one of the main instruments of Japanese traditional music: Koto. The beauty of the trilogy curated by composer Kiyoshi Yamaya, whose chapters are respectively dedicated to Sea, Hillside and Country, lies in the fact that they are a modern translation of tradition using newer and more avant-garde sound idioms, integrating the koto with jazz musicians. An original mix, a 'crossover’ that allows for the a…
All Of You
All of You is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded at Jamal's own club in Chicago in 1961 and released originally on the Argo label. Jamal's group had a personal sound of its own, often playing quietly and leaving space but never losing the passion. These versions of "Time on My Hands," "Star Eyes" and "All of You" in particular are well worth hearing. On the cover, photographed by Don Bronstein, one of the first staff photographers for Playboy magazi…
At The Village Vanguard 1961, Revisited
'Mention of Motian and LaFaro brings us to this disc, perhaps belatedly. But other than observing that the music is presented here following immaculate and unprecedented sound restoration, what more needs to be said about it? What more, usefully, can be said? The performances are as close to perfection as makes no difference, and as close to immortality, too, and if you are still reading thesenotes, you will not need to be told why.' – Chris May
Executive producer’s notes: 'Once you start to …
Mona Call
Two long-lost recordings from Marc Moulin's Placebo band, and it's earliest incarnation, Kiosk. Debuting unreleased outtakes from Placebo's second album, '1973', and the first ever official reissue of the proto-Placebo single by Kiosk. Originally pressed in tiny numbers in 1970 as a promotional release for Moulin's Sunday night radio show, Dimanche Musique, at RTB, Brussels. Taken from the only existing mastertapes, just recently resurfaced!