Reissues
Memoire Magnetique, Vol. 1 (1966 – 1990) LP
Transversales Disques announces the release of Bernard Parmegiani's Mémoire Magnétique, Vol. 1. Spanning 1966-1990, this is a revelatory collection of never-released commercial and secret music by electronic music pioneer Parmegiani. Since the late 50's, Bernard Parmegiani, a major figure of electroacoustic music and a founding member of GRM has created some sixty pieces. From the start, Parmegiani's work was closely linked to the screen, with dozens of documentaries, films, long features, anima…
Electrucs !
Transversales Disques present Electrucs !, a new release of never-released music by Francois Bayle. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the GRM, composer Bayle introduces some of his unpublished archives; pieces include the title composition, "Electrucs !" (1974) composed on a 1970s Synthi AKS synthesizer like an imaginary soundtrack, "Foliphonie" (1974) inspired by La Grande Polyphonie (1978), and "Marpège" (1995), dedicated to Bernard Parmegiani. Also included is "Cinq Dessins En Rosace…
Grundtone, opus 161 (A2 poster + download)
**Edition of 300** Henning Christiansen's handwritten score for 'Grundtone' [fundamental tone], opus 161 from 1984. Offset printed 1:1 reproduction in two colours. Format: A2 – 420 x 594 mm. Includes download code for Henning Christiansen's own recording of the piece. Released in collaboration with The Museum of Contemporary Art and The Henning Christiansen Archive.The piece 'Grundtone' [fundamental tone] (op. 161) is of central importance in the oeuvre of Henning Christiansen. It marks both his…
Stone-song
**300 copies on black vinyl** A one-hour performance presented in 1990 at the 8th Biennale of Sydney (The Readymade Boomerang: Certain Relations in 20th Century Art) where time is being scanned and animated by matter and where the genius of Henning Christiansen - with fellow artist Bjørn Nørgaard and Ken Unsworth, to whom this performance is dedicated - establish a deep dialogue with the nature (of sound) watching the time, stone on stone, being at the same time actors and audience of its epheme…
Nada Canadada
**250 copies on black, embossed lettering, 16 page booklet** Comprised of the poets bpNichol, Rafael Barreto-Rivera, Paul Dutton and Steve McCaffery, all of whom are notable for their solo efforts, The Four Horsemen was Canada’s first sound poetry group, active between 1970 and the late 80s - disbanding following the untimely death of founding member, Barrie Phillip Nichol. Nada Canadada, originally issued in 1972, the album reissued before us now, is their debut recorded outing, making its hist…
Mono No Aware
New edition pressed up on white vinyl in a run of 200 copies. Mono No Aware is the first compilation to be released on PAN, collating unreleased ambient tracks from both new and existing PAN artists. Featuring Jeff Witscher, Helm, TCF, Yves Tumor, M.E.S.H., Pan Daijing, HVAD, Kareem Lotfy, ADR, Mya Gomez, Sky H1, James K, Oli XL, Bill Kouligas, Flora Yin-Wong, Malibu, and AYYA, the compilation moves through more traditional notions of what is called "ambient", to incorporating wider variations t…
Serpent Music
**2018 Re-Press. One of the standout albums of the year, available again on vinyl** The enigmatic Tennessee-raised, Turin-based Yves Tumor presents Serpent Music, a poignant album recorded between Miami, Leipzig, Los Angeles and Berlin over three years. Evolved from a diverse and prolific creative history under an expansive plethora of covert aliases via various forward-thinking labels, Yves Tumor emerges as his most personal and matured incarnation to date. With involvement across various artis…
I Nastri Ritrovati
***Expanded CD Edition - includes 5 extra tracks not featured on the vinyl edition of this album. 300 copies only. This is a special non-profit publication for historical, scientific and educational purposes** Not so long ago, Italy’s remarkable movement of musical minimalism remained almost entirely unknown. Stretching from the 1970’s through the late 80’s, it rarely sounded like anything else - taking a remarkable range of cultural influences and ideas into its midst - a body of creative hybri…
Sings a collection of American Folk Lore
This LP features 12 tracks that Lightnin' Hopkins recorded Recorded in Houston, Texas in April 1954. Includes edgy electric guitars, jagged rhythms and a playful rhythm section. Comes in glorious American-style cardboard cover, each copy specially manufactured by hand."The session and two
bottles of gin were finished and Lightnin' just shuffled away counting
his money. We have not seen or heard from him since, but everytime the
phone rings we somehow hope we'll hear his voice sayin', 'Man, I …
Blear
* 2020 Stock * Widening their scope from recent grindcore on Nuclear War Now! Productions, Sissy Spacek's Blear explores a much more dynamic and spacious approach to sound--an entropic vortex of full-room tear-up texture. Duo lineup of Charlie Mumma and John Wiese, released in an edition of 300. The group's 8th release on Gilgongo Records.
"I completely loved this tape through and through. I haven’t heard enough of Sissy Spacek’s back catalog to comment if this is what they typically sound like…
Le Pacha OST
Wewantsounds present a reissue of Serge Gainsbourg's cult score for the 1968 French film Le Pacha. These tracks were composed by Serge Gainsbourg at the height of his '60s cool when he was briefly going out with Brigitte Bardot and the couple was on the verge of recording the infamous first version of Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus (1969). All the tracks here are arranged by famed arranger Michel Colombier, who had been responsible for some of Gainsbourg's best songs (Bonnie & Clyde and Harley Davids…
Home Boy, Sister Out
Don Cherry's downtown Paris funk masterwork Home Boy, Sister Out, produced in 1985 by Ramuntcho Matta and originally released by Barclay in France only, finally gets a worldwide release on Wewantsounds. Featuring French post-punk muse Elli Medeiros, avant-garde poet Brion Gysin, and cult Senegalese drummer Abdoulaye Prosper Niang (Xalam), this is a unique soundbite of Paris in the early '80s at its coolest when funk, jazz, and new wave were mingling with sounds from Africa, Jamaica, and Latin Am…
Windows
Wewantsounds present the first ever reissue Jack Wilkins's highly sought-after Mainstream Records album Windows, originally released in 1973. Produced by Bob Shad, the album, which is on many want-lists, is especially cult for his rendition of Freddie Hubbard's classic Red Clay, notably sampled by A Tribe Called Quest (on Sucka Nigga) and Chance The Rapper. Recorded in 1973 at New York's Record Plant, this superb session sees guitarist Jack Wilkins in a trio setting accompanied by Mike Moore on …
Santa Barbara Honeymoon
The second of two albums that Bert wrote in America in the mid 70s, ‘Santa Barbara Honeymoon’ foregrounds some of Bert Jansch’s most charming and addictive melodies. Album highlights include ‘Baby Blue’, ‘Lost and Gone’ and a reworking of Jackson C. Frank’s ‘Blues Run The Game’. It was recorded in America over a two month period and is another departure for Bert Jansch, mixing his familiar style with a more produced sound – utilising backing singers and session players including horns, steel dru…
Musiques Électroacoustiques
**Original LP from the 80s, few copies in stock. Copies are unplayed and new, covers might have some wear here and there due to long storage** The vision of electronic music’s rise - musique concrète and synthesis, during the post-war period, has historically favoured the lens of innovators in Europe and The United States, particularly those associated with the studios like those connected to Princeton and Columbia Universities, Groupe de Recherche Musicales, The San Francisco Tape Music Center,…
Katonah
The American tenor saxophonist Steve Grossman flew to Japan to record this studio session that features an incredible line up of four local musicians: Takehiro Honda is on the piano with a rhythm section of Hideo Kawahara, Yasushi Yoneki, and Masahiro Yoshida, all working together with a tremendous energy. The recordings are dated February 1986, and include the eponymous Katonah, Afternoon in Paris(J. Lewis), and Friday the 13th (T. Monk).It is worth remembering that Grossman started his journey…
Heathen Earth
**Blue vinyl in gatefold sleeve, echoing the first pressing of the album from 1980. Includes an 8 page 12” booklet entitled ‘Industrial News’ and a high definition download code for bonus tracks** A live document of a performance by TG to a small and invited audience on 16 February 1980. Neither an insight into TG’s recording process nor private live show, Heathen Earth is it’s own entity and exists as a document and testament to a group of people at the height of their creative powers, recorded…
Mission Of Dead Souls
**Unavailable on vinyl since the early 1990’s, pressed on limited edition White vinyl, recreating the original sleeve and using a silver ink with a new inner sleeve with photos and a passage by Jon Savage** The final performance of Throbbing Gristle before their initial breakup, at the Kezar Pavillion, San Francisco on 29 May 1981. ‘Mission of Dead Souls’ documents the notorious final performance of Throbbing Gristle in their original incarnation (1975-1981). Recorded at Kezar Pavillion, Golden…
Journey Through A Body
**Grey Vinyl pressing - Unavailable on vinyl since 1983 now repressed on Silver vinyl with foil blocked cover and featuring photos from the session. ** Recorded as a piece of art for Italian National Radio RAI in Rome March 1981. On the recommendation of Robert Wyatt, RAI originally commissioned Cosey Fanni Tutti to create a sound work based on the theme of ‘A Journey Through The Body’. It became a Throbbing Gristle project which was later broadcast by RAI. ‘Journey Through A Body’ [1981] was t…
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Dirter Promotions is very excited to announce the first appearance in vinyl since 1990 of the Whitehouse's Steve Albini-produced classic Thank Your Lucky Stars LP, this time around as a luxuriously expanded double LP set. The original LP was recorded in September 1988 at Steve Albini's Chicago studio and then issued on Susan Lawly as a 4 track 12″ vinyl release. A special CD edition followed in 1997 on CD with extra tracks from other sessions in Chicago recorded around that time. This limited do…