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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.
Issue 15 (Magazine)
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
Issue 11 (Magazine)
Audion 11 (3/1989) 32 pages. Cover article: Brain 1000 Series - Classic labels, part #1 plus: David Torn!, Better Days Distribution, Peter Frohmader new releases, Friendsound, Behind The Iron Curtain -Part 3: East Germany, Due (interview), Eduardo Polonio (interview), Musea Records, Pierrot Lunaire - An Italian Rock Legend, Clonicos, Circadian Rhythm, Reviews: Tonspur Tapes, Jabir, reviews, etc.
Lintunen / Ethän Tanssi Haudallain
Grooving, radical low-fi psychedelic, fuzz guitar rock.Jutta Luhtinen - drums, vocalsVille Pirinen - bass guitar, vocals
Babylonia
Well-versed in vintage vernaculars, Oakland-based producer/musician Mike Walti is about to return with his sophomore offering under the Organi moniker – as new album “Babylonia” follows 2020’s “Parlez-vous Français?,” a landmark in vibe acquisition ever since.
Cold And Bouncy
Having passed – at least figuratively – through hundreds of years over the course of their previous two albums, the good ship High Llamas docked, fully loaded, into a congenial present moment for once in its life. O’Hagan’s continued work with Tim Gane and Stereolab caused a healthy dose of electronica to spike the Llamas’ already heady brew, creating an apex of late 90s-style neo-exotica. RIYL: Mouse On Mars, Oval, Grand Royal, Dots and Loops.
Solar Motel (Expanded)
*2024 repress* Over the last two decades Philadelphia-based guitarist Chris Forsyth has released over a dozen critically lauded albums that have established him as one of today’s most unique and acclaimed guitar player /composers – a forward-thinking classicist synthesizing cinematic expansiveness with a pithy lyricism and rhythmic directness that makes even his 20-minute workouts feel as clear, direct, and memorable as a 4-minute song. In retrospect, Forsyth’s career can be divided into two per…
Picchio Dal Pozzo
2022 Repress. "One of the most original, impressive and highly respected of all the experimental groups to have come out of Italy in the 1970s." - Chris Cutler. "Picchio dal Pozzo can be considered as the definitive 'Canterbury' inspired band, coming from Italy's 1970s progressive rock scene. Their 1976 debut album shows an incredibly rich sound texture, made out of some peculiar musical ingredients. Oblique tunes and liquid harmonies, airy flutes, crispy horns, loads of electric piano, fuzz bas…
You Are Here... I Am There
The overall atmosphere and aura of You Are Here... I Am There points at the influences of American jazz musicians such as John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, and Charles Mingus. The record shows a strong tendency, however, towards a distinctive sound that was, at the time, new, embraced by musicians such as Jan Garbarek and Ian Carr. Above all, Keith Tippett's compositional style bears traces of the artist's classical training, unveiled by his harmonic and dynamic awareness and careful balance between …
Live In Kontich
*Standard edition, 217 copies* The Legendary Pink Dots has released many live in its history but most often with albums that brought together recording from various locations. Today and now available, is the first double live record of a full concert from the 80s era. All great bands all have their legendary “double live” performances in their history. This has now been achieved for the Dots with this recording in Kontich, and Fractal is very happy to be able to offer it to you. Live in Kontich …
Trust Masked Replicants
Japan's long running masters of psych/kosmische jamming return to Important Records for a vinyl outing featuring beloved original member Cotton Casino.
666
New remaster of the cult classic record! One of the most unique, richest, creative and atmospheric albums ever released
1980-1981 Fields Of Artifical Flowers
Psychotic works of L-R-D from 80 & 81. Noise bliss and sad feedback. Pivoting into a more rich toned psychosis of sound, these sessions have been lightly remastered lovingly by Polish engineer Kurzweil Holownia.
The Source Family
First authorized CD reissue of this album, originally issued by Higher Key in 1974. "The legendary and ultra-rare Father Yod And The Spirit Of '76's second album fully remastered and presented in the original full color sleeve. Includes new notes from various family members especially written for this release. The extremely positive & instructive nature of the Contraction period lyrically is amazing. Father is like a marine taking a beachhead in WWII and we were the beachhead. Our previous 'Pavl…
Deceit
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024* stock Final album from the This Heat period. This is an intense and unparalleled work that further evolves the multi-layered structure that combines songs, strong rhythms and sound manipulation that was developed on ‘Health & Efficiency’, and lays bare the intense politics and anger towards contemporary society. While maintaining an uncompromising experimentalism, the appeal of…
Health and Efficiency
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* Expanded reissue of the EP released between their two albums. The title track is the most direct and coolest song in This Heat's history, with a more clearly song-like appeal than the first and even more intense rhythmic bursts. On the other hand, the acoustic drone ‘Graphic/Varispeed’ is also included, and is a perfect example of the two sides of This Heat's sound. Graph…
This Heat
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* Long-awaited reissue of the first This Heat, an astonishing band that displayed a unique musicality where strong beats, heart-stopping songs, improvisation and relentless sound manipulation all coexisted! Their sound, which is a legitimate evolution of progressive rock from the likes of King Crimson and CAN, but with added impulsiveness/physicality, responds to the post-p…
Intención
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* Second album by Spanish cult progressive rock band Attila, released in 1976. Recorded with a five-piece trio formation with a bassist and a member in charge of sound in addition to the trio formation on the previous album. The style presented on the previous album was refined on this second album, which is a progressive rock album with a hard rock approach, with a sound b…
Toni Esposito (Rosso Napoletano) LP
An exquisite artifact from the 1970s Italian scene, this vinyl reissue of Toni Esposito’s remarkable and overlooked 1974 untitled debut LP, also referred to as “Rosso Napoletano”, resonates with astonishing polyrhythms and genre-defying tonal innovations, seamlessly blending the ecstatic with fluid jazz, progressive rock, and experimental elements. A true revelation rescued from the depths of obscurity by a visionary artist who worked with everyone from Luciano Cilio to Don Cherry, it can’t be m…