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Formed in 1972 as a quintet, Dzyan recorded their self-titled debut album after only two months and released it on Aronda, a small Bad Homburg label owned by producer Günther Müller. The original line-up, which never performed live, broke up after a few months. Bassist Reinhard Karwatky soon formed a trio that took the band's name. Karwatky, guitarist Eddy Marron and drummer Peter Giger signed a contract with Bacillus/Bellaphon, Peter Hauke (Omega, Nektar, Jeronimo, etc.) produced and Dieter Die…
Guitarist Ax Genrich began his career in 1970 with a brief stint with German prog-kraut rockers Agitation Free. There he was able to develop his improvisational style, but was soon poached by Mani Neumeier to join Guru Guru. Together with bassist Uli Trepte, Genrich and Neumeier enjoyed their first major successes and were soon regarded as the new figureheads of Krautrock, releasing Känguru in 1972, a milestone in the genre. After four years and four albums, Ax Genrich left Guru Guru because the…
Newly remastered vinyl edition of this seminal 1972 release. In the history of experimental music, few artistic decisions have proven as radical or as successful as Florian Fricke's complete abandonment of electronic instrumentation on Popol Vuh's third album, Hosianna Mantra. Released in 1972, this stunning work represents not just a departure from the Moog synthesizer explorations that defined the group's first two releases, but a complete reimagining of what spiritual music could accomplish i…
Mystic Synthesis at the Dawn of Electronic Consciousness! Florian Fricke's visionary second album remains a towering achievement in transcendental electronics
The German guitarist, bandleader and soundscape architect JJ Whitefield has been an innovative force of the contemporary scene of Neo-Jazz-Kraut, and adjacent sub-genres within the world of organic grooves, ever since the early 1990s. The work with his group Poets of Rhythm drew the blueprint for what’s now known as retro-soul, and his creative canvas has never been blank since with numerous solo projects and collaborations across diverse constellations.
'Off The Grid' is yet another testament to…
A veritable supergroup consisting of Eblis Alvarez (Meridian Brothers), Mario Galeano (Frente Cumbiero) and Pedro Ojeda (Romperayo), Los Pirañas, the Colombian Avant-Latin experimentalists, return with their most formidable and forward-looking album yet.
Improvised live in the studio, with each member contributing ideas and interpretive strategies, the result is a masterclass in spontaneous, collective composition. Daring, imaginative, eclectic and always deeply groovy, Una Oportunidad más de tr…
S.Y.P.H. formed in 1977 in Solingen and began playing concerts in nearby Düsseldorf. Initially clearly based on punk, the band's sound quickly developed and became increasingly difficult to categorise. In the intensive years that followed, S.Y.P.H.’s productions often featured guests from the Düsseldorf scene around Ratinger Hof or Can’s Holger Czukay.
*2025 stock* Rodion-Ladislau Rosca spent his lifetime creating music that was ambitious, groundbreaking and innovative. He was a pioneering composer, a talented multi-instrumentalist and producer. He pushed musical boundaries to their limits. This he did as a solo artist and with his group Rodion G.A.
Despite being popular in their native Romania, Rodion G.A. had to work under an oppressive Communist regime only releasing two tracks that appeared on a compilation album in 1981. Rodion, however…
"On this new diptych, Spelterini widens the realm of possibilities even further, blending rock experiences with learned music, and forging new paths at the crossroads of post-punk and minimalist music. These two pieces, just under twenty minutes each, explore delightful points of friction between contrasting formats and temporalities, which stand in contrast to the sonic urgency at work, finding fragile points of balance between repetition, rupture, and explosion.
Named after the Italian tight…
Tip! Dec. 2015: I received an invitation from Old Heaven to participate with FaUSt to the 3rd edition of “Tomorrow Festival” at B10 Live, Shenzhen, China! A few months later, May 2016, we were on our way to the most exciting concert experience. A loooong flight-haul and then, such a warm welcome, such a perfect organization… the most charming, dedicated, competent crew around us… the largest cement mixer I ever used on stage, and an audience so vibrant, so focused. I was and still am in memory, …
Ivan The Tolerable is the alter ego solo project of Middlesbrough based musical wizard Oli Heffernan. Aside from his solo work as ITT, Oli has played in numerous bands over the years including Year Of Birds, King Champion Sounds with members of the Ex, Detective Instinct, and Shrug, and has collaborated with icons like Mike Watts of the Minutemen, and J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr.
On Black Water/Brown Earth, Heff called in the help of his Dutch friends Mees and Elsa in King Champion Sounds again and …
Assembled and recorded to tape in 2011 by Oli Heffernan.
''A full-stop on my 20's in mixed media.''
Remastered for vinyl in 2024
Sleeve by Ack! Ack! Ack! Design
Cover Photo by C-Dyer
Released by Industrial Coast 2025
Recorded live at The Waiting Room, Stoke Newington, London on friday 13th Sept 2024 - between 8pm - 8:37pm
Oli Heffernan - bass guitar, synths, kalimba, drones, arps
Dedicated to the memory of Stan Brakhage: 1933 - 2003
Design by Ack! Ack! Ack! Design
The first entry in the Ivan The Tolerable archive reissue series - and what a place to start. Originally self-released as a 10" lathe cut on Ack! Ack! Ack! Records in February 2018, now remastered and pressed on limited edition khaki vinyl. 250 copies. This is IT.
Oli Heffernan recorded the bulk of this over a single weekend in January 2018. Living alone in a big house. Not seeing people. Going through what he calls "a very minor breakdown that was to last for pretty much the entire year." Track…
The archive reissue series continues! Originally released as a handmade CD run of about 50 copies on Ack! Ack! Ack! Records back in 2019 - screenprinted on the sly during lunch breaks at the day job, hand-assembled, long gone - Wild Nature finally gets the vinyl treatment it deserves. Remastered. Repackaged. Super limited edition orange wax.
This is Oli Heffernan working completely alone. The LAST album he recorded entirely by himself - all instruments, recording, mixing, mastering and artwork d…
** Housed in a reverse board jacket. Limited edition of 319 copies ** Oli Heffernan locked himself away and emerged with 10 chunks of lo-fi instrumental library-hop - the first solo Ivan The Tolerable album since Wild Nature back in 2019. No band. No collaborators. Just Heffernan alone with guitars, bass, synths, organs, drum machines, electric piano, mellotron and percussion. A restless mind doing what it does best.
Nocturnes is a sonic tapestry that weaves atmospheric library music with dusty …
2025 stock One of the very best records on Garden of Delights, if not the best one in general. Purely psychedelic music. There are no weak parts on the album at all. Only impressive songs played by talented musicians, recorded professionally, and taken from the master tapes. Everything fits together quite perfectly. Fans of early Pink Floyd will thoroughly enjoy the LP. Its style is reminiscent of the late 1960s. All songs, except for the rather catchy "Lory", are very mysterious and reveal thei…
2025 stock After the re-issue of almost all of the legendary Pilz-label records, Ardo Dombec’s one and only LP (Pilz 2021095-2) is now available as well. The intricate rhythms and jazzy touches of this Hamburg band were at the time quite unusual for a label specialised in folk music. The re-issue LP features two tracks, which were then included in a compilation album, and another two songs from a never released Pilz 7” single as bonus tracks. The insert includes a lengthy band story in German an…
An album of deep-funk, Afrobeat, jazz, and psych by the Finnish band The Blassics on Funk Night Records. Includes some great flute playing on the tracks which works really well with funk.