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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/STONER/SPACEROCK - EP (10")

0520097 EP
FCV10RR 105

 5060467889117
 FUZZ CLUB
MINAMI DEUTSCH & DAMO SUZUKI - LIVE AT ROADBURN (10")
Pressing on TRANSPARENT PINK VINYL! A meeting of two generations of Japanese Krautrock genius, recorded live at the 2018 edition of Holland's famous Roadburn Festival.
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
13/05/2022
  19.95
              EUR

PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/STONER/SPACEROCK - LP (Album)

0522269 LP
TAB1 19

 2090505222692
 ACID TEST/TONZONEN
::NEPAAL - BLACK BATIK I
Please introduce yourself to your favourite new psychedelic mind destroyers of far fucking out JAMS. From the Psychedelic Source collective family in Hungary we bring you ::nepaal. A collective whose recordings where in part due to the sad passing of Tibor Strauzs (a passionate Hungarian musician) - who over a lifetime as a recording musician had collected some of the best recording equipment available. Tibor's son David was tasked with safekeeping all this equipment he felt the best way to test all this equipment was with a monumental jam session at Psychedelic Source Studios. ::nepaal was formed from that session and the title sums up the essence of this project - eastern psychedelic wisdom, far-out improvisation, the legacy of a good man and the crystallisation of decades of musical friendship. So over 2 LP's get ready for head spinning jams where you can start to feel the universe expand and contract with the vibrations that emit from the grooves cut into these slabs of vinyl. It is a truly a special feeling to be immersed in the wonderfully explosive, difficult to predict and utterly mind-melting psychedelic mantra of sounds and harmony created by ::nepaal - a place guaranteed to illuminate many tunnels of spiralling trip-time. Space is the place. Co-release between Acid Test (UK) and Tonzonen (Germany). Limited to 350 copies on heavy weight galaxy (yellow and black) vinyl.
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
22/07/2022
  30.95
              EUR
0522270 LP
TAB2 19

 2090505222708
 ACID TEST/TONZONEN
::NEPAAL - BLACK BATIK II
Please introduce yourself to your favourite new psychedelic mind destroyers of far fucking out JAMS. From the Psychedelic Source collective family in Hungary we bring you ::nepaal. A collective whose recordings where in part due to the sad passing of Tibor Strauzs (a passionate Hungarian musician) - who over a lifetime as a recording musician had collected some of the best recording equipment available. Tibor's son David was tasked with safekeeping all this equipment he felt the best way to test all this equipment was with a monumental jam session at Psychedelic Source Studios. ::nepaal was formed from that session and the title sums up the essence of this project - eastern psychedelic wisdom, far-out improvisation, the legacy of a good man and the crystallisation of decades of musical friendship. So over 2 LP's get ready for head spinning jams where you can start to feel the universe expand and contract with the vibrations that emit from the grooves cut into these slabs of vinyl. It is a truly a special feeling to be immersed in the wonderfully explosive, difficult to predict and utterly mind-melting psychedelic mantra of sounds and harmony created by ::nepaal - a place guaranteed to illuminate many tunnels of spiralling trip-time. Space is the place. Co-release between Acid Test (UK) and Tonzonen (Germany). Limited to 350 copies on heavy weight purple with black splatter vinyl.
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
22/07/2022
  30.95
              EUR
0523380 2xLP
REPOSEC 111

 5051142010285
 RIOT SEASON
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O. - MYTH OF THE LOVE ELECTRIQUE (2LP)
Continuing the 'first time on vinyl' purge of the AMT archives, here's the band's classic 2006 album finally available on double vinyl, housed in full colour gatefold sleeve. 'Myth Of The Love Electrique' is another scorcher from these ridiculously prolific psych masters. This album is notable for being the debut of their newest band member: Kitagawa Hao. Kitagawa's presence doesn't dominate the recording by any means, but her contributions nicely complement the swirling chaos the group generates. Acid Mothers Temple always manages to find a breath of fresh air at the most opportune times, and this is no exception. While remaining a tight unit, bringing Kitagawa into the fold adds another dimension to their chaotic sprawl without having to sacrifice any of their strengths on this incendiary album. Comes on transparent Curaçao blue vinyl. TRACKS: A. The Man From Giacobinid Meteor Comet (a) Giacobinid Meteor Shower Attack (b) Viva Astro Django (c) Sailing On Giacobini's Orbital (20:44) B. Five Dimensional Nightmare (a) The Golden Apple And 400 Wives (b) Magic Fingers Of The Undesired Fiend (c) Or A Spell For Sargasso Of Space (13:34) C. Love Electrique (19:30) D. Pink Lady Lemonade (May I Drink You Once Again?) (20:32)
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
20/07/2022
  35.95
              EUR
0523144 LP
CFUL 235

 0020286238065
 CARDINAL FUZZ
ANUNNAKI/CHINO BURGA - PANAMERICAN SONIC PRAYERS (PD)
High evolutionary sonic meditations from two of the best practitioners of free flowing drone from the Americas in Anunnaki (Wolf Parade/Moths & Locusts) and Chino Burga (3AM/Culto Al Qondor). Over 2 side-long hypnotic meditations where minimal electronics flow into languid low-end reverberations and drones that tug on the loose threads of the cosmos. Think of Tangerine Dream, Cluster and Eno floating on a raft in the middle of the Pacific Ocean as the electronic and bass create a rippling and immersive flow that rises and falls in time with the rhythm of your psychedelic soul. Within the grooves of 'Panamerican Sonic Prayers' you are given access to a deep and spiritual peak if you follow these instructions. Step one is to put away the earthling and relative concept of time. Once you put away that concept, second step is to realize that everything is vibration and that consciousness changes via repetition. Third step is to jump into the space-time void. Limited to 300 picture discs.
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
01/07/2022
  24.95
              EUR
0521416 LP
SVVRCH 60

 0634438342649
 SURVIVAL RESEARCH
BATTERED ORNAMENTS - MANTLE-PIECE (AUS)
Reissue of 1969 album. Following the breakup of Cream, lyricist/vocalist Pete Brown formed his Battered Ornaments with guitarist Chris Spedding, drummer Rob Tait, bassist Butch Potter, percussionist Pete Bailey and saxophonist Nisar Ahmed Khan, but during the recording of sophomore album 'Mantle-Piece,' Brown fell out with Spedding, resulting in his departure. The resultant spacey venture has jazz and blues shades, riding the sonic waves under Spedding's direction, with Khan's sax and Potter's bass fitting foils to Spedding's guitar and keyboards. This is another great piece of the Spedding puzzle, with pleasantly meandering interludes.
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
12/07/2022
  16.95
              EUR
0521511 LP
AUKLP 49

 5056321621580
 A RECORDINGS
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - FIRE DOESN'T GROW ON TREES
The release of 2022's 'Fire Doesn't Grow On Trees', the 19th album by Brian Jonestown Massacre, marks the beginning of a new phase for Newcombe and his band. Joining him in the studio and remotely for this album were Ricky Maymi (guitars), Ryan Carlson Van Kriedt (keyboards), Hakon Adalsteinsson (guitar), Hallberg Daoi Hallbergsson (bass) and Uni Rennert (drums). The LP-version comes on 180-GRAM VINYL.
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
24/06/2022
  22.95
              EUR
0522153 LP
SBR 1

 8032584619868
 SAND BLASTERS
DESERT SESSIONS - VOL. I: INSTRUMENTAL DRIVING MUSIC FOR FELONS
The Desert Sessions are a musical collective series, founded by Josh Homme in 1997. Artists such as Brant Bjork, PJ Harvey, Twiggy Ramirez, Dave Catching, Nick Olivieri, Mark Lanegan, John McBain, Ben Shepherd, Josh Freese, Chris Goss, Alain Johannes, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Ween, Les Claypool and many others from the Palm Desert Scene have contributed as songwriters and musicians. The Desert Sessions began in August 1997 at the Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree when Josh Homme brought together musicians from the bands Monster Magnet, Goatsnake, Earthlings? and Kyuss. The ranch is an old house filled with rare and unique recording equipment and instruments and was owned by Dave Catching and the late Fred Drake. Songs are written "on the spot", often in a matter of hours. The first Desert Session was not actually a "session" per se, but Homme and his band at the time (The Acquitted Felons) playing for three days straight on psychedelic mushrooms. Since then, the Desert Sessions have become legendary, growing in intensity and artistic merit.
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
03/06/2022
  22.95
              EUR
0523295 LP
LIFE 23

 7427251064842
 LIFE GOES ON
FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND - MADE IN JAPAN (IT)
'Made In Japan' is the third album by Japanese rock band Flower Travellin' Band, released in 1972. After meeting Lighthouse at the Expo '70 festival in Osaka, Flower Travellin' Band were invited to visit Canada. While there, the group recorded 'Made In Japan' with Lighthouse keyboardist Paul Hoffert helping produce. Due to George Wada becoming ill with tuberculosis, Canadian drummer Paul DeLong plays on some tracks on this album. The lyrics were written by Yoko Nomura, the wife of the band's manager, who translated conversations she had with the group and their ideas into English. 'Heaven And Hell' was written by Yamanaka in Japanese and she translated it. The song 'Hiroshima' is a re-imagining of 'Satori Part III' from their previous album 'Satori.' The introductory first track is an advertisement for a concert at Stanley Park Stadium by Flower Travellin' Band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Bob Seger and Teegarden & Van Winkle, with a clip of 'Lucky Man' playing in the background.
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
15/07/2022
  20.95
              EUR
0522075 LP
RLL 80

 5060672886802
 RADIO LOOP LOOP
GRATEFUL DEAD - LIVE AT TIVOLI KONCERTSAL, APRIL 17, 1972
Live at Tivoli Koncertsal, Copenhagen April 17, 1972 - France TV1. SIDE 1: 1. Me And Bobby McGee 2. China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider 3. Jack Strew 4. One More Saturday Night SIDE 2: 1. He's Gone 2. Next Time You See Me 3. It Hurts Me Too 4. El Paso 5. Big Railroad Blues
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
30/06/2022
  16.95
              EUR
0523794 LP
REXLP2 241

 2090505237948
 ARGONAUTA
LUCID FURS - (RED) DAMN! THAT WAS EASY
First pressing on red vinyl. Detroit-based freak rockers Lucid Furs step forward with an album that combines heavy blues rock with old fashioned hard rock, flashes of Jefferson Airplane and a tasty dash of funk!
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
29/10/2021
  22.95
              EUR
0521785 LP
CFUL 233

 2090505217858
 CARDINAL FUZZ
MOUNT MAXWELL - ONLY CHILDREN
Mount Maxwell continues his run of 1970s themed releases with a full length meditation on the perceptual experiences of children born in the wake of the 1960's cultural revolution. Highly ambivalent in tone, 'Only Children' marks a departure from earlier MM releases both in its use of acoustic instruments and in a newfound sense of criticality towards its subject matter; the back-to-the-land optimism of tracks like 'Nature ID' in uneasy proximity to the skeptical disquiet of 'Weird Places' and 'Nomad.' A beautiful, emotionally complex examination of the 'Me' generation's dubious decision to treat children like adults, and a haunting continuation of the Mount Maxwell experience. Only few available, so order fast.
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
24/06/2022
  24.95
              EUR
0521784 LP
CFUL 234

 2090505217841
 CARDINAL FUZZ
MOUNT MAXWELL - THE PEOPLE'S FOREST
A founding member of Vancouver Island's MMR Collective, and head of the Canadian experimental electronic label Hotham Sound, artist and musician Jamie Tolagson (Mount Maxwell) currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC. His music is a unique blend of analog synths and acoustic instrumentation, calling to mind such artists as Boards Of Canada, Bruce Langhorne and Tangerine Dream. A preoccupation with childhood perception, utopian thinking, and the landscape of the Pacific Northwest runs throughout his work, which has been featured in Discorder Magazine, Tabs Out, Cassette Gods, Retromania, Free Form Freakout, Last FM, and NTS Radio. This is his fifth album. "'The People's Forest' is packed with micro-earworm moments, nourishing synths and playful crunchy percussion. It's got a skyward gaze and nostalgia for futures never realized, packing a kind of childlike optimism inside an arpeggio-laden, hermetically sealed little sound world. When the loose, hip- hop fueled drums kick in over warm synthesizer pads, you'll probably feel the same warm sense of familiarity I picked up. Music for fans of Boards Of Canada, sure, but Mount Maxwell has a wide open pastoral landscape and identity all its own." ~Optimistic Underground.
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
20/07/2022
  24.95
              EUR
0520069 LP
FCV12 175

 5060467888608
 FUZZ CLUB
PARKS, TESS - (CLEAR) AND THOSE WHO WERE SEEN DANCING
Standard edition on 180-GRAM CLEAR VINYL. Tess Parks is well known for her collaborations with Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe. 'And Those Who Were Seen Dancing' is Parks' first full-length solo offering since the release of her 2013 debut 'Blood Hot'.
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
24/06/2022
  21.95
              EUR
0522234 2xLP
EARSLP 174

 5060446073261
 EASY ACTION
STOOGES - A FIRE OF LIFE (2LP)
This DOUBLE-LP collection offers mixing desk recordings from shows featuring original Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton, including all the classics from the first two albums. Also featured are six studio cuts, five of which are re-recordings of iconic Stooges songs from the debut-LP and 'Funhouse'. The LP's are presented in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with photos of all band members and full colour printed inner bags. SIDE 1: 1. Loose 2. Down On The Street 3. I Wanna Be Your Dog 4. 1969 SIDE 2: 1. TV Eye 2. Dirt 3. Real Cool Time 4. No Fun SIDE 3: 1. 1970 2. Funhouse 3. Skull Ring 4. Little Doll SIDE 4 (In The Studio): 1. Intro 2. Little Doll 3. Loose 4. Trollin' 5. TV Eye 6. I Wanna Be Your Dog 7. No Fun
GARAGE/PUNK/BEAT/PSYCH
15/07/2022
  28.95
              EUR

FOLK/ACID FOLK/FREAK FOLK/NEOFOLK - LP (Album)

0521779 LP
ASH 102

 0857661008087
 ANTARCTICA STARTS HERE
LIND, BOB - SINCE THERE WERE CIRCLES
Singer-songwriter Bob Lind will forever be immortalized by his 1965 hit 'Elusive Butterfly,' but his career is so much more interesting than the fading wonder of that one hit. Once a hard-partying buddy of Charles Bukowski, Lind was the inspiration for the character Dinky Summers, a down-on-his-luck folk singer in Bukowski's 1978 novel 'Women.' Lind also doubled as a writer, penning a number of novels and plays as well as serving as a long-time staff writer at the lowbrow tabloid 'Weekly World News.' If that wasn't enough, Lind is also responsible for one of the greatest major-label "loner" albums of all time, 1971's 'Since There Were Circles.' After several years languishing without a second hit for the World Pacific label, Lind signed to Capitol and went into the studio with some of the biggest names in the LA country-rock scene including Doug Dillard, Gene Clark, Bernie Leadon and legendary session bassist Carol Kaye. While the record was well-received critically, it sold poorly and marked Lind's bitter departure from the music business for several decades. The intervening half-century has been incredibly kind to 'Since There Were Circles,' and it is now regarded as a cult masterpiece that pairs perfectly with Gene Clark's 'No Other,' Bobby Charles' self-titled Bearsville album and Lee Hazlewood's 'Cowboy In Sweden.' Lind's songwriting here is vastly darker and more self-reflective than anything from his folk-pop period, and the production is simultaneously loose and rootsy, yet lushly orchestrated and occasionally bombastic. Lind somehow manages to bring it all together with wry delivery and literate detail.
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
15/07/2022
  25.95
              EUR

GARAGE/PUNK/BEAT/MOD/SURF/ROCK'N'ROLL - Single (7")

0522715 7"
MMM 31

 MIGHTY MOUTH MUSIC
NEIGHBORHOOD BLUES BOYS - SLAVE GIRL
Recorded in 1968 or 1969, this super rare, one-sided, one-song single was originally issued with the Long Island-based band members' class of '69 high school yearbook. It's a mystery how they got this unpolished garage rock track past the principal! This reissue comes with the B-side playing backwards!
GARAGE/PUNK/BEAT/PSYCH
17/06/2022
  13.95
              EUR
0522538 7"
TTR 45005

 4250137288437
 TOPSY-TURVY
SAVAGE, MARTIN -& THE JIGGERZ- - FAT CITY
The French-Japanese rhythm section from King Salami & the Cumberland Three, Eric Baconstrip & Kamikaze U.T., who also played in the Chinese Lungs together, teaming up with Sweden's garage-punk frontman Martin Savage (The Blacks, the Locomotions, Tokyo Knives and others). With the Jiggerz' fourth single, they bring two more fine 1970's inspired punk rock hits; simple, fast and straight to the point.
GARAGE/PUNK/BEAT/PSYCH
15/07/2022
   8.95
              EUR

GARAGE/PUNK/BEAT/MOD/SURF/ROCK'N'ROLL - Compact Disc

0523104 CD
SC 36

 0707568266175
 SURF COOKIE
SANT ANNA BAY COCONUTS - WHEELS AND WAVES
The Sant Anna Bay Coconuts from Antwerp present their second release with again exciting Hawaiian and surf beach sounds.
SURF/HOTROD/INSTRUMENTAL
21/07/2022
  11.95
              EUR
0523102 CD
GC 93

 0707568266212
 GREEN COOKIE
WAVE CHARGERS - DOUBLE FEATURE
Two albums on one CD. The Wave Chargers present their self-titled debut LP and their second album 'Caravelle' in this package. Pure modern surf music.
SURF/HOTROD/INSTRUMENTAL
15/07/2022
  11.95
              EUR

PUNK/HARDCORE/77 PUNK/GRINDCORE/CRUST - Single (7")

0519238 7"
SE 42

 2090505192384
 SUPREME ECHO
NOSTRILS - UNDAUNTED
Kick you in the head! High-energy, lo-fidelity, loud, snotty, melodic, sardonic - The Nostrils emerged as the dawning light of Winnipeg's second wave of punk rock. 'Undaunted' collects 8 songs spanning the group's in-yer-face punk and hardcore antics, including a celebratory cover of local greats Lowlife. Remastered from 40-year-old cassettes by vocalist Bruce Hallett with a meticulous upgrade by Audu Obaje. 16-page booklet with photos, art, and an anarchy-A chronicle of these prairie punks! Mega-long EP. Stickers. 550 copies.
PUNK/HARDCORE
01/04/2022
  15.95
              EUR

PUNK/HARDCORE/77 PUNK/GRINDCORE/CRUST - LP (Album)

0518592 LP
RTA 100

 0722056196024
 RETURN TO ANALOG
ASEXUALS - BE WHAT YOU WANT
RSD 2022 release. First ever reissue of this classic punk album. from 1984 by the Asexuals, who went on to become The Doughboys. Comes with 20 page booklet. Limited to 1000 numbered copies on coloured vinyl.
PUNK/HARDCORE
23/04/2022
  27.95
              EUR
0521990 2xLP
RRSCV 127

 8055515231908
 RADIATION
BLOOD, THE - TOTAL MEGALOMANIA (2LP/BLUE/WHITE)
Limited blue/white colour in colour version. Legend has it that The Blood were 'discovered' by Cockney Rejects vocalist Jeff 'Stinky Turner' Geggus on the top deck of a bus in Charlton. What they were all doing on the South East London bus has never been fully explained! Still, it was Jeff who introduced Coming Blood (as they were then known) to 'Sounds' journalist Garry Bushell and, suitably impressed, he offered them a spot on the fourth volume of the Oi! compilation series, 'Oi! Oi! That's Yer Lot.' It wasn't just the punk scene that took to the band, the more open minded in the metal fraternity also embraced them, making them one of the first punk-metal crossover bands, equally at home with followers of the Anti-Nowhere League or Motörhead. Though the initial career of The Blood may only have been brief, the two singles, 12" and album they released have all stood the test of time, many of the songs later covered by bands not even born when they were first recorded! Respect. TRACKS: 01. Stark Raving Normal ('Stark Raving Normal' single, 1983, Noise Records) 02. Megalomania ('Megalomania' single, 1983, No Future Records) 03. Parasite In Paradise ('Megalomania' single, 1983, No Future Records) 04. Calling The Shots ('Megalomania' single, 1983, No Future Records) 05. Incubus ('Se Parare Nex' single, 1985, Conquest Records) 06. I Dreamt Of Your Death Last Night ('Se Parare Nex' single, 1985, Conquest Records) 07. Smiling Throat ('Se Parare Nex' single, 1985, Conquest Records) 08. Attic Case ('Se Parare Nex' single, 1985, Conquest Records) 09. False Fed, Brain Dead ('Se Parare Nex' single, 1985, Conquest Records) 10. Se Parare Nex ('Se Parare Nex' single, 1985, Conquest Records) 11. Such Fun ('Oi! Oi! That's Yer Lot' compilation, 1982, Secret Records) 12. Napalm Job ('Oi! Chartbusters Volume 3' compilation, 1988, Link Records) 13. Drunk Addict (Demo) 14. Coffin Dodgers (Demo) 15. Napalm Job (Demo) 16. Megalomania ('False Gestures For A Devious Public' LP outtake) 17. Such Fun ('False Gestures For A Devious Public' LP outtake) 18. Alconaut ('The Joys of OI! compilation,' 1993, Step-1 Music) 19. Bad News ('Oi! That's What I Call Music' Compilation, 1988, Link Records)
PUNK/HARDCORE
09/06/2022
  29.95
              EUR
0523408 LP
P93 699777

 SANTA
COCK SPARRER - RUNNING RIOT IN '84
'Running Riot In '84' is punk rock band Cock Sparrer's third studio album, released in 1984. A must for all Cock Sparrer fans!
PUNK/HARDCORE
01/06/2022
  16.95
              EUR
0522255 LP
SPITTLE 131

 8056099005657
 SPITTLE
COUNTY, JAYNE - ROCK'N'ROLL RESURRECTION
Recorded live in Toronto on New Year's Eve 1979 and originally released the following year, 'Rock'n'Roll Resurrection' was Jayne County's first release after the Electric Chairs disbandment. A great live show with County fronting a raw and loud new band performing a breathtaking selection of cracking songs, among them, the phenomenal title track and some "in your face" versions of classics such as 'Paranoia Paradise,' 'Fuck Off,' and 'Cream In My Jeans.' One of the best live albums of the whole early punk era.
PUNK/HARDCORE
17/06/2022
  19.95
              EUR
0281910 LP
CRASS 1

 CRASS
CRASS - DEMOS 1977-1979
This collects 16 rare late-'70s demo tracks from one of the most radical, outspoken and outrageous UK punk outfits of all time, well known not only for lyrics that made the British establishment cringe in horror and musical experiments that alienated even many punks, but also for agit-prop politics and pranks that remain legendary. The songs here are all familiar, but the versions are not: all are totally unreleased until now. SIDE 1: 01. Heart Throb Of The Mortuary 02. I Can't Stand It 03. Do They Owe Us A Living? 04. Who's Side Are You On? 05. Angela Rippon 06. End Result 07. G's Song 08. General Bacardi 09. Securicor 10. Punk Is Dead SIDE 2: 01. G's Song 02. Count In 03. Mother Earth 04. Fight War Not Wars/They've Got A Bomb 05. Shaved Women 06. Tired
PUNK/HARDCORE
15/12/2010
  16.95
              EUR
0521193 LP
SV 178

 0857661008780
 SUPERIOR VIADUCT
CRIME - SAN FRANCISCO'S DOOMED
The legend of Crime looms large among punk aficionados the world over. Formed in the mid-1970s, the band's dual-guitar sound, confrontational image and sleazed methodology still serve as inspiration decades later. With only a handful of singles released during their active lifespan, Crime's legacy grew significantly as archival recordings began to trickle out in the early 1990s. Of all these excavations, 'San Francisco's Doomed' was one of the first and certainly one of the most powerful. Culled from 1978-79 studio demos and rehearsal tapes, 'San Francisco's Doomed' captures the frenzy of Crime's sound in a fittingly loose, devil-may-care framework. Side one is a gloriously unpolished assault of classic, gutter-level punk with vicious live set staples like 'Feel The Beat' and 'Piss On Your Dog' taking marquee placement over the more well-known singles tracks. Side two finds Crime taking aim at the so-called new wave, augmenting their attack with ripped odes that bear the direct influence of science fiction and rockabilly on the group. Few recordings from US punk's first wave match the raw intensity heard on 'San Francisco's Doomed.' As Michael Stewart Foley writes in the liner notes, "Unimpressed with the once idealistic counter-culture and all the bands associated with it, Crime declared itself "San Francisco's First And Only Rock 'N' Roll Band." Dressed in police uniforms and driving sonic ice picks through listeners' eardrums with the volume cranked past 10, they looked more like a street gang that might take your wallet and slash your face with a switchblade just to watch you bleed. But despite the band's best efforts to stand apart, Crime could have come from nowhere else, at no other time." SIDE 1: 01. Frustration 02. Crime Wave 03. I Knew This Nurse 04. San Francisco's Doomed 05. Rock'n'Roll Enemy No. 1 06. Piss On Your Dog 07. Feel The Beat 08. I Stupid Anyway 09. Twisted 10. Murder By Guitar 11. Instrumental Instrumental SIDE 2: 01. Flyeater 02. Rockabilly Drugstore 03. Dillinger's Brain 04. Flipout 05. Emergency Music Ward 06. Monkey On Your Back 07. Yakuza 08. Rockin' Weird 09. Samurai
PUNK/HARDCORE
17/06/2022
  25.95
              EUR
0522980 2xLP
DPR 59

 DIRTY PUNK
EXPLOITED - COMPLETE PUNK SINGLES COLLECTION (2LP)
Singles collection of one of the biggest British punk bands ever. Shiny black double vinyl set in gatefold sleeve, it features titles from the 'Jesus Is Dead' and 'War Now' maxi singles too. It is all here, EPs, maxi singles, compilations: 27 tracks in total. Very classy!
PUNK/HARDCORE
10/07/2022
  26.95
              EUR
0519237 LP
SE 44

 2090505192377
 SUPREME ECHO
RIOT .303 - RIOT .303
Early '80s greats Riot .303 from Calgary features the ex-Sturgeons rhythm section and future Beyond Possession vocalist. 17 punk rock anthems recorded 1981-83, including their full studio output - four each from 1982's super-rare 'Crowd Control' EP and Thrasher's 'Skate Rock Vol. 1,' plus 9 powerful unreleased songs. Meticulously remastered by Audu Obaje. 8-page booklet with photos, art, and full-band interview. Two stickers. 550 copies, colored vinyl.
PUNK/HARDCORE
01/04/2022
  35.95
              EUR
0411943 LP
SST 6

 SST
SACCHARINE TRUST - PAGANICONS
Repress! One of the greatest of the early SST releases which is impressive considering a catalog which also included onset recordings from Minutemen and Black Flag. One listen and you can clearly here why guitarist Joe Baiza considered his band the black sheep of the label and why famous fans include Kurt Cobain, Buzz Osborne and Sonic Youth. Produced by Spot, Mike Watt and Saccharine Trust and recorded at Media Art Studio in Hermosa Beach in April of 1981. Includes lyrics insert.
PUNK/HARDCORE
20/01/2015
  16.95
              EUR
0522535 LP
TTR 17

 4250137288475
 TOPSY-TURVY
SINO HEARTS - LIGHTNING THE DARKNESS
After their debut album 'Leave The World Behind' and their second album 'Mandarin A Go-Go,' the Chinese trio now releases their third studio album 'Lightening The Darkness.' It follows their craze of retro power pop like their two previous releases, yet it also continues to explore the depths of late '70s oriented pop music and approaches musicality and instrumentality differently from the band's previous efforts. This album marks a musical departure from previous efforts, infusing '80s synth pop like The Style Council, The Cure, post-punk like Bauhaus and '90s indie pop as the Muffs and Weezer.
PUNK/HARDCORE
15/07/2022
  15.95
              EUR
0519235 LP
SE 26

 2090505192353
 SUPREME ECHO
STICK FARM - REHARVEST
Canadian teen crossover. A potent hybrid of metal-tinged hardcore drenched in progressive thrash. Stick Farm from Victoria, BC secured a record deal before performing live or entering a real studio, releasing two 7" EPs in a fast-paced, two-year rise. From their humour-laden hardcore days, they quickly graduated to more complex lyrics and arrangements. 'Reharvest' comprises 8 songs in 37 minutes recorded 1990-91 by legendary punk rock producer/engineer Scott Henderson and remixed from original reels by Cody Baresich. Large-format 12-page booklet with photos, art, and the band's inside story. Two stickers. 475 copies.
PUNK/HARDCORE
01/04/2022
  35.95
              EUR
0522472 LP
SPITTLE 127

 8056099005619
 SPITTLE
VARIOUS - PUNK AND DISORDERLY 1
At last! A new vinyl edition of the three legendary 'Punk And Disorderly' compilations, originally released between 1982 and 1983. At the dawn of the eighties the first volume arrived as a fiery statement from the heart of the British punk scene. Back in the day, the glorious early punk energy was still alive and in the meantime transforming through a wave of new bands coming up with fresh ideas and attitudes. Thanks to a great selection of both originators and newcomers, the whole explosive energy that was at the core of punk movement is perfectly captured throughout these three landmark compilations. An incredible roster of bands such as Vice Squad, Blitz, Chaos UK, Anti-Nowhere League, Vibrators, Angelic Upstarts... all original British punk acts except the San Francisco based Dead Kennedys represented here with their seminal hit 'Kill The Poor.' This is fierce, loud and raw music caught in the midst of transition between punk rock and its next "hardcore" evolution. All three volumes feature brand new tracklists including bonus tracks not available in the first editions. SIDE 1: 1. Vice Squad - Last Rockers 2. Disorder - Complete Disorder 3. Peter & The Test Tube Babies - Banned From The Pubs 4. Red Alert - In Britain 5. Blitz - Someones Gonna Die 6. Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor 7. The Partisans - Police Story SIDE 2: 1. The Insane - Last Day 2. Abrasive Wheels - Army Song 3. Chaos U.K.- 4 Minute Warning 4. Outcasts - Mania 5. Anti-Nowhere League - Let's Break The Law (Bonus Track) 6. The Defects -Dance (Til You Drop) (Bonus Track) 7. Special Duties - Punk Rocker (Bonus Track)
PUNK/HARDCORE
01/07/2022
  19.95
              EUR
0522474 LP
SPITTLE 129

 8056099005633
 SPITTLE
VARIOUS - PUNK AND DISORDERLY 3: THE FINAL SOLUTION
At last! A new vinyl edition of the three legendary 'Punk And Disorderly' compilations, originally released between 1982 and 1983. At the dawn of the eighties the first volume arrived as a fiery statement from the heart of the British punk scene. Back in the day, the glorious early punk energy was still alive and in the meantime transforming through a wave of new bands coming up with fresh ideas and attitudes. Thanks to a great selection of both originators and newcomers, the whole explosive energy that was at the core of punk movement is perfectly captured throughout these three landmark compilations. An incredible roster of bands such as Vice Squad, Blitz, Chaos UK, Anti-Nowhere League, Vibrators, Angelic Upstarts... all original British punk acts except the San Francisco based Dead Kennedys represented on volume 1 with their seminal hit 'Kill The Poor.' This is fierce, loud and raw music caught in the midst of transition between punk rock and its next "hardcore" evolution. All three volumes feature brand new tracklists including bonus tracks not available in the first editions. SIDE 1: 1. Abrasive Wheels -Burn 'Em Down 2. One Way System - Give Us A Future 3. The Destructors - Jailbait 4. The Expelled - Government Policy 5. The Samples -Dead Hero 6. Angelic Upstarts - Woman In Disguise 7. The Vibrators - Dragnet SIDE 2: 1. The Exploited - Computers Don't Blunder 2. The Ejected - Have You Got 10p? 3. Chron Gen - Outlaw 4. The Violators - Summer Of '81 5. Resistance 77 - Join The Army (Bonus Track) 6. Major Accident - Fight To Win (Bonus Track) 7. Riot Squad - Society's Fodder (Bonus Track) 8. The Blood - Stark Raving Normal (Bonus Track)
PUNK/HARDCORE
01/07/2022
  19.95
              EUR

METAL/HARDROCK/THRASH/DOOM - LP (Album)

0515270 LP
SE 40

 2090505152708
 SUPREME ECHO
KRADLE - STANDING ON THE EDGE
Canadian '80s heavy metal rock. Kradle ruled the Vancouver metal scene with hits'n'hooks, heavy melodic rhythms, virtuoso guitars, and a charismatic frontman adorned in leather and studs. Torn from the same vest as their Sunset Strip brothers, Kradle played epic shows and received multiple record label offers yet left behind only one official tape. 'Standing On The Edge' is the definitive Kradle collection: 12 songs in 48 minutes spanning the group's evolution over four different recording sessions 1984-86. Remastered from original reels and best existing sources. Includes large-format 12-page booklet with photos, art, lyrics, and bio. 450 copies.
METAL/STONER/HARD ROCK
15/01/2021
  35.95
              EUR
0522987 LP
LMM 1

 IRON FIST
MOTORHEAD - NO SLEEP IN SWITZERLAND
'LIVE IN ZURICH 12 NOV 1982 - FM BROADCAST.' Limited to 500 copies. SIDE 1: 1. Iron Fist 2. Heart Of Stone 3. Turn You Down Again 4. Shoot You In The Back 5. Iron Horse (Born To Lose) SIDE 2: 1. Nadine (Chuck Berry Cover) 2. America 3. I Got Mine 4. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon Cover) 5. (Don't Need) Religion
METAL/STONER/HARD ROCK
10/07/2022
  16.95
              EUR
0519236 LP
SE 43

 2090505192360
 SUPREME ECHO
PHARAONS - EVIL WORLD
Pharaons from the island nation of Madagascar were quite possibly the first extreme metal band from Africa. Influenced by early Sarcófago and Sepultura - with lyrical themes on government corruption, church sex abuse, war and destruction. Malagasy black/deathrash metal mayhem! 11 songs in 46 minutes recorded 1989-91 and carefully remastered by Audu Obaje. Large-format 12-page booklet with photos, art, and their incredible story. Two stickers. 550 copies.
METAL/STONER/HARD ROCK
01/04/2022
  35.95
              EUR

ROCK/POP/WAVE/MOD/POST-PUNK - Single (7")

0517764 7"
PCR 55

 7640186553865
 LE POP CLUB
KACIMI - A L'HEURE DU THE/DECROCHE
Kacimi releases the first of a 7" from the 'Series 45 Pop Club', and is also the foretaste of an upcoming album.
POP/ROCK/NEW WAVE
15/07/2022
   9.95
              EUR

ROCK/POP/WAVE/MOD/POST-PUNK - LP (Album)

0521219 LP
SV 176

 0857661008766
 SUPERIOR VIADUCT
CONTORTIONS - BUY
Soon after their 1978 debut on the Brian Eno-produced 'No New York,' a compilation that defined the No Wave scene, James Chance's group Contortions had already evolved - getting sharper, tighter and just plain faster. Despite the loss of keyboardist Adele Bertei and bassist Geoge Scott (who refused to sign a new contract demanded by Chance and his then partner, band manager Anya Phillips) Contortions were firing on all cylinders, and their first full-length album, 1979's 'Buy,' is a marvel of hot-wired energy. Led by the brash yelps and free-sax squawks of Chance, Contortions spit out fiercely rhythmic tunes charged by the wiry guitar lines of Jody Harris and the dizzying slide guitar of Pat Place. With drummer Don Christensen slipping in pointillist beats and David Hofstra's infectious basslines, the songs on 'Buy' crackle with both precision and abandon. Opener 'Designed To Kill' shoots sparks of sound in all directions, while 'Contort Yourself' is a nihilistic dance number wherein Chance instructs listeners to twist into knots, physically and mentally. "It's better than pleasure, it hurts more than pain," he snarls, later imploring, "You better try being stupid instead of smart." Heavily influenced by the showman funk of James Brown (whose 'I Can't Stand Myself' the band had covered on 'No New York'), Contortions coined a downtown dance-punk sound that had immediate influence on subsequent No Wave bands - including Place's Bush Tetras and Bronx trio ESG - as well as the burgeoning disco movement. On 'Buy,' Contortions' self-invented template is imprinted so hard into the grooves that it sounds like they're about to break, capturing a combustible band in all its fiery fury.
POP/ROCK/NEW WAVE
17/06/2022
  25.95
              EUR

ROCK/POP/WAVE/MOD/POST-PUNK - Compact Disc

0523103 CD
GG 1

 0707568266168
 GREEK GURU
MAL, NOA - EVERYTHING IS SCIENCE, BABY
Noa Mal is an indie rock singer and musician from Lucena in the Philippines. She is a young and prolific songwriter, and her sound is influenced by grunge and lo-fi from the nineties.
POP/ROCK/NEW WAVE
15/07/2022
  10.95
              EUR

EXPERIMENTAL/AVANTGARDE/SOUND ART - LP (Album)

0512161 2xLP
ARCHIVE 45

 2090505121612
 STAALPLAAT
MUSLIMGAUZE - MUHAMMADUNIZE (2LP)
Listeners who know much of anything about Bryn Jones' work as Muslimgauze know that he was prolific in both his work and 'Muhammadunize' has what could be called a classic feel to it, with a very familiar blend of drones, string instruments, and synths, and varying percussion/break-beat patterns, in turn mixed with a number of hard-to-catch vocal samples. It's a formula used many times in the past by Jones, yet somehow he still manages to keep things just fresh enough, investing songs like the first and second 'Khalifate' and especially both slamming versions of 'Imad Akel' with enough unexpected touches. He incorporates the basic power of his work in the tracks as well, with both beauty and a nervy, hard-to-define tension as the songs progress. The sound palette of 'Muhammadunize' is very similar to his ambient-techno albums such as 'Mullah Said' and 'Gun Aramaic', down to the rhythms and the trademark tanpura drones and keys in C minor. The difference is that it's a bit more aggressive and faster-paced than the aforementioned albums, thus utilising a similar dark atmosphere to a more immediate and in-your-face effect, especially as noted by the drum-kit urban-sounding pulse of 'Imad Akel', one of the high points on this album. However, a favorite track here is the closer 'Fatah Guerrilla' (also title track of the whole triple album), featuring a rapid echoed rhythm along with a barrage of percussion popping up and echoing every so often, sounding like they're flying through the room at a quick pace; the piece also features a beautiful flute melody which combines with the busy rhythm section in an interesting way. Recorded and mixed at Abraham Mosque, Manchester 1996. Limited to 1000 copies.
EXPERIMENTAL/SOUND ART
20/07/2022
  34.95
              EUR

JAZZ/FUSION/AVANTGARDE - LP (Album)

0523294 LP
LIFE 22

 7427251064835
 LIFE GOES ON
CHAMBERS, JOE - THE ALMOVARID
Terrific session released in 1974 on the influential independent Muse. A modal masterpiece verging on spiritual jazz with a series of excellent players: from Richard Davis and Cecil McBee on bass to Ray Mantilla on congas and percussion, through Harold Vick's distinctive flute and tenor sax. The major voice on this record belongs to the traps of Joe Chambers. The enormous potency combined with complete authority and tonal clarity that Chambers brings to the drums has made him one of the more distinctive percussive voices in jazz.
JAZZ/FUSION/AVANTGARDE
15/07/2022
  20.95
              EUR
0521330 LP
BFREE 6207

 B.FREE
COLTRANE, ALICE - TURIYA SINGS
These 1981 devotional recordings for voice and Wurlitzer, meant to guide meditation through chanting, offer an alternate version of the cosmic jazz visionary's synthesizer masterpiece, 'Turiya Sings.'
JAZZ/FUSION/AVANTGARDE
01/07/2022
  16.95
              EUR
0522304 LP
LAS 1

 2090505223040
 LES DISQUES LINOLEUM
KUHN, JOACHIM -TRIO- - SCREAM FOR PEACE
The Linoleum Analog Series is dedicated to the edition on vinyl (only) of rare recordings, mostly unreleased, made in studio or in concert, mainly made originally on magnetic tapes in the 1960s and 1970s. The main idea of the collection is to combine the historical interest of the chosen sessions with the musical and sound quality of the recordings. André Francis ("Mister Jazz" from Maison de la Radio) recorded this concert by the Joachim Kühn Trio on October 12, 1969 at the Musée d'Art Moderne, on the occasion of the Paris Biennale. Among the many musical archives of the pianist, the choice was jointly fixed with him on this concert, perfectly illustrating what the trio was playing live at that time, higly improvised and hyper- expressive music. The sound restoration work was carried out in partnership with the INA. Each side of the LP opens with a long piece that makes us feel all the fever, all the intoxication of free jazz, and closes with a ballad of crazy lyricism. And you will capture the urgency of the saxophone, a scream, a vitriolic cry, to deliver this scream for peace to us. A scream that sadly is still truly needed today.
JAZZ/FUSION/AVANTGARDE
10/06/2022
  32.95
              EUR
0522305 LP
V 120

 2090505223057
 OUCH!
MARTIN, LIONEL -& JEAN-JACQUES BIRGE- - FICTIONS
Jean-Jacques Birgé and Lionel Martin decide one day to improvise from sentences of 'Fictions' by Jorge Luis Borges taken at random... This record testifies to an alchemy, two musicians who have never played together, plug in the microphones and tell, tell, find each other... Testimony engraved on vinyl of a short but intense moment. Lionel uses two loopers and effects pedals, his Keilwerth saxophone being sounded by a cell. Less soberly, Jean-Jacques, in addition to his keyboards, his two Russian synthesizers, the Lyra-8 and The Pipe, and blew, scraped, rubbed, hit all sorts of acoustic instruments. Limited to 300 copies.
JAZZ/FUSION/AVANTGARDE
17/06/2022
  34.95
              EUR

BLUES/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS/AMERICANA ETC. - LP (Album)

0522671 2xLP
BMRLP 127

 0607287012711
 BIRDMAN
TURNER, OTHA -& THE RISING STAR FIFE AND DRUM BAND - EVERYBODY HOLLERIN' GOAT (2LP)
The trance blues stylings of Otha Turner And His Rising Star Fife And Drum Band should be a music classification unto itself, a whole new primitive take on drum and bass. This music is the oldest still-practiced post-colonial American music, and Turner was one of its greatest artists of the 20th century. Blowing the cane fife with a band of drummers as back up, The Rising Star Fife And Drum band was legendary in the hills of Tate County, Mississippi, where they would perform during the yearly goat picnics on Turner's farm. These tracks were recorded in the '90s by Luther Dickinson during such picnics and first released when Turner was 90 years old. 'Everybody Hollerin' Goat' showcases first hand the hypnotic and rhythmic style of fife and drum music at its best-raw and beautiful.
BLUES/RHYTHM & BLUES
01/07/2022
  41.95
              EUR

AVAILABLE AGAIN! - LP (Album)

0519890 LP
RXXX 1983

 RADIO X
MISFITS - LAST CARESS: LIVE IN DETROIT 1983-FM BROADCAS
Radio broadcast live recordings from a 1983 show in Detroit. Featuring tracks from the band's first two legendary LP's, this is absolutely crucial, ripping early Misfits.
PUNK/HARDCORE
29/04/2022
  16.95
              EUR
0513575 2xLP
TF 1

 2090505135756
 TWISTED FLOWERS
RIVER FLOWS REVERSE - WHEN RIVER FLOWS REVERSE (2LP)
Haunting and hypnotic folk coming from Hungary, recorded by the talented members of the Psychedelic Source/Lemurian Folk Songs collective "in a cold shed in the middle of the muddy forest". This double LP is mesmerizing, and full of quiet, pastoral beauty. The D side has bonus tracks not available on the digital release.
PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
15/10/2021
  31.95
              EUR

REPRESSED! - Single (7")

0511049 7"
SNATCH 112

 4260119671126
 ALIEN SNATCH!
ALVILDA - NEGATIF/KYLIE/CINEMA/DEMAIN
Alvilda is a female powerpop quartet from Paris. They are the French version of Belfasts' Protex and their four-song debut 7" has the trademark lofi-mod to power pop drive and yé-yé sound of their idols, Les Calamités and some Ronettes surf harmonies. For fans of Number Ones, Whiffs, Barracudas, TV Crime and Protokids.
GARAGE/PUNK/BEAT/PSYCH
13/08/2021
   7.95
              EUR

REPRESSED! - LP (Album)

0408307 LP
SV 56

 0857176003560
 SUPERIOR VIADUCT
BRANCA, GLENN - THE ASCENSION
Repress! Glenn Branca's first full-length album 'The Ascension' is a colossal achievement. After touring much of 1980 with an all-star band featuring four guitarists (Branca, fellow composers Ned Sublette and David Rosenbloom, and future Sonic Youth member Lee Ranaldo) along with Jeffrey Glenn on bass and Stephan Wischerth on drums, Branca took his war-torn group into a studio in Hell's Kitchen to record five incendiary compositions. Originally released in the summer of 1981, 'The Ascension' effectively tears down the genre-ghettos between 20th century avant-garde and ecstatic rock'n'roll. On 'The Spectacular Commodity,' chiming, shimmering tones unfold into sinister drone-territory à la Tony Conrad, while abrasive guitars and repetitive beats retain the raw primitivism of No Wave. The title track attains a densely packed, larger-than-life sound and (as author Marc Masters says best) "never stops climbing skyward." With artist Robert Longo's stark front cover that depicts Branca battling an unidentified man, 'The Ascension' is a must-have record not only for fans of early Swans and Sonic Youth, but also of Steve Reich or Slint's 'Tweez'.
NOISE ROCK/DRONE/SLUDGE
27/11/2014
  25.95
              EUR
0497021 LP
LORD 280

 0808720028010
 SOUTHERN LORD
VON HAUSSWOLFF, ANNA - ALL THOUGHTS FLY (BLACK)
Repress on black vinyl. 'Sacro Bosco' ('Sacred Grove') is the starting point for Anna von Hausswolff's album 'All Thoughts Fly'. Here in solo instrumental mode, the entire record consists of just one instrument, the pipe organ, and represents absolute liberation of the imagination. 'All Thoughts Fly' radiates a melancholic beauty, and is distinguished by fluid transitions of contrasting elements; calmness and drama, harmony and dissonance, much like the place that inspires the music.
EXPERIMENTAL/SOUND ART
20/12/2020
  21.95
              EUR
0523544 LP
LORDP 280

 2090505235449
 SOUTHERN LORD
VON HAUSSWOLFF, ANNA - ALL THOUGHTS FLY (PINK)
Repress on pale pink vinyl. 'Sacro Bosco' ('Sacred Grove') is the starting point for Anna von Hausswolff's album 'All Thoughts Fly'. Here in solo instrumental mode, the entire record consists of just one instrument, the pipe organ, and represents absolute liberation of the imagination. 'All Thoughts Fly' radiates a melancholic beauty, and is distinguished by fluid transitions of contrasting elements; calmness and drama, harmony and dissonance, much like the place that inspires the music.
EXPERIMENTAL/SOUND ART
13/07/2022
  25.95
              EUR

REPRESSED! - Compact Disc

0523551 CD
LORDCD 280

 0808720028027
 SOUTHERN LORD
VON HAUSSWOLFF, ANNA - ALL THOUGHTS FLY
'Sacro Bosco' ('Sacred Grove') is the starting point for Anna von Hausswolff's album 'All Thoughts Fly'. Here in solo instrumental mode, the entire record consists of just one instrument, the pipe organ, and represents absolute liberation of the imagination. 'All Thoughts Fly' radiates a melancholic beauty, and is distinguished by fluid transitions of contrasting elements; calmness and drama, harmony and dissonance, much like the place that inspires the music.
EXPERIMENTAL/SOUND ART
13/07/2022
  11.95
              EUR

LAST COPIES! - LP (Album)

0522306 LP
AN 34

 2090505223064
 AN'ARCHIVES
GU-N - GU-N
On this release, An'archives dives into the past, disinterring a revelatory collection of recordings from Japanese free-sound quintet Gu-N. Formed in 1994 by Fumio Kosakai (Incapacitants, Hijokaidan, C.C.C.C.) and Hidenobu Kaneda (Yuragi), alongside Ikuro Takahashi (Fushitsusha, Kousokuya, LSD March), Ryuichi Nagakubo (C.C.C.C., Yuragi), and Morihide Sawada (Yura Yura Teikoku, Marble Sheep), Gu-N played regularly at Plan-B in Tokyo, but released little during their relatively short time together. Hazy and hypnotic, their laminar improvisations, four of which appear on this untitled album, are compelling, oneiric visions for the ear. In his liner notes for the album, Michel Henritzi writes that these Gu-N recordings situate the group within a broader trajectory of free improvisation and collective sound within Japan - Taj Mahal Travellers, East Bionic Symphonia, Marginal Consort, each of whom sprung, in many ways, from the radical vision and creativity of Takehisa Kosugi. But there's a unique spirit here that aligns Gu-N with these predecessors, while also marking out singular territory. Kosakai's background in noise, via his participation in Hijokaidan and Incapacitants, can be heard in the unrelenting oscillations and heavyweight drones that purr throughout each of these four tracks. Both Kosakai and Nagakubo were members of C.C.C.C., perhaps the clearest precursors to Gu-N in their psychedelic density, though Gu-N trade in C.C.C.C.'s volcanic energy for a more tempered, sensuous exploration of tone and time. There's also a brutish element to Gu-N's improvisations - see the saturated spectrum, rumbling and phasing throughout the album, and the crushing, almost Amon Düül-esque drum tattoos that Takahashi pounds out on the second track (recorded in 1998), punctuating the music from deep inside its hallucinatory murk. Elsewhere, as on the third track (one of three recorded in 1994), Kosakai's cello scrapes out armfuls of buzz-tone as Sawada's bouzouki trills out, elastic and vibrant, across spindrift electronics and lung-spun winds. What's most impressive here, though, is the way each player, formidable musicians in their own right, defers to the might of the communal and the collective. The quintet broke up in 1998, leaving behind scant recorded evidence - just one, self-titled CD, on Pataphysique, released in 1995. This LP is a most welcome addition to the small but blissful body of recorded work made public by this mysterious quintet of spirit channelers. Limited to 385 copies.
EXPERIMENTAL/SOUND ART
01/07/2022
  33.95
              EUR
0519625 LP
AN 35

 2090505196252
 AN'ARCHIVES
KI - TEARFUL FACE OF MY CUTE LOVE [IS BEGGING TO M
Limited to 285 copies in silkscreened white jacket with obi (black), inserts and a postcard. Ki is a trio that pits long-time collaborators Tamio Shiraishi (saxophone, voice) and Takahashi Michiko aka Mico (drums, voice, vocoder, melodica, piano, percussion) against drummer, percussionist and vocalist Fritz Welch. They each bring a wealth of experience, from Shiraishi's early moves in the Japanese underground of the late '70s and early '80s - he was a founding member of Fushitsusha, and played with Taco and Machinegun Tango - to his legendary, late-night solo New York subway performances; he and Mico also spent some time playing with No Neck Blues Band, while Welch, currently based in Glasgow, has a long history taking in stints with Peeesseye, Lambs Gamble and FvRTvR. 'Tearful Face Of My Cute Love [Is Begging To Me],' named after a yakuza song, is Ki's first LP, after CD-Rs on Chocolate Monk ('Ki No Sei,' 2009) and Unverified ('Stops Dropping,' 2010). Documenting two live performances from 2008, it's a startling, wild freedom chase, each piece stretching languorously across one side of the vinyl, giving the trio maximum space to thunder their way through space and time. Their West Nile 2008 show, on side one, opens with a battery of drums, fierce and livid, before Shiraishi's unmistakable and remarkable whinnying, high-zone tone slithers into earshot. The stage is set, the battle moves forward, yet there's remarkable simpatico between the three players, with Mico and Welch volleying guttural vocal exhortations at each other. When it does offer respite - see the sudden swoop into near-silence at around 12:30 - everything's still tense; who knows what's around the corner? For all its fury, though, 'Tearful Face Of My Cute Love...' is full of oddly lyrical moments, too - see the sweet melody that winds out, with gentle melancholy, near the very end of the West Nile performance. This lyricism also haunts the second side of the album, a performance from Glassland, Brooklyn, which seems more focused on the intersection of incidents, from clattering cymbals to ghostly swarms of sax scream, to dive-bombing spirals of vocoder. There's an appealing sense of audio verité here, as though you're in the room with the performers, shaken and stirred by every movement, lost in the interlocking maze they're weaving in real time. It's a bracing, thrilling document of very immediate, human music - of three bodies moving through the world, sounding their environment.
JAZZ/FUSION/AVANTGARDE
15/05/2022
  33.95
              EUR