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INTROSPECTION - 3 x cd $16.99 ** comes with bonus free cd "Through The Square Window" compilation featuring W&C 'Dream Of Blue' (alt mix), E.A.R. 'Death Of A Robot' (diff mix) + more
DEPTHS - cd $13.99
CONSCIOUSNESS - cd $13.99
WE WILL ALWAYS BE - cd $13.99 / double lp $17.99
SONGS FOR THE BROKEN HEARTED - cd $13.99 / double lp $19.99
THE DREAMHOUSE/DEDICATIONS TO FLEA - cd $13.99
WINDY WEBER - I Hate People cd $9.99 / lp $11.99
INSTRUMENTALS FOR THE BROKEN HEARTED "TOUR ALBUM" - lp $19.99
ANTARCTICA - rare original Record LP - $30.00
INTROSPECTION - 3 x cd $16.99 ** comes with bonus free cd "Through The Square Window" compilation featuring W&C 'Dream Of Blue' (alt mix), E.A.R. 'Death Of A Robot' (diff mix) + more
PERFUME GENIUS - Put Your Back N 2 It cd $13.99
lp $15.99
Perfume Genius is Mike Hadreas, a Seattle songwriter whose jarring 2010 debut album, Learning, was called “an album of rare, redemptive beauty...one of the most uniquely endearing and quietly forceful debut albums of recent years”, and established him as one of the most singular songwriters around today.
His new album, Put Your Back N 2 It, is much more universal, addressing intimacy, power, family, secrecy, and hope not just through his impressionistic lyrics, but the music itself, which is as lush as Learning was stark. It’s a gorgeous soundtrack for anyone trying to keep it together in everyday life, and moving forward.
MARK LANEGAN BAND - Bubblegum lp $15.99
Hot on the heels of the Mark Lanegan Band’s hot new album Blues Funeral and after a long absence we are happy to have Bubblegum back in stock on vinyl.
MARK LANEGAN BAND - Blues Funeral cd $13.99
lp $21.99
Blues Funeral is the first Mark Lanegan Band album since 2004’s Bubblegum.
It was recorded in Hollywood, California by Alain Johannes at his 11ad studio. The music was played by Johannes and Jack Irons with appearances from Greg Dulli, Josh Homme et al.
GRIMES - Visions cd $13.99
lp $15.99
Grimes is the moniker of Canadian producer, singer and artist Claire Boucher. She approaches music in a way that is both sensually pleasurable and exploratory; sonic experimentalism run through a ‘pop’ filter.
COCTEAU TWINS - Stars & Topsoil - A Collection 2 lp set $21.99
Available for the first time on vinyl, Stars And Topsoil Cocteau Twins retrospective is the first ever collection of the best of their 4AD years. Following their ascent from alternative novices to universally acclaimed artists, Stars and Topsoil is a true testament to one of the most original bands to emerge in the last two decades. Over a career at 4AD that spanned six albums and seven eps, Cocteau Twins retained an intriguing uniqueness of style that defied comparison. Elizabeth Fraser (vocals), Robin Guthrie (guitars) and Simon Raymonde (bass guitar) were always fiercely protective of their privacy, preferring to let the music speak for itself; it spoke volumes and continues to do so. From day one Cocteau Twins had something special; Liz’s glittering vocals, unintelligible and perfect, Robin’s edgy guitar, all grounded by Simon’s bass. This chronological collection is a fitting reminder of why Cocteau Twins are so important - musical visionaries who transcended convention yet achieved massive international success. A stunning introduction to this enigmatic band, Stars and Topsoil will appeal to both the bands’ older fan base and a new generation waiting to be converted.
FUCKED UP - Year Of The Tiger 12" 9.99
“Year Of The Tiger” is an anthemic progressive rock masterpiece featuring guests Jim Jarmusch, Annie-Claude Deschênes and Austra. It was produced by Shane Stoneback (Vampire Weekend, Sleigh Bells) during the sessions for last year’s critically acclaimed rock opera David Comes To Life. The 15-minute long track features the band’s familiar layers of guitar and roaring vocals, taken to a new level with the addition of piano, Jarmusch’s dark recitations and Deschênes’s gorgeous crescendos, in this men- acing but uplifting story about the predation of predators
Batoh, Masaki cd Brain Pulse Music on Drag City $14.99
lp also available $21.99
On his new solo album, the longtime GHOST frontman Masaki Batoh demonstrates his new invention, the Brain Pulse Machine, an instrument designed to help people understand & regulate their brain waves. It's like a guitar pedal, with a couple of knobs to adjust the output (from YOUR BRAIN). There are 2 tracks of brain waves on the record, the other pieces are traditional Japanese instrumental pieces in requiem for the survivors of last year's earthquake (proceeds from sales will go to aide the Japan Red Cross). In general, an album that presents soothing & penetrating instrumentals to aid the nervewracked brain waves produced by our modern world.
Bonnie Prince Billy 7" B-sides For Time To Be Clear on Drag City $6.99
Ever the trailblazer, Bonnie hops into something funny here: a 3 song single with its head chopped off! Rather than try something silly like put the songs on a larger format, the b-sides are accorded the space they need to rock & groove while the A-side exists in our head, an echo of the epic, endless album that was (& still is, kids!) "Wolfroy Goes to Town".
Dirty Three cd Toward The Low Sun on Drag City $14.99
lp also available $18.99
Dirty Three return 7 years since their album, & "Toward The Low Sun" is a true humdinger. Warren Ellis (GRINDERMAN, NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS) is always sawing away at something on the violin that kind of tightens our chest & gives us that ol' thousand-yard stare; Mick Turner (FUNGUS BRAINS, TREN BROTHERS) wanders with hollow-bodied guitar from abstract & dreamy to punishing hard chord rock in the space of a breath, never sacrificing a sense of the awesome along the path; then there's Jim White (CAT POWER, NINA NASTASIA, BONNIE PRINCE BILLY). He's doing something that no one else does back there. Plus, he's drumming!
Disappears CD Pre Language ON kranky $13.99
lp also available $13.99
With Steve Shelley (SONIC YOUTH) now fully integrated into the line up, Disappears return with a full-bore assault of a new record. "Pre Language" finds the band speaking on, of all things, love. Direct allusions to Philip K. Dick, James Baldwin, & Joan of Arc sit side by side with songs about the lows of life & the characters that permeate it. Recorded in Hoboken, NJ at Sonic Youth's Echo Canyon West studio & mixed with John Congleton, "Pre Language" finds Disappears at their most potent and focused. The band has finally stepped into their own world & the results are thrilling.
Green, Colleen LP Milo Goes to Compton ON Art Fag $17.99
Ltd to 500 on green vinyl
Pel ican 12" March Into The Sea ON Hawthorne St. $14.99
Clear vinyl
Rose, Frankie CD Interstellar ON Slumberland $12.99
LP ALSO AVAILABLE $17.99
2nd album from former member of VIVIAN GIRLS, DUM DUM GIRLS & CRYSTAL STILTS. Takes a step forward into widescreen pop territory, bringing to mind mid-'80s artists like The Smiths & New Order
Ride LP Going Blank Again ON Obscure $33.99
2nd album, originally released in 1992. 2LP cut at 45rpm
Terry Malts CD Killing Time ON Slumberland $12.99
LP ALSO AVAILABLE $17.99
Debut from San Francisco punk/pop three-piece
LISTEN WHITEY - Sounds Of Black Power on Light In The Attic cd $16.99
Definitive Black Power aural document. 1st ever CD release of Bob Dylan's 1971 "George Jackson" single, CD debut of many rare & essential late 60's-early 70's African-American protest songs & recordings
MOTORPSYCHO AND STALE STORLOKKEN: The Death Defying Unicorn 2LP $29.99
Gatefold double LP version. On this epic, double concept album, easily their most ambitious yet, Motorpsycho has assembled the cream of classical and jazz musicians from world class ensembles established in Trondheim, their hometown. The Death Defying Unicorn was first commissioned by Molde International Jazzfestival for their 50th anniversary in 2010 where it was performed on the main outdoor stage. This, however, has been partly re-arranged, refined and recorded from scratch at Propeller Studios in Oslo with Kåre Chr. Vestrheim once again co-producing as he did with Heavy Metal Fruit. Ståle Storløkken (Supersilent, Elephant9, Humcrush, Terje Rypdal) is considered one of Norway's top keyboardists, but here he comes into his full as a writer and not at least arranger of the two ensembles. His contributions to this album cannot be stressed enough. Among the players in Trondheim Jazz Orchestra are well-known names such as Kjetil Møster (Ultralyd), André Roligheten (Albatrosh) and Mathias Eick, not to forget star violinist Ola Kvernberg. Most bands will reach a creative peak at a certain point in their career, after which they simply continue in a less interesting fashion before eventually calling it a day. Not so with Motorpsycho. After more than 20 years, they continue to develop and to challenge themselves artistically. Motorpsycho was founded in Trondheim by mainstays Bent Sæther and Hans Magnus Ryan. Drummer Håkon Gebhard joined them after their first album and stayed until 2005. Kenneth Kapstad took over the stool for Little Lucid Moments in 2008. Kim Hiorthøy is, as always, responsible for the artwork, this time joined by artist Thore Hansen for the fantastic inside illustration.
FLOWER/CORSANO/HEJNOWSKI: The Count Visits LP $19.99
"Recorded at Brooklyn's Issue Project Room, this live burble features Flower on Japan Banjo, Corsano on tubs and Heyner (or Bobby McGee or Count 'fucking' Chocula or whatever he's calling himself here) doubling on bass (three tracks) and tubs (one track). Corsano's in his ferocious carpet bomb mode, laying down a thick lumpy rug of imaginary bubble wrap for the others to prance upon, and prance they do. Flower's doing a kind of China Pig upward spiraling wail on his axe, and Heyner (I mean Popeye or is it Count Floyd?) is bowing the shit out of his bass like some kinda arco dervish from the center of the earth. But it's not all outward splange, here. No sir. There are other passages in the improv set that would make Matt Valentine put down his mug of butter beer, looks you right in the eye and say, 'Dude, that is smokin'.' What Matt would probably mean is that it sounds at times like these guys have been smoking cheeb and playing the kind of beautiful notes that reportedly fill the heads of those who indulge. And frankly, I'm not sure if these three are users or not, but if they are, you'll want some of what they're using. 'Cause it sounds fucking tasty. Is it possible Corsano has been wearing a baldie-cap all these years and that he's actually a secret hippie? Not sure, but Flower has never been shy about his locks, nor has Heyner (or Emett Otter or whoever). So maybe Corsano's been packing 'inner hair' all this time. Well, bully for him, I say. If this is what hippies sounds like, I declare peace with their whole tribe." --Byron Coley
PYRAMIDS: Pyramids LP $27.99
"Now, several years since its initial release, Pyramids first collection of songs resounds like a communique from a far off galaxy. The resultant impressions sound like cut up feverdream tape loops containing snippets of Xasthur, Tangerine Dream and Mazzy Star layered over, under and through each other. The aural pictures are at once terrifying and soothing, familiar and wholly alien. What seems like it shouldn't does in fact work: black metal blasting stitched together with patches of gauzy melody and angelic warbling. It's one of the most enveloping and simultaneously disorienting documents to have emerged from the hazy outer territories of the heavy music underground in years."
NO NECK BLUES BAND: YTIU LP $21.99
Hand-painted limited edition of 300 copies. "No Neck Blues Band are the last of their kind, children of a New York City that no longer exists. They've operated in the shadows of Gothams music scene for almost twenty years as likely to perform in art galleries as loft spaces. No Neck Blues Band are revolutionaries, carrying on the search for freedom through improvisation that began after Coltrane liberated jazz. But No Neck Blues Band doesn't play jazz per se, or any other known idiom for that matter. Their sound has its precedents most notably the genre-blurring, early-70s work of England's Third Ear Band and German groups Exmagma and recent co-conspirators Embryo. No Neck Blues Band further those explorers investigations of non-Western sounds by infusing them with psychedelic-rock dynamics, the tenets of minimalism and Fluxus-inspired performance.?Each No Neck Blues Band record is a spontaneously composed ritual containing a variety of hard-to-pronounce acoustic instruments, unmoored percussion, guitars, keyboards and various electronics, at once familiar and exotic. No Neck Blues Band activity has been sparse in recent years since their celebrated rehearsal/performance space in Harlem, The Hint House, fell victim to gentrification.?Recorded in 2009 at Faust Studios in Germany, YTIU is the avant-gangs latest offering and finds them in one of their more accessible moods. Only during the second half of Side A's 'Platinum Willows' does the band indulge its tendency for atonality. YTIU's second side fittingly dedicated to departed Pink Floyd member Richard Wright is a keyboard-dominated stunner that is more Saucerful of Secrets than The Wall." -- Jeff Conklin
WIRE, THE: #337 March 2012 MAG $9.50
"On the cover: Earth (Joseph Stannard finds out why the Seattle slow-rockers are away with the fairy folk and investigating the Old, Weird Albion); :zoviet*france (Phil England hears audio fog on the Tyne emanating from the veteran post-industrial duo's danceworks); Emptyset (The Bristol based Multiverse duo make shattered techno out of ruined buildings); Global Ear: Ethiopia (Terrie Ex & Andy Moor chronicle The Ex's pathfinding tours of the Horn of Africa, building relationships with local musicians and audiences); Cross Platform: Haroon Mirza (The UK based artist's latest installations are random acoustic sculptures forming resonant environments); Invisible Jukebox: Ghost Box (Belbury Poly's Jim Jupp and The Focus Group's Julian House are spooked by The Wire's uncanny record selection); Julia Holter (The Californian lo-fi goddess moulds Cageian aesthetics and classical mythology into her DIY sound forge); The Primer: King Tubby (A guide to Osbourne Ruddock's studio mutations and earth-shaking roots riddims, which transformed Jamaican music and beyond)."
Air cd Le Voyage Dans a Lune on Astralwerks $18.99
Score for the restored version of the classic 1902 silent film by Georges Melies. Features vocals from AU REVOIR SIMONE & Victoria Legrand (BEACH
HOUSE) - we will have the cd and dvd version of this release NEXT week. the vinyl is a private pressing item, and we are NOT sure we can get a hold of it.
AIR - cd & dvd set of Le Voyage $20.99
this is the packaging that includes both the cd and the dvd - the full movie by George Melies fully restored and colorized and the soundtrack that air just made for it.
ISLANDS - A Sleep and Forgetting cd on Anti $17.99
lp with download $24.99
Continues the band's penchant for crafting adventurous & infectious state of the art pop music. This time they've infused the songs w/ a personal introspecition that gives this album a new & powerful emotional resonance. It powerfully transforms personal unrest into affecting & soulful pop music. Vinyl version includes hidden, locked-groove bonus track!
NADA SURF - Stars Are Indifferent lp $22.99
GUILTY PLEASURES lp Summer Strange on Dusty Medical $14.99
Originally recorded in 2000 & unreleased until now. Road warrior contemporaries of the Reatards, Lost Sounds, Dirtbombs, etc. Members went on to play w/ the Ponys, Hot Machine, France Has The Bomb, Lover! & more. True & blue garage punk. Recorded by Jim Diamond. Ltd. to 500
WENDY RENE cd After Laughter Comes Tears on Light In The Attic $16.99
lp also available $26.99
1st ever anthology of the Southern soul legend. 11 singles, 9 rarities + 2 unreleased songs
YAIR YONA lp World Behind Curtains on Strange Attractors $17.99
Make no mistake, this is not a steel string guitar album; this is an instrumental record, ambitious & singular in scope. May it serenade many late-night forays into richly colored realms of self-reflection with the drapes spread emphatically wide.
CARPENTERS dvd Live In 1972 on XXL Media $15.99
Rare live footage from 1972
We Are The Works In Progress V/A double lp on Asa Wa Kuru $19.99
WE ARE THE WORKS IN PROGRESS is a 14 song benefit on 2xLP VINYL (with download code) to support Japan & it's ongoing efforts to heal post-tsunami. Compiled & organized by Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead, the 2xLP features exclusive tracks from DEERHUNTER, BLONDE REDHEAD, FOUR TET, PANTHA DU PRINCE, BROADCAST, LIARS, TERRY REILLY, JOHN MAUS & INTERPOL. CTD has always been conscientious about setting our prices to match the market. For this 2xLP benefiting the Japan Society & Architecture For Humanity Japan, CTD will be lower than standard markups for a good cause. To help aid the residents of Japan as much as possible, we strongly encourage our customers to do the same
Archers of Loaf lp Vee Vee on Merge $18.99
GREEN VINYL.
Earth cd Angels Of Darkness II on Southern Lord $16.99
vinyl is delayed
Carries on in the freely improvised, folkloric vein of their last release. Brings forth deeply mesmerising tones, at times more hopeful & less dark & death oriented
than previous work
Lambchop LP Mr. M on Merge $24.99
2LP ltd to 1,000 w/ exclusive bonus tracks.
Strategy 12" Boxy Music on 100% Silk $14.99
Paul Dickow turns his no-nonsense NUDGE-sludge awesomeness into revved-up, avant tech-house arousal. Previous releases on Kranky
& Under the Spire
War 7" At War For Youth on Sacred Bones $5.99
Members of ICEAGE & SEXDROME. Falls somewhere between Daily Void & Trust, pulling elements as abstract as lo-fi post-apocalyptic
punk dirge & early Chicago house music.
BRINKMANN & OREN AMBARCHI, THOMAS: The Mortimer Trap CD $17.99
The Mortimer Trap is an epic, 77-minute "variation" of Morton Feldman's For Bunita Marcus, constructed by German experimentalist and techno icon Thomas Brinkmann and Australian sound artist Oren Ambarchi. Pulsating waves of claustrophobic ambience generated from who-knows-what patiently builds into a throbbing, rhythmic pulse of gorgeous sonic density. Since the '80s, Thomas Brinkmann has experimented with sound, its textures and its construction methods. His custom-built two-arm turntable on Concept 1, the sampling of damaged records on Klick and various experiments with carved-groove vinyl are just a handful of career highlights that mark Brinkmann out as a true musical pioneer. Oren Ambarchi, primarily known for his solo guitar records for the Touch label, has worked with a diverse array of artists such as Keiji Haino, Fennesz, Phill Niblock, Jim O'Rourke, Voice Crack, Keith Rowe and Sunn 0))). Ambarchi and Brinkmann first worked together in Japan in January 2011 in a trio with Mika Vainio. The Mortimer Trap is their first collaborative work as a duo.
LOOPS OF YOUR HEART: And Never Ending Nights LP+CD $23.99
LP version with CD. Please allow us the pleasure of introducing Axel Willner's Loops Of Your Heart. Hailing from Sweden, the man behind this record alone needs no introduction, as he is already well-known in the electronic music scene for his project The Field. Loops Of Your Heart reflects Axel's experience in Germany, where during his lengthy stays, his mantra-like arpeggiators contributed to the first manifestation of the sound of Cologne Tape, a group that formed while he was staying there. You can also hear this on the much sought-after debut Render, which came out on Magazine in 2010. Only a foreshadowing of what was to about to come, Willner has been living in Berlin and letting his creativity go crazy. With an arsenal of special synthesizers and guitars, he has put together And Never Ending Nights. After touring worldwide with The Field for the last 10 years, this album is like coming home again. You can hear German children speaking outside his studio in Berlin (on the track "Neukölln") and it is not only the track titles which tell of things that have come to an end and or are about to happen. The old German musical tradition of letting yourself go (Holger Czukay, You, Anima, Cluster, you name it) is in the air, and Willner breathes it. His highly personal approach to music and composition leads to nothing less then a matchless album that embodies beginning anew.
O'ROURKE, JIM: Old News #7 2LP $29.99
More archival works from Jim O'Rourke see the light of day on Old News #7. Side one and two were recorded circa '96-'97 at the Steamroom, Chicago. Side three was recorded live in Nagoya at Tokuzo, April 2011. Thanks to Carlos Giffoni. Side four recorded during '93-'94 and originally released on These Records. Thanks to Andrew & Howard Jacques. "Welcome To The Django" is a 2-sided mid-'90s excursion of O'Rouke's first experiments with a Serge Modular System. "Natural Born Killers" is a recent live jam recorded in Nagoya. "Tacere Fas" is legendary early '90s piece, finally available again, originally appearing on the compilation Unentitled, released by These Records in 1994. Available only in this format.
TURMAN, ROBERT: Flux 2LP $29.99
Flux is the 1981 debut solo outing of Robert Turman, an American multi-instrumentalist and avant-garde composer. Until recently, Turman was perhaps best known for his contributions to the ballistic NON project with Boyd Rice, as well as other obscured U.S. industrial acts such as Z.O. Voider. In the summer of 1981, Turman decided he would take a drastic turn from the noisy/electronic/industrial work of his compatriots, and began work on what is now the classic Flux cassette. Flux was originally self-released in extremely limited numbers. Weary of the noisescapes of old, he set out to create long-form minimalism utilizing kalimba, piano, "Mini-Pops Jr." drum machine, and tape loops to create a complex bed of interweaving micro-stasis. The results of these new experiments were as beautiful as they were perplexing. A curious, dusty fidelity carries these classic tracks across four sides of vinyl, including all of the original Flux content. These compositions glow with a sprawling, slow-motion haze that's light years ahead of its time. Flux reveals wide spectrums of sound from melancholic kalimba and percussion patterns to slowed-down, syrupy exotica. Turman had complex ideas in his mind, yet only the simple technologies of the day were at hand. Hear the click of the stopping and starting Tascam 3340 open-reel tape machine as one hand presses the "record" and "play" buttons and the other plays piano phrases. While there are similarities in style to classical minimalism, Turman's sound and vision is his own and is exclusive to his limited discography. Released in a limited edition 2xLP set. Lovingly remastered and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering from the original C-60 cassette master. Original cassette artwork and scans provided by Aaron Dilloway.
TINDERSTICKS: The Something Rain LP $25.99
180 gram LP version with art prints and download code.
BUBBLE PUPPY: A Gathering Of Promises LP $12.99
Exact repro of International Artists' second biggest act after The 13th Floor Elevators. Originally released in 1969, A Gathering Of Promises is a brilliant record of raw, garage-psych.
ORCHESTRA PETER THOMAS: Orion 2000 CD $21.99
"The highpoint of a career that boasts the legendary Space Patrol (Raumpatrouille) and Chariots Of The Gods soundtracks, Peter Thomas' Orion 2000 is a near-mythical release that was only ever pressed in minuscule amounts as a German library LP (in 1975) and has never been available commercially before now. Drums pound, basses buzz, horns flail and star-maidens wail. Berserk electronic and musique-concrete effects collide with manic energy. There is nothing on this world (or any other) that sounds like the 'blaxploitation-kraut-jazz-in-space' sound of the Orchestra Peter Thomas. Remastered from the original master tapes and presented with exclusive liner notes, the original artwork, three extra previously unreleased tracks (15 total) and rare photos."
VA: Aimer Et Perdre: To Love & To Lose Songs, 1917-1934 2CD $29.99
"This is one from the heart. The unique pre-war music of the Cajun bayous, the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine and Poland, and the American rural countryside has been collected to narrate the human odyssey of love gained and love lost. Early songs of unbridled anticipation and desperate longing color the canvas of love, courtship, dejection and marriage -- a never ending cycle. The accompanying 60-page booklet features many rare, previously unpublished images and comprehensive lyrical translation. Three original artworks Robert Crumb provide a backdrop for these sublime songs of passion and despair. Respectfully crafted by Christopher King and Susan Archie for Tompkins Square. Thirty-six songs on two CDs."
Air cd Le Voyage Dans a Lune on Astralwerks $18.99
Score for the restored version of the classic 1902 silent film by Georges Melies. Features vocals from AU REVOIR SIMONE & Victoria Legrand (BEACH
HOUSE) - we will have the cd and dvd version of this release NEXT week. the vinyl is a private pressing item, and we are NOT sure we can get a hold of it.
Black Bananas lp Rad Times Xpress IV on Drag City $18.99
PITCHFORK 7.8!! VINYL. RTX are splitting into Black Bananas!!! The fruit is ripe & the bread will be FRESH.
Jerebine, Doug lp Is Jesse Harper on Drag City $18.99
carl and i really like this record! it's sorta like jimi hendrix meets t-rex
VINYL ONLY RELEASE. This is an archival release sure to resonate with fans of Jimi Hendrix, 10 Years After, Randy Holden, Merrell Fankhauser & the HMS Bounty, Spirit & other heavy sounds not truly heard & felt since the days of Gary Yoder & Kak. The late 1960s were ripe with altered senses, & sensory induced - & inducing - guitar heroes taking their instruments to newfound sonic freedom. "Is Jesse Harper" is a perfectly realized testament from that era, a record that bubbles psychedelically with shuffling beats & active bass, ultimately defined by a fuzzy haze of dripping guitar leads backdropped against strident & arpeggiated riffs,
Tetras Pareidolia double lp on Flingco Sound $26.99
LIMITED EDITION 2xLP VINYL ONLY RELEASE OF 500 QTY. TetrasS tayksete am long-form approach to their music - the gradual structural development of their pieces blurs the sense of time passing, moving through various fields of improvisation which owe as much to rock (This Heat, Can), as they do to jazz (Sun Ra, electric-era Miles Davis), minimal music (Steve Reich) or drone (Phil Niblock). Comes in silkscreened jacket with download included.
We Are The Works In Progress V/A double lp on Asa Wa Kuru $18.99
WE ARE THE WORKS IN PROGRESS is a 14 song benefit on 2xLP VINYL (with download code) to support Japan & it's ongoing efforts to heal post-tsunami. Compiled & organized by Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead, the 2xLP features exclusive tracks from DEERHUNTER, BLONDE REDHEAD, FOUR TET, PANTHA DU PRINCE, BROADCAST, LIARS, TERRY REILLY, JOHN MAUS & INTERPOL. CTD has always been conscientious about setting our prices to match the market. For this 2xLP benefiting the Japan Society & Architecture For Humanity Japan, CTD will be lower than standard markups for a good cause. To help aid the residents of Japan as much as possible, we strongly encourage our customers to do the same
All The Breaks Vol 2 lp $14.99
YU - The Earn green vinyl lp $19.99
Union - Analogtronics pink and teal vinyl - $20.99
Homeboy Sandman - Subject Matter lp $10.99
Black and Brown Instrumentals lp $13.99
K-Def - NIght Shift lp $16.99
Superlife - Go Bananas double yellow vinyl $20.99
Mayer Hawthorne - Strange Arrangement double lp $18.99
Minimal Wave Tapes Vol 1 double lp $18.99
Black Milk and Danny Brown - Black and Brown lp $14.99
The Stepkids s/t lp $16.99
Madvillainy - Instrumentals double lp $18.99
Oddisee - Rock Creek Park lp $15.99
Jaylib - Champion SOund lp $18.99
Madlib Medicine Show Vol 9 - Channel 85 Presents Nittyville $19.99
HAINO/JIM O'ROURKE/OREN AMBARCHI, KEIJI: Imikuzushi 2LP $29.99
Limited gatefold double LP version with printed innersleeves. "The yearly summit of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi continues with Imikuzushi, which finds the group extending the power-trio strategies of 2011's highly-praised In A Flash Everything Comes Together As One There Is No Need For A Subject (BT 005LP) and bringing to them a newly-sustained intensity. For this performance, Haino limits himself to electric guitar and vocals, forming complex networks of slashing rhythm work, noise squall and chromatic shredding, moving at times to near-silent passages of howled vocals and isolated, hanging guitar strums. The tendency towards driving free-rock which surfaced on moments of the trio's last release is cemented here, with O'Rourke's fuzzed-out, non-linear bass riffing moving the music into almost garage-rock areas, combining with Ambarchi's drums to form a bedrock of hypnotic, metronomic pounding which transforms itself effortlessly into passages of flowing free-time. Like all of Haino's best work, the trio transcends any 'rock' genre exercise to enter a non-idiomatic zone of ritual intensity, creating a music formed purely out of instrumental and group-mind possibility. Presented as four unedited excerpts salvaged from an epic show that lasted well over three hours, the sometimes raw nature of the recording only adds to its directness and harshly emotive quality." --Francis Plagne, Melbourne, November, 2011. Design by Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O)))) with high quality live shots by Ujin Matsuo and stunning images by Tokyo-based photographer and sound artist Shunichiro Okada.
SCHNAUSS & MARK PETERS, ULRICH: Underrated Silence LP+CD $17.99
LP version, including a free CD of the entire album. Transporting the sound of shoegazer aesthetics into an electronic context, this is how Ulrich Schnauss once described his artistic goal. Influenced by bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Cocteau Twins and Chapterhouse on the one hand, yet wholly at ease with the electronica of bands like The Orb, Bionaut, Orbital, 808 State and unequivocally appreciative of veterans of the genre, Tangerine Dream or Manuel Göttsching, for example. A brother in spirit to Robin Guthrie, one might say -- an apposite epithet for Schnauss. His collaborative partner Mark Peters might also be considered his soul brother. Through his band, Engineers, he has similarly found success in following in the footsteps of his musical paragons. Engineers have released wonderful albums of dream-pop, infused with the same spirit as the solo efforts of Schnauss. Peters and Schnauss have been friends for many years and over a year ago, Schnauss joined the ranks of Engineers. For the past couple of years, they have been meeting up sporadically and making music. The fruits of these sessions served as the basis for the ten tracks on this joint album. More used to traditional songwriting, the working process was new to Peters. In the absence of conventional structures, the sole aim of creating an atmosphere was an approach he was somewhat unfamiliar with, but one he found liberating. Working only at night was a decisive factor for Peters, lending the music a somnambulant quality -- an effect that was intentional, striving to create something which cannot be ascribed to a particular musical category or zeitgeist. For Schnauss meanwhile, conjuring up an atmosphere through music is the most normal thing in the world: he creates music for those little escapes. On this latest album, Schnauss brings the piano more into play than usual, which enhances the overall impression splendidly. Underrated Silence is a quiet album, for the most part. Its multi-layered fabric reveals something new every time one listens to it -- a wealth of fresh discoveries, new rhythms emerging from the sound cloud, hitherto unnoticed melodies illuminating the background. Schnauss and Peters have crafted music which is enchanting in the truest sense of the word -- shimmering sounds, floating echoes, rhythmically reverberant chords which wrap themselves around the listener, lifting you into a state of suspension and carrying you gently away.
VAZZ/LA BAMBOLA DEL DR. CALIGARI: Whisper Not/The Wrong Holiday LP $19.99
The Forced Nostalgia label continues to expand and inform with the release of this split release featuring 1980s outfits Vazz and La Bambola Del Dr. Caligari. The A-side features six tracks from Glasgow's Vazz, a duo consisting of Anna Howson and Hugh Small. Whisper Not was recorded at the legendary Hellfire Club in Glasgow in 1982 and was eventually released on limited edition cassette, before the band were signed up to appear on the 2LP compilation Antelopes & Alligators on Operation Twilight -- a sub-label of Belgium's infamous Les Disques Du Crépuscules. For one reason or another, the compilation never materialized -- but the reference to Crépuscules should give you some idea of where Vazz figure in the scheme of things. Whisper Not really is an astonishing collection of tracks -- a small but perfectly-formed companion-piece of sorts to Antena's Camino Del Sol (which appeared in the same year), with Anna Howson's distinctive voice accompanying guitars, bass, drum machine, percussion and the Casio MT-30 keyboard -- a classic configuration. But what set Vazz apart from their contemporaries is Hugh Small's forward-thinking production signatures -- something that's most evident on "Cast Reflections" -- the standout track on this mesmerizing set. The way the drum machine and guitar have been treated and compressed sounds like something from The Cure's Faith album reworked in a current electronic studio -- it's just a profoundly beautiful and affecting piece. It really is hard to believe that these tracks have languished in the archives until now. The B-side features Italy's La Bambola Del Dr. Caligari and five tracks recorded between 1983 and 1986. The band were a short-lived minimal synth trio from Bologna, Italy, consisting of the exotically named Judy Asquith (voice), Aurelium Spitty (sound engineer, synth, drum machines, effects) and J.R. Ewing (keyboards, effects). They recorded their first demo tape in early 1984 and sporadically played live in 1985/1986, eventually arranging the soundtrack for an installation at the art gallery Number Zero (Bologna) in Feb. 1986. Several self-produced tapes were recorded over the years but were never properly released. In 2005, Roberto Napoli mastered all the recordings from the analog tapes and kindly assisted in editing the selections made by Forced Nostalgia. The result features some of the finest lost-and-found musical gems from the '80s gloom-pop era, finally available for public consumption 25 years after they were recorded. 500 copies only, cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin.
CARETAKER, THE: Patience (After Sebald) LP $24.99
James Leyland Kirby returns in 2012 with his long-in-the-making soundtrack to Grant Gee's film about W.G. Sebald. Patience (After Sebald) is a multi-layered film essay on landscape, art, history, life and loss by the acclaimed documentary film-maker Grant Gee. It is an exploration of the work and influence of German writer W.G. Sebald (1944-2001), told via a long walk through coastal East Anglia tracking his most famous book The Rings Of Saturn (1995). The book mixes history, travelogue, memoir, meditation, fiction and images to explore the personal, public and often overlooked histories of Suffolk. In 2009, Grant approached The Caretaker to work on a soundtrack for this work and he sourced out-of-copyright Franz Schubert works from 1927 including the famous work "Winterreise." The soundtrack has been pieced together using snippets and fragments of this source material. The album artwork features another specially-commissioned painting by Ivan Seal. Mastered and cut at Berlin's Dubplates & Mastering. Limited edition of 700 copies.
DILLOWAY, AARON: Modern Jester 2LP $33.99
"From short bursts to long-form, hallucinatory epics, it's a sprawling collection that highlights every facet of Dilloway's considerable arsenal. One of the album's two side-long attacks, 'Look Over Your Shoulder' is a lurid, subtly shifting piece with disembodied vocals and a barrage of extra-terrestrial tones that slithers into your cerebral cortex atop a funeral rhythm."-- Jeff Conklin, East Village Radio.
"Aaron Dilloway on tape loops, percussion, synthesizer, junk, voice, and tape FX. Recorded 2008--2011. 500 copies. Silkscreened gatefold sleeve. Note: With the exception of one track ('Eight Cut Scars'), this is a completely different release than the cassette title of the same name. Every second of this recording contains subliminal messages."
SUNN O))) - Void lp on Southern Lord $23.99
new sunn o - got a great review on pitchfork. plus, you already know it's gonna be good - its sunn o.
DAMON AND NAOMI W/GHOST lp s/t on drag city $19.99
reissue of out of print classic.
A Place To Bury Strangers cd Onwards to the Wall EP on Dead Oceans $10.99
vinyl available too $13.99
Packs every bit of the searing sonic maelstrom listeners have come to expect, yet, the adroit songcraft that's always been there is brought
more to the fore, pop hooks are repurposed & more instantly recognizable.
Mount Eerie 7" Distorted Cymbals on K Records $6.49
This single has been called one of Phil's more cogent projects by Calvin Johnson, & is a wonderful collaboration between two musical
savants.
Of Montreal cd Paralytic Stalks on Polyvinyl $13.99
Some of the band's most cohesive work since 2007's Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Of Montreal lp Paralytic Stalks on Polyvinyl $18.99
180gm 2LP on yellow vinyl
Riley, Terry cd Aleph on Tzadik $23.99
2CD solo performance for just intonation keyboard. A modern classic from the godfather of minimalism
Zorn, John cd Mount Analogue on Tzadik $18.99
Featuring CYRO BAPTISTA's fabulous quartet Banquet of the Spirits augmented by the brilliant Kenny Wollesen on vibes, this is the latest volume in Zorn's mystic series
AMBARCHI, OREN: Audience Of One CD $15.99
On Audience Of One, Oren Ambarchi presents a four-part suite which moves from throbbing minimalism to expansive song-craft to ecstatic free-rock. His previous solo albums for Touch exhibited a clear progression towards augmenting and embellishing his signature bass-heavy guitar tones with fragile acoustic instrumentation. Audience Of One, while also existing in clear continuity with these recordings, opens the next chapter. Remarkable in its confidence and breadth, but also in the sensuous immediacy of its details, this is the first time a single record has come close to encapsulating Ambarchi's musical personality in its full range and singularity. The techniques and strategies developed in his refined improvisational work with Keith Rowe and his explorations of the outer limits of rock with Sunn O))) and Keiji Haino are both in evidence, alongside the meticulous attention to detail and composition of his solo works. And on the cover of Ace Frehley's "Fractured Mirror" which closes the record, Ambarchi even points to his roots as a classic rock fanatic, in an epic yet faithful version which extends the shimmering guitar patters of the original into a rich field of phase patters reminiscent of the classic American minimalism of Reich and Riley. The album features a multitude of collaborators, who, far from appearing in incidental roles, are integral to the pieces on which they perform: on "Salt," Ambarchi paints a hypnotic, chiming backdrop for Paul Duncan's (Warm Ghost) vocals, and Joe Talia's virtuoso drumming and driving cymbals are at the core of the epic "Knots," in which Ambarchi, alongside a chamber arrangement by Eyvind Kang, weaves a net of frequencies and textures with the organic push and pull of a '70s psych jam, the bass response of a doom metal ritual and the psycho-acoustic precision of an Alvin Lucier composition. On his previous records, Ambarchi's signature guitar tone was the ever-present bedrock over which other elements sounded. At moments on Audience Of One, this disappears entirely, as on the beautiful "Passage," which, recalling the '70s Italian non-academic minimalism of Roberto Cacciapaglia and Giusto Pio, is composed of overlapping tones from Hammond organ and wine glasses, Jessika Kenney's voice, various acoustic instruments, and the delicate amplified textures of Canadian sound-artist Crys Cole. Rather than being provided by any particular sound, the unified feel of Audience Of One stems simply from the unique, patient sensibility Ambarchi has developed over the last 20 years; abstracting musical forms into their barest forms, while somehow always managing to leave their emotive power intact.
THE CARETAKER lp Patience (After Sebald) on HISTORY ALWAYS FAVOURS THE WINNERS $21.99
James Leyland Kirby returns in 2012 with his long-in-the-making soundtrack to Grant Gee's film about W.G. Sebald. Patience (After Sebald) is a multi-layered film essay on landscape, art, history, life and loss by the acclaimed documentary film-maker Grant Gee. It is an exploration of the work and influence of German writer W.G. Sebald (1944-2001), told via a long walk through coastal East Anglia tracking his most famous book The Rings Of Saturn (1995). The book mixes history, travelogue, memoir, meditation, fiction and images to explore the personal, public and often overlooked histories of Suffolk. In 2009, Grant approached The Caretaker to work on a soundtrack for this work and he sourced out-of-copyright Franz Schubert works from 1927 including the famous work "Winterreise." The soundtrack has been pieced together using snippets and fragments of this source material. The album artwork features another specially-commissioned painting by Ivan Seal. Mastered and cut at Berlin's Dubplates & Mastering. Limited edition of 700 copies.
NURSE WITH WOUND/GRAHAM BOWERS: Rupture CD $17.99
This CD is the first collaboration of Steven Stapleton's Nurse With Wound and composer/sculptor Graham Bowers. It is, without doubt, one of the best things United Dirter has ever released. It's an extremely unnerving, but also hauntingly moving listening experience. The work is an attempt to create a musical illustration of the "goings-on" in the brain during the last hour and three minutes of life after suffering a major stroke. It is multi-layered and is primarily concerned with the internal chaos caused by the loss of control of thought processes, responses and consequential actions, with all types of incoherent disjointed memories and present real-time events -- as well as moments of lucidity, panic and fear -- clashing, merging and evolving. It's essentially one long piece, but is presented in three parts: 01. "...A Life As It Now Is 02. "...Is Not What It Was" 03. "...And Will Never Be Again." It arrives packaged in a beautiful 6-panel gloss-laminated digipack, featuring artwork from both Babs Santini and Graham Bowers. The edition is limited to just 1,000 copies in this format.
PEAKING LIGHTS: 936 Remixes 12" $14.99
"Ponies from the SILK stable turn 936 dub-a-dub lullaby groovers into full-on synth-sex, acid-bubble, twinkle-starshine dance ditties on this remix redux. Beat it with the chic vocal pitch n' bounce and metallic/mechanic swing of Ital's take on 'Marshmellow Yellow.' Bring it on baroque with Xander Harris' Sly and Dario giallo-reggae revision of 'Birds of Paradise.' Innergaze hi-five the minimal wave of 'All The Sun That Shines,' transforming the original into a syncopated psych-out dark-disco-dose FX fest. And Cuticle's got the bleary bleep-bloop best of sweet serenade 'Tiger Eyes' with Casio keyed-up flourishes, hi-hat space jams, and damp ramp-up breakdowns. Even beater than the real thing; let the Domino fall for 936-gone-nightlife. "
DETROIT MEETS SUN CITY GIRLS, EDDY: Shango 7" $7.99
Liimited 2nd pressing now available.. "This release features three tracks recorded in various locations in the Phoenix area in the mid 1980s. Two of these tracks have never been released."
HUDSON, JEFF & JANE: Flesh CD $14.99
"Dark Entries and Captured Tracks have teamed up to re-issue the debut album Flesh by Jeff & Jane Hudson expanded with singles and EP material. Jeff & Jane Hudson are a husband/wife duo from Boston who got their start in the art punk band The Rentals in 1977. The Rentals broke up in 1980 and Jeff & Jane relocated to Manhattan where they opened for Suicide and quickly signed with No Wave label Lust/Unlust. Their first single No Clubs was released in late 1980 and showcased a lo-fi avant garde all synthesizer band. The World Trade EP came next in 1981, expanding their brand of post-nuclear electronic pop. The duo reached their pinnacle with 1982's seminal Flesh, perhaps one of the United States biggest achievements in the entire 'synth' movement of the era. The music was electro-pop employing early Roland synths and the TR-808 drum machine. Jeff's lyrics flirted with technology and politics, while Jane wrote about cultural and psychological situations. Completely self produced by the band, the record has since been oft-cited as a groundbreaking and pivotal LP of the post-punk era, whose original copies are now heavily coveted by collectors. Completing the discography is the Special World 7" released in 1983 before the band emigrated back to Boston and stopped recording and performing."
THEE HEADCOATS: The Kids Are All Square - This Is Hip! LP $19.99
"A LP re-issue of arguably the best Thee Headcoats album. Originally issued in 1990 on Billy's own Hangman Records label. 12 tracks including bona fide Headcoats classics 'All My Feelings Denied,' 'Davey Crockett,' & 'Cowboys Are Square.'"
THEE HEADCOATS: Knights Of The Baskervilles LP $19.99
"A LP only re-issue of a long deleted, previously US only Thee Headcoats album. Originally issued in 1996 on the Birdman Records label."
LILACS & CHAMPAGNE: Lilacs & Champagne LP $18.99
"As the producing-team behind Grails, Alex Hall and Emil Amos have hybridized and warped various cultures' versions of psych music over the past decade. With their new project Lilacs & Champagne, they've created another umbrella under which to tweak hip-hop, tape-collage and the darkest creases of '70s film-soundtracks with their lysergic and perverse style of head-music. The project's name and imagery evoke a strange thrift-store mystery LP you might come across, unsure if you've discovered an exotic dub record, a flowery Bacharach AM radio classic or something by an obscure duo of Swedish avant-techno producers. The record began under the influence of Madlib's production style, which had suggested that writing songs using an Akai MPC sampler would force the two to stretch their legs and explode any expectations created by records they've made in the past. But rather than sampling the funk and soul canon of traditional hip hop, they pulled from disparate sources such as Polish private press hippie records, indistinguishable radio noise or the chopped and reversed sounds of Jayne Mansfield's head being decapitated. Layers of instruments and found sound were then painted over the original samples until entirely new directions were created and taken to their logical conclusion, creating something simultaneously alien and familiar, something like the sound of Nurse with Wound collaborating with J-Dilla. Release date 1/31. First pressing of 1000. Vinyl includes digital download."
DORAU, ANDREAS: Blumen Und Narzissen LP $17.99
LP version. If it had been up to Andreas Dorau's teacher, "Fred Vom Jupiter," his biggest hit, would never have seen the light of day. The 16 year-old Dorau wrote the song during project week at school and his tutor was of the opinion that the composition was therefore the intellectual property of his institute of learning. Luckily, the teacher in question didn't get his way. And, as they say, the rest is history. In the year 1981, the small, cool Düsseldorf label Ata Tak first released "Fred Vom Jupiter" as a single, selling 20,000 copies in the space of a few months, followed up by the Blumen Und Narzissen LP. It is a strange album, for the most part conceived and executed by a 16 year-old on a family holiday in the mountains. And what is even more extraordinary: it was successful. For Blumen Und Narzissen was a pop album, and when one considers the time (1981) and place (FRG) of its creation, then nothing would have appeared to have had less of a chance of success than a pop album in Germany. The mainstream charts were led by the Smurfs and Ernst Mosch, bars and discos resounded to the sound of Deutschrock and blues, while beyond the mainstream, well-meaning tree-huggers and punks ruled the roost -- two marginal groups whose seriousness was a bore. A tiny niche was occupied by Dorau's soulmates, the likes of Der Plan, Palais Schaumburg et al, but in this very niche they were destined to remain. Blumen Und Narzissen is -- even decades later -- a great album. Dorau had actually planned on issuing not just the one single on Ata Tak, but ten further singles, each on a different independent label he admired. Thus Blumen Und Narzissen sounds just like that: a collection of singles. "Nordsee," "Junger Mann," and "Tulpen Und Narzissen" certainly had the potential to become hits. Connoisseurs will note parallels to the golden years of pop: singles, a girl group (Die Marinas), a passion for style. And now? Not much has really changed. The German charts continue to showcase an equally gruesome parade of local talent. And because good pop music is good pop music, Blumen Und Narzissen has found and will continue to find fans both at home and abroad. Both strange and contrary, Blumen Und Narzissen sounds neither old-fashioned nor 30 years old. On 180 gram vinyl with a printed innersleeve with photos and liner notes.
NOVA SCOTIAN ARMS: Cult Spectrum LP $18.99
Grant Evans, who is also of Quiet Evenings alongside his wife Rachel (aka Motion Sickness Of Time Travel) and co-curator of the Hooker Vision label, is the brains behind Nova Scotian Arms. Throughout numerous releases, he has shown a consistent ability to keep listeners guessing as he explores endless sonic territories. With Cult Spectrum, Evans is drowning himself in a hazy aural sea. Like much of his work, there is a very distinct mood on Cult Spectrum. This is funereal music that is stretched to the breaking point -- distant echoes are buried underground in a delicate mix of sounds that are as cosmic as they are organic. This duality is at play straight-off with the masterful opener, "Gathering/Composition." Soaring in crystal skies on beds of hiss, each strained note from Evans' Rhodes piano emerges from the murk like an anchor keeping the song and the mood forlorn. Tape-loops and radio interference deliciously muddy the waters on the 16+ minute "Emulsion," combining all those and more into a cacophonous stew. Acoustic guitars circle around in a swirling synthetic drain -- each wave emerging in stages as Evans shows considerable compositional skill in the way the piece is put together. With "Overcast (1st Delay)" comes a melancholic, skyward glance, taking shape through tonal dichotomies. This is the sound of dissonance sculpted and shaped into something far greater than the sum of its parts, leaving its mark long after the final, ghostly seconds of "Hearse Overdub (Decomposition)" fade away. Evans is digging a tunnel, heading straight for the sun. Mastered by Lawrence English and cut to vinyl at Dubplates and Mastering, Berlin. Limited to 500 copies only.
YETI #12 BOOK/7" $14.99
New Yeti format: the 7 inch includes Grouper's cover of Dead Moon's "Demona." "The first issue in the new format: 8" square with a hard-vinyl 7" stapled inside the back cover. On the hard-vinyl 7" EP: Four archival, killer, never before heard songs: Mississippi Fred Mcdowell (two unreleased 1959 Lomax recordings). The Tiki Men's blown-out cover of Duane Eddy's 'First Love, First Tears,' ca. 1994. Plus a new recording by dreampop slayer grouper of Dead Moon's 'Demona,' recorded just the other month! Inside the 8" by 8" book: Awesome cover by Carson Ellis. Portfolio of photographs from Alan Lomax Archives ca. his 1959 'Southern Journey.' Translator/poet Margarita Shalina's personal look at the NYC 1980s hardcore punk scene (she was there, man). Kim Spurlock's heavily annotated trove of Neal Cassady ephemera. Jamaican Gospel 7" label scans. Great drawings by Tim Miller, James Trotter and Jana Cleveland. Killer photos by Nina Dudoladova of Long-Abandoned Forts in Kaliningrad, Russia. A monumental, look at the work of Sacramento, CA's forgotten '90s surf band the Tiki Men. An interview with translator and author Susan Bernofsky (best-known for her work with Robert Walser). A great story by Mimi Lipson. Image-heavy interview by Chris Kirkley (Sahel Sounds) with contemporary African sign-painter Thiam Bellou."
KANG, EYVIND: Visible Breath LP $21.99
"Eyvind Kang's tremendous efforts on Sunn O)))'s Monoliths & Dimensions album helped elevate the group's presence to a new level creatively and aesthetically. We were fortunate and perhaps even destined to have this crossing. During this period Kang also premiered the pair of pieces presented on side A of this album, 'Visible Breath' and 'Monodology.' I was fortunate to witness an ensemble concert of these compositions titled 'Grass' in Seattle which featured many of the same amazing musicians we'd been working with on the O))) record, notably the most respected elders Julien Priester and Stuart Dempster. Their presence was such an honor and also an unpredictable inspiration due to their incredibly rich lives producing new and experimental music. The 'Grass' recording done at the time lay dormant for many years. It's my pleasure to present these incredible compositions to the world through this humble effort. Side B is a new piece recorded in summer 2011 with pedal steel and cello, a beautiful excursion of harmonics, ghost tones, and integral interpretation titled 'Thick Tarragon.' Delicate, enjoyable and translucent as white fields of grass." --Stephen O'Malley, October 2011; Ideologic Organ curation and art direction by Stephen O'Malley. Stewart Dempster (trombone); Julian Priester (trombone); Cuong Vu (trumpet); Taina Karr (oboe); Timb Harris (violin); Eyvind Kang (viola); Jessika Kenney (voice); Miguel Frasconi (glass); Cristina Valdez (piano); Steve Moore (electric piano); Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar); Janel Leppin (modified cello). Mastered & vinyl cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, October 2011.
VA: Pop Ambient 2012 LP+CD $18.99
LP version, with CD of the entire album. Pop Ambient 2012 begins in an unusually new but nevertheless somehow familiar fashion. Mohn with "Manifesto" is the opening act. A manifest of slowness. A slowness that Jörg Burger and Wolfgang Voigt have taken up as a new mission. Mohn is their new ambient-grunge-downbeat project, scheduled to depart on its official musical journey to Middle Earth early 2012. What follows is equally surprising: the old Kompakt swashbuckler Superpitcher is taking part for the very first time. His piece "Jackson" is borne by a slightly uncanny, spherical voice floating above a jazzy pop accord coolness and faintly '70s sequencer aesthetics. It is followed by a familiar face from past times who is making an anonymous return on Kompakt under his new pseudonym Morek. "Pan" is a textbook example of a classical piece of pop ambient music. Timeless elegance. Magazine, the "Krauty" electronic guerrilla from Cologne-Deutz, has tailored the piece "The Visitors Bureau" we all know from Magazine 4 into a measure-made ambient frock. Then comes Jörg "Triola" Burger with a solo appearance. His multi-faceted, intricately-woven Arabian Nights-style sounds, with effectively placed harmonic shifts reminiscent of Pink Floyd in the best of their phases, indicate why the piece "Richmodis" was named after an old Cologne saga. Enter the Pope of Ambient: Wolfgang Voigt masterfully continues his impressive creative ambient frenzy in "Rückverzauberung 5," not by stagnating on the usual planes but by further developing his new concept into a novel direction of abstract jazz. Bvdub is taking part for the third time, leaving nothing to be desired with his sensitive musical signature. Likewise, Marsen Jules constantly refines his bizarre, flickering sound constructions and even adds percussion drums that are atypical for ambient. Simon Scott is a newcomer to Pop Ambient but certainly no unknown face. The Englishman already impressed the scene a while ago on the Miasmah label. His contribution "For Martha" is a particularly good piece of classical pop ambient music. A relaxing final appearance is provided by a good friend of the house: Axel "The Field" Willner alias Loops Of Your Heart charms us with a light-footed, pleasantly-filled guitar loop tempting us to press the Start button at the end.
DALTON, KAREN: 1966 CD $17.99
"In 1966, Carl Baron brought his reel to reel over to her remote cabin in Summerville, Colorado and recorded one of those exquisite musical evenings. Karen and Richard Tucker were rehearsing for a gig when Carl hit the record button. The result is a 45-year-old tape, carefully exhumed, documenting Karen at her most raw and unfiltered. On it are Fred Neil and Tim Hardin songs we've never heard Karen give voice to before, as well as traditional songs she uncannily makes her own, including a devastating version of 'Katie Cruel', that is so powerful, it is as if the ghost of Katie Cruel seeped into her blood. This recording is a window to her Summerville cabin opened, allowing us to eavesdrop on Karen Dalton at her most pure and unaffected. Newly unearthed rehearsal tape from 1966. Features Karen solo on banjo and guitar, plus four duets with Richard Tucker. Many never heard before covers including 'Reason To Believe' and 'Don't Make Promises' by Tim Hardin, and 'Other Side To This Life' by Fred Neil. KD at her most intimate and unfiltered. CD booklet contains beautiful, unseen photos (including Karen with Fred Neil and Tim Hardin), and a 3500 word essay by Ben Edmonds (MOJO and currently working on a biography of Tim Hardin)."
DALTON, KAREN: 1966 LP $23.99
LP version housed in tip-on jacket, with four page heavy insert, exclusive color portrait and download card.
SHEPP, ARCHIE: The Magic Of Ju-Ju LP $18.99
Gatefold 180 gram reissue of tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp's 1967 "tour de force." "...combining free jazz tenor with steady frenetic African drumming. Shepp's emotional and fiery tenor takes off immediately, gradually morphing with the five percussionists -- Beaver Harris, Norman Connor, Ed Blackwell, Frank Charles, and Dennis Charles -- who perform on instruments including rhythm logs and talking drums. Shepp never loses the initial energy, moving forward like a man possessed as the drumming simultaneously builds into a fury." --All Music Guide
SHEPP, ARCHIE: Live At The Donaueschingen Music Festival LP $18.99
Gatefold 180 gram reissue. "One For The Trane" taking up both sides, with Roswell Rudd (trombone), Grachan Moncur (trombone), Jimmy Garrison (bass) and Beaver Harris (drums). Recorded in 1967.
LEILA: U & I 2LP $26.99
Gatefold 2LP version with download code.
Black Bananas lp Rad Times Xpress IV on Drag City $18.99
After 3 albums under the name RTX, Jennifer Herrema & her bunch decided to flip the script, & kick open the doors of perception a little bit.
Black Bananas is set for the next all-inclusive rock & roll crusade, the one that includes even & especially all the shit you don't like, woven into all the shit you can't
live without. This has been the name of Jennifer's game
Jerebine, Doug lp Is Jesse Harper on Drag City $18.99
VINYL ONLY RELEASE. This is an archival release sure to resonate with fans of Jimi Hendrix, 10 Years After, Randy Holden, Merrell Fankhauser
& the HMS Bounty, Spirit & other heavy sounds not truly heard & felt since the days of Gary Yoder & Kak. Is Jesse Harper is a perfectly realized testament
from the 60s, a record that bubbles psychedelically with shuffling beats & active bass, ultimately defined by a fuzzy haze of dripping guitar leads backdropped
against strident & arpeggiated riffs, chords, & slabs of rhythm.
Magnetic Fields 7" Andrew in Drag on Merge $6.49
A-side taken from the upcoming Love Under the Sea (due out on Merge in March 2012). B-side, “When Next in Love I Fall,” is a non-album
track. Includes download.
FRANKIE ROSE 7" Know Me on Slumberland $6.49
Baker, Aidan double cd Spectrum of Distraction on Robotic Empire $17.99
Specifically designed to be played on shuffle & yield a completely unique experience each time. 96 tracks spanning 2CDs. Backed here by an impressive array of
notable drummers who've cut their teeth in the likes of SWANS, JESUS LIZARD, SLOWDIVE, KILLING JOKE, GODFLESH, JESU - hallucinatory dreamscapes
weave into frantic noise into dubby passages into chilled-out jazz into psychedelic grooves into an oppressive industrial crunch into a hip hop bop into almighty
sludge dirges
Guided By Voices cd Let's Go Eat the Factory on Guided By Voices $17.99
After a 15-year hiatus, the "classic lineup" of GBV finishes off its year-long reunion tour w/ this album of 21 new soInngcs, deliberately choosing to return to what
Pollard calls the "semi-collegial" approach of iconic albums like Bee Thousand & Alien Lanes.
Guided By Voices lp Let's Go Eat the Factory on Guided By Voices, $18.99
Vinyl w/ download.
GUIDED BY VOICES Chocolate Boy 7" single $7.99
INTENDED PLAY - MATADOR RECORDS AND TRUE PANTHER Sampler lp $3.99
Insanely budget-priced vinyl sampler showcases new tracks and now-classics from the Matador/True Panther syndicate circa 2011-12! Did we mention the list price is insanely low! Unreleased tracks from GIRLS, KURT VILE, FUCKED UP, COLD CAVE, STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, & more!
Nada Surf cd on Barsuk $15.99
6th album
Pop. 1280 cd The Horror on Sacred Bones $14.99
also on lp for $23.99
While they haven't lost the synth-punk skronk that has gotten them compared to Pussy Galore, D.A.F. & Cop Shoot Cop, this adds longer
songwriting explorations & psychedelic-scapes that reference bands like Cabaret Voltaire, Chrome, & early Sonic Youth.
ZOMES Improvisations lp on Thrill Jockey $16.99
Solo work of Asa Osborne (LUNGFISH). The drum loops are replaced w/ a more obtuse drone bed pulsing not unlike a key on a harmonium that's been taped down.
VA: Candy Original Soundtrack LP $23.99
LP version. Starring Ringo Starr, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, John Huston and others, Candy was one of the more grandiose follies of the late 1960s. Its soundtrack, however, is a lost classic. Featuring superb contributions from The Byrds and Steppenwolf, as well as atmospheric instrumentals by composer Dave Grusin that incorporate fuzz, sitar, electronica and other period flourishes, it's nothing short of a psychedelic gem, and comes complete with liner notes.
SLEEP OVER: Forever LP $17.99
"While listening to Sleep Over, the brain in humans and other mammals experience periodic intervals of dreaming, hallucinations, and other murky forms of brain activity. Forever, the debut LP from Austin-based Stefanie Franciotti, is a record of pastoral psychedelia, swirling texture, and unforgettable vocal strains, combining both synth landscapes and pop architecture to create an unfolding sense of yearning. Her voice weaves in and out of brethren synth and guitar timbres, unfolding over time outlined by minimal drum machine pulse, creating tape-saturated pop gems and ominous moments of synth shimmer that recall both dream pop and industrial urgency. Her synth work tends towards the warbly atmospheres - they bend and fuse like crusts of dried REM tears - and the songs have a dusty arc, with stark melodies that recall the spacious melancholia of Julee Cruise. Forever possesses an earthy, melting quality, reflecting Stefanie's Texan roots in HD -- hi-fi meets lo-fi, night meets day -- dreams documented in brilliant long player fashion."
SHINDIG: Shindig! Quarterly No. 4 MAG $10.99
"Mott the Hoople: Joining a fan club: in the shadow of the last great '70s rockers by Kris Needs; The Twilights: Australia's legendary '60s pop pioneers come clean; The Alan Bown Set: From mod club routes to psychedelia and funky rock; Noel Harrison: The darkness behind the windmills of his mind; Paul Brett's Sage: Journeyman guitarist's acoustic prog project revisited; The Committee: Existential Swinging London film noir madness; New York Dolls; The Critters; Xl Records; The Association and so much more!"
ROLLING STONES, THE: Too Much Blood 12" $16.99
"It was the early 1980's, and like many aging rock icons, the Rolling Stones were spending their time in the vast domain of excess that was NYC nightlife, ignoring the declared 'death of disco' with the rest of the metropolitan world. Leaving their past splendor in the dust and embracing their new aesthetic surroundings with the cocky wit they always wielded, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards took a leap in 1983 with Undercover, which received lukeworm reviews as the rock world couldn't quite discern what exactly the old men were going for. 'A little too much cocaine I see.' Club children, of course, instantly connected and identified with the brilliant 'Too Much Blood,' a post-disco bloodbath of Sly & Robbie echo chambers, hi-life guitar riffs and ingenious lyrical meanderings summarizing splendidly the growing hostility of crime-ridden inner city existence. The true genius of this session wasn't fully unveiled until recently, when a doubly-long extended studio version was leaked by some committed enthusiasts. This definitive version opens a window into the still burning genius of old men traversing the endless bounds of spaced-out, intelligent and inspired underground club music, applying their time-tested musicality to a totally new canvas. Decades past its heyday, 'Too Much Blood' still stands the test of time as their finest song never (properly) released, a perversion of rock's parameters born of culture's reformation and redistribution along the new paths blazed by electronic and dance. A favorite at the Paradise Garage, this special 12" pressing from slow to speak is a well-deserved look back testifying to the determination always to look forward."
SEWER ELECTION: Vittra Sonder LP $21.99
"Tape manipulation and metal abuse at its absolute finest. A few minutes of primitive organ melody mark the A-side of this LP, while the flipside features some percussive stabs so sparsely placed that they could nearly be counted on one hand. Although these musical passages are brief, they are worth mentioning as they significantly compliment the overall mood & pacing of the album. Deep within the dark grooves of Vittra Sonder the musique truly meets the concrete. Recorded at Utmarken Gothenburg, Sweden 2010 - 2011. Mastered for vinyl by Viktor Ottosson. Edition of 300 in pro-printed jackets."
VA: Bollywood Bloodbath CD $17.99
"After what seems like a thousand years of blood, sweat, tears, and a lot more blood, your zombified disc disciples at Finders Kreepers unveil one of their most exquisite, exhumed, ectoplasmic, and existentially essential collections yet. This musical mausoleum of malformed freak funk and dreadful discothèque pop has been resurrected from the maligned cinematic subculture of Bombay's bloodthirsty horror film industry and witnesses the cognoscenti of the Bollywood pop scene at their most creative, destructive and experimentally effective. Bollywood Bloodbath features India's finest composers, such as Bappi Lahiri, R.D Burman, Sonik Omi, Sapan Jogmohan and Laxmikant Pyarelal making the kind of radical risk-rock that would under normal circumstances have studio security escorting these overworked maestros off set for a well-earned break or a relaxing exorcism. Take all the most oblique, indigenous characteristics of your favorite Bollywood musicals then condense them into a bubbling serum and watch the Jekyll and Hyde transformation commence as these A-list composers create bloodcurdling BMusic for the films they never thought the outernationals would see or hear. Licensed exclusively from the independent Indian film music companies (revealing incidental tracks that they didn't even know they owned) Bollywood Bloodbath is the result of avid stomach turning research via VHS tapes, chewed-up cassettes, and LPs, 12''s and 45s remastered from some of the only existing master tapes."
HAACK & MS. NELSON, BRUCE: The Way Out Record For Children LP $16.99
"Recorded in 1968, a true psychedelic masterpiece for the kids. Ms. Nelson (a child educator) and Bruce Haack (an early electronic music pioneer) designed this record to open the minds and hearts of children to deeper levels of insight and culture. Not condescending in the least and with a childlike sense of wonder, Bruce and Ms. Nelson lay into some heavy songs about everything from Robots to Indian Mysticism to Motorcycle riding fantasies. It's all in here. The music is all generated by Bruces' homemade electronic instruments which churn out proto hip hop beats and straight up avante garde moments left and right. The kids in Ms. Nelson's community chime in with their voices here and there and the record ends with a haunting existential twist that'll leave you screamin' for more. A great record for children and adults of all ages. Old school tip on cover."
HAACK & MS. NELSON, BRUCE: The Electronic Record For Children LP $16.99
"Recorded in 1969 , early electronic music pioneer Bruce Haack and child educator Ms. Nelson go bravely and deeply into psychedelic music compositions designed to open the minds and hearts of the young. Truly far out electronic music that evokes a space age alternate universe. Bruce and Ms. Nelson are joined by pianist Praxietellis Pandit and their relaxed sounding friend Chris to bring you songs about everything from ancient folk tales to outerspace to what the world sounds like when you listen with your inner self. Real great stuff, not for the faint of heart. Avante garde music by and for the people. Old school tip on cover."
CRAMPS box set of 7" singles $79.99
god damn!! can i get a hallalueh!! we love the CRAMPS and this box set has TEN delicious early singles repressed on lovely little slabs of wax for your listening and viewing pleasure!!
CRAMPS, THE: File Under Sacred Music: Early Singles 1978-1981 10x7" BOX
Limited edition 7" boxset. Munster Records presents a compilation of the The Cramps' early singles plus some tracks from the same period, 1978-1981, that were never issued in that format. Six replica sleeves and four new sleeves were especially designed for this edition. Plus a stamped envelope includes photos and memorabilia.
"I've no idea why The Cramps don't seem to figure in a lot of alleged histories of punk or just plain music in general. This could be down to them being utterly or unpigeonhole-able (is that even a word?) or just outright ignorance. Perhaps a bit of both, but hey, let's not concern ourselves with that. The band changed the face of culture. Period. Without bothering 'the charts' or playing too many stadiums, their seismic effect on everything you hold dear will be felt for all time. This ancient knowledge -- some of their grooviest gravy -- is presented here for your delectation and delight. So get a crack-a-lackin' with blasting these twisted hymns morning, noon and night. And while the ruckus is in full swing, pray to whoever might listen that Ivy will get around to compile the ultimate document of her undulating combo in commemoration of their services to entertainment. The bloody gears of this here rockin' machine will be rolling way beyond the foreseeable future. Reasons outwith anyone's control might mean that you can't see the band anymore but no one -- no how -- will be able to make this thing stop. Meanwhile, dig into this feast for the little ghouls that understood all along or indeed anyone with a decent set of ears." --Lindsay Hutton
SURKIN: USA 2LP+CD $27.99
Limited edition double LP with a free CD version. This is the debut full-length by Surkin, called USA. Originally designed to be out on Institubes, they immediately thought of Marble (in conjunction with Because Music) as the perfect platform to release it after the demise of their former label. It features 16 tracks, with guest vocals by Detroit's Ann Saunderson, Chicago's Kevin Irving, and two collaborations with long-time friend and label mate Bobmo, with whom Surkin works as High Powered Boys. It's a joyous, juvenile, body-moving record, based on the idea of a radio station called Fireworks FM, set up in Silver Springs. The whole vibe exhales a fantasized '80s soundscape, infused with dance subgenres from that era but dramatically edited by Surkin's own imaginary memories. Club tracks galore, but also expect more melodic, emotional mid-tempo cuts, but definitely not in a filler way.
