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Monday, January 25, 2021

Delroy Edwards - (2014) Slowed Down Funk Vol. 3: Pure Evil CS

  L.A. Club Resource ‎– 011

VA - (2008) Victrola Favorites: Artifacts From Bygone Days 2xCD

The Dust-to-Digital label has compiled several exquisitely packaged anthologies of rare early- to mid-20th century roots and ethnic music, the two-CD (One/ Two) Victrola Favorites being no exception. What exactly the theme of this compilation is, however, is a little hard to ascertain, other than having been drawn from the collections of Robert Millis and Jeffery Taylor. The 48 songs could hardly be more geographically and stylistically widespread, ranging from early American jazz, blues, and folk to indigenous and ritual music from China, India, Turkey, Korea, Japan, Egypt, and the Republic of Congo. There's chanting from Chinese Buddhist nuns, spoken word, oud and bamboo flute solos, West Indian jazz-calypso, a Thai costume drama, and even an "actual recording of Big Ben and traffic noises" from London. Though the images of Victrolas and ancient recording labels and ads in the liner notes might prep you for tracks originating from the 1920s and 1930s, actually the chronological span it covers is wider than that, running from about 1910 to the early '50s (with some of the dates being estimated). There are occasional cuts of U.S. origin that are clearly ancestors of strains of American pop, and even one fairly well-known performer, Blind Boy Fuller, whose rhythmic 1938 blues "Step It Up and Go" isn't far removed from R&B and rock & roll. But these are considerably outnumbered by less conventionally accessible world music recordings. So you'll need to have wide tastes to get the most out of this, though that's something that can be said of several other Dust-to-Digital releases. If you are an adventurous listener with a general liking for world music and vintage folk/ethnic sounds, it's a thoughtfully assembled banquet of material that provides windows into cultures now vanished or nearly vanished, or at least rarely exposed to most 21st century Western listeners.

VA - (2007) People Take Warning! (Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs 1913-1938) 3xCD


This three-disc (One/ Two/ Three), 70-track (30 of them new to the CD era) collection of murder ballads and disaster songs originally released on commercial 78s between 1913 and 1938 is, in spite of the archaic song structures and often crude sonic qualities on display, strangely contemporary in tone and feel, maybe because we've always been drawn to the scene of the accident, and even in this 21st century world of the Internet and all-day, all-night news channels, that's still as true as it ever was. We just don't write songs about such things so much anymore, and since one can just flip on the TV to get up to speed on the latest round of personal, local, and global tragedies, that's probably understandable. A quaint view of why these old songs were so popular back in the day is to say that's how the news traveled back then, but that wouldn't be true. The news media in the early 1900s in America was every bit as dogged and sensational as it is now, and these tragic songs didn't carry the news so much as give it a community focus, good or bad, functioning as street-corner sermons, cautionary tales, or just plain gossip given melody. Some of these songs are straight observational narratives, but some of them have definite agendas.

Sunday, January 24, 2021

The Legendary Pink Dots - (2007) ST 5xLP

Vinyl-On-Demand ‎– 048

"Tape recordings from 1980-82 including Kleine Krieg (originally packaged with a model kit of a tank or an aeroplane, intended to be assembled while listening to the music), Chemical Playschool Vols. 1 and 2 (the original cassette edition of which had 24 copies), outtakes, and Live in Cologne 1983."

VA - (2009) The Insane Box 4xLP & 7''

 

Vinyl-on-demand ‎– VOD59 

Insane Music, run by Alain Neffe, has been one of the greatest and biggest tape labels promoting the international cassette-culture of the '80s. Label-owner Alian Neffe got approached by VOD to compile a 4LP Box with a 7" of his band/projects I Scream, Bene Gesserit, Subject, Human Flesh and Pseudo Code. Alain Neffe looked deeply into his archive and found many obscurities and unreleased material in combination with '80s tape classics and compiled this wonderful box-set. All box-sets will also contain a 2-track EP of newly recorded, mixed and produced songs by Bene Gesserit in the same spirit but with new equipment.

Van Kaye & Ignit - (2011) Anthology 80-85 5xLP & 10''

 

Vinyl-on-demand ‎– VOD 86 

Great, fantastic minimal synth tracks from legendary Dutch duo Van Kaye + Ignit. Van Kaye aka Ed van Kasteren (studying art history and serving as the singer of Monomen in the late '70s) and Ignit Bekken (performing artist and painter studying to become an art teacher) met in early 1980 and started working and experimenting with synthesizers. The result were the highly sought-after minimal synth classics A Slight Delay (1981) and With a Little Help (1984), which they distributed and published through their own Ding Dong Records and Tapes label. Another ex-Monoman, William Wiusselink ala Wizkopf, joined the project in 1982. Van Kaye + Ignit's Ding Dong label also published beautifully designed releases of independent minimal wave artists such as The Legendary Pink Dots, Bene Gesserit, Anne Gillis, and many more, including the all-time classic must-have compilation Film Noir (1984). This box includes both tapes, A Slight Delay (as eight-track demo and 11-track original release) and With a Little Help, as well as the ultra-rare Picasso on the Wall 7" (1981), 17 compilation-contributions from 1981-'85 (including the tracks from the 1982 Radionome compilation), seven previously unreleased tracks and demos recorded between '80-'85, and a 30-minute live concert held in Rotterdam in 1983.

VA - (2013) Xenophone International Presents Cosmic Overdose / Twice A Man / Lars Falk 1979-1985 3xLP & 7''

 

 
Vinyl-on-demand ‎– vod113

This lmtd.500 3Lp-Box-Set is compiling the early Stage (1979-85) of the swedish Label Xenophone International founded by Dan Söderqvist and Karl Gasleben in late 70’s and which is well known for their own projects and Tape-releases by Cosmic Overdose (Final Koka, 1980) & Twice a Man (A Goat in a Room, 1983“) as well as the 1983-release „Through“ by the previous Twice a Man-member Lars Falk.

Now, and for the first time on Vinyl, all three of those highly collectable and searched-after Tape-Releases are now presented with additional Bonus-material in one nice 3Lp-Box-Set.

The three Bonus-Tracks on the Cosmic Overdose Lp include 1 previously unreleased Track from 1980 called „Defence“ as well as the two tracks („To Night“ and „Dead“) from their second 7“inch release previously released on Silence Records in 1980.

The Bonus-Tracks on the Lars Falk-Lp include the the two 7“inch-Tracks („TV-Eye“ and „Doors“) from the TV-Eye 7“inch released on Xenophone in 1985 as Xeno4.

VOD-Members will furthermore recieve an additional 3-Track 7“ including two tracks previously unreleased on Vinyl („Japanese letters“ and „Plan F“) and one Demo-Version of „Tribal Ways“ which has never been released before.

Irsol - (2015) First Contact / Half Life LP

 

Vinyl-on-demand ‎– vod138.8 

 It's late 1981 and Attrition's embryonic Black Prince Studio has set up in band member Ashley Niblock's bedroom in Coventry, England. Analogue synthesisers, drum machines and primitive 4 track recorder with tape echoes and spring reverbs. They would write and rehearse regularly during those early days. On the other days the studio was never idle... Ashley Niblock would moonlight with two of his school friends, Edward Pearson and Richard Woodfield...and IRSOL was born... A very different beast to the anarchic post punk noise and rhythms of the early Attrition, IRSOL was a more polished affair...even then...and far more influenced by the electronics of say Tangerine Dream. By summer 1982 they had produced their first self released tape called ‘First Contact’, gaining broader attention during the coming months and getting on the radar of Alan Rider who re-issued their first tape on his Adventure in Reality label. In 1983 they released their second tape ‘Half Life’ on Adventures in Reality. One side of studio recording and the other side a one-off live show at the old school - founded in 1344 - they all attended. The track ‘Reesoning’ from their first tape was then contributed to Gary Levermore's legendary Third Mind 5-Tape-Compilation ‘Rising from the Red Sand’ “Two wonderful cassette releases and a show at the school that I also went to, and IRSOL were gone... perhaps they weren't as stubborn as me in that way... or maybe I could never find anything better to do... I'm glad they are back...

Experimental Products - (2008) Prototype Plus Garage Tracks 2xLP & 7''

 

Vinyl-on-demand ‎– VOD 51

"A 12" vinyl, double record set containing the music of EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTS. If you are a long time collector of 80s indie minimal synth looking to fill out your catalog or a novice interested in starting one up, there is no better place to start than with EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTS. A synth duo from Philadelphia/Northern Delaware USA, members Mark Wilde and Michael Gross produced 8-track gear recordings, then had their music pressed to vinyl. In 1984 they released the 3 song 12" EP "Glowing in the Dark," 2000 copies. "Glowing" proved irresistible to DJs and became a 1985 dance club chart breakthrough. Today, many DJs and collectors consider it a "classic" synth record. 2 years before "Glowing" they released a 10 song vinyl LP titled "PROTOTYPE," 300 copies. PROTOTYPE remained an obscure record until minimal synth collectors caught wind of it in the late 90s. PROTOTYPE became a high priced bidding item whenever the rare vinyl showed up on E-Bay. It seems EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTS had again produced what many collectors consider a "classic" 80s minimal synth record. VOD is now pleased to announce the re-issue of PROTOTYPE to high quality vinyl. Re-mastered by VOD from the original 1/4" master tapes, this re-issue has improved sonic quality not found on the original 1982 pressings. Own it now, experience it for yourself. PROTOTYPE will be LP-1 side A+B of the VOD double record set. GARAGE TRACKS, LP-2 of the GARAGE TRACKS side-A contains 5 unreleased songs from 1985, all synth- drum machine, again produced with 8-track gear this time in a band spare bedroom. Anyone familiar with the band can expect more EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTS brilliance. GARAGE TRACKS side-B contains six songs from a 1983 LIVE performance. There are live versions of 4 songs from PROTOTYPE, an unreleased song, and the song Mannequin from the "Glowing" EP." 

Experimental Products - (2012) Prototype 2xCD

 

 
 Vinyl-on-demand ‎– VOD CD3

Experimental Products - (2010) Tracks to Glow in the Dark 2xLP

 

Vinyl-on-demand ‎– VOD 77 

 "This Double-Lp is the second Lp of Experimental Products on VOD-Records. It contains all their previous official Vinyl-Releases on Lp1 plus more ultra-rare or unreleased MinimalSynth and dance-Classics by Experimental Products on Record 2 plus a Live in the Studio performance from 1985 on Side B

Lp1 A: Glowing in the Dark EP 8:40 (from 12" Glowing in the Dark, Short Circuit Records 
SCR-002, 1984) Love Changes 5:30 (from 12" Glowing in the Dark, Short Circuit Records 
SCR-002, 1984) Mannequin 5:30 (from 12" Glowing in the Dark, Short Circuit Records 
SCR-002, 1984) Aviation 5:29 (recorded 1985) Burning Flame on Ice 6:03 (recorded 1985)

Lp 1B: Different Ones 5:06 (Practice Version, 1986) S.O.S. 5:18 (Practice Version)

No Answers 4:23 (Practice Version) Experiment! 6:11 (from Experiment! 12", Connection Records R8787, 1987) Who is Kip Jones 6:17 (from Experiment! 12", Connection Records R8787, 1987) Work that Beat 3:07 (from V/A Terminal No.18 Flexi Disc, 1984)

Lp 2A: New Project 3:47 (Reversed Version) S.O.S. 5:30 (1985) Experiment 6:14 (Demo Version) My Own Way 5:26 Strawberry March 5:45

Lp 2B: LIVE Studio 1985 WXPN 1/12/85 Anaesthetic 5:38 Mannequin 6:30 Plattform 7:28 Glowing in the Dark 7:35 Modern Living 5:00"

Fockewulf 190 - (2011) Microcosmos 82-86 2xLP & 7''

 

Vinyl-on-demand ‎– VOD 89

"Suberb Synth- and Wave-tunes of Fockewulf 190 incl. the two Italo-Disco-Classic 12“ Body Heat and Gitano plus more demos and so far unreleased treasures like Orient „Express“ collected from the archive of Victor Life

Victor once stated: The Fockewulf 190 project was created as a shape equal to a substance, experimental analog electronic music connected to the theatrical and mimic power of rock and the romantic and esthetic force of the electronic dance of the 80s.We translated those expressive channels with the force of a psychedelic mind folded into a magic and evocative world, an profound research into ourselves. This personal and futuristic mysticism originated the dark side of italo disco .

The publishing ,25 years later, of what should have been our first album in 1986, "Microcosmos", shines a light on the sonic creativity of the Fw 190, also because it's a record composed only by simple original demos; something pure and synthetic, uncontaminated by commercial compromises." 

Hard Corps - (2012) Clean Tables Have To Be Burnt LP

 

 Minimal Wave ‎– MW035 

"Minimal Wave is proud to present our 35th release, a full length LP release entitled “Clean Tables Have To Be Burnt” by UK legends Hard Corps, a band we’ve been long time admirers of. Aside from their releases on Survival and Polydor, Hard Corps gained some notoriety for their unique and uncompromising live shows throughout the 1980s. It was the juxtaposition between their hard edged industrial sound and the fragile and enigmatic vocals of French frontwoman Regine Fetet that created an unusual dichotomy, lending to their strength of character as a band and thus allowing them to stand out from the rest.

A 12” white label, released by Survival Records, containing the hammering rhythmic attack of Dirty and the softer, melodic, pulse of Respirer (To Breathe) was circulated around London’s dance floors. In no time a wave of attention hit them and throughout 1984 and into 1985 they dominated the independent pop charts.
John Peel championed them on his infamous late night Radio One show and they headlined at his ICA Rock Week in the Mall, London. By 1985 Hard Corps had signed with major label giants Polydor. This enabled the band to work with a couple of their favoured and respected producers, Martin Rushent (known mostly for his exceptional work with the Human League) and Depeche Mode producer and Mute Records supremo, Daniel Miller. These sessions provided the public with just one single due to the labels non-promotion, Je Suis Passée, a sweeping arrangement of breathtaking beauty, combining pumping sequences and sheer power of emotion of Regine’s voice.
The band went on a major tour with The Cure in 1985 and Depeche Mode in 1988, before finally disintegrating.

Now for the first time ever, rare unreleased versions of Hard Corps tracks from the 1980s have been remastered and are being made available. “Clean Tables Have To Be Burnt” is a 180 gram vinyl pressing limited to 999 copies with double sided inner sleeve featuring a beautiful group shot and all of Regine’s lyrics"

Greg Horn - (2016) Das Funk Ist Verboten LP & 7''

 


Vinyl-on-demand ‎– VOD146.GH1 

 

Greg Horn - (2016) Pointless LP

 

Vinyl-on-demand ‎– VOD146

One of the highlights of V-o-D’s ‘80s Minimal.Synth.Wave Vol. IV American Edition boxset, Greg Horn’s Pointless is one of those gems that may have remained down the back of the sofa were it not for Frank Maier’s dedication.

Greg Horn is probably best known to wave collectors for his cranky, cultish ace Das Funk Ist Verboten, but, Pointless, which was self-issued on tape in 1985, reveals his more popwise strengths, albeit pop with a strong side order of expressive oddness.

In twenty succinct parts, Horn makes sparing use of a his freaky vocals, coupled with samples and an instrumental palette ranging from punkish guitars to his more preferable synths and drum machines, twisted into woozy, downtempo boogies and wistful lonerisms interspersed with druggy tape FX. Ultimately yielding what sounds like the work of at least 4 different folk, but is actually testament to his unique diversity.

Greg Horn - (1983) Das Funk Ist Verboten CS

 


 Self-released ‎– none

Greg Horn has started out in the late 70's as member of the Punk/New Wave-Band 'Dow Jones and the Industrials'. In the early 80's he meet Galen Herod and they started the Minimal/Synth/Wave-project the Tone Set. After the release by Tone Set of 'Carl's Ranch' and 'Calibrate' Greg released the MSW-Milestone "Das Funk Ist Verboten" in 1983. This release is in the Top-10 collectables for Tape-Collectors paying several hundred USD for the original. Its dominated by wonderful poppy Electro/Synth-Tunes combined with New Wave-like dancefloor-hits. A Must-Have for every serious collector of the genre.

100 Percent - (2016) You Are 100% 12''

 

Moontown Records ‎– MWN050 

Since the release of their self-titled and sold out cassette on Moontown Records just over a year ago, 100% have hooked their new wave of synth heavy groove firmly into Australia’s east coast. Hailing from Brisbane, Chloe, Grace and Lena are completely self styled and continuously working, with influences ranging from 80’s pop, 90’s House, Italo Disco, Darkwave and EBM. A unique sound created through eclectic creative backgrounds ranging from music, fashion, art and DIY distro. Imagine East Walls ‘Silence’ meeting Tina Turner along a washed out Brisbane beach on a blistering hot day for cocktails.

'You Are 100%' shows the bands progression into a more established and mature sound. Lena’s voice resonates deeply throughout the record between punchy live bass lines, locked in dance inducing beats and euphoric synth lines. 'You Are 100%' is an expression of the acceptance of a femme fatale. Espousing lessons of fragility and strength, it forewarns one to take things as they are and as they come. The words have taken from solo trips to the cinema, words of wisdom forgotten over time, and a cynical reach to the empowering texts of soul and house music. These songs speak to emotional labour and collective support. You Are 100% is repetitive hard work that grows and lets go of what weighs you down, it is total leisure the way 100% make it. 

John Dwyer - (2021) Witch Egg LP

 

Rock Is Hell Records ‎– RIP96

Transmission incoming...alien sound waves have been bouncing off the side of our ship. We’ve managed to capture some of them on plastic. They seem to appear suddenly out of the vacuum. Projected by planets. Beamed through stars. Reflected off debris. Hanging in space like dust motes. “Witch Egg is an improvised set of songs by John Dwyer, Nick Murray, Brad Caulkins, Greg Coates and Tom Dolas. Another fired expedition out in the wilds. Recorded and mixed at Stu-Stu-Studio by John Dwyer. This one is a burner designed optimally for your eco-pod sound system. When you’ve left the world behind, you will need a soundtack while you lay in dream stasis.

Arv & Miljö - (2011) Oppna Vattendrag CS

 

Posh Isolation ‎– Posh Isolation 064

Arv & Miljö - (2011) Stenbergapyromanen CS

 

Posh Isolation ‎– Posh Isolation 045

Arv & Miljö - (2014) Kropp LP

 

Posh Isolation ‎– Posh Isolation 150

Arv & Miljö - (2010) Dimmorna Skingras CS

 

Ljud & Bild Produktion ‎– LBP 006

Arv & Miljö - (2011) Förändringens Frö CS

 

Järtecknet ‎– #9

Friday, January 22, 2021

Arv & Miljö - (2014) Antropocen CS

 

Lust Vessel ‎– LV#014

Arv & Miljö - (2016) ST LP

 

Förlag För Fri Musik ‎– 004

Arv & Miljö - (2016) Svulsmen 7''

 

 I Dischi Del Barone ‎– IDDB008

Arv & Miljo / Sewer Election - (2015) Split CS

 

Joy De Vivre ‎– JDV034

VA - (2011) Utmarken 3xCS

 Utmarken ‎– 044
 Tracklist:
A1     –Ättestupa     Orostider    
A2     –Ättestupa     Greppet Hårdnar    
B1     –Arv & Miljö     Hur Allting Sjönk I    
B2     –Arv & Miljö     Hur Allting Sjönk II    
C     –Lust For Youth     Black Death    
D     –Blodvite     En Foglig Slav    
E     –Skuggor     Luften Blev Döv
F     –Sewer Election     Lamslagen

VA - (2012) Sverige LP

Release The Bats Records ‎– RTB#70
Track Listing
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 1. We Have Borne Swords. We Know, Do We Not? (Arkhe)  (4:06)
 2. Forradarens Triumf (Feberdrom)                     (5:30)
 3. I Cut My Eyes Out (Hander Som Vardar)              (4:49)
 4. Hur Allting Sjonk III (Arv & Miljo)                (5:06)
 5. Werken der Hand (Amph)                             (5:07)
 6. Radiumhemmet (Landvarelser)                        (5:03)
 7. Okular Fordunkling (Implicit Ruin)                 (4:41)
 8. I Ett Andlost Hav (Blodvite)                       (4:54)

VA - (2013) Eros 4xCS

 

A Dear Girl Called Wendy ‎– WE25 

Tracklist:
A     –Tongue Knax     Tacks On Bare Breath    
B     –Mordant Karma     Philtre    
C1     –Arv & Miljö     Bellevue I    
C2     –Arv & Miljö     Bellevue II    
C3     –Arv & Miljö     Bellevue III    
D     –Blodvite     Theatron    
E     –Endless Sea     Carrying A Spoon    
F     –Elisha Morningstar     Stand To Exist And Remain    
G     –Skingraft     There Is No Chance In Hell    
H     –Developer      Untitled

VA - (2014) Slutstationen CS

 

Styggelse ‎– 060

In Swedish “slutstation” means final station.

Tracklist:
A1     –Vit Fana     Antoniuseld     5:42
A2     –Puce Mary     The Course     7:46
A3     –Brighter Death Now     Enough     3:23
A4     –Alfarmania     Nåldyna     4:49
A5     –Shift (12)     Wipe Them Out     7:35
A6     –Händer Som Vårdar     Jag Blev Stolt     6:13
A7     –Theta (5)     Scopaesthesia     5:38
A8     –Arv & Miljö     Johnny     5:10
B1     –Ochu     Sopa     4:04
B2     –Negative Climax     Kaa Anta Ilahama     5:13
B3     –Treriksröset     Tillägnad Gubb (Vila I Frid)     9:39
B4     –Maniac Cop     Fires Blanks     4:52
B5     –Teufelsdröckh     Namnlös Och Odödlig     4:49
B6     –Vårtgård     Slåss     3:48
B7     –Arkhe (3)     Vrakloge     8:30
B8     –A Feast For Vultures     The Prodigal Returns     5:22

VA - (2014) The Palermo Protocol 3xCS

  Posh Isolation ‎– 138
Track Listing
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 1. Fifth Trumpet (Puce Mary)                                                 (4:55)
 2. Amber (Border Force)                                                      (3:24)
 3. Margarita Nikolayevna (F.E. Denning)                                      (6:14)
 4. 2415 Dagar (Arv & Miljo)                                                  (5:10)
 5. We Wont Always Be 21 (Hander Som Vardar)                                  (5:15)
 6. Monaco (Rosen & Spyddet)                                                  (3:34)
 7. The Seared Grasses (Vanity Productions)                                   (5:20)
 8. Afstand (Sansernes Rus)                                                   (4:58)
 9. Koldblodig Og Miserabel (Sansernes Rus)                                   (3:51)
10. Constance (Vit Fana)                                                      (5:55)
11. Popular Culture & Religion 1. Sagat Blows His Horn Twice (Chrome Burden)  (2:20)
12. Searchers (Rose Alliance)                                                 (6:18)
13. Rust Patch (Marcell)                                                      (4:53)
14. Always The Same (Klaus Hansen)                                            (2:51)
15. Sammenknebne Muskler (Hvide Naetter)                                      (6:29)
16. Illuminated Eyes (Blodvite)                                               (5:17)
17. Hungry For Love (Marching Church)                                         (3:13)
18. Nahid Border (Croatian Amor & Angeles)                                    (5:45)

VA - (2018) Bränn Ner Hela Skiten LP

 

Förlag För Fri Musik ‎– 009

dynamitehemorrhage:

Effectively a collection of sound snippets: some noisy, some ethereal and folkish, some of a masterbatory clown with a horn honking away solo in a bedroom. No matter how “fractured” and “lo-fi” the recording, there’s really no effective way to piece together barrel scrapings this mindless and somehow posit that it’s a document of a scene that’s worthy of documentation. Divorced from the broader context of their own (excellent) recent LP, even the Enhet För Fri Musik tracks land with all the authority of a missed left hook. The proverbial silver lining is that there will probably be someone on Discogs willing to over pay for it. (editor’s note: there was!)

Tracklist:
A1     –Schakalens Bror     Bring Back The Babbitt Machine    
A2     –Blod     Only Friend    
A3     –Pig      Mist Of Confusion    
A4     –Enhet För Fri Musik     Alltid Hemåt    
A5     –Unknown Artist     Solokvist I    
A6     –Arv & Miljö     Leva För Sent    
A7     –David Eng      Fasor    
A8     –Unknown Artist     Solokvist II    
A9     –Leda      Hög Puls, På Väg    
A10     –Pig      Rainbow Eyelids    
A11     –Pig      Ingen Verklighet    
B1     –Vattenskalle     Bug Bite (Short Mix)    
B2     –Unknown Artist     Solokvist III    
B3     –Enhet För Fri Musik     Vi Tänker På Dig    
B4     –Källarbarnen     Barndom    
B5     –Blod      Nordens Ark    
B6     –VMS Elit     Eksjö    
B7     –Pig      Falling Apart    
B8     –Blodvite     Mot Strömmen

VA - (1982) Antarctica: New Music from Antarctica - Volume I LP

 

Antarctica Records ‎– ACR-6201

"Antarctica is a new concern created by Kit Fitzgerald, John Sanborn and Peter Gordon dedicated to the proposition that video and music are created equal."

Tracklist
1. Love Of Life Orchestra – Siberia (3:23)
2. Jill Kroesen – I'm Sorry I'm Such A Weenie (2:48)
3. "Blue" Gene Tyranny – The World's Greatest Piano Player (10:39)
4. Ned Sublette – I Ain't Afraid Of Girls (2:26)
5. Rhys Chatham – Drastic Classicism For Electric Instruments (4:06)
6. David Van Tieghem – And Now This (5:03)
7. Jill Kroesen – You've Really Got A Hold On Me (5:13)
8. Peter Gordon – Waiting For The Dawn (7:19)

VA - (2011) Sonig Boxset Thing 2xCD

 

Deutscher Musikrat ‎– sonig 83

For the last 14 years the label Sonig, located down a quiet neighbourhood street in the back office of the a-Musik record store in K?ln, has stood for uncompromising artistic freedom, absurd humour, hallowed seriousness and irreplaceable individuality. The Sonig aesthetic has come to be an institution, a synonym for nonconformist stoicism in the pop business. Founded by pop-experimentalist Frank Dommert and Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner of Mouse on Mars, the label soon became the home to internationally revered artists such as Workshop, Microstoria, Mouse on Mars, F.X.Randomiz, Kevin Blechdom, Usk? Orchestra, Schlammpeitziger, Vert and Candie Hank - all of which are featured prominently on the two-disc compilation, lovingly and painstakingly curated by label head Frank Dommert.
In 2012 Sonig will celebrate its 15th birthday and this box sets the party mood. Besides the music, which hasn't grown old a bit, what really makes this compilation special is its picture-book DVD. Sandwiched nicely in between the two slices of sonig music, the disc contains 31 video artifacts unearthed and collected over the course of the label's history. They are a veritable treasure trove of esoteric high-tech clips, elaborate animations and abstract experimental films. Morbid holiday footage from the 60s, art clips by Mouse On Mars, classics by Schlammpeitziger, and trashy no-budget crime stories by Candie Hank all stand side-by-side like a vaudeville freak show.

VA - (2017) Dossier Bordeaux

 

Nostalgie De La Boue ‎– ndlb#104 

Part One / Two

 Tracklist
1. Jorje 18 – Infini (03:04)
2. MuИ – Minute (01:34)
3. MuИ – Seconde (02:24)
4. Memory Scale – Back From the Lake (04:32)
5. Cold Colors – The Losing Game (05:00)
6. Tympan – Ağıt (09:10)
7. Julia Hanadi al Abed – Kuu-Lune de Jupiter (05:41)
8. panoptique – Swamp State (06:13)
9. Hokhmat – Toransumisshon (10:00)
10. Moxx – Aavin (04:06)
11. Roxane de Wallen – Plus Jamais Seul.E (05:31)
12. RG Rough – X-Ü & ¤ Μµ (05:28)
13. Lacustre – Communion (15:27)
14. Antoine Hubineau – Proche Décor (04:34)
15. douzirec – Jap K 2 (G mix) (06:05)
16. Monsieur Crane – Combien Sommes Nous (03:58)
17. Romain Carde – Silent Anger (06:16)
18. Bette & Davis – En El Bosque (Entre Dos Flores) (05:58)
19. Microfilmures – Broquilles (03:20)
20. Audrey Poujoula – Aorte (04:53)
21. United Assholes – Voilà Le Chemin (00:51)
22. Philippe Leguérinel – Eau-Forte (24:07)
23. .- (eaux saines) – Stray (05:25)
24. Birtawil – Ungha (12:13)
25. Quenotte – Ondine Chafouine (05:34)
26. Black Bug – Genom Natten (04:29)
27. The Je Ne Sais Quoi – Élévation (02:47)
28. NLSL – Vocomachine (06:32)
29. Aumugu – Eph.6 - Whisper in the Waters. Liquid Secret (03:07)
30. DR-42 – Triptik (16:22)
31. Pakun Jaran – Hello (feat. Daisy Mortem) (06:29)
32. OVK – Grandivs Contractio Universvm (feat. Serena Toxicat) (09:53)
33. Radiante Pourpre – IV (05:48)
34. Kraums Notho – Douce Journée Sous Tondeuse À Gazon (11:38)
35. Plimplim – 070817 (05:28)
36. H ø R D – Dead Inside (04:43)
37. Cristof Salzac – Mara Jade (Ascoa mix) (08:49)
38. Jean-Marie Colin – Projet Edp (remix) (19:32)
39. L'Armée Des Morts – Le Trône (03:54)
40. MSTRV1 – Arpi 2 (04:36)
41. Venus Berry – Capsule (10:16)
42. Papa Boyer – Par Quel Animal - (01:38)
43. L.S.D. – Living in Litter (03:56)
44. Quassine – Springfox (08:41)
45. ..,;-) – Sol Sec (03:40)
46. Jean-Luc Elie – Celtic Mood (05:19)
47. Damien Delpech – System 100 (02:30)
48. Echowired – E B C (10:19)
49. That Summer – Desire (06:28)
50. United Assholes – Shutter (01:31)
51. Dalla$ – La Cage (03:42)
52. Faction 57 – Enregistrement N° 34 (03:05)
53. Alice Keller – 8,611 Years of Lights (06:38)
54. Alkatrâaz – Papanohell (01:52)
55. Odalisque – Mirage (15:10)
56. Zumaia – Axis (01:21)
57. Tallìnn – Jäine (05:57)
58. Fléau – Goule (03:15)
59. Memory Scale – Moving Circles (02:47)
60. Nexus Sun – Larsen (06:29)
61. Monsieur Crane – La Horde (01:56)
62. Yab – Ssilc #15 (02:41)
63. Müca Özer – Hey! (03:18)
64. Manaya Project & Jowen & Nima – Sour Sunset (05:52)
65. Nicolas Merle – Ascension (14:55)
66. Julie Mansion-Vaquié – Les Larmes Ne Font Pas Fondre Les Glaciers (04:08)
67. Zeskiouss – Konstantinoupolis (06:21)
68. MuИ – Narcose (04:45)
69. Volcan – Altar of Blindness (06:37)
70. Violent Quand On Aime – Le Roi Second (01:59)
71. Martial Bécheau – Je T'Aime (31:23)
72. Nicolas Marty – 救世主 (Kyûseishu) (00:12)
73. Néoboris – La Dignité Des Étoiles (02:14)

VA - (2019) Astral Ascending: Celebrating 5 Years Of Astral Spirits Records

 

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ASTRAL ASCENDING is our 5 year anniversary compilation filled to the max with 3+ hours of incredible music culled from our back catalog as well as 16 EXCLUSIVE TRACKS material from Astral Spirits related artists.

This compilation is also a sort of fundraiser. Rather than do the gofundme's or other things we decided to offer you an incredible amount of music for one low price in hopes of spreading the word about the label and to raise some funds for some really incredible stuff happening next year and beyond.

We're only asking $10 (feel free to donate more if you'd like or not) for this compilation. AND for every $10 (if you pay $20 for the comp you get 2 entries, etc) you get one entry into a drawing for a SIGNED COPY of our 2016 release JOE McPHEE "ZURICH (1979)" by Mr. McPhee himself! We're selling the other 4 signed copies for $120 per SO here's your chance to enter a drawing and potentially win one!

Think of Astral Ascending as a look back and a look forward at a small snippet of the music we've released. We've probably released too much in the last 5 years and that's okay. Here's to more years (and a little slower pace).
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released September 20, 2019

1. QUIN KIRCHNER GROUP -- Together We Can Explore The Furthest Beyond (Live)
EXCLUSIVE live track from Kirchner and his expanded nonet at the Hungry Brain in Chicago, this was from Kirchner's LP release show. Look for Kirchner's sophomore LP coming soon!

2. ROB MAZUREK -- Love Waves
from Mazurek's recent 2019 release "Love Waves Ecstatic Charge"

3. MICHAEL FOSTER & BEN BENNETT -- Lint Crepper
EXCLUSIVE a track from Foster & Bennett's upcoming 2020 release! A intense followup to their 2017 Astral Spirits tape "In It."

4. REMPIS / PIET / DAISY -- Live
EXCLUSIVE track from the trio that brought us the outstanding "Throw Tomatoes" album we released back in early 2018.

5. DUSTIN LAURENZI'S SNAKETIME -- Maybe
EXCLUSIVE track recorded live at the same time as the "Snaketime" LP but not released previously!

6. BERMAN / LYTTON / ROEKBE -- Oslo (edit)
edit of the bonus track off the trio's upcoming/current LP release "Trio Discrepancies"

7. LISA CAMERON & SANDY EWEN -- Live in Austin
EXCLUSIVE live track from a rare duo gig in ATX. Look for more from this dynamic duo in 2020!

8. MAKO SICA/HAMID DRAKE -- Enchanted City (Live)
EXCLUSIVE live track from Mako Sica & Hamid Drake who have returned and will be releasing "The Balancing Tear" in 2020!! This is a live version of a song that will appear on the album.

9. HARRIS EISENSTADT OLD GROWTH FOREST -- Shaded Canopy
track from EIsenstadt's 2019 OGF release "II" with Jeb Bishop, Tony Malaby & Jason Roebke.

10. SPIRES THAT IN THE SUNSET RISE -- X Stat Eight
track from their now OOP early 2019 release "House Ecstatic (Cover Your Blood)"

11. PATRICK SHIROISHI -- Your Freedom is More Important Than Their Anger
EXCLUSIVE solo track from one of our favorite young saxophone players on the scene. He's been on two different Astral Spirits releases, his "Borasisi" quartet album we released earlier in 2019 and the upcoming KOMESHI TRIO (w/Noel Meek & Peter Kolovos) album that will see the light of day in Oct 2019!

12. EVANGELISTA / HAWKINS / MOHOLO-MOHOLO / WATTS - FDT
A track from the upcoming 2020 2xCD release of this unbelievable quartet of Karl Evangelista, Alexander Hawkins, Louis Moholo-Moholo & Trevor Watts!!! The first recordings of Moholo-Moholo & Watts together in a long long time!

13. CHARLES RUMBACK w/RON MILES, MACIE STEWART & NICK MACRI -- Neve
EXCLUSIVE track from this Rumback led quartet featuring fellow Astral alum Macie Stewart and legend Ron Miles! Whether this album sees the light of day on Astral Spirits is to be seen BUT we will have another Rumback album coming in 2020!!

14. CLAIRE ROUSAY -- Lovers
EXCLUSIVE track from Rousay, who we will hear much more from soon with two different duos with Alex Cunningham and Carol Genetti.

15. JOHN BUTCHER & STALE LIAVIK SOLBERG -- Sunshine Harpsichord
EXCLUSIVE track from the 2/3's of the group (minus Pat Thomas) that brought us the incredible "Fictional Souvenirs" album released earlier in 2019.

16. TILTH -- Turquoise Socks
EXCLUSIVE track from the duo of CODY YANTIS & NATHAN McLAUGHLIN. You may remember McLaughlin from the 2017 HMS release we did.

17. BLOOR -- Splice (for Arthur Blythe)
from Bloor's debut album "Drolleries." Sam Weinberg, Andrew Smiley & Jason Nazary doing amazing things!

18. BRANDON SEABROOK -- Celibate Cluster
EXCLUSIVE solo track from guitar maestro and all around amazing person Brandon Seabrook! We released his String Trio "Convulsionaries" back in 2018 and we'll have another exciting Seabrook release coming in 2020!

19. JAAP BLONK / JEB BISHOP / DAMON SMITH / WEASEL WALTER -- Live at Williamantic Records
EXCLUSIVE track from this mindblowing quartet. We've been lucky to have multiple releases with Bishop and Smith. Hopefully more soon from them and others in this group.

20. MACIE STEWART & LIA KOHL -- Toothpick Bicycle
a track from their Astral Editions album "Pocket Full of Bees." Their officially Astral Spirits release coming at you in 2020.

21. FRED LONBERG-HOLM / ANTON HATWICH / AVREEAYL RA -- Hazmat
EXCLUSIVE track from this trio that have all graced various Astral Sprits releases over the last 5 years!

22. TASHI DORJI & TYLER DAMON -- First Cut
track from their 2017 release "Live at The Spot +1" Tashi & Tyler make up 2/3's of KUZU as well and we'll have a brand new LP from them in the not too distant future!

23. NATHAN ALEXANDER PAPE & PATRICK BREINER -- find the sky is a cart
EXCLUSIVE track from their upcoming Oct 2019 Astral Editions release "Ground Air."

24. NICK MAZZARELLA TRIO -- The Puzzle
track from their recent "Counterbalance" LP celebrating 10 years of the Mazzarella trio!

25. WARSAW IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA -- That (edit)
track from the 2016 split release with Bouchons d'Oreilles we did. Still love how wild this sounds.

26. ICEPICK -- Rare Rufescent (edit)
edit of a track from Icepick's (Nate Wooley, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Chris Corsano) 2016 "Amaranth" LP! Look for a 3rd Icepick album (finally) in 2020!

27. LOTTE ANKER & FRED LONBERG-HOLM -- The Frigid Air
track from their 2017 split tape release.

28. PATRICK SHIROISHI & NOEL MEEK -- Live
EXCLUSIVE track from 2/3's of the upcoming KOMESHI TRIO group.

29. TIM STINE TRIO - dB (lowercase d, Big B)
track from the self titled debut from the Tim Stine Trio back in 2016. TST will be back in 2020 with a new album!

30. KOBRA QUARTET -- Telly Attire
officially out in October, Kobra Quartet is AURORA NEALAND, STEVE MARQUETTE, ANTON HATWICH & PAUL THIBODEAUX doing amazing things and our first release repping the INSTIGATION FESTIVAL.

31. ROB LUNDBERG -- Pick
track from his recently released "Water Addendum Infrastructures" album on Astral Editions.

32. MATTHEW LUX COMMUNICATION ARTS QUARTET -- Israels'
track from the Lux Quartet's now SOLD OUT CS/LP/VHS and one of my favorite tracks we've ever released on Astral Spirits. Seriously, this is the best ever.

33. TREDICI BACCI -- Coda
track from their 2015 release "Vai! Vai! Vai!" Yep we released a Tredici Bacci cassette back in the day and it's amazing. Maybe we'll see a repress of it one day, who knows....