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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

 

Astral Spirits ‎– none 

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).
credits
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....

VA - (2019) Interactions: A Guide To Swiss Underground Experimental Music 2xCD

 


 Buh Records ‎– BR120

The project to produce this compilation began towards the end of 2016, with an invitation extended by Chico Dub to visit the festival he directs, Novas Frequências. There, we would meet the delegation of the Pro Helvetia Foundation, who had great interest in knowing more about the experimental music scene in South America. We traveled to Rio de Janeiro to visit the Novas Frequencias festival, and to Valparaiso to visit the Tsonami festival. The encounter was rewarding in both directions, as I also was interested in learning about the Swiss scene. While exchanging with Tobias Rothfahl (Pro Helvetia), I realized that the experimental music scene in Switzerland was very active and robust, and the idea to make this compilation started to develop.

I don’t remember exactly what was my first musical contact with Switzerland. Perhaps when I discovered The Young Gods through their records by the end of the 1990s. What I do remember clearly is my first direct exchange with Swiss experimental musicians. It happened during a series of concerts that occurred in Lima 10 years ago. Particularly, I remember the shows put together by Günter Müller, Jason Kahn, Norbert Möslang (Voice Crack), and Dave Phillips (Schimpfluch). They had arrived as part of a South American tour, and performed together with many of Lima’s underground experimental musicians.
After these exchanges, I understood that Swiss artists travelled frequently. Partly because of the very nature of the international experimental music circuit, but Swiss artists also travel vastly because funding is available to promote Swiss culture abroad. Because of Switzerland’s proximity to many other countries, there is a lot of communication and cultural activity, especially with France, Germany, and Italy. At the same time, there is a large number of foreign artists living in Switzerland, well integrated with the local scene. Considering the cultural diversity of the country, represented in its four official languages (French, German, Italian, and Romansh), together with a high rate of immigration, Switzerland is a country of complex cultural convergence.

How to forget Cabaret Voltaire, in Zürich, founded by Hugo Ball from Germany. Cabaret Voltaire was the historic meeting place of the Dadaist movement, and housed exiled artists from different nationalities, and different languages. Such a cosmopolitan atmosphere made possible the emergence of the so-called “verses without words”, a non-language capable of speaking to the most diverse crowd.

One of the most active labels in the experimental music scene in Switzerland is Institute of Incoherent Cinematography, from Zürich, where silent films are screened with live music performed by experimental musicians. During these screenings, one can find often ‘free improvisation’, a genre deeply rooted in Switzerland, and one largely practiced by Swiss experimental musicians.

Two notable experimental music venues in Switzerland are Cave 12 in Geneva, and Misterioso Jazz Club, in Zürich. Equally important are alternative places like Cabane B, in Bern, as well as festivals such as LUFF, in Lausanne. LUFF is a festival of extreme music that presents artists from different parts of the world. Other important festivals such as Ear We Are, in Biel, and Zoom In, in Bern, are dedicated to free improvisation.

To me, record labels perhaps are the best way to understand the different styles and visions of how the experimental music scene has developed. Many experimental music labels stand out: Everest Records, Veto Records, three:four records, Präsens Editionen, Cruel Bones, A Tree in a Field Records, Pulver & Asche Records, Wide Ear Records, and Bongo Joe Records. Bongo Joe is also a specialized record store worth highlighting, together with the stores Oor and Plattfon Records.

“Interactions” is a word that refers to a connection between two or more things that influence each other reciprocally. It is a useful word in discussing and understanding what is different, and a word that reminds us that if something must prevail within the experimental music scene, it is its openness towards what is different.

VA - (2019) Mysterium Lunae: A Requiem for the Invasion of the Moon

 

Aurora Borealis ‎– ABX079

A concept compilation based on the invasion of the moon 50 years ago on 20th July 1969.

The album is released as a CD and 44 page A5 book, in an edition of 200. Of those, an edition of 13 will be available with a hand-forged iron moon charm, made especially for the project by occult blacksmith Borealis Ironworks.

The book contains an extended essay by Cody Dickerson, (known for his work with Three Hands Press and Revelore Press, among others), as well as by the contributing artists: Hawthonn, Burial Hex, SUTEKH HEXEN, Anji Cheung & English Heretic, Moon Mourning Earth, and TenHornedBeast. Five of the six tracks are exclusive to this project, having been composed by invitation. The audio was mastered by James Plotkin.

VA - (2019) Rural Electronics CS

 

Adversary ‎– Adversary no. 25 

 A dialogue. A scene for two.

VA - (2019) Strain, Crack & Break: Music From The Nurse With Wound List Volume 1 (France) 2xLP

 

 Finders Keepers Records ‎– FKR101LP 

After years of mythology, misinterpretation and procrastination Nurse With Wound’s Steven Stapleton finally chooses Finders Keepers Records as the ideal collaborators to release “the right tracks” from his uber-legendary psych/prog/punk peculiarity shopping list known as The Nurse With Wound List, commencing with a French specific Volume One of this authentically titled Strain Crack Break series. Featuring some Finders Keepers’ regulars amongst galactic Gallic rarities (previously presumed to be imaginary red herrings) this deluxe double vinyl dossier demystifies some of the essential French free jazz and Parisian prog inclusions from the alphabetical “dedication” inventory as printed the anti-bands 1979 industrial milestone debut.

When Steven Stapleton, Heman Pathak and John Fothergill’s anti-band Nurse With Wound decided to include an alphabetical dedication to all their favourite bands on the back of their inaugural LP the notion of creating a future record dealers’ trophy list couldn’t have been further from their minds. By adding a list of untravelled European mythical musicians and noise makers to their own debut release of unchartered industrial art rock they were merely providing a suggestive support system of existing potential likeminded bands, establishing safety in numbers should anyone require sonic subtitles for Nurse With Wound’s own mutant musical language. Luckily for them, the record landed in record shops in the midst of 1979’s memorable summer of abject apathy and its sound became a hit amongst disillusioned agit-pop pickers and artsy post-punks, thus playing a key role in the bourgeoning “Industrial” genre that ensued. On the most part, however, the list , like most instruction manuals, remained unreadable, syntactic and suspiciously sarcastic… As potential “real musicians” Nurse WIth Wound became an Industrial music fan’s household name, but in contrast many of the names on The Nurse With Wound List were considered to be imaginary musicians, made-up bands or booby traps for hacks and smart-arses. It took a while for the rest of the record collecting community to catch on or finally catch up.

Since then, many of the rare, obscure and unpronounceable genre-free records on The Nurse With Wound List have slowly found their own feet and stumbled in to the homes of open-minded outernational vinyl junkies, D’s and sample hungry producers, self-propelled and judged on their own merit, mostly without consultation of the enigmatic NWW map. But, to the inspective competitive collector’s chagrin, one resounding fact recurs, NWW got there first! via vinyl vacations, on cheap flights and Interrail tickets, buying bargain bin LPs on a shoestring while oblivious to the pending pension worthy price tags after their 40 year vintage, Stapleton and Fothergill, even if you’ve never heard of them, were at the bottom of the pit before “digging” became paydirt. And NOW at huge international record fairs that occur in massive exhibition halls (or within the confines of your one-touch
palm pilot) amongst jive talk acronyms such as SS, PP, BIN, DNAP and BCWHES the coded letters NWW have begun to appear on stickers in the corner of original copies of the same premium progressive records accompanied by a customary 50% price hike to titillate/coerce the initiated as dealers extort the taught. Like “psych” “PINA” or “Krautrock” did before, “NWW” has become a buzzword and in the passed decades since its first publication The List has been mythologised, misunderstood and misconstrued. It’s also been overlooked, overestimated and under-appreciated in equal measures, but with a growing interest it has also come to represent a maligned genre in itself, something that all members of the original line-up
would have deemed sacrilegious. Bolstered by the subtitle “Categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden,” all bands on the inventory (many chosen on the strength of just one track alone) were chosen for their genre-defying qualities… A check-list for the uncharted.

Forty years after Nurse With Wound’s first record, Finders Keepers Records, in close collaboration with Steve Stapleton remind fans of THIS kind of “lost” music, that there once existed a feint path which was worn away decades before major label pop property developers built over this psychedelic underground. As long-running fans and liberators of some of the same records, arriving at the same axis from different-but-the-same planets, Finders Keepers and Nurse WIth Wound finally sing from the same hymn sheet resulting in a collaborative attempt to officially, authentically and legally compile the best tracks from the list, succeeding where many overzealous nerds have deferred (or simply, got the wrong end of the stick). Naturally our lavish metallic gatefold double vinyl compendium would only scratch the surface of this DIY dossier of elongated punk-prog peculiarities hence out decision to release volume one in a series which, in accordance with Steve’s wishes, focuses exclusively on individual tracks of French origin, the country that unsurprisingly hosted the highest content of bands on the list. Comprising of musique concrète, free jazz, Rock In Opposition, Zeuhl School space rock, macabre ballet music, lo-fi sci-fi, and classic horror literature inspired prog, this first volume of the series entitled Strain Crack And Break throws us in at the deep end, where the Seine meets the in-sane, introducing the space cadets that found Mars in Marseilles.

Like the Swedish flat-pack record shelves that attempt to house the vast amounts of vintage vinyl that goes into a multi-volume compilation like this, it is time to prepare your own musical penchants and preconceived ideas about DIY music and hear them slowly strain, crack and break.

VA - (2019) The Warmest Hum 3xCS


VAKNAR ‎– VAK10 

The Warmest Hum is an ode to hiss and tangibility, celebrating our label's first year in operation, fellowship and the renaissance of visceral music.

VA - (2020) 10 Years of Echotourism CS

 

 Echotourist ‎– ECH011 

Echotourist is a community of musicians and music lovers with similar tastes and interests. From guitar post rock and shoegazing to dub and deep techno we travelling with echo sound. Based in Siberia in 2010. Since 2012 runs as netlabel. Since 2015 made releases on tapes.

VA - (2020) Moving Music: Sounds From The Rocking Chair CD

 

Moving Furniture Records ‎– MFR080 

In December 2019 we had a crowdfunding campaign to support
us into the year 2020. For this we asked several of our musicians
if they could contribute to this campaign. From this the compilation Moving Music: Sounds From The Rocking Chair grew.
In total 24 musicians submitted their creativity to make a total of
16 tracks. Aside from some exclusive solo tracks there are also 10
collaborations with unique combinations of musicians. To name a
few: TVO & Jos Smolders, Radboud Mens & BJ Nilsen, Matthijs
Kouw & Gagi Petrovic, and many more.

And aside from the great music that came from this, also new future collaborations are to be expected.
While each musician really has their own background in music the result is surprisingly consistent, while also showing the diversity Moving Furniture Records stands for. From eclectic modular
compositions by Codesira1 to the minimalist ambient drones by Freiband & Orphax to the inspiring sounds by Phillipp Bückle & Cinema Perdu.

Donato Epiro - (2017) Rubisco LP

 

Loopy ‎– 001LPY 

“Rubisco is the second full length album from Donato Epiro. Following his debut album Fiume Nero (2014), the young Italian composer has moved from the raw primordial chaos that characterised his first work to develop a reflection on how a hypothetical absence of humans and biological life could modify industrialized and civilized spaces.

Using field recordings, obscure samples and FM synthesis, Epiro draws his abstract landscapes as a series of overexposed and imprecise pictures made by concrete and organic architectures, amorphous rhythmic patterns, repetitive sequences broken by oblique elements that seems looking for a new active role into the ecosystem.

Exploring communication and transitions between the inanimate side of the existing and the living one, the sound of Rubisco seems to be pulled out from the walls of an abandoned building or captured while it is lying on the ground of empty spaces or fluctuating like fine dust through the light. It leads the listener into a form of "after rave" limbo, or a personal hiding place, where the head projects only the image of the sounds you've listened to during your human experience.

Giraffe - (2019) Desert Haze LP

 

Marionette ‎– Marionette12 

 Experimental trio Giraffe crystalize time on ‘Desert Haze’, their new LP on Marionette. Giraffe is the musical project of Sascha Demand (guitar), Jürgen Hall (keys), and Charly Schöppner (percussion). Sascha Demand is a composer that comes from a contemporary and improvised musical background, collaborating with the likes of Ensemble Integrales and Vinko Globokar. Jürgen Hall works in electroacoustic experimental projects, theatre and film scores, with releases on Staubgold and Edition Stora. Charly Schöppner is known for his popular music releases such as Boytronic on major production companies in the 1980´s and composes for theatre, dance, and film scores. With only a couple of releases to date on the wonderful Meakusma imprint as well as an EP on Marmo, little is known about Giraffe. After letting go of other artistic projects, the trio now focuses solely on Giraffe by continuously searching for and finding their own unique language.

Sascha, Jürgen and Charly have quite diverse musical backgrounds, though morphing into Giraffe they tower into one single composer. Their music is a critical statement, not in a political sense but rather an artistic one. Being mindful about what it means to create and how to position themselves as artists nowadays (without the constant hassle of being en vogue and short-lived trends) shaped their rather rare and stoic artistic stance. It is refreshingly honest to see their expression develop so naturally.

On Desert Haze, they’ve created a vibrant and minimalistic tribal sound that feels inspired by the Saharan traditional music of the Tuareg, Jazz, and German psychedelic krautrock. Giraffe themselves also list the radical music of the Viennese School (Schoenberg along with his pupils Berg and Webern) as well as the Köln School with its early electronic experiments as their main influence and inspiration. More precisely the composition process and the organization of musical material within space and time, where a conceptual and intellectual approach melds with an experimental yet expressive sound searching method.

Side A focuses on the trios studio work; it is built around tone color and pitch analysis of resonating prepared guitar sounds. Through a unique mixture of free improvisation and a serialism "rule set”, they develop instrumental layers and structures to form their tracks. Side B sees Giraffe playing more freely with a reduced setup - representative of what you may hear when listening to them live.

Desert Haze, along with its track-titles, showcases an almost mimetic approach to art. The haptic music grabs the listener not as a passive recipient but as an active resonant body to vibrate through. One can almost feel the Elements, pressure and heat forming a diamond, hypnotic overtones ringing through windy caves, shamanistic rhythms conjuring up mysterious and ancient landscapes - where the constant cycle of sedimentation and erosion reveals structures of fragile beauty - always gentle to the hand’s touch and the mind’s eye.

Desert Haze will be released on vinyl and digitally end of October 2019. The Artwork by Benjamin Kilchhofer may very well be the entrance to the entombed sounds we hear on this album. Thanks Sascha, Jürgen and Charly!

Greg Fox - (2019) Stone Pillar

 

Longform Editions ‎– LE037 

 Greg Fox is a multi-instrumentalist, interdisciplinary artist, and teacher born and based in New York City. A versatile and prolific creative, Fox studied percussion with Guy Licata, Thurman Barker, Marvin “Bugalu” Smith, has a B.A. in Integrated Arts from Bard College, and has toured, recorded and released numerous records with Liturgy, Guardian Alien, ZS, Ex Eye, Skeletons, Teeth Mountain, Dan Deacon, Colin Stetson, Ben Frost, and many more.

Fox’s solo work is concerned with finding and creating gestural points of procedural interaction that reconcile seemingly unrelated interstitial spaces, using sound to create and describe emotional and geometric architectural territories. Using the drums as a main interface of communication, in tandem with Sensory Percussion, Fox describes, animates and accesses hidden synesthetic landscapes.

Henning Christiansen - (2020) Peter Der Große / Gudbrandsdal 2xLP

 

 Institut for Dansk Lydarkæologi ‎– IDL 17

Two of Henning Christiansen’s tape works from the 1980’s, 'Peter der Große op. 174' (1986) and 'Gudbrandsdal op. 178' (1987), are now released for the first time by the Institute for Danish Sound Archaeology. Originally composed for different contexts – 'Peter der Große' as the score for a German radio feature and 'Gudbrandsdal' for a performance in collaboration with Joseph Beuys and later Bjørn Nørgaard – the two works stand out in Christansen’s extensive and many-faceted oeuvre by employing almost entirely electronic sounds. Peter der Große involves electronic instruments like synthesizer and a crackle box, while Gudbrandsdal employs a more minimal approach and aesthetics through the heavy use of echo effects and manipulation of the tape speed. Both of the tape works carry a heavy atmospheric tone and are set in a largely electronic sound world. Two absolutely enthralling and immersive pieces of tape music, now available for the first time.

Ahoj moje hladné prasiatko. Vidím ťa!

Slovakia lacks the glitz of its former compatriot, the Czech Republic, but since its independence in 1993, the country's been shedding its Eastern Bloc past and embracing its own folk culture. The capital of Bratislava is a popular destination but don't bypass the old-world essence of places such as the Spis castle overlooking Spisske Podhradie; Liptovska Sielnica, with its preserved historical homes; and the spas of Piestany. Outdoor enthusiasts will enjoy hiking and skiing the High Tatras.


Right in the heart of Europe, Slovakia is a land of castles and mountains, occasionally punctuated by industrial sprawl. More than a quarter-century after Czechoslovakia's break-up, Slovakia has emerged as a self-assured, independent nation. Capital city Bratislava draws visitors to its resplendent old town and tankard-clanking drinking culture. But Slovakia shines brightest for lovers of the outdoors. Walking trails in the High Tatras wend through landscapes of unearthly beauty, with mirror-still glacier lakes backed by 2000m peaks.

Almost an alternate realm, Slovakia's less-visited east is speckled with quaint churches. Within its national parks are landscapes battle-scarred by the clash of river and stone. Beyond eastern metropolis Košice, a boutique charmer of a city, the Tokaj wine region unfurls across thinly populated countryside.

Despite a storied history and varied topography, Slovakia is small. For visitors, that can mean fortresses, hiking and beer-sloshing merriment – all in the space of a long weekend.

Official name: Slovak Republic
Name in native language: Slovensko (“Slovakia”), or Slovenska republika (“Slovak Republic”)
Capital city: Bratislava
Currency: Euro
Official language: Slovak
Population: 5.500.000
Electricity: 220V
Phones: +421 xxx xxx xxx / 00421 xxx xxx xxx
Emergency call: 112

European Union and NATO member state since 2004

Slovak is a western Slavic language, very closely related to Czech and relatively close to Polish and the languages of the former Yugoslavia.

Nationalities: 85% Slovak (western Slavic in origin), 10% Hungarian, 3% Roma. Significant smaller nationalities include Czechs, Ruthenians, Ukranians, Germans and Poles.
Religions: 63% Roman Catholic, 9% Protestant, 4% Greek Catholic, 2% other churches.

Type of government: republic, with parliamentary democracy.
Head of government: Prime Minister, generally the leader of the largest party in parliament, this post holds most real executive authority.
Legislative body: National Council, a one-house parliament elected at least once every four years.
Head of state: President, elected once every five years, largely ceremonial.
History, identity and culture

Modern Slovakia was born as an independent nation-state in 1993, when it peacefully separated from the Czech Republic, splitting from the former Czechoslovakia by mutual agreement. (There has been no organized conflict of any kind in Slovakia since 1945.) Many foreigners still confuse Slovakia with Slovenia of the former Yugoslavia.  

No discussion of Slovak culture can take place without a nod to the country’s folkloric traditions. From music and dance ensembles, to handicrafts, open-air markets and festivals, we explore how folk traditions are alive and well in modern-day Slovakia, and continue to receive widespread support.  

 

Slovak flag consists of white upper strip, the middle is blue and bottom red. These colors are conventional Slavonic shades. They symbolize Slavonic harmony and independence.

The double cross represents Christian tradition and memory of St. Cyril and St. Methodius, the two missionaries who came to Great Moravia in 863 to strengthen Christianity. They created the first alphabet to be used for Slavonic manuscripts and wrote the first Slavic Civil Code, which was used in Great Moravia.

The three hills represent Tatra, Matra and Fatra mountains. (Matra lies in the north of Hungary.)
The Slovak anthem

The name of the Slovak national anthem is Nad Tatrou sa blýska (Lightning over the Tatras).  The lyric was written by Janko Matúška in February 1844. The melody came from the folk song “Kopala studienku“.

Matuska and some other students left the prestigious Bratislava´s Lutheran lyceum to protest against the removal of their favorite teacher Ludovit Stur from his position by the Lutheran Church. The lyrics reflected the students’ frustration. Ludovit Stur was an author of the Slovak Literary Language.

When Czechoslovakia fell apart in 1993, another stanza was added to the anthem and it resulted in Slovak national anthem.

There is lightning over the Tatras,
thunderclaps wildly beat.
Let us stop them, brothers,
for all that, they will disappear,
the Slovaks will revive.

That Slovakia of ours
has been fast asleep so far,
but the thunder’s lightning
is rousing it
to come to.

Nad Tatrou sa blýska,
hromy divo bijú. (2x)
Zastavme ich, bratia,
veď sa ony stratia,
Slováci ožijú. (2x)

To Slovensko naše
posiaľ tvrdo spalo, (2x)
ale blesky hromu
vzbudzujú ho k tomu,
aby sa prebralo. (2x)


Euro is an official currency in Slovakia since 1st of January 2009. Any Euro coin is valid in any country of the Euro area. Slovak Republic adopted the Euro after 16 years of using Slovak Koruna. The conversion rate was 1 EUR = 30,126 Slovak Crown.

Money can be changed at most bank branches throughout the country, or at currency exchange locations (often a booth, situated at airports, larger train stations, tourist areas and most larger towns). Banks are usually open 9:00-17:00.

Slovak language

Slovak alphabet contains 46 letters. As we use diacritic, it changes pronunciation of letters and words. The following phrases are the ones, you may use when you come to Slovakia and want to start and keep simple conversation:
 

BASIC PHRASES

Hello. Dobrý deň. (DOH-bree deñ)

How are you? Ako sa máte? (AH-koh sah MAA-teh?)

Well, thanks. Ďakujem, dobre. (JAH-koo-yehm DOH-breh)

What is your name? Ako sa voláte? (AH-koh sah VOH-laa-tyeh)

My name is ______ . Volám sa______ . (VOH-laam sah_____.)

Pleased to meet you. Teší ma. (TYEH-shee mah)

Please. Prosím.(PROH-seem)

Thank you. Ďakujem.(JAH-koo-yehm)

You’re welcome. Prosím. (PROH-seem) Nie je za čo. (NYEE_eh yeh ZAH choh)

Yes. Áno. (AAH-noh) Hej (HAY) (informal)

No. Nie. (NYEE_eh)

Help! Pomoc! (POH-mohts!)

Good morning. Dobré ráno. (DOH-brehh RAA-noh)

Good afternoon. Dobrý deň. (DOH-bree deh-NYEH)

Good evening. Dobrý večer. (DOH-bree VEH-chehr)

Good night. Dobrú noc. (DOH-broo nohts)

I don’t understand. Nerozumiem.(NEH-roh-zoo-myehm)

The Slovak language belongs to the languages which are difficult to learn. We decline the nouns and conjugate verbs. The pronunciation is the same like spelling. There are language schools in Slovakia, where you can learn our language. If you cannot find the school in your area, you may use online language courses.


Holidays in Slovakia


State holidays and Sundays

On most holidays and on Sundays, there is little change, although most people have the day off from work. Offices of firms, state administration (including post offices) and all other organizations including all schools will be closed.

Shopping in larger stores and in shopping malls carries on, even if smaller stores often close or have limited hours. 

Culture (museums and performances), recreation, and eating out all continue, often with extra gusto.

Hotels almost always continue to operate, but if your stay includes a major holiday it’s best to double-check.

Travel is easy: petrol stations with convenience stores are almost always open 24 hours per day and 365 days per year; and public transportation in cities and between cities continues, though on a limited schedule.

The exception to this rule comes on Slovakia’s major holidays (this is an unofficial distinction): 25 and 26 December, 1 January, and the Easter weekend. In most areas, a few stores and restaurants will remain open (at petrol stations if you’re desperate), but most are closed.


The following holidays are celebrated in Slovakia:


PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

January 1st – Independence Day; New Year Day
July 5th – Holiday of Saint Cyril and Metod
August 29th –Slovak National Uprising
September 1st – Constitution day
November 17th – Day of Fight for Democracy


RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS

January 6th – Epiphany
March to April – Easter
September 15th – Our Lady of Sorrows
November 1st – All Saints’ Day
December 24th – Christmas Eve
December 25th – 1st Christmas Day
December 26th – 2nd Christmas Day
BANK HOLIDAYS

May 1st – Labor Day
May 8th – Victory over Fascism Day


COMMEMORATIVE HOLIDAYS

August 4th – Day of Matica Slovenská


SCHOOL HOLIDAY

end of October – start of November – Autumn holidays
end of December – start of January – Christmas holidays
mid February – start of March – Spring holidays
end of March – start of April – Easter holidays
June 29th – September 1st – Summer holidays

 

To speak of Slovak culture and art is to note a tapestry of traditions, customs, folklore, and on the same breath mention its staging under different regimes, and the European context overarching it. Long steeped in an agrarian life while being subjects under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and then after WWII, as comrades within a Soviet satellite state, Slovaks sought to preserve not only their language but also all those distinctive markings of their culture.

Along the way, Slovaks have also embraced artistic, intellectual, and political movements taking place in Europe, integrating into its particular context. Taken together, all of these influences have left an indelible mark on the “little big country,” offering an impressive array of cultural manifestations with which to represent it.

Anyone interested in Slovak or Central/Eastern European culture and art will find no shortage of folklore and legends, music, films, art, and literature to give voice to the country, its people, and their concerns.


Slovak legends

Slovakia is replete with gothic churches, medieval towns, macabre torture inventions, as well as majestic mountains and looming castles along bucolic rural landscapes. Fittingly, legend after legend arose in such surroundings, many of which were based on enigmatic historical figures.

It’s not surprising that given its landscape and historical past, countless Slovak legends based on captivating figures arose. Slovakia’s many gothic churches, medieval towns, torture recordings, looming mountains and castles serve as open invitations to the stretches of imagination. But then again, the best legends rely on a least some smidgeon of truth. Here are some prominent historical figures to give rise to the stuff of legends.


Elizabeth Bathory

Known to many as the “Blood Countess,” Elizabeth Bathory was the daughter of powerful Hungarian aristocrats. Related to warlords, clerics, bishops, she enjoyed nearly absolute power. In her castle of Cachtice, she exercised that power with a sadistic zealousness that eventually garnered her reputation of being the world’s first female mass murderer. Legend has it that, upon accidentally discovering the youthful effect of blood on the skin, she took to bathing in the blood of young women.


The White Lady of Levoča

Slovakia has three White Ladies; one from Bratislava, one from Bojnice Castle, and another from Levoca. The one from Levoca is based on Julia Korponayova, who, when spying for the Hapsburg emperor in Levoca, a town which was presently besieged by the Hapsburg army outside its walls, became the lover of the rebel Hungarian baron. During the night, she stole his keys, and let the army in, leading to the fall of the town. This didn’t stop her from meeting an unfortunate end, however.


Juraj Janosik

Considered the Slovak Robin Hood for reputedly stealing from the rich to give to the poor, Janosik is a beloved figure in Slovak folk art. He gave rise to many legends, myths, and is a constant mainstay of Slovak literature. Noted for his bravery as a soldier and as a symbol of resistence, Janosik is equally esteemed by Poles; but Janosik’s origins lies in Terchova – a town in Northern Slovakia. Legends surrounding him run aplenty, involving his faultless character as an outlaw with a purpose. One of the better known one is Janosik’s Fist, involving his punishment of an arrogant tyrant on a boulder.


Hedviga

After King Philip of Spis Castle killed the son of a Polish monarch, legend has it that the Polish king sought revenge by killing King Philip’s daughter Barbora. While Barbora and her sister Hedviga were alone in the castle, the Polish king seized the castle. Hedviga, believing her sister to be dead, jumped from the castle’s highest tower. After she jumped, a mysterious face appeared on a wall of the castle that is said to bear a striking resemblance to Hedviga.

Other legends include:

- The Virgin Tower, featuring about a certain knight, Nicolas, whose bride met her tragic end from a tower in the Devin Castle.
- Three Twigs of King Svätopluk, about the Great Moravia king’s lesson of strength through unity.
- The Well of Love, involving a Turkish noble reclaiming his love by digging a well for years until it reached water, and how his efforts were rewarded.
- Bratislava Castle, relating to curious facts about why the castle has such curious characteristics.