Browse by Label: 2.ND REC (GERMANY)

Artist:	CHESSIE
Title:	Overnight
Label:	2.ND REC (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	2ND 004LP

New vinyl version of the 2001 Plug Research CD. "A swirling, indistinct realm of sonic abstraction with influences ranging from the Beach Boys to My Bloody Valentine and Satie. 3rd album by an artist who combines live instruments, found sounds, and non-sequenced electronics. Somewhere between asleep and awake there is a suspended dream state where sounds float and pulsate, where you can no longer trust your senses. Chessie is the soundtrack to this special place. Over the course of three albums, Chessie's Stephen Gardner has plumbed a swirling, indistinct realm of sonic abstraction. Inspired by the sounds of railways, his work has blended electo-acoustic production techniques, live playing and non-sequenced electronics in an effort to capture the spirit and emotion of rail travel. The propulsive, inexorable clank of steel on track forms the rhythmic backbone of the Chessie compositions, and makes a particularly American counterpart to the motorik rhythms of much post-Kraftwerk music."

Artist:	GIARDINI DI MIRÒ
Title:	The Academic Rise Of Falling Drifters
Label:	2.ND REC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	2ND 008CD

"Maybe the most impressive aspect of Giardini Di Mirò -- besides their rare gift for turning melancholy and beauty into audible jewels -- is their constant strife to shift their own sound's boundaries with each and every release. In this context The Academic Rise Of Falling Drifters sounds like a natural consequence. After broadening their musical base, inviting selected guests and collaborating with other artists, the italians have now trustingly passed their songs into other hands entirely. The metaphor might be over-used, but Giardini Di Mirò truly treat their songs like children and have carefully selected suitable foster parents for their musical offspring. As avid fans they had soon identified the perfect candidates for re-interpretations." Includes remixes by: Styrofoam, Herrmann & Kleine, Nitrada, Turner, Opiate, Dntel, Isan, Errorencountered. Limited stock.

Artist:	NOAH23
Title:	Quicksand
Label:	2.ND REC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	2ND 010CD

"Canadian Noah Brickley has been making music for almost 10 years: flitting between styles, spheres and contexts, soaking up everything from Van Morrison to The Boredoms, he now concentrates on hiphop, breaking up the narrowly defined limits of this particular genre. From the first moment Quicksand assaults us with a barrage of musical references and quotes like there´s no tomorrow. Dancehall, folk, jazz, indie rock, jungle, industrial... hardly a style is left unexplored. Nevertheless Noah23 never truly leaves the realm of hiphop, but keeps patrolling and searching its frontiers with binoculars, directional microphone and hallucinogenic substances, always aware of what goes on beyond."

Artist:	STACS OF STAMINA/PILOT BALLOON
Title:	Split
Label:	2.ND REC (GERMANY)
Format:	10"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	2ND 013EP

"Embarking on a musical journey that takes you to the depths of mother earth and back. Johan's production on the 7 part song is an epic feat described as 'spaced out drum n bass, banging hip hop, distorted electronica, futuristic folk music'. KaeoFlux and Jud from Komadose Records, together form the incredible production team Pilot Balloon. With hardcore, jazz, hiphop and electronica backgrounds there are no barriers to destroy. There seem to be no boundaries to their intricate beats as they go from bouncy, slow hip hop in 4/4 to melancholic electronica-drum n bass in 6/8."

Artist:	PILOT BALLOON
Title:	Ghastly Good Cheer
Label:	2.ND REC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	2ND 016CD

"Undoubtedly hip hop by nature, their debut also poaches in the spheres of post rock, jazz and electronica. With the aid of guitar, bass, drums, synthesiser, turntables and sampler they have managed to create an atmospherically dense and sophisticated record, exposing ever new facets on even the umpteenth play. What might start out sounding chaotic or arbitrary is soon revealed to be very clever and painstakingly arranged. Pilot Balloon are true geniuses at chopping beats, grinding melodies and allowing entire tracks to fall apart to then shape something new out of the wreckage. Unexpected twists and turns are lurking in each and every track, sluggish grooves might suddenly roll and overtake themselves while skewed dissonances dissolve in suspense-ridden harmonies."

Artist:	GIARDINI DI MIRÒ
Title:	Hits For Broken Hearts and Asses
Label:	2.ND REC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	2ND 017CD

"Giardini di Mirò's 8-year band history is characterized by an urge for development and change. With each release, the Italians have moved on -- and forward. The past, especially their own, has never been important. Nevertheless, their upcoming Hits for Broken Hearts and Asses is not a brand new album, but a collection of earlier recordings. All Giardini di Mirò songs recorded and released before their debut long player Rise and Fall of Academic Drifting only ever saw the light in small and limited editions on a number of different labels in Italy, Germany and the States. There is only a tenuous link between the tracks assembled on Hits for Broken Hearts and Asses and the band's current sound. A lot has happened between the first demo and last year's Punk? not Diet!. The most glaring difference is probably the inclusion of vocals, already featured on two tracks of their debut album and almost ubiquitous on Punk? not Diet! (with only one purely instrumental track). In addition, electronic elements have joined the melee of Giardini di Mirò's music, as evinced by collaborations with Arne van Petegem (Styrofoam), Thaddeus Herrmann (Herrmann & Kleine) and Christophe Stoll (Nitrada) on their current album. Nevertheless all releases -- whether instrumental or with vocals, whether recorded with just two microphones or in a 24-track studio -- have one thing in common: their beautiful, melancholic melodies suffused by true heart's blood." Limited stock.

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