Browse by Label: MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)

Artist:	EMPIRE, ALEC
Title:	Hypermodern Jazz 2000.5
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MP 023CD

Empire's 4th album, from 1996. "Another step in the ever-evolving art of Alec Empire. Not a mere interpretation of easy listening and jazz, Hypermodern Jazz 2000.5 is full of humor and gusto; an all-out destruction of musical forms and their genesis in jazz. Entering a field in which there is neither perspective nor limit nor outline nor center, Empire uses the power of repetition as a mechanical forces that pursues an infinite movement. Speed and slowness of beats and the strange use of jazz keyboard patterns reconstruct a smooth space. In one lone effort, Alec Empire has invented space jazz." Limited stock of this now deleted release.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Electric Ladyland IV
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MP 039CD

"To understand the music of Electric Ladyland one needs to consider its cultural and political context. Electric soul for rebels. This ostensibly simple statement articulates some of the complex micro-political processes that are involved in electronic music. The music is involved in history but the tracks on Electric Ladyland are existing without the privileged position of language as the main authorized means of communication. There is no pre-dominant code, no signifier that predetermines how the listener should physically or mentally respond to the music. Electric Ladyland destroys the conservatism of Hip Hop. But the sounds are also deterritorialised in relation to musical tradition. Trip Hop always uses the cliches of musicality (Jazz, Ambient, etc.) and Electric Ladyland allows to move away from the conservative forms of Trip Hop to new investments of desire. The response to the music of Electric Ladyland becomes how to continue an intense flow. Desire comes up against the special forms of capitalist music business and it is not surprising that Electric Ladyland is highly underrated in the mainstream music press. The compilation opens an intense field for experimentation which is used by hardcore terrorists Alec Empire and Panacea, NY's finest in illbient DJ Spooky, noise terrorists Techno Animal and Zulutronic, and the 'Hip Hop' minimalists of Brooklyn's Wordsound label and DJ Vadim.

Artist:	STURM
Title:	Die Glocken Von Sturm
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	MP 067LP

Awesome vinyl-only extended 3 track EP, following up the self-titled full length Sturm album on Mille Plateaux (MP 60). "Sturm is a project by Cologne artist Reinhard Voigt who is part of the Kompact scene. Basic structures on this maxi contain heavy loops, repetitive keyboard patterns and microscopic effects. It is fragile music, music without center. Regardless of genre, dance or ambient, sound are travelling through time and space."

Artist:	NEINA
Title:	Formed Verse
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MP 072CD

Neina is a unit produced and assembled by Hosomi Sakana, a keyboard player and producer active in Japan's music scene. The unit is comprised of an unrestricted and irregular lineup. Neina is the word for 'song' in Ainu, the language of the indigenous people of Japan. After graduating from the conservatory, Hosomi commenced his career in 1984 as a professional keyboardist for a variety of artists and bands. Before long his talents as a programmer, arranger, and producer came to the attention of many; and the number of artists with whom he has collaborated since, in performance and recording, has exceeded one hundred, the number of records he participated in easily over two hundred. Alongside accomplishing a busy schedule of support work, he has continued tirelessly in pursuit of the challenge of his own mode of expression, mainly in his own studio. Meanwhile as an arranger, continuing to work with ever-increasing variety of musical instruments utilizing digital technology has led him to new methods of working. The vast information contained within the digital world and the often, almost organic logic within it, as well as the image it holds of chaotic and limitless possibility, grew to fascinate him. Eventually, all this came into being in the shape of Neina. Techno, drum 'n' bass, noise, ambient, all the music of recent years, and its rapid progress and proliferation, has brought an anticipation for the emergence of the next, new music, for both the enthusiast of the floor and the contemplative in the living room. Neina brings a new musicality into digital weirdness, one step further than projects like Oval and Microstoria. Neina also involves new processes of production, distribution, and reception."

Artist:	STURM
Title:	Sturmgesten
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	MP 074LP

Double LP version, last copies; deleted on CD. "Sturm is a major project of Reinhard Voigt who released already one album and one maxi on Mille Plateaux. Sturmgesten, the new album, is the third part of his homogeneous creative power. In comparison with his first album the new one is more consistent and Reinhard is producing without compromise. The album is the result of concentrated working, manifestation of darkness and seriousness without losing a specific pop appeal. The affinity to Gas, a project on Mille Plateaux by his brother Wolfgang Voigt, is amazing. Sturmgesten varies continuous returning sounds. The album works with the possibility of creating a fascinating atmosphere with one special idea. Music through time travelling. Clarity, purity and intensity of sound are the main aspects of Reinhard Voigt's new album."

Artist:	CRANK
Title:	Heftibag
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MP 075CD

"The first Crank album, Wanton Phenomena, was hailed by The Wire magazine as 'a staggering album... a stunning advance for U.S. electronica'. Just months prior to that album release, the artist Danny Zelonky introduced the lavishly-praised Approximate Love Boat album under his LowRes moniker on the Plug Research label. Now, Mille Plateaux presents a third, all-new album, Heftibag, which continues to build upon the many innovations of the above-mentioned releases. Although Heftibag is again an entirely electronic collection, the fact of being electronic no longer seems to be so central to the work. And, though again evoking jazz, hiphop, Cuban and electro-acoustic themes, the music strives neither for faithfulness to reality nor complete abstraction, though it allows itself to draw near both poles over the course of the album. Crank enlists a superb Swedish artist known as Smyglyssna to produce a remix for this release, and the result is a most perceptive reinterpretation of the lovely/ugly track 'Mala Vista', which perfectly complements the very particular landscape of Heftibag." Limited stock.

Artist:	PLURAMON
Title:	Bit Sand Riders
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	MP 091LP

Double LP version. "The heterogeneous mixture of remixers and styles here is not accidental. By selecting remixers and their way of working (pluralistic), the individual components which are essential for the monistic Pluramon sound are highlighted clearly. There's the fat, dark rock of the Scottish band Mogwai, but also an airy track from Sensorama: working with guitar sounds & processing the sounds of the laptop master Hecker (Mego); or the melodic approach of the British High Llamas. As a band, Pluramon moves between electronic and guitar instrumentation and not least because of this is regarded as one of the most interesting acts internationally. Today, even the more obscure Lo-Fi bands work with digital equipment, i.e. with 'electronics'. Many of the discourses concerning this topic and the points which emerged from it have long been their focus. Unlike the first Pluramon album from the year 1996, when hard disc recording made the search for references to one's medium urgent, today music can be refined with the entire range of technical equipment in the digital domain. Therefore the latest Pluramon release Bit Sand Riders is a remix album. The bands who have been invited for the remix challenge are: The striking Sensorama of L'age d'Or as well as London's High Llamas; Mogwai,'the best guitar band 99` (Viva 2); F.X. Randomiz, the hyperactive electronic freak and M. Schmickler's label colleague; Hecker, processing sound in Mego style; Matmos, who is known for playful drum & bass from San Francisco on Matador; electro mastermind Atom Heart (Rather Interesting); the New Yorker Lee Ranaldo, the guitarist from Sonic Youth; SND, the minimal techno heroes from Sheffield; the noise evangelist Merzbow from Tokyo; and a remix from Pluramon themselves, on the vinyl version, there is an additional mix of Cristian Vogel which has already been released on 12"."

Artist:	SLAVIN, RAN
Title:	Insomniac City
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	DVD/CD
Price:	$20.50
Catalog #:	MP 127DVD

A multi-media art project from the rejuvenated Mille Plateaux label. The DVD disc (two-sided, both NTSC and PAL formats; for worldwide viewing) features a 40-minute feature film written & directed by Slavin. The CD features 77 minutes of post-clicks'n'cuts atmospheric sound design that acts both as a soundtrack to the movie and a completely separate audio listening experience.
Insomniac City is a cinematic project in parts which morphs, changes form, story and length as it develops, by Israeli audiovisual artist Ran Slavin. A time-specific video, this Mille Plateaux release features the latest episode, Insomniac City [vers3]: Did I die? Did I kill? A man suffering from insomnia tries to recall how he had been shot in one of the city's underground car parks. A fragmented nonlinear stream of events that encompasses day and night, Tel Aviv is spliced through chaotic observations, a vague notion of reality, physical and mental spheres, drifting between the known reality and a hallucinatory one. The movie blends urban spaces and modes of perception. It encounters estrangement, loss of identity, loss of memory, dreams and floods, a gun, futuristic architecture and artificial islands. Through the memory of the figure at play, an exploration of the city spaces takes place, as the city is experienced through an obscure labyrinth of insomnia fighting to distinguish real from unreal. It explores through video and sound possible scenarios of a city in transit, shifting and decaying while checking the boundaries of inner and external worlds, documentary and fiction, present, dream and future, architecture, physical and metaphysical. Insomnia dictionary translation: Chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of time. A periodical suspension of the functions, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state. This is the soundtrack and movie all in one.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Clicksandcuts: Five (Paradigm Shift)
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	MP 300CD

Volume 5 of the legendary Clicks & Cuts series. The influential electronic label Mille Plateaux kickstarts its newest chapter with its flagship: a new edition of the legendary Clicks & Cuts compilation series, that in fact, named its own genre. Volume 5 (subtitled Paradigm Shift) features a totally new generation of young artists giving a 360-degree view on fresh glitch sounds: from minimal clicks to IDM-/dub-ish tracks via ambient and sound art to the two Evac tracks going to art-core and organic extremes. Each song has its own distinct character, and with a significantly higher amount in melodic and compository details than its predecessors, this is probably the most musically-substantial Clicks & Cuts compilation ever. Other artists include: Scattertape, Aoki Takamasa, Wyatt Keusch, Loom, Ametsub, kiyo, Marow, Manathol, Kabutogani, Nicolaus, Sifa Dias, Flive, Gultskra & Artikler, Yu Miyashita, and Alinoe.

Artist:	AMETSUB
Title:	The Nothings Of The North
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	MP 301CD

This is the second album from Tokyo's wunderkind Ametsub, originally released in 2009 on the Progressive Form label. Ametsub produced the album The Nothings Of The North and its cover art after being deeply impressed by a trip to Iceland. With the same incredibly detailed production and crystal-clear sound already established by his debut, Ametsub shows more mature composition and arrangement skills. There is always something new to discover while listening. Based around his great and chordful piano playing, the tracks range from experimental via ambient to IDM-ish sounds. This results in an experimental but still very listenable album. There is a reason why Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yagya became fans of Ametsub: this album already now is a true electronic classic. Includes a remix by Helios and a video edit.

Artist:	KABUTOGANI
Title:	Bektop
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	MP 303CD

The fourth album by French producer Kabutogani is his most conceptual to-date. Made entirely of mostly rhythmic glitch sounds (aka Clicks & Cuts), the album still has traces of melodies or tones -- unlike many other minimal glitch productions. The cold, dry and noisy sound transports an almost morbid atmosphere. Experimental electronic music is seldomly so full of feelings -- rather inconvenient ones, but feelings nevertheless. This is what makes this album special.

Artist:	KLIVE
Title:	Sweaty Psalms
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	MP 304CD

Originally released in 2008 on the Swollen Glands label, this is the debut release from �lfur Hansson aka Klive, a young musician from Reykjav�k, Iceland. He is the bass player of notorious noisecore band Swords Of Chaos and a touring member of J�nsi (J�n ��r Birgisson of Sigur R�s). Klive is his solo project. Sweaty Psalms has a strong organic feel, mixed with tongue in-cheek brass samples and orchestrations that compliment heavily-processed field recordings. It definitely sounds like water and wood. It bubbles, whistles and rattles indefinitely, with merely seagulls to be spotted. In fact, "Don't Give Up The Ghost" includes sounds from the vehement battering of pots and pans outside the Icelandic Parliament, after the nation's financial crash and burn in 2008. Its inverted folkiness and warm concr�te touch makes Sweaty Psalms a musically and tonally remarkable album, and perhaps Mille Plateaux's least electronic sounding album so far.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Clicksandcuts: fivepointone (The Bonus Package)
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	MP 306CD

The influential electronic label Mille Plateaux kickstarts its newest chapter with its flagship: a new edition of the legendary Clicks & Cuts compilation series that in fact, named its own genre of electronic music. Volume 5.1 is a special bonus package featuring seven full-length versions available only as shorter versions on the original 5.0 release from a totally new generation of young artists, giving a 360-degree view on fresh glitch sounds: from minimal clicks to IDM-/dub-ish tracks via ambient and sound art. There is also a free album teaser, revealing 20 seconds of each track from the album. Each song has its own distinct character, and with a significantly higher amount in melodic and compository details than its predecessors, this is probably the most musically substantial Clicks & Cuts compilation ever. Other artists include: Lodsb, Rimacona, Pleq, Dami�n L. Felitte, Aoki Takamasa, Wyatt Keusch, Ametsub, Kiyo, Manathol, Nicolaus, and Sifa Dias.

Artist:	MIYASHITA, YU
Title:	Noble Niche
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	MP 307CD

Mille Plateaux presents an album by Japanese noise/glitch artist, Yu Miyashita. By definition, Noble Niche is a glitch album. So why doesn't it sound like one? Well, this album is based on the most neglected type of glitch sound: noise. Naturally, noise is not exactly easy listening, and Noble Niche is no exception. However, it is not to be confused with rather provocative or even trashy (Japa)Noise. Instead, Yu Miyashita managed to apply the fine (glitch) aesthetics known from many classic Mille Plateaux releases to digital noise. The sounds suggest that Yu managed to make digital data audible that was never meant to be played back with an audio player. Ever listened to a CD-Rom? This music is highly abstract, with no more than traces of musical chords, not even enough to get any real world associations: a life support machine, perhaps, or a Japanese pachinko hall in hell. Often intense and powerful, sometimes delicate and fragile -- food for audio junkies desperate for the next unheard sound.

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Artist:	STEEL
Title:
Label:	MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MP 016CD