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Artist:	JIANHONG, LI
Title:	Classic Of The Mountains And Seas
Label:	PSF (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	PSF 187CD

"First solo album on PSF (after the Ghost Temple duo and a couple of tracks on the Asian Flashback compilation) for China's hottest, loudest and most psychedelic avant-noise guitarist, Li Jianhong. Born in Fenghua in 1975, Li Jianhong has been blowing ears open with his own unique brand of higher-mind noise for five years now. This solo disk sees him simultaneously channeling Keiji Haino and Masayuki Takayanagi, as he dissolves himself into an avant-guitar mandala comprised of full-bore drone, sustained runs of psychedelic soloing, and phantom echo. An essential blast of young China. Seventy minutes." -- Alan Cummings

Artist:	JIANHONG, LI
Title:	Lovers with Cloisonné Bracelet
Label:	TIPPED BOWLER TAPES
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	TBT 009LP

"Hangzhou's Li Jianhong has been performing alone and in the duo D!O!D!O!D! for several years, but he only caught Western ears last year with the monumental San Sheng Shi, released by Philadelphia's Archive CD. Oceanic and desolate, Lovers with Cloisonné Bracelet cements Li as a distinctive voice in modern noise. The two halves of this record are an ideal introduction to Li's music: 'Lovers in Misery' offers a restrained, electric swell; 'Time in the Mirror' wallows in Hototogisu-an guitar hell. Without sacrificing pacing for density, Li has crafted an album that decimates the retrograde psychedelic guitar landscape and trivializes the petty violence of much harsh noise. Edition of 350 180 gm. LPs in heavy-stock linen-paper sleeves, hand-screened, cut, and glued by Reuben Little of 43rd Parallel Press." Last copies.

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