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Artist:	ORGANUM
Title:	Die Hennen Zähne
Label:	DIE STADT (GERMANY)
Format:	3" CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	DS 057/66CD

"A four track mini CD combining the never released two 10"s Maus (DS57) and Die Hennen Zähne (DS66). Die Hennen Zähne opens with 'Die Kralle,' actually a David Jackman track from his archive recorded in the early 1980s. Next is the title track 'Die Hennen Zähne,' a joyful noise not unlike some of the TNB/Organum material including the sound of broken glass and Tibetan horns, best to be experienced LOUD. 'Maus' is the centre piece of this mini album and typical 'old school' Organum. The album closes with the more quiet and haunting 'Kazi,' a live improvisation featuring collaborators Michael Prime and Emma O'Bong. Digipack. 600 copies. Total playing time: 18:18 min."

Artist:	ORGANUM
Title:	Vacant Lights/Rara Avis
Label:	DIE STADT (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$26.00
Catalog #:	DS 062CD

"Jochen Schwarz / Die Stadt is very delighted to announce the re-release of 'Vacant Lights' one of his all time favourite works by David Jackman, in combination with a second CD comprising of five unreleased or hard to find tracks entitled 'Rara Avis'. David Jackman, active since the late sixties as a member of The Scratch Orchestra and later with many solo works and under the name Organum with changing line-up's, was supported on these recordings by some of the main collaborator's during this Organum phase: Dinah Jane Row, Jim O'Rourke, Eddie Prevost (AMM), Christoph Heemann (H.N.A.S.), Robert Hampson (Main) as players and Steven Stapleton (NWW) and Peter McGhee in the studio. Most of the recordings on these two CD's show the more contemplative side of the Organum sound, the main characteristic being Jackman's playing of various types of bamboo flutes some of which were actually made by David Jackman. Edition of 600 copies in 4 panel full color digisleeve."

Artist:	ORGANUM
Title:	Volume Two
Label:	ROBOT
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	ROBOT 018CD

Repressed. "The second installment in a series of CDs that will finally re-release much of the Organum/David Jackman back catalog in the digital domain. The series will not be exclusively limited to reissuing early vinyl releases in their entirely, but rather a collection series that will also include alternate mixes as well as previously unreleased material. Meticulously mastered for truly maximum fidelity, Volume Two includes material primarily culled from the In Extremis and Horii sessions (12" titles originally released on Laylah, 1985/86). Track 1, 'Valley of Worms', includes the complete b-side (album version) of In Extremis which features Jackman's collaborative work with the New Blockaders. This 20 minute piece is a massive eruption of relentless, burrowing atmospheres that are often disturbing as they are engaging. Track 2, 'Horii', is an alternate version (differing from the 12" release) which features Jackman's collaboration with Andrew Chalk. At over 12 minutes, this piece offers a very bizarre mélange of sputtering bowed percussion, homemade woodwinds and voice. Track 3, 'Ich Reiste Weit Und Verweilte Fur Einigezeit In Tring', is a previously unreleased work from 1989 that capsules many of the (purely acoustic) compositional elements associated with the early Laylah sessions. As with Volume One, these early dynamic compositions easily represent the raw beauty and intensity of the early Organum sound."

Artist:	ORGANUM
Title:	Ikon
Label:	ROBOT
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ROBOT 023CD

"Robot Records (in association with Siren Records, Tokyo) is very pleased to announce the re-release of the Organum Ikon EP in the digital domain. Appearing only for a short time as a small edition cassette on Aeroplane (1987), and then later as a 12" EP (1989) on Christoph Heemann's Dom Bartwuchs label, Ikon proved to be a monumental achievement in the Organum sound. Within the five compositions, Jackman combined self-made woodwind instruments along with vast droning environments to create spacious, haunting landscapes. These melodic undercurrents were paired with voice, percussive streams, and an assortment of textural elements that convey an incredibly eerie yet beautiful sense of space. Remastered and including an alternate mix of the title track, Ikon is an awesome document of one of David Jackman's most important works."

Artist:	ORGANUM
Title:	Sphyx
Label:	ROBOT
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	ROBOT 030CD

"Originally released as a vinyl LP in '94 on David Jackman's Aeroplane label, Sphyx was the culmination of pieces recorded over a three-year period ('90-'93) that included a monster nucleus of collaboration that included Christoph Heemann, David Jackman, Jim O'Rourke, Eddie Prevost, and Dinah Jane Rowe. The result proved legendary and has been regarded as one of the finest Organum long-players to date. Right from the cascading shifts and interwoven percussion streams of the opening track, 'Aurora', the spacious landscape that is Organum emerges with a sinuous rupture of textural flares. The palette then expands with the title track, 'Sphyx', fusing deep distances and shakuhachi tonalities toward an intoxicating oblivion. 'Mutla' concludes the original triptych of album tracks with a mammoth, eruptive reckoning of harmonic punctuations and slipstreams of keyed feedback. Also included (as bonus tracks) for the CD edition are 'Æ' and 'Shining Star'. These two compositions further explore a synthesis of woodwind elements and vast, glittering terrain. Remastered for essential track-to-track fidelity by David Jackman with the final flourish being administered by Robert Hampson of Main. Disc is housed in a black and white digi-pak in an initial edition of 700 copies."

Artist:	ORGANUM
Title:	Sanctus
Label:	ROBOT
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	ROBOT 035CD

"The first album in a trilogy of new material, Sanctus represents the new architecture of the Organum sound. Recorded utilizing an implicit graphic score, the album is comprised of four discrete parts, each a variant of the others. These are not parts as in a movement or continuation of the composition, but rather four distinct audio canvases that represent a continuum of the elements at large. Composed in the spirit of the early Organum material, David Jackman has resurrected the droned-based, percussive turbulence of earlier years with a distinct new form of compositional systems. These new systems are scored for grand piano, Hammond organ, tower bell, and gong. While each element retains its distinct acoustic quality, the whole of each piece resonates the art of its totality. The results convey an ecstatic sense of presence, vast expanse, and, ultimately, infinitude."

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