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Artist:	MALLANDER, J.O.
Title:	More Time - Hits and Variations 1968-1970
Label:	ANOEMA RECORDS (FINLAND)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	NOCD 020CD

2004 release. "Anoema Recordings is proud to present a complete collection of sound works by the influential Finnish artist J.O.Mallander. More Time - Hits & Variations 1968-1970 collects two sought-after vinyl EPs Extended Play and Decompositions (the only Finnish entries in Broken Music catalog), and a previously unreleased piece. J.O. Mallander began his artistic activities in the 1960s within the blooming Finnish Underground movement, taking part, amongst other things, in the notorious music-performance collective, Sperm. He has since assumed a multitude of roles within the world of art, operating as an artist, critic, writer, gallerist, and curator. Through his international connections he became a singular node of the Fluxus network in Finland. Extended Play, released in 1968, was his debut as an artist. It is simultaneously an intriguing aural ready-made, a mantra-like tape piece, and a commentary echoing the Finnish cultural climate of the day. It displays in torturing detail the drama surrounding the presidential elections in 1962 and 1968. These pieces have haunted the Finnish popular consciousness for decades, and probably caused more complex reactions than any other Finnish sound work. In 1968, Mallander opted for life in the more internationally inclined Stockholm. Among other activities he composed a mind-boggling plunderphonic collage "In Reality" at the prestigious premises of EMS for Text-Sound Festival held at Fylkingen. And two years after Extended Play, in 1970, it was time to confuse the Finnish audience again. Mallander issued his second (and so far the last) music release Decompositions on the legendary Love Records. Applying scratching, looping, and other manipulations on records, he created a hilariously energizing work and pre-dated the methods and attitudes of contemporary popular musics. More Time - Hits & Variations 1968-1970 comes packed in the original cover designs and features extensive liner notes by Leif Elggren. The times they are not a-changin'."

Artist:	LOPEZ, FRANCISCO
Title:	Untitled (2005)
Label:	ANOEMA RECORDS (FINLAND)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	NOCD 030CD

"Spanish composer Francisco López presents four recently composed pieces which span a broad dynamic as well as stylistic range. Together these constitute a fascinating and intense research exploration into the deep essence of sound. From sizzling jungle atmospheres to rumbling subterranean drones and microscopic details, this is a Francisco López tour de force. In addition to three pieces based on environmental recordings, Untitled (2005) features also an instrumental composition Untitled #111 (For Jani Christou) performed by the noted German Zeitkratzer ensemble. Not surprisingly, either way the sound is 100% Francisco López. On this release Mr. López might be unusually forthcoming about the sound sources he uses (as specified on the sleeve) but the dedication for the creation of absolute music remains the same."

Artist:	MARHAUG, LASSE
Title:	Quality Control
Label:	ANOEMA RECORDS (FINLAND)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	NOCD 040CD

"A giant of Scandinavian experimental music, Lasse Marhaug has been active in sound creation since his teenage years. His interests have spanned a wide range of styles: from improv jams to film sound, from humorous collages to crushing harsh noise works. this non-stop activity has resulted in a massive body of recorded work and numerous live performances all over Tellus. Besides his solo work, he has collaborated with a multitude of fellow sound artists on stage and in the studio. In the everflowing stream of music from Marhaug, Quality Control leans towards the noisiest end of his output. With an active, hands-on approach to sound making, it rushes forward to present us with a panoramic view of a mock world inhabited by trash electronics battling it out on a barren desert field at the end of the known universe. From short outbursts to extended epics, Marhaug cooks up an explosive brew of storming feedback and out-rock guitar overload. Quality Control portrays a mature artist at the top of his game."

Artist:	MIKAWA, TOSHIJI
Title:	Gyo-Kai Elegy
Label:	ANOEMA RECORDS (FINLAND)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	NOCD 050CD

"Pioneer, innovator and visionary are words easily associated with Toshiji Mikawa. One of the prime movers of Japanese noise, he started his musical activities in the late 1970s and joined the legendary and notorious Hijokaidan. In 1981 he formed Incapacitants to pursue his interest in pure noise, in contrast to the more performance art oriented Hijokaidan of that time. Initially a solo project, later he was joined by Fumio Kosakai to make Incapacitants a duo that has been widely acknowledged for their extreme sound and intense live performances. Gyo-Kai Elegy is the debut CD release under Mikawa's own name. It grants us a close-up view of his sound which is normally immersed inside Incapacitants' mighty sound structures. We get highly-detailed, unforgiving electric annihilation, invoking images of imaginary lifeforms trapped inside cages of silicon crystals. Occasionally the sound expands into juggernaut drones or floats away into a cavernous space that seems to be inhabited by morbid bats screaming at piercing sub-ultrasonic frequencies. Once again, Mikawa-san shows us all how to create noise with intensity, perspective and character without a hint of compromise."

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