Browse by Label: ERSATZ AUDIO

Artist:	ADULT.
Title:	Resuscitation
Label:	ERSATZ AUDIO
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	EZ 015CD

"Resuscitation's music defies easy genre categorizing by manipulating the essence of early '70's punk, the sound palette of '80's electro-pop and the dance intensity of '90's techno. Combining their knowledge and love for these genres, Adult has created their own sound that is both knowledgeable and immediate. Whether you are singing along to the infectious 'Contagious' or moving your body to their smash hit 'Hand To Phone', one will agree that the songs of Adult. are impossible to ignore."

Artist:	GOUDRON
Title:	Horses & Chariots
Label:	ERSATZ AUDIO
Format:	12"
Price:	$5.50
Catalog #:	EZ 021EP

"Ersatz Audio is proud to deliver the long overdue initial 12" release from Detroit's Goudron. First introduced on the Ersatz Audio compilation Misery Loves Company earlier this year, Goudron now delivers a new 4 song EP of contrived impulses, moving thematically from the harsh to the refined. The 'Horses & Chariots' EP provokes contradictory moods, a perfect reflection of twenty-first century living. Complex rhythms, made from machines customized by Zakrin himself, seem to fall out effortlessly into unique patterns, evenly complimenting the emotionally charged instrumental tracks. 'Horses & Chariots' comes complete with an original Zakrin designed 12" jacket. Goudron's dichotomous compositions, wavering between the warm and the cruel, the calculated and the improvident, fit perfectly askew in the lineage of Ersatz Audio. Programming Spontaneity: Complicating Simplicity."

Artist:	N.O.I.A.
Title:	Unreleased Classics '78-'82
Label:	ERSATZ AUDIO
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	EZ 023CD

"Once in a great lifetime, a record label is allowed that rare opportunity to release a record that it never thought it would have a chance to. A record from a time period that has inspired the label greatly, but a record that was never released. That chance is here. It is with great pride that Ersatz Audio is able to announce the release of the Unreleased Classics '78-'82 from Italy's synth-pop masters N.O.I.A. Ten songs written between 1978 and 1982, but somehow never before released. Ersatz Audio would like to thank N.O.I.A. for the opportunity to release their latest (and yet oldest) album. Unreleased Classics '78-'82 features 10 songs available for the first time on CD and Double 12". Once again Ersatz Audio's 2000 compilation title and slogan seem fitting, The Forgotten Sounds of Tomorrow."

Artist:	MAGAS
Title:	Friends Forever
Label:	ERSATZ AUDIO
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	EZ 025CD

"Magas is James Marlon Magas. His new album Friends Forever proves he is an unstoppable force in today's underground music scene. This new album is....electronic, it's rock, it's no wave. It's great driving music, and great dancing music. Who cares what you call it. It's simply great music. Listen to this 11 song album, and get ready to be revived. The beats are thick. The synths are vindictive. And the vocals will send shivers up your spine. Unlike many musicians, Magas gives to the music community in two unique ways. First, with his up-tempo minimalist songs, racing towards annihilation. And second, running the influential record store Weekend Records & Soap (Chicago) with his wife Bridgette Wilson. Magas is that unique individual who can simultaneously operate a successful specialty record shop and still create music that is uncontaminated by the hordes of records that move through his shop each week. He uses his knowledge of record releases to create a sound that is both fresh and educated. Magas has always been on the outside of any one style or genre since his beginnings in music, from Couch to Lake Of Dracula and The Many Moods of Marlon Magas. Friends Forever is the follow up to the ground-breaking 12? EP Bad Blood on Ersatz Audio last year. As with Bad Blood, Magas once again employed the co-production assistance of Adam Lee Miller of Adult., and together they produced another fantastic album that will surely stir the waters."

Artist:	ADULT.
Title:	Anxiety Always
Label:	ERSATZ AUDIO
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	EZ 026CD

"Finally, the new album Anxiety Always from Detroit's premier paranoids Adult., is here. Is this their first album, or their second? Well, that depends on if you think that their last long player Resuscitation was an album or a collection of singles. Frankly, we can't decide, and we really don't care. 10 hard-hitting new songs about the times we live in, and how the more things change, the more things stay the same. Songs laced with sardonic humor, about the ironic details of relationships, the apprehension of public life, and songs about nothing -- literally -- about nothingness."

Artist:	ADULT./TAMION 12 INCH
Title:	T&A
Label:	ERSATZ AUDIO
Format:	7"
Price:	$5.50
Catalog #:	EZ 028EP

"The songs by Tamion 12 Inch and ADULT. appear here for the first time. 'Paper Airplane (Disaster Relief)' bridges the gap between their first 12" entitled 'All Black, Eyes Closed to the Excess of Disaster' on Ersatz Audio and their upcoming album. Three minutes of constant intensity designed to leave the listener breathless and coming back for more. Pure oxygen. Adult. is Nicola Kuperus & Adam Lee Miller. This is the first of a series of 7"s featuring ADULT. with friends. Armed with grit and heart, this new song delivers with pushing basslines, psychotic melodies and assured vocals."

Artist:	GOUDRON
Title:	Civil Symmetry
Label:	ERSATZ AUDIO
Format:	12"
Price:	$5.50
Catalog #:	EZ 029EP

"Goudron is back with his second 12" on Ersatz Audio entitled Civil Symmetry featuring 5 new songs presented in a one-of-a-kind jacket. Civil Symmetry is classic Ersatz Audio, filled with incessant drum machines, rich analog synthesizers and arresting structures. This EP is rich in perpetual tonality shifts with a thick atmosphere of unwavering purpose. Side A starts with the unfailing drive of 'Civil Symmetry' and 'Rumble Queen', ending with the playfully catchy 'All The Chaps'. Side B continues the assertive thrust of Side A with 'Yellow #5' and concludes the record with the horror ballad 'Run' -- a personal favorite of the label. Symphonic strings, complex rhythms, impenetrable layers and effortlessly delivered melodies come together to create the unforgettable sound of Goudron. Civil Symmetry is honest, hard-working and authentic electronic music. With sincerity waning in contemporary music, Goudron is a breath of fresh air. Anticipate restitution."

Artist:	GOUDRON
Title:	Raw Voltage
Label:	ERSATZ AUDIO
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	EZ 030CD

"The music on Raw Voltage is electronic, warm and full of momentum. Goudron is a modern craftsman of synthesis, structure and song. His music seems choreographed to a film, breaking down, starting up, fluctuating and adhering to rules that make his music sound like no other. His unique 'sound' comes in part from the fact that he modifies a lot of his gear himself; it also comes in part from the fact that he knows his machines inside and out. Goudron is Detroit artist and musician Ron Zakrin. Raw Voltage spans over two years worth of song writing, this album is a selection of the best of the best. Over 30 songs were compiled together to bring you this extraordinary 11 song album. Beginning with the confrontational 'Art School Fuckheads' and ending with the beautifully somber 'Tired', Raw Voltage undulates like an unforgiving tidal wave."

Artist:	TAMION 12 INCH
Title:	Let's Suffer
Label:	ERSATZ AUDIO
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	EZ 031CD

"The sequel to disaster. The soundtrack to suffering. Let's Suffer is the debut long player from Tamion 12 Inch. The band themselves have described the sound as 'a box inside a box inside a box inside a riddle et. nauseum al cetera GO!'. What it is, is a miscellany of corrugated noises, disfigured ballads and psychic pop. Nursery chants from the petrified playground littered with bones and teeth. To confuse matters worse, were told it's a manifesto of a new lifestyle as musical genre 'Don't Wave'. Best ask them what all this means. Songs about the inevitable, the elderly, the ordinary, sovereignty, and the 19 thousandth nervous breakdown."

Artist:	GD LUXXE
Title:	Between Zero & Eternity
Label:	ERSATZ AUDIO
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	EZ 032CD

"Between Zero and Eternity finds GD Luxxe moving away from the cramped purity of the electro/techno scene and into the realm of more traditional guitar rock. The result is anything but traditional. Most of this album was written on acoustic guitar, and then recorded using electric guitar and bass. Computers, drum machines and synthesizers were then employed, changing the individual tracks to the point of total transformation. What remains is the raw energy of guitar rock powering the precision time frame of modern electronic composition. This approach creates a completely unique listening experience for the listener and is a huge advance for new music. The songs on Between Zero and Eternity are distinctly preoccupied with time and transformation. A fitting framework for an artist who is constantly evolving. By avoiding vacant shape-shifting and simple nostalgia, GD Luxxe has achieved true innovation."

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Artist:	VA
Title:	Misery Loves Company: An Ersatz Audio Release
Label:	ERSATZ AUDIO
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	EZ 020CD