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Artist:	FRIEBAND
Title:	See Play b/w At Night
Label:	PLINKITY PLONK (NETHERLANDS)
Format:	7"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	PLONK 010EP

"Among the many names used by Frans de Waard, Freiband is his latest and this is the second release after the well-received 'Microbes' CD on Ritornell. Both pieces take his interest in crackling laptop musics further. The a-side is to be understand as remix of some well known dinosaur rock group and the b-side could very well be a remix of material recorded at the rehearsal of the Beequeen/Girlfriends concert, but heavily processed."

Artist:	PANHUYSEN, PAUL
Title:	A magic square of 5 to look at and A magic square of 5 to...
Label:	PLINKITY PLONK (NETHERLANDS)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	PLONK 015CD

...listen to'. "This work is a composition in two parts. The same magic square is transposed in two versions. One can be experienced by the eyes, the other one by the ears. A magic square is a series of numbers arranged in a square grid so that the sum of each horizontal and vertical row and of the corner diagonals is always the same. Magic squares reveal harmony of number and refer to the nature of existence and a cosmic order dominated by mathematical regularity. Number is the origin of all things, Pythagoras said, and Boethius said music is numbers made audible. Presented as a room installation, 'A magic square of 5 to look at' is a floorpiece of 5 x 5 m, and 'A magic square of 5 to listen to' can be heard through a quadraphonic sound system, performing the four staffs of the score independently, starting about 5 seconds after each other. The audience moves around the floorpiece in the space. Panhuysen (1934) is an internationally recognised artist. Best known for his site-specific long string installations all over the world, he also is involved in systematic visual art. Calculus links his visual and sound art together. Furthermore he has been the artistic director of Het Apollohuis for about 2 decades."

Artist:	LEGENDARY PINK DOTS, THE
Title:	Crushed Mementos
Label:	PLINKITY PLONK (NETHERLANDS)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	PLONK 016CD

"The Legendary Pink Dots recorded some of their best work for compilation and private tapes in the early 1980's. These tapes have now long gone and the material, as included on this disc, has been unavailable for many years. You will most likely never hear the Dots sounding so intense as on the original version of 'Close you eyes, you can be a spacecaptain' or so experimental as on 'Premonition 15' or on 'March', which has been unavailable for over 20 years. Also included is the long-deleted 23-minute track 'The People Tree' and one of their most abstract and beautiful songs 'The Punchline'. Packed in a in the usual gorgeous carton Plinikity Plonk cover."

Artist:	MIRROR
Title:	Viking Burial for a French Car
Label:	PLINKITY PLONK (NETHERLANDS)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	PLONK 018CD

"Through the past few years Mirror have gained a wide reputation for some of the most beautiful unearthly drone music. Mirror is usually regarded as a duo of Christoph Heeman and Andrew Chalk, but on various records they are assisted by Jim O'Rourke. Since late 2004, Vicky Jackman and Timo van Luyck have more or less joined the ranks. Their Viking Burial for a French Car consists, partly, of a recording made by Mirror in Dundee, Scotland in October 2003, where Mirror was extended with David Keenan (author of England's Hidden Reverse), Gavin Laird and Alex Neilson. The concert was an accompaniment to the film Haxan, about witchcraft through the ages. In an epic thirty-seven minutes, Mirror extends beyond the drone music and comes up with an orchestral piece, in an almost Xenakis style: building a large crescendo and in the middle an explosion Afterwards the piece slowly follows its course in descrescendo. A surprising piece for Mirror, that would not have worked on a LP release. It's length requires an uninterrupted listening. Viking Burial for a French Car is one of the rarer CD releases by Mirror, who usually release their work on LP, and will surely appeal to those with a limited music budget. Packed in the usual Plinkity Plonk sleeve. Design by Andrew Chalk."

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Artist:	THE BEAUTIFUL GLASSBOTTOM BOAT
Title:	Wild Geese Fly With The Moon On Their Wings
Label:	PLINKITY PLONK (NETHERLANDS)
Format:	7"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	PLONK 009EP