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Artist: VITAMIN B12, THE
Title: Other Worlds
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 019LP
Clear vinyl with violet & yellow effects, cover design by the artist, 300 copies only. "Two side long pieces by this amazing collective from the UK, pretty different from all their previous self-published works: more organic, playful... really enjoyable and varied electronic music.... from some cheerful Hammond extravaganza to free style sax hits... so delicious!" Limited stock, deleted item.


Artist: VA
Title: Qbico U-nite in New York I
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: 2LP
Price: $40.00
Catalog #: QBICO 024/25LP
"Thunderously heavy two LP set from Qbico documenting a night in New York where some of the hardest working lungs still in the service of liberated fire -- Arthur Doyle, Perry Robinson, Daniel Carter, Charles Waters, Shanir Ezra Blummenkranz and Andrew Barker -- plotted various tactical formations with brains of a whole other order, including Ed Wilcox of Temple Of Bon Matin, Nuuj of Pengo/Asthmatic, Dave Cross Of Coffee, Leslie Q and Vinnie Paternostro. Freely-improvised avant-guerilla spurt in the spirit of the LAFMS/MEV and avant/rock coalitions like BAG. First time Doyle has played together with Robinson and Carter since the loft-scene days of the 1970s...Comes in absurd full-colour gatefold sleeve with poem from Steve Dalachinsky. Both LPs pressed on colour, psychedelic vinyl."


Artist: DAVIES/INGAR ZACH, RHODRI
Title: Ieirll
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 031LP
Rhodri Davies (harp); Ingar Zach (percussion). Rec. November 2002 in London. "Incredible and totally alien sounds! Metal, electronic, far out sounds on their self-built and prepared instruments... really unique and highly creative duos!"


Artist: BAROQUE BORDELLO
Title: Abnormal Songs
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 034LP
Originally issued on cassette on the R.E.P. label in the '80s in very limited quantities, then re-issued on a 10 CD-R box set entitled Makoto Kawabata early works 1978-1981 (ltd. ed. 100 copies only). "This is a music that I originally composed for a play called Alice in Nakedland. The play was some erotic expressionist nonsense, sort of like Alice in Wonderland and Dr. Caligari's Crime added together then divided by two. My script was used, but my music was rejected by the other staff members." -- M. Kawabata.


Artist: Z-FUNK
Title: Z-Funk
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 036LP
Flaviooo: alto & tenor sax, flute; Basetta: guitar; Tony: keyboards; Steve: bass; Marsel: drums. Rec. live and totally improvised (no second takes) @ Mu Rec. Studio, Milan 2005. "Four raw & dirty instrumentals from these Italian funkateers; including the piece 'Put Your Lips' -- 100% pure Ital-Funk."


Artist: COOPER, MIKE
Title: Tu Fuego
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 039LP
Jeff Henderson - alto sax; Mike Cooper- lap steel, electronics; Tom Callwood- bass; Anthony Donaldson- drums. Rec. February 2005 live @ Happy, Wellington, New Zealand. 'Fascinating and one-of-a-kind country western free mUZic.'


Artist: FAMILY UNDERGROUND/RAUHAN ORKESTERI
Title: U-Nite III, Bruxelles
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 043LP
Split/collaborative release between Denmark's Family Underground with Finland's Rauhan Orkesteri. Rec. April 19, 2005 @ Cinema Nova. "The animal which could best depict the music of this other memorable nite @ Cinema Nova is a cobra, in fact i think this music kills! Worth mentioning is the final jam: a rare meeting between psych drones and free music, here FU & RO unite to burn loose..."


Artist: CLUSTER DUO
Title: Dances
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 044LP
Walter Swanljung - keyboards; Ville Sahlakari - drums. Rec. Winter 2004/2005 in Helsinki, Finland. "Imagine if Sun Ra'd have rec. in duo with Milford Graves... and I ain't kidding or exaggerating, totally devastating!"


Artist: LAUHKEAT LAMPAAT
Title: The Most Pollo
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 045LP
LL = Antti Tolvi, Jaakko Tolvi + special guest Lau Nau on side A. Rec. March 2006 in Kiila, Finland. "Focus on sound, very delicate and alien improvisations... see you in the weird forest with never heard before little birds/little creatures..." A rare plain black vinyl release on Qbico!


Artist: D'SILVA, AMANCIO
Title: Konkan Dance
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 047LP
"This is a really special goody: an unreleased magical rec. made in 1972 by Indian-born guitarist Amancio D'Silva (1936-1996) with some of the most renowned jazz musicians from the UK scene of the time: Don Rendell, Stan Tracey & Alan Branscombie. It was supervised by fabled producer Denis Preston and originally planned for release on Columbia/EMI but that never happened, probably due to Preston's passing... Qbico is really pleased to be able to present for the 1st time this really fascinating music as it was originally supposed to be: on LP. This had been possible thanks to Amancio's son Stephano, who fortunately still owns the original 1/4" stereo master tape. It was rec. @ the famous Lansdowne Studios, London where many legendary sessions had been cut (there was even a 'Lansdowne Series' issued by Columbia: Don Rendell/Ian Carr 5ets, Joe Harriot, Neil Ardley). Unfortunately, Amancio's music is not so well known but he rec. fantastic records such as Integration, Cosmic Eye, his solo Reflections and Hum-dono with Joe Harriot (one of the cornerstones of British jazz) and he's surely a cult figure; in fact, all these mentioned records are really sought after and usually fetch high prices (all issued by Columbia/EMI). Konkan Dance in particular is a very airy and exotic set with longish tunes, featuring tabla & sitar, often trip-hop-esque kit playing, a canyonous guitar ambience and a one-of-a-kind psychedelic feel throughout! For sure one of the most exciting example of advanced jazz influenced/infected by Indian feelings/flavours!"


Artist: MURUGA & THE GLOBAL VILLAGE CEREMONIAL BAND
Title:
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 048LP
"New rocket by Muruga, after the Free Funk LP! This healing session opens and closes with two funk/jazz tracks, rec. by Muruga in trio & 4et with Ken Kozara on muted trumpet and Richard Smith on bass; Belita Woods, from P-Funk, is added on the last track of the album, 'May The Funk Be With You.' The middle of the record is mostly perc. heavy and trance/ethnic oriented. 'Ascension' had been written by the late master Baba Olatunji and had been rec. live @ The Spirit Drum Fest. w/special guest Badal Roy (who rec. w/Miles Davis, Ornette, Don Cherry, ect...) and Sikiru Adepoju (who rec. w/Mickey Hart, Olatunji, ect..). 'Nelson Ledges' is a drums trio rec. live as well @ The Rhythm Fest in Ohio. 'Out of Nothing' is a very special duo piece rec. w/Prem Das: here Muruga uses a unique Nada drum, while Prem Das (long years of apprenticeship in Mexico with a Huichol shaman and was also a colleague of Timothy Leary & Ralph Metzner) uses a water drum for a quite hypnotic effect ! Open your heart and let your body move... to the rhythm, to the groove!"


Artist: MACKAY AND THE RADON ENSEMBLE, STEVE
Title: Tunnel Diner
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 049LP
"Sax player Steve Mackay blow with The Stooges on the legendary Fun House session in 1970 (and rejoined them in 2003 when they played their first show in 29 years at the Coachella Festival, and he has performed with them ever since + rec. two more albums)... nearly 25 years later he got involved w/Radon Ensemble, which includes members from such disparate groups such as Temple of Bon Matin & the Arthur Doyle EAE (Paternostro/Wilcox), Nimrod (Lohman), Koonda Holaa (Kamilsky), ect... the 10 tracks from his 3rd release as a leader (1st being a recent collaboration w/Smegma issued on CD + Michigan and Arcturus, as well on CD) are the highlights from live or radio sessions rec. over a two year span: 2004/06. Musically speaking you're on a magic carpet for a wild ride: they rock hard and swing free with whimsical & powerful electronic touches... it's really a unique ride in his genre!"


Artist: DOYLE ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE, ARTHUR
Title: Patriotic Act
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 050LP
"'Brick red' vinyl, three cut corners, artwork by Keith Haring. Rec. March 19, 2004 live @ the No Fun Fest, NY. Arthur Doyle - kinetic sax, village voice; Vinnie Paternostro - Roland 505; Dave Cross - turntables; Nuuj - electronics; Leslie Q - guitar; Ed Wilcox - drums. 'Urban jazz'"


Artist: BACZKOWSKI/RAVI PADMANABHA, STEVE
Title: Aqua Machine
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 051LP
"Clear violet vinyl, photo by Padmanabha. Live improvisations rec. in Buffalo, Rochester & Syracuse on April 8/9/10, 2005. SB - baritone & tenor sax, slide bass clarinet, bells, conch shell, voicemaster, noseflute, home-made 8-hole clarinet; RP - drums, percussions, gopichand, tabla. 'Oblique and totally improvised free music.'"


Artist: SB, THE
Title: Who Will Feed Them
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 054LP
Black vinyl with insert. "Performed by: Mark Bajuk, Tony Fasce, Silvia Feriozzi, Eric Mauer, Brent Peich, Russ Waterhouse. The next evolutionary step from Double Leopards and Family Underground, very subtle and psychedelic music."


Artist: PENGO
Title: Toadstools Amongst the Tombstones
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 055LP
Green vinyl with grey. "Pengo is: John Schoen, Jason Finkbeiner, R. Nuuja. Pengo comes from Rochester, NY and are simply a dark-bright beacon of madness in the subterranean swamp of psychedelic junk collectors. They're kind of elusive, having issued only an LP prior to this release (it had been a year since we're working on this album) + a few CD-Rs and tapes. Got affiliations with Coffee & the Doyle EAE... wild stuff/weird vibes!"


Artist: SONDHEIM, ALAN
Title: Fifty-Six
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 056LP
Dark red vinyl. "After releasing two unique LPs back in the '60s for the legendary ESP label with his Ritual All 770 and another one for Riverboat, finally Alan Sondheim is back! This is his 1st LP after nearly 35 years and here he plays guitar, alpine zither, electronics, field recordings... as usual he presents us an eclectic mix of fascinating sounds."


Artist: TRULOFA
Title: Trulofa
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 062LP
"I met these very young and promising fellas at the Qbico U-nite I did in Aarhus and to me this is the most exciting music coming out of Denmark right now, with Family Underground included, of course. Here they presented a very varied set, starting with some electronic trance inducing music by Marc Gade, to followed by an ad hoc baroque drunken marching band live from a Poland tour. Side B starts with another beautiful & melancholic all acoustic affair (mostly stringed) and ends with an improvised electro-acoustic number of magical and fragile beauty. Marc Gade one day was reading a Shirley Collins text where she explained that true love came from the root of an old Danish word: trulofa."


Artist: VA
Title: Qbico U-nite-IV, Aarhus
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: 2LP
Price: $40.00
Catalog #: QBICO 063/4LP
Features the Global Experience Orchestra (Daniel Carter, Vin Paternostro, Marc Gade, Pernaus Salon, Qbico & Ed Wilcox on one side, Family Underground on the other. Record 2 features 2 trios of Carter/Paternostro/Wilcox. Live in Denmark, 2006.


Artist: VA
Title: Qbico U-Nite V, Turku, Finland
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 067LP
Recorded live @ Dynamo Klubi on March 11, 2006 by Mikko Lagernohm. "Two unique sides: on side A you'll hear a rare meeting among Rakhim (Circle's more dark side project) and Hans-Joachim Irmler from legendary Faust! While on side B, a two male/two female playful affair (Qbico's idea) among brothers Tolvi (Rahun Orkesteri) and Antti Tolvi's wife Lau Nau with Kuupuu. True united spirit and perfect balance between both sides with opposite moods..." Pressed on blue marbled vinyl.


Artist: BLACK MOTOR
Title: Black Motor
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 068LP
Rec. April 2006 in Tampere, Finland. Sami Sippola (alto and tenor sax); Villa Rauhala (bass); Simo Laihonen (drums). "Roaring free jazz trio from Tampere: sax/b/dr. They got style and surely a black motor pumping their hearts!"


Artist: BORIS MORGANA
Title: Liquid Child
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 069LP
Recorded early 2006 in Pakkala, Finland. Robin Ellis, Juho Hotanen, Juuso Paaso, Taneli Tuominen, Jukka Vallisto and Hermanni Yli-Tepsa. "When I went in Finland for the first Qbico u-nite in Turku, I met Taneli (sax player) who gave me this strong recording of his group Boris Morgana... after hearing a few seconds of it, I immediately thought that it alone was worth the trip up North: heavy stuff and pretty unique in its kind!" Pressed on chocolate brown vinyl.


Artist: PSYCHATRONE RHONEDAKK
Title: Early Free-Form Waveforms
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 070LP
Performed by: Psychatrone (synth), Brian Turner (guitar). Recorded 1996 live to tape. "One side is a synth/gt duo with WFMU's boss Brian Turner, while side B is a solo synth. Both tracks recorded in the mid-'90s. Psychedelic waveforms with a freeform sound that grows on you... subtle and mesmerizing."


Artist: RAHDUNES
Title: Rahdunes
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: PIC. DISC
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 071LP
"Originally from Sacramento, CA this is a rude boy duo. The record begins with some of the most crude and rough guitar/drums duo mu ever! Then you'll drift toward a far away place... to be finally hypnotized for 25 minutes by a side-long track... derailing!"


Artist: GRAVEYARDS
Title: Graveyards
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: QBICO 073LP
"Cover by John Olson. Rec. 2007, two side-long tracks. Bunny (cello); Mike Khoury (violin); Zach Wallace (bass); Nate Wooley (trumpet); Hell (percussion, tapes); Coccyx (saxophone, electronics); Johnny Coorz (flute, electronics). 'After few vinyl releases in duo or trio, this is the 1st Graveyards big band effort. A fresh and new look on free music; the more I hear it, the more I like it...'" Limited remaining stock.


Artist: DATASHOCK
Title: Datashock
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $24.00
Catalog #: QBICO 074LP
Ruth-Maria Adam, Pascal Hector, Ronnie Oliveras, Martina Ripplinger, Ulf Schütte, Marcel Türkowsky, Jan Werner. "Last year I was particularly impressed by their first LP as Datashock and Shivers. This is a very promising and young collective from Germany. The music has some affinities with Double Leopards, Family Underground and The SB... deep."


Artist: GEERKEN, HARTMUT
Title: Amanita
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: 2LP
Price: $42.00
Catalog #: QBICO 075LP
"Practically impossible to make it brief here, H. Geerken: author, composer, musician, film-maker, performer, actor, mycologist, archivist, stager of exhibitions, publisher of numerous authors from the circle of literary expressionism and Dada, lumberjack, bumble-bee keeper. During his six-year stay in Egypt in the '60s, he co-founded (together with Salah Ragab and Edu Vizvari) the Cairo Jazz Band as well as the Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble, played in various music groups: Embryo, a trio with John Tchicai and Don Moye (extensive tour of Africa) and also with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. He worked with Sunny Murray, Don Cherry, Okay Termiz, Peter Kowald, Takehisa Kosugi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta, etc. Today Geerken possesses one of the most comprehensive Sun Ra archives. His book Omniverse Sun Ra (1994) , which contains the first all-embracing discography of the musician, has meanwhile grown to be a priceless cult book. Together with James Wolf from the Library Of Congress in Washington D.C., he is editor of the recently published collected poems and philosophical works of Sun Ra (The Immeasurable Equation, 2005). This is Geerken's first-ever solo release (a major event indeed!) and it was recorded under the influence of magic mushrooms (dried amanita muscaria). One of the instruments played here is Sun Ra's Sun harp (a Bulgarian bandura), which Sun Ra gave him in 1971 in Egypt, where Hartmut invited the Arkestra to play. They didn't get any money to fly back to the States, so Hartmut kindly borrowed them some bread for the trip back... in exchange, Sun Ra gave him his Sun harp (which you'd hear on several Saturn LPs and which was one of the few instruments that Sun Ra played besides keyboards) saying I'll buy it back from you one day... which evidently never happened. The other string instrument played here is a swarmandal, which was given to him in 1976 in New Delhi by the renowned Dhrupad singers: the Dagar brothers. Probably the wildest Qbico ever... alien sounds!" Originally recorded on May 11, 1995. Parts of this are as screwed up as as something like the Seventh Sons' 4 A.M. At Frank's -- killer.


Artist: ERUPTION
Title: Live Action, 1972 Wuppertal
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: 2LP
Price: $42.00
Catalog #: QBICO 076LP
Music by: Conrad Schnitzler, Klaus Freudigmann, Wolfgang Seidel and friends. Three side-long tracks, the complete concert. "Here we go, after releasing a 1970 rec. of Eruption. I'm so honored to make available for the first time ever the complete Live Action, 1972 recorded in Wuppertal by Conrad Schnitzler's loose collective. Space is the stage." Last copies; it is believed that this is the same recording as issued under the artist name Kluster by Important Records (IMPREC 180: Volcano).


Artist: SLITHER
Title: Venom Injection/Invertebrate
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $24.00
Catalog #: QBICO 077LP
"Heath Moerland & Chris Pottinger: horns & electronics. Side A: 'Venom Injection,' 'Invertebrate.' Ghost-horns howling at twisted electronics, sub-humans or invertebrate."


Artist: COTTON MUSEUM
Title: No Face in the Bog
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $24.00
Catalog #: QBICO 078LP
"Cow's milk vinyl, artworks and music by Chris Pottinger, with insert. Side A originally released as a limited edition CD-R art set in 100 copies on Tasty Soil, Creature. B1 track is unreleased, recorded in 2007. B2 originally released in 2006 on Fag Tapes as a side of a tour cassette with Sick Llama. B3 was played as a loop for 8 months straight on a pirate radio station that broadcast out of the Cloud House on 107.9 FM. Far-out electronic music for the third millennium! The track on side A is side long and totally insane (don't know but I hear echoes of Kawabata's solo on Qbico #11, could be a new step/continuation?!), my amplifier's pointers never went so schizophrenic! Side B starts with a short electronic meditation thinned out by pure acid. The middle piece is long and it grows on you, deeper and deeper. This futuristic rocket ends with a mesmerizing short track that was broadcast as a loop on a pirate radio station for 8 consecutive months! All in tune: the cover, the vinyl color, the music AND the creatures! An exhibition (curated by Thurston Moore) of Chris Pottinger's fine artwork was displayed at the latest No Fun Fest."


Artist: ODD CLOUDS
Title: Odd Clouds
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: PIC. DISC
Price: $24.00
Catalog #: QBICO 079LP
Picture disk, with artwork by Chris Pottinger & Jamie Easter. Recorded between 2004-2007 in Detroit, Ferndale, and Hamtramck, Michigan. Performers: Chris Pottinger, Jamie Easter, Heath Moerland, Glen Morren, Chris Sprague, Matt Smith, Noah Eikhoff & Free Wade. "Their 1st LP that came out a couple of years ago, was among the best things I had heard and seen in the last few years. So I didn't hesitate to get in touch with them. They kindly brought some odd clouds at the Qbico U-nite I did in 2007, along with some special gifts, so I immediately liked them! The music is simply one of the most exciting ever released on Qbico, as well as the artwork. Hear, see and feel to believe in some mighty clouds."


Artist: TROPA MACACA
Title: Fiteiras Suadas
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: LP
Price: $24.00
Catalog #: QBICO 080LP
"Clear azul vinyl, artwork by Joana Da Conceicao. For sure one of the weirdest and most unique records on Qbico, thanks to this young couple from Porto; hard to explain, no easy listening... but once you get attuned, it grows on you... deeply. Some vague similarities with the Astral Social Club LP."


Artist: LOOSERS
Title: Natives Are Restless
Label: QBICO (ITALY)
Format: 2LP
Price: $42.00
Catalog #: QBICO 081LP
"Recorded in 2005/2006 in Portugal and Europe... and they like to dance to the sound of tribal music!"

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