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Browse by Label: SPALAX (FRANCE)
Artist:
CATHARSIS
Title:
Masq
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14201
Masq
is their first, from 1971; the sound is vaguely reminiscent of early-mid period Pink Floyd, acoustic guitars and prog textures and occasional edgy tension-filled passages, with weird massed vocals on top. Best of their batch.
Artist:
PAUVROS, JEAN-FRANCOIS
Title:
Le Corps Est Un Menteur
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14264
Two strange CDs of experimental-guitar based "music for ballet" by Pauvros, "a well-known avant garde guitarist composer & performer. He met and plays since the early 70s with the most renown musicians (Ted Milton/Blurt, Arto Lindsay/DNA, Elliot Sharp/Carbon). Part of Catalogue with Jac Berrocal and Gilbert Artman (Lard Free & Urban Sax)...the two CDs are in style of Rock in Opposition, DNA, ethnical Original Sound Tracks, borned from Jean-Francois Pauvros's outer-space mind."
Artist:
ELECTRIC SUN
Title:
Earthquake
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$21.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14265
1995 reissue of this 1979 hard rock album by Uli Roth (post-Scorpions), accidently in stock. "Dedicated to the spirt of Jimi Hendrix." "Strong tracks include "Burning Wheels Turning' and 'Still So Many Lives Away', which have the most fantastic guitar solos, and perhaps one of Uli's most famous solo. Another good song is the opening track, 'Electric Sun', in which Uli welcomes the world to the Electric Sun band/concept with a one minute opening guitar salvo/solo that will leave guitar fans breathless. The CD is worth a buy for the two instrumental tracks alone - the very brief but cool 'Winterdays' and the closing title track, a ten minute plus opus of Strat magic, with its well thought out arrangement and brilliant classical workouts, weaving what would become Roth's trademark sonic tapestry Neo-Classical Metal/Hard Rock."
Artist:
SCHNITZLER, CONRAD
Title:
Con Brio
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14274
2nd CD on label. Serene synthetics and solo piano studies.
Artist:
LIMBUS 4
Title:
Mandalas
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14277
Repressed. Reissue of the 2nd Limbus album (their even more obscure debut from 1969, under the name Limbus 3, has been bootlegged on CD by Germanofon & is legitimately available on LP via the Batschong label), which was originally issued by OHR in 1970. A fantastic dose of early 70s German freeform weirdness and an essential reissue for the tuned-out community. "Formed in 1968, Limbus were a most unusual band who grew a unique music out of jazz, folk and avant-garde roots. As the more varied instrumental quartet Limbus 4, with swirling organ, studio effects and a most bizarre use of kazoos,
Mandalas
has perplexed and confused many. Limbus 4 were certainly one of a kind. We uncover: Odysseus Artnern, Bernd Henninger, Matthias Knieper & Gerd Kraus (piano, bass, cello, viola, violin, flutes, percussion, tablas)."
Artist:
CATHARSIS
Title:
Et S'Aimer... Et Mourir...
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14280
6th album from 1986. No comment possible.
Artist:
DEMON THOR
Title:
Anno 1972
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14290
First, ploddingly dull album from 1972.
Artist:
FLOH DE COLOGNE
Title:
Lucky Streik
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14291
4th album, originally issued on OHR in 1972. Political cabaret & post-Mothers mayhem.
Artist:
AMON DÜÜL UK
Title:
Die Lösung
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14517
"The last release from Amon Duul (UK) before John Weinzlerl went back to join the main group again." W/ Robert Calvert, Ed & Joey Ozric, T.S. McPhee. Slightly less New Wave than some of the other titles by this group, as if that was some sort of consolation.
Artist:
MOTHER GONG
Title:
Wild Child
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14521
"This is the 3rd album from the 'Mother Queen' Gilli Smith, recording under the name Mother Gong, in reference to her awe-inspiring and pivotal position in Gong. Originally issued in 1991, this album shows Gilli's great musical talent and flair, which was perhaps not so blindingly present on Gong releases."
Artist:
ANIMA
Title:
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14530
Reissue of this classic outsider freak-out album, first issued by Pilz in 1972, featuring the duo of Paul & Limpe Fuchs (vocals, electronics, zither, percussion, drums, Fuchshorn, etc.). Their 2nd album and a classic example of 70s improvisational madness, highly peaked. "Anima were an adventurous German trio who liked to take jazz music to the extreme. On this album they were joined by Austrian avant-gardist Friedrich Gulda, with whom they recorded two studio jamming sessions. Nothing was decided beforehand or premeditated, and the result is two tracks of completely spontaneous off the wall jazz. Anima are one of the few of Rolf Ulrich-Kaiser's protege's who are still actively touring and recording today."
Artist:
NEKROPOLIS
Title:
Le Culte Des Goules
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14572
"After having been involved in many Krautrock bands, Peter Frohmader started publishing his own soloworks under the name of Nekropolis. A multi instrumentalist as well as a painter and designer, Peter Frohmader is without any doubt one of the most innovative artists to have emerged on the Munich scene. One of his best works,
Le Culte Des Goules
is a strange mixing of classical music, rock, and electronic. Dark and powerful." Recorded in 1981 and originally issued on the Nekropolis label. Frohmader is credited on: synthesizers, rhythm composer, fretless bass, 8-string bass, 12-string guitar, percussion, choirs, electronics, sounds.
Artist:
FROHMADER, PETER
Title:
Nekropolis 2
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14573
"
Nekropolis 2
is another well known piece of Peter Frohmader. It features a super innovative use of basses. It is in the vein of the best Magma works and can also remind of the early King Crimson and Amon Düül." Originally issued in 1982 on the Hasch label.
Artist:
13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Title:
Grackle Debacle
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14596
"This CD features great rare live recordings at the Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco), at La Maison (Houston) in 1966 and some tracks from the 1976 concert at the 'Sleeping Lay Café' in Fairfax. Contains comprehensive liner notes and exclusive rare photos." Also features 3 solo Roky tracks, live at the Sleeping Lady Cafe, 1976. A mish-mash of stuff, rather unattractively packaged, in that legendary Spalax half-hearted fashion. Does feature real ghetto graph on the front cover (underneath the word "Debacle" no less), a theoretical first for the Elevators discography.
Artist:
SEFFER, YOCHK'O
Title:
Adama & Bonus Tracks
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14611
"After years of chaotic catalogue policy, legendary and nutty French producer Moshé Naïm turned to Spalax music to have his amazing 'Emen' catalogue reissued. This CD includes the former LP
Adama
and about half of another LP known as
Ima
. It is the first part of a whole work entitled 'Neffesh Music'. Both LPs date back to 1976. All tracks have been carefully remastered and the CD includes an 8 pages booklet. Yochk'o (sometimes spelled Yoschko) Seffer is a saxophonist and clarinettist of Hungarian origin. He became well-known at the beginning of his career as a member of Magma and Zao."
Artist:
KESSLER, SIEGFRIED
Title:
Man and Animals
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14613
"Siegfried Kessler played with numerous artists and namely Yochk'o Seffer. Considered as one of the most brilliant pianists of his time, he recorded several albums.
Man & Animals
is one of his earliest and freshest recordings."
Artist:
TECA & RICARDO
Title:
Volume 1
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14615
"Ricardo was born in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. His career began with the group Momento as a singer, composer and guitarist. He then worked during many years as a musical director for the biggest Brazilian TV channel. The political turmoils which occurred at that time in his country lead him to live in France from 1970 as a student and political exile. He formed a duet with Teca and was introduced to the French audience thanks to the famous French singer Claude Nougaro. They recorded many successful albums. Having been amnestied in the beginning of the eighties, he has been spending time between France and Brazil among tours in other regions of the world."
Artist:
ASH RA
Title:
Correlations
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
LP
Price:
$26.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14760
"
Correlations
was recorded in 1978 by Manuel Göttsching with his Ash Ra mates: Harald Grosskopf (drums, synthesizer) & Lutz Ulbrich (guitar, string synthesizer, piano & mellotron)."
Artist:
NINEY THE OBSERVER
Title:
Volume 1
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14807
Tracks produced and arranged by Niney Holness (1970-74). Limited stock.
Artist:
ALPES-PATRICE MOULLET
Title:
Rock Sous La Dalle
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14809
Moullet led Catherine Ribeiro's classic backing band Alpes during their heyday (see numerous Mantra reissues), and then branched off with his invented sound-sculpture instruments into post-new age territories as documented on a couple of albums, including this CD from 1993. Prog-derived minimalist compositions, not abstract experimentalism.
Artist:
GONG
Title:
Magick Brother
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$21.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14812
Recorded in 1969 and originally released on the legendary French BYG label, this CD reissue beautifully replicates the original's artwork on a nice fold-out digipak and thankfully rescues this work into public visibility. Led by Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth, Gong's debut album presented their spiked vision of "The Kingdom of the Pothead Pixies" into truly illustrious fashion. The spiritual heirs to the fractured throne of Syd's Pink Floyd, this is space-whisper genius from the peak days of the psychedelic dream.
Artist:
GONG
Title:
Camembert Electrique
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14826
Gong's first proper studio album, if you consider
Magick Brother
as a Daevid Allen/Gilli Smyth album, and the great
Continental Circus
as merely a soundtrack. Recorded in 1971, along with the aforementioned titles this is classic first phase Gong. "In many way,
Camembert
epitomizes the early Gong. ie. stoned loonies having a great time, who also happened to be excellent musicians. It's full of raw energy, more tape loops, space-whisper and glissando guitar."--John Platt.
Artist:
ALLEN, DAEVID
Title:
Dividedalienplaybax80
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14837
"The disturbed Daevid Allen in a strong electronic trip. Surprising from the Gong's master, but definitely furious. To associate with the New York Allen's period with Bill Laswell and Material. Wild, surprising and great." Also very "new wave" but why would they want to mention that?
Artist:
INNER CITY UNIT
Title:
New Anatomy
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14845
Spalax initiates a dubious licensing plan from the UK label Demi Monde with these next few. Inner City Unit were a side project of Hawkwind member Nik Turner, this being their 4th album or so, from 1985. Rocking wave nonsense, to be avoided.
Artist:
HAWKWIND
Title:
Bring Me The Head Of Yuri Gagarin
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14846
Live at the Wembly Arena, London 1973, with the core line up of Calvert, Brock, Lemmy, Mik, etc. Sound quality is in the "dissonant archive" style and the packaging "L'asshole generique".
Artist:
TANGERINE
Title:
Memoire
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14855
2nd album from 1976. Valery Btesh's voice is gone, and the sound is more electrified folk-rock.
Artist:
CLUSTER
Title:
Zuckerzeit
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14865
The 2nd Cluster album for Brain didn't come out until 1978, as a reunion of sorts for Roedelius & Moebius after a few years of working with M. Rother as Harmonia. The synthetics are less primitive and more serenely crafted, but this is still a fine insight into the later pulse-ticking mechanics of the scene.
Artist:
IHRE KINDER
Title:
Live '82
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14892
Artist:
PAUVROS/SESUKO CHIBA, JEAN-FRANCOIS
Title:
Mango Man Go
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14896
"Often compared to Fred Frith and Jimi Hendrix, JF Pauvros is well-known for his contributions to avant garde. He is joined here by Setsuko Chiba, an innovative Japanese poet...the result of the meeting of these two musical minds is stunning, with Pauvros' accompaniment skillfully complimenting Sesuko's voice as she reads her thought-provoking compositions...simply spiritual." A nicely developing contemporary recording, parts of which wouldn't be out of place on United Dairies or something.
Artist:
MAHJUN
Title:
Happy French Band
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14903
This French group started out under the spelling of Maajun and their debut album from 1971 is supposed to be a bit of a classic in a mixture of early underground styles. It's not on CD however. They changed the spelling of the name and a released a couple of albums for Saravah in '73/'74 and then this last album in 1977 (on Gratte Ciel). There's a post-Zappa influence involved and they supposedly "melded Arab, Free, and folk influences, doling out derision through satirical lyrics and music which parodied popular tunes."
Artist:
BERKERS, JERRY
Title:
Unterwegs
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14917
One and only solo album by the Wallenstein/Cosmic Joker bass player, originally issued on the Pilz label, 1972 as their next to last release. Backed up by Wallenstein's Jurgen Dollase & Bill Barone, Dieter Dierks, Westrupp & Witthuser, etc., Berkers plays acoustic & electric guitars and sings lead. It's a pretty mixed bag of short, vaguely progged rock songs, sometimes getting into a heavyish German-like version of Crazy Horse. Hardly essential, but the good tracks are decent enough for Krautrock completists I suppose, and "better" than Wallenstein as a general rule.
Artist:
FLOH DE COLOGNE
Title:
Geyer-Symphonie
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14918
Fourth album from this German group, originally issued on OHR in 1972. Some sort of crazy German political rock opera that can be quite a strain to listen to with, considering all the spoken German texts. Music seems totally secondary, with non-arresting blasts of hardish rock, jazz rock, etc. Mostly of interest to OHR completists.
Artist:
FREEDOM
Title:
Freedom At Last
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$21.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14927
1969 bluesy hard rock guitar trio, originally issued on BYG (one of the few "rock" albums in the original Actuel series). Rather bland.
Artist:
CATALOGUE
Title:
Antwerpen Live
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$21.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14966
Reissue of an obscure LP by an early quintet version of this group, recorded live in Belgium, 8/11/79: Jac Berrocal (tp, voice, trombone), Jean-Francois Pauvros (guitar), Patrick Prado (sax, harmonium, voice), Michel Potage (voice, guitar, plastic saxophone), Jean-Pierre Arnoux (drums). Outstanding free-rock cacophony, much more wasted than their later efforts (the Hat Hut box or
Insomnie
), and a thrill to hear.
Artist:
MUSICA ELETTRONICA VIVA
Title:
Leave The City
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14968
Spalax have created a subsidiary label (Spalax2) which will be dedicated to the Actuel collection of music, as originally issued by the BYG label out of France. "Musica Elettronica Viva or MEV as they're sometimes called, were founded by Ivan Coaquette (pre-Spacecraft), and also included his wife, Patricia and Birgit Knabe, as well as various other collaborators along the way. The music we find here is an extremely experimental form of electronic jazz which is not a million miles away from the styles of early German Krautrock bands such as Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. Originally issued in 1970." This was the second of 2 MEV albums to released by BYG in 1970, following
The Sound Pool
(which featured Alvin Curran, Richard Teitelbaum & Frederic Rzewsi amongst others). It features floating, droning free music freakouts of the finest cosmic quality and this reissue is a major event by any sensible standard. A note of explanation from Frederic Rzewski about the various incarnations of MEV: "In 1968/69 MEV experimented with audience participation and took on a number of new younger people, many of whom were not musicians. We wanted to see how far we could extend the idea of free improvisation, surrounding the core group with people who happened to be around. The group expanded and spawned separate communities. In the early 70's there were three MEV's: one in Rome, led by Alvin Curran; one in New York, where Richard Teitelbaum & I were based; and one in Paris, which was organized by the Coaquettes. Birgit nd Nona were members of the Living Theatre, with whom we also hung out a ot, and Stefano was one of the younger acolytes. The record you are talking about was a kind of hippie child who chose MEV as its identity. Nobody ever found out really who was in MEV. At that time, it was part of a movement, and that part of it that was a part of the movement lived and died with that movement." [deleted]
Artist:
ALPES-PATRICE MOULLET
Title:
En Attendant Noe
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14971
Third solo album by Moullet, who led Catherine Ribeiro's backup group in the 70s. Recorded in 1996 at Moullet's famous Alpes Studio in Paris, largely featuring his invented instrument "Percuphone No. 5" , which is a manual electromechanic instrument dedicated to the principal of polyphonic improvisation, allowing him to trigger up to 48 samples simultaneously. The resultant music however is more aligned to the peripheries of progressive/new age than experimental sound sculpture, and only of secondary interest.
Artist:
EK TUNKUL
Title:
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14977
"The first album of prehispanic music recorded by Jorge Reyes. All the musique was composed and arranged by him, and both traditional and modern instruments were used to create a sound which is described as 'ethno-rock'." Mexican-based Reyes, who refers to his music as "contemporary Mexican", has released a long series of albums based on his research of the ancient instruments and musical styles of his country.
Artist:
TROVAIOLI, ARMANDO
Title:
Berlin '39
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14987
Original soundtrack.
Artist:
XOLOTL, BERNARD
Title:
Last Wave
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$21.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14992
"Amerindian artist Bernard Xolotl is an international painter and musician. In the late 60s he left France for Germany and Switzerland. He was then working with Terry Riley, Tony Conrad, La Monte Young...in Switzerland were Timothy Leary...Manuel Gottsching (Ash Ra Temple), Lutz Ulbrich (Agitation Free)...it was an incredible moment, when all this dream team was about to lead the incredible Cosmic Jokers project...Bernard Xolotl left Europe some months later for San Francisco, performing and recording his music in his incredible home studio. From his label Syntasy he released many tapes from his recordings and artwork. 20 years later he reappears for some days on our European continent...his music is wonderful and it is now rereleased on Spalax." Recorded using various keyboards and guitar, synthesizers, Roland and Korg vocoders, Tibetan percussion, etc., Xolotl has produced masterful cosmic space music. Perhaps not as deep as Klaus Schulz's greatest works, but in a similar vein. More obscure than you would expect.
Artist:
NEUMEIER, MANI
Title:
Privat
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14997
A solo album from the Guru Guru drummer, first released in Germany in 1993 (on ATM). Ethnic-tinged tribal percussions, chanting, some loops, screwy programming, solo percussion pieces, etc.
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