New Releases for February 2008

Index of New Releases for February 2008

Artist:	PRINS, GERT-JAN
Title:	Break Before Make
Label:	EDITIONS MEGO (AUSTRIA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	DEMEGO 002CD

This is Amsterdam-based Gert-Jan Prins' first full-length release. Break Before Make is an arsenal of customized electronics, timpani and voice. Like its predecessor Risk, this record investigates the sonic possibilities to be found in electronic devices and circuits. However, this is no noodling experimental stuff but a compact set of finely-crafted sonics. Short, sharp shocks with a bit of timpani thrown in. Besides his solo-project, current projects include MIMEO, Synchronator and The Flirts. He has collaborated with Pita, Thomas Lehn, Lee Ranaldo, Anne la Berge, Fennesz, Vacuum Boys, Marcus Schmickler, Giuseppe Ielasi, Carlos Giffoni and many more.

Artist:	O'MALLEY & ATTILA CSIHAR, STEPHEN
Title:	6°Fskyquake
Label:	EDITIONS MEGO (AUSTRIA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	DEMEGO 003CD

Debut collaborative release by Stephen O'Malley (SunnO))), Khanate, etc.): HP 200CD & Travis Bean/Fender Twin Reverb; and Attila Csihar: vocals. 6°Fskyquake is an audio composition designed in 2001 but explored in conjunction with the American sculptor Banks Violette's solo shows in the summer of 2007. Actually, two shows at two different galleries, Barbara Gladstone & Team, running simultaneously. The interaction of sound and Violette's work revisited concepts touched in prior collaborations: of loss, absence, residual energy of a missed evocative experience. The composition was captured at a recording session during the installation process at Team gallery, and later transfered to Gladstone as a recorded playback to the public. Designed for three separate systems consisting of powered 18" subwoofers and PA tops, the composition runs a total of 8 hours and 35 minutes. This room recording represents a possible stereo interpretation of a portion of that work. The fifth collaboration between Stephen O'Malley & Banks Violette circulated amongst the main theme of sound as physical presence. Sound pressure in substantial space, relative dimension between concrete and perceptual mass, gravity induced by heightened sonic action and standing sub-bass pressure. The contribution of lyrics, text and vocals by Hungarian black metal vocalist Attila Csihar were inspired by his journeys inside imperial Tokyo, bringing an emotional and meditative identity to the otherwise purely structural composition. For this we shall be blessed. The ghost of presence subsists across physical space, the phantom of absence across linear finite, the shadow of mass via memories. What once was.

Artist:	ANGEL
Title:	Kalmukia
Label:	EDITIONS MEGO (AUSTRIA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	EMEGO 087CD

Angel is Ilpo Väisänen (Pan Sonic), Hildur Guðnadóttir (Lost In Hildurness) and Dirk Dresselhaus (Schneider TM), and this is their third release. Angel was originally formed as the duo of Väisänen and Dresselhaus in 1999, releasing two live albums: in 2002 an eponymously-titled album on the French Bip_Hop label and in 2006 a recording of a drone piece played at the Club Transmediale Festival in Berlin in 2005. Kalmukia is a vast epic, sprawling through guitar riffs spanning deep electronic canyons overlooked by a melancholic grey sky. A journey leading to discovery and a final mutation. All players delicately playing off each other, creating a mesmerizing work that sounds like nothing they have done before yet still retaining the audio signatures they have become known for. Packaged in a notebook-style sleeve.

EMANEM (UK)

Artist:	GROSSE ABFAHRT
Title:	Everything That Disappears
Label:	EMANEM (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	EMANEM 4146CD

"Tom Djll (trumpet, pocket cornet & preparations), Matt Ingalls (Bb clarinet, bass clarinet), Frédèric Blondy (piano), John Shiurba (electric guitar), George Cremaschi (double bass & electronics), Lê Quan Ninh (surrounded bass drum), John Bischoff (electronics), Tim Perkis (electronics), Gino Robair (energized surfaces & voltage made audible). Tom Djll put this electro-acoustic improvising nonet together when Frédèric Blondy and Lê Quan Ninh were visiting the San Francisco area, resulting in some extended performances that are more about the group than the individuals."

Artist:	SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Title:	Bare Essentials 1972-3
Label:	EMANEM (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	EMANEM 4218CD

"John Stevens (percussion & cornet) and Trevor Watts (soprano sax). Duo recordings selected from the Trevor Watts cassette archive that have cleaned up very nicely. The music is very conversational, and ranges from free jazz ferocity to quiet stillness. Until this release, there were no published SME recordings from between mid-1971 and late 1973, and none of Stevens playing cornet before late 1973 -- so a considerable gap has been breeched by some vital playing, mostly at London's Little Theatre Club. 150 minutes. (All previously unissued)."

ENDLESS FLIGHT (JAPAN)

ERSTWHILE

Artist:	MAGIC I.D., THE
Title:	Till My Breath Gives Out
Label:	ERSTWHILE
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ERSTPOP 001CD

"The Magic I.D. is a Berlin-based quartet consisting of Margareth Kammerer, Christof Kurzmann, Kai Fagaschinski and Michael Thieke, which formed in the summer of 2005 after previously being connected via smaller groupings and projects, some more abstract and some more song-based. The six pieces contained here are precise collective compositions, three by the full quartet, and one from each of the three potential 'duos' (the two clarinets form one twinned instrument). Till My Breath Gives Out expands song forms through the prism of experimental sensibilities and meshes the two remarkably fluidly. Till My Breath Gives Out is being released simultaneously in two formats: foldout digipak CD and gatefold 180 gram vinyl. The content and the running order are identical; the LP version was mastered slightly differently to better fit the format. The LP is an edition of 500 copies; the CD is unlimited and inexpensive."

ESKIMO (BELGIUM)

ESOTERIC RECORDINGS (UK)

Artist:	SAMURAI
Title:	Samurai
Label:	ESOTERIC RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	ECLEC 2025CD

"Classic progressive rock album -- now 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. Samuraiis truly a lost classic of the progressive era. Released on the short-lived Greenwich Gramophone label in 1972, the album was influenced by the experiments of groups such as King Crimson, Gentle Giant et al, but was more than a mere clone of these bands. Evolving from the equally excellent band Web (whose album I Spider is a classic of the genre), the musicianship on the album was excellent and keyboard player Dave Lawson's compositions were groundbreaking and memorable. Sadly, the group disbanded shortly after the release of the record, resulting in limited sales. However, the influence of the album was not lost as both Dave Lawson and Tony Reeves soon joined Dave Greenslade to form the group Greenslade, effectively taking up the musical mantle laid down by Samurai. This Esoteric reissue features a booklet with previously unseen photographs and an interview with Dave Lawson."

Artist:	MOORCOCK & THE DEEP FIX, MICHAEL
Title:	The New World's Fair
Label:	ESOTERIC RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	ECLEC 2026CD

"Classic sci-fi rock album, now 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes with unreleased bonus tracks. Leading science fantasy author Michael Moorcock enjoyed a long collaboration with space rock kings Hawkwind, eventually forming his own outfit Deep Fix to record this conceptual album in 1975. Featuring members of Hawkwind and guitarist Snowy White, The New Worlds Fair was a stunning work inspired by Moorcock's writings and was wonderfully conceived and delivered. The Esoteric reissue is remastered from the original tapes and includes 7 bonus tracks, 3 of which are previously unreleased. The booklet features an essay by Hawkwind founder & friend of Michael Moorcock, Nik Turner. It's an essential release for fans of Hawkwind, Moorcock and science fantasy."

Artist:	FARR, GARY
Title:	Strange Fruit
Label:	ESOTERIC RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	ECLEC 2029CD

"Gary Farr's long-lost classic folk rock album, now 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes with bonus track. Strange Fruit is a great undiscovered work of the acoustic rock/classic rock genres, cited by some as a minor masterpiece. In the late '60s, Gary Farr made the transition from leader of R&B outfit The T-Bones to a noted singer-songwriter. Recording an album for Marmalade Records, Farr then signed to CBS Records in 1970, recording this sole album for the label. Sessions featured contributions from Richard Thompson on lead guitar and leading lights of the underground Mighty Baby. Unavailable on CD for many years, Strange Fruit is a record made by an often-overlooked singer-songwriter made available once more by Esoteric Recordings and is certain to appeal to all who adore acoustic music both melancholic and uplifting. The reissue also features the first-ever CD appearance of the single edit of 'Revolution of the Season.'"

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Artist:	BARKINGSIDE
Title:	Barkingside (2006/7)
Label:	EMANEM (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	EMANEM 4147CD

Artist:	ROBOTNICK, ALEXANDER
Title:	A Coffee Shop In Rotterdam
Label:	ENDLESS FLIGHT (JAPAN)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	EF 003EP

Artist:	AEROPLANE
Title:	Pacific Air Race
Label:	ESKIMO (BELGIUM)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	ESK 501978

Artist:	VISTI, PETER
Title:	Heaven Is A Disco
Label:	ESKIMO (BELGIUM)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	ESK 501998