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Index of New Releases for January 2008
New Releases for January 2008
Artist:
VA
Title:
Runeology 3
Label:
RUNE GRAMMOFON (NORWAY)
Format:
CD
Price:
$8.00
Catalog #:
RCD S3CD
This is the third volume in Rune Grammofon's
Runeology
series, which covers stunning highlights of recent and forthcoming releases from 2007 and 2008. This low-priced sampler is comprised of 12 tracks from
Arve Henriksen
,
Susanna
,
Opsvik & Jennings
,
Food
,
Supersilent
,
Ultralyd
,
Shining
,
Alog
,
Scorch Trio
,
Humcrush
,
Ole-Henrik Moe
and
MoHa!
. Rune Grammofon is truly dedicated to the development of young Norwegian talent within the areas of electronica, improvisation, ambient, free music and most things in-between and beyond. A scene that is getting the international recognition it deserves. This is the same tracklisting as the recent CD that was given away to all subscribers of
The Wire
with issue #283, September 2007, but with a different sleeve. Please note that this does not come in a digipak, but in a slim sleeve as with previous editions of
Runeology
.
Artist:
BOX
Title:
Studio 1
Label:
RUNE GRAMMOFON (NORWAY)
Format:
LP
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
RLP 3070LP
LP version.
SECRETLY CANADIAN
Artist:
INSTRUMENTS OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Title:
Music From The Films of R/Swift
Label:
SECRETLY CANADIAN
Format:
CD
Price:
$13.50
Catalog #:
SC 148CD
"For the critical listener, Instruments of Science & Technology sounds like Brian Eno and Wendy Carlos had a love child in the '70s and subsequently marooned him/her/it on an Oort Cloud. If they had, this might have been the recording their love child beamed back to Earth. This largely instrumental electronic project may seem out of character for Richard Swift, who has raised eyebrows and turned heads over the past few years for his unmistakably beautiful singing voice, melancholic lyrics and sophisticated songwriting. Taking into account all three releases, it appears that Swift considers the last 80 years of recorded music as his own personal spice rack of musical texture from which to draw and concoct new musical recipes. With Instruments of Science & Technology, Swift has resurrected the earliest forms of electronic music, thrown in a few dashes of dub, hip-hop, kraut-rock, and Motown, and created a new hybrid dish. So fire up the hooka coals, turn on that full screen iTunes visualizer, and pump these jams as loud as your speakers/neighbors will allow."
Artist:
INSTRUMENTS OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Title:
Music From The Films of R/Swift
Label:
SECRETLY CANADIAN
Format:
LP
Price:
$13.50
Catalog #:
SC 148LP
LP version.
SET (ITALY)
Artist:
IRISH COFFEE
Title:
Irish Coffee
Label:
SET (ITALY)
Format:
CD
Price:
$23.00
Catalog #:
SET 1005CD
"Heavy vintage progressive rock from 1971 by Belgian group Irish Coffee, one of the best records in this field, now with a limited CD reissue of 1500 copies that feature up to 6 bonus tracks!"
SHINDIG (UK)
Artist:
SHINDIG
Title:
Shindig! Vol. 2, Issue 2 Jan-Feb 2008
Label:
SHINDIG (UK)
Format:
MAG
Price:
$9.00
Catalog #:
SHIN V2#2
"Gary Walker: from the Sunset Strip with The Standells, to world fame with Scott and John, to psychedelia in England with The Rain. The Walker Brother who rocked! Garage Fashion: the evolution of mop tops, turtle necks and Cuban heels from the '60s to today! Wendy & Bonnie: teen sisters cut soft-pop classic. The Sonics: Seminal garage heroes reborn. Moby Grape: part two of our exclusive story. Mitch Mitchell: Hendrix drummer speaks, Bummer Cinema: six easy pieces of loner celluloid, The Chesterfield Kings, The Horrors. All the hottest new releases and reissues reviewed! Psych, garage, beat, power-pop, soul, folk... for people who want more!" 82 pages, full color, high quality paper stock; 2nd issue of this re-launched magazine.
SHITKATAPULT (GERMANY)
Artist:
SUN ELECTRIC
Title:
Toninas Remixes
Label:
SHITKATAPULT (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$10.00
Catalog #:
STRIKE 085EP
This release takes a tour through electronic music history covering electronica, ambient, house and techno.
Max Loderbauer
and
Tom Thiel
aka
Sun Electric
were part of the initial revolution of electronic music and defined what we call ambient or electronic music today. This year Shitkatapult released
Lost And Found (1998-2000)
, with previously unreleased tracks from the last great period of Sun Electric. "Toninas" is remixed by
Ricardo Villalobos
and the duo of
Thomas Fehlmann
&
Daniel Meteo
.
SOCIAL REGISTRY
Artist:
METABOLISMUS
Title:
The Social Club No. 7
Label:
SOCIAL REGISTRY
Format:
7"
Price:
$6.00
Catalog #:
SOCIAL 052EP
"The Metabolismus collective has been making music since the mid-1980s, self-releasing most of their early material on cassette and vinyl LPs. The band comes from the town of Stuttgart, Germany and creates music that is rooted in the rich tradition of German experimental bands such as Can, Amon Duul, Popul Voh and Kraftwerk with touchstones in rock, folk and electronic music. With this release they are joined by Samara Lubelski and provide two beautiful tracks of arboreal shimmer with glimpses of soft '60s psychedelic sheen."
SPIRIT OF ORR RECORDS
Artist:
AMBROGIO & AXOLOTL, ELISA
Title:
Elisa Ambrogio & Axolotl
Label:
SPIRIT OF ORR RECORDS
Format:
7"
Price:
$6.00
Catalog #:
SO 063EP
"Explosive subtle motion and jarring delicateness collide and co-mingle through these two long sides on this collaborative joint of classic colored 7" vinyl. Here we find much more than just a single demonstration of West Coast melding of East Coast minds, there is something else in the water. Ambrogio is the one half of the Magik Markers, as well the newly-recruited member in Six Organs of Admittance. Axolotl is the SF psych mind of Karl Bauer. Full color covers in shiny plastic sleeves, limited and color vinyl."
SUB ROSA (BELGIUM)
Artist:
RIMPOCHE, BOKAR
Title:
Sacred Chants & Tibetan Rituals from the Monastery of Mirik
Label:
SUB ROSA (BELGIUM)
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.50
Catalog #:
SR 264CD
Recorded in Mirik Monastery (located in the Himalayan Mountains in Northern India, between Bhutan and Nepal) with the total collaboration of meditation master,
Bokar Rimpoche
-- all pieces edited by the filmmaker
Guy Maezelle
. Bokar Rimpoche (1940-2004) is acknowledged as a Great Master of Tibetan Buddhism who devoted his whole life to meditation. Having fled Tibet in 1959, he lived in exile, isolated in a little monastery in the mountains. The spiritual son of
Kalou Rimpoche
, a close relation of the
Dalai Lama
and Meditation Master of the 17th Karmapa, Bokar Rimpoche was the heir and representative of an ancestral knowledge (of the Kagyü line) passed along from generation to generation and holding wisdom that still enlightens today. These recordings make up the soundtrack to Guy Maezelle's film,
Bokar Rimpoche: Maître de Méditation
and feature sacred chants recorded by Bokar Rimpoche himself and ritual music from the Mirik Monastery. A message from Bokar Rimpoche: "
We, practicing Buddhists, must understand that all that we accomplish in this life results originally from our mother's goodness. For it is first thanks to her that we are able to survive. It is her that fed us, clothed us, and who took care of our education. But in reality, our whole life depends on all the other beings and their activities. For example, meat, milk and butter are given to us by the animals. Our food, our clothes, our home depend on the work and effort of many other beings. In other words, on this earth, every day of our lives is lived depending on an infinite number of other beings for no one, since their birth, can survive alone. They would have no food and no clothes. So we must be aware that our life depends on the contribution of many other beings who show goodness towards us. Therefore it is all beings, without exception, that we should hold dear! Even without referring to the word of Buddha, this interdependence between all beings is easy to understand
."
Artist:
VA
Title:
An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music Volume 5
Label:
SUB ROSA (BELGIUM)
Format:
2CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
SR 270CD
Sub Rosa presents the fifth volume of the highly-acclaimed and successful
Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music
series. This installment highlights pieces illustrating a technique (
Claude Ballif
's "Points, Mouvements"), a country ("Shur, Op. 15" by
Alireza Mashayekhi
), a studio (
Helmut Lachenmann
at the IPEM), and historic (
François Bernard Mâche
's "Prélude"), and radical ("Spectrum Ripper" by
Masonna/Yamazaki "Maso" Takushi
) works that have ripped apart ancient definitions. All this organized with internationalism in mind and, for once, a focus on the voice -- not as sung words, their traditional facet in music (from pop songs to lieder and operas), but as the word itself, recited, distorted, rendered abstract or disaggregated and screamed (the incantation so often a part of rock and noise music). Like the previous four volumes, this fifth installment is an absolute must for anyone interested in the roots and history of electronic music, with many previously unpublished, rare tracks comprising more than 2 ½ hours of music. The 2CD comes in a deluxe digipack sleeve with an extensive 54-page booklet. Other artists include:
Charlemagne Palestine
,
Pere Ubu
,
Sutcliffe Jügend
,
Li Chin Sung
aka
Dickson Dee
,
Rogelio Sosa
,
Christian Galaretta
,
Richard Maxfield
,
Wolf Vostell
,
André Boucourechliev
,
Mauricio Kagel
,
Vladimir Mayakovsky
,
Raoul Hausmann
,
Gil Joseph Wolman
,
Leo Kupper
,
Josef Anton Riedl
,
Sten Hanson + Henri Chopin
,
Dajuin Yao
,
Ground Zero
,
Club Moral
and
Dub Taylor
.
Artist:
HITE, BOB
Title:
Dr. Boogie Presents Rarities from the Bob Hite Vaults
Label:
SUB ROSA (BELGIUM)
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.50
Catalog #:
SR 271CD
This is the first volume of a collection devoted to rare and lost recordings from the '20s to '60s. These rare pieces span the years 1941-1958 and are taken from
Bob Hite
's fabulous collection of 78rpm records: a historical archive that has helped to, in its own way, save from oblivion the rural bluesmen who had dropped out of the scene decades ago and make possible their reintegration into musical history. Everyone is now entitled to hear this chunk of the treasure. Compiled by the famous DJ
Dr. Boogie
with the help of
Fito De La Parra
(drummer for
Canned Heat
). Bob Hite, founding member and singer of the unforgettable group Canned Heat, owned one of the most impressive collections of U.S. 78rpms. He started gathering these records at a very young age and always dreamed of being in a boogie band and paying tribute to the pioneers, drawing inspiration from all the greats who set the foundations for blues music. Before he joined the band, he was already working in various record stores in Venice Beach, and through the years he came to acquire extraordinary items -- mostly thanks to the success of the 33rpm, which quickly replaced the 78rpm format. Bob Hite never stopped expanding his collection; he bought records all around the world. He was known to throw huge parties at his house, where he spent hours, sometimes whole nights, unveiling gems from his collection. After Bob Hite's death, the fabulous collection was decimated, partly sold, dismembered, and even plundered. Now the public is privy to pieces of his exquisite archive of forgotten greats and lesser-knowns, such as
Pete Johnson
: a boogie-woogie expert and one of the first piano legends, or
Clarence Brown
, whose majestic guitar playing and recordings for the Peacock label remain unmatchable.
Elmore James
makes an appearance with some of his more obscure tracks, as well as
Mad Mel Sebastian
, who remains a complete mystery. Other artists include:
Eddie Hope
,
The Hot Shots
,
Earl King
,
Googie Rene
,
Chuck Higgins
,
Johnny Otis
,
Bill Haley
,
Otis Rush
and
Etta James
.
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