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Index of New Releases for March 2008
New Releases for March 2008
12K
Artist:
SOLO ANDATA/SEAWORTHY/TAYLOR DEUPREE
Title:
Live In Melbourne
Label:
12K
Format:
CD
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
12K 2008CD
"One night in April, 2007, the beautiful city of Melbourne, Australia was host to a small gathering of sound-lovers and curious passers-by descending on the venerable Northcote Social Club for a night of subtle soundscaping by Oz-natives Solo Andata and Seaworthy and New Yorker Taylor Deupree, who was in Australia for a tour. After a great meal and despite the ghosts of the BBC hijacking the audio system, the three artists set out to capture the focused listeners with beds of abandoned melodies and warm acoustic tangles. In hopes to capture the memories of the night, and a snapshot of live audio and all of its imperfections, Deupree recorded the evening with the intent of producing this CD.
Live in Melbourne
pairs label mates Seaworthy and Deupree with Solo Andata, a newcomer to 12k, who all share in a similar sonic aesthetic. Solo Andata performed with laptop and a host of small instruments and electronics creating dense and careful beds of disjointed, yet beautiful music. Seaworthy transformed the stunning, sparse drones of his
Map in Hand
album into a live, improvised experience that captured all of the emotion that's created by a single musician and his guitar. Deupree rounded off the night with his characteristically sparse bed of tones and digital detritus.
Live in Melbourne
is strictly limited to 500 copies."
2062
Artist:
BASINSKI, WILLIAM
Title:
The River
Label:
2062
Format:
2CD
Price:
$22.00
Catalog #:
2062 0702
Re-issue; originally released on Raster-Noton, 2002. "
The River
is the culmination of William Basinski's shortwave music experiments. It was recorded in real time in 1983 using tape loops and shortwave radio static. The loops were all culled from the airwaves, short bits of string melody taken from the Muzak radio station, slowed down and mixed live to cassette from two '50s Norelco reel-to-reel decks with a random accompaniment of shifting shortwave radio static. 'Growing up in the '70s, with a love for the lush sound of the Mellotron, but not having the pocketbook to own one, I decided to try to create my own. I had heard that the sounds were recorded on tape loops, so I began recording small bits of lush strings from intros and interludes in Muzak songs to use as my keys. The aspect of pulling all the sounds from the airwaves, to create something from nothing, fascinated me. With these elemental, organic loops that I had saved aside for
The River
, I was attempting to record the music of the spheres. The 90 minute length was decried by the length of the two sides of the cassette. The idea was to have a piece which could repeat endlessly, creating an eternal, meditative womb of tranquility.' "
4 MEN WITH BEARDS
Artist:
WALKER, SCOTT
Title:
Scott 3
Label:
4 MEN WITH BEARDS
Format:
LP
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
4M 151LP
"
Scott 3
, originally released in 1969, marked a big change in Walker's approach to albums as, for the first time, the record is dominated by his original compositions. In fact, the only other songwriter that makes it onto the album is Walker's idol, Belgium's legendary singer/songwriter Jacques Brel.
Scott 3
again features string heavy production courtesy of Wally Scott, though it occasionally moves out of pop ballad territory into a more cinematic feel influenced by Ennio Morricone, among others. An huge influence on folks like David Bowie and Nick Cave, as well as just about anybody on the 4AD label." 180 gram vinyl; gatefold sleeve.
Artist:
WALKER, SCOTT
Title:
Scott 4
Label:
4 MEN WITH BEARDS
Format:
LP
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
4M 152LP
"Despite being the first of his solo albums not to reach the British Top 10,
Scott 4
was perhaps his best, and most ambitious album to date. Originally released in 1969, it is the first record to feature only Scott Walker originals. It is also the first to back off a bit from the heavily string laden production of past releases, allowing other sonic influences to shine through, from country to folk to soul. The lyrical content remains intense as Walker tackles everything from War to Stalinism to heartbreak with equal success. A classic." 180 gram vinyl; gatefold sleeve.
7EVEN (FRANCE)
Artist:
LIKHAN
Title:
Terre/Unwill
Label:
7EVEN (FRANCE)
Format:
12"
Price:
$12.00
Catalog #:
7EVEN 001EP
"There's really very little music released under the dubstep umbrella that gets us excited these days, but the last couple of weeks have been an absolute treasure trove of low-end goodness for the more progressive bass-heads among you. Enter Likhan, a French operator who we know close to nothing about but who's pushing all the right buttons as far as we're concerned, here punching in two stripped bass killers that will absolutely crush dub reductionists amongst you with its impeccable production and unfussy arrangements. Admittedly we think this material sounds much much better slowed down to 33, but nonetheless Likhan has bought himself entry to that exclusive club inhabited by the likes of A Made Up Sound, Peverelist, Appleblim, T++ and the like, pushing boundaries and keeping the development and enrichment of style and function at the forefront of masterly sonic objectives."
A.i. (UK)
Artist:
THIRD MAN, THE
Title:
Before We Begin
Label:
A.i. (UK)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.50
Catalog #:
AI 020EP
"This latest release brings you the debut 6 track EP/LP from The Third Man.
Before We Begin
is packed full of ideas but the key themes of keeping ears tuned to some of Detroit's past masters and eyes focused firmly on the dancefloor resonate throughout. 'Onwards and Upwards' wastes no time in setting the pace, opening immediately with a punchy kick drum and a wash of Maurizio-style synths before dropping the bass line and letting this carry you towards the smooth melodies and vintage UR jazz stylings that follow. Sounds like: Mad Mike, Laurent Garnier and Monolake having a 3-way face off."
ABDUCTION
Artist:
SUN CITY GIRLS
Title:
You're Never Alone with a Cigarette (Singles Volume 1)
Label:
ABDUCTION
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
ABD 040CD
Recorded in July of 1988 during the sessions that produced
Sun City Girls
' most popular recording, these nine tracks represent the other half of songs which were originally prepared as a 2LP demo version of
Torch of the Mystics
for Placebo Records in 1989. The sequencing of all 20 tracks at the time was entirely different with the predominately instrumental tracks in this collection mixed in and around the mostly vocal tracks of what became
Torch
. Placebo went out of business shortly after this proposed 2LP idea was presented to them but Majora Records quickly stepped in to begin releasing most of the material. Included here are five tracks from early Majora singles: "100 Pounds of Black Olives" and "The Fine-Tuned Machines of Lemuria" (the complete unreleased 12-minute version) from the single "You're Never Alone with a Cigarette" and all three tracks from Record #1 of the double 7"
Three Fake Female Orgasms
-- "Plaster Cupids Falling from the Ceiling," "The Beauty of Benghazi," and "Souvenirs from Jangare." The short piece "Harmful Little Armful" is from the triple 7" box set
Bruce Lee, Heroin, and the Punk Scene
(from a Bay Area label Massacre at Central High) and rounding out the set are three unreleased studio tracks recorded the same day as much of the
Torch
LP: never before heard versions of "Amazon One," "Sev Acher," and "Wild World of Animals." This is the first of a multi-volume set of reissued singles, compilation, and unreleased tracks to be assembled and sequenced to play as full-length records. Vinyl editions may also appear in time.
ACHE (CANADA)
Artist:
KONONO NO. 1
Title:
Congotronics
Label:
ACHE (CANADA)
Format:
LP
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
ACHE 021LP
2008 repress. Limited LP version of the 2004 Crammed Disc CD release. "Konono N°1 was founded over twenty-five years ago by Mingiedi, a virtuoso of the
likembé
(a traditional instrument sometimes called '
sanza
' or 'thumb piano,' consisting of metal rods attached to a resonator). The band's line-up includes three electric
likembés
(bass, medium and treble), equipped with hand-made microphones built from magnets salvaged from old car parts and plugged into amplifiers. There's also a rhythm section which uses traditional as well as makeshift percussion (pans, pots and car parts), three singers, three dancers and a sound system featuring megaphones dating from the colonial period. Instead of apologizing for the heavily distorted sounds of such DIY amplification, Konono N°1 have embraced them, provoking a radical mutation of their sound, and has accidentally connected them with the aesthetics of today's most underground forms of music as much through their sounds as through their sheer volume (they play in front of a wall of speakers) and merciless grooves. Hailing from Africa and rooted in a very social form of folk music-making, Konono N°1 is one of the main exponents of a spectacular style of music which has developed in the suburbs of the capital city of Kinshasa. The Congolese refer to this style as 'tradi-modern,' meaning electrified traditional music. These are musicians who have left the bush to settle in the capital and, in order to both continue fulfilling their social role and make themselves heard above the urban din, they have resorted to DIY amplification of their instruments, and the use of megaphones."
ACKER RECORDS (GERMANY)
Artist:
KOMBINAT 100
Title:
Wege Übers Land
Label:
ACKER RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
ACKER 001CD
"Kombinat 100, the suspiciously band-like live act from northern shores, are set to unleash their eagerly awaited debut album
Wege Übers Land
(ways across the land). Here, everything we know and love about these notorious dancefloor smashers re-emerges from the studio, squeaky clean and freshly rinsed, polished and arranged. An irresistible retrospective of Kombinat 100's countless live gigs, there is no other way this album could have come about: All of the four Mecklenburgers' tracks have their origins on stage. So don't be surprised if you find yourself moshing along from beginning to end! Kombinat 100's eclectic mix and match of influences touches on more genres than you could possibly think of, from techno, house, dub and pop to jazz and beyond, interspersed with plenty of lovingly crafted moments of homemade bliss. And it is precisely those moments, when the boys reach for their acoustic sidekicks, from accordion and melodica to congas and Hammond organ, that our hearts miss a beat. Unafraid to flaunt grand emotions, melancholic opener 'Flieg Kleine Taube' ('fly away, dove') and the sun-drenched sounds of 'Hanne Nüte' meet their match in the rocking grooves of 'Out Of My Space.' In between, the boys invariably return to their gig-inspired dancefloor roots -- 'Woterfitz,' 'Del Maritim' and 'Der Pomel' are set to move your heart, feet and mind. So, finally: a breath of fresh, open air for your living room!"
AIP
Artist:
VA
Title:
Pebbles Volume 6
Label:
AIP
Format:
LP
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
BFD 5023LP
New colored vinyl repressings of these classic 60s garage comps. "The Pebbles series has made available over 800 obscure, mostly American 'original punk rock' songs recorded in the mid-1960s 'primarily known today as the garage rock and psychedelic rock genres' that were previously known only to a handful of collectors. This vinyl re-issue of
Pebbles Vol. 6
is on blue colored vinyl. Artists include: The Fairies, Junco Partners, The Cheynes, The First Gear, The Betterdays, The Wild Ones, David John & The Mood, The Wheels, Rhythm & Blues Inc., Erkey Grant & The Eerwigs, Bill & Will, Blues By Five, Steve Aldo, The Rats, Jason Eddie & The Centremen, Bo And Peep."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Pebbles Volume 7
Label:
AIP
Format:
LP
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
BFD 5024LP
Pebbles Vol. 7
is on green colored vinyl. Artists include: Something Wild, The Descendents, The Denims, The Heard, Hysterics, Silver Fleet, The Human Beings, The Chocolate Watchband, The Craig, The Edge, We The People, The Survivors, The Four Fifths, The Dovers, Sunday Funnies, The Painted Ship, The Live Wires.
Artist:
VA
Title:
Pebbles Volume 8
Label:
AIP
Format:
LP
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
BFD 5025LP
Pebbles Vol. 8
is on orange colored vinyl. Artists include: The Lollipop Shoppe, The Starfires, The Gants, The Sound Barrier, The Jujus, The Uncalled For, The Bruthers, The Clue, Faine Jade, The Caravelles, The Human Beinz, Question Mark & The Mysterians, The Others, The Cindermen, The Rovin' Flames, The Rockin' Ramrods, Movin' Morfomen, The Lemon Drops.
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