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"The Residents released Duck Stab! as a seven inch EP in 1978. For the group, the EP represented a break from the much more experimental Eskimo recordings which consumed the majority of a four-year period from 1975-79. To everyone's surprise, the EP was a hit, selling 50,000 copies in a few months. The demand was so high, that Ralph, the groups label, insisted the band to record a second EP, Buster & Glen, which they paired with Duck Stab! to make an LP, which was also quite successful. In order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the legendary alternative TV show Night Flight, The Residents created a program based on a live version of Duck Stab!, which the band was already rehearsing as part of their upcoming 50th Anniversary Tour Dog Stab! Duck Stab! Alive! was recorded live in the studio over three days from May 19-21, 2021 at the 25th Street Studio in Oakland, CA. The stunning results in sound and vision are contained in this limited edition boxed set. This boxed set is a custom made 10" high quality box with a DVD Nest. The package includes two 10" LPs and a DVD Digipack with a 16-page booklet featuring a short story on Duck Stab along with full color images from the show."
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HTLP 009BOX
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"The announcement of the relaunch of the German label Hit Thing (marketed by Grand Chess) comes with some anticipation regarding some of the rare titles they released from 2000-2007. At the starting gate is Morphosa Harmonia, the duet album between Thomas Wydler, longtime drummer-alumni of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds and Die Haut, and Toby Dammit, also known as Larry Mullins, who has since joined the Bad Seeds as well. Morphosa Harmonia has a two-sided structure in almost every aspect of the project. Wydler and Toby combined their tastes, talents and humor on these 11 sketches. In 2002 Dammit arrived in Berlin somewhat empty handed and dazed at what to contribute, as Wydler had already designed much of the drumming and percussion landscapes. With considerable thought a radical chance had to be taken. Armed with a rare Buchla synthesizer, a vocal microphone and tape echo, Dammit asked Wydler to give him a chance to explore some strange ideas. Recording engineer Ingo Krauss kept the creative waters flowing without question and what resulted surprised them all. Large phonetic vocal choirs were built, sometimes beautiful, mysterious or a horrific nightmare. Each piece gained unique characters and themes. Thus a strange and visual musical world slowly appeared before them; the cinema of Morphosa Harmonia. Later that week Wydler and Dammit attended a dinner at the home of German artist Martin Eder. As they explained their strange new project, Eder expressed interest in contributing the artwork. At that time Eder had completed a parallel series of beautiful watercolor portraits of both cats and women. Combining both side by side displayed varieties of a possible morphosis from feline to feminine, (or vice versa) and a mysterious yet complimentary layer came to their musical characters. It appeared to complete the cinematic world they had designed; thus a true harmonic morphosis exposed, balanced in music and painting, the strange characters of Morphosa Harmonia."
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The Berlin-based band Les Hommes Sauvages consist of guitarist, songwriter and singer Kristof Hahn (Swans, Pere Ubu, Koolkings) and singer and songwriter Viola Limpet (Tumbling Hearts). Guest musicians include Thomas Wydler (Bad Seeds, Die Haut), Chris Spedding, Toby Dammit (Iggy Pop, Bad Seeds), Yoyo Röhm (Swans, Mick Harvey), and Bela B. (Die Ärzte). Hahn and Limpet coined the term "rock n' roll noir" to describe their three timeless albums, now celebrated in Anthology. All recordings were newly mastered in HD audio by Master & Servant for vinyl. The Anthology box set exquisitely pairs Les Hommes Sauvages' sounds with the visual works of the Belgian painter Albert Pepermans for a daring journey across innovations and homages to cultural icons. French chansons, German electronics, British post-punk and American rock n' roll meet the vibrant urban images of Pepermans along with the audible and visual aesthetics of the film noir genre. Anthology defies the premise that sight and sound are separate. See the music. Hear the paintings. Anthology features Les Hommes Sauvages' three LPs Playtime (2000), Trafic (2004), and Vive La Trance (2011). 180 gram vinyl. Includes a complementing 16-page booklet and four high-quality prints by Pepermans.
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A last drink on one of those lazy days in April. A slight heaviness lies in the room. An electric chamber orchestra plays melodies full of mysteries. Dark, dissonant music for nighthawks. A sad seriousness that hardly fits into this silly time that surrounds us so mercilessly. The musical influences merge into a "Sound Noir" carried by guitarist Mika Bajinski's timelessly glacier-melting voice. With cellist Marie-Claire Schlameus, double bassist Yoyo Röhm (Mick Harvey Band/Martin Dean) and Kristof Hahn (Swans/Pere Ubu) on lap steel guitar, Bajinski heads a band that can confidently point to a wealth of musical experience and should be considered the most interesting new band to come out of the Berlin swamp at the moment. NOUS, the debut LP (Grand Chess Records) by Sometimes With Others, is a mature mixture of classical instrumentation and experimental interludes with a love for effect that need not fear great comparisons. Sometimes With Others are more complex and at the same time more open than their taciturn colleagues Bohren & der Club of Gore and a comparison of Bajinski's sonorous voice with that of Nico is almost too obvious. Such comparisons, however, are quickly shattered by the uniquely dense sound, which will sweeten the sunrise for all creatures of the night. A soundtrack for all friends of the night, the loneliness in a hotel room, staring at the fridge and the daily waiting for the darkness.
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