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$27.11

back in stock as of
march 11th, 2010

first in stock on
january 3rd, 2009

threads:
modern-psych
doom

best of 2009 !!!

8mm (italy) #8mm 032 lp

anla courtis “ornitologia” one-sided long playing record

ornitologia (21:30)

december 2008 release ; single-sided lp with a 1992-93 piece by reynols’ alan “anla” courtis ...

let’s see what’s in store ... first, there’s 4 minutes of subdued pitched-down guitar clank, after which a massed root-fifth line comes in & builds for the majority of the side (courtis’ take on “doom” ? perhaps ... listen to the sound-sample) before fading into silence, then into a short bit of wobbly modulated feedback ...

pressing is not the most ideal, but then again there’s only 105 of these suckers ...

8mm press release...

8mm 032: anla courtis - ornitologia - 12" one sided vinyl

a talisman, a living mandala. recorded in buenos aires, 1992-93 (!) and now brought to life by the chants of birds, this is anla courtis 'ornitology', a poem about the secret forces of nature and the most sublime forms of communication hidden in the forest. earth, water, wind and fire the elements that are all living inside these three gems, starting with a spectral ballad, "quetro", and exploding into the second track, 'escua', 16 minutes of epic guitars flying over an endless sea of visions. the last track, 'tersina', is the final redemption, and it comes through as a primitive-electronic assault! pure magic.

140 grams vinyl, limited to 105 copies only, screenprinted artwork (by canedicoda), half of the covers come in yellow with green print, half in green with dark print.

edition of only 105 copies !!!

$12.61

back in stock as of
november 22nd, 2011

first in stock on
may 30th, 2008

threads:
guitar-themed
sound-art
minimalism-drones

blossoming noise (usa) #bn 034 cd

alan courtis “unstringed guitar & cymbals” compact disc

cardamomo (16:17)
coriandro (12:21)
fenogreco (15:25)

may 2008 release ; always space on the shelf for another sound-art disc by alan “anla” courtis, here working his magic on, you guessed it, an unstringed electric guitar (essentially a “feedback machine”) &errant cymbals ...

what results is a good 45 minutes of ghostly reverbed-out feedback warble & the intermittent pulse of what sounds like a cymbal being played by a fan ... if there’s one thing i love about courtis, it’s his ability to conjure up precise atmospheres using simple tools ; this one’s pure bottom-of-the-well ... excellent.

blossoming noise press release...

unstringed guitar & cymbals
alan courtis

for over a decade alan courtis has been producing extreme music in argentina as a solo artist and with the now defunct reynols. unstringed guitar & cymbals is no different. this is massive sound.

$15.12

back in stock as of
november 22nd, 2011

first in stock on
august 24th, 2006

threads:
harsh-noise
musique-concrète
electro-acoustic-composition
electro-acoustic-improvisation
analogue-synth
minimalism-drones
live-electronic

best of 2006 !!!

blossoming noise (usa) #bn 012 cd

francisco lópez “absolute noise ensemble” double compact disc set

a two-disc lopez collage freakout !!

untitled sonic metaorganisms:

06.16.00
11.03.00
01.21.01
06.08.02
09.22.02

untitled sonic microorganisms:

untitled sonic microorganisms

blossoming noise press release...

total running time: 1:44:58

francisco lópez's absolute noise ensemble 2cd set featuring: alain wergifosse, albert mestre, antón ignorant, carlos medina, césar góngora, christian dergarabedian, daniel menche, ferrán fages, francisco lópez, games addiction, ilios, io casino, joe colley, jorge haro, koji asano, masami akita, mego laptop orchestra, michael gendreau, michael northam, oren ambarchi, philippe faujas, roc jiménez, ruben garcía, russell haswell, shunichiro okada, víctor nubla, zbigniew karkowski, zipperspy, alan courtis, amy denio, antonio garcía, audiopeste, bernhard günter, don campau, elliott sharp, eric muhs, frank koustrup, geoff dugan, gonçalo falcâo, john hegre, john hudak, john wiggins, jon tulchin, jorge mancini, jørgen teller, lasse marhaug, ludovic poulet, mason jones, mike honeycutt, minuit, ralf wehowsky, reznicek, scott konzelmann, stephen fenton, steve peters, tetsuo furudate, wojciek.

deluxe gatefold packaging.

$8.82

back in stock as of
december 16th, 2010

first in stock on
march 20th, 2009

threads:
modern-psych
free-improvisation

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.176 cd

second family / anla courtis “gangun guru” compact disc-recordable

sun trader
forward sorcery
nehandas song

chocolate monk press release...

second family meets anla courtis - gangun guru cdr
choc.176

ascending from the stink haze of zodiac mountain, the davenport family, jesus balls and a ton of other drooled out wisconsin jam bands comes the second family, a troupe focused on growing green, green roots in your hear holes. this has got a sweet fidelity too which means you can let the leaf in yr lug grow big. the clan are joined here by the wise blood of buenos aries mountain man anla courtis, adding some zoink guitar gristle and subtle wyrd magic. for them kids who get misty for the early ww & the vv daze.

$8.82

back in stock as of
december 16th, 2010

first in stock on
march 28th, 2007

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.155 cd

anla courtis / dylan nyoukis “fight the pyramids” compact disc recordable

anla courtis - algarrobina solida
dylan nyoukis - spiritual mould
anla courtis & dylan nyoukis - live in brighton, july 16th ‘06

chocolate monk press release...

anla courtis & dylan nyoukis – fight the pyramids (cd-r)

anla's solo piece is a sweet ride of ponderous strings, designed to bury deep. dylan's piece is a electronic drunken swagger straight to tape. the final piece is a live duet which sounds more like an ensemble piece, real fucking strange brain gas emission that confused all in attendance, especially the two performers.

$9.55

back in stock as of
july 30th, 2007

first in stock on
may 20th, 2006

threads:
minimalism-drones
electro-acoustic-composition
lo-fi

ikuisuus (finland) #is 002 cd

courtis “(the name of this drone is hidden in your dna)” compact disc recordable

(the name of this drone is hidden in your dna) (36:39)

i’ve been nothing but blown away by alan/anla courtis’ post-reynols solo work, and here we have a shining example of just what this guy is capable of when given room to stretch out - an absolutely ecstatic acoustic/electric drone, subtitled :: “(this is an imperfect audible manifestation of an inaudible drone that not begin and will never end)”, recorded “somewhere between 1996 & 2004 at unknown studios, beunos aires, argentina”

ikuisuus press release...

courtis: (the name of this drone is hidden in your dna) - cdr (ikuisuus, 2006)

1 track - 36:39 mins

one long hypnotic drone by ex-reynols member anla courtis.

this cdr was originally released by nidnod (2004)

mysterious sound!

$20.47

new to stock as of
march 17th, 2008

threads:
harsh-noise

musica genera (poland) #mg 010 cd

zbigniew karkowski / anla courtis / jaime genovart / jorge haro / pablo reche “connector” compact disc

combiner [a]
combiner [b]
combiner [c]
outage
intransitive

musica genera press release...

mg 010 : karkowski / courtis / genovart / haro / reche
"connector"

tracks 1. 2. 3 recorded aug., sept. 2004 at studio noema buenos aires, performed/composed by alan courtis, jaime genovart (www.audiodaspoly.com), zbigniew karkowski and pablo reche (www.geocities.com/pabloreche)track 4 recorded aug., sept. 2004 at studio noema buenos aires, performed/composed by jaime genovart, zbigniew karkowski and pablo rechetrack 5 recorded sept 2004 at lipm [laboratory of investigation and musical production], buenos aires, performed/composed by jorge haro (www.jorgeharo.com.ar) and zbigniew karkowskiadditional edits zbigniew karkowskimastered by mixture 151artwork atsuko nojiri

$6.72

new to stock as of
june 21st, 2010

threads:
guitar-themed
modern-psych
lo-fi

peasant magik (usa) #pm 098 cs

anla courtis “becasa quiula” c20 cassette

yunco
yacutoro yapu

2010 release ; detuned, tape-slown guitar jamming from reynols’ anla “alan” courtis, followed by some molecular re-arrangement stratagem ...

peasant magik press release...

anla courtis
becasa quiula
c20 edition of 100
pm98

$14.28

new to stock as of
march 11th, 2011

threads:
field-recordings
electro-acoustic-composition
harsh-noise
musique-concrète
guitar-themed

pica disk (norway) #pica 024 cd

jazkamer “failed state of mind” compact disc

variation of a failed state of mind (1) (3:20)
variation of a failed state of mind (2) (3:20)
variation of a failed state of mind (3) (3:20)
variation of a failed state of mind (4) (3:20)
variation of a failed state of mind (5) (3:20)
variation of a failed state of mind (6) (3:20)
variation of a failed state of mind (7) (3:20)
variation of a failed state of mind (8) (3:20)
variation of a failed state of mind (9) (3:20)

october 2010 release ; a subtler release from the jazkamer duo, aided here by reynols’ an(l)l(n)a courtis on some rather uncharacteristic exploratory guitar work, causing this one stand out as one of the better mappings charted out during this prolific year ...

pica disk press release...

jazkamer: failed state of mind

pica024. cd. released october 2010.

"failed state of mind" is jazkamer's 25th studio album. most people know of the infamous "that difficult 25th album", but for jazkamer the landmark number appears to have given no difficulties, as "failed state of mind" is the most mellow and easy-on-the-ears recording jazkamer since 2006's "panic".

the nine tracks that makes up the album is a drifting tapestry of droning guitars, distant location recordings and tasteful percussion work, all woven together in a seamless stream that is subtle and abstract. melody is hinted at, but never achieved, buried beneath layers of sound. one could almost thing that jazkamer is getting mellow in their older years. what sticks in the ear is the clarity with which jazkamer shifts between different swathes and bandwidths of noise. from moment to moment what you catch feels like a pinball machine, a child's electronic toy, a rasping insect, a fax, or simply the abstract whirr of sonic information; all caught up in an articulate but pressured streamline.

"fail state of mind" is a pure and profound release that sticks a new definition to naturalism. argentinian sound-wizard anla courtis contributes with guitar-work on two tracks. cover by san francisco-based photographer and artist suzy poling.

$12.61

back in stock as of
january 6th, 2011

first in stock on
april 3rd, 2007

threads:
musique-concrète
electro-acoustic-composition
sound-poetry
analogue-synth
minimalism-drones

pogus (usa) #p 21040 cd

anla courtis “tape works” compact disc

asma de tía de alga (10:27) 1994
rastrillo-termotanque (3:01) 1995
jarabe de llanura (5:12) 1996
respiré un cordero (2:42) 1994
reducido a hemorragia de merluzas (11:32) 1995
studio for wire plugs (2:26) 1991
invisible clown sonata (2:52) 1998
encías de viento (16:27) 1996

killer disc of lo-fi tape music & electronic studies from reynols’ anla courtis; completely all over the map, from the electric-guitar based musique concrète of “asma de tía de alga” to the almost pietro-grossi-esque bleep-fest of “invisible clown sonata” (what a title!) to the epic closer “encías de viento.” highly recommended.

pogus press release...

21040-2 cd

anla courtis
tape works

anla courtis continues to produce music and was even quite prolific during his time in reynols. it goes without saying that courtis learned a thing or two from his experience in reynols; and there's a fundamental constant to all of his work: the cassette. one of reynols' most infamous albums blank tapes was pieced together from the endemic hiss from, you guessed it, blank tapes. far from being an empty album of silences, blank tapes is extraordinarily dynamic, amplifying the magnetic energy of the tape hiss into undulating fluctuations that mirror the somatic patterns of the human body. reynols' tapes have a heart beat, blood pumping through their veins, and oxygen rushing through their lungs.

this crudely built anthropomorphism continues in courtis' work today, as the cassette and the tape deck remain primary tools in his compositional sensibility. courtis himself explains: "well to be honest for many years the cassette was the only medium i had to record music. maybe this is because argentina is always a bit behind in technology, or because i was never interested in having "the new thing." it might sound ridiculous but mainly my overdubbing work until now has been basically in a portastudio. maybe, this is just an old friend i don't think is necessary to leave; but on the other hand, there is a lot you can do with 4 channels... i mean there is no sense to discard old technology because you have a new one. a pen is technology; you don't need to kill the pen because now you have a mouse! in fact there are some things you can do with my old reel-to-reel that you cannot do with a disk drive, i mean pushing the tape, changing the aleatory speed... there are a bunch of unpredictable irregular things you can do with this old machine. in this sense, i think we should find a way to make different technologies live somehow together."

it is in this context that anla courtis presents tape works, a collection of material that dates back to the early '90s. here, courtis splatters dense slabs of petrified tones with spasmodic algorithms, dissembodied vocal samples that spiral into a electric chorale, and hot-wired musique concrete techniques, all buried under the weight of the mighty distortion pedal. once again, all things are possible for anla courtis.

- jim haynes (from the liner notes)

...

talking about a tape-works record in the 90s might sound rather anachronistic but, be it because of argentinas technology lag or for some other mysterious reason, i did not get hold of a computer to work with sound until 1999. thats why the sound experiments ive worked on throughout the last decade are mainly tape explorations. this cd contains a selection of re-mastered tape-works dating from the period 1991-1998. anla courtis

$8.67

new to stock as of
february 14th, 2008

threads:
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones
modern-psych

quasi pop (ukraine) #qpop 046 cs

lasse marhaug / anla courtis “jordslev hojaldre” c60 cassette

a1. by lasse marhaug & anla courtis
a2. by lasse marhaug & anla courtis
a3. by lasse marhaug & anla courtis
a4. by anla courtis
b1. by lasse marhaug & anla courtis
b2. by lasse marhaug & anla courtis
b3. by lasse marhaug & anla courtis
b4. by lasse marhaug

ha ! a cassingle !!! - i remember going to the local sam goody & shopping for these little buggers ca. 1988 or so. their comeback :: hilarious ... albeit this is more of a full-length collab than a single per se ...

i loved the lasse / anla/alan disc on antifrost, this is a more-than-suitable follow up ...

quasi pop press release...

marhaug / courtis • jordslev hojaldre

qpop mc046
cassette c60 in o-box
limited edition 100
total time: approximately 60 min.

this is the old-fashioned a bit, but lovely a lot tape-release. it based mostly on recordings made by lasse marhaug and anla courtis together in 1998, but remains unreleased for now. two additional solo pieces (last tracks on each side of the cassette) were recorded in 2007 to complete the entire project. as a result, now we have plenty of taped dark fluctuations of the low drones, some heavy processed location recordings & minimal organic noises.

jordslev hojaldre released on chrome tape and each cassette recorded on hi-quality cassette deck using dolby b noise reduction system.

$17.35

new to stock as of
february 14th, 2008

threads:
harsh-noise

quasi pop (ukraine) #qpop 036 cd

andreas brandal “drive home with a hammer” compact disc

level
the factory myth
herzog
there is no in-between
file under lost
vintage velvet body
drive home with a hammer
a double negative
light ghost outfit
resistant
scarlet street

quasi pop press release...

andreas brandal • drive home with a hammer

qpop cd036
cd in digipack sleeve
limited edition 500
total time: 48:29

this is the first full-length cd release by norwegian noise artist andreas brandal. he has been making music with various bands and projects since the late 80's and released a several 7" and lps on famous norwegian label smalltown supersound as solo artist, as well as a participant of improv-noise duo larmoyant.

"drive home with a hammer" is not "just another noise record". once you hear it, you will be unexpectedly surprised by unique sense of andreas in manipulating with interesting close-to-recognise sounds. his skills in working with macro/micro audio-events helps him to create the powerfull and impressive audio work using both vintage analogue equipment and modern computer tools.

there is the smallest audio element that can indicate the way to the hidden layers and perspectives in sound. the album sounds very deep, organic and "analogue", because of hisses, brutal tape loops and "glitches" are the constant "ingredients" of andreas output. the structure of tracks is clear and irregular at the same time, the music flows freely, but not quiet, because it is created with both composition and improvisation methods.

$12.61

back in stock as of
september 9th, 2010

first in stock on
july 11th, 2006

threads:
circuit-bending
electro-acoustic-composition
electro-acoustic-improvisation
experimental-instruments

sedimental (usa) #sed 042 cd

alan courtis “antiguos dólmenes del paleolítico” compact disc

part i
part ii
part iii
part iiii

sedimental press release...

antiguos dólmenes del paleolítico (“ancient palaeolithic dolmens”) is a composition in four parts created exclusively with processed no-input feedback and inspired by these stone monuments. it was created in early 2004 and is the first full-length solo cd from argentinian composer alan courtis, a founding member of the group reynols.

courtis currently lives in buenos aires, and has toured extensively in usa, europe, japan & latin america collaborating with artists such as: pauline oliveros, damo suzuki, toshimaru nakamura, makoto kawabata, k.k. null, rick bishop, thomas dimuzio, jason kahn, solid eye, birchville cat motel and lasse marhaug.

recorded and mixed at ?(?)? studios, buenos aires, argentina. january-march 2004

technical equipment employed : phonic 1002ª mixing desk,art sgx lt effects processor, digitech rp6 effects processor, dod fx55b supradistortion, tascam 424, pc (wavelab).

(no microphones, instruments or inputs of any kind were employed in this project)

$6.72

back in stock as of
july 15th, 2009

first in stock on
july 22nd, 2005

file under:
sound-research
guitar-themed
lo-fi

tonschacht (germany) #tons 019 ep

anla courtis “tribute to calcium” seven inch single record

part 1 (6:20)
part 2 (6:20)

whoah... super-demonized psychedelic scrape-throb from the “musical director” of reynols, anla courtis (recently seen in tandem with lasse marhaug on the antifrost label, culver on riot season, and makoto kawabata on one of the 10k labels that releases amt-related solo projects), coming off the mutant half-brother of tony conrad & faust’s “the pyre of angus was in kathmandu/the death of the composer was in 1962” played at 16rpm...

wasn’t quite prepared for the quality of sound here (i’ve never been the biggest reynols fan) but this smokes. guitars chime in only the lowest, dirtiest fasion, the toba violin (apparently: a one-stringed instrument constructed for centuries by native argentinians) occupies the upper registers; somewhere off in the distance someone is singing backwards in sanskrit. both older than time itself and yet-to-be-born. massive...

tonschacht press release...

artist: anla courtis
title: tribute to calcium
format: 7"
cat #: tons019

"these are the first pieces i've ever recorded with the toba violin. i was delighted by the raw sound of this native instrument and my aim was to explore its possiblities beyond the traditional approach, that's why i decided to combine it with layers of electric guitar. the recording documents this exploration process and maybe keeps fresh the spirit of this first encounter." (anla courtis)

"sprung from the bowels of reynols, guitarist anla courtis has produced an incredible melange of guitar,toba violin and tape music called tribute to calcium. the sounds roll on like ducks down a cement mountain.squeedles of upper register amp noise curl along the edge of clouds on one side, the other is more low-down - like elephants on the killing floor. it's a really great record, and probably the manifestation of a new sort of guitar sound.”

a. courtis: electric guitar, toba violin & tapes

recorded at ornitivo studios, buenos aires, argentina somewhen in 2003.

thanks to wolfgang & tonschacht, pauline oliveros, damo suzuki, flia. courtis and the tobas.

$27.72

back in stock as of
june 4th, 2010

first in stock on
march 30th, 2009

threads:
plunder-phonic
modern-psych
free-improvisation
schimpfluch-gruppe
beat-research
lo-fi
outsiders-deviants

best of 2009 !!!

ultra eczema (belgium) #ue 68 lp

“la bamba” long playing record

sudden infant - la bamba
floris vanhoof - paranormaalabamba
angst hase pfeffer nase - la bamba
bromptreb - labambamixquatroclaves
anla courtis - bamba parina 845
smack music 7 - la bamba
kommissar hjuler - la bamba
mitt land och leo - la bamba
human hairs - la bamba
daniël de wereldvermaarde botanicus - la bamba
remörk - la bamba
reijo pami - la bamba
glands of external secretion - la bamba
jan van den dobbelsteen - la rambam
rubber o cement - blah bam blah take 5 nov 3009
ludo mich - la bamba
mama bär - la bamba
tomutonto - la bamba
v/vm & the synthetic voice of gaeoudjiparl van den dobbelsteen - la bamba
daniëlle lemaire - la bamba
kraus - la bamba
fricara pacchu - la bamba

march 2009 release ; tyfus-curated compilation of various readings of richie valens’ re-casting of the veracruz-ian wedding dance into rock n’ roll form (incidentally - the first spanish-language hit in the modern pop era) ...

extremely well-chosen lot at work here, ranging from recent / classic mms mainstays angst hase pfeffer nase, bromptreb, kommissar hjuler & mama bär, anla courtis ... to more obscure names which require a bit more leg-work to get to the bottom of ... the whole thing is of course wrapped up in a gross plunderphonic dennis sleeve, with a poster-insert & a hand-bill from the original scheldapen concert than inspired the comp ...

ultra eczema press release...

ultra eczema 68
la bamba ; compilation lp

over 15 years ago daniël de wereldvermaarde botanicus (hat and cacti collector cassis cornuta) deejayed a ton of horrible la bamba versions for 2 hours in the now defunct situationist radioshow rtvs (radio centraal -antwerp). the "galdezen" of rtvs yelled/sung along, creating their own versions of la bamba while getting more and more hammered or naturally gone from a bamba trance!

after telling me this short story daniël mumbled "i always wanted to dj all night long la bamba, i think it will drive people insane", this idea expanded into making this international compilation lp , which was made for the ultros exemos la bamba night(mare), february 28/2009 at scheldapen in antwerp. that night daniël deejayed over 300 different versions of la bamba, only to be interluded by a giant lineup of artists performing a live la bamba rendition!

this lp includes la bamba versions by ; sudden infant! floris vanhoof! angst hase pfeffer nase! bromptreb! anla courtis! smack music 7! kommissar hjuler! mitt land och leo! human hairs! daniel de wereldvermaarde botanicus! remork! reijo pami! glands of external secretion! jan van den dobbelsteen! rubber o cement! ludo mich! mama bär! tomutonto! vvm & the synthetic voice of gaeoudjiparl van den dobbelsteen! daniëlle lemaire! kraus! and fricara pacchu!

some of these versions sound very very far away from how u know la bamba, others sound a little bit closer..

limited to 400 copies !

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