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anomalous (usa) #nom 14 cd

animist orchestra “wuwei” compact disc

  • part 1 (27:47)
  • part 2 (28:56)
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one of the few available recordings of jeph jerman’s animist orchestra, here involving jeph, dave knott, marina granger, michael shannon, and climax golden twins’ jeffery taylor & robert mills ...
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animist orchestra
wuwei

“in seattle in 1996, i began giving performances using mainly natural objects as my "instruments". after many such performances, two friends suggested (independently of one another), that i might try doing it with a group. as this idea had occurred to me a few years previously, i thought perhaps they were right. in june of 1999, the animist orchestra began its history as a working group. we got together nearly every week for the next three months, to play and discuss our playing. our first performance was given in eric lanzillotta's living room for a small group of friends, and was well received.

from the beginning, the focus of the orchestra has been on listening, and improvising in the moment. a group of people truly playing together and focusing intently on the present can be a powerful thing. the use of natural objects (stones, shells, pine cones etc.) as opposed to more conventional musical instruments, can help the players to not fall back on learned habits of musical play. there is no canon or book of rules to refer to when using everyday things as sound makers, and this may facilitate the removal of actions arising from taste and memory.

during the initial period of discovery for the orchestra, dave knott made the observation that, when when playing and focusing on the sound being made, it was "like the spirit of the thing is telling you ho it wants to move". mike shannon once told me that when i play i seem to be animating the objects with my hands. i think these comments explain the name of the orchestra better than i could.

i wanted to make a cd of the orchestra to document our work together, and to show my admiration and gratitude for the friends who have agreed to join. i don't think they knew what they were getting into.” - jeph jerman

featured players:
jeph jerman
dave knott
mike shannon
jeffery taylor
robert millis
marina granger

recorded in jack straw studios by doug haire

animist orchestra have a track on the second "lowercasesound compilation" on bremsstrahlung recordings

two of the members of this group also record under the name climax golden twins

full color cover with 8 page booklet

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$14.05

new to stock as of
april 2nd, 2008

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fire breathing turtle (usa) #fbt 007 cd

climax golden twins “climax golden twins” compact disc

  • does your mother know i'm here? (1:25)
  • german (2:40)
  • ballroom (2:35)
  • to float (7:17)
  • choked up (1:52)
  • heavy hippie shit (1:31)
  • my peppy loins (0:44)
  • cough...sniff... (1:37)
  • composed (1:02)
  • microspace patrol ii (1:44)
  • theme from climax golden twins (0:56)
  • telephone call from the 70's (1:42)
  • frankly (4:56)
  • you drove me
  • nearly drove me (3:11)
  • swan (2:23)
  • a door a fish your head (1:26)
  • pop (2:01)
  • 1,2,3,4 (0:43)
  • lampshade market (1:08)
  • drink me (4:18)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "cough...sniff..."
... 2001 release from the (then) duo of rob millis & jeffrey taylor ... with guests such as jeph jerman & scott colburn chipping in here to beef up the sound for what has been dubbed their “rock album” - and in fact there’s quite a good bit of guitar-chug mixed in with the mystery-instrument studies, pastoral folk-minimalism, plunderphonic electro-acoustic improvs, and ... even a hip-hop track ...
fire breathing turtle press release...
climax golden twins (aka the rock album)

cd - fire breathing turtle (fbt 007)

strange and skewed songs and instrumentals: guitars, found sounds, drums, percussions, distortions, manipulations... guests include jeph jerman, john vallier, and scott colburn among other dreadful individuals. does your mother know i'm here? guitars are amplified and the drums are served at room temperature.

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new to stock as of
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anomalous (usa) #nom 06 lp

“an uncommon nature” long playing record

  • jeph jerman - tree w/rain + wind
  • mirror - calmahain
  • agog - water babies singing in a lily pool delight
  • climax golden twins - the card game

  • jonathan coleclough - gate
  • mike shannon - alki
  • monos - supernature
  • richard lerman - from the pribilof islands
  • dave knott - st. mary's county, maryland
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... early anomalous release ; a comp. based around field recordings featuring standout work from jeph jerman, richard lerman, climax golden twins, jonathan coleclough, mike shannon, mirror, agog, monos, and dave knott ... a fairly essential document given that you’re a fan of prior / since work by any of the artists contained herein ...
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"an uncommon nature" lp

coinciding with the 10th anniversary of anomalous records' existence, we are releasing a compilation album based around recordings from the outdoors, and featuring artists we release or are going to in the near future. featured on this lp are new recordings from: jeph jerman, mirror, agog, climax golden twins, jonathan coleclough, mike shannon, monos, richard lerman, and dave knott. throughout the packaging, and on four enclosed postcards, are beautiful black and white photographs taken by rachael jackson in the olympic national park in washington state.

while unified by a common theme, the tracks are quite varied including desert contact mic recordings of rain and wind on a tree [jeph jerman], processed sounds of a gate [jonathan coleclough], erhu played on a beach [mike shannon], mysterious singing 'water babies' [agog], a mixture of wild celery stalks, tundra grass, a cord made from sinew, a whalebone roof support and the seals [richard lerman], and the straight recording of an approaching thunderstorm [dave knott].

this attention to detail in audio is matched by the close up photographs of fungi, dripping sap, and trees which surrounds it.

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$43.08

back in stock as of
august 7th, 2008

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dust-to-digital (usa) #dtd 11 cd

“victrola favorites: artifacts from bygone days” book and double compact disc set

  • groupo de totoko francois "bololo o kolilo" (republic of congo)
  • guangzhou cantonese opera troupe "the crow flies back to the forest" (china)
  • stella haskil "mes tis polis ta stena (alleyways of istanbul)" (greece)
  • dr. edmundo bettencourt "balada do encantamento (ballad of enchantment)" (portugal)
  • bismillah khan and party "shenai" (india)
  • noble sissle and his orchestra "the basement blues" (usa)
  • blind boy fuller "step it up and go" (usa)
  • yukie kubo "shin shin tankoubushi (coalminer's tale)" (japan)
  • kelly harrell "o! molly dear go ask your mother" (usa)
  • he zemin / huang peiying "big idiot buys a pig" (hong kong)
  • roy smeck "laughing rag" (usa)
  • seven gallon jug band "wipe em off" (usa)
  • mozmar caire orchestra "raks baladi hag ibrahim" (egypt)
  • yiorgos papasideris / yiorgos anestopoulos "tora to vrady vrady (now that evening has come)" (greece)
  • zapotec-teotitlan indians "fireworks music" (mexico)
  • goebel reeves "the cowboy's dizzy sweetheart" (usa)
  • don redman and his orchestra "watching the knife and fork spoon" (usa)
  • sri ma keow / chai wat "courting the woman from chiang mai" (thailand)
  • badia massabni and her orchestra "badia's dance" (egypt)
  • the tennessee ramblers "the preacher got drunk and laid down his bible" (usa)
  • zeki duygulu "karciar taksim" (turkey)
  • kim seong-jin "daegeum solo (peaceful times)" (korea)

  • stanley roper "impressions of london" (england)
  • jessie may hill "the crucifixion of christ" (usa)
  • carlos ramos "torre de belem (the tower of belem)" (portugal)
  • frank ferera "the farmer's dream" (usa)
  • kachikuri mimasuya "shiokumi kasatsukashi (collecting water)" (japan)
  • po sein / maung sein maita "mahawin maita zad (royal love)" (burma)
  • st. gun khin may "shan village (part one)" (burma)
  • haffouz jachar bey "mahour gazel-adjir idin beni (ghazel in mahour dastag)" (persia)
  • the hall brothers "little mo-hee" (usa)
  • cook and flemming "two liquorice drops in jail" (usa)
  • barton brothers "cockeyed jenny" (usa)
  • shelton brooks and co. "darktown court room" (usa)
  • sa ma nang noi / ut sa win "story of tang on (part two)" (thailand)
  • slim lamar's orchestra "memphis kick up" (usa)
  • john henry and blossom "my wireless set" (england)
  • jed tompkins (ernest thompson) "yield not to temptation" (usa)
  • chinese buddhist nuns "chanting the ten vows" (hong kong)
  • kane's hawaiians "mokihana" (usa)
  • maria smyrnea "the grass widow" (greece)
  • unknown artist "persian popular song" (germany)
  • harold boyce and the harlem indians "willie willie don't go from me" (usa)
  • golden and marlowe "the insect powder agent" (usa)
  • johnnie lee wills and his boys "the thingamajig" (usa)
  • komachiyo okada "yasukibushi (tale of yasuki)" (japan)
  • mameyigudi and his dancers "hamba na lo isoko la yo" (zulu)
  • vishnudass shirali "tabla-taranga (raga adana)" (india)
january 2008 release ; an entirely lovely hardcover book & double-disc set meticulously researched by climax golden twins’ rob millis & jeffery taylor & presented (impeccably) by dust-to-digital ...
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dtd-11
victrola favorites: artifacts from bygone days

deluxe 144-page clothbound, full-color book of illustrations measures 8.5 inches x 5.5 inches and includes two cds featuring burmese guitars, chinese opera, persian folk songs, fado, hillbilly, jazz, blues and much, much more. the recordings, made between 1920s-50s, were compiled by rob millis and jeffery taylor of the band climax golden twins. the climax golden twins have designed gallery and museum installations, composed soundtracks (most notably usa film's session nine), worked on documentary films (phi ta khon: ghosts of isan released on sublime frequencies) and contributed soundscapes to npr radio programs in addition to releasing numerous recordings on cd and lp.

victrola favorites: artifacts from bygone days is available in either red or white. if you have a strong preference for one color over the other, you can let us know in the "comments" section of the checkout page. as for the packaging, the cds rest on hubs on the inside front and back covers. printed on extremely fine, museum-quality paper, the book is meant as a visual manifestation of the sounds contained on the cds with hundreds of images of record sleeves, photos, labels, needle tins and more.

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ri be xibalba (usa) #bixobal 5 mag
bixobal (usa) #bixobal 5 mag

“bixobal number 5 • october 2008” magazine

  • the no-neck blues band's dave nuss recalls his time with the source family
  • vancouver noise band tunnel canary by allan macinnis
  • a remembrance of noggin violin player michael griffen
  • a feature on the belgian group onde
  • a feature on the new label assophon
  • rob millis, waxing on about the preciousness of shellac
  • eric lanzillotta's reviews of vinyl, compact discs, and books
  • patrick marley's column nickels and dimes
fifth issue of bixobal ; released on the first anniversary on the magazine’s existence ... i’d like to take this time out to commend eric and co. on their hard work ; this magazine is filling a vast void untouched by the majority of contemporary music publications (plus, let’s face it, we’re all tired of reading about fringe music only on the internet) ...

articles on/by onde, noggin’s michael griffen (rip), dave nuss & the source family (i.e. father yod / ya ho wa 13), assophon records, climax golden twins’ rob millis, etc ... as always, mandatory reading.
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bixobal is a magazine published by ri be xibalba

issue 5 is out now and includes:

the no-neck blues band's dave nuss recalls his time with the source family which led to the first yahowa 13 performance in new york city and their new lp. as much about dave's experiences throughout this and how it brought him into the family, as about discovering the wealth of their archives and continuing energy.

an extensive interview with reformed vancouver noise band tunnel canary by allan macinnis. allan speaks not only to the leader of the group, nathan holiday, but also tunnel canary members past and present mya mayhem, ebra ziron, and dave sheftel about their intense performances, early influences, their specially altered instruments, life and musical philosophy, and the different reactions in the early 1980s and now, matched with photos from their recent live shows and one from the archives.

a remembrance of noggin violin player michael griffen by his friend aaron gorseth.

a feature on the belgian group onde featuring former members of noise-maker's fifes; supplemented by photographs taken on tour by dan burke of illusion of safety

a feature on the new label assophon, home to the sea donkeys, spider trio and factums with photographs by mark sullo.

rob millis, waxing on about the preciousness of shellac while discussing the drive to recycle that raw material in the war years and the price that artifacts from that time can command.

eric lanzillotta's reviews of vinyl, compacts discs, and books, both new and old by bill bissett, bob cobbing, helena espvall & masaki batoh, malcolm goldstein, the howling hex, dieter schnebel, and "radio mynamar (burma)".

patrick marley's column nickels and dimes focusing on american tapes and drunjus.

56 pages, 5.5" by 8.5", 20 lb. paper, b&w, approximately 800 copies printed

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ri be xibalba (usa) #bixobal 3 mag
bixobal (usa) #bixobal 3 mag

“bixobal number 3 • april 2008” magazine

  • rob millis' column talking machine
  • an incredibly fun discussion with peter stampfel, conducted by allan macinnis
  • an interview with gerd kraus
  • patrick marley's nickels and dimes
  • reviews of vinyl, books, compacts discs, dvds, and cassettes
  • classified ads
third issue of bixobal ; again, appearing like clockwork just a few months after #2 ... highlights include the gerd kraus interview (was always curious about the various limbuses) & peter stampfel, plus the rob millis & patrick marley columns, and of course copious reviews of just about everything eric felt like covering this quarter ... always impressive, always a joy to read. between this & the sound projector, you just might never have to look @ the internet again ...
ri be xibalba press release...
bixobal is a magazine
published by ri be xibalba

issue 3 is now available. it features:

  • climax golden twin rob millis' column talking machine with a report back on 78 hunting in india
  • an incredibly fun discussion with peter stampfel, founding member of the holy modal rounders, about harry smith, the fugs, santeria, amphetamines, god, coincidence, music and much more. conducted by allan macinnis, this 19 page feature includes an illustration by peter's daughter zoe, plus a supplemental 3 page interview with antonia stampfel
  • an interview with gerd kraus on the legendary krautrock bands limbus 3 and limbus 4 and the heady times that they grew out of
  • patrick marley's nickels and dimes with discussion of church police, dennis duck, neil campbell and blues control
  • reviews of vinyl, books, compacts discs, dvds, and a cassettes both new and old: robert ashley, henri chopin, coach fingers, bob cobbing, loren connors, eric cordier, robert de grimston, father of the flood, henry flynt, tom heasley & toss panos, hisato higuchi, insect factory, jackwacker, dan koeppel, annette krebs, christina kubisch, kuupuu, the league of automatic music composers, mecha/orga, tatsuya mori, tham kar mun / yandsen / yeoh yin pin, organum, itaru oki, pigeons, colin potter, michael prime, sara sackner, conrad schnitzler, tom james scott, seven that spells, d. charles speer & the helix, stimulus, sun city girls, carter thornton, titmachine, giancarlo toniutti, uton & valerio cosi, vapour theories, michael yonkers, "artefacts of australian experimental music 1930-1973", "ethnic minority music of southern laos", "shadow music of thailand", "thai pop spectacular 1960s-1980s"
  • classified ads

56 pages, 5.5" by 8.5", 20 lb. paper, b&w; approximately 750 copies printed

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ri be xibalba (usa) #bixobal 2 mag
bixobal (usa) #bixobal 2 mag

“bixobal number 2 • january 2008” magazine

  • uncle jim’s “foggy lake of swill”
  • rob millis’ talking machine
  • sir richard bishop
  • nothing lost is nothing gained
  • the tip of the iceberg
  • phil minton
  • robert haigh
  • partick marley’s “nickles and dimes”
  • reviews
second issue of the bixobal ‘zine, published by ri be xibalba (aka anomalous records founder & recording artist eric lanzillotta) ... can you believe this? an experimental music (fan) zine that keeps a regular, quarterly publication schedule? far-out ...

this time around we’re treated to article by & on the sun city girls, no-neck blues band, climax golden twins, charlie nothing, robert haigh / sema, phil minton, and jesse paul miller - plus tons of reviews of relevant music(s) ... and of course classified ads. again, the whole’s thing’s a joy to behold, from cover to cover, and is as essential a printed-word document as the sound projector. highly recommended !!!

note: the dimensions of this magazine are roughly 8.5” x 5.5” - i.e. a piece of letter-paper folded in half. it would be nice if you ordered this along with something of equal or larger dimensions; say a 10” or lp, just for convenience’s sake. not a problem if you don’t...
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bixobal is a magazine published by ri be xibalba.

issue 2 is out now and features:

  • uncle jim setting everyone straight on what words not use in record reviews
  • the second installment of climax golden twin rob millis' column "talking machine" in which he talks about 78 rpm records
  • part two of former sun city girl sir richard bishop's indian travelogue from this summer
  • keith nnck's charlie nothing obituary
  • an interview with robert haigh of sema, fote and the truth club
  • an interview with phil minton by canadian writer allan macinnis
  • jesse paul miller on his habit of collecting "bad" records
  • former muckraker publisher patrick marley talking about his latest listening in the column "nickels and dimes"
  • reviews of vinyl, cassettes, compacts discs, books and dvds, both new and old: angelblood, at jennie ritchie / vertonen, the beast, the beautiful schizophonic, sir richard bishop, adam bohman, karl bösmann, olivia block, carpet floor, christina carter, sylvain chauveau, the christian family underground, climax golden twins, comet iii, crappy nightmareville, dialing in, morton feldman, kon ichikawa, jackie-o motherfucker, jason kahn, keijo, mike khoury & will soderberg, goh lee kwang, mb | hue | fhievel, joe mcphee, alfredo costa monteiro, aaron moore, norbert möslang, mudboy, brendan murray & seth nehil, the nihilist spasm band / john chambers, opitope, gabriel paiuk / jason kahn, the pitchshifters, christian renou, replicock, ruth and marvin sackner, sarin smoke, michael shannon, steven r. smith, sun city girls, supersilent, tabata, tarantism, tashi lhunpo monastery, yoshi wada, walter & sabrina, trevor watts & jamie harris, zashiki warashi, @c & vitor joaquim, "danny dark records audio & video taster", "the great koonaklaster speaks: a john fahey celebration”, "molam: thai country groove from isan vol. 2", "proibidão c.v", "the u.s. vs. john lennon"
  • classified ads

56 pages, 5.5" by 8.5", 20 lb. paper, b&w; approximately 750 copies printed

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