datashock “acidulle” compact disc-recordable

• frühling im mumintal (2:59)
  
• orangina rouge & vodka (5:24)
  
• hui bui fährt geisterkarussel (6:51)
  
• kraki wandert aus (11:34)

chocolate monk press release...

datashock - acidulle cdr choc.183 more deep hippy listening with the german freedom band. contains 2 psych jams from the vol iv session, a trio track from 2007 and an old folk intro from 2006. trundels along the immense stumbling road of fine german drug music and makes you believe that some ufos might be made of wood and mud. edition of 100, so its time to put down that pipe my friend, and listen to the little man inside your skull "go get it, numbnuts."

keith fullerton whitman / alien radio “101105 b/w text adventures” long playing record

• keith fullerton whitman - 101105
  
  
• alien radio - text adventures
  
• alien radio - magnete
  
• alien radio - die wendt-hülle
  
• alien radio - vhs phantome
  
• alien radio - der runde

datashock “pyramiden von gießen” double long playing record set

• intro
  
• lasagne phalanx
  
• chiahonania leder boots
  
  
• die pyramiden von gießen
  
• kanal telemedial energieausgleich
  
• das märchen vom zauberbergi
  
  
• datashock, the mothership reactivated, flying
  
• der fröbelturm
  
  
• schlupp vom grünen stern
  
• outro

dekorder press release...

[052] datashock pyramiden von gießen 2lp datashock is a south-german collective of young punks pretending to be old hippies. they have released albums on qbico, textile, chocolate monk and their own meudiademorte label, and have collaborated with family battle snake, aidan baker and black to comm. pyramiden von gießen is their most psychedelic, mature, song-oriented and krautrock-infused outing so far (think kosmische kuriere, ash ra tempel et al). it's a vinyl-only double-lp in a gorgeous fold-out cover with liner notes by seminal german cut-up poet and novelist jürgen ploog (see below). mastered by pete swanson (yellow swans) and cut at dubplates & mastering. nomadic sounds sounds, what are they? where do they come from, where do they go to? they come from the space of nomadic sounds which surrounds the planet. they can dissolve without being heard, or they can temporarily fuse into bodies of sound and fly through the layers of the stratossphere, dancing like chimeras. they can rotate or make their rounds and penetrate heads and bodies. like shadows, falling down on invisible images. attempts to render sounds visible remain in vain. they avoid noise. sounds densify to drafts and sketches pervading space. he who listens closely can use them for orientation. whereto? he wonders, in an effort to follow them, their image being too seductive. sometimes they betray him and he gets lost in an infinity beyond our grasp, where the soundless western lands are, the destiny of caravans of musicians, wise men and priests and where there are no road signs...where human creatures dissolve in the flickering of bells and sail out to the land of the dead. the tonal outlines gradually fade and the gaze of the sphinx loses itself. the horizon is a line of shadows above which, glimmering in the backlight, pyramides of sound rise again and again, like fata morganas. behind all this, the desert turns into a land of shadows. a hint of silence glides across endless dunes. the traveller rides on waves of sound, while losing his last pieces of baggage, experience and the identity familiar to him. he senses that perception becomes a vehicle by which he travels. he starts to live in it and with it enabling him to leave his body behind and to move in time. in this phase, his memories start to fade until they are extinguished and he dissolves in sounds and colours. he has entered the space of simultanities. more and more mummies, enroute by package tour to the western land stay behind. some believe they could make it to space on their bicycles. they are called fellaheen of the future. they simply left the highway of monotony and loneliness, which they thought too cumbersome, in order to make it to the land of dreams. flesh, the only weapon the traveller has left, becomes blunter and blunter with every step. it becomes annoying, like the smell of carrion floating around his thighs. in the sucking emptiness above the sand he can smell the fear. it is paraphrased by a hieroglyph for final solitude, which like a beast of prey can turn into a curse of malignance and desperation and, chase the hiker into the hopeless salt hills of the sekbha. gradually the caravan of courtiers, musicians and artists stays behind. demons disguised as prophets or members to the cult of osiris. they travel with an astonishing armory of portable burial chambers and foldable pyramides, which they set up in no time when pilgrims turn up. sensually deprived are secretly offered pin-ups of alamut women, who are famous for their erotic aura and impatient to be brought to life by the biting smell of ozone of hassan i sabbah, while succubi and incubi from persia and india are chanting encouraging songs. a man paints the tail of a comet into the sky. he knows that the comet, like halley, will miss the planet. “come with me, stranger, i will take you on a rocket trip.” in a dark valley the candidate is scanned with a radiometer by a virginal dragonfly. no written word is allowed on the trip. what is paper, after all? it is nothing but mutilated memory, says someone, who claims to be a pilot of dreams. he insists that he can leave his body with the help of sounds. with a click of the tongue, they take off into space, where the gaze fades away in a tepid trickle... a current of air carries them onto the silent sea and into the solitude of sounds. - jürgen ploog

black to comm “fractal hair geometry” long playing record

• negative volumes (7:08)
  
• orange record (7:58)
  
• play eggchess 3 (5:48)
  
• leigh bowery (6:34)
  
• m.b. memorial building (7:34)
  
• 666909 (3:50)
  
• air salon (5:31)

dekorder press release...

[027] black to comm "fractal hair geometry" lp black to comm is the solo venture of dekorder label boss marc richter. having released two and a half albums on his own label he is slowly establishing himself as one of the more prolific drone artists out there with a forthcoming album on the american digitalis label, a collaborative cd with datashock on ikuisuus, a 7" on the irish trensmat label and a collaboration with xela in the works "fractal hair geometry“ is richter's most refined and original work to date, picking up where the electrifying drone works of his monumental double-lp left off. like the last records this album is centered around recordings of a variety of vintage organs. while "wir können leider..." often featured pure harmonium sounds and spacious recordings of chuch organ and mellotron, the new album opts for a more electronic, effects-laden sound, sending an old farfisa compact deluxe and casio sk-5 through an armada of analogue & digital effects pedals. the results are massive one-chord drones layered into dense & ecstatic, flickering & pulsating clusters of psychedelic electronic sound. additional wordless vocal effects, hyperventilating & sizzling drum machines and hypnotic violin and guitar noises make for a hyperactive sound that never stands still even though most of the music is pure drones (sometimes consisting of more than 50 recording layers). decidedly simple but gorgeous melodies shine through the mist from time to time, making a black to comm record always much more accessible than your average drone album. there's even a heavy 4/4 bass drum smuggled into a track dedicated to the late leigh bowery, one of the most enigmatic creative figures of the mid-80's uk club scene (and singer of minty). guests include jonna karanka (aka kuupuu) on piano, guido möbius on trumpet and current black to comm (live) band members renate nikolaus on violin and ulf schütte (of datashock, aosuke, etc.) adding electronic sounds. along the lines of the music, seminal german artist oliver ross has created a massive multi-layered neon-coloured collage artwork which is printed on special ultra-heavy cardboard stock.

uuhuu “stringfigures for flynt” c20 cassette

• wuhan string figure
  
  
• xian string figure

peasant magik press release...

uuhuu stringfigures for flynt c20 edition of 100 pm35

datashock / shivers “vol. iv” long playing record

• untitled (1)
  
  
• untitled (2)