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$16.24

back in stock as of
august 15th, 2008

first in stock on
october 15th, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise
guitar-themed

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 026 cd

jazzkammer “panic” compact disc

panic (35:18)

bottrop-boy press release...

jazzkammer
panic
cd / b-boy 026

the modern city only reveals its secrets in dribs and drabs. a worn-out world in decline or a place where strugglers could realise their dreams at any moment? surely, the signs are there? abandoned factory buildings, bleak streets, neglected houses lonely people on the underground. the modern city surely holds nothing for any normal person. an extinguished city which has lost touch with its natural resources. the real panic hasn’t started yet, but is tangible for all under the surface of day-to-day life.

norwegian duo jazzkammer reproduces this urban madness in its 35-minute long panic. on this epic album john hegre and lasse marhaug pay homage to their great love of the electric guitar. jazzkammer has greatly enriched its electronic pallet, witness the renewed passion for instrumental music expressed on its metal-inspired album metal music machine, which appeared on smalltown supernoise this year.

jazzkammer covers the full spectrum of the guitar on panic: from screaming black metal eruptions to ominously dark ambient. and all is imbued with a deep blue, deeply disconsolate city blues.

jazzkammer drags the listener to the underground vaults of the city. drifting around in the gritty guitar reverb there is a sudden outburst of the submerged screeching of children, only to give way to earth shattering metal solos. only at the end does some form of acceptance appear; a softly murmuring guitar riff lulls the city dwellers softly to sleep. but the menace remains.

panic can be seen as the disquieting follow-up to pulse (b-boy 017), jazzkammer’s preceding release on bottrop-boy. while one could still hold on tight to the electrifying rhythm of the modern city on pulse, there is no way back on panic. as he did for pulse, yuen chee wai provides compelling artwork and photography for this dark city portrait.

$19.78

back in stock as of
august 15th, 2008

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october 15th, 2007

threads:
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electro-acoustic-composition
digital-musics
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 020 cd

tv pow “powerful friends and devoted lovers” double compact disc set

oren ambarchi - that’s ok, brush off the dirt and you can still eat it
motor - motormx 4 tv pow
boris hauf - the return of the expiration date reader
thymme jones - fooled into fatality
otomo yoshihide - where there’s smoke, there’s weapons
m. behrens -
ken brown - the law of misonymy
vadim sprikut - with friends like these
toshimaru nakamura - untitled
ernst karel - 1/3 tvp 24.02.02
leif elggren - untitled
ancient greeks - spiral light wave dispenser
tu m’ - ignore 1 version
7000 dying rats - means to an end of myth and power
sutekh - guitar heroes mix
burkhard stangl - there’s a picture
greg kelley - my great grandfather was hung for horse stealing
jazzkammer - komm süsser tod
drillchop 9 - if bush had a brain...
olivia block - untitled
panicsville - nazi’s fuck ibm often
mike shiflet - being tv pow is funny
amnon wolman - pow trail mix
koura - tanbo
stilluppsteypa - it’s johnny cash not cage
freiband - dentist drill mix
stephan mathieu - zedernholzflammen
vertonen - despite themselves (in sunday propers for attending carnival)
reynols - elanio tiermo patribo

bottrop-boy press release...

tv pow
powerful friends and devoted lovers
2cd / b-boy 020

the first part of a giant collection of remixes of tracks mostly taken from tv pow's friendship patrol album, which was released on their own not for profit label in 2001. this is a double-cd set containing remixes from oren ambarchi, sutekh, otomo yoshihide, stephan mathieu, motor, thymme jones, toshimaru nakamura, jazzkammer, stilluppsteypa, freiband, reynols, tu m', leif elggren and many others. 29 remixes in total.

$16.24

back in stock as of
august 15th, 2008

first in stock on
october 15th, 2007

threads:
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harsh-noise
minimalism-drones

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 017 cd

jazzkammer “pulse” compact disc

pulse (32:29)

bottrop-boy press release...

jazzkammer
pulse
cd / b-boy 017

jazzkammer are lasse marhaug and john hegre from norway. together they have been making music as jazzkammer since 1998. past releases include timex, rolex (a remix album), pancakes and a live album with merzbow. jazzkammer are relentless sound explorers with no set style or specific 'sound' - they move swiftly from hardcore overload electronics and sonic freakouts to lowercase soundscapes and location recordings. once described as 'sonic architects', marhaug and hegre insist they are merely trying to make 'good music'.

pulse was recorded in singapore during the sars-crisis in april of 2003. it was inspired by a theatre piece of the same title that they were working on at the same time, though the music on the cd does not resemble that of the play. the album pulse is a single beautiful 32-minute piece; its basic structure is a drifting electronic drone that slowly unfolds and mutates, with subtle layers of location recordings and vinyl-static adding color and depth. like pancakes, pulse has a cinematic feel to it, a feeling that is further enhanced by the photos of acclaimed photographer yuen chee wai that grace the cover and 12-page booklet.

$8.01

back in stock as of
july 11th, 2007

first in stock on
february 12th, 2004

threads:
harsh-noise
digital-musics
electro-acoustic-improvisation
free-jazz

carbon (usa) #cr 092 cd

frode gjerstad / lasse marhaug “red edge” compact disc

a dry well
red edge
falling down
the first rule

this is the same disc as the previously stocked gb 55 (gameboy), just got it from a different source/label!...

ah, my old friend the co-release. it’s been a few years (last one i can remember was that nels cline single that was released by a few coley-orbit orgs back in the mid 90s). this one by no less than 5 labels (breathmint, carbon, gameboy, little mafia, and sunship). listed here as a gameboy release as, well, these copies are from mike and that’s the end of that...

sonically... gjerstad’s rifling through some sort of duck-call / tortured emperor-penguin real-book, lasse’s all rumble-pit & hades-brim/sampled fireworks (laptop? i assume he’s playing a laptop computer...).

actions herein are separate, hardly equal, yet compellingly meshed into a single sound-form. a-grade contemporary electro-acoustic improv...

carbon press release...

oh man. must be that these norwegeians get bored out of their minds inwinter. something keeps them rocking out an insane number of releases.

these two boys have joined forces before, but that doesn't mean you've heard anything like this. gjerstad unleashes free noise flotation saxophone licks from somewhere between his lips and his lungs. marhaug backs him up with electronics that range from glitch-like to to lo-fi to just straight rumbling. he manages to run all over the place, but frode's overpowering sax (and his consistency with it) keeps him in line.

co-released with carbon, sunship and breathmint. first gameboy disc to come all shrinkwrapped and fancy-like. it even has an anti-theft device so if you try and lift it from the virgin megastore, you are so busted.

$19.32

back in stock as of
october 9th, 2008

first in stock on
june 27th, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise
guitar-themed
minimalism-drones
electro-acoustic-composition

dekorder (germany) #dekorder 17 cd

john hegre “colors don’t clash” compact disc

don't (8:47)
worry (8:23)
they (9:24)
never (9:43)
do (7:04)

dekorder press release...

[017] john hegre "colors don't clash" cd

finally, here it is! an album we’ve been waiting for since starting the label a few years ago and it was worth waiting every minute. while maintaining a busy release and tour schedule with jazzkammer (now called jazkamer, a duo with lasse marhaug) which recently included their new glorious metal album for smalltown supersound (aptly titled „metal music machine“), the „panic“ cd on the bottrop-boy label and concerts all over the world (including south america, south east asia, japan, etc.), his marvellous „ballads“ duo album with maja ratkje on dekorder and countless other collaborative projects, he has been working on his solo debut album whenever time allowed.

returning to his original instrument the electric guitar, hegre has produced an extremely diverse album mutating from hypnotic computer-loop drones to some glorious free analogue noise, from abstract banjo-like sketches to thick washes of sludgy doom metal and roaring noise rock, from divine electroacoustic sounds to otherworldly country-esque and classical guitar picking, all within one track, and often all at once, with small and simple melodies lurking within huge drifts of sound. and not one element sounds out of place here, it’s rather like the collages of seemingly inappropriate bits and pieces create a totally unique surreal and creepy atmosphere. dozens of small details suddenly appear from nowhere, transforming even the most brutal noise attacks into complex textural arrangements, making this the most essential guitar album of the year.

the title? it´s a quotation from the late philip charles lithman aka snakefinger. at the end of an interview for the july number of the norwegian music magazine puls in 1987 he was asked if he had any final message for the norwegian people, and he did, his message was "colors don´t clash, don´t worry they never do". he died of a heart attack on july 1st, same day as his single "there´s no justice in life" was released.

brain damaging sleeve design by yasutoshi yoshida of government alpha!

$19.32

back in stock as of
october 9th, 2008

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august 9th, 2006

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dekorder (germany) #dekorder 15 cd

john hegre / maja solveig kjelstrup ratkje “ballads” compact disc

autumn leaves (4:25)
binoculars and traces (6:00)
private matter (3:18)
blues for silent bakers (3:08)
hesitating interruptions of spring (3:55)
a quiet day at the office (2:21)
art compass (2:42)
hammock moods (15:39)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "private matter"

surprisingly light & breezy duo-session from these two nordic mongers... john hegre known for his work w/lasse marhaug in jaz(z)kam(m)er and solo as “golden serenades”, maja ratke for her duo fe-mail and her solo disc on rune grammophone...

the two get busy over a few real-book chestnuts, leaving plenty of space in the proceedings. more company week than rainbow electronics. pretty fantastic, actually...

dekorder press release...

[015] john hegre / maja ratkje "ballads" cd

"ballads" ist the first collaborative album by two key figures of the norwegian noise, improv, experimental, whatever-you-call-it music scene. anyone expecting a rackety wall of distorted feedback guitars and voices will be gently surprised though by the sparse and intimate sketches to be found on this wonderful record. songs are stripped down to their raw bones using only the most essential elements to reveal the soul behind every single sound. superfluous effects seem to be completely absent, creating an open space for miniscule details, always ready to implode into noisier tracks such as "private matter". the album culminates in "hammock moods", a quietly mesmerizing epic finale with maja ratkje humming a beautiful melody over hegre's gorgeous near-psychedelic guitar playing. let's all hope for a sequel to this album!

maja ratkje is a member of spunk (rune grammofon) and noise duo fe-mail. her solo album "voice" (produced in collaboration with jazzkammer) got an award of distinction at prix ars electronica in 2003. in 2001 she was the first composer ever to receive the arne nordheim distinction award. she has collaborated with jaap blonk, ikue mori, otomo yoshihide, wolf eyes, matmos, lasse marhaug, jason forrest, kim hiortoy, ulver and many others.

john hegre is a member of jazzkammer / jazkamer (smalltown supersound), kaptein kaliber, golden serenades, new boiling near the fjords (with members of alog) and others. his first solo 3"cd came out on dekorder in 2003. jazkamer will release their aptly titled new album "metal music machine" in spring 2006 and hegre is working on an as yet untitled solo album for dekorder.

$7.51

back in stock as of
february 19th, 2008

first in stock on
may 31st, 2006

threads:
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concert-recordings
out-guitar
playback-music

gameboy (japan) #gb 086 cd

jazkamer “proud to be un american” compact disc recordable

lowell
poughkipsee (sic)
rochester
boston
columbus
lexington
nashville

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "nashville"

...as i was at both the boston and lowell shows and don’t remember a thing; i will conjecture that they were both great shows (i do remember one thing; lasse didn’t use a computer, instead preferring to bash an electric guitar while jon manipulated some pedals and a mixer...) - regardless, this is a disc of recordings from the last jazzkammer tour of the us; both lasse and jon in fine form throughout...

gameboy press release...

jazkamer
proud to be un american

recorded live across the united states of america, may/june 2004. edited and mastered back home in europe, december 2005. special thanks to howard stelzer for booking and driving.

“fifth time i've worked with lasse on a release and third time with john hegre, but the first time with their long-standing jaz(z)kam(m)er duo. this disc documents the highlights of their 2004 us tour - both on and off stage. abrasive guitar-driven noise augmented with audience banter and merch booth ponderings as the mics continue to run.”

$5.67

back in stock as of
june 10th, 2006

first in stock on
november 6th, 2003

file under:
sound-research
lap-top

melektronikk (norway) #melk 002 ep

lasse marhaug “one eye and watching” seven inch single record

one eye and watching
untitled

second in the series, recorded by lasse in trondheim from 2000 - 2001.

melektronikk press release...

lasse marhaug
"one eye and watching"
melk 002 - 7"

lasse marhaug should be known to all fans of leftfield electronic music and noise by now. he has been active on the international tape/noise scene for over 10 years, with a production of frightening proportions counting over a 100 releases as solo artist or collaborator. t's meaningless to compare lasse marhaugs music to others; his musical identity is too strong, he has his own style. lasse marhaug's music is never out of focus, and always keeps you on the edge of your chair; listening!

sleeve by lasse marhaug

$15.71

back in stock as of
january 25th, 2008

first in stock on
june 22nd, 2007

threads:
free-improvisation
harsh-noise
electro-acoustic-composition
electro-acoustic-improvisation

rune grammofon (norway) #r 2028 cd

maja solveig kjelstrup ratkje “voice” compact disc

intro (4:20)
joy (2:22)
trio (4:45)
octo (0:59)
vacuum (12:02)
dictaphone jam (3:06)
voice (6:16)
chipmunk party (2:24)
interlude (0:11)
acid (1:34)
insomnia (9:46)

rune grammofon press release...

rcd 2028 - maja ratkje: voice

the debut solo album from spunk member maja ratkje will secure her a place among the finest experimental singers. from the weird and furious to the enchanting and beautiful, this is an album rich in atmosphere, colour and creative madness. co-produced by jazzkammer.

released 21.10.02

$15.71

back in stock as of
january 25th, 2008

first in stock on
june 22nd, 2007

threads:
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electro-acoustic-improvisation
live-electronic
guitar-themed

rune grammofon (norway) #r 2014 cd

jazzkammer “timex” compact disc

silver spider morning (4:17)
neon express (5:33)
bullets for breakfast (5:48)
elevator necklace (4:52)
strain (1:13)
bacteria less thermo (5:28)
ghosts made of paper (6:32)
happy new year (9:07)

rune grammofon press release...

rcd 2014 - jazzkammer: timex

jazzkammer is lasse marhaug and john hegre. marhaug is responsible for over 100 cassette, vinyl and cd releases within the noise/experimental community and have collaborated with the likes of merzbow and aube. hegre is a guitarist, improviser and composer who's been making music for over 15 years. static electric atmospheres, turntables, field recordings, guitars, samplers, sine waves and casios, all used in free improvisation and to create collages.

released 24.01.00

$18.78

new to stock as of
december 3rd, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise

segerhuva (sweden) #seger 18 lp

testicle hazard / golden serenades “morning star b/w evening fix” long playing record

testicle hazard - morning star
golden serenades - evening fix

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "evening fix"

great split between lasse marhaug & tommi keranen’s testicle hazard... and john hegre & jørgen traen’s golden serenades... the former offer a solid block of power electronics, the latter a more scrape-oriented set... solid.

segerhuva press release...

[seger 18]
testicle hazard / golden serenades
morning star / evening fix
lp

please get ready for a true heavy weight team-up on this split lp. testicle hazard (lasse marhaug + tommi keränen) deliver a side-long orgy of blistering fuzzed-out heaviness. this is a duo that has very quickly proved that they are indeed capable of producing some truly ear-shattering noise bliss - two noise maestros doing what they love and live for, and you can feel privileged to indulge in the result of their hard work.

golden serenades (john hegre + jørgen træen) immediately locks into a devastating groove (for lack of a more suitable term), and a terribly convincing assault of metal clattering and a non-stop moving mass of forceful sonic onslaught of the highest order. when these norwegian lads team up, you can expect nothing less than noise nirvana. if you have yet to experience the thrill of golden serenades, this is where you get *on*.

printed black/white matte covers - edition of 300 copies.

released november 2007.

$12.23

back in stock as of
july 6th, 2007

first in stock on
august 31st, 2006

threads:
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smalltown supersound (norway) #sts 074 cd

jazzkammer / sir dupermann “duperkammer remixes” compact disc

untitled (5:48)
untitled (3:07)
untitled (9:58)

cd-ep with remixes of jazzkammer’s oeuvre by jorgen “superdupermann” træn. noisy, but surprisingly lush...

$15.55

back in stock as of
july 6th, 2007

first in stock on
december 4th, 2003

threads:
harsh-noise

smalltown supersound (norway) #sts 064 cd

jazzkammer “pancakes” compact disc

no place like home (10:04)
vet ikke (6:36)
random lung (5:32)
oolong (3:47)
tape out (4:26)
pancakes (5:59)
pancakes 2 (1:59)
your disc is ready (6:15)

2002 full length from lasse marhaug and john hegre (with alexander rishaug on one track). full-on tape-collage harsh noise the way only lasse & john can do it...

$15.39

back in stock as of
august 23rd, 2007

first in stock on
august 31st, 2006

threads:
harsh-noise
digital-musics

smalltown supersound (norway) #sts 055 cd

jazzkammer / merzbow “live at molde international jazz festival” compact disc

untitled (13:19)
untitled (11:43)
untitled (14:56)

this was the release that put lasse marhaug & john hegre on my map - collaborating via post with merzbow being one thing, but going toe-to-toe on a major european festival stage is another... a fierce but surprisingly dynamic showdown...

$15.39

back in stock as of
july 6th, 2007

first in stock on
august 31st, 2006

threads:
digital-musics
harsh-noise
modern-psych
electro-acoustic-composition

smalltown supersound (norway) #sts 045 cd

jazzkammer “rolex” compact disc

zbigniew karkowski - timex remix (6:51)
maja s. k. ratkje - i hate cars (super chicken floppy willy in a ppp swimsuit) (4:47)
merzbow - chk error remix (6:45)
jazzkammer - silver spider morning 2 (4:41)
reynols - bolomo vinkingo lanidelos (4:53)
thurston moore - freemix norwave (3:16)
pita - jkammer thing (3:04)
jazzkammer - i don't want it to go that far 1-12 v.3 (7:14)
alexander rishaug - corn flex.1.4 (3:42)
ronnie sundin - mayflower (4:03)
tore honoré bøe - neon express (4:55)
tv pow - titleist (5:35)
jørgen træen - dupermix (3:38)
francisco lópez - untitled #112 (15:04)

early jazzkammer release, featuring remixes, collaborations, and solo bombs from the duo of lasse marhaug and john hegre. crazy a/b-list of participants...

$7.49

back in stock as of
september 18th, 2007

first in stock on
february 19th, 2003

file under:
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lap-top
lo-fi
electro-acoustic

tonschacht (germany) #tons 013 ep

jazzkammer “knitter” seven inch single record

a-sia
b-sia

soundbites from john hegre and lasse marhaug (and a little help from alexander rishaug), fresh from their collaboration with merzbow...

tonschacht press release...

artist: jazzkammer
title: knitter
format: 7"
cat #: tons013

sämtliche musik von jazzkammer 2001.
zusätliche sounds auf seite eins von alexander rishaug.

knitter is the first 7" from this norwegian duo - guitarist, improviser and composer john hegre (also in der brief) and lasse marhaug, one of the most productive musicians in the international noise/experimental underground of the last 10 years (also in del and owner of the jazzassin records label) – this time with alexander rishaug who already participated on the last jazzkammer– longplayer "pancakes" (smalltown supersound).

this swedish label also released rolex, a remix-album of their first two cds with contributions by merzbow, thurston moore, pimmon and mayn others. jazzkammer combines timbre sound textures, drones, chrashing noise, digitalia, field recordings, turntables, static electric atmospheres, samplers sine waves and location recordings, all used in free improvisation to create fragmented, eclectic and relentless yet focused and massive collages. a-sia might remind you of mixture between the hi-speed electronics of belgian irregularities scratch pet land and the microsound-turntablism like otomo yoshihide or martin ttreault, b-sia begins like pop defined by the tochnit aleph crew, but slowly between layers of distortions there rise sweet, fenneszian melody as if they were re-arranged by rudolf e.ber.

$7.01

new to stock as of
july 23rd, 2007

threads:
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playback-music
concert-recordings

troniks (usa) #tro 256 cd
pacrec (united states) #pacrec 128 cd

jazzkammer / howard stelzer “tomorrow no one will be safe” compact disc

jazzkammer - requiem for officer bobby barker (18:10)
howard stelzer - last night at bld (19:14)
jazzkammer & howard stelzer - tomorrow no one will be safe (20:19)

troniks press release...

jazzkammer & howard stelzer - tomorrow no one will be safe cd
pacrec128

ever wonder what would happen if two norwegian noisemen travelled across the usa with an obsessed tape improviser? tomorrow no one will be safe documents the 2004 jazzkammer / howard stelzer us tour, featuring a track each (jazzkammer: richmond, virginia / stelzer: columbus, ohio), as well as a collosal collaboration between the two (bloomington, indiana).

live compositions of space & silence punctuated with feedback screech and tape squeals, always threatening to self destruct but somehow maintaining its sense of tense exploration. edition of 500.

$52.65

back in stock as of
august 15th, 2008

first in stock on
october 15th, 2007

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sound-art

museum kurhaus kleve (germany) #en/of catalogue
en/of (germany) #en/of catalogue

“catalogue en/of 001-030” book and triple compact disc set

ekkehard ehlers / joseph suchy - 14 (03:09)
heimir björgúlfsson - stream conversation at the bottom... (07:44)
stephan mathieu - densette (03:09)
jan jelinek - ice 695 (04:57)
alejandra & aeron - fear liath more (04:16)
tv pow - snow covered bush (05:36)
the rip-off artist - tv test tone (03:08)
wander - wander (edit) (05:05)
oren ambarchi - stacte.4a (excerpt) (05:41)
stilluppsteypa - horror larsen (06:36)
stephan mathieu - „once“ (guitar) edit (05:03)
pan american - calle tipica (06:15)
terre thaemlitz - marcel duchamp air de paris pt.2 (02:22)
tarentel - latency 6 (06:21)
mirror/dash - sweetface (edit) (05:04)
david grubbs - comic structure (act one, scene one) (04:10)
nobukazu takemura - etude for contrabass (12:26)
rob mazurek - thought (edit) (05:07)
efzeg - pay (remix) (04:10)
steve roden - out of the sun (08:22)
text of light - 052202 tonic (edit) (05:53)
tim hecker - radio marti (edit) (05:51)
jazzkammer - all men are brothers (edit) (05:05)
andrew zealley - nocturne i (06:06)
merzbow - 1633a (edit) (06:29)
ultra-red - (jack) tactic (tracks 1973-1983) ten minutes..(10:05)
maja ratkje - erwartung (edit) (04:43)
kammerflimmer kollektief - eiderdaunen, gezupft (05:04)
alva noto - counter (02:02)
the aluminum group - subtitle #2 (john-john’s plane) (07:15)

museum kurhaus kleve press release...

catalogue en/of 001-030

museum kurhaus klevebook + 3 cd’s in box
2005

the deluxe exhibition catalogue which is documenting en/of's first 30 editions, as presented at the museum kurhaus kleve, germany, may-june 2005. the catalogue (package) includes a fully illustrated book (with essays by aa bronson and jörg heiser), complete with artwork reproductions and a second, die-cut tray book that holds 3 cd's with 30 tracks totally.

24 x 18 cm, 124 pages,
62 images, and3 cd's.
german/english
isbn 3-934935-23-0

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