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$10.85

back in stock as of
january 16th, 2009

first in stock on
august 25th, 2008

threads:
guitar-themed
free-improvisation

drag city (usa) #dc 151 lp

alan licht / loren mazzacane connors “hoffman estates” long playing record

slowly, slowly, slowly
block that nixon
sad at times
wisdom day
peace scare
turner's murder
and everyone 'neath their vine and fig tree shall live in peace and unafraid

november 1998 release; not a selection of guitar duets/duels between alan licht & loren mazzacane connors, but a fully fleshed-out ensemble free-improv record with contributions from kevin drumm, jeb bishop, ken vandermark, jim o’rourke, rob mazurek, michael colligan, josh abrams, and darin gray ...

drag city press release...

o'rourke decided to pair up loren with alan licht. a full day of improvising was recorded, selected, and then arrangements were later added by o'rourke in a sort of gil evans / miles davis move, or more appropriately teo macero meets mazza-licht.

organized like a continuum of music that brings new meaning to 'suite' (or at the very least, a flexible new spelling), the record is at once a psychedelic brew of fuzzed-out free jazz and howling blues that at times will make your head spin. the truly out and shout nature of the music that day took everyone by surprise, and it'll be no surprise when it takes you too. as in 'o-u-t'. comparisons: from the free jazz of pharaoh sanders and bill dixon to the early 70s electric space of miles davis' 'he loved him madly,' to the molasses blues of connors' classics like in pittsburgh.

this record has the distinction of sounding distinctly unlike any of these recordings.

$13.41

back in stock as of
august 25th, 2008

first in stock on
november 20th, 2007

threads:
guitar-themed
free-improvisation

drag city (usa) #dc 151 cd

alan licht / loren mazzacane connors “hoffman estates” compact disc

slowly, slowly, slowly
block that nixon
sad at times
wisdom day
peace scare
turner's murder
and everyone 'neath their vine and fig tree shall live in peace and unafraid

1998 release; not simply a selection of guitar duets/duels between alan licht & loren mazzacane connors, but a fully fleshed-out ensemble free-improv record with contributions from kevin drumm, jeb bishop, ken vandermark, jim o’rourke, rob mazurek, michael colligan, josh abrams, and darin gray ...

drag city press release...

$14.25

back in stock as of
may 4th, 2009

first in stock on
august 2nd, 2007

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

editions mego (austria) #emego 088 cd

kevin drumm / daniel menche “gauntlet” compact disc

gauntlet (28:47)

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

long-awaited new material from kevin drumm, a single piece jointly composed with prolific northwest noise/tribal-percussion producer daniel menche...

“gauntlet” starts off with a lone bit of post-hardcore guitar riffing, then builds slowly via concurrent layers of drum-kit/cymbal splash & further direct-pedal guitar tones... before of course heating up into an impressive shitstorm of hundreds of layers of said ingredients, laying out halfway through into a gorgeous void of subterranean electronics & variable-tempo gating, finally conking out into a few minute of kevin’s trademark doepfer comparator/slew chop...

this is miles away from each composer’s solo work... closer to the sound of a coupla 80s sst records being fed simultaneously through some sort of sentient auto-composition framework... some of the direct-to-4-track-mic-input guitar tones remind me of spanish black metal, but otherwise this is on its own path entirely. nothing short of totally impressive, and due to the short-sharp-shock of it; something that doesn’t overstay its welcome. highly recommended.

editions mego press release...

emego 088
kevin drumm & daniel menche: gauntlet cd

release date: 24.07.2007

kevin drumm: guitar and noise
daniel menche: organ and noise

recorded fall of 2006 in chicago at uggae’s porta-toilet studio. mixed and mastered at stereophonic mastering in portland, oregon.

one organ, one guitar, several fuzz boxes and two highly regarded purveyors of american extreme sonics are the savoury ingredients that created gauntlet. building on menche’s aural low end physicality and drumm’s exacting attention to high frequency detail - the aptly titled ‘gauntlet’ is sizzling, scorching slab of essential audio. heavy in iron and protein. a lean cut indeed, no fat included.

$16.01

back in stock as of
may 4th, 2009

first in stock on
march 16th, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise
analogue-synth
digital-musics
electro-acoustic-composition

editions mego (austria) #emego 053 cd

kevin drumm “sheer hellish miasma” compact disc

impotent hummer (13:01)
turning point (3:32)
hitting the pavement (19:57)
the inferno (24:36)
cloudy (5:18)

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

remastered version of what many consider to be kevin drumm’s defining album; 2002’s “sheer hellish miasma.”

markus schmickler has done a bang-up/sympathetic job on the frequency-range aspect/impact, greg kelley’s contribution to the album’s apex “the inferno” now credited.

with all that’s happened in music in the intervening years this still sounds like a flock of mutagen-addled locusts organizing a dawn raid on all that is sacred... if anything; the sonic power of this music has grown logarithmically, threatening to break out of the 1/0 stream that binds it to the compact disc itself and expand into some un-knowable form.

in my mind this is one of the defining moments in the school of electro-acoustic noise “composition” that enjoys so much (if still marginal) success these days; go back to the blueprint here and see how little has changed, and in fact how much regression has taken place. highly recommended.

editions mego press release...

emego 053
kevin drumm: sheer hellish miasma cd

release date: 12.03.2007

total time: 66:22

originally released 2002

utilising guitar, tapes, mics, pedals, analogue synthesizer and some computer assistance drumm has concocted a sonic beast. in doing so one is taken on an intense journey of storming feedback, open audio onslaught and somewhat savaged sonics. the extreme end of anarchic electronics and possibly a hint of musical violence is present throughout the much of the disc. an essential release capturing drumm at his most ferocious and most inventive. it’s an exhilarating, visceral test of endurance brimming with demonic humor and a tour of drumm’s ever-expanding sonic palette.

for seasoned noise veterans, sheer hellish miasma offers a bracing soundscape filled with exquisitely abrasive textures and more than enough hidden detail to warrant repeated listening – a distinct voice in the increasingly same-sounding world of abstract electronic noise. for everyone else, drumm’s journey through the noisy underworld is likely to inspire fear or, in an optimistic case, fearful admiration. this reissue comes with an additional track, 'impotent hummer', taken from the same period. a 13 minute drone piece which draws the listener into the forthcoming blizzard.

revised artwork by stephen o’malley.
re-mastered at piethopraxis, köln, december 2006.

$13.44

back in stock as of
february 7th, 2009

first in stock on
december 18th, 2003

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
guitar-themed
live-electronic
analogue-synth
digital-musics

erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 021 cd

mimeo / john tilbury “the hands of caravaggio” compact disc

the hands of caravaggio (49:24)

erstwhile press release...

keith rowe: guitar, electronics
kevin drumm: guitar, analogue synthesizer
phil durrant: software granular samplers and treatments
thomas lehn: analogue synthesizer
kaffe matthews: computer
jérôme noetinger: electroacoustic devices
gert-jan prins: electronics, fm modulations, radio
peter rehberg: computer
markus schmickler: digital synthesizer, computer
rafael toral: guitar with analogue modular system
markus wettstein: amplified metal garbage
cor fuhler: inside piano
john tilbury: piano

mimeo, the music in movement electronic orchestra, is a band composed of twelve of europe's premier electronics improvisers. due both to logistical and financial constraints, they have only performed together a handful of times since the establishment of the current lineup in 1998.

after the remarkable success of their epic, 24-hour long performance in vand'ouevre in may of 2000, the band did not assemble again until almost a year later in bologna, for the angelica festival (thanks to festival organizer massimo simonini). the concert was a singular one, as mimeo was joined by the noted pianist john tilbury, nonpareil feldman interpreter and longstanding member of amm. the performance was built around a concerto for piano and electronic orchestra, titled the hands of caravaggio and loosely inspired by the caravaggio painting the taking of christ, as interpreted by keith rowe.

the piece begins with a low test-tone drone from cor fuhler, working inside the piano, followed by tilbury's entrance a few minutes later. next, jérôme noetinger sets off a flare, signaling the introduction of the electronics. the accumulation of electronics gradually reaches critical mass, at times obscuring the piano altogether. but tilbury is never completely hidden for long; space opens, and the piano emerges. as the piece evolves, the musicians discover a more delicate counterbalance to work within, which ultimately dissipates into silence.

liner notes for this release can be found on the 021 catalog page on the erstwhile web site. these include an essay by michael graubart on the history of the concerto and the hands of caravaggio's place within the tradition, as well as notes from some of the musicians involved, including rowe and tilbury. the stylistic range of the music is echoed in the artwork, which intertwines the original caravaggio, a painting and a graphic score by rowe, and original work from erstwhile designer friederike paetzold.

$13.44

back in stock as of
february 7th, 2009

first in stock on
june 3rd, 2004

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
playback-music
analogue-synth
guitar-themed

erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 006 cd

kevin drumm / martin tétreault “particles and smears” compact disc

4:16
4:17
2:19
7:36
5:36
1:42
4:04
4:09
3:11
4:07
3:44
4:30
4:38
4:53

erstwhile press release...

kevin drumm: guitar and electronics
martin tétreault: turntables

chicago-based kevin drumm (guitar, electronics) and montreal-based martin tétreault (turntables) traveled in separate musical circles, each unaware of the other's work, until a chicago-based organization, lampo, booked tétreault for a concert with drumm and the ubiquitous jim o'rourke in september of 1999. while tétreault was in chicago, he and drumm spent some time in the studio, and this cd contains the results, as recorded by tv pow's todd carter.

drumm, best known for his two superb solo records on perdition plastics, and tétreault, best known for his collaborative series of discs on ambiances magnetiques with the likes of otomo yoshihide and ikue mori, meld their techniques seamlessly to form a thoroughly integrated record. while both musicians are more than capable of playing solo sets filled with compelling ideas from beginning to end, here both seem to make a conscious effort to subsume their identities in order to create a greater work.

$33.28

new to stock as of
october 29th, 2008

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
concert-recordings
plunder-phonic
lafms
harsh-noise
modern-composition
lo-fi

helicopter (usa) #h 50 cd

sissy spacek “california ax” quadruple compact disc set

bootleg (0:26)
spider mama (0:27)
casual cassette (3:06)
lunar eclipse was boring (1:32)
return to from (0:50)
sepsis (version) (1:32)
suction cup (2:27)
pollex (2:55)
tyburn (1:05)
east east stl (0:11)
fortnight (0:44)
shovel up on us (2:30)
secretary drug (3:17)
smoke my blood (1:00)
polled (1:05)
index (1:26)
gon (4:03)
purple trouble (2:55)
acoustic sepsis (2:27)
look at my hand (1:30)
tv bra (0:30)
test for color d (0:30)
senso destructo hat (0:30)
gutter bird (0:15)
pulse pounding torment (1:29)
live at the smell (4:38)
sojbx (5:08)
grandmére (2:33)
cake solo (0:25)
ottake (0:32)
magma earings pt. 1 (2:42)
eaudoxia (4:05)
rapid fire (4:59)
what else can be new (3:44)
dneiper (3:55)
new pillocase (3:18)
magma earings pt. 2 (5:40)
psychotechnics (40:14)
bongo (24:11)
first set (22:19)
second set (21:28)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "purple trouble"

... in parallel to panasonic’s “kesto” 4-disc/album set from a few years back, the duo of john wiese and corydon ronnau here unleash, simultaneously, four separate albumsworth of music by their long-running sissy spacek group, featuring guest spots & remix-work from something of a who’s who of contemporary sound (tom recchion, kevin drumm, joseph hammer, damion romero, greg kelley, andy ortmann, smegma’s oblivia, mitchell brown, david scott stone, etc... )

each disc has it’s own feel / tempo ; the first consists of very short / dense blasts of (mainly) harsh noise & busy/active configurations ; the second is all quieter / sparser free improv ; the third two obnoxious extended feedback-worship freakouts ; and the fourth two performances of a through-composed piece of john’s ...

the thing is rife with head-scratchingly odd moments (kevin drumm’s bedroom metal-hero guitar tactics coming scarily close to mick barr’s solo work - listen to the sound-sample) but never stays in one place for all too long (save for the third disc, perhaps) ... highly recommended !!!

helicopter press release...

sissy spacek
california ax 4xcd
helicopter, h 50

up to this point sissy spacek have only released 4 proper albums, all of which could probably be squeezed together onto one cd. what we have in this release is 4 new full length albums recorded throughout 2007.

tinsel dripping ink (disk 1) is 26 tracks in 45 minutes covering all territory from grindcore, noise, electro-acoustic improv, musique concrete, noisecore, and electronics. it's primarily made up of new work, but also roots through the cutting floor for the best bits that didn't make it onto previous efforts for one reason or another, with a few tracks dating as far back as 1998.

police (disk 2) is 11 tracks in 40 minutes of electro-acoustic improv with girls on drums.

abreq ad habra (disk 3) gets it's title from an arabic phrase pre-dating "abracadabra" that translates "hurl a lightning bolt even unto death" which we'll choose to misread as "hurl an even lightning bolt until death." this disc contains the most raw recordings sissy spacek have ever released, the first being a 40 minute inferno recorded on kxlu and the second from a 20 minute live set in 2002 in st. louis.

13-tet los angeles (disk 4) is a live document of a 13 piece lineup that performed two sets at the smell in los angeles in december 2007 and is also the first live performance of a score by john wiese.

there are also many contributors to this set aside from original members of john wiese and corydon ronnau: mitchell brown, sarah cake, kevin drumm, gerritt, kate hall (mika miko), joseph hammer (solid eye), aaron hemphill (liars, skull sküll), jesse jackson (flaspar), greg kelley (nmperign), tim koh (white magic, ariel pink), danny mcclain (grand ulena), giles miller, oblivia (smegma), andy ortmann (panicsville), sam ott (the fucking angels), tom recchion (airway, lafms), damion romero (speculum fight), jarrett silberman (skull sküll, young people), dean spunt (no age), david scott stone (melvins, get hustle), and shannon walter (16 bitch pileup).

$12.61

back in stock as of
april 23rd, 2009

first in stock on
november 19th, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones
sound-poetry

hospital productions (usa) #hos 201 cd

kevin drumm / prurient “all are guests in the house of the lord” compact disc

first memory of pain (5:23)
on this slab (6:38)
there died venus (4:41)
though the apple is rotten (3:38)
in long rows (10:08)
comes another brood (7:43)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "comes another brood"

november 2007 release; the debut full-length from the duo of dom “prurient” fernow & kevin drumm - previously available for about a nanosecond on cassette, now in a slightly larger pressing on disc...

alternating between an almost hafler-trio-ian selection of instrumental/episodic mood-pieces and (dare i say it) sections recalling robert ashley’s “operas”(dom, voice pitched down, recites the “libretto” below over kevin’s static wave-field...), this is arguably the first text-sound piece in dom’s oeuvre (at the very least; the first in which his text is readily intelligible). kevin’s contributions range from floating sine-wave combinations and considerably more abrasive/rectified sections of plundered salon music, analogue synth patterns, and slowly mutating chord-shapes...

evocative stuff; certainly not for the weak-of-constitution...

hospital productions press release...

prurient / kevin drumm
all are guests in the house of the lord - cd

digital version of the cassette collaboration.
statues crumble, bronze corrodes, columns topple
as the roman youth carry on towards death.
new artwork.

...

behind the emperor
in long rows
we welcome him
it is an historical picture
of the first order
which shows us the motive
that first conquered the world
united together
master and slave
though the apple is rotten
the seed can still be used

heights of the children
and there first memory of pain
we study
the mark of their bodies
the twisting of tonuges
we must confess
that there are few works of art
which would have rendered with equal sucess
the livley movements
of proud youths unaware
along the path
to the chamber of death

i will no more curse the earth
for the sake of man, for the imagination
and thought of mans heart are prone to evil
from his youth therefore i will no more destroy
every living soul
as i have done

questions of interpretation
indeed
it would be impossible
to approach
such questions

the story is told
on the twenty three windings of the column
increases toward the top
in order to correct
the perspectival diminution
as the spiral approachs the summit
the column is supported on a base
decorated
with the trophies of war
which formed the sepulchral chamber
destined to contain
the emperors urn

century of the empire
forgotten
eclipsed by the illusionist
monuments now lost
the lingering
touched by life again
the imperial young men
no longer satisfied
by the the triumph
expression
along a long line of successive splendors
i will have mercy on whom i have mercy
and i will show pity to whom i will show pity

$15.12

back in stock as of
april 23rd, 2009

first in stock on
may 15th, 2008

threads:
minimalism-drones
modern-composition
analogue-synth
electro-acoustic-composition
electro-acoustic-improvisation

hospital productions (usa) #hos 134 cd

kevin drumm “imperial distortion” double compact disc set

guillain-barre (17:23)
more blood and guts (19:57)
snow (16:03)
snow (18:44)
romantic sores (18:32)
we all get it in the end (13:25)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "more blood and guts"

march 2009 ; surprise repress of this best-of-2008 title !!!

may 2008 release ; unbelievable ... suddenly, with little warning, dom “prurient” fernow here drops kevin drumm’s first solo full-length since 2002’s “sheer hellish miasma” on his hospital productions imprint ...

several years in the making (i remember seeing mentions of this in hospital ads over 2 years ago !!!), “imperial distortion” is, without a doubt, kevin’s masterwork ; six extended takes on statis-heavy drone-sound, high dread-quotient w/the impeccably organized sound-fields positively distended w/woofer-rattling low-end ... claustrophobic music w/no means of escape ; even if there are (brief) snatches of friendlier tonalities littering the sheer morass (listen to the sound-sample) ...

i make my love for kevin & his increasingly sporadic work known all throughout this site ; he’s one of my all-time favorite musicians & the mere existence of this well thought-out & finally tangible work is cause celebre for just about everyone who shops here. i give this my highest recommendation !!!

hospital productions press release...

what does a person do when faced with a work like imperial distortion? there are rare moments in an artist's work where they reveal a greater truth. kevin drumm has already made such a statement with his last major solo work, 2002's sheer hellish miasma. where that record took noise music to a new level of near-impenetrable exactitude, imperial distortion is an altogether different beast.

beauty as an aesthetic can be as terrifying as horror, desire unfulfilled, romance that lingers and never goes away, no matter how disappointing. a preoccupation with death can be the only result. on this extended long-form release, kevin drumm comes face to face with minimal drone music and confronts the genre by providing one of its absolute pinnacles at the forefront; movement. drone music at its most concentrated and ably performed has build and depth in its tones. although there might be the illusion of stasis, the opposite is true.

from the opening 20-minute track 'guillain-barre,' the mood of the album is laid clear. the arrangements are shadowy layers of soundtrack-like tones not entirely unlike the work that popul vuh provided for herzog's films. by track two, 'more blood and guts,' with its ominous bell tones, it becomes apparent that there is a true nothing that's associated with these sounds, other than the mood-inducing hypnosis and the feeling of drowning, yet having no ability to fight the slow pull.

the middle portion of the record is 'snow,' which was released as a limited cassette last year on hospital productions. this material was a teaser for the full album imperial distortion. the tracks have an almost ballad-esque sense of elegance, using tone and frequency as melodic portals to nowhere. the sustain in the piece suggests a weight while remaining alarmingly pleasant to the ears. the tension suggests an anxiety that never truly dies. the alarm comes from the juxtaposition of tones and mood.

while the tones may sound gorgeous in their purity, the mood implies a profound sense of unease and perhaps an acceptance of the inevitability of existential dilemma. this point is most thoroughly evidenced by the albums closer, 'we all get it in the end.' while the piece starts out with lullaby ease, a few minutes in, an equally severe dark drone eclipses the light and the night takes over. here in the enveloped sounds, the clouds pass over the moonlight creating a spectral dark that is unforgettable in its intensity.

to answer the initial question of imperial distortion, this is a work that commands intellectual and emotional commitment on the levels of the greatest works to come from this genre. kevin drumm has accomplished that rare balance to create a masterwork that no one has yet to come close to in this era. your best bet is to surrender.

$13.41

back in stock as of
may 1st, 2009

first in stock on
november 20th, 2007

threads:
minimalism-drones
analogue-synth
digital-musics
electro-acoustic-composition
electro-acoustic-improvisation
guitar-themed

moikai (usa) #m 13 lp

triangles “triangles” long playing record

side one (19:10)
side two (18:01)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "side one"

odd minimal concrète / drone / folk lp widely surmised to be the work of kevin drumm ...

i’ve always felt this was an under-rated record (compared to how much people were fawning over the nuno canavarro & ray russell moikai discs at the time) - there’s a great sense of space at play here; the clock-mechanism sounds (regular/repeating clicks and whirrs) that run through the first piece are somewhat reminiscent of nurse with wound, the digitally-treated folk guitar licks that permeate the second aren’t that far removed from fennesz’ “plays” ep ...

a careful and considered record; much more than a mere footnote in kevin’s substantial discography ...

moikai press release...

triangles offers you more of the powerbook electronics sounds we're all digging on so much, and from speaking comparatively from the field as it stands today, triangles sounds quite good, really amazing, in fact.

despite falling into the, dammit, start saying it -- 'melancholy electronics,' hole that you clearly need filled, triangles stands on it's own. need more? try this -- triangles occupies the space between powerbook extrapolations (quite reminiscent of the sole person in america who can do anything well at all on them silicon bastards, wink wink!), and middle 70's italian melancholy electronics (yes, they did it first again, damn them!), like alvin curran or franco battiato. it hints at robert ashley's automatic writing and david behrman’s on the other ocean. a little bit anyways. but no matter what you think triangles sounds like, it's definitely a 'trip,' as the kids on acid say. yeah, triangles will definitely keep those types busy for awhile.

meanwhile, critics will find it shocking easy to find angles and write reviews for triangles, so expect much punning geometry in our near pulp future. but what of you, the listener? you can throw this disc on (after examining the cover graphics by triangles and swedish artist / soundmonger extraordinaire leif elgrenn) and find some points of your own. who knows? maybe you'll say, triangles -- a hodgepodge of bleeps, scrapes, white noise, motor-like sounds, schmaltzy organ drones, sluggish acoustic guitar strumming, a morose piano note or two, an apoplectic fit of crunching and crackling and a clipped voice occasionally muttering something.

triangles use guitars (both electric and acoustic), piano, organ, pzm scrape and scratch as well as analog synthesizer and other modern electronic music producing equipment. cold at times, serene at others, spacey, maybe gloomy for a few moments -- you can throw harsh in there too. all that in just 38 minutes.

$12.01

new to stock as of
april 24th, 2007

threads:
musique-concrète
electro-acoustic-composition
electro-acoustic-improvisation

selektion (germany) #scd 030 cd

ralf wehowsky / kevin drumm “cases” compact disc

case a (17:49)
case b (15:14)

selektion press release...

selektion scd 030
ralf wehowsky / kevin drumm
cases

musique concrete realized 1999/2000 in chicago and mainz.

kevin drumm: guitar & devices
ralf wehowsky: electronics, edits & composition

cardboard sleeve, design charly steiger.

$10.49

back in stock as of
may 11th, 2007

first in stock on
february 8th, 2006

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
concert-recordings
minimalism-drones
guitar-themed
analogue-synth

sonoris (france) #son 13 cd

kevin drumm / taku sugimoto “den” compact disc

untitled (7:23)
untitled (13:56)
untitled (6:37)
untitled (9:41)
untitled (3:46)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "untitled (5)"

a live recording of an april 2000 duo meeting in tokyo between the unlikely pairing of guitarists taku sugimoto (heading from straight improv & noise-psych into increasing reductionism) and kevin drumm (heading from sparse pointillism into sheer full-bore noise and static drones.)

fans of contemporary drumm will undoubtedly scratch their heads at the seeming lack of “jams/z” within, fans of eai ala the erstwhile label will see this as a shining example of what the two were capable of back in the halcyon days ...

sonoris press release...

taku sugimoto & kevin drumm
den

son-13
cd - 4 pages digipack - 1000 copies - 2000
5 tracks - 41:23 min

...

taku sugimoto guitar
kevin drumm guitar, electronics

recorded in concert at gallery den, tokyo on april 5, 2000.
recorded and engineered by simpoh yanagawa.
cd mastered by toshimaru nakamura at streset.
edit by sugimoto, drumm and nakamura.
thanks to masae tanabe, gallery den.

$8.05

back in stock as of
april 30th, 2007

first in stock on
september 11th, 2006

threads:
digital-musics
harsh-noise
beat-research
schimpfluch-gruppe
self-released

alku (spain) #alku 17 cd

“x+y = xy 10 blind dates” compact disc recordable

team doyobi + safety scissors
errorsmith + opopop
joel ongthorne + discom
jliat + vger
needle + thomas dimuzio
beige + mainpal
kevin drumm + francisco lópez
plank + kubin/garland
venoz tks + pimmon
time's up + wobbly

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "kevin drumm + francisco lópez"

weirdo compilation featuring a fairly wide array of contemporary sound-practitioners as forced into communal music-making practice by the folks over at alku... wonder to the concept of a lópez/drumm collaboration, thrill to the sonics of several unlikely combinations...

alku press release...

x+y= xy
10 citas a ciegas
10 blind dates
(alku, 17)

‘when the two have run each other through, the path to your destiny will open’(excerpt from ‘resident evil’ for nintendo game cube, 2002).

yops!
this is anna and roc from barcelona.
we reach you cause we'd like to invite you to take part in one of our nextalku projects.

alku's new compilation is called "x + y = xy".
it is a different approach to collaborations/splits, based on the idea of "blind dates".
we arrange you a "blind date" with another artist. kind of a "blind split".
you must send us a piece of exactly 2 minutes, and so has the other invited person (your couple).
we get your piece and his piece (exactly same lenght). then we overlap both.
x (your piece) + y (the other guy piece) = xy (resulting track on the cd)
please send your track in a cd.

the tracks we have got so far are just amazing and the ones we have tried to overlap work fucking brilliantly. the blind date thingee works top.

hope you enjoy the project as much as we do.
please reply as fast as possible
thanx a lot
a+r

alku. 2000 2002

$15.13

new to stock as of
august 22nd, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
digital-musics
harsh-noise

atp/recordings (uk) #atpr 002 cd

“all tomorrow’s parties 1.1 • sonic youth curated” compact disc

sonic youth - fauxhemians
unwound - behold the salt
stephen malkmus - good kids egg
stereolab - old lungs
bardo pond - white turban (the traveller)
cat power - come on in my kitchen
papa m - how can i tell you i love you?
cannibal ox - pidgeon
the dead c - load segment
boredoms - super now
kevin drumm - my tree bears no nuts (part 2)
satanstornade - enhanced amalgamated computer experience

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "my tree bears no nuts (part 2)"

2002 release ; second comp from atp, covering artists appearing at the sonic youth-curated all tomorrow’s parties festival ... standout contributions include those by satanstornade (i.e. merzbow & russell haswell), kevin drumm, the dead c, the boredoms, bardo pond, etc ...

atp/recordings press release...

originally released in 2001 as the companion to atp 1.0, all tomorrow's parties 1.1 was curated by sonic youth, and was initially created to accompany the all tomorrow's parties events held in los angeles and england.

this compilation definitely has the sonic youth fingerprint with acts as far ranging as noise mavens boredoms to husky crooner cat power. features exclusive unreleased tracks and new song versions by sonic youth, unwound, stephen malkmus, stereolab, bardo pond, cat power, papa m, cannibal ox, dead c, boredoms, kevin drumm and satans tornade.

this compilation captures the very spirit of the atp festival by matching disparate musical elements that together create a cross-section of the very best under-represented music.

$15.67

back in stock as of
july 7th, 2008

first in stock on
october 11th, 2005

threads:
harsh-noise
electro-acoustic-composition
schimpfluch-gruppe
digital-musics
beat-research

entr’acte (uk) #e06 cd

“lds relation-chips” compact disc recordable

errorsmith - untitled (3:28)
sudden infant - untitled (3:29)
kouhei & imany - untitled (4:57)
blackjewishgays presents something j - untitled (3:39)
peter rehberg & kevin drumm - untitled (5:02)
christoph de babalon - untitled (4:41)
p_audio - untitled (5:02)
ntsh (aaa) - untitled (4:30)
elember septeventh - untitled (3:46)
dave phillips - untitled (4:50)
column one - untitled (4:38)
jørgen ecklund - untitled (3:46)
kein babel - untitled (7:25)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "lds relation-chips"

earliest title in stock on entr’acte; allon kaye’s wonderful art-project-cum-record-label with a fine roster of obscure drone, noise, and electro-acoustic practitioners. this compilation features reworking(s) of material(s) found on entr’acte #1: daniel löwenbrück (aka raionbashi)’s “(luxury discreet surroundings)” by folks such as kevin drumm & peter rehberg (together!), christoph de babalon, sudden infant, dave philips, jørgen ecklund, etc...

entr’acte press release...

various
lds relationchips (36)

a compilation of reworks of the original luxury discreet surroundings cd (entr’acte 1; released in 1999) by errorsmith, sudden infant, kouhei & imany, blackjewishgays presents something j, peter rehberg & kevin drumm, christoph de babalon, p_audio, ntsh (aaa), elember septeventh, dave phillips, column one, jørgen ecklund, and kein babel.

cd/2004

$12.95

back in stock as of
october 31st, 2007

first in stock on
november 22nd, 2006

threads:
digital-musics
guitar-themed
harsh-noise

or (uk) #or issue1 cd

“or some computer music” compact disc

cd_slopper - blr oodgr,-1:3" (0:32)
trevor wishart - fabulous paris (23:50)
aphex twin - perc # 6 (4:45)
kevin drumm - feelin hilarious (6:44)
general magic - kritischer einwand (3:20)
steven travis pope - kombination xi pt. 1 (2:41)
steven travis pope - kombination xi pt. 2 (2:10)
steven travis pope - kombination xi pt. 3 (2:09)
steven travis pope - kombination xi pt. 4 (2:28)
steven travis pope - kombination xi pt. 5 (2:47)
steven travis pope - kombination xi pt. 6 (2:09)
ubik - plex (5:11)
zbigniew karkowski & kasper t toeplitz - le depeupleur (11:10)
beautyon - 0 number sucessor (3:22)

really, really loved the idea behind this russell haswell-curated series when they started appearing all those years back. finally something that bridged the gap between the academic computer music world and the bedroom knob-twiddler at large. stand-out contributions from all involved, plus a booklet containing cmj-lineage technical data regarding the included pieces. has aged remarkably well...

$9.01

back in stock as of
december 8th, 2008

first in stock on
november 21st, 2006

threads:
analogue-synth
anti-music
art-punk
beat-research
digital-musics
doom
electro-acoustic-composition
electro-acoustic-improvisation
experimental-instruments
field-recordings
free-improvisation
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones
modern-composition
modern-psych
musique-concrète
psych-prog
sound-art

the sound projector (uk) #tsp vinyl mag

“the sound projector presents... vinyl viands 2006” magazine

100 lp record reviews !!!

with this november 2006 “special” issue it’s pretty much official; the sound projector is the best experimental music magazine running, at least from my jilted standpoint...

in this issue mr. pinsent selects a stack of vinyl from his shelf, then sits down and concocts witty expositions on their contents, methods of acquisition, etc... the whole thing has this ritualistic flair but never dips into sheer repetition; there’s always something interesting to say, some revelation to be found.

records reviewed in this issue range from recent noise vinyl way on back to 60s esp-disk originals; not your “keeping up with the new release schedules” coverage here, no sir... ed is as likely to review a rare 1970 french prog lp as he is the new fusetron title.

it’s a joy to read and genuinely funny to boot. if you’ve ever pored the shelves of your local mom & pop record shop for dusty experimental gelt, you’ll be familiar with the thrill of the hunt celebrated within these pages. very highly recommended!

the sound projector press release...

the sound projector presents a "black stuff" summer special!
black balloons...a dolphin in your dansette
a vinyl-viaduct labyrinth for your noggin!

vinyl viands 2006!

published august 2006. 78pp, full colour covers, digital printing
no interviews, no articles...just lots of vinyl lp reviews!
for 2006...a time when nobody in the world even has a turntable!
a time when digitising vinyl onto cds can cost up to £10,000 a pop!
an age when there's a massive upsurge in high-quality vinyl reissues!

we bring you vinyl viands 2006!

tales of collecting, hoarding, rifling, storing, handling, playing and listening to vinyl lps!

written by ari abramowitz, harley richardson, jennifer hor, richard rees jones and ed pinsent
comic strip contribution by john bagnall
evidence of collecting mania gone insane!
in your mind...you know it's a viand!

...

john adams harmonium
germany ecm 1277 lp (1984)

anima der regt mich auf / a controversy
germany ohr today omm 580.001 2 x lp (1982)

martin archer ten studies for organ
audiolaceration al005 lp (2006)

attacco decente the baby within us marches on
uk all or nothing aon002 lp (1988)

jean-baptiste barriere pandemonium - ville ouverte
france atem records atem 7003 lp (1979)

blue öyster cultspectres
uk cbs 86050 lp (1977)

bo diddleybo diddley
checker lp 2984 (nd)

burning star corethe very heart of the world
usa thin wrist recordings tw-g lp [2005]

john cage with david tudorjohn cage presents variations iv recordedlive at the fiegen / palmer gallery
usa everest 3132 (nd) (196?)

captain beyond captain beyond
usa capricorn cp-0105 lp (1972)

carmen fandangos in space
uk regal zonophone srza 8518 (1974)

the ric colbeck quartet the sun is coming up
uk fontana (esp-disk') 6383 001 lp (1970)

tony conrad fantastic glissando
usa table of the elements 82 lp (2003)

alice cooper pretties for you
usa warner bros / straight ws 1840 (1970)

vital viands

davenport davenport
usa not not fun records nnf 23 lp (nd)

dead machines / john wiese falling lights
usa rococo records r cc-0006 lp [2006]

dome dome 2
uk dome 2 lp (1980)

kevin drumm / 2673 split lp
usa kitty play kpr 7 lp (2006)

dust hard attack
usa kama sutra ksbs 2059 lp (1972)

electronic art ensemble inquietude
usa gramavision gr7003 lp (1982)

the nedly elstak trio + voice the machine
uk fontana stl5538 lp (1969)

the enid in the region of the summer stars
uk buk records bulp 2014 lp (1976)

john fahey hard time empty bottle blues 1-4
usa table of the elements 60 nd lp (2003)

fanny mothers pride
uk reprise / wea k44233 lp (1973)

fe-mail voluptuous vultures
usa psychform records pfr 05 10-inch lp (2006)

henry flynt back porch hillbilly blues volumes 1 & 2
usa bo'weavil recordings weavil 01 2 x lp(2003)

terry fox berlino / rallentando
the netherlands het apollohuis ar 088807 lp(1988)

john frankovic frank-o-fest. an episode of improvisational smoke recorded upon the cold
usa father yod fyp-l3 lp (1992)

fred frith live in japan
japan recommended records japan rrj 003/004 2x lp box (1982)

fred frith speechless
usa ralph records ff 8106 lp (1981)

vicious viands

hatebeak beak of putrefaction
usa reptilian rep 077 7" single (2004)

hatebeak bird seeds of vengeance
usa reptilian rep 090 7" single (2005)

hirsch nicht aufs sofa im schatten der möhre
dom v 77-07 lp

the hospitals i've visited the island of jocks and jazz
usa load records load 071 lp (2005)

noah howard at judson hall
usa esp-disk' 1064 lp (1968)hurray dreamsnot soft illusion
usa fuestron fuse 042 lp (nd)

ikarus ikarus
germany second battle sblp 032 lp (1995)

jim jackson kansas city blues
holland agram blues ab 2004 lp (nd)

jade warrior last autumn's dream
vertigo vel-1012 lp (1972)

jefferson airplane bark
usa grunt records (rca) ftr-1001 lp (1971)

le roy jenkins / rashied ali swift are the winds of life
usa survival records sr 112 lp (nd)

stanley jordan standards volume 1
usa blue note bt 85130 lp (1986)

k. salvatore ashmadai
usa fusetron fuse 048 2 x lp (2006)

henry kaiser it's a wonderful life
usa metalanguage ml-124 lp (1984)

gershon kingsley gershon kingsley's first moog quartet
italy dagored red148 lp (2003)

no-name viands

laterna laterna
poland obuh v26 lp (2005)

lichens the psychic nature of being
usa holy mountain 70258 lp (2005)

lied music vs boy-band tax returns lied music vs boy-band tax returns
belgium ultra eczema 29 lp (2006)

magic carpathians project euscorpius carpathicus
poland obuh v22 lp (2003)

magma merci
seventh md foo 41 lp (1984)

mammut mammut
germany little wing of refugees lw 1048 lp(1996)

walter marchetti per la sete dell'orecchio
italy vandalia records 10584 lp [1983]

neil merryweather space rangers
usa mercury srm-1-1007 lp (1974)

jerzy milian milianalia
poland obuh v27 lp (2005)

the move looking on
uk fly records fly 1 lp (1970)

mukai chie / urabe masayoshi dual anarchism
usa siwa records #9 lp (2002)

necronomicon tips zum selbtsmord
no label 60634 lp (nd)

nurse with wound ostranenie 1913
uk thirdmind records tmr 03 lp (1983)

viands of wonderment

origami galaktika eesti libbed silmad süda
norway komkol autoprod 089 2 x lp (1998)

annette peacock x-dreams
usa tomato tom-7025 lp (1979)

pelican / mono ran amber / yearning
usa hydra head industries hh 666 104 /temporary residence limited trr89 lp (2006)

krzysztof penderecki the manuscript found in saragossa: originalmotion picture soundtrack
poland obuh v24 lp (2005)

pink floyd meddle
uk emi harvest shvl 795 lp (1971)

terry reid river
us atlantic sd 7259 lp (1973)

peter van riper room space
usa vrblu 13 lp (1981)

alasdair roberts no earthly man
usa drag city dc283 lp (2005)

robotobibok nawyki przyrody
poland obuh v25 / vytvornia om v01 lp (2005)

il rovescio della medaglia la bibbia
rca psl 10521 lp (1971)

tony rusconi boxing (the) drums
italy vm boxes ed. vmb 1000 2 x lp (nd)

george russell and his orchestra new york ny / jazz in the space age
usa mca records inc mca2-4017 2 x lp (1973)

ray russell quartet dragon hill
uk cbs realmjazz series 52663 lp (1969)

leaping-lung viands

frank sidebottom medium play
uk in tape it069 10-inch ep (1989)

the horace silver quintet and trio blowin' the blues away
usa blue note 84017 lp (1985)

slade slade alive!
uk polydor super 2383 101 lp (1972)

the slits the slits
uk [y records y3lp] lp (1980)

sparks hello young lovers
uk gut records gut53 lp (2006)

bruce springsteen & the e street band live/1975-85
uk cbs 450227 5 x lp (1986)

steppenwolf early steppenwolf
germany hor zu shze 266 lp (nd)

sun city girls live from planet boomerang
usa majora lp 5663 2 x lp (1992)

t2 it'll all work out in boomland
uk decca skl5050 lp (1970)

temperatures too hot to handle / too cold to hold
uk private press no number 7" ep (2005)

david thomas and the pedestrians the sound of the sand and other songs of thepedestrian
uk rough trade rough 30 lp (1981)

keith tippett blueprint
uk rca sf 8290 lp (1972)

tivol early teeth
usa holy mountain 8271940 lp (2005)

pete townshend who came first
uk track deluxe 2408 201 lp (1972)

growling viands

ultravox three into one
uk island ilps 9614 lp (1980)

the untouchable factor charred earth
usa kharma inc pk-1 lp (1977)

various images fantastiques
usa limelight ls 86047 lp (nd)

various high-minded bands my mind goes high. psychedelic pop nuggetsfrom the wea vaults
uk warner music uk / rhino 8122-74708-1 2 x lp(2005)

various viva negativa! a tribute to the new blockaders
germany vinyl on demand vod 24 / vod 25 4 x lpbox sets (2005-2006)

the vitamin b12 heads
uk private pressing no number 8 x lps (2006)

dennis wilson pacific ocean blue
us caribou pz 34354 lp (1977)

wizzard wizzard brew
uk emi harvest shsp 4025 lp (1973)

wooden wand and the vanishing voice buck dharma
usa time-lag 026 2 x lp (2005)

wooden wand and the vanishing voice xiao
usa troubleman unlimited tmu 156 lp (2004)

frank wright quartet uhuru na umoja
spain marfer sa (america records) m. 40-030 slp [1970]

ultimato viands

y pants beat it down
usa neutral records n-two lp (1982)

ya ho wa 13 presents the savage sons of ya ho wa
higher key records hkr 010 lp (nd)

frank zappa and the mothers of invention the history and collected improvisations of frank zappa and the mothers of invention
bootleg no label zx-3561-3660 a (10 x lp box set)

$15.69

back in stock as of
september 27th, 2008

first in stock on
october 30th, 2005

threads:
analogue-synth
beat-research
circuit-bending
digital-musics
electro-acoustic-composition
electro-acoustic-improvisation
harsh-noise
lo-fi
experimental-instruments
machine-music
out-guitar
plunder-phonic
playback-music
schimpfluch-gruppe

tochnit aleph (germany) #ta 048 cd

“the end of the fear of god” compact disc

rlw - 7up 2002
n.o.g. - final chant for god
norbert möslang - 4183
rudolf eb.er - trottelgott
sudden infant - fear of richard gere
strotter inst. - rubbish planet remix
soviet subliminal seduction - the fuck of(f) god
suntour - love song
andrew phillips (4) - don't fuck our children
schurer - fantasie in cmaj
unholy grave - absolution
kevin drumm - first class people
bela kiss - pharma-zootic
evil moisture* - umbilical retribution
hecker - easy jxeluspl jxel funnn pre mix
yamatsuka eye* - 7 seconds no tone
r.h.y. yau - prisoner of your ideals
the idealist - the deconstruction and ressurection of under the chainsaw
gorebitch - pelzfotze bitch
massaccesi - i'm positive that i've seen my hands running through a sea of bodies
kure kure takura - our beed god re-trip butt on frog
dylan nyoukis - under the chainsaw
mike patton & kid606 - circle a
genetic transmission - untitled
eric boros / jason flowers - wo-po-po-po
stress - world under my fingernail
jason kahn - running through the blood
fear of smallcock - untitled
imperative - positive
shoji goto - a sunset with 4 painter
glands of external secretion - (make) 7 up (yours)
jim o'rourke - fog rmx
dropdead / outosushi - pneumatic slaughter
k2 - junk grinder of the master
doris tomasoni - nasse fotze
kouhei matsunaga - a lot of fog or 2 fog
eva revox - sphincteral descaling
merzbow - fear of god
kein babel - gloria
blackjewishgays - bjgrmxfog
eva d. - il fece del signore
ommyth - controlled by fear
medieval moisture - f(urbies) o(n) g(lue)
humectant interruption - bird bite
saicobaba - 11:25 am - 11:26 am
rabid dogs - p.c.u.n.t.
j.c. - fear of fnord
dave noyze - chemical induced oscillatory machination of a circle
dj killroy vs von wurstfinger - one day fly (killfinger remix)
rm74 - eintagsfliege
raionbashi - i81b4u
viscious circle - freakers...
ecrase-merde - amuse - guele
atta - absolution
shite minor - schwere geburt
voice crack - 7714
thomas ankersmit - untitled
silvum - catalogue more rubbish bodies
runzelstirn and gurgelstock - lasset uns beten
takedown uav - for lack of all else: youth devour divinity
the haters - rubbish remix
russell haswell - fog micromedley
the nautilus deconstruction - rubbish away
chicken & money - c&m love fear of god
bloodstar vs saalschutz technopunk - pelzfotze
pita - xxx229fog
seaman staynes & master baits - watersports whilst foggy
zbigniew karkowski - trig
machine gun tv - untitled

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "kevin drumm - first class people"

collection of answer-pieces on the oeuvre of dave philips’ late 80s hardcore band “fear of god.” damn - look at that lineup... reads like my own personal mix-tape from the noisier end of the contemporary sound-terrorism/experimental music spectrum. few disappoint with their decisively short remix-blasts... just about as good as remix-compilation discs get...

tochnit aleph press release...

all source material by swiss hardcore/noise legends fear of god (1987-88), reworked/covered by (in order of appearance) rlw. n.o.g., norbert moeslang, rudolf eb.er, sudden infant, strotter inst., soviet subliminal seduction, suntour, andrew phillips, schurer, unholy grave, kevin drumm, bela kiss, evil moisture killer nuts, hecker, eye yamatsuka, r. h.y. yau, the idealist, gorebitch, massaccesi, kure kure takura, dylan nyoukis, mike patton & kid 606, genetic transmission, eric boros & jason flowers, stress, jason kahn, dj smallcock, imperative, shoji goto, the glands of the external secretion, jim oírourke, dropdead with outosushi, k2, doris tomasoni, kouhei matsunaga, eva revox, merzbow, kein babel, blackjewishgays feat. django, eva d., ommyth, medieval moisture, humectant interruption, saicobaba, rabid dogs, j.c., dave noyze, djkillroy vs. von wurstfinger, rm74, raionbashi, vicious circle, ecrase-merde, atta, shite minor, voice crack, thomas ankersmit, silvum, runzelstirn & gurgelstock, takedown uav, the haters, russell haswell, the nautilus deconstruction, chicken & monkey, bloodstar vs. saalschutz, pita, seaman staynes & master baits, zbigniew karkowski, and the machine gun tv. this is the stone on fear of god's grave. 12-page booklet including 'you can't reason with logic', a short-story by g.x.jupitter-larsen.

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