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previous artist: pocket pet		there are 3 titles featuring points of friction in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: poire_z

$14.41

new to stock as of
may 12th, 2008

threads:
lafms
1980s-electronic

anomalous (usa) #nom 10 cd

points of friction “sackcloth and ashes” compact disc

vague resemblance of what it may imitate (2:12)
fastidious (2:46)
beneath the skin (4:37)
acid rain (3:30)
veering (4:23)
sackcloth and ashes (15:21)
skara brae (3:59)
rhomboid ladies (6:02)
in the realm of nothing whatsoever (3:15)
excel-o lady (4:35)
7.4.83 pianet loop (1:55)
enough air in the fire (8:05)
raking light (3:01)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "vague resemblance ..."

2001 anomalous-label reissue of this 1984 cassette, originally issued on the lafms sub-label solid eye, featuring damian “agog” bisciglia, joseph hammer, kenny ryman, and tim alexander ... twelve woozy / mis-shapen synth miniatures nestled tightly between nerve net noise lineage abstraction & almost ambient / berlin-school soundscapes ... underrated !!!

anomalous press release...

points of friction "sackcloth and ashes" cd

points of friction scrapes together a mind-bending menagerie of sound from the panorama of objects and equipment they work with. their process-oriented artistry invokes apparitions of the ear, with multi-dimensional sonic textures that span from quirky, seductive lullabies to revolting sensual assaults. points of friction made contact in the extremely beige but earthquake famous san fernando valley, a suburb of los angeles and home also to the infamous manson family. tim alexander and kenny ryman (paper bag) served together as psychedelic altar boys at the age of nine. kenny was from a musical family, so he had developed a set of ears from an early age. damian bisciglia (agog) and tim became acquainted in cub scouts around eight years old. becoming reacquainted among a few self-described social outcasts at los angeles pierce college around 1980, they gravitated to the art department where they encountered a cast of characters. among these were the profoundly talented jeannie cohen (sprout mountain) and the profusely bizarre joseph hammer (dinosaurs with horns, swan trove, solid eye). relieved and excited to discover other freaks, they soon evolved an excuse for converging: making noise. originally inclusive and spontaneous, their noise was extracted from everyday objects, and recorded with built-in condenser mics on primitive equipment. they soon adopted some recording gear and musical instruments but no musical training. when kenny replaced jeannie, pof was born.

inspired by free musics from beefheart to harmonia, they met in joe's or kenny's bedroom to exchange sound and interact in private naïve noise/rock ecstasy. originally released by the lafms offshoot label solid eye [who were also responsible for releases by doo-dooettes, the romans, tom recchion, dinosaurs with horns, and fredrick nilsen] on cassette in 1984, sackcloth and ashes is the most electronic and perhaps most polished incarnation of this multimedia collective. the unorthodox exploration of keyboards, guitars, toy instruments, the assemblage of field recordings, noise improvisations, and tape loops tantalize the senses with arousing emotive power. the opus title track is a compendium of improvisational soundings and field recordings that include a chorus of squeaky swings, a cat's purring, snapping shrimp, a diseased lung, and cacophony on a yard sale card rack. exquisitely abrasive and haunting tracks 1 through 6 yield to the perfumed machinery and melodious hypnosis of the remaining tracks. all were originally performed under cover of live film and slide projections with optical manipulations at alternative music venues in and around los angeles including al's bar, the anti-club, los angeles contemporary exhibitions (lace), etc., and aboard the u.s.s. cormerant ("noise at sea"), with bands such as the minutemen, the meat puppets, whitehouse, and the monique experience in the mid-1980's.

every piece on this album has such (currently archived) visual underscoring. re-released on cd, the disc is lavishly packaged in beautiful silver and black in an eye-rattling multi-paneled silk-screened die-cut cover that undermines perception in the friction manner. the low-key intensity of points of friction may affect heart rates and breathing patterns. it is probably best listened to in a darkened room.

$14.79

new to stock as of
april 2nd, 2008

threads:
lafms
anti-music
free-improvisation
experimental-instruments

anomalous (usa) #nom 05 lp

agog “dust is their food and clay their meat” long playing record

feast for the fingers (5:34)
lerp (3:49)
aroma housewives (2:55)
leg gamble (0:38)
doreen in sea urchin (5:43)
rubbing doll combs together to make music for pillow insects (6:15)
fuzzy luggage (1:44)
boiled eggs in quicksand shadows (2:28)
eastern spores (2:36)
bee wire (4:19)
bubble gum shoe shipwreak (2:12)
shrink-wrapped laundry hamper solo (3:20)

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

... entirely slept-on 2001 lp of crackling anti-music from lafms-relatable musician damian bisciglia, sourced not to an array of circuit-bent detritus but an array of mostly acoustic sound-producing materials (albeit captured in pristine fashion using contact mics) ...

anomalous press release...

agog "dust is their food and clay their meat" lp

starting his music career in the early 1980s in the collective points of friction alongside joseph hammer and being on the fringes of the l.a.f.m.s. group, damian bisciglia has gone on to create a body of work only available on cassette and generally only heard among the cassette culture.

his work is amazingly developed though, finding a style incorporating collage, improvisation, and diverse number of unique sources including contact mic as instrument unto itself, multitracked loops, shells, balloons, metal heater, springs, matchbox car, and many others. in addition to this, he has in recent years begun to create 'creatures' built from various found materials. a very talented artist whose work has long impressed me and whom i am glad to finally help bring out a more widely available release.

"this lp is strictly an analog affair and is 96% free of conventional musical instruments and electronic effects. the sound sources (instruments?) are primarily acoustic and would include: metal eraser shield played with human breath, cardboard speaker cone bowed with a coat hanger, blow-dryer heating element, hard plastic combs, a broken tv set (unplugged), sea shells etc. these objects are amplified using a variety of contact microphones. all pieces are built upon a 4-track reel to reel with the exception of the final track, which is a real time improvisation using a wooden laundry hamper still encased in it's plastic shrink-wrap." - damian bisciglia.

$11.95

back in stock as of
september 15th, 2008

first in stock on
august 21st, 2007

threads:
lafms
live-electronic
plunder-phonic
electro-acoustic-improvisation

melon expander (usa) #me 003 cd

points of friction “afterlife dna finger-painting” compact disc

spores of the aquifer (9:10)
any stovepipe can befriend the living but it takes a real android to win foodstamps (3:59)
afterlife dna finger-painting (5:27)
artichoke tickle (4:53)
when a salamander laughs out loud the tape recorders beam with joy, but parking lots beyond tomato will always find lice (15:17)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "spores of the aquifer"

killer set of flowing electro-acoustic improvisations from this long-running ensemble with ties to the lafms empire; much closer in spirit to the electronic/experimental-instrument free-float of groups such as morphogenesis (specifically michael prime’s contributions), musica elettronica viva & sonde than the mannered pointilism of amm, gruppo nuova di improvvisazione consonanza, et.al...

members of the group include joseph hammer (whose tape-loop manipulations are unmistakable throughout), damian bisciglia, and melon expander label-boss mitchell brown. easily one of the best things i’ve heard from all involved parties in some time; highly recommended.

melon expander press release...

points of friction "afterlife dna fingerpainting" cd melonex003

tim alexander: prepared zither, wooden bowl, electronics, birdcage, toys, spring-loaded mechanisms, etc.
damian bisciglia: metal sculptures, psaltry, birdcage, digital piano, sampler, electronics, etc.
mitchell brown: arp synthesizer, ring modulator, electronics, birdcage, tape loops, etc.
joseph hammer: real time tape loop manipulations, electronics, etc.
kenny ryman: turntables, loops, zither, thumb piano, electronics, etc.

points of friction formed in january of 1981, shortly after witnessing captain beefheart & his magic band perform live. joseph hammer, damian bisciglia, tim alexander, and kenny ryman were the core quartet though sometimes lafms (los angeles free music society) founder rick potts would sit in, among others.

their first recording was a spontaneous affair, the group members having no formal musical training (or even knowledge of "freely improvised music") relied on their voices and whatever else was at hand - wire mesh, sheet plastic, an old guitar, etc. gradually the group acquired electric instruments, toy keyboards, multi-track tape recorders, pedal effects, etc. and moved towards a more processed sound direction, informed by groups such as faust, cluster, nurse with wound, dome, this heat, can, amm, fripp and eno, and negitiveland.

by 1984 points of friction had two cassette releases under their belts on lafms (los angeles free music society) offshoot label solid eye. their 2nd release "sackcloth and ashes" was re-issued in 2002 on cd by anomalous records, and the groups first recording "1982" was re-issued on cdr in 2004 by the l.a. based spagyric label.

after a 20 year hiatus points of friction reformed in june 2004 and recruited l.a. native mitchell brown to the goon squad. "afterlife dna finger-painting", their 3rd official release, is the result of this reunion. they have since recorded more and have returned to occasionally performing live.

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