incapacitants “tight” long playing record

• you said (10:00)
  
• snow girl (6:30)
  
• letter hero (5:00)
  
  
• live at showboat 2007.6.3 (20:45)

dogma chase press release...

[dogma 001] incapacitants "tight" lp absolutely most awaited full-length vinyl from incapacitants, is the purest noise enthusiast, originally formed by t. mikawa since 1981 in japan. here is the first ever solo lp vinyl in 20 years since the legendary album 'repo' published by alchemy records in 1989. side-a titled 'k's family' features three brand new recordings with solid sense of direction keeping vigorous strength and stormy dynamics on each track. side-b is a long piece excerpted from overwhelming live recording as typical supreme tag team formation with f. kosakai at showboat in tokyo, 3 june 2007. this is not only the new testament for all of noise fundamentalist, but also the shining introduction for those who are going to be resident in true noise fields. maximum purity as psychosomatic union proved by intensive electronics causing ghostly and fertility atmosphere filled with harshness. 'tight' is the same pronunciation with the most complex kanji character formed by three dragons and three clouds. hand-numbered limited edition to 620 copies, comes in silk-screened sleeve with a golden kanji 'tight'. 12 paged booklet contains photos and japanese / english liner-notes by takuya sakaguchi.

li jianhong “lovers with cloisonné bracelet” long playing record

• lovers in misery (17:38)
  
  
• time in the mirror (17:47)

kito mizukumi rouber “otonaki touge de hagureta kmr” long playing record

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ultra eczema press release...

ultra eczema 72 kito mizukumi rouber: otonaki touge de hagureta kmr lp another amazing japanese weirdo band with members of the great old punks of aburadako and the free birds of hasegawa shizuo, higher hair then benny b or the fresh prince of bell air, a mental harry pussy like guitar style, dead pan free drumming and a voice that could be recorded somewhere else or under a public shower! a lot of energy crammed on one records anyway, too much to dream of. they refer to themselves as ; kito-mizukumi rouber is formed at tokyo. we are dance bands. your ankle is be cramped with a rhythm! we are burst of laughter, drinks tea and digs the ground, and sometimes hungry!! comes in a yellow and black splutter cover by dennis tyfus, and an insert! limited to 300 copies

kodama “turning leaf migrations” long playing record

• there were seedling from the terraced lake side. doppled sprouting points where winters and springs where beginnings and endings met and these things stuck inside of each other like honey drops uprooting mycelium in the night forest of grmade we spoke with the bubilant sage while we crawled our dance around a fungus stump courting the tiny folks to come and play (18:42)
  
  
• wandering around inside of ourea we blew into the breathing of the stochastic rushing water - and once again,  the mirror was too steams to cross the voracious throat then even falling couldn’t forge a path to send back the frozen land that sleeping river has seen the bombs that just sank into its phlegmatic walls backing up into a cultural ditch we slobbered through the din of the alcoholics’ babble hiding out in shelters where we bounced the wireless in circles, back on top of itself - so much so that the water didn’t come in we waved our leaves over broken branches piles on top of each other endlessly to obscure the spring where even once we slept by the arctic ocean when cloud drops bounced on our strings we rose on top and sang to the stars - so far that the differences were yet to be seen... (22:05)

olde english spelling bee press release...

oesb-18 kodama "turning leaf migrations" lp brand new release - limited to 500 - this one's a monster - one of the best oesb releases to datekodama is the ongoing recording project of two well-known visual and sound artists - hitoshi kojo and michael northam - and this is their first widely available release as a duo. recorded in various improbable locations whenever they crossed paths over the course of several years and then finally edited and assembled in a cluttered garage in the west side of indianapolis. there is a decidedly more improvisational feel and crisp psychedelic aura to these recordings when compared to their other work and one can hear the influence of ghedalia tazartes in how the various recordings were stitched together. to quote hitoshi kojo: we are the spirit of forest. our howling has been offered to the many goddesses of the valleys. teething our emptiness they, licking the stars, until white holes appear in our sky through them towards regenerative guides of the tonal-morphic omni-verses.   using found objects to seduce voices from unlikely sources as well as traditional instruments of wind, wires and wood. kodama weaves between emotional poetry and dynamic forces of noises. the recordings have a strong atmosphere of each location - the top of a mountain in switzerland, a campground in ohio, lofoten island in norway, the arctic circle in finland, niagara falls, etc. it includes a lot of the dirts of the raw recordings, but also incredibly beautiful moments such as the session with an owl in a slovenian forest, an alpine summit singing meditation under the vast galaxy, and an encounter with the small people through strange ritual... limited pressing of 500 copies. covers & insert printed on 2-color offset press with illustrations and design by hitoshi kojo.

kåre kolberg “nova” compact disc

• nova (25:26)

prisma press release...

kåre kolberg: nova cd available november 2009. kåre kolberg (b.1936) is one of norway`s foremost contemporary composers and is regarded as one of the pioneers of early electronic music and cross-artistic art in scandinavia. he has composed music for film, theatre and chamber orchestras to jazz acts such as svein finnerud trio and jan garbarek. the electronic tape composition presented on this cd was composed for the multi-media work nova created together with the artist anders kjær, presented at the henie onstad art centre from the 2nd to the 22th august 1972. nova was one of norway`s first sound installations. it included a specially designed light show and music played from tape - blended together with a huge 13 x 19 meter installation consisting of glass, rubber tires and piles of paper that the audience could walk through. the composition made for this piece was found on a tape in the centre`s archives and prisma records is proud to release an hitherto unknown gem in norwegian early electronic music history.

richard lainhart “white night” compact disc

• white night (29:31) 1974

graham lambkin “softly softly copy copy” compact disc

• 20:40 (1) (20:40)
  
• 20:40 (2) (20:40)

kye press release...

graham lambkin 'softly softly copy copy' (kye 04)  softly softly copy copy is the brand new cd by graham lambkin, following on from 2007's salmon run (kye) and 2008's collaboration with jason lescalleet the breadwinner (erstwhile). softly softly copy copy is a two-part tape compostion - a shoreline odyssey where man and beast wrestle for absolute rule. recorded and mixed in upstate new york over a two year period, and aided by the talents of samara lubelski - violin, and austin argentieri - acoustic guitar. mastered by jason lescalleet at glistening labs. comes housed in an elegant 4 panel digipak.

jefre sei getsu ledesma “namu kie butsu” c30 cassette

• namu kie butsu (1)
  
• namu kie butsu (2)
  
  
• namu kie butsu (3)
  
• namu kie butsu (4)
  
• namu kie butsu (5)

nna tapes press release...

nna004: jefre sei getsu ledesma "namu kie butsu" c30 jefre sei getsu ledesma (formerly jefre cantu ledesma) offers a peaceful and somber recording of motorized electric guitar work.

lethe “catastrophe point #5” compact disc

• catastrophe point #5 (1) (22:10)
  
• catastrophe point #5 (2) (22:00)
  

intransitive press release...

int034 lethe “catastrophe point #5 cd catastrophe point #5 is the latest in kuwayama kiyoharu’s signature series of compositions that explore the charged, mysterious atmosphere of disused industrial sites. for this album, lethe turns his attention to an abandoned warehouse by a pier in his hometown of nagoya, japan, using objects discovered in situ to perform a ritual of sonic resurrection. he brings a dead space back to life, giving it a voice and allowing it to speak. metal chains, sheet metal, broken machinery, and factory debris are bowed, struck, and dragged across the concrete floors of the massive hall, reverberating and responding as kuwayama and his microphones scuttle across the desolate terrain. growling cello and unstable horns underscore the torrents of percussive clatter. catastrophe point #5 is a haunting album of volatile, malevolent ambiance. kiyoharu kuwayama began working with sound in the late 1980s, using half-scale violin, cello, and found junk objects in the group minotaure. in 1999, he and violinist rina kijima formed the improvisational acoustic duo kuwayama-kijima to bring their instruments outdoors and perform in environments with unique acoustic properties, notably underneath a highway overpass and in a construction site. between 1999 and 2003, kuwayama organized the five-day-long lethe.voice.festival in an unused grain warehouse. lethe’s previous release on intransitive was tsurumai, a stellar collaborative cd with dutch noise legends kapotte muziek. he has also appeared on albums with bassist matt heyner (malkuth, cold bleak heat, no-neck blues band), jonathan coleclough, hidekai shimada (agencement), carter thornton (enos slaughter, izititiz), kiyoshi mizutani, and campbell kneale (birchville cat motel). for fans of christoph heemann, surface of the earth, the new blockaders, z’ev, or organum.

alan licht “ymca” long playing record

• ymca (1) (19:49)
  
  
• ymca (2) (24:08)

peter liechti / voice crack “kick that habit” digital versatile disc

• kick that habit (45:00)

drag city press release...

kick that habit directed by peter liechti dc381 dvd dvd technical information: includes 16-page booklet chapter selection unrated color stereo audio ntsc running time: 45 min. kick that habit is a 1989 film by peter liechti, an audio-visual portrait of his native country, eastern switzerland. the film collects samples from the land-and-soundscape, underscoring in the process the oft-ignored industrial underpinning of our latter-day culture. also native to eastern switzerland is voice crack, the everyday household electronics duo of norbert möslang and andy guhl, whose musical workings are explored as part of liechti’s vision. whether clicking quietly and rhythmically or humming and shrieking at ear-splitting volume, their recycled electronics produce innovative sounds and provide an appropriate accompaniment in this cinematic search for the detritus of our culture, the lost and destroyed remains of the last century of progress. kick that habit is a short, tense film comprised of flashing images: footage of voice crack rehearsals and concerts is juxtaposed with visual shards of the fall and winter landscape of the area between alpstein and the bodensee. utilizing color and black-and-white footage as well as combining the visual and the acoustic in an expression that subtly synthesizes the two, liechti delineates a world of existence through sound and geography. like the world the rest of us live in, it’s a world of beauty, quiet tragedy and the endless march forward. points of interest peter liechti is a swiss film maker with over a dozen films to his credit, including the documentaries lucky jack, namibia crossing, signer’s koffer (to be issued in 2009 on drag city as signer’s suitcase) and the crime drama martha’s garten, which received nominations at the rotterdam international film festival, the max ophuls festival and the locarano international film festival. kick that habit takes its title from a voice crack album of the same name released in 1986. this film operates as a portrait of voice crack’s unique methodology in their prime. norbert möslang and andy guhl are voice crack. their work refers to pioneering radio and electronic techniques on the one hand, and on the other to the achievements of specific art movements of the 20th century such as futurism, the russian avant-garde and dada. their album earflash is available on the dexter’s cigar label. the package for kick that habit dvd contains a fourteen page booklet with stills from the film and other photos as well as a short essay on the making of the film and a biography of voice crack.

peter liechti “signer’s suitcase • on the road with roman signer” digital versatile disc

• signer’s suitcase • on the road with roman signer (1:19:41)

drag city press release...

signer’s suitcase on the road with roman signer a film by peter liechti dc389 dvd || release date: may 5, 2009 “roman signer: the buster keaton of art” roman signer has had many trades. he’s worked in a pressure cooker factory, as a draftsman, a security guard, forklift driver, a water measurement assistant, and my favorite, in a polyester factory. it wasn’t until 1972 that he saved up enough money to get a studio and start making art. from this biographical account, it’s hard not to see how signer’s instruments have developed directly from his life experiences. since 1973 roman signer has been in over 50 one-man exhibits and around 100 joint exhibitions. for the past few years his artistic successes have enabled him to do without part-time jobs. signer’s suitcase (aka signers koffer) is a kind of road movie across europe — from the swiss alps to eastern poland, from stromboli to iceland. immersing yourself, letting yourself be infected, then traveling on. with his deadpanned gags, signer gives a humorous twist to the concept of cause and effect and to the traditional scientific method of experimentation and discovery, taking on the self-evidence of scientific logic as an artistic challenge. filmmaker peter liechti’s improvisational response frames signer’s visual humor with equally dry relish. a wonderfully diverting road trip, with roman signer leading the way.

robert aiki aubrey lowe “fazo iv: la kvatlito de speguloj” long playing record

• fontoj
  
• cyclamen
  
  
• antoj telir
  
• ter irka ita amaso
  
• clearlight al emio
  
• mola palato
  
• tremet

rainbow body press release...

title : fazo iv: la kvalito de speguloj artist : robert a.a. lowe catalogue #: rbbd004 file under : experimental, ambient, drone release date : 11/10/09 format : lp on fazo iv: la kvalito de speguloj, robert aiki aubrey lowe (lichens, singer, 90 day men) constructs haunting, beautiful, at times hypnotic rhythms and melodies using synthesizers. his love of the warm, bubbling, physical sounds of the synthesizer permeates these seven songs, which seem simultaneously strangely familiar yet also somehow distant and alien. fazo iv: la kvalito de speguloj (phase 4: the quality of mirrors) is a further extension of lowe’s exploration of sonic vocabularies and emotional landscapes. because the modes lowe utilizes are tonally and melodically universal to his ear, he has titled the album in the language of esperanto -- the universal language constructed to foster international understanding and peace. this notion of univeral understanding comes through in waves on fazo iv. there is a certain tranquility in these tracks -- something very meditative and therapeutic; a calming honesty that leads the mind inward and transcends language. • limited pressing of only 300 lps • 150 gram vinyl • full color 11 x 17 poster insert

gherasim luca “two poems” long playing record

• autres secrets de vide et du plein (17:16) 1971
  
  
• crimes sens initiales (16:45) 1972

magneticring “magneticring” long playing record

• white umbrella
  
  
• howl
  
• dawn shrine

uzu audio press release...

magneticring - s/t lp (uzu004)  "i'm pretty happy with the new stuff... going for a dream music sort of thing... early german shit, new age... let them roll, they are big  dreamers." magneticring is the solo project of josh stevenson, member of staked plain (est. 1993), von bingen, b.c.v.c.o. and formerly jackie-o motherfucker. not to mention contributions to a kemialliset ystävät recording, touring as a member of samara lubelski's live band, pink mountaintops, numerous mastering credits, and is currently working on recordings with montreal's sam shalabi's 'land of kush orchestra' and steven wray lobdell (faust, davis redford triad) after a couple of cassette releases, we are pleased to present his first long playing lp. three tracks of hazy vintage synth pieces. this album is a one time pressing of 449 copies of clear 180 gram vinyl packaged in a tip-on style gatefold jacket with custom silk screened art.

man made hill / dolphins into the future / lead sister ii / crown now “beniffer editions winter anthology” book and double cassette set

• beniffer editions winter anthology (96 pages)

• man made hill - untitled (41:53)
  
  
• lead sister ii - untitled (31:30)

• dolphins into the future - untitled (18:50)
  
  
• crown now - untitled (12:59)

beniffer editions press release...

beniffer editions winter anthology - book and 2x cassette 96 page monster book featuring the visual smegma of jacob horwood and andrew zukerman and more! contains ayal senior's the last screenplay, an unabridged, unwound stammer through his 340972 film ideas, an instant classic, really... the book includes a 4-way split over 2 cassettes, featuring man made hill (canada), dolphins into the future (belgium), lead sister ii (japan) and crown now (usa) ... man made hill is all of the jackson 5 (even the dead one) channeled through one white-man with his sub-par pawn-shop electronics and extensive knowledge of "avant-aesthetics". this is guilt-free dance music. dolphins into the future is lieven martens of imvated, or whatever label he's doing right now, a reformed nude-noise ruffian now turned onto the new age by the holographic entities of jung, gurdjieff and watts and trying to replicate the sound a dolphin makes in a napolitaner carton filled with peroxide.    lead sister ii is a one-man kemialliset ystavat forging new directions with a battery of home-made instruments and noise-makers. why this is not a colony of dumpster-diving vegans in the foothills of some 60's parody is a mystery to me. crown now is a boy and a girl, a dejected duo brought together because they wanted to make the cheerleading squad. this document of their practice the night before and also the reason why they were rejected is the fourth and final side of your patience.

lionel marchetti “knud un nom de serpent (le cercle des entrailles)” compact disc

• la quêtedes pouvoirs (10:32)
  
• silence fauve (0:09)
  
• haut-le-corps (esquisse d’un langage crépupsculaire) (22:44)
  
• silence blanc (0:09)
  
• un temps tu fus animal (chant du damagomi) (13:25)
  
• silence simple (0:09)
  
• porte du chachat et extraction maligne (5:02)
  
• silence du chaman blanc (0:09)
  
• porte de la mort et des lacets - à michel chion (6:22)
  
• silence crâne (0:09)
  
• to be or not to be ; s’infiltrer dans la roche ; il renaît de ses os (11:30)
  
• silence final (0:09)
  
• treize - porte du malheur (0:14)

alireza mashayekhi / ata ebtekar / the iranian orchestra for new music “ornamental” double long playing record set

• ornamental
  
• little tales 3
  
  
• pearly gates
  
• little tales 4
  
• broken silence
  
• little tales 1
  
  
• meta xy
  
  
• phonata
  
• little tales 2
  
• tonus

january 2009 release ; striking double-lp set, covering a collaboration between venerable iranian electro-acoustic composer alireza mashayekhi & his iranian orchestra for new music and younger computer musician ata “sote” ebtekar (the two were previously paired-up on sub rosa’s excellent “persian electronic music: yesterday and today 1966-2006” set) ... ... and by striking, i’m referring both to ata’s transformations of the acoustic sound-materials, and the cover’s intense aperiodic geometric tessellations :: echoing much of the “live electronic” work that dots the 60s / 70s compositional landscape, the raw acoustic timbres of mashayekhi’s writing are rarely heard herein ; ebtekar’s unfettered electronic processes (including much use of classic modes such as ring modulation, along with contemporary granular & spectral reductions) render the sparse writing a constantly mutating stew of gained squawks and fizzing, gauzy drones ... it’s rare to hear such a project come from anything other than the academic label-system these days ; even rarer that we’re treated to such a deluxe double-lp edition ... highly recommended !!!

isounderscore press release...

[iso_07] ata ebtekar & the iranian orchestra for new music performing works of alireza mashayekhi "ornamental" 2xlp. release date: january 20th, 2009 artist location: berkeley, california u.s.a. total running length: 51:11 an ambitious, extremely complex, and sonically rich project that gives us an immense pleasure to release. an incredible collaboration between ebtekar and alireza mashayekhi's iranian orchestra for new music in tehran, iran involving dozens of trained musicians. ebtekar has recently returned to the bay area from his three year stay in iran where he closely worked with legendary composer alireza mashayekhi. the album spans 50 minutes crystallizing acoustic instruments and electronic music composition with ten tracks fully realized by ebtekar and mashayekhi's orchestra. ata ebtekar (b. 1972, hamburg germany) aka sote is an iranian-american electronic composer and sound artist. his compositions are sonic tales synchronously decoding and regenerating customary patterns of thought in nature; aural designs of crisis and harmony where contempo meets folklore, orchestrating an artificial saga with a variety of illuminations and analysis. presented here is a full-length album involving dozens of trained musicians performing works written by legendary iranian classical and electronic music composer alireza mashayekhi in which ebtekar was granted freedom by mashayekhi himself to arrange and transform these compositions into fully realized pieces using his techniques of synthesis and electronic manipulation. "ornamental" continues to explore even further than that which was presented in sub rosa's 2007 anthology, "persian electronic music (yesterday and today 1966-2006)". the album also continues the radical experimental departure from his early electronic music work as sote in the 12"'s published by dielectric and warp records. ebtekar's work continues to be painfully singular and shines bright in its ability to eliminate barriers the world over between noise, silence and modern electronic music composition. all music recorded in tehran, iran. limited to 500 copies on black vinyl on full color spot-varnish matte jackets. mastered by thomas dimuzio at gench studios in san francisco, ca. artwork and design by brandon nickell.

stephan mathieu “the key to the kingdom” ten inch single record

• the key to the kingdom (part 1) (3:27)
  
  
• the key to the kingdom (part 2) (3:09)

february 2009 release ; completely gorgeous set of string drones, entirely acoustic in nature, performed by stephan mathieu on a “historic phonoharp no.2 zither” using ebows for infinite sustain :: this isn’t so much an aside to stephan’s more well-known electronic music as an extension of it ; the same attention to detail & harmonic micro-activity is evident despite the seemingly simple setup ... dekorder have to great lengths to have this normal 10” / 45rpm record emulate a pre wwii 78rpm lacquer, right on down the pre-filled out conditions-log stamp on the front of the sleeve ... highly recommended !!!

bruce mcclure “vouchsafe me more soundpicture (fain make glories)” long playing record

• untitled (1)
  
• untitled (2)
  
  
• untitled (3)
  
• untitled (4)

olde english spelling bee press release...

oesb-36 bruce mcclure "vouchsafe me more soundpicture (fain make glories)" lp  bruce mcclure is well known on the international experimental film circuit for his unique projector performances that utilize film loops & modified 16mm projectors. but there is also an equally innovative sound element to his work and he has been embraced by the experimental music community as well. bruce performed at the chocolate monk curated "colour out of space" festival in 2008 and was chosen as an opening act for throbbing gristle's reunion tour in the spring of 2009. during mcclure's performances the optical sound signals from each projector are fed through banks of guitar pedals, manipulated live, and played at extremely high volumes through the p.a. system. the different loops phase in and out of each other resulting in what could be described as a power electronics version of the early tape experiments of steve reich and terry riley, while sparser sections have an off-kilter minimal techno feel reminiscent of plastikman and the early works of thomas brinkmann. this album features four excerpts from a professionally recorded performance in early 2009 at the walker art center in minneapolis, mn. edition of 375 copies in heavy duty covers silkscreened by monoroid.

morgan egg / mark lord “last chance in heaven b/w discontinue stardust” long playing record

• movement 1 (3:19)
  
• movement 2 (4:32)
  
• movement 3 (5:16)
  
• movement 4 (2:59)
  
  
• discontinue stardust (2:40)
  
• obscene supremacy (3:53)
  
• maze 29 (1:43)
  
• warpath (4:54)

no press release...

morgan egg last chance in heaven recorded in may 2009 “creating the aura of strangeness all by itself” mark lord discontinue stardust thanks : mirror memori modular hr16 cz101 tapes vl1 homemade sequencer recorded 4trk boys town ii may 2009 cf

mv&ee “road trips • live road 2002-2009 • mv & ee’s anti-temperance bands! • born to jam • grand excursions from the garden heroine” dodecatuple cassette boxed set

• the mv & ee medicine show 'citybillies'
  brooklyn, ny 5/23/02 (unreleased)
  
  
• mv & ee with the bummer road 'the suncatcher blossoms a novatone'
  tonic, nyc 7/18/2005 (unreleased)
  
  
• mv & ee with the bummer road 'abstarct blues and egyptian mud'
  campfire sounds, acr, ny 7/15/06 (unreleased)
  
  
• mv & ee with the bummer road 'pastis king'
  paris, november 11th, 2006 (unreleased)
  
  
• mv & ee with the golden road 'barn joint'
  red barn, amherst, ma, 10/16/07 (feat. j mascis and tom carter) (1st official release)
  
  
• mv & ee with the golden road 'lobstora vs tone crabs'
  floristree auditorium baltimore, md, 6/14/08 (unreleased)
  
  
• mv & ee with the wolfpack 'yurt aspects/rural centrifuge'
  wickermania festival, the yurt, goshen, ma 8/2/08 / tinderbox, brattleboro,  vt,  8/3/08 (unreleased)
  
  
• mv & ee with jeremy earl '"he's on tonight, saddleback"/"multiple gravitrons"
  cakeshop, nyc, 1/20/09 (unreleased)
  
  
• mv & ee with the wolfpack 'mamma zooed'
  the triple, richmond, va, 1/23/09 (unreleased)
  
  
• mv & ee 'smoked bossier'
  art space, shreveport, la, 1/29/09 (unreleased)
  
  
• mv & ee with the golden road 'sequential circuits'
  vintage by the pound, toronto, on, canada, 2/7/09 (unreleased)
  
  
• mv & ee 'pete's pix vol. 2'
  2004 - 2006 (tracks from cambridge uk, colour out of space,  thurston's atp, oxford,  london, and more. features nemo, chris corsano,  samara, willie, jiggs, sparrow,  simoes) (unreleased).   

alt.vinyl press release...

mv & ee - road trips 12 x cassette box set blackest rainbow/alt.vinyl limited to 250 copies. pro-dubbed cassettes in presentation case. the box set documents the mv & ee live experience in various incarnations between 2002 and 2009. the music is entirely unreleased material (with the exception of guitar barn featuring j mascis and tom carter, which was issued as a bootleg cdr in the heroine style, but was actually unofficial). highlights include a 2002 mv & ee medicine show performance, the guitar barn jam with j mascis and tom carter, a new band, mv & ee with the wolfpack, a recent set with jeremy earl of woods, as well as classic bummer road and golden road jams. the box set will be presented chronologically and culminates in a pete's pix vol. 2 featuring 7 tracks from various dates mainly in the uk (including tracks from the thurston moore curated atp in 2006, and dylan nyoukis' 2006 colour out of space fest - both of which feature chris corsano).

nmperign “ommatidia” compact disc

• glass (6:42)
  
• variation ii (5:54)
  
• prey (6:42)
  
• fault (4:37)
  
• variation v (6:33)
  
• dalton (7:33)

intransitive press release...

int035 nmperign “ommatidia” cd nmperign are one of the most celebrated and influential bands in contemporary improvised music. yet surprisingly, more than a decade after their debut, greg kelley (trumpet) and bhob rainey (soprano sax) have never recorded a studio album as an unaccompanied duo … until now! the music is spare and peerlessly inventive as always, but the mood remains light and joyful, with a subtle undercurrent of absurd humor. while improvised music can sometimes seem airless and precious, ommatidia opens the window on a sunny afternoon… the album’s gusts of breath, percussive splatter, and controlled explosions form six succinct pieces that feel alive and vital, while still speaking in nmperign’s utterly unique sonic language. a perfect way in for newcomers and a revelation for long-time fans, ommatidia is the essential nmperign. previous nmperign albums have employed guest musicians – notably close collaborator and tape loop saboteur jason lescalleet, but also luminaries such as gunter mueller, axel doerner, andrea neumann, and burkhard beins – and subversive or dodgy recording techniques; their 2 x lp on siwa was recorded entirely to micro-cassette and cassette walkman, while an early cd on selektion was edited from live mini-disc recordings. intransitive is proud to present the nmperign album that fans have been waiting for: the core duo, beautifully recorded in an actual studio with excellent microphones. when not making nmperign music, greg kelley performs with the aggressively psychedelic noise unit heathen shame (along with wayne rogers & kate village of major stars), minimalist chamber group the undr quartet, and raucous rock band life partners. rainey regularly tours with folk/pop duo damon & naomi and leads the bsc, an eight-piece electro-acoustic improvising ensemble. they live in boston and new orleans, respectively. limited edition cd comes in full-color digipack designed by mike shiflet.orded in an actual studio with excellent microphones.

noise nomads “tone deaf // dry blood” double c20 cassette boxed set

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• tone deaf : tape 1 (2)
  
  
• tone deaf : tape 2 (1)
  
  
• tone deaf : tape 2 (2)

charlie nothing “the psychedelic saxophone of charlie nothing” long playing record

• the psychedelic saxophone of charlie nothing (18:15)
  
  
• in eternity with brother frederic (14:20)

november 2009 release ; near-exact “repro” of this 1967 takoma sub-label release, centering around 60s capsule-intaker & dingulator inventor/philosopher charlie nothing ... ... accompanied by the occasional bongo-jamming (c/o “brother frederic”) & what sounds like a continuous wash of soft-malleted cymbals (more likely the artifact(s) / “dingulations”of stand-mounted dingulators ; bizarre, hand-crafted guitar-like instruments of charlie’s own devising, built from junked american automobiles, pictured here as played by mid-70s agglomerate “the superfabulous dingulators” :: ... some with up to 21 strings ; playable by fretting, tapping, or by hitting the bodies ala percussion instruments), charlie (né charles martin simon) absolutely blows his guts out in a freewheeling stream of sax improvisations, in spots recalling braxton’s “for alto” but far less informed by jazz modes ... this has long been a cult record, rare as hen’s teeth (even many die-hard takoma completists are w/o a copy) ; so this picture-perfect replica (replete with full-color spray-glue-on covers & accurate repro labels) is a real treat ... highly recommended !!!

no label press release...

charlie nothing was not born. did not die. does not, did not, will not exist. charlie nothing is the artist. charlie nothing the artist is a subdivision of charles martin simon the writer. some writers have no problem doing art. for example, henry miller was somewhat of a painter. charles martin simon, however, could not, can not, will never be able to do art. when his wife the artist died, he inherited her art supplies and so he had to try, but the experience proved futile, painful, and produced a psyche fragmentation, which he, having been reduced to nothing, named charlie nothing. charlie nothing could do art fabulously, did and does. charlie nothing creations span a wide range, the pinnacle being the guitar sculptures made out of american cars called dingulators. dingulators are the ultimate rock and roll art, which makes charlie nothing the ultimate rock and roll artist. fitting for a guy who doesn't exist, although, non-existence may very well be a criterion (based on the total life performances of so many characteristic artists of the genre). charlie nothing instrument sculptures play with unique sound. a photo detail of one of charlie nothing's dingulators appears as the back cover art on the very important and very big fine art book by jake jacobson, hearts & minds, musical instrument makers of america and also as the cover art on the "the western region" section of the book. charlie nothing had many dingalation bands during the 60s, 70s, and 80s. dingulations ranged from very well received (after one performance in l.a., charlie nothing was offered a ton of money to take a tour to viet nam with bob hope to entertain the troops. he declined, figuring he was more likely to get shot than get the money.) to being spat upon by human beings who could not tolerate the disrespect that dingulation represented to the hamster hierarchy of respectable entertainment. charlie nothing has had many art shows in very established galleries which are no longer in existence. one of the first canvases he ever produced was purchased by the san francisco museum of modern art circa 1963, after being featured in a show called new york artists. he has performed in many places and times, including an official and very exclusive concert in the los angeles museum of modern art. he has written many songs which were anthologized in the "big dingulator song book," which is unavailable. he composed and produced records and tapes as far back as the late 60s. one of his lps "the psychedelic saxophone of charlie nothing" was produced and released by tacoma records and achieved an infinitesimal degree of infamy in europe under the category of new jazz, which, of course, it was not. charlie nothing quit performing in the 1980s, believing he had evolved past the entertaining-monkey-jumping-up-and-down-on-the-stage stage. charlie nothing came back to performing in 2004, realizing he was in fact a monkey jumping up and down. charlie nothing characterizes himself as a philosopher/clown.