hermann nitsch “eighth symphony • for choir, orchestra, and noise orchestra” double compact disc set

• eighth symphony (1) (21:28)
  
• eighth symphony (2) (21:26)
  
  
• eighth symphony (3) (20:44)
  
• eighth symphony (4) (20:51)

tochnit aleph press release...

hermann nitsch - eighth symphony - 2cd-box, tochnit aleph ta093 recordings of the first performance of hermann nitsch's 8th symphony (for choir, orchestra, and noise orchestra). composed by hermann nitsch. performed june 25th 1990 at the mak museum für angewandte kunst, vienna by ensemble 20.jahrhundert, hugo distler chor, blasorchester der wiener e-werke, wolfgang mitterer (synthesizer). first issued as a double-lp by the cortical foundation, usa, in an edition of a mere 185 copies in 2001. comes in big double-disc jewelcase with all new artwork including 2 posters with credits, photos, a part of the score, and the text 'die gigantische symphonie' by günter brus. günter brus the gigantic symphony hermann nitsch is looked upon as the true successor of the great masters of symphony: beethoven, bruckner, and mahler. he draws from scriabin's, schoenberg's, and webern's experience, however, comes up with different conclusions than their (sanctioned) successors. that is to say: nitsch disregards webern's analysis of music. unlike others he does not attempt to advance atonal music with methods that since long should be handed over to science and technical realms (e.g. stockhausen). nitsch ignores any attempt to investigate the core of the construction of webern's music. he does know it well though and starts where others don't react at all; at lust, rot (disintegration) and death, poison and madness, fragrance and temperature, the fluid, the excess. to him the intricate structure of a symphony is not accidental play with traditional forms, it's necessity. a symphony is s o u n d (and complete). nitsch draws material from a number of epochs, mostly though from late romanticism and expressionism. unlike those who don't want to let go of the past, nitsch uses material that pertains to today's interests rather than adhering to structures established before. theater and music cannot be left in the hands of specialists only. a new generation has to grow. nothing is gained by performances of some puny imbeciles. these warmed-up-versions of dadaistic rage are no good if the goal is to leave the current stagnation in theater and music behind. the staging of a nitsch performance requires something that is completely missing in today's karajans and bernsteins: what is called for is rather exact knowledge of where liberation and expansion (really) takes place. maybe they struggle all the way to the primal scream (which should be given a chance to erupt) but get stuck midways as the expressionists whimpering with clammy (inhibited) souls. freud is like an oxygen frenzy (rush) for these tenors. few set out to work on scriabin's fragrance and color prophecies. i see a legitimate expansion of scriabin's mystery play in nitsch's symphonic and theatrical work. nitsch does not make the mistake to turn scriabin's demands into dogma. he doesn't allow himself (run danger) to separate scriabin from history like a fatherly patron the way it happened to webern and his successors (epigons). nitsch didn't run into scriabin like a lost son but as somebody who clearly knew his own goals and was capable to integrate sriabin's visions into his own work. in london, 1966, nitsch was called the "bruckner of the happening". he succeeded so radically in breathing new life into the great symphony which was said to be dead that it will soon turn popular, short sighted hodge podge views on the "history of music" completely upside down. günter brus 1969 (translation hans j. schacht)

nmperign / jake meginsky “selected occasions of handsome deceit” one-sided long playing record

• selected occasions of handsome deceit (18:48)

rel press release...

rel012 nmperign w/ jake meginsky selected occasions of handsome deceit one sided lp edition of 300 rel012 is the recorded debut of the trio nmperign with jake meginsky. pressed on 160 gram copper plate mastered vinyl, rel012 features nmperign in an energized, turn-on-a-dime form. prodded by meginsky into unnamable, angular textures, the trio is agile and unpredictable, occupying many angles of musical extremes. rel012 is a one-sided lp cut to 45 for maximum dynamic range. featuring a striking cover, designed by eli keszler, printed by ashley paul. a light blue fold-over paper is integrated in to a heavy picture disc sleeve, labeled with a color sticker. screened notes are featured on the inside. rel012 is a one-time, hand-numbered edition of 300 copies.

noise nomads “s/t” long playing record

• recorded april 06
  vocals & tascam 424
  no commercial or
  homemade effects
  were used my moose jaw
  
  
• recorded 7-4-08
  in antwerp

ultra eczema press release...

ue81 noise nomads s/t lp the first time i met jeff hartford aka moose jaw aka noise nomads was around 4 years ago in providence, a tense looking bear putting a mic in front of an amp, leaving the audience alone with a whale of feedback, pretty pretty pretty confused!! he walks out after cranking open the amp, a minute later a giant real christmas tree walks through the audience trying to find the way back to the amp, kicking people over, i guess this show was right after christmas time and jeff found it somewhere or he stared at a young kid that was about to decorate it.. i was very impressed by his show, both sound and performance wise, there was a seriously intense vibe there, felt like he could snap at any given moment and squeeze you to death with a christmas tree.. noise nomads' live sets are always strange, confusing and amazing, an amp iiiiiiiiiiiiiii-ing while the man goes running around the block, a mountain of amps that start talking after he picked a fight with them, a sludgier drummer does not excist. it was definitely not the last time the man amazed me, his duo set with paul flaherty (which is released on american tapes), the loner car rides i shared with him to his area in the valleys of northampton, his amazing monthly zines and tapes, his drumming with grey skull, his drawings etc.. it's a total psycho package; everything is there; visuals, sounds and a great dude! the first side of this record was recorded a bunch of years ago and is just voice and tascam! an amazing swollen beast of sound poetry, gargling waanzin, and muffled barking! the b side is the same dude a few years later on his knees in my livingroom screaming through a bassdrum and a contact mic attached to a bunch of pedals, harsher than a prison full of parrots about to be released! there should be more paintings like kim gordon's noise nomads !!! limited to 300 copies

charlie nothing “charlie nothing & dingulator” c32 cassette

• dingulator one (1) (15:45)
  
  
• dingulator one (2) (15:40)

may 2010 release ; incredible tape (a reissue of a 1985 “private” release) of charlie nothing going to town on a selection of his dingulators (pronounced “ding-a-laters”) - “guitars” (loosely) constructed out of american car parts (all metal) & tuned to odd, dissonant intervals :: after a long spoken introduction, charlie gets rolling, pausing for nary a second while shredding out atonal, scrappy guitar jank, miles away from the takoma school w/ which he’s often paired ... his playing is all of the smash-grab variety, absolutely savaging the strings & using the resonant aluminum frame(s) as a percussion instrument ... after a good chunk of solo playing, his vocal cords get a work out, repeatedly uttering the phrase “charlie nothing charlie nothing ... ding a later ding a later” with slight variation (i.e. “kick you with a alligator”) ... the “deer in the headlights” delivery does remind me a lot of contemporary traveler dan higgs ; if you’re un-anointed to the world of mr. nothing, higgs could be a great reference point (only way more “outsider” and with a speck of the experiment-instrument-builder strain) ... highly recommended !!!

de stijl press release...

charlie nothing charlie nothing & dingulator charlie nothing & dingulator was one of the seemingly myriad 80s charlie nothing cassettes and it's inclusion was, in part, intended within a 2cd anthology that we'd planned but the amount of material is too great and the moments therein are too grand to even dream of an edit. although this is fairly late in mr nothing's oeuvre, we can't think of a more fully realized statement regarding the scope of his playing recycled automotive steel guitars and the performing of his big dingulator song sweet (or suite, as it were, a concept of his that implied all songs were but one song) than a reissue of this 1985 manifesto-like piece. what you are about to hear, is dingulation ..

oneohtrix point never “returnal” compact disc

• nil admirari
  
• describing bodies
  
• stress waves
  
• returnal
  
• pelham island road
  
• where does time go
  
• ouroboros
  
• preyouandi

editions mego press release...

emego 104 / oneohtrix point never returnal cd all music by daniel lopatin recorded and mixed at ridge valley digital, massachusetts july - august 09 & february 10 instrumentation: akai ax-60, roland juno-60, roland msq-700, korg electribe es-1, voice recorded using a personal computer mastered by james plotkin tape-op & additional engineering by al carlson vinyl cut at dubplates & mastering, berlin design by stephen o'malley photography by yelena avenesova ‘returnal’ is the fourth album from daniel lopatin’s oneohtrix point never project, after ‘betrayed in the octagon’ (deception island, 2007), ‘zones without people’ (arbor, 2009) and ‘russian mind’ (no fun, 2009). all 3 albums being superbly compiled on the ‘rifts’ double cd set (no fun, 2009). it sees lopatin fine tune his craft for creation of deep atmospheres and texture even further. starting off with the mind blowing triptych of ‘nil admiari’ / ’describing bodies’ / ’stress waves’, which fires off into a noise/rhythm excess before entering a zone of relative calm building to the melancholy of the final part. this set the tone perfectly for the albums title track, a stunning out of this world ballad featuring lopatin's near desperate vocal delivery, ending what could be seen as one of his most chilling and thought provoking sides to date.  the atmosphere is slightly lifted as the darkened sun comes up over the ruins on ‘pelham island road’ and ‘where does time go’, with the album closing with edgy broken beats and fourth world possible landscapes of ‘preyouandi’, which fades into the distance with echoes of the ‘returnal’ chorus, closing the loop. what's burnt into memory here is lopatin’s love affair with the long, slow path back home... the cycle... the hypnotic sector... the ghost in the machine... and whether people are making dance music or hip hop or space head music or metal, the ouroboros is present in every sector -- as it was  in bach's study, and in the elephant songs of the ituri forests.

oneohtrix point never “returnal” long playing record

• nil admirari
  
• describing bodies
  
• stress waves
  
• returnal
  
  
• pelham island road
  
• where does time go
  
• ouroboros
  
• preyouandi

editions mego press release...

emego 104v oneohtrix point never: returnal lp gatefold release date: 18.06.2010 all music by daniel lopatin recorded and mixed at ridge valley digital, massachusetts july - august 09 & february 10 instrumentation: akai ax-60, roland juno-60, roland msq-700, korg electribe es-1, voice recorded using a personal computer mastered by james plotkin tape-op & additional engineering by al carlson vinyl cut at dubplates & mastering, berlin design by stephen o'malley photography by yelena avenesova ‘returnal’ is the fourth album from daniel lopatin’s oneohtrix point never project, after ‘betrayed in the octagon’ (deception island, 2007), ‘zones without people’ (arbor, 2009) and ‘russian mind’ (no fun, 2009). all 3 albums being superbly compiled on the ‘rifts’ double cd set (no fun, 2009). it sees lopatin fine tune his craft for creation of deep atmospheres and texture even further. starting off with the mind blowing triptych of ‘nil admiari’ / ’describing bodies’ / ’stress waves’, which fires off into a noise/rhythm excess before entering a zone of relative calm building to the melancholy of the final part. this set the tone perfectly for the albums title track, a stunning out of this world ballad featuring lopatin's near desperate vocal delivery, ending what could be seen as one of his most chilling and thought provoking sides to date.  the atmosphere is slightly lifted as the darkened sun comes up over the ruins on ‘pelham island road’ and ‘where does time go’, with the album closing with edgy broken beats and fourth world possible landscapes of ‘preyouandi’, which fades into the distance with echoes of the ‘returnal’ chorus, closing the loop. what's burnt into memory here is lopatin’s love affair with the long, slow path back home... the cycle... the hypnotic sector... the ghost in the machine... and whether people are making dance music or hip hop or space head music or metal, the ouroboros is present in every sector -- as it was  in bach's study, and in the elephant songs of the ituri forests.

daphne oram “oramics” quadruple long playing record set

• introduction
  
• power tools
  
• bird of parallax
  
• in a jazz style
  
• purring interlude
  
  
• contrasts essconic
  
• lego builds it
  
• pompie ballet (excerpt)
  
• intertel
  
• ardwick high school no. 1
  
• look at oramics
  
• rotolock
  
  
• purple dust
  
• high speed flight
  
• studio experiment no. 1
  
• four aspects
  
• kia ora
  
  
• dr faustus suite
  
• ardwick high school no. 2
  
• tumblewash
  
• studio experiment no. 2
  
• snow
  
  
• rockets in ursa major (excerpt 1)
  
• food preservation
  
• studio experiment no. 3
  
• bala
  
• episode metallic
  
• studio experiment no. 4
  
  
• ardwick high school no. 3
  
• fanfare of graphs
  
• studio experiment no. 5
  
• brociliande
  
• mary had a little lamb
  
• incidental music for invasion (excerpts)
  
  
• costain suite
  
• rockets in ursa major (excerpt 2)
  
• passacaglia
  
• missile away
  
  
• pulse persephone
  
• ardwick high school no. 4
  
• nestea
  
• rockets in ursa major (excerpt 3)
  
• conclusion
  
• studio jinks

young americans press release...

youngam001 “oramics (deluxe vinyl edition)” by daphne oram daphne oram was the founder of the bbc radiophonic workshop, a department she more or less single-handedly created in 1958 camping out at the bbc studios for nights on end splicing tapes and working with various modified machines to carefully arrange her abstract soundscapes. eventually the bbc bent under her pressure and in studio 13 created the soon-to-be-legendary radiophonic workshop, with oram its first director. among her countless other achievements, oram is cited as the first woman ever to design and build an electronic musical instrument, one that worked around the ‘drawn-sound’ technique whereby strips of 35mm film would be manipulated before being fed into her home-made ‘oramics’ machine which would convert and ‘read’ the film into sound. despite her considerable and historic list of achievements, oram’s life and work remain largely unknown by the wider public. as this remarkable 44-track collection shows, however, her work ranks amongst the most varied and pioneering ever made, it’s quite incredible to think that this is the first time any of these precious recordings have been available on vinyl. as opposed to so much of the radiophonic-era material that has surfaced over the last few years, oram’s work is often characterised by a much more layered and introspective quality, offsetting classic playful interludes and commercial recordings with beautiful, immersive pieces like the breathtaking “pulse persephone” and “bird of parallax” – pieces that simply have no equal in electronic music made at the time. it would be impossible to over-emphasise the importance and brilliance of this material – it really is compulsory listening for anyone with even just a passing interest in electronic music – her influence can be charted through pretty every musical current shaping the sounds of today. 155 minutes / 8 sides of vinyl cut by lupo at d&m, housed in a heavyweight 300 gram gatefold sleeve, featuring rare archive photographs.

bill orcutt “way down south” one-sided long playing record

• way down south (1) (3:48)
  
• way down south (2) (2:55)
  
• way down south (3) (0:50)
  
• way down south (4) (3:51)
  
• way down south (5) (2:55)

palilalia press release...

pal-003 bill orcutt 12” one-sided lp “way down south” edition of 300 tour only release

étienne o’leary “musiques de films 1966-1968” long playing record

• voyageur diurne / day tripper (7:25)
  
• homeo (12:24)
  
  
• chromo sud (19:20)

pets or food “l ron hubbard b/w the ghost of wigwam vomit” seven inch single record

• l ron hubbard
  
  
• the ghost of wigwam vomit

solförmörkelse press release...

sol03: pets or food 7" yes! first release from pets or food since the tape on rev/vega. two triturating tracks of catchy screech by this malmö four piece, mercilessly tapping into our drooling urge for a pure rock aesthetic. sexy riffing: no. slick vocals: no. funky music: affirmative. featuring members from serial cynics and bent spanner arty banner.

prurient / nico vascellari “jesus” double c20 cassette set

• part i
  
  
• part ii
  
  
• part ii
  
  
• part iv

hospital productions press release...

side a recorded live on july 14, 2010 at marina abramovic institute, san francisco side b based on gg allin 'lisa suck dog denial' side c recorded live on october 29, 2010 at pinchuk art centre, kiev side d based on klaus kinski 'jesus christ erloser'

pulse emitter “cosmic images” compact disc

• eagle nebula (11:09)
  
• triangulum galaxy (6:53)
  
• pleiades cluster (8:34)
  
• egg nebula (12:13)
  
• jupiter (9:58)

july 2010 release ; excellent set of minimal, flowing electronic compositions from daryl groetsch, recorded using his incredible self-built modular synth :: ... centering in on some actual (quantized) melodies & decidedly “outer space” oriented timbres ... some of the best i’ve heard from daryl ; up there with his recent ultra eczema lp ; highly recommended !!!

expansive press release...

cosmic images; expansive; ee01cd; cd; 2010; recorded 9/2009 cosmic images is pulse emitter's deepest and most personal work to date. combining his growling modular synthesizer patterns with sweeping keyboard motifs, the beauty and vastness of the universe is evoked in five movements, each based on nebulas, galaxies, etc. the sections morph into one another for one epic prog synth journey. cd in jewel case, mastered by timothy stollenwerk, art by daniel lopatin. the first release on daryl groetsch's private press label, expansive.

douglas quin “fathom” long playing record

• 58° 37’ n 159° 59’ w (10:40)
  
• 59° 02’ n 158° 25’ w (12:35)
  
  
• 64° 49’ s 64° 02’ w (8:35)
  
• 77° 37’ s 165° 48’ e (11:00)

taiga press release...

taiga 11 - douglas quin "fathom" lp packaged in custom letterpress materials. douglas quin’s fathom brings together four extended underwater soundscapes—two each from the arctic and antarctic. the recordings have been gathered over a period of 15 years, capturing an extraordinary palette of sonic voices, events, spaces, and textures. to the human ear, these soundscapes are haunting and otherworldly; yet they are very much of this world—out of earreach. the tracks are minimally edited and are his first field recordings to be archived in vinyl. included with the release is a sealed envelope containing an insert with specific locations, animals, and other elements heard, giving listeners the option to absorb sound with or without association. the envelope is printed with liner notes and comments from dutch journalist and music critic rené van peer. mastered by james plotkin, cut direct to metal and pressed on 200 gram virgin-vinyl, fathom comes packaged in custom letterpressed materials and is presented as a limited edition of 1000.

raglani / outer space “split” long playing record

• raglani - nothing is inevitable
  
• raglani - polydream ink
  
• raglani - heart of glass
  
  
• outer space - body of light pt.ii

nihilist press release...

raglani / outer space split lp (2010) an incredible journey into the inner-space of analog synthesis. soothing, pleasant, hypnotic and manic are thoughts of the day. this cosmic oozing mess of layered sequencers as swirling syrupy frequencies come raining down. raglani serves up some sickly sweet synthy songs and outer space forge a thick gooey side long track of psychedelic electronic mind muck. john is in another band called emeralds. guest appearance by c.spencer yeh on raglani's "heart of glass" adding a slice of nice on the violin. artwork and layout by jeremy kannapell. edition of 500 copies in pro-press full color jackets and insert. for fans of early tangerine dream, kraftwerk & nik pascal.

klaus röder “kristallisationen 2” long playing record

• frozen sounds (4:22) 2002
  
• kristallisation 7 (14:37) 1997
  
  
• kristallisation 5 (4:07) 1993
  
• life-music 1 (13:42) 1999

sightings “city of straw” compact disc

• tar and pine (5:29)
  
• jabber queens (3:10)
  
• city of straw (9:19)
  
• saccharine traps (2:28)
  
• we all amplify (6:34)
  
• weehawken (3:18)
  
• hush (4:24)
  
• sky above mud below (4:24)

jagjaguwar press release...

sightings “city of straw” catalog #: jagbr017 release date: april 13, 2010 format: cd crafting a lasting personal aesthetic in the midst of our ephemeral music culture is as rare as it is cause for celebration. with the release of city of straw, brooklyn’s sightings can be counted among the few contemporary bands who have forged a unique voice amongst the racket. recorded over a number of months in 2009 at the ocropolis (oneida’s brooklyn, ny studio), the band’s seventh studio album becomes the crucible from which their grandest and most coherent statement finally emerges. sightings has never presented a particularly welcoming façade and their sui generis music has perhaps been passed over by less discerning listeners over the eleven years of their existence, but throughout this they have created a singular body of work appreciated and touted by the likes of thurston moore and andrew wk. sightings will insist (and we agree wholeheartedly) that at their core they are a rock band working within the context of pop song-craft. as bassist richard hoffman told us recently, “i think everyone in the band tries to remember the value of minimalism. ultimately i think we try to write pop music, where there's no chaff and everything has a place.” with a deep reach beyond the spirit of their influence from greats like birthday party, dead c and jesus lizard, city of straw finds sightings working at the peak of their creative powers and is the perfect re- introduction to one of new york’s most accomplished bands.

charanjit singh “synthesizing • ten ragas to a disco beat” compact disc

• raga bhairav (5:00)
  
• raga lalit (4:56)
  
• raga bhupali (4:54)
  
• raga todi (4:53)
  
• raga madhuvanti (4:59)
  
• raga megh malhar (5:02)
  
• raga yaman (5:07)
  
• raga kalavati (5:08)
  
• raga malkauns (5:03)
  
• raga bairagi (5:08)

march 2010 release ; cd reissue of this oft whispered-about side :: ... purportedly recorded in india in 1982, the 10 morning-to-night ragas here were programmed, step-time style, into the era’s flagship xox boxes - the (then) maligned tb-303 “bass line” and tr-808 “rhythm composer”, then embellished with stray jupiter-8 flourish ... the results are mind-bottling ; mr. singh’s insanely prescient stylings (as mentioned elsewhere ad infinitum, predating phuture’s trax-label debut by a good 5 years) owe much to italo-germanic-disco’s production conceits, sure, but his frankly, awesome keyboard-solo abilities are up there with east-leaning minimalists like terry riley et.al & the levels of sheer looping repetition bring this much closer to mesmerizing pulse of the “private” synth / library-music universe’s era recordings than anything from the moogsploitation camp ... lovely 6-panel digipack presents the album in chronological / conceptual order ... note to world ; i want to hear this music being played in every idiotic cafe, trend-jumping fashion boutique, between sets at every “ironic” williamsburg venue-dump, every pbr-stocked “rent party”, etc ... all summer, everywhere, non-stop (after which we can all take a short break) ... highly recommended !!!

bombay connection press release...

synthesizing – ten ragas to a disco beat by charanjit singh (india, 1982) until recently it wasn’t much more than some rumours on the web: a 1982 released lp called ten ragas to a disco beat containing kraftwerk-like acid house music, years before the genre was invented. so it turns out, the record was no rumour. only a few hundred copies of the lp were ever pressed, and only a handful seem to have survived. moreover, the lp outdoes all expectations. performed on the synths that would later define acid house, the roland tb-303 and tr-808, the album sounds light years ahead of its time with its repetitive beats and hypnotic electronic melodies. its maker, bollywood session musician charanjit singh, set out to translate ancient indian classical ragas to the modern synthesizer and in doing so seems to have invented house music along the way. the 10 tracks make a consistent listen from a to z. its restrained minimalism and lack of cheesiness makes it incredibly contemporary, sounding animated, fluid and unabashedly alive.

charanjit singh “synthesizing • ten ragas to a disco beat” double long playing record set

• raga bhairav
  
• raga lalit
  
• raga bhupali
  
  
• raga megh malhar
  
• raga yaman
  
• raga kalavati
  
  
• raga madhuvanti
  
• raga todi
  
  
• raga malkauns
  
• raga bairagi

march 2010 release ; gorgeous, european double-lp gatefold reissue of this oft whispered-about side :: ... purportedly recorded in india in 1982, the 10 morning-to-night ragas here were programmed, step-time style, into the era’s flagship xox boxes - the (then) maligned tb-303 “bass line” and tr-808 “rhythm composer”, then embellished with stray jupiter-8 flourish ... the results are mind-bottling ; mr. singh’s insanely prescient stylings (as mentioned elsewhere ad infinitum, predating phuture’s trax-label debut by a good 5 years) owe much to italo-germanic-disco’s production conceits, sure, but his frankly, awesome keyboard-solo abilities are up there with east-leaning minimalists like terry riley et.al & the levels of sheer looping repetition bring this much closer to mesmerizing pulse of the “private” synth / library-music universe’s era recordings than anything from the moogsploitation camp ... ultra-deluxe gatefold presents the album in chronological / conceptual order, with the first lp offering 6 tracks (3 per side) @ 33.3~, then the second the remaining 4 (2 per side) @ 45 (presumably for club / venue / outdoor p.a. applications) ... note to world ; i want to hear this music being played in every idiotic cafe, trend-jumping fashion boutique, between sets at every “ironic” williamsburg venue-dump, every pbr-stocked “rent party”, etc ... all summer, everywhere, non-stop (after which we can all take a short break) ... highly recommended !!!

bombay connection press release...

synthesizing – ten ragas to a disco beat by charanjit singh (india, 1982) until recently it wasn’t much more than some rumours on the web: a 1982 released lp called ten ragas to a disco beat containing kraftwerk-like acid house music, years before the genre was invented. so it turns out, the record was no rumour. only a few hundred copies of the lp were ever pressed, and only a handful seem to have survived. moreover, the lp outdoes all expectations. performed on the synths that would later define acid house, the roland tb-303 and tr-808, the album sounds light years ahead of its time with its repetitive beats and hypnotic electronic melodies. its maker, bollywood session musician charanjit singh, set out to translate ancient indian classical ragas to the modern synthesizer and in doing so seems to have invented house music along the way. the 10 tracks make a consistent listen from a to z. its restrained minimalism and lack of cheesiness makes it incredibly contemporary, sounding animated, fluid and unabashedly alive.

skeppet “fäglarnas konferens b/w passagen” seven inch single record

• fäglarnas konferens
  
  
• passagen

solförmörkelse press release...

sol02: skeppet 7" after a series of tape sides on kosmisk väg, a thousand live shows and a killer split lp on release the bats, sweden's undisputed kings of cosmic pop exploration delivers two new tracks of prime deutsch-schwedische freundschaft. skeppet will some day rule the world, get hold of this to-be rarity before it is way to late.

tom smith / kevin drumm “reconquer sleep or disappear” compact disc

• reconquer sleep or disappear (53:01)

savage land press release...

tom smith & kevin drumm - reconquer sleep or disappear composed and performed by ts/kd, mixed and produced by ts, mastered by weasel walter, design by karl schmidt & tobias prinz. recorded 2003-2008 chicago / nyc / helsinski / moscow / hannover. limited edition of 500. good afternoon, it's arbeitstag here in deutschland, and the cars are burning in berlin, as per custom. in hannover, of course, dullards have gathered in droves at faust not to protest greek fiduciary irregularities or nato's continuing involvement in afghanistan or that new nightmare on elm street rehash but instead to drunkenly coo over downmarket indie blah. tradition is burning bus full of nine-year-old math prodigies... just received an email from manu at savage land - he's shooting for a june release date for the tom smith / kevin drumm album, reconquer sleep or disappear. yee-haw! the mockups hardly do the artwork justice, as they were produced on a non-pro printer. still, they should give you an idea of the layout - multi-fold cardstock sleeve, full color, in a limited edition of 300 compact discs (not cd-rs). as for the muzak? thirty-four meandering oboe solos. try not to saw off your ankles while in the thrall of anticipatory bliss! damn, it's good to be alive... besmirched, as ever, ts

spela själv “reportage: spela själv” long playing record

• stockholm, bygglekplats (7:55)
  
• 2:a festen på gardet, stockholm (9:00)
  
• stockholm, trummor (1:05)
  
• från spelmansstämman i delsbo 1970 (2:35)
  
• trädgårdsvillains kafé, leksand (1:35)
  
  
• ett barn spelar munspel (1:13)
  
• ett bard leker med vuxna (3:20)
  
• grönås (5:20)
  
• carlslund (1:55)
  
• falun (5:40)
  
• järna (2:15)

no label press release...

grey area exact reproduction lp of a swedish release from 1970. a bit of confusion surrounds this release: the album has been credited to träd, gräs och stenar, but they aren't featured on it. bo anders persson did, in fact, in collaboration with solvieg bark, compile, edit and released this album. bo anders persson, was a member of the legendary swedish bands harvester, international harvester, pärson sound, träd, gräs och stenar. solveig bark was one of a few young composers that through the unm (young nordic music festivals) would become a contemporary of erkki kurenniemi, folke rabe, etc. "reportage: spela själv" roughly translates to play yourself. it contains field recordings of amateurs playing / making sounds. raga concrète, if you will. a fine, rare, and lovely piece to behold.

stillbirth “the screw is stripped” c30 cassette

• scared of sex
  
  
• beyond the window, both man and mule

ides press release...

[id15] stillbirth "the screw is stripped" c30

masayuki takayanagi “second concept • 1979.5.27 froggy day” triple compact disc set

• hi beck (13:21)
  
• 317 east 32nd (12:06)
  
• my new flame (7:05)
  
• froggy day (10:48)
  
• palo alto (7:58)
  
  
• sound lee (9:47)
  
• you'd be so nice to come home to (13:31)
  
• autumn nocturn (6:15)
  
• kery's trance (11:34)
  
• subconscious lee (5:57)
  
• these things (5:17)
  
  
• froggy day (1979.5.27) (8:38)

jinya disc press release...

... below: direct babelfish translation from the japanese label info... second concept product code: b-1920 [4539113102487] production origin: jinya disc masayuki takayanagi (g) kenji kousei (el.p) yasuhito mori (b) yasuhiro yamazaki (dr) 'is picking perseverance' those where especially it is impressive in the word to which takayanagi leaves 'as for picking' as for this which is perseverance are decisive thing not only the guitarist for the musician. the strength which repels the chord of the guitar with the pick, becomes the barometer of strength of that human. instantaneously is repelled with the pick which it had in the effectiveness hand, feeling of selection of sound, selection of the chord, selection, strength and the nuance of position, and selection of the most important timing everything is not decided before that and the [te] does not become. in a word decision making is the question whether the tip has been visible, whether it does. when there is perplexity somewhere, picking becomes weak. it is the same as word. the aforementioned everything being prepared, it does strong picking, inevitably as for the left hand unless you hold down securely, the chord floats. the sound where this gearing is strong is borne. the truth that 'completeness of mind the sound which it is good losing is not possible'. (from explanation) two groups sound recording 1979 november 25 nisshin inn tallow stereo explanation/english translation 20p jacket explanation hiroki koichi (guitarist) jinya disc b-1920 the first limited benefit cd you prepared the sound source which could not be recorded in this work as a benefit cd. special track/truck “take one/froggy d” (monaural) masayuki takayanagi (g) kenji kousei (el.p) yasuhiro yamazaki (dr) the second concept which has become with the base less, it is monaural sound recording of the radio-cassette tape recorder, with the accident but also atmosphere of the meeting place being transmitted, there is an appearance impression strangely about noise as for masayuki's takayanagi which is sold excavation sound source there are times when noise has entered from jinya disc. we do the effort which is removed in the range which the case of mastering does not have hindrance in the sound source, but when it is riding in sound recording largely, we have left that way. we designate cd conversion as a record as purpose. it cuts in tune, as much as possible and/or fading out has tried not to do. this work the ending of last tune there is a noise nearby. removal of noise we would like to entrust to future someone.

masayuki takayanagi “the complete works of jojo • action direct 1” digital versatile disc

• inanimate nature i (20:33)
  
• inanimate neture iii (4:57)
  
  
•  improvisation 1 (23:04)
  
• improvisation 2 (10:24)

jinya disc press release...

... below: direct babelfish translation from the japanese label info... the complete works of jojo action direct 1 masayuki takayanagi dvd action direct1 product code: v-01 [4539113102418] while blooming talent as a guitarist in the world of jazz, tango and bossa nova popular music, the real image of the rare musician whom it keeps penetrating to the outer space of predecessor mitou's noise from avant-garde music revives here. live image of [noizutsukupahuomansu] “action direct”. a live footage which recorded the ultimate noise music performance “action direct” by masayuki takayanagi and an unparalleled guitarist who played an active role in japanese jazz music scene since its beginning.new directon for the arts regular concert vol69 / 70 vol69 (aug 4,1990) vol70 (dec 17,1990) dvd ntsc 0 stereo as for this work in 1990 8mm video ccd-v200 for national welfare (sony) with it is something which was photographed. sound it is not the video sound source and we record from dat and cd. there are times when part image/sound is disordered by the deterioration of the master tape. please acknowledge beforehand.

tomutonttu / oneohtrix point never “tour split” seven inch single record

• tomutonttu - likaiset pilvet
  
  
• oneohtrix point never - wayland lincoln border

alter press release...

to mark the occasion of their uk tour, alter is proud to present this vinyl pairing of finland's tomutonttu (kemialliset ystavat's jan anderzen), and new york's oneohtrix point never (daniel lopatin). both artists contribute two new tracks that, whilst being sonically different from each another, create a unique synthesis formed from a diy approach to electronic music, which makes this pairing both logical and inevitable. tomutonttu's "likaiset pilvet" sees anderzen diving deep into his archives, and re-emerging with something new after a heavy editing session. the track kicks off with some fragmented electronics, bringing to mind an image of a dozen bernard parmegiani records all melting in unison. the second half sees a shift in pace and a more playful atmosphere, introducing elements such as rhythmic loops and other scattered sounds that, as a whole, bear similarities to eric copeland's recent output. opn's "wayland lincoln border" is a continuation of lopatin's synth work, which is already well recognized in his young career. building deep layers of warm sound from trance-like synth melodies, lopatin's music is evocative of motion as it never feels stuck - always evolving, constructing and deconstructing new worlds from sound, and here he provides the perfect counterpoint to anderzen's chaos. released in an edition of 500 copies with cover art by jan anderzen.