ai aso “the chamomile pool show” digital versatile disc

• agenda
  
• ka mi tsu re no o o ki na mi zu ta ma ri
  
• lavender
  
• life
  
• land
  
• tee te te
  
• the future
  
• date

suishou no fune “live • jam session at lemur house” double digital versatile disc set

• big jar bookstore (25:20)
  
  a door of the moon by impromptu
  black phantom
  
  
• the tank nyc (41:01)
  
  a moonlit night by impromptu
  endless descent
  you look at the night sea
  vale of spirits
  
  
• creamy jam (22:42)
  
  jam session at lemur house

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suishounofune live and jam session at lemur house dvd archive dvd6 a collection of material filmed and edited by james plotkin from 2007 us east coast dates from nyc, and philadelphia. also includes a short clip of a jam session from the lemur house with bardo pond guys and harmonica dan. total run time of about an hour. comes housed in a large four panel foldout cover slipped inside a custom sized 10mil pvc sleeve. pressing of 600.

mick barr “mick barr” double digital versatile disc set

• mick barr - the stone new york city 2 2 2007
  
• mick barr - whitney museum new york city 11 18 2006
  
  
• orthrelm - bottom of the hill san francisco 2 27 2006
  
• mick barr / zach hill - bottom of the hill san francisco 6 23 2006
  
• ocrilim - the tonic new york city 12 9 2006
  
• ocrilim - the tonic new york city 10 29 2006

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mick barr archive4-5 2 x dvd an inclusive look at mick barr’s esoteric approach to guitar playing. a project really spawned by the desire of plotkin, and basically the inception of a dvd imprint for archive. material spanning 06-07 of mick’s solo works, groupings (ocrilim, orthrelm), and an improv clip of mick in battle with zach hill in sf. two packed dvd’s of material. comes housed in a 4 panel fold out cover slipped inside a custom sized 10mil pvc sleeve. dvd’s are placed in custom printed vellum sleeves with vellum obi adorned with franticly crafted doodles by mick. pressing of 500.

khlyst “chaos live” digital versatile disc

• (no tracklisting)

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khlyst chaos live archivedvd3 the first, and highly likely, the only live date from the plotkin (khanate) / runhild (thorr’s hammer) / wyskida (khanate) trio. multicamera live footage from 2006 hydrahead cmj showcase in nyc. edited and prepped for consumption by mr plotkin. comes housed in a ? fold heavy matte stock cover adorned with paintings from stephen kasner’s reckless mind dropped into a 10mil. custom sized pvc outer sleeve. all text on outer and inner covers silkscreen in metallic silver by broken presses. mirror faced pit art dvd comes slipped inside a hand stamped black sleeve. pressing of 500 copies.

lsd-march “bigjar solo sets” digital versatile disc

• shinsuke michishita - untitled (28:40)
  
• ikuro takahashi - untitled (14:12)
  
• masami kawaguchi - untitled (31:35)

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please visit the mimaroglu music sales web log to see a clip from this dvd ... lsd march “bigjar solo sets” dvd archivedvd2 as the title would suggest represents footage james filmed of all three members of lsd march (shinsuke michishita, ikuro takahashi, masami kawaguchi) performing solo sets at philly’s best book store, bigjar, while on a short us tour in the fall of 2006. shinsuke and masami’s renderings represent a japanese working of psychy folk for guitar and vocals. ikuro offers a contrasted short piece of oscillator assemble that is firmly rooted in the avant-garde, with overtones of conceptualist art, found sound, and experimentalism. the release comes packaged in a 1/2 fold heavy stock cover with a pressing size of 550 copies designed and silkscreen by jason killinger from birds of maya.

kousokuya “echoes from deep underground” digital versatile disc and compact disc set

• dreams have gone (13:29)
  
• clothed in flames (14:09)
  
• shadow of a dream (14:09)
  
  
• dvd: kousokuya live september 21, 2001 at muse hall in osaka (42:45)

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kousokuya “echoes from deep underground” cd+dvd archivedvd1 for those that don’t know kousokuya are a cult garage pysch rock trio formed in the 70’s in the tokyo underground music scene by main member, and recently deceased jutok kaneko. despite having existed for 20+ years the bands output has been fairly sparse with a few releases on psf and one domestic us release on the forced exposure label. originally the archive release was to be comprised of a fantastic live performance on cd from osaka in 2001 but having discovered the existence of video footage from the same performance, coupled with the efforts of james a bonus dvd was added to the mix. this release represents to date the only video document of jutok and kousokuya released in official capacity and realistically represent a chance for fans of obscure psych to see a band, and artist, that basically played outside of japan only a handful of times. this pressing of 700 copies comes packaged in a 1/2 fold heavy black stock cover with metallic silver and gloss varnish silkscreen work by the wonderful alan sherry of siwa records. the cd and dvd come in black envelopes held together by a silkscreen obi strip.

paul metzger “canticle of ignat • all glass” compact disc

• canticle of ignat (16:57)
  
• all glass (19:08)

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paul metzger “canticle of ignat/ all glass” archive46 cd pressing of 500 one track played on modified acoustic guitar and one track played on modified banjo. for those unfamiliar with saint paul’s mr. metzger his works offer and amazing mix of indian ragas crossed with a junk yard band feel, highly evolved and incredible unique. recorded by myself in 2007 at bigjar in philly a fantastic piece of documentation offered in unaltered form. comes housed in a slightly taller sleeve with two color silk screen work by alan sherry of siwa on a heavyweight 140lb paper. the front cover is die cut with and inserted picture from the performance printed on vellum, all hand glued and assembled by myself. graphic work by demian johnston.

500mg “another order of existence” compact disc

• servants of the star and snake (parts 1+2) (13:32)
  
• the joy of dissolution / orison (14:04)

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500mg “another order of existence” archive45 cd pressing of 500 a two part experimental acoustic guitar offering funneled through a train load of pedals and effect and then ejected from a marshall 1/2 stack performed by michael gibbons of bardo pond (and all things philadelphia and psychedelic). recorded by myself in 2007 at the worlds nosiest book store bigjar in philly. comes housed in a slightly taller sleeve with two color silk screen work by alan sherry of siwa on a heavyweight 140lb paper. the front cover is die cut with an inserted picture from the performance printed on vellum, all hand glued and assembled by myself. graphic work by demian johnston.

nadja “thaumoradiance” compact disc

• radiance of shadows (16:17)
  
• thaumogenesis (version) (24:12)

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nadja “thaumoradiance” cd archive44 late 2007 two track live release from nadja which functions as a companion release for the studio archive cd. radiance of shadows preludes into the cliffnotes 20’ish min. version of thaumogenesis. similar graphic themes and sleeve design all once again from mr seldon hunt. pressing of 600 copies

religious knives “live at bigjar” compact disc

• the sun (5:57)
  
• everything happens twice (6:53)
  
• 96 tears (6:35)
  
• in brooklyn after dark (14:16)

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religious knives “live at bigjar” cd archive43 a four track live disc recorded in august of 07 by myself. while religious knives represent 1/2 the former output of double leopards the output from this quartet is anything but. raw and dirty garage rock for keyboards, bass, guitar and drums that sounds more comfortable being off the doors early demo days box set rather then a nofun offshoot band. comes in a 1/2 panel sleeve graphic work by now frequent archive art collaborator chase middaugh. pressing of 600 copies.

peter wright “pretty mushroom clouds” compact disc

• pretty mushroom clouds
  
• submerged in ice
  
• (broadway approx 6pm)
  
• ash
  
• the devil wears sunroof
  
• blisters

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peter wright “pretty mushroom cloud” cd archive 42. five track droner from this new zealander via london. a mix of ambient guitar work, field recordings, and soundscapes recorded between 2005-2006. housed in a double sleeve with outer sleeve being semi transparent vellum, all graphic work by mr. wright. single pressing of 500 copies.

todd merrell / aidan baker / patrick jordan “nagual” compact disc

• undertow (20:56)
  
• diomedea (20:12)
  
• cygnus (10:32)
  
• half-life (8:47)

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merrell / baker / jordan “nagual” cd archive41 long playing ambient dronescape focusing the combined efforts of todd merrell on shortwave radio and electronics, patrick jordan on shortwave radio and processing and aidan baker (nadja) on guitar. recorded live in 04 in hartford. comes packed in heavy stock center open sleeve with environmental mirror image landscape artwork courtesy of seldon hunt. pressing of 600 copies.

uptight “early years” compact disc

• 99 first album
  
  melt rain
  l’stranger
  i’m just a dreamer
  never come morning
  non-title
  
  
• 94 live & studio (unreleased)
  
  king of ice (live)
  shining the red light (studio)

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uptight “early years” cd archive40 a re-issue of the out of print 99 five track album from tokyo pysch. unit uptight.  audio tracks have been slightly remastered with the addition of two unreleased tracks dating back to the bands earliest years 1994. comes housed in a 2.5 panel foldout heavy stock sleeve. pressing of 600 copies.

suishou no fune “the light of dark night” compact disc

• the light of dark night (41:57)
  
  till we meet again (you returned home to the heavens)
  a rose bloomed
  you look at the night sea

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suishou no fune “the light of dark night” archive39 a wonderfully dripping in echo single trax live set played during the bands last small batch of shows from their first trip to philadelphia. a duo drumless performance on this given night finds suishou no fune doing what they do best bringing the darkness. package comes packed in a double cover center opening sleeves with the outer shell being a vellum overlay all graphics by chase middaugh. single pressing of 600 released in conjunction with current us tour dates.

heavy winged “feel inside” compact disc

• the frozen darkness (15:38)
  
• the tangled white (16:19)
  
• the wave crest (12:10)

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heavy winged “feel inside” archive38 brand new three trax release from portland / brooklyn based unit which comes on the heels of the bands recently re-issue disc, and highly excellent three lobed release “blacc lust”, comes three long playing journeys into psych noise dronedom. i’m not a huge fan of the press release description game where the label goes on to babble and make absurd quotes like “sounds like every band that has sold a shit load of records this past month if you combine sunno))) with your mamma then you know exactly how great this record is”. i’d just like to humbly state to me it comes off like the bardo pond brothers recording in the lo-fi high fuzz induced kitchen of the goslings. all label claims aside listen to the clip!! package comes packed in a double cover center opening sleeves with the outer shell being a vellum overlay wonderfully executed graphically by chase middaugh. single pressing of 600 copies

astro / jazkamer / hairstylistics “motorcycle fuck with the ghostrider” compact disc

• untitled (46:12)

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astro jazkamer hairstylistics “motorcycle fuck with the ghostrider” cd archive37 a completely violent little disc documenting this live 2007 tokyo performance pitting some really heavyweights in the underground world of “noise” on stage together. (lasse marhaug, hiroshi hasegawa, masaya nakahara, and john hegre). housed in center opening heavy stock sleeve with circular diecut adorned with graphic work from mr. lasse himself. pressing of 600 copies

lsd-march / bardo pond “lsd pond” double compact disc set

• disc 1 recorded oct11, 2006
  
  we are lsd pond
  hikari naki sekai
  tamerai to kurushimi
  utuwa no naka no mizu
  dosyaburi no naka de
  
  
• disc 2 recorded oct14, 2006
  
  we are lsd pond
  sugatanaki kyofu
  yoru kara yorue

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lsd pond double cd archive36 two nights of improvised recordings from the lemur house in philadelphia tracked during off nights of the eastern us tour of lsd march, masami kawaguchi’s new rock syndicate and bardo pond. each disc represents one night’s worth of material edited by michael gibbons, without overdubs. personal from each night vary and thus present different types of material. comes packaged in a 1/2 fold letterpress sleeve with silver foil stamped front and rear covers with 8 page photo booklet saddle stitched inside that hopefully conveys the mode and energy of the recording sessions. cd’s are in black hand stamped envelopes bound together with letterpress obi bands. all hand made and hand assembled. design and graphic work all executed by old friend, and label owner, keith utech. single pressing of 1000 copies. disc 1 recorded oct11, 2006 shinsuke michishita - guitar, bass, drums masmai kawaguchi- guitar, bass ikuro takahashi percussion, drums michael gibbons - guitar john gibbons - guitar jason kourkounis - drums, percussion shibata nao - percussion kikuchi akira - bass disc 2 recorded oct14, 2006 shinsuke michishita - guitar, bass, drums ikuro takahashi - percussion, drums michael gibbons - guitar john gibbons - guitar jason kourkounis - drums, percussion clint takeda - bass isobel sollenberger - vocals flute aaron igler - electronics

alasehir “the stone sentinels” compact disc

• nazca
  
• lost city
  
• shroud

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alasehire “the stone sentinels” 3 tracks spawned from a night of riffs and jams at lemur house from bardo brothers on dual guitars and current bardo drummer jason. heavy psych that sways a little closer to the sabbath side of jams then the normal bardo pond burn. also features weird beard igler on electronics on 2 of the 3 jams. single pressing of 600

sitaar tah! “semimimimimin” compact disc

• semimimimimin (43:21)

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sitaar tah! “semimimimimin” cd archive32 a 43min single track studio recording from the tokyo based sitar orchestra that provided the amazing musical backdrop for keiji haino on the double disc archive release animamima. the 22 piece unit is back with this swarm of locus gem of a release. graphic and design work on the release by stephen o’malley features an outer cover that is a four color silkscreen, beautifully executed by alan sherry of siwa records. inside is a gorgeous photographic collage. pressing of 700 copies

numinous eye “with a little help” compact disc

• live at 20000v, koenji, tokyo (11:05)
  
• live at lucrezia, hamamatsu 1 (9:35)
  
• ive at lucrezia, hamamatsu 2 (6:27)
  
• live at spiral mart, shizuoka 1 (5:04)
  
• live at spiral mart, shizuoka 2 (4:44)
  
• live at spiral mart, shizuoka 3 (3:59)
  
• live at spiral mart, shizuoka 4 (0:57)
  
• live at spiral mart, shizuoka 5 (7:02)

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numinous eye “with a little help” a splendid disc of freeform droney psych jams from guitarist mason jones (subarachnoid space, charnel records) performing duets with three different drummers (yoshida of ruins, shirahata uptight, and komatsu) while on tour in japan in 2005. pressing of 500

carlos giffoni / lasse marhaug “lesbian brunch” compact disc

• frisk varruller
  
• stekte grønnsaker og tofu tilsmakt med søtchillisaus
  
• fritert ananas med iskuler

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lasse marhaug / carlos giffoni “lesbian brunch” archive 29 collaborative disc feature a pairing of two vets of the genre documenting electronic destruction recorded at lasse’s studio in 2006. single pressing of 500 copies, comes packed in a center fold sleeve featuring graphic work from lasse.

tetuzi akiyama / phantom limb “hot ginger” compact disc

• hot ginger (31:40)

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tetuzi akiyama & chris forsyth: electric guitar jaime fennelly & shawn edward hansen: electric organ phantom limb + tetuzi akiyama “hot ginger cd” audio - ontime meeting between tetuzi akiyama and phantom limb (1/2 of psi) recorded back a few months ago at freepoint radio in brooklyn. basically a 30min’ish improv drone piece for two guitars and two organ type things. all and all was a fun night with cool tunes so good to get this thing out into the world for more then the 20 people that were actually there to hear it. package - single pressing of 500 copies dropped in a two sided silkscreened deal art work by fritz welch of psi and others, silkscreening from alan sherry over at siwa records. layout pictured below samples to come soon