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ai asothe 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
september 2008 release ; lovely dvd (shot & produced by members of boris) covering a concert in tokyo last fall by ai aso & her band (including michio kurihara) ...
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ai aso the chamomile pool show archivedvd7

a quickly happening dvd release from tokyo artist ai aso whose probably most well know outside of japan for appearing on michio kurihara’s solo cd’s and handling the b side of a lavishly packaged 2007 split 7” with wata from boris fame. the chamomile pool dvd documents concert footage from ai aso from 2007 in tokyo. hypnotically delicate, angelic and minimal in structure ai, accompanied by her band, and with guest appearances by wata and kurihara, for a portion, craft her unique blend of songwriting and psychedelic musicianship. produced by atsuo, of boris, and edited and directed by ryuta murayama of foodunited (responsible for boris dvd’s, greenmachine, stupid babies gone mad). to date represent ai’s first non-japanese release. offset printed dvd disc face comes housed in a heavy stock diecut letterpress printed ? fold cover.

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suishou no funelive • 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
september 2008 release ; live-footage of this contemporary japanese-psych juggernaut captured last year, along with a good chunk of living-room jamming w/ bardo pond ...
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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.

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mick barrmick 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
september 2008 release ; eye/ear-opening double-dvd set of/on guitarist / composer mick barr, long one of my favorite contemporary musician/composer types ; purely alien in his methodologies & internal logic. this set mostly covers his solo live guitar work (although the duo bit w/ hella’s zach hill is fairly revelatory) ; fans of the private-universe / virtuoso spec will need to see this !!!
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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.

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khlystchaos live” digital versatile disc

  • (no tracklisting)
september 2008 release ; dvd-film of apparently the only live appearance by runhild gammelsaeter (whose recent utech-label solo disc was sheer horror), james plotkin, and tim wyskida ... raw, browned-out guitar/drum interplay and constant/errant screech/shriek ... pretty unbelievable ; even as you’re looking/listening straight at/to it ...
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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.

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lsd-marchbigjar solo sets” digital versatile disc

  • shinsuke michishita - untitled (28:40)
  • ikuro takahashi - untitled (14:12)
  • masami kawaguchi - untitled (31:35)
excellent dvd release, covering solo sets by lsd-march’s ikuro takahashi, masami kawaguchi, and shinsuke michishita, recorded @ philly’s big jar books ... the takahashi piece is pretty amazing, actually - more of an in-situ sound-art piece (ala achim wollscheid) than a psych-rock blowout ...
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lsd marchbigjar 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.

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kousokuyaechoes 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)
first release in this new dvd sub-series of archive, curated by scott slimm & james plotkin, covering the only extant / released footage of jutok kaneko’s kousokuya ...
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kousokuyaechoes 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.

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paul metzgercanticle of ignat • all glass” compact disc

  • canticle of ignat (16:57)
  • all glass (19:08)
june 2008 release ; smoking modified guitar & banjo solos from paul metzger, recorded @ big jar books ...
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paul metzgercanticle 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.

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500mganother order of existence” compact disc

  • servants of the star and snake (parts 1+2) (13:32)
  • the joy of dissolution / orison (14:04)
june 2008 release ; high-gain solo acoustic-guitar disc from bardo pond / alasehir member michael gibbons, recorded live @ philly’s big jar books ...
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500mganother 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.

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nadjathaumoradiance” compact disc

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

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religious kniveslive at bigjar” compact disc

  • the sun (5:57)
  • everything happens twice (6:53)
  • 96 tears (6:35)
  • in brooklyn after dark (14:16)
march 2008 release ; a very nice live-set from brooklynite modern-psych troubadours religious knives ; while not as essential as their “resin” collection (also released this month of no fun) this is still a mighty-fine slice of quiet-storm lineage garage-stomp wha-fuck rod-divining ...
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religious kniveslive 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.

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peter wrightpretty mushroom clouds” compact disc

  • pretty mushroom clouds
  • submerged in ice
  • (broadway approx 6pm)
  • ash
  • the devil wears sunroof
  • blisters
january 2008 release ; a set of six live-set excerpts from new zealander peter wright (currently based in london) - blissed-out guitar wash laced with field recordings, captured in grenoble, paris, new york, glasgow, northampton ma, and dublin from 2005-2006. the perfect counterpart to wright’s recent students of decay album ...
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peter wrightpretty 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.

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todd merrell / aidan baker / patrick jordannagual” compact disc

  • undertow (20:56)
  • diomedea (20:12)
  • cygnus (10:32)
  • half-life (8:47)
quite nice set of atmospheric ambient music from nadja’s aidan baker, todd merrell, and patrick jordan, recorded at hartford’s real-art-ways (did i ever tell you about the time that i got stranded there after a tony conrad / jim o’rourke & zeena parkins / richard youngs & simon wickham-smith show in 2004? well, i did. nice place though...) space a coupla years back...
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merrell / baker / jordannagual” 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.

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uptightearly 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)
blistering set of eastern-leaning psych-overload from this tokyo-flashback lineage group ...
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uptightearly 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.

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suishou no funethe 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
excellent set of smoky, late-night psych from this japanese group, responsible for one of my favorite sets of live music this year (thusfar) ... as waves of the original “tokyo flashback” generation surge forth into the 21st century, these guys are amongst the leading lights ... highly recommended !!!
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suishou no funethe 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.

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heavy wingedfeel inside” compact disc

  • the frozen darkness (15:38)
  • the tangled white (16:19)
  • the wave crest (12:10)
grey wash of distant, chugging psych... kinda sounds like a group of teenagers rehearsing the recent hototogisu / burning star core disc down the street ...
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heavy wingedfeel 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.

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astro / jazkamer / hairstylisticsmotorcycle fuck with the ghostrider” compact disc

  • untitled (46:12)
big ol’ blast of electricity collectively produced by hiroshi hasegawa, masaya nakahara, lasse marhaug, and john hegre on a tokyo stage earlier this year...
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astro jazkamer hairstylisticsmotorcycle 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.

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alasehirthe stone sentinels” compact disc

  • nazca
  • lost city
  • shroud
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alasehirethe 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.

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sitaar tah!semimimimimin” compact disc

  • semimimimimin (43:21)
awesome 40+ minute group-sitar washout from this 20+ piece japanese sitar orchestra ... personally my pick of this march 2008 archive batch (but you’re all probably going to ignore this & pick up multiple copies of the nadja discs for future ebay / world-domination premises, aren’t you ? jerks) ...
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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

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numinous eyewith 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 eyewith 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.

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carlos giffoni / lasse marhauglesbian brunch” compact disc

  • frisk varruller
  • stekte grřnnsaker og tofu tilsmakt med sřtchillisaus
  • fritert ananas med iskuler
reissue of the 3”cdr on gameboy with scads of extra material ...
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lasse marhaug / carlos giffonilesbian 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.

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tetuzi akiyama / phantom limbhot ginger” compact disc

  • hot ginger (31:40)
akiyama-san here completing a twin-guitar/twin-organ lineup of otherwise brooklynite children-of-the-night improvisors - in spots indiscernable from something the double leopards would do (well... would have done about 3 years ago when they were still together...)

picking out tetuzi’s unique voice from the męlée is actually kind of tough - that could be him deferring to constant feedback-arc / motor-rhythm chug throughout. builds to a nice triumphant metalloid blat about midway through, loses a little steam, regains some of it, then wavers under the threshold for the remainder.

as far as tour-layover audio documents are concerned, just about anything from akiyama’s summer ‘06 north american jaunt is going to be worth your (half) hour, no matter what the context - this coming from someone who did a little improvising / fine dining / sight-seeing with the man himself.
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tetuzi akiyama & chris forsyth: electric guitar
jaime fennelly & shawn edward hansen: electric organ

phantom limb + tetuzi akiyamahot 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

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