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previous record label: bor land		there are 24 titles on bottrop-boy in stock. they are listed below.		next record label: bourg

$17.43

new to stock as of
august 15th, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
minimalism-drones
electro-acoustic-composition
musique-concrète
sound-poetry
field-recordings

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 035 cd

blood stereo “the magnetic headache” compact disc

the moaning throne (4:22)
send for the glowing glut (6:29)
the magnetic headache (9:44)
helium contract (6:44)
forgotten tone of fire (7:50)
the broken line recorder (10:28)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "the magnetic headache"

august 2008 release ; first (mass-market, at least) release in a while from the duo of dylan “prick decay” nyoukis and karen constance ...

the field-recording-laced narrow-band droneset herein has more to do with traditional musique concrète (albeit a crispy / lo-fi one) than any of the pits & lans of contemporary underground sound that the pair has documented via their chocolate monk imprint ; i’d go so far as to say that their invitation to & subsqeuent appearance in the bottrop-boy catalogue has them on their toes ... much of this material rivals that of other contemporary-yet-backward-leaning electro-acoustic composers, with more than a touch of dylan’s zonked sound-poetry thrown into the mix ...

easily the best thing i’ve heard from this axis in eons. highly recommended !!!

bottrop-boy press release...

blood stereo
the magnetic headache
cd / b-boy 035

blood is dripping from my stereo and my ears. blood stereo submerges its listeners in horror vacui. the awfulness of emptiness is made audible in all its horrific detail. this album can be construed either as a radio play for exhausted ears or the ideal soundtrack for waking up from a disturbing nightmare. reality refuses to return this early in the morning and all that remains is a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. voices wander around in your head, somewhere there is the creaking of a door and in the distance you hear someone softly crying. british noise wizard dylan nyoukis (from, among others, prick decay) and partner in crime karen constance combine to let rip under the name blood stereo. the pair set about their work in subtle way. instead of loud eruptions of noise they set out to create the most quietly disturbing of soundscapes. think an innocent walk in a transylvanian mountain village or a blair witch forest or any other godforsaken place where your only companions are the whispering voices hell-bent on driving you insane and the howling wind. listen to the magnetic headache with your headphones to feel the sounds dripping through your eardrum and crawling up your brainstem. on the last track, honorary guest neil campbell aka astral social club sprinkles a little stardust into your stereo - a much-needed, soul-cleansing coda after such an ominous head trip.

$16.24

back in stock as of
august 15th, 2008

first in stock on
march 12th, 2008

threads:
analogue-synth
electro-acoustic-composition
minimalism-drones
harsh-noise

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 032 cd

carlos giffoni “eternal noise” compact disc

eternal noise (18:45)
ii (9:12)
iii (12:19)
iv (15:32)

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

march 2008 release ; a solo joint from no-fun’s carlos giffoni - here entirely ditching his prior fascination with max-msp fueled digital music ; instead focusing on his twin custom-built ray-wilson / music-from-outer-space lineage soundlab suitcase synthesizers ...

the first/titular piece reminds me a little bit of kevin drumm’s “organ” - a “wall” built around a tonal/quavering held-chord, erupting into a over-gained frenzy near its end ... but, rather surprisingly, the three pieces that follow consist of pure analogue psycho-acoustic tone combinations you’d more normally associated with someone like eliane radigue or brendan murray - cleanly rendered & very far removed from the sort of piecemeal jump-cut shards-of-noise-sound you’d have associated carlos with in the past ...

excellent stuff, very glad that carlos is taking his sound into new directions & trying out new realms that fall outside of the harsh noise spectrum... i only wonder what he’ll do next ...

bottrop-boy press release...

carlos giffoni
eternal noise
cd / b-boy 032

carlos giffoni knows no mercy. of all the noise terrorists on the loose today, giffoni causes the most upheaval. we know he specialises in brutal and invincible noise collages, but there is so much more to it than that. there is always a glimmer of hope that shines through the dense clouds of noise. his noise lives, broods and swings. his latest album for bottrop-boy is a true revelation in this respect, not just for the listener, but also for the artist himself. after all, the venezuelan artist, who is based in new york, has conceded that this is a new style for him. with eternal noise carlos giffoni enters the holiest of holies, his noise nirvana.

even though giffoni’s earlier works already sounded impressively organic, with eternal noise he is heading for new heights. his customary thick layers of noise sound more subtle than ever before. the four-part suite maintains physical impact, but all faces are turned to heaven, towards eternity. rather than a noise exercise that sounds like a wrestling match in the dirt, this recording represents ascension towards the sun and open heavens. at times you will find yourself almost drowning in the feedback splashing against you, at other times you will find yourself breathlessly captivated by the peregrinations, whirls and swells of sinus tones. giffoni is genuinely inspired by the avant-garde music of the 20th century and the results are miraculous.

how giffoni creates his compositions is of no importance. this is all about their effect on your mood, the spectacle of your ravished soul. you find yourself asking how it is possible that such loud and intense music can be so tranquil and meditative at the same time.

eternal noise reconfirms giffoni’s status as the uncrowned king of contemporary noise. bottrop-boy is proud to release this key work in giffoni’s oeuvre.

$16.24

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august 15th, 2008

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january 2nd, 2008

threads:
free-improvisation
minimalism-drones
electro-acoustic-improvisation

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 031 cd

labfield “fishforms” compact disc

gin (24:28)
rin (5:14)
showa (9:38)

bottrop-boy press release...

labfield
fishforms
cd / b-boy 031

‘phanta rhei’ - everything flows. whatever else might happen, life hurtles on and everything follows its natural course. music is also subject to these ineluctable laws. while often breaking the mould, when everything is in its right place, the music follows its own course. as it does in the little experimental cabins of laboratory field, or labfield for short. this scandinavian monster collective consisting of david stackenäs (guitars, electronics) and ingar zach (percussion) knows exactly how to manipulate sound. at the same time, ingar zach is also creating a big stir with three-piece kindred spirits huntsville.

not fussed about getting their hands dirty, stackenäs and zach dig for sounds of gold with successful results. sound waves emanate from their instruments slowly. this unstoppable flood of sound is not distinguished by brute force but rather by its boundless subtlety and inventiveness. the listener will completely find themselves submerged by an overwhelming stream. bottrop-boy is proud to release labfield’s first sound experiments onto the world.

swedish guitarist stackenäs and norwegian percussionist zach are known names in the european improvisation scene. they previously worked together in three-piece tri dim, together with saxophonist håkon kornstad. two years later, stackenäs and zach decided to work as a duo, deciding on a radically different course. improvisation, sound art, minimal music and drones are fused to form a completely unique style of performing. zach plays, among other instruments, the unique electronic sruti and saranghi boxes. this is music that evolves quietly and often refers to the dronescapes of free improv pioneers such as amm. the sounds which stackenäs manages to conjure up from his guitars are unprecedented: softly humming, viciously rattling and intensely meditative. zach answers these sounds with the hypnotic pulse of his bass drum and electronic sruti box. this is improvisational music replete with sounds branching in unpredictable directions and slowly smouldering drones. an aural rite of passage fit for these modern times.

$17.43

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august 15th, 2008

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january 2nd, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
free-improvisation
minimalism-drones

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 030 cd

starving weirdos “summon with electronic sorcery” compact disc

summon (13:06)
orchestra at twilight (13:36)
in transit (13:51)
sunset at the college cove bluffs (11:29)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "orchestra at twilight"

december 2007 release; an excellent set of pulsing, blown-out freely-improvised drones from the humbolt county starving weirdos collective, riding something of a visibility wave due to their recent discovery by just about everyone outside of their native california environs...

ps. it’s especially nice that the more interesting pits & lans of the american subterranean noise/improv sector have finally breached the high ivory towers of the european sound-art label-scene (see also the mouthus disc below) ...

bottrop-boy press release...

starving weirdos
summon with electronic sorcery
cd / b-boy 030

this is the soundtrack of your favourite nightmare. the aural cinema delivered by the starving weirdos is best experienced with one’s eyes closed. a dark psychedelic joyride on the inside of one’s eyelids. instead of the obvious, hypnotically safe vision or bouncing orangey sunspots, entire films are projected onto the eyeball. think desolate valleys, sweaty engine rooms and dark alleyways. the four trips committed to record by this californian band taunt every accepted boundary. the black magic summoned by the weirdos’ guitars, saxophones, electronics and smothered voices culminate in a lynchian cinematic exorcism in four parts.

listening to the ominous opening piece summon one finds oneself lost in a sudden sandstorm. enveloped by whirling sand and surrounded by howling coyotes, the only escape is a dilapidated ghost town. with its wailing guitars and scraping percussion this music is best described as desert folk. listen to in transit which sounds like the unnerving siren song of the grimy urban jungle. the listener becomes inescapably entangled in the low mist of ghostly phantom guitars and vocal reverb.

the core of this collective consists of brian pyle and merrick mckinlay from humboldt county, ca. having produced a large number of limited cd-r releases since 1998, summon with electronic sorcery neatly manages to summarise their work to date. this album has grown into a powerful statement. the menacing and angst-ridden industrial undercurrent permeates the weirdos’ hardcore improvisations, while excursions into free folk humanise and cushion their impact. put on your head phones and hold on tight to your chair. this album marks the sonic raid of plunder by this hungry pack of mad wolves.

summon with electronic sorcery is packed in the beautiful 'envelope' packaging, designed and handprinted by jason dodge & christine roland, a one-off pressing of 250 copies.

$17.43

back in stock as of
august 15th, 2008

first in stock on
july 18th, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise
guitar-themed
electro-acoustic-composition
digital-musics
modern-psych
minimalism-drones

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 029 cd

matthew bower / mattin “a new form of beauty (1975)” compact disc

a new form of beauty (1975) (48:26)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "a new form of beauty"

june 2007 release; a day in the lives of matthew bower (skullflower, hototogisu, total, pure, sunroof!) and mattin, specificially november 18th, 2006. the pair lay down one 50-minute piece utilizing mattin’s screeching gnu/linux computer feedback and bower’s... screeching guitar & effected vox-...-screech.

nice stuff, recalling bower’s much-earlier pure project (see the disc on freak animal) and any number of anti-copyright/all-screech mattin affairs. screechy.

bottrop-boy press release...

mattin & matthew bower
a new form of beauty (1975)
cd / b-boy 029

mattin: computer feedback
matthew bower: microphone/guitar

live to cassette.
thank you mick flower
recorded in leeds, 18th november 2006
anti copyright

with the release of a new form of beauty irish band virgin prunes placed themselves firmly on the map of experimental post-punk. this was the unprecedented cathartic musical experience of the early eighties. din glorious was the name of the breathtaking coda of this legendary prunes session. this type of harrowing noise is also evident on mattin & matthew bower’s a new form of beauty (1975). not a follow-up but a magnificent, searing chords of chords.

basque noise expert mattin has undoubtedly found his blood brother in matthew bower, the british godfather of noise-rock. in his theses on noise (2006) mattin wrote: “the old conception of noise was to believe in freedom; the new conception of noise is to achieve freedom”. this is noise with a higher aim, this is noise as utopian ideal.

using guitars and electronics, mattin and bower mould a relentlessly pounding tsunami of sound. no time to catch your breath in this long, thundering tornado of noise, feedback, distortion and screaming strings. a screeching guitar occasionally lifts its head above the whirling maelstrom. ghostlike sounds rise towards the surface of this sonic mass; is that a wailing, desolate violin or a radio i hear in the distance? am i hallucinating or is this indeed that new beauty?

mattin & bower far exceed the pain threshold. no need to prick up your ears; expect your eardrums to be pierced. just when you think calm has returned, the duo decides to increase the dose. at the end of their piece mattin & bower reveal an unparalleled vertiginous abyss of noise. the listener is transported from high to higher plateaus of sound. cries for help are suppressed as salvation comes nigh. this is white noise from the dark side. this is indeed a new form of beauty.

'a new form of beauty (1975)' is packed in beautiful new 'envelope' packaging designed and handprinted by jason dodge & christine roland.

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back in stock as of
august 15th, 2008

first in stock on
january 2nd, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
harsh-noise

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 028 cd

mouthus “no canal” compact disc

no canal (1) (6:28)
no canal (2) (7:15)
no canal (3) (16:29)
no canal (4) (7:25)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "no canal (2)"

december 2007 release; four tracks from brooklynite destruction squad mouthus. an odd set; the first song is an almost popol-vuh/artemiev-esque accordion/flute duet... after which the duo launch into three blasts of their more familiar blue-hot guitar/drum crumble ...

bottrop-boy press release...

mouthus
no canal
cd / b-boy 028

guitar, drums and electronics. there are no further requirements for turning the world on its head. since their inception in 2002, mouthus from brooklyn have delighted and enraptured their audience. thundering noise eruptions, mail-fisted guitar drones, infernal drumbeats and an indomitable drive are these devilish duos hallmarks. this is undiluted rock ‘n’ rock for noise junkies. when it comes to live performances, mouthus are unbeatable. nevertheless, in order to nourish the other parts of the soul, mouthus alternate their teeth-grindingly loud shows with recordings into which rage and energy are consummately channelled. no canal follows a different path altogether. guitarist brian sullivan and drummer nate nelson lead the listener on a journey of exploration. past bricked-up walls of sound and through a swamp of drones the duo descries a terra incognita, a dark world of sound in which innocent idylls of nature are soon subjected to the destructive forces of industrialisation.

initially, pastoral guitar parts are heard, pursued by drums in the distance. this is ethereal music in the tradition of bands like popol vuh. the promised land is hidden behind low mist and impenetrable green. but all hope proves idle: torturing guitar feedback and tribal drums soon tear the dream apart. the industrial torrent of sound seems unstoppable. this is music that reveals itself as a tired, technological beast with a slow heartbeat and creaking limbs. the subliminal menace and naked demise remain audible and tangible. this is a story that has to be told. mouthus cannot be silenced.

no canal is packed in the beautiful 'envelope' packaging, designed and hand printed by jason dodge & christine roland, a one-off pressing of 250 copies.

$16.24

back in stock as of
august 15th, 2008

first in stock on
october 15th, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise
guitar-themed

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 026 cd

jazzkammer “panic” compact disc

panic (35:18)

bottrop-boy press release...

jazzkammer
panic
cd / b-boy 026

the modern city only reveals its secrets in dribs and drabs. a worn-out world in decline or a place where strugglers could realise their dreams at any moment? surely, the signs are there? abandoned factory buildings, bleak streets, neglected houses lonely people on the underground. the modern city surely holds nothing for any normal person. an extinguished city which has lost touch with its natural resources. the real panic hasn’t started yet, but is tangible for all under the surface of day-to-day life.

norwegian duo jazzkammer reproduces this urban madness in its 35-minute long panic. on this epic album john hegre and lasse marhaug pay homage to their great love of the electric guitar. jazzkammer has greatly enriched its electronic pallet, witness the renewed passion for instrumental music expressed on its metal-inspired album metal music machine, which appeared on smalltown supernoise this year.

jazzkammer covers the full spectrum of the guitar on panic: from screaming black metal eruptions to ominously dark ambient. and all is imbued with a deep blue, deeply disconsolate city blues.

jazzkammer drags the listener to the underground vaults of the city. drifting around in the gritty guitar reverb there is a sudden outburst of the submerged screeching of children, only to give way to earth shattering metal solos. only at the end does some form of acceptance appear; a softly murmuring guitar riff lulls the city dwellers softly to sleep. but the menace remains.

panic can be seen as the disquieting follow-up to pulse (b-boy 017), jazzkammer’s preceding release on bottrop-boy. while one could still hold on tight to the electrifying rhythm of the modern city on pulse, there is no way back on panic. as he did for pulse, yuen chee wai provides compelling artwork and photography for this dark city portrait.

$17.43

new to stock as of
august 15th, 2008

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
experimental-instruments

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 025 cd

toshimaru nakamura “dance music” compact disc

for shizu araki (23:55)
for namiko kawamura and kubikukuri takuzo (48:55)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "for namiko kawamura ..."

may 2008 release ; solo disc of block-rocking beats (as in heterodyning beat-frequencies observed in the head, natch) from toshimaru nakamura ...

notably more “aktion” oriented than i’ve heard him in recent years (listen to the sound-sample for tones not only in the active ranges of the average ozzfest parishioner, but for change-ups happening in regular intervals) ... as always, i’m impressed by nakamura’s restraint & minute sense of changing the compositional flow ; he’s at the top of his game here, folks ...

bottrop-boy press release...

toshimaru nakamura
dance music
cd / b-boy 025

don’t be fooled by the casual title of this release; you will hear a veritable ghost in the machine cloaked in pure electronic sounds. japanese composer toshimaru nakamura goes beyond the furthest reaches of sound in his mission to cross the border to the other side. this time it falls to dancing poltergeists and hellish, rattling machines to scourge nakamura’s soundscapes.

toshimaru nakamura is known worldwide as the master of the no-input mixing board. from out of nowhere he manages to conjure up the most insane of sounds. nakamura is on a quest to find the unheard and is latest creations on ‘dance music’ bear witness to the fact that he is willing to pursue that quest to the furthest extremes.

this release contains two large pieces of more than twenty minutes and just under fifty minutes in length. this music will literally throw you off balance. the widest of frequencies will softly caress the inside of your skull, cause your eardrums and sing in unison with your feverishly screeching nervous system. the music takes its time and alternates between ominous silences, deeply resonant drones and alienated, crackling pulses to create a restless yet inherently contemplative soundscape. softly, your head will rock to and fro to try and find its optimal listening position. you will not find it easy to shake these sounds off. these compositions emanate a ghostly aura, an eerie feel that remains in the air after the pieces have come to an end. nakamura is on to something here and those willing to take the risks are invited to follow wherever he may take them.

the artwork of nakamura's dance music is designed by acclaimed dutch graphic designer karel martens.

$17.43

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august 15th, 2008

first in stock on
october 15th, 2007

threads:
free-improvisation
modern-composition
modern-psych

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 024 cd

pillow “plays brötzmann” compact disc

images 01 (5:32)
images 02 (6:35)
images 03 (3:42)
images 04 (5:42)
images 05 (2:37)
images 06 (4:22)
images 07 (6:29)
images 08 (4:06)
images 09 (3:33)
images 10 (0:59)
images 11 (8:29)

bottrop-boy press release...

pillow
plays brötzmann
cd / b-boy 024

how to improvise on an existing work of improvisation? american outfit pillow took the plunge by carefully placing european free jazz legend peter brötzmann’s group improvisation piece images on the rack. don’t expect any tortured notes or twisted chords, though, as pillow respectfully and patiently square up to brötzmann’s music. written especially for his tentet and released on okkadisk, images is one of brötzmann’s most meditative collective works of improvisation. tentet member and cellist fred lonberg holm took up the challenge and together with his pillow quartet breathed new live into the composition, and a completely new piece of music is born.

the reflective mood of brötzmann’s original is admiringly kept intact in pillow’s interpretation, considering that it’s constructed in eleven parts. apart from lonberg holm, pillow is: liz payne (bass, viola and percussion), michael colligan (tubes and dry ice) and ben vida (trumpet and guitar) from minimalist post-rock band town and country. the quartet strives for tight harmony in the tradition of classic sixties improv groups like amm and mev. the totality of sound is paramount and individual proclivities and the virtuoso solo performances are wisely avoided.

plays brötzmann reveals a quartet in full flow; predominantly calm, trance-inducing improvisations will occasionally veer off at unexpected angles, but they rarely loosen their grip on the listener. in this twilight world, the music levitates between modern classical, free improv and melancholic post-rock. impressively, these musicians have managed to dose the ingredients taken from the storerooms of their respective musical backgrounds for the preparation of images to perfection. among such ingredients are ominous strings, wistful guitar riffs, gamelan-like sequences and crashing cymbals. the listener is a traveller in a fascinating soundscape where unexpected musical horizons suddenly appear within reach.

$19.78

back in stock as of
august 15th, 2008

first in stock on
october 15th, 2007

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
electro-acoustic-composition
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones
digital-musics
sound-art

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 023 cd

tv pow “burned bridges and lost loves” double compact disc set

rotten milk - music and drinxxx
junkroc - low baller
tarentel - kung pow
tim hecker - whiteout
kotarou fukui - kyoto ben mix
michael hartman - blue eyed devil’s music
heimir björgúlfsson - once window through
zbigniew karkowski - corrupted
twin - twin remix tv poop
ben vida - tv pow or country
sachiko m - she is shopping now
illusion of safety - power down
brent gutzeit - milkblood
wolf eyes - olson mix
todd carter - i am listening to you
alva noto - television (for tv pow)
stephan mathieu - hi
david grubbs - sepulture north
tiny hairs - alsation troll
rob ray - despite sweeping
cornucopia - gentle bumps n beats
molecu - cabala de fjord longly ho
francisco lópez - untitled #143
ben bracken - hours devoured
jason soliday - will you stop if we ask nicely?
ronald simmons / gene mcdonald - quite luod (in a funny british accent)
kuwayama kiyoharu - hand of glory
jeff snyder - televisor
xabier erkizia - bitartean
philips von zweck - 3x for the short attention span
alva noto - destroy tv

bottrop-boy press release...

tv pow
burned bridges and lost loves
2cd / b-boy 023

burned bridges and lost loves is the second part of a project in which friends, colleagues and lovers were asked to remix the works of chicago improvisation-trio tv pow. like its predecessor powerful friends and devoted lovers, a double-album that contains 29 remixes, the second and final installment also offers remixes of tracks that are mostly taken from tv pow’s album friendship patrol. adding another 31 remixes, the total amount of remixes is now equal to the amount of tracks that feature on friendship patrol. on the original score tv pow managed to create a evolving soundscape of unidentifiable field recordings, minimal electronics and serene ambient drones. it’s no surprise that friendship patrol happened to be a grateful source for further exploration.

burned bridges and lost loves includes contributions from tarentel, tim hecker, sachiko m, illusion of safety, wolf eyes, alva noto, stephan mathieu, david grubbs and francisco lopez, amongst many others. these contributors could be classified as a representative sample of currently influential artists in experimental and electronic music.

burned bridges and lost loves comes with artwork by meeuw, yet another remix of the original artwork of friendship patrol.

$16.24

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threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
sound-art
sound-installation
harsh-noise

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 022 cd

rob mazurek “music for shattered light box and 7 posters” compact disc

(no tracklisting)

bottrop-boy press release...

rob mazurek
music for shattered light box and 7 posters
cd / b-boy 022

getting a grip on the chaos that surrounds us: for american artist and trumpet/cornet player rob mazurek the time has come to make a statement. every right-minded lover of modern music knows his jazz and post-rock explorations with bands such as chicago underground duo, isotope 217, and tortoise. nevertheless, inside this vintage improviser there also lurks a passionate multimedia artist who likes to speak his mind, especially in a time when his home country is starting to reveal the darkest and most vulnerable corners of its soul. the fact that mazurek has recently moved to brazil has not clouded his crystal clear vision of a derailed western civilisation.

mazurek’s installation-cum-composition music for shattered light box and 7 posters expresses his personal vision of the world through sight and sound. this frequently exhibited installation revealing in its simplicity. a flickering light box, smashed in with a brick, along with several apocalyptic canvases tell the story of a grimy and chilly underworld. this installation is inextricably linked to the composition which shares its name, which is now available on bottrop-boy.

hold on tight during this forty-minute cascade of sounds in which mazurek has managed to establish a link between his darkest musical nightmares and the listener who is fed them bit by bit. this loud electronic trip will rarely allow you to come up for air. the source of these electronically excavated and resurrected sounds remains a mystery, but who cares? uncontrollably splitting noise eruptions, unhinged beats, aching alarms and ominous hisses stutter and splutter past, all but refusing to leave the listener alone. situated somewhere in the middle between the anarchic beauty of early musique concrète, old industrial nurse with wound releases and the rages of merzbow and venetian snares: this is a rob mazurek whom few will have ever heard before.

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threads:
harsh-noise
electro-acoustic-improvisation

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 021 cd

maja solveig kjelstrup ratkje / lasse marhaug “music for loving” compact disc

a hymn, may be classified as influenced by baroque (6:25)
sliced minimalist meets sheep & easy, ool & dancing diva (8:40)
interference; swapped, stripped & fucked (6:02)
stuck in the sheep field with dancing diva (2:59)
-23, a tribute to arnold schönberg in heavy syrup (6:46)
let it be (6:42)
music for loving (9:00)

bottrop-boy press release...

maja s.k. ratkje & lasse marhaug
music for loving
cd / b-boy 021

second collaboration between norwegian masters of noise maja ratkje (spunk, fe-mail) and lasse marhaug (jazzkammer, del) after their 2002 vinyl-only album music for shopping on synesthetic records. music for loving is wild, frantic, nervous, loud, delirious and scattered all over the place. the perfect music to listen to with your loved one.

$19.78

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threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
electro-acoustic-composition
digital-musics
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 020 cd

tv pow “powerful friends and devoted lovers” double compact disc set

oren ambarchi - that’s ok, brush off the dirt and you can still eat it
motor - motormx 4 tv pow
boris hauf - the return of the expiration date reader
thymme jones - fooled into fatality
otomo yoshihide - where there’s smoke, there’s weapons
m. behrens -
ken brown - the law of misonymy
vadim sprikut - with friends like these
toshimaru nakamura - untitled
ernst karel - 1/3 tvp 24.02.02
leif elggren - untitled
ancient greeks - spiral light wave dispenser
tu m’ - ignore 1 version
7000 dying rats - means to an end of myth and power
sutekh - guitar heroes mix
burkhard stangl - there’s a picture
greg kelley - my great grandfather was hung for horse stealing
jazzkammer - komm süsser tod
drillchop 9 - if bush had a brain...
olivia block - untitled
panicsville - nazi’s fuck ibm often
mike shiflet - being tv pow is funny
amnon wolman - pow trail mix
koura - tanbo
stilluppsteypa - it’s johnny cash not cage
freiband - dentist drill mix
stephan mathieu - zedernholzflammen
vertonen - despite themselves (in sunday propers for attending carnival)
reynols - elanio tiermo patribo

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tv pow
powerful friends and devoted lovers
2cd / b-boy 020

the first part of a giant collection of remixes of tracks mostly taken from tv pow's friendship patrol album, which was released on their own not for profit label in 2001. this is a double-cd set containing remixes from oren ambarchi, sutekh, otomo yoshihide, stephan mathieu, motor, thymme jones, toshimaru nakamura, jazzkammer, stilluppsteypa, freiband, reynols, tu m', leif elggren and many others. 29 remixes in total.

$16.24

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august 15th, 2008

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october 15th, 2007

threads:
modern-composition
minimalism-drones

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 019 cd

taku sugimoto “chamber music” compact disc

sonata for violin and piano (29:15) 2002/03
music for violin, cello and piano (33:00) 2003
dotted music no. 1 (3:18) 2003

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taku sugimoto
chamber music
cd / b-boy 019

taku sugimoto has been one of the most important musicians on the improv-front for some years now with releases on erstwhile, grob, a bruit secret, improvised music from japan and many other labels. redefining guitar music with his ultra minimal way of playing, the most extreme endpoint for this was the taku sugimoto guitar quartet album released earlier on bottrop-boy. on chamber music he puts the guitar aside and composes 3 pieces for violin, cello and piano. he recreates the same sustained sound as his guitar pieces, although these new works sound more composed and could be compared to modern classical composers such as feldman. only after an hour sugimoto's guitar enters the frame together with a banjo for the short closing track.

$16.24

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august 15th, 2008

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october 15th, 2007

threads:
digital-musics

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 018 cd

secular music of south yorkshire “reproduction” compact disc

almost medieval (4:33)
circus of death (3:49)
the path of least resistance (3:38)
blind youth (3:24)
the word before last (3:58)
empire state human (3:20)
morale (2:52)
you've lost that loving feeling (6:47)
austerity/girl one (medley) (6:37)
zero as a limit (4:14)

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secular musics of south yorkshire
reproduction
cd / b-boy 018

secular musics of south yorkshire is the new project name for mark fell, who is half of snd and shirt trax. reproduction is his first solo album after having only released a solo 12" as .h on hobby industries in 2000. the album is a reworking of sorts of the same-titled album from the human league from the 80s, using it as source material for not only the music but also for the complete album concept. although close in sound to the snd aesthetic secular musics of south yorkshire sounds more angular and erratic. tracks skip and jump all over the place, working themselves into an asymmetrical beat.

$16.24

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august 15th, 2008

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october 15th, 2007

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 017 cd

jazzkammer “pulse” compact disc

pulse (32:29)

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jazzkammer
pulse
cd / b-boy 017

jazzkammer are lasse marhaug and john hegre from norway. together they have been making music as jazzkammer since 1998. past releases include timex, rolex (a remix album), pancakes and a live album with merzbow. jazzkammer are relentless sound explorers with no set style or specific 'sound' - they move swiftly from hardcore overload electronics and sonic freakouts to lowercase soundscapes and location recordings. once described as 'sonic architects', marhaug and hegre insist they are merely trying to make 'good music'.

pulse was recorded in singapore during the sars-crisis in april of 2003. it was inspired by a theatre piece of the same title that they were working on at the same time, though the music on the cd does not resemble that of the play. the album pulse is a single beautiful 32-minute piece; its basic structure is a drifting electronic drone that slowly unfolds and mutates, with subtle layers of location recordings and vinyl-static adding color and depth. like pancakes, pulse has a cinematic feel to it, a feeling that is further enhanced by the photos of acclaimed photographer yuen chee wai that grace the cover and 12-page booklet.

$16.24

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august 15th, 2008

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july 18th, 2007

threads:
contemporary-classical
electro-acoustic-composition
beat-research

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 016 cd

heimir björgulfsson / jonas ohlsson “fur your bears only” compact disc

fur your bears only (9:32)
give blues some us (2:31)
grizzly elliot (1:35)
endjh onny (3:47)
my arse glitches (3:19)
disco exhibition (4:13)
hibernate (7:41)
strawberry bearclaw (5:17)

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heimir björgúlfsson & jonas ohlsson
fur your bears only
cd / b-boy 016

heimir björgúlfsson is an ex-member of the longstanding icelandic group stilluppsteypa and jonas ohlsson is a reknown visual artist, at the time of the collaboration both based in amsterdam, the netherlands. fur your bears only is their second collaboration after the unspoken word tour album in the brombron series released by staalplaat and extrapool.

fur your bears only is the most melodic and poppy music ever to have come out of björgúlfsson & ohlsson, providing 8 tracks that show how disco & house can get distorted once in the hands of these two gentlemen. from the epic opening 10-minute title track onwards this work is full of abstract dancefloor sympathies. recorded in amsterdam, xiamen, los angeles and reykjavik, fur your bears only is the best example of how good a hybrid between classic dance music and abstract experimentalism can be. with beautiful collage artwork made by the two musicians themselves.

$16.24

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august 15th, 2008

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threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
digital-musics

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 015 cd

jacob kirkegaard “01.02” compact disc

0602 köln
0202 köln
0701 bourgogne
0802 köln
1002 københavn
1201 københavn
0102 köln
0701 paris
0901 københavn

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jacob kirkegaard
01.02
cd / b-boy 015

jacob kirkegaard is a danish musician currently located in cologne, germany, who was a founding member of the group aeter which has been active for years on the european underground live circuit. they had a unique sound where abstract sound, beautiful singing and an interest in connecting music with visuals came together. kirkegaard is also a famous composer of hearplays in his native country. last year saw the first release from him outside his band with soaked, a live recording he made with turntable artist philip jeck for touch. now comes his very first solo cd called 01.02 which is an collection of his best tracks from the last two years. kirkegaard's sound is a wonderful blend of found sound, delicate melodies and quiet beats.

$16.24

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august 15th, 2008

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october 15th, 2007

threads:
guitar-themed
free-improvisation
minimalism-drones

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 014 cd

taku sugimoto guitar quartet “taku sugimoto guitar quartet” compact disc

stay iv
aria

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taku sugimoto guitar quartet
s/tcd / b-boy 014

first cd from the quartet featuring tetuzi akiyama, yoshihide otomo and toshimaru nakamura under the guidance of taku sugimoto. two long and extremely minimal acoustic/electric guitar tracks.

$16.24

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august 15th, 2008

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threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
sound-art
minimalism-drones

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 013 cd

sigtryggur berg sigmarsson “a little lost” compact disc

my treasure ship
the day microphones came to live
a small dose of space madness
dark olive-green-loking blood
the hero returned back home empty handed
der fuchs trinkt (bier und schnapps)
a very memorable day back in august of 1977
ve-e-ry pretty (with bibbi on the controls)
tribute to nico fidenco
pining for azoth (whilst gaseous)

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sigtryggur berg sigmarsson
a little lost
cd / b-boy 013

icelandic musician (now based in hannover, germany) sigtryggur berg sigmarsson has been a longtime member of the band stilluppsteypa. since some time he has been releasing solo works as well, with albums on trente oiseaux, ers and fire inc. this is his new solo album, and the best example of the variety of his musical talent. a little lost contains three lengthy tracks, one beautiful piece that gets close in spirit to ambient, one collage piece using amongst else spoken word and a third track which is maybe closest to the familiar sound of stilluppsteypa, on which he got help from irr.app.(ext.).

$16.24

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august 15th, 2008

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october 15th, 2007

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 012 cd

francisco lópez “live in 's-hertogenbosch” compact disc

live in 's-hertogenbosch

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francisco lópez
live in 's-hertogenbosch
cd / b-boy 012

world renowned composer francisco lópez has by now an extensive discography and is seen regularly performing his music live around the globe. yet only a very small portion of his extensive discography reflects his activities on stage. therefore we are proud to release this excellent recording of a francisco lópez concert from 1999, taped in 's-hertogenbosch, the netherlands. in a dark room, lópez sat behind the mixing board and mixed his various sound sources blindfolded, whilst his audience was also blindfolded. unlike his many 'silent' (or more accurately) studio cd's, lópez here builds the sound from extreme silence to extreme loudness. the cd comes with a black blindfold which is recommended for use during playback of the cd at home.

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august 15th, 2008

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october 15th, 2007

threads:
guitar-themed
modern-psych
electro-acoustic-composition

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 011 cd

freiband “homeward” compact disc

a67->a11 (2:00)
melody (2:12)
o19 (1:06)
h80 (2:10)
swing (2:20)
klok (3:17)
gs9 (2:07)
kwak (2:21)
westland (1:59)
galg (2:05)
rbos (2:46)
els (1:04)
dio (3:15)
f40 (1:04)
rebop (10:56)

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freiband
homeward
cd / b-boy 011

second album from frans de waard (goem, shifts, kapotte muziek, beequeen) under the freiband name after the microbes album on ritornell. this one is more poppy and less dark, 15 songs full of melody, experiment and inspiration.

$16.24

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august 15th, 2008

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july 18th, 2007

threads:
digital-musics
sound-art
electro-acoustic-composition

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 009 cd

stilluppsteypa “the immediate past is of no interest to us - 10 years of continuous pointless activities” compact disc

this stuff makes me hot!
hello
mr. robot man
i saw wood you say so
it's not pointless!
we crawled out of the mostlywood works (ten years ago)
a brother is family
taking things a bit more serious from now on (ten years after)
the robot acted as it did because of what it is
something very bad (most likely a pool of urine)
robots do queer things under tension
we sure could do with some extra help
let's use this as it is for the album

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stilluppsteypa
the immediate past is of no interest to us…
cd / b-boy 009

the 10 year anniversary full-length cd from the trio stilluppsteypa with all new music, the last album recorded with heimir bjorgulfsson who has left the group. the most melodic and rhythmic stilluppsteypa ever! contains a 20-page booklet with texts on the history of the band by people such as andrew mckenzie, jim haynes and frans de waard.

$11.41

back in stock as of
august 15th, 2008

first in stock on
january 6th, 2003

threads:
digital-musics
electro-acoustic-composition

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 007 ep

stephan mathieu “[...] version” seven inch single record

[...] version side one
[...] version side two

entirely beautiful, minimal vague-process piano music from mr. mathieu, echoing a grainier/more present version of basinki’s melancholic piano tape-loop studies (albeit, using different tools). like a feldman piece gone awry in a maze of faulty ram chips, divine...

baby blue vinyl 7” record with maroon labels and a tweetastic lo-bit boidy cover ...

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original piano music by akira rabelais ...

previous record label:
bor land

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