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previous record label: chloë recordings		there are 68 titles on chocolate monk in stock. they are listed below.		next record label: chondritic sound

$8.82

new to stock as of
december 16th, 2010

threads:
free-improvisation
electro-acoustic-improvisation

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.218 cd

slither “lost behind” compact disc-recordable

lost behind (37:18)

august 2010 release ; always love a good rabble-rouse from “sick” heath moerland & chris “cotton museum” pottinger ... here their temple-bell infused sniff & scratch reaches biblical proportions ...

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slither - lost behind cdr
choc.218

more illshapen and deranged brain snuff from michigans brothers grime. you need that black fissure in the back off your head mended, right? then start plastering.

slither slathers strictly slack layers of hiss and too-trill reeds in single-take lakeside station session. sick heath and cotton chris trade echoed coin-flips along a horizon whose dark moon refuses to set, in a shitbrick piss-black back alleyway leading everywhere. morepott loping loops elope with lingering lizard lines -- behold, the bundle of baby beats buried beneath boss-basted and beaten basf blur! "an edgy blend of heart-stopping terror, wry humor and surprising humanity" -- thar thou thready thor thissssssss ??

- c spencer yeh

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threads:
sound-poetry
guitar-themed
playback-music
sound-art
experimental-instruments
electro-acoustic-composition
1980s-electronic

best of 2010 !!!

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.217 cd

fritz dietl “webcor” compact disc-recordable

tape (3:00)
baoding tape (8:45)
complete tape (13:45)

august 2010 release ; i’m not going to lie to you ... i didn’t have anything to do with this disc, musically ...

i didn’t record it in westwood, nj in 1988 (although i did frequent mr. dietl’s famed ice-skating rink a few years prior, where more often than not i was feigning an ankle injury in the warm environs of the staging area, wiping out round after round of bubbles on the “scrubber” machine) ... nor did i, after hearing anton bruhin’s “inout” in 1998 procure a webcor tape machine & begin recording hours upon days of pause-button sound-poetry, guitar zonk, accordion jams, farfisa blurt, and cymbal-bash etudes, making copious use of the unit’s speed controls and quick-response transport to come up with basically an “answer” to bruhin (ok, a rip-off, i’ll admit it ... even though i staunchly deny it) ...

one thing’s for sure :: i most certainly didn’t perfectly balance a baoding ball on the unit, perfectly nestled amidst the rollers and reels, where it was set in motion by the tape itself, then disabled the erase head & recorded the results with the supplied microphone onto the tape itself, sound-on-sound style ... and when that was done, i absolutely did not overdub the baoding & bruhin tapes on top of each other, then play & record them with the baoding spinning ...

comes in a black & white slip-sleeve with collages that geoff mullen did not do ... not recommended !!!

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fritz dietl - webcor cdr
choc.217

some weirdo magnetic tape dupster find, reassembled by keith fullerton whitman into a acidfied bruhin-esque beastly smell.

none of this gibberish, which seems to have been made mainly with half-depressed pause, fast-forward and rewind buttons (and maybe a half-depressed albanian cobbler), have any titles, so let me suggest a few: "butt.er.fl.eyes," "camel nad spit," "looka mi puddy (version)," "borg 9," "sitting on the harpsichord watching all the frogs go by," "the crepitation contest (pts 7-10)," "paddling the dinosaur," "stiffened argyle dangler," "rooster in a juicer," and "syd barrett's series of unfortunate furniture collapses." all kidding aside, i don't have the slightest idea what kind of sustained panic attack might have caused this record. maybe it was an overdose of mint snuff and a pickled egg enema in tinkly-winkly land that leaked out this gooey crust. your goose is as good as mine.

- ian nagoski

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threads:
sound-poetry
free-improvisation

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.216 cd

ali robertson / ludd quest “food fae other towns” compact disc-recordable

spray paint the walls
nibbles
gannet
depression

august 2010 release ; rad sound-poetry from usurper’s ali robertson, dealing in a cagean removed syllabi / resse williams “sonance project” kinda mode ...

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ali robertson's ludd quest - food fae other towns cdr
choc.216

the deaf one from usurper steps out and is more mysterious than the photic sneeze. garbled minimalism might not be your bag, but how about listening to a wino using chopsticks to try and pick up scuttling insects? or an overworked sous chef having a mental breakdown in the kitchen and living out his john bonham fantasy with whatever comes to hand? or maybe you get the horn at the sound of some deluded needle dick boring through the layers of an elephant skull in the mistaken belief that inside there is a sickly beverage that promises mega girth? not enough? well shit almighty, you even get two black flag 'covers'. i will let old cloth ears himself explain...

the script wi the flag hings was that i wanted to disable the words in the same way usurper disables instruments. take summat away to make 'em work in new ways. i double tracked my voice: one speaking only vowels, t'other just consonants and let 'em crash together to make new sounds/unwords. get me?

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threads:
free-jazz
free-improvisation
electro-acoustic-improvisation
modern-psych
lo-fi

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.215 cd

bolide / npv octet “split” compact disc-recordable

bolide - mouth end of the animal
npv octet - improv 1
npv octet - improv 2
npv octet - improv 3

august 2010 release ; a set each from uk outfit bolide & rochester, ny big-band npv octet ...

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bolide & npv octet - split cdr
choc.215

scumfried jazz slop from upstate new york meets charred freak sound murk from the uk. bolide dish out a subtle bowl fried gimprovised jam, far from a face melter, this is a slow, humid, hypnotic affair, tangled and druggy. while the rochester octet wheeze out three syrupy big band confusers with plenty of squawk and honk supplemented with electronic sputter and distorted bass wang, not to mention some smoked out odes. large mouths, larger meals and more unmusic for your wedge.

npv are totally and completely unselfconsciously strange & removed from their surroundings both sonically & mentally. their sounds speak of bizarre & alien places your ears don't usually go.

- john schoen, pengo

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new to stock as of
december 16th, 2010

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
guitar-themed
modern-psych
lo-fi

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.214 cd

real speed artist “can your guinea do the dog?” compact disc-recordable

untitled <(1) (1:24)
untitled <(2) (3:52)
untitled <(3) (3:39)
untitled <(4) (4:15)
untitled <(5) (3:31)
untitled <(6) (2:16)
untitled <(7) (3:35)
untitled <(8) (4:08)
untitled <(9) (3:07)

august 2010 release ; early, puerile, teenage drum / guitar grappling from fritz welch & john seden, working a quite righteous blend of late-night, bong-smoke juices that’s capably lined with indutrial skrag ...

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real speed artist - can your guinea do the dog? cdr
choc.214

archival muck documenting fritz welch and john seden trying to extend the secretions.

i met john seden at art school in chicago in '87. we bonded instantly on weird art, the residents, shockabilly and herschell gordon lewis films. we hung out briefly until i dropped out and moved back to texas. soon after, i moved to nyc and he formed repulse kava. we hung out whenever possible and collaborated on fucked-up videos, collages and music whenever we got together. 'can your guinea do the dog?' was recorded in john's dank and mystical basement in 1995. as always we just plugged in whatever was to hand and folded reality a few times. but on this occasion it included a recording of my girlfriend's deceased guinea pig and john's dog got involved for zoomorphic balance. i listened to a cassette of this jam for years until i realized that it had the strong smelling odor of a chocolate monk release cuz it was a meeting of the minds, as well as the pelvis - the guinea was priscilla, and the dog was elvis!”

- fritz welch, 2010

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new to stock as of
december 16th, 2010

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
free-improvisation
lo-fi
playback-music

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.211 cd

dog lady “take heart, the night is over” compact disc-recordable

take heart, the night is over
the harlequin girl finishes spinning her clumsy bicycle circles
abandonment
the believer
apathy

august 2010 release ; killer blast of violin scrape and electronic / taped “ghost” wheeze from mike collino, heard here peaking after something of a banner year (i.e. after tapes for rampart, excite bike, hermitage, nurse ettiquette, durable stimuli, 905, etc) ...

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dog lady - take heart, the night is over cdr
choc.211

my good friend ian murphy once told me that if i wanted to rid myself of the terrible headache brought on by 'glo-fi beach boy bellends' i needed to ingest more 'necro-acoustics', and at the time i am ashamed to say i just wrote it off as more wine fueled guilford jaw grind, but low and behold, after spinning the new dog lady smut for two days straight, if i aint fucking cured of them fucking new age blues, yessir!! this disk travels some, his violin playing goes from desolate and unsettling too rabid and vacillating. all beefed out with bouts of grotified tape and electronic wheeze and pulse. all in all dog lady conjure up the kind of shit that reminds us our ancestors were just a bunch of hungry, sponge larvae, so swing that from your family tree, headscratcher.

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new to stock as of
december 16th, 2010

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
lo-fi
modern-psych

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.209 cd

vom grill “de vlag hangt halfstok” compact disc-recordable

we are yours (4:40)
ochtendmuil (1:42)
prepare in complimentaire kleuren (14:50)

march 2010 release ; fairly gnarled blurst of multi-track sound agglomeration from dennis tyfus, way more focused and ... dareisay ... “musical” than the ultra eczema lp that bears his name ...

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vom grill - de vlag hangt halfstok cdr
choc.209

some sonic events do not qualify as “music” no matter how hard you shake them. that’s my feeling, anyway, and if it’s not yrs then i suggest that it will be once you’ve been subjected to the sound of this new release by vom grill.

the name itself is a trick, since the sounds are generated solely by the evil belgian, dennissssss tyfusssssss. but naturally no one would even consider buying this things it it had dennissssss’ name prominently attached, so they invented a fucking soubriquet for him – vom grill. what the fuck is that supposed to be? the name of richard meltzer’s new coffeeshop? yeah, well – not hardly.

this particular vom grill abortion is a three track plunge into all that is annoying about belgian food. the first course is like a melange of simpering, whining children, smeared with mayonnaise, croaking that they only want a peanut. it goes on for less than five minutes, but it feels like a week. the second track is tyfusssss’ ignorant attempt to “just take a break, people.” he tries to calm the kids down by playing xylophone notes on his own rib cage, but he’s too fucking fat to pull it off, so he whistles mock-xylo notes while the kids fiddle around with some sort of pudding make from bread crumbs and gristle. great. the final track is the sound of vom being submerged in a vat of belgian ale, bobbing to the surface with all his little electric thistles spinning while he burps for help. like he really fucking wants it.

in my day if someone was heard uttering this sort of nonsense we’d shove a little broom up his and/or her ass and make him and/or her wear a rubber glove on his and/or her head. what does nyoukis do? he actually releases the shit. these laddies richly deserve each others’ company. what the fuck did we do to rate similarly shoddy treatment?

waiter? my check.

- byron coley

$8.82

new to stock as of
december 16th, 2010

threads:
harsh-noise
lo-fi
electro-acoustic-composition

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.208 cd

charlie draheim “legal crotch ambient” compact disc-recordable

untitled (1) (6:00)
untitled (2) (0:10)
untitled (3) (2:45)
untitled (4) (6:20)
untitled (5) (2:35)
untitled (6) (8:10)
untitled (7) (8:53)

march 2010 release ; subtle, gestural harsh noise blare from michigan’s charlie d ...

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charlie draheim - legal crotch ambient cdr
choc.208

drahiem: monster of the midwest:

things ive seen charlie do live:

+play in a dress and record 90 sec loops over and over of vomiting due to a weekend diet of pretzel sticks dipped in premium gasoline (when it was stupid expensive, like you know, three years ago)

+take on a whole fleet of michigan militia dudes at a small bar in gaylord michigan for thinking his manifesto was some pro-government tome

+give blood only to have it returned a month later due to "pure red-cell inactivity"

+throw a half full bottle of after the hunt high life at a cop only to realize he owed said cop a master tape going on three years now

so here is a chocolate monk drahiem experience? as i write this in a dreary albany comfort inn at dusk and hear these horrible sounds = i dont wanna move or open the blinds (mainly cause me & the princess are comatose from parent paid el-massive late lunch at the cheesecake factory) cause the soundtrick from this cd makes me think if i open the door to room 216 upper floor we will be launched into a world full of terrible static insects buzzing around scraping wings on salt-dried frozen concrete waiting to lure every ear into a pool of electro-muge. no way hose'. we gotta pool date with tovah 's sister and her husband to be in an hour and no way if some cd sound is funna gonna stop that swim double date. so until that time comes, we are locked in room 216, waiting. but its like charlie d is here with us, the determined master fried-mind of electronic frustration, putting his camo boots on to the march of slimes on his own time. he is to michigan what clifford brown was to max roach = i guess!

this here cd by cd on cm willr.ock r.ipp and r.oll y.r w.orld, who else can be labelmates with the almighty piss in my face with surgery? slam this silver-recorded-silver bottom recordable cd into yr monster truck, roll over to corner brewery, dour and drahiem will be there sitting in the corner, most likely in silence, but a massive weirdo sound abstraction party awaits, soon.

- john olson

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new to stock as of
december 16th, 2010

threads:
analogue-synth
modern-psych
lo-fi

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.205 cd

nuslux “omnibum” compact disc-recordable

untitled (1) (3:21)
untitled (2) (2:08)
untitled (3) (9:50)
untitled (4) (5:25)
untitled (5) (5:42)

march 2010 release ; quite lovely paleozoic flanger-shred borne from “modified synth and oscillator” grappling(s) from avarus / maniacs dream / pylon member roope eronen ...

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nuslux - omnibum cdr
choc.205

sentient music from finland that both chocmo and ups can agree on? global warming wasn't a lie! avarus / kemialliset ystävät / maniac's dream contributor nuslux wavers between sonic pools of flexion and abduction, like an earhand. the evolutionary gesture towards plucking the forbidden fruit is motivated by those two forces. in real life we simulate this when events move independently of others and yet the overall effect is muscular and blended, like the way one curate's their lover's skin, imbued only with the finer moments. beyond the focal point is digression or a daze. selected memory.

ancestrally speaking, nuslux belongs to the schnitzler / plank / hnas omnitonal synth orbit in that his format explores a sort of loony bin haunt; for the love of clown cars against backlit phosphorescent adagio and coarse wool dips. cloistered gobs. lonnnnng, rubbery puer aeternus for contemporary krautnoyze homes and gardens. but there is something in this music that begs to know what exactly is going on behind that ancient vedic curtain; the place where we hide all of our mythologies and purple inks.

warning: for solipsists and self medicators only!

- daniel lopatin

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new to stock as of
december 16th, 2010

threads:
modern-psych
analogue-synth
lo-fi
sound-poetry
beat-research
electro-acoustic-composition

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.204 cd

hospice janitor hours “taxidermy videos and modern step stools” compact disc-recordable

taxidermy videos and modern step-stools (18:14)
cantilever hashbrown and the eclipsing cup of joe (12:50)
golden flower (8:16)

march 2010 release ; super-inspirted phenolic skrag from scumbag tapes’ eric fry, kinda covering all the bases (stuck-larynx sound poetry, video gamey pulse-out, electro jamz, whisper foul ... often in the same track !!! i.e. the sound-sample for instance) ...

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hospice janitor hours - taxidermy videos and modern step stools cdr
choc.204

noise cutups by nameless & mute scumbag tapes guy, who year after year turns up people, references & objects that no one's ever heard of and then leaves them around the postal system like wreckage. i picture a mincing little oily-haired troll whose fingernails are way too long. he scuttles & picks over the wetlands of minneapolis. old tin cans are turned over to reveal forgotten tv & movie samples, which he speeds up, slows down & embalms with bedroom electronics & guitar skritch. fractured farts, chickens getting strangled, his own pussface and ingrown toes. guy doesn't make any typical moves, which is great, but the down side is that this will give you his pimples if you touch it.

- angela sawyer

$8.82

new to stock as of
december 16th, 2010

threads:
modern-psych
lo-fi
guitar-themed

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.201 cd

ufo antler band “cauldron b.c.” compact disc-recordable

ancient astronauts (2:52)
tilted forest (2:01)
monks of saturn (1:25)
electric society (1:34)
angle sea (1:27)
no man shall fly (2:33)
danish bog man (2:30)
gardens of the moon (3:30)
no mal shall fly pt2 (4:07)
witchcraft and antler (3:26)
stone man (2:08)
hag powers (2:32)
flu ship (4:34)
cauldron b.c (7:04)

august 2009 release ; nice, gauzy, zero-fi schwag-gaze from these former gas shepherds ...

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ufo antler band - cauldron b.c. cdr
choc.201

the gas shepherds are dead, found throttled in some midlands bog, an emacipated mess. but weep not, be brave, for from the ashes comes the suitably psych-damaged ufo antler band. in the red keyboards and vocal murk that reminds me of early a-band sputter are led a stumbling by the tremelo shiver of a cavemans hand unveiling the gauzy guitar sound of that 'up all night revelation' feeling. all, eh, 'produced' with more hiss than a bag of snakes. i can almost hear de waards’ wiseman contempt. but we don't need none of that shit round this hole in the ground, right?

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december 16th, 2010

threads:
modern-psych
lo-fi

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.199 cd

ocelocelot “spandex booze hound” compact disc-recordable

choirs of heavenly bums (5:45)
polishing the pyramids (3:25)
tattooed on the inside (7:30)
fluoreszence needlenoise (2:10)
three minutes awkward silence (to be followed by three minutes of nervous laughter) (3:07)
the electric gau jal acid test (6:42)
rammi hendroid (2:07)
quiche lorraine a la vegan (10:01)

august 2009 release ; ultra-destroyed lo-fi tribal thund from this ashtray navigations member ...

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ocelocelot - spandex booze hound cdr
choc.199

following cdrs and cassettes for smokers gifts and kovorox sound, and a track on an idwal fisher comp, melanie delaney gulps down some fermented plantain extract, squares her shoulders, embarks on another temporary exile from ashtray navigations, and takes her rightful place atop the chocolate monk bully pulpit.

the musical spastasms of her solo project ocelocelot goink in tandem with jovial bowel syndrome, that midlands medical condish afflicting those with diets high in pig’s milk and sausage muke. ring modulator abounds on the cd, attaching itself to every decibel like a louisiana eyeworm, leaving pockmarks across landscapes defined by cornball menses tutorials and cloudy waters from the snout of the matriarch. delaney charms plasmagnetics and electrosputum with the deftness of the janitorial custodians of jajouka. as ocelocelot splays her space nuptials across a skyline smeared with mushy peas, and junked vespas limp across the tarmac at dragonfly refueling stations, orphans gaze away from the mysterious metal chambers it is their duty to scrub with steel wool. gawk, urchins.

- s.glass

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new to stock as of
december 16th, 2010

threads:
modern-psych
minimalism-drones
lo-fi

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.198 cd

the hunter grachhus “the bolsheviks shat in my brain” compact disc-recordable

untitled (1) (7:51)
untitled (2) (12:06)
untitled (3) (10:45)

august 2009 release ; finely ground thespian fibble from “fiona / jon / kamran”, eclipsing even their epic 2008 chironex lp ...

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the hunter grachhus - the bolsheviks shat in my brain cdr
choc.198

new hydroponic sketches of freakdom from sheffield that should satisfy those of you with that roaring appetite for freedumb jams and methnic drone-outs. i hear delerious barkings of glue factory workers, the hanging heaviness of the local nut houses 'drum and squal' therapy sessions, pockmarked harmonium hymns to harry pussy, and whole bunch of giblets that i can't quite put my fingers in, but it sure does make one of my eyes twitch, so i say let the sweltering fog descend, we don't need no torch.

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december 16th, 2010

threads:
modern-composition
minimalism-drones
lo-fi

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.197 cd

zack kouns “the holometabolous larval process as metaphor for man's destiny” compact disc-recordable

egg / birth (10:49)
larva / life (9:20)
pupa / death (10:52)
adult / eternity (9:17)

august 2009 release ; ... the bit of this i blasted (can’t get to through all folks, sorry) came out like a demon-banshee wail of echoplex’d sax scream that was just right ...

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zack kouns - the holometabolous larval process as metaphor for man's destiny cdr
choc.197

kouns is a delerious spirit, from pig iron country, oh, usa. he grabbed my lapels once, wild-eyed. all wine reek and holy smoke, just started yelling at me “i got something for you, brotherman, its a 40 minute modern liturgical, transcendental death jazz composition.” uh-huh.. “it compares the insects process too mankinds development, dig?.” ummm.. “i think a wiry cat like you might just beable to handle the juices.” o..k... he proceeded to press a master tape into my trembling mit. and so here it is, one mans vision.

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new to stock as of
december 16th, 2010

threads:
analogue-synth
minimalism-drones
lo-fi
modern-psych

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.195 cd

untitled “choc.195” compact disc-recordable

untitled (1) (3:18)
untitled (2) (1:22)
untitled (3) (3:02)
untitled (4) (2:51)
untitled (5) (3:19)
untitled (6) (2:29)
untitled (7) (1:05)
untitled (8) (1:39)
untitled (9) (2:01)
untitled (10) (1:02)
untitled (11) (2:03)
untitled (12) (3:59)

august 2009 release ; ... a stray tree branch, dipped in wet hay, then consumed ... purportedly by either beniffer’s jacob horwood or bennifer’s andrew zukerman ... cool like lot hava ...

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untitled - choc.195 cdr
choc.195

this is artist formerly known as charles/charred balls. as you would expect from a gastric female reflex refugee, this thing is all over the place -subdued tape collage, opiate flavoured 'songs', the amazing stuttering hands of a sauced up organist, it's all here bubbling along in one big baffling stew. hell, it could easily be some grubby outtakes from a puzzle punks session. actually it reminds me of something charlie ward (stomach ache ceo) would have once slurped on, now wheres my spoon?

$8.82

new to stock as of
december 16th, 2010

threads:
free-improvisation
minimalism-drones
concert-recordings
anti-music

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.194 cd

usurper / sticky foster “usurper sticky foster” compact disc-recordable

ithaca (9:56)
edinburgh / bogota (2:57)
bogota / edinburgh (7:57)
brooklyn (11:23)

august 2009 release ; squawk, chalk, and warble from the esteemed edinburgh duo of ali robertson & malcy duff, a&a’ed by a-band-er sticky foster ...

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usurper and sticky foster - usurper sticky foster cdr
choc.194

some of the more schooled of you may remember sticky from many years back when bananafish asked “hey, phone billists, is sticky a wanker?”, i knew the answer, even before i caught sight of his boufant and the tight salmon coloured strides. now the one time a-band member and former leith walk man about town spends his time chasing tail in columbia under the thinly veiled disguise of 'english teacher'. here mr pink breeks teams up with auld reekie chumps usurper for a mildly greasy stroll into the world of dwarfed out improv, you know the kind of miniscule clunk and clatter that keeps greg kelley up at night. two live sets (ithaca & brooklyn) from their usa tour and two bogata/edinburgh postal face offs.

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new to stock as of
december 16th, 2010

threads:
playback-music
analogue-synth
lo-fi

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.193 cd

aaron dilloway “door with no handle” compact disc-recordable

untitled (1) (8:52)
untitled (2) (2:26)
untitled (3) (2:45)
untitled (4) (4:23)
untitled (5) (2:03)
untitled (6) (5:00)

august 2009 release ; wounded tape garble & zombie flare-out synth gestures from aaron dilloway ...

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aaron dilloway - door with no handle cdr
choc.193

a major oxide wobbble as the michigan master of magnetic tape hiss finally delivers some dementia for the monk. all the tangled up tape loop mess you know and love, with plenty of slow-motion sludge, aquatic gurgles and sleep inducing rust to get your mind drenched. junked sounds of the 8 track come crawling out of the speakers alongside vocal chew. a spirited take on a demented dusk. file under catatonic dumpster music, and keep it beside your private stash.

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december 16th, 2010

first in stock on
march 20th, 2009

threads:
modern-psych
minimalism-drones

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.189 cd

manpack variant “put it in” compact disc-recordable

pig for a poke
he accepts me
the king is gone
queen of the north
broth tank
father & child with tank
couple dancing à la nage

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manpack variant - put it in cdr
choc.189

i know you kids are down with the importance of cleansing ones pallet, so at this time of year when your head is recovering from all the festivus festering i'd like to point you in the direction of the all new release from manpack variant, the drunken toddler child of one jaime fennely (peesseye, pee in my face with surgery, phantom limb & bison) and some slackjaw called chris peck. a true dip into the slimey-yet-wonderous tank of "man, i'd love to see the movie that was meant to be the soundtrack for." enginered by audio wizard and sun city 'resident' scott colburn. now take your instruments and your chorus and stick them where the light don't bite, baby.

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sound-poetry
free-improvisation

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.186 cd

c spencer yeh “the strangler” compact disc-recordable

escape artist
comedy fx
the stranger

... another zombie carcass chalker from spencer ; who even knows how he conjures up this stuff, but i’m personally always glad to be able to sit back in my barca & swim around in the dim radiations of string fumble & zonked tracheal atrophy ...

my theory is that ; as the rest of us get older, spencer’s reverting from modern-day man to womblife (or even some “altered states” type animal regression) in weekly intervals, hence the continual spew of output (one album = one “life” as it were - thusfar my submissions to the leonardo on the matter have gone un-addressed) ...

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c spencer yeh - the strangler cdr
choc.186

spencer is one wanted cowboy, so he makes more records than most have nosehairs. and many are droney records, which as all record nerds secretly know, are about as tough to lay hands on as your own boogers. but whenever he slides off into the uncharted desert like this, it's worth extra attention. carefully sculpted audio ping pong games are played with scatological rasberry sounds. toilets flush, wind whistles, straw bubbles spew, donald duck talks to you on a fritzed cb radio, and bits of a strangled laugh track flop like dead fish. go further into the dunes, and skeletal, all-thumbs acoustic guitar licks start to be circled by esophageal vultures who attack the spiney dead. yessir, let's get lost.

- angela sawyer

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lo-fi

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.184 cd

gryn brvs “transport to theta” compact disc-recordable

transport to theta (18:26)
live @ zuma (13:47)
d.o.j. (3:42)

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gryn brvs - transport to theta cdr
choc.184

its not that the 1st track just sounds like cavemen summoning spaceships from the sky, the gryn brvs (pronounced groyne brothers) actually were trying to do just that. recorded round a campfire on a hill in ireland one night, the duo sweated out minimal chops, absolute 'less is more' jams of strumming and catatonic tinkling, sauced up with electronic drones. we also get a live basement jam and sweet closer that whiffs of atlantis. now put your arms up, and your brow down.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.183 cd

datashock “acidulle” compact disc-recordable

frühling im mumintal (2:59)
orangina rouge & vodka (5:24)
hui bui fährt geisterkarussel (6:51)
kraki wandert aus (11:34)

... further float-on tactics from this “german freedom band” ...

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datashock - acidulle cdr
choc.183

more deep hippy listening with the german freedom band. contains 2 psych jams from the vol iv session, a trio track from 2007 and an old folk intro from 2006. trundels along the immense stumbling road of fine german drug music and makes you believe that some ufos might be made of wood and mud. edition of 100, so its time to put down that pipe my friend, and listen to the little man inside your skull "go get it, numbnuts."

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analogue-synth

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.182 cd

family battle snake “optimistic suburbia” compact disc-recordable

untitled (1) (16:36)untitled (2) (23:10)

... why bathe in water when you can lie in a pool of bill kouligas’ analogue synth radiations ???

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family battle snake - optimistic suburbia cdr
choc.182

one of bill kouligas' most shimmering ear jolts.. using just reel-to-reel tape loops and analog synths the little greek takes a laid back brain soak in an attempt to reveal evolution in colour listening. like some wacked out new age self help guru this disk exhales confusion bliss and sends the electronic message swimming into view. would make a nice tripped out sandwich with wizards and infinity window, if thats the kind of lunch you like packing.

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plunder-phonic
electro-acoustic-composition

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.181 cd

gastric female reflex “camping in 19th c. burgundy” compact disc-recordable

a night to remember
tent ball
catalonian flying circumcision
an analogue of toe jam in quartz
earth fart rememberance week
brown tail idea
gastric hair trigger no touchie
band of gringos
impression of a formula one bison
casualty of groing jump wyoming
poor lighting observatory
proposed anthem for next nra rager

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gastric female reflex - camping in 19th c. burgundy cdr
choc.181

canadas tweddledum and tweedledum of ear detritus return with with another fine collection of a.d.d. inspired tape manipulations, electronics, found sounds and cut-up swill. these goofs reek tension and congestion in their burned taudry headgear. really crooked stuff that flows better than a wino playing a sax solo.

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lo-fi
electro-acoustic-composition

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.180 cd

lexie mountain “stone shit unicorn” compact disc-recordable

dialogue
what's that?
yes thank you
ooze
apelsin
behind us
fishtown jam
not ok
the caller
hum + bad girls
so easy
ode to kisses
dialogue #2

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lexie mountain - stone shit unicorn cdr
choc.180

the mighty ms mountain, baltimores queen of tape hiss and swagger squats down and lays another fine egg of head scratch. lowbrow tape collage of all her chops, from backyard jam band to psychic accapella damage to ear/soul laceration and further still. all executed in her own street-level avant thug style. like the sacred mushroom this will take you beyond mangled.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.179 cd

maths balance volumes “swamp of inferior lotions” compact disc-recordable

back to the future blues
echo canyon
scary call
waterhole
silver haze
natalie
the struggler
gwyndeline
lick boot
inside the red chapel
two guidos
chop chop
silver
creeper
do you live here
swamp of confusion

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maths balance volumes - swamp of inferior lotions cdr
choc.179

snowed in for more than a month, the mysterious mankato crew took it upon their boney shoulders to create some new 'ditch music'. back at their smoked out shrine they spun out dense sanctuary vibes. huffing lik pagans on gas they doled out cough syrup against stagger guitar styles, turntable/cassette crunk, violin and electronic lament flutter and thats just the first 10 minutes of this 70+ minute heathen trek.

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modern-psych

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.178 cd

lemon bear “los trks de mi alma” compact disc-recordable

konds drugs
radio romantic ... 4 eva
wake up
farewell tio soon
sad sad sad
ivan orange
fiest.era rombier, i chan megra

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lemon bear - los trks de mi alma cdr
choc.178

you ever needed the lowdown on the classical/jazz guy who took the 'wrong' turn? then lemon bear be your man (is he a man or a group?? i am stumbling). nurtured on the teat of 'proper' jazz, y'know -like real music, this goon somehow found himself hanging with the starving weirdos, playing with jackie o and more importantly holding hands with inca ore. so yes his mind is bent, left coast style, and this collection of group pieces just shake the brain bake. featuring lil' davy, ivan naranjo, leonel, josue martinez, inca ore, bob jones, jordan dykstra and jail flanagan this disk reeks skywards, and in my wine hazed third eye i can sniff the sweet leaf of rev. dwight frizzell and the ubu outness of many a 'enlightened' alga margen euro drone cloud huffer. you got a problem with the name kid? well how about we rechristen him/they enabler om? this is a true feral one.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.176 cd

second family / anla courtis “gangun guru” compact disc-recordable

sun trader
forward sorcery
nehandas song

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second family meets anla courtis - gangun guru cdr
choc.176

ascending from the stink haze of zodiac mountain, the davenport family, jesus balls and a ton of other drooled out wisconsin jam bands comes the second family, a troupe focused on growing green, green roots in your hear holes. this has got a sweet fidelity too which means you can let the leaf in yr lug grow big. the clan are joined here by the wise blood of buenos aries mountain man anla courtis, adding some zoink guitar gristle and subtle wyrd magic. for them kids who get misty for the early ww & the vv daze.

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modern-psych
minimalism-drones

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.175 cd

pengo “fragrant wounds” double compact disc-recordable set

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pengo - fragrant wounds 2 x cdr
choc.175

epic double disk weird-out by americas most overlooked masters of all things freak. all the juicy bits from their 2007 jams, finkbeiner picks his favourite cuts on one disk, while schoen opts for his on the other. its all here, the under water drone outs, the avant-garage thudders, the 'this cave aint big enough for all 4 of us' face-offs. everything you enlightened trolls have to came to expect from the 'worlds most psychedelic band'.

ink stamped disks, in ink stamped, wax sealed envelope, with heavy recycled card insert. edition of 100, so quit nodding, bozo.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.172 cd

f.ampism “a ceremonial swirly” compact disc-recordable

worshippers of the american mole
plough
the soothsayer cover-up

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f.ampism - a ceremonial swirly cdr
choc.172

fine stoned loner bedroom constructions from this old grizzly. a well baked amalgam of tapes, electronics, vocals, clarinet and a bunch of other shit i can't pin down. shove on your headphones and let the ear syrup begin.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.171 cd

bolide awkwardstra “the authority of omar” compact disc-recordable

murderous living snake of metal (1:23)
no size in league with the amish (5:18)
is it a medical orderly? (6:42)
stumpy pawed jester (2:18)
acker - or (4:48)
local park bam strangle blues (5:11)
this is kneelcore (2:20)
purlieus intrusion (5:55)

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bolide awkwardstra - the authority of omar cdr
choc.171

gonzo free music and guerilla jazz from this drug and ale gorged brighton sextet. a lot of reeds, tapes, percussion, vocal hollerin and the likes all captured in mysterious crud-fidelity. come and enjoy this unseasoned brew.

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harsh-noise

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.170 cd

ryan jewell “autodidact starfruit motherfucker” compact disc-recordable

(14:26)
(21:27)

excellent harsh solo percussion blast from this columbus, oh improviser ...

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ryan jewell - autodidact starfruit motherfucker cdr
choc.170

ohios percussion/improv whippersnapper deals you a hand of potent one man gruel. two tracks: a real heavy scraper with snare, floor tom, cymbal and contact mic. plus a white light excursion on a wheel. no overdubs, just mind rubs.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.168 cd

pod blotz “radar and nest” compact disc-recordable

tape collision 1
tape collision 2
tape collision 3
hollow sonic pool
two between (made for colour out of space fest 2007)
certain walls have drips that look alive
owl brains

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pod blotz - radar and nest cdr
choc.168

oh yeah, this one is a cooker!! latest strange brain broadcast from ms suzy poling. reel to reel tape collisons, organ & static make outs, wheezing electronics. all the atmospheric trippy slime & froth you have come to expect from this queeny. shot the freak.

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analogue-synth

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.167 cd

hollow bush “null-a pt.1” compact disc-recordable

null-a pt. 1 (23:54)

... nice one ; rodger stella & bryan martin here channeling the alternate score to “the day the earth stood still” that never got recorded ...

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hollow bush - null-a pt.1 cdr
choc.167

alabama no-fi/sci-fi noise from rodger stella and bryan martin. stella with renowned narcotic lurch straight out of rod heydrichs' pipe, while martin trys to keep it together. this is pulp style beserk sounds in homage to a.e.van vogt

the storyteller pisses 4-d bolides into central time zone shitskull through cracked brains pickled by the flapping wall which ultimately effects the carbunkle feast.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.166 cd

uboat “condor song” compact disc-recordable

one woman sobbing
dagger thrown into wood
arrows fired into wood

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uboat - condor song cdr
choc.166

all out goof/guru vocal & drum guff from ben knight (towering breaker) and pascal nicols (stuckometer). tired of attempting to ignite yr third eye? then why not open yr second anus, and fill your empty head with this exotic homebaked doughnut. and please, resist the temptation to run.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.165 cd

sand rattle kins “13 steps from kava conch” compact disc-recordable

a wild oxen
cattle call
rust horn
bweebweebwoy
drowned out
chroma dramatic droppings
darkened whistle
dust ritual
flatstep wasp shell
lightfield
salt white reels
white wizard
wind charmer
wives that bear thy fruits
mentstruating house of fur
sky toad

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sand rattle kins - 13 steps from kava conch cdr
choc.165

this is a glorious weirdy. when i sniffed these baltimore dweebs out first time they were going by the name mongol wives, but somewhere down the track they decided enough of the exotic brides tag and one of them oozed out the name sand rattle kins, so here we are... i don't know if there is a little finland located in crabtown, but i doubt it. thing is this great little batch of audio whoopee sounds like tomutonttu edited together by some cracked out kid with add,, and thats not a bad thing. get in on it!

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.164 cd

minn minn lights “right whale” compact disc-recordable

(no tracklisting)

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minn minn lights - right whale cdr
choc.164

minn minn lights is daniel meyer grønvold, eirik renton and oivind koppand eriksen from oslo. the trio squeeze out intricate improvisations with feedback, drones, bells, tapes, electronics etc. exotic nordic larvae for yr nostrils.

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guitar-themed
modern-psych
minimalism-drones

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.163 cd

vlubä “inventions for inflatable guitar” compact disc-recordable

invention one: gottsching's echo waves (20:52)
invention two: hendrix teeth burning (20:09)

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(((vlubä))) - inventions for inflatable guitar cdr
choc.163

argentina's self proclaimed "prehistoric magical psychic band" blast off into the inner space void on this one. electro-accoustic brain burps ringing out through the cosmic ocean. oh mama!.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.161 cd

castings “punk rock is bunk squawk” compact disc-recordable

kitten curls w/ heels & pearls • barnyard chatter
entremes
napoleon, black
i’m in my war face • steelwork/catwalk

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castings - punk rock is bunk squawk cdr
choc.161

castingz = everyone weird is from a small town, puts fuel in they music brain damage cells of strange-nezz....but fucking newcastle austrailia? makes up north michigan look like a sky mall. when the boyz were there it was nothing but soccer fights, empty buildings, dry streets, and castings. they had no fans there, said they been around for 5+ years= nothing. no chicks, no beer, no drugz, nada. but they did have a super strange weirdo lurch vibe going down. six or seven underground types with tons of electronics, and a kinda of mystic searching zoner loner sound. wasnt cluttered, wasnt busy, just a super tight vision of unique audio slomo attack. its what you want slowing aging inside every tiny hidden mystery bermuda triangle of townz. they trump alot of the big wig big ego noizerz out there, and have a pinky length discography....i hope they get chicks, drugz, beer, and famous.....fully.

- john olson

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folk
sound-poetry

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.160 cd

preggy peggy & the lazy babymakers “gang rape of a short-bus rider” compact disc-recordable

i’m glad my dad is sad
a man walks into a duck with a bar on his head
baby, it’s cold inside
a broken vag is like a broken badge
saran wrap man
c.e.l.e.b.r.a.t.e.
the mysticism of my fucking sound
when the world isn’t there
a dyke, a kike, & a ten speed bike

haha ; can’t really place this brain-spasm from mitzi b. eason & hiram lytler into any neat compartment, so i’ll just point out that - of all of the records i’ve heard this year utilizing self-invented languages, this is at least my 3rd / 4th favorite ...

some of the most irritating music i’ve ever heard ; and that’s no small feat ...

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preggy peggy & the lazy babymakers - gang rape of a short-bus rider cdr
choc.160

word on the street has it that angela sawyer, that delightful weirdo vinyl hound of twisted village fame, survives solely on a diet that would make a trucker blush. no fancy pants vegetables for this lady, nope, just white sugar, white flour, preservatives, hydrogenated fats, meat, and carbonated beverages. and boy does it show on this disk. joined here by her pal james, they deliver a total schizoid delight of keyboard mush, vocal hooky, noise, electronic ugh, guitar wailing, bent songs, and just all out confusion. fans of stomach ache, bananafish, glands of external secretion, brown supper etc, you needs this. one of my all time favourite monk disks.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.157 cd

blood stereo “enfold the hiss” compact disc recordable

tapes
live, cambridge
tapes
live, brighton

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blood stereo – enfold the hiss (cd-r)

some more low brow head tangle, this time in a smoky late night vein. two tape mulch pieces of magnetic creep and two live joints (1 recorded in front of an audience of 6 one summer night in cambridge, the other to a packed house in brighton). a nice slow labotomy.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.155 cd

anla courtis / dylan nyoukis “fight the pyramids” compact disc recordable

anla courtis - algarrobina solida
dylan nyoukis - spiritual mould
anla courtis & dylan nyoukis - live in brighton, july 16th ‘06

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anla courtis & dylan nyoukis – fight the pyramids (cd-r)

anla's solo piece is a sweet ride of ponderous strings, designed to bury deep. dylan's piece is a electronic drunken swagger straight to tape. the final piece is a live duet which sounds more like an ensemble piece, real fucking strange brain gas emission that confused all in attendance, especially the two performers.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.153 cd

reminguez “stupid with brains” compact disc recordable

(no tracklisting)

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reminguez – stupid with brains (cd-r)

universal indian bryan ramirez's solo damage from 1996. over 45 minutes of one mans screwed up wrestling with broken gear. tapes, turntable, electronics, feedback, percussion, sweat and grease. total no-fidelity dementia, like a lone flickering lightbulb in some damp, sodden michigan basement.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.152 cd

maths balance volumes “hospital dubs from 128 satanical square” compact disc recordable

(no tracklisting)

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maths balance volumes – hospital dubs from 128 satanical square (cd-r)

more complex ear debris from these minnesota heathens. out in the woods weirdness with dirty hands put to all types of eerie jobs. narcotic basement yammerin', viloin & guitar stutterin', reed wailin' and general tape damage. very fucking 'out'.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.151 cd

towering breaker “those who do not believe in the subversive power of love have a corpse in their mouths” compact disc recordable

4-06
10-11
7-08
2-53
5-55
7-29
9-17
3-02

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towering breaker – those who do not believe in the subversive power of love have a corpse in their mouths (cd-r)

this sometime duo, sometime trio from brighton have always floated our stink ship whenever we have saw them live. this 50 minute epic captures all the kind of tricks they pull on stage plus some. monged out yodel, dense mind fog, sensations of strange inhalants. a real startling trip.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.149 cd

blood stereo “the little creeper” compact disc recordable

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blood stereo – the little creeper (cd-r)

recorded live at resonance fm. full on duo in kick back mode, trying to burrow out of the airwaves into the listeners spine via tapes, voice, violin, oscillators, percussion and various other junk. a very pleasant magnetic headache.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.148 cd

blood stereo “for heavy lung” compact disc recordable

live in leeds april 2005

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blood stereo – for heavy lung (cd-r)

a one night only 5-piece when we were joined by julian bradley, neil campbell and sticky foster in leeds. just what you would hope for, tape loops, drone, vocal damage, confused percussion, reeds etc. a ten legged brew-up.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.146 cd

ashtray navigations “sweet iron feet” compact disc recordable

tin and string
brick boutique
snorting money
the whirlpool what was

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ashtray navigations – sweet iron feet (cd-r)

more hot orbit action from mr todd. perfectly formed fog sounds via guitar, violin, electronics and who knows what else, all drenched in fx spit. gloaming smoke rings float high, man.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.145 cd

robedoor “christ’s vipers” compact disc recordable

ruined raptures
stained glass
scared sacred
dreamed redeemer

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robedoor – christ’s vipers (cd-r)

slow smoke jams from californian sloth worshipers. total monochrome lurches into the feedback hole. like a mouthful of black strawberries. great dementia.

“voices, confusion, poisons. an endless fade to grey.” - not not fun

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.143 cd

pee in my face with surgery “damnation road” compact disc recordable

damnation road

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pee in my face with surgery - damnation road (cd-r)

the hi-brows reckon pimfws is a “live performance duo that explores the liberation of the definitions of emptiness and the clogged distribution of aural quantity.”, while us garbage-brow types just reckon this is a joyous ear rot riot. new york based hoodlums jaime fennelly & fritz welch emit some brain blackness via vocals and electronic crack. recommended for those who enjoy a 'swissotic' type of tickle.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.142 cd

neil campbell / john clyde-evans “live at transmission gallery, glasgow” compact disc recordable

live at transmission gallery glasgow 22 november 1998

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neil campbell & john clyde-evans – live at transmission gallery, glasgow (cd-r)

recorded 22 november 1998 this is a bliss blister of cello, violin, tapes and voice. like some shortwave radio broadcast straight from the porch, the duo conjuer up sticky foster as a 'ghost presence'. karen constance done did the artwork. you needs it.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.141 cd

spectre fone “newsday long island for nipsey russell” compact disc recordable

fiona apple (whoa to stunned chock *** wetness uh)
winger (for guitar dream and hair never dies)
george clooney (sucks in forever spotlight)
monty phan (mystery infinity sculpture creation)

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spectre fone - newsday long island for nipsey russell (cd-r)

new solo smooch from pete nolan (magik markers/virgin eye blood brothers) letting out some primitive apartment style electronic/raga strangeness.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.140 cd

mongoloid men “from the void” compact disc recordable

live twelve june 2005 the void brighton

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the mongoloid men – from the void (cd-r)

for one night only the mongoloid men (connelly, olson, young and nyoukis) came lurching into a brighton basement. cheap beer and indian food in their stomachs, beards and hair full of hash smoke. a swarm of metallic insects shitting debris into ears of those who attended. horrible, horrible noise.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.139 cd

family underground “axial” compact disc recordable

axial

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family underground – axial (cd-r)

great heavy jam from these danish black-out artists. lurching drone and electronic strangeness slowly worm their way into yr face hole and blow smoke rings. that sound? thats an ancient axe cutting through cosmic fog, man. come breath the thunder.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.137 cd

“from the lips of lepers” compact disc recordable

john wiese - atural magic
ashtray navigations - as i go rumbling around
justin meyers - four tape loops
ones - there’s no ‘i’ in co-operaton
smack music 7 - how near is faraway?
julian bradley - one armed charisma
luke younger - an old fishing habit
green mist - dead speak
neil campbell - twelve golden throats
aaron dilloway - killing dogs
shakeeh abu hamdan - flax & pitch
dylan nyoukis - into buzzard brain
skaters - waterfall face reflectory
sisprum vish - my foghuff
gas shepherds - cave
john wiese - winter vacation

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v/a – from the lips of lepers (cd-r)

gloriously bent compilation of tape manpulation/loop madness/whatever with john wiese, ashtray navigations, justin meyers, ones, smack music 7, julian bradley, luke younger, green mist, neil campbell, aaron dilloway, shakeeb abu hamdan, dylan nyoukis, skaters, sisprum vish & gas shepherds.

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analogue-synth

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.136 cd

carlos giffoni “the last analogue session” compact disc recordable

(no tracklisting)

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carlos giffoni – the last analogue sessions (cd-r)

mr monotracts final analogue throw up is a chimo paste dripping brain tangle. recorded in bushwick in 2002, here we hear carlos stumble into broken electronic/radio confussion, and emerge the other end with some kind of sonic afro.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.135 cd

directing hand “an old soul at the helm” compact disc recordable

secret cheifs
grandad sings
rosemark lane (trad.)
o’ great star reveal’d

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directing hand – a old soul at the helm (cd-r)

alex neilson is the uks kid thunder, who may be known to you for playing drums in jandeks band or being one half of beating stars with richard youngs, but directing hand is his own free form handshake. all kinds of joyous clatter in this baby. guests players include christina carter.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.134 cd

maths balance volumes “cattle skulls & railroad tracks” compact disc recordable

i’ve picked with a plectrum a very weltered path
pig and onion casserole
tried getting under got all dried up in the sun
midwestern mountain rumble / the rolling muddist rumble

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maths balance volumes – cattle skulls & railroad tracks (cd-r)

demented basement hollering and white spirituals delivered from mankato, minneapolis. the sound of young america stirring up their own cult and aural confussion.

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modern-psych
lo-fi

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.124 cd

green mist “attack of the centipedes” compact disc recordable

the meeting (9:04)
live nov. 6th 2004 - chesham (6:59)
attack of the centipedes (13:26)
live dec. 2nd 2004 - hobgoblin (21:03)

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green mist – attack of the centipedes (cd-r)

one man band of dallas k playing dissected walkmans with guitar strings, tongue and fingers. electricity improvised, heathen style. “my mouth tastes like batteries.”

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harsh-noise
lo-fi

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.123 cd

crossbred “we don't need a pain!” compact disc recordable

go on and off
sadness view of your child
feedbacks of the sacrifice

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crossbred – we don't need a pain! (cd-r)

rie lambdoll & mayuko are a japanese female duo from osaka, performing their own style of electronic drone noise, heavy flowing.

"we direct to fault of the cloudy society, listen to life's scream, catch the feels from bottom of our soul, and make'em beautiful sounds. we active as crossbred for everything..."

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threads:
modern-psych
minimalism-drones

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.122 cd

workbench “live from the american snake machine” compact disc recordable

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workbench - live from the american snake machine (cd-r)

mike bernstein (double leopards) serves up some black electric goo. a humming attack on ghosts, full on primitive ear confusion from nycs king of bearded wha?

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lo-fi

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.119 cd

ykeo “clot too brown” compact disc recordable

untitled (1:36)
untitled (2:20)
untitled (4:36)
untitled (3:02)
untitled (0:46)
untitled (0:54)
untitled (5:02)
untitled (5:40)

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ykeo - clot too brown (cd-r)

pretty boy daniel mitha serves up a diamond noise goiter. arcade game cut-up hookum meets candle lit face drill romance. dedicated to his future ex-wives 16 bitch pile-up.

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modern-psych
lo-fi

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.118 cd

polly shang kuan band “eye of horus” compact disc recordable

eye of horus

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polly shang kuan band - eye of horus (cd-r)

the second pskb release, and the first to feature the three piece line-up of the last year. really full on screamer of crunked up live recordings, non-fidelity satanic ear blister.

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harsh-noise
lo-fi

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.117 cd

mokinox “i'm your chair” compact disc recordable

panton
eames
starck
van der rohe
wright
aarnio
bertoia
aalto
neutra
le corbusier
saarinen

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mokinox - i'm your chair (cd-r)

sonic youth cabin boy chris habib gushing out audio tourettes with electronics and voice garble. word on the street has it that he wheezed this baby out while wearing a full adult sized frog costume, no shit.

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sound-poetry
lo-fi
harsh-noise

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dylan nyoukis “norse fungi festivus” compact disc recordable

a live piece for voice & prepared tape (26:43)

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dylan nyoukis - norse fungi festivus cd-r

recorded in preperation for the no fun fest, "norse fungi festivus" is a manky live piece for voice and prepared tape, heavily delayed & lubed tonsils sending out throat claw signals... crivens!!!

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.115 cd

the supreme reality “universal rundle” compact disc recordable

destroy the existing brain cell
jugar al futbol
solvang
wolfskin
trinidad or tobago?
knug rag
volatile organic compounds
fruit spacers
agree with god that you did something wrong
double fisted moonlight
anguish language
tai chi on the lawn motherfucker
mass living room consciousness

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the supreme reality - universal rundle (cd-r)

anne eickelberg (tful282) and her two man bitches rich wells and scott simmons perform north west conjure music, too much coffee and lack of direction lead the listener into a non-nonsensical chase scene, featuring bad leather jackets.

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.112 cd

puke eaters “god is free” compact disc recordable

god is free pt. 1 (1:43)
warmth, music, harmony, face of death (1:46)
juice of satan (1:15)
high in the archive (1:31)
castles rising from a sea of sour milk (1:58)
love is free (1:10)
god is free pt. 2 (2:18)
baptism of shit (1:51)
solid moonshine (0:42)
give me power (3:37)
night camel calling (1:49)

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the puke eaters - god is free (cd-r)

the sound of finnish caveman finding musical soul through fungi eating. includes the tracks "castle rising from the sea of sour milk", "baptism of shit", and "juice of satan". superbly bent and damaged, featuring rogue elements of kemialliset ystavat.

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electro-acoustic-composition
minimalism-drones

chocolate monk (uk) #choc.111 cd

julian bradley “heel intercom” compact disc recordable

“head here, ouija-red unicorn!”
bride intercom
hatchetcoveredair
marblemouth vanished
lop set fire
international bones

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julian bradley - heel intercom (cd-r)

all new solo recordings from julian bradley of vibracathedral orchestra.. 30+ minues of late night electric-tape loop whatsist? a subtle brain massage with hidden huh?!

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chocolate monk (uk) #choc.092 cd

polly shang kuan band “polly shang kuan” compact disc recordable

aparatus buenos brain (13:38)
bushman crystalline (12:00)

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polly shang kuan band - s/t (cd-r)

polly shang kuan band’s first ever release. two live pieces here by the first line up from 2001, a 5 piece which featured japanese writer akira kuroda. this release gave aaron dilloway flame in his teeth.

previous record label:
chloë recordings

...and that's everything on chocolate monk in stock.
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chondritic sound

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