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previous record label: load		there are 22 titles on locust in stock. they are listed below.		next record label: lokaal 01

$13.61

back in stock as of
june 14th, 2007

first in stock on
april 19th, 2007

threads:
psych-prog
folk

locust (usa) #locust 87 cd

silmaril “silmaril” compact disc

poustinia (3:43)
not enough (3:54)
windbridge (2:00)
vespers (2:31)
living stone (4:43)
given time (2:14)
harrow hill (4:00)
october road / magnificat (6:47)
voyage of the icarus (2:21)
holy holy (1:58)
plymouth bay (5:13)
velvet & gold (3:21)
babylon (2:07)
maranatha (2:20)
vita brevis (0:30)
coming storm (0:56)
lamb of god (1:21)
revelation (2:26)
song of the apocalypse (6:16)

reissue of this kinda excellent 1973 quiet-storm folk-psych gem.
sitars abuzz; voices aquaver; this just might fit these times better than its own...

locust press release...

silmaril
the voyage of icarus
locust 87
cd
2007-03-05

awash in fuzz boxes and acid trips, the dozens of other overlooked groups from the psychedelic era bear little resemblance to silmaril. while others buzzed within the hippie epicenters of haight street and the lower east side, silmaril formed in haunted, industrial milwaukee. other bands might have met at a love-in; silmaril were friends from a catholic youth retreat bound together by a doomed figure in the eccentric madman tradition of syd barrett, roy harper and mel lyman by the name of matthew peregrine.

the voyage of icarus captures the dark, mysterious, and achingly beautiful acid folk & christian themed psychedelic sounds that emanated from 1973’s privately pressed album, given time... or the several roads, and their dormant, unreleased follow up no mirrored temple.

$13.61

back in stock as of
june 14th, 2007

first in stock on
february 20th, 2007

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

locust (usa) #locust 84 cd

ethan rose “ceiling songs” compact disc

song one (15:26)
song two (5:02)
song three (19:50)

locust press release...

ethan rose
ceiling songs
locust 84 cd/locust 71 lp
cd / 180 gram lp
2006-09-12

ceiling songs are made from the ground up. here is what they are made of. mostly taped up player piano rolls, broken music boxes, stringed instruments, feedbacking squaky speaker birds, holy holy afternoon sunglight, self serving computer interruptions, archaic mechanizations, and all the sad and happy people everywhere...they made me do it....

ethan rose is a musician and sound artist based in portland, oregon whose solo activities focus on the disassembly and reconstruction of familiar and forgotten noises. by making use of found objects and automated musical instruments as source material, his work is an exploration of order and accident; meandering consonant sounds that stretch the confines of the object's original intention.

to date, rose has produced two small run multiples for locust: 2004's miniature & sea & 2005's the dot & his first fullength ceiling songs. initailly issued as a vinyl only gem at the end of '05 (locust71), you folks who put away and / or never acquired a turntable have a chance to get the drift of it.

$19.21

new to stock as of
july 19th, 2007

threads:
modern-psych

locust (usa) #locust 83 lp

coach fingers “no flies on frank” long playing record

a pine bush fantasy (3:51)
wakachu the walrus (3:11)
lost in the cornmaze with the id and the odd (2:57)
you say (3:23)
evil (2:39)
the summer shower song (2:50)
miranda (3:37)
the drop off (mp3) (3:10)
great flood (4:35)
late night westtown (4:25)
the king and donna lee (3:40)
one for rbm (3:09)
are you leaving for the country? (3:07)

locust press release...

coach fingers
no flies on frank
locust 83
cd / 180 gram lp
2007-07-24

coach fingers is serious about having fun and with the debut long player no flies on frank, no one is spared from the plentiful good vibes frank has to offer. packed with more hooks than a ship crowded with one armed pirates, no flies on frank is a meaty affair of giddy but bearded late '60s/early '70s outlaw boogie rock & roll prominently featuring three members of the new york free noise whatsit collective the no neck blues band -- coach jason meagher, dave nuss & dave shuford -- along with meagher's brother sean on keys and -- future guitar god worshippers take note -- the coach's secret weapon, master shredder george devoe.

so come on, friends, it's time to join the fingers friends & family in the beaujolais revolution; take a sip from a glass full of ronnie lane's boozy rock, the charming laissez-faire balladry of kevin ayers (circa joy of a toy & whatevershebringswesing) & a whole lot of crazy fun.

$13.61

back in stock as of
june 14th, 2007

first in stock on
february 20th, 2007

threads:
guitar-themed
minimalism-drones

locust (usa) #locust 82 cd

steffen basho-junghans “last days of the dragons” compact disc

the immortal chimes (azure
no. 12) (6:31)
a lost moment ( 3:03)
days of the dragon (13:23)
a secret song (5:30)
dance of the young spirits (5:00)
southern crossings (16:40)
and only the stars know... (3:35)
the end's waltz (1:38)

locust press release...

steffen basho-junghans
last days of the dragons
locust 82
cd
2006-08-22

steffen basho-junghans approaches the great american landscape - it's ripe and bountiful mythologies - with his wooden guitar in much the same way that his german countryman wim wenders has with his camera.

last days of the dragons is a terrific, freewheeling collection of 8 six & twelve string unaccompanied guitar pieces by belin based guitarist steffen bash-junghans that seems to pick up where he left off on his contribution to the locust wooden guitar compilation that got the ball rolling.

$16.81

back in stock as of
june 14th, 2007

first in stock on
january 27th, 2006

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
experimental-instruments
sound-art

locust (usa) #locust 71 lp

ethan rose “ceiling songs” long playing record

song one (15:26)
song two (5:02)
song three (19:50)

locust press release...

$13.61

back in stock as of
february 20th, 2007

first in stock on
january 27th, 2006

threads:
modern-psych

locust (usa) #locust 66 cd

lau nau “kuutarha” compact disc

jos minulla olisi
kuula
plkkikanteletar
tulkaa!
puuportti rautaportilta
johdattaja-joleen
hunnun
kuljen halki kuutarhan
kivi murenee jolla kävelee
sammiolinnut

locust press release...

featuring
laura naukkarinen – acoustic bass, bass recorder, five-stringed kantele, acoustic guitar, tenor recorder, violin, bamboo flute, colorful juice glasses, mortar, mandolin, witch laugh megaphone, baby’s rattle, bike bells, banjo, cowbells, electric guitar, organ, willow whistle, tablas, percussion, cymbals, comb, beer cans
pekko kappi – jouhikko
tomas regan -acoustic bass and banjo
antti tolvi - flutes, kantele, chimes and mandolin

last year saw an explosion & all too welcome interest in a vital, tightly knit scene of artists from finland. out of the communal circle of prodigious finnish musicians comes this lovely 10 song debut solo outing of abstract folk, stray kiss lullaby & plucked blues by laura naukkarinen

sung in her native tongue, kuutarha intimates a secret language outside traditional word speak into something utterly beautiful & unrestrained. melody is suggested through the contours of voice, guitar & violin and arrangement has less to do with the placement of things than with lau’s comfort in letting sounds fall where they may.

$13.61

back in stock as of
february 20th, 2007

first in stock on
january 27th, 2006

threads:
beat-research
digital-musics

locust (usa) #locust 65 cd

no. 9 “micro films” compact disc

from mushi-no-ne
importance of detection
get gut
snow-show (feat. uran okajima)
spring sprout
emotion of four guitar
then... will be running
with millions of love
power of micro
five in the deep (feat. shika jun)
and laugh... (feat. shinichiro sasama)

locust press release...

after a stellar performance on mushi-no-ne , no. 9 continues to indulge in childlike whimsy on micro films -- a small story in sound and pictures of the entire world of plants and animals.

this is organic music that evolves with time -- like the memory of a good movie or book -- and, as the album title suggests, with just a little light & magnification, dazzling new audiovisual vistas are opened up to the naked ear.

micro films is a tour de force of animated mellow electropop encompassing downtempo, pop minimalism, ambient glitch drill'n' bass and acid jazz, where the rhythms of insects and the scurrying impressions of city life on the tokyo streets are one in joe takayuki's design.

packaged with a beautiful collection of 13 illustrations by 13 contemporary japanese artists.

$13.61

back in stock as of
april 19th, 2007

first in stock on
january 27th, 2006

threads:
free-improvisation

locust (usa) #locust 58 cd
object (united states) #object 6 cd

bnsf “object 6” compact disc

grandson of the italian liberator 0:36
r.w. sarber et al. killed a virulent human strain of tubercle vacilli a 9:09
these had essentially the same effect on guinea pigs as live bcg 3:05
maj. gen. william f. dean 0:29
domani é troppo tardi 6:52
aureomycin 1:04
the total production of white potatoes in the us in 1950 was again very lar 11:23
sorghum for forage 2:01

locust press release...

bnsf

inspired by natural cycles of texture and repetition, bnsf creates music with an organic momentum. building music from the melodic noise and polyrhythms of industrial activity, bnsf exists between aleatory structure and song form, music and noise.

adam diller, jason e anderson, and matt crane met through their involvement with open music workshop, an offshoot of the recent explosion in seattle's improvised music scene. a sense of purpose was established during the first improvisations of the trio, spurring the formation of bnsf. meeting at their practice space near a train junction in downtown seattle, they realized the importance of the environment's influence on their music.

drawing on their surroundings, bnsf took their name from a passing train car. they began experimenting by playing in construction zones, under a highway overpass, through a huge metal tube in a shop yard, and next to unloading freight trains.

volume 6 of locust music's object series.

$13.61

back in stock as of
april 19th, 2007

first in stock on
january 27th, 2006

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation

locust (usa) #locust 57 cd
object (united states) #object 5 cd

le doigt de galilée “object 5” compact disc

daft apeth accord 6:05
my sun reverse your mailman 27:45
of only george hadn't studied so much 2:19
apex stone aphasia 13:25
considering resignation from oblivion 12:08

locust press release...

a sixty-one minute documentation of the ephemeral overseas courtship of swiss/british drummer nicolas field (phô) and brooklyn electronicist jaime fennelly (psi).

hours before they parted ways for a still uncertain duration, the two carved their initials into the object series with a crystalline set. at times, the duo ferrets out subdued electronic sounds that fizzle, evaporate & growl over a bed of undulating bass. at others, the magical meeting takes the form of a monstrously squeaky, scattershot percussion summit.

$13.61

back in stock as of
february 20th, 2007

first in stock on
august 24th, 2004

threads:
beat-research
digital-musics
field-recordings

locust (usa) #locust 54 cd
met life (united states) #met life 6 cd

matmos “rat relocation program (met life 6 / location sound series 1:6)” compact disc

rat
rat relocation

matmos here providing the last entry into the locust “met life / location sound series” series with their unadorned recordings of a captured street rat (track 1), then their krautrock-centric response piece...

locust press release...

“a street rat was breaking into our apartment, eating our food and chewing holes in our clothes, skittering across our kitchen in the dark, scuttling inside our walls late at night. since we already had a pet rat, the prospect of trying to kill one rat while feeding another struck us as intolerable hypocrisy, so we bought a non-lethal "have-a-heart trap". after several days of luring the invader closer and closer towards and then inside the trap with peanuts, we captured her. the first track is an unedited recording of the rat protesting its incarceration. the second track is our response, in which the timing and duration of the rat screams from the first track have been preserved. the following morning we took the rat to a wealthy suburban neighborhood and set it free.” - drew daniel

the dynamic hybrid electro-rock duo matmos strike again with this zany, completely mesmerizing 2 track contribution to the met life series of field recordings and ingenious sound responses.

the matmos boys stretch an ominous canvas with the bare sounds of an incarcerated rat ensconced in a friendly trap and paint an unlikely response. rat relocation program is a heavily elevated, gleeful electro-rock epic that combines matmos' patented blend of humor, drill & bass with cinematic krautrock reminiscent of the animated cult fantasy sci-fi film the fantastic planet. volume 6 of our location sound series, met life.

$13.61

back in stock as of
february 20th, 2007

first in stock on
august 24th, 2004

threads:
guitar-themed

locust (usa) #locust 52 cd

gene estribou / jean-paul pickens “intensifications” compact disc

gene estribou - you know - the one you played saturday night
gene estribou - amalgam
gene estribou - metathanks
gene estribou - eeee minor
jean-paul pickens - coo coo bird
jean-paul pickens - shady grows
jean-paul pickens - g. r.

attractive twofold in that it’s a mantra-riffic solo split acoustic guitar/banjo recital of basho-tic proportions and that it was released on mr. zonked henry jacobs’ mea label back in the day.

truly inspiring long-arc solo instrumentals (most peaking with a good 5 minute bit of static raga-murk) from these two bay-area dwellers.

especially effective in enlightening those only now drawing parallels between late takoma/early windham hill raw guitar gestures and the sort of “highbrow” minimalism practiced by palestine/flynt et.al (ignore the grateful dead ties and you’ll rest easier).

locust press release...

cut in the mid-1960s, intensifications is an obscure and illuminating slice of marin county raga folk, a taste of latter day deltadelica that s a must for fans of the acid folk sound old and new. together, estribou and pickens each cut a side of brilliant, meandering unaccompanied instrumentals: estribou on acoustic guitar and pickens on banjo. this single document has only ripened with age and should make it clear to anyone who ventures to give it a listen that both estribou & pickens deserve their place in the inner sanctum of charismatic acoustic guitar legends. originally released on henry jacobs mea label.

$13.61

back in stock as of
february 20th, 2007

first in stock on
january 27th, 2006

threads:
beat-research
digital-musics

locust (usa) #locust 45 cd

no. 9 “mushi-no-ne” compact disc

gate
where come from? and where to? remix
bug beats
eco ego
alternate
drizzle
survive
insatiable world
(kanji title)
for sister

the second album from no. 9...

$13.61

new to stock as of
july 19th, 2007

threads:
folk
modern-psych

locust (usa) #locust 44 cd

espers “espers” compact disc

flowery noontide (4:10)
meadow (4:11)
riding (4:09)
voices (3:44)
hearts & daggers (8:34)
byss & abyss (6:03)
daughter (3:03)
travel mountains (6:30)

locust press release...

espers
espers
locust 44
cd
2004-01-20

espers are a boy/girl/girl trio from philly featuring singer/songwriter greg weeks, meg baird and brooke sietinsons who combine the elemental sound of acid-folk with the baroque arrangements of late 60s chamber rock.

fully versed in the sumptuous vernacular of drug music, the cradle of appalachian song, and the succinct truths of the three-minute pop ballad, their full length debut is an irresistible collection of sweet and subtle songs essential for fans of fairport convention, pentangle, jackson c. franck, bread, love & dreams and bert jansch.

espers are the sound of the new weird america the way it should be heard -- with the ease, infectious grace and absolute beauty of an ever expansive trio bound for ever greater pastures.

$13.61

new to stock as of
june 14th, 2007

threads:
free-improvisation

locust (usa) #locust 40 cd

dragons 1976 “on cortez” compact disc

canopy (7:52)
felt (5:36)
upstairs downstairs (6:03)
heater (5:00)
the way it is (3:30)
humboldt (6:44)
star night (5:26)

locust press release...

dragons 1976
on cortez
locust 40
cd

dragons 1976 is the chicago horn-bass-drum trio of aram shelton. jason ajemian & tim daisy. cool, steady and swinging, on cortez is a perfect tonic for the modern jazz lover in search of a shady retreat from the hot coals of fiery free jazz. these boys make a catchy, flavorful music - let’s call it noir jazz.

dragons 1976 turn more corners with their brand of infectiously tight grooves and cinematic twists than a screen gems tornado roaring through the heart of downtown los angeles.

$13.61

back in stock as of
february 20th, 2007

first in stock on
september 18th, 2003

threads:
free-improvisation

locust (usa) #locust 38 cd
object (united states) #object 3 cd

matt bauder / jason ajemian “object 3” compact disc

normal (31:08)

locust press release...

two of the young lions on chicago’s new emerging scene of improvising musicians came together one starry night and cut a beautifully mellow duet for bowed bass and tenor saxophone on the back porch of their home. bauder and ajemian produced a wonderful, concentrated dirge with the soft rhythmic ambiance of crickets in the background. the first half of their single piece, "normal", is a composed long tone work. during the first half of their performance, two minidisks recorded each musician. while recorded, friends monitoring each minidisk track marked the recording and split up the long tones. 1?2 way through the piece, the minidiscs are put in playback on shuffle, while jason and matt continued playing on top of arbitrarily cut up and spliced tones.

$8.01

back in stock as of
june 14th, 2007

first in stock on
september 18th, 2003

threads:
beat-research
digital-musics

locust (usa) #locust 35 cd

no. 9 “where come from? and where to?” compact disc single

no.9 - where come from? and where to?
hrvatski - “... bottle of claret for you if i’d realised”
bundy k. brown - laws of large numbers

nice little ep single thing here, a precursor to mr. 9’s forthcoming us debut album on locust. had a lot of fun with the remix (esp. as joe and i use the same hardware sampler, taking all of the bite of constructing millions of programs in order to do the remix). bundy’s remix is very, very beautiful. and the original is a fine slice of contemporary electronic digital pop. very cool...

locust press release...

first up, is a new cd ep by no.9 (joe takayuki) featuring a fine cut, “where come from? and where to?” from his fortcoming debut full length, mushi-no-ne. no.9 is an unsung electropop mastermind from tokyo’s invigorating onkyo scene whose knack for melodic pop, jazz grooves and stuttering rhythms recall the cinedelic scores of umiliani, tv spy jazz & the wistful hooks of 60s pop. this ep features two generous remixes by boston’s hrvatski (aka keith fullerton whitman) & chicago’s ken (bundy k.) brown (directions in music, pullman). hrvatski locks “where come from” into a galactic rub a dub mix of typically high quality tom foolery & ken brown cuts the caffeine & checks in with a mellow hypnotic drifter’s soundtrack.

$13.61

back in stock as of
february 20th, 2007

first in stock on
june 7th, 2003

file under:
site-specific
sound-research

locust (usa) #locust 34 cd
met life (united states) #met life 5 cd

chris delaurenti “the night i met maria c___ (met life 5 / location sound series 1:5)” compact disc

inside the wallingford transfer station (16:02)
the night i met maria c___ (19:17)

locust press release...

our fifth installment of our "met life" series of city field recordings and responses brings us a tongue firmly in cheek offering from the rapid cut up techniques of seattle's chris delaurenti. simply put, it’s a little exercise on waste and getting wasted. this field recording documents the removal of waste at a transfer station in seattle and the response rides the pun to its excessive extreme as delaurenti quickly becomes a participant in the flailing and drunken fanfare at a party, raising the ever important question "what on earth are we all doing!" no doubt, it's this style, edgy humor and raw guerrilla techniques that make delaurenti a sort of fellini of the audio underworld.

$13.61

back in stock as of
february 20th, 2007

first in stock on
june 7th, 2003

file under:
site-specific
sound-research

locust (usa) #locust 29 cd
met life (united states) #met life 4 cd

erdem helvacioglu “a walk through the bazaar (met life 4 / location sound series 1:4)” compact disc

a walk through the bazaar (16:38)
a walk through the bazaar (remix) (13:53)

locust press release...

helvacioglu is a tremendous electronic music talent based in istanbul, turkey whose contribution to the “met life” series captures the energetic day to day activities of an istanbul market where one can hear the sounds of hawkers buying and selling things, children running about, traditional music in the distance, cell phones abuzz and get a feeling for the very texture of place. his response is like an enriched memory of that place that both musically retains much of that raw earth feeling one initially encounters but also elevates the source material into a highly rhythmic, infectious piece that transforms everyday voices into a rich, layered chorus.

$13.61

back in stock as of
february 20th, 2007

first in stock on
june 7th, 2003

locust (usa) #locust 28 cd
met life (united states) #met life 3 cd

reynols “rampotanza grodo rempelente (met life 3 / location sound series 1:3)” compact disc

rampotanza ronil grodorempelente (17:10)
rampotanza ronil grodo rempelente: response (15:19)

locust press release...

the primordial psychedelic sounds of argentina’s reynols continue the met life series with the raw, rhythmically entrancing field recordings of city workers in buenos aires drilling a hole into a busy city street. the natural response by this mysterious quartet doesn’t drill so much as gleefully massage the head with a monumental freakout of onomatopoeia and uber-intonation commandeered by the band’s lead vocalist miguel tomasin with the accompaniment of some seriously spaced-out delay driven tribal percussion, bellowing horn, piano plod and guitar plunder.

$13.61

back in stock as of
april 19th, 2007

first in stock on
june 7th, 2003

file under:
sound-research
free-improv

locust (usa) #locust 23 cd
object (united states) #object 1 cd

axel dörner / fred lonberg-holm “object 1” compact disc

1 (14:13)
2 (09:04)
3 (09:04)
4 (12:29)
5 (07:05)

first in the parallel series to ‘met life / location sound’, involving various pairs of sound-sculptors going to town on various specified extra-musical... objects.

locust press release...

object 1 teams together the incomparable playing of trumpeter axel dörner with one of the hardest working musicians and organizers in chicago, cellist fred lonberg-holm. this series of 5 pieces brew and percolate into a brilliant tableau of raw yet calculated sound forms.

$13.61

back in stock as of
february 20th, 2007

first in stock on
june 7th, 2003

file under:
site-specific
sound-research

locust (usa) #locust 22 cd
met life (united states) #met life 2 cd

au “recycling (met life 2 / location sound series 1:2)” compact disc

cycling (16:11)
recycling (15:51)

locust press release...

month two of met life unveils the first stateside release by the psychedelic electronic duo, au. based in holland, multimedia artists jan borchers and paul klaui naturally bring us into the soundworld of the hague by doing what most everybody there does - ride their bikes. au recorded their tour through the city, capturing everything from the squeaky sound of old bicycle seats to the sudden intrusion of a street parade. the result is a fun panoramic earshot of the city's life imilar in effect to richard lerman's great travelon gamelon . au's musical response is a subdued, loose piece incorporating elements of the field recording, analogue electronics and reverberating guitars that recall the efforts of german krautrock bands like cluster or a mellowed-out faust.

$13.61

back in stock as of
june 14th, 2007

first in stock on
june 7th, 2003

threads:
1950s-electronic
electro-acoustic-composition
field-recordings

locust (usa) #locust 18 cd

henry jacobs “radio programme no. 1: henry jacobs’ music and folklore” compact disc

audio collage (9:37)
loop 2 - channel rhythms (4:31)
interview with sholem stein (9:12)
sonata for loudspeaker (6:00)
interview with shorty petterstein (4:18)
comments on the indian raga with musical illustration (9:48)
interview with jocko (3:13)
informal rhythm session (2:22)

locust press release...

locust music continues its foray into the many sided head of henry jacobs with the rerelease of his coveted 1955 folkways debut. culled from hours and hours of bits from his weekly radio program "music & folklore" which originally aired on berkeley's once revolutionary kpfa radio station.

radio programme no. 1: henry jacobs' music & folklore is a stunningly surreal sonic goulash of brilliantly conceived, tight rhythmic loops & tape collages, ethnic and experimental musics, twisted satirical interviews with shorty petterstein (henry's beat hipster alter ego), phony academic authorities (the muttering jocko on raga and politics, imagined hebrew scholar sholem stein waxing bogus on the subject of calypso!) to berkeley field recordings of kay dunham (nephew of the legendary katherine dunham) and friends getting lost in an informal drumming session.

an essential document in the annals of early american oddball recordings.

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