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previous record label: nna tapes		there are 28 titles on no fun productions in stock. they are listed below.		next record label: no more

$11.95

new to stock as of
october 20th, 2008

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

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 40 cd

carlos giffoni “adult life” compact disc

the endless mirror (9:12)
comfort and pleasure (9:26)
a son with no father (9:22)
this is how you pull the trigger (9:53)
a permanent choice (12:52)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "a permanent choice"

october 2008 release ; nestling in squarely with the wdr camp, carlos here offers a full-length album of “pure electronic music” ; i.e. purely (analog) synthesized pieces with a certain douglas leedy-lineage “automatic synth” feel to them ...

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nfp-40 carlos giffoni 'adult life' cd

this is shining and pure electronic music. adult life continues carlos giffoni's work in slow-building drones and prickly, trebly peaks, but he also imbues these new compositions with subtle structure and blind-siding rhythmic pulses which recall the many pioneers of electronic composition, among them cluster, brian eno, kraftwerk, and tangerine dream. the caustic melding of foreboding abstraction and lively pulse raises adult life to a paradigm of the breathing and the immaculate, a strange set of dichotomies finding a shocking common ground. carlos giffoni describes this as some of his most musical work to date, a pure electronic excursion into more grounded troupes which almost paradoxically work out completely new sonic concepts and ideas. original illustrations for this full length by megan ellis.

$11.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
july 30th, 2008

threads:
harsh-noise
modern-psych
live-electronic
electro-acoustic-improvisation
guitar-themed

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 39 cd

hair police “the certainty of swarms” compact disc

strict (3:51)
intrinsic to the execution (7:56)
paralysis simulacrum (5:14)
mangled earth (8:47)
on a hinge (8:30)
freezing alone (5:20)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "freezing alone"

august 2008 release ; first “proper” album from the hair police trio in some time ... literally caught these guys last night running through this new set of material and i must say they’ve far surpassed even wolf eyes in their relentless drive to attain the full-bleed electronic/drum/guitar plateau ... perfectly combining elements of power electronics, free jazz, and sound-art/circuit-bending to yield something entirely new. this disc shows the band at their peak, and is of course highly recommended !!!

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39 hair police 'the certainty of swarms' cd

first full length release from hair police since 2005, and their most masterful yet, combining signature piercing vocals with walls of guitars, precise heavy electronics and thundering drums. the fusion of metal, noise rock, free jazz, industrial, and harsh electronics that makes up the certainty of swarms is the rare kind of heterogeneous concoction that is carefully matured, but never lost in pedestrian calculation. a blistering onslaught of metallic-fused noise-murk, swarms is considered by the band to be one of their most complete statements to date, an aptly blindsiding and developed work drawing from all quarters of their craft.

$15.95

new to stock as of
october 20th, 2008

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

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 34 cd

a handful of dust “now gods, stand up for bastards • the philosophick mercury” double compact disc set

the book nature: chapter the first (3:38)
oration on the dignity of man (13:39)
the expulsion of the triumphant beast (15:08)
the lullian art (8:55)
the book nature: chapter the second (6:01)
the dark lantern of reason (22:29)
fama fraternitatis (29:58)
god's love to his people israel (30:16)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "fama fraternitatis"

october 2008 release ; just-right (timing-wise) reissue of these two prior corpus hermeticum discs (hermes 013 & 002 - 1996 & 1994, respectively) of noisy free-improv by the duo of the dead c’s bruce russell & alastair galbraith ...

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nfp-34 a handful of dust 'now gods, stand up for bastards / the philosophik mercury' 2xcd

now gods, stand up for bastards / the philosophik mercury is a double-disc re-issue of two limited and long out-of-print works by this obscure enigma. plunging straight into the chasm of ultra-minimalist abrasion and chaotic improv, these two records stand as unrelenting and engrossing epics of guitar feedback, disintegrating electronic sound, string-shredding violin abuse, and other facets of impassioned iconoclasm. recommended for lovers of amm, henry flynt, and hijokaidan.

a handful of dust are a group consisting of a core duo of bruce russell (the dead c) and alastair galbraith. formed in dunedin, new zealand in 1990.

$15.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
july 30th, 2008

threads:
analogue-synth
harsh-noise

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 33 lp

greg kelley “religious electronics” long playing record

despair is sin (18:05)
o lord the star torments me (14:22)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "o lord the star torments me"

august 2008 release ; an astoundingly great improvised no-input 4-track blast from greg kelley ...

miles away from anything he’s done in the past (aside, arguably, from his ring-modulated trumpet interference w/heathen shame) ... two side-length piece of endlessly transmogrifying harsh synth timbres with a certain jump-cut “live” feel ... highly recommended !!!

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33 greg kelley 'religious electronics' lp

two sides of melting electronics from greg. this is not jazz.

limited to 350 copies.

$11.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
july 30th, 2008

threads:
digital-musics
electro-acoustic-composition
minimalism-drones

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 32 cd

dan burke / thomas dimuzio “upcoming events” compact disc

deregulation (10:52)
closed circuit (4:50)
upcoming events (2:20)
infecticidal (5:10)
freedom fries (1:01)
in god we trust (3:03)
devil’s torrent (2:44)
umbrella sanctions (4:00)
arc’d (1:16)
leave here right now (5:54)
operatve (4:35)
aggregate (3:23)
primordial decree (1:53)
mediastorm (4:34)
transmission (1:33)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "arc’d"

august 2008 release ; debut release from the duo of dan “illusion of safety” burke and thomas dimuzio ... finely hewned electro-acoustic duo exchanges ; mostly huge multi-layer electricity-addled drones dwelling on fizzing cracked electronics & dimuzio’s impeccable sense of frequency-range placement ...

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32 dan burke/thomas dimuzio 'upcoming events' cd

further exploring the collaborative powers of illusion of safety mastermind dan burke and prolific sound crafter thomas dimuzio, upcoming events is an unending spur of equal parts gorgeous and uncomfortably perplexing sound spread of 15 tracks. crackles of electronic fire, tremolo-infused waves of sustained guitar, broken music boxes and found sounds among all other sorts of unfounded wails of gargantuan melancholy drone, burke and dimuzio's collaboration is a forceful collection of early industrial sound ruination combined with classic krautrock ambiance of the tangerine dream/cluster ilk reassuringly composed into something wholly modern and powerful.

$11.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
june 16th, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
lo-fi
bedroom

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 31 cd

dino felipe “no fun demo” compact disc

stuck on you (2:26)
working on not (2:42)
rabbit head (3:11)
6 feet under (4:25)
rockin’ the ark (3:33)
play my tape (3:25)
found 2 photos (2:47)
chandeliers (by: haunted house) (4:05)
i wanna feel better (3:21)
willow waly (2:57)
just call me (2:29)
what’s wrong with me (2:45)
been waiting (3:31)
i dont want to (2:01)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "working on not"

june 2008 release ; move on over, religious knives, we’ve got a new ugly duckling in the no fun roster ...

carlos giffoni’s former old bombs bandmate dino felipe (whose name you may recognize / remember from his run of oddly affecting, genre-resistant albums for the domestic idm hotbed schematic) here drops a downright confounding selection of home-recorded song-smithings, not all that far removed from ariel pink’s whole “thing” (mumbled vocal grumblings underpinned with copious overdubbed harmony tracks accompanied by errant drum-machine & direct-recorded guitar) ...

always love a good wrench-in-the-mechanics ; funny to imagine the reaction(s) of the iheartnoise forum users upon gripping the full summer 2008 no fun line, trying to make sense of this one ...

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31 dino felipe 'no fun demo' cd

previously know for his electronic work with miami's schematic label and his experimental records on his own and with others (old bombs, fukktron, etc) this time dino stares right at the ghost of his mtv dreams childhood years and comes out of it with the most beautiful record of well put together songs you'll hear this year. a full instrumented record of pop rock, ballads, psychedelia, no-wave, rock noise and total mutations injected with dino's own unique approach. this is the pop music of the present, and a recording shooting to change the future.

$11.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
march 22nd, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
minimalism-drones

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 30 cd

religious knives “resin” compact disc

in the back (6:11)
luck (8:24)
everything happens twice (8:26)
growth (9:35)
the sun (9:16)
twelve bottles and one white cone, part 1 (8:32)
twelve bottles and one white cone, part 2 (8:54)
in the back (6:46)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "in the back"

april 2008 release ; the second album on no fun from double leopards’ / heavy tapes’ mike bernstein & maya miller with mouthus’ nate nelson and todd cavallo as religious knives ...

leagues away/under the rest of the no fun roster (they’ve always the odd ducks out ...) this is much closer to the quiet-storm continuum of classic / contemporary psychedelic rock running from arthur lee’s love right on through royal trux et.al - this disc collects their o/p heavy tapes 12”, their “side” of the split tour cdr w/ airport war, ditto w/ woods, and a few otherwise unreleased tracks (two of which feature nnck’s dave nuss) ...

rk are one of my favorite acts going right now from any scene ; very glad to have this material all in one place (for easy reference / naysayer-swaying purposes) - highly recommended !!!

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30 religious knives 'resin' cd

since their first release for no fun productions, the collection of early lp's/singles entitled 'remains', the religious knives have grown into a stunningly assured and powerful rock n' roll band of sorts, one liberally and noticeably immersed in the smoke-addled haze of the psychedelic underground. resin marches ahead with a vigorous potency that accurately shares its bloodline with the best psychedelic acts of the past. this is brooklyn's true psychedelic rock.

$15.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
july 30th, 2008

threads:
sound-poetry
harsh-noise
art-punk
outsiders-deviants
anti-music

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 29 lp

menstruation sisters “ma” long playing record

ma (1) (1:31)
ma (2) (4:34)
ma (3) (6:19)
ma (4) (1:42)
ma (5) (1:28)
ma (6) (2:07)
ma (7) (1:24)
ma (8) (1:35)
ma (9) (1:37)
ma (10) (1:46)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "ma (6)"

august 2008 release ; new issue of this classically hard-to-find debut by the duo of nick “rizili” kamvissis (vocals, guitar) and oren ambarchi (here on drums) ... already something of a classic in the burgeoning aussie no-wave / wha-fuck vector ; not at all like harry pussy jamming with henri chopin (not. at. all.) ...

kind of out in its own cosmos, really ; an emission of pure chutzpah from two inspired souls ...

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29 menstruation sisters 'ma' lp

reissue of their legendary first lp, released originally in an edition of 100 in australia only. best band ever?

limited to 500 copies.

$11.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
december 5th, 2007

threads:
analogue-synth
guitar-themed
free-improvisation
electro-acoustic-improvisation
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 28 cd

nels cline / carlos giffoni / alan licht / lee ranaldo “nothing makes any sense” compact disc

nothing makes any sense (53:03)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "nothing makes any sense"

december 2007 release; lengthy free-improv session from the guitar trio of nels cline, alan licht, and lee ranaldo; with no fun’s carlos giffoni on synthesizer...

not quite the white-heat-laced shards-of-sound approach you might expect given the lineup, but rather a fairly static, drone-based piece (guitars are tuned down, bells are chimed) closer in spirit to something like maurizio bianchi’s early 80s tape-work than anything else... splendid.

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28 nels cline / carlos giffoni / alan licht / lee ranaldo 'nothing makes any sense' cd

a constantly shifting and engaging long-form piece of developed drone, foreboding melody, and harsh grit, nothing makes any sense finds lee ranaldo (sonic youth), nels cline (nels cline singers, wilco), and alan licht pushing their guitars into a cacophonous state that bears much influence from the post-jazz fields they've all cut their teeth in, but also bearing down a forceful brutality that has sometimes eluded their past material. while carlos giffoni uses his analog synth mastery to adequately contend and mesh seamlessly with the trio of strings, letting his analog noise pulsate and pierce with its own sense of contained stampede.

$16.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
january 25th, 2008

threads:
harsh-noise

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 27 cd

prurient “and still, wanting” compact disc and five inch single record set

memory repeating (3:00)
returning truth (3:40)
subject (3:30)
lust end (5:41)
total terrorism (6:54)
strict ideas (7:41)
incense and rubber (10:04)
shield (prologue)
shield (epilogue)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "incense and rubber"

february 2008 release ; a comely cd/5” record pack of music by dom “prurient” fernow ... the official follow-up to “pleasure ground” & goddamm i must say one of the more carefully crafted / powerful entrants into dom’s snaking latter-day catalogue ...

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purient 'and still, wanting' cd+ 5" vinyl

a tale of lost love and desperation, this is prurient's full length follow up to the acclaimed pleasure ground. and still,wanting takes the recent new direction of combining layered synth's and electronic loops with his usual poignant vocals to a whole new level of intensity. a new chapter in obsession with all that is mundane in our human life.

this special 1000 copies first edition of the cd comes with a bonus 5" vinyl with tracks that won't be available anywhere else. + full color 12 page booklet.

$11.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
march 22nd, 2008

threads:
guitar-themed
minimalism-drones
analogue-synth
electro-acoustic-improvisation

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 26 cd

thurston moore “sensitive / lethal” compact disc

sensitive (21:59)
/ (3:59)
lethal (26:01)

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

april 2008 release ; a series of three sound-art / process-music pieces from the coachmen’s thurston moore ; the first a groovy motorik take w/t on full-strum acoustic & legions of synth / electronic interference - then a shorter feedback-dose - then an extended caterwaul coming across the blessed middle-child of jean tinguely and masayuki takayanagi ...

of thurston’s recent wave of “kunst” projects, this is easily the wooliest ... very nice !!!

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26 thurston moore 'sensitive/lethal' cd

sensitive/lethal is thurston moore in deep basement cosmosis. investigations into acoustic guitar as noise instrument as well as noise/amp discussion for a hopeful and bright blackness. childhood dreams of noise essayed with photos of unsuspecting innocents running from noise weirdo (front cover) and texas blues albino drug zap (johnny winter – still alive and well detail – back cover). this is the story told in drone meditation and sweet slice.

$11.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
october 6th, 2007

threads:
analogue-synth
minimalism-drones

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 25 cd

demons “evocation” compact disc

firewalk (8:52)
grey lady (12:15)
pre-existence (9:38)
(untitled) (10:43)

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

october 2007 release from nate young & steve kenney’s sequential circuits pro-one duo (not many of them around these days) ... awesome space-tinged synth glormp ; their shared language/sound-set getting a bit more advanced from the aa records debut.

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25 demons 'evocation' cd

consisting of nate young (of wolf eyes) and steve kenney, demons explore near-epileptic and droning analog synth textures that elicit comfortable remembrances of electronic forefathers like stockhausen and cluster whilst simultaneously bludgeoning forward with the grating and scraping atonal complexities of whitehouse and throbbing gristle. having already rallied a fervorous flux of supporters with discomforting psychedelic multi-media performances and a slew of cryptic releases, evocation is an appropriately elaborate and accomplished approximation of their shrewd identity and is their first full length cd release, with artwork by visual collaborator alivia zivich.

$11.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

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december 5th, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise
concert-recordings
experimental-instruments
digital-musics
sound-art

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 24 cd

merzbow “live destruction at no fun 2007” compact disc

live destruction at no fun 2007 (41:29)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "live destruction ..."

december 2007 release; the transcription of masami akita’s set at the 2007 no fun fest; which he in turn took back to his “bedroom” and remixed shortly thereafter... hailed by many as a “return to form” after years of strictly computer-based recording & performance regimes, this packs a powerful wallop utilizing an “amplified sheet metal instrument” alongside laptops & assorted electronics...

quite surprising in the amount of jump-cuts/change-ups (compared to his other recent work, much of which consists of loops) ; coming across almost through-composed in spots ... very nice.

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24 merzbow 'live destruction at no fun 2007' cd

at this year's no fun fest, the legendary japanese noise king merzbow (masami akita) gave a blistering performance that stunningly brought together both his classic analog and recently-explored digital concerns. keeping pace between two laptops and an amplified sheet-metal instrument, the walls of computerized droning distortion and psyched-out metallic scarping easily reminded those attending to the world of noise that even icons with twenty-plus year careers under their belts can still vivaciously channel the advancements they helped build as well as compose stunning untried sounds. merzbow's set no doubt left longtime followers thoroughly fulfilled while those who've only heard the name thrown around in mythical regard were bound to have been left with a hearty appreciation of his genius.

$11.95

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october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
october 6th, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise
concert-recordings

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 23 cd

pain jerk / incapacitants “live at no fun fest 2007” compact disc

pain jerk - “hello america” (excerpt) (33:44)
incapacitants - “the crowd inched closer & closer” (22:37)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "the crowd inched closer & closer"

october 2007 release; a pair of truly inspired blasts from pain jerk & incapacitants, both recorded @ this year’s no fun fest ... the state of the union: good.

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23 pain jerk / incapacitants 'live at no fun fest 2007' cd

like no other music in this planet, these two japanese noise masters deliver obsessive, precise and unforgettable live sets of intense electronic harsh beauty. legendary japanese noise masters incapacitants and pain jerk performed for the first time ever in the us at no fun fest 2007, this cd include crystal clear board recordings of their sets, mastered for full audio brutality. if you haven’t had the pleasure of experiencing either of this acts live this is your chance, if you have then this is also your chance to re-experience two of the most amazing live performers of our time. liner notes by carlos giffoni and chris goudreau (sickness).

$15.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
march 22nd, 2008

threads:
concert-recordings
harsh-noise
analogue-synth
playback-music
electro-acoustic-improvisation
minimalism-drones
lo-fi

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 22 lp

aaron dilloway / carlos giffoni “live at no fun fest 2007” long playing record

aaron dilloway - live at no fun fest 2007 (17:37)
carlos giffoni - live at no fun fest 2007 (15:01)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "aaron dilloway"

april 2008 release ; a split lp covering both carlos’ & dillo’s solo sets at last year’s no fun fest ; aaron’s lo-fi tape-machine manipulations start out quite minimal (barely audible @ the beginning there) before building up into a wall of synthetic repetition & creaky, lo-fi warble (natch) - carlos starts out with some deep pulse-width extrapolations which quickly (again) rise up into a fairly rich shit-storm of electronic sound ... both parties are in fine form throughout ...

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22 carlos giffoni / aaron dilloway 'live at no fun fest 2007' split lp

limited to 350. full no fun 2007 live sets, from giffoni and dilloway recorded to the best possible quality. total tape mangling, and analog synth destruction.

$15.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
march 22nd, 2008

threads:
harsh-noise
machine-music
concert-recordings

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 21 lp

enema syringe “live at no fun fest 2007” long playing record

ekoredaktionen (2:56)
no brain no mind (8:40)
nån hemma (5:35)
jag kanner ethomo (7:19)
jag kanner en man (6:29)
allt vi kan (0:22)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "nån hemma"

april 2008 release ; the first domestic release by kai parvainen’s enema syringe, a late-80s swedish noise act (originally appearing on a few cold meat industry comps) going through something of a renaissance at present, with recent albums for ultra eczema & ufo mongo ...

oddly charming / hypnotic machine-music (read: drum-machine) lineage harsh-noise skreamo aktion, with much feedback / synth hysteresis ... awesome.

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21 enema syringe 'live at no fun fest 2007' lp

limited to 350. full no fun 2007 live set, recorded to the best possible quality. totally insane and heavy set from industrial/noise swedish pioneer's enema syringe.

$34.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
september 1st, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise
modern-psych
electro-acoustic-improvisation

file under:
psych-prog

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 20 cd

c.c.c.c. “early works” quadruple compact disc set

live at gospel #1
live at gospel #2
live at gospel #3
live at donzoko house #1
live at donzoko house #2
live at gargoyle mechanique
phantasmagoria
magick in the cave

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "live at donzoko house #1"

attractive 4-disc boxed set covering live works collectively performed by hiroshi hasegawa, mayuko hino, fumio kosakai, and ryuichi nagakubo between 1990 and 1992.

an astonishing wealth of woozy, in-situ electro-acoustic treatments, hasegawa’s guitar playing edged out as early as the second disc by an all-synthesizer/electronics lineup that’s eerily prescient of the contemporary synth-noise spectrum.

those of you already familiar with c.c.c.c. have been waiting for this set for some time; others - a great, if overwhelming survey of this classic, pioneering japanese-noise act...

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20 c.c.c.c. 'early works' 4xcd box

box set from japanese psychedelic noise legends c.c.c.c. collecting unreleased live material, including very early recordings from some of their first shows in 1990 and their 1992 us tour, along some long unavailible studio classics like the phantasmagoria tape. extensive liner notes by original member fumio kosakai (now in incapacitants, and many others) about the band beginings and his take on the c.c.c.c. vision. an essential document in the unique c.c.c.c. sound which kosakai describes best as "psychedelic, cosmic and erotic". produced by c.c.c.c. founder hiroshi hasegawa. extensive audio restoration and mastering by james plotkin. comes in deluxe slipcase box and digipack packaging. limited to 1000 copies.

$15.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
december 23rd, 2007

threads:
analogue-synth
minimalism-drones
harsh-noise
lo-fi

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 19 lp

hive mind “cast through shallow earth” long playing record

untitled (1) (14:55)
untitled (2) (16:40)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "untitled (1)"

gnarly synth drones from greh “hive mind” holger ; for my money his single best outing, captured in woofer-rattling detail ...

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19 hive mind 'cast through shallow earth' lp

synth music for the exploration of desolated lands, slow and detailed side long movements of pure tonal sound. after millions of years when everything has withered away and nothing survives what will remain in this earth? minerals, boiling lava, smoke, and corrosion in a shallow earth.

limited to 400 copies.

$23.95

back in stock as of
october 20th, 2008

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december 5th, 2007

threads:
free-improvisation
modern-psych

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 18 lp

mouthus “untitled” double twelve inch single record

untitled
untitled
untitled
untitled

december 2007 release; a limited title-less double-lp from nate nelson & brian sullivan... hot off the press; will re-visit this in a few days w/more info...

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18 mouthus 'untitled' 2x12”

industrial psych rock from broolyn troglodites of heavyness. twice the volume, twice the destruction, twice the machinery, twice the head ache of psychedelic industrial joy! play it at whatever speed you want. limited to 350 copies.

$15.95

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october 20th, 2008

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september 1st, 2007

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 17 lp
misanthropic agenda (united states) #mar 018 lp

deathroes “final expense” long playing record

untitled
untitled

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17 deathroes 'final expense' lp

deathroes is gerritt and sixes. total auditory destruction by these west coast veterans debut collaboration lp. dark psychedelic drone, walls of sounds, electronic impossibility. tectonic plates shift and rain of lava annihilates ones own soul along with everyone else’s. enligthment and new death-born feelings combined with hallucinations so sharp and vivid that they lead to the disintegration of all senses. salvation, elation, truth?-no, only the final expense! split release with misanthropic agenda. limited to 500 copies.

$11.95

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october 20th, 2008

first in stock on
september 1st, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise
modern-psych
electro-acoustic-improvisation

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 16 cd

jazkamer / smegma “endless coast” compact disc

heavy fog (11:42)
white witch (5:33)
portland swamps (5:55)
stone eater (3:15)
carniviorous bog (8:13)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "heavy fog"

supersession involving the full smegma lineup (dr. id, ju suk reet meate, conroy, burned mind, oblivia) with an expanded jazkamer lineup (lasse marhaug, john hegre, and carlos giffoni) - the acoustic/plunderphonic cromp of smegma (much ayler-ian funeral-march freedom) meshing perfectly with the guitar & electronics of the norwegian/bushwick contingent.

aside from the fact that jazkamer and smegma are two of my favorite contemporary units; this record has much staying power aside from the initial jolt - both sides let down their guard in spots and the music sways readily from pointilist improv jank to full-bore skree. excellent stuff.

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16 jazkamer / smegma 'endless coast' cd

a collaboration between american underground psychedelic/noise pioneers (and still kicking hard now for over 30 years) smegma and norweigan noise/metal masters jazkamer. from two totally different worlds and approaches to sound a totally original abstract language is born creating an imaginary coast that extends from the brutality of the scandinavian frozen seas to the dark and mysterious rock filled beaches of the american northwest - a landscape full of strange creatures and beings, an eternal and endless coast. recorded and mixed at smegma’s legendary home base portland studio.

$11.95

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harsh-noise
analogue-synth
concert-recordings

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 15 cd

merzbow / carlos giffoni / jim o’rourke “electric dress” compact disc

electric dress (52:16)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "electric dress"

late april 2007 release; a recording of a concert that took place at tokyo’s uplink factory on september 30th, 2006 featuring the debut trio of masami “merzbow” akita (ems synthi ‘a’, handmade instruments and various effects), carlos giffoni (custom synthss and analog filters), and jim o’rourke (synth and microphone.)

“electric dress” is a single 50+ minute synth-blast that delivers on a bunch of levels; it has a nice, narrative flow; lingering in “space machine” territory for the first half before amping up into full-on annihilation for the second... the recording is actually quite clean; not the “in-the-red” lineage tape-saturated blowout you’d expect, much closer to the sound of the zero gravity records from the mid 90s (incidentally, also mostly recorded @ uplink - i’ve got to check that place out!)

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15 merzbow/carlos giffoni/jim o’rourke 'electric dress' cd

electric dress covers the full spectrum of sound color possibility, from totally brutal walls of destructive noise to beautiful minimal synthetic interplay, analog drone and shifting alien electronics. a total mind melting collaboration recorded live in tokyo using synths and a variety of custom analog equipment, even including merzbow's classic spring/junk metal instrument. warm, varied, and obsessive this is what industrial music should have been, the sound of infinite machines demolishing a planet and creating a new structure where live organisms have been eradicated.

edited and mastered by jim for maximum sonic annihilation. documents one of nowadays very rare merzbow's all analog live shows, one of jim o'rourke's rare live appearances since his move to japan and the culmination of carlos giffoni's japan synth destruction tour. all this at the same time! 100% essential!

electric dress is recommended for fans of analog period merzbow, early noise and industrial music, academic electronic and analog synth music-and for those adepts of beautiful and invigorating evil music.

$15.95

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harsh-noise
digital-musics

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 14 lp

consumer electronics “nobody's ugly” long playing record

black cotton wool
grubbing

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14 consumer electronics 'nobody's ugly' lp

consumer electronics is the work of mr. philip best (whitehouse, male rape group, ramleh just to name a few!) pioneer of power electronics and noise who's been at it since the early 80's in his early teenage years while we were all still sucking on our mother's breast and crying like retards.

first full length vinyl release for c.e. since 1993. produced by mr. william bennett.

two side long tracks of beautiful evil noise and heavy layers of drone with the sonic power of recent whitehouse releases and the classic consumer electronics tense and obsessive vibe.

comes in heavy delux screened covers.
limited to 500 copies.

$16.95

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threads:
modern-psych
minimalism-drones

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 13 cd

religious knives “remains” compact disc

bind them (16:07)
electricity and air (13:56)
blackbird (8:10)
wax & flesh (6:11)
the train (13:23)

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

february 2007 disc from religious knives (mike bernstein, maya miller, and nate nelson) containing the entirety of their previously vinyl-only no fun productions lp, the heavy tapes 7”, and a super low-run self-released cd-r...

excellent, free-doom-psych ruminations rife with room-tone fidelity & finely misted, almost jandek-ian delivery in spots. a great collection from one of my favorite contemporary groups... highly recommended.

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13 religious knives 'remains' cd

religious knives is mike bernstein, maya miller and nate nelson. remains is a psychedelic epic, completely beautiful, dark and overtaking. dedicated to all believers of true infinity, remains collects a series of early limited and out of print recordings, fully remastered and slightly reworked for this release full of slowly shifting synth melodies, atonal guitar, twisted percussion and haunting vocals. long live eternal psychedelic dark beauty. artwork by maya miller.

$16.95

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minimalism-drones
free-improvisation
concert-recordings
experimental-instruments
musique-concrète

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 12 cd

burning star core “blood lightning 2007” compact disc

the universe is designed to break your heart (11:13)
a curse on the coast (5:44)
deaf-mute spinning resonator (6:56)
the universe is designed to break your mind (13:37)
10-09-04 horrible room, lexington ky (14:05)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "deaf-mute spinning resonator"

february 2007 full-length from c. spencer yeh’s burning star core - here mostly solo but featuring a quartet of spencer, robert beatty (hair police), mike shiflet, and trevor tremaine on one track (the last.)

five pieces bordering on sound-art in places; much found/experimental instrumentation assembled into tiny universes of micro-detail. awesome.

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12 burning star core 'blood lightning 2007' cd

creeping drones, strange mutilated vocal incursions, and compositions full of unidentifiable sounds both acoustic and electronic. another classic in sound exploration from the mind of mr. c. spencer yeh. this is the sound of humanity looking into the depth of their soul searching for a reason to continue fighting the daily maze of homo sapien life. the three sisters on the front cover of this album all have the "mark of the devil. like all no fun productions cd's comes in the deluxe classic mini-gatefold style no fun cd case.

$17.95

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no fun productions (usa) #nfp 11 lp

pita “a bas la culture marchande” long playing record

pkn (7:20)
atrac kals (10:47)
1127429874 (10:35)
1134 parts 1+2 (6:48)

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11 pita 'a bas la culture marchande' lp

pulsating inhuman sounds, minimal drone work, silence? harsh layered electronics and total death. explorations into the infra-worlds with a few tool boxes and a fucking gigantic drill of destruction manned by a single man, mr. peter rehberg-a sick man and 20th/21st century pioneer of evil electronic music with all the secret formulas to create artificial breakdowns of space and time. hail primal electronic darkness. first vinyl from pita in several years. limited to 300.

$11.95

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

no fun productions (usa) #nfp 08 cd

carlos giffoni “arrogance” compact disc

no more air (8:53)
wait for me dressed in one color (8:03)
i always lie (16:25)
the snake rises (11:43)
a proper end (4:13)

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08 carlos giffoni arrogance cd

five chapters of sound inspired by one of the most powerful and complex emotions of humankind. arrogance is a departure from the digital machine insanity of his previous full length release, welcome home (important records), for a world of total analog electronics, primal energy, walls of monumental sound and precise attention to layers - creating massive slowly evolving structures that are both beautiful and terrifying. arrogance is the first cd release on the no fun productions label. recorded live with no overdubs in brooklyn during a 12 month period by carlos giffoni and mastered by james plotkin. cover artwork by award winning artist/designer megan ellis.