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guitar-themed
electro-acoustic-improvisation
modern-psych

sharks and pfennigs (uk) #sharks 9 cd

minn minn lights “minn minn lights” compact disc recordable

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minn minn lights cd-r

minn minn lights is the trio of daniel meyer grønvold, eirik renton and oivind koppand eriksen. hailing from oslo, grønvold and renton also perform together as electroacoustic improvisers mi-kydno and the energetic banshee howl.

minn minn lights finds the group expanding on small sounds, with controlled feedback and drones mixing with tapes and and prepared guitar. the disc is a delicate and rich document of northern experimentalism.

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personnel:
daniel meyer grønvold: guitar, walkie talkie
eirik renton: percussion, feedback
oivind koppand eriksen: tapes, electronics

recorded:
summer 2006

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modern-psych

sharks and pfennigs (uk) #sharks 8 cd

nonhorse “cursedart” compact disc recordable

  • curse dart: the maskhara dervish
  • but i had been waiting for so long
  • thee not guilty: the crumbling
  • as it was back then, so is it now
  • the lost speech
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nonhorse - curse dart cd-r

nonhorse both is and is not g. lucas crane. vanishing voice searsucker psychopomp nonhorse spins a tape vortex of curse tales and religious corruption. the salt hangs in the air as a yemeni sheikh breaks the last taboo. plans go awry and the pastor cant connect with his flock. an entire era of history is lost.

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personnel:
nonhorse both is and is not g. lucas crane

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free-improvisation
modern-psych

sharks and pfennigs (uk) #sharks 7 cd

ben reynolds / john w. fail / uncabineted duo “ii” compact disc recordable

  • helge spoke of the boa
  • spies in cabinet three
  • elegance
  • the 31st bowl
  • the angles of ricardo’s jumpsuit
  • the rotating lights
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ben reynolds/john w. fail ‘uncabineted’ duo - ii cd-r

the follow up to last year’s uncabineted collaboration was recorded in preparation for an appearance at the hard gaan festival in belgium and holland last october. fail’s interest in tape work finds a welcome complement in reynolds’ electric guitar wanderings; the pieces are all atmosphere, recording both the sounds and the sounds’ interaction with thin walls.

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personnel:
ben reynolds
john w. fail

recorded:
the prince edward, glasgow, oct. 2006

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guitar-themed
free-improvisation
lo-fi
modern-psych

sharks and pfennigs (uk) #sharks 5 cd

matthew mcdowell “quantum heresy” compact disc recordable

  • pipeline to hunab ku
  • dwelling of the thirteen serpents
  • the wind, like a knife, cuts windows in the clouds
  • amanita surprise
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matt mcdowell - quantum heresy cd-r

matt mcdowell first came to notoriety as a member of the arco flute foundation and has appeared in a variety of projects mostly emanating from his home of portland, or.

the mystical energy of his west coast surroundings comes forth in these four solo electric guitar pieces, recalling the density of rhys chatham and the velocity of loren mazzacane connors (though filtered through his own phlegmatic vision)

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personnel:
matthew mcdowell: electric guitar
aria benner: sandwich

recorded:
onto 1 of 4 tracks july 30, 2006
in portland, or

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threads:
minimalism-drones
modern-psych
self-released

sharks and pfennigs (uk) #sharks 3 cd

the good anna “full of beans” compact disc recordable

  • full of beans
first release from this nottingham-based modern-psych group, named after the gertrude stein text. i... hesitate before doing this, but here is their list of “influences” on (gulp) myspace:

“arvo part, tony conrad, eric dolphy, gino robair, moe!, the hated music, indonesian gamelan, nels cline, john coltrane, captain beefheart, ornette coleman, milford graves, max roach, karen stackpole, shahzad ismaily, pelt, vibracathedral orchestra, archie sheep, pharoah sanders, arthur doyle, town and country, kevin drumm, tim barnes, albert ayler, paul lovens, alice coltrane, andrew cyrille, alvin curran, sun ra, anthony pateras, birchville cat motel, ustad bishmillah khan, voice crack, rashied ali, gavin bryars, evan parker, fela kuti, glenn kotche, ennio morricone, z'ev, xavier charles, john butcher.”
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the good anna: “full of beans”

the good anna are patrick farmer and graham jones. based in nottingham, the duo has been performing everywhere lately, from late-night improv blowouts in the midlands to north america (where they are embarking on a lengthy tour this summer). instrumentally focused around jones’ guitar and farmer’s percussion, full of beans explores space both acoustic and physical, moving from quietly bowed ringing tones to spastic, clattering explosions.

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personnel:
patrick farmer
graham jones

recorded:
to minidisc w/atr 25 stereo microphone
at a warehouse in nottingham, 2006


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self-released
modern-psych
concert-recordings

sharks and pfennigs (uk) #sharks 2 cd

john w. fail “the icewhistle” compact disc recordable

  • the icewhistle
  • short mapping
  • azimuth whistle
  • the richewhistle
  • loagrostander
  • a borderwhistle
  • the icewhistle (again)
  • theory of oak word
  • theory of whistling
solo disc from mr. john w. fail; a pittsburgh native now amongst the out-music cognoscenti in glasgow... john’s name may a ring a bell as he’s one (of four) resonsible for the excellent lied music / boy-band tax returns split on ultra eczema; my appreciation of said being what led to stocking these cdr titles on john’s new post-cenotaph (got to love a label named after a this heat song) label sharks & pfennigs.

what’s in store: a concert-recording of solo bengalese esraj (think a cross between a sitar and a saringda / sarangi - not to dis-similar from the dilruba popular with today’s armchair ethographical modern-psych ensembles) and “oak cello”
sharks and pfennigs press release...
john w. fail: “the icewhistle”

john w. fail has turned up in a lot of places but on few recordings; this is the first release entirely under his own name, following an 8-project cassette compilation on dronedisco last year.

most well-known as 1/2 of lied music, the icewhistle finds fail quietly scraping ghost overtones from his israj (the traditional bengali instrument heard on lied music recordings).

in eight minimal tracks, the sounds of air and urban ambiance mix with the israj to create a haunting, suspended soliloquy.

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personnel:
john w. fail: israj, oak cello

recorded:
garrioch arms (folk corner)


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modern-psych
free-improvisation

sharks and pfennigs (uk) #sharks 1 cd

ben reynolds / john w. fail “uncabineted” compact disc recordable

  • the 23rd bowl
  • uncabineted
  • she is shooting through the harbour
  • the 24th bowl
live collaborations between mr. john w. fail and ashtray navigations’ ben reynolds. fans of the latter take note...
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ben reynolds/john w. fail: “uncabineted”

ben reynolds and john w. fail collated several recordings to compile uncabineted, covering the period between september 2005 (when they met) and march 2006.

reynolds work is well-documented on labels such as ikuisuss, memoirs of an aesthete, time-lag and 267 lattajjaa while fail has dabbled in myriad projects including lied music, intro to pterodactyl and land.

ranging from screaming acoustics to dirgy fuzzfests, the real document is that of experience, joy and camaraderie.

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personnel:
ben reynolds
john w. fail
(bridget hayden appears on ‘uncabineted’)

recorded:
various glasgow locations 2005-2006


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