kevin drumm “self-titled” double long playing record set

• untitled (1) (7:36)
  
• untitled (2) (3:03)
  
• untitled (3) (9:57)
  
  
• untitled (4) (5:28)
  
• untitled (5) (9:47)
  
• untitled (6) (3:41)
  
  
• untitled (7) (17:09)
  
  
• untitled (8) (8:24)
  
• untitled (9) (11:17)

thin wrist press release...

thin wrist recordings presents the expanded and definitive double lp edition of kevin drumm's groundbreaking first album, originally released in 1997. featuring some of the most fiercely abstract and organic guitar work ever heard, drumm's debut is both jarring and completely alien. dubbed by some as the greatest prepared guitar record ever recorded it prefigured (and continues to trump) almost an entire decade or so of contemporary "out" music that would follow. beautiful and completely essential. this edition includes an entire fourth side of previously unreleased recordings from drumm's personal archive, all recorded in the same era as the original album. it also includes entirely new artwork featuring the body of the actual guitar used to record the album. the album comes housed in a heavy textured gatefold jacket and includes two full color inserts. high quality 2 x 180 gram vinyl pressed at pallas germany and mastered by rashad becker at d&m berlin. looking back at kevin through his formidably individual tunnel of works, it's hard to remember that his first official recorded statement would be caught sneaking into bed alongside history's milestones of "solo instrument improvisation." or that, in turn, it also would be caught trying to sneak out of the house built by father jazz, into a backyard that still hasn't quite been fenced off yet. those running around chicago chasing down the sound in the mid-90's should've already known about this guy and his contributions both in and out of the relative spotlight. for those far from the city winds, thankfully they might've gotten the message in the form of this missive. in the afterglow of later love letters titled “sheer hellish miasma” and “imperial distortion”, it's absolutely overdue that this first musty green postcard be dug out, polished off, and framed. judged by its understated title, "self-titled" aka "guitar" is incredibly literal -- what you hear is what you get. in the simplest considerations, the ensuing connotations and possibilities are wide open; the real-time velocity of urgent decision and movement are wrapped in a clearly-mapped compositional endurance that continues to stand firmly in the relative spotlights of this day. no surprise then, that even all these years later, we would still be trying to figure out exactly at which table kevin should squarely sit. they say that every kid who heard this record immediately went out and grabbed a busted guitar with a scratchy selector switch, ready to subject their friends to fuzzy pauses of amp hum. i know of at least four. -- c. spencer yeh, spring 2010, brooklyn ny

upsilon acrux “radian futura” long playing record

• in-a-gadda-devito
  
• landscape with gun and chandelier
  
• keeping rice evil
  
• the infinitesimal fractions of ping & pong
  
• transparent seas
  
  
• transparent seas
  
• prelude to forshadow’n

thin wrist press release...

tw-hd upsilon acrux "radian futura" phil cobb: keyboards paul lai: guitar chris meszler: drums david moeggenberg: guitar marty sataman: bass recorded and mixed by pete lyman at infrasonic sound mastering by brad blackwood and pete lyman front cover painting by rob sato back cover painting by allison schulnik embossed, full color heavy tip-on cover 180 gram vinyl edition of 500

peter kolovos “new bodies” long playing record

• slick knees (11:58)
  
• dry lips (8:29)
  
  
• early light (15:22)

thin wrist press release...

tw-h peter kolovos "new bodies " everything changes (or doesn't) at exactly the right time. with such abrupt cuts from sound to sound, a lesser man could end up with a whiff of "30 genres in 29 seconds" but here each new sound relates so well to what just came before it, in a gracefully aggressive way.  - chris corsano music, production, design: peter kolovos mastering: rashad becker photography: joyce campbell full color heavy tip-on cover 180 gram vinyl edition of 500 from los angeles, also of open city – first full length-- single takes, live-- intensely physical and abstract music that constantly, unpredictably shifts and evolves. impulse, memory and intent, laid bare in real time. post-melody, post-groove sound. concrete, brutal, yes fun----- peter kolovos, guitarist in los angeles trio open city, presents here three tracks of electric guitar improvisations. each features successively recorded left- and right-channel guitars, in which the overdub responds asynchronously to the original. while open city explored the electroacoustic interplay afforded by the two-guitar and drums line-up, in new bodies, his first solo release, kolovos lets rip with all the skronk and blurt he's been holding in for the last decade, in tiny, tightly gated segments. his sound vocabulary is very broad, and his control of texture and timing is masterful. using equalisation, reverb, envelope shaping and volume control... he rapidly opens and closes the volume window on a dizzying series of extended guitar techniques, creating the inescapable impression of derek bailey covering the residents' duck stab. if that won't sell records, i don't know what will. this electrifying effect is enhanced by the crisp digital recording and the superb dubplates and mastering pressing job - every clang and buzz is right up in your grill. released on kolovos's own imprint, the packaging continues the good work. the cover features a magnificent photograph of the guitarist taken by joyce campbell using the mid-19th century tin type process, which requires a sitting of over three minutes. the resulting image is as physically 'time based' as the recording it encloses, and has the distinctive look of a victorian death mask - no 'posing' or even facial expression is possible. in this regard the cover is an exact metaphor of the recording - what you perceive is exactly what you get. - bruce russell, august 2009

zai kuning / otomo yoshihide / dickson dee “book from hell” compact disc

• book from hell (71:06)

axel dörner / nobuyoshi ino / kazuo imai / noritaka tanaka “rostbeständige zeit” double compact disc set

• for (9:46)
  
• of (15:26)
  
• or (16:54)
  
• if (17:17)
  
  
• background beneath (8:46)
  
• schneller-langsamer (4:03)
  
• nicht-weit (9:10)
  
• viaduct (6:33)
  
• weit-nicht (8:35)
  
• foreground behind (4:58)

doubtmusic press release...

axel dörner + nobuyoshi ino + kazuo imai + noritaka tanaka / rostbestndige zeit doubtmusic / dmf-132/133 street date : 14 march, 2010 cover : paper sleeve cover design : akira sasaki p & c doubtmusic this is the masterpiece of 2cds, splitting the music into improvisation (momentary composition) and / or composition. disc 1 is the improvised music by axel, ino, imai. guitar sound of imai is hot and tingling, ino plays careful his choice pizzicato and arco exquisitely, and axel's original sound bring 'out' into their music. their atmosphere of music is special one, cannot be similar from every music. disc 2 consists of all axel's composition. he play several tunes also on "die enttauschung" (with rudi mahall, etc) but every tunes' structure is very vivid. note drum playing by nori, who is invited to play by axel ! if jazz is survive in present day, this work is the real contemporary "jazz" today.

tatsuhisa yamamoto / muneomi senju “a thousand mountains” compact disc

• chronoscope fatigue (5:53)
  
• foggy in aquarium (2:01)
  
• coral flirtation (11:07)
  
• scattered devils (3:24)
  
• correspon-dance (5:18)
  
• fricative lights (8:38)
  
• chronoscope fatigue variation (4:52)

keiki midorikawa “complete grüne revolution” double compact disc set

• midorikawa / togashi - dichorragia nesimachus (39:55)
  
  
• midorikawa / takayanagi - an die prinzessin die aus dem maulbeerbaum geboren wurde (19:15)
  
• midorikawa / sato - der todeskampf am maderospatch (20:25)

doubtmusic press release...

japanese free jazz masterpiece in the 70s, 2 titles are re-pressed on cd ! keiki midorikawa / complete grüne revolution doubtmusic / dmhrp-129 / 130 (2cds) street date : 16 august, 2009 cover : paper sleeve linernotes : toshihiko shimizu ('76), taku sugimoto ('09) p & c doubtmusic keiki midorikawa (cello, bass) masahiko togashi (percussion, drums) masayuki takayanagi (guitar) masahiko sato (piano) recorded on january 16, 1976 at nichi-futsu kaikan, tokyoconcert produced by teruto soejima, keiki midorikawa "beyond description", 4th date of 'inspiration & power vol.2' the original lp of this work has duo with takayanagi on a side and duo with sato on b side. but in the concert, midorikawa played duo with togashi about 40 minutes, afterward he played duo with takayanagi and with sato both about 20 minutes actually. it didn't include togashi duo on the original lp. this time doubtmusic found a tape of midorikawa - togashi duo, 2cd set convey all performance that day as a complete version. the tapes which are used on those cds are different from the original master tape, and we re-mastered them, so the quality is higher than the original lp. midorikawa's free improvisation that playing duo with each togashi, takayanagi, sato is inventive and in consequence, each music is very beautiful. those music are prime free-jazz that quietness and intensity seem like spindrift.

itaru oki “phantom note” compact disc

• a black iron cat mask (4:25)
  
• the cats of rue saint denis (9:59)
  
• escargot (8:10)
  
• smily nanri-san (6:32)
  
• kodai-tenmondai -- ancient observatory (9:12)
  
• caesar and capone (5:57)

masayuki takayanagi / nobuyoshi ino “the complete works of jojo • jazz 1” digital versatile disc

• 900320
  
• you don't know what love is
  
• apelo
  
• round trip
  
• winter moon
  
• 2 degrees east, 3 degrees west

jinya disc press release...

... below: direct babelfish translation from the japanese label info... the complete works of jojo jazz 1 masayuki takayanagi nobuyoshi ino dvd jazz1 article code: v-02 [4539113102425] the real image of the rare musician whom the space of an unreached noise was able to go through revives here while letting talent as the guitarist flower in jazz, tango, the world of the bossa nova -- popular music. duo with nobuyoshi ino whom i recorded at a jazz spot [love lee] of nagoya in 1990. masayuki takayanagi (guitar) nobuyoshi ino (bass) mar 20, 1990 mar 21, 1990 jazz club lovely (nagoya) i photographed this product in consumer 8mm video ccd-v200 (sony) in 1990. the sound uses the pcm audio system truck of the video using the outside microphone. there is the point where a noise sound is left to a master tape under influence of the power supply noise of the meeting place. please understand it beforehand.

masayuki takayanagi “the complete works of jojo • action direct 1” digital versatile disc

• inanimate nature i (20:33)
  
• inanimate neture iii (4:57)
  
  
•  improvisation 1 (23:04)
  
• improvisation 2 (10:24)

jinya disc press release...

... below: direct babelfish translation from the japanese label info... the complete works of jojo action direct 1 masayuki takayanagi dvd action direct1 product code: v-01 [4539113102418] while blooming talent as a guitarist in the world of jazz, tango and bossa nova popular music, the real image of the rare musician whom it keeps penetrating to the outer space of predecessor mitou's noise from avant-garde music revives here. live image of [noizutsukupahuomansu] “action direct”. a live footage which recorded the ultimate noise music performance “action direct” by masayuki takayanagi and an unparalleled guitarist who played an active role in japanese jazz music scene since its beginning.new directon for the arts regular concert vol69 / 70 vol69 (aug 4,1990) vol70 (dec 17,1990) dvd ntsc 0 stereo as for this work in 1990 8mm video ccd-v200 for national welfare (sony) with it is something which was photographed. sound it is not the video sound source and we record from dat and cd. there are times when part image/sound is disordered by the deterioration of the master tape. please acknowledge beforehand.

masayuki takayanagi “second concept • 1979.5.27 froggy day” triple compact disc set

• hi beck (13:21)
  
• 317 east 32nd (12:06)
  
• my new flame (7:05)
  
• froggy day (10:48)
  
• palo alto (7:58)
  
  
• sound lee (9:47)
  
• you'd be so nice to come home to (13:31)
  
• autumn nocturn (6:15)
  
• kery's trance (11:34)
  
• subconscious lee (5:57)
  
• these things (5:17)
  
  
• froggy day (1979.5.27) (8:38)

jinya disc press release...

... below: direct babelfish translation from the japanese label info... second concept product code: b-1920 [4539113102487] production origin: jinya disc masayuki takayanagi (g) kenji kousei (el.p) yasuhito mori (b) yasuhiro yamazaki (dr) 'is picking perseverance' those where especially it is impressive in the word to which takayanagi leaves 'as for picking' as for this which is perseverance are decisive thing not only the guitarist for the musician. the strength which repels the chord of the guitar with the pick, becomes the barometer of strength of that human. instantaneously is repelled with the pick which it had in the effectiveness hand, feeling of selection of sound, selection of the chord, selection, strength and the nuance of position, and selection of the most important timing everything is not decided before that and the [te] does not become. in a word decision making is the question whether the tip has been visible, whether it does. when there is perplexity somewhere, picking becomes weak. it is the same as word. the aforementioned everything being prepared, it does strong picking, inevitably as for the left hand unless you hold down securely, the chord floats. the sound where this gearing is strong is borne. the truth that 'completeness of mind the sound which it is good losing is not possible'. (from explanation) two groups sound recording 1979 november 25 nisshin inn tallow stereo explanation/english translation 20p jacket explanation hiroki koichi (guitarist) jinya disc b-1920 the first limited benefit cd you prepared the sound source which could not be recorded in this work as a benefit cd. special track/truck “take one/froggy d” (monaural) masayuki takayanagi (g) kenji kousei (el.p) yasuhiro yamazaki (dr) the second concept which has become with the base less, it is monaural sound recording of the radio-cassette tape recorder, with the accident but also atmosphere of the meeting place being transmitted, there is an appearance impression strangely about noise as for masayuki's takayanagi which is sold excavation sound source there are times when noise has entered from jinya disc. we do the effort which is removed in the range which the case of mastering does not have hindrance in the sound source, but when it is riding in sound recording largely, we have left that way. we designate cd conversion as a record as purpose. it cuts in tune, as much as possible and/or fading out has tried not to do. this work the ending of last tune there is a noise nearby. removal of noise we would like to entrust to future someone.

marcia bassett / jenny gräf “peradam” compact disc

• zero as sky (17:08)
  
• black waters glow (6:30)
  
• phantasmagorical mapping (15:25)

utech press release...

m. bassett / j. gräf "peradam" cd in rene daumal's mount analogue, a peradam is described as a clear and extremely hard stone, a true crystal. it is so transparent that it is nearly impossible to see. to discover a peradam was always the result of an inner act. at said moment in time, the stone's brilliance might catch the eye of one who seeks the truth. most peradams were found on the rough and dangerous trails up the mountain. peradam is the result of marcia bassett (zaimph, hototogisu) and jenny gräf (harrius, metalux) collaborating to map the arrival of their music. the three recordings on display reveal grainy, melodic vocal expressions combined with ritualistic, slow-burning noise and both women's belief in mysterious creativity. photograph by masahiro miyasaka. edition of 500.

rm74 “reflex” compact disc

• early morning fog (5:47)
  
• temporal resolution (4:31)
  
• between the devil and the deep blue sea (4:34)
  
• the human factor (3:44)
  
• organ-origami (4:12)
  
• send a message in c flat morse code (4:02)
  
• incremental shift (5:33)
  
• garden of the lower lights (3:48)
  
• ripple tank (4:54)
  
• slowly up and digital down... (4:32)
  
• ... to earth (2:44)

utech press release...

rm74 "reflex" cd reflex is the fifth solo album by switzerland's reto mäder (ural umbo, sum of r, pendulum nisum) as rm74. a creepy, paranoid record of sinister melody and complex structure. electronics, organ, synthesizer, guitars and other instrumentation drifts in and out of bizarre atmospherics. the tracks gain emotional resonance as they move among vexing swells of dense, rotting psychedelia. presented in a heavy matte sleeve printed with dark metallic ink. includes fold out insert. photograph by phillip nesmith. edition of 500.

ehnahre “alpha/omega” long playing record

• leda and the swan
  
  
• the second coming

fun with asbestos press release...

boston based avant black/death/doom metal band ehnahre follow up their debut record “the man closing up” with their new 12" record, entitled “alpha/omega.”  with 2009 seeing the addition of drummer/noise artist/wacko ricardo donoso, ehnahre plumbed even further into the depths of rhythmic flux and sway which characterized their debut release.  this record sees ehnahre starting to stretch out, and progress beyond their beginnings- more extremes, more chaos, more discordant guitar lines, and vocals akin to the outburst of a bloodthirsty, drunken schizophrenic. “alpha/omega”  was written based on the poems “leda and the swan” and “the second coming” by irish writer william butler yeats. utilizing mythological, mystical, and religious themes, the text alludes to the beginning of the world, and armageddon. taking their ugly, atonal and oppressive sound to new lows of stifling darkness and malevolence, the uncompromising dissonance and instability on this record will salt the earth with ehnahre’s aural depravity. ehnahre is releasing “alpha/omega” on fun with asbestos records, in a limited run (100 copies), exclusively on 12” vinyl.  black on black record, with hand printed jackets. mastered by james plotkin, released march 1st, 2010.

comet bodies “close to a world below” c46 cassette

• close to a world below (1)
  
  
• close to a world below (2)

cylindrical habitat modules press release...

comet bodies - close to a world below c46 extremely recent collaboration between julian gulyas (synaptic foliage, amazing births) and adam miller (isle of sodor). the result of an all-night session on the insane synths at my friend's college. extremely harrowing zones with an inevitably vintage vibe. two awkward dudes, full of pizza and jamming arp 2500 and 2600s, an electrocomp 101 and an eml 400. overwhelming array of sounds. what i imagine noticing a crack in your space helmet would feel like. edition of 75, follow-up cdr coming soon on cylindrical.

jim ferraro “on air” compact disc recordable

• remote control under the couch
  
• on air
  
• pleiadian channel surfer #1
  
• moonshocked dudettes
  
• pleiadian channel surefer #2
  
• zapped by something strange in the night
  
• green popcorn
  
• life on record
  
• pleiadian channel surfer # 3
  
• angels of the night
  
• s.o.s.
  
• heaven's bathroom
  
• rock 'n' roll radio
  
• channel 3

muscleworks inc. press release...

jim ferraro "on air" cd-r 60 minutes

james ferraro “feed me” compact disc recordable

• my parents think i'm turning into a cockroach
  
• t.v. dinner underneath a full moon
  
• she's a little hot pinball machine
  
• bad toys
  
• checkered pompadour
  
• zit t.v. goes to hell
  
• motel christmas
  
• heaven's open late tonight
  
• little petshop of bloodshot eyes
  
• studded dream
  
• paranoid couch potato
  
• feed me

muscleworks inc. press release...

james ferraro "feed me" cd-r 60 minutes

nonhorse “subtle revenge” c90 cassette

• uh oh, party time
  
• walk the earth
  
• pizza n pudding
  
• friday of the surus
  
• tough the nail
  
• the shadow vision
  
  
• iran banger
  
• leave the light on
  
• chamber of eugene
  
• chamber of mars
  
• private music
  
• zone eater iii
  
• zone eater iv

nna tapes press release...

nna010: nonhorse "subtle revenge" c90 enter g. lucas crane's (woods, vanishing voice) warped and damaged world of tape collage hysteria. "subtle revenge" is the full spectrum of bizarre sensations experienced during full-on party mode, and the hazy reflection on the morning after. snip, snip...

“the blend” c122 cassette

• magic lantern - trimmed and burning
  
• cursillistas - seven story mountain
  
• oneohtrix point never - bannlieue in 3 sectors
  
• slasher risk - the mayor
  
• thoughs on air - passerby
  
• sky limousine - hyperdeep pt. 2
  
• social junk - mumble street
  
• city center - situation
  
• the mossy throats - horrifying blind crawlers
  
• hairmaiden of the totem robe - bye lawn
  
• teeth collection - untitled
  
• chill reflections - on jellyfish
  
• druids of huge - stephen
  
• treetops - shrouded glow
  
  
• lilypad - dripping patch no. 9
  
• soul manure - walking to 401 s. woodlawn
  
• infinite body - sunshine
  
• goliath bird eater - metempsychosis
  
• ducktails - angelfire
  
• shared needles - who’s the victim
  
• gorman - sparrow
  
• terrortank - funeral path
  
• the north sea - glasnost bowl
  
• peaking lights - secret cops (live in albany)
  
• pink desert - huh
  
• uton - feeling fine
  
• lanterns - bruised looser for lips
  
• thousands - electric vd

slime city press release...

sc00: v/a  "the blend" cassette a 122 minute compilation of various artists compiled throughout 2008. dubbed in real time on high grade cassettes with double sided artwork, insert & labels by jeff astin (housecraft). in an edition of 200 with unreleased tracks by: ducktails, lilypad, magic lantern, peaking lights, oneohtrix point never, treetops, infinite body, goliath bird eater, hairmaiden of the totem robe, the north sea, druids of huge, social junk, gorman, shared needles, cursillistas, sky limousine, the mossy throats, uton, thousands, pink desert, chill reflections, thoughts on air, soul manure, slasher risk, terrortank, city center, lanterns, teeth collection

charanjit singh “synthesizing – ten ragas to a disco beat” double long playing record set

• raga bhairav
  
• raga lalit
  
• raga bhupali
  
  
• raga megh malhar
  
• raga yaman
  
• raga kalavati
  
  
• raga madhuvanti
  
• raga todi
  
  
• raga malkauns
  
• raga bairagi

march 2010 release ; gorgeous, european double-lp gatefold reissue of this oft whispered-about side :: ... purportedly recorded in india in 1982, the 10 morning-to-night ragas here were programmed, step-time style, into the era’s flagship xox boxes - the (then) maligned tb-303 “bass line” and tr-808 “rhythm composer”, then embellished with stray jupiter-8 flourish ... the results are mind-bottling ; mr. singh’s insanely prescient stylings (as mentioned elsewhere ad infinitum, predating phuture’s trax-label debut by a good 5 years) owe much to italo-germanic-disco’s production conceits, sure, but his frankly, awesome keyboard-solo abilities are up there with east-leaning minimalists like terry riley et.al & the levels of sheer looping repetition bring this much closer to mesmerizing pulse of the “private” synth / library-music universe’s era recordings than anything from the moogsploitation camp ... ultra-deluxe gatefold presents the album in chronological / conceptual order, with the first lp offering 6 tracks (3 per side) @ 33.3~, then the second the remaining 4 (2 per side) @ 45 (presumably for club / venue / outdoor p.a. applications) ... note to world ; i want to hear this music being played in every idiotic cafe, trend-jumping fashion boutique, between sets at every “ironic” williamsburg venue-dump, every pbr-stocked “rent party”, etc ... all summer, everywhere, non-stop (after which we can all take a short break) ... highly recommended !!!

bombay connection press release...

synthesizing – ten ragas to a disco beat by charanjit singh (india, 1982) until recently it wasn’t much more than some rumours on the web: a 1982 released lp called ten ragas to a disco beat containing kraftwerk-like acid house music, years before the genre was invented. so it turns out, the record was no rumour. only a few hundred copies of the lp were ever pressed, and only a handful seem to have survived. moreover, the lp outdoes all expectations. performed on the synths that would later define acid house, the roland tb-303 and tr-808, the album sounds light years ahead of its time with its repetitive beats and hypnotic electronic melodies. its maker, bollywood session musician charanjit singh, set out to translate ancient indian classical ragas to the modern synthesizer and in doing so seems to have invented house music along the way. the 10 tracks make a consistent listen from a to z. its restrained minimalism and lack of cheesiness makes it incredibly contemporary, sounding animated, fluid and unabashedly alive.