jazkamer “musica non grata” compact disc

• honda sound works (32:24)
  
• musica non grata (14:55)
  
• feedback fans (8:09)

pica disk press release...

jazkamer: musica non grata pica015. cd. released february 2010. the february edition of jazkamer's 2010 monthly cd-series. "musica non grata" is a feedback-fest. armed with guitars and analogue synths and an arsenal of amps, hegre, gross and marhaug locked themselves into duper studios in bergen, exploring how feedback-timbre sounds like when recorded on an analogue 24 track 2" tape-machine. the three long tracks that makes "musica non grata" are slow-moving long-form meditations on feedback that will be bliss for a select few and hell for most listeners. february is not an easy month. cd in digipak cover. photos by martín escalante. december 1st 2009 / jazkamer 2010 monthly series in 2010 pica disk ventures on its most ambitious project yet: to release one jazkamer cd-album every month of the year. the jazkamer 2010-series will be 12 proper new albums. the idea is to keep things exciting all the way, so in keeping with jazkamer’s eclectic tradition of making very different sounding records, each monthly album will be different from the previous installments. the 2010-series will cover the wide (non)musical range jazkamer has become known for since they started in 1998. this includes: first studio recordings of the metal line-up since ”metal music machine” album new ”art breaker”-style grindcore recordings new ”panic”-style broken-blues material collaborations with john wiese, putrefier, government alpha and others material with regular four-piece line-up of hegre, marhaug, gross and drønen and much, much more. expect some surprises along the way also. the cd’s will be packaged in proper digipak covers, and each will feature artwork by a different visual artist, like savage pencil, martín escalante, jose de diego, justin bartlett, yasutoshi yoshida and others.

government alpha “resolution of remembrance • 1992-1999” quadruple compact disc boxed set

• four discs of ultra-harsh jump-cut noise
  from yosutoshi yoshisa dating back to
  his earliest recordings !!!

• bruise (1:08)
  
• funeral march (1:26)
  
• cry bitterly (3:17)
  
• drop (3:19)
  
• thing origin (3:41)
  
• demonstration (3:01)
  
• missing (2:03)
  
• general practionar (3:06)
  
• artificial fertilization (4:27)
  
• crystallization (4:24)
  
• mixed parentage (3:02)
  
• critical condition (4:57)
  
• blame (4:45)
  
• pale (3:24)
  
• parasite (5:33)
  
• safeconduct (0:39)
  
• left-brain-consciousness (3:05)
  
• burial ground (10:40) 

• liquefaction (5:44)
  
• irregular conduct (4:45)
  
• renewal (4:53)
  
• abortion (4:28)
  
• in trance (2:51)
  
• unsanitary mud (3:00)
  
• the crematory of eden (3:14)
  
• untitled (1:43)
  
• siesta (4:47)
  
• insomnia (4:26)
  
• perceptive perception (4:05)
  
• elliptical orbit (5:27)
  
• electocardiogram (4:02)
  
• creaky pulse (2:17)
  
• gyaku-kou (1:29)
  
• aku-junkan (4:54)
  
• shinkuu (7:21) 

• perfumed erinyes (4:46)
  
• blindman’s buff (5:36)
  
• sphygmograph (5:57)
  
• erebus (5:48)
  
• rubbish! (4:08)
  
• anonym slander (4:46)
  
• quoit (2:03)
  
• quarrel (6:45)
  
• quickening (5:10)
  
• vaporizer part 1 (7:31)
  
• ecdysis (6:27)
  
• death and afterimage (4:18)
  
• wadachi (5:02) 

• depressing sun (6:05)
  
• setting sun (4:45)
  
• ultra centrifuge part 4 (7:10)
  
• ultra centrifuge part 5 (2:12)
  
• process 1 (3:11)
  
• sidewinder part 2 (6:23)
  
• for backache (4:08)
  
• for stomachache (4:46)
  
• volta effects part 5 (6:53)
  
• thrombosis (6:38)
  
• stormy sunday morning (2:58)
  
• death and gem (4:47)
  
• the world end with you (6:01)
  
• shine 1 (4:16)

pica disk press release...

government alpha: resolution of remembrance 1992-1999 pica012. 4 x cd box-set. released autumn 2009. 500 copies. yasutoshi yoshida's government alpha project started in 1992 and quickly became one of the leading names in the third generation of japanese noise music. government alpha was characterized by its ferociously intense signature sound. noise fans often speak of a feeling of "pure energy" felt when listening to noise music. few artists consistently embodies this better than government alpha. audiences in the west first started to take notice when government alpha appeared on the susan lawly "extreme music from japan" compilation and vinyl releases on segerhuva and vinyl communications. but at the same time yasutoshi recorded a series of works released on the cassette format. these were (as often is the case with noise tapes) released in very limited editions. the "resolution of remembrance 1992-1999" box-set is a selection of 62 tracks from these obscure releases in the years 1992 to 1999, released by labels like harbinger sound, mother savage noise productions, hospital productions, utsu tapes, american tapes and of course yoshida's own xerxes imprint. the first cd also includes previously unreleased tracks from 1992/93. an unstoppable natural flow of soundwaves seemingly unfiltered by human presence, as unpredictable a flow as any natural force. pure noise, not filtered through, but channelled by the musician. let me emphasise how happy i am to see this box set being realised. hopefully it will work as an eye-opener to those who are new to the music of yasutoshi yoshida. - from tommy carlsson's liner notes

will guthrie “spike-s” seven inch single record

• spike (3:08)
  
  
• spiked (2:54)

oren ambarchi / lasse marhaug “devil wolf men” seven inch single record

• devil wolf men part 1 (6:15)
  
  
• devil wolf men part 2 (6:20)

maja solveig kjelstrup ratkje / lasse marhaug “music for gardening” compact disc

• music for gardening (4:37)
  
• complaints won't help (5:36)
  
• call in the dogs (2:54)
  
• sound check (2:17)
  
• merry go round circus in town (3:05)
  
• stuck in the roundabout (2:34)
  
• like a prayer (3:47)

incapacitants “burning orange” compact disc

• incapacitants - orange smoke (28:27)
  
• fumio tommikawa - out of schnaps (26:25)

hijokaidan “polar nights live” compact disc

• hijokaidan - no oslo no harm (26:56)
  
• jojo hiroshige & per gisle galåen - book of changes (26:36)
  
• junko & sten ove toft - le rayon verte (25:38)

birchville cat motel “gunpowder temple of heaven” compact disc

• gunpowder temple of heaven (40:49)

hild sofie tafjord “kama” compact disc

• kama (41:00)

oren ambarchi / lasse marhaug “worried friends b/w nervous enemies” seven inch single record

• worried friends (6:40)
  
  
• nervous enemies (6:51)

lasse marhaug “tapes 1990-1999” quadruple compact disc set

• zonked scum - demo 1 (4:10)
  
• herbert mullin - delirium acutum (5:08)
  
• herbert mullin - consequenses (0:59)
  
• herb mullin - urethra (5:56)
  
• herb mullin - coltus interruptus part 2 (3:00)
  
• herb mullin & lars skoglund - skinpeel (3:15)
  
• herb mullin & lars skoglund - into a pulp (0:43)
  
• herb mullin - blodet koagulert / coltus interruptus part 3 (7:30)
  
• herb mullin - kommer og går (2:24)
  
• herb mullin - immortal, unchained, dumb (12:28)
  
• herb mullin - living breathing slab of meat (4:17)
  
• herb mullin & mads staff jensen - bolt to (4:47)
  
• egoproblem - untitled #1 (2:16)
  
• egoproblem - untitled #5 (4:03)
  
• h.mull.in - eurotrash (5:56)
  
• h.mull.in - out (1:36)
  
• herb mullin - on-off (4:48)
  
  
• lasse marhaug - music on tape (8:23)
  
• lasse marhaug - white inferno (12:12)
  
• lasse marhaug - feed feel part 2 (5:33)
  
• egoproblem - free (6:36)
  
• lasse marhaug - noise ninja (10:47)
  
• lasse marhaug - monster (28:42)
  
  
• lasse marhaug - untitled #1 (5:50)
  
• lasse marhaug - untitled #2 (3:55)
  
• lasse marhaug - untitled #4 (5:40)
  
• lasse marhaug - the girl who always eats chocolate (4:33)
  
• lasse marhaug - multimood (11:38)
  
• lasse marhaug - wish you a merry christmas (15:31)
  
• lasse marhaug - rotterdam (12:26)
  
• lasse marhaug - sleeping city sickness (2:59)
  
• lasse marhaug - in arabian icecream (6:11)
  
• lasse marhaug - ladyrock (5:11)
  
  
• lasse marhaug - more guts than brains (4:36)
  
• lasse marhaug - pulse chicken (3:32)
  
• lasse marhaug - high hello (13:42)
  
• lasse marhaug - development hell (13:46)
  
• lasse marhaug - side b (3:20)
  
• lasse marhaug - megadecimal shriek (3:39)
  
• lasse marhaug - i like violence (1:13)
  
• marhaug - untitled (3:26)
  
• marhaug / bad kharma - miss plastic murgatroid's red metal wet dream (19:22)
  
• marhaug / bad kharma - red tape rot 2 (4:55)

dead peasant insurance “cleveland scum skulls” c35 cassette

• something’s wrong
  
• meth mouth
  
  
• starbuss starpus

pizza night press release...

pn 41: "cleveland scum skulls" c35 dead peasant insurance dpi is one of cleveland's most long standing noise-rock bands. young sibling veterans of ohio sludge, amanda and wyatt howland shred guitars in the same no rules exploratory fashion as they have been since the 1995. in fact, wyatt explained that they didn't even begin "tuning" until 2001 (which i don't believe they really do at all to this day). amanda also provides stream of conciousness vocal battering which rounds out the full blasting quartet. the guitar's pair up against walls of electronics from ryan kuehn (dr. quinn, hot air balloon ride, jesus kills) and j guy laughlin's one man blasted free-jazz drum olympiad style. absolutely head-spinning gunk. this tape features recordings with collaborator, ben osborne (rot ton bone, silver pearl and tusco terror). pro dubbed. edition of 60.

charlie nothing “the psychedelic saxophone of charlie nothing” long playing record

• the psychedelic saxophone of charlie nothing (18:15)
  
  
• in eternity with brother frederic (14:20)

november 2009 release ; near-exact “repro” of this 1967 takoma sub-label release, centering around 60s capsule-intaker & dingulator inventor/philosopher charlie nothing ... ... accompanied by the occasional bongo-jamming (c/o “brother frederic”) & what sounds like a continuous wash of soft-malleted cymbals (more likely the artifact(s) / “dingulations”of stand-mounted dingulators ; bizarre, hand-crafted guitar-like instruments of charlie’s own devising, built from junked american automobiles, pictured here as played by mid-70s agglomerate “the superfabulous dingulators” :: ... some with up to 21 strings ; playable by fretting, tapping, or by hitting the bodies ala percussion instruments), charlie (né charles martin simon) absolutely blows his guts out in a freewheeling stream of sax improvisations, in spots recalling braxton’s “for alto” but far less informed by jazz modes ... this has long been a cult record, rare as hen’s teeth (even many die-hard takoma completists are w/o a copy) ; so this picture-perfect replica (replete with full-color spray-glue-on covers & accurate repro labels) is a real treat ... highly recommended !!!

no label press release...

charlie nothing was not born. did not die. does not, did not, will not exist. charlie nothing is the artist. charlie nothing the artist is a subdivision of charles martin simon the writer. some writers have no problem doing art. for example, henry miller was somewhat of a painter. charles martin simon, however, could not, can not, will never be able to do art. when his wife the artist died, he inherited her art supplies and so he had to try, but the experience proved futile, painful, and produced a psyche fragmentation, which he, having been reduced to nothing, named charlie nothing. charlie nothing could do art fabulously, did and does. charlie nothing creations span a wide range, the pinnacle being the guitar sculptures made out of american cars called dingulators. dingulators are the ultimate rock and roll art, which makes charlie nothing the ultimate rock and roll artist. fitting for a guy who doesn't exist, although, non-existence may very well be a criterion (based on the total life performances of so many characteristic artists of the genre). charlie nothing instrument sculptures play with unique sound. a photo detail of one of charlie nothing's dingulators appears as the back cover art on the very important and very big fine art book by jake jacobson, hearts & minds, musical instrument makers of america and also as the cover art on the "the western region" section of the book. charlie nothing had many dingalation bands during the 60s, 70s, and 80s. dingulations ranged from very well received (after one performance in l.a., charlie nothing was offered a ton of money to take a tour to viet nam with bob hope to entertain the troops. he declined, figuring he was more likely to get shot than get the money.) to being spat upon by human beings who could not tolerate the disrespect that dingulation represented to the hamster hierarchy of respectable entertainment. charlie nothing has had many art shows in very established galleries which are no longer in existence. one of the first canvases he ever produced was purchased by the san francisco museum of modern art circa 1963, after being featured in a show called new york artists. he has performed in many places and times, including an official and very exclusive concert in the los angeles museum of modern art. he has written many songs which were anthologized in the "big dingulator song book," which is unavailable. he composed and produced records and tapes as far back as the late 60s. one of his lps "the psychedelic saxophone of charlie nothing" was produced and released by tacoma records and achieved an infinitesimal degree of infamy in europe under the category of new jazz, which, of course, it was not. charlie nothing quit performing in the 1980s, believing he had evolved past the entertaining-monkey-jumping-up-and-down-on-the-stage stage. charlie nothing came back to performing in 2004, realizing he was in fact a monkey jumping up and down. charlie nothing characterizes himself as a philosopher/clown.

dead raven choir “cask strength black metal” triple long playing record boxed set

• sheath and knife
  
  
• hej soko y
  
• sawney beane
  
• the young girl cut down in her prime
  
• sawney bean
  
• kamie na kamieniu
  
  
• czarne oczy
  
• maryna
  
• z ociste chryzantemy
  
• elijah
  
• siad a muszka
  
  
• die
  
• die
  
• die
  
• die
  
• die
  
• die
  
• die!
  
  
• sevenfold song of death
  
  
• lots of booze and lots of rambling in a sea of steam and poison light bathe in fiery answers and fill the spinning sky guided by the beauty of our weapons
  
• first we take manhattan
  
• stormfront
  
• lungs
  
• waiting around to die
  
• highway kind

bathing druid “beltane loofah” seven inch single record

• sick
  
• chester's lament
  
• under my cloak
  
  
• do si do
  
• zac's lullaby

sam goldberg “current” long playing record

• untitled (14:46)
  
  
• carol (11:35)

pump kinn / don / brian miller / kevin shields “virgin passwords” long playing record

• brian miller & kevin shields - noise like weight
  
• brian miller & kevin shields - ain't never been down with opp
  
• brian miller & kevin shields - virgin mafia
  
  
• pump kinn & don - untitled

starving weirdos “path of lighting” double long playing record set

• n.y. blues (13:17)
  
  
• häagen dazs (13:18)
  
  
• into the flatlands (16:38)
  
  
• god of echoes (14:37)

weird forest press release...

starving weirdos path of lighting 2xlp first off, this 2xlp set has thee best cover i’ve laid my sockets on in many moons. it is soooo eye-burningly great that i’m tempted to run out and buy a van just to have the image painted on it. it’s about time the art world came around to the lucrative “ray-gun touting topless women riding giant tarantulas through darkened valleys” market. bra-fuckin’-vo! but i’m not getting off my high horse just yet. i must say that this latest from norcal’s finest, starving weirdos is one of their most swell/swollen yet to date. four flippin’ sides of confuse-adelia for both the farm-fresh kid to the well-heeled cad. way noisier than the releases on root strata, path of lighting is chock full of mystery moves and dynamo hums, from the tripped-out textural flips on “into the flatlands” flickering in and out of foci to the almost-an-environmental-statement of “n.y. blues” with talk show jibber jabbing into the corrosive static as the grooves run out. the two dudes in starving weirdos are joined by yet another dude for two tracks and it’s tough to know exactly what he’s adding (besides another layer of ecstasy gush) but they’re my fave sides. for sure. these two sides sound like the fine line that separates no neck blues band from sunburned hand of the man. the final track could/should have been in the movie rosemary’s baby, right around the time mia farrow is screaming “what have you done to his eyes!” as the kids these days say, “fuck you, dad!” — no wait, “dude, that would rule!” yeah, that’s it. so, let recap — you get the deluxe gatefold jacket courtesy of the always peachy weird forest label, twin slabs of head-spinning secret laboratory recordings and man — that cover is making me so hot!  — dennis yudt cover painting: “revolution by night” by jeff jordan. design and interior artwork by aaron winters.limited to 500 copies on black vinyl with full color gatefold jackets.

starving weirdos “self-hypnosis” double long playing record set

• density of life part one (14:22)
  
  
• self-hypnosis (12:23)
  
  
• density of life part two (14:53)
  
  
• the ever-present moment (11:52)

weird forest press release...

starving weirdos self-hypnosis 2xlp what’s going on here? well, a couple sides of self-hypnosis were recorded in a concrete racquetball court (and a couple of sides weren’t) which has been mysteriously transformed into the legendary black ark studios and lee perry is going nuts with the ol’ echo effects. a tiny clatter in the background suddenly rushes up to your ear-bones, magnified into giant sheets of rubberized steel plates which bounces as high as you are. the backwards flow-motion is set on fire as the storm approaches. various liquids are aerated while dub insects skitter about the killing floor. little crashes, hither and thither, mostly between the buildings — not causing much damage at all. oh oh, those voices sound pretty serious. time to go? nope. these here farming combines sure are hard to start up but, boy, when they do you’re in for a thrashing. ham radio on rye. moldy rye. mutter all you want and loop it, why don’tcha? the other two side are not rock and roll or hoochie-coo. the mystery is killin’ me! is that a giant wet thumb rubbing on a window? aren’t you the big man, buster! i like how the guitar gets sucked into a vortex and then keeps popping out and scaring me. it’s all bone saws and throwing stars. ducks and covers. and where is that humming noise coming from? oh, now i get it. awesome! lemme play this again! — dennis yudt design and artwork by aaron winters. limited to 500 copies on white vinyl with full color gatefold jackets. reissue of cd-r originally released on jryk, plus a bonus side of previously unreleased material.

bee mask “hyperborean trenchtown” long playing record

• untitled (1)
  
  
• untitled (2)

weird forest press release...

bee mask hyperborean trenchtown lp i think chris madak was born after impact in a car crash, and his hyperborean trenchtown will enter the world in a similar fashion. the album resonates a future sound vision that can only come from an old soul destined to further pave the paths laid by electronic and minimalist pioneers. thorough audio examinations covering every facet of sound/tone property as a whole will reveal astonishing new layers listen after listen. undeniably pure processes of creating and sustaining sound visually, sonically and otherwise brings a mathematical and scientific accuracy that hasn’t been seen since the days of lovely music ltd. or grm. the album’s two side-long cuts are divided into two displays of versatility with varied sound sources including amplified acoustic instruments, hand-made electronics, phonography, and more. brilliant textures and audio hallucinogenic time/space wormholes create infinite listening possibilities for this album. few albums can create such a disorienting tunnel that it sounds as if the record has multiple albums locked within itself — you can hear these sounds and interpret them in so many ways that only time can unlock its many possibilities. great albums only gain significance and this is surely no exception. listen to this record on your turntable and stop time completely or melt into the past or the future with it — your choice. — john elliott illustration and design by aaron winters of abide visuals limited to 400 copies on black vinyl.

taku sugimoto “mienai tenshi” long playing record

• mienai tenshi (1)
  
  
• mienai tenshi (2)

weird forest press release...

taku sugimoto mienai tenshi lp this is taku sugimoto's very first solo release originally released in 1988 by the artist himself in a small edition of 100 copies. its a far cry from his current style. back then taku was very much influenced by mc5 and the velvet underground. this is a firey live in-the-red solo electric guitar improv blowout! fans of masayuki takayanagi and high rise take heed! mastered from the original reel-to-reel tapes. faithful reproduction of the original insert and the debossed handmade covers. limited to 500 copies.

dead western “dead western” seven inch single record

• hang glider
  
• the animals rise
  
  
• the beautiful light in the dau

love cry want “love cry want” double long playing record set

• peace (for dakota and jason) (7:04)
  
• tomorrow, today will be yesterday (5:08)
  
  
• the great medicine dance (9:25)
  
• angels wing (4:46)
  
  
• ancient place (10:08)
  
  
• love cry (15:06)

weird forest press release...

love cry want self-titled 2xlpnearly 40 years after its creation, weird forest is proud to release this seminal jazz album for the first time ever on vinyl. the incendiary grooves captured in this wax defy description. it is not free, funk, fusion or fire music — it encompasses all of these sounds and then blasts far beyond them. featuring the late great organist, larry young (miles davis circa bitches brew, tony williams’ lifetime, etc), this album is mandatory listening for fans of miles davis' “live evil” fusion era, young’s own “lawrence of newark”, sun ra’s cosmic explorations and even japanese guitar terrorists like keiji haino and masayuki takayanagi. beautifully packaged, weird forest-style, in a deluxe double-gatefold cover and remastered for vinyl by weasel walter, the love cry want 2xlp is an essential document of a criminally unheralded group. here’s the scoop : june 1972. the times were filled with darkness and turmoil. this music, of loving, of crying, of wanting, makes a powerful statement. it is awash with the anguish of the times, yet it heralds the promise of better days to come. love cry want was a legendary jazz fusion group based in washington d.c., and led by guitarist, nicholas. this recording took place during a series of concerts in washington, held across from the white house in lafayette park, and featured the late, great jazz organist larry young, who had just recorded the historic “bitches brew” lp with miles davis and had left the tony williams lifetime and guitarist john mclaughlin to combine forces with nicholas and drummer, joe gallivan. this second incarnation of love cry want featured the triumvirate of nicholas, gallivan, and young performing some of the most important music in the history of jazz. no record company would release this music, which was ahead of it's time. nicholas, who pioneered the development of the first guitar synthesizer (in association with electronic music laboratories) performs on the first prototype guitar 'synth' along with fellow musician, joe gallivan, who pioneered the development of the drum synthesizer with inventor, robert moog. june 1972, lafayette park. richard nixon was president. there was a nasty war going on in vietnam, good people were rioting in the streets and cities were aflame. during this series of concerts outside the white house, president nixon ordered aide, j.r. haldeman, to pull the plug on the concert fearing that this strange music would “levitate the white house.” this is that music, remastered for this first time-vinyl release by weasel walter. personnel: nicholas: prototype guitar synthesizer, ring modulator, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, water, hi-tension wires and wailing dervish joe gallivan: drums, steel guitar, moog synthesizer, and percussion jimmy molneiri: drums and percussion larry young: hammond organ. package design by aaron winters. mastered for vinyl release by weasel walter. limited to 500 copies with deluxe stoughton tip-on style gatefold jacktets.

maurizio bianchi / m.b. “das platinzeitalter” double long playing record set

• aurea aetas (15:40)
  
  
• die erbsuende (12:51)
  
• decadence (6:51)
  
  
• the promised seed (10:19)
  
• new heavens new earth (9:59)
  
  
• das platinzeitalter (17:25)

weird forest press release...

maurizio bianchi m.b das platinzeitalter 2xlp have you ever looked into the abyss? man, it’s scary! an infinite void of the blackest black where not even a gleam of light can escape its dark talons. needless to say, it’s not the most popular destination, but hey, it is there. and believe me, sooner or later that day will come when you will sit on the cusp and fix your eyes on the vast nothingness that is everything. but until that hour beckons, you may as well prepare yourself by spinning das platinzeitalter by maurizio bianchi. ’dark ambient’ barely captures what is engraved in these grooves. loops from the history of dust, ancient as the catacombs and spectral like the last rays of hope. there’s an eerie calmness to all four sides of this lp. timeless and inevitable as the setting sun, as if this music has always been here. which it has. it was up to bianchi to find it. this recording captures the never-ending decay of beauty at the point when it is realized that resistance is futile and the metamorphosis has begun. there are not many musicians who can distill this essence: early zoviet france, nature unveiled-era current 93, lustmord and andrew chalk / mirror to name a few, but das platinzeitalter sounds like it comes from hallowed grounds, the once sacred is now profane. it forces your head to turn toward the abyss. it’s up to you to open your eyes and look. then the next thing you know, it’s over. it’s all over.  — dennis yudt screenprinting faithfully reproducing original cd art by seizure palace, portland, or. limited to 500 copies on silkscreen foldover covers and hand-numbered in silver ink.

pocahaunted “mirror mics” long playing record

• one another
  
  
• sister calypso