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pica disk (norway) #pica 015 cd

jazkamermusica non grata” compact disc

  • honda sound works (32:24)
  • musica non grata (14:55)
  • feedback fans (8:09)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "musica non grata"
february 2010 release ; second installment in jazkamer’s behemoth monthly series - here a shit-hot trio date (again, lasse & john w/ jean-philippe gross) consisting solely of feedback-sourced sounds recorded (by the inimitable jørgensir supermanntraen at his duper studios)in the red” onto analogue tape ...

ear-bleeding difference tones & hysteresis all around ; an early peak in the series ...
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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.

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pica disk (norway) #pica 012 cd

government alpharesolution 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 !!!
quickening [disc one]
  • 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) 
sprout [disc two]
  • 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) 
chaos [disc three]
  • 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) 
diffusion [disc four]
  • 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)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "critical condition"
september 2009 release ; eagerly anticipated canonization of yasutoshi yoshida’s earliest recorded work, expertly remastered and issued in the most loving manner possible by über-fan lasse marhaug in a manageably deluxe (i.e. reasonably priced !!!) 4-disc cd box ...

while yoshida’s reputation as purveyor of ultra-harsh, cut-up trainwreck noise is preserved even halfway through the first disc, i found myself surprised at the number of non jump-cut &, frankly, beautiful tracks lurking within these early tapes / releases (case in point ; the tonal, organ-cluster bomb highlighted in the sound-sample really wouldn’t be out of place on any number of contemporary, post-noise “drone” imprints) ...

as with the incapacitantsbox is stupid” the attention-to-detail here is stunning, with each disc in its own full-color, fully-annotated sleeve and a porn-gloss, 24-page booklet offering a smattering of yoshida’s detail-heavy hannah hoch-isms in their full, saturated glory ...

pica disk once again raising the bar on the prime-era harsh-noise historical overview set ; just in time for the holidays ... highly recommended !!!
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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

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pica disk (norway) #pica 011 ep

will guthriespike-s” seven inch single record

  • spike (3:08)

  • spiked (2:54)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "spike"
september 2009 release ; awesome pair of pieces from will guthrie, perfectly hedging his drum-less electro-acoustic percussion work (most recently heard on the cathnor-label “body and limbs still look to light” disc) with a kind of no-holds-barred milford-graves-on-speed flare-out ... all over a bed of almost fennesz-ian textural crackle ...

one of the best singles i’ve heard in a while ; highly recommended !!!
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will guthrie: spike-s

pica011. 7" single. released autumn 2009.

two intense pieces of drums / electronics blow-out from australian soundwizard will guthrie. war metal drumming meets free-noise spazz bliss.

will says:

the two pieces were made with the central theme being an old melody i ripped from an lp of folk music from brittany, which was then transformed in the studio. the same melody is used on both pieces, and some of the same takes of my drums is also used on both pieces, the first being a kind of free spazz anthem, and the second being a cut-up electro-acoustic piece.

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pica disk (norway) #pica 010 ep

oren ambarchi / lasse marhaugdevil wolf men” seven inch single record

  • devil wolf men part 1 (6:15)

  • devil wolf men part 2 (6:20)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "devil wolf men part 2"
september 2009 release ; haha, yeah ...

great plunderphonic (i’m hearing snatches of “hairy beast attack”, “a chinese ghost story”, and the like) construct from oren & lasse, based on location recordings (undoubtedly recorded from hotel-room television) during a joint tour of asia back in 2005 ...

absolutely 180º away from anything either have done on their own, much closer to the sound-world(s) of john wiese & aaron dilloway ... fun !!!
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oren ambarchi / lasse marhaug: devil wolf men

pica010. 7" single. released autumn 2009.

"devil wolf men" is a tapestry of location recordings and studio collaborations made during ambarchi and marhaug's tour of china in 2005. your world will not be the same.

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pica disk (norway) #pica 009 cd

maja solveig kjelstrup ratkje / lasse marhaugmusic 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)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "complaints won't help"
september 2009 release ; fourth release in this near-decade-long collaboration between maja solveig kjelstrup ratkje and lasse marhaug ...

nestled somewhere in the nether-regions between harsh noise, electro-acoustic improvisation, and plunderphonic collage-work, the two are obviously having a blast running the proverbial gamut (esp. on the respective cat and dog-themed pieces ; listen to the sound-sample for the former - yeah, like i wasn’t going to put that one up) ... great stuff !!!
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maja s.k. ratkje / lasse marhaug: music for gardening

pica009. cd. released autumn 2009.

the forth entry in ratkje and marhaug's "music for" -collaborative series. after shopping (2002), loving (2004) and faking (2005) comes ... gardening. the title is inspired by ratkje's new life in the countryside. the seven tracks on this cd are meant to inspire the listener to spend more time in their garden taking care of their plants.

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pica disk (norway) #pica 006 cd

incapacitantsburning orange” compact disc

  • incapacitants - orange smoke (28:27)
  • fumio tommikawa - out of schnaps (26:25)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "burning orange"
january 2008 release ; smoldering remnants jointly conjured out of the cold winter mist by fumio kosakai & toshiji mikawa (with a guest appearance by tommianoemakeränen) at the 2008 all ears festival in oslo ...
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incapacitants: burning orange

pica006. cd. released winter 2008.

incapacitants needs no introduction; the duo of fumio kosakai and t.mikawa; veterans and originators of japanese noise music; cult band number one for noise fanatics worldwide; a band whose infamous status as the best live noise act ever has continued to grow over the years because the duo almost never plays outside of japan.

in january 2007 incapacitants performed live, for the second time in europe in 25 years, at the all ears festival in oslo norway for an overly enthusiastic audience (people from all around europe had travelled to see their heroes). the band later described the two shows as highlights of their career.

burning orange documents these concerts. the cd consists of two complete sets; one incapacitants as a duo and on the second joined by finnish noise-connoisseur tommi keränen (testicle hazard) as a trio under the name of fumio tommiakawa (a take on gomikawa fumio; the trio of pain jerk and incapacitants).

the sound of incapacitants is described in the liner notes of burning orange by tommi keränen as "an inspiring, pure, all-encompassing, ecstatic storm of sound that has a power of near-religious proportions – and that alone, without any unnecessary gimmicks". that celebratory ecstasy certainly comes across on burning orange, of which keränen also handled the post-production under the supervision of mikawa.

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pica disk (norway) #pica 005 cd

hijokaidanpolar 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)
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january 2008 release ; white-hot / ear-piercing skree jointly conjured out of the frozen norwegian air by jojo hiroshige & junko (with guest appearances by per gisle galåen & sten ove toft) at the 2008 all ears festival in oslo ...
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hijokaidan: polar nights live

pica005. cd. released winter 2008.

hijokaidan has since 1979 been one of the leading voices in japanese noise music. starting out with a broad line-up of performers, eventually in the course of the 80-ies the hijokaidan sound became easily identifiable with the shredding guitar-sound of band-leader jojo hiroshige and the high-pitched piercing voice of junko. few noise acts have such an instantly recognizable (and intense) sound.

although hijokaidan's status as noise superstars they rarely perform outside japan. the pleasure was then ever greater for the all ears festival in oslo norway to present hijokaidan at their festival in january 2006. polar nights live documents these historical and astonishing performances.

jojo and junko performed as a hijokaidan two-piece on the opening night of the festival, a rarely heard line-up. their performance got such a tremendous response that they came back for an encore (otomo yoshihide, longtime hijokaidan fan who also performed at the festival, proclaimed "incredible! hijokaidan never does encores!"). the second night jojo collaborated with guitarist per gisle galåen (del, the birds), unleashing thick layers of psychedelic and distorted guitar fog, which fans of of fushitsusha, les rallizes denudes and jojo's non-hijokaidan work will appreciate. the final night saw junko hooking up with noise-nik sten ove toft (ryfylke) for a hellish meltdown of twisted electronics and the most intense voice in music.

unlike most other noise acts hijokaidan has not spoiled their fans with a huge number of releases, which makes polar nights live an even more unique statement of pure noise sound.

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pica disk (norway) #pica 004 cd

birchville cat motelgunpowder temple of heaven” compact disc

  • gunpowder temple of heaven (40:49)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "gunpowder temple of heaven"
january 2008 release ; swelling, emo-heavy vibes from campbell kneale, akin to the more laminar tracks from neil campbell (ha ! neil campbell / campbell kneale ; they should do an album together ... oh wait, they already did ; carry on) ‘s recent astral social club output (a stray kick drum, set on “power ballad” thumps every couple of seconds ; the only element interrupting the rising/cycling organ/string-synth progression) ...

quite a lovely piece, not something i would have ascribed to campbell prior to witnessing his new year’s eve 2007 set (materials culled largely from the mellow piece in question herein, albeit at monstrous volume) ; perfect for deep listening ...
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birchville cat motel: gunpowder temple of heaven

pica004. cd. released winter 2008.

birchville cat motel is the project of new zealander campbell kneale, who has from his base in lower hutt since the mid 90-ies established himself as the leading voice of this generation of nz sound artists. gunpowder temple of heaven is a new highlight in his extensive discography. a single 40 minute long-form piece that keeps building and unfolding; heaven for drone-noise enthustiasts.

the cd comes with a booklet with a complete birchville discography as well as liner-notes by bruce russell.

from the liner notes of bruce russell (the dead c):

"i've been listening to the music of campbell kneale for more than a decade now. recently i've been listening with a sense of increasing admiration as he stacks up monumental sound slabs in an architecture of audition - building a lofty tower of sound. always a dedicated worker at whatever he does, campbell had mastered the detailed work required to place many sounds accurately across each another. often this kind of 'more is more' strategy backfires into murky sludge, where the increasing layers merely obscure each other. on the contrary, the more bcm puts into a piece, the more you hear coming out."

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pica disk (norway) #pica 003 cd

hild sofie tafjordkama” compact disc

  • kama (41:00)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "kama"
third release on lasse marhaug’s pica disk label; the debut solo album by hild sofie tafjord ...

consisting of a single, 40-minute piece of rising sound, kama starts with a gloss of french horn drones, then builds into a blistering wall of pure electricity. fans of tafjord’s fe-mail project w/maja ratkje will be in familiar territory here ...
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hild sofie tafjord: kama

pica003. cd. released autumn 2007.

hild sofie tafjord has been known to the public for over a decade as part of projects like spunk, fe-mail (her duo with maja ratkje), agrare (fe-mail with dancer lotta melin), trinacria (fe-mail with black metallers enslaved) and collaborations with birchville cat motel, wolf eyes, matmos, ikue mori, otomo yoshihide, carlos giffoni, zeena parkins, fred frith and countless others. she has released albums on labels like asphodel, rune grammofon, ecm and gameboy records. her main instrument is the horn, but other acoustic instruments as well as metal objects and noise electronics has always been an intregral part of her pallet. hild sofie tafjord is, quite simply, an amazing performer, composer and improvisor with a broad musical range. after consistent touring and performing around the world for years she has built a big fan-base of people who all ask themself:

when the hell is hild sofie going to record her solo album?

finally, the wait is over. kama is here. a monumental 41 minute colossal single-track of an album recorded in the period from summer 2006 to february 2007 during dark nights in her studio in oslo.

kama is mostly made from the sound of her french-horn; although if you didn't know it you probably wouldn't have guessed. layers upon layers of distorted, processed and mangled pieces of sound form a consistent stream of sonic bliss. within this massive sound-construction slowly shapes build into an epic climax. the title kama hits at few interpretations. a quick wikipedia search tells us that kama could be a number of things; a double edged dagger, iron pots used in tea ceremonies, and indian for lust (as in kama sutra). well, who cares what it means when it feels and sounds this good?! hild sofie tafjord's debut album is here, and it has been worth the wait.

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pica disk (norway) #pica 002 ep

oren ambarchi / lasse marhaugworried friends b/w nervous enemies” seven inch single record

  • worried friends (6:40)

  • nervous enemies (6:51)
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october 2007 release ; a pair of “piano music” pieces, acting as the debut collaborative single from two of contemporary experimental music’s most prolific/consistently rewarding practitioners; oren ambarchi and lasse marhaug ...

those of you expecting something on par with maurizio pollini’s reading of satie’s gnossiennes might be a little shocked to find instead a fierce 12+ minute inside-piano scrape-fest, hedged with bursts of live-electronic feedback & a “hot” fidelity familiar from any number of david tudor recordings. .. yet at the same time not too far removed from the new blockaders’ whole gesamtnichswerk ; this is anti-music at its finest ...

not something for strict followers of oren’s friendly/subdued sine-guitar throb, nor lasse’s harsh wall of electronic sound; but definitely one for those whose preferences fall in the noisier end of the electro-acoustic composition/improv spectrum ...
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oren ambarchi / lasse marhaug: worried friends b/w nervous enemies

pica002. 7" single. released autumn 2007.

300 copies.

piano music by ambarchi and marhaug. recorded oslo november 2006.

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pica disk (norway) #pica 001 cd

lasse marhaugtapes 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)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "skinpeel"
debut release on lasse marhaug’s new label pica disk; a quadruple-disc box set compiling his 90s cassette-only releases, including collaborations with macronympha, ronnie sundin, grunt, mads staff jensen, frederic minrouze, and lars skoglund ...

includes liner notes by tommy carlsson (“you know these discs would make a killer tape box”) and tore honore bøe (“about 13,900 for marhaug+loves+cassettes - about 782 for marhaug+hates+cassettes”) packed inside a 24-page booklet with copious tape-art, photos of lasse (with hair!), and an annotated list of contents ...

this set offers a veritable one-man history of norwegian noise music in the waning days of cassette culture, as potent a document as imaginable. essential listening for the noise-music afficionado ...
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lasse marhaug: tapes 1990-1999

pica001. 4 cd box-set, with silver print and 24 page booklet. released summer 2007.

lasse marhaug released between 60 to 70 cassette tapes in the 90-ies. these tapes were released in limited quantities in the noise/metal underground and have been unavailable for years, so for many this will be the first time to hear this music. from the early cut-up voice and turntable experiments, to the later full-on wall-of-sound scrap metal noise. mostly solo work (none of marhaug's work with origami replika is represented), but there's also collaboration tracks with artists like macronympha, grunt and bad kharma.

all tracks selected by marhaug himself, after carefully going through and digitally transfering all of his cassettes from the period, and remastered by tommi keränen.

packaged in a handsome custom-made box which comes with a 24 page booklet of photos, cover reproductions and liner-notes by tommy carlsson (abisko, segerhuva) and tore honore bøe (origami republika, the nordic miracle); both old friends of lasse and long-time champions of the cassette format.

when i listen to the four discs in this box, it strikes me that there is so much of lasse's solo recordings that i have yet to hear. this box definitely fills a huge hole in my collection. lasse is a talented lad, and his creativity is very often put to good use in various collaborative works, and a large number of constellations. however, i am most fond of his solo recordings. maybe you will be too, after having indulged in this avalanche of 1990’s marhaug recordings. a retrospective showing quite clearly how lasse has chosen his path, and how he merrily skips along said path. finding his own method of expression, his own language. free in mind, free from dogma, free from self-imposed limitations. 

- (from tommy carlsson's liner notes)

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pizza night (usa) #pn 41 cs

dead peasant insurancecleveland scum skulls” c35 cassette

  • something’s wrong
  • meth mouth

  • starbuss starpus
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "starbuss starpus"
january 2010 release ; neat tape of noise-rock antics from wyattskin grafthowland, amanda davidson, tusco terror’s ben osborne, ryan kuehn, and j guy laughlin, jr. ...
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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.

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no label (usa) #c 1015 lp
nothing (usa) #c 1015 lp

charlie nothingthe psychedelic saxophone of charlie nothing” long playing record

  • the psychedelic saxophone of charlie nothing (18:15)

  • in eternity with brother frederic (14:20)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "the psychedelic saxophone ..."
november 2009 release ; near-exactrepro” 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 !!!
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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.


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weird forest (usa) #weird 666 lp

dead raven choircask 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
fantastic triple-lp box version of the 2cd set (on supernal music), containing the previously impossible-to-grip "sturmfucklinglieder", "grand ravishing extravaganza", "sevenfold songs of death", and "sheath and knife" cdrs by smolken & co’s dead raven choir.
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dead raven choir
cask strength black metal 3 lp box set

the most insane black metal release ever !!! three, yes three vinyl lps of the harshest sounding evil, atmospheric off-kilter black metal. call it black metal folk. the loudest noisest crazy insane sounding blasts of skree with strange folky melodic undertones of banjo, cello, mandolin, and percussions and the most frightening vocals ever dared to be recorded. many traditional folk songs shrouded in blasts of white noise armageddon. for fans of twisted, unique, raw black metal with a very bent edge. pray (no, commit ritual sacrifice) to the underworld that your stereo survives! this release compiles the "sturmfucklinglieder", "grand ravishing extravaganza", "sevenfold songs of death", and "sheath and knife" eps, all previously released in very small pressings and all long, long gone!

limited to 999 copies on pitch black vinyl with 7 inserts in a beautiful dark forest-clad box.

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weird forest (usa) #weird 066 ep

bathing druidbeltane loofah” seven inch single record

  • sick
  • chester's lament
  • under my cloak

  • do si do
  • zac's lullaby
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "sick / chester's lament"
2009 release ; dear lord ...
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bathing druid beltane loofah 7"

it’s true of bathing druid, as it’s probably true of all major proverbs, 80-syllable titles of old-fashioned royalty, and a good deal of e.e. cummings’ later poetry: it all started with a madlibs-derivative word game.

despite the unbelievable weight of its results, the game is surprisingly basic. it requires three players, each of whom independently chooses one word to fill in a sentence, the structure of which is always the same from round to round (“what is a (noun) but an (adjective) (noun)?”). when the sentence is filled in with sufficiently vague, timeless words, the game can conjure some profound questions. in fact, if you read all of the obscure, sometimes omitted footnotes to the texts of the ancient philosophers, you will find one consistent source from which knowledge has been universally drawn since the dawn of time: the sentence game. (modern technology has brought about the height of the game’s productivity, through a widespread experiment, being conducted in zoos everywhere: for years, chimpanzees have been arbitrarily pontificating, through machines designed to offer random words at the press of a button.) as previously mentioned, it was through this game that bathing druid got its name (the result of the fated round was, “what is the midwest but a bathing druid?”). philosophical doors swung wide open when first this question was asked, and bathing druid like brigadoon descended on the earth — an apparition, both quick to enchant and to disappear. luckily, those who stumbled upon the band in its brief window of being need not wait 100 years for its next appearance. this 7" record is the only known artyfact of bathing druid. all songs were created within one week, and recorded in one day. may the beltane loofah wash you clean and make you new.

artwork by bathing druid
limited to 150 copies.

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weird forest (usa) #weird 053 lp

sam goldbergcurrent” long playing record

  • untitled (14:46)

  • carol (11:35)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "carol"
december 2009 release ; lovely pair of bedroom-guitar-lineage extrapolations from pizza night boss & mist member sam goldberg ... bridges the gap between 90s tele-explorers like roy montgomery & azusa plane & contemporary folks like jeffmarble sky witscher & mattearnsullivan ...

a great come-down (if you ever get up, that is) ...
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sam goldberg current lp

sam goldberg is a cleveland, ohio multi-instrumentalist/ composer who has been running in the garage rock/electronic underground circles for the last half of the 00s. he also curates and operates the pizza night cassette label, one of the most beloved underground cassette headquarters of the midwest as of late. unique, timeless, and clever constructions of sound created with many instruments like synthesizers, rhythm boxes, and electric guitars provide a wide scope of varied colored tones from release to release. this debut record, current, is an early document of sam’s solo guitar work.

side a consists of a hazy and humid melodic stasis that may be known from the emeralds/sam goldberg 2007 tour cassette. an untitled piece that evokes a sense of longing and discontent while simultaneously hitting the deep and raw channels of the subconscious past that bring an understanding to the spaces between experience and memory. a gorgeous wash of clouded, ringing guitar not unlike glenn branca’s “symphony no. 2.” on the flip side another phantom composition played only a few times live and recorded over a year ago in a similar weightless, sky guitar fashion rounds out the double side long debut. “carol” is a great example of massive tone landscapes that can be born with minimal processing and careful compositional dynamic. indeed, the sound of the instrument remains quite impressive throughout the album. the universal longevity of this record, however, will lie in the perfect placement of simple musical practices like chord changes, timbre and dynamics. current has a style quality all it ’s own from the avant garde to pop rock with everything in between. no pretentions, no exponentiating contemporary concerns. current stands as a pure and unwaivering document of self-expression, a characteristic that the all-time best albums have. it’s a rare case when a music with no lyrics or vocals can pave a path to an extraordinary understanding to one ’s own augmented reality. outstanding debut album that defies the past and future and only breathes in the present moment.

 — john elliott, 12/01/09, cleveland.

unique clear silkscreen-on-offset design by aaron winters.
limited to 300 copies.

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weird forest (usa) #weird 050 lp

pump kinn / don / brian miller / kevin shieldsvirgin 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
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pump kinn & don / brian miller & kevin shields
virgin passwords 12"

so cal noise nor cal.

recorded at the end of nearly 9 months of touring, virgin passwords reflects a long evolution in sound and concept for brian miller & kevin shields. a combination of mechanical grindings and digital sweeps, mortal shovings and sudden transportations into secret chambers hold the secrets of the virgins themselves. the virgins that control the universe. the mafia of the cosmos. beyond the cliched metaphor of purity and straight to literally not having sex at all. because a brian miller & kevin shields performance prooves that a noise show can be (hyper)active, crowd-engaging and knock everything to the floor without invoking angst and self loathing. in other words, without hate-fucking everyone. virgins.

pump kinn & don: "hijokaidan by dj screw".

one side apiece from each of these duos of destruction.

limited to 300 copies with beautiful dj-style jackets designed by aaron winters at abide visuals.

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weird forest (usa) #weird 049 lp

starving weirdospath 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)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "into the flatlands"
october 2009 release ; second of two concurrently-released starving weirdos double-lp sets, this one issuing an otherwise unavailable quartet of pieces by the trio of brian pyle, merrick mckinlay, and steve lazar ...

it’s impossible to crystallize what these guys are up to, exactly ... while much of the sound-world reminds me of 70s / 80s amm (esp. the errant radio transmisisons & bowed/brushed cymbal filigree) i honestly wouldn’t be surprised if these guys were raised in a bubble, coming up with their particular array of free-squall tactics organically, void of any recorded or even word-of-mouth influence ...

each of the four pieces here as a mind / trajectory of it’s own & each warrant repeat listening(s) ...
can’t argue with that cover, either ...
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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.

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weird forest (usa) #weird 048 lp

starving weirdosself-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)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "density of life part two "
october 2009 release ; first of two concurrently-released starving weirdos double-lp sets, this one reissuing a 2006 collective jyrk cd(r) featuring the trio of brian pyle, merrick mckinlay, and james gibbons (mostly) going to town inside a highly reflective stone-walled racquetball court (the acoustics aren’t far removed from your classic urban parking garage ; endless decay of any/all sounded events) ...

really loving these guys & everything they do ; seeing their “practice what you preach” reality @ the root strata fest back in september definitely put it all into place ... given the levels of mystical klang that sustain pretty much from the second you drop the needle to the end of the last piece, i’m going to recommend this one as the “pick” of the two ; but then again if you’re anything like me, you’ll come back for “path of lighting” as well ...
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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.

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weird forest (usa) #weird 044 lp

bee maskhyperborean trenchtown” long playing record

  • untitled (1)

  • untitled (2)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "untitled (2)"
april 2009 release ; first mass-market release from chris madak’s bee mask project ...

one side with a continuous, warmly enveloping tone-cloud, another with shorter segments of field-recorded events & further stasis (listen to the sound-sample) & an oddly placed coda of aftertouch-heavy synth drippings ...

comes in an eye-popping sleeve (seriously, chad has been kicking ass with weird forest vinyl in general) with a gold-metallic insert ...
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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
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weird forest (usa) #weird 042 lp

taku sugimotomienai tenshi” long playing record

  • mienai tenshi (1)

  • mienai tenshi (2)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "mienai tenshi (1)"
... to-the-letter reissue of taku sugimoto’s debut self-released lp, dating back to 1988, long before his “side guitar” conceptions entered the fray ... and this is about as dis-similar from his delicate, latter-day work as you could possibly imagine ; instead a pair of room-recordings of masayuki takayanagi-lineage electric guitar/amp histrionics, echoing the work of high rise’s munehiro narita ...

sugimoto’s cippolina-esque vibrato is something of a surprise, although in an earlier incarnation of his signature move, the lp does in fact start with the setup of the piece; amp buzz, guitar being plugged in, then the resulting melée ...

very glad to have this window into sugimoto’s soul open once again ...
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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.

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weird forest (usa) #weird 040 ep

dead westerndead western” seven inch single record

  • hang glider
  • the animals rise

  • the beautiful light in the dau
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dead western
s/t 7"

alexa writes: "in shadow, he appears neanderthal; in light, he waxes angelic. who is dead western? he is a man of a gaping mouth, out of which pours — as readily as water from a faucet — a haunting, bewildering, beautiful voice, reminiscent of scott walker (circa climate of hunter). this bellowing voice, like an ancient reptile, slithers and wraps itself around the most tender acoustic melodies. dead western sounds like a forest growing (the throatless groaning of age-old trees); feels like a victorian passage through limbo (grey, ominous); looks like a grecian statue (as drawn by robert crumb). this is the sort of music one feels profoundly acquainted with — but not something generally found in record format. it is the shifting of rock, the scuttling of insects, the hissing of the wind: frightful, eternal."

limited to 500 hand-crafted copies on clear vinyl with die-cut, full color sleeves.

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weird forest (usa) #weird 035 lp

love cry wantlove 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)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "angels wing"
january 2010 release ; this is one of those records that’s stuck with me for a long time ...

i first discovered it via joe gallivan’s own reissue on his newjazz.com label back in the late 90s ; gallivan’s name had been familiar from his involvement with a few of the ina-grm composers (he’s featured on jean schwarz’ “surroundings” from 1978, as well as playing at the “concert imaginaire grm” events in the mid-80s) ... naturally, as a then-music student steeped in electric-era miles & mahavishnu orchestra as well as early electronic instruments & generally heat/freak-out oriented music(s), this one got my blood pumping & soon i was recommending it to anyone within earshot ...

as much as larry young’s bad-ass hammond playing & gallivan’s red-hot drumming & moog percussion synth filigree drive this thing, i have to hand it to guitarist nicholas, who, with the help of a very early eml guitar-synth just tears everything apart (listen to the sound-sample ; esp. the ending bit) with a combination of moves that channel hendrix, sharrock, and holdsworth inasmuch as they do the rivers of purple smoke the flow uninterruptedly on venus ...

top-notch gatefold stoughton monster double-lp issue, top-notch mastering & sound throughout ; everything you could ever hope for in a quality reissue. highly recommended !!!
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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 williamslifetime, 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.

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weird forest (usa) #weird 033 lp

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)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "the promised seed"
october 2009 release (but not really available until just now in january 2010) ; a fine, double-lp version of this collaboration between mauriziom.b.bianchi and contemporary/renaissance lutist jozef van wissem (in that most to all of the source material comes from van wissem’s “a rose by any other name” set) reissuing the incunabulum-label disc from 2007 ... about which ::

just superb disc of creaking low-end drone work from maurizio bianchi comprised solely of recordings of incunabulum-head jozef van wissem’s renaissance lute playing; in my mind the best m.b.-related release in years... huge walls of sound veering close to andrew chalk / ora / mirror territory ...

... certainly the scope of this music is far greater suited to the double-lp format ; bianchi’s cavernous / mutant treatments of van wissem’s lute just sing out on “the one true format” & of course chad’s attention-to-detail regarding the edition is nothing to frown at, including a giant folderover & an insert (both block-printed in silver on acid-free, archival-quality stock) & the two lps themselves in slick black inners ...

this is the version to own ; highly recommended !!!
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.

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weird forest (usa) #weird 023 lp

pocahauntedmirror mics” long playing record

  • one another

  • sister calypso
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weird forest press release...
pocahaunted
mirror mics lp

the hardest working ladies in show business are back! pocahaunted offer up two side long siren excursions into the otherworldy plains. on "one another" our enchanted twosome ride a cindering tapestry of guitar string propelled by other-worldly beats of oblivion. and "sister calypso".. a hauting ode to the lovestruck daughter of atlas or uncanny caribbean sea breeze lullabye that transmogrifies into full blown tropical thunder? who can say? this dynamic duo is on a roll!

likes: billy joel, cuss words, candy corn, diamonds and furs, psychic connections, african percussion, and kombucha. dislikes: flat tires, the ocean, and silent movies. extra skronk and skree provided by andy spore and bobb bruno. label art by b&a. beautiful full color covers with artwork by olga balema.

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