WEHAVENOZEN

EXPO '70 [2011] HOVERING RESONANCE (SOUND OF COBRA)

2012-01-20T16:46:00.001+02:00

Fresh squeeze from outer space. Mesmerizing dope. Chi-pumper. Rootful thing that brings you back to the worldwide krautrock shrine. Whatever you'll name it.

New Justin Wright's single-sided 12" (200 copies) is here, get it now. Rock on, Sound Of Cobra.

STEVEN R. SMITH [2011] OLD SKETE (WORSTWARD/SOFT ABUSE)

2012-01-19T12:45:00.000+02:00

Old Skete by Steven R. Smith

Steven added his latest solo stuff (could be truly considered as a kind of sketchbook) to his Bandcamp (which is really full of joys). Great, as always.

Release notes: "Old Skete was recorded in September and October of 2011 and consists of eleven performances for solo electric guitar. This stark recording features only a Jazzmaster guitar, two overdrive pedals and a Fender amp. There are no overdubs, no loops or samples, no delay pedals… just the sound of one man in a room playing electric guitar. The resulting recording is Smith’s most open and unadorned recording in years, harkening back to his 2002 solo release Kohl."

Available as LP from Soft Abuse.

HI-ASOBI [2011] WHNZ:34:HSP

2011-12-28T12:39:00.001+02:00

Hi-Asobi — David Khan (keyboard), Peter Wright (guitar, electronics), Antony Milton (guitar, electronics) — live at High Street Project in Christchurch, NZ, February 5th 2011.

AM: "This was a support gig for Anla Courtis. The line-up also included Bruce Russell. It was a great night! Little did we know that 2 weeks later the city would be destroyed by an earthquake. This was one of the last gigs ever to happen at the High Street Project…"

Pics from flickrnadir

PRZEWALSKI'S HORSES [2011] WHNZ:35:KYOSK

2011-12-27T17:07:00.003+02:00

Solo wanderings and machinations from the male half of Przewalski's Horses. New and exclusive material. Somewhere in a ruined, transforming area. Metal in the soil, dissolving. Garbage, rain, random transmissions. The sound of mercury evaporating in your fridge. Recorded in the Union neighborhood, Roubaix/Tourcoing, France, 2011.

BRAINWORLDS/EXPO '70 [2011] ABNORMAN VENGENCE (HOOKER VISION)

2011-12-19T17:58:00.000+02:00

Mason and Jason are here to have your ears...

Abnorman Vengence by Brainworlds / Expo '70

Ø+YN + GMC [2011] POPOLUS AJENO (PAKAPI)

2011-12-08T16:12:00.001+02:00

Very strong psychedelic move from faraway-so-close South American dudes. This awesome krautpleaser ~~is still~~ will be available ASAP (about the beginning of January i believe), so enjoy this previews and check the news.

@Pakapi: "Popolus Aheno is the fruit of a long time collaboration between GMC and Ø+yn (pronounced "omasin"), which marks the opening release for Pakapi records, a new Argentinian label, which will be focused on releasing/promoting South American artists."

Ø+yn: the heart of band is based in Córdoba, Argentina. Their experiments began five years ago, combining different kinds of musical methods: acoustic, electronic, improvised and composed on the editing process. A purple atmosphere is created by this mixture that reminds the sound of folk rock bands from the 60-s and 70-s.
GMC: artist from La Plata, Argentina. His solo project is based on the hard studio work, using extended techniques for the sound manipulation and composing, alternating between acoustic, electro-acoustic and electronic devices.He also was involved in My3yeah (duo with Tomas Müller) and the early formation of Vlubä.

Some links:
Pakapi records (1 step to open)
GMC @MySpace
Ø+yn @Soundcloud

BURIAL HEX [2011] IN PSYCHIC DEFENSE (SOUND OF COBRA)

2011-11-28T10:44:00.001+02:00

Good news from Clay Ruby of Burial Hex via very interesting young German label Sound Of Cobra (actually this is their 4th release). Get as close as possible, hit play and links, get yourself psy-protected and (maybe) revisit your half-forgotten sympathy to Pink Dots… This s/sided 12" is really moody thing.
@SOC: "The record is elaborated as a protection spell in psychic self-defense, and the lyrics are from an old hymn to the Archangel Michael, always been seen as a leader and protector of the faithful."

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://soundofcobra.bandcamp.com/album/in-psychic-defense"&amp;gt;&amp;amp;quot;In psychic defense&amp;amp;quot; by Burial Hex&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Burial Hex @web
Burial Hex @bandcamp
Sound Of Cobra @web
Sound Of Cobra @bandcamp
Sound Of Cobra @fb

CANNIBAL MOVIE [2011] AVORIO (SOUND OF COBRA)

2011-11-13T21:16:00.001+02:00

No words from me. In english at least.
Totally admiring this review u see below.
As well as this new-born "really hot" summer project (folks behind the Predator flick, learn it).

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://soundofcobra.bandcamp.com/album/avorio"&amp;gt;&amp;amp;quot;Avorio&amp;amp;quot; by Cannibal Movie&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

@ Foxy Digitalis: "Incredibly promising debut release from Italian organ and drums duo, Cannibal Movie, whose membership includes super-continental soundmaker, and Sturmundrugs honch, Donato Epiro. This also marks a fine start for the brand new, Berlin-based Sound of Cobra label. Cannibal Movie deal in heavy hypno-psych pound, with plenty of ability to conjure suspense and swing no less. It’s as if Religious Knives went batshit crazy, ate their guitarist, and continued on as a band…"
(read full review here)

ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS [2011] DEADICATED TO THE SENSORY ARMADA (MEMOIRS OF AN AESTHETE)

2011-11-11T22:26:00.002+02:00

&amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://ashtraynavigations.bandcamp.com/album/deadicated-to-the-sensory-armada"&amp;amp;amp;gt;Deadicated to the Sensory Armada by Ashtray Navigations&amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;gt;

Pipe all ears on deck — Phil Todd is spreading a sonic news about the forthcoming Ashtray Navigations' "Deadicated to the Sensory Armada" LP (black vinyl, out on 21st November 2011). No extra word. Except one, ok — it sounds really great.
@AN noted: "First Ashtray vinyl LP for 2 years, believe it or not… Seven new numbers recorded between summer and autumn 2011, a heartfelt dedication to the lost and unrecorded 60s London psych duo and to all sounds which have been sucked into the air and are gone forever. This release has another UK psych duo (the 90s-00s one) in the latest stage of their immersion in the synths and sequencers “cosmos” which has edged into recent Ashtray Navigations releases, plus quite a few new moves which should give an indication of future directions. Piled up guitar structures, cascading rhythms and the first recorded appearance of drummer Mr. Seth Cooke who has beknighted recent Ashtray live gigs with his majesterial presence. Yep it’s a heavy one. Again.
These are already selling fast, these will be available through the usual choice distributors, or you can reserve one at a special price through preorder at Bandcamp now."

LAMBS GAMBLE [2011] WHNZ:33:JPOTPD

2011-11-08T22:31:00.003+02:00

Presented here is the 2nd release of "mellow wonderguys" George Cremaschi, Fritz Welch (of Peeesseye) and Eric Boros (of Vialka), when teamed up known as free rock/improv project Lambs Gamble (a couple of words from and about them already was spoken previously). This document (actually entitled "Jazz Puke On The Presidential Dancefloor") spills the light on trio's September 2011 UK tour for those, who unfortunately lives off Albion. And sure could serve as a good reminder for all the lucky attenders of those gigs.
"Cloaked Mug" recorded as part of TLMC's "Avant-Buskers" programme on the University of Bradford Campus; "Pole Dancing At The Banshee Labyrinth" recorded at "Scotland's most haunted pub", Edinburgh, September 2011. Sonic refurbishing by George Cremaschi.

EIDETIC SEEING [2011] DRINK THE SUN (SELF-RELEASE)

2011-11-08T14:27:00.003+02:00

Drink The Sun by Eidetic Seeing

This trio from Brooklyn did it's 1st (and quite convincing) move late year and now here we have the 2nd one — self-released vinyl longplay full of space and marked by obvious connection to the dawn of psych-rock era. Protoplasmatic stuff.

By the way, once upon tomorrow somewhere in Brooklyn —

ULAAN KHOL [2011] LA CATACOMB (SOFT ABUSE)

2011-11-08T13:24:00.002+02:00

Always kept an eye on everything Steven R. Smith was involved into and to hear that his Ulaan Khol project just released 4th album is a huge joy.

@ Soft Abuse: "La Catacomb, purloined from a great abyss of uncertainty, is finally among us. The fourth album proper from Smith’s blisteringly psychedelic “power trio” guise, La Catacomb languished for a few years awaiting release from this label & that before landing at Soft Abuse HQ. La Catacomb is the perfect follow-up to Ulaan Khol’s Ceremony trilogy, offering more smoulder than flame, more rumination than provocation. Smith's meticulously-crafted heavy drones & drift have rarely sounded this harmonic and zoned. Once again, he's pushed further out. Edition of 200, with gratis download."

Get it here.

WRIST [2011] BLIND ALLEY/ORPHAN DRUG (SELF-RELEASE)

2011-11-07T15:55:00.004+02:00

Moscow residents recently self-released mini-CDr single. It features Kira Lao again. Produced to be sold at band's gigs only, though a small quantity of disks are still available via Wrist's web-page.
Actually here's a bit less of both drone and jazz, but still this is a formation with it's own way.
Directly from the band's mouth: "Blind Alley demonstrates drone and jazz background packed in a more straightforward hit song form - so should we call it "dronepop"? Orphan Drug is more electronic beat experimental thing with spy-jazzy intermezzo."
Nothing stays the same. So does Wrist.

CHRIS FORSYTH [2009] DREAMS (EVOLVING EAR)

2011-10-26T20:31:00.001+02:00

Well, that's a real unleashed free-ride… So nice to meet these guys again and again. And moar.
Release notes from EE: "What you get: four tracks of free-wheeling minimalist rock balladry and anarcho-improv surrealism with a fearless approach to beauty in a deeply psychedelic landscape. And it's all wrapped in a matte black sleeve, each one stenciled wth three layers of white, yellow, and orange spray paint. Protected by a plastic outer sleeve, naturally. Not bad, eh?"
The Wire: "It's enough to signal Forsyth's arrival as an erudite and farsighted guitar stylist, maping a path that's hip and scholarly in equal measure."
Foxy Digitalis: "Fucking killer on every level. 9/10"
Strangeglue: "A stunning guitar record... Irresistably narcotic."

MICHEL HENRITZI [2011] WALKING IN THE SHADOW (NOTHING OUT THERE)

2011-10-21T11:07:00.000+02:00

Walking In The Shadow by Michel Henritzi & Kumiko Karino

"First time i went to see Michel Henritzi live, i'd never heard about him. It was at a great venue in Brussels, the Nova Cinema. Some ancient, disused movie theater. He was playing the greatest looking guitar, a Framus Television (best guitar name too!). Projected with him during the performance were the beautiful black & white photographs of Kumiko Karino, street images of Japan. And if you still haven't heard Michel play, you should right now. About the most elegant, ghostly powerful guitar players of our times. "Walking in the Shadow" documents the serie of live recordings inspired to M. Henritzi by K. Karino's photographs."

— C. Dubois, N.O.T.

UTON [2011] FROM THE TWILIGHT, NEXT TO NOWHERE AND DISAPPEARED (MUSIK ATLACH)

2011-10-19T13:16:00.000+02:00

Recent CD release from Uton is out on Japanese vocalist and instrumentalist Sachiko's (Overhang Party, Vava Kitora, Kosokuya) Music Atlach label. All tracks emerged to life around 2004-2005 and "show the most mysterious and atmospheric side of Uton."

Get yr copy here.

FRANCESCO PAOLO ADDATI & EFISIO NICOLÒ SABIUCCIU [2011] WHNZ:31:TIWIB

2011-10-18T11:00:00.001+02:00

"This is where it began". Field recordings, drones and found objects. TIWIB is an audiovisual project by Francesco Paolo Addati (sound), already tenor sax player in a band called "Ne Travaillez Jamais" and Efisio Nicolò Sabiucciu (video) from "Samples Lab". A part of "River Of Blood" features Eugenio Altieri. Recorded in Naples between March and September 2011.
The album soon ought to be released in 50 copies (CD+DVD) for Naples' Fallo Dischi.

Francesco Paolo Addati is an Italian musician based In Naples. Since he was child he developed an incredible passion for music and sounds. In the beginning of 2006 with a friend Luca he st up a band called "Filocalia", a dub musical project where he played tenor sax, synths and sampler; with Filocalia Francesco made an album and gigs around Italy. In 2008 he met the prog-punk collective "Ne Travaillez Jamais", where at the moment he's the sax and synth player. They play around Italy and in Naples sharing passion and spirituality, and touring with the NY band Talibam!. In the summer of 2010 Francesco starts to collect field recordings and study drone sounds using synths and samples. In the beginning of 2011 this research became a specific solo project composed of 5 audio/video tracks called "This Is Where It Began" in collaboration with the visual artist Efisio Nicolò Sabiucciu.
Efsio Nicolò Sabiucciu, Torre del Greco 1986, grew up surrounded by acrilic and oil paints since the beginning of his life, developing a strong passion for drawings and arts. 2006 he enrolled on a study course in Industrial Design at the Second University of Naples and set up and developed, with his study team, the audio/visual collective "SAMPLES LAB". They started to work actively in Naples on planning and implementing video installations and graphic concepts. Prototyping common life objects, they experimented in different ways to transform video into a materialization of mind. 2011 started to collaborate with Francesco Paolo Addati for the project "This Is Where It Began".

CHARLES CURSE [2011] WHNZ:29:STOMAC

2011-10-18T10:20:00.001+02:00

Another one message from Australia — Greg Charles (yep, of Music Your Mind Will Love You's fame) with real raw punky stuff. Letter from the past is here to rip your speakers.
Thanx for artwork to Liliya Lipka & Vladimir Yurenko.

"From 2008-2011 a monstrous catharsis of recordings and layers of tracks, in a strictly improvised nature, were recorded onto Garageband with a view to mix and compress into higher quality files, but alas, my Mac got stolen in June 2011. As heart breaking as suffering machine grief is, especially when yr prized photography, film, and fresh sonic pieces are taken away, (not backed up, stupidly) the positive aspect out of all this business was that I had previously sent WHNZ a lo-fi punk-damaged eclectik brood of songs, with a view to improve them in format and increase clarity and boost production. But the best one can do in crisis is to make do with whats left after the smoke clears, and as a result the tracks are going to be released in strict punk rock skronk hiss clouds and whacked aural blowjobs, thanks to the long roped patience of the label and their empathy towards my reluctance to just release any old shit. But after my last release Rain In Skull, which was a heavily conceptual, organik, mind trip into a young man trying to deal with fatherhood, with a strong emphasis on a smooth, clear psychotropic journey, this recording is like a fucking White Album - throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. Or even a Big Star third type thing. Actually i have no idea what it sounds like. I can't listen to 'em anyway! It's a thow it out, big hairy balls to the icy breeze, a bile that sounds like 52 different bands. It's a mess. It's punk rock. It's a 180 degree turn from the prog-claustrophobian slickness and shine of Rain In Skull. It is what it is.Enjoy STOMAC — instantaneous bursts of angst, humour, vagueness and audio verite, it's fuckin punk all right you cunts."

± Greg

FABIO ORSI [2008] AUDIO FOR LOVERS (LAST VISIBLE DOG)

2011-10-14T15:45:00.000+02:00

Recently Fabio added this past story to his bandcamp page and now it's available again for reasonable value. It was released by LVD as double CD owing to the attachment which consists of three 3" CDrs, which were out on Students Of Decay around same times. Smooth hazy ambience where someone could look for something, and someone could find a will to get lost.
There's a slightly enhanced way to listen to AFL — tastes great while looking at Orsi's photo art at his FB. Try yourself.

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://fabioorsi.bandcamp.com/album/audio-for-lovers"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Audio For Lovers by Fabio Orsi&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

VLUBÄ [2011] WHNZ:32:ABRAMÁLAGA

2011-10-12T12:14:00.000+02:00

Unclassic hits from Argentinian frantic duo is here. Take off your skin and dance around your bones, folks.

• Magische Kette: unreleased track recorded around 2007/2008 sessions for "n+, n 1ti 7k" album.
(Müriscia: voices, drums and smk system. Aphra: criolla guitar, amp destruction, wavy fx and recording)

• Gata Peluda: unreleased track from 2007. Recorded live at another dimension.
(Müriscia: meditation. Aphra: egtr and underground contact mics)

• Untitled/Untilted: unreleased live track from 2006 (none remembers where!).
(Müriscia: vox and drum. Aphra: egtr)

• RahmmaReerhoRaä: unreleased track from 2007 for "A Classic Movie Ever Filmed".
(Müriscia: vox and all kind of strange sounds and phenomena (includes talk with the cat, magic lights, hits on a box, cymbal, dematerialization, rings over bells... etc). Aphra: egtr, koufenqin and pissed and gagged man)

• ZOOMFRIED: special 2011 track frying a chicken milanesa.
(Müriscia: watching tv. Aphra: cook and icebox)

• Tetaedro 2: unreleased track from 2007 for the "Hell Om, Hell Off, Hell You!" session album.
(Müriscia: think i supposed smoking' a cigarette in somewhere... Aphra: amplifiers feedback treatments. Ctzen: drums)

• 1-3 mm excerpt: unreleased 2005 live track from "Centro cultural de estacion provincial", La Plata/Buenos Aires.
(Müriscia: vox, smk system and sampler. Aphra: toc-toc, microcassette recorder and dancing with the faint public)

• Fä(r)m: unreleased track recorded in an empty swimming pool a hottest warm summer 2006 at the farm... But luckily for him, Aphra plays guitar using a cool fan over it.
(Müriscia: vox and organ. Aphra: egtr. Ctzen: drums)

ASIAN WOMEN ON THE TELEPHONE: US OCTOBER TOUR

2011-09-22T07:41:00.000+02:00

High five, both East- and West-coasters — Russians are coming. Those of u who is checking from time to time WFMU/FMA news already got it, but need to say it here too. AWOTT will play at least 9 gigs this October. If these venues around yr places — don't miss it.

Pre-tour message is here (51 CDR edition will be available on gigs). Also check their bandcamp which is full of joys.

AWOTT in US:
Sat Oct 8 @ UAG Gallery Albany, NY w/ Spreaders // Holy Sheet // more TBA
Sun Oct 9 @ Bruar Falls Brooklyn, NY w/ Advaita // Guerilla Toss // Celestial Shore
Tue Oct 11 @ Cake Shop NYC, NY w/ Manburger Surgical // Spreaders // TBA
Thu Oct 13 @ Stud Bar San Francisco, CA w/ California Bleeding // Sutekh Hexen // Wounded Stag
Fri Oct 14 @ the Know Portland, OR w/ Big Black Cloud // Ellipse Elkshow
Sat Oct 15 @ Phantom City Records Olympia, WA w/ Broken Water // Sewn Leather
Sun Oct 16 @ the Josephine Seattle, WA w/ Perpetual Ritual // Broken Water // WaMü
Sun Oct 23 @ the Smell LA, CA w/ Human Hands // more TBA
Thu Oct 27 @ Mama Buzz Cafe SF Oakland, CA w/ Kitchen Wallet // James Keane

MORE TBA

ADAM CORNELIUS [2008] PEOPLE WHO DO NOISE

2011-09-17T13:02:00.001+02:00

"'This is a film about the experimental music of Portland, Oregon. Extensive interviews and intimate performance footage provide an intense portrait of the motivations, emotions, and methods that go into this uncompromising, sometimes brutal musical form. Unwavering in its focus, the film brings to light an art form unfathomable to many, with only the words of the musicians themselves providing any explanation for the pulsating sonic chaos they create. The unflinching cinematic style defies any trend-setting or commercial representation, opting instead for a stark portrayal of a musical underground at its most genuine and vital."

— Adam Cornelius

PUPIL WAH [2011] PUPIL WAH (267 LATTAJJAA)

2011-09-13T06:29:00.002+02:00

Jani Hirvonen's new shape. This solo work obviously didn't fit Uton's incarnation, so here goes Pupil Wah, a trippy improv project full of drones and noises. Thick allusions to kraut pioneers are possible. C40 extremely limited edition of 40 copies available from brilliant Finnish label 267 Lattajjaa.

Release info: "The myth of Pupil Wah is not yet well known, and that's not a big surprise, because now it's the first time when we hear anything about it. This album is a document of the genesis of this cosmic unit. Galactic pulses and noises in a burning cloudy stardust, leading into another parallel awareness of time and space. Heavily effected psychic Jamboree!"

A.M [2011] MOON MAN NO NO NO (TOXIC)

2011-09-11T14:18:00.000+02:00

New compilation Antony Milton did for the allfresh local @NZ label Toxic (btw led by 13 years old kid, with Armpit on 1st release). All tracks from 2001-2011, described as "long loops, noisy beats, serious 'sound pieces', and light hearted almost-pop".
Good stories ought to be told. Especially if they come from the skilled storyteller.&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://antonymilton.bandcamp.com/album/moon-man-no-no-no"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Moon Man No No No by A.M&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
And yes, PseudoArcana did join Bandcamp.

TALVIHORROS [2011] DESCENT INTO DELTA (HIBERNATE)

2011-08-27T04:02:00.000+02:00

Ben Chatwin’s one man stand is back with new improv drones. Fits great my 4:48 AM. Vinyl geeks, aware.

Descent Into Delta by Talvihorros

ALPHA COUPLE [2011] WHNZ:27:NJNYC

2011-07-27T03:00:00.001+02:00

Recorded in New Jersey, New York and Toronto, Ontario between March and July 2011. Features field noise and samples recorded by Alpha Couple during their US tour, and samples from Toronto radio stations. "15 Americans (Rothko on the Other Side of the Room)" and "Jasper Johns", are remixes of songs that appear on Alpha Couple's previous release, "Stalingrad". These remixes are a reaction to finding, during a time of deep disturbance, a Rothko painting hanging across the room from a Jasper Johns painting in the the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan. Many samples on WHNZ:27:NJNYC are taken from an answering machine tape found in a junk shop in Manhattan's Chinatown. This EP is dedicated to Micha Gutwilik; "Car Song" was recorded in Micha Gutwilik's driveway.

Alpha Couple would like to thank Micha, John, The Woods, Denise MC, Eric, Matt P. & WHNZ.

HOKKEI TRIO [2011] WHNZ:23:NIST

2011-07-26T06:45:00.001+02:00

Re-gathering of scattered landsmen from the Moglass/Noah Coward circle (Ukraine) dedicated to piping an unwise and imposing form of black whale chant. This installment, recorded by a scaled-down trio version in March 2010, features the grotesquery of instrument inventor Andrey Bogatyryоv and is perhaps the most stomping, smoking and single-minded recording by the band so far.

ALDO BECCA [2011] WHNZ:30:DYSTO

2011-07-22T13:03:00.005+02:00

WHNZ is proud to present Dystonic Stones, a "here and now" project by Aldo Becca, inspired by life and work of Edward Leedskalnin.

"I want to dedicate the three parts of this work to Elettra, and my family, that picked up me away from the demons they consist of.
And want to thanks very much all the dudes who participated playing on them.
I want also to say thanks so much to Mr. Edward Leedskalnin, his vision of love, so poetic and strong, will survive over our institutional art and politics, being stones, free from all, and similar to stars.
Thank u listener, have some patience, I suggest u to have a breath between parts [1-2-3].
Drop me a line at dystonic.stones@gmail.com, if u like to… for anything.
Life."

— Aldo Becca

Thanks very much to:
• Giovanni Lami & Dario Boldrini: more concrete sounds on track 2-4
• Michele Mazzani (Dona Ferentes): marcificator on track 7
• Matteo Poggi (Suburban Howl): more noise guitars on the end of track 3 and on the beginning of 8
• Antonio & Lauraballa (Architeuthis Rex): instrumental on track 5
• Arianna: voice reading martyrs list on track 3
• Debora: Female voice loop on track 1
• Gabri Gotini (Trashsound): DIY wave generators on track 1
• Andy: piano notes on track 1
• Michela Minguzzi for her dance concept built on Obligated Orbitals
• Palustre records

CHAPELLE 59 [2011] SOME OTHER SCHMETZL (SELF-RELEASE)

2011-07-10T12:58:00.002+02:00

Once after my youth i was (still is) a huge fan on Rights bros' Nomeansno cookies. Internets are doing their deeds and yeah flashbacks are imminent — couple of days ago Chapelle 59 was discovered (thanx³, Eric). Won't say a word coz it's quite loud here. Just follow the eyes.

<p>&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://chapelle-59.bandcamp.com/album/some-other-schmetzl"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;some other Schmetzl by Chapelle 59&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;</p>

LES LOUSTICS [2011] LES SQUELETTES (SELF-RELEASE/FMA)

2011-07-08T16:58:00.000+02:00

No limits for all these arts. No end for sweet discoveries. How many lives do we need to observe at least a part of it..

"Les Loustics is a musical project run by three children: Artense (7 years old), Lucie (9 years old) and Clement (12 years old) and conducted by two musicians (Delphine Dora and Dana Hilliot). Together, they improvised songs quickly in few hours in a very spontaneous way. It took only 3 afternoon sessions to record this album."

The texts were written by Sing Sing (a.k.a. Florian Cachera).
Covers pictures by Benoît Guillaume.

MORE SOMETHING FROM FULL OF NOTHING

2011-07-04T14:46:00.002+02:00

Summer batch is here. Pick up your stuff!

BRIAN GREEN "HARVEST"
3" CDr
This young gentleman is a tireless sound sculptor/explorer who has been doing field recordings since the age of 9! If you haven't seen See You In Sleep blog, you're yet to be amazed by how much time, effort and precision this man puts into exploring the sounds around him. This is passionate experimental sound-design of today. 100% not high-minded. A research on an everyday basis. A life-long installation, dotting i's, crossing all t's. Hand-cut cardboard sleeves with acrylic prints. Edition of 50.

SASHASH ULZ "VOLN"
Cassette
A fresh and vibrant stream coming from Petrozavodsk, Karelia, thanks to our dear local provider. This album has been recorded over an old tape, pressing REC/STOP any time Sasha felt like. Not really bothering to calculate track/side lengths, there's no soundwork either (except the lowest-finest). No clear concept throughtout the record, all tracks are first takes. Delayed guitar compositions erupt into creepy organ washes, interrupted by poppy instrumentals with Ariel Pinkish cardboard drumming and even a raga-esque acoustic guitar piece. Are we alright? Naples yellow/orange covers with drawings by the artist himself. Edition of 50.

BANANA PILL/CALYPSO BOREALIS SPLIT
Cassette + zine
On the reversed-pyramid-side of this tape you will find Banana Pill, a young Russian-Finnish family residing in Helsinki. You kind of know what to expect already, right? Their drones are fragile and nostalgic. Layered melodic pieces, cascading synth patterns, violin and guitar and a little bit of delayed pizzicato grooving. A purest emotion shining though the sound. As simple and as cool as that. The lone French psych-head Calypso Borealis is occupying the paper-plane-side. Kindest, softest, yet murky as mist compositions bring the coolest evening sofa experiences. Chilling mix of synths, field recordings, kalimba - one can only guess what else. We don't even know this guy's name but the stuff he's been putting out is top notch! Each cassette comes with a tiny 8-page zine with drawings by Ivan. There are many color variations. Edition of 100.

ARABIAN HORSES "GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME"
3" CDr
Moscow's Arabian Horses dance on the edge or 'plain weird' and 'fucking good'. Oh, how many times have I seen people's reactions to their live shows! It's always like: "What the hell are they trying to do? No, wait... this shit is getting huge!" The duo have it all: excessive drinking, goofiness, bored/lazy moans, pointless strumming - but add heavy floor tom drumming and black wall of guitar distortion to the mix. Straight to tape, very lo-fi and intense. Here and now. All in 17 minutes. Top notch raw tribal psychedelia. Red paper covers and spray-painted CDrs. Edition of 50.
* Hopefully still available directly from Arabian Horses. Maybe search thru some distros would also be useful.

VLUBÄ'S INTERVIEW TO "LA PELLA MUTA" BLOG

2011-07-04T08:05:00.003+02:00

VLUBÄ’S INTERVIEW TO “LA PELLA MUTA” BLOG
(APRIL 2011)

START
Aphra: It all started from the Embryo. I think everything was there. It's something we have inherited. We can't tell exactly how and when... That's why I change my answer every time. It's constantly expanding!! So we can say that everything started when the Embryo was born, it developed and took shape, identity, symbology… Malleable matter that with a couple of hands transforms malleable matter that transforms thought.

VLUBÄ
Lula: In the shinning tumults the hopeless shipwrecks are reflected and in the perpetual flight of all the legends of the sun; the blood vanishes in the perfect universe. Vlubä is described by itself, encloses on itself the revelation of the mysteries, a legacy through the times by The High Kings from the High Spheres.
Our work is purely gnostic. We sense to gain knowledge, we transmute the “galactically” expanded sounds in the whole created universe, making the molecules of the air travelling through the atmosphere oscillate.
Vlubä recognizes the principle; taking from the forms a rustic and primitive language in the way we record and in the instrumentation.

ARTWORK
Aphra: Until now I take care of all that, because big parts of the album start from the graphic art and then become a record. But it also came from the hand... I can't imagine a record without an applicable and appropriate artwork.

UNDERGROUND SCENE IN BUENOS AIRES
Aphra: Here the underground is very strange, without any “Scene”, without places for live shows. It seems that here today, music annoys everybody... And the noise a lot more sure. There are no parties, no joy... Just silent people in boring places where you can see snobs and laptop-heads in... mortal silence. NADA!.. I don’t know, so much dispersion, ego and drowsiness. I ask myself, is there an underground here?

RECORD STORES IN BUENOS AIRES
Aphra: I suppose... I don't know, I don't go out often. Luckily I receive new records all the time by some good friends, and I think that the Internet is a good black market to find everything I want.
Lula: Before there were some small stores where we could find something but now... I don't know.

PLACES IN BUENOS AIRES TO LISTEN TO A "CERTAIN KIND OF MUSIC"
Aphra: If I were a foreigner, it would be better to have friends to contact first via email or by phone, instead of going through the streets without a guide, since the underground here’s a farce, as I said, and it's impossible to understand how it works in a short time... and it would be harder to find us, such ”outsiders”, that don't belong to any “underground” scene, just because we are “overclouds”...

RELATIONSHIP WITH DRUGS AND SHAMANISTIC EXPERIENCES
Lula: Nothing moderately, and everything in excess. Nothing dies, everything is eternal...
Aphra: Well, the plants are nearly ready to be cut and the mirrors have a good perfume...

LOS PRANKS
Aphra: Some years ago, I met Michael (Donnelly)... We immediately connected and he released one of our first terrestrial albums. Afterwards we started exchanging records by mail and then we decided to make one together... And while smoking some joints and laughing our asses off, we said: we are Los Pranks! And a smoke cloud mixed two worlds and finally Brad Rose gave birth to it on Digitalis.

REYNOLS/ANLA COURTIS/“BUSCANDO A REYNOLS” FILM
Aphra: Yes, I know Alan, he helped me with the mastering of our “Metallicradix” album. Yeah, but I liked "Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park" much more.
Lula: I remain with the desire of seeing Tomasin live because when I discovered them all their tickets were always sold out. Wow... haha, they were like a mainstream band!!

BOOKS AND MOVIES
Aphra: I have just seen Alex de la Iglesia’s last film “Sad Trumpet Ballad”.
Lula: I read “El Baston de Mando” by Guillermo Terrera (a historian from Argentina and a very interesting person) and I follow all of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s works.

TYPICAL DAY
Lula: Today I bought two wigs; one for me and one for my cat.
Aphra: Sometimes I cough, sometimes... not so much.

FAVORITE RECORDS
Aphra: Well... I think that the three vinyls (recorded sometime ago) that are about to be released are my favorites. After those, I like "Dies mies jeschet..." that has been released by the Greek label Phase! Records; "Alive 1" that has been released by our Dead Collector label; "Prehistoric gocta üf-Üf-herr's und die electronische leerstelle" an album that’s not available yet... but exists!; "Live @ Erks" on Circuit Torçat label and "Tomá... vlubääbulv!" on the amazing British Chocolate Monk Records.
That's what comes to mind... these are the albums that represent us most, but obviously it's always the last record that we make that I like the most, because since we like to release our albums as soon as they’re recorded they have that “Moment of Explosion”... A corrosion which is still exploding in the big bang in expansion of our hypermind!!! which in this case is “Supraluminosos”, a new record that will be released by the cool great label from Peru: “Buh Records”... And that we'll present in Lima on August!

MORE INFO, NEWS AND SOUNDS
http://www.facebook.com/thechromemoon
http://deadcollector.bandcamp.com
http://buhrecords.blogspot.com
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/_vlub_/

Special thanx to interview initiator Tingis, La Pella Muta italian blog and Luciano Giovanetti/Andrij Orel for the English translation for Music Your Mind Still Love You project.

RIASNI DROVA [2011] WHNZ:26:GINS

2011-07-01T15:32:00.002+02:00

Riasni Drova, the mostly acoustic guitars-under-wheels duo of Andrij Orel & Oleg Vorobyov (Lviv, Ukraine, also 2/3rds of Рясні Дрова Consort), reveal here an album of gospel outbreaks, apathetic ponds of doom and abstract nocturnes, compiled from May 2011 recordings made in Oleg's little room.

PS: RD's Bandcamp will serve u good.
PPS: + outtake from GINS sessions — "The Great Valerio/The Werewolf". "Richard Thompson meets a fraction of Michael Hurley; will any of them ever want to meet Riasni Drova after this?"

ERIC BOROS [2011] BETYÁRNÓTÁK (SELF-RELEASE/FMA)

2011-06-29T15:54:00.001+02:00

Wonderful and wild solo (aside of usual Vialka's works) home-studio sessions Eric did during winter 2006-2007. 10 mins, but enough to boil a teapot. He said about 'em: "I am really proud of those songs… Closest to what I want to play live." Download it either from player's body (~180 kbps) or from Archive's site (FLAC is available).

Some new material (of same nature) is coming up, so hope there'll be more debris soon.
And uh — this Sept i'd like to be in UK. Lambs Gamble will be kicking around for a week there…

AMBER LIONS [2011] WHNZ:28:RLI

2011-06-23T15:36:00.001+02:00

Too good thing to let it go by. One more re-issue @whnz:

Subtle tracklist:
i) Crux
ii) Pre-Good Timing
iii) May And Bliss
iv) St. Jack
v) Le Menor
vi) Faretheewell (Fred Neil)

Amber Lions are:
Toni Ruiz: Guitars
Valerio Cosi: sax, flutes, electronics, drums, found sounds and strategies
Fernando, Josè, Artemì: guitars
Charlie: percussions
Alexander MacLachlan: acoustic guitar ("iii) May And Bliss")

Recorded live summer 2006 between Las Palmas De Gran Canaria (Spain) and Southern Italy (Puglia).

Originally released as a 3-inch CD (ltd. ed.) on First Person (cat/num plural035, 2007).

Remastered by Valerio Cosi in the late spring of 2011. Sound has been restored and kept closer to the original source.

VA [2005] DARJEELING FIELD RECORDINGS (HIPPOCAMP)

2011-06-18T18:54:00.002+02:00

This 14 short tracks 23 mins MP3 net-release was out in 2005, since when i couldn't forget those impressions it brought to all our workplace (we used to spin it seems round hours)… As it often happens, one day these mp3s went lost alongside with my entire HDD. Pushed up with very warm memories later i tried to check if this compilation is still available, but well you know, somehow it wasn't. For the moment at least. Official Hippocamp label's site (despite it's operating no more) still offers huge amount of past releases, but no Darjeeling thing was detected… Couple of days ago (not so suddenly as it could be but nevertheless) this tender story popped right into my ears again — guys backuped it @archive.org (to order nerds' attention — no tags, no info at all). So get it either from archive (20 MB zipped) or from player in this post (all artists metadataed). Original release had no artwork so this one is pure Darjeeling-connected improv.
The story is — right from recorder-holder-release-compiler Damien Shingleton:
"I made some field recordings in Darjeeling, most significant of which were those of a blind Nepalese beggar at the Chowk Bazaar and the family at the Tenzing restaurant on Burdwan Road.
I was apprehensive about recording the beggar, afraid of looking like a tourist vulture. As you can hear in the recording, I don't think he knew he was being recorded although a friend of his explained afterwards.
The family are Gelong Bhutia, Tenzing Wongmo, Yangchen Dolker (15) and Tenzing Loden (12). I suggested recording Gelong after hearing him when he was at work. I came back the following day and he had prepared the rest of the family to sing as well. Gelong was especially happy for particular songs to be recorded because he is one of the many Tibetan failies in exile, and he hope to preserve something of Tibetan culture.
You can contact Gelong with sensitive feedback and good wishes at gelongbhutia1-at-hotmail.com.
When I recorded the family, they were keen to hear Louise sing, so there's an improptu version of Heather (hc044). You can contact Louise in the same way at boneyl-at-hotmail.com.
Please do NOT use any of these recordings for samples or commercial release. Note that technically I own the copyright and will act to properly protect the interests of the artists involved and would wish to see them properly reimbursed and credited, please respect this as they have no ther real recourse. You can contact me at pa_screech-at-hotmail.com.
All songs were recorded in January 2005."

NADA [2004] YIDAKI MIND TREE (MYMWLY)

2011-06-04T11:15:00.000+02:00

Release notes: "Didgeridoo, bells, samples, effects, trance journey from the highs of Ladakh to a 16th century monastery in southern Germany."

Jim Barrett (a.k.a. NaDa/NaDa BaBa/Didgebaba) is the former member of MYMWLY collective, 6majik9 participant, an Australian soundartist living in Sweden. This is his 1st (of 2) solo release.

BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD [2006] LIVE AT TERRASTOCK 6 (WEBCAST)

2011-06-04T10:54:00.001+02:00

This material originally (at least as far as i knew) was put online by Jim Barrett. He used archive.org service and since those days downloads reached 1000+...
Once link to this doc already featured here, but it deserves to be revamped and reposted.
Stream it (left) and download it (right).

As Jim described it: "This is the Saturday night (22 April 2006) performance of the Australian psych-folk-freak collective BOTOS at Terrastock 6, Providence RI. Mission Unpossible."

Cover is totally unofficial and borrowed from Ned Raggett's Flickr collection.

HARPS OF FUCHSIA KALMIA [2011] FRACTAL PSYCH-OBSESSIONS FOR RURAL CHAOS (SELF-RELEASE)

2011-06-01T01:03:00.002+02:00

Fractal psych-obsessions for rural chaos by (etre)

Soo damn cool stuff from Salvatore Borrelli (who's the man behind (etre), you know)…

Since world knows how to free folks, why do they still wear those handcuffs? Rural chaos is to melt down the problem.

Have questions? Please your curiosity with more sounds here.

Don't miss Salvatore's message. And have a chance to learn Italian.

BARN OWL [2011] LIVE AT DE KREUN, KORTRIJK, BE (04-V-2011)

2011-05-29T12:39:00.001+02:00

Europe under siege...
Alternate vids (with Jefre too) @4x4music

ASIAN WOMEN ON THE TELEPHONE [2011] ICANT (R.A.I.G.)

2011-05-20T11:32:00.001+02:00

One of most interesting Moscow underground acts with their brand new hour+ epic message. Limits annihilation run amok.
@RAIG: "AWOTT refined and condensed their vision to produce the band’s most precise album to date with ICanT. But don’t be mistaken: they still blend elements of kraut, psyche, industrial, and avant-garde with a sound that has you quite goosy. However, everything has come together to make sense, and works in a more consistent, more focused manner. Almost pure instrumental tour-de-force that should make evil fans of both Faust and The Residents happy."

Though ICanT was set for free both at FMA and AWOTT's Bandcamp, physical thing is available. Limited to 100 pcs, professionally duplicated CDr comes inside a hand-made silkscreen pentagon folder (red-grey-white/red-black-bue colors over black cardboard & red-black-blue colors over white cardboard).

More AWOTT sounds — here.

THE GLITTERING HAND [2011] THE LIGHT OF REALITY (17 SONS)

2011-05-20T10:35:00.001+02:00

The Light of Reality by The Glittering Hand

Anxious electronic itchie/glitchie domain of inner drones and outside noises. A promising entrance where a headphones will serve as a key. Check band's Bandcamp for previous work. Both out on French electro-net-label 17 Sons.
Release notes: "The no-face artist known as The Glittering Hand presents its second album called The Light of Reality. Duality is the main creative principle of this album: you will find electronic dysfunctional spots attacking ambient relaxing pads, scratched glitches against lush ethereal sounds, amplified machineries noises in the middle of quiet elevating melodies…"

GRASSHOPPER [2009] SPLIT WITH TWISTYCAT (ABANDON SHIP)

2011-05-19T16:33:00.000+02:00

Split with Twistycat by Grasshopper

In grass we brass!
Release notes: "Two New York based, wind-instrument-inspired duos team up for their most powerful work to date. Each side is blessed in it's own right, and will stand the test of time. On their side of the tape, trumpet duo Grasshopper explores new territory by stepping back from their usual angular harsh noise, and instead creates more subdued melodic dronescapes, balancing mournful trumpet obbligatos with walls of crushing feedback inspired by classic zombie films. Twisty Cat's side is a perfect compliment, matching Grasshopper's brass with woodwind instrumentation. These tracks nearly blend into one another, creating a slow moving vortex that gradually envelopes your psyche. Greg Fox (GDFX, Liturgy, Teeth Mountain) sits in on drums for the second track, and brings out the best in Twisty Cat's exquisite rhythms."

THE NORTH SEA [2009] ORBITAL FORCING (WHITE CIRCLE/BLACK DOT)

2011-05-18T13:56:00.003+02:00

Orbital Forcing by The North Sea

Kind light drones from Brad Rose's great The North Sea solo project. Released by obscure (at least to me) label. Trippy thing. Serves beautiful to meet sunrise with hopes, if u still can.
Well, OOP stuff these days seems found their second lives thru Bandcamp service, which sometimes looks even too good to be true. Don't know where it'll come in a future (as well as the whole world), but today it's more than ok. Sharing streams, selling/buying files, embedding players, whatever u'll need for publicity… Bless internets, bow to html5. And don't forget about those who do sounds.

ALPHA COUPLE [2011] STALINGRAD (SELF-RELEASE)

2011-05-17T10:52:00.000+02:00

Stalingrad by Alpha Couple

So many sudden meetings happen last ~~days~~ time. Hope many people used to experience it too, so meet Kristel Jax and Mark Wohlgemuth who are the Alpha Couple, a duo from Canada. Guys play their own way, no intentions, no signs, just pure music with a touchy personal attitude. They seems do music for themselves about themselves, like a kind of alternate family album (click a room plan below to take an interactive trip thru it). If you would scratch these tunes, you'll find here misc layers of psychedelia folk, lo-fi, some noises, electronics, ambient, whatever. But it's tastes mush better in melted shape of Stalingrad album. Their debut thing is still here, available both as CDr and (more/less) free downloads. Get here for detailed info.
Release notes: "Nearly all of these songs were written after we moved to Winnipeg in late 2009, where we named our apartment “Stalingrad”, inspired by the desolate feelings attached to the name. We saw these dooms-day feelings reflected in ourselves and our surroundings in the Canadian city’s barren, beaten core. Our trying and at times emotionally devastating experiences appeared in our music, so close to ourselves and our lives together, and the former name of the Russian, once war-gutted city embodies to us the feelings we found in ourselves and our music during the creation of these songs."

VLAD MAKAROV & ILIA BELORUKOV [2011] WHNZ:22:ARE

2011-05-15T20:10:00.001+02:00

Vlad Makarov (cello, acoustic guitar), Ilia Belorukov (alto saxohphone) live at the 40 Squares Gallery, (Smolensk, Russia) on 15 June 2009. 2 generations of contemporary Russian improvisation with their second collab work. Free improvisation at academic atmosphere.

WRIST [2010] WRIST (FULL OF NOTHING)

2011-05-15T15:10:00.002+02:00

OOP CDr from young collective from Moscow, released by favorite Russian label Full Of Nothing (день ото дня люблю вас крепче).

click button above for sounds/downloads

Wrist have made a long way of permutations from noise-drone duo to a sextet (at maximum) incorporating musicians which were spotted in bands like Magical Unicellular Music, Bosch With You, Little G, Analog Sound, Kira Lao... However 'like" may be a wrong word as maybe Wrist is only common ground between all these bands. Musically Wrist people insisted that they were playing drone, and their first release confirms it — as we may hear droning bass, definitely droning didjeridoo, sax&guitar drones.. do the drums drone there also? Worth checking. Being constantly redefining themselves after taking on board new sax and guitar players they trend now for more dronejazz things with still ambient and shoegaze appeal — as you may feel from their new video which rhymes Jan Švankmajer short films and live record from DOM club. New records are promised.

@FONO: "Their drone has a little bit of rock and their rock has a lot of droning. They use heavy bass and guitar plus lots of unrecognizable whirring and buzzing to set a frame — then they get wild. There's free sax and there's didgeridoo and of course loud psychedelic guitar fuzz with very simple drums. All documented in a concentrated studio setting, good thick jams are left to grow."

Download album either from the player or from Wrist's official blog.

PRESLAV LITERARY SCHOOL [2011] VEER (INTERDISCO)

2011-05-15T13:12:00.001+02:00

click button above for sounds/downloads

@Of/site: "Preslav Literary School is the occasional musical project of Adam Thomas. As PLC, he makes live tape collages using sounds drawn from an ever-growing archive of self-generated or discovered outsider noise, found sound and spoken word cassettes. A process of transference, overdubbing and live manipulation reworks these source materials into compelling, ambient broadcasts. PLC has released records on NO-FI, Razzle Dazzle and Elephant & Castles, sharing stages and bills with Aki Onda, Machinefabriek, Gudrun Gut & AGF, Anton Bruhin, Leif Elggren and Sudden Infant."

@Interdisco: "Preslav’s ambient drones are an offer of peace and tranquility. Veer is disarmingly heartfelt and has an emotional intensity which leaves you with goose bumps and a deep feeling of sobriety. We’re not talking about waves breaking on the shore, whales mating in the deep ocean, or the like. – No, droning out of Preslav’s tape archive are lost & found violins, ghostly voices, stretched out guitar riffs and industrial soundscapes.
Veer uses live recordings of a Preslav Literary School concert at Open Broadcast’s Radio Village, Basel, Switzerland on Friday June 18th 2010."

Download "Veer" either from the player or from Interdisco's release page.

ELLEN FULLMAN [2011] THROUGH GLASS PANES (IMPORTANT)

2011-05-15T09:50:00.003+02:00

Amazing both in fore- and background music. Through Glass Panes will be out at Important records on May 24 (if one'd believe in Amazon dates). Noteworthy that earlier Ellen (together with Theresa Wong as The Infinite Strings Ensemble) releases Headlands, collab work with dronedelic Barn Owl.

"In 1981 Ellen Fullman (b. 1957) began developing the “Long String Instrument,” an installation of dozens of wires fifty feet or more in length, tuned in Just Intonation and ‘bowed’ with rosin coated fingers. Fullman has developed a unique notation system to choreograph the performer’s movements, exploring sonic events that occur at specific nodal point locations along the string-length of the instrument. She has recorded extensively with this unusual instrument and has collaborated with such luminary figures as composer Pauline Oliveros, choreographer Deborah Hay, the Kronos Quartet, and Keiji Haino."

Check the related links in Ellen's profile @FMA for more Long Instrument's tunes in misc collaborations. Dozen of LSI's photos @Flickr.

Biba Kopf (The Wire) — about the Long String Instrument: “Listening to it, you feel like you are inside some cyclopean subterranean grotto… its bejewelled walls glistening with an alien lustre (and) sounding like something that shimmers, iridescent shapes bend conventional pulse-based time and impose their own paradoxical temporality, where constant movement teems within a vast stasis.”

SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE [2011] ASLEEP ON THE FLOODPLAIN (DRAG CITY)

2011-05-12T20:38:00.000+02:00

The thing above ain't no just a pic, press PLAY triangle (left/down) to start the story that actually happened last Feb…
I'm happy we're (really, nah?) often are getting quite close to frontier. There are a certain places where we don't have to define things no more. We have to take 'em or leave 'em. This one i'll take along for sure, then will back for more and none will see me again. This track is more significant, than i'd dare drop a sound to shout a pros. 9 mins of intrusion, 3 ones to finish you down. Yup, men, take care of yr organs — there'll be lots of ones to be admitted in nearest months…

Physical thing is still available >>>

@DragCity: "Ten portable slabs of home recorded blur-and-ripple (and warble) from a (mostly) acoustic Six Organs. Ben just hangs around with the creatures of the earth and he likes the sounds and transcending the body, that's all. The new new spirituals!"

DONATO EPIRO: WORDS N' SOUNDS

2011-05-10T21:06:00.004+02:00

This post was ready months ago. I won't say why it was so damn postponed. I just want to put it up. Press play and read the monologue from one cool Italian guy. Note: these tracks are for whole Sturmundrugs label activity. To get closer to Donato's solo works follow the Bandcamp links under albums' names.

"Since I was a child I’ve always had a deep interest toward arts and nature; I’ve spent my days drawing animals, dreaming spatial adventures and inventing strange songs. Growing up, I’ve started to dig these natural inclinations of mine: I’ve studied music for a lot of years and after several experiences in different musical fields, I’ve returned into a more instinctive and spontaneous way of making music; I love to be surprised by the unpredictability of the sound, I try to explore it and through it to express the deepest core of mine and how it is related and influenced by the things around, nothing else. I think I’ve start this phase of my new creative course with the composition of my first solo album After Dinner Black Out, that I see as a sort of “purification” from my precedent approach to music and life, even if the sound of this album is really different from what I’ve recorded after. My research has continued developing a sound that could be described as a sort of hybrid between psychedelia, prog, folk, drone, cosmic and electronic music; in several cases I focus my attention on a single element of the sound… The tape Men Have Always Eaten Their Gods is, for example, e meditative drone work while Three Different Kind of Poison could be considered like a free/freak folk album with a lot of strings instruments.
At now I think my best representative albums is Sounding the Sun, inside it you can find all the elements of my music. I’ve played and recorded it in only a week (mixage and mastering included), in a sort of trance. Every time I listen to it I’m able to discover new things, I like not having the total control on what I’m playing: I let the music flows through me and I’ve just to capture and fix it. The recording sessions are often easy and instinctive , but I can spend a lot of time in the phase of postproduction, trying to give a definitive form to what I’ve played during the impros.
The language and the form can change but the essence of my creativity remains the same.
Supercontinent is, without any doubt, an evolution of the sound of Sounding the Sun.
The idea of this tape was born in my mind time ago but I have wanted to expect the summer to start the recording sessions. The album is a concept on the Pangaea and it want to describe this ancestral continent as if you were watching it along a river with a wood boat.
Differently from Sounding the Sun, in Supercontinent there are more synthesizers, samples and processed sounds than guitar, flutes and percussions …the result is these hypnotic/ambient compositions.
I’ve found in the Stunned records the perfect home for this work: Phil is a good friend and I love the way I run his label. It’s an honor for me to be on his roster.
In these last days I got another release out, a split LP (shared with my good friend Michael Jantz/Black Eagle Child) on Blackest Rainbow: my side is made up of three tracks of crafted guitar work recorded between winter 2008 and winter 2010 at various destinations in Italy. For these compositions I’ve used a variety of guitar sounds and techniques together with field recordings and soft touches of flutes, percussions and organ. It shows well what is at now my approach to the folk/psychedelic music.
Now I’m trying to find the peace and the concentration for completing a new album that will be more focused on acoustic guitar compositions, it will be titled Rubisco. I’m working on it from a long time but in a very discontinuing way because I’m usual to deviate my attention on others ideas. Sturmundrugs, label for example, has a lot of my time and energy but I’m really satisfied of how things get on: as you could see, I recently produced four new albums that I am really proud of: the debut album of Pürple Zhrö, the first full length of Caligine, and the new works by Deep Magic and Architeuthis Rex. I really think they are all great albums. For the close future I have in program albums by Afternoon Brother, Panabrite, Holy Strays, The Away Team, Yami Kurie, Francesco Giannico, Hexlove and much more… So stay tuned!"

D.E.

PS there's an interview with man @FoxyDigitalis

RODOTOTOED [2011] 2 (ALDAER)

2011-05-10T13:59:00.000+02:00

2 by Produtziones Aldabar

Second coming of psychedelic/improv partisans from Mexico.
Powerful stuff for everyday use.
Big love.

Check Aldaer label for more great releases.

6MAJIK9 [2010] LANGUAGE SHITTING PAPERS (HASHRAM)

2011-05-04T03:42:00.004+02:00

There's a news from Hashram label and you may find it both cool and bad depending on your tastes, but: there'll be no more cassette/CDr releases "because burning cdrs is a pain in the butthole... and not in a good way". Label goes bandcamping and currently Mike is uploading the entire past catalog. Everything will be available for $4 per album. Prepare for a batch of new Terracid and 6majik9 stuff!

@Hashram:

"Gathering in various locations at irregular intervals with no predetermined factors apart from what hardware is available and what chemical chains are flowering and what the ambient temperature allows thus this collection of relatively brief occurrences comes from their back catalog and stretches to more recent times... Glowing signs to digest like poison for fishes."

6majik9 Language Shitting Papers by Hashram

DANIEL HIGGS & SKULL DEFEKTS [2011] LIVE @ FLORISTREE, BALTIMORE (8-IV-2011)

2011-05-01T00:53:00.002+02:00

For the children of the children's children's children's children's children:

Always wanted to put here more (never enough) of Man's stuff:

Bless him. Twice.

BARN OWL & JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA [2011] LIVE AT THE CUBE, BRISTOL

2011-04-29T15:07:00.000+02:00

KEIJO [2011] WHNZ:25:ATEASE

2011-04-21T15:05:00.002+02:00

Maybe this could sound weird, but even MP3 net-releases could became if not literally OOP, then at least unavailable. In common sense. That's how this Keijo's album came up here… Back in your town.
"At Ease" originally was released in 2005 on the short-lived Tulipesä net-label run by Pentti Dassum. Keijo had not known Pentti and had not known of Tulipesä when he received an email from him asking whether he had anything that could be released as a net-album. So Keijo chose these tracks and sent them. Pentti liked them, and there they went. Keijo managed somehow in the process to delete the original recordings from his computer, so for a while they only existed on that CDr he had sent to Pentti. Later, when Pentti visited Jyväskylä in March 2005, he met Keijo for the first time and gave him a copy of the original disc. Eventually Tulipesä somehow disappeared, but in the meantime Pentti did some further work with Keijo (booking a Kheta Hotem gig, taking care of their sound in concert, producing a master from Jukka & Keijo recordings which will soon be released on wax).

This re-up features artwork by Sergey Khvostenko.

FUTURE MUSEUMS [2011] A SOLAR GOLD (SELF-RELEASE)

2011-04-12T09:44:00.001+02:00

Quite obscure (at least for my google skills) release from North Carolinian future/museum keepers — directly from artists to psych-ambient drifters. No need to mess, folks…

A SOLAR GOLD by Future Museums

CLOUD SHEPHERD [2011] WHNZ:24:AION

2011-04-03T13:19:00.001+02:00

Cloud Shepherd was formed in late 2008 as Free Rein by three gentlemen who had all met through the Bay Area experimental poetry scene. At a monthly art/poetry/music gathering called Second Mind a mutual friend suggested that the three should get together and play music to see what might transpire. The gentlemen were encouraged by the results and proceeded to form a trio to explore improvised music, but in a more "ambient" setting reflecting their combined interests in improv, drone-based music, and certain 20th Century classical and jazz composers. Upon consultation with the elements they were in communication with, Free Rein changed their moniker to Cloud Shepherd in order to more appropriately reflect their commitment to the pasturing of ever-changing, nonlinear cumulations of sound.

There's an already mentioned here Bandcamp page with more music of this trio, as well as 1 live doc at Archive.org named Live on (dis)PERSE Dispatch (March 18, 2011) with AIFF downloads.

ARANOS [2011] IN SNOW ON ICE CABBAGE DANCES (SANGOPLASMO)

2011-03-14T08:32:00.000+02:00

Got a message that spinned my world with new Aranos album. Meet new Polish label named Sangoplasmo and it's very first release — Petr's 2011 2-tracks/1-hour In Snow On Ice Cabbage Dances goodness.

"Cabbage Dances is a professionally duplicated c63 cassette containing Aranos' two excellent experimental instrumental soundscapes recorded using double bass, drum, zither, santoor, shakuhachi, rainmaker, turntable, violin, atabaque, berimbau, bells and viola."

If some of you was keeping an eye on this man's work, now you have a clue how to spend your excess 5 bucks. Available here.

CLOUD SHEPHERD [2011] CLOUD SHEPHERD (SELF-PRE-RELEASE)

2011-03-11T08:49:00.003+02:00

Great stuff from ex-Free Rein improv trio (Brian Lucas btw is former Mirza participant). Guitar, winds, percussion and theremin. Three long trips, which described by the band as "soundtracks to the abyss". Fresh and very interesting material.
And pay attention to the video — it's far worth of your time.

FABIO ORSI [2011] OSCI (SELF-RE-RELEASE)

2011-03-10T15:54:00.003+02:00

Fabio moved up with a couple of new releases (made via Bandcamp) and just while i was making this post, Facebook thing sent me a note about his forthcoming Wo Ist Behle? album (marked to be out April 6th, if everything will be under controls). But for now it's time for Osci, which was released 4 days ago with note "first unreleased version from 2004". It looks like Small Voices' 2006 LP was zingered with extras…

@Fabio's Bandcamp: "Osci is a deep hole into the ground of the loved/hated traditional music. It is a snatch with the past, watching it from unusual perspective, with deforming lens under coloured lights. Osci never meets "Art", it is something like a hack. As the sickle relates about the man, but it's completely unconcerned with their destiny. He speaks the speech of crickets and ants. Time no exist. Telephone are not used to ring and the bees are assembling a "flying saucers" with the elements of an old washing machine. Telephone doesn't know how to ring and voices are gliding in to the dark from mouths full of soil and cheap beer, talking about obscene love proposals. Under the Sun we reverse a big stone and the name of a girl crawls out, into the grass. Someone picks up it from the ground, and put it on the neck as an amulet. Violin's strings clasp the heart in an August night. Flames itching the flesh with pain. Finally our body shows infinite chances. Inside and outside. Every single pore is a hole. Inside is outside. A blink. We would like to shake the skin from bodies, jumping in the fire. A blink. Then we leave by car, disappearing on dusty roads. Sentenced to a slow craziness. All the rumours pushing under the scab. Where the streets are swelling as the veins and the buildings are collapsing, we plant a microphone, cold as a needle."

COBRA (AVEC LOGO PANTHÈRE) [2011] ZINZIN COBRA! (SELF-RELEASE/FMA)

2011-03-10T13:08:00.000+02:00

This album was found at rich fields of FMA and suddenly became kinda hit at our work place. Movie mood, these tracks bringing, appeared to be so stimulative. Have to share.

Cobra (avec logo panthère), or something like Cobra (with Panther brand), is a project formed by Jason and Dimi, two Swiss neighbors, the guitarist and bassist from a former metal band called Lest. The duo provides an electroacoustic music orchestrated around the guitar and bass guitar. They propose a kind of grandmother music, or elevator music, quiet and refined, freely minded.
The first piece, Tumbleweed, was conceived as a soundtrack of a western that does not exist. Another piece, Prud'Hommes, was chosen by director Stephane Goël as soundtrack for a documentary talking about the labor court in Switzerland. This film was in competition at last Locarno Film Festival.
Cobra (avec logo panthère) does not focus on a style, just wants to have fun and, why not, create more soundtracks...

"Western moderne, musique d’ascenseur, pub pour dames, mélodies de série rose ou d'enterrement de première classe, l’inspiration du duo varie au gré des informations boursières, et aussi du temps, ma p’tite dame."

Guys are in reach via these links:

Cobra @ FMA

Cobra @ Soundcloud

Cobra @ LastFM

Cobra @ MS (frozen)

ALI FARKA TOURÉ & TOUMANI DIABATÉ: IN THE HEART OF THE MOON

2011-03-08T08:49:00.000+02:00

never enough of this Grand man's speaches. noble. one of the last ones. eternal love.

BEN CHASNY, CHRIS CORSANO, RICHARD BISHOP [2010] RANGDA AT THE GOLDEN WEST

2011-03-06T02:03:00.004+02:00

EXPO '70 [2011] BLACKOUT (DEBACLE)

2011-03-01T18:37:00.000+02:00

@Debacle: Two live sets from the 2009 East Coast tour that spawned the Immune 2xLP, "Where Does Your Mind Go?", between the touring duo of Justin Wright and Matt Hill (Umberto). Track 1 consist of the stellar set from Ithaca, NY two days prior to the Immune Recording, headliners were Blues Control that night. Track 2 is the last set the duo played the last day of tour in the afternoon at WNYU in Manhattan, NY on less sleep than you can imagine. This set of live shows aptly named "Blackout" after a show at the now defunct New Market Hotel as part of an anti-CMJ show where the duo blacked out, probably scaring half the people responsible for the venue and show.

KON TIKI GEMINI & CAVERNES [2010] DEEP DISCOVERY SPLIT (SWEET LODGE GURU)

2011-02-22T07:03:00.004+02:00

Kon Tiki Gemini is the Bedroom Bear & Mpala Garoo's Berlin jams recorded late summer. Cavernes is work of Francesco De Gallo (Hobo Cubes/Magic Beach). Maybe it's a bit late to spread a word — this edition seems totally so/oop, but it's never late to listen to music.

"Jamming duo from Russia consisting of Sergei (Bedroom Bear) and Ivan (Mpala Garoo) which started spontaneously during summer trip to Europe. One is south, and the other is north, creating together moody tides of pure celestial reverberations as well as massive oceanic rumblings. Awakening with each subconscious tide a mythic scene from the childhood of earth, when Kon Tiki was wandering through is own gaze giving birth to shining temples of ancient races."

@Sweat Lodge Guru: "Pairing the side-projects of luminaries like Mpala Garoo, Magic Beach, Hobo Cubes, and Bedroom Bear, this split from Kon Tiki Gemini and Cavernes begins with a roiling hot mudbath of crackling drones and claustrophobic melodies on the a-side. The kind that cakes to your hide and doesn’t slough off until your skin does. Cavernes softens the dried glaze with a gauze of shimmering notes on the flip, then peels your face off with sheer will to expose the beautiful, porcelain bones beneath."

Thanx to Gemini and Frank for sharing this thing — downloadable in 320 kbps either from player above (per track), or from Mediafire (67 MB zipped).

EOK [2011] WHNZ:19:XOP

2011-02-17T23:00:00.001+02:00

Location: You are standing in the snowy field with electric poles. Accidentally some creature appears and tries to give you a drum. You are taking the drum and rolling the cigarette.

Items: 1 self-made cigarette, a bottle of black beer, a counterwise turntable, remains of drum, automation filter, boots, log.

Actions: Go north, listen jazz, wait the elevator.

You see people: Extended Oleg Kovalchuk, Antonina Kotova with pixel brush, Eugene 'Litr' Radchenko with drastic guitar, Nataliya Kulishenko singing and drumming on 'Q'.

Talk to: Yourself.

Use: Imagination.

Eok (sometimes Eok_01) is an “extended” (E) version of Ok_01, solo venture of The Moglass’ Oleg Kovalchuk. These recordings were made few years ago, forgotten, found, enhanced, forgotten again, found again and at last digitally immortalized. Another part of these sessions available through Surreal Madrid release.

VA [2011] WHNZ:18:COMI

2011-02-14T05:49:00.009+02:00

15 stories from a transcontinental shamanic crew + 1 artwork from Ukrainian painter Sergey KHVOST Khvostenko. Some of these tunes were recorded specially for this compilation, some were taken from dusty ~~shelves~~ folders, some are spreading mellow folk mood, some are droning out psych vibes, but all are captured with one big hug of love to the contemporary experimental scene which is much wider and interesting than it could ever be imagined. Don't think "underground" — think "space is the place".
Argentina, Russia, Italia, Ukraine, Finland, Japan, Sweden, Australia, US are guilty.

Lots of thanx to participants who found a free time and plenty of interest to this release.
PS чужие здесь не ходят.

HALA STRANA [2011] COMPENDIUM (WORSTWARD)

2011-02-12T10:59:00.005+02:00

This compilation was made of miscellaneous material — Steven put tracks from EPs, 7"s alongside with unreleased things into sorta new Hala Strana message. Also seems he have plans to move his entire discography into digital shape, making available again all OOP music. Check out his Bandcamp page for more HS and solo works.

Worstward
Bandcamp
MySpace

ASIAN WOMEN ON THE TELEPHONE: DADAGALORE

2011-02-08T04:30:00.003+02:00

I wanted to put here these sounds and links seems like a year ago. But placing clean links... It ain't no feng shui anymore.... Damn lame of me.
As usually, after a months of brain wag there appeared a sudden (ha) decision to ask for help from friends, who got interested in topic too. There are some, but the one presented below was most talkative (thanx, A!). Here's his attempt at an ode from an in-house node alongside with cewl psych-n-roll tunes from wonderful ~~Moscow~~ Pan-Universal AWOTT:

"Steady it goes, the rock-a-nought shop boys' ship, the motorik freundschaft cisternalium of Asian Women on the Telephone. Arms-legs-torso-necks flash forth in dub's syndrome fits, oblivious to the dumb, random law-mongering darkness that creeps around. They've got enough pressure, enough dog fuzz stunts and enough proclamatory detritus of their own to give all your little boo-hoos a polar-teddy silver enema to ride on. Never the ones to take "locked" or "unlocked" as a final word, these workers stay focused yet unstuck, body parts protruding against/past each other and plugged into hidden ad-hoc stocks of fire, gravy and muesli. And so the vehicle marches gently, in a steamy and righteous goat trance."

— Andrij Orel

@NotForResale: "Asian Women on the Telephone is a Moscow-based junkyard art punk improv noise outfit whose self-styled 'purist Dada' experimentalism is very Throbbing Gristle in feel, if not exactly sound — a shifting clanking, urban dronescape, channelled through multiple pedal manipulation with all sorts of bizarre vocals shrieked, hissed, and cackled at intervals through some of the tracks."

Full length things straight from the band. Free downloads included alongside with 1 buy link. Feel free to skip left and right and go up and down. And take care.

These links will do you good:
AWOTT@Blogger (center of the universe)
AWOTT@MySpace
AWOTT@Bandcamp
AWOTT@FMA
AWOTT@YouTube

For those who needs more info in normal English —
AWOTT@FarFromMoscow (in common)
AWOTT@FarFromMoscow (more)
AWOTT@FarFromMoscow (some more)

6MAJIK9 [2011] OTTERS LAUGHING IN THE DYING POOL (HASHRAM)

2011-01-23T16:30:00.001+02:00

New/old jams from Australian psych improvisators. Most of u know 'em as a part of Music Your Mind Will Love You collective, which once made some people think that planet's psychedelic capitol is based at marsupial continent… Otters were recorded back in 2009 live in a kitchen and it's a first official digital Hashram's release. The rest info in sounds.

BLANK REALM [2007] FREE TIME (MYMWLY)

2011-01-23T03:38:00.004+02:00

These guys are certain off-takers, closer-seeers, sweat-dreams-pears, low-bow-tears & have-no-fears….

About: "Out of our nor eastern sparkling sea city comes damaged free psych swim and spaced out inward clean streams of meaning nothing is everywhere all the time, the way this one rolls from the out it is more space than signifier, all growling gentle sines and filters, building their temple a wide mind upon waves of schism and perfect void."

Brisbane, Australia’s Blank Realm are decidedly international. The four-piece improv/color-noise band’s releases fit comfortably on L.A.’s Not Not Fun, while their trashed grandeur nestles right in on Eagle Rock’s DIY imprint. It would seem that the heat-drenched Brisbane scene from which they mutate is not worlds apart from the streets of LA. Then again, read-moar/full story @messandnoise. Or even some moar @tinymixtapes...

EVENING FIRES [2008] THE WOOD BEYOND THE WORLD (MYMWLY)

2011-01-22T21:03:00.002+02:00

1st swallow. Beautiful album of species, spirits and extra-realities. Wonderthing. "Music Your Mind Will Love You" spine number 97...

@Digitalis: "Evening Fires is a quartet of Pennsylvanians, featuring members of Clear Spots and Nessmuk, as well as the brains behind the Deep Water Acres website & label. They're busy guys, but still found the time last summer and fall to crank out a set of backporch jams and slipstream electric boogaloos. They get help on banjo and mandolin on a few tracks, too, beefing up the downhome goodness."

@Mats Gustafsson: "An mostly instrumental forest exploration that offers up little snippets of some long lost forest folk album(s). Shimmery and pastoral, hypnotic and transcendent free folk that spin a repetitive sound web that seems to unite the Music Your Mind Will Love You collective and the Irish Deserted Village label with some of the finest things on Digitalis. The sounds fly majestically over sun-drenched meadows and summer-clad forests like a flock of birds playing in the wind. Evening Fires, that includes members of the Clear Spots and Peacefeather, weave a delicate world of surprisingly structured folky clatter and Appalachian countryside, simply strummed guitars, lilting finger picked melodies, little bursts of primitive percussion, weary flute, bits of hazy drones and organ that wheeze out short mournful melodies that float just above the whirling background ambience."

@Facebook: "From their secret den in a northern Appalachian forest, Evening Fires brew up a rich blend of wide-spectrum rural psychedelia, with ingredients ranging from earthy folk sounds to cosmic drones to full-on rock freakouts."

MUSIC OUR MINDS STILL BONER

2011-01-22T20:39:00.012+02:00

hey there, folks, who somehow read this towel: we all have a big web-update here. some of pro- readers can remember the story about authorized appearing here, @wehavenozen, of some albums from Australian mega-sega-label named MUSIC YOUR MIND WILL LOVE YOU.. later on "something" forced the freewheeling and those posts got links replaced with "removed by request" or so. but there goes a prolonged story — since label was decapitated by it's ideolog/owner, librarians wanted to know whether that part of Earth's psychedelic history would be ever revisited and so damn on. we all need to keep the legend alive, to keep hearts bumping, to hear/see it each day we'll find a need... Mike said "so be it" and couple of years ago you all had a MYMWLY streamable page at last.fm, but currently we have a big up — as far as it was danced around all internets we'll have now the whole story — label's releases will be available once again and forever. guys from WFMU/FMA (thanx, Jason!) agreed to help to save this huge slice of contemporary psych/improv/avant/etc scene and there we go... i hope all of news will be available here, but for lots of standalone reasons i'd point you to these pages:

MYMWLY@FMA
(will be updated continuously)

MYMWLY@FACEBOOK
(hope somehow we'll arrange it to be a sorta info-aggregator)

MYMWLY@LAST.FM
(huge part of stuff is ready for yer eardrums)

MYMWLY@BLOGGER
(soon come a full length backup yeah)

HASHRAM@BANDCAMP
(all the new psych sounds you'd be interested/hear before buying)

HASHRAM@FMA
(something in the way)

KEIJO & UTON [2009] ALUN ÄÄNIÄ (OM HA SVA HA KSHA MA LA VA RA YAM)

2011-01-19T07:09:00.000+02:00

A bit anxious, yet great trip in the fields of free folk, swamped by drone bogs.
At last — online, alongside with almost entire current catalog of this Uton's label.

KUTOMO/BEDROOM BEAR [2011] SPLIT (JOZIK)

2011-01-18T20:08:00.005+02:00

Got good looking news from Russian/Finnish cooperators Veli-Matti, Sergey and Jozik drivers Dmitri and Sasha. One more collab to soothe winter twilights.

@Jozik: "The A side of this almost 60 minute long cassette is Finland's Kutomo, a project of Finland's Veli-Matti Ikävalko. Kutomo brings a bunch of songs based around layers of different instruments and vocals, creating a very intense, even shogaze-like psychedelic folk music. The B-side is Russia's Bedroom Bear aka Sergey Dmitriev, who continues in the same vein as Kutomo, but with less folky, more synthesizer driven atmospheres. Droney synth loops and melodica, all dwelling in delay. The music on this tape could probably be what they call "new New Age": it's peaceful, inspiring and relaxing, yet it has nothing to do with what your mom listens to for stress management. The cassette comes in beautiful handmade carton packaging with an artwork by Diana Vishnevskaya. Limited to 49 copies."

You can spend your €4 here.

DAMO SUZUKI & MAGICAL UNICELLULAR MUSIC [2010] WHNZ:17:SUM

2011-01-16T16:35:00.001+02:00

Today is the date to celebrate. Happy birthday, dear Damo! We all hope you run your tour fine and all of your current (and future) soundcarriers are beautiful people to cooperate. Everlasting love, hugs and whatever language could form. We need you beside, man, keep on keeping on!

"Another one milestone in Damo's neverending tour. This time he was supported by Russian/Belarusian psych/kraut nowavers."

In October 2008 Damo Suzuki took a small 4-gigs tour in Belarus/Russia with Magical Unicellular Music (В.О.М. in Russian) collective as soundcarriers. They played in Minsk, St. Petersbourg, Pskov and Moscow. Gig in Pskov TIR club was documented. OM.

ARANOS [2010] CROW EYE HINT/ARCHARCHA (PIEROS)

2011-01-15T12:46:00.000+02:00

@Brainwashed: "There is an mp3 of the whole record there, but it seems to load very slowly, as it is 54 minutes long!"

"This is a drone record. Piano sustain pedal depressed and released activates resonance in all strings. Microphone placed inside the piano records these as a moving aural landscape punctuated by giant footsteps of the pedal. 5 minutes deep in this world a burst of sound of one note ripping forwards and backwards cuts into pleasant reverie for a few seconds, than melancholy of vivisected piano returns and increases in intensity. Upon reaching it's conclusion, single note of the same piano replaces it. Through rhythmical permutations this note creates a drone inviting strings. Pedal adds a forward movement. At a given point whole body of sound shifts up a semitone, changes color, keeps increasing in complexity until final climax.
Real physical thing available here. Pressed from a glass master in a case handmade from pine veneers and canvass. Includes two woodcut prints. Price €15 (including shipping worldwide).

On this page you have a mp3 file of the whole record. Why would you want to buy it, if you can listen to it here for free? Maybe you'd like a higher sound quality of a CD. Maybe you'd like a physical object. You might like the handmade cover. perhaps you might enjoy supporting my efforts to create and release music and art. I'd love you to have a good quality copy, so here it is. If you would like the CD copy without a cover (CD, not a CDr) you can order it here for € 5 (including shipping)."

— Petr Vaštl/Aranos

Concerto No. 42 for Violin and HD.
Recording of a concert in Prague, Divadlo Archa, April 2010.
Images are mostly from Prague.
Audio available on a CD Archarcha.

FULL OF NOTHING'S NEW YEAR BATCH

2011-01-09T15:34:00.000+02:00

Guys from Love Cult/Full Of Nothing prepared NY batch of things to listen. All these releases available at FONO label. Meanwhile check these tunes to decide:

Pawned Pajamas/Golden Cup/Twilight Owls/Flamingo Creatures — Split — K7

Info: "4 projects from 3 different countries have come up with pieces of music illustrating a good day. As the sun rises Pawned Pajamas start off with their mellow synth waves mixed with spoken word samples. An easy floating collab between two nice German acts: folk-collagist Baldruin and new new age enthusiast Hering und seine sieben Sachen. In the afternoon Golden Cup from Portugal takes the stage. Luca Massolin is known far and wide for his excellent 8mm Records label as well as being part of Golden Jooklo Age. As a duet with Maurizio Abate they create shining streams of dense psychedelia, very straight and powerful - using electric organ and mandolin. When the evening comes we receive a strange call from a drunk woman with Twilight Owls from Moscow, Russia. This is a solo output of a highly active guitarist called Fedya. He uses punk rock intensity to create psychedelic guitar drones, loud and ecstatic. Closing act is Flamingo Creatures, also from Germany. Ronnie Oliveras and Ruth-Maria Adam (also members of Datashock collective) are going to lull you to sleep with slow burning synths and a violin, perfect nigth-time music. All in all, quite a varied and pleasant experience for just one tape. Hope it makes your day! Greenish paper J-cards. 60 copies."

gkfoes vjgoaf — Spirit Dance — K7

Info: "America's Sean Conrad has been able to channel quite a few very important vibes here. Spirits obviously dance to this tape! Many slow raga-like grooves meet abstract sunny guitar and vocal rumble, when not intervened by ecstatic vocal bursts and ritual bells and cymbals. Moving back and forth, keeping things in balance Sean goes along a narrow path of calm self-reflection and observation, dancing to his own heartbeat, setting his mind at ease. "Every breath and every bow is a gesture of the soul." Namaste. Gold paper stock J-cards. 50 copies."

throuRoof — Tarots Session — K7

Info: "As mental and spiritual pathways divide and collide there has always been an experience of high imprortance to any human - touching a mystery. Being close to something beyond any description. There are some pieces of music when the record session is itself a revelatory act. New cassette from Italy's throuRoof is a magical journey from the darkest corners of one's soul to the sacred light of hope. Dedicated to Alejandro Jodorowsky and his advices on the art of looking behind reality. See-through J-cards and tarots from a pack found on a Russian dump which makes each cassette unique. 48 copies."

Archers By The Sea — Ħaġar Qim — CDr

Info: "Vincent Caylet's Archers by the Sea is an ongoing solo excursion into endless eerie territories. Those not yet acquainted with this moniker may know "V" or The Pistil Cosmos, all highly recommended stuff. "Ħaġar Qim" brings a pallette of mixed approach: be prepared for both birdsong acoustic lullabies and squashing heavy noise streams. Go away with complex sound temples, psychedelic Malta dreams, loose constructions and stone foundations. Red paper sewn-through covers with decorated CDrs. 50 copies."

ENKO [2010] I WANNA BE YOUR DOG (VIDEO)

2011-01-07T20:49:00.001+02:00

Ukrainian underground headhunters are always hungry for heads:

WEEN [HUH] VOODOO LADY '05/BABY BITCH '07 (VIDEOS)

2011-01-04T03:18:00.002+02:00

i swear when that weentwin's guitar smoking that was a sand (what?) was seen there was a thought u guys have no more no less A last stand from fun-outa-pants-band and this duo is psyched more than it could be imagine. even thru-out their quasi-poppinshit-over-ears things like shinola or cucaracha. people who did god ween satan, guava thing and choc+cheese (for ronald's sake don't mention that slamming she fucks me tune) will never fail. that's not a statement, that's only 1 ~~shot~~ thought but why not to ~~drink~~ think it huh?

seenthru...

HUUN-HUUR-TU [2010] ANCESTORS CALL (WORLD VILLAGE)

2010-12-21T09:46:00.000+02:00

Old songs reworked. True masterpieces from the small Republic of Tyva. Spirit of centuries is definitely breathes through these songs. This compilation is a right step after previous bleak experiment with electronics brought to Tyvan quartet by Carmen Rizzo...
Full album stream is here.
Available from World Village/Amazon.

BARDO POND [2010] BARDO POND (FIRE)

2010-12-07T03:52:00.002+02:00

They are back. They are 20 years old. They are heavier than death in the family. Get their new official thing from Fire records ~~tomorrow, Dec 8th~~ now.

@Fire: "It took years for them to get here, but this record is the most goddamned beautiful thing they've ever done. Sorry for the superlatives. But really, the only thing left for them to do at this point is explode."

Bardo Pond: Don't Know About You

Bardo Pond: Don't Know About You (Acoustic)

IGNATZ [2010] LIVE @ OETINGER VILLA, DARMSTADT (27-X-2010)

2010-12-06T16:51:00.000+02:00

Congrats on Bram's "new" compilation — LP named Selected Songs From Cassettes 2005-2009 — out a month ago via Kraak..

ALASTAIR GALBRAITH [2008] ORB (NEXTBESTWAY)

2010-12-06T16:00:00.001+02:00

That bandcamp thing impacted interesting effect in all these musics well you know… I don't know for sure, but seems it's really much better to keep available at least online all stuff which you quite often can see on labels/artists' pages under mark "OOP" or "currently unavailable". Interesting thing — seems some copies of this album are steel available via some distros (at least at Norman), but Galbraith put it up for digital distribution for only ≥$5 — get yourself a CDr if you'll need it. The only lack will be a cover but there's a way to set up a true™ DIY thing. Anyway this great lo-fi folk psych release is wonderful and whole NZ underground should be very happy in the beginning of 2008 with this Alastair's comeback — Orb is the first album since 2000. And what an album..

AG@MySpace
Nextbestway@MySpace

BARN OWL [2010] LIVE ON WFMU'S LONG RALLY (19-XI-10)

2010-12-03T06:41:00.002+02:00

Beautiful set from SF duo. Also check this Elm's page with another live piece.

Official site with news, goods and stuff.

KEIJO [2010] WHNZ:16:MYTIME

2010-12-02T01:28:00.002+02:00

Very proud to present next move of this blog based net-label. Those who addicted to improv side of Keijo Virtanen's talent will be pleased i believe. New 6 tracks of pure psychedelic free folk. Magic and space.

Don't forget to visit Keijo's MySpace page from time to time for news. Also check Reverb Worship label for Remember Sometimes album.

AJILVSGA [2007] GIRL WHO MARRIED A STAR (DIGITALIS)

2010-12-01T20:43:00.000+02:00

Droning message in the bottle from Brad Rose. Originally released as a limited 3" CDr for Digitalis customers who pre-ordered 3 specific releases (digi049, digi052 and digi053) and was originally limited to 30 or so copies.

6MAJIK9 [2010] ROUND IT OUT (VIDEO)

2010-12-01T00:15:00.002+02:00

ZULU SOUVENIR [2010] DREI ZEN (AMOR LOCO)

2010-11-29T17:28:00.001+02:00

Nice to receive news from good people. Twice good to get cool news from other side of the world: Zulu Souvenir is the solo project of Andrés Toro, Argentinian visual artist and member of many underground experimental bands like Klub Der Klang, Estados Sonidos and Los Tigres Voladores.
Drei Zen was recorded in June 2009 at Caja Naranja, Buenos Aires. One solid session. Keyboards and guitar pedals.
Released by Amor Loco, both digitally for free download and as CDr limited edition. Order your physical copies here.

ROBEDOOR [2010] LIVE AT NAT ROE'S SHOW 3-XI-2010 (WFMU/FMA)

2010-11-28T14:59:00.000+02:00

Refurbished as trio, live set and no shit. Opener is a spaceship fuel. Full story from Nat Roe available here.

PROFEETTA ELÄMÄN ÄÄNIKOULU [2010] WHNZ:14:PEUL

2010-11-28T10:55:00.005+02:00

Music on this album was a fiction, but now after it's released, it's a fact. Produced and managed by a fairy tale wizard Profeetta Elämä, in a year 2008, in Finland. He was inspired of using noises and sounds as a tool for his prophecies and manifestations. After few years of struggle against corrupted and rationalized music business, this album finally found a way to people's ears. Sounds were composed in a fairy tale children story landscape, and transferred with special Profeetta Elämä's spell-methods to our cryptic world. He is teaching us to listen his world, not only him, but all those creatures which are living with him. His world is open and now shared to others.

More about Profeetta Elämä:
He was born a long time ago, so long time ago, so we can't even when it was exactly. But when he was in his mid-age (we can't say how much it is in our world), he started to be more and more inspired of alchemical lifestyle, and about magic spells too. After learning several years (or Sun Cycles, as they speak over there) of these eccentric and esoteric methods, he managed to find a way to connect between the worlds. It was a huge revolution in his brains, but unfortunately it was still too much for many to understand. He continued, and finally found sounds and noises from some local lake (underwater, quite deep too). With these new tools he created a system which helped him to open the magic tunnels between all the worlds (but mostly only those which was enough interesting for him). So far, he made only this one and only album Profeetta Elämän Äänikoulu, and we don't know if there is more coming or not. Some rumors say, that he already started some other system, with other tools, for other purpose, in a neverending process of his prophecies.

SLEAZY GONE...

2010-11-26T03:21:00.006+02:00

@chris_carter_: "Our dearest beautiful Sleazy left this mortal coil as he slept in peace last night. Words cannot express our grief."

one more man gone. this man influenced my teen ears. i always thought bout Coil as bout some gang from other side and then suddenly Jhonn passed away and Sleazy appeared to be so.. human? dunno. after that i believed in SoiSong tunes but since Balance's death i always accepted personal "true side" of Peter in Threshold HouseBoys Choir and deep inside somehow i felt it'll be like this. not exactly bout Peter's departure, but in common. you know. err...
so he passed. peace.
it's so sad...

Don't worry, I'm fine, I think :-) but remember we are all only temporary curators of our present bodies, which will all decay, sooner or later. In a hundred years or so ALL the humans currently alive will have died. I take great comfort in knowing, with certainty, that thing that makes us special, able to enrich our own lives and those of others, will not cease when our bodies do, but will be just starting and new (and hopefully even better) adventure... If we don't get to meet in this Life, maybe in the next you can buy me a beer! ,-)

DANIEL HIGGS [2007] DWARS SESSIE (22-X-2007)

2010-11-25T14:17:00.002+02:00

Never will be in time in all places you'd like… Moar Higgs stuff, both old and new. Some you can buy, some you can't. First is live session from Dutch Dwars Radio 6 (that starts with the great piece Living In The Kingdom Of Death and closer to end features jawharp improv in very good old style):

Second is the track from latest so far release from Daniel, a collab with electronic sound artist Twig Harper. Full album preview and buy links — @Thrill Jockey.

"This record is a setting of experience by creating a bridge inside the ear striving to see linguessence/utterance immediately prior to verbal distinction placed firmly inside a double helix weave ultra verbal mirror… This is a really special record, something that’s been silently brewing in the backs of our minds for years, unknown and hidden even to us until we decided to let it breathe."

ANTONY MILTON [2010] TAPES PUNAKAIKI + WRECKERS AND HATERS (PSEUDOARCANA)

2010-11-24T17:12:00.003+02:00

Actually when you look for something intensively, it's almost impossible today to fail… But sometimes people can't find time to do their reach-outs. And there comes the concept of newsletter. Let it be praised.
Alongside with info on brand new physical releases Antony Milton / PseudoArcana brought to you these tunes:

"Recorded in Punakaiki, a small beach town on the wild and rugged West Coast of the Sth Island of New Zealand in 2006. I consider this one of my best albums. It was originally scheduled for CD release on a label that after several years of promising imminent release eventually folded a few months back. This release was intended as the first in a new series devoted to a subjective documenting of various NZ landscapes, of which the Arthurs Pass based 'Summit is Fragile' LP was the 2nd installment. There are plans to record the next in the series next April in Central Otago. Tapes Punakaiki is a collection of songs, drone pieces and field recordings recorded in the bush and on the shore at Punakaiki over a one week period. It was recorded using 2 cassette walkmans and occasional loop tapes to enable live overdubbing 'in the field'.
A cassette release is also on the way for folks who simply cannot stomach the digital sphere…"

"Another lost record, much hyped at the time, but then shelved. This one from 2007/2008. Despite the title its actually a fairly buoyant sounding and at times blissed out POP record. Its that 'pop' aspect of it that had me somewhat confused about how exactly to go about releasing it and so its just wound up sitting on the shelf. I mean its all songs with hooks and choruses etc.. Some of it was kind of influenced by the saturated pop of Jesu and similar acts but really its an amalgam of my own songwriting with ALL of my pop influences and I spent months trying to make it sound as good as possible.
One thing that has made me feel vaguely uncomfortable about releasing it is the overt and nakedly angst ridden nature of the lyrics. I had set out to write an entire album about the state of eco-politics at the time (somewhere around the time of the inevitable backlash against what had looked like a possible green revolution (after Gores film etc)) and that's what you get.. Haha. But don't let that put you off. I stand by the lyrics — for the most part — but I'm posting this here for the music more than to preach.. So shimmering guitars and big goofy bass lines and pop beats and hooks."

IGOR KRUTOGOLOV & KENJI SIRATORI [2010] WHNZ:15:KATER

2010-11-17T07:51:00.000+02:00

Igor Krutogolov - organ, acoustic guitar,strings, percussion, effects and winds.
Kenji Siratori - voice.
Recorded on Desember at "Givataim Theater" by Ruslan Gross.

This collab from Israeli avant-musician Igor Krutogolov and Japanese cyberpunk author, man-machine-chaos-reporter Kenji Siratori (who btw mentioned @Discogs in 287 so far releases) looks to be their second work after Catastrophic Cells CDr. It was previously out in Japan as Dark Water CDr on Karakuri label, but shortly after that disappeared. According to Igor, there was even a book related to this CDr, and also there could be even a few quite obscure CDr re-pressings, but at least for European scene this album got a misty story, dark as itself.
Current MP3 version is aimed to backup this issue and to spread this murky tunes to wider audience.

@escrec.com: Igor Krutogolov — Israeli composer and musician, participates in a large amount of musical projects, such as collaborations with Chaos as Shelter, Bastard Noise, Agnivolok, Tidal, Crossfishes, NJD and others. He is also founder of projects as Kruzenshtern & Parohod, Igor Krutogolov Karate Band (a mini big band plays grind-core, black metal, rock-n-roll and tango on toy instruments) and others, wrote the soundtrack for the animated film Wardrobe by Japanese directors Yamamoto Hiromi & Takayuri Iwasawa and scored a theatre performance by famous Israeli director Igor Berezin.

@discogs.com: Kenji Siratori is a Japanese cyberpunk author and internet self-promoter. He first gained attention in 2006 by writing to as many industrial, ambient, EBM and goth bands he could find, including "reviews" of them in his idiosyncratic style, and asking to collaborate. His scattergun approach proved successful, despite his reviews of non-sequitirs and non-sensical cyberspeak being interchangeable, and a slew of collaborations from flattered musicians were soon foisted upon the world.

DEEP MAGIC [2010] FRACTAL MIND HUT (VIDEO)

2010-11-16T06:36:00.000+02:00

by J. Haimy

IGOR KRUTOGOLOV & THUNDERWHEEL [2010] LUMBERJACK BLUES (TRIPS UND TRÄUME)

2010-11-15T15:26:00.001+02:00

Well this one made some of my days for sure. I have no words of my own to describe the feelings i'm getting while listening to this album — it's far beyond my english vocabulary, so here's the sounds that bring me this mood and quoted notes from label: "Igor Krutogulov & Thunderwheel are not living our times: maybe they’re lost beneath the waves of the previous century, among dissonant guitar patchworks, ragtime toy-piano from a closet beyond a creepy mansion, harshy melodies sung by his vitriol throat. There’s a concept within these songs, where the nature prevails the gathering of human forces, and if you listen carefully you can figure a sort of impossible jam between Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Old Time Relijun lost in an african forest, or just a spectral Tom Waits’s secret brother gone definitely mad and under the influence of Wolf Eyes’ noise manipulation… Weird music for weird people."

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Krutogolov@MySpace
Thunderwheel@MySpace
Trips+Träume@MySpace

CALIGINE [2010] L'AUTUNNO DI RAME (STURMUNDRUGS)

2010-11-15T11:49:00.002+02:00

@Sturmundrugs: "Caligine presents its first full-lenght effort in un-folk deconstruction. Distorted fiddles collide with waves of recursive fingerpicking, acid narratives and warm strings interacting; balanced between the idea of song and the opposite calm disorder, struggling against the impossibility of improvisation, filling old folds of frequencies with new content, always unnumbered and unknown, Caligine is a collective based Everywhere and populated by no One."
Not long time ago Gabriele/Caligine travelled the world with some equipment and while being here and there had collected some impressions which weren't taken home, but almost immediately recorded, keeping instant mood. Being asked about some story behind new release, Gabriele said: "It's about places, mostly. England, Nepal, sometimes at the sea, sometimes rivers… The last song is a tribute for Jack Rose, I recorded the day he died. In common it's a journey record, all recorded on trip, not in studio. And the fourth song Arida II is the second part of a song from my previous EP."
Check player and flow thru 31 mins. of fragile (un)folk, places and feelings.

CDr available from Sturmundrugs.

JUNZO SUZUKI SAMPLER

2010-11-14T13:26:00.002+02:00

This man just have released new/first 20 Guilders studio album as well as solo thing Buried Sky, Spider Torn to Pieces this August, so give him an ear and check his stuff.

@Volcanic Tongue: "Excellent Tokyo-based Japanese underground guitarist/vocalist. Junzo's name might ring some bells via various collaborative projects with Hiroshi Hasegawa of C.C.C.C. as part of Astro and Astral Travelling Unit, Mitsuru Tabata of Zeni Geva as part of 20 Guilders and Makoto Kawabata of Acid Mothers Temple as well as his membership of key psych units Overhang Party and Miminokoto."