RARE AND USED ITEMS
all items are near mint unless otherwise noted
Adam "Live at Human Dog Bar 2000.8.26" CDR $4.00 "Live 'improvised analog electronics' from this enigmatic video artist and Neon Inn member. Two identical CDRs are included, apparently to play in two CD players simultaneously (or to have one to pass on to a friend?). Very playful synthy swirls, chirps, and burbles abound in the all-too-short 24 minutes presented here. Performed live at the 'Human Dog Bar' in August of 2000. Intriguing and difficult to classify." - Monica. though originally released as a double CDR with two copies of the same disc, this is only a single disc in a plastic bag with an insert. Commune-Disc (Japan) com 10
Koji Asano "Absurd Summer" CD $5.00 cardboard jacket. Solstice (Spain) 30
Koji Asano "The Giant Squid" CD $5.00 a collection of shorter pieces vol. 1 - works from 1997-1998. cardboard jacket. Solstice (Spain) 35
Koji Asano "Gondola Odyssey" CD $5.00 cardboard jacket. Solstice (Spain) 32
Koji Asano "Piano Suite Vol. 1" CD $5.00 performed by Isao Otake. cardboard jacket. Solstice (Spain) 31
Koji Asano "Vacant Land" CD $6.00 three long dense concrete works: "Accumulated Chairs", "Lumberyard" and "Bean Sprouts". textural noise that recalls the chaotic structures of David Tudor. Digipak. Solstice (Japan) SOL898
Koji Asano "Wind Gauge" CD $5.00 cardboard jacket. Solstice (Spain) 34
Koji Asano "Zoo Telepathy" CD $5.00 cardboard jacket. Solstice (Spain) 33
BCR "The Untold" CDR $25.00 a history of Rev. Dwight Frizzell's afro-nuclear-funk-swing-tango group featuring appearances by Sun Ra and his Arkestra. this disc presents two 29-minute episodes of creation and apocalypse with narration and moments from their 17 year history. "An alternative history of our world as revealed in 17 years of performances of the BCR band." produced and edited by Rev. Dwight Frizzell. producers: Tom Mardikes, Scott Gregory, Michael O'Neill, Steve Donofrio, John Blank, Dwight Frizzell, Dave Brock, Chuck Chapman, Chris Merrick, Ed Herrmann, Bart Biechle. participants/performers: Thomas Aber, Allaudin Ottinger, Randy Weinstein, Bird Ellington Fleming, Cliff Baldwin, Stan Kessler, Betse Ellis, Bill Dye, Jim Cottingham, Ed Herrmann, Jeff Rendlen, Bobby Nickens, Jay Mandeville, Dwight Frizzell, Chuck Reynolds, Linda Bondrank, Pat Ireland, Sun Ra, June Tyson, the Ra Arkestra. BCR International (U.S.)
René Bertholo "Um Argentino no Deserto" CD $10.00 the later Berholo (1935-2005) was best known as a painter, sculptor and writer and was in the KWY.group with Lourdes Castro, Jan Voss and Christo among others. in 1963 he started working with electronics and in 1973 got the idea to try to make an electronic music box. this resulted in the Makina - a digital, programmable type of synthesizer which he continued to develope. this CD collections electronic compositions he made on those between 1988 and 1999. SIRR.ecords (Portugal) sirr 2002
Big Siti Ookestra "New Beat for Baby" CDR $7.00 Negative Foundation (Finland) 04
Biting Tongues "Wall of Surf" poster $10.00 poster for Biting Tongues "Wall of Surf" video which was released by Factory Records' video label Ikon in the 1980's. full color with blue text over orange Arabic background, advertising the video release. 11.75" x 17". poster is unfolded. Ikon (England)
Hervé Boghossian "RVB" CD $5.00 very minimal compositions for guitar feedback, sinewaves, bass clarinet (Matthieu Saladin and Ivan Solano), guitar, electronics, and piano (David Grubbs). booklet only. List (France) L 004
Anthony Braxton & Scott Rosenberg "Compositions Improvisations 2000" CD $7.00 saxophone and clarinet duets includes 2 Braxton compositions, 3 Rosenberg compositions and 3 improvisations. Barely Auditable Records (U.S.) bar222
Kyle Bruckmann "Entymology (Solo Improvisations)" CD $6.00 improvisations on oboe, English horn and suona. paper gatefold sleeve. Barely Auditable (U.S.) bar0001
Brume & Artificial Memory Trace "1st Encounter" CD $7.00 "1st Encounter was completed in 1996 and is part of an ongoing series of releases by Artificial Memory Trace. The sound on this particular installment is as one would expect given the backgrounds of the two artists: a mixture of electro-acoustic and concrète sounds. The two artists are forced to create their music using the other's music as the principle source material, and it really changes both of their sounds quite a bit. Often people think of collaborations in the same sense as split records, but this is not a split release. There is really is a good sense of the interplay between AMT and Brume. It is difficult to classify the works of these two gifted composers, because their work is clearly void of the academic rigidness that defines much of the electro-acoustic scene. There also seems to be a greater flexibility in terms of sounds being employed and more freedom to really let loose in terms of intensity. 1st Encounter is packaged exquisitely in a digipak with full color artwork and is a limited edition and will not be repressed." - label description. hole punched in cover panel. alien8 recordings (Canada) ALIENCD26
R. Chartier "Direct.Incidental.Consequential." CD $25.00 original edition of his debut CD, which was later totally reworked for reissue. jarring electronic music made from extremely high and low frequencies. subtle movement of very small sounds intended for headphone use. digital distortion and hum, confusing drones and whirrs, sound carefully stripped of any human element or reference point. in handmade DigiPak sleeve with sticker across opening, which has been broken to allow play of the CD. "for promotional use only" stick on back cover. Intransitive Recordings (U.S.) INT005
The Cherry Point "Black Witchery" CD $5.00 harsh noise. compiles the out of print 3" CDRs "Virgin Witch" (Chondritic Sound), "Devil's Witch" (Audiobot) and "Season of the Witch" (Fargone). PACrec (U.S.) PACrec118
The Cherry Point "Night of the Bloody Tapes" CD $5.00 harsh noise. mixed by John Wiese. Troniks (U.S.) TRO-207
Circle "Alotus" CD $8.00 Digipak. Klangbad (Germany)
Circle "Prospekt" CD $8.00 driving trancey rock similar to later Faust. Ektro (Finland) EKTRO-008CD
The Cooking and Tinkering Errchestra "Live at ICC (International Cooking Center) 2-22-2000" CDR $3.00 "Wild yet slow improvised audio art/cosmic jazz/mischief by a spontaneously formed unit including: Nakahara Masaya (Hairstylisticks / formerly Violent Onsen Geisha), Hariya Shusaku (Computer Soup), Yamabe Keiji (Los Apson) and Pol Mahlow (Cha-Bashira). Equipment used includes two gas cookers with big pots, cutting vegetables, modified turntables, jambee, multiple noises and much more. Live recording at the museum NTT InterCommunications Center (ICC), Tokyo." - label description. pre-release limited CDR edition in brown envelope with hand written cover and printed insert. Cha-Bashira (Japan)
Aleister Crowley "The 1910-1914 Wax Cylinder Recordings" CD $20.00 the only known recordings of The Great Beast. these recordings have been issued in various forms over the years including an LP published by David Tibet in 1986. fans of early Current 93 will recognize a few things sampled on those records. Transparency (U.S.) 0016
George Crumb "Complete Crumb Edition Volume Four" CD $6.00 includes "Zeitgeist" (1987, rev. 1988) (Six Tableaux for Two Amplified Pianos) and "Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III)" (1974) for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players) performed by pianists Susan Grace and Alice Rybak and percussionists John Kinzie and David Colson. Bridge Records (U.S.) BRIDGE 9105
Ernesto Diaz-Infante & Chris Forsyth "Wires and Wooden Boxes" CD $6.00 improvisations with acoustic guitar, piano, toy piano, voice, small percussion, electric guitar, piano soundboard, and small percussion recorded in 2001. Evolving Ear / Pax Recordings (U.S.) EE 03 / PR90252
DJ Smallcock "Yinyue" CD $6.00 gatefold cover. Dual Plover (Australia)
John Levack Drever "Phonographies - Glasgow, Frankfurt, Exeter" CD $6.00 field recordings from Scotland, Germany and England. Sound-Marked (U.K.) SM03-01CD
EA CD $10.00 heavy ambient drone from 1999. this group later had releases on Drone and Mystery Sea. Cpt. Sparky Records (Poland) Spark 005
eM "Motor Sessions" 7" EP $10.00 "On Motor Sessions, eM uses recordings of various motor sounds as well as a Korg MS-20 to construct four short pieces. The music here is a hybrid of techno, musique concrete and instrustrial ambience." no. 16 of 50 special edition copies packaged in cardboard box with 2 postcards, 1 bookmark, 22 pages of text and illustrations and assorted road maps, for a total of 29 inserts, one of which is signed by the artists. The Foundary (U.S.) FOU08
Evidence "Out of Town" CD $6.00 "Evidence is Stephen Moore + Scott Smallwood. This music is based entirely on field recordings made in summer 2002." included are tracks based on recordings from a pump house, Copper Harbor, Michigan, motel bathroom and floor, Seattle, and a staircase under highway 99, Seattle waterfront. Deep Listening Publications (U.S.) DL 23-2003
J. Frede "Eremiophobia" CD omnimous drones. packaged in clear gatefold bag with clear inserts. Ritual Document Release (U.S.) RDR.002.CD
Ron Geesin "Funny Frown" CD $15.00 best known for his work with Roger Waters (on the collaborative album "Music from the Body") and Pink Floyd (on the album "Atom Heart Mother"), Ron Geesin has also released a series of solo albums over the years including a couple of library records for KPM. experimental, but usually humorous and melodic, Ron was once the opening act for one of Monty Python's Flying Circus' U.K. tours. this 1991 CD presents 17 pieces recorded between 1980 and 1990, several of which were soundtracks for television or film. this copy is number 90 in a limited edition of 500, and features Geesin's thumbprint on the cover of the booklet. Headscope (U.K.) HEDCD 001
Le Grand Orchestre d'Avatar "Jazz Basters" CDR $6.00 free jazz featuring David Michaud (double bass), Mathieu Doyon (drums), Jocelyn Robert (piano) and Philémon Robitaille (saxophone). packaged in full color handmade laminated gatefold sleeve. Avatar (Canada)
Le Grand Orchestre d'Avatar "L'Abolition des Privilèges" CDR $6.00 electronic improvisation featuring Pierre André Arcand, Chantal Dumas, Boris Firquet, Steeve Lebrasseur, David Michaud, Fabrice Montal and Jocelyn Robert. Avatar (Canada)
Hallicrafters CD $7.00 "From the folks who brought you Runaway Mind Train comes Hallicrafters, a Texas duo of Brian Locklin on guitars, piano, keyboards, and rhumba, and Wes French on table guitar, analog synths, and effects. The music is like a cross between Tangerine Dream and Phillip Glass. Floating ambient electronica that develops slowly, setting somewhat minimalist patterns that bubble, throb, and lull the listener into a valium-like trance. The duo's trademark, and the music's strength, is their ability to create hypnotizing patterns that include a single brain piercing standout sound that stops short of being painful or annoying. Rather, these sounds function as aural mantras that command the listener's attention, the mantra sounds leading the way through the music's subtle textural journey." - Jerry Kranitz from Aural Innovations #10 (June 2000) Digipak. Triangle Mallet Apron Records (U.S.) TMA CD02
Hansadutta Swami "Nothing To Lose But All To Gain" LP $5.00 born in Germany and a major force in the Hare Krishna movement in 1970s, Hansdutta recorded at least two albums. this 1978 release features him on guitar vocals backed by others Krishnas on bass guitar, violin and drums. the album consists of 5 long songs with a country tinge and has been compared to a more aimless Syd Barrett. the titles are "The Holy Name", "In Fear of Thee the Wind Blows", "Most Weird Abode", "Seeing God Is Not So Easy" and "Helpless Awe", two of which were written by Bhaktivinode Thakur. the front cover is a full sized photo of the swami's head and is actually a little ominous. in fact, Hansadutta was later kicked out of ISKCON [The International Society of Krisha Consciousness] and there are rumors of various violent episodes. at the time of this record, Hansadutta was in the midst of it though and even gives thanks on the back cover to Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, Richie Havens, Alice Coltrane, George Harrison, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond and Elvis Presley for their contributions to Hare Krishna projects. the cover is still in the shrink and in excellent condition, however the vinyl sadly has a couple of nasty looking scratches on the first track. these cause some crackle on that piece though the rest of the record plays pretty quietly. Hansa Associates Production (U.S.) HAP-1
Hanna Hartman "Färjesånger • Cikora • Die Schrauben…" CD $7.00 "Having developed her very own language, the Swedish sound artist Hanna Hartman creates compositions that are exclusively made up from authentic sounds which she has recorded around the world. Sounds are taken out of their original context and thus perceived in their purity. Hanna Hartman seeks to reveal hidden correspondences between the most diverse auditive impressions and in new constellations she creates extraordinary worlds of sound." "Ferrysongs/Färjesånger" (20:55) commissioned by Radioteatern Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, 2002. "Cikoria" (35:42) commissioned by DeuschlandRadioBerlin, 2000. "Die Schrauben, die die Welt zusammenhalten" (16:34) commissioned by Sender Freies Berlin, 2001. Digipak. Elektron (Sweden) EM 1005
Heller ".09..03." CD $6.00 minimal electronics. edition of 500. slimline jewel case. N-Rec (France) n0002
Hive Mind "Death Tone" $6.00 heavy doomladen electronics. small promo drill hole in tray card. Hanson (U.S.) hn123
Luc Houtkamp "Exercise in Swing" CD $5.00 "Known so far as one of Europe's leading saxophone improvisers, Houtkamp makes an unexpected move on this CD, investigating digitally generated pulse sounds. Confronting crackling noises with forms commonly associated with jazz, has led to intrepid excursions into glitch improv or free blip jazz, turning them into a truly 'Exercise in Swing'." - label description. hole punched in booklet and tray card. X-OR (Netherlands) CD 011
Ide "[Ampf]" CD $8.00 a collection of 76 pieces spanning spoken sound poetry, lautgedichte, jitanjaforas, moments of spontaneous speech dialogues and loops (with Henri Chopin, Allen Ginsberg, Falco, Friederike Mayröcker & Emil Siemeister), duets & trios (with wind, rain, water, drum, guitar & vocal samples), class works (with students in Vienna, Hanoi, Medellín & Boulder) recorded between 1982 and 1999. Extraplatte (Austria) EX 462-2
Inanna postcard $5.00 this is an extra copy of the Inanna postcard/insert from the ultra rare "Zyklon B" compilation released by Les Joyaux de la Princesse in France. it is approximately 5" by 3.5". Inanna was the solo project of Mikael Stavöstrand from Archon Satani and had material released on the Cold Meat Industry label, among others. Les Joyaux de la Princesse (France)
David Jisse "Mille vingt-quatre" CD EP $5.00 recordings of a mountain village and its people similar to early releases on Ouie-Dire Prod. part of the Collection Musiques Tracées which also included releases by Olivier Toulemonde, Patrick Rutgé, Nicolas Perrillat, and Eric La Casa & Slavek Kwi. 17 minutes. Collectif & Cie (France) mts 05
Jliat "Christmas 2002 - Acer Random Noise" 3" CDR $5.00 "A series of unique recordings made from random internal noise using an Acer/Pentium computer." folded b&w card sleeve. Jliat (U.K.)
Jliat "My Computer" 3" CDR $5.00 "these tracks derive from their .exe .dll etc files on my computer." packaged in screen printed brown envelope. includes insert with track listing. Alku (Spain) beginning 47
Kallabris "Shanghai Dortmund" CDR EP $5.00 promo only CDR (otherwise only available on vinyl) in Genesungswerk paper jacket with sticker for details. Genesungswerk (Germany) genesungswerk 15
Zbigniew Karkowski "ElectroStatics" CD $7.00 cardboard jacket. Post-Concrete (U.S.) POST 006
Edward Ka-Spel "A Birth Marked Conspiracy" LP $150.00 a test pressing of this extremely limited LP that was only released in an edition of 50 numbered copies in a wooden box with inserts. this copy is a test pressing in a plain inner sleeve with the label name rubber stamped on the label and sleeve, and information handwritten on the sleeve. this is a wonderful record that would definitely appeal more to fans of experimental music than the usual LPD fanbase. Beta-Lactam Ring Records (U.S.) mt008
Laser Temple of Bon Matin "Bullet Into Mesmer's Brain" CD $6.00 free music similar to Smegma with Charles Cohen (Buchla Music Easel), Elliot Levin (saxophone, flute, vocals), Linda Searnock (guitar), Ed Wilcox (drums, percussion, fx, vocals), Joe Z. (guitar, bass), Rick Brackbill (guitar, turntables), Steve Buchanan (guitar, saxophone), Greg Chapman (synthesizer), and John Mulvaney (synthesizer). Bulb (U.S.) BLB-054
Bernhard Loibner "Trans/Mute" CD $6.00 "All pieces on this CD are dealing with abstract textures and shifting layers of sound. The pieces of this collection explore our experiences, now based on high fidelity, amplitude and multiple timescapes, by creating a spatialized, intense environment charting the transmutations and changes from sound to sound. The entire sound material used has been created using the graphic audio program environment Max/Msp. Released as a limited edition of 500 copies, sequentially numbered and packaged in an antistatic plastic bag." this is an unnumbered promo copy. (Austria)
Francisco Lopez "Addy en el pais de las frutas y los chunches" poster $15.00 poster for the Francisco Lopez CD "Addy en el pais de las frutas y los chunches" released by N D in 1997. original 10" x 16.4", color photocopy, folded once. N D (U.S.)
Stephan Mathieu, Radboud Mens, Janek Schaefer, Timeblind "Quality Hotel" CD $5.00 Mutek (Canada) MTK_CLB02
Sean G Meehan "Audio" art multiple $100.00 "Audio is boxed set of cassette-like objects. Though they contain no recorded sound they intone and suggest musical sound and composition when used in concert with ones conceptions and intentions." a 5.215" by 3.25" by 3.125" box with separate top and bottom containing four cassette cases. each of the four contains a different type of material. the first is is a cassette with printer leader instead of magnetic tape. by hand winding the "tape" you can read the message "nothing brites the day like sound". the next includes 7 heavy brown cards with holes cut in the same places as a cassette face. each card features different handstamped messages, and all but one are stamped on both sides. the messages are simple evocations of sound events and concepts. the next case has a solid block of acrylic with the same dimensions as a cassette tape with two 7/16" holes to match those in a cassette tape. the last has a plain white j-card [cassette cover] with 25 panels folding into an accordion arrangement that fills the case. the upper portion of the box itself is covered in brown butcher paper with silver and black printing while the bottom half has slots for the individual cases and is cut at a slight angle. a stunning art object. (U.S.)
Merzbow "Akasha Gulva" poster $20.00 poster for Merzbow's "Akasha Gulva" CD released on alien8 recordings. 24" x 15.5"; black & white, folded twice. has image of body hanging on hooks. alien8 recordings (Canada)
Metabolismus "Sprießwärtsdrall" CD $8.00 "This full length is firmly rooted in the rich German experimental music tradition of such bands as Can, Amon Duul and Popol Vuh. The album begins with subtle tones that shift and eventually build into a Silver Apples psychedelic groove. Things move back and forth through layers of analog synthesizer orchestration, electronics and droning violin, eventually accentuated by ambient recordings of wind chimes, cow bells, birds, crickets, barking dogs and the sounds of Stuttgart. An absolutely stunning record, which Bananafish claims, has "24-7 potential." Fantastic full color artwork by German animation artist Petra Kolitsch." - label description. Amish Records (U.S.) AMI009
Minamo "Beautiful" CD $10.00 full color paper sleeve. Apestaartje (U.S.) STAARTJE012
Misericordia "Robins M'aime, Medieval Music and Song" CD $7.00 "Misericordia are Anne Marie Summers and Stephen Tyler. They have been performing and recording earlyand traditional music as a duo since 1992, often combining the improvisational element of folk msuci with what survives of written medievel music resulting in their singular style. They have been involved in various musical collaborations. This time their guest musicians are Sean Breadin [aka Sedayne, ex-Metgumbnerbone] and Judy Rockliff." this disc includes Italian, French, and English music from 12th to 15th centuries played on bagpipes, English great pipes, hurdy gurdy, shawm, recorders, gemshorn, dumbek, voice, saz, Gothic harp, tambourinecrwth, long drum, bells and diverse percussion. (U.K.) miseri 2
Mount Vernon Arts Lab "One Minute Blast Rising to Three and Then Dimishing" CD EP $8.00 twenty minutes of cosmic psychedelic drone. two promo punched holes in booklet. Ochre Records (U.K.) OCH046
Muslimgauze "Arabbox" CD $8.00 second edition in standard jewel box packaging. punch hole in tray card. Soleilmoon (U.S.) SOL 144 CD
Negative Entropy "M.S. Stubnitz - Stockholm 9.07.1998" CD $10.00 wonderful droney live recording by the duo of Michael Prime and the late Geert Feytons (Noise-Maker's Fifes). one of only two releases done by this group. absurd / Utan Titel (Greece) absurd #46 / utan titel #3
Nocturnal Emissions "Collatoreal Salvage" CD $8.00 punch hole in tray card. Soleilmoon Recordings (U.S.) SOL 121 CD
Frédéric Nogray "Panoti" CD $6.00 minimal analog electronics. edition of 500. slimline jewel case. N-Rec (France) n0001
Nuisance Beacon CD $5.00 "The tracks on Nuisance Beacone explore numerous facets of sound organization: sounds range from dense, complex drones to rhythmic pulses, jarring bursts of mechanical crackle to sonorous tonal waves." - label description. slimline jewel case. CIP (U.S.) CIP CD05
Onomatopoeia "A Marble Holder from Andover" CD $6.00 instrumention: shotar, metal percussion, harmonica, reverb spring, bass guitar, shortwave radio, polystyrene on glass, synth, found tapes. recorded in 1996. Cheeses International (U.K.) CI10
Nick Parkin & Tom Gillieron "Red Shift" CD $7.00 "textural darkcore & drum & bass". punch hole in tray card. Soleilmoon (U.S.)SOL 123 CD
P.G. Six "Parlor Tricks and Porch Favorites" CD $8.00 "PG Six is Pat Gubler (founding member of New York's enigmatic musical collective Tower Recordings) and percussionist / engineer Tim Barnes (Quakebasket Records, Tower Recordings, Jim O'Rourke.) The debut album, Parlor Tricks and Porch Favorites, favors late 60's / early 70's pastoral English folk influences, rural American blues, heavy psychedelic elements and modernist drone to create this critically acclaimed and wholly unique modern classic. At times, the music recalls the finer moments of bands like the Pentangle, Incredible String Band, Steeleye Span and the playing of giants like Jansch, Bull and Fahey, but does so completely with it's own voice. The record also contains a great cover of 60's English folkie Anne Briggs' "Go Your Way"." - label description. hole punched in lower left corner of booklet. Amish Records (U.S.) AMI014
Stefano Pilia "Healing Memories in Present Tension" CDR $6.00 features Valerio Tricoli on live electronics, turntable, synth and microphone. handmade paper sleeve. (Italy)
Ramleh "We Created It Lets Take It Over" 3 x CD box $15.00 archival power electronics recordings from 1982/83 including tracks from "31/5/1962 - 1982" [the first Broken Flag cassette], "A Return to Slavery" split LP and "The Hand of Glory" 7", among others. this is a limited edition box set version of all three Pure CDs. the box and covers for the CDs are all photocopies on top of miscellaneous magazine clippings, somewhat reminiscent of the early Merzbow graphics. RRRecords (U.S.)
ReSource vs. Augur "Powerhear" CDR $6.00 "material and equipment for this CDR were traded between Kansas City and Seattle over a period of two years. some material is derived from a live collaborative improvisation that occured in Kansas City. ReSource then took the material and processed, or recycled it, into it's present form." packaged in plastic wallet with color artwork. ReSource (U.S.) #02
Eric Glick Rieman "Ten to the Googolplex" CD $6.00 "this recording was made using a Rhodes electric piano which I prepared, modified, and extended by adding nails, zin and steel rods, rubber washers and figurines, clothespins, paperclips, peanuts and other stuff. I play it with my hands, rocks, bolts, tools, a bass bow, marbles, bottle caps, and sometimes even the keyboard!" the bulk of the tracks are similar to Chas Smith's ambient work. Accretions (U.S.) alp021
Helmut Schäfer "Isolated Irritation" CD $7.00 Post-Concrete (U.S.) 002
Schams "Erres" CD $6.00 "a cross between extreme free-jazz (God, Naked City, Peter Brötzmann) and ambient (Z'ev) Schams (meaning 'sun' in Arabic) fuses traditional and acoustic instruments with electronic effects. the band's expansive membership has, as its nucleus, Jean-Luc Guionnet (sax, bagpipes, harmonium), Eric Cordier (hurdy-gurdy) and Yannick Tallet (drums). Schams proliferates numerous genres, from live improvs with Erik M, Dominique Repecaud or Pascal Battus (Pheromne) to electroacoustic performances with Eric La Casa (Afflux). attracted by their forcibleness, they were invited to play first attraction at Keiji Haino's last Paris concert." promo edition in paper sleeve. Shambala Records (France) SHAMB 99002
Claude Schryer "Sound Letter II" CD $10.00 "a collection of forty-nine electroacoustic soundscape mediations on spiritual themes … non-commercial, limited edition (1000 copies)." from the cover. packaged in paper folder with notes in French and English. (Canada)
Sci Hi "Who Trusts Crucible? Crucible Trusts No-One." CD $6.00 electronic feedback improvisations. cardboard jacket. The Evergreen Partie (New Zealand) 01
Shida "Fixed August 1996" C60 $20.00 rare electronic solo project by Toyohiro Okazaki of Disclocation. with color artwork and B&W obi. Optics (Japan) OPCT-01
Size "actualSize" CD $10.00 if you were a fan of early Severed Heads, you might have wondered why they suddenly veered of course in the late 1980's. hearing this I suddenly realized it was because Garry Bradbury left the group after 1985. even though this was recorded from 1993-97 (with collaborator Jason Gee), this captures what was great about early 80's Severed Heads including simple electronic music like "Since the Accident" and those irreverent tape loop collages such as on "Clifford Darling Please Don't Live in the Past", both of which he played on. Zónar Recordings (Australia) Zón:R4
Social Interiors "Traces of Mercury" CD $8.00 "Aural Navigations, Sonic Processes and Electro-Environmental Collages. Sound location sources - satellite signals, seawater lake, metal and timber wharves. Sound location transducers - air capacitor microphones, piezoelectric contact microphones and hydrophones. Sound processing techniques -digital band pass filtering, phase vocoding, waveform convolution and binaural processing. Social Interiors is Rik Rue, digital and analogue tape manipulations, Shane Fahey, analogue tapes, and Julian Knowles, sampler, synthesizers and digital processing." Fahey is a former member of The Makers of the Dead Travel Fast. hole punched in booklet. Extreme (Australia) XCD 040
Laetitia Sonami & Jocelyn Robert "Les Scaphandres" CDR $6.00 packed in handmade gatefold cover. Avatar (Canada)
Spazzmodics "Vermin Perm" CD $6.00 gatefold cover. Dual Plover (Australia) QET-932
Teleform "Cosine ƒ" CD $7.00 "6-Page Digipak. The new release of Teleform/Bernd Schurer is a maybe-statement of musical deconstructivism: Nonlinear but never circular, hazy flicker of disembodied sounds, ghostly forming secret melodies. a jar of hard drives buzzing lonesome tunes. frigid yet delicate or soft. The tracks (35 total), untitled and unnumbered, anonymous, each having its own tiny time of life could as well just be shuffled randomly by the listeners CD player, forming its own curious and wonder-filled musical dialects on each listen. A lot on this CD seems to be full of doubt, because it is not trusting the compositional approach of linearity nor may it leave everything off to the machine... cleave compositions: left to you? still tough: Teleform: the gritty digi-blues. Cosine ƒ is the second release of Teleform on domizil." - label description. domizil (Switzerland) domizil16
Those Who Celebrate "Let's Celebrate" CD $10.00 October Music was a short lived CD label run by Jonathan Coleclough. the first release was a reissue of Trevor Wishart's classic "Red Bird", the second was this CD. Those Who Celebrate were an improving quartet from Manchester made up of Paul Smith, Andi Chapple, Steve Lockhart, and Judy Hindle, and they had a previous LP entitled "Fish". on this CD, they played trumpet, trombone, drums, percussion, bass guitar, violin, alto & tenor saxophones, flute, shakuhachi, voice, tape, and toys on 16 untitled tracks which are given alternate sets to program on the CD player for the themes silence, laughter, film, embrouchure, story, dada, IRCAM, ECM, weight, as it happens, John Cage, a ritual, turbulence, and live. Coleclough himself did the live mix to DAT. October Music (U.K.) oct 002
David Tibet "Hypnagogue" book & CD $150.00 A special edition of the first version of the "Hypnagogue" CD (itself limited to 1000 copies) that is accompanied by a hand printed book in 8" x 10" (20cm x 25cm) format. this beautiful 16-page book includes all the lyrics for the songs on the CD and very quickly sold out upon release. this copy is signed by David Tibet and is number 182 of 300 copies. The book and CD are in mint condition, in fact the CD is still in shrinkwrap. PanDurtro (U.K.) PANDURTRO 009
Uchihashi Kazuhisa "Flect" CD $9.00 solo electronic guitar. Digipak. Innocent Records (Japan) icr-009
The Vandermark 5 "Airports for Light" CD $7.00 energetic free jazz with Jeb Bishop (trombone), Tim Daisy (drums), Kent Kessler (bass), Dave Rempis (saxophones) and Ken Vandermark (reeds). each track is dedicated to a different famous personality: Gerhard Richter, John Cassavetes, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Budd Johnson, Jean Tinguely, Curtis Mayfield, Otis Redding, and Sonny Rollins. hole punched in tray card. Atavistic (U.S.) alp140
Lawrence Weiner "Some Printed Posters of Lawrence Weiner on the Wall" poster $70.00 poster for the show "On The Wall - Some Printed Posters of Lawrence Weiner" held at Bound & Unbound, New York City, Jan 9 - Feb 27, 1999. original 10.5" x 14.2" poster with red print on cream paper, folded twice. Bound & Unbound (U.S.)
John Wiese "Bubble Pulse" CD $8.00 "John Wiese is known for his many projects (Sissy Spacek, Bastard Noise, Wiese & Koh) and self released, small edition 7"s. Wiese's instrument is computer, but his music is not of your typical click and buzz aesthetic. his releases tend to be cut-up, fierce, fast paced with occasional soft spots. he doesn't stop making music and doesn't stop being good! this album is proof. recorded on xmas 2002." - label description. Kissy Records (U.S.) kis002
Achim Wollscheid "Der gefaßte Raum" C60 $30.00 a radio program from 1995 documenting Japanese noise culture created hr2 und Experimentalstudio der Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung des SWF [Luigi Nono's former studio] with producer Bernd Leukert. includes 'music' by Aube, Pain Jerk, Reiko A., Merzbow, Monde Bruits and Minoru Sato and texts by Rigobert Dittmann, Lutz Schridde, Yumi Machiguchi, Reiko A, Merzbow, Tetsuo Furudate, and Martin Büsser as spoken by Yumi Machiguchi, Trudy Rosser, Manfred H. Wenninger, and Achim Wollscheid. the text is in fact processed so that the frequencies of the voices are removed from the accompanying noise soundtrack. (Germany)
Dion Workman "Ching" 3" CD $5.00 actually a 5" disc with only 3" of metal. packaged in jewel case. Antiopic (U.S.) AN004
Dajuin Yao "Cinnabar Red Drizzle" CD $6.00 "poetically-incorrect eletroacoustic Mandarin music concrete" featuring the voice of Jerlain Tsao. sources include pipa, firecrackers, and the sound of writing. quite different from his brother Randy's music. Digipak. Juxiang Music (U.S.) JX9901
Yellow Swans & The Cherry Point CD EP $5.00 harsh noise recorded live at Camp Blood, 2004. Troniks (U.S.) TRO-187
"The Archipelago: Islands" 6 x 3" CD $12.00 the complete set of this series of electronic music from the Bay Area released in 2000. though described as a collective each of the discs has a different sound. Rhomb is ambient and electroacoustic, Csero is glitchy with minimal beats, Seofan is tribal similar to OYuki Conjugate, Thermal is rhythmic ambient, Santomieri is dark sound design with processed voices, and eM is dark and minimal electronica. included are Rhomb "Lunatic", Csero "Pikoliftor", Seofon "Immanent", Themal "Span", Dean Santomieri "Crude Rotation", and eM "Click Pop". all six are packaged in full color paper sleeves and pressed discs, not CDRs. they are packaged in an unmarked padded mailed with a color postcard, and an 8.5" by 11" sheet for each release giving further details not included on the sleeves themselves. The Foundary (U.S.)
"Berceuses" CD $3.00 a collection of lullabies originally made to accompany a book, this is the CD by itself in a blank paper sleeve. with compositions by Jean-Louis Agobet, Drew Neumann, John Cage, Pascal Dusapin, Michel Pascal, François-Bernard Mache, Luc Ferrari, Luc Martinez, Nicolas Frize, Marc Monnet, Bernard Parmegiani, Robert Ashley, Volker Parker, Alex Grillo, Georges Aperghis, François Bayle, Steve Shehan, Tom Johnson, Henri Foures, Gilles Grand, and Giorgio Battistelli. Albin / CIRM / Paris-Musées (France) L.L.11 01
"Big #1 Japan Noise" 5 x CD box $25.00 limited edition box set collection of 5 Pure CDs: Incapacitants "Ministry of Foolishness", K2 "Molekular Terrorism", Masonna "Noisextra", MSBR "Destructive Locomotion", and Pain Jerk "Trashware". the box and covers for the CDs are all photocopies on top of miscellaneous magazine clippings, somewhat reminiscent of the early Merzbow graphics. RRRecords (U.S.)
"China - The Sonic Avant-Garde" 2 x CD $10.00 "the frontier of Chinese Experimental Music & Sound Art" with Zhang Jüngang, Wang Changcun, Fu Yü, Jia Haiqing, Li Ruyi, Hu Mage, Xü Cheng, Zhou Pei, Zhong Minjie, Intelligent Shanghai Mono University, Jiang Yühui, and China Sound Unit. Digipak. Post-Concrete (U.S.) 005
"Compilation 8/2001" CDR $5.00 Genesungswerk label samler with tracks from releases by [Multer], N/Segment, Kallabris, P. Miles Bryson, Karten Frankreich, and T-O-T-E Unit. half of the twelve tracks are by [Multer] and include pieces from their early out of print releases. packaged in a Genesungswerk paper jacket with sticker reading "for promotional use only". includes insert with track listing. Genesungswerk (Germany)
"DISContact! III" 2 x CD $6.00 electroacoustic compilation with Kristi Allik, Paul Beaudoin, Christian Calon, Massimo Carlentini, Gustav Ciamaga, Philippe Clérin, Paul Clouvel, Paul Dibley, Chantal Dumas, Rajmil Fischman, Robect J. Frank, Thomas Gerwin, Stelios Giannoulakis, Martin Gotfrit, Simon Hall, Mark Hannesson, Irvine and Vernon, Elsa Justel, Frédéric Kahn, Ioannis Kalantzis, Hideko Kawamoto, Michael Konkin, Robert Mackay, Hubert Michel, David Mooney, Lulu Ong, Matthew Ostrowski, David Paquette, Dale Perkins, Laurie Radford, Giuseppe Rapisarda, Pedro Rebelo, Bruce Schneider, Paulina Sundin, Yu-Cheng Tseng, Shane Turner, Michael Vincent, Meri von KleinSmid, Richard Wentk, and Mark Zaki. packaged in gatefold paper sleeve. Canadian Electroacoustic Community (Canada) PeP 007
"Dutch Fidelity" 7" $5.00 7" with Roel Meelkop, Surge, Boca Raton, DMDN, Freiband, Ad Van Buuren, )Slo-Fi, Peter Duimelinks, Jos Smolders, Goem, Beequeen, Shifts, THU20, and Radboud Mens. limited edition of 500 copies. pressed on heavy vinyl. comes with cards for shops and wholesale sheet. Antenne Recordshop (Netherlands) an01
"Fire Walking and Decapitation Seminar" poster $30.00 one day festival held at Crocodile Cafe in Seattle on September 23, 1995. bands listed on the poster are Merzbow, Violent Onsen Geisha, Pork Queen, Charlie Gocher, Commode Ministrels in Bullface, Toi Noddingturd Fan, Brent Arnold w/ Wally Shoup, Daniel Menche, Miss Murgatroid, Skozey Fetisch, Smegma, Rubber O Cement, Ultra Mundane, Deerhoof, Blowhole, Small Cruel Party, Noggin, Lab Rat, Climax Golden Twins, Roughage and Michael Northam. all played, though Charlie Gocher's set ended up being the full line up of Sun City Girls with Eyvand Kang. quite a day! original 11" x 17" color photocopy. Rabid God Inoculator Industries (U.S.)
"Halogen Ball" CDR $6.00 a collection of drones with Alchemy of the 20th Century, Dieter Müh, MNEM, and Grey Park. Negative Foundation (Finland)
"The Lublin Concert" CD $6.00 includes Dieter Kaufmann "For Clara", Bernhard Lang "Hommage á Martin Arnold 2", Wolfgang Liebhart "Walzer", Bernhard Lang "A Room Full of Shoes", and Dieter Kaufmann "Mondieu Mondial". the first three pieces are orchestral and performed by Symphonieorchester der Philharmonie Lublin conducted by Vladimir Kiradjiev. the last two tracks are electronic. Extraplatte (Austria) EX 501-2
"New Forms" 2 x CD $30.00 limited edition compilation produced for the "New Forms. Contemporary Electronic Music in the Context of Art' exhibition in 1999. included are tracks by Disinformation, Scanner, Thomas Brinkmann, Richie Hawtin, Frank Bretschneider, Kim Cascone, Goem, Ryoji Ikeda + Noto, Byetone, Pan Sonic, William Basinski, Signal, Coh, Pomassl, Marc Behrens, Francisco López, and General Magic. packaged in a static protective bag (cut open) with an approximately 30.5" by 15.25" double side poster with liner notes (in German and English) by Stefanie Sembill and Martin Pesch plus discographies of all artists. the CDs are mounted to this poster. Galerie Für Zeitgenössische Kunst / Raster-Noton (Germany)
"Observatori 2000" 2 x CD $15.00 with Artificial Memory Trace, Carlos Medina, Francisco López, Uncertain Nonsense, Crawl Unit, Zanstones, Daniel Menche, Zbigniew Karkowski, Opopop, Mei, Crono, and Swayzak. Subterfuge Records (Spain) ref.21227 CD
"Presence III" 2 x CD $6.00 a compilation of electroacoustic works by Kristi Allik, James Bentley, David Berezan, James Caldwell, Grant Chu Covell, Ian Chuprun, John Duesenberry, Martín Fumarola, Thomas Gerwin, Martin Gotfrit, Camille Goudeseune, David Hirst, Matthew Kober, Tony K.T. Leung, Tung-Lung Lin, sylvi macCormac, Sophia Male, Michael Matthews, David R. Mooney, Adrian Moore, Rick Nance, Steven Naylor, Dale Perkins, Laurie Radford, Ewan Stefani, Pascale Trudel, Rodney Waschka II and Richard Zvonar & Robert Black. packaged in gatefold sleeve with 32-page booklet. Productions électro Productions (Canada) PeP 005
"Resonance volume 6 number 2" CD $7.00 exclusive tracks by U Brown/King Tubby, Roof (with Luc Ex, Tom Cora, Michael Vatcher, and Phil Minton), John Butcher, John Wynne, John Wall, Ralf Wehowsky, Thomas Köner/Max Eastley, Kaffe Matthews, Pita, D, and Ground-Zero vs Xentos. made to accompany the July 1998 issue of Resonance magazine, this is just the CD alone. LMC (U.K.)
"XXIII° Concorso Internazionale 'Luigi Russolo' di Musica Elettroacustica" CD $7.00 includes Hideko Kawamoto "Rain Dusk", Noel Paul "Corridor", Guillermo Fabian Senn "Sensaciones 2", Jean Francois Laporte "Prana", Maja S. K Ratkje "Sinus Sedution (Moods Two)" and Pablo Garcia "PIano T". 20 page booklet includes notes in Italian and English. edition of 500 copies. Fondazione "Russolo-Pratella" (Italy) ef.er.P '01
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