Distributed Items

green-colored vinyl. recorded in leeds, june 2007. originally released as cd-r limited to 100 copies. "classic ashtray navigations, two hallucino-kinetic tracks each side."

ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS ~ EXPLODING BLUE FLOOR MARTIN DENNY ~ lp (8mm, italy) $26.00

it's a big pleasure for me to release the new full-length album from leeds-based underground legend ashtray navigations, featuring 9 new tracks recorded in studio during 2008 and dedicated to the memory of the great american composer martin denny, father of exotica! "exploding blue floor" is one step ahead into phil todd's hallucinatory travel into the galaxies of the unknown. a cornucopia of what he has been doing for more than 15 years with unique dedication and passion. passion is in fact, the first word that came to my mind listening to this music where acid guitar riffs, concrete sounds, delicate acoustic passages and vintage warm electronics, live in absolute symbiosis. power to the imagination, breaking down the walls between song and improvisation, structure and freedom, melody and noise. just like looking inside a kaleidoscope, this will be the perfect soundtrack for your daydreams! blue-night coloured vinyl, artwork by phil todd and silkscreened by canedicoda, with insert. edition of 242 copies.

ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS ~ SNAKESTRINGS / HOLLYWOOD TAUGHT YOU TO KISS ~ 2cdr (memoirs of an aesthete, uk) $16.00

double cdr! two tracks each exceeding 40 minutes. snakestrings (i.e. disc 1) is a trip through strings and soundboxes, phil todd plays esraj, kemence, electric sitar and guitars until the electronic instruments rebel and propel the whole thing into psychedelic overdrive. hollywood taught you to kiss (i.e. disc 2) is based around another todd/crowley/legard trio excursion. dedicated to sun ra and andy warhol respectively. limited to 99 numbered copies.

ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS ~ BANANAURORA THE YELLOW HARVEST ~ 3inch cdr (memoirs of an aesthete, uk) $9.00

three new solo phil todd cuts. digital canaries with run-down batteries, the little cymbals in glaring close-up, motorik white casio grooves and guitar silt shit slagheaps. just what you fucking need. covers look nice too, for what its worth – limited/numbered edition of 100.

ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS ~ ELECTRIC COINTELPRO ~ 3inch cdr (first person, uk) $8.00

now into his 10th year operating under the ashtray navigations moniker & with releases on such esteemed labels as menlo park, jewelled antler, siltbreeze, american tapes, celebrate psi phenomenon etc, phil todd continues to conjure up his own unique brand of rural psychedelic folk musik. with his prolific output unde various guises (anna planeta, a warm palindrome, inca eyeball, target shoppers, dogliveroil, green monkey, tea culture etc etc – ) not to mention his previously longrunning label & distro - "betley welcomes careful drivers", phil todd has been a tireless champion & exponent of fucked-up rock, avant-folk, mangled pop, allout noise, indeed "outsider" art in all its forms. for "electric cointelpro" we are treated to 4 superb tracks of organic drone & inspired electric gtr aktion. an excellent addition to an ever-expanding resume – xeroxed/stapled transparent covers.

ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS ~ TRUNK O TUNED SKULLS ~ 3inch cdr (memoirs of an aesthete, uk) $9.00

five blasts of guitar/drums action with electronic gush cerebration. business as usual then. great back cover snap of mr.legard and mr. todd in the shadow of the trunk. ms. delaney took the picture. only one of these people appears on the record. can you guess which? like i say, life is predictable stuff. limited to 100 – color covers.

ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS ~ AURORA GREASE SWEETROCKET ~ 3inch cdr (memoirs of an aesthete, uk) $9.00

latest basement clacker from the nav. blown tape levels, idiot rock n roll (with moron mantra drumming) and the shimmering of a sexy mile-long windchime in space. it s a bit like smearing sugar all round the inside of your mouth and going into the park to hand out fireworks. and its not even xmas yet! holy fuck.

ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS ~ CANTE JODIDO LOOKALIKE CONTEST ~ 3inch cdr (first person, uk) $8.00

the jodido triangular live sound of ashtray navigations ( – lamf) caught upstairs in one of leeds' very most exotic wallpaper dens. the walls dripped honey and yet we did not make too much of a mess. features melanie delaney (sculptress) and phil legard (xenis emputae travelling band) as well as the usual. very 'eavy, very 'umblin' – clear packaging, as always.

ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS ~ SWEET IRON FEET ~ cdr (chocolate monk, uk) $10.00

out of print. one copy only.

ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB ~ PSYCHIC SMOG 1-7 ~ lp (qbico, italy) $21.00

neil campbell & mel delaney. rec. west yorkshire, winter 2008/09. new asc effort on qbico, a duo this time. this is the social club for astral spirits… red & pink vinyl.

ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB ~ PLUG MUSIC RAMOON ~ lp (dancing wayang, uk) $22.00

featuring two tracks of fearless sonic bliss and two long journeys to a state of sustained ecstasy astral social club's "plug music ramoon" was recorded in one day on analogue 2" tape. the lp combines percussive sticks and bells, resonant electronics, keyboard odysseys and some experimental vocal work from helmsman campbell. whilst club member john clyde-evans's laptop contributions provide much of the backbone groove of the album, stewart keith adds light and shade on a variety of keyboards and toys. together they weave a rich tapestry of sound and noise. but it's campbell's dense guitars that thicken the very stem of these four tracks and leads his astral social club to conjure up his visions. this limited edition 12" comes housed in a gorgeous hand-printed silkscreen sleeve. limited edition of 500… normal version.

ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB ~ MONSTER MITTENS ~ 7inch (dirty knobby) $6.00

new single by neil campbells ever-evolving solo project, astral social club. neil (a band, vibracathedral orchestra) with assistance from karl bauer (axolotl) unleashes two electronic psychedelic noise jams with distorted loops, cascading feedback, and the sound of hypnotic drones recorded in space. 500 pressed.

ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB ~ STAR GUZZLERS ~ lp (qbico, italy) $23.00

astral social club 1st lp is the solo project of neil campbell, one of the leading and most charismatic figure in the uk experimental/electronic scene, who started back in the days the a band and vibracathedral orchestra… here he uses casios, percussion, guitar, drum machine, computer, minidisk, fx, cd player and the usual gear to create an hypnotic new neon science fiction two sides long piece of alba grooves… pink vinyl & art by neil campbell.

ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB ~ #11 ~ cdr (self released, uk) $12.00

content this time around is highly nitrous, with much overloaded top-end twinkle. check for some particularly screwy (and often barely-recognisable) versions of tracks set for release on qbico and important records later this year, taking the demented recent asc live persona and twisting it further with heavy collage/layering techniques. offset this with remedial drumbox stumble and mysterious processed tracks and you know there’s only one hotel you can be checking into. edition of 150 in colour asc corporate house-style. 7 tracks, 42 minutes.

ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB ~ #12 ~ cdr (self released, uk) $12.00

more jams culled from sessions both live in the field and at home, again sometimes touching on alternate-universe takes on tracks destined for lp and cd issue. huge chord swathes, babbling ectoplasm rituals, crunching delay unit swing, weird time tricks, scattershot beats, all propped up with shards of the patented asc heavy tonal foundation. edition of 150 in colour asc corporate house-style. 8 tracks 44 minutes.

ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB ~ MCR BLAST ~ 8inch square lathe cut (alt.vinyl, uk) $26.00

recorded live at stuart arnots place by neil campbell and arttu partinen (avarus) on june 16, 2006. amazing textured paper custom covers with hand stamped paste-on art & insert. numbered edition of 150 copies

ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB ~ PASSING STAR - SOLAR FILAMENT ~ cdr (self released, uk) $14.00

out of print. one copy only.

ASWARA ~ S/T ~ cassette (sloow tapes, belgium) $10.00

space hymns echoing in swirling psychedelic synth patterns, zoned guitartones and out-there primitive percussion. featuring members of death chants and muntjac. devotional raga wrapped in appropriate silkscreened offering. 80 copies.

ASWARA ~ S/T ~ cassette (fuck it tapes) $8.00

philadelphia drone crew featuring rafi & paul from death chants. lush psychedelic moves morphing into some nice synth/mumble creep out. 3 tracks in 30 minutes recorded at black dirt studio. cover art by jeremy earl. limited to 100.

ASWARA ~ S/T ~ cdr (azriel) $10.00

last copies of their debut! … sweet new self released jewel from paul and rafi from death chants. seriously zoned folk drone raga trance bliss-outs that stretch the death chants sound further into the realm of angus maclise damaged ecstasy. very nice. art paper covers & color paste-on. tiny edition, so act fast. recommended!

ASWARA ~ S/T ~ cdr (azriel) $12.00

very limited new self release from this sweet post-death chants electro-drone raga duo. nice. sliver embossed hand made cover with hand written text. numbered edition of 160.

ATTAR CUPS ~ UNTITLED ~ lp (blackest rainbow, uk) $20.00

4th vinyl release on the label, and the first wax for this maine crew after a cassette release on sloow tapes. two long midnight fireside all acoustic jams from sparrow (prisma, the bummer road, etc.) nemo (drona parva, time-lag records, etc.) and the three members of visitations. tranced percussive strings, ghost vocals, and creaky rhythms all wrapped up in each other and slowly unfolded… numbered edition of 299 with stamped labels and full color paste-on art front & back. zero info.

cassette version of the above lp. two long midnight fireside all acoustic jams from sparrow (prisma, the bummer road, etc.) nemo (drona parva, time-lag records, etc.) and the three members of visitations. tranced percussive strings, ghost vocals, and creaky rhythms and wrapped up in each other. limited to 60 copies with color transparency sleeves and no info.

ATTAR CUPS ~ S/T ~ cassette (sloow tapes, belgium) $10.00

dreaming collaboration between visitations, a sparrow and drona parva, wandering in the depths of strange maine. blossoming brainfood for those mellow minds traveling down the bummer road. moonlit found art by the band, 120 copies… "if talking about music is like dancing about architecture, maybe writing about music is like choreographing about architecture? if so, this attar cups tape would take place in an empty barn. rats scurry in the moist heat of the decaying hay. a barn owl coos an eerie warning from the rafters. the chill wind sings through the window’s broken teeth, and the building cracks its old joints. enter the dancers. they move with ceremonial stillness, bobbing gracefully, as if in a pool. come to think of it, add a few strings, shakers, and knobs and that might describe this recording session pretty well. attar cups features half the psych scene of portland, maine pensively tone-conjuring in some kinda cold, airy space. the a side outlines the space with oblique electric gestures, and the flip fills it with wisps of spacey spider-webbed blues guitar, anxious shakers, and goner tongues. the band sounds utterly alone, with all the melancholy that entails, but joyous too, as if in hermitage. the music breathes like a sleeping animal; its methodical expansions and contractions have a secret, nocturnal vibe, requiring silence and close attention to register. recommended for insomniacs, regardless of musical taste, as a soundtrack to the night’s languid shadow puppetry." - bryan berge, tape hiss.

AUFGEHOBEN ~ ANNO FAUVE ~ lp (fourier transform, uk) $44.00

limited edition of 200 on heavy transparent vinyl, housed between two thick perspex plates with four interchangeable translucent paper inserts, hand numbered with photographs of real found numbers, bound with white 10/0.1 electrical cable and sleeved in a thick pvc pocket. all pieces apart from the title track have been reworked and re-edited from the companion compact disc, released on riot season records – damaged in-the-red stereo electric guitar/drums/electronics assult. totally wild and blasted sounds, and one of the most amazing packaging jobs we've ever seen. can't beleive we scored more of these, so grab one now before its too late.

AUGUST ~ S/T ~ lp (shadoks music, germany) $35.00

here is another unknown us beauty. recorded in 1968 august played a lot in small clubs. the clubowner gave them the chance to record an own album. they played it straight onto tape with no overdubs in a couple of hours. only 100 copies or less where pressed. the music reminds me a lot of lazy smoke. it has that pepper style but the sound is more rough. beautifull compositions played in a garage style – recorded usa, 1968. 180gm vinyl, heavy covers, numbered to 450.

AUGUST BORN ~ S/T ~ lp (drag city) $12.00

ben chasney & hiroyoki usui, aka "L".

AUTUMN GALAXY ~ AN EMPEROR'S GARDEN ~ cdr (house of alchemy) $9.00

so delicate, the sounds that unfold here. brad rose and ville mosquiitto return as autumn galaxy with another discharge of aural marvel. they tip-toe around one another, laying out a finely-crafted set of music that manages to be both dense with texture and startlingly fragile. fractured sound-scapes, shattered banjo and endless buzz are just some of the elements at play here. cd-r edition of 123.

AUTUMN GALAXY ~ HARAPPA ~ cdr (musicyourmindwillloveyou, australia) $14.00

shimmering blankets of glass sound lay fallen upon concentric ears this spaced gorgeous collaboration between brad rose and ville moskiitto unfolding slow in delicate patterns very pretty – great stuff packaged in a lovely metallic gold cover with color paste-on art and a full color insert.

AVARUS ~ IV ~ lp (secret eye) $22.00

all-new exclusive avarus! fourth secret eye full-length and tenth release overall from this incredible finnish band that pretty much defines modern psychedelic kraut improv. primitive, primal and tribal, desolate and mournful, dreamy and pastoral, motorik and hypnotic. buzzing, clattery, droning, stumbling krautrock flecked with shimmering free-noise, avant ambience, delicate folk fuckery, and chaotic caveman psychedelic space rock. avarus iv starts where the rasvaaja lp ended. the iv, too, consists of tomas regan's careful high-quality recordings. on the iv avarus makes and even longer dive in the warm and clear pond, into which the water is poured from both kraut and space rock, and from micro music and slapstick. the recording was made after the us tour, which guarantees the firm harmony satisfying the most demanding listeners. the delicate talent and the hilarious team spirit guarantee a recordful of heart-warming harmonies and surprising turns delighting an unprejudiced mind. the wondrous adult rock of avarus is born from an uncompromising love for music. the finished recording deserved a fantastic cover, too. this in mind, the graphic visionaries amanda and pauliina spent their summer holidays swimming, drinking beer, and drawing their kaleidoscopic davy crockett epos inspired by music. lp only - 160 gram virgin vinyl, pressed in czech republic, direct metal mastering, full-color labels and jackets, all-exclusive new jams. limited to 200 copies… sure to go quick, so don't miss out if you're a fan.

AVARUS ~ II ~ lp (hp cycle, canada) $15.00

here is your introduction to phase two. while there is a certain degree of continuity in the approach, ii is a noticeable extrapolation of the avarus sound. the albums six tracks span collage-esque pieces of audio junk to deconstructed song forms to subtly dense instrumentals. waves of stretched electronics, distorted clank and warbling bass throb create layers of chaotic wreckage until a sudden collapse reveals an underlying stasis. unnoticed patterns now conscious pull the listener into another time/mind continuum. step into the g-a-p. the lp is presented in a full cover printed sleeve with suitable "found" photo art – for you to figure out what its all about – limited to 400 or so copies… slightly bumped corners.

AVARUS ~ KIRPPUJEN SAARI ~ lp (arbor) $15.00

long touted as the forefathers of finnish freeform psychedlic music, avarus, a collective bearing members from the anaksimadros, kemialliset ystävät, maniacs dream, and more, document their first tour of the united states on "kirppujen saari". the sounds contained show a departure and growth from typical avarus recordings. the a side long track begins with a psychrock romper complete with full "band" instrumentation, slowly it deconstructs itself into the abstract electric/acoustic stylings and sonic spattering familiar to their previous work. slowness builds into full on clatter filled walls of vocals, toy keyboards, horns, strums, and other acoustic junk, creating a unique and massive drone. the opposing side is pure acoustic drones composed of vocals, horns, and tribal beats. room filling ambiance, corner clatter, and morphing silence also find a way to unobtrusively build themselves into the piece. in an edition of 350 lps on coke bottle clear vinyl with printed labels by bart of sloow tapes and proprinted full color foldover art by the band… nice one!

AXOLOTL / D YELLOW SWANS / GERRITT ~ S/T ~ lp (root strata) $15.00

originally released in 2005 as a limited edition cd-r on yellow swans’ jyrk label, this three-way collab now gets a proper run on wax. recorded in oakland at the huffin house before the swans made the retreat back to portland. despite the weight of these players when they rock alone, this jam really never gets into full on white out territory. instead, it’s loaded to the brim with wavy neon distortion and soothing low end that occasional drops out into huge washes of emptiness. the opening passage of gms guitar flecks sympathizing with karl’s string wash is alone worth the price of admission. red vinyl with lime green splatter. edition of 500.

AXOLOTL ~ PROPHETIC ASS ~ cdr (chocolate monk, uk) $10.00

new psych damaged batch of nocturnal hookum from karl bauer. zoned out crackling, tones and sweet sk-1 blowout all brewed up into a sweet load of tingling psychic non-songs and grot beats.

AXOLOTL ~ CHEMICAL THEATRE ~ 12inch ep (gipsy sphinx, belgium) $16.00

brand new hand-numbered edition of 552 12 inch ep from this great new european label gipsy sphinx that also just released the vanishing voice 'nordic visions' set. here karl bauer uses violin, vocals, electronics and percussion to assemble swathes of hypnotic, tripped-out noise that falls somewhere between terry riley's circular, pulsing explorations, sonic boom's radiophonic workshop gargles and swirls, and burning star core / vibracathedral orchestra's wall of sound. the a-side is an ecstatic fog with the b-side the gentle star-gazing come-down – limited/numbered to 552. from the fine folks who brought you the vanishing voice nordic visions lp. nice paste-on art packaging too.

AXOLOTL & MOUTHUS ~ 12-25-04 ~ lp (olde english spelling bee) $16.00

restock of 2005 release, last copies… xmas 2004, brooklyn. brian sullivan and nate nelson of mouthus meet up with karl bauer of axolotl for some sonic celebration and let the tape machine roll. two side-long psilocybe-inspired scoops of shimmering and stumbling drone / zone / sludge ragas. better dust off your bib. full color printed photo-collage covers, insert.

AXOLOTL / INCA ORE ~ SPLIT ~ 7inch (arbor) $6.50

karl bauer and eva saelens (axolotl and inca ore respectively) are two like minded bay area psychers operating on two opposing levels. axolotl marks the a side with skyward streaking drones and ethereal loops tinged and focused, ringing with the joyous bliss of upward passage. an endless array of vocals, electronics, and violin looping and looping, building and growing: stasis. inca ore makes her craft from an earth bound level. oneness with her surroundings, roots firmly planted. eerie incantations and meandering harp play foreground to layer upon layer of looped vocals and murky ambience, charting your way towards forever. in an edition of 450 white purity colored 7"s in black and white pro-printed collage fold-over sleeves by eva with a numbered insert.

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THE BACHS ~ OUT OF THE BACHS ~ lp (void) $17.00

700 press of all-time killer garage lp from 1968, illinois. 'minister to a mind diseased' and 'tables of grass fields' are the two cuts that grab me, but the whole lp is killer from start to finish. exact cover reproduced here and glossy. just a 700 pressing -- will sell out quickly. in conjunction with gearfab, void records brings you this mammoth release! … much needed new reissue of the gem.

BAD BUS / TEMPERA / CURSILLISTAS / LIGHTNING STRIKE LIGHTNING ~ TRYST HAUNT 1-3 ~ 3x7inch bundle (l’animaux tryst (field) recordings) $26.00

only available as a hyper-limited subscription series, but thanx to some shady late night dealings we got are hands on a few copies of this wonderful little packet of sound. not to late to jump on with a full subscription, either… first single is bad bus / tempera split : marking the vinyl debut of a couple of so maine’s favorite improvisational psych outfits, this split 33rpm 7" runs amok with some murky kraut-leaning grooves. bad bus’ side builds from loose tom drumming and echoey vocal moans into a locked-in bassline stomper. tempera’s track buzzes its way through lo-fi live loops, beats backing aetherial vocals, a complete electro mindgroove. hand-stamped black 7" vinyl record held in a hand-ripped, machine-stitched patchwork record sleeve. hand-numbered to 300… second single is cursillistas : cursillistas contributes two exclusive tracks to the series in this 45 rpm 7". "taste teeth" crackles along with a melodic mini-choir of vocals and plucked strings, building to the outro with electric guitar noise, multiplying vocal loops, whistles, and toy xylophone. the b-side builds from a monastic chant, while percussion and whisps of guitar scatter form around. sparse and haunting. hand-stamped black 7" vinyl record held in a heavy cotton art paper sleeve, with offset-printed cover art and titles hand-written with india ink and stylus. hand-numbered to 300, embossed for authenticity… third single is lightning strike lightning : "the moon" kicks off lsl’s vinyl debut with some synth squelch/drum liftoff, until the trademark banjo and extremely-distorted guitar interplay begins the melodic tapestry, joined by four voices around one microphone. "no you won’t" was one of the earliest lsl tracks, recorded in an era before murk and caves. a clean electric guitar, bass, and banjo create the foundation upon which a nonchalant female lead vocal spooks some warnings punctuated by fluttering flute leads. as freaky as these folks come. hand-stamped (from hand-carved linoleum stamp) black 7" vinyl record held in a chipboard sleeve, with a full-color photo pasted to the front and an in-house screenprinted front and back design. hand-stamped-numbered to 300… all three singles are really great in their own right, and each is beautifully hand packaged. you get the three singles bound up with twine, all with matched hand numbering. totally sweet & totally recommended!

BAD DRUMLIN GRASS ~ THE INVIGORATING SCENT OF BAD DRUMLIN GRASS ~ lp (milvia son) $8.00

the second bad drumlin grass record is the first vinyl release on milvia son records. way back in july of 2006, sensei rebel chose the bands schizophrenic inaugural cdr (birth/afterbirth) as his ambient pick of the week. forsaking the drone (at least temporarily), bad drumlin grass presents two solid sides of junk n roll instrumental freakouts that careen into the void like cigarette cherries dropping into the fake beard of a paranoid neo-folkie where, like sonny bono, they just sit there and *burn*. these are not the lost hams rehearsals tapes. imagine richard thompson and garth hudson rehearsing for 10,000 hours and touring with this heat. this record is the exact opposite of that, except for being recorded live without overdubs. 300 copies for the world.

BAD DRUMLIN GRASS ~ S/T ~ cd (milvia son) $5.00

one copy only.

BADGERLORE ~ STORIES FOR OWLS ~ lp (yik yak) $18.00

one copy only. out of print. screen printed cover. with ben chasney!

MEG BAIRD ~ WALTZ OF THE TENNIS PLAYERS / DEAR COMPANION ~ 7inch (tequila sunrise records) $8.00

the first recordings by meg baird under her own name. meg has been singing and performing since she was a kid with her sister laura as a charter member of the traditional folk duo the baird sisters, though she is currently best known as one of the 'female larynxes' of the communal philadelphia band espers. or we should say, best known as the siren-voiced singer for same. or, perhaps, we could let nick carraway describe the quality of her voice for us: 'the exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain. i had to follow the sound of it for a moment, up and down, with my ear alone before any words came through. we asked meg to record something with a country-waltz flavor, and she courteously obliged us with a graceful and bittersweet cover of 'waltz of the tennis players' by the under-appreciated '60s folksters fraser and debolt. the mushrooms are growing in every new boot print, my, my, my.' for the b-side, she recorded an alternate version of 'dear companion,' a track from her forthcoming lp. it's an ancient melody, an aching lament sung 'in the style of the chapel,' with meg whisper-singing right into your ear, or maybe just to herself as she folds the laundry and does the dishes. you can see things more clearly when you shut your eyes – lovely color covers, heavy vinyl, very limited, and oh so beautiful –

MATT BALDWIN ~ PATHS OF IGNITION ~ lp (american dust) $14.00

one of the more unexpected – if worthwhile – byproducts of the 21st-century underground american folk revival is a renewed interest in solo acoustic guitar music. spare, haunting, pastoral sounds have a struck a new chord, and the words john fahey and takoma are hip again. just check the mighty tompkins square and strange attractors labels for the proof in the pudding. matt baldwin, raised in california's rustic pacific grove, educated in the alternative mecca of berkeley, sits in the center of this quiet, swirling scene. he is the visionary wildcard of today's solo guitar music, the ambitious fever dreamer, the serpent in the grass. towering tall with long blonde locks, he conjures from his axe dark and mystical realms. he calls his music 'new age,' and he may not be joking. featured on tompkins square's 2006 berkeley guitar lp, baldwin now steps into his own with his debut solo release. unlike many of his peers, he looks beyond the traditions of fahey (whom he calls 'a teacher,' not a god). he brings portentous and progressive elements into his music, alongside a dreamy country lilt. he covers krautrock legends neu! ('weissensee') and metal vikings judas priest ('winter'), and culls inspiration from prog heroes yes on closing epic 'rainbow.' his music comes on like a creeping moss, verdant but threatening, comforting yet unsettling. it will work its way inside you… limited vinyl version. heavy covers.

BALL LIGHTNING ~ S/T ~ cdr (jyrk) $10.00

you all may not be familiar with the project, but it's william sabiston of (part-time) axolotl fame. dude is a wild percussionist who's collaborated with tons of folks, but most recently in a group bulbs. i'm not even sure how to describe this release – i suppose"freedom techno," a ficticious genre imagined by roope eronen, would be some sort of applicable term. william weavs all sorts of percussive sounds; bells, electronic drum pads, synth and acoustic drums into a complex whirl of pulses and clicks that will occasionally congeal into abstract loops, minimalist techno riffs, dub-zones or some sort of cohearance, before whatever beat he's imagined crashes in on itself – those familiar with william's solo track on the axolotl cdr,"oranur," will have some idea what to expect. but then, i've been listening to this thing for months and i still don't know what's happening when i listen to this thing. limited to 150 copies – screenprinted covers.

DEVENDRA BANHART ~ OH ME OH MY… ~ lp (young god) $17.00

back in print on vinyl… the magically twisted, imaginative and personal debut album from engaging songwriter devendra banhart. twenty-one songs performed with banhart's unique vocals-his occasionally warbling falsetto is alternately bizarre, comical and often a little frightening-advanced acoustic guitar work-which veers schizophrenically from gentle grooves into jolting, non-rhythmic stabs and weird harmonic flights of chaos-and the wildly surreal nature of his truly exceptional lyrics. comparisons have been made to the first three tyrannosaurus rex albums, nick drake, comus, daniel johnston, and karen dalton. wonderful to say the least. - michael gira.

DEVENDRA BANHART / JANA HUNTER ~ SPLIT~ lp (troubleman unlimited) $8.00

special vinyl only release. 10 songs, 5 each. devendra gives some exclusives and re-works of older songs, plus a cover of r kelly's 'step in the name of love'. jana hunter is one of our favorite ny songwriters. jana utilizes a distinctly homegrown, lo-fi production style filled with grainy overdubbed vocals, guitar and handclaps that gives her songs a deceptively rich depth of field. hunter's portion of this album provides just the briefest tantalizing glimpses of her talents, her songs brimming with the same sort of unique promise one might've detected on banhart's own early demos just a few short years ago – very limited pressing.

BARDO POND ~ PERI ~ lp & cd & bonus cd (three lobed) $22.00

limited edition of 1640 copies. in early 2008, bardo pond and three lobed recordings teamed up to assemble batholith, a collection of tracks that were close to the band's heart but for various reasons had never been released. the result was an extremely cohesive and vital statement that was positively received by both old and new bardo pond fans. during the compilation of batholith the band had to agonize over the wealth of material that they were sitting on in constructing the ultimate tracklisting - there were too many good songs! the band approached this "problem" by structuring two sister albums, batholith and peri, each possessing their own musical themes and each fully capable of standing independent from the other. for this reason, peri is every bit as potent as its predecessor. the meticulous sequencing of peri's five tracks provides a classic bardo pond experience. while the initial description of the material might lead one to think that these tracks are "outtakes" or cutting-room floor type material, neither conclusion could be further from the truth. the band is quite excited to finally see all of the material on peri venture into the public. for example, "chicken gun" will be recognizable to the band's longtime fans. a former live staple from 1996 through 1998 (even making an appearance in the band's set at the first terrastock festival), it is a propulsive and fiery rocker every bit as monumental as some of the band's classics such as "lb." and "tommy gun angel." "the path" is a subtle number featuring floating flute work from isobel sollenberger. the album-closing "silver pavilion" is the sort of meditative psychedelia that has been bardo pond's calling card over their lengthy career. the track dates to the band's extremely fertile, yet barely documented, period between the release of "dilate" and "on the ellipse." "silver pavilion's" slow, enveloping build properly see the listener to the door and is reminiscent of such flawless bardo closing tracks as "rm," "aldrin" and "night of frogs." peri is pressed on 180g rti vinyl and is housed within heavy "old-style" one-pocket stoughton gatefold jackets bearing new collage work from michael gibbons. the record is from a one-time pressing of 1640 copies and, as an added convenience for our vinyl-loving friends, will come packaged with a glass-mastered cd (not cd-r) of the material present on the wax… all copies here are accompanied by a bonus cd (tlr-068) of previously unreleased bardo pond material, only available as a special pre-order bonus.

BARDO POND ~ CYPHER DOCUMENTS I ~ cd (3lobed) $10.00

over their recording career, bardo pond has released countless tracks that have appeared only on singles, compilations or other formats. this material has frequently stood equal in stature to the band's densely sprawling full-length albums. in an effort to start compiling this hard-to-find material, both the band and three lobed recordings are proud to announce the debut of the cypher documents series. the first installment in this ongoing series compiles seven studio tracks that have never before been released on conventional media. the tracks themselves take the listener to many different places -- be it the aggressive and sludge-guitar attack of 'slag,' the sparse tones of 'quiet tristin,' or the extended psych exploration of the thirteen minute epic 'black turban.' closing out the disc is 'from the sky,' an exclusive and extended thirty-one minute psych-rock epic. this track is appearing on this disc for the first time anywhere in any form -- it is the expanded session that the original five minute mp3 'in the sky' came from. while not originally designed to be released together as a single album, the time span over which they were recorded makes the seven tracks on cypher documents i possess a definite cohesive flow. as presented, this disc acts as a sort of 'lost' album that displays exactly how the band sounded in the meantime between the release of set and setting and 2001's dilate.

BARN OWL / TOM CARTER ~ SPLIT ~ lp (blackest rainbow, uk) $20.00

newest blackest rainbow hot on the heels of some truly killer releases from the artists involved, both who seem to have really pushed there sounds and vibes to new levels this year… barn owl's side has been mastered by local jammer ben nash, and its three tracks of sparse drone layered with bleak guitar epic-ness, tingling chimes and dark mountainous whispers. the guitars here sound delicate and beautiful, but it remains bleak and empty, if you enjoyed their lp on not not fun then this is a real treat. tom carter's 16 minute 'train kept' follows pretty damn nicely from his recent 'shots at infinity' releases on important, a far cry from his more psychedelic folk experimentations, here he slashes and riffs like many a legend, and maybe, just maybe, it's a slight tribute to a certain band too? this is a fully wild piece of work. black sleeves, pasted stark landscape cover, with a insert of liner notes. limited to 380 copies… instantly out of print, last two copies.

TIM BARNES / TONY CONRAD / MATTIN ~ S/T ~ cd (celebrade psi phenomenon, new zealand) $15.00

time to dig out that old crash-helmet from the back of the wardrobe to meet the challenge of this head-wrecker. no folks, this recording will not go down in history for its subtlety. the obligatory chair-shuffling intro quickly gives way to the most withering scree-ee-ech and grubby microtonal shudder in a near-stalinist attempt for total mind control. i can see the audience now – blubbering and gripping the chair in front like some kinda airliner catastrophe! a twenty storey hoover gobbles the entire north east of the usa – pausing only briefly to empty the bag and replace smoldering fuse wire. hard, harmful, full of choking dust – toasters are shorted out all over the northern hemispere and cassettes are erased in car stereos. electricity decides upon a new master and casts off its cumbersome rubber shackles – free and burning – singing hallelujah to the great cosmic soundcheck in the sky.

SYD BARRETT ~ THE RETURN OF THE CRAZY DIAMOND ~ lp (no label, uk) $24.00

great collection of studio outtakes from '69 and '70.

SYD BARRETT ~ YOU GOT IT NOW! ~ lp (sodium haze, uk) $24.00

awesome collection on this label that has ben doing a really great job of unearthing high quality pink floyd & barrett rarities. side a is a good selection of previously unreleased studio outtakes, syd's collaboration with kevin ayers, and 'dylan blues' on vinyl. side b is syd's full final studio session from 1974, most of which has never be circulated before! full color cover, thourgh notes, marbled purple vinyl. recommended!

BART SLOOW / FAMILY THINKERS ~ S/T ~ book ¨ cassette (dreamtime taped sounds, belgium) $12.00

tender drawings and tender sounds. personal and sincere visions by bart de paepe, the cloudy head of sloow tapes. 16 pages, part full color and part b/w. and a short cassette of recent family thinkers sounds. one part is jams, other part is strange tape collage.

BASALT FINGERS ~ S/T ~ lp & cd (three lobed) $22.00

this one is two side-long triple guitar jams by ben chasny (six organs of admittance, comets on fire), elisa ambrogio (magik markers) and brian sullivan (mouthus, eskimo king, white rock). extremely dense and crunchy - hold this one back to set the mood at your next summer of love party. like our other vinyl releases, this one will be pressed on 180g rti black vinyl and will come from an edition of 845 copies. look out for the beautiful and heavy wrap-around silkscreened covers (by alan sherry of siwa) on this one. as a bit of a first for three lobed (and a trend that we hope will continue with most of our vinyl releases from this record onward), packed in with the lp is a pressed cd (not cd-r) of the same material present on the album. the cd is not available separately and is included as an element of convenience and portability for all you vinyl folks (and also as an effort to help convert a few of you cd folks into vinyl folks!).

ROBBIE BASHO ~ BONN IST SUPREME ~ cd (bo weavil, uk) $18.00

another in the wooden weavil series, this time an unreleased live robbie basho recording from germany in 1980. this program appears to have been recorded in one go. robbie scatters his americana numbers throughout, beginning with 'redwood ramble,' ending with 'california raga.' this date finds robbie in fine fettle, his playing sharpened by the intensity of touring, his mood seems ebullient, at times (as on 'fandango') he comes off like john lee hooker's sun-kissed cousin, stomping furiously along to his playing. there is sweetness to his material, yes, but this is not, as jack rose put it, 'music for wineries.' there is the galloping muscularity of basho's playing, coupled with the sheer hugeness of his sound; the fearless employment of dissonance as part of his musical make-up; a love for the unexpected chord change. robbie was a voracious and uncompromising player. basho's singing was as integral to who he was as his guitar playing, and when he opened his mouth, he filled the room with sound. say what you like about his lyrics, no one can accuse basho of dilettantism, of dabbling, or of trying something on merely for effect. whatever bag he was in, he was in all the way. liner notes from glenn jones & stephen basho-junghans, and beautifully remastered by glenn jones… wonderful archival release!

MASAKI BATOH & HELENA ESPVALL ~ S/T ~ lp (drag city) $17.00

helena espvall and masaki batoh are known to open-eared music listeners for their collaborations with other artists -- artists with names such as ghost, espers, damon & naomi, fursaxa, tom rapp, lukas ligeti, bert jansch, among many others. by collaborating with each other, they've made one of the most beautiful recordings either one of them has yet participated in. they first met at a festival in the united states in 2006. batoh presented helena with a handmade bamboo instrument; short on spare celli, she gave him a copy of her solo cd. afterwards, they stayed in touch. at some point helena suggested an improvised musical collaboration. batoh wrote back and said: 'actually i'm too busy now to think about music… if my idols moondog, henry cowell or toru takemitsu wanted me, i'll refuse their orders.' several weeks later, he had a change of heart. he contacted helena and said that he felt they should record not improvisations only, but songs as well. helena made a demo of some scandinavian folk songs that she remembered in her spirit from growing up in northern sweden, thinking that maybe they'd record one. the recording session was held in tokyo over four days in december 2007. for instruments fans, this session might be a treasure. so many strings were used: 6- and 12-string guitar, banjo, cello, hurdy-gurdy, harp, contra bass, chappa tibetan bells, kin (buddist metallic bowl), timpani, bass marimba, vibraphone, thunder sheet & on & on. six of the swedish traditional tunes were reconstructed, along with batoh's arrangement of 'death letter,' a classic son house delta blues song. additionally, a european medieval tune was addressed in its own arrangement and expression. 'zeranium,' a dreamy folk tune that batoh wrote for damon & naomi (they didn't use it), was re-arranged for this session as well. the improvisations were done on the last recording day, with no overdubs. 'completely free' was the essential concept. for one of them, they were joined by batoh's fellow ghosts takuyuki moriya (contra bass), kazuo ogino (piano,celtic harp) and the santur player mayumi nagayoshi. the same morning, helena had received notice that her grandmother suddenly had died, and that a dear friend had chosen to end his life. two death letters in one day? there is great emotion reflected in the improvisations. and great depth and beauty throughout the whole helena espvall & masaki batoh album… limited vinyl version in a heavy gatefold cover.

TOM BAXENDALE ~ HER GHOST ~ 7inch (the great pop supplement, uk) $9.00

beautiful debut 45 from london singer songwriter tom baxendale. ace blend of alt. country, folk and americana, with an 'a' side rush of acoustic guitar and mandolin recalling atmospheric odes to love and loss.the 'b' side lowers the tempo and is way more gentle, recalling perhaps, 'gosdin brothers' era gene clark. regular gigging partner to previous gps debutant pete greenwood. a pressing of 300 copies in gorgeously cool orange and green tracing paper booklets, again, not expected to sit around for long.

BAZ / EDITH BUNKER'S DEMONIZED VOMIT ~ INSURANCE ~ split lp (nauscopy) $8.00

handmade covers. a confusing, odd record. 2 lock grooves begin the edith side. bedroom meanderings that steve stapleton might be proud of. released around 9/11/01. really! tons of confusing inserts. 200 pressed.

BEACH FUZZ ~ UNTITLED I & UNTITLED II ~ 7inch (the great pop supplement, uk) $9.00

5 minutes pulled from 2 epic, cacophonous jams make up both sides of this first beach fuzz 45. following on a slew of home spun cassette and cdr releases on their own golden lab label as well as blackest rainbow, lotus birth and others. insistent, narcotic drone pieces featuring bowed, scraped lap steel, wailing echo drenched synth wash with occasional mo-esque, circling percussion. 300 only in cool, fliptop, yearling lined card fliptop sleeves.

BEACH FUZZ WITH DAVE JACKSON ~ NOSFERATU HEX ~ cdr (golden lab, uk) $10.00

it's the final beach fuzz recording made with barry dean on drums and also features the eyeball-melting saxophonic skree of solar fire trio's dave jackson. it was recorded in warrington on 29th oct '08 and is a more melodic yet typically cacophonous jam than previous releases. we hope you dig. out now on cd-r, limited to 80 copies.

BEACH FUZZ ~ ROOFTOPS IS HALOS ~ cdr (golden lab, uk) $10.00

sleeve art by the unmeritricious rollin hunt. limited to 100 copies and it's 21 minutes of sunshine drone.

BEAD GAME ~ BAPTISM ~ lp (american sound) $26.00

last ever copies!!! recorded in 1970 but not released until 1996. follow up to their highly heralded album 'welcome' which is a classic psych album. this one is psych flavored pop/rock. comes with paste-on sleeve… long out of print high quality archival release.

BEAR BONES, LAY LOW ~ DJID HUMS ~ lp (gipsy sphinx, belgium) $20.00

devastating psych noise power drones by ernesto gonzález, an 18 year old kid from venezuela who moved to belgium with his family 3 years ago. thick layers of hototogisu-like guitar drones interfere with endless tape loops and warm washes of analogue jungle color tone to work up to an overwhelming fuzz guitar climax, leaving listeners helpless, ecstatic, puzzled and bemused. ernesto has been making music for over three years now, has various solo as well as collaboration projects going on, has released a slew of amazing selfmade cdr’s and has recently also become a full time member of belgium’s finest: freefolk/krautrock outfit silvester anfang, who’ve got an lp coming out on eclipse later this month. a promising new star in the psych drone skies\'85 djid hums is the vinyl debut of bear bones, lay low: over 45 minutes of pure psych drone bliss pressed on heavy high quality 180g vinyl, complete with paste-on art and flashy insert, housed in a thick cardboard jacket with resealable plastic sleeve. limited to 525 hand-numbered copies. BOBBY BEAUSOLEIL ~ MANTRA ~ picture disc lp (qbico, italy) $23.00 a prison is a noisy place. the clanging of bells announcing the prison routine, the whir and ratcheting, banging and slamming of electric gates and mechanical metal doors, the ebb and flow of human vocalizations as hundreds of people caged against their will respond to their conditions in myriad ways - to express their loneliness, or discontent, or rage, or insanity, or merely to cheer or boo a play in a football game on television - punctuated by the shouts of guards who must enforce their authority to maintain what passes for order in such places… all of this and more is amplified within the confines of reverberant concrete walls, conspiring to make it difficult to find, much less preserve, one’s peace of mind. i composed mantra: soundscapes for meditation in response to several requests from some of my fellow prisoners. i was asked to create some gentle music that they could listen to on their personal cassette players as an aid in practicing meditation and relaxation techniques widely accepted as valuable tools in the process of healing mind, body and spirit. the challenge was to produce a musical composition that would help to mask the noise of the environment without being intrusive or demanding too much of the listeners attention, while incorporating combinations of tones and textures that may aid an individual in achieving a relaxed, meditative state of consciousness. by all reports, including my own experience, mantra succeeds in its intended mission. as environmental music, it also seems to work well as a focusing agent when doing some types of creative work, or when reading, and to enhance the restfulness of sleep when set to play continuously through the night at low volume. you may find other uses for it as well. for all i know, it may help plants to grow more healthy, or soothe a teething baby. we are all doing time in one way or another, and the stresses of day to day life make it imperative that we find ways to generate harmony within ourselves from time to time. i hope that mantra will serve you in this regard as well as it has served some of my friends in prison. peace. - bobby beausoleil. artworks by bobby beausoleil.

BEGUSHKIN ~ KING'S CURSE ~ lp (locust) $15.00

recorded live to tape in two days, after a sleep deprived month of beefheart style creative lockdown, begushkin - dan smith's 8 headed hydra - lay to rest the twilight folk of 2007s nightly things and reemerge with the wicked & strange hard rock gypsy shake of king's curse. smith yells and carries on like a man posessed with tales of the damnation of a robber king and the band plays it ultra tight & ultra heavy. king's curse is higher tier creep rock…. 'at times like an impossible mixing of leonard cohen, will oldham, and michael gira stirring up a series of haunted gypsy hymns. mournful and melodic with half-seen shadows walking through the trees at night, and fever dreams swooning in the moonlight. mysterious like lyrically compressed american gothic short stories.' george parsons, dream… 180gm limited vinyl version.

BELIEVERS ~ FORGOTTEN TRACKS ~ cdr (blueberry honey) $10.00

a long three track cdr collecting a particularly insulated and homespunera of the believers development. especially the longer-than-album-side rendition of their standard, 'down to the lake'. step inside, take a breath, get to know this album. perhaps you will glimpse the reasons why so many in the valley are holding their breath for the believers debut lp – features members of son of earth, shackamaxon, duck, idea fire company, sapat, so many other spins, the whole meatball is here. packaged in simple xerox folded jackets, origami style – yeah! go believers!

BENGAL TRAITORS / JERUSALEM AND THE STARBASKETS ~ SPLIT ~ 7inch (the great pop supplement, uk) $9.00

fabulous split 45 on clear wax in 2 part, op-art psych sleeves featuring the mighty "everybody's dig accounted for" by jats, total killer, raw groove blues that descend into a velvets meets the sonics freakout. backed by part time james and jessica toth (wooden wand) side project "bengal traitors" with the magical "sumtimes". 350 copies on clear vinyl.

BENGEORGE7 / BUFFLE ~ SPLIT ~ cassette (dutch beer, belgium) $9.00

2 very very very hip bands. first part in the series of split-tapes with breaking world recs. ben and george sing about daddy's digweed and bad boys. buffle has the blues.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ~ SPLITSING ~ cassette (sloow tapes, belgium) $10.00

a dark trip in the neither world of benjamin franklin (buffle, r.o.t.) sleepwalking along deep low humming casio rumblings and floating urban soundscapes. 70 copies.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ~ S/T ~ 7inch (lexi disques) $6.00

released in autumn a 7-inch of benjamin franklin (buffle, ex-rot). a-side is a dark ambient piece of music while b-side is a shiny minimalist casio pop-song. the sleeve (which is more a package) is silkscreened and available in fluo green, flashy red or gold (ok it's just painting and glitters and it can hardly look like gold but it's beautiful anyway).

BERMUDA TRIANGLE ~ s/t ~ LP (ANAZITISI, greece) $35.00

The first ever official vinyl reissue of this folk-psych gem from New York City, USA. Originally released in 1977 by Winter Solstice -group's own- label this is a very rare (R3-R4) album nowadays. And hopefully it deserves every cent that you will spend for purchasing an original copy. Its strange mixture of haunting melodic folk and dreamy psychedelia. Both male and female vocals participated by Roger and Wendy Penney (who had also presented the extremely rare "Roger & Wendy" LP back in 1972) while autoharp, violin, percussion and sound effects (wah wah, fuzz, phaser, delay) offer a "unique" atmosphere. This is an official, fully licenced and autographed, vinyl edition. Exact reproduction of the cover and label with extra 4-pages insert with bio, photos and lyrics. All in high quality special papers. PVC protective outersleeve. Includes one EXTRA unreleased TRACK from 1974. Limited to 400 black vinyl copies, 180gr, copies. PVC protective outersleeve… top quality reissue of this pretty great private press oddity.

BIG BLOOD ~ THE GROVE ~ cdr (dontrustheruin) $8.00

the brand new self released disc from this amazing project featuring colleen & caleb from cerberus shoal, threads, fire on fire, etc\'85 off the cuff abstact improv spaces with goobs of reverb, strange instruments, and spooked vocals mix with straighter, and generally pretty dark, acid folk songs. male/female vocals, accordion, many different guitars, multiple personalities, toy drums, and plenty of mystery sounds\'85 their 6th private press release, as usual packaged in a totally beautiful one-of-a-kind multi color/layer screen printed art paper cover, with vellum insert, extra art, printed disc, and more. extremely limited. could be their best yet! very recommended maine goodness!

BIG BLOOD & VISITATIONS / PRISMA / DRONA PARVA / THE NORTH SEA / CORSICAN PAINTBRUSH ~ TRYST HAUNT SERIES #3 ~ 3x7inch bundle (l'animaux tryst (field) recordings $26.00

visitations & big blood's "'lectric 'lashes" : in the true spirit of the occasion, southern maine's outerworldly psych-folk beacons visitations and big blood decide to forgo the concept of the "split" release and instead launch forth into a mindbending collaborative effort. the bands are not new to performing together: they've toured together and have even backed each other up under various names. but this release marks the first physical release by their combined forces, and, unbelievably enough, is big blood's first vinyl release ever. the ease with which the bands complement each other is astounding - five clear voices reaching together to guide the record through a buzz-guitar singalong, a breathless pastoral folk tune, a chugging nightmare rock-dirge, and a sweetly-lighthearted vocal exercise. this 33rpm 7" record contains four tracks in a 14-minute official runtime, but will play forever if you let it. in addition, the record comes with a bonus cd-r of tracks from the late-night jam session that pre-dated the recording sessions for the 7", as well as the four tracks from the 7" itself in digital form. a one-of-a-kind package, with each record sleeve offset printed with the bands' artwork in dark blue ink on colorful, individually hand-painted sheets of heavy art paper. embossed, hand-numbered limited edition of 300 record/cd-r sets….. prisma & drona parva's "best buds" : the two spectral ladies of prisma mark their debut release with this 7" split with drona parva. prisma has been performing the quietest shows in and around portland for a couple years now, mixing softly echoing vocals with flute drones, only the gentlest plucking of various stringed instruments, and the occasional analog noise rumble. their a-side track resonates with beautiful restraint and delicacy; the stunning debut all of us entranced by their live show have hoped for. on the b-side, drona parva--the long-running solo project of time-lag records' nemo bidstrup--turns in a blissed-out muti-tracked free-flowing guitar composition. trance-inducing acoustic plucks and strums eventually give way to shimmering waves of fuzz guitar until the whole thing becomes impossibly beautiful. the minimal packaging for the record complements the gentle touch of the recordings held within: the 45rpm 7" record is a custom, slightly-marbled avocado green color with a yellow-green mandala-design center-label. the record is held in a semi-transparent vellum sleeve that has been hand-punched on the corners, giving a soft mask to the striking colors on the record itself, and hand-numbered to 300….. the north sea's "nikolette (reborn)" b/w corsican paintbrush's "under storm skies" : anyone familiar with the extensive north sea discography is aware of brad rose's keen ability to mix it up between eastern-tinged folk instrumentals and more straightforward strummers, which usually feature rose's classic low-in-the-mix mumble-drunk vocals and charmingly loose playing. "nikolette (reborn)" finds him revising a beautiful, quivering folk song from 2007's baby blue bones cd (mymwly) with the more-confident-than-ever vocals now at the forefront, and an army of acoustic strings and hand percussion backing this boxtop prophet's hymn. corsican paintbrush's contribution follows suit, foregrounding eden hemming rose's soft, lilting vocal melody and some rhythm-keeping strums while keeping a lush, hazy swell of drones and cave-echo vocals as the backdrop. equally ethereal and dusty, like 4AD dream-pop marred by dirt under fingernails and ash from the campfire turning cheeks black. black 7" vinyl record has a hand-stamped center label, and comes packaged in a textured black art paper sleeve with flower petal inclusions, with line-drawings and stamped titles in white ink, and an embossed screenprinted insert featuring liner notes and a topographic street map of tulsa. limited edition hand-numbered to 300.

BINGES ~ FLAME OF THE MILLENIUM ~ cdr (night people) $8.00

finally a release on night-people from raccoo-oo-oon tour mates and chicago’s best basement improv unit binges. killer drums, percussion, electronics, saxophone, guitar, and bass from these two dudes chris and anthony. binges are ultra focused and tight, chris glides around on his kit with supreme precision with anythony juggles a bunch of loops, noises, and instruments all at once. one of the most solid and exciting underground bands around right now. artwork by the band printing by sdrreed.

BIRD BY SNOW ~ SKY ~ lp & cd (gnome life) $14.00

to you, children of the zeitgeist, we give 'sky,' offered in the same generous spirit as this bountiful world itself. ten songs of reggae-infused, psychedelic, folk music. existentialism you can dance to! open-hearted sound-fields, vast and colored with tiny blue-grass orchestras, authentic dub banjo, black cloud back-beats, and (if you can believe it) california soukous guitar! open eyes wide, and take in 'sky,' bird by snow's outrageously lush follow-up lp. cloudy or clear, day or night, let us be absorbed in the one-always-giving moment, and know the sky not as vacuous hole, but as container (whole). limited to 300, on beautiful tranparent-blue vinyl. hand silk-screened gold covers, with a lovely hand-made booklet too. recorded at home on 8-track cassette tape, mastered by george horn… who mastered "zuma" by neil young and crazy horse… last copies.

BIRD BY SNOW ~ SONGBREAD & ANOTHER OCEAN ~ lp & cd (gnome life) $15.00

a new calf sparkles in the field at dawn with after-birth upon her. standing strong and brave with wobbly legs in a precarious world. with totally fearless surrender she steps forward, still wet from the inner universe of the before birth being. with the same naked abandon we offer this 3rd long-player by bird by snow. ten free-pop-mantras, ancient-babies of modern song. the most fertile bird by snow record (so far) each side of this album has its own name, in order to give the tunes more mind-space to flourish and expand side a is 'songbread' and side b is 'another ocean.' in this record-world we find bbs harvesting perspectives in an old-growth forest of ontology & swimming joyfully in wide-wonder-waters of multi-instrumentalism. cellos, drones, pianos, field-recordings, tape-collage & all manner of drumming, strumming & singing confer and conspire here. many of these songs have been two years in the making, grown and regrown on musical tours through the generous world. songs with fresh-washed faces, and crow's feet in the corners of their eyes. 'songbread / another ocean' is also some of gnome life's most beautiful and ambitious packaging! the cover is a color lithograph poster, and the lp also includes a deluxe handmade booklet of literature, lyrics, ideas, and points of entry. and a second semi-transparant poster of poetry called: "slow poems" by fletcher tucker (a.k.a. bird by snow). this edition is limited to 550 copies, and is on completely clear vinyl, and comes with a cd! recorded at home on 8-track cassette tape, mastered by john golden.

BIRD BY SNOW ~ INDUSTRIAL COLLAPSE ~ 7inch (gnome life) $6.00

two sides of total existential rebirth! placental for you and bird by snow, a 7 inch baby of the cosmos, belching new sounds, and visions. replete with new-metal guitar tones, falsetto cave paintings, and gasoline-riot guitar solos (think blue cheer in thunderdome). begging the question what is paradise? a waterfall? or a burning sky-scraper? each cover is hand printed from a linoleum block by bird by snow, at no extra cost to you. limited to 300. recorded at home on 8-track cassette tape.

BIRD BY SNOW ~ ANTLERS AND THE SUN… ~ lp (gnome life) $14.00

original pressing. screen printed cover, heavy red vinyl.

BIRD MICROPHONE / WHITE LIGHT / BARRY BURST / THE RED F / SARA RAMEY ~ TRYST HAUNT SERIES & #35; 2 ~ 3x7inch bundle (l’animaux tryst (field) recordings) $26.00

bird microphone’s "memory songs ep" bird microphone follows up last year’s paper mines split with cursillistas with this collection of original songs and appalachian child ballads. fitting six songs onto this 45rpm 7" record, bird mic. mixes her trademark dulcimer plucks and cut-up bell percussion clacks with a new focus on voice. love songs that aren’t afraid to expose the dissonance; traditionals on the a-side, originals on the b. preview here. black 7" vinyl record with center labels hand-stamped on the a and hand-drawn/colored on the b-side, held in a heavy off-white cotton paper sleeve, with double-vision two-color screenprinted covers and an offset-printed back. hand-numbered to 300, and embossed… white light’s "saraswati" b/w barry burst’s "rabies" ian paige’s white light project turns in a graceful, drony and jangly piece of classic lo-fi psych-pop, with a subtle galloping rhythm track keeping the good vibes in line. swirls of phasing synth quietly sneak up on the sweet vocals and lead guitars until all ride off on the figurative elephant in the sky. meanwhile, perennial favorite barry burst crashes that elephant back to the earth dirt and kicks up a party that could only be described as bollywood on acid. tablas and a host of handclaps provide the rhythmic thrust, while eastern strings and a chorus of singers (a multi-tracked barry) parade the blissfully gone love-fest through town. black 7" vinyl record with hand-stamped center labels held in a tri-fold die-cut chipboard sleeve, letterpressed and screenprinted in a multicolor design, with screenprinted chipboard insert. hand-numbered to 300… the red f’s "fingers" b/w sarah ramey’s "magic" & "jane" here we have a couple names new to the l’animaux tryst family, but no doubt familiar to those in the southern-maine know, here presented in split-single form as the official solo debut for both artists. the red f is the solo project of phantom buffalo guitarist tim burns, and there are shadows of his group’s gentle and sweetly skewed indie-pop on "fingers". but pared down to just a voice, a creaky acoustic guitar, and the reverbed ghosts in the room, burns turns out one of the most affecting folk ballads we’ve heard in some time. on the b-side, sarah ramey (lead vocals and guitar for seekonk) presents two similarly pared-down tracks of acoustic strings and double-tracked vocals. the incredible intimacy with which she delivers each half-whispered word and melody alludes to warmth like the crackle of a woodfire on the coldest night. black 7" vinyl record with hand-stamped center labels, held in a heavy white cotton paper sleeve, with offset-printed art with watercolor washes applied by tim burns’ hand. hand-numbered to 300 and embossed… another really amazing little 7inch set. highly recommended!!!

BIRDS OF DELAY / THE NEON DEATH SLITTES ~ THE SLACK ANGEL'S DEATH BONG ~ (memoirs of an aesthete, uk) $13.00

death-defiling split disc of zodzoric psychedelia from these hot leeds zombies! neon death slittes is the axle-greased alterego of phil 'xenis emputae travelling band' legard who contributes four tracks of greasy blues amphetamuck that will have fans of pink fairies/deviants/gong/third world war choking on their wet dentures. recent american tapes/no fun stars birds of delay occupy the other half with a knob-scorching oscillation/voice seizure recorded live in sunny edinburgh. ltd.100 in tracing paper sleeves with on-disc gocco print – very hip one with sweet covers.

BIRDS OF DELAY / GOLDBLOOD ~ S/T ~ split cdr (267 lattajaa) $12.00

birds of delay (uk) is steve warwick and luke younger, goldblood (usa) is plastic crimewave (of plastic crimewave sound / galactic zoo dossier) and amy cargill – these are the first edition black cdr version, limited to only 60 copies.

BIRTH REFUSAL / CASSIS CORNUTA ~ S/T ~ one sided lp (ultra eczema, belgium) $26.00

during the last euro tour of wolf eyes, john olson (of american tapes, spykes, guam river etc – ) and mike connelly (of gods of tundra, hair police, failing lights etc – ) decided it was enough! they screamed "i'm not going to bed!!! i never wanne sleep again!!!", they missed their flights and stayed in antwerp with the ultra audiobored horror crew for 7 more weeks without food and drinks, just dry weed and cancerbags to suck on! after that intense test to see if they could adapt to the antwerp life style, they finally met up with legendary belgian eccentric cacti and hat collector cassis cornuta, this psychadelic character brought his whole space synth and tape lab over to radio central to record an intense last gasp jam with the hardly breathing olson and connelly, the end result is an amazing trip to space and back to the mental hospital! like pouring lighter fluid and tabasco up your genitals or like olson states it so beautifully; like pissing on your own hand, freezing it and then using it as a lollypop for 5 days! comes in a gross 6 panel cover design and with an etch on the b side! – very limited. amazing packaging!

B.I.S. ~ BICAPHALE ~ cdr (ruralfaune, france) $12.00

live improvisations + electronics for the 1st release of this french duo - 4 tracks - 72mn – limited to 50. packaged with the usual foliage.

SIR RICHARD BISHOP ~ GOD DAMN RELIGION ~ dvd & cd (locust) $16.00

official dvd release of sir richard bishops cracked movie god damn religion. first edition comes with a bonus audio cd of the quasi soundtrack elektronika demonika, originally issued by locust as a vinyl-only escapade in 2006. for centuries, man has used organized religion to control the hearts and minds (not to mention the pocketbooks) of the ignorant masses. well, richard bishop has decided he would like a piece of the action. this film is a diabolical experiment in hypnotic mind control - a phantasmagoric presentation of demonic and divine imagery, meticulously assembled and designed to put the viewer into an altered state of darkened awareness. includes original music from elektronika demonika, as well as unreleased material. if you ever wanted to go to hell and back, this film will get you halfway there. some viewers may find the imagery used in this film to be disturbing, but thats the idea. contains some strong sexual content (as all true religion should). not for the weak-minded, faint of heart, or those suffering from occasional seizures. dvd is ntsc format, probably region free.

SIR RICHARD BISHOP ~ POLYTHEISTIC FRAGMENTS ~ lp (drag city) $13.00

it goes without saying that polytheistic fragments is an instrumental release -- who among us would want it otherwise? in the tradition of his classic debut, salvador kali, this new record features equal amounts of improvisation and composition. sir richard’s powers lie in his ability to captivate with just the sound of his guitar, but he doesn’t completely abandon studio processes, which allow polytheistic fragments to communicate a greater wholeness: all sir rick, all the time, if you will. we have come to expect a few solo acoustic guitar pieces with the gypsy stylings of his hero, django reinhardt -- and as if to tenderize our consciousness and prepare it for the ride, ’cross my palm with silver’ meets and exceeds our expectations. ’rub ’al khali’ is an ode to the oud, a northern african lute of sorts. on ’free masonic guitar,’ sir richard manifests free form acoustic playing wholly in his own style. peppering the mix are the sounds of electric guitar and lap steel guitar, bringing contrast and color. ’hecate’s dream’ is a dreamy praise to a dark greek goddess, but ’tennessee porch swing’ and ’canned goods and firearms’ switch gears to good old down home americana and country twang. sir richard is renowned for his prowess and mastery with the guitar, but the piano playing on polytheistic fragments shows a fluid, meditative style. ’saraswati’ is a lengthy river piece bathed in hindustani serenity, while ’cemetery games’ is a short celebratory skeletal dance, with more light-heartedness than spook. in a record with so many spirits, bishop fills in the space where necessary and rounds out the feeling with catchy tunes such as ’elysium number five’ and ’ecstasies in the open air.’ polytheistic fragments shows that the divinely inspired sir richard bishop cannot be contained in one form.

SINDRE BJERGA ~ CRYSTAL CRANIUM, DIAMOND HEAD ~ cassette (blackest rainbow, uk) $10.00

solo live blurt from 25 june 2008 from sindre bjerga, one half of bjerga / iversen. background drones hit in immediatley accompanied with some minimal scrapes and sputtering kinda growth aura from aforementioned drone, there's a real static vibe cruising through this. occasional clunk and taps blur away as the heavy dense drone consumes the lot like an electric mist, with feedback clots clogging up your lungs, and creepy terror sounds. limited to 50 hand numbered copies, each with indvidual handmade weird paper and an insert, everyone looking entirely different.

SINDRE BJERGA ~ SINKING SLOWLY, DISSOLVING QUIETLY ~ cdr (foxglove) $6.00

out of print. one copy only.

BJERGA / IVERSEN ~ HIJACKED FREQUENCIES ~ cdr (foxglove) $6.00

the norwegian duo of jan m. iversen and sindre bjerga has been a prolific as anyone in the two years since we first released an album of theirs. but it's still cold in norway, and bjerga/iversen are still traversing the glacial world of dense, sprawling drones. "hijacked frequencies" digs deep through skin and bone and finds a home deep inside the crevices of your skull. this will satiate your need for delicious, delicious sludge.

BJERGA/IVERSEN ~ ELECTRON ~ cassette (blackest rainbow, uk) $7.00

norwegian drone duo with releases on gold soundz, time lag and barl fire to name a few… this is a pretty intense live recording that is more of a layered dense noise soundscape than drone. two sides totally in at about 27 minutes. edition of only 50 cassette. sprayed cassettes and cases with handnumbered insert.

BJERGA / IVERSEN ~ ILLUMINATED BY A THOUSAND FLASHING LIGHTS ~ cdr (whistle along, belgium) $14.00

numbered edition of 85 in an amazing oversized zeloot screen printed cover, with photo & mini poster. one copy only!

BLACK CHICKLETS ~ SLOW QUEASE ~ one sided cassette (pasalymany) $7.00

diggin' deep into the montreal free music vault of yesteryear. 15 minutes of totally free improvisation recorded live in 2003 at pasalymany bar (rip). originally recorded for the birthdays of colin, serene, and sime. members of rivers and mountains along with other pasalymanians. found cover image photocopied on heavy card stock. hand stamped j-cards and cassette labels. hand number edition of 66.

BLACK EAGLE CHILD / SEAN McCANN ~ CAMBRIAN MEMBERS ~ cassette (no label) $7.00

i fell asleep late last night right after i jammed this latest burner from sean mccann and black eagle child. that was lucky, let me tell ya… this split is a total tropical dreamscreamer. each one of them gets a side, but it doesn't matter - the message is the same: it's time to zone the fuck out. crisp capricorn tones drizzle down like pink sunkissed mists from the heavens, totally enveloping your aural sensibilities. guitar zoners and gooey, synthed up flow-ers take you through the perfect lazy river, floating on scarlet sonic waves to the stars. this is the new space race. if all drones were drenched in this much bliss, we'd all be rotten to the core…limited to 77. packaged in a fabric pouch with insert.

BLACK FOREST/BLACK SEA ~ PORTMANTEAU ~ 10inch (secret eye) $10.00

guitar, cello, electronics, and various small rackety sounds collect themselves into a haze of infinite possibilities. - byron coley. for this new 10", the duo is joined by guests margot goldberg and joe grimm (a.k.a. the wind up bird). this quartet version of bf/bs is the very same lineup that performed at terrastock 6. 10" vinyl-only release limited to 500 copies worldwide. silkscreened metallic silver covers by mike taylor (lungfish, avarus, dan higgs). 21 minutes of music\emdash all exclusive material… nice little slab.

THE BLACK HANDS ~ THE PERFECT BEAUTY OF VENUS ~ 3inch cdr (first person, uk) $8.00

following recent releases under the directing hand moniker on memoirs of an aesthete and chocolate monk, alex neilson (jandek, ashtray navigations, richard youngs etc etc) conjures another slab of percussive clatter to excite yr inner ear. joined on this journey by frank janiurek, the duo lay down a thick bed of organic drone before reaching for the stars with some inspired levitation tactics.

BLACK JOKER ~ WATCH OUT ~ cdr (pacific city sound visions, belgium) $11.00

another new guise for spencer clark (the skaters) zoned solo trance sounds. primitive percussion paterns, zonked sci-fi synth, etc. limited.

BLACK MAGIC DISCO (JACKIE-O MOTHERFUCKER + MY CAT IS AN ALIEN) ~ S/T ~ 2lp (a silent place, italy) $26.00

black magic disco is the new all-star band featuring tom greenwood (jackie-o motherfucker), maurizio & roberto opalio (my cat is an alien) and ramona ponzini (painting petals on planet ghost, praxinoscope). the project was born out of an idea from tom greenwood, founder leader of the avant-folk-blues ensemble jackie-o motherfucker, who invited maurizio and roberto opalio, aka the italian improv duo my cat is an alien (mciaa), and their close collaborator ramona ponzini (also involved with the two brothers in the projects named painting petals on planet ghost and praxinoscope, as well as in the new collaboration with z’ev) to perform with him for two months of touring throughout all europe in may/ june 2005. as one can imagine, the result was killer. the music which came out of the live performances was totally explosive, combining ramona’s japanese vocals & hypnotic chimes with greenwood’s psych-blues guitar attitude & wild turntablism, over mciaa’s alien cosmic flux of electric guitars, space toys & percussions, creating a still unheard mixture of sounds unifying archaic & post-modern, western & eastern, sky & earth. couloured vinyls (1 solid red / 1 solid white). comes in a luxury gatefold cover, including a huge 70x100 cm. poster (by roberto opalio drawing).

BLACK MONK ~ FLOWSTONE ~ lp (not not fun) $12.00

the josh/roy anti-society drone/drums duo drops its first (and last?) lp. a dripping cavern of red-eyed vibes and numb inner examination. uncomfortable, epic. edition of 270. comes with a poster. co-released with illinois sweatshop arbor.

BLACK PUS / FOOT VILLAGE ~ SPLIT ~ lp (dnt) $14.00

including the tracks from their split cassette released last year on dba, this 12" adds 1 foot village bonus track and 2 black pus bonus tracks. this music is raw, distorted, and totally fucked up drum rock. each 12" includes a 16" x 22" poster that is a full color animal photo with art by brian chippendale screened on top. brian is the dude behind black pus and he is the drummer of lightning bolt. this release is all about drums being punk as fuck. edition of 300. co-released with deathbomb arc.

BLACK TO COMM ~ RUCKWARTS BACKWARDS ~ lp (dekorder, germany) $18.00

the whole album is very dream-like, mystical and fascinating, like being in the middle of a fog bank and loosing your sense of direction but always knowing that you'll find your way out one way or the other. - mats gustaffson/the broken face. finally, here's the vinyl version of the debut album by hamburg's black to comm. strictly limited edition of 222 copies, hand screened grey cardboard sleeves, full colour insert, postcard and gold stamped labels – sweet stuff.

BLACK TO COMM ~ FRACTAL HAIR GEOMETRY ~ lp (dekorder, germany) $20.00

black to comm is the solo venture of dekorder label boss marc richter. having released two and a half albums on his own label he is slowly establishing himself as one of the more prolific drone artists out there with a forthcoming album on the american digitalis label, a collaborative cd with datashock on ikuisuus, a 7" on the irish trensmat label and a collaboration with xela in the works. "fractal hair geometry" is richter's most refined and original work to date, picking up where the electrifying drone works of his monumental double-lp left off. like the last records this album is centered around recordings of a variety of vintage organs. while "wir kennen leider…" often featured pure harmonium sounds and spacious recordings of chuch organ and mellotron, the new album opts for a more electronic, effects-laden sound, sending an old farfisa compact deluxe and casio sk-5 through an armada of analogue & digital effects pedals. the results are massive one-chord drones layered into dense & ecstatic, flickering & pulsating clusters of psychedelic electronic sound. additional wordless vocal effects, hyperventilating & sizzling drum machines and hypnotic violin and guitar noises make for a hyperactive sound that never stands still even though most of the music is pure drones (sometimes consisting of more than 50 recording layers). decidedly simple but gorgeous melodies shine through the mist from time to time, making a black to comm record always much more accessible than your average drone album. there's even a heavy 4/4 bass drum smuggled into a track dedicated to the late leigh bowery, one of the most enigmatic creative figures of the mid-80's uk club scene (and singer of minty). guests include jonna karanka (aka kuupuu) on piano, guido mebius on trumpet and current black to comm (live) band members renate nikolaus on violin and ulf schitte (of datashock, aosuke, etc.) adding electronic sounds. along the lines of the music, seminal german artist oliver ross has created a massive multi-layered neon-coloured collage artwork which is printed on special ultra-heavy cardboard stock.

BLACK TO COMM ~ WIR KÖNNEN LEIDER NICHT ETWAS MEHR ZU TUN – ~ 2lp (dekorder, germany) $20.00

wir können leider nicht etwas mehr zu tun – " is the rather weird title for black to comms 2nd album release within 12 months, this time coming out on a gorgeous vinyl-only double-lp with a beautifully strange gatefold sleeve in a limited edition of 500 copies. black to comm is the nom de plume for hamburgs dekorder label head honcho marc richter's sonic voyages. in 2006 he released a 7" lathe cut picture disc ("levitation"), his debut album & "rückwärts backwards" on cd and very limited vinyl and compilation tracks for the finnish 267 lattajjaa and ukrainian quasipop labels. while the first album was mainly constructed from dusty vinyl and shellac loops, the new album is based on "real" instruments including several antique organs, electric harmonium, acoustic & electric guitars, bells, clattery percussion, vintage effect pedals and tape loops thereof. richter builds up massive psychedelic one-chord drones, minimal yet dense and heavily layered, full of spacious details and swirling melodies buried within. each track is slowly building, drifting and floating hypnotically into a warm and shimmering black ocean of sonic liquid, creating a mesmerizing and mysterious mass of sound. while most of the works are thick monotone layers of organic sound theres some sort of simple songwriting gleaming constantly through the mist, making this a highly accessible drone album. guest musicians are hamburg visual artist renate nikolaus on electric & acoustic guitars and voice and electro-acoustic musician gregory büttner on trumpet – another great album from this project. sweet packaging too.

BLACK TO COMM / AOSUKE ~ S/T ~ split lp (dekorder, germany) $17.00

this vinyl-only split-lp release is a meeting of two of the most interesting bands coming out of hamburg, germany at this moment, both continuing the long tradition of both challenging and explorative music coming from this city in the last decades. from krautrock to the origins of the so-called neue deutsche welle from experimental sound artists to some of the finest pop ambient, hamburg is regularly spitting out some of the most singular artists on this planet. both aosuke and black to comm have absorbed influences from all these sources (and a million others) while working towards their very own individual vision. the two brand new tracks by black to comm are continuing the massive organ/voice drone alchemy of the last double-lp while refining and personalizing his sound, reaching new heights of blazing sonic mysticism. aosuke have decided to home-record their new material, continuing their loop-oriented, monotone yet highly melodic ambient journeys. working with repetition and small abstractions, all instrumental "loops" are played by hand and recorded live without overdubs (one of the main principles of the guitar/electronics duo), creating surprisingly concrete dormant and somnambulistic soundscapes while fortunately completely lacking the washy and drowsy effects of most ambient music. black to comm is the one-man project of marc richter who is the brain behind the dekorder label as well. so far he has released two albums on his own label ("rückwärts backwards" and "wir können leider nicht etwas mehr zu tun…"). aosuke is the duo of tobert knopp and ulf schütte, the latter being a label head as well (tape tektoniks). last year they have released their debut "monotone spirits" album co-released by hamburg’s audiolith label and south germany’s meudiademorte label.

BLACK TO COMM / DATASHOCK ~ COLLABORATION ~ cdr w/ video (ikuisuus, finland) $11.00

incredible, spooky-spiritual-drone masterpiece by the most hip german experimentalists black to comm (mark richter) and the free-noise group datashock companied by new member marcel tirkowsky. here all together creating a flavor of blissen alien soundscapes, whirling on, changing and evolving all the time, generating hyperzonic tensions inside the crown-chakra so long that the eyes start to see pulsating flames inside and outside your imagination. rich in colour of sound and for sure not a restless headfuck, but a stony stoned psychedelic vibration of something spiritually exciting, something which reminds the outer inner worlds, and how close they are. the fog of the lake & the ghosts of the forgotten old new days. recorded nearby berlin's goldmund festival in august 2007, in a place which used to be a summercamp for kids in the times of gdr the point which alone may cause the climbing in such a mystical level. peaceful & strange at the same time. includes 9 minute quicktime video by renate nikolaus! music and video recorded at goldmund festival, wukensee / biesenthal 08/2007. 150 copies.

JAMES BLACKSHAW ~ THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING ~ lp (tompkins square) $15.00

restock… when uk-native james blackshaw plays his 12-string guitar, something spiritual takes place. performing and recording since 2003, his name is frequently mentioned as one of the foremost modern solo acoustic guitarists. now at the age of 25, blackshaw, an untrained musician born and still residing in the suburban environs of greater london, draws as much inspiration from early religious music, south-asian folk music and composers such as arvo pärt, simeon ten holt, steve reich and charlemagne palestine as he does from john fahey, robbie basho and the early takoma records roster, constantly breaking boundaries in what could be conceived as a somewhat limited medium. in his part improvised and part written songs, blackshaw makes expert use of eastern and western scales, chord changes reminiscent of european classical music and incredibly intricate fingerpicking patterns to make a sound that is both challengingly minimalist, yet warm and approachable to anybody who might hear it, with a rare sensitivity that conveys immense beauty, hope and sadness… limited vinyl version of the rather stunning new lp.

BLANK DOGS ~ THE FIELDS ~ lp (woodsist) $14.00

blank dogs are actually singular: it's the insanely prolific one-man brooklyn-based band of mr. blank dog. we don't know too much about the biography of the guy behind the bedroom new-wave pop/punk and he's usually covering his face with masks or bedspreads, but that's fine. the aura of anonymity allows you to focus on the sounds -- and, really, he might be releasing a ton of things, but there's definitely a higher jam-to-crap ratio. it's like joy division vocal lines with the cure's synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment. and that voice? all the feedback in the world can't hide his knack for melody. blank dogs have been making plenty of rumbles in the noisier and more secretive outposts of the underground (half his discography's sold out), but troubleman unlimited's just repressed his very recommended full-length on two sides (on yellow vinyl in an edition of 500) and in the red's releasing a 20-song double lp (or single cd) called under and under . it's all new material. he's also playing his first shows in nyc, so if you want to take a peek, you can. all this to say: seems like blank dogs is on his way out of the basement. --stereogum

THE BLITHE SONS ~ THE GREAT ORTHOCHROMATIC WHEEL ~ lp (family vineyard) $14.00

the great orthochromatic wheel is the blithe sons first full-length release since 2004. in the years since the california duo of loren chasse and glenn donaldson may have traversed poppy fields and swam to aqua cities though mostly they've remained active with their jewelled antler offshoots: ov, of, and child readers (chasse ) or skygreen leopards and flying canyon (donaldson) and both in thuja. these five songs combine nature's melodic pull and minimalist songs forms summoned by a miniature orchestra of eclectic instruments. each lp side flaunts a different depth of the sons, one recorded outdoors and the other inside. the indoor set consists of slow-motion ballads built on hymn-like organ, nylon string guitar, analog drum machine & stark percussion. the outdoor side offers a web of exotic wind-instruments & battery-powered electronics reverberating in cavernous hall cut in the side of a sea-cliff. limited edition of 500 copies. contain a download coupon for mp3 version of the album.

BLODKLOD / GEITEVUYST ~ SPLIT ~ cassette (funeral folk, belgium) $6.00

more freaked death drone folk from the funeral folk camp.

BLONDE COBRA ~ THE GOLD IN THE GUTTER ~ cdr (musicyourmindwillloveyou, australia) $13.00

art guitar rock noise from sunny queensland.

BLOOD STEREO ~ FOR HEAVY LUNG ~ cdr (chocolate monk, uk) $10.00

a one night only 5-piece when we were joined by julian bradley, neil campbell and sticky foster in leeds. just what you would hope for, tape loops, drone, vocal damage, confused percussion, reeds etc. a ten legge brew-up.

BLOOD STEREO ~ LITTLE CREEPER ~ cdr (chocolate monk, uk) $10.00

recorded live at resonance fm. full on duo in kick back mode, trying to burrow out of the airwaves into the listeners spine via tapes, voice, violin, oscillators, percussion and various other junk. a very pleasant magnetic headache.

BLOOD STEREO ~ THE TRUNK IS FLEXED ~ cdr (chocolate monk, uk) $8.00

out of print. one copy only.

BLOOD STEREO / MOYSK EN CHIMYSER ~ SPLIT ~ cdr (chocolate monk, uk) $8.00

out of print. one copy only.

BLOSSOM TOES ~ WE ARE EVER SO CLEAN ~ 2lp (sunbeam, uk) $34.00

double lp version. released at the height of flower power in1967, we are ever so clean is the first record by the uk's blossom toes, widely considered to be the finest pop-psych album ever recorded. produced by giorgio gomelsky (discoverer of the rolling stones and the yardbirds), it's a fascinating amalgam of whimsical pop, music hall humor and acid rock. much-bootlegged over the years, this is its first official reissue, timed to coincide with its 40th anniversary. produced with the band's full involvement, it's presented with no fewer than ten bonus tracks, encompassing non-lp singles, demos, out-takes and live performances, and comes housed in a gatefold sleeve, with rare photos and detailed historical liner notes. pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl.

BLOSSOM TOES ~ IF ONLY FOR A MOMENT ~ 2lp (sunbeam records, uk) $34.00

double lp version. two years after their brilliant pop-psych debut, 1967’s we are ever so clean, blossom toes unleashed this extraordinary fusion of acid rock and prog, emphasizing how far they’d come since the summer of love. characterized by complex song structures and memorable guitar solos, and featuring a guest appearance on sitar from u.s. folkie shawn philips, the album has gone on to become a major cult favorite. heavily bootlegged over the years, this is its first official reissue. produced with the band’s full involvement, it comes with seven bonus tracks, encompassing non-lp singles, demos, out-takes and live performances, and comes housed in a gatefold sleeve, with rare photos and detailed historical liner notes. pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl… nice one!

BLUE BIRDS ~ S/T (LOVE STREET) ~ lp (anazitisi, greece) $36.00

perhaps the rarest greek rock album, released back in 1972 in very small quantities (300-500copies) and never again re-released in vinyl. here, we talk about a combination of psych-folk and flower power hippy rock with male and female vocals, great melodies and an acid overall atmosphere. acoustic guitars, sometimes heavy and sometimes fuzzy electric guitars, organ, bass and drums create one of the best greek psych albums, although overshadowed and low promoted back then. blue birds was one of the very first greek modern bands as well as one of the most long-lived. although they had started in 1963 as a garage-beat band they delevoped in a hippy band producing some fine singles & #136;êas well as this album- in the early 70's. as the original release, this reissue is housed in an envelope-like gimmix heavy cover, contains the poster and the greek lyrics sheet. extras are a 4-pages insert with english lyrics and band's bio and a full-coloured, high quality, psych post-card – killer album and another very high quality exact repro greek reissue. recommended.

BLUE SHIFT ~ UNTITLED ~ cassette (blackest rainbow, uk) $10.00

new tape from my buddy cybele who's based in providence… total free violin slashes and carves busted out, then dropping right off to some super quiet and minimal experimentations… one to shred your speakers! awesome stuff, previously had tape on raccoo-oo-oon's night people label. limited to 60 hand numbered copies with stamped labels and colour covers!

BLUES ADDICTS ~ S/T ~ lp (shadoks, germany) $38.00

there where only 4 good and rare albums on the danish spectator label: terje, jesper & joachim (which we have just done on lp and now on cd), moses (we are still working on a deal), days (we are about to negotiate a deal) and the rarest of them all blues addicts. what a guitar work this is. ivan horn really kicks ass with his extra heavy guitar. as good as the heavy cream songs, in parts as creative as jimi hendrix. the musical range and the guitar style is as good as the best early eric clapton work with the far out techniques of jimi hendrix. all own composition, long tracks, extra heavy guitar, english vocals & heavy drum sounds. ivan horn: guitars, vocals & kazzo, mich brink: bass, gibber thomsen: vocals & congas, henning aasbjerg: drums. if spectator would have kept rock music their musical style instead of switching to jazz, those 4 bands would have been successful on the international rock circus… recorded denmark, 1970. great crude b&w art, heavy covers, 180gm white vinyl, insert, 450 numbered copies.

BLUES CONTROL ~ S/T ~ lp (holy mountain) $15.00

as you may or may not know, it can sometimes get pretty hairy working at a record store when some smelly, denim-clad dude walks in asking for the blues. if you’re lucky, he’s at least wearing a belt when you point him over to the records that are now relegated to an open spot on the floor. that’s just one scenario; who doesn’t love those other blues fondly recalled with names like blues addicts and blues creation? and let’s not forget that other queen of the blues--- barbara from just farr a laugh. blues control might just be the missing link between van halen and legendary experimentalist henry flynt. they are a duo. lea cho plays swank but grounded atmospheric keyboard parts (think harold budd), through which guitar player and manipulator of assorted junk-on-table russ waterhouse cuts, whittles and lays to waste. it’s a hazy, spaced world that exists between fuzzed distortion, jabbering electronics, and a lazy, stay-in-bed psychedelic glaze, with rhythmic keyboards pulsating below it all a la a guy named florian-- and you can choose which one you want. oh yeah, i gotta mention the humid bikini-vibe that permeates the entire album. so, is there a blues angle to it? yeah, but you’ve got to bury yourself in it or dig your way in. come out stinking if you want.

BM ~ MIND CONTROL ~ cassette (beyond repair, uk) $8.00

two mysterious no-age beings from the other side of denmark evocates a cassette of no-fi hallucinative waves of broken skies and scorched earth. pure analog hell. edition of 50 – another sweet hand packaged release on this mighty fine label.

BODY VEHICLE ~ BEING BEING ~ double cassette (black horizons) $10.00

65 minutes spread out over 4 sides. presented as a retrospective, including some previously released select tracks, and some not heard before. the style can vary from track to track, some dominated by small sounds and buzzing loops, to epic and beautiful drone pieces, and electro-acoustic improv fused with noise. instruments that are audible include saxophone, guitar, and drum machine. bodyvehicle manages to keep the avant garde classics in mind while still looking forward in a way that few acts can. presented in a black vinyl album, with color art on blue/gold shimmer vellum cover and color on transparent labels. tracks listing is printed on blue shimmer paper, which is glued to the inside. edition of 50 hand stamp numbered copies on hi-bias chrome tapes – instantly out of print. very limited stock.

BOHEMIAN VENDETTA ~ S/T ~ lp (tapestry, uk) $30.00

interest in this has surged recently and quite rightly too, as this is one of the best acid-punk lps ever. clearly inspired by "electric comicbook"-era blues magoos, these long island kids had a problem with both drugs and their attitude! their originals are excellent vox organ/fuzz teen garage psych and the reworked cover versions pretty demented as well. the cough syrup high school-play vibe of "deaf, dumb ¨ blind" must be heard to be believed. not a perfect album, with a few sections that drag on, but the highs are higher than on almost any other lp of this kind. possibly the best on the label, at least if you prefer the 60s teen-garage approach over hippie longhairs. - acid archives… heavy covers, 180gm vinyl, limited to 1000 copies.

BONECLOUD ~ TEENAGE LYCANTHROPY ~ cdr (leafy trail, ireland) $12.00

over 70 minutes of beautiful white light healing vibes spread out over 5 songs. all music recorded in the summer of two thousand and six in the "frozen earth cabin" in dublin, except "sea cave" which was recorded live to cassette at lazybird… oversized color covers.

BONE RATTLE ~ WHICH TOYZ ~ lp (trd w/d) $12.00

tie yourself on a feedbag of slightly decayed dog bones and crushed plastic kids toys you found in a cheeze whiz dumpster, throw you inhabitations out the window and dance your ass off to these highly damaged, anthemic, home made synth and drum songs. this is analog plunger punk at its best!!!! featuring: members of child bride, dreamhouse, blue shift and riddlin'. 600 pressed. full color cover.

BOOK OF SHADOWS & LEAD SISTER II ~ CATHEDRAL OF JUNK - AUSTIN, TEXAS MARCH 16, 2008 ~ cassette (ikuisuus, finland) $6.00

the cathedral of junk was started in 1988 in austin texas as a backyard art project and has continually grown ever since. brett humphrey of the band x=x set up this show and when one of the bands backed out at the last moment i asked the band lead sister ii (joshua hume) to play even though i had never met him. i saw that lead sister ii was on the ikuisuus label, liked his music, and figured since we both lived in austin we should play a show together!! it turned out that it was his last day in austin before moving to japan. he was a very thoughtful polite young guy who played very intriguing music so now we have this cassette release on ikuisuus of two great austin texas bands meeting each other and playing together for the first time!!! enjoy. - carlton crutcher, book of shadows

RAFI BOOKSTABER ~ EASY HARMONY ~ cassette (azriel) $8.00

2nd private press solo release from rafi of death chants, aswara, etc. more excellent smoked out late night sounds. pure space folk. 2 side long tracks. lovely hand water colored heavy art paper covers, with hand written text. numbered edition of only 76 copies. recommended!

RAFI BOOKSTABER ~ A GOSSAMER VEIL ~ cassette (azriel) $8.00

rafi of death chants & aswara. numbered edition of 76. hand painted cover.

BOOTS / C.C. / SNAKE & REMUS ~ S/T ~ 3lp (hp cycle, canada) & #40;.00

these three lps were originally privately pressed by the artist(s) in minuscule editions sometime in this new century. it appears that very few copies were circulated outside a close circle of acquaintances and it was only by chance/luck that they found their way to us. each lp contained no information whatsoever, the only hint was the name stamped on the plain white jacket. clouding matters even further was the fact that each of the three albums bore a different moniker. musically the lps share a consistent solitary vision, one that treads an inward-looking path that leads to far-reaching psychedelic excursions."boots" is a prime example of the range of these albums. side one features five tracks of acoustic guitar and raw vocal accompaniment heavy on the loner vibes. the flip changes directions entirely, offering a wild ride of percussion and electronics. likewise,"c.c - live at rainbows end" follows a similar course, although the mood is somewhat less solemn (though no less introspective) on the tracks featuring voice and guitar. the counterpoint here is the near side-long track of barely audible field recordings from an unrecognizable location."snake & remus - no tape outside" is a continuation of sound and thought. interchangeably piano, electronics and percussion supplement the songwriter, adding a haunting layer to the already subdued mood. the final side contains instrumental passages of processed guitar strum that weave delicate waves. the lps are presented in a box, its own cryptic coffin perhaps, with individual stamped jackets consistent with the original lps. as it says, "it’s just a box man"\'85 very gone stuff here that fits right in with the best of the ultra underground 90s private press vortex. recommended.

BORIS ~ SMILE ~ 2lp (southern lord) $23.00

upon reflection of the aftermath of releasing their most successful album to date-pink-boris has found the desire to create sounds that are a wider extension of just simply music. they are searching for sounds that are also an extension of life and the many experiences they've had since pink's release two years ago. drawing on hair metal, japanese cartoon songs, and 1980s japanese pop singers to help shape their new direction, the band delivers another evolutionary step in their broad based sound. blistering psychedelia, mammoth hooks, innovative songwriting and a reinvention of dark heaviness all get their due. features guest appearances from stephen o'malley and michio kurihara. vinyl version features two bonus track, plus extended versions and different mixes of songs than were on the cd. packaged in gatefold jackets with metallic, matte silver foil.

BORIS ~ PINK ~ lp (southern lord) $24.00

deluxe 180gm pink vinyl with 'tabs' insert. limited & out of print.

BORIS WITH MICHIO KURIHARA ~ RAINBOW ~ 2lp & - book & - dvd box set (inoxia, japan) $250.00

totally insane ¨ wonderful art object here. price is a doozy, but this thing is superb. this special japanese only box set version is limited to only 500 copies. includes a full 2nd lp of bonus material, both lps pressed on audiophile clear, instead of black, vinyl, a dvd with full packaging, as well as a 50 page, full color, hard cover, embossed, deluxe cloth bound book… all packaged together in a heavy clear plastic box with irridescent metallic printed cover and official seal. yowzer. act fast if you care, just two copies here!

BORIS / SUNN 0))) ~ ALTAR ~ 3lp (southern lord) $30.00

we are now ready to present to you the vinyl edition of the "altar" album. this very special triple-vinyl version features completely over the top packaging that alot of time, care, effort, love and $ went into! the heavy cardboard gatefold jacket has a 14 page color booklet within as well as a special third pocket (on the right hand pocket of the jacket) that contains the bonus 3rd lp. the booklet features exclusive imagery photos, and liner notes from kim thayil (soundgarden)! each of the three records come in specifically designed black (even on the inside) innersleeves. the 3rd lp "bonus track": & #147;her lips were wet with venom / (satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas) is a 28+ min. epic journey that is a result of both sunn 0))) and boris with dylan carslon (earth) engaged in a completely improvised, no holds-barred, mind - "altering" drone nirvana. dark, powerful and ultimately up-lifting! … total monster here with some truly sick packaging. limited to only 1000 copies and instantly vanished. just a few here, so don't sleep.

BRAIINCLOUD ~ GARDEN ~ cassette (beniffer editions, canada)$6.00

all songs by ayal senior. you may know ayal from his preface to john fahey’s last book "vampire vultures" - first in a series of five releases on beniffer dedicated to toronto’s most prolific outsider folkie edition of 50.

BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS ~ THE STRANGE TALE OF CAPTAIN SHANNON AND THE HUNCHBACK FROM GIGHA ~ lp (sunbeam, uk) $26.00

previously reissued on cd by sunbeam, now issued on deluxe lp format as well; 180 gram pressing. recorded simultaneously with their classic amaryllis album and released in 1970 on the decca label, this psychedelic folk landmark showcases the talents of edinburgh's david mcniven and angie rew, with one spellbinding track from former bandmate carolyn davis. sympathetically produced by ray horricks (davy graham, human beast), it's a superb collection that ranges from the hard-rocking "masquerade" to the gorgeous "butterfly land," beautiful "purple hazy melancholy" and epic title track. featuring support from danny thompson and terry cox of pentangle, it's simply essential for all fans of british acid folk.

BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS ~ AMARYLLIS ~ lp (sunbeam records, uk) $26.00

previously reissued on cd by sunbeam, now issued on deluxe lp format as well; 180 gram pressing. the third and final album by the edinburgh-based duo of david mcniven (ex-human beast) and angie rew was barely released in 1971, but has gone on to become one of the most treasured "acid folk" albums of all time. comprising the epic, 21-minute title track and four unforgettable stand-alone songs, amaryllis features a heady, trippy blend of true acoustic melodies as well as outstanding support from musicians including danny thompson and terry cox of pentangle, and is an essential purchase for all fans of psychedelic singer-songwriting… highly recommended lp sounding better then ever on nice audiophile vinyl. nice!

BRETHREN OF THE FREE SPIRIT ~ ALL THINGS ARE FROM HIM, THROUGH HIM AND IN HIM ~ cd (audiomer, uk) $18.00

james blackshaw & jozef van wissem form a holy alliance on this palindromatic masterwork… totally fantastic album of lifted lute & 12 string bliss. limited to 1000. very recommended.

ANNE BRIGGS ~ SING A SONG FOR YOU ~ lp (bo weavil recordings, uk) $30.00

restock… fleeting, volatile, flighty, breathless: a flash of sunlight in the glade. anne briggs' pure, unmistakable voice and her too-short career summon the same images in my mind. a voice like a gentle tremor, as fragile and timeless as a dandelion clock. her recordings are few and all the more precious for it. when these 1973 sessions finally saw the sunshine, back in 1996, they were greeted with joy; joy mixed with astonishment that they should have been consigned to obscurity in the first place. sure, her work with ragged robin may have displeased the purists of the time. sure, anne briggs was unhappy with her voice, heavily pregnant with new life and on her way to a scottish retreat. but for something so beautiful as these songs to be casually put aside… and they are beautiful. sunshine and time: flitting snatches of melody heard floating across the meadow on some impossible summer's day. songs that are ancient as the bones of the hills -- yet half are anne's own compositions. the distillation of a unique talent let fly like a butterfly from the hand… limited/numbered edition of 1000 copies. sweet heavy textured green flip-back covers with full color wrap-around paste-on art and a nice big high quality inset. briggs at her most psychedelic, with huge harmonies, fuzz guitars, etc. highly recommended!

GEORGE BRIGMAN ~ JUNGLE ROT ~ lp (anopheles) $20.00

nice reissue of underground heavy psych. one copy only. out of print

BRONZE FLOAT ~ NO SUNG WORDS ~ 3inch cdr (rc legacy) $6.00

here's an assemblage of seemingly disparate recordings, including one tale of selling clam chowder to the russians. it's not instrumental per se, but, as the title suggests, contains 'no sung words.' think of it as the appetizer for what david brant (you've seen him playing bass in vollmar) has up his sleeve with this exciting new project.

BROTHER AND SISTER ~ S/T ~ 10inch (xylem) $5.00

wild slab from this minneapolis brother/sister duo, ripping through some very damaged high energy garage rawk mischief. white stripes for acid heads? who knows – sweet eye-popping screenprinted covers. some are glow-in-the-dark style, some are silver. both are lovely. edition of 500.

BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD ~ THE WORLD IS AT WAR ~ cdr (house of alchemy) $10.00

one track, 45 minutes of sonic tripping. many many parts seamlessly (seemingly) flowing in and out of one another. tribal, witchy, cataclysmic. dig it. music from down under. way down under. features incredible new art from cory card designed specifically for this release. edition of 123.

BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD ~ RUN FROM YOUR HONEY MIND ~ cdr (musicyourmindwillloveyou, australia) $13.00

reissue, previously released on cpsip – more sweet oz psych sounds. nice metallic covers.

BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD ~ GOODBYE ~ cd (digitalis) $14.00

as far as the southern hemisphere goes, australia's budding underground has often played second fiddle to that of it's island neighbor, new zealand. but a new crop of aussies is levelling the playing field. leading the way is the brother/sister duo of michael and kristina donnelly aka brothers of the occult sisterhood. these cosmic travelers are soaked to the bone in dust, like relics from the past. they speak only in tongues and send out shortwave psychedelic radio transmissions into the bleeding edges of drugged-out folk sludge. botos' organic compositions are familiar to many by now. after a string of cd-r releases on time-lag, celebrate psi-phenomenon, and others, this is their first pro-pressed offering. building on transcendent themes and saturating everything in an all-encompassing puff of bong smoke. endless walls of instrumentation create artificial bounderies that the donnellys destroy with far-reaching, hypnotic drones. by the time "goodbye" comes to a grinding halt, it feels like the stuff of legend. brothers of the occult sisterhood are only interested in blowing your skull to smithereens while cradling you in their arms. they are simply magnificent, and there aren't many doing it better these days. the first 500 copies come in silkscreened sleeves done by the new zealand crazies at united fairy moons.

BROTHER OF THE OCCOULT SISTERHOOD ~ ODALISQUE AT SECRET VORTEX ~ cdr (akoustic disease, germany) $14.00

…we like to play with fire and also botos like this… flaming tunes catching with angels chants… we accept the bet for the winner!!another 9 crazy trip from the massive band from blissland handmade hard cardboard limited to 116 copies.

BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD ~ PREYING IN CIRCLES ~ cd (root strata) $12.00

another transmission from the australian house of music your mind will love you. this one has been a long time coming. taken from various recordings over a period from 05/06, the core duo of brother and sister michael and kristina donnelly are joined by eon in a killer trio setting. not as psych-acid as some of the recent botos output. not to say the group doesn’t kick up a good racket, it’s just way spacious and soft sounding at points, like seeing various twinkling stars through hazy fog. lots of dreamy moments of quite acoustic strum and subtle synth weirdness. the usual battery of instruments, toy and otherwise, are in effect. and of course, loads of percussive implosions…but not at all heavy handed. sounds like a sunday morning jam with your best friends outside in a garden just after tea. a joyful noise that’s pleasing to the skull… nice screened chipboard covers. limited to 500.

BOTOS aka BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD ~ CHIMES AGAINST REALITY ~ cdr (musicyourmindwillloveyou, australia) $13.00

second breath of the occultists. alchemical dispersal and hex dilution. features one member each from brothers of the occult sisterhood, terracid and 6majik9\'85formation like a triangle but with fewer angles, a single point. drifting outsider strum and trance while watching the suns light fade and the colors shift\'85then inside amongst the cables and fields, under a flowers thought\'85free jizz? … nice hand made packaging as you’d expect.

BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD ~ STATUES FROM SPACE ~ cdr (musicyourmindwillloveyou, australia) $13.00

restock… the end of the second phase, note the clever slate. stumblin dreamscapes, ornamental glimmers and free folck fuckery… another extremely psychedelic dose from down under. as usual, exceptional cool packaging. nice.

BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD ~ CANISANUBIS ~ cdr (musicyourmindwillloveyou, australia) $13.00

intended as an aid in the transformative pursuit of prehuman awareness or empty clatter as model of spacetime.

BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD ~ LUCIFER’S BRIDE ~ RUN FROM YOUR HONEY MIND ~ cdr (musicyourmindwillloveyou, australia) $13.00

reissue of the second botos disc , previously available on foxglove

BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD ~ ANIMAL SPEAK ~ cdr (musicyourmindwillloveyou, australia) $13.00

free improvisation with psychedelic/folk roots.music to induce visions of many faced gods. in an attempt to avoid structure, a new structure is formed.just dig it.

BROWN VELVET COUCH ~ ONCE IN A VERY BLUE MOON/SOFT OCTOBER ~ 7inch (roof bolt) $6.00

bruce blucher and paul cahill (both of trash) hook up with drummer bo martak (king loser) and singer viv crowe for a one-off single from 1994 – great long gone dose of new zealand underground lo-fi folkrock, with great female vocals and good vibes all over. on bill meyer's excellent and all too brief roof bolt label.

BUFFLE ~ CAVERNICOLE / RELAX PRODUZIONI ~ cassette (self released, finland) $7.00

finnish underground fun. blue tape, pro-dubbed, 100 copies.

BUFFLE ~ CONSTRICTOR ~ cassette (lal lal lal, finland) $6.00

what needs to be said about a band that invents a new dance for every song they make and play flute by hanging it from a car window during their tours? the wind plays the flute like buffle their casios, percussions and guitars. so we hear a pure feast of love and joy. flux of funny sounds meet clumsy and naive repetition in a way that would make holger czukay hot of jealousy in his pool. and there's nothing better in life than to be hanging out in the breezing streets of belgian winter and be saved by buffle feeding you different kinds of vegetarian pizza slices – newest lal lal lal cassette. recommended & limited.

BUFFLE / BENGEORGE7 ~ SPLIT ~ cassette (dutch beer, belgium) $6.00

2 very very very hip bands. first part in the series of split-tapes with breaking world recs. ben and george sing about daddy's digweed and bad boys. buffle has the blues.

BULBUL ~ BLLLBLLL ~ cassette (imvated, belgium) $7.00

a collection of good rocksongs by austia's best men. good drinkers and good rockers, every girl's dreamband! very nice covers by pal dennis tyfus.

VASHTI BUNYAN ~ LOOKAFTERING ~ lp (dicristina) $16.00

it's not often you come across an artist you can genuinely refer to as a 'cult legend,' but vashti bunyan is truly that. a full thirty-five years after her only previous album, the singer returns with a new solo work, her first in all these years, and it is a breathtakingly beautiful album. far from some kind of appendage tacked onto the end of an amazing story and a past classic, lookaftering is a fully beautiful album in its own right. produced by fellow edinburgh resident max richter (who has a wonderful solo album of his own, blue notebooks), and co-arranged with bunyan, it's a rich, beautifully arranged and stirring album. developing gradually and organically -- with work initially taking place between richter and bunyan's homes, and then at various studios in edinburgh, london and glasgow -- lookaftering is anchored around bunyan's voice and picked acoustic guitar, and richter's piano playing and arranging. its instrumentation includes a string quartet, oboe, harp, french horn, recorder, flute, hammer dulcimer, glasses, harmonium, and rhodes piano, and it features contributions from joanna newsom, devendra banhart, adem, adam pierce (mice parade), robert kirby (nick drake), otto hauser and kevin barker (espers, currituck county).

VASHTI BUNYAN ~ SOME THINGS JUST STICK IN YOUR MIND ~ 2lp (dicristina) $20.00

a comprehensive compilation of early recordings dating from the period prior to vashti bunyan’s classic just another diamond day album.titled after vashti’s (jagger/richards-penned) debut single which opens the compilation, this double-album represents an attempt to both open out and draw a line under the past. a complete collection of vashti’s existing early recordings, the album is divided across two discs and features 25 tracks. the first disc gathers together the early singles (two of which were unreleased) and a set of taped demos recorded between 1965-67. the second disc comprises the entire, unaltered contents of a long-forgotten tape discovered at the last minute before mastering, whilst vashti was searching for one of the master reels for disc one. beautifully packaged in nice heavy gatefold covers with extensive notes. recommended!

VASHTI BUNYAN ~ SOME THINGS JUST STICK IN YOUR MIND ~ 7inch (dicristina) $7.00

Originally released way back in 1965 on the Decca label (as just ’Vashti’, no Bunyan), "Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind" was actually the young London-based singer’s debut record. Written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, the song was handed to Vashti by Rolling Stones manager/guru Andrew Loog Oldham, who had recently discovered her via an industry friend. Vashti was put in the studio to record the song with the backing of a full orchestra. The track was backed by her own beautiful song, "I Want To Be Alone" on the B-side and released as a 7"-inch single in May 1965. Despite a whirlwind of promotion around the release and some very positive reviews, the single flopped and Vashti subsequently left the Decca label to pursue more pared-down ambitions. Remastered from a rare existing copy of the original 7-inch, "Some Things…" is revealed as a classic Stones-style pop stomper with a rich, full orchestral effect and a centre-point of Vashti’s inimitable vocal. Both eternal yet very much of its time, the record may have gained a slight patina of crackle and pop, yet has lost none of its charm through the decades, and somehow still manages to sound thoroughly fresh and full of wonder… limited to 1000 & recommended.

BURIAL HEX ~ INITIATIONS ~ cd (aurora borealis, uk) $12.00

members: clay ruby - feedback, voice, paia 4700, samples, microphones, homemade oscillators, metal, organs, earth, distortion, delay, insect, reverb, electric piano and analog tape. burial hex first made itself known to aurora borealis a few years ago when browsing obscure blackened electronic treats online. the subsequent purchase delivered a rather bizarre cassette tape, totally without markings, and a cryptic, darkly printed simple cover bearing ancient symbols and occult schematics: the curses of earth, indeed. it conjured all sorts of imaginings -- nocturnal rites, lonely vigils with archaic analog equipment, moonlight, madness. in 2007, aurora borealis found itself face-to-face with burial hex across the strings of the ether, in communication via email, almost wholly by accident and coincidence. taking this to be a sign, perhaps the hand of destiny, a deal was secured to release something. more instinct than reaction, no one knew what to expect. the 'oppressive necro electronics' of the recordings heard so far gave little idea of what lay in store, of the new depths to be explored, the madness to be embraced. initiations, the debut recording for aurora borealis, is a lengthy proposition. clocking in at one hour thirteen minutes, it represents a journey, a metaphysical odyssey of uncertain outcome. from the psycho-religious clamor of 'will to the chapel' with its jihadic cries, through to the somnambulant, subterranean oscillations of '8 pentacles,' the way ahead is far from clear, the atmosphere claustrophobic and threatening. for fans of prurient, wolf eyes, whitehouse, dead raven choir, throbbing gristle, nurse with wound, masonna.

BURNING STAR CORE ~ AMELIA ~ 10inch (no-fi, uk) $20.00

limited to only 500 copies worldwide on deluxe 10" vinyl. includes exclusive artwork insert designed by hair police's robert beatty! the first in a 6 part series from the avant garde's young upstart c. spencer yeh. burning star core may not be a name familiar to everyone, but in the murky world of the avant garde he is already something of a legend. notching up performances with chris corsano, thurston moore, john olson (of wolf eyes), jessica rylan, hototogisu and many more, his name has become synonymous with the new wave of avant-noise. 'amelia' is the first disc in a five part series which collects rarities from almost ten years of recording activity, and here we see him exploring the bubbling psychedelic world of synthesizer heavy krautrock. from the initial synth-heavy rumbling and growling of 'i wanna make a supersonic woman of you' it is clear that yeh is on a mission to throw your brain into a psychedelic overload of colour and creativity, but it is on the flipside - the eleven minute 'the point of departure is no return' that he really gets into the progressive spirit and conjures up images of tangerine dream at their best. micro-arpeggios are layered underneath gasping winds of analogue synthesizer to create something which should really be a soundtrack to some kind of late-70s fantasy sci-fi film. this is the lighter side of burning star core, but shows the kind of creativity and bubbling genius you can only expect from the mind of one so renowned – recommended.

BURNING STAR CORE & HOTOTOGISU ~ S/T ~ lp (yik yak) $16.00

hototogisu-the duo of uk experimentalist matthew bower (skullflower, sunroof et al.) and new york-based-guitarist marcia bassett (double leopards, zaimph, ghq)-are all about impact, about taking the physical aspect of sound and hallucinating it to the point of abstraction, so much so that for all of the complexity of their music it often sounds like it's standing still, simply hanging in the air and vibrating without anything approaching a 'plot' to bring it to a point. by contrast, burning star core, the trio of drummer trevor tremaine, robert beattu on electronics (both of whom also play in hair police) and c. spencer yeh on violin and electronics, are more overtly propulsive, usurping 'classic' rock form via electronics and drums but still focused on momentum, on the jam as a form of structural gravity, on the unfolding of action via development over time.this all-improvised studio meeting is the perfect reconciliation of both tendencies, of hototogisu's obsessive layering of strata after strata of violently conceived noise and of burning star core's epic, post-kraut thunder-punk style. -david keenan, glasgow, november 2008.

BURNT HILLS ~ OVER THE RAINBOW ~ lp (noiseville / flipped out) $16.00

soar through the cosmos as five guitars radiate microwaves towards the sun's core, a bass levitates over the rings of saturn and shimmering percussive clatter seals up a black hole at the edge of the universe….co-released with noiseville…. edition of 300 copies, with paste-on art front & back.

BURNT HILLS ~ AMPHIPACIFICA ~ cdr (house of alchemy) $10.00

what can i say? burnt hills. stripped down to a quartet here, burnt hills actually play louder than ever before. you want heavy? you want merciless, unflinching, guitar-wielding thug-beauty? look no further. cd-r edition of 123 with spray-stenciled vellum envelopes and mad-dog insert.

BURNT HILLS ~ MICROBURST ~ cdr (yodtapes) $11.00

shred your head as five blistering guitars rage with wah wah fury, a blown out bass drops the heavy anchor, an eight armed drummer pummels through the basement night and an amplified xylophone sprays broken glass into the clouds… edition of 100. color paste-on art.

BURNT HILLS ~ TONITE WE RIDE ~ cd (flipped out records) $13.00

dig the raging thunderstorm of sound as four squealing, reeling and paint peeling guitars thrash riffs, tones and cosmic bursts, a massive bass throbs and centers, propulsive dive bomb drums explode constantly and the sweet glaze of an insistent chiming xylophone rings out from the eye of the storm….one track, one hour and twenty seven seconds long….cover art by bill nace…

BURNT HILLS ~ BLUNT GREEPER ~ cassette (bumtapes, uk) $9.00

minotaur surf party firing nitrous arrows into a flaming headswim universe, a wealth of decomposing monster saturated jams, dripping n melting in a heavy golden like syrup… edition of 50.

BURNT HILLS ~ GREEN BLARE ~ cdr (lotus sound) $10.00

more burning basement guitar psych onstaught. edition of 100 with chipboard covers & paste-on art.

BURNT HILLS ~ MORNING GLORY ~ cd (ruby red, portugal) $13.00

psych trip genius, burnt hills drop a 57min wild wild ride to the best possible place. truly albany's best. play it loud and you will find all sorts of lost zones there! play it very loud and you will be re-born.

BURNT HILLS ~ CLOUD NINE ~ cdr (tape drift) $9.00

latest missive from this free rock/noise/psych collective based in the wilds of albany, ny. easily their loudest and most pure assault on the senses yet. wild, wooly, and singular-minded in its pursuit of psychedelic krautrock-inspired oblivion. we can't say it any better than the good folks at aquarius: "fans of freaked out psychedelic punch ups, dizzying clattery outsider free rock and getting super high and diving head first into a huge pile of drums and guitars will feel right at home." keep an eye out for upcoming burnt hills releases on the lotus sound, qbico, ruby red, and ruralfaune too.

BURNT SOIL ~ S/T ~ cdr (tape drift) $9.00

burnt hills meets soil sing through me for a ravaging psych blowout. features members of sunburned hand of the man, aethr myth'd, century plants, feathers, wovoka, and more! hot thick summer air pervades this one, it's an absolutely raw and ripping 62 minute joyride. a battalion of blazing psych guitars chasing each others' tails, pounding tribal drums, hypnotic bass grooves, a twinkling xylophone, beautifully twisted vocals, and even some magic oboe work from our danish pal troels make this a very unique document. meetings this intense don't happen often, and there's a reason! edition of 100.

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C A QUINTET ~ LAST TRIP AT LAKE PEPIN ~ lp (swordfish, uk) $30.00

in january 1971 legendary minneapolis psychedelic band the c a quintet, creators of one of the most sought-after and celebrated underground albums of the '60s, trip thru hell, decided to call it a day and play one final swan-song at lake pepin high school. three tracks from this gig were hastily issued by the band in the early '80s in response to a bootleg of the trip thru hell lp that had then recently surfaced. whilst many thought then that this was the last that would ever be heard of the band again, earlier this year two surprising events happened - 1, the original master-tape of the gig was discovered. 2, it was found to contain material far stronger than that on the old live album and also to include previously unheard original material. the band perform storming versions of '60s classics like 'born to be wild' and 'badge' alongside originals '4am in new york city' and the closing number 'china clipper' - the final song ever performed by the c a quintet. this will be a limited edition one-off custom pressing featuring new liner notes specially written for this edition by band founder and leader ken erwin who also supervised the remastering of these recordings – preveusly unreleased recordings. one limited limited to 500 press. 180gm vinyl. big double sided insert.

CAHIER ~ JOUR OUVRABLE II ~ cdr (foxglove) $9.00

finland's marko neumann aka cahier returns with his second blast of warm air straight from the arctic. lilting drones that are conjured from a variety of sources, some electronic, some acoustic, dance like magical lights just out of reach, but close enough to feel. this sequel to cahier's first foxglove offering puts the puzzle pieces in place so that the listener can hear the full scope of his range. the short bursts are like chance meetings in the street; like a place of refuge from the cold. cahier's latest continues neumann's quest to touch the sun.

DENNIS CALLACI AND SIMON JOYNER ~ STRANGER BLUES ~ one-sided lp (catsup plate) $5.00

dennis callaci and simon joyner are two of the foremost channelers of "the song." simon is known for his solo recordings, with releases on jagjaguwar, truckstop, shrimper, and sing eunuchs!, among others. dennis plays in refrigerator and was the sole voice behind the criminally underheard paste. they are singer-songwriters in that they write songs and sing them, but that appellation dumbs down and sanitizes what they do. i think it is more accurate to say that both have a way of tapping into the stream of collective creativity that flows from god-knows-when through to the present and beyond. their songs have a gravity to them, an"old soul," as it were, that cannot be mistaken. there are a few stylistic precursors to their work precursors that have been well-documented previously but the songs they write and sing tap into something more ineffable, timeless, and grave. stranger blues set comprises three of simon's songs and two by dennis, all recorded live in the callaci living room to what seems to be a single microphone. the nontraditional (or better: non-studio) setting adds a palpable sensation of space to the recordings by space i do not simply mean the warmth of the room tone, but actual space: backing vocals and spare piano or guitar lines arise in such a way that you are aware of the physical geography of the room. you can hear simon singing along with dennis from an actual distance away; his voice is (literally) distant and all the more forlorn. the guitar lines that dennis adds to flesh-out simon's songs have the same eerie effect. this sense of space underscores two seemingly contradictory strengths about stranger blues. on one hand, these songs are beautifully lonely and spare, highlighted by the echoes and distance in the room. at the same time, it is clear that two songwriters who know and love the other's work, who are very much working in tandem to build upon each others strengths. single edition of 500 one-sided lps. silkscreened and hand assembled chipboard jackets in a"traditional" catsup plate brown butchers tape design scheme.

JOHN HENRY CALVINIST ~ KING SOLOMON HILL ~ cdr (foxglove) $6.00

traditions don't often go softly into the night. they may fest under the surface of things for a while, but they don't truly disappear. the lost domain's john henry calvinist prepares a set of limestone-dusted originals which snake their way through the muddy rivers of days gone by. dirt-soaked radio transmissions from distant dimensions scorch the reels and get things moving. there's enough space in these towering guitar explorations to suck marrow from the sky. these back porch acoustic blues sing to the heavens,"come down and get me, i'm just waiting – ' edition of 100.

NEIL CAMPBELL / FICKLE ~ S/T ~ 3inch cdr (first person, uk) $8.00

neil campbell requires little or no introduction to anyone who has had even a passing interest in the uk drone/noise underground over the last i5-plus years. a veteran of such outfits as the a band & sunroof plus successful collaborations with richard youngs & julian bradley (to name but a few), neil campbell has cemented his reputation as a prolific, stimulating & inspired performer, a fact born out by the success & respect awarded his current outfit the vibracathedral orchestra. his contribution to the firstperson 3" series -"rabbitfoot oof" is a another example of his patented"yorkshire drone music" & a worthy addition to his already extensive back catalogue."fickle" have recently issued a cd as part of the evelyn records subscriber series, reports tell of a cyclical melancholy, at once both mechanical and organic but always human and hopeful. bolstered to a duo for this recording, the piece can only be accurately described as"epic" centred as it is around a decaying piano which is augmented by violins, acoustic gtr, organ, percussion, wordless vocals etc. broken into two adjoining halves the track builds initially to a thundering finale before a trance-inducing dirge removes all remnants of time & place – xeroxed/stapled transparent covers.

NEIL CAMPBELL & STICKY FOSTER ~ LIVE AT RRRECORDS ~ 8inch square lathe cut (alt.vinyl, uk) $26.00

awesome textured paper fold out cover with paste-on art & insert. features mc john olson. numbered edition of 150.

NEIL CAMPBELL ~ LOST PREDELIC MOONSHINE MUSIC ~ cdr (chocolate monk, uk) $12.00

out of print. one copy only.

THE CANTERBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL ~ RAIN & SHINE ~ lp (beatball, korea) $24.00

the sole album of the canterbury music festival. only 150 copies were pressed in 1968. the album has an almost willfully secret pop-sike masterpiece of sorts – on the obscure and collectable bt puppy label owned by the legendary doo wopper tokens. this album contains the complete bt puppy recordings, and is one of the rarest albums in the entire collectable soft rock genre! – pretty awesome dreamy sun soaked lite psych obsurity. amazing heavy cover exact repro with insert, poster, obi, and heavy audiophile vinyl. limited to 500 copies.

JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA ~ SHINING SKULL BREATH ~ cdr (students of decay) $10.00

"shining skull breath" documents the latest solo recordings by root strata label head and founding tarentel member jefre cantu-ledesma. those familiar with jefre’s recent solo outings, such as "the garden of forking paths" and"floating weeds," will recognize the stunning, wistful, barely-there melodies which abound on those albums. however, this time around these slow orbits of somber, evocative tone are submerged in boiling vats of molten fuzz and static making for an increasingly dynamic and bewitching listen. this truly is brilliant, potent, deep listening of the highest order. limited to 100.

CAR COMMERCIALS ~ ERIC'S DIARY ~ lp (soft abuse) $16.00

car commericals are generally uncomfortable; probably shifty-eyed loners that barely leave the basement. their brand of strictly personal suburban ooze was borne deep within the recesses of new jersey, just east of i-95. more specifically, this music springs from inside that unspeakable zone deep within the mind where feelings get very messy. david sutton and daniel dimaggio, the duo known as car commercials, make mysterious fake rock clatter for heavy petting (yeah right). following a brief stint as gt performers, daniel and david began to make duo recordings as car commercials a few years ago, releasing their creepy missives in small runs, mostly for sutton's leaf leaf label. the two have tapped into an aspect of nonsensical nihilism that makes jad fair's early recordings so alluring, but have forgone his obsession with cartoon horror and monster movies in favor of faces of death i thru vi. eric's diary is the second lp release from car commericals, following the out-of-print judy's dust lp (cenotaph) from early 2008. those confounded by judy's dust will be pleased to know that eric's diary is where things get…intense. breathe deep, and prepare to scratch yr head faster than you can say 'home blitz.' lp edition of 200 with full color paste-on sleeves… great!

CAR COMMERCIALS ~ JUDY'S DUST ~ lp (cenotaph, uk) $19.00

judy's dust is the debut full-length lp by car commercials of new brunswick, new jersey. here, the duo of david sutton (friends and family, current amnesia, ladderwoe) and daniel dimaggio (home blitz) expand on the rock/mumble strategies from the self-released jar 7' (leaf leaf, 2006) and a couple cassettes kicked around the new jersey underpasses. contains twelve songs of missing spaces, too much center ice, drums and wires, varispeed recording techniques, and facing backwards – all from the other side of the e street. limited to 300 copies… paste-on full size/full color art front & back, plus a couple inserts.

CARS / COOPER JONES ~ SPLIT ~ cassette (night people) $7.00

this split cassette captures just a little slice of the manchester / nottingham / sheffield area young improv scene. got the pleasure of meeting and performing on the same bill with some of these folks back in march and recognized right away that something interesting was brewing there. total duo action going on with this release, sophie and kelly kick out some epic intricate folky guitar action as cooper jones, and on the flip side patrick and pascal break on some sprawling percussion and drum storms as cars. lots of movement here, this is a long document, capturing the flow of what these two groups do. silkscreened artwork by ryan garbage… out of print for awhile now, and a great one!

ERIC CARBONARA ~ THIS MAY BE THE END/LONG HALLWAY, THREE SLIGHTLY OPEN DOORS ~ 3inch cdr (new american folk hero) $7.00

this may be the end is a tapestry of intricately repeating guitar phrases woven into layers of interlocking, syncopated, phase in/phase out patterns…a melodic rhythm that will keep your head bobbing as much as spinning. melodic lines (often expressed through layered ebows) enter as quickly as they depart, leaving no central theme except the interlocking reichian pattern. this may be the end feels almost like two pieces of music with a bridge of synthesized waves between the two patterns, the latter being a more subtle come down to the vortex of chaotic bliss in the first section. long hallway, three slightly open doors is a step in a different direction, without a central rhythmic or melodic theme, the piece is a beautifully meandering stumble of notes falling from the guitar. a perfect counterpart to the first piece's tenseness, long hallway is loose, patient and indirect about it's objectives, causing the listener to react more than anticipate. recorded in his home studio, nada sound studio, from 2003 to 2006, both pieces are a far cry from carbonara's solo guitar work, showing his depth as an arranger/composer in the studio beyond that of a solo improviser.

CARD/SNYDER ~ WINTER PARTS 1&2 ~ (self released) $4.00

i'm wrapping my head in plaster of paris. i will then dunk it in a barrel of brine before diving into the la brea tar pits. sure its suffocating, but my dying, muffled gasps will be overpowered by the sounds pumping through my headphones, headphones running to my cheap, portable cd player which is, miraculously, not struggling with this black-bottomed cd-r. it never likes cd-r's but this time its different. the scuzzed-out fuck-folk of card & snyder jams my eardrums till my nose runs. these lo-fi cantatas are last rites for all the wicked and i'm listening hard and close. rock n roll rumbles in and out of the proceedings, but mostly what we have here are the sounds of card and snyder's dark and sweaty wet-dreams; fried-out electronics and peasant drones. the end of it ripples on and on, beautifully, jarringly, like your buddha machine being cooked inside a thanksgiving turkey. or even better: an easter ham. get it and rejoice! - indieworkshop.

CAROL OF HARVEST ~ s/t ~ lp (guerssen, spain) $26.00

germany, 1978. how these lads could record an album like this in 1978? absolutely early ’70s sounding progressive & psychedelic folk-rock masterpiece of the first order! entirely sung in english by an incredibly young female vocalist, beate krause, only 16 when recording! long tracks with excellent, killer acid guitar solos, and moog! if you like groups like mellow candle or pentangle, no doubt you need to purchase this one fast. often praised as ’the best prog-folk record ever,’ we don’t know if such a thing is true, but we can definitely say this is an absolute classic of the genre. besides that, the original label pressed only 200 copies of the lp, imagine how hard to find this is -- so here you have a new vinyl reissue of this wonderful record, with killer remastered sound, an insert with photos and liner notes, licensed by the band and in a limited edition of 700 copies… very cool cosmic psych sounds.

CHRISTINA CARTER ~ A BLOSSOM FELL ~ cdr (many breaths) $15.00

'sibling' to the masque femine cdr. the microphone is the screen, and the voice is the face. culmination of the exploration of cinematic acting exclusively through the aural capture point. once again, lyrics by others transmuted through instantaneous, spontaneous melody. the combination of word and melody into multiple implications and meanings. short in duration but experientially lengthy. meant to be savored. eat this flower slow. as always, hand painted/written covers. edition of 122… another beauty.

CHRISTINA CARTER ~ ORIGINAL DARKNESS ~ cd (kranky) $13.00

christina carter (charalambides, et al.) has a gift. in a world where most people shy away from the truth, from honesty in emotion, christina has the strength to address those feelings head on through her music. within the songs of original darkness, she confronts loneliness, self doubt, inadequacy and desire. she bares these emotions in a sometimes tender, sometimes forceful, sometimes pleading voice, a voice in which you can hear her vulnerability, her trepidation. christina's words, and the mournful sound of them, stirs a melancholy that is supported and framed by her gently plucked guitar notes, notes that echo the sadness in the world she sings of, as well as the words she sings. these ten new songs are effective at painting pictures, exposing the underbelly of what we all really think but most will not say, of what we all really feel but push away. with the addition of gentle bells and occasional keyboards, christina reminds us of what it means to be honestly human.

CHRISTINA CARTER / POCAHAUNTED ~ SPLIT ~ lp (not not fun) $14.00

been beautifully blissed on this pairing for months now and we're amped it's finally public unveiling time. christina carter has trekked around this country (and planet) countless times in the past decade plus, both by herself and with tom carter in charalambides, and the constant gypsy-drifting has weathered her song-stories down into spare, spiral reflections on life, death, and afterlife. here she lays down four perfect vignettes of acoustic guitar pattern, softly sung desperation, and dangerous intimacy. a beatific bring-down. sisters-with-voices pocahaunted handle the b-side wax, and their two tracks span the psych-ward spectrum from doomy warpath exile ('sweat lodge') to octave-climbing estrogen ecstasy cloud-tripping ('silk fog traveler'). both were recorded by bobb bruno at eagle rock hq across summer '07 and cling like cotton to the memory banks. lps in matte jackets with hooded/devoted artwork by carrie dietz. edition of 500… splatter pinkish wax. now out of print, and a great one.

TOM CARTER ~ AFTER LUNCH, ONLY DEVILS ~ cdr (wholly other) $12.00

relentlessly looped fuzz wah spun into muzzy knots around dazed spectators' heads, crumbling into fragmenting crumbs of varying bit depth. presented in two longish improv settings (recorded during a residency in louvain-la-neuve belgium by daniel duchamp, in paul labrecque's basement), and one short blast recorded before a very zoned audience in berlin by steve gunn, laid down during the massively psyched out ghq / tom carter tour in europe, spring 2008. edition of 100, gatefold silkscreen covers.

TOM CARTER ~ SHOTS AT INFINITY 2 ~ lp (important) $18.00

this is the companion release to the tom carter cd titled shots at infinity 1 being release on important simultaneously. shots at infinity 2 is two long live tracks in the same mode as shots at infinity 1, but more cut loose and blown out, recorded in nemo bidstrup's record store and burnt hills' basement jam zone. tom carter is a guitar player best known for his work with acclaimed psych-drone iconoclasts charalambides. since 2000, however, he has become increasingly active as not only a solo artist but as a collaborator. he has performed with improvising musicians as diverse as thurston moore, jandek, tetuzi akiyama, matt valentine, and many others, as well as being a key member in groups like badgerlore (with ben chasny of six organs of admittance), friday group, mudsuckers (with robert horton and the yellow swans), and zaika (with marcia bassett of the double leopards and hototogisu). carter's solo work covers a lot of territory, but latter-day sightings show him to be concentrating on looped guitar drones of immensely stacked beauty, with heaps of psychedelic melodic content missing from the repertoires of many noise and drone bands. his influences include everyone from lamonte young to david crosby… limited vinyl.

TOM CARTER ~ SHOTS AT INFINITY 1 ~ cd (important) $10.00

one copy only.

second solo release (first if cdrs don't count) by charalambides member tom carter. white les paul copy, lap steel, and a purloined bell collection layered into three long tracks of string moan and slithering hum. a manifesto of grounding during an uprooted time, an attempt to bend in the wind. a slice of a long winter and a momentary flash of cranially pooled guitar sound suddenly scattered by unexpected freedom. a guitar album (mostly). pressed in an edition of 533 copies with printed sleeves and very nice artwork by tom carter.

TOM CARTER ~ PHANTOM LUNG / TEMESCAL BLUES ~ one sided 7inch (anthem records) $8.00

here it is! the first 7" in the anthem records singles series. a series of super limited, one sided 7" singles. carter crams two tracks onto this one. the first a sparse lap steel wanderer, the second a full on wall of riff with backward guitars, it's chaos and beauty! limited to 211 copies. packaged in a sweet embossed, hand stamped, stitched art paper cover. numbered edition.

TOM CARTER ~ BRIDGE MUSIC ~ cdr (audiobot, belgium) $13.00

solo guitar psych drone explorations from tom carter, of charalambides, of course. floating sound pools of vibrating electric tones. sweet full color double sided oversized fold out packaging. limited to 150 copies & out of print.

TOM CARTER ~ FOR FOUR C ~ cdr (wholly other) $9.00

three variations on a song by christina enclosing more abstract explorations of the properties of vibrating strings. same ballpark as root king, more documentarian approach. hand folded & painted covers, edition of 200.

TOM CARTER / BARN OWL ~ SPLIT ~ lp (blackest rainbow, uk) $20.00

newest blackest rainbow hot on the heels of some truly killer releases from the artists involved, both who seem to have really pushed there sounds and vibes to new levels this year… barn owl's side has been mastered by local jammer ben nash, and its three tracks of sparse drone layered with bleak guitar epic-ness, tingling chimes and dark mountainous whispers. the guitars here sound delicate and beautiful, but it remains bleak and empty, if you enjoyed their lp on not not fun then this is a real treat. tom carter's 16 minute 'train kept' follows pretty damn nicely from his recent 'shots at infinity' releases on important, a far cry from his more psychedelic folk experimentations, here he slashes and riffs like many a legend, and maybe, just maybe, it's a slight tribute to a certain band too? this is a fully wild piece of work. black sleeves, pasted stark landscape cover, with a insert of liner notes. limited to 380 copies… instantly out of print, last two copies.

TOM CARTER / CHRISTIAN KIEFER ~ A RATHER SOLEMN PROMISE ~ cd (the great pop supplement, uk) $14.00

there’s not much to say. one sunny afternoon in california two people came together in a small room in rocklin, a suburb of sacramento, and started playing music. a few hours later they stopped, one of them to welcome his wife home from her day of work, the other to retrieve his girlfriend from her mother’s house and make the drive back to the bay area. but what is revealed on tape from those few hours is simply remarkable: a musical landscape that is intense, searching, and emotionally resonant in ways that are unexpected and unwarranted. one of the two, tom carter, has spent his entire career in the world of improvisational music, with his regular group charalambides, as a solo performer, and as a member of various other groups devoted to free improvisation and psych-folk. the other, christian kiefer, is primarily known for three releases on australia’s legendary experimental music label, extreme, albums that waffle between folk-ambience soundscapes and singersongwriter material… hand numbered pressing of 500 only and it comes in gorgeous 3 panel silk screened sleeve designed and printed by rob fisk of deerhoof, badgerlore, etc.

TOM CARTER ~ GLYPH ~ cd (digitalis) $8.00

since the early '90s, tom carter has played as one-half of the essential charalambides. during that time, carter also released a handful of solo albums on his own wholly other imprint as well as a recent reissue on the seminal kranky records. with these he also proved to be an extremely capable solo artist. since relocating to oakland, carter has also joined forces with ben chasny and rob fisk as a regular member of badgerlore, while also playing in various outfits with robert horton."glyph" was originally issued as a limited-edition cd-r on the aforementioned wholly other. it is long-since out-of-print. this reissue of these remastered tracks breathes new life into the pieces. what is most striking is the warmth that pervades this entire album. with one piece for steel string acoustic guitar, another for lap steel, and the final (and shortest) on nylon string acoustic, there is diversity amongst the cogent thread that holds it all together. carter's improvisations speak volumes without saying a word, and"glyph" is one of his finest achievements to date. it is an ode to the last year of his life in austin, texas and all that it contained. as stated in tom's liner notes for the reissue,"i regret nothing yet i miss texas and its unpressured passage of time, the ability to create an oppositional universe under the nose of redneck reality, the cicadas, the hot green light through afternoon trees, rolling joints in a lawn chair. "glyph" is all of these things and more, depicted in an aural form that only tom carter could create. first 500 come in gatefold sleeves, silk-screened on one side by rob fisk (free porcupine society) and spraypainted on the other by tom.

TOM CARTER & SHAWN MCMILLEN ~ S/T ~ cassette (blackest rainbow, uk) $10.00

just over 40 minutes across two tracks of odd outsider folk psychedila weirdness from tom carter (charalambides) and shawn mcmillen. they previously had a cdr on carbon in its 10 year series… extremely limited & instantly out of print. a rather great & unique one too…

CARTOON BROS. & FRIENDS ~ SWAMP ~ cassette (donkey disk) $6.00

warm and warbling full-bodied drone from paul (aswara / muntjac / death chants) with alison & michael (death chants, moon pie). cool elaborate hand made packaging. must be pretty limited.

CASSIS CORNUTA / BIRTH REFUSAL ~ S/T ~ one sided lp (ultra eczema, belgium) $26.00

during the last euro tour of wolf eyes, john olson (of american tapes, spykes, guam river etc – ) and mike connelly (of gods of tundra, hair police, failing lights etc – ) decided it was enough! they screamed "i'm not going to bed!!! i never wanne sleep again!!!", they missed their flights and stayed in antwerp with the ultra audiobored horror crew for 7 more weeks without food and drinks, just dry weed and cancerbags to suck on! after that intense test to see if they could adapt to the antwerp life style, they finally met up with legendary belgian eccentric cacti and hat collector cassis cornuta, this psychadelic caracter brought his whole space synth and tape lab over to radio centraal to record an intense last gasp jam with the hardly breathing olson and connelly, the end result is an amazing trip to space and back to the mental hospital! like pouring lighter fluid and tabasco up your genitals or like olson states it so beautifully; like pissing on your own hand, freezing it and then using it as a lollypop for 5 days! comes in a gross 6 panel cover design and with an etch on the b side! – very limited. amazing packaging!

CAVES ~ S/T ~ cassette (plane crash in boxes, denmark) $8.00

first release from this danish project. tapes have been dug up from many older sessions, and this is the result. ’the dry, heavy shape reaches out’ is one long hypnotic drone-noise-rock track, designed to make you bleed (please play it loud)… cool deep underground sound packaged in a painted cloth shroud. very limited.

CENTURY PLANTS ~ ELECTRICS ~ cdr (house of alchemy) $10.00

last november we put together an amazing show here in buffalo featuring a spectrum of -house and alchemy- friends/partners, past, present and future. century plants were the future. and, that future is now. featuring their set from that wonderful night in buffalo and another live set, electrics is century plants in top form. cd-r edition of 123 in sleeves with full color artwork by katheryn richards.

CENTURY PLANTS ~ CIRCULAR SPACES, VOL. 1 ~ cdr (tape drift) $7.00

the tenth release on tape drift brings us back to the first, with a brand new offering from century plants. the first in a multiple volume series, "circular spaces, vol. 1" finds hardiman and hare in particularly fine form, showing how far they've come since their debut. this one splits the difference between their melodic and noisy extremes, with two beautifully intense guitar workouts and a long excursion into the depths of sonic abstraction unlike anything else they've committed to tape yet. debut lp out soon on music fellowship!

CENTURY PLANTS ~ SOUND SYSTEM SOUND ~ cdr (tape drift) $9.00

a massive set of windswept noise, hidden melodies, amp rumble, scraping, and utterly beautiful droned out bliss. starts off sparse and spooky, and by the end of the journey, it's a full-blown noise/drone fest full of ecstatic freedom. also look for summer 2007 century plants releases on phantom limb, cut hands, music your mind will love you, and abandon ship records… first release on yet another new label.

CEYLON MANGE ~ THE MAIMING PATH ~ lp (hp cycle, canada) $14.00

ceylon mange is the trio of dylan nyoukis (chocolate monk proprietor and sound molder in blood stereo, decaer pinga), karen constance (blood stereo, smack music 7) and bill nace (x.o.4, vampire belt). the maiming path extends from the group's previous mind melts with two side long (de)constructions that are assembled from a variety of mangled loops and electronics, guitar feedback/slaughter and cromagnon vocals. the results are a murky stew, as each emerging sound creeps upon the listener like a blackened sloth nightmare. it's the type of organic brain tangle that is rarely unleashed by the spirits these days. the lp is pressed in an edition of 410 and housed in a full-colour printed sleeve featuring karen's outsider artwork – killer dirty droning noise. sure to vanish in a blink. out of print first pressing.

CHAINSAW PAWS ~ THIS LIGHT ~ cdr (foxglove) $9.00

tennessee's chainsaw paws come at you from a million different directions. after a release on alamagator (not to mention numerous offshoots like broken tape choir, beesty, mild red sorrow, and more), "this light" is the bands most fully-realized album. deconstructed, whimsical pop with hooks galore build around varying stringed instruments, vocals, and percussion that, at times, brings to mind groups like animal collective. but this is catchy, surreal, and psychedelic all wrapped into one tight little ball. delightful in every way.

CHAOB ~ S/T ~ cdr (foxglove) $9.00

this supergroup of sorts recorded this, their first album, in octoberm of 2005 in portland, oregon. consisting of mike tamburo, matt mcdowell, and world's honey owens and adam forkner. the results are monolithic. two sprawling jams that illuminate the night sky with their own vivid lightshow. these massive drones are dense and subtle, with each hypnotic change commanding the listener's full attention. on their own, each of these artists are major league talents, but put them in a room together and they're a different monster. just one listen to chaob and you'll feel the electricity in the air.

THE CHALLENGERS ~ S/T ~ lp (beatball/fab-beat, korea) $26.00

a great puerto rican garage psych group who sang in english, with pleasant multi-part vocal leads sitting atop more engrossing latin rhythms and instrumental flourishes, fine fuzz guitar work and screaming farfisa organ. this is the first time reissue for lp of this rare central-south american psychedelic vinyl – elaborate lp-only reissue, super heavy full color gatefold sleeve, poster and obi – awesome album!

CHARALAMBIDES ~ BRANCHES ~ cd (wholly other) $14.00

a rare document of a brief arc in charalambides' 17 year (and counting) trajectory, somewhere between the extreme spatial attenuation of the long gone crucial blast cdr being as is and the gentle intergalactic trio sway of the kranky disk unknown spin - and quite distance from both the exclamatory exhalations of joy shapes and the layered songcraft of likeness. these are spartan duets of formalistic near-symmetry, a reminder that there was a time when charalambides swung as close to the axis of incus and fmp as to that of takoma and esp. christina (voice) and tom carter (guitar) improvise non-textual melodic lines around an locus of mirror clarity, occasionally overlapping various strands using two dat machines and a mixing board, in a nod to the pre protools digital scrap heap. originally issued as a peter king lathe cut lp on eclipse records in an edition of 100 in 2000, the reissue of this extreme rarity is remastered from a superior source for maximum clarity. inkblot artwork courtesy of heather leigh murray. the whole package is dedicated to bruce connor (r.i.p.). the reissue at hand is an edition of 500, with fold-over printed sleeves in the style of electricity ghosts.

CHARALAMBIDES ~ ROSE / THORN ~ lp (klang industries) $20.00

long-, long-, long-, loooooong-awaited and singular entry in the charalambides and klang industries discographies; one of those "does it really exist?" items that's finally seeing daylight, or moonlight. a stark, unsettling and beautiful slice of duo charlambides invocation/incantation, taken from the period between jason bill and heather leigh murray's tenures with the band and featuring extraordinary chord organ and vocal work from christina and some signature lap steel mastery from tom. fans of the band's most recent, more song-based work will find this relevatory, long-time listeners will say "ahhhh" and settle in for the flight. heavy vinyl, limited pressing, cover handiwork by tom, the first release in years from klang and a sign perhaps of a truly epic revival… nice!

CHARALAMBIDES ~ EMERALD MESSAGE ~ cdr (wholly other) $13.00

see above. this particular disk is culled from the sessions of the two days preceding recording of internal eternal at the dog end of 1995. improvised detuned stumbling blues with crackling shortwave. much more raw and head-on than internal eternal, more like a scrambleheaded version of charalambides' most aggro live mode. despite the folk/blues modalities, this is one of our wiggiest. edition of 250, signed and numbered handmade christina covers – all around beautiful release. highly recommended!!

CHARALAMBIDES ~ GLOWING RAW ~ cdr (wholly other) $13.00

first in a somewhat hazily conceived series of disks documenting the charalambides' 'woodshed' years of 95-98, when we were busily (sometimes frantically) trying to come up with a 'rock' trio record (our idea) for siltbreeze. we failed. instead, here's a handful of recordings that follow many of the vectors between market square and houston- from blatant backward psych fuzziness to spare gtr / vox exhalations, from modal drone to 4 trk song-isms, and a lot of sheer what-the-hell gropings into the void. one track features jason bill and a disembowelled piano. edition of 250, signed and numbered handmade christina covers – all around beautiful release. highly recommended!!

CHARLES CURSE ~ INSILVERSCENE ~ cdr (musicyourmindwillloveyou, australia) $13.00

isolationist folk from the heart of a madness – purely improvised, captured and manipulated into a piece of abstract psychosis. skeletal truth music interwoven with ecstatic noise and doused with petrol. a skull on fire in the dead of winter. alone in his kingdom. burn down the f word.

CHORA ~ BURN IN HELL ~ 3inch cdr (first person, uk) $6.00

first release by young upstarts from sheffield and what a fine racket it is too. this live recording gives a fair estimation of the damage they've been doing along the highways of the uk for the past 18 months. great mixture of high end ear cleaning, nonsensical vocal-isms and eventual lapses into metronomic rythym. a mixture of noise and repitition that is not a million miles away from the area that this heat so successfully cultivated. the future is very bright indeed – transparent xeroxed/stapled covers.

CHORA ~ MOIST FRIENDS ~ cdr (267 lattajjaa, finland) $11.00

psychedelic drones recorded in sheffield summer 2006, performed and recorded by ben morris and robert wye. future releases coming up on gold soundz, utech, singing knives, curor et al.

CHORA AND LANTERNS ~ BARON GROONER ~ cdr (blackest rainbow, uk) $12.00

brand new collaboration from the uk blurters… 3 jams of fuzzy drug psychedelia and shake ’n’ noise featuring the sheffield legend that is rob from chora who has now fled for the big city itself. laser printed yellow sleeves, limited to 60 hand numbered copies.

CHRISTIAN FAMILY UNDERGROUND ~ FOR THE DEPTH OF YOUR UNION… ~ lp (s@1 / woodsist) $13.00

summer 06 family underground (dk) recorded with dave nuss of nnck at black dirt studios in the woods of upstate ny. the yield was as characteristically unhinged as one might expect: sweeping electronic sounds backed with wood and bone percussion spirit-conjure. however also harvested was some new and especially tasty crop: sung and spoken song, electric guitar/conga "rock," and an odd ghostly sheen coating the entire proceeding.…

SUSAN CHRISTIE ~ PAINT A LADY ~ lp (finders keepers, uk) $25.00

lucky restock… susan christie was a philly-based sophomore folk singer who had one novelty hit for a major label and never quite recovered…and afterwards, her psychedelic take on country standards and hand crafted tales of inner-city solitude that was backed by a break heavy folk-funk rhythm section was never accepted as a commercial viability by record company big-wigs: they obviously couldn't quite muster their 'nostradamus' sensibilities to foresee what future hip-hop producers and djs would be feeding into digital music-machines 30 years down the line! luckily three-fifths of a handful (literally three!) privately pressed vanity copies were manufactured in early 1970, one of which became the source material for this b-music release, nesting in the finders keepers' ever-expanding library of obscure, obtuse, obsolete and obsessive vintage music from the '60s and '70s. the uber-legend john hill (who penned the mind-blowing acid rock floor-filler 'love love love love love' for wool) produced this release: which features 8 tracks including a twelve minute drugsploitation epic called 'yesterday - where's my mind' featuring the enigmatic susan flipping vocal styles between janis joplin and margo guryan (who was in fact a close friend of susan's at the time of recording.… pretty wild & great one. nice gatefold covers. limited.

CHURINGA CANARIES ~ S/T ~ lp (qbico, italy) $21.00

phil legard, alexander neilson, tirath singh nirmala, phil toddrec. in leeds, december 2005. originally released as a cdr. black vinyl, cover with one hole on front.

CIRCLE ~ ARKADES ~ lp (fourth dimension, uk) $20.00

arkades catches a session finnish group, circle, recorded exclusively for wfmu during their us tour, september 19, 2005. comprising two lengthy pieces taking up a side each,"the greatest kingdom" and"the ghost of the highway," the record focuses on the bands often spacy improv underpinning and applies new meaning to a vision which strides powerfully over the line dividing apocalyptic dread from a semblance of hope. agonized wailing, screams and torrents of molten sound dance ghostly shapes over psychedelic keyboard patterns, distant clattering, moonlit guitars and a rhythm section so carefully tempered that its impossible not to feel the chemistry at work. coupled to a fantastic sleeve which illustrates a homage to spaghetti western films and includes fitting notes by wfmu's program director, brian turner, arkades proves what these new wave of finnish heavy metallers are capable of when they leave most of the rock at the door. file somewhere near acid mothers temple after having been given the kinda makeover only the scandinavians have the formula for. indeed, this is sweet shit – limited!

CIRCLE ~ TULIKOIRA ~ lp & 7inch (headspin, netherlands) $30.00

headspin records presents the limited edition vinyl version of the tulikoira album by finnish front runners of the psychedelic, kraut, space & trance-rock scene of today with a blasting heavy guitar-drenched album. three tracks on side a and a 24-minute trippy journey on side b. a true psychedelic testimonial! housed with printed inner sleeve in deluxe gatefold sleeve! the inside of the fold-out showing the initials of what the album is all about: n.w.o.f.h.m (new wave of finnish heavy metal). the album comes with a 7" single (with picture sleeve) featuring two unreleased and exclusive tracks with bruce duff (45 grave/jesters of destiny/ adz) on vocals… very limited!

THE CIRCLE AND THE POINT ~ …AND THEN THE TREMBLING SET IN ~ cdr (blackest rainbow, uk) $12.00

new project from adam richards (the man behind teh excellent house of alchemy label) and grant capes (of vxpxc, thousands etc). this three track release opens with juddering, whirring weirdness and flashes of hyper sound squeals. lullaby for stella is some kind of weird music box with the cries of a baby laid on top and various blurs of multi instrumental surrealness meandering in and out. and closer ’round two’ finished the disc with loose plucking and low level haunted drone hovering throughout in the distance. edition of 50 copies in black and white handnumbered sleeves.

THE CIRCLE AND THE POINT ~ AND SO ON FOR EVER ~ cdr (house of alchemy) $10.00

post-terrastock 6, two weary travelers holed up in a spare bedroom with a random cache of instruments and various noisemakers in an attempt to unleash some of the beer-fueled steam that had built up over the previous weekend. the music here comes from two delirious afternoons, still weary from a lack of sleep, minds still overloaded from a weekend of mania- both music related and beyond. floating acoustic guitars buried in the murk of distorted electric guitars. featuring grant capes from (vxpxc), these are ideas six years in the making, now just starting to unwind. adorned with major cover art by darryl norsen – very sweet art paper paste-on packaging. limited/numbered edition of 123 copies. very nice!

THE CIRCLE AND THE POINT / PEFKIN ~ SUNBLINDED VISIONS BY A SILVER SEA / SAY GOODNIGHT TO THE EVANGELIST ~ cdr (deep water) $11.00

our second split cd features 45 minutes of complementary drone bliss by two prime proponents of contemporary underground drift. glasgow's pefkin (gayle brogan of the boa melody bar mailorder) offers up one extended track in which discrete, often acoustic sounds glisten and overlap like light on a rolling ocean; while the circle and the point (a duo of buffalo-based adam richards [house of alchemy records] and la denizen grant capes [of (vxpxc) and the phantom limb label]) bring us four tracks that drag simple eno-esque melodies through an unpredictable filter of urban noise. sea air to city clatter, electronically bridged; plug in anywhere… limited to 100 or so.

CIRCLE BROTHERS / ZENT ONE ~ SPLIT lp (morc, netherlands) $10.00

these two morc bands wrote their best songs yet to put on this split lp. this album is the perfection of both bands' sounds – good stuff!

CITY PEOPLE'S FARMERS MUSIC ~ S/T ~ 3inch (black petal, japan) $8.00

this is a new zealand duo (mark sadgrove, sam hamiltony)… a really beautiful 3"cdr, a nice gentle drone with some really beautiful vocals! both these guys have appeared on pseudoarcana in the past… sweet home made packaging. very limited.

CJA / WITCYST ~ S/T ~ cassette (dutch beer, belgium) $9.00

collaborational cassette from two of the finest new-zealand men. songs, scetches and stories. nice full color cover designed by veet, m.

CJA ~ WOLFSKULLAGE ~ cdr (23 productions) $10.00

mutant toxic shock and blown-skull get togetherers. our favorite armpit mutiny, new zealand's mighty cja is a blistering full on live band this time around. freedom jams up the works, all six barrels are loaded and fired, backfired refried tape hell mastered the sheer joy tone poems of the wolfskull age.

CLAUDIO TWO ~ CONTEMPORARY SUICIDE MUSIC ~ cdr (mad monk) $12.00

brand new dead end carpetbagger blues by these born losers. this third claudio two album (following the unreleased and indefinitely shelved jazz improve cdr) finds the crew flexing their muscles a bit - from wasted bedroom metal riffs carelessly layered over each other to create a zit cream vortex, to synth / occult pieces inspired by john carpenter soundtracks and ritalin snorting, to atmospheric black metal frightmares, and decrepid blooz rock, it's all here on this brief cd, which may or may not include the band's first actual cover song, by french geniuses vietnam veterans. full color collage covers by local college radio personality (actually he just steals cds from the station) blake conley. only 150 copies of this one, hurry!

CLAUDIO TWO ~ SNIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN ~ cdr (self released) $12.00

some folks may claim that improvisation is all about listening, but claudio two \endash a new project starring partners chazz improv and norma bates (aka james and jessica toth, formerly of wwvv), and featuring the first appearance in over ten years by former golden calves vocalist max "mev" wicker \endash is all about the opposite. recorded in various spurts over the fall of 2007, sniper at the gates of dawn is the debut cdr by claudio two, on which the band layers individual single tracks recorded solo and combines them unheard (a la durian durian), and, elsewhere, uses this source material to try to recreate this accidental music while in a group setting. mixed in glorious mono. 150 copies, no reissues.

CLAY FIGURE ~ EYES OF THE SUN GOD ~ 3inch cdr (267 lattajjaa, finland) $8.00

one copy only. out of print

CLAY'S FESTERING LUNGS ~ RAVEN'S HYKE ~ double cassette (23 productions) $12.00

long awaited collection from heavy sessions in the tomb, same sessions that bore"silver skull". all out medicine worship, oily secretions of black sunshine to dampen your hollow bones. 80 minutes thick with whirlwind of mangled audio snapshots, healing rituals, analog psychosis treatment, massaging the dump – crazy oversized packaging.

CLAY'S FESTERING LUNGS ~ SILVER SKULL ~ cassette (imvated, belgium) $7.00

short heavy jam by davenporting clay. colliding vocals, wrong brakes and dusty feedback. earfilth for the believers. a grey walk to the leftovers from last weeks house. psych! comes in an offset/handmade cramamyser cover. clay ruby is the guy behind the 23 productions label and the wellknown pasture festival in the usa. he also plays in bands like davenport, metrocide etc.

CLAY MAN IN THE WELL ~ HOUSE OF DUST & WOOD & LIGHT ~ cdr (foxglove) $7.00

when i first heard the name, 'clay man in the well,' i got images in my head of archaelogical digs and ancient civilizations. pseudoarcana chief antony milton brings us a brand new album of dirt-infused jams, uncovered after years of digging. with scores of music boxes and simple drones, milton's affected whispers treat these hymns with formaldahyde, preserving them for a million years. this is timeless. this is music for the archives. 100 copies.

THE CLEAN ~ COMPILATION ~ lp (little axe) $14.00

the clean were an influential first-wave punk band that formed in dunedin, new zealand in 1978. led through a number of early rotating line-ups by brothers hamish and david kilgour. the clean soon forged a distinctive and quirky sound that relied heavily on organ melodies and simple, ramones-style chord progressions.in 1981, a fan of the clean founded the flying nun label to release their first single, "tally ho." the flying nun label went on to be new zealand's biggest independent record company, championing the dunedin sound, a loosely-connected style of music largely produced by bands from this southern city. compilation offers a nearly complete overview of the clean's legendary early recordings, including the classic "tally ho" single and highlights from their two eps (boodle boodle from 1981 and 1982's great sounds)… new reissue of this essential album.

CLOTHILDE / DELPHINE ~ SPLIT ~ 7inch (feral child, uk) $9.00

total killer of a 45. a double a side featuring 2 classic french female, 60s psych pop gems by clothilde and delphine (from £100 and £300 original french vogue / decca eps). totally upbeat floor filler, psych classics and selling out real fast. 300 numbered copies on murky marbled vinyl and in nice psych oil wheel sleeves.

CLOUDLAND CANYON ~ THE MIND ELECTRIC ~ cassette (meudia de morte, germany) $9.00

2 hyper-psychedelic brain wave studies by these hamburg / new york experimentalists. psychedelia is science!

CLOUDLAND CANYON / LICHENS ~ EXTERMINATING ANGEL ~ lp (holy mountain) $15.00

this collaboration between the mellow, memphis-meets-germany duo of kip ulhorn and simon wojan (aka cloudland canyon) and chicago's great rock 'n' roll concierge and knower-of-mystics mr. robert lowe (aka lichens) was born on a trip to the west coast of the united states a few years ago. exterminating angel's single 30-minute track uses voice, guitar, samplers, and arp synthesizer. you've heard of the unmade science fiction epic whose would-be director proposed using different big-name progressive bands to perform a soundtrack for specific planets used in the script; here then are the sounds accompanying a spacecraft that's a combination death star and taco bell from the 1970s filled with cement mayan temples and pyramids populated by large, snappily dressed reptilian beings. every so often a bell goes off to break the spell and presents convincing evidence of this record's special journey.

CLOUDLAND CANYON / MYTHICAL BEAST ~ lp (not not fun) $14.00

fresh off a new killer kranky full-length, bi-continental teutonic duo cloudland canyon grease the gears on a piston-pumping motorik ramp into futurist motion, gliding drones & mechanic rhythm. seamless & dreamless. on the b nnf extended family m beast drop 2 perfect soul caravan wanderlust blues drifters. real gorgeous, and a great teaser for their in-the-works full-length for drag city subsidiary language of stone. with art by crops + rawber best friend diva dompe.

CLUSTER ~ CLUSTER II ~ lp (lilith, russian federation) $20.00

originally released in 1972, this is the second album by legendary german ambient pioneers dieter moebius and hans-joachim roedelius. moebius and roedelius essentially create ambient electronic soundscapes that ebb and flow, droning on in a suspended world of anti-gravity where machine has conquered man… nice vinyl reissue at last.

JOHN CLYDE-EVANS ~ DELIGHT IN THE STREAM ~ lp (amen absen) $15.00

delight in the stream is the first solo vinyl outing for john clyde-evans (aka tirath singh nirmala) in close to a decade. recorded during a year-long stay in india, the album seamlessly weaves together an array of piercing bowed objects, flutes and voice with electronic and audio embellishments over the course of three extended tracks. the scattering of sounds swirl around to disorienting effect yet still manage to mesmerize as the music draws itself out. pressed in a limited edition of 300 copies.

JOHN CLYDE-EVANS ~ THE SMELL OF THE BURNING EMPIRE ~ cassette (sloow tapes, belgium) $10.00

tirath singh nirmala returns as his former moniker john clyde-evans, bowing transcendental asian instruments and indian thought back to the mysterious groove of manipulated drone. 100 copies.

COACH FINGERS ~ ONE FOR THE ROAD ~ cd ep (sound@one) $10.00

6 song ep. hand stamped kraft board covers. & #35;ed edition of 200.

COACH FINGERS ~ MOLLY MOONBEAM / JOHNNY THUNDER ~ 7inch (s@1 / black dirt) $8.00

two new songs from the "no flies on frank" sessions. side a > i stole a skipping rope from molly. she made me pay. side b > thanks to mssrs. davies. psych-pop for the end of the season. edition of 300.

COACH FINGERS ~ NO FLIES ON FRANK ~ lp (locust) $16.00

coach fingers is serious about having fun and with the debut long player no flies on frank, no one is spared from the plentiful good vibes frank has to offer. packed with more hooks than a ship crowded with one-armed pirates, no flies on frank is a meaty affair of giddy but bearded late ’60s/early ’70s outlaw boogie rock & roll prominently featuring three members of the new york free noise whatsit collective the no neck blues band -- coach jason meagher, dave nuss & dave shuford -- along with meagher’s brother sean on keys and -- future guitar god worshippers take note -- the coach’s secret weapon, master shredder george devoe. so come on, friends, it’s time to join the fingers friends & family in the beaujolais revolution; take a sip from a glass full of ronnie lane’s boozy rock, the charming laissez-faire balladry of kevin ayers (circa joy of a toy & whatevershebringswesing) & a whole lot of crazy fun. limited dmm 180 gram vinyl.

C.O.B. ~ MOYSHE MCSTIFF AND THE TARTAN LANCERS OF THE SACRED HEART ~ 2lp (sunbeam records, uk) $32.00

previously reissued on cd by sunbeam, now issued on deluxe 2lp format as well. vinyl mastering from original tapes at abbey road studios, pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl. featuring incredible string band founder clive palmer, c.o.b. made some of the most imaginative and moving music of their time, and this 1972 masterpiece is considered by many to be the finest folk record ever to emerge from the british isles. an overwhelmingly beautiful and compelling collection of songs set to eastern-tinged arrangements, it’s presented here as a double lp, with a whole extra disc’s worth of bonus material (including both sides of their rare 45), as well as a deluxe gatefold sleeve, making it the most comprehensive edition of the album ever assembled… best reissue yet of this uk acidfolk classic. recommended.

TURNER CODY ~ THE GREAT MIGRATION / QUARTER CENTURY ~ lp (mad monk) $15.00

turner has been kicking around the nyc folk scene for quite a few years now, but this is, perhaps inexplicably, his first foray onto wax. while most singer / songwriters' these days seem to draw most of their water from iron and wine via pavement and back again, turner sounds like he began his musical education listening to gershwin player piano rolls and quit buying records somewhere around the time dylan brought it all back home. lyrically, turner can turn a phrase with the best of 'em, and the gloriously ramshackle accompaniment is mungo jerry meets herman dune sharing a squat in tin pan alley. this lp combines two of turner's self-released cds, and is as good an introduction to his wonderful music as any. here's what jeweled antler head honcho glenn donaldson sez about turner:"cody is pre-war, old testament & a confederate general from big sur." err'nuff said, no?

CHARLES COHEN & ED WILCOX ~ THOSE ARE PEARLS THAT WERE HIS EYES ~ cd (ruby red, portugal) $12.00

real cd from magic duo cc&ew. super beautifully dense all percussion / synth set. while listening, the sound will fill different gaps of space on your room that never before were filled. unbelievable stuff! – crazed bulcha synth action!

COLD SUN ~ DARK SHADOWS ~ lp & 10inch (world in sound, germany) $58.00

cold sun from austin, texas was recorded in 1970 in the legendary sonobeat studios, where the mariani and johnny winter first lps were produced. the cold sun band are considered contemporaries of velvet underground and the fugs, often listed as being in a similar vein but inspirations for this unique piece actually go back to the desperate, haunted joe meek. all songs lyrically express dark, mystic poetry with the true '60s psychedelic floating/distorted fuzz spirit presented in short compact mini-epics along with several mind blowing long tunes, such as 'ra-ma' (11 min.), 'here in the year' (9 min.) and 'fall' (7 min.). discovered by rockadelic records of dallas, texas in 1991, the dark shadows album saw the light of day the next year as a limited lp version, to become today one of the most important and revered us psychedelic underground albums from the early '70s. rockadelic heard it in the form of an old scratchy acetate that one of the cold sun band members had made in order to be able to play the recording at friends` parties on their turntables. the acetate only contained 2/3 of the songs but so greatly impressed them that rockadelic managed together with bandleader bill miller to release the complete sessions from master tapes. autoharp wizard miller eventually spearheaded roky erickson's international debut as the cold sun band joined forces with roky in 1974 and became bliebalien, later evolved into the aliens and backed roky on his famous albums and historical concerts. carefully remastered from the master tapes, this album will bring new rewarding listening experiences in expanded fidelity. plus a bonus 10inch with 2 unreleased non-album songs, authentic live/concert recordings of 'live again' (10 min.) and 'mind aura' (7 min.). the fidelity of these reel to reel live recordings is also remarkable. includes an extended booklet insert with liner notes by jello biafra plus rare photos and other surprises. according to patrick (lama) lundborg from lysergia.com: 'best rockadelic lp ever, and in my opinion the best texas lp of the time.' enjoy this one-hour psychedelic happening, a 'must-have' '60s/'70s heavy uber-psych masterpiece! … long awaited top of the line reissue of the all time ultimate lost psychedelic album. heavily peyote dosed and as good as the 13th floor elevators or golden dawn! totally deluxe edition in an ultra heavy metallic printed textured gatefold cover, pressed on 180gm audiophile vinyl, with bonus 10inch and full color booklet insert with notes, photos, and interviews. extremely limited edition thats going to fly, so act quick if you don't want to miss it. pricey but well worth it. highest recommendation!

GEORGE COLEMAN ~ BONGO JOE ~ lp (mississippi records) $14.00

there can only be one bongo joe, and that is the incredible george coleman. bongo joe is perhaps the world's only virtuoso player of the empty oil drum, a man so ingenious that he could even turn petroleum refuse into something musical and sublime. recorded on the streets of san antonio in 1969 by chris strachawitz (arhoolie records). bongo joe drums on his oil cans with a thunderous, tympani-like effect, while discoursing rambling, insightful and hilariously funny lyrics that are often times more stories than songs. as joe himself put it, 'i rap but not that bullshit they're putting down now. i play fundamental beat music.' whether draping his drums with an american flag or washing them in swirls of psychedelic green and red paint, there's something beyond the typical street-corner busker in bongo joe's persona, unbridled quality that isn't just musical, but draws on a tradition of pure entertainment. one of the true treasures of the arhoolie catalog for many years. try 'innocent little doggie' (if you think joe was just a novelty act, listen closely to the poignant insightfulness of the lyrics), 'transistor radio' (more wry commentary) and 'dog eat dog.' one of our favorites, available on vinyl for the first time in 39 years.

COLOR DREAM ~ SKYWALKER ~ cassette (blackest rainbow, uk) $9.00

new project from arbor ruler (aka treetops) mike pollard with former jk taper, now mr young tapes, peter friel… four space related close encounters of the drone kind… sweet and simple, guaranteed to leave you floating somewhere totally cosmic in the outer reaches of mind and space!!! black and white sleeve and insert designed by the color dream boys. pro dubbed cassettes, limited to 100 copies.

CRAIG COLORUSSO ~ STRAP PARTS ~ 10inch (moodswing records) $5.00

"i have always been fascinated by the way music and sound alter the way we perceive time and space. we organize all experiences in these terms. the motivation behind my musical compositions and installations over the past several years has been the exploration of the conventions that determine the way we experience time and space, and thereby our world. these pieces seek to expose such conventions by giving the listener the chance to become familiar with unfamiliar tonalities and rhythms, as well as to register the divorce of space and sound made possible by contemporary audio technology. and they sound good" – white vinyl with screenprinted insert.

COLOSSAL YES ~ CHARLEMAGNE'S BIG THAW ~ lp (ba da bing!) $15.00

after comets on fire played auckland, utrillo kushner met one of his idols, the legendary diy producer and songwriter chris knox. the following day knox invited kushner and his bandmates over to his house for conversation and beers. the afternoon was spent in the kitchen (knox was baking a cake for the clean's bangers and mash anniversary tour) drinking while knox spun stories of the new zealand music underground of yore. from this experience, kushner conceived of the initial idea for the second colossal yes album. inspired by the kiwi indie-pop formulas of tall dwarfs, the clean, and the verlaines, kushner set out to write his own songs using piano as the main instrument. it was a reawakening of the pop aesthetic done piano man style. recording of the basic tracks started in the summer of 2007 with kelley stoltz producing and kevin ink engineering. songs were then fine-tuned over a series of nighttime and weekend sessions with matt waters in early 2008. finally, they were mixed with ben chasny (six organs of admittance) and waters almost a year from the starting point. the end result is unique yet similar to the epic pop bands of the past. charlemagne's big thaw combines simple melodies and basic structures with lyrical territories such as expired youth, grand betrayals, overdrawn faculties, and dissolving empires. features contributions from kelley stoltz, ben chasny (six organs of admittance, comets on fire), noel harmonson (comets on fire) ben flashman (comets on fire), eli eckert (drunk horse), garett goddar (the cuts, howlin rain).

MIKE COOPER ~ LIVE AT THE HINT HOUSE ~ lp (qbico, italy) $21.00

live at the hint house might be considered a field rec. in as much as it is a recording of an ambience or soundscape. made on my first ever trip to mainland america to play music this is the 2nd set of that evening, the 1st set had been an acoustic one of songs and slide guitar. at the start of the 2nd set i quickly realised that my guitar was not working and rather than stop and attempt to find out what was wrong i decided to just continue and improvise with what was at hand on the table in front of me. a casio sk1 sampler keyboard, a yamhaha su10 sampling unit with some pre-recorded samples loaded, a mini disc with some tropical ambience rec. from malaysia and a pitch shifter delay pedal. i was not very happy with what happened that night and when matt zwed gave me two cd-rs the next day i don't remember giving much attention to the 2nd set. five years on, coincidently to the day as i write this, i realized he had captured more than me trying to get through the piece. it was me, the people in the room, the dog that ran around barking, the traffic sounds coming through the door that was open right behind me and a whole host of magically transported tropical birds and insects that suddenly found themselves reciting whatever it was in the loft space on the edge of harlem, competing or colluding with all of the above to produce a piece of urban exotica. - mike cooper… black vinyl, cover design/collage by mike cooper. rec. in nyc, 2000.

CRAYON ~ A HOUSE IS NOT A HORSE ~ 7inch (the great pop supplement, uk) $9.00

the third of the gps debut 45s this week. leeds based three piece crayon offer up what some longterm gps devotees may see as a departure to it's usual output. sombre synth tones and military like drum rolls give way to an infectious, startling pop rush of a chorus. perfect pop in a nutshell. 'b' side 'milk' is a slow building, initially, glitchy electronic piece again with a cool pop sensibility as it's underbelly that soon explodes… a fabulous record and a band to keep yr eye out for. ace 2 piece sleeves with inserts galore- a hand numbered pressing of just 300 only.

COMETS ON FIRE ~ AVATAR ~ lp (sub pop) $13.00

after 2004's critically acclaimed blue cathedral, one might have expected comets on fire to blast off into the cosmos in an infinite flurry of lysergic spasmodicism. surprising, then, that they should turn in an earthy, more accessible and downright beautiful album as their follow-up. then again, it is a completely logical progression, but in reverse, sort of. on avatar their astonishing new album, comets display development in every direction: as musicians, as songwriters, as arrangers and as singers (?!), without sacrificing one ounce of the intensity that is expected from our heroes. as on blue cathedral, the diversity of the material is staggering. avatar veers from swinging, bluesy explorations to piano-laced, progressive power balladry, to pure tribalism, evoking everyone from the allmans, to quicksilver, to procol harum, to some insane fela/sun ra/crazy horse hybrid, yet remains wholly comets on fire. though they play cleaner and clearer, their firepower is evident and abundant. they have shifted gears and opened themselves up completely. you should do the same.

COMETS ON FIRE ~ BLUE CATHEDRAL ~ lp (sub pop) $13.00

blue cathedral is the third album from comets on fire and their first for sub pop. it is also the bay area band's most varied and richly textured album yet. with their first two albums, (2001's self-titled debut/self-released and 2002's field recordings from the sun on ba da bing!) they established themselves as flag-bearers of modern psychedelia. however, where their previous efforts are full-tilt psychedelic affairs, blue cathedral is harder to pin down (which elusiveness we heartily support). their trademark sound is here enriched by more structured, keyboard-driven jams, churning blue oyster cult-ish chooglers and slow burners reminiscent of harvest-era pink floyd. they recently opened a string of dates for sonic youth and have also played shows with rocket from the tombs, dead meadow and dead moon, sunburned hand of the man and more. they also made a big fan outta lord head on high, julian cope, who said of them:"comets on fire deserve our gratitude for their distillation of all the best rock riffs since high rise's take on blue cheer. naturally, we agree.

COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER ~ HOW TO BUILD A CABIN ~ cd (yik yak) $12.00

with raw viola, haunting vocals, and noise guitar, rob fisk (badgerlore, 7 year rabbit cycle, ex-deerhoof) has created an exquisite album that sounds perfectly at home in the natural world between dusk and dawn. packaged in a hand-sewn book of drawings by fisk entitled "how to build a cabin."… lovely packaging, as you’d expect.

CONCERN ~ S/T ~ cdr (students of decay) $10.00

this self-titled release is the debut by concern, a solo endeavor by gordon ashworth, who is perhaps best known for issuing complex harsh noise missives as oscillating innards. that said, concern is an entirely different affair. here, ashworth’s principal focus is on the drone - shimmering, multi-layered and dynamic, he stretches loooong tones into gorgeous sonic tendrils which dissolve or implode into impossibly nostalgic field recordings and static. recorded throughout the years 2004 - 2007 and, surely, not to be missed. limited to 100.

CONTACT MICS by CRANK (crank sturgeon) $20.00

killer heavy duty contact mics hand built by maine's long time master of fishy dada noise, good old crank sturgeon… loved by all who've tried one…. it's a piezo (ceramic & brass) element terminated to a 1/4" guitar jack, glopped in hot glue/plastic, and then attached to a cable roughly 1m in length… they're ugly, sure, but they do the job. i build these so that most of the piezo element is exposed, lending itself to both sensitive recording applications as well as all-out screamo-noise in the live realm. in addition to this, i use high quality instrument cable as well as tough-as-nails 1/4" metal jacks. while not indestructible, they can take a beating (within reason: don't try and amplify a lawnmower, dude); that said, i've toured with them and have yet to physically destroy one!

THE CONTENTS ARE ~ THROUGH YOU ~ lp (shadoks, germany) $38.00

the contents are was one of many sixties bands from the quad city’s fertile garage music scene. with labels/studios like fredlo and igl, it was a very healthy regional area for bands with an unusually high per capita for record releases. up until the recent discovery of an original copy a couple years ago, it was only rumored to exist and remained an enigma with hardcore record collectors. in most cases, the contents are were only known by astute collectors for their two excellent 45 releases (non-lp). well the mystery is over, and here’s your chance to hear one of the rarest ¨ greatest garage records ever recorded. here’s the story about the record: four high school seniors from iowa decide to release an album of all original tunes, and was exclusively sold at their live shows. originally released on the rok label (a subsidiary of the already obscure fredlo label) in 1967 with only 100 copies pressed. these guys were not your typical garage band? talented players, professional grade vocalists and no cover songs!!! their music is a nice blend of garage rock with hints of hipster folk and early psychedelic influences. as good if not better as other similar top shelf rarities like mystery meat and the bachs, but no major quantity find making original copies of the contents are ten times rarer. get it or miss it! limited to 450 numbered copies, glossy heavy sleeves, 180 gram pressing, and insert… one of the best shadoks in a while! great teen sounds in an awesome crude cover. these will vanish quick…

COOLEY-MUNSON ~ IN DEBT ~ lp (guerssen records, spain) $26.00

bill cooley and alan munson were two friends in santa barbara, california, living their early 20s writing folk-rock songs for their pleasure. that was 1972, and they decided to put these songs into the studio, self-produce the album and press a tiny quantity of 500 pieces hoping it could help getting a contract with a major company. this never happened, as you would have guessed, and sure this fact helped making their sole album, 'in debt,' a major collectable item for folk-rock and psychedelic rock listeners and collectors. being a private pressing, you can easily imagine it's not a big production, but who cares. this album has the right feel and you won't need anything else to make it one of your faves. all tracks are original compositions, and the style is very personal. it's folk-rock, but many tracks are psychedelic too, in their own way. but don't look close for influences, they will not come to mind easily. bill and alan had their own psychedelic folk-rock style, and the raw, sometimes amateurish feel that these recordings have give the album the final distinctive touch. never reissued before in any format, now here we come with a splendid reissue, with the collaboration of the guys. remastered sound taken from the master tapes… great stuff.

COOPERJONES ~ NEVER DIRTY ~ cdr (blackest rainbow, uk) $14.00

cooperjones is the manchester based duo of sophie cooper and kelly jones. five tracks of experimental folk fight outs and one blast of improvised jam noise featuring pascal of stuckometer. comes in folded printed pastel paper jackets with artwork by patrick milsom, limited to 100 hand numbered copies – nice packaging and another fine release on this new label. cool experimental acoustic based femme psych goodness.

COOPER JONES / CARS ~ SPLIT ~ cassette (night people) $7.00

this split cassette captures just a little slice of the manchester / nottingham / sheffield area young improv scene. got the pleasure of meeting and performing on the same bill with some of these folks back in march and recognized right away that something interesting was brewing there. total duo action going on with this release, sophie and kelly kick out some epic intricate folky guitar action as cooper jones, and on the flip side patrick and pascal break on some sprawling percussion and drum storms as cars. lots of movement here, this is a long document, capturing the flow of what these two groups do. silkscreened artwork by ryan garbage… out of print for awhile now, and a great one!

CORNDAWG ~ I'M NOT READY TO BE A DADDY ~ lp (trd w/d) $10.00

if you like your country music smooth like velvet, soft like warm butter, and ignorant like a newborn baby, look no further cause this is the record for you! your stylus will read this as some nearly lost forever mid 1970's trucker country demo… but no, it was recorded and produced by colin langenus of usa is a monster and released by 4 labels, co-op style, in the winter of 2007. a host of studio musicians pipe up at all the perfect moments to let this one breathe while roping you in all the while… edition of 600. screen printed covers.

CORSICAN PAINTBRUSH ~ D I A M O N D S ~ cdr (rural faune, france) $12.00

corsican paintbrush was officially formed in the late spring of 2004. this project consists of brad rose (the north sea, the golden oaks, ajilvsga; alligator crystal moth – ) and eden hemming rose (wax ghost,the cone bearers, akhet – ). after releases on foxglove, musicyourmindwillloveyou and a split with my cat is an alien, welcomed this new album from the digitalis headquarters. clattering folk melodies, hesitant voices, take a deep breath to feel the mint smell – wrapped in a virgin white tapisserie baroque and closed with a stick – limited to 85 and already out of print.

CORSICAN PAINTBRUSH ~ TWILIGHT BLUE SKIES ~ cdr (musicyourmindwillloveyou, australia) $13.00

gorgeous ethnological forgeries from the husband and wife duo of brad rose and eden hemming rose. these gentle, free improvisations set the lister gently down amidst the dappled sunlight and sweet scents of a long forgotten time.truly beautiful, honest music for the tired ears of a dying civilization – long awaited restock!

CORSICAN PAINTBRUSH / THE NORTH SEA / BIG BLOOD & VISITATIONS / PRISMA / DRONA PARVA ~ TRYST HAUNT SERIES #3 ~ 3x7inch bundle (l'animaux tryst (field) recordings $26.00

visitations & big blood's "'lectric 'lashes" : in the true spirit of the occasion, southern maine's outerworldly psych-folk beacons visitations and big blood decide to forgo the concept of the "split" release and instead launch forth into a mindbending collaborative effort. the bands are not new to performing together: they've toured together and have even backed each other up under various names. but this release marks the first physical release by their combined forces, and, unbelievably enough, is big blood's first vinyl release ever. the ease with which the bands complement each other is astounding - five clear voices reaching together to guide the record through a buzz-guitar singalong, a breathless pastoral folk tune, a chugging nightmare rock-dirge, and a sweetly-lighthearted vocal exercise. this 33rpm 7" record contains four tracks in a 14-minute official runtime, but will play forever if you let it. in addition, the record comes with a bonus cd-r of tracks from the late-night jam session that pre-dated the recording sessions for the 7", as well as the four tracks from the 7" itself in digital form. a one-of-a-kind package, with each record sleeve offset printed with the bands' artwork in dark blue ink on colorful, individually hand-painted sheets of heavy art paper. embossed, hand-numbered limited edition of 300 record/cd-r sets….. prisma & drona parva's "best buds" : the two spectral ladies of prisma mark their debut release with this 7" split with drona parva. prisma has been performing the quietest shows in and around portland for a couple years now, mixing softly echoing vocals with flute drones, only the gentlest plucking of various stringed instruments, and the occasional analog noise rumble. their a-side track resonates with beautiful restraint and delicacy; the stunning debut all of us entranced by their live show have hoped for. on the b-side, drona parva--the long-running solo project of time-lag records' nemo bidstrup--turns in a blissed-out muti-tracked free-flowing guitar composition. trance-inducing acoustic plucks and strums eventually give way to shimmering waves of fuzz guitar until the whole thing becomes impossibly beautiful. the minimal packaging for the record complements the gentle touch of the recordings held within: the 45rpm 7" record is a custom, slightly-marbled avocado green color with a yellow-green mandala-design center-label. the record is held in a semi-transparent vellum sleeve that has been hand-punched on the corners, giving a soft mask to the striking colors on the record itself, and hand-numbered to 300….. the north sea's "nikolette (reborn)" b/w corsican paintbrush's "under storm skies" : anyone familiar with the extensive north sea discography is aware of brad rose's keen ability to mix it up between eastern-tinged folk instrumentals and more straightforward strummers, which usually feature rose's classic low-in-the-mix mumble-drunk vocals and charmingly loose playing. "nikolette (reborn)" finds him revising a beautiful, quivering folk song from 2007's baby blue bones cd (mymwly) with the more-confident-than-ever vocals now at the forefront, and an army of acoustic strings and hand percussion backing this boxtop prophet's hymn. corsican paintbrush's contribution follows suit, foregrounding eden hemming rose's soft, lilting vocal melody and some rhythm-keeping strums while keeping a lush, hazy swell of drones and cave-echo vocals as the backdrop. equally ethereal and dusty, like 4AD dream-pop marred by dirt under fingernails and ash from the campfire turning cheeks black. black 7" vinyl record has a hand-stamped center label, and comes packaged in a textured black art paper sleeve with flower petal inclusions, with line-drawings and stamped titles in white ink, and an embossed screenprinted insert featuring liner notes and a topographic street map of tulsa. limited edition hand-numbered to 300.

LULA CORTES E ZE RAMALHO ~ PABIR' ~ 2lp (mr. bongo, uk) $36.00

pabir is an obscure brazilian psych concept album about the four elements (earth, air, fire, water) that was lost to time in a warehouse fire in 1974, causing it to become a massively sought-after lost classic, fetching up to $1500 for vinyl copies. this recording of the collaboration between brazilian artists lula cortes and ze ramalho is a wonderfully off-kilter record, full of fantastic hooky and strange tunes that range all over the place, from full-on freakouts to quiet pastoral. the entire range of 1970s hippie brazilian musician culture is displayed in this record. it's experimental, but it's relentlessly driven towards fun. if you like good music, you will like this legendary album untouched by time. cortes, who composes and plays on many of the tracks, seemingly appears only when talking about obscure brazilian psych reissues, ramalho, on the other hand, has built a solid career as a brazilian pop singer and takes on most vocal duties. it's a very atmospheric blend, sung and chanted vocals are no more or less important than any of the other elements, which include classical acoustic and fuzzy electric guitar, piano, organ, flute, sax and a range of percussion. it's free and psychedelic, but just reigned in enough to keep it tense and exciting. the closest comparison might be to combine amon duul with sunburned hand of the man and perhaps double leopards, if they lived on a commune together in brazil and recorded while indulging in mass quantities of narcotics…. well, this was long planned to come out on time-lag, but its seems ze ramalho had other plans and all the red tape wasn't helping anyone. in anycase, this reissue is done well, is legit, and has great fidelity, and is quite limited, so highly recommendation!!!

VALERIO COSI ~ HEAVY ELECTRONIC PACIFIC ROCK - SPECIAL EDITION ~ cd & cdr (digitalis) $18.00

valerio cosi may be young at only 22, but his talent is undeniable. he may be mostly known for his exquisite saxophone playing, but this italian wunderkind doesn't stop there. cosi composes strings of magic using all sorts of instrumentation and production tricks. "heavy electronic pacific rock" marks the first cd release in cosi's ever-expanding discography, and he saved the best for this, his most widely-available release to date. limited to 500 copies… includes the limited to 100 copy bonus cdr.

VALERIO COSI ~ AND THE SPIRITUAL COMMITTEE ~ cdr (foxglove) $6.00

italian galactico valerio cosi returns with his second album for foxglove, and raises the stakes considerably. he bends his saxophone into a glistening array of aural armaments, channeling the ghosts of giants, these spaced-out, eastern-infused missives. cosi is master and bending tones and meshing multiple instruments and styles into a cohesive unit. layers of guitars, horns, percussion, and more create everything from whimsical pop to sprawling, esoteric drone. "the spiritual committee" is the perfect homage to the roman gods of yore.

VALERIO COSI & UTON ~ KeeRMEENKeeNTOPIIRI ~ lp (kaleidoscope gang, greece) $35.00

aborted art vinyl version of this great release. pressed on lovely blue vinyl, packaged in a one of a kind screen printed fabric cover, and limited to only 150 copies… perhaps this collaboration was destined to happen, and we're overjoyed that it is happening here! tampere, finland's uton (jani hirvonen) and taranto, italy's valerio cosi (who is ? of pulga) are two of the most creative and most prolific musicians working in experimental music at the moment, and on keermeenkeentopiiri, uton and valerio have mastered a sound that combines elements of psychedelia, free jazz, krautrock, environmental sounds, drones and more for an ecstatic listening experience. a melange of electronic and acoustic instrumentation join together as naturally as the coming of the tides. by turns meditative and forceful, introspective and extroverted, all the while commanding undivided attention from the listener. this is experimentation that remains inviting even in its darker passages. 2007 has been a banner year for both of these musicians, and this release finds them in top form, creating a work that shows exactly why they are in such high demand. keermeenkeentopiiri will leave you hoping this is the beginning of many more collaborations between these two… very limited stock, better act fast…

COURTIS ~ ESPANDIDO ~ cassette (matching head, uk) $4.00

enchanted textures from guitar & misc. instruments

COURTIS / KIRITCHENKO / MOGLASS ~ S/T ~ cd (gold soundz, norway) $6.00

awesome 3-way collabotion disc where andrey kiritchenko, anla courtis and psychsters the moglass remix, wreck and (mis-)treat each others material – co-released w/carbon, nexsound, tibprod and 1000+1 tilt –

COUSINS OF REGGAE / LUBRIPHIKATTTOR ~ S/T ~ split lp (galerie pache, france) $15.00

brand new lp with dirty sounds from cousins of reggae, montreal based 2 man mind fuck. utilizing guitar, drums, turntables and voice. ( featuring blake hargreaves of dreamcatcher, fluorescent friends…& liam thurston of orphanage…) go for a trip via 2 different pieces, heavy, loud, hit electric noise & fatal attack. first vinyl release for parisian noise anti brutal pro violence lubriphikatttor (with members of zaraz wam zagram, tg, napalm jazz, ero babaa…) long tune 'babypute' / death of flowers & elaborated destruction… 319 copies in silkscreened covers.

RICHARD CRANDELL ~ IN THE FLOWER OF OUR YOUTH ~ lp (tompkins square) $14.00

in the flower of our youth, originally released on the private press label cutthroat records in 1980, was richard crandell's first lp. his tune 'rebecca' was famously covered by admirer leo kottke on his chewing pine album. crandell has gone on to record several other guitar albums, as well as two mbira recordings for john zorn's tzadik label. crandell's music has recently been featured on tompkins square's imaginational anthem vol. 3, as well as the guitar compilation wayfaring strangers: guitar soli.

CRANK / THUMP THEATRE ~ A NIGHT IN THE CAVE ~ lp (rockadelic) $26.00

heavy-rock with progressive touch split lp unearthed by the rockadelic label featuring ultra-rare underground 70s hard rock sounds (c. 1971) with one side by each band. these tapes came from the cavern sound studios (stoned circus, bulbous creation, phantasia, trizo 50); the crank tape had 'zep jr.' written on the box, which is pretty accurate frame of reference. thump theater offers a more progressive rock sound with some good guitar breaks and catchy lyrics. last copies from a long gone edition from 1997 of around 600 copies.

CRANK STURGEON ~ SEMANTIC MAAT (EYES USED FOR TOOTH SUPPORT) ~ cassette (imvated, belgium) $5.00

prolific facial oil ballads and grumpy conversations – from portland maine's number one naked fish screamer –

CRAPPY NIGHTMAREVILLE ~ NEUTRON DRACULA ~ 7inch (black velvet fuckere) $4.00

13 gestating years past and crappy nightmareville's pod unfolds in full color via this 7" single which is not just their debut but also birth marks the first of a four part vinyl single series: an engraved introduction by way of alien-forcept exacavation of their old kentucky womb. prior stages spiraled from public-prank to outer-earth music-concret to scaling-the-scaur of bavarian-salt-licks. side a, "neutron dracula" imagines the scene from gypsy classic latcho drom when children sing "we are the bloody nail in the foot of jesus on the cross", only reinterpreted as a saturday morning cartoon. side b, "black beam dub" is smoke from a wounded nurse surrealing sun ra into a new form of dub music that will have you and your headphones installing a seatbelt into your couch for endless round trips. crappy nightmareville is one of louisville's longest running aural magnetic-bananimals and shares drinking water with a huge cast of bands including the web, evergreen, the belgian waffles, sapat and kark. beautiful post-nuclear fall-out full-color sleeve. edition of 350.

CRAYON ~ A HOUSE IS NOT A HORSE ~ 7inch (the great pop supplement, uk) $6.00

leeds based three piece crayon offer up what some longterm gps devotees may see as a departure to it's usual output. sombre synth tones and military like drum rolls give way to an infectious, startling pop rush of a chorus. perfect pop in a nutshell. b side 'milk' is a slow building, initially, glitchy electronic piece again with a cool pop sensibility as it's underbelly that soon explodes… a fabulous record and a band to keep yr eye out for. ace 2 piece sleeves with inserts galore - a hand numbered pressing of just 300 only.

CULT OF YOUTH ~ A STICK TO BIND, A SEED TO GROW ~ lp (dais) $19.00

full color foil-stamped gatefold lp. limited to 500 hand numbered copies. the new voice of folk from the shadows of new york city. edgy and aggressive, gorgeously arranged pagan neo-folk for fans of early death in june and strength through joy. this will turn heads!

CULVER & FORDELL RESEARCH UNIT / JAZZFINGER ~ SPLIT ~ lp (blackest rainbow, uk) $18.00

brand new split lp featuring heavy hitting uk bleak dudes… a-side is jazzfinger's 'killed in a clear sky', one solid slab of fucked up tapped guitar drone and distant errie whir… like a storm of electric feedback, slashes and cuts. far out, and a real killer 20 odd minutes to make you lull out. b-side is a collaboration between culver and fordell research unit, another side long piece, that starts off with some bassed up doom chugs and slogs that sound like fucking something that could lay down by some southern lord brutality, but then it punches you in the face with its distorted churning hell. limited to 280 white label lps in black sleeves with hideous brutal artwork by french.

CURSILLISTAS ~ EXPANSES GROWING ~ cassette (sloow tapes, belgium) $10.00

murky beauty channeling its way from underneath layers of 4-track tape hiss. acoustic guitars, percussion, voice and undefined analogue ambience. homegrown is the way it should be. edition of 70… sweet!

CURSILLISTAS ~ WASP STINGS THE LAST BITTER FLAVOR ~ cd (digitalis) $13.00

"wasp stings the last bitter flavor" marks the first widely available release from this portland, maine troubadour. the brains behind the project is matt lajoie and he is perhaps best known for his enchanted album on time-lag records. his folk-inspired psychedelia reaches new heights on "wasp stings" as he puts together an album of lost songs, found hiding in a dank and dusty cellar. lajoie’s approach here is different. it’s as if he’s taken the negative space of his previous works and hashed them out and spruced them up until they’ve become epic, flowing songs whitewashed with a basketfull of analog hiss. the whole thing flows together like magic poured straight from the sky. it’s haunting, beautiful music. cursillistas’ music is often densely populated with a variety of instrumentation and textures. lajoie is a master at molding sounds from a variety of sources into a cohesive, organic whole. this music, as with past efforts, sounds like an intimate secret whispered in the listener’s ear. you feel as though you’re being led into a world where very few lucky souls find their way. lajoie’s distinctive voice is the true weapon here, weaving hypnotic melodies over rivers of delicately strummed acoustic guitars. "wasp stings the last bitter flavor" is his message in a bottle. it’s a love letter to everyone and no one, and there’s a lot to love here, that is for damn sure. lajoie is joined by the inimitable nemo bidstrup (time-lag records figurehead and the brains behind drona parva) and sometime-mv & ee collaborator, sparrow wildchild. housed in sturdy, white-on-black gatefold jackets.

CZARNY ~ BRAINTRANSPLANTATION IN HYSTERIA ~ cdr (into the lunar night, denmark) $13.00

well the title gotta be a contender for the journal of neurosurgery's first record review if they don't have that it's about time. czarny is the name of sara's solo outlet outside the family underground realm. not the first track out by her own hands she had one on the chocolate monk comp broken brain as helix. this one sees her expanding on even more rough rhytms and vocals. artwork by sara. 50 copies.

CZECH NYMPHS ~ 2 ~ lp (memoirs of an aesthete, uk) $20.00

first memoirs vinyl lp release! the essence of outsider psychedelic electronics composed and performed by phil todd (ashtray navigations, inca eyeball, hitler airbag etc). influences include cccc, jean-claude eloy, master wilburn burchette, metal machine music, incapacitants, old fairground rides, the sound of low flying planes over ls6 especially the latter etc. punk's not dead, it just stinks of silver spraypaint – crazy silver spray painted recycled covers with paste-on art. numbered/limited edition of only 200 copies, so act fast!

CZOLGOSZ ~ SEANCE ~ cdr (267 lattajjaa, finland) $11.00

totally great psychedelic hazy, supernatural tape junk by clay kolbinger (of maths balance volumes etc.)

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D. CHARLES SPEER & THE HELIX ~ AFTER HOURS ~ lp (black dirt) $18.00

the much-anticipated blast-off release for speer and his band. recently rewarded 5 stars in time out mag by the music editor, this album is a landmark in laid-back blues and country songwriting, feat. members of nnck and sunburned. -s@1. the inimitable mr. speer coined the term himself upon titling his pre-helix full length releases… forgotten country. not so much a forgotten people of a state or a rural area. not so either some south’s gonna rise again moonshine. more so a return to a way of presenting a music in the context of a tradition (something those boys in the band are pretty high on.) but this isn’t your grandfather’s bakersfield we’re dealing with. tho’ the tongue of the balladeer may spin tales ripe with a cast of characters including "the pastor" randolph healey, cheese frog, the man from hhs, uncle ernie, that guy with the black mustache and red caddy who stole your girl, and the true born sons of levi, he sings them not only with the twang of the roadhouse, but tainted with the grit of the streets of the big city. as one casual listener once noted to the band after a performance, "you guys play both types… country and psych." and it’s true that the sounds contained on after hours do act on the mind as much as they tug at the heartstrings. replete with tales of mental instability, infidelity, drunken advice, wartime hucksters, heartbreak, and redemption, the first album by d charles with his backing band will surely immediately stand out amongst the shards of gothic americana that litter our fair sonic landscape… beautifully done release on this great new label! 180gm vinyl, heavy screen printed flipback covers, heavy insert. recommended.

D. CHARLES SPEER ~ SOME FORGOTTEN COUNTRY ~ lp (sound@one) $13.00

a true solo endeavor, this lp is the debut of d. charles speer on long player. recordings over a span of 4 years have been assembled here into a rumination on loss in its many forms - loss of direction, loved ones, home, mental acuity, money, and emotional stability. pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl and limited to 500 copies.

D. CHARLES SPEER ~ PAST OR BEYOND / CANAANITE BUILDER ~ 7inch (s@1) $6.00

yo peoples - like the vibes, then get yrself a fine artifact for the years to come. single cover is hand screened and stamped with esoterica on the interior – nice druggy country psych from no neck blues band members. limited to only 500.

DAG-ARE HAUGAN ~ 9 SOLITAIRES ~ lp ((k-raa-k)3, belgium) $12.00

dag are haugan is certainly for most people not the most common name. being half of the legendary norvegian outfit alog made him one of the most original musicians of the last decade. at the start of our label we did carry his debut 7 on myke droner stating it as classic a couple of years further we received this wonderfull demo. you can call it guitar-glitch if you want – the result comes close to a beatless gas, a more guitar-driven novisad, etc – pressed on vinyl-only, with artwork from rune grammofone s kim hiorthoy, this album will make you reconsider electronica (aka the glitch/microsound-movement), while the guitar world will be surprised to see how both, old and new traditions can be melted into one brilliant artwork. the music is very introspective creating different state of minds. sometimes you discover yourself headbanging to what is generally called ambient, while some other tracks put you in a kind of warm blackout. those fans who were waiting for the ideal mix between rocket girl and mego might have found what they been looking for. ltd to 500 copies worldwide.

DAMON ~ SONG OF A GYPSY ~ lp & 7inch (guerssen records, spain) $26.00

damon. this is the artistic name of david del conte, a genius american gypsy musician who is responsible for probably the rarest and most sought-after psychedelic music album of all time. we're talking about his debut album, song of a gypsy, which was originally released in 1969. this album has a totally unique sound, with the 'crooner-like' voice of damon, the omnipresent melodic fuzz guitar of charlie carey and truly atmospheric melodies. guerseen is very proud to be able to re-release song of a gypsy on vinyl format. this will come with the rarer gatefold cover (there were two original pressings, one in single cover and one in gatefold, with different artwork). this fabulous vinyl production comes with an extra 33rpm ep including the four tracks that were released on their two bloody rare singles, including an insert with photos and liner-notes, making this a very special release if all previous things weren't enough – total mystic psych classic with killer melodic fuzz & wailing finger cymbals throughout. highly recommended & back in stock.

DANDELION ~ S/T ~ lp (guerssen records, spain) $26.00

mega-rarity from the '70s folk-psych french underground scene, featured on hans pokora's book with a four stars rating and reissued for the first time. dandelion's first album was first released in 1979 as a tiny private pressing of only 300 copies. it has a charming, amateurish homemade vibe with some outstanding tracks like 'winter tale' (featuring sound effects, reverberating guitars and lost vocals which bring to mind other lost bands like tony, caro & john or agincourt), the acoustic 'la farfalla' with nice femme vocals and the atmospheric, organ-dominated 'sometimes,' which opens the album in an impressive way. this reissue is done with help from guitarist/composer jean christophe graf and vinyl has insert with liner notes and rare pictures, remastered sound and original picture sleeve design.

DARKHORSE ~ EP 1 / 5 SONGS ~ (self released) $7.00

cool new self released local ep from adam bosse. layered trance drift tones with guitar & distant piano. pretty amazing totally hand made, hand painted, hand cut 'squid' packaging. surely quite limited.

THE DAVENPORT FAMILY ~ WULFCULT RISING ~ cassette (23 productions) $6.00

reissue of sold out cassette on temple of be saint 777. wulfcult rising is an empowerment ritual of caveman electronics, heavy astral drone and rain fall.

DAVENPORT ~ RABBIT'S FOOD PROPELLER ~ cd (3lobed) $12.00

the extended davenport family has been producing their unique flavor of free-form and exultant improvisational folk since 2001. operating out of madison, wisconsin, their music has taken on an open joviality that reflects the spirit of their hometown and the natural world that resides just outside its borders. respectful and observant of all things natural, davenport has focused on their organic sound over a long string of cdr and cassette releases for a number of different labels. rabbit's foot propeller is simultaneously a natural extension of their prior work and a confident step into a new and different direction. taken as a whole or as its component tracks, the album is a solid continuation of the davenport aim to bring light into all dark corners. rabbit's foot propeller is all about the juxtaposition of varying sounds and musical textures against one another. over the course of the album's thirteen tracks the listener is presented with numerous playful improvisations, tones generated from various instruments and lilting melodies (both guitar and vocal).

DAVENPORT FAMILY ~ FIELD TALES ~ 2cdr (23 productions) $12.00

the davenport family jams in the woods, in the barn, on the trail, in the pasture, around the campfire, and before the altar. this two cdr set also features several excerpts from their three hour ritual held in central park this past fall. featuring a few special guest stars and the usual fire that is always smoldering, this collection of moving snap shots is by far the most eclectic offering of davenport's live improvisations to date. limited to 123.

DAVENPORT FAMILY ~ AT THE FOOT OF ZODIAC MOUNTAIN ~ one-sided cassette (meudia de morte, germany) $9.00

one sided 35 minutes long jam. their very last jam with the mask of the davenport clan on their faces, free-form improvisational folk performed on walpurgis, clay ruby’s brithday by clay ruby, t endless, woodman, johnny d, billy lee, nico kain, aaron laurant, tyler olson. limited to 230 copies.

DAYS ~ S/T ~ lp (shadoks, germany) $38.00

from denmark 1970; lp in edition of 450 numbered copies, glossy heavy sleeve, 180 gram pressing, insert. the danish group days was formed in copenhagen in the winter 1967/1968 by peter lindhe (drums), john kjaergaard (vocals/rhythm guitar), ole fester (vocals/bass) and lars reinau (vocals/lead guitar). the band’s repertoire was mainly rock and blues oriented with cover versions of songs from john mayall’s bluesbreakers, cream, jimi hendrix and the rolling stones. during 1968/1969, peter lindhe and lars reinau started writing original material to the band and the repertoire started changing from rock/blues cover versions to self-composed, more lyrical songs with elements of the beatles, procol harum and (early) deep purple. in 1969, jørn anker (hammond organ) joined the band and he, too started contributing new original songs to the band. the days lp was recorded in the early summer of 1970 and in 1971 the band split up. days is one the the rarest albums from denmark which also came out on spectator (blues addicts, terje jesper & joachim, moses). it is full of amazing prog tunes with great organ elements and strong fuzz guitar. a killer album from beginning to end.

DEAD C ~ SECRET EARTH ~ lp (ba da bing!) $15.00

the elegance of howling guitar noise was fully realized when the dead c appeared. for over twenty years now, the trio has continually redefined what rock music is and can sound like, and have inspired sonic youth, yo la tengo, wolf eyes, and comets on fire, not to mention the current fertile underground noise scene. the dead c is the ultimate blues band. but rather than departing from the heartfelt singing of the african-american south, they express the tenants of alienation in society with unrelenting force-a focused soundtrack to accompany knut hamsun novels, samuel beckett plays, and ingmar bergman films. michael morley's monotonic vocal moan anchors the inherent isolation of our modern world--nothing is more earnest, nothing sounds so lost. along the axis of the dead c's recordings, secret earth sounds like it was created between eusa kills and harsh '70s reality. it contains a straightforward (for them) expression of sound, while continually pushing their vast improvisational techniques into a realm of subconscious genius… limited vinyl version in a beautiful heavy 60s style full color cover.

DEAD C ~ DR503 + SUN STABBED EP ~ 2lp (ba da bing!) $22.00

the first in a series of dead c reissue collaborations between jagjaguwar and ba da bing, dr503 has been pressed on vinyl for the first time in years, along with the sun stabbed ep as a bonus record. originally released in 1987 (and not to be confused with the releases dr503b or dr503c, which are completely different recordings), dr503 sounded like nothing that came before--a furious pastiche of unrelenting drones, noise and menace. it didn't fit in with the other bands new zealand's venerable flying nun was releasing, and it immediately staked a fork in the road, dividing the "new zealand pop sound" from its black sheep brother, "new zealand noise." today, the record still sounds as vicious and vital as when it first went to vinyl, except now perhaps there will be more people ready to appreciate the innovative approach the band took some 21 years ago. this reissue also contains a bonus record of the rare sun stabbed ep from the same recording period. with bonus tracks not on the original 7-inch, the recordings from the sun stabbed sessions are being released for the first time in their entirety.

DEAD C ~ EUSA KILLS + HELEN SAID THIS ~ 2lp (ba da bing!) $22.00

the second in a series of dead c reissue collaborations between jagjaguwar and ba da bing, eusa kills has been pressed on vinyl for the first time in years, along with the helen said this 12-inch as a bonus record. eusa kills is the dead c's second album from 1989, released by flying nun, the arbiter of the time for all that mattered in new zealand rock. considered by many to be their "songs" record, eusa kills adds ominous aggression to the abstract sounds of their time-- those being created by such luminaries as dustdevils, this kind of punishment, and dadamah. sneering vocals drift over improvised melodies and unstructured rock songs. one can hear the direct influence the dead c had on sonic youth at the time-- mining deep into the underbelly of music to yield a truly intense and unparalleled sound. this reissue also contains as a bonus record the rare helen said this 12-inch from the same recording period. originally released by siltbreeze at 33 rpm, this is the first vinyl reprint, and will display improved sound quality at 45 rpm.

DEAD C ~ FUTURE ARTISTS ~ 2lp (ba da bing!) $18.00

in their first new album since 2003’s the damned and last year’s two-cd greatest hits behemoth, vain, erudite & stupid, new zealand’s the dead c return with anothe uncompromising realization of the finest rock improvisation you’ll ever hear. future artists contains five tracks of genius drone and barbarous clashing sounds. from the first track, "the amm of punk rock" through to the last, "garage," their intensity is unyielding, their inventiveness jaw-dropping. it’s been twenty years, and the dead c show no sign of losing their ability to express the surreal and undefined. long may they prosper. features a bonus track-12:30 song called "the prisoners" not o the cd version… deluxe heavy old style gatefold covers. nice!

DEAD LETTERS SPELL OUT DEAD WORDS ~ LOST IN REFLECTIONS ~ lp & 7inch (release the bats, sweden) $19.00

as dead letters spell out dead words, gothenburg based composer and sound artist thomas ekelund has delved into a time-consuming investigation of the complex, multi-faceted world of solitude and introspective darkness. his pallet is strictly greyscale, but the tones he uses are deeper, more honest and more heartfelt than anything else out there. 'lost in reflections' is dead letters spell out dead words' fourth main album and his definite masterpiece so far. here, hurt is transformed into absolute beauty. and here, dampened drones make pop art. split release with ideal, when skies are grey and fang bomb. 500 made. pro-printed sleeves with 5mm spine, printed insides and black innersleeves. heavy weight vinyl.

DEAD MACHINES ~ LIVE AT TZOMPANTLI ~ lp (eclipse) $10.00

the a side was recorded at the first no fun festival in march 2004 (brooklyn) and features a little comedy to start with and then things get heavy – and the second side is the very first vg kids/wolf den ypsi street level throwdown – our set was live on a 6 color shirt screen press and nate brought a fog machine that blasted out the room and into the parking lot night of the vg complex – near the end you can hear people chucklin cause its absurd – that night was also the first"offical" sick llama, and mi debut of failing lights – great night – dm had a weird 7 small speaker set up on the heads of the press and spun it slighty for that dead-universe dying electronic creeping blast sound – sweet cover art. limited to 500.

DEAD MACHINES ~ DEAD END AT OLSON ST. ~ lp (ypsilanti) $12.00

one copy only. out of print

DEAD MACHINE & JOHN WIESE ~ FAILING LIGHTS ~ lp (rococo) $16.00

one copy only. out of print. numbered edition of 500.

DEAD RAVEN CHOIR ~ SELENOCLAST WOLVES ~ cd (god is myth) $10.00

what can be said about the amazing dead raven choir that hasn't been said already? this release marks the return of d.r.c. after a slew of releases on some very respectable cd-r labels, not to mention 2003's "wine, women and wolves" cd (last visible dog) as well as last years "cask strength black metal" 3 lp box set (weird forest) which was a re-issue of all of the "choir's" ugly, noisy, totally fuzzed out black metal on vinyl format. smolken returns to the dark, avante-garde neo-folk side of dead raven choir that has made this such a unique and awe inspiring musical journey. selenoclast wolves is an album that runs the gammet of emotions; whether it be the creepy lurch and sway of the track "the silence", the brooding melancholy of "when men die", or the sheer manic violence of "i am not a recluse" the common feeling throughout is one of complete isolation. as a bonus this cd will contain the complete re-issue of the "lesbian corpse wolves" album which was limited to only 30 copies. all completely re-mastered by frédéric arbour (cyclic law, visions, longing for dawn). on "lesbian corpse wolves" most of the vocals were handled by the beautiful voice of emily salvatierra. aversion online once said of this release that these " – dark, folk-ish compositions rely heavily on picking accents and clashing notes that are both melodic and completely discordant all at once – " and we could not agree more. now lets all raise a glass (or goblet perhaps?) and thank mr. smolken for resurrecting his fascinating project once again!!!

CAM DEAS ~ MY GUITAR IS ALIVE AND IT'S SINGING ~ lp (blackest rainbow, uk) $18.00

i am very pleased to be releasing the debut lp from sheffield-london-brighton guitar master, cam deas. this follows his two long sold out cdrs on blackest rainbow, and proves once again that he is off the chain! ok, so there's always gonna be the immediate comparison to james blackshaw, but the sound is different, more aggressive almost and raw… this guitar playing has an edge, its deep and its powerful. the lp consists of three tracks, the a side is an epic almost 20 minute piece entitled 'the waters of kvaloya' recorded by ben nash. the b sides and albums title track begins with almost a minute of near silence distant drone, that develops with stomach wrenching string twangs. the closing piece is 'as spring fell from the leaves', which was originally issued on 'for the silver waters, sing!' cdr last year on br, but has been considered by people who've bought his releases and seen cam live as possibly one of the best things he has composed, total genius, with a real blissful, but eventually dark, vibe. this track definitely deserved to be put on wax. mastered by ben nash. limited to 300 copies… really great stuff. fans of jack rose, james blackshaw, etc. will need this one.

CAM DEAS / SPOONO ~ SPLIT TOUR ~ lp (blackest rainbow, uk) $18.00

limited edition tour lp for their upcoming joint tour across europe… one side for each of these amazing uk guitarists… cam has two tracks, one beautiful long guitar piece followed by an insane electronics tracks, that sounds almost like autechre's more weird static work… spoono is jack allett who is also half of towering breaker. his side consists of three incredible tracks that will no doubt prick up the ears of fans of jack rose. limited to 350 - but we'll have about 190 copies… already sold out at source.

DEATH ~ …FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE ~ lp (drag city) $18.00

their time in the studio was overseen by engineer jim vitti, whose work with parliament/ funkadelic seems to have informed his decision to record death in raw fashion with little polish, showcasing the organic power relationships within the trio. the songs recorded there make up ?for the whole world to see, which today blasts from the speakers as a fresh and inspired early entry in the category of punk rock. death had a single pressed, politicians in my eyes b/w keep on knocking, selling them at their shows and on the street. things weren't really going anywhere when they heard from columbia records' president clive davis. he was interested, but he had one demand -- they'd have to change their name. david, acting as the band's leader, would have no part of it, a decision that ultimately brought an end to death. moving to new england, david, bobby and dannis reconnected with their faith, forming the christian rock-n-roll band the 4th movement, whose self-released early-80s album joined death's 45 as a sought-after obscurity for the next generation. 2009 is the time that death is finally here …for the whole world to see….for the whole world to see is the first full-length release ever for the band called death -- with only one 7" single to their name, and that usually goes for about a grand per. that's $1000! for those who do have the single, the remastered sound here will break you up… great album!

DEATH CHANTS ~ THE SOUND OF RAIN / NORTH CAROLINA ~ 7inch (azriel) $6.00

sweet vinyl debut from the mighty fine death chants, released on the band's own label. if you tuned into any of their great self released cassettes, or either of the time-lag cdrs, you pretty much know the deal. in a pretty mellow smoked-out drift mode here, the a side is sunny strummed acoustic guitar mantra with bubbling modular synth bleeps, distant buzzes & drones, occasional noisy bursts and half slurred wordless vocal. the b side is less songy with sweet drifting keys, thick viola drones, ebow guitar hum and an ultra peaceful ambiance. very sweet stuff. perfect baked summer evening porch music. heavy moss colored art board covers, with black offset printed art by nemo. limited / numbered edition of only 320 copies.

DEATH VESSEL ~ STAY CLOSE ~ lp (immune) $15.00

death vessel is joel thibodeau's work as both a solo artist and band leader. his music, captured on the resplendent record stay close, is an eloquent distillation of a life's tales. born in berlin, germany before the wall fell… raised in kennebunkport, maine before senior bush's presidency… this musician lived a childhood where the ghosts of cold war casualties and seaport tragedies haunted the alleyways and beaches. leaving maine as a teenager, thibodeau moved to boston, providence and new york. in providence he was a founding member, songwriter and performer of the group string builder. now as then, thibodeau captures the surreal and the sublime in wondrous song. thibodeau's vocal delivery is astonishing. perhaps his singing is best-described as descendent from 'the high lonesome sound' -- unleashed upon the world by roscoe holcomb in the early 1960s. with this voice, death vessel delivers stunning lyrical poetry that transcends the 'whisky 'n' haystack' imagery of its neo-folk contemporaries. thibodeau brings this same unusual experimentation to the acoustic guitar (his primary instrument). the daringly melodic plucking of strings and the odd tempo changes provide expertly unexpected accompaniment. stay close was originally released on cd in 2005 by north east indie. new chicago imprint immune is proud to present the album on the lp format for the first time. this version of the album contains a bonus track exclusive to this release -- a live/acoustic version of 'deep in the horchata,' recorded in 2005 with micah blue smaldone playing accompaniment.

DEBRIS ~ STATIC DISPOSAL ~ lp (anopheles records) $20.00

anopheles records is proud to announce a high quality, deluxe, tip-on style heavy jacket sleeve edition of this 1976 acid-punk classic from oklahoma for 2008, with an additional two sided insert unique to this edition, pressed on black vinyl for the first time since the original pressing in 1976. lp reissue (the first non-clear vinyl pressing we've released since we started doing the anopheles label in 1991) of this december 1975 recorded, oklahoma outer limits psych-noise proto-punk extravaganza, which has gone on to inspire the likes of the screamers and nurse with wound. this edition features the complete april, 1976 self-released lp, taken from the original master tapes, with original artwork, and a previously unreleased (and amazing!) november, 1975 practice take of the stooges' 'real cool time' (an earlier, radically different recording to the cd version, which is still available). the previous clear vinyl edition of debris' on lp from 2002 sold out years ago, and is now selling for $50-$100 on ebay.

DECAER PINGA / RUNZESTIRN & GURGELSTOCK ~ OMITTING THE TROL ~ cdr (chocolate monk, uk) $8.00

out of print. one copy only.

DECAER PINGA ~ PLATE OF FAILURE ~ cdr (chocolate monk, uk) $8.00

out of print. one copy only.

THE DEEP ~ PSYCHEDELIC MOODS ~ 2lp (fallout, uk) $36.00

previously reissued on cd by fallout, now issued on deluxe lp format as well; 180 gram virgin vinyl. the deep were a philadelphia-based studio-only band whose one and only album, psychedelic moods was released to critical acclaim in 1966. recorded in a darkened philadelphia studio one night, this pioneering album was the first album ever to have the word "psychedelic" in its title and is well-established as an acid classic. invented and produced by mark barkan and rusty evans and the legendary david bromberg, whose playing credits include just about everybody from bob dylan to jerry jeff walker, psychedelic moods is hailed as the very first album with a consistent psychedelic theme running throughout. presented here in both its mono and stereo mixes (which have fascinating differences), it still sounds truly unique and is a must for all fans of true american psychedelia… great version of this early garage psych gem.

DEEP POCKETS ~ BELLAIRE AFTERNOON ~ cdr (hank the harold angel recordings) $6.00

alan r.t. - percussion, piano, horns, electronics ¨ aaron rosenblum - percussion, piano, strings, electronics… aaron rosenblum and alan r.t. performed together for the first time as members of sapat in 2004, and both currently perform multi-instrumental roles in that band’s mashup of jazz, psychedelia and experimental music. in deep pockets, both improvise on a narrower range of instruments and concentrate on the intense musical conversation that is made possible by the duo format. alan is a member of sapat, kark, valley of ashes, and boogie brothers, and is featured on recordings by rachel’s and jackie-o-motherfucker. he records and performs solo under several pseudonyms, including arsenio, raw thug, and arthur kalow. aaron rosenblum performs in sapat, kark, son of earth, shackamaxon (with members of double leopards and magik markers), and pleasant colony, and has been a guest member of wooden wand and the vanishing voice, sunburned hand of the man, and the cherry blossoms. he also performs and records under his own name and runs the hank the herald angel recordings label (www.hankrecordings.com). their debut cdr features a slightly condensed record of a single day’s improvisations on electronics, percussion, trombone, and strings.

MATTHEW DE GENNARO ~ A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED ~ cd (epigonic recordings) $12.00

sweet new self released gem from this frequent alastair galbraith collaborator. very nice take on solo guitar action with a great primitive melancholy vibe. lots of drones, lots of strings. lovely stuff for sure –

DELPHINE / CLOTHILDE ~ SPLIT ~ 7inch (feral child, uk) $9.00

total killer of a 45. a double a side featuring 2 classic french female, 60s psych pop gems by clothilde and delphine (from £100 and £300 original french vogue / decca eps). totally upbeat floor filler, psych classics and selling out real fast. 300 numbered copies on murky marbled vinyl and in nice psych oil wheel sleeves.

DER TPK (TEENAGE PANZERKORPS) ~ GAMES FOR SLAVES ~ lp (siltbreeze) $16.00

der tpk liken the sound of their second aural onslaught to "[the battle of] kursk, second day." who among us cannot relate to the largest tank battle in history? while the comparison may not be an easy nut to crack, the reference, specifically to the second day, is telling: the wonton destruction that unfolded on that field of battle in an attempt to break the soviet bulge cannot be overstated. for the germans, it was unmitigated tragedy. so by comparing games for slaves to this particular point in the offensive, der tpk makes clear that album number two is more brooding and melancholy than harmful emotions. bunker wolf's menacing lupine-schrei is as formidable as ever, but the band has moved from the blitzkreig, almost hardcore-like pace of their siltbreeze debut to a more mancunian post-punk sound (angular guitars, rhythmic dirges), crossed with the luftschutszbunker psychedelia of german oak (especially on the organ-laden tracks). no one does it in 2008 like teenage panzerkorps. games for slaves is more beauteous gas on an already raging and spectacular fire. edition of 500 with insert and single-sided, silk-screened, black-and-white cover.

DEVOID OF ALL MERCY ~ YOUR CHILDREN LEFT WITH THE STRANGER ~ cdr (battlecruiser, new zealand) $12.00

eeeew. as the positively revolting title might suggest to some of you who are alert and paying attention, this release is a veritable shrine to perverted, in-bred, hillbilly atrocity. misanthropic to a degree i previously thought impossible, this is quite simply the blackest of folk/horror-inspired black metal with an unbelievably high 'deliverance' factor. think rusty pickup trucks and cages in the basement. think pathetic whimpering death. sounds like the house in 'the blair witch project' or the forest in 'texas chainsaw massacre' or maybe the sledgehammer in 'misery'… i feel strangely compelled to shower. again and again.

DIMENTIA 13 ~ S/T ~ lp (midnight) $17.00

way back in the incense-fogged yesterdays of 1985, dimentia 13 unveiled their first album, released on the midnight records label. the music, a fusion of garage, acid rock and lonesome acoustic folk (with a touch of the psychotically surreal), appealed to lysergic fans all and sundry. the band was essentially vocalist and guitarist brad warner, who assembled various accomplices for his demented forays into psychedelia; he wrote and sang all of the warped material himself. one can hear snatches of warner's inspirations: syd barrett, mothers of invention, soft machine, roky erikson, jimi hendrix, and the electric prunes; still, the end result is distinctly warner's, a combination of warbly off-key vocals, ultra-fuzz guitar and weird backing instruments. 'the ohioan behind these simple demi-psychedelic garage romps is bradley s. warner, a resourceful syd barrett fan who frequently displays ingenuity of retro-pop resonance. with minor assists from keyboardist/singer/bassist louanne varholick, the singer/guitarist indulges his nostalgic passions and intellectual interests on songs that have grown from obvious self-consciousness (e.g., 'can you hear the walls melting?' and 'psychedelic mushroom cloud explosion,' both from the 'mirror mind') to broader, more idiosyncratic concerns.' - trouser press… original unplayed copies from 1985! sick cover art too.

DINMUCK #F ~ THE OLD IS NEW, KNOW EYES OLD ~ cdr (foxglove) $5.00

underneath the dirt lies the roadmap to ancient civilization. the world before the fall. dinmuck #f (aka eon) comes from toowoomba and is enlisted as an intergral part of the musicyourmindwillloveyou collective."the old is new" is a psychic brainfuck, like calloused skin baking under the scorching summer sun. imagine cave paintings singing about the third eye, caked in mud and eating the soil. this music, in all it's scattered glory, is totally, 100% fried – limited to 100.

DIRECTING HAND ~ A OLD SOUL AT THE HELM ~ cdr (chocolate monk, uk) $7.00

alex neilson is the uks kid thunder, who may be known to you for playing drums in jandeks band or being one half of beating stars with richard youngs, but directing hand is his own free form handshake. all kinds of joyous clatter in this baby. guests players include christina carter.

DOLPHINS INTO THE FUTURE ~ VOYAGE SHOPIBO COAST, PACIFIC CITY ~ cdr (pacific city sound visions, belgium) $11.00

cosmic new age drift from lieven of the imvated / taped sounds / etc. labels. limited.

DOUBLE LEOPARDS / MOUTHUS / SUNROOF! ~ CRIPPLED ROSEBUD BINDING ~ 2lp (music fellowship) $24.00

the 5th installment in the music fellowship's triptych has finally arrived!! this release brings together two brooklyn bands, mouthus and double leopards, and the sonically entwined sunroof! of england. while each band contributes a side to this two-lp set, the artists are brought together not just figuratively on wax, but literally, as the fourth side features all seven musicians playing together. double lp gatefold artwork and design by mouthus – long out of print & very limited edition. scored a few more, so act fast if you missed it the first time around –

BARRY DRANSFIELD ~ S/T ~ lp (guerssen records, spain) $24.00

in 1972, barry dransfield recorded his debut solo album, a real delight from start to finish. it features an array of traditional songs arranged by barry, some originals and some fantastic covers of songs by people like michael hurley (’the werewolf’) and david ackles (’be my friend’). sadly, the album was deleted only nine months after its initial release?this is because it was released on folk mill, a polydor sub-label created to enter the folk field; but polydor soon realized that this was not their forté, and so (in typical fashion) they deleted their whole catalog immediately, including the c.o.b. "moyshe mcstiff?" lp! needless to say, the album has become a true rarity and a collector’s item since then. record hunter voted this ’’the rarest folk album’’ and the tapestry of delights book described it thus: ’’along with vashti bunyan’s ’’ just a diamond day,’’ this debut solo album, full of enchanting folk, is one of the two most sought after major label folk albums.’’ this wonderful album was reissued some years ago in a limited vinyl run of 500 that disappeared the first day without even entering uk ¨ usa stores, as it was sold entirely to japan. now we’re very happy to announce our new reissue, plus an insert with liner-notes. absolutely indispensable!

THE DREAM ~ GET DREAMY ~ lp (wohn records, spain) $26.00

this heavily hendrix-influenced psychedelic gem was issued in norway, as an export-only lp in 1967. having become a sought-after collector's item ever since, it features a full-set of psychedelic effects, with back-running guitars, psychedelic guitars and wah-wah everywhere, lots of keyboard and some very wisely (and seldomly) used orchestration. some tracks ('hey jimi,' 'do you dream') sound as if you were listening to hendrix himself, and also very recommended are the trippy instrumental 'night of the lonely organist and his mysterious pals' and the opening track 'green things (from outer space)', while a couple of interesting ballads round up the record – nice exact repro trippy covers.

DREAMER'S CLOTH ~ TOTAL DESCENT TO MIND BEACH ~ cassette (sloow tapes, belgium) $10.00

new age meditation dance party on tropical beach, getting one with nature under a relaxing shower of multi-colored fractals and shining keys. it's only the dreamer who moves mountains. 70 copies.

DREDD FOOLE & ED YAZIJIAN ~ THAT LONESOME ROAD BETWEEN HURT AND SOUL ~ cd (bo weavil, uk) $15.00

dredd foole (dan ireton) and ed yazijian met while wandering the shadowy corners of the boston '80s post-punk scene. ed was playing in such avant-rock combos as high risk group and 7 or 8 wormhearts (and the original pre-lp cul de sac). dan had just dissolved dredd foole & the din, tired of rock as a form and the extraordinary loudness of the group. he wanted a chance to do some real singing. ed was feeling a need for something more subtle and embraced the idea of actually being able to hear what he played. they set out to turn the world onto the largely acoustic folk and free-improv stew they had cooked up. boston rock audiences were not impressed. indifference and downright hostility were the norm. there was talk of an lp, and some tentative recordings were done. but before anything could materialize, frustration took over and dan decided to retire from performing music altogether. ed went back to rock music with kustomized. and eventually, dan bought a four-track and recorded the lp in quest of tense (which some consider the opening salvo of the free-folk movement) with ed appearing on one track. but by the time it was released, they had gone their separate ways. years later, by a series of coincidences, they reconnected, and they found that when they played together again, it seemed nothing had been lost. they did a short tour with comrades and friends damon & naomi and eventually played the now-legendary brattleboro free folk festival. they found that audiences were now more open to their efforts. a couple of years passed during which dan released three solo records and a record with a new improvisational din (which included chris corsano, thurston moore and the members of pelt). ed recorded and released his brilliant solo record, six ways to avoid the evil eye and was even caught playing live with folks like richard bishop and sunburned hand of the man. then, against all odds, february 2008 found ed & dan recording, with ed at the helm in foole's ashram in brattleboro for the better part of a week. that lonesome road between hurt and soul is the result of those sessions. some improvisations are built on dan's songs played in a totally unfettered manner. one is based on a tune by j. mascis, and some were recorded as they were created. long talked about, long awaited, years in the making -- the dredd foole & ed yazijian recordings are finally here.

DREDD FOOLE ~ DAZE ON THE MOUNTS ~ cdr (COM relics) $12.00

the silver king of ashram hum returns to the people after lighting up maximum arousal farm and his very own room with 6 songs of total blue afternoon freedom in a mesmerizing rustic ramble that is the true follow up to in quest of tense post ra & buk never sounded like such sweet earth – sweet relics edition of the much loved and instantly out of print cdr. beautiful stuff.

DREDD FOOLE & THE DIN ~ SONGS IN HEAT ~ 7inch (religious records) $20.00

last 95 original copies of this mega rare and very hip 1982 debut single from dredd foole backed by mission of burma! self released in an edition of 1000 copies 25 years ago, the 'lost' remaining 95 copies turned up and have been lovingly repackaged in a high quality cover my michael k of sunburned hand of the man, and featuring postcard photo inserts from the recording session. signed & numbered by dredd himself. nice. recommended!

DRONA PARVA / PRISMA ~ BEST BUDS ~ 7inch (l'animaux tryst (field) recordings) $8.00

the two spectral ladies of prisma mark their debut release with this 7" split with drona parva. prisma has been performing the quietest shows in and around portland for a couple years now, mixing softly echoing vocals with flute drones, only the gentlest plucking of various stringed instruments, and the occasional analog noise rumble. their a-side track resonates with beautiful restraint and delicacy; the stunning debut all of us entranced by their live show have hoped for. on the b-side, drona parva - the long-running solo project of time-lag records' nemo bidstrup - turns in a blissed-out muti-tracked free-flowing guitar composition. trance-inducing acoustic plucks and strums eventually give way to shimmering waves of fuzz guitar until the whole thing becomes impossibly beautiful. the minimal packaging for the record complements the gentle touch of the recordings held within: the 45rpm 7" record is a custom, slightly-marbled avocado green color with a yellow-green mandala-design center-label. the record is held in a semi-transparent vellum sleeve that has been hand-punched on the corners, giving a soft mask to the striking colors on the record itself, and hand-numbered to 300.

DRONA PARVA / PRISMA / BIG BLOOD & VISITATIONS / THE NORTH SEA / CORSICAN PAINTBRUSH ~ TRYST HAUNT SERIES #3 ~ 3x7inch bundle (l'animaux tryst (field) recordings $26.00

visitations & big blood's "'lectric 'lashes" : in the true spirit of the occasion, southern maine's outerworldly psych-folk beacons visitations and big blood decide to forgo the concept of the "split" release and instead launch forth into a mindbending collaborative effort. the bands are not new to performing together: they've toured together and have even backed each other up under various names. but this release marks the first physical release by their combined forces, and, unbelievably enough, is big blood's first vinyl release ever. the ease with which the bands complement each other is astounding - five clear voices reaching together to guide the record through a buzz-guitar singalong, a breathless pastoral folk tune, a chugging nightmare rock-dirge, and a sweetly-lighthearted vocal exercise. this 33rpm 7" record contains four tracks in a 14-minute official runtime, but will play forever if you let it. in addition, the record comes with a bonus cd-r of tracks from the late-night jam session that pre-dated the recording sessions for the 7", as well as the four tracks from the 7" itself in digital form. a one-of-a-kind package, with each record sleeve offset printed with the bands' artwork in dark blue ink on colorful, individually hand-painted sheets of heavy art paper. embossed, hand-numbered limited edition of 300 record/cd-r sets….. prisma & drona parva's "best buds" : the two spectral ladies of prisma mark their debut release with this 7" split with drona parva. prisma has been performing the quietest shows in and around portland for a couple years now, mixing softly echoing vocals with flute drones, only the gentlest plucking of various stringed instruments, and the occasional analog noise rumble. their a-side track resonates with beautiful restraint and delicacy; the stunning debut all of us entranced by their live show have hoped for. on the b-side, drona parva--the long-running solo project of time-lag records' nemo bidstrup--turns in a blissed-out muti-tracked free-flowing guitar composition. trance-inducing acoustic plucks and strums eventually give way to shimmering waves of fuzz guitar until the whole thing becomes impossibly beautiful. the minimal packaging for the record complements the gentle touch of the recordings held within: the 45rpm 7" record is a custom, slightly-marbled avocado green color with a yellow-green mandala-design center-label. the record is held in a semi-transparent vellum sleeve that has been hand-punched on the corners, giving a soft mask to the striking colors on the record itself, and hand-numbered to 300….. the north sea's "nikolette (reborn)" b/w corsican paintbrush's "under storm skies" : anyone familiar with the extensive north sea discography is aware of brad rose's keen ability to mix it up between eastern-tinged folk instrumentals and more straightforward strummers, which usually feature rose's classic low-in-the-mix mumble-drunk vocals and charmingly loose playing. "nikolette (reborn)" finds him revising a beautiful, quivering folk song from 2007's baby blue bones cd (mymwly) with the more-confident-than-ever vocals now at the forefront, and an army of acoustic strings and hand percussion backing this boxtop prophet's hymn. corsican paintbrush's contribution follows suit, foregrounding eden hemming rose's soft, lilting vocal melody and some rhythm-keeping strums while keeping a lush, hazy swell of drones and cave-echo vocals as the backdrop. equally ethereal and dusty, like 4AD dream-pop marred by dirt under fingernails and ash from the campfire turning cheeks black. black 7" vinyl record has a hand-stamped center label, and comes packaged in a textured black art paper sleeve with flower petal inclusions, with line-drawings and stamped titles in white ink, and an embossed screenprinted insert featuring liner notes and a topographic street map of tulsa. limited edition hand-numbered to 300.

DRUNJUS ~ THORN SHIELD ~ lp (earjerk) $17.00

two killer journeys… dremcrom and relax, hunter. both recorded live. one side completely in the analog realm; from the boys' cassette deck straight to 180 gram black wax. strictly limited to 300 copies. hand screened on thrifted album covers turned inside out. no two alike. side a - 'dremcrom' is a sideways drift through the earths crust which confirms that the core truly is molten. drunjus bore a hole straight to the center of your brain. live at the infamous wisco biker bar… side b - 'relax hunter' is a more galactic affair. with enough molten fuel to get their ship airborn, drunjus escape the atmosphere and enter a 300 year cryogenic sleep… co-released with tree tapes…

DRUNJUS ~ THICK WINDS OFF THE SARGASSO ~ 3inch cdr (267 lattajjaa, finland) $8.00

thick winds off the sargasso is a phase from the epic drunjus 2xcdr (foxglove). this 3inch features a live excerpt from the source material that birthed the album version. the sounds are a meditative blur of buzz tone and the seething outdoors by woodman, clay ruby and endless.

DRNWYN ~ GYPSIES IN THE MIST ~ lp (wohn records, korea) $25.00

first time ever vinyl reissue of the hard-to-find sole album by u.s. duo drnwyn. wonderful record that has some very cool psychedelic moments (especially the track 'the madman and the angel'), and a good number of fabulous folk rock mid-tempos. there's drums, bass and lots of acoustic guitars in here, but also electric leads, keys, mandolin and multi-part vocals with some female chorus as well. but most important, very well-crafted songs from start to finish. this was a private release back in 1978, and a very recommended album for those into folk-psych and folk-rock. remastered sound and 500 copies only.

DUNGEN ~ 4 ~ lp (subliminal sounds, sweden) $26.00

this is the limited and more expensive clear-vinyl swedish edition of dungen's fourth studio album (released on cd & lp in the u.s. via kemado), extending the acclaimed swedish outfit's sound past psychedelia into something far more rare. moving beyond mere stylistic concerns, 4 finds gustav ejstes' focus on the extremes of dungen's sound separating into two entities. blazing, raw guitar workouts have their own time and place, but now, so do stirringly orchestrated, jazz-cooled compositions with cinematic undertones. bandleader gustav ejstes has made many allusions to his creative process as it likens to that of a hip-hop producer. on 4, that process is more evident than ever, both in the feel of each piece, and in the sense of intuition and control within the members of the group. new drummer johan holmegard joins guitarist reine fiske and bassist mattias gustavsson, while ejstes steps away from guitar for the entire album, focusing on the piano as his lead instrument. together, they have honed a classic and seamless sound, constructed with lavish studio flourishes and moving, narrative arrangements, and yet able to toughen up to tear veins of fierce blues-psych instrumentals up from the surface. the ten tracks on 4 comprise dungen's most concentrated effort to date, beats surging forth and atmospheres changing as their sound continues to evolve. every song here runs under five minutes, pushing the group to introduce confident melodies and arresting ambiance in tighter frameworks. gauging from the results, this challenge has done them well. included in this set are live favorite "mina damer och fasaner," excerpts from a wild psychedelic jam session entitled "samtidigt," and a storming, northern soul-influenced instrumental entitled "fredag." these stand tall with some of the most fully-realized moments of dungen's career; percolating prog-pop groover "det tar tid" and eloquent opener "satt at se." with a penchant for lush pop portraits, and laced with orange sunshine guitar flash, 4 turns a page in dungen's sound and story.

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MATT EARLE ~ S/T ~ cdr (black petal, japan) $10.00

matt is in xnobbqx, who recently released on siltbreeze. this one is pretty sparse downer blues, vocals and acoustic guitar… nice fancy covers.

EAT SKULL ~ SICK TO DEATH ~ lp (siltbreeze) $14.00

eat skull are a quartet hailing from portland, oregon, co-masterminded by rob enbom (former bushwacker in the ranks of hospitals and hole class) and another original hospital, rod meyer (the greatest living genius of punk). previous eat skull efforts include a cassette-only ep and a pair of 7-inches, all of which might be out of print. like their brethren and forebears, eat skull runs a post pattern deep beyond pop and punk. they bring to the game an extrasensory appreciation of new zealand's south island sound (great unwashed, axemen), cleveland art-damage skronk (modern art studio, x-x), and the wretched excess of forgotten midwest hardcore (stiff legged sheep, chemotherapy). vinyl-only edition of 800 copies.

EARTH CROWN / KITES ~ SPLIT ~ lp (night people) $13.00

this is a cold vision of a dark trash covered future full of sci fi nightmares and strange out of body experiences. this is the final kites recording and is perhaps the strangest and most chaotic piece in the prolific discography. annihilation synth and tape collage, cut up, sped up and dialed to oblivion. earth crown steps it back, slows down the pulse, lets the edges of the static curl around the drone to the breaking point, where the damage is let loose, purged out and built again. this lp is a reminder of how cold, desolate, and haunting life can be. silkscreened by shawn reed, art by kites and earth crown.

EIAFUAWN ~ BIRDS IN THE GROUND ~ lp (pillow scars) $16.00

my loving relationship with eiafuawn began more than five years ago with that line. well, that line and the music that accompanied it. i had four of his songs that i played over and over again. then i got a cd from mikey skylab with the modulator hustle ep along with some other songs, most of which found their way onto the birds in the ground cd. i think it was even before i played the birds cd itself over and over again that i had blurted out that i wanted to release it on vinyl. never in a million years would i have imagined that it would take me three of those to release a record. there were some bumps on this long road, but you know what? "it doesn't matter," as jacko said. he also said: "showin' how funky strong is your fight". still, it simply does not matter. this is one of the best records i have ever heard and i am grateful to be a small part in getting more people to discover it. first press is on 180 grams of black vinyl. 520 copies were made.

EDEN EXPRESS ~ QUE AMORS QUE ~ lp (holy mountain) $15.00

eden express is a trio comprised of kip uhlhorn (cloudland canyon), kelly uhlhorn, and john david lovelace. their debut is a lush, tropical album formed by a decadent love of drink, the non-erotic possibilities of equestrian ownership, and a finely tuned sense of the dark supernatural side of things. it's like castle rock with warm, white sand beaches! while most groups form to play together with recording an eventual if somewhat unnecessary goal, eden express was formed to record this album first and to become a band second. that they so wildly succeed is a testament to the magic used and manipulated here. the witchy beauty of eden express recalls pan y regalis, charlie and esdor, and early tropicalia albums. pour yourself and a friend some cocktails, sit by the pool, and try to become lucid as your bare, tanned forearms grow beyond 17 feet long.

EDITH BUNKER'S DEMONIZED VOMIT INSURANCE / BAZ ~ split ~ lp (nauscopy) $8.00

handmade covers. a confusing, odd record. 2 lock grooves begin the edith side. bedroom meanderings that steve stapleton might be proud of. released around 9/11/01. really! tons of confusing inserts. 200 pressed.

EGGHATCHER ~ EMPTY MICROPHONE ~ cdr (musicyourmindwillloveyou, australia) $10.00

egghatcher is robert horton made of space in delicate petals that speak like stars like red units fresh from the cosmos seeping a thinking upon distilled minds.

EGYPT IS THE MAGICK # ~ THE VALENTINE PROCESS ~ lp (mad monk) $16.00

resistant to the clutches of anubis, the members of egypt have emerged from a six year hiatus to produce an archival release dating from the dclxvi dynasty. after serving as priests to hathor, the mistress of life, the great wild cow, for five years, these egyptian numerologists have honed their aesthetic reeds to razor sharp points. these tracks include glossalalia praising the pantheon, an illustration of the electromechanistic migration of the soul as well as ecstasy soaked instrumental excursions. look for these adepts appearing at your local oasis soon! 180 gram vinyl, full color covers, 500 copies!

EL KINTO ~ CIRCA 1968 ~ lp (lion productions) $24.00

'i was lucky to see uruguayan music born. before el kinto it didn't exist, and if it did i did not know it or like it.' nosvaldo fattorusso. an exact replica of the original clave label lp release of fourteen crucial tracks by these uruguayan legends, whose line-up includes members of totem and limonada, and features the compositional abilities of poet/panhandler and acid casualty eduardo mateo and his alter-ego, candombe legend ruben rada. el kinto began their brief but eventful life in music playing in the dark shadows at orfeo negro (black orpheus), a night club near the portones de carrasco in montevideo, uruguay. inspired by the way tropicalistas like os mutantes were transforming the pop music of brazil, el kinto embraced their own native music formsnbut, as always, they went a step further: they integrated candombe and bossa nova into beat music, but they also added their own notion of 'psicodelics.' they experimented with newness in all its varietynnew sounds from their guitars, new types of vocal delivery, new ways of striking the drums (with little brooms, with gavels or their hands). as one journalist noted in 1969, 'el kinto, directed by the brilliant mateo, and amplified to the maximum… creates a frenzy of rhythmic music in whichnwith force and convictionnpure wave 'beat' is synthesized with the warmth of the african drums.' the result of the group's tireless experiments is music which sounds fresh and engaging today. in a world dominated by the commercialization of everything - including (although it is difficult to comprehend)nthe arts, all we can say is, thank god for el kinto! now, on to the presentationnthe highest quality mastering and pressing (done at acoustech mastering/rti in california, the same people who master and press every title that audiophile label classic records makes); the resulting lp is housed in a poly-lined sleeve, inside an ultra-heavy 1960's style jacket, which is housed in a loose-fitting plastic sleeve. inside you will find a double-fold insert packed with photos, detailed band history, and lyrics for this most important of uruguayan bands, printed on 100% recycled paper. the lp labels are replicas of the sondor originals. a top of the line pressing all the way. limited edition of 500 copies.

ELEH ~ FLOATING FREQUENCIES / INTUITIVE SYNTHESIS VOLUME 3 ~ lp (important) $18.00

500 made. 200 gram vinyl. eleh's intuitive synthesis/floating frequencies volume 3 is the third release in their intuitive synthesis series (volume 2 was released over a year ago) and it is being released simultaneously with an eleh/pauline oliveros split release.

ELEH / PAULINE OLIVEROS ~ SPLIT ~ lp (important) $18.00

760 made. 200 gram vinyl. important records quite pleased to be presenting this split release consisting of two new drone works from pauline oliveros and eleh.

ELEPHANT MICAH ~ EQUINE EMBLEM ~ 7inch (the great pop supplement, uk) $9.00

incredibly beautiful 4 trk ep, featuring 4 joe o'connell penned gems. housed in sweet screened sleeves and numbered in an edition of 370… highly recommended.

ELEPHANT MICAH ~ ALSATIAN SUNLIGHT ~ 3cdr (luddite rural recordings coop) $7.00

here the "solitary traveler" makes four awkward attempts to survey europe through a fragmented camera lens — inner pop-cam photo by anne duvall taken while rowing a boat near shakespeare’s gravesite. special thanks to casey roberts for help with screenprinting (wildernessoverload.com), greg o’connell for playing clarinet, andrew meyers for playing trumpet, and jess halverson for playing flute… 3cdr in a lovely cd size stitched, screen printed, xeroxed booklet cover. highly recommended.

ELEPHANT MICAH ~ HOME OF ASTRONAUTS ~ 7inch (third uncle) $5.00