Parasol New Arrivals • May 22, 2007

Howdy all,

Well, here we are again on yet another glorious Tuesday and we’re stocked up on the new releases. We’ll keep our yammering to a minimum, which means very soon we’ll 86 the talking and let your fingers do the walking.

Any way, some of you may (or may not) know that lately I’ve been diving in face first and getting back in touch with the ghost of my minimal-tech house obsession. You see, it’s good to be obsessed with something, better yet; it’s nice to be obsessed with great music that somehow flew under my radar for the past year or so. In reality, I didn’t really dive in face first. It was more of an uncoordinated belly flop, but hey, it’s fun to pick up on a genre that you tucked away only to come back and visit that old friend at a full force pace.

So now I’d like to introduce a few select labels that fall into the above category but are still like-minded pieces that fit snugly into the Parasol catalog. With labels like Forcetracks, Trapez, Playhouse, and Punkt you can’t go wrong. So if you’re in an adventurous mood, I’d say give one of these catalog pieces a firm handshake and make sure to leave the welcome mat out.

Ok, I know I promised to keep the yammering to a minimum and now my nose is stretching out beyond belief. If you get me on a tangent, it’s extremely hard for me to find the good old emergency brake lodged in my cranium.

Our pals in the Orange Peels are hitting the pavement. Check out the paragraph below for details.

Parasol's The Orange Peels will be going coast-to-coast in the next few weeks. Well, sort of... They'll take the stage May 28th at NYC Popfest 2007 @ Union Pool in Brooklyn, with The Li'l Hospital, Surefire Broadcast, The Gazetteers and special guests. Then a week or so later on June 5th, back on their beloved West Coast, they'll play with Linda Draper and the Man Fantastic @ The Make-Out Room in San Francisco. Euphoria in action, go see 'em!

Slow and steady wins the race,

Royal & Paul
Below is a list of new arrivals for this week. To search for a specific item or to browse our entire catalog click here. Or, click here to go back to the Parasol Home Page. Click here to see previous weeks new arrivals.

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Under, Alex "Dispositivos de mi Granja" CD $15.00 (Trapez)
 After two successful 12"s on Trapez and several EPs on his own label imprint CMYK, Alex Under has made it to the top techno house producers in Spain. His reputation rising also in other parts of Europe as his psychedelic and trippy techno and house is the sound of now for many people. His productions are based on construction/deconstruction, hypnotic melodies, over blunt electronic rhythms and fine basslines. A motto which could be applied to his style: 'Minimal techno, house, acid?... no prejudices and no frontiers.' Dispositivos De Mi Granja is Alex Under's debut LP. It not only includes an explosive version of his hit 'Las Bicicletas son para el Verano' from his first EP on Trapez, but also shows his large music variety for the first time on one format: contrasting minimal techno with playful techno house... ranging from deep techno to the most psychedelic track 'El Establo Queado.' 'El Establo Queado' is produced in the vein of his remix for Oliver Hacke. The track holds hypnotic techno-trance, with a Plastikman flavor and Daniel Bell's Chicago magic plus a modern vision of dance floor conception. Since Alex Under is playing live twice a week in European clubs, his tracks are all full of sweet, riding rhythms and nights full of action. For example 'El Ordeñador Personal' is a track that lives on tiny melodies working with jacking beats and big time melodies. Spanish melodies? Wonderful melodies embracing techno as well as house clubbers.
Jim's Pick of the best new music from Scandinavia (& Finland)

The Hypnomen "Dreaming of the New Dawn" CD $15.00 (Stupido-Finland)
 Helsinki's Hypnomen parlay a peculiar brand of pan-euro psychedelia that is as effortlessly flambouyant as it is accomplished, focused on the interplay between guitarist Pekka's slippery leads and tinkler Sami's droning Hammond. The Hypnomen have been at their dirigible psych-prog for more than a decade (starting out as a surfy freakbeat combo) and it shows in their ability to seamlessly incorporate corporeal jazz, megalithic riff bombast, Santana-styled afro-beat grooves, slinky exotica, West Coast harmonies, impossibly baroque macro-instrumental jams, even a freakin' drum solo! The band themselves work their mesmerizing mellowosity instrumentally, enlisting myriad guest vocalists, and the end result is 100-proof Summer in a bottle: sunny, surreal and serene. SHINDIG MAGAZINE calls The Hypnomen "Scandanavian psychedelia: think Soundtrack Of Our Lives with a touch of Spiritualized." Look for sound samples on the front page and check out Jim's Pick Pages for the best new Nordic music as it arrives... We're also carrying the band's available CD catalog: Seasons of the Mind EP (2005), Crystal Skies (2004), Andromeda Airport (2003).

New Releases

10CC
UK Records Singles Collection
PS, US Long overdue round up of every A and B side issued by 10 CC during their time with the seminal U.K. Records. Includes the British No.1 'Rubber Bullets' plus the Top 10 'Donna', 'The Dean And I', 'Wall Street Shuffle' and Top 30 'Silly Love'. Deluxe booklet contains stacks of European Picture Sleeves for these collectable singles plus informative liner-notes on each release. Still going strong to this day - 10 CC have a large and loyal fan base.
7t's-027
CD
$14.50


Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting
Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Tour LP
PS, US Limited edition tour vinyl from the Acid Mothers Temple's recent US & Canadian tour. Very limited supplies remain. Splatter vinyl. Contains two 20 minute tracks including a B side exclusive to this vinyl issue. Brand new full length album from the Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO featuring their recent addition, female vocalist Kitagawa Hao. Recorded over a period of four months at The Acid Mothers Temple this is a very clean sounding and polished AMT. Frontman Kawabata Makoto admitted, only half joking, that this has the "cleanest sound in AMT history! " More controlled than many of their speaker destroying fuzz blasted speed guru jams, Crystal Rainbow Pyramid is focused on mystic ambient passages leading into Kawabata's head-heavy echo-riffs. Crystal Rainbow Pyramid is clearly one of the new classic AMT recordings.
Important-147
LP
$16.25


Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO
Crystal Magic Pyramid Under The Stars
PS, US Brand new full length album from the Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO featuring their recent addition, female vocalist Kitagawa Hao. Recorded over a period of four months at The Acid Mothers Temple this is a very clean sounding and polished AMT. Frontman Kawabata Makoto admitted, only half joking, that this has the "cleanest sound in AMT history!" More controlled than many of their speaker destroying fuzz blasted speed guru jams, Crystal Rainbow Pyramid is focused on mystic ambient passages leading into Kawabata's head-heavy echo-riffs. Crystal Rainbow Pyramid is clearly one of the new classic AMT recordings. Prepare to have your mind blown slowly with evolving heavyweight jams and climactic peaks of exquisite ecstacy. Artwork by Seldon Hunt.
Important-146
CD
$12.25


Arctic Monkeys
Favourite Worst Nightmare
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$14.50


Audion
Noiser/Fred's Bells
PS, US "Noiser" is strictly for the late-night crowd, finding the more twisted dark side of Audion- like a doomsday machine in its death knell. "Fred's Bells" is a sign of progression into more subtle, but no less incendiary tracks. This is music for the morning after party.
SpectralSound-044
12
$8.25


Autolux
Future Perfect
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
RedInk
LP
$12.00


Baird, Meg
Dear Companion
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-340
LP
$13.25


Baird, Meg
Dear Companion
PS, US From the ESPERS. Playing guitar & a bit of dulcimer along with her singing, Meg conveys simplicity while the mix contains discreet elements such as harmonies, double-tracks of vocals, a bit of reverb, & in one instance, the deployment of a Space Echo, all of which support a singular feeling without disruption.
DragCity-340
CD
$13.25


Band Of Bees
Octopus
PS, US They are a consistently brilliant musical collective that cross genre lines from track to track, but always manage to keep their songs buoyant, lively, humorous & danceable, feat. retro-flavored horns, keys, guitars & dubby bass & drums.
Astralwerks
CD
$15.50


Bang! Bang!
Dirt That Makes You Drown
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Limited to 500!!!
HighWheel
LP
$10.00


Bark Bark Bark
Haunts
PS, US A creative powerhouse based out of Tucson that covers every aspect of being a self proclaimed one man act. For fans of Beck, LCD Soundsystem, Deerhoof, Moldy Peaches, Ween.
RetardDisco-014
CD
$11.25


Battles
Mirrored
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Warp-156
DLP
$19.00


Battles
Mirrored
PS, US A complete eclipse of their earlier work, this embodies all the prior ideas & qualities that have surrounded the group & extrapolates exponentially upon them. The fractured rhythms, crystalline staccato guitar lines & throttling drums still remain. New textures & horizons become attainable through the addition of vocals courtesy of Tyondai Braxton. PREFIX MAGAZINE: "The members of Battles have been building a name for themselves by teasing music fans with a string of EPs. Mirrored is their much-anticipated debut full-length. The band's members have interesting pasts. Drummer John Stanier pounded the skins for Helmet and Tomahawk. Ian Williams played keyboards in Pittsburgh's Don Caballero. Dave Konopka was in the band Lynx. And lead singer Tyondai Braxton's father was an avant-garde jazz musician. Early buzz calls Mirrored quintessential man-machine music and possibly one of 2007's best albums."
Warp-156
CD
$15.50


Beirut
Lon Gisland
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Choutte
12
$13.00


Benni Hemm Hemm
Kajak
PS, US Eleven musicians recorded thirteen vibrating tracks, with kettledrums & trumpets, with guitars, trombones & a glockenspiel. Here, Benedik H. Hermannsson, the passionate narrator & cunning entertainer became a well versed arranger.
MorrMusic-074
CD
$16.50


Benni Hemm Hemm
Kajak
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
MorrMusic-074
DLP
$17.00


Bergraven
Dödsvisioner
PS, US Bergraven turns the traditional blast-and-flay aesthetic of "frost bitten grimness" on its ear and comes at you with sweeping riff dirges, winding cinematic passages, melodic guitar interludes, tortured-yet-vaguely authoritarian and Germanic vocal overtones and - get this - ambient pedal steel excursions. All of which is enough to make your head spin, especially if you're down with weirdness. "Dodsvisioner" is not your typical black metal experience, and Bergraven is not your standard Swedish killing machine.
HydraHead
CD
$12.50


Big John Greer
I'm The Fat Man
PS, US Big John Greer...what a man! Starting off as a key member of Lucky Millinder's legendary band, the Big Man was soon blowing hot sax on a succession of salty, saucy, sexy hits, as rockin' as they were risqué. As well as playing with Millinder, Bullmoose Jackson and others of the most out-there aggregations of the time - Big John was really the daddy of them all: just listen and you will hear! This is a must for all fans of rockin' sax honkin' risqué R&B. The success of our series of these on radio, with such knowledgeable and tasteful DJs as Mark Lamarr, I think speaks eloquently for itself...
Rev-OlaBandstand-017
CD
$14.50


Big Takeover, The
#60 (The Shins Cover)
PS, US Interviews: Shins * Decemberists (Pt. 2) * Bright Eyes * Dinosaur Jr./Sebadoh * Voxtrot * Don McGlashan (Mutton Birds) * Jello Biafra (Pt. 2) * The Sound * Modernettes * Hilton Valentine (Animals Pt. 2) * Libertines U.S. * Quarrymen (Pre-Beatles) * Ted Leo * Can * Jesse Sykes * Secret Shine * Dion & The Belmonts * Frames * English Beat * Stellastarr* * Chelsea * Copeland * Sammies (Morisen Records) Editorials: Rabid: Death Of The LP? (& The History Of Music Formats!) * Ackerman: Farewell, James Brown * Sommer: Don Imus & The Virginia Tech Tragedy Live Reviews: Agent Orange * Avengers * Bad Brains & Stimulators * Rob Dickinson * Mark Eitzel * Hazey Janes * B.B. King * Lemonheads * Mojave 3 * New Model Army * Pernice Brothers * Pipettes * Emma Pollock * Paul Weller * Brian Wilson *Hundreds of CD Reviews: Long Blondes * Idlewild * Fields * '60s Bee Gees * Pointed Sticks * Maximo Park * Comsat Angels * Stooges * Loney, Dear * Amy Winehouse * John Doe * The La's * Colin Blunstone * (Vancouver) Subhumans * Louis Armstrong * Sloan * Young Galaxy * Beatles * Smithereens * Desmond Dekker * Rhino 39 * Gene Clark * New Pornographers * Del Shannon * The Sharp Things * Spoon * Saints * BRMC * Tim Buckley * Sly Stone * Of Montreal * Damned * Beck * Joanna Newsome * Neil Young * Low * X-Ray Spex * ELO * Stanley Bros., and more
BigTakeover-060
ZINE
$5.75


Bird, Andrew
Thrills
PS, US
Rykodisc
CD
$12.25


Bird, Andrew
The Swimming Hour
PS, US
Rykodisc
CD
$12.25


Black Devil Disco
Black Devil in Dub
PS, US Containing 6 electronic 'dub' versions of the album tracks by the Devil himself plus 6 by some of the his biggest fans who just happen to be some of the best exponents of the cosmic nu disco sound. Feat. BLACK MUSTANG, KERRIER DISTRICT, QUIET VILLAGE, PRINS THOMAS & others! This pushes the sonic envelope far out into deepest realms of cosmic disco exploration.
LoRecordings-060
CD
$15.00


Black Dice
Roll Up b/w Drool
PS, US A new two song 12"" EP. Reflecting another withering season in a Brooklyn basement rehearsal space, the band created a work of abandon, a sonic balloon to unfamiliar vistas. Both tracks offer something upbeat & hypnotic, looking far away from America 2007, while still retaining a familiar raw boldness & playfulness, existing in a wide gray area between jam bands & minimal techno.
PawTracks-016
12
$10.75


Black Moth Super Rainbow
Dandelion Gum
PS, US A loosely based concept record about witches who make candy in the forest. Each of the 16 songs represent a different candy-induced freak out. Songs that are built to stick in your head for hours meet textures that are impossible to erase. Some are bright, some are really sad and some are designed to make you think about life and rainbows and death.
Graveface-030
CD
$10.25


Boris & Michio Kurihara
Rainbow
PS, US For such a formidable combine of noise-making rock & rollers, there is much open space. Sometimes akin to a topless chasm extending firmament, this is also a horizonless atmosphere, w/ Boris spacious trio creation scorched by traces of Kuriharas skywriting guitar leads.
DragCity
CD
$14.50


Bronx Cheer
Was Here
PS, UK Why should you buy this record ? I'll tell you why because Bronx Cheer are the happiest group in town. They make Mungo Jerry sound like manic depressives. The group are a left over from the fifties, gospellers of the good times. Basically a jug band, Bronx Cheer also have an irresistible brand of acoustic rock and roll. There's a touch of John Sebastian, a streak of Nilsson, a soupcon of the Temperance Seven. Formed originally in the early 1960's as The Jug Trust this band played the then lively folk club circuit. With writers Brian Cookman and John Reed in the band they were self-sufficient and released two singles through Parlophone. Changing their name to Bronx Cheer in 1968 they then hooked up with producer Barry Murray who doubled as A&R producer for Pye's Dawn label. So in 1969 Bronx Cheer became beneficiaries of one of the labels 4 track maxi-single's, headed by Barrelhouse Player . A song title perfectly describing Bronx Cheer's musical leanings. Murray then produced the Cheers' first LP entitled Greatest Hits Volume 3. Sadly this was not prophetic and the Cheer were rather eclipsed by label mates and fellow Murray signed/produced artist Mungo Jerry. Bronx Cheer LP The album didn't make the charts but there was enough interest at the time to record a second LP, although politics were left it on the shelf. Thus those tracks receive their first airing here, and they are even more dynamic than the first LP!
RPM-810
CD
$14.50


Buckley, Jeff
So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley
PS, US PREFIX MAGAZINE: "Much like Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley's premature passing was severely sad. And, again like Smith, his music is being released posthumously. So Real contains less unreleased material than the recent Smith release New Moon. Two songs here are rarities: an acoustic version of the title track, before only available on a Japanese import; and a cover of the Smiths' "I Know It's Over" that never aired on a Smiths tribute radio broadcast. In addition to those, fans get Buckley favorites including "Last Goodbye," "Grace," "Lover You Should Have Come Over," and Buckley's sublimely gorgeous cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."
Sony
CD
$14.50


Bust
#45
PS, US Chloe Sevigny on the cover & feat. Patti Smith, mormons, beach fashion, music reviews & more
ZINE
$4.75


Cam, Philipe
Balance
PS, GERMANY Philipe Cam is a star in his own field. He is among the few people that have succeeded to write hypnotic dance music without a conventional beat still conveying a thrilling, dramatic feel. Cam has developed an accurate, intense and complex formula of modulation-techno. Starting with music similar to Pan Sonic in 1996, his music turned towards a more elegant form of minimal music. He worked as a DJ in Brussels beginning of the 90s. Then chose to become a sailor and cruised the oceans. Mid of the 90ies he started to study electronic music in Brussels and began to write music for theatre, ballet and French movies. Abstract soundtracks lead to an organic form of music, which was equally influenced by modern techno as Wolfgang Voigt's Studio 1/Gas or Basic Channel/Maurizio. His demo received by the Cologne based label Traum in 1999 led to a series of three fantastic 12"s. Since then journalists have made links also to Manuel Göttsching's classical masterpiece E2-E4 referring to his low evolving modular wave scapes and strong repetitiveness. Cam's latest compilation CD Balance on Traum is a fine selection of tracks previously released as Traum 12" s. This CD contains tracks in full length, plus a video of 'Mixte' by Cologne artist Yvette Klein, who thickly textured the music with a minimal aesthetic. Cam's music corresponds heavily to the Cologne scene, where his music is appreciated and played throughout the clubs by the likes of Michael Mayer, Tobias Thomas and various other DJs as well as experimental djs from the A-musik corner.
Traum-003
CD
$15.00


Camberwell Now
All's Well
PS, UK Post-This Heat band!!! Camberwell Now worked and recorded in Cold Storage, and toured intermittently through Europe between 1983 and 1986, when they disbanded.
Recommended-022
CD
$16.00


Cex
Sketchi
PS, US Six years in the making, "Sketchi" is CEX'S densest, darkest, and longest album to date; slow-moving ambient dirges that are heavy on the beats and light on vocals (being instrumental and all). There are sounds in these songs that you will swear are not of this world, and truth be told, you never know with the Cex man. Take all your clothes off, paint your face, beat your fists into the floor and pray that this lasts forever. But it can't, and THIS STRANGE BREW IS STRICTLY LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES. Showcasing the most controversial art in the history of TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LTD., each copy of "Sketchi" has been carefully assembled by hand and numbered by the loving fingers of our devoted and fatigued staff. Keepin' it real since forever!
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-116
CD
$11.50


Charalambides
Electricity Ghost
PS, US Trio recordings (featuring Heather Leigh Murray on vox/ pedal steel/psaltry) that date from the same sessions that produced Joy Shapes. Completely improvised, and similar in feel & instrumentation to 'Natural Light' from Joy Shapes, these five pieces snake out of a gently detailed terrain of interlocking thought forms, eventually weaving themselves into towering thickets of monolithic spikes. Some of the most emotionally charged and harsh Charalambides sounds ever laid down, before or since, and unlikely to be repeated in the same way ever again. Edition of 300, xeroxed cardstock sleeves. Better hurry! Paging Kit Moore.
WhollyOther-012
CD
$12.00


Cheater Slicks
Walk Into The Sea
PS, US This album celebrates the band's 20th anniversary has been called by some their best yet. They've been covered by the Dirtbombs & Mudhoney, worked w/ Jon Spencer & Don Howland & more. W/ every track, the record is always ON, like get up & dance through the tears & who gives a shit if they see you? The cover art is a collage that has the depth of 'Triumph of Death' & the sadness inherent in your own misery. 'DIGITAL VINYL', has an insert w/ a website & password so you can download it.
DeadCanary-008
LP
$11.75


Concretes, The
Hey Trouble [import] (ON SALE)
PS, SWEDEN Vocalist Victoria has left the band, but has that stopped The Concretes? No effing way! Lisa and Maria are handling the vocal duties and the pop-orchestra behind them remains melodic and inventive. Think frosty starry-eyed folktronica and if you need some updated namedropping Jim says Concretes 2.0 is a bit more like Maria's folksier band Heikki and reminiscent of El Perro Del Marr in spots. This is the "new" Concretes' brand new album. Available in the US later this year, but we've struck a deal with Licking Fingers to make this available as a reasonably priced import now.
LickingFingers
CD
$14.00


Cornell
Polimer/Flounce
PS, GERMANY Cornell is from Hungary and has produced this stunning 12" full of masterful arrangements that are filled with tension and suspense. "Polimer" sounds like stumbling endlessly, trying to find your way through the darkness after someone spikes your drink and throws you into the sewers of Berlin. Claustrophobic and unsettling yet totally compelling and exhilarating, "Flounce" features relentless forward motion paired with an unflappable groove, making this track a guaranteed killer on the dancefloor.
Minimise-030
12
$9.50


Dalek
Abandoned Language
PS, US After two long years, their masterpiece is finally unveiled, an album the band have described as their "Dark Side of the Moon" or "Pet Sounds" a la Dälek. Still as layered as their previous work but complex enough for fans of avant noise while being accessible enough for mainstream hip hop audiences. Packed w/avant hip hop guests incl. ROB SWIFT (X-MEN). Incl. 16pp booklet w/art by Paul Romano (MASTODON).
ErnestJenning-031
DLP
$18.75


Deep Cut
Commodity
PS, US This is the first in a brand new series of singles called As & When by London live night/record label Club AC30. Deep Cut is a new band with some pedigree making noise around London at the moment, consisting of vocalist Emma Bailey, guitarist Mat Flint and bassist Simon Flint. Mat Flint was founder member of early 90's Virgin/Hut band Revolver, and has played bass in Death In Vegas for ten years. Mat was also resident DJ at Heavenly Social for four years. This first single has been produced by Tim Holmes from Death In Vegas. 'Commodity' is indie pop at its best: Strawberry Switchblade meets Jesus & Mary Chain, maybe a bit of Lush in there, or even Curve. Fuzzy laid back guitars and glacial vocals, 21st century Motown resplendent with thumping drum licks and guitars pilled up to the eyeballs.
ClubAC30-ACAW001
45
$6.75


Dextro
Do You Need Help
PS, UK Young Scot Ewan Mackenzie aka Dextro is the latest talent to join the Border Community stable with the sun-kissed Air-esque lushness of 'Do You Need Help'. Dextro's varied repertoire of downtempo loveliness, edgy punk funk and broken beats was previously given an airing on a recent EP for the UK's Jumblefunk, and he can count none other than Ulrich Schnauss amongst his fans. A remix from the label's resident lunatics The MFA takes the beautiful original to the dancefloor, a 'new wave house' slice of fun from the Kompakt-approved daft duo who are currently turning the heads of people from all areas of the musical spectrum. To top it off there's yet another pair of tools from Border Community big boss man James Holden -- washes of layered noise and ambience to create a druggy breakdown, or use however else you see fit.
BorderCommunity-007
12
$9.50


DJ Kentaro
Enter
PS, US 40 min. of beautifully structured beats, musical smarts & an occasional smattering of turntable magic, the record also feat. guest turns from THE PHARCYDE, SPANK ROCK, NEW FLESH, LITTLE TEMPO, HIFANA & FAT JON. Best known as a phenomenal turntablist & former DMC World Champion. Utterly contemporary, completely rooted in hip hop's old skool aesthetics & w/ a magpie naivety which gives him a freedom within them.
NinjaTune-128
CD
$16.00


DJ Q-Bert
For Intellectual Dummies
PS, US For the decades, DJ QBert & business partner Yogafrog have traveled the world & unified this young industry; sharing it, shaping it. They're showing the world that the turntable is a musical instrument & will continue to outsell guitars. Woven w/ personal interviews & previously unseen footage, watch the eccentric life of QBert as he makes his way through the world one scratch at a time & experience the unequivocal skill one man can possess literally in his fingertips..."Now I finally know what he does." - QBert's Mom
ThudRumble-001
DVD
$17.00


Dog Day
Night Group
PS, US In many ways a pop group's success hinges on their ability to write memorable songs. DOG DAY'S "Night Group" not only delivers in this sense, but also shows how simple tunes can convey meaning, beauty, and honesty. From the playful intro "Lydia", named after keyboardist CRYSTAL THILI and drummer KC SPIDLE'S fanatical cat, to the sorrowful "Bright Light", a song about fate and last chances, the album moves through a broad range of content and mood. In the tradition of great pop bands, Dog Day keeps it simple on "Night Group." They are not a band who distracts by over-indulging or showing off. The beats pound straight through, the keyboard plays one well chosen note at a time, the guitars and bass follow suit. But unlike the countless bands toting incompetence as a selling point, Dog Day demonstrates mastery by playing tight and aggressive, taunting us at times with their understated abilities on tracks like "Vow", which plays with timing, starts, stops, and meanders. This album consistently makes the point that minimalism can be a compositional choice, not a foregone conclusion.
Tomlab-098
CD
$12.25


Dog Day
Night Group
PS, US In many ways a pop group's success hinges on their ability to write memorable songs. DOG DAY'S "Night Group" not only delivers in this sense, but also shows how simple tunes can convey meaning, beauty, and honesty. From the playful intro "Lydia", named after keyboardist CRYSTAL THILI and drummer KC SPIDLE'S fanatical cat, to the sorrowful "Bright Light", a song about fate and last chances, the album moves through a broad range of content and mood. In the tradition of great pop bands, Dog Day keeps it simple on "Night Group." They are not a band who distracts by over-indulging or showing off. The beats pound straight through, the keyboard plays one well chosen note at a time, the guitars and bass follow suit. But unlike the countless bands toting incompetence as a selling point, Dog Day demonstrates mastery by playing tight and aggressive, taunting us at times with their understated abilities on tracks like "Vow", which plays with timing, starts, stops, and meanders. This album consistently makes the point that minimalism can be a compositional choice, not a foregone conclusion.
Tomlab-098
LP
$12.25


Drei Farben House
Any Kind of Feeling
PS, GERMANY Drei Farben House is a pop-house project by Hamburg-based producer Michael Siegle. Following his 12" release on Force Tracks, with a stunning Unai remix, Michael Siegle is ready to take off. His first album Any Kind of Feeling continues the Force Tracks series of first class albums: digital disco for pop lovers. Not unlike Swedish producer Unai, this album conveys the desire for sensation and emotion in music. Siegle strips house down to its basic elements. The stuttering synth-disco groove picks up the extraordinary moments of late disco sound. And Siegle adds the key elements of pop music, drastic harmonies and bittersweet melodies combined with jumbled-sounding guitar riffs. Siegle's voice is a perfect supplement to the music, a very neutral voice -- dry and distinct. With only a few pure elements, Siegle creates the atmosphere of a very melancholic autumn night. It's the imagination of resignation, but also a yearning for something, which cannot be articulated. An album of full-blooded melodrama.
ForceTracks-074
CD
$15.00


Dubblestandart
Immigration Dub
PS, US A backing band for Dillinger, Lee Perry, Topcat, Lilian Allen & others. This is the birth of their 10th album inviting you to a journey into a far- out world of dream dub-rockadelic & sonic insanity. Completed by a strong line up of singers & astonishing versions of Reggae classics. Feat. Ken Boothe, Prince Far I (r.i.p. w/ authorised samples), Ari Up, Gudrun, Devon D & Truman Chewstick, 3gga, JStar, Doug Cox & Todd Butler. Incl. Bonus video feat. Ari Up
Collision-33015
CD
$16.50


E*Vax/B.Fleischmann
Postcards v.1 SPLIT
PS,US Austrian native B. Fleishmann and American artist E*vax both have a knack for fusing abstract experimental electronics with pristine and wistful melodies. B. Fleischmann's track is unmistakably his; a slow motion beat lays the foundation before bringing in a rolling mellow organ, and fuzzy clicky bits like memories of sunny days past. The E*vax track shuffles in with arpegiating tones, and sparse complex beats, setting a delicate mood before tearing the song structure apart (think Takemura perhaps?) and reconfiguring it as a new functioning pop melody. We thought B. Fleischmann and E*vax was also the perfect way to kick of a new series of split 7"s, putting together artists from other ends of the globe who create experimental electronics as forward thinking textural pop. Each 7" will come packaged sharply on clear vinyl, in a clear vinyl sleeve, with a full color postcard.
AudioDregsRecordings-038
45
$4.75


Eulberg, Dominik
Heimische Gefilde
PS, GERMANY This is the second full-length release from Bonn-based DJ, producer and park ranger, Dominik Eulberg. For four years, Eulberg has been releasing on his home label, Traum. His previous nine 12"s, his Nathan Fake and Cosmic Sandwich remixes and, of course, his debut album Flora & Fauna have made him quite a hotbed of music, which has led to international praise for his unique brand of "wild life techno." The influence of nature (bird twitters, owl hoots, flowing water, crunching leaves) and other domestic sounds has made his music easy to identify with. "Heimische gefilde" means "native habitat," and this release takes the concept of his debut a step further and at the same time is a retrospective of his major hits. Tracks like "Die Rotbauchunken vom Tegernsee" and "Björn Borkenkäfer" are included here in unreleased edits that are even stronger than the originals, and as a bonus, previously vinyl-only track "Der Alpenstrandläufer von Spiekeroog" is now included on CD for the first time. Dominik Eulberg's music is much more than just a straight bass drum enriched with samples. Heimische Gefilde fully realizes Eulberg's pledge to mend contradictory parts of a whole: every track is presented, each animal is introduced by Dominik expressed in a lyrical, almost poetic form, ala old school National Geographic narrator. The album culminates in "Stelldichein des Westerwälder Vogelchores," a track that is definitely techno, but techno that is roused to life through its protagonists: 100% birds only, with no effects or additives. The first "acoustic" techno track ever. Synth-stabbed pure dance numbers are folded into introspective floor-throbbers so that each song is a wholly different animal all its own. Heimische Gefilde is danceable and natural: get out your field glasses.
Traum
CD
$16.00


Expecter
Streams 01
PS, US Double CD retrospective of the first 4 years of their live experience, selected, sequenced & edited by band acolyte Robert Girardin from the first 36 issues of the STREAMS mp3 series released free on the Internet & illustrated w/ photos taken from the same.
Fusetron-046
DCD
$13.25


Fennesz
Live in Japan
PS, US The Autofact release of Live In Japan by Christian Fennesz marks the album's debut on vinyl. Originally released in 2003 as a Japan-only CD (Headz/Touch), Live In Japan is perhaps the definitive live document of electronic-acoustic improvisation for our time. Hailed by many to be the "greatest laptop live show in music history" and counted among the albums of the year by The Wire in 2003, one would perhaps have to go back as far as Kraftwerk to find a live electronic performance as engaging, organic and inventive as Live In Japan. The LP consists of one sublimely beautiful and haunting 43-minute long track, recorded live at the Shibuya Nest, Tokyo in February of 2003. The performance takes us from the bright codeine pop of Endless Summer to the grand & stately melancholy of Venice, with familiar bits of coda and electronic soul hooks catching us as we stream through the lush, nearly symphonic drones and soundscapes which Fennesz has expertly composed to guide us through his musical legacy. This is that rare piece of music which affects both the ardent champion and the novice alike, moving and original, with not a single note wasted and nothing out of place. Guitar music? Laptop music? Post-modern electronic soul music? Fennesz music. Mastered directly to metal at Abbey Road Studios, London. Limited edition of 1,000 copies pressed on heavyweight black vinyl and housed in a deluxe spot printed sleeve. Featuring exclusive new artwork designed by Jon Wozencroft.
Fact-009
LP
$15.50


Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi
Something To Shout About
PS, UK The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi hold a high ranking in the realms of gospel groups from the 'Golden Age', having featured the distinctive 'hard' tenor lead vocal of Archie Brownlee since the start of their recording career (then as the Jackson Harmoneers) in 1945. They sang up a storm around the southern states of the USA through the 1950's, having signed with Peacock Records in 1950, and from their eight singles for the label yielded an R&B chart hit with Our Father in 1950. Two of the Blind Boys' LPs for Peacock, 'Precious Memories' and 'Father I Stretch My Hands to Thee' are combined for this re-issue, having been collectors' items for many years. The dynamic call-and-response vocals, laced with Brownlee's searing screams which would influence countless soul singers, served to inspire their audiences through the decade. Features two very rare golden age gospel LPs: reissued and on CD for the first time.
Shout!-034
CD
$16.25


Flowerpot Men
Listen To The Flowers Grow
PS, UK On the 40th Anniversary of the summer of love and flower power classic Lets Go To San Francisco we present the story behind the song and the group. An interesting story unfolds as the studio recordings of John Carter and team take on a life as a real band, which brought in a further crop of outstanding performers. We begin with the build up pre- .San Francisco songs by group members such as Neil Landon, John Carter, Russ Alquist, through the "Rain Rain Rain" recording which used the Mellotron to such great effect and prefaced its later use by Carter on the hit just a couple of months later, onto the hit, and the various attempts at a follow up using different artist names. The subsequent live group was led by vocalist Tony Burrows, but at times included future Deep Purple members Jon Lord and Nick Simper in the backing band. Our sleeve notes have new interviews with most of the writers and artists involved talking of their experiences with the group. Previously unreleased tracks, alternate versions, original mono versions, tracks unreleased at the time, all combine to make this a collectors gem, and a totally worthy celebration of the 40th anniversary. What's The Matter Juliet / Waiting Here For Someone (By Neil Landon) / I Couldn't Spend Another Day / Rain Rain Rain (John Carter Vocal) / Lets Go To San Francisco Part 1 (Original Mono) /Lets Go To San Francisco Part 2 (Original Mono) / A Walk In The Sky / Am I Losing You / A Man Without A Woman / You Can Never Be Wrong / Hello Hello Hello (Demo) / Piccolo Man (As Friends) / Life Is Living / Mythological Sunday (As Friends) / Letter To Josephine ( As Haystack) / Pantomime People (As Haystack) / A Night To Be Remembered (As Dawn Chorus) / Lets Go Back To San Francisco Part 1 / Lets Go Back To San Francisco Part 2.
RPM-809
CD
$14.50


Gang Gang Dance
Retina Riddim
PS, US In advance of GANG GANG DANCE'S upcoming studio full-length THE SOCIAL REGISTRY are proud to present the band's first ever DVD release, "Retina Riddim." This film was made by Gang Gang Dance member, and visual artist, BRIAN DEGRAW. "Retina Riddim" is by no means a tour film, documentary, live video, or anything as remotely stringent. Included on the DVD is a fan film, GGDbyOP, shot and edited on the road by OLIVER PAYNE, a friend of the band's. As an added bonus "Retina Riddim" also contains an audio CD cut together by Degraw specifically for this release, and a fold-out poster designed by Mr. DeGraw. "Retina Riddim" is both a document of Gang Gang Dance's progress over the past few years, and a look forward to the direction they are moving in.
TheSocialRegistry-033
DVD/CD
$11.50


Great Northern
Trading Twilight for Daylight
PS, US Trading Twilight for Daylight is a collection of shimmeringly lovely yet wildly contrasting shades of the pop song experience. Densely layered melodies are draped with dual co-ed vocalists' signature velvety chimes, stately piano, luxuriant keyboard string flourishes and smartly counterpointed electric and acoustic guitars. The songs very point often seem to suggest the rich emotional textures of a daydream afternoon, as sunshine gently dims into the dark. The sensual fullness of the sound is like soaking in a bath of warm frequencies. Great Northern songs are genuinely, memorably melodic, and it's the several coatings of so many melodies within each track that makes them something to return to again and again.
EenieMeenie
CD
$11.75


Grossman, Stefan
Flowers On The Wall: The Unique Art of Stefan Grossman
PS, UK America's master guitarist, Stefan Grossman is a recognized but underrated virtuoso in every genre of the guitar. This set draws on vintage material in the classic transatlantic folk catalogue that showcases Stefan's genius as both a guitarist and as a songwriter particularly able to evoke the atmosphere of Americana.
El-108
CD
$14.50


Gunna Vahm
Man Hands For Rump Roast
PS, US A fine album of propulsive, driving, downtuned, raw post-hardcore riffage, as discordant & feedback drenched as class of '82 Black Flag, raw & jugular-savaging as the cruelest Unsane, tempered only by the twisted angularity that is Jesus Lizard.
Reptilian-099
CD
$8.50


Guthrie, Woody
Hard Travelin Man
PS, UK Surely the legendary Woody Guthrie needs no introduction? The inspiration for pretty much every folk/protest and let's face it, rock singer ever... When Woody Guthrie first appeared on the scene, he must have seemed a dream come true to the academics making up the folk scene .A genuine Folk/Americana artist on a par with Jimmy Rodgers or The Carter Family, a quixotic political journalist in a George Orwell vein, an anarcho-syndicalist thinker straight out of Republican Spain.....and a stand-up, fearless ramblin' man without peer. All in one ornery package...like a folklore project come to life. He has blazed through music for decades. The influence on the likes of Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, you name them....as relevant to day as ever....here is a mere primer on this amazing artist. All You Fascists / Pretty Boy Floyd / Two Good Men / Mean Talking Blues / Jarama Blues / Car Song / Oregon Trail /I Ride An Old Paint? / Better World A Comin' / Buffalo Girls / Slip Knot (Hang Knot) / Jesus Christ / Ship In The Sky / When That Great Ship Went Down / Dust Bowl Blues / A Picture From Life's Other Side / Hard, Ain't It Hard / Muleskinner Blues / Baltimore To Washington / Jack Hammer Blues / Buffalo Skinners / Dig My Life Away / Poor Boy / Hard Travellin' / I Ain't Got Nobody / Wreck Of The Old 97 / New Found Land / Take A Whiff On Me.
Rev-Ola-204
CD
$14.50


Hacke, Oliver
Subject Carrier
PS, GERMANY Trapez is happy to release the first album of Oliver Hacke. An album is full of new tracks and different styles. From the shuffle to the straight, from the funky to polar driven atmospheric tracks which he is also famous for. Releasing on Trapez and its sublabels as well as on the domestic label background, the Duesseldorf based Oliver Hacke has so far not delivered a clear picture of himself. Who is the man that gave us Polar 1, the walking bass epics on the 'Clip' EP, 'Der Vampir von Duesseldorf' or his fantastic remix on Akufen's 'Psychometry iii'. The album makes an attempt to give answers to that question. With subject carrier, Oliver Hacke, who is very much interested in contemporary electronic music, pays tribute to revolutionary development in techno and house during the last 5 years, fusing it with his own ideas of sound design/mastering and dynamics. Influenced by artists such as: Cristian Vogel, Neil Landstrumm, as well as Herbert and Thomas Brinkmann, he has added an universal but individual flavor to this album. Subject Carrier is not a mere collection of music collected over the years, but has been recorded for this occasion.
Trapez-003
CD
$15.00


Hair Police
Blind Kingdom
PS, BELGIUM Odd colored carpet of bizarre 3D fields dominate the bright and lurid psychedelic forests you'll have to run thru to grab a mug a brew at the end of the trip! Hop on the back of a giant pink elephant and let go, eventually follow his tiny dick-like tail if u are too small to climb up this pink turt in space! But do give it a try and check out what's left? Thats right: nothing! Just a puddle of restless throbbing poop in different colours. The elephant turns out to be a puddle as well and the sounds you're hearing are all on the most psychedelic Hair Police LP so far! This is definitely way different then any of their other recordings, way more high bliss, blown out delayed voice and hardly any harshness. Originally recorded as a Hair Police radio special for Radio Centraal in Antwerp! Thick black and neon blue eye destructive cover design and a psychic laser etch on the B-side of this 180 grams wax!"
UltraEczema-042
LP
$21.75


Hala Strana
Heave the Gambrel Roof
PS, US The album is a return to the shorter, more song-based form of Fielding & Hala Strana & incl. reworks of 4 traditional Albanian tunes as well as seven original tracks. *The first pressing of the LP is limited to 250 copies. The cover is a 12""x12"" square of wood that has been hand cut & hand sanded, w/ screen printing on both sides. Each copy is hand numbered using a woodburner, with the vinyl wrapped in felt, w/ an 8-pg bk created & printed by Smith
MusicFellowship-029
LP
$25.00


Handsome Furs
Plague Park
PS, US New Sub-Pop combo formed by Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner and his fiancee, Alexei Perry. Sub-Pop says: "dark and minimal and catchy as shit", but then they also said all this: The point of this duo was to be as sparse and repetitive as possible with the help of little more than vocals, guitars, and a drum machine. Disenchanted vocals thinly resonate while cloaked in a frenzied undertone of fear and uncertainty, all punctuated by bare drum machine beats. Their debut is a record of melancholic tendency and heartfelt desire; a stripped down symphony relegated between city and country, and made for ears of either side.
SubPop
CD
$12.50


Handsome Furs
Plague Park
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SubPop
LP
$12.50


Harmony Grass
This Is Us
PS, UK Reissue/repromotion. A highly sought after soft rock classic album , a great UK sunshine pop masterpiece , subject of Mojo magazine expose page Buried Treasure in May 2003. There has in fact been a growing awareness , in recent years ,of the work and music of Harmony Grass creator Tony Rivers. His own recordings from the 1960's and 1970's have been reissued on various collections in the UK , Japan and US . He has ongoing links with the Beach Boys that originated in the 60's; his work with Cliff Richard in the 70's was reissued a short while ago. Now specifically, his soft rock masterpiece the LP "This Is Us", gets the recognition is richly deserves. As a bonus, RPM are able to offer 4 extra previously unissued tracks exclusive to this package. One a live radio session of the group performing a song never recorded in the studio by them. The other three are songs Tony wrote at the time of Harmony Grass, one of which was then recorded by the whole group for the LP. Packaging is in digipak format, with the original LP sleeve front plus a new poster inlay containing an essay from the Mojo journalist Kieron Tyler. This is a highly sought after classic soft-rock / sunshine pop album and is a must for any fans of Harmony Pop, and the likes of Free Design, Association, Curt Boettcher etc etc...
RPM-510
CD
$16.25


Harp
June 2007
PS, US Summer sirens issue! Feat. Juliette Lewis, Joss Stone, Minnie Driver, Mandy Moore, Brody Dale, Brandi Carlile & Jesse Sykes. 20 pages of this year's most intriguing women. Interview w/ Jeff Tweedy.
ZINE
$4.00


Hearts of Black Science
Driverlights
PS, US 'Driverlights' is the second single to be taken from Gothenburg's Hearts Of Black Science album 'The Ghost You Left Behind'.
"This Swedish outfit crackle like an ambient Depeche Mode or a fuzzy Coldplay..." - The Fly
** Tom Robinson BBC6 Music Live Session May 21st **
ClubAC30-4045
CD5
$7.50


HO-AG
World from Pluto
PS, US Heavy on scrappy keyboards, knotty guitar lines, & crooked rhythms w/ shout-along lyrics written in a well of cosmic hallucinations. This album is equal parts skeleton disco, conspiracy theory, religious inquisition & world devouring nonspiritualism. "With influences ranging from Les Savy Fav to Devo, this indie rock band makes dance-punk, spazz rock, rawk revival & post-hardcore-all for at least a minute at a time."-Pitchfork
HelloSir-012
CD
$11.50


Hot Chip
DJ Kicks
PS, US For their installment of the legendary DJ-Kicks series, the boys deliver an eclectic mixes that feat. everything from German minimal techno to classic pop, hip-hop, grime & garage. This is a mix that covers an unbelievably broad range of styles & truly pulls it off. To top off the mix, they threw in a brand new, exclusive track entitled "Piano Song"
K7-213
CD
$17.00


Hunter, Ian
Shrunken Heads
PS, US
YepRoc
CD
$14.75


Hypnomen, The
Andromeda Airport
PS, FINLAND 2003 album from Finnish prog phenoms. Whirring biker fuzz, gloomy rhythm hypnosis, acid organ soul, psychedelic power pop and caveman riffs all have their time and space and place in this band's instrumental cosmos. The band's two previous albums, Supersonico (1997) and Watusi 99 (1999) are currently unavailable.
Stupido!
CD
$15.00


Hypnomen, The
Crystal Skies
PS, FINLAND 2004 album from Finnish five-piece skilled in the art of colourful psychedelia and afro-beat grooves...mostly instrumental sounds that seamlessly incorporate a love of Syd Barrett-era Floyd and chilled out Latin Funk. PSYCHOTROPIC ZONE: "There are some very groovy, Santana-styled instrumentals with Latino percussion ("Revelation", "Busting Out", "Freedom Rider"), slower, touching and beautiful psykepop pieces ("Asleep", "Crystal Skies", "Love Gone Bad"), a bit heavier boosts á la Uriah Heep/Deep Purple ("Sergio" and "Poseidon") and something in between."
Stupido!
CD
$15.00


Hypnomen, The
Seasons of the Mind EP
PS, FINLAND 2005 EP from Finnish retro-psych-pop-prog overlords. The Hypnomen joins forces with multi-talented Zarkus Poussa for a cool breeze of brasialian funk flavours, and also honor one of the truly classic Finnish groups, Kaseva, by covering on their coolest songs "Syksy", a deep fried take on this tune.
Stupido!
CD5
$6.00


Hypnomen, The
Dreaming of the New Dawn
PS, FINLAND New (2007) new prog/pop/afrobeat/jazz-masterpiece from Finnish psych rock veterans, dayglo colourful psychedelia and deep, dark grooves... An acid-pop juggernaut in heavy syrup. The sound, drenched in Hammond organs, fuzz guitars and percussion brings to mind the timelessly radical past of rock music yet, their energy and vision is totally geared for the future. Afro-headed funksters, ambassadors of love with their droopy moustaches, mohair-suited hipsters, hippie chicks drugged on freedom rock,space-age psychedelians and the children of tomorrow are all heroes in the Hypnomen's instrumental cosmos. The Hypnomen are not ashamed of their good taste, stylish record collections or sense of history. They use all this to make good music. March 2007 it's time for their fifth full length album. Record is named aptly Dreaming Of The New Dawn and it's definitely their deepest, most ambitious and even bombastic work so far. Hypnomen are lovers of music, who play for people who love music. We wish you love and heavy, heavy vibes.
Stupido!
CD
$15.00


J.K. & Co.
Suddenly One Summer
PS, US 180 gram LP version. In 1968, under the sway of the Beatles and LSD, 15 year old guitarist/singer Jay Kaye trekked from Las Vegas to Vancouver, British Columbia. There, with a topnotch team of session musicians, he recorded Suddenly One Summer, a dark masterpiece of orchestral psychedelia, intended to musically represent the life and death of a man. This first-ever legitimate reissue of this ultra rare album is available on CD and 180 gram vinyl, direct from the analog master tapes, and features interviews with Jay Kaye and key members of his Company.
BeatRocket-126
LP
$16.00


Jeremy Jay
Dreamland
PS, US JEREMY JAY lives in Angel Town. He plays the piano and sits out on his deck late at night and looks over the rooftops. Inspired by the cinema, his new record "Dreamland" is quite a unique record for him. A more experimental & classical record, this music was originally created as a "musik-movie", a soundtrack for a short film starring Jeremy Jay also called "Dreamland". While Jeremy is best known for his Buddy Holly-esque pop musings, "Dreamland" is a departure in that it is moody instrumental music composed on and for the keyboard, and feels like an Angelo Badalamenti score to a film by John Hughes. This ST. IVES release is in a HANDMADE EDITION OF 300. The artwork for the LP is a Jeremy Jay paper doll set. There are two different paper doll sets for two different cover styles. Each LP is unique & hand-wrought. Of course you could cut up the covers and put the cut-outs on your wall or just leave them the way they are in their sleeve!
St.Ives-021
LP
$11.50


Khan
Who Never Rests
PS, US "Who Never Rests" is a celebration of a man who is in full control of his sound and vision. With his previous albums on MATADOR, the journey was just starting. With "1-900 GET-KHAN" Khan launched the persona of a male hustler, selling himself to the audience by performing in a pair of underpants with "KHAN" stitched on the ass. It certainly got the party started! Then with "No Comprendo", Khan produced a living-homage to the artists that inspired him, collaborating with DIAMANDA GALAS, ANDRE WILLIAMS, KID CONGO POWERS, BRIGITTE FONTAINE, JULEE CRUISE, and STEREO TOTAL'S FRANCOISE CACTUS. He toured and produced with Kid Congo Powers (THE GUN CLUB, BAD SEEDS, THE CRAMPS) and he recorded and toured as Captain Comatose ("Going Out" and "Up in Flames") on Playhouse: one giant disco party! Now the party isn't really overŠit's just mutated into a celebration of Khan. "Honey, it's been a journey to the moon and backŠ" he sings on "Favor After Favor", and that summarizes "Who Never Rests" pretty well. Now he's quite literally found his voice. Six years ago, he had other people sing his songs and now it's him - solo. Unashamed. Upfront. Honest. All or nothing. Khan times 20!
Tomlab-096
LP
$12.25


Khan
Who Never Rests
PS, GERMANY "Who Never Rests" is a celebration of a man who is in full control of his sound and vision. With his previous albums on MATADOR, the journey was just starting. With "1-900 GET-KHAN" Khan launched the persona of a male hustler, selling himself to the audience by performing in a pair of underpants with "KHAN" stitched on the ass. It certainly got the party started! Then with "No Comprendo", Khan produced a living-homage to the artists that inspired him, collaborating with DIAMANDA GALAS, ANDRE WILLIAMS, KID CONGO POWERS, BRIGITTE FONTAINE, JULEE CRUISE, and STEREO TOTAL'S FRANCOISE CACTUS. He toured and produced with Kid Congo Powers (THE GUN CLUB, BAD SEEDS, THE CRAMPS) and he recorded and toured as Captain Comatose ("Going Out" and "Up in Flames") on Playhouse: one giant disco party! Now the party isn't really overŠit's just mutated into a celebration of Khan. "Honey, it's been a journey to the moon and backŠ" he sings on "Favor After Favor", and that summarizes "Who Never Rests" pretty well. Now he's quite literally found his voice. Six years ago, he had other people sing his songs and now it's him - solo. Unashamed. Upfront. Honest. All or nothing. Khan times 20!
Tomlab-096
CD
$12.25


King Khan & BBQ Show
What's for Dinner?
PS, US
IntheRed
CD
$13.75


Knife, The
We Share Our Mother's Health
PS, US 'We Share Our Mothers' Health' is the second single from Silent Shout, The Knife's third album (and first domestic release). Hot on the heels of José González' hit cover version of their brilliant and unique 'Heartbeats,' the word about this genius electro-pop duo has spread far & wide -- including the cover of XLR8R. 'We Share Our Mothers' Health' is a burbling electro groove, like Chicks On Speed managed by Malcolm McLaren. Features remixes by Trentemøller, Radio Slave and Ratatat. Amazingly cool animated video directed by Motomichi Nakamura.
Mute
CD
$7.00


Kollektiv Turmstrasse
Grillen Im Park
PS, GERMANY Big spring/summer tune for sure!! 9 minutes of groovin' sub heavy tech funk at its best, styled up with nice melodic bleebs, a lot of natural atmospherics, and the talking, laughing and screaming children make a big smile on your face! Including amazing interpretations from Dreher & Sm.art. Kollektiv Turmstrasse is one of the hottest producer teams at the moment in consequence of their current and forthcoming tracks and remixes on labels like Connaisseur and Connaisseur Superieur, Keno Records and Ostwind Records, of course. Dreher & Sm.art are known from tracks on Rotary Cocktail and their stunning remix for the Depeche Mode hit 'Martyr' on Mute Records.
Ostwind-010
12
$9.50


Ladyhawk
Fight For Anarchy
PS, US Life is full of ups and downs. Sometimes you get up just to get down again. Sometimes you run just to feel the wind against your face, and sometimes you stand still to watch things crumble around you. Vancouver's LADYHAWK knows this. And they got up - way up - and entered a recording studio for a daylong session between tours in the first half of 2006. Perhaps they then soared too close to the sun, like moths drawn into the flame, only to fly again into the shadows, their wings singed. And then maybe, gathering their burned and broken instruments about them, they limped their way home, rearranging the pieces and sounds haphazardly, letting them all lay as they fell. The end result is the sound of four brothers breaking something down to create something new, reaching into the fire again. It is a shattering 6-song march called "Fight For Anarchy", all unmuzzled and jawing out, nothing edited or expunged. And on it Ladyhawk show that, like SPOON, DINOSAUR JR. or TOM WAITS, they have the ability to conjure growls, snarls, and storms of sound into musical lightning, never striking the same place twice.
Jagjaguwar-107
12
$10.25


Lewis, Wyndham
The Enemy Speaks
PS, UK The first CD audiobook of readings by Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), the influential British modernist writer, artist and self-styled 'Enemy' feted both by T.S. Eliot and Mark E. Smith. Lewis is best known as the founder in 1914 of the celebrated Vorticist art movement, an English variant of Italian Futurism. Publication of their journal Blast was interrupted by WW1, after which Lewis the artist pursued a parallel career as a writer of fiction, satire and criticism. Lewis spent the war years 1939-45 in penniless exile in America , yet carried on writing even after going blind in 1951. His many books include Tarr (1918), The Apes of God (1930), Blasting & Bombardiering (1937), The Revenge for Love (1937) and the trilogy The Human Age. His artworks include Workshop (1913), A Battery Shelled (1919), Tyro (1920) Red Portrait (1937), The Surrender of Barcelona (1937) and Portrait of T.S. Eliot (1938), and are regularly exhibited by galleries including the Tate, Hayward, Imperial War Museum and others. The Enemy Speaks gathers together rare broadcast recordings made by Lewis in 1938, 1947 and 1951 on various subjects in art and politics, as well as readings of three poems from One-Way Song, recorded at Harvard in 1940. The CD also features a dramatized extract from his Bloomsbury-baiting satire The Apes of God, recorded in 1951 with an introduction by the critic V.S. Pritchett. The CD closes with the recording of Sympathy that so vexed Lieutenant Lewis in his dug-out near Ypres in 1917. The CD features a deluxe booklet featuring archive Lewis images as well as historical notes by James Hayward. The CD has been prepared with the full co-operation of the Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust.
LTM-2411
CD
$15.25


Life on Earth!
Look!! There is Life on Earth!
PS, SWEDEN Even more psychedelic than Dungen, and sung in English... Life on Earth! is the solo-work of talented multi-instrumentalist Mattias Gustavsson, from the Swedish band Dungen. Together with some fellow travelling kindred musical spirits (musicians from Dungen, The Works, Town & Country and Mia Doi Todd), he has created an amazingly deep and timeless album filled with shimmering vibrant psychedelic folk-rock-pop. The basic idea was to make music that celebrates the incredible and absolutely wonderful phenomenon of life on Earth, hoping to spread some joy to any possible listeners. The project has been going on since 2003. Barefoot on tiptoe, in a bubble of magic, swirling elegantly among the stars. Here's life on earth according to Life On Earth!: "Right in between, both after and before, nobody really knows where we came from or where we are going ... Suddenly one is cut off from one's past, intruded on by the present, without a clue of what to say or what to do about anything. But where ever we may go, it is all one and the same anyway. Why not simply enjoy it, until the day we die? So lay all your worry aside now. Don't hesitate; let your dreams sweep you away. Then you may see everything that's forgotten here. Lean back and feel how light and exquisite you truly are. Wonder at the beauty of nature; listen to how it invites you among beech trees and squirrels. Embrace it, because he and she and it and we are all connected to you and you are just like everything else, constantly changing into wondrous beings yet unseen -- you might watch the life on Earth for inspiration." Got it? In other words, absolutely joyful, wondrous, swirling Swedish psych-folk loveliness. Sparkling acoustic singer-songwriter sing-a-longs, acid-drenched guitar burners, spacey vocals, Moog whines, sitar-drone, psych-flute trill, bongos, echoes, some dreamy backwards-masking, and even some songs in English! More pared down (but no less thrilling) than Dungen, with its hands and feet on the warm rocks beside the river.
SubliminalSounds-020
CD
$15.00


Madagascar
Goodbye East, Goodbye West
PS, US "Goodbye East, Goodbye West" is a refinement and growth of the MADAGASCAR'S unique sound. Each track uses crisscrossing accordion, saw, and glockenspiel melodies; anchored by bass, acoustic guitar, and percussion. These instrumental elements are perfectly punctuated with beautiful wordless vocals. From playful waltzes and clanky dirges, to minimalist scrapes and drones, to their arrangement of the Chanukah staple "S'vivon," Goodbye East, Goodbye West, is a uniquely satisfying and mystifying collection of songs.
WesternVinyl-045
CD
$11.50


Makoto, Kawabata
Hosana Mantra
PS, US Inspired by Popol Vuh and originally released in a tiny pressing of 550 on vinyl from the inimitable Acid Mothers Temple front man. Licensed from A Silent Place. Included on this cd reissue are the bonus tracks from the even more limited 7" included with 100 copies of the original LP. Guitarist, violinist, performer on numerous traditional instruments, composer, leader of the Acid Mothers Temple, Kawabata Makoto expresses in this solo performance all his mantric cosmical vocations and spins them into space sonorities! He took inspiration from the Popol Vuh album of the seventies Hosianna Mantra, during his visit to A Silent Place headquarters in late Winter 2006. In a sunny Sunday noon spent in the country-side, eating and drinking Apulian specialities and listening to some great experimental records, Makoto and his Italian friends Pierpaolo and Pasquale, took the decision to start this cooperation. A few days later, back in Japan, Makoto recorded the Hosanna Mantra album at the Acid Mothers Temple between March 12th and 13th, using electric guitar, bouzouki and sitar. The result is this new fantastic sound coming from the cosmos. A simple gem of crystalline beauty."Music, for me, is neither something that I create, nor a form of self-expression. All kinds of sounds exist everywhere around us, and my performances solely consist of picking up these sounds, like a radio tuner, and playing them so that people can hear them. However, maybe because my reception is somewhat off, I am unable to perfectly reproduce these sounds. That is why I spend my days rehearsing. Where do these sounds come from? Who is sending them out? That is not something for me to know, and neither is there any way that I could find out. I simply believe that they come from the 'cosmos'. (Maybe other people would call God the source). Since I was a small child I have been prone to hearing ringing sounds in my ears and other sound phantasms. At the time, I believed that these were messages aimed directly at me from a UFO, and so I would gaze up at the sky. But once I started playing music myself, I came to feel that these noises were a kind of pure sound. And I promised myself that one day I would be able to play those sounds myself. It is only recently that I have begun to feel that I have been able to come close to reproducing these sounds in my solo guitar work, and in my INUI project. However, in June of 1999, I finally discovered my own 'cosmos' and I experienced an instant of total union with it!! That 'cosmos' is still tiny in size - although any cosmos can, by its very nature, be infinitely huge or infinitely small. The energy and vibrations contained within that it far exceeded my imagination in scope and beauty. I can only describe the miraculous instant when my 'cosmos' accepted my consciousness as MAGIC." Kawabata Makoto
Important-152
CD
$12.25


Malone, Jena and Her Bloodstains
Tested Dry/Greeneyed Monster
PS, US The debut release from JENA MALONE AND HER BLOODSTAINS. You might know Jena from her other career acting in film and TV (who could forget her as the little girl on Santa's lap on Roseanne) but she has now embarked on a different artistic endeavor. Her personal songs are delicate, but also have the elan of someone exploring a musical world with only a rough map. Part of the enchantment is where they end up.
TheSocialRegistry-038
45
$5.50


Maserati
Language of Cities
PS, US Debut from Athens, GA outfit is sometimes sublime, sometimes driving w/ a hugely confident sound fronted by atmospheric guitar work & dynamic basslines. "Smooth ridin' sex rock"-Rolling Stone
HelloSir-009
CD
$11.75


Mingus, Charles Quartet
Meets Cat Anderson
PS, US Recorded in 1972 in Berlin w/ a superlative Cat Anderson on trumpet during a period of extensive touring, was made during a very productive time in Mingus life. Feat. Joseph Gardner (trumpet), Hamiet Bluett (reeds), John Forster (piano), Roy Brooks (drums) and Cat Anderson (trumpet).
GetBack
LP
$15.75


Miss Dinky
Melodias Venenosas
PS, GERMANY Chile born Miss Dinky stems from a circle of talented musicians in Santiago De Chile, including Riccardo Villalobos (Playhouse/Perlon) and Dandy Jack aka Martin Schopf. Miss Dinky aka Alejandra Iglesias moved to N.Y.C. in 1996 to stay contemporary but was very much inspired by a trip to Berlin 1995 where she met DJ Hell, Robert Görl and Stacy Pullen she soon became resident in one of New Yorks most crowded gay clubs, the 'Flamingo East'. The breakthrough came after she founded a DJ collective in N.Y.C. with three other female DJs, the 'Angels On Vinyl'. She ended up playing everywhere: The Limelight, Tunnel, The Cooler, Soundfactory, 21's, Drinkland and during the Transmat tour with Derrick May and Aril Brinkha. Her work as a DJ also included gigs with Khan, John Selway, DJ Silver as well as Adam X. Her first CD includes her ambient tracks tracks as well as her dance tracks with many previously unreleased tracks. Many of the exotic sound have collected through her DJ travels in Latin America. Her music can be described as melodic and emotional, deep and rhythmic. Influences have been Christian Vogel, Basic Chennel, Carl Craig, Derrick May etc. and she certainly loves the early period of clonks and bleeps as one can feel throughout her music.
Traum-005
CD
$15.00


Montevideo
Come Clean
PS, FINLAND Montevideo may still be better known as the South American city, but the Helsinki based band is piling up some pressure on the Uruguayan capital. Their soulful, airy and catchy songs have won over many hearts and drawn comparisons to such contemporaries as Death Cab For Cutie and Doves.
Stupido!
CD
$15.00


Motor
Unhuman
PS, US Their 2nd album rolls out of the garage this spring w/ gleaming chromed wings, plush leather upholstery & a bit of nitro injection in the undercarriage. It carries on from the age old themes explored by Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Isaac Azimov's Laws of Robotics & Kraftwerk's cybernetic interface"
Mute-3093
CD
$16.00


Nadadora
Hablaremos Del Miedo
PS, US Nadadora's second album is bound to establish them as one of the most important bands in the Spanish independent scene. Their career has been on the up from the beginning, and after two records (mini CD "Aventuras dentro de cajas", 2004, and "Todo el frío del mundo", 2005) their popularity has grown enormously among fans. The 10 songs in "Hablaremos del miedo" will no doubt confirm all the expectations. In their new album Nadadora have managed to refine their style - the songs sound more sparkling and the emotions are more intensely transmitted. The solid foundation of the guitars is still present, as are the breathtaking beat changes which have made this band so singular. Among all this we find melancholy and tranquil moments in which Sara and Gonzalo's vocals duet masterfully. The result is a record with sharpness and balance, two characteristics which give the listener a broader perception of Gonzalo Abalo's new compositions and a better understanding of the band's spirit. A more mature set of lyrics completes this brilliant picture. "Hablaremos de miedo" is the band's most ambitious take on the various paths of pop and rock and the way they handle them to sculpt their very own sound. Variety is one of the staples of this record, and the band show their improving skills in songwriting, as they move further away from the formula of previous installments: instead of the usual bunch of hit-singles that made up the backbone of their past records, on "Hablaremos de miedo" we do find them too ("Tú y cuántos como tú", "El bosque", "La forma" or "Frágil") but we also are presented with grower songs such as "Después de todo", "Al final (todo arde)" or "La electricidad en el hueso". Plus, as usual, the indispensable song in Galician ("Todo o mundo protesta") and the album closer, a duet performed by Sara and singer Aldo Linares. "Hablaremos de miedo" features another great improvement - it features all sorts of wind, brass and string arrangements, which stress the epic tone of many of the songs and put Nadadora in the same league as bands such as The Delgados o Stars. Such new arrangements, which they plan to feature onstage, will surely enhance the already hymn-like characteristics of their live act, as proved in many of their succesful concerts such as FIB 2006, Contempopranea 2005, El Sol (Madrid) 2006 or La Fabrica de Chocolate (Vigo) 2006. The songs on "Hablaremos de miedo" were recorded at the Circulo Polar studio, situated in O Grove, Galicia, and were mastered in New York (West West Side Music) by Alan Douches, whose mastering jobs include the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Antony and the Johnsons, Galaxie 500, Beirut, Radio 4 or Damon & Naomi.
Jabalina-038
CD
$17.50


National
Boxer
PS, US The way we hear it, if you're a fan of New Ruins you'll love these guys, and as far as compatisons to their past work it's definitely more like "Sad Songs" than "Alligator", intimate and subtle... The follow-up to 2005's Alligator is filled with lush arrangements and sees the band incorporating new instrumentation and expanded musical elements such as piano, trumpet, and more prominent background vocals. Features guest appearances by Doveman, Vincent Moon, Marla Hansen, and Sufjan Stevens? PITCHFORK (8.6): "It's a testament to the good will engendered by Alligator that fans are now likewise calling the National's follow-up, Boxer, a grower. Despite the scrutiny greeting its release (brought on by the inevitable leaks), many listeners seem to be approaching these songs patiently, giving Boxer the space and time to reveal its dark, asymmetrical passageways. In a sense, the album demands it. The same elements that kept listeners returning to Alligator (Berninger's clever turns of phrase, the band's dramatic intensity) are present on Boxer, but are now more restrained and controlled."
BeggarsBanquet
CD
$13.50


No Age
S-T
PS, US Two parts of WIVES make up this new group. Not perfect in the normal sense, but perfect in the sense that they think it is. Pretty & ugly meet somewhere in the middle of punk & art. This 7" is 1 part of 5 vinyl eps that will be released on different labels this spring.
PostPresent
45
$5.00


Nylon 66'ers
Yeah Yeah Yeah! It Was 40 Years Ago + Ultimate Anthology
PS, FINLAND Finnish filmscore freaks' (mostly) instrumental garage, exotica, surf, freakbeat waycoolness, stuck in the 60s and 70s and thrilled about it...partying hard in the style of an intergalactic Booker T & The MGs. Everything from "Secret Agent Man" to "Sunny Afternoon" to "The Good The Bad And The Ugly". Their stentorian cover of the Electric Prune's "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" is worth the price of admission alone. Their latest album, plus a bonus CD anthology, which features DK's "Holiday In Cambodia", Kraftwerk's "The Model", Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love", "Oye Como Va?""The Theme from The Entertainer", and much more. Light the tiki torches!
Stupido
DCD
$15.00


Old Time Relijun
The Tightest Cage
PS, US OLD TIME RELIJUN tempts us with top-secret, sneak preview alternate mixes of songs from the upcoming K album "Catharsis and Crisis". "The Tightest Cage" rattles to the breaking point, spilling over into the wilderness of undiscovered sound. Side Two contains a dubbed-out instrumental version of "Indestructible Life" that will grace your dancehalls with filthy hurricane wreckage that can never be cleaned.
Krecords-110
45
$3.75


Parts & Labor
Mapmaker
PS, US "Mapmaker" is the second JAGJAGUWAR/BRAH album from Brooklyn noisepunks PARTS & LABOR. Expanding on the soaring melodies and cracked electronics of 2006's "Stay Afraid", P&L explores a wider array of berserk, malfunctioning instruments and intricate, pummeling rhythms. These 12 political/personal anthems about ambition and distraction boast bigger choruses, denser drones and shinier hooks. Adding new textures to Parts & Labor's searing pop-squall, the album features guest spots from flautist/megaphonist/vocalist NATALJA KENT (of THE GOOD GOOD) and guitarist JOE KREMER (of labelmates PTERODACTYL).
Jagjaguwar/BrahRecords-103
LP
$10.25


Parts & Labor
Mapmaker
PS, US "Mapmaker" is the second JAGJAGUWAR/BRAH album from Brooklyn noisepunks PARTS & LABOR. Expanding on the soaring melodies and cracked electronics of 2006's "Stay Afraid", P&L explores a wider array of berserk, malfunctioning instruments and intricate, pummeling rhythms. These 12 political/personal anthems about ambition and distraction boast bigger choruses, denser drones and shinier hooks. Adding new textures to Parts & Labor's searing pop-squall, the album features guest spots from flautist/megaphonist/vocalist NATALJA KENT (of THE GOOD GOOD) and guitarist JOE KREMER (of labelmates PTERODACTYL).
Jagjagwar-103
CD
$11.50


Peanut Butter Wolf
Yo! 45 Raps 36 Hip Hop Donuts
PS, US Mixed by Peanut Butter Wolf, all 45 rpm 7"s, labels nicely layed out in the artwork, pretty rare items in this format: SPOONIE "Spoonin Rap" on Sound Of New York, SEXUAL HARASSMENT on 7", ULTRAMAGNETIC "Give the Drummer Some" - HASHIM "Al-Nafiysh" - EAZY-E! whut! originally a tour-only item, limited quantity came into our hands, act a fool.
PBW-003
CD
$14.75


Pekler, Andrew
Cue
PS, US Starting from short expository phrases setting forth a track's instrumentation, mood & development (reproduced on the back cover), he pieces to fit these specific criteria. During the process of assembly a track would more often than not evolve beyond its prescribed limits. On the whole it is a vibrant, playful album w/ the occasional somber passage providing some contrast to the predominantly ebullient tone. Piano & analog synthesizer sounds abound while percussion (when used) is typically reduced to a minimum of tom toms, bells & unidentified noises.
Kranky-109
CD
$12.50


Piano Magic
Part Monster
PS, US 7th "proper" album from esoteric Anglo-French, London-based "ghost-rock" group that ranges from brittle folkish introspection to dynamic all-out noise intensity. Produced by Guy Fixsen of Laika (engineer to the likes of My Bloody Valentine, The Pixies, The Breeders, Stereolab). Part-Monster, Piano Magic's 7th "proper" album (excluding compilations) easily lives up to it's title. Though Piano Magic are generally tarred with the brushes of "ambient," "coldwave" or even "ghostrock," Part-Monster has it's fill of all-out, near brutal, dynamic intensity. Indeed, anyone who's witnessed PM live over the past 2 years or so will testify that the shadowy introspection of their records is camouflage for a beast of many teeth. Bringing in Guy Fixsen, of the group, Laika, as producer, clearly marked the band's intention for a rawer, more powerful sound. Fixsen has taken the production and/or engineer chair for such luminaries as The Pixies, Moonshake, The Breeders, Joy Zipper, Stereolab, Lush and most notably for My Bloody Valentine's Loveless. That's not to say that Piano Magic have entirely turned the amps up to 11. Part-Monster gracefully manages to balance this cathartic noise with romantic paeans to their favourite subject - the more cruel, tragic side of their home city, London and most notably tips a hat to perhaps the most graceful of it's outcasts, Joseph Carey Merrick (The Elephant Man). In this, the 10th year of their existence, Piano Magic can look back on a varied and accomplished discography most bands wouldn't manage in a lifetime of trying. Records for 4AD, Darla, Morr Music, Important and many more, mark their way, as well as the soundtrack to Bigas Luna's Son De Mar movie (2001) and performances at some of the biggest festivals in Europe (Benicassim, Primavera, BAM). Though based in London, Piano Magic is a living model of the Entente Cordiale - 3 of it's 5 members are French (6, if you include regular chanteuse, Angele). Even so, since it's conception, in 1996, the group has drunk heavily from the glass of British musical inspiration - most notably, The Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, as well as the selective 80's output of 4AD, Factory and Rough Trade Records. Though they operate somewhat beneath the radar in a fashion-obsessed Britain, Piano Magic have amassed a huge, devout following in Europe and regularly tour the likes of France, Spain, Italy to sold-out halls. Though the group is their main obsession, singer Glen Johnson also maintains a solo project of leftfield electronica under the guise of Textile Ranch (album, Bird Heart In Wool, Very Friendly, 2005). Along with keyboard player, Cedric Pin, his Future Conditional project will release their debut album, We Don't Just Disappear on LTM Recordings this April - a label most notable for the re-issue of many Factory Records' "classic" albums.
Important-151
CD
$12.25


Port Royal
Afraid To Dance
PS, UK The second album from the band who injected new life into the post-rock scene with their breathtaking debut "Flares" in 2005. For those unfamiliar with their debut, port-royal are anything but just another generic epic instrumental outfit; utilising subtle electronics and almost classical arrangements, they create lengthy, expansive, melancholic compositions that often have movements within the individual tracks, constantly evolving and shifting in tempo. Though "Afraid To Dance" follows the formula that made "Flares" such a success, it also displays sufficient progression to be more than just "Flares pt2"; though the same components are evident, the emphasis has shifted towards the electronic beats and pure rhythm that underpin their sound, bringing them to the forefront while the hypnotic spacerock guitars and synth gently weave melodies beneath. Full press push on what could be the biggest album on the label to date; journalists have been asking for promo copies ever since the release was listed on the Resonant website, so expect a wave of support. First UK tour dates to follow in the summer, with European dates being finalised now.
Resonant-024
CD
$14.25


Prurient/Mindflayer
Split
PS, US Pressed in an edition of 500. "Some things are never better than late and this 7" is one of them. We'd been planning this for about 4 years but somehow it kept getting set aside and forgotten. Then one day a package shows up and it's the artwork and audio. Full fucking steam ahead."
Important
45
$8.00


Quick, The
Untold Rock Stories
PS, UK Long out-of-print, this is a welcome re-promotion for this legendary Glam / Punk / Powerpop band from LA! Complete with all it's widescreen and technicolor ups and downs - this is the full-on untold story of the Quick! Contains Mercury demo's, the Elektra demo's and three bonus tracks too!
Rev-Ola-030
CD
$14.50


Redfearn, Alec & Eyesores
The Blind Spot
PS, US Marvelous large ensemble from Providence, RI has been in existence for a decade now. This is their 6th release & their second for Cuneiform & is surprisingly different from The Quiet Room. It includes a few shorter songs but the main focus of the album is a very ambitious work entitled "I am the Resurrection & the Light", which is a song cycle for a large ensemble featuring a number of different players: appearing are accordion, violin, viola, French horn, guitar, alto sax, bassoon, contrabass, drums, 'loops, processing & other eletronic mayhem' & layers & layers of vocals from up to 4 vocalists (Alec & 3 female voices). This song cycle is a eulogy & meditation about drug addiction & death from drug addiction & related causes. A compelling, powerful, demanding & ultimately beautiful & moving work. No one else sounds like The Eyesores & with this album, no one combines such purity of vocal & instrumental work with such a sense of impending uneasiness & doom. Combines acid folk, maverick 20th century Americana (Tom Waits, Pauline Oliveros, Charles Ives, John Cage, Harry Partch), cabaret & theater music, hypnotic minimalism (Terry Riley & Phillip Glass) noise/drone rock, Eastern European folk music & much more. RIYL: Devendra Banhart, Vashti Bunyan, Espers, Fern Knight, Joanna Newsom, Ivo Papasov, Tom Waits. "A delight."-Copper Press
Cuneiform-244
CD
$14.00


Samuel, Jeff
Step
PS, GERMANY Trapez is happy to present Jeff Samuel's long-awaited first artist album entitled Step. After seven years of making music, "the 8-bit Tetris wizard" Jeff Samuel has produced a true classic LP, with tracks that rock the floor as well as tracks that are deep and melodic, sometimes even epic. The album has a strong songwriting link, although the music is still stripped down and jacking. Step was created during the spring of 2006, and Samuel continues in the melodic direction of his most recent releases on Trapez and Trapez Ltd, Bork and Endpoint. These tracks were conceived as part of a dancefloor album, but the extra steps and melodic sophistication makes especially the CD version (containing extra tracks) one which can be listened to in sequence. The title itself has many meanings: at its core, a step is an object to get from one level to another. We can see that Jeff has accomplished this on the closing track of the CD "I Think They Are Trying To Say Something," which uses a melody that evolves over the course of nine minutes, never repeating itself. His production elements have also been stepped up, including the use of strings on some tracks and even a short journey into broken beats on "Month 2 Month," both an ode to Detroit and to the struggle of living in the USA as a techno artist. Jeff's recent DJ sets have already been setting dance floors ablaze with album tracks like "Off The Mark" and "You Will Never Know," both featuring Samuel's trademark basslines and almost song-like hooks. With Step, Samuel consciously wanted to take his melodies as far as he could. While they have always been present in early works such as "Double Yum," "Knob" and "Fcote," they were never as outward and naked as on this LP. Could this album be his final statement in this direction? Maybe we will find out in another seven years.
Trapez-007
CD
$15.00


Schnauss, Ulrich
The Quicksand Memory EP
PS, US New material from Herr Schnauss, comparable to the best Boards Of Canada, Four Tet, M83, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, B. Fleischmann, etc. The Quicksand Memory EP features two brand spankin' new tracks. "Look At The Sky" opens the EP with a song that translates Ulrich's compositional vision with the unexpected help of a live band. It's a rare look behind the dense electronic layers that signifies Mr. Schnuass' sound. The 2nd track "Medusa" (Edit) is the EPs true gem whose full length twin will reside on the new album. "Medusa" is bold, big and beautiful (and features Longview's Rob McVey), an almost painful tease of what's to come on his new album, 'Goodbye', due July 10th. Also includes Robin Guthrie's (Cocteau Twins) reworkings of two of Ulrich's most celebrated songs, "Gone Forever" and the stunning "On My Own."
Domino
CD5
$6.75


Searcy, Peter
Spark
PS, US Latest introspective album from ex-SQUIRREL BAIT lead singer who's grown leaps and bounds past the infectiously quirky punk rock of his youth.
ToucanCove
CD
$14.00


Secret Chiefs 3
Path of Most Resistance
PS, US Lush, gigantic, heart-felt & organic. Culled from SC3's 4 main studio recordings, plus some enhanced CD bonus material. Four members of MR. BUNGLE (rip) are the foundation of this secret band.
Mimicry-027
CD
$13.25


September Collective
All the Birds Were Anarchists
PS, US Feat. Stefan Schneider (TO ROCOCO ROT), BARBARA MORGENSTERN & PAUL WIRKUS. The recordings have been made at a holiday home in Gardna Wielka, located in the middle of a national park close to the Baltic Sea in Poland. The open windows served as a welcomed connection to the sounds of the ambience. Nature has not been experienced as a silent & calm place of retreat, but as a motivating space, which is connected to technology anyway- regardless its function as a wildlife reservation.
Mosz-014
CD
$14.00


Sequence Pulse
Play Both Ends Against the Middle
PS, JAPAN A japanese instrumental band which formed in Yokohama, Japan in 1999. They made the 3rd new album of 13 tracks in this winter about 2 yrs from their previous album. Like the pad of a synthesizer & the programmed rhythm pattern are taken in the standard band form centering on 2 electric guitars or 2 acoustic guitars ensemble & rhythm sections. The result of their experiment, living together of each part has succeeded in producing an organic charm. Feat. JEN WOOD. The description of a scene of sound has spread gently for every release.
Catune-024
CD
$21.00


Shannon, Mike
Tactile Green EP
PS, CANADA Tactile Green features Mike's deeper, slightly melancholic deep techno house tracks. Detroit-inspired 'Devotional' starts off with an underlay of brushed snare, jazz ride loops and crispy digital atmosphere that leads into layer upon layer of warm synth that simmer and build up for minutes. Finally dropping into a 909-backed groove that drives the track to a stripped-down finish leaving only the synth bass and kick.The German slang for street organ 'Quetschkomode' is a goofy house track inspired by an off-kilter walk past an old gypsy street organ player in Deutscheland. After stumbling back to the studio, the organ somehow mana