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Ambarchi, Oren In the Pendulum's Embrace CD (2007) Touch
Oren Ambarchi continues his otherworldly investigations with "In The Pendulum's Embrace", a dark twin to his landmark 2004 album "Grapes from the Estate" [Touch # TO:61]. Returning again to the hallowed halls of BJB Studios in Sydney, Ambarchi expands the scope and range of his unique musical language, incorporating an even broader pallette of instruments and sensibilities. CD // 3 tracks // 41 mins.

Ambarchi, Oren Suspension CD (2007) Touch
This is a reissue of the highly acclaimed 2001 album, 'Suspension' by australian musician Oren Ambarchi.

Ambarchi, Oren In the Pendulum's Embrace 2LP (2008) Southern Lord
2LP limited vinyl version includes "Intimidator", an exclusive LP only side-long composition for electric guitars & prepared piano featuring Aussie maverick Anthony Pateras.Cut by Rashad Becker at Dub Plates & Mastering in Berlin for added low-end depth. Stunning gatefold design by Jon Wozencroft of Touch.

Band Of Pain/Merzbow Reptile/Insect PICTURE-LP (2008) Dirter Promotions
PICTURE-LP // heavy vinyl // limited to 1000 copies.

Berio, Luciano Differences / Sequenze III, VII LP (2006) Lilith
Collection of works (1951-1969) by Italian avant-garde composer and sound pioneer Luciano Berio. Featuring performances by mezzo soprano (and muse of such composers as Stravinsky, Bussotti and Henze) Cathy Berberian and leading oboe virtuoso Heinz Hollinger, as well as one of the first attempts to combine live instrumentation with pre-recorded sound.

Berio, Luciano Differences / Sequenze III, VII CD (2006) Lilith

BJNilsen/Watson, Chris Storm CD (2007) Touch
CD // 3 Tracks // 50:09 mins.

Black To Comm Fractal Hair Geometry CD (2008) Dekorder
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. CD // 7 tracks // 44:35 mins. // heavy fold-out LP-style cardboard stock.

Black To Comm Fractal Hair Geometry LP (2008) Dekorder
LP // 7 tracks // 44:35 mins. // heavy fold-out cardboard stock.

Boredoms Chocolate Synthesizer CD (2004) Very Friendly
"blending elements of speed-core, punk (there seems to be a tribute of sorts to the electric eels at one point), dub, psychedelia, biker rock, the gross-out too-muchness of the butthole surfers at their lunatic best. Ace." (Very Friendly)

Boredoms Super Roots CD (2007) Very Friendly
CD // 14 tracks

Boredoms Super Roots 3 CD (2007) Very Friendly
CD // 1 track.

Boredoms Super Roots 5 CD (2007) Very Friendly
CD // 1 track // 64 mins.

Boredoms Super Roots 6 CD (2007) Very Friendly
CD // 17 tracks .

Boredoms Super Roots 7 CD (2007) Very Friendly
7 will sound familiar to Mekons fans; ostensibly, it's an extended cover of the group's second single, "Where Were You?" The gods and goddesses of the rave had their way with the Boredoms by its 1998 release date, particularly in its exuberant, 20-minute "Boriginal" mix (numerologically helping to celebrate the Mekons' 20-year anniversary as an active band by proxy). Both this version and the two Eye-sanctioned remixes that bookend it lock into the mekano-heartbeat of Krautrock and embrace synthesizers more fully than any previous releases. These are joyous chords that ring out with precision and abandon alike, when warranted.

Boredoms Super Roots 8 CD (2007) Very Friendly
Super Roots 8 finds the group tackling the theme to the Japanese TV show "Jungle Taitei."? It would seem that they took the title literally, as the otherwise majestic track is sliced into thousands of pieces by 250 BPM beyond-gabber drum programming. Yann Tomita's blissed out "Laughter Robot's Hemp Mix" helps to bring the track back to earth, with spacy, phased percussion and heavy electronic dub passages. It's the only selection in the entire collection touched by outside influence, a trend that would surface again with the Rebore series of remixes that followed the Super Roots recordings.

Branca, Glenn Indeterminate Activity Of Resultant Masses CD (2007) Atavistic
Long rumored, long awaited and essentially the first-time issue of this incendiary Branca masterwork, recored in 1981 at NYC's Radio City Studios- during the peaked out early era of Glenn's "Guitar Army" ensembles- and shortly after the release of The Ascension EP on 99 Records. Featuring contributions from soon-to-be Sonic Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo, as well as Branca mainstays Craig Bromberg, Barbara Ess, Jeffrey Glenn, Sue Hanel, David Rosenbloom and Ned Sublette. CD // 3 tracks.

Cope, Julian Fried LP (2008) Vinyl Lovers
Re-issue of his solo work from 1984.

Cope, Julian World Shut Your Mouth LP (2008) Vinyl Lovers
By the time World Shut Your Mouth, Cope's solo debut, was released in 1984 (the Teardrop Explodes had only just disbanded). Cope by this time had a considerable reputation as being a drug fiend and borderline lunatic, but he knew how to use these qualities to his advantage, both musically and in terms of PR. Cope knowingly launches himself into an ethereal world---at times wistful, at times angst ridden---of inspired psych influenced space pop.

Cure, The Three Imaginary Boys LP (2007) Lilith
re-issue // LP // 12 tracks.

Cure, The Faith 2LP (2008) Vinyl Lovers
Recorded in 1981, this classic album took the band further down the road of despair, initiated with Seventeen Seconds, with an album full of mournful atmospheric tracks, including their hit single, "Primary". Includes 6 bonus tracks from the CD deluxe version.

Faust Faust LP (2007) Lilith
re-issue // LP // 3 tracks // printed plastic jacket + clear 180 gram vinyl.

Faust/Nurse With Wound Disconnected 2LP (2008) Dirter Promotions
2LP // 8 tracks.

Fennesz/Sakamoto Cendre CD (2007) Touch
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Christian Fennesz blend the unstructured and imaginative qualities of improvisation with the satisfying sculpture of composition. Sakamoto's piano, his style reminiscent of Debussy and Satie, perfectly complements Fennesz with his powerful blend of shimmering guitar and passionate electronics. CD // 11 tracks // 51:56 mins. // extended digipac

Fire Room Broken Music CD (2008 Atavistic
A tempest of jazz-noise erupts on the Atavistic debut from FIREROOM, a trio project between longtime collaborators KEN VANDERMARK, LASSE MARHAUG & PAAL-LOVE. CD // 7 tracks

Ikeda, Ryoji +/- CD (1996) Touch
CD // 10 tracks.

Ikeda, Ryoji 0°C CD (1998) Touch
CD // 13 tracks // 38:27 mins.

Ikeda, Ryoji Op. CD (2003) Touch
CD // 10 tracks // 51:04 mins.

Jarboe The Men Album 2CD (2005) Atavistic
2CD // 20 tracks.

Liles, Andrew/Peron, Jean-Herve Fini! CD (2008) Dirter Promotions
CD // 14 tracks.

Machinefabriek Dauw CD (2008) Dekorder
"Dauw" is one of Zuydervelt's most subtle & quiet yet refined works. Mainly built around small but gorgeous melodies of piano and guitar playing and the crackling sound of dusty vinyl samples, these songs slowly build into intensive hymn-like angel choirs of sheer heavenly beauty. CD // 5 tracks // 47:11 mins. // fold-out cardboard cover.

Nurse With Wound Huffin Rag Blues CD (2008) Dirter Promotions
CD // 11 tracks.

Nurse With Wound The Bacteria Magnet MLP (2008) Dirter Promotions
MLP // 4 tracks // Regular Black Vinyl Edition.

Os Mutantes Os Mutantes LP (2007) Lilith
re-issue // LP // 11 tracks.

Padden, Daniel Pause For The Jet CD (2008) Dekorder
Since 1995 Daniel Padden has been a member of Volcano The Bear, with several highly regarded album releases on Nurse With Wound's United Diaries label, Textile and Beta-Lactam Ring Records. Over the years Padden has developed a strong fascination for obscure musics from all over the world (re his recent "Epiphanies" article for The Wire magazine): mouth organ love-songs from Thailand, The Ramayana Monkey Chant from Bali, Khene pieces from Laos; so-called world music from Burundi to Bulgaria. Combining these interests with his love for British Folk and Art Rock (This Heat, Robert Wyatt), Kraut Rock (Faust), Free Jazz, the surreal collage techniques of Nurse With Wound and the odd humour of The Residents, he has developed a totally unique and highly personal musical vision without ever sounding overambitious or directionless. CD // 17 tracks // 37:02 mins. // fold-out cardboard cover.

Padden, Daniel Pause For The Jet LP (2008) Dekorder
Vinyl version // 17 tracks // 37:02 mins.

Powerhouse Sound Oslo/Chicago: Breaks 2CD (2007) Atavistic
((Powerhouse Sound))) formed in the summer of 2005, originally with Ken Vandermark on tenor sax, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten & Nate Mcbride on basses, Lasse Marhaug on electronics and on drums. 2CD // 13 tracks.

Santos, Michael The Happy Error CD (2008) Baskaru
UK electronic artist Michael Santos releases his first widely distributed, commercially available album. "The Happy Error" features 11 tracks of soft sonic textures articulated over subtle chords and harmonic changes. The music on "The Happy Error" is resolutely cinematic, without falling for the usual trappings of the genre. The album offers songs without words in which digital glitches and computer filters replace vocals, bringing in a different kind of warmth. CD // 11 tracks // 52:10 mins. // 2pages fold-out digipack.

Smith, Jimmy Bluesmith LP (2006) Lilith
Jazz organist Jimmy Smith popularized the use of Hammond organ in jazz music and is credited with having invented the soul jazz style. Many of his albums are classics and his influence is omnipresent in the jazz world. For this stellar 1972 release on Verve, the Organ Grinder--- accompanied by Leroy Vinnegar, Teddy Edwards, Ray Crawford, Donald Dean and Victor Pantoja---comes home to where it all began: the blues. These high spirited and relaxed sessions give each musician the chance to "stretch out over a tantalizingly funky blues" that features five Smith originals along with Harvey Siders' "Mournin' Wes," a tribute to friend and fellow musician Wes Montgomery.

Smith, Jimmy Hooche Cooche Man LP (2007) Lilith
For this 1966 release on Verve, Smith once again revisits classic blues tunes with his magic "Organ Grinder" touch, giving us memorable versions of "Hooche Cooche Man", "Boom Boom", "One Mint Julep", and Tommy Tucker's 1964 R&B anthem "Hi-Heel Sneakers" as bonus track.

Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra Spaceship Lullaby CD (2003) Atavistic
The Unheard Music Series is proud to bring to light a compelling and particularly obscure facet of Sun Ra's Chicago activities from the mid-1950's: a collection entitled SPACESHIP LULLABY, featuring Ra's work with several vocal ensembles from the period. Although similar musings had heretofore been heard only on the rare 7"s compiled on THE SINGLES (Evidence), SPACESHIP LULLABY presents a full CD's worth of unreleased material, including songs by Nu Sounds & The Cosmic Rays, plus a previously unknown doo-wop group known as The Lintels- each singing popular tunes of the day.

Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra Some Blues But Not The Kind That's Blue CD (2008) Atavistic
CD // 9 tracks.

Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra Strange Strings CD (2007) Atavistic
Strange Strings, standing squarely alongside Sun Ra's other epics of the mid 1960s, Atlantis and Magic City, absolutely shines as his most painterly of expositions in its surface richness and play with deep space and coloration. CD // 4 tracks.

Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra The Night Of The Purple Moon CD (2007) Atavistic
The Night of the Purple Moon was issued on Saturn in 1972 (and, more or less at the same time, on Saturn's sister label, Thoth); augmenting the original LP is a familiar alternate take of the Arkestra chestnut "Love In Outer Space". To show something of the origins of Ra's keyboard playing in this period, we have added three incredible home recordings, made in 1964, on which Ra pummels a lightly amplified Wurlitzer electric piano, and on the first of them he adds the startling sound of Celeste.

Tropicalia Ou Panis Et Circencis LP (2008) Lilith
Originally released in 1969, this album is one of the most significant in Brazilian musical history, spearheading the musical Tropicalia revolution lead by Brazilian legends Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, not to mention Gal Costa and mutant rockers Os Mutantes. Not only were the artists experimenting with the music, they were also making a very strong political statement that spoke out very harshly against the military regime in Brazil at the time. This album helped land Veloso and Gil a brief stint in jail and eventually in political exile in the UK

V.A. No New York PictureLP (2007) Vinyl Lovers
One of the brightest and most famous projects of the entire punk/new wave scene, No New York was released in 1978 on Island's sub-label Antilles and became a total cult in the indie scene. Featuring some of the most incredible rule breaking bands of the underground New York art and music scene.

Vainio, Mika In The Land Of The Blind One-Eyed Is King CD (2004) Touch
Best known as one-half of Pan Sonic. CD // 9 tracks.

Watson, Chris Weather Report CD (2003) Touch
This is Chris's first foray into composition using his location recordings of wildlife and habitats - previously he has been concerned with describing and revealing the special atmosphere of a place by site specific, untreated location recordings. For the first time here he constructs collages of sounds, which evolve from a series of recordings made at the specific locations over varying periods of time. CD // 3 Tracks // 54:02 mins.

Whitehouse Cruise 2LP (2007) Very Friendly
now for the first time on vinyl, initial release in the Whitehouse Vinyl Collection Series, includes extra track (new instrumental remix of the title track), on heavyweight vinyl available in limited quantities. (label info)

Whitehouse Birthdeath Experience LP (2008) Very Friendly
2nd release in the Whitehouse Vinyl Collection Series of the debut album, on high-quality 180gm heavyweight vinyl available in limited quantities. (label info)

Whitehouse Total Sex 2LP (2008) Very Friendly
3rd release in the Whitehouse Vinyl Collection Series of the second album, includes extra tracks from the United Dairies' Hoisting The Black Flag compilation album, on 2x heavyweight vinyl available in limited quantities (label info)