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7ft._Konka S.T. DVD (2006) Absinth
m. renkel_live electronics.guitar. s. bender-video sampling. release date is september 8th 2006. This is a DVD mastered in PAL and ntsc code. 40 min / regionfree dvd / stereo / pal or ntsc. © 2006 7ft._konka. handmade screenprint cover by 7ft_konka. design + print by s.bender/m. renkel. DVD // 1 track // 40 mins. // cover in a jewel box (the only ever on absinthR !) but handprinted and numbered! limited to 500 copies.

A Fashionable Disease S.T. 7" (2007) The Pet Goat
A Fashionable Disease play a compositional style of free jazz mixed with hardcore punk. Although they are influenced by such great artists as Naked City, Painkiller, and James Chance and the Contortions, the idea for the band and the first recordings were produced before any members had the knowledge of such bands... 7" // 3 tracks.

All Sides Dedalus CD (2007) Make Mine Music
The album's title is, in part, a reference to the character Stephen Dedalus in the James Joyce's classic novel Ulysses. The music is a well balanced work combined of drone sounds and beat-driven dark wave elements, spherical and melancholic ambient tunes and hypnotical electronic beats. CD // 11 tracks // 54:09 mins. // housed in a card sleeve.

All Sides/Troum Shutun CD (2007) Old Europa Cafe
Organic drones! CD // 1 track // 53:43 mins. // CD comes in a special and exclusive silk-screened round metal-box plus insert.

Allseits/Aun Irrlicht CD (2008) Oral
The cosmos is not the blue sky, but the infinite and dark space that lies much further away. Spacious dark atmospheric music along the lines of Thomas Koner and more over Troum (with whom Allseits something collaborates). 4 tracks // 45:07 mins. // foldout cardbox.

Aural Resuscitation Unit/Botched Facelift Split Net Release CDR (2007) The Pet Goat
Rhythmic noise structures with different shades of sonic power. CDR // 7 tracks // 40:35 mins. // foldout cover in plastic sleeve.

Bastien, Pierre Visions Of Doing CD (2008) Western Vinyl
Pierre Bastien is well known for his orchestra of musically gifted robots. Driven by electric motors, the machines deliver stuttering rhythmic loops. These unsteady tempos constantly fluctuate, imbuing the songs with an emotional and honest quality not found in much of today's loop-based music. CD // 9 tracks // gatefold CD/CD-ROM.

Bolz'n Riemen CDR (2008) No Label
Last works of terminated Bolz'n. Extreme - fast - pervers. Brutal mixture of grind/jazz/death elements. Also released as a 20 pieces art edition of Minidisks on Ponyhell records. CDR // 10 tracks // 30:00 mins. // picture printed CDR in plasticsleeve.

Bosetti, Alessandro/Doneda, Michel Breath On The Floor CD(2005) Absinth
michel doneda_reeds. alessandro bosetti_reeds. released october 7th 2005. recorded in castelmaurou on the floor of "adre l. vocobs studio". recorded by pierre-olivier boulant. CD // 7 tracks // appr. 43 mins. // CD comes in a beautiful and opulent package: hand made 7" single cover + plastic sleeve. // limited edition of 500 hand numbered copies.

Brown, Earle Tracer CD (2007) Mode
CD // 15 tracks // 74:11 mins.

Chimora S.T. CDR (2008) The Pet Goat
Chimora is a heavy and slow free form doom unit, working also with elements of noise and drone sounds. CDR // 7 tracks // 67:27 mins. // handmade cardboard sleeve.

Clementi, Aldo Fragments And Symmetries 2CD (2006) Content
Some compose great oceans, often in stormy weather. Some compose complicated water systems, with lakes, rivulets, streams, sluices. Some compose little pools of water. Several of Aldo Clementi's works are such pools. But beware: if you step into them you won't see the bottom. But you will see the heavens reflected in their surface. Who knows, maybe from a heavenly perspective Clementi's collection of small water pools makes up an informal pattern, obvious but beyond words? Aldo Clementi was born in 1925. He is one of the truly great masters of our time. CD1 // 13 tracks // 66:43 mins. // CD2 // 10 tracks // 77:55 mins.

Cohn, Steve Iro Iro CD (2008) Red Toucan
Steve Cohn: piano, shakuhachi, hichiriki, shofar, ektara, percussion. Masahiko Kono: trombone. Tomas Ulrich: cello. Kevin Norton: drums, vibes, percussion. CD // 4 tracks // 55:30 mins.

Current 93 Dogs Blood Rising LP (2008) Jnana
Rerelease of their 2. LP from 1984.

Current 93 Nature Unveiled LP+7" (2008) Jnana
Rerelease of Current 93's first album from 1984, originally limited to 2000 copies. 1000 copies came with a free 7" of No Hiding From The Blackbird (LAY 6) and a red insert.

Dahl, Anders Doorbells CDR (2008) Bombax Bombax
"Seek and you shall find! Ring the bell and Anders will open the gate to beguiling, bewildering pastures where sheep are fed and music is made. Don't be afraid of this wonderful place where life and art is not kept apart, where hi-fi and lo-fi, lowbrow and highbrow, kazoo and computer all are our friends! Anders Dahl is, of course, your good shepherd of experimental music, preferably spending his precious time in rural SkÃ¥rve herding his cattle and cultivating and decultivating the worlds of music, til the day they all will be one." CDR // 3 tracks // 63:31 mins. // Edition of 165 handmade, screen printed copies with original artwork by Oslo-based artist Elinor Ström.

Deerhoof Offend Maggie LP (2008) Kill Rock Stars
New album! LP // 14 tracks

Deerhoof Offend Maggie CD (2008) Kill Rock Stars
New album! CD // 14 tracks

Doerner, Axel/Hayward, Robin Duo CD(2004) Absinth
axel doerner_trumpet, robin hayward_tuba. track 1 & 3 recorded live at raumschiff zitrone, on april 27th 2001. track 2 & 4 recorded in studio in 2001. recorded and mastered by axel doerner and robin hayward. CD // 4 tracks // appr. 40 mins. // CD comes in a beautiful and opulent package: hand made 7" single cover + plastic sleeve. // limited edition of 500 hand numbered copies.

Feldman, Morton First Recordings: 1950s CD (1999) Mode
A remarkable discovery of over 75 minutes of Morton Feldman's music. This disc presents 13 unrecorded early works spanning 1950 to 1953, many previously unpublished. CD // 25 tracks // over 75 mins.

Feldman, Morton Late Works with Clarinet CD (2003) Mode
Clarinet and String Quartet (1983). Three Clarinets, Cello and Piano (1971). Bass-Clarinet and Percussion (1981). The two-part liner notes consist of an essay by Ernstalbrecht Steibler, former director of Neue Musik at the Hessischer Rundfunk in Germany; and detailed notes on the works by Carol Robinson. CD // 3 tracks // 69:31 mins.

Hallnäs, Lars Wo Der Wind Den Steg Umwehet CD (1999) Content
Swedish composer Lars Hallnäs has a strikingly personal voice. His music is on the one hand distinguished by great beauty: it is sensuous, often longing an retrospective in charachter. On the other hand, it is calculated, matter-of-fact, severe. His composed meditations on melodic and harmonic fragments thrive on this tension between the abstract and the melodic. The simple melody, the lone voice, the very character of the music, seems to hold a typically Nordic legacy in trust. On this portrait-CD violinist Anna Lindal, soprano Susanne Rydén and pianist Kristine Scholz present a number of works written especially for them. CD // 28 tracks // 59:44 mins.

Hansen, Peter Trajectories CD (1996) Slask
Minimalism for vibraphone. Between Morton Feldman and Brian Eno. Peter Hansen's music is odourless, yet it is full humanity. It is repetitive, but has none of the straigt-jackets of formal minimalism, every moment differs from the previous one. Works for vibraphone and Javanese gongs. CD // 5 tracks // 68:51 mins. // digipack incl. Booklet.

Hatz S.T. CDR (2008) No Label
One man band of ex-Bolz'n guitarist. Nuclear grind blast influenced by microtonality while playing with unorthodox structures. CDR // 4 tracks // 11:18 mins. // full colour inlet in plastic sleeve.

Houle, François/Léandre, Joëlle/Strid, Raymond 9 Moments CD (2007) Red Toucan
"you'd be hard-pressed to chance upon a more invigorating set of improv-spawned works that excite the mind's eye. Where others fail miserably, these folks succeed in rather luminous fashion!" Glenn Astarita - Jazz Review. CD // 9 tracks // 51:36 mins.

Kagel, Mauricio Transición II; Phonophonie CD (2003) Mode
This disc collects two early, forward looking works by Argentine born Mauricio Kagel (1931-2008). Both works are constructed in such a way so that no two performances can ever be alike. CD // 2 tracks // 44:65 mins.

Leonard, Stephane Lykkelig Dyr LP (2008) Heilskabaal
What makes Lykkelig Dyr's 10 songs so exciting is their masterfully crisp and distinct sound structure. They dissect our collectives' mnemonic imageries as what they are: shiny cybernetic insects wrapped in paper thin lucent gauze and enthrilled by suspicion. This stands in contrast to the songs' hovering planes of atmospheric mirages that form an enticing display of delicate sonic morphodynamics offering their hand to a prolonged reflection on the emphatic view from within -- a truly mature postural tension embodied in musically post-processed experiences. LP // 10 tracks // limited to 500 copies.

Lindal, Anna Violin Alone CD (1998) Content
Anna Lindal has been the most renowned Swedish violinist specializing in new music for the last decade. Her playing is characterized by naked beauty -- powerful, but not muscular, straight rather than sweetend. A lone voice contemplating. John Cage: Chorals and One10, Aldo Clementi: Fantasia su Giorgio moEnCH, Lars Hallnäs: fromm und fröhlich sein, Nicolaus A. Huber: musik für violine allein, György Kurtág: Hommage à John Cage, Christian Wolff: The Death of Mother Jones and Six Melodies Variation. "Without becoming introvert, she plays inwards, listening, reflecting. It is austere and ascetic as well as complex -- a whiteness containing all colours." (GöteborgsPosten) CD // 21 tracks // 73:04 mins.

Lindal, Anna Sitting Silently... CD (2001) Content
Focus is on Hans Otte -- one of the true legends in European music; as composer, pianist and director of the music department at Radio Bremen, Germany. In the early 90's he composed a violin work of 50 minutes' duration, here performed by leading Swedish violinist Anna Lindal: alltagsmusik/Every Day's Music. A poem recited by the soloist sets the tone: "sitting silently, doing nothing, spring comes -- and the grass grows by itself." Music which takes its time -- which flourishes in stillness. The same is true for Lars Hallnäs' variations for violin on a text by Georg Trakl -- in this case too, the title indicates the character of the music: Stille führt der Steg (Silent brings the path...). "This music is hard to live without, once you've heard it." (Svenska Dagbladet) CD // 11 tracks // 70:15 mins.

Lunch, Lydia Video Hysterie: 1978-2006 DVD (2008) Atavistic
Comprehensive visual retrospective of Lydia Lunch's musical collaborations from 1978-2006.DVD // approx 70:00, Dolby 5.1, photo gallery feature, PLUS complete disc/film/bibliographies.

McFall, Christopher All For The Terror That Sings Sweetly To You In The Night 3"MiniCDR (2008) 1000füssler
3"MiniCDR // 3 tracks // 20:22 mins. // fold-out photo cover.

Mezei, Szilard Ensemble Nad / Reed CD (2008) Red Toucan
Free/ composed jazz tunes, similar to works of Willem Breuker. Rec. 18 & 19. February 2006., RTV, Novi Sad, Serbia. CD // 5 tracks // 76:19 mins.

Newman, Chris Piano Sonatas CD (2008) Mode
Chris Newman is a contemporary composer, painter, author and performance artist living in Berlin. This is the first recording of Newman's Piano Sonatas, a large and important aspect to his work. The renowned British piano virtuoso and composer Michael Finnissy performs the four sonatas here. Newman and Finnissy have been collaborators for over a quarter century, ensuring definitive performances. CD // 9 tracks // 72:16 mins.

Newman, Chris Compassion CD (1998) Content
"Compassion (1993) is my attempt to combine everything with everything else, even the already combined. Just as in life everything is combined with everything else...", says composer Chris Newman about this one hour long piece for violin and piano, recorded in concert with Anna Lindal and Henrik Löwenmark. How it sounds? Mix the legacy after Feldman and Bruckner with a touch of arte povera and add a hint of minimalism -- and you're still nowhere near: "...so overwhelming that only the classics have achieved anything like it... One of the most sublime musical experiences I've had. Compassion is, as far as I understand, one of the great works of art in new music." (BorÃ¥s Tidning) CD // 1 track // 63:22 mins.

Newman, Chris Sad Secrets / New French Tunes CD (1999) Content
Chris Newman defies description. "He is one of the most extraordinary profiles in new music", composer, poet, performance artist, painter -- and singer. In this concert recording he lets us in on the Sad Secrets of his youth, like New French Tunes to the meaty piano accompaniment by Henrik Löwenmark. These songs are as disturbing as they are touching, as pungently personal as rooted in the classical tradition, Schubert meets Captain Beefheart. "...for me it's important what I really have inside me -- not what I think I might have, not what I'd like to have..." Chris Newman is not a master of compromise. Chris Newman defies description. CD // 22 tracks // 66:23 mins.

Psychic TV/PTV3 Mr. Alien Brain vs The Skinwalkers CD (2008) Sweet Nothing
Counter Cultural provocateur Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and her reactivated Psychic TV aka "PTV3" will be releasing their second album Mr. Alien Brain vs The Skinwalkers. The album was produced by Edward ODowd & Genesis for Angry Love Productions. It was mastered by Bryin Dall at Waxy Yellow Build Up Studios, New York July 2008. Most of these tracks were recorded live for NPR's "World Cafe" program at WXPN-FM's studios in Philadelphia, PA May 2008 or at Galapagos Arts Space, Brooklyn, New York 2007.

Renkel, Michael Errorkoerper III CD(2005) Absinth
music for electric guitar, fx processor and laptop. recorded in 2005 at atelier georg von rauch haus, berlin. mixed and mastered by michaels renkel. cover design and print ans production by michael renkel. CD // 1 track // 67:04 mins. // CD comes in a beautiful and opulent package: hand made 7" single cover + plastic sleeve. // limited edition of 500 hand numbered copies.

Scelsi, Giacinto The Orchestral Works 2 CD(2006) Mode
tracklisting: Quattro Pezzi (su una nota sola) (1959) (16:54), Uaxuctum-The Legend of the Mayan City which they themselves destroyed for religious reasons (1966) (21:14), La nascita del Verbo (1946-48) (31:58). CD // 13 tracks // 70:07 mins.

Scelsi, Giacinto The Works For Double Bass CD (2007) Mode
This disc contains the first complete recordings of Scelsi's music for doublebass. CD // 13 tracks // 70:24 mins.

Skempton, Howard Home And Abroad -- 32 Pieces For Accordion CD (1997) Content
Howard Skempton -- British composer in the experimental tradition -- is known to have written well over a hundred short piano pieces. "But if the piano pieces are 'the central nervous system' of my work, then the music for accordion definitely is the heart", he says. On Home and Abroad Skempton plays almost everything he has written for the small accordion he bought in 1971 for performing with the Scratch Orchestra. Exquisitely simple and stunningly beautiful -- all the way from um-pah to ethereal eternity. "Skempton achieves an admirable balance between the rigorous compositional structure of the works and the sheer pleasure of hearing them. Delightful." (The Wire) CD // 32 tracks // 66:36 mins.

Skogen S.T. CDR (2008) Bombax Bombax
Skogen is a swedish ensemble mainly performing the compositions of Magnus Granberg. The members are also working with groups such as Gul3, The Tiny and Sheriff; they have, as well, in recent times collaborated with improvisors such as Tetuzi Akiyama, Axel Dörner and Toshimaru Nakamura. CDR // 1 track // 39:24 mins. // Edition of 165 handmade, screen printed copies with original artwork by Oslo-based artist Elinor Ström.

Subotnick, Morton Volume 1 - Electronic Works CD (2001) Mode
track listing: *Touch (1969) for 4-channel tape. *A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur (1978) for 8-channel tape. *Gestures: It Begins With Colors (1999-2001) for 5.1 Surround Sound. CD // 5 tracks // 72:48 mins.

Subotnick, Morton Volume 2: The Electronic Works 2 CD(2004) Mode
Morton Subotnick was a phenomenon in the late '60s, the first composer to write substantial works for synthesizer that had a wide audience. He has been mentor to generations of composers, and his influence is so pervasive that it would be impossible to trace completely - the electronica movement, for one, reveres him. This release brings together two of his classic analog electronic works which were previously only available on LP. CD // 4 tracks // 58:18 mins.

Unforgettable H2O Flatefjäll CDR (2008) Bombax Bombax
"Be sure not to miss this unique documentation of when the scattered members of the Bombax tribe got together at the foot of Flatefjäll for a cheerful time of cooking, eating and making noise! Pots were boiling, cords were humming, bread was baked and circuits bent; cows were mooing, cats were yawning, drums were beaten, signals sent! Join them, you too; this is communal music for the 21st century! When not getting together improvising with Unforgettable H2O, the members are also performing with other musicians around the world; recent collaborators include Tetuzi Akiyama, Toshimaru Nakamura and Axel Dörner" CDR // 2 tracks // 42:31 mins. // Edition of 165 handmade, screen printed copies with original artwork by Oslo-based artist Elinor Ström.

V.A. Berlin Electronics 4MiniCD (2008) Absinth
Gilles Aubry, Annette Krebs, Andrea Ermke, Ignaz Schick. very ltd. & numbered edition, hand painted / acryl on cardboard Cover: 50x14cm/19x5.5in folded to 20x14cm/7.7x5.5in. 4MiniCD // 10 tracks // appr. 73 mins. // handmade package.

V.A. Ass Jazz Vol 1 CDR (2007) The Pet Goat
Ass Jazz Vol 1 featuring 20 bands combining JAZZ with PUNK, GRIND, METAL, NOISE or anything heavy!! CDR // 20 tracks // 69:44 mins. // handmade cardboard sleeve.

V.A. With A Minimum Of Means CD (1997) Content
Alvin Lucier: I am sitting in a room -- a tape music classic, here in the composer's original recording from 1970. Björn Nilsson: CXLI Greetings to La Monte Young, for piano and percussion, is actually a version of Young's arabic numeral (renamed for curious but necessary reasons). Zoltán Jeney: KATO NK 300; July 22, 1979, 10.30 a.m. - Liptó Street, Budapest. An objet trouvé, found at a time and place accounted for in its title, and performed by the composer on organ. Three masterworks of minimalism -- all composed with a minimum of means. "A fantastic record, and a must for friends of minimalism. Play it seldom." (Kristianstadsbladet) CD // 3 tracks // 67:02 mins. // All first recordings.

V.A. Dienstbar Report DVDR (2007) No Label
Great DVD documentation of experimental music projects playing in Dienstbar location Berlin 2006. Featuring: Feine Trinkers Bei Pinkels Daheim, Messonde Gertrud, Y-Tong-G, Inox Kapell, Jeremy Clarke, eBaby, CD Kreisverband Friedrichshain and many more. DVDR // 23 tracks // slimcase + inlet.

Whitehouse Asceticists 2006 LP (2008) Very Friendly
Highly anticipated release in the Whitehouse Vinyl Collection Series of the 2006's classic album, on high-quality 180gm heavyweight vinyl!

Wolff, Christian For Two Pianists ... And Three 2CD (2003) Content
Christian Wolff has written more music for two pianists than most of his colleagues after World War II. Content now releases a double-CD (2x79') with all his music for two pianists ...and three, comprising music written between 1957 and 2001. Apart from modern classics, like Duos for Pianists, it is distinguished by a couple of works written directly for pianists Mats Persson and Kristine Scholz, such as the postcard piece For Kristine and Mats from Christian, which is seen on the front cover. Some pieces with more or less open instrumentation, among them Braverman Music, are also included. The third piano is played by the composer. CD1// 13 tracks // 79:07 mins. // CD2 // 6 tracks // 79:02 mins.

Xenakis, Iannis La Légende D'Eer CD(2005) Mode
La Légende d'Eer (1977-78) (47:04). Electroacoustic Work for 7-channel tape. New stereo mix from the original master tape. master tapes by Gerard Pape. CD // 1 track // 47:04 mins.

Xenakis, Iannis Kraanerg CD (2008) Mode
Kraanerg is one of Xenakis' most popular - and infamous - works. A visceral and highly charged score for woodwinds, brass, and strings along with quadrophonic tape. CD // 1 track // 77:18 mins.