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Beitragvon minimamedia » 12.09.2008 (16:18)

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A.M Rag Red Reverie CD (2008) Pseudo Arcana
Full on over-the-top psychedelic noise guitar assault from Antony Miltons A.M project. With beats! Eschewing the last vestiges of embarrassment at several years 'lost' to rave culture in the late 90s A.M channels the furious ecstasies of phasing tones and pounding beats through electric guitar lined red hot into an ancient tape recorder to produce a riff driven avant-party album... With its endless driving riffs and noise incursions ascending to ever higher levels of intensity the sudden free falls into sudden deep ambient bliss are like the first glimpses of dawn on a mountain top on acid..And then the beats kick in again. CD // 6 tracks // 57:00 mins. // oversized foldout package.

Acid Mothers Temple Electric Heavyland CD (2004) Alien8
Electric Heavyland is one of the most over top releases to come out of the Temple so far, and is perhaps Kawabata Makoto's heaviest groove-oriented material since the classic Mainliner debut, Mellow Out. The recording is made of three tracks that at times will have listeners reminiscing over the likes of early Mudhoney and Monster Magnet's Spine of God era sound. It's the one of the catchiest records from the incredibly prolific psych unit in recent times and can be best compared to the heavier tracks on Absolutely Freak Out Zap Your Mind or the bordering-on-metal sound the band often seems to take on in live situations. CD // 3 tracks // 51:27 mins.

Acid Mothers Temple Mantra of Love CD (2004) Alien8
“Mantra of Love” is destined to be a classic release in the expanding catalogue of one of today's most exciting psychedelic ensembles. It is beautifully recorded, featuring the group's cleanest production thus far. Cotton Casino's vocals been beautifully captured, rivalling the “Univers Zen ou de Zero a Zero release on France's Fractal label. CD // 2 tracks // 44:48 mins.

Acid Mothers Temple Starless and the Bible Black Sabbath CD (2006) Alien8
While this album is certainly a tribute record it doesn't consist of straight-up Sabath worship in the simple sense of covers. The band sounds as if they are simultaneously paying respect to other Sabath-influenced projects such as Melvins or Zeni Geva, the later being the former home of Tabata, one of the Temple's latest recruits. With respect to its heaviness this release has similarities to “Electric Heavyland” our first release by Acid Mothers Temple, however this recording is richer, clearer and less harsh. CD // 2 tracks // 40:32 mins.

Aida Severo S.T. CD (2008) Slam Production
"3rd June 2007 Aida Severo, the free jazz ensemble led by pianist Philip Somervell, spent a day in the studios of Trinity College, London – the result was this, their first CD. The music, based on compositions by members of the group, builds free jazz improvisation on a strong harmonic basis in the jazz tradition. Chris Williams: alto saxophone, Joe Egan: trumpet, Philip Somervell: piano, Colin Somervell: double bass, Vasilis Sarikis: drums. CD // 7 tracks // 43:36 mins.

Ambarchi, Oren A Final Kiss On Poisoned Cheeks LP (2008) Table Of The Elements
"A Final Kiss on Poisoned Cheeks offers a dizzying gaze straight into a chasm of extreme frequencies paint-peelingly high and bowel-churningly low all set atop a sub-strata of menace, angst, and contemplative beauty." LP // Pressed on light-blue marbled, etched vinyl. B-side etching artwork by Savage Pencil.

Arnold Dreyblatt/Orchestra Of Excited Strings Live At Federal Hall National Memorial, 1981 CD (2006) Table Of The Elements
This live CD celebrates the 25th anniversary of Dreyblatt's historic concert at Federal Hall in New York (where George Washington was inaugurated as President). Utilizing the natural resonances of the structure's spectacular dome, Dreyblatt and his Orchestra of Excited Strings present seven outstanding pieces from the Nodal Excitation series for just-intoned double basses, piano, hurdy gurdy and pipe organ, emphasizing dynamics and sonorities to stunning acoustical effect.

Ateleia/Curtis, Benjamin Baghdad Batterie LP (2008) Table Of The Elements
"Baghdad Batterie is a fabulous piece of laptop psychedelia, and certain to delight fans of Curtis and Elliott's previous collaboration, the exhilarating School of Seven Bells EP, Face to Face on High Places. The packaging of this vinyl-only release is similarly spectacular. It's a one-sided, 12-inch LP, pressed on clear vinyl; the reverse is laser etched with an original illustration by acclaimed UK artist Savage Pencil, whose credits include album art for The Fall, Big Black, and Sonic Youth. It's a limited-edition pressing, so get it while you can disks from the label's original Guitar Series in 1993/1994 are now some of Collectorville's must coveted treasures." LP // one-sided // pressed on clear vinyl // the reverse is laser etched with an original illustration by Savage Pencil.

Bad Statistics, The Lucky Town Gone CD (2008) Pseudo Arcana
Recorded onto degraded old cassette tape, "Lucky Town Gone" is a collection of mean-spirited practice room jams that sees the core four-piece of BAD STATISTICS further embracing the stoner doom drone rock that already defined large parts of "Static". The seven tracks of "Lucky Town Gone" are again spearheaded by the abrasive, sense-eluding vocal emissions of Thebis Mutante. Critical response to Mutante¹s contributions on "Static" was deeply divided, and the new album is expected to further polarise opinions. Mutante is backed by Mark Williams (Marineville, Idle Suite, Cookie Brooklyn) on guitar, Justin Barr (Raskolnikovs, Users, Wrongdoings, Delaney Ghost Orchestra) on bass, and Johannes Contag (Jay Clarkson, Cloudboy, Sleepytime) on drums and production. CD // 7 tracks // 47:40 mins. // oversized foldout package.

Belong Same Places (Slow Version) LP (2008) Table Of The Elements
"With "Same Places (Slow Version)," Belong evinces a slow-motion transformation plate tectonics, wired for sound. Aural mountains melt into seas; yet icy barrens yield to breathing jungles of detail. The single, sprawling track may evoke decay, dissolution and destruction, but underfoot are tendrils of inexplicable joy. Belong sings a lullaby of obliteration, and the paradox it embodies would make both Kevin Shields and Tony Conrad proud: crushing melancholia and shuddering euphoria, inexorably intertwined." LP // pressed on etched sea-foam green vinyl, etching artwork by Savage Pencil.

Black To Comm/Datashock Collaboration CDR (2008) Ikuisuus
CDR // 1 track // 24:08 mins. // Includes 9 minute Quicktime video (9:12 mins) // fold-out cover in plasticsleeve + inlet // limited to 150 copies.

Canyon Fever CDR (2008) Ikuisuus
"Spacy bluesounding dreamwaves and echoes from the skyside of life. Good medicine for the warped psychotic & hyperactive mind, even it might sound as a devil itself first, but when we go really into it, we start to feel (=see) heavenly admiring peace, kind of a mix of Brian Eno's Ambient works and Popol Vuh's crystal tuning, with a well touch of bluesy minimalistic vibration. Recorded by Mikkel Valentin Dunkerley (from Denmark) in his home June 2008, using only electric guitar & reverb effect." (Ikuisuus) CDR // 8 tracks // 30:20 mins. // fold-out cover in plasticsleeve + inlet // limited to 100 copies.

Chatham, Rhys A Crimson Grail (For 400 Electric Guitars) CD (2007) Table Of The Elements
Live recording of 400 electric guitars performing in an enormous basilica at an all-night concert in Paris.

Chatham, Rhys Two Gongs (1971) CD (2006) Table Of The Elements
"While written in 1971, the '89 recording documented here features Chatham, along with fellow composer Yoshimasa Wada coaxing heavy, overlapping tones out of a pair of Chinese gongs. The instruments buzz and hum, moving in waves from deafening rattles to soft, muted drones. The monstrous noise that Chatham concocts is far more akin to the seismic crashes of monstrously distorted guitar feedback than that of two unprocessed slabs of metal, and it proves the composer's interest in creating a similar world of sound out of whatever instrument currently proved his muse. On disc, the performance is jaw-droppingly powerful, a monumental chunk of glorious noise." CD // 2 tracks.

Chatham, Rhys An Angel Moves Too Fast To See LP (2006) Table Of The Elements
Moving permanently from New York to Paris, Chatham began composing his masterpiece, a piece for one hundred electric guitars, electric bass and drums. The result, _An Angel Moves Too Fast to See_, is one of the most extraordinary works in the minimalist canon, one that demonstrates the majesty inherent in Chatham's amplified imagination. Now widely available for the first time, this lavish CD presents this sonic revolution in all its glory, and cements Chatham's reputation as a monolithic figure astride both rock and classical musics.

Chatham, Rhys An Angel Moves Too Fast To See CD (2006) Table Of The Elements
Moving permanently from New York to Paris, Chatham began composing his masterpiece, a piece for one hundred electric guitars, electric bass and drums. The result, _An Angel Moves Too Fast to See_, is one of the most extraordinary works in the minimalist canon, one that demonstrates the majesty inherent in Chatham's amplified imagination. Now widely available for the first time, this lavish CD presents this sonic revolution in all its glory, and cements Chatham's reputation as a monolithic figure astride both rock and classical musics.

Chatham, Rhys Die Donnergotter CD (2006) Table Of The Elements
This release contains all of Chatham's best work of the period, from the notorious Guitar Trio" (1977) and the tumultuous, brass-based "Massacre on MacDougal Street" (1982), to the soaring, euphoric masterpiece, "Die Donnergotter" (1986). The accompanying 32-page book features rare photos plus essays by Chatham, Tony Conrad and Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, as well as artwork by famed visual artist Robert Longo. Now widely available for the first time, these tracks vividly document those glorious years in the life of a city and a milieu in which the raw, the sophisticated and the danceable merged, and a new era of rock was born."

Chatham, Rhys & His Guitar Trio All-Stars Guitar Trio Is My Life 3CD (2008) Table Of The Elements
Utilizing multiple electric guitars and a single chord, 1977's Guitar Trio" is composer Rhys Chatham's signature work, and a euphoric, minimal-punk classic. Now, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of "Guitar Trio" on an epic scale, Chatham musters an all-star guitar army for the 3xCD set, "GUITAR TRIO IS MY LIFE!" The sprawling collection features members of Sonic Youth, Swans, Tortoise, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, H?r D?odern Lovers, Silver Mt. Zion, Town and Country, Die Kreutzen, 90-Day Men, Collections of Colonies of Bees, and many more; even Tony Conrad gets in on the act. Together these artists celebrate Chatham's wordless anthem, with its minimalist origins, rock & roll rhythm, ecstatic whorl of harmonics, and ever-evolving, ever-expanding nature. So, take a listen, and hear what one man can do with hundreds of guitars, 30 years, one chord, and a skyscraper of amps set to Liquefy. "Guitar Trio" endures."

Colbourne, Randall/Flaherty, Paul Brige Out! CD (2008) Family Vineyard
Don't call it a comeback. Bridge Out!, the first release in almost a decade by the duo of saxophonist Paul Flaherty and percussionist Randall Colbourne, is better thought of as a renewal, a reawakening of a collaboration which has lain dormant for too long. Joining forces in the late 1980s, these two New Englanders released over a dozen uncompromising and outlaw styled albums of avant garde jazz on their own and other labels that have since vanished into legend. Since then, Flaherty has expanded across the world stage in improv, out-rock and noise (with Chris Corsano, Thurston Moore, Sunburned Hand of the Man, etc.) while Colbourne pursued private study. Together again, they've created eight instant compositions of coiling sax lines and polyrhythmic patterns that commemorates the past celebrates the new. Includes liner notes by Nick Cain

Cold Bleak Heat Simitu CD (2007) Family Vineyard
Chris Corsano, Paul Flaherty, Greg Kelley, Matt Heyner

Collections Of Colonies Of Bees Six Guitars LP (2008) Table Of The Elements
"Collections of Colonies of Bees generated quite the (forgive us) buzz, following the January release of their CD Birds, and deservedly so. Their sound is expansive, vast, and billowing; full of ringing guitars, soaring in the best traditions of the Chatham/Branca standoff; meanwhile, beneath the clouds sprawl dewy meadows of gently rolling electronica. Six Guitars is just what its title states, yet so much more. Wildly versatile drummer Jon Mueller follows the rules by hammering on an electric guitar with mallets, enhancing the Steve Reichian vibe (compare this with Mueller's face-melting solo onslaught Metals, also released in January). The band sparkles accordingly, lifting to a dazzling climax. It's epic minimalism in exquisite registration, and the perfect selection to introduce the Table of the Elements Guitar Series (fans will be happy to hear that Mueller is on deck with a solo contribution to the series as well). Beyond the music, there's the similarly spectacular packaging." LP // one-sided // pressed on clear vinyl // the reverse is laser etched with an original illustration by Savage Pencil.

Conrad, Tony Fantastic Glissando CD (2006) Table Of The Elements
"Fantastic Glissando (1969) is a series of (d)evolving electronic compositions created with sine-wave oscillators. The instrumentation is different, but the effect is typical Conrad: soaring, aggressively textured and jet-engine massive. This first-time CD release contains an extra ten-minute bonus track not included on the original LP version." CD // 5 tracks.

Conrad, Tony Joan of Arc (1968) CD (2006) Table Of The Elements
"Conrad starred in Ira Cohen's legendary film "The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda" and made extensive solo recordings, including _Joan of Arc_, available here for the first time. One of Conrad's personal favorites, it's a long piece for pump organ, in which he conjures both searing white heat and malignant gothic dread. An excerpt was used as the soundtrack for the Piero Heliczer film of the same name, but Conrad feels a greater affinity with that year's Cohen film; accordingly, Cohen graciously provided restored stills from "Thunderbolt Pagoda" for the packaging of this release." CD // 1 track.

Conrad, Tony/Faust Outside the Dream Syndicate ALIVE CD (2005) Table Of The Elements "Minimalist pioneer Tony Conrad and notorious krautrock progenitors Faust met just three times: in the studio to record the groundbreaking "Outside the Dream Syndicate" in 1972, and twice on the concert stage in the mid-1990s. This recording documents their third and final encounter, at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, February 18, 1995. The booklet contains brief interviews with Conrad and Peron, and a first-person account from Gang of Four's Andy Gill, who sounds justifiably intimidated by the entire performance. The packaging includes alternate photos from the 1965 photo-booth strip that graced the original studio release, plus stickers and a silver foil stamp."

Creshevsky, Noah/If,Bwana Favorite Encores CD (2008) Pogus
"A split cd of works by Noah Creshevsky (4 tracks) and If, Bwana (3 tracks). While on the face of it this may seem a somewhat odd pairing, the pieces recorded here comment on and highlight each other. And as the above quotes suggest, an aural adventure is indeed in the offing."" CD // 7 tracks // 63:02 mins.
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D.A.T.A. Compressed Data CD (2008) Slam Production
Four musicians from various musical genres focusing on the compositional structure of improvisation. Dave Hayley drums; Alan Eason guitar; Tris Harris Piano, Rhodes, Tenor sax; Andy McFarlane violin. Recorded June 16th 2007 engineer Peter Riley in Horncastle Lane ,Lee Green, London SE12. CD // 6 tracks // 55:30 mins.

Fake Mistress Arie Antique CDR (2008) No Label
"After having taken years of lessons in classical singing, working for the „beautiful“ (and normed) voice, i discovered noise-music and the possibilities of effects, distorting the voice and creating an ugglyness with a beauty of its own, which is much closer to my perception of life mixing voice, performance and costumes to create something new and bizarre, mostly improvising, aiming to be „in the moment“ and true, no lies, just fake! sometimes using texts, usually not, just a cut-up of words and sounds, so to leave the interpretation open to the imagination of the listeners." CDR // 7 tracks // 41:15 mins. // handmade package, each comes with a different silk-screened cover artwork.

Flaherty, Paul Whirl of Nothingness CD (2006) Family Vineyard
Saxophonist Paul Flaherty is New England's purveyor of the ecstatic jazz pulse. Even before his 1978 record debut Flaherty remained unshakable in the pursuit of soul healing and demon dashing through freedom music. Whirl of Nothingness, Flaherty's second solo album, is eight pieces of alto and tenor saxophone steeped in the theme of loss and channeled through blasting improvisations that showcase his fabulous wailing and inferno of sound to stark bluesy melodies. In the slim cannon of solo horn records (alongside Anthony Braxton, Coleman Hawkins, Kaoru Abe, Peter Brotzmann, Arthur Doyle), Whirl of Nothingness stands triumphantly strong and wholly distinct as a shifting sphere of sound poetry and spiritual tongue. Features liner notes and poem by Flaherty as well as fantastic and stoic front/back cover portraits by John Rogers.

Galbraith, Alastair Talisman CD (2006) Table Of The Elements
Talisman was originally released in 1995, this is a rerelease with bonus tracks. Electronic folkish soundscapes, noisy and smart. CD // 27 tracks.

Galbraith, Alastair/Gennaro, Matt De Long Wires in Dark Museums Vol. 2 CD (2006) Table Of The Elements
In Long Wires in Dark Museums, architectural idiosyncrasies are transformed into nuanced and hypnotic audio. Wires -- some as long as 100 feet -- are affixed throughout a building. When the wires are taught and stroked with rosined hands or a piece of leather, longitudinal vibrations are sent to the points of attachment, creating a natural resonator. It is not the wires that make the sound, but the wall, railing or window frames at their end; wire length and room acoustics determine the pitch. The result, achieved in a veil of total darkness, is a beauttiful and eerie confluence of chance and accident, architecture and improvisation.

Garland, David Noise In You CD (2007) Family Vineyard
Noise In You is an album of gorgeous music about noisy emotions: our desires and distractions, anxieties and passions, love and loss, and the living hum of our bodies. It is David Garland's 8th album since entering New York City's downtown scene in the 1980s, and it's the first to receive the wide distribution and attention his music deserves.

Gastr Del Sol Harp Factory On Lake Street CD (2006) Table Of The Elements
Remarkably confident in the use of space and dissonance, _Harp Factory_ also emphasizes the conceptual scrape", the friction between nuance and noise, that plays such a prominent role in Gastr's subsequent _Upgrade and Afterlife_ LP. Familiar signposts are still in sight -- O'Rourke's compositional skills, Grubbs' associative, absurdist musings -- but this is definitely their boldest outing."

Gate The Dew Line CD (2006) Table Of The Elements
Recorded in 1993 and out of print since, Gate's _The Dew Line_ is the first part of his rock trilogy" (followed by _The Monolake_ in 1996 and _The Wisher Table_ in 1999). Rock it does. Typical Gate/Dead C no-fi guitar subduction and Morley's locked-in-the-car-trunk vocals are prominent, but there's also a hefty amount of scraping synthesizer menace and paleozoic riffage. The crust of noise is there, but crack open the sonic geode and you'll discover some nifty songstyling."

Haslam, George Quartett Paper Moon CD (2008) Slam Production
GEORGE HASLAM QUARTET playing their own arrangements of It's only a Paper Moon, Recado Bossa Nova, The Continental, St James Infirmary, I've Never been in Love Before, What's New?/For all We Know, Out of this World. Steve Waterman, trumpet and flugelhorn, playing at his peak – a never ending flow of ideas presented with impeccable tone and style. Steve Kershaw, double bass, a master of the solid but never obtrusive bass line; always strong on the riffs that feature extensively in this music and totally supportive to the soloists. Robin Jones, drums, the Latin percussionist who also happens to be a great jazz kit drummer able to get to the rhythmic roots of these arrangements. His relaxed style of working with Kershaw's bass is beautifully demonstrated on the CD. George Haslam, baritone saxophone, leader and arranger. CD // 7 tracks // 47:48 mins.

Hecker, Tim Radio Amor CD (2007) Alien8
Alien8 Recordings is reissuing Radio Amor, originally released on Mille Plateaux in 2002. CD // 10 tracks // 58:00 mins.

Hecker, Tim Mirages CD (2004) Alien8 15,50
Mirages, is a lesson of darkness, a midnight whisper revealing its true essence to the listener: an ambient-death-metal classic in waiting. While some artists seem eager to explore new-age or “organic” solutions to electronic music, Hecker solves the Rubik's cube and penetrates the liquid magma, revealing the truths of dirty sodium light pollution, love on the rocks, and toothhunting in the garden of evil. CD // 11 tracks // 47:21 mins.

Higuchi, Hisato Dialogue CD (2006) Family Vineyard
Dialogue is the first American release by Tokyo's new rising power Hisato Higuchi. Originally a puppeteer, Higuchi has transformed his glacial, shadow-box inspired hand movements to the twilight theater of electric guitar. His six-string tones and hushed vocals fan out from these haunted torch songs and burning embers of Patty Waters and Keiji Haino's quieter, introspective work. Overall, a beautiful meditation and entirely new vision of celestial blues. His seemingly wordless Japanese croon is a smoky, after-hours call of loss or spectral introspection.

Hooker, William/Ranaldo, Lee The Celestial Answer CD (2006) Table Of The Elements
With The Celestial Answer, Hooker and Ranaldo have created a work of blindingly brilliant, elemental force. Rays of white guitar noise penetrate clouds of analog synth; molten drumming blasts across free-form poetics. The dynamic is beautiful and inspired - a simple cold-fusion of intuitive interaction and boundless sonic freedom. These are thoughtful and emotionally attuned artists. Open your ears and they'll take you on a soaring voyage through an ecstatic firmament, into the howling mouth of infinity.

Kahn, Jason/Mueller, Jon Topography CD (2008) Table Of The Elements
Percussionist Jon Mueller continues his amazing run of releases (he appears on eight Table of the Elements titles in the first half of 2008!) with Topography, a collaboration with Z?h-based sound and visual artist Jason Kahn. Topography addresses the entity of sound as both a physical and psychological factor shaping our consciousness, and is a remarkable display of electroacoustic finesse.

Kane, Jonathan February LP (2005) Table Of The Elements
"Jonathan Kane is a Downtown NYC legend -- as co-founder of the no-wave behemoth Swans, and the rhythmic thunder behind the massed-guitar armies of Rhys Chatham and the rock excursions of La Monte Young -- and one of the hardest-hitting drummers on the planet. With February, his first solo record, Kane summons Swans' concussive wallop, Chatham's dense guitar strata (Kane even manages a rollicking version of Chatham's notorious "Guitar Trio"), and the perpetual propulsion of 70s krautrockers Neu, then steers it all head-on into... the blues. Make no mistake about it: Kane is a bluesman, and beneath the high-decible bombast of these five instrumentals, he's powering guitar-driven minimalism into the blues, and the blues into guitar-driven harmonic maximalism."

Kane, Jonathan February CD (2005) Table Of The Elements
"Jonathan Kane is a Downtown NYC legend -- as co-founder of the no-wave behemoth Swans, and the rhythmic thunder behind the massed-guitar armies of Rhys Chatham and the rock excursions of La Monte Young -- and one of the hardest-hitting drummers on the planet. With February, his first solo record, Kane summons Swans' concussive wallop, Chatham's dense guitar strata (Kane even manages a rollicking version of Chatham's notorious "Guitar Trio"), and the perpetual propulsion of 70s krautrockers Neu, then steers it all head-on into... the blues. Make no mistake about it: Kane is a bluesman, and beneath the high-decible bombast of these five instrumentals, he's powering guitar-driven minimalism into the blues, and the blues into guitar-driven harmonic maximalism."

Keijo Carry On With Us CDR/BOOK (2008) Pseudo Arcana
"Latest missive from Finlands motorcycle crazed improvising drone shaman. 'Carry On With Us' features extended percussion rites and long sections of uber-blues guitar. In some ways this is a challenging record with Keijo veering into Jandek like atonality at times. But there are also moments of lush sublime beauty. Overall it reflects honesty and frankness. Sure signs of 'true' magic..? Packaged in a high quality 12 page book of photos and collage works by Keijo. CDR/BOOK // 12 tracks // 61:25 mins.

Keszler, Eli R.L.K CD (2007) Rel
"R.L.K developes slowly and subtly with gradually shifting textures from intense moments to near stasis. A long piece in 3 parts made of bowed percussion, drumset and electronics." CD // 3 tracks // 27:55 mins. // Hand embossed/stamped and painted arigate pak with insert // limited to 500 copies.

Keszler, Eli/Paul, Ashley 1-5. CDR (2008) Rel
REL 006 is the self titled debut by Eli Keszler and Ashley Paul. Across 5 sections, they utilize oddly resonating drums, clarinet, bowed percussion, contra-bass harmonica, saxophone, guitar, nail violin and contact microphone. Creating sounds ranging from the nearly inaudibly low resonance, to crackling high drums, piercing nail violin and rough saxophone shaping. CDR // 5 tracks // 24:24 mins. // Hand screened cover with embossed 'rel' on the inside with a vellum wrap around sleeve. Packaged in a hand number edition of 100.

Kim-Cohen, Seth One Reason To Live: Conversations About Music With Julius Nil BOOK (2008) Errant Bodies Press
BOOK // 224 pages.

LaBelle, Brandon Dirty Ear CD (2008) Errant Bodies
CD // 9 tracks // 40:03 mins. // gatefold sleeve.

LaBelle, Brandon Radio Memory BOOK+CD (2008) Errant Bodies Press
BOOK+CD // 120 pages // color plates.

Licht, Alan/Onda, Aki Everydays CD (2008) Family Vineyard
Everydays is five grandly formed soundscapes that mix Onda's poetic/textural cassette sounds and the rhythmic/lyrical pull of Licht's guitar. Morphing from recognizable structures to dissonant hammered chunks and rapid cut-ups, the album perfectly weaves their signature applications of sound diaries, minimalism, grainy fidelity, looping and free blues into a dynamic and ambitious statement. Released by Headz in Japan.

López, Francisco TechnoCalyps CD (2008) Alien8
CD // 15 tracks // 73:49 mins.

Megafaun Bury The Square CD (2008) Table Of The Elements
From the vibrant Southern quasi-capital of Durham emerge Megafaun, wearing earnestness across the chest and abstraction along the sleeves. They pour forth dulcet harmonies, as seeking vocals tug banjo lines up the Appalachian mountains; redemptive noise soaks everything, like thick air wafting from the Atlantic. Clawhammer banjo and strummed acoustics lock and roll with electric guitars and electronic textures. They realize that folk implies deep, personal, intense expression, whether the instrument is a parlor piano with the lid thrown back or a distortion pedal with the case cracked loose. In this band, orthodoxy and unorthodoxy flow together as one.

Moondog Moondog And His Friends 10"EP (2004) Honest Jon's
Originally released by Epic in 1953. 8 tracks.

Moondog The Viking Of Sixth Avenue 2LP (2004) Honest Jon's
This is the first retrospective of Moondog's music — thirty-six tracks from 1949 to 1995, most of them exceptionally rare and reissued now for the first time, all of them miraculous. The 2LP set comes with linernotes and shows some rare photographs of Moondog. 2LP // 36 tracks // gatefold cover.

Moondog And His Honking Geese Playing Moondog's Music 10"EP (2004) Honest Jon's
Originally released on Moondog Records 1955 as a 10"EP. 4 tracks.

Mueller, Jon Metals CD (2008) Table Of The Elements
Percussionist Jon Mueller works with rhythms that come from gong frequencies, from vibrations of the bodies of bass drums, and the surprising sonorities that occur with the combination of these elements. Now he applies these techniques to his latest solo effort, to stunning effect: Metals is, as its name suggests, a bold, all-percussion foray into heavy metal. No theatrical silliness here; just sheer exhilaration; the fundamental power of loud, organized, precise rhythms; ringing, heavy anti-melodies. It's this sound, in the many forms it has taken over the years, that continually inspires new philosophies, drives independent thinking, and causes hundreds of thousands of people to bang their heads. Jon Mueller takes it, shapes it and makes it his own.

Mueller, Jon Strung LP (2008) Table Of The Elements
"Peripatetic composer, performer, improviser, and designer Jon Mueller is a busy guy, and both the rock and experimental music scenes are the richer for it. As a drummer he propels the ecstatic whorl of Collections of Colonies of Bees and the occasional guitar army of Rhys Chatham; alternately his solo project, Metals, is the most harrowingly intense percussive barrage you'll ever encounter. He also finds time to collaborate with artists ranging from Wilco's Glenn Kotche to Swans' Jarboe. Whether it's minimalist bombast, free-improv interplay, or electroacoustic finesse, Mueller's got it covered. But what can he do with a guitar? In Strung, Mueller doesn't play the guitar; he scrambles its molecules. Laying down a photon-blast of sound, he initiates a relentless, rapid-pulse attack signal that summons wave upon wave of white noise." LP // pressed on clear vinyl with Savage Pencil etching on the b-side.

Neptune Gong Lake CD (2008) Table Of The Elements
Neptune construct all of their instruments, forging guitars and drums out of circular saw blades, gas tanks, oil drums, bike parts, VCR casings, and miscellany from the trash. Electronics, and even cords, are homemade as well. The combined effect is a bizarre, post-apocalyptic melange of steel, iron, wire, rust, rivet, knob, and cable; it's lunacy, arc-welded for maximum destruction. Concerts are seizures of motion. Wearing 40-pound guitars assembled entirely from scrap metal, the members don't play their instruments they battle them, like mechanized golems. But make no mistake, this is not simply art with sharp edges and serious customs issues.

Parkins, Zeena Nightmare Alley CD (2007) Table Of The Elements
Recorded in 1992, Nightmare Alley was Zeena's first solo release and the first CD on Table of the Elements. A hypnotic classic, it lures the listener into a parallel world of sensations, one that is disorienting and surreal, strangely pleasurable and more than a little dangerous. This reissue includes new artwork and liner notes by journalist Steve Dollar.

Paul, Ashley d.o.l CD (2008) Rel
At first 'd.o.l' sounds like a minimalist sound experiment, sustained horns, with subtle shifts of tone color swell with sustaining bowed bells and percussion. Yet it seems rough and aggressive, with ample bow sound and crackling electronic hiss. It shortly becomes something very different as her whispering singing, guitars and field recordings enter. She sings something resembling a song, in her understated vocal style, but a song that you have certainly never heard before. She glides along, on with a odd lop-sided sense of timing, from section to section." The CD is packaged in a hand painted arigato pak with a silver embossed image, with hand stamped label and a unique ‘glue and diamond' seal on the back with a vellum insert.

Ranaldo, Lee Countless Centuries Fled LP (2008) Table Of The Elements
"Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo was part of the original Table of the Elements "Guitar Series" in 1993; now he returns with _Countless Centuries Fled into the Distance Like So Many Storms_. It's an epic earful, replete with shimmering textures and an inimitable charging clangor. With ecstatic, rocking squalor, he summons some dazzling shronk, reminiscent of early SY, the soaring drone of John Cale, and even the looping orientalia of Dream Syndicate-era La Monte Young. So duck and cover, as Lee fires an impeccably aimed fusillade across the screaming fields of sonic love." LP // pressed on sea-foam green marbled, etched vinyl // etched artwork on the b-side by Savage Pencil.

St. Pierre, Melissa Specimens CDEP (2008) Table Of The Elements
Melissa St. Pierre tosses classicism and post-classicism overboard, utilizing the prepared piano -- John Cage's notorious instrument of choice -- and electronic enhancement to sail resolutely in the direction of rock & roll. Peppering the strings, hammers, and dampers with a variety of objects, she transforms the piano's typical timbre: sparkling gamelans chatter; harrowing voodoo drums call out in the night. Specimens, St Pierre's debut, features production and performances by Collections of Colonies of Bees; together they rival famed electric harpist Zeena Parkins as conservatory arsonists.

Xenis Emputae Travelling Band The Crooked Pool 2CDR (2008) Ikuisuus
"The Crooked Pool compiles two discs of hitherto unreleased folk-magic from March 2007 to March 2008. It was recorded among cliffs, moors, streams and woods while seeking convocation with the genii locorum of the Yorkshire moors. The Crooked Pool contains eleven psychogeographic explorations with harmonium, recorder, flute, psaltery, violin and guitar. 80 minutes of feral drones, wordless hymns, death dirges and quiet rustic meditations. It will be the 18th XETB release." (Ikuisuus) CDR1 // 5 tracks // 42:42 mins. // CDR2 // 6 tracks // 39:14 mins. // DVD case + inlet // limited to 120 copies.
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