Animal Psi

Animal Psi

13 Feb 09 - Cassette

THURSTON MOORE/KOMMISSAR HJULER und MAMA BAER split C44 $7

'The bearder flippin his hammer at Pieta or that lady who crinkles up the rosies for a Cy scribble. Institutionalized or I reckon almost slaughtered, I coulda put money on your anxious wish for destruction. But first let's deconstruct the "song" as this here taper follows a linear narrative from structure to not-structure. - Valhalla." Edition of 150 on imprinted shells with full color artwork.

IGNATZ - 'A CANINE AND A KITTEN IN THE CAR' C45 $7
"Despite an insistence on boo damage southernizing I declare and for certain an entanglement of multifocused labors. Ignatz isn't no blackface minstrel show, there ain't any reappropriation in the downspook twang. What you're hearin hollering is the residual concoction of imperial conquest; tropical annexation. It's an Herbal, by god, with impressionist charm. No yarns on the cracked nut. Find a glow or otherwise "grasp the stalk". - Valhalla." Edition of 100 with full color artwork.

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13 Feb 09 - Vinyl

Mania/Bloomer - 'Ready To Do Damage' LP $15(North America)/$25(World)

"Ready To Do Damage is an album that seethes with malevolence. Sustained piercing feedback. Crashing and ripping metal. Distortion flaking off every corner. Dank. Violent. The A side contains a live collaboration (first ever for Mania) between these two artists, while side B holds a solo track from each. Mania has terrorized the noise/PE world since 2002 with releases on his own imprint, Bitewerks, as well as Freak Animal, Harsh Head Rituals, Abisko, Vemod, and others. He resides in Texas in near total isolation and is certainly armed. Ryan Bloomer is currently a member of industrial scuzz unit Piss Horn. He lives in Canada, surrounded by amplifiers, and heads up the Traumatone organization, makers of noise devices most vile." black vinyl; pasted-on matte white LP jackets; pro-printed 11x17 glossy full color poster; edition of 300. HERE

Nothing Out There

11 Feb 09 - CDr

Tsarskoïe Selo Hemophilarmonic CDr 8€/$13

"TSH's debut might have much of an outsider, it's still one to be salvaged. Dropping akin artists might not be helpful to introduce it, as talking together of Pink Floyd, David Crosby, Ligeti, Neil Young (era Dead Man), Current 93 and Chopin would likely have you wondering what kind of hellish purgatory you have stepped into. Still, you would not be far from the truth, as L'Enfant Méduse's noisy disguise is the one of a dark universe, all the while tortured and poetic, deeply inspired by its location of birth : a land scarred and hurt by industrialisation and coal working, feeding a pagan relationship to religion, and lost in schizophrenia. Out of this the belgian troubadour has crafted a strong album, lapidary and romantic." 50 copies. HERE

10 Feb 09 - Cassette

v/a - 'BRIGHT AND DARK LIGHT' 4 cassette compilation

"sidelong pieces by 8 artists. Burial Hex, Sorc'henn, Drunjus, Crystal Dragon, Teeth collection, Black Sparrow, Pan to Scratch, Taikuri Tali. Each artist was asked to contribute a side long piece representing light or darkness. I gotta say, this one is heavy on the darkside... Sorc'henn – A Dozen Moons against the Sun - This is a soundtrack to a haunting. A wandering ghost floating through streets of drizzling rain. The groans of the not quite dead. A distant rumble of thunder is heard through a haze of lamentation. Regret, misery, and abandonment.. Teeth Collection - untitled - A metallic (in the literal sense) symphony starts out this piece. Activated and bowed metal sounds build to a frenzy as a bed of noise creeeeps in behind and gradually envelops the metal sounds creating a cold fog of swirling texture that is truly entrancing. Drunjus - Silo (version) - A deep gutteral drone created in a silo (designed by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright) and pitched down. Waaaay down. While we weren't looking Pat Best of Pelt sneeked in and contributed gong flourishes. That didn't make it in the liner notes, but it's true! Thanks Patrick! Crystal Dragon - Sirens of Hyperspace - A total space odyssey! This is some dreamy analog synth action from the Dragon. Someone needed to shed a little light, so the Dragon steps up. Amethyst mountains rising from a pink bubbling haze of 50's science fiction soundtrack sounds. Black Sparrow - untitled - A bit lighter now. Black Sparrow takes us on a flight above the clouds. As our shadow passes the moon we can hear below us a howling wolf chorus of analog synth. Burial Hex - untitled - A dark journey through scraping cemetery gates with rolling sarcophagi stones and bones Pan to Scratch - August 2008 V - Pan to Scratch presents us with another organic cassette composition. A true 'Sound Sculpture', this piece is a layering of tones upon tones. The original tone being inspired by a captured environmental ambiance and then enhanced with several moog drones. Once the initial drones were laid out, (layered over) a loose pattern began to emerge. This pattern was then used as a skeleton to build the piece, each successive layer adding to and changing the course of the pattern. This was repeated until the piece was 'finished', the tones gradually fading out and leaving only the original ambiance. Taikuri Tali - untitled - Spectacular contribution from these Finnish freakers! Taikuri Tali (here composed of Antti Tolvi, Peko Kappi and Niko-matti Ahti) contribute a piece so out there that I have No idea whats happening on this recording. What I Imagine: A weird squeak-toy, spring peeper drone with AM frequency fiddle and electronic bull roarer/Goose duo...then the elf dervishes start in and it just gets weirder from there..." HERE

10 Feb 09 - Vinyl

Bird By Snow - 'Songbread/Another Ocean' LP

The most fertile Bird By Snow record (so far) each side of this album has its own name, in order to give the tunes more mind-space to flourish and expand… Side A is “Songbread” and side B is “Another Ocean.” In this record-world we find BBS harvesting perspectives in an old-growth forest of ontology & swimming joyfully in wide-wonder-waters of multi-instrumentalism. Cellos, drones, pianos, field-recordings, tape-collage & all manner of drumming, strumming & singing confer and conspire to create Bird By Snow’s 3rd long-player… 42 minutes; 2 years in the making. Ten free-pop-mantras, ancient-babies of modern song. “Songbread/Another Ocean” is also some of Gnome Life’s most beautiful and ambitious packaging! The cover is a color lithograph poster and d the LP also includes a deluxe hand-made book of literature, lyrics, ideas, and points of entry. AND a second semi-transparent poster of poetry called: “SLOW POEMS” by Fletcher Tucker (a.k.a. Bird By Snow)." This edition is limited to 550 copies, and is on completely clear vinyl and comes with a CD. HERE

9 Feb 09 - Vinyl

Gown - 'The Old Line' LP $19(N. America)
(Pre-order) Andrew MacGregor maybe most known for his otherworldly guitar collaboration with Thurston Moore in Bark Haze, but his solo work as Gown is equally cosmic. The Old Line is avant-garde guitar music for deep listening and coming undone. A weird meditation. Sprawling webs of guitar ambience and outsider mantras capture an ethereal solitude– the sparse Nova Scotian landscapes that Gown now calls home reflected in the texture of his music. This is noise that sounds like a sky of birds settling into the trees for a night away from the wind. Limited to 500 copies. All pre-orders receive a special lyric and art booklet designed by Andrew. Ships in late March." HERE

9 Feb 09 - Cassette

FNU Ronnies – ‘Golem’ C34 double A-side $16(world)
"Distorted electronics and industrial Sci-Fi carnage gnawing like a semi-analog liaison between a short-circuiting TR 808, dime store pulp instruments played through a blown-out car stereo and vocals recorded with a can at the end of a string, in the shadow of a huge black monolith." Edition of hundred numbered copies. incl. hand screened poster.

BLOOD! – ‘Evacuated Materials’ C60 $16(world)
"Evacuated materials is dark electronic hiss draped with minimal wave forms and detailed layers of organic interferences tangled into an Eraserhead-like collage of distressing bliss. A meticulously composed series of abstract soundscapes, where bursting drones and electronic pulses rub and burn against the skin and ominous sounds buzz, grate and oscillate, while voices from beyond speak of scabrous pleasures and weird things growing in your mouth. It is the sinister soundtrack to waking up from a coma suspended six feet above a steel stratum and suddenly realizing that the blurry body underneath, full of pipes and electrodes, is your own." Edition of hundred numbered copies.incl. hand screened poster.

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9 Feb 09 - Vinyl

Magic Lantern/Hop-Frog Kollectiv - 'Underwater Dynasty/Somba' split 12"
'Through a mutual admiration of each other's work Magic Lantern & The Hop-Frog Kollectiv have created two stunning masterpieces for a collaborative release. The Hop-Frog Kollectiv's Somba is based on recordings on Silvertone and Hammond organs donated by Shea M. Gauer of OPEN Books and features Yanqin (Chinese dulcimer), Ruan (moon guitar), Been, electric guitar, midi guitar & flutes. The title comes from the regionally known name of three clans in the Atakora Mountains of the Sahara desert who's ancestral and family ties govern their society through their belief that the dead are permanently among us and constantly influencing us. Magic Lantern's Under Water Dynasty was recorded for Ukelele, Guitar, Flute, Piano, Bells, Hand Drums & Voices. This piece could alternatively be titled Underwater Raga. The magic created by the interweaving flute and string melodies creates and epic soundtrack to an Atlantis like Hesse-esque world that'll take you to the outer places you've always needed to explore. This is Magic Lantern's follow up to their highly acclaimed wax release on Not Not Fun entitled High Beams." This LP is extremely limited to 300 copies. HERE

Blackest Rainbow

7 Feb 09 - Vinyl, CDr

CAM DEAS - 'My Guitar Is Alive and It's Singing' LP £11(UK)/£11.5(Europe)/£12.5(USA)
"I am very pleased to be releasing the debut LP from Sheffield-London-Brighton guitar master, Cam Deas. This follows his two long sold out CDRs on Blackest Rainbow, and proves once again that he is off the chain! OK, so there's always gonna be the immediate comparison to James Blackshaw, but the sound is different, more aggressive almost and raw... this guitar playing has an edge, its deep and its powerful. The LP consists of three tracks, the A side is an epic almost 20 minute piece entitled 'The Waters Of Kvaloya' recorded by Ben Nash. The B sides and albums title track begins with almost a minute of near silence distant drone, that develops with stomach wrenching string twangs. The closing piece is 'As Spring Fell From The Leaves', which was originally issued on 'For The Silver Waters, Sing!' CDR last year on BR, but has been considered by people who've bought his releases and seen Cam live as possibly one of the best things he has composed, total genius, with a real blissful, but eventually dark, vibe. This track definitely deserved to be put on wax. Mastered by Ben Nash. Limited to 300 copies."

NACKT INSECTEN - 'Quantum Odyssey' LP £11(UK)/£11.5(Europe)/£12.5(USA)
"Amazing new LP from one of the UK's best psychedelic sci-fi drone blokes, total bliss drones layered repeatedly causing some truly stunning brain melting moments. Think ancient temples in the amazon being ravaged by thunderbolts of bright electric psychedelia. Totally amazing, everyone who has heard this so far has been blown away... Paste on art, quite possibly the most awesome 70s/80s b-movie inspired cover art I have ever seen... Edition of 300 copies. We'll have 150."

SASQROTCH - 'Slipping The Reaper Tongue' CDr £6(UK)/£6.5(World)
"This one has been on the cards for a long time, and after over a year of waiting the master dropped through my mail box. These dudes have had releases on BR label buddies Not Not Fun and DNT, and this is a steady paced doom tinged rock out beast, there's no joy found here. Two tracks, one studio, and a nasty live piece recorded at LA's Echo Curio, lined with sax blurts, guitar shreds, psychedelic swirls, and smouldering drums. Limited to 75 copies in bleak black envelopes with paste on japanese art paper and packaged with a skeletal leave and a hand numbered insert."

BLACK EAGLE CHILD - 'Kite Excursions' CDr £6(UK)/£6.5(World)
"Mike Jantz from Milwaukee has been laying down some seriously amazing far out folk inspired drone dreams recently with some damn fine tapes split with Sean McCann and Pistil Cosmos (formerly 'V'), and here is a collection of drones weaved with field recordings and meandering guitar meditation. Super blissful! Limited to 75 copies packaged in a stamped purple envelope with paste on cut out art, and a hand numbered insert."

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6 Feb 09 - CDr

rur059 EL-G & DUNCAN - 'El-g & Duncan' CDr
"El-g & Duncan Pinhas with pieces of Phil Todd (Ashtray Navigations) and Steven Warwick's (Birds of Delay) brain and hands inside it. Mastering by Richard Pinhas (Heldon), Oversized cover illustrated by Jonas Delaborde." ltd64. MORE

rur060 SABBATH PINK - 'Sabbath Pink' CDr
"Muffled mayhem and disturbing intensity of a sabbath, a maelstrom of dirty & filthy guitar lines coupled with distorted melodies. Intense psychopathic trio from Roanoke, Virginia. Special limited edition of 12 including 3”cdr, not featuring Prince Rogers Nelson." ltd61. MORE

rur061 MEDROXY PROGESTERONE ACETATE - 'Mar'ah' CDr
“Mar'ah is a warm coat that you've had for years with notes in the pockets from friends you don't know anymore, it's a rainy day at the airport watching people waiting for their lives to resume, it's Hebrew for mirror and for vision (as in to have a), it's a pillow heavy with old dreams, it's Joe Hicks singing if it feels good it's alright, it's sunlight through the window across a slow afternoon, it's Arabic for the woman, it's threadbare tape hiss florescent hum and jackdaws in leafless trees, it's a half-remembered song bound to something she once whispered, it's a sullen Sunday morning with your headphones on and your quilt around your shoulders, it's frost on the window and the blood like black syrup in the chest and it feels so good inside yourself don't wanna move.” ( D Bauler – MPA) ltd79 MORE

rur062 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER - 'Young Beidnahga' CDr
"1989 : Lopatin's father stops gigging the Ukrainian restaurant scene and awards his only son and sentry of the family name with a synthesizer. Insubordinate American son overwrites accordion presets in favor of force field vibe and markedly sadder circuits. Lopatin is haunted by visions of a polygonous lover girl from the future claiming that she has a recording of his from 2027. After having received a partial chip implant designed to improve his ability to take creamy fusion solos, he falls victim to SJCT or smooth jazz continuous trepanation during a period of heavy Chorus II testing. The experience is released as an album called Young Beidnahga under the French imprint Ruralfaune. Resilient Lopatin forms Infinity Window with Taylor Richardson. In addition to his band duties, he is currently working on a film adaptation of his earliest recollected sexual fantasy titled Nightpoint, which follows the story of detective Bob Tooth as he uncovers a secret urban covenant of lesbian time travelers who procreate through tonally encrypted saliva transfer. Lopatin's day occupation as an associate professor of Possible Sexual Musics at Conservatory rarely if ever puts bread on the table, nevertheless he remains convinced of, and wills himself towards -- infinite resources." ltd90 MORE

rur063 XIPHIIDAE - 'Milk from a Feather' 3"CDr
"Overwhelmed tape loops created in a room of radiant plasma. Sinking further into heavy trances and then remembering again the 'milk from a feather” metaphor. Sound source/manipulation, faint whispers/vocal noise and quiet tape recordings through heavy manipulation." ltd77 MORE

rur064 BURNT HILLS - 'Holy Fires' CDr
"Psych jam captured in the wild, settled on a massive mesmerizing buzz, A new chaotic offering by the freaked out, damaged and deranged Albany ensemble. Collapsing blitzkrieg music !" ltd80 MORE

rur065 ELEKTRONAVN - 'Blind Turtle Analogy' CDr
“Strange terrains of chain-shaking hymnals, enchanted echo attic exploring, and timeless vocal phantasmagoria. Personal, parallel odysseys into devotion and repetition”. “Would that blind turtle, coming to the surface once every one hundred years, stick his neck into the yoke with a single hole…” Previous releases on Notnotfun and Ikuisuus." ltd78. MORE

rur066 XOCHIPILLI - 'Xochipilli' 3"CDr
"Recorded at the “Centre de découverte du Son” (Center of sound discovery), north Britain France. A magic path to listen to and make noise between magic world populated of mysterious beings, calm of nature and discovered sound phenomena. The musical path is a place where small and large are invited to include/understand, listen, produce and play with the sounds. 21 minutes, 15 shortcuts, - play random mode - build your own path and go on it." ltd62

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6 Feb 09 - Cassette

Caboladies - 'Constellation Deformity' C20' $6(US)/$8(World)
"Recorded underneath of a Roman bathhouse in the middle of a Morrocan cemetary, forgotten about and then remembered last Tuesday during a BBQ sesh on top of a skyscraper in the middle of the moon... but not THE moon... one of the other ones."

Sbarro - 'Floating' C20 $6(US)/$8(World)
"Recorded inside of a bucket of original recipie while climbing a ladder made of the moon... our moon... All jokes aside... this is the debut release from a new band."[

Flower Man - 'Viewers Like You' C30 $6(US)/$8(World)
"Viewers like you was made possible by the The Hope for Human Trust Foundation, Gloves Without Homes, Sanitary Solutions for Solitary Confinement, The Absentee Foundation, and Flower Man."

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5 Feb 09 - Cassette

RAYON 019 - Mariners/ Head Effort split C30
"Mariners; jewel encrusted goblets,witch-doctor-operatics,ancestral hyms, wordless language with both the modern and the ancient. Head Effort; This side/slab is called 'chisinau' and chis definately is. a divine chorus of monks, whales and horns melt your defences into a pool of diamonds." (50 copies)

RAYON 020 -Helhesten/The Darkness in Concrete split C30
"Helhesten: 5 people speaking with trees, a heraldic blaze in the woodwind sky with throats,strings and skins beating. Darkness in concrete; nocturnal recording in a desolate dijon warehouse, Lye, Ellul and Jones armed with peacepipes and horns, pour out their lungs onto cold walls and conrete reverb." (50 copies)

RAYON 021 - Axis Mundi/Time Life split C30
"Axis Mundi; mythical mystics harnessing the power of the voice/flute/guitar/drum/drone onto topographic oceans. Time Life; riding on the back of a holographic python through the deepest desert jungles, brooklyn duo spill over new frontiers and drag the coloured sand through your hair." (50 copies)

RAYON 22 - Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides - 'Poisson' C20
"the gatekeepers of Rayon of the highest order; fossilised gardens, mountain fauna, static brainwaves, awash with echoes. Packaged in gold." (50 copies)

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5 Feb 09 - Cassette

905.49: NPV - 'COMPOSITION NO.13' C23 $6
"live set, recorded late 08 at an ithaca, ny gig with slither, evenings, and american sphinx. dirty reeds done dirt cheap. just pure, murked down, mudded out layers of basement non-jazz crud." (edition of 40)

905.51: TO-NIGHT GOLDEN CURLS - 'FAT HOT 3' C30 $6
"four tracks, totally void of form. an ocean of nebulous electronics and vocal manipulations floating into each other. halfway buildups beneath partial fall outs, all carrying static algae residue on their backs. ohio sea sickness." (edition of 40)

905.53: FOSSILS + P.N.S. SPLIT C30 $6
"working as the four piece of farr, michalchuk, payne, and smith, fossils discharge even more of their squawk and squabble basement embrasement while the p.n.s. unit of haley and merrick pile the neck high reverb onto surrounding sounds." (edition of 60)

905.56: DAVID PAYNE - 'FEEDBACK50' C92 $6
"fossils ceo and on feedback retreat with a 92 minute cave slave croaker. a silver lined a.d.d. / o.c.d. complex burning rapid through the night. has it been fifty years already?!" (edition of 35)

905.59: VESTIGIAL LIMB - 'SOUR GAS KILLS' C32 $6
"a blurred mixture of harsh walls of peaking crunch and oddly vaporous squeals from shinn's limb. borders on hysterical at points, then loops back around to a menacing rat-in-a-maze haze." (edition of 50)

905.63: JOE BREITENBACH - 'SING IT FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOP' C92 $6
"ditching his street names (methadrone, gallows, etc...) for the one his moms gave em, joe breitenbach finds the time to construct seven tracks sprawling 92 minutes. seven light-infused abstraction, hand crafted with unlimited layers of subtle motion and ultra-delicate logic. time-stretching and beyond hypnotic, to the point where the hands of the clocks are just going to melt off. definitely joe's most impressive work to date and an amazing sign of what is to come. top shelf 905." (edition of 50)

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any five tapes = $25;any ten tapes = $40

Afeite Al Perro

4 Feb 09 - Cassette

Eten - 'Kaseten' cassette 1€
"Segunda cassette no endogámica de afeite al perro (la primera fue la de Chacojqui Armada/Pulmón, próximamente habrá una de C-utter y otra de Sudor, afeite al perro amplía horizontes!). Eten son un dúo bilbaino imaginativo, inTENSO y arriesgado que conocí el verano pasado en donosti en las jornadas musicales organizadas por Arto Artian. De las buenas migas (regadas con licores de la tierra!) hechas con su guitarrista-cantante-trompetista Ibon sale esta cinta. Dos largas improvisaciones muy diferentes entre sí: una grabada en el concierto que dieron con The Ex en Azkoitia y otra hecha exclusivamente para la ocasión. Drones, guitarras en proceso de autodestrucción, trompetas salidas de madre y ritmos rotos conforman una música más fibrosa que el abdomen de Henry Rollins. Este sábado en vivo y en directo en Siroco con Akauzazte y Atomizador! Portada desplegable dreamachine-style en papel marfil (tres colores diferentes), encarte en papel brillante y la cassette pintada de costumbre. 1 euro más gastos de envío." 44 copias. AQUI

4 Feb 09 - Cassette

DREKKA - 'PIA: Flight 813/761'
"This cassette, entitled 'PIA: Flight 831/761' is a 30 minute sound journal I recorded in the airspace of Pakistan on October 16, 1999. While traveling home from Nepal that day, my friends and I were delayed for a few hours in Karachi airport because there was a coup happening in Islamabad! We weren't in any danger, but it was still quite intense. Side A features an extended spontaneous harmonium piece entitled 'Ke Garne' (Nepalese for 'What to do')... layered harmonium melodies blend with the sound of the airport and CNN reporting the coup live as it unfolds. Side B features a 15 minute master-mix of the exciting in-flight entertainment offered on board PIA... enjoy the sound of the plane and an eclectic A.D.D. shitfest of sound!" Limited to 50 Copies

Women In Tragedy - 'Nothing But Dreams' C30
"Just when you think you have Women In Tragedy figured out, Bob McCully gives us his most melodic, atmospheric offering yet, "Nothing But Dreams." On this release, Bob trades in the feedback and ferocity for bouncing synthesizers, pulsating electronic beats and gorgeous guitar lines. Though working from a different palate, Bob manages to retain his trademark dramatic undercurrent and eerie ambiance. This is not a noise tape, this is not a pop recording. There really is no point in trying to cram these expansive, psychedelic soundscapes into a certain genre. Women In Tragedy has truly crafted something unique with this tape." Limited to 50 Copies

Dylan Ettinger - 'Safari Zone' C60
"These here rhythms throb because they are organisms in movement, like moss falls off of tree legs pointed towards the sun, these trees competing for light, trees so complacent with the possibility of complete darkness and death. Dylan Ettinger throws his puffy-fisted punches of sound, and barks like a dog who has never before seen the moon until this evening. He wakes up covered in fur or is it mold; the pulsing, steaming organism that the darkness unsuccessfully tried to put to sleep. These sounds exist because of and as a reaction to this trinity: The darkly tangible harmony of the universe, the mind-numbing persistence of gravity, and the beautiful silence that inevitably follows every utterance. Hear and be heard, listen and feel the strange familiarity of even the most foreign language. The constant nature of ritual, AND the evolution of ritual, the inaccurate map drawn by man's crude hand, AND the stone-cold precision of every single double helix. Each leg is actually made of thousands of tiny legs, each brain made of thousands of tiny brains, each part of every sound the fractal of the bigger sound from which it was born. Believe and be believed, change your robes and be changed." Limited to 100 Copies.

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2 Feb 09 - Cassette, CDr

[tzpCS09] Sudden Infant - 'Sketchbook N°9' C15 5€
"Loops, Vocals, Cuts, Stereo. Concrete nightmare manipulations." Edition of 66.

[tzpCS10] Oso El Roto & TG - 'Personne Ne Sait Que Je Suis Séropositive' C28 5€
"Fucked up lo-fi collaboration by those two french dudes. Junk sounds vs guitars vs tapes vs drones. Wonky. Included the hit "Personne"." Edition of 50.

[tzpCS11] To Live And Shave In L.A. - 'Les Poisons Délectables' C30 5€
"Tom Smith and pals strike back with this weird epileptic tape. Two sides of stamerring loops that are gonna drive you mad." Edition of 77

[tzpCD29] Nat Roe - 'Private Langage' Black CDr 5€
"Nat Roe plunders everything. Making new sounds with old ones. Mostly. He sent me those tracks by surprise. Here's the consequence." Edition of 50.

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31 Jan 09 - Cassette, Print

Handmade Electronics:
Passive Heterodyners $75(US)/$85(International)
"Heterodyning is the generation of new frequencies by mixing, or multiplying, two oscillating waveforms. Two cassettes contains a high pitch oscillation. When both cassettes are played through the passive heterodyner a series of new frequencies are formed. Any tapes can be used as well." Edition of 10.

Powered Heterodyner 1 $150(US)/$160(International)
"Based on a tone decoder, this powered heterodyner has its own onboard oscillator that acts as the carrier signal. Any input signal can be used." Edition of 5.

Powered Heterodyner 2 $150(US)/$160(International)
"Also based on a tone decoder with expanded effects varying from tremelo to frequency modulation. Any input signal can be used." Edition of 5.

Percussion Heterodyner $200(US)/$220(International)
"One module is a ringing oscillator on an interval timer. The second module is a powered heterodyner." Edition of 1.

Scrap Bootlegs: Fat Books $35(US)/$45(International)
"Scrapbook objects. Thick, handmade and random. Includes: Fat Book, Negative Approach live bootleg c15, and a chocolate tape." Edition of 10.

Tshirts: Beer Soaked and Snacked $15(US)$20(International)
"Full-color collage style tshirts, made to order (not actually soaked in beer)."

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30 Jan 09 - Vinyl, Cassette

PREDATOR VISION/SUN ARAW LP (NNF147)
"been jazzed as heck to have this one outta the gates & on to the tracks since we both heard the respective sides and experienced good jaw-drop action. east coast shredders PREDATOR VISION finally get some wax under their belt after 2 stunning tapes and it's clear the wait was worth it. and NNF regular SUN ARAW drops a bomb on the turntable with this 20-minute free-funk whirligig. good times."

VIBES - 'YOU GOD IT' CS (NNF148)
"debut EP by this new stream-of-consciousness garage soul band featuring usual NNF suspects. raw grooves and lots of wah. more from this crew in the works."

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29 Jan 09 - Cassette

GEL01 Driphouse - 'Axe' C31

"The "Axe" release strays from the formula of the Night-People blue-shade trilogy. More digital sequencer featuring analog electric guitar from the Raccoo-oo-oon alumni. Arpeggiator meditation."

GEL02 Ryan Garbes - 'Exterminator Sunshine 2' C60
"Ryan Garbes of Wet Hair and formerly of Raccoo-oo-on remixes favorite youth-oriented urban music featuring Iggy, Crass, the Impressions, and more. This is a print version of the previously online-only release. See exterminatorstarshine.blogspot.com for more releases and details."

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28 Jan 09 - CD

MERZBOW - '13 Japanese Birds Volume One: Sozume' CD $11
"Part one of a 13 cd/ 13 month series. Each release is strictly limited to 1000 copies and will not be repressed. Vol. 1: Sozume finds Masami Akita weaving a full drum set with electronics for a new turn in the ever-winding Merzbow panorama." SUBSCRIPTION

LSD MARCH - 'Under Milk Wood' CD $10
"The new LSD March album Under Milk Wood is their first full length since 2007's Constellation Of Tragedy for Important Records. With grace (in the rock sense), style, humor & the perfect touch of heavy riffage this tremendously unique and original recording is a classic of the new Japanese underground."

STRINGS OF CONSCIOUSNESS & ANGEL CD $10
"Featuring members of Pan Sonic & Mum working with Strings Of Consciousness. Sophisticated drone work slowly evolving in complexity and occasionally bordering on noise. Highly recomended. All orders will also receive a bonus CD of SOC member Phillippe Petit collaborating with Aidan Baker, Lydia Lunch, Justin Broadrick, Eugene Robinson & more"

ANAHITA - 'Matricaria' CD $10
"Anahita is Tara Burke (Fursaxa) and cellist Helena Espvall (Espers). Anahita is a beautiful, laboriously created and floating affair of skeletal organ drones, ceremonial singing and subtly frantic instrumental accompaniment conjuring up a natural woodland romp and stomp."

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28 Jan 09 - Cassette

MT:026: Fossils - 'Magnetic Minds Vol.2' C20 $6(can)/$7(us)/$8(world)
"Two Sparse and atmospheric junkyard anthems from the prolific hammer heroes, featuring the line up of David Payne, Steve Smith (Thousand Year Frog) and Daniel Farr (The Living Stump). Slow and unrelenting found sound, at times reminiscent of the zombie series. This tape has been sitting in my deck since it was passed my way a week ago, and every time manages to gives me the creeps. David was the dude whom originally introduced me to noise music, and it's an honour to finally be apart of the fossils legacy." Limited to 40 copies.

MT:023: Teeth Collection - 'Unrequited' C20 $6(can)/$7(us)/$8(world)
"The best of both worlds, with the two sides of Matthew Reis' definitive project, the A side offers up four ruthless harsh tracks. Severe and brutal analog abuse spikes heavy focus on high end oscillation, and has you gritting your teeth to sand. The B side takes it a bit slower, a bit more subdued, two cross faded tracks of the metal scrapping, reverb drenched drone jams that had me falling in love with teeth collection all over again." Limited to 40 copies.

MT:016: AeA/Phosphene Form C20 $6(can)/$7(us)/$8(world)
"A side a piece from two former fellow jammers. AeA takes things uncharacteristically soft, trading off a bit of the angst and aggression for eeriness and disturbing atmosphere with a foundation of heavily reverb saturated drones and screams, low end tone crust featuring one of Hydeman's old toys, and fluctuant skulk of high end bliss. Phosphene Form takes it up a notch with an implacable track of furious swirling loops via no input feedback. Rhythmic chaos oiled with delayed synth sputter and elevated drones. Potent, tormented and at the same time catchy." Limited to 30 copies.

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26 Jan 09 - Cassette, CDr

Nuslux - 'Folköl' CDr
"ON,MT!-003. Nuslux is Roope of Avarus fame, beer-afficionado from Finland and master-welder of electronic sound. Nuslux Folköl was recorded live in Malmö, Sweden in April 07. This recording has some serious post- apocalyptic vibes. after the final nuclear war, when human kind is mere bones, the machines become organic and start communicating. It sounds exactly like this, total inhuman electronic communication, raw and corroded. nuclear war... it's a motherfucker." Edition 70.

Oubliette - 'Eugénie de Franval' CDr
"ON,MT!-004. This one is in homage of the Marquis de Sade's novel Incest, capturing the feel of fucking your daughter/dad and facing consequences; harsh, brutal and relentlessly crude barn-style Georgia noise from mr oubliette himself. Has lust no bounds or is the rule of thumb to not fuck people of your own blood a thing to mull over while listening to this jammer? You decide... embrace your libertine objectives." Edition 50.

BORDET - '2 Close 4 Comfort' CDr
"ON,MT!-007. we had headaches, so we huffed these trails of steam rising from decomposing elderly tabloids in vast desolate spaces. cover the walls in the word INTSENSE - it kind of absorbs you and you find yourself floating unsteadily in the slime of your own skull cavity. rubbery and cold, like slowly suffocating alone."

SUPER HANG-ON - 'Lohan Beach Traveller' CS
"ON,MT!-008. Underwater luau vocal surf sound the Lively Ones COULD play on top of a coral reef under water, and the coral reef COULD be Jabba and YOU could be Weekend at Bernie's 2 light setting. It could also be Malmö in the summer of 2008 after too many episodes of Magnum PI and too many tumblers of ti' punch, but you wore shorts and needed refreshments. here is a recipe for ti' punch: thick slice of lime unrefined cane sugar light rum one crushed ice cube muddle the lime with the sugar add booze and ice feel your teeth rot." Edition 25.

25 Jan 09 - Vinyl, Cassette

ARBOR93 EVAN MILLER - 'TRANSFIGURATIONS ON LAP-STEEL GUITAR' LP
"Iowa City's Evan Miller is never one to stay in the same rut for too long. His earlier releases were composed of Fahey-esque spells, heavily emotional acoustic guitar work emanating tones of nostalgia and simplicity. On "Transfigurations" a new zone is crafted with lap-steel guitar and tape collage, creating equally nostalgic music from the other end of the spectrum: delicate, minimal drones. Tones interweave and textures evolve: it is Evan's most personally progressive work, combining past themes and reinterpreting them on another medium: electric lap-steel guitar. Mastered by Pete Swanson. In an edition of 450 full color pro-printed cardboard LP sleeves and printed labels designed by Jeff Witscher (Secret Abuse / Callow God)."

ARBOR96 INFINITY WINDOW - 'ARTIFICIAL MIDNIGHT' LP
"New York snyth duo Infinity Window have been crafting their game for well over a year without much documentation. Comprised of Dan Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never) and Taylor Richardson (Prehistoric Blackout), this LP shows them at the pinnacle of self-realization. Equally influenced by John Carpenter and the Taj Mahal Travelers, they create traveling music; music that has the power to transport and overwhelm the listener with vibes outside of those presently available to them. The A Side consists of two tracks, both clouded in a heavy haze of fog, dark and heavy though their clarity exists underneath the shroud. The B Side's lone track "Skull Theft" is the full circle realization of the first two tracks: a light is illuminated and the fog begins to clear. Mastered by Keith Fullerton Whitman. In an edition of 500 LPs with full color pro-printed cardboard sleeves and printed labels with art by Robert Beatty (Hair Police / Burning Star Core)."

ARBOR97 DEAD MACHINES - 'PLAYS INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS' 1-SIDED LP
"Michigan heavy domestic-electronic couple Dead Machines always create records that confuse and intrigue. They are the forefathers of broken gear / appliance / wind instrument basement jamming and have their niche dug deep. "Invasion" exists on the borders of existence- room ambiance is present, but the sounds are totally alien. Twisting mixer feedback and found sound source into a twisted collage of life outside the "Pod": harsh and awakening, but at times giving way to the trance of the machine lull. Don't fall asleep. In an edition of 450 LPs with full color pro-printed cardboard sleeves with art by John Olson."

ARBOR125 DUCKTAILS - 'ACRES OF SHADE' C20
""Acres Of Shade" is a departure from past Ducktails zones. Mondanile turns away from his lofi bedroom pop vibes, moving towards synthesizer cycles. He does not sacrifice his youthful style and tropical nostalgia; just rethinks the way it is expressed. Drifting drones lift in the air. Features all new material: "White House With Green Shutters / Surfs Up". In an edition of 100 tapes with full color covers and printed labels."

ARBOR129 OUTER SPACE/ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER SPLIT C32
"Outer Space's John Elliott and OPN's Dan Lopatin are arguably the two leaders in the analog synthesizer revival. Both constantly raise the bar with their bands(Emeralds and Infinity Window, respectively), though their solo work is a great gauge of personal innovation. Here, Outer Space (as a solo project) goes into truly unchartered territory, using synths as well as sound collage, the meticulously recorded "Evaporating Door" took months to be fully conceived. Combining Kraut influences such as Tangerine Dream with musique concret and John Cage, Elliott creates what truly is his bravest work yet. On the flipside, Lopatin digs deep into the OPN archives, presenting his first composition with a sequencer from 2004. It is interesting to see its use that early in his work because it is as relevant and integral to the current OPN zone as ever. The following track recalls the deep space drone vibes found on the "Betrayed In The Octagon" cassette. Atmospheric movements with uplifting and personal flickers of light. In an edition of 200 tapes with full color art and printed labels."

ARBOR131 TREETOPS - 'MELANCHOLY' C12
"Created for the Winter 2009 Midwest/Northeast tour with Infinity Window and Sick Llama, this progression represents a slight divergence from recent Treetops movements. Guitar and casio recordings pushing aside personal boundaries and mental blocks. The final recordings before rethinking the equation. In an edition of 50 tapes with full color art and printed labels."

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25 Jan 09 - Cassette, CDr

HR81 Uton - 'Mental Connections' CDr
"Metaprogramming transmissions of concealed order leave only clues of its 'enhancing' work." edition of 60.

HR80 Xiphiidae - 'Equal Phesance' CDr
"Seemingly hidden in a sedimentary layer of the collective subconscious, is the ever-more-detectable hum of an arriving world, calling for receptive ears and accesible memory banks upon which to unfurl its banner." edition of 60.

HR79 Pink Buffalo - 'Bearded Tooth' 2xCS
"Squids and skins shine in battery powered sub-atomic fusion, stewed electric under a darkened sun." edition of 50.

HR78 A.M. Shiner - 'The Sunny Hour' C60
"Through a narrow slant in a cobwebbed shanty, A.M. stares hypnotically at a rising sun whilst sanding electronics in a neo-ritualistic haze of sawdust and smoldering vegetation." edition of 50.

HR77 Cyquoia/The Qoast split C47
"Cyquoia pensively gather glowing leaves fallen from a grove of yesterday's trees, once overlooked, now startling. All systems invert and explode at the industrious hands of side Qoast." edition of 44.

HR76 Monks of the Balhill - 'Lost and Hide Side' CDr
"Wind and water joined in blurred air find two Vincents stretching guitar vapors like bright shadows over root bark." edition of 50.

HR75 Johnny Scarr - 'Mari Ebb/Dit Jun' C28
"Tinkering within a carousel of beautiful bugs, who rule and mate amongst silver lined clouds of cool sweat. Faux environmental electro-acoustic fiddle." - Mantile. edition of 50

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23 Jan 09 - CD

KILL AND EAT – 'GREEN BUSHES' $5
"an 18-minute slab of drone jazz, plus two b-sides. CD comes wrapped in printed economy paper, released without album artwork. featuring percussion by clarke joyner (dylan ettinger, los azules, wte) and piano and trumpet solos by caleb vogel. very small run released summer 2008. larger-run re-release coming January 26th - next monday!" HERE

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