REALAX - 'Apollo Guise' CDr $5
"Heavy-smoke-drone-core by Brooklyn's Josiah. Sound-design-spreads meld into psych-drum-nostalgia. Alien melodies overtake rusting hardrives... buried and unburied and reburied emotions surface in treated guitars peaking through. Fuzzy and textured, but never harsh. Endless foreign soil to explore. organic? electronic? Beautiful, strange, full-length, debut! Art by Josiah.(cdr full-length/edt of 50)"

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA s/t CDr $5
"Trip fantastic. Gentle uplifting harmonies breath on walkers-pace-beatage. Proper driving music for the carefree and generous soul! Hints of golden-age Reflex from wise new-youth (more fun than fun itself). Debut from Seattle with 28mins of neon-fractal-fabric you can chair-dance to. Lovingly packaged with heart cloth, fresh inserts, and art by USF (cdr full-length/edt of 50)"

THE SABER KHANS - '20H8' $5
"This album has a very strange effect on me every time i listen to it. Recorded with dream-quality, 20H8 is a heady witch's brew made of false-starts, mistaken digital glitches, whispered band banter, and some of the most magical jamming i've ever heard (yes, i said... "magical jamming"...). The tape rolls and truly amazing things happen, constantly, as plans are folded.. origami happenstance...each package includes a unique piece of paper-art by Saber and Krew!(cdr full-length/edt of 50)"

SPERM WHALES - 'Endless Sea Of Clouds' CDr $6
"Brent lives in Maryland and makes beautiful music. all instrumental, slowly unfolding, casual puzzles. paisley fractals abound with each track. sometimes acoustic, sometimes electronics, always peaceful as a day without work and nothing to do. packaged in burlap pouches with a nice insert and CD marker art by Brent. this album is fullll length! (cdr full-length/edt of 50)"

THE QUESTIONMARKS - 'The Questionmarks vs. New York City (vol. 1)' CDr $6
"The Questionmarks are from japan and they play mindboggling garage fuzz. this ep has got an alternate universe radio hit in 'the ghost left town' on which a member of DMBQ guests and features sweet chick-vocal breakdown! also features some great live tracks, two bizarre folksy tunes with Keito's grandma and grandpa, and a noise freakout. i feel cool as shit when i listen to this...guitar sounds swirl everywhere. packaged in nice brasspinned paper with weird insert.(cdr ep/edt of 50)"

FARMACIA - 'Nosocomio Manicomio' C16 $6
"these guys freak me out. they would make straight-up, spot-on future-party-electro if they didn't end up visiting the pharmacy and making music like this. what we have here is electronic dance music that is more than a bit blurry around the edges. as fun to listen to as it certainly was to make. these guys go to weird parties. fresh cassette package! (cs16/edt of 50)"

ARKLIGHT - 'Welcome to the NHK Wasteland' CDr $6
"Confounding in a completely unique way, arklight are a legitimate gateway drug of sound. tracks are like old pillows piled on top of each other until edible: meaningful babble penetrates mud when it wants to, guitar lines lie down on the carpet, drum machine beats don't disturb the neighbors all that much. time for you to feel mo' crazy. NHK is housed in a DVD box because it looks cool that way. they live in queens.(cdr full-length/edt. of 50)"

HOLZKOPF - 'thank god for soft times & hard beats' CDr $6
(cdr full-length/edt. of 50)'...a futuristic neon-activist dance party is suddenly broken up by tazer-police atop genetically modified black stallions. as the coppers rush in with their electro-prongs, they are suddenly overtaken by an off-radar static squall... ' i don't know what about this music makes me think of a battered judge dred comic, but it does. i love battered judge dred comics. holzkopf music is technologically adept and human as heck and thank god for jake hardy. nice heavy paper secured with copper clip. jake is from saskatchewan canada."

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905.67: CULVER - 'ASSASSIN IN DRAG' C40
"the audible output of fog and mud smeared over by u.k. grim head lee stokoe, aka culver. a grayscale rainbow of rotting tones stretching across an empty sky. this is what death does when it doesn't want to get out of bed." edition of 38.

905.66: ARABIAN BLADE - 'II' C30
"more beyond low-end bone crunchers from conneticut chem brothers christopher donofrio and donovan fazzino. these dude's put in the overtime to keep the out-of-body experiences in the news and the sports bloopers in the vhs." edition of 38.

905.65: FROZEN BODY - 'DRIED UP/BLOWN AWAY' C23
"portland mucas maker frozen body forks over two more infected bone breakers. crackling electronics holding back the crushing rush of industrial zone roars. zero days without an injury." (edition of 40)

905.64: MATT HILL - 'ACIDAPE' C25
"for those unfamiliar with matt hill's work with justin wright/expo 70, get prepared for a serious goosebump laden night walk. hill entangles mile long gauzy drones and tiny looped pin pricks with acoustic plucks and dives that will take your brain straight to the aquariam after hours. these are compositions that leech onto your stomach and slowly work their way through you, eventually coming out of your back. it's a crime this dude doesn't have more released." (edition of 44)

905.62: BLOWN DOORS - 'CRYSTAL MYTHS/CRYSTAL PATHS' C30
"third 905 effort to date. recorded a month ago while rains came down outside. walls melted and all the paint was lead. connolly's strings and effects played his fingers and vocal chords while haley 360'd the synths and delay. got diseased and mutated into moisture." (edition of 33)

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NP058 Kites/Earth Crown split LP
"This is a cold vision of a dark trash covered future full of Sci Fi nightmares and strange out of body experiences. This is the final Kites recording and is perhaps the strangest and most chaotic piece in the prolific discography. Annihilation synth and tape collage, cut up, sped up and dialed to oblivion. Earth Crown steps it back, slows down the pulse, lets the edges of the static curl around the drone to the breaking point, where the damage is let loose, purged out and built again. This LP is a reminder of how cold, desolate, and haunting life can be. Silkscreened by Shawn Reed, Art by Kites and Earth Crown."

NP058 Peaking Lights - 'Imaginary Falcons' LP
"This is the debut full length LP by Madison Wisconsin's Peaking Lights. Members Indra Dunis (Numbers/Rah Dunes) and Aaron Coyes (Rah Dunes) created a stunner that's full of hypnotic analog electronics, pulsing drum sounds, perfectly somber pop layered keys, blown psych guitar, and Indra's warm drifting vocals. This record is all its own, everything it needs to be, and it won't disappoint any expectations of its harmony and beauty. Groovy, spacey, heartfelt music for a new age. Art work and silkscreen by Shawn Reed."

NP069 Yves/Son/Ace - 'Cold Showers' C28
"Yves/Son/Ace is a weird loner vibe (mem. of Factums, Love Tan etc), this cassette rips alot different then the upcomming LP on Night-People which is focused way more around the deconstruction of punked out drum machine pop, and drugged out psych electronics. Cold Showers is a return to a premordial place, dark caverns of synth muck, cold feelings, and drugged hulicinations. One of the strangest releases Night-People has released, which has us siked for sure. Deep and lost. Art by SDReed and Yves."

NP068 Peaking Lights - 'Two for Ceremony' C15
"Another killer release by Night-People's favorite group, Madison WI's Peaking Lights. Aaron Coyes and Indra Dunis cut this session for a late 08 west coast tour with Wet Hair, and it rips on in that beautifully dreamy, sparkling synth layered style of haunted electronics, dubed out organ beats, and cascading washes of psych blown guitar fuzz that is only Peaking Lights. Art by SDReed."

NP067 Nautilus - 'Big Shadow' C25
"Nautilus is NYC based muscian and artist Heidi Diehl's (Time-Life, WWVV etc) solo musical outlet. Airy landscapes of droning, vibranting, glacial subtlety, and atmopsheric instuermantls blend with decaying walls of sounds, none harsh or overpowering, all flowing in and out of each other in harmony. Voiced over the land, a symetry and wide vision of an endless horizon, drifting, falling and climbing, finding the way and loosing it again. Art by SDReed."

NP066 The Savage Young Taterbug - 'Boys of the Feather' C20
"Couldn't be more excited about this one, first offering from the smoked out styles of Iowa City's very own Savage Young Taterbug. Teenage road warrior, dead head punk, perma triped wanderer, Taterbug lays down his tape collaged world of free flowing Americana psych bliss. Little bells, dustbowl ballad guitars, stand by me youth cult dreams, and Manson family mind fucks, its all here, even hope for a better tomorrow and a positive spirit for today which can say alot in these droned out wasted times. Let the light inside yr skull. Artwork by SDREED."

NP065 XRay Eyeballs s/t C25
"XRay Eyeballs is OJ and Carly (from NYC rockers Golden Triangle) new drum machine driven dark punk project. Bathed in reverb, low fi sheen, and weirdo grit, XRay Eyeballs sounds like two drifter kids covered in makeup and glitter trying to escape a dead city skyline proclaiming there love for each other as the world just passes them by. Creeped out and charming all at once. If the world died but the songs kept playing. Artwork by SDREED."

NP063 Trash Dog - 'Namaste' C15
"Another blast of scummy low fi thrash/hardcore sludge from Iowa City’s Trash Dog, definitely there best release to date. The quality on this one is an all around step up, short and brutal, with some drifting riff driven annihilation feedback purge finding its way onto the B side. Rolling with a deep lineup of Gretchen, Witscher, Garbes, and Miller, this ultra limited release from fall of 08 needed to find its way around again. Lost mind, fucked life, void gang, shit and failure anthems. Artwork by RGarbes."

NP062 Jeans Wilder - 'Antiques' C34
"Jeans Wilder is new loner fuzz under the rug bedroom pop from San Diego that sits both on the sunny side and under the night time. Nostalgic, hazy, real pretty and low key, this one shines when it needs to for sure. Hushed melodies abound and peak through the weird fog for a little bit of glory in the sun when the feeling is suited. Play at night on your headphones, thinking about lost love, abandoned dreams, and what’s next. Artwork by SDREED."

NP061 Blessure Grave - 'Unknown Blessure' C26
"Blessure Grave is new blood San Diego folk, goth, post punk, drawing resonance to alot that has come before but they keep it fresh and interesting. A lot of good repetitive hooks on this one with some bleak winter hell, frozen world, dead heart vibes makes for a dark listen. Blessure Grave must have spent some time in the colder northern wastes of the American vastness before ending up in Southern Cal. Tons of output from this prolific group on the horizon, keep yr ears open. Artwork by SDREED."

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SUN ARAW - 'THE PHYNX' LP (NN112)
"our favorite LBC moustachio's debut album (first released on CDR, about a year ago) is now available on the 12 inch format, newly remastered by James Plotkin and boasting new back art. also: for interested parties the LP is being offered both by itself AND with a bonus SUN ARAW C20 of all new material entitled "LEAVES LIKE THESE." click whichever paypal button matches yr needs/desires."

ABSINTHE MINDS - 'THE SONG OF RETURNING LIGHT' CS (NNF149)
"wisconsin zoner trio conjure nearly a C60's worth of drug ceremonies for abandoned factories and overgrown roads. new age for a dead old age. features bedroom synth-wavist Dead Luke (plus Zola Jesus on a track). edition of 100."

ANTIQUE BROTHERS - 'SEASON'S FEAST' CS (NNF156)
"bi-coastal brother band ANTIQUE BROS trim the fat but keep the table regal on this heavy, adventurous C34 of shapeshifting psych moods. easily the high watermark in their already solid discog. edition of 100."

PEAKING LIGHTS - 'IMAGINARY FALCONS' CS (NNF157)
"another wisconsin band that's been blowing our mind lately. Aaron & Indra lingered in LA for 3 shows last November, all of which slowburned our faces off, and this is their brand new full-length, totally one of 2009's PERFECT albums thus far. very honored to get to handle the cassette edition of this classic. LP format is available from Shawn & Co. at Night People."

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ARBOR60 | NP59 KITES/EARTH CROWN SPLIT LP $13
"This is a cold vision of a dark trash covered future full of Sci Fi nightmares and strange out of body experiences. This is the final Kites recording and is perhaps the strangest and most chaotic piece in the prolific discography. Annihilation synth and tape collage, cut up, sped up and dialed to oblivion. Earth Crown steps it back, slows down the pulse, lets the edges of the static curl around the drone to the breaking point, where the damage is let loose, purged out and built again. This LP is a reminder of how cold, desolate, and haunting life can be." In an edition of 400 LPs with inserts, printed labels and silkscreened covers by Shawn Reed featuring art by Kites and Earth Crown. Co-released with Night People.

ARBOR66 NOISE NOMADS - 'TONE DEAF' 2xC20+ZINE $10
"Total Western Mass scum. Jeff Hartford (Grey Skull, Bonescraper) destroys all sonic barriers; forty minutes of harsh, sweating electronics and acoustic rampage straight from the gutter. Hartford always leaves the audience guessing, whether it is his cut up garbage sources, contact mic’d gurgles or hairwhips, the end result is guaranteed to be something physical. The truth lies somewhere within the mess of cables and the stack of amps; they must be destroyed to uncover it." In an edition of 100 double tape sets with printed labels and a zine housed in a 7” reel to reel box with full color paste on by
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ARBOR86 WORK/DEATH - 'RUPTURAL STRICTURES' C20 $6
"Providence’s Scott Reber, has been recording under the Work/Death moniker for years, yet no two releases sound the same. Progression is key to W/D, never staying stuck in the same zone for too long, but consistently creating dense, focus compositions. “Ruptural Strictures” combines acoustic piano and string work reminiscent of Lucier, layered densely, creating textured and meaningful drones." In an edition of 100 tapes with full color cardstock covers and printed labels.

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SYNAPSE PROJECT - 'FUTURE GODS' $10
"Ambient synths, strings, distortion and droning calls from the depths, created from a mix of nostalgic down-tuned choral samples, slow moving beats and somewhat dark atmosphere. Limited to 26 hand-numbered copies. The disc (CDr) comes enclosed in handmade sleeve, which is attached to a heavyweight folded cover on green stock and then the entire package is wrapped in two-fold envelope made of light-weight cream stock. The cover image was printed using six-color inks, on heavy High-Gloss photo paper, and can be removed for framing, if so desired. All paper and inks used are 100% acid-free." HERE

dil002 - kam hassah - 'grand fall' 12"
"17:04 minutes. recorded and mixed by matteo castro, cover-artwork by stefan kushima, inlay by richard herbst, 100 copies."

dil003 - m.decker - 'other mountain' 12"
"/a01 other mountain - 06:33 minutes /a02 long distance runner - 08:16 minutes. recorded and mixed by m.decker, long distance runner mastered by alex joechtl @ imirschlecht mastering, cover-artwork by stefan kushima, inlay by richard herbst, 100 copies."

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TLCD05 - Andreas Brandal - 'Insects'
"What would it sound like if insects made music? Available as a free download, and as a limited edition CD-R. The CD-R version includes a framed, original drawing, a bonus track and is signed and numbered (only 21 copies available)."

TLMP08 - Jliat - 'So What Do You Think I Should Do?'
"Here the acclaimed british composer presents one long track that explores the more chaotic side of his composing. Free MP3-album."

TLMP09 - Matt Henshaw - 'Twilight Year'
"With "Twilight Year", Matt Henshaw offers a varied and truly exciting album. Enter a world of psychedelic guitar droning, minimalistic, naive solo-parts, and elements of electronics, loops and field recordings. Free MP3-album."

TLMP10 - Various Artists - 'Winter Solstice'
"A collection of Twilight Luggage artists celebrating winter solstice. 12 exclusive tracks. Free MP3-album."

TLMP11 - Nihil Obstat - 'Empire'
""Empire" is a gloomy piece of work. Waves of fuzzy drones, creepy noise walls, and industrial shadows. A walk through the rainy streets of Nightmare City. Free MP3-album."

TLMP12 - Torture Gnosis - 'Torture Gnosis'
"A unique blend of True Sheffield Black Psychedelia and experimental weirdness from the deep, cold woods of Norway. Split release with UK-label Frequency Thirteen. Free download from Twilight Luggage, 2 CD-R versions from Frequency Thirteen."

GRM013: TRIPTYCH TRENCHER – ‘HALLWAY FOR CHRONIC LIARS’ mini CDr $7(USA)/$8(CAN+MEX)/$9(WORLD) “One of the final recordings from inter-media artisan Carl Annarummo's Triptych Trencher project. Meticulously composed sound collage and noise novella. Equal parts oscillator spit, factory floor custodial work, prank calls to someone's grandma, and fluttering something-riffage. If you enjoyed the "Rival Sentinals" cassette on ESR, here is the next step in your journey. This jet only lands on dirt runways.” White mini cd-rs inside a tri-fold laserprint/screenprint-combo cardstock jacket with inserts, inside a resealable plastic sleeve. Hand-numbered edition of 48.

GRM016: ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE – ‘BUFFALO HUMP, MOON FACE, THIN SKIN’ C20 $7(USA)/$8(CAN+MEX)/$9(WORLD)
”Malformed and hyperactive harsh noise from the LBC. Furious, bludgeoning vocal and 'tronic hysteria, like a boiling tea kettle full of piss and vinegar. A-side is all frantic loogies and crunch, whereas the B-side is an overbearing brick wall that will give your teeth that tinfoil-feeling. Not unlike an American adolescent Masonna, under the influence of candy, or drugs. But probably both.” White cassettes with b&w cardstock inserts and screenprinted labels. Hand-numbered edition of 50.

GRM017: VESTIGIAL LIMB – ‘DIVINE WIND’ C40 $7(USA)/$8(CAN+MEX)/$9(WORLD)
”A new forty minutes worth of prayers to the reaper from Kentucky spectre Vestigial Limb. The first side shows a new direction for the project with one dense and smoldering dynamic burn tunnel, slowly consumed by undead tone. Side B returns to the traditional Limb mixture of harsh snarl and gnash crossbred with sick dog electronics. The gust of air that rushes in after the tomb has been penetrated.” Transparent red cassettes with 2-color screenprinted labels and a red cardstock insert. Hand-numbered edition of 40.

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RAHDUNES – 'Drink and Drive or Smoke and Fly' C30 £3.5(UK)/£4(EU)/£4.5(World)
"Totally blown away with this new release by the mighty Rahdunes, Two full sides of thick smoke driven grooves and swirling, zoned out synths that grow, collapse and fold in on each other, only to be washed clean by waves of some of the most earth shattering drums I’ve heard on tape for a long time!" Edition of 40.

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orchestramaxfieldparrish presents ÆRA – ‘To The Last Man/Index Of Dreaming’
"Faith Strange Recordings has issued it's first double cd as of January, 2009. This is a new electronic excursion filling two full cds of recordings from orchestramaxfieldparrish and issued under the project name of orchestramaxfieldparrish presents ÆRA. A beautifully detailed and rich sonic palette exploring the fleeting aspects of memory and dreams. These companion recordings manage to strike an artistic balance between adventurousness and a neo-classical sensibility, combined with a keen perception of aural sculpture. In a genre that brims with derivations, ‘To The Last Man / Index Of Dreaming’ is something way ahead of the curve. Issued in a limited edition 2xCD package in a Japanese style double mini lp gatefold sleeve. Two hours of wide-open vistas and introspective private rooms. Included as a bonus disc with the first 50 copies is a 3rd recording entitled ‘Pæan No. 1 - The Paradise Syndrome ...I have found paradise. Surely no man has ever attained such happiness. Here, there is much time for everything. Each time your arms hold me is as joyous as the first. Each kiss is as the first...’. This 3rd disc will not be available anywhere else."

'Pæan No. 1 - The Paradise Syndrome'
"...I have found paradise. Surely no man has ever attained such happiness. Here, there is much time for everything. Each time your arms hold me is as joyous as the first. Each kiss is as the first... A limited and numbered edition of fifty included with the first fifty copies of orchestramaxfieldparrish presents ÆRA - To The Last Man / Index Of Dreaming. Exclusively through Faith Strange and not available through distributors. Taken together as a trio, they provide a partial glimpse back, amongst other things, to the glory days of Bowie / Eno in Berlin (by the wall, of course), Cluster and Conny Plank thrown in for good measure. A rare bargain for the Neo-Recession / Neo-Depression, these new releases can be ordered together at a special rate."

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HR83 Josh Burke - 'Imagination' C20
"Aqueous bliss like clear skies filling a model moon with shadows of light and breeze." edition of 75.

HR84 Gorman/Do Tell split C38
"Gorman emerges from a mound of earth, climbing further into blank woods, ghostly chants in tow. Do Tell is parting seas with tonal miracles, divining hazy, time-altering slow motion portals from the recesses of your sepia mind." edition of 60.

HR85 Second Family Band - 'Our Way is the Right Way' C19
"It's a dirty new age and we are set in our ways. Ingest these two crunchy jams." - Second Family Band. edition of 75

HR87 Tricorn and Queue - 'Ragged Bright Degrees' C19
"Twilight out-of-body adjustments, stillness in the nervous system." edition of 75.

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CFE#7 Sacred Basil - 'Day of Six Billion' C30 $7(US)/$9(Intl)
"Hometown meets out of town in a blow out jangle of sounds. Recorded last fall in Portland, Sacred Basil brings together Cursillistas, Gorman, Planets Around the Sun, and Tempera for a living room improv after breakfast. Grooving organ, trumpet wails, building drum circle pounds, singing bowls, etc. A treasure chest of instruments dumped on the floor and a rotating cast picking them all up to work out the tones. Packaged in a tri-folded art paper 'booklet' that opens to reveal a full-color collage and pasted on vellum insert. Tapes painted & stamped and tied with twine. Limited to 50."

CFE#9 Untitled book $3(US)/$4(Intl)
"Infinite parallels spin into themselves and fill each page with twisted lines. 4.25 x 5.5 / B&W / 12 pages. Sewn binding and wrapped in a slide off individually drawn paper sleeve. Edition of 20."

CFE#11 Abolicao - 'Flowring Judas' C30 $7(US)/$9(Intl)
"Debut no-zone strings project from Housecraft head honcho Jeff Astin. Blooming drifts through yellowed old photos, the buzzing hum of the old family car, nightmarishly beautiful and relaxing. Slow-motion super 8 films. Foreign strings pulling their way through and the faint rumble of night. The sounds of being trapped in the attic for days with nothing to eat but old camping photos and dust. In wrap-around sleeves with an insert, painted labels, and a winter leaf from Hanley Rd. Edition of 50."

CFE#12 Edgar Wappenhalter - 'Damptuygh & Rapalie' C30 $7(US)/$9(Intl)
"Silvester Anfang member Stief Marryet's solo guise Edgar Wappenhalter is one of the million all too uncommon Funeral Folk projects - a darkly spun veil of old horror movie vibes laid over intricate lonely guitar work and moaning/mumbled vocals. Dirty sounding rocky tape loops and a humming under drone carry it all through the smoke. In pro-printed oversized wrap-around sleeves with double-sided artwork, printed labels, two inserts (one of which is a drawing by Bart 'Sloow' de Paepe) and tied together with twine to hold it wrapped. Edition of 50."

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STUMP-01. The H.A.N.S. - ‘After School’ lathe-cut 7” $7
"This is the only recording that the legendary H.A.N.S. ever made as a duo, which is slightly staggering considering the number of live shows they've played. Now both up-and-coming composers, the members of the H.A.N.S. have agreed to release part of a fantastic 2005 session on 7" as the first record for Stumparumper. One is impressed by the depth of their songwriting and musicianship, but also by their exuberance, which reminds us of how much joy can be had from making music. This 7" will be released as a limited edition of 20 on clear vinyl. Each record is hand-cut on a lathe by Peter King in New Zealand, and every record will come in a hand-numbered, homemade jacket constructed from the H.A.N.S.' old math homework."

STUMP-02. Scribbler - ‘My Old Lady’ 7” $4
"6 songs, nearly 13 minutes of bi-polar music made especially for Scibbler's extensive Canadian tour in March. One side beautiful and moving folk, the other an electrified aural thrashing of your senses. Is it really the same band? Edition of 300 on black vinyl with hand-silkscreened and numbered jackets and hand-drawn labels."

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Harps of Fuchsia Kalmia - 'Burning with your old joy in the terminal sun on Ikuisuus' CD
"Harps of Fuchsia Kalmia is my first personal work after my long phase in post-digital & texture music with ( e t r e ) and Wondrous Horse with Vanessa Rossetto on Fire Museum. All guitars for this work were recorded at 31st of December 2006. It was a magical night here in my home: While fireworks exploded outside my window, I fell into a hypnotic dream where thoughts of death, Christ, love, impossible love, and all my life were absorbed. All the other instruments (Tablas, Israj, Dulcimer, Bouzouki, Celtic "Drone" Harp, Shruti Box) were recorded during the year, day by day, and they represent the intention to bring different influences into my work, in particular the opera of Luciano Cilio. "Burning with your old joy in the terminal sun" is a work dedicated to cyclic nature and to death; it's an esoteric and psychic excursion to the states of mind of Maya Deren, Carol Shneemann, George Bataille and Derek Jarman. Every song is dedicated to the certain approach of form: it's a visual work based on every fragment, memory and breath. I tried to catch the spirit to play between free improvisation and the accuracy of composed parts without making any compromises. Each recording were made thinking the refractions of walls and rooms, positioning microphones in the corners of opposing walls and trying to monitore the vibrations of the walls. Guest on first track: Valerio Cosi. Artwork by Federica R."

( e t r e ) - 'Noi lavoriamo nelle tenebre on Dirty Demos' 12"/CDr
""Noi lavoriamo nelle tenebre" is dedicated to Maurice Blanchot. Music is a convex lens aimed on myriad of events. Everything happens in simultaneity. Music is an extreme object; It's the full and the empty. A "block" opened on the space and closed inside his space. This work is made inside a pit or a cavity, all physical sounds inside it represent earth, nature, and perhaps, the "decline". Music is neutral. But inside the neutral happens the cryptic meaning of life. Artwork by Federica R."

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UN006 Smear Campaign - 'Gagged and Bound (I Wish I Was)' CDr £4
"Liverpool – home of The Beatles, and now refuge to exiled Manc style icon Stuart Arnot AKA Smear Campaign. Enveloping, triumphant skree for trumpet and electrical storm."

UN015 Dead Labour Process - 'Lone Throat' C30 £3
"Two side long pieces of collaged vocal tics. Looped and layered, backwards and sideways, bent and warped. Ranges from spittle close ear shag to goofed bobbling plonk. 30 copies."

UN016 Dead Labour Process - 'Mechanical Relations' cassette £3
"Four pieces for feedback electronics and cassette manipulation. Musky loops colliding with no-sense, no-tech gadgetry. Regurgitaed ritual spooling, with sonar tickle. 30 copies."

UN017 Spectral Fairground - 'Bondye Playschool Voyager' C20 £3
"In the granite city, there ain't much to do except play the Pirate Golf or clatter round yr bedroom making sea sick psych on children's keyboards and piano innards. Lucky for you, this guy chose the latter route."

UN018 David Russell - 'An Index of Restless Motions' CDr £4
"Ohio/Chicago mastermind David Russell (Relentless Corpse/A Soundesign recording) delivers an economical jumble of unrelaxing fizz. Truly the sound of restless motion – endlessly changing loops of frazzled tone, rusty clang and sounds of disputed origin. Could be him kicking the innards of his malfunctioned stereo around while he washes knifes and bells in the sink…good shit."

UN019 Head Boggle - 'Live at KFJC' CDr £4
"A monster of a disc, full to bursting with electronic fuzz. It must've been a great day when ol' Boggle plugged his fingers into the LA radio network and laid this stench on the hills. As it says: "Micromoog, Electric Bass, Little Boy Blue Synth, homemade electronics and effects, multitracked backing with field, location and piano recordings"."

UN020 King Rib - 'Downhome Special/Special Streamline' CDr £4
"One half of Edinburgh droners Scrim, King Rib makes long, zoned out, gently thrumming synth noise when left to his own devices. One track to get yr bones relaxed, one track to stand on tables to."

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Joe Breitenbach - 'Frigid Waters' C24 $6/$7/$9 (US/Canada/World)
"edition of 28. Abstract oceans of majestic drones and hyper color rhythms."

Christian Science Minotaur - 'Map 3 (of 9)' C26 $6/$7/$9 (US/Canada/World)
"edition of 100. Driving songs, but not in an Crue way. More like you just drank too much soda and now the steering wheel is sticky. Been waiting to put this out for far too long, and totally worth the wait."

Temples - 'Bestial' C44 $6/$7/$9 (US/Canada/World)
"edition of 100. Two 20+ minute long track inspired by Jens Bjornboe's Moment of Freedom."

Expo '70 - 'White Ohms' C59 $6/$7/$9 (US/Canada/World)
"edition of 200. Space effortlessly drifts and FX-riddled loner folk jams glisten in its wake. Recorded at the same time as Black Ohms."

Millions - 'The Unanimous Night' C40 $6/$7/$9 (US/Canada/World)
"edition of 100. Meditative tunnels of synthesized ash aimed from the heavens."

Saudade - 'The Hooded Ones' C36 $6/$7/$9 (US/Canada/World)
"edition of 100. Fragmented songs emerge from layers of delayed guitar, keys, and everything else these guys could get a hold of."

Enfer Boreal - 'Devotion' C42 $6/$7/$9 (US/Canada/World)
"edition of 100. Lost melodies now remembered and given new life."

Expo '70 - 'Psychosis' LP $15/$17/$20
"edition of 500. Standard edition consists of 180 gram black vinyl, silk screened 12" x 24" insert, and pro-printed covers and OBI. All preorders get the standard edition plus a bonus CD 'Live in the Pit KFJC 89.7 FM', which contains a one hour long track. This recording is only available with the preorders. Starts shipping in April."

One Master - 'Quiet Eye of Eternity' LP $15/$17/$20
"edition of 500. Sheets of buzz blanket blackened furry and tortured melodies. Miles ahead of previous releases. Standard edition of 180 gram black vinyl with silk screened 12" x 12" insert and pro-printed covers and OBI. All preorder get special edition, which consists of oversized, silk screened and wax seeled cover, silk screened patch, and pin. Starts shipping in April."

Any 5 releases: $25/$30/$40
Any 10 releases: $40/$50/$70
Expo '70 LP + Cassette: $20/$22/$25
Preorder both LPs: $25/$30/$35

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Olives - 'Fauna of the United States' C28 $6(US)/$7(CAN)/$8(World)
"Olives’ second album was put to tape fast. "Fauna" finds Olives adding elements (beats, vocals, whistles) and layering their sonics as opposed to improvising live. Emboldened by Jorge Luis Borges' The Book of Imaginary Beings, the record was made in just five days. If "Cuba" is the band's wild island of guitar spikes and broken glass piano, their sophomore effort is an expedition into diverse psychedelia. The members could not tell you who played what during that week of recording in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Instruments were traded, concepts were discussed and then employed, unexpected trails were happened upon and likewise followed to stranger environs. While Rosborough and Nervig have retained their dedication to unpredictability, the tunes contained here within wink at structure and shake hands with certain aspects of pop." ed. of 100. HERE

THE GREAT ONANIST SWINDLE - 'CAMINANDO CON MICTECACIHUATL' CDr €3(FRANCE)/$6(WORLD)
"With a single track clocking in at 28 minutes, Caminando con Mictecacihuatl is an ode to the queen of the ninth level of the underworld. A ritualistic psalmody for a fantasy Evil Dead prequel in the aztec civilization."

DRIVE WITH A DEAD GIRL - '3' CDr €3(FRANCE)/$6(WORLD)
"Indie noise-rock. Louis de Funès dying in silly songs, a bitter taste for Berline(s)."

LES CHATS CREVES - 'Ecorce terrestre, croûte écaillée' CDr €3(FRANCE)/$6(WORLD)
"New Atari Punk CDR from these past kittens."

TERMINAL CURL - 'Shower Singing' CDr €3(FRANCE)/$6(WORLD)
"Terminal Curl's follow up to Ghouls &Schools. The keys are still stuck in the cogs."

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Wasteland Jazz Unit - 'Barren Sect' CDr 7€/8€
"Here's a record that doesn't waste time blasting your testicles up your throat! Wasteland Jazz Unit have been sandblasting ears throughout 2008 and it certainly feels like a privilige to kickstart a new WJU year with some of their most putrid Fried Jazz tracks to date. Saxophonist Jon Lorenz and clarinettist John Rich delve deeper into the Great Borbetomagus Saga than anyone else these days but add some extra k's of Noise crudeness to it to make it sound like freejazz for sewage rat biker gangs. The three tracks on this album feel like huge bolts of reed feedback sandblasting the grease out of your ears. A highlight in their discography so far and, let me quote Jon Lorenz here: "definitely some of the best stuff we've recorded yet". 70 copies in plastic sleeves with art by Jason Rohm.

Mokele Mbembe s/t CDr 7€/8€
"Cut Hands headquarters is proud to release the debut album by this Oakland, Cali, band. Lost in a dense fog between Heavy Winged and The Skaters, this outfit jumps from deformed rock moves, acoustic acid and blurry soundscapes to truly fucked up guitarjams and slowjazz voodoo piano. It's an understatement to say that Mokele Mbembe offer a wide array of sounds on this self-titled album, the opener brings up images of tropical sunsets suffering under heavy monsoons while another track feels like a no holds barred, Japrock jamsession, psych guitars meandering into an unknown, mushroom polluted void. And more." 40 copies, housed in plastic sleeves with artwerk by the band.

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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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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

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

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

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