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Fennesz / Harding / Rehberg - Dì-n LP S/Sided (Ash International, 1998)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Recorded live by Christian Fennesz, Mike Harding & Peter Rehberg, appearing for the first time together.
Heavy 180 gram vinyl.

a1 Live At The Gallery Keller, The Hague, The Netherlands (January 1998)

ASH 4.8
Ash International

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John Cage (1912 - 1992) - I-VI 2xMC (Harvard University Press, 1990)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:28:00 +0000

Without doubt the most influential American composer of the last century, John Cage has had an enormous impact not only on music but on art, literature, the performing arts, and aesthetic thought in general. His insistent exploration of "nonintention" and his fruitful merging of Western and Eastern traditions have made him a powerful force in the world of the avant-garde.

There have never been lectures like these: delivered at Harvard in 1988-89 as the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, they were more like performances, as the audience heard them. Cage calls them "mesostics," a literary form generated by chance (in this case computerized I-Ching chance) operations. Using the computer as an oracle in conjunction with a large source text, he happens upon ideas, which produce more ideas. Chance, and not Cage, makes the choices and central decisions. Such a form is rooted, Cage tells us in his introduction, in the belief that "all answers answer all questions."

Acting as a kind of counterpoint to the six texts here are transcripts (edited by Cage) of the provocative question-and-answer seminars that followed each presentation. Included with the book are two audiocassettes, one of Cage reading a mesostic (IV), allowing the listener to experience it as it was delivered, and one with a lively selection from the question-and-answer seminars that conveys the flavor of the event. The illustrations consist of fifteen different chance-determined prints from a single negative by Robert Mahon of the first autograph page of Cage's Sixteen Dances (1951).

I-VI is, in short, an experience of John Cage, where silences become words and words become silences, in arrangements that will disconcert and exercise our minds.

a1 Questions And Answers
b1 Questions And Answers
c1 Reading Mesostic IV
d1 Reading Mesostic IV

ISBN 0-674-44007-2
John Cage Database

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Propeller Island - The Garden (Artgallery, 1995)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:19:00 +0000

All music produced, sampled, composed, performed, recorded and mixed by Lars Stroschen (Propeller Island) between 1989 and 1992.

Remastered and edited in 1995.

01 Nach 25 Stunden
02 The Ho(R)rologium
03 The Train
04 Steps
05 The Door
06 Ballet Dangereux Download: Here
07 Der Froschkönig
08 La Porte Du Temps
09 BambooA
10 The Raven
11 Monks
12 The Owl
13 Mystery Au Revoir
14 Der Wunsch

AG 055 CD
Propeller Island Web Site

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Pedro Tudela - "Mute... Life" Soundtrack (Galeria Atlântica, 1992)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:15:00 +0000

Music by Alex Fernandes, Pedro Almeida And Pedro Tudela.
Words by Pedro Tudela.
Pre-Production: Estúdio Pal.
Post-Production: Pinguim Estudios.
Produced by Alex Fernandes, Pedro Almeida And Pedro Tudela.
Graphic Design by Pedro Tudela And Pedro Almeida.
Recorded at Pinguim Estudios · Porto / Portugal.

Pedro Tudela Web Site, CV

Download: Here (Fixed)

Everything Is Slow! - Symbols And Cymbals (Lowlands, 1995)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:16:00 +0000

Clarinet - Kurt Budé (tracks: 4, 9, 11, 14)
Didgeridoo, Percussion - Chris De Belder (tracks: 1, 7 to 10)
Hurdy Gurdy - Joris Buysse (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 9, 15)
Keyboards, Mandolin, Percussion - Berrie Jacobs (tracks: 1, 3, 4 to 6, 8 to 10, 14)
Percussion - Zumakarinda, The (tracks: 2, 7, 9, 11)
Producer - Berrie Jacobs , Frédéric Furnelle
Saxophone - Koen Van Roy (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 11, 14)
Sitar - Shiva's Regal (tracks: 1, 6, 9)

01 Pitched Bhairav
02 Attention Les Voisins Vont Sonner
03 Pentagram
04 Bidonjazzville
05 Beyond Frontiers
06 Cigarettes At The Nightshop
07 Mhol
08 Beaming Pillars
09 Le Rêve
10 Le Passage Aux Faunes
11 Pas Op! Ik Heb Monumentale Kunsten Gestudeerd
12 The Dredger Part 1
13 The Dredger Part 2
14 The Dredger Part 3
15 A Good Medicine

LOW 005
Lowlands Web Site

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The Durutti Column - Live @ Coliseu Do Porto (30 April 1991)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:55:00 +0000

The Durutti Column Web Site, MySpace, Discography

Download: Here Pt. 1 And Pt. 2

V/A - Sons Do Diabo MC (K7 Pirata, 1991)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:24:00 +0000

60 diabólicos minutos por entre as chamas do Inferno.

a1 Género - Os Encantos De Medeia
a2 Tumaisum - Segurança
a3 ADT - Modulation
a4 Ru 486 - Waits
a5 Ode Filipica - Ia Hratchu Bit Tchelovek
a6 Subterfugio - Ottono
a7 Ru 486 - Amsterdam
a8 ADT - Heaven
b1 ADT - É Para Todos
b2 Ode Filipica - On Ilusion Lie
b3 Tumaisum - Pilares
b4 Género - Templários
b5 Ru 486 - Ponto De Convergência
b6 ADT - Super Scope Antitártaro
b7 Subterfugio - The Shape Of Raindrops
b8 Género - Imagem De Uma Nostalgia

KP001

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Hesskhé Yadalanah - Antidisestablishmentarianism MC (Tragic Figures, 1990)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:12:00 +0000

Hesskhé Yadalanah is Miguel Santos, musician from Portugal and creator of Johnny Blue label.

a1 Ellehessdhé Gives Her Eye To A Little Lesbian Boy
a2 Menina Royal
a3 Genitoanal Drugs
a4 The Smart Return To Intoxication-Fuck Me, I’m Sick
a5 Ying Yang Yung
a6 Hesscock Took A Seat On The Brothel
b1 Yeng Yong
b2 Hoblos Or Johnny Blue Smokes Guitar
b3 Relfre Or The Memory Exploration
b4 (Excert From) Acid Log Experiments

TFT 011
Tragic Figures

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V.A - Fóssil Sampler MC (Grito Tapes, 1992)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:28:00 +0000

International Compilation Cassete C90.
Edição Limitada - 100 Cópias.

Fóssil' n recognizable (part of or impression of a) prehistoric animal or plant once buried in the earth, now changed to rock, adj of or like a-.

À 150 milhões de anos nos montes Silicone, aconteceu a derradeira fossilização. Icons ergueram-se subitamente em direção à atmosfera carregada de Resíduos Tóxicos provocados pelas inumeras erupções. Bellas espirais de fogo, possuidas por uma lógica estranha, indicavam aos seres mais astutos o local dos Actvs Tragicvs. Pteranodon, Rhamphorhynchus, Archaeopteryx, alguns dos primeiros a chegar para serem um por um Humillados. Entretanto os Architectos do tempo liam as Tabulas que a humanidade nunca conheceu.

Ode preversa e infecta, polui as sonoridades. Melodias estranhas combatiam com o ruído pela supremacia. Como num ritual, Gothicos movimentos da carne rasgada imitavam compassos Germânicos. A música não abrandava. Dos confins da Terra, os Bragniossáurios e os Allosáurios eram atraídos pelo aroma doce das selvas vivas, Num infinito bastante próximo, o Major do Sexo planeava as construções de ADN que iriam substituir aqueles que no vale entre os montes se uniam como num caldo. Os últimos foram Solanaceae Tau e Triana. Com eles o som tinha só principiado...

Carlos Bértholo

a01 Cello - Untitled
a02 Los Humillados - La Mia Rossa
a03 Josef Boys - Man Against Man On The Moon
a04 Cello - Los Niños De Las Calles Estrechas *
a05 Los Humillados - Penúltima Humillación
a06 Bellas Artes - In The Middle Of The Sea
a07 Ode Filípica - Bósnia
a08 Solanaceae Tau - Barrels Of Blood
a09 Projecto Jil - Out
a10 Ode Filípica - Casské Retchia *
a11 Gothic Sex - Phantom
a12 Gothic Sex - Enigma (Long Version)
a13 Icons Of Noise - Outro
a14 Residuos Tóxicos - Profecia
b01 Solanaceae Tau - Dadachao Introduction
b02 Ode Filipica - Que Me Esmagam Em Pó
b03 Architects Office - AO 517-4 (live)
b04 Actvs Tragicvs - Innocent
b05 Solanaceae Tau - Bring Me The Head Of The D.J
b06 Josef Boys - Give Me Your Blood
b07 German Sex - Controlled Space
b08 Silicone - No Never
b09 Bellas Artes - Grey Sky
b10 Projecto Jil - Love History
b11 Actvs Tragicvs - Innocent II
b12 Icons Of Noise - Laura's Secret Desire
b13 Major Alvega - Everything
b14 Tabula Rasa - Voller
b15 Daniel Triana - Is Everything Fine

* Corrigir Titulos

CAME 003

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Ode Filipica - Off... 7'' (Tesco Organisation, 1991) + Ol Facipia Dei Sessions

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:33:00 +0000

Recorded on December 1990.

Ode Filipica: Pedro Granja & Carlos Matos.

a1 Time To Hell
b1 Língua Morta
b2 Ritual Of Purity

ODE-1

Live @ Berço Estandarte (Ol Facipia Dei Sessions)

01 I'm Still A Dying Illusion
02 Saudades Do Sol
03 My People Tortured Overpowered
04 Almanzor
05 Ode's Rave
06 Ode's Censored Hipnotic Track
07 Ode's Trance

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V/A - Très Hors 2 (Prikosnovénie, 1995)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:21:00 +0000

Compilation for ex-Yugoslavia.

01 Clair Obscur - Les Autos Tamponneuses
02 La S.T.P.O. - Sarajevo-Stepanakert
03 Klimperei - Entre Deux Eaux
04 Dada's Noise - Combien De Temps
05 N.L.C. - Fantaisie Dissidente
06 Cherche-Lune - Irhya
07 Denis Frajerman - Un Bouda Aux Pommes
08 Raksha Mancham - Cafe Sonja
09 ?M? - Minotaure (L'Île)
10 La S.T.P.O. - Orange
11 Le Loup Garou - Pepi Va A La Cruz
12 XVII° Vie - Lorna
13 Endraum - In Grauer Stadt (Unreleased Mix)

PRIK006
Prikosnovénie Web Site

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Osso Exótico - VII 7'' (Drone Records, 1999)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:57:00 +0000

First edition limited to 250 handnumbered copies pressed on clear vinyl.
Comes in a white sleeve with a small bag tacked to it.
The bag contains spices and a small handnumbered sheet.
Also includes an one-sided square 7" sized clear info-sheet.

A Untitled
B Untitled

DR-37
Osso Exótico Web Site, MySpace
David Maranha Blogspot
Drone Records Web Site

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Hijokaidan - Sound Of The Sea 7'' (Xn Recordings, 1997)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:20:00 +0000

Japanese noise band, formed in Kyoto in 1979 by Jojo Hiroshige and Naoki Zushi. The group released their first LP on Unbalance in 1982.
There have been numerous members, amongst the most important being Junko, Toshiji Mikawa, and Fumio Kosakai.

Limited edition of 486 numbered copies.

a1 Intelligent Ignorance
b1 Implicit Inadequacy

Xn Recordings 003
Hijokaidan Web Site
Xn Recordings Web Site, MySpace

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V/A - Incendium II (A Label Compilation Of Loki-Foundation And Power & Steel) (Loki Foundation, 2008)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:00:00 +0000

The second part of the LOKI label compilation with tracks from the most LOKI/PAS releases of the last years.

Track 1: taken from loki 44 "Shaping The Unknown" CD.
Track 2: taken from loki 42 "Ascending Triads & Luminous Arcs" 2CD.
Track 3: taken from loki 47 "Of Withered Sparks" CD/LP.
Track 4: taken from loki 39 "Buried Under Time And Sand" CD.
Track 5: taken from loki 40 "Dark Stars Unfolding" 2CD.
Track 6: taken from loki 43 "Chaos Structure" CD.
Tracks 7 & 8: taken from loki 38 "Colliding Dimensions" 4CD/4LP.
Tracks 9 & 10: taken from pas 20 "Of Mind And Of Abyss" MLP.
Track 11: taken from loki 37 "Beyond IO" CD&12inch set/CD.
Track 12: taken from loki 41 "Samadhi State" CD.
Tracks 13 & 14: taken from pas 22 "Of Earth And Of Fire" MLP.
Track 15: taken from pas 19 "Angular Momentum" CD.
Track 16: taken from loki 45 "Through Bleak Landscapes" CD.
Track 17: taken from pas 21 "Corporate Control" CD/LP.

01 Circular - The Triangular Center
02 Fjernlys - Intermediate Nature
03 Antlers Mulm - Sunflowers
04 Herbst9 - 4000 Years Of Damascus
05 Predominance - Quantum Statics
06 First Law - Bad Influence (Excerpt)
07 Inade - Divine Hybrid (Excerpt)
08 Inade - Kwa Non Se Part II (Excerpt)
09 Land:Fire - Space Interferometry Mission (Excerpt)
10 Ionosphere - Gravitation In The Mind
11 First Law - Creating Worlds (Excerpt)
12 Inade - Uninhabited Red
13 Vestigial - Summoned By Panopticonian Flames (Excerpt)
14 Penjaga Insaf - Tenangan (Excerpt)
15 Ionosphere - Meta III
16 Herbst9 / Z'Ev - Enshrinement (Maschinenkult Pt. 2)
17 Ex.Order - Skillful Killing

loki 46
Loki Foundation Web Site, MySpace

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Pinkie Maclure & John Wills - Cat's Cradle (Trefingle, 2005)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:33:00 +0000

Pinkie Maclure & John Wills have made five albums since they met in the late 1990s after Wills left his first band, hypnotic noiseniks, Loop.

The Cat's Cradle is thoughtful and reflective, a canny combination of laments, soundscapes woven around strong poetry.
The quality of playing and the blend of instruments tell you that there is something different about this. It's as vital as the acid croft movement, but going off in a very tangental way.
Lyre, concertina, melodeon and voice combine with more familiar guitar and drums to find a style that references a lot of traditional folk, but manages to find a different route to the goal.

Pinkie Maclure: Vocals, Concertina, Accordion and Bells.
John Wills: Guitar, Strings (Lyre) and Drums.

01 The Bending Wood
02 Slowy, Slowly, The Water Flows
03 Cat's Cradle
04 Good Luck Look Upon You
05 Fine Flowers In The Valley
06 I Take The Long Way Round
07 Over And Over And Over
08 Lay Down Your Arms

TreCD101
Pinkie Maclure & John Wills Web Site, MySpace

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Holger Hiller - Little Present (Mute Records Ltd., 1995)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:39:00 +0000

In 1995 Hiller released a very personal audio documentary entitled Little Present which detailed his visits to his five year old son in Tokyo. Although separated from the child's mother, the two are very close. This sound documentary includes a plot narrated as the story moves on, interupted by aural images and edits of Tokyo's cultural landscape.

01 Children's Songs... (Story And Atmosphere)
02 Children's Songs... (Music Track)
03 ...And Favourite Videos (Story And Atmosphere)
04 ...And Favourite Videos (Music Track)
05 Train Stations And Their Melodies (Story And Atmosphere)
06 Train Stations And Their Melodies (Music Track)
07 Happy To Go Shopping (Story And Atmosphere)
08 Happy To Go Shopping (Music Track)
09 CNN (Story And Atmosphere)
10 CNN (Music Track)
11 Fresh Young Girls In Commercials (Story And Atmosphere)
12 Fresh Young Girls In Commercials (Music Track)
13 Busy Loudspeakers In Shinjuku (Story And Atmosphere)
14 Busy Loudspeakers In Shinjuku (Music Track)
15 Everybody Having A Good Time (Story And Atmosphere)
16 Everybody Having A Good Time (Music Track)
17 Drive To Yokohama (Story And Atmosphere)
18 Drive To Yokohama (Music Track)
19 Dozing Off In Front Of The TV (Story And Atmosphere)
20 Dozing Off In Front Of The TV (Music Track)
21 Toy Telephone (Story And Atmosphere)
22 Toy Telephone (Music Track)
23 Ride Through The Suburbs (Story And Atmosphere)
24 Ride Through The Suburbs (Music Track)
25 While Leaving (Story And Atmosphere)
26 While Leaving (Music Track)

CD STUMM 108
Holger Hiller Web Site, MySpace
Mute Records Web Site, MySpace

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Pinkie Maclure - Favourite (Placebo Recordings, 1995)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:29:00 +0000

All songs written and arranged by Pinkie Maclure.

2, 3 & 6 Recorded & Mixed by Simon Walker at The Loophole, Brighton, 1994.
1, 4, 5 & 7 Recorded at Bang Bang, London.
Produced by John Wills And Pinkie Maclure, 1995.

Pinkie Maclure: Voice, Keyboards & Samples.
Gary Jeff: Bass Guitar on 1, 4 & 5.
The Friendly Hermit: Drums, Gongs, Trays & Tea Urn on 1, 4, 5 & 7.
Boleslaw Usarzewski: Bass Guitar on 2 & 3.
Lou Ciccotelli: Drums & Percussion on 2 & 3.
Nick Smith: Accordion on 2 & 3.
Lee Cusick: Harmonica on "Heartsease".
Raymond M.Dickaty: Clarinet on "You Become Moonlight" and Saxophone on "Rose Flavour Talc".
The Empress Amelia: Additional Keyboards on "Garden Of Delights".

01 Hedonistic
02 The Rain Is Out
03 Heartsease
04 Garden Of Delights
05 You Become Moonlight
06 Risqué
07 Rose Flavour Talc

PILLMCD 7
Pinkie Maclure Web Site, MySpace

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IK Mux - A Alma Do Insecto (Polygram, 1993)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:09:00 +0000

Gravado nos Estúdios Som, Lisboa de Julho a Setembro de 1992.
Produzido por André Roquete e António Ricciardi com IK Mux.
Participação especial de Nuno Roque (Baixo) em "Chuva Ácida".

Este Disco é o produto da vitória do 1º Concurso Rock PEPSI-RFM.

Paulo Coelho: Voz.
Armando Teixeira: Guitarra.
Luis Paiva: Teclas e Programação.

01 Lugosi E Garbo
02 Chuva Ácida
03 Shirley
04 Germe
05 Em Chamas / A Alma Do Insecto

IK Mux MySpace

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Pigsix 4 - I Am The Chemistry (Simbiose Records, 1995)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:30:00 +0000

Bass - Jane Griffiths
Featuring - Jason White
Producer - Matt Howden
Vocals, Violin - Matt Howden
Written by Matt Howden

01 Easylife
02 Computer
03 Eu Sou A Quimica
04 Direct Line
05 Don't Wake Up
06 Pame
07 Irresist
08 Something Like That
09 Special Theory
10 Training

BIO CD 12
Matt Howden Web Site

Simbiose Web Site

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Edgar Froese - Kamikaze 1989 (Virgin, 1990)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:25:00 +0000

Edgar Froese, Born on June 6th, 1944 in Tilsit, Eastern Prussia, began his musical career in 1965 with a short-lived rock group known as The Ones. After the group's disbandment in 1967, Froese then co-founded Tangerine Dream within the same year. After decades, and a myriad of compositions, Froese remains the only original member of the band.

Composed, Performer & Producer by Edgar Froese.
Recorded in Amber Studio Berlin 1982.
A Regina Sieglar Film Production.
Originally released on LP in 1982.

01 Videophonic
02 Vitamin C
03 Krismopompas
04 Police Disco
05 Intuition
06 Police Therapy Center
07 Blue Panther
08 Snake Bath
09 Unexpected Death
10 Flying Kamakaze
11 Tower Block
12 The 31st Floor

CDV 2255
Edgar Froese Web Site

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Sol Invictus - All Things Strange And Rare (Tursa, 1999)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:22:00 +0000

European version of now deleted US album (TURSA USE 016 CD). It contains 3 tracks previously appeared on the CD5' included with the book by Tony Wakeford called "Above Us The Sun" and 3 new bonus tracks: a 7" version of "Looking for Europe" and two previously released on compilations tracks ("A Palace of Worms" and "Hedda Gabbler").

01 Sol Invictus - Looking For Europe
02 Sol Invictus / Evil Twin - A Palace Of Worms
03 Sol Invictus - Hedda Gabbler
04 Tony Wakeford - On And On
05 Tony Wakeford - The Coffin Road
06 Tony Wakeford - Above Us The Sun

TURSA 022 CD
Sol Invictus Web Site, MySpace
Tursa Web Site, MySpace

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O Yuki Conjugate - Sunchemical (Staalplaat, 1995)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:14:00 +0000

Remixes: London & Nottingham, Aug 94/Feb 95.
Limited to 2000 copies.

01 Sulphur (S)
02 Niobium (NB)
03 Californium (CA)
04 Carbon (C)
05 Polonium (Po)
06 Bismuth (Bi)

STCD 096
O Yuki Conjugate Web Site, MySpace
Staalplaat Web Site

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The Durutti Column - Dry (Materiali Sonori, 1992)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:09:00 +0000

Tracks 1 to 10 recorded at Sporadic Studios, Manchester, and Out Of The Blue Studios, Manchester.
Tracks 11 to 14 were recorded live at Womad '88, St. Austell, Cornwall and first appeared on Womad Live (Factory FACD 234).
Track 15 recorded live at La Cigalle, Paris.

01.Dry
02.Paradise Passage Road
03.Rope Around My Neck
04.Short
05.Boat People I
06.Boat People II
07.Our Lady (Version)
08.Grade 2 Duet
09.Octaves
10.Out Of The Blue
11.Otis
12.English Landscape Tradition
13.Finding The Sea
14.Bordaux Download: Here
15.The Beggar

MASO CD 90024
The Durutti Column Web Site, MySpace
Materiali Sonori Web Site

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Muslimgauze - Gun Aramaic (Soleilmoon Recordings, 1996)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:19:00 +0000

"Saladin Mercy" begins Gun on a familiar touch, perhaps almost too familiar; while a certain consistency to Muslimgauze's work is no surprise, Bryn Jones generally varies things from album to album just enough to create distinct, different listening experiences for each release. Still, "Saladin" feels like something which easily could have been on his previous Soleilmoon/Staalplaat release Maroon, with its blend of the drones from earlier pieces and the more recent tweaking and heavy variety in the rhythms throughout the song. The following track, the first "8 am, Tel Aviv, Islamic Jihad," sets things more to rights, with a combination of sharp pulses, echoing roars, and what sounds like a domestic squabble between a couple caught on tape - a characteristically strange combination which again works out quite nicely in the end. A little more than most Muslimgauze releases, Gun is very environmental in terms of its composition; the reliance on conversational snippets throughout almost turns the album into a soundtrack for a non-existent film. As is often the case for Muslimgauze, the most fascinating elements of Gun often are the simplest, such as the persistent, slow-rising beat in the first "Opiate and Mullah," or the shift from near silence to an elegant, slightly creepy keyboard arrangement about thirteen minutes into "Oil Prophets (pt. 1, 2, 3)." Gun wraps things up on a very moody note with the dark rumblings concluding "Oil Prophets (pt. 4, 5)" and the quite brief but deep, moody drones of the second "Opiate and Mullah," making for a slightly unexpected end to a fair album.

Bryan Reesman (Alternative Music Press)

All tracks written/played by Muslimgauze, Manchester 1994/1995.
Engineered by John Delf.
Mixed by Muslimgauze and John Delf.

01 Saladin Mercy
02 8 AM, Tel Aviv, Islamic Jihad
03 Opiate And Mullah
04 Oil Prophets (Pt 1, 2, 3)
05 8 AM, Tel Aviv, Islamic Jihad
06 Lazzaream Ul Lepar
07 Oil Prophets (Pt 4, 5)
08 Opiate And Mullah

SOL 27 CD
Soleilmoon Recordings Web Site, MySpace

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Muslimgauze - From The Edge (Chlorophyl Recordings, 2004)

noreply@blogger.com (Jorge Stretcher) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:43:00 +0000

Original track by Muslimgauze.

01 From The Edge (Spacetime Continuum Remix)
02 From The Edge (Higher Intelligence Agency Remix)
03 From The Edge (The Silver Wizard Remix)
04 From The Edge (Legion Of Green Men Remix)
05 From The Edge (Bostich Remix)
06 From The Edge (The Turing Test Remix)
07 From The Edge (Neutral Remix)
08 From The Edge (Chris And Cosey Remix)

CHL-202

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