SUPERIOR VIADUCT
"The legend of Crime looms large among punk aficionados the world over. Formed in the mid-1970s, the band's dual-guitar sound, confrontational image and sleazed methodology still serve as inspiration decades later. With only a handful of singles released during their ...
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SV178 | SUPERIOR VIADUCT
"Soon after their 1978 debut on the Brian Eno-produced »No New York«, a compilation that defined the No Wave scene, James Chance's group Contortions had already evolved - getting sharper, tighter and just plain faster. Despite the loss of keyboardist Adele Bertei and ...
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SV176 | SUPERIOR VIADUCT
special offer - "Prima Materia was a vocal improvisation ensemble, founded by Roberto Laneri in 1973. Composed entirely of vocalists with no academic training, the group developed various techniques - revolving mostly around the use of overtones - that would embody ...
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SV191LP | SUPERIOR VIADUCT
"Produced by Brian Eno in 1978, The Pavilion Of Dreams stands toe-to-toe with another minimalist masterpiece also released that year, Steve Reich's Music For 18 Musicians. Budd's gorgeous pieces reveal a lightness of touch that draws the listener in, while sublime ...
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SV162LP | SUPERIOR VIADUCT
2021 repress, 200 copies, clear vinyl, tip-on gatefold sleeve, incl. film still photo print ""This is the story of a man, marked by an image from his childhood." Thus begins, with deceptive simplicity, Chris Marker's La Jetee (1962). The film, by far Marker's best-known ...
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SV100LP | SUPERIOR VIADUCT
"LP edition compiles the six tracks from the original EP release, their March 1981 Peel session and an early '80s studio outtake. Liner notes by Brian Turner. If The Fall truly is a cult band, then Slates both benefits from and reinforces such shrouded obsessions. In ...
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SV114XLP | SUPERIOR VIADUCT
"It's been nearly five decades since Joe McPhee assembled a group of musicians to perform the weekend concerts that would become Nation Time, his debut LP. The music on Nation Time came out of the fertile, but little-known creative jazz scene in Poughkeepsie, New York, ...
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SV164 | SUPERIOR VIADUCT
"Ten Years Alive On The Infinite Plain is the quintessential work of artist/filmmaker/composer Tony Conrad. Comprised of both film installation and minimalist score for amplified strings, Ten Years leaps across genre and medium to connect his revolutionary structural ...
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SV049LP | SUPERIOR VIADUCT
"Prior to forming Liquid Liquid in 1981, the band members were in two other groups: Liquid Idiot and Idiot Orchestra. While these ensembles sounded more experimental than groove-oriented, the beginnings of Liquid Liquid's spatial / conceptual framework can be heard ...
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SV091 | SUPERIOR VIADUCT
"California Babylon is a far more sparse and caustic offering than FACTIX's debut, Scheintot, documenting their live collaboration with notorious artist MONTE CAZAZZA, who along with recording for THROBBING GRISTLE's Industrial label also coined its "Industrial Music ...
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SVLP004 | SUPERIOR VIADUCT
