Specials - a-musik

BOYZONE - MENARCHE (LP)

"A witchy mosaic of psychedelic haunted tape jams, exposed circuit melodies, EVP, Casio moaning, deteriorating cassette playback, ebbing dreamy confusion and harshness coalescing into a final metal echo from Southern U.S. live improv freak-out / dance / performance / ...
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HR014LP | HOT RELEASES

HAT CITY INTUITIVE, THE - A TICKET FOR DECAY! (LP)

"Hat City Intuitive have long been the mainstays of the Danbury, Connecticut free improvisation scene and, as such, are regal. Yet this crown of creative impulse and desire does not cloud their intention of celebrating the NEW. When they gather, the vibrations are a ...
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E#91E | ECSTATIC PEACE

V.A. - 2010 (2LP)

"Like all its previous releases, BineMusic's first compilation is more about quality than quantity, and yet it had to be released on double vinyl (and download). At the end of the day, new and upcoming artists like Severence (whose album we can't wait for now) should be ...
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BINE023VYR | BINEMUSIC

RODGERS, JOHN - A ROSE IS A ROSE... (CD m/vg++)

"Early in his career, John Rodgers was faced with the tough question of whether to pursue a career as a concert violinist, most likely with the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, or to take his chances in the music world. "A rose is a rose..." features John on ...
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XLTD007 | EXTREME

MR GEOFFREY & JD FRANZKE - GET A ROOM (CD)

"Old school lounge ghosts get blissed on streetscapes made out of ambient, concrete sounds collected from Nepal, Thailand and India (as well as from the sidewalks of late night Melbourne). Tango breaks and sleek sci-fi themes intermingle under the hypnotic coaxing of a ...
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XLTD006 | EXTREME

TERMINAL SOUND SYSTEM - CONSTRUCTING TOWERS (CD)

""Constructing Towers" is an inspired, assured and astounding musical journey. Picking up where 2007's Compressor left off, Drum'n'Bass scatterings rub shoulders with heavyweight doom metal riffage, electronic jazz shades and latent IDM tweakage cozy up to epic ...
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XCD065 | EXTREME

ANTRIPODEAN COLLECTIVE - THE MASSACRE OF THE EGOS (CD)

"The Massacre of the Egos" represents one of the most adventurous albums in the history of Australian improvised music. Take five exceptional musicians and put them in a pressure cooker situation and see what results. Fortunately those five musicians are Scott Tinkler, ...
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XCD064 | EXTREME

PARODI, CLAUDIO - A RITUAL WHICH IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE (CD)

"Parodi manages to use the Turkish clarinet to evoke the sonorous harmony of the bandoneon as used by Oliveros. Additionally, he seamlessly integrates the sounds of the second track from "Suoni" by Tiziano Milani. This is the album that has inspired Parodi on his ...
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XCD062 | EXTREME

HANNAFORD, MARC - THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS (CD)

"There's something very special about the way Marc Hannaford plays piano. It's not just his striking percussive style. It's the way Hannaford plays every key with great confidence, knowing full well that each note has a place and a purpose on his debut album The Garden ...
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XCD061 | EXTREME

VINCS, ROBERT - DEVIC KINGDOM (CD)

"With a remarkable music history, stretching back to the birth of the Fairlight CMI when the sounds he created were used by the likes of Thomas Dolby and Kate Bush, Robert Vincs has continued to evolve as a musician and composer. Devic Kingdom is a seductive fusion of ...
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XCD059 | EXTREME

TINCKLER, SCOTT - BACKWARDS (CD)

"Recorded in one day, mixed in one day and practiced for twenty three years; "Backwards" is an astounding musical journey from one of Australia's finest trumpet players and jazz improvisers, Scott Tinkler. Tinkler, winner of the 1996 Australian Jazz award and two ARIAs ...
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XCD058 | EXTREME

TERMINAL SOUND SYSTEM - COMPRESSOR (CD)

"Imagine if Miles Davis, Sepultura and Karlheinz Stockhausen had the opportunity to work their magic on the phenomenon of Drum'n'Bass. It could well have sounded like "Compressor" by TERMINAL SOUND SYSTEM. Drum'n'Bass is most obviously about the drums but the bass is ...
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XCD057 | EXTREME

ETHER - HUSH (CD)

"The path Ether has chosen to explore on HUSH makes you wonder just how far rock music can go. So few groups make music that is truly powerful but Ether is a vibrant exception. Absorbing influences ranging from Kraut rock to world music, Ether reveals a range of ...
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XCD054 | EXTREME

KLANGWART - SOMMER (LP)

"Markus Detmer and Timo Reuber have recently become aware of two facts: a) that they have known each other for the past 18 years and b) that during 14 of those, they have been making music under the name of Klangwart. Looking back at all those years, they reckoned it ...
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STAUBGOLD99LP | STAUBGOLD

POULENC, FRANCIS - LA VOIX HUMAINE (LP - USED m-/vg++)

carole farley, jose serebrier, adelaide symphony orchestra. libretto by jean cocteau.
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RL70114 | RCA RED SEAL

WEISMAN, CHRIS & GREG DAVIS - NORTHERN SONGS (CD)

"Northern Songs is the blissful sound of Chris Weisman leaving his body and dissolving into the universe; he sounds very free. Greg Davis helps the usually obsessive Chris surrender to the void. The falling away of self is quite literal: Chris recorded a batch of songs, ...
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HOMEN014 | HOME NORMAL

T.F. - DAS NIEMANDSLAND LÄSST NUR GANZ BESTIMMTE HEREIN (BOOK & CD-R)

lyrik und sound-collagen von t.f. aus köln-bickendorf + 32 paged booklet
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NR.12 | HELLOZINE

KLANGWART - SOMMER (CD)

"Markus Detmer and Timo Reuber have recently become aware of two facts: a) that they have known each other for the past 18 years and b) that during 14 of those, they have been making music under the name of Klangwart. Looking back at all those years, they reckoned it ...
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STAUBGOLD99CD | STAUBGOLD

T.WILLIAMS - AFRIC (12" - USED m-/vg+)

"Run in association with London's Phonica Records comes a new label from the capital, Local Action. Its first release takes the form of the debut EP by T. Williams, one half of the immensely talented UK house duo Deep Teknologi. A stable that works closely with Cooly G, ...
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LOC001 | LOCAL ACTION

SHORTSTUFF / TAYLOR - REGRESSION / SQUEEGE (12" - USED m-)

"Shortstuff continues his recent slew of productions for Ramp Recordings and Planet Mu, here fusing striking melodies with funky inspired percussion, unleashing 'Regression' - the yang to the ying of 'Progression' which appeared on a Formant Recordings 3 tracker earlier ...
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WGFL003 | WIGFLEX

JAZKAMER - SELF PORTRAIT (CD)

"The April edition of Jazkamer's 2010 monthly CD-series. The first all-acoustic Jazkamer record." (label info)
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PICA017 | PICA DISK

JAZKAMER - THE MONROE DOCTRINE (CD)

"The March edition of Jazkamer's 2010 monthly CD-series. Free-form funk-noise." (label info)
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PICA016 | PICA DISK

ROCK-A-ROLLA - APR/MAY 2010 ISSUE 25 (BOOK)

on the cover: Kayo Dot, Ufomammut, Oxbow, Red Sparowes, Black Breath, Jupiter, Eluvium, Wold, Arabrot and more.
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ISSUE25 | ROCK-A-ROLLA

UNCLE WOODY SULLENDER - LIVE AT BARKENHOFF (CD - USED m-/m-)

none | KÜNSTLERHÄUSER WORPSWEDE

MR LABRADOR - MR LABRADOR (LP)

"Without lullaby, Mr. Labrador is still in his kennel when it's cold as a dirty church. This side of Rennes Brittany France, where there are wet forests, where there are people who speak in a monotone and where the keys of the organ not move very fast. The music of ...
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#79 | GALERIE PACHE