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ORACULO RECORDS is proud to be again the selected label for another very awaited album advance. In this case, NEON ELECTRONICS 'Apollo', to be released in early 2019. Leadered by Dirk Da Davo (Ex The Neon Judgement), NEON ELECTRONICS plays on the bounds or krautdarkrock and minimalistic ebm pushing the audience to a lysergic trip. This EP includes as well an amazing live version of TNJ super classic 'TV Treated' recorded in 2018. It will be presented on 12 EP format and produced in a ONE-OFF truly limited edition of 300 copies lacquered pressed on 180 gr. high quality solid black vinyl. All tracks have been specially mastered and remastered for LONG CUT vinyl by Eric Van Wonterghem.

Nightscapes recalls the feelings that are triggered and heightened by the dark hours. Recurring dreams, hypnagogic states, and half-sleep visions. The childhood sense of anticipation for the future that strikes in the middle of the night. The bittersweet feeling of waking up from a dream that has transported you back in time...

David Rothon is a musician from south London who has been involved in a variety of musical activities over the years, from garage bands to experimental spoken-word projects. These include a collaboration with Ian Masters (Pale Saints) as Sore & Steal and, more recently, Cloudier Skies with performer/chanteuse Claudia Barton, which was championed by Radio 3's Late Junction.

David conjures up the hours between dusk and dawn by deploying a variety of instruments including pedal steel guitar, Mellotron, Omnichord, strings and cor anglais, as well as experimenting with unusual chord changes and voicings. Patching instruments through unexpected effects pedals, and running tracks out to cassette tape and back again, help bring an otherworldly ambience to the record. Parts of the album were semi-improvised, with melody lines developing from take to take, while field recordings and happy accidents led to serendipitous results.

Nightscapes takes you on a nocturnal journey - whether into your emotions and memories, or the sleeping world outside.

'..... an organ-led delight that recalls everything from Booker T & The MGs to vintage library music.' Clash magazine

The Scandinavian kings of 21st century library recently returned with their sixth album and now the first to gain a UK release; sounding like Stereolab playing covers of groovy sixties lounge pop while adding contemporary sounds and textures. This is where Krautrock inspired electro meets psychedelic funk soundtracks from Italian B-movies. In Trummor & Orgel's own words: 'the goal behind making Indivisibility was to find balance between the organic and the electronic, the dynamic and the predictable, then and now; the equilibrium between man and machine.

Since the start in 2003 Trummor & Orgel have released six instrumental full-length albums, they have worked musically with, among others, Ebbot Lundberg (The Soundtrack of Our Lives), Magnus Carlson (Weeping Willows) and Peter More´n (Peter, Bjorn and John), featured music in several TV shows and movies, received a Swedish Grammy nomination in the Jazz category, composed the score for a silent movie - but most importantly, built a reputation as being a brilliant and mind- blowing live act through their several hundreds of acclaimed live shows in Scandinavia and parts of Europe. Trummor & Orgel is Anders Ljunggren (organ) and Staffan Ljunggren (drums).

Released on Salvation Records in the UK, Trummor & Orgel join the label that introduced Klaus Johann Grobe to an international audience as well as releasing records by Liverpool's Strange Collective and France's Forever Pavot amongst others. Available in a physical format in the UK for the first time, Indivisibility is released exclusively on vinyl.

Upon examining the eventful life of Can bassist Holger Czukay, one might conclude that this intrepid musician was a loner. His turbulent career exuded an enduring eccentricity governed by a boundless free spirit. Yet Czukay,
who passed away unexpectedly last year at the age of 79, constantly emphasized that his creativity was always contingent upon a musical partner, whether that was a skin-and-bones counterpart or an anonymous manifestation that interacted with him through radio waves or, as happened later, the internet. Nonetheless, most of his partners were of flesh and
blood.
His oeuvre, which is in itself cinematic in nature, boasts a cast worthy of a Martin Scorsese film. Only the most interesting character actors were cast:
Brian Eno, Phew, Rolf Dammers, David Sylvian, Annie Lennox, Jah Wobble, his Can bandmates... the list could go on and on.
Many of these masterpieces are now out of print, so Groenland Records, who already released the highly acclaimed retrospective 'CINEMA' to mark the occasion of Holger's 80th birthday at the beginning of the year, has taken it upon themselves to release reissues of Holger's music in order to make it accessible once again.

Upon examining the eventful life of Can bassist Holger Czukay, one might
conclude that this intrepid musician was a loner. His turbulent career exuded
an enduring eccentricity governed by a boundless free spirit. Yet Czukay,
who passed away unexpectedly last year at the age of 79, constantly
emphasized that his creativity was always contingent upon a musical
partner, whether that was a skin-and-bones counterpart or an anonymous
manifestation that interacted with him through radio waves or, as happened
ater, the internet. Nonetheless, most of his partners were of flesh and
blood.
His oeuvre, which is in itself cinematic in nature, boasts a cast worthy of a
Martin Scorsese film. Only the most interesting character actors were cast:
Brian Eno, Phew, Rolf Dammers, David Sylvian, Annie Lennox, Jah Wobble,
his Can bandmates... the list could go on and on.
Many of these masterpieces are now out of print, so Groenland Records,
who already released the highly acclaimed retrospective 'CINEMA' to mark
he occasion of Holger's 80th birthday at the beginning of the year, has
aken it upon themselves to release reissues of Holger's music in order to
make it accessible once again.

Upon examining the eventful life of Can bassist Holger Czukay, one might
conclude that this intrepid musician was a loner. His turbulent career exuded
an enduring eccentricity governed by a boundless free spirit. Yet Czukay,
who passed away unexpectedly last year at the age of 79, constantly
emphasized that his creativity was always contingent upon a musical
partner, whether that was a skin-and-bones counterpart or an anonymous
manifestation that interacted with him through radio waves or, as happened
later, the internet. Nonetheless, most of his partners were of flesh and
blood.
His oeuvre, which is in itself cinematic in nature, boasts a cast worthy of a
Martin Scorsese film. Only the most interesting character actors were cast:
Brian Eno, Phew, Rolf Dammers, David Sylvian, Annie Lennox, Jah Wobble,
his Can bandmates... the list could go on and on.
Many of these masterpieces are now out of print, so Groenland Records,
who already released the highly acclaimed retrospective 'CINEMA' to mark
the occasion of Holger's 80th birthday at the beginning of the year, has
taken it upon themselves to release reissues of Holger's music in order to
make it accessible once again.

Die LP "Chronolyse" kam zwar 1978 und nach "Rhizosphere" auf den Markt, doch eigentlich ist sie Richard Pinhas' erstes Soloalbum, da die Aufnahmen schon 1976 entstanden. Zu dieser Zeit war Pinhas stark von Frank Herberts Roman "Dune" beeindruckt, was zum Beispiel Songtitel wie "Duncan Idaho" erklärt. Es handelt sich hier um den Namen einer der Romanfiguren. Musikalisch ist "Chronolyse" streng zweigeteilt. Die erste rein elektronische und hörbar von Klaus Schulze inspirierte Hälfte, eine Reihe skizzenhafter Stücke mit
repetitiven Sequenzer-Mustern, wurde von Pinhas live im Studio auf zwei Moog-Synthesizern improvisiert.
Die zweite rockigere Hälfte, ein knapp 30 Minuten langes Stück mit dem Titel "Paul Atreides", ist ein ausgedehnter Prog-Jam, in dem Pinhas seine Synthesizer-Experimente um Gitarre, Mellotron, Bass und Schlagzeug ergänzt. Hier zeigt sich deutlich der Einfluss von King Crimson im Allgemeinen und Robert Fripp
im Besonderen.

Nach "Rhizosphere", "Chronolyse" und "Iceland" war "East West" das vierte Soloalbum des französischen
Electro-Space-Rockers Richard Pinhas. Es kam 1980 beim Major CBS auf den Markt, was dem Musiker zeitgeisttypisch eine Menge Kommerzvorwürfe einbrachte. Der jedoch sah darin vielmehr die Möglichkeit, seine Kreativität freier umsetzen zu können. "Signing to CBS was a blessing. It gave me the tools for better production", so Pinhas. Und weiter: "I don't see any virtue in remaining underground. You try to do what's best
for the music at each moment in your life. Always. The best for the music." Verglichen mit anderen Pinhas-Werken klingt "East West" noch stärker von der Elektronik der Berliner Schule (Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Michael Hoenig) dominiert und dadurch etwas glatter und einfacher, gewissermaßen poppiger. Auch Elemente von Kraftwerk und Brian Eno lassen sich nicht verhehlen. Das Album wird von zwei Teilen des Stücks "Houston 69" eingerahmt. Dabei gingen ihm Bandkollegen von Heldon - Didier Batard, François Auger, Patrick Gauthier - zur Hand. Die Vocoderstimme steuerte der SF-Autor Norman Spinrad bei, von dessen Roman "The Iron Dream" sich Heldon einst den Namen borgte

Ab 1981 Entwickelten Wilfried Franzen Und Thomas Grötz Eine Experimentelle Popmusik, Die Zwischen
Songstrukturen, Geräuschhaftigkeit Und Psychedelischer Trance Changierte. Instrumentales Fundament Ihrer
Kompositionen Waren Bass Und Keyboard, Die Das Duo In Seinen Eigenproduktionen Um Gitarren, Violine,
Klavier, Elektronische Perkussion, Samples Und Anderes Erweiterte. Als Instrumente Dienten Den Beiden
Alles, Was Sie In Die Finger Bekamen, Egal Ob Sie Diese Beherrschten, Hauptsache Es Entsprach Den
Musikalischen Vorstellungen. Die Ergebnisse Hielten Sie Zunächst Mit Kassettenrekorden Und Später 4-spurgeräten
Fest. So Entstanden In Einem Zeitraum Von Fast 20 Jahren Mehr Als 250 Titel. "nachtwerk (1991-
1998)" Ist Nach Privaten Kassetten- Und Cd-produktionen Die Erste Offizielle Veröffentlichung Von Solarize.
"nachtwerk" Präsentiert Zehn Ausgewählte Stücke. Sie Bilden Ab, Was Die Stilistisch Nicht Festgelegte, Aber
Zugleich Konsequente Herangehensweise Von Solarize Ausmacht: Sonnig-strahlende Melodien, Knarzige
Geigen- Und E-bow-ausflüge, Bierernst Ausgetüftelte Kompositionen, Polyrhythmische Und Dichte Ambientlandschaften,
Teelöffel-samples Mit Interview-ausschnitten Und Dramatische Klavier-exkurse.

Melodic Energy Commission is a Canadian gem and an interesting branch of the Hawkwind family tree (featuring Del Delmar on electronics.) Hailing from British Columbia, their unique blend of space rock, progressive and hippie psychedelia began in 1977 as a recording-only project titled "The Melodic Energy Commission of Collected Artists."
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In 1985 Ken Man showed up in the studio
with this IBM AT computer. It had a 1/2 MB of
RAM and some Voyetra software that could
sequence music, becoming the duo's backing
band. Fist Of Facts contributors included Mark Cunningham from Mars, Felice Rosser, Genevieve De Monvel Boutet, Carlos Vivanco, Scott Hartley from the Liquids and a whole host of others.
Fist of Facts expand the natural groove that Liquid Liquid established over their quick career, with a strong political message combined with abstract dub soundscapes.

*Black vinyl press* Reissue of his debut album from 1980. Beautiful experimental sound design which results in proto-techno soundscapes. A gem in the genre!
Minimal Wave is honored to present a reissue of Sympathy Nervous' pioneering debut album originally released in 1980 on Vanity Records out of Japan. Sympathy Nervous was Yosihumi Niinuma's lifelong project which he started in his Tokyo living room in 1979. Through Sympathy Nervous, Niinuma was able to channel his energy into what he loved - building his own synthesizers and speakers from scratch. Niinuma was inspired by German Krautrock and through his music created intense proto-techno soundscapes. Now finally available for the first time ever, remastered from the original tapes used for the 1980 release, is the timeless masterpiece in its entirety.

REISSUE OF THE LEGENDARY KRAUT-DISCO MASTERPIECE REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES. CONTAINS INSERT WITH RARE PHOTOS.

LIMITED EDITION 300 ONLY BLACK VINYL LP HOUSED IN A GLOSS FINISHED OUTER SLEEVE WITH DOWNLOAD CODE
 
'But the man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less cocksure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable Mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend.'  Aldous Huxley
 
The consequences of tampering with the fabric of reality are, and always have been, direct and brutal.
 
An unrelenting quake of disruption amongst what we think, perceive, and accordingly act upon is an inevitable result, and thus leaves disaster in ways hard to conceive, much less prepare against. When these quakes initially began, the only logical cause was that Perhaps was again at the helm; and though disruptive experimentation has always been a common practice of the band, it has become increasingly obvious things may have again gotten out of hand.
 
This came as no surprise to fans however, who's cult-like obsession with the band and their practices reached a chaotic peak earlier last year after members of the bands' presence was reported in a small Eastern European compound, bordering Moldova. Flocks of adoring fans flooded the streets in search of any sign of Perhaps, many of whom belonged to dangerous gangs and shamanic cults, terrifying locals and causing thousands in damage. But this was only the tip of the iceberg for what was to come.
 
Suspicions of a new album were presented through outside sources by means of cryptic letters, and later confirmed by reports of large quantities of beached whales and colossal squid washing up on various shores on the east coast, as well as a mass disruption in the migratory pattern of elk nationwide. Following an interview with a local shaman, it appeared that Perhaps had stationed themselves somewhere in the great red canyons of Utah, apparently in attempt to create some sort of audio re-creation of cellular respiration.
 
The bands success in doing so is hardly put to question, as all members, have been front runners in the experimental recreation of natural principles through musical methods, and rarely come out empty handed. Because of 'Hexagon' being crafted through similar unorthodox principles, leading scholars and music experts in various colleges lucky enough to have received samples have hypothesized 'Hexagon' to be within some sort of shared linear relationship with the bands previous album 'V'.It has been confirmed core members and frequent contributors have returned with the making of Hexagon: (Jim Haney, Sean McDermott, David Khoshtinat, Ricky Petraglia, Ben Talmi, Tom Weeks). As well as appearances from long-time collaborators Makoto Kawabata and Tabata Mitsuru of the Japanese psychedelic-juggernaut group Acid Mothers Temple.
 
The answer to the question of whether the album had been completed came to fruition a half a year after the previously mentioned incidences and left no doubt about its truth. Following many more cryptic letters sent to our office and eerie reports, several hikers in the Utah area reported mind-shattering hallucinations, as well as locals witnessing a massive blood red moon taking place the same evening. There was no doubt in anyone's mind that 'Hexagon' was complete, and in preparation for its release, many who were religious were granted time to seek refuge in their respective places of worship.
 
For the listener, no pass is needed. And while what lies ahead may seem gargantuan, it is best to open one's mind and allow all that is necessary happen. Great spiritual wisdom is not attained without a daunting climb, and all 'Hexagon' has to offer makes that climb worth the peril. Go in head first and do not fall, or face the current.
 
Samson Hailstone, Vancouver BC , 7/2/2018
 
Musicians On This Album :
 
Jim Haney
Sean Mcdermott
David Khoshtinat
Tom Weeks
Ricky Petraglia
Ben Talmi
Makoto Kawabata
Michael Thomas
Tyler Skoglund
Tabata Mitsuru
Doug Smith
Ryan Bambery
 

Remastered Edition Of A Compilation Of Stereolab
Singles And Rarities, First Issued In 1995. Clear Double Vinyl. Includes Download Card.

Brooklyn trio Forma's latest LP continues their mission to 'broaden the idea of what an electronic music ensemble can sound like.' Semblance emerged from exploratory sessions at The Schoolhouse, the Bushwick loft where members Mark Dwinell and John Also Bennett live, then was tracked at Gary's Electric studios, where their previous album Physicalist was also recorded.
Inspired by polyrhythmic composition, the human voice, and conceptual improvisation strategies, the songs are striking in their textural detail and emotional nuance, alternately synthetic and sentient, futuristic and intuitive. Incorporating flute, piano, guitar, saxophone, acoustic drums and cymbals alongside an array of synthesizers, the record persuasively demonstrates the group's unique playing abilities and fluid chemistry - attributes they credit to 'techniques we've developed to trick our electronic machines into mimicking the spontaneous character of live instruments.'
Members George and John Also Bennett also cite as an influence their recent stint in minimalist composer Jon Gibson's ensemble, performing his 1973 proto-ambient masterwork Visitations. The long- form modal piece requires restraint and deep listening to execute, qualities especially apparent in the more muted moments of Semblance, such as 'Rebreather' and 'New City.'
The group states the intent of the new album as 'to be more direct and exacting', which it is. Over half a decade spent writing and recording together has distilled Forma's hybrid electro-acoustic interplay into an attuned and astounding language, capable of articulating impossible symmetries and reflective states.
The stunning visuals of the artwork are by frequent collaborator of the group Peter Burr.

Die Beiden Ambient/krautrock/avantgarde-meisterwerke "plight & Premonition" (1988) Und "flux & Mutability" (1989) Entstanden Ende Der 1980er Im Can-studio Bei Köln, Bestehen Aus Jeweils Zwei Überlangen Tracks Und Gelten Als Klassiker Ihres Genres. An Den Aufnahmen Waren Neben Sylvian Und Czukay Auch Die Beiden Can-musiker Jaki Liebezeit (an Beiden Alben) Und Michael Karoli Sowie Marcus Stockhausen, Trompeter Und Sohn Des Berühmten Komponisten Karl-heinz Stockhausen, Beteiligt (letztere Nur An "flux & Mutability"). Der Re-release Auf Grönland Erscheint In Chicen Doppelformaten Mit Neuen Linernotes Des Renommierten Britischen Journalisten David Topp. Beide Alben Sind Nicht Bestandteil Der Jüngst Erschienenen Holger Czukay-retrospektive "cinema" Und Seit Ihrer Original-veröffentlichung Damals Auf Venture/virgin Records Und Limitierten Reissues Anfang Der 1990er In Japan Und Uk Nicht Mehr Erhältlich Gewesen.

Wieder Erhältlich: Das Am 23. März 1974 Im Penny Station Club In Der Nähe Von Detmold Aufgenommene Livekonzert Der Deutschen Krautrocklegende Harmonia, Bestehend Aus Michael Rother, Dieter Moebius Und Hans-joachim Roedelius. Grönland-erstveröffentlichung Am 19.10.2007.

* 180 gram audiophile vinyl
* Gatefold sleeve
* Limited pressing of 1.000 individually numbered copies on Transparent Green vinyl

Eloy Is One Of German's Most Important Bands During The 70's Invasion Of Progressive Rock Bands All Over The World. Their Music Can Be Placed In The Krautrock Scene Which Developed At The End Of 60's. They Released Their First Self-titled Album In 1971. At This Time They Were A Hard Rock Band Which Created Some Heavy Pieces Of Music. But It Does Have That Progressive Feeling While You Listen To An Epic Piece Like The Eight-minute "something Yellow". The Power Ballad "isle Of Sun" Is Another Impressive Track. It's A Nice Beginning Before They Went On To Became A Big Name For The Insiders Of The Prog.

Eloy Is Available As A Limited Pressing Of 1.000 Individually Numbered Copies On Transparent Green Vinyl.

PSYCHIC LEMON spielen eine Mischung aus Space Rock, Psych und Krautrock mit starken Einflüssen von HAWKWIND, GOAT und AMON DÜÜL II
Limitierte, zweite Pressung auf rotem 180gr. Vinyl

Tonzonen Records ist ein deutsches Independent Label das 2014 gegründet wurde um stilvolle, zeitlose und einzigartige Musik jenseits vom Mainstream zu veröffentlichen. Tonzonen Records erarbeitete sich schnell eine treue Fangemeinde in der wachsenden Stoner, Progressive und Psychedelic Rock-Szene.
Nur einen Monat nach der Veröffentlichung ihres Debütalbums im März 2016 wurde von der ursprünglich als Quartett gestarteten Band PSYCHIC LEMON ein Trio. Als Reaktion darauf wuchs jedoch der Sound der Band an und es wurden vielschichtige Drone-Elemente sowie ausladende Gitarreneffekte eingebracht und die Songs entstanden auf natürlichere Weise in ausufernden Jam-Sessions. So gibt es auf ihrem neuen Album eine breite Soundlandschaft mit zahllosen Gitarreneffekten, verzerrtem Bass und Schlagzeug zu hören

Geins't Naït Is Considered Legendary At Offen Music. Releasing Music Since 1986, Their Last 3 Albums Have Featured Laurent Petitgand (2011, 2014 & 2015). Now We Present A Collection Of New Unreleased Tracks That We Hope Will Plunge You Deep Into The Special World Of Gn & Lp.

Austin Based Experimental Collective Thousand Foot Whale Claw Is Back With The New Cosmic Full Length black Hole Party, Out June 29, 2018. Featuring Members Of S U R V I V E, Troller, Single Lash And Future Museums, This Is The Supergroup's Second Lp And Their Most Accomplished Work To Date. Inspired By Progressive 70's German Kraut-rock, Thousand Foot Whale Claw Maintains A Classic Style While Establishing An Original Voice. With Album Art By Renowned Contemporary Sci-fi/fantasy Illustrator Kilian Ang, black Hole Party's Aesthetic Is Cohesively Curated Throughout Its Dense, Multi-layered Track List, Ranging From Serene Sound Baths To Driving Dance Beats.

Tfwc Was Founded In San Marcos, Tx By A Core Group Of College Friends Who Bonded Over Loose Collaborative Jams Of Effects Driven Improvisations. Eventually These Unstructured Practices Evolved Into Refined Studio Sessions And Intense Live Performances, Leading To A Rich Discography And Enthusiastic Fanbase. Balancing Repetition With The Unexpected, Tfwc's Sustained Motifs Slowly Reveal The Band's Signature Free-form Experimentation. Known For Heavy Walls Of Guitar And Electronic Drones, Tfwc Spirals Into Circular Rhythms And Looping Riffs Stacked With Shredding Guitar Solos And Ambient Soundscapes. Explorations Spurring From A Central Theme Is The Basis For The Band's Compositional Approach, Always Seeking New Instruments, Sound Sources And Production Techniques For Each Piece. Recorded And Engineered At Stassney Studios In Austin, Tx With Producer/artist Dylan Cameron, black Hole Party Has Become The Band's Most Defining Body Of Work Thus Far.  

On black Hole Party, The Polished Structure And Acute Development Of All Six Tracks Is Distinct And Tangible, Making This Record More Composed Than Any Of Their Previous Releases.  Propulsive Songs Such As deridium Rail' And The Album's Title Track Are Driven By Four-on-the-floor Dance Beats And Arpeggiated Synthesizers, Contrasting Songs Like genesis Effect' That Predominantly Features The Natural Tones Of 12-string Acoustic Guitar And Harmonium. The Wide Variety Of Sonic Flavors Is Reflective Of Tfwc's Vast Musical Tastes, Refusing To Settle On One Approach And Allowing The Band's Idiosyncrasies To Shine Regardless Of Genre. To Classify Tfwc As An Instrumental Psych Band Is Only Partially Accurate, However There Are A Lack Of Proper Terms To Fully Encapsulate The Band's Broad Scope. Black Hole Party Is The Latest And Brightest Collection Of Songs From Thousand Foot Whale Claw, Meant To Be Enjoyed In A Multitude Of Environments For All Fans Of Expansive Listening. 

Colin Potter Is A Sound Engineer And Musician Currently Based In London. He Has Worked Within The Fields Of Electronic And Experimental Music For Over 35 Years, Collaborating With The Likes Of Current 93, The Hafler Trio, Organum, Andrew Chalk, And Most Notably As A Key Part Of Nurse With Wound Alongside Steven Stapleton. He Started The Esteemed Icr (integrated Circuit Recordings) Label In 1981 Releasing A Clutch Of Wonderful Home Recordings Of His Own, Over Half A Dozen Small Run Cassette Only Releases.'the Where House' Was Recorded In 1981 At Ic Studio, A Converted Wash House In Sutton On The Forest In North Yorkshire. The Album Was Self-released On Cassette That Same Year Via Icr. This Expanded Double Lp Edition Features All 13 Tracks From The Original Tape On Vinyl For The First Time Plus 4 Bonus Tracks. 'the Where House' Is A Prime Example Of Early Uk Post-punk/industrial Electronic Music. combining Dub, Electro, And Krautrock Rhythms With Psychedelic, Kosmische Noise In Multiple Mutations Ranging From Almost Pop-wise Songcraft To Horizon-scanning Motorik Flights,' Says Boomkat. Most Of The Damage Was Done By Colin Using Guitars, Synths, Sequencers, Drum Machines, Percussion, And Modified Toy Keyboards With Fairly Primitive 4-track Recording Equipment. He Was Assisted On Some Of The Tracks By Stephan Jadd-parry (guitar, Percussions), Jon Caffery (guitar, Bass, E-bow, Percussion) And Nick Jackson (synth). All Songs Have Been Remastered For Vinyl By George Horn At Fantasy Studios In Berkeley. The Record Is Sleeved In A Replica Of The Original Cassette Artwork By Jonathan Coleclough. Every Copy Includes A Double Sided Postcard Insert With Notes From Colin.

Welcome to Whale City. 2018.

A thrill' Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music

At the point where personal hygiene ends and Kraut-garage begins lies Warmduscher' the Quietus

The offspring of a match made in hell between Fat White Family and Paranoid London' Louder Than War

Warmduscher are playing by their own rules' Clash Magazine

Let Warmduscher be your guide. Clams Baker: the man with the golden tongue. Fast-talking, no nonsense networker. The 'legitimate' front to the great rock 'n' roll swindle. No time for fact checking. No need for building regulations. Heading straight to the top. Consequence be damned. Lightnin' Jack Everett is his man on point. The rhythm. The brains. The brawn. Let's make lots of money. The Saulcano, Mr Salt Fingers Lovecraft and The Witherer operate in the shadows. The cogs. The machine. The bootleggers.


* South London recidivists Warmduscher include members of Paranoid London, Fat White Family and Childhood

* Longtime Warmduscher biographer Dr Alan Goldfarb describes Whale City as a rock opera so vast in magnitude that - were in not for my being strapped naked to a chair in a garage - could send a man hurtling towards the outer perimeters of uncharted space'

* Features the hits-to-be 'Big Wilma', 'Standing On The Corner' and 'I Got Friends'

* Get a taste for Whale City in this video, as Lightnin' Jack goes in search of the elusive Big Wilma

* A formidable live prospect, the band will be on tour throughout 2018 - all announced dates below

* Early support from Lauren Laverne at 6 Music plus a Marc Riley live session on March 6th

* Vinyl edition includes a set of postcards featuring artwork by David Ruddeforth

* In the words of Clams Baker, Whale City is a playground for the people that have stepped above and beyond their comfort zone.' What are you waiting for

UK promo will be handled in house by Thea Hudson-Davies.

Now available for the first time on vinyl, One Way Static Records presents the THIRD volume in our new archival series 'La Vie Electronique'. This volume (1.2) focuses on the years 1970-1972 and is spread over two glorious LP's containing +77 minutes of Klaus Shulze rarities. This deluxe vinyl set also comes with an insert containing extensive liner notes. Available as a limited classic black vinyl retail edition (700 copies) with obi strip.

Klaus Schulze is a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician that needs very little introduction. In the late sixties & early seventies he was a member of several iconic bands such as 'Tangerine Dream', 'The Cosmic Jokers' & 'Ash Ra Tempel' before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across five decades. Collaborations were numerous and highlights include working with Steve Winwood, Brian Eno & Alphaville... just to name a few.

Klaus Schulze's proto moog-synthesizer work is regarded as a milestone in electronic music & during the decades he released landmark albums in genres catalogued as 'Ambient', 'Electronic', 'New Age', 'Berlin School', 'Experimental', 'Kosmische Musik' & 'Krautrock'. Mr. Schulze had a more organic sound than most electronic artists of the time, often he would throw in decidedly non-electronic sounds such as acoustic guitar and a male operatic voice. Schulze is also known for developing a Minimoog technique that sounds uncannily like an electric guitar, which is quite impressive in concert.

On occasions he would also compose film scores such as Body Love 1977), Barracuda (1978), Next of Kin (1982), & Angst (1983). His best known song 'Freeze' has been used in films like Manhunter (1986) and more recently in Sofia Coppola's 'The Bling Ring' from 2013.

In 2009, producer Klaus D. Mueller and Schulze began releasing La Vie Electronique ("The Electronic Life"), a series of sets that collected rare sought-after early works & unreleased tracks put in chronological sequence. These sets contain some of the best music Klaus ever created and are early 70's masterworks that will appeal to both fans and collectors.

Metaclaw is blazed studio session that time could have forgotten...but Offen Music didn't. A glorious downbeat synth plodder/head nodder from the minds of three very muscial friends.. features remixes from Gordon Pohl and Glib'r.. TIP!

Deep Distance return to the fray with a brace of killer new LPs, both set to sell out quickly upon release (given pre-release interest), so be quick here!

From the SLOWS camp:

The past two years has seen Matthew Simms (multi-instrumentalist & producer, WIRE, IT HUGS BACK, BILL FAY, UUUU, CHASTITY BELT) release two LP's of looping transcendental, instrumental music on London's great Deep Distance label, and perform shows in the UK and USA, including opening dates with Tortoise, Juliana Barwick & Michael Rother of NEU!

While the first LP focused on solely on the sound of his beloved old Farfisa Organ, evoking the minimalism of Terry Riley and JD Emmanuel and the 2nd his growing obsession with modular synth put through a chain of old tape delays and reverb, resulting in a more hazy Krautrock feel, akin to that of Cluster or NEU!

On this third LP it's all changed again, with the tracks growing out of the drum recordings of Matt Schultz (HOLY FUCK, ENON, LAKE RUTH).

Matthew explains, I asked him to send me anything, not to worry how it was recorded as I was going to process and destroy it, the only advice I gave him was that the weirder the better. I was instantly inspired when I listened to the clips he sent, as can be heard on the lp, he took my advice on both the patterns played and the recording technique, some with his kids chatting in the background, some recorded during sound checks where the rest of band are heard enjoying his playing! I met Matt ages ago when I was lucky to open for Holy Fuck for a month around Europe and we've stayed in touch since, not only an amazing musician and lovely person, he is also a big record collector and jazz head, which is something we both have in common.

I worked very quickly, kind of imagining Matt was in the room with me, playing the drum recordings back really loud. I think I used only my farfisa organ and korg ms-10 synth, as well as a load of effects pedals, running it all through small valve amp and using my wem copy cat tape delay a lot to glue &/or skew everything together.'

Having Matt's drums to kick things off, this record turned into something much noisier and varied than the previous release, still repetitive and minimal but with more sense of wild abandon and embracing a free-jazz influence, like that heard within the sound of the Sun Ra Arkestra'.

SLOWS is a project started by accident that has grown into a fantastic place for Matthew Simms to experiment, collaborate and follow his ideas, regardless of boundaries and not tied by anything or anyone. Where next...

The LP is released as a limited edition pressing on vinyl only of 300 copies and will sell out sharpish...

The Second Of May's Pair Of Ace New Deep Distance Lps, Sees A Second Studio Full Length From Brighton Based Kraut / Kosmische Juggernauts Zofff.

Described Recently As "the Finest Purveyors Of Kosmische Heaviness On The Planet Right Now" By Shindig! Magazine, The Band Release Their Eagerly Awaited Follow Up To The Quickfire Sell Out Of zofff I' In 2017 (separated By An Equally Hastily Sold Out Live Album On Drone Rock Recs), fff' Is Released First Week Of May And Again Is Expected To Move Out Quick Style.

Over To Ben Graham For A Few Words: zofff Are All About Light And Shade, And The Dynamic Movement From The Subtlest Curlicues Of Gentle Sound To The Full Raging Storm Of Sonic Attack, And Back Again. On Their Second Studio Album 'fff', The South Coast Psychedelic Five Piece Serve Up Six Tracks Of Improvised Instrumental Experimentation That Blend Seamlessly Into A Consistent Whole: A Trip, If You Will, From First Faltering Feelings To Final Full-blown Freak-out.

'ye' Assembles Around A Lonesome Trumpet Overture, Before The Drums And Dirty Fuzz Guitar Kick In And We're Off, With No Messing Around And No Ambient Noodling: Direct To The Cranium And The Groove With High-energy Space Rock Reversing The Polarity And Shaking Out The Ghosts. 'vav' Takes It Up Another Notch: Tense And Urgent, It Climaxes In Coltrane-like Sheets Of Sound Over Double-time Drumming, Before 'har' Arrives At A Relatively Gentle Pace, Dub-like Sonic Action Swooping And Fluttering Over A Rock-solid Beat Until The Bass Takes Over And The Direction Becomes Clear: Ffforward!!!

Side Two Starts With The Appropriately Titled 'dig'. All The Elements Are In Balance And The Band Are Firing At Full Force. 'ca' Kicks Off With Horn, Static And Splash, A Classic Slow Burn Taking Us Up To The Final Eleven-minute Climax Of 'zeta'. This Surprisingly Exploratory Piece Doesn't Just Aim To Go Out With A Bang But Takes Time To Set Up New Possibilities And Juxtapositions, Opening New Doors Right To The End Where Other Lesser Bands Would Already Be Packing Up The Scenery.
Recent Years Have Seen Zofff Reaping Acclaim And Blown Minds Wherever They've Appeared.

Their Live Album, (2017's Kozfest Mmxvi Baring Striking Testimony To This), With Psychedelia An Increasingly Devalued Term, Zofff Remain The Connoisseur's Choice. That's Zofff With Three Fs By The Way. We Wouldn't Want You To Forget Now...'

The Lp Is Released As A (clear) Vinyl Only Pressing Of 300 On Deep Distance, The Go-to London Label For Kraut Flavoured Kosmische With A Sold Out Back Catalogue Of 60/60 Releases Including Cavern Of Anti-matter, Jd Emmanuel, Colin Potter And Many Others...

Reissue of their 1987 album! A diverse blend of New Wave, Turkish Pop and Oriental-Rock, Funk & Soul, Hip-Hop but also Disco in a exotic way.
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The Official 30th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue of
Elektro-Dschungel Kebab- Und Andere Träume'

Restored From The Original Reel2Reel Mastertapes
Mastering And Lacquer Cut by Mike Grinser at Manmade Mastering
LP 33 1/3 PM 4-Page Insert With Original And Expanded Credits

Since Smoke Bellows Debut Release Blooming/middling In 2014, Core Members Meredith Mchugh And Christian J. Best Have Relocated From Baltimore Usa To Melbourne Australia And Back Again.

The Inherent Chaos Of Moving Across The Globe Twice, Plus The Pull And Influence Of Varied Geography And Culture Have Shaped This Latest Release, Isolation 3000, Immeasurably. These New Perspectives Have Led To An Entirely New

Writing Process, Drawing From 70s/ 80s Ny Post Punk, High Minded Pastoral Krautrock, Modern Minimalist Composition, As Well As West African Guitar Groups. Isolation 3000 Was Written Over The Summer Of 2016/2017 In A Quintessentially

Australian Backyard Shed. The Record's Title Is A Reference To The Conditions It Was Created In, A Musical Summary Of Two People Feeling The Effects Of Being Uprooted From Their Former Musical Community In Baltimore. The Days Writing

Would Involve Endless Cups Of Tea, Backyard Chickens And Visits From Australian Wildlife. Similarly, The Record Was Recorded In A Bush Cabin Just Outside Of Sydney, Pitched In A Small Clearing Between Eucalypts, With Long-time Friend

Todd Dixon. This Release Is In Many Ways An Attempt To Reconnect With A Sense Of Home And Place.

New Lp-edition of a private press library recordings of the early '70s.
Together with Florian Fricke and Peter Michael Hamel, Deuter is certainly the main responsible of a fruitful encounter between European sensibility and Eastern aesthetics in the German music of the 1970s. Soundtrack was originally produced by Kuckuck in 1973 not for an official and public release, but as a library' to be used for films, TV and radio. As a library it respects the canonical and typological structure of the genre with 26 short sonic fragments, sequences imagined and conceived like fulminating illuminations. There's still a solid electronic vocation that, however, has put aside the most disruptive effluvia of D (1971) of pure kraut' ancestry. In fact, the album is more like an ideal passing bridge between some ritual instances of the previous Aum (1972) and the following successful phase of Deuter during the period when he stays in the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's ashram in Poona realizing, in parallel to a renewed inner life, masterpieces like Celebration, Haleakala, Ecstasy and Silence is the Answer. Musically speaking, Soundtrack presents itself as a heterogeneous work with nocturnal, cinematic, galactic and atmospheric-environmental implications. Electronics remains the predominant factor but can vary from mantra drones of more ceremonial and meditative space-relax' tones of some tracks (Triad, Deep Sea, Gothic Velvet or Evening) to the most amused formulations of pulsating analog synths that in the hands of Deuter become toy-equipement' to modulate and explore (Desert Rock, Synth Effect, Flea Dance or Laser). There is no lack of acoustic moments more ethnically inspired with Arabian and Indian (Reed, Arabia) or devotionally solar themes (Tom Bombaddils Dance), so evoking an air of diffuse peace then completely conquered in the beloved India.

Packaged in a 7' format showing the talents of these fresh young artists.
FALA is a new label from Amsterdam, a Knekelhuis sister label that will present you with some very delicate surprises in the near future. The kickoff will be a Dollkraut rework of the truly beautiful song 'Scheef' by Eefje de Visser. Dollkraut captures the magical energy of Eefje de Visser's creation, turning it into a drum driven dancefloor-ready track. The B-side will contain the original version of 'Scheef', released before on her highly acclaimed album Nachtlicht. FALA!

Deluxe 5LP+DVD+MP3 Retrospective Boxset

Die musikalische Reise beginnt mit der Jazz-Nummer »Konfigurationen«, bisher unveröffentlicht, die der 'universale Dilettant', wie Holger sich selbst zu bezeichnen pflegte, 1960 mit seinem Jazz-Quintett aufnahm. Es folgen Experimente, musikalische Meditationen, Meilensteine, Stolpersteine, Hits, Raritäten und Ausgegrabenes. Die noch vor Can entstandenen Stücke unter dem Projektnamen Canaxis 5 etwa (mit Rolf Dammers), die 1969 heimlich im Stockhausen-Studio aufgenommen wurden und hier - längst vergriffen - nun ihre Auferstehung feiern, die sich über vier Jahrzehnte streckenden Solo-Arbeiten (wie das zeitlos-tanzbare »Cool In The Pool«), Kollaborationen mit Brian Eno und Cluster, das Projekt Les Vampyrettes (mit Conny Plank) oder Produktionen mit der japanischen Sängerin Phew (mit Plank und Jaki Liebezeit) - und nicht zuletzt die Songs der Jah Wobble-Kollaboration »Full Circle« (ebenfalls mit Liebezeit), die Holger rückblickend zu den Höhepunkten seines kreativen Schaffens zählte. In allen diesen Klängen zeigt sich, wie vielseitig und erfinderisch Holger Czukay als Künstler war - und wie tief seine unkonventionellen Ansätze sich denn unzähligen Zusammenarbeiten einschrieben. Exklusiv liegt sein Film »Krieg der Töne« aus dem Jahre 1987, den er vertonte und in dem er gleich auch noch die Hauptrolle übernahm, liegt auf DVD bei. Die Box lädt dabei auch zu einer musikhistorischen Reise ein, illustriert sie doch anhand von Holgers Lebensweg gleich mehrere musikalische Epochen. Der frühe Jazz der BRD, die Innovation der Krautrock-Ära, das Bad in diversen neuen Wellen, die elektronischen Experimente: Holger war überall dort zuhause, wo etwas passierte. Und er hat Spuren hinterlassen. Zwischen Linernotes, raren Fotografien, einem Zeitstrahl und diskografischen Angaben tauchen im aufwändigen Booklet des Boxsets immer wieder Statements und Anekdoten von Musizierenden, die ihre Wertschätzung zum Ausdruck bringen oder in Erinnerungen an einen großen Künstler schwelgen. Sie alle sind sich einig: Holger Czukay hat einen festen Platz in der Musikgeschichte. Er wird niemals vergessen werden.

Inhalt:
- 5 LP-Vinyle als retrospektiver Überblick über Holgers Soloarbeitenen und -kollaborationen.
- Inklusive sehr rarem und unveröffentlichtem Material, darunter Holgers erste, bislang unveröffentlichte Komposition fürs Radio.
- Ein 36-seitiges Booklet mit Linernotes und teils unveröffentlichten Fotos (u.a. von Anton Corbijn).
- Eine DVD mit dem Video-Musical "Krieg der Töne", das 1988 im Rahmen der ZDF-Redaktion "Das kleine Fernsehspiel" erstmals ausgestrahlt wurde und hier exklusiv erhältlich ist.
- Eine exklusive VideoVinyl 7", dessen Videoinhalt per Plattenspieler-Decoder auf einem Fernsehgerät übertragen werden kann.

Packaging: Stülpdeckelschachtel (316 x 316 x 45 mm) mit Banderole & edlem Satin-Hebeband, 5 x LP-Kastentaschen mit Spotlack & bedruckten Innenhüllen, VinylVideo 7" in Kastentasche, DVD9 in DVD-Digipak, 36-seitiges LP-Booklet, MP3-Code

VinylVideo® ist ein System, mit dem es möglich ist, Videofilme auf gewöhnlichen Langspielplatten zu speichern. VinylVideo®-Aufzeichnungen enthalten Videofilme (Video + Audio) in Form eines speziellen analogen Stereo-Videosignalformats, das speziell nur für die Speicherung auf Vinyl-Schallplatten entwickelt wurde. Das Signal kann mit einem speziellen Decoder-Gerät wiedergegeben werden, das mit jedem gewöhnlichen HiFi-Plattenspieler und einem normalen Fernseher verbunden ist. Resultierend aus der maximale speicherbaren Frequenz einer Schallplatte von knapp 20 kHz, beträgt die Bildfrequenz 8 Bilder pro Sekunde. Dank für die Entwicklung gebühren dem Wiener Künstler Gebhard Sengmüller und dem Physiker Martin Diamant.

Experimental German Rock And Electronic Music - Part A

Soul Jazz Records new 2018 edition of their long out of print classic first 'Deutsche Elektronische Musik - Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1972-83' is 'a near-definitive guide to some of the world's most extraordinary music' (The Guardian).
The album comes as two separate double-vinyl (+ download code) editions and a large double CD pack (+36-page booklet), featuring a stunning line-up of groups including Cluster, Can, Faust, Popol Vuh, Neu!, Amon Düül, Harmonia, La Düsseldorf and Tangerine Dream as well as a host of lesser known groups such as Kollectiv, Ibliss, Between and many more. This new edition is fully re-mastered and features all the original artwork and tracks.
The first seeds of German rock and experimental electronic music were planted in 1968, as students and workers in Paris, Prague, Mexico and throughout the world demonstrated against mainstream society, the war in Vietnam, imperialism and bourgeois values. The birth of a counter-culture, drug experimentation and social change expanded musical worlds. Germany experienced its own cultural revolution fuelled by these worldwide student and worker revolts and by a generation's desire to rid itself of the guilt of war.
German rock and experimental electronic music grew out of this worldwide counter-cultural revolution of 1968. The objectives were to create new music, 'free' from the past, many German youth turning their back on mainstream society. From the opening of the first collective/cooperative, Kommune 1, in Berlin, to the formation of the Baader-Meinhof terrorist group and the bombings, kidnappings and killings of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (RAF), young Germans sought out new values and a lifestyle outside of 'the system'.
These cooperative and communal experiences led to a number of new collective German bands forming such as Amon Düül, Faust, Can (all featured here) and others and these ideals drove this new movement. A music that gave seed out of the cultural 'nothingness' that young Germans felt as a consequence of Germany's role in the Second World War. A generation who grew up stifled by the recent history of Nazi atrocities, the guilt of their parents' generation and their disillusionment at the reintegration of old Nazis into mainstream society.
Influenced equally by the electronic experimentalism of Stockhausen, the progressive rock of Pink Floyd and the black American jazz and soul music played at the occupying armed forces bases, young German artists seamlessly created out of this a new unique music with its own unique identity.
Double CD pack with large 36-page outsize booklet encased in slipcase. The vinyl edition is made up of TWO separate volume heavyweight loud gatefold double albums (+ free download codes) featuring all sleevenotes and text.

First ever reissue of this impossible to find artefact from the Swiss underground avant-garde scene of Geneva, originally released as a private boxset limited to 150 copies in 1973, only sold at art galleries.

A unique, instrumental mix of free-jazz, classical, psych-rock, folk, improv, kraut, funk and musique concrete with tape effects...

In the late 60s, musician / guitar player Christian Oestreicher, a savage in the era of twist and free jazz', met artist and painter Richard Reimann - famous for his optical art -, at the Aurora art gallery in Geneva. Fuelled by the artistic creativity from this underground scene, where jazz and rock musicians rubbed shoulders with artists, poets and painters, Christian ideated the Mouvements project, enrolling his friend Richard to create the artwork.

Christian was a trained guitar player with diverse influences: Ornette Coleman, Chuck Berry, Zappa, Soft Machine...He envisioned Mouvements as a concept album and he asked some of his musician friends from the jazz / rock scene to join in for the recordings: among them, Jean-François Boillat (of Boillat-Thérace), Blaise Català, Jerry Chardonnens...

The album sessions took place at an occupied mansion during 1972, using three Revox machines. The musicians played standing in a circle and there was lot of room for improvisation. Tape effects and a small portable synth were also used.

The result was released in 1973 as a hand-numbered, deluxe boxset limited to 150 copies, including a series of Richard Reimann's lithographies and inserts. For this, the first ever reissue, we've created a new, more affordable edition with new artwork, including an insert with liner notes and previously unreleased photos.

LP edition comes housed in a silver-mirrored sleeve.

LP version come with a digital download coupon including all the tracks from the LP/CD plus another four bonus tracks taken from the album sessions.

Highly recommended if you're into avant-garde psychedelia, free-jazz, free-rock, psych-funk, kraut...

Think Staff Carpenborg, Zappa, Soft Machine, Bo Hansson, The Feed-Back, Mahogany Brain, Semool, Pierre Schaeffer, the BYG and Futura labels...

*Master tape sound
*Insert with liner notes and rare photos
*Digital Download Coupon including nine previously unreleased bonus tracks

Digital-Only Bonus Tracks: Largo Pour Trompettes - Mouvement Pour Guitare B1 - Mouvement Pour Guitare B2 - Hard-Rock Ouverture (Take 2)

Continuing with our reissue campaign of the Toby Robinson's Pyramid label catalogue, now it's the time for Temple. Probably the most rock' sounding of all the Pyramyd titles, Temple were an ad-hoc outfit born out of several late night sessions at Dierks Studios (where Toby was working at that time), involving local friends of Toby and other musicians from adjoining studios, among them Zeus B. Held (Birth Control).

Temple played a kind of heavy, dark psychedelic krautrock with ahead of its time proto-Goth vibe. Loud guitars, Hammond, Mini-Moog, Mellotron, distorted & echoing vocals, effects...

RIYL: AMON DÜÜL II, HAWKWIND, BIRTH CONTROL, POPOL VUH, ASH RA TEMPEL, EMTIDI...

*24-bit remaster from the original tapes.

*Insert with liner notes by Alan Freeman (The Crack In The Cosmic Egg).

*Includes download coupon.

Brilliant debut by the godfathers of ambient and world music, Popol Vuh! Originally released in 1970, Affenstunde (literally 'Ape Hour') was the first album by a German band to employ the extraordinary sounds of the Moog synthesizer. Blending electronics with traditional percussion instruments, Popol Vuh - led by the legendary multi-instrumentalist Florian Fricke - created a tribal and dreamlike blanket of sound that would go on to influence many-a-band on the krautrock scene and beyond. Popol Vuh would also soon famously begin to collaborate with Werner Herzog, composing many of the soundtracks to his films from this period (including Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Nosferatu and Fitzcarraldo).

Amon Düül's 1969 debut-LP 'Psychedelic Underground', here reissued on vinyl, is music at its most experimental and relentlessly uncommercial, using late '60s influences as a launching ground for what would become known as Krautrock. Taken from a jam session from the previous year, but treated with many studio effects that enhance the strangeness of the collection, 'Psychedelic Underground' rocks to its own weird beat.

Great heavyweight 2LP-set featuring the best tracks from the 1972 to 1975 period including the group's signature track "Gamma Ray". Birth Control is among the longest running german bands and were formed wayback in 1968 in Berlin. The group had several line-up changes over the years and fused Krautrock with progressive rock and the blues rock genre, with percussive keyboards & synthesizer effects an unique sound was created.