two discs, one audio, one video montage by david lee price with a separate zanzibar soundtrack. limited edition of 100 in a vellum sleeve, screen printed by nevada hill. an ebbing series of hypnotic fjords that whisper, banter & barter, commingle, converge & break apart, pile up and explode. michael chamy & nevada hill w/ guest spots from chicago-based saxophonist mike forbes, and austin’s david lee price, who re-imagines the epic opener in flashback form. video: carbage goma, a visual transmission by david lee price. soundtrack by zanzibar snails recorded live in denton, tx on 9/29/2007. a hallucinatory montage by david lee price titled “carbage goma,” with zanzibar snails producing the soundtrack. the audio is taken from a live performance by a five-piece lineup feat. price, seth sherman & josh mcwhirter … a chanting, clattering cry for help giving narrative to price’s shifty, swirling ode to the primeval takeover of a technocratic society by a battalion of mutated hervay villachaize clones & his pet cadre of mutant wombat larva sporting oversized women’s sunglasses.
the wire tapper 15 is the latest volume in the wire’s ongoing series of exclusive new music compilations. the cd will be given away free with every copy of the june issue worldwide and will contain a range of new, rare or exclusive tracks that together will span the spectrum of the kind of underground music that gets featured in the magazine each month, from electronic music, avant rock and new jazz, to dub, hiphop, traditional musics and beyond. on the cover: sonic youth (the veteran new york rockers tell nick cain about the raw power of rather ripped, and give an update on their myriad activities, past, present and future). features: terry day (the former people band drummer talks julian cowley through his interrupted improv history); harry rag (from dusseldorf punk to pastoral futurism via wim wenders and can with the syph vocalist); jutta koether (lina dzuverovic unravels the personae and multiple media activities of the new york artist and painter); invisible jukebox: rob mazurek; yellow swans (the prolific portland, oregon noise duo mull over method, motivation and manifestoes for a better world); ekkehard ehlers (the berlin conceptualist reconfigures blues, jazz and african musics in an attempt to reconnect dead voices across continents); the primer: john fahey (david keenan picks his way through a user’s guide to the phantasmagorical folk blues of the original american primitive) – with 20 track free cd.
originally intended to celebrate the first anniversary of cut hands waaay back in januscary but since it’s never too late to celebrate in the oh 8 here it is and goddamn if it wasn’t worth the goddamning wait. jason rohm paints a grim picture that’s both realistically nerving yet bizarrely funny. the tale of a desperate soul in a world that’s tied by rules and akward questions, almost comic like in subtle detail. suicide has 32 pages of black and white drawings, with text in english and awkward dutch. the compilation provides a harrowing soundtrack. tunes by andrew coltrane, sick llama, warmth, droughter, bottom feeder, raperies (like draperies), ex-cocaine, robedoor and josh lay. 125 copies made, limited availibility, so act fassssssst.
subtitled: the comprehensive guide to british music of the beat, r&b, psychedelic and progressive eras: 1963-1976. 2008 reprint of the 2006 updated edition. 978 pages, paperbound. a seriously expanded version of the original. tapestry of delights! this is a completely revised and updated version of a book originally published in 1995, when it was nominated as the 4th best music book of ‘95 by record collector and described as an ‘impressive 600-page job that includes more across the board info than most rock encyclopedias’ by q magazine. since then, many entries have been rewritten, more have been added, and all have been updated to include relevant releases since 1995. this perfect bound book is 978 pages, whereas the previous edition was (paltry?) 632 pages, plus it contains a 12-page color section. expected to be the definitive publication on british beat, garage, psychedelia, r&b, progressive rock, merseybeat, folk, folk-rock, jazz-rock, blues-rock, freakbeat & glam-rock. it will contain personnel details, discographies, artist histories, biographical information, musical analysis and compilation listings in the same format as earlier editions, but in some entries there are recollections from band members. individual entries also include details of reissues and retrospective compilations. profusely illustrated with photos and album covers and with an updated international rarity scale. collectors and ’60s/’70s rock fans will not want to miss this! … one seriously intense & useful document. recommended.
you guys are probably familiar with this dude as a former member of axolotl, as ball lightning or as a member of bulbs – william is not only a totally visionary percussionist, he’s also a spectacular video artist. this release is a trilogy of his pixelvision work – everything is super blown, black and white and low contrast – it all feels like living x-rays, electrical storms and flying saucer hallucinations – all of the films feature william’s music as a soundtrack. limited to 90 copies.
originally intended to celebrate the first anniversary of cut hands waaay back in januscary but since it’s never too late to celebrate in the oh 8 here it is and goddamn if it wasn’t worth the goddamning wait. jason rohm paints a grim picture that’s both realistically nerving yet bizarrely funny. the tale of a desperate soul in a world that’s tied by rules and akward questions, almost comic like in subtle detail. suicide has 32 pages of black and white drawings, with text in english and awkward dutch. the compilation provides a harrowing soundtrack. tunes by andrew coltrane, sick llama, warmth, droughter, bottom feeder, raperies (like draperies), ex-cocaine, robedoor and josh lay.125 copies made, limited availibility, so act fassssssst.
eric is probably best known for being half of noggin – he also dropped the “e” cd/dvd in 2005, which is quite a heavy load – cyanonide is four short film pieces of beautiful bright blue takes in his usual painted film/organic matter exposure techniques. these films cover a great breadth despite their singular spectral focus – some are static blasts with other colors consuming the various washes of blues, approaching the most abstract hypercolor visions of the paper-rad sect – other pieces are meditative drifts featuring suspended plant matter in crystal blue – limited to 90 copies.
new short film by visual artist / musician roberto opalio, one half of my cat is an alien. filmed on march 21st, 2006, the video represents a visionary, introspective view of the empty spaces over the city, torino. through a unique, hand-manipulated shot made in real-time, roberto opalio’s poetic fragmentation and distortion of real objects recalls early film experiments by man ray, as well as a certain warholian psychedelia in the use of filtered light as a main principle of creation / perception of one’s own reality. the soundtrack, recorded the same day appositely, leads to a further estrangement with the use of opalio’s looped wordless vocals and electronics merging into a heavy, ecstatic stream of sounds. special handmade limited edition of 100; in nice textured cardboard tri-fold sleeve, with silver ink drawing by roberto opalio. handnumbered.
52 pages, screen and block print stickers by adam beadle, grouper, steve gregoropolous (lavender diamond), blue cheer — an eyewitness account, show reviews, stefan gruber comics, art from theo ellsworth & sarah anderson & marc manning, animal facts, beer reviews, collage, drawing, and one beautiful piece of elizabeth matthews’ fiction. baggie deluxe repeat! random paper! … nice.
forty-four short poems for amusement and contemplation, hand-bound and packaged as a “cd without a cd.” compiled from several years-worth of word experiments and traditional american pseudo-haiku. populated mosaics wonders, for one, “what do things look like from above?” … really sweet little book from elephant micah mastermind. recommended reading.
as the title would suggest represents footage james filmed of all three members of lsd march (shinsuke michishita, ikuro takahashi, masami kawaguchi) performing solo sets at philly’s best book store, bigjar, while on a short us tour in the fall of 2006. shinsuke and masami’s renderings represent a japanese working of psychy folk for guitar and vocals. ikuro offers a contrasted short piece of oscillator assemble that is firmly rooted in the avant-garde, with overtones of conceptualist art, found sound, and experimentalism. the release comes packaged in a 3 fold heavy stock cover with a pressing size of 550 copies design and silkscreen by jason killinger from birds of maya.
“hasenlove” is the debut musical release of hamburg visual artist antonia leukers. she’s a founding member of “institut hasenbart”, a 10-piece artist collective dedicated to a meta-scientific research of hares and related social, zoological and aesthetical phenomena in reference to the art world and pop culture. leukers has previously created stitched, sewed and animated sculptures while casually growing cucumbers, working for a local in-vitro fertilization hospital and advising young people on erotic issues as a german dr. ruth for a popular online magazine. inspired by a journey to island, hearing local travel guides spontaneously interweaving their narrations with sudden outbursts of folklore chanting and an encounter with wolfgang miller’s (die tedliche doris) strategy of transforming and combining his (pseudo-)scientific, documentary and social research into a musical and artistic performance she started to elaborate her fellow artist’s lectures with musical renditions. as a passionate diy home-recording artist she has soldered her own microphones, used cheap toy instruments, gameboys and minidisc recordings of kitchen sounds to create her very own bricolage comic universe. by recycling corny aor mainstream rock/pop songs into some oddly disturbing and wonderfully weird rabbit love songs with newly-made german lyrics and combining these with some truly strange original compositions (ranging from freeform collage to distorted techno to deranged singer/songwriter stuff), she has created a musical love story in 7 parts. spiritually influenced by (though not really sounding alike) german “neue deutsche welle” artists such as der plan and theatrical and surreal performance bands like the residents her versions of popular love songs sound like a teenage/female andrew lloyd webber on bad acid. this 1-sided vinyl-only picture-disc lp is a strictly limited edtion of 300 copies. both the gorgeous design and ornamental etching on the b-side have been done by fellow hasenbart founding member renate nikolaus… all copies here include the VOM LIEBREIZ DES HASEN fanzine, an amazing 40-page fanzine accompanying the above lp with gorgeous art, lyrics, illustrations, photos, articles… screen printed & xeroxed… very cool & unusual art object!
for those that don’t know kousokuya are a cult garage pysch rock trio formed in the 70’s in the tokyo underground music scene by main member, and recently deceased jutok kaneko. despite having existed for 20+ years the bands output has been fairly sparse with a few releases on psf and one domestic us release on the forced exposure label. originally the archive release was to be comprised of a fantastic live performance on cd from osaka in 2001 but having discovered the existence of video footage from the same performance, coupled with the efforts of james a bonus dvd was added to the mix. this release represents to date the only video document of jutok and kousokuya released in official capacity and realistically represent a chance for fans of obscure psych to see a band, and artist, that basically played outside of japan only a handful of times. this pressing of 700 copies comes packaged in a ? fold heavy black stock cover with metallic silver and gloss varnish silkscreen work by the wonderful alan sherry of siwa records. the cd and dvd come in black envelopes held together by a silkscreen obi strip… sweet one.
kohoutek’s a live experience and this cd-r + dvd-r captures them in that context with an amazing show and video in philadelphia this past year. this comes with amazing, original cover art by scott allison and features video by jim brophy. sweet. pick it up, only 50 copies – sweet damaged psych sounds. follow-up to last years self release debut.
kohoutek’s a live experience and this cd-r + dvd-r captures them in that context with an amazing show and video in philadelphia this past year. this comes with amazing, original cover art by scott allison and features video by jim brophy. sweet. pick it up, only 50 copies.
daniel higgs is a musician and artist from baltimore, maryland, who has been a contributor to the independent art and music community for nearly 3 decades. his artistic work ranges from musical records to books of poetry to visual collections of his drawing, painting and collage work. higgs is known primarily for his work as the sole lyricist and frontman of the band lungfish, a four-piece juggernaut who has released over 10 full lengths in their 20+ year career. in recent years, higgs has released a number of solo outings including the record / book combination atomic yggdrasil tarot. on much of his solo work, higgs uses very varied instrumentation, including acoustic and electric guitar, upright pianos, banjo and jews harp, and generally records entirely at home on cassette recorder. higgs has always worked in the mediums of music and art simultaneously, and for his artist music journal higgs mined his archives and notebooks from the past 10+ years. the original works were photographed to scale… beautiful stuff.
only available non-bootleg videocassette version of this mind-melting and highly recommended psychedelic film masterpiece. has japanese subtitles, but the the original analog print looks & sounds way better then the rampant bootlegs floating around. nice color cover art. very rare. still sealed. only a couple of copies available, so don’t miss your chance!
after some 27 lps, 48 tapes, 25 seven inches, 33 cds/cdrs, and 4 ten inches, the time has finally come for not not fun’s first foray into the great wide world of book publishing. and there’s few better nnf bffs we could hope to share the adventure with than fuck it tapes/woodsist ceo (and meneguar/shepherds/woods multi-instrumentalist) jeremy earl. since early on in fit’s adolescence, he began incorporating his own loosely composed symbolist/primitivist designs into the label’s aesthetic (highlights like the brain band and blues control’s ‘riverboat styx’ j-card come to mind), but constant focused labor and the endless march of new projects forced his craft into a heightened state of evolution, birthing countless killer compositions along the way. skull is here to pick up some of the choicest pieces from bone-yard and bind them all together. the art inside spans several years worth of work, from 2006-era obsessively rendered ritual serpents and bleeding, 8-fingered hands up through earl’s most recent experiments with collage and multi-media hieroglyphics. over a dozen of his most striking and iconic cassette covers are included as well, in addition to scores of never-before-seen images. dazed pterodactyls, radiant pyramids, possessed worms, faceless figures beneath winged specters: all lurk and loom from the eye of the skull. 40 full-color pages, professionally printed and bound, in a one-time edition of 500… awesome & recommended eye-popper.
issue eight has longtime contributor mats gustafsson (late of the broken face) doing his inimitable interviewing journalistic thing on los angeles brotherly duo antique brothers, and new zealand’s singular rory storm. ned raggett talked to guitar genius ilyas ahmed. steve sawada interviewed portland, oregon’s plants. brian faulkner talked to tom and christina of the charalambides, mark dagley chatted with natalie rose lebrecht aka greenpot bluepot. i interviewed: the very wonderful damon & naomi, tripped-out vocal adventurer dredd foole, great guitarist sir richard bishop of the late lamented sun city girls, legendary japanese guitarist michio kurihara with translation by alan cummings, the deeply beguiling husband and wife acid folk duo arborea, american singer songwriter stephen yerkey of the late great nonfiction, argentinian sonic explorer anla courtis late of reynols, the great swedish psychedelic band the spacious mind, the unique and brilliant british composer and vocalist johnny parry, i talked to myc james lead vocalist of nevada city band of yore absalom, psychedelic home-recording brit madman reefus moons, singer songwriter lys guillorn, ambient masters stars of the lid, sacramento valley’s own psych-pop wizard anton barbeau, and the truly wonderful the handsome family. we also feature artwork by the stalwart peter blegvad, the charming andrew goldfarb, and myself. we recieved exceptional pieces for this issue’s complimentary cd from: arborea, rory storm, anton barbeau, the slow poisoner, natalie rose lebrecht, rory storm, lys guillorn, reefus moons, absalom, anla courtis, antique brothers, m. jarvis / a. jarvis, powell st. john, the spacious mind, and ilyas ahmed. 112 pages perfectbound… another great read!
#7 features a wonderful archival interview with the late great ivor cutler conducted by john cavanagh (phosphene/bbc), mats gustafsson talked to lanterns and antony milton of pseudoarcana. steve sawada interviewed the legendary linda perhacs, lee jackson wrote about and chatted with josephine foster, ned raggett covered yellow6, i interviewed henry flynt, larkin grimm, turkish band ayyuka, loren connors, mayo thompson of red krayola, bert jansch, absalom, p.g. six, function, the left outsides, the moon upstairs, sharron kraus, st. mary’s, tor lundvall, powell st. john (songwriter for 13th floor elevators, mother earth, janis joplin, etc.), mark brend of fariña, and frans de waard and freek kinkelaar of beequeen.the complimentary cd features previously unreleased music by: function, lumeny, tor lundvall, adrian crowley, crashing dreams, mike tamburo, keenan lawler, sharron kraus, the kitchen cynics, the left outsides, yellow6, fariña, the moon upstairs, st. mary’s, freiband, and absalom. 96 pages – anonther fantastic read. recommended.
very pleased to present this collection of beautiful drawings by the amazing cybele collins. she also records as blue shift and her visions have graced covers for labels such as last visible dog and rare youth. drawings have appeared in dozens of magazines including morbid curiosity, paper rodeo, sound projector, free radicals, the ganzfeld, cemetery dance, shimmer, dark animus and vial. full color cover, 36 b&w pages.
the no-neck blues band’s dave nuss recalls his time with the source family which led to the first yahowa 13 performance in new york city and their new lp. as much about dave’s experiences throughout this and how it brought him into the family, as about discovering the wealth of their archives and continuing energy… an extensive interview with reformed vancouver noise band tunnel canary by allan macinnis. allan speaks not only to the leader of the group, nathan holiday, but also tunnel canary members past and present mya mayhem, ebra ziron, and dave sheftel about their intense performances, early influences, their specially altered instruments, life and musical philosophy, and the different reactions in the early 1980s and now, matched with photos from their recent live shows and one from the archives…. a remembrance of noggin violin player michael griffen by his friend aaron gorseth…. a feature on the belgian group onde featuring former members of noise-maker’s fifes; supplemented by photographs taken on tour by dan burke of illusion of safety… a feature on the new label assophon, home to the sea donkeys, spider trio and factums with photographs by mark sullo…. rob millis, waxing on about the preciousness of shellac while discussing the drive to recycle that raw material in the war years and the price that artifacts from that time can command…. eric lanzillotta’s reviews of vinyl, compacts discs, and books, both new and old by bill bissett, bob cobbing, helena espvall & masaki batoh, malcolm goldstein, the howling hex, dieter schnebel, and “radio mynamar (burma)”…. patrick marley’s column nickels and dimes focusing on american tapes and drunjus…. cover star: djin of yahowa 13…. 56 pages, 5.5″ by 8.5″, 20 lb. paper, b&w, approximately 800 copies printed.
56 pages – a massive overview of the life and work of avant garde percussionist stomu yamash’ta, including his first english-language interview in over 30 years. a child prodigy, his meteoric rise in the classical world spawned a new world of improvisation and avant classical in the late ’60s and early ’70s before melding eastern concepts with jazz fusion via his more well known outfits come to the edge, east wind, and go. includes never-before-revealed insight into collaborations with toru takemitsu, takehisa kosugi, masahiko sato, the baschet brothers, and others. years in the making, this exhaustive survey corrects misinformation and apocrypha carried down for decades, and opens a new window to yamash’ta’s current projects featuring instruments made from resonant stones. – akio suzuki’s uk travelogue translated by the expert on japanese underground alan cummings – michael griffen, one half of noggin, remembered by aaron gorseth – andrzej zulawski’s films – a history of the beautiful limited edition releases by raymond dijkstra – onde, the new belgian group made up of members of the late noise-maker’s fifes, include timo van luijk of af ursin and in camera – rob millis’ talking machine – patrick marley (former publisher of muckraker magazine) with his column nickels and dimes – reviews of vinyl, cassettes, compacts disc, dvds and books, both new and old… sold out at source.
features: climax golden twin rob millis’ column talking machine with a report back on 78 hunting in india… an incredibly fun discussion with peter stampfel, founding member of the holy modal rounders, about harry smith, the fugs, santeria, amphetamines, god, coincidence, music and much more. conducted by allan macinnis, this 19 page feature includes an illustration by peter’s daughter zoe, plus a supplemental 3 page interview with antonia stampfel… an interview with gerd kraus on the legendary… krautrock bands limbus 3 and limbus 4 and the heady times that they grew out of… patrick marley’s nickels and dimes with discussion of church police, dennis duck, neil campbell and blues control… reviews of vinyl, books, compacts discs, dvds, and a cassettes both new and old: robert ashley, henri chopin, coach fingers, bob cobbing, loren connors, eric cordier, robert de grimston, father of the flood, henry flynt, tom heasley & toss panos, hisato higuchi, insect factory, jackwacker, dan koeppel, annette krebs, christina kubisch, kuupuu, the league of automatic music composers, mecha/orga, tatsuya mori, tham kar mun / yandsen / yeoh yin pin, organum, itaru oki, pigeons, colin potter, michael prime, sara sackner, conrad schnitzler, tom james scott, seven that spells, d. charles speer & the helix, stimulus, sun city girls, carter thornton, titmachine, giancarlo toniutti, uton & valerio cosi, vapour theories, michael yonkers, “artefacts of australian experimental music 1930-1973″, “ethnic minority music of southern laos”, “shadow music of thailand”, “thai pop spectacular 1960s-1980s”… classified ads… on the cover: an indian record stall… 56 pages, 5.5″ by 8.5″, 20 lb. paper, b&w; approximately 760 copies printed…
tender drawings and tender sounds. personal and sincere visions by bart de paepe, the cloudy head of sloow tapes. 16 pages, part full color and part b/w. and a short cassette of recent family thinkers sounds. one part is jams, other part is strange tape collage.
a quickly happening dvd release from tokyo artist ai aso whose probably most well know outside of japan for appearing on michio kurihara’s solo cd’s and handling the b side of a lavishly packaged 2007 split 7″ with wata from boris fame. the chamomile pool dvd documents concert footage from ai aso from 2007 in tokyo. hypnotically delicate, angelic and minimal in structure ai, accompanied by her band, and with guest appearances by wata and kurihara, for a portion, craft her unique blend of songwriting and psychedelic musicianship. produced by atsuo, of boris, and edited and directed by ryuta murayama of foodunited (responsible for boris dvd’s, greenmachine, stupid babies gone mad). to date represent ai’s first non-japanese release. offset printed dvd disc face comes housed in a heavy stock diecut letterpress printed fold cover. pressing of 600 copies.
interviews with book of am, ed yazijian, geoff mullen, ghosting. art and words by ilyas ahmed, juan arkotxa, tara burke, darrell buxton, tom carter, cybele collins, sara czerny, bart de paepe, paul grimes, jani hirvonen, phil legard, samara lubelski, leslie mackenzie, marja mikkonen, thurston moore, roberto opalio, zachery reno, matt valentine. silkscreened coverfrogs by colleen kinsella… very sweet little read! recommended.
books / videos / print / visual
two discs, one audio, one video montage by david lee price with a separate zanzibar soundtrack. limited edition of 100 in a vellum sleeve, screen printed by nevada hill. an ebbing series of hypnotic fjords that whisper, banter & barter, commingle, converge & break apart, pile up and explode. michael chamy & nevada hill w/ guest spots from chicago-based saxophonist mike forbes, and austin’s david lee price, who re-imagines the epic opener in flashback form. video: carbage goma, a visual transmission by david lee price. soundtrack by zanzibar snails recorded live in denton, tx on 9/29/2007. a hallucinatory montage by david lee price titled “carbage goma,” with zanzibar snails producing the soundtrack. the audio is taken from a live performance by a five-piece lineup feat. price, seth sherman & josh mcwhirter … a chanting, clattering cry for help giving narrative to price’s shifty, swirling ode to the primeval takeover of a technocratic society by a battalion of mutated hervay villachaize clones & his pet cadre of mutant wombat larva sporting oversized women’s sunglasses.
the wire tapper 15 is the latest volume in the wire’s ongoing series of exclusive new music compilations. the cd will be given away free with every copy of the june issue worldwide and will contain a range of new, rare or exclusive tracks that together will span the spectrum of the kind of underground music that gets featured in the magazine each month, from electronic music, avant rock and new jazz, to dub, hiphop, traditional musics and beyond. on the cover: sonic youth (the veteran new york rockers tell nick cain about the raw power of rather ripped, and give an update on their myriad activities, past, present and future). features: terry day (the former people band drummer talks julian cowley through his interrupted improv history); harry rag (from dusseldorf punk to pastoral futurism via wim wenders and can with the syph vocalist); jutta koether (lina dzuverovic unravels the personae and multiple media activities of the new york artist and painter); invisible jukebox: rob mazurek; yellow swans (the prolific portland, oregon noise duo mull over method, motivation and manifestoes for a better world); ekkehard ehlers (the berlin conceptualist reconfigures blues, jazz and african musics in an attempt to reconnect dead voices across continents); the primer: john fahey (david keenan picks his way through a user’s guide to the phantasmagorical folk blues of the original american primitive) – with 20 track free cd.
originally intended to celebrate the first anniversary of cut hands waaay back in januscary but since it’s never too late to celebrate in the oh 8 here it is and goddamn if it wasn’t worth the goddamning wait. jason rohm paints a grim picture that’s both realistically nerving yet bizarrely funny. the tale of a desperate soul in a world that’s tied by rules and akward questions, almost comic like in subtle detail. suicide has 32 pages of black and white drawings, with text in english and awkward dutch. the compilation provides a harrowing soundtrack. tunes by andrew coltrane, sick llama, warmth, droughter, bottom feeder, raperies (like draperies), ex-cocaine, robedoor and josh lay. 125 copies made, limited availibility, so act fassssssst.
subtitled: the comprehensive guide to british music of the beat, r&b, psychedelic and progressive eras: 1963-1976. 2008 reprint of the 2006 updated edition. 978 pages, paperbound. a seriously expanded version of the original. tapestry of delights! this is a completely revised and updated version of a book originally published in 1995, when it was nominated as the 4th best music book of ‘95 by record collector and described as an ‘impressive 600-page job that includes more across the board info than most rock encyclopedias’ by q magazine. since then, many entries have been rewritten, more have been added, and all have been updated to include relevant releases since 1995. this perfect bound book is 978 pages, whereas the previous edition was (paltry?) 632 pages, plus it contains a 12-page color section. expected to be the definitive publication on british beat, garage, psychedelia, r&b, progressive rock, merseybeat, folk, folk-rock, jazz-rock, blues-rock, freakbeat & glam-rock. it will contain personnel details, discographies, artist histories, biographical information, musical analysis and compilation listings in the same format as earlier editions, but in some entries there are recollections from band members. individual entries also include details of reissues and retrospective compilations. profusely illustrated with photos and album covers and with an updated international rarity scale. collectors and ’60s/’70s rock fans will not want to miss this! … one seriously intense & useful document. recommended.
you guys are probably familiar with this dude as a former member of axolotl, as ball lightning or as a member of bulbs – william is not only a totally visionary percussionist, he’s also a spectacular video artist. this release is a trilogy of his pixelvision work – everything is super blown, black and white and low contrast – it all feels like living x-rays, electrical storms and flying saucer hallucinations – all of the films feature william’s music as a soundtrack. limited to 90 copies.
originally intended to celebrate the first anniversary of cut hands waaay back in januscary but since it’s never too late to celebrate in the oh 8 here it is and goddamn if it wasn’t worth the goddamning wait. jason rohm paints a grim picture that’s both realistically nerving yet bizarrely funny. the tale of a desperate soul in a world that’s tied by rules and akward questions, almost comic like in subtle detail. suicide has 32 pages of black and white drawings, with text in english and awkward dutch. the compilation provides a harrowing soundtrack. tunes by andrew coltrane, sick llama, warmth, droughter, bottom feeder, raperies (like draperies), ex-cocaine, robedoor and josh lay.125 copies made, limited availibility, so act fassssssst.
eric is probably best known for being half of noggin – he also dropped the “e” cd/dvd in 2005, which is quite a heavy load – cyanonide is four short film pieces of beautiful bright blue takes in his usual painted film/organic matter exposure techniques. these films cover a great breadth despite their singular spectral focus – some are static blasts with other colors consuming the various washes of blues, approaching the most abstract hypercolor visions of the paper-rad sect – other pieces are meditative drifts featuring suspended plant matter in crystal blue – limited to 90 copies.
new short film by visual artist / musician roberto opalio, one half of my cat is an alien. filmed on march 21st, 2006, the video represents a visionary, introspective view of the empty spaces over the city, torino. through a unique, hand-manipulated shot made in real-time, roberto opalio’s poetic fragmentation and distortion of real objects recalls early film experiments by man ray, as well as a certain warholian psychedelia in the use of filtered light as a main principle of creation / perception of one’s own reality. the soundtrack, recorded the same day appositely, leads to a further estrangement with the use of opalio’s looped wordless vocals and electronics merging into a heavy, ecstatic stream of sounds. special handmade limited edition of 100; in nice textured cardboard tri-fold sleeve, with silver ink drawing by roberto opalio. handnumbered.
52 pages, screen and block print stickers by adam beadle, grouper, steve gregoropolous (lavender diamond), blue cheer — an eyewitness account, show reviews, stefan gruber comics, art from theo ellsworth & sarah anderson & marc manning, animal facts, beer reviews, collage, drawing, and one beautiful piece of elizabeth matthews’ fiction. baggie deluxe repeat! random paper! … nice.
forty-four short poems for amusement and contemplation, hand-bound and packaged as a “cd without a cd.” compiled from several years-worth of word experiments and traditional american pseudo-haiku. populated mosaics wonders, for one, “what do things look like from above?” … really sweet little book from elephant micah mastermind. recommended reading.
as the title would suggest represents footage james filmed of all three members of lsd march (shinsuke michishita, ikuro takahashi, masami kawaguchi) performing solo sets at philly’s best book store, bigjar, while on a short us tour in the fall of 2006. shinsuke and masami’s renderings represent a japanese working of psychy folk for guitar and vocals. ikuro offers a contrasted short piece of oscillator assemble that is firmly rooted in the avant-garde, with overtones of conceptualist art, found sound, and experimentalism. the release comes packaged in a 3 fold heavy stock cover with a pressing size of 550 copies design and silkscreen by jason killinger from birds of maya.
“hasenlove” is the debut musical release of hamburg visual artist antonia leukers. she’s a founding member of “institut hasenbart”, a 10-piece artist collective dedicated to a meta-scientific research of hares and related social, zoological and aesthetical phenomena in reference to the art world and pop culture. leukers has previously created stitched, sewed and animated sculptures while casually growing cucumbers, working for a local in-vitro fertilization hospital and advising young people on erotic issues as a german dr. ruth for a popular online magazine. inspired by a journey to island, hearing local travel guides spontaneously interweaving their narrations with sudden outbursts of folklore chanting and an encounter with wolfgang miller’s (die tedliche doris) strategy of transforming and combining his (pseudo-)scientific, documentary and social research into a musical and artistic performance she started to elaborate her fellow artist’s lectures with musical renditions. as a passionate diy home-recording artist she has soldered her own microphones, used cheap toy instruments, gameboys and minidisc recordings of kitchen sounds to create her very own bricolage comic universe. by recycling corny aor mainstream rock/pop songs into some oddly disturbing and wonderfully weird rabbit love songs with newly-made german lyrics and combining these with some truly strange original compositions (ranging from freeform collage to distorted techno to deranged singer/songwriter stuff), she has created a musical love story in 7 parts. spiritually influenced by (though not really sounding alike) german “neue deutsche welle” artists such as der plan and theatrical and surreal performance bands like the residents her versions of popular love songs sound like a teenage/female andrew lloyd webber on bad acid. this 1-sided vinyl-only picture-disc lp is a strictly limited edtion of 300 copies. both the gorgeous design and ornamental etching on the b-side have been done by fellow hasenbart founding member renate nikolaus… all copies here include the VOM LIEBREIZ DES HASEN fanzine, an amazing 40-page fanzine accompanying the above lp with gorgeous art, lyrics, illustrations, photos, articles… screen printed & xeroxed… very cool & unusual art object!
for those that don’t know kousokuya are a cult garage pysch rock trio formed in the 70’s in the tokyo underground music scene by main member, and recently deceased jutok kaneko. despite having existed for 20+ years the bands output has been fairly sparse with a few releases on psf and one domestic us release on the forced exposure label. originally the archive release was to be comprised of a fantastic live performance on cd from osaka in 2001 but having discovered the existence of video footage from the same performance, coupled with the efforts of james a bonus dvd was added to the mix. this release represents to date the only video document of jutok and kousokuya released in official capacity and realistically represent a chance for fans of obscure psych to see a band, and artist, that basically played outside of japan only a handful of times. this pressing of 700 copies comes packaged in a ? fold heavy black stock cover with metallic silver and gloss varnish silkscreen work by the wonderful alan sherry of siwa records. the cd and dvd come in black envelopes held together by a silkscreen obi strip… sweet one.
kohoutek’s a live experience and this cd-r + dvd-r captures them in that context with an amazing show and video in philadelphia this past year. this comes with amazing, original cover art by scott allison and features video by jim brophy. sweet. pick it up, only 50 copies – sweet damaged psych sounds. follow-up to last years self release debut.
kohoutek’s a live experience and this cd-r + dvd-r captures them in that context with an amazing show and video in philadelphia this past year. this comes with amazing, original cover art by scott allison and features video by jim brophy. sweet. pick it up, only 50 copies.
drawings, photo’s and lunar stories by eric de jesus. half black & white, half full-color. let your moustache grow easy. bound together by the hand.
daniel higgs is a musician and artist from baltimore, maryland, who has been a contributor to the independent art and music community for nearly 3 decades. his artistic work ranges from musical records to books of poetry to visual collections of his drawing, painting and collage work. higgs is known primarily for his work as the sole lyricist and frontman of the band lungfish, a four-piece juggernaut who has released over 10 full lengths in their 20+ year career. in recent years, higgs has released a number of solo outings including the record / book combination atomic yggdrasil tarot. on much of his solo work, higgs uses very varied instrumentation, including acoustic and electric guitar, upright pianos, banjo and jews harp, and generally records entirely at home on cassette recorder. higgs has always worked in the mediums of music and art simultaneously, and for his artist music journal higgs mined his archives and notebooks from the past 10+ years. the original works were photographed to scale… beautiful stuff.
only available non-bootleg videocassette version of this mind-melting and highly recommended psychedelic film masterpiece. has japanese subtitles, but the the original analog print looks & sounds way better then the rampant bootlegs floating around. nice color cover art. very rare. still sealed. only a couple of copies available, so don’t miss your chance!
after some 27 lps, 48 tapes, 25 seven inches, 33 cds/cdrs, and 4 ten inches, the time has finally come for not not fun’s first foray into the great wide world of book publishing. and there’s few better nnf bffs we could hope to share the adventure with than fuck it tapes/woodsist ceo (and meneguar/shepherds/woods multi-instrumentalist) jeremy earl. since early on in fit’s adolescence, he began incorporating his own loosely composed symbolist/primitivist designs into the label’s aesthetic (highlights like the brain band and blues control’s ‘riverboat styx’ j-card come to mind), but constant focused labor and the endless march of new projects forced his craft into a heightened state of evolution, birthing countless killer compositions along the way. skull is here to pick up some of the choicest pieces from bone-yard and bind them all together. the art inside spans several years worth of work, from 2006-era obsessively rendered ritual serpents and bleeding, 8-fingered hands up through earl’s most recent experiments with collage and multi-media hieroglyphics. over a dozen of his most striking and iconic cassette covers are included as well, in addition to scores of never-before-seen images. dazed pterodactyls, radiant pyramids, possessed worms, faceless figures beneath winged specters: all lurk and loom from the eye of the skull. 40 full-color pages, professionally printed and bound, in a one-time edition of 500… awesome & recommended eye-popper.
issue eight has longtime contributor mats gustafsson (late of the broken face) doing his inimitable interviewing journalistic thing on los angeles brotherly duo antique brothers, and new zealand’s singular rory storm. ned raggett talked to guitar genius ilyas ahmed. steve sawada interviewed portland, oregon’s plants. brian faulkner talked to tom and christina of the charalambides, mark dagley chatted with natalie rose lebrecht aka greenpot bluepot. i interviewed: the very wonderful damon & naomi, tripped-out vocal adventurer dredd foole, great guitarist sir richard bishop of the late lamented sun city girls, legendary japanese guitarist michio kurihara with translation by alan cummings, the deeply beguiling husband and wife acid folk duo arborea, american singer songwriter stephen yerkey of the late great nonfiction, argentinian sonic explorer anla courtis late of reynols, the great swedish psychedelic band the spacious mind, the unique and brilliant british composer and vocalist johnny parry, i talked to myc james lead vocalist of nevada city band of yore absalom, psychedelic home-recording brit madman reefus moons, singer songwriter lys guillorn, ambient masters stars of the lid, sacramento valley’s own psych-pop wizard anton barbeau, and the truly wonderful the handsome family. we also feature artwork by the stalwart peter blegvad, the charming andrew goldfarb, and myself. we recieved exceptional pieces for this issue’s complimentary cd from: arborea, rory storm, anton barbeau, the slow poisoner, natalie rose lebrecht, rory storm, lys guillorn, reefus moons, absalom, anla courtis, antique brothers, m. jarvis / a. jarvis, powell st. john, the spacious mind, and ilyas ahmed. 112 pages perfectbound… another great read!
#7 features a wonderful archival interview with the late great ivor cutler conducted by john cavanagh (phosphene/bbc), mats gustafsson talked to lanterns and antony milton of pseudoarcana. steve sawada interviewed the legendary linda perhacs, lee jackson wrote about and chatted with josephine foster, ned raggett covered yellow6, i interviewed henry flynt, larkin grimm, turkish band ayyuka, loren connors, mayo thompson of red krayola, bert jansch, absalom, p.g. six, function, the left outsides, the moon upstairs, sharron kraus, st. mary’s, tor lundvall, powell st. john (songwriter for 13th floor elevators, mother earth, janis joplin, etc.), mark brend of fariña, and frans de waard and freek kinkelaar of beequeen.the complimentary cd features previously unreleased music by: function, lumeny, tor lundvall, adrian crowley, crashing dreams, mike tamburo, keenan lawler, sharron kraus, the kitchen cynics, the left outsides, yellow6, fariña, the moon upstairs, st. mary’s, freiband, and absalom. 96 pages – anonther fantastic read. recommended.
very pleased to present this collection of beautiful drawings by the amazing cybele collins. she also records as blue shift and her visions have graced covers for labels such as last visible dog and rare youth. drawings have appeared in dozens of magazines including morbid curiosity, paper rodeo, sound projector, free radicals, the ganzfeld, cemetery dance, shimmer, dark animus and vial. full color cover, 36 b&w pages.
the no-neck blues band’s dave nuss recalls his time with the source family which led to the first yahowa 13 performance in new york city and their new lp. as much about dave’s experiences throughout this and how it brought him into the family, as about discovering the wealth of their archives and continuing energy… an extensive interview with reformed vancouver noise band tunnel canary by allan macinnis. allan speaks not only to the leader of the group, nathan holiday, but also tunnel canary members past and present mya mayhem, ebra ziron, and dave sheftel about their intense performances, early influences, their specially altered instruments, life and musical philosophy, and the different reactions in the early 1980s and now, matched with photos from their recent live shows and one from the archives…. a remembrance of noggin violin player michael griffen by his friend aaron gorseth…. a feature on the belgian group onde featuring former members of noise-maker’s fifes; supplemented by photographs taken on tour by dan burke of illusion of safety… a feature on the new label assophon, home to the sea donkeys, spider trio and factums with photographs by mark sullo…. rob millis, waxing on about the preciousness of shellac while discussing the drive to recycle that raw material in the war years and the price that artifacts from that time can command…. eric lanzillotta’s reviews of vinyl, compacts discs, and books, both new and old by bill bissett, bob cobbing, helena espvall & masaki batoh, malcolm goldstein, the howling hex, dieter schnebel, and “radio mynamar (burma)”…. patrick marley’s column nickels and dimes focusing on american tapes and drunjus…. cover star: djin of yahowa 13…. 56 pages, 5.5″ by 8.5″, 20 lb. paper, b&w, approximately 800 copies printed.
56 pages – a massive overview of the life and work of avant garde percussionist stomu yamash’ta, including his first english-language interview in over 30 years. a child prodigy, his meteoric rise in the classical world spawned a new world of improvisation and avant classical in the late ’60s and early ’70s before melding eastern concepts with jazz fusion via his more well known outfits come to the edge, east wind, and go. includes never-before-revealed insight into collaborations with toru takemitsu, takehisa kosugi, masahiko sato, the baschet brothers, and others. years in the making, this exhaustive survey corrects misinformation and apocrypha carried down for decades, and opens a new window to yamash’ta’s current projects featuring instruments made from resonant stones. – akio suzuki’s uk travelogue translated by the expert on japanese underground alan cummings – michael griffen, one half of noggin, remembered by aaron gorseth – andrzej zulawski’s films – a history of the beautiful limited edition releases by raymond dijkstra – onde, the new belgian group made up of members of the late noise-maker’s fifes, include timo van luijk of af ursin and in camera – rob millis’ talking machine – patrick marley (former publisher of muckraker magazine) with his column nickels and dimes – reviews of vinyl, cassettes, compacts disc, dvds and books, both new and old… sold out at source.
features: climax golden twin rob millis’ column talking machine with a report back on 78 hunting in india… an incredibly fun discussion with peter stampfel, founding member of the holy modal rounders, about harry smith, the fugs, santeria, amphetamines, god, coincidence, music and much more. conducted by allan macinnis, this 19 page feature includes an illustration by peter’s daughter zoe, plus a supplemental 3 page interview with antonia stampfel… an interview with gerd kraus on the legendary… krautrock bands limbus 3 and limbus 4 and the heady times that they grew out of… patrick marley’s nickels and dimes with discussion of church police, dennis duck, neil campbell and blues control… reviews of vinyl, books, compacts discs, dvds, and a cassettes both new and old: robert ashley, henri chopin, coach fingers, bob cobbing, loren connors, eric cordier, robert de grimston, father of the flood, henry flynt, tom heasley & toss panos, hisato higuchi, insect factory, jackwacker, dan koeppel, annette krebs, christina kubisch, kuupuu, the league of automatic music composers, mecha/orga, tatsuya mori, tham kar mun / yandsen / yeoh yin pin, organum, itaru oki, pigeons, colin potter, michael prime, sara sackner, conrad schnitzler, tom james scott, seven that spells, d. charles speer & the helix, stimulus, sun city girls, carter thornton, titmachine, giancarlo toniutti, uton & valerio cosi, vapour theories, michael yonkers, “artefacts of australian experimental music 1930-1973″, “ethnic minority music of southern laos”, “shadow music of thailand”, “thai pop spectacular 1960s-1980s”… classified ads… on the cover: an indian record stall… 56 pages, 5.5″ by 8.5″, 20 lb. paper, b&w; approximately 760 copies printed…
tender drawings and tender sounds. personal and sincere visions by bart de paepe, the cloudy head of sloow tapes. 16 pages, part full color and part b/w. and a short cassette of recent family thinkers sounds. one part is jams, other part is strange tape collage.
a quickly happening dvd release from tokyo artist ai aso whose probably most well know outside of japan for appearing on michio kurihara’s solo cd’s and handling the b side of a lavishly packaged 2007 split 7″ with wata from boris fame. the chamomile pool dvd documents concert footage from ai aso from 2007 in tokyo. hypnotically delicate, angelic and minimal in structure ai, accompanied by her band, and with guest appearances by wata and kurihara, for a portion, craft her unique blend of songwriting and psychedelic musicianship. produced by atsuo, of boris, and edited and directed by ryuta murayama of foodunited (responsible for boris dvd’s, greenmachine, stupid babies gone mad). to date represent ai’s first non-japanese release. offset printed dvd disc face comes housed in a heavy stock diecut letterpress printed fold cover. pressing of 600 copies.
interviews with book of am, ed yazijian, geoff mullen, ghosting. art and words by ilyas ahmed, juan arkotxa, tara burke, darrell buxton, tom carter, cybele collins, sara czerny, bart de paepe, paul grimes, jani hirvonen, phil legard, samara lubelski, leslie mackenzie, marja mikkonen, thurston moore, roberto opalio, zachery reno, matt valentine. silkscreened coverfrogs by colleen kinsella… very sweet little read! recommended.