Axilogue / Thermidor One Five
(White Denim - WD12) 7-inch picture disc $10.00
Crafted in their fine tradition, Aufgehoben continue to carve harsh chunks of noise with their first departure on seven-inch vinyl. Guitar and electronics sound like neither, while sprawling percussion tumbles across the rotten landscape. The two tracks on this monochromatic record jump right for the jugular, leaving little time for subtlety or reflection. Not recommended for antique styluses. 524 copies
The Cartesian Plane
(Elevator Bath - eeaoa033) LP picture disc $15.00 (Out-of-stock)
Deep, meditative tranquility inextricably linked to Berry’s otherworldly painting -- absorbing, heavy with the slow unraveling of emotions, expansive and unreal. Edition of 233
New Secret
(RRRecords - RRRCANT) LP picture disc $15.00 (Out-of-stock)
Can't is Jessica Rylan, a n-n-noisician who exercises both restraint and vengeance in her ability to cause emotional discomfort and physical pain in the ear, as well as a unique kind of closeness and shared ecstatic state. Using analog synthesizers, a little rhythm box here, a couple distortion pedals there. Observes the Bay Guardian, “The sounds breathed from her homemade modular synths don't come off as ladylike - they're as monstrous and violent at the appropriate volumes as the harshest noise…. [G]entle intimacy with her instrument, the lightness of her voice as it passes through … bent circuits, and the passivity of her gestures as she moves the chaotic parameters of the machine in front of her … imbue her performance with femininity.”
How Wheeling Feels When the Ground Walks Away
(Pan - PAN92) LP picture disc $27.00 (Out-of-stock)
An audio landscape comprised of various historic riots, from the concert hall and music venue to the sounds of modern warfare. Presented in surround sound, the tumultuous panorama of over-layered riots relentlessly envelops. The NYC-based artist, editor and art curator has been working with sound and performance since 2003, and co-founded Primary Information, an organization devoted to publishing lost works of the avant-garde and artists' publications vital to discussions in contemporary artistic practice.
Fucking
(RRRecords - RRRKARL) LP picture disc $15.00
Synth noise and effects with incomprehensible vocals, as evolved from earlier efforts involving tape manipulations, junk instruments, classical samples.
JUSTIN LIEBERMAN / C. SPENCER YEH
Object Lessons
(What The ... - WHAT008) LP picture disc $25.50 (Out-of-stock)
Beginning with a shared love of sound poetry, psychedelic rock, Japanese scum noise, Japanese psychedelic rock, Object Lessons' itinerary embodies more present-time sensibilities: Lieberman's sculptural and multimedia work The Corrector's Custom Pre-Fab House (itself inspired by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown's 1972 examination of “the decorated shed,” Learning From Las Vegas), which includes a character inspired by Nobusuke Tagomi, from Philip K. Dicks The Man in the High Castle. Created in the style of a Katamari video game, the program features texts on each object taking various forms such as objective accounts, plagiarized product descriptions, aesthetic meditations, poetry, short fiction, satire, and prose; these texts were then transformed into this a collaboration between Lieberman and Burning Star Core's C. Spencer Yeh. The result is one part Bruce Haack, another part Charlie Gocher -- a head-on collision you don't see every day. Full-color gatefold jacket. Limited edition. TEDIUM HOUSE BEST OF 2009
Akasha_For Record
(Elevator Bath - eeaoa028) LP picture disc $15.00 (Out-of-stock)
A two-part composition filled with dynamic intricacies carefully arranged in rich, micro-detail, yielding a spellbinding, opulent listening experience that reward close, repeated scrutiny. Edition of 216
BARBARA MANNING AND THE GO-LUCKYS
One Starry Night at the Shop
(Swamp Room) LP picture disc $15.00
Limited edition German import of The Fierce Blonde recorded live at The Shop, Spokane Washington, with the Steinbach twins. Eighteen tracks from throughout Manning’s career recorded August 2001 with impeccable sound quality. Nicely packaged in full-color sleeves with artwork by Darren Merinuk.
Dobranoc
(Elevator Bath - eeaoa029) LP picture disc $15.00 (Out-of-stock)
More than forty haunting yet serene minutes of field recordings, guitars, shortwave radio, analog keyboards and Moog filters. Contemplative and melodic tones build slowly into a monolithic block of sound, while layer after layer of warm atmosphere appears and then unravels into a sea of tranquility. Strikingly elegant three-dimensional music. Edition of 268
Isolated Agent / Stranding Behavior
(Elevator Bath - eeaoa031) LP picture disc $15.00 (Out-of-stock)
A two-part sculpture / puzzle, multi-layered and almost entirely electronic, lending vivid color to a description of blackest space. Mysterious, unsettling examples of Shoemaker’s attention to detail, mood and tension. Edition of 233.
Fuck Your Punk Rock
(RRRecords - RRRSICK) LP picture disc $15.00
Chris Goudreau started Sickness in the mid-1980s as a tape-loop / industrial project. Here cut up electronics and rapid-fire loops are mashed together with biting comments on today's “noise scene” golden calves and half-assed trends.
Orange
(Matador - OLE105) LP picture disc $20.00
A totally fun and hilarious album from 1995. Even fuckin' Amazon gets it: "Despite a brazen desire to flaunt their complete lack of authenticity with an absurdly over-the-top howlin' bluesman schtick, their music really does kick tons [of] ass.... Orange augments the usual mess of raw blues and primal rock with Philly soul strings, theremin, and Beck's guest rapping." Audiophiles take note: though this is frequently referred to as "silver colored vinyl," it is in fact a picture disc. The picture is sparkling silver.
Calcutta Gas Chamber
(Die Stadt - DS97) LP picture disc $30.00
Inspired by nightmarish experiences during a visit to Calcutta in 1990, the late Australian composer conveys his impressions through electronic manipulation of field recordings made in an abandoned electrical power station in Brisbane in 1992. Grating and harsh, as indicative of nefarious activities related to death by machinery, beautifully composed and produced, completely remastered, with new artwork. Previous editions released by ND, 1993 and Cold Spring, 2006.
xNO BBQx
(Pulled Out - PULL03) LP picture disc $19.50
Matt and Nick from Antipan go apeshit with their guitar-drums dishevelment. Picture disc imported from Australia.