KEVIN DRUMM / MICHAEL ESPOSITO
The Icy Echoer
(Fragment Factory - FRAG16) 7-inch $13.50
Experimental artist and researcher of EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) Michael Esposito has worked with Leif Elggren, CM von Hausswolff, Bryan Lewis Saunders and others. Forming the basis of this collaboration with guitarist Kevin Drumm are EVPs from St. John - St. Joseph cemetery in Hammond, Illinois, reputed to be one of the most haunted places in America. Edition of 300
JOHN DUNCAN / MICHAEL ESPOSITO / Z'EV
There Must Be A Way Across This River / The Abject
(Fragment Factory - FRAG20) LP $25.00
EVP recordings made in 2009 by Esposito at the onetime home of Duncan in Prospect Heights, Illinois, to which the current resident would not permit entry (though his spouse had previously agreed to it). Heidi Harman, the medium who was present at the encounter, heard Duncan's name specified by the voice. "There Must Be A Way Across This River" represents Duncan’s involvement and processing of the events at his childhood home; "The Abject" is the result of Z’ev dealing with the occurrences in Prospect Heights. 140g vinyl. Double-sided insert. Edition of 500
G.X. JUPITTER-LARSEN / MUENNICH
Die Arbeiter von Wien
(Fragment Factory - FRAG19) 7-inch $13.50
The third part in Jupitter-Larsen's series of old trade union / battle songs follows Internationale (Banned Production 2010) and Solidarity CD (Banned Production 2010). Written by the Viennese lyricist and essayist Fritz Brügel, presumably in the late 1920s, this piece deals with the events during the so-called "July Revolt" in the capital of Austria on July 15, 1927, caused by a court verdict which acquitted three members of the right-wing Frontkämpfervereinigung Deutsch-Österreichs (the same persons were responsible for the death of a man and an eight-year-old the same year). The palace of justice went up in flames, at least eighty demonstrators were shot dead by the police, more than six-hundred people were injured. The stage was set for a fascist takeover in Austria. Jupitter-Larsen's two renditions are crude, P.E.-ish, vocal-heavy. One side with the original German lyrics, one side with the lyrics translated into English. Double-sided full-color sleeve, lyrics included. Edition of 250.
Chapel Perilous
(Fragment Factory - FRAG23) LP $21.00 (Out-of-stock)
COMING IN MAY. The debut vinyl release and first solo album proper by this Paris-based audio/visual artist and curator of the Erratum label follows collaborations Charlemagne Palestine, Julien Ottavi and The Master Musicians of Joujouka. Montessuis de- and re-composes recordings made throughout the past eight years, drawing on his voice as the main tool, delivering a frantic twenty-three-track opus of cut-up noise poetry. 140g vinyl. Edition of 317.