FRED FRITH

Technology of Tears

(ReR Megacorp) Used CD $6.00

2008 reissue of Frith's mid-'80s pieces commissioned by choreographer Rosalind Newman. Guests include Henry Kaiser, John Zorn, Christian Marclay, Tenko. Still sealed but the barcode has been drilled, so we're listing at used.

NECKS

Mindset

(ReR Megacorp - 10) CD $10.00

Two engrossing, long-form tracks, each an organically shifting mass of piano, bass and drums, in which jazz, drone and electronic soundscaping coalesce. On "Rum Jungle," rendered with a minimalist vision, layers swirl and swoon without friction. The more richley textured "Daylights" deploys filigree electronics around sparse, plangent keys and stalking bass. Hypnotic and dazzling.

SLAPP HAPPY

Acnalbasac Noom

(ReR Megacorp - RERSHCD) Used CD $10.00

Slapp Happy (Peter Blegvad, Dagmar Krause and Anthony Moore) joined by four of six members of Faust as their backup band. Tracks 1 to 11 recorded at Wümme, West Germany, 1973. Tracks 12 to 15 are CD bonus tracks from the private collection of the group. CD is new, sealed in the original shrinkwrap, but has a small hole drilled in one corner of the jewelbox, so it is listed here as Used.