ANLA COURTIS / EDWARD SOL - 'Sunburst Lux' 7" (Quasi Pop)
Both compositions on this record relate to (more or less) "tape music". The piece from Argentinian experimental master Anla Courtis (aka Alan Courtis) is solely based on manipulated sounds of geysers, recorded in South America. Ukrainian Edward Sol works with weird cassette loops, lo-fi oscillations and some primitive tones from his vintage USSR-made analogue synth Polyvox. Generally speaking, the sound of this record belongs to the monolith dark drone music. Ltd x 300 copies.
UK 7£
Europe 8£
World 9£
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HORNORKESTERET - 'Fjær Og Jern' CD (Panot)
"Fjær Og Jern" is a collection of some of Hornorkesteret's best tracks and a great introduction to the band. It features arctic mood music performed on reindeer antler instruments, field recordings, and guests including: Tore Honore Boe (Origami Boe), Alan Courtis & Roberto Conlazo (Reynols) and Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen. Epic music touching on subjects like polar exploration, ecology, the cyclic forces in nature, animal urges, and the Norwegian mental and physical climate. "SnowSpirits and WindWalkers squealing through mouth and bone and throat and horn - a Lovely Haunt Cartoon!" (David Tibet). Digipak with booklet.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #34 Magazine
Rock-A-Rolla 34 features Wolves In The Throne Room. There are also interviews with Aun, Cathedral, The Atlas Moth, Anla (Alan) Courtis, Russian Circles, Rwake, Graeme Ronald, Killl, Black Tusk, Morkobot, Farewell Poetry, The Drift. This month's Label Focus is on Aagoo. Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Highly recommended!
Fantastic meeting between Tokyo’s psych heroes Up-Tight and cosmic traveller Anla Courtis (Alan Courtis). Recorded February 18th, 2011 at Lucrezia in Hamamatsu, Tokyo. A rare chance to listen to these folks jamming completely free and at monstrous volume, perfectly alternating great explosions of electricity and quiet moments of dream-like psychedelia, for the real deal celestial burn-out! An amazing slice of classic Japanese psych with a deep connection to the 1990s source. Ltd x 200 numbered copies, with handmade covers.
UK 16.00£
Europe 19.50£
World 23.00£
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VA - 'C.U.E. Compilation 3' CD (C.U.E. Records)
Third compilation from Japanese label C.U.E. On this release, the Noise, Minimal, Ambient, Experimental and Abstract music is again by mostly Japanese artists, and is once more 15 tracks: Scanner, Kissa Big Yodo, Sunao Inami, Kazuya Ishigami, Morgan Fisher , Symphony Space, CARRE, Anla Courtis, Morishige Yasumune, Keitaro Iijima, Funaman, Huguet, Atsunobu Tadatsu, Tadashi Usami and Yow Funahashi. Comes in slimline jewelcase. Extremely rare Japanese import.
UK 5£
Europe 6£
World 7£
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VA - 'Escaping From Color - Rapoon Recomposed & Remixed' CD (Quasi Pop)
The conception, the idea, realisation and sound sources of this CD are all based on original sound material (loops and sounds) from Rapoon's “Tribal Sci Fi” release. Not the entire original Rapoon's tracks have been re-mixed or re-composed, but the general “sound” (or the sound aesthetic of Rapoon's music) instead. All the artists have provided their own original compositions, more or less based on the audio-sources from Rapoon: Aidan Baker, Anla Courtis, Cisfinitum & Rapoon, Family Underground, Francisco Lopez, Gert-Jan Prins, Heimir Bjorgulfsson, Jorge Castro, Machinefabriek, Mike Shiflet, Paulo Raposo, Ronnie Sundin, Steve Roden, Troum and TV Pow. Ltd x 500 copies in a very nice digifile.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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VA - 'Viva Negativa! A Tribute To The New Blockaders Vol. III: USA' 2 x CD (Important Records)
Volume III in a series of artists’ tributes to the pioneering UK Noise group The New Blockaders including exclusive tracks by: Aaron Dilloway, Alan Courtis, AMK, Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, Broken Penis Orchestra, Carlos Giffoni, Controlled Bleeding, Damien Romero, Daniel Menche, Emil Beaulieau, Ideal Fire Company, Jason Kahn, Jim O'Rourke, John Wiese, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Lockweld, Macronympha, Michael Northam, Plethora, Prurient, Richard Ramirez, The Haters, Thurston Moore, Wolf Eyes and Z'EV.
Third compilation from Japanese label C.U.E. On this release, the Noise, Minimal, Ambient, Experimental and Abstract music is again by mostly Japanese artists, and is once more 15 tracks: Scanner, Kissa Big Yodo, Sunao Inami, Kazuya Ishigami, Morgan Fisher , Symphony Space, CARRE, Anla Courtis, Morishige Yasumune, Keitaro Iijima, Funaman, Huguet, Atsunobu Tadatsu, Tadashi Usami and Yow Funahashi. Comes in slimline jewelcase. Extremely rare Japanese import.
