BIRDS BUILD NESTS UNDERGROUND - 'So As' Enhanced CD (Lumberton Trading Company / Love Nest)
"So As" is the latest album by this prolific and inventive trio comprising of turntablists Petr Ferenc and Michal Brunclík and filmmaker Martin Ježek. Featuring four pieces and a film by Ježek lasting 10 minutes, this album witnesses BBNU not only honing the craft caught on their previous few releases and live sound but also pushing it into new places as well. The atmospherics and interstellar swirl of textures seen on their recent collaborative LP with My Cat Is An Alien serve as a great starting point to the quasi-dimensional blankets of abstract sound to be found at work here. Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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CINDYTALK & PHILIPPE PETIT - 'A Question Of Re-Entry' 12" (Lumberton Trading Company)
Two incredible collaborative pieces by France's prolific Philippe Petit and Scottish goup Cindytalk built around piano, electronics, voice and that kinda trans-dimensional murmur and crackle we already love both of them for. Some background info: Cindytalk has existed since the early 1980s and, helmed by founder Gordon Sharp, survivor of the original Scottish punk scene, ex-member of The Freeze and open transgender warrior, has swung from being a band to a solo concern and back again. Philippe Petit, meanwhile, commenced his music career through the running of the highly respected Pandemonium Rdz. and BiP_HOp. A musical travel agent creating adventurous soundworlds, who in recent years has been found on a number of labels in collaboration with a number of eclectic artists including James Johnston, Lydia Lunch, K11 and Cosey Fanni Tutti. Ltd x 300 copies.
UK 12.00£
Europe 15.50£
World 19.00£
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FAUST - 'Od Serca Do Duszy' 2 x CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
This double CD set catches legendary German experimental rock outfit Faust’s debut concert in Poland, from Krakow’s Loch Ness Club, on the 15th November 2006. Spread over both discs, we are afforded a perfect opportunity to hear a blend of the band’s classic songs and material previewed from their new studio album, played energetically and with a vigour reflecting precisely how happy they were to be in a completely new environment which, in turn, welcomed them with open arms. The entire concert was recorded and mixed professionally by two of Poland’s most experienced sound engineers, Piotr Papier and Marcin Cheblowski.
UK 14£
Europe 15£
World 16£
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FORMICATION - 'Icons For A New Religion' CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
"Icons For A New Religion" is the first CD proper from this often spaceward-bound UK electronica duo of Alec Bowman and Kingsley Ravenscroft. Mulched digital flotsam, chattering rhythms, buried voices, squelched beats, vapour trails and suchlike combine to create a vast and sprawling, kaleidoscopic filmic spew that's unstoppable in its reaching out to those parts of your imagination simply waiting to be taken to new places. At times, the music recalls early Tangerine Dream, or a darker Autechre, via the ritualistic and chemical saturation of Coil.
UK 11.50£
Europe 12.50£
World 13.50£
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HANNIS BROWN - 'Severe Insomnia' CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
"Severe Insomnia" the second release of New York-based experimental composer Hannis Brown, is a spine-chilling and unpredictable rollercoaster-ride of a listen. The 11 instrumental tracks run the gamut from musique-concrete tape collages and electroacoustic composition to works for chamber ensembles, orchestra, and solo prepared guitar. Inspired by the meandering and disjunct images that manifest themselves on the backs of eyelids during bouts of insomnia, the music is charged with an instability marked by atonal explosions of saxophones, sedate interludes of electronic and orchestral textures, and nightmarish climaxes of tone clusters. Folded card cover with insert.
UK 10£
Europe 11£
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HUMAN GREED - 'Black Hill: Midnight At The Blighted Star' CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
The third album by Edinburgh's finest exponents of often haunting, yet always touching, ebb and flow. Michael Begg (Fovea Hex) with very special guest appearances by Julia Kent (Antony & the Johnsons, Blind Cave Salamander), Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo (Blind Cave Salamander, Larsen), David Tibet (Current 93) and Clodagh Simonds (Fovea Hex). Gathering together material quite possibly amounting to their most accomplished yet, 'Black Hill...' is akin to being caught in the trail of a shooting star heading to the very place where dreams, fears, hopes and an overwhelming sense of helpless abandonment teeter over the periphery of yet another rather enticing void. At once beautiful, melancholic, slightly bruised and foreboding, the music here never fails to captivate.
UK 11.50£
Europe 12.50£
World 13.50£
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MICHAEL GIRA - 'Songs For A Dog' LP (Lumberton Trading Company)
Over the years, Michael Gira (SWANS, The Angels Of Light, ex-Pigface etc) has honed his craft into something more sophisticated without actually having lost sight of the power, emotional tugs, or even the simplicity of his earlier works. On 'Songs for a Dog', he has collected ten tracks (mostly culled from releases only available via his website, plus three unreleased tracks), that catch him in his purest form. Mostly built around his guitar and voice in a home studio environment, the songs here expose perfectly how he can function without the layers of sound he's also often fond of exploring. These songs capture an artist who seems forever capable of pushing himself into new avenues. Ltd x 2000 copies in textured packaging, complete with insert and pressed on heavy vinyl.
UK 11.00£
Europe 14.50£
World 18.00£
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MICHEL BANABILA - 'The Latest Research From The Department Of Electrical Engineering' CD (Tapu Records / Lumberton Trading Company / AudioTong)
The latest work from Dutch composer Michel Banabila. The music is created mainly from electrical sources, but the approach is not clinical, rather mechanical, loud, intrusive, but also has a distinct human factor to it. It is clearly Banabila doing the engineering here, obviously enjoying his new 'mad scientist' incarnation. Some of the recordings arose from earlier mix-versions of tracks originally made for the dance performance ZOUT, by Conny Janssen Danst & Anne Soldaat. Unlike previous Banabila albums, there is very little of the so-called 'world music', voice samples or jazz influences, but instead a mainly electronic angle, with a special contribution by sound-artist/performer Zenial (AudioTong, Vivo Records). 40mins of music. Ltd x 300 copies in a card sleeve.
UK 8£
Europe 9£
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SION ORGON - 'The Zsigmondy Experience' CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
The second album by Thighpaulsandra and Coil affiliate, once more gushing splendidly with so many universe-mulching ideas that it's difficult not to wonder what's floating around the air in his native Wales these days. From menacing near-ambience and the massive, punk 'n' Prog-bloated 'I'm in Blackout' to vocoded passages over the very same electronic insanity that's spewed out Stockhausen and Xenakis, there's much to wrestle with your mind's deepest and darkest corners here. Collaborators include Coil's Sleazy, Mike Edwards (Jesus Jones' singer), Frank Naughton (Rocketgoldstar and ex-Uziq) Gaz Williams (Rocketgoldstar), The Grangetown String Ensemble, The Chung Chinese Ensemble and others.
UK 11.50£
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STEVEN SEVERIN - 'Sleepercell' MCD (Lumberton Trading Company)
Three recent songs by the man who, since his former group Siouxsie & the Banshees disbanded in 1996, has embarked on a solo career comprising film soundtrack work and exploratory electronic music that draws from minimalism, the avant-garde and the more progressive end of industrial music. Over 20 minutes of music. Limited to 500 in special die-cut cardboard packaging with insert.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIMITED EDITION HAS NOW SOLD OUT!
UK 6.50£
Europe 7.50£
World 8.50£
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THEME - 'Our Angels Dislocated' CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
The second album from this UK / Poland-based trio (feat. members of Splintered) offers a rich, organic and atmospheric tapestry of ideas that serve as a rejuvenated statement of intent. Combining sitars, violin drones, guitar strums, mutterings from an otherwise deserted midnight subway, electronic swirl, piano and all manner of otherworldly textures, 'Our Angels Dislocated' remains both focused and complex enough to cast new shadows with every listen. Complete with exclusive artwork by British sculptor, Mo Jupp. Digipak.
UK 11.50£
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THIGHPAULSANDRA - 'Chamber Music' CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
This highly accomplished and visionary musician has been known for his assistance with groups and artists as diverse as Coil, Spiritualized and Julian Cope as much as his own albums. Combining musique concrète, quasi-dimensional electronics, ravaged hums, atmospheric tones and all manner of different instruments nodding into focus, 'Chamber Music' is an imaginative and focused album, and his most cohesive work to date. Features Sion Orgon on vocals. Digipak.
This highly accomplished and visionary musician has been known for his assistance with groups and artists as diverse as Coil, Spiritualized and Julian Cope as much as his own albums. Combining musique concrète, quasi-dimensional electronics, ravaged hums, atmospheric tones and all manner of different instruments nodding into focus, 'Chamber Music' is an imaginative and focused album, and his most cohesive work to date. Features Sion Orgon on vocals. Ltd x 525 copies on a picture disc with hand-numbered insert.
UK 13.00£
Europe 16.50£
World 20.00£
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VA - 'Autumn Blood (Constructions)' CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
Collecting several artists LTCo has so far worked with and some of their affiliates, "Autumn Blood (Constructions)" mostly comprises exclusive material to this release by older hands and relative newcomers alike. Those featured are as follows: Lawrence English (Room 40 label owner), Peter Christopherson (Coil / Throbbing Gristle / SoiSong), Birds Build Nests Underground, Steven Severin (Siouxsie & the Banshees), Volga, Theme (Richard Johnson and Stuart Carter, both ex-Splintered), Andrew Liles (Nurse With Wound), Zenial/Banabila, Formication, Sion Orgon, Human Greed (Michael Begg of Fovea Hex and Deryk Thomas), Colin Potter (Monos). Ltd x 500 copies - ACT FAST!
UK 10£
Europe 11£
World 12£
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VOLGA - 'Pomol' CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
UK edition of this Moscow-based group's 7th album. Whilst one of the core members, Alexei Borisov, remains a prolific force in contemporary electronic sound-art, Volga successfully weave a wide range of influences. Driven by the highly impressive, strong and often haunting voice of Angela Manukjan, Volga's sound carefully picks away at electronica's more interesting contours; electro-acoustic elements; mantric dance rhythms and a variety of traditional, Shamanistic or folk styles from both their native country and far beyond. Most of Angela's lyrics are derived from 19th Century Russian folklore, lending the native vocals an even more unique slant. Volga appeared on Susan Lawly's 'Extreme Music From Russia' compilation.
