"Before better known as Panicsville, but now moving into the realms of serious music (this new release got some sponsoring from arts councils) under his own name. The octa-thing deals with the number eight, and the three pieces here on this DVD (no images) can be played on a 7.1 installation, if you have such a thing. I only have a 2.0 installation, called 'stereo', but it sounds great still. Ortmann lists a list of instruments - mainly old analogue synthesizers and where he did his field recordings. Just as on the Schimpfluch disc, I'd say this is the small alley where noise is really interesting. Not because it's super loud, although there are points when things are pretty loud, but because of the fine balance between electronic, noisy sounds and the crackling of highly amplified field recordings which are all put together into an interesting collage of sound. Not like Schimpfluch of short and shorter sounds, but through longer pieces which work quite well. Great stuff, both of these releases and if noise is like this, I'd sign up again." (Vital Weekly).
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
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COCK E.S.P. / PANICSVILLE - 'Last Train To Cocksville' CD (Sunship Records / Little Mafia / Nihilist)
This tribute to 60's bubblegum gods The Monkees comes from a tag team blast of harsh electronic noise and Monkees-baiting cutup between Midwestern free-noise freaks Cock E.S.P. and Panicsville. Monkees tapes are slowed down skrew-style and looped, heavy bleats of burnt feedback squeal and electric currents are squeezed into your ear, grating noise sprouts from a wasteland of sonic detritus, obliterating the Monkees tunes into blots of near-unrecognizable splat with warped renditions of the original songs lyrics. The cover features Cock E.S.P.'s E.W. Hagstrom and Panicsville's Andy Ortmann dressed as train engineers hard at work on the tracks.
UK 8£
Europe 9£
World 10£
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PANICSVILLE / FRANKIE & THE S.E.M.M. - 'Brain In The Cat / Stunts' LP & Bonus Disc (Nihilist / Top Quality Rock And Roll)
Quite a heavy bunch of stuff here. "In 1999, in the middle of the night two guys start an argument, which explodes in a lot of 'fuck you' and the word 'stunt' can be picked up. Frankie & The S.E.M.M. add lofi synthesizer or suppressed feedback to the material. I actually enjoyed hearing it as I thought it was hilarious (though I am glad not have been present that night)... The Panicsville side has three pieces that were originally released as a cassette, and an unreleased piece... this material already forecasts his interest in musique concrete and analogue synths and these four pieces are quite nice experimental music pieces" (Vital Weekly). Ltd x 300 copies on blue vinyl with bonus remix disc and inserts.
UK 15.00£
Europe 18.50£
World 22.00£
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VA - 'Untitled' 3 x CD Boxset (Public Guilt Records / Epicene / UndeRadar)
Three labels have teamed up to co-curate and co-release a 55 artist, 225 minute, 3CD compilation of some of the best noise / experimental / avant artists active today. Collected in a chunky kraft paper box and wrapped in a beautiful gold ink on red paper band, "Untitled" features the visual art of four visual artists and tracks from: 1thousand Holy Shards, Aughra, Back From Iraq, Ben S. Jacobs, Bet Hell, Big China/Little Trouble, Black Meat, Blango, Burning Star Core, Cotton Museum, Darsombra, Dead Machines, Decimation Blvd., Destructo Swarmbots, Donna Parker, Door, Earwicker, Forbes Graham, Gerritt, Gerritt & John Wiese, Guilty Connector, Heires Of Rockefeller, Herpes Ö DeLuxe, Hum Of The Druid, Iovae, Jason Zeh, Josh Lay, Leslie Keffer, Magicicada, Mermaids, Mike Shiflet, Noveller, Oblong Box, OP Rechts, Panicsville, Perfect Teeth, Robert Inhuman, Scutopus, Sick Ill Cell, Skullcaster, Small Life, Steve Bradley, Strotter Inst., Subterrane, Sword Heaven, Teeth Collection, Tentatively A Convenience, The Cherry Point, Thurston Moore, Tonight Golden Curles, Travis Ryan, Ultra//Vires, Wether, WZT Hearts and Yellow Tears. Essential!!
