12434 Cinma Vrit – Der Weisse Rausch Cinma Vrit where a German duo of musicians living in different city’s. Andreas Hoffman in Hamburg and Klaus Hoeppner in Berlin. They where both very interested in cinema and there music could be considered as an endless soundtrack developing on different cassettes. Excellent minimal electronics. Der Weisse Rausch [...]
12423 Kostis Kilymis : Thessaloniki 1963 A set of collaged sound combining field recordings with direct input of an abstract electronic nature, occasionally dipping into the everyday world of ring tones and other detritus. As with much of the better music out today, its not so much the newness of the sounds or conception, more [...]
12401 Gianluca Licciardi : Rome, Ext. Night Good Morning (Early)… “ROME, EXT. NIGHT” is a release from Gianluca Licciardi, an Italian “cheap electronic” composer and sound designer based in Rome. This album expresses, through the medium of brooding electronica, the various sounds and environments of Rome; utilising synthesizers and sounds recorded around the city to [...]
12390 Seaworthy: MAP IN HAND (12k 1040, 2006) Seaworthy, a three piece collective based in Sydney, Australia that revolves around core member Cameron Webb as well as Sam Shinazzi and Greg Bird, was formed in early 2000 to explore melodic and experimental approaches to the construction of minimalist sound scapes from looped guitar, warm drones, [...]
12376 Brotzmann / Portal / Bennink in Paris 1977 16-Jun 1977 unknown, Paris, France source/lineage: FM In particular, Michel Portal has made the bass clarinet his primary instrument, but here he picks up the sax and a bandoneon as well. Peter Brötzmann is mostly known for his tenor work, but here he switches to bass [...]
12368 Sonic Youth : Goodbye 20th Century SYR4 (1999) Goodbye 20th Century is a double album of covers of Avant-garde recordings by Sonic Youth and collaborators. SYR4 features works by avant-garde classical composers such as John Cage, Yoko Ono, Steve Reich, and Christian Wolff played by Sonic Youth along with several collaborators from the modern [...]
12361 Andrew McKenzie – Protection Touch T33.6, 1987. 320Kbps Andrew McKenzie is known primarily for his activity in The Hafler Trio, the name under which he has operated alone for more than a decade, often with the help of a floating roster of collaborators. Formed in the early 1980s, its collaborators have since included co-founder [...]
12357 Craig Burk : Codes Of Abstract Conduct Craig Burk is a composer/singer from New York. He released several cassettes before this mini LP on Jack Fetterman Alia Records. Burk lived in Paris from 1986-1991 (39 rue de Lisbonne 75008). He eventually met the good people at Illusion Production in the West of France and [...]
12349 WELTMUSIK 82b The tape features recordings from the 2nd Weltmusik-Kongress in Vlotho/Germany from 1982. Labels like Ocora and B√renreiter/Musicaphon (with the brilliant and pioneering UNESCO Collection of ethnic music recordings) were already releasing music from all over the world, but records were hard to get, and the whole field of “New” world music by [...]
12327 Various – Wakened By Silence Wakened By Silence is a 2x cassette compilation edition subtitled: “San Francisco Area Experimental Music And Art.” Tel Basta: Tel Basta started out under the name Bast. The first recording of theirs was on the original ARRHYTHMIA compilation back in 1990. From there, they changed the name to Tel [...]
