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The Illusion of Power
* Limited Edition 300 copies * The re-release of the two re-mastered tracks available on the very limited 10" Lathe-Cut Vinyl released for Contrastate first live appereance in Italy on october 12 2019 at OEC's historical venue Congresso Post Industriale. Plus 4 brand new and unreleased tracks. Brexit: a dark tunnel driven by fear and past anger and the desire for war against the other, or a symbol of Europe’s popular imagination breaking free from its disaffection to re-invent itself. Is the rea…
Via (LP)
Tip! * 300 copies, comes with an extensive booklet * Limpe Fuchs’ first solo record came about by accident. Initially, Christoph Heemann invited the famous Anima duo to do a studio record in his home-town Aachen, but Paul Fuchs decided not to join in, so Limpe went on her own – and the recording sessions taking place in late 1986 and early 1987 turned out to become “via”, Limpe’s first solo-record and the (visible) starting point of her ongoing exceptional career as an internationally performing…
Pathophysiology
**2020 stock, 300 copies in six-panels digipack** "First releaset as a tape in 1995, reprinted as a CDr in 2002. Finally, after 24 years, here comes the 2019 CD-Digipak re-edition of this legendary album. For the CDr re-release the tape was completely remastered at Sweet Slaughter by none else than Marco Corbelli and the following were added: 2 unreleased tracks recorded in 1995 + 2 unreleased tracks recorded in 2002. This was and still is best Italian Morgue P/E Industrial. Brutal Synth-Noise b…
Paranoia (Expanded)
**2020 stock, 300 copies in six-panels digipack** "Paranoia standard edition has sold-out and here comes the expanded edition / re-print of one the best, if not the best, Atrax Morgue CD release. To this new edition we have added two alternative versions of the track Il Forcipe di Thanatos which were first released on the 7" vinyl Malaplacenta out on OEC in 2017. The original project dates back in 2007 just before Marco's death. On those two alternative tracks you can hear Marco's voice ranting …
195 Melrose Avenue NW2
Originally released in 1996 on Self Abuse as a limited Music Cassette in 1996. Self Abuse and Old Europa re-released this tape for the first time into CD for it's 25th anniversary. Moreover, when looking through original tapes trying to find the master, Patrick (Self Abuse) found an extra cassette labeled "195 melrose Ave NW" with only 3 songs on one tape side, such tracks wasn't used for the release of the tape. Well, we are going to use such "unreleased tracks" as bonus for this CD re-release.…
Metamorphyses - Expanded Edition
**2020 stock** "Transformation is the key to the psyche. It unlocks the hidden domains inside us and finds the paths to inner wisdom. Metamorphyses is a journey into the deep inner self; a drama of the sublime and trancendental transformation of the psyche through a katabasis ritual presented in six transitional stages slowly moving towards completion. Metamorphyses is the key to the psyche."Hypnotic, introspective and yet more difficult. Being the seventh full-lenght album from Raison d’être, M…
Tales from the Tabula Rasa - Early Works 1988-1991
**2020 stock** "This is not a new album! This does not sound like Raison d'être! This is Raison d'être from another time and world! Tales from the Tabula Rasa presents Raison d'être in its earliest form, when there was no past and only future. This was the birth of Raison d'être and the creative music mind of Peter Andersson. In one way it can be seen as the first particles to the seed that later became the established Raison d'être sound in the 1990's. In the other way it can be seen as the evi…
Sfera
Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988) was an Italian composer and rather unusual pioneer of electronic music. His works are neither based on traditional techniques nor do they resemble concepts of the 'new music' avant-garde. Since the 1950s he recorded improvisations on the ondiola (an early electronic instrument) to magnetic tape, often in multiple layers. These recordings were then transcribed into scores by his assistants – probably constituting the first attempt at making electronic music heard throu…
Prehistory
Some of you may remember Circle X's corrosive, caterwauling, and unutterably fabulous self-titled EP, which was originally released in 1979 and reissued a little over a decade ago by Jim O'Rourke's and David Grubbs' Dexter's Cigar label. Now the story picks up again with the long-overdue first CD release of Prehistory, Circle X's first full-length album. Prehistory was recorded in 1981 and released in 1983 by Index Records, making them, strangely enough, labelmates with Wall of Voodoo. Circle X …
Harari
The Beaters – Harari was released in 1975. After changing their name, Harari went into the studio late in 1976 to record their follow-up, Rufaro / Happiness. In 1976 they were voted South Africa’s top instrumental group and were in high demand at concert venues across the country. Comprising former schoolmates guitarist and singer Selby Ntuli, bassist Alec Khaoli, lead guitarist Monty Ndimande and drummer Sipho Mabuse, the group had come a long way from playing American-styled instrumental soul …
Nostalgia Por Mesozóica
Tip! **300 copies** Nikolaienko's “Nostalgia Por Mesozóica” is an exploration of "experimental exotica" consisted of synthesized tropical attributes — an artificial landscape isolated behind the glass frame. Reminiscent of recording techniques and sonorities ubiquitous in the 60’s and 70’s, it could conceivably have been intended as a soundtrack for the Mesozoic Era exhibition at your favorite Natural History museum.
Bamako
OGJB — Oliver Lake, Graham Haynes, Joe Fonda, and Barry Altschul — characterize themselves as a “leaderless” quartet. In that spirit, the compositions featured here serve as sketches to be built and elaborated on (and often entirely reconfigured), not as templates or structural frameworks. Unison passages are tightly executed, yet with just enough raggedness to their edge that the individualism of each man’s expression remains paramount, reflecting the overarching theme of this project: the kind…
September
Apartment House again, performing eight exquisite chamber works by the young UK composer Georgia Rodgers
Sapindales
Four clarinet-based works, brilliantly played by Heather Roche, with Juliet Fraser, Anton Lukoszevieze and James Opstad. Music with intricate, interweaving lines, the title piece is a mesmerising work for multi-tracked clarinets and field recordings
A Moonbeam is Just a Filtered Sunbeam
An extended solo work by the California-based composer/instrumentalist Andrew McIntosh, using field recordings and electronics, alongside violin, viola, piano, bowed wine glasses and slate – all played by the composer. Wonderful music produced during the year of lockdown
Ballad
Two pieces for cello and piano by Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith, both performed by Anton Lukoszevieze (cello) and Kerry Yong (piano). "In Ballad (45 minutes in duration) I was extending myself into a longer work; I wanted to make a work that could be the entire concert, that could unfold over a longer time. With Through the Low Hills (10 minutes), I was working with a very restricted vocabulary in a process of constrained variation, working and re-working just a few elements. I felt like …
The Sky Is Ruby
Raoul Björkenheim, who is one of the most adventurous guitarists on the contemporary scene, initially progressed from B.B. King to Frank Zappa and from John McLaughlin to John Coltrane in his search of a sound of his own. With his own groups, such as Krakatau, Björkenheim accomplished that goal more than two decades ago and has successfully brought this unique sound to his own compositions as well. For The Sky Is Ruby, Björkenheim penned eight inspired original compositions that make good use of…
Penguin Beguine
After their duo album Heart of a Bird, Iro Haarla and Ulf Krokfors wanted to make a recording with a different overall atmosphere and have some fun doing it with a larger ensemble. To achieve this, a group of friends was brought together to form the Iro Haarla-Ulf Krokfors Loco Motife. The music of Penguin Beguine is based on an electric sound especially in the form of Haarla´s different keyboards and Mikko Iivanainen´s electric guitar. Add strong compositions by Haarla and Krokfors, powerful pe…
Eclexistence
Delirium is a quartet made up of Finnish saxophonist Mikko Innanen and his three Danish compatriots, including Kasper Tranberg on cornet, Jonas Westergaard on bass and Stefan Pasborg on drums. Eclexistence, the second album of Delirium, is characterized by a sense of musical adventure. Combining the tradition of modern jazz with their own fresh attitude, there is a definite joy of freedom and will to experiment that guide the quartet´s approach. New elements, such as increased ethnic influences,…
Tara's Song
This is the first recording of Ahmed Abdullah´s Ebonic Tones, featuring trumpeter Abdullah, baritone saxophonist Alex Harding and violinist Billy Bang in an unusual, yet highly effective front line and bassist Alex Blake and drummer Andrei Strobert as the solid rhythm section. Tara´s Song is a musical journey through a wide array of styles helping us experience and appreciate what Abdullah himself calls "Jazz: The Music of the Spirit". In addition to Abdullah´s own compositions, the ensemble int…