Choral
Following on from last year's triumphant vinyl-only release Mountains, Mountains, Mountains on Catsup Plate, this latest opus from Koen Holtkamp and Brendon Anderegg finds the pair decamped to Thrill Jockey. Mountains have certainly risen to the challenge of releasing via a bigger label, and Choral could reasonably be considered the duo's most refined full-length to date, serving up six tracks of highly evolved drone-folk, all exquisitely produced and filled with dynamic variation. The thirteen-…
Navigation in hypertext
Lehn and Schmickler's 1st recording, Bart is considered one of the best synth improv albums ever made. Since Bart, dating back to 2000, the duo has toured frequently through Europe, Japan and the USA. This double-release, features some of the best performances the duo recorded over the course of 15 live concerts. A brilliant amalgam of the two musicians' strengths, Navigation in hypertext utilizes both improvisation and studio postproduction techniques to create a lasting work, combining the fee…
What Happened
Ohio's Emeralds are a band that we cherish dearly here at boomkat. Last years 'Solar Bridge' EP was a (third) eye opening experience and the entry level opener to their self created world of synthesized pschedelia. The group, consisting of members John Elliot, Mark McGuire and Steve Hauschildt, have some 20 odd releases to their name since 2006, generally produced on the deliberatly lo-fi cassette and CDr formats for a number of tiny boutique imprints like Hanson Records, Wagon and Fag Tapes. Th…
Grosses Wasser
Originally released in 1979, Grosses Wasser is Cluster's last great album. Combining the ambient space rock of early albums on some songs with a more updated, beat-driven, (dare I say space-disco?) sound on others, it at times sounds like the best of both worlds. Cluster were probably the most influential and ground-breaking group to come out of Germany in the '70s (no small feat) and every one of their records is pure trailblazing musical history. Includes a 12-page booklet.
Fetus
Franco Battiato moved into the 1970s on the crest of the progressive rock wave. This 1972 impossibly strange record inhabits that nether world of pop music, electronics, politics and experimental rock. Fetus is an album beyond all definition. It's a masterpiece of daring and wild risks that work every single time. Battiato takes us through eight uniquely super-detailed songs that tug at the heart strings as no other experimental record ever could. New liner notes by Jim O'Rourke.
Experimental Music of Japan Vol. 3 Early works & live 1994-1996
This is the third release in Edition Omega Point's Experimental Music of Japan series, featuring the work of Japanese performer/composer Tomomi Adachi. Known for his versatile style, he has performed solo improvisations with voice, computer, sensor systems and self-made instruments, and also is active in the field of theater music, installation and video. This is a collection of his early recordings, just after starting his career in 1994. Almost all tracks were performed as improvisations witho…
Incoming
Long out of print, John Duncan's release Incoming continues his work exploring the inner qualities of electronic drones in conjunction with shortwave radio, itself an extension of his work in pirate media, including both radio and television. The title track builds from metallic scrapes, layered with intense electronics, garbled vocals, descending electronic whines reminiscent of the final section of Karlheinz Stockhausen's masterpiece Hymnen, shortwaves, white noise, and digital pops. It is one…
Outwaard
For close to forty years z'ev has been at the absolute fore front of new musics. Playing his unique brand of percussive music he gained a lot of attention, but in more recent years he returned to working with electro-acoustic manipulations.Since 2003 he has also begun a wide ranging series of collaborations, working with Francisco Lopez, Stephen O'Malley, David Jackman/Organum and Oren Ambarchi among others. One such ongoing collaboration is with Frans de Waard, with whom he released 'Forwaard' …
Work for GV 2004-2008
All audio made by Peter Rehberg 2004-2008. For the following Gisèle Vienne productions : 'I Apologize' (2004), 'Une Belle Enfant Blonde' (2005), 'Jerk' (2008). Text written and spoken by Dennis Cooper. Action on ÔMurder Version' by Catherine Robbe-Grillet & Jonathan Capdevielle. Mastered at Piethopraxis, Köln, June 2008. Artwork by SOMA. Photos by Gisèle Vienne. Peter Rehberg's collaboration with the Paris based puppeteer and choreographer, Gisèle Vienne began in 2001, with the production of the…
The Key To The Kingdom
"The Key to the Kingdom" is Stephan Mathieu's tribute to the great gospel preacher Washington Phillips and the world of raw, early gospel on 78rpm platters. The 2-part suite, presented in the classic 10" vinyl format that comes in a authentic, individually stamped and numbered 78rpm archive sleeve, has been performed on a historic Phonoharp No.2 zither from the 1890s utilizing five E-Bows and entropic and convolution processes. "The Key to the Kingdom" is a spin-off of Mathieu's "Virginals" pro…
Karenina
Now rare and long delete "Karenina" was conceived in March 1997 in Paris at Galerie Donguy as a work to be played during a retrospective exhibition of his sculpture and photographs. The work is for his Falsetto voice and Indian Harmonium. In this work the use of the name "Karenina" and also other words and sounds from the unconscious trance magical sources. The male falsetto has a very special sacred significance. As a young singer in Synagogue music the singing Rabbi or Cantor as he is called s…
Electric city
RHEINGOLD is formed by Bodo Staiger and Lothar Manteuffel in early 80's in Dusseldorf, Germany. They released three albums in 80's. Later, Manteuffel formed ELECTRIC MUSIC with Karl Bartos (ex. KRAFTWERK)
Unnamed
Great lost recording in 1971 and 1972, before the first album. High quality sound! Francois Mativet (guitar), Philippe Bolliet (sax tenor, clarinet), Dominique Triloff (organ), Robert Wood (vibraphone), Jean-Jacques Miette (guitare basse, contrebasse), Gilbert Artman (drums premier). Reissue with special paper sleeve with inner bag. 2007 digital remaster version, limited 1,000 copies." This album was originally issued on CD by Spalax in 1997
Lard Free III
1977 the third album. Chaotic heavy sound like as early German rock. The original LP was released on Cobra in 1977. Featuring: Gilbert Artman (orgue, piano, arp synthesizer, vibraphone, drums premier), Xavier Baulleret (guitars), Yves Lanes (synthy-ems), Jean-Pierre Thiraut (clarinette). Reissue with elaborate miniature paper sleeve of the original LP (full coating sleeve). 2007 digital remaster version, limited 1,000 copies.
I'm Around About Midnight
The second album in 1975. Featuring Richard Pinhas from Heldon! The original LP was released on Vamp Records in 1975. Featuring: Gilbert Artman (drums, percussions, vibes, Hammond organ, Steinway piano, tenor sax), Richard Pinhas (guitars, bass guitar, arp synthesizers, synthi vks 3), Alain Audat (synthi vks 3, tenor sax, clb), Antoine Duvernot (alto sax, flute). Reissue with elaborate miniature paper sleeve of the original LP (gatefold sleeve). The CD sleeve is hand-made due to special format. …
Gilbert Artman's Lard Free
The first solo album in 1973. Avant-garde electric jazz rock!! The original LP was released on Vamp Records in 1973. Featuring: Gilbert Artman (drums, piano Steinway, vibes), Herve Eyhani (bass guitar, arp synthesizer), Philippe Bolliet (all saxes), Francois Mativet (guitars). Reissue with elaborate miniature paper sleeve of the original LP (full color + trait ink print, full coating gatefold sleeve). The CD sleeve is hand-made due to special format. 2007 digital remaster version, limited 1,000 …
Single Collection 1972-1980
New jewel case edition of this singles compilation (replaces the now o/p paper sleeve edition). "The rare 7" single track compilation. Featuring; Schizo (pre-Heldon), Heldon, T.H.X, Richard Pinhas (solo). Most tracks are first release on CD. Fifteen tracks, digital remaster, jewel case version. (Some materials are taken from the original 7" record).
Scheckenrock
Philip Samartzis: electronics, field recordings. Michael Vorfeld: percussion, stringed instrument. Recorded at the Modezentrum Berlin-Mitte, March 22, 2007. Mixed and mastered by Philip Samartzis. A limited edition of 300 numbered copies
Yu
a very interesting album conceived by two Italian sound artists: David Sani (aka Shinkei) and Luigi Turra. This project handles various audio materials in a minimalistic perspective. Composed and produced by Shinkei & Luigi Turra. Additional CC recordings courtesy of: Koura, Jean Francois Cavro, Gezortenplotz, Laura Smith: 'Gravier Street Blues' (1924), Lizzie Miles: 'I Hate A Man Like You' (1929).
Euphonia
They play here a variety of unnamed instruments, analogue and electronic, which they recorded in the studio and some of it re-recorded using spatial qualities of other places and together makes a very warm release of ambient music. Brian Eno is mentioned (think the ambiance, think the locations in the vein of ÔOn Land') of course, but the world of ambient glitch should not be forgotten as well. Beautiful slow transforming sounds, spacious and spatial, sometimes with a touch of darkness, but very…