A.M.A.R.Y.L.L.I.S.
Valerio Tricoli - Amaryllis is the second (I think) release of altered field recordings done at the birthday party of Maria-Amaryllis, this one her third. The previous was a favorite of mine a couple years back. This one sounds far more processed, wi…
Resonant Spaces
****THE WIRE 2008 TOP 50 RECORDS OF THE YEAR WINNER****"A couple of years ago the promoters Arika invited John Butcher to tour a number of out-of-the-way spaces in Scotland. The venues, selected for their extreme acoustic properties, included a mauso…
Spaced
1996's SPACED sees the release of long-forgotten tapes that Soft Machine had made in 1969 to accompany a staged "happening" in London. The seven pieces are improvisations of varying length, centered on the electric piano and organ of Mike Ratledge, .…
Grides
Previously unreleased live concert from 10/25/70 & DVD from their final European tour w/Robert Wyatt in '71, a multi camera crew shot 20 minute set. Both feature the classic SM quartet line up of Wyatt, Dean, Ratledge & Hopper.
RTZ
Triple LP gatefold of long out of print and limited 4-track bedroom psych from the early years of Six Organs Of Admittance.
Aria Nativa
His 3rd solo saxophone album that merges rhapsodic avant garde music, patriotic dream verse, & morality into a frighteningly pure work of audio, visual & literary sledge. Limited to 500 copies, each contain a download coupon.
I See Beyond The Blak Sun
Interchanging bass clarinet & throat-singing w/homemade instruments used as vocal modifiers, this is less the apocalyptic doom of his ramshackle post-punk group OLD TIME RELIJUN, but instead a raga influenced anthropological meditation.
Two Nice Catholic Boys
...Catholic Boys" Together they unravel slow motion ghost blues across three extended pieces that evolve from the elder's martian style to the thundering, feedback splattered lead grooves of that whippersnapper. The spontaneous melodies shift from de…
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this amazing collaborative lp is the coming together of two distinct creative forces in the form of ATAVIST (UK) and NADJA (Canada), and represents an abstract detraction from both of the bands previous works. The feel of the album is one of blissful…
Tron (+ Anaru EP)
Armpit is another Clayton Noone project (along with CJA and the Futurians), this one being (I assume) the oldest of the three. Back when LVD was in its first year or so, Clayton suggested we do a release, but something terrible went wrong and it nev…
Last
Gorgeous new edition of the third release from this amazing German band. The band had particular popularity in France for some reason. After the band's break up this was released by the French Barclay label and became quite a rarity. It was resurrect…
Kristallivirta
What happens when you bring together not just two but THREE of the strangest bands ever (Kulkija, Uton, Eyes Like Saucers), allowing them to record by their own (lack of) rules an album that sounds about like nothing else that's ever been recorded? …
Cosmic Debris, Vol.I
First installment in the new "Cosmic Debris" split ART-LP series set up by Maurizio and Roberto Opalio, aka My Cat Is An Alien, on their own Opax Records. The Vol.I sees the two space brothers from Torino, Italy, alongside Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) a…
Cosmic Debris, Vol.III
Third installment in the "Cosmic Debris" split ART-LP series set up by Maurizio and Roberto Opalio, aka My Cat Is An Alien, on their own Opax Records. The Vol.III sees the two space brothers from Torino, Italy, alongside Japanese cult musician and da…
Cosmic Debris, Vol.IV
Fourth volume in the ongoing "Cosmic Debris" series of split ART-LP releases set up by the Opalio brothers, aka MY CAT IS AN ALIEN (MCIAA), on their own Opax Records. This time the space improv duo from Torino, Italy, shares one side of the vinyl wit…
Cosmic Debris, Vol.V
The fifth and final volume in the "Cosmic Debris" series of split ART-LP releases set up by the Opalio brothers, aka MY CAT IS AN ALIEN (MCIAA), on their own Opax Records, ends up at its best with the space duo sharing the vinyl surface with the lege…
Painting Petals On Planet Ghost
Digital version of the out of print lp... debut recording from Italy's Opalio brothers (My Cat Is An Alien) and Ramona Ponzini. An esoteric and mesmerizing trip through space, minimalism, and emotion. Each track recorded at a different mystical locat…
Alien Blood
Original soundtrack from Roberto Opalio's film 'Alien Blood' (2005-2008), currently shown at SONIC YOUTH etc.: SENSATIONAL FIX museum exhibition, opened at LiFE museum (France) in June 2008, and already scheduled around the globe for the next couple …
Danny Dark Records Taster
This taster is being released to mark the launch of Danny Dark Records and contains a special version of Kats Jenkins as well as two videos accompanying songs from Chioma SuperNormal The Dark Album which are not available anywhere else.
Rock \'n\' Roll Darkness
Hot on the heels of the recent triple CD Chioma SuperNormal, the hardest working man of the moment Walter Cardew (son of avant-garde composer Cornelius) offers another set, a three-song and one movie piece entitled Rock 'n' Roll Darkness. And much li…