First ever ‘official’ album, follow-up to the recent Arbitrary Signs CD-R, from the trio of Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards/Hototogisu/Zaimph et al), Pete Nolan (Magik Markers, Virgin Eye Blood Brothers, Spectre Folk et al) and Steve Gunn on trance-inducing acoustic guitars, shrifting stabs of acid-gobbling electric fuzz, strands of repeat-huzzing percussion and labyrinths of primitive American mystery. First track has that beautiful early Terry Riley feel of time-modifying tone matrices in the service of modified human physiology while later tracks move deeper into the kind of dense raga ecstasy mainlined by ritual workers like Popol Vuh and Robbie Basho. LP is pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl and packaged in a sweet two color letterpress printed heavy black artboard cover, with a nice 8x10 photo insert shot by tom carter. hand numbered edition of 850 copies. CD is packaged in a miniature tri-fold version of the LP cover, with photo insert and woven Japanese inner sleeves. Limited edition of 1000 copies.

First ever reissue of this excellent post-Satwa recordings by the core South American psych trio of Lula Cortes, Marconi Notaro and Ramalho. Excellent combination of styles that ranges from zonked tropicalia-styled spirit zippers, devotional guitar elegies ala Conny Veit, insanely crude garage/fuzz pounders and abstract field/sound pieces given glugs of syrupy reverb. If yr following the trails of Lula and co, this makes for another thrilling diversion. Lovingly reissued by Nemo on Time-Lag in a deluxe shrunken gatefold hard card sleeve with fold-out poster/notes, snaps etc.

Rarity: “A-side is a dusty gem of a solo track, unearthed on a mysterious Space Shanties-era tape reel last new years day, and now presented to the masses after quite a time lapse. A prime slice seeped in the lo-fi analog glow of Tower Recordings, with MV spilling some lucid lyrics & smokey vibes. B-side is a more recent counterpoint, a bit more bent on the rural/spectra solo wandering of his most zoned & serene acoustic/electric back porch pickings. Sweet vibrations, folks... packaged in a two tone heavy textured art paper cover, with silver/blue/black offset printing & silver/blue labels. Edition of 550 copies.” – TL.

Latest installment in Time-Lag’s eye-popping deluxe reissue series, dedicated to documenting the whole Brazilian psych scene based Lula Cortes of Satwa et al.  “deluxe first ever reissue of this brazilian private press monster rarity. originally custom pressed in 1980, ‘rosa de sangue’ is the closing chapter of the amazing recife psychedelic movement that flourished & centered around the work of lula cortes, beginning in 1973 with the release of satwa, and the creation of ‘abracadabra’, lula’s loose art/music/design collective. leading up to 1980 lula had produced & privately released satwa in 1973 (brazil’s first private press lp) as well as marconi notaro’s ‘no sub reino dos metazoarios’ lp that same year (featuring the recording debut of ze ramalho). he then started the legendary but incredibly short lived ‘solar’ label, releasing only two albums: 1975’s ‘paebiru’ double album, and a year later the lone album by flaviola. as if that wasn’t enough, he was also heavily involved in other productions and performed on many seminal albums coming out of the region, including many collaborations with alceu valenca… by the close of the 70s the heavily utilized rozemblit recording studio / pressing plant had been destroyed by repeated floods, abracadabra had run its course, and along with lula’s marriage, the solar label was no more. so ‘rosa de sangue’ was conceived as a bookend & tribute to this closing era; as lula himself states “i want to close all of this with a golden key”… and a golden key it is. entering a small local studio with a head full of songs and his freshly road tested ‘mountains band’, lula created an album simply overflowing with ideas. along with his power trio backing, he was further assisted by many old friends dropping in, including, among many others : alceu valenca, flaviola, ze de flauta & paulo rafael. with hints of the past era and of things to come, it is a truly wild audio experience, covering many styles & moods. from crazed ethno folkrock, to magical, gentle, jungle folk psych zones, to hard hitting, coke dusted fuzz rock, to insane mutant disco dance floor groove, to tweaked americana, to acid vocal raga trance, and way beyond… all throughout lula’s beautiful tricordio work pins things down, and for the first time he is the main vocalist (this is, after all, his first “solo” album!) his is a smoke & booze steeped voice darting between crazed abandon, deep sadness, and glowing soulful humor. when things are mellow, you could easily imagine you’re hearing an outtake from marconi notaro or paebiru, but the next moment you’re dropped into a raging street party or dimly lit booze drenched bar scene vibe… frenzied guitars all over, including some tough fuzz, as well as powerful rolling bass groove, soaring violin, moog weirdness, dusted backup vocals, and great drum kit / regional percussion interplay. psychedelic at heart, but brimming with flashes of tropicalia, punk, prog, and pure hot blooded rock & roll… a bizarre & amazing album. but of course, the story doesn’t end there… at some point while the album was being recorded & pressed lula signed a major label contact which would produce 1981’s far tamer ‘o gosto novo da vida’ lp. when his new label got wind of ‘rosa de sangue’s eminent release, they were displeased to say the least. as soon as the pressing was complete, the entire small edition was seized & destroyed, making this album by far brazil’s rarest. so rare, in fact, that even among the most hardcore brazilian collectors the original lp is often only rumored to exist, often cited as ‘unreleased’… a few copies did however survive, and now, 29 years later, the world can finally hear this “golden key” from a truly visionary artist… packaged in a heavy vintage style cover with exact reproduction original artwork, including the huge full color, double sided, foldout poster insert, plus an extra insert featuring new liner notes from lula cortes as well as translated song titles. 180gm audiophile virgin vinyl pressing with exact repro label art. limited edition one time pressing of 1000 copies.” – Nemo Bidstrup.

Edition of 750 copies deluxe vinyl edition of the new LP from Jonna Karanka aka Kuupuu, a floating member of a bunch of Finnish collectives including Hertta Lussu Assa, The Anaksimandros and Avarus. Kuupuu’s music could vaguely be described as acid-folk but it also takes in the kind of oddball DIY of groups like The Godz, the homemade aesthetic of Chocolate Monk, the ghostly madrigal style of Tara Burke’s Fursaxa etc wile coating the whole deal in a dreamy, out-of-focus forest of pagan percussion, delicate vocals and witchy atmospherics. There’s a soft electronic pulse that runs through the bulk of the new album, flickering like starlight in the background of solo piano conceptions that take off on the minimal repeat-logic of Richard Youngs circa Advent while stringing them with wraiths of ghostly vocals and backwards tape. A classic of bedroom female avant-folk, straight from the heart of the wood. Packaged in a heavy laminated full colour gatefold sleeve on audiophile 180g vinyl. Highly recommended.