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Afternoon Penis
Rarity: Debut solo splat from Nate Nelson, on e half of Mouthus and semi-regular shadow with White Rock and Religious Knives. One of the most startlingly original percussionist/pugilists on the planet, In The Evening presents more of the kind of bandstand trashing rhythms he's renowned for, with conceptions scored for electronically destroyed skins, vocals and general atmospheric scorch, at points sounding something like Abner Jay's one-man band plays the songs of James Chance beneath a slab of heavy form-scuppering concrete. Totally deformed/mush-mouthed vocals, skipping, caveman rhythms, a candy-thick atmosphere: a whole planet of unknown tongue. Edition circa 200 in full-colour printed sleeves with art by Maya Miller of Double Leopards and bonus sticker. Highly recommended. |
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Avarus
Rarity: OOP 2004 release, limited to 400 copies, from this Finnish behemoth featuring Islaja. |
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Christina Carter
Rarity: original first edition with hand-written inners and hand-numbered 30/100 copies, this is a stunning live recording from Christina Carter of Charalambides/Scorces etc, recorded at Sound Exchange Houston in 2003. Very rare. In sprayed cases with individually handmade sleeves. |
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Ex-Cocaine
Totally beautiful psychedelic fuzz monster from this Montana duo that features Bryan Ramirez, John Olson of Wolf Eyes’ old sparring partner in Universal Indians, Plants et al. Limited edition with full-colour art from Maya Miller of Double Leopards in the usual suave Heavy Tapes style. |
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Failing Lights
Rarity: Brand new solo radiation from Mike Connelly of Wolf Eyes, Hair Police et al on Mike Bernstein of Double Leopards' imprint. Looped conveyor belts of tiny metal tracks are punctured by rattlesnake tones and steel blades of stumpy Morse code while fleets of black, tattooed helicopters come to a sticky halt in clouds of thick, flashing boo. Comes with a great full-colour printed cover by Maya Miller of Double Leopards and bonus sticker. Edition circa 200. |
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Hijokaidan
Rarity: original edition of one of the key Japanese noise LPs, Hijokiadan's 1983 Viva Angel LP, their second official album. Viva Angel is a classic primitive noise/rock rite from an early trio line-up featuring Jojo Hiroshige, T.Mikawa and Naoto Hayashi. Hysterical vocals ala Sun City Girls/Oshiri Pen Penz, totally squelchy levels of feedback destruction, formless rock gush at its most ecstatically overdriven, heavy psychedelic rock and moments of almost Lynchian body-horror sonics. Comes with the elusive insert. Vinyl: EX+/Sleeve EX +. |
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Matt ‘MV’ Valentine
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. |
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Mike Shiflet
Rarity: Hand-numbered limited to 100 double cassette set with full-colour sleeve by Maya Miller, released on the Double Leopards own Heavy Tape imprint. Three sides of extended synthesised noise/drone flux and a fourth Workbench/‘stasis style' remix that takes you all the way there from this key Columbus-based thinker. Packaged in a chunky double-cassette box. Volcanic Tongue is the exclusive European outlet for all Heavy Tapes product. |
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Painting Petals On Planet Ghost
1-sided 12" lathe + DVD-R hand-cut by Peter King in New Zealand and pressed in a hand-numbered edition of only 50 copies, with an original gold-ink drawing by Ramona Ponzini on the flip and a silent short film by Roberto Opalio on the DVD, inspired by the music and art, playable together or separately. "This 15 minutes song is the key-work follow up to their acclaimed debut album on Time-Lag Records. Here Roberto and Maurizio Opalio, aka My Cat Is An Alien, act in the darkness of the outer space, while Ramona Ponzini lights up the autumnal air with her enchanting voice, along with her Japanese percussions and wind chimes; by reitering one only Japanese word (whose meaning is 'Ocean'), she creates a universe of pure magic. Radical minimalism, folk, psychedelia are the main terms that rule this mysterious chant and intimate prayer; but what you'll find here is extremely far from any unuseful relation with what you already know, representing 'Oounabara' a totally still unknown dimension of what the music of today should be: a window on Tomorrow.” – Opax. |
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Ramleh
Rarity: Original copies of a beautifully destroyed 1994 side from this revered underground UK free/noise group with connections to Skullflower and the whole Broken Flag scene. Released on Hasan Gaylani of Jazzfinger’s long-defunct Format Supremacy imprint. Recommended. |
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Sick Llama
Rarity: Packaged in a sprayed corrugated-card slipcase with full-colour insert and limited to 77 hand-numbered copies, Empty Kingdom compiles a bunch of live-to-tape and studio creations from Heath Moerland’s face-tripping noise project. One of the most primitive, hands-on free electronics units outside of Nautical Almanac, Sick Llama make totally evocative use of broke-down media and tape rot to conjure the sound of yr brain bouncing slowly down a flight of cotton wool steps. This is another beauty, some of the most damaged and claustrophobic bad-trip psychedelia you’ll ever dose yrself with. Recommended. OOP. |
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The No-Neck Blues Band
Rarity: OOP 2005 double LP from NNCK. Still one of their best sounding records, with plenty of minimal, creep-crawling keyboards and some of their heaviest, most hypnotic rock moves. |
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Tony Conrad & Alexandria Gelencser/Edward Ka-Spel
Rarity: First volume of the Lactamase 10" record series from BLRR, a split 10" that sees minimalist godfather Tony Conrad in a zoned violin/cello duet with Alexandria Gelencsser on the A and solo surrealist/industrial psych from Edward Ka-Spel on the flip. Hand-numbered edition of 500 copies with insert, coupon and bookmark flier for Conrad's Texas Tour '99. OOP. |
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Walter Carson & Three Legged Race
Rarity: New wretchedly destroyed primitive rock ascension from Robert Beatty of Hair Police/Eyes And Arms Of Smoke and collaborator Walter Carson. One of the most repeat-killing Heavy Tapes blats to date, with full colour artwork by Maya Miller of Double Leopards and the usual classy HT production job. |
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White Heaven
Rarity: out of print single from this legendary Tokyo underground psych group led by You Ishihara and featuring Michio Kurihara on lead guitar, Soichiro Nakamura on rhythm guitar, Koji Shimura on bass and Ken Ishihara on drums. From 1994, on Corrupted’s label. |
