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Blue Mongolians
"Blue Mongolians’ self-titled album delivers a captivating blend of psychedelic rock and experimental sounds, weaving together rich textures and hypnotic rhythms. Released on ikuisuus, this record showcases the band’s unique ability to merge vintage influences with a modern edge, creating an immersive auditory journey that feels both timeless and fresh. Each track invites listeners into an atmospheric realm where intricate melodies and dynamic instrumentation unfold, making it a standout releas…
Sleepy Sounds Electric
Mutantea is Anla Courtis (Reynols), J.Koho (Kulkija, Aan, Vapaa, Keijo & Free Players) and Jani Hirvonen (Uton, Aan, Last Night On Earth) – recorded early 2006 in Helsinki, at the night time, in the middle of darkest winter, after the show in gallery, just before going to sleep. Three electric guitars, with differert effects and styles to play, together in this mass, which gave us this wave called ‘Mutantea’. Includes also arts by Bart de Paepe (Sloow Tapes).
Suoniin, Luihin, Ytimiin
This gig was organized by Mental Alaska club, as a part of Manse Danse festival. Other artists at the same evening were Rulla, Hinageshi Bondage and Schizoide.
This album was originally released on CDR by Ikuisuus (IS-001) in 2005. First copies (around 35-40) came with a hand-painted disc in a hand-painted cardboard sleeve. The main edition was around 150-200 copies. Album was released digitally in 2011 by Om Ha Sva Ha Ksha Ma La Va Ra Yam (OM-41), and it was available at Free Music Archive over…
Caveat Emperor
"Caveat Emperor" by Zanzibar Snails is a 2010 CD release that includes a collection of tracks showcasing the band's unique sound. While specific descriptive reviews are limited in available sources, the album is recognized for its distinctive style and contribution to the band's discography. The title itself suggests themes of caution and warning directed towards authority or leadership, which may be reflected in the music's tone and lyrics.
Oleilua
J. Tolvi Semiband's "Oleilua" is a captivating album blending rich instrumental textures with vibrant rhythms. Drawing from diverse influences, the music unfolds with a dynamic and soulful energy that invites listeners into a deeply immersive soundscape. The album showcases the band’s artistry in combining traditional and contemporary elements, creating a unique and engaging musical journey.
Talvi
H.S. Tuominen's album "Talvi," released in 2018, is a collection of ambient and experimental compositions that evoke the serene, chilly atmosphere suggested by its Finnish title, which means "Winter." The tracks blend minimalist piano pieces, subtle electronic textures, and gentle soundscapes to create an immersive listening experience that captures the mood of the cold season with delicate nuance. The album invites listeners into a reflective and introspective sonic journey, characterized by it…
Rosa
Renato Ciunfrini and Bob Marsh's album "Rosa" is an evocative musical collaboration that blends rich instrumentation and emotive melodies. The album showcases their talents in creating atmospheric soundscapes with a poetic and introspective mood. "Rosa" is notable for its delicate balance between experimental textures and melodic accessibility, offering listeners a deep and immersive experience in contemporary music.
Burning With Your Old Joy In The Terminal Sun
"Burning With Your Old Joy In The Terminal Sun" by Harps Of Fuchsia Kalmia, the project of Salvatore Borrelli, is an avant-garde, psych-folk work blending melody and drone. It features five radiant tracks that create a unique soundscape characterized by acoustic guitar, Celtic drone harp, dulcimer, and various folk instruments. The music evokes a dreamy, introspective atmosphere with a haunting beauty, reflecting emotional depth and a delicate balance between light and shadow. This album stands …
Twilight Rituals
2003 release ** "T.A.C. is a group of sonic alchemists who fuse synthetics, strings, acoustic instruments and treatments into a tapestry of psycho/ambient soundscapes filled with hypnotic atmospheres and synthetic incantations. It is surreal, cerebral and unique "cosmic" music of a new sort. T.R. was recorded in the same sessions of "Waiting for the Twilight" and include 14 new exclusive tracks..., a sort of "Waiting..." twin album."Twilight Rituals" is the complementary twin album to "Waiting F…
Selected E_missions
Deep and wrapping digital soundscapes, dotted by micro-noisy granular material, resonant fields where time and space humble themselves in a single perceptive continuum. Contemporary, abstract, minimal, cold, intense and evocative drone music.
White Rooms
2005 release ** Since 1999, Kinetix is Gianluca Becuzzi, electronic composer and sound artist active since the first half of the 80’s. He writes: “The artistic production of Kinetixis characterised by a strong experimental imprint, by the interest into the expressive possibilities offered by the digital technologies and by a clear aesthetic inclination towards minimalist forms and micro noises/sounds.” (from the website) Really, the music sounds like a study about a representational work of mini…
Cosmic Debris Volume I
CD re-issue of the first instalment in the new "Cosmic Debris" split ART-LP series set up by Maurizio and Roberto Opalio, aka MY CAT IS AN ALIEN. This Volume I sees the two space brothers from Torino, Italy, alongside Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) and his all-star ensemble TEXT OF LIGHT (here featuring Alan Licht, Dj Olive, Ulrich Krieger and Tim Barnes). Their track "033103 Paris" has been recorded live at Centre Georges Pompidou in 2003 and mixed in dual mono by Ranaldo & Licht at NYC Echo Canyon …
Cosmic Debris V. 4
2008 release ** CD re-issue of the 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 with Swedish radical saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, whose twenty-year career boasts collaborations that range widely over the contemporary improvised music world, from masters of the free jazz such as Peter Brotzmann, De…
Tretetam
A state of mind between sleep and consciousness, where the past gently glides over the future, weaving it's self into the unknown. An unfamiliar place, surrounded by things you recognized and things you do not. Birds in flight, sprinklers, quiet humming of machines, echoing voices blended with strains of haunted melodies that remind you there is a vast world outside your door in a state of constant change.
Pawhuska
A state of mind between sleep and consciousness, where the past gently glides over the future, weaving it's self into the unknown. An unfamiliar place, surrounded by things you recognized and things you do not. Birds in flight, sprinklers, quiet humming of machines, echoing voices blended with strains of haunted melodies that remind you there is a vast world outside your door in a state of constant change.
Across Great Distances
Hobo Duo is: Kevin Cosgrove : drums, homemade percussion Bruno Duplant : electric & acoustic guitar, homemade lapsteel, doublebass, whistle
12 December 2007
2008 release ** Limited edition of 120 hand numbered copies. "12 December 2007 is a live recording of Dorothy Geller (From Quagmire) alias Dora Bleu and Alexandre St-Onge (Shalabi Effect, et Sans) taken in Montreal at Zoobizarre on that date. Several of the songs are inspired by the film The Night Porter (1976). The live event itself was called "Music on Dark Screens." St-Onge's dark, minimal and lush double bass is a perfect compliment to Geller's unconventional and minimal song structures. The…
Hassu Pelle
Hassu Pelle (Funny Clown) from Tampere, Finland was active only a couple of years at the first part of 2000s. This hilarious quintet was formed by Pelle Eloton, Pelle Svanslös, Ulkomaan Pelle, Pelle Jätkä, and Apupelle who was involved with the recording session. Hassu Pelle’s self-titled first and only record was originally released by the band members themselves with the edition of approximately only 30 copies. Hassu Pelle played some mind-boggling live shows for the handful of people mostly j…
Sacred Hiss / Ghost Oracle
2006 release ** Cardboard sleeve. The project Uton was started by Jani Hirvonen in Tampere, Finland in 2001. Uton is a spirit, which has no form, but which can take a form if it likes; usually in a sound - which can be found from the Uton releases. The sound and energy is produced and manifested with the help of human; collaborating with our earthly vibrations. From the beginning the sound has been strongly experimental and improvised, but the methods of doing has been changed between the album…
Bowl Ceremony
Gigging with a varying and often an extensive group, Kheta Hotem has visited the studio with a somewhat stripped basic essence. This release is a collection of sense-filling presentations starting with a ritual-like bowl ceremony, which leads into results closely related with free jazz and ethnomusic. In their gig brochure the group claims they continue the more than 1000 years old musical tradition of Komutia, where the musician acts as a mediator between the world of sounds and everyday existe…