Vanity Box Vol. 2
The Vanity Box vol 2 presents another beautiful boxet with releases by legendary Japanese DIY label Vanity, active in the late 70s and early 80s. It was conceived by Studio Warp, in collaboration with Agi Yuzuru and the whole roster of artists involved with Vanity.
LP-1 Dada - Jyo(Vanity 0001, originally released in 1978)Dada is an electronics and guitar duo formed in 1977 by Kenji Konishi of Kigadoumei (when Terutsugu Hirayama was a member) and guitarist Mutsuhiko Izumi of Karisma (when Kozo …
Vanity Records 'Demos'
This 2xLP set collects a series of recordings recently discovered in Agi Yuzuru's archives and never released before on vinyl. It offers further insights about legendary Japanese cult DIY label Vanity Records and some of their groups. The 2xLP set includes the following contents:LP-1 Den Sei Kwan - P' (unpublished)An unpublished album from the cassette tapes owned by Aki Joe. The Den Sei Kwan's crashing style of Pocket Planetaria recurs in a more intense form with increased compositional power. …
The Vanity Box Vol. 1
The Vanity Box Vol. 1 presents an anthology of releases by legendary Japanese DIY label Vanity, active in the late '70s and early '80s. The box includes 5 LPs which offer the following contents:LP-1 R.N.A. Organism - R.N.A. Organism Meets P.O.P.O.(Vanity 0006, originally released in 1980)This is the only album by the anonymous unit, R.N.A. Organism. The album is based on a cassette tape which was airmailed from London. It also happens to be the first group produced by Kaoru Sato of EP-4. R.N.A. …
Vanity
This box-set collects all the available recordings by seminal Japanese group Tolerance. It includes both their albums released between 1979 and 1981 on the Japanese cult DIY label Vanity Records, along with never before released tracks recently discovered in Agi Yuzuru's archives.LP-1 Anonym(Vanity 0004, originally released in 1979)Tolerance is a solo alias of Junko Tange from Tokyo. Its sound is made of Tange’s electric piano, synthesizer, and simple electronics playing alongside the whispering…
Pack Pro Nobis
** Edition of 500. Digital Extras. Download Code Included. ** Urpa i musell and co-editor The Indian Runners feel very fortunate to announce our newest release by the recent Catalan revelation Tarta Relena, entitled Pack Pro Nobis. Pack Pro Nobis is a double LP album. The first LP compiles the back catalogue that the duo has released until now, two intense and solid EPs: ‘Ora Pro Nobis’ (released on CD by The Indian Runners, 2019) and ‘Intercede Pro Nobis’ (released digitally by The Indian Runne…
Seize / Marre
**2021 stock** Backwards present two exclusive tracks from great American artist Benoît Pioulard. Seize & Marre were composed based on lyrics and recordings that Benoît Pioulard originally created at the age of 16, in the years 2000-2001. Another 16 years on, he has revisited those early efforts through the eyes & ears of his adult self, having spent that time sculpting a creative identity across five albums for Kranky and numerous collaborations with the likes of Rafael Anton Irisarri and Kyle …
Problèmes D'Amour
** The 12” that spawn an international cult. Re-issued as the original editions with an 'over-sized' (14.6 cm / 5¾") center label ** Alexander Robotnick (aka Maurizio Dami) is an Italian electronic musician. He made his debut on the Italian music scene as the founding member of Avida, a dance-cabaret band featuring Daniele Trambusti and Stefano Fuoch. in 1983 he attained international popularity with his track “Problèmes d’amour”, published first by the Italian label Materiali Sonori and then by…
Ce N'est Q'un Debut
This Mini-LP was originally released on Materiali Sonori in 1984 in Italy and is long out of print. Alexander Robotnick (aka Maurizio Dami) is an Italian electronic musician. He made his debut on the Italian music scene as the founding member of Avida, a dance-cabaret band featuring Daniele Trambusti and Stefano Fuoch. in 1983 he attained international popularity with his track “Problèmes d’amour”, published first by the Italian label Materiali Sonori and then by Sire-Wea. “Problèmes d’amour” we…
1+3+1
A long-lost vinyl album is back in stock: for the last 18 years, 1+3+1 by Triosk meets Jan Jelinek, originally released in 2003 on ~scape, existed only as a digital download. Now the remastered album is available again on vinyl. What the press said about 1+3+1 back in 2003: “Hence the album's titled 1+3+1 – it’s a reference to how it was made. Jan Jelinek sent us stuff, then we did stuff, then he added the final touches. He did a little bit more editing and production and mixed and mastered it i…
Rings
Fortunately for us, Dmytro Nikolaienko agreed to open up the jewellery boxes of his tape-loop archive for his debut album on Faitiche. What came to light was a collection of dreamy glittering gems, masterfully presented using the compositional possibilities of analogue tape machines. Some may consider a tape machine to be limited as a musical instrument, but Rings makes a convincing case with its sure-handed use of the available parameters – moving tape over the tape head mechanically and manual…
Yann Gourdon
One third of the drone trio France and part of the La Nòvia collective, Yann Gourdon's practice focuses on acoustic phenomena and dynamic relationships with the environment. Having learned to play traditional music from Auvergne by listening to field recordings, Gourdon re-orientates tradition via minimalism, honing in on a place or location's unique vibratory fields, volumes and surfaces. Yann Gourdon: Hurdy-Gurdy. Recorded at librairie Pied-de-Biche Marque-Page (43) by Guilhem Lacroux. Artwork…
Plein Soleil
2021 Repress. In "Plein Soleil", Fitoussi explores the continent of his electronic instruments, watching them move along with him on his journey, like uncharted territories, beyond what’s already been said, done, composed and played. In these tracks, or should we say, between them, something new unfurls.
Islets in Pink Polypropylene
Mental Groove presents Islets in Pink Polypropylene by Anthony Manning. Half speed remaster at Emil Berliner Studios. The whole album was composed and realised on the Roland R8 drum machine. It followed the same process as the Elastic Variations pieces, with the major addition of many, many hours of editing. Each piece was composed as a series of patterns, of varying lengths ( 5,6,7 bars long ). The stock R8 sounds were embellished with one of several ROM sound library cards ( mostly the Dance c…
Impressions Of The City
From ("Xisle" member) Rath's private archive. Originally released in 1987 only on tape cassette format, remixed in Oct. 2019 by Mr. Rath and remastered in Jan. 2020 by himself with the collaboration of sound engineer Andreas Merlini.
Homemade Music
Originally distributed by Demo City (a division of Oderso Rubini's Italian Records) in 1981 only on tape cassette format; the Confusional Quartet's guitarist here cooking a weird cover of Kraftwerk's "The Model", the cosmic "Lo Sport" and 26 more homemade delicacies.
The Eternal Optimist
Compilation of 12 tracks taken from ("Young Scientist" member) Roland Barker's two rare recordings titled "Vortexes" and "The Eternal Optimist", originally and respectively released in 1979 (private distribution) and in 1982 (Engram Records) only through tape cassette format.
Protosyn
Orbeatize presents Protosyn by Ricky Starbuster. Like his previous "Starburst" release, "Protosyn" was privately released in 1983 only on tape cassette format. Restored and remastered from the original tapes by Davide Bassi (Press Rewind Studios, Milan); Mr. Ricky having fun with Prophet 5, Pro 1, Korg VC-10 Vocoder and Roland TR-606 Drumatix.
Synthetic Trance
Orbeatize presents Mr. Frohmader's latest and exclusive performance using modular electronics; no overdubs.
A Thousand Steps
* Edition of 100 copies * De Santis Shabara is the unexpectable encounter of two different experiences in life and music: Apulia-born percussionist, producer and instruments creator Daniele De Santis (GRÜN, Dromoscope) and Indonesian performer and vocalist Rully Shabara (Senyawa, ZOO). As an imaginary dialogue spoken in an ancient tongue from the two opposite corners of the world, the music of the duo combines different tactile timbres and vibrant harmonics of percussion instruments with the re…