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The first 2 Guru Guru releases, both from 1971. Musically, these 2 represent (along with their 3rd, Kanguru) the reigning moments of this acid-destroyed-jamming Krautrock outfit, and are essential artifacts of pure thunder.
Comme A La Radio
COMME A LA RADIO features vocalist Brigitte Fontaine backed by The Art Ensemble Of Chicago. Import reissue of 1971 album for the French vanguard pop chanteuse & The Art Ensemble Of Chicago. Here, the Art Ensemble provide the perfect mysterious ethere…
Maledetti (Maudits)
1976 was a year of flux and change. For the recording of the fifth Area album, the core membership of Stratos, Fariselli, Tofani and Tavolazzi were present, but drummer Capiozzo only appears on about half of the album, replaced on various tracks by e…
Are(A)zione
The 4th album from the band that I consider to be possibly the finest Italian progressive rock band of the 1970's, & certainly a band in the top tier of all early 1970's progressive bands worldwide! Area combined jazz/rock/stolen ethnic music (mostly…
Introspezione
An album which fuses the melodic sensibilities common of the RPI movement with a wild lust for invention, and variously tempers its rage with gentle beds of flute, piano and strings and focuses it into dissonant nightmare-scapes. The result is an acc…
The Jewelled Antler Library
Ultra limited, 1 copy available left..."With 13 groups, 59 tracks and over 4 hours of music and sounds, the Jewelled Antler Library box-set brings together experimental music from the U.S., Finland and New Zealand that ranges from psychedelic, abstra…
It\'s After Dark
Religious Knives = Maya Miller and Mike Bernstein of Double Leopards and Nate Nelson of Mouthus. I have a special place in my heart for both groups, and was enamored with the first Religious Knives record, Remains, a compilation of CD-R, seven-inch, …
Leather And Lacy
The album consists of live versions of the jazz tunes created by the legendary Steve Lacy. The tapes are from the Wellington Jazz Festival 2006, where Malcolm dresses Lacy's melodies in a free folk influenced suite of noise. Malcolm is known for play…
Legendary Live Collection Of Hijokaidan Vol. 1
DVD-R: NTSC, region free, color. Recorded Live at Studio Ahiru, Osaka, January 4, 1981. Released in 2008.
Legendary Live Collection Of Hijokaidan Vol. 2
DVD-R: NTSC, region free, color. Hijokaidan: Jojo Hiroshige (electric guitar, voice), Toshiji Mikawa (electronics, voice) and Fumio Kosakai (electronics, voice). Recorded Live at Waseda University, Tokyo, November 4, 1994. Released in 2008.
Legendary Live Collection Of Hijokaidan Vol. 3
DVD-R: NTSC, region free, color. Hijokaidan: Jojo Hiroshige (electric guitar),Toshiji Mikaw (electronics) and Junko (chair throwing). Recorded Live at LOft, Shinjuku, Tokyo, January 11, 1988. Released in 2008.
Legendary Live Collection Of Hijokaidan Vol. 4
DVD-R: NTSC, region free, color. Hijokaidan: Jojo Hiroshige (electric guitar, voice), Junko (voice), Fumio Kosakai (electronics, voice) and Masami Akita (drums). Recorded Live at Antiknock, Tokyo, September 19, 1992. Released in 2008.
Legendary Live Collection Of Hijokaidan Vol. 5
Japanese noise band formed in Kyoto in 1979 by Jojo Hiroshige and Naoki Zushi. They released their first LP「蔵六の奇病」(Zouroku No Kibyou) on Unbalance in 1982, and this DVD is the live release party for that first LP.
25th Anniversary Live
DVD-R: NTSC, region free, color. Hijokaidan: Nao Shibata (drums), Toshiji Mikawa (electronics), Fumio Kosakai (electronics), Junko (voice) and Jojo Hiroshige (electric guitar, voice). Recorded Live at Club 24, Yokohama, November 28, 2004. Released in…
Legendary Live Collection Of Hijokaidan Vol. 6
DVD-R: NTSC, region free, color. Recorded Live at LOft, Tokyo, August 28, 1981. Released in September 2008.
Silent Movie
silent movie documents the only known live performance of the alias of the new blockaders at no fun fest. the dvd holds only silent footage and one must spin the vinyl to hear the sound while witnessing this futile destruction. dvd features additiona…
Invisible Angle / Grim Trigger
France Has The Bomb’s new 7″ is now out on Horizontal Action, along with a new Nobunny 7″ and the new Nice Face, which I covered last week. For this entry, I was about to cover the new Nobunny as well to complete the new trio of HoZacs but fuck it, I…
Too Old To Die Young
'Talls Firs' Too Old To Die Young wax with limited edition handmade jackets. These things are being silk-screened to order, limited to 250 copies in the States. Rough hewn bunting for the haunted hymns inside. This LP edition has been mastered by JJ …
I See A Darkness
"Prince" Will Oldham has always threatened to make a completely devastating album and this is it. Brooding and strikingly intimate, I See a Darkness picks through the abandoned camps of Bob Dylan and Neil Young, finding lonely tales and ragged melodi…
Camere Zimmer Rooms
Picchio dal Pozzo are considered to be one of the very few 'Canterbury' inspired bands that emerged from Italy's fertile 1970's progressive rock musical scene. They released two highly regarded -- and highly sought after -- albums during their lifeti…