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Freedom At Last
The impact made in Britain in the 60s by legendary American blues artists such as Muddy Waters, Little Walter and Howlin’ Wolf cannot be overstated. With their loud guitars, soulful voices and sexually charged lyrics, they inspired a new generation of aspiring young UK bands to throw off their inhibitions and make music that had the same brashly unapologetic energy and raw power. By plugging in and cranking up the volume they succeeded in capturing the imagination of the youth of the day. Freedo…
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
For the first time on cassette, the soundtrack of this pure 1960s sexploitation film is available. Directed by Russ Meyer and starring Tura Satana, the film follows three infamous go-go dancers who go on a spree of kidnapping and murder in the California desert. The soundtrack of the 1965 sexploitation cult classic "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" combines rock, surf, and jazz with the infamous dialogue from Russ Meyer's legendary masterpiece.
Planet Earth About To Be Recycled (Your Only Chance To Survive Is To Leave With Us)
Heaven’s Gate, an American cult founded in 1974 by Bonnie Nettles and Marshall Applewhite, was known by various names over the years, including Human Individual Metamorphosis, Bo and Peep, and Total Overcomers Anonymous. The group advocated extreme self-renunciation, even to the point of castration. It gained widespread attention in March 1997 after 39 members committed suicide in a suburb of San Diego, California.
Acting on an anonymous tip, police entered a mansion and discovered the bodies of…
Mass Against Rock Music
Elizabeth Clare Prophet's "Mass Against Rock Music" comprises recordings that document Prophet's spiritual campaign against the negative influences of rock music. These masses were hypnotic drone chants aimed at promoting spiritual protection and purity.
Prophet claimed to be a messenger of spiritual hierarchy known as the Ascended Masters, who she asserted communicated with her and through her. The teachings covered topics such as karma, reincarnation, and spiritual enlightenment, taking inspir…
Pseudonosologia da Psicopatologia
Kieh! Kieh’s! Traumático Desmame, “Pseudonosologia da Psicopatologia” (2xK7 release, limited to 50 hand-numbered copies. Includes the 2nd issue of the “Berzerk” fanzine.)
From the catacombs of sludge comes an unprecedented monstrosity that will have you dunking your face in sulphuric acid while vomiting your guts out.
Princesa Super-Homem Cão
Raw sounds from spontaneous playing, singing, and shouting by children aged 5 to 7, recorded on various occasions at home and in public spaces. They use (sometimes brutalising) pianos and synths, electric and acoustic guitars, percussion instruments of all kinds, analogue gear such as radios, vacuum cleaners, and old TVs, as well as anything else they can lay their hands on.
The Complete Freddie Hubbard Blue Note & Impulse '60s Studio Sessions
“From the moment he played one note you knew that was Freddie Hubbard. He had a sound that was as distinctive as Miles Davis, as Louis Armstrong, as Clifford Brown. I mean, he’s one of those trumpet players.” – Stanley Crouch
The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions
“Sonny Clark’s music, in one of jazz’s truly magical periods, provides as good an example as any of both the music’s most lasting qualities and its transcendent nature.”
Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944 - 1946
Don Byas Takes His Place Among the Greats
A historical document of jazz at a time when the musicians, steeped in the swing tradition, were creating and setting the mold for the modern sounds of bebop.
Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970
It Was The Sixties. Blue Note Was Where It Was At. And Bobby Hutcherson Was At The Center Of It."
The Complete Joe Henderson Blue Note Studio Sessions
One of the Most Distinctive Voices in Jazz
Finally Gets His Due. When you get your copy of Mosaic’s new five-CD collector’s set, “The Complete Joe Henderson Blue Note Studio Sessions,” you’ll be holding a master key to unlocking 1960s jazz.
Issue 117: Suzanne Ciani (Magazine + 7'', Red)
This month's Electronic Sound cover star is the supremely talented Suzanne Ciani, and we have an awesome red vinyl seven-inch by the American modular virtuoso to supplement the issue. Suzanne Ciani's long and intense connection with modular synthesis started after meeting Don Buchla in the late 1960s. She soon became obsessed with the Buchla 100 and 200 systems, taking a particular interest in how the voltage-controlled quadrophonic capabilities enabled her to move sounds around a room. More tha…
666
New remaster of the cult classic record! One of the most unique, richest, creative and atmospheric albums ever released
Enmixed
*50 copies limited edition* Moody cacophonies, sonic dispatches from Japan, crystalline breakbeats that are more environment than rhythm: Jake Muir’s enmixed, described by Muir as a “(re)mixtape,” is a mind-bending deep dive into the enmossed archive. Besides reflecting the history of the label, Muir’s mix is a production in its own right. A Los Angeles native based in Berlin, Muir is a DJ and field recordist who “sees mixes as a vehicle to explore narratives outside of the album format.”
In Bat…
Ecotone
*150 copies limited edition* Build Buildings is Brooklyn, New York, based Ben Tweel. He makes music with computers, instruments and household sounds. The sounds on “Ecotone” are sourced from acoustic guitars, lap harp, ukulele, mbira, and clarinet, and played through the gestural iPad program Samplr. He has released numerous albums since 2004, most recently 2022’s “Bring in the Lampstand and Light Its Lamps” on Audiobulb Records.
A One And A Two
*200 copies limited edition* Roughly three years after the release of Balts, Schreel Van De Velde’s debut album on Blickwinkel, the guitar and drums improv-centered duo is happy to present their sophomore album A One And A Two. The Brussels-based musicians sound more decisive than ever: the loud became louder, the quiet became quieter, the weird became weirder and the nostalgic became more nostalgic. The fruit peeled off one of its own shells, getting closer to its heart.
The album came about as…
Dream Trio
Sam Gendel is known for his work with saxophones and wind controllers. Benny Bock is a keyboardist, composer, producer and sound designer from Oakland, California. Hans Kjorstad is a musician and composer in the field of contemporary microtonal music, informed by Norwegian traditional music and experimental improvised music.
The Red Valley
Debut standalone VHF LP by the Elkhorn duo of Drew Gardner and Jesse Sheppard, a tight set of six studio recordings in a variety of moods and featuring a lot of new sound textures. Elkhorn’s prolific stream of releases since 2016 has highlighted their mastery of sprawling long-form, acoustic-driven hypno-jams, with an emphasis on live performance (including on their collaboration with Pelt’s Mike Gangloff on the Shackamaxon Concert LP). The Red Valley is a more layered and composed-sounding set,…
Konsertti 1
Third LP from Finnish group Mahti, a collaboration between three members of stalwart avant-rock legends Circle and Hannu Saha. Saha plays the Kantele, a traditional Finnish acoustic instrument which can have 5, 10, 15, or 36 strings, and which is plucked like a zither or harp, producing a delicate string sound. Following their two very limited studio LPs on UK label Riot Season, Konsertti I is an excellent recording of the group in live performance, capturing their understated and beautiful mix …
The Pastoral Machine
Fourth volume of Library Music miniatures by Daniel O’Sullivan (Ulver, Æthenor, This is Not This Heat, etc) for VHF, this time commissioned by the legendary German Music Library, Sonoton. Another sampling of Dan’s versatility and brilliance as a composer, performer, and sound designer, the focus on The Pastoral Machine is more “electronic” compared to the three previous albums Dan recorded for KPM (also issued on LP by VHF), with simpler arrangements and a focus on gentle and emotive synthesised…