New Arrivals
Presents: Music for Pussycats
These songs
literally constitute the soundtrack of my life, going back to age 16 or
perhaps earlier. It never ceases to amaze me that when I encounter
aficionados of girl pop, none of them have ever heard of singers like
Robbie Winston, Susan Rafey, Diane Ray, or most of the others on this
comp-all women who I feel have contributed works equal (if not superior)
to the best the genre has to offer. These singers, and the songs
they've recorded, have long occupied a special place in my heart…
Forti
May 1, 1979 – G.X. Jupitter-Larsen introduced The Haters by way of a performance called Alluring at a small gallery in New York City, where Jupitter-Larsen lived at the time. In that performance, “Jupitter-Larsen
smashed up several video cassettes by hitting them repeatedly with a
video camera. The fractured videos still radiated images. Not by
television, but by entropy.” Forty years later, The Haters remains active—the recurring emanation of Jupitter-Larsen’s
polymathic mind. The Haters is…
Small Town Country, vol. 1
killer collection of archival tunes from around Texas compiled by compiled by Austin-based musician and record collector Jason Chronis. Liner notes by Jack D. Fleischer and vinyl mastering by John Golden, pressed at RTI. The collection is a bunch of obscure tunes from private pressings and they truly achieve what the best of country music strives for; they’re personal songs of people’s honest emotion and experience and the collection delivers a wide range of moods. A lovely little collection, wo…
Menagerie # 3
Jake Blanchard's third volume of Menagerie finally shows up just over a year after #2... The concept this time is slightly different, not only do the artists create imagery based on the musicians music, but this time the musicians also create a track based on an image created by the artist. Two exclusive new tracks from each of these artists: Ben Nash, Isengrind, C Joynes and Twinsistermoon. And exclusive new artwork by Jim Stoten, Simon Fowler, Adrianne Neil and Jake Blanchard. The sleeve is a …
Ile De Fievre
One of the most renowned French symphonic Rock bands of the 70's. Even if often compared to King Crimson, Shylock had their own distinctive personality. An intricate mixture of progressive complex structures and dark lyrical atmospheres. The band consisted of four virtuoso players: guitarist Frédéric l'Épée (later with Philarmonie), keyboardist Didier Lustig, bassist Serge Summa and drummer André Fisichella. Produced in 1978 Ile de fievre can be considered their absolute masterpiece.
Dogs' Ears Are Stupid
Mental Experience presents a reissue of Care Of The Cow's Dogs' Ears Are Stupid, originally released only on cassette in 1983. The album is a fascinating blend of psychedelic folk, minimal electronics and post-punk weirdness. Acid fuzz guitar, incredible vocal harmonies, drum machines, and analogue synths make it one of Chicago's best kept secrets, with a history that goes back to 1974. A trio formed by Victor Sanders, X Baczewska, and Sher Doruff, they had a very unique and eclectic sound, expe…
Live à Metamórfosi 2019
Recorded live in Paris in 2015 (not sure wht the title says' 2019' but...) here we have an new LP from France, the legendary trio (hurdy
gurdy, bass, drums) of Yann Gourdon, Mathieu
Tilly, Jeremie Sauvage, founded in Valence back
in 2005. Over the last 14 years they've been delving into the dark folds
of drone and experimentalism, collaboratively breathing new life into
these territories or sound. An expansive universe of rhythm and
tone, at times flirting at the outer borders of Tony
Conrad's l…
O Esquadrao Da Morte
Exact reproduction LP by Le Vieux Renard Records of this sensational album from the mid 70s. From the golden archives of the Brazilian library, here comes the mighty soundtrack of Carlos Imperial blaxploitation movie 'Esquadrao da Morte'. Written, arranjed and composed by the genius of Zé Rodrix and performed by his band 'Agência de Mágicos', this is a mostly instrumental masterpiece, a perfect meeting between North American '007' moods and Brazilian Funk.Fantastic artwork by artist Benicio. Hig…
Os Catedraticos 73
Far Out Recordings presents a reissue of Eumir Deodato's Os Catedraticos 73, originally issued in 1973. One of Brazil's most prolific artists, Deodato has participated in the creation of over 450 albums, racked up 16 platinum records, won a Grammy (and received two more nominations), and sold over 250 million records in the USA alone. Over the course of his career, he has written for, arranged music by and played with artists including Frank Sinatra, Tom Jobim, Kool & The Gang, Earth, Wind & Fir…
Construcao
If you've ever been wondering which album to get by Chico Buarque – this is it! The record's a stunning batch of sophisticated sides, done in collaboration with Roberto Menescal, and with help from Jobim and MPB4! The album builds on the style of Buarque's excellent late 60s songwriting, and adds in some of the more complicated approaches to arrangement that were being developed in Brazil at the end of the 60s – in a way that pushes Chico's work to the next level, and which makes this record sit…
Above All Dreams
2019 Small repress. Abul Mogard's first new solo album since 2015’s Circular Forms, a staggering suite of widescreen landscapes painted in self-built modular synth strokes. Hugely recommended if you're into Alessandro Cortini, early OPN, Coil, Brian Eno... Above All Dreams is Abul Mogard’s beautifully absorbing new album for Ecstatic, deploying six longform pieces for the most expansive solo release by Mogard to date. Taking into account its intangible divinity and cinematic quality - the result…
Misericordia
2017 Edition. Misericordia was recorded in Italy on Sept 2015 and is a collaboration between shamanistic Bon spiritualists Phurpa from Russia and experimental drone and field recordings Italian act Mare Di Dirac, fronted by Lorenzo Abattoir.The overall album drowns you in a meditative tantric soundscape consisting of Alexey Tegin’s deep gutteral vocal vibrations (rgyud-skad) or ‘tantric voice‘ and Lorenzo Abattoir’s dark ambient field recordings and sound effects. Organic sounds are produced by …
Pursuit Of Pleasure
2012 Edition. Pursuit of Pleasure is the second album release by legendary Power Electronics duo Sutcliffe Jugend for 2012. It has also been 4 years (in 2008) since their last album release on vinyl format (Sutcliffe Jugend/Prurient ”End of Autumn“).Overall, Pursuit of Pleasure demonstrates the maturity of Sutcliffe Jugend as an experimental outfit who has redefined themselves through creative manipulation of sound textures. From their progressive redevelopments of careful structured organic ele…
The Air Seller (1967) LP
Shukai presents its debut release -- music for television film The Air Seller by Victor Vlasov, which has never been released before. Recorded in 1967, the same year as the film was broadcasted on Soviet television. The Air Seller, directed by Vladimir Riabtsev, is a black-and-white film based on the eponymous sci-fi novel by Alexander Belyaev, first published in 1929. What is "Shukai"? Shukai in English means "to hunt" or "look for". Shukai focuses on bringing back to life the lost tapes from '…
Feel
A trumpeter and improviser living in Mexico City, over the last ten years Jacob Wick has become known for deconstructing the instrument itself and any expectations of how it "should" be played. The explorations on Feelfocus on sound as it relates to specific spaces and in turn the subtle but profound connections they have to emotions and the body. The result is a highly personal music that is both unique and immediate, abstract yet undeniably visceral. On Feel, Wick creates two intense side-long…
Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stage 1
2019 small repress. Everywhere At The End of Time is the first in a series of six albums by The Caretaker, aka James Leyland Kirby, slowly cataloguing the stages of early onset dementia. Each album will reveal new points of progression, loss and disintegration, progressively falling further and further towards the abyss of complete memory loss and nothingness. Viewing dementia as a series of stages can be a useful way to understand the illness, but it is important to realize that this only prov…
Personal Rock
Twenty years ago, Jan Jelinek’s debut album Personal Rock was released by Source Records. Under the pseudonym Gramm, it brings together eight tracks that have not been available on vinyl since their original release. Faitiche is very glad to announce the re-release of the album: Personal Rock will appear as a double LP featuring the original cover artwork.What people wrote about Personal Rock two decades ago:“Situated somewhere between Jelinek’s much loved Loop-Finding Jazz Records, Farben, Move…
KC
Berlin based trio Keller Crackers collective likes to shape haunting esoteric sounds, in which self-built instruments dance with ritualistic synthesised rhythms, field recordings, psychoacoustic drones and poetical spoken silhouettes.After a self-released MC and a mesmerising tune called “Anem” out in February 2019 on the custom-made Kashual Plastik 007 double-vinyl compilation, now they give birth to their own debut record “KC”, a four track EP resulting from various improvisational studio sess…
Carillon
This LP documents two compositions that are part of Olaf Nicolai’s work Carillon: Isabel Mundry’s Outisde In, a piece for 15 cowbells, and Carillon, the field recording of a freeform composition created by 15 grazing cows.Carillon was conceived for Museion in Bolzano on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the new museum building. The first step was the production of 15 cowbells especially for this purpose. Each cowbell is different and has its own unique sound. Nicolai had commissioned the c…
Bandstand
Svart Records is proud to reissue Olli Ahvenlahti’s first three solo albums on vinyl. This is is debut, Bandstand.When legendary producer Otto Donner of Love Records approached Olli Ahvenlahti and said: ”Olli, maybe it’s time for you to record your first solo album”, the pianist did not hesitate. After all, not too many jazz musicians had such a lucky break in 1970s Finland. Moreover, Donner was right. Olli Ahvenlahti had studied church music at the Sibelius Academy as well as English philology …