New Arrivals
By the Stream
A study of free-form improvisation, rhythm and language using vocalizations, cello and analog electronics. These recordings in two movements can be taken as, on the one hand, pieces for two voices and improvisation chamber orchestra (which is what the musicians felt throughout the recording session) and, on the other hand, pure free improvisation. Both voices in interaction, perpetually urging the other on, producing more than their simple addition, producing a third voice -- like a semi-au…
Superstitions
Amazing early works by Pierre Bastien & Bernard Pruvost as Nu Creative Methods. Originally released in 1984 on cassette by ADN tapes. Played with a bunch of exotic and self-made instruments. Vital 869 : '... the strange, chaotic, repeating sounds, which most of the times sound very acoustic (or very high end distorted such as in 'Barrio Chino'. A truly fascinating release, which has nothing to do with Bastien's later mechanical work, but which sounds crazy, fascinating and to my ears quit…
Kill The Self That Wants To Kill Yourself
A towering monolith of spiritual free-RnB sax riffing, embedded in world dub fragments, & harmonizer pedals. Instrument, genre, & technology are pushed to failure. The resulting spooky action at a distance darts around in the margins of what's possible, erratic in sentiment & aesthetic
Solitude Of Sounds (In Memoriam Tomasz Sikorski)
"Solitude of Sounds: in memoriam Tomasz Sikorski" is a collection of works created in Polish Radio Experimental Studio by Polish pioneer of minimalism, Tomasz Sikorski and by his friends and followers. The American flavour of minimalism has an "urban" soundscape that emerges from frenetic human interaction. It is the environment that informs a lifestyle and thus, informs the composer. On the other hand, the Dutch style of minimalism is what I'd call "Hippie minimalism". It is informed by culture…
The Transcendental Waterfall: Guitar Excursions 1962-1967
Massive 6xLP box set drawing from John Fahey's best, and most influential, period. Included in the set are Blind Joe Death, Death Chants, Breakdowns, And Military Waltzes, The Dance of Death and Other Plantation Favorites, The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party, The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death, and Days Have Gone By, all reissued on 180 gram vinyl with deluxe tip-on jackets. Limited edition of 2,000. John Fahey (February 28, 1939–February 22, 2001) combined American folk, blues, Indian r…
Les Couleurs Du Prisme, La Mecanique Du Temps
The Colours of the Prism, the Mechanics of Time. A film by Jacqueline Caux. From John Cage to Techno, through minimalism and post-modernism. This film was inspired by the itinerary of a Ôgap-bridger': Daniel Caux, a musicologist, essayist and radio producer, who made endless discoveries in the fields of experimental, minimalist, repetitive, postmodern and techno music. His contribution is all the more important in that these past four decades have been particularly rich in terms of creati…
Dirty Pool
Electric guitarist Chris Forsyth (Peeesseye) and organist Shawn Edward Hansen (Phantom Limb & Bison) run rock music through a filter of transcendental experimentalism and improvisatory nerve. The result is a disorienting, psychedelic, and beautiful realignment of rock music’s form and function.
Absolum
An intense set of colorful electronic little tunes by Roope Eronen (Avarus, Pylon, Maniacs Dream), played 100% with a circuit bent Bontempi and an old Zoom multi-effect. Strong and hard-edged minimal electronic sounds combined with silly melodies create a psychedelic trip to D.I.Y.-electrified fantasy park. Silk screened artwork by Jonas Delaborde. A split release with Lal Lal Lal in edition of 200.
Nights In Nubiland
Nights in nubiland is a trip in fantastic territories. Nubiland is is the place of the Clouds, where the landscapes are attended between midnight and the dawn.. before the sunrise.This new album start a new chapter for Aglaia. Pure electronics, new sounds, but above all we feel a new compositive spirit, that connect the therapeutic music of the beginning into new spontaneous forms.. imaginary gestures, that without lost the sensibility and the mystery of the first compositions, expand th…
The Films Of Hilary Harris
Features four short files and interviews and clips. The films are: Organism (1975), 9 Variations (1966), Highway (1958), Longhorn (1951). "Organism is Academy Award(TM)-winning film maker Hilary Harris' epic vision of New York City, shot over 15 years (1959-1974) during which time he pioneered and contemporized time-lapse film making techniques to achieve a unique experiential view of the world we inhabit. Hilary Harris is one of the few really interesting film makers in the country... keen…
Issue 11. February 2013
issue 11 was thrown together while working on a mountain of collages which are shown at "I want your name and my name on a flyer", a group exhibtion with Peter Fengler, Dennis Tyfus, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson, Vaast Colson, Joris Van De Moortel and Kim Gordon at Tatjana Pieters gallery in ghent! this issue shows 20 collages which were not shown at the exhibition, made with photo's from DT's personal photo archive, including miserably messed up photos of a the singer of präparation-H, Va…
Der Italienische manierismus
Limited to 300 copies. 'A certain line of thinking and feeling that runs from the hermetic and mannerist times from the dusk of the renaissance through the unfolding of the baroque has been very influential for me in the past few years and seems to resurface in this collection of pieces. Conceptual frameworks here are often wrapped in luscious drapery as in the case of Rosso or It is an island while compositions proceed by elongated proportions, highly stylized poses and allegoric artific…
C.O.I.T. - A Collection of Isolated Tracks 1981-1988
**Edition of 300 double CDs and 7" plus 6 offset metallic printed postcards housed in black varnished wooden box with slide close lid** 'This amazing archival collection from Vinyl on Demand brings together 28 tracks of kinetic, dark and unusual French wave and industrial aces by Clair Obscur. Many of them formerly appeared on the 'A Collection Of Isolated Tracks' CD, but this compilation adds 13 previously unpublished gems bundled with the first ever vinyl issue of their 1982 tape, 'La C…
Paranoia In Hi-Fi
LAST COPIES, reduced price...One of the cheapest Nurse With Wound records you'll ever buy -- a special CD with a pricetag of 99p in the UK, selling here for a few dollars more by the time we got it in the US! Still quite a bargain, though -- especially considering the way that NWW rarities go for high prices -- and the CD features a beautiful mix of odd sounds and snippets from earlier work -- material recorded during the years 1978 to 2008, put together with a surprisingly whimsical feel…
Crollo Nervoso
Searching for new languages beyond the bitter and nihilist dialect of punk, bands like Gaz Nevada, Litfiba, CCCP,Diaframma, Neon, and many others, began spreading their message all along the Italian peninsula during the early eighties and many of the members of these bands are now some of the best musicians/producers in the Italian independent music panorama (Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Piero Pelù/Litfiba, Bisca, etc.). This DVD documentary is a journey into the most creative and anti-conformist si…
VISIONARY - Contemporary Short Documentaries and Experimental Fi
This compilation offers an opportunity for a substantial view of Austrian experimental and documentary film´s varied status quo. The works on this DVD range from subjective to rigidly structural documentary approaches, from abstract music videos and conceptual architectural studies to elaborate computer animations. The amount of formal innovation manifest in all these films and videos is outstanding."A number of the works have enjoyed success at international festivals, in this way helping to en…
Trimpin: The Sound Of Invention
Trimpin: The Sound of Invention is an amusing exploration of the sonic world of an eccentric creative genius. Artist/inventor/engineer/composer Trimpin shuns the hype and hyperbole of the commercial art world -- yet his freewheeling sculptures and outrageous musical experiments are cherished by museums all over the planet. Filmed over two years, this documentary feature follows the artist/inventor as he designs a 60-foot tower of more than 500 automatic electric guitars; builds an ensembl…
Live at Cosmopolite
Celebrating their fifteenth anniversary, Norwegian fusionists Jaga Jazzist present their first ever live concert DVD, filmed at Cosmopolite in Oslo on the 4th April 2005. This recording was made around the same time as the release of Jaga's What We Must, and features material from throughout their career, all replicated with remarkable levels of precision on the live stage. In addition to the excellent 80-minute concert the DVD comes with bonus features that include …
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This untitled work presents the first digital collection of visual work by the collaborative artists Sandra GIBSON and Luis RECODER, and what may be described as a 'site specific' musical composition by Olivia BLOCK. The footage documents a version of a performance piece that was later presented and experienced as an installation. An earlier, different incarnation of this work was premiered at the Kill Your Timid Notion festival located in Dundee, Scotland, in 2006.' SoSeditions. 'Special note m…
Convoy Tour DVD
The adventure of 35 of our favourite, very different musicians in a bus on tour in France. It was the first time Getatchew Mekuria was in Europe, there is Zu from Italy, Silent Block from France, Hisako Horikawa, a danser from Japan, John Butcher (GB), The Jimmy trio (Ethiopia) with Han Bennink, Zea, Anne-James Chaton (F), The Evens (Ian Mackays new band) a living Ex jukebox, and much more. A film about far too long drives, amazing combinations and incredible musical adventures. Filmed by Emma …