Reissues

A fantastic album by this enigmatic French singer -- one of her first truly experimental albums! The record differs from some of her other albums quite a bit -- and has a very strange mix of styles that go from straight ahead (only a track or two), to wildly experimental. Although longtime partner Areski did contribute to this album, the record also features work by Saravah labelmate Jacques Higelin, plus French jazz players like Georges Arvanitas and Philippe Mate. Great stuff all 'round, and t…

The debt that modern guitarist composers owe to the late Robbie Basho can hardly be overstated. Though Fahey invented the genre and Kottke proved its marketability, it was Basho's technique, vision, and self-image that resonated most strongly with Will Ackerman and the so-called New Age guitar movement he founded. It's a crime Basho's music hasn't been available on record for many years. Now older guitar fans can welcome back an old friend and newer ones can learn where it all came from on this …

Though America was released in 1971 as a single LP, finger-style guitarist John Fahey conceived it as a double album. This CD finally allows Fahey's full vision to be heard (an additional nine tracks are included here for the first time). It's a true treat for Fahey lovers. The title track features the guitarist on the 12-string guitar, sounding more resonant than ever on the seven-minute composition. "Dvorak" is based on the composer's Eighth Symphony, which Fahey tackles in fine fashion. Fahey…

Now Available on Special Edition CD & DVD Set* Living in a media-saturated era where an artist can go from utter obscurity to 'the greatest' within a matter of mere months, it really does pay to look backwards and dig-out genuine gems that have shouldered the weight of a few decades and seem all the fitter for it. 'It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best' from the late Karen Dalton is one such record. The subject of fevered crate-digging by those in-the-know for years, 'It's So Har…

...Cassette Culture D.I.Y.: 1979-1982 (Volume 1). An introduction to the D.I.Y. cassette scene 1979-84. The U.K.'s original cassette-scene hosted some of the most inept shambling in the history of recorded music, but there was no shortage of musical genius, either (be that accidental or otherwise). From endless bedrooms filled with home-made gadgets, Woolworths guitars, Casios and soldering fumes, came sounds both stunningly simple and sophisticated -- and vastly more varied than anything on vin…

This CD collects the first Smegma long-player, Glamour Girl 1941, originally released on the LAFMS label in 1979, the Pigface Chant 7" released that same year and recorded five years earlier, and even adds in four bonus recordings from that same era. These early recordings of this long-running group of noise anarchists show an extremely primitive but non-conformist take on the musical world, even more so than, say, the Krautrock band Faust, as Smegma adds a messier element of chaos to its sound.…

Aidan Baker's I Wish Too, To Be Absorbed is a 2-disc compilation of tracks from various out-of-print, limited edition releases spanning the last 10 years of Baker's output, ranging from his very first release to material that was featured on the soundtrack to a book of his poetry. Toronto based composer Aidan Baker works under his own name, under the name Nadja along with bassist Leah Buckareff and also with the trio ARC. Hailing from the Great White North, Baker incorporates guitar, drums, bass…

In 1987, Loren Mazzacane Connors first played with his future wife, Suzzane Langille. Together they performed Langille-adapted traditional and gospel standards, slowing them 'down to a crawl'. Two albums were released on his own St. Joan label under the moniker Guitar Roberts with Suzanne Langille, entitled Bluesmaster 1 and Bluesmaster 2. This album represents the best of their material as a duo from those two records, plus the one song they performed as a duo from Loren's 1989 In Pittsburgh fu…

Six months in the making, The Spectrum Between reflects the changes brought on by David's relocation from Chicago, a home of ten years, to Crooklyn. No longer able to easily draw upon the musical associations built up over years spent in the midwest, David progressed slowly with the new material. Eventually, a worldwide pool of collaborators were drawn into the project -- including Noel Akchote, and others from the Rectangle records collective, Swedish reed sensation Mats Gustafsson, and the omn…

Long awaited reissue of this historic pre-FMP album by Peter Brotzmann. Known to many for it's placement on "The List" (T. Moore's Top Ten list of free jazz artifacts as published in Grand Royal of course), this is one of the most desirable and completely unseen albums in the genre of modern improvisation. Recorded April 18/24, 1969 and released on the Calig-Verlag label. Simply put, Nipples is one of the rarest and most influential European energy jazz recordings of all time. The incendiary Sex…

Documents the early recordings of Glenn Branca within the realm of his legendary no-wave ensembles The Static & Theoretical Girls. Contains all the recordings from both singles by these groups, plus "outrageous and inspired home cassette recordings from the time." Crucial no-wave-into-the-eighties reference point, and some extremely influential music.

Sub Rosa presents Pauline Oliveros' early and definitive tape and electronic music of the late fifties and sixties -- all released for the first time ever! Born in Texas in 1932, Pauline Oliveros is more than ever an important American composer. Her accomplishments speak to an array of disciplines: her pieces for accordion; the creation of the Deep Listening Institute, a center dedicated to fostering artistic creativity through workshops, performances, and new technologies; her approach to impro…

Generazioni del Cielo is a contemporary musical work in the form of oratory; it is born from a development of matured musical language across polyvalent experiences, that range from classical composition to the production of music widely listened to.  The subject originates from the will to tell a story that is not usual, a story without real events but with real and felt emotions, drawing from contemporary literature and also taking cues from sacred texts. In the production, the music, which is…

This is Ryoji Ikeda's fifth solo CD and his third for Touch, following the highly acclaimed +/- [1996] and 0*C [1998]. He previously released 1000 Fragments on his own cci recordings, and Time and Space, a double 3” CD, for Staalplaat. Ryoji is constantly touring as part of the Japanese performance group Dumb Type, who are shortly to undertake a tour of Japan, and also as a solo artist.

Fluxus & Happening Friends was presented at L'Autre Caserne on the evening of October 21st 1998 in Limoilou, Quebec. The selection of artists and the choice of fluxus scores had been entrusted to Larry Miller, who also served as Master of Ceremony on that occasion. The actual documentation is an historic testimony of the Action Art as conceived and performed by fluxus. Alos, Dick Higgins made his last public appearence that night since he died shortly after. Scores by: Ay-O, Georges brecht, Al H…

3 CDs and a booklet of 70 pages (English and Spanish) for an anthology of the Mexican Electroacoustic Music from 1960 to 2007 under the direction of Manuel Rocha Iturbide. Composers from the first generation: Carlos Jiménez Mabarak, Manuel Enríquez, Manuel de Elías, Mario Lavista, Julio Estrada, Francisco Núñez, Héctor Quintanar. Composers from the second generation: Javier Álvarez, Roberto Morales Manzanares, Vicente Rojo Cama, Antonio Russek, Manuel Rocha Iturbide, Guillermo Galindo, Antonio F…

A collection of early period works, recorded in the presence of the composer Iannis Xenakis; in Rotterdam, 1977 & Amsterdam 1986. Works featured are: DMAATHEN (1976, for oboe, percussion); EONTA (1963, for piano, trumpet, trombone, with Peter Eötvös, conductor); EPEÏ (1976, for oboe, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, double bass); HERMA (1960-61, for piano); PALIMPSEST (1979, for oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, piano, percussion, w/ Huub Kerstens - co…

Italian composer Bruno Maderna was one of the most misunderstood and mistreated of the 20th century's composers -- particularly by his peers. His vast body of work, ranging from his early works (at ten) to his later, introspective statements, reveal a man genuinely in touch with the inner wellspring of his own creative language, but also with the defining tonal and timbral capabilities -- as well as the idiosyncratic natures -- of the instruments he wrote for and their larger role in the articul…

His Master's Noise presents works produced in the Institute of Sonology (Instituut voor Sonologie) in Utrecht and in The Hague, Netherlands. The Institute of Sonology was founded in 1960 after the Laboratory of Natural Sciences (Natlab, Philips Industries, Eindhoven) had decided to shut down its small 'electronic' studio (which was existing since 1952 and where Varèse made his Poème Electronique). Initially called STEM, projects were set out for scientific and compositional research. This compil…

2nd CD reissue from Showboat of this classic Japanese underground folk-rock album, originally released by RCA Japan in 1971. Great mini-LP gatefold packaging, but very few made and not long for this world. The Tropics was Minami Masato's first record on which he got assisted by Mizutani Takeshi of the Rallizes Denudes, his only appearance on record ever. Minami Masato was one of Japan's first beatnik hippie scum singers, who before venturing into the music world, spent some time in Mexico where …

Soul Jazz Records are releasing for the first time-ever a long lost cult classic of French New Wave cinema on DVD. Les Stances a Sophie has been out of print for over 30 years and this is its first release ever outside of France. Filmed in Paris in 1970, this fully-subtitled film features killer music, groovy clothes and post-1968 revolutionary ideals. This super-rare film is now perhaps best known for its soundtrack from the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago (who also feature in the film). The …

As innovative as they are influential, Kraftwerk's contribution to the development of electronic music since their formation in 1970 remains unsurpassed. Having inspired everyone from Bowie to Coldplay, Siouxsie to Radiohead, this bizarre collective have also proven partly responsible for entire genres to develop -- electronica, techno and synth-pop to name but three. This DVD reviews the career and music of Kraftwerk, from their inception in the late 1960s (as pre-Kraftwerk ensemble Organizatio…

2006 release, repressed! Radio Algeria is a multi-dimensional assembly of audio culture from the Mediterranean coast to the undefined border areas of the Sahara Desert and beyond. This is perhaps the most diverse collection of the Algerian listening experience ever presented featuring raw Berber folk, modern Arabic pop, sacred Islamic traditional, Andalusian orchestral, Guesba (the origin of Rai), classic early Rai, Khabyle, Tuareg, Saharaui, and hybrid music styles influenced by Europeans to th…

Performed by Daan Vandewalle, piano. Gordon Mumma (b. 1935) is best known for his pioneering role in the development and evolution of electronic and live-electronic music. The piano has played a significant if underestimated role in his career. With a few notable exceptions, this collection by pianist Daan Vandewalle marks the first commercial recordings of Mumma's music for solo piano composed over more than forty years. It provides an important new perspective on his work as a composer. The sp…

Iannis Xenakis Edition volume 2 of electronic works: Polytope de Cluny and Hibiki hana ma, remixed to stereo by Gerard Pape, and the ensemble score for the 1957 film Fer Chaud, remastered from its soundtrack.

Digital remaster of this Lovely Music LP from 1979. Just For The Record is a musical snapshot of West Coast post-classical music via Mills College: multiple-keyboard works by Robert Ashley, Phil Harmonic, Paul DeMarinis and John Bischoff.

Digitally remastered reissue of an old Lovely Music LP from 1978. Peter Gordon and 'Blue' Gene Tyranny are long-time Lovely Music stalwarts, having contributed their talents to many a LML release: Peter Gordon has acted as producer for a few early Robert Ashley recordings; 'Blue' Gene Tyranny is Robert Ashley's go-to pianist. Gordon and Tyranny have also collaborated in Gordon's Love of Life Orchestra (aka LOLO) and on Jill Kroesen's Stop Vicious Cycles. So, it's only fitting that when we dug in…

Homestead & Wolfe was a very obscure folk-harmony group based around the United Methodist Good Samaritan Church in California. The songs were recorded between 1973-75 and released with few copies. The album was almost forgotten until it was reissued in 2004. Comprised of two female vocals, one male vocal with superb male and female harmonies throughout. The group performed original material in a rich, melodic folk-rock-country style that is well executed, as well as earnest and personal.

2004 repress. Branca's long anticipated foray into orchestral music. Recorded in Nov, 1990. Performed by The New York Chamber Sinfonia, 'The World Upside Down' is a masterpiece of bright, organic structures & tones tempered in the eerie darkness typified by Branca's best work...Sonically and emotionally boundless, seemingly comprised of interplanetary musics from the netherworlds, 'The World Upside Down's celestial nature will especially appeal to fans of Branca's crystalline 'Symphony No. 3' re…

Long awaited CD reissue of extinct & much sought after Uk 1970 folk rock masterpiece. Exquisite use of echo-flutes, acoustic guitars, bongos, violin. Melodic and sensitive wispy voices blend magical and hauntingly with instruments to give you beautiful songs like 'Minerva', Morpheus", 'Tale of spider' & 'the fly'..... special remastered for CD. Never officially issued on CD. Features comprehensive liner notes by the group's leader. Booklet features many rare photographs. Contains rare bonus mate…

Recorded when legendary blues harpist Walter 'Shakey' Horton visited the UK in 1968, "Southern comfort" is a superb showcase for his talents as well those of bass player Jerome Arnold (BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND), drummer Jessie C. Lewis (BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND) and trailblazer guitarist Martin Stone (SAVOY BROWN/MIGHTY BABY). Though mostly a superb blues set, however, it is best known today for the epic closing track (over 12 minutes) one of the most mind blowing psychedelic workouts ever recorded.

An acknowledged landmark of progressive acid rock, this 1968 classic combines top-notch songwriting with vicious guitar, swathes of mellotron and dense arrangements, to unique and unsettling effect. Sunbeam's long-awaited official reissue includes comprehensive liner notes, rare photographs and two bonus tracks, making it a must-have for lovers of true British psychedelia.

Recorded by a Frenchman, a Belgian and an Iranian whod wound up in New Yorks East Village via extensive travels out East, this 1969 classic is arguably the finest fusion of traditional Middle Eastern music and psychedelia ever recorded. Featuring guitar and drums as well as oud, electric sitar, melodica, dumbek and minitar, its a hypnotic, compelling blast from start to finish. As the original sleevenotes state: Like the train whose name they bear, the Orient Express travels easily from West to …

Reissue on CD of one off album by psychedelic/folk outfit MOONKYTE, originally released in 1971. Deceptive songs underscored with atmopheric touches of SITAR and harmonium, sometimes recalling BULLDOG BREED. Never officially issued on CD. Features comprehensive liner notes by the band. Booklet features many rare photographs. Mastered from the original tapes.

Featuring the recording debut of Big Star's Chris Bell, this outrageously enjoyable blend of psychedelic rock, Memphis soul and dirty R&B kicks off with one of the most audacious and successful Beatles covers ever. A feast of fuzz guitar, sweet vocals and funky rhythms that makes its longoverdue CD debut here (complete with full liner notes and three bonus tracks), "Home Sweet Home" is a tongue-in-cheek blast from start to finish, and guaranteed to thrill fans of power pop worldwide.

Recorded in San Francisco in August 1966, and originally released on the M.G.M./Verve label, this collection of lengthy, acid-tinged folk instrumentals is one of the earliest specifically psychedelic albums ever recorded, and it makes its CD debut here. As the original sleevenotes state: "Malachi's music transcends the traditions of East and West, and represents the new synthesis which is still being worked out in aesthetics, philosophy and religion by those participating in the psychedelic revo…

Dennis Lambert and Craig Nuttycombe had been on the fringes of LAs music scene for some time, including stints with bands such as the East Side Kids and the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, when they decided to proceed as a duo. This beautifully intimate 1970 release was recorded live at the home they shared in Sausalito, California, and co-produced by David Anderle (The Doors, Love), Chad Stuart (Chad and Jeremy) and Glyn Johns (the Beatles, the Rolling Stones). A mellow collection of self…

This higly original 1966 collection has been called the first acid folk record of all time. Certainly its hippy themes and exotic instrumentation are well ahead of their time, but Kilroy died tragically young and his album has largely been neglected ever since, despite featuring legendary guitarist Stefan Grossman. This is its first CD appearance, and comes complete with explanotory liner notes making it a must for all fans of psychedelic singer-songwriters. Eastern dreamy and trippy trance/dron…

"Their music reaches from blues to jazz into space," proclaimed the original liner notes to this highly unusual psychedelic jazz blast, originally released in 1968. The demented seven-piece band hailed from Boston, which was in the throes of the notorious "Bosstown hype" when their album was recorded. Though it can be compared to contemporary acts such as Captain Beefheart and Blood Sweat & Tears, it has a distinctive sound of its own, blending howling vocals, biting electric guitar and avant-ga…

This band of Japanese exiles released just one album, which first appeared in 1972 and makes its long-overdue CD debut here. A melodic and musicianly set featuring Japanese instruments such as the shakuhachi, koto and taisho-goto alongside the traditional trappings of Western rock and roll, it's a hugely enjoyable collection that will appeal to all fans of Eastern-tinged psychedelia.