***Slowly the great ashen dynamo surges, spilling molten droplets of plasma and cosmic waste, each taking shape, coalescing into stars, planets, entire galaxies, drifting ever further away from the throbbing energy and boiling gasses that lie at the crux of all creation. A massive, disembodied heart that beats out a rhythm so impossibly slow - each pulse separated by an epoch, each quaver a thousand thousand lifetimes, burning and fuming with dark energies. This is power on an unimaginable scale, machinery vast and magnificent, spinning entire realities into existence. This is Kosmodynamos. CD edition of 250 copies. LP edition of 150 copies.
LP $31.25
07/31/2015
CD $15.00
07/31/2015
***There is a tribal element to ARC’s two long suites that feel somewhat like being stoned in Cologne in 1971. The trio of AIDAN BAKER (NADJA), CHRISTOPHER KUKIEL, and RICHARD BAKER return to the quiet with hushed tribal timbres, however, these ambiences are riveting in a way that that other ambiences are not, probably because the group does not think with an ambient attitude. This is the sound of mining midnight. In a universe where experimentalism is often just a nice way of saying "boring," hearing seasoned musicians actually craft something interesting sans computers is like having an orgasm. There really is no compare, except for maybe sneezing, which is Merzbow's department. One time vinyl edition of 400 copies packaged in custom made book bound sleeves and 180-gram vinyl.
LP $20.65
06/26/2012
***The album title certainly does not deceive. But there is something absolutely worthy about AIDAN BAKER’s (NADJA) approach to drone composition. He employs a subtle, patient counterpoint that offers an appealing spaciousness when played loud. The music is utterly enveloping, seemingly forcing the listener into a meditative state (Do not operate heavy equipment while listening, unless that heavy equipment is speakers or a spaceship). The compelling organic majesty of these 2 long tracks wafts deep oceanic. Pure drown. One time vinyl edition of 400 copies packaged in custom made book bound sleeves and 180 gram vinyl.
LP $18.95
08/09/2011
***New planetary compositions by the always genre defying cosmic collective that is VOLCANO THE BEAR. For this journey, The Bear present reworkings / collages of material originally recorded in 1995/1996 performed by NICK MOTT, AARON MOORE and CLARENCE MANUELO. Electro-acoustique doom? One-time pressing of 300 copies on 220-gram vinyl. Packaged in custom book bound sleeves.
LP $23.95
02/01/2011
***Special limited vinyl release celebrating 30 years of life in THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS together for EDWARD and PHIL to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the LPD. Two side-long tracks with Side A featuring a live performance of "Katrina"—a story set around improvised electronics and collages with Side B a krautrock insipired electronic collage. Issued as an edition of 350 copies on 180-gram vinyl and a custom made book bound sleeve. (STREET DATE - 11/09/2010)
LP $22.95
11/09/2010
***AIDAN BAKER’s anodyne ambiences almost act as aural dream machines on their own. But now Baker has collaborated with actual film makers for his Opus Dei, embodied in this double DVD set (one credited as Aidan Baker and the other to NADJA). Clocking in at nearly 6 hours, this in-home installation is the ultimate video aquarium for the acid-minded. Baker's thrum-scapes lay back and patiently coo mantras something akin to mid-period Nocturnal Emissions or Vidna Obmana, while spectacular visions wend and squirm from the absolutely abstract to hi-def nature photography, all to blissful affect. Some footage oozes out and away, like Cocteau Twins albums come to life, while other footage juxtaposes layers of treated imagery ala Derek Jarman experimental films, or early Cabaret Voltaire Doublevision videos.
2XDVD $20.50
11/02/2010
***BACK IN STOCK!!! STEVEN STAPLETON painted 100 individually hand painted discs to celebrate the release of the three album set Angry Eelectric Finger. The paint and vinyl was salvaged from the local landfill site at Inagh, County Clare, Ireland and recycled here in Cooloorta during September and November 2004. The paintings were displayed in Galway, Ireland and Portland, Oregon before being offered for sale. All the paintings are now presented here in a deluxe hard bound book with full color images and a spot gloss coating. Released in an edition of 1,500 copies with the album Zero Mix.
BK W/CD $33.95
05/13/2008
***BRUNNEN reveals that part of BEEQUEEN’s FREEK KINKELAAR F which is the strange wandering minstrel/alchemist (half-orc cleric with a +2 mace). If only more records were so cogently perplexing. A slightly cinematically arranged, quasi-psychedelic little dear of a hushed pop song opens the album. Freek's vocals sublimate in a pleasant whisper, not unlike (ahem) a quieter Yo La Tengo song. Freek, perhaps true to his name, does not hesitate to then very, very slowly weave together a spacious tone poem whose initial notes live counties apart, concocting an outré sort of high lonesome that might sonically drift across the same sort of plain as Wenders' Paris, Texas does visually. Kinkelaar's vocal delivery tugs at shirt tails ala Just Drifting-era Psychic TV balladry or introspective LPD. Subtly amplified guitars chime quietly against slo-mo keyboards, occasional samples, tablas and air. An understated rave-up of “Trust In Me” from The Jungle Book is a nice exclamation point. A musical sandwich, really, with the outer psychedelic pop buns keeping the avant-garde middle meat warm.
LP $22.25
05/15/2006
CD $13.75
05/15/2006
***THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS recorded live at De Vrije Vloer in Utrecht, Holland, January 21, 1987 featuring the original six-piece line up—EDWARD KA-SPEL, STRET MAJEST, JASON SALMON, SILVERMAN, GRAHAM WHITEHEAD, and PATRICK Q. WRIGHT. First 1000 DVD's are packaged in six-panel gatefold wallets.
DVD $15.50
10/24/2005