compilations

Four way split cassette featuring one long track each from Analog Concept, Cliffsides, Xela & Matt Carlson. First up is Russian astral-bound electronics voyager Analog Concept with neon arpeggios erupting skyhigh. Cliffsides' synthscapes are more crepuscular. On Xela's uncharacteristically gentle track dream-like repetitions fade into layers of synth shimmer. Golden Retriever's Matt Carlson closes the release with deep buzzing synths before heading off into Terry Riley territory.

Blue cd (Dreams by Degrees) 1.50

after their excellent series of 'seasons' 10"s comes a series of compilation cds based on colours - artists are invited to interpret a colour musically. Featured: Sir, Lazarus, Rivulets, John Davis, Film School, The Stratford 4, Vela, Park Avenue Music, Colophon and more. Remarkably well-conceived.

Doing the Right Thing Takes the Emptiness Away cdr (Pjorn) 2.50

Good compilation from Edinburgh's Pjorn label featuring a whole host of electronics wreakers and sound manipulators including Culver, Alistair Crosbie, Wounded Knee, Fordell Research Unit, Opaque and more. Particularly fine: the skin-crawling noise of Kylie Minoise, descending guitar patterns and creaking bowed cello from Culver and the brilliant Wounded Knee with one of his fine looping self-harmonising vocal creations.

Elsie and Jack and Chair cd (Elsie and Jack) 9.50 

great comp compiling some of the most fascinating sounds in the world of abstract noise and drone, featuring Fuxa, Crawlunit, Shifts, Tabata, Rapoon, Mhlest, Pregnant Pause, Flutter, Totemplow and Monera

Elsie and Jack and Drake cd (Elsie and Jack) 9.50

George Ferguson McKeating 2cdr (Bells Hill) 6.75

Excellent double cdr compilation with proceeds going to Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund, in memory of George McKeating, father of the guy who runs the label. On this - Alex Neilson & Richard Youngs, Astral Social Club, Culver, Mirag, Hasan Gaylani, Jazzfinger, Vars of Litchi, Graveyards, Greg Kelley & Alex Neilson, Mechanical Children, Trauma, Blood Stereo and Hapsburg Broganza.

Hearing Music 3" cdr (CLaudia) 3.50

4 tracks based on field recordings which were originally issued on business card cdr. Jane Austen is first up - overheard piano lullabies in the room next door. Next comes C Cottrell with his hyper-real walk in the park - gulls squawk as if they're inside your head and the general rumble washes around everything else like a fast-running river.  Yek-koo's track loops home recordings into what sounds like looped bottle clang. Final track is a cut-up of Tokyo sporting life from Mark Sadgrove.

Ihmettelenpa Sanoi Kampela cdr (267 Lattajjaa) 2

Black to Comm, Bjerga / Iversen, Ajilvsga, Anla Courtis, Vluba, Voice of the Seven Woods, United Bible Studies, Ville Moskiito, Silvester Anfang, Uton, BOTOS, Kulkija, and more

Inner Ends of the Coils 2cdr (Nothing Out There) 8

A lovely handmade double gatefold package for this compilation of guitar-based sounds: Ashtray Navigations, Sun Stabbed, Century Plants, RST, Michel Henritzi, Jeff Gburek, Savage Sons of Wallonie, Melmac, Gart & Seekatze, Przewalski's Horses, Guanaco, Michael Northern, Expo 70, Nappo, Poldr and Gunn Diehl.

"The official compilation that includes all the artists performing at the second annual Lal Lal Lal festival. 60 minutes of deep, uncensored and unreleased sounds by Sus & Jacob, Kiiskinen, Lussu & Pami, Benjamin Franklin, Good Band, Buffle, Kompleksi and Avarus!" (Lal Lal Lal)

This compilation is a split release between Sheffield's Blackest Rainbow and the new Menagerie label. It features tracks from Cam Deas, Hush Arbors (live), Winter Drones, Beequeen, Rivulets, Skygreen Leopards, MV & EE with the Golden Road (live), Spoono, Jerusalem & the Starbaskets and Ben Nash.

Compilation LP / fanzine set. The LP features Akron / Family, Joane RObertson & Matthew Ashworth, WAND, Natural Snow Buildings Married in Berdichev, Noon Duo, The See See and Sea Dog. The zine features artwork by Jake Blanchard, Pete Fowler, Andrew Rae, Will Sweeney, Sarah King, Solange Gularte, James Trimmer / Mirt and Mat Pringle.

great compilation built around sounds made from strings: featuring Birchville Cat Motel, Zaimph, Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood, Taiga Remains, C Spencer Yeh, Peter Wright, Robert Horton, North Sea , Family Underground & Fred Lonberg-Holm

Sing With Me - Music for the Human Voice cdr (Harka-Askel) 2

3rd compilation from Finnish label Harka -Askel, this time concentrating on vocal dominated pieces from the likes of Lampukkello, Robert Horton, Alligator Crystal Moth, Jani Hellen, Kheta Hotem, The Mighty Acts of God, Rokkiryma, Autumn Galaxy, The Reggaee, Xenis Emputae Travelling Band, Ville Moskiitto and more.

Singing At The Moon cd (Singing Knives) 7.50

Great compilation featuring exclusive tracks from Directing Hand, Ben Reynolds, Nalle, James Green, Tirath Singh Nirmala, One Ensemble of Dan iel Padden, Bridget Hayden, Feather Gatherers ( Sharron Kraus ), Michael Flower Band, Chora and more

Songs for Nao: Fourteen Bands From Japan cd (Chapter Music) 2

a fascinating collection of songs for anyone who's dug the recent Geographic (Maher Shalal / Kama Aina) releases: featuring Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Nagisa Ne Te, Tenniscoats, My Pal Foot Foot, Place Called Space and more

Thoughts From Screeching Lake cd (Singing Knives) 6.25

Another excellent compilation from the excellent Singing Knives label from Sheffield, UK. This features Harappian Night Recordings, Shiggajon, Pekko Kappi, Helhesten, Ross Parfitt, Serfs, Stephanie Hladowski, Ben Nash, A Wake, Dylan Nyoukis and more.

Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow Volume 1 cd (Sound & Fury) 2.50

Excellent compilation from Australian label Sound & Fury featuring Gareth Hardwick, Machinefabriek, Part Timer, Pretty Boy Crossover, Morning Stalker, Scissor Lock, Seaworthy, Spartak, Aaron Martin and more.

Wailing Bones Volume 12 cdr (Foxglove) 3

4 new long form tracks: 1st up Thousands with what sounds like a live track - it's a pretty loose jam anyway. The ever-excellent Tim Coster turns out another gem: a slowly unfolding piece of charged hum. Next up Australian Cameron Webb's Seaworthy with a beautiful piece of horizon-gazing guitar drift. And to round things off Anthony Guerra & Matthew Nidek with a superb guitar / drums improvisation that builds from something sparse into slashing chords with the rattling clatter of Nidek's drumming. an excellent cdr.

Witching Hour cdr (CLaudia) 6.50

subtitled 'Field-recordings of Night-time', this is a peaceful document of night sounds from round the globe (Norway, Pakistan, Finland, Ghana & New Zealand) recorded by Lau Nau, Tim Coster, Richard Francis, Phil Dadson, Felicity Ford, P. Westbourne, Un Ciego and Paintings of Windows. Highlights: Paintings of Windows' (Antony Milton) dense atmospherics, charged drone and distant calls to prayer and a highly evocative piece from Lau Nau featuring rasping wind instrument, finger cymbals, bowed string and metal and a barely audible sung lullaby

Yr Agog cd (Oggum) 3

great compilation from a few years back with proceeds going to Welsh homeless charities: Longstone, Ectogram, Electroscope, Flying Saucer Attack, Magic Carpathians, Stylus, Nimbus 2000, Hydroplane and more

Eric de Jesus - Cult of the Moon booklet (Sloow) 1

Drawings, photo’s and lunar stories by Eric de Jesus. Half black & white, half full-color.

Dream Magazine #3 with cd 5.50

Interviews with Vashti Bunyan, Green Pajamas, Cerberus Shoal, Ultrasound, Phosphene and more. CD: Jonathan Richman, Iditarod, Phosphene, Glen Johnson, Nick Bensen, Dipsomaniacs and more.

Dream Magazine #5 with cd 5.50

Interviews with Robert Wyatt, Julia Vorontsova, Tom Rapp, Ghost, Terry Riley, Kemialliset Ystavat, Marissa Nadler, Eclipse, Mats Gustafsson, Verdure, Sun City Girls, Jonny Trunk, Lost Domain, and more. Cd: Lost Domain, Volcano the Bear, Piano Magic, Julia Vorontsova, Jack Rose, Verdure and more.

"Awesome collection of psychedelic collage art by this Brooklyn based artist. A collection of mushrooms, skulls, aliens and eastern symbolism. As Jason says: “My work is about Being. Bright, colorful, paper collages functioning as the Mandala or the Yantra: a meditational tool aimed at self-discovery, spiritual awakening, and devotion to the Divine Being. Navigating Consciousness through laser beams, Shakti, and joy. Confronting Fear by maintaining a rigorous process, Kali, and death. Experiencing Harmony from symmetry, UFO’s, and the cosmos. Densely layered patterns, shapes, and line hold together deep, symmetrical spaces where mind and body potential is revealed and explored. In either case, an attempt to create a magic Sacred Space where our primordial questions about Being, co-exist with comic books, science fiction, Timothy Leary and Terrance McKenna. A magic Sacred Space where the divine mother goddess can just as easily caress and nurture you as ferociously rip your face off.” Full-colour cover and 18 pages b&w." (Sloow)

Beautiful new magazine by the immensely talented Iker Spozio. Issue # 1 includes interviews with Norman Jopling (one of the most important music journalists of the sixties), the Poets' George Gallacher (interview conducted by John Cavanagh), Sibylle Baier, the Peep Show's Stephen Morris and the Litter's Tom "Zip" Caplan.

Issue 2 of this very fine looking magazine by artist Iker Spozio in collaboration with Cecile Schott (Colleen). This issue features interviews with Michael Yonkers, Mike Raab (Jellybean Bandits), Mark Fry, Norman Jopling and Don Dexter (The Id). Throughout is featured Iker's fabulous illustrations. All copies come with a cd by Jellybean Bandits.