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Agitated Radio Pilot - In the Event of My Disappearance cd (Midnight) 8

Another stunning release from Dave Colohan: on this outing the Pilots include Michael Tanner (Plinth), Gary Morrison, Keith Wallace (Rusted Rail) and Yasmin Chaudhry who lends some very Nicola Hodgkinson-esque vocals to remind me of Hood's autumnal melancholy. Indeed this is ARP at its most melancholic with piano-accompanied songs as spacious and moody as West Coast winter skies. A very fine album. 

"First Ashtray vinyl LP for 2 years, believe it or not... seven new numbers recorded between summer and autumn 2011, a heartfelt dedication to the lost and unrecorded 60s London psych duo and to all sounds which have been sucked into the air and are gone forever. This release has another UK psych duo (the 90s-00s one, I mean) in the latest stage of their immersion in the synths and sequencers "cosmos" which has edged into recent Ashtray Navigations releases, plus quite a few new moves which should give an indication of future directions. Piled up guitar structures, cascading rhythms and the first recorded appearance of drummer Mr Seth Cooke who has beknighted recent Ashtray live gigs with his majesterial presence. Yep it's a heavy one. Again. Only 100 numbered copies of this one on vinyl." (Memoirs)

"Elevator Bath's ongoing series of picture disc LPs (each record being adorned with full-color artwork by the recording artist) continues with Keith Berry's debut appearance on vinyl: An absolutely mesmerizing cycle of deep, meditative tranquility inextricably linked to Berry's otherworldly painting which appears behind the record's grooves. The soundscapes along The Cartesian Plane are beautifully absorbing, heavy with the slow unraveling of emotions, almost beyond belief. There is an immense weight to these recordings, the richness of which belies the careful subtlety of the compositions. The sound is expansive and unreal, a perfect complement to the record's visual aspects which seem to describe a kind of alternate existence. Like bookends, the colorful images house a wealth of experiences, wonderful and frightening. As you gaze upon the rotating colors and Keith Berry's dense dream-sounds pour out of the speakers, total immersion in The Cartesian Plane is more than probable, it is certain." (EB)

Celer

• Close Proximity and the Unhindered Care-all cd (Sentient Recognition Archive) 11

Another beautiful album from Celer. Elegiac tones drift and shimmer like a heat haze while faint impressions of the most melancholic melody come and go. Lovely fold out card sleeve.

• Levitation and Breaking Points cd (and/OAR) 12.50

"Originally self-published as a very limited triple 3" CDR release in May, 2009, Celer's Levitation And Breaking Points is now available again on CD - this time limited to 300 copies. Surely one of Celer's most subtly beautiful and uplifting albums out of an already beautiful, highly prolific and much celebrated discography of work. Especially magical to listen to in the early evening as the sunlight fades below the horizon... a balm for the soul." (label)

• Engaged Touches cd (Home Normal) 12.50 

"The music of Will Thomas Long's and Danielle Baquet-Long's Celer is an absorbing combination of classic ambient, minimalism, and – perhaps as thee most distinct characteristic – overwhelming romanticism. Longinng, melancholy, nostalgia, and the like seem to be recurring themes in Will and Dani's works. Engaged Touches begins with hypnotic sounds of a train clattering on its tracks. This departure seems to set the whole piece into a context of travel and distance, moving away from and towards something, someone. After a while these sounds give way to a rousing, majestic set of string loops. Similar phases of different field recordings and grandiose loops take turns throughout the whole work. This brings about a dynamics of contrasts: the concrete and the abstract, the particular and the general, the mundane and the exalted, and so on. The phases of string loops take up most of the album and evoke a yearning feeling of distance, grand and epic. The title, Engaged Touches, however, refers to quite the opposite, the close and intimate. It feels as if it is these kinds of touches that the string loops wailingly, albeit very gracefully, long for. This is exactly the kind of powerful romanticism that seems to define so much of Celer's work. Because of the heavy presence of string loops Engaged Touches reminds me of some of Celer's earlier works. I would call it a classic Celer piece, if it weren't for the fact that their oeuvre spans only a few years back, and it would be too early to ponder the distinct phases and the internal relations in their output. Engaged Touches is another beautiful addition to the rapidly growing body of work by Celer – an oeuvre that I already consider one of thhe most important in modern ambient music"

• Sunlir cd (con-v) 12.50

"All music by Will Long and Danielle Baquet-Long, recorded in 2005-2006 at home in Huntington Beach, California. Originally self-released as a limited, handmade edition. new master by m.a.tolosa, Madrid 2011" (label)

• In Escaping Lakes cd (Slow Flow Rec) 12.50

"Celer is the sound, visual, literary, and artistic endeavor of the husband and wife duo of Will Long and Danielle Baquet-Long.Will first began experimenting with sound at age 4, making 'unsynchronized tape loops' by recording fragments of pleasant tones from records and films onto audio cassettes, rewinding, recording again, and repeating the process until the tape was filled up. In Will and Dani's time together, they have produced numerous custom, handmade self-releases, sound for installations and art exhibitions, as well as creating works for independent labels in North America, Japan, and Europe. Their intent is producing works that reflect the nature of love, family, and their concerns and interests, through a relative and absolute symposium of expression. They currently reside on the coast of Southern California." (Slow Flow)

Charlatan - Equinox LP (Aguirre) 14.75

"A warm, filled with rich tones, re-issue of one of the earliest tapes of Charlatan. After the Triangles Lp on his own Digitalis label this is Brad Rose’s second vinyl release under his new solo project moniker. Synthclouds and starchords on a carpet of white hiss. Brad Rose is one of the most active personas in the current adventurous contemporary music scene. As label honcho of Digitalis records / limited and online magazine Foxy Digitalis he’s constantly in search of exciting new groups/artists. Add to that numerous solo and collaborative projects and you can rightly consider him as one of the spearheads of the experimental underground scene of the last five years. This release marks one of the highlights from his output last year, now rightly re-issued on heavy vinyl with two bonus tracks!" (Aguirre)

Chora - Songs From the Husk-hair Malt cassette (Winebox Press) 10

"Almost - no joke - three years in the planning, the best thing about London since they moved there drop in with an epic that's worth the wait plus one. Shifting over eight tracks from a minimal vocal/mouthpiece/cymbal feedbacking opener through air-raid free rock and spooked Taj Mahal Travellers-esque live séance to full-on big band shakedown; it sounds like there's even some overtone singing in there too. Line-up changes abound around core members Ben Morris and Rob Lye, with free blower Karl Brummer, percussionist Patrick Farmer, guitar/everything-ist Ben Nash and Hunter Gracchus freedom riders Fiona Kennedy and Jon Marshall all aboard at various points. Seems like there's a riot going on in South London..... Edition of 74 copies from some floorboards, drilled and sprayed through the hole, with eye-popping wraparound fold-out artwork by David Bailey and typewritten card spine. Cost is £10 including UK postage, ask about postage elsewhere." (WP)

Chubby Wolf 

• Turkey Decoy LP (Digitalis) 15
• Maudlin & Elusive cassette (Teosinte) 9

Alex Cobb / Aquarelle split LP (Low Point) 9.50

“Artists sharing a split record are akin to being roommates, with their share of common spaces yet separate headquarters. Such an undertaking tends to bring about elements of juxtaposition, contrast and union. This Low Point release from Alex Cobb & Aquarelle encompasses these and many more in a seamless fashion, breathing an ease of cohabitation throughout. One side of the vinyl LP picks up where the other left off and there is a manifest impression of torch-bearing with a common decisiveness within these pieces. Their work may be seen not in opposition, but rather as an alternative to the otherwise microwaved and unimaginative drones steadily filling up the modern musical landscape. Gracing upon themes of immanence, embodiment and metamorphosis, it embarks the listener into deeply immersive sonic territory. The shades and nuances are undeniably subtle but also rich and vast, which makes entering the dwelling of these artists both a mystifying, yet coherent experience all at once.” Samuel Landry, September 2011 Alex Cobb (who previously recorded under the Taiga Remains moniker) has released material alongside Low Point’s curator Gareth Hardwick in 2008 as well as on his own label, Students of Decay. He is at the steering wheel for what he depicts as ‘a one man musical operation that deals mainly with the creation of intricate sound environments that seduce the listener through layer upon layer of sound.’ With appearances on labels including Root Strata, Callow God & Arbor as well as collaborations with the likes of Valerio Cosi and Jeff Witscher, Alex Cobb is not one to sit on his laurels and much can be expected in the coming years from this extremely fruitful artist. Aquarelle is sound artist and curator of the Rest + Noise label Ryan Potts, originally from Wisconsin and currently a resident of Toronto, Canada. Alongside his latest album ‘Sung in Broken Symmetry' released by Students of Decay in August, this year promises to be bountiful one for an artist who has so far shown parsimony and restraint with his however potent outings. Ryan’s inclusion in the Low Point roster seems for all purposes organic and most welcome, it will surely bring attention to a project of unmistakable depth and lushness." (LP)

Concern - Living Wage cassette (Digitalis) 5

"the 'living wage' EP was recorded over a few mornings following 12 hour graveyard shifts as a taxi driver, in a very weary and warm state of mind while adjusting to a new sleep schedule. each piece was recorded live and manipulated using spring reverb, 1/4" and cassette tape, with a piano as the sound source on the A side, and a lap steel guitar on the B side. it is intended as a window into my own tattered and crude processes of of tape manipulation, as well as the feeling of soon-to-sleep in full summer light, and a bridge between more fleshed-out and composed full-length albums. edition of 125. chrome tapes." (Digitalis)

Cosmic Dead - s/t cassette (Who Can You Trust) 6

"First official release of pulsating, mantric, tripped-out and acid-drenched space rock from this Glasgow based community." (WCYT)

Dark Sun - A Journey Through Space cdr (Reverb Worship) 6

Finnish space-rock. Apparently they've issued an album featuring Nik Turner of Hawkwind and I can only say that definitely figures as within the first 30 seconds I was thinking Hawkwind. Within the first couple of minutes the band have managed to sneak in a cheeky reference to "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" too. Stencilled sleeves.

Dozens / Confused Kundalini split cassette (Tranquility Tapes) 4.50

"Three talented lads offer two zonked out sides on this split. Dozens, the Montreal duo of Frank Oulellette (Hobo Cubes) and Ryan Connolly (Sundrips), kick off with abrupt psychedelic drifts for guitar and synth. Occasionally channeling their city’s post-rock ghosts, other times locking in on strange melodic passages that sound as though they’re from another dimension, Oulellette and Connolly revel in both  the joy and bewilderment of improvisation at once. Fort Wayne’s Adam Meyer (Dry Valleys) takes command on the flip side with his new side project, Confused Kundalini. CK takes the new age synth bliss crafted through DV and warps it entirely with the addition of strange field recordings and vocal incantations. Something like a soundtrack for a yoga session in hell, Meyer mixes loops of sublime chord progressions with deliciously bizarre sounds from who-knows-where across five fascinating pieces. Pro-dubbed and imprinted, featuring designs by Caroline Teagle." (TT)

Jon Dræby – subjektive undersøgelser (søg selv i reolerne) cd-r (Golem) 3.50

Jon Dræby's (of trulofa, shiggajon, trulofa trio etc.) music could be some of the closest you get to an authentic modern folk-music. Naive and eclectic approaches to instrumentation is combined with free collage-based compositional style reminding one of old-school electronical music, resulting in a strangely natural, intuitive, and undoubtedly heart-felt, playful and at times even humoristic, but always deeply convincing, way of expression. At the same time, you could also call it art-music par excellence, as every piece seems to invent its own genre, being composed around a clear idea or emotion, shaping the form to fit that specific content without any regard to tradition or genre-limitations. Quite simply, this is some of the most human music I have discovered for a long time. (Golem)

Dreamcookie - s/t  cdr (Reverb Worship) 6

"This is the debut recording from Dreamcookie.A four piece psychedelic space rock band from Phoenix, Arizona, USA.Dreamcookie features Molusk ~ bass, John ~ guitars, Claire ~ drums and Timmy Stamper aka Timas 23 on synthesizers, circuits, electric sitar and samples. This superb cd is compiled from two totally improvised live performances recorded in November 2009 and February 2010 at Revolver Records in downtown central Phoenix, AZ.The band had not played these songs previously.This is the only document of these two live performances.Musically this band have a similar feel to Delerium era Porcupine Tree ("Coma Divine" /"Signify" / "Lightbulb Sun" etc) and I.E.M , using sound samples of voices generally talking about chemically enduced states of mind.The cd contains ten tracks clocking in at almost sixty six minutes.Each cover is unique featuring a different character/s from Star Wars.Available now in a edition of 60 hand numbered copies with insert" (RW)

JD Emmanuel - AMM LP (Aguirre) 17.75

"Re-issue of the AMM tape recorded between 1981 and 1985 by JD Emmanuel, a new age composer who has received a lot of praise from people like Lieven Martens and John Olsen. These recordings signify Emmanuel's praise to the course of the day. Starting off slowly, with morning synth meanderings, walking through midday,  running in the evening and closing the day with midnight meditation. "Somewhere hidden in the deepest part of the Self is that special place, where One can go within to the most ancient part of one's Self and connect with the origin of Self. Ancien Minimal Meditations reaches into that special place of creation of the Self and its Oneness with the Creator of All."" (Heavy vinyl. (Aguirre)

E.S. / I.S. - I Saw You, Sister, Stand in the Effulgence cassette (Digitalis) 5

"the sound of being trapped in a cybernetic torture chamber" (Digitalis)

Evening Fires - After the End of the World cdr (Deep Water) 5

"After the live-in-a-barn Holy Ghost Explosion, Evening Fires return to studio HQ and set the controls for the day after tomorrow. It may be overstating things to call After the End of the World a “concept album”, but there is a definite focus extending across the disc’s four lengthy tracks, resonating with the mood and atmosphere of the title. There’s also a pronounced overall shape: While still drawing heavily on improvisational methods, this is the most structured Evening Fires release to date, an unfolding organic (post-organic?) sense of direction that carries through the diversity of styles on hand – techno-kraut walls of synthesizers, winding psych-rock crunch, floating humid ambience, ecstatic freejazz energy music, underwater dreamscapes (w/violin), and other less definable sounds. A soundtrack for the collapse of the old and the dream of new birth. Four tracks, 67 minutes." (DW)

Far Concern - Stubborn Feet 3" cdr (Black Petal) 4.50

I do like the element of surprise offered by labels like Black Petal, which defy category. Jared Davis's songs are pop tunes, replete with handclaps, maybe even footstomps, and subtle twists... chattering tape running across the heads, something that sounds like a rotating bike wheel to me. 'Tis great fun and it comes in a handmade package of dayglo pink felt. 50 copies only - hard to resist! (JC)

Ben Fleury-Steiner - The Places That Find You LP (Low Point) 9.50

"First impressions pull closer, strings and fizzles fall, carrying you, reaching further and ending up in an all-new place. Time is simple and less than a moment, with the lasting habit of a worn-out keepsake but nonetheless you are still immediately there again, inside those open arms and a world you have always dreamed of. In homage to minimalism and imagination, 'The Places That Find You' by Ben Fleury-Steiner embodies an ultimate trance, the ability to connect directly with the listener and the truth behind the feeling of music from the heart. Far away but incredibly close, the five tracks forming this album never return to the ordinary but move, invert and grow, through time-lapse expressions and faded visions. Some listeners want to be transported to other places through music, whilst others hear the technical artistry and find inspiration to delve deeper into the creative process. Without any direction and by simply following your own natural instincts, 'The Places That Find You' is a guide that places you instantly, allowing each listener to find more, not only through the music but from inside themselves.” Will Long, September 2011. Ben Fleury-Steiner is a Delaware-based composer, published author and owner of the Gears Of Sand label. Drawing upon his deep love of minimalism and influenced by the work of Mirror, Jonathan Coleclough and Tim Hecker, 'The Places That Find You ' was recorded over a two year period between 2009 to 2011. The recording process made use of a mixture of instrumentation, including the use of the kalimba (the traditional name for a thumb piano) and the various sounds produced when played in the manner of a prepared guitar, coupled with more modern electronic instruments including effects pedals and synths." (Low Point)

Chris Forsyth & Keon Holtkamp - Early Astral LP (Blackest Rainbow) 10.50

"Chris Forsyth has recently been touring around Europe with his Paranoid Cat Band in support of their excellent LP on Family Vineyard as well as playing with Meg Baird on her recent record and a continuing member of the Peeesseye. Koen Holtkamp plays as part of Thrill Jockey's Mountains, as well as releasing solo material on aformentioned Thrill Jockey and Type. On Early Astral Forsyth and Holtkamp team up, playing guitar and synthesizer and modular electronics respectively. The record consists to two tracks, each with a great kraut guitar groove, but frequently rocking into a blissed out epic psychedelic smog of wailing riffs and bubbling electronics tones. Pressed on heavyweight black vinyl." (BR)

Fureasteen - Experimental Architect  cdr (Reverb Worship) 6

"Fureasteen were originally formed in London in 1993 by Tomokazu Date, who had previously played experimental music with Chez Holmes of Exit aka Nova.At first Fureasteen were a four piece band of which only Tomokazu was an experienced musician ( he preferred using japanese art school students with enthusiasm for making their own music).Each sunday they gathered in a small Kings Cross flat to record experimental music using a cheap synthesizer and Casiotone keyboards.Eventually in 1997 the band gained the attention of i Records who released a 7" single "Kasiotelemusik".Not long after its release the band split up.To this day Tomakazu still makes music under the Fureasteen name.So I am very pleased to introduce you to "Experimental Archirect" which is a cool five track mini album of chilled, electronic, laid back, krautrock styled music.The cd comes in an edition of 50 copies in silver and gold metallic mirror card sleeves with two inserts.Available now !!" (RW)

Ryan Garbes - Freedom Now LP (Blackest Rainbow) 11

"Previously issued as a download only release via the Night People website, home of many if Ryan's physical releases, this superb recording of fragmented blown out percussion, loose guitar ragers and feedback frenzied weaved with church organ, it's gotta be said that Ryan Garbes has got some wild and weird shit going on what was one of my highlights of, well I can't remember when it first appeared on the NP site, maybe 2007 or 2008? Get ready to have you mind squelched by this former member of Raccoo-oo-oon and current jammer with Shawn Reed in Wet Hair. Issued in an edition of only 100 copies with paste on covers and insert, stamped labels and pressed on heavyweight black virgin vinyl." (BR)

Kitchen Cynics - Ampometer cdr (self-released) 5

Excellent new release from Alan Davidson that finds him at his most haunting, particularly on the atmospheric instrumentals that mix field recordings with his unmistakable guitar sound. Some great new songs too such as the weird casio pop of "Ampometer". A couple of new versions of old songs (one for John's radio show) - "Jock Sheep" and "The Gleam in the Heron's Eye". Finally there's a poem read by Alan's late father "I Wish I Were a Caterpillar" mixed up with some swirling radiophonics. Highly recommended.

Machinefabriek & Gareth Davis - Ghost Lanes LP (Dekorder) 10.50

"Ghost Lanes (the A side) was recorded during the first ever duo session that Gareth and Rutger had, at STEIM, Amsterdam, June 2009. The two hadn't met before, but immediately there was a strange chemistry between them, and without much discussion, it was plug-in and play, and two albums and an EP were recorded. Ghost Lanes was then released as a very limited 3-inch CDr. A year and a half later, they settled at STEIM again, for another fruitful session. That's when Mackerel Sky was recorded. A perfect match with the A-side of this vinyl and a cumulation of their shared progress. Gareth and Rutger's music is all improvised. The slow paced pieces combine the rough loopings of Rutger's guitar with the low-end rumblings of Gareth's contrabass clarinet. A perfect soundtrack for some weird underwater world." (Dekorder)

Majutsu no Niwa - Ecstatic Crystallization cd (Musik Atlach) 8.50

"Metempsychosis of FUKUOKA Rinji, Overhang Party~Majutsu no Niwa which began by unexpected 'La Fièvre' passed through 'Serchin' for my Layline' 'La Vena'and reached 'Ecstatic Crystallization'.The rearguard Rock having neither the progress nor the step backward, or aesthetics of reactionary conservatism. The heavy peals of 'Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung' or 'Ewige Wiederkunft des Gleichen'. Continuo which continues drifting in the depths of the pop pieces to hear in past issue.Experience eternal rock'n roll theater 'now come out'.joint release with sloow tapes(Belgium) . This is CD version limited 250." (MA)

Matricarians 

• When We Were ... cdr (self-released) 5

Taking its cue from the more abstract recordings on Kitchen Cynics' releases, Alan Davidson & his Matricarians cohorts create haunted soundscapes from singing bowl, guitar, zither, clarinet, piano and theremin. A kitten plays theremin on one track! Gorgeous stuff.

• 10 Impertinent Questions cdr (self-released) 5

Another excellent Matricarians release. Alan Davidson & co create warm atmospheric soundscapes. Acoustic reveries haunted by singing and swirling analogue electronics. The mood is one of wistful nostalgia mixed with a spirit of playfulness and the instrumentation is interesting as always: 'cello, piano, theremin, clarinet.

Antony Milton & Anla Courtis - Bronze Age Subway LP (Ikuisuus / Gold Soundz) 13.50

"Fruitful meeting of two very consistent mainstays in the southern drone hemispheres... The recordings took place in Buenos Aires when Antony recently was on a trip to South America.. Dark and broodling, yet also soothing and narcoleptic drone works from these two masters of their fields.. Guitars, violins and organs create buzzing forcefields and nocturnal sonic transfixions.... Top shelf trans-continental drone extravaganza from these highly prolific gentlemen. Don't miss out!" (Ikuisuus) 

Moral Holiday - s/t cdr (Memoirs of an Aesthete) 5.50

Phil Todd's primeval electronic project. With the distortion ramped up to almost painful levels, imagine Harmonia being ripped up and spat out by Dr Mix and the Remix and you're nearly there. Excellent.

Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Luminaries & Synastry cd (Digitalis) 8

"Motion Sickness of Time Travel's Rachel Evans has had an incredibly busy year but finally returns to Digitalis with the proper follow-up to 2010's acclaimed Seeping Through the Veil of the Unconscious. Over the course of numerous limited releases, Evans has showcased her immense talent to construct floating sound worlds that immerse the listener in an aural cocoon. With Luminaries & Synastry, she is ready to unleash a whole different kind of voodoo. Recorded through the latter part of 2010, Luminaries & Synastry represents Motion Sickness of Time Travel's most focused and definitive work to date. These songs are darker, more condensed and dialed-in than ever with Evans voice sitting even more prominently in the mix. Her synth work is effortless and mesmerizing, adding the perfect accompaniment to her vocals which are, as ever, the star of the show. On the opener, “Luminaries,” rhythmically hypnotic synth chords float underground while Evans pierces the darkness with her voice. It's perfect foreshadowing for what is to come on the rest of the album. Its sister track, “Synastry,” is minimal and haunted. It revels in its simplicity, finding a perfect balance of grounded effervescence and astral projection. Taken together, the combined forces of “Luminaries” & “Synastry” are a bittersweet title set. Skeletal rhythms and sunburned arpeggios return on album centerpiece, “Day Glow.” Dripping in miserable beauty, the song takes vague kosmische nods and paints a thick coat of sublime whimsy to fill all the cracks. When it reaches its peak it is absolutely devastating. Everything in this song embodies all the best things about Motion Sickness of Time Travel. Heading toward the finish line, bombarded by gorgeous, revolving synthesizer passages on “Eight Nineteen” and the blissed-out “The Walls Were Dripping Stars,” it's clear that Luminaries & Synastry is something quite special in the ever-expanding discography of one of 2010's finest new voices. Even though only a year has passed since her last opus, this is a massive leap ahead." (Digitalis)

Muris - 10 Pin Boring cdr (self-released) 5

Collaborative release between Liene Rozite and Neil Davidson. Liene and Neil write each other questions such as "Who would you rather have sex with: Boulez or Stockhausen" and "Who would win if this were a competition?" and then try to answer them by playing on flute and guitar. The result is a wonderfully tense and playful 2 tracks of scraping, intense fluttering, viscious overblowing and silence. Excellent.

"It's been quite some time since a full length solo Ben Nash release, and it's finally here, and so,what different from his more psychedelic folk drones he showcased way back on 'The Seventh Goodbye'. Probably best left for Ben to explain this one for you... "I recorded this new full-length record during downtime from playing with Chora and after a long break from recording any solo music. Having become somewhat disillusioned with the process of overdubbing conventional “physical” instruments repeatedly in my solo work I have spent a lot of time experimenting with different ways of inputting, manipulating and arranging sound electronically, both in a variety of computer based environments and also using an Apple iPad. This release is the first in a series that will document these experiments. All sounds on the album stem from and are sequenced within Yamaha’s TNR-I app with some minimal mix processing in Logic" - Ben Nash, Camberwell Green, September 2011. Edition of 250 copies pressed on heavy weight black virgin vinyl." (BR) 

Tim Newman - Gamelan cdr (Reverb Worship) 6

Fascinating collection of gamelan music made by using samples of every note of every set held at the Nusantara Museum of Ethnography in Holland. Tim Newman is also in Vibrafuzz.  The tracks on this cdr use the samples in thoughtful ways from the more obvious Moondog-esque rhythmic constructions to more mysterious introspective moments. The intensely sonorous ringing of the gamelan is a sound I never tire of and this is a fine collection of music.

Nova Scotian Arms / Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Crystal Anniversary LP (Aguirre) 14.75

"This split lp sees the man/wife duo of Grant and Rachel Evans performing under their own solo projects. In the past two years they have released a bunch of awesome tapes and cd-rs on their label “Hooker Vision”. They also record and perform as droneduo Quiet Evenings. This record was created to celebrate the crystal anniversary of the couple. And indeed, on both sides Grant and Rachel create sounds which sound like the perfect marriage. With stunningly beautiful collage artwork by Grant Evans." (Aguirre)

Obscurer - s/t cdr (Seagrass) 5

Trio featuring Grant Capes (The Circle and The Point, VxPxC, Sleepwalkers Local), Michael Scholtz (who runs Seagrass) and Pat-Trip Dyspenzer (Faraday Trippers). OK, there's a theremin on this so I have to declare an immediate bias! It's used to haunting effect on the opener amidst walls of undulating analogue electronic shimmer. The second and final tracks is a long mysterious evocation of the sounds of the deep. 

Ø+yn 'He Resucitado en la Montaña cassette (Winebox Press) 8.50

"Hot on the heels of the Chora tape, this new release floats in all the way from another hemisphere but is a pretty ripe southern companion to the free movement of certain UK underground tribes. Ø+yn (said 'Omasin') come from the inland badlands of Córdoba, Argentina, and 'He Resucitado en la Montaña' is quite a trip, taking all kinds of unexpected yet smooth turns: from the occult church to the carnival to the Balinese woods at midnight, taking a detour up 6th Avenue to jam with Moondog before shifting gracefully towards a climactic scene with what sounds like a swarm of angry bees taking the guitar player for a ride at dinner time." (Winebox)

Daniel Padden - Ship Chop LP (Dekorder) 10.50

"Ship Chop is a celebratory cut-up of far-flung musics. Edited, collaged and re-arranged by Daniel Padden from original vinyl sources to create impossible collaborations between musical ghosts. It is both reverential and sacrilegious, giving the music its full praise whilst also subjecting it to playful subversion. Some of the editing is obvious and transparent, but some of it much less so, where sounds from different recordings and continents overlap into an unlikely whole. Daniel Padden is a member of The One Ensemble and Volcano The Bear, and also creates music for theatre and film. Limited edition of 300 copies." (Dekorder)

Painting Petals on Planet Ghost - Transparent Winter LP (Blackest Rainbow) 10

"Transparent Winter follows on from the debut release on the always excellent Time-Lag label and releases on the equally great PSF, Opax and A Silent Place. Painting Petals On Planet Ghost is the trio of Ramona Ponzini with Roberto & Maurizio Opalio (aka My Cat Is An Alien). Here they return for a new full length vinyl release on Blackest Rainbow. PPOPG create some wonderfully fragile and unusual experiments that fall somewhere between folk, psychedelia and drone. Ramono Ponzini sings in Japanese as well as contributing 'furin, metal and wooden japanese wind chimes'. These are combined with Maurizio Opalio on acoustic guitar, and Roberto Opalio on 'mini keyboard, bodhran, alientronics, and wordless vocalizations'. The trio's eclectic setup helps them create some truly luscious and mysterious music that is perfectly fragile, strange, distant and delicate. 'Mars Appears' is a hazy dream piece with layered guitars, strange electronics and Ramono's perfectly delivered Japanese vocals drawing the listener in surrounded by a strange but perfect fitting created by the Opalio brothers musical output. 'The Mountain' is equally as otherworldy as the previous sides track, with swirling strings and out of this world electronics created by Roberto and Maurizio. Whilst Ramona's vocal are almost delivered in a trance like state. A extremely beautiful record with a gorgeous organic feel to it. The record is housed in a sleeve featuring film photographs of flowers. Edition of 250 copies pressed on 140gram virgin vinyl." (BR)

Panabrite - Wind Rider cassette (Tranquility Tapes) 4.50

"Seattle’s Norm Chambers and his project Panabrite seemed to appear out of nowhere last year, displaying awe-inspiring synth wizardry across a handful of cassettes. Wind Rider builds upon that foundation and expands Panabrite’s horizons even further. Only briefly flirting with the oceanic themes prevalent in much of his work, Chambers instead takes to the skies. Soaring arpeggios mix with warm synth pads and even vocoder to form seven concise, but fully realized pieces. It’s simply amazing how many perfect melodic passages Chambers is able to unleash in a single track while still managing to keep the composition light and airy. Homage to new age and kosmiche pioneers is apparent throughout Wind Rider, but Panabrite is so much more than a retro synth revival project. Chambers manages to combine these influences with his own well-developed compositional abilities for a sound that’s at once personal, progressive, and entirely satisfying to the ears. Pro-dubbed and imprinted, featuring designs by Caroline Teagle." (TT)

Part Wild Horses Mane on Both Sides - Poisson LP (MIE Music) 11

"An edition of 500 copies on 180 gram vinyl. Originally released on Rayon Records as a tape. Includes bonus track "Seven Season Of Weeping", not included on original cassette release."

Pathways - Above the Flood Plain cdr (Seagrass) 6

"Oak Creek flows south from the narrow channel it has carved through the red sandstone cliffs at the edge of the Kaibab Plateau, and empties into the Verde Valley of central Arizona. This second album by Pathways was inspired by the views from a hillside overlooking the green pastures and cottonwood trees that line the river's banks as it winds its way across the dusty desert. The flowers sparkling "In the Summer Garden" might have grown from seeds planted on a sunny day by Virginia Astley, while the murky hums and dragonfly buzzes "By the Pond" drift through still, hot air, and hint at what might lie hidden among the reeds. And then a wind rises, dark clouds drift overhead, thunder echoes against the red rock cliffs, and a cool rain falls "Under Monsoon Skies." These melodic electric guitar improvisations evoke the calm beauty of the rural Southwest with no trace of twangy regionalism or new age cliche; the music glows and shimmers with multitracked harmonies, deep reverberation and ringing distortion." (Seagrass)

Ashley Paul - Hidden Face / Leave Mine 7" (Emerald Cocoon) 7.50

"Ashley Paul's music is the intersection of so many different facets of late 20th century art music that sometimes I'm surprised that the vinyl can still spin under the weight of all the ideas contained within. Modern composition, euro free clatter and textural psychedelia converge as stilted song forms on the verge of careering off the very face of form on thin lines of carefully controlled reed-skree. Amazing that a music so loaded with ideas could feel so hand crafted and warm. Guitar, vocals, crotales and saxophone stitched together and moving in a constant slow peristalsis, never quite coalescing, never quite drifting apart. Equal parts alien unease and folkish charm, these slowly tangled tones drift prismatic and high in the late afternoon light. Ashley is also one half of Aster (with artist of equal genius and partner in life/crime Eli Keszler) and Paul & Maurey (with Sakiko Mori). Part 2 of the 'Alone Together' series. Mastered by Pete Swanson. Edition of 300." (EC)

Lina Paul - No Blue Birds Passing By cdr (Reverb Worhsip) 6

This is a hauntingly beautiful record, where the space between is an important part of how what is sung and played holds together. Lina Paul's voice is like a darker Stina Nordenstam and some of her lyrics are pretty dark too. Field recordings and some use of what sounds like an old tape delay unit (a Copicat, perhaps?) add to the eeriness of the atmosphere. Even the very fine paper inserts to this edition of only 50 copies seem to lend themselves to the ethereal quality of the songs they cold. (JC)

Peeesseye - Communicating Between the Surface & the Underworld cd (Evolving Ear) 9

Pefkin - The Inaugural Meeting of the Glasgow Temperance Society cdr (Reverb Worship) 6

4 tracks, 3 of which were recorded for a radio session on John Cavanagh's Soundwave on Radio 6 International. Different versions of "Seasons Come and Never Go" (from Pingle Pangle) and "Remember the Words" (from Zugunruhe) and 2 unreleased tracks, one from the forthcoming Digitalis album and another completely new improvised piece. Joined by John Cavanagh on VCS3 and Farfisa Compact Duo and Nalle / Two Wings' Hanna Tuulikki on flute, drums, vocals and strings. Fragile songs with disorientating psyched-out middles and ends and some wild primal drumming. Very limited.

Andrew Pekler - Sentimental Favourites LP (Dekorder) 10.50

"Sentimental Favourites is Andrew Pekler's first album for Dekorder and his first solo release since 2009's Entanglements In The Orthopedic Sensorium. As is the case with all of his recordings, the music on this album is the result of an investigation into an abandoned genre or aesthetic trope of the past. In this case, the object of Pekler's retro-speculative archaeology is a particular strain of late 60's/early 70's easy listening which melded the sophisticated songwriting pathos of Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb or The Carpenters with a post-psychedelic attention to sonic detail and was exemplified by such ensembles as The Mystic Moods Orchestra, 101 Strings, late-period Santo & Johnny and countless one-off albums recorded by pseudonymous studio ensembles. On Sentimental Favourites, Andrew Pekler attempts, without irony, to recapture the emotional sweep and sonic grain of these last innocent byways of pop history with his own signature electronic textures, loops and fragments of melody. The individual songs and interludes range in tone from wistful yearning to haunted melancholy and comprise a carefully planned sequence. Enhanced by the sounds of nature between and sometimes during the tracks, the listener is taken through a cycle of mood states which gradually condense into an immersive atmosphere of sentimental reflection. Repeated listening is recommended. 400 LPs including special edition of 50 LPs in individually designed, salvaged second hand sleeves." (Dekorder)

Pummeler / The North Sea split cd (Ark Tarp) 9.50

Pummeler is Dane Mikkel Dunkerley and on here he contributes one long track of synth disintegration. The North Sea's explorations of weird synth-scapes continues with this lengthy track that mixes a background of infernal tape-wowing hum with spiralling oscillations. Excellent hand-made packaging too.

Quicksails - Bywater Colours cassette (Digitalis) 5

"chaotic percussion mauling synthesizers forever" (digitalis)

Rain Drinkers - Springtide cdr (Reverb Worship) 6

Another gorgeous release from Rain Drinkers, steeped in melancholy. This opens in a subtly dramatic style with neo-classical piano and strings and then drifts into mysterious ambience. Track 2 "Breach" is a delicately rhythmic and hypnotic exploration on nylon strings - very Steve Reich. Lastly "Hyacinth" is similarly hypnotic - a cascade of joyous synth over mournful brass.

Jonas Reinhardt - The Prime Pharoah 12" (Great Pop Supplement) 6.50

"New up on The GPS is a beautiful new Jonas Reinhardt 12” EP, a debut UK release arriving hot on the heels of their acclaimed Not Not Fun LP “Music For The Tactile Dome” earlier this year, (following essential earlier outings on Kranky and KRAAK.) Initially a project launched by San Francisco based Jesse Reiner, who began writing and creating analog synthesiser music over 10 years ago whilst studying music synthesis at the Harvard Electronic Music Centre. (Recently extended to a 4 piece for the road and future recording, by one time and current members of Trans Am, Mi Ami, Citay and 3 Leafs amongst others). 2 deep trip kosmische pieces, heavy on rich ‘Cyborg‘-esque swells and pulsing drones, expansive ebb and flow, simmer and swell kraut soundscapes aimed at the stars! Hypnotic, warm and melodic with a celestial eeriness. Shades of Froese and Schulze figure for sure, with the odd passing nod to some of the later Sky oeuvre; “Sonnenlicht”, “Synthesist”, later Cluster etc… Cut and mastered at Abbey Road, this one looks just beautiful too. Side A of this 12 is cut as a 7” played at 45 and Side B cut as a 10” at 33. 11+ mins of music overall. Both sides featuring on disc etching from GPS head, Dom, also at Abbey Road. An incredible record in top opening pro-printed sleeves in a numbered edition of 500 on vinyl only." (GPS)

Larry "Sunshine" Rice - Here Comes Sunshine LP (Time Lag) 20

"top quality official reissue of this wonderful album. this project is a bit different from other time-lag reissues, as the original isn’t exactly a mega-rarity. that’s not to say that they’re easy to find, but our motives for the reissue have more to do with the fact that this great lp has been seriously overlooked by so many, and feels very ripe to reach some new ears. this one’s got a pretty wild backstory too, being a rather undiscussed piece of 60s texas underground history : in 1966 larry ‘sunshine’ rice was feeling burnt by the increasingly superficial hippy scene in san francisco, so headed to dallas, texas, the “center of darkness” and the place he was raised, with a vision to transform minds. a random gig doing psychedelic light shows at a local bar led to a job managing a new “hip” church… and so the ‘satori house’ was founded. through this outlet sunshine held experimental light & sound worship sessions, began hosting underground rock concerts, launched a free press, and just about any & all other activities towards the goal of turning on dallas. it was, of course, a great success while it lasted… which was not long once a federal drug bust (total set-up) went down, and the higher-ups in the parent church organization got wind of just exactly what their cash had been backing. during the extended trial that followed sunshine split the city for tiny justin, texas and founded ‘the church of changes’ texas’ first marijuana church, claiming grass as their sacrament and legal right… it was at this point that a series of truly unlikely synchronicities led to a record deal & recording session, but by the time “here’s sunshine” was released in the summer of 1969, sunshine was back in california living as a fugitive. he never showed up at his meeting with the bigwigs at blue thumb records who were planning to release his follow up album, thus quickly and purposely ending his connection to the music industry…. if that’s got your head turned, you’ll almost certainly dig the music… it’s a mystical and convoluted folk trip, executed with the lonesome single-mindedness of a true searcher. warm intense vocals are delivered in a magically loose, flowing style. tim buckley comparisons pop up, and that’s not totally off the mark if you replaced any avant / jazz leanings with more of a tripping-in-the-desert vibe. lyrically things get truly bent, venturing into some deeply surreal & glassy-eyed zones. there are a few grasps towards religious ponderance, but it’s very far from a “xian” album. stream of consciousness broodings on nature, work, love, god, satan, sex, hallucinations, and so forth. it’s a totally solo recording centered on understated but effective acoustic guitar, and fleshed out via overdub with rather unusual use of electric bass, organ, banjo, mandolin, and harmonica. things get especially psychedelic when the bass comes in, either as an ultra-minimal echo-drenched pulse or a flowing tonal improvisation. the hyper compressed and reverb saturated production somehow suites the material perfectly, and the combination of elements creates quite an immersive, mirage-like and exploratory space. this one is far stronger, more hallucinogenic, and has gobs more personally then most of the over-hyped, mega-bucks coffee house folk strummers passed off as loner / downer / acidfolk these days. this record’s got a real spirit of it’s own, that with repeated listens will sneak right into your mind before you even know it… and i’m sure that’s the way sunshine intended it… beautiful exact reproduction art packaged in a lovely heavy 60s style cover and pressed on 180gm audiophile vinyl. includes an insert with new notes from the artist, as well as a short except from his book ‘morning glory’ which was written in 1968 and tells the story behind the album, but has yet to be published. one time vinyl only edition of 500 copies." (TL)

Ali Robertson's Ludd Quest - Don't Turn Your Hog Out cdr (Blackest Rainbow) 4.25

"Brand new slab of avant weirdo sounds from Ali of Usurper. Slurping, sucking and squeaking insanity opens up this five track disc. As it progresses it may well just get more and more weird, pouring water (?), some sorta mic-ed up pipe actions, weird tinkerings of househeld objects, layered talking (at times saying that talking is a terrible idea - 'why are you talking'?). Ali's work with Usurper and his solo work retains a great sense of humour, with the pure weirdness of what is going and lack or knowing what the hell is making half the bizarre sounds. Limited to 50. " (BR)

Roman Nose - Black (Silk) Death on Silk (Silk) Road cassette (Winebox) 8.50

"Completing a triptych of Hunter Gracchus solo pieces, Roman Nose is the solo work of Jon Marshall (who also plays in Akke Phallus Duo and Vampire Blues). Using harmonium/voice/various free reed aerophones he creates drones that are fairly radical in their nakedness, far removed from the smooth edges of dream pop, with a Tazartès-esque 'world' aesthetic that takes in Antarctica (specifically Douglas Quinn's recordings of Weddell seals), the Middle East (the third track comes on like a pitch-shifted call to prayer) and Indonesia, while the sidelong track that makes up the second side is both centrepiece and climax, pulsating wildly with an urgency not dissimilar to Blue Yodel. Edition of 53 copies comes, at the insistence of the recording artist, from the usable parts of a pretty gnarly old couch from the roof of Portland Works, so if anything crawls out of it blame him." (Winebox)

Sedayne - Glad Hours in the Green Lanes Volume 1 cdr (Reverb Worship) 6

New solo release from Sean Breadin of Venereum Arvum. Sean calls his music "Proximal Indo-European No-Age Exotica" and the 7 slowly unwinding tracks on here explore free improvisation, ethnomusicology, early music and traditional folk. Celebratory dances such as "Purgatory Field" played on jew's harp, fiddle and flute could accompany a May Day celebration and the following "Blod-Monath" with its dirge-like place and avian flute & violin flutterings could accompany a funeral procession across the moors.

Selaroda - Synaptic Portals cassette (Digitalis) 5

"reanimate the rabbit hole, pluck your piano strings, and sink in this synthetic quicksand" (Digitalis)

Serfs - Sha La La - La Later On cassette (Cabin Floor Esoterica) 6

"The UK's Jon Collin is in a ton of projects (The Whole Voyald, Vampire Blues, John Fante, etc.) and runs what is possibly one of my favorite labels ever: Winebox Press. His side of the 'Solo Guitar' boxset floored me and now here we are with a beautiful set from Serfs. 'Sha La La - La Later On' presents two distinct sides of the Serfs spectrum. The first, a glossy sparse web of clean ringing guitar reminiscent of Loren Connors. Emotional without ever becoming melodramatic. It closes out with a wonderful cover of Jerry Garcia's 'Love Scene' from the Zabriskie Point soundtrack. The flip side is the grittier side of things - pure burned-out live works. The guitar has more growl, the recording more hiss. This side closes with another cover, this time as a duo with Beach Fuzz's Tom Settle, ringing out a ten minute all-over-the-place version of Curtis Mayfield's 'People Get Ready'. In an edition of 50 tapes in cardstock sleeves with an insert." (CFE)

Shep & Me - Spring Creeper cassette (Cabin Floor Esoterica) 6

"Minnesota's Matthew Himes, of the fantastic Lighten Up Sounds label, has carried Shep & Me through a revolving door of sounds, places, people and time. The sounds found here span five states, six other folks lending a hand, and seven years of recording, but you would never guess it with how well this flows as a whole. Like an old car radio, things crackle and split across the dial from crooked hayloft sing-alongs to smoky low-fidelity transistor radio drones. You never quite know what you're hearing in between - the hum of a midnight motor, a voice crooning from another room, or a dirty '45 spinning just a little too slow. A perfect blend of straight-forward songs and far-out mixups of sound. In an edition of 50 tapes in cardstock sleeves with an insert." (CFE)

Shiggajon 

• Asconema LP (Chironex) 12.25

" Shiggajon is a Danish modern free music collective and> continuing collaboration revolving around the duo of Nikolai Brix Vartenberg and Mikkel Reher-Langberg. The recordings for Asconema, their first vinyl output, were made at the conclusive show on a UK-tour in 2009 curated by Singing Knives, and sent the band of in a new direction musically. On Asconema, the sound of this 9-man version of shiggajon goes in a more acoustic and dynamic direction, moving from quiet solo-pieces to dense and bacchantic ones in a matter of moments. The music is formally more "traditional" and less psychedelic than most in this tradition, including the band's own, being almost stripped of added effects, and thus letting interplay and melody dominate the flow of it." (Chironex)

• Strenge cdr / cassette (Golem) 3.25

  "Strenge is an experiment for violins and a tambourine recorded in an abandoned industrial area in Copenhagen. The sound is dense, intense, shimmering, reminding one of early works by tony conrad." (Golem)

"Star Turbine is the long-distance duo of Sindre Bjerga from Stavanger, Norway and Claus Poulsen from Copenhagen, Denmark.The long-distance collaboration seems to work very well, producing 3 records in the first few months. Bjerga and Poulsen have different musical styles, sound and instrumentation, but as Star Turbine these differences seem to balance out to form a creative forcefield. They share an interest in experimental music and improvisation and have worked with drone, noise and ambient, but might very well do other things on the future as well. Equilibrium is the condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced. Equilibrium is also the first of Star Turbine's work to be released - proud to be on the Striate Cortex label with extraordinary handmade covers by head honcho Andy Robinson. Equlibrium is a box with two 3” CD's. The first CD starting off with a string of powerful drones rising in intensity, the second CD contrasting it with two longer ambient pieces - in equilibrium." (SC)

Twinsistermoon - When Stars Glide Through Solid cd (Blackest Rainbow) 8

Tim Coster & L. G. Hill take us on a sonic map tour of radio tunings, creepy fairground organs, loops and natural atmospheres. Enjoy this trip, for it is a trip! (JC)

Xenis Emputae Travelling Band - Goat Willow 3"  cdr (Reverb Worship) 4.50

Reissue of a 3" on Barl Fire from 2005.  A departure from the ethereal naturalistic drone of the Larkfall cdrs (which I should have in stock again within a week or so), with a wonderful cosmic treatment of traditional folk, reedy flute warble, blissed vocal moaning and earth-embedded violin drone

Yek Koo - Oh Woman 7" (Emerald Cocoon) 7.50

"Helga Fassonaki (of Metal Rouge) returns as Yek Koo with her first new release since last years 'I Saw Myself' on Stunned Records. Gone are the horizontal string-sprawl epics of past, replaced by a new density and compositional focus. Dictaphone guitar-swirl and declamatory vocal preaching atop loping nod-out rhythm samples, you could almost say Yek Koo has gone pop….until the b-side hits: a sheet of live industrial slamming recorded at LA's now defunct spiritual hub, the Echo Curio, that sounds like a realtime channelling of Kali. As hard to pin down as ever, the closest point of comparison would be the Morley/Russell split 7" lathe on Corpus Hermeticum left to percolate in the merciless Californian sun And even that sounds nothing like it. Confusing, enticing, nuanced and brutal. Part 3 of the 'Alone Together' series. Mastered by Pete Swanson. Edition of 300." (EC)

v/a - A Cleansing Ascension cd (Elavator Bath) 8

Matt Shoemaker, Adam Pacione, Jim Haynes, Keith Berry, Rick Reed, Dale Lloyd, Colin Andrew Sheffield, Francisco Lopez, James Eck Rippie, Tom Recchion

v/a - Concentric Spaces Vol 2 cdr (Striate Cortex) 3.50

Featuring Deep Loom, Wbaum, Vibrafuzz, Enfer Boreal, Trudy, Cannibal Movie, P:ink Desert, Spaces Between, Seabuckthorn, Ammonites. Handmade packaging.

v/a - Friends & Family 3cdr (Golem) 7

"The 10th golem-release is a 3xcd-r compilation (more than 3½ hours of music) featuring active Danish projects in some way surrounding the label, most of the projects being by members of shiggajon, projects that are not often presented. Being very extensive, this compilation should make up a pretty good introduction to this part of ”experimental” Danish music. None of the material featured here has been released before, and several of the projects have never released anything. In order of appearance, the projects featured are: shiggajon, oort trio, trulofa trio, rallemalle, ancestor, jon dræby, space continents, raphel mai amecche zabi almi, elektronavn, white moth, látzlò máa, mazurka, bm, drowning mountains, and al-ha-sheminit" (Golem)

v/a - Menagerie #3 LP & zine (Blackest Rainbow) 11

"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 Neal and Jake Blanchard. The sleeve is a collaboration between Jake and Jim and it is incredible! The LP is pressed on heavyweight black virgin vinyl, packaged with a A5 12 page litho printed full colour booklet. Limited to 500 copies." (BR)