CODES: - Drone Records

Diese limitierte Vinyl-Version ist auch gleichzeit Teil 3 der RECORDS
ARE NOT FOR BAKING – Serie, die es im Abo auch mit Bonus pic-12“
gibt !
“Brunnen reveals that part of Beequeen's Freek Kinkelaar 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.” [label info]
* John CALE & Terry RILEY – Church of Anthrax LP (Columbia C
30131, 1971) € 14.00
Wieder erhältlich auf Vinyl im Original-Design, die legendäre
Zusammenarbeit des VELVET UNDERGROUND-Begründers mit dem
kalifornischen Minimal-Music Komposer TERRY RILEY!
“When an avant-garde minimalist composer and an experimental rock
musician meet to make a record, you'd expect the album to be as
drone-heavy as possible. Unlike Tony Conrad's meeting with Faust in
1972, this album is surprisingly jazzy, but definitely not the kind of jazzfusion
you'd expect from Miles Davis, Weather Report or Soft Machine,
although Church of Anthrax at times allows comparisons with the latter
band's third album. A heavy street-smart feel carries the nine-minute
title track with its rumbling bassline and skittering drums setting a heavy
basis for a melange of colourful keyboards and serpent-like
mesmerizing saxes and (later) tortured, yet subdued droning atonal
guitars. "The Hall Of Mirrors In The Palace Of Versailles" follows and it
appears to be a sedater affair, more in line with Terry Riley's work, the
interplay between piano and soprano sax is blissful. "The Soul of
Patrick Lee" is pure John Cale track which, if Cale hadn't left the
Velvets in 1968, wouldn't have sounded out of place on Velvet
Underground's third, or even fourth album, the only track with vocals
too. "March Ides" is possibly the closest thing on this album to jazzfusion,
and quite idiosyncratic at that: pounding semi-ragtime piano sets
the basis for the song and mingles with more skittering drumwork,
creating thus a quirky 11-minute improvisation. "The Protégé" is among
the shortest tracks on this album, but it also seems the most repetitive,
until the false sense of security is chased away by a burst of violent
feedback that concludes Church Of Anthrax.“ [Stereomouse]
* CAMPINGSEX – “1914” + “unreleased live LP” do-LP (Vinyl-
On-Demand VOD.29, 2006) [lim. 500] € 20.00
“The legendary, limited and highly collectable pre-Mutter material from
'85, plus a bonus LP with previously unreleased Campingsex material,
plus a selection of various live-material." (label info]
* CHATHAM, RHYS – An Angel moves to fast to see LP (Table of
the Elements TOELP802, 2006) € 16.50
Komposition von 1989 für 100 (!) Gitarren, Bass und Drums in 5 Teilen.
Polyphone Gitarren-Schwärme, ein rockig-symphonisches Grundgerüst,
majestätisch, monumental, einnehmend, entrückt.... erinnert an GLENN
BRANCA und SONIC YOUTH... besonders gefallen uns die
rhythmuslosen amorphen Sektionen (I, IV), selten wurden schönere &
komplexere Gitarren-Drones auf Platte gepresst !
"By the late 1980s, Rhys Chatham was chafing against the logistical
and financial constraints imposed upon him in the States; in his mind
was a vast, unprecedented sound. Moving permanently from New York
to Paris, Chatham began composing his masterpiece, a piece for one
hundred electric guitars, electric bass and drums. The result, An Angel
Moves Too Fast to See, is one of the most extraordinary works in the
minimalist canon, one that demonstrates the majesty inherent in
Chatham's amplified imagination. Now widely available for the first time,
this lavish CD presents this sonic revolution in all its glory, and cements
Chatham's reputation as a monolithic figure astride both rock and
classical musics." [label description]
* CHATHAM, RHYS – Die Donnergötter do-LP (Table of the
Elements TOELP801, 2006) € 20.00
“Diese Zusammenstellung enthält das Beste von CHATHAMS Werken
der Periode zwischen dem berüchtigten "Guitar Trio" (1977), dem
ungestümen bläserlastigen "Massacre On MacDougal Street" (1982)
und dem rasanten, euphorischen Meisterwerk, "Die Donnergötter"
(1986). Das Gatefold-Cover (LP-Version) und das 32 seitige Booklet
(liegt der CD bei) beinhaltet seltene Fotos und einige Beiträge von
CHATHAM, TONY CONRAD und SONIC YOUTH's LEE RONALDO.
Nun, weitestgehend erstmals erhältlich dokumentieren diese Tracks
lebhaft diese gloreichen Jahre im Leben einer Stadt, eines Milieus in
welchem das Rohe, Gehobene und Tanzbare ineinander aufgingen und
eine neue Ära des Rock geboren wurde.
"Rhys Chatham altered the DNA of rock. The New York-born composer
began as a classically-trained prodigy, but by 1975, Chatham was
fusing the overtone-drenched minimalism of John Cale and Tony
Conrad with the relentless, elemental fury of the Ramones. It was an
inspired amalgamation -- the textural intricacies of the avant-garde
colliding with the visceral punch of electric guitar-slinging punk rock --
and with it Chatham created a new type of urban music. Raucous and
ecstatic, this sound energized the downtown New York scene
throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, prefigured the No Wave
movement and cast a huge influence over the subsequent work of
Chatham's many protegees, including Glenn Branca and future
members of Sonic Youth. This release contains all of Chatham's best
work of the period, from the notorious 'Guitar Trio' (1977) and the
tumultuous, brass-based 'Massacre on MacDougal Street' (1982), to the
soaring, euphoric masterpiece, 'Die Donnergotter' (1986). The
accompanying 32-page book features rare photos plus essays by
Chatham, Tony Conrad and Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, as well as
artwork by famed visual artist Robert Longo. Now widely available for
the first time, these tracks vividly document those glorious years in the
life of a city and a milieu in which the raw, the sophisticated and the
danceable merged, and a new era of rock was born." [press release]
* CHRISTIANSEN, HENNING – Symphony Natura Op. 170 LP
(Slowscan Editions Vol. 21, 2006) [ed. of 300] € 33.00
Collectors Item / Art-Release on the dutch label SLOWSCAN,
specialised on (re)-releasing rare- & live-material from SoundArt-
Composers. SYMPHONY NATURA OP.170 is a 45min piece from 1985
using lots of animal-sounds with low-fi charme, combining this with
instrumental music at times. Obscure to say the least.
Comes with A4-booklet with a kind of score for the composition.
* CISFINITUM – Devotio 10” (Substantia Innominata SUB-04,
2006) [ed. of 500] € 12.00
Das Projekt CISFINITUM von Evgueny Voronovsky gehört für uns zu
den momentan besten russischen experimentell-atmosphärischen /
Drone / Post-Industrial - Acts, weshalb die Einladung zur neuen
SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA–Reihe nach dem phänomenalen Konzert
im Bremer Dom (November 2005) sich fast zwangsläufig ergab.
Bereits im Namen CISFINITUM steckt die Auseindersetzung mit dem
Nicht-Mehr-Erfassbaren, DEVOTIO verweist klanglich mit
monumentalen Kirchenglocken-Drones auf sakrale Sphären des
Transzendenten, nicht mehr Hinterfragbaren.... kommt auf weissem
Vinyl und eine fantastische Artwork des Berliner Artworkers TILMANN
BENNINGHAUS . “Hinter CISFINITUM steckt Evgueny Voronovsky, ein
ausgebildeter Violinist, der neben konkreten und instrumentellen
Klangquellen auch alte sowjetische Synthesizer in neuem Kontext
benutzt (wie auf der letzten CD-Veröffentlichung „BEZDNA“
[Monochrome Vision]), z.B. den legendären ANS. CISFINITUM
(=„Jenseits des Endlichen“) ist ein Text (1930) & Begriff des russischen
Dichters Daniil Charms, der für die „Logik der unendlichen Nicht-
Existenz“steht: das was hinter dem Verstandesmässigem liegt. Die
Endlichkeit der logischen Welt wird durch die Logik selbst
nachgewiesen. ’ Das Cisfinitum zerstört die Postulate eines nach dem
anderen. Das entzieht jeder Grundlage ihren Halt. Das zweifelt alles an.
Das raubt einem sein Vermögen. Das hat kein Heiligtum, keine Moral,
keine Tugenden. Das Cisfinitum ist brutal.’ [Michail Demidov]“ [Drone
Records / REM-info 2005]
The fourth volume in our new series comes from one of the currently
best projects of the russian experimental-atmospheric / drone / postindustrial-scene.
Main force behind CISFINITUM we find Evgueny
Voronovsky, an educated violinist from Moscow.
CISFINITUM is a notion by russian poet & writer DANIIL CHARMS,
meaning the „logic of the infinite non-existence“, that „something“ that is
beyond all rational things.
DEVOTIO uses monumental bell-sounds that build complex
overlappings & hypnotic drone-waves in various layers, dissolving into
pure vibrations. To us It sounds like a journey into the heart of the
sacral, pointing at a sphere of transcendence where all questions end.
Or begin again. Comes on white vinyl and with great artwork by Berlinbased
artworker TILMANN BENNINGHAUS.
* CONTROL – World of Lies LP (Freak Animal Records FA-EP-
015, 2006) [ed of 275] € 12.00
“Debute 12" vinyl finally out! After many praised CD releases and
couple 7"s, Control delivers you their debut full length vinyl. "World Of
Lies" follows already trademark style developed on past albums, but
with always something new. "World Of Lies" is more more of political