TIMMY'S ORGANISM - 'HEARTLESS HEATHEN'

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• TMR325 - LP

  813547021090

• TMR325CD - CD

  813547021106

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Fronting some of the most original, compelling and unpredictable bands (not only in Detroit, but the world) for over two decades, Tim Lampinen’s work with the Epileptix, Clone Defects, and Human Eye has always held a rapturous cult following. Yet his work with his current trio, Timmy’s Organism, presents Lampinen (aka Timmy Vulgar) along with bassist Jeff Giant and drummer Blake Hill, ready for their close-up. With Heartless Heathen the group touches on their artistic and spiritual forbears of Captain Beefheart and Destroy All Monsters, while amply ramping up the slop culture rapture of classic punk ‘n’ roll like Chrome, Crime, and the Damned as well as contemporaries like Thee Oh Sees. There’s a reason why Lampinen won a $25,000 Kresge Grant for his work with his bands...he creates music that borders on art, live shows that border on theater. It’s high time the rest of the world takes notice. Are you ready?

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YOKAN SYSTEM - 'WHISPERING'

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• AMPLA110CD - CD

  5065001652325

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The debut album “two of the finest indie talents in Tokyo right now” Clear & Refreshing Website, Tokyo “They sound so gloriously quirky and effervescent that you just simply can't help falling in love with them” Little Indie Blog Mai and Tsukasa are Yokan System. The Tokyo-based duo have released 2 singles on Ample Play, becoming slowly known through BBC 6music plays & blog interest. Last winter they got a rapturous response to their small tour of England, Holland and France and are now ready for an October release of their debut album. Set the dial to Cocteau Twins, Crystal Castles, early Human League. Don't let the laid-back title ‘Whispering’ guide you - this is supermall music for earth people settling on Jupiter. UK & European dates in November.

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ELLEN FULLMAN - 'THE LONG STRING INSTRUMENT'

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• SV085 - LP

  857176003850

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Ellen Fullman began developing her installation The Long String Instrument in 1981, in search of tonalities that could not be achieved with traditional instruments. This largescale work consists of 70-foot-long metallic wires, anchored by a wooden resonator, across which the performer moves backwards and forwards with rosin-covered fingers. The overall effect has been rightfully compared to the experience of standing inside an enormous grand piano. Recorded during Fullman’s 1985 residency at Het Apollohuis in Eindhoven, Holland, The Long String Instrument album is the first document of her acoustic explorations. “Woven Processional,” which features Fullman alongside artist Arnold Dreyblatt, conjures an enchanting drone from the elongated strings and dissolves into organ-like overtones and otherworldly textures. Several tracks bring to life another Fullman invention, The Water Drip Drum, constructed from water dripping into an amplified aluminum pan and manipulated by foot pedal. Thirty years since its initial release, Ellen Fullman’s debut LP remains a major contribution to the histories of sound sculpture and minimalist composition. This firsttime reissue is mastered from the original analog tapes and recommended for fans of Pauline Oliveros, Charlemagne Palestine and Harry Bertoia.

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1. Woven Processional
2. Langzaam
3. Swingen
4. Memory of a Big Room (For Matthew)
5. Dripping Music

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WOLF EYES - 'I AM A PROBLEM: MIND IN PIECES'

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• TMR324 - LP

  813547021120

• TMR324CD - CD

  813547021137

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Having eschewed the “noise” moniker to describe their sound in favor of the self-proclaimed “Trip Metal”, Wolf Eyes are at the forefront of a wide-ranging, experimental, impossible-to-categorize world. With over 500 releases since their inception in 1997, the group has been lauded by Thurston Moore, Henry Rollins and countless other stoned basement malcontents. With previous full-lengths on labels like Sub Pop and Troubleman, I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces is their debut release for Third Man Records and signals an ever-so-slight shift with the appearance of guitar and even drums. I Am a Problem is as much a classic Wolf Eyes record as no one would’ve ever predicted such a pulverizing left-turn at this juncture of their career. This is social audio dissent.

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1. Catching the Rich Train
2. Twister Nightfall
3. T.O.D.D.
4. Asbestos Youth
5. Enemy Ladder
6. Cynthia Vortex aka Trip Memory Illness

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VIDEO - 'THE ENTERTAINERS'

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• TMR326 - LP

  813547021069

• TMR326CD - CD

  813547021076

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There’s no band that can lay claim to being the true best in the business, except VIDEO. Crawling from the musical wasteland that is Texas, their intentions are simple: they want to own the world. While the band features members of Bad Sports, Wiccans, Radioactivity, and the Wax Museums (just to name a few), VIDEO stands on its own as one of the most powerful and visceral bands active today. Combining equal parts snotty punk, hard rock, and melodic dissonance, VIDEO are pioneers of their own subgenre, Hate Wave. Going well beyond the confines of paint by numbers punk, and generic, flaccid garage rock, VIDEO forges a new cult like movement. So pay attention, consumers, and don’t miss out on the best thing going today. Long Live The New Faith, Long Live VIDEO.

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1. Opening
2. The Entertainers
3. New Immortals
4. Drink It In
5. Nothing Lasts Forever
6. Shackles
7. No Art
8. Never Enough
9. Out of My Hands
10. I Will Wait
11. The End of It All

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OLAFUR ARNALDS & NILS FRAHM - 'COLLABORATIVE WORKS'

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• ERATP074CD - 2xCDs

  4050486110522

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Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm announce Double-CD release ‘Collaborative Works’ – comprising all three vinyl EPs ‘Loon’, ‘Stare’ and ‘Life Story Love And Glory’ as well as 7 new songs from their ‘Trance Frendz’ studio film ‘Stare’ (2012) was the very first collaborative recording made by Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm – a true family effort featuring long-time collaborator and cellist Anne Müller, which took place in 2011 between Reykjavík and Berlin. Originally released as a strictly limited 10-inch vinyl record exclusive on Record Store Day 2012, this long sold-out must-have was re-issued on July 17, 2015 – this time in 12-inch format. Óli and Nils recorded and mixed their first collaborative record between Reykjavík and Berlin as a surprise release for label founder Robert Raths. ‘Loon’ (2015) is a synthesiser-led 5-track EP that was recorded in autumn 2014 across five days at Nils’s Durton Studio in Berlin, and continues with the ambient sounds of ‘Stare’ but with the addition of more percussive elements and dub influences. For ‘Loon’ they wired the Oberheim 4 Voice and a Korg PS3100 to the patch bay/mixing desk and performed live takes. With all four hands on its pots, all mixes were recorded straight onto 2-track ½-inch tape. 'Life Story Love And Glory' (2015) is a 2-track live improv affair on two pianos, also recorded at Nils’s place in October 2012, the day before the two went on the road for the Erased Tapes 5th Anniversary Tour. It was released on August 21, 2015 as a surprise 7” available through record stores only, two weeks ahead of its digital release, and entered the Official UK Vinyl Single Charts at #3, still remaining in the Top 10 after 3 weeks. ‘Trance Frendz’ (2015) is the audio recording of their intimate 45-minute studio film. Originally planned as a short video session of previously released tracks, instead the two ended up recording seven brand new improvisations – showcasing the nature of their musical friendship. It was revealed on September 1, 2015 as part of their joint website www.arnaldsfrahm.com "The music on this CD is a collection of our studio collaborations from recent years. We would meet in Reykjavik or Berlin with the intention to share some days off work, hiking, swimming or eating pizza. That is great for a couple days, but after a while we would always end up back in the studio, fiddling with synths or pianos. This collection of recordings cannot be an album. It will remain a collage of our studio experiments of the past. It simply is convenient to have them all together here, so you don’t need to look out for some limited 10” somewhere or deal with a nerdy record dealer in Japan to track down this one 7 ̋ which will turn out to sound pretty rough anyways... consider them as moments in space and time where we shared the same room for some days to come down and enjoy making music. After deciding to release the studio collaborations, we planned to do a video session of us performing an improvised duet to promote the release. On the 28th of July 2015 we met up at Durton Studio in Berlin and invited Alexander Schneider and his camera to document it. But instead of ending the session after the first take we continued improvising throughout the night, ending up with several new pieces written and recorded in 8 hours with no overdubs and no edits. We felt there was something special in these songs as they arrived so quickly and unexpectedly, remembering that our friendship and collaboration originally started with live improvisation on stage. At the end of the night we had all this music that sounded unfamiliar even to us, loudly asking to be included in this collection.” (Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm)

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CD 1

1. Four
2. Three
3. Wide Open
4. w
5. m
6. a1
7. a2
8. b1
9. Life Story
10. Love And Glory

CD 2

1. 20:17
2. 21:05
3. 23:17
4. 23:52
5. 00:26
6. 01:41
7. 03:06

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THE EVIL USSES - 'S/T'

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• SBR020 - LP

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*INSTOCK AND SHIPPING*Stolen Body Records are proud to announce the forthcoming album from the magnificent Bristol 4 piece The Evil Usses comprising of Conrad, Leon, Dan and Lorenzo. They play, as they describe, ‘jazzy notrock, post-op pop’. Through wildly chaotic sax solos and spasmodic guitar bursts, The Evil Usses are a band full of sensory passion and provocation. Think Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band mixed with Frank Zappa and Sun Ra and you might get where these Bristol guys are coming from. Stolen Body Records first released The Evil Usses as part of Vegetarian Meat 2 and have been excited about getting this album out ever since then. The Evil Usses have been praised for their amazingly wild and energetic live shows and they have recently recorded their eponymous debut album with renowned Bristol musician Jim Barr (Portishead, Get The Blessing) who has also co-produced the recor

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CUNTZ - 'FORCE THE ZONE'

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• HOMELESS24 - LP

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Vinyl only release, 12 tracks, includes download code  Limited to 600 copies only  Melbourne, Australia punk-noise-rock four piece, formed 2012  3rd album, prev: Aloha (Jan ’13) Solid Mates (Sept ’13) on Homeless Third album for Melbourne’s CUNTZ. With Alex Macfarlane (Boomgates, Constant Mongrel, The Stevens) behind the desk again, CUNTZ offer an even more bitter pill to swallow this time around in ‘Force The Zone’. Always polarising critics, mainly due to the band’s chosen moniker, those that didn’t get the sardonic humour present missed out on fully enjoying Aloha and Solid Mates, although one commenter nailed it when stating “…the informed listener can choose to either get it or be put off by the irreverence. Cuntz are dedicated to the hoon, and dedicated to supporting each other in their own respective hoons, and they don’t give a fuck about what anyone thinks about that.” CUNTZ are about to embark on another U.S tour, commencing September 2015 and includes an appearance at Gonerfest 12 in Memphis, alongside Ty Rex, Nobunny, Hank Wood, Quintron and Sonny Vincent. Tour dates: "... these new Australian bands just continue to kick asses and take names. 'Aloha' kicks off with a massive headache, coming off like Flipper and Venom P. Stinger in a head-on collision. Thank god for them." - RK (Terminal-Boredom) “… all subtleties removed resulting in a sound as unwavering as a drunk’s visions on the last bus home.” – LG (MRR) "has some of the Birthday Party's ghastly vibe and a lot of sonic sludge and aggressively abrasive attitude borrowed from the 80s heyday of the pigfuck movement." (Chicago Reader) "It's delightfully maddening and miserable. Imagine an Australian Pissed Jeans, maybe, or these guys' '80s/'90s predecessors Venom P. Stinger (going back further, the Sick Things) on a hard drug binge. Get it if you like your rock ugly and unhappy, but with a sardonic sense of humor." (Aquarius Records) Cuntz are Ben Mackie (vocals), Lewis Hodgson (guitar), Dom Mercuri (bass) and Mike Ward (drums)

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MOTEL BEDS - 'MIND GLITTER'

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• AW085 - LP

  711447008510

• AW085CD - CD

  711447008527

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The Motel Beds are back! Though last year saw the Misra Records-released “hits” collection, These Are the Days Gone By, Mind Glitter is the group’s first proper full-length in three years—which may not seem long until one realizes that they released five albums in the period between 2009 and 2012. All of which makes Mind Glitter pretty special. Starting this album as soon as the previous one’s final tracks were done (guitarist Derl Robbins, who also helped engineer the last few Guided By Voices albums, records the band himself), they’ve had 36 months to throw out hooks, choruses, puns and bad jokes, and then try them all out in front of live audiences. What materialized are some of the most varied and beautiful songs the band has laid down yet. Highlights are scattered all around—the waves of acoustic guitar and drums that kick off “Open Ocean,” the gorgeous Beach Boys harmonies of “Queens for the Summer,” the airy psychedelic drone of “Paper Trees,” the unrelenting, fist-pumping riff from “Live City,” the pure ’90s-ness of the breakdown on “Set Ender.” Throwing a sweaty arm around you, the band closes with crowd-pleaser “We’ve Killed More for Less.” “A sun-spotted psych pop cousin of post-Britpop Supergrass.” —Mojo

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VIDEO - 'NEW IMMORTALS'

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• TMR335 - 7"

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Crawling from the musical wasteland that is Texas, their intentions are simple: they want to own the world. While the band features members of Bad Sports, Wiccans, Radioactivity, and the Wax Museums (just to name a few), VIDEO stands on its own as one of the most powerful and visceral bands active today. Combining equal parts snotty punk, hard rock, and melodic dissonance, VIDEO are pioneers of their own subgenre, Hate Wave. Going well beyond the confines of paint by numbers punk, and generic, flaccid garage rock, VIDEO forges a new cult like movement. So pay attention, consumers, and don't miss out on the best thing going today. Heres the precursor to the Album, we’ll have this week of the 16th October release date!!!

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