RIO EN MEDIO - 'RIO EN MEDIO RADIO'

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• WW3 - CD

  641444164622

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It has been said that no person can step into the same river twice. Rio en Medio’s Danielle Stech-Homsy delivers a similar experience with her new album of inspired folk music, some covers, some originals. Shifting waters graze the shore, mesmerizing ripples evoke a myriad of images and sentiments, depending on what time of day it is or season of the year. Language itself turns fluid, as Stech-Homsy sings in English, French, Welsh and so on. Stech-Homsy’s approach is organic, with spartan baritone ukulele, guitar, cosmic keyboards and harmonizing vocals forming the backbone of the songs. Here and there a friend drops in to play along—in this case, Terry Cox, original member of the 1960s folk-baroque band Pentangle (and contributing drummer for David Bowie, The Bee Gees) lends his nuanced approach on drums, while Dave Roe (Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three) chimes in merrily on bass to fill the speakers at just the right moments. Nathan Shineywater (Library of Sands, BrightBlack Morning Light) contributes lead guitar and percussion in highlighted places. Harmonica is played by George Flynn, a 90+ year-old veteran and former chauffeur for Hank Williams. With Rio en Medio Radio, Stech-Homsy explores connection between nature, literature, traditional folk music and pure flights of fancy. Delicate vocal lines and harmonies form an unusually strong thread, carrying the music along its watery way. The album convincingly weaves a path through time, picking up voices from the near and distant past and igniting meaning with subtle instrumentation. For the song “Terrapin Karma,” 12th Century troubadour poetry opens a traveller’s diary. Its meandering lyric is met by earthbound lines from Thoreau’s “Walden” and it somehow all makes sense. In the song “The Fox & The Little Prince” Stech-Homsy explores song creation inspired by a meeting of creatures in the book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.”Darlin’ Corey” sprites Flynn’s harmonica Americana while an old Martin guitar and Stech-Homsy’s dynamic storytelling takes the radio a pilgrim’s way to old American song, while “Y Deryn Du,” a Welsh folk ode

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MILK LINES - 'CERAMIC'

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• ITR282 - LP

  759718528213

• ITR282CD - CD

  759718528220

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The husband-and-wife songwriting talents of Jeffrey Clarke (Demon’s Claws, Hellshovel) and Emily Frances give one the feeling that Milk Lines have been commissioned by time itself to build a dream-like bridge, so that reality might have the chance at a glimpse… Their wide range of influences and unique brand of music are organic, primitive yet thoughtful. The lo-fi, trippy and sometimes country-laced tunes display a fresh and original sound. After having played a few select events in the Montreal- Toronto area, Milk Lines were noticed by Toronto’s Fucked Up and asked to record their first and only release to date, the Crystal Crown single. The band has since been tapped by The King Khan & BBQ Show to support them on two of their US tours. In The Red is now proud to announce the release of the band’s debut full-length, Ceramic

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1. Planes of Neptune
2. Pellucidar
3. Golden Torpedo
4. Lucille
5. Suicide Note
6. Purgatory
7. Crib Death
8. Can I Stand In Your Sun
9. Came From Her
10. Crystal Crown
11. Another Breed
12. Planes of Neptune

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MAGIC TRICK - 'HALF MAN HALF MACHINE'

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• SPIRITUAL014 - LP

  096962271558

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“Sound structure or randomness will fill the mind with a certain primal need for an evolution that inherently limits the imagination. Half Man Half Machine, the latest Magic Trick release, builds and then explores a sonic landscape that is constantly in bloom. “Whether it be in the slipstream and eddying of triumphant washes of melody, in the serpentining elegance of percussive brambles, or in the perseverance of the laconic lilt, woven upon revelations of transcendence and frailty from the mouth of Tim Cohen, one is invited into a landscape that shifts and grows based on its own ulterior nature...and one must only listen to find it for themselves. Listen to the kalimba, metronome, cymbal washes, shaker rattles, mercurial guitars, raga feel, glockenspiel, low-frequency rumble, subtle synthesizer, tabla loops; listen to the glowing of pride, the soft self-consciousness, the deflecting surrealism of your guide’s tongue; let yourself feel swept in its sonic orgy of change and realization; there is form for you to hold, there is path for you to plant, you must allow these sounds, these stories, to envelop your senses, you must let them wash through you, guide you to the structure that looms elusive under the roar—it is trying to tell you something and you have no choice but to feel and listen to the tapestry enveloping you, inviting you into its myriad and continually growing current and unknown direction. “One must listen closely to this record, there is a chemistry of sound and creativity, perched at its cups every edge, that brings an organic and expansive stroke of structure, cohesiveness, imagination and honest human transformation to a time most pummeled by the strictness of the machine. “Let its sonic humanity inspire…” —Tyson Vogel (Two Gallants / Devotionals)

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1. Side A
2. Side B

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MAMMATUS - 'SPARKLING WATERS'

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• SPIRITUAL016 - 2xLPs

  096962271572

• SPIRITUAL016CD - CD

  096962271589

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Heavy space rock outsiders Mammatus return with their fourth album, and most ambitious to date. Sparkling Waters is a double LP featuring four multi-movement pieces, each designed to recalibrate the shanga array in your mind. In order to achieve the highest levels of sensory clarity, the group enlisted Phil Manley (Trans Am, Life Coach) as their guiding light throughout the studio production. As a result, these tracks shimmer with a far out, casual glow, like an aural reflection of a Risan steam pool. On Sparkling Waters, Mammatus expands upon the astral grooves and heady riffs of their previous compositions and set a course for the furthest horizon. Celestial arpeggiations of electric guitar ricochet infinitely across vast expanses of cosmic debris. Heavy riffs thunder with a rhythmic groove, like the exploding coast of Ornia spoken of in days past. Pastoral passages of mellow, slow-burning psychedelia give way to Native American flute melodies and the chanting of spiritual incantations filtered through canyons of delay. Heavenly dual guitar leads soar like a hawk gliding over a mountainside redwood canopy. Radiant synthesizers harmonize to create a shapeshifting formation of ambient space that envelops the rock and in some places completely takes over. Sparkling Waters is bound to appeal to a wide range of discerning listeners, as it incorporates elements of heavy riff rock, prog and breath metal while it also features the enhancing textures of kosmische sound coloration, soaring synth leads and astral voyages through deep space. This amalgamation of tones is presented in a way that is wholly original, casting Mammatus as the solitary practitioners of a unique sound that was invented with the express purpose of making you feel... shanga. So breathe deeply, strap on those headphones, drop the needle and get far out.

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1. Sparkling Waters Part One
2. Sparkling Waters Part Two
3. The Elkhorn
4. Ornia

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VAMPIRE BELT - 'UNFIT STRUCTURES'

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• HH03e - LP

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Formed in 2002 in Western Massachusetts, Vampire Belt is Bill Nace (Body / Head, x.o.4, Ceylon Mange) on guitar and electronics and Chris Corsano (Rangda, Joe McPhee, Evan Parker) on drums and electronics. Early on, they selfreleased a couple of ultra-limited CDRs of lo-fi blow-outs, something like a mangled car wreck at the intersection of hardcore and free jazz. Tours followed and then, in the early / mid ’00s, Nace and Corsano partially phased out of Vampire Belt duomode in favor of collaborations with people like Jessica Rylan, Paul Flaherty, Steve Baczkowski, Okkyung Lee, Greg Kelley, Mats Gustafsson, Thurston Moore, Dredd Foole and Bill Orcutt. But in 2014 they made good on a nine year-old promise to Ben “Six Organs of Admittance” Chasny to record a Vampire Belt album for his label. Unfit Structures, Vampire Belt’s first LP, comes via Chasny’s Hermit Hut label and it’s not such a far cry from their obliterating early CDRs: high-energy improvised outbursts with spontaneously structured forms imploding just as soon as they begin to solidify.

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VARIOUS - 'SUPERSONIC SCIENTISTS'

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• 9788293039624 - BOOK

  9788293039624

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Since their debut demotape «Maiden Voyage» in 1990, Motorpsycho has released 21 studio albums, four live albums and a bunch of 7”, 10” and single tracks. They have an enormous fan base all over the world, but still, no-one knows so much about them. apart from that they’re releasing an average of one fantastic album a year. Regarding Motorpsycho’s exhibition at Rockheim, Trondheim October 16th, 15 out of Norways finest authors, musicians and music journalists will dive into the world of Motorpsycho. Who are their fans, why do they sound the way they do, their megalomaniacal visions, their music, album sleeves, lyrics, their working ethics and last, but not least: How do they manage to keep their mysitique after 25 years on the road? 15 authors is writing about 15 different songs from 15 different albums. Among them x-MP-drummer Håkon Gebhardt, famous novelists and die hard fans Johan Harstad and Lars Ramslie, historians, fans, musicians, professors – all tell their story, and editor Marius Lien makes them all fit together. The book contains the largest MP-discography ever, put together by Kjell Arne Sandvik and Petter Flaten Eilertsen and a foreword by Bob LeBad. The 15 authors who contribute are: Kristopher Schau (musicians), Marius Lien (author), Lars Ramslie (author), Anne Lise Frøkedal (musician), Hedvig Mollestad (musician), Synnøve Engevik (professor), Synne Øverland Knudsen (musician), Espen Hauglid (writer), Stian Stakset (librarian/writer), Håkon Gebhardt (artist), Nils Henrik Smith (author), Johan Harstad (author), Audun Vinger (music journalist), Stina Stjern (artist), Arvid Skancke-Knutsen (music historian) and Morten Haugdahl (music historian). Hardcover special edition cover with colour print and dust jacket - Specially designed by Kim Hiorthøy. Numbered 1000 copies limited edition. Quotes/reviews: Dagsavisen (Norways 4th largest newspaper): “A staggering second look at Motorpsycho”

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JOHAN HARSTAD - 'MOTORPSYCHO - BLISSARD'

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• 9788293039600 - BOOK

  9788293039600

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This album changed the author, Johan Harstad’s life. In this book we get the smell, the sound and the feeling of the 90’s, when MP released their 5th album, and we experience the impact it had on both Johan and the rest of us. Harstad is documenting MP’s story, from the beginning and all the way til’ 1996. The recording in Atlantis studio, the inspiration and all the challenges. Half of the book is footnotes. Nerdy, technical, obscure and cultural references – just the way MP are. Hardcover with dust jacket - Specially designed and signed by the author. Numbered 1000 copies limited edition. Book of the Year 2013: Awarded by Natt&Dag Quotes/reviews: Adresseavisa (Trondheims local paper): ”One of Norways finest authors writes about his intense relationship to Norways best band, and it’s really good” Dagsavisen (Norway’s 4th largest newspaper): ”The band’s official story and timeline is mashed with the myths, and the result is one of the most precise books about music, and not least the experience and affiliation ever written”.

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RADIO BIRDMAN - 'LIVING EYES (ROCKFIELD VERSION)'

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• CITCD581 - 2xCDs

  9 326425 808870

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Living Eyes was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales during a break in the band?s 1978 tour of Britain and Europe. Relations between members were falling apart and Sire had dropped the band prior to the start of recording. Their breakup soon followed. Initial releases were cut from a tape dub of trial mixes as the band never received an official master. Red Eye Records retrieved the master tapes from Rockfield in 1995 and the album was remixed. The bonus is mainly composed of these tracks. 1. The original Rockfield version of Living Eyes 2. Out of print locally for the last 20 years (though was in the recent CD Box Set) 3. Remastered from original tapes 4. 6 panel cardboard wallet closely reproducing the original artwork. 5. Future reissues will be in jewelcases 6. 20 track bonus disc containing the Red Eye remixed release of Living Eyes, several Rockfield outtakes and three track off the 1989 12" EP More Fun!

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Disc 1 - Living Eyes (Studio Album - Rockfield Version)
1. More Fun
2. T.P.B.R. Combo
3. 455 SD
4. Do The Movin' Change
5. I 94
6. Iskender Time
7. Burn My Eye '78
8. Time To Fall
9. Smith and Wesson Blues
10. Crying Sun
11. Breaks My Heart
12. Alone In The Endzone
13. Hanging On



Disc 2 - Living Eyes (Bonus Disc)
1. Hanging On
2. 455 SD
3. Do The Movin' Change
4. T.P.B.R. Combo
5. I 94
6. Iskender Time
7. Burn My Eye '78
8. Alien Skies
9. Time To Fall
10. Smith and Wesson Blues
11. Crying Sun
12. Breaks My Heart
13. More Fun
14. Alone In The Endzone
15. Dark Surprise
16. Didn't Tell The Man
17. Death By The Gun
18. Dark Surprise
19. Breaks My Heart
20. More Fun

Tracks 1 - 14: Original Rockfield tracks remixed for the Redeye Records CD reissue of Living Eyes
Track 15, 16: Rockfield outtakes. Track 17: Previously unreleased outtake
Tracks 18-20: From the 1989 12" EP More Fun!

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