THE COSMIC DEAD - 'ECCIE BAM YAS, E?'

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• MM01 - LP

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Limited to 800 on Black Vinyl. Formed in 2010, The Cosmic Dead are a quartet from Glasgow, Scotland who share their music through good vibes and better vibrations. Known for their improvised, chaos-strewn, Buckfast-smashed-against-the-wall take on space music, they have roamed from Roadburn to Las Vegas, Dundee to Bangalore. Each album is a document of the time and space the group find themselves in, a tangible artefact hewn from a psychedelic continuum orchestrated by The Cosmic Dead. Eccie Bam Yas, E? began life as a more meditative piece than the rocket-fuelled out-rock the band are more associated with. Spliced and reformed by the band, taken from jams and improvised sets taken from the Rainbowhead recordings in Kyle of Lochalsh, a small village in the North of Scotland near the Isle of Skye. In this remote setting the band recorded a myriad of improvised pieces inspired by their rural surroundings and the material has been scattered across three albums; 'Easterfaust'(2014), 'Rainbowhead'(2016) and 'Eccie Bam, Yas E?'(2017). Beginning with an eldritch drift that roams the stereo field, phasing in an out from another realm, Smash The Sash melts into an electronic rock piece powered by keyboardist Lewis Cook’s analog synth sequence and drummer Julian Dicken’s pummelling drum work. The cumulative effect reminds the listener of early Krautrock experiments, like first line-up Tangerine Dream playing Tanzmusik with early, rock-band Kraftwerk while epic show-stealer Fleein’ From The Polis brings the stringed instruments centre stage, Bassist Omar Aborida duets with James MacKay’s warped guitar playing to create weaves of sound across a moody rhythm section. Side B opens with Buckfast Aye, a brooding exploration with stereo-panned guitars a-flutter before the band take the listener into a slow-paced burner that brings the group’s psychedelic craftsmanship into play. The set ends with a full on trip. Lynx Africa builds the group’s sound into a space-rock jam that reminds the listener of classic mid-70s Hawkwind or the more long-form music White Hills built their early career on. What’s without question on Eccie Bam Yas, E? is that the group are telepathic in their playing and psychopathic in their purpose. Monorail Music of Glasgow are proud to announce a new imprint with the intention of documenting our global community and the many forms it takes.

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1. Smash
The
Sash
2. Yaldi
Intention
3. Fleein?
Fae
The
Polis
4. Buckfast
Aye?
5. Cousin
Frae
The
Drum
6. Lynx
Africa

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HEATHER TROST - 'AGISTRI'

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• LM14 - LP

  647603397818

• LM14CD - CD

  647603397825

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Heather Trost is best known for her work composing and performing as one half of A Hawk And A Hacksaw . She has also played with Neutral Milk Hotel, Beirut, Josephine Foster, and most recently Thor Harris of Swans. She has arranged and performed with the BBC Con- cert Orchestra, as well as conductor Andre De Ridder and his Stargaze Orchestra, and toured throughout the world. In 2014 she released her first solo project, a 7-inch on Ba Da Bing Records , followed in 2015 by Ourobouros, a limited edition cassette of expansive electronic ambient compositions influenced by Basil Kirchin, Terry Riley and Angelo Badalamenti on Cimiotti Recordings . These two projects propelled a full length album: named after a Greek Island, Agistri is a song cycle of freely formed pop songs touching upon soul, samba, and pop music of the ’60s and ’70s, with a subtle shade of psychedelia. Ambient and melancholic sounds interweave with hammond organs and ’70s Italian synthesizers , reflecting the desert landscapes of New Mexico, and the sparse shrubbery and turquoise water of the Aegean sea and its islands. Bolstered by contributions from Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeremy Barnes on drums and bass, Deerhoof’s John Dieterich on guitar, and Drake Hardin and Rosie Hutchinson of cult New Mexico band Mammal Eggs, Trost’s talents as a songwriter and arranger explode on this wonderful, often surreal album.

Tracks

1. Agistri
2. Abiquiu
3. Agina
4. Bloodmoon
5. Me And My Arrow
6. Plastic Flowers
7. Real Me/Real You
8. Three Feathers

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DAMAGED BUG / BLACK PUS - 'BLACK PUS / DAMAGED BUG LAMC NO17'

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• FC043 - 7"

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*INSTOCK NOW* The seventeenth edition in Famous Class’ LAMC split series featuring an unreleased A-side track from one of the label’s favorite band’s, backed with a B-side track from a lesser-known artist handpicked by the A-side group. The series gets its name from the epic Less Artists More Condos concerts that the late ARIEL PANERO threw in New York, showcasing amazing bands in some strange and unique venues. Ariel’s driving force was a desire to get the bands he believed in the recognition he felt they deserved. This series simply tries to honor that idea. Features DAMAGED BUG's "Rubber Lips," backed with BLACK PUS' "High Tide."

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EMANUELE DE RAYMONDI & MARCO MESSINA - 'SARO OST'

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• ZK016 - LP

  5023903278456

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SARO (soundtrack of the film by Enrico Maria Artale) is the latest work by Marco Messina and Emanuele de Raymondi, two of the rising stars, respectively, in ambient electronic and contemporary classical scenes in Italy. The result of their collaboration is an elegantly crafted musical journey, between minimalistic string arrangements and textural modular synths, perfectly integrated to enhance the imagery of the film. SARO, as the name of film director’s father, it is both an intimate road-movie and a documentary that tells the journey through the evocative landscapes of Sicily in search of a father never known. Emanuele de Raymondi is an Italian composer and sound artist. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, his work is based on digital processing techniques combined with traditional compositional structures. He has composed numerous soundtracks, including Arianna by Carlo Lavagna (awarded at BAFTA and Venice Film Festival), and in December 2016 he released the electronic music single "EXUL EP" (ZEROKILLED) Marco Messina is a musician, producer and sound designer. He was born and lives in Naples, where in the 90s he founded 99 Posse and Mousikelab Studio. He has scored numerous films, including creating soundtracks for of all of Pietro Marcello films, among the others The line Passage, Beautiful and Lost, The Mouth of the Wolf, (awarded at Berlinale film festival and Davide di Donatello).

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1) IL PRIMO GIORNO (Emanuele de Raymondi)
2) VIAGGIO (Emanuele de Raymondi & Marco Messina)
3) TERRA DISTANTE (Marco Messina)
4) ASSENZA (Emanuele de Raymondi)
5) MARE (Emanuele de Raymondi & Marco Messina)
6) ATTESA (Emanuele de Raymondi)
7) NON RESPIRO (Marco Messina)
8) INCONTRO (Emanuele de Raymondi)

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RIYL: A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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