DANIEL O'SULLIVAN - 'ELECTRIC MAYA: DREAM FLOTSAM AND ASTRAL HINTERLANDS'

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• VHF150 - LP

  783881015010

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First in a series of three records of library music miniatures from composer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel O’Sullivan (Æthenor, Ulver, This is Not This Heat, etc). For heads, the term “library music” in 2020 might evoke dodgy Italian gray market LPs and crate diggers hunting for “funky breaks”—but London’s venerable KPM Music is working with groundbreakers like O’Sullivan to open up new avenues for composers to experiment. Electric Māyā includes eighteen gems, beautifully arranged and recorded specifically for the challenge of the short form. These are fully realized tunes, not just clips from the middle of some jam to be used on late night TV. The obvious touchstones here are Eno’s On Land and Music For Films, but O’Sullivcan’s touch on multiple instruments and knack for melody extend the music far beyond mere atmospherics. There are plenty of drifty segments, each rendered fully realized—a timely reminder that a well-made drone or bit of ambience can set its spell in two or three minutes rather than thirty. In a beautiful jacket designed by O’Sullivan and Turner Prizenominee Mark Titchner.

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1. Adorning Solitude
2. Butterscotch Broth
3. Arpeggi Mutation
4. Flashbulb Memory
5. Eagle Ears 6. Inner Phase
7. Dream Of Diadems
8. Funeral Memory Implant
9. Verlayn Bluebottle
10. Feathered Earth
11. Billowfrond
12. Early Morning Mist
13. Krystalwerk
14. Grays March 15. Sybil
16. The Rainbow Body
17. Lunar Pool
18. Ghost Of An Ancient Uncle

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Inspired ?library music? from member of
?thenor, Ulver, This is Not This Heat, etc
? For fans of Eno?s On Land and
Music For Films

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HORRID RED - 'RADIANT LIFE'

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• SAB097 - LP

  767870662942

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After years apart, Horrid Red returns with their fourth and best album yet. Core members Bunker Wolf and Edmund Xavier (both of Der Teenage Panzerkorps) revisit industrial post-punk textures and sinister dark jangle sounds on Radiant Life. As with past efforts, there’s plenty of pop moves in the mix, too. Edition of 150 copies.“The creative fire that fuels Horrid Red still burns white hot even after a decade. Radiant Life is another glorious addition to a heady body of work which manages to excavate meditative soothe within violent discord.” —Head On Sticks

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PUMICE - 'TABLE'

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• SAB093 - LP

  767870662928

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Pumice—now the duo of Stefan Neville and Jade Farley—stretch time further out, leaning heavily on drones and moans in making their modern day Aotearoa folk-rock masterpiece. The fruits of their time together as a pair has come to bear in the buzzing, swirling epic: Table. Table! Table primarily finds Pumice deep in a pastoral expanse, with Farley’s violin lines and Neville’s organ drones serving collectively as guide. Elsewhere the dense fog of synth, guitar, F/X, chants and melodies create warm miniature zones to tuck into. With each new recording, Pumice finds a way to achieve new levels of rugged grandeur. Table is the latest example

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1.Lest Wet2. Necklace On A Necklace3. Hankerchief4. Marie5. Gride6. Our Schedule To Explore The Large Area, The Heart7. Lest Wet & Forget

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Underground NZ folk drone rock from long-running shambolic mutants

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HOWLIN RAIN - 'UNDER THE WHEELS VOL: 2'

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• SC41 - LP

  767870661419

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On Under The Wheels, Vol. 2, Howlin Rain’s trademark rock ’n’ roll bombast and intricately woven, extended improv passages swirl into a distinct form of storytelling, expressed through spiraling energy and a near constant flow of form and melody. As a companion to its Vol. 1 predecessor, this latest offering is also drawn from North American coastal tours in 2018 and 2019 that came in support of the band’s most recent studio album, The Alligator Bride. Curated by Howlin Rain founder Ethan Miller, it presents favorite song performances selected from different shows along the way.“The last time I saw Howlin’ Rain ignite a stage—at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl in the summer of 2018—I could never have imagined the profound silence that surrounds me two years later. In a world without the sustenance and sacrament of live music, my long, loud memories from that night—Howlin’ Rain bringing The Alligator Bride to life in a rush of joy and cascading guitars—have been big medicine, keeping me sane and psychedelicized. Now there is a record from that tour to prove I wasn’t dreaming—and spread this band’s cleansing might until we can all meet again in true, electric communion.”—David Fricke (MOJO / Sirius XM Radio / Rolling Stone) 70 COPIES ONLY FROM FORTE!!!! Extremely limited vinyl edition features deluxe metallic rainbow foil jacket printing with stoner’s delight album cover art by long-time Howlin Rain-affiliated artist Arik Roper, including a metallic silver tripper colored vinyl edition exclusive to Forte

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1. Firefly Drone2. Rainbow Trout3. Calling Lightning Pt. 24. Wild Boys5. Coliseum6. Alligator Bride

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OSEES - 'PANTHER ROTATE'

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• CF132 - LP

  767870663857

• CF132CD - CD

  767870663864

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“In the swirling and undulant warm mud of jettisoned reels of magnetic tape, blurps up the fog of reinvention. Every night I would parley with my pilots and run and rerun the recordings. Right up until the moment sleep slips its veil over eyes and ears and you drift back without a sound. Protean Threat dream haze becomes Panther Rotate in the other dimension. A companion LP of remixes, field recordings, and sonic experiments using all sounds generated by the him and crackle of the desert farm. “A second version of our Protean Threat if you will, but barely conspicuous in its relation. Forward, never straight! Sunrise, sunset. Two lives connected by a cosmic thread, One for your feet and one for your head. For fans of Thee Oh Sees, Oh Sees, OCS, The Oh Sees, Osees...etc etc etcetcetc…be well.” —John Dwyer

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1. Scramble Experiment
2. Don?t Blow Your Experiment
3. Synthesis
4. Toadstool Experiment
5. If I Had an Experiment
6. Miz Experiment
7. Terminal Experiment
8. Poem 2
9. Gong Experiment

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Companion / remix album of art rock renegades latest, Protean Threat

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RICHARD ROSE - 'RADIATION BREEZE'

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• ITR349 - LP

  759718534917

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“When new projects are discussed, I sometimes hear a disclaimer along the lines of, ‘this band isn’t reinventing the wheel,’ to which I want to know what’s everyone’s so apologetic about. The wheel was a pretty good invention—good luck getting anywhere without one. So let’s consider a redefinition, instead. Los Angeles based quintet Richard Rose may or may not feature prominent players from bands including but not limited to Ex-Cult, GØGGS, OBN III’s, Snooty Garbagemen, Bad Sports, Hooveriii and Stress Group…but as much as said bands were amongst the best and brightest on offer in Memphis, Houston and Austin, this new amalgamation is a bolder proposition. “Without question, there’s echoes of their past work—the malevolent vocal presence of Laurence Richard and guitar virtuosity of Thomas Rose in particular—but Richard Rose’s first full-length thoroughly ups the ante on the band’s 2019 debut In The Red EP. The wheels in question have plowed thtough the respective discographies of Michigan / Australian bands you know and love, sure, but these guys have found their own voice in a shockingly brief matter of time. Simply put, they’ve fashioned an instant rock classic…there might be a handful of bands in America with this kind of confidence, but in most other instances it’s unwarranted. They don’t possess Richard Rose’s intellect, instrumental prowess, musical range or sense of purpose. “Finally, I will not insult your intelligence by claiming Richard Rose scale these lofty heights without artifice. That they insist on performing under dubious pseudonyms (Laurence and Thomas are joined by bassist Bag Mantrellis, drummer Jerry Leymar and saxophonist Gravy McKay) might give traditionalists pause, but it’s worth remembering our legal system would not function properly without a witness protection program. The modern histories of music and art would also not have unfolded so spectacularly if practioners weren’t brave enough to redefine themselves, and we’re beyond fortune to bear witness to this furious five making the music of their lives.” – Gerard Cosloy

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