Electric Orange, ‘Morbus’ From Morbus, AUSTRIA SULATRON RECORDS ST 0702 CD (2007) Mary St John, ‘Research Outpost’ From Some Leaves Turned Red, Some Still Green, USA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION NO NUMBER CD (2008) Wether, ‘Anything Worthless’ From USA EPICENE SOUND ess012 7” (2008) Ivor Cutler, ‘One at a Time’ (1998) From A Flat Man,...
Pulga declare their amorous intentions with Pulga Loves You (FIRE MUSEUM RECORDS FM 10), their utterly alien CD of same name. The prospect of these disorienting and shape-shifting mindscapes may make many a potential suitor think twice before pressing their romance with Vanessa Niwi Rossetto and Valerio Cosi. Any possible grasp on linear logic...
Pete Townsend, ‘Pure and Easy’ From Who Came First, UK TRACK RECORD 2408 201 LP (1972) Anthony More, ‘Judy Get Down’ From Flying Doesn’t Help, UK QUANGO RECORDS HMG 98 LP (1979) Robert Wyatt, ‘East Timor’ From Old Rottenhat, UK ROUGH TRADE ROUGH 69 LP (1985) Paul McCartney, ‘Hot As Sun’ From McCartney,...
Chic Nerve is the very talented Rebecca Mills, founder member of The Caution Curves, a Washington DC all-girl combo who press a lot of buttons for me in the quirked-out improvised rock and electronics field. Hectic Tenuous (Sockets CDR 37) is Rebecca’s solo trip, and it promises a multitude of fascinating bizarre processed sounds....
The John Stevens Dance Orchestra, ‘Phil (A tribute to Phil Seamen)’ From Ah!, GERMANY VINYL RECORDS VS 111 LP (1978) Spontaneous Music Ensemble, ‘Puddles, Raindrops and Circles’ (1967) From Withdrawal, UK EMANEM 4020 CD (1997) John Stevens’ Away, ‘What’s That?’ From John Stevens’ Away, UK VERTIGO 6360 131 LP (1975) John Stevens Works, ‘Re-Touch’...
Couldn’t resist putting up a photo of this colourful package of goodies which arrived in late January to brighten my day. It was sent by the Swedish sound-artist Jean-Louis Huhta. That’s his visage on the striking cover of the seven inch single, an image rendered by Ola Åstraud; Ola is apparently “now curating shows...
This personalised New Year’s greeting arrived in January from Aiko Machida. She makes “unique hand-constructed accessories and hand bags”, but I appreciate this small and simple item as a piece of mail-art poetry. I think it’s the petal of a flower, with a message inside handwritten with a pencil in the most delicate miniature...
The great Ian Helliwell remains a relatively-undiscovered UK hero operating from his Brighton UK headquarters. Film-maker, visual artist, mad inventor and releaser of highly idiosyncratic bedroom electronic music, he must have been labelled a ‘boffin’ more times than he cares to admit. Mind you, his choice of letterhead image (bespectacled scientist in white coat)...
a.P.A.t.T., ‘BBQ Tonite’ From Black and White Mass, UK PICKLED EGG RECORDS EGG 68 CD (2007) Fricara Pacchu, ‘Return of the Rats’ From Midnight Pyre, FINLAND LAL LAL LAL #39 CD (2008) Ulaan Khol, (Track 2) From I, USA SOFTABUSE SB 026 CD (2008) Mok Nok, ‘Rötörhead’ From Slugstorm, DENMARK SMITTEKILDE RECORDS SMKR 007...
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