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MJJ 328LP
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"Recorded on July 1 and 9, 1971 in the geodesic dome at the Utopia & Visions 1871-1981 exhibition at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Takehisa Kosugi's Taj Mahal Travellers were the premiere Japanese experimental rock band of the 1970s. The band, heavily influenced by Fluxus, used electronic effects and a host of unusual instruments to create a series of improvised drones. Kosugi went on to become the music director for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company."
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WIRE 335
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"On the cover: Rewind 2011. Our massive annual survey of the last 12 months of underground/outsider music activity, including the 50 records of the year, 50 archive releases of the year and specialist genre charts covering all bases from Avant Rock to Outer Limits. Plus our crack team of critics and contributors, as well as some of 2011's most active and high-flying musicians, give us their takes on the highs and lows of the cultural year. Features: Kouhei Matsunaga (Clive Bell meets the German born conceptual composer who treats scores as standalone artworks); Collateral Damage: Claudia Molitor (Philip Clark meets the German born conceptual composer who treats scores as standalone artworks); Gonjasufi (Dan Barrow enjoys a sun salutation and enters the wormhole with Warp's conscious beatmaker); Invisible Jukebox: Michael Chapman (The veteran folk guitarist and improviser becomes a fully qualified survivor of The Wire's mystery record selection); Spencer Clark/James Ferraro (The ex-Skaters talk about their separate Fourth World and Far Side Virtual second lives). Global Ear: Brisbane (Daniel Spencer gatecrashes the house hows, pub gigs and bedroom blowouts of Queensland's capital city); Epiphanies (Adam Harper on the transformative potential of Cornelius Cardew's Treatise graphic score)."
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BORNBAD 006CD
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2007 release. A must-have for every fan of weird music and people who dig Hasil Adkins, The Shaggs, Los Saicos and other types of primitive rock n' roll. Taken from the WFMU blog: "I was half-expecting this LP that arrived featuring gobbledy-gook, electric-guitar-played-with-mittens French covers of 'Johnny B Goode' and 'Be Bop A Lula' to be some kind of elaborate prank on the Norton/Crypt crowd, but the Born Bad label's JB Guillot assures us of the bonafide primitive genius of Les Blousons Noirs, whose 1961 and 1962 EPs have just been issued on a single LP. If this is indeed the case, these guys have ascended to the automatic altar of Hasil, King Usniewicz and the U-Turns for pure stupe-rock greatness, and even predate The Shaggs by half a decade. Says JB: 'Maybe it's the first proto punk/DIY in the world ... if I have a good memory, 'Chicken Walk' (Hasil Adkins) is from 1961, too. Even in France, nobody knows Les Blousons Noirs, this band is really the greatest discovery of my life as a record-digger. I have searched for members of this band for five years, but to no avail. I have published want ads in national magazines, talked with all the biggest French '60s collectors, etc.) but never found anything. I met an old guy who worked with '60s bands from Bordeaux, and in his opinion, Les Blousons Noirs were a couple of "pieds noirs" ("black feet" -- French people who lived in Algeria during the French colonization. The studio Guilain where both EPs were recorded was located on a street with a clothing manufacturer on it. The guy thinks the band worked at this manufacturer and that they were only in Bordeaux temporarily. It could be one of the reasons we have never found them.' Wowza." --Brian Turner, WFMU
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BORNBAD 026CD
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2010 release. A Heart Full Of Sorrow is a disillusioned album for broken hearts. This is the work of Benjamin Daures, heir against his will of a tradition of loner in the vein of Ian Curtis, through Morrissey, to Kurt Cobain. Made in his suburban bedroom while smoking joints, A Heart Full Of Sorrow is a first album, dreaming of other places (Death Valley or the dry plain of Texas) as a way to escape local boredom and the gloominess of Paris' outskirts. These are drafts of ballads, thrown on a 8-track like break-up letters to teenage years. Benjamin plays all the instruments: a skullish drum machine, a shy guitar, and unconfident vocals. When you listen attentively, you will understand that the fragileness is the force here. This is about sincerity, nakedness, and about not hiding behind the primitive energy of garage rock -- to put back songwriting into angrily-played songs.
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BORNBAD 002LP
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2006 release. Increasingly detached from the original punk formula, the modern and arty youth of the early '80s set itself to jettison an art form that had lost much of the nihilistic and exhilarating energy of its halcyon days, stuck, as it was, in an endless and noisy regression. Disheartened but eager to experiment and create, a new wave of French musicians followed the beacon of Jacno's seminal '79 hit "Rectangle," a visionary, digital coup de grâce, courtesy of a former punk which dealt the Rickenbacker and Fender-era a fatal blow. The cold and robot-like bips of analogic keyboards took over. Casio, Korg MS-10 and Arp Omni were the new paraphernalia of the new generation -- the ideal conveyers of its retro-futurist elegance and self-professed cold arrogance. They were pinnacles and symbols which were just as potent as the electric guitar in the '50s or the laptop in the '90s. This compilation recalls the glory of a selected few, the cream of the crop of the shooting stars and cult bands that followed in the footsteps of Kas Product, Mathematiques Modernes or Charles De Goal. Featuring Ruth's infinitely charming "Polaroid/Roman/Photo," plus A Trois Dan Les WC, Act, Les Visiteurs Du Soir, Vox Dei, TGV, CKC, Marie Möör, Deux, Vitor Hublot, Visible and Casino Music.
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BORNBAD 022CD
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2009 release. Born Bad Records presents a compilation of '50s French rock. Think Boris Vian, St. Germain Des Prés, Bill Haley, degenerate swing, weird arrangements (accordion, xylophone, etc.), crazy French lyrics. Comes with a 12-page booklet (in French).
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BORNBAD 022LP
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LP version. 2009 release. Born Bad Records presents a compilation of '50s French rock. Think Boris Vian, St. Germain Des Prés, Bill Haley, degenerate swing, weird arrangements (accordion, xylophone, etc.), crazy French lyrics. Comes with a 12-page booklet (in French).
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LM 004EP
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New versions by the bootleg specialists. Two deep house groovers which will conquer every dancefloor easily.
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SVT 077EP
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After the release of Sweet Nothings (SVT 073CD), Dapayk & Padberg treat you to a 12" consisting of a sunny selection of the album's core material. "Berlin Summer Nights" is nothing short of an anthem: classic rave sounds of epic proportions glide through an arrangement of bouncy beats, crisp percussive work and hopeful vocals until a powerful breakdown delivers the hands-in-the-air moment. "The Sun Came Up" bedazzles with a pumping beat and robotic vocals, and "Too Lazy" is a brooding after-hours number.
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MOBILEE 092EP
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Written and produced by Andreas Dimitriadis, Mobilee's 92nd release is a compilation of ideas and work developed in three different cities. The A-side comprises an exotic mix of sounds, quiet beats and the TR Roland 909. "Air" gets the momentum swinging with surprise instrumentals, an upbeat melody and joyful cries of celebration. "Girl," a raw track with minimal edits, rounds-up the B-side, improvised and recorded with And.Id's B.A.N.D.. Tasos Korkovelos on keyboards, Francesco Paolo D'Andrea on bass and And.Id playing the trumpet.
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