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Double LP version. New album from the noise/math rock duo after a 20-year hiatus. A sound architects' album tinted with esoterism. Chevreuil is a French rock duo made up of Julien F. and Tony C., formed in 1998 after the two met three years earlier at an art school in Nantes. From the beginning, they approached the idea of a band as a performative art installation, a self-contained, sculptural device for sound, space, and motion, rather than a conventional rock ensemble. Julien and Tony, respectively, in their parlance, play "magnetic drums" and "magnetic guitar," an analogy for their livewire, one-on-one chemistry, where the music seems to fall together by way of natural forces. Rejecting the addition of a bassist early on, Chevreuil built its music around reduction, repetition, and architecture. Tony's guitar runs through four amplifiers arranged around Julien's drum kit, creating a quadraphonic field that surrounds the players. Julien's 1976 Ludwig kit, built the same year both musicians were born, is never amplified, allowing the group to perform anywhere so long as there's a single outlet for the amplifiers. The result is both physical and spatial, a minimalist engine of rhythm and resonance that behaves as much like an installation as a band. Their sound construction operates like an assemblage of interlocking blocks of energy, each part locking precisely into the next. Between 1998 and 2006, Chevreuil released four albums, an EP, and several singles. After a 20-year hiatus, Chevreuil returns with the double album Stadium, recorded in France in January 2025. Stadium, Chevreuil's most esoteric album to date, preserves the essential conditions of their earlier work while introducing new elements that expand the duo's sonic vocabulary. Conceptually, the album draws on the music of the spheres, magnetism, radioactivity, barometric oscillations, astrometry and magic, using these ideas as lenses for exploring vibration and transformation. Chevreuil's return with Stadium reasserts their place in their lineage: a duo grounded in art-school conceptualism, sonic architecture, and human connection, building an environment of sound that is at once precise, raw, and alive. For fans of Shellac, Slint, Cheval De Frise, Black Midi, Hella, Battles, Tortoise, Horse Lords, Deerhoof, Matmos, Don Caballero.
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Cassette version. New album from the noise/math rock duo after a 20-year hiatus. A sound architects' album tinted with esoterism. Chevreuil is a French rock duo made up of Julien F. and Tony C., formed in 1998 after the two met three years earlier at an art school in Nantes. From the beginning, they approached the idea of a band as a performative art installation, a self-contained, sculptural device for sound, space, and motion, rather than a conventional rock ensemble. Julien and Tony, respectively, in their parlance, play "magnetic drums" and "magnetic guitar," an analogy for their livewire, one-on-one chemistry, where the music seems to fall together by way of natural forces. Rejecting the addition of a bassist early on, Chevreuil built its music around reduction, repetition, and architecture. Tony's guitar runs through four amplifiers arranged around Julien's drum kit, creating a quadraphonic field that surrounds the players. Julien's 1976 Ludwig kit, built the same year both musicians were born, is never amplified, allowing the group to perform anywhere so long as there's a single outlet for the amplifiers. The result is both physical and spatial, a minimalist engine of rhythm and resonance that behaves as much like an installation as a band. Their sound construction operates like an assemblage of interlocking blocks of energy, each part locking precisely into the next. Between 1998 and 2006, Chevreuil released four albums, an EP, and several singles. After a 20-year hiatus, Chevreuil returns with the double album Stadium, recorded in France in January 2025. Stadium, Chevreuil's most esoteric album to date, preserves the essential conditions of their earlier work while introducing new elements that expand the duo's sonic vocabulary. Conceptually, the album draws on the music of the spheres, magnetism, radioactivity, barometric oscillations, astrometry and magic, using these ideas as lenses for exploring vibration and transformation. Chevreuil's return with Stadium reasserts their place in their lineage: a duo grounded in art-school conceptualism, sonic architecture, and human connection, building an environment of sound that is at once precise, raw, and alive. For fans of Shellac, Slint, Cheval De Frise, Black Midi, Hella, Battles, Tortoise, Horse Lords, Deerhoof, Matmos, Don Caballero.
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New album from the noise/math rock duo after a 20-year hiatus. A sound architects' album tinted with esoterism. Chevreuil is a French rock duo made up of Julien F. and Tony C., formed in 1998 after the two met three years earlier at an art school in Nantes. From the beginning, they approached the idea of a band as a performative art installation, a self-contained, sculptural device for sound, space, and motion, rather than a conventional rock ensemble. Julien and Tony, respectively, in their parlance, play "magnetic drums" and "magnetic guitar," an analogy for their livewire, one-on-one chemistry, where the music seems to fall together by way of natural forces. Rejecting the addition of a bassist early on, Chevreuil built its music around reduction, repetition, and architecture. Tony's guitar runs through four amplifiers arranged around Julien's drum kit, creating a quadraphonic field that surrounds the players. Julien's 1976 Ludwig kit, built the same year both musicians were born, is never amplified, allowing the group to perform anywhere so long as there's a single outlet for the amplifiers. The result is both physical and spatial, a minimalist engine of rhythm and resonance that behaves as much like an installation as a band. Their sound construction operates like an assemblage of interlocking blocks of energy, each part locking precisely into the next. Between 1998 and 2006, Chevreuil released four albums, an EP, and several singles. After a 20-year hiatus, Chevreuil returns with the double album Stadium, recorded in France in January 2025. Stadium, Chevreuil's most esoteric album to date, preserves the essential conditions of their earlier work while introducing new elements that expand the duo's sonic vocabulary. Conceptually, the album draws on the music of the spheres, magnetism, radioactivity, barometric oscillations, astrometry and magic, using these ideas as lenses for exploring vibration and transformation. Chevreuil's return with Stadium reasserts their place in their lineage: a duo grounded in art-school conceptualism, sonic architecture, and human connection, building an environment of sound that is at once precise, raw, and alive. For fans of Shellac, Slint, Cheval De Frise, Black Midi, Hella, Battles, Tortoise, Horse Lords, Deerhoof, Matmos, Don Caballero. Also available on black vinyl (CS 014LP), green vinyl (CS 014G-LP), cassette (CS 014CS), and in deluxe aluminum sleeve (CS 014B-LP).
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Double LP version. Deluxe aluminum sleeve. New album from the noise/math rock duo after a 20-year hiatus. A sound architects' album tinted with esoterism. Chevreuil is a French rock duo made up of Julien F. and Tony C., formed in 1998 after the two met three years earlier at an art school in Nantes. From the beginning, they approached the idea of a band as a performative art installation, a self-contained, sculptural device for sound, space, and motion, rather than a conventional rock ensemble. Julien and Tony, respectively, in their parlance, play "magnetic drums" and "magnetic guitar," an analogy for their livewire, one-on-one chemistry, where the music seems to fall together by way of natural forces. Rejecting the addition of a bassist early on, Chevreuil built its music around reduction, repetition, and architecture. Tony's guitar runs through four amplifiers arranged around Julien's drum kit, creating a quadraphonic field that surrounds the players. Julien's 1976 Ludwig kit, built the same year both musicians were born, is never amplified, allowing the group to perform anywhere so long as there's a single outlet for the amplifiers. The result is both physical and spatial, a minimalist engine of rhythm and resonance that behaves as much like an installation as a band. Their sound construction operates like an assemblage of interlocking blocks of energy, each part locking precisely into the next. Between 1998 and 2006, Chevreuil released four albums, an EP, and several singles. After a 20-year hiatus, Chevreuil returns with the double album Stadium, recorded in France in January 2025. Stadium, Chevreuil's most esoteric album to date, preserves the essential conditions of their earlier work while introducing new elements that expand the duo's sonic vocabulary. Conceptually, the album draws on the music of the spheres, magnetism, radioactivity, barometric oscillations, astrometry and magic, using these ideas as lenses for exploring vibration and transformation. Chevreuil's return with Stadium reasserts their place in their lineage: a duo grounded in art-school conceptualism, sonic architecture, and human connection, building an environment of sound that is at once precise, raw, and alive. For fans of Shellac, Slint, Cheval De Frise, Black Midi, Hella, Battles, Tortoise, Horse Lords, Deerhoof, Matmos, Don Caballero.
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Double LP version. Green color vinyl. New album from the noise/math rock duo after a 20-year hiatus. A sound architects' album tinted with esoterism. Chevreuil is a French rock duo made up of Julien F. and Tony C., formed in 1998 after the two met three years earlier at an art school in Nantes. From the beginning, they approached the idea of a band as a performative art installation, a self-contained, sculptural device for sound, space, and motion, rather than a conventional rock ensemble. Julien and Tony, respectively, in their parlance, play "magnetic drums" and "magnetic guitar," an analogy for their livewire, one-on-one chemistry, where the music seems to fall together by way of natural forces. Rejecting the addition of a bassist early on, Chevreuil built its music around reduction, repetition, and architecture. Tony's guitar runs through four amplifiers arranged around Julien's drum kit, creating a quadraphonic field that surrounds the players. Julien's 1976 Ludwig kit, built the same year both musicians were born, is never amplified, allowing the group to perform anywhere so long as there's a single outlet for the amplifiers. The result is both physical and spatial, a minimalist engine of rhythm and resonance that behaves as much like an installation as a band. Their sound construction operates like an assemblage of interlocking blocks of energy, each part locking precisely into the next. Between 1998 and 2006, Chevreuil released four albums, an EP, and several singles. After a 20-year hiatus, Chevreuil returns with the double album Stadium, recorded in France in January 2025. Stadium, Chevreuil's most esoteric album to date, preserves the essential conditions of their earlier work while introducing new elements that expand the duo's sonic vocabulary. Conceptually, the album draws on the music of the spheres, magnetism, radioactivity, barometric oscillations, astrometry and magic, using these ideas as lenses for exploring vibration and transformation. Chevreuil's return with Stadium reasserts their place in their lineage: a duo grounded in art-school conceptualism, sonic architecture, and human connection, building an environment of sound that is at once precise, raw, and alive. For fans of Shellac, Slint, Cheval De Frise, Black Midi, Hella, Battles, Tortoise, Horse Lords, Deerhoof, Matmos, Don Caballero.
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A collaboration forged in the heart of the American Midwest, In The Earth Again unites Oklahoma City's noise rock institution Chat Pile with Texas/Oklahoma's visionary guitarist and composer Hayden Pedigo. What began as a casual split release idea spiraled into a thirty-six-minute album that threads their contrasting sensibilities into something entirely new. Pedigo's panoramic, primitive guitar, meets Chat Pile's industrial decay, creating a record that explores unknown emotional registers and atmospheric depth for both, In The Earth Again sounds like a post-apocalyptic transmission from rural nowhere. Instead of making concessions, the five artists work as a single unit, and each decision is made in support of the greater vision. The result is both intimate and expansive, a tribute to the modern wasteland. Cover art by Malcom Byers.
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2026 restock; LP version. A collaboration forged in the heart of the American Midwest, In The Earth Again unites Oklahoma City's noise rock institution Chat Pile with Texas/Oklahoma's visionary guitarist and composer Hayden Pedigo. What began as a casual split release idea spiraled into a thirty-six-minute album that threads their contrasting sensibilities into something entirely new. Pedigo's panoramic, primitive guitar, meets Chat Pile's industrial decay, creating a record that explores unknown emotional registers and atmospheric depth for both, In The Earth Again sounds like a post-apocalyptic transmission from rural nowhere. Instead of making concessions, the five artists work as a single unit, and each decision is made in support of the greater vision. The result is both intimate and expansive, a tribute to the modern wasteland. Cover art by Malcom Byers.
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LP version. Aluminum sleeve. A collaboration forged in the heart of the American Midwest, In The Earth Again unites Oklahoma City's noise rock institution Chat Pile with Texas/Oklahoma's visionary guitarist and composer Hayden Pedigo. What began as a casual split release idea spiraled into a thirty-six-minute album that threads their contrasting sensibilities into something entirely new. Pedigo's panoramic, primitive guitar, meets Chat Pile's industrial decay, creating a record that explores unknown emotional registers and atmospheric depth for both, In The Earth Again sounds like a post-apocalyptic transmission from rural nowhere. Instead of making concessions, the five artists work as a single unit, and each decision is made in support of the greater vision. The result is both intimate and expansive, a tribute to the modern wasteland. Cover art by Malcom Byers.
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LP version. Indie retailers. A collaboration forged in the heart of the American Midwest, In The Earth Again unites Oklahoma City's noise rock institution Chat Pile with Texas/Oklahoma's visionary guitarist and composer Hayden Pedigo. What began as a casual split release idea spiraled into a thirty-six-minute album that threads their contrasting sensibilities into something entirely new. Pedigo's panoramic, primitive guitar, meets Chat Pile's industrial decay, creating a record that explores unknown emotional registers and atmospheric depth for both, In The Earth Again sounds like a post-apocalyptic transmission from rural nowhere. Instead of making concessions, the five artists work as a single unit, and each decision is made in support of the greater vision. The result is both intimate and expansive, a tribute to the modern wasteland. Cover art by Malcom Byers.
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LP version. Silver color vinyl. A collaboration forged in the heart of the American Midwest, In The Earth Again unites Oklahoma City's noise rock institution Chat Pile with Texas/Oklahoma's visionary guitarist and composer Hayden Pedigo. What began as a casual split release idea spiraled into a thirty-six-minute album that threads their contrasting sensibilities into something entirely new. Pedigo's panoramic, primitive guitar, meets Chat Pile's industrial decay, creating a record that explores unknown emotional registers and atmospheric depth for both, In The Earth Again sounds like a post-apocalyptic transmission from rural nowhere. Instead of making concessions, the five artists work as a single unit, and each decision is made in support of the greater vision. The result is both intimate and expansive, a tribute to the modern wasteland. Cover art by Malcom Byers.
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LP version. Exclusive gold color vinyl. A collaboration forged in the heart of the American Midwest, In The Earth Again unites Oklahoma City's noise rock institution Chat Pile with Texas/Oklahoma's visionary guitarist and composer Hayden Pedigo. What began as a casual split release idea spiraled into a thirty-six-minute album that threads their contrasting sensibilities into something entirely new. Pedigo's panoramic, primitive guitar, meets Chat Pile's industrial decay, creating a record that explores unknown emotional registers and atmospheric depth for both, In The Earth Again sounds like a post-apocalyptic transmission from rural nowhere. Instead of making concessions, the five artists work as a single unit, and each decision is made in support of the greater vision. The result is both intimate and expansive, a tribute to the modern wasteland. Cover art by Malcom Byers.
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Requiescat Record is the new album by New Brutalism, a minimal rock quartet formed in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1998. The band comprises vocalist Shane Elliott, guitarist/vocalist Matt Hall, bassist/vocalist David Basford, and drummer Carey Balch. The three-track release -- "088," "087" and "089," in keeping with their strict numerical naming convention -- was recorded in 2021 by the late, great Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, and mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service in 2025. For the band, "less is more" became a guiding principle -- channeled through an unwaveringly raw, direct, and honest approach to sound. Out of partly sound, partly aesthetic, mainly a thirst to build, New Brutalism performs on aluminum instruments built by the band members. They chose the material because it's lighter than steel, more consistent than wood, and easy to machine. Above all, it's precise -- and thereby, can produce precise music. In 2021, New Brutalism entered Electrical Audio to record Requiescat Record. Named after a Latin term meaning a prayer for the repose of a dead person, Requiescat Record retroactively became a dedication to Albiniʼs memory. The band acknowledges that so much of the aesthetic, interests and sounds they admired are a product of his influence and the circle of artists around him. His death instigated a state of urgency. A desire to act became more pressing, to strike more often, and usher in a new era of productivity. Shattered and kinetic, forged by time and tragedy, with god-given sonic quality, Requiescat Record may acknowledge the dead, but this music feels ever so alive.
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Foil sleeve version. Requiescat Record is the new album by New Brutalism, a minimal rock quartet formed in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1998. The band comprises vocalist Shane Elliott, guitarist/vocalist Matt Hall, bassist/vocalist David Basford, and drummer Carey Balch. The three-track release -- "088," "087" and "089," in keeping with their strict numerical naming convention -- was recorded in 2021 by the late, great Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, and mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service in 2025. For the band, "less is more" became a guiding principle -- channeled through an unwaveringly raw, direct, and honest approach to sound. Out of partly sound, partly aesthetic, mainly a thirst to build, New Brutalism performs on aluminum instruments built by the band members. They chose the material because it's lighter than steel, more consistent than wood, and easy to machine. Above all, it's precise -- and thereby, can produce precise music. In 2021, New Brutalism entered Electrical Audio to record Requiescat Record. Named after a Latin term meaning a prayer for the repose of a dead person, Requiescat Record retroactively became a dedication to Albiniʼs memory. The band acknowledges that so much of the aesthetic, interests and sounds they admired are a product of his influence and the circle of artists around him. His death instigated a state of urgency. A desire to act became more pressing, to strike more often, and usher in a new era of productivity. Shattered and kinetic, forged by time and tragedy, with god-given sonic quality, Requiescat Record may acknowledge the dead, but this music feels ever so alive.
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Drawing inspiration from a wide range of cultures and musical traditions, C'mon Tigre is a dynamic duo that develops its identity into a collective of musicians and artists from all over the world. Along the years, they have collaborated with musicians such as Colin Stetson, Seun Kuti, Arto Lindsay, Xênia França, and artists Gianluigi Toccafondo, Harri Peccinotti, Danijel Zezelj, and Paolo Pellegrin, to name a few. TEN, which stands for "Tenth Edition Newness," is an expanded edition of their iconic self-titled debut album, which was initially published in 2015 through Africantape on a limited vinyl pressing. It sold out quickly, was later repressed by the band and sold out again. Today, it finds its chance to be reissued with the Computer Students treatment. Fans will love this remastered version, which sounds substantially better than the original. The album's expansion features a slightly altered record cover in addition to a 12-page booklet with a number of writings and images. TEN is featured on double black vinyl, audiophile quality pressing 180-gram, inside a gatefold cover. The entire package is housed in a unique heat-sealed aluminum Type-2 foil bag, courtesy of Computer Students.
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The newest album by Chicago's noise rock band. BigʼN was, is and always shall be a legacy noise rock band (est. 1990) comprised of vocalist William Akins, guitarist Todd Johnson, bassist Fred Popolo, and drummer Brian Wnukowski. After releasing a stellar debut album (1994), followed by their sophomore and signature effort Discipline Through Sound on Skingraft Records (1996) and a split single with Shellac, the band became inactive for some years. In 2018, BigʼN recorded and released a new EP, Knife of Sin, via Computer Students. In 2022, they released DTS 25, an expansion of their pioneering second album. Both were recorded by the late, great Steve Albini. BigʼN is back once again with a ruthless new album, End Comes Too Soon -- their first in 28 years -- released via Computer Student. It's all still here as present and disciplined as ever -- Brianʼs powerful, reliably precise drumming with melodic phrasing that shapes the songs, Fredʼs metallic superstructure of a bass that builds the defined framework of the music, Toddʼs clangorous guitar that has more harmonic content than a lot of his noisier peers, and William Akinsʼ yarling vocals, the most recognizably human thing about the band, that convey layers of tension and intent, all the emotional content of a hellbound therapy session. Tragically, on May 7, 2024, Steve Albini suddenly passed away of a heart attack. Naturally, BigʼN were shocked and devastated. End Comes Too Soonʼs title comes from a lyric, and is unrelated to Albini; still, the album became a roundabout love letter to the man, his studio, and his legacy. Like its predecessors, the album is structured by snippets of musical interludes or Transmissions -- and there are six here, under the common code "XMSN." Also available in aluminum packaging (CS 010LTD-LP).
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Aluminum packaging version. The newest album by Chicago's noise rock band. BigʼN was, is and always shall be a legacy noise rock band (est. 1990) comprised of vocalist William Akins, guitarist Todd Johnson, bassist Fred Popolo, and drummer Brian Wnukowski. After releasing a stellar debut album (1994), followed by their sophomore and signature effort Discipline Through Sound on Skingraft Records (1996) and a split single with Shellac, the band became inactive for some years. In 2018, BigʼN recorded and released a new EP, Knife of Sin, via Computer Students. In 2022, they released DTS 25, an expansion of their pioneering second album. Both were recorded by the late, great Steve Albini. BigʼN is back once again with a ruthless new album, End Comes Too Soon -- their first in 28 years -- released via Computer Student. It's all still here as present and disciplined as ever -- Brianʼs powerful, reliably precise drumming with melodic phrasing that shapes the songs, Fredʼs metallic superstructure of a bass that builds the defined framework of the music, Toddʼs clangorous guitar that has more harmonic content than a lot of his noisier peers, and William Akinsʼ yarling vocals, the most recognizably human thing about the band, that convey layers of tension and intent, all the emotional content of a hellbound therapy session. Tragically, on May 7, 2024, Steve Albini suddenly passed away of a heart attack. Naturally, BigʼN were shocked and devastated. End Comes Too Soonʼs title comes from a lyric, and is unrelated to Albini; still, the album became a roundabout love letter to the man, his studio, and his legacy. Like its predecessors, the album is structured by snippets of musical interludes or Transmissions -- and there are six here, under the common code "XMSN."
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Midwestless is the fifth and newest album from St. Louis, Missouri rock failures The Conformists. Once again recorded with Steve Albini at the majestic Electrical Audio, this album marks their first recorded output as a trio. Formed in November of 1996 deep within a basement bedroom somewhere between the corn fields and strip malls of Southern Illinois, The Conformists began as four teenagers with a desire to create ugly rock music. Eventually, they grew up and now dabble in moments which could even be described as quite beautiful and melodic. Elsewhere, elements of insistent repetition with an initial appearance of stasis reveal -- with multiple listens -- intricate details under the surface.
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Deluxe aluminum packaging. Gatefold. Includes poster. Midwestless is the fifth and newest album from St. Louis, Missouri rock failures The Conformists. Once again recorded with Steve Albini at the majestic Electrical Audio, this album marks their first recorded output as a trio. Formed in November of 1996 deep within a basement bedroom somewhere between the corn fields and strip malls of Southern Illinois, The Conformists began as four teenagers with a desire to create ugly rock music. Eventually, they grew up and now dabble in moments which could even be described as quite beautiful and melodic. Elsewhere, elements of insistent repetition with an initial appearance of stasis reveal -- with multiple listens -- intricate details under the surface.
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Originally released in 2000 exclusively on CD, the self-titled debut album by Boston-based instrumental math-rock band Lynx is now being reissued and available for the first time on vinyl. This visionary record, a precursor to the math music of the new millennium, skillfully blends stripped-down, repetitive guitars with angular, minimalist drum patterns. This deluxe edition is augmented by a second vinyl entitled Human Speech, an EP featuring three unreleased tracks recorded in 2021 but composed more than 20 years ago. The entire collection is released by Computer Students in their Expanded Reissues series. It includes a massive double-sided poster and is housed in a sleek, tactile aluminum packaging. Includes 12" EP with three unreleased tracks recorded in 2021; includes poster.
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Reissue, originally released in 2000. A "cheval de frise" is a military defensive structure. It is the alias under which Thomas Bonvalet and Vincent Beysselance formed their duo, creating anxious, agitated music with perpetually changing, almost Baroque, patterns. Urgent, emotional, and paradoxically structured and thought out in the finest detail, it drew much of its influences from the many forms of '90s American post-hardcore, while being undeniably singular. The formation was instrumental and the bass was abandoned for an amplified classical guitar, giving them their signature sound. In a French musical landscape where rock and guitar music did not thrill much anymore, Cheval de Frise came as a surprise. After a few demos, the band released their first eponymous album in 2000 on Sonore, a label based in Bordeaux. It was well received, allowing Cheval de Frise to tour all over Europe. Their second album, Fresques sur les parois secrètes du crâne, was recorded in 2002. The band split in 2004 leaving their mini album La Lame du Mat to be released later. Around the world, many instrumental, energetic, fast and complex bands would emerge in the following years, usually labeled as "math rock". But the unique color of Cheval de Frise remained, marked by a certain anachronistic romanticism. Remastered by Carl Saff, Cheval de Frise is reissued on New York label Computer Students.
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Cassette version. Reissue, originally released in 2000. A "cheval de frise" is a military defensive structure. It is the alias under which Thomas Bonvalet and Vincent Beysselance formed their duo, creating anxious, agitated music with perpetually changing, almost Baroque, patterns. Urgent, emotional, and paradoxically structured and thought out in the finest detail, it drew much of its influences from the many forms of '90s American post-hardcore, while being undeniably singular. The formation was instrumental and the bass was abandoned for an amplified classical guitar, giving them their signature sound. In a French musical landscape where rock and guitar music did not thrill much anymore, Cheval de Frise came as a surprise. After a few demos, the band released their first eponymous album in 2000 on Sonore, a label based in Bordeaux. It was well received, allowing Cheval de Frise to tour all over Europe. Their second album, Fresques sur les parois secrètes du crâne, was recorded in 2002. The band split in 2004 leaving their mini album La Lame du Mat to be released later. Around the world, many instrumental, energetic, fast and complex bands would emerge in the following years, usually labeled as "math rock". But the unique color of Cheval de Frise remained, marked by a certain anachronistic romanticism. Remastered by Carl Saff, Cheval de Frise is reissued on New York label Computer Students.
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The 25th anniversary edition of the noise-rock band's undisputed masterpiece recorded by Steve Albini. Remastered edition including a big booklet and a bonus disc of demos, outtakes, and unreleased tracks. Discipline Through Sound 25 is the new album by Big'n, a noise-rock band from Chicago that formed in 1990. At the time, the band consisted of vocalist William Akins, guitarist Todd Johnson, bassist Mike Chartrand, and drummer Brian Wnukowski. This outstanding expanded reissue was intended to come out in 2021 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Discipline Through Sound, Big'n's indisputable masterpiece originally released on Gasoline Boost in 1996, but was delayed due to a PVC shortage and the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. DTS 25 is a massive album. It contains two pieces of superb-quality vinyl with a reissue and remaster of Discipline Through Sound on the first disc. Side C contains unreleased demos from the album. As for Side D, it contains three previously CD-only tracks from a split with OXES (1999) -- plus two never-before-heard outtakes. Don't miss your chance to own a brilliant, undersung artifact of '90s noise-rock in Chicago -- refreshed, expanded, and more venomous than ever before. The release is supplemented by a 12-page booklet featuring never-before-seen photos of the band, a foreword by Steve Albini, and writings from Big'n's associates. 6mm spine gatefold cover with matte finish. Housed in a sleek, tactile, Type-2 aluminum packaging newly developed and designed by Computer Students.
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