NON-NORWEGIAN GOODIES

Here's a small list of records and reading materials that we sell, simply because we like them a lot.
There will be more coming..

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1/3 Octave Band - Sub Lumina CD (Humbug 2005) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
New sweet sounds from Bill Wood

A. M. - Episteme CD-R 65 NOK / 8.5 US $ (Seedy R 2006)
"Reissue of the 2002 album originally released on Peter Wrights Apoplexy imprint. Definately one of the best Antony Milton albums to date!"

Ashtray Navigations - To Your F//king Feather'd Wings CD (Gold Soundz / Absurd 2004) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'A slab of acid psychout noise from Ashtray Navigations. Phil Todd has been toasting brains for years now with a number of great releases. But nothing cuts right into his acid dreams like this smokebomb of pure psych-wah. Nearly an hours worth of perfectly fried head AND skull music. Definately one to be had...'

Ashtray Navigations - "End-of-the-pier" Vault 7" (Tonschacht 2003) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
'Especially side A of this 7" marks a bit of a departure in the ouevre of the semi-legendary Ashtray Navigations from the UK for it contains his first pieces done with computer. These two crackling miniatures collide with two short interventions by guitar into a very dense and dynamic web of sounds. Side b contains a long, almost elegic multi-track guitar-piece which might move to tears not only connoiseurs of le jazz non.'

Astro / Crazy River / Kobi / Love Hz "Penguin House" 7" ([OHM] Records 2008) 60 NOK / 10 US $
Hiroshi Hasegawa (Astro) teaming up with Kai Mikalsen (Kobi), Petter Flaten Eilertsen (Love Hz) and Per Gisle Galåen (Crazy River) while they were gig-crossing Japan in spring 2007. Pretty harsh noise making people go nutty at the Penguin House, Tokyo. 8 minutes of full sonic butchery. Silver and black on white sleeve design by Lasse Marhaug. Limited edition of 202 copies. Hiroshi Hasegawa, Per Gisle Galåen, Kai Mikalsen and Petter Flaten Eilertsen.

Baroque Bordello - Abnormal Songs LP (Qbico 2005) 150 NOK / 22 US $
"This is a music that i originally composed for a play called Alice in Nakedland. The play was some erotic expressionist nonsense, sort of like Alice in Wonderland and Dr. Caligari's Crime added together then divided by two. My script was used, but my music was rejected by the other staff members." - Makoto Kawabata Originally issued on cassette on the R.E.P. label in the 80's in very limited quantities, then re-issued on a 10 CD-R box set entitled "Makoto Kawabata early works 1978-1981" (ltd. ed. 100 copies only, numbered, sold out)

Baroque Bordello - 1st Trip LP (Qbico 2001) 150 NOK / 22 US $
"Our first release after changing the name of the band from the Dark Revolutionary Collective to Baroque Bordello. With our concept of restoring the independence that music possesses in and of itself, we began composing and playing in an improvised idiom that refused to be tied to any pre-existing style. As the synthesizer was still the only instrument that we owned, we were forced to build the other instruments ourselves. The A-side of the tape was made up of performances on these homemade instruments (which remind me of Joe Jones Music Machines-Qbico). The B-side was an electronic soundtrack for aerobics, incorporating some doubtless Pink Floyd-inspired sound effects. There was also a piece for guitar and cable noise. Both sides sounded very weird" - M. Kawabata

Beanmix - You Don't Want Me Anymore 7" (Myke Droner 1997) 40 NOK / 5.75 US $
'A lovely 3 songs pop single with Verna Brock (Beanpole, Rocketship and Holiday Flyer) and Jim Rao of Orange Cake Mix. Really nice tunes with guitars and cello.'

Billy Bao - Rock´n Roll Granulator CD (Mattin 2005) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
"Billy Bao, a bludgeoning free rock combo which at times recalls the thrashier moments of Reynols (whose Anla Courtis guest here). Both "Evapogoration" and "Para ahuyyentar Ratas, Humanos y Otros Insectos" gradually distil the noise and instrument feeedback, into laptop static and then out again, while "El Grado Zero Del Pulso" is an 18 minute kick drum mantra subtly coloured by processing. It's one of the most entertaining albums Mattin has been involved in." Keith Moliné / The Wire

Birchville Cat Motel - Gunpowder Temple of Heaven CD (Pica Disk 2008) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'Birchville Cat Motel is the project of New Zealander Campbell Kneale, who has from his base in Lower Hutt since the mid 90-ies established himself as the leading voice of this generation of NZ sound artists. Gunpowder Temple of Heaven is a new highlight in his extensive discography. A single 40 minute long-form piece that keeps building and unfolding; heaven for drone-noise enthustiasts. The CD comes with a booklet with a complete Birchville discography as well as liner-notes by Bruce Russell.'

Birchville Cat Motel / A. M. / DEL - Live at Cuba Street Carnival & Huttstock - 2005 TAPE (TWR Tapes 2005) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
'Sixty hallucinogenic minutes of seducing out-no-post-pre-wave drone rock recorded at DEL's New Zealand rampage February 2005. One side is live at the Cuba Street Carnival, Wellington, february 26th 2005. Flip the tape and you're treated to a delirious freak-out at the Huttstock Festival in Lower Hutt the following day. Performed by Petter Flaten Eilertsen, Antony Milton, Campbell Kneale, Lasse Marhaug, Per Gisle Galåen and Kjell Runar Jenssen. Recorded directly to cassette, in glorious dolby mono.'

Black Sun Ensemble - Starlight CD (Camera Obscura 2003) 145 NOK / 21.25 US $
'With demons of the past erased by their last outing on Camera Obscura, Jesus Acedo and his collaborators move into entirely new territory, for what can be viewed as the first fully-formed work from the resurgent Black Sun Ensemble. Covers the map with resin-impregnated mid-eastern instrumentals , West Coast psych-mayhem, and some actual songs with cool vocals.'

Bosom Buddy - s/t CD-R (Long Division 2004) 65 NOK / 9.5 US $
O hoi- it's another wacky tacky sweet sweet release from the exstremely productive GFrenzy. This little kiwi-buddy explores the rudeness of automated instruments, but also the crazyness of the manual voice. Naughty stuff we say. Tops it all with a version of 'Blind In Texas' by W.A.S.P.

Broken Face - Issue #17 zine 50 NOK / 5.75 US $
'Issue #17 of The Broken Face is finally available. These 69 pages include interviews/features about Sandoz Lab Technicians, the uncrowned masters of intoxicating noise, free jazz and drone; Oddfellows Casino\222s delicate pop beauty in disguise; Birchville Cat Motel's crackling electronic clatter and gorgeous organic dronescapes; Chris Thompson's timeless psychdelicised folk; Reynols' surrealism and pure rock magic, percussionist/producer/noise maker Tim Barnes and Climax Golden Twins' irresistible collage of global impressions and sonic references. Add to that interviews with The Impossible Shapes, Bloomington's finest deliverers of brilliant pop and complex melodies, New Zealand's Armpit, Devendra Banhart the gardener of Pleasantville, the wide open folk deserts of Migrantes and more than 200 reviews.'

Broken Face - Issue #16 zine 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
'Issue #16 of The Broken Face is now available for ordering. This issue includes interviews/features about the never-ending spin of rhythmic mysticism and hypnotism of Finish psych-folk-space-drone-noise ensemble Avarus, the Australian born minimal guitar maestro, Oren Ambarchi, the German guitar sculptor Steffen-Basho Junghans, the increasingly excellent Time Lag and Idea imprints, Doleful Lions' elegant brand of psych-pop whimsy, the seriously damaged but wonderfully tuneful guitar euphoria of Major Stars, the Japanese Blues man Kan Mikami, the mystical Boston-based folk/psychedelia collective Sunburned Hand of the Man and an extensive look into '70s band/collective/spiritual movement Yahowha 13. Add to that something like 180 reviews and what you get is another issue packed with fascinating music.'

Carter, Christina - no title 7" (Gold Soundz 2004) 45 NOK / 6.5 US $
'Christina Carter is known both as a solo artist and as 1/2 or 1/3 of Charalambides, who has released many many exquisite and beautiful records since the late 80s on such labels as Siltbreeze, Time-Lag, Drunken Fish, Eclipse and their own Wholly Other imprint. Last year Eclipse records also put out Christinas very excellent "Bastard Wing" debut LP. On this 7" Christina offers 2 downstripped and very subtle yet unnerving and haunting psych-folk guitar pieces with an almost zen-like quality... Numbered edition of 345 copies.'

Casino, Cotton - 100% Pure Cotton 7" (Riot Season 2003) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
First solo-vinyl release by Acid Mothers Temple's synthist and voicist. A special brand of J-Pop and spaced-out sounds makes this 7" a twisted beauty. Two tracks. Limited 500 Only White Vinyl 7" with artwork by Mr. Pete Fowler.

Casino, Cotton - We Love Cotton CD (Sillyboy 2003) 115 NOK / 16.75 US $
'At last, Acid Mothers Temple’s keyboardist solo album is out! And it’s a total surprise: not your average psychedelic freak-out record, but a totally unexpected POP freakout hell of a record! She calls it “toy sound” and sure enough it’s naive, innocent and irresistibly childish: falling somewhere between the Residents’ “Commercial Album” and the 60’s girl groups, this is one of the most idiosincratic records ever made. With its candy-coated vocal harmonies and ultrasimplistic, campy keyboard patterns surrounded by the swirling, floating, bleeps of Cotton’s synthesizers army, “We love Cotton ” sounds like a sugary dream always on a verge to become a frightening nightmare. Highlighted by achingly beautiful vocals, these are tender, fragile tales hushed by lost children, forgotten tin toys and broken hearted lovers, showing a pure, desperate love for life. Moving, almost embarrassing in its simplicity, absolutely on its own.'

Chopin, Henri / Pan Sonic / Achim Wollscheid CD 120 NOK / 17.5 US $
"excellent collection of comtemporary sound-work from these 3 otherwise un-connected artists; legenday french sound-poet henri chopin (here doing just absurd things with his voice and a nagra/wollensak tape machine), finnish/spanish analog thud-providers pan(a)sonic (acutally - not providing thud insofaras blurbling water, electric rumble, blissed-out drone, and some scratchy filtered performance aktions in what is tantamount to their take on a musique concrète piece - possibly my single favorite side of theirs from the last few years...), and selektion boss/sound-artist achim wollscheid (four killer pieces for digital wavefield interference & resonance.)"

Chunklet # 17 MAGAZINE 60 NOK / 8.75 US $
American mag published by the infamous Henry Owings. Features: Roger Miller of Mission of Burma, Fred Armisen, Neal Pollack interview, The Chunklet celebrity advice column, Four movies about stand-up comedy, Rock show sabotage! 35 surefire ways to ruin a show for the suckers who actually paid to get in, and thousands of other amusing words. Seriously funny and good mag.

City Of Tales Volume 2 (Oats 1999) CARTOON 40 NOK / 6.5 US $
Fabulous cartoon by Clayton Noone and Stefan Neville, both also known for their contribution to the soundtrack to New Zealand, as we know it. Highly recommended.

City Of Tales Volume 4 (Oats 2002) CARTOON 40 NOK / 6.5 US $
Another slab of confused and insightful drawn poetry. Milk Milk and Lemonade. You always want more!

Cock E.S.P. - Hurts So Good CD (V/Vm Test Records 2003) 120 NOK / 17.5 US $
Noise-legends Cock E.S.P. invites a thousand to remix them and it hurts! Aahh--- so good. The sweet sweet pain. 99 tracks by over 80 artists on one compact disc. The ultimate Cock nightmare.

Cooper, Mike - Tu Fuego LP (Qbico 2005) 150 NOK / 22 US $$
Mike Cooper on lap-steel and electronics, with Jeff Henderson (alto-sax), Anthony Donaldson (drums) and Tom Callwood (bass) teams up at Happy in Wellington, New Zealand and perform a darn fine concert and record the whole thing and puts it out on Italy's Qbico label. This must be good you think, and it is. Featuring Ghosts by Albert Ayler, Lower Egypt by Pharoah Sanders and Storyteller by Ornette Coleman.

Cosmic Sonic Tag Team, The - Violence in Birmingham CD-R 85 NOK / 12.5 US $
Recorded live in 2003 at the Custard Factory Theatre in Birmingham. Personell: Monolab, Cotton Casino and billawtm.

Cosmic Sonic Tag Team, The - Tour Nov/Dec 2003 CD-R 85 NOK / 12.5 US $
Exclusive tour edition in envelope.

Coster, Tim - Rowboat / Blackberry lathe-cut 7" (CMR 2005) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
Hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, Coster is primarily working with field recordings and various instruments He concentrates on short segments of recorded sound which he dissects, processes and loops. Over these he adds granular tones, field hums and live crackles creating delicate and peaceable sound works. This acetate is produced by Peter King in Mt Somers, NZ and shows Coster at his more musical, with two fantastic 5min songs showing his talent in the subtle mixing of tone and texture.

Cottage Industrial Volume 1 - V/A CD-R (Humbug 2003) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $$
'The title of this compilation is a program by and of itself: D.I.Y. noise-based experimental music. The set begins with a noise assault courtesy of Jan Van Den Dobbelsteen -- a harsh entry to an album that also offers its share of quieter passages. The English group Earth Hum contributes one of the highlights, a "Post Industrial Dream" combining a recitation and a diesel engine, among other sounds. Other stand-outs include some amplified objects by Nicolas Malevitsis (at least that's what it sounds like); a hilarious piece by Crank Sturgeon where the artist attempts to play back a recording by Crank Sturgeon but keeps messing up, recording himself in the process; a delicate soundscape by Ilios, and a surprising vocal piece by Id M Theft Able that sounds like Jaap Blonk recorded performing on a street corner and remixed. And the last two tracks by Andreas Meland and Jan-M.. Iversen propose gentle yet unusual soundscapes. Truly admirable and highly recommended'.-- Francois Couture, All Music Guide

Cottage Industrial Volume 2 - V/A CD-R (Humbug 2004) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
'Another entry in our compilation series, featuring five tracks from various acts outta the Deserted Village label from Ireland: Murmansk, Agitated Radio Pilot, The Magickal Folk of the Faraway Tree, and United Bible Studies (UBS with two tracks, one of them being a gorgeous outtake from an outdoors session they did with Vinny Dermody and Colleen (appearing courtesy of the Leaf Label)). A great way to check out this label's sounds! Further we've got all the 12 short tracks from Pål Asle Pettersen's "Spor..." 8-inch EP released earlier this year, which Roel Meelkop in Vital Weekly called "a genuine electroacoustic feast". Eric Cordier appears under his own name (with a reworking of a traditional tune from Brittany, France) and as NOL (No Output Laptops), while Edward Ruchalski and Peter Wright also has two tracks each.....other artists are Ivar Grydeland/Øyvind Torvund, Anders Gjerde, Shifts, Uton, and The Cherry Point (with a full-on blast of harsh noise for good measure).....so a bit 'o this and a bit 'o that, almost all previously unreleased, an awesome way to check out some genuinely adventurous sounds. This is "the shit" even if I say so myself.... bah! 28 tracks, just ten seconds shy of 80 minutes!'

Cottage Industrial Volume 3 - V/A CD-R (Humbug 2004) 60 NOK / 8.75 US $$
Featuring Ryfylke,unidentified mental patients Raionbashi, WAWA, Orange / Manifold, Sinistri, Phô, OvO, wooden Wand & Satya Sai Baba, Excepter, Lunt, Maskinanlegg, Moth, Violets Rock n Roll and the great Idea Fire Company.

Courtis - Alubima Blues CD-R (Freedom From 200?) 80 NOK / 11.75 US $
'First cd release for this Reynols guitarist. Whoa, strap on yer ice pick shoes, cause this glacier is moving at a good 10 mph. Have you ever hit your face so hard on the pavement that a good 2 second moment of nothingness-shock hits you and then the pain hits? imagine that moment extend over a full 45 minutes, and you're beginning to understand what's on this disc. DEEP slow moving hums and buzzing will make your chest swell and contract in time.'

Courtis - Eating An Estufa CD-R (no label 200?) 80 NOK / 11.75 US
“Re-release from the sold-out tape released in 1998 Freedom From, now in a remastered & limited CDR version with 3 bonus tracks. ‘What’s an estufa? Some fucking Argentinian breakfast shit? A cock (shaped and/or actual) anomaly? ­Courtis is the non-midget guitarist from Argentina’s very ambitious dada-noise champs Reynols. They are tuff guys, ass-grabbing delinquents who like meat for love. This is the best Courtis solo joint I’ve encountered, or at least the most memorable. ­typical rough and ready gtr onslaught noise looping and splatter slopped efforts. ‘not’ ‘bad’” - Thurston Moore. FF reviews 2001

Courtis - Live in Fukuoka CD-R (Scrotum 2005) 85 NOK / 12.5 $
Anla Courtis of Reynols-fame recorded live in Fukuoka, Japan.

Courtis / Matsunaga CD (Prele / Kokeko 2005) 120 NOK / 17.5 US $
An hour long landscape of flying drones, electronics, guitar, unidentified objects, uncertain clarinet, voice, distanced meeting and the memories of co-habitation. 'Collaboration between Anla Courtis (of Reynols fame) and Kouhei Matsunaga (the man behind the Flying Swimming label, also from Japan). The disc contains nine tracks of widely varying lengths and collaboration methods. To name a couple: remix of the other's material, telepathic collaboration and real collaboration. Most tracks are of a certain ambient nature, but with enough things going on to definitely go beyond that (strange cuts, sudden outbursts of seemingly random noise, etc.). The overall quality is pretty lo-fi, which is very good, because it is combined with very typical computer sounds. This works very well and adds a warm quality to the sound. For me the most interesting piece is actually the longest one: the telepathic collaboration. Somehow Courtis and Matsunaga seem very well in tune and have created a very good track with so many kilometers between them. Somehow this track is almost a condensation of the whole CD.' -MR / Vital Weekly

Courtis - Greatest Hits CD-R (no label 2004) 80 NOK / 11.75 US $
Argentinian Anla Courtis (ex-Reynols) doing very beautiful drone / noise music.

Crank Sturgeon - E-Z Voice Over Box-Top Living Solution 7" (Humbug 2003) 20 NOK / 3 US $
Note: Water-damaged cover.'Crank Sturgeon. a US noise act. offers us some weirdness here. Using tape. electronics. clutter and voice. it was recorded at his desk. I imagine this guy with some electronics and objects on his desk. making sounds with them aswell as with his voice. Very lo-fi but also very personal. A bit Emil Beaulieu like. Concrete noise with a slight poetic touch. Quite nice in all it's weirdness.' - Vital Weekly

C.U.E. Compilation 3 - V/A CD (Cue 2005) 100 NOK / 14.75 $
Japanese compilation with Scanner, Anla Courtis, Morgan Fisher (ex-Mott the Hoople(!), Sunao Inami, Symphony Space, Kazuya Ishigami and many others.

Culver - Resent Metal Opening CD-R (Humbug 2003) 65 NOK / 9.5 US $
'Culver (a.k.a. England's Lee Stokoe) offers three tracks of gorgeously low-budget avant-garde music. Track one pits a monolithic two-note organ motif against a warbly violin. Is this John Cale drinking heavily and getting weird on his reel-to-reel tape machine circa 1970? Possibly, because after 7 minutes or so, the blood in my calves is starting to throb, and I'm feeling a little paranoid. Track two, "Death Shines on Black water" takes a left turn into a dark de-scending riff played on a rattling acoustic guitar that gets replaced gradually by a tangled tape loop. Moody and ragged, it's the frayed rope-bridge to the next epic track. "Razor Pin-up" is all blown-out fuzz organ, cascading overtones, endless, indulgent, wonderful, like those old Suicide rehearsal tapes evolving into a numbing 20 minute wall of static. Where has this fellow been hiding? Apparently he's got at least 9 other releases on his own Matching Head label waiting to be discovered, a daunting task, but I'm up for it'. - Glenn Donaldson, The Broken Face.

Davis, Greg - Precursors 7" (Melektronikk 2003) 35 NOK / 5 US $
The a-side starts with furious glitch and reveals itself into a beautiful acoustic guitar-piece. The b-side is calm with melodica, guitars, piano, percussion, reeds and computer. With a slight resemblance to Gastr Del Sol. Slightly.. All in all a very nice 7".

Devoid Of All Mercy - Your Children Left With The Stranger CD-R (Long Division 2005) 60 NOK / 7.5 US $
Gruesomely good New Zealand odd onslaugth of heavy load. Scary and evil to da bone. By GFrenzy.

Dislocation - Coyotes Call LP (Fusetron) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'Way-above-average improv from Japan. Electric strings (guitars?), saxophones, electronics, and samples move with unexpected ease from meditative passages to intense blow-outs to free scatter. Sax player Yoshinori Yanagawa plays with the same sort of depth and passion as Albert Ayler--no fakin', no academic rendering. But he's only part of a much larger whole. The wash of precision rumble and sound-tweaking that surrounds everything creates chaos from an intensely ordered technology. Strange (not "weird"), exciting music.' -Eddie Flowers

Dream magazine #3 2002 70 NOK/ 10.25 US $
'96 pages, squarebound, with CD. Lots of pictures. Extensive interviews and features focusing on: The Green Pajamas, Vashti Bunyan, poet Robert Creeley, The Witch Hazel Sound, The Iditarod, Peter Scion, Ultrasound, Sami Sänpäkkilä of Es, Kiila, and Fonal Records, Jeffrey Lewis, Mail Art, U.F.O.s, Terrastock V, The Sand Pebbles, Dipsomaniacs, Cerberus Shoal, Phosphene, Aquarium Poppers, Bingo Trappers and more. Peter Blegvad (Slapp Happy, Leviathan, etc.) again offers his artistic skills, this time with an episode of ‘The Pedestrian’, and Mats Gustafsson of the essential Swedish music publication The Broken Face contributes his ‘20 Unknown Modern Classics as Seen through a Broken Face’. There is also a feature on cassette label Next Best Thing. Guest reviewers this issue include Jesse Poe, and Byron Coley, as usual there are hundreds of reviews. Like the last issue, this one will feature a CD of previously unreleased tracks (many recorded with dream themes specifically for this compilation) by: The Sand Pebbles, Glen Johnson, Jeff Kelly, Goblin Market, The Green Pajamas, Peter Scion, Dipsomaniacs, Nick Bensen, Ultrasound, The Iditarod, Bingo Trappers, Aquarium Poppers, Suzanne Suzanne, Phosphene, Jonathan Richman, Kid Icarus, and The Slow Poisoners.'

El-G & Charlene Darling - Au Grand Dam du Jour CD-R (no label 2006) 
80 NOK / 12 US $
French and nice acoustic/electronic music for heart and soul.

Enkidu - Hasselt CD (Turtles' Dream 2004) 120 NOK / 17.5 US $
'Live recording from the European tour of Enkidu in October / November 2002, to the invitation of Densit/ festival (France). Chie Mukai (kokyu, drums, voice), Sei'ichi Yamamoto (guitar, flute, voice) & Eric Cordier (hurdy-gurdy & electronics).' "Were one of so depressingly prescriptive a mindset, one could feasibly sketch both a lineage and a bullet-pointed timeline -- beginning with Taj Mahal Travellers, touching on Takehisa Kosugi's 'Catch Wave', proceeding to East Bionic Symphonia, and concluding with Marginal Consort (music qua East Bionic Symphonia, if you will) -- in an attempt to at least partially contextualise exactly what the three (or so) decades of history leading up to _Enkidu_ have compelled us to associate with Chie Mukai. But that would only partially explicate her conundrum. Pin-up and muse, leader and partner, invisible presence and tangible influence, Mukai coaxes cohesion and and entices dissent. She can happily rein in collaborative dispositions as potent as Masayoshi Urabe and Jutok Kaneko, yet willingly sublimates herself to the respective remits of Hallelujahs and Nagisa Ni Te. Mukai's music speaks eloquently of a creative anomaly neatly summarised by the harmonics she extracts from her kokyu: at once shimmeringly celestial and wincingly blunt. Like all her music, _Enkidu_ articulates paradox: eschewing the conventions and niceties of Western improvisation -- technically skilful musicians perpetuating ossified norms and idioms in deadened, hollow dialogues, moving inwards in ever-decreasing circles -- it's both brutishly crude and breathtakingly fragile." -- Nick Cain.

Fine, Milo - Frequency Etchings (Ongoing Celebrations of Insignificance) LP (Fusetron 1999) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'Solo clarinet/electronics set recorded live Nov 20 1998 at Roadrunner Records in Minneapolis and presented here in its entirety. This is Milo's 19th document following last Aprils release of the triple CD, "Surges/Suspensions, Comme Toujours" on Shih Shih Wu Ai (listed below). Upcoming Milo related releases include a Guttercleaners (Milo and Susan Fine) video on Incus and a CD issue of his '98 collaboration with Austrias Reform Art Unit. This LP is a numbered edition of 330 with full color paste-on sleeves...'

Formatt - Connections CD (Abflug 2003) 100 NOK / 13.5 US $
Peter Smeekens, aka Formatt, is an experimental composer and sound artist from Belgium. Audiobot says: 'The very matter of sonic microscopy, pulling found sounds out of context to fully explore and adjust their hidden characteristics, never exposing light on their unpresuming origin, has become the driving vessel for investigating the extremes of auditory perception. His sound never stays silent till the last, yet squeamishly evoking timorous phrases that gradually coalesce around the subtle treasures of the soil. Fractured breathy analog injections, tilted from a scarcely asserted sonic palette, are decidedly adjustable, hovering forward yet peeling their modulated delays fully into the arctic backbone of resonating hollowness.' This cd comes with visuals by Samuli Alapuranen.

Francombe, Mark - Fish! CD-R card (Synesthetic Recordings 2005) 40 NOK / 6 US $
'Processed guitar stuff from former member of Cranes, now residenting in Norway. Improvised, manipulated, mangled, modified and mistreated guitar Recorded at 161, Oslo, Norway, Jan 2005.'

Francombe, Mark - Badgered CD-R (Synch Non Synch 2004) 80 NOK / 11.75 US $
'Me with my guitar... Oh! and a few too many effects!!. My guitar music is really quite different from my laptop music, for the reasons given above. My guitar set-up really is a bit over the top, and I cannot say that I have mastered it at all, but I have scratched the surface and continue, on a daily basis to work with my guitar and delve deeper into the possibilities that my gear offers. Utilising guitar synthesisers, and heavy looping techniques I can build dense layers of shifting sound, then twist it around to something else and head off in a different direction, grind down to a halt, back up a bit, reverse round a corner and take off. Recorded live onto minidisk in the spring of 2004, it is a few chosen improvisations.'

Francombe, Mark - The Most Fearless Animal In The World CD-R (Synch Non Synch 2004) 80 NOK / 11.75 US $
'Recorded live onto computer in the autumn of 2004. '

Francombe, Mark - Ear Nose And Throat CD-R (Synesthetic Recordings / Synch Non Synch 2005) 80 NOK / 11.75 US $
Brand new live improvisations by Mr. Mark.'

Free Music Ensemble - Montage 2CD (Okka Disk 2006) 150 NOK / 22 US $
Ken Vandermark (reeds), Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) and Nate McBride (bass) doing free improvisations dedicated to the great film-makers of the world. Two discs, two concerts.

Fujimoto, Yuichiro - Komorebi CD (Smalltown Supersound 2004) 150 NOK / 22 US $
'Komorebi is the stunning debut album of Yuichiro Fujimoto. This young Japanese artist was discovered by designer and Smalltown Supersound recording artist Kim Hiorthøy and Smalltown Supersound label manager Joakim Haugland after sending the label a demo. To accompany the music there were lots of beautiful drawings and photos, and both Hiorthøy and Haugland understood right away that this was a very special talent and special artist operating in his very own and unique world of both sound and visuals. The artwork for the album is created by Kim Hiorthøy based on the drawings and photos of Fujimoto. It might also be worth mentioning that Fujimotos photos were used on the artwork for Kim Hiorthøy`s own Japan only release “Fantasin Finns I Värkligheten (Japan Selector)” released on P-Vine Records. Yuichiro Fujimoto`s music leans on Japan`s old and rich musical tradition, as well as modern Japanese electronic music with artists such as Nobukazu Takemura, Aki Tsuyuko and Susumu Yokota. One might also find influences from the powerbook pop of Fennesz and Jim O`Rourke, but there is a also a warm human touch to the music that makes you think of the melancholic atmospheres of the old masters John Fahey, Nick Drake and Eric Satie. Yuichiro Fujimoto`s music hides small treasures of quiet and minimalistic beauty, both melodic and truly original.'

Further Adventures Of The Telepathic Explorers - V/A CD (Free City Media 2003) 100 NOK / 13.5 US $
'New, rare and unreleased tracks by AqPop, Anton Barbeau, Nick Bensen & Jeff Sanders, The Bevis Frond, The Bitter Little Cider Apples, Dipsomaniacs, The God Box, The Heads, The Impossible Shapes, Kable, Lucky Bishops, Patrick Porter, Sh'Mantra, The Sunshine Fix Electric Blues Band, Troll, and Joe Turner.'

Galbraith, Alastair - Orb CD (nextbestway 2007) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'New songs from Alastair Galbraith are always cause for celebration; bunches of them come along with the frequency of rare weather systems and command the senses in like fashion. His songcraft continues to chart a course of development that's wonderful and strange and brave. The attention-grabbing sounds, their textures, often lead people to focus on that end of things, and one can rather see why - Alastair's drones seep through his songs like rain through a roof. But the small core of everything has always been the song, and these new songs explore and celebrate the fragility of the form, and Alastair's wholly unique familiarity with that fragility. I've always considered him a miniaturist - he treats his songs like ships carved out of wine corks, light and delicate, thin and transparent here, red-soaked and musty there. It's shockingly intimate stuff; listening, I feel like I'm being told a secret, and that the secret will do big things once it's let loose on the world.' John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats) 

Geography Of Nowhere Verses Maths, Balance, Volumes - Mother To Silence CD-R (Humbug 2005) 65 NOK / 9.5 US $
Psychedelic jammings with guitars, percussion and vocals. Free music.

GFrenzy - Shacktazm - Music inspired by the motion picture Caddyshack CD-R (no label 2003) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
GFrenzy is a common enough name in literary circles with his many published novellas and short stories, but did you know he is also an accomplished musician of some talent? Until recently his performances were limited to dinner evenings with friends - until one night, long time associate and pal, Reg McKenzie, suggested his self penned homages to the movie Caddyshack would make a swell compact disc recording. "He had no idea at first when we hit the studio", says Reg of the first day. "It's one thing singing to a few close fiends after a martini or two, bu when he tapes olling.... well, one song we just couldn't right, in the end I said to him "sing like a 16 yea old girl thats been dating a 40 year old man, but it's all over now" - by the end of the week, it was like he'd been bon in an audio recording studio". Music fans, movie lovers, golf fanatics, or maybe a little of each, you're sure to find this album the ideal companion o an evenings entertainment... - From the liner-notes.

GFrenzy - Eel Creek CD-R (Pseudoarcana 2003 )85 NOK / 12.5 US $
'New release from the Onehunga recording phenomenon. White trash hip-hop and drunken country (with samples from Dipsomaniacs, Slowburn. Birchville Cat Motel, The Aesthetics, and many more) from one half of the legendary Teen Xray.'

Goodiepal - Nag Nag Bacon 2LP (Skipp 2003) 200 NOK / 29 US $
"Sounds on A and C, micro-etchings on B and D. Etchings (and music) must be experienced to be believed. Endless detail... Goodiepal is Mainpal Inv and Gamers In Exile." Highly appreciated stuff.

Goodiepal - Narc Beacon CD (Skipp 2004) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
The wizard of Denmark, Kristian Vester doing his thing. "It's kinda like Os Mutantes cut up to the tune of the The Price Is Right theme song. Or, better yet, it's like Bavarian folk music underscored with some of the most hyperkinetically fun digital signal processing this side of Dat Politics. Narc Beacon is deranged, disconcerting, and totally inspiring--like the best bits of Zappa with all his lame "musicianship" edited out. Who would have thought that such imagination could emanate from a genre known mostly for its monochromaticism?" - Nick Phillips / City Pages

Goodiepal - Circulation Of Events - VIP.IBEX 1992-1995 CD (Spoof 2006) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
"Entitled "circulation of events" this is an early constellation of Goodiepal / Gaeoudjiparl recordings from 1992-1995. Reclaimed from the Danish vaults. Repacked in exclusive Miss Le Bomb dust jacket for the year 2005. All of the tracks were recorded between 1992 and 1995 showing a glimpse of the madness about to unfold. Copies of this release were recently discovered in a basement in Denmark, ten years after its initial release."

Green Pajamas - Narcotic Kisses (Redux) CD (Camera Obscura 2002) 145 NOK / 21.25 US $
'The long-awaited CD issue of the very limited and long gone Green Pajamas compilation from November 2000. That LP contained unreleased material, singles tracks, and alternate mix stuff. "Song for Christina / A Nightmare" from the MP3 club is included, the two tracks from the lathe-cut ("These are the Best Times / Vampire Crush"), and a bunch of otherwise unreleased tracks. This CD includes an additional six rare and unreleased tracks!'

Grubbs, David - The Coxcomb / Avocado Orange CD (Blue Chopstick 2000) 145 NOK / 21.25 US $
'Responding to the invitation of Quentin Rollet and Noel Akchote to make an LP for their Rectangle label, Grubbs penned 'The Coxcomb,' an adaptation in song of Stephen Crane's short story 'The Blue Hotel.' This seventeen-minute moritat is scored for three voices: The Narrator (Stephen Prina, white-hot on the heels of Push Comes to Love); The Swede (Grubbs, wild-eyed and singing through gritted teeth); and The Cowboy (played to perfection by deep-voiced Sasha Andres, singer of the group Heliogabale). Grubbs's engrossing guitar-yarn is gorgeously fleshed out by the saloon band of Didler Petit (cello, voice), Yves Robert (trombone), Thierry Madiot (bass trombone), and Quentin Rollet (alto sax). The original LP and picture-disc LP version of The Coxcomb featured as its B-side 'Aux Noctambules.' In its place is 'Avocado Orange,' recorded during The Spectrum Between sessions.'

Gustafsson, Mats / Sonic Youth with Friends - Hidros 3 CD (Smalltown Supersound 2004) 150 NOK / 22 US $
'HIDROS 3 was written for Sonic Youth by Mats Gustafsson. Together with Gustafsson Sonic Youth teamed up with American guitar legend Loren Connors (aka Loren Mazzacane Connors), Lotta Melin, David Stackenäs and Lindha Kallerdahl. Armed with 5 guitars, electronics, voices, audiobox and contrabass saxophone, the group created a massive and monumental sound.'

Haino, Keiji / Jean-Francois Pauvros / Francois Causse - Y CD (Shambala 2005) 120 NOK / 17.5 US $
The guitar-giants Keiji Haino and Jean-Francois Pauvros teams up with percussionist Francois Causse and gives us a massive scream.

Happy Happy Birthday To Me Vol. 2 - V/A CD (HHBTM 2002) 100 NOK / 13.5 US $
Sweet pop comp with Calvin Don't Jump, Ross Beach, Wee Turtles, Scott Spillane, Red Pony Clock, Gwens, Army Of The Red Museum and a lot more.

Hartbeat #21 MAG + 7" 60 NOK / 8.75 US $
Excellent German fanzine written in english covering various musics from garage to world music. Featuring interviews and articles on Yo La Tengo, Motorpsycho + a nice 7".

Herman Düne - s/t 7" (Hype City 2004) 45 NOK / 6.5 US $
'Forget about Volvos and Krisp Rolls, Herman Düne is probably what came best out of Sweden. This indie rock band has been passionately touring everywhere they could for ages and started releasing records on traditional record labels since 1999. The band is made of André Herman Düne (guitars and vocals ), David-Ivar Herman Düne (guitars and vocals) and Neman Herman Düne(drums and sometimes backing vocals). It's quite easy to tell where the band's influences come from : Lou Barlow and his Sebadoh, The Mountain Goats, Pavement, Will Oldham, Smog, Cat Power, David Berman's Silver Jews, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Sonic Youth, and the New York scene led by bands such as The Moldy Peaches or Jeffrey Lewis, to sum it up, anyone that has sensitive guitars and a lo-fi savoir-faire.'

Hijokaidan - Polar Nights Live CD (Pica Disk 2008) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'Flat-out unbelievable new Hijokaidan album on Lasse Marhaug’s new Pica Disk imprint. One of the most confounding, mind-altering releases in their precociously heavy back catalogue, Polar Nights Live presents three different Hijokaidan line-ups, all of which operate at some kind of psychedelic/noise apex. Recorded live at the All Ears festival in Norway in 2006, the first track is the duo of Jojo Hiroshige on electric guitar and Junko on vocals and it’s one of the greatest Jojo performances of his career; the guitar sounds like it’s simply channelling bolts of pure electricity, with Jojo as the endlessly shocked conduit, with the strings warping under a hailstorm of feedback, protesting harmonics and pure squeal while Junko threads the chaos with exactingly articulated epiglottal ecstasies. Unbelievable. Second track is a twin guitar face-off between Jojo and Per Gisle Galaen of Del/Birds et al. This is much closer to the monolithic psychedelic rock of Fushitsusha than the contemporary Hijokaidan wind-tunnel feel and the sound of fully exploded phantom melodies is extremely beautiful. The final tracks features a single collapsing galaxy populated by Junko on vocals and Norwegian noise artists Sten Ove Toft on electronics. An amazing set, highly recommended.' - Volcanic Tongue

Id M Theft Able - A Just B / B or A - lathe-cut 5" single 60 NOK / 8.75 US $
'Just to make life that little bit easier we decided to make this a separate release.....(originally intended as a bonus for first 40 copies of the "cl amo/ang or/er us/ et c" CDR (Humbug021), but didn't really coincide). A total of 4 minutes of music, to be enjoyed at 45 rpm. A strangely satisfying object! And a step in the right direction, for sure. Edition of 40.'

Id M Theft Able - cl amo/ang or/er us/e et c CD-R (HUmbug 2003) 80 NOK / 11.75 US $
'Comes as a CDR packaged in typical Id M fashion, with hand-made elements and consciously undecipherable liner notes. The title itself ranks as one of the most non-user-friendly this reviewer has seen. You will ponder over its meaning for the whole duration of the title track, 51 minutes long. Id M Theft Able's approach remains similar to his earlier work, but more focused and -- dare we say -- polished. The three main tracks (51, 12 and 12 minutes in duration) consist of real-time noise collages. Everything seems to be done by hand (...)' - Francois Couture, All Music Guide

Incapacitants - Burning Orange (Pica Disk 2008) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
´Incapacitants needs no introduction; the duo of Fumio Kosakai and T.Mikawa; veterans and originators of Japanese noise music; cult band number one for noise fanatics worldwide; a band whose infamous status as the best live noise act ever has continued to grow over the years because the duo almost never plays outside of Japan. In January 2007 Incapacitants performed live, for the second time in Europe in 25 years, at the All Ears festival in Oslo Norway for an overly enthusiastic audience (people from all around Europe had travelled to see their heroes). The band later described the two shows as highlights of their career. Burning Orange documents these concerts. The CD consists of two complete sets; one Incapacitants as a duo and on the second joined by finnish noise-connoisseur Tommi Keränen (Testicle Hazard) as a trio under the name of Fumio Tommiakawa (a take on Gomikawa Fumio; the trio of Pain Jerk and Incapacitants). The sound of Incapacitants is described in the liner notes of Burning Orange by Tommi Keränen as "an inspiring, pure, all-encompassing, ecstatic storm of sound that has a power of near-religious proportions – and that alone, without any unnecessary gimmicks". That celebratory ecstasy certainly comes across on Burning Orange, of which Keränen also handled the post-production under the supervision of Mikawa.´

Institut Für Feinmotorik - Negemergenz LP (Fusetron 199?) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'From the German masters of a new genre: 'runoff groove'. That is, electronic music created from the snap-crackle- pop of old LP runoff grooves, tonearm feedback, et cetera. Minimal tones that slowly build into rhythmic order. Their previously self-released (and now long gone) 12" & 10" wowed me with a brilliant focus on the tiny 'unwanted' byproducts of the vinyl medium. Synchronic with Pole, Porter Ricks, Oval, et al., but with an even more experimental feel than previously believed possible. A 100% necessary release.' - Jace Krause of HotF/Lost In Translation.

Jazzfinger - Ugly For A Living CD-R (Gold Soundz 2005)60 NOK / 8.75 US $
'Full-length CD-R from one of the best free/avant/drone/primitive groups in the UK. This one is as fuzzy and electronically lurid as you could’ve hoped, stepping up the action levels from the dead-static drone of their recent self-released lathe-cut LP to new levels of teeth-grinding fury. At points this sounds like it could’ve come out on Scratch tapes back in the day, at others it sounds like they’ve recruited Neil Campbell for a tribute to the Third Ear Band recorded direct to ZX Spectrum. Nine tracks, with conceptions of the quality of “Icy Bloody Lies, We Hardly Knew You” and “Ascent Through Degradation”. This duo walk the line like no-one else and Ugly For A Living makes for a beautiful ticket to oblivion. Highly recommended. Limited.'

Jennifer Gentle - Ectoplasmic Garden Party 2CD (Lexicon Devil 2003) 160 NOK / 23.5 US $
'We've decided to reissue their two albums onto one big double CD pack, tart it up with some dazzling new full-colour artwork and a new title. So what the hell do they sound like and why are they so special? As Alan Bishop of the Sun City Girls said of them, 'I think they've discovered a rare sound'. There are elements in their music that remind me strongly of others in the Holy Pantheon of Total Greatness -- Syd's 'Floyd, Van Dyke Parks, Os Mutantes, Captain Beefheart, early Meat Puppets, Mothers of Invention, Funkadelic, Bongwater/Shockabilly, Godz, Residents, Faust, the Nuf Sed stable (Caroliner/TFUL 282), Half Japanese -- but their synthesis of these influences (assuming they listen to these people) is the key to their sound.' Delicious stuff. Yummy...

Jennifer Gentle and Kawabata Makoto - The Wrong Cage CD (Sillyboy 2002) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'A live album cut during the first Italian tour of Kawabata Makoto, the legendary Japanese guitar god leader of Acid Mothers Temple and zillion other projects, "The Wrong Cage" shows Italian band Jennifer Gentle at their most ferocious. Two long, acid guitar freakouts plus a eerily beautiful solo sarongi track played by Kawabata - a must for all fans of heavy, guitar-driven psychedelic avant-rock.'

Kelley, Greg - I Don't Want to Live Forever CD (Gameboy 2004) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'Recorded throughout the Eastern United States in November 2002 as part of the Initial/Lack tour with Mike Bullock, and in Somerville, Massachusetts in Spring 2003.'

Kokekomp I - V/A CD (Kokeko 2004) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'Kokeko is an association organising concerts in Paris. The concerts take place principally at Les Voûtes, in the heart of an isolated garden under the Tolbiac bridge (Paris 13ème), and sometimes in others places in Paris as studio, library, or in St-Denis (University). On the occasion of its 1st anniversary, the release of "kokekomp I", lets us gathering the bands and musicians programmed since its creation. Exclusive tracks from Phroq, O-Pi-O, Aya Collette, Goth-Trad, S.S.S. (Sensors_Sonics_Sights), Kouhei Matsunaga, Jean-François Pauvros, Amephone (non-exclusive track), Eric Cordier+Tetuzi Akiyama, Aki Onda, Makoto Kawabata and Crazy River (Per Gisle Galåen).'

Li'l Skull & Tara Meredith - s/t 7"-lathe-cut w/ comic-book (no label 2004) 120 NOK / 17.5 US $
Li'l Skull is Dean Brown from Dunedin, New Zealand and this guy puts alot of effort not only in the music, but also the packaging. This 7" comes with a beautiful pencil-drawn and charcoaled comic-book. Very visual poetic. The music in his own words: 'Every ‘bump-in-the-night,’ ‘what-was-that?,’ and ‘it’s too quiet,’ of your nightmares are stitched together to tell the tale of a small girl alone(?) in an old house. What happens when it’s just not the wind?'

Li'l Skull - s/t 7"-lathe-cut (no label 2005) 85 NOK / 12.5 US $
'The snapping of the sails, the whistling in the rigging, the cracking of the mast and the shuddering of the timbers, the thudding on the hull. These all point to our fate. We are to meet our doomed brothers and sisters in Davy Jones' Locker, for God is banishing us to the Briney Deep!' As usual, with Li'l Skull stuff the packaging is awesome. This one is to be folded into a four-sided box. Let's sail out far... maybe a little too far...

Loosers - Bully Bones Of Belgie LP (Qbico 2005) 150 NOK / 22 US $
'Best kept secret from Portugal, think a cross between Sunburned and Sun City Girls and you have a vague idea. recently they did an Euro Tour with Mouthus.'

Meek, Joe - Meeky Meeky: Random Flakes Vol. 1 CD-R (boot) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
A booleg of 27 untitled and previously unreleased Joe Meek studio sessions.

Merzbow / Cock E.S.P. - Music For Man With No Name MCD (Blackbean And Placenta 2000) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
Scummy noise for da man.

Mikrofische - Gleichstrom / Wechselstrom LP (Schinderwies 2003) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'On their debut album 'Gleichstrom/Wechselstrom' (engl. AC/DC) the duo Silvi Wersi and Mawe N.Klave from Cologne and Nuremburg, Germany serve us sometimes tender, sometimes crunchy, but always beautiful songs in electro-pop-outfit. Charming!'

Milton, Antony - Strata CD-R (Humbug 2004) 70 NOK / 9.5 US $$
'New work (interspersed with some older pieces taken from cassettes) from the prolific Antony Milton, known from previous releases on Apoplexy, Root Don Lonie For Cash, Haamumaa...and of course a host of stuff appearing on his own fantastic Pseudo-Arcana label, under various names & guises. Antony is certainly involved in a lot of the things that's exciting about the current N.Z. scene and is a unpredictable outsider, his recordings always wheezing with a certain curiosity whether he's working from mundane everyday-sounds (field-recordings), weaving fragile "pop" tunes, or whipping up some frightful racket on a broken keyboard. Never one for simple solutions, these pieces offer some strange pleaures even if you couldn't tell exactly why...... "Strata" collects together A.M recordings from 2001-2003, and is the non-identical twin of the "Yet Marvellous Stasis" CDR that came out on the Haamumaa label. Nice heavy full-colour cardboard packaging, includes 5 double-sided art-inserts (at least for the first 50 copies) to go with each track, designed by Antony.'

Monolab - s/t TAPE (T.C.A.T. 2005) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
Spaced out sounds from a British gentleman

Monolab - The Girl who found the Baby Baloon CD-R (Droning-On 2007) 85 NOK / 12.5 US $
Recordings from 2001 to 2007. Space drones to check out!

Monotract - Live In Japan CD (Audiobot/Carbon/Public Eyesore/Imvated/Gold Soundz/Humbug Too Many Cats) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
Superb party jammz, coversongs (Throbbing Gristle's 'United') and a collaboration straight outta Japan. This is the GOOD Carlos Giffoni... Co-released with Carbon, Breaking World, Gold Soundz, Humbug, Public Eyesore and Audiobot. Superb circular fold-out neon bukakke artwork by Jelle Crama and limited to something. "Its been a few years but we never did/nor will do sets like this ever again (involved tons of electronic equipment + impossible to recreate songs)'. With Carlos Giffoni, Nancy Garcia and Roger Rimada.

Murayama, Seijiro / Martin Powell / Per Gisle Galåen "Catching Flames In An Empty Sky" TAPE (Ambolthue 2008) 50 NOK / 9 US $
Seijiro Murayama on drums, Martin Powell on theremin and Per Gisle Galåen on bass. Recorded in Brugata, Oslo 1st of December 2007, Limited edition of 50 copies, single-sided cassette tape.

Nervous Noise - V/A CD (Nervous Nurse 2005) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
With Monobrain, André Borgen, Lasse Marhaug, Filthy Turd, Kobi, Plated Steel, Valvula Antirreetorno, Fever Spoor etc. etc. 16 artists in total.

New Peculiars, The - Dance Music 2000 7" (Tonschacht 2003) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
Three tracks from the band of the 00's. The title track is our full frontal assault on glitch techno (with catchy vocals). Side 1 finishes with a vinyl disaster known as "Landing Party." Side 2 is consumed by "The Crucial Failure of Authenticity," a slow edgy track which is one of our best. The New Peculiars march on and on."

No Tribute! - V/A CD (Little Mafia / Carbon / Sunship / Breathmint) 75 NOK / 11 US $
Here are 24 tracks of the finest out-rock available! Acts like Reynols, Dapper, Hijokaidan, Cock E.S.P. V/VM, Wolf Eyes, Wrong and DEL pay homage to the very fine Canadian Nihilist Spasm Band. Great stuff.

Noise Is All In Your Head, The - V/A CD (Gold Soundz 2002) 120 NOK / 17.5 US $
Compilation with exclusive tracks. Featuring Noxagt, Lasse Marhaug, Duo Kanel, Continental Fruit, DJ Bra Nesegir, Sindre Bjerga / Anders Gjerde, Neil Campbell, Rats With Wings, Volcano The Bear, If You Meet You Anti-Self, Thurston Moore, Julian Bradley, OJN, The Wife Contract, Songs Of Norway, Dylan Nyoukis and Oren Ambarchi.

Noise Makers Fifes - Monomania Of Instinct CD-R (Humbug / Gold Soundz 2004) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
'Finally this great NMF live recording from Stockholm 1998 is seeing the light of day (after many delays). Loosely based on Bachelard's animalistic aggression theory applied to the writings of Lautreamont ("Les Chants de Maldoror"), this MS Stubnitz live audio-visual performance stands out as one of NMFs perhaps strongest live performances. One very long track (65 minutes), it takes you from the inaudible to the full-on sense attack and back, it's exploding with strong emotions... Perfomed partly on homemade sound sculptures, they have developed a musical language that is quite unique. Edition of 250 copies in fold-out slipcase cover.'

Null, K. K. / OvO - split 3" (Sunship / Bar La Muerte 2003) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
Japanese maestro KK Null (Zeni Geva, Yona-Kit, ANP etc.) does dynamite with bleeps and beats. Italian OvO play their 'freeform grindcore or speed no wave'-thing really loud and well. Goodie stuffie.

Nyoukis, Dylan / Carlos Giffoni / Thurston Moore - Make No Mistake About It CD-R (Gold Soundz / Imvated / Ecstatic Peace 2005) 60 NOK / 8.75 US $
'Thurston yelling, bitching and yodeling along the third track of the Chewing Smoke disc, into a hand held recorder while driving his car. Dylan says: "Pretend yr some little fan boy who was stowed away in the back of Ts car, feel yr heart sink as yr idol destroys all his cred, like yr paw dancing at a wedding...'

Organorganorganorgan - s/t CD-R 65 NOK / 8.5 US $ (Seedy R 2006)
Sam Hamilton, Stefan Neville, Campbell Kneale and Antony Milton bring along their fan driven chord organs for a live performance at Wellingtons Enjoy Gallery. Ranging from the holy through to the burlesque over the course of the performance (hear Neville lift his rather cumbersome organ over his head to play it with his teeth, witness Kneale face plant into his thus creating the extended comatose outro...), this is a drone epic that gets to the heart of these perrenial, but somewhat ridiculous instruments...

Orgone Box, The - s/t (Minus Zero Records 2001) 145 NOK / 21.25 US $
'Upon a solid framework of Beatles inspired melodic inventiveness, Rick Corcoran (who is The ORGONE BOX) adds layers of pulsing psychedelia, post punk/new wave dynamism and a dazzling overlay of classic blazing-guitar rock. It's a totally winning combination made all the more scintillating by appearing to be so effortless. There's no energy lost on style or attitude - every ounce of talent goes into creating Great Songs and that, in the end, is what it's all about.' “...This is most definitely English Music at its best - rooted in the best of 60's Psych-Pop with an all encompassing pop sensibility...more than just a collection of undiscovered gems, this is an important release...” - Bucketful of Brains

Orgone Box, The - Things That Happened Then CD (Minus Zero Records 2002) 145 NOK / 21.25 US $
'That Happened Then takes up where the debut left off, with a sound that falls neatly between the dense, muted psychedelic strains of Cotton Mather and the more restrained urban pop of the Rooks. The opening track last Ride on the Jets should be a classic of the genre, with shimmering guitars a la Marty Willson-Piper and a chorus that immediately grabs you. Others such as Just Like a Woman will take you back to BBC Radio circa 1970. Hard For Me is Spectorian without the wall of sound. Mom I Can Fly could have been an early Pink Floyd single, Storytime is wonderful minor-key folk psych with a soft, sea-faring undulation, the sad, baroque feel of Barbican might remind one of Nick Drake and, in a better world, Cheerfully Hopeless would be a huge hit. TTHT may not propel The Orgone Box to the charts but it will certainly let them keep the adulation they have earned in the places that really count.' - Bucketfull of Brains

Padden, Daniel - The Isaac Storm LP (Ultra Eczema 2006) 150 NOK / 22 US $
"daniel padden is a multi-instrumentalist and a full time member of th euk based goof troupe volcano the bear!!!! for this new lp he used; piano, harmonium, cello, amplifier, zither, tape recorder, concertina, banjo, thumb piano, viola, organ etc.. to create a beautiful fictional soundtrack for a cartoon film that had to be made in the 50’s but could have been made during yesterday’s hurricane too. or; a free dude going folk while trying to play chamber music and pouring a disgusting concrète tape collage sauce over the finnished total!!!!!!!! comes in a water colour/crayon/collaged cover by dennis tyfus."

Pauvros, Jean-Francois / Makoto Kawabata - Mars CD (Prele 2006) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
New collab with French guitar-maestro Pauvros and Japanese speed-guru 
Kawabata.

Pettibon, Raymond / Oliver Augst / Christoph Korn / Rüdiger Carl / Otomo Yoshihide - Long live the People of the Revolution CD (Eventuell 2006) 150 NOK / 22 US $
"Based on the writings of such 1920s revolutionaries as solialist writer Bruno Schönlank and anti-fascist author/playwright Ernst Toller, artist and musician Raymond Petttibon (best remembered for the cover art for Sonic Youth's Goo) pays personal tribute to their work with the help of Oliver Augst, Rüdiger Carl, Christoph Korn an Otomo Yoshihide. Mostly, this is a warm and affectionate personal project that captures the atmosphere of that politically turbulent period before the Third Reich silenced dissenting voices in Germany. Musically Pettibon's delivery owes much to Jandek, as he drawls laconically over a loosely strummed guitar. But things pick up on Schönlank's "Hipp Hopp", where he is joined on turntables and sampling by Yoshihide for a bout of noisemaking that allows for a more contemporary edge. The album is punctuated with orginal recordings of Schönlank, Willi Leow and Bertolt Brecht, which transport you back to the beating heart of the revolution." - Edwin Pouncey, The Wire

Plus Ganzwind - s/t CD (Schinderwies 2003) 145 NOK / 21.25 US $
'This young instrumental band from Straubing/Bavaria declare their love to warm, looping guitar melodies, underlayed with lightly driving jazz drums and traces of melodica and electronics. Music for movies and white screens...a little masterpiece!'

Polio - Concrete CD-R (Humbug 2004) 60 NOK / 8.75 US $
'(...) also from New Zealand comes Polio, a name chosen by Peter Wright, who had releases before on his on Apolexy label. Here he explores quite effectively drone music, feeding unknown sources into three lenghty cuts of slowly changing but deeply atmospheric music. Very effectively played and done this one. The piece 'Sandblaster' is a beautiful example of isolationism - hey, if there is anyone who recognizes that term.' -- Frans de Waard, Vital weekly

Pumice - White CD (Stabbies & Rockets 2002) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'Recorded early 2002 on Waiheke Island and Karangahape rd, Auckland. White saw Stefan Neville using the playing of multiple instruments at once approach that Pumice employs in solo live shows, and applying it to the creation of new recordings. There are overdubs and multitracking but much of the instrumentation is being played by Stefan alone. White features drums, small silver guitar, pump organ, Holden spring reverb, trumpet, intercoms, tuning fork, piano, electric guitar, bambino organ, bamboo saxophone, buxxbox and heavy metal pedals and voice.'

Pumice - Spears CD-R (Pseudoarcana 2005) 70 NOK / 10.25 US $
'The tracks on Spears were recorded in Vienna in late 2004, and find Pumice at his clattery and blissed-out-yet-melancholy best. The album is book-ended by 2 different versions of the droning chord organ (w drums) longplayer classic 'Hulkwind' (a major component of live Pumice shows of late). In-between there are pop songs and other fragile rickety constructions.'

Push Kings - The Park 7" (Slowball 1996) 40 NOK / 5.75 US $$
'If the Rolling Stones had been nice, clean guys, they might have been the Push Kings. Screw "indie-pop", these guys write pop songs from the heart, no fancy anything and seemingly no pretension about fitting in anywhere. Do the Gin Blossoms need an opening band, or do you need someone to play at your wedding (meant in the nicest of ways)?' - Popwatch.

Qbico U-Nite In Bruxelles 2LP (Qbico 2005) 200 NOK / 29 US $
A nite with Alan Silva, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Chris Corsano and Paul Flaherty. 'The Bruxelles disc explores the creative bleed of free jazz into European drone-rock Improv. It is sequenced perfectly, flowing like a single molten dream from a bass solo by Alan Silva, through a duo piece by Finns Lauhkeat Lampaat, and into a set by UK's third eye monsters Vibracathedral Orchestra that expands to feature the Finns and Americans Chris Corsano and Paul Flaherty. Silva's solo is a masterpiece of concision and control, his bowing and the natural resonances of wood and string seeming to float in a pool of sublime concentration. But the Vibracathedral set, taking up three sides of vinyl, is the real hightlight - a fully immersive, subliminally suggestive symphony of ebbing drones, soporific bass patterns and pattering percussion that lulls even the usually explosive Corsano and Flaherty into its narcotic dreamstate.' Alan Cummings / The Wire

Qbico U-Nite In New York 2LP (Qbico 2005) 200 NOK / 29 US $
A nite with Steve Dalachinsky, Andrew Barker/Charles Waters duo, Andrew Barker, Charles Waters, Daniel Carter, Shanir-Ezra Blumenkranz, Perry Robinson and Arthur Doyle. 'The New York disc's first half showcases a clutch of the city's free blowing journeymen to proficient, if not entirely mindblowing effect. After an opening, beautifully tangled piece of vintage Beat verse by Steve Dalachinsky, Charles Waters and Andrew Barker spar tentatively with Barker's stabbing percussion jabs failing to raise much response from Waters's muted, introspective clarinet and slightly more fiery alto. The duo expand with the addition of multi-reedist Daniel Carter, clarinettist Perry Robinson and Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz on bass. Carter raises the bar considerably, his abraded tone on trumpet and tenor providing an emotional lodestone and direct clarity for the music. The second disc is more interesting, providing series of groupings for soul-fired tenor and vocals of Alabama wildman Arthur Doyle. The mumbling eccentricity of his phrasing and the still astonishing spit and heft of his tenor are not easy vioces to accomodate, but the collection of underground rock/Improv heads who make up his Electro-Acoustic Ensemble are on inspired form, cooking up a swirling vortex of buzzing and flailing LAFMS moves that jibe perfectly. The...' - Alan Cummings / The Wire

Quickspace - The Munchers / The Lobbalong Song (Kitty Kitty 1999) 40 NOK / 5.75 US $
As good as quirky pop gets.

Rauhan Orkester / Lauhkeat Lampaat - Sylissain Oot LP (Qbico 2005) 120 NOK / 17.5 US $
'Rauhan Orkesteri's recent single on the Finnish POK label may be the greatest seven inches of gut-wrenching avant jazz intensity since Borbetomagus's brain-erasig "Coelacanth" back in 1993. This album - their second vinyl LP to date - continues in the loose, high-energy vein of the single with a clutch of instantly composed high-register hymnals and frayed bottom end blues. The first track here matches the legendary Center of the World group led by Frank Wright in terms of visceral tone-bending assault, with detonating Sunny Murray-style percussion working folk tattoos into muddy whorls of sophisticated grunt. Also scattered throughout the LP are duo tracks by Rauhan offshot Lauhkeat Lampaat that map a goofier arc than the mothership by combining hand percussion and assorted small instruments in miniature freakouts that sound somewhere between The Mothers of Invention, Han Bennink's solo work and The Godz. Comes on sick pink vinyl too.' - David Keenan / The Wire

Reynols - Pupola Ridos 192000 CD-R (Valuba Mafiforo 2002) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'The tracks on 'Pupola Ridos 192000', specially compiled for their 2001 US tour, boasts some startlingly beautiful moments. The tendency to caricature Reynols as exponents of bastard noise, an image that the cheap, trashy packaging of their CDs and gonzo contents of their interviews only serves to reinforce, is belied by a back catalogue of sublime moments. They create little tears in the fabric, through which they cross over into entirely other zones. On Pupola Ridos's second track (no titles), Tomasin's untrained vocal moves into deeply human territories that defy the flimsy noise caricatures that dog Reynols. He sings with a tortuously beautiful quiver that recalls the gospel blues of Odetta or even the sorrows of fado, Portugal's beautiful music of longing.' - David Keenan, The Wire

Reynols - Live In Stavanger CD-R (Humbug / Gold Soundz 2003) 65 NOK / 9.5 US $
'Neither pure psych rock nor a conceptual capture, this recording may bridge some illusive gap in the ever-expanding black hole that is Reynols' oeuvre...starting out with a wailing Skullflower-like wall-of-sleep it winds up in hushed, keening tones some 40 minutes later.......and I swear there's a bit of wicked mouth-harp playing in there somewhere, too! Yay.. It was a great evening, Miguel's astral presence beamed keen as mustard.'

Rise Of The City Cat Cult - Rise Up City Cats CD-R (The Seedy R 2005) 70 NOK / 10.25 US $
New CD-R label out of New Zealand, ran by Antony Milton (Pseudoarcana) presenting the neat stuff. 'Dunedin all-girl synth and casiotone rock band featuring members of The Futurians and Dick the Phone. Songs and vertigo inducing swoons. Squally, lurchy, poundy and howly...'

Rustle St. - Sober Since XMas CD-R (Humbug 2005) 65 NOK / 9.5 US $
Rustle St. is the solo-project of one Greg of New Zealand and Sober Since XMas is a very nice and quiet album based on field-recordings supplemented by guitars, percussion and keys.

Schnitzler, Conrad - Zug Pic. Disc. LP 150 NOK / 22 US $
"1st time ever on vinyl of the Red cassette, originally released privatly by Con in the 70's in few hundred copies. classic Con-electronic waves, endless..." "

Shadow Ring, The - Mouth On Mouse 7" (Myke Droner 1997) 40 NOK / 5.75 US $
'A 7" from this British outfits. Graham Lambkins wrestling with Aldis Hoyos in Transmission has done wonders for The Shadow Ring. On this he's shearing vocals and guitar with Darran Harris, and takes care of percussion and some synths. Tim Gross' electronics is now a much more integrated and natural part of the group sound than on the Wax Work CD. This is truly the Shadow Ring single you always hoped for.'

Shifts - Vertonen CD-R (Humbug 2003) 85 NOK / 9.5 US $
'A note on "Vertonen" by Frans de Waard a.k.a. Shifts: 'Vertonen' was recorded in 1995 when I lived in Den Haag. It's the first release (and maybe last?) by Shifts that uses samples, here all of the acoustic guitar. It was recorded on four track. These are the first five pieces on the release. I can't remember when I added the sixth and seventh piece, but basically it was still sampler and four track. the eighth version of vertonen will be released on Humbug's Cottage Industrial series and is a computer version of the original source material. Originally Vertonen was to be released by Freedom From, a US 'label'. they sat on the master for some year or two, then lost the master 'while DJing' (i kid you not) and when they finally released it, the cdr had glitches and the artwork was a mess ('we couldn't do a two colour xerox print'). never ever buy anything from these bunch of crooks. Vertonen means to 'show up' but a toon is also the dutch word for 'tone', so it could also mean 'to sound''

Skaters, The - Dark Rye Bread LP (Humbug 2004) 100 NOK / 14.55 US $
"Much-requested limited reissue of this early Skaters vinyl/CD-R release: Dark Rye Bread is a reissue of a key early CD-R, originally released on Nature Tape Limb. The combination of octave-shredding distortion, wowing loops and inspired free vocal flow makes this a particularly ecstatic acid-test for fans of Hototogisu, Angus MacLise, Double Leopards, Milky Way-era Haino etc... Limited hand-numbered edition of 500 copies, with insert and pro-printed sleeve. Highly recommended."

Skorpio, Niko VS Reptiljan - Silence Is King 7" (Some Place Else 2003) 40 NOK / 5.75 US $
'The busy bee Niko Skorpio is working on two albums at the same time, one is a solo CD and one is by a band called Reptiljan. The four tracks on this 7" "just happened" while working on those two albums. The title piece is a distorted funk piece with a computer voice which gradually fades over into noise. Downsampling sounds is the basic idea for Snap Crackle Pope In The Ear Tunnel Of Love and results into a strange, alienated piece of music. Bassfinder General is a place where breakbeats and grindcore meet. Strangely fucked up computer cum techno music in four different directions - that makes a nice EP.' - Vital Weekly

Skyphone - Fabula CD (Rune Grammofon 2003) 145 NOK / 21.25 US $
'Debut release from Danish trio mixing electronic and acoustic elements, either sampled or played by themselves. Side by side you can find slow Joy Division type basslines, acoustic guitar pickings, glitch elements and naive melodies only Kraftwerk could have dreamed up. A highly atmospheric, melodic, subtle and detailed soundscape.'

Sunken - s/t CD-R (Pseudoarcana 2005) 85 NOK / 12.5 US $
'Sunken is the duo of Stefan (Pumice) Neville and Antony Milton. Their debut release features longplayer drones built from the interplay between 2 reed organs (and various gadgets- tapeloops, intercom, contact mics). The end result is an ecstatically transcendent and strangely luminous hour of music...'

Swagger Jack - The Feral Blood of Swagger Jack CD-R 100 NOK / 14.75 US $ (Seedy R 2006)
"Veering between abstract 'folk-noise', hillbilly thrash and some of the most finely crafted and poignant pop songs of his career,'Feral Blood' brings together the best tracks from Swagger Jacks various solo cdrs on Wire Bridge. Join him as he wends his lonely way around the backroads and 'rest-areas' (picnic spots where one can usually camp a few days for free) of New Zealand. He's old enough, and wise enough, to know better (its the 21st century after all) but he just doesn't seem to be able to give up his great romantic dream of freedom from the trial of modernity, nor lose his passion for recording his rattley folksongs onto an old car battery powered 4-track. Sometimes ecstatic, sometimes meditative, but always, well, 'textured' and original. All acoustic rattle-'n-roll; happy, sad, poignant; and downright nasty if you rub him up the right way. (Swagger Jack is an alter-ego of Antony Milton)."

Tabata - Children Of Woods 7" (Fourth Dimension 1996) 45 NOK / 6.5 US $
Tabata's (Leningrad Blues Machine, Zeni Geva, Marble Sheep etc.) debut. Essential Japanese out-music.

Tape That - Autumn Collection CD-R (Humbug 2004) 60 NOK / 7.5 US $
Dutch improvising duo doing 'loud and up-close music, soft and in the background. Add sounds to your house or hear speleologically through the layers of the sounds taped onto the CD. Everything you hear is taped live in the studio. No overdubs have been added in post-production. A little cutting here and there, though. Please enjoy it...' -TT, november 2004

Toitu Séance - s/t CD-R 65 NOK / 8.5 US $ (Seedy R 2006)
"Feat. Tim Cornelius, Nathan Thompson, James Kirk, Peter Stapleton, Campbell Kneale, Richard Francis, Zoe Drayton, Antony Milton and Clinton Williams. In October of 2004 during the biannual Lines of Flight festival in Dunedin the band Sandoz Lab Technicians organised the usage of a recording studio so as to work toward their new album. Unfortunately for them they had innocently told other participants in the festival of their plan and what's more had invited them up to sit and listen as they played... In hindsight it was of course inevitable that said musicians would not be able to resist the temptation to join in the fun and Toitu Séance is the recording that resulted from this NZ noise 'all-star' event. Restrained and controlled feedback hovers and shifts, organs groan, spontaneous drum circles erupt... Great stuff that will appeal to fans of the Metonymic label."

Tsuyama, Atsushi - s/t (no label 2002) 150 NOK / 22 US $
Tsuyama (Acid Mothers Temple, Zoffy and Omoide Hatobe) has travelled the world, and accumulated the traditional styles of Europe and Asia, for his own reinterpretation. He's created a lush, "fake traditional" world. His latest solo cd comes in a very cool 'wedding-envelope' and combines drones and folk in a perfect match.

Tripophon - The Sheririffs Lady Was a Polka LP (Schinderwies 2002) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'What happens, if a garage-rocker and an asphalt-cowboy from Hamburg, a dreamer from Friesland and an electronic tinkerer from Thueringen/East Germany meet and make music: A Sound of amazing spectrum: Songs and instrumentals between neo-krautrock, exploitation cinéma, pedalsteel, punk and electronics with C64-computers. The Soundtrack to a super8-roadmovie!'

Tussle - Kling Klang CD (Smalltown Supersound 2005) 150 NOK / 22 US $
Sprung from SF’s active underground Mission district scene, Tussle has been causing a stir for some time with their unique combination of dance rhythms, elastic basslines, metallic textures, and processed electronic experimentation. Kling Klang is their debut album and was preceded by two 12" singles and a CD EP all released by Troubleman Unlimited in the United States. 'Tussle taps the fractal noise vein Dom spotted in recent Brooklyn noise records such as Black Dice's Creature Comforts and Excepter's KA, but Tussle beat both out with four-four on top and more noise to boot.' (Pitchfork)

ultrasound - Eigenwijs 7" (Bad Alchemy 2003) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
Featuring former Stars Of The Lid member Kirk Laktas, Robert Ovetz and James Alexander, ultrasound proves again that their majestic and oceanic sound should be installed wherever you roam. Combined with the pure song goodness this is nothing else than bliss. Oh, sweet bliss..

ultrasound / Patrick Phelan - split 7" (Jonathon Whiskey 2003) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
'Great split 7" of drone-trio ultrasound and Patrick Phelan. Mr. Phelan has previously done great albums for JagJaguvar and presents a well done, yearnful acoustic-guitar-track, whereas ultrasound encharm again with their unique fragile drone-scapes based on bass & violin.'

Unacknowledged Pop-Song Collection Vol. 666 - V/A CD (Xerxes 2003) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
Schizofrenic and quite odd but good Japanese compilation with both Japanese and western acts as Government Alpha, Jazz From Limbo (aka KK Null), AMP, Tabata's Human Insect, Monster DVD etc. etc.

Uton - XXX CD-R (Gold Soundz 2004) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
'A new great album from the Tampere, Finland psych-noise favourites. Quite a bit more intense and claustophobic than many of his previous albums. Perhaps somebody's put something funny in the drinking water.. Mr. Uton has released many albums the last 2-3 years on Pseudo Arcana, Jewelled Antler and his own imprint Haamumaa. Edition of 100 copies.'

Van The Van - Road to Kyogle CD-R (The Seedy R 2005) 70 NOK / 10.25 US $
'In September 2005 Antony Milton shared a van with the band '6Majik9' (of the MYMWLY collective) on a mortifyingly hairy psychedelic road trip from Sydney to Kyogle up Australias east coast. Distance 900 km. The van was crammed to the gunwales with musical instruments, sleeping bags, sweating food, and stoned musicians. There was also a taperecorder... The legacy of this 'trip' is a surprisingly cohesive album of epic jams, cosmic shifts(...) and ecstatic psyche that will put the fear of God into nervous drivers everywhere.'

Vibracathedral Orchestra - Royal Park 260902 7" (Gold Soundz 2004) 45 NOK / 6.5 US $
'Two new and great live slabs from the ever-charming free clank-rock / free float orchestra. For a full whatever-many years, they have been unleashing loads of great albums, many self-released and many on the fine VHF label, in addition to several vinyl outings on Textile, Tonschacht, Roaratortio and Safe as milk. In my book Vibracathedral Orchestra are always great, and this is no exception. This might be their "Live at Leeds" (so to speak...) Numbered edition of 420 copies.'

Vlubä - s/t CD-R (The Seedy R 2005) 70 NOK / 10.25 US $
"We are Vlubä, posted at Buenos Aires at now, but borned in the chrome moon circa (since) 1965... Our music works consist at no music, drone music, freak rock, acid rock, cosmic music, conceptual art music, free improvisation, magical music for the high kings from the high spheres and extreme experimental music or whetever... some from this side of the planet, or the other planet?" 'Crazy lo-fi Argentininian psychedelia. Fans of Armpit, The Skaters (and yes, The Reynols...) will LOVE this... A pretty cool record.'

Volcano The Bear - Catonapotato CD (Broken Face / Digitalis Ind. 2004) 100 NOK / 14.75 US $
'Catonapotato is a perfect example of Volcano the Bear in a live setting. All eight tracks presented here were recorded live by the duo of Aaron Moore and Nick Mott at four different occasions in 2004. These four shows took place in Leicester (England), Paris (France), Norrköping (Sweden) and Sheffield (England) and all broadcasts different sides of this talented duo. The number of styles explored throughout seems endless, though words like free, folk and jazz keep popping into my head. CATONAPOTATO is not necessarily free jazz or free folk, but it does indeed display music that is completely free from any sort of constraint and structure. It just floats along, how ever it wants to, with the aid of squeaking and skronking horns, corrosive string massage and hypnotic drums that more than once approaches the tribal. It’s mainly an instrumental affair, although some vocals come up on a few tracks and as if all this wasn’t enough, we’re served some incongruous electric guitar rhythms that recalls the Sun City Girls at their very best. '

Volcano The Bear - Tunnels And Wheels 7" (Gold Soundz 2004) 45 NOK / 6.5 US $
'The first 7" from this very very great Leicester, UK combo (apart from 2 bonus 7"s on the Beta Lactam Ring label). Volcano the Bear has released a number of records on such fine labels as Steven Stapletons United Dairies, Pickled Egg, Textile and Beta Lactam Ring. As usual they go out of their way to create great pieces of full sonic surrealist splendour..... Numbered edition of 310 copies.'

Vote Robot - H.waiian Blue 7" (Tonschacht 2003) 50 NOK / 7.5 US $
'There are echoes of other, lousier artists to be heard in the way that Vote Robot allows the gentle crotch of their electronic pressure to collapse against the event horizon, but the results here sound more unplanned, improvised and genuinely fudged than most of Vote Robot contemporaries. Maybe their claim not to use computers just makes me biased towards them. Whatever the reason, the pieces here walk like cake around the edges of my consciousness, crumbling into the sweetest crumbs imaginable. And that makes for fine snacking.' - The Wire

Wesley Kern Gun, The - Rocket To The Room CD-R (Humbug 2005) 65 NOK / 9.5 US $
A huge mental vortex. "Rocket to the Room" is pure thrust; an atomic whirl burrowing its way ever deeper into the subconscious, a choir of celestial breath... The Wesley Kern Gun is Steve Aylett, also known as prolific writer of weird books like Slaughtermatic, Shamanspace and LINT. 'an unknown name to me but rocket to room is a cdr that made me enjoy a powerful electroacoustic atmosphere from the beginning to its bloody end. trully captivating!' -Nicholas Malevitsis, Absurd

Wickham-Smith, Simon - Dyrø CD-R (Pseudoarcana 2003) 85 NOK / 12.5 US $
'New release from the English 'underground' hero. Two epic tracks, the first a very skewed take on religious chant which retains a genuine and relevant reverence at the same time as it forges a whole new path through both laptop electronica and devotional music. The second is a huge track characterised by ripping great digitally distorted drones which seem intent on tearing through the bullshit (Maya?) to reveal a clearer world beyond... All recorded on a small island off the coast of Scotland.'

Yterce, Alexandre - Commencements CD w/ BOOK (Licences) 200 NOK / 29 US $
'CD in a special package (7" size booklet colour pictures), powerful tape music close to the Jean Luc Guionnet "Axene" on GF or Xenakis electronics works.'

Zoffy - Zo Zo Zo Zo Zoffy LP (Synesthetic 2002) 120 NOK / 17 US $
This is a re-release of Zoffy's (Tsuyama Atsushi and Makoto Kawabata of Acid Mothers Temple And The Melting Paraiso U.F.O) second album and features new artwork and different track order from the original release, which was on CD-R in a limited edition of 100 copies as part of the Acid Mothers Temple label's Gold Disc Series. The album contains six original compositions by the band, as well as covers of the rock classics by David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and Deep Purple.