{"title":"ALL A\/V","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"perfect-live-2-x-blu-ray","title":"Perfect Lives Blu-Ray","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Ashley ‘Perfect Lives’ 2-Disc Blu-Ray (LBR 4917)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e’\u003cem\u003eThese are songs about the corn belt and some of the people in it… or on it.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eComissioned by NYCs ‘The Kitchen’ in 1978, written for television in 1980, and presented in 1984. Robert Ashleys ‘Perfect Lives’ has received a tasteful face lift courtesy of Lovely Music Ltd. and the original post production editor Dean Winkler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘An opera for television’ told in seven parts \/ 3 hours total. For someone unfamiliar with Robert Ashley; this may be the most informative entry point to begin your journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis new NTSC to HD re-master beautifully preserves the original presentation; a 4:3 aspect ratio in addition to a complete surrender to ‘shot on video’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe 2-disc set includes a 16 page booklet that includes an essay by Ashley’s biographer Kyle Gann, and a review by Charles Hagen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAmbitious and life affirming. Highest possible recommendation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eUPC: 745295491781\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRegion 0 (Worldwide)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eLovely Music Ltd. Description:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRobert Ashley, solo voice; Jill Kroesen and David Van Tieghem, chorus; \"Blue\" Gene Tyranny, keyboards; David Van Tieghem, non-keyboard percussion; Peter Gordon, music producer; Paul Shorr, soundtrack producer; Dean Winkler, image processing and videotape editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePerfect Lives has been called \"the most influential music\/theater\/literary work of the 1980s.\" At its center is the hypnotic voice of Robert Ashley. His continuous song narrates the events of the story and describes a 1980's update of the mythology of small town America. \u003cb\u003ePerfect Lives\u003c\/b\u003e is populated with myriad characters revolving around two musicians — \"R\", the singer of myth and legend, and his friend, Buddy, \"The World's Greatest Piano Player\". They have come to a small town in the Midwest to entertain at the Perfect Lives Lounge. As Robert Ashley describes in the opera synopsis, \"they fall in with two locals to commit the perfect crime, a metaphor for something philosophical: in this case, to remove a sizable about of money from The Bank for one day (and one day only) and let the whole world know that it was missing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe eloping couple, Ed and Gwyn, the old people at the home, the sheriff and his wife (Will and Ida) who finally unravel the mystery, and Isolde who watches the celebration of the changing of the light at sundown from the doorway of her mother's house are some of the characters who journey through the seven episodes of the opera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDerived from a colloquial idiom, Perfect Lives transforms familiar material into an elaborate metaphor for the rebirth of the human soul. It has been called a comic opera about reincarnation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe 1983 video was upgraded to 1080 HD and remasterd in 2022-23. A 16 page booklet inside includes Robert Ashey's synopsis plus articles on the music by Kyle Gann, and on the video by Charles Hagen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFull Synopsis and Background:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.lovely.com\/albumnotes\/notes4917history.html\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.lovely.com\/albumnotes\/notes4917history.html\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.lovely.com\/albumnotes\/notes4917history.html\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Amaya Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43209519497398,"sku":"","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8432\/4534\/files\/82E5067F-1C9F-42AE-A1D3-B7E16669B02E.jpg?v=1717188960"},{"product_id":"spk-information-overload-unit-cd","title":"SPK ‘Information Overload Unit’ CD","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e45th Anniversary Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e6 panel digipack\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eIncludes 12 page booklet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eExclusive liner notes by Graeme Revell\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eOld Europa Cafe - OECD 341\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSometimes I wish I could go back and hear the first two SPK records for the first time. I will truthfully say listening to these two reissue CDs from Old Europa Cafe has only further instilled my belief that describing these two records as 'influential' is the greatest understatement. ‘Information Overload Unit’ came out in 1979; listen to it. YES this was recorded in 1979. I’m sorry but ‘highest possible recommendation’. - Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_6QPzkWPM_k?si=PYDdoL8rmqcqQClL\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amaya Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43579413954742,"sku":"","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8432\/4534\/files\/1_94e05f96-a508-44ba-9a47-7dff68c2ceeb.jpg?v=1730577171"},{"product_id":"spk-leichenshrei-cd","title":"SPK ‘Leichenshrei’ CD","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e6 panel digipack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eExclusive liner notes by Graeme Revell (2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eOld Europa Cafe - OECD 274)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eWhat to say about ‘Leichenshrei’? If you haven’t drank the juice of ’79s ‘Information Overload Unit’. ‘82s ’Leichenshrei’ is going to force feed you through the rustiest funnel you can imagine. SPK reveals its ambitions; their sound becomes more refined but still unmuzzled and foaming through its rotting teeth. This is getting graphic; don’t turn it off. Play it again (and does it get any louder?). Change your life. ALL TIMER. - Ross\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RWCmXzGiZlM?si=H1AvuAWM_R_tMxgS\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amaya Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43579437613238,"sku":"","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8432\/4534\/files\/1_d2ee7880-2409-4269-84aa-ff08f8de606c.jpg?v=1730576937"},{"product_id":"roland-kayn-infra-3cd-box","title":"Roland Kayn 'Infra' 3CD Box","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is ‘it’. ‘Infra’. Turn the dial up and give the keys to Kayn. This one might be the best entry point for anyone looking to ‘dive in’. Enveloping and (some times) arresting. ‘Dynamic’ would be selling it short. Originally released in 1979 but could be released 15 years in the future and no one would question. Beautifully remastered by Jim O’Rourke and if you are familiar with his work on ‘Steamroom’; YEAH he’s ‘on the tip’ as well. Highest recommendation possible. Theres so much info; dive as deep as you’d like. - Ross\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e3xCD Boxset\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eIncludes 17 page booklet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eReiger-records-reeks - KY-CD2201-03\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kayn.nl\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKayn Website\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/levidayan.substack.com\/p\/an-interview-with-jim-orourke\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eO'Rourke on Kayn Interview\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/touchingextremes.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/06\/roland-kayn-infra-2022-remaster\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTouching Extremes Review\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lpyJOxYvEMM?si=lLBELsaR5u9o6WA1\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amaya Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43579477426358,"sku":"","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8432\/4534\/files\/84A8C3A2-C869-4201-9484-51B691A21CDA.jpg?v=1730395900"},{"product_id":"eliane-radigue-oeuvres-electroniques-14cd-box","title":"Eliane Radigue 'Oeuvres Electroniques' 14CD Box","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14CD set housed in foldout rigid box\u003cbr\u003eIncludes 78 page booklet w\/ Full English Translation\u003cbr\u003eINA 6060\/74 (2024 Repress)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'One COULD put 'everything' aside and grind through all that is offered in this more than generous box. BUT the duration of your listening session would be 16 hours and that's not the point. Radigue is one of the most important electronic musicians to emerge in the past 50 years. Her music will serve you well throughout your life and generations to come. Incredible; eloquent; transcendent; top tier. Comparisons can be made but Radigue has created her own criteria. (Recommended pieces 'Adnos I-II-III' and '\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003eTrilogie de la Mort\u003c\/span\u003e'.) - Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Chry-ptus (version 2001) 24’01\u003cbr\u003e2. Geelriandre 29’57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e1. Chry-ptus (version 2006) 23’10\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e2. Biogenesis 21’06\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e3. 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Mila’s Song in the Rain 19’10\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e2. Song of the Path Guides 21’01\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e3. Elimination of Desires 17’22\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e4. Symbols for Yogic Experience 19’29\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD8: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003eLes Chants de Milarepa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\" ; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e1. 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Kyema 61’07\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD12: Trilogie de la Mort\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e1. Kailasha 56’09\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD13: Trilogie de la Mort\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e1. Koumé 51’18\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD14\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e1. L’Île re-sonante 55’04\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\" ;\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D2U0q4lZiFg?si=QOhth0M4Sv6vGALz\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amaya Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43585126236342,"sku":"","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8432\/4534\/files\/5547EE6D-31C2-41E4-9B1D-89D9FA07B28F.jpg?v=1730558364"},{"product_id":"slot-machine-music-by-adrian-new-hanson-hn271-picture-disc-lp","title":"Slot Machine Music by Adrian Rew (Hanson - HN271 (2014)) Picture Disc LP","description":"\u003cp\u003ePicture Disc Vinyl LP\u003cbr\u003eStiff Polysleeve\u003cbr\u003eIncludes insert w\/ description\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 500\u003cbr\u003eRecordings and Photographs by Rew\u003cbr\u003eLayout and Production by Dilloway\u003cbr\u003eMastering by Lescalleet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thequietus.com\/interviews\/adrian-rew-interview-slot-machine-music-ergot-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e2014 Interview w\/ Rew (Quietus)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/adrianrew.bandcamp.com\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAdrian Rew Bandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It must have been around 2014 when I first encountered this record and I've thought about it ever since. 'Transcendent' and 'eloquent'; beautiful stuff. 'Good luck!'\u003c\/em\u003e - Ross\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eArtists Description:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlot Machine Music: field recordings from middle American casinos.\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\"Chance animates the smallest parts of the universe: the scintillation of the stars is its power, a wildflower its incantation.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Georges Bataille, Le Petit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVideo gambling addicts, academic researchers, and industry professionals alike describe the trancelike state into which problem gamblers suspend themselves with remarkable consistency: they unanimously call it the machine “zone”, a kind of inner experience during which the rhythmic flow of human-machine collusion borders on mysticism. Time is abolished in the act of contemporary video gambling—simulated slot reels roll, virtual poker decks deal, and all worldly concerns are lost—leaving only the aura of total zone immersion in its wake. Sometimes characterized as the crack cocaine of gambling, the intensity of the machine zone is a symptom of casino ergonomics: oxygen-saturated pleasure air, subtly controlling walkways, mesmerizing lights, and, as captured here, meticulously engineered sonic environments all play a role in evoking the timeless void of the zone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough I was not yet aware of the extent to which casinos tailor their environments for maximum comfort (and\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e, correspondingly, profit), I did know as I crossed the threshold of my first casino floor earlier this year that it would not be my last visit. Hit by a cornucopia of slot machine tones, triggering aleatorically and coalescing into shimmering masses, I was struck by the need to return and record the sounds that so entranced me. It wouldn't prove to be easy—casino security is intense (you can hear me get warned of the consequences of taking photos at the beginning of the disc's second track)—and due to the clandestine nature of the operation, my recording techniques were by no means sophisticated. Equipped with nothing but an Olympus LS-11 recorder's internal microphone stashed in a sweaty coat pocket, I allowed the lure of the zone to guide me through a series of ambling recording sessions over a period of four months, the best of which are included here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI learned a lot about casino sonics in the process: game designers, for example, tune their machines to the key of C in order to optimize harmonic cohesion; one team of designers, the story goes, even spent a month perfecting a single 'ding' sound on one machine. In the interest of preserving the true ambient sounds of the casinos these recordings are completely untreated but, lost in the sea of chance, I did exert some affirmative control by means of meandering intent and actual playing of the games. With my playing of the machines I got a taste of the debilitating consequences that accompany the enchantment of video gambling. The disc in your hands represents my attempt to divorce the exhilarating fantasy of the casino from its unfortunate reality. May the zone run deep within you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Adrian Rew, 2013\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amaya Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43663864070326,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8432\/4534\/files\/1_c2b6e55a-ed9d-4903-81c4-d7ac18632a29.jpg?v=1733867205"},{"product_id":"behrman-demarinis-friedman-hanlon-klingensmith-she-s-more-wild-lp-bt059","title":"Behrman, DeMarinis, Friedman, Hanlon, Klingensmith - She’s More Wild… LP (BT059)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLP\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGatefold Sleeve w\/ Liner Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eMastered by Kassian Troyer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blacktruffle.bandcamp.com\/album\/shes-more-wild\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e'She's More Wild...' Bandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4HKliQuBeU0?si=_4NvlTK6HrSCjf9-\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription via Black Truffle:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amaya Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43673052184758,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8432\/4534\/files\/674BCC85-C49A-4CA1-B0A6-07E66427E036.jpg?v=1734374361"},{"product_id":"paul-demarinis-songs-without-throats-2xlp-bt041","title":"Paul DeMarinis - Songs Without Throats 2xLP (BT041)","description":"\u003cp\u003e2xLP\u003cbr\u003eGatefold Sleeve w\/ Liner Notes\u003cbr\u003eComputer, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Guitar, Composed by Paul DeMarinis\u003cbr\u003eLayout by Stephen O'Malley\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Rashad Becker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pauldemarinis.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDeMarinis Webpage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user46507876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDeMarinis Vimeo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blacktruffle.bandcamp.com\/album\/songs-without-throats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e'Songs Without Throats' Bandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription via Black Truffle:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePaul DeMarinis is a key figure in the history of electronic music since the 1970s. Collaborator with the likes of Robert Ashley, David Behrman, and David Tudor, DeMarinis is a pioneer in the development of gallery sound installation and digital music technologies. Black Truffle is thrilled to announce the release of a double-LP collection, selected in collaboration with the artist, focussing on DeMarinis’s exploration of synthesized voice and the digital analysis and manipulation of speech sounds. Drawing together tracks dispersed on compilations along with a number of pieces previously unheard in any form, Songs Without Throats offers a revelatory look into DeMarinis’s alternately accessible and uncompromising production between 1978 and 1995. Opening with a mesmerizing piece from 1978 pairing the voice and tamboura playing of Anne Klingensmith with strings of letters spat out by a Speak n’ Spell to the accompaniment of the randomised melodic patterns of DeMarinis’s homebuilt electronic instrument ‘The Pygmy Gamelan’, the record then dispenses with the live human voice in favour of its recorded and synthetic doubles. We follow DeMarinis’s restless probing of the possibilities of new technologies, from the hacked Speak n’ Spell (which gives us the austere ‘Et Tu, Klaatu’ 1979, another duet with Klingensmith, this time on bowed psaltery, in which the toy’s synthetic voice is stretched into an alien song) through to the use of digital audio samples manipulated with home computer technology in the early 1990s (including a remarkable dream-like collage piece that weaves a rare recording of Stalin’s voice and bird-like electronic twittering derived from its formant-glides into a rich tapestry of samples reflective of the dictator’s musical life). In between we get a rich sampling of DeMarinis’s signature work with speech melodies – usually unnoticed melodic inflections that lie within speech patterns – which he analyses and translates into synthesized musical accompaniment. These pieces draw on a wide variety of textual and vocal sources, which range from the hilarious to the menacing (‘Cincinatti [1830-1850]’ sets a detailed description of butchering techniques, for example) and an equally broad range of musical conceptions, combining elements as seemingly unlikely as Beethoven’s Opus 31 pianos sonatas and the sounds of 80s synth pop. The results are an extraordinary combination of the alien and the familiar. As DeMarinis himself characterises his work with vocal synthesis, this is ‘a kind of signal that simultaneously carried and obscured meaning and ideation, even as it created a sound world totally alien in esthetic’. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amaya Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43673115656374,"sku":"","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8432\/4534\/files\/65876A2D-1784-4153-9DCF-BEDE2EE94B11.jpg?v=1734376347"},{"product_id":"laetitia-sonami-eliane-radigue-a-song-for-two-mothers-occam-ix-lp-bt122-signed-by-artists","title":"Laetitia Sonami \/ Éliane Radigue - A Song For Two Mothers \/ OCCAM IX LP (BT122) (Signed by Artist)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLP\u003cbr\u003eLiner Notes by \u003cspan\u003eÉliane Radigue, Laetitia Sonami, Paul DeMarinis\u003cbr\u003eInsert signed by Laetitia Sonami\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLayout by Lasse Marhaug\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMastered by Joe Talia and Brendan Glasson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blacktruffle.bandcamp.com\/album\/a-song-for-two-mothers-occam-ix\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eA Song For Two Mothers \/ OCCAM IX Bandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sonami.net\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSonami Webpage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/lsonami\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSonami VImeo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/649314593?h=a917834172\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cb style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDescription via Black Truffle:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack Truffle is thrilled to present a Song for two Mothers \/ Occam IX the first ever solo release from Laetitia Sonami. Born in France in 1957, Sonami studied with Éliane Radigue in Paris before moving to California in 1978 to study electronic music at Mills College, going on to make important innovations in the field of live electronics interfaces and multi-media performance. Sonami is perhaps most closely associated with one of her inventions, the Lady’s Glove, an arm-length tailored glove fitted with movement sensors allowing the performer fluidly to control digital sound parameters and processing, as well as motors, lights and video playback. Having performed with the Lady’s Glove for 25 years, Sonami retired it in 2016, turning her attention to the interface\/instrument heard and pictured here, the Spring Sprye.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Sonami’s own description, “The Spring Spyre is composed of three thin springs that are attached to reverb tank pickups, mounted on a metal ring. The audio generated when the springs are touched, rubbed or struck is analyzed in Max\/MSP. The extracted features are then used to train machine learning models in Wekinator and Rapidmax and control the audio synthesis in real time. We never actually hear the springs.” After decades of aversion to documenting her work on recordings, a Song for two Mothers \/ Occam IX treats listeners to two side-long performances with the Spring Spyre: the very first piece developed for the instrument and the most recent, the two contrasting remarkably in sound palette, energy and form. A Song for two Mothers (2023) spins an intricate web of rippling synthetic burbles, rapid sweeps and fizzing textures. Performed in real time with the sensitive and partly uncontrollable Spring Sprye (\"a bit tyrannical,\" Sonami calls it), the music is delicate yet chaotic. Abrupt gestures hover against a backdrop of silence, \"devoid of spatial or temporal direction\". After several minutes, the sound-world becomes metallic and percussive, tapping and ticking in pointillistic flurries before a wavering harmonic cloud emerges, sprinkled with resonant drips and pops.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOccam IX is a radically different proposition. At the outset of Sonami’s exploration of the Spring Sprye, she asked her former teacher Éliane Radigue to compose a piece for it—and her: like all of Radigue’s work since she ceased working with analogue electronics at the beginning of the 21st century, Occam IX is written not only for an instrument but also for a particular performer. These scores are developed verbally, through meetings and conversations between performer and composer; each is grounded in an image (usually kept from listeners, to avoid influencing their experience); all magnify the subtlest acoustic phenomena and require great commitment and patience from the performer. Sonami’s is one of the few Occam pieces to make use of electronics, bringing it closer to Radigue’s famous longform pieces for ARP 2500. Beginning from a rumbling low tone, the listener is gradually immersed in slowly lapping waves of synthetic tones, eventually thinning out into delicate bell-like pings against a background of white noise, reminiscent of one of the most beautiful sections of Kyema from the Trilogie de la Mort. Accompanied by notes from Sonami, her longtime collaborator Paul DeMarinis, and Radigue, and illustrated with scores, photographs and images of the Spring Spyre, a Song for two Mothers \/ Occam IX is an essential document celebrating an under-recognised pioneer of electronic music and performance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amaya Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43673126043830,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8432\/4534\/files\/B73958F6-0979-4C7D-B7EE-C3C103C94D05.jpg?v=1734377031"},{"product_id":"sally-amaya-productions-tote-bag","title":"‘Sally’ Amaya Productions Tote Bag","description":"\u003cp\u003e12 oz. 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Immaculate, immersive, and thought provoking. The best kept secret? - Ross\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OX9eafi3of8?si=Tud4EWK3Jsh55NBV\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription via De Marinis:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGod is perhaps not so much a region beyond knowledge as something prior to the sentences we speak.\"  — Michel Foucault\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHidden beneath speech's words and music's melodies I hear the singing of a voice more ancient than language.  Brain's secret convulsions making muscles articulate, shaking the world with a song now lost to us except perhaps in laughter, giving birth at last to a duality of sound and meaning.  Now we can write or read, compose or listen, speak and converse even about our words themselves.  No longer are we aware that as we speak our voices rise and fall, following the deeper contours of speech melodies that prefigure our sense and our meanings.  Even our music ceased long ago to sing these melodies, following instead the steady course of harmonic progression.  Still, as we read a text, we must reconstruct the melodies of the writer to grasp the meaning. Still, we code our feelings in the melody of our speech. And still, as our leaders talk, hearing not the words but the music, we sing our quiet selves into a sleep of understanding. The whistles of the birds in our nose, the creaking door which closes a phrase, the measured pause which precedes a two-beat putdown – all these underlie the choice and order of our words.  These are the ghosts in grammar's basement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn many of my recent songs for synthesized voice I have treated speech melodies as musical material.  By a process of computer analysis and resynthesis I extract the melodic line of spoken language, involve it in a variety of compositional transformations, and apply the result to digital musical instruments.  Along the way, the original voice becomes more or less disembodied, but retains much of the original spirit and meaning.  With the computer analysis model I can alter voicing – changing the speech into drones of whispers, articulation rate – speeding or slowing the speech independent of pitch, as well as a variety of other effects, many of which sound unfamiliar but agree with the kinematics of the vocal tract.  As I compose, I listen and I think.  I choose vocal sources which interest me, particularly the voices of evangelists, hypnotists and salesmen because of their great confidence and enthusiasm.  — Paul De Marinis\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amaya Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43674009632950,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8432\/4534\/files\/1_9a3ac77e-75b0-426a-8a60-fddbe8a877b2.jpg?v=1734413719"},{"product_id":"neutral-lagliv-lp-hms050","title":"Neutral -  Lågliv LP (HMS050)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eLP\u003cbr\u003eMastered by James Plotkin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes digital download code\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEditions of 300\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eDescription via The Helenscarsdale Agency:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeutral is the no wave \/ anti-rock duo of Dan Johansson (Sewer Election, Ättestupa, Amateur Hour, etc.) and Sofie Herner (Leda, Enhet För Fri Musik), both with deep connections to the Swedish noise scene. As Neutral, the two smear voice, guitar, organ, and smoldering noise into narcoleptic songs that rewire the strategies of Dome by way of Gate and Mars. Lågliv translates to ‘lowlife,’ an apt metaphor for neutral’s subterranean murk and shambolic discontent that they languidly manifest as a punk dourness emptied of all rock ’n’ roll theatrics. Desperate, demolished, and dejected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/iliarogatchevski.com\/2018\/03\/14\/neutral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeutral Interview w\/ Ilia Rogatchevski for Wire (2018)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amaya Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43946906910902,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8432\/4534\/files\/1_e3edb4f0-49f6-4ec7-8252-f8194098ed77.jpg?v=1745956339"},{"product_id":"brannten-schnure-muschelsammlung-lp-wahn-01","title":"Brannten Schnüre - Muschelsammlung LP (Wahn 01)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLP\u003cbr\u003eMusic Performed by C Schoppik and K Rich\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Ruud Lekx\u003cbr\u003e2025 Limited Edition Reissue \/ Repress via Milder Wahn\u003cbr\u003eEditions of 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hhv-mag.com\/feature\/brannten-schnuere-und-eine-neue-deutsche-szene-die-keine-sein-will\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\"Brannten Schnüre and the new German scene that doesn’t want to be one\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hhv-mag.com\/feature\/brannten-schnuere-und-eine-neue-deutsche-szene-die-keine-sein-will\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e text by Nikita Vahid-Moghtada (hhvmag, 2023)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/odtQzgKoVUw?si=H8H1PmRaO0w0v63m\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview via Audiopile (Vancouver):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA long out of print and important piece from Brannten Schnüre’s mid-period gets another chance to cast its eerie glow. 2017’s Muschelsammlung might be considered the last of their albums before the underground finally caught up to them, and it’s also one of the more accessible points of entry into the duo’s now formidable catalog. With vocalist Katie Rich at the forefront through much of Muschelsammlung, her sweet speak-sing and childlike presence is a ballast amidst the whir of rustic instrumentation and looping ephemera that the duo lift from German folk music and gothic hymnals. As usual, there are plenty of reference points that we’ve made here or seen elsewhere that veer close to capturing the mystic wooziness that Brannten Schnüre conjure, whether it’s Coil’s late period folkloric seances, Ghédalia Tazartès’ electro-acoustic exoticism, the lo-fi bedroom concrete of the Gothenburg scene, or the blurred nostalgia of the Caretaker at his most cracked. But recently listening back on this mesmerizing LP’s integration of folkier traditions with repurposed music from the fading past, we can’t help but also hear a bit of Broadcast, particularly their later “occult” period. Most obvious between the two groups is the pastoral innocence embodied by both the late Trish Keenan and Katie Rich, but its both duos juxtaposing the starry-eyed vocals with fragmentary and lysergic collages that find the pair criss-crossing on the same plane of hauntological wonder. Admittedly, Brannten Schnüre is not for everyone, but if you were spell-bound by Broadcast’s final album, Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age, or the posthumously released Berberian Sound Studio, then Muschelsammlung might just be your bag. If you’re already on board with Brannten Schnüre, you know what to do. New edition of 250, silksreened jackets, sold out at the source. Don’t snooze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeaving a singular brand of DIY Minimalism, intertwining elements of folk, musique concrète, ambient, and electroacoustic music, Brannten Schnüre return to center stage with a due repress of what is widely regarded as their most impressive full-length release, “Muschelsammlung”, originally released in 2017 on Dutch label Vrystaete in a micro-edition of 150 copies. Laying the groundwork for the singular sonic landscapes that we’ve all come to adore, it’s an absolutely stunning and engrossing piece of work that can’t be missed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amaya Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43947348164790,"sku":"","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8432\/4534\/files\/1_09c9eddc-3db1-456d-b5e9-a5a65fd0c240.jpg?v=1745963332"},{"product_id":"trabant-trabamt-ii-lp-purrrrrj044","title":"Trabant - Trabant II LP (purrrrrj044)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePurge.xxx has generously gifted an additional collection of unreleased material from the Hungarian art rock \/ post punk group \/ collective Trabant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e‘Trabant II’ is housed in a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003estunning one-color silk screened craft sleeve and includes a 20 page folded and stapled booklet contaiing an extensive interview, photos, and lyrics in Hungarian and English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eJust when were thinking the mines were dry… beautiful and essential stuff.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eRIYL P Doray’s Ruth, Palo Alto’s Zru Vogue, Post Young Marble Giants \/ Weekend, Nico.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eArtists’ Info via Soundohm:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eActive between 1980 and 1987, \u003cb\u003eTrabant\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the most remarkable Hungarian gestures of countercultural creativity, flowering from behind the iron curtain during the period of its run. A loose collective of young songwriters and amateur musicians, with a continuously evolving lineup of contributors, including \u003cb\u003eMihály Víg\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJános Vető\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGyörgy Kozma\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKároly Hunyady\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGábor Lukin\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJános Xantus\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJózsef Dénes \"Dönci\"\u003c\/b\u003e, the visual artist and actress \u003cb\u003eMarietta Méhes\u003c\/b\u003e, and numerous others. Forced into the margins by their membership within Hungary's explicitly outlawed, anti-authoritarian underground music scene, the group's only official release, prior to \u003cb\u003ePurge's\u003c\/b\u003e first collection, was a promotional 7\" for a film in which the core members starred. Given the circumstances within which they worked, \u003cb\u003eTrabant\u003c\/b\u003e rarely performed publicly and never worked in studios, but were remarkably prolific, writing songs and producing a body of hundreds of individual DIY recordings, conceived for future release, and occasional appearances in films. 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Resting at the junctures of post-punk, folk, synth pop, art rock, and experimentalism, the LP unfurls as a journey into the realms of slightly off-kilter, joyous left-field pop, threading territories of expression familiar to fans of roughly contemporaneous bands \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eYoung Marble Giants\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe Pastels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe Vaselines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe Raincoats\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e — drum machines, synths, jangling guitars, and achingly direct vocals — with more devolved, dense, and nostalgia-laden passages, forming what is easily among the most striking artifacts of 1980s post-punk and indie pop that we can call to mind. 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Memories looping, paused and superimposed. Something about these pieces feels monumental without reaching for it to be so. The shock of the now, a new world being born within a dying world, a new awareness crowning. A moment telescoping from the banal to the sublime and back again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFugitive Numbers has similarities to a film soundtrack but we discover that the film is comprised of individual scenes all glitching on pause, a plate spinner at the end of his act. I'm reminded a bit of Asmus Tietchens Biotop LP. There’s a similar sense of pacing and patience. Like motion lines in a comic panel a sense of momentum is conveyed more than development or changes of scenery, a single film cell illuminated before it flares up. Landscapes blurring into a memory blurring into a familiar smell...exhaust, cigarette smoke, a basement after a party... gone in a flash. 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Instead of the dub-heavy rhythms and Middle Eastern influences that would define his later work, these recordings present an artist enthusiastically experimenting with sounds and technology, creating music that is crude yet surprisingly varied and very much of its early '80s moment. The opening \u003cem\u003eFall Into Glass\u003c\/em\u003e presents a bleepy reverbed melody with classical suggestions, while \u003cem\u003eMerge\u003c\/em\u003e develops into darker experimental territory with voices underscored by developing swirling tones. What's most startling is the appearance of icy melodies and loads of ghostly space in these recordings, placing them closer to the experimental strategies of \u003cstrong\u003eThrobbing Gristle\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eCabaret Voltaire\u003c\/strong\u003e than future Muslimgauze releases. Much of the material explores the same post-industrial landscape that \u003cstrong\u003eZoviet France\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eNurse With Wound\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eEinstürzende Neubauten\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eSPK\u003c\/strong\u003e were simultaneously mapping, while drawing from the systematic alienation techniques pioneered by \u003cstrong\u003eNeu!\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eLa Düsseldorf\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eThe collection encompasses everything from the eerie \u003cem\u003eChoir-Screen\u003c\/em\u003ewith its spooky haunted music from almost voice-sounds which sweep and swirl ethereally, to the monumental 21-minute \u003cem\u003ePiano Room\u003c\/em\u003e - a complex collage that anticipates the systematic tape manipulation techniques of Jones' future work. You can feel the influence of \u003cstrong\u003eChris Watson\u003c\/strong\u003e-period Cabaret Voltaire, the glacial repetitions of \u003cstrong\u003eCluster\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the ritual minimalism of \u003cstrong\u003eConrad Schnitzler\u003c\/strong\u003e. Most crucially, \u003cem\u003eComplete Oblique\u003c\/em\u003e documents the emergence of Jones' signature approach to political titling. Tracks like \u003cem\u003eIslamic Koran In Camera Dome\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRapid White Flag In Snapshot Blur\u003c\/em\u003e appear precisely as Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon occurs, marking the paradigm shift that would define his future work. 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Fully remastered from the original analog tapes by none other than Jim O’Rourke - allowing a number of the pieces to be heard without breaks for the very first time - this collection amounts to some of the most significant efforts in Kayn’s pioneering work in the field of cybernetic music, further illuminating him as one of the most radical and groundbreaking creative voices of the 20th Century and beyond.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis box set includes the tracks from legendary opuses\u003cstrong\u003e MAKRO I, II, III,\u003c\/strong\u003e created at the \u003cstrong\u003eInstitute for Sonology,\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eElektroakustische Projekte,\u003c\/strong\u003e featuring works like \u003cstrong\u003eCybernetic I, II, and III,\u003c\/strong\u003e which were recorded at the \u003cstrong\u003eStudio di Fonologia\u003c\/strong\u003e in Milan, alongside \u003cstrong\u003eEntropy PE31, Monades\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eEon\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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Turn the dial up and give the keys to Kayn. This one might be the best entry point for anyone looking to ‘dive in’. Enveloping and (some times) arresting. ‘Dynamic’ would be selling it short. Originally released in 1979 but could be released 15 years in the future and no one would question. Beautifully remastered by Jim O’Rourke and if you are familiar with his work on ‘Steamroom’; YEAH he’s ‘on the tip’ as well. Highest recommendation possible. Theres so much info; dive as deep as you’d like. - Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA pioneer of electronic, computer, and instrumental avant-garde music, for the majority of his life, the German composer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoland Kayn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remained one of the great unheralded figures in the landscape of 20th century sound - a founding member of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, who delved into singular territories entirely his own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKayn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e spent most of his career working beyond the normative definitions and parameters of electronic, electro-acoustic, and computer music, endeavouring to contract an entirely new territory of sound which he referred to as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCybernetic Music\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a generative process of composition through programming, carefully aligned with a constant relationship between three parameters - the cybernetical, the technical-physical, and the apperceptional.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XBRwElXhG-0?si=4NyCNwVrUa0Jr6Fl\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amaya Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44347385381046,"sku":null,"price":380.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8432\/4534\/files\/1_d9908b09-0486-4532-94d6-68af11e2aa8a.jpg?v=1761087619"},{"product_id":"roland-kayn-tekta-6lp-vinyl-box","title":"Roland Kayn - Tekta 6LP 1984 Vinyl Box (Col 1479)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal 6LP (1984) Vinyl Box Set\u003cbr\u003eFactory Sealed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCourtesy of Ilse Kayn and Reiger-records-reeks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/kayn.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKayn Website\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tektra’ is a standout in the catalogue of Roland Kayn (1933* - 2011 †) - a legendary figure whose work bridges the early electronic innovation of his tutor Oskar Sala; the free improv experiments of his work in Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza with Ennio Morricone; and the furthest limits of c.20th computer music. Despite cult acclaim from the heaviest synth heads, Kayn’s work has remained largely off-the-radar until relatively recently, with each reissue and archival deep dive now received with due reverence by new ears, ultimately leading to this, his 1984 payload of computer generated abstraction that absorbs the mind like nothing else. It’s been a proper touchstone to us for many years, and although available as compressed YouTube files, it has been out of reach in full fidelity for far too long, making this release utterly indispensable for listeners of insatiable persuasions who really want to get into it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Tektra’ is the one we’d recommend any newcomer with a glint in their eye and a hunger for the true electronic spice. It stands as an ideal example of Kayn’s “cybernetic music”, in which he tasked hugely unwieldy, early computers to express unfathomably complex functions, and modelled the results in sound. In ceding as much control as possible to the machines, Kayn comes uncannily close to voicing their inner thoughts and, with it, the mysteries of the universe. This may sound a bit far-fetched, but once experienced, it’s hard not to talk about his compositions in sacred terms, touching as they do on the ineffable, the sublime, and truly transcendent in their ultra fine gradated, star system-leaping, pitchbending harmonic transitions between milky way spumed angelic chorales and phantasmically chasmic darksides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrankly ‘Tektra’ contains some of the greatest electronic music ever made. It utterly uproots the fundamentals of musical structure and renders it anew, deeply probing its conventions and questioning the role of the composer in the age of computer-aided sound creation. 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Dilloway's tape chops glide into glass harmonic chamber echos calling on such spirited reverberations by way of crystallophone, Aeolian harp, or even frequencies recalling Coil's experimental investigations on the legendary Soviet-era ANS photoelectric synthesizer. In this instance, a distant alien cooing along the liminal glassy seam is introduced alongside slow pumping mechanical wield, and further minimal creature calls reminiscent of the stranger field recordings documented on Folkways 'Sounds of the Sea' or Amphibian related releases.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlipside 'Stunts 2 \u0026amp; 3' brings the gurgling \u0026amp; juggling metallic slabber warbled in a box bleeding into slight fuzz unknown, all which gently wades into a pulsating pump of squells.... it all certainly stirs a flavor of your regional moldy spook house attraction soundtrack crackling through the busted sound system. 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His music has been described as “surreal folkcollage” and “german hauntology”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the emergence of Schoppik’s second project, a dada cabaret called\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e Agnes Beil\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 2010, Brannten Schnüre moved closer to the song structures of its frivolous sibling. The songs of Schoppik’s latest creation Sommer im Pfirsichhain are further accompanied by a female singing voice, lending the pieces the voluptuous quality of a stickily tense midsummer.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSommer Im Pfirsichhain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Summer In The Peachgrove) is the second part of a quartet of releases. The first being \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAprilnacht\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e which got released on Sic Sic Tapes last year. 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