Experimental, Noise, Abstract, Musique Concrete, Harsh, Tape Manipulation; Limited Vinyl Numbered Edition - Near Mint
Limited edition of 330 hand-numbered copies, pressed on 140g vinyl. Comes in a poly-lined inner sleeve, packaged in a pro-pressed jacket which itself is housed in a two-tone silkscreened PVC sleeve. Includes an 11" x 11" single-sided printed paper insert, numbered on the reverse.
Sewer Election is Dan Johansson, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is most known for his extreme and nasty noise on often limited edition cassettes and obscure vinyl releases. This album is an evolution in field recordings and voice recorded to mono tape. The record shows the development of aggressive blur building up to ominous restraint, tape speed replacing effect pedals, going beyond the mere "junk noise" description closer to the original idea of musique concrete, namely altering everyday sounds onto tape into a wholly other vocabulary. What separates him from the rest of the wall-of-noise-heads is that he is great at creating uncomfort and filth. To experience his music is like experiencing pure power and energy through subtle and restrained soundscapes of a world falling into pieces.
Minimal, Electronic, Experimental, Abstract, Pan Sonic; Double Vinyl LP - Ex Used Condition
Whereas previous works by Mika Vainio have utilised guitar Life (… It Eats You Up) is the first to use the instrument as its primary sound source. A fascinating, sometimes disturbing and deeply personal work this new 10 track set bears all the hallmarks (exacting attention to detail of tone, rhythm and texture) of Vainio's previous works with some stunning surprises, such as his cover version of The Stooges' 'Open Up and Bleed'. Tracks such as ‘Mining’ hark bark to the banging beat excesses of Pan sonic, with ‘Crashed’ and ‘And Give Us Our Daily Humiliation’ and the opening ‘In Silence A Scream Takes A Heart’ reveal a new intensity to Vainio’s work and is yet another superb additional to his brilliant catalogue.
Rare, Noise, Experimental, Pan Sonic, Electronic, Industrial, Techno; 180 gr double vinyl housed in gatefold sleeve - Ex Used condition
Kilo, the title of Vainio's 2013 album, is a very appropriate metaphor for the images of gravity, slowness and weight that the music presented here summons. The track titles themselves follow suit, citing themes of decaying industry interspersed with nautical references: 'Rust', 'Wreck', 'Docks', 'Cranes', 'Cargo'. In keeping with this imagery, the music possesses a slow, lumbering rhythmic base, much like the steady forward motion of a freighter against a storm of harsh elements, and calmer moments of dusky, decaying sonics alternate with more ferocious outbursts of noise and power electronics while the pulse pushes on. 180 gr double vinyl housed in gatefold sleeve.
Experimental, Noise, Harsh, Power Electronics; Vinyl LP and Insert - EX Used condition
Roman Torment present here with a side-long blasterpiece dubbed "The Gift of Grief". Total non-stop in-the-red wall of high-wired electronics geared to explode synapses. Witscher and Pacewicz keep all hands/feet/whatevers to the metal for the full twentyish minutes and spew out a dizzying juggernaut of blindingly fast, brutal, and surely harsh flat-out fucking noise. Totally worth the possibility of getting evicted over. Buckle up or down as you see fit. Feed the Dragon's side "Bromide Romance" is a mixed bag of junky electronics, UFO-transmitted soundwaves, buzzing matrices, robotic splurge and a whole lot else strewn methodically throughout the slow-evolving piece.
Industrial, Noise, Experimental, Power Electronics, Dark Ambient; Double Gatefold Vinyl LP - Ex Used condition
Breathing Problem, which consists of Rusty Kelley and Emelia McKay, have created an album called “Bed of Sex, Pit of Tar” that is another example of why Austin’s noise/experimental scene is a force to be reckoned with. “Bed of Sex” is a very heavy album to listen to. It’s often unsettling, which is exactly what it sets out to be. The album works best at setting a mood, sucking listeners into its heavy atmosphere for the entire 59 minutes. It evokes the image of a city slowly being destroyed in a way that’s tragic, but impossible not to watch. The last few songs show the aftermath of the destruction, and the album’s final track acts as the credits to the spectacle.
Rare, 1988 Film OST, Collectable, Soundtrack, Horror, Dennis Michael Tenney; Double Gatefold LP + Inserts
Double Red Marble color vinyl set edition - Comes in a Gatefold jacket with spot varnish, featuring new artwork from Devon Whitehead. Included are liner notes by Director Kevin Tenney & a lyric and photo insert + additional surprise insert. - EX / Near Mint
Experimental, Electronic, Industrial, Synth, Dark; Vinyl EP (2010) Ex Used condition
Contrepoison is the solo project of Pierre-Marc Tremblay, a young Canadian musician who’s been also involved in other extreme bands in the last years. This 4-track EP shows the darkest and most anguished side of the human feeling, where drum machines sound like heartbeats and synthesizers are as liquid as tears. Deep, somber vocals filled with sorrow and anger cap it all.
Grant Hart, Husker Du, Biography, Documentary, Music, Hardcore; DVD (2013)
Writing in City Pages, Reed Fischer said, "In spite of the myriad challenges of his personal and professional life -- the fire, the death of family members, his band's epic dissolution, drug addiction, and coming to terms with his sexual orientation -- Hart comes off as a wiser man for all of it. Hearing the way he describes his close emotional friendship with William S Burroughs is worth the price of admission on its own. Sure, there are numerous bits about Mr. Mould and Mr. Norton too, and they're mostly told with fondness for the fruit before it became poisoned. Hart's slow and deliberate retellings of his past convey an inner strength that hints at why Bechard wanted to spend so much time with him. Capping the tale with the beginnings of Hart's epic interpretation of John Milton's Paradise Lost, The Argument -- Chris Strouth has a lot more to say about the album here -- the story rests itself in the near-present at a high point in Hart's storied career. Not every stone was turned over in this tale, but they all at least got a firm jostling."
OZ Magazine, Hippie, Counterculture, Documentary, Biography, 60's, Drugs, Underground Culture; Paperback Book (376 pages) - VG Used Condition
He wanted to change the world, and all he had was a little magazine... As publisher of Oz, the hippies' handbook and monument to psychedelia, Richard Neville was at the center of the 1960s cyclone of idealists, rock musicians, radicals, artist hustlers and high society. In Hippie Hippie Shake Richard Neville demythologises the 1960s in a highly amusing, colorful and provocative memoir of the times. It was the dawning of the Age of Aquarius... and then the hash hit the fan.
