Black Metal, Death Metal, Germany, Finland, Satanic; Vinyl LP
- 350gsm Gatefold Jacket With UV Gloss Varnish And Inside Flooded In Black
- 180g Heavy Black Vinyl
- 250gsm Cardboard Insert
- A2 Poster On 150gsm Art Paper
- Limited To 500 Copies
Western Decadence is characteristic, quintessential ANAL BLASPHEMY: unhinged, untamed, morbid, murky, doomed, disgusting, primordial, PRIMITIVE. It's a sound both obedient to and defiant of black metal's ugliest, most underground-entrenched traditions; not for nothing is ANAL BLASPHEMY so justly named. But in other, more telling ways, Western Decadence is a new start for the band, or at least a very new chapter. The shambling shock & awe of early albums like Bestial Black Metal Filth and Profane Fornication Ejaculation has given way to a moodier and more considered ANAL BLASPHEMY, the roots of which began to show on the relatively more varied Perversions of Satan. Here on Western Decadence, Molestor Kadotus creates a succinct song-cycle whereby pulsing, hypnotic filth gives way to messy, melancholic laments, from headbanging almost-anthems to mulching electro/ambient soundcapes, and often with the haunting organic textures he's utilized in Musta Kappeli. And fitting for the band's grandest statement yet, Western Decadence is the first ANAL BLASPHEMY album to be fully recorded in a professional studio. Witness the fall of the West and feel deep devotion to the Devil: this is Western Decadence.
The Residents, Experimental, Avant Garde, Rock, Art; CD (1988) Used
God in 3 Persons was The Residents' first recording project which was designed from the beginning for CD. An LP album has to have a natural break in the middle of the music, with a strong beginning and ending for each side. CDs, which play straight through from beginning to end without a break, allow for a different organizational form, since works are only limited by the 74-minute total playing time. God in 3 Persons was also the last album that the band recorded using tape, the final project edited with razors and splicing tape. God in 3 Persons was also the first album the band did which was not published by Ralph Records; instead, it was released by RykoDisc.
Melbourne, Improv, Jazz, Abstract, Free Jazz, Experimental, Dr Jims, Electronic; CD (2003)
“This recording by Melbourne trio Western Grey (Philip Samartzis, Sean Baxter and David Brown), explores the liminal zone where our sonic expectations are problematised from the very start. Composed of pure acoustic fragments and improvisatory approaches which are strikingly juxtaposed with pure electronic abstraction and digital manipulation, questions of genre and musicianship, spontaneity and deliberation, the origins and intents of the noises we are hearing, are held in sharp contrast. Yet, though the divergent aural and performative qualities are obvious, there is, at the same time, a complimentarity of noise, an empathy of texture at odds with the alterity of each body of information. The four pieces comprising Glacial Erratic are exemplary of the inevitable fusion of electroacoustic composition and free improvisation, of pre and post-meditation in sound design and the embrace of chance, aleatory and chaos in performance.” – Sean Baxter
Tony Buck, Otomo Yoshihide, Michael Sheridan, Kato Hideki, The Necks, Japanoise, Experimental, Noise, Rock, Industrial, Improv; CD (Used)
Peril (1992-1996) was a Japanese/Australian underground industrial band, founded by drummer Tony Buck (The Necks) during his stay in Japan. The music of the collective was mostly improvised, with Buck's drum-triggered sampled rhythmic base complimented by the turntable & guitar from Japanese experimental turntablist Otomo Yoshihide with rock/improv elements from Michael Sheridan (Dumb and the Ugly) (guitar) and Kato Hideki (Ground Zero)(bass). The group recorded and performed internationally throughout Europe and Asia.
Sonic Youth, Gumball, Voidoids, Thurston Moore, Steve Shelley, Lee Ranaldo; CD (1991) Used
Dim Stars was an alternative rock supergroup active briefly in the early 1990s. The group was composed of bassist Richard Hell of Richard Hell and the Voidoids, guitarist Thurston Moore and drummer Steve Shelley from Sonic Youth, guitarist Don Fleming from Gumball; there was some guitar work by Robert Quine, also of the Voidoids. They released this debut EP CD in 1991
Japan, Psychedelic, Noise, Experimental, Progressive, Yamamoto Seiichi, Boredoms; CD 1996 (Used)
OMOIDE HATOBA got started as the solo project of Seiichi YAMAMOTO (guitars, ex-BOREDOMS) in 1987. He developed this project by recruiting Atsushi TSUYAMA (bass) and Chu HASEGAWA (drums), and released the debut EP 'Surfin' U.F.O.' in 1990. In the same year they released the debut album 'Dai-ongaku' via the oldest Japanese independent label Alchemy Records. Their eccentrically vintage psychedelic and avantgarde progressive style has been much approved and celebrated by lots of fans and reviewers. Since the release of the fifth album 'Kinsei' (1995) OMOIDE HATOBA have been the unsettled project around two bombastic players Seiichi and Atsushi - the dignified originality of OMOIDE HATOBA can be built up under battles of play by them.
Noise, Avant Garde, Rock, Oren Ambarchi, Robbie Avenaim; CD (Used)
Oren Ambarchi, Robbie Avenaim and Nik Kamvissis, now quite 'famous', ask 'What is Music?' A little bit obnoxious, sheer brilliance you could say. Rare release on legendary Dr. Jims label......
OOIOO, Boredoms, Japanese, Yoshimi P-we, Tribal, Experimental, Psychedelic, Rock, Thrill Jockey; CD (2006) Used
These are four dexterous, imaginative musicians playing difficult music. And, if Yoshimi P-We's vocals aren't a giveaway, the colorful and percussive nature of almost everything here should be: This is an album from the same school of Japanese polyglots that gave us Boredoms. Taiga is OOIOO's broadest, busiest, and furthest reaching album to date.
Avant Garde, Avant Rock, Noise Rock, Mick Barr; CD (Used)
Another tasty (2002) offering from mental patient avant/noise rockers ORTHRELM....15 tracks, you know what to expect!
Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle, Genesis P-Orrige, Experimental, Industrial, Avant Garde, Rare; CD (1994) Used
Subtitle: "Thee Transmutation Ov Mercury"
For thee realisation ov this final gift ov devotion to ALAURA, PSYCHIC TV were Genesis P-Orridge and Craig Ellenwood. It is a completely new piece ov TRANSMEDIA music. Words an offering to Alaura and transmitted as an aural coumfirmation ov absolute devotion and surrender to thee deepest loves. These are steps 1 - 12 in a 13 Step Programme.
Lee Ranaldo, Sonic Youth, Indie Rock, Remixed, Rare; CD (Used)
Paradise Motel featuring Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), remixed by Lee Ranaldo - Rare 3 track CD on INFECTIOUS RECORDS (1999)
