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THIERRY MÜLLER 1. Caravane Extracts on www.ilitchmusic.com |
First album under his own name. This compilation is the best works of Thierry Müller during his first 10 years 1974/1984! Titled clearly, all tracks presented are rares and almost all are published here for the first time and came from the all 5 differents formations of TM's early days: ARCANE (Never released before – 1974 TM's first band, dark underground madness), ILITCH (Unreleased live recordings 1975), BREAKING POINT (Never released before – 1978 genius-synthi-pop), RUTH (1978 rare tracks, trash punk romantic) and CRASH (1984 with Philippe Doray – Warning: the track "Pile ou Face" is possible to be the best electro-pop song writing in all France in the 80's, absolute chef-d'œuvre). Selected carefully from all TM's archives, this music will be without a doubt, the holy grail for all Ilitch's and Ruth's fanatics. Full of creativity, imagination and energy, this album is definitely the level higher. All tracks here are french underground masterpiece! CD edition, booklet 20 pages with many unreleased pictures and liner notes. « …There are lots of lonely synth dudes who make records, but many sound like they could've just as easily been lab technicians or TV repairmen, and are about as fun to listen to. Then there are dudes like Thierry Muller, along with Chrome, Suicide and Monoton, who are feeling the f**k out of what they are doing. Expressionists, basically. They are taking a risk and discovering things along the road of expression. Excellent. » Scott Mou - www.othermusic.com « Ce disque, tant espéré,
est un évènement ! Imaginez donc, Thierry
Müller, artiste maudit, génial, culte s'est
enfin décidé à nous ouvrir ses archives. « … Cet album n'est pas une simple compilation d'époque à vite archiver, comme tant d'autres rééditions d'obscurités expérimentales seventies, mais s'écoute comme le portrait passionnant d'un artiste dont la contemporanéité et la proximité avec les années 2000 étaient déjà bien écloses il y a trente ans. » Joseph Ghosn, Les Inrockuptibles n°618 |
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DIZA STAR & THE PINK LADIES
BLUES 1. Sägespäne |
Diza Star 4th, a special album (the trio + 1) featuring the unique and exceptional participation by the legendary Krautrock drummer Mani Neumeier. An astonishing meeting between 4 “ psychedelic ethnic punk ” ! The long career of the Star Neumeier, first in the 60’s jazz sphere with Alexander von Schlippenbach big band Globe Unity or with Irène Schweizer, before switched for the well-known freak-out psychedelic rock experience Guru Guru, then followed by other project (Tier der Nacht etc...), collaborations, and many trips around the world (especially India, Indonesia, Thailand and Japan) revealed today – and rare nowadays – an extraordinary talented musician emotionally and spiritualy. A motley album, from where all the 10 tracks came naturally in one day studio session, and the music range many differents directions from ethnic ballads to psychedelic jam rock, from exotic ambiant excursion to funny folkloric sequences, or just pure instant rock’n’roll. Various and tasty, this album is like a dessert surprise : a maelström of sugar in it’s form with it’s acid and salty feeling on it’s occasion under a deep powerful rhythmic section and leads by free (no 4 !) humour mind. NB : Track n°8, show Mani Neumeier on guitar (notable & rare). CD edition, jewel case, booklet 28 pages full color.
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DIZA STAR & THE PINK LADIES
BLUES 1. Viva Utopia |
Early in this year, Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues has slightly changed their name into : Diza Star & The Pink Ladies Blues. A short biography and all reasons of this change are well explained and detailed in the liner notes includes in this album. Following to their short second "The Soul of a Mountain Wolf" released 6 months ago, this new one is simply and logically titled "3". It's quite obvious that this japanese "Underground Punk Blues" trio has focused on this recording at their most political orientation as state the thema on each vinyl side : Utopia/Anarchy. The band made indisputable a strong reference, ideologicaly, to some underground 70's group like Amon Düül, Checkpoint Charlie, Ton Steine Scherben, Red Noise etc.... The result is 5 tracks, all instrumental, with 2 sides musically opposite : the first one has a groovy sound, psychedelic and folky flavor (with Mani Neumeier from Guru Guru as guest on one track) and the other brings differents collages (including various natural sound sources, from insects to human walk...) and put the band at the peak of their crazyness on the final track "Diza Star". Limited numbered vinyl edition to 197 ex. (comes with 2 inserts).
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MAGIC AUM GIGI 1. Inventions for electric jew's harp |
Magic Aum Gigi 2nd solo album after his first raga-metal-drone opus “ My Metal Machine Music ” released in 2004 on SSW label. Started since 3 years, this new project due to be released on CD by a japanese label has finally saw a terminal issue on vinyl produced by Fractal. “ Starring Keiko ” with it’s pastiche cover from Ash Ra Tempel 5th album is a deep cosmic “ Chant d’Amour ” concept album turned around an ensemble of 4 tracks for 4 instruments : a piece for jew’s harp, a piece for voice, a piece for synthesizer and a piece for guitar. Space music highly repetitive. Limited numbered vinyl edition 200 copies.
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ILITCH 1. Liberalism |
New
studio Ilitch 5th album, after PERIODIKMINDTROUBLE
(1978), 10 SUICIDES (1980), HORS TEMPS/OUT OF TIME
(2004) RAINY HOUSE (1978-2005). With the collaboration of Nicholas Littlemore (Teenager, Pnau,…) and featuring Mami Chan, Patrick Müller, Roco, Laurent Saïet, Franckie del Tango. «… As songs go, what we have here is a collection of Ilitch's best work to date; pensive, artful, melodic and brilliantly rhythmic, yet never pretty, and thus remaining true to its industrial roots and core experimental origins. As albums go, everything seems to be held together by a unifying concept, but there is enough variety and mystery to make every twist and turn in the plot a unique adventure… Those not yet acquainted with Ilitch might do well to start right here with Lena's Life. Recommended.» Peter Thelen, Exposé Ilitch web site: www.ilitchmusic.com |
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ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE 1. Ramble |
New 2nd album by the japanese AMT trio, an outfit led by Magic Aum GiGi alias Jerome Genin, Fractal owner for the fake secret. THE SOUL OF A MOUNTAIN WOLF is a concept album, short and definetely ROCK dominated by wild fuzz psychedelic guitar. |
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BERNARD PARMEGIANI 1. Vibrations |
Here is a
MASTERPIECE of electronic music! French musician Bernard
Parmegiani - see his biography in the previous CD release
on Fractal "JAZZEX" Fractal 028 – has composed
CHANTS MAGNETIQUES in 1974, one of the most sough after Bernard
Parmegiani’s album – a monster rarity which is almost
impossible to find. This obscure album was composed around
the same time as DE NATURA SONORUM during the mid-seventies,
a particularly important and effervescent era for Bernard
Parmegiani. Indeed, as if one can say that DE NATURA SONORUM
is one of the best Parmegiani’s "serious" works
in terms of technics-sound-harmonic-tone, then there is no
doubt that CHANTS MAGNETIQUES is his chef-d’œuvre
on his "dark side", the "Parmegiani’s
hidden face" that few peoples knows nowadays. |
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ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE 1. Sandoza Death Blues
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WARNING : Acid
Mothers Temple & The
Pink Ladies Blues is a different group than the well-knows
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO and Acid
Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno. AVERTISSEMENT : Acid Mothers Temple & The
Pink Ladies Blues est une formation complètement différente
que les fameux Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso
UFO and Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno. |
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MAHOGANY BRAIN 1. Boosting Bennies |
SOME COCKTAIL SUGGESTIONS (mars 2005) est le prolongement logique et inévitable des deux premiers albums, WITH (JUNK-SAUCEPAN) WHEN (SPOON-TRIGGER) (décembre 1970 - sortie en 1971) et SMOOTH SICK LIGHTS (juin 1972 - sortie en 1977), en somme le troisième volet d’une trilogie et qui pourrait s’intituler : “Mahogany Brain ou comment jouer à la roulette russe dans les paradis artificiels”. 35 années pour une trilogie inexplicable ! Cependant, si on regarde le premier disque sur Futura symboliquement comme “l’injection de drogues” (la véritable pochette originale était une photo montrant un bras avec une seringue et suite à l’arrêt de publier le fameux cliché pour raison de censure de l’époque, le groupe choisit une pochette entièrement noire en guise de deuil). Le deuxième sur Pôle (au titre clin d’oeil à “Sister Ray”) serait plutôt “l’action” comme le suggère le morceau phare qui ouvre l’album “Green winter of revolvers” qui est la bande son du court métrage insensé de Michel Bulteau “Main Line” ou l’on voit le groupe se passant la camera à tour de role en train de se shooter et résolu à filmer leur propre mort s’il le fallait ! Quant au dernier, l’image serait “la diffusion dans le corps et ses effets” et il aurait pu être la bande son idéale pour le film “Towers Open Fire” d’Antony Balch. Mahogany Brain à toujours developpé une musique radicale, imprévisible, dure, volontairement inachevée, et avec ce nouvel album, ils poursuivent l’aventure encore plus loin : décomposition de la musique, recomposition des voix juxtaposées, flou artistique, collages, guitares enragées, tout fusionne dans un magma rock accidenté très rythmé. L’harmonie dans la densité de SOME COCKTAIL SUGGESTIONS avec ce son unique et inimitable propre à Mahogany Brain et avec leur brin de naiveté et d’innocence touche ici à la quintessence de leur savoir faire. Alors, tout vient à point à celui qui sait attendre ! Quelle étrange destinée... Mahogany Brain a été créé pendant l’été 1970, et composé par deux personalités centrales, les alter ego Michel Bulteau (leader et fondateur du groupe) et Patrick Geoffrois (l’homme sans qui Mahogany Brain n’aurait jamais pu exister). Ecrivain, cinéaste, Bulteau a réalisé aussi 5 albums en solo (dont “Rinçures” sur Fractal en 1999) c’est le dernier des poètes électriques et sa rencontre avec Geoffrois fut également électrique... Bulteau a créé un groupe de rock mais c’est Geoffrois qui a créé la dynamique du groupe. Geoffrois était un écorché vif, un jusq’au boutiste, et il rappel un peu l’esprit révolté et destructeur d’un certain Peter Laughner (Rocket From The Tombs), il rejoindra le groupe de James Chance & the Contorsions à New-York à la fin des années 70 ou il semera d’ailleurs la zizanie ! Michel Bulteau raconte superbement l’histoire incroyable de Patrick Geoffrois dans son livre hommage “Un héros de New York” (Editions de La Différence : www.ladifference.fr). Deux énergies fortes complémentaires et spontanéité, le processus était enclenché. Mahogany Brain est un groupe atypique dans l’underground parisien, ils jouent avec leurs tripes et aussi avec leurs veines, c’est une experience hors limite, non-conventionel, avec seulement un concert unique dans toute leur histoire, et probablement la formation la plus subversive qu’il y ait eu de voir en France ! SOME COCKTAIL SUGGESTIONS est incontestablement de la matière dangereuse... à déguster avec de grands whiskys. Brand new and third album by the 70’s
french underground free-rock cult band Mahogany Brain. SOME
COCKTAIL SUGGESTIONS (March 2005) is the logical and inevitable
prolongation of the first two albums, WITH (JUNK-SAUCEPAN) WHEN
(SPOON-TRIGGER) (December 1970 - released in 1971) and SMOOTH
SICK LIGHTS (June 1972 - released in 1977), all in all the third
shutter of a trilogy and which could be entitled: “Mahogany
Brain or how to play Russian roulette in the artificial paradises”.
35 years for an unexplainable trilogy ! However, if one symbolically
looks at the first album on Futura as “the injection of
drugs” (the true original record cover was a photograph
showing an arm with a syringe and following the stop to publish
the famous stereotype for reason of censure of the time, the
group chooses an entirely black cover as a mourning). The second
on Pôle (with the title wink in “Sister Ray”)
would be rather “the action” as it the track headlight
suggests which opens the album “Green winter of revolvers”
which is the soundtrack of the crazy short film of Michel Bulteau
“Main Line” or one sees the group in action of drugs
injection, each one taken the camera and determined to film
their dead if...! As for the last, the image would be “the
diffusion in the body and its effects” and it could have
been the ideal soundtrack for the film “Towers Open Fire”
of Antony Balch. Mahogany Brain with always developed a music
radical, unforeseeable, hard, voluntarily unfinished, and with
this new album, they continue the adventure even further: decomposition
of the music, recomposition of the juxtaposed voices, artistic
blur, collages, mad guitars, all very amalgamates in a magma
broken rock'n'roll. The harmony in the density of SOME COCKTAIL
SUGGESTIONS with this single and inimitable sound suitable
for Mahogany Brain and with their bit of naivety and innocence
touches here with quintessence to know to them to make. Then,
all comes at the right moment to that which can wait ! Which
strange destiny… Mahogany Brain was created during the
summer 1970, and was composed by two central personalities,
the alter ego Michel Bulteau (leader and founder of the group)
and Patrick Geoffrois (the man without whom Mahogany Brain could
never have existed). Writer, film maker, Bulteau also carried
out 5 albums in solo (whose “Rinçures” on
Fractal in 1999) it is the last of the electric poets and its
meeting with Geoffrois was also electric… Bulteau created
a rock band but it is Geoffrois which created the dynamics of
the group. Geoffrois was a sharp sectional view, and he recall
a little the revolted and destroying spirit of a certain Peter
Laughner (Rocket From The Tombs), he will join later the group
of James Chance & the Contorsions in New York at the end
of the Seventies or he will sow the discord besides ! Michel
Bulteau superbly tells the incredible history of Patrick Geoffrois
in his book homage “Un héros de New York”
(Editions de La Différence : www.ladifference.fr)) |
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MAINLINER 1. Show the cloven hoof |
First CD reissue of the long time deleted MAINLINER‘s second album featuring the legendary heavy psychedelic trio : Asahito NANJO (bass, vocal), Makoto KAWABATA (guitar), Tatsuya YOSHIDA (drums). Warning : including an unreleased 10 minutes ultra killer track as bonus ! An absolute must for all fans of this unique Japanese Underground scene from the late 90’s. |
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KEIKO KOJIMA (Single 7") 1. Taikoku no Kage |
Taikoku no Kage / Real. Two punkish rock’n’roll songs composed by vocalist & guitarist Keiko Kojima (ex-drummer of Tokyo’s 80’s female punk band UNION & ex-vocalist of 90’s band MOVE). For this recording, with the help of bassist Monaka Wada (ex-member of 80’s BACHIKABURI) and MATHILDA RODRIGUEZ’s drummer Sumitada Koseki. A pure & straight recording (summer 2004) in the Tokyo Rockers 80’s spirit, beautifully sung by a delicate and energetic japanese sugar voice. Limited white vinyl edition. |
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BERNARD PARMEGIANI / 1. JazzEx |
This album is a collection of early works from the late 60’s by the french electro-acoustic composer Bernard PARMEGIANI. Born in Paris (1927) and rich of a “catalogue des oeuvres” of more than 60 pieces, including classics such as “Violistries” 1965, “La Roue Ferris” 1971, “Pour en finir avec le pouvoir d’Orphée” 1971/72, “De Natura Sonorum” 1974/75, the 4 pieces presented in this edition is a perfect exemple for discovering the unusual territories and the eclectism language of the composer: “JazzEx” for electronic tape and Jazz Quartet (Jean-Louis Chautemps: saxophone, Bernard Vitet: trompet, Charles Saudrais: drums, Gilbert Rovère: bass) create at the Festival de Royan in 1966. “Pop Eclectic” 1969, is an electro-acoustic divertimento composed for the Peter Foldés movie. “Du pop à l’âne” 1969, is a collage plunderphonics work. And “Et après” 1973, is an electronic tango featuring Michel Portal on bandoneon. The present version is unreleased and was recorded live at the Festival Manca in 1996. Liner notes by Jean-Louis Chautemps. |
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ASAHITO NANJO 1. Contemporary kagura-metaphysics |
A work of contemporary music performed in the rock idiom by Japanese underground rock legend, Asahito Nanjo. Nanjo is active in a wide variety of rock groups, but Group Musica exits in order to pursue a more universal musical vibration. Group Musica is an ensemble that pursues the free use of every type of Western and Eastern musical instrument, is propelled by the vibrations of very subtle rhythms, and that has internalized the methodology of minimalism. The concept behind this album is transform KAGURA, an ancient form of Japanese music and dance that was performed for the gods, and is to convert the ideas of “Secret teachings” and ancient Chinese methods of divination (the I-Ching) into a metaphysics of musical vibrations. The concept of KAGURA allows Group Musica to create a unique work that is an experimental symphonic composition, which nonetheless has many rich improvisatory elements. In this unique work, the symbolic/philosophical nature of ancient esotericism is incorporated as improvisation, while the I-Ching is related to avant-garde symphonics. These are then fused into a total concept. Many different musicians from various genres participate in Group Musica, but their contributions are filtered through Nanjo’s musical sense and thus altered, fused and structured. It is for this reason that remain anonymous - Group Musica exists as a total entity. Recorded in 1993 & 1994, this album is a colossal long studio works which has necessitated more than 400 overdubbings. An extraordinary adventure in sounds and the most astonishing musical project by High Rise’s leader ! |
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MUSIQUE CONCRET/ Bringing up
baby Music by Jim Friedman & Michael Mullen. 1. Incidents in rural places |
Reissue of a rare UK album from 1981. Musique Concret were an obscur London duo composed by Jim Friedman & Michael Mullen with a short lived musical history : their sole album “Bringing up baby” was originally released on Steven Stapleton’s label United Dairies and there is also one short track on compilation. This is a great experimental power electronics works with the use of many delay and echo, tape recorder manipulations, collages, rhythms box, noise, and others studio trickery, naturally close to Nurse With Wound first period, Faust or others german 70’s innovative bands. Completely forgotten nowadays, “Bringing up baby” is really much more than just an interesting curiosity, it’s a true highly original recordings from the early 80’s. A lost jewel ! |
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TOHO SARA/Hourouurin(CD) 1. Hourouurin part 1 |
The Japanese underground band Johari was create in 1990 by the magic duo Asahito Nanjo (High Rise) and Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple) and will became later, in 1995, this shamanistic avant-garde formation Toho Sara. “Hourouurin” is their third opus, after two albums on PSF “Eastern most” (1995) and “Mei Jou Tan Sho” (1999) and some live performances in Europe during the years 1996 and 1997. “Hourouurin” is a weird unit who attempt to achieve a mystic fusion of ethnic music and rock, according to their own unique methodology. They create a strange musical aura where the vibrations of folk instruments from around the world and electronics merge weirdly. These bizarre recordings enbrace musical shamanism on the one hand, and a subversion of western musical concepts into the abyss of rock on the other. Toho Sara is here at their most mystic side. Acid. |
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ILITCH / Hors temps-Out of time (CD) 1. Timeless |
Thierry Muller -Ilitch’s head- is the multi-intrumentalist dark experimental french composer who started his musical carreer with the band Arcane as an underground electronics improvisations outfit around the years 1974. Albums “Periodkmintrouble” 1978 & “10 suicides” 1980 were Ilitch first two works followed by the Ruth pop synth project “Polaroid/roman/photo” in 1985. All three are now reissued on CD with many unreleased bonus material by Fractal Records. Well received by many critics today, Ilitch took a solid place in the french underground scene from that area and was a serious source of influence on several groups/artists such as The Legendary Pink Dots for instance. After 24 years, the third and brand new Ilitch album is now released, titled ironically “Hors Temps / Out of time” and was composed during the last five years. More than a gap, it’s a generation of sounds in between... and Thierry Muller is at the rendez-vous : a full album in 9 electropopsonics excursions through the time with a pleiade of colored sounds (vocals, guitar, farfisa, drums, percussions, rhythmic programms, treated piano etc...). From the mellow pop to the angry waves, “Hors Temps / Out of time” is a blink at the early hours and a poetic reflexion and vision on life. With the participation of the great musician poet Philippe Doray ! Subtle pop power for adult entertainment. Rendez-vous Hors Temps. Featuring Philippe Doray, Guillaume Loizillon, |
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ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE |
VINYL VERSION 4 LPs SET : “A veritable orgy of sweaty psychedelic
madness. |
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KNEAD / This melting happiness I want you to realize
that it is another trap (LP) Haino Keiji : Guitar, vocal |
KNEAD second album. Power group formed by HAINO
KEIJI and THE RUINS. |
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VARIOUS ARTISTS / AMATERASU Itakura Mineko, Iuchi Kengo, |
First volume of The Fractal TWIN project. A new thema concept compilation featuring 15 artists and unreleased long tracks. Digipack edition. |
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ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE 1. Electric Love Machine |
Electric Love Machine (different than CD version) / Cosmo Chiva (unreleased). Limited edition of 600 copies : |
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ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE Cotton Casino |
With 6 years of existence and already a rich
discography, around a dozen of titles, Acid Mothers Temple presents
today their new studio album, and which is in fact the 6th of the
band (after the three first on PSF, “New geocentric world of
AMT” and “Absolutely freak-out” - all others are
considered by Makoto Kawabata himself, as AMT’s special concept
releases). “Univers zen ou de zéro à zéro”
is a full recording, with the “whole world” of AMT...from
spirit to love, freak-out psychedelia, cosmic folk, blues, humour...
a great introduction for all new listeners, and maybe, for all fans,
another magic mushroom treasure ! Indeed, musically, it is probably
one of the best achievement, including the demented opening track
“Electric Love Machine” (or how see 40 years of acid rock
!). But impossible to avoid the two magnum opus (of more than 20
min. each) forming the cornerstone of the album, and also the first
studio version of the emblematic “God bless AMT” (only
plays live as ending) and more... plenty of freaky guitars, space
electronics, monster bass etc.. and super revolution in Cotton super
Casino’s vocals : in almost all tracks, she sings ala Mady
Gula Blue Heaven style, delicate, beauty, dreams ! Special guest
in this album, the great guitarist Hiroshi Narazaki (ex Les Rallizes
Dénudés, Zuno Keisatsu, Port Cuss). |
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MUSICA TRANSONIC/ Hard rock transonic / CD Asahito Nanjo |
After three years of silence and 5 albums released
by the Japanese label PSF, here is the brand new 6th album of Musica
Transonic. Brilliant musical concept create in 1995 by Asahito Nanjo,
and which can be describe as an heavy improvised rock group. |
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OHKAMI NO JIKAN / Mort Nuit / CD 1. Israel |
Ohkami No Jikan is a Japanese psychedelic group
led by Asahito Nanjo (vocal, guitar, bass, keyboards, composer,
producer). Nanjo is the leader of many other groups, including High
Rise, Musica Transonic and Toho Sara. Apart from Nanjo, the line-up
is not fixed but varies according to the concept that the group
is following at any particular time. |
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JACQUES BERROCAL / Jacques Berrocal 1. Pièces à Lanam (5:42) |
“Musiq Musik” is the first album
of Jacques Berrocal. In 1970, he create the MUSIK ENSEMBLE with
the accordionist Claude Parle, the painter Michel Potage and Roger
Ferlet. Recorded during two year between 1971 and 1972 as a trio
(with Dominique Coster & Roger Ferlet), “Musiq Musik”
was released in 1973 by Futura Records on the legendary SON series
(Raymond Boni, Bernard Vitet, Semool etc...). Insinuate by the spelling
of the title, this album is a real fireworks of transgression of
sounds, wonderfully represent by 4 tracks, composed by Jacques Berrocal,
mixed by Jef Gilson, and played with a myriad of instruments (trumpet,
bells, percussions, trombone, Pakistani horn, flute shénaï,
Tibetan conch shell, double horn, horn of ramadan, cymbals, cornet,
harmonium, vocal...) and some non-musical (whistles, balloon, ropes,
explosives !). Beautiful sounds with oriental and experimental touch,
it can be regards in a certain way as a fusion of THE MASTER MUSICIANS
OF JAJOUKA and THE ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO. Contemporary ethnic
music or subversive jazz album ? Anyway, more than ever, “Musiq
Musik” is Jacques Berrocal’s trademark ! |
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FILLE QUI MOUSSE/Se taire pour une femme trop belle
/ CD 1. Barbara Lowengreen Speed-Way |
FILLE QUI MOUSSE is a french mysterious underground
band in the early 70’s, as virulent as RED NOISE or KOMINTERN.
The story of a band with a unique and only album, originally planned
on the Futura Records label, but never released officially and which
became one of the most rare item in France. |
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IANNIS XENAKIS/ 1. Pour la Paix (26:35) |
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) is one of the most
influential composer of the second half of the 20th century. “Musique
électro-acoustique” is a homage edition who present
as the title said two electroacoustic pieces from the 80’s
and realized on the UPIC computer : Pour la paix (1981) and
Voyage absolu des Unari vers Andromède (1989). |
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RUTH / Polaroïd/Roman/Photo / CD 1. Thriller (5:24) |
Remastered CD reissue of the third album of
Thierry Müller (aka ILITCH) released in 1985 under the name
of RUTH ( in dedication to Ruth who "left"), with a 16
pages booklet (which includes the remastering of the original vinyl
booklet), plus three bonus tracks : two versions of Polaroïd/roman/photo
from 1982 & 1984 and a remix track by L’Orchestre Inachevé
(aka Patrick Müller and Laurent Saïet). For more informations, click on cover. |
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ILITCH / 10 suicides / 2CD Disc 1 Disc 2 (bonus CD) |
“10
suicides” is ILITCH’s second album from 1980. This remastered
reissue on a double CD present on disc one, the entire album of
“10 suicides”, plus the track Culture from the
single of the art magazine Sgraffite 5/6 - 1980. The second
disc bonus present the complete “Coma Programma” session.
With a 20 pages booklet including the "remastering" of
the original vinyl booklet. Full color artwork. "Ilitch
was a major influence for Legendary Pink Dots yet their music remained
mostly unheard outside France. Happily, Fractal Records have released
the first two Ilitch albums from 1979 and 1980 on CD. In fact, rather
than simply re-print the albums, both releases contain an extra
CD of fantastic bonus material. Both are absolutely essential; dark
as a moonlight walk through a neglected Parisian suburb, beautiful
as a sunset over a polluted canal. Contact FRACTAL RECORDS and when
you’ve heard them, congratulate the creator, Thierry. Titles
of the two releases are "Periodikmindtrouble" and "10
Suicides". I might add that Fractal records have released more
impressive CDs." For more informations, click on cover. |
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ILITCH / Periodikmindtrouble / 2CD Disc 1 Disc 2 |
Periodikmindtrouble is Ilitch's (a.k.a Thierry Muller) first album, released on Oxygène Record in 1978. This reissue present for the first time the complete works of Periodikmindtrouble such as it had been conceived and should be released at that time : as a double LP. So, here is on this double CD (including a 12 pages color booklet) the following musical works : the album "Periodikmindtrouble" in its entirety, plus the complete recordings of "Innerfilmsequences", plus the unreleased track "Ballades urbaines", plus some archives from 1974 as bonus tracks (Total Time : 146 minutes). Thierry Muller is a french guitarist. The music is electronic, experimental, harsh, repetitive, personal and can be compare with Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Cluster, Conrad Schnitzler, Kraftwerk, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Heldon, Lard Free. "The newly re-mastered, materially enhanced double disc PERIODIKMINDTROUBLE reissue is a truly mind-boggling musical experience. It contains the entire original album + almost 100 minutes of additional music featuring some of the most powerful electronics, keyboards and guitar soundscapes I’ve ever heard. This music is pure experimental genius". A. P., Eurock, spring 2001. For more informations, click on cover. |
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KAWABATA PAUVROS / 1. Gisant sur le sol rouge (20:08) Makoto Kawabata : Electric guitar Jean-François
Pauvros : Electric guitar |
New album recorded in Paris in November 1999.
Extrême-Onction is above all the result of the first encounter
between two nomadic soul guitarists : Japan's Makoto Kawabata and
France's Jean-François Pauvros. Nouvel album enregistré à Paris
en novembre 1999, "Extrême-onction" est avant tout le résultat
d'une première rencontre entre deux guitaristes d'âmes
nomades : le japonais Makoto KAWABATA et le français Jean-François
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IANNIS XENAKIS / Persepolis / CD 1. Persepolis (55:06) Création : 26 août 1971, Persepolis,
Festival de Shiraz (Iran). |
Iannis Xenakis' electro-acoutic works represent a small percentage in compare with his whole works. They are fifteen total, of which the seventh and the longest is "Persepolis" (8 channel electronic tape). It was specially creat for the International Arts Festival of Shiraz-Persepolis (Iran) in 1971. On this historic site, Xenakis turned his attention towards using and mastering space in music, with this music and light spectacle, as he will make later with "Polytope de Cluny" or "Mycènes-Alpha" for exemple. "Persepolis" is reissue for the first time in the complete version of 55 minutes in compact-disc, and especially presents the advantage to be listened uninterruptedly between the Part 1 & 2 (corresponding to Side A & B of the original LP edition on Philips Prospective 21e Siècle). But in default to be able to restore the visual aspect, this reissue comes with a 16 page booklet (french / english) including a rare extract of a conversation between Iannis Xenakis and Marc Blancpain from 1966. Subtitled by this emblematic sentence of Xenakis : "We bear the light of the earth", "Persepolis" is definitely one of the most outstanding electro-acoustic piece of the 20th Century. For more informations, click on cover. |
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ARTHUR DOYLE SUNNY
MURRAY Duo / Dawn of a new vibration / CD 1. Giblets 3 (22:36) Arthur Doyle : tenor saxophone, flute, vocal.
Recorded in Les Lilas, Triton Studio, 8th march 2000. |
New studio album recorded in France (march 2000) by two free jazz legend : Arthur Doyle (performances experiences with : Bill Dixon, Sun Ra, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Don Hathaway, Leon Thomas, Takashi Mizutani) and Sunny Murray (Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, Archie Sheep...) For more informations, click on cover. |
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MICHEL BULTEAU
/ Rinçures / CD 1. Poudre aux yeux Michel Bulteau : voix. Recorded in Paris, Le Sous-Marin Studio & Live in Vénissieux. |
A brand new album by Michel Bulteau (Mahogany Brain leader, french underground 70's) + Jean-François Pauvros (Catalogue, Rhys Chatham, Arto Lindsay...) and Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers). Bulteau dead pans various texts over a richly detailed, post Sonic Youth field of ambiant guitar wash from Pauvros. A very impressive update on the lost French Underground spirit, strange and dark, filmic. For more informations, click on cover. |
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FRANK WRIGHT
Quartet / Last Polka in Nancy ? / CD 1. Winter echoes (15:00) Frank Wright : tenor saxophone, bass clarinet.
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Second album, also originally released
by Sun Records. Another masterpiece recorded live in Nancy,
Jazz Pulsations Festival 1973, by this great quartet (Muhammed
Ali, Bobby Few, Alan Silva and Reverend Frank Wright), including
5 tracks. For more informations, click on cover. |
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FRANK WRIGHT
Quartet / Center Of The World / CD 1. Center Of The World, Part 1 (19:51)
3. No end (17:32) bonus track Frank Wright : tenor - soprano sax, bass
clarinet voice. |
This legendary quartet has been created
in 1972 by the famous free jazz saxophonist, and now defunct,
Reverend Frank Wright, with Muhammed Ali, Bobby Few and
Alan Silva. This is the first album of the band recorded
live in Rotterdam and originally released by the french
cult label Sun Records. An extraordinary explosive set of
40 minutes ! For more informations, click on cover. |
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HIGH RISE
/ Durophet / CD 1. Ikon Nanjo Asahito : bass, vocals. Recorded Live in Paris, Le Garage, 3rd november 1998. |
Eight album by Japanese master heavy psych-rock. Recorded live in Paris during their first tour outside Japan (USA, UK, France) in Oct/Nov 1998, celebrating their 15 years birthday. An extreme live performance and a powerful psychedelic sound. For more informations, click on cover. |
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HIGH
RISE / Durophet / LP 1. Ikon Nanjo Asahito : bass, vocals. Recorded Live in Paris, Le Garage,
3rd november 1998. |
Eight album by Japanese master
heavy psych-rock.Recorded live in Paris during their
first tour outside Japan (USA, UK, France) in Oct/Nov
1998, celebrating their 15 years birthday. An extreme
live performance and powerful psychedelic sound. For more informations, click on cover. |
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SEIKAZOKU / Out takes '66 - '78 / CD 1. Krsnahasyamaj (4:10) Yoshida Tatsuya : drums, percussions,
oboe, hamond, rhodes, piano, bouzouki, voice. All tracks were improvised by Yoshida,
Tsuyama & Kawabata. |
First album by this new supergrouping of Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins / Musica Transonic / Koenjihyakkei), Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple), and Atsushi Tsuyama (Omoide Hatoba) recorded in 1996. Seikazoku is playing improvisation between progressive, psychedelic rock and modern, traditional music featuring at least 20 different instruments in varied settings. Full of ideas, effects and energy : a real new sound from Japan. For more informations, click on cover. |
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IGOR
WAKHEVITCH / donc... / BOX 6 CD Disc 1 - LOGOS (rituel sonore)
- 1970 Disc 2 - DOCTEUR FAUST - 1971
Disc 3 - HATHOR (lithurgie
du souffle pour la résurrection des morts)
1973 |
De luxe Box set 6 CD including a booklet (24 pages) as well as photograhs, a poster with full colour reproductions of the original record sleeves and the following six musical works (the complete discography by the artist) : "Logos" (1970), "Docteur Faust" (1971), "Hathor" (1973), "Les fous d'or" (1975), "Nagual" (1977), "Let's start" (1979). First official reissue on CD. Igor Wakhévitch studies the piano under the guidance of the composer Olivier Messiaen. He spent a short period at the GRM of Pierre Scheaffer in 1968. He discovered Maurice Béjart, met Pink Floyd and Soft Machine, worked with Terry Riley and composed the music of the Opera-Poem by Salvador Dali "Etre Dieu" in 1974. For more informations, click on cover.
Disc 4 - LES FOUS D'OR - 1975
Disc 5 - NAGUAL (les ailes
de la perception) - 1977 Disc 6 - LET'S START - 1979
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MAINLINER / Psychedelic Polyhedron
/ LP 1. Show the cloven hoof (19:20)
Nanjo Asahito : bass vocal
Recorded at Studio K, Tokyo
1997. |
MAINLINER 2nd album. |
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