Skullflower - Carved Into Roses Skullflower - Carved into Roses CD (1994)
"Skullflower's transition from piercing and pummeling shards of feedback-laced riffing to beguiling and entrancing drone/psych hit a mid point with this record. Dense layers of guitar roll over simple organ and percussion accompaniment like the ocean washes over the beach. Matthew Bower, Stuart Dennison, Philip Best, Russell Smith. Simon Wickham-Smith guests on a couple of tracks. 6 tracks, 61 minutes." - ?? |
Skullflower - Argon CD (1995)
Long, freeform ecstatic drones with reeds and horns added for good measure; the spirit of the Theatre of Eternal Music or the Dream Syndicate hangs high over here. 4 tracks, 78 minutes. Guitar - Russell Smith; Guitar, Horn [Chinese] - Matthew Bower; Percussion, Violin - Stuart Dennison; Reeds - John Godbert |
Tetuzi Akiyama - Pre-existence Tetuzi Akiyama - Pre-existence CD (2005)
"gorgeous set of minimal acoustic-guitar improvisations from tetuzi akiyama, nestled smack between the takoma-lineage and more gestural/“onkyo” notions of instrumental space. one his tetuzi’s finest recordings"- Mimaroglu Music Sales |
Acid Mothers Temple - Pataphisical Freak Out MU!! CD (1999)
It's Acid Mothers Temple, it's heavy; what more is there to say? If you've never heard them, here is as good an entryway as ever, or if you've not heard this release, what are you waiting for? |
Takehisa Kosugi - Violin Improvisations Takehisa Kosugi - Violin Improvisations CD (1990)
Kosugi is one of the key figures in the improvisational field in Japan via his work in Group Ongaku, Taj Mahal Travelers, etc. These solo recordings are from a little later in his career: "Takehisa Kosugi's improvisations, both with violin and miscellaneous sounding objects, have a sense of emerging from the bottom of a spiritual unconscious. From this place comes a music based more on the feeling of sounds than conscious arrangement." |
Total - Kaspar Hauser CD (1997)
1997 release from one of Matthew Bower's (Skullflower, Hototogisu) projects on the NZ label Metonymic. Another of those long out-of-print, difficult to find releases for noise fans everywhere. |
Markus - Markus CD-R (2001)
Solo release from member of various Finnish units such as Avarus & Kemialliset Ystävät. Just under 20 minutes of floating, "free" folk. Rather lovely. |
Religious Knives - RK1 CD-R (2004)
I guess this was the 1st Religious Knives release, in a miniscule edition of 38. "Religious Knives is Maya Miller and Michael Bernstein who also play in the Double Leopards. We live together, sleep together, and record together. Driven by the motto 'WE R SMOKE,' we bring you new age white noise fog deep from Brooklyn where the street eats itself. Organs, contact mics, hummers, buzzers, feedback, and lots of vocal action, this is '1' with many more to come." - RK |
Magical Garden - Magical Garden Magical Garden - Magical Garden CD-R (2002)
Two tracks from this off-shoot of Japanese psych-rock unit Overhang Party. "Magical Garden is Rinji Fukuoka (guitar, vocal, moog oscillator) and Akira Yamanouchi (guitar) of Overhang Party. This cd has 2 long tracks - the first is a heavy guitar psych improvised piece and the second is a composition with vocals written by Rinji. Recorded in October 2002." |
Ilyas Ahmed - Century of Moonlight Ilyas Ahmed - Century of Moonlight CD-R (2006)
“Beautiful dreamstate meditations centered around Ahmed’s hovering spools of finely picked acoustic guitar resonance, muffed half asleep vocal glow and perfectly executed layering of harmonium, bells, gentle fuzz and hazy atmosphere… The incense and hookah smoke is so thick you might think your floating… and the world weary, loner, nocturnal vibes are plain dripping from the ceiling…” – Time-Lag |
