It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything from the Mystery Sea label, perhaps the greatest single supplier of drone music in the entire world for the past decade. Since I first…
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Up-Tight – Sweet Sister (1994-2003)
Pretty much all you need to know about this self-released CDr is that all the tracks were recorded live between the years mentioned on the photocopied front insert that comprises the “artwork”…
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Up-Tight – Up-Tight (1st)
Here is the super-rare, way out-of-print first recordings by the Japanese psychedelic band Up-Tight. Self-released by the group on their eponymous record label in 2001, it contains five tracks of killer space/noise…
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Hendrickson Road House Vinyl Reissue
It seems like just a few months ago I was breaking the news that the infamous, much-sought-after Hendrickson Road House album was being reissued on CD by Wooden Hill. That was eighteen…
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Spacemen 3 – Spacemen Are Go! (Live In Europe 1989)
Most of us know this German concert recording from the double-LP release Live In Europe 1989, which was put out by the UK’s Space Age Recordings label in the mid-90s. For those…
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Ruth White – 7 Trumps From The Tarot Cards
Just in case you weren’t aware of how influential my blog is, check out this eBay auction. The seller is not only proud enough of his discovery to include my write-up as…
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Ruth White – Flowers Of Evil
We purchased an insane collection of electronic, experimental, avant-garde and 20th century “classical” records a few weeks ago. In and amongst the goldmine of Stockhausen, Schoenberg, Cage, Partch, Xenakis, Henry, and Takemitsu…
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Suishou No Fune – Mystic Atmosphere
Issued in a limited edition of 125 copies housed in a slimline DVD case. Recorded at Koenji Muryoku Muzenji in 2004. If you haven’t had the opportunity to witness Suishou No Fune…
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Various Artists – From Koenji To Eternity
And to conclude our week of Japanese noise/metal/experimental/rock, we have this wonderful compilation released by the Inoxia Records label in 1996. If you’re unfamiliar with Inoxia, it is closely related to one…
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Zena Geva & Steve Albini – All Right, You Little Bastards
I have a hard time believing anyone who reads SF could be unfamiliar with KK Null and/or Zeni Geva. Alas, some of you aren’t here every day, so allow me to give…