Desolate, creepy, claustrophobic heavy synths, in between Wolf Eyes and Throbbing Gristle. Second track could very well be "Hamburger Lady Part 2" without the vocals. 2005 2 X tape on Animal Disguise.
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Monday, August 14, 2017
Hive Mind - Ancient Slate 2 X tape
Desolate, creepy, claustrophobic heavy synths, in between Wolf Eyes and Throbbing Gristle. Second track could very well be "Hamburger Lady Part 2" without the vocals. 2005 2 X tape on Animal Disguise.
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Sunday, August 13, 2017
Urban Sax - Live In Pori 1984
Amazing live performance by the notorious masked horn music-performance group from France headed by Gilbert Altman. The line-up of this 1984 performance in Pori, Finland consists of 12 tenor sax players, 13 alto sax players, 3 baritone sax players, 2 vibraphonists, a choir of 8, 1 bassist, 2 guitarists, 2 gong players and two dancers. The raw sound of this live recording brings out the most from their hypnotic, repetitive, epic sound and the fact that it was recorded in a church adds a great reverberant depth to it. Essential listening! 2016 cd on the Circle-run Ektro Records.
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Thursday, August 10, 2017
Nackt Insecten - Quantum Odyssey LP & Quantum Odyssey II: Corridor Voyager CD
The sadly defunct Nackt Insecten was the ideal mix of noisy drone and kosmische bliss. Imagine flying stoned over Aztec temples not on carpets but on slowed-down F-16. Here's the 2008 lp Quantum Odyssey on Blackest Rainbow, and its companion cd Quantum Odyssey II: Corridor Voyager, released in 2009 on Memoirs of An Aesthete.
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Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Haare - A Split Second In Eternity tape
Amazing horror psychedelic drone/noise by the Finnish master. Came with a beautiful patch (see second picture). 2013 tape on Cipher Productions. Destroy Fascism - Love Forever!
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Monday, August 7, 2017
Alice Coltrane - Lord of Lords
Amazing 1972 sky-reaching orchestral modal music with Alice Coltrane on piano, organ and harp, Charlie Haden on bass and Ben Riley on drums, along with a 16-piece string orchestra. The organ on the last track "Going Home," an old gospel song, sounds like a mix between drone and blues, while her interpretation of Stravinsky's "Firebird" is otherwordly. Ripped from the 2011 Impulse! cd which also included the album Universal Consciousness.
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Saturday, August 5, 2017
more Total
ok let's try to approximate the completion of Total's discography. There will still be some releases which I don't have, but with the ones I have posted before (check the tag), we're close to it. NOTE: IF ANY READERS HAVE THE TOTAL/CULVER SPLIT TAPE ON MATCHING HEAD, PLEASE SEND A MESSAGE!
Total - Beyond The Rim
After the initial run of Total in the mid-to-late-80s, Bower went on to form Skullflower, and only got back to releasing more experimentally-oriented material under the Total moniker in 1993 with this amazing 1993 lp on Majora.
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Total - Here, Time Is Space
This came out in the same year as Sky Blue Void (posted already on this blog) and sounds like a mix between more subdued drone and all-out wild noise. 1994 2 X lp on Majora.
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Total - Glassy Warhead
This one seems a little bit more on a traditional noise track, with screeching mic noise and guitar delay attack. 1995 cd on Pure.
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Total - Tanzmusik Der Renaissance
Total psychedelic awesomeness. 1995 cd on Freek Records.
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Total - Silver Pillows
This starts deceptively blissfully but descends into guitar amp abuse, only to end up in a mess of guitar wails and some metal percussion jumping. 1995 10" on Majora.
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Total - Clear Factory
Real nice droning noise with guitar, piano and some beautiful background synths. 1996 lp on Majora.
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Total - Buffin' The Celestial Muffin
This one showcases the awesome reeds of John Godbert (Vibracathedral Orchestra), as well guest appearances by Neil Campbell (again of Vibracathedral), Stuart Dennison (Skullflower) and Philip Best (Consumer Electronics). 1997 cd on Rural Electrification Program and Format Supremacy.
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Total - Kaspar Hauser
High-pitched feedback invocations and cowbell clang. 1997 cd on Metonymic.
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Total - To Fall Like Cherry Blossoms
Jaw-dropping amp noise/winds/piano drone/free jazz. Bower is once again accompanied by John Godbert, as well as Neil Ireland. 1997 lp on American Tapes.
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Total - Mountain Tasting
Stunning elegiac experimentations with piano, violin, reeds and cymbals. Essential listening. 1997 lathe 7"
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Total - Eternity's Beautiful Frontispiece
Droning psychedelic contemplative awesomeness with John Godbert and Neil Campbell. 1998 cd on VHF Records.
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Total - Solid Objects Cast At Goblins
Sadly this was to be the last Total release, though the material was recorded in 1996. Once more this one features Bower and John Godbert on percussion and wind instruments and includes amazing shimmering drones. 2000 cd on VHF Records.
Total - Beyond The Rim
After the initial run of Total in the mid-to-late-80s, Bower went on to form Skullflower, and only got back to releasing more experimentally-oriented material under the Total moniker in 1993 with this amazing 1993 lp on Majora.
Download
Total - Here, Time Is Space
This came out in the same year as Sky Blue Void (posted already on this blog) and sounds like a mix between more subdued drone and all-out wild noise. 1994 2 X lp on Majora.
Download
Total - Glassy Warhead
This one seems a little bit more on a traditional noise track, with screeching mic noise and guitar delay attack. 1995 cd on Pure.
Download
Total - Tanzmusik Der Renaissance
Total psychedelic awesomeness. 1995 cd on Freek Records.
Download
Total - Silver Pillows
This starts deceptively blissfully but descends into guitar amp abuse, only to end up in a mess of guitar wails and some metal percussion jumping. 1995 10" on Majora.
Download
Total - Clear Factory
Real nice droning noise with guitar, piano and some beautiful background synths. 1996 lp on Majora.
Download
Total - Buffin' The Celestial Muffin
This one showcases the awesome reeds of John Godbert (Vibracathedral Orchestra), as well guest appearances by Neil Campbell (again of Vibracathedral), Stuart Dennison (Skullflower) and Philip Best (Consumer Electronics). 1997 cd on Rural Electrification Program and Format Supremacy.
Download
Total - Kaspar Hauser
High-pitched feedback invocations and cowbell clang. 1997 cd on Metonymic.
Download
Total - To Fall Like Cherry Blossoms
Jaw-dropping amp noise/winds/piano drone/free jazz. Bower is once again accompanied by John Godbert, as well as Neil Ireland. 1997 lp on American Tapes.
Download
Total - Mountain Tasting
Stunning elegiac experimentations with piano, violin, reeds and cymbals. Essential listening. 1997 lathe 7"
Download
Total - Eternity's Beautiful Frontispiece
Droning psychedelic contemplative awesomeness with John Godbert and Neil Campbell. 1998 cd on VHF Records.
Download
Total - Solid Objects Cast At Goblins
Sadly this was to be the last Total release, though the material was recorded in 1996. Once more this one features Bower and John Godbert on percussion and wind instruments and includes amazing shimmering drones. 2000 cd on VHF Records.
Friday, August 4, 2017
more Hototogisu
Hopefully this will be the last Hototogisu post for some time, as with this, almost all of their discography is complete, with a few exceptions. You can find more Hototogisu uploads elsewhere on this blog with the respective tag.
Hototogisu - The White Wind of Autumn
Along with other early Hototogisu releases such as Floating Oof! blah blah (already uploaded here) this shows a calmer, psychedelic and more blissful side of Matthew Bower. It's like he took the horns and other instruments of Total and muted the deafening guitar noise. 2000 cdr on Rural Electrification Program.
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Hototogisu - Cuckoo Cloudland
Introspective guitar drone accompanied by vibraphones, accordions and some nice casio doodling sounds. Highly recommended! 2001 lp on De Stijl.
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Hototogisu - Swoon Scream
This is the second release with Marcia Bassett on board, so it's pretty obvious that she's the one that took all the Ladose pills away from Bower's shelf and brought in all the noise and destruction! 2004 2 X cdr on Heavy Blossom.
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Hototogisu - Green
This is the notorious Hototogisu black metal album, with some really cool tremolo riffing emerging here and there and the necessary drum machine double-bass kicking. Strangely though, this one sounds kinda more blissful and less noisy than most of their relases after Marcia Bassett joined, and thus peculiarly reminiscent of Hototogisu's Hawaii days. 2005 cd on Heavy Blossom.
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Hototogisu - Some Blood Will Stick
This one is a compilation of three tracks from Awful Symmetry (uploaded a few days ago), namely tracks 1, 2, and 5 from there, and tracks 4 and 6 from Swoon Scream, plus another one (the fifth one on here). Yes, it would have made more sense to just include the extra track but hey! 2006 cd on Heavy Blossom.
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Hototogisu + Burning Star Core
Room filling, kraut-inspired psychedelic noise jams. 2006 on DroneDisco.
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Hototogisu + Burning Star Core - II
Somewhat more subtle and quiet, but more sinister. 2006 cdr on Heavy Blossom.
Download
Hototogisu & Prurient - Snail on a Razor
Live collaboration with Dominic Fernow on his own label. Great stuff. 2006 cd on Hospital Productions.
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Hototogisu - Spooked Summer
After the collaborations this is kind of a return to the blistering guitar screaming, and also more akin to other Bower projects like Mirag and Voltigeurs.2007 cdr on Heavy Blossom.
Download
Hototogisu - Under the Rose
One of the final Hototogisu releases. Ascending evil guitar incantations and an awesome descent in the end of the second track. 2008 lp on Heavy Blossom.
Download
Hototogisu - The White Wind of Autumn
Along with other early Hototogisu releases such as Floating Oof! blah blah (already uploaded here) this shows a calmer, psychedelic and more blissful side of Matthew Bower. It's like he took the horns and other instruments of Total and muted the deafening guitar noise. 2000 cdr on Rural Electrification Program.
Download
Hototogisu - Cuckoo Cloudland
Introspective guitar drone accompanied by vibraphones, accordions and some nice casio doodling sounds. Highly recommended! 2001 lp on De Stijl.
Download
Hototogisu - Swoon Scream
This is the second release with Marcia Bassett on board, so it's pretty obvious that she's the one that took all the Ladose pills away from Bower's shelf and brought in all the noise and destruction! 2004 2 X cdr on Heavy Blossom.
Download
Hototogisu - Green
This is the notorious Hototogisu black metal album, with some really cool tremolo riffing emerging here and there and the necessary drum machine double-bass kicking. Strangely though, this one sounds kinda more blissful and less noisy than most of their relases after Marcia Bassett joined, and thus peculiarly reminiscent of Hototogisu's Hawaii days. 2005 cd on Heavy Blossom.
Download
Hototogisu - Some Blood Will Stick
This one is a compilation of three tracks from Awful Symmetry (uploaded a few days ago), namely tracks 1, 2, and 5 from there, and tracks 4 and 6 from Swoon Scream, plus another one (the fifth one on here). Yes, it would have made more sense to just include the extra track but hey! 2006 cd on Heavy Blossom.
Download
Hototogisu + Burning Star Core
Room filling, kraut-inspired psychedelic noise jams. 2006 on DroneDisco.
Download
Hototogisu + Burning Star Core - II
Somewhat more subtle and quiet, but more sinister. 2006 cdr on Heavy Blossom.
Download
Hototogisu & Prurient - Snail on a Razor
Live collaboration with Dominic Fernow on his own label. Great stuff. 2006 cd on Hospital Productions.
Download
Hototogisu - Spooked Summer
After the collaborations this is kind of a return to the blistering guitar screaming, and also more akin to other Bower projects like Mirag and Voltigeurs.2007 cdr on Heavy Blossom.
Download
Hototogisu - Under the Rose
One of the final Hototogisu releases. Ascending evil guitar incantations and an awesome descent in the end of the second track. 2008 lp on Heavy Blossom.
Download
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