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Bjørn Fongaard "Elektrofoni : Works For Micro Intervallic Guitar 1965-1978" 3xCD + DVD Box
Prisma Records (2010) - PRISMACD711

Kr 300  -  € 29.18

Description: "ELEKTROFONI is as 3CD and 1DVD box set which for the first time presents the groundbreaking works by Norwegian experimental composer, guitarist and micro-tonal music pioneer BJØRN FONGAARD (1919-1980). ELEKTROFONI focuses on Fongaard's micro-tonal works recorded in the years 1965-1978, performed by Fongaard himself on his custom made electric micro intervallic guitar. The 3 CD's feature a broad selection of Fongaard's early pieces such as Galaxy, Homo Sapiens and Epos as well as the complete Elektrofonia and Sinfonia Microtonalis series - showing Fongaard as a forefather of Norwegian electronic, experimental and improvised music. The DVD contains TV appearances, radio interview and music for ballet. Also included in ELEKTROFONI is a booklet with new essays on Fongaard's work as well as photos, scores and press clippings."

  
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Julia Robinson et al. "The Anarchy Of Silence : John Cage And Experimental Art" Book
Museu D'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) / Henie Onstad Art Centre (2010) - 9788492505142

Kr 270  -  € 26.26

Description: "John Cage (1912-92) defined such a radical practice of musical composition that he changed the course of modern music in the last century and shaped a new conceptual horizon for post-war art. This book traces a path through the artist's career, from his initial works in the 1930s, pieces that broadened the parameters of percussion music by incorporating the most unconventional of instruments, leading to his 'prepared piano', moving to his famous theory on 'silence' (and the score 4'33"), his pathbreaking deployment of chance and then indeterminacy, and culminating his innovative multimedia work, which began in the 1960s and continued through the 1980s. With this book, the MACBA aims to capture the relevance of Cage's contribution to present day contemporary art. One of the sections will chart the network of repercussions as Cage's radical conceptual transformation of 'composition' entered the strategies of advanced art."

This edition was printed for the John Cage exhibition at Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden, Norway, February 25 - May 30, 2010. Paperback, 304 pages, in English.

  
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Tangle Edge "Dropouts" 3xLP
Tangle Edge Productions (2010) - TEPLP 4-5-6

Kr 499  -  € 48.53

Featuring: Ronald Nygård, Hasse Horrigmoe, Tom Steinberg

Description: Early recordings from 1982-83 by Northern Norwegian psychedelic/progressive rock legends Tangle Edge, some of which were originally issued on the cassette "Improvised Drop Outs" in 1983. The rest of the material is previously unreleased. Everything has been mixed specially for this new release on the band's own label, presented in the ultimate and deluxe way that they always wanted.

Triple LP pressed on clear 180 gram vinyl, housed in a superb triple gatefold sleeve.

 
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Altaar "Dødsønske" Cassette
Roggbif Records (2010) - ROGGBIF027

Kr 150  -  € 14.59

Description: "Recorded under FOUR MOONS of the EIGHT YEAR. Aall instrumentation, vocals and visuals by AT. No drum machines were used during this recording. Listen in daarkness at maaximum volume."

This reissue is limited to 150 numbered copies and comes in a 5x5 inch box with silk screened artwork on the front, a sticker on the back, 2 buttons and an inlay with the original artwork inside. Sold out from the band/label - we only have a few copies.

 
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Ijin "Northway & Down" CD-R
My First Record Label (2010) - Ijin Demos 002

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: Christian Blandhoel

Description: Alienated, structureless, improvised sound/music; Performed on stringed amplified SONIC devices/customized guitars, drone laden, random compositions, chance and improvised. Ijin is not a noise community generated project, but borne out of visual-art, a progression of harmonic instrumental rock and the cultivation of the droning nature or potential of the guitar. The soundscape attempted lays between Noise and harmonic-noise through improvisation, where the sound reflects the search for a soundscape that dare become nothing, but will allow a composition to form should the sound arise. The Feedbacker is the basis of this first incarnation of Ijin, a self-propelled, feedbacking, self-sustaining guitar manipulated by stomp boxes mounted onto the guitar body: in using the guitar as the basis of sound, but altered in such a way that the guitar is feedback driven, self-generating, creating a sound that is random and unpredictable but can be manipulated or harnessed. The idea is to utilize this Noise potential but allow the instruments harmonic nature to bleed through, in such creating sound within the landscape of noise but with a harmonic potential. The Feedbacker is a result of the My First Record Label art project. Ijin is a fluid union: Either performing Allein = Solo or Orchestra = with others. Not neccesarily in a band-structure or with regular members. All performances/sessions are improvised, creating a dynamic, unpredictable, exploratory new setting for every performance.

  
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Linda Baardsen / Petter Flaten Eilertsen / Martin Powell / Christian Blandhoel "Nothing With Ass In The Title" CD-R
My First Record Label (2008) - M1stRL Sessions 011

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Description: Christian Blandhoel's My First Record Label is an art project where the gallery shows his collection of modified guitars/sculptures, called Sonics, plus paintings and videos made with the guitars. The space also contains a portable recording studio and label where visitors can record their music using the guitars. The resulting material is made into limited edition CD-Rs released on the label.

 
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Petter Flaten Eilertsen / Per Gisle Galåen / Martin Powell / Fredrik Ness Sevendal "Fancy A Beer?" CD-R
My First Record Label (2008) - M1stRL Sessions 017

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Description: Christian Blandhoel's My First Record Label is an art project where the gallery shows his collection of modified guitars/sculptures, called Sonics, plus paintings and videos made with the guitars. The space also contains a portable recording studio and label where visitors can record their music using the guitars. The resulting material is made into limited edition CD-Rs released on the label.

 
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Origami Cannibalistika "Origami Cannibalistika" CD-R
Kjøkken (2010) - Kjøkkenguiden 104

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: Kjetil Hanssen & Ernesto Bohorquez

Description: Recorded in Poland by the noise duo of Kjetil A268 (Torstein Wjiik) and Ernesto A277 (Aatmaa, Animal Machine).

  
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Jazkamer "Matthew 28:17" CD
Pica Disk (2010) - pica022

Kr 103  -  € 10.00

Featuring: Lasse Marhaug & John Hegre

Description: On "Matthew 28:17" Jazkamer for the first time in the 2010 Monthly Series operates as its core duo of Lasse Marhaug and John Hegre. This reduction does little to lighten the density of their sound, rather the opposite, because "Matthew 28:17" is a thick haze of dopey fuzz-guitars and droning organ. For the longtime Jazkamer fan this album bears similarities to the 2002 mini-album "The Sound of Music" – which often has been thought of as a highlight in the Jazkamer oeuvre.

The themes of "Matthew 28:17" are a mix of the subjects astronomy (both Hegre and Marhaug are keen space-enthusiasts) and religion (but neither are particularly avid churchgoers). This duality and conflict of science and spirituality is expressed as Dionysian ecstasy through primitive psychedelic noise music. Jazkamer offers no answers on these difficult matters, but hope that their listeners will join them on their dance around the campfire.

The cover artwork of "Matthew 28:17" is by Japanese visual artist Yasutoshi Yoshida, also known as recording artist Government Alpha.

All profits from the sales of "Matthew 28:17" will be donated to NASA.

  
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Jazkamer "Cover by Hair Stylistics" CD
Pica Disk (2010) - pica021

Kr 103  -  € 10.00

Featuring: John Hegre, Lasse Marhaug, Iver Sandøy

Description: "Cover by Hair Stylistics" is the July edition of Jazkamer's ongoing 2010 monthly Compact Disc series. This month's album finds Hegre and Marhaug joined by Iver Sandøy playing noisecore. Noisecore is a crossover between grindcore and noise music. One could call it improvised grindcore, as its emphasis is on short bursts of blastbeat drumming backed by screaming vocals and heavily distorted guitar. Often the music is improvised on the spot. Early pioneers of noisecore were bands like Gerogerigegege, 7 Minutes of Nausea and Fear of God, and although the genre never flourished like grindcore, it nevertheless has lead a healthy underground life with bands like Sissy Spacek and October Revolution.

Jazkamer ventured into noisecore territory on 2008's "Art Breaker" album (Smalltown Superjazzz), which featured 59 songs in mere 17 minutes. Many reviewers complained that 17 were even too much. Despite this reaction "Cover by Hair Stylistics" ups the ante with 129 songs in 20 minutes. Because of the Compact Disc-format's limited index ability the songs are presented as one continuous track. Jazkamer also prefers the album to be experienced as a whole, rather than prominence given to individual songs.

For Jazkamer's monthly 2010 series they have invited one different visual artist to contribute every month. The artwork of "Cover by Hair Stylistics" is by the Japanese actor, author and composer Masaya Nakahara. Nakahara is know for him musical work with projects like Hair Stylistics, Suicidal 10CC and Violent Onsen Geisha. On the front cover Nakarhara can be seen drawing the artwork used on the inside of the cover.

"Cover by Hair Stylistics" was recorded during an excruciating two hours in Duper Studios in Bergen. Editing and mixing the material took even longer to complete and involved several coffee-breaks. Pica Disk hopes that Jazkamer fans across the world will enjoy "Cover by Hair Stylistics" for a long time.

  
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Sekstett "Sekstett" CD
Conrad Sound (2010) - CNRD304

Kr 120  -  € 11.67

Featuring: Frode Gjerstad (clarinets), Håvard Skaset (guitars), Lene Grenager (cello), Hild Sofie Tafjord (French horn), Børre Mølstad (tuba), Guro Skumsnes Moe (double bass)

Description: Presence, interaction and openness creates the foundation for the music, that ranges from raw friction, dense sound to strong rhythmic embossed stretches. The musicians are known for both electric and acoustic projects such as Spunk, Frode Gjerstads Circulatione Totale, Art Directors, Sult, Bay/Oslo Mirror Trio, MOE, Femail, Lemur and countless other constellations.

  
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Blue Faced People "Blue Faced People" Cassette
Kassettkultur (2010) - KULT 007

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: Guro Skumsvoll Moe & Håvard Skaset

Description: Self-titled debut of Blue Faced People, the duo of Håvard Skaset (guitar) and Guro Skumsnes Moe (bass and voice). The tape is made up of live recordings from a tour of Italy in 2009. C36 limited to 50 numbered copies.

Guro and Håvard co-run the label Conrad Sound and also play together in Art Directors, Bay/Oslo Mirror Trio, MOE, Sult, and Burning Dog Orchestra. They have also collaborated in bands such as Minitrio and Force Majeure. Both are active in many other projects.

 
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Olivier Dumont / Jon Wesseltoft "Bosquet Laiteux / Vaisseau Coquillage Et Le Continent Des Mots" Cassette
Kassettkultur (2010) - KULT 006

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Description: Split tape by two experimental / improv artists; Frenchman Olivier Dumont a.k.a. Allein Luddite, who also plays in Ghotul, Point Zéro, Death In Death Valley, The Gnagnagnas etc., and Norwegian Jon Wesseltoft of Thorns, Maranata, Tongues Of Mount Meru and Cock Of Corpse. C30 limited to 100 numbered copies.

  
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Haust "Powers Of Horror" LP
Fysisk Format (2010) - FY022LP

Kr 179  -  € 17.41

Featuring: Vebjørn Guttormsgaard, Ruben Willem, Dag Otto Basgård, Pål Bredrup

Description: This second album is even more relentless and chaotic than the first one and with a bigger, heavier and more punchy sound while still shredding and screeching in all the right places. It's the stuff of bad dreams, broken spirits and doomed souls. Dark, dark shit.

180 gram vinyl in heavy gatefold sleeve.

 
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Haust "Powers Of Horror" CD
Fysisk Format (2010) - FY022

Kr 119  -  € 11.57

Featuring: Vebjørn Guttormsgaard, Ruben Willem, Dag Otto Basgård, Pål Bredrup

Description: This second album is even more relentless and chaotic than the first one and with a bigger, heavier and more punchy sound while still shredding and screeching in all the right places. It's the stuff of bad dreams, broken spirits and doomed souls. Dark, dark shit.

  
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Kråkesølv "Trådnøsting" LP
Kråkesølv (2010) - KSLP01

Kr 179  -  € 17.41

Description: Out of Bodø's young and creative music scene emerges the biggest musical surprise of 2009: Kråkesølv! The debut album "Trådnøsting" is released on the band's own label.

Kråkesølv comes from the DIY and hardcore scene in Bodø, located in Northern Norway, and has made a mark with their very own take on indie rock. This album is the best sounding argument for the idea that the most beautiful music can be created outside the big cities.

In much the same way as Sigur Rós, Kråkesølv succeeds in making music of bright international colors while basing their work on their local identity. Like the Northern Norwegian troubadours who went before them they revitalize their dialect and lift everyday language to something that hits a nerve in us all, young and old. The lyrics are playful and anxious at the same time, avoiding constant melancholy by including subtleties and passion.

Specially mastered for vinyl and featuring brand new artwork.

  
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Various Artists "Compilation nr. 3 - juni 2010" Fanzine + CD-R
Compilation (2010) - Compilation nr. 3

Kr 25  -  € 2.43

Featuring: Nebbb, Kråkesølv, Triistan, Blow, Mark Francombe, DEL, Kobi (on the CD-R)

Description: Third issue of Norwegian postrock fanzine, in Norwegian. Features interviews with Kråkesølv, Jana Winderen and Petter Flaten Eilertsen (Looop), concert photos, soundtrack recommendations, a guide to making paper sleeves, and much more spread over 20 pages. Includes free CD-R with twelve tracks.

  
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Okkultokrati "No Light For Mass" LP
Ormeyngel / Fysisk Format / Lilla Himmel / Odio Sonoro (2010) - YNGEL05 - FY020LP - LH02 - ODIO27

Kr 120  -  € 11.67

Featuring: Black Race (guitars), Virgintaker (bass), Verminscum (skins), Black Qvisling (throat/lyrics)

Description: Okkultokrati have been around for a couple of years now and feature members from Haust and Hombre Malo. They play bitter and dirty punk metal drenched in the stench of Poison Idea, Celtic Frost and High on Fire!

After their Knarkskog EP from 2009 Okkultokrati now debuts with the album "No Light For Mass". This is a collection of songs that has been subjected to over six months of intensive and focused writing, rehearsing and recording.

The band was born out of a need to transcend the surface of pointless metal and punk that overflows Norway's borders. Why just get inspiration from international unholy culture when just outside the living room window you will find the purest horror you can imagine? Both the Norwegian natural landscape and on the outskirts of every city is filled with all kinds of vile pleasures for young creative souls.

The basis of the mood and the lyrics of "No Light For Mass" is a fascination for atheist metaphysics. While feeding the ego is increasingly taking up space on the Internet and the media, Okkultokrati latches onto the concept of the general state of the New Age movement and its fringed side tracks. If you look behind the colorful rainbows and happy-go-fatal philosophies you will find aborted reincarnations, astral mutilation, and telepathic deportation. Okkultokrati channels the negative energy into 9 tracks of nekro spirituals and encourages spiritual rationality.

The cover was designed by Sebastian Rusten, who also was responsible for cover art on the debut seven inch "Knarkskog" from 2009. Mixed and mastered by Willem Ruben (Haust).

180 gram vinyl in nice looking gatefold sleeve with different artwork than the CD version.

 
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Okkultokrati "No Light For Mass" CD
Fysisk Format (2010) - FY020CD

Kr 120  -  € 11.67

Featuring: Black Race (guitars), Virgintaker (bass), Verminscum (skins), Black Qvisling (throat/lyrics)

Description: Okkultokrati have been around for a couple of years now and feature members from Haust and Hombre Malo. They play bitter and dirty punk metal drenched in the stench of Poison Idea, Celtic Frost and High on Fire!

After their Knarkskog EP from 2009 Okkultokrati now debuts with the album "No Light For Mass". This is a collection of songs that has been subjected to over six months of intensive and focused writing, rehearsing and recording.

The band was born out of a need to transcend the surface of pointless metal and punk that overflows Norway's borders. Why just get inspiration from international unholy culture when just outside the living room window you will find the purest horror you can imagine? Both the Norwegian natural landscape and on the outskirts of every city is filled with all kinds of vile pleasures for young creative souls.

The basis of the mood and the lyrics of "No Light For Mass" is a fascination for atheist metaphysics. While feeding the ego is increasingly taking up space on the Internet and the media, Okkultokrati latches onto the concept of the general state of the New Age movement and its fringed side tracks. If you look behind the colorful rainbows and happy-go-fatal philosophies you will find aborted reincarnations, astral mutilation, and telepathic deportation. Okkultokrati channels the negative energy into 9 tracks of nekro spirituals and encourages spiritual rationality.

The cover was designed by Sebastian Rusten, who also was responsible for cover art on the debut seven inch "Knarkskog" from 2009. Mixed and mastered by Willem Ruben (Haust).

  
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Gravel Control "In The Back Of My Mind" CD
Sotron Records (2010) - SOTREC01

Kr 120  -  € 11.67

Featuring: Håvard Berstad, Christian Dam, Anders Bøe, Christian Jacobsen, Martin Powell, Inga-Lill Farstad

Description: This is the debut album by Gravel Control. Ten tracks of experimental dark psychedelic indie pop/rock. Some tracks are very reminiscent of Underground Zero & early '80s Hawkwind, while others shift from Stone Roses-esque indie rock to Yo La Tengo-ish melodic lo-fi. Guest vocals by Inga-Lill Farstad of Children And Corpse Playing In The Streets on one track.

 
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Gravel Control "In The Back Of My Mind + The Whylight Zone" CD + 7" SPECIAL OFFER
Sotron Records / Apartment Records (2010) - SOTREC01 - aparec025

Kr 150  -  € 14.59

Featuring: Håvard Berstad, Christian Dam, Anders Bøe, Christian Jacobsen, Martin Powell, Inga Lill Farstad, Fredrik Ness Sevendal

Description: Get both Gravel Control releases for a special price:

In The Back Of My Mind CD (2010)
This is the debut album by Gravel Control. Ten tracks of experimental dark psychedelic indie pop/rock. Some tracks are very reminiscent of Underground Zero & early '80s Hawkwind, while others shift from Stone Roses-esque indie rock to Yo La Tengo-ish melodic lo-fi. Guest vocals by Inga-Lill Farstad of Children And Corpse Playing In The Streets on one track.

The Whylight Zone 7" (2006)
Weird stuff from the very early beginning of the band, when they were just Berstad and Dam, a portastudio and the cheapest microphones on the market. But if you are into underground stuff, this is pure and honest lo-fi from another dimension... Guest appearance by Fredrik Ness Sevendal (FNS, Slowburn, DEL, Kobi etc.) on one track.

 
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Jazkamer "We Want Epic Drama" CD
Pica Disk (2010) - pica020

Kr 103  -  € 10.00

Featuring: John Hegre, Lasse Marhaug, Jørgen Træen, Nils Are Drønen, Iver Sandøy, Jean-Philippe Gross

Description: The June edition of Jazkamer's 2010 monthly CD-series. A big-band noise extravaganza. The first studio recording of the Metal Music Machine line-up; two drummers, electronics and three guitars. Artwork by Justin Bartlett.

  
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FNS "FNS" LP
Miasmah Recordings (2010) - MIALP012

Kr 150  -  € 14.59

Featuring: Fredrik Ness Sevendal, Inga-Lill Farstad

Description: The latest addition to the Miasmah roster is Oslo based musician FNS aka Fredrik Ness Sevendal. A veteran of the Oslo experimental scene, Sevendal has been associated with several bands over the years: DEL, Slowburn and Kobi. Additionally his previous work has involved collaborations with Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple), Mitsuru Tabata (Zeni Geva, Marble Sheep), Mark Francombe (ex-Cranes guitarist), and Bill Wood (1/3 Octave Band).

For his Miasmah debut, FNS treats us to a spectacular excursion into the world of psych-folk instrumentals, with a collection of semi-improvised multi-layered pieces, primarily for acoustic and electric guitar and voice. These lo-fi home recordings capture a sense of astral travel, though explorations into drone, raga-styled melodies and layers of guitar feedback. The immediate allure of FNS’s spectral sound is in the understated nature of the performances – it recalls the magnetic interplay between Tom & Christina Carter's work in Charalambides, the playful free noise of Sunburned Hand Of The Man, the ethereal blues of Loren Connors, and a variety of subtle but undeniable influences from the '70s progressive UK folk scene.

FNS's sound is a sorrowful sound – a death-fuzz, a hazy wailing wall of cavernous guitars, doom-freakout and swirling psychedelia, melded into one then drowned in echo and haze. FNS fires forth cosmic transmissions for the mind and spirit…the result, is nothing short of an aural treat.

This is a remastered reissue of a CD-R released on Clearsnare Records in 2005, featuring a bonus track not included on the original disc. Guest vocals by Inga-Lill Farstad of Children And Corpse Playing In The Streets on one track. Mastered by Helge Sten at Audio Virus Lab.

  
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Kevin Drumm "Necro Acoustic" 5xCD Box
Pica Disk (2010) - pica019

Kr 380  -  € 37.00

Description: Solid box with gold print, individual CD-wallets and 24 page booklet.

CD1: Lights Out. New album of necro acoustic material recorded 2006-2008.
CD2: Malaise. Reissue of the limited edition double cassette previously released on Hospital Productions in 2009.
CD3: Decrepit. Previously unreleased material from 1998-1999 and 2008 + reissue of Drumm's tracks from split LP with 2673 on Kitty Play Records (2005) + the limited edition LP on Dilemma Records (2008).
CD4: No Edit. New album of prepared guitar material recorded in 2009.
CD5: Organ. First full lenght release of this classic track heard in edited form on the "Comedy" album. This is the full 55 minute version as recorded by Jim O'Rourke in 1996. Believed to have been lost for years, but recently discovered.

  
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Wærnes / Hanssen "Sound Of Mu 10.11.09" CD-R
Ambolthue Records (2009) - AMBOOT-2

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: Ronny Wærnes & Kjetil Hanssen

Description: Recorded live at Sound Of Mu, Oslo, Norway, 10th of November, 2009. The covers were hand painted and discs were burned the same day as the concert. Limited edition of 30 copies.

  
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Borgen / Courtis / Killer "Sound Of Mu 5.3.2007" CD-R
Ambolthue Records (2010) - AMBOLT-25

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: Kjell Runar "Killer" Jenssen (DEL, Origami Arktika), Anla Courtis (Reynols), André Borgen

Description: Killer, Anla Courtis and André Borgen team up for an improvised drums and guitar live session recorded in glorious mono at Sound of Mu on March 5, 2007. The trio controls their spontaneous energy skillfully and reaches some sonic consensus of delight.

  
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Torstein Wjiik "Biochemistry, Anthrax, Panic" CD-R
Ambolthue Records (2009) - AMBOLT-63

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: Kjetil Hanssen

Description: The third release in Torstein Wjiik's anti-war series. Recorded in real time on December 28th, 2008 using samples and a computer. All noises and artwork by Kjetil Hanssen. Limited edition of 41 copies.

  
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O. Melby "Marsipan" CD-R
Ambolthue Records (2010) - AMBOLT-79

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: Ole Hermann Melby

Description: Live recordings from Oslo in 2005 and Fredrikstad in 2001.

  
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Dag Stiberg "Monolithic Time" CD-R
Ambolthue Records (2010) - AMBOLT-83

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Description: Dark-jazz solo recording by member of Maranata, Now We’ve Got Members and My Midnight Creeps. Limited edition of 100 copies.

  
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Fisk På Disc "Fishfingers" CD-R
Ambolthue Records (2010) - AMBOLT-84

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: John Willy Kopperud, Roar Borge, Tore Honoré Bøe

Description: This is a compilation of all the Fisk På Disc singles so far plus a few unreleased tracks, including a bonus track remixed by Tore Honoré Bøe.

  
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Mixturizer "Øresus Og Dus" CD-R
Ambolthue Records / Krakilsk (2009) - AMBOLT-46 - kra044

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Description: All tracks taken from the "Øresus Og Dus" split by Swamps Up Nostrils & Torstein Wjiik. Remixed by Mixturizer sometime in 2008. Original cover artwork by GroteskeBill, remixed by Manuel M. Cubas (front) and Kjetil Hanssen (back).

  
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Jazkamer "Chestnut Thornback Tar" CD
Pica Disk (2010) - pica018

Kr 103  -  € 10.00

Featuring: Nils Are Drønen, Jean-Philippe Gross, John Hegre, Lasse Marhaug

Description: The May edition of Jazkamer's 2010 monthly CD-series.

  
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Jazkamer "Self-Portrait" CD
Pica Disk (2010) - pica017

Kr 103  -  € 10.00

Description: The April edition of Jazkamer's 2010 monthly CD-series. The first all-acoustic Jazkamer record.

  
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Lasse Marhaug / John Wiese "Country And Western" CD
Helicopter (2010) - H 59

Kr 103  -  € 10.00

Description: "About bloody time we got together one could say, since me and John have been in touch since the mid-90's, and we're both fairly prolific in our recorded output. We talked about doing something together years ago, but agreed we should record it in person, and avoid it being another file-swapping exercise. Finally in 2008 we spent time in my studio in Oslo and now the CD is ready. I'm at a loss on how to describe the music, other than don't let the title fool you." - Lasse Marhaug

  
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Lasse Marhaug "The Orange Dome Chronicles" 2 x 7"
Autofact Records (2009) - FACT10

Kr 90  -  € 8.75

Description: Prolific Scandinavian noise artist, Lasse Marhaug, presents an impeccably packaged double 7" set of textured and rhythmic experimentalism for Autofact. Lasse's worked with pretty much every artist imaginable in this field, so his credentials aren't really up for discussion, but feel free to have a go at analysing these four sides of unhinged and brutal cochlea crackers with your mates, while playing them as loud as you can take. If you can handle Russell Haswell or Merzbow, this is for you.

Designer Håvard Gjelseth of This Way Design received a Music Design Award for the the packaging of this release!

 
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Lasse Marhaug "The Quiet North" CD
Second Layer Records (2010) - SLR003

Kr 103  -  € 10.00

Description: "(...) Pure brutalist noise is what Marhaug has in store for us. This wall of obsessive, oppressive distortion comes by way of guitar, various effects pedals, and various pieces of metal to tremendous effect. This is not a subtle record, the various squalls from the guitar strings being grabbed with bloody fingers and scraped with those pieces of metal have the crazed wall-of-sound frenzy you could hear in any number of Matthew Bower productions setting upon a rumbled low-to-mid range distortion that comes across like a two ton pile of gravel being slowly dumped upon the roof of a tin shed. The album begins with a bang and does not let up until its abrupt conclusion some 30 minutes later. Exhilarating to say the least." - Aquarius Records

  
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Layers Of The Onion "Binnorie" Cassette
Droning-on Records (2010) - DRCAS01

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: Martin Powell & Fredrik Ness Sevendal

Description: Layers of droning guitars mix nicely with old harps and other ambient acoustic sounds on this live recording of Layers Of The Onion's debut concert at Sound of Mu in Oslo sometime in Feburary 2010.

Limited edition of only 30 numbered copies featuring lovely folky looking hand-stamped artwork.

  
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Big Robot "Heute Schnee" CDR
TIBProd. (2010) - TIBCD121

Kr 45  -  € 4.38

Featuring: Per Sjoberg, Ollis Christensen, Joakim Langeland, Kjetil Manheim & Sanna Saarinen

Description: CDR-version of an MP3-release on TIBProd.com. CDR-version features two extra tracks/remixes. Video-promo can be seen/heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkwcGCE96hQ

 
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Something Small But Heavy "Tile" CD-R
Ambolthue Records (2010) - AMBOLT-85

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: Martin Powell & Roar Borge

Description: Lots of analogue synths on this 3" CD-R mounted onto a hand-sprayed and very heavy 8 x 8" ceramic tile. Limited edition of only 20 numbered copies.

 
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DEL "Villa Graps" LP - RED VINYL
Apartment Records (2010) - aparec028 red

Kr 120  -  € 11.67

Featuring: Kjell Runar Jenssen, Lasse Marhaug, Fredrik Ness Sevendal, Per Gisle Galåen

Description: Four songs recorded back in 2006 and reminiscent of early DEL, i.e. like a dirty wound that looks cool and doesn't hurt enough for you to want it to disappear.

2nd edition of 100 copies pressed on 180 gram TRANSPARENT BLOOD RED VINYL (also issued on black vinyl) and packaged in silk screened sleeves with fluorescent artwork featuring some of the band's favorite film babes. 47 copies have blue lettering on the sleeves, while the rest have blood red lettering.

  
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FNS "FNS" CD
Miasmah Recordings (2010) - MIACD012

Kr 150  -  € 14.59

Featuring: Fredrik Ness Sevendal, Inga-Lill Farstad

Description: The latest addition to the Miasmah roster is Oslo based musician FNS aka Fredrik Ness Sevendal. A veteran of the Oslo experimental scene, Sevendal has been associated with several bands over the years: DEL, Slowburn and Kobi. Additionally his previous work has involved collaborations with Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple), Mitsuru Tabata (Zeni Geva, Marble Sheep), Mark Francombe (ex-Cranes guitarist), and Bill Wood (1/3 Octave Band).

For his Miasmah debut, FNS treats us to a spectacular excursion into the world of psych-folk instrumentals, with a collection of semi-improvised multi-layered pieces, primarily for acoustic and electric guitar and voice. These lo-fi home recordings capture a sense of astral travel, though explorations into drone, raga-styled melodies and layers of guitar feedback. The immediate allure of FNS’s spectral sound is in the understated nature of the performances – it recalls the magnetic interplay between Tom & Christina Carter's work in Charalambides, the playful free noise of Sunburned Hand Of The Man, the ethereal blues of Loren Connors, and a variety of subtle but undeniable influences from the '70s progressive UK folk scene.

FNS's sound is a sorrowful sound – a death-fuzz, a hazy wailing wall of cavernous guitars, doom-freakout and swirling psychedelia, melded into one then drowned in echo and haze. FNS fires forth cosmic transmissions for the mind and spirit…the result, is nothing short of an aural treat.

This is a remastered reissue of a CD-R released on Clearsnare Records in 2005, featuring a bonus track not included on the original disc. Guest vocals by Inga-Lill Farstad of Children And Corpse Playing In The Streets on one track. Mastered by Helge Sten at Audio Virus Lab.

  
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Maranata "Site Point" Cassette
Kassettkultur (2010) - KULT 005

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: Jon Wesseltoft & Dag Stiberg

Description: Maranata is the free noise duo of Dag Stiberg (My Midnight Creeps, Now We’ve Got Members) and Jon Wesseltoft (Thorns, Tongues Of Mount Meru, Cock Of Corpse). The band has previously released six CD-Rs, four on Ambolthue Records and two on Snuffrider. They also have an upcoming album called Teeth on Roggbif Records.

On Site Point they substitute their usual instrumentation of guitar and saxophone with percussion and mouth organ to create an experimental drone piece divided into two parts. The cassette is limited to only 19 numbered copies and will only be available via Looop.

 
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Various Artists "Tjas og mas #1" Fanzine
Tjas og mas (2010) - TOM1

Kr 40  -  € 3.89

Featuring: Interviews with Runhild Gammelsæter (Sunn O))), Thorr's Hammer, Khlyst), Per Martinsen (Mental Overdrive, Frost, Love OD Communications), Anders Bjermeland (Flashback Caruso), Erik Skodvin (Svarte Greiner, Deaf Center, Miasmah), Pål Bredrup (Okkultokrati, Haust, Ormeyngel), and visual artist Sverre Malling.

Description: New and very cool fanzine in Norwegian. 44 pages professionally printed in black and white.

 
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Lasse Marhaug "The Sky Above The Bud Below" Cassette
Presto!? (2010) - P011

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Description: Noisy but not even brutal. Digital enough to preserve the organic and crispy taste of the sound. These are two new stunning recordings from one of the most active and finest artist in the field of noise and improvised music. This is Lasse Marhaug. This is The Sky Above The Bud Below.

Chrome tape C20 (pro-duplicated) + mp3 (download code) issued in a limited edition of 250 numbered copies.

"Marhaug has an impressive range at his fingertips, veering wildly from shock-tactic maximal noise, to near-silent contemplative drones. Much of the time loud and noisy, but also playful and even quiet, wintry and respectful of space and silence" - Ed Pinsent, The Sound Projector

 
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Faux Pas "Støy = Gull" 7"
Turgid Animal (2010) - TA382

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: Lasse Marhaug, Sten Ove Toft

Description: Lasse Marhaug joins Sten Ove Toft in a true Harsh Noise collaboration project. They hail from Norway and make harsh and unforgiving music. What's not to like? Limited to 200 copies on black vinyl.

"Damn!!! This 'Faux Pas' 7" is fucking loudy loud!!! Entitled 'Stoy=Gull' and available on the Turgid Animal label, this is a crazy ass, feedback intensive assault on the senses. Completely unforgiving in every way, this is the kind of tune you might listen to if you wanted to upset everyone who loves you; insanely grotesque, brain frying composition that it is. B-side 'Alt Pa Maks' is as oppressive as it is good. Like having your faced fucked off by an industrial drilling machine somewhere in the heart in rural Norway. Features funky looking naked woman on the sleeve. She's a beauty!" - Norman Records

  
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Jazkamer "The Monroe Doctrine" CD
Pica Disk (2010) - pica016

Kr 103  -  € 10.00

Featuring: Nils Are Drønen, Jean-Philippe Gross, John Hegre, Lasse Marhaug

Description: The March edition of Jazkamer's 2010 monthly CD-series. Free-form funk-noise recorded at Duper, Bergen, 2009. CD in digipak cover. Artwork by José de Diego.

 
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Bjerga / Iversen "Elemental Confusion" CD-R
Funky Spooky Dog Records (2010) - FSD-3

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: Sindre Bjerga, Jan-M. Iversen

Description: "This duo is back with yet another beautiful piece of art. Bjerga / Iversen shows us again that they are capable of making music that will turn your intestines inside out, throw you up against the wall and then drag you down to a completely different, darker atmosphere, with their unique, outstanding both soft and hard sounds. This is a 26 minute long masterpiece consisting of two very varied tracks wrapped up inside a sleeve with beautiful artwork by Njål Kiese, totally worth the money! Recorded here & there 2007-2009. Mixed by Jan-M. Iversen, October 2009."

  
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MOE "Eyes / Lies" 7"
Conrad Sound (2009) - MOE

Kr 60  -  € 5.84

Featuring: Guro Skumsnes Moe (vocal, bass), Håvard Skaset (guitar), Ole Jørgen Bardal (saxophone, circuit bending), Børre Mølstad (tuba), Kenneth Kapstad (drums)

Description: Limited edition of 100 copies on nice blue vinyl with transparent insert.

  
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Bay/Oslo Mirror Trio "Bay/Oslo Mirror Trio" CD
Conrad Sound (2010) - CnrD 301

Kr 120  -  € 11.67

Featuring: Guro Skumsnes Moe (double bass), Håvard Skaset (guitar), Kyrre Laastad (drums), Jacob Felix Heule (drums), Ava Mendoza (guitar), Tony Dryer (double bass)

Description: This transatlantic orchestra was formed in January 2008 by musicians based in Oslo and San Francisco. They focus on collective improvisation and exploring the mirrored lineups of guitar, double bass and drums. The members also make up the three duos SkasM, Basshaters and Dallas Wallpaper.

 
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Plantrain "Plantrain" CD-R
SLMC (2010) - SLMC007

Kr 30  -  € 2.92

Featuring: Hans Christian Almendingen

Description: Plantrain is the solo project of HC Almendingen, former drummer in The White Birch and current drummer in Oslo improv act IDIOM. The music has got a dark and dwelling feel to it, reminiscent of "Glam"-era Mouse on Mars.

 
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