SOUND SCULPURES-VARIOUS ARTISTS, ARC RECORDS, LP, 197?, CANADA

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ARC Canada put together a lovely cross section of sound sculpture spanning 3 decades of works. The collection was housed for 60 days at the Vancouver Art Gallery. During the collections stay multiple recordings were made within the gallery's conducive environment. The collection was curated by experimental sound and tape artist David Rosenboom (who had a short stint at Mills College here in Oakland) The recordings feature sounds not found on the Sonambient series of Harry Bertoia, making this collection heavily sought after by Bertoia collectors. Additional recordings of works by Francois & Bernard Baschet, Stephan Von Huene, Reinhold Pieper Marxhausen and David Jacobs make for a wonderful and eclectic collection of outerworldly soundscapes. A must hear for any sound art enthusiast!

JON GIBSON-VISITATIONS, CPS, 1973, L.P., U.S.A

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NYC, 1973. Chatham Square Productions, INC
First solo LP by this Phillip Glass part time collaborator and label mate. Beautifully done left field modern minimal classical work. A wonderful excursion in "non-monumental music". Instrumentation includes: wooden flutes, bells, cymbals, synth, brook, claves and various effects. A great example of field recordings interweaving with composed musical instruments to create sonic blanketing . Put this on in place of your morning and evening ragas for a similar effect on heads.

BARTON AND PRISCILLA MCLEAN-ELECTRO SURREALISTIC LANDSCAPES (THE MCLEAN MIX), OPUS ONE, LP, 1981, U.S.A

amazing husband and wife duo, pure analog bliss! a dynamic duo of the ARP 2600 and other modular synths heres an album thats a little more rare and under the radar compared to their other catalog releases.

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HENRY SWEITZER-TE DEUM, NIMBUS, LP, 1979, U.S.A

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INCREDIBLY GREAT SYNTH WASHINGS FROM THIS OBSCURE SYNTH CHAMP.

BLACKLIGHT BRAILLE-THE ZAUZOMANK ALBUM, VETCO, LP, 1984, U.S.A

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the fringerock of the blacklight braille is supremacy in sounds and original idea execution.... this album is brilliance on several clouds..

wish i had a pristine playing copy of this bliss...im sure the worm holes will understand?? mutant sounds has a sack of info on these folks here

please spirit rope this beautiful album unto the ear passages...
and tell us of your adventures.

GRIMBLE GRUMBLE-S/T ,LP, 1998, U.S.A

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Grimble Grumble S/T LP 1998
just about anyone heavy into music has had heavy doses of "shoegaze" beginning as early as the late 80's with groups from the u.k dominating the scene - my bloody valentine, slowdive, swervedriver etc. and other slightly lesser known groups like loop, bark psychosis, seefeel etc..however beginning in 1995 via the midwest spacerock scene, these for-runners of the genre began with singles on Enraptured and Orchre in the UK but also caught attention of labels such at Burnt Hair and Rocket Racer. with heavy nods to Windy & Carl, FSA, Amp and other spaced out drone groups of the period. Grimble Grumble, this album in particular really made waves when it was released in 1998. its elusive cover art (no band name, record label or track titles anywhere) in all it's shiney bronze glory only hand a letter pressed number on the back which seemed to be in an addition of 1000? all in all when cross-referenced with other friends collections that were also into the spacerock scene at the time, this record is somehow missing... possibly more rare than it seems, it remains a pillar in the Sanity Muffins archive from this period. Highly Recommended!!...

FRANK GARVEY-LABYRINTH (PRISON WALLS), LP, 1978, WARP RECORDS, U.S.A

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THIS ALBUM IS THE SOUND SCORE FROM LARYRINTH, A PIECE FOR ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND LASER LIGHT CREATED IN CHICAGO'S OMEGA INTERMEDIA CENTER.

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SOUND AND LIGHT COMPOSED BY FRANK GARVEY
PERFORMED BY "MEGATON" ; PETER SHEFF, PAM SLOAN, AND FRANK GARVEY

COPYRIGHT 1978


OBSCURE MINIMAL DARK SYNTH AMBIENT SCAPES SUPERBLY EXECUTED AND RECORDED.

IN SHORT A LOST

MASTERPIECE.


IF YOU WERE A PART OF,, OR HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS RECORDING/PRODUCTION/LASER SHOW PLEASE GET IN TOUCH!!! ENJOY.


SIDE 1

1. ORIGIN
2. CAPTURE
3. ABYSS

SIDE 2

1. SOWETO
2. INSIDE
3. COMIC RELIEF
4. ESCAPE

PGR-THE FLICKERING OF SOWING TIME, 1986, U.S.A

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This progressive second lp by oakland's pgr exudes a washed cascading river of drones- experimental and found sounds all layered together perfect.

POISON GAS RESEARCH navigates through industrial, psychedelic, ambient and musique concrète.

do you enjoy windy and carl? nurse with wound- dead can dance-

try this.

as minty fresh as this vinyl appears hints of hiss and evidence of dirt do come thru
hopefully better than the post of this album on the excellent shards of beauty spot-
...enjoy

EMPTY THE SUN-SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE, 2007, U.S.A

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hand silk screened and limited to 74 copies prequel to upcoming BOOK AND ALBUM by joseph mattson and ben chasney of six organs of admittance.... link below for more info.



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TRISTEZA-MARCH OF THE WHITE LIES, ROCKETRACER/SPARQMUSIC, U.S.A, JAPAN

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domestic and import version of white lies
includes 3 bonus japan only songs.

ORIOR-ELEVATION, CRYSTAL GROOVE, 7", 1979, U.K.

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super cool three track 7" for fans of popul vuh, dennis wize, spacemen 3 or michael stearns planetary unfolding

PENINSULA PROJ.-S/T, CDR, 2008, EUROPE

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VERY NICELY EXECUTED AMBIENT EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC.

PENINSULA PROJ.

BORRE MOLSTAD- TUBA

HABARD SKASET- GUITAR

GURO SKUMSNES MOE- DOUBLE BASS

JIMS-ELECTRO FLECTION, CDR, 2009, U.S.A

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TRISTEZA DRUMMER SECOND SELF RELEASED ALBUM FEATURES KRAUT INFLECTED BEATS AND SHIMMERING SOUNDSCAPES LEAVING YOU IN A WORLD OF ANALOG SYNTHESIS, USING ORGANS, DRUM MACHINES, SAMPLES, CASIO ETC. THIS WILL MELT YOU INTO A COLLISION OF ASMUS TIETCHENS, CLUSTER AND THE PRIMITIVE PROGRESSIVE HOUSE WORLD OF EARLY DETROIT TECH AND TEENAGE MEMORIES OF ACID WHILE PLAYING CONTRA AND CENTIPEDE. SAGNASTY !!