MINATURES-V/A, PIPE RECORDS, LP, 1980, U.S.A

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V/A- Miniatures
1980. Pipe records
A sequence of 51 tiny masterpieces edited by Morgan Fisher. Amazing collection of mostly British composers and sound explorers. Everything from abstract poetry, jazz, experimental, avant-rock and more. It's impressive to see the amount of creativity these artists back into a 1-minute (or less) piece. You can hear them having fun with the work and doing things they are not normally used to doing, full spectrum of composition, sound and explorations. Each track is wonderfully commented on by label owner and project producer Morgan Fisher. Stand out tracks for us were Andy Partridge, The Work, Fred Frith (who squeezes pieces from every Henry Cow song into a power mash up piece!) Metabolist, The Residents & Mary Langford.

FRANK GARVEY-OMNICIRCUS, L.P., 1979, U.S.A

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Renaissance man by way of Chicago, Garvey recorded this album there which would later be the impetus for realizing the OmniCircus Robotic Theater Ensemble in San Francisco a few years later. We posted his first LP a few months back and are now pleased to bring you the other missing link from this part of his career.

Pushing sound barriers throughout most of the LP with heavy synth work and tape saturation cymbals, droning and built-up textures, not unlike many later recordings by MB and the likes. We love it for this intense exploration of the synth, he has definitely mastered his craft, containing all blasts & washes of sound collage.

Again, production here is top notch. the back reads: "This recording contains the music for the first 2 sections of "Ominicircus", a theater piece for electronic music, computer graphics, video synthesis, dance, sculpture, architecture and drama" wow!
back cover notes also elude to a 3/4" tape version as well as VHS and Beta documents. PLEASE get in touch if you have these??! Synth mad scientist excursions at their best! complete again with xeroxed/do it yourself lay out ...

Recommended!

ARICA-WOO SOO, 1972, LP, U.S.A.

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wow!! free and in cult/form glowing freak beauty realized peacefully and with absolute stunning results!!!






discover morearica

DON VOEGELI-OSCILLATIONS, L.P., U.O.W., 1972, U.S.A

SOON!

HARD-CORPS-DIRTY, SURVIVAL, 7", 1984, FRANCE

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Hard-Corps 7"
1)Dirty
2)Respirer
Survival Records 1984
French minimal synth pop. new wave flares but with a darker tint, somewhat DAF/BIG STICK at times.
nice production and female vocals that add nice accents to the music in a treated voice as instrument style.

THE WORK-I HATE AMERICA, 7", WOOF, 1981, U.S.A

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the Work 7"
1)I Hate America
2)Fingers & Toes
3)Duty
-Woof Records, 1981
Awesome spraypaint stenciled sleeve by the UK's The Work. art damaged avant rock! blown out drums and off timing guitar and bass riffs. This Heat US Maple meets Cpt. Beefheart. features Henry Cow member...meats

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MEN'S RECOVERY PROJECT UPTOWN SKANKING WITH SNAKEFINGER AND THIS ASSHOLE
ON FOUR TRACKS OF TR-505 NOISE SURPRISE MELT DOWN ORGY MIND SNAGGER DAGGER GHETTOBOX PUMMELER NEVER SHAKE A BABY ETC... SANITY MUFFINS!!!

ALL TRACKS BY MICHAEL THOMAS KORNUTA W/ MANEESH -THE ACID BABY.

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

2.3 CHILDREN- THREE S/T 7", 1982, U.S.A

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2.3 children hail from san francisco these three 7 inches were on penguin records all dated 1982, 2.3 make some very strange, creepy and hilarious music "other peoples l.p.'s" for example is arguably an overlooked funnier than all hellbent classic for any record nut, other favorites include "drunk in the afternoon" and "harry bop slow" although relevance of these folks is some what an obscure topic i imagine 2.3 sharing couch with the residents, chrome and other s.f. comrades serving up the same brand of neo political or not.. wacked out lunacy!! i believe these three 7 inchers to be there complete discography however any help or info on the group would be very welcomed.... if you are in the mood for a laugh or just want to hear some very interesting and bizarre music give em a try.

POLYPHONIC SIZE-MOTHERS HELPER, ENIGMA, 12", 1982, FRANCE

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These five smashers are held high in the sanity muffins

minimal oven!! enjoy it.

T.H.X-TELSTAR, 7", 1978, FRANCE

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two progressive trance pounders by the masterful richard pinhas of heldon and co.!!

ROBERT W. BOYD- $ 5 KEYBOARD MUSIC, CASSETTE, 1994, U.S.A.

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Im still not sure if cassette's title is meant as- "this tape is only five dollars and you get all this great keyboard music".. or if it's more of a "i made all this music using a five dollar keyboard " either works for me, the talented robert w. boyd delivers some compelling albeit odd tunes on this "keeping it weird" cassette filled with 14 interesting, cryptic and original compositions with one cover of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's flight of the bumble bee.

4 track casio muzak anyone?

favorites include brass celesta kalimba jazz, synthetic voice/electric piano melody and pan flute slow melody. sanity muffins indeed.

IO XAVIER-RADIO WORLD SOUNDTRACK, DO SPEAK, 1984, LP, U.S.A

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Not a whole lot available on this synth heavy soundtrack by Io xavier
all but one track included here for listening pleasures!!!

tracks radio world and dead man's dub are tops!!

OTHER MUSIC-INCIDENTS OUT OF CONTEXT,FLYING FISH, LP, 1983, U.S.A

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Other Music is an ensemble of 11 musicians who perform in just intonation on instruments designed and constructed by the group. They were founded in 1975 by David B. Doty, Henry S. Rosenthal and Dale S. Soules and perform a Gamelan style music although they also incorporate polyphony, Greek modal theory, African polyrhythms and the American experimental tradition. INSTRUMENTATION INCLUDES: HAMMERED DULCIMER, SYTHESIZER, CELLO, MARIMBA, METALLOPHONES, CHIMES, FRENCH HORN, ELECTRIC GUITARS DUMBEC ETC.

HEAVY MENTAL MUSIC-S/T, 7", 1981, U.S.A

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hand crafted by HEAVY MENTAL MUSIC manual skills training center... reads the buisness card inset, sample collaging drum machines and synth soundscrapings from 1981 santa rosa,ca

SHE'S A WILD-S/T, RECORD RECORDS, 7", 1981, U.S.A

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Recorded at the Center For Contempoary Music, Mills College, Oakland, CA

A1 Cannibal Cowgirl - avant salooner crooner counrty jam
A2 Donner Party - very cool minimal synth number.
B Archetypal Unitized Seminar - electronic droner

David Behrman studied with Henri Pousseur in Belgium. Although he wrote several instrumental works, he is best known for his electronic work and producing several important avant-garde LPs for Columbia.

PAUL DeMARINIS has created numerous performance works, sound and computer installations and interactive electronic inventions. Much of his recent work involves speech processed and synthesized by computers. A recent series of installation works, The Edison Effect, uses optics and computers to make new sounds by scanning ancient phonograph records with lasers.

ANNE KLINGENSMITH takes on vocal duties and has worked with artists david rosenboom and jaques bakeart

MARTIN O'CUTHBERT-B.E.M.S/FRAGMETS OF A POSSESSED EGO, ESOTERIC, 1978, U.K.

THIS RARITY FEATURES FRIED AND MELTED ELECTRONICS FROM THE MOTHERSHIP OF O'CUTHBERT!!! GREAT!

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PORT SAID-INDIAN OCEAN,VOYAGE 2/TRAIL OF THE SPHINX, 7", 1981, U.S.A

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great tripped minimal synth from n.y.c!!!

MEN/EJECT-DRAW/APOLOGIZE, 7", 1980, U.S.A

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one off release by this chicago based early industrial noise synth outfit.

BANDt+INSTRUMENTS-SPECIAL AGREEMENT, 7",1980, NETHERLANDS

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A1 Special Agreement
A2 Sweet Bananas
B1 Words