John Duncan & Bernhard Günter - Home, Unspeakable

 

Very quiet album from 1996, released as a CD on Bernhard Gunter's trente oiseaux label. Turn the volume way up and you'll hear plenty of threatening action lurking below the threshold,

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Taku Sugimoto, Burkhard Stangl, Christof Kurzmann - In Tokyo - First Concert, Second Take

 

Sugimoto & Stangl on guitars, Kurzmann on clarinet and laptop. Recorded at Off Site, Tokyo, in 2001. Released as a CD in 2002 by Musica Genera. 

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Taku Sugimoto Guitar Quartet

 

Two long tracks. Two acoustic guitars (played by Tetuzi Akiyama & Toshimaru Nakamura) and two electric guitars (played by Taku Sugimoto & Otomo Yoshihide). Released as a CD by Bottrop-Boy in 2003.

more is less

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va - Insane 80s [EV01>EV10]

13 songs taken from the first vinyl releases from Belgian label EE Tapes: 5 from compilations, plus one song from 2013. Music by Berntholer, Human Dance, Human Flesh, MAL, Bene Gessirit, The Misz, Pseudo Code, Absent Music, Kloot Per W, Opera Multi Steel, Subject, Nostalgie Eternelle. Released as a CD by EE Tapes in 2014.

va - Insane 80s [EV01>EV10]

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tac - Lapse of Silence

 

The final tac release (not counting a collaboration with Kapotte Muziek and All Fours that was recorded in the early 90s but released later) makes sense considering the path he'd chosen. Nearly silent recordings of events that don't produce sound: shadows moving, grass growing, the sun shining. Packaged in an elaborate sculpture of all-white materials that you had to break to get the CDR out. There wasn't much more he could have done after this, so he (seems to have) stopped.  Self-released edition of 50 from 2003.

tac - Lapse of Silence

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tac - Sound Reckoning

 

Self-released CDr from 1999 in a fantastic sleeve made from painted cloth and other materials. 

tac - Sound Reckoning

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tac - Micro-Sonic

 

Self-released CDR from 1999 in an edition of 50 copies, in a beautiful handmade package. "Micro-Sonic" is the start of Tom Cox/tac's minimal phase. His recordings became much more sparse and quiet. For fans of Ronnie Sundin, Richard Chartier or Ben Owen.

tac - Micro-Sonic

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Tom Cox - Stint

 

One of only three things (including a collab with Jeph Jerman and a track on a compilation, neither heard by me) by tac under his own full name. This is a 3" CDr from 2003 released on Jason Talbot's Kissy Records label in an edition of 100 copies.

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Francisco López - Untitled (Compilation Tracks)

 

Massive (though incomplete) four-disc collection of compilation tracks by Francisco Lopez. Some of these ended up on official albums, but in different versions. A fifth and sixth disc are in the works, but this ought to keep you busy for awhile. Careful with that volume, knob. 

Untitled 

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Asher & Ubeboet - Cell Memory

For when you've had enough noise assault, here's a pleasantly subdued album of droning minimalism. One of the earliest CDs on Ben Owen's fantastic Winds Measure Recordings label, packaged in a stunning grey-on-white letterpress sleeve.

Asher & Ubeboet - Cell Memory

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Birchville Cat Motel

1997 - Birchville Cat Motel
1998 - Siberian Earth Curve
1999 - Fading Light From Distant Suns
1999 - Lion Of Eight Thousand Generations
2000 - Cranes Are Sleeping
2001 - Swarming Tamagotchi Plague
2001 - We Count These Prayers
2002 - Long Vanished Spirals
2003 - Screamformelongbeach
2003 - Summer's Seething Pulse
2004 - Chi Vampires
2004 - Split (w/Reynols)
2004 - With Maples Ablaze
2005 - 30th December 2004 (w/Lee Ranaldo)
2005 - Firepower Fragrant Cloud
2006 - Chaos Steel Skeletons 1
2006 - Chaos Steel Skeletons 2
2006 - Chaos Steel Skeletons 3
2006 - Carved Surface Destroyer Part 1
2006 - Carved Surface Destroyer Part 2
2006 - Birchville Cat Motel & Yellow Swans (w/Yellow Swans)
2006 - Her Anger Is Limitless
2006 - Our Love Will Destroy The World
2006 - Small Christian Victories
2007 - Three Sparkling Echoes (w/Anla Courtis)
2007 - Astro Catastrophies Part 1
2007 - Astro Catastrophies Part 2
2007 - Bird Sister Catastrophy
2007 - Birds Call Home Their Dead
2007 - Live In Glasgow 2007 (Bootleg)
2007 - Seventh Ruined Hex
2007 - The Frog Prince
2008 - Four Freckle Constellation
2008 - Gunpowder Temple Of Heaven
2008 - Second Carved Surface Destroyer Part 1
2008 - Second Carved Surface Destroyer Part 2

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