Recorded live by Christian Fennesz, Mike Harding & Peter Rehberg, appearing for the first time together. Heavy 180 gram vinyl.
a1 Live At The Gallery Keller, The Hague, The Netherlands (January 1998)
ASH 4.8
Ash International
Recorded live by Christian Fennesz, Mike Harding & Peter Rehberg, appearing for the first time together.
Without doubt the most influential American composer of the last century, John Cage has had an enormous impact not only on music but on art, literature, the performing arts, and aesthetic thought in general. His insistent exploration of "nonintention" and his fruitful merging of Western and Eastern traditions have made him a powerful force in the world of the avant-garde.
All music produced, sampled, composed, performed, recorded and mixed by Lars Stroschen (Propeller Island) between 1989 and 1992.
Music by Alex Fernandes, Pedro Almeida And Pedro Tudela.
Clarinet - Kurt Budé (tracks: 4, 9, 11, 14)
First edition limited to 250 handnumbered copies pressed on clear vinyl.
Japanese noise band, formed in Kyoto in 1979 by Jojo Hiroshige and Naoki Zushi. The group released their first LP on Unbalance in 1982.
The second part of the LOKI label compilation with tracks from the most LOKI/PAS releases of the last years.
Pinkie Maclure & John Wills have made five albums since they met in the late 1990s after Wills left his first band, hypnotic noiseniks, Loop.
All songs written and arranged by Pinkie Maclure.
Gravado nos Estúdios Som, Lisboa de Julho a Setembro de 1992.
Bass - Jane Griffiths
Edgar Froese, Born on June 6th, 1944 in Tilsit, Eastern Prussia, began his musical career in 1965 with a short-lived rock group known as The Ones. After the group's disbandment in 1967, Froese then co-founded Tangerine Dream within the same year. After decades, and a myriad of compositions, Froese remains the only original member of the band.
European version of now deleted US album (TURSA USE 016 CD). It contains 3 tracks previously appeared on the CD5' included with the book by Tony Wakeford called "Above Us The Sun" and 3 new bonus tracks: a 7" version of "Looking for Europe" and two previously released on compilations tracks ("A Palace of Worms" and "Hedda Gabbler").
Tracks 1 to 10 recorded at Sporadic Studios, Manchester, and Out Of The Blue Studios, Manchester.
"Saladin Mercy" begins Gun on a familiar touch, perhaps almost too familiar; while a certain consistency to Muslimgauze's work is no surprise, Bryn Jones generally varies things from album to album just enough to create distinct, different listening experiences for each release. Still, "Saladin" feels like something which easily could have been on his previous Soleilmoon/Staalplaat release Maroon, with its blend of the drones from earlier pieces and the more recent tweaking and heavy variety in the rhythms throughout the song. The following track, the first "8 am, Tel Aviv, Islamic Jihad," sets things more to rights, with a combination of sharp pulses, echoing roars, and what sounds like a domestic squabble between a couple caught on tape - a characteristically strange combination which again works out quite nicely in the end. A little more than most Muslimgauze releases, Gun is very environmental in terms of its composition; the reliance on conversational snippets throughout almost turns the album into a soundtrack for a non-existent film. As is often the case for Muslimgauze, the most fascinating elements of Gun often are the simplest, such as the persistent, slow-rising beat in the first "Opiate and Mullah," or the shift from near silence to an elegant, slightly creepy keyboard arrangement about thirteen minutes into "Oil Prophets (pt. 1, 2, 3)." Gun wraps things up on a very moody note with the dark rumblings concluding "Oil Prophets (pt. 4, 5)" and the quite brief but deep, moody drones of the second "Opiate and Mullah," making for a slightly unexpected end to a fair album.
Photography by Paulo Vilela.
Now defunct, early 90's UK cassette only label run by Richard Gallon.
Subtitle: "A selection of new and forthcoming music from the Soleilmoon lounge".
Limited edition of 500.
Bryn Jones, in the early days of his career as Muslimgauze, is asked all of the questions that Roger Richards, Director of Extreme, wanted to know as both a fan of his music and as the director of a label that was instrumental in making Muslimgauze infamous to this day.