VA - FUCK YOUR DREAMS THIS IS HEAVEN (1990)

Crammed Discs – CRAM 048 CD
Great soundtrack for an obscure video-film composed with beautiful covers by Minimal Compact and Tuxedomoon members. In my young years, this album made me discovered the Velvet and I still think that the cover of "Ocean" here is better than the original ! I'm very grateful that HOP ripped the CD with the bonus track in a great .wav package ! [file deleted]

you can dl now on the ex-lion tamer new blog here

Tracklist
1 Minimal Compact - Still I'm Sad [The Yardbirds]
 2 Niki Mono & Nikolas Klau - Flaming [Pink Floyd]
 3 Peter Principle - No Man's Land [Syd Barrett]
 4 Niki Mono & Minimal Compact – Marathon
 5 Minimal Compact - Late Night [Syd Barrett]
 6 Nikolas Klau, Steven Brown, Peter Principle - Venus In Furs [Velvet Underground]
 7 Niki Mono & Berry Sakharof - Dancing Barefoot [Patti Smith]
 8 Steven Brown - Coming Back To Me [Jefferson Airplane]
 9 Bruce Geduldig & Peter Principle - Ocean [Velvet Underground]
 10 Winston Tong - Late Night [Syd Barrett]

[alice news] Fabrice Cotinat in ROVEN #6 + CALL FOR VIDEO PROJECT

French artist Fabrice Cotinat, member of La galerie du cartable and Châteauroux_Underground activist, have a complete review about his drawings devices (archeiropoietographe, confusion and more) by Maëlle Dault, in the french art magazine ROVEN n°6.

You can buy the mag here : presses du réel (18 €)

/update/
Fabrice Cotinat, with art critic & teacher Corinne Domer, artsits Alain Doret and Marie-Jeanne Hoffner, had just created an association called 'Ana D's Collection' which is dealing with the moving image in its relationship with architecture.

"For our first call for videos, we wish to ask you to help us to launch 'La collection d’Ana.D.' in setting up the basis of our project :
We think your work may have some link to this specific subject or that you may be able to pass the information to someone who would be interested.
Once this first edition is created, we will then be able to actually set up the diffusion process and meetings we wish to organize around this video library.
You can mail us at collectionanad[at]gmail[dot]com for the details of the project and the application process (in french/english).
Deadline is the 31st of January 2012. We will then select the videos mid february."

Please do not hesitate to contact them for further questions.
collectionanad[at]gmail[dot]com

[alice news] Concert de l'Ensemble Climatique, Pannonica, Nantes, 22 nov. 2011

Anne-James Chaton, Rainier Lericolais & Charles Pennequin will play together Novembre 22nd, 2011, at the Pannonica, Nantes, with students of the research unity of the Nantes' Fine Arts School (ESBANM) called APNÉ (à propos d'une nouvelle école), leaded by artist and musicologist Michel Aubry and the architect Édith Commissaire. Special guests are Henrique Martins-Duarte (Châteauroux_Underground/la galerie du cartable), art critic & poet Pierre Giquel, artists Cécile Paris & Julie Michel.

The performance called "La Chambre des échos" (the echo's chamber) will mix improvisation & electro-acoustic music, poetry, readings and lighting effects based on the plans for the Pavillon programmatique created by architect Philippe Rahm in a precedent session of the APNÉ's workshop.

This is the third concert of the APNÉ research unity, after L'Opérette de musique concrète (Lieu Unique, 2008) and Nice Nights, Stock it  (European League of the Institutes of the Art Biennial Conference, Nantes, 2010)

free entrance, advance booking needed : 0033 240 359 020

Nov. 20th, at 09:00 PM (french hour) the Cosmogol999 radio show (on JET FM) scheduled a broadcast dedicated to this performance. You can heard it live (read the instructions here) or wait for the playlist and the podcast here)

VA - CARNET DE NOTES 25 (2011)

NPH 005 2011
Olivier Prieur, from The Dead Mauriacs and the  Art Pénultième editions, compiled a selection of live recordings by bands from Le Havre, Normandy, France. 


Tracklist
1/ Nozal Cube - Tourneson 2010 (17'30) : guitar, sampler, synthesizer, Cd player, K7 player, various objects.
*Recorded live at Fort de Tourneville, September 2010, Tourneson festival curated by PiedNu. (video)
2/ The Dead Mauriacs - Live at Le Monte-En-L'Air (28'13) : computers, keyboards, monotron, walkman.

*Recorded Live at Monte-en-l'air library, Paris, 24 sept. 2011

3/ Sondéole - Enregistrement à Raffetôt (9'30) : eolian harps

4/ Stéphane Deraime - Before and After me (14'46)


Rip & Booklet here : 320/RAR/MU

VARIOUS - DET GRYMMA SVÄRDET 5 (2010)

Det Grymma Svärdet ("The cruel sword" in Swedish) is an alternative magazine released by Lystring and managed by Pontus Lundkvist, cartoonist, writer, filmmaker, member of noise rock group "Kekkonen" and "This is punishment". 
Det Grymma Svärdet mixes short stories, interviews, comics, art, photos (in swedish) and music. The fifth edition contains articles written by Anna Ekman, Pontus Lundkvist,Tobias Lund and John Nilsson, comics by Kerstin Bjorkand, Henrik Möller, Pontus Lundkvist, a number more or less well-known illustrators.
Rain ripped the vinyl disc attached to the book and you can taste the glorious madness of swedish pranksters (Testbild!, Naimi (Kristin Eklund), The Goner, David Liljemark, Ved) here : 320/RAR/MU (music only, if you want this incredible mag, go here : http://www.adlibris.com/)
file under : noise, folk, psychedelic rock

ED HERRMANN - ELECTRONIC MUSIC 1981-1983 (re-up oct. 2012)

Ed Herrmann Self-released - Cassette, C60
Ripped by Rain (1 track by side) : new link RS oct. 2012
If you like music made with the Metasynth software, you'll like Ed Hermann !

Tracklisting
 A1 Day To Day 4:30
 A2 Four Spices 4:20
 A3 Power Of Speech 3:05
 A4 Eye Dance 8:00 A5 Rusta Fasta 4:20
 B1 Summoning Forces 12:40
 B2 Brings The Dawn 10:40

  Discogs says : Ed Herrmann’s professional background includes extensive work as an audio engineer, radio host, and producer. In addition to his work as an audio engineer, he has composed music for dance, theater, and radio.
His performances using the Serge synthesizer include duets with saxophonist Andrew Voigt, clarinetist Dwight Frizzell, and dancer Bob Beswick. He has performed with instrument designer Tom Nunn and is a founding member of the Edgewalker Ensemble.
A goal of his live performance music music is to combine the disciplin and coherence of composition with the spontaneity and risk of improvisation.

THE DEAD MAURIACS - SUITE (2009)

The Dead Mauriacs is a french band from Le Havre, Normandy. Members are Vincent Domeyne (Computer, Electric guitar) and Olivier Prieur (Computer, Field Recordings, Piano and other keyboards), also known for the editions L'Art Pénultième and a closed collaborator of this blog.

Released in 2009 on a limited CD-R edition of 20 under the number NPH001 and available here : 320/RAR/MU, "SUITE" is the first record of the band, highly recommended for the AliceRabbit's followers (part drone, part noise and some exquisite electronic and nonsense humour).
Tracklisting
Berceuse Indienne Fragmentée
Elégie aux grenouilles empoisonnées
Intermède
Telepathic Transmission From The Dead Mauriacs
Shup Shup Houwou

 The last Dead Mauriacs' record was published by Susan Matthews' SirenWire Editions and is still available here.
More info : http://www.thedeadmauriacs.com or myspace

And last but not least, Olivier Prieur compiled a selection of live recordings by normand bands called Carnet de notes 25, a selection for AliceRabbit (NPH005) which will be available on the blog very soon but you can get it physically in a handsome packaging (as always with the Art Pénultième's sense of perfection and beauty) at world's best record shop (according to Felix Kubin and I) Bimbo Tower, Paris.

YVES MAHUZIER - HOKKAIDO ET LE JAPON INCONNU

Le Kiosque d'Orphée - KO4/UHAM - 7", 33 ⅓ RPM
Subtitled "Les Ainou vont-ils disparaître ? / Will Ainou people disappear ?", this EP collected recordings by Jean Mahuzier of traditional music and songs of the Ainu people, indigenous ethnie of the japanese Hokkaido island in early '70s.
a review in french here : ohancolin.wordpress.com

Tracklist
A1 Prière Aïnou Au Dieu Du Lac
A2 Danse Du Sabre Divin
A3 Solo De "Mukkuri"
A4 Cours De Koto
B1 O. Bon Au Temple Bouddhique
B2 Cérémonie Shinto
B3 Autour D'Un Feu De Camp

amazing and beautiful, ripped by rain : 320/RAR/MU

SUNN O))) - DISCOGRAPHY 1997-2007 (update & fixed june 2012))

1998 - The Grimmrobe Demos (Demo)

2000 - 00 Void

2002 - Flight Of The Behemoth

2003 - The Libations Of Samhain (Live EP)

2003 - Veils It White (12'' Live EP)

2003 - White1

2004 - Candlewolf Of The Golden Chalice (The Peel Session) (12'' Live EP)

2004 - Cro-Monolithic Remixes for an Iron Age EP
 (eart and merzbow remixes)
2004 - Live White
 part1 part2
2004 - The Horn & The Spear EP (Eric Syre - EMS Remix)

2004 - White2
 part1 part2
2005 - Black One (Limited Edition)
 part1 part2
2005 - Live at Roadburn Festival 09-04-2005 (Live Bootleg)


2006 - Angel Coma (Sunn O))) & Earth Split) 12''

2006 - La Mort Noir dans Esch-Alzette (Live)

2006 - Live at TegenTonen 03-03-2006 (Live bootleg)
2007 - Altar (Sunn O))) & Boris)
 CD1 CD2
2007 - Flight Of The Behemoth (2 CD reissue)
2007 - Live at Paris 12-12-2007
 [Soundboard Recording]
2007 - Oracle EP
 part1 part2
2007 - White2 - 3 CD reissue part1 part2 part3

+ CUTWOODedD (collab with Ulver, bonus track for the WHITEbox)
 + My Wall (live)


+ prelude and bootleg (Sunn O))) / Om @ Koko, Camden, London - Monday, 14 December 2009) thank you philsbootlegs

+ Nurse with wound/sunn o))) - Live at Koko on 12 June 2012 :  

REMEMBER : BUY WHAT YOU LIKE !

MIMIR - UNTITLED (2005)

Brainwashed Recordings - BRAIN010 - 7", Limited Edition of 500
MIMIR is the post-HNAS band of the ubiquitous and talentuous german underground godfather Christoph Heemann with The Legendary Pink Dots's leader Edward Ka-Spel, joined by Andreas Martin (experimental guitarist & brother of Christoph Heemann, also a member of HNAS and Mirror) and Phil Knight (aka The Silverman, from The Legendary Pink Dots).
Ambient music for textural brains, ripped by Rain and available here : 320/RAR/MU