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Now downloadable at http://www.archive.org/details/commie050

Now downloadable at http://www.archive.org/details/commie058

This is a compilation, combining some previously unreleased tracks with some tracks released before on hard to find compilations, limited edition releases or similar.

A few of the tracks date back to 1995 or even 1992, it is quite interesting, that... See full review

This release is something very special as it contains for the first time two tracks by Son House, which have been lost since 1930 and rediscovered in September 2005. Its rediscovery has been one of the most sensational events in the blues-scene for decades. See full review

The Zodiac was not a band as usual, but a collective of top L.A. session-musicians. The idea for this experimental concept-album on astrology goes back to Jac Holzman, Elektra's founder and president. The Moog was hired right from an AES (Audio... See full review

This excellent release is somewhat special as it has not been released as a 2x12" only, but as mp3 too. The complete album can be downloaded at http://www6.migros.ch:8001/kulturprozent/kulturbeutel/platte.htm and it is worth it.

this volume centers around pierre henry's score to jean painleve's amazing documentary on the cephalopod, "love-life of the octopus". also included is kotonski's amazing score to jan lenica's seminal short film "labyrinthe".

Pierre Henry - Les... See full review

this volume features pierre boulez's only concréte piece, an rather amazing gershon kingsley computer-funk piece, the only recorded realization of grainger's 'free music', an interlude to a film about glass blowing by tom dissevelt, and and joan... See full review

This release accompanied an exhibition and an event-series in Lower-Austria, October 2002. Excerpt from the catalogue:

"Unlike the classical product-prototype the prototypes presented were never invented in order to be reproduced as a series. The... See full review

An excellent 12", as his album "Transform" on Mille Plateaux it is much more grooving than other works which are much more on the side of arts, sometimes it is almost a piece for the floor.
Good entry-point to the work of Noto.

"Waving Not Drowning" won an award in 1982 as the "Electronic Music Album of the Year".

live excerpts from the "electrograph 02 - athens international cutting edge sound and media festival v.2", which took place from 14 - 16 november 2002.

this first compilation of the sonig label regrettably does not fully convince. all tracks lack of a certain emphasis. if you want to have a look at this rather excellent label, you should prefer the follower ".ilation"

of all the releases in raster-noton's "20' to 2000"-series this is the most magic and touching one. a twenty-minute long track of shifting scapes, calm, warm and friendly, dub beyond dub, ambient beyond ambient. whatever wolfgang voigt touches, in his... See full review

a brilliant work, warm, friendly, though not compromising a single moment. no edge, no clicks, no noise is hidden, but finally all these sounds combine to a piece, that can only be compared to oval's "ovalprocess" or "goflex" by f.x. randomiz.

After his tremendous album "Endless Summer", it was hard to believe that Fennesz could even get better, but he did. The special thing is that this release is not a new album, but a great collection of disparately released songs (mostly from... See full review

It sometimes seems as if Pan(a)sonic's 12"-es always keep much closer to a virtual "dancefloor" than their albums. More speed, more drive, more forward, one can say that about "B" as much as about the '96 "Osasto"-EP too. Different style, same class.

The compilation "Shumatsu Shorijo" (Final Disposal Site), was the second release on Unbalance. The first release on Unbalance had been an EP limited to 50 copies by YOU (ie Yu Koyama).

To me it is not such a brilliant album, but "Winter Hill" is a really tremendous and overwhelming track. Throughout it's 12:45 the tension rises very subtle and finally doesn't simply burst, but slowly fades out as if a wind would blow it into pieces.... See full review

This is more than just a single release: if you play this album simultaneously with the Tödliche Doris' following album "Sechs", you find that both records fit together as one! This is called "The Invisible LP" and even has a catalogue number of it's own!

A great 12", with a remarkable dubby "Rollin' in my '64"-Mix.

As all volumes of the Beyond "Ambient Dub"-series this is a very good selection of highly atmospheric pieces. Especially the etherical Starseed's "Regina From The Future" is worth to be mentioned as a very tripping piece.