SPOTLIGHT 432

20/12/2013 11:28

the Spot Light #432

d.d. Monday, December 23rd, 2013

Clear Spot wishes you a great Christmas

and an exciting start of 2014!

(We will be closed til' January 2nd.)

NEW RELEASES

CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS

  APNEU - HARD FEELINGS (LP/SUBROUTINE)  Apneu is a band from the Amsterdam scene featuring members of Katadreuffe, Eva Braun and Boutros Bubba. They excel in writing highly infectious lo-fi slackerpop-songs that mostly stay under the two minute limit. This is their second full-length, following 2011's 'Boy Problems' and the 'Ununbreak My Heart' EP from 2012.

  ROQUE BANOS - EVIL DEAD O.S.T. (2LP/UNSEEN FORCES)  The complete motion picture soundtrack from Fede Alvarez's incendiary 2013 reimagining of the cult horror masterpiece 'The Evil Dead'. Double-LP on 140-gram gore splattered vinyl, with a locked groove for extended (or endless) terror!

  DEF-CON-ONE - BRUTE FORCE AND IGNORENCE (LP/NIGHT OF THE VINYL DEAD)  Presented in a wonderful three-panel gatefold sleeve and with an etching on the B-side, this LP offers four exclusive and brand new ear-drilling tracks. Strictly limited to 250 hand-numbered copies worldwide!

  FLESH WORLD - FLESH WORLD (MLP/LA VIDA ES UN MUS)  On their debut MLP, San Francisco's Flesh World plays ice-soaked punk rock, led by dark and infectious guitar flourishes and a just-under-the-surface pop sensibility that makes each song an immediate stand out track. The band features veterans of the DIY punk scene, including members of Limp Wrist, Brilliant Colors, Needles and more. The release includes a double sided poster.

  KATADREUFFE - MALCONFORT (LP/SUBROUTINE)  After two EPs and one single, Amsterdam-based unit Katadreuffe are back with 'Malconfort'. This album is one big shiny beast, something that crashes through your sensibilities in a manner which is at turns ludicrously powerful, aggressive and incredibly suggestive. It's progressive, it's noisey, it's full of math and avantrock.

  ALEX MONK - INDISCREET MIRROR (LP/SMERALDINA-RIMA)  This is the follow-up to 2010's 'The Safety Machine'. According to Alex Monk himself his fourth album "explores the tension between innocence and experience that late adolescence can evoke". This first pressing appears on heavy transluscent white vinyl. 

  THROW DOWN YOUR HAMMER AND SING/SHELDON SIEGEL - SPLIT LP (LP/SMERALDINA-RIMA)  Throw Down Your Hammer And Sing is the trio of Nate Wooley, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Jason Roebke. Sheldon Siegel also is a trio, consisting of Erik Heestermans, Gerard Herman and Gino Coomans. This split LP offers two sides of grainy textures and truly happening improv. This album, on heavy black vinyl, is a co-production of Smeraldina-Rima and Croxhapox and is available with two different sleeves. A screen printed insert is also included. (Limited editions.) 

  EMPIRE OF THE SCOURGED - TRANSCEND INTO OBLIVION (CD-EP/SELF RELEASE)  The debut 5-track EP by a Dutch death metal band that crosses the boundaries which they feel are suffocating this genre of extreme music. Inspired by groundbreaking pioneers such as Nocturnus, Phlebotomized, Emperor and Mysticum, they created an original mixture of avantgarde, industrial and death metal.

  DIRTY FUSE - SURFBETIKA (10"/GREEN COOKIE)  Surfbetika! Greek rebetika surfed up! Dirty Fuse leave their loved sunsets and beaches in order to venture on a journey through time with seven rebetika songs.

  AGAMEMNONZ - LES AGAMEMNONZ (10"/GREEN COOKIE)  A wonderful French band that plays a unique style of surf-garage-beat-punk. This 10-inch mini album features nine exciting tracks.

  GOGGLE A - SAYONARA SUMMER HOOTENANNY (10"/GREEN COOKIE)  A cool 10-inch by a red hot combo from Japan. Surf and hot rod sounds that reach back to the days of Nipon's 'group sound' movement of the '60s. Edition of 300.

  ARCHAIC - NOISE IN YOUR HEAD (7"/LA VIDA ES UN MUS)  Here's an intense 3-track EP (on 7-inch) of HC with industrial undertones from a project based between Berlin, Venice and Barcelona.

  GOON MAT & LORD BENARDO - WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT/STAY ON ME (7"/VOODOO RHYTHM)  Raw wild stomp juice harp stranglers with a boogie trash blues beat from Liège, Belgium.

60’s & 70’s & 80’s (RE-)RELEASES AND ARTISTS + OTHER OLDIES

  VARIOUS - TABU!, VOL. 4 (LP/PARIS HOLLYWOOD)  The fourth volume of the 'Tabu' compilation series contains more jungle exotica, sleaze and strip music. Includes recordings from Sounds Inc., The A-Jacks, The Outlaws, Turbo Jets, Moe Koffman Quartet, The Pygmies, Tony Murena, The Rumblers, Georgia Drake, Hal Blaine, Gene Sikora, Gabriel & The Angels, a.m.o.

  VARIOUS - 1960S FEVER DIAMONDS, VOL. 3 (LP/FREAK OUT)  This third volume features a sort of collage of tracks from original albums by Cromagnon ('Cromagnon'), Cosmic Eye ('Dream Sequence'), Brainticket ('Cottonwoodhill' and 'Celestial Ocean'), Staff Carpenborg & The Electric Corona ('Fantastic Party'), Amon Düül ('Paradieswarts Düül') and Gila ('Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee').

  BEAUTIFUL LOSERS - THE BEAUTIFUL LOSERS (12"/GENETIC MUSIC)  This London-based band was briefly active in 1980. They recorded some genuine early post-punk gems, produced by TheSound's Adrian Borland, whom also conributed on piano and to some of the backing vocals. Fans of The Sound and Joy Division will be delighted.

EXPECTED RELEASES

CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS

  BLACK SPACE RIDERS - D:REI (2LP+CD/BLACK SPACE RIDERS)  The third album by this German band offers an exciting journey through fuzzy, scuzzy and spaced out rock, metal and psychedelia. This double LP (on 180-gram vinyl) includes a free CD-version of he album. For fans of Queens Of The Stone Age, Hawkwind, Black Sabbath, Cathedral and vocals à la Max Cavalera.  

  ETHIVA - ETHIVA (LP/CLOSTRIDIUM)  Six tracks of soaring acid solos, spaced out vibes, and jam heavy sections from an upcoming Spanish psych-prog band. Their debut album, available on black and coloured wax, at times brings to mind mid-period Floyd.

  MARK ALEXANDER MCINTYRE - GRAPES (LP/ONE KIND FAVOR)  This is the second LP by the mysterious Mark Alexander McIntyre. Don't let the floral artwork fool you, since 'Grapes' is an extremely bleak record. It's a very down-and-out collection of original songs, written from the point of view of a man who seems to be close to the void, or perhaps already within its deathly grips, reaching out to us with his weary, wraithlike voice. Most of the material is recorded onto a wavering and echoey tape machine with just acoustic guitar, but as the album progresses, electric instruments and a full band cut through the fog.

  MONOLORD - EMPRESS RISING (2LP/EASY RIDER)  Sweden's psychedelic doom band Monolord releases its first full length. The five-song album contains almost 50 minutes of skull crushing grooves and heavy guitars that summon the spirits of Norse gods when played at loud volumes. 'Empress Rising' has all of the flavours of an iconic doom record and follows in the footsteps of Sleep, Holy Mountain, Pallbearer's 'Sorrow And Extinction', and Electric Wizard's 'Witchcult Today', with melodic vocals and harmonies that are super psychedelic and easy to sing along to.

  HOYRY KONE - HYONTEISIA RAKASTAA (CD/NORDIC NOTES)  A CD-issue of the debut from this pre-Alamaailman Vasarat outfit. You can hear bits of jazz, the influence of other eclectic prog bands (especially King Crimson), traces of classical music, and there even are dance/techno-like segments and a large number of other ingredients, all thrown together in an intentionally eccentric bundle. The songs are in Finnish.

  HOYRY KONE - HUONO PARTURI (CD/NORDIC NOTES)  Things don't get any less bizarre on this second album by Hoyre Kone. The core of the album consists of a raucous blend of harsh guitars plus violin and cello, complex rhythms interspersed with occasional booming male vocals and quieter sections.

  NUNCHUKKA SUPERFLY - OPEN YOUR EYES TO SMOKE (CD/CITADEL)  In last week's Spot Light you could already read about the LP-version of this album by the Hard-Ons off-shoot. Now it's also available on CD!

  BLACK MOON CIRCLE - PLAINS EP (12"/SPACEROCK PRODUCTIONS)  A new three piece from Norway. Their 12-inch debut provides a fine mixture of stoner, psychedelia and space rock, obviously with heavy guitars. On black and coloured vinyl!

  KUMARI - WATCHING YOU EP (7"/LOST IN TYME)  Featuring three band originals and a cover of the ancient teen garage stomper 'I'm Sad' by The Black & The Blues, this is a cool 7-inch by a '60s inspired garage-pop jangle and folk-punk band from the UK. Limited to 300 copies on black vinyl.

  SOUND EXPLOSION/BASEMENTS - EVERY DAY AND NIGHT/STOP RO (7"/LOST IN TYME)  Two great garage-stompers from two great garage-stomping bands, from Greece.

60’s & 70’s & 80’s (RE-)RELEASES AND ARTISTS + OTHER OLDIES

  FUSION - TOP SOUL (CD/LION PRODUCTIONS)  A CD-reissue of a Chilean jazz/soul/funk monster, originally dating from 1975. Comes with a bi-lingual booklet which explores the story of Fusion in the context of the rich Chilean rock music scene.

  SANTA Y SU GENTE - URGENTE (CD/LION PRODUCTIONS)  This burbling brew of Latin Afro-jazz fusion (half salsa and half Afro) from 1974 now sees a welcome reissue on CD. Includes a bi-lingual booklet which explores the story of Santa Y Su Gente in the context of the rich history of Chilean rock.

  ANKH - LES MAITRES DU TEMPS/ILLES (7"/CAMELEON)  Reissue of an obscure French 7-inch from 1974. The single by this band from Normandy offers one heavy progressive track and a more surf inspired instrumental, which still has its progressive qualities. Limited to 250 copies.

NEWS

VAN RECORDS have just added a number of new titles to their catalogue. These are a 7-inch split between KING DUDE and ritual black metalists URFAUST, a 7-inch from URFAUST, and two releases from SELIM LEMOUCHI & HIS ENEMIES, the 12-inch 'Next Stop Universe B' and the LP/CD 'Earth Air Spirit Water Fire'.

CORVO is an interesting new label on our distribution roster. Their releases are mostly experimental and include LP's from a.o. DIEB13, EZRAMO and NICHOLAS WIESE. Connected to Corvo is Global Pop First Wave, who released the compilation 'Saz Beat', dedicated to Turkish '60s and '70s sounds.

END OF YEAR LISTS 2013 - Clear Spot crew

Clio

Contemporary titles

1. A$AP Rocky - LONG.LIVE.A$AP

2. Baptists – Bushcraft

3. Church Of Misery – Thy Kingdom Scum

4. Dean Allen Foyd - Dean Allen Foyd EP

5. Drake – Nothing Was the Same

6. Ghost B.C. – Infestissumam

7. Horisont – Time Warriors

8. Kadavar – Abra Kadavar

9. Magic Circle – Magic Circle

10. True Widow – Circumambulation

Hans H.

Contemporary titles

1. Vespero -Droga

2. Humble Grumble - Guzzle It Up

3. Dream Theater -Dream Theater

4. Moon Safari - Himlabacken, Vol. 1

5. Prefab Sprout - Crimson/red

6. Haken - The Mountain

7. Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing

8. Prurient  - Through The Window

9. Motorama - Calendar

10. Hidden Masters - Of This And Other Worlds

Hans v. S.

Contemporary titles

1. Dean Allen Foyd - Road To Atlas (10")

2. Towerbrown - Count Me Out

3. Crystal Jacqueline - Sun Arise

4. Hidden Masters - Of This And Other

5. Thee Oh Sees – Floating Coffin

6. Baby Guru – Pieces 

7. Frowning Clouds - Whereabouts 

8. Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds – Haunted Head

9. Kosmos – Salattu Maailma

10. Future Primitives – Into the Primitive

Reissues

1. Colomach – Colomach

2. Dantalian's Chariot – Chariot Rising

3. Asiko Rock Group – s/t

4. Blo – Chapter One

5. Mouse & The Traps – Fraternity Years

6. Clothilde – French Swinging Mademoiselle 1967 

7. Corporation – Get On Our Swing

8. Daisy Chain – Straight Or Lame

9. Mayfly – s/t

10. Blue’s Men – Prohibido Prohibir (10”) 

Johan

Contemporary titles

1. Black Sabbath – 13

2. Vista Chino – Peace

3. Audrey Horne – Youngblood

4. Witches Of God – Blood Of Others

5. Earthless – From All Ages

6. Witch Mountain – Cauldron Of The World

7. Age Of Taurus – Desperate Souls Of Tortured Times

8. Fungus - Liver

9. Arbouretum – A Gourd Of Gold

10. Monster Magnet – Last Patrol

Reissues

1. Simones - 20th Anniversary Box Set

René

Contemporary titles 

1. Nik Turner – Space Gypsy

2. Idassane Wallet Mohamed – Issawat

3. Kinit Her – The Poet & The Blue Flower

4. Sleaford Mods – Austerity Dogs

5. Blackie – Morgen Über Uns

6. Super Onze de Gao – Enregistrés Pour Yehia Le Marabout

7. Fuzz – Fuzz 

8. Various – Mountains Of Tongues

9. Expo ’70 – Virtually from the Unknown

10. King Ayisoba – Modern Ghanaians 

Reissues

1 Simones – 20th Anniversary 4LP Box

2. Various – A Short Life of Trouble

3. Ultimate Spinach – Ultimate Spinach + Behold & See

4. Various – St. Albert’s Dream

5. Edward Artemiev – Solaris O.S.T. (Original Version)

6. The Grey Wolves – Blood and Sand

7. Księżyc – Księżyc

8. Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu – Conflict 

9. Ain Soph – Ars Regia

10.Suicide – Suicide

SELECTED PRESS QUOTES

CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS

  IXTAHUELE - PAGAN RITES (LP-CD/SUBLIMINAL SOUNDS)  reviewed by DubbelMono for FileUnder (translated excerpt)  Cinematic music in the style of Les Baxter, Martin Denny and Chaino.

  SENTIENT - LIVE AT THE REAL MUSIC CLUB (CD/4ZERO RECORDS)  reviewed by Carry Munter for Carry's New Underground Music (translated excerpt)  ...a great sounduing CD which I enjoyed a lot.

  PAPIR MEETS ELECTRIC MOON - THE PAPERMOON SESSIONS (LP-CD/SULATRON)  reviewed by Austin Matthews for Shindig! (excerpt)  German spacelords Electric Moon and Danish cosmic-psych improv band Papir have combined to create this marvellous album of purely instrumental spacerock.

  LOS TONES - BUCHANAN HAMMER/GONE AWAY (7"/GROOVIE)  reviewed by Lenny Helsing for Shindig! (excerpt)  The sound is decidedly raw and unrefined, yet banged out with an untamed spirit that breathes total conviction.

60’s & 70’s & 80’s (RE-)RELEASES AND ARTISTS + OTHER OLDIES

  TRIO DAG - SECANJA (LP/ATLANTIDE)  reviewed by Gerald van Waes for Psyche van het Folk (excerpt)  The album atmospherically hangs a bit in between a West Coast album and an Argentine folk-rock song album from the early '70s...

  KLADIVO KONJ IN VODA - VIDOV PLES (CD/DEZELA)  reviewed by Gerald van Waes for Psyche van het Folk (excerpt)  The album is very pleasant to listen to.

LIVE

ELÄKELÄISET (NORDIC NOTES)  April 8: Haarlem, NL (Patronaat)

SULA BASSANA (SULATRON)  April 11: Tilburg, NL (013/Roadburn Festival)

PAPIR & ELECTRIC MOON (SULATRON)  April 13: Tilburg, NL (013/Roadburn Festival)

 

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