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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / The Reds, Pinks & Purples - I Should Have Helped You 7"

« on: May 28, 2020, 06:52:42 AM »

IDDB041 available now:



THE REDS, PINKS & PURPLES - I SHOULD HAVE HELPED YOU 7"
San Francisco-based The Reds, Pinks & Purples is Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards, Thuja, Teenage Panzerkorps etc) + occasional friends doing Sarah Records style indiepop heaters slightly reminiscent of The Orchids and such. Kitchen-recorded brilliance, four tracks that follows up the amazing Anxiety Art LP from 2019.

200 copies pressed. Stamped white labels, postcard attached to the cover, insert. Mastered by Sean McCann. 33rpm.


www.discreetmusic.se

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / IDDB: Mosquitoes 7" out now

« on: December 05, 2019, 09:15:07 AM »

MOSQUITOES - EMERGENCES/RESURGENCES 7"
For their 5th release, Mosquitoes return to the 7" format, forging ahead on a 1000% track record of laying down matchless, inner-nog whackery. And as they continue to move further away from formal constructs, so too do past comparisons-Pere Ubu, This Heat, Mars-become null & void. Seemingly eschewing language for cerebral motion on both tracks, Mosquitoes embark into an ocular tableau where perhaps Mnemonist Orchestra & Biota have been the only truly versed elocutionists to effectively homestead. I'm not saying there goes the neighborhood, but gentrification is everywhere. Welcome. - Tom Lax

200 copies pressed. IDDB036.

www.iddb.se

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Kizza Ping - Först River Man Allt LP (Swe 1980-82)

« on: October 12, 2019, 02:14:50 AM »

Out now on Fördämning Arkiv:



KIZZA PING - FÖRST RIVER MAN ALLT LP
Kizza Ping formed in Linköping 1980 from the ashes of local punk bands such as Spy, RAS, ÅOBF and Zpamhead. Much in line with the current strains of Ny Våg/postpunk happenings around the country in the early 80's, the six members of Kizza Ping went for more a pop-oriented sound though still being somewhat firmly rooted in their DIY punk past. Influences came from acts like New Order and Reeperbahn, but the band added their own touch to the sound, especially thanks to the harmonizing duo-singing from vocalists Annette and Helene. In the autumn of 1981 the band recorded 'Männen' and 'Lär I Tid' which ended up on Kizza Ping's only release, a 7" pressed in 600 copies on the local label Dåvhjort Records. The 7" received great reviews and the band did several out-of-town shows in cities like Göteborg, Gävle and Västerås. All band activities came to a grinding halt in 1982 and no one seems to remember why. Before disbanding, the band entered the studio Bosse Sound for a final session. Först River Man Allt includes the Dåvhjort 7" as well as 7 previously unreleased tracks, everything non-chronologicaly and carefully sequenzed to work as a proper album. The final result is a varied yet cohesive slab of Swedish underground music/outsider art with rough, half-raging kicking against the pricks anthems like 'Liten' and 'Svikers' that reeks of communal youth recreation center boredom and more polished, late-era concrete jungle jewels like 'Tackar Och Tar Emot' and 'Den Nya' that you can't believe that a pack of 17-19 year olds from Linköping in Östergötland were responsible of.

Pressed in 300 copies in a matte sleeve with printed insert including photos, gig list and liner notes by Peter Kagerland. Fördämning Arkiv 4.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / A Lowtides Rising... Explorations Around The Theme Of NZ Acoustic Music 2xLP

« on: July 09, 2019, 12:41:50 AM »

A LOWTIDES RISING... EXPLORATIONS AROUND THE THEME OF NZ ACOUSTIC MUSIC 2xLP
An epic who's who of New Zealand underground music circa 2000, featuring Pumice, Peter Wright, Kunst/Veet (Witcyst), CJA & Anamarie, Sleep, Donald McPherson, GFrenzy, Kieran Monaghan, Swagger Jack, Birchville Cat Motel, Richard Francis, 1/3 Octave Band, Tim Cornelius, Seht, Antony Milton and James Kirk, a total of 16 tracks.

Originally released as a CD-R on Antony Milton's PseudoArcana in 2003, reissued as a 2xLP in a heavyweight deluxe deluxe gatefold sleeve and insert with liner notes by Antony Milton and Matthias Andersson. Photography by Andrew Ross and mastered by Viktor Ottosson. Limited to 250 copies. Fördämning Arkiv 3.

www.iddb.se
https://soundcloud.com/idischidelbarone

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Sporten Är Död LP (Sweden 1981)

« on: February 24, 2019, 05:13:25 AM »

Distributors (probably sold out from some by now):

Feel It! (US)
State Laughter (US)
Sorry State (US)
Careful Catalog (US)
C/Site (US)
Fusetron (US)
Floridas Dying (US)
Low Company (UK)
La Vida Es Un Mus (UK)
Inflammable Material (UK)
World Of Echo (UK)
Rundgång (Swe)
Music Lovers (Swe)
Push My Buttons (Swe)
Episode Sounds (Japan)

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Sporten Är Död LP (Sweden 1981)

« on: January 24, 2019, 12:27:24 AM »

First release on Fördämning Arkiv available now:



Inspired by bands like Swell Maps, Raincoats, Buzzcocks, Liliput and The Undertones, the trio of Ulla Åkerström, Eva Herngren and Åsa Wassberg formed Sporten Är Död in Kungälv outside of Gothenburg in Sweden 1980. In April 1981 the band entered a studio to record the 8-song demo which turned out to be the only studio-recording the band ever did. About a 100 copies were made and the cassette is now one of the white whales of the early 80's Swedish punk. 'Der Weltcup' was featured on the Swedish compilation LP Svenska Tonårsgrupper Vol.3 (released on Konkurens Rekårdz in 1981) and the band performed live a bit, mostly in and around Gothenburg but also in Linköping, before disbanding in 1982. In the mid 00's 'Der Weltcup' and some of the other tracks started to circulate among the filesharing communities and Mutant Sounds-styled blogs, and 'Der Weltcup' became a floor filler at certain indie clubs in town for a while. While some of their influences might be somewhat present, there's a certain stripped-down approach to the music that is letting the melodies and lyrics (which, by the way, deals with everything from candy bars and a distaste for athletics to John Peel) speak for themselves. A lost gem of brilliant, youthful DIY pop.

Fördämning Arkiv now presents the demo cassette on vinyl in it's entirety for the first time with a live recording made at the legendaric venue Sprängkullen in May 1982 on the flipside, everything carefully transfered and mastered by Linus Andersson at Elementstudion in Gothenburg. The live recording shows the shortlived band on its peak, passionately blasting through a bunch of new tracks like the mind-blowingly good 'Gatan (den nya)' and 'Liemannen' alongside a few numbers from the cassette.

Pressed in 300 copies in a matte sleeve with layout and design by Elin Finnsdotter Engström. Included is a 12-page booklet with lots of unseen photos and liner notes by Ulla Åkerström and Peter Kagerland.

Samples: https://fordamningarkiv.bandcamp.com

Order at www.iddb.se


(Available shortly from Feel It, Inflammable Material, C/Site, Careful Catalog, Low Company and more)

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / IDDB: Komare 7" (2/3 of Mosquitoes)

« on: December 02, 2018, 05:41:42 AM »

KOMARE 7"
Stark electronic abstraction from the London-based duo Komare which consists of Dominic Goodman and Peter Blundell from Mosquitoes. Two tracks of industrial DIY minimalism creating an organic sound world from broken rhythms and extraneous sound generated by modular synthesis with minimal bass figures and voice that is both an instrument and a cloudy narrative. With 'Got To Stop Me' and 'Hot Tarmac', Komare somewhat draw blurry lines between the weirder sides of the Door And The Window cassettes and Storm Bugs/Snatch Tapes stuff, while keeping the skeletal, crooked atmosphere of Mosquitoes.

200 copies pressed, black vinyl and stamped white labels, postcard attached to the cover, insert. 45rpm. IDDB028.

Order at www.iddb.se
Available from Low Company and Careful Catalog shortly.

7-track Komare cassette available now on Round Bale Recordings too, https://roundbalerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/komare

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Used Records For Sale/Auctions/Wantlists / WANTED: NZ lathe cuts (World Resources, Hell On etc)

« on: December 02, 2018, 05:36:57 AM »

Fever Hospital - OK 1977 ?7" 8 Dec Records    
Fever Hospital - Stop Motion  7"8 Dec Records
Airport 10" 8 Dec Records
Gorge.cop - Quapa-Extension 7" World Resources
Sewer 7" World Resources
Lucky Stars 7" World Resources
Entlang 7" Hell On
Entlang 10" Hell On"
The Drugs  7" Hell On
The Drugs 8"  Hell On

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: IDDB: Monokultur 7" + Nagual & Stefan Christensen 7"

« on: October 24, 2018, 11:41:49 PM »

https://monokultur.bandcamp.com


Komare 7" (2/3 of Mosquitoes) out in November.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / IDDB: Monokultur 7" + Nagual & Stefan Christensen 7"

« on: October 13, 2018, 05:42:18 AM »

Available now:

NAGUAL & STEFAN CHRISTENSEN - THIRD 7"
In the ongoing affair between New Haven and Gothenburg something new from the IDDB office favorite Stefan Christensen was very much inevitable. This time he teams up with David Shapiro and Ian McColm of Nagual for a third collaboration (the first two released as cassettes in 2017 on C/Site and Gilded Throne respectively). 11 minutes+ of pure guitar drone bliss, part drawn-out mellow side of P.S.F Records style, part Precious Metal heaven. 200 copies pressed as usual, black vinyl and stamped white labels, postcard attached to the cover and insert. 33rpm. IDDB026.

MONOKULTUR 7"
One of my most cheered moments this year was sitting drunk on my living room floor when someone put on an unmixed version of 'Lindholmen - Stenpiren' out of nowhere. Right there and then the most jaw-dropping amalgamation of the first bunch of Rough Trade 7"s, Berlin Super 80 and Gothenburg 2018. Monokultur is a new duo that consists of Elin and Julius from Skiftande Enheter and it certainly doesn't stop with 'Lindholmen - Stenpiren' that just happens to kick things off on this 4-track 7". A beautiful and life-elevating blur that brings selected chunks of the first Cabaret Voltaire EP to mind at times with some Gothenburg harbor messing with Cold Storage-like ambience, before jumping headfirst into ham-fisted Death Disco dub territories while pouring warm beer in the Dome 2 sleeve. Back and forth, it's all happening. 200 copies pressed as usual, black vinyl and stamped white labels, postcard attached to the cover and insert. 45rpm. IDDB027.

On the way to Careful Catalog, Fusetron, Low Company etc.


Still kinda new:

CRAZY DOBERMAN - RUST CLATTER FOR THE MIDWEST SUN 7"
Two new sides from Crazy Doberman, both culled from recordings made during spring 2018. The psychedelic ambience on the A-side at times brings to mind Swedish communal collective rock ala TGS and such, that same headspace, though passing on in slow motion. Flip the seven inch and that line “if the Glenn Miller orchestra recorded a tape for Industrial Records and microwaved the masters” still rings somewhat true. The ever-changing lineup this time around consists of Jason Filer, John Olson, Jordan Allen, Paul Baldwin, Tim Gick, John Dawson, Mark Tester, Drew Davis, Zeno Ben-Amotz and Landon Caldwell. 200 copies pressed as usual, black vinyl and stamped white labels, postcard + double sided full colour insert with artwork by John Olson. 45rpm. IDDB025.

Distributed by IDDB (get in touch for wholesale orders):

JJULIUS - TÄNDER ETT LJUS 7" (HAPPIEST PLACE)
Solo debut from Julius/Skiftande Enheter released on Happiest Place in an edition of 200 copies. The A-side title track 'Tänder Ett Ljus' is probably my most listened to track of 2018 so far, 2 minutes of life-affirming Klippan-esque pop meets a slow-motion countryside Buzzcocks played backwards or something. Music to "dyngna" with friends to etc.


www.iddb.se

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Used Records For Sale/Auctions/Wantlists / WTB: NZ zines (Opprobrium, Mysterex)

« on: August 05, 2018, 01:50:35 AM »

Opprobrium #1-#3
Mysterex #1-#4

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / New on IDDB: Midnight Mines 7" + Maxine Funke 7"

« on: July 27, 2018, 02:06:54 AM »

MIDNIGHT MINES - STATIONS 7"
Two track 45 from a London duo who have been putting out a steady stream of thematic releases over the past few years. Their first tape ‘Dancehall Style’ featured them playing over loops of deconstructed Black Ark rhythms, whilst their 2016 LP ‘If You Can’t Find A Partner Use A Wooden Chair’ purported to be the first release in a rock’n’roll trilogy that as yet hasn’t been completed. Recording sessions are sporadic and completely improvised, later edited and overdubbed into songs at home. The majority of their output has come out on their own Mystery Plane imprint although they have recently released material on the Loki Label in the United States. There have also been two solo tapes covering Baron Saturday’s psych-folk excursions and Private Sorrow’s downer techno. Future plans include a double CD compilation on the New Zealand based Independent Woman Records, and a ‘live DJ mix’ recorded with the General Echo Sound System for RWDFWD.

This particular single takes a dubwise production approach to ramshackle DIY punk with delay-baked vocals and a flipside ‘version’ in classic JA 7” fashion. “Stations” is a tinny goth club stomper, moody guitar lines reverberating over a repetitive bassline. “Radio Dub” is the slow crawl of the night bus home, rain-smeared horns heralding a spoken word lament.

200 copies. Black vinyl, white cardboard sleeve with postcard attached, stamped white labels, insert. Plays at 45rpm. IDDB022.


MAXINE FUNKE - ETERNITY 7"
Four new tracks from New Zealand underground folk artist Maxine Funke. Her two albums Lace and Felt, released in very limited editions in 2008 and 2012 respectively and both reissued by Time-Lag Records in 2016, are marvelous excursions in songwriting and it seems like everyone that heard them has been waiting for something more since then. A few videos of Maxine performing songs in her home started to appear on Youtube and in 2017 Dynamite Hemorrhage published an interview with. This new EP continues on the same path as before, pure, beautiful music evoking the timeless nature of artists like Sibylle Baier and Kath Bloom.

200 copies. Black vinyl, white cardboard sleeve with postcard attached, stamped white labels, insert. Plays at 45rpm. IDDB023.

www.iddb.se

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Yuzo Iwata Daylight Moon lp on Siltbreeze

« on: April 03, 2018, 07:51:54 AM »

Great LP!

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Music Shit / Re: Nocturnal Projections / Peter Jefferies

« on: March 29, 2018, 09:46:54 AM »

https://www.daisrecords.com/collections/nocturnal-projections

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / RTB: H?nder Som V?rdar/Megan 7"

« on: January 11, 2012, 08:53:42 AM »

H?NDER SOM V?RDAR/MEGAN 7" (RTB#65)
Two new Scandinavian acts. H?nder Som V?rdar from Stockholm follows up the Bak?tb?jning cassette released on J?rtecknet in 2011 with a similar claustrophobic piece. With slowly moving loops and barely breathing electronics, Henrik S?derstr?m here works with subtle nuances and shiftings. No obvious climax in sight and no easy ways out. Johan of Megan from Copenhagen had the audience's jaws dropped at the Posh Isolation showcase at Utmarken early 2011 with one of the best shows of the year. Chaotic electronics with intense vocal delivery. Constantly trembling on the edge, all over the place and with everything around falling apart. 33rpm. Mastered by Viktor Ottosson. Artwork by Dan Johansson. 166 copies.

1. H?nder Som V?rdar - Inbillningssjuka (05:58)
2. Megan - Last Awakening Act 1 (06:31)

http://www.releasethebats.com