rer megacorp christmas sale

subvert47

I don't fight, I run away
I just got all these for £70 (incl. postage):

AMM - Ammusic
Biota - Invisible Map
Biota - Object Holder
Helene Breschand & Francois Jean-Pauvros - Sombre
CMCD - Six Classics
Chris Cutler & Zeena Parkins - Shark!
Chris Cutler & Fred Frith - Live in Moscow, Prague, etc.
Dama Dama - 2
Tod Dockstader & David Myers - Bijou
Fred Frith - Guitar Solos
Henry Cow - Legend
Mnemonist Orchestra - Gyromancy
The Molecules - Down Under the Black Light
John Oswald - Discosphere
Zga - End of an Epoch

awesome :)

http://www.rermegacorp.com
 

subvert47

I don't fight, I run away
that is indeed the case, i was scared away by the alien names!

;)

it's all sorts
there are explanatory links in the sale...

AMM: Ammusic
The definitive 1966 recordings, complete, available for the first time as they were recorded. Plus 35 minutes of extra music from the same sessions. No history of contemporary music is written without reference to AMM, and in particular to these recordings. Cornelius Cardew: Piano, Cello, Transistor Radio; Lou Gare: Tenor Saxophone, Violin; Eddie Prevost: Percussion; Keith Rowe- Electric Guitar, Transistor Radio; Lawrence Sheaff- Cello, Accordion, Clarinet, Transistor Radio. Usefully indexed, full booklet.

Biota - Invisible Map
A long time coming this one, but as always, well worth the wait. Technically, this is the usual uncategorise-able mixture of primitive electronic, ethnic antique and conventional instruments, multilayered processing and meticulous construction. Aurally, vast, three dimensional sonic landscapes emerge in sharp Dalian detail, matched in the accompanying (generous) booklet with lapidary artworks from the visual component of the band. Extraordinary.

CMCD - Six Classics
This essential piece of history at last reissued, redesigned and repackaged. Keystone works from the various streams of musique concrete, electronic music, soundscape, electroacoustics and plunderphonics - including two masterworks from Eastern Europe, a territory traditionally overlooked in collections of this medium. It comprises: John Oswald's 'Parade', a complex work drawn and extended from Satie's celebrated ballet composition of 1917; Georg Katzer's monumental 'Aide Memoire' ('7 nightmares from the 1000 year night'), a terrifying document of collage, electronic manipulation, original composition and sound documents from 1933-45; Lutz Glandien's exquisitely economical, sonically powerful and surprising 'Es Lebe' for Tape and Tuba; Steve Moore's groundbreaking 'A Quiet Gathering' (chamber music for environmental sounds) - a multi-layered 22 minute work made only from captured non-musical materials; Jaroslav Kr_ek's miniature electronic gem based on nightingale songs and the proto-plunder legend 'Ommagio a Jerry Lee Lewis' by Richard Trythall. An indispensable collection in my view.

...and so forth

really I was just pleased to get all these for so little :)
 

tate

Brown Sugar
bah
seems no one's heard of any of those fine records
Hello, sir. :D How are Bijou and End of an Epoch, by the way? Ran across both yesterday (stateside clearance sale: Tower Records going out of business, bargains galore, thrilling), and was curious, especially about the Dockstader soundtrack. Found Zeena Parkins' Necklace for three US dollars, and made loads of other discoveries on the cheap. Very exciting.
 

gek-opel

entered apprentice
What era Dockstader is that? I remember reading a really fascinating piece in The Wire (rare thing) a while back about him, lots of stuff about using a cigarette to join bits of tape together and the like...
 

slye

Allied Heights
Right on subvert47, isn't it great when it all comes together like that? To be honest I only recognize the Cutler/Frith/Henry Cow right off, but I can definately feel where you're coming from! :D
 

subvert47

I don't fight, I run away
Hello, sir. :D How are Bijou and End of an Epoch, by the way? Ran across both yesterday (stateside clearance sale: Tower Records going out of business, bargains galore, thrilling), and was curious, especially about the Dockstader soundtrack. Found Zeena Parkins' Necklace for three US dollars, and made loads of other discoveries on the cheap. Very exciting.

Bijou is very fine; concrete meets noise, as you'd expect really

not played End of an Epoch yet. I'll let you know

:)
 

subvert47

I don't fight, I run away
What era Dockstader is that? I remember reading a really fascinating piece in The Wire (rare thing) a while back about him, lots of stuff about using a cigarette to join bits of tape together and the like...

it's recent
around the same time as the article in The Wire I think
 

subvert47

I don't fight, I run away
Right on subvert47, isn't it great when it all comes together like that? To be honest I only recognize the Cutler/Frith/Henry Cow right off, but I can definately feel where you're coming from! :D

I like cheap records :)

PS the Henry Cow I've had for years and years; it's probably my most played record, and I thought it was time I got a new CD copy
 
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