LOUIS PHILIPPE " Yuri Gagarin " (UK/FRA, 1989)

the exquisite el sensibility in orbit...

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EDWARD KA SPEL : the sharpness of the thin blue lines

Selected tracks from solo works by LEGENDARY PINK DOTS mainman EDWARD KA SPEL (birthname Edward Francis Sharp).

tracklist

01.atomic roses (Laugh china doll , 1984)
02.lady sunshine (Laugh china doll, 1984)
03.the char char (Eyes china doll, 1985)
04.the infinity waltz (Chyekk china doll, 1986)
05.Lisa`s christening (Chyekk china doll, 1986)
06.nuts in May (AaΔzhyd china doll, 1987)
07.the Qa`Spell (AaΔzhyd china doll, 1987)
08.and the lord said "rise" (For your ears only, compilation)
09.our lady in Madras (Khataclimici china doll, 1988)
10.the bakersman (Tanith & the lion tree, 1991)
11.memoires of Dr. Bliss (the scriptures of illumina, 1995)
12.scarlet cross (The blue room, 1998)
13.seeing red (Red letters, 2000)

The Prophet Qa`Spell with LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

Θέατρο Δάσους, Θεσσαλονίκη, Σεπτέμβρης 1987

(Live in Salonika, Greece, Sept 1987)

Link 1 (81mb) - Link 2 

LES DISQUES DU CREPUSCULE: Scenes From Twilightning

Founded by Michel Duval and Annik Honore in 1980 and connected with legendary Factory records, this Brussels based label played an important role on the blooming of eclecticism and diversity of the post punk era. They started releasing Factory material (as Factory Benelux), but soon they created their own catalogue of fine artists...and became a "bridge" between UK and continental europe, between new wave-pop and experimental/jazz/classical.In spite of the mid-eighties demise of indie sound, Les Disques du Crepuscule remained an interesting label, active until 2005.

The tracks of this compilation are selected from the early (and best) period of the label. Many thanks to Rainier who provided kindly some of the material.

tracklist

01.GAVIN BRYARS - white`s S.S.
02.THICK PIGEON - subway
03.JEZ & VINI - sleep will come
04.THE DURUTTI COLUMN - weakness and fever
05.DREAM MAKERS - helen`s song
06.STEVEN BROWN - waltz
07.ANTENA - camino del sol
08.PAUL HAIG - running away
09.THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONISTS - pick up the rhythm
10.MIKADO - par hazard
11.DEVINE & STATTON - bizare love triangle
12.NAMES - life by the sea
13.WINSTON TONG - like the others
14.TUXEDOMOON - ninotchka
15.MICHAEL NYMAN - a walk though H
16.BLAINE REININGER - mystery & confusion
17.SWAMP CHILDREN - flesh
18.ISOLATION WARD - lamina christus
19.REPETITION - a still reflex
20.RHINE RIVER III - an end remains
21.323 - affectionate silence
22.IKE YARD - night after night
23.PETER GORDON - the fruit of the original sin
24.BILL NELSON - dada guitar
25.HAROLD BUDD - children on the hill
26. RICHARD JOBSON - autumn

compiled by LFDJ

Listen here (129mb)

"...paysages de la route de la vie plutot que de la surface de la Terre..."
HENRI MICHAUX

SHINY GNOMES "Some funny nightmares" (GER, 1988)

After first LP, "Wild Spells", which we posted some months ago, here it is the second LP of SHINY GNOMES. Mainman Stefan Lienemann is also known from other projects: FIT & LIMO (psych-folk), DISCOLOR (space-drone-psych), PURE LUEGE (the pre-SHINY phase), GOD BOX a.o. Alike the first LP, "Some Funny Nightmares" is a very good neo-psychedelic, garagy album. "Lazing at desert inn" & "Dr Moustache", two of the more known Shiny Gnomes tracks are included here.

Some Funny Nightmares (88mb)

MASTER SLAVE RELATIONSHIP "Being led around by the tongue" (US, 1990)

Debbie Jaffe and her christian choir of "male whispers" perform sunshine, spring-flavoured, heart-warming music, high-lighted in songs: "Navy Blue Urinal Dervish", "The Desire to Castrate Father", "Pornographic Women", "Tongue me".

Link

provided & created by Koroviov

PETER JEFFERIES & JONO LONIE "At swim 2 birds" (NZ, 1987)

As requested, here it is the album Peter Jefferies (percussions, piano, tapes etc.) and Jono Lonie (guitar, violin, percussions etc) made in 1987. Noise ambience, minimalism, pianoscapes, experimental moods, open forms... a homemade instrumental sound related with so many fields, seeking for free combinations among several elements and defending both antithesis and co-existence.

AT SWIM 2 BIRDS

KARL BISCUIT "Regrets Eternels", EP, (FRA, 1984)

Entry of the "ballet" man to the 80`s cold electro art pessimism assisted by Mark Hollander (sax), Winston Tong (guest vocals) and Blaine Reininger (violin).

Regrets eternels (27mb)

KARL BISCUIT "Fatal Reverie" (FRA, 1986)

Magnificent romantic new wave synth pop art by cult french composer Karl Biscuit, whose electronic songs, bathed in dark, cold central european atmospheres help us imagine David Sylvian performing the music of Tuxedomoon (or the opposite).
Karl Biscuit came to electronic underground scene from the world of modern ballet and after few mid-eighties releases in Crammed Disc (SECRET LOVE EP, REGRETS ETERNEL EP, FATAL REVERIE LP, AKTUALISMUS LP) he returned to it.

Fatal Reverie (41mb)

PHILLIP BOA & THE VOODOO CLUB "Philister" (1985) / "Aristocracie" (1986) , Germany

Alternative alchemies of noise, eclectisism, strong pop instinct and significant male/female/voodoo vocals. A mixture of fresh, daring ideas, imagination and innocence that found its peak in BOA`s first two LPs: "Philister" (1985) and "Aristocracie" (1986).
See also previous LFDJ post about BOA`s compilation "Thirty years of blank expression".

Philister (81mb)

Aristocracie (40mb)

COURAGE OF LASSIE "The temptation to exist " (1986) / "Sing or Die" (1989)

Rare Amok records vinyl edition front cover

Sing or Die, 1989 (60mb)

The Temptation to Exist, 1986, (73mb), 320kb

Refreshing the acoustic romantism of Pearls Before Swine, and Leonard Cohen... and setting on music poems of W.B. Yeats and the likes... these Canadian masters of quiet, art-folk melodrama get a position among the sound of rain, the evergreen whispers of fallen leaves and the autumn natural noises.
From the haunted "hopes & fears" to the droning backgrounded auras of "air du temps"... from ingeniously covered "Bang Bang (my baby shot me down)" to holocaustic"Sing or Die" declarations... both albums have plenty of songs equally able to build their chilling echo inside you, for ever.

TRAKWERX RECORDS

Home of the resurrected 17 PYGMIES, which reappeared in 2006 after 16 years absence, TRAKWERX is a contemporary californian indie label, run by veteran "pygmy" Jackson Del Rey (a.k.a. Phillip Drucker) and newcomer "pygmy" Meg Maryatt. Apart from 17 PYGMIES and DEL REY`S works, TRAKWERX has already released other interesting albums by new artists like english duo CULT WITH NO NAME, SMOLDERING ASHES...
Jackson Del Rey writes also music for silent era films (Nosferatu, Battleship Potemkin) under moniker DEL REY & THE SUN KINGS. Their 2005 album "I am the light" was the debut release of the label.

After LOUISE BIALIK departure 17 PYGMIES reformed as THE 17th PYGMY and their latest line up is:

Jackson Del Rey (keyboards, guitar, vocal),

Jeff Brenneman (ex WHITE GLOVE TEST, guitar),
Meg Maryatt (guitar, vocals, accordion, keyboards),
Bob Mora (bass),
Dirk Doucette (ex WHITE GLOVE TEST, drums)


THE 17TH PYGMY- ballade of tristram`s last harping, 2008
selected tracks: 1. paint me / 2. last train


SMOLDERING ASHES - Nervous constellations, 2008
selected tracks:1. kite / 2. a comedy of arrows

Listen these 4 selected tracks HERE (16mb)


More about TRAKWERX at:

http://trakwerx.blogspot.com

www.trakwerx.com

JOE CROW "Compulsion", 7`` single, (UK, 1982)

Track "Compulsion" was one of the peeks of the famous "PILLOWS & PRAYERS" compilation (CHERRY RED, 1982).
Here it is accompanied by "Absent Friends", the b-side of that 7`` release.

COMPULSION (14mb)