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Birds

Their weightless flight fascinates us. Their song enlivens the world around us. Their beauty, their fragility and their hidden strength have inspired people for thousands of years. Birds! They accompany people from birth to death. Birds can be seen in ancient rock paintings and modern art alike. And, of course, birdsong appears in the folk songs of people all over the world! The feathered creatures play a crucial role on 'Birds', the album by Vedan Kolod. Whether it is a traditional or original composition, each of the eight songs on 'Birds' have birds as the main topic. In some songs, the image of a bird has deep symbolism, while in others it is an allegory for our modern lives and ever-changing circumstances.

Chance Meeting... (black)

...ON A DISSECTING TABLE OF A SEWING MACHINE AND AN UMBRELLA' - This is the long-awaited vinyl reissue of the timeless Nurse With Wound debut release from 1979. Described by Sounds at the time as a record that "makes The Faust Tapes sound like Carousel," nothing has changed to alter this view over the last 30 years, and to say that this work is the "Sgt. Pepper of the avant-garde" would not be hyperbole. Members include: John Fothergill (synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, wind), Heman (synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, wind), Nicky Rogers (guitar), and Steve Stapleton (synthesizer, flute, guitar, keyboards). The album's equally unusual title is a quote from the surreal, poetic novel 'Les Chants de Maldoror' by Uruguayan-born French author Isidore-Lucien Ducasse, written under the pseudonym Comte de Lautréamont. It has been included in the "100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening)" by The Wire in 1998, and is one of the records that have had a lasting impact on avant-garde, experimental and psychedelic music. It was on this record that the famous "NWW list" appeared for the first time, featuring dozens of names of musicians and groups who had influenced Nurse With Wound - a list that now serves as a treasure map for many collectors of the genre and fans of outsider music. It's been replicated here in the innersleeve of the gatefold. Comes on black vinyl in "silver edition" gatefold sleeve.

Feu!

MKB Fraction Provisoire (Messageros Killers Boy(s)) is the variable-geometry musical project of filmmaker and writer F.J. Ossang, founded in 1980 to feed a need for creativity fueled by the punk movement and the industrial scene. The band's music is characterized by a blend of punk rock, blues, and avant-garde influences, with Ossang's poetic lyrics often addressing themes of alienation, decadence, and despair. After a self-released EP in 1981, 'Provenance France,' MKB released their first LP, 'Terminal Toxique,' the following year. Over the years, the group went on to release a dozen albums, including several for the Bondage label. Its musical output is inseparable from the rest of the projects of its leader, a tireless activist in constant rebellion against the "prêt-à-penser." "This record was invented in ten days. When Nagi Baz offered to let us use his studio for a week, we had just finished recording 'Doctor Chance 93.' The plan was immediately to pay a sort of tribute to my writer friend Jean-François Charpin (1957-1987), an accomplice of the Sex Pistols, who had initiated the Chalet du Lac concert in September 1976, before creating the excellent and fleeting avant-garde magazine Grabuge in 1978 (two issues published). We spent a whole weekend with Jack Belsen laying the foundations of six tracks from machine matrices, looping rhythms, while I wrote at full speed on the typewriter. On Monday I finished formatting the raw lyrics while Belsen recorded the rhythms. The next day, it was my turn to record the vocals as one - then Jac Berrocal and Little Drake played their instrumental parts. Two days of mixing later, it was finished. The following monday, Nagi Baz left his record label. after thirty years, the reissue of 'Feu!' (augmented by 'Génotype Du Messagero Killer Boy,' recorded just before I left for Chile in 1994) turns out to be a double eulogy for J.F. Charpin, but also for Jack Belsen, who was abruptly snatched from life for one awful season, between late spring 2018 and his death on 7 December the following year." (F.J. Ossang). MKB has been highly regarded in the French underground music scene and has gained a cult following over the years. They are often associated with the No Wave and post-punk movements, and their music has been praised for its raw energy and unconventional sound.

Exit Wounds

CD packaged between two double-sided printed cards. Compilation of rare tracks. Exit Wounds. Seize Absolute Control. Cultural Terorism Ends Here.

All Is Suffering

Four panel embossed digipak. Faith means not wanting to know what is true.