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| Artist: HABIBIYYA, THE Title: If Man But Knew+ Format: CDR Label: Qasida Country: Spain Price: $16.50 |
| "(Habibiyya were a ) buncha british rockers from the end of the 60s (some were in Mighty Baby) ... seems like they flipped out on sufic islam + cut a beautiful slice of eastern-influenced dronefloat for Island recs right at the start of the 70s ... well, i picked up the rec for 25p in a charity shop many moons ago, and its a real head-turner, lost classic, but not so many seem to know about it ... ANYWAYS, im only posting this because ive just found out that one of the guys in the band has made it available again on swish-looking CDR . I reckon a lot of you out there would really go for this, if you enjoy NNCK, jewelled antler, sunburned hand, sun city girls, hell even vibracathedral. Someone shd give this one the full reissue treatment some day, but until then, its nice that you can get yr hands on it if you want." - Neil Campbell. "Habibiyyas sole album stands as one of the earliest and most beautiful pieces of world music ever recorded in Britain. The musicians involved (including three members of UK underground legends Mighty Baby) had been profoundly affected, both musically and spiritually, by visiting Morocco in 1971, and became adherents of the Sufi faith. Upon their return to London they made If Man But Knew, featuring exotic instruments such as koto, shakuhachi and mandola alongside guitar, organ and drums, conjuring a hypnotic, otherworldly ambience in the process." Picked these up a year or two ago but were listing them for the first time.. Very nice full color printed artwork and CDRs, all signed by Ian Whiteman. Includes 3 unreleased tracks from the original recording session. Highly recommended! |
| Artist: DOYLE ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE, ARTHUR Title: Live at Analog Shock Club Format: VHS Video Label: QBICO Country: ITALY Price: $24.00 |
| "Arthur Doyle- tenor sax, voice, flute, recorder/Leslie Q- bass, guitar/Ed Wilcox- drums, percussion/Vinnie Paternostro- Roland 505/Tim Poland- Clavinova/Dave Cross- turntable, Ibanez DM 1100 sampler. Rec. at Analog Shock Club, Rochester, NY, Jan. 26, 2002. Incredible and not to be missed complete live set (some excerpts issued on Side B of the "Conspiracy Nation" LP), shot on two cameras and in the end mixed together to create a very psychedelic effect (along with others "effect" such as slow motion, distorted images, ect...). A rare chance to see such an amazing Ensemble live (which unfortunatly by now, have never played outside to US)and capture them in full glory !!! See Mr. Doyle blowing his down-and-dirty sax, "singing" other space "songs" , playing his flute.... or Mr. Wilcox furious drums playing... what a pleasure!!!" - QBICO. Numbered edition of 90. |
| Artist: ABE/SABU TOYOZUMI OVERHANG PARTY, KAORU Title: Senzei Format: Double LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $40.00 |
| Kaoru Abe: (alto sax). Sabu Toyozumi: (drums, percussion). Rec. February 25 and April 15 & 30, 1978 live at Gaya, Tokyo, Japan. Unrelease rec. available here for the 1st time after more then 25 years. "Long ago, when I started listening to free jazz records and was blowing on my alto, the abrasive sax sound of Kaoru Abe immediately fascinate me and he instantly became one of my hero... by then Id have NEVER imagined that one day Id have released an unissued record by him. This dream come true is now possible thanks to my dear friend Sabu, who discovered these very well recorded magical live sessions. Here, youd still hear Abe piercing sound (even if in this period he suffered terribly from physical and mental pain), few months before his tragic death for acute stomach rupture (official report, but his habit was known...). Unfortunately, he died too young, at 29 years old, on Sept. 9, 1978. His solo activity had been documented on at least more then 15 releases (between LP and CDs), but his collaborations had been less documented: three seminal releases in duo with guitarist Masayuki Takayanagi, another duo DLP with Sabu, a duo/trio from 1970/71, a duo LP with bassist Motoharu Yoshizawa and finally group playing with Derek Bailey and Milford Graves. So this new duo live sets are much more welcome. He was definitively one of the greatest improvisor from Japan and Sabu with his creative and powerful drumming, the ideal partner to let him freely express all his intense emotions. Raw energy, aggressive playing, heavy stuff." - QBICO. |
| Artist: V/A Title: Qbibo U-Nite In Bruxelles II Format: Double LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $42.00 |
| "Wild-style two LP set from Qbico documenting a night in Bruxelles that matched America firepower from the fingers of bassist/electronic improviser Alan Silva, drummer Chris Corsano and saxophonist Paul Flaherty with the massed ranks of the UKs Vibracathedral Orchestra and Finnish duo Lauhkeat Lampaat. The line-up breaks down into various individual cells with Alan Silva, Lauhkeat Lampaat and Vibracathedral Orchestra all contributing individual tracks before Flaherty and Corsano join the Lauhkeat Lampaat duo as part of a big-band Vibracathedral Orchestra blow-out. From a performance that took place on 8th April 2004. Comes in ridiculously inappropriate full-colour sleeve featuring the cast as space monkeys. Paul Flaherty image is especially accurate, while Lauhkeat Lampaat boast some wild ass. Both LPs pressed on colour, psychedelic vinyl." - QBICO. |
| Artist: DAVIES, RHODRI/INGAR ZACH Title: Ieirll Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.50 |
| Rhodri Davies (harp); Ingar Zach (percussion). Rec. November 2002 in London. "Incredible and totally alien sounds! Metal, electronic, far out sounds on their self-built and prepared instruments... really unique and highly creative duos!" - QBICO. |
| Artist: RAUHAN ORKESTERI & LAUHKEAT LAMPAAT Title: Sylissain Oot Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.50 |
| Antti Tolvi (reeds, percussion, objects); Ville Jolanki (reeds); Tero Kemppainen (bass); Jaakko Tolvi (drums, percussion, objects). Rec. 2004 in Finland. "Seven pieces by The Peace Orchestra 4et (fierce ecstatic jazz) and three pieces by Meek Sheep (brothers Tolvis more ethnic/folk/tribal oriented duo). Very promising young blood from the exciting new Finnish scene." - QBICO. |
| Artist: BAROQUE BORDELLO Title: Abnormal Songs Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.00 |
| "Light blue clear vinyl with yellow effects. Kawabata Makoto : Guitar. Bass. Synth. Percussion Keyboard. Voice; Kawagishi Tetsushi : Guitar. Bass. Keyboard. Percussion; Iwaki Yasuo : Percussion. Keyboard. Synth. Guitar. Bass. Organ. Trumpet; (Guest) Hirashima : Guitar. Bass. recorded at R.E.P. studio, Horyuji sound house 1980. Originally issued on cassette on the R.E.P. label in the 80s in very limited quantities, then re-issued on a 10 CD-R box set entitled "Makoto Kawabata early works 1978-1981" (ltd. ed. 100 copies only, numbered, sold out)" - QBICO. "This is a music that i originally composed for a play called Alice in Nakedland. The play was some erotic expressionist nonsense, sort of like Alice in Wonderland and Dr. Caligaris Crime added together then divided by two. My script was used, but my music was rejected by the other staff members" - M. Kawabata. |
| Artist: BEY WITH NORTHWOODS IMPROVISERS, FARUQ Z. Title: Infaa Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.50 |
| "Green vinyl w/violet. Cover by Mark Rudolph. Faruq Z. Bey - tenor & alto sax; Mike Carey - tenor, alto sax, flute, kalimba; Skeeter Shelton - tenor, soprano sax; Mike Gilmore - vibes: Mike Johnston - bass; Nick Ashton - drums. Live studio rec. from August 2006. Mystic jazz."- QBICO. |
| Artist: Z-FUNK Title: Z-Funk Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.00 |
| Flaviooo: alto & tenor sax, flute; Basetta: guitar; Tony: keyboards; Steve: bass; Marsel: drums. Rec. live and totally improvised (no second takes) @ Mu Rec. Studio, Milan 2005. "Four raw & dirty instrumentals from these Italian funkateers; including the piece Put Your Lips -- 100% pure Ital-Funk." - QBICO. |
| Artist: COOPER, MIKE Title: Tu Fuego Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.50 |
| "Jeff Henderson - alto sax; Mike Cooper- lap steel, electronics; Tom Callwood- bass; Anthony Donaldson- drums. Rec. February 2005 live @ Happy, Wellington, New Zealand. Fascinating and one-of-a-kind country western free mUZic." - QBICO. |
| Artist: CLUSTER DUO Title: Dances Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: USA Price: $24.00 |
| "Walter Swanljung - keyboards; Ville Sahlakari - drums. Rec. Winter 2004/2005 in Helsinki, Finland. "Imagine if Sun Rad have rec. in duo with Milford Graves... and I aint kidding or exaggerating, totally devastating!" - Qbico. |
| Artist: RAKHIM Title: Rakhim Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "Jussi Lehtisalo - vocals; Janne Tuomi - percussions. Rec. somewhere, sometimes in Finland. "Dark side project by members of the Circle band: tribal/primitive percussions, archaic and mysterious voices/vibrations..." - Qbico. |
| Artist: V/A Title: Qbico U-Nite III, Bruxelles Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.50 |
| "Rec. April 19, 2005 @ Cinema Nova. "The animal which could best depict the music of this other memorable nite @ Cinema Nova is a cobra, in fact i think this music kills! Worth mentioning is the final jam: a rare meeting between psych drones and free music, here Family Underground & Rauhan Orkester unite to burn loose..." - Qbico. |
| Artist: LAUHKEAT LAMPAAT Title: The Most Pollo Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "LL = Antti Tolvi, Jaakko Tolvi + special guest Lau Nau on side A. Rec. March 2006 in Kiila, Finland. "Focus on sound, very delicate and alien improvisations... see you in the weird forest with never heard before little birds/little creatures..." - Qbico. |
| Artist: MURUGA & THE GLOBAL VILLAGE CEREMONIAL BAND Title: s/t Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: USA Price: $23.50 |
| "New rocket by Muruga, after the Free Funk LP! This healing session opens and closes with two funk/jazz tracks, rec. by Muruga in trio & 4et with Ken Kozara on muted trumpet and Richard Smith on bass; Belita Woods, from P-Funk, is added on the last track of the album, May The Funk Be With You. The middle of the record is mostly perc. heavy and trance/ethnic oriented. Ascension had been written by the late master Baba Olatunji and had been rec. live @ The Spirit Drum Fest. w/special guest Badal Roy (who rec. w/Miles Davis, Ornette, Don Cherry, ect...) and Sikiru Adepoju (who rec. w/Mickey Hart, Olatunji, ect..). Nelson Ledges is a drums trio rec. live as well @ The Rhythm Fest in Ohio. Out of Nothing is a very special duo piece rec. w/Prem Das: here Muruga uses a unique Nada drum, while Prem Das (long years of apprenticeship in Mexico with a Huichol shaman and was also a colleague of Timothy Leary & Ralph Metzner) uses a water drum for a quite hypnotic effect ! Open your heart and let your body move... to the rhythm, to the groove!" - QBICO. |
| Artist: MACKAY AND THE RADON ENSEMBLE, STEVE Title: Tunnel Diner Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.50 |
| "Sax player Steve Mackay blow with The Stooges on the legendary Fun House session in 1970 (and rejoined them in 2003 when they played their first show in 29 years at the Coachella Festival, and he has performed with them ever since + rec. two more albums)... nearly 25 years later he got involved w/Radon Ensemble, which includes members from such disparate groups such as Temple of Bon Matin & the Arthur Doyle EAE (Paternostro/Wilcox), Nimrod (Lohman), Koonda Holaa (Kamilsky), ect... the 10 tracks from his 3rd release as a leader. Musically speaking youre on a magic carpet for a wild ride: they rock hard and swing free with whimsical & powerful electronic touches... its really a unique ride in his genre!" - QBICO. |
| Artist: DOYLE ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE, ARTHUR Title: Patriotic Act Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.50 |
| "Brick red vinyl, three cut corners, artwork by Keith Haring. Rec. March 19, 2004 live @ the No Fun Fest, NY. Arthur Doyle - kinetic sax, village voice; Vinnie Paternostro - Roland 505; Dave Cross - turntables; Nuuj - electronics; Leslie Q - guitar; Ed Wilcox - drums. Urban jazz" - QBICO. |
| Artist: SB, THE Title: Who Will Feed Them Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.50 |
| Black vinyl with insert. "Performed by: Mark Bajuk, Tony Fasce, Silvia Feriozzi, Eric Mauer, Brent Peich, Russ Waterhouse (Watersports, Blues Control, White Tapes, etc..). The next evolutionary step from Double Leopards and Family Underground, very subtle and psychedelic music." - Qbico. |
| Artist: PENGO Title: Toadstools Amongst the Tombstones Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.50 |
| Green vinyl with grey. "Pengo is: John Schoen, Jason Finkbeiner, R. Nuuja. Pengo comes from Rochester, NY and are simply a dark-bright beacon of madness in the subterranean swamp of psychedelic junk collectors. Theyre kind of elusive, having issued only an LP prior to this release (it had been a year since were working on this album) + a few CD-Rs and tapes. Got affiliations with Coffee & the Doyle EAE... wild stuff/weird vibes!" - Qbico. |
| Artist: SONDHEIM, ALAN Title: Fifty-Six Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.50 |
| Dark red vinyl. "After releasing two unique LPs back in the 60s for the legendary ESP label with his Ritual All 770 and another one for Riverboat, finally Alan Sondheim is back! This is his 1st LP after nearly 35 years and here he plays guitar, alpine zither, electronics, field recordings... as usual he presents us an eclectic mix of fascinating sounds." - Qbico. |
| Artist: SMEGMA & PERRY ROBINSON Title: Live At No Fun Fest Format: LP Label: QBICO Country: Italy Price: $23.50 |
| Clear orange vinyl with white and red effects. Artwork by Ju Suk Reet Meate. "I used to buy and collect Smegma rockets when younger, so Im really happy to release an LP by this really far out band, especially since they played with my friend Perry, who is one of the most versatile musicians I had ever met! Smegma is a kind of cult mob in the US experimental underground, based in Portland, Oregon, they started back in the early 70s and got connections with the Los Angeles Free Music Society (Tom Recchion, Joe Potts, Le Forte Four, Airways, Doo-Dooettes, Ace Farren Ford and even The Residents); they also got an amazing label called Pigface... here they played some jazz for the year 3018." - Qbico. |
| Artist: TRULOFA Title: Trulofa Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "I met these very young and promising fellas at the Qbico U-nite I did in Aarhus and to me this is the most exciting music coming out of Denmark right now, with Family Underground included, of course. Here they presented a very varied set, starting with some electronic trance inducing music by Marc Gade, to followed by an ad hoc baroque drunken marching band live from a Poland tour. Side B starts with another beautiful & melancholic all acoustic affair (mostly stringed) and ends with an improvised electro-acoustic number of magical and fragile beauty. Marc Gade one day was reading a Shirley Collins text where she explained that true love came from the root of an old Danish word: trulofa." - Qbico |
| Artist: V/A Title: Qbico U-nite-IV, Aarhus Format: Double LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $42.00 |
| Features the Global Experience Orchestra (Daniel Carter, Vin Paternostro, Marc Gade, Pernaus Salon, Qbico & Ed Wilcox on one side, Family Underground on the other. Record 2 features 2 trios of Carter/Paternostro/Wilcox. Live in Denmark, 2006. |
| Artist: BORIS MORGANA Title: Liquid Child Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "Recorded early 2006 in Pakkala, Finland. Robin Ellis, Juho Hotanen, Juuso Paaso, Taneli Tuominen, Jukka Vallisto and Hermanni Yli-Tepsa. "When I went in Finland for the first Qbico u-nite in Turku, I met Taneli (sax player) who gave me this strong recording of his group Boris Morgana... after hearing a few seconds of it, I immediately thought that it alone was worth the trip up North: heavy stuff and pretty unique in its kind!" Pressed on chocolate brown vinyl." - Qbico |
| Artist: V/A Title: Qbico U-Nite V, Turku, Finland Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| Recorded live @ Dynamo Klubi on March 11, 2006 by Mikko Lagernohm. "Two unique sides: on side A youll hear a rare meeting among Rakhim (Circles more dark side project) and Hans-Joachim Irmler from legendary Faust! While on side B, a two male/two female playful affair (Qbicos idea) among brothers Tolvi (Rahun Orkesteri) and Antti Tolvis wife Lau Nau with Kuupuu. True united spirit and perfect balance between both sides with opposite moods..." Pressed on blue marbled vinyl. - Qbico |
| Artist: PSYCHATRONE RHONEDAKK Title: Early Free-Form Waveforms Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "Psychatrone -- synth. Recorded 1996 live to tape. "One side is a synth/gt duo with WFMUs boss Brian Turner, while side B is a solo synth. Both tracks recorded in the mid-90s. Psychedelic waveforms with a freeform sound that grows on you... subtle and mesmerizing." - Qbico |
| Artist: RAHDUNES Title: S/T Format: Picture Disc LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "Originally from Sacramento, CA this is a rude boy duo. The record begins with some of the most crude and rough guitar/drums duo mu ever! Then youll drift toward a far away place... to be finally hypnotized for 25 minutes by a side-long track... derailing!" - Qbico |
| Artist: GRAVEYARDS Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "Cover by John Olson. Rec. 2007, two side-long tracks. Bunny (cello); Mike Khoury (violin); Zach Wallace (bass); Nate Wooley (trumpet); Hell (percussion, tapes); Coccyx (saxophone, electronics); Johnny Coorz (flute, electronics). After few vinyl releases in duo or trio, this is the 1st Graveyards big band effort. A fresh and new look on free music; the more I hear it, the more I like it..." - Qbico |
| Artist: ERUPTION Title: Live Action, 1972 Wuppertal Format: Double LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $43.00 |
| "Music by: Conrad Schnitzler, Klaus Freudigmann, Wolfgang Seidel and friends. Three side-long tracks, the complete concert. Here we go, after releasing a 1970 rec. of Eruption. Im so honored to make available for the first time ever the complete Live Action, 1972 recorded in Wuppertal by Conrad Schnitzlers loose collective. Space is the stage." -Qbico |
| Artist: GEERKEN, HARTMUT Title: Amanita Format: Double LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $43.00 |
| "Practically impossible to make it brief here, H. Geerken: author, composer, musician, film-maker, performer, actor, mycologist, archivist, stager of exhibitions, publisher of numerous authors from the circle of literary expressionism and Dada, lumberjack, bumble-bee keeper. During his six-year stay in Egypt in the 60s, he co-founded (together with Salah Ragab and Edu Vizvari) the Cairo Jazz Band as well as the Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble, played in various music groups: Embryo, a trio with John Tchicai and Don Moye (extensive tour of Africa) and also with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. He worked with Sunny Murray, Don Cherry, Okay Termiz, Peter Kowald, Takehisa Kosugi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta, etc. Today Geerken possesses one of the most comprehensive Sun Ra archives. His book Omniverse Sun Ra (1994) , which contains the first all-embracing discography of the musician, has meanwhile grown to be a priceless cult book. Together with James Wolf from the Library Of Congress in Washington D.C., he is editor of the recently published collected poems and philosophical works of Sun Ra (The Immeasurable Equation, 2005). This is Geerkens first-ever solo release (a major event indeed!) and it was recorded under the influence of magic mushrooms (dried amanita muscaria). One of the instruments played here is Sun Ras Sun harp (a Bulgarian bandura), which Sun Ra gave him in 1971 in Egypt, where Hartmut invited the Arkestra to play. They didnt get any money to fly back to the States, so Hartmut kindly borrowed them some bread for the trip back... in exchange, Sun Ra gave him his Sun harp (which youd hear on several Saturn LPs and which was one of the few instruments that Sun Ra played besides keyboards) saying Ill buy it back from you one day... which evidently never happened. The other string instrument played here is a swarmandal, which was given to him in 1976 in New Delhi by the renowned Dhrupad singers: the Dagar brothers. Probably the wildest Qbico ever... alien sounds!" -Qbico |
| Artist: COTTON MUSEUM Title: No Face In The Bog Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "Cows milk vinyl, artworks and music by Chris Pottinger, with insert. Side A originally released as a limited edition CD-R art set in 100 copies on Tasty Soil, Creature. B1 track is unreleased, recorded in 2007. B2 originally released in 2006 on Fag Tapes as a side of a tour cassette with Sick Llama. B3 was played as a loop for 8 months straight on a pirate radio station that broadcast out of the Cloud House on 107.9 FM. Far-out electronic music for the third millennium! The track on side A is side long and totally insane (dont know but I hear echoes of Kawabatas solo on Qbico #11, could be a new step/continuation?!), my amplifiers pointers never went so schizophrenic! Side B starts with a short electronic meditation thinned out by pure acid. The middle piece is long and it grows on you, deeper and deeper. This futuristic rocket ends with a mesmerizing short track that was broadcast as a loop on a pirate radio station for 8 consecutive months! All in tune: the cover, the vinyl color, the music AND the creatures! An exhibition (curated by Thurston Moore) of Chris Pottingers fine artwork was displayed at the latest No Fun Fest." -Qbico |
| Artist: DATASHOCK Title: Datashock Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "Ruth-Maria Adam, Pascal Hector, Ronnie Oliveras, Martina Ripplinger, Ulf Schütte, Marcel Türkowsky, Jan Werner. "Last year I was particularly impressed by their first LP as Datashock and Shivers. This is a very promising and young collective from Germany. The music has some affinities with Double Leopards, Family Underground and The SB... deep." -Qbico |
| Artist: SLITHER Title: Venom Injection/Invertebrate Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "Heath Moerland & Chris Pottinger: horns & electronics. Side A: Venom Injection, Invertebrate. Ghost-horns howling at twisted electronics, sub-humans or invertebrate." -Qbico |
| Artist: ODD CLOUDS Title: Odd Clouds Format: Picture Disc LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "Picture disk, with artwork by Chris Pottinger & Jamie Easter. Recorded between 2004-2007 in Detroit, Ferndale, and Hamtramck, Michigan. Performers: Chris Pottinger, Jamie Easter, Heath Moerland, Glen Morren, Chris Sprague, Matt Smith, Noah Eikhoff & Free Wade. "Their 1st LP that came out a couple of years ago, was among the best things I had heard and seen in the last few years. So I didnt hesitate to get in touch with them. They kindly brought some odd clouds at the Qbico U-nite I did in 2007, along with some special gifts, so I immediately liked them! The music is simply one of the most exciting ever released on Qbico, as well as the artwork. Hear, see and feel to believe in some mighty clouds." -Qbico |
| Artist: LOOSERS Title: Natives Are Restless Format: Double LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $42.00 |
| "Recorded in 2005/2006 in Portugal and Europe... and they like to dance to the sound of tribal music!" -Qbico |
| Artist: TROPA MACACA Title: Fiteiras Suadas Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "Clear azul vinyl, artwork by Joana Da Conceicao. For sure one of the weirdest and most unique records on Qbico, thanks to this young couple from Porto; hard to explain, no easy listening... but once you get attuned, it grows on you... deeply. Some vague similarities with the Astral Social Club LP." -Qbico. |
| Artist: GONZALEZ & FARUQ Z. BEY W/NORTHWOODS IMPROVISERS SEPTET, DENNIS Title: Hymn For Tomasz Stanko Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "180gr. orange vinyl with gold, cover by Mike Rudolph. Recorded 11/04/04 and 3/13/05 by Mike Johnston & Dennis Gonzales. Dennis Gonzalez (rumpet, percussion); Faruq Z. Bey (tenor, alto sax, gon); Mike Carey (tenor sax, bass clarinet); Skeeter C.R. Shelton (tenor, soprano sax); Mike Gilmore (vibes, marimba, saz, tamboura); Mike Johnston (bass, percussion); Nick Ashton (drums, percussion). 3rd vinyl release on Qbico by this great ensemble. Here, as a 7et with special guest trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez, they play homage to one of the most underrated trumpet players ever! Back to the roots..." -Qbico |
| Artist: MURUGA/PERRY ROBINSON Title: Dyad - Bubble Waves Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "Artworks by Muruga. Recorded in 2007 at Sage CT. Studio, Michigan. Muruga (drums, bells, shaker, Nada drum, conga, jimbay, synth); Perry Robinson (clarinet, wood whistles). This magical duo is the result of more then 30 years of playing together/friendship... two side long tracks, Muruga on side A is on drums/synth, while on side b on various perc. instruments. the bubble waves bring you closer to the light, while the bubble beat makes you wanna dance... the preacher met the magician." -Qbico |
| Artist: DOYLE/WILBER MORRIS/RASHID BAKR, ARTHUR Title: Live At The Alterknit Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "One-sided LP, white vinyl, artwork by Jeff Koons, two cut corners. Recorded August 9, 1997 in NYC. Arthur Doyle (tenor sax, recorder); Wilber Morris (bass); Rashid Bakr (drums). Doyle at his craziest with a mutant rhythm section, totally far-out and insane! Glossy or sophisticated ears?! Stay away from this shit! Free punk yo!" -Qbico |
| Artist: ACID BIRDS Title: Acid Birds Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "Recorded by Jeremy Wilms and Torbitt Schwartz at I.T.S. studio, Brooklyn; November 14, 2007. Andrew Barker (drums, percussion, jaw-harp); Jaime Fennelly (electronics, harmonium); Charles Waters (alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet). Pressed on yellow & black-striped vinyl." -Qbico |
| Artist: BMN TRIO Title: Live At Tunnel Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "Thomas Borgmann (tenor and soprano sax, ocarina), Wilber Morris (bass), Reggie Nicholson, (drums). "Only available recording of a kind of historic festival that EP and Laura Moja organized in Milan in 2000. other sets were Sunny Murray/Arthur Doyle, Mego night with Rehberg & Bauer, Peter Kowald/Daunik Lazro, Frank Perry solo, the music of Conrad Schnitzler, Han Bennink solo, John Butcher/Phil Durrant. Its a live set full of passion and warmth, in total contrast with the cold cover. This trio evolve from the original one of Borgmann/Morris/Dennis Charles (which I had the pleasure to see and invite in 1998). Reggie Nicholson took jazzs chair after his premature passing. Dedicated to you, Wilber." -Qbico |
| Artist: NORTHWOODS IMPROVISERS Title: Constellations Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $48.00 |
| "One-sided release. Paste-on front/back cover. Recorded live to tape by Mike Johnston in 2007/08. Mike Gilmore- guitar, saz, kalimba, shakers. Mike Johnston- bass, inanga, bone guitar. Kirk Lucas- guitar, tamboura, tambourine. Mike Last- tabla, kosika. Mike Khoury- violin. Don Barber- bells, frame drum. 1st ever vinyl release by the Northwoods Improvisers. I know, Id have printed more, its a wonderful one-sided! But only for a few..." -Qbico |
| Artist: ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS Title: Running On Autokinetic Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "Green-colored vinyl. Recorded in Leeds, June 2007. Originally released as CD-R limited to 100 copies. Classic Ashtray Navigations, two hallucino-kinetic tracks each side." -Qbico |
| Artist: COOPER, MIKE Title: Live At The Hint House Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "Recorded in NYC, 2000. Live At The Hint House might be considered a field recording in as much as it is a recording of an ambience or soundscape. Made on my first ever trip to mainland America to play music this is the 2nd set of that evening, the 1st set had been an acoustic one of songs and slide guitar. At the start of the 2nd set I quickly realized that my guitar was not working and rather than stop and attempt to find out what was wrong I decided to just continue and improvise with what was at hand on the table in front of me. A Casio SK1 sampler keyboard, a Yamaha SU10 sampling unit with some pre-recorded samples loaded, a mini disc with some tropical ambience rec. from Malaysia and a pitch shifter delay pedal. I was not very happy with what happened that night and when Matt Zwed gave me two CD-Rs the next day I dont remember giving much attention to the 2nd set. Five years on, coincidently to the day as I write this, I realized he had captured more than me trying to get through the piece. It was me, the people in the room, the dog that ran around barking, the traffic sounds coming through the door that was open right behind me and a whole host of magically transported tropical birds and insects that suddenly found themselves reciting whatever it was in the loft space on the edge of Harlem, competing or colluding with all of the above to produce a piece of urban exotica." -Mike Cooper |
| Artist: CHURINGA CANARIES Title: Untitled Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| Phil Legard, Alexander Neilson, Tirath Singh Nirmala, and Phil Todd. Recorded in Leeds, December 2005. Originally released as a CD-R limited to 100 copies. Collaborations can be a hell of a gamble. Fortunately, it seems that in the world of the underground music lover, collaborative ventures always seem to turn out to be synergetic exercises that yield amazing results. Churinga Canaries is such an endeavor: a one-off group effort improvised by four of the brightest lights in the UK underground music dog-and-pony show. A rundown of the participants should be more than enough to cause many of you to drool with excitement. Phil Legard (Xenis Emputae Travelling Band), Alex Neilson (Scatter, Richard Youngs collaborator, etc.), Tirath Singh Nirmala (formerly John Clyde-Evans of Hood) and Phil Todd (Ashtray Navigations) assembled in Leeds in chilly December 2005 to bang out some noise and melt the ice right out from under themselves with a warm bowl of sonic porridge. The results are two stunning long-form tracks of joyful jazz-inflected psych-noise in the vein of some of the wilder Ash Nav moments. Neilsons propulsive yet amazingly free drumming serves as the perfect background for the virtual maelstrom conjured up by the other three improvisers. About five minutes into the leading track, Under Heavy Rent, the sound is so dense and chaotic that its almost dizzying. The foursome manage to keep themselves and their sound from breaking apart into a million tiny pieces, but just barely. A Sovtek Swirl starts off subdued, with a recurring thematic element gluing the shards of our dumbstruck minds back together again. By the time the disc is finished however, youll be left panting in a useless heap on the floor. This is powerful stuff, not to be taken lightly. Dont say I didnt warn you!" - Byron Hayes (from July 2006 Review of the CD-R by Foxy Digitalis) |
| Artist: ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB Title: Psychic Smog 1-7 Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $24.00 |
| "Red-colored vinyl. Neil Campbell & Mel Delaney; recorded winter 2008/09, West Yorkshire. New ASC effort on Qbico, a duo this time. THIS is the social club for astral spirits..." -Qbico |
| Artist: ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS Title: Monocycle American Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $51.00 |
| "One-sided release on beautiful red/white swirl-colored vinyl, limited to 99 copies. Originally released as a CD-R limited to 50 copies. Powerful electronic music for the new millennia." -Qbico |
| Artist: KLUSTER AND FRIENDS Title: 1969-1973 Format: 6LP Boxset Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $235.00 |
| Limited supply of this box, which has been made in an edition of only a couple hundred. Unreleased music from Schnitzler, Freudigmann, Seidel & Friends. "6LP (black vinyls/black labels/black inner sleeves) box, spray painted (stencil/lettering by Troglosound) in gold or silver or bronze (3 versions) and with clear plastic insert (rare photos). Unreleased music!" "Kluster was never over. There is KLUSTER until today. If we friends met, we didnt think about, under which name we met. It is the style of the music which comes out. No other group made such music. This is Kluster-music, it is a style.." -- Conrad Schnitzler. |
| Artist: TOYOZUMI & MOTOTERU TAKAGI, SABU Title: If Ocean Is Broken Format: Double LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $44.00 |
| "Unreleased free jazz from Japan in its prime, recorded live in Tokyo in 1971. Mototeru Takagi already released two beautiful duo LPs back then with master Japanese drummers like Masahiko Togashi (Isolation) and Toshi Tsuchitori (Origination), so this last DLP is complete in a sense the set of duo recorded with the best, 1st generation, free music drummers from Japan. On the other side its complete also, the duo recorded by Sabu with the greatest reeds player from Japan (still of the 1st generation); being, his various duos with legendary Kaoru Abe, already documented on Qbico (Senzei) and elsewhere. About the music: raw and passionate = primitive beauty; both musicians are in top form and surely in their most creative period. Mr. Takagi plays tenor, soprano sax and bass clarinet, while Sabu is on drums and percussion. Original recordings were very well preserved (fortunately) and the pressing came out wonderful! Cover by qbico which Sabu can really dig, saying that En no Gyoja is deeply respected by him, he opened the way..." -Qbico |
| Artist: KAWABATA, MAKOTO Title: Under Your Moonshine Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $25.00 |
| "Makoto Kawabata -- electric guitar (with no overdubbing) recorded around 2003/4. The last Makoto Kawabata release for Qbico! And strange enough, Makoto told me that this was his last solo guitar recording with no overdubs. He gave to me this special solo a while ago, maybe 2003/4. I waited for the right moment to release it, just before the closure of Qbico, it all started with him." -Qbico |
| Artist: GUSTAFSSON, MATS Title: Mats G. Plays Albert A. Format: LP Label: Qbico Country: Italy Price: $55.00 |
| "125 copies only one-sided LP black vinyl, with insert. Mats Gustafsson -- baritone sax, music box rec, mixed and mastered June 16, 2009 by Ola Glans, Svinaberga, Sweden. After his rendition of Duke Ellington pieces, the series continue with Mats unique versions/visions of classic Aylers tunes like Our Prayer and Angels/Spirits. Here he plays music box and baritone sax; the sound is full and warm. Recorded in June 2009. These two albums on yr label are two of the ones I m most pleased with ever ever ever.... fuck yeah!!!! -- Mats!" -Qbico |
| Artist: V/A Title: Love, Peace & Poetry - Turkish Psychedelic Music Format: LP Label: QDK Media Country: Germany Price: $17.00 |
| "This is the ninth volume in the impressive Love, Peace & Poetry compilation series, following America, Latin America, Asia, UK, Japan, Brazil, Mexico and Africa. In Turkey, as the 1950s became the 1960s, just as in cities and towns across Britain and America, countless musical groups began to spring up as young people felt the pull of a growing youth movement. The music that would come from Turkey would blend European and Asian influences unique to that country and essential to the cultural synthesis of Turkish folk and Western rock music that emerged in 1967-1968. The great Delta blues players like Robert Johnson created music with one acoustic guitar in much the same way that traditional türkü arrangements were played originally on one saz (traditional Turkish instrument). If you consider the ways in which classic Delta blues songs were later given electric rock arrangements by musicians like John Mayall ,Eric Clapton ,The Rolling Stones and others you will have a fuller understanding of the Turkish rock/pop music of this era. Artists featured include: Mo?ollar (described as "Anadolu pop" or "Anatolian pop" -- the essence of the ancient and mystical soul of Turkish folk music; known as the "Turkish Pink Floyd"); Selda (politically-themed music, a transformation of traditional Turkish folk music and poetry into more contemporary rock-based music similar to the transformation of traditional folk-blues in the West); Özdemir Erdo?an (well-known jazz guitarist, vocalist and arranger; his track was originally a well-known türkü by Asik Veysel , one of the most revered Turkish folk poets); Erkin Koray (the most psychedelic Turkish rocker ever, made his best recordings between 1970 and 1974 -- the song here was recorded in 1971 with his band, Erkin Koray Supergroup ). Edip Akbayram (a türkü arranger and singer -- one of the last examples of the best Turkish rock music of the 1960s-1970s, as there was a definite shift away from those traditions after the beginning of the 1980s). Cem Karaca (another important rock singer known for his political stance); Üç Hürel (Turkish rock group formed in 1970 by three brothers; unique for designing their own instruments: drums created from traditional Turkish percussion instruments, a double-necked stringed creation that had an electric saz on one half and an electric guitar on the other); Bülent Ortaçgil (songwriter and singer who released his debut LP in1974, an album which has become a Turkish pop classic recently reissued on CD; Ortaçgil is unique because of the absence of Eastern influences in his music, sounding more Western as a result). As the smoke from the hookah rises around you and the intricate patterns in the finely-woven carpet open upon new worlds of meaning, breathe in the music deeply and enjoy." - QDK. CD also available. |
| Artist: V/A Title: Love, Peace & Poetry - Chilean Psychedelic Music Format: LP Label: QDK Media Country: Germany Price: $17.00 |
| "LP glossy gatefold heavy sleeve; 180 gram pressing; transparent red vinyl, 62 minutes. The Love, Peace & Poetry series from QDK continues in Chile, with 17 tracks culled from some of the lost treasures of the psychedelic music scene of the 7-year period between 1967-1973. In 1973, the Chilean dictatorship banned most rock bands and most musicians had to stop or leave the country, or take it underground. The ban extended to the retroactive destruction of many master tapes for many of the albums included here, which only just stopped as recently as the 1980s. Kissing Spell represents with "Yellow Moon" taken from their 1970 album Los Pajaros, as well as Embrujo who released their self-titled LP in 1971. Los Jaivas debut LP was pressed privately in 1971 in a small edition of 500 copies, making this track extra-rare. Los Vidrios Quebrados were one of the real South American psychedelic classics -- their Byrds-like jangle-pop coming through clearly on their track. Aguaturbia were pioneers of psychedelic rock in Latin America, who also generated considerable controversy over their album covers. Los Blops released three now very rare and very sought-after LPs between 1970 and 1973, and their sound was focused on their guitarists electric 12-string guitar (an unusual instrument in Chile at the time). Sacros were among the first electric folk-rock bands to perform during Catholic mass -- their recording was almost destroyed by the military and only a handful of copies survived. Los Macs 1967 masterwork, Kaleidoscope Men, is rightfully considered by many collectors to be one of the finest examples of 60s psychedelia from South America and original copies are impossibly rare. Los Beat 4 was one of the most successful groups of the national scene in the mid-60s and both of their rare LPs are represented here. Tumulto was respected for being non-commercial, and their track is taken from their rare debut album. Escombros released their sole LP in 1970 and are a gem in the psychedelic progressive folk style. Congregación released their sole LP on the IRT label in 1972, and El Congressos sound is the result of a unique blend of contemporary elements and Andean roots. Chilean psychedelic music was produced during a time of great cultural change and social turmoil and is exceedingly rare and very special. "-QDK Media |
| Artist: V/A Title: Love, Peace & Poetry - Chilean Psychedelic Music Format: CD Label: QDK Media Country: Germany Price: $17.00 |
| "The Love, Peace & Poetry series from QDK continues in Chile, with 17 tracks culled from some of the lost treasures of the psychedelic music scene of the 7-year period between 1967-1973. In 1973, the Chilean dictatorship banned most rock bands and most musicians had to stop or leave the country, or take it underground. The ban extended to the retroactive destruction of many master tapes for many of the albums included here, which only just stopped as recently as the 1980s. Kissing Spell represents with "Yellow Moon" taken from their 1970 album Los Pajaros, as well as Embrujo who released their self-titled LP in 1971. Los Jaivas debut LP was pressed privately in 1971 in a small edition of 500 copies, making this track extra-rare. Los Vidrios Quebrados were one of the real South American psychedelic classics -- their Byrds-like jangle-pop coming through clearly on their track. Aguaturbia were pioneers of psychedelic rock in Latin America, who also generated considerable controversy over their album covers. Los Blops released three now very rare and very sought-after LPs between 1970 and 1973, and their sound was focused on their guitarists electric 12-string guitar (an unusual instrument in Chile at the time). Sacros were among the first electric folk-rock bands to perform during Catholic mass -- their recording was almost destroyed by the military and only a handful of copies survived. Los Macs 1967 masterwork, Kaleidoscope Men, is rightfully considered by many collectors to be one of the finest examples of 60s psychedelia from South America and original copies are impossibly rare. Los Beat 4 was one of the most successful groups of the national scene in the mid-60s and both of their rare LPs are represented here. Tumulto was respected for being non-commercial, and their track is taken from their rare debut album. Escombros released their sole LP in 1970 and are a gem in the psychedelic progressive folk style. Congregación released their sole LP on the IRT label in 1972, and El Congressos sound is the result of a unique blend of contemporary elements and Andean roots. Chilean psychedelic music was produced during a time of great cultural change and social turmoil and is exceedingly rare and very special."- QDK Media |
| Artist: MEEHAN, SEAN AND TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA Title: From Tour Format: CD Label: Quakebasket Country: US Price: $13.00 |
| "Live recording from a series of concerts given in America in 2002. In a letterpress envelope with a jigsaw map piece from a State that the two toured to on the cover." - Quakebasket. |