"Recorded between 1981 and 1982, the 3rd and final LP by Fullerton, CAs brilliant but short-lived NULL AND VOID was never properly released in its time. After being rejected by head-scratching label execs in the U.S. and having met with letters of rejection along the lines of _¢‚Ǩ_ìTheres a lot going on here_¢‚Ǩ¬¶ Im not sure what it is_¢‚Ǩ¬¶ I think its too much, etc._¢‚Ǩ¬ù, the record was, sadly, shelved for the next 30 years.
\r\nFrom Mutant Sounds:\r\n\r\nLike Half Machine Lip Moves On Some Faraway Beach, this final genius stroke from these increasingly warped Californian post punk merchants (following my posts of their Happiness And Contempt and Montage Morte EPs, the latter of which shares a few tracks with this album) ratchets up the stakes significantly; their angle of approach here weaving Chrome-plated and dystopian shaded tangents through a series of emotionally loaded and pop savvy oblique advances that are absolutely breathtaking in their collective impact. This album was shopped around all over back in the day and deemed _¢‚Ǩ_ìtoo weird_¢‚Ǩ¬ù by one and all. Feh! Silly children_¢‚Ǩ¬¶they missed the boat on a stone cold classic_¢‚Ǩ¬¶\r\n\r\nThis, at the very least, is a product of an outstandingly talented and overlooked _¢‚Ǩ_ìsynth wave_¢‚Ǩ¬ù band taking their music into new and increasingly warped directions. An avant pop _¢‚Ǩ_ìpost punk experimental acid music_¢‚Ǩ¬ù masterwork, a truly endless piece of music, and the grand vision of NULL AND VOIDs William Shifflette." -Bunkerpop.
After nearly a decade of false starts, multiple game plans veering off the rails, and a handful of shattered hopes and/or dreams, the odyssey is finally complete—the new Fusetron site is here.
This is the first phase of a multipart rollout that will span the next few months: the currently browsable stock includes miscellaneous new releases from the past 8+ months (we have a lot of catching up to do), plus approximately a third of our backstock. Note that we’ve reduced/slashed prices on many titles and will continue to do so in order to make room for new stock. We’ll also be expanding / tweaking / improving / debugging the site itself (for example, we still have work to do on the automated international postage system, not to mention the inevitable inventory discrepancies that come with transferring an ancient and massive database to a new system).
Over the next few months, as we take inventory, clean house, and delve into our storage, we will be uploading thousands of additional items, gradually, on a near-daily basis. This will include the majority of the LPs, as well as many titles, in all formats, once thought long-gone. Many currently “sold out” items are likely to resurface.
Finally, once our general backstock is up (probably in the next two or three months) we’ll begin making our extensive stockpile of rarities available online for the first time: tons of random out-of-print titles, "deadstock," warehouse finds, secondhand collectibles, etc., accumulated over the past few decades.
Frequent/returning customers will be getting early access to these items. Details to follow on how this will work (a priority mailing list? a 'frequent flyer'-like program?), but it will not be based on dollars spent. We want to reward those who consistently support us, especially in the discogs marketplace era (to those who show up trying to poach five copies of a one-off rarity, and nothing else, ever… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).
So—we suggest you take some time to dig through the site—even we’ve been surprised by what’s been turning up, and there’s much more to come.
