"Tomáš Niesner has been making a name for himself in recent years by way of his solo ambient/drone excursions and the intricate melodicism of his collaborations with Jakub Šimanský. But it was “India Vibrations,” a digital self-release of lo-fi manipulated field recordings captured during a trip across North India, that really caught my ear: the cacophony of street festivals juxtaposed with the solemnity of houses of worship, all recorded on an “obsolete cellphone” and then looped and layered, abbreviated, elongated. It was Tomáš experimenting with an approach to music he hadn’t taken before, and the result is an audio postcard that is clearly evocative of a specific region but not timestamped with the year (2016) or even the decade in which it was recorded, leaving something to the listener’s imagination.
As “India Vibrations” served as the inspiration for World, out of this, “India Vibrations (Revisited)” rightfully arrives as the label’s inaugural catalog entry. Side A of the LP features the original 2020 recording, while Side B showcases seven brand new tracks made specially for this release, which Tomáš constructed from recordings made by his travel companions in the same style and notably adhering to the same compositional rule applied to “India Vibrations” of no additional instrumentation beyond the field recordings themselves. For the lucky few of you who navigated your way to the original digital release and were left wanting more, this is the record you’ve been waiting for. If you’re hearing it now for the first time, I hope you enjoy the journey through these 15 tracks that draw on the best qualities of raw field recordings, drone, and entrancing beats.
Recommended for fans of fellow sonic globetrotters from Muslimgauze and Zoviet France to Kink Gong, FRKSE, and Naujawanan Baidar.
Field recordings made by Tomáš Niesner, Václav Orcígr, and Tomáš Majtán. Mastered by Glyn Maier. Cover design by Roman Havlice. Photos by Tomáš Niesner and Václav Orcígr. Edition of 102 LPs. World, out of this - Woot - 01 2023." - World, out of this
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.
