Bis Aufs messer Weekly News 03 Feb 2025
Hi, welcome to another newsletter for February. The last couple weeks have been slow (as for probably a lot of small businesses) … so in case u are planing to place an order or explore some new music - now would be a great time to keep the boat on afloat. We also added a bunch of some cool second hand titles in the bins and on our discogs.
We also got some cool restocks like like EARTH 2 DLP, a bunch of EA80 restocks along with new EA 80 - Stecker LP, CHIVALA - Boato LP, BOILERMAKER - Not Enough Time To Get Anything Halfway Done 4xLP BOXSET, JEFF PARKER - Mondays at The Enfield Tennis Academy DLP restock and also JEFF PARKER ETA IVTET - The Way Out of Easy DLP and CD restock, MJ LENDERMAN - Manning Fireworks LP restock, SHARON VAN ETTEN & THE ATTACHMENT THEORY - s/t LP and a bunch of other things
The PALATKA pre order albums should be also with us soon.
We also added (adding) a bunch more second hand LPs and 7“s and Tapes to our discogs
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Thank you as usual
Til then thank you for all your orders & support.
Robert & Norman
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22 BEACHES - Dust: Recordings 1980-1984 LP (Glasgow based Seated Records return with more 1980s Scottish Post-Punk / New Wave material. In this 8-track mini compilation the label introduces the work of Stirling band 22 Beaches, offering a deep dive into music recorded between 1980-1984 - the majority of which has never seen the light of day! 22 Beaches formed in Stirling in the late 1970s as an evolution of the short lived group ‘Alone at Last’ - drummer Fred Parson’s and guitarist Stephen Hunter being the two who spanned the divide. Out of the six members of 22 Beaches, many were school friends, and the rest naturally fell together. The band toured extensively and played at a truly diverse set of venues across the UK: from a local swimming pool boiler room, to small nightclubs and university parties, to several fundraisers for the miners strike. Maybe most notably of all, drummer Fred Parsons described playing at what he calls “the Grangemouth International”, organised by local promoter Brian Guthrie and which featured an all-star lineup of 22 Beaches, The Exploited and the first incarnation of The Cocteau Twins. A coach was hired to ship the audience to Grangemouth from Stirling, the cost of which was included in the ticket. The gig then paused halfway through for a 'help yourself' buffet. Young promoters take heed. This is how it's done! Over the course of the 80s the band released music on three different, and now sought after, various artists compilation cassettes. “What Day Is It?” and “Sadie When She Died” were released on a compilation of local Stirling artists 'The A.N.K.L.E File'. The track from which the current record takes its namesake - “Dust” - was initially released on a compilation-tape for the fanzine 'Another Spark'. And ‘‘Zoo” (also featured on this record) was first released on Glasgow label Pleasantly Surprised via compilation, 'An Hour Of Eloquent Sounds', where 22 Beaches rubbed shoulders with early music from Scottish names Primal Scream, Cocteau Twins, The Wake and Sunset Gun. Unfortunately, 22 Beaches never met the same level of commercial success as these others and decided to retire the project in 1984 - leaving their recordings and demos to gather dust (hehe)…until now!) 27.00
ALI OMAR - Hashish Hits LP (efficient space - Efficient Space honours the memory of producer and MC Ali Omar with Hashish Hits, a posthumous selection from the dub rebel’s self-released discography. One of ten children in working-class Liverpool, Omar drew deep influence from his father's Arabic heritage—a thread central to his identity and sample origins. After art school and a spell clubbing during Manchester's halcyon days, he relocated to Sydney, where he co-founded the blunted downbeat duo Atone with fellow British expatriate Andy Fitzgerald. As an MC, he infiltrated the city’s house, dub, jungle, and bass circuits, becoming a regular fixture at the Bentley Bar, where he commanded the mic with his versatile, rumbling baritone and charisma.
Freakishly talented in the studio, Omar was a pioneer of the Akai sampler and Atari, deftly recording live sessions straight to DAT. Drawing on industry insights from his sister, Merseybeat firebrand Beryl Marsden—who supported The Beatles on their final UK tour and was signed to Decca and Columbia—the non-conformist sought to build a self-sufficient business model. Between 1998 and 2004, he independently issued four albums on CD through his Hashish Studios imprint, hustling copies directly to local record stores and live shows for instant returns, even hand-sewing screen-printed hessian sleeves for his final release.) 26.00
BOILERMAKER - Not Enough Time To Get Anything Halfway Done 4xLP BOXSET (numero - restock - From the frayed loop of San Diego's white belt `90s scene, Boilermaker provided a subtle counterpoint to the Gravity obsessed post-hardcore landscape. They called it Leucadia-core, a hybrid of major chord riffs, emotive yelps, angular bass chug, and pounding rhythms, building and releasing with the Swami tides. Not Enough Time To Get Anything Halfway Done compiles the trio of Terrin Durfey, Tim Semple, and Richard Sanderson complete discography_three albums, singles, and rarities_into a 41-song/ 4xLP box set, with annotation and illustration in the accompanying 24-page book. Surfs down. Hang zero.) 80.00
CHIVALA - Boato LP (Pike - Chivàla is an idea and five friends playing an emotional post-hardcore that alternates introspective moments with explosions of almost uncontrolled energy, with choral parts with strong melodic hues. After two EPs and several split records, “Boato” is their first full length album.) 15.00
DE KLOK - Stop the Clock LP (Wild broken heart healing procedure through time distorted tape recordings by T. Delaunay (panoptique), D.L. Byrne (Charmaine’s Names) and J. Warmenbol (Kabaal). A new emanation from the Simple Music Experience collective (Fiesta en el Vacìo, Helen Island, Parasite Jazz…). Minimalistic mystery pop by the clue chasers De Klok, who recorded their spontaneous first album under one moon and one sun during an intense session of investigation, bribery, calculations, doubts, and beard-scratching. The result: 14 tracks recorded on tape—including hazardous interludes. A glimpse into this post-spy-punk world, made up of croony voices, hypnotic basslines, and lo-fi drums, by the three international agents Charmaine’s Name, Kabaal, and Constance Chlore / Panoptique. Originally released on cassette by Simple Music Experience, the vinyl version includes two new tracks, all remastered. ) 28.00
DENNIS BOVELL - Sufferer Sounds (Rare Dubs, Roots & Lovers Rock) DLP (Dennis Bovell's prolific and varied career spans a huge spectrum of music: from dub poetry to lovers rock and post-punk to disco, pop and more. His production work includes such diverse figures as The Slits, I Roy, Maximum Joy, Fela Kuti, The Pop Group, Janet Kay, Saada Bonaire, Orange Juice, Golden Teacher, Steel Pulse and more. Focusing on the period during and immediately after Bovell's stint with Jah Sufferer Sound System, this compilation digs deep to find deep cuts and lesser-known versions, mostly from 1976-1980, including a stunning and lesser-known dub of the iconic track "Silly Games". Meticulously restored and remastered at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin, these decades-old tracks sound pristine and dynamic, and arranged in a way that takes the listener on a journey through Bovell's production and arrangement genius.) 35.00
DITZ - Never Exhale LP (PINK VINYL. ‘Never exhale’ is the sound of a band that hasn’t stopped for a breath. DITZ have toured relentlessly since the release of their first album ‘The Great Regression’. The songs that form their newest offering were written across Europe, often on off days and in borrowed rehearsal rooms. It could be said that the band treat recording and release of music as an afterthought. Often playing songs live years before their release, tweaking them as they go. The songs on the final record may change before they are ever heard as part of the album. ‘Never Exhale’ was largely recorded at Holy Mountain studios in London during a freezing cold January. The process was frought with obstacles, the original plan, to go and record in Rhode Island, was abandoned when DITZ were offered a support tour with IDLES, although the album was still mixed by the originally intended engineer, Seth Manchester (Model/Actriz, Lingua Ignota, Big Brave). The result is an album hardened by the pressure of its own making. Laboured but not loved.) 35.00
EA 80 - Stecker LP (major label - New album from the Mönchengladbach band, which according to legend was only distributed to a handful of lucky people at concerts at the end of last year. 13 new black-soaked numbers that come up with the usual minor chords, a dark mood and social criticism. Everything is the same as before. Thematically, they work on social networks, digital life, gentrification and right-wing pigs, which is sometimes hectic and aggressive, sometimes slower and hopeless. EA 80 are EA 80 and do what they do best - great!) 26.00
THE GITS - Frenching The Bully LP (sub pop - LOSER EDITION ON COLORED VINYL. Mia Zapata was the greatest rock singer of her time. She may well have been the greatest blues singer in punk rock history, the woman who married the 78 and the ’78. Tragedy did not make this true. Mia Zapata made this true, and the ferocious, spring-loaded shrapnel frame that was built around her by Andy Kessler (guitar: metronomic and furious), Matt Dresdner (bass: fluid, punching, beat-addicted and melodic), and Steve Moriarty (drums: martial and explosive) - who, with Mia, combined to form The Gits - made it true. ) 30.00
IDRIS ACKAMOOR & THE PYRAMIDS - Afro Futuristic Dreams DLP (strut - restock - Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids are back with their first major new studio album in over 3 years, an epic, sprawling new work exploring the future, the past and the urgent reality of the present, ‘Afro Futuristic Dreams’.) 30.00
JEFF PARKER - Mondays at The Enfield Tennis Academy DLP (Aguirre - restock - Mondays at The Enfield Tennis Academy, x2 LPs of long-form, lyrical, groove-based free improv by acclaimed guitarist & composer Jeff Parker's ETA IVtet. Recorded live at ETA (referencing David Foster Wallace), a bar in LA’s Highland Park neighborhood with just enough space in the back for Parker, drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist Anna Butterss, & alto saxophonist Josh Johnson to convene in extraordinarily depth-full & exploratory music making. Gleaned for the stoniest side-length cuts from 10+ hours of vivid two-track recordings made between 2019 & 2021 by Bryce Gonzales, Mondays at The Enfield Tennis Academy is a darkly glowing séance of an album, brimming over with the hypnotic, the melodic, & patience & grace in its own beautiful strangeness. Room-tone, electric fields, environment, ceiling echo, live recording, Mondays, Los Angeles. Jeff Parker's first double album & first live album, Mondays at The Enfield Tennis Academy belongs in the lineage of such canonical live double albums recorded on the West Coast as Lee Morgan’s Live at the Lighthouse, Miles Davis' In Person Friday & Saturday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco & Black Beauty, & John Coltrane's Live in Seattle.) 35.00
JEFF PARKER ETA IVTET - The Way Out of Easy DLP (international anthem . Restock - January 2nd, 2023. Aside from being the second of a new year, it was a pretty ordinary night at ETA in Los Angeles, where guitarist Jeff Parker - alongside his ETA IVtet with saxophonist Josh Johnson, bassist Anna Butterss, and drummer Jay Bellerose - had been holding down a regular Monday gig since 2016. At the time, nobody knew it was the first gig of the last year that ETA would be open for business. Over seven years of holding down that residency, Parker’s ETA ensemble evolved from a band that played mostly standards into a group known for its transcendent, long-form (sometimes stretching out for 45 minutes or more) journeys into innovative, often uncharted territories of groove-oriented, painterly, polyrhythmic, minimalist and mantric improvised music.) 33.00
KŸHL – Nach Strich Und Faden LP (i corrupt - Kyhl from Hamburg / Berlin play passionate, chaotic and intense screamo with lots of spoken words ... pressed on colored vinyl) 14.00
MASAKA OHTA & MATTHIAS LINDERMAYR - Nozomi LP (squama - Pianist Masako Ohta and trumpet player Matthias Lindermayr are back on Squama with 'Nozomi', the follow-up to their 2022 debut ‚MMMMH'. The Japanese title, which translates to ‘hope’, felt fitting, as the album was conceived during a time of personal loss for Ohta, during and after which music proved itself as a beacon of hope. The music on Nozomi unfolds gently, with Lindermayr’s airy tone and lyrical playing being wrapped in Ohta’s chordal backing that moves from tender to tense and back over the course of the album. While most tunes were written by Lindermayr, the only exception being an interpretation of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘Hibari’, the arrangements are largely improvised, letting the duo’s intuition guide the course and build the form. Solemn slowness has become a signature trait of the Munich-based duo and it makes listening to their new record a healing retreat from the frantic chatter of the present.) 27.00
MJ LENDERMAN - Manning Fireworks LP (restock - MJ Lenderman is a songwriter born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. The anatomy of an MJ record might go something like this: warped pedal steels and skuzzed out guitar; crackin" a cold one with some buds; a voice reminiscent of the high lonesome warble of a choirboy. Songs snake their way from a lo-fi home recording to something glossier made withn longtime friends at Asheville"s Drop of Sun studios, but the recording setting doesn"t seem to matter much - at its core, a Lenderman song rings true. Manning Fireworks is a remarkable development in MJ Lenderman"s story as an incredibly incisive singer-songwriter, whose propensity for humor always points to some uneasy, disorienting darkness. The punchlines are still here, as are the rusted-wire guitar solos that have made Lenderman a favorite for indie rock fans looking for an ernerging guitar hero. There"s a new sincerity, too, as Lenderman Iets listeners clearly see the world through his warped lens.) 27.00
OJNE - Undici/Dodici LP (through love - Øjne’s Debut EP for friends of Italian screamo. If you like Raein or La Quiete, this is one for you.) 18.00
RICHARD DAWSON - End Of The Middle LP (With this sixth studio album, Richard Dawson comes full circle, following on from his first solo releases more than a decade ago! If The Ruby Cord (2022) was a study in lush arrangements and epic, imaginative songwriting, End of the Middle sees Dawson return home both sonically and thematically. The album's focus on everyday domestic stories through the prism of a "typical English middle-class household" is reflected in the sparse instrumentation - just guitar, drums and vocals - and the gentle, winding melodies. With this album, which follows on from his first solo releases more than a decade ago, Dawson has come full circle: the end of the middle.) 27.00
SALENTA & TOPU - Moon Set, Moon Rise LP (future restienza - Repress! Two old souls creating music not of this plane, taking you to a dream world...) 30.00
SHARON VAN ETTEN & THE ATTACHMENT THEORY - s/t LP (From the off, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory is sonically different from Van Etten’s previous work. Writing and recording in total collaboration with her band for the first time, Van Etten finds the freedom that comes by letting go – letting go of her normal modus operandi or the need for control or attachment to the outcome. No safety net. It’s somewhat terrifying, but also liberating. The result of that liberation is an exhilarating new dimension of sound and songwriting. The themes are timeless, classic Sharon – life and living, love and being loved – but the sounds are new, wholly realized and sharp as glass.) 30.00
VAZZ - Your Lungs and Your Tongues LP (numero - MOTHER OF PEARL NATURAL CLEAR VINYL. Channeling the Euro-pop sensibilities of Crepuscule and the ethereal goth of 4AD, Vazz arrived in Glasgow just as the Sound of Young Scotland was taking off. Armed with a drum machine, guitar, bass, and Anna Howson’s icy cooing, the duo offered a darker take to a scene dominated by poptimists Orange Juice, Josef K, and Aztec Camera. This 40th anniversary edition of their 1986 mini-album Your Lungs and Your Tongues compiles their complete Cathexis recordings and adds a handful of unissued minimal wave pearls. Colder than Dalwhinnie on the solstice—better bring a parka.) 30.00
VEGA TRAILS - Tremors in the Static LP (Bassist and composer Milo Fitzpatrick (Portico Quartet) launches new collaborative project with saxophonist Jordan Smart (Mammal Hands) Vega Trails is a new project from double-bassist and composer Milo Fitzpatrick, a founder member of Portico Quartet, who has also performed with the likes of Nick Mulvey and Jono McCleary and features saxophonist Jordan Smart (Mammal Hands, Sunda Arc) in a richly powerful duo bringing together two powerfully charismatic musicians. The project which takes its name from Carl Sagan's science fiction novel 'Contact' (a book about signals of new life detected from the Vega system) andwas born out of a desire to bring the elements of bass and melody to the foreground in their rawest form and Fitzpatrick explains that he deliberatelychose the stripped back approach.) 27.00
WOJCIECH RUSIN - Honey For The Ants LP (AD93 — Wojciech Rusin is a Polish-born audio visual artist based in London. He draws inspiration from alchemical and gnostic texts, early renaissance choral music and Eastern European mythologies. "Honey for the Ants" completes an "alchemical trilogy", after The Funnel and Syphon. These albums are informed by mystical and gnostic texts, celebrating the weird, unhinged and occasionally beautiful.) 28.00
