Kino Glaz ‎– Al Passo Con L'Arcangelo [LP] (1988, Auf Dem Nil)

 

This is the only work by Kino Glaz, released on ADN (Auf Dem Nil), a label founded in the early 80's, at the beginning as a fanzine and tape-label, and immediately characterized by its experimental 'nature'. Its vinyl catalog is still remembered for the works by Doubling Riders, Riccardo Sinigaglia, Christina Kubisch, La 1919 and Kino Glaz, italian experimental neofolk pioneers, formed by ex Tomografia Assiale Computerizzata (T.A.C.) members Simon Balestrazzi and Gregorio Bardini -who also collaborated with Thelema-, plus Paola Sartori and Patrizia Mattioli. 

 
The sound of this album can be summarized in the term 'Neofolk', though the content offers significant insights into Gothic inspiration and neoclassical expression. A record of undoubted stylistic and 'historical' value, this is an album that should be counted among the most important releases of that period. An LP not easy to enjoy, dedicated to those who want to know the path of a sound that is still immune to negative contaminations and disintegrations caused by easy listening, that matter that transforms and dissolves in musical obviousness what was born not to be. [SOURCE: SHERWOOD] 

 

 

Label: Auf Dem Nil ‎– DMM 008 R 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo 

Country: Italy 

Released: 1988 

Style: Modern Classical, Neofolk, Experimental, Neo-Medieval Folk, Avant-Folk

 

Tracklist:

A1 Luce Del Mattino 3:21 

A2 Ecce Quam Bonum 4:08 

A3 Il Segreto Del Fiore D'Oro 5:03 

A4 Cortili D'Europa 6:16 

B1 Il Veltro 7:29 

B2 Ianua Caeli 3:54 

B3 L'Etoile Flamboyante 3:21 

B4 S. Michele Arcangelo 4:21 

 

Notes:

Recorded between Nov. '86 and Nov. '87. 

 

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Haunted House – Up In Flames [CD] (1999, Erstwhile Records)

Haunted House is Loren Mazzacane Connors (guitar), Andrew Burnes (guitar), Suzanne Langille (vocals), and Neel Murgai (percussion). Although two of the three tracks on 'Up in Flames' have been penned by Langille (the other is a version of Lonnie Johnson's "Blue Ghost Blues"), this band mostly bears the mark of indie rock guitar legend Loren Mazzacane Connors. Up to 11 minutes into the first track, the album is solo Connors. But at that point, the other instruments join in for a build-up that reaches its climax when Langille's fragile vocals come in over 14 minutes into the song. The slow, simple, and hazy guitar style of Loren Mazzacane Connors and the crescendo-climax-release structure takes 'Up in Flames' into Godspeed You Black Emperor! territory. The second piece suffers from bad sound quality (awful background noise) and the listener can hear people talking throughout (these are live recordings). "Blue Ghost Blues" offers a change of pace as both guitarists let loose in this one, playing noisy blues solos. The piece rocks a lot toward the end, a welcomed change that doesn't affect the stylistic cohesion of the album. Sound problems set aside, 'Up in Flames' is a nice record of ethereal rock music in the vein of Godspeed You Black Emperor! and The Boxhead Ensemble. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC]

 

  

 

Label: Erstwhile Records ‎– erstwhile 002 

Format: CD, Album 

Country: US 

Released: 1999 

Style: Post Rock, Avantgarde, Experimental, Free Improvisation, Avant-Folk

 

Tracklist:

1 Been So Long 23:02 

2 Only When You Sleep 10:27 

3 Blue Ghost Blues 23:09 

 

Notes:

Track 1 recorded at The Cooler in NYC on February 22, 1999. 

Tracks 2 and 3 recorded at The Cooler in NYC on May 8, 1999. 

 

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Yximalloo ‎– The Worst Of 1984 [CD] (1994, Sakura wrechords)

Yximalloo is Naofumi Ishimaru alone, but he drafts a loose ensemble of players, including the core of Shigeo Ootake and Takashi Korgo (who appear on all discs), as collaborator-executors. All of his releases are on his own label, and none have seen a distributor yet (which is why you very rarely find his CDs in stores). Ishimaru works like a Japanese Jandek without the angst, like the Boredoms minus the bombast. Spiritual kin to early artpunk and especially the LAFMS, he revels in mock-ethnic music and nonsense. Lo-fi, sweet and primitive, he uses ancient drum machines, hand percussion, and electronic droplet noises, sometimes set to melodies gathered from some imaginary South Sea island where the traditional instrument is seemingly an old '80s synth. Handclaps and chanting abound, but Yximalloo has also been painted as a Japanese Half Japanese -Jad Fair himself has collaborated with Ishimaru and draws the covers several releases (gorgeous dayglo and glow-in-the-dark covers in iridescent plastic cases). [SOURCE: YXIMALLOO] 

 

 

Label: Sakura wrechords ‎– C-07 

Format: CD, Compilation 

Country: Japan 

Released: 1994 

Style: Experimental, Avant-Folk, Minimal Wave

 

Tracklist:

1 Traveler From Hopi 

2 Why To Xmas 

3 Russian Dance 

4 Mahi Mahi Fish Song 

5 Yximalloo's Tribe's Ensemble #15 

6 Pressure From Christians To Nudists 

7 Aikoku Kousin Kyoku #3 

8 Fire 

9 Fuli Fuli #11 

10 Cola Song 

11 Gureeoufuruutsu Juusu 

12 The Song I Never Sing Again 

13 Lotto 

14 Inmarsat-Ati #3 

15 Zicarbometxyvinylamine 

16 The Border Of South 

17 Helen 

18 Fuck Me Beethoven 

19 Inmarsat-Ati #9 

20 Eel Fishing In Moon Night 

21 Sweet Karen / Spare Us #33 

22 Volks Sex 

23 Hae #2 

24 Fuli Fuli #14 

25 Aikoku Kousin Kyoku #5.5 

26 Life In A Quiet Village 

27 Tori #33 

28 Fr15z 

29 White House Reaction 

30 Dance Dance Dance Until The 3rd World War #39 

31 Sleep Well 

32 Self Hypnosis 

 

Credits:

Artwork – Jad Fair 

 

Notes:

Recorded in 1984 

 

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Yximalloo ‎– Techno Shrine Choir [CD] (1994, Sakura wrechords)

Yximalloo is Naofumi Ishimaru alone, but he drafts a loose ensemble of players, including the core of Shigeo Ootake and Takashi Korgo (who appear on all discs), as collaborator-executors. All of his releases are on his own label, and none have seen a distributor yet (which is why you very rarely find his CDs in stores). Ishimaru works like a Japanese Jandek without the angst, like the Boredoms minus the bombast. Spiritual kin to early artpunk and especially the LAFMS, he revels in mock-ethnic music and nonsense. Lo-fi, sweet and primitive, he uses ancient drum machines, hand percussion, and electronic droplet noises, sometimes set to melodies gathered from some imaginary South Sea island where the traditional instrument is seemingly an old '80s synth. Handclaps and chanting abound, but Yximalloo has also been painted as a Japanese Half Japanese -Jad Fair himself has collaborated with Ishimaru and draws the covers several releases (gorgeous dayglo and glow-in-the-dark covers in iridescent plastic cases). [SOURCE: YXIMALLOO] 

Label: Sakura wrechords ‎– C-09 

Format: CD, Compilation 

Country: Japan 

Released: 1994 

Style: Experimental, Minimal, Synth-pop, Tribal, Abstract, Lo-Fi, Avant-Folk, Minimal Wave, Tribal Ambient, Tape Music

Tracklist:

1 Za Happy Madness Flom Za Planet 0:48 

2 A-E-A-E-A 4:55 

3 Catholic Ghetto #23 2:31 

4 Too-Doo Bong 2:19 

5 Needle Anesthesia 3:19 

6 Kudalumping/Back In The U.S.S.R. 1:56 

7 Khaki Men 2:13 

8 Sa'i'Min 1:14 

9 The Desk, Smile! #2 3:14 

10 Dead Soldier With Red Lipstick #9 3:45 

11 Creeper Do Multiprise Wis 4 Dimention-Ly In Za Forest 5:48 

12 Opposite Roochoo Caliculation Of A Formula 1:47 

13 Tranced 1:06 

14 Meat Than Missile! 2:00 

15 Every Shrine Has Wasshoy 3:02 

16 Tea Dance 1:32 

17 The 8th Month 1:37 

18 Voice From The 99 1:45 

19 Tori #18 3:55 

20 Reproduction 1:41 

21 Kimigayo 0:39 

22 Dead Soldier With Red Lipstick #12 3:49 

23 E-Chin 3:54 

24 Brother Of Pipes 2:29 

25 100 Colors Tribe 2:27 

26 Throbbing Heart 6:37 

Notes:

©1984 Sakura wrechords. 

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Yximalloo ‎– The Worst Of 1982 [CD] (1994, Sakura wrechords)

Yximalloo is Naofumi Ishimaru alone, but he drafts a loose ensemble of players, including the core of Shigeo Ootake and Takashi Korgo as collaborator-executors. All of his releases are on his own label. Ishimaru works like a Japanese Jandek without the angst, like the Boredoms minus the bombast. Spiritual kin to early artpunk and especially the LAFMS, he revels in mock-ethnic music and nonsense. Lo-fi, sweet and primitive, he uses ancient drum machines, hand percussion, and electronic droplet noises, sometimes set to melodies gathered from some imaginary South Sea island where the traditional instrument is seemingly an old '80s synth. Handclaps and chanting abound, but Yximalloo has also been painted as a Japanese Half Japanese -Jad Fair himself has collaborated with Ishimaru. [SOURCE: YXIMALLOO] 

Label: Sakura wrechords ‎– C-05 

Format: CD, Compilation 

Country: Japan 

Released: 1994 

Style: Experimental, Tribal, Industrial, Minimal, Noise, Synth-pop, Avant-Folk, Tape Music, Freak Folk

Tracklist:

1 A Fire #12 2:58 

2 A Bird 1:49 

3 A-E-A-E #1 2:15 

4 A Water #8 3:41 

5 Offer Incense Sticks #6 2:29 

6 WA-MATSURI #10 1:47 

7 Moon Loop #1 1:02 

8 A Ghost 1:46 

9 A Horse #9 1:26 

10 A Wood #7 1:59 

11 Offer Incense Sticks #9 3:11 

12 A Dance 1:04 

13 Ton-Ten-Kan 3:13 

14 A Fish 0:45 

15 Dead Soldier With Red Lipstick 4:03 

16 O'Rhythm 2:34 

17 A Horse #8 1:36 

18 Fish Loop 2:14 

19 A Fire #4 0:45 

20 A-E-A-E #3 2:09 

21 A Grass 2:09 

22 A Moon 0:33 

23 Jet 0:54 

24 TI-TZU #2 5:45 

25 Not So Easy #10 1:10 

26 Moon Loop #6 + #7 + #8 1:55 

27 WA-MATSURI #8 4:18 

28 A Fire #6 1:02 

29 A Horse #7 1:34 

30 Reggae Kills The Weird Music In Jamaica #6 4:06 

31 A Water #9 3:22 

32 Plague 4:43 

Notes:

Recorded in 1982 

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