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C.C.C.C. – Community Center Cyber Crash / Live In Pittsburgh CD
$17.00Add to cartLabel Description: C.C.C.C.;Community Center Cyber Crash/Live In Pittsburgh CD;Helicopter/Troniks;A searing document of C.C.C.C.’s indelible live performance at Wilkins School Community Center on October 11, 1992, Community Center Cyber Crash/Live In Pittsburgh voyages into an abyss of scorching sound featuring the lineup of Mayuko Hino (electronics, voice), Hiroshi Hasegawa (synthesizer, voice), and Fumio Kosakai (electronics, tapes). …
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SYNCHRONICITY SPACE Zine
$8.00Add to cartSynchronicity Space 5.5×8.5-inch 32 page risograph booklet Published November 2023 Edition of 100 Documentary index of exhibitions and events of the Los Angeles gallery Synchronicity, which operated from 2008–2013 at Melrose & Heliotrope. Introduction text by Britt Brown.
JOHN WIESE – “Growing Stem Out Lateral Shoots” Zine
$6.00Add to cartJohn Wiese Growing Stem Out Lateral Shoots 5.5×8.5-inch 12 page risograph booklet Published November 2023 Edition of 100 Documentation images and short essay by Andrew Cappetta for Abattoir Gallery.
ALEX YORK – Black Tupelo CD
$15.00Add to cartAlex York’s Black Tupelo comments on the obscured line between American folk music and spiritual minimalism. Through sampling across analog and digital media, including vinyl, cassettes, and YouTube, Black Tupelo derives all its sonic material from recordings of Powers / Rolin Duo. In the past, York has primarily sampled jazz musicians, but gravitates towards acoustic …
SISSY SPACEK – Cosm CD
$15.00Add to cartA new Sissy Spacek album in the realm of free-improv, but a great expansion of the perimeter. This power trio features Charlie Mumma on drums, Masahiko Ohno (Solmania) on guitar, and John Wiese on organ. Unlike anything that’s come before.
MERZBOW / SISSY SPACEK – Coronado 2CD
$20.00Add to cartIn their first collaborative album, pioneering Japanese sound artist Merzbow and prolific outsider outfit Sissy Spacek unite to unleash an unstoppable firebomb of frenzied electronics and raging percussion across two 45-minute discs in this monumental set. Assembled July–September 2023, it features a lineup of Masami Akita, Charlie Mumma, and John Wiese, with a special appearance …
THE HATERS – Tractor 2023 CD
$17.00Add to cartThe Haters classic remixed, remastered and reenvisioned! A full volume grinding cacophony of entropic sound and amplified destruction across three reworked live actions—8/15/87 San Francisco (tearing large sheets of paper & fire sounds), 10/11/87 Colorado Springs (sledgehammers smashing holes through the brick walls of an abandoned metal refinery), 12/16/88 Salt Lake City (destroyed junk on …
C.C.C.C. – Amplified Crystal CD
$17.00Add to cartA howling vortex of psychedelic whiteout and swirling shimmer by trailblazing Japanese icons C.C.C.C. (Cosmic Coincidence Control Center), featuring the core foursome of Mayuko Hino (electronics, voice, performance), Hiroshi Hasegawa (synthesizer, voice), Fumio Kosakai (electronics, tapes), and Ryuichi Nagakubo (bass). Originally released as a legendary, limited vinyl LP on the group’s own Endorphine Factory label, …
TESTICLE HAZARD – Kiki & Kastor CD
$15.00Add to cartA blistering blitzkrieg of blazing electronics, explosive audio, and psychedelic sound recorded in Oslo by the duo of Lasse Marhaug and Tommi Keränen. It’s a fast-paced frenzy blurring the lines between man, machines, madness, and ecstasy, showcasing two top artists working together at the peak of their abilities.
ROBERT TURMAN / JOHN WIESE – Solid State of Time CD
$15.00Add to cartRobert Turman is an American sound artist best known for his innovative and experimental work in the field of ambient and minimalism. Beginning in the mid/late-1970s, Turman became involved in the world of experimental music, being particularly drawn to the work of minimalist composers such as Steve Reich and Terry Riley, and began to experiment …
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JOSEPH HAMMER / JOE POTTS / JOHN WIESE – The Elusive Flexure 2CD
$22.00Add to cartHelicopter is proud to present the first trio album of Joseph Hammer (Solid Eye, Dinosaurs With Horns, LAFMS), Joe Potts (Airway, Extended Organ, LAFMS), and John Wiese (Sissy Spacek, Strain of Laws). Joe Potts has composed electro-acoustic music exclusively since 1973, creating art/sound installations and performances internationally. A founding member of the LAFMS, he is …
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MERZBOW / SMEGMA – Plays CD
$15.00Add to cartAvailable for the first time as the artists originally intended! In their first collaborative album, influential outsider artists Merzbow and Smegma traded source material through the mail – from Japan to the USA, from the USA to Japan – to craft a mesmerizing mix of surreal-concrète electronics, handmade instrumentation, unconventional sound art, and hypnotic blast …
LHD – “Hysterical Blindness” Book
$32.00Add to cartDocumentation for fanatics only. 3,700 word essay by Chris Sienko detailing the history and releases of LHD, plus illustrated discography. Limited release. 6×9-inches, 54 pages, Hardcover
SISSY SPACEK – Ways of Confusion CD
$15.00Add to cartAlthough Nuclear War Now! is primarily known for its output of black and death metal, as well as thrash and doom to a somewhat lesser extent, the label has on occasion ventured outside of this tendency when something particularly worthy has caught its ear. Such is the case with its release of Sissy Spacek’s “Ways …
SISSY SPACEK – Besiege CD
$15.00Add to cartDeluxe CD reissue from Damien Records of the Helicopter release, originally a cassette in an edition of 33. Raging electronics from Mumma/Wiese assembled in April 2020. Six panel digipak with new and original artwork reproductions.
SISSY SPACEK – Blear CD
$15.00Add to cartAn entropic vortex of full-room tear-up texture. Duo lineup of Charlie Mumma and John Wiese. Crucial CD reissue including nearly 15 minutes of bonus material!
SMEGMA – Mutant Stomps CD
$15.00Add to cartSmegma Mutant Stomps CD Helicopter/Troniks Much requested CD reissue of the long out of print LP on Helicopter! These American legends of outsider avant-garde need little introduction. Since becoming core members of the Los Angeles Free Music Society over four decades ago, they have retained their focus, determination and unmatched originality, influencing generations of outsider …
AIRWAY – Live at Zebulon CD
$15.00Add to cartAirway Live at Zebulon CD Helicopter/Troniks In December 2019, Los Angeles Free Music Society pioneers Airway performed live at Zebulon with a stacked cast of collaborators, unleashing a constantly mutating wave of raucous free improv experiments and unexpected art damage sonics from their collection of objects, electronics, and self-made musical instruments. Now carefully mixed & …
STRAIN OF LAWS – The Plotted Pavillion CD
$15.00Add to cartFrom the cryptic duo of Aaron Hemphill and John Wiese, a bleak industrial landscape bathed in heavy hypnotics and mood-drenched vocals. Recorded in 2010 in Venice, California, cauldron-brewed for a decade, and finally escaped in a low hanging fog. An absolutely essential CD reissue of the ultra-limited double 7-inch on Helicopter. A Troniks / Helicopter …
XEAXX XEAXX (HEAVY SEALS) – Hieroglyph 7”
$12.00Add to cartThe new Xeaxx Xeaxx (pronounced “Heavy Seals”) 7-inch! This is not a lathe, just a good old hifi sounding vinyl record. Xeaxx Xeaxx is a musique concrete unit featuring John Wiese & Brace Paine. In 15 years Xeaxx Xeaxx have released one CDEP on Troniks and one 7-inch on Fast Weapons and played two shows …
SKULL SKULL – Count To One CD
$15.00Add to cartJagged waves of shrieking shatter from the dueling guitars of Aaron Hemphill and Jarrett Silberman. Excavated from the deep archives of the mid-2000s Los Angeles explosion, Count to One shows the Skull Sküll pairing at their most chaotic, from tumbling concrete to steely landscapes, and is an essential rediscovery proudly presented by Helicopter / Troniks. …
ANDY BOLUS / JOSEPH HAMMER / JOHN WIESE – Prelude to Hawaiian Radio CD
$15.00Add to cartRecorded on a dark and lively night at Studio 1/4 in Los Angeles, Andy Bolus’ cadaverous murk combines with Joseph Hammer’s reel-to-reel jitters and John Wiese’s electronic jolts to veer from sonic claustrophobia to audio manipulation wipe-out across a thirteen track cocktail of stumbling hiss, voltage-impinged oscillations, and tangles of oozed-out blurt and whirling, chirping …
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