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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.
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 …
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 & …
SEWER ELECTION / LILA ENGEL – Hideous Glare CD
$15.00Add to cartIf one could previously view Sewer Election as a split entity – one harsh noise and one lo-fi concrete – such a distinction now falls short. Nowadays, Dan Johansson’s more low-key tape compositions informs his bulldozing harsh works, and vice versa. “Ferrite Mermaid” is a shining example of this merging of his sides and methods. …
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 …
SPASTIC COLON CD
$15.00Add to cartThe long-running project of Erik Hoffman and Jorge Martin releases its first full-length CD, reuniting with Troniks for the first time since the legendary CALIFORNIA 10LP box set. Originally slated for release in 2007 on Hoffman’s Ground Fault Recordings but shelved with the label’s hiatus, Spastic Colon has now been uncovered and unleashed, a masterpiece …
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. …
SISSY SPACEK – First Four CD
$15.00Add to cartEssential reissue! Compiling the first four Sissy Spacek albums (s/t, Remote Whale Control, Scissors, Devils Cone and Palm) together on one powerful disc, First Four covers nearly 80 minutes of sonic demolition, from blur-grind collision through concrète experiments and beyond. Limited edition six-panel digipak CD. A Troniks / Helicopter co-release, 2020 TRO-311, CD
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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SISSY SPACEK – Harm 2 CD
$15.00Add to cartAn anti-fidelity swarm of hysteric helltrash by Phil Blankenship, Jesse Jackson, Charlie Mumma, Corydon Ronnau, and John Wiese. Cruel sickness, vicious vocal retch, and a blinding squall of thrashing violence recorded direct to tape and straight to hell at LA’s legendary F-House in 2011. Limited edition digipak CD reissue of the long out of print …
UNSUSTAINABLE SOCIAL CONDITION – Seductive Distress CD
$15.00Add to cartAn abrasive deluge of molten asphalt and oppressive electronics, Seductive Distress arrives as Matt Purse’s superlative full-length follow-up to his 2016 shredder Dispersant (Oxen). Unsustainable Social Condition aims into the void for a boundless expanse of sonic dread across a salvo of tracks that devolve with less movement as they advance. Packaged in a limited …
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ASTROMERO – 2 3CD
$20.00Add to cartNEARLY 3 HOURS OF INTERDIMENSIONAL TRAVEL Damion Romero / Astro (Hiroshi Hasegawa, C.C.C.C.) collab. A complete collection of live recordings from the 2006 Astromero tour. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland and Brooklyn. You cannot simply hear this, you will FEEL it. TRO-289 , 3CD
