Pinned onto Aquarius Records San Francisco
`’~,.,~’`’~,.,~’`’~
`’~,.,~’`’~,.,~’`’~ aQuarius recOrds
`’~,.,~’`’~,.,~’`’~ New Arrivals #479.33
`’~,.,~’`’~,.,~’`’~ Records Of The Week Revisited – Part VI
`’~,.,~’`’~,.,~’`’~ July 17th, 2015
Beloved Customers and Friends:
did our last list last week, two lists in two weeks!), and what we’ve
got for you this time is the latest in a continuing series
spotlighting former Record Of The Week honorees that you might have
somehow missed the first time ’round.
This installment is the sixth in the series, and features six totally,
utterly recommended aQuarius Records Of The Week selections, the
oldest one from way back on list #171, that’s twelve years ago now,
though most of this half dozen are of somewhat more recent vintage.
To view this list on our website, with cover and sound samples and all
Also, of course, last week’s New Arrivals #479 can and should be
(especially if you were expecting it tonight, and didn’t notice we’d
sent it out a week early!).
FYI, next week’s list will also be in “in-betweener” (hence this is
#479.33, that one will be #479.66), with a different theme of course.
Then, with summer vacations and such more or less behind us, we’ll be
getting back on the usual schedule with list #480 the following week…
All right then. Have a fantastic great weekend everybody, and enjoy
the list!!
And as always, thanks for reading the list, passing it on to all your
friends who love weird music, shopping at our store, turning -us- on
to all sort of great stuff, and helping us spread the word and get all
this great music to the people who love it. YOU!! And as always,
please realize that we work really hard on the list, so if you find
out about stuff through us, please try to buy your records from us.
That way we can keep on doing what we do, and we’ll always be here
with our ears to the ground, and with cds full of metalcore pitbulls,
death metal parrots, gamelan playing elephants, recordings of glaciers
cracking, ice melting, zamboni’s, life support systems, drag races,
audience applause, and of course self flagellating Norwegian dwarves,
moaning telephone wires, recorded exorcisms, acapella straight edge
metalcore, high school battles of the bands, movie theater organ
music, Christian psychedelic folk, Bhangra Black Sabbath as well as
all the metal, indie rock, electronica, punk rock, reggae, dub,
sixties psych, krautrock, classic rock, country and anything else your
heart may desire. So thanks. A bunch!
read the most recent New Arrivals list online where you can SEE COVER
ART and HEAR SOUNDCLIPS we prepared for you. Plus it makes ordering
almost effortless ’cause a single mouse click will pop an item
directly into your shopping cart! No more trying to remember
everything that you wanted to order after having read a hundred or so
reviews!
BLACK RAIN “Dark Pool” (Blackest Ever Black) cd/lp 17.98/27.00
We’ve been super obsessed with this killer slab of grim,
blackened, nocturnal, techno minimalism, a dread fueled sprawl of
bleak electronica and droned out sci-fi industrialism that’s even more
remarkable as it’s the first Black Rain release in 18 years!!
Black Rain mastermind Stuart Argabright is hardly a household
along an axis of futurist / cyberpunk / darkly post-punk electronica
dating back to the late ’70s. His first fruits were in the form of the
Factory sponsored Ike Yard, whose gloomy electro-dirges followed in
the wake of the No New York contingent, followed by some far more club-
oriented projects including the one-hit wonder Dominatrix and the
eccentric Death Comet Crew (working with the pioneer of Afro-futurism,
Rammellzee). Black Rain was the band that Argabright began with fellow
DCC-member Shinichi Shimokawa in 1992 or thereabouts, and was
originally commissioned to draft the score for a film version of
Johnny Mnemonic. Despite his long-standing friendship with Phillip K.
Dick, the Black Rain tracks were scrapped in favor of a high-budget
Hollywood score after Keanu Reeves was pegged for the lead. After
Blackest Ever Black pressed up a short-program lp 2010 of that
soundtrack work from the early ’90s (all of which had appeared on the
Fifth Colvmn cd entitled 1.0), Argabright returned to the Black Rain
moniker, possibly with Shimokawa at his right hand again.
Dark Pool continues the thread of tense cyborg-electronica
crafted through those nixed Johnny Mnemonic soundtracks. The
introductory track features a spoken word preface from Sean Young
(best known as the android Rachel from Blade Runner) amongst a flurry
of electrically screeching birds, extending the P.K. Dick allusions.
Dystopian electronic shadows and hauntological drones brace much of
Dark Pool, with Black Rain snapping into rhythmic passages of taut
pneumatic samples and polished-machine drum programming. “Xibalba Road
Metamorph” is a track that Dominick Fernow could only dream of
producing as Prurient or Vatican Shadow, hammering its electro-static
pulses with iron-fisted brutality and cold-blooded precision. The
aptly named “Data River” spills out clinical beeps and drill-hammer
rhythms on par with the sterility of Mika Vainio’s Metri or any of the
Raster Noton folk, with toxic drones of any villainous techno track
lurking in the distance. Black Rain does pull the rug out from under
us on the final track which rockets forward with a modern-day Moroder-
esque tension, all dynamic arpeggiation and teeth-gritting electronic
suspense only to abruptly cut the power, marking the end of the album.
If we were to apply the cinematic, gothic / sci-fi allusion that this
albums begs for, then this coda marks the unexpected termination of
the android protagonist. Achtung! Bang! Click. End.
FOSSIL AEROSOL MINING PROJECT “17 Years In Ektachrome” (Hand-Held
Recordings) cd 14.98
We first heard of the Fossil Aerosol Mining Project
on :zoviet*france:’s fantastic podcast A Duck In Tree, and we were
certainly baffled to discover that this enigmatic project from the
outskirts of Chicago has been in existence since the early ’80s. A
cassette here or there might have materialized throughout the years,
but it seems that the bulk of the output was just secreted away until
some of this stuff started showing up on their website, revealing a
dreamy, narcotic ethos of post-industrial tape-loopery. Think Phillip
Jeck. Think Terry Riley. And most of all, think :zoviet*france:! The
etymology behind the name Fossil Aerosol Mining Project harkens to the
act of rummaging through abandoned warehouses, whose crumbled surfaces
were dappled with graffiti. The remnant waste from all that graffiti
was the never-ending supply of crushed and spent spraypaint aerosol
cans. So, the punk-scavenger miscreants who would find themselves
sifting through the rubbish of those abandoned warehouses in search of
a motherlode of 16mm film or reel-to-reel tape machines would
undoubtably come across countless, discarded cans. Quite a poetic
allusion for this tape-heavy Mining Project.
The quotations of bird song and the pleasant ambient wash of
the initial 30 seconds snap into something quite foreign with a series
of radio communication bursts and snippets of slow-motion monologues
from Ronald Reagan, whose soothing, patronizing declarations would
raise the hackles of many critical thinkers and agit-prop artists
during his presidency. Nowadays, it’s something of a distant, sonorous
ghost, something that we’re supposed to dread but can’t quite figure
out why. The Fossil Aerosol Mining Project cycles through a myriad of
sympathetic loops, each of which harbors its own patter of delay,
lending to a complex web of crumbling sound furthered along by
backward tapes of textural scrabblings and iridescent drones. This
network of eerie, diaphanous sounds and hypnotizingly soft-focus
rhythms which may have their origins in a thoroughly forgotten
fragment of a song, whose content was wholly lost to the magnetic
erasures, dubbing-upon-dubbing-upon-dubbing, and / or the bacterial
decay which flecked away the ferric oxide leaving behind an entirely
different set of chemical stains. What’s left is just a shadow of
whatever emotion might have been imprinted onto the tape. It’s a
beautiful coagulation of sound, the musical equivalent of a Joseph
Cornell box… either that or the recapitulation of the
classic :zoviet*france: albums (e.g. Look Into Me, Assault & Mirrage,
Just An Illusion, etc.). One of the best albums of 2014.
FRITH, FRED “Rivers And Tides – Working With Time” (Winter &
Winter) cd 17.98
You probably know artist Andy Goldsworthy – the British
‘sculptor’ (I guess you’d call him a sculptor?) who works with
materials found in the natural environment, creating amazing pieces
constructed from leaves or sticks or rocks or ice, on site? If not,
check out his books – for his works often exist only long enough to be
photographed – they’re certainly some of the best, widely available
volumes to hit the coffee tables of the world in recent years. In
2001, a beautiful, beautiful documentary film called Rivers And Tides
took viewers into Goldsworthy’s world. Hopefully you saw it. When that
film was basically taking over San Francisco (it was at the Roxie for
a loooong time), we got many requests for the soundtrack, which didn’t
yet exist. We knew though that if it ever did come out, we’d sell a
ton. Composed by the amazing Mr. Fred Frith, it was a big part of the
film’s appeal, no mean feat considering that the visuals were so great
already. And now at last, we’re happy to announce, here it is, the
highly anticipated soundtrack to Rivers And Tides. And yes, it is as
The album draws you in immediately, the main melodic theme slipping
out effortlessly within the first 30 seconds of the album and repeated
throughout. Running water gives way to highpitched soprano sax only to
be subsumed under the surface of Frith’s calm, stilling guitar,
plucked Brazilian berimbao, and other, droning ethnic instrumentation.
Tension and calm ebb and flow like, er, the tide. The reed instruments
interweave, sprightly and evocative. Even if you haven’t seen the
film, this soundtrack rates as major highlight of one of our favorite
experimental composer’s ouevre. Highly, highly recommended!
The packaging is also gorgeous as per Winter & Winter’s norm,
with heavy duty digipak, letterpressed cover, and full color
multipanelled foldouts of Goldworthy’s works.
HAMBURGER, NEIL “Great Phone Calls” (Ipecac) lp 13.98
OMG! Automatic Record Of The Week. Hands down. Such a nice
surprise, that Ipecac has just reissued this all-time aQ fave on
vinyl, originally released back in 1992. Great Phone Calls lives up to
its title, it’s one of the funniest prank call albums ever made, up
there with Kathy McGinty and the best of Longmont Potion Castle. Heck,
it’s one of the funniest records we’ve EVER heard, period. Then again,
maybe something is wrong with us. In any case, stuff from this album
has entered our personal lexicon, catch phrases, you know, like they
way people pick up on stuff from SNL.
When Great Phone Calls came out so many years ago (1992) it
quietly marked the first appearance on record of the now-infamous Neil
Hamburger, sad sack comic who has since gone on to great heights of
“humor” (or perhaps the term is anti-humor) recording for the Drag
City label.
The collection of calls here ranges from the aggro bass player
who answers a musicians-wanted ad (and insists, “I’m in your band!”),
to a fat guy who went to college at “Yaoo” (not Yale) trying to order
a low-fat pizza, to a computer giving away tickets to a Bette Midler
movie called Hijinx (and its sequel, Hijinx II: Sodom). Some of the
calls are borderline offensive, and some jump right over that line, so
be forewarned, but it’s so worth it anyway. The Hamburger-as-Hamburger
tracks are among his best stuff, ’cause unlike later recordings of his
live paying-gig performances, here on Great Phone Calls he’s trying so
desperately just to get a gig, calling comedy clubs and harassing the
bookers with his “jokes”. The unique brand of comedy on display here
really takes things to a demented, ridiculous level, Hamburger
essentially delivering extemporaneous monologues to the poor saps on
the phone more akin to performance art than anything else. The shaggy
dog story of a joke Hamburger tells on the track “A Nationally-Known
Comedian” goes on for, like, six minutes. Why his victims don’t hang
up sooner, we’ll never know. He’s brilliant, if you’ve ever doubted
it, this is the proof.
Originally out on Amarillo, this was reissued on cd – and now
on lp – by Mike Patton’s Ipecac label, and he makes an uncredited
sneak appearance on the record too.
Emaciated. Fractious. Toxic. Violent. Raspberry Bulbs is the
blackened punk outfit that Marco del Rio conceived after dissolving
the cult black metal duo Bone Awl in 2010 or thereabouts. The raw-
nerve energy of Raspberry Bulbs is a continuation of Bone Awl’s brand
of D-beat primitivism, but with some downright catchy riffs and pop-
hook chops replacing the black metal. Over three albums, Raspberry
Bulbs has perfected that formula – one that could be cranked out on a
single worn-torn guitar and knuckle-busting drum kit. Even as
Raspberry Bulbs has swollen from a sole venture for del Rio to a
formidable five-piece, the riffs have a crust-punk urgency that’s
completely in the moment and full of wild-eyed rage.
Raspberry Bulb’s 2013 album Deformed Worship caught many people
off guard, coming out on the boutique publishing house of paranoiac
electronica, Blackest Ever Black. Despite the aesthetic differences,
the malaise and the claustrophobia and the tension of Black Rain, Cut
Hands, and Raime find easy parallels in the jackbooted punk stomp of
Raspberry Bulbs. It also makes a hell of a lot of sense that Dominic
Fernow / Prurient released the first (and dare we say, slightly
undercooked) first album from Raspberry Bulbs. So there’s the
off as an antisocial, bad-seed punk brother to Christian Death’s Only
Theatre Of Pain, starving the skeletal riffs into a acid batteries of
ravenous angst and eschewing the goth miserablism in favor of a throat-
ripped snarl. The guitars sound like they’ve been strung with razor
wire and hot-wired into Crime’s pawn shop amps. With the multiplicity
of guitarists, Raspberry Bulbs just sounds louder, snottier, and
meaner. Fucking awesome, we gotta say.
WINER, LESLIE “Witch” (Superior Viaduct) lp 17.98
Why it has taken so long for this to be reissued is baffling,
but we’re just so glad it’s finally here. We have raved about Leslie
Winer’s musical work on two previous archival releases from Tapeworm
and its offshoot label Wormhole, but those really only hinted at the
genius of Witch, her only previously released record, from 1993
(though much of it was recorded in the late eighties). Records don’t
get more cult than this. Released on a white label, using the
Ourobouros that was originally hand stamped onto blank white sleeves.
Even the album and song titles with their alphanumerical wordplay
(“N1ear”, “1nce Upon A Time”) would fit right at home with the
obscurant syntax of witch house, even though this was recorded nearly
20 years before. Witch has been labeled as “proto-trip-hop”, which it
sort of is, as this record predates what Massive Attack, Portishead
and Tricky were doing just a year or two later, and even Winer herself
has been called by NME “The Grandmother of Trip Hop”, a label she has
rejected and rightly so. “Grandmother” doesn’t have the same aura of
respect as what the music press names male musical innovators such as
“Godfather” or “King”, and Winer, a poet and formal model with a chic
androgynous style who was close friends with both William S. Burroughs
and Jean-Michel Basquiat is hardly a little old lady.
Witch is both a product of its time and far ahead of it. On the
surface, it’s not that far removed from Sinead O’Connor, especially
her song “I Am Stretched On Your Grave” with its James Brown drum
sample and spoken intonations, but Witch is much darker, cooler and
more subdued. It has a very London feel to it, a feeling of frustrated
action against cultural stagnation and trying to create something new
out of nearly nothing. Winer doesn’t necessarily sing as much as
observe and respond with cool detachment, a sort of soundtrack of her
experiences relayed poetically to an unknown listener as beats, dub
rhythms (from Jah Wobble no less), and musical samples and snippets
of dialogue coalesce around her. It’s a heady mixture, definitely
listener to her own personal entanglements and positions on gender,
beauty and social norms. It’s more like she’s having a searching
complicated conversation with herself.
Musically, what Witch really predates is the contemporary woozy
and warped electronica of Peaking Lights and Maria Minerva, especially
in the layering of breezy dub rhythms in hazy reverb and abstract
murk. It’s a beautifully extraordinary work that continually rewards
the more we listen. Big thanks to Superior Viaduct for making this
more widely available. Incredible and soooo recommended!
999 “The Biggest Tour In Sport/The Biggest Prize In Sport” (Let Them
Eat Vinyl) 2lp 31.00
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
“Benzaiten” (Important) cd 15.98
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE AND THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O. “High On Heaven:
Live In New Haven” (Safety Meeting) 3lp 38.00
AFRICAN HEAD CHARGE “Off The Beaten Path” (On U Sound) cd 19.98
AIR SURGEON “s/t” (Death) cassette 4.98
AK’CHAMEL “Let No One Want What I Have” (Hanged Man) cassette 4.98
ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS “A Shimmering Replica” (VHF) lp+cd 17.98
ATA KAK “Daa Nyinaa/Bome Nnwom” (Awesome Tapes From Africa) 12″
12.98
AYLER, ALBERT “Spirits Rejoice” (ESP-Disk) lp 27.00
BAD GUYS “Bad Guynaecology” (Riot Season) lp 27.00
BASHO, ROBBIE “Twilight Peaks” (Smeraldina-Rima) cd 21.00
BEGG, MICHAEL / HUMAN GREED “Hivernant” (Omnempathy) cd 16.98
BELL WITCH “Demo 2011″ (Flenser) lp 17.98
BENSIINI “R” (Ektro) cd 14.98
BEST COAST “California Nights” (Harvest) cd/lp 13.98/23.00
BEZIER “Telomeres” (Dark Entries) 12″ 15.98
BIRTH CONTROL “Operation” (Zyx) lp 21.00
BLACK MARE / LYCIA “Low Crimes / Silver Leaf” (Magic Bullet) 7″ 8.98
BLANCK MASS “Dumb Flesh” (Sacred Bones) cd 12.98
BLOOD KNIGHT “Demo 2015″ (Heavy Chains Records & Tapes) cassette
BONG “We Are, We Were, And We Will Have Been” (Ritual) cd/lp
16.98/29.00
BONNIE PRINCE BILLY “On Raglan Road / Go Away From My Window” (Royal
Stable) 7″ 7.98
BOURSIER-MOUGENOT, CELESTE “From Here To Ear” (Cassauna) cassette
11.98
BREATHER “Heavy” (Death) cassette 4.98
BRINKMANN, THOMAS “What You Hear (Is What You Hear)” (Editions
Mego) cd/2lp 16.98/32.00
BROWNOUT “Brownout Presents: Brown Sabbath” (Ubiquity) cd 15.98
BUCKNER, RICHARD “The Hill” (Merge) lp 17.98
BUDOS BAND “Magus Mountain” (Daptone) 7″ 6.98
BURNING “Silver After Death” (self-released) cassette 8.98
CALE, JOHN “Fear” (Wax Cathedral) lp 32.00
CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE (A. BLONKSTEINER) “OST” (Death Waltz) lp 37.00
CARDUCCI, JOE “Life Against Dementia” (Redoubt Press) book 22.95
CASTLEVANIA “OST” (Moonshake) lp 46.00
CHERRY, DON “Where Is Brooklin?” (Klimt) lp 21.00
CHILDRESS, JOSEPH “The Rebirths” (Empty Cellar) lp 14.98
CHROMATICS “Drumless” (Italians Do It Better) lp 22.00
CIRCUIT DES YEUX “In Plain Speech” (Thrill Jockey) lp 17.98
CLUMSY “Concentration” (Death) cassette 4.98
COBB, ALEX “Chantepleure” (Students of Decay) lp 21.00
COLE, CRYS “Sand/Layna” (Black Truffle) lp 25.00
COLEMAN, ORNETTE QUARTET “This Is Our Music” (WaxTime) lp 21.00
COLTRANE, JOHN “Live At Penn State ’63” (Hi Hat) cd 17.98
COOL GHOULS “A Swirling Fire Burning Through The Rye” (Empty
COSMIC PSYCHOS “Cum The Raw Prawn” (Desperate) cd/lp 14.98/25.00
COTTRELL, DORTHIA “Dorthia Cottrell” (Forcefield) cd 8.98
COVERDALE, KARA-LIS & LXV “Sirens” (Umor-Rex) lp 21.00
CROCODILES “Boys” (Zoo) cd/lp 13.98/15.98
CROOKS ON TAPE “In The Realm Of The Ancient Minor” (Pure Or Gone)
CULVER “Gateshead Graves” (Fabrica) lp 23.00
DANG OLSEN DREAM TAPE “Just Roll” (Constellation Tatsu) cassette
DAVIS, MILES “Ascenseur Pour L’Echafaud” (Wax Time) lp 19.98
DAWN OF MIDI “Dysnomia” (Erased Tapes) 2lp 27.00
DEAD RECIPE “Day Of Mangoes” (Dead Recipe) 10″ 9.99
DEATH “N.E.W.” (Tryangle) lp 22.00
DEATH GRIPS “The Powers That B” (Harvest) 2lp 30.00
DENNIS “s/t” (Hair Growth) cassette 5.00
DEVO “Hardcore Devo: Live” (MVD Audio) 2lp 31.00
DEVO “Miracle Witness Hour” (Futurismo) lp 46.00
DIAMOND YOUTH “Nothing Matters” (Top Shelf Records) lp 19.98
DISAPPEARING PEOPLE “Inventory” (Self Released) cassette 4.98
DISTEL “Puur” (Black Horizons) cassette 8.98
DOCTOR SMITH “Into The Unknown” (Stormspell) cd 11.98
DORJI, TASHI “s/t” (Hermit Hut) lp 15.98
DRAKKAR “s/t” (Metal Postcard) lp 14.98
DREAM, THE “Get Dreamy” (Cherry Red/RPM) cd 12.98
DRESHER ENSEMBLE, PAUL “Dark Blue Circumstance” (Minmax) cassette
DRESHER ENSEMBLE, PAUL & RINDE ECKERT “Slow Fire” (Minmax)
DRESHER, PAUL “Liquid And Stellar Music / This Same Temple” (self-
released) cassette 9.98
DRESHER, PAUL “Night Songs / Channels Passing / Study For
Variations” (self-released) cassette 6.98
DRESHER, PAUL “The Way Of How” (self-released) cassette 9.98
DRESHER, PAUL & NED ROTHENBERG “Opposites Attract” (New World)
DSTVV “Target Demographic” (Death) cassette 4.98
DUB CONNECTION (PRINCE JAMMY & THE UPSETTERS) “s/t” (Auralux) cd
ECHO BEDS “Arsonist Alibi EP” (self-released) cassette 4.98
EEK “Kahraba” (Nashazphone) lp 25.00
EL HIJO DE LA AURORA “The Enigma Of Evil” (Minotauro) cd 17.98
ELECTRIC WIZARD “Dopethrone” (Rise Above) 2lp 36.00
FAHEY, JOHN “Volume II: Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military
Waltzes” (4 Men With Beards) lp 19.98
FAIRHORNS “Fuckup Rush” (Kindarad!) cd 14.98
FAITH NO MORE “Sol Invictus” (Reclamation) cd 13.98
FALSE “Untitled” (Gilead) cd/2lp 15.98/28.00
FATHER JOHN MISTY “I Love You, Honeybear” (Sub Pop) 2lp 21.00
FELL, MARK & GABOR LAZAR “The Neurobiology Of Moral Decision
Making” (The Death Of Rave) 2lp 28.00
FEVRE, BERNARD “Cosmos 2043″ (Anthology) cd 13.98
FEVRE, BERNARD “Suspense” (Anthology) cd/lp 13.98/22.00
FF “Ffeeling” (300 Mics) lp/lp+blotter paper 17.98/24.00
FIGHT AMPUTATION “Constantly Off” (Brutal Panda) lp 19.98
FIORE, GIACOMO “IV: American Electric Guitars” (self-released) lp
FIVE ELEMENTS MUSIC “Nexus” (Still Sleep) cd 13.98
FLESH WORLD “The Wild Animals In My Life” (Iron Lung) lp 16.98
FLYING SAUCER ATTACK “Instrumentals 2015″ (Drag City) cd/lp
14.98/27.00
FORD PROCO & COIL “Expansion Naranja” (Mannequin) lp 16.98
FOUR TET “Morning / Evening” (Text Records) lp 17.98
FRAHM, NILS “Victoria OST” (Erased Tapes) cd/lp 16.98/25.00
FRICKE, FLORIAN (POPOL VUH) “Kailash” (Soul Jazz) 2cd+dvd/2lp+dvd
48.00/55.00
FUNKADELIC “Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow” (Westbound /
Ace) lp 17.98
FUZZ, THE “Golden Cage” (Genjing Records) 7″ 9.98
GARET, RICHARD “60′ Cassette” (The Helen Scarsdale Agency)
cassette 7.98
GERMS “Forming” (Superior Viaduct) 7″ 10.98
GIBSON, DAUGHN “Carnation” (Sub Pop) lp 16.98
GILBERTO, JOAO “The Warm World Of Joao Gilberto” (WaxTime) lp 19.98
GOATSNAKE “Black Age Blues” (Southern Lord) cd 13.98
GOBLIN REBIRTH “s/t” (Relapse) cd/lp 14.98/22.00
GORDON, KIM “Girl In A Band: A Memoir” (Dey St.) book 27.99
GRASSOW, MATHIAS & JOHN HAUGHM “Mosaic” (Dammerung Arts/Anthem) lp
GUAPO “Obscure Knowledge” (Cuneiform) lp 30.00
GUNN, STEVE & THE BLACK TWIG PICKERS “Seasonal Hire” (Thrill
Jockey) lp 19.98
HAKOBUNE “Love Knows Where” (Constellation Tatsu) cassette 4.98
HAMMER KING “Kingdom of the Hammer King” (Cruz Del Sur) cd 16.98
HANZ BRONZE “s/t” (Range Life) cassette 5.98
HARLEY, RUFUS “King/Queens” (Atlantic) cd 10.98
HAWN “Badmans” (self-released) cassette 4.98
HAYVANLAR ALEMI “Visions Of A Psychedelic Ankara” (Glitter Beat)
lp 26.00
HIGH ON FIRE “Luminiferous” (Entertainment One) cd 16.98
HIPERSON “No Need For Another History” (Maybe Mars) 2lp 24.00
HOME BLITZ “Foremost & Fair” (Richie) lp 15.98
HTRK “Marry Me Tonight” (Ghostly/Mistletone) lp 19.98
HYPNODRONE ENSEMBLE (AIDAN BAKER & THISQUIETARMY) “The Shape Of
Space” (Calostro) lp 17.98
INNERCITY “ABABABABABABAS (Blue Lion Child)” (Further Records) lp
IRON AND WINE & BEN BRIDWELL “Sing Into My Mouth” (Black Cricket)
JAMIE XX “In Colour” (Young Turks) cd 14.98
JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD/COLLEEN GREEN “split” (Famous Class) 7″ 8.98
JURASSIC 5 “Quality Control” (Get On Down) 2lp 31.00
KARAOKE TAPE “Volume What” (Hair Growth) cassette 5.00
KAWABATA, MAKOTO “Astro Love & Infinite Kisses” (VHF) lp 23.00
KOZELEK, MARK “Rock ‘N’ Roll Singer” (Badman) lp 17.98
KRANIUM “I – The Blood” (Urashima) lp 25.00
KRANIUM “Insanitorivm” (Urashima) lp 25.00
KRANIUM “The Brighter Edge Of Death” (Urashima) lp 25.00
KRIS, PETER “Nunavut” (Tymbal Tapes) cassette 5.98
LAST EXIT “Iron Path” (ESP) cd 14.98
LE STELLE DI MARIO SCHIFANO “s/t” (BDS) lp 17.98
LEAD BELLY “Black Betty” (Not Now Records) 2lp 27.00
LEE, BUNNY “Kingston Flying Cymbals: Dubbing With The Flying Cymbals
Sound 1974-1979″ (Jamaican Recordings UK) lp 14.98
LEER, THOMAS “Private Plane International” (Dark Entries) 12″ 14.98
LELAND “A Self-Taught, Decathlon, Hard Rock Musician!” (Stoned
Circle) cd 17.98
LFZ “Pointless Prism” (Stimulus Progression) cd-r 5.98
LFZ “s/t” (Stimulus Progression) cd-r/cassette 5.98/4.98
LIFE “After A Life” (Musikstudion Masen) cd-r 14.98
LITTLE WINGS “Explains” (Woodsist) lp 15.98
LORENZ, RUDIGER “Invisible Voices” (Kemado / Anthology Records) lp
LUCE, ED “Wuvable Oaf” (Fantagraphics Books) book 29.99
MANTAR “Death By Burning” (Brutal Panda) lp 21.00
MAXIMUM ROCK’N’ROLL “Issue #387″ magazine 4.99
MCCRY, GOLLY “Undiscovered” (Death) cassette 4.98
MCLUSKY “Mcluskyism” (Too Pure) lp 17.98
MELVINS “The Bulls & The Bees/Electroretard” (Ipecac) cd 14.98
MIDNIGHT “Into The Night” (Drag City) lp 17.98
MOCTAR, MDOU “Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai OST” (Sahel Sounds)
MODEST MOUSE “Interstate 8″ (Glacial Pace) lp 21.00
MODEST MOUSE “Sad Sappy Sucker” (Glacial Pace) lp 14.98
MOLOCH “Die Isolation” (Cold Spring) cd 17.98
MONDO DRAG “New Rituals” (Alive) cd/lp 9.98/12.98
MONDO DRAG “s/t” (Kozmik Artifactz) cd/lp 14.98/22.00
MONOLORD “Vaenir” (Riding Easy) 2lp 28.00
MOON POOL AND DEAD BAND “Meq” (Midwich) 2×12″ 21.00
MORRICONE, ENNIO “Spasmo” (Dagored) lp 28.00
MORRICONE, ENNIO “Veruschka OST” (Dagored) lp 34.00
MY MORNING JACKET “The Waterfall” (Capitol) 2lp 32.00
NEST EGG “Respectable” (Bathetic) lp 16.98
NISENNENMONDAI “Live” (Clouds Hill) cd 16.98
NO JOY “More Faithful” (Kemado) cd/lp 13.98/23.00
NO MORE “A Rose Is A Rose” (Dark Entries) lp 22.00
NOACK, EDDIE “Ain’t The Reaping Ever Done (1962-1976)” (Omni
Recording Corporation) cd 17.98
NORTON, DORIS “Parapsycho” (Black Widow) lp 31.00
NOTS “Virgin Mary” (Goner) 7″ 6.98
NUN “s/t” (HoZac) lp 14.98
OGRE “Dawn Of The Proto-Man” (Minotauro) cd 17.98
OGRE “Seven Hells” (Minotauro) cd + dvd 17.98
PEACERS “s/t” (Drag City) cd/lp 14.98/19.98
PERRINE, BILL “Children Of The Stars: A Documentary” (Billingsgate
Media) dvd 12.98
PERRY, LEE “SCRATCH” “Aura Meets Lee Perry At Black Ark: Full
Experience” (Sunspot) lp 16.98
PERRY, LEE & THE UPSETTERS “Ape-Ology” (Trojan) 2cd 25.00
PESOS, THE “Carpet Dope” (Death) cassette 4.98
PHANTOM FAUNA “New Skins For The Coming Ice Age” (self-released)
PINES “The Field Journal” (Time Released Sound) 3″ cd-r + booklet
POLLARD, ROBERT “Faulty Superheroes” (Rockathon) lp 15.98
POPPY FAMILY, THE “A Good Thing Lost 1968-1973″ (What Are) cd 11.98
PORES “Zero Swim” (self-released) cassette 4.98
PREKOP, SAM “The Republic” (Thrill Jockey) cd/lp 14.98/17.98
PRINCE JAMMY VS CRUCIAL BUNNY “Dub Contest” (Auralux) cd 8.98
PRISMATIC ESCALATOR “Suryummy” (Constellation Tatsu) cassette 4.98
PRISONERS, THE “A Taste Of Pink!” (Big Beat) lp 17.98
PULSE EMITTER “Planetary Scale Synth Hypnosis” (Metal Postcard)
2cd 14.98
RADIOACTIVITY “Silent Kill” (Dirtnap) cd/lp 14.98/16.98
RADIOSON “s/t” (The Helen Scarsdale Agency) cassette 7.98
REV, MARTIN “Clouds of Glory” (Permanent) lp 17.98
RIOT “Thundersteel / The Privilege Of Power” (Steamhammer) 2lp 26.00
SALISBURY, BEN & GEOFF BARROW “Ex Machine OST” (Invada) 2cd/2lp
22.00/41.00
SCORPIONS “Lonesome Crow” (Universal) lp 27.00
SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL “Her.Imperial.Majesty” (Boomarm Nation) lp
SETH “s/t” (Minotauro) 2cd 17.98
SHEAVY “The Electric Sleep” (Rise Above) 2lp 36.00
SHERWOOD, ADRIAN “Sherwood At The Controls Volume 1: 1979-1984″ (On
U) cd/2lp 16.98/27.00
SILO HOMES “s/t” (self-released) cassette 3.98
SIMONE, NINA “Singes Ellington!” (WaxTime) lp 21.00
SLEAFORD MODS “Tiswas” (Invada) 12″ 26.00
SMITH, CHRIS “Bad Orchestra” (Hermit Hut) lp 17.98
SMOKEY “How Far Will You Go? The S&M Recordings” (Chapter Music)
SNIPES, JONATHAN “Starry Eyes OST” (Waxwork) lp 34.00
SNOOTY GARBAGEMEN “s/t” (12XU) lp 16.98
SOCIETY OF ROCKETS “Plutonian Blues” (self-released) lp 14.98
SONS OF HUNS “While Sleeping Stay Awake” (Riding Easy) cd/lp
13.98/19.98
SONS OF OTIS “Temple Ball” (Bilocation) 2lp 35.00
SOULEYMAN, OMAR “Bahdeni Nami” (Monkeytown) cd/lp 15.98/23.00
SPEAKING CANARIES, THEE “Platter Base Must Be Constructed Of Moon-
Rock” (Chunklet) lp 16.98
SPURS “‘Til the Sea Meets The Sky” (self-released) cd 9.98
STELLAR OM SOURCE “Nite-Glo” (RVNG) lp 14.98
STRANGE HERE “II” (Minotauro) cd 17.98
STRINGTRONICS “Mind Bender” (Fifth Dimension) cd 17.98
SUN ARAW “TRIO” XI “Gazebo Effect” (Drag City) 2lp 23.00
SUN RA “The Heliocentric World Of Sun Ra Vol. 1″ (ESP) lp 27.00
SUN RA “The Paris Tapes” lp 24.00
SUPERCHUNK “Come Pick Me Up” (Merge) lp 17.98
SWAMI JOHN REIS & THE BLIND SHAKE “Modern Surf Classics” (Swami)
SWANOX “Duskrunner” (Not Not Fun) lp 11.98
SYNT.TOFS “Radio Centraal 2008″ (Ormolycka) cassette 5.98
SYNTOMA “s/t” (EM) cd 22.00
TAME IMPALA “Currents” (Interscope) cd/2lp 15.98/35.00
TEENAGER “The Magic Of True Love” (Essex Records) lp 19.98
TELESCOPES / DEADLY CRADLE DEATH “split” (Genjing) 7″ 9.98
TESSEMA, KASA “Ethiopiques Vol. 29″ (Buda Musique) cd 15.98
THEM ARE US TOO “Remain” (Dais) lp 21.00
TOURE, AMARA “1973-1980″ (Analog Africa) cd/lp 17.98/30.00
TRAFFIC SOUND “A Bailar A Go Go” (Lion Productions / Repsychled)
TRIBULATION “The Children of the Night” (Century Media) cd 15.98
TROUM & YEN POX “Mnemonic Induction” (Transgredient) cd 12.98
TUJURIKKUJA “File #07″ (Computer Tapes) 10″ 11.98
U/V LIGHT “Cenotaph” (Medical) lp 21.00
UFO “UFO 1″ (Repertoire) lp 27.00
UFO “UFO 2: Flying One Hour Space Rock” (Repertoire) lp 27.00
UMBERTO & ANTONI MAIOVVI “Law Unit” (Death Waltz) lp 37.00
UNIFORM “Perfect World” (12XU) lp 16.98
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA “Multi-Love” (Jagjaguwar) lp 17.98
V/A “Ayahuasca: Cumbias Psicodelicas Vol. 1″ (Lion/Repsychled) cd
V/A “Cherrystones Presents: Critical Mass” (Touch Sensitive) cd
V/A “Deathstock I” (Death) cassette 4.98
V/A “Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock And Roll
OST” (Dust To Digital) cd 14.98
V/A “Drone-Mind / Mind-Drone Vol. 4″ (Drone Records) lp 19.98
V/A “Kollektion 04A (Compiled By Richard Fearless)” (Bureau B) lp
V/A “Lagos Disco Inferno Vol. 2: The Cosmic Return” (Voodoo Funk)
V/A “Psychedelic Pernambuco” (Mr. Bongo) 2lp 29.00
V/A “Strategies Against The Body: A Contemporary Survey” (DKA) lp
V/A “Synesthesia: Medical Records – The First Five Years” (Medical)
2lp 25.00
V/A “Time Wept: Vocal Recordings From The Levant 1906-1925″ (Honest
Jons Records) 2lp 26.00
VASAS “s/t” (Space Cassette) 7″ 5.98
VATICAN SHADOW / CUT HANDS “Azar Swan Variations” (Handmade Birds)
12″ 22.00
VELVET TEEN, THE “All Is Illusory” (Topshelf) cd 12.98
VON OSWALD, MORITZ TRIO “Sounding Lines” (Honest Jons) cd/2lp
16.98/26.00
WALLS “Urals” (Ecstatic) cd 17.98
WARNER, EDDIE “Progressive Percussions” (Fifth Dimension) cd 17.98
WEATHER WARLOCK (QUINTRON) “Sunset Waits For No Man” (Rhinestone)
WEATHERS, ANDREW ENSEMBLE “Fuck Everybody You Can Do
Anything” (Full Spectrum) lp 16.98
WEEPING RAT “Tar” (Handmade Birds) cd 10.98
WHITE REAPER “Does It Again” (PolyVinyl) lp 15.98
WICKED WINDS “Eyes On The Road” (self-released) cd ep 6.98
WICKER MAN, THE “OST” (Silva Screen) lp 52.00
WOLFE, CHELSEA “Live At Roadburn” (Burning World) lp 17.98
WUV “Scary Ordinary” (self-released) lp 11.98
YOUNGS, RICHARD “No Fans Compendium” (VHF) 7cd 45.00
ZERO DOWN “No Limit To Evil” (Minotauro) cd 12.98
ZINOVIEFF, PETER “Electronic Calendar: The EMS Tapes” (Space Age)
2cd 24.00
ZNR “Barricade 3″ (Superior Viaduct) lp 23.00
ZOLTAN “Sixty Minute Zoom” (Cineploit) lp 28.00
ZOMES “Near Unison” (Near Unison) lp 15.98
ABOUT MAILORDER
Please place your order via our website.
will be shipped. Please note that occasionally it may take a day or
two for us to reply. We are not a faceless bunch of computers replying
within the same week, we can wait to ship. Or… If it’s going to be
more than a few days to complete your order, we will ship what we have
and then will contact you as the remainders arrive.
business, we are not responsible for listed price changes (due to
supplier price changes) and often cannot update our site fast enough
to reflect these changes, but we will always try to let you know of
any differences.
NEW DOMESTIC SHIPPING RATES :
STANDARD (DEFAULT):
1 CD (or cassette or DVD or 7″) : $2.95 USPS First Class
1-3 CD (or cassette or DVD, but not 7″s) : $5.80 USPS Priority Mail
via flat rate box
4+ CD, or any package with LPs in it (also books & box sets), any
number of items: $9.95 UPS Ground
Also, please note that UPS will not ship to PO Boxes, so those
packages that would have gone UPS will be sent USPS Priority for $9.95,
or you may select USPS Media Mail instead, see below.
UPS shipments are automatically trackable and include insurance up to
$100.
USPS shipments (First Class, Priority, and Media Mail) are all
automatically trackable.
OR, you can choose instead to have your order shipped by MEDIA MAIL:
1-3 items (i.e. w/ LPs) : $5.95 USPS Media Mail
4+ items : $7.95 USPS Media Mail
Special shipping needs (e.g. UPS Next Day) are also doable, just ask
for a quote.
Also, if you are just getting 1 item that would therefore ship USPS
First Class, and for some reason you would rather have it sent
Priority, then you could say so in the comments field. (Note: however,
7″s are too big for the Priority flat rate boxes.)
NOTE: UPS permits their drivers to determine if there is a secure
location at the shipping address to leave the package if no one is
there to receive it (unfortunately some are less cautious than
others!). If you’d prefer that they not do this or if you have
specific instructions for the driver, please include a note in the
comments section of your weborder form.
PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK SHIPPING ADDRESSES BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR ORDER.
Aquarius is not responsible for orders delayed or returned due to
incorrect or undeliverable addresses provided by the customer.
Returned packages will be reshipped at the customer’s expense.
Shipping rates are charged per shipment.
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING :
AIRMAIL (“First Class International”). Your price is based on the
actual cost of shipping. You can check the US Postal Service
“Package” category and see the price for “First Class International”.
1-3 cds is usually 1 pound. One LP is generally between 1.25 and 1.5
pounds depending on the record)
We highly recommend insurance for your international package, but it
is very expensive (See below)! You can check the US Postal Service
use the “Package” category and see the price for “Priority Mail
International”. Again, 1-3 cds is usually 1 pound. 1 lp is usually
between 1.25 and 1.5 pounds.)
INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE :
Aquarius is not responsible if your international package gets lost in
the mail. Insurance is your only recourse if your records never show
insurance might provide some additional piece of mind. We strongly
recommend it. But yes, it is very expensive. Even moreso recently with
the recent hike in USPS international shipping rates, but still, it’s
your choice. Again: Aquarius is not responsible for lost mail, so if
you aren’t willing to take a (slight but real) risk, please buy the
insurance.
International insurance is very expensive! In fact often the insurance
costs more than the value of your package, in which case it obviously
does not make sense to insure it. You can check the US Postal Service
International”, which is the way insured packages are sent. 1-3 cds is
usually 1 pound. 1 lp is usually a between 1.25 and 1.5 pounds.)
For example: for a one-pound package worth $25 going to England,
shipping without insurance is about $16.75. But with insurance, the
shipping / insurance total is over $42! Go up to two pounds and
uninsured first class is about $24, insured priority over $46. But
bigger packages weighing over four pounds automatically get bumped up
to the priority rate, in which case insurance is generally only a few
dollars more and in that case definitely worth it.
It is your responsibility to check the international rate calculator
in order to determine whether or not you want international insurance.
If you tell us you want international insurance, we will add it to
your order no matter how much it costs!
PAYMENT :
Visa, MC, Discover, and Amex. We will not charge your credit card
until your order is ready to ship.
Money orders are accepted, but only in $USD. International customers
please note that they must be international postal money orders
purchased at a post office. Additional processing fees may apply.
use the secure order form on the website, and when checking out mark
money order as your payment choice. We will then process your order
and respond with all the crucial payment info.
We also accept payment by Paypal. If you opt for this payment method,
we will send you a paypal total and payment instructions as soon as
you have received human contact from our mailorder department.
Unfortunately, we cannot take personal checks for mailorder, sorry!
QUESTION?
SOME SELECTED UPCOMING RELEASES
Crypt Vapor “Tombe Della Citta” cd on Heavy Chains Records & Tapes
Iron Kobra “Might & Magic” cd on Dying Victims Productions
Terminus “The Reaper’s Spiral” cd on Stormspell
Laraaji “All In One Peace” 3xcassette reissue on Stones Throw
Faith No More “Sol Invictus” lp version on Ipecac
Dam-Funk “Invite The Light” cd/lp on Stones Throw
Sleaford Mods “Key Markets” cd/lp on Harbinger Sound
Conrad Schnitzler/Pyrolator “Con-Struct” cd/lp+cd on Bureau B
King Dude “Songs Of Flesh & Blood – In The Key Of Light” cd/lp on Not
Just Religious Music
Khost “Corrosive Cloud” cd on Cold Spring
Nurse With Wound “Sylvie And Babs (Expanded Edition)” 2cd on Dirter
Promotions
Alan Jefferson “Galactic Nightmare” 2lp on Trunk
Nicholas Jaar “Nymphs III” 12″ on Other People
Kawabata Makoto “Astro Love & Infinite Kisses” 2lp on VHF
Ashtray Navigations “A Shimmering Replica” lp+cd on VHF
Sonic Youth “EVOL” cd/lp reissue on Goofin’
Screature “s/t” lp on S-S
Ricked Wicky “King Heavy Metal” cd/lp on GBV Inc
Creeping Pink “Mirror Woods” cd on Castle Face
Strange Wilds “Subjective Concepts” cd/lp on Sub Oop
Grave Babies “Holographic Violence” cd/lp on Hardly Art
Acid Mothers Temple And The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. “Benzaiten” 2lp
version on Important
David Stubbs “Future Days: Krautrock And The Birth Of A Revolutionary
New Music” book on Melville House
Eleventh Dream Day “Works For Tomorrow” cd/lp on Thrill Jockey
Fox Millions Duo “Lost Time” lp on Thrill Jockey
Seaweed “Actions & Indications” lp reissue on Merge
Wand “Machine Man / M.E.” 7″ on In The Red
Creeping Pink “Mirror Woods” lp on Castle Face
Pharoah Overlord “Circle” lp version on Full Contact
Circle “Pharoah Overlord” lp version on Full Contact
David Grubbs & Susan Howe “WOODSLIPPERCOUNTERCLATTER” cd/lp on Blue
Chopsticks
Fis “The Blue Quicksand Is Going Now” cd/lp on Loopy
v/a “Now That’s What I Call DIY! Cult Classics from the Post-Punk Era
(1978-1982)” 2lp on Optimo Music
Kid 606 “Recollected Ambient Works Vol. 1: Bored of Excitement” lp on
Tigerbeat6 Un Festin Sagital “Kosmodynamos” cd/lp on Beta-Lactam Ring
Obsequiae “Aria Of Vernal Tombs” lp on 20 Buck Spin
Biosphere/Deathprod “Stator” lp version on Touch
Alvarius B. “Chin Spirits (Durga)” 10″ on Unrock
Pissgrave “Suicide Euphoria” cd on Profound Lore
Gnaw Their Tongues “Abyss Of Longing Throats” cd on Crucial Blast
Dead Moon “Stranded In The Mystery Zone” cd reissue on M’Lady’s
Dead Moon “Strange Pray Tell” cd reissue on M’Lady’s
John Carpenter “Escape From New York – Expanded Edition” 2lp on Silva
Deaf Wish “Pain” cd/lp on Sub Pop
Mario Diaz De Leon “The Soul Is The Arena” cd on Denovali
Thisquitearmy “Anthems For Catharsis” cd on Consouling Sounds
Petrels “Flailing Tomb” lp on Denovali
Zig Zags “Slime” 7″ on Famous Class
Stars Of The Lid “Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid” 3lp reissue on
Kranky
Stars Of The Lid “And Their Refinement Of The Decline” 3lp reissue on
Prurient “Frozen Niagra Falls” 3lp version on Profound Lore
Legion Of Andromeda “Iron Scorn” cd on Crucial Blast
Last Exit “Iron Path” lp reissue on ESP-Disk
Clara Mondshine “Luna Africana” cd/lp reissue on Fifth Dimension
Aqua Nebula Oscillator “s/t” lp version on Rewolfed Gloom
The Telescopes “Hidden Fields” cd/lp+cd on Tapete
Rat Columns “Fooling Around EP” on Blackest Ever Black
Beach House “Depression Cherry” cd/lp on Sub Pop
Bitchin Bajas & Natural Information Society “Autoimaginary” lp on Drag
Destroyer “Poison Season” cd/2lp on Merge
Mac DeMarco “Another One” cd/lp on Captured Tracks
Helen “The Original Faces” cd/lp on Kranky
Cold Beat “Into The Air” lp on Crime On The Moon
Low “Ones And Sixes” cd/2lp on Sub Pop
Windhand “Grief’s Infernal Flower” cd/lp on Relapse
Christian Mistress “To Your Death” cd/lp on Relapse
Pole “Wald” cd/2lp on Pole
v/a “Primitive Paradise: Early Exotica 1920-1947″ lp on University Of
Magister Templi “Into Duat” cd on Cruz Del Sur
Goat “It’s Time For Fun” 7″ on Sub Pop
Of Montreal “Snare Lustrous Doomings” 2cd/2lp on Polyvinyl
Wavves / Cloud Nothings “No Life For Me” cd/lp on Ghost Ramp
Nibiru “Padmalotus” cd
Rainbow Unit “tba” cd-r on Heavy Rural
Lots of love from your devoted AQ staff
and Kirk
Aquarius Records’ New Arrivals