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dome - 1-4+5
**Deluxe hardcase boxset includes 5 x re-mastered LPs, plus liner notes, reproduction posters, previously unseen photos, a download coupon redeemable from the label, and a matchbox** '1-4+5' collects the treasured studio experiments of Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis in the years after the initial burst of their Wire energies expended in 1980. Dome was their new headspace and with the assistance of engineer Eric Radcliffe and his Blackwing Studio they created a string of innovative records which experimented with and challenged the studio's capabilities. The results 1980-81 are documented here on Dome 1-4, which all appear on vinyl for the first time in over 30 years, while their later experiments, dating to 1989 and 1999 make up Dome 5 and appear on vinyl for the first time. The first four LPs comprise one of the most intriguing and esoteric bodies of work from this period, combining the artschool sensibilities of Gilbert - who was in his mid '30s by this point - with a post-punk awareness shared by Lewis, all in a stripped-down but suitably equipped studio facility, itself manned by a uniquely inquisitive mind. Essentially these were the perfect conditions to gestate something which could exist far beyond the mainstream and the duo would create a starkly experimental wealth of work refreshingly short on cliche yet imbued with a timeless quality. The bountiful highlights spread across all the discs are simply too numerous to mention, but we'll we'll have a pop. You've got to love the way Dome 1 abruptly jerks in mid-sentence on 'Cancel Your Order', but the highlight for us must be Angela Conway of A.C. Marias looming contribution to 'Cruel When Complete', or the intently, inwardly focused drones of 'Ampnoise'. On 'Dome 2' we find deeply haunting ambient drifts such as 'The Red Tent I' and 'Keep It' sandwiched against the primal avant-rock of 'Breathsteps', while the incredible 'Dome 3' is split between jagged rhythms and (almost) dancefloor-friendly grooves like 'Ba-Dr' and 'D-D-Bo' both nodding to the influence of Can, beside the bleakly sublime 'Danse'. On 'Dome 4' it's undoubtedly the 18 minute incantation 'To Speak', a slow, side long fever dream of arcane folk violin, gloominous drones and ritual rhythm. Needless to say, it's all left us reeling, shocked at its prescience and genuinely stunned by the sheer SOUNDS - subjected to floating-point re-master by Russell Haswell and cut to vinyl by Rashad at D&M. Highest recommendations.
STRANGE MEN IN SHEDS WITH SPANNERS
Strange Men In Sheds With Spanners (1980-84)
Drag City
LP // £12.99
Drag City delivering a previously unreleased LP by Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley and pals.
AURORA BOREALIS
MP3 Download // £6.99
FLAC Download // £8.99
*Digital Exclusive* One of the year's finest - on digital formats for the first time ever.
Type Recordings
MP3 Download // £4.99
FLAC Download // £5.99
Brilliantly f*cked Techno experiments from Swanson, think Regis vs Prurient vs AFX vs Kevin Drumm.
Spectrum Spools
LP // £16.99
Limited edition vinyl pressing of Konrad Jandavs debut cassette, 2010's Soft Coast.
100% Silk
LP // £13.99
Quite possibly Minerva's finest collection of tracks yet- a brilliantly woozy and glamorous dancefloor keeper
Global A Records
2LP // £13.99
Tin Man tops a vintage year with his long awaited neo-classical/electronica suite 'Vienna Blue'.
Asthmatic Kitty
LP // £12.99
Beautiful album of layered vocal pop for lovers of Grouper or Liz Fraser. Highly Recommended.
Drag City
LP // £12.99
Another magnificent discovery from the annals of Manchester history reissued by Drag City.
Drag City
LP // £12.99
We've been wowed by DC's reissues this week and Free Agents' '£3.33' is easily the pick of the bunch.
CD // £8.99
Editions Mego
LP // £16.49
August post-punk survivor Gordon Sharp returns with his most volatile, lyrical and consuming work in years.
Editions Mego
2LP // £20.99
Raster-Noton/Mego veteran Ivan Pavlov returns to the latter with “a work of profound playfulness".
Sheer Hellish Miasma (Gatefold Vinyl Edition)
Editions Mego
2LP // £16.99
Available on double gatefold, gold foil embossed vinyl for the 1st time!!!
Editions Mego
LP // £16.99
**Compelling solo guitar pieces recorded and "played as heard, no overdubs"...**
ENSEMBLE SKALECTRIK (EKOPLEKZ)
Editions Mego
LP // £16.99
Nick Edwards metamorphs from Ekoplekz into Ensemble Skalectrix for a riveting plunderphonic set.
Editions Mego
LP // £16.99
Whoa, even by EVOL’s usual standards this is a weird and wired experiment in sonic slime-slinging...
Editions Mego
LP // £16.99
A visceral and captivating investigation of the Indonesian Gamelan's harmonic properties.
Editions Mego
LP // £16.99
San Francisco's Jim Haynes returns with the engrossing ambient noise elements of 'The Wires Cracked'.
Editions Mego
12" // £12.49
'Fa', from Christian Fennesz's 1997 debut album, Hotel Paral.lel, re-licked by Mark Fell and the man himself.
GIUSEPPE IELASI & KASSEL JAEGER
Editions Mego
LP // £16.99
Editions Mego present the first collaborative work by sound artists Kassel Jaeger and Giuseppe Ielasi.
Southern Lord Recordings
LP // £18.49
*180 gram deluxe vinyl version with Stoughton Jacket*
Southern Lord Recordings
LP // £17.49
And the award for funniest band name and probably the least ironic title of the year goes to...
Collection: Money Band + Century Band
WOODSIST
2LP // £24.99
Woodsist scroll back to the early, Jandek-influenced doings of Wooden Wand's James Toth.
DIGITALIS
LP // £11.99
*Initial copies come on limited edition coloured vinyl*
Touch
7" // £5.49
Mike Harding of Touch fame makes a rare recorded appearance with these two field recordings.
PLANAM
LP // £16.99
*Edition of 340, full colour inner and jacket*
Post Present Medium
LP // £10.99
A sublime side of personalised ambient noise and shoegaze on the first vinyl by Matthew Sullivan.
Thrill Jockey
LP // £13.49
*Limited to 1000 copies. B-side is a Scully lathe cut, playing in reverse, and inside-out*
NOT NOT FUN
LP // £15.99
Britt Brown, and Alex Brown unleash their latest Robedoor communications.
Holy Mountain
LP // £16.99
Not Not Fun luminaries return with their most affecting album to date. New on Holy Mountain.
Temporary Residence Ltd.
LP // £15.99
*Featuring members of Tarentel, The Alps, The Drift, lazarus, Jonas Reinhardt and Mi Ami*
