Thanks to Stefan Knappe of Drone Records and Distribution, who posted this note on the venerable experimental music label’s new batch of releases:

Cyclic Law Newsletter – December 2011 Retail

Out Now!

PETER BJÄRGÖ “The Architecture Of Melancholy” CD / Digital (41st Cycle)

Peter Bjärgö, the man behind the now legendary groups ARCANA and SOPHIA is back with his second solo album. On his first solo release “A wave of Bitterness”, we got a glimpse into the mind of a thoughtful person. Now this new release, “The Architecture Of Melancholy”, we are sent onto a journey to the darkest depths of Peter’s mind and thoughts. Melancholy was once a disease, a mental statement of chronic depression, we are now facing this illness again around the world and this album is a real journey with the melancholic mind. Titles like Bitteresque, Apathy and The Death Of Our Sun give us an idea of the aural voyage ahead. The delicate blend of soft guitars, engulfing dark ambient and the sheer power of Peter’s voice make this album a shining diamond among stones. Hope is all that is left…

Edition of 700 copies in 8 panel digipack. 7 Tracks. Running Time: 40:30

Out Now!

THERRADAEMON “Den Mørke Munnens Språk” CD / Digital (39th Cycle)

“Den mørke munnens språk”, translating to “Language of the dark mouth” is a new aural venture from Hærleif Langas (Northaunt), and definitely his most massive and ominous dark ambient project to date. Designed to open beneath you as a trapdoor, the 4 mammoth tracks on this first album are a reflection of a more sinister side of the psyche made from deep ambient structures and constantly evolving drones. Atmospheric and slowly moving it taps into the hidden maelstrom of the mind.

Edition of 500 copies. In gatefold Hub pack. 4 Tracks. Running Time 57:00

To Be Released Early January 2012

KARJALAN SISSIT “Miserere” CD / Digital (37th Cycle)

Re-issue of the second album by Karjalan Sissit, originally release in 2002 on CMI, with completely redesigned artwork and 2 additional tracks. A close follow up to their 2001 self-titled debut. Blending unsettling string arrangements and ambient passages with thundering percussion and screeching vocal passages, this second installment in the Karjalan Sissit discography definitely deserves to be made available again and be rediscovered.

Hate, humor and disintegration really have established themselves as the essential elements fueling this unique project.

Edition of 500 copies in A5 Gatefold Sleeve. 11 Tracks. Running Time 49:30

To Be Released Early January 2012

KARJALAN SISSIT “Karjalan Sissit” CD / Digital (36th Cycle)

The 2001 debut album by the legendary Karjalan Sissit, originally released on Cold Spring, is now available again with completely redesigned artwork and 2 additional tracks. This gem laid the foundations of Karjalan’s unique sound of massive orchestral arrangements and pounding percussion. A bombastic yet solemn album that laid the ground for a whole scene with it’s hard-hitting Martial / Industrial anthems. We’re honored to present once again this lost classic celebrating Karjalan Sissit’s 10th year anniversary.

Edition of 500 copies in A5 Gatefold Sleeve. 12 Tracks. Running Time 47:40

Recent Releases

VORTEX “Rockdrill” CD / Digital (35th Cycle)

Vortex is a German sound art project from :Golgotha: and Aeterna member Marcus Stiglegger, challenging the boundaries of ritual and dark ambient music. After the critically acclaimed debut album “Phanopoeia” (2008) out on Tesco Organization and the media book/soundtrack “Silence” (:Ikonen: media 2009), the new full-length album ‘Rockdrill’ continues on the same path and mobilizes acoustic instruments (guitar, percussion, piano), voice, electronics and samples to create a unique and very epic sound monument in 11 parts. Vortex is named after a modernist British art movement of the 1920s called Vorticism, headed by Ezra Pound and Wyndham Lewis. The new album ‘Rockdrill’ is especially inspired by a sculpture called ‘Rock Drill’by the Vorticist artist Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959). It was built according to his sketches in 1913-14 to symbolize ‘the terrible Frankenstein’s monster we have made ourselves into’. The sculpture had a huge influence on the Vorticist movement and inspired several cantos >by Ezra Pound (LXXXV–XCV, Section: Rock-Drill, 1956). It was destroyed during the war and cast again in bronze in 1962. Epstein himself did not like the sculpture and decided to “save” only a part of the actual figure – not the rock drill itself. The concept of this album is to reconstruct the history, mood and allegory of this piece of sculptural art as well as its impact on modern art movements. A 12 page booklet adds rare visual documents to the whole.‘Rockdrill’ by Vortex is consciously caught between archaic and modern energies, between history and present. This truly complex album transcends the frontiers of ambient soundscapes in order to awake a nearly forgotten sense of beauty and grace within modernist avant-garde by using twisted rhythm patterns, pounding industrial percussion and fragile organic ambiance.Fans of Northern European post industrial acts will appreciate this album for it sheer power and atmospheric strength while sound art listeners will slowly uncover layer after layer of this many faced composition.

Edition of 500 copies in 4 panel digi sleeve with 12 page booklet. 11 Tracks. Running Time 53:50

NEW RISEN THRONE “Loneliness Of Hidden Structures” CD / Digital (38th Cycle)

New full length album by Italy’s New Risen

Throne which marks a welcomed return to Cyclic Law. “Loneliness Of Hidden Structures” is the latest chapter of a series that began with “Whispers Of The Approaching Wastefulness” (Cyclic Law 2007) and continued on with “Crossing The Withered Regions” (Cold Meat Industry 2009). The first of this series is explained as the annunciation of the end, while the second part was expressing the advent of this end. Now this third chapter speaks of rebirth. Within the caves and ruins left by the destruction, there begins to form the first foundations and structures of a reconstruction that is in turn in constant evolution. The album’s track listing is structurally organized in order to evoke that evolution:

1. The echoes of the end that travel through the empty regions (“Into Lungs declining structures”, “Echoes from the loss”)
2. New forms listening to the “silence” of a new world (“Loneliness”, “New Risen Throne”, “Lands filled with silence and grief”)
3. Structures evolving and coming out from the shadows (“A vision of the hidden”, “Breath of growing structures”)

Filled with New Risen Throne’s now trademark sound of deep cavernous drones, processed voices and percussive moments, this new album is a superb follow up to his now impressive discography. Features exclusive remixes by Nordvargr and Northaunt.

Edition of 1000 copies. Enhanced CD with a special Video Clip of the track New Risen Throne (I), comes in a 4 panel A5 folder.

9 Tracks. Running Time 60:00

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Some amazing news from Michael Sheppard of Transparency:

The first collaboration between Transparency and the Sun Ra Archive
THE ETERNAL MYTH:
The Early Music History Of Sun Ra (Part One)
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An estimated 14 CDs
(13 hours of ultra-rare music plus hours of Sun Ra speech interspersed)
with a 5" x 5" paperback book (approximately 80 pages) in box set
We are now accepting pre-orders for this mind-blowing Spring 2011 release — at the distributor price of sixty-five dollars ($65) — plus priority mail shipping ($5 within the U.S. — $10 to Canada — $12 to Europe). Please calculate your correct total — and paypal transfer that amount to transparency2011@yahoo.com. Your direct pre-order is very much appreciated.
We hereby proudly announce the massive track listing for Part One, which ends at 1958 — and you can also see the beginning of the 1960′s box (Part Two) at the end of the spreadsheet here. Sun Ra’s own voice introduces every section in both volumes — a half-hour sampling of which can be heard in rough draft ‘infomercial’ form in the three MP3 files e-mailed along with this.

Sun Ra – The Early Years – Box Set Description

Year

Artist / Band

Song / Subject

The Foundation – Early Influences – The Women Blues Vocalists

*1921

Ethel Waters

Oh Daddy

*1924

Ma Rainey / Fletcher Henderson

Booze And Blues

*1928

Sara Martin w/Clarence Williams Orch.

Hole In The Wall

The Foundation – Early Influences – The Territory Bands

*1928

Bennie Moten Orchestra

Just Rite

*1928

Tiny Parham & His Musicians

Fat Man Blues

*1933

Baron Lee & His Blue Rhythm Band

Rhythm Spasm

*1931

Fletcher Henderson

Sugarfoot Stomp

*1931

Fletcher Henderson

Blue Rhythm tk-3

Sun Ra – His First Recorded Composition 1933

*1933

Clarence Williams

Chocolate Avenue

The Jump Blues Era – Wynonie Harris

*1946

Wynonie Harris w/Jumpin’ Jimmy Jackson

Dig This Boogie

*1946

Wynonie Harris w/Jumpin’ Jimmy Jackson

Lightnin’ Struck The Poor House

*1946

Wynonie Harris w/Jumpin’ Jimmy Jackson

My Baby’s Barrel House

*1946

Wynonie Harris w/Jumpin’ Jimmy Jackson

Drinkin’ By Myself

Chicago

The Blues & Jump Blues Era – Lil Green

*1946

Lil Green & Her Orchestra

Blowtop Blues

*1946

Lil Green & Her Orchestra

No Good Man

*1946

Lil Green & Her Orchestra

How Come You Do Me Like You Do

*1947

Lil Green & Her Orchestra

Lonely Woman Blues

The Church Organ Recordings Pt. 1

*1948

Sun Ra

All The Things You Are

*1948

Sun Ra

Wind In The Trees (Early Avant Garde)

The Solovox & Piano Rehearsals

*1948

Sun Ra and Stuff Smith-Vln

Deep Purple

*1948

Sun Ra 

Darn That Dream

*1948

Sun And Jesse Miller-Tr

Yesterdays

*1948

Sun Ra

If They Only Knew

The Mary Lou Williams Influence – Her Compositions

*1945

Mary Lou Williams

Taurus

*1945

Mary Lou Williams

Cancer

The Mary Lou Williams Influence – Her Influence On Sun Ra On Piano

*1948

Sun Ra

Unknown Title #3 (Mary Lou Wms influence)

*1948

Sun Ra

Unknown Title #7 (Mary Lou Wms influence)

*1949

Sun Ra

I Got Some New Blues

The Mary Lou Williams Influence – Her Orchestrations

*1947

Milton Orent / Frank Roth Orchestra

Lonely Moments

*1947

Milton Orent / Frank Roth Orchestra

Whistle Blues

The Jump Blues & Early Doo Wop – The Vocalists

*1948

Andrew Tibbs w/Sax Mallard’s Combo

He’s Got Her And Gone

*1948

Andrew Tibbs w/Sax Mallard’s Combo

The Holidays Are Over

*1948

The Dozier Boys  w/Sax Mallard’s Combo

She Only Fools With Me

*1948

The Dozier Boys  w/Sax Mallard’s Combo

St. Louis Blues

*1948

The Dozier Boys  w/Sax Mallard’s Combo

Invitation To The Blues

*1948

Andrew Tibbs w/Sax Mallard’s Combo

In A Travelin’ Mood

*1948

Andrew Tibbs w/Sax Mallard’s Combo

In Every Man’s Life

*1948

The Dozier Boys w/Eugene Wright

Big Time Baby

*1948

The Dozier Boys w/Eugene Wright

Pork ‘N Beans

*1948

The Dozier Boys w/Eugene Wright

Dawn Mist

*1948

The Dozier Boys w/Eugene Wright

Music Goes Round And Round

The Jump Blues Era – Red Saunders

*1948

Red Saunders Orchestra

Trust In Me

*1948

Red Saunders Orchestra – Band Vocal

Synthesis

*1948

Red Saunders Orchestra – Band Vocal

Jitterbuggin’

*1948

George Floyd w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Legs Gettin’ Bigger And Bigger

The Sunny Blount Trio – Rehearsal

*1949

Sun Ra and Unknown Guitar

Upstairs (Clip)

*1949

Sun Ra 

Just One Of Those Things

Sun Ra Sings & Plays Standards

*1949

Sun Ra

Smile tk-2

*1949

Sun Ra

Stuff Like That There

*1949

Sun Ra

Old Man River

The Sunny Blount Trio – "Live"

*1949

Sun Ra / Leo Blevins / W. Ware

You Go To My Head

*1949

Sun Ra / Leo Blevins / W. Ware

Blue Chicago Blues

The Small Group Swing Era – Dorothy Donegan w/ Red Saunders Orch.

*1950

Dorothy Donegan w/Red Saunders Orchestra

D.D.D. (Dorothy Donegan’s Doghouse)

*1950

Dorothy Donegan w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Ridin’ Boogie

The Jump Blues Era – Red Saunders & "Jumpin’" Joe Williams #1

*1950

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orch

Blow Mr. Low Blow

*1950

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orch

Chi

*1950

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orch

Lyin’ Girl Blues

The Unknown Vocalist Rehearsal

*1950

Sun Ra / Unknown Vocalist

You The Night And The Music

*1950

Sun Ra 

Holiday For Strings

The John Jenkins Rehearsal

*1950

Sun Ra / John Jenkins

The Phantom

The Jump Blues Era – "Little Miss Share Cropper" (Laverne Baker)

*1950

Little Miss Sharecropper w/Red Saunders Orch

Take Out Some Time Baby

*1950

Little Miss Sharecropper w/Red Saunders Orch

I’ve Tried

*1950

Little Miss Sharecropper w/Red Saunders Orch

How Long

*1950

Little Miss Sharecropper w/Red Saunders Orch

I Want To Rock

The Wilbur Ware / John Jenkins / Leo Blevins Rehearsal

*1951

Sun Ra / Wilbur Ware

The Nearness Of You tk-2

*1951

Sun Ra / Wilbur Ware

Sunny’s Place (Dukes Place) #1

*1951

Sun Ra / Leo Blevins / W. Ware

The Man I Love

*1951

Sun Ra / John Jenkins / W. Ware

Sunny’s Place (Dukes Place) #2

The Jump Blues Era – Red Saunders & "Jumpin’" Joe Williams #2 / June Davis

*1951

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Stop Pretty Baby, Stop

*1951

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Weekday Blues

*1951

Red Saunders Orchestra

4:00 AM

*1951

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Last Nights Party

*1951

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Hey Bartender

*1951

Red Saunders Orchestra

Boot ‘Em Up

*1951

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Sugar Bounce

*1951

June Davis w/Red Saunders Orch

Gentle Lover

*1951

June Davis w/Red Saunders Orch

J.D. Blues

The Jump Blues Era – The "Hambone Kids"

*1952

The Hambone Kids w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Hambone

*1952

Red Saunders Orchestra

La Raspa

*1952

The Hambone Kids w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Zeke’l Zeke’l

*1952

The Hambone Kids w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Piece A-Puddin’

Sun Ra Meets Pat Patrick

*1952

Sun Ra / Pat Patrick

Wonderful You

*1952

Sun Ra / Pat Patrick

A Place In My Heart

The Afro Cuban Influence – Perez Prado

*1947

Perez Prado Orchestra

Rica

*1947

Perez Prado Orchestra

Kon-Toma

The Afro Cuban Influence – Sun Ra w/Red Saunders Orch / "Jumpin" Joe Williams #3

*1953

Red Saunders Orchestra

Mambo In Trumpet

*1953

Red Saunders Orchestra

Honky Tonk Train Blues

*1953

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Probably

*1953

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Voodoo Blues

The Arkestra Singers Pt. 1 – Thea Barbara / Unknown Name

*1953

Sun Ra / Thea Barbara / Unknown Male Singer

Unknown Title – Haunted Melody

The Jump Blues Era – Jo Jo Adams

*1953

Jo Jo Adams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Call My Baby

*1953

Jo Jo Adams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Rebecca

The Jump Blues Era – Red Saunders & "Jumpin’" Joe Williams #4

*1953

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

It’s Raining Again

*1953

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Always On The Blue Side

*1953

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Detour Ahead

*1953

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Blow Mr. Low Blow

*1953

Red Saunders Orchestra

Summertime

*1953

Red Saunders Orchestra

Riverboat

*1953

Jumpin’ Joe Williams w/Red Saunders Orchestra

Time For Movin’

*1953

Red Saunders Orchestra

Lawdy Lucy

The Nu Sounds Doo Wop Rehearsals Pt. 1

*1954

Sun Ra / Nu Sounds / R. Wilson

My Sweet

*1954

Sun Ra / Nu Sounds / R. Wilson

My Land Of Dreams

*1954

Sun Ra / Nu Sounds / R. Wilson

Dreams Come True (rehearsal)

*1954

Sun Ra / Nu Sounds / R. Wilson

Spaceship Lullaby (rehearsal – A)

*1954

Sun Ra / Nu Sounds / R. Wilson

Spaceship Lullaby (rehearsal – B)

*1954

Sun Ra / Nu Sounds / R. Wilson

Spaceship Lullaby (rehearsal w/band – A)

*1954

Sun Ra / Nu Sounds / R. Wilson

Spaceship Lullaby (rehearsal w/band – B)

The Jump Blues Era – Grant Jones / King Kolax / Billy Brooks

*1954

Grant Jones w/King Kolax Band

What Have You Done To Me

*1954

Grant Jones w/King Kolax Band

Right Now

*1954

King Kolax Quintette

Vivian

*1954

King Kolax w/King Kolax Band

Goodnite Blues

*1955

Billy Brooks w/Red Saunders Band

Mambo Is Everywhere

*1955

Billy Brooks w/Red Saunders Band

Song Of The Dreamer

*1955

Billy Brooks w/Red Saunders Band

Donna

*1955

Billy Brooks w/Red Saunders Band

I Want Your Love Tonight

*1955

Billy Brooks w/Red Saunders Band

This Is My Prayer

The Jump Blues Era – Billie Hawkins w/The Sun Ra Arkestra

*1956

Billie Hawkins w/Sun Ra Band

I’m Comin’ Home

*1956

Billie Hawkins w/Sun Ra Band

I’m Comin’ Home

*1956

Billie Hawkins w/Sun Ra Band

Kiss Me Sweet

*1956

Billie Hawkins w/Sun Ra Band

Last Call For Love

*1956

Billie Hawkins w/Sun Ra Band

Last Call For Love

*1956

Billie Hawkins w/Sun Ra Band

At Last tk-10

The Doo Wop Era – Walter Dunn & The Metros

*1956

Walter Dunn & The Metros

I’ll Close My Heart

*1956

Walter Dunn & The Metros

When You’re In Love This Way

*1956

Walter Dunn & The Metros

Christina, Eugena, Marie

*1956

Walter Dunn & The Metros

Perfidious Lover

The Sun Ra Bebop Band "Live"

*1956

Le Sun Ra and his Band – Live

Big City Blues

*1956

Le Sun Ra and his Band – Live

Delilah (slightly distorted)

*1956

Le Sun Ra and his Band – Live

Images (no solos) (slightly distorted)

*1956

Le Sun Ra and his Band – Live

Velvet (slightly distorted)

More Supersonic Jazz

*1956

Sun Ra / James Scales / Wilburn Green / Robert Barry

Somebody Else’s World tk-1

*1956

Sun Ra / James Scales / Wilburn Green / Robert Barry

Blues In Outer Space

The Arkestra Singers – Clyde Williams

*1956

Clyde Williams w/Sun Ra Arkestra

Dreams Come True tk-1

*1956

Clyde Williams w/Sun Ra Arkestra

Dreams Come True tk-3 (slower version)

The Arkestra Singers – Hattie Randolph

*1957

Hattie Randolph w/Sun Ra Arkestra

Don’t Blame Me tk-1

*1957

Hattie Randolph w/Sun Ra Arkestra

(Hattie Randolph talking)

*1959

Hattie Randolph w/Sun Ra Arkestra

Round Midnight tk-1, 2, 3 (mono mix)

*1976

Hattie Randolph w/Sun Ra Arkestra "Live"

The Pershing Ballroom Jam Feat. Pat Patrick, Gene Ammons & J.J. Johnson

*1958

Sun Ra All-Star Jam

Chi-Town Blues

*1958

Sun Ra All-Star Jam

Just You Just Me

Sun Ra & His Men From Space – "Play Pop Hits Live" At Bud Land

*1958

Sun Ra and His Men From Space

Tequila (Pop Tune) (w/announcements)

*1958

Sun Ra and His Men From Space

(end of set theme)

New York City

The Angels & Demons At Play Rehearsal

*1960

Sun Ra Arkestra and His Arkestra

Tiny Pyramids

*1960

Sun Ra Arkestra and His Arkestra

Egyptian Fantasy

*1960

Sun Ra Arkestra and His Arkestra

Summertime tk-3

*1960

Sun Ra Arkestra and His Arkestra

Onward

The Fate In A Plesant Mood Session – Lights On A Satellite (w/echo)

*1960

Sun Ra Arkestra and His Arkestra

Lights On A Satellite

The Tenor Sax Of John Gilmore – "Live"

*1960

Sun Ra Arkestra and His Arkestra

It Ain’t Necessarily So

*1960

Sun Ra Arkestra and His Arkestra

Space Aura

*1960

Sun Ra Arkestra and His Arkestra

How High The Moon

The 1961 – Majestic Hall Rehearsal

*1961

Sun Ra Arkestra and His Arkestra

Dark

*1961

Sun Ra Arkestra and His Arkestra

Outer Space

*1961

Sun Ra Arkestra and His Arkestra

Lady Bird

*1961

The Arkestra

Gone tk-1 (rehearsal on Miles Davis’ solo)

*1961

The Arkestra

Gone tk-2

The 1961 – Unreleased Savoy Records Audition

*1961

Sun Ra Arkestra and His Arkestra

Mother Hood (beautiful composition)

The 1961 – Calvin Newborn Rehearsals

*1961

Sun Ra / Calvin Newborn /

Ruby

*1961

Sun Ra / Calvin Newborn /

Island In The Sun

The 1962 – Sun Ra & Pat Patrick Rehearsal

*1962

Sun Ra / Pat Patrick w/Rhythm

Blues

The 1962 – What’s New Session

*1962

Sun Ra / Calvin Newborn

What’s New

*1962

Sun Ra / Calvin Newborn

Wanderlust

Some years ago, a French label called Metamkine, perhaps one of the most legendary imprints in the annals of the history of experimental music, produced a run of 3″ compact discs which they titled “Cinéma pour l’oreille.” Some of the artists included in this series included Michel Chion, Christian Zanési and Jim O’Rourke, before he went on to be a big rock star with Sonic Youth. The format is perfect for composers who wish to feature one or two brilliant pieces in a 20-minute EP rather than to stuff an album with fluff. Kyle Bobby Dunn, who has been reviewed before in this site, continues a tradition of making a recording where less is indeed more. The two pieces featured, Dissonant Distances and Senium III, work well with the concept of ‘Film for the Ears’. Both pieces are soundtrack-worthy. No, I don’t mean in the bombastic, Hans Zimmer-esque style (or even in the style of former Industrial music icon Graeme Revell). The pieces fit well with those classic black & white films from Germany circa 1922-1932, arguably the golden age of film from that country. There is a nightmareish hue to Dunn’s textures, giving one a slightly hair-raising listening experience. It is a masterful work that leaves one wanting far more, which, I suppose, is the point of these EP releases.

You can hear samples of Rural Route No. 2 here.

Kyle Dunn’s music seems to be less about music as commonly understood and more about how one can color a mood with sound. There is certainly a method to Dunn’s style, as though it may well be improvised, it flows in beautiful order much in the manner of spilled honey rather than a river. A simple closing of the eyes is enough to put a listener into a Martian landscape, something many of us who loved sci-fi movies feel cheated out of.

Tracks from his two-disc release, A Young Person’s Guide To Kyle Bobby Dunn, he demonstrates a mastery of organic ambient music that harkens back to the days of Kosmische Musik from Germany.

In his piece Empty Gazing, there seems to be a spacious interplay between what sounds like an oboe and synthetic drones. Bonaventure’s Finest Hour gives the mental image of the venerable saint at work in his office. Sets of Four (Its Meaning Is Deeper Than Its Title Implies) pleasantly jars one’s listening experience with piano in a way that would remind one of Achim Roedelius’ work in Cluster or on his solo albums. The standout piece of this compendium of Dunn’s work, There is No End To Your Beauty, drones and whistles, meandering in a way that gives a feeling of ‘cool’ rather than ‘cold’ or ‘frigid’.

To hear samples of Dunn’s work, check out his Myspace site. To purchase his albums in America or Britain, click here for Darla Records and Distribution or here for Low Point Distribution.

A couple of days ago, thanks to Kim Cascone mentioning his name, I clicked over to Kyle Dunn’s Myspace site and relaxed to some perfectly quiet tunes that complemented a calm sky. It turns out Mr. Dunn has a new release for Low Point Records. It’s a double-CD, and if the sound samples on Myspace are any indication, this release will make for sublime listening.

This has to be one of the best reviews I’ve read anywhere for a new release, but that it is for seminal cult band Current 93 makes it that much more interesting. Kudos to “Offa” for posting this.

What a fitting tribute, and a hell of a combo. Check it out, courtesy of Pitchfork Magazine!

Total power noise orgasm with the Kings of Noise, Hijokaidan. This isn’t cheap, costing well over $500, but

Yes, that Booker T., of M. G.’s fame.  He’s come out with his first album in 20 years, and according to Paste Magazine, it rocks!

Will Oldham comes up with a masterpiece with his new album on Drag City. Paste Magazine has a sample of his work here.