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A-MUSIK	T-SHIRT GIRL BLACK LARGE	A-MUSIK	T-SHIRT	€15.00

A-MUSIK	T-SHIRT GIRL OLIVE LARGE	A-MUSIK	T-SHIRT	€15.00

BRILLOWSKA & KUBIN, MARIOLA & FELIX	H.O.N.D.	A-MUSIK	CD	€14.90
"the first joint release of hamburg-based all-around artists felix kubin (music, sounds) and mariola brillowska (lyrics, vocals). for brillowska's 2006 theatre play of the same title, kubin composed a soundtrack in order to mess up this infamous musical by twirling colourful little building bricks around in it. this then became an album in its own right, where constructivist orchestra- and plunderphonics-collages meet gameboy-disco while melancholy-laden chansons rub against weill/eisler-like hymns." (label info)

DAT POLITICS	VILLIGER	A-MUSIK	LP	€9.90
"apparently they're an all-laptop quintet from lille, france (although i could be wrong about the geography), borne out of the ashes of sub rosa recording act/post-rock entity tone rec. this, their third release (see tracto flirt on skipp as well as a fat cat split single with process) works it wisely, mixing the glick-beats with the glitch-melodies and sounds, with (what i'm told is) a sexy live show on the festival circuit. the first of certainly a growing wave of contemporary 'computer bands', you really can't go wrong with just about anything on this disk. i suggest investigating now to avoid imminent embarrassment later." -- hrvatski.

F.X.RANDOMIZ	GOFLEX	A-MUSIK	CD	€12.90
"f.x. randomiz is one of those you might have met musically but you won't be sure when. in 1992 there was the infamous slow cd with jan st. werner (now mouse on mars) on that tiny gefriem label. the wire (issue 5/97) wrote: 'slow...an unsung electronic masterpiece, an outstanding pre-oval example of capsized sampling virtuosity.' both musicians appear as dü on the highly appreciated mille plateaux compilation in memoriam gilles deleuze. some may remember the my bloody valentine-inspired 7" by four square logos (randomiz/suchy/werner). now it's time that his solo-album goflex will show his talents to the wide public. recent releases were remixes for microstoria's reprovisers cd and the schlammpeitziger 10" (a-musik) as well as the duoproject holosud (12" on a-musik). goflex is a state of the art example of software-engineering of sound transformation and manipulation. a groovy, sometimes melodic album but radical treated sampled and synthesized sounds will catch your attention. possibly it will satisfy groovers and headphone-listeners at once. a record for consumers and producers." (label info)

F.X.RANDOMIZ	GOFLEX	A-MUSIK	LP	€9.90

GO:GOL	GORYMAAZ	A-MUSIK	CD	€13.90
"new discovery on a-musik. debut release by braunschweig's filmmaker andreas gogol. a collection of 19 tracks he recorded over the last decade mainly at home using multi-track recordings and available only to a few friends as self-made cd-r releases. renaldo & the loaf or early chrome in their 'alien soundtracks / half machine lip moves (the 'slower tracks!') era came in my mind while listening to go:gol's tracks. sometimes unbelieving it's all done by one guy on 4-track machine. lots of tracks a have a real 'band'-sound. moody tracks refer unintendently to loren mazzacane connors meets can. the most un-electronic release on a-musik so far." (label info) cd features some bonus tracks.

GO:GOL	GORYMAAZ	A-MUSIK	LP	€12.90
lp is limited to 300 copies

HOLOSUD	EP	A-MUSIK	12" (used)	€10.00
schlammpeitziger & f.x.randomiz

HOLOSUD	FIJNEWAS AFPOMPEN	A-MUSIK	CD	€12.90
"debut full length selection of anti-matter science (after one ep) for mssrs. jojo schlammpeitzeiger and felix f.x. randomiz, perusing the 'unwanteds' section of the 'out-techno' marketplace. the first track, 'alaune', manages to turn a fairly hokey circus/carnivore loop into one of the more memorable slices of 'technology music' witnessed binaurally in some time. certain elements recall the splendor of burger/ink's 'las vegas', only with a bit more 'pep' and a much more 'tweaking'. will undoubtedly draw more attention to the under-documented scene of genius/wunderkind manics that is a-musik. gifted." -- hrvatski.

HOLOSUD	FIJNEWAS AFPOMPEN	A-MUSIK	LP	€9.90

KUBIN, FELIX	FILMMUSIK	A-MUSIK	CD-R	€10.90
cd-r reissue of 100 copies w/ the original cover but w/out the booklet. felix kubin is a member of the hamburg based electroacoustic band klangkrieg (cds on 45, nd, audioview). here he presents a collection of soundtracks he did over the last years. the music is in a tradition of good old german 80s electronics. influenced by people like holger hiller, der plan, andreas dorau, et al. the following artists are involved: max goldt, mariola brillowska, günter reznicek, dr. euler-donnersperg." strange and effective electronic alienation (not too new wave, don't worry!), packaged in beautiful, colorful fold-out digipak.

KUBIN, FELIX	MATKI WANDALKI	A-MUSIK	CD	€13.90
"thank god that today, more than two decades later, there is no stopping this former "wunderkind"! admittedly, the mischievous demolition of pop structures, which was once attributed to a juvenile berserkerdom, has since then evolved into a more conscious dada-hooliganism. or - to put it simple with the metaphor of the album title - it turned into the "mothers of destruction" (in polish: matki wandalki = vandalizing mothers). the fact that the anaemic ghost of deconstruction doesn't spoil the 13 tracks on this cd must have to do with felix' abstruse humor. like his love of sounds, the hum of kubin's cosmos is powerfully distinct. it reminds (not only) me of tschechoslovakian animation films and - even further back - of the electro-acoustic sound experiments of the fifties avant-garde long before their development into pop. the fact that the anaemic ghost of deconstruction doesn't spoil the 13 tracks on this cd must have to do with felix' abstruse humor. like his love of sounds, the hum of kubin's cosmos is powerfully distinct. it reminds (not only) me of tschechoslovakian animation films and - even further back - of the electro-acoustic sound experiments of the fifties avant-garde long before their development into pop. matki wandalki unites several pairs of aesthetic contradictions. abstract darmstadt goes pop. the result is "witty" musique concrete and something that i can only interpret as "program-music" without a narrative "program". cd contains bonus-track 'hello' which was the flip side of his latest 7"."

KUBIN, FELIX	THE TETCHY TEENAGE TAPES VERSION NERV	A-MUSIK	LP	€11.90
"recordings from 1981-1985. in the beginning of the 80ies a vivid scene of children bands came to existence in hamburgs suburb bergedorf. the groups had names like "rekronstruirtes relativpronomen, architektonisch sehenswertes bauwerk, universalanschluss and die egozentrischen 2. behind the two latter ones the nowadays nearly famous sci-fi pop impresario felix kubin, his brother max and a friend called stefan mohr were agitating. zick-zack boss alfred hilsberg supported them and organized gigs in clubs and avantgarde furniture galleries like markthalle and moebel perdú. some highlights of their work are now released by a-musik and skipp with different track selections on lp and cd." (label info)

KUBIN, FELIX	THERE IS A GARDEN / WASCHZWANGMAMA	A-MUSIK	7"	€6.90
"limited edition (1st edition of 500 copies) pre-taster for the forthcoming cd on brombron. sentimental moody a-side has become already a classic in his live shows. so, to public demand we present this now as a 'hit'-single b/w the paranoiac fast rocker "waschzwangmama"." (label info)

L@N	S/T	A-MUSIK	CD	€7.90
cd issue by the l@n duo of rupert buwa huber & otto muller. this includes 3 of the 4 tracks of the first l@n lp (a4), plus 2 of the 4 tracks on the 2nd l@n lp (a7), plus 2 exclusive tracks, totaling 71 minutes of blissful nod. recorded both live and in the studio, these 2 produce multi-channeled trance electronic epics of perfectly proportioned rhythmic synchronicity. tuned in to the german legacy of neu-inspired propulsion, with a lovely, burning minimal edge of non-punk/acid purity, this is totally successful, subtly shifting, interface.

LEHN / SCHMICKLER	KÖLNER KRANZ	A-MUSIK	LP	€13.90
"kölner kranz sees a return to a thick molasses of digital smears welded to an ever-present system that unfolds over a staggering 36 minutes which, despite its sheer length, never rests.this music is really quite dense and dif .cult, heavy on detailing and spontaneity, which means that listening to these tracks takes some effort to get through.left / right tones cascade in waves over bitmapped crackles as lehn and schmickler add layer after layer of events into a seductive audio landscape.bewilderingly acute and brilliantly played, this release is compulsory listening for those interested in the state of modern electronics." (label info) limited to 300 copies.

LEHN / SCHMICKLER	NAVIGATION IM HYPERTEXT	A-MUSIK	CD	€13.90
"lehn and schmickler 's 1st recording bart is considered one of the best synth improv albums ever made. since bart, dating back to 2000, the duo has toured frequently through europe, japan and the usa.this double-release, features some of the best performances the duo recorded over the course of 15 live concerts. a brilliant amalgam of the two musicians' strengths, navigation im hypertext utilizes both improvisation and studio postproduction techniques to create a lasting work, combining the feel of a classic composed electronic music record with the raw, crackling energy of a free improv-session. exciting and destabilizing, navigation im hypertext will surprise even the most hardcore lehn fan: intertwined with schmickler's, his art never sounded this rich. if anything, navigation im hypertext takes electronic improvisation one step further. the arrangements range in tone from softer clusters of sound to more abrasive movements." (label info)

MICROSTORIA	INIT DING	A-MUSIK	LP	€14.80
diff. cut testpressings, higher dynamics; w/ cover

MÜLLER, WOLFGANG	MIT WITTGENSTEIN IN KRISUVIK	A-MUSIK	CD	€13.90
"mit wittgenstein in krisuvík - zweiundzwanzig elfenlieder für island" (with wittgenstein in krisuvík - twenty-two elf songs for iceland), the solo cd by wolfgang müller, is released on a-musik, cologne. wolfgang müller, author, artist and the head of the legendary cult band "die tödliche doris", lives in berlin (in the kreuzberg district) and in reykjavík. he is the president of the walther von goethe foundation reykjavík. "in order to create an agreeable environment, where elves would feel comfortable, i must remain equally open to the musical, the non-musical and extra-musical," says wolfgang müller. and so, various musical styles, directions and currents are found running through on on his new cd, "mit wittgenstein in krisuvík". elves and dwarves are behind all of those, inaudible and yet perceptible - some friendly, the others wrathful; sometimes merry, serious at other times."

MÜLLER, WOLFGANG	MIT WITTGENSTEIN IN KRISUVIK	A-MUSIK	POSTER	€2.00
four-coloured poster of the cd-cover, format: a2

MÜLLER, WOLFGANG	MIT WITTGENSTEIN IN KRISUVIK	A-MUSIK	LP & 7"	€14.90
limited lp & 7" editions of 300.

PHTHALOCYANINE	PRE-INVALID L.P.	A-MUSIK	LP (used)	€6.00

PHTHALOCYANINE	PRE-INVALID L.P.	A-MUSIK	LP	€9.90
vinyl only german release of an album previously issued on cd by the california-based phthalo label (with a different title: navy warship). phthalocyanine is dimitri k. fergadis, whose first single was released by plug research, and he represents the first american artist on the illustrious a-musik label. "musically, this stuff attains that 'somewhat improvised' feeling through off-kilter beat shapes & harmonically 'wrong' melody clusters unlike just about every other 'scene' currently in media recognition. and he's based in the us. pretty unbelievable stuff, fully deserving of this official release. hectic." -- hrvatski.

SCHLAMMPEITZIGER	AUGENWISCHWALDMOPPGEFLÖTE	A-MUSIK	CD	€12.90
"third or fourth full length from joe the carpenter (whether or not you count the reissue of the erdrauchharnschleck cassette on lp last year, or the his master's cosmic music/schlammpeitziger lp on gefriem) after the (deep breath) freundlichbaracudamelodieliedgut and spacerokkmountainrutschquartier full lengths of yore. featuring yet more lush pop made with the same casio cz-230s & the little battery powered yamaha sampler he's used for years now both in the studio and live. quite brilliant, eclipsing any of the similarly themed but far less informed efforts being laid to tape by certain legions of american post-indie dropouts (those fools!). necessary." (hrvatski)

SCHLAMMPEITZIGER	AUGENWISCHWALDMOPPGEFLÖTE	A-MUSIK	LP	€11.90
warehouse find of the long deleted vinyl version.

SCHLAMMPEITZIGER	RESTWASSERSTREITGEBETTEL	A-MUSIK	7"	€3.90

SCHLAMMPEITZIGER	SPACEROKKMOUNTAINRUTSCHQUATIER	A-MUSIK	CD	€12.90
a shimmering, mesmerizing 2nd album from the cologne's jo zimmermann's (whose performance name of schlammpeitziger gets easier and easier to pronounce the more we get used to it). reminds you of the construction of really classic era cluster works imbued with the shifting electronic perspective of zimmermann's contemporaries, mouse on mars. another a-musik breakthrough album that is going to blow a lot of people away. "jo zimmermann's second full length delivery for a-muzik. an unconventional, yet accessible sound-cosmos. this time it's not about south-pacific harmonies (freundlichbaracudamelodieliedgut), but the comfortable atmosphere of a child's dream or the soundtrack to an amateurish, lo-fi videofilm. friendly keyboard melodies, soft, casual beats and rythyms. narrative tracks like 'himmndentritt' take turns with repetitive pop tracks as 'mausfaltenfripp'. engineered by mouse on mars' jan werner."

SCHLICK / BEIT, JÖRG / ANDI	DIESE WILDNIS HAT KULTUR	A-MUSIK	CD	€14.80
the set for the new production of the ballet der krieger (graz opera house, studiobühne) is on a serial image concept. projected image panels act as a stage set that forms a subtle grid background for the one-man performance (choreography: jörg schlick). the symphony diese wildnis hat kultur (1982) forms the musical base of the dance performance. one instrument is reserved for each of the four movements: jörg schlick: violin, flutes, violoncello and electric guitar; andi beit: synthesizer. 'minimalist form was combined with expressionist social comment' wrote jack anderson (new york times, 21.05.1985) in his critique of the première. this reference to the field of tension between the minimalist vocabulary of forms or object gesture (performers) and the expressive portrayal of social conditions hits on a fundamental aspect of schlick's work. the symphonic composition accompanies the performance like a 'synthetic heartbeat' that corresponds to the intensity of beethoven's 'eroica' in terms of its tonal character. the 'deflection of the needle', the electronic display of tonal intensity and pitch of the classical symphony, acted as the score for jörg schlick.

SCHMICKLER, MARCUS	DEMOS (FOR CHOIR, CHAMBER QUINTET AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC)	A-MUSIK	LP	€12.90
vinyl version, limited to 500 copies.

SCHMICKLER, MARCUS	DEMOS (FOR CHOIR, CHAMBER QUINTET AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC)	A-MUSIK	CD	€12.90
""demos" is schmickler's most ambitious work to date. it has been performed at the renowned cca in glasgow, where it was performed in the course of a three day festival organized especially for schmickler. "demos" deals with nietzsche's thoughts expressed in his "zarathustra" on the extent with which language could be dealt with as music. marcus schmickler transcends the classic mythic emblems of ancient greek choirs such as recitative and declamation by employing contemporary means. "demos" is demanding, disturbing and suggestive in its idiosyncratic blend of sounds. this is a music which passes on the spirit of such luminaries as the late györgy ligeti ("requiem"), jani christou or iannis xenakis ("medea"), but which in schmickler's contemporary attitude gains a wholly different significance. complementing the album are two excerpts of schmickler's musical arrangements for theatre productions." (joachim ody)

SCHMICKLER, MARCUS	PARAM	A-MUSIK	CD	€12.90
"the new release on cologne based label a-musik contains compositions by marcus schmickler that were performed and recorded over the last four years with many various musicians and ensembles. these recordings document schmickler's interest in a confrontation with modern classical composers, they are a return of 'the living dead.' according to schmickler, innovations are only possible by including the old. schmickler has been known also for his different approaches with pluramon, mimeo, his collaborations with thomas brinkmann or the improviser thomas lehn. param continues his series of releases on a-musik although it presents itself less electronic and less bulky than wabi sabi or sator rotas. the original recordings of the compositions are newly edited for this release." (label info)

SCHMICKLER, MARCUS	PARAM	A-MUSIK	2LP	€16.90
the double 12" vinyl contains unshortened versions and is limited to 500 copies, comes in a deluxe fold-out cover

SCHMICKLER, MARCUS	SATOR ROTAS	A-MUSIK	CD	€12.90
marcus schmickler aka wabi sabi (a3) aka pluramon expands his electronic experimentations, creating a surreal, open music that enraptures the listener with raging soundwaves and maximum density. expect the unexpected from the new school of improvised music: hybrid wooshings, subsequenced crackles, microharmonical adventures. strange, tense, cool and rich of superb pranks.

SCHMICKLER, MARCUS	WABI SABI	A-MUSIK	CD	€12.90
wabi sabi is a staggering sounding, beautifully packaged and simply significant contemporary electronic album by marcus schmickler out of the thriving german underground music scene. schmickler has one release under his own name on the odd size label in france, and was a contributing member of pol and kontakta on the same label. most recently he released the exceptional pluramon pick up canyon album on the mille plateaux label (which featured the guest drumming of jaki liebezeit). this cd consists of two pieces: "wabi sabi" -- a devastating 33 minute 2-channel spatial composition that mixes gorgeous flowing electronics ala francois bayle with moments radio-static density and transcending sound waves. "param" is a shorter work of 2-channel, powerfully droning electronics. "the pair of terms wabi and sabi are expressions of an attitude towards life that draw the power of artistic creation from silence and decay.

SCHMICKLER, MARCUS	WABI SABI	A-MUSIK	LP	€9.90
music by marcus schmickler

SCHMICKLER / TILBURY, MARCUS / JOHN	VARIETY	A-MUSIK	CD	€13.90
"the piano's harmonic figures meet with computer sounds unexpectedly within a slowly changing acoustic environment. piano pixies sing and dance serenely in a virtual space while the noises from the instrument insitage dialogues with the computer. the music is tranquil, never aggressive and is at almost every moment polyphonic in the good old sense of the word. pretty often, the two musicians play on two different planes so that in spite of the slowness of the whole thing, the resulting complex relationships offer a lot of surprises. the sureness and the tranquility which emanats from these musical actions, figures, shapes and processes, acknowledges and asserts the ghost of morton feldman, who seems to hover benevolantly over these sounds: stop asking questions." (johannes fritsch)

THAEMLITZ, TERRE	A-MUSIK PRESENTS A PROGRAM OF... A-MUZAK	A-MUSIK	7"	€1.50
dark red vinyl, without cover!

USHMI MEETS REVEREND GALLOWAY, MARC	THERE MUST BE A (BRINKMANN-) REMIX	A-MUSIK	12"	€7.70
this 12" brings the best of the collaboration between marcus schmickler and crazy vocalist stephen galloway: a sophisticated trip into retro-deep-house. 3 tracks are taken from the well acclaimed cd on whatness. comes with ultra-dry-humorous hidden remix by thomas brinkmann on the double-groove flip-side. not only for fans of lil louis.

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