Friday, June 12, 2015

NEW RELEASES: PRAXIS: BUCKETHEAD I BILL LASWELL I JOHN ZORN I MICK HARRIS I YAMATSUKA EYE - SOUND VIRUS; REGGAE DISCOMIXES (VARIOUS ARTISTS); STARK REALITY - ROLLER COASTER EYE

PRAXIS: BUCKETHEAD I BILL LASWELL I JOHN ZORN I MICK HARRIS I YAMATSUKA EYE - SOUND VIRUS

Post modern super group with an ever changing line-up. Mutant Metal, Noise, Dub and beyond... The core group of virtuoso guitar shredder Buckethead, futurist bassist / producer Bill Laswell and drummer Brain (Guns N' Roses, Primus, Godflesh, Tom Waits) is joined here by legendary composer / saxophonist John Zorn, Mick Harris, (Napalm Death, Scorn, Painkiller) and Yamatsuka Eye (Boredoms). Restored, enhanced, edited and remastered from original recordings. Intense, dark, humorous and virtuosic. An uncompromising ride. Play it loud! Tracklisting: Suspension; Warcraft Triad; Skull Crack Cathedral; Inferno; Low Time Machine; Stronghold; Turbine; and Nine.

REGGAE DISCOMIXES (VARIOUS ARTISTS)

This collection highlights the very best extended mixes released by Island Records during the height of the 12" single era of the late 70s and early 80s. This 2CD set brings together the most sought-after reggae discomixes of the late 70s and early 80s and includes numerous recordings new to CD, with key tracks including extended mixes of Idle Dog - Hosbah Lawrence, Trinity; In The Midnight Hour / Ya Ya - George Faith; Cool Meditation - Third World; Ku Klux Klan - Steel Pulse; Want Fi Goh Rave - Linton Kwesi Johnson; Children Of Sanchez – Rico; Guess Who's Coming To Dinner - Black Uhuru; Old Broom - Wailing Souls; You Mean The World To Me - The Paragons; Proverbs Extraction - Pablo Moses; Pass The Kouchie - The Mighty Diamonds; Dreadlocks In The Moonlight - Lee Perry; Carry Go Bring Come - Justin Hinds & The Dominoes; Memories - Junior Murvin; Prophecy – Fabian; Civilized Reggae - Burning Spear; We ""A"" Rockers - Inner Circle; Chatty Chatty - Toots & The Maytals; Fight To The Top - Michael Prophet; Warrior Charge – Aswad; Lovers Rocking & Skanking - Tony Tuff; and Cool Down The Pace - Gregory Isaacs.

STARK REALITY - ROLLER COASTER RIDE

Some of the maddest, most tripped-out work ever from this legendary group – sounds that are even more freewheeling and psychedelic than their famous Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop LP – lots more guitar and rumbling funk, and a tripped-out, stoned-up sort of approach to the music, lyrics, and even production – all of which makes for some really compelling work. Mad vibes meet fuzzy guitars – in the kind of record that would have been barely appreciated at the time, but is finally getting its due today! All tracks are very long – and include "Sunday's Song", "Roller Coaster Ride", "Too Much Tenderness", "Pretty Music", "Nanai", "Red Yellow Moonbeams", and "Sunday's Song". (Includes download card with full album – plus 56 download pages of notes, photos, and interviews!) ~ Dusty Groove


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