Deep Wind
(Quasi Pop) Used CD $5.00
Intercontinental file-swapping is the means that yielded this collaboration between Japanese noise bigwig Hiroshi Hasegawa and Puerto Rico’s harsh noise / experimental electronic duo, released by a scrappy Ukrainian label. Both long tracks on Deep Wind are based by each artist on the other’s noise. This complex, sometimes brutal and disturbing journey beyond the margins of consciousness incorporates totally psychedelic sounds, extreme frequencies, and deep, pulsating drones. Oversized gatefold jacket.
Ultima
(Anarchymoon) Used LP $7.00
“Oppressive, naval wall of hurricane noise / drone out of Puerto Rico, a place where the residents know from hurricanes,” says Doug Mosurock about this 2010 platter by Jorge Castro and Claudio Chea with Robin A on voice. “Side A is immense, a gut-buster of layered white noise, while Side B adds in queasy sine wave bass beneath prop-plane engine scream. With silkscreened obi strip. Promo. Edition of 200