Acnode One
(Pooh-Bah) Used split 2xLP $18.00 (Out-of-stock)
Thirty-year anniversary reissue of this LAFMS cassette artifact from 1978 by two Smegma masterminds and assorted mutants. One of the defining LAFMS documents, traveling with ease from Zappa-esque freak outs, teeth-rattling tape loop drones, psychedelic kiddy record cut-ups, to a beautiful bowed bass solo in the vein of Scott la Faro or Henry Grimes. “It was a time of great transition…, very exciting emperimentally,” notes Ju Suk Reet Meate. “With only one Smegma gig in two years, our music was going inward. The reel-to-reel tape decks at the time lent themselves to wild misuse.” Gatefold jacket. Sealed
JU SUK REET MEATE / SILVIA KASTEL / NINNI MORGIA
Le Puss Puss
(Alt.Vinyl - AV047) LP $22.50
I visitatori penetrate deep US underground culture, locate The Perfect Vibe (old B-movies, sci-fi memorabilia, monuments to trash rock’n’roll, giant mutant cats, loops of The Three Stooges playing on a small TV) and depart with an exit visa stamped with exotica from outer space, 50s tweed amps, upright bass, trumpet, various percussion, all kinds of weird toys.
Solo 1975-1980
(Alga Marghen - plana-J 19TES.153) LP $28.00 (Out-of-stock)
Previously unreleased recordings by founding member of Smegma and one half of The Tenses. Hammered dulcimer, tape loops, thrift store records, homemade synthesizer, electric guitar, saxophone, mouth sounds, and manipulated Christian radio broadcasts. Numbered edition of 188.
Solo 78 /79
(Destijl - IND057) CD $12.75
One of the crown jewels of the early Smegma dawn, originally released in a limited run in 1980. Also known as Do Unseen Hands Keep You Dumb?, the album is a post-Zappa, stoned blues/concrete melange of guitar, tapes, found sounds and voice. Liner notes by John Olson of Wolf Eyes.