FRODE GJERSTAD / LASSE MARHAUG
Red Edge
(Carbon) Used CD $4.00
The free-jazz saxophonist and the beloved noise artist collaborate on this highly accomplished blend of electronic noise and free improv from 2004
Speedqueen / Quadrafacet
(Carbon) Used LP $5.00
Droney NZ-inspired collage of live recordings, backed with four winding, surreal space rocks with slow-moving vocals.
Demonstration Record
(Carbon) LP $23.00
Recorded on a mobile phone in the southern summer of 2023-24, this collection of live performances, collages, and solo improvisations dismisses stereo-imaged, mastered sound, yet reveals an expansiveness despite the minimal setup. “Quattro Pezzi Su Due Note” and “Holly Springs #2” appear sparse and guitar-centered, but open up with shimmering modulation pedals and scattering slide guitars that create synthetic textures with as much detail as a wavetable or granular synthesizer. The dirty, snarling “Metal Pedal” and “Modulationism” produce maximalist rhythmic growls and sweeps with just a distortion and modulation box. The “Climate Study” tracks provide a more laid-back window into Russell’s creative patchwork, the slowed down overlay of pans, door hinges, and machinery creating ecosystems of industrial sound. This is, as John Shoen of Uncomfortable Communications says, “the soundtrack of the last dinner party on the sinking ship of humanity.”
The Nature of Systems
(Carbon) Used CD $3.00
Mesmerizing 2000 compilation of compelling outer sound exploration by Arthur Doyle Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, Andy Gilmore, Charalambides, Finkbeiner, The Golden Calves Eskimo Time Band, The Flying Luttenbachers, Burlap, Pelt, Joe+n, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Nod, Mick Turner, Sheet, Sq, Bardo Pond, Karl Precoda / Mike Gangloff, and Pengo.