Blind Jesus
(Von Archives - VON006) LP $8.00
SALE PRICE. Stefano Pillia (guitar, audio collages and effects) and Andrew Hooker (electronics) exploring the essence of improvised ambient music. Edition of 300.
Bagirwa Hymn
(Von Archives - VON003) LP $20.00
A tribal funeral ode in the form of two dense, obscure messes, from one of the masters of the new mysticism. Edition of 300.
CARLOS CASAS / NICO VASCELLARI
Choir
(Von Archives - VON000) DVD $8.00
SALE PRICE. Conceived as a Von Archives manifesto, this audiovisual experiment takes the shape of an installation and live media event, as well as a limited edition video work. The image and sound is a superimposition of source material selected and overlaid by the artists in order to produce ghostly images and, to quote some of the first viewers of the piece, an “hypnotic tantric metal experience.” Edition of 500.
Siberian Field Recordings / Interview with a Whale Hunter
(Von Archives - VON004) 7-inch $12.00
SALE PRICE. The oldest whale hunter of Lorino in Chukotka, speaking about his life and experiences in chukchi (a language that it is danger of extinction, one of Siberia's oldest).
Vezdekhod
(Von Archives - VON008) DVD $13.00
SALE PRICE. Field recordings from the northeastern extremity of Asia in the northern part of the Russian Far East, radio frequency scans, ambient landscapes. Apropos of one of the planet’s most desolate and extreme environments.
Cemetary Archive Works
(Von Archives - VON009) DVD $13.00
SALE PRICE. Research for a future film about a cemetery of elephants, part of which experiments with archive film material as visual and sound matter. Based on classic adventure films, documentaries, Lost World literature adaptations and exotic adventure films from the golden period of adventure film. An overwhelming experiment with the audiovisual matter. Edition of 500
Stomach Pump
(Von Archives - VON012) 7-inch $13.75 (Out-of-stock)
A drilling experience, described as "a stomach pump connected to a drill brain, wired to your balls, and plugged to your PA." Edition of 300
The Tailing
(Von Archives - VON010) DVD $13.00
SALE PRICE. A microscopical audiovisual study on pornography by the legendary American sound artist who describes The Tailing thus: “Slow writhing in near-total darkness. Intertwining drones from a church organ. Movement and sound heavy, thick as oil. Erotic and forbidden.”
Obitorio Veneto
(Von Archives - VON007) Used LP + CD $8.00
SALE PRICE. Italian band -– “a social punk sculpture” -- conceived by artist Nico Vascellari as a contribution to the Diedrich Diedrichsen-curated exhibition Rock Scissors Paper at Kunsthaus Graz. Lago Morto is “about things that casting calls usually exclude -- targeted aggression, unpredictable social effects and local politics.” The band performed for fifteen days in Vittorio Veneto in nonmusical venues such as bars, hotels, pizzerias, laundrettes, video stores, etc. All fourteen of the band’s songs are on the LP. The DVD contains a video from each of the sixteen locations of the tour, plus an extra montage of sixteen videos simultaneously. Edition of 200
Nico And The Vascellaris
(Von Archives - VON013) 7-inch (one-sided) $8.00
SALE PRICE. Original studio recordings by this deeply unconventional band. Edition of 100.
Jesus
(Von Archives - 017) 2xLP $30.00 (Out-of-stock)
An explosive and corrosive collaboration between Prurient and Nico Vascellari based on a project inspired by GG. Allin and Klaus Kinsky, with recordings of two epic live performances in Kiev and San Francisco and cover versions of Allin and Kinsky's works. Three sides of audio, one side silkscreened by Nico Vascellari.
Cathodic Works 1966-1976
(Von Archives - VON014) 2xDVD $16.00
SALE PRICE. Unreleased and classic documents from the NYC East Side scene by this Italian-American pioneer of video art and audiovisual experimentation. Includes “Black Video 1,” “Black Video 2,” “Black Spiral,” “Black Video 1 Pojections,” “Interview at The Black Gate Theater,” “Minus One,” “6673,” and “Clone.”Curated by Pia Bolognesi e Giulio Bursi. TEDIUM HOUSE BEST OF 2013
Coda Lunga
(Von Archives - 016) LP + DVD $30.00 (Out-of-stock)
Another trans-genre and cross-cultural experience by the French master, immerses himself into the sea of Indian traditions in Kerala, from Katakhali dance and music to field recordings. One of his most daring and extravagant releases, a fantastic journey that goes beyond India, through countries of the imagination.
Death Condensed
(Von Archives - VON001) 7-inch $8.00
SALE PRICE. A wall of sound. Inaccessible, deep in sources, taking you down to the mysteries of noise and its origins in metal. A conceptual and extreme musical journey. Edition of 300.
Compound
(Von Archives - VON002) 7-inch $10.00 (Out-of-stock)
A threshold of sound composed from the electrocacoustic improvisations of Yeh and the chirurgical, abrasive noise patches of Wiese. A majestic experiment by two unclassifiable masters of the new improv. Edition of 300.
EyEar
(Von Archives - VON011) DVD $13.00
SALE PRICE. Visual experimentation by the legendary percussionist-poet, in which percussion and rhythm alter visual pattern waves. This inner journey of primitive industrial psychedelia is as hypnotic as it gets. Editon of 500