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Catalogue # 134 (May-June 2012), online version

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cassettes

Krautrock & Kosmische Musik
Canterbury, Gong, Zeuhl, RIO
General Rock, Prog & Psych
Jazzy, Fusions, ECM, Folk
Synth, Ambient, New-Age, etc.
The Grey Area / Weird Musics
Various Artists

NOTE: Cassette stocks are now dwindling / running out, and many are very rare nowadays, so grab them before they disappear!
Many of the Auricle releases are exclusives and some are now down to the last few. And, you can't go wrong at a fiver or so, can you?

Krautrock & Kosmische Musik

 

CON-HERTZ - FACE ON RADIO (Auricle AMC 016) MC £5.00 - Conrad Schnitzler + Wolfgang Hertz = Con-Hertz! This contains extracts (chosen by Auricle) from 6 hours of Wolfgang's remixes of archive recordings (1980-82) by Con in the style of "Conal". last copies!

PETER FROHMADER - JULES VERNE CYCLE (Auricle AMC 018) MC £5.00 - Dark, surreal & visionary electronic music, inspired not only by Jules Verne's stories, but also by the images conjured, close to Conrad Schnitzler in style. © 1986. last copies! rare - never issued on CD!

KRAFTWERK - THE MAN MACHINE (Capitol TC-E-ST 11728) MC ex+/vg+ £3.00 - The start of their influential (but mainstream) techno-pop phase. © 1978.

ORANGE PEEL - LIVE 1970 (demo) MC ex+/ex+ £10.00 - Concert & studio rehearsal sessions. rare - never issued on CD!

GUNTER SCHICKERT - KINDER IN DER WILDNIS (Auricle AMC 009) MC m/m £10.00 - 3rd album (after LP releases on Brain & Sky in the 1970's) by the Teutonic master of the echo-guitar. Yes, he was doing it over a decade before the Ozric Tentacles were formed! last copies!

TANGERINE DREAM - THREE O'CLOCK HIGH (Varese Sarabande CTV 81339) MC ex+/m £4.00 - © 1987, plus music by Sylvester Levay (ex-Vita Nova), Jim Walker, Rick Morratta & David Tickle.

TANGERINE DREAM - OPTICAL RACE (Private Music 409 557) MC m/m £3.00 - Down to a duo (Edgar Froese & Paul Haslinger) on this 1988 album.

TANGERINE DREAM - MELROSE (Private Music 411 105) MC m/m £4.00 - Their first to feature Edgar's son Jerome. © 1990.

 

Canterbury, Gong, Zeuhl, RIO

 

SHUB NIGGURATH - LIVE (Auricle AMC 035) MC m/m £6.00 - Excellent French band that fuse Magma with opera, Art Zoyd, Univers Zero & King Crimson?! 35 minutes of devilishly gothic fusion recorded live in Paris (13/1/1989). Exclusive cassette-only release! rare - never issued on CD!

 

general rock, prog & psych

 

ANT-BEE - NEW MATERIAL (demo) MC m/m £3.00 - Frenk Zappa/Mothers Of Invention inspired US band, 1991 material.

DEAN CARTER - GRIMOIRES (Audiofile Tapes aT 97) MC ex+/m £10.00 - Varied early release from English experimentalist, his echo-guitar style often resembles Gunter Schickert! He later adopted the name Psychomuzak. © 1989. rare - never issued on CD!

DJAM KARET - KAFKA'S BREAKFAST (Auricle AMC 033: RE) MC £5.00 - Djam Karet in their early days went under the name of Kafka's Breakfast. This elusive Auricle cassette couples their 1982 demo: "McMusic For The McMasses" with a previously unreleased 1987 jam session. last copies!

#  EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER - WORKS, VOL. 1 (Atlantic K480009) 2MC ex+/ex+ £5.00 - One side by ELP, the other three sides are solo outings. © 1977. Note: P&P = 4 units!

PETER HAMMILL - ENTER K/PATIENCE (Spartan SPDC 001) MC ex+/ex+ £5.00 - Two 1983 LP's from Van der Graaf Generator's leader.

HELIOTROPE - ROLLING OVER ALBION (Trope 004) MC £6.00 - 90 minutes live in Summer 1995, with Kev Ellis from Doctor Brown as the new vocalist.

KING CRIMSON - IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING (EG EGMC1) MC ex+/ex+ £5.00 - Classic 1969 debut from Robert Fripp & co.

#  RAY MANZAREK - CARMINA BURANA (A&M CXM 64945) MC ex+/ex+ £2.50 - Keyboard player with The Doors. This is an interpretation of this work by Carl Orff. © 1983.

DOUG MICHAEL & THE OUTER DARKNESS - DEMO (Tradewind Music) MC ex+/ex £3.00 - 3 track demo from Californian tight rock fusion trio with frenzied guitar. © 1989. rare - never issued on CD!

KEN MOORE - THE CHESS KINGDOM (Anvil Creations 2206) MC m/m £4.50 - Experimental synth & rock works. © 1986. rare - never issued on CD!

MOORE/MYERS - REACHING BEYOND THE SPHERE (Auricle AMC 026) MC £5.00 - Amazingly fiery instrumental progressive rock, with all the right moves: Camel, Egg, ELP, Finch, King Crimson, Shylock similarities. © 1987. last copies!

PERE UBU - WORLDS IN COLLISION (Fontana 848 564-4) MC ex+/ex+ £3.00 - US band fronted by David Thomas. This has Chris Cutler composing a few tracks. © 1991.

PINK FLOYD - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (Harvest TC-SHVL 804) MC ex/vg+ £3.00 - Their highly influential concept album. © 1973.

PSYDEBOARD - PSYDEBOARD (demo) MC EP m/m £4.00 - Ex-Cardboard. rare - never issued on CD!

TANGLE EDGE - IMPROVISED DROP OUTS (Auricle AMC 043) MC £5.00 - Remixed & enhanced version of their debut c90 cassette. Space-rock with hints of Amon Duul II, Pink Floyd, ethnic elements blending with intensive and dynamic rock, topped off with fiery guitars. last copies!

VAULT 13 - INSTRUMENTALS FROM THE SONIC SIDESHOW (-) MC m/m £8.00 - Obscure 1990's US instrumental freakadelic garage.

XCRANIUM - MOODGRAFT (Nub-Tones: demo) MC m/ex £6.00 - Obscure US instrumental prog. 32 minutes duration.

#  YES - UNION (Arista 411 558: 1xBT) MC ex+/ex+ £3.00 - © 1991.

YES - YESYEARS (Atco 7 916444) 4MC m/ex+ £20.00 - Box set. Features unreleased BBC session, non album single tracks, etc. With large booklet. Note: P&P = 14 units!

 

jazzy, fusions, ECM, folk

 

GILLES CHABENAT - MUSIQUES POUR VIELLE A ROUE "BLEU NUIT" (Ocora 4 559046) MC m/m £4.50 - Nice instrumental hurdy-gurdy from France.

CHRIS CONWAY - 4AM (TRG 003) MC £6.00 - Retrospective debut solo from The Rain Garden leader, atmospheric jazz, world music & electronics. © 1990.

CHRIS CONWAY'S HAPPY LANDINGS - SKY HIGH (TRG 011) MC £6.00 - Chris' jazz trio, very ECM sounding, with lots of improvisation. © 1992.

DELTA 4 - TEFOLENE (Musique en Chantier MC 001) MC £9.00 - French typically offbeat fusion with ethnic touches, featuring Pascale Jakubowski of Orient-Express. Excellent peripheral Zeuhl obscurity. rare - never issued on CD!

JAZZ ORIENT - DANGEROUS GROUND (TRG 008) MC £6.00 - Indian jazz? Lively oriental fusion featuring Chris Conway. © 1991.

#  ROBERT MANDEL COLLECTIVE - LIVE ALBUM (Goat Bag GB.005) MC m/m £4.50 - Hungarian folk outfit fronted by hurdy-gurdy player Robert Mandel. © 1986.

PAT METHENY & ORNETTE COLEMAN - SONG X (Geffen 924 096-4) MC ex+/ex+ £2.50 - Live in studio, with Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette & Denardo Coleman. © 1986.

STANDBY - THE SWITCH OFF OPTION (Fragment CLUMP 16) MC m/m £5.00 - Strange mix of avant-jazz & neo-classical. © 1995.

SUBMEDIA - SUBMEDIA (Burnt Toast Productions) MC m/m £5.00 - Moody (mainly) improvised fusion from this USA trio. Rare promo, recorded at Sunnyslope Studios. rare - never issued on CD!

 

synth, ambient, new-age, etc.

 

STEVEN CRAGG - DISCOVERY (New World NWC 434) CD m/m £4.00 - Didgeridoo, etc. Featuring Phil Thornton. © 1997.

MAX FOLMER - FOREIGN WINDOWS (Oreade OR 2801) MC m/ex+ £8.00 - Dutch synthesist, an ambient mix of classical & folky new-age, hints of Kevin O'Neill, Klaus Schulze, etc. © 1987.

TONY GUNNING - MAGELLAN (Arrival AM 003) MC £5.00 - Inventive UK synthesist, here with a diversion to more unusual realms.

OLE HOJER HANSEN - NUDITY (Auricle AMC 032) MC £5.00, m/m £4.00 - Undoubtedly amongst the greats of European synth music (though in debt to Klaus Schulze) with a unique angle of his own, beyond the realms of "X" or "Mirage" to where Klaus only hinted. It's wondrous space music, often very understated & mysterious, yet on occasions greatly dynamic & powerful. © 1988. last copies!

LEIF KEANE - THE WIDE VESSEL (Arrival Music AM 004) MC ex+/m £6.00 - Inventive synth, adventurous sound experiments, space & industrial surf music? What! Fascinating. © 1993.

#  NIGHTCRAWLERS - PARTICLE MIST (Synkronos) MC ex+/ex+ £10.00 - Synth music in patent Tangerine Dream vein. Two 30 minute tracks from the USA answer to mid-1970's onto early-1980's Tangerine Dream. © 1987. rare - never issued on CD!

#  NIGHTCRAWLERS - ENERGY TRANSFER (Synkronos) MC ex+/ex+ £10.00 - Synth music in patent Tangerine Dream vein. © 1988. rare - never issued on CD!

#  NIGHTCRAWLERS - ALONE AFTER DARK (Synkronos) MC ex+/ex+ £10.00 - Synth music largely in patent Tangerine Dream vein. A 14 minute solo track from each member, plus a live 15 minutye track by the trio. © 1989. rare - never issued on CD!

ANDREW PINCHES - ARK (Visionsound R189 APP·2) MC ex+/m £6.00 - Synthesist from Shrewsbury. Unusual & atmospheric synths, etc. © 1991. rare - never issued on CD!

#  D. ANDREW RATH - QUANTUM (Synkronos SYNK 606) MC ex+/m £7.00 - Nightcrawler cohort. "From the ominous to the serene. Indeed a quantum step." © 1989. rare - never issued on CD!

ROBERT RICH - LIVE (Auricle AMC 021: numbered) MC £5.00 - In concert 1984. A mix of systemic & atmospheric/space music, almost 90 minutes to fall asleep to! last copies! rare - never officially issued on CD!

ROBERT RICH - INNER LANDSCAPES (Auricle AMC 029) MC £5.00 - 1987 live in concert, 90 minutes of ethereal/ambient dream music, synths, flutes & guitar. Note, this is a different selection and different mixes to those issued on the CD release. last copies!

RUNESTONE - MYSTERIES (New World NWC 283) MC m/m £3.00 - Lush romantic with flutey synths, from Chris Green & Robert Fenner. © 1995.

ROBERT SLAP - ATLANTIS: CRYSTAL CHAMBER (New World NWC 318) MC £5.00 - Esoteric, richly toned & involving synth based music.

#  SYNBION - CYBERNETIC DANCING (Synkronos SYNK 012) MC ex+/m £7.00 - 1990 solo from Peter D. Gulch (member of Nightcrawlers). rare - never issued on CD!

ROSS TOTINO - MORE (demo) MC m/m £5.00 - Nice atmos synth from the USA. © 1996.

CYRILLE VERDEAUX - NOCTURNES DIGITALES (Fortuna) MC ex+/ex+ £10.00 - In a very sedate classical mood, with tinkling ivories & flutey synths, ex-Clearlight. © 1981. rare - original/different version - never issued on CD!

ADRIAN WAGNER - KARMING THE ELEMENTS (Music Suite MS 105) MC £5.00 - Inventive melodic synth with ecological theme. © 1989.

JAMES WHELAN & ANDREW PINCHES - WIZARD ON WIZARD (Electronical Dreams ED 021) MC ex+/ex+ £10.00 - Very Teutonic inspired cosmic & ambient synth opus. Hints of Tangerine Dream, Steve Roach, Michael Stearns, etc. © 1991. rare - never issued on CD!

#  XISLE - NEXUS (Lights Out Recordings 05) MC ex+/ex+ £10.00 - Synth music in patent Tangerine Dream vein. Live at the Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia (21/3/1986). Chuck Van Zyl apparently aided by one T.D. Goltsch. rare - never issued on CD!

#  XYL - RUNWAY (Lights Out Recordings 01) MC ex+/ex+ £7.00 - Aka Chuck Van Zyl. 29 minutes duration. © 1985. rare - never issued on CD!

#  various - SPACE RITUAL II (Synkronos) MC ex+/m £10.00 - Synth music in patent Tangerine Dream vein. Live recordings in Asbury Church, Philadelphia (6/12/1986). Side A by Xisle, side B by Nightcrawlers. Plus encores! © 1986. rare - never issued on CD!

 

the grey area / weird musics

 

ALTO STRATUS are in the "Tachyon Studio" section!

ANOTHER GREEN WORLD - ADJUSTING THE MIRROR (AGW 003) MC ex+/m £5.00 - UK experimental duo of Dan Carpenter (sax/clarinet) & Paul Chousmer (synths/etc.) © 1992.

APHASIA - REQUIRED (Atmoject ATMO 03) MC m/m £5.00 - UK sound artist Richard Johnson. The Hafler Trio meets Merzbow? © 1995.

ENDGAME are in the "Tachyon Studio" section!

STEVE MOORE - THE WAY IN (Inner Ear) MC £6.00 - A very surprising & different release: "ambient", reflective, yet still quite unusual. Moody Brian Eno territory, with a hint of dark ambient mixing with avant-garde, though largely melodic. exclusive last stocks - never issued on CD!

ZIRCON & THE BURNING BRAINS are in the "Tachyon Studio" section!

 

3 special various artist collections...

 

ESCAPE FROM THE CAGE - VOL. 1: SPACE-ROCK & BEYOND (Auricle AMC 040) MC £5.00 - The Auricle guide to 1980's space-rock, progressive & cosmic musics, with such obscure artists as: Dean Carter, Ken Moore Group (2 tracks), AMA, Alto Stratus, No Zen Orchestra, Flute & Electronics, Rancid Poultry, & some better known ones like: Gunter Schickert, Djam Karet (2 tracks), & Tangle Edge. A great collectors item! exclusive material! last copies!

ESCAPE FROM THE CAGE - VOL. 2: INTO THE UNDERWORLD (Auricle AMC 041) MC £5.00 - Experimental sounds for the adventurous, from avant-garde onto industrial. Radical & challenging music by: Morphogenesis, N.R. Hills, Biomechanoid, Sleaze Art, Arcane Device, Michael Winnerholt, Context, Peter Frohmader, Alto Stratus, Limpe Fuchs, Clothearz, Frame Advance, Jack Tamul, Asmus Tietchens. exclusive material! last copies!

ESCAPE FROM THE CAGE - VOL. 3: IMAGES OF INFINITY (Auricle AMC 044) MC £5.00 - A rare treat for Teutonic cosmic synth music fan, yet with no German synthesists! Specially recorded lengthy tracks of superb atmospheric synth & ambient music by such luminaries as: Robert Rich (live recording), Steve Roach, Loren Nerell, Ole Hojer Hansen, Lightwave, Steve & Linda Hillman. exclusive material! last copies!

 

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