[ aquarius records new arrivals — issue 124 ]

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THAEMLITZ, TERREOh, No! It's Rubato(Mille Plateaux)cd$ 16.98

The third in trangressive experimental musican Terre Thaemlitz's series of unlikely piano recitals... Previously he's turned the melodies of both Kraftwerk and Gary Numan into gorgeous, sort-of-ambient piano meditations. Here, completing a twisted trinity of

THIS HEATDeceit(These Records)cd$ 18.98

It would be nice to think that These Records have only been releasing the reissues of "Deceit" -- This Heat's second and final proper album -- every ten years after the original release of the album in 1981. The first CD pressings arrived on 1991, and this Almost all of the histories of UK avant-garde music have claim allegiances to This Heat, as Punk, New Wave, Industrial, Prog Rock, Jim O'Rourke, and even Electronica place the seminal outfit somewhere at the beginnings of their respective etymologies. To a certain extent all of these histories may be true, but then again the broad aesthetic and ideological contexts between all of those different styles may cross-each other out, leaving This Heat as one of the few artistic forces that truly exists all by itself. Just a trio comprised of Charles Hayward, Charles Bullen, and Gareth Williams, This Heat manifested an incredibly explosive sound that hybridized all of the countercultural fury of Punk and Situationism, within a sonic context informed by technological advances of musique concrete techniques and electro-acoustic synthesis. Musically speaking, This Heat did not espouse the three chord structures or the snarling postures of Punk, instead injecting the complex pop agendas of Brian Eno (which were purposefully seeking to conflict the archetypes of rock into a new aesthetic language) with nervous tension building up to dramatic cathartic releases. "Deceit" is a record that was so ahead of its time that it has taken twenty years for artists like Fennesz and Radiohead to articulate ideas with such intensity and attention to the play between musical creation and technological advances. So highly recommended.

TIJUANA CRIME SCENEChange Of Venue(Arise)cd ep$ 9.98

This is the debut release from this Kansas City supergroup comprised of members of New Amsterdam and Get Up Kids. It's a blend of heartfelt neo-folk crooning, twangy roots rock, and Moog-enhanced pop sounds. It's good, pretty and lovely and I'm in love with

TINDERSTICKSTrouble Every Day Original Soundtrack(Beggars Banquet)cd$ 22.00

Tindersticks' soundtrack to Claire Denis' eagerly awaited and rather infamous new film 'Trouble Every Day' (starring Vincent Gallo and Beatrice Dalle). The film has been out in France and other parts of Europe since mid-July 2001, following its controversial

TRANS CHAMPSDouble Exposure(Thrill Jockey)12"$ 10.98

A collaboration between SF math metallists The Fucking Champs and Washington, DC's electronic rock boys Trans Am? The concept sure sounded promising to me. The actual outcome? Well, have to say, somewhat disappointing. Aquarius loves the Champs, and has been a big supporter of both bands, but in all fairness we have to express our true opinions of this particular release. The first song

UNIFORM, THEBlack and Vain(Morphius)cd$ 13.98

Fans of UOA, The Great Unravelling, Fifth Column, The Helikopters, and/or The Thumbs (whew!), take note. Members of all of those bands are present in the ranks of The Uniform (and they're only a trio!). They've already got a couple 7"'s and a few full lengths out, and here's another! They've been described as no-waveish, angular, and agitated, but to be honest my first impression was...

UNITED SUPREME COUNCILOastem! Vibe Orchestra(Eclipse)lp$ 13.98

This is a drone rock super group of sorts, featuring members of Pelt and Rake, joining forces to trance out in a ritualistic 2+ hour performance (40+ minutes presented here). The sound is definitely Pelt, but a little more rough and ragged, less dreamy. The

V/ABlax-Plosion: A Collection of Classic Funk(Charly)2cd$ 17.98

Indeed. '70s funk/jazz/proto-rap comp, with some not-so-big names as well as famous folks (but tending towards their more obscure output of the latter). Curtis Mayfield, Sly Stone, The Last Poets, The Meters, Lightnin' Rod, JB-refugees Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo

V/ADrinking Horns & Gramophones 1902-1914(Traditional Crossroads)cd$ 15.98

Subtitled: "The First Recordings in the Georgian Republic." The Traditional Crossroads label is at its best when digging up and restoring historical recordings from the Middle East and elsewhere, such as those found here, 25 tracks recovered (and digitially

V/AExtreme Music From Japan(Susan Lawly)cd$ 18.98

The first "extreme music" compilation from Susan Lawly, released in 1994. Along with collections like Come Again II (Vanilla / Furnace) and World Record (Alchemy), Extreme Music From Japan is an indispensible document of noise and power electronics from the

V/AFreakbitchlickfly(Violent Turd)lp$ 10.98

Unauthorized remixes of Missy Elliot's "Get Ur Freak On" by Kid 606, Kevin Blechdom, Max Tundra, Posterboys of the Apocalypse, Mortal & Chemist and Kid 666 (uh, Kid 606 again). Sure to go out of print quickly, if not destroyed by Miss E and Elektra's lawyers first. The Kid's "Take The Piss On" humorously plunders in the melody of A-Ha's "Take On Me".

V/AJazzactuel(Charly/BYG/Actuel)3cd$ 33.00

BACK IN STOCK! We thought these Charly BYG/Actuel reissue cds were gone forever, but lo! here they are again. Dunno what's up, but get 'em while you can. This is one of the essentials in the series, a triple disc box set sampler which includes tracks from the other four BYG/Actuel reissues listed here (Sun Ra, Shepp, Don Cherry, and the Art Ensemble) as well as rare material by Sonny

V/ANow Thing: 15 Dancehall Instrumentals(MoWax)2lp$ 17.98

Seems like it's been ages since we've got anything in on MoWax. I guess I haven't been paying much attention to them of late, their second volume of sleepy bedroom trip hop Headz bombed so bad, I thought that was the end of them. So it's a bit odd to be

V/AOutput 64: Delete All Data - Input 64 Remixed 3/X(Enduro)cd$ 16.98

As the title states, these are remixes of material from the Input 64 compilation. All utilize the sounds of the Commodore 64 computer game system. Some are fluffily entertaining, others considerably less so. Look closely and you just might spot a Chick on

V/ASlurped: Original Brainfreeze Vol. 2(Magic Smeakers)cd$ 14.98

If you wept when you missed out on the DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist "Brainfreeze" live 7" extravaganza cd last year, and then jumped for joy when "Slurped Vol. One" compiled a stack of those very 7"s, well, jump a little higher baby 'cause there's more where that

V/ATonalism(Pehr)cd$ 10.98

This compilation presents a striking visual effect, with a different Pantone color strip mounted on the front of each one (our initial copies display the yellow to ochre end of the color spectrum). Musically, "Tonalism" is a quiet affair of guitar and

V/ATurkish Delights(Grey Past)cd$ 17.98

We are all quite excited about the cd release of Turkish Delights comp (though Byram's a bit irked 'cause he bought the original vinyl and now is faced with a cd version that adds 11 extra tracks!). In total, there's 26 tracks here, dating from 1965 to 1971, Along with the new cd version, we now have more copies of the "Turkish Delights" LP (which was so hard to get when it first came out that we only ever had a handful and were never able to list it). 15 tracks on this baby instead of the 26 on the cd, but what you lose in bonus cuts you gain in, uh, vinyl. And the art looks better, we think.

VELVET UNDERGROUNDBootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes(Polydor)3cd$ 27.00

Three cds in a little cardboard box, documenting the post-Cale Velvets live in 1969, as recorded by mega VU fan Robert Quine. Back then he was just a guy in the audience with a cassette recorder, this was long before he made his own NYC punk history with

VIOLENCE FOG / JERUSALEMSWF-Sessions Vol. 6(Long Hair)cd$ 17.98

First off, Violence Fog is Allan's new favorite band name ever (sorry, Dirty Lust). As soon as he (me, I) saw it listed in one of our supplier's catalogs, I had to order it. Plus, the description said that it had flutes on it, so I knew that Andee would

VOLK BROS.Rock With The Volk Bros.(Dionysus)cd$ 14.98

Been yearning for the '50s? You can always count on the folks at Dionysus to satisfy in that department. Unearthing and blowing the dust from these recordings, most of which have not been available for 40 years or more. The spotlight this time is on the

WAITS, TOMUsed Songs(Rhino)cd$ 16.98

A sort of greatest hits collection from one of the greatest songwriters of our time. Being a huge fan as I am, I'm inclined to blow off the greatest hits and tell you to just buy all the albums since, Waits, up until 'The Black Rider' had almost never

WOLFF, CHRISTIANBurdocks(Tzadik)cd$ 16.98

From the accompanying obi strip: "For half a century legendary scholar Christian Wolff has created a very personal musical response to John Cage's challenging experiments and three of his most distinctive compositions receive inspiring performances here