“Vinyl” (Used 5 times)

via Bad Panda Records — We're glad to announce our 2nd physical release and introduce you Indian Wells. His first track "Deuce" [mp3] just debuted on XLR8R and was likened to Shlohmo’s lo-fi textures and Actress’ gritty techno mantras.

Debut LP "Night Drops" will be out in june, meanwhile pre-order one of the 100 numbered CDs before they’re gone forever and follow Indian Wells on FB or SNDCLD for more news/mp3s.

Trans Alp is back with new influences. We witness his 2010 version of electronic Dub and diverse steps here. The EP goes a step further whilst the musician uses a mixture of "sawtooth shredder" and fragile electronica aestetics at the same time. Unusually voluminous, yet clear and structured it delivers his own definition of the current 'hype machines', utilizing digital and analogue machines.

for free on

phonocake.org

as ltd edition vinyl via

bandcamp

Golden Pavilion Records reissues fully-licensed late 60's and 70's psychedelic, progressive, acid-folk & art-rock music. They specialize in high quality vinyl and limited editions, explaining that "our goal is to make this music available to the discerning listeners, as close as possible to its original format."

To help spread the word about these rare and often overlooked recordings, Golden Pavilion Records joined the Free Music Archive this week, where they now offer free, high quality, blog- & pod-safe mp3s off of six of their releases. These include

Yves Rakotomalala's Ce matin encore, originally released in a private pressing of 200, shades of After The Gold Rush with the A side in English, B side in French

Mellotron-laden Belgian '76 prog from Dragon, as heard on Tony Coulter's WFMU radio program (which should mean something to anyone who's into rare psychedelic music of the 60s and 70s, private pressings, thrift store finds, etc).

Mario Garcia's Sr. Cisne has been described as "an attempt to play 80s afro-brazilian prog fusion" by the great record shop Weirdo Records.

Panta Rei's 1973 self-titled album sure has some weird cover art...

Univeria Zekt's Unnamables is apparently a 1971 Magma album in disguise?!?

Stoned Wall by the Austrian band Art Boys Collection delves into prog, folk freak-beat and a whole range of psychedelic styles

If you're looking to procure yourself some of these limited vinyl pressings, better act now, because some (like the Panta Rei) are already sold out!

Contemporary Turkish improv-psych-folk-rock group Hayvanlar Alemi have been a favorite discovery for many Free Music Archive members, myself included. I've written previously about how the group is inspired by the global psychedelic awakening of the 60s and 70s that blossomed pretty much everywhere from America to Zambia to Cambodia to India to their home country of Turkey (where artists like Selda Bagcan and Ersen are possibly my favorites of this entire era).

The Sublime Frequencies label, founded by Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls) and Hisham Mayet, has done incredible work shedding light on traditional music and psychedelic sounds from around the world, including those from previous decades (Cambodian Cassette Archives, 1970's Algerian Proto-Rai Underground, The Vinyl Warp of Latin American Psychedelia) and a transportive sound-collage series (i.e. Radio India, Radio Thailand, Radio Java, Radio Morocco). Meanwhile, contemporary artists like Syrian debke legend Omar Souleyman and the Western Saraha guitar sounds of Group Doueh have found international recognition and toured the globe thanks to Sublime Frequencies' support. The label is known for presenting these types of prolific artists (Omar Souleyman is said to have released over 500 cassettes!) through well-curated slices of sound.

Many of these sublime sounds have undoubtedly been an inspiration to Hayvanlar Alemi's music, so it's fantastic news that Sublime Frequencies is issuing their first-ever vinyl LP Guarana Superpower. We just received a promo copy here at WFMU, and Guarana Superpower is a helluva record that includes reworked versions of a few tunes that were first heard on Hayvanlar's many free mp3 releases Demolar (which our friend Olgu introduced to WFMU way back in its CD-R format -- thanks Olgu!).

Enjoy the Demolar version of these tracks, and you can pick up Hayvanlar Alemi's Guarana Superpower LP here.

The release This Is The End, Beautiful Friend by File Under Toner is a public domain treasure trove of album noise for all artists wishing to add the authentic warm crackle of old recordings to their new works. These sounds were culled from the end of the groove of vinyl, acetate, and even cardboard records.

recording the silent final grooves of records. not so silent after all. playing them loud enough to capture the hiss, the pops, the clicks. adding a couple of digital delays, some EQ and filtering, a little reverb here and there… not much, really. it’s all in the records if you know where to listen....

if you have the means, stamp these tracks on a three sided LP. you will have three free extra end grooves, and a blank side to needle-surf.

Are the hiss, crackles, and pops on records protected by copyrights? This controversial project by File Under Toner (Anki Toner, founder of Hazard Records, the free public domain label) posed the question and got into some trouble.

photo: "Golden Turntable" by Neil Ian of Nimble Photography [license]