this collection serves to exalt the strength of Spacemen 3’s songwriting over the atmospherics and production assemblage that would permeate their later efforts

is a condensation of a far more ambitious studio original that was intended to fill three LPs

Keiji Haino and SUMAC met up in Tokyo’s Goksound recording studio to track a series of unrehearsed

The guitar pieces are overtaken by digital scree which is quite unpalatable to ears like mine but I'm sure the point is to steer away from the pleasant if uninvolving Fahey impressions that are two a penny at the moment and give the listener something to think about

yet retains his distinctive voice and hyperliterate writing style

GRAHAM LAMBKIN - Poem (For Voice & Tape) LP T-Shirts this collection serves to exaltGraham Lambkin's first solo release, and the premiere record of his then newly formed label Kye, Poem (For Voice & Tape) (Kye, 2001) captures his Shadow Ring bandmate, Tim Goss, as he recites verses of his own poetry. Pitched against the steady trickle of Lambkin's shower faucet (a nod to field recording artist Moniek Darge's "Rain") and a low, persistent drone, Goss's voice is slowed, warped, and stretched. With this simple manipulation, Lambkin