*PRE-ORDER "FOREST OF LOST CHILDREN" ON COLORED VINYL/CD HERE: http://beyondbeyondisbeyondrecords.bigcartel.com/product/kikagaku-moyo-forest-of-lost-children

To anyone who has heard the music of Kikagaku Moyo, it should come as no surprise that the band’s origins lie in hours upon hours of late-night jamming, illuminated by nothing more than the geometric patterns playing behind the band’s eyelids, resulting in a natural, free-floating sound, as of-the-earth as it is intergalactic. It may be surprising that the band sharpened their improvisational skills by busking on the streets of their native Tokyo. It may be surprising that the band’s overall sound may owe as much or more to the Incredible String Band as it does to Acid Mother’s Temple.
 
But what’s perhaps most surprising about Forest of Lost Children, the band’s face-melting, recorded-ritual sophomore album, is how utterly centered and mature the band sounds, especially given their relatively short lifespan as a band. Boundless though they may be, Kikagaku Moyo here sound anything but lost, their child-like wonder manifested in a confident, courageous exploration of sound. Labels – psychedelic, folk, prog-rock, psychedelic-folk-mixed-with-prog-rock – do little to accurately reflect the spectrum of influences on display, let alone the more impactful realization of completeness in Kikagaku Moyo’s songs.

Easily one of the most shimmering crown-jewels in the rapidly expanding BBiB catalog, look for Kikagaku Moyo and Forest of Lost Children to be found taking shape in the expanded minds of listeners everywhere. - Ryan Muldoon

Kikagaku Moyo - Streets Of Calcutta

Anywhere But Here

The forests where  I live are awesome, especially in the rain.  Here is a song about them. So much energy and beauty.

The Forests Say

'Voices' is the B-Side of the Perfect H 7" available here - http://wharfcatrecords.com/store/pre-order-posse-perfect-h-7

Order from Apple Music here - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/perfect-h-voices-single/id1074031375

Seattle 3 piece, Posse follow up their 2014 album, Soft Opening with this limited edition 7” featuring jacket artwork by Sam Falls.  The two tracks on the Perfect H 7” are constructed with intricately layered guitars, propulsive drumming and Paul Wittmann-Todd and Sacha Maxim’s hushed vocals.  These two eerily beautiful dreamscapes are sure to demand repeated spins, and satiate the Posse fan looking for some new tracks from their favorite pacific northwestern minimalists.
Words from Posse - "You're on the phone: the person on the other end is talking. You hear a voice, you hear voices: from behind you, around you. Reminiscent of people, places, things, stuff you cared about, stuff you never gave a shit about. Listening now, barely audible over the noise coming through the receiver, you feel connections you can't quite articulate: the colors of time, gradients, cycles, trees, boundaries, nothingness.  What's that? Someone is trying to get your attention. On the receiver, the other end of the line: sounds like you? Maybe? They're trying to get you to stop talking. They're saying they hear voices. You want to hang up, but the phone is not a phone. The phone is a switch. You throw the switch, the lights go out, and you're left in the darkness, alone."

Edition of 300 records. Additional artists participating in this 7” series are Mick Barr and Carson Cox.
PAST PRESS – 
Pitchfork Rising Piece - http://pitchfork.com/artists/32128-posse/
Posse Play Pitchfork Soft Opening in Seattle - http://pitchfork.com/news/55981-metz-and-posse-to-play-pitchfork-nightcap-in-seattle/
Pitchfork Review of Soft Opening LP - http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19132-posse-soft-opening


Posse - Voices

Aufheben

Gaz Hilarant

"California Finally" is the second single from La Luz's Floating Features, out May 11th, 2018 on LP, CD, digital, and cassette. Pre-order your copy today from smarturl.it/floatingfeatures

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Floating Features

La Luz - "California Finally"

Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe

Monochrome Wound

Sound it Out # 27: Laetitia Sadier - "Find Me the Pulse of the Universe"
http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/laetitia-sadier-find-me-th.html

Laetitia Sadier -  Find Me the Pulse of the Universe

Cover of a tune by the late great Tony Joe White

LOve

Paintings on the Mountain

Pre-order: https://store.suicidesqueeze.net 
SSQ171 Death Valley Girls 'Breakthrough' 7"
Limited edition one-time pressing of 750 copies on half purple & half black vinyl. Includes a download card.

Death Valley Girls - Breakthrough

Ellis/Munk Ensemble: "San Diego Sessions" will be out August 2020! Featuring musicians from Astra, Radio Moscow, Psicomagia, Causa Sui and Sari Monti! Preorder: www.elparaisorecords.com

"There's really no other place like San Diego. The weather's balmy all year, there's 70 miles of the finest coastline California has to offer, it's one of the most ethnically diverse populations in the US and - most importantly - it's currently THE epicenter for heavy psychedelic rock. Bands such as Earthless, Astra and Radio Moscow have paved the way for an astounding number of bands, creating a tight knit community of musicians. On this session Denmark's Jonas Munk (Causa Sui) joins forces with San Diego native Brian Ellis (who's not only a prime mover in the psychedelic scene, but has also been active in California's jazz and funk circuits for several years), and an assemblage of prime musicians from the area, including members of Astra, Psicomagia, Monarch, Radio Moscow and Sacri Monti.

The result is an intoxicating brew that's hard to put a label on. Fueled by the furious drumming of Paul Marrone, and led by Jonas Munk's fuzzy lead guitar and the multicolored keys of Brian Ellis, there's an unmoored, floating quality to the music the large ensemble was creating at these sessions. It's the kind of record you can put on and just let it wash over you. The closest references would be Miles Davis circa Bitches Brew, Hendrix at Woodstock, or perhaps Can at their most blazing and levitational. The music flows like an electric river of vintage keys, percussion and fuzz guitars. And it's glowing with life. Vinyl comes in gatefold sleeve with art by Alan Forbes and liner notes by Jonas Munk. For fans of Causa Sui, Earthless and Psicomagia this set is not to be missed!"

Ellis/Munk Ensemble: "Pauly's Pentacles"

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Laetitia Sadier - Find Me the Pulse of the Universe

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