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Deru - Addictive Yearning

It has been exactly ten years since Finders Keepers first intrepidly entered Andrzej Korzyński’s cavernous musical vault, but it is only today that we are able to proudly announce the safe retrieval on what we consider the true heavy psych holy grail of the Polish composer’s mind-bending oeuvre. By cruel coincidence this welcome event has sadly come during the same year as the composer’s tragic passing. However, in true Korzyński style, alongside his previous Finders Keepers releases, the legacy he has left behind in this one final lost soundtrack project alone has come with musical riches beyond anyones wildest expectations.

The comprehensive elusive archive of the deeply psychedelic soundtrack to Andrzej Żuławski’s forbidden film Diabeł (The Devil) is perhaps the most detailed dossier one could wish to find – including audio sketches, rejected proposals and pre-butchered variations that play out like an intense and veritable creative conversation between the director and the maestro, both of whom are widely recognised as true mavericks of socialist-era Poland’s fertile artistic landscape. Never intended for anything as conventional as a straightforward movie tie-in promotional disc (state owned Eastern European record labels rarely did this), the music in this archive has required special forensic inspection. Let’s say the devil is in the detail. The 7” record you are now holding is more than just a companion piece, and it is far from a selection of the (non-existent) poppy title themes to promote a full feature-length album. This standalone release is wholly unique in its own right, giving Finders Keepers listeners a final access all areas snoop into the mind of one of the pillars of our alternative musical community.

As those familiar with Żuławski and Korzyński’s long-running relationship will understand (a methodology best exemplified in the schizoid soundtrack to the film Possession), their exchanges were deeply nuanced and often complicated, with lots of artistic “tennis” thrown into the mix. The key plot in this behind-the-scene fable is that after delivering his original off-kilter psychedelic score to the director, maestro Korzyński was asked to make the music “totally unique, like something from another planet”, to which Korzyński took his tapes, pulled down the vari-speed to a guttural grind and continued to recompose over the top using avant-garde electro-acoustic techniques while deploying psychedelic skills of guitarist Winicjusz Chróst. This limited record release proudly boasts Korzyński’s original uptempo awkward psychedelic pop music prior to the doom laden growls that make the official films soundtrack a true Goliath of Eastern European soundtrack composition. Which, when recontextualised, will stand as a veritable face-melter for stoner rock fans. As one of Finders Keepers deepest conquests, we are delighted to share The Devil Tape… What is a grail without the wine.

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The Devil Tapes

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Andrzej Korzyński - The Devil Tapes Part 1

Odd Nosdam remix of Badlands track "Doubts" off album "Call to Love"
Listen to the original version here: https://soundcloud.com/badlandssounds/doubts

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ODD NOSDAM: https://linktr.ee/nosdam

Doubts (Odd Nosdam Remix)

London Odense Ensemble: "Live at Jaiyede Jazz Festival" LP shipping now! www.elparaisorecords.com

Limited edition of 300 copies on transparent ochre vinyl.

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London Odense Ensemble is a powerhouse quintet that combines forces from the Causa Sui/El Paraiso family tree (Jakob Skøtt, Jonas Munk, Martin Rude) with the vibrant, experimental London jazz scene (Tamar Osborn, Al MacSween). On two studio full-lengths, released in 2022 and 2023, they have explored the confluence of psychedelia, improvisation and cosmic jazz. On this set, recorded at the 2021 edition of Denmark’s Jaiyede Jazz Festival, the energy is cranked up another notch or two.

Comprised almost entirely of exclusive material not found on the two studio records these three sonic excursions dive head-on into the fiery side of the group’s sound. Taking up the entire A-side “Energy Ascending” starts out as a gently flowing piece of dreamy jazz that wouldn’t have sounded out of place on a late 1960s Pharoah Sanders record. As the piece evolves the guitar takes it into rock territory, where it dissolves in a mesmerising breakdown before commencing a build of epic proportions, lead by Tamar Osborn’s baritone sax, channelling The Stooges as much as John Coltrane. Heavy. 

On the B-side things get more electronic and spacy. Here the ensemble uses album track “Sojourner” as a starting point for a new improvisation guided by Al MacSween’s virtuoso keyboard work. The rhythm section creates a hypnotic foundation for layers of synths and electric keys to fully blossom and travel into cosmic territory.

London Odense Ensemble: "Energy Ascending (Live At Jaiyede Jazz Festival)"

A new discovery in plastics technology brings great potential for improvement in living standards, but at what cost?

Vacuform

"Pastel Blues" by Jeffery Scott Greer is a solo project spanning two decades of musical exploration. This album blends psych rock, prog, and funk into a fuzzy lo-fi experience. Now available on cassette and digital streaminghttps://sicrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pastel-blues

Jeffery Scott Greer - South Vamp

05 Passatempo

HIGH NOON MIX

Midori Hirano (@midorihirano) - Beginning
 From the album “Mirrors in Mirrors”  [dpr002]

Release date: 5th March, 2019
daisart.bandcamp.com
 
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Midori Hirano - Beginning

Methods of Dreaming, a new album by Hawksmoor (aka musician James McKeown) is 'a guidebook for achieving expansion of consciousness, cerebral escape & transcendence' created from Moogs, soft synths, tape loops & processed guitar, with live bass providing rhythmic pulses.

Released via digital download and on limited hand numbered cassette via Spun Out Of Control. Head to www.spunoutofcontrol.com to order

HAWKSMOOR - METHODS OF DREAMING - STRICT PARALLELS

A collaborative track with Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner) for an unnamed upcoming release. The opening uses the wonderful Stream app from Delta Sound Labs (https://deltasoundlabs.com/tag/stream).
Photo is from a long time ago :)
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https://stephenvitiello.bandcamp.com/

https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fridman-variations

http://geographic-north.com/cassette/nuvole/

http://emporium.room40.org/products/535746-steve-roden-stephen-vitiello-the-spaces-contained-in-each



http://www.12k.com/index.php/site/releases/captiva/

L-F, (Scanner, Vitiello)

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