New Carlton Melton & Hellvete vinyl from Blackest Rainbow

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Ned (Was Ist Das)

One our favourite labels has just started taking pre-orders for two very tasty sounding vinyl releases.
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First up is “Four Eyes” EP by Carlton Melton. A taster to get you in the mood for a forthcoming album on Agitated, it is a limited edition of 600 copies with only with 300 of them on coloured vinyl.

Then there’s the brand new record from Hellvete aka Glen Steenkiste, founding member of Silvester Anfang and their more recent incarnation Sylvester Anfang II. Currently Glen is also frequently collaborating with his fellow Anfang member, Ernesto Gonzalez (aka Bear Bones Lay Low) in their free-drone project Gonzalez & Steenkiste. But whilst being active in these projects he still finds time to craft his own music. “Sint-Denijs” is his second solo full length vinyl release following his “De Gek” lp for Kraak Records from 2010, and several great cassette and CDR releases for fantastic labels like Funeral Folk, Sloow Tapes, Audiobot and SicSic Tapes.

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Spacemen 3 news

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Ned (Was Ist Das)

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It’s a sudden flurry of Spacemen 3 news, would you believe it?

Sadly, they’re not reforming like Loop kindly have, but Fire Records are reissuing the first three albums on coloured vinyl

And there’s a previously unreleased instrumental version of “Why Couldn’t I See?” along with new tracks from Sonic Boom’s Spectrum and MGMT on a forthcoming GPS anniversary 7″ [was due to come out about now but MGMT's label have asked GPS to wait a bit]
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Loop reform

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Ned (Was Ist Das)

Today it was announced that Loop are reforming and headlining/curating the last ever ATP Festival with more dates to be announced.

Fucking yes.

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Wooden Wand full band European tour

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Ned (Was Ist Das)

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Wooden Wand is touring Europe this Spring with the musicians he made “Blood Oaths of the New Blues” and “Briarwood” wood.

You can catch them at:

4.17 Nantes, FR Weekend Singulier Festival
4.19 Koln, DE King Georg
4.20 Essen, DE Zeche Carl
4.21 Brussels, BE Ancienne Belgique
4.22 Paris, FR Espace B
4.24 Hebden Bridge, UK Trades Club
4.25 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club
4.26 London, UK Water Rats
4.27 Falmouth, UK Beerwolf
4.28 Brighton, UK The Hope
5.1 Utrect, NL DB’s
5.2 Aarhus, DK Atlas
5.3 Gothenburg, SE Frolunda Kulturhus
5.4 Oslo, NO Revolver
5.5 Copenhagen, DK Huset-KBH, Musikcafeen
5.6 Bremen, DE Die Friese
5.7 Berlin, DE Lesegluck
5.8 Leipzig, DE Kafic
5.9 Zurich, CH Viadukt / Bogen
5.10 Bologna, IT Freakout Club
5.11 Milano, IT Teatro Dal Verme Music Club
5.12 Ancona, IT AIA di Moroder
5.13 Torino, IT United Club
5.15 Reims, FR TBA
5.16 Diksmuide, BE 4AD
5.17 Amsterdam, NL OCCII
5.18 Hasselt, BE Kunstencentrum

And, yeah, that is us doing Hebden, of course! So, here’s another track off the new album that you can stream and download: http://soundcloud.com/firerecords/wooden-wand-dungeon-of-irons

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Souljazz release second “Deutsche Electronische Musik” compilation

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Ned (Was Ist Das)

sjr265Souljazz records are issuing a second volume of their “Deutsche Electronische Musik” series. Available as download, double CD or two seperate double LPs, this time the track listing is:

CD1/2xRECORD1

1. A.R. & Machines – Globus (2:57)
2. Can – Halleluwah (4:42)
3. Roedelius – Le Jardin (4:26)
4. Michael Rother – Karussell (5:22)
5. Popol Vuh – Der Grosse Krieger (3:10)
6. Michael Hoenig – Sun and Moon (4:13)
7. Agitation Free – You Play For Us Today (6:15)
8. DAF – Co Co Pino (3:23)
9. Harald Grosskopf – Emphasis (4:54)
10. Amon Düül II – A Morning Excuse (3:17)
11. Conrad Schnitzler & Wolf Sequenza – Fata Morgana (5:12)
12. Bröselmaschine – Nossa Bova (8:06)
13. Eno, Moebius & Roedelius – Base & Apex (4:30)
14. Gila – In A Sacred Manner (4:41)
15. Wolfgang Riechmann – Himmelblau (8:44)

CD 2/2xRECORD2

1. A.R. & Machines – Als Hätt Ich Das Alles Schon Mal Gesehen (5:28)
2. Gila – Sundance Chant (4:10)
3. NEU! – Isi (5:00)
4. Pyrolator – Danger Cruising (3:15)
5. Sergius Golowin – Die Weisse Alm (5:55)
6. You – Electric Day (5:48)
7. Niagara – Gibli (5:26)
8. Popol Vuh – Ja Sie Sollen Gottes Kinder Heissen Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei (2:42)
9. Rolf Trostel – Der Prophet (9:42)
10. Electric Sandwich – China (8:08)
11. Asmus Tietchens – Zeebrugge (7:01)
12. Faust – Krautrock (11:47)

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Hear Bardo Pond cover The Beatles

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Ned (Was Ist Das)

vhqq_BardoPondTicketCrystalsFire Records are reissuing Bardo Pond’s album “Ticket Crystals” on double vinyl this March. Inlcuded as a bonus track is this cover of The Beatles “Cry Baby Cry” (from The White Album)

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Free Live EP from Sun Araw, M.Geddes Gengras and The Congos

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Ned (Was Ist Das)


One of this year’s musical highlights was the collaboration of L.A. sound artists Sun Araw and M.Geddes Gengras with Jamaican legends The Congos on “Icon Give Thanks”. Now they’ve released a 5 track live EP including 3 songs from the classic album “The Heart of the Congos” and it can be downloaded for fre

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Can’s Lost Tapes get vinyl box set treatment for Christmas!

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Ned (Was Ist Das)

Good news, kraut-heads, the amazing Can set “The Lost Tapes” is coming out as a 180g 5 LP set on December 3rd. If you’ve not heard it yet, have a look at our glowing review. It will come with a 24” square poster and a 28 page booklet with sleeve notes by Irmin Schmidt and Ian Harrison.

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New James Blackshaw video

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Ned (Was Ist Das)

A video has been released for the song “We Who Stole The Dream” from James Blackshaws recent album on Important Records. Naturally, we had to share it with you

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New Wooden Wand Album Announced + free mp3 off it

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Ned (Was Ist Das)

Bad news is, there’ll be no Wooden Wand album out this year to make the end of year list, but the good news is it’s out January and we have a free mp3 off it. In fact, the US release date is my birthday! Its called “Blood Oaths of the New Blues” and is out 7th January Europe, 8th US on Fire Records. The album sees him reunited with fellow musicians from the Briarwood album and he will be touring with David Hickox, Janet Elizabeth Simpson, Jody Nelson, Brad Davis and Les Nuby III early next year. Somewhere along the line Wooden Wand became a BAND

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