MARTYN, JOHN Patterns In the Rain (Mooncrest) 2cd 23.00
Double cd studio and live collection from '70s British folk guitarist/singer John Martyn. Well, he's still around but it seems that this collects tracks from his '70s heyday. His stuff is really less folky than moody, mumbly lite rock, actually. Tim Buckleyish. The liner notes say a lot about Martyn and his career but fail to tell us much about the when/where of these tracks.

MARTYN, JOHN The Church With One Bell (Thirsty Ear) cd 15.98
Brand new album by legendary folk guitarist, who was beautifully critiqued in a recent cover article in The Wire. He was the first white artist ever signed to Island Records, has made records with Lee Scratch Perry, Phil Collins, and Burning Spear, and covers both Billie Holiday and Portishead on the new record. Steeping his guitar in acid, Martyn allows the foreign bodies of free jazz and the infinity of dub to invade folk's fragile aesthetics. We also have some recent early 1970s reissues for 12.98 each: Bless the Weather, Inside Out, and Solid Air.

MARU SANKAKU SHIKAKU s/t (Captain Trip) 3cd 34.00
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English speakers may prefer to refer to this group simply as Circle Triangle Square (for their name is actually just those shapes, with no words English or Japanese). Yup, Tokyo's Captain Trip label has really dug up a weird obscurity here for fans of out-there Japanese psych like Taj Mahal Travellers (and, latterly, Acid Mothers Temple). We're also reminded of trippy krautrock stuff (Amon Duul) and other acoustic hippy jams of the era (Third Ear Band, Yahowah 13). This package contains three cds nestled into a colorfully collaged fold-out poster, each cd with two LP-side long tracks. (They self-released five albums in 1973, here's three of 'em, the other two are available on cd by mail order in Japan only, sorry!)
Liner notes (in English as well as Japanese) by leader Sakuro "Kant" Watanabe explain that his group travelled around Japan with tents and sleeping bags doing street performances in costumes and make-up. Meanwhile, along with releasing LPs, Watanabe also privately published underground magazines and played drums in another group called, in English, Social Ostracism. Other Maru Sankaku Shikaku members included a young Reck (later of Friction and Optical*8) and a fellow who also played the starring role in a local production of Hair!
It was apparently a very radical scene going on, in which these folks played a part. Watanabe speaks of his artistic efforts as being "tools for trips" and you'll believe it, particularily in light of this passage of free-association in his liner notes:
"Time, avant-garde, rock n' roll, vagabond, inhaling paint thinner, journey, beat, nihilism, underground, blues, hippie, Kohenji, genius, LSD, Shinjuku, yippie, painkiller, death, shoplifting, long hair, revolution, insanity, Kyoto, grass, hitchhiking, sex, commune, psychedelic, hashish, Zen, Asobi (playing or game), Satori (spiritual enlightenment), make-up, solitude, loneliness, anti-establishment, idiot, cool, rock festival, trip, Guru -- they were neighbors, part of us, and enemies sometimes."
These discs convey the vibe of a quiet, mysterious ritual, one which can build into a sudden frenzy, however. Seemingly random sounds coalesce into rhythm and structure. Vocals, sometimes quite wild, and percussion are the basis for their music, which appears to be entirely freeform and improvised, full of electronic blurts, whistles, bells, clapping, wah wah guitar stabs, plus many and various unidentifiable noises. There's even hints of a very primitive '70s Miles Davis/Sun Ra thing in this stew of sounds, but it's way out, way abstract, and certainly not jazzy or funky. It's either avant garde genius or babbling directionless indulgence, depending on how much into their mindset you can get.
And, it's very important to mention: there's SO MUCH beautiful cracky surface noise from the LPs (no digital clean-up here!) that it almost sounds like Maru Sankaku Shikaku is jamming with Philip Jeck! While perhaps not an intentional part of their music, it really adds to it, making this seem more ancient and secret and hidden and droney. Spiritual/artistic ancestors of the Sun City Girls, the No Neck Blues Band, Thuja, Hochenkeit, AMT, Boredoms, etc. Thus, definitely not for everybody!
RealAudio clip: "disc one, track 2"
RealAudio clip: "disc two, track 2"

MARUTANI, KOJI Pataphysics (Alluvial) cd 12.98
Koji Marutani, who also runs the Digital Narcis label, sets down meditative layers of field recordings and sound fragments, in an attempt to calmly mirror the randomness of memory. Satie like piano improvisations (though he's too cool to mention it's played on a Klavierchord), plunderphonic styled cut-ups of TV commericials and banal pop, and cold fusion pulses are intersperced with the fluid ambient passages.

MARY JANE GIRLS The Best Of (Motown) cd 12.98
Female Rick James proteges the Mary Jane Girls get the "20th Century Masters The Millenium Collection" best-of treatment with this disc, featuring hits like "In My House", "Candy Man", "All Night Long" and more, all digitally remastered (whatever) long versions. Sure it's super dated mid-'80s disco-funk-pop. But without the Mary Jane Girls, would we have today's girl groups like Destiny's Child? Well, yeah, we would. And Beyonce doesn't need no Rick James to write and produce. Still, some of us have fond memories of the Mary Jane Girls -- Jojo, Candi, Max, Cherri (and Cherri's replacement Corvette) and this anthology is sure to jog 'em.

MARZ Wir Sind Hier (Karaoke Kalk) cd 15.98
Marz is the work of Ekkehard Ehlers and Albrecht Kunze, although fans of Ehler's gorgeous digital aerosolization on his Plays album or his collaboration with Stefan Mathieu would be hard pressed to find aesthetic similarities between the two projects. According to the press release, this album of delicate if obtuse, post-70s AM radio pop continues "to fashion their inviting and seductive landscapes out of folk, pop and club influences: explicit, prodigal, subtly differentiated, but also displaying a greater desire to take risks than on Love Streams, so much so that only an idiot would chose [sic] not to tarry here a while." Um, if this sounds like a description of Jim O'Rourke's smarty-pop albums Insignificance or Eureka, that's because Marz adequately redresses the same quizzically alluring schmalztiness as heard on O'Rourke's aforementioned pop constructs.
MPEG Stream: "Marz Im Park"
MPEG Stream: "Tropige Trauben"

MARZURAAN Five Years Worth Of Fuck All (At War With False Noise) cd 14.98
Latest release from one of our favorite proponents of drone/doom/dirge, alongside folks like SUNNO))), Corrupted, Earth, Khanate, Boris, Eyehategod, etc. But as we've mentioned before, unlike many of those other bands, UK's Marzuraan always seemed to approach their sound with one eye on the sludge, the other on the pop. Imbuing even the heaviest and murkiest of dirges with crystalline shimmer, or subtle muted melody, or even buried hooks, without sacrificing any of their sheer power or skull caving heaviness.
This disc collects a whole mess of odds and ends, from live shows, to rehearsals, to practice space recordings, random jams, improvised grooves and awesome unlikely covers. And if anything give us a glimpse into the development of their sound, from primitive noise dirgescapers to full on heavy pop band and back again.
The opening track is a cover of "After Glow" by Loop, and Marzuraan covering Loop is only one step removed from Boris covering Swervedriver, meaning a fucking grungy shoegaze goth drone bliss out match made in heaven. And the band don't change it up too much, it sounds like it could be some lost live Loop recording. Dark and dreamy and groovy and intense, the guitars washed out, the drums propulsive and tribal, the vocals weary and lightly effected, helps that it's one of our favorite tunes already, but Marzuraan nail it.
The other unlikely cover is "Turned Inside Out" by the Rollins Band, recorded live in 2005. A dark roiling filthy groove, all tightly wound Greg Ginnish guitars, raspy wailed vocals, the guitars muddy and massive, the drums pummeling, the whole track a relentless lurching groove.
The comp is loosely in reverse order, starting now, and ending way back when, so track by track, the sound becomes more and more simple, moving away from the progressive drone pop and blown out shoegaze drone of recent recordings to something much more primitive and noisy.
There's "Moneybox" recorded live in 2006, an abstract noisescape that manages to shimmer and drift, eventually coalescing into a gorgeously doomy plod, the drums an occasional crunch, the guitars spread out in thick sheets of crumbling low end and fluttering feedback. Like a much prettier more washed out Khanate. Then there's "Bad Flange", another live track, from 2004, which finds the band drifting even further into pummeling glacial doom, slow slithery heaviness, spread out over a pounding spare beat, and fragmented melodies tangled up in the downtuned caveman riffage.
"Martian Deconstruction" spreads out a thick undulating guitarscape, like a supercharged Fear Falls Burning, the guitars smoldering and whit hot, the notes and chords pulled apart into crumbling cascades of crackly buzzing sound, wound up into warm melodic swells. "Earth 3" sounds just like you might imagine, thick guitars, unwinding lazily, over a plodding propulsive bass line, very skeletal and almost unfinished sounding, a dreamy sort of slowed down dronefuzz jam. The disc finished with the oldest Marzuraan track, "HARMed" from way back in 2002, and is a massive processed soundscape of tangled downtuned guitars, sheets of buzz and hiss, stuttering jabs of grinding fragmented riffage, deep resonant metallic shimmer, shrieking feedback smeared into soft high end whirs, a muddy, murky, super distorted melted guitar blur.
Amazing Thumbprint Press packaging. A six panel, thick cardstock sleeve, printed in black and clear gloss, super striking. The inside featuring a full Marzuraan discography.
MPEG Stream: "Afterglow"
MPEG Stream: "Muck Bucket"
MPEG Stream: "Martian Deconstruction (Drum Free Mix)"

MARZURAAN Solid State (Traqueto Records) cd 14.98
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Chances are, you probably haven't heard of the UK's Marzuraan. But if Earth, SUNNO))), Khanate, Boris, Corrupted, Eyehategod and others of that ilk mean anything to you, then you will probably want to add Marzuraan to that illustrious list of low-end, slowed-down, heavy-as-hell heroes. This is the band's debut cd from last year, that we recently tracked down in enough quanity (we hope) to list. Marzuraan wear their influences on their sleeve -- quite literally, in fact, as this disc comes in a nice cardstock package that folds out into a cross, designed by none other than Stephen O'Malley of SUNNO))) and Khanate. And the band's name is derived, we're pretty sure, from song by James Plotkin of Khanate's old band, OLD. So, no surprise then (only expectant satisfaction) that this starts off (and continues) in doomy dirge mode, heavy and sludgey, definitely very Earth-like, but live-recorded at high volume for maximum murk and grit and distortion. The proceedings are mostly instrumental, although what sounds like the snarl of feeding zombies breaks out at least once, to terrifying effect. Could almost be a battle between the vocalists for Caninus and Hatebeak!
Mainly, though, these folks are all about crushing you with their droning ambient metal riffs, as helped along by the sparse plod of the drums, and the constant presence of feedback, feedback that reaches a pinnacle on the third track "Martian Dub". By the end of the disc, though, Marzuuran have also gotten into some really nice lo-fi, distorted post-rock psychedelia, that then freaks out into an improv frenzy at the finish... Five tracks, one full hour. The raw production really works for this (they're not quite the Doktor Kettu of doom-drone, but close). We'll certainly be on the lookout for a limited edition (of course! argh!) double LP from these guys which we're told is upcoming.
MPEG Stream: "Death Dirge Has Come"
MPEG Stream: "Reoccuring [sic] Nightmare"

MARZURAAN Solid Wood (Kult Ov Nihilow) lp 11.00
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A brand new black hole slab of metallic tar from Marzuraan, part of the NWOSMDGS, aka the New Wave of Slow Motion Doom Grind Sludge!!! Taking their sonic influences from the holy trinity of Boris, SUNNO))) and Earth (specifically Earth 2) and taking their name (presumably) from pre-Khanate outfit OLD, the UK's Marzuraan deliver their own brand of doom drone. With a raw, very live sounding production, Solid Wood deviates a bit from the recent spate of sludge releases, as Solid Wood infuses its slow motion apocalyptic dirges with mournful melancholy melodies, warm washes of guitar, and a darn near post rock shuffle. A lot of Solid Wood sounds like a heavy metal Codeine, or a seriously beefed up and tuned down Low. Sure it's crushing and heavy as fuck, but it's also dreamy and blissy as it lopes lazily through a haze of thick guitar and dense sonic reverberations. Occasionally the crush outweighs all else. but more often than not, this is one of the dreamiest prettiest pummellings we've received in a long long time.
Exquisitely packaged (as wilth all things Kult Ov Nihilow) in a strange gatefold half-sleeve, with a striking silver ink on cardstock printed insert.

MARZURAAN / SINK split (Thrashwax) 7" 7.98
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The return of UK sludgelords Marzuraan, squaring off against the simply monickered Sink.
Those of you unfamiliar with the dark black sludge of Marzuraan would do well to become acquainted, especially if you have a taste for things like Moss, Bunkur, Boris, SUNNO))), Monument of Urns, Monarch and the like. This is maybe the best Marzuraan track yet. Speeding up their tarpit sludge just a smidge so they end up sounding here like Dutch hypnometallers Gore at 16 rpm. Fucking awesome. A whole record of this would instantly become our most listened to disc of the year, mark our words. The flipside is taken up by the noxious black noise of Sink, a swirling, sludgy wall of hissing fuzzed out blackened ultra noise, harsh and horrific, a good foil to the slow motion sludge drenched groove of the Marzuraan track.
Limited to 333 copies, half on clear vinyl (we got all clear vinyl!) comes with a big fold out poster, and packaged in a thick cardstock, striking two color screened sleeve!

MAS RAPIDO! Pity Party (Parasol) cd 15.98
Despite their moniker, Mas Rapido! aren't necessarily a speedy bunch. Were we anticipating some feverish punk popsters? Maybe so, but no, this veteran Seattle pop duo Donna Esposito and Frank Bednash (formerly known as Toothpaste 2000 and prior to that incarnation they were Cowboy And Spin Girl) take their own sweet time crafting toothsome, psych-tinged pop songs with a definite retro '60s feel. Much of their latest album Pity Party seems modeled after the top notch song craft of Big Star and Elephant Six which is a good thing in our books!
MPEG Stream: "Emily Lloyd"
MPEG Stream: "Girl Du Jour"

MASACARA The Five Wounds (Video Horror Show) VHS + download 14.98
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Second release from Video Horror Show, a new label releasing, as the name implies, VHS tapes, featuring original music, accompanied by tripped out visuals. The logical extension of the renewed interest in audio cassette tapes we presume, yet somehow even more retro, we can hardly wait for someone to start releasing tapes on betamax! Or microcassette! Even better, how about a laserdisc label?! Anyway, like the first installment (now out of print), a buzzing black metal sprawl from the awesomely monickered Suffer The Shards Of The Lost Culture Of Silence, The Five Wounds is another twisted sonic excursion, still plenty 'black', but instead of metal, this comes via witch house weirdos Mascara (spelled of course with the A's replaced by triangles, and the word separated by a little black pyramid, a spelling that for whatever reason comes out all gobbedlygook on our website), an epic 15 minute electro-goth synthdrone creepscape, all fuzzy distorted keyboards, moaning chanted vocals, lurching lumbering skeletal rhythms, everything hazy and blurry and gauzy and washed out, the sort of music you can imagine hearing in some dark smoke filled club in a David Lynch movie, so much smoke and dry ice, that it's nothing but shadows and strange amorphous shapes, and the sounds are muffled and mutated and refracted by the thick atmosphere, the voices slowed down to a crawl, the beat hypnotic and unrelenting, the synths buzzing and brittle, the vibe tranced out and deliriously druggy.
The accompanying video most definitely suits the sound, super trippy and lysergic with loads of lo-fi effects, grainy film stock, double exposures, burnt out images, swirling landscapes, slow motion sort-of-3D, strange shapes and figures, warped clips from horror movies, eye popping colors, ever shifting kaleidoscopic tableaus of murder and mayhem and terror, forests, and altars, and basements, and dark hallways and lonely roads. They don't call it Video Horror Show for nothing. Needless to say, both sonically and visually, totally far out and mesmerizing, and pretty fucking awesome.
LIMITED TO 100 COPIES, each one hand numbered, in a white clamshell old school video tape case, with two color hand screened inserts, recorded onto a blue videotape, and comes with a download code (just for the music) as well!!
MPEG Stream: "The Five Wounds"

MASADA 50th Anniversary Volume 7 (Tzadik) cd 16.98

MASADA First Live 1993 (Tzadik) cd 16.98
Though an interesting and wonderful document of John Zorn's Ornette Coleman inspired quartet -- fabulously rendered by four of the most amazing performers in the Downtown scene -- we think Tzadik have outdone themselves with the obi strip comments this time around: "How many times do you get the chance to hear the initial meeting of a legendary band? This CD is just that. A diamond in the rough. The absolutely first time the original quartet Masada ever played the music that has made them one of the most exciting bands of modern Jewish music. It's all here -- the fireworks, the telepathic communication -- the Masada magic. Experience the same excitement the musicians felt when they realized the possibilities this very special evening at the old Knitting Factory back in 1993. It all started this night." Sounds like an advert for a major theme park or Vegas attraction. Despite these ridiculous self-applauding comments, this is a fine record by one of the hardest working and tastefully virtuosic jazz outfits of our time. And why is it that Joey Baron is always so damn happy? Maybe Tzadik should put out a video of just him performing. That'd be sweet.
RealAudio clip: "Zebdi"

MASADA Live At Tonic 1999 (Tzadik) dvd 27.00
Directed by Antonio Ferrara.

MASADA Live at Tonic 2001 (Tzadik) 2cd 22.00
It's becoming really hard to creatively describe records by John Zorn's Klezmer-bop ensemble Masada, especially considering this is record number twenty or something. Every record sounds quite similar, but by the same token, every record is absolutely fantastic. Recorded live at Tonic in New York City earlier this year, this is a 2 hour double cd document of a single show. Masada has to be one of the most intense, most emotional, and just straight up best modern jazz ensembles going. Zorn and his stellar group: Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen and Joey Baron, take understated percussion, hypnotic basslines and Douglas and Zorn's intertwined horns and weave dark and exotic epics. So beautiful.

MASADA Live In Sevilla 2000 (Tzadik) cd 15.98
The classic Masada lineup (Zorn, Douglas, Baron, Cohen) hits us with yet another recording. Yeah, if like us you're into Zorn's group and their trademark Ornette-meets-Klezmer jazz then you've probably got a shelf already groaning under the weight of their other releases, but that's no reason to pass up another, especially this one, 'cause it's super. Masada is really one of the best modern jazz combos going, and "Live In Sevilla" is proof enough (and a great starting-point for the Masada virgin). Includes a bad-ass drum solo from the godlike Joey Baron.

MASADA Sanhedrin (Tzadik) 2cd 34.00

MASADA (JOHN ZORN) Alef (DIW) cd 23.00
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The fifth avant-klezmer release from the New York version of Zorn's Masada. The 4th, you'll recall, is available only by sending in yr proofs-of-purchase gleaned from the first 3.

MASADA (JOHN ZORN) Bar Kokhba (Tzadik) 2cd 29.00
Small ensembles of strings, keyboards, and clarinets playing klezmer/jazz tunes. This brief description must be augmented with the declaration that this is an ALL TIME AQUARIUS FAVE!!!

MASADA (JOHN ZORN) Live in Jerusalem 1994 (Tzadik) 2cd 21.00
Another amazing 2cd collection of John Zorn's Masada, this time recorded live at the world famous Jerusalem Festival marking Masada's first visit to Israel. Dark and sublime klezmer mixed with the shrieking bombastic jazz Zorn is famous for. Excellent.

MASADA (JOHN ZORN) Live In Taipei 1995 (Tzadik) 2cd 21.00
"An absolutely essential document of one of the world's most exciting working bands" says the obi. Well, if after a dozen-plus releases one can define this new one as "essential", I don't know - but it's true that Masada is an incredible band, and Masada fans will have to decide what's essential and what's not. Heck, all the Masada releases might well be essential!! For those just checking in, Masada is saxophonist Zorn's klezmer-meets-Ornette jazz combo, with trumpeter Dave Douglas, bassist Greg Cohen, and drummer supreme Joey Baron, great players all. For the curious, this is also a good purchase.

MASADA (JOHN ZORN) Tet (Nine) (DIW) 19.98
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John Zorn's series of avant-experimental klezmer quartet pieces. The usual suspects: Zorn on alto sax, Dave Douglas on trumpet, Greg Cohen on bass, and Joey Baron on drums.

MASAOKA, MIYA, TRIO Monk's Japanese Folk Song (Dizim) cd 16.98
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Koto virtuoso Masaoka teams up with jazz greats Reggie Workman (bass) and Andrew Cyrille (drums) to explore tunes from (or inspired by) both Thelonious Monk & Japanese folk music.

MASCIS, J Several Shades Of Why (Sub Pop) cd 13.98
It's finally here, the long threatened 'acoustic' solo record from Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis, and guess what? It sounds just like an acoustic Dinosaur record, which is not a bad thing at all, Mascis's distinctive raspy drawl is perfectly suited to a stripped down sound, and he's always been a fantastic songwriter, and that hasn't changed, in fact if anything, stripping away all the distorted guitars might make it even more evident.
And it's not strictly acoustic, and not strictly solo, there are lots of guests: Pall Jenkins from Black Heart Procession and 3 Mile Pilot, Matt Valentine from MVEE and Tower Recordings, Suzanne Thorpe from Mercury Rev, Kevin Drew from Broken Social Scene, and Kurt Vile from Kurt Vile, with instrumentation that includes violin, musical saw, optigan, dobro, flute, clarinet, lap steel and slide, and more, but those extra instruments, and the guests who wield them are employed judiciously for sure, the core sound is acoustic guitar and voice, just occasionally embellished with some swoonsome strings, some lush layers, or an extra set of melodies, the coolest addition is the extra vocalists, who add unlikely harmonies to a handful of tracks, the sound a little twangy, a little folky, but undeniably and distinctly Mascis/Dinosaur Jr. Obviously fans of the man and his band will dig this too, unless the wild distorted guitars were the only reason you were into Dinosaur (fair enough), but odds are the rest of you will dig this a lot. And if you like modern folkies/singer songwriters like Kurt Vile, and for some strange reason have never encountered J Mascis or Dinosaur Jr, then heck, this might be the introduction you've been waiting forÉ
MPEG Stream: "Listen To Me"
MPEG Stream: "Several Shades Of Why"
MPEG Stream: "Not Enough"

MASCIS, J Several Shades Of Why (Sub Pop) lp 16.98
It's finally here, the long threatened 'acoustic' solo record from Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis, and guess what? It sounds just like an acoustic Dinosaur record, which is not a bad thing at all, Mascis's distinctive raspy drawl is perfectly suited to a stripped down sound, and he's always been a fantastic songwriter, and that hasn't changed, in fact if anything, stripping away all the distorted guitars might make it even more evident.
And it's not strictly acoustic, and not strictly solo, there are lots of guests: Pall Jenkins from Black Heart Procession and 3 Mile Pilot, Matt Valentine from MVEE and Tower Recordings, Suzanne Thorpe from Mercury Rev, Kevin Drew from Broken Social Scene, and Kurt Vile from Kurt Vile, with instrumentation that includes violin, musical saw, optigan, dobro, flute, clarinet, lap steel and slide, and more, but those extra instruments, and the guests who wield them are employed judiciously for sure, the core sound is acoustic guitar and voice, just occasionally embellished with some swoonsome strings, some lush layers, or an extra set of melodies, the coolest addition is the extra vocalists, who add unlikely harmonies to a handful of tracks, the sound a little twangy, a little folky, but undeniably and distinctly Mascis/Dinosaur Jr. Obviously fans of the man and his band will dig this too, unless the wild distorted guitars were the only reason you were into Dinosaur (fair enough), but odds are the rest of you will dig this a lot. And if you like modern folkies/singer songwriters like Kurt Vile, and for some strange reason have never encountered J Mascis or Dinosaur Jr, then heck, this might be the introduction you've been waiting forÉ
MPEG Stream: "Listen To Me"
MPEG Stream: "Several Shades Of Why"
MPEG Stream: "Not Enough"

MASCIS, J & FRIENDS Sing + Chant For Amma (Baked Goods) cd 15.98
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Hey, what's that?! Bongos, tambourine, acoustic guitar... why, it sounds like a Dinosaur Jr campfire singalong out in the woods! Wait, they even brought a generator (or very long extension cord) to power the electric guitar amplifier. All joking aside, while we recognize and respect that Mascis wrote and recorded these songs with deep reverence for Amma (the living Indian saint Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi aka the hugging saint), it doesn't mean we have to like it. Many of us didn't. Let's just say, a little goes a long way. Imagine Cat Stevens possessing the body of a more nasally congested than usual Mascis. Whoa. All proceeds from this self-released album will go towards Amma's humanitarian relief projects. Yes, Mascis' heart is in the right place, but we're afraid his music sure isn't. And if there's any question, please allow us to clarify that we're being critical of
the craft, not the message nor the cause.
MPEG Stream: "Please Remember That I'm Here"
MPEG Stream: "Help Me AMMA"

MASCIS, J + THE FOG Free So Free (Ultimatum / Artemis) cd 14.98
With his signature layers of fuzzy guitar and his whiny pleading drawl (meant in the nicest way of course), J Mascis comes through yet again. Looks like this record is J all by his lonesome, multitracking his way to a full band. And doing it quite beautifully I might add. It's been so long since I listened to Dinosaur, that listening to this totally brought me back. This record definitely has that trademark Dinosaur sound. All charming, lush and sad, but in that weirdly optimistic way.
RealAudio clip: "Freedom"
RealAudio clip: "If That's How It's Gotta Be"

MASCIS, J. + THE FOG More Light (Ultimatum Music) cd 15.98
Oh my, Kevin "My Bloody Valentine" Shields has joined forces with J. Mascis. Why?! Well, maybe 'cause they knew they'd make a great album together. With Shields' production help (and the assistance of various others, like some vocals from GBV's Robert Pollard) "More Light' is easily J.'s best work in years, since the heyday of Dinosaur Jr. Yeah, the cover art and graphic design still has the look of any number of crappy '90s Dinosaur Jr. records, but ignore that for the moment and listen. Get set for loads of fantastic Mascis guitar soloing, Neil Young-style vocal drawl, and catchy songwriting (some echoes of Nirvana in that dept.). The final blowout guitar overload cut (with Kevin Shields stepping up to the plate as guest guitarist) is only the icing on the cake. If you've given up on Mr. Mascis, it's time to reconsider; this is a winner.

MASERATI Inventions For The New Season (Temporary Residence) cd 14.98
A simple check-list should help you to get an idea of what Maserati is all about: instrumental post-rock, released on the Temporary Residence Ltd. label, with a sports car name sorta like Trans Am... This album focuses a lot of psychedelic guitar distortion and krauty, rhythmic energy into eight sleek, speedy, and sometimes shoegazey tracks that sound like Frippertronics at the disco, or a coke-fuelled Circle/Tortoise/Zombi jam. It's a loud yet gentle ear-massage lit up by flashing, stroboscopic drumming. The drummer also plays in !!! and the Turing Machine, you could sorta see Maserati as a mix of those two bands, mathy propulsive post-rock with a bit of a groove-y, dance-y vibe. Portions of this could make a good Miami Vice soundtrack, like for a scene (filmed from a helicopter) of an exciting power-boat chase across a deep blue, beautiful, sunshiney sea. Also several of these tracks, Cup is convinced, could easily segue into a rendition of "Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring... which is cool by us.
MPEG Stream: "Inventions"
MPEG Stream: "This Is A Sight We Had One Day From The High Mountain"

MASERATI Inventions For The New Season (Temporary Residence) 2lp 17.98
Maserati's 2007 full length, now reissued as a swank double lp. Here's our original review:
A simple check-list should help you to get an idea of what Maserati is all about: instrumental post-rock, released on the Temporary Residence Ltd. label, with a sports car name sorta like Trans Am... This album focuses a lot of psychedelic guitar distortion and krauty, rhythmic energy into eight sleek, speedy, and sometimes shoegazey tracks that sound like Frippertronics at the disco, or a coke-fuelled Circle/Tortoise/Zombi jam. It's a loud yet gentle ear-massage lit up by flashing, stroboscopic drumming. The drummer also played in !!! and the Turing Machine, you could sorta see Maserati as a mix of those two bands, mathy propulsive post-rock with a bit of a groove-y, dance-y vibe. Portions of this could make a good Miami Vice soundtrack, like for a scene (filmed from a helicopter) of an exciting power-boat chase across a deep blue, beautiful, sunshiney sea. Also several of these tracks, Cup is convinced, could easily segue into a rendition of "Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring... which is way cool by us.
MPEG Stream: "Inventions"
MPEG Stream: "This Is A Sight We Had One Day From The High Mountain"

MASERATI Passages (Temporary Residence) cd 13.98
Rev it up! The Maserati boys are back with another compact disc installment of their instrumental, exceedingly rhythmic post rock, and unlike some bands who have run afoul of corporate intellectual property lawyers (Pansonic, Kleenex, Bipolaroid, etc.), they still haven't been sued by the manufacturers of the Italian sports car from whom they borrow their name (though perhaps it's also an obscure Ted Nugent lyrical reference? let's hope not). Probably the suits at the automaker Maserati's headquarters realize that this band's music is free, excellent advertising for their product!
This is definitely -driving- music, sometime a pleasant Sunday drive, sometimes a white knuckle ride over the speed limit, always propulsive, hypnotically repetitive, but dynamic as well. "Join Us, Mystic Sister" is a brief, ecstatic intro, that shines forth and then segues smoothly into "No More Sages", with its vaguely metallic, chucka-chucka guitars, motorik beats, and washes of shoegazery distortion. Other cuts venture further into purely kosmische, krautrock inspired territory, like the minimalist all-synth pulsations of "Thieves".
There's 8 tracks on this 40 minute disc, three of them remixes. However, all but two of the tracks previously appeared on limited edition, now out of print vinyl releases. The first four cuts are from Maserati's side of their 12" split with Zombi that we were never able to get enough of to list. And two of the remixes, by DFA's Tim Goldsworthy and !!!'s Justin Van Der Volgen, are from the Inventions Remixes 12". Both really dance it up, accentuating the cosmic disco vibe that Maserati already possess. The other remix, of a spacier take of this disc's "Monoliths", was done by Zombi's Steve Moore, and is exclusive to this release, as is album closer "Do You Hear The Nightbirds Calling You?". And if all that wasn't enough, this cd is further enhanced by the presence of two pretty cool Quicktime video clips. One's live, the other a cute, partly animated music video demonstrating Maserati's potential as workout music.
As always, VERY recommended for fans of Zombi, Trans Am, Circle, Salvatore, Tussle, Nisennenmondai, SF's own Jonas Reinhardt, and other likeminded coked up post rockers.
MPEG Stream: "No More Sages"
MPEG Stream: "Monoliths"

MASERATI Pyramid of the Moon (Temporary Residence) 12" 13.98
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Recorded before the tragic death of drummer Jerry Fuchs, this 12" is a sort of teaser for the very very soon upcoming new record from post/math rockers Maserati, hence the similar title, but both tracks here are exclusive, and both make this well worth picking up.
The A side is another dose of that Maserati style post rock we can't ever seem to get enough of, sounding like some sort of impossible Circle / Zombi / Tortoise hybrid, krautrock rhythms, fuzzy Carpenter-y synths, KILLER drumming, all very hypnotic and mesmerizing, the main riff, a crunchy downtuned chug, wrapped around an almost danceable beat, those sci-fi Carpenter synths swirling in the background and occasionally wrapping themselves around the chugging guitars, the sound positions Maserati as a sort of heavier counterpoint to recent Record Of The Week-ers Majeure.
And if a brand new, exclusive sidelong track wasn't enough to convince you, that same track gets the remix treatment of the flipside from The Field, sampling the original, and transforming it into something much more woozy and washed out and hypnotic. The synths are cranked way up, the rhythm more machinelike, the chugging guitars reimagined as a blurred almost electronic sounding pulse. So great. We only have a handful of these, and it was super limited, so not sure how long we'll have these around...

MASERATI Pyramid Of The Sun (Temporary Residence) cd 14.98
We've raved about instrumental post rockers Maserati in the past, and they just keep getting better and better, while oddly enough, they seem to gradually be moving away from their early sound, which was pretty much straight ahead nineties style post rock, which we love, toward something much more synthy and krautrocky, more groovy and almost dancey, which we also love. It probably has to do with the fact that drummer Jerry Fuchs (who tragically passed away last year) also played drums for !!! (Chik Chik Chik), so it was maybe inevitable that some of that funkiness might creep into his other group, since it's Fuchs' beats that pretty much drive this Maserati, propulsive and intricate, mathy and tight, but also super fluid. The guitars follow suit, looped and effected, cascading and chiming, all of that underpinned by some serious eighties style synths, pulsing like some supercharged John Carpenter soundtrack, and that's what makes Maserati sound so good, the collision of heavy crunchy guitars, propulsive motorik krautrock, and that sort of new age/wave-y synth. That's also why Maserati sound more like Zombi or Majeure these days, albeit a way more rocking, way heavier version. And hell, who could argue with a way heavier Zombi? Not us, that's for sure.
But really, to be fair, this new record is not all that far removed from past records, as far back as their Inventions For The New Season record, we were already describing some of their music as sounding like a "coke-fuelled Circle/Tortoise/Zombi jam" or as the perfect soundtrack for "an episode of Miami Vice, like for a scene (filmed from a helicopter) of an exciting power-boat chase across a deep blue, beautiful, sunshiney sea." And that vibe is still present, only now, it's for an episode of some futuristic sci-fi noir program, and instead of a speedboat chase, it's a hovership chase, between Bladerunner like buildings, culminating in a wild shootout in some sort of futuristic space disco. Which sounds pretty dang good to us.
Recommended for fans of Majeure, Zombi, Solar Bears, and other modern spacekraut sci-fi synth explorers, but also post/math/hypno rockers like Circle, Salvatore, Parlour, K-X-P, Magyar Posse, Cave, Russian Circles, etc.
MPEG Stream: "Pyramid Of The Sun"
MPEG Stream: "We Got The System To Fight The System"
MPEG Stream: "Bye M'Friend, Goodbye"

MASERATI Pyramid Of The Sun (Temporary Residence Limited) lp 15.98
NOW ON VINYL!!
We've raved about instrumental post rockers Maserati in the past, and they just keep getting better and better, while oddly enough, they seem to gradually be moving away from their early sound, which was pretty much straight ahead nineties style post rock, which we love, toward something much more synthy and krautrocky, more groovy and almost dancey, which we also love. It probably has to do with the fact that drummer Jerry Fuchs (who tragically passed away last year) also played drums for !!! (Chik Chik Chik), so it was maybe inevitable that some of that funkiness might creep into his other group, since it's Fuchs' beats that pretty much drive this Maserati, propulsive and intricate, mathy and tight, but also super fluid. The guitars follow suit, looped and effected, cascading and chiming, all of that underpinned by some serious eighties style synths, pulsing like some supercharged John Carpenter soundtrack, and that's what makes Maserati sound so good, the collision of heavy crunchy guitars, propulsive motorik krautrock, and that sort of new age/wave-y synth. That's also why Maserati sound more like Zombi or Majeure these days, albeit a way more rocking, way heavier version. And hell, who could argue with a way heavier Zombi? Not us, that's for sure.
But really, to be fair, this new record is not all that far removed from past records, as far back as their Inventions For The New Season record, we were already describing some of their music as sounding like a "coke-fuelled Circle/Tortoise/Zombi jam" or as the perfect soundtrack for "an episode of Miami Vice, like for a scene (filmed from a helicopter) of an exciting power-boat chase across a deep blue, beautiful, sunshiney sea." And that vibe is still present, only now, it's for an episode of some futuristic sci-fi noir program, and instead of a speedboat chase, it's a hovership chase, between Bladerunner like buildings, culminating in a wild shootout in some sort of futuristic space disco. Which sounds pretty dang good to us.
Recommended for fans of Majeure, Zombi, Solar Bears, and other modern spacekraut sci-fi synth explorers, but also post/math/hypno rockers like Circle, Salvatore, Parlour, K-X-P, Magyar Posse, Cave, Russian Circles, etc.
MPEG Stream: "Pyramid Of The Sun"
MPEG Stream: "We Got The System To Fight The System"
MPEG Stream: "Bye M'Friend, Goodbye"

MASHAYEKHI, ALIREZA & ATA EBTEKAR (SOTE) Persian Electronic Music: Yesterday And Today (1966-2006) (Sub Rosa) cd 16.98

MASMELO Madeline (self-released) cd-r 5.98
Madeline is the first release from these two Japanese gals currently calling SF their home. Prior to moving to the States, the pair were in a band called Small Universe, and one member is also currently the bassist for The Ass Baboons Of Venus! They dish out five very short (and only occasionally sweet) jolts of super raucous and lo-lo-fi, truly garage-style pop. Primitive thumpin' drumbeats, trashy guitar chords, girl gang vocals and the howl of uncontrolled feedback.
MPEG Stream: "Number Count"
MPEG Stream: "Here We Go"

MASONNA Ejaculation Generator (Alchemy) cd 21.00
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Japan's hopping noise honcho. Continues the "Good Alchemy" series of outrageous aural assaults.

MASONNA Hyper Chaotic (V. Records) cd 10.98
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More of the crazy, dynamic noise Masonna is known for, this time available on a relatively inexpensive American disc.

MASONNA Mademoiselle Anne Sanglante Ou Notre Nymphomanie Aureole (Alchemy) cd 21.00
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MASONNA Noskl In Ana (Alchemy) cd 21.00
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MASONNA Shock Rock (MIDI Creative) cd 27.00
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And now for the third of our reviews of the three "Freakout Triplex" cds that were released in 2002 in honor of Maso Yamazaki's 15th anniversary (of noise/music making, presumably). There was a disc apiece dedicated to each of his main projects: Christine 23 Onna's Acid Eater (reviewed on list 255), Space Machine's 2 (reviewed on list 258), and Masonna's Shock Rock (being reviewed right NOW). These weren't readily available over here in the USA when they first came out, so we figured a bunch of you Japanese psychedelic/electronic/noise fans would be interested if we reviewed these, now that we can finally get 'em.
Masonna is Maso Yamazaki's best known project, his solo screaming noise guise. As harsh Japanese noise goes, Masonna's at the top of the heap, up there with the likes of Merzbow and Hijokaidan in a sort of unholy trinity. Quite prolific in the past, Masonna's discography is rather large to say the least. But you can be sure than ANY Masonna album you hear is gonna sound like just about the most insane noisy thing EVER. Shock Rock, his umpteenth cd release, is also as far as we're aware the last full-length Masonna album to come out... So it stands to reason that this could well be the noisiest. We're not talking trance-inducing drone like you might get from, say, Aube or even Merzbow, sometimes. We're talking short sharp shocks of feedback-attack noise, 31 tracks on this 46 minute disc. Ultra-distorted, deliriously painful, apoplectic EXTREME noise here! Which, paradoxically, can be a pleasurable, almost gleeful thing...though it's an acquired taste no doubt! Folks who already know and love the likes of Shinsen Na Clitoris (Vanilla, 1990) or Mademoiselle Anne Sanglante Ou Notre Nymphomanie Aureole (Alchemy, 1993) will want to add this to their collections. It's as spasmodically fierce as those classics. But for Japanese noise noobs, well, this might be like jumping in at the deep end! However, if you're not afraid, and/or simply want to get maximal noise for your 27 bucks, this surely would be the ticket!
MPEG Stream: "track 1"
MPEG Stream: "track 16"

MASONNA Super Compact Disk (Alchemy) cd 21.00
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MASONNA Ultimate Collection Vol.1 (Alchemy) cd 21.00
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There's noise, and then there's noise!!! And then, there's Masonna... and this, the Ultimate Masonna (volume one).
Never heard any Japanese noise? Well, there's always a first time, and this could be it. Maybe you'll love it (if not, you'll probably hate it... not much room for any reactions in-between). If you have heard Japanese noise, you probably already know Masonna. Along with Merzbow and Hijokaidan, he's probably the most (in)famous and most extreme of all the many Japanese noisicians. At AQ, he's also quite popular for his other sonic endeavors, the analog spaced out kosmiche electronic trips of Space Machine, the super psychedelic rhythmic synth grooves of Christine 23 Onna, and the fuzz-freaked garage rock of Acid Eater. Those outfits, to varying degrees, can be considered music, even pop music. But recording under the Masonna moniker, Maso Yamazaki makes sheer noise, no "music" involved at all. Just ultra dynamic, distorted screaming and electronic distortion, volume cranked to the max, an all-out expressive attack, acrobatic and energetic. Very similar to his famous "jumping" live performances.
In honor of Masonna's 20th anniversary of noisemaking, packaged with super swank graphics (we dig the elaborate Greatful Dead/Quicksilver looking logo) and liner notes in both English and Japanese, Ultimate Collection Vol.1 brings back two long out of print Masonna documents. It includes the oddly titled Masonna Vs. Bananamara LP, originally released on vinyl in 1989 by Japan's Vanilla Records in an edition of 290 copies, and the aptly titled 1996 album Hyper Chaotic, originally from tiny US label V Records. Reissued together on one compact disc, these two albums comprise 48 mostly short tracks (many of 'em under a minute each) of the most intense, shrieking shards of distortion with which you've ever abused your ears... you've been warned!!
The vs. Bananamara album (which was Masonna's debut LP after some self-released cassettes) perhaps features more high-end skree, while the later Hyper Chaotic is more about blown-out white noise... but there's plenty of both sounds throughout!
MPEG Stream: "Keckold"
MPEG Stream: "Baimn Lamx"
MPEG Stream: "Hyper Chaotic - Chapter 2"
MPEG Stream: "Hyper Chaotic - Chapter 13"

MASONNA Ultimate Collection Vol.2 (Alchemy) cd 21.00
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What could be better (and noisier) than Masonna's Ultimate Collection Volume 1? Volume 2 of course. In honor of the man's 20 years of noisemaking madness, Alchemy has reissued several crucial, long out of print Masonna documents as two-on-one cds in this Ultimate Collection series. You can check out our review, elsewhere on our site, of Vol. 1 to read more about Masonna and his legendary place in the pantheon of Japanese noise, alongside the likes of Merzbow and Hijokaidan... suffice to say if you've never heard this stuff before, be warned! It's noisy all right. Not everyone will have the same reaction (no siree) but for us, when we hear the harsh sonic genius of Masonna, it's like, we freeze, fascinated, compelled - numbed and hypnotized even. It's really enjoyable... really.
So, Volume 2 comprises the early 1990 album Shinsen Na Clitoris (of which only 499 copies were pressed), and the 1998 cd-r Tripsy Sunshine (which was even rarer, in an edition of 49 copies!). Rather than the many short, sharp, shocking tracks found on Vol.1, there's just four long tracks here, each of the original albums split into two approximately 15 minute pieces. Though, on Shinsen Na Clitoris, it still sounds like a lot of cut-up edits.
That album is all about totally destroyed, distorted to hell vocals, Masonna's insane shrieking demonic baby babble in a swirling vortex of feedback and warped FX, the sounds of guitar (?), electronics, and his voice all one massive noisy jibber-jabber. Whew! He's really freaking out, hyperventilating probably. Later, on the Tripsy Sunshine tracks, Masonna moves more into the fuzzed out psych-synth territory of his Christine 23 Onna and Space Machine projects, with washes of fuzzy synth overload and throbbing pounding rhythms. So it becomes a bit more 'musical' but just barely. There's certainly gobs of sheer chaotic please turn that down NOISE to happily torment your earholes with as well, from start to finish.
You know how you can't fit more than, like, 80 minutes of music on a compact disc? Well this disc is one hour long, but it's probably got more (noisy) SOUND crammed into it than any cd you can find, whatever the length. Basically, Masonna takes to heart the principle that if you're gonna make noise, make it the noisiest. And he sure does.
MPEG Stream: "Shinsen Na Clitoris Part 1"
MPEG Stream: "Space Psychetronics Erector"

MASONNA Vestal Spacey Ritual (Alchemy) cd 21.00
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MASS From Zero (Paratactile) cd 19.98
A truely extraordinary second release from the improv power trio Gary Smith, Gary Jeff, and Lou Ciccotelli (God, Spleen, etc.) on guitar, bass, electronics, and percussion.

MASS Mixed Media (Paratactile) cd 16.98
British avant-garde "stereo" guitarist Gary Smith unleashes the third release from his power trio Mass, wherein he's joined by the equally out there and extreme rhythm section of Gary Jeff and Lou Ciccotelli. You might know these guys from their contributions to projects like God and Aufgehoben No Process. Mass is a bit less oppressive than those bands, closer to "jazz" but not what most people think of as jazz, of course. Yessir, their electronics, improv moves, and rock-derived power combine for another satisfying head-bender.
MPEG Stream: "Advance"

MASS s/t (Man's Ruin) cd 13.98
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One of the best new releases on Man's Ruin in a while! This debut cd by Germany's Mass will definitely appeal to fans of Melvins, Boris, and similar paragons of avant-metallic heaviness. The opening track "White Light Yellow Pt. One" establishes the band's inital juggernaut similarity to the Melvins, but as the album progresses, so does Mass, incorporating the judicious use of keyboards, non-distorted vocals, and other unusual moves -- really blossoming into something original, devastating, and addictive. The closing instrumental 'cover' of funkmaster Larry Graham's "Earthquake" puts the perfect finishing touch on this quality album. Featuring the former rhythm section of the underrated and unsung Nonoyesno (although the sound of Mass is very different). Recommended! Also, this disc's artwork, while simple, is a cut above what we have come to expect from Man's Ruin's usual 'I stole this off the net, and made it different colors' lazy artistic re-appropriation.

MASS, THE City Of Dis (Crucial Blast) cd 14.98
This fierce, frenetic Oakland band isn't afraid to take a kitchen sink approach to their brand of avant-garde metalcore... ok, maybe they don't include the metaphorical kitchen sink but they do cram in lots and lots of saxophone! That's on top of a heavy, mean, rockin' blend of grind, punk, black metal, prog, etc.
Dunno if they ever really exceed being just the sum of their overt influences (we'd guess the likes of Dillinger Escape Plan, John Zorn, King Crimson, Botch, Guapo, Motorhead, Slayer...) but they do make a nasty racket that even metalheads normally adverse to jazz and/or saxophones might find headbangingly worthy. So if "Yakety Sax" meets metal sounds good (or good n' weird) to you, check this out! As a bonus, this includes a Quicktime live video for their track "We Enslaved Elves To Build Our Death Machine"!
MPEG Stream: "La Porc"
MPEG Stream: "Trapped Under A Ice"