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Listed below are the titles that are still available for purchase through the label. Payment via PayPal; if you don't do the PayPal or credit card thing, and want to send something as old school as well concealed cash, contact me for details. Prices are in Euros (currency conversion for reference.)
All prices include shipping Worldwide. This may only be a temporary thing... we'll see how it goes.
E-mail info {at} abeardofsnails {dot} com with any questions or concerns you may have. This is also the address to send PayPal payments to. |
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1 LP + any 3 items of the same format
€ 20.00
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Any 5 CD-Rs or Any 4 tapes
€ 18.00
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Let me know which titles you want - either by
e-mail, or in the "comments" text field during PayPal checkout.
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ABOS3-051
Pregnant Spore / nodolby one-sided LP
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€ 9.00 |
A single-sided split, pairing two heavy hitters/fellow label owners, noise-and-beyond-scene wise: Justin Marc Lloyd and Mic Scariot, both making their solo debuts on the 12" LP format here. Thirteen lucky minutes of blown out blissful chaos, manic mushroom musique, action malfunction, lo-fi riffs, all mangled marvelously. Limited pressing of 52, in painted/stencilled jackets, with various inserts (vintage book clippings, et al.)
Audio samples: Pregnant Spore / nodolby
ABOS3-043
The Old Rig / Hobo Cubes / Saturn Finger / Balder- 2x 7"
€ 8.00 LAST COPIES!
The Old Rig "Near the Ground" / Hobo Cubes "Behind the Sun"
Saturn Finger "The Idea of Fire and Air" / Balder- "Heavily, With All Her Splendor"
Garage drones, cosmic miracles, psychedelic mists. Double 7", all four sides at 33 RPM. Black vinyl. Housed in spraypainted/stencilled 7" Arigato Paks. A limited pressing of 99 copies.
Audio sample: Snippets from the records
ABOS3-042
Strongly Imploded / Matomeri 7"
€ 4.00 LAST COPIES!
Strongly Imploded "Hier et aujourd'hui"
Matomeri "Crow Bar Walk"
Proudly presenting the very first vinyl release to be given an 'ABOS' catalog number - a 45 of two exhilarating three-minute jazz-punk scorchers from Europe's way-out corners. Italy's Strongly Imploded (fab CD-Rs on Kimberly Dawn and Ikuisuus) hits us with psycho sax outbursts and chopping block electronics, creative deconstruction, augmented by plenty of "rock" oomph! Finland's Matomeri (previous releases on OMS-B and Ikuisuus as well) takes a somewhat lower tech road, cave walls of sound unbound(ed), primal rippin' mad great! Limited to "approximately" 102 copies with hand decorated / stamped center labels and xeroxed paste-on art.
MP3 sample: Excerpts from both tracks
BSBTA Vinyl was a precursor of sorts (2005-2009) to A Beard of Snails. Here are four BSBTA titles you might be interested in...
BSBTAVINYL7
v/a: "Vinyl Snails" LP
(BSBTA Vinyl / A Beard of Snails co-release)
TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE; WILL HAVE ABOUT 10 MORE COPIES IN STOCK CIRCA MAY 2012
A: Hunton Quintet "Original Record 2", Monks of the Balhill / Pillars of Heaven "La Voz de la Que Había", Anla Courtis / Paz Levinson "El Alud", Lee Noyes / Bruno Duplant "This is Our Post-Exotic Anthem", vvalter de maria "GIBSRUMCOLALGEBSBTA"
B: Century Plants "Cresting", (VxPxC) "About to Collapse", Lee Noble / Steve Molyneux "Born Buried", Lars Ro / Sometimes Jasmine "Ind i kuglen"
Yet more "psychedelic collaborative recordings" from more of our international friends on this (needless to say) follow-up/companion piece to 2008's "Vinyl Beards".
"Vinyl Snails" is 45 minutes of haunting voices, prepared instruments, battered blues, mesmeric lo-fi pastorale, and semi-controlled ritualist psychosis. Of a limited (mystery) edition in hand stencilled jackets.
BSBTAVINYL6
v/a: "Vinyl Beards" LP
(BSBTA Vinyl / A Beard of Snails co-release)
€ 12.00 LAST COPIES!
A: Sea Zombies "Trapped and Wounded", We Wait for the Snow / throuRoof "The Red is Gone", Cones "Haffu Daffu Waffel", Family Battle Snake / Sarah's Charity "Violet Lotus Vision"
B: Donato Epiro / Vanessa Rossetto "A Flower Tried to Eat Me", Shiggajon "Atolla", The End Springs / A Man & A Guitar "Dusty Train", Fabio Orsi / Valerio Cosi "Cold Fusion (in Our Fingers) (Alt. Mix)"
Eight collaborative tracks from some of our favourite 'psych/folk/noise-underground' people. Individually stencilled outer sleeves. Edition of 206.
BSBTAVINYL2
Elektronavn / Exquisite Russian Brides 7"
(BSBTA Vinyl)
€ 3.00 LAST COPIES!
Elektronavn "Cosmic Depth / A Sense of Coherence"
Exquisite Russian Brides "Golden Rain Over Fascist Europe"
A delectable pairing: two meditative dronescape / avant-psych pieces from two of Denmark's finest musicians in the field; Magnus O. Majmon (Elektronavn) and Marc Kellaway (ERB) also make up two quarters of Pink Luminous Invocation. Loops, zurna, bansuri, cello, bells, vocals and xylophone are utilized. Magic is made. An edition of 270, in block printed sleeves (each individually stamped, two different designs) by Marc K.
BSBTAVINYL1
Antenne / cryptic scenery 7"
(BSBTA Vinyl)
€ 3.00 LAST COPIES!
Antenne "Long to Kiss"
cryptic scenery "Escape"
Ethereal, expansive, chill(ed) lo-fi gems; female vocals, male vocals, mindblowing guitar-isms, electronic intimacy, dreamy distortion, hazy loop-craft. Locked grooves on both sides. No less than of these 275 were pressed; last pile here in stock.
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ABOS3-094
Dao De Noize / Troj c28
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€ 5.00 |
Blazing sci-fi beauties from the ever prolific Dao De Noize and the more under the radar (but equally intriguing) Troj. Seering sidelong sculptures of haunted analogue synthesis, rusted android whispers, lunar stormfront machinations, or so. Stamped blue tapes, thick xeroxed j-cards.
Audio samples: Dao De Noize / Troj
ABOS3-085
Twin Polygamists / Pacific Mausoleum c8
More cassingle exhaltations - the springy synth 'n' squelch stylings of TP on one side; the metal latrine music of PM on the other. Watercolour stained j-cards, stamped red cassettes. Limited to 8 huge ones.
ABOS3-057
Spittle Sisters "These Dark Objects" c37
€ 6.00
Strange, all encompassing vibes on this demented/determined ritualist landmark, from the bodies, minds, and souls of Bad Orb (Leopard Leg, etc.) and Justin Wiggan (Dreams of Tall Buildings, etc.) Cavern electronics, gothic dub strains, churning black waves, trashed pocket sinfonias like abstract smoke signal soundtracks. On pro duplicated red tapes in an edition of 52.
Audio sample: Dark Object
ABOS3-096
Bjerga/Iversen "New Electric Morning" c38
€ 6.00
Having done releases for nearly everyone, we’re pleased these Norwegian legends've finally turned up in the garden of the bearded snail. Hereupon, two side-long performances built from golden drones and subtle, ethereal mutant sunshine. Organic, creeping, sonically intricate. Yellow-as-dawn cassettes.
Audio sample: Untitled (excerpt)
ABOS3-059
S/H/A/R/R/P/S & Inhibitionists / Skin Revisionists / Fugleøen / Pacific Mausoleum / Sunburnt Hand of Kann c40
€ 6.00 LAST COPIES!
Almost solo split/ "compilation" from the various projects (new, old, one off and soon to be defunct - take your pick) of the guy who's typing this. Synth fuckery, drone sketches, bewildering YouTube audio collages, and percussive post-psych-folk outtakes. Limited to, I think, 14 tapes...
ABOS3-056
Pacific Mausoleum "Gag Me With Devil Horns" c30
€ 6.00 LAST COPIES!
Jovial yet musty, this field trip through Hellfire cranks Pacific Mausoleum's quaint "sloppy/harsh psych/noise terror thing" up a few notches. A vast array of textures, here. Brian Green (specifically, samples of his cigar box synth and circuit bent objects) guest stars. In semi-holographic covers and hand decorated tape labels, 14 copies of these fuckers exist (the most ever for a Pacific Mausoleum release!)
ABOS3-081
Fugleøen "Broer Mellem Lufthuller" c30
€ 6.00 LAST COPIES!
Cleaner and more accessible than last year's "Prøvesprængninger" 3" - yet with the all whimsy and the looseness intact - this
whole half hour odyssey coughs up quasi new age plonkers, vicious un-gabber benders, and jaded mini Moog action tunes. Limited to 11 copies.
MP3 sample: Broer Mellem Lufthuller
ABOS3-048
Hokkei Quartet "Hempty's Love" c40
€ 6.00 LAST COPIES!
The debut tape release from this Ukrainian combo (including members of Moglass, Riasni Drova, and Noah Coward) consists of two side-long deconstructivist pieces of basement incantation, expert clatter, and freeform reed rides, forming something akin to shamanic doom jazz. Or...? Heavy on atmosphere, loose on structure (though the B side does end with inciting post-post punk-esque dirge-drum assaults), "Hempty's Love" is... love! A pro dubbed edition of 52, with artwork that pays homage to the Cramps Records DIVerso LPs of the '70s.
MP3 sample: Two excerpts from the tape
ABOS3-045
Matthew Riley / The Big Drum in the Sky Religion c48
€ 6.00 LAST COPIES!
Among the first tape releases from A Beard of Snails Records proper is this monster of a split C48. Presenting two very different directions in/of 'stoned Americana', both pieces/sides have an apparent 'paranormal' theme in common. Starting off is a new stunner from Matthew Riley, wherein doom piano and environmental sounds morph into pulsating drones and chugging, jagged edged nightmare psych... a trip, man... a storm. The flip side finds the ever mysterious, ever prolific Big Drum in the Sky Religion luring us in with an engaging, dusty, double tracked primitivist onslaught. An edition of 50 52 clean pro dubbed tapes, in scuffed, reused cases, with spirit photography affixed to vintage botanical art card scraps (each one unique.)
MP3 samples: Matthew Riley / The Big Drum in the Sky Religion
ABOS3-054 HysM?Duo "Vorstellungen" c30
€ 6.00 LAST COPIES!
From the hallucinatorium of Jacopo Fiore and Stefano 'Solquest' Spataro comes this sweet slab of frantic improvisation on spaced out strings and perky percussion, equally shredded and understated prog psych / fusion jazz / un-rock grooves, with plenty of electronic freakout contours. All in all, "Vostellungen" is rife with well placed experimentation - a bumpy magic carpet commute to bliss and beyond. This one's an edition of 28 white cassettes.
MP3 samples: Vorstellungen Pt. 1 (excerpt)
Wille (excerpt)
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ABOS3-076
Black Velvet Stereo "Destroy This Town" CD-R
Created entirely (and astonishingly) on/with guitar, bass, and effects, this expansive collection ranges and rages from mass(ive) to meditative. Tender melodies and anarchic noise. Ambient electric audio edifices. Flights of freaky. Comes in a solid red plastic CD case/"mailer" with an obi strip. Limited to 15.
ABOS3-090
Derek Rogers "Peripetia" CD-R
€ 7.00
New immersive works from recent L.A. transplant Derek Rogers - a name you'll most likely recognize. From mellow synth and/or guitar drift, to edgy cascades, over understated minimalist melodicism augmented by environmental recordings et al., mood and feeling are central here. One of the finest headphone-appropriate albums I’ve laid ears (and head) to recently, yes! Housed in 14x14cm envelopes with individually "drip painted" cover bits - each one unique.
Audio sample: Ethion
ABOS3-073
Strange Mountain "Strange Mountain" CD-R
€ 7.00
Hereby, five (three lengthy, two brief) unexpected rainy-day-synth tunes from Jakarta. With endless warmth in the wires, exuding nostalgia about the future, this is textured, blissful, harmonic bedsit ambient of the highest order. Covers = artwork affixed to digipaks, in an unnumbered edition.
Audio sample: Essex Manor House
ABOS3-088
The End Springs "Caos" 3" CD-R
€ 5.00
If you're only familiar with The End Springs' acoustic/folk-leaning sides, this one'll come as a... vintage-electronic surprise! Brilliant bursts of tonal darkness, here... Delia-esque waveform surfin', down melancholy coasts.
Audio sample: Caos
ABOS3-087
Balder- "Ramblings" 3" CD-R
€ 5.00
Rough 'n' ready volcanic mantras, feedbackin' to the future, this is prime music for falling onto the ceiling (enjoyably.) Housed in a mini DVD case with splattered insides and Connery-esque illustrations.
Audio sample: Ramblings 2
ABOS3-086
Skin Revisionists "The Moonlanding Was Caked" 3" CD-R
€ 5.00 LAST COPIES!
A voice based Inhihibitionists spin-off, transmitting vocoded moon missionary (m)uttering over minimal stoned synth twinkle / burn!
Audio sample: Buzzin' Cauldron / Puddle of Tranquility
ABOS3-077
The Big Drum in the Sky Religion "Vodou Chile" CD-R
€ 6.00
ABOS3-070 Birdengine "I Like Totally Do Not Understand or Whatever E.P." 3" CD-R
€ 5.00 LAST COPIES!
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or download / listen
The talented Mr. Lawry Tilbury, aka. Birdengine, blesses us with a little disc of big songs - five dark, enchanting stories - lyrically sublime, vocally compelling, musically far transcending the conventions of "folk" and "singer/songwriter". A companion to the eminent "The Crooked Mile" LP/CD on Bleeding Hearts Records (actually, the E.P.'s songs were originally recorded for the LP, but the artist felt they did not fit), "I Like..." is presented in a hand made, hand stamped/stencilled cover, held together with string.
ABOS3-069 Clathrus "Lanugo" 3" CD-R
€ 4.00 LAST COPIES!
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After a bold C30 on Digitalis Ltd., Clathrus (one of several Russian projects setting our ears happily ablaze recently) summons up "Lanugo" - 17 brief but engaging minutes of ethnic/tropical space-folk swirls, acid pop sensibilities, and rhythmic dreamchillin'. In a mini CD-R case housed in a homemade cardstock outer cover.
ABOS2-040
Riasni Drova Consort "Berezhene" CD-R
€ 7.00 LAST COPIES!
Aided by ethnic flutes, tortured strings, mystical percussion, et al., Ukrainian trio Riasni Drova Consort (Рясні Дрова Consort) crank out delightful acoustic abstractions and alien improvisation - more "free" than "folk"! An edition of 50, housed in 14x14 cm envelopes with full colour art. This one's especially recommended if you liked our Armali Lari and Lee Noyes & Bruno Duplant CD-Rs.
MP3 sample: Some Vinelike Small Flame Trumpets
ABOS2-008
The Child of the Creek "Whispering Tales Under an Emerald Sun" CD-R
€ 7.00 LAST COPIES!
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This, the fourth album from Italy's The Child of a Creek, is a gleaming, lysergic gem for sure. Eight stunning neo-folk shoegaze tracks (four of which are instrumentals), equally rural and cosmic, with touches of almost Floydian / Frippian prog. Fragile, electricfied, cinematic. An edition of 60, in pearlescent bronze envelopes with "emerald sun" paste-on art. |
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Ala Vjiior / Twin Polygamists c20 (No Kings)
€ 5.00 SOLD OUT AT SOURCE, LAST COPIES HERE!
Frank Oullette of Hobo Cubes / Hobo Cult sends us minimalist love with a new side project Ala Vjiior on side A of this split, and leader of Copenhagen boutique A Beard of Snails, Christian Kann, turns up the cold heat for side B as Twin Polygamists. Double minimalist electronic action! Microsound clouds drifting into deep space. Best listened to in a Cathedral. Two-layer artwork: letterpressed lino-cut designed by Amy Fortunato, with glass painting acetate overlay by Geoffrey Sexton. Pro-dubbed blue imprinted tapes, edition of 70. (Picture of full packaging.)
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Inhibitionists / Afterlife c63 (Stunned)
€ 7.00 SOLD OUT AT SOURCE, LAST COPIES HERE!
Whether he’s running one of Europe’s best underground labels or tearing it up as Inhibitionsists, Christian Kann has always been a guy to look out for. On this split edition with NY synth sons Afterlife, Kann drops some of his most dynamic work yet, which is saying something significant for those aware of past Inhibitionists output. Sequestering every variety of bent and dented tone, this Side A is forward-propulsive antics of the highest order. Schizoid algorithms are interrupted by free-clatter & string passages, deftly bouncing back to form and repeating similar manic cycles a few more times before passing the torch to Afterlife. Within seconds of the handoff, Ryan McGill and Franklin Teagle are snapped to breathless attention, their circuitry poised for astral action. Never failing to astonish with their proprietary flavor of team-synthesizer, the side they offer here can be considered the essential post-script to their recent Stunned cassette (no. 116). Darker in shade and even foreboding at moments, this piece suggests the colored showers of “Hypnautic Rinse” can also be converted to temporary cloudcover. For this reason and many more we turn a closer listen to these skilled musicians of the nebulous realm. Limited edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c63 tapes w/ double-sided jcard and insert.
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Inhibitionists "Trapezoid Man" CD-R (Ark Tarp)
€ 8.00
Christian Kann is truely a man of many faces and personalities. A man with an impressive count of alter egos and releases both in playing music and as the founder of various highly respected DIY labels in Copenhagen. It's no surprise that Trapezoid Man is just as colorful as the creator and embraces a wide range of minimalistic lo-fi landscapes and surreal sound patterns. You wanna get this one!
(Housed in an Arigato DVD Pak with fun inserts - picture of packaging.)
-- Ark Tarp |
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Inhibitionists "Lithium Salt Mines" CD-R (Tape Drift)
€ 6.00
Solo project from Christian Kann, from Copenhagen, and brains behind the amazing A Beard of Snails record label. Ostensibly a "noise" record, this is so much more. It's simply a phenomenal collection of tracks that cohere and make aural sense in a way that most music never will. Every sound is perfectly placed, the timing is impeccable, and the music consistently inspires. Somehow Christian has managed to create a set of mysterious sounds that balance multiple worlds and serve as a lightning rod to the cosmos. Easily one of the best and most welcoming noise records we've heard, but it sacrifices absolutely nothing for its accessibility. Next level indeed.
-- Tape Drift |
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Inhibitionists "Pfeiffer at the Gates of Hawn" 3" CD-R (Kimberly Dawn)
€ 3.00 SOLD OUT AT SOURCE, LAST COPIES HERE!
These are abstracted tonal mazes provided by Denmark's strangest sonic alchemist, Inhibitionists (aka Christian Kann from A Beard of Snails fame). Expertly crafted pathways of textural complexity give way to reveal a moist core. It's a dream vacation on darker pathways - lanterns not provided. Weird nods to 60's psych and pop actresses give no immediate answers as this music exists on another plane entirely - where going to the movies is like washing your face with wet cement. Available in a numbered edition of 50 hand stamped 3" cdrs.
-- Kimberly Dawn |
Shops (list not updated) that might still have copies of A Beard of Snails (and related) releases (out of print or otherwise): Drone Records (Germany), Ikuisuus (Finland), Insula (Denmark), PCIB Distro (Denmark), Transmission (Italy), and Discogs (various sellers). U.S. based distros might have stuff eventually, if / when they want. You may also be able to buy items directly from the artists themselves. |
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