{"title":"Utech Records","description":"Utech Records","products":[{"product_id":"guillaume-gargaud-she-cd","title":"Guillaume Gargaud – She CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3289742892\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGuillaume Gargaud – She CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We highlighted a more recent Gargaud disc on the Kvist label, entitled Here, on our last list, and that's when we realized that this French guitar and electronics improviser already had a cd out on Utech, this one, which is equally lovely and interesting, basically part 1 to the Kvist disc's part 2, more shimmering yet sometimes quite sinister stuff that again makes us think that folks who dig the moody Type and Miasmah label \"sound\" would enjoy what Gargaud is able to conjure spontaneously with his guitar and other gearThe disc starts off quietly, with a buzzing, hissing drone gradually emerging and increasing, as if slithering out from a malevolent mist. It's hard not to think of fog and wind and rain and other weather phenomena when listening to this. Some sunshine breaks through the clouds on the second, more pop ambient-ish piece. Gauzy, gentle, drifting, vaguely melodious fuzzzzzz. Nice. The other tracks here tend to either get physical with the grinding, dramatic drone, or stay on the soothing side of things, sometimes blissfully both. There's various degrees of abstraction as well, as Gargaud adjusts his admixture of guitar and electronics. One extreme would be the crackling crinkling night-noises of \"Clairere\" (how can that be a guitar?), but elsewhere on the disc the guitar is more recognizable, in fact, on \"Mer Du Nord\", you can actually hear strings being strummed, how 'bout that!Recommended - and in future, we'll definitely pay attention to anything Gargaud releases!\" - Aquarius Records\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Utech Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48036920885540,"sku":"","price":7.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/GuillaumeGargaudShe.jpg?v=1707433581"},{"product_id":"olivier-dumont-living-in-holes-cd","title":"Olivier Dumont - Living In Holes And Disused Shafts CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eOlivier Dumont - Living In Holes And Disused Shafts CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOlivier Dumont is ancillary to the noise he invokes. A conduit for what the sound requires. Enshrined in a mass of cables, amplifiers and lo-fi tape equipment, Dumont is lead to places of insane genius. Living in Holes and Disused Shafts was cut from hours of demo material and the finished recordings bear the scars of the avulsion. Gritty and confrontational. Edition of 500.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Utech Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48036940251428,"sku":"","price":7.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/od.jpg?v=1707433807"},{"product_id":"ithi-the-persistence-of-meaning-cd","title":"Ithi – The Persistence Of Meaning CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=129746231\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIthi – The Persistence Of Meaning CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew York duo of Joshua Convey and Luke Krnkr. Blistering, overdriven shards of noise obscure the almost entirely hidden melodies. These musical moments are few and far between, as The Persistence of Meaning is more about reveling in destruction and decay, emphasizing raw feedback and hollow, rhythmic loops that shamble like the walking dead. Dirges from the deepest ossuaries can almost be heard, pained notes buried by locust swarms of static. While occasionally the pair engage in erratic Krautrock rhythms and structures, they¹re just as likely to blow the entire thing up into a burning crater. Photograph by Shawn Convey. Typographical work by Kevin Gan Yuen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Utech Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48080658202916,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/a0045156477_65.jpg?v=1708015556"},{"product_id":"graves-and-orchestra-pits-s-t-cd","title":"Graves And Orchestra Pits s\/t CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1652655976\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraves And Orchestra Pits s\/t CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraves and Orchestra Pits is a transcontinental duo utilizing guitars\/electronics\/drums in order to create an ecstatic and unique sound mixing raw power with modern composition, subtle electroacousic alchemy and sonic maximalism. They create a stunning kind of meta-music that sound anarchic and futuristic at the same time. In 2008 composer\/musician Daniel Vujanic began to shape vibrant bodies of sound. Atmospheric guitar lines, morphing drone clouds, minimalist patterns and crunching electronics that wouldn't fit into the aesthetic and musical parameters of his previous projects (Baja, Höhlenmusik Ensemble, E Jugend). The compositional results were demanding a very specific rhythmical backbone. One that could underpin and enforce Vujanic's distillation of euphoric noise, hallucinatory constructivism, and the hollow bones of rock 'n' roll. That's the point where drummer Yoshihiro Kikuchi came in. An integral part of Japan's vivid noise music scenery and also a colorful percussionist, he manages to combine massive minimalism, dense improv and ritualistic polyhythms. The self-titled debut album effortlessly creates a blissful intensity with its additive compositional approach, sounding orchestral at times employing strings and synthesizers as well as sparse injections of glockenspiel, found sounds, piano, vibes and woodwinds. The distinctive front cover talks about the mystic whoredom of death, a motif that has existed throughout rock 'n' roll's underground history. This artwork stands on the same tradition, but alters the detailed elements in whole, from the inside by contemporary editing approaches by Kikuchi, to resonate with sound contents. The real dead bodies photos were scanned, colored, printed, and collaged, scanned again and combined with typography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Utech Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48080700440868,"sku":"","price":7.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/img636.jpg?v=1708015913"},{"product_id":"oikos-ecotono-cd","title":"Oikos – Ecotono CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3921395398\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOikos – Ecotono CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Guitar: meet electronics and processing. What makes Ecotono so appropriate for its title is the way its components are simultaneously merged and kept separate. Thick surges of ambience and distortion carry plucked guitars – reacting to them, dictating them – yet one is never fed into the other. Even during its most intense moments, Ecotono never becomes a “wall of sound” exactly; it’s more like a mass parade of distinct elements, united by a single cause but never compromising their unique sonic qualities.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe “organism” that rises out of this interaction is compelling in itself. The atmosphere is often murky and cold (as is typical of much of the Utech roster), yet its more organic and relatable elements prevent it from delving too deeply into grimier territory. Melody is often present as streams of guitar and piano, with rhythm occasionally rising as electronic patters that gently nudge the soundscapes along. Ecotono is tethered to musicality in a way that allows for subtle breaths of warmth to gush into its most claustrophobic areas – the duo stoop to their most heartfelt during “Boreas”, with echoing guitar chords sending somber minor key shivers down dark and endless caverns.\" - Jack Chuter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Utech Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48124724183332,"sku":"","price":7.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/oikos.jpg?v=1708619771"},{"product_id":"mats-gustafsson-bengt-lp-the-edges-of-the-cover-have-very-light-wear-from-shipping-to-the-vendor","title":"Mats Gustafsson – Bengt lp - the edges of the cover have very light wear from shipping to the vendor","description":"\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yks30tOz-kI?si=ZPJDQZadaqKJCShJ\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMats Gustafsson – Bengt lp - the edges of the cover have very light wear from shipping to the vendor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Bengt is a solo recording by Mats Gustafsson and is dedicated to Bengt Nordström. Mats Gustafsson plays a plastic alto sax. A classic Grafton sax. The type of sax that was used by Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman and Bengt Nordström. Nordström is best known having produced Albert Ayler´s first recording Something Different!!!!!! on his Bird Note imprint. It is in his own role as a sax player Bengt was truly inventive. Bengt was playing solo sax improvisation already in 1962 (!!!) Nordström mentored Swedish reedman Mats Gustafsson in addition to playing in a quartet with drummer Peter Uuskyla, bassist Bjorn Ålke, and violinist Lars Svantesson. Nordström died in 2000 at age 63. Bengt is a celebration of the music and the man behind it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn this record you might not hear the Gustafsson you are used to, but this is the real Mats. This is the nucleus in his playing. These solo pieces are a wholeness, together forming a sounding essay about his music.\" -Utech Records, 2012\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Utech Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48124773138724,"sku":"","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/mg_fd5f17d1-7a2c-4829-9fb8-1022a5e75006.jpg?v=1708620458"},{"product_id":"gog-ironworks-lp","title":"Gog – Ironworks lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2497137916\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGog – Ironworks lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArizona is best known for its desert landscapes and grand canyons. Yet GOG mastermind Michael Bjella paints a very different picture of his native state with \"Ironworks\". Recorded in a late 19th century blacksmith shop, where several members of his own family toiled, GOG crafts foreboding odes to the death of the American dream using source sounds and atmosphere. This is the sound of physical labor, of blood, sweat, and tears. Metal rings on metal, shaping flesh and bone in the eternal pulse of the anvil and the searing flames of the furnace. \"Ironworks\" gives enslavement through capitalism a sinister soundtrack. GOG has been described as \"blackened psychedelic doom-drift dronelords\" but now, with 'Ironworks', GOG enters a new dimension of sound that is Bjella's most deeply personal, and highly political, musical statement thus far.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Utech Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48124790702372,"sku":"","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/GOG_2662db77-481c-40ae-8f9f-71355cc50794.jpg?v=1715535384"},{"product_id":"rm74-two-angles-of-a-triangle-2-xcd","title":"RM74 ‎– Two Angles Of A Triangle 2 xCD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1301175345\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRM74 ‎– Two Angles Of A Triangle 2 xCD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust like the light shines brighter in the darkness, contrasts are there to remind us of the existence of the other side. And to look inward is possibly the best way to be able to tell more about the true self. Sometimes it’s the only way to confront what lies deep under the skin, to be able to share it with the world outside in pure awareness. Two Angles of a Triangle is profound and introspective, yet it tells you hundreds of secrets, feelings and ideas of its creator in a highly confidential way. How Reto Mäder musically builds his triangle is similar to a folk music without genre typical folk arrangements. His perspective of music is so deeply rooted in the human soul it’s easy to forget how detailed and complex he shapes his sound material. Slowly bass guitar figures played in open circles and time are recorded with all the mechanical details of its strokes, atmospheric piano and synths building emotional high and downs, electronics treated like an organic instrument, percussions in their own ritualistic rhythms, a metallic vibrating kalimba, a howling theremin, nostalgic music box melodies, the scraping sound of a chalk on slate, oscillated radio frequencies, lost and found tape voices, cracking of tree branches. The place “Betwixt”, where RM74 aims, is way beyond that and Two Angles of a Triangle is his greatest step on the way to that place. Mäder is a singer\/songwriter without words in the never-ending search for his third angle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Utech Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48169421275428,"sku":"","price":14.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/rm74.jpg?v=1709224369"},{"product_id":"jacob-the-ominous-cd","title":"Jacob – The Ominous CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3500697999\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJacob – The Ominous CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJacob is the new project by David Cordero (Úrsula) and Marco Serrato (Orthodox). With a mutual love for sci fi and horror films, Jacob push their dark sonics further on The Ominous, a piece for el cine de la mente. Atonal, dissonant string scrapes meld together in discomforting walls of noise, while hidden forces project an ambiguous malignancy. Bleak atmospheres and an abyss of subsonic howls threaten to devour all. A sliver of melody occasionally arises as the only light that shines into this dark place. 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Also note the ghostly chorus at the outset, welcoming you into a world of shimmering crystal sound-powder and hovering florescent sprites; a slight eruption then breaks up the flora\/fauna into the synth-dro mentioned above, closed out by a collage of Kubrick-esque voices and apparitions, not exactly a portent of friendly relations. The flip continues the drift, albeit in a more angelic key, not unlike Tangerine Dream\/Steve Hillage at their ambien(t)-chugging best yet more crystallized and frosted over than either, ideal for modern consumption.\" - Tiny Mix Tapes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Utech Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48169444344100,"sku":"","price":20.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/th_6bce1d5c-5aa3-48e4-8d90-3987ef8a9bf3.jpg?v=1709224952"},{"product_id":"runhild-gammelsaeter-lasse-marhaug-quantum-entanglement-lp","title":"Runhild Gammelsæter, Lasse Marhaug – Quantum Entanglement LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1588254959\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRunhild Gammelsæter, Lasse Marhaug – Quantum Entanglement LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Runhild Gammelsaeter is a fascinating figure in underground music. Recordings are rare, performances rarer still. She emerges every few years, says what she wants to say, and disappears back to her extramusical life. She made her debut as a teenager, fronting doom band Thorr’s Hammer (formed by Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson) on 1996’s Dommedagsnatt EP, then went un-heard-from for nearly a decade before appearing on 2003’s White1, by O’Malley and Anderson’s new project, Sunn O))). Three more years passed, and she formed Khlyst with James Plotkin and Tim Wyskida of Khanate, making one album—2006’s Chaos is My Name—and a deliberately hard-to-find live DVD, Chaos Live. In 2008, she made her solo debut with Amplicon.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuantum Entanglement, also on Utech, is a very different beast. It’s another collaboration, this time with noise musician Lasse Marhaug. And where Amplicon featured 11 tracks, none reaching the five-minute mark, the new album (it’s only available digitally or on vinyl) offers two side-long pieces, the 16:25 “Ungilded” and the 17:07 “Simony.” Marhaug is clearly interested in a slow build, a cumulative result, rather than juxtaposing one thing against another in an assaultive collage. Gammelsaeter, for her part, is reciting her lyrics rather than singing them—it’s like a spoken word or poetry album, with synthesizers oozing and rumbling behind her, and what sounds like cymbals being softly tapped and rattled. Atop this cohesive and mood-based musical backdrop, there are multiple layers of vocals, some subject to radical electronic manipulation (to the point that they sound like giant dogs growling in hell) and others clear and comprehensible. At times, Gammelsaeter seems to be arguing with herself, or offering cryptic commentary on her own thoughts. Language becomes an instrument, recalling the diced-up phrases of Antje Greie-Fuchs (aka AGF) on albums like Head Slash Bauch and Words are Missing. Quantum Entanglement is a dark, absorbing release that sucks the listener in for its full 35-minute running time, taking fans on a journey deep into Runhild Gammelsaeter‘s mind and reminding them just how fascinating a place that can be.\" - Burning Ambulance\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Utech Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48169456992548,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/runhild.jpg?v=1709225172"},{"product_id":"mats-gustafsson-this-is-from-the-mouth-lp","title":"Mats Gustafsson – This Is From The Mouth LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=679248106\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMats Gustafsson – This Is From The Mouth LP - Picture disc\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Saxophonist Mats Gustafsson progressed beyond the free jazz label some time ago, especially considering his recent releases with Merzbow, Thurston Moore, and Balazs Pandi, Slobber Pup, and others. Here, he and his collaborators (David Sandström and Andreas Werliin) create an 18-minute wall of sound and drones that is one of his most “free” recordings.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA driving drum pattern provides the backing for slow-moving, distorted waves of horn. Both Sandström and Werliin are drummers, giving the piece a densely rhythmic feel not unlike Coltrane‘s works with dual percussionists. Gustafsson layers several tracks of his blowing into a mashup. While it is difficult to separate each sax line, some provide the drone walls, while others more buried in the mix squeak out an angular lead. 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Continuing with the pattern developed on previous releases, the more focused and aggressive tracks on Transient are held together by the threads of long, ritualistic passages referred to, in Burroughsian fashion, as “Interzones.” While the album is rich with an atmosphere of intentional experimentation, the focused intensity of tracks such as “Advent of my Genesis” and the frenetic ecstasy of the climactic closing track, “Soul Ruiner,” reveal the detailed composition and calculated precision of Transient.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Utech Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48210940231972,"sku":"","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/chaosechoes.jpg?v=1709825386"},{"product_id":"rene-aquarius-blight-cd","title":"René Aquarius – Blight CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3876772511\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRené Aquarius – Blight CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Blight is the first solo album from drummer René Aquarius, of the Dutch free jazz duo Dead Neanderthals, and it’s another excellent addition to our collection of releases from Milwaukee’s Utech Records. 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