DESASTRE SWITZERLAND
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Distr. : SW -
UK - Norman
US - Forced Exposure
Style : reissue /
DST 001
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DST 002 UT-TIGHT UP-TIGHT LP 07.2016
Up-Tight are a three-piece psych group based in Hamamatsu, Japan with a history dating
back to 1992 has released around 10 records. Up-Tight's current line-up (2016) is
original members T. Aoki (vocal & guitar) T. Ogata (bass) and T. Shirahata (drums).
The ghosts of The Velvet Underground, Les Rallizes Dénudés and Amon Düül loom large
over their personal feedback song-destruction universe. This LP is the first re-issue
of their original CD-R-only release in Japan in 1999 in a very limited edition of
100 copies. It has been remastered in Berlin from original recordings and presented
here in an edition of 300. Here is what David Keenan (Wire magazine) thought about
this first CD-R released in 1999.
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DST 004 HALA STRANA HALA STRANA LP 09.2017
01 Cinnamon Shops
02 Stria
03 Jede Forman Dolinu
04 Quarter Mesto
05 Streets Of Raised Platforms
06 Spiring Plume
07 Brickwork And Scoria
08 The Strictness Of Beauty
09 Stouthrief
10 Alate
11 Black Dust
12 Millstones
13 A Second Fall
Originally released in 2003. Hala Strana is a summation of Steven R. Smith's interest
in the traditional folk musics of central and eastern Europe. By incorporating the
melodies, scales, and instrumentation of the village music from areas such as Croatia,
Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Poland,
All elements from the original CD artwork have been used for the vinyl edition.
The cover art is a detail from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493) but the Hala Strana
writing have been hand-made by Mathieu Tilly (Druidhigh Visuals), who is also
France's drummer and the co-owner of the Standard In-Fi label. Tilly provided the
new LP layout and insert (and the logo of Desastre label).
http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/DST.004LP.html
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