loosers - natives are restless – qbico - 2xlp - 30$
2LP, black vinyls, photos by Tiago, cover by qbico
side A
Glyph
side B
The Orthodox tongue
Hipsters
side C
At prison gates only the keys sing
side D
An appointment with jackals and vultures
rec. 2005/06 in Portugal and Europe
tropa macaca - fiteiras suadas – qbico - lp - 18$
180gr. clear azul vinyl, artwork by Joana Da Conceicao
"For sure one of the wierdest and most unique record on qbico, thanks to this young couple from Porto; hard to explain, no easy listening... but once you get attuned, it grows on you... deeply. some vague similarities with the Astral Social Club LP (qbico 59)"
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graveyards – qbico - lp - 23$
"after few vinyl releases in duo or trio, this is the 1st Graveyards big band effort. a fresh and new look on free music; the more i hear it, the more i like it... killer !
black vinyl
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rahdunes – qbico - picture lp- 23$
"Originally from San Francisco, CA this is a rude boy duo. the record begin with some of the most crude and rough guitar/drums duo mu ever !
then you'll drift toward a far away place... to be finally hypnotized for 25 minutes by a side long track... derailing !"
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boris morgana – liquid child – qbico - lp- 23$
"When i went in Finland for the 1st qbico u-nite in Turku, i met Taneli (sax player) who gave me this strong rec. of his group Boris Morgana... after hearing few sec. of it, i immediatly thought that it was alone worth the trip up North: heavy stuff and pretty unique in his kind !"
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the SB - who will feed them - qbico - lp- 23$
the next evolutionary step from Double Leopards and Family Underground, very subtle and psychedelic music
members of blues control
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Smegma with Perry Robinson- Live @ No Fun Fest - qbico - lp- 23$
I used to buy and collect Smegma rockets when younger, so i'm really happy to release an LP by this really far out band, especially since they played with my friend Perry, who is one of the most versatile musician i had ever met ! Smegma is a kind of cult mob in the US experimental underground, based in Portland, Oregon, they started back in the early 70's and got connections with the Los Angeles Free Music Society (Tom Recchion, Joe Potts, Le Forte Four, Airways, Doo-Dooettes, Ace Farren Ford and even The Residents); they also got an amazing label called Pigface... here they played some jazz for the year 3018.
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Alan Sondheim - qbico - lp- 23$
After releasing two unique LP back in the 60's for the legendary ESP label with his Ritual All 770 and another one for Riverboat, finally Alan Sondheim is back ! this is his 1st LP after nearly 35 years and here he plays guitar, alpine zither, electronics, field recording... as usual he present us an eclectic mix of fascinating sounds
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laukeat lampaat - the most pollo -qbico - lp- 23$sold out
Antti & Jaakko Tolvi with special guest Lau Nau
pengo - toads tool amongst the tombstones - qbico - lp- 23$sold out
Pengo comes from Rochester, NY and are simply a dark-bright beacon of madness in the subterranean swamp of psychedelic junk collectors... they're kind of elusive, having issued only an LP prior to this release (it had been a years since we're working on this album) + few CD-R and tapes... got affiliations with Coffee & the Doyle EAE... wild stuff/wierd vibes !
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slither - invertebrate – qbico - one sided lp - 20$sold out
"Ghosts horns howling at twisted electronics sub-humans or invertebrate"
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odd clouds – qbico - pic lp - 20$sold out
"Their 1st LP, that came out a couple of years ago, was among the best thing i heard and see in the last few years. So i didn't esitate to get in touch with them... they kindly bring some odd clouds at the qbico u-nite i did in Det in 2007, along with some special gifts... so i immediatly liked them ! the music is simply one of the most exciting ever released on qbico, as well as the artworks. hear, see and feel, to believe in some mighty clouds."
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datashock – qbico - lp - 23$sold out
"Last year i was particulary impressed by their 1st LP as Datashock and Shivers, this is a very promising and young collective from Germany. the music got some affinities with Double Leopards, Family Underground and The SB... deep"
180gr. clear olive vinyl, photo by Marion Meilgen
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michael flower – returning to knowing nothing – qbico - lp- 23$ sold out
"Finally: the 1st solo LP by Vibracathedral Orchestra member Michael Flower ! the music here reminds me LaMonte Young Theatre of Eternal Dreams... echoes of Zazeela's voice, Conrad's violin, Jenning's soprano sax, MacLise's drumming... but it's the Flower alone, deep and mesmerizing ! incredible artwork by Robert Thomas from Sunburned Hand of the Man."
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vibracathedral orchestra – the sun balance/the open knot–qbico - lp- 23$ sold out
"Vibra 1st recorded for Qbico in 2004 @ the 2nd Qbico U-nite in Bruxelles: two sides + the final jam with the Antti brothers and the Flaherty/Corsano duo...but this is the 1st proper full lenght LP on Qbico ! they went into few changes in the last few years, none of which diminish their power to create such a highly vibrant and unique music, on the contrary."
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astral social club – star guzzlers –qbico - lp- 23$ sold out
"Astral Social Club 1st LP is the solo project of Neil Campbell, one of the leading and most charismatic figure in the UK experimental/electronic scene, who started back in the days the A Band and Vibracathedral Orchestra... here he uses casios, percussion, guitar, drum machine, computer, minidisk, fx, CD player and the usual gear to create an hypnotic new neon science fiction two sides long piece of alba grooves."
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loosers - Bully bones of Belgie -qbico - lp dark green vinyl- $23sold out
"best kept secret from Portugal, think a cross between Sunburned and Sun City Girls and you have a vague idea. recently they did an Euro Tour with Mouthus"
sold out at label
matt valentine/erika elder/alex neilson/moses jiggs - picture disc -qbico - lp - sold out
sold out at label
Brainwashed: "As well as being one of the best looking pieces of picture disc vinyl I think I’ve ever seen this is a record thick with atmosphere. Matt 'MV' Valentine and his collaborators melt distinct moods into strands for a journey that goes from hash den to wasteland. This is the best thing Valentine and his regular collaborator Erika Elder have ever put their names to. I’m going to run with the idea that all the songs on this LP were created from a combination of free playing and written melodies / parts. Things seem too loose to be played from scores and it’s far too consistently and conventionally melodic to be fully free. There’s equal room given to both rarefied journeying movements and hooks that shanghai the brain. Each song loosely wraps up a little universe that leaks a little as passages burrow their way inwards. Despite the many different paths taken the overall mood is that of relaxed harmony. This collective’s eponymous release avoids the hippy clichés of most psychedelic blues derived expansions" Scott Mckeating
Conrad Schnitzler - zug -qbico -picture lp- $23sold out
The Wire (issue 268, June 2006): "Originally released on cassette in 1974,
the music on Zug is markedly different from the rock meltdown of Tangerine Dream's Electronic Meditation and the fogbound soundscapes of Kluster's Zwei-Osterei, the two 1970 album on which Schnitzler's input on electronics and cello had been decisive: The album, here released as picture disk with a photograph of Schnitzler in Mephisto-meets-Gene Simmons face paint, sees him stripping away the dense textures that characterised his previous work and creating skeletal, motorik proto-techno. Predating Kraftwerk's electro-simulations of click-clacking train rhythms by three years, the album's two long - and virtually identical - tracks are hypnotic studies in perpetaul motion. An echoing drum machine, trated with ring modulation to create a monotone drone, is occasionally overlaid with growling synth and subtle filter effects. And that's about it; Schnitzler clearly has no interest in piling on textures in the manner of Tangerine Dream's Journey through a burning grain, or exploring Industrial inner space Kluster-style. Zug is cold, clinical and transfixing in its sparse, endless motion. Kraftwerk might have used similar methods to create rhythm on Ralf and Florian, but the results sound flabby and ungainly next to the stripped back classicism of Zug. Thought Schnitzler is often invoked as a key figure on the more outlandish fringes of Krautrock, his work here is distinguished by a disciplined aviodance of Kosmische slop. Three decades on, it still sounds like the future" Keith Molinéide A
ashtray navigations – throw up in the sky/with fine clinking magnets – qbico - lp- $23sold out
Ashray Navigations it's a long running power electronics/drone/noise unit from the UK underground, with many releases under his belt... but his appearance on vinyl are a rare event, this being his only 5th full lenght album in more then 10 years of activity... compromised of two side long pieces of very psychedelic and uplifting music.
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cotton museum - no face in the bog – qbico - lp -$23sold out
"Far out electronic music for the third millenium ! the track on side A is side long and totally insane (don't know but i hear echoes of Kawabata's solo on qbico #11, could be a new step/continuation ?!), my amplifier's pointers never went so schizo-frenic ! side B start with a short electronic meditation thinned out by pure acid... the middle piece is long and it's grow on you, deeper and deeper... this futuristic rocket ends with a mezmerizing short track that was broadcasted as a loop on a pirate radio station for 8 consecutive months ! all in tune: the cover, the vinyl color, the music AND the creatures ! an exhibition (curated by Thurston Moore) of Chris Pottinger's fine artworks at been recently displayed at the latest No Fun Fest."
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