we got newbies! and it's with a bloody sigh of releif!
after orginially launching the first record in January we've had too many cover problems to count!! broken screens, broken brains, confining commitments & fucked finances!
but after all of that and a hell of a lot of passed time we're finally releasing both of the new LP's by Hi-God People / Zond and Cousins of Reggae....
Hi-God People / Zond split 12''
The Hi-God People side was recorded around the same time as their recent split 12'' with New Zealanders the Dead C.
It has live snippets from their show at the Palace whilst supporting Sonic Youth and recordings from a radio 3CR session.
On the flip side is Zond! Zond are a rock group from Melbourne, Australia. They are named after a satellite of the USSR.
But Zond are broadcasting dark ecstasy, not from space but from a place far below. They are a Rorschach blot, or a Freudian analysis gone wrong. Zond include members of past and present groups: On, Fong, Library Punks, Mum Smokes, Ned & the Meds, The Stabs. This is Zond's first release!
both sides are just fucking genius! that's all i have to say>>>>>
Cousins of Reggae ''QUARTZ'' 12''
''New limited LP from this Canada-based riot squad, best loved for their excellent split with Mouthus. Quartz goes beyond the heavily-barbecued
Harry Pussy moves of their previous releases and further into new realms of lurch that would combine riffs that sound like I Wanna Be Your Dog tied to streamrollers and dragged on their face through Industrial warehouse with the deforming use of clotted F/X, endless vistas of crunch and some fucking bandstand rocking moves that make you wonder what The Birthday Party might’ve sounded like if they dug Demo Moe more than fucking Gene Pitney'' - David Kennan, Volcanic Tongue
both records are limited to 300 copies which are almost gone already... hand screenprinted & stenciled covers... absolutely time consuming process!!! some would PAINstaking... i would say a lot of love.
to order head to http://www.spanishmagic.org
soon in other stores around AUS & worldwide through http://www.eclipse-records.com/index2.shtml , http://www.midheaven.com/front.html, http://www.a-musik.com/ , & [http://volcanictongue.co.uk/](Volcanic Tongue).
will this work?????
hopefully with the fucked images?...
Awwwwwwwwwwesome! I'm in!
good new raven! you'll not be disappointed!
Will Paint It Black have copies?
hopefully in the next couple of weeks... basically it's just as cheap to buy from us...
$20 including postage for each record.
in stock at tenzenmen, stall this wednesday at la campana....
yes buy them from tenzenmenn.. but we need some money so if you wann help us then buy from us!
lookin' good!
Woss la campana? Oh right, a venue. Can't make that sorry.
OK one way or other, I'll grab.
I'll be at Volcanic Tongue at the start of July as part of my 6 week It's-A-Mad-Mad-Mad-Mad-World trip... But I'm not waiting that long to buy a piece of Oz vinyl ;)
haha.. yeah.. not only that they'll probably charge ya a fortune too.. they were selling cousins of reggae there for 30pound.
Cousins of Reggae are fondletific, looking forward to hearing it.
i know you'll love this record mate!!! it's fuckin' better than any of the other that i've heard!
here's some more things said by other people:
''Quartz… this is the one, the big one. Cousins of Reggae turn in after a big night out on a split with Mouthus, and sift through the flies and polish the new material, and bring you a record that really feels like a major chunk of change, or crystal, what have you, what say you. Cousins bring the bling for 11 songs that oscillate between eyeball-choking factory haze sound, and drum production worthy of those ground effects you just got installed. Track 11 is the first time drumming plausibly approaches Chippendale-level fury, and reminds one of the time we first went to Rhode Island and sat down with some Providence dudes and they asked what we sound like, to which Lee replied Harry Pussy (somewhat plausible), or Lightning Bolt (not plausible). Homey being bass player of Lightning Bolt meant sly smiles and smug slit-eyes went our way and we knew then like we know now that Providence is not just a clever name. Check the outcome of THAT hang on Live in Providence 2003. Anyway “Quartz” is replete with the glories of drug references, gothic cries, sublimely dust-blown stolid riffs, death-defying drumming (including close calls), guitar hail marys, steel cowboy ballads, short meditative instrumentals, and gazebo-worthy swells and harmonic tension buds, all indicative of the experience accrued over Cousins’ short career. Imported from Australia. J. Olson calls ‘07 Cousins “like Hendrix meets Napalm Death... total punk thing.” You know the deal. ''
these records really do make you feel like this!
I'm liking all that I hear so far and looking forward to much much more!
CHROIST ALMOIGHTY. Yeah. But I expected that to be honest. Glasgow is our first stop in the UK, but a bit later that week I'll be in Manchester & Leeds going to some great and much cheaper rekkid stores. Just not, you know, listed as emporia-of-Spanish-Magic.
Anyway, ordered the Hi-God Peeps split direck.
hey raven for some reason an email didn't come through with your order but i found it.. we'll get it off to you tomorrow mate.
Bloody PayPal eh. Lucky we got M+N! Ta, no rush, good to hear.
Listened to the Lubriphikatttor/Cousins of reggae split lp this morn, stunning.
yeah i still gotta hear that one!
So can I order quartz somehow.. your domain has been suspended..again..
bloody hell.. that's annoying! yeah ya can send payment via paypal to spanishmagic (at) hotmail (dot) com and we'll sort it mate... $23 including postage.
Done :]
got it mate. we'll have it off asap.
Super, I'll prepare the lounge room in waiting anticipation.
anyone heard the Jimmy James and the White Cranes CDR? It just popped up on the SM myspace as being available. How mysterious
THE STUD is genius!
is it Prehistoric Fucking Moron related?
THE STUD is totally worthwhile.
it sounds nothing like PFM. so not sure if it's related or not.
all you really need to know is it's GOLD!
I haven't heard it, but for some reason thought it was the same guy. must have made it up.
(it is)
Anyone been listening to 'the stud' much?
great stuff
haven't updated this in a while so thought i'd do it...
out now:
CISTERN CORRUPT 'paisley fucker' CASS
GO GENRE EVERYTHING 'humans & luxury' 7''
PREHISTORIC FUCKIN' MORON 'they look alike / mainly around the head' CASS
!!!!SOON!!!!
PIMMON / Yclept Dinmakers 'split' CASS
first side will be a live set at sound no sound in 2005 and on the flip a live to radio set from 1983 : 22 years!!!!
I can't wait till all of these are ripped into digital form so I can listen to them.
(Alright, I do own a turntable, begrudgingly)
sorrrrrrrry......
poor raven.
*OUT REAL SOON! *
Pimmon / Yclept Dinmakers 'split' CASS
Cistern Corrupt 'new' CASS
Radio Ca Ca 'kenna madness' CASS
++++more
just finishing off the artworks and the like and we're all systems go... about 1 month off.
sweet. I will now remove my fbook status lamenting about this. Will it be limited to 50 copies?
possibly... but more likely 100..
Can't wait to hear all these! Especially Sam's stuff, great title too.
Wow Pimmon.. spectacular!
the yclept dinmakers shit is outrageous.
Awesome lineup. I shall get someone to digify them. Some like Pimmon :)
(This is not to say I won't buy 'em! I am not that kind of reprobate!) (srsly) (different kind of reprobate)
Some*one* like Pimmon...
GO GENRE EVERYTHING 'humans & luxury' listed in byron coley's top 15 of the year in The Wire!
if anyone's interested we've decided to reduce the prices on all our old / not so new records sitting around::: cheap as! if you haven't got them get into em... some tapes comin real soon when i get off my ass and sign these fuckin' forms and send them off....
$12 12''s:::
Hi-God People / Zond split 12''
Cousins of Reggae ''Quartz'' LP
$5 7''s
GO GENRE EVERYTHING 'humans & luxury' 7''
$5 CD's
Expansion Bay ''Star Obsolescence'' CD
VA ''It's Over, We Don't Care'' CD
email us at spanishmagic@hotmail.com or order through the site....
the site::: www.voxcyclops.com
R Duncan 'Village Of H' c47
new no # cassette on Spanish Magic now. email: voxcyclops@gmail.com to order. edition of 50 tapes...genius synth wizardry.
http://soundcloud.com/r-duncan
PIMMON / YCLEPT DINMAKERS tape out soon.
as well as RADIO CA CA.
Workin on it!
stoked.
2 new tapes available now!
Pimmon / Yclept DInmakers 'Live @ Sound No Sound 2005 / Frootz Masheen (Parched Again)' c70
*RADIO CA CA* 'untitled' c22
http://www.spanishmagic.blogspot.com
2 new videos for Radio Ca Ca & Pimmon / Yclept Dinmakers tapes:
Radio Ca Ca excerpts
Pimmon / Yclept Dinmakers