in what must be one of my most belated announcements, it is a great joy to announce four fabulous absurd related editions (well, three that you can actually get, but four in total)

first of all some crunching saxophone and non-saxophone sounds from absurd favorite antoine chessex, approximating the variety and energy levels of his solo shows this is one record you won’t really appreciate from a measly image on the net. 1-sided 12″ + a hidden 7″ on the back, in a beautiful fold-out sleeve. then there’s the live document of a meeting between al margolis & dan burke. if the names if,bwana & illusion of safety mean anything to you, then you probably already have this. if on the other hand they don’t mean anything to you, then you have some serious studying to do… third in a row is a private-press nugget, absurd released 25 copies of a 7″ by antony milton. featuring lo-fi strummings and mesmerising atmosphere (caution: the last antony milton 7″ is not available for purchase)

and for an encore we have a disc by an amazing young greek musician, operating under the moniker larry gus. larry gus is very much in the spotlight these days in the greek indie community and rightly so because he’s a tireless guy with immense prospects ahead of him. a year ago he played a birthday party in the city of xanthi, but the disc is not a direct documentation of that party since the recording was faulty in parts. instead he reconstructed the whole thing adding new sounds and layers, while using sections from the original music along the way, and ended up with an even better disc than we could have had with a straight document. get it now & don’t be afraid of your inner child.

‘iasmos’ was released by a new label called “oko” in the family of hrysalida, lalia and other small names like that

Tags: absurd, eclipsis/hrysalida & family