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Nu & Apa Neagră - Descântecul Apei Negre (Black Water Incantation)

CD, LSCD 011

Relase date February 21st 2012

Rooster's First Singing 2:40
A Pilgrim 8:25
Rooster's Second Singing 2:14
Another Pilgrim 8:28
Rooster's Third Singing 1:38
The Black Water 18:53

Record release party for the release in Romania:
November 25th, Bucharest, Control Club with Parking Nonstop (Wales/Klangbad www.parkingnonstop.com)

As if it were taken from a story which has not been written yet, this new album of NU & APA NEAGRĂ remains true to its original influences - the Romanian & Turkish folklore and the electroacoustic madness of the 20th Century. With field recordings, pseudo sampling and instruments such as caval, divan saz, prepared cymbalom, synthesizers and vintage sound effects, to name just a few, the group offers a vertical approach towards the sound, one that explores the cultural and primary layers of Balkan & Carpathian spaces which are put into an occidental equation. A sort of amorphous sound psychism, whose depths reveal all of a sudden some recognizable fragments, which could help reconstruct an archaeology of all four musicians' trajectories.
www.myspace.com/projectnu

The Lollipop Shop presents: Pzychedlic Polska

ORANZADA
http://www.myspace.com/oranzada

Do 2.12. Leipzig, Waldfrieden, Bornaische Straße 56
Fr 3.12. Finsterwalde, Schützenhaus, Schützenstraße 4
Sa 4.12. Greifswald, Polenmarkt Festival, St. Spiritus, Lange Str. 49/51

OJRA + KIRITCHENKO LIVE
An ethnotronic collaboration: Ukrainian folk songs with ambient and electronic experiments

Fr. 3.9. Leipzig - 21:00, Telegraph, Dittrichring 18-20
Sa. 4.9. Berlin - 21:00, Hangar 49, Holzmarktstr. 15-18, S-Bahnbogen 49
So. 5.9. Dresden - 20:00, Dreikönigskirche, Hauptstraße 23
Di. 7.9. Köln - 19:30, Stattmuseum, Gustavstr.11

http://www.myspace.com/ojrakiritchenko

POZVAKOWSKI
Noise from Hungary

Do. 16.9. Berlin - 21:00, Hangar 49, Holzmarktstr. 15-18, S-Bahnbogen 49
So. 19.9. Leipzig - 20:00, Kulturwirtschaft Waldfrieden, Bornaische Straße 56

http://www.myspace.com/pozvakowski

OJRA & KIRITCHENKO - A TANGLE OF MOKOSHA
NEXSOUND PQP
THE LOLLIPOPPE SHOPPE
CD/DD nsp05/lscd010
distribution: a-musik.com
release date: March 9th 2010
10 € Germany (inklusive Porto)
12 € Europe (including postage)

Svity Misyachenko
Volyky
Chi bulo lito
Luli-luli
Dva Holuby
Na Yordantsi
Kotyku sirenkyi
Na Ivana Kupala
Kohannya
Khata

more info: English

Nexsound and The Lollipoppe Shoppe present an ethnotronic collaboration of the neo-folk group Ojra and Andrey Kiritchenko. A Tangle Of Mokohsha contains 10 tracks with songs of pagan and Chiristian origins collected during the group's ethnographic expeditions in Eastern Ukraine. The material was additionally infused with electronic sounds by Andrey Kiritchenko.These interpretations of authentic songs glister of versatile sonic palettes. Here one can distinguish ambient and electronic experiments, field-recordings of nature and bright sound of traditional instruments. This vivid piece of work has the ability to conduct the listeners imagination and to melt him/her down inside of the music.

Ojra are:
Halyna Breslavets - voice
Natalka Dudynska - violin
Petro Yuha - solilka, hulusi, dvoyanka, guitar
Yurko Yefremov - bass, dulcimer, drymba, kalimba, buhay, bayan

Halyna Breslavets teaches Ukrainian folk singing and vocals at Kharkov's State Academy of Culture. Petro Yuha plays with Kharkov's philharmonic orchestra. Natalka Dudynska works as a musician for Kharkov's theater of musical comedy For the last 10 years the artists were collecting and researching Ukrainian folk music. Ojra are laureates and participants of many folk, jazz and rock tenders and festivals. They have collaborated with the experimental theater Yara Art-Group and La MaMa/New York.

Andrey Kiritchenko
Born in 1976 in Kharkiv / Ukraine and started his musical activity in 1991 as a singer / song-writer in a rock band. Active in fields of electronic music since 1996. Andrey is a crossgenre experimental sound artist combined acoustic and digital aesthetics, tiny melodies and noise. So far, under all aliases he released more than 40 albums on labels such as Staalplaat, Ad Noiseam, SPEKK, Zeromoon and Nexsound; has over 50 compilation appearances on labels all over the world; performed through continental Europe, Russia and Kazakhstan; had collaborations with Francisco Lopez, Kim Cascone, Sara Lunden, Jeff Surak, Kotra, the Moglass etc.; nominated and awarded by Qwartz Electronic Music Awards.

myspace.com/ojrakiritchenko
nexsound.org
lollipopshop.de

SHIP OF ARA – s/t
CD / Digipack
Lollipopshop LSCD 009
Release Date: 12.12.2009

SHIP OF ARA are Groucho Kangaroo and Stefan Schlensag. Groucho's work with the COSMIC KANGAROOS and Stefan's leading part in THE HIPSTERS are well known realities to dedicated fans of 80's neo-garage and psychedelic sounds throughout the Ruhr-Valley and beyond. Now they have ventured out to present their folky sides, but that doesn't mean that there's no noise involved.

more info: English / Deutsch

on December 12th! (Zenrum Altenberg, Oberhausen, NRW)!

Volga on tour. November 2009

Nov 5th - Bayreuth, Germany
Nov 7th - Leipzig, Germany
Nov 8th - Berlin, Germany
Nov 9th - Praha, Czech Republic
Nov 10th - Wroclaw, Poland
Nov 11th - Warsaw, Poland

More info soon.
Check here and on Volga's myspace site

Volga's track on Made in Russia compilation by DJ Gülbahar Kültür
more info below

IT'S CHAMPAGNE, NOT VODKA: "MADE IN RUSSIA"

Lola's World Records, the prominent label of the series "Made in ...", following Turkey, Greece, India, Germany and Iran, spotlights a country of huge population accommodating a wide range of ethnicity: Russia. The double CD album "Made in Russia" dedicated to this country where 60 different ethnic groups inhabit, naturally reflects this diversity and wealth of culture.

Russia immediately linked to classical music with its eminent composers and musicians had many underground rock bands emerging in the 60s and 70s. During Perestroika period of the 80s, these bands found the medium to get to the surface of the ground and rock music became the mainstream. It is this period that Russia opened its doors to such diverse sounds and genres like heavy metal, power and progressive metal, alternative rock, soft rock, folk rock, ska, punk, rap, dub, electronica, downtempo, house and trance that would be influential on the music made in Russia in the years to come. Shortly, the social and political changes that took place in Russia naturally echoed in the music scenery and led to an extraordinary vigour, uncovering a treasure trove.

"Made in Russia" covers meticulously chosen songs beautifully brought together to have an intoxicating effect on its listeners. It reflects the Russia today, avoiding the cliché of strong vodka and offering sweet champagne dreams instead: perhaps the number of vodka drinkers is no less than the past, but it would not be an exaggeration to say that particularly in recent years, the number of champagne drinkers has considerably increased.

Gülbahar Kültür, the compiler of this album and all other albums of "Made in ..." series names the first CD of this convivial double CD album as `GOGOL'S OVERCOAT', dedicating it to one of the matchless stories of the Russian literature and one of her favourite authors. The ones who open their hearts to the Russian literature know how wonderful, delicious, fulfilling and rich it is: `GOGOL'S OVERCOAT' has exactly the same traits. Some of the awesome artists and groups featured in the CD are: Moscow Groove Institute, the leader of electronic music in Russia; T9, the famous hip hop trio from St. Petersburg; Volga, the successful blender of post-industrial electronic music, archaic percussions and old Russian rituel melodies; IMAS, performing jazz nurtured by various folcloric instruments and Second Hand Band, the agitator of dub culture in Russia.

The second CD: "Pushkin's Party" is literally a dance and party album acting as the leader of the Russian wind that also blows strong in the fashion world this year. Some of the artists and collectives at "Pushkin's Party" are Leningrad, the ska punk group that shook all St. Petersburg until the day they disbanded in 2008; Karl Hlamkin who defines his music as "hyperpositive"; Oleg Kostrow, well known in Russia for his original, creative power and playful samples and Red Elvises, the indispensible group of parties made up of Russian and American members.

You can find almost all sounds in this compilation: pop, ska, rock, jazz, electronic, rap, dub, trance, polka, klezmer, balalaika speedfolk, Cchansons... Gülbahar Kültür, the prolific and successful DJ of the World Music école, once more releases an outstanding album on Lola's world Records label: "Made in Russia" is an album essential for parties, for lounging, music archives... In short, an album essential for everywhere music survives.

PRESSTEXT: ENGLISH / DEUTSCH

Nu & Apa Neagra at Avantgarde Festival and elsewhere

Nu & Apa Neagra wil be playing in Germany in late August:
August 28th, Hamburg, Astra Stube
August 30th, Shiphorst, Avantgarde Festival
August 31st, Berlin (tba) with a reading of Calin Torsan of Nu!

Check their myspace space: http://www.myspace.com/projectnu

Korai Öröm have a new CD out! The surprising title: "2009". But, unlike previous albums, the tracks do have names!
Two tracks feature the voice of Tanja Svaha, the Russian space-folk singer who performed with Ole Lukkoye.

The CD is also released in released in Germany with Gunther Lorz' Herzberg Verlag. 16 € including postage to Germany and Europe!
The band will perform in Germany: May, 7th, Berlin, Stella, May, 8th, Bielefeld.

EASTERN SPACE CAKE-CD re-release mit/with ZONIC #14-17

Unser Eastern Space Cake-Sampler wurde soeben als Beilage für das ZONIC Magazin wiederveröffentlicht.

Das zum Magazin gewandelte Fanzine aus Greifswald hat sich schon sehr früh um Musik aus dem Osten gekümmert.
Das 165 Seiten starke Heft kommt u.a. mit Artikeln zu Uz Jsme Doma (CZ), Yugo-(Post)-Punk, Jegor Letow, Notchnoi Prospekt und dem Magnetband-Untergrund in der DDR. Und natürlich Infos zum Space Cake-Sampler und den Künstlern [Magic Carpathians Project, Oranzada, Archinta, Pathman, Asunta (Poland), Volga (Russia), NU (Romania), Korai Oeroem, Uzgin Uever, Trottel Monodream (HU)]

Den ersten 10 Bestellungen ist die zweite CD-Beilage von Column One sicher (album "The Excellent Listener"). Mehr zum Zonic unter: www.zonic-online.de

Alles Gute im Neuen Jahr!
__________________________________________

Our Eastern Space Cake-sampler was just re-release with the German Magazine ZONIC (www.zonic-online.de).
A lot of interesting articles, essays, reviews - unfortunately in German only.
First orders will receive another CD by post-East-German Noise/Cut-Up project Column One. So 2 CDs and one Mag for €12!

All the Best for 2009!

NU & APA NEAGRA will play a couple of shows in Germany, hope some of you have the chance to see us... Thanks to everybody who helped making this happen!

OCTOBER 9
Soahc
Dortmund-Mengede, Siegenstrasse 15
doors: 20h, tickets: 5 e

OCTOBER 10
Kulturkeller Domizil
Braugasse 6, 35390 Giessen
23h
anschl. Dobra Ost

OCTOBER 11
Kassel, BANDHOUSE,
Kassel-Bettenhausen, hinterm Hallenbad-Ost
mit STROM, 5 e

OCTOBER 12
Berlin, Schokoladen, Ackerstrasse 196, 21h
hosted by Lady Gaby

OCTOBER 13
Leipizig, Noch Besser Leben
Merseburger Str. 25 / Ecke Karl-Heine-Str.
04229 Leipzig, 21h

OCTOBER 14
Berlin-Mitte, Balast der Republik,
Brunnenstrasse 183, 21h

http://www.myspace.com/projectnu

Sasha Liviu Stoianovic - saz, voice, instruments, loop sampler
Alexandru Hegyesi - accoustic bass
Vlad Sturdza - guitar
Calin Torsan - woodwinds

NU & APA NEAGRA

Formed in Timisoara, Romania, by Sasha-Liviu Stoianovici (self taught saz player and visual artist) & Alexandru Hegyesi. The NU & APA NEAGRA sound project deals with a mix between traditional tunes, improvised vocals and spacy electronics. It started in 2001, as NU, being at the time more of a folk/free form music project.

Representing Romanian underground psychedelia, the group toured Germany twice in 2006, presenting their cdr 'At Gardina', which, in the meantime, received some great revues. Played club gigs and also festivals. NU's music has been airplayed at radio statoins like WFMU or Freies Radio Kassel, among others... After some changes and studio work in 2007, NU 'reincarnated' as NU & APA NEAGRA and released the OMAG album at the German indie label Lollipoppe Shoppe in June 2008. The tracks have been recorded both in Berlin, Germany and Timisoara, Romania. The sound became darker, being influenced by various trips in the mountains and forests of Romania. Field recordings, ancient instruments, strange overdubbing techniques, they all create a rough ethno-psychedelic sound, definately a trademark of NU & APA NEAGRA. The title of the album is inspired by the very poisonous plant Omag, found in the traditional pharmaceutical universe of Romanians. There are 13 original tracks, the 14th one being a deep and strange mix done by Alan Holmes (Ectogram, Parking Non-Stop). Live shows in central Europe are planed for autumn 2008.

NU & APA NEAGRA - Omag (LSCD 008), release date June 17th.

www.nu-apa-neagra.ro
www.myspace.com/projectnu

Volga European Tour 2008

27 February (9 pm)
NATO
(Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 46, Leipzig, Germany)

28 February (9 pm)
ALTE FEUERWACHE LOSCHWITZ
(Fidelio-F.-Finke-Straße 4, Dresden, Germany)
support: Elektroherd (UA)

29 February (7:30 pm)
SKUTECNOST
(Francouzska 76, Praha 10, Czech Republik)

3 March 2008 (9 pm)
CHANNEL ZERO
(Metelkova City, Ljubljana, Slovenia)

5 March (9 pm)
ROTE SONNE
(Maximiliansplatz 5, München, Germany)

8 March (9 pm)
PARADISO
Women in Paradise Festival
(Weteringcchans 69, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)

9 March (9 pm)
AUSLAND
(Lychener Str. 60, Berlin, Germany)

12 March
t.b.a
(Cannes, France)

more infos at

www.volgamusic.ru
www.myspace.com/volgamusic

Korai Öröm - Volume Zero (lscd 007)
The Lollipoppe Shope (LC 10626)
VÖ 12. Mai 2007

"Volume Zero" ist, abgesehen von zwei Vinyl-LPs, Korai Öröms erste CD-Veröffentlichung außerhalb Ungarns und ihre 10 CD. Das Album versammelt Tracks aus den letzten 10 Jahren und ist als eine Art Best-Of-Album konzipiert um der Gruppe ein weiteres Publikum außerhalb Ungarns zu erschließen.

Korai gehören inzwischen zu den etabliertesten Live-Acts und beliebtesten Festivalbands Ungarns. Die Big Band, die gerne bis zu 10 Musikern auf der Bühne versammelt und 2-3 VJs für ihre Lightshow mitbringt, begann mit einer ersten Tape Veröffentlichung 1993 auf dem legend-ären Trottel-Records-Label und machte ihre ersten internationalen Schritte im Vorprogramm der ebenso legendären Rasenden Leichenbeschauern (VHK). Ihre ersten zwei CDs werden als Meisterwerke europäischer - zeitgenössischer - Psychedelia gehandelt und die Band wurde gerne in einem Atemzug mit den Ozric Tentacles genannt. Seit Korai Öröms drittem Album absorbiert und transformiert die Gruppe erfolgreich Club-Sound-Ästhetiken. Diese Entwicklung dokumentieren auch die Remix-Alben "Recycled" (1998) und "Reflected" (2003), während die Bandeigene DJ-Crew "Korai Banditos" nach einem dreistündigen Konzert mit unvorstellbaren Energie-Ressourcen die Party gerne bis in den Morgengrauen fortsetzt.
Die Band hat fast in ganz Europa gespielt, neben den benachbarten Ländern und Mitteleuropa auch Russland, Irland, England, Italien, Frankreich und Bulgarien. Zu den Höhepunkten der Band-Vita zählen u.a. die Teilnahmen am Solipse-Festival in Ozora/HU anlässlich der Sonnen-finsternis 1999, der Beitrag zum Soundtrack von Faith Akims "Im Juli" 2000 und der Auftritt beim Herzbergfestival 2005 bei Fulda/D.
Neben 5 Tracks ihrer Alben "2005", "2001", "2000" und "1997" beinhaltet "Volume Zero" zwei Remixes vom "Reflected Album", darunter auch ein Bearbeitung von Greifswalder Al Haca-Soundsystem.
Sowohl bei den Titel der Alben als auch bei Tracknamen sorgten Korai Öröm immer wieder für Verwirrung: die Alben sind schlicht nach dem Erscheinungsjahr benannt und die Tracks entsprechend ihrer Positionen auf den CDs. "Nicht aus Mangel an Fantasie", sagt die Gruppe, "Stücke und Alben haben keine Titel, weil die Botschaft unserer Musik nicht in Worten ausgedrückt werden kann." (Soviel für die Radio-Menschen unter uns?).
Die CD kommt in einem Pappschuber wie bei Promos und ist verschweisst.
Artwork by Valery Shalabin (psychedelischer Maler aus Petersburg und Ole Lukkoye-Freund)
€ 10

Korai Öröm - Volume Zero (lscd 007)
The Lollipoppe Shope (LC 10626)
Release date: May, 12th 2007

"Volume Zero" is Korai first CD-release outside Hungary und thus their 10th CD. The album collects tracks from the past 10 years and is conceived as some kind Best-Of in order to reach a broader audience outside their home country.

Korai Öröm is amongst the most popular live acts and festival bands from Hungary. The Big Band collects up to 10 musicians on stage and 2-3 VJs for the light show. Their career began with a tape release on Hungary's legendary Trottel Records and their first steps outside the contry were made as a support act with the similarly legendary VHK / Galloping Coroners. The band's first two Cds are considered masterpieces of contemporary European Psychedelia and they are considered to be an equivalent to the English Ozric Tentacles. Since their third album "1997", the band started to absorb and transform club-sound-aesthetics which is manifested by two remix albums in 1998 ("Recycled") and 2003 ("Reflected"), while the band's own DJ-crew keeps spinning records even after an up-to three hour live show with no apparent shortage of energy well into the morning hours.

The band has toured all over Europe and played, besides Hungary's neighboring countries, in Russia, Ireland, England, Italy, France and Bulgaria. Among the highlights of the band's vita were the participation in the Solipse Festival/Ozora/HU on the occasion of the solar eclipse in 1999, their sountrack contribution for Turkish/German director Faith Akim's roadmovie "Im Juli", 2000 and thier overwhelming appearnce at Germany's Herzberg Festival in 2005

The band has toured all over Europe and played, besides the Hungary's neighboring countries, in Russia, Ireland, England, Italy, France and Bulgaria. Amnong the highlight of the band's vita were the participation in the Solipse Festival/Ozora/HU on the occasion of the solar eclipse in 1999, their sountrack contribution for Turkish/German director Faith Akim's roadmovie "Im Juli", 2000 and thier overwhelming appearnce at Germany's Herzberg Festival in 2005

Beside 5 tracks from thier records ""2005", "2001", "2000" and "1997", "Volume Zero" contains two mixes of the "Reflected" album along with a rework by Greifswald's (Northern East Germany) Al Haca Soundsystem.

Korai Öröm often created confusion in regard to both their album titles and track names: as the albums simply were titled acoording to the year of appearance, the titles were simply given names according the order on the albums. "It's not about lack of fantasy", states the band "the pieces and the albums just have no titles, because the message of Korai's music cannot be translated in words". (That information for the radio presenters among us).

The CD comes in a cardbordbox and the cover artwork is by Valery Shalabin (a "psychedelic" painter from Petersburg and friend with Ole Lukkoye)
€ 10

		Finally it is out: the long awaited Eastern Space Cakes compilation by The Lollipop Shop. This compilation features tracks by some of the most interesting Eastern artists we have worked with within the last 10 year. This CD comes free with every order; or might be ordered for 3 € inside Germany or 5 € for the rest of Europe to cover postage and package. More infos on the project soon!
		Endlich ist es soweit: der langerwartete Eastern Space Cakes-Sampler ist da. Diese Zusammenstellung beinhaltet Stücke von Künstlern aus dem Neuen Europa, mit denen in den letzten 10 Jahren zusammen gearbeitet haben oder deren Tonträger wir vertrieben haben. Diese CD kommt unentgeltlich mit jeder Bestellung oder kann für 3 € für Deutschland bzw. für 5 € für Europa für Porto und Verpackung bestellt werden. Mehr Infos hierzu später!

Magic Carpathians Project (PL)
Oranzada (PL)
Volga (RU) *
NU (RO)
Korai Öröm (HU)
Úzgin Üver (HU)
Trottel Monodream (HU)
Archinta (PL)
Pathman (PL)
Asunta (PL)

* [a track from the new album "Pomol" out soon on Lumberton Trading Records]

PRESS RELEASE

Various Artist - Eastern Space Cakes
catalogue-Nr.: LSCD 006
label: The Lollipoppe Shoppe, LC 10626

Welcome to an audio journey into the fringes of Eastern Eurpean music culture!

Although incomplete, this CD represents some of the finest artists whose music we imported from new Europe over more than a decade. We at the Lollipop Shop started out as a vinyl record label in 1992 and began to discover the music of the East with an early release by the legendary Polish folk/improv group Atman (Atman - Personal Forest) in 1994. Records by Ole Lukkoye (Russia) and Korai Öröm (Hungary) followed soon after.
The purpose of the Eastern Space compilation was to collect some of the artists whose records we have spread not only among collectors in the West, but also document several whoe were brought over for live concerts. The release also inaugurates the new name under which our activities will take place in the future: Agencja Wuzetka. A Wuzetka is a cake or a piece of tart from socialist Warsaw. This name again derives from the letters W and Z which denote East and West in Polish (wschód and zachód).

The Magic Carpathians Project (Nowy Sacz/Poland) is one of the two follow-up project of the legendary Polish group Atman, an eco-activist collective from south Poland who have been playing folk jams since the 80's. "In the Prison of Mind" was recorded at the WNUR radio station in Chicago, USA May 5th 2006 during their US tour and their appearance at the Terrastock Festival.
magiccarpathians.com

Oran¿ada is a young colorful rock outfit from Otwock close to Warsaw. "Koszula wspomnieñ" is a track taken from their second album "Drzewa w sadzie zdzik³y" on the band's own Mikrofon Records.
oranzada.com

Volga is one of the most interesting projects from Moscow combinig experimental electronics, advanced beats, and traditional lyrics of ancient Russian folk culture. The singer Anzhelika Manukian collected and studied ancient Russian folk songs and Alexei Borisov is worldwide reknown for his post-industrial noise experiments. "Pomol" is the title track from their new album to be released in early 2007 on Lumberton Trading Records, UK. Volga will be touring Germany in February 2007.
volgamusic.ru

The NU project is a young folk-improv collective form Timisoara/Romania. "Ezaro" comes from their first self-released CDR "At Gardina." The band says to be influenced not only by Romnian legend Phönix but also by Krautrock, Sun Ra, and the Polish Atman. Nu played their first concerts outside Romania at festivals in Germany 2006.
myspace.com/projectnu

Korai Öröm is one of the best known Hungarian contributions to the European festival circuit since the mid 90's. This Budapest big band plays with up to 5 percussionsts and 4 ligh operators. On their recent records they managed to transform their ritualistic tribal rock into urban club aesthetics. This track is from the 2005 album.
korai.hu

Úzgin Üver from Budapest started as an avant-gardistic folk-rock group; on recent records they became more experimental creating tribal ethno drones and soundtracks for puppet plays and theater productions. "Palló" is taken from the album "Vörös Rébék".
uzginuver.hu

The Trottel band was one of the earliest punk rock groups to tour the West since the late 80's and early 90's. Trottel Monodream is one of several incarnations of Trottel combining punk dynamics and festival/space rock. "Fluid" is the title track from the same titled album from 2000. The Trottel label gave birth to many Hungarian alternative stars from the 1990's (Anima Soundsystem, Korai Öröm etc).
trottel.hu

The Lódz/Poland based Archinta was the project of Grazyna Jasman the wife of Janusz Reichel, a well known Poish musician with an eco-/punk-activits background. "Malfor" was taken from the cassette album "Intus" on the obscure "W moich oczach" label.

Pathman (Inow³ódz/Poland) is another follow-up project from the legendary Atman. "Glo" which appeared on the CDR album "Poza" by the notorious Mikmusik from Silesia (mikmusik.org) Ex-Atman guitarist and dulcimer player Kolecki and Leszczyñski orgnanize the anual Festiwal w Krajobrazie, surely one of the most interesting alternative events in Poland since the last 10 years!
festiwalwkrajobrazie.org

Asunta is the project of the legendary radio personality, Reggae activist, and spirititual propagandist S³awomir Go³aszewski from Warsaw. "Landscape VIII" was taken from the cassette and CDR album "Landscapes of Asunta" by Atman's own Fly Music label and the Nefryt label respectively.
nefryt.serpent.pl

The Eastern Space Cakes compilation is not for sale but comes for free with orders from our mail-order and during concerts by the respective artists.

Skladanka dokumentujaca pierwszy etap zacnej inicjatywy - promowania na rynkach europejskich najciekawszych niszowych artystów z krajów Europy Wschodniej. Na Eastern Space Cakes mamy reprezentantów czterech nacji: Polski, Wegier, Rumunii i Rosji, odslaniajacych rozmaite oblicza muzyki niezaleznej, z wyrazna jednak dominacja okolopsychodelicznych preparacji o zdecydowanym etnicznym posmaku, budujacym "lokalny" koloryt poszczególnych utworów. Nasz kraj reprezentuja na tym wydawnictwie: Karpaty Magiczne, z alternatywna wersja utworu In the Prison of Mind, znanego z albumu Sonic Suicide, tu zaprezentowanego w wersji bardziej minimalistycznej; Oranzada z porcja garazowo-gitarowej psychodelii podanej w piosenkowej formule; Asunta z kolejna odslona Landscape - w nieco oniryczno-nostalgicznej atmosferze; Pathman z etniczno-psychodeliczna preparacja Glo oraz urokliwa, folkowa Archinta. Rosjanie prezentuja intrygujaca, transowa, szamansko-postindustrialna Volge; Rumuni - pobrzmiewajaca elektronika etno-preparacje NU. Wegrzy pojawiaja sie az w trzech odslonach: nudnawej, brzmiacej jak klon póznego Pink Floyd, Korai Öröm; nieprzekonujacej - opartej na patentach Cocteau Twins, Trottel Monodream i bardzo ciekawej - minimalistyczno-etnicznej, Úzgin Üver. Calosc nie aspiruje oczywiscie do stylistycznej czy koncepcyjnej jednorodnosci, ma wszak charakter przegladowo-promocyjny i w takiej funkcji sprawdza sie wcale niezle, Cieszy tez fakt, ze rodzimi artysci wypadaja w tej konfrontacji naprawde przekonujaco.

Dariusz Brzostek (http://www.gaz-eta.vivo.pl/gaz-eta/recenzje/gazeta.php?nr=50&id=6)