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sonicl · 11.19.2007, 04:06 AM

From the latest Volcanic Tongue update:

Les Rallizes Denudes
Are You Rallizesed?
Ignuitas CDAR24/35
2xCD
£36.99

New limited-edition double CD set from long-time archival Rallizes label Ignuitas. This one features a complete Rallizes show from Shizuoka Stupa in 1974 with Mizutani feeding his guitar to the fire with outrageous Star Spangled Banner-style leads while the rest of the group lay-down some of the most brain-freezing nod-out grooves of their entire career. There’s a great slack, elegaically-stoned feel to the playing and by the end of the show the whole group are obliviously destroyed. Recommended.

Les Rallizes Denudes
Cable Hogue Soundtrack
Univive 016
2xCD
£46.99

Long-awaited legendary Rallizes compilation put together by guitarist/vocalist Mizutani himself, originally as the soundtrack source to the Rallizes movie. It’s the closest we’ll ever come to Mizutani fully articulating his own particular vision for Rallizes and of course it is as gloriously fucked and impossible to fully grasp as you might have hoped. Coming across like something between Sonic Youth’s Sonic Death cassette, the most fucked-up Grateful Dead boot and Dean Benedetti’s recordings of Charlie Parker’s improvised solos, the fidelity moves from sub-Dead C nada-fi through to truly sublime endless hi-fi jams. The material seems to have been chosen on the strength of Mizutani’s soloing alone and as such some of his most mind-flaying six string moves are secreted in here as well as radical headcharges through all of the group’s key material. As usual with these deluxe Univive titles, this edition is extremely limited and made-to-order and as such we have very small numbers and can only offer one of each title per customer. Highly recommended.

Les Rallizes Denudes
Mizutani 2 with Association Love Songs
Univive 015
3xCD Box
£58.99

Massively-expanded deluxe edition on the premier Rallizes imprint, Univive, that restores one of the few official albums released by Rallizes during their lifespan, Mizutani. The original Mizutani album was made up of material compiled over the years 1973-75 and features more stripped down, blasted rock songs that give the nod to Neil Young as much as the Velvets or Blue Cheer, with wasted vocals and downer guitar blues serrated with aching, extended guitar oblivions. This amazing set restores all of the material from the original Mizutani session that was discovered on the complete Mizutani selection reel as well as a second live disc made up from an excellent soundboard recording featuring some of the blackest of Rallizes heavy-meta sets and a third disc of demo recordings from 1976 including some fully-freaked improvisations. Every Univive set is of course extremely limited and made-to-order and as such we have very small numbers and can only offer one of each title per customer. Highly recommended.

Les Rallizes Denudes
One More Night Tripper
Univive 006
4xCD-R Box
£68.99

Monster selection of primo live meat from the most enigmatic of underground Japanese psych groups, Mizutani’s Les Rallizes Denudes. This deluxe set bundles two wild shows from 1980, possibly the band’s absolute peak year. Mizutani’s guitar is coated in layers of fuzz, delay and reverb and the sound is ballroom huge as they bulldoze their back catalogue into impossibly dense singularities. Every Univive set is of course extremely limited and made-to-order and as such we have very small numbers and can only offer one of each title per customer. Highly recommended.

Les Rallizes Denudes
Double Heads Legendary Live
Univive 014
6xCD Box
£85.99

This has got to be the most over-the-top presentation from the premier Rallizes imprint: 6 CDs of the Rallizes at their most fully realised, fusing heavy, slow-motion blues that are extended to the point of ecstasy with beautiful lost-in-space vocals, ginchy 60s girl group basslines, feedback solos and of course Mizutani’s guitar, which sounds impossibly huge, walking the line between singing melodic guitar immolation and post-White Light/White Heat atom-smashing fury. Drawn from three key gigs: 14th August 1980, 29th October 1980 and 23rd March 1981, it’s easy to see how these shows have long been regarded as the equivalent of Dylan’s 1966 run. Just unbelievable. Every Univive set is of course extremely limited and made-to-order and as such we have very small numbers and can only offer one of each title per customer

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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	From the latest Volcanic Tongue update: Les Rallizes Denudes Are You Rallizesed? Ignuitas CDAR24/35 2xCD £36.99 New limited-edition double CD set from long-time archival Rallizes label Ignuitas. This one features a complete Rallizes show from Shizuoka Stupa in 1974 with Mizutani feeding his guitar to the fire with outrageous Star Spangled Banner-style leads while the rest of the group lay-down some of the most brain-freezing nod-out grooves of their entire career. There’s a great slack, elegaically-stoned feel to the playing and by the end of the show the whole group are obliviously destroyed. Recommended. Les Rallizes Denudes Cable Hogue Soundtrack Univive 016 2xCD £46.99 Long-awaited legendary Rallizes compilation put together by guitarist/vocalist Mizutani himself, originally as the soundtrack source to the Rallizes movie. It’s the closest we’ll ever come to Mizutani fully articulating his own particular vision for Rallizes and of course it is as gloriously fucked and impossible to fully grasp as you might have hoped. Coming across like something between Sonic Youth’s Sonic Death cassette, the most fucked-up Grateful Dead boot and Dean Benedetti’s recordings of Charlie Parker’s improvised solos, the fidelity moves from sub-Dead C nada-fi through to truly sublime endless hi-fi jams. The material seems to have been chosen on the strength of Mizutani’s soloing alone and as such some of his most mind-flaying six string moves are secreted in here as well as radical headcharges through all of the group’s key material. As usual with these deluxe Univive titles, this edition is extremely limited and made-to-order and as such we have very small numbers and can only offer one of each title per customer. Highly recommended. Les Rallizes Denudes Mizutani 2 with Association Love Songs Univive 015 3xCD Box £58.99 Massively-expanded deluxe edition on the premier Rallizes imprint, Univive, that restores one of the few official albums released by Rallizes during their lifespan, Mizutani. The original Mizutani album was made up of material compiled over the years 1973-75 and features more stripped down, blasted rock songs that give the nod to Neil Young as much as the Velvets or Blue Cheer, with wasted vocals and downer guitar blues serrated with aching, extended guitar oblivions. This amazing set restores all of the material from the original Mizutani session that was discovered on the complete Mizutani selection reel as well as a second live disc made up from an excellent soundboard recording featuring some of the blackest of Rallizes heavy-meta sets and a third disc of demo recordings from 1976 including some fully-freaked improvisations. Every Univive set is of course extremely limited and made-to-order and as such we have very small numbers and can only offer one of each title per customer. Highly recommended. Les Rallizes Denudes One More Night Tripper Univive 006 4xCD-R Box £68.99 Monster selection of primo live meat from the most enigmatic of underground Japanese psych groups, Mizutani’s Les Rallizes Denudes. This deluxe set bundles two wild shows from 1980, possibly the band’s absolute peak year. Mizutani’s guitar is coated in layers of fuzz, delay and reverb and the sound is ballroom huge as they bulldoze their back catalogue into impossibly dense singularities. Every Univive set is of course extremely limited and made-to-order and as such we have very small numbers and can only offer one of each title per customer. Highly recommended. Les Rallizes Denudes Double Heads Legendary Live Univive 014 6xCD Box £85.99 This has got to be the most over-the-top presentation from the premier Rallizes imprint: 6 CDs of the Rallizes at their most fully realised, fusing heavy, slow-motion blues that are extended to the point of ecstasy with beautiful lost-in-space vocals, ginchy 60s girl group basslines, feedback solos and of course Mizutani’s guitar, which sounds impossibly huge, walking the line between singing melodic guitar immolation and post-White Light/White Heat atom-smashing fury. Drawn from three key gigs: 14th August 1980, 29th October 1980 and 23rd March 1981, it’s easy to see how these shows have long been regarded as the equivalent of Dylan’s 1966 run. Just unbelievable. Every Univive set is of course extremely limited and made-to-order and as such we have very small numbers and can only offer one of each title per customer http://www.volcanictongue.com/
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