B. FLEISCHMANN - A Choir of Empty Beds  LP (Fuzzy Box: fuz-023-1)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  A warehouse find! One last box (25) of this classic on vinyl LP. CD available too.

BOCHUM WELT - Elan  CD (Fuzzy Box: FUZ030: 708527803028)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Italy's Bochum Welt drops a new album, Elan, on Fuzzy Box Records. Elan offers nine sparkly musical compositions ranging from ambient soundscapes to synthesized electro-pop -- all computer-generated by Gianluigi Di Costanzo and Brian Salter. Plus, special guests on Elan include Italian pop star Garbo and astrophysicist Dr. Fiorella Terenzi (best-known for her Billboard Top 20 Music Video entitled "The Gate To The Mind's Eye"). After being noticed by Richard D. James (a.k.a. Aphex Twin), Gianluigi Di Costanzo (as Bochum Welt) gained notoriety through several releases on Richard's Rephlex label. Since then, Gianluigi went on to collaborate with artists and labels like Aphex Twin, OneTwo, Thomas Dolby, Bluvertigo, Sony Music Japan, Columbia, Palm Pictures and others. Brian Salter, a California native, has been involved with the creative development of Thomas Dolby's Beatnik Audio Engine system since 1996. He also created original music and sound design for projects by Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Columbia Japan and others. "The project began in 2001," says Gianluigi about Elan, "with Brian and me working on interactive audio content at Beatnik Inc. We realized that we could complement technological strengths with our fascination for timeless electronic music. After a fast start, we had to slow down because Brian moved to Tokyo, and at the same time I was focusing on new mobile audio projects at Vodafone in Milan. In the meantime I met Garbo. He was signed with Columbia, for whom which I was remixing Bluvertigo. I have always liked Garbo's pop productions, so I played him the new tracks which I was working on. To my surprise, he liked what I had done. So we started developing two songs together: "Blue" and "Chelsea." At that point, all I had to do was select the right material. I met with Brian in San Francisco two months ago and we were excited about the idea of Elan. It is the right time to release it!" www.bochumwelt.com www.fuzzybox.com

v/a - FUZZY BOOMBOX v.2  CD (Fuzzy Box: fuz029: 660662693127)  $7.40

EXCLUSIVE.  All tracks are exclusive. Limited to only 500 copies! Since 1994, Fuzzy Box Records has plunged heartily into the world of electro-pop. Founded and coordinated by Flowchart's Sean O'Neal, Fuzzy Box has grounded a trademark sound of kitschy electronic experimentalism that has become adored all over the U.S., Europe and Japan. With artists from Russia, Germany, Sweden, England and the U.S., Fuzzy Boombox v.2 interweaves a hodgepodge of electronic styles like modern-day IDM, casiocore, electro-pop, glitch and space rock. See tracklisting below: 1...celsius - 'lele' 2...stereosobaka - 'psychopill' 3...stars as eyes - 'when things go wrong' 4...orange cake mix - 'beautiful moriage vase' 5...t.f.o.m.s. project - 'c.o.m' 6...carlito verde - '31337 6455' 7...flowchart - 'kenovick' 8...headphone science - 'a burning rebel fire' 9...tleilaxu - 'jetisoned' 10...mileva - 'distance is the elegance' 11...(zenas)prime - 'poppy box' 12...ma chérie for painting - 'the murderers are among us' 13...amp - 'standing in the darkest corner of the room' 14...manhattan hands - 'radio' 15...aarktica (w/ aaron spectre) - 'raga for the pale blue lights' 16...velma - 'satisfaction' 17...fingernail - 'pæan' artist info (six degrees of separation): 1...Celsius is Jorge Sandrini from Eltro which is a band with releases on Absolutely Kosher and Miner Street. (philadelphia, usa) 2...Stereosobaka released on KAMA Records. (izhevsk, russia) 3...Stars As Eyes released on Tigerbeat6, Musik Aus Strom, Carpark, and Hydrogen Dukebox. (austin, usa) 4...Orange Cake Mix released on Fuzzy Box, Blackbean and Placenta, Darla, Elefant, North of January, Little Mercy, Mobstar, Chocolate Art Returns, Vroomsound, Sonic Syrup, Clover, Bus Stop, Cher Doll, Motorway, Mind Expansion, and many others. (connecticut, usa) 5...T.F.O.M.S. Project released on KAMA Records. (izhevsk, russia) 6...Carlito Verde released on 8 Track Stereo and consists of Ty Bertrand, Adam Butler, Dave Read, Big Rob Steckman, and Tony Rohr (who released on Remains, Tonewrecker, ToraToraTora, Macintosh, Flashpoint, and Hidden Agenda); CV is also The Fantastic Four (minus Big Rob) with releases on Instinct. (brooklyn, usa) 7...Flowchart released on Fuzzy Box, Carrot Top, Darla, Endorphin, Warmth, Blackbean and Placenta, Burnt Hair, Pop Art, Morr Music, 100 Guitar Mania, Motorway, Clover, Enraptured, North of January, Wurlitzer Jukebox, Kickin', Rocket Girl, Instinct, and many others, and consists of Sean O'Neal (a.k.a. Someone Else who released on Tuning Spork, Musik Krause, Sound Alliance, and tbtmo) and Erin Anderson (a.k.a. Fidget who released on Zenapolæ). (philadelphia, usa) 8...Headphone Science released on No Type and Skylab Operations. (san francisco, usa) 9...Tleilaxu is DJ Crasta with releases on Fuzzy Box, Cloudwatch, Skylab Operations, Double Agent and tbtmo. (philadelphia, usa) 10...Mileva released on Combustible and is Niko of Ma Chérie For Painting. (stuttgart, germany) 11...(Zenas)Prime runs and released on Zenapolæ. (new jersey, usa) 12...Ma Chérie For Painting released on Earworm, Queen Nymphet, Bottrop-Boy, Roison, Atomic, O.nitor, Taping Desk-O-Phon, Rocket Racer, Alice In Wonder, and others. (stuttgart, germany) 13...Amp is also A.M.P. and released on Kranky, Darla, Wurlitzer Jukebox, Enraptured, Rocket Girl, Colorful Clouds, and many others. (london, england) 14...Manhattan Hands is also Ognivo and released on KAMA Records and Kalashnikov (izhevsk, russia) 15...Aarktica released on Ochre, Darla, Siber, Rocket Girl, Krank, Fünfundvierzig, and others. Aaron Spectre released on Mashit, Opiate, Spectremusik, Tract, Blue Bell, Ochre, and CFOM Music. (brooklyn, usa) 16...Velma released on Emperor Norton, Namskeio, Noise Product, Zeal, Stetik, M Narsitik, Doxa, Bubble Core, Testing Ground, Ware Schallplaten, and others. (lausanne, switzerland) 17...Fingernail released on Fuzzy Box, Doubtful, Inzec, Catmobile, Klangkrieg, Skylab Operations, 555, Darla, and others. (new jersey, usa)

FLOWCHART - Evergreen Noise Is Flexible / The Spirit Of Kenny G   CD (Fuzzy Box: fuz026: 708527802625)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Sean O'Neal's Flowchart project still thrives. However, it sounds nothing like it did during the mid-90's. While Flowchart is more based around computer-based digital frolic these days, Flowchart still seems to be more well-known for their synth-heavy, kitschy, one-note pop-rock and drone. This CD consists of two long out-of-print EPs consolidated onto one disc. Each EP sustains a charmingly irresistible indie-pop sound. Some songs are drone-y and drug-y while others are uppity pop-jungles doused with sarcastic humor and mind-twirling spacey-ness. Some feel that these two EPs show a more developed sound than their usual stuff, which often generated a plentitude of critical comparisons to Stereolab and My Bloody Valentine. A journalist once wrote: "Flowchart outgrew such criticisms with "The Spirit of Kenny G," which has more straightforward pop songs and floating melodies. (The 12-inch "Evergreen Noise Is Flexible," which goes for more abstract compositions, also helps.) "Spirit of Kenny G" utilizes deep vocals and a guitar wah effect for a sound between blaxploitation and marijuana indulgence." "Evergreen Noise Is Flexible" was originally released on 12" in March 1996 on Carrot Top and Fuzzy Box Records. These four tracks consist of the original Flowchart line-up: O'Neal, Brodie Budd and Craig Bottel (along with Bill Nace on two of the tracks). The one- and two-note space-rock drones and jams in slow motion -- laced with whining organs, sweeping synths, laid-back drum-lines, and occasional breathy female and male vocals -- where your head begins to drift amidst the polished lo-fidelity. Kickin' Records in London liked the opening track, "Of A," so much that they licensed it for a space-rock compilation. Dot Allison (formerly of One Dove) sampled a hefty chunk of the second half of the song "Evergreen Noise Is Flexible" which you can hear looping underneath her lyrics and a sitar in her song "Morning Sun" from her "Afterglow" album released on Heavenly/Arista in 1999. "The Spirit Of Kenny G" was originally released on CD and 12" in September 1996 on home-fi label Blackbean and Placenta Tape Club. Primarily performed by O'Neal, the five-track EP is happy-ish, synth-driven indie rock/pop with simple, irresistible melodies, comical wit and droning guitar brilliance. Two more radiant tracks (the title track and "E-Flare Pop" -- which features hilarious lyrics about O'Neal taking ecstasy at a rave and rubbing the shoulders of a very young girl while huffing on Vapor-Rub) -- are more upbeat-y and on a pop-jingle level. Meanwhile, "Glorious and Prosperous" is drug-y one-note drone with a funny ZZ Top-meets-Pink Floyd guitar solo that comes tearing through the ambient wash. And "Drunken Mini-Musik" is head-twirling electronic, synth-sweeping, eerie drone that was recorded live at the Knitting Factory in New York City during a show with Windy & Carl and Simeon from the Silver Apples. Apparently, the EP was quite a hit in Tokyo where it was one of the top-10 best-sellers in three different stores for a long period of time at each -- including being the #1 best-seller at Rough Trade Records. Ahhh...So now you have both EPs on one CD. Even though Flowchart has enough releases in their discography to cover an entire wall, these two EPs seemed to have sparked more attention and praise than almost all of Flowchart's other releases. These days, nostalgia is the in-thing. Now it's Flowchart's turn to be a part of the trend.

FLOWCHART - Singles & Comp Tracks Pre-2000, Volume 1  CD (Fuzzy Box: fuz027: 708527802724)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  For nearly a decade, Sean O'Neal's still-thriving Flowchart project has dished out countless tracks on CD albums, CD EPs, 12"s, 7"s and compilation tracks on labels from all over the world. With a discography that can fill an entire wall, many of these tracks began to disappear in the mist over the years. The Flowchart indulgence began in 1994 when O'Neal, Brodie Budd and Craig Bottel dropped their first 7", "Our Little Audio 7-Inch" on their own homegrown label, which sold 1,000 copies in only a matter of weeks. From there, the trio would continue their synth-driven, one-note space-rock frolic -- and, of course, drawing endless comparisons to Stereolab in the press (which was strange to them since they had hardly heard much of Stereolab's music at that time). In between recording a number of albums and EPs (like "Multi-Personality Vacation," "Tenjira," "Evergreen Noise Is Flexible," "The Spirit of Kenny G," "Cumulous Mood Twang," and others), O'Neal and friends coughed up a multi-personality plentitude of ditties for a ton of 7"s and compilations. As usual from Flowchart, you'll find a wide range of sounds and styles throughout each CD -- spanning the years 1994 to 1999. This is due to the fact that O'Neal feels that Flowchart is a project without one sound -- without an identity -- without a face. Throughout the 1990's, different people have come and gone in Flowchart -- beginning with O'Neal, Budd and Bottel, then O'Neal on his own (with some occasional friends at hand), then O'Neal with Erin Anderson (a.k.a. Fidget). Styles range from space-rock to lo-fi playfulness to hi-fi indie-pop to child-like electro-pop to droning ambient. So if you are a fan of Flowchart (or certain eras of Flowchart), then these CDs are essential for your collection. Forget about all those full-length albums and their more-recent computer-frolic sounds. This is Flowchart in raw form. Here is an excerpt taken from the liner notes featured in the CD-booklets written by Sean O'Neal: "...on each of these cds, the songs range from the lo-fi/home-fi recordings done in my basement or living room to expensive studio recordings (such as "rainbow hello" -- where i spent a week living in studio .45 overdubbing until my head spun -- laying down over 70 tracks of vocals and somewhere around 40 or 50 guitar tracks)...it's a pleasure to include "flutter by butterfly" because, when we did perform an occasional live show, it wasn't unusual to hear someone in the audience shout, "play that butterfly song!" "lovefingers" (a silver apples cover) is another fave of mine, and i know that simeon was really into it. and let's not forget "ode to street hassle" (a spacemen 3 cover) -- a song that we comically mutilated and transformed into a happy, little pop jam while everyone else on the comp embraced 3's heroin-induced, spaced-out sound. this track both delighted and pissed off spacemen 3 fans. "y2aok" is another one that stands out for me because this drone-y, melancholy, ambient-ish ditty was a result of erin and me being paranoid and depressed about the forthcoming transition into the new millennium, and we were buggin' about the possibility of there being no more electricity in our world -- you know, the irrational (but these days, inevitable) fear of the world's end, etc. but basically, here is a compilation of stuff that managed to both captivate as well as annoy the ears of indie-music lovers all over the f'n world...are these songs timeless? well, they are now." -Sean O'Neal tracklisting: "pre-2000 singles and comp tracks - part one": 1. high phidelity (from "our little audio 7-inch" 7" released under the name heroine on fuzzy box records in 1994) 2. pronoun-u (from "our little audio 7-inch" 7" released under the name heroine on fuzzy box records in 1994) 3. acoustic ambience (from "acoustic ambience" 7" on fuzzy box records in 1995) 4. wurlitzer inn (from "acoustic ambience" 7" on fuzzy box records in 1995) 5. some air disturbances (from "somewhere / some air disturbances" split-7" with fuxa on astro lanes in 1995) 6. yellow fuzz (from "mind expansion - volume 2" 7" compilation on mind expansion in 1995) 7. ageism (from "pop american style" double-cd compilation on march records in 1996) 8. mingle (from "angelfood electronics" CD/12" compilation on kake mix records in 1997) 9. norton (from "stolen ecstasy 45s" split-7" w/ ectogram on 100 guitar mania in 1997) 10. drone au go go (from "stolen ecstasy 45s" split-7" w/ ectogram on 100 guitar mania in 1997) 11. lovefingers (from "electronic evocations: a tribute to the silver apples" cd compilation on enraptured in 1995) 12. sole qualm (from "sounds from the philadelphia low orbit lounge" cd compilation on low orbit / lounge records in 1997) 13. sideshow all the way (from "sideshow all the way" 7" on motorway in 1996) 14. dainty pilgrimage (from "sideshow all the way" 7" on motorway in 1996) 15. hollow sky (from "hollow sky" 7" on burnt hair records in 1997) 16. here's where the story ends (from "hollow sky" 7" on burnt hair records in 1997)

FLOWCHART - Singles & Comp Tracks Pre-2000, Volume 2  CD (Fuzzy Box: fuz028: 708527802823)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  a bit of ancient press regarding some tracks featured on "Pre-2000 Singles and Comp Tracks": "Our Little Audio 7-Inch" 7" (released under the name Heroine): "Swooning, delicate indie-pop which swirls into a cataclysm of noise and distortion but still maintains the melodies and harmonies present in the quieter musical passages." "Acoustic Ambience" 7": "...highly original and engaging." "Sole Qualm" (featured on "Sounds from the Philadelphia Low Orbit Lounge" CD: New Jersey's Flowchart captures everything that was great about early analog synth pop grand symphonic riffing offset by experimental, electronic minimalism. Their track, "Sole Qualm," is simple, cheesy and, as those English music journalists might say, "Fucking Brilliant!" "Sideshow All the Way" 7": "Actually, it's the b-side I like. Flowchart don't just sound like Stereolab any more, but sound different all the time...All very catchy and very nice." "Flutter By Butterfly" 7": "New Jersey's Flowchart sure is playful word-smiths. Flutter By Butterfly is a rare and colorful butterfly, flapping above us in the air. With its odd rhythms, guided by children's voices in sampled bits and pieces. Naivety and simplicity for sure, but highly danceable and hummable...Imagine a lo-fi, low-budget Jean Michel Jarre with a serious dose of humor. Or a teeny-spirited Laurie Anderson. Or Philip Glass filled with helium. The melodies Flowchart let out of their nest is so light and airy, so very simple, and extremely charming. Flutter By Butterfly is like an electronic, multicolored butterfly circling and looping in a hot room just as you wake up realizing it's just a sweet dream." "Oshkosh Wonderboy stems from a lush loop of saccharine sweet sixties pop, flowering into spiraling, celestial harmonies. Perfect sunny-day psychedelia." "Y2AOK" (featured on "Bedroom Ambience 2" CD): "Flowchart's Y2AOK is one of the highlights." pre-2000 singles and comp tracks - part two: 1. rainbow hello (from "astro / rainbow hello" split-7" w/ alpha stone on enraptured in 1996) 2. basement noise is flexible (from "the pleasure fair" split 7" w/ sno*boy and tugboat 3001 a.d. on motorway in 1997) 3. flutter by butterfly (from "flutter by butterfly" 7" on wurlitzer jukebox in 1997) 4. oshkosh wonderboy (from "flutter by butterfly" 7" on wurlitzer jukebox in 1997) 5. ode to street hassle (from "a tribute to spacemen 3" cd/lp on rocket girl in 1998) 6. compilation dream song (from "little darla has a treat for you vol. 8" cd compilation on darla records in 1998) 7. lettin' it snow (from "it's a blackbean christmas" 12" on blackbean and placenta in 1998) 8. seize the shit (from "solutions & remedies" cd compilation on clairecords in 1998) 9. true jersey (from "biggie's star theater / true jersey" split-7" w/ mall on the blind[tm] organization (tbtmo) in 1997) 10. icelandic telescopic lounge music (from "cooking hows and whys" 12" on blackbean and placenta" in 1997) 11. elephant boy's first day of school (from a CD compilation with lounge magazine issue #6 in 1998) 12. know your flow (from "hangin' with the homos" 12" compilation on endorphin records in 1998) 13. y2aok (from "bedroom ambience 2" cd/lp compilation on enraptured in 1999)

v/a - FUZZY BOOMBOX v.1  CD (Fuzzy Box: FUZ025: 708527802526)  $5.98

EXCLUSIVE.  ALL EXCLUSIVE TRACKS. Since 1994, Fuzzy Box Records has plunged heartily into the world of electro-pop. Founded and coordinated by Flowchart's Sean O'Neal, Fuzzy Box has grounded a trademark sound of kitschy electronic experimentalism that has become adored all over the U.S., Europe, and Japan. 2002 marks a new, prolific era for the label. In a similar vein as Darla's "Little Darla Has A Treat For You" compilation series, the "Fuzzy Boombox" series offers a dynamic taste of what's in store for a nice price. Delve deeply into a flowing array of irresistible electro-pop, soothing minimal techno and ambient glitch-core. Features: MONTAGE SPIRAL is David Shamban (a filmmaker at Bard College) and Jay Haze--a.k.a. the Architect who released on his own labels, Tuning Spork and Future Dub. DIETRICH SCHOENEMANN is known for projects like Protoype 909, Unit Park, and Drum Komputer, released on labels like Hidden Agenda, Blueline Music, High Octane, 12k, Instinct, + many others and currently runs Complete Distribution and Mastering. HANDHELD SOUNDSYSTEM is also David Last, Plazm, and Cave and released on Genuine Particle. E*VAX is also Cherry and primarily records for Audio Dregs. MONDII is also RdL and Enna, and released on Hefty, Mo Wax, Lo, Cubic Music, Weather, Fly, Shinkhai, and Spekk. B. FLEISCHMANN released on Morr Music and Fuzzy Box. RUDY HILL wishes to remain anonymous. TONY ROHR is also Professor Plurby, Dr. Etard, and part of the Fantastic Four, and released on labels like Remains, Tonewrecker, Instinct, and Hidden Agenda--where he also handles the technical side of the label. UNDERSCORE is new on the block with future plans in the works for Fuzzy Box. JAY HAZE is also the Architect and released on his own labels, Tuning Spork and Future Dub. FIDGET is Erin Anderson of Flowchart with releases forthcoming on Zenapolae and Fuzzy Box. INSTRUCTION SHUTTLE released on Zenapolae, Astromass, and Manifold. DALGLISH is also O.S.T., Rook Vallade, and Rook Valard, and released on Qlipothic, Isolate, Dial, Phthalo, Polyrhytmic, and Emanate. SOLENOID released on Outward Music, Hiao Hiao Hiao, and Emanate. ZIPPERSPY released on Vinyl Communications, Mixer, Nihilist, Ground Fault, Homewrecker Foundation, KK Tus Tribe, Fuzzy Box, + many others. CHET PENG is also DJ Milkweed and is a total loser. MIKI KUWABARA is a Japanese mystery, but Color Filter released on Dogprint, Darla, Blackbean and Placenta, and Fuzzy Box.

ZIPPERSPY - Glass Bomb Baby  CD (Fuzzy Box: FUZ-024: 708527802427)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Long before Fuzzy Box, Maria Moran (a.k.a. Zipperspy) had already broken ground elsewhere with her trademark electronic experimentalism. Zipperspy has previous releases on European and UK labels like Vinyl Communications, Mixer, Nihilist, Ground Fault, Homewrecker Foundation, KK Tus Tribe, and others. Plus, this prolific art-slurping noise-junked veteran is constantly touring--consistently playing all over the U.S., Japan, U.K., France, Holland, Spain, and elsewhere. On her latest full-length CD, "Glass Bomb Baby," Zipperspy pulls you through an hour-long, 23-track joyride through digital disorientation, jarring glitch-core, spliced n' diced broken beats laced with gritty techno, psychedelic laughter, bubbling noise, ambient textures that are soothingly mentally disturbing, and inharmonious melodies that poke heartily into the center of your inquisitive brain. Some have already deemed this recording as a darker, more head-trippy, and more gothed-out version of sounds spawned by her labelmates, LSR (a.k.a. Lesser) and Kid606. Aside from delving in her "icky beats" -- sinister, abstract, post-punk/post-rave, industrial-ish, techno-laced, sample-heavy experimental music for the elite sum of us that crave the ear-torture of rhythmic ambient vs. digital hardcore-inspired pure cacophonic noise -- she intertwines her gurgling, clattering sounds with conceptual multimedia installation art. Her pedagogical pieces and videos can pose questions in your mind like, "What replaces the disappearing laboring bodies in the age of industry's decline?" or "What are the disruptive powers of the human body?" or "Is it really true that the body, subject to decay and absolescence, vanishes beneath the apparatus that watches it, only to be resurrected as simulacrum?" or "Are we dead amidst capital's search for a 'final solution' to the problem posed by living labor?" Her 1993 concoction, "Pauly Ester," for example, revolves around instruments made with large pieces of metal, old rusted water tanks, and galvanized water pipes -- all becoming functional with the use of piano strings, iron railroad tiles, and springs. By using tape loops of former CIA members and terrorist interrogations, a statement can be acknowledged about our society and how it ignores mistakes made throughout history instead of recycling and learning from that of which we throw away. Zipperspy's list of visual vs. sonic productions, manipulations, and conceptions go on and on and on. Indulge yourself. Catch a didactic glimpse. Or, if you think you can handle it, saturate yourself in it completely. Did I mention that she’s also tragically beautiful?

COLOR FILTER - I Often Think in Music  CD (Fuzzy Box: FUZ022: 708527802229)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Tokyo’s Ryuji Tsuneyoshi is Color Filter. When he’s not off doing music for Japanese television commercials or being an award-winning nuclear physicist, this fine lad makes blissful electro-pop for your petal pushing pleasure. And hence the title for his new album, “I often think in music,” is a simple and honest statement. After the 1998 critically acclaimed release of “Sleep in a Synchrotron” on Fuzzy Box Records, Color Filter turned heads in the indie-pop scene all over the world. It wasn’t long before “Children of Summer,” the seeming favorite on that album, was licensed by Moonshine for the 1998 “Option FM” CD compilation, and soonafter licensed by ESPN to accompany the “X-games” summersports program. In addition to some low-key 12” and 7” releases on labels like Elefant (Spain) and Blackbean and Placenta (USA), Color Filter went on to release a remix album in 1999 on Darla Records which features remixes by Sugar Plant, Click‘n Cycle, Buzz, and Flowchart. “I often think in music” offers more of the innocent pop, charming melodies, trip hop beats, shoegazer elements, and blissy Japanese female vocals, plus some of Color Filter’s own dubbed-out versions of his own tracks. This time, the production is more intricate, the instrumentation is more diverse, and it’s about as “trippy” as Japanese pop gets. -- Sean O'Neal

B. FLEISCHMANN - A Choir of Empty Beds  CD (Fuzzy Box: fuz023: 708527802328)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Fuzzy Box is honored to present to you B. Fleischmann’s first American release. This Austrian knob-tweaker has successfully established himself as a crucial element to the European electronic experimental scene with his two 1999 releases, “Pop Loops for Breakfast” CD on the Charhizma label (Austria) and the“Sidonie” 12” on Morr Music (Germany) and Charhizma. B. Fleischmann produces very digital, very German-sounding, electronic soundscapes with spacial electro beats and synthesized noise - all created on one device. His sound his summed up with different electronic “instruments” creating harmonies and fine melodies within a unique blend of soundscapes. The different kinds of generated noise should not disturb the harmonies of the songs, but should find their way to communicate with the other sounds - tracks to cruise to, during a long night, where the next morning is already near. If you are a fan of German minimal techno, and your ears are craving a sonic digression from the 4/4 norm, B. Fleischmann’s melodic minimalism and corky sequencing might be the ideal settlement. 8/15/00

TLEILAXU - Gene Therapy  CD (Fuzzy Box: FUZ020)  $5.99

EXCLUSIVE.  SALE !!! Here is the debut album from Philadelphia's most in-demand experimental/trip hop DJ, Tleilaxu (aka DJ Crasta). This is 72 minutes of abstract beats and rhythms ranging from trip hop to drum 'n' bass, blissy undertones, disorientating song structure, and a collage of mind-altering samples and hallucinative emotion. You can almost say it's like a combination of The Orb, Boards of Canada, Spuarepusher, and Seefeel. His intricate programming has been described by one of Tleilaxu's good friends, Josh Wink, as "brilliant...(and) intense." This CD also features a minimal down tempo remix from 611 Records' techno artists, Cain Edwards, as well as a collaborative track with ambient pioneers, Flowchart (aka Flowtron on Darla, 611 Records). Crasta has worked with Nigel Richards at 611 Records (Philadelphia) for several years as the experimental and trip hop buyer. He recently relocated to one of America's most rapidly growing record stores, Cue Records (Philadelphia). Aside from his DJ residencies at Silk City ("Grass" w/ DJ Milkweed) and 700 Club ("Mental Floss" with Sean O'Neal and Erin Anderson), DJ Crasta has been the opening DJ for acts that include Amon Tobin, Mix Master Morris, Low, The High Llamas, Morcheeba, and The Church. He has also been a regular at Sonic Soul Productions' notorious ambient gatherings, "Cloudwatch" (Baltimore), and he turned thousands of heads with a blissed out, mind-boggling set at Ultraworld's "Starscape '99." You can also find a Tleilaxu track on Sonic Soul's latest CD, "Cloudwatch: Volume 2 - A Soundtrack to a Freeform Gathering," which features some of the world's most adored chill-out electronic music makers such as Thievery Corporation, Asoka, DJ Olive, Q-Burns Abstract Message, and DJ Wally. Crasta is another one of those guys that you may be able to relate to - he spawned from the indie rock scene (as a bass player) to later evolve into a devoted computer junkie. Aside from music, he independently writes scripts, programs, and software (which you've probably encountered) for Macintosh computers. Tleilaxu's "Genetherapy" is a definite must-have, and it brings American abstract beats and experimental music to an untouched level and an unforseen territory. You should grab this release now - Tleilaxu's notability is just beginning to explode.

FINGERNAIL - Versions  2XLP (Fuzzy Box: FUZ-019)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Features remixes by BLINK, BINK, GLOBAL GOON, EXHALERA DECK, WOODENSPOON, JUNIOR VARSITY KM, TLEILAXU VS. EDK, QUASIMOJO, OCTOROCK, BOB BROWN, FLOWCHART, BOCHUM WELT, CATHARS, FINGERNAIL.

FINGERNAIL - Versions  CD (Fuzzy Box: FUZ019)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  'Versions' is possibly one of the greatest lectronicambient/experimental remix albums of all time with an amazing line-up of remixers from renowned experimental labels including Warp and Rephlex. The remixes are all of previously released tracks from Fingernail's debut CD/LP, 'So, Backwards.' 'So, Backwards,' released earlier this year on Fuzzy Box, is serene and sinister with subtle humor, moodswings, and programming comparable to Aphex Twin or Autechre, while the complexity of the in-depth melodies parallels early classical composer, Maurice Ravel. This list of remixers is as follows: WOODENSPOON (aka Disjecta, Mark Clifford, Seefeel - Warp Records, Too Pure), GLOBAL GOON (aka Spider - Rephlex Records), BOCHUM WELT (Rephlex Records, Sony Music Japan, Fuzzy Box Records), CATHARS (aka Kurt Ralske of Ultra Vivid Scene), JUNIOR VARSITY KM (Darla Records), FLOWCHART (aka Flowtron - 611 Records, Darla Records, Endorphin Records), EXHALERA DECK (aka Accelera Deck - Pitch Cadet Records, Endorphin Records), BOB BROWN (Hidden Agenda Records, Framework Recordings), TLEILAXU (aka DJ Crasta - Fuzzy Box) vs. EDK (aka Sloppy, Pathfinders - Plastic City), OCTAROCK (aka Magnet F - Casa De Toad Records, Doubtful Productions), QUASIMOJO (Casa De Toad Records), BLINK BLINK (Doubtful Productions, The Blind[tm] Organization), FINGERNAIL (Fuzzy Box Records, Doubtful Productions). This is a one-of-a-kind release that stands apart from your average remix album, and all the individual remixes brilliantly flow from track to track. So enjoy the range of ambient tension and schizophrenic beat programming, and realize what Fuzzy Box is all about.

BOCHUM WELT - Martians & Spaceships  CD EP (Fuzzy Box: FUZ018: 708527801826)  $9.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Bochum Welt's first ever American release! Already with a slew of critically acclaimed releases on Richard James' notorious label, Rephlex Records, Sony Music Japan, TRC-Warner Chapel, Axodya, Kromode, and Future Sound, Bochum Welt now delivers possibly his greatest work to date. Gianluigi Di Costanzo (aka Bochum Welt) continues to revive sounds of the 1980's with synthy string sounds, electro beats, and an old-school arcade game-feel, that have already turned heads all over the world on his previous releases such as 'Module 2' and 'Feelings on a Screen.' You may also have caught this guy accompanying his good friend, Aphex Twin, as an opening act at Rephlex performances all over the planet. Martians and Spaceships was recorded between San Mateo, CA, London and Milan. Thomas Dolby and the Beatnik Inc. Studios (San Mateo) assisted Gianluigi during the implementation of these recordings. Richard James (Aphex Twin/Warp, Rephlex, Sire) assisted in the programming of the track, 'Interlude.' Kim Cascone (Twin Peaks sound engineer and Beatnik Inc. sound designer) co-produced 'Blue Atmosphere.' The opening track, 'Altre Forme' features vocals by Marco Castoldi who is the singer for the Italian pop group, Music Bluvertigo (on Columbia/Sony Music). Last year, Music Bluvertigo won Italy's MTV music video award for Best Select Video. This release was completely produced on a laptop computer using all the latest and technologies - no external synthesizers, mixer or effects have been used. Martians and Spaceships is a completely computer-processed excursion. These days, Gianluigi Di Costanzo is a programmer and sound designer at Thomas Dolby's interactive technology company, Beatnik Inc. Beatnik Inc. has completed productions for Intel, Sega, Web TV, Columbia Tristar Television, Universal Studios, Steven Speilberg, and many others. We present you with this long-overdue American release from this Italian fella, and now it's time for you to reminisce your early days of Atari 2600's, Intelevisions, and Texas Instruments, and that simple artificial world that was once virtually effortless to absorb.

FINGERNAIL - So, Backwards  LP (Fuzzy Box: DRL-078-1)  $3.99

EXCLUSIVE.

FINGERNAIL - So, Backwards  CD (Fuzzy Box: DRL078: 708527007815)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  This is the otherworldly, beat laden, pop-ambient-electronic debut of Fingernail AKA 20 year old Adam DiAngelo of Philadelphia. This is a very queer and instantly lovable instrumental album. Most striking is the simple elegance, fluidity and cohesion of its curious composition. Its subtle humor and mood are similar to Aphex Twin or a darker Tomorrowland with strong beat programming abilities, or a prettier and more passionate Autechre. Ghosts of Eno, Kraftwerk, LFO all haunt the mix playfully. Adam says he's known to shun human contact, and prefers instead to make his chilly brand of ambient Electro alone in the basement with the aid of his blinking machines. The sounds he produces are as fresh and smooth as his complexion. You can hear that he's been hard at work for many years. Fuzzy Box delivers again!

TECHNICOLOR - One Touch Test Strip  LP (Fuzzy Box: DRL061-1: NO UPC)  $9.99

EXCLUSIVE.  Vinyl LP. Limited to 500.

TECHNICOLOR - One Touch Test Strip  CD (Fuzzy Box: DRL061-2: 708527006122)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  This latest Fuzzy Box release is right in step with a quality & freshness we've grown to expect. The artist is Justin Labo, a Commodities Buyer with a large Bay Area firm who creates in StudioVision and 4 track analog. Whether you find him out about town, lunching at the Indian buffet or at home mixing beats & soundscapes in his futuristic bedroom, he's a nice young bachelor a who smells like baby powder and cookies. You may have already heard Technicolor via our Little Darla Has A Treat For You, v.8 CD, and/or on the brand new and tasty Solutions and Remedies compilation CD (Clairecords). And if so, you‚ve already experienced a wave of joy sweeping the planet over the new school of DIY, Cubase music, or as one Slowdive list member coined it, "The new Kevin Shields school of electronic music." You can file this record under AMBIENT HOUSE. Justin's musical peer group includes JUNIOR VARSITY KM, SWEET TRIP, COLOR FILTER, HOLLAND, MALL and FOURHEAD. We recommend tracks (4) "Escaping the Game Grid", (6) "6th Member" and (8) "The Lab" for your decompression and chilly willy time. It sounds good both in the Jeep, and the Bubble Bath.

COLOR FILTER - Sleep in a Synchrotron  CD (Fuzzy Box: DRL054: 708527005422)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Color Filter is the bliss inducing, drum & bass oriented, electronic pop creation of our man Ryuji in Tokyo. Aki of INCENSE lends her coy and comforting vocal to four tracks. Suddenly, the new-for-'98, Kevin Shields school of drum & bass styled pop has come from all corners. It is as unexpected as it is delightful: As heard on Little Darla Volume 8, Sweet Trip, Junior Varsity km, Technicolor, Four Head and now Color Filter, all working individually, have begun to signify the coming of a new sound. It's a natural evolution combining sampling technology, dance beats and lovely pop melodies. This is Color Filter's debut full length. Previously, Color Filter has released a 12" on Black Bean and contributed to the Space Voyage comp, also on Black Bean, the Pop Jingu comp on Sonorama and the Pop Machine comp on Cowly Owl (France).

GREENGATE - Metaphysical Vibrations  CD (Fuzzy Box: DRL034)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  stereolab meets the muppets - fearturing the notorious johnny fingers of the boom town rats !!!

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