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A very limited vinyl LP by Failing Lights, the solo project of long-time underground superstar Mike Connelly (Wolf Eyes, Hair Police et al). Building the perfect negative of his bands but still walking a similar path of his bandmates' solo work by trading noise for quiet and jolts for scraping echoes. Afternoon Summer Sex, the second LP release by Failing Lights in 2012, is a black swamp full of analog processing, whirling drones, chiming tones and shrouded electronic crackles. A slow-pace listen of minimal repetiton that gives the idea of an eternal - and suffered - fadeout. Released on the incredible Italy-based Holidays Records in a limited run of 150 numbered copies. The vinyl is housed in silkscreened covers.

Born in Paris in 1947, Ghédalia Tazartès started singing when he was twelve-year-old, creating his own language. He began a professional career in dance, theatre, cinema, while still giving some occasional concerts and publishing a few albums, each one of them an acclaimed masterpiece. Recorded in 1989 and originally released by Aaya in 1990, Check Point Charlie is the first work by Tazartés conceived for the compact disc format and its different time boundaries. The result is a sixty-minute long collection of layered field recordings combined into a polyphonic ceremony filled by his typical multi-tracked vocals, between a gibberish scream and the muezzin’s call to prayers. A unique record that - after almost 25 years - it's finally enjoyable with the depth of sound that only a vinyl release can give. Released on the Italy-based Holidays Records label in an edition of 400 copies on black vinyl.

Seventh in a on-going series of twelve electronic meditations on the zodiac of Decimus Magnus Ausonius (310-395) as played by Pat Murano of No Neck Blues Band, K Salvatore, Malkuth and Key of Shame. This one is for sure the creepiest and most disturbing chapter of the series so far, with swathes of circling electronics and variously filtered vocals melting with the highest tones of misterious lullabies from somewhere far away, keeping the listeners ear firmly at ground level. Released in an edition of 300 copies on black, hand-stamped covers by the Milan-based Holidays Records label.

An incredible instrumental jam in three chapters recorded at Black Dirt Studios in upstate New York in May 2008 when the two bands met for a tour in the East Coast of the United States. Golden Jooklo Age and Peaking Lights melted their fluxes travelling the astral ways of sound and this is the postcard they sent us from the lands of future psychedelia. Golden Jooklo Age are Virginia Genta, David Vanzan (also known as Jooklo Duo) and Luca Massolin (Golden Cup). Harmony and chaos constantly alternating in a vortex of psychic elevation and visionary power converging in parallel worlds of ancestral trance. Peaking Lights is Indra Dunis (Dynasty, Rahdunes and Numbers) and Aaron Coyes (Face Plant, Unborn Unicorn, Black Label and Rahdunes). They use hand-modified gear, Casio tones, monochromatic drones and blissed-out synth drawing from the distorted pop of Wavves and Times New Viking to create haunting, ethereal music and beachside lullabies. 500 copies (100 on half purple / half red, 400 on black). Artwork by Troglosound Art. Holidays Records.

Maurizio Abate’s “Live From The Border” was recorded on April 28-29, 2012, live at Dirtmoor, Treviso, and Codalunga, Vittorio Veneto, during the Italian drone master’s “Conquering Space” tour with Al Doum and the Faryds. Pressed on 12”, black vinyl, “Live From The Border” is a near-22-minute piece played with the hurdy-gurdy, pedals, and effects. From the off, the piece evokes a tense but spiritual/celestial atmosphere that Abate gradually cranks-up to sound something like a choir of angels bursting through darkness armed with nothing but light. The tension’s restored by a pulsating, thudding beat, which submits to a dose of pop confusion that’s quickly subdued, allowing a rich haze of sounds to filter through. Abate’s a frequent collaborator with Virginia Genta and David Vaznan of the Jooklo Duo and has a series of previous releases on labels such as Qbico, 8mm Records, Kning Disk, and Troglosound. That’s fine company to keep. Released in a limited run of 200 copies by the Italy-based Holidays Records label.

There comes a time to celebrate and the best way is to do it with friends. So we invited our Jooklo favourites to conduct the party for our fiftieth release and they provided this crazy jam they did with Johns Lunds on baritone saxophone and Maria Bertel on amplified trombone. On this twenty three minute long track we find the Jooklos back on their cosmic path, guided by the insane drumming and percussions of David Vanzan, electrically shocked by a Crumar DS-2 synthesizer played by Virginia Genta and shaken to bits by the Danish winds. An astonishing psychedelic free-form session recorded back in September 2010 at the Troglosound home studio and now brought to you in a very limited edition on glow-in-the-dark wax. Or maybe it's just this music which glows in the dark? Released in a run of just 200 numbered copies, on one-sided glow-in-the-dark vinyl by the Milan-based Holidays Records label.

Two sides of ecstatic noise captured on tape by Jason Lafarge at Seizures Palace, Brooklyn, in occasion of the East Coast and Midwest Tour of the Italian psychedelic tenor sax and drums duo of Virginia Genta and David Vanzan, joined by guitar wizard Bill Nace. The music of Jooklo Duo is the most powerful expression in free improvisation, trascending every kind of stereotype and going straight to the center of Uncreated Sound. They have toured extensively in Europe and the USA, performing more than five-hundred concerts and tons of studio-sessions, collaborating with artists as Sonic Youth, Hartmut Geerken, Makoto Kawabata, Sabu Toyozumi, Chris Corsano, Paul Flaherty, C. Spencer Yeh, John Blum, and many others. Bill Nace is definitely one of the best avant-garde guitarists active today, able to drive his guitar into distorsion - nearly breaking it - but still holding the reins. He is already known for his duo throwdowns with Chris Corsano as Vampire Belt as well as the more recent collaboration with Dylan Nyoukis and Karen Constance as Ceylon Mange and in duo with Thurston Moore as Northampton Wools. Limited to 350 copies on clear vinyl with multi-color splatter. Holidays Records.