Limited edition split LP from two of the most regularly interrogating modern avantists. Ankersmit's side is a fuzz-encrusted investigation of non-linear routes through the solo saxophone, with wildly dislocated sounds modulated by computer, serge and EMS synths. O'Rourke's side is an absolute beauty, a monolithic 1992 recording that matches massive cycles of minimally-repeating fuzz guitar with the brain-bombing chatter of rapid-firing oscillators. Sounds somewhere between Sunroof, Folke Rabe and Faust. Edition of 750 copies, recommended.

Riotous new collaboration between Maso Yamazaki aka Japanese noise actionist Masonna and hysterical Euro actionist Runzelstirn & Gurglestock, here Rudolf Eb.er and Joke Lanz (Sudden Infant). Originally released as a cassette in 1995 in an edition of 33 copies, this documents some ferociously violent live performances, jump-cut and slashed to pieces by Eb.er with a post-production scalpel until all that’s left are long seconds of silence exploded by electro-acoustic shrapnel and convulsive vocal threat. Insane.

New LP documenting a set of actions that Schimpfluch staged in Paris in 1996 and 97, including the infamous ‘spaghetti action’. The Schimpfluch Gruppe – the ‘abuse’ group – is cover for a series of affiliated artists who work in the liminal space between contemporary performance art, confrontational punk, avant garde composition and transgressive personal theatre. Founded by Rudolf Eb.Er and including at points Raionbashi, Dave Phillips and Joke Lanz (aka Sudden Infant), these recordings feature Eb.Er with Helena Greter, Dave Phillips and Doris Tomasoni. Minus the visuals it’s almost impossible to work out exactly what’s going on but as a stand-alone audio document it works well. One set seems to be based around violent hyperventilating chokes and groans building into overwhelming cathartic vocal violence. The second set is more extended and makes more use of dynamic tension, with long periods of silence populated by nothing but a ticking metronome before the introduction of tortured vocals and split-seconds of warped electronics gives way to an electro-acoustic pile-up with all of the avalanching power of the The New Blockaders. This is a whole other approach to ritual sound, with the primitive vocal poetics of Dylan Nyoukis/Blood Stereo and the body-focused investigations of the original actionists combined with a theatrical approach to avant garde performance and an energy and visceral power that comes straight out of punk rock.

Vinyl reissue of this notorious piece by Rudolf Eb.er, with the A side featuring the legendary Aktion “For Stringquintet and Asstrumpet” performed with Kaori Yakushinji, an incredibly intense vocal/strings/’noise’ work that contrasts meditative chamber music with harrowing tortured/pleading vocals and a genuinely horrifying atmosphere. A uniquely disturbing piece that has few parallels but is not for the faint-hearted. The flip features a wild splicing of assorted live actions, including “For Girlsneck and Sawblade”, “For Disarranged Leg/Arm Prosthesis” and “For Piano and Shotgun”. A phenomenal side, still unparalleled.