BSBTA #23
David Neuer "...But Now I Can't Remember Which Cup I Drank From"
One of the most focused, yet diverse David Neuer collections, with recordings made between 1987 and 2000. Improvised, free-jazz-esque guitar romps, a double-tracked audio horror show screaming-duet with Christina Kjær, and a dusty 90-verse(!) folk song with genius lyrics (that we all wish we had written), are amongst the things you'll encounter on David's fourth full length (and second in a month)! Not among his most accessible releases, but among his best. A first for a Neuer release here, is the inclusion of liner notes and a lyric sheet.

1. Prince Chip - A Chipbute to My Girlfriend's Ferret 2. Sad-Eyed Low-Life of the Spat-Lands 3. You Can't Trick Me 4. Do Your Host Virginia (1st Take) 5. Matrolocklidge Eh 7 6. Wicked World 7. No More Horry Shows 8. Them Vinions (Spoken)

cd-r / 41 minutes / June 2002 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #22
David Neuer "I've Swallowed Reality, But It Hasn't Made Me a Healthier Man..."
The slow, groovy 16 minute "The Bachelor Soundtrack", and the nearly 38 minute long multi-part guitar-only excursion, "The Musical Creation Tale" form 'Mr. Neuer's Lo-fi Ambient-Psych Drone Album'. He performed and recorded these tracks he was just 19 years of age! Jan Bloch Frederichsen joins in on bass.

1. The Bachelor Soundtrack   2. The Musical Creation Tale: Departure / Checking Out the New Environment / Beginning of the New Civilisation / Growth and Wealth and Merry Days / End of the New Civilisation / Collapse and Into Nowhere Again

cd-r / 51 minutes / June 2002 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #21
cryptic scenery "Four Crescent Figures"
Depending on who you ask, this is cryptic scenery's seventh(!) full-length, recorded on a four-track in the group's rehearsal room, yet with a sound that's incredibly full and fleshed out; their live sound has actually been well reproduced. The album is their most heterogenous to date - with short instrumental pieces, sombre piano-based songs, twangy guitars, symphonically droning synths, intelligent indie pop and white noise. Still, the combinations fit together. Filled with dramatic moments, where you either sit tranquilly, or can't help but stand up and headbang/play air guitar - in an indie sort of way, of course, "Four Crescent Figures" goes full circle.

1. An Exercise I 2. CD-R 3. UCR 4. Peninsula 5. Elle presse le bouton 6. Mirror Moon 7. The Vent 8. Två Vågor 9. Six Daughters 10. Here is Not-It 11. My Soulless Years 12. Day's Residues / Red Memories 13. Park Crescent 14. Of Parting 15. Of Parking 16. Trans-Atlantic 17. I'll Remember 18. Rivulet 19. Requiem - 1988 20. An Angel Must Come 21. An Exercise II

CD / 70 minutes / May 2002 / reviews / BUY IT!

BSBTA #20 B
Various artists: 'Footnotes: Musical Chain Letters Odds & Ends'
You'll have to hear the Musical Chain Letters album first, to fully appreciate Footnotes, but this EP is more necessary than evil. The cd-r includes earlier or alternate versions of "Filthy Dreams" and "Bell (Dark)", a radically rearranged version of "Fra dinosaurus til fugl" by Snospray, plus Apis' tracks from two of the three songs he contributed to on MCL. Lastly, you get a completely new piece, containing 10 individually produced tracks, mixed into one big hodge podge of mellow sonic madness!

1. Filthy Dreams (w/ Cub Scout's percussion) / 2. Efter Kroen (Apis tracks only) / 3. Fra dinosaurus til fugl (Snospray's 'Fra skel til fjer' Mix) / 4. Dinosaur (Apis tracks only) / 5. Bell (Darker) (75 Magic Tricks version) / 6. Con/Crete/Cow/Boy (For the E.(B.)P.) / Les Vagues Pulsatives / Refuse to Act on Lorry (featuring Antenne, David Neuer, Christian H. Sötemann, (((my lost era))), maquatre, Tang Under Yr Britches, XoXo, sfu·ma·to)

cd-r / 23 minutes / November 2002 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #20
Various artists: 'Musical Chain Letters'
This may actually be one of the most (conceptually) ambitious "record-projects" to come out of the Danish / Canadian / American / German underground music scenes! Ok, so maybe that's a bit of an ambitious claim. But as the album's title implies, we're talking about 9 pieces of music here, each which are comprised of audio input from 4, 5 or 6 different artists. One artist would start a piece, and then send it along to the next artist, etc. (If nothing else, the "Musical Chain Letters" album adds a new dimension to home recording and musician-collaboration.)

1. Hole in the Ocean Not Supposed To Drink It, Antenne, maquatre, Wyn, Sir Anthony Apollo.
2. Connect the Dots: A Cogno-Intellectual Exercise Apis, The Morningside, Reject66, Nasa Dude, Mox.
3. Filthy Dreams Reject66, Overtin Vertis, Cub Scout, XoXo & Paw.
4. Carpet Goes Jolly Powerpuff sfu·ma·to, Tanja, Sort Stue Sounds, Snospray, Simon Gylden.
5. Fredag på kroen og iøvrigt iorden David Neuer w/ Claus Dorvil, Blå Bue Bounds, Apis, my lost era.
6. Brrrr XoXo & Paw, Tang Under Yr Britches, Christian H. Sötemann, Tanja, Prins Emil.
7. Rhododendron Swordplay Simon Gylden w/ S. Ebbesen, Prins Emil, Branta Ix, The Morningside.
8. Fra Dinosaurus til Fugl Nasa Dude, Snospray, Apis, Elta'sin.
9. Bell (Dark) Mox, Christian H. Sötemann, Overtin Vertis, my lost era, sfu·ma·to, Jomi Massage.

cd-r / 39 minutes / June 2002 / reviews / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #19
cryptic scenery "CD-R"
Taken from the album "Four Crescent Figures", "CD-R" is trance-like, dynamic and danceable. The EP-single also includes a version of "Två Vågor", another "4CF" track - here, edited by Ton Darly. Live recordings of "Oceanic Feeling", "No Tomorrow" and the famous über-minimal "Being" round off the set, along with two beautifully melancholy previously unreleased tracks. "CD-R" is released on... CD-R, in two versions: a Bremen edition and a Copenhagen edition, where the handwriting on the CD-Rs (by Christian H. Sötemann and Chris BSBTA respectively) is the biggest difference between the two.

1. CD-R 2. Två Vågor (Ton Darly Edit) 3. No Tomorrow (live) 4. Being (live) 5. Oceanic Feeling (live) 6. Writer's Waiting For Fame 7. Seulement Des Rameaus

cd-r / 24 minutes / February 2002 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #18
BSBTA Talkathon Series, Vol. 1: Danske digtoplæsninger af Christina Kjær & David Neuer
The first installment in a series of poetry readings. This one will only do you good if you understand Danish, as that is the language being recited by Ms. Kjær and Mr. Neuer, both known from the band Not Supposed To Drink It... and as solo musicians (well, in Neuer's case anyway). Lo-fi, cosy and... well written!

Christina Kjær: 1. Isner ved ismer 2. Jeg være mig nådig 3. Fordærvets facade 4. Selv S.O.S. er blevet en kliché 5. Bøn 6. En ny dag i morgen, mit voksne barn! / David Neuer: 7. Sølle skrog 8. Tribut 9. Prospekt halslinned 10. Puhet 11. De skulle vel aldrig? / Christina Kjær: 12. Længsel 13. Floskel fra manipulatørernes mestre 14. Den moderne konceptkunstner 15. Hold fast 16. Jesus hjerteklap i indlagts aorta 17. Gør uvidenhed lykkeligere, og er det værd at blive klogere for at få svaret? 18. Uden titel 19. Min næstes næsten næste 20. Før søvns drøm / David Neuer: 21. Underliggende elskling 22. Tæt 23. Er der stadig koldt derude, Stefan? 24. Halter sky på bøjet ben

cd-r / 24 minutes / January 2002 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #17
Christian H. Sötemann / cryptic scenery "Being: Six Objects"
Here are six versions of one the most minimal guitar pieces you've ever heard, performed by Christian H. Sötemann solo, and with his band cryptic scenery. Recorded between 1996 and 2000, the pieces all have a kind of meditative analogue ambience in / to them - be it the warmer rehearsal room recordings, or the harsher field recordings.

1. I   2. II   3. III   4. IV   5. V   6. VI

cd-r / 40 minutes / November 2001 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #16
tsk tsk tsk "Tempo Konsum"
As a contrast to the heralded "Furballs of Frustration" compilation track "Funky Rapper", most of the pieces on "Tempo Konsum" are cute little semi-fuzzy pieces not unlike something you might find on an old easy listening / disco / synth pop / polka mix-tape at a Bavarian flea market (or whatever). The melodic, upbeat organ chirps and thumping beats are ideal for home, office, school or dancefloor - all in all, a neat party record! Note the special hand-stamped-brown-paper-bag-packaging...

1. Mel and Kolly 2. Marsian Dance 3. Vi kun er venner 4. Solow 5. Tempo Konsum 6. Det går jo nok 7. Ströbek Swing 8. Jack to the Sound 9. Lotto 10. Joseph Lister (1827-1912) 11. Sorbet, Hey 12. Lille tyksak 13. Uden titel 14. She Told Me She Loved Me 15. The Stroller 16. Party Clapper 17. Synthe Bass (Till the End) 18. Elefanttoget 19. Cut Elly! 20. Easy Ears 21. 1-2-3-4 klap 22. Start This Crazy Thing 23. I'm the Funkiest Rapper 24. Shining Through 25. Shining Through, Italy in 1989 26. Uh Oh Energy, Nice... (Ah Boogie) 27. I'm the Funkiest Rapper (Original Version) 28. Tyrolersangen

cd-r / 51 minutes / 1st edition November 2002; 2nd edition November 2003 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #15
David Neuer "Someone's Gotta Be Good (Small Office Building 1989-1990)"
Sit back and enjoy the enchanting soundscapes... There's less singing and more nice mystical sonic crunch here. An ideal soundtrack for a drive through the city, just before dawn.

1. Eol-Be (The Walrus Colony)   2. It Grew Right Out of My Head   3. The People in the City

cd-r / 25 minutes / November 2001 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #14
Mach II "Soundsystem"
The second Mach II EP, and first on BSBTA, provides you with thick guitar and synth action, backed by killer drums and a sporadic reverberating voice blurting such endearing phrases as "Check it out" and "Shake that ass"! Though delayed almost a year, this release is actually a remixed / remastered / repackaged version of a 2001 demo cd-r. Funky fresh!

1. In Which to Get Funky   2. NYC Hustler   3. Davi Hasselhoff   4. John T.   5. Dial M For Mach

cd-r / 21 minutes / August 2002 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #13
Brumdrøn "Hjernefar kommer til fadet"
Complex, entertaining, humourous (especially if you understand Danish), upbeat instrumental gems with Commodore 64-ish synth melodies and complex prog-metal / Zappa-esque tendencies, courtesy of Simon Long Krogh, the endless composer. It's one of the most hi-fi BSBTA releases to date, by the way.

1. Tag mine kanin-hænder  2. Næsestorm  3. Kongen af denim  4. Herakles på glatis 5. Høns

cd-r / 12 minutes / September 2001 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #12
David Neuer "She Still Needs Me To Tell Her the Colours of the Flowers: Newer and Elder Recordings 1990-2000" Covering a period of the usual ten years or so, these recordings present David Neuer from his most melodic song-based side, especially, though there are just as many dark-psych semi-instrumentals and unaccompanied song stories here... which all have that lovely, crazy Danish/New Zealandic (Tall Dwarfs, Roy Montgomery) flavour to them.

disc one: 1. The Why's and the Weary's 2. Do Your Host Virginia 3. I Don't Want to Sleep Like Jones 4. Refuse to Act on Lorry 5. Perhaps Forever 6. Pillow Behind (How to Meet) 7. Welch Release 8. Where Do You Want Your Kiss? 9. Where it Belongs 10. Artists Wore Grey in That Period 11. Cook a Crooker Phantasies in D Wide Minor 12. A Baroque Kind of Sadness

disc two: 1. The Alloted Space 2. The Stonepoint Edition 2 or 3 3. The Only Good Idea 4. Sentimental Stream 5. Appreciation 6. Send Your Heart on Vacation 7. 16th Degree of Happiness 8. Them Vinions 9. Poo Poo Poo Pelioo 10. To Say it All and Be Quiet Again 11. Believe 12. How is She? 13. Neighbour Interference

2 cd-r / 4. + 4. minutes / September 2001 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #11
Tha Phantom Phootsoules "Tha Phantom Phootsoules"
Tha Phantom Phootsoules create low-tech analogue/digital soundscapes with post-trip hop beats, quasi-industrial riffage, gothic noise collagery and rodeo voids. Well documented on this debut release, are they... as all too brief as this release is.

1. Rodeo Void 2. Thus Spoke Sarah Schuster 3. Dabbling With the Klifters 4. White Trash Spaceman 5. Sexxual Intellexxual

cd-r / 15 minutes / September 2001 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #10
Sort Stue Sounds "I Wish I Was Mo' Like Steve Vai"
Sort Stue Sounds is Lake Placid bassist / organist / beat programmer (basically, multi instrumentalist) Lasse Sort's solo project. Short audio snippets and fine melodies (a pair of which will be familiar to those familiar with Lake Placid's music) - accentuated by beats and warm sound textures - tie this neat little instrumental EP/mini-album together. (Half the length of an album, but just as complete and perfect as any full length.)

1. Bring 2. Email 3. ebee 4. Fine Adjusting 5. Steve Vai 6. Cheerful Wrestler 7. Gol 8. BMW Beat 9. Fuckingfaggetassbitchmofo 10. Breaking 11. Song 12. Ukulele 13. Powerdoodle 14. Bochum, USA 15. Shouting Out

cd-r / 20 minutes / August 2001 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #9
David Neuer "Under This Lamp Post of Mine: Difficult Songs 1990-1991"
Indeed, Mr. Neuer can do more than the minimal sketches heard on his previous release... there are folkish acoustic songs, dramatic noise bursts and stoner-esque jams on this album! Lasting between 20 seconds and 6½ minutes, the lo/no-fi tunes are as valid today as ever in terms of style and substance - you wouldn't think that they were actually made way back when!

1. Orthopedian 2. Peacebags 3. Checking In 4. Compulsion Hat 5. No Brothers For You 6. Seen From the Garden 7. The Bachelore in Pubs 8. Under This Lamp Post of Mine 9. Peacebags II 10. Swaev II 11. Deep in the Pocket

cd-r / 39 minutes / June 2001 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #8
Branta Ix "Rated Ix"
Psychoambient for the masses? The debut full length from Mr. Ix (né Aix) has its relaxing and chaotic moments, that can be heard in sixteen new compositions, with snippets of guitar and synth amongst the calm / noisy waves and modulated beats. "Rated Ix" also contains four "bonus" tracks, which take up the form of remixes: two are of others' tunes (MC Eurobooty and Tang Under the Bridge), the other two are rearrangings of older Branta Aix stuff by Tang Under the Bridge and Tha Phantom Phootsoules

1. Kinetic Boi 2. Shave To the Rhythm 3. Drill Grrl 4. Guillotines For gag Reflexes 5. Return of Jedediah 6. Carbon Swine Do Swallow 7. Tech Nervosa 8. Eavesdropping on the Eardrummer 9. Autoendocrine 10. Gamma Ray Gams 11. Duke Noodle 12. Short Bangs 13. Reactionary Biologist 14. Ode To Decoding La Silencio 15. Branta Sex 16. Tone Def Toe Jam 17. Britney's Beer (Tang Under the Bridge remix) 18. Uranus Joke (Tha Phantom Phootsoules remix) 19. Wunderfetus (remix of an MC Eurobooty song) 20. Coast of Greenwich Nowhere (remix of a Tang Under the Bridge song)

cd-r / 40 minutes / May 2001 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #7 B
David Neuer "The Enquiry Regarding Sub-Mortal Evidence: Lift Songs 1990, '91, '95, '97 & '99 (New Edition)" According to the artist himself, this is an improved version of the first EP. Here, we are treated to full versions of songs like "Not On the Radio", as well as two new songs (replacing two others). Other improvements, such as sound quality, changed song titles and cover layout, are evident.

1. What About 2. Coffee Not Carletti 3. The Stonepoint Edition 4. Baby Boo 5. The Bachelore in Shorts 6. More Than Just a Game 7. I Can't Play That All the Time 8. The Politician After Work 9. Surely Screely 10. Not on the Radio 11. I Ought to Go Home 12. Loves in Memorian 13. Open Your Hands 14. Hey! That's Quite Some Scrabble You Put Out There! 15. Refuse to Act on Lorry (1st Version) 16. Sleur

cd-r / 24 minutes / November 2001 / SOLD OUT / Free download @ MyMusic.dk

BSBTA #7
David Neuer "The Enquiry Regarding Sub-Mortal Evidence: Lift Songs 1990-1995"
This retrospective Greatest Hits-esque debut(!) EP, from the North Sjælland native contains sparsely accompanied, improvised short (for the most part solo) recordings, with traces of blues, cabaret, crooning... and almost anti-musical manic zaniness (think The Boredoms, Jandek or Wild Man Fischer) among other things. Not quite the elevator music that we're accustomed to hearing!

1. What About 2. Coffee Not Carletti 3. The Stonepoint Edition 4. Baby Boo 5. The Bachelore in Shorts 6. More Than Just a Game 7. I Can't Play That All the Time 8. Puh-Ah-Bah 9. Surely Screely 10. Not on the Radio 11. I Wanna Go Home 12. Loves in Memorian 13. Open Your Hands 14. Some Sweet Day 15. Be There Too 16. Sløjer

cd-r / 19 minutes / April 2001 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #6
Tang Under Broen"En hyldest til jordnøddesmør"
As expected, if you like clean, overly-produced pop, then this is "probably not for you". The EP has its share of electronic effects and frantic thumps, as well as silly / satirical / nonsensical Danish (obviously) lyrics. Oddly, it is still listenable. Otherwise you wouldn't be here now, would you?

1. I Hundested Spiser de kinakål 2. Ude og gøre 3. Sydhavns latter 4. Kanel kamel 5. Tjald det kærlighed 6. Derfor, hvorfor 7. Blegfisens pusterum 8. Hendes drøm om hudløse appelsiner 9. Giro 666 10. Nogenmands land 11. Brændpunkts midtvej 12. Træværket på havets bund 13. Næsten, sagde hesten 14. Ovnklar viking 15. Hvis du er min heterofil så er jeg din fodfil

cd-r / 23 minutes / April 2001 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #5 B
Various artists: 'Hairballs of Hysteria'
1. popular organs "Quicke" / 2. Manual "In the Wake of..." / 3. Si Señor "Turk" / 4. Apis "Harley Krishna" / 5. Lake Placid Supreme "Vale" / 6. sfu·ma·to "Psycho-Motorique" / 7. Branta Ix "Colonial Embryonic Acid Blanket" / 8. Low Fire "Play the Tape Slowly..." / 9. M.C.I.P. "Cows" / 10. Tang Under Broen "Slæb Den, Radiohoved" / 11. Mox "Point" / 12. Kilometer "Let's Go Bundesbank" / 13. Obstinate Esther "700.000 år" / 14. Heartbreak Basement "Something I's" / 15. Antifilm Acoustic "Fallen Gods" / 16. Elta'sin "Youth Begins With an S"

cd-r / 63 minutes / March 2001 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #5 A
Various artists: 'Furballs of Frustration'
1. Mox "I Wish" / 2. The Low Frequency In Stereo "Finger" / 3. Mach II "Lenny Kravitz" / 4. Antifilm "Northwest Nightwalk" / 5. Tang Under the Bridge "Atlas Mac" / 6. All Occupied "What Is Right?" / 7. the silent knight "Crash Course" / 8. Nasa Dude "1968" / 9. Tanja "Analog" / 10. The Lassiebeat "Groovy Teacher" / 11. klods hans & the cola flaske band "En fugl kaster med æbler" / 12. Limp "Islands" / 13. tsk tsk tsk "Funky Rapper" / 14. Apis "Delay Me (Part II)" / 15. Low Fire "Plane" / 16. Heartbreak Basement "Dying Radio Host"

cd-r / 64 minutes / March 2001 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #4
Tang Under the Bridge "Old New Brunswick"
A more mid-fi, sonically dynamic effort compared to the first album, the bulk of the songs hereon (and there are many!) are accompanied by weird effects, simple beats, and noisy experiments (ah, the virtues of technology)... whereas the rest are of the more "familiar" stripped-down sort. But still better than anything you've heard from Tang Under the Bridge before!

1. Hellenic Drives to Shreveport 2. Control Tower Hot Beaver 3. Ginseng Pits 4. Porcupine Trees 5. Zen Trailerpark 6. The Bicycle Princess 7. Goldielocks With a Mohawk 8. Beard of Nails 9. Hun Nun Fun Run #1 10. Bung Dear 11. Moon in the Man 12. Spins For Stationary Spins 13. Twigs Around Fathead 14. Took a Bath, Gave it Back 15. Via Quest 16. (Re)surfacing as Smoothies 17. Bombshell and Her Mom 18. Sky Child 19. Cube Egg 20. Leaves and Fins Again 21. (Intellectual) Sheep Juice 22. Sharp Bracket 23. Pirates' Postcards From Laundromatland 24. No Ratio, Horatio 25. Loosefoot 26. Magnificats and Dogs 27. Denouncing Fiddlehead Sr. 28. Bubblebutt's Dainty Dumptruck 29. Witch Bishop 30. Mystic Plains Exhibit 31. These Boots're Made For Kickin' Out the Jams 32. Baked Beanie Baby 33. The Headaches Are Starting to Feel Better Than the Sex 34. Dot's Off 35. Wildhalflife 36. The Uh... Song 37. Shuffling Through Sleepy Wedges' Wives 38. Mountain Bastard 39. #heartmobile 40. Aftermath Rock

cd-r / 53 minutes / November 2000 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #3
Branta Aix "Terminal Tag"
Here's a hot little record made up of short compositions that challenge elements of garage, post-rock, free noise, minimalist loop/beat type stuff, as well as traditional South American and Asian music, and field recordings of air raid sirens and angry cats. Ideal for fans of the phenomenon commonly known as "stereophonic sound"...

1. Aix Aix Baby...

cd-r / 23 minutes / August 2000 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #2
The Sasquatch Tape E.P.
My theory suggests that the primitive music hereon, taken from a tape I found in a remote area of western Canada, may in fact have been made by the Sasquatch itself... Kept a secret since 1994, it might as well be brought upon the unsuspecting listener :-) in this new century of new scientific (as opposed to musical?) breakthroughs.

1. Track 1   2. Track 2

cd-r / 12 minutes / July 2000 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #1
Tang Under the Bridge "Tang Under the Bridge"
The record that started it all, and, luckily, didn't end it all. A batch of homebaked songs, in fuzzy / sweet / wacky / psychedelic / noisy lo-lo-lo-fi flavourings, stirred up with youthful (dorky?) vocals, guitars, and other more or less fitting sounds. (Uh... was it something I said?)

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