BSBTA #50
Various artists: 'BSBTA Five-O'
Ah, yes. While not exactly the 50th BSBTA release, this monstrous two-disc compilation is an ideal (inexpensive) sampler for those who want an introduction to the eclectic Bloated Sasquatch Beer Theatre Audio label. In addition to 40 tracks from most of the back catalogue (BSBTA #1-47), the discs contain ten previously unreleased pieces of music from maquatre, Kristian Thomsen, The Corners of Nowhere, Shaw, Christian H. Sötemann, cryptic scenery, David Neuer, Diktafonik Luv Chylde & Branta Ïx, Jacob Faurholt, and Sort Stue Sounds.

(loooong tracklist, coming soon)

2 cd-r / 75 + 79 minutes / October 2003 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #49
Tang Under Broen "Der er for langt at sige at der ikke er langt nok"
Tang Under Broen's second mini-collection of Danish language songs is, on average, darker and less experimental / noisy compared to 2001's En hyldest til jordnøddesmør (BSBTA #6). Sure, demons are real, but Der er for langt... has its humourous and crazy moments as well (which, now that I think of it, could be mistaken - because of the predominant tone on the record - for interpretations of delirious semi-psychosis. Perhaps it could pass as a soundtrack to a low budget Danish cartoon version of Donnie Darko?!). But, a nice mix of cheeky indie pop, clever lyrics about love, self-esteem and consumerism, with ethereal goth-ambient tendencies, it is. If I may be so humble :-) Oh, and the title track is a new version of that minor (mp3-only) cult hit from a few years back.

1. Der er for langt at sige at der ikke er langt nok 2. Sukkerskid 3. Søde opstød 4. Palle og Stinna 5. Æresærinde 6. Angst fangst 7. Tilflugt i hundene 8. Levnesmiddelalderen 9. Krads 10. Oplysninger i mørket 11. Lærker 12. Turen går til... 13. På tilbud i Super Bruseren 14. Strømme i klynger (klynker)

cd-r / 25 minutes / November 2003 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #48 / PANOPTIKON #09
Various artists: 'Panoptikon / BSBTA Talkathon Series, Vol. 2: Udsnit'
An experimental Danish language poetry album. BSBTA's second and last Talkathon release, co-released with the now defunct Panoptikon company (not to be confused with Martin Hall's Panoptikon).

(tracklist coming soon)

cd-r / 52 minutes / 1st edition June 2003; 2nd edition July 2003 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #47
Jacob Faurholt "Black Buildings"
Five short, but quite moving songs make up Århus-based Jacob Faurholt's second release (and first for BSBTA). Roots/Americana-tinged melancholy singer-songwriter music... you know the keywords... but there's more to it than that. The simple guitar, bass and keyboard accompaniment gives everything a special bedroom ambiènce, while, at times, digitally distorted vocals create eerily beautiful forcefields of phonetic colour... even black.

1. Alone With You 2. I Don't Mean All of Us 3. As the Ship Came In 4. Trees Are Shaking 5. Having Fun

cd-r / 12 minutes / April 2003 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #46
The President's Heart "Goodwill is Everywhere, and the Lighthearted Song of the Gondoliers is Heard in the Distance" Goodwill is Everywhere, and the Lighthearted Song of the Gondoliers is Heard in the Distance (a title taken from a Donald Barthelme novel; 'The President's Heart' actually comes from there as well) is a substantial piece of work, assembled by Copenhagen-based electronic musician Dorothy Parker, utilizing samples of Århus-based Vita Wrapovitz's and Kount Krickett's recordings. Vita and Kount's music, with its anti-pop pop attitude intact, is represented in short, wacky pieces made with, amongst other things, a ukulele, flute, t.v. noise, melodica and girl / boy vocals... later being rearranged and manipulated into dark disco hits! It's avantgarde without being affected. It's what Easy Listening For the 21st Century ought to be.

1. Overture 2. Massed Oranged Flags at the Head of the Column 3. Kitty Tongue 4. Box Office Mail Bomb 5. Flashback 6. Distant Fingers From the Rebel Forces 7. Showcase 8. Water Damage, Slide Presentations, Clamps & Buckets 9. Flashback to Disco 10. China Song 11. Massed Orange Repetition 12. Ending: the Sexy Part

cd-r / 23 minutes / August 2003 / REVIEWS / BUY IT!

BSBTA #45
David Neuer "You Neuer Know: The Music of David Neuer"
You Neuer Know is meant to be the definitive collection of "old school" David Neuer songs / non-songs (released on numerous albums and EPs in 2001-2002)... or, at least, a very good introduction. The tracks in question - selected by DN himself - are mastered from the original tapes (or second generation tapes at least), and therefore sound as good as they can sound (yet, this disc is not for the lo-fi-phobic!). Two previously unreleased pieces round out the nearly 70 minute compilation, which takes you through gently warped acoustic balladry, psychedelic musique noir and undefinable, non-melodic weirdness.

1. Wicked World 2. Coffee Not Carletti 3. 16th Degree of Happiness 4. Loves in Memorian 5. Peacebags 6. Appreciation 7. Them Vinions (Spoken) 8. The Allotted Space 9. The Stonepoint Edition 10. Deep in the Pocket 11. Peacebags II 12. It Grew Right Out of My Head 13. Welch Release 14. The Bachelore in Pubs 15. Where Do You Want Your Kiss? 16. Do Your Host Virginia (1st Take) 17. I Ought to Go Home 18. More Than Just a Game 19. Sentimental Stream 20. Sleur 21. Pillow Behind (How to Meet) 22. How Is She? 23. Surely Screely 24. Exploring the Stand Up Tommyde's Influence of the General Mood in the Society 25. All Those River Rafters

cd-r / 69 minutes / April 2003 / REVIEWS / BUY IT!

BSBTA #44
frail stars "short. (Postcards From the Plastic Planet Crashed Spaceship Pilot, Part 1)"
frail stars' debut 6-song instrumental EP, "short...", is just that (while hardly the shortest release on BSBTA). However, the EP gives you a good idea of what the solo project/band is/are all about. The music is reminiscent of certain loud/calm Scottish bands, but only slightly. Here, distorted guitars, minimalist drums and effects galore are handled in a different and - yes - personal way... without being weird or experimental as such. And "short..." is a splendid little collection, if I may say so myself.

1. ...

cd-r / 18 minutes / June 2003 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #43
Kristian Thomsen "Bastard Lovesongs"
Kristian Thomsen presents four (bastard love) songs here, which are quite a departure from his experimental (later, defunct) project, Reject66. Two blasting punk rock songs (each, with a slight Lou Reed-y lilt, more or less) and two frail, minimal acoustic songs (recorded on a dictaphone). Yes.

1. Remember Me   2. Never Leave U   3. Coming 'Round   4. The Reject Signs Out

cd-r / 11 minutes / March 2003 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #42
Shaw "Hope and Despair"
Acoustic / electric guitar-pop songs with very catchy tunes and lyrics are what you can expect from Hope and Despair, the debut album by Englishman David Shaw. While the influences of British pop/rock are audible, Shaw's sound is warm and personal (thanks, as always, to - among other things - the intimacy of the home studio); he isn't afraid of experimenting or adding other instruments (organ, drum machine) into the mix either. Did I mention that Mr. Shaw writes good songs?

1.

cd-r / 53 minutes / February 2003 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #41
Tender Prey "Morning Dew + Postkort"
This single is only a small taste of things to come. As the title indicates, the CD contains "Morning Dew", and the Swedish "Postkort"- two songs that emanate rays of melodic sunshine and mellow euphoria (euphony). They are, in fact, among the most accessible songs ever released by BSBTA...

1. Morning Dew   2. Postkort

cd-r / 11 minutes / February 2003 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #40
David Neuer "Monsieur Moldrigani finder den eneste sande vej til poesiens hjerte"
A(nother) must-have for Neuer-fans! This EP contains almost all of the early Danish-language recordings that David Neuer is satisfied with, meaning (just!) ten selections from 1991-2000. One of the stand-out tracks is "Noed i mit hode" ("Somethin' in My Hed" (sic), I guess), which has a pop ambience unlike anything we've heard from Neuer before (not including Defenders of the 49th Parallel :-)). It could make a fine (indie) radio hit, if more of today's DJs would bother with songs that last less than two minutes.

1. ...

cd-r / 16 minutes / February 2003 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #39
David Neuer "Dribble søg... dårligere end godt, men bedre end dårligt"
"Dribble søg..." is taken from late 2002's Fragmenter af flaurpaust (BSBTA #38). This CD single also contains re-recordings of the three other Fragmenter songs that use the same melody as "Dribble søg..." - here, they're labelled as Dribble søg... parts 2, 3 and 4, as opposed to their original titles: Pausebillede 1, 2 and 3 respectively. And the melody? If you like sentimental Dansktop country (in a lo-fi stylee, mind you), I guess you can do no better than to check this single out.

1. Del 1  2. Del 2  3. Del 3  4. Del 4

cd-r / 8 minutes / February 2003 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #38
David Neuer "Fragmenter af flaurpaust"
Fragmenter af flaurpaust was certainly a Danish-language lo-fi/no-fi concept album - a sort of audio tabloid or a musical portrayal of sensationalism, including short songs and long radio plays - satirical, theatrical, and loads of fun. DN recorded these tracks (many, in fact, being improvised on the spot) in an alarmingly short period of time... a very manically creative period of time. Additionally, at least an hour's worth of material, originally intended for this set - but deemed unfit by DN himself - remains unreleased. Fragmenter af flaurpaust was printed in a limited edition of 100 copies (plus extras) - most, which were given away to friends, acquaintances and local celebrities(!).

disc one: 1. Og dengang... 2. Fragment af flaupaust 3. Budskabet i bogskabet og tal 4. Med Reimar på Bakken 5. Den fattige troubardour 6. Det første møde 7. Pausebillede 1 8. Det næste møde 9. Pausebillede 2 10. Det første eftermøde 11. Pausebillede 4

disc two: 1. Den ret så gode melodi (English Guitar Song) 2. Da posen blev tom, kom der atter hår på toppen 3. Pausebillede 3 4. Piels Plaugaard 5. Med kaj og Børge på Jyllandsringen 6. Dribble søg... dårligere end godt, med bedre end dårligt 7. Lige før 8. (Unlisted bonus track)

2 cd-r / 46 + 67 minutes / December 2002 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #37
Christian H. Sötemann "The Kick-Out Disc"
A powerful voice and a reverberating guitar is all that's needed to make an as dramatic and intimate release as this. Very limited edition, and packaged in a pop-out (aka: kick-out) case, the EP includes "Kick Out the Disc", which shows CHS from his - up to now - most vocally aggressive side, plus the in-a-different-way-dramatic "The Surface is Blank". Round off the disc is "Arbitrarily Often Geschreddert", an instrumental piece that strengthens the fact that good guitar pieces are often those, that sound as if guitars aren't even being used in them! (If you enjoyed Four Crescent Figures (BSBTA #21) pieces such as "Requiem - 1988" and "Peninsula", then "Arbitrarily..." is for you!)

1. Kick Out the Disc 2. The Surface is Blank 3. Arbitrarily Often Geschreddert

cd-r / 11 minutes / November 2002 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #36
Branta Ïx "Poppalotta"
Besides the rather upbeat Pippi Longstocking-esque title, the Poppalotta EP is the closest Branta Ïx has come to pop music. The eleven brief pieces (with daft titles like "Lazy Line Sniffer Jane", "The Empire's Back on Strike", and "Rumsfeld & Coca-Cola") are also more electronic than previous Branta-recordings - music-making software and virtual synths were used (and fucked with), while hardly any analogue sounds / sources were utilized.

1. branta.exe 2. Schlong 2 3. Lazy Line Sniffer Jane 4. Toolpaste 5. VJ of the Wrong Senses 6. Bank Trippin' 7. Ride the Hyphen 8. State Soul Trooper 9. WebCamBodia 10. Rumsfeld & Coca-Cola 11. The Empire's Back on Strike

cd-r / 14 minutes / January 2003 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #35
I.C. Cassiel "What's Inner Voice"
A mysterious man *cough*David Neuer*cough* with a curiously titled EP. The songs on What's Inner Voice are clean, crisp and simple (in a good way, of course), while being slightly melancholy and lyrically reflective. The cd-r's packaging is also quite clever, so we've been told.

1. Half Filled Basket 2. Keep it For My Self 3. No Lovers in This Park 4. 7 Quarter Choir Song 5. Silent Venus of Winter 6. Deep in the Pocket

cd-r / 18 minutes / March 2003 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #34
maquatre "B.C."
Århus-based maquatre (Kaspar Rosengreen Nielsen) produces calm, home recorded listening music. There are (pleasantly) chaotic moments on the EP, as well as melancholy, slightly hypnotizing elements, noise samples, programmed beats and whispering vocals. The perfect soundtrack to... a lot.

1. Theme B.C. 2. Only Place 3. Seek Shall Find 4. There is No One Between Us 5. Do You Copy?

cd-r / 14 minutes / October 2002 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #33
Christian H. Sötemann "Golden Ether"
As a suitable epilogue to The Kick-Out Disc (BSBTA #37), Golden Ether offers two ambient (to say the least) guitar pieces. The title track, plus "Rehte Nedlog" (essentially "Golden Ether" backwards) create a relaxing, dream-like, but still somewhat decadent atmosphere.

1. Golden Ether   2. Rehte Nedlog

cd-r / 55 minutes / January 2003 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #32
Defenders of the 49th Parallel "Don't Let the Kommies Get a Hold of This"
Did you ever think you'd hear David Neuer backed by drowsy drum n' bass beats or sitar loops? Or Christian Kann singing along to a vacuum cleaner? Now you can hear just that, among many other things, on Don't Let the Kommies Get a Hold of This, which is, in fact, a collaboration between Neuer and Kann. The two have made a mixture of spoken word, esoteric avant-indie and home recorded improvisations... and they were never in the same room while this went on! One is therefore reminded of the working techniques on Musical Chain Letters - and that, as proven, is an a-okay way to work... chaos notwithstanding!

1. Attractive Holder 2. The Exclusive Dance Deliver 3. Nesting in Her... Nest 4. Binatris Vok at Leras 5. Meticulous Metachrosis Met Mountainous Metalmouth 6. Them Vinions 7. Porno For Pjerrot 8. Just Doing the Then Again 9. The Grape's Opened Peelings 10. Beating Ears, Eating Bears 11. Tarhammer Avenue 12. Shag Dancer Silhouette 13. 2 L8 14. Hermetic Officer 15. Unvacationed 16. Creole Buddha 17. Ghost Cup Board Country 18. Oxjaws 19. The Mistress Who Went For Stumps

cd-r / 35 minutes / September 2002 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #31
The Corners of Nowhere "The Corners of Nowhere"
Hailing from Cardiff, Wales, The Corners of Nowhere produce free-form electronic freakouts, repetitive drone-pieces and groovy tunes, by sampling from their own jam sessions, and often implementing The Spoken Word™. Session musicians include members of The Heavy Quartet, Captain Paranoid and Rocket Goldstar.

1. Laughs 2. Small Hands 3. Locrian Medium 4. Dragon Fly 5. Plaint 6. Cat and Bird 7. Nastamb

cd-r / 49 minutes / August 2002 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #30
cryptic scenery "Cupboard"
The much-delayed second piece of documentation of the earliest era of cryptic scenery is this, a reissue of the group's first release from 1995. It was on audio cassette then, and is, today, available on the modern day DIY equivalent: cd-r . In addition to the five original pieces, this new edition also features two bonus tracks - previously unheard fragments of the piece "Rain Music", and a new (2003) version of "The Closed Castle". All in all, a fine mixed bag of ambient / minimal / repetitive / meditative ear/brain candy.

1. Cupboard 4 (Slow Development) 2. The Closed Castle 3. Cupboard 3 (Radical Change) 4. Rain Music 5. Forward 6. Rain Music Fragments 7. The Closed Castle (New Recording)

cd-r / 51 minutes / July 2004 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #29
cryptic scenery "Behind the Gates"
The first version of cryptic scenery (Christian H. Sötemann (keyboard & guitar) and Jan-Christoph Fritz (keyboard)) hereby presents ten previously unreleased instrumental pieces, recorded between 1994 and '95. Pieces such as the rhythmic "Docklands" and "Smell of Steel", and the melodic / blissful "Tin God" and "The Northern Lights", display familiar and more foreign cryptic scenery elements - somewhere between pop and ambient. In fact, the album contains some of the most beautiful moments in BSBTA's catalogue. And that was / is only the beginning.

1. A Gate Opens 2. Early Morning Air 3. Docklands 4. Saturn 5. The Distant Bird Comes to You 6. Icy Bay 7. Tin God 8. Smell of Steel 9. The Northern Lights 10. Behind the Gates

cd-r / 66 minutes / June 2003 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #28 B
Tang Under Yr Britches "Penumbra and Fickle Dreamfish"
Taken from the album Real Estate Pornographer, "Penumbra..." is a rather catchy song (with a bit of a climax towards the end!), recorded directly to a PC mic. The four other (exclusive) tracks swing from experimental machine-park pop to warped melodic naivité (including a "Girl From Ipanema" pastiche)...

1. Penumbra and Fickle Dreamfish 2. Leaves and Fins Again #3 3. Lovely Theology Tribe 4. Hop-Along Gravity #2 5. The Island Formerly Known As 'Prince Edward'

cd-r / 8 minutes / July 2002 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #28
Tang Under Yr Britches "Real Estate Pornographer"
Want to scare your twee-pop friends? Try: 'six-minute four-track collages, semi-singer-songwriter snippets, and instrumental pieces'...!!! "Real Estate Pornographer" is less noisy than previous Tang Under... outings, but still as (if not more) improvised and uncompromisingly experimental. 'Elephant 6 played by Martian Mice?'. You should've been there.

1. Gaelic BBQ Ephemera 2. Suburban Transvestite (Slutty Buddy) 3. Vitus Cod (Tarts) 4. Realm of Crass Scones 5. Moribund Toads (in Diagrams) 6. Penumbra and Fickle Dreamfish 7. Seacow Riots 8. Picking the Knows 9. Bodies For Plimsolls 10. Estate Sailor #1-3 11. Mestrual Motorcycle (Slutty Terrapod) 12. Capsules For Timeshare Stoners 13. Weed and the Dole (Utrecht Slayer) 14. Bionic Hausfrau

cd-r / 39 minutes / September 2002 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #27
Los Flying Fallaflers "Is There Something We Forgot to Sound?"
David Neuer and his friend Asger Holmgaard, made weird vocal sounds and had abstract conversations in 1995. Not originally intended for release, the project has been, by DN, named Los Flying Fallaflers - one of the band names the duo came up with in another of their many 'conversation sessions'. This session was the only one that was ever recorded; the almost completely unedited 17 minutes were recorded on a cassette machine by David - without Asger knowing about it... If you've heard the David Neuer pieces "What About" and "Orthopedian", you'll have a bit of an idea of what "Is There Something..." is. Otherwise, prepare to be baffled!

1. Untitled (Is There Something We Forgot to Sound?)

cd-r / 17 minutes /August 2002 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #26
The Fun Club "Lovers' Dreams"
The debut release (which, since, turned out to be their only release, before morphing into Tender Prey) by Copenhagen's melancholy garage pop extraordinaires The Fun Club. A jazzy rhythm section, Gibson twangin', and Kenneth Larsen's dark romantic voice are among the exponents of this nice little EP...

1. Lovers' Dreams (Part 2) 2. Freak Lights (of Fall) 3. What it Takes 4. A Curse Cast By Hope

cd-r / 20 minutes / June 2002 / BUY IT!

BSBTA #25
Diktafonik Luv Chylde "Diktafonik Luv Chylde"
The pocket symphonies hereon were created with a hand-held mono cassette recorder, later being heavily rearranged on the computer. Warm, fuzzy field recordings from a planet you wouldn't think would be this one. The EP includes pieces dedicated to the late German musicians Michael Karoli (Can) and Carl Crack (Atari Teenage Riot), and is packaged in a (limited edition) green-tinted jewelcase.

1. Dirty Dirty Dirty Diktafonia 2. Solid Waste Menagerie 3. Juice bender (Breaking Water) 4. Sprinter's Muscle 5. Mahatma Gahan & the Bahama Mamas 6. Celluloid Concerto on Celeste's Cellulose-Ridden Arse 7. Venables Diskotheque 8. Wenchwatcher 9. Jericho Draped in Balsam (Trajectory Game) 10. Sanctuary Man 11. Narcwhale (Save the Danes) 12. Comfort Music

cd-r / 20 minutes / May 2002 / SOLD OUT

BSBTA #24 / ughCD 004
sfu·ma·to "Shards of Ancient Suns"
More a raw, primitive rock record than a lo-fi indie record, "Shards..." is a joint-release between PMR and BSBTA. Six of the seven songs on the album were recorded in California, with Bomba, Bryan Goski, Darren Hertell, Pashko Juncaj, and backing vocalists Rachel Roffman and Catherine Feeny. Also included are two live recordings, and a cover of the Murvin/Perry classic "Police & Thieves". Jah rock!

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