new on Herbal International
 

dEAR friends,

apologies for the promotional nature of this message.
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Herbal International are happy to announce a few new releases on different format available now and the near future.

Concrete Disc (cd)

0801 BEEQUEEN Time Waits For No One (remaster 2008)



http://www.geocities.com/herbalrecor...ueentwfno.html

0802 ERIC LA CASA CEDRIC PEYRONNET La Creuse



http://www.geocities.com/herbalrecor...placreuse.html


Why Not Ltd (40 copies ltd cdR)
00029 Birgit Ulher Heddy Boubaker Upside Down



http://www.geocities.com/whynotltd/00029BUHB.html


Herbal on Net - new online free download! On lossless FLAC -
0001V/A "My Friend G.O.D.O.G.O.D."
www.archive.org/details/0001VaMyFriendG.o.d.o.g.o.d.SideA

0002 Noise & Honey "Honey Sucking Noise"
www.archive.org/details/0002Noisehoneyhoneysuckingnoiselive

0003 Goh Lee Kwang Warm & Meaty
www.archive.org/details/HON0003GohLeeKwangWarmAndMeaty

0003 Goh Lee Kwang Max Attacks vol.1
www.archive.org/details/HON0003GohLeeKwangMaxAttacksvol1

Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

with my best regards.
www.herbalinternational.tk

from Why Not Ltd, we present

00028 Alessandro Calbucci / Matteo Uggeri:: The Distance is Getting Closer
00020 Tim Blechmann:: Replugged
00026 Julien Skrobek:: Volatil
00018 Goh Lee Kwang:: Cicadas
00016 Torturing Nurse:: 192171-200871

http://www.geocities.com/whynotltd/

CD for 12 euros, cdR for 6 euros, + shipping.
check out our webpage for more release and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

... coming soon on Why Not Ltd
Patrick Farmer

... coming soon on Live Actions
Greg Davis
PM (Goh Lee Kwang / Olaf Hochherz)

... coming soon on Herbal International
Goh Lee Kwang:: Draw Sound - 3"cd+book

reviews of ALESSANDRO COLBUCCI & MATTEO UGGERI - THE DISTANCE and TIM BLECHMANN - REPLUGGED
available on Vital Weekly in week 43
http://www.vitalweekly.net/649.html

cdR for 6 euros, + shipping.
check out our webpage for more release and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

hello,

on Herbal International, we have a new release, a book+ 3"CD from Goh Lee Kwang.


36 pages b/w drawing+ 3"CD
http://www.geocities.com/crackspalla...drawsound.html

Price: 14 euros + shipping (free shipping in Europe).

Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

a review of Beequeen TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE
available on Touching Extreme Nov 2008
http://touchingextremes.blogspot.com...mber-2008.html

CD for 12 euros, cdR for 6 euros, + shipping.
check out our webpage for more release and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

cheers dude

a review of Goh Lee Kwang's DRAW SOUND
available on Vital Weekly in week 47
http://www.vitalweekly.net/653.html

CD for 12 euros, cdR for 6 euros, + shipping.
Visit our webpage for more releases and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

a review of Eric La Casa / Cédric Peyronnet LA CREUSE
available on Spiritual Archives
http://spiritualarchives.blogspot.co...la-creuse.html

If any one here who is the writer / the blog owner, please let me know, THX!

CD for 12 euros, cdR for 6 euros, + shipping.
Visit our webpage for more releases and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

a review of Beequeen TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE
available on Bad Alchemy
http://www.geocities.com/herbalrecor...eentwfno3.html

CD for 12 euros, cdR for 6 euros, + shipping.
Visit our webpage for more releases and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

dEAR friends, we kick open 2009 with 2 cdR releases,

from Why Not Ltd:

00027 Patrick Farmer:: The Wandering Rhizome


http://www.geocities.com/whynotltd/

from Live Actions
006 PM (glk / Olaf Hochherz): Lives in Berlin

cdR for 6 euros, + shipping; FREE SHIPPING for order more then 20euros (total)
check out our webpage for more release and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

and, we have a new " Herbal outlet", check it out! next we will have a double CD from... should be ready in Feb ;)

cheers,
glk / herbal

Review of Patrick Farmer:: The Wandering Rhizome (on Why Not Ltd) and PM (glk / Olaf Hochherz): Live Actions: Berlin (on Live Actions)
available on Vital Weekly
http://www.vitalweekly.net/663.html

cdR for 6 euros, + shipping. worldwide FREE postage for order more then 20euros.
and, we have a new " Herbal outlet" for non Herbal release too.
Visit our webpage for more releases and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

A review of Goh Lee Kwang DRAW SOUND
available on Neutral.it
http://www.neural.it/sound/2009/01/goh_ ... ound.phtml

Visit our webpage for more releases and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

Herbal International new CD launching -

Double CD: NON-ORGANIC BIAS by Jean-Luc Guionnet



2xCD for 18 euros + shipping.
check out our webpage for more release and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

a review of Eric La Casa / Cédric Peyronnet LA CREUSE by Massimo Ricci
available on Brain Dead Eternity
http://braindeadeternity.blogspot.co...la-creuse.html

CD for 12 euros, cdR for 6 euros, + shipping.
Visit our webpage for more releases and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

A review of Jean-Luc Guionnet NON-ORGANIC BIAS
available on Vital Weekly
http://www.vitalweekly.net/669.html

double cd, Eur18 + shipping.
worldwide FREE postage for single order more then 20Eur.
we have a new " Herbal outlet" for non Herbal release too.
Visit our webpage for more releases and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

dEAR friends, we have 2 new cdR releases,

from Why Not Ltd:
00023 Julien Skrobek & Miguel Prado:: American Nightmare



from Live Actions
007 Nick Hoffman: Stratagem (Chamber Works)



cdR for 6 euros, + shipping; FREE SHIPPING for order more then 20euros (total)
check out our webpage for more release and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
http://www.whynotltd.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

and, we have a new " Herbal outlet", check it out!

cheers,
glk / herbal

A nice mention of Herbal - Why Not on Richard Pinnell's blog at http://www.thewatchfulear.com/

and from Vital Weekly

NICK HOFFMAN - STRATAGEM
So far the music by Nick Hoffman has been pure electronic affairs, working with laptops and sine waves. Perhaps I mentioned however he is graduate in music, and on 'Stratagem' are three works for a small chamber orchestra, which includes, although I'm not sure if all at the same time, four piano's, percussion, trumpet, guitar, and electronics. I am sure I mentioned this before but true, modern classical music is one of those I find very hard to review. Of the three pieces here, I think 'Clearing' is great. It has modern classical feel to it, but its also acoustic with pipes being blown and there are small bits of electronics. I must say I liked that a lot, whereas the short opening piece and the title piece were also alright, but perhaps it didn't have the same impact on me. (FdW)

JULIEN SKROBEK & MIGUEL PRADO - AMERICAN NIGHTMARE
A duet of Julien Skrobek on synthesizer and Miguel Prado on prepared cello (first piece) and prepared piano (second piece). Both seem to me new stars on the front of improvised music, department 'soft' and 'silent'. They play their music with 'gaps' in between. A sound, maybe two or even three, and then some silence. Its a method they apply in both tracks here, and it works well, even if perhaps both could have been a bit shorter. Or perhaps just the second, which lasts twenty-five minutes, would have been fine enough, I think. Its music that demands quite a bit from the listener and requires full attention, so even at just under forty minutes, this is still on the long side. But as said, especially the second piece I really liked. (FdW)

cdR for 6 euros, + shipping; FREE SHIPPING for order more then 20euros (total)
check out our webpage for more release and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
http://www.whynotltd.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

and, we have a new " Herbal outlet", check it out!

cheers,
glk / herbal

from Why Not Ltd, we present

cdR for 6 euros, + shipping.
check out our webpage for more release and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

Check out Herbal Outlet for non-Herbal releases.

cheers,
glk / herbal

We have another new release on Why Not Ltd
Mathias Forge:: Essai


cdR for 6 euros, + shipping.
check out our webpage for more release and information
http://www.whynotltd.tk
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

Check out Herbal Outlet for non-Herbal releases.

cheers,
glk / herbal

from Vital Weekly 679, a review of ATMEN IM ATOM - ATOM HEART NOISE III

The art work for this is an A4 photocopied sheet wrapped around a CDR. If you folded the sheet so as to insert it in a jewel case then the cover would be the wrong way around. Doris Boeker gets the credit for this, the text also has the caution that the CDr contains extreme Frequencies and unexpected Dynamic Processes. Well it (Track 1) starts in the bass - with a bubbling sounds (custard?) then slowly and predictably moves up the spectrum. Track two is whistles and hisses and crashes with reverb - as opposed to rhubarb. The other tracks continue in this industrial vein - with the occasional high pitched noises but never more than 22khz (which would be something?) Not that its particularly relevant but the worst/best thing on Audio CDs is fairly fixed high DC offsets - which can in some cases burn out speakers. (jliat)



cdR for 6 euros, + shipping.
check out our webpage for more release and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

Check out Herbal Outlet for non-Herbal releases.

cheers,
glk / herbal

dEAR friends,

Not so long ago Why Not Ltd make 30 releases. and it is 4 years old from the month i make the first Why Not cdR, so i thought maybe it is about time to make a full stop. This thing was in my mind for a few days and finally i think it is a good idea. So now i will call Why Not Ltd a stop.

The web domain (http://www.whynotltd.tk) will still remain, the web server (geocities) will not continue by the end of the year, a proper documentation of Why Not releases will relocate somewhere elses (most possible klingt.org) as soon as i have time to make a better presentation.

Most titles from 2007 onward are still available.

cheers, glk

ps: as most friends would have guess, i will come back with a new cdR label, demo submission is still open ;)

pps: Herbal will have 2 new release in the summer!

A review of Jean-Luc Guionnet NON-ORGANIC BIAS
available on Bagatellen
http://www.bagatellen.com/?p=2366

double cd, 18euros + shipping.
worldwide FREE postage for single order more then 25Eur.

Visit our webpage for more releases and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

a very nice review of Beequeen's Time Waits For No One available on Monsieur Delire
http://blog.monsieurdelire.com/2009/...cademy-la.html

Paru à l’origine en 1994, réédité par Herbal International en 2008. Je n’avais pas entendu ce disque à sa sortie originale, et maintenant je comprends très bien qu’on ait ressenti le besoin de le rééditer. C’est, à la base, un excellent Beequeen, mais c’est surtout un disque qui, en 1992-1993 (période de sa composition), était singulièrement en avance sur son époque. Frans de Waard et Freek Kinkelaar ont concocté un album d’électronica expérimentale avant la lettre, dont on sent encore les origines industrielles. Time Waits for No One mérite le statut de classique du genre, au même titre que les premiers Pan Sonic ou Endless Summer de Fennesz.

First released in 1994, reissued by Herbal International in 2008. I hadn’t heard this upon its release, but now I know why someone felt it had to be reissued. To start with, it’s an excellent Beequeen album, but more important, this record was surprisingly ahead of its time back in 1992-1993 (when it was composed). Frans de Waard and Freek Kinkelaar brewed up an experimental electronica album before the term was coined, and you can still hear the Industrial lineage of this music. Time Waits for No One deserves a “classic” status, just as the first few Pan Sonic albums or Fennesz’s Endless Summer. - François Couture -

CD for 12 euros, cdR for 6 euros, + shipping.
Visit our webpage for more releases and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal

A review of Goh Lee Kwang's GOOD VIBRATIONS

Heathen Harvest
This new CD from Malaysian maestro Goh Lee Kwang, Good Vibrations is a five-song buzz of one 15-minute, two 20 minute and two nine minute tracks that all slip into one another seamlessly.

It’s hard to figure out what exactly, if anything, Goh is trying to get across. My guess is that it was a labor of love, something he wanted to put out there that is so unique there’s nothing like it on the map. That is, unless you have a habit where you tune your radio to frequencies that are between stations and you get that static and noise, beeping, high-pitched sounds that, played loud enough, will pierce your ears.

According to his bio on his MySpace page, Goh focuses on “various possibilities of both natural sound and recorded sound, crossing the boundaries of digital and analog, electronic and acoustic, go[ing] beyond language, allowing audiences to experience the work directly and in their own personal way.” Besides dabbling in creating unusual and original sound works, Goh has also created sound installations, interactive sound & vision installations, single- and multi-channel videos, etc, not to mention soundtracks for various theater pieces, dance performances and scores for independent films as well.

You’ll probably have a hard time trying to find the multi-media pieces that Goh’s created if you live in the US because his multi-media works are most prominent in Asia as well as Europe.

Basically, Goh is a multi-talented, multi-media cat who has a vivid imagination, seeing as that’s where he spends a lot of time getting ideas and inspiration; if you’ve been lucky enough to see any of his live shows you’d understand more of what’s going on here. Most of the shows are done at Museums/Galleries around the world and each sensation is driven by or augmented by another - that is, the minimalist soundscapes, the video installations as well as the interactive shows he sets up with an audio/visual sensation to it. The venues at which Goh brings all these disparate ideas become realized are perfectly suited to the vibe(s) they evoke - in other words, his performances don’t belong in some football stadium or a smoky, raging club full of McFisters who just want to drink more beer and smash up everything. This is high-brow stuff and it may be too bad that one would have to go to a snobby Euro-Art-bar to check it out. Myself, I’d be hip to seeing one of his installations in Bangkok or Macau, exotic destinations that would bring to life Goh’s subconscious even more.

So, while you ponder Good Vibrations and are scratching your head, trying to figure it out, just close your eyes and think of hallucinogenic video loops and many colors flitting, bouncing off the walls and such.
- Blond Adonis

CD for 12 euros, + shipping.
Visit our webpage for more releases and information
http://www.herbalinternational.tk/
Inquiries from shops & distributors welcome.

cheers,
glk / herbal