LP
since March 2001
outsider music for the hip
HOW TO ORDER:
QBICO records with prices means that they are still available.
SHIPPING COSTS:
(calculate yr total easily, obviously count two records for the double LP)
with priority post to Europe:
from 1 to the 3 LP add €8
from 4 to the 7 LP add €12
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with priority post to England:
from 1 to the 3 LP add £5.5
from 4 to the 7 LP add £8
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with priority post to USA/Canada/Japan:
from 1 to the 3 LP add $13
from 4 to the 7 LP add $23
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with priority post to Australia/New Zealand:
from 1 to the 3 LP add $15
from 4 to the 7 LP add $27
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(Quick Pack for Europe and airmail or EMS for the rest of the world).
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METHODS OF PAYMENT:
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(if you pay today with paypal, i'll ship your package tomorrow)
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IMO in € (especially good for Japanese costumers)
cash (very well hidden: i mean not visible from the outside), in a registered letter
Western Union Money Transfer
QBICO 79
ODD CLOUDS (QBICO 79) pic disk, artworks by Chris Pottinger & Jamie Easter SOLD OUT
rec. betw 2004-2007 in Detroit, Ferndale and Hamtramck; Michigan
performers:
Chris Pottinger
Jamie Easter
Heath Moerland
Glen Morren
Chris Sprague
Matt Smith
Noah Eikhoff
Free Wade
WORDS:
Surrounded by Odd Clouds.
"Well, if this band were here I WOULD be surrounded, since there are 8 members ! ODD CLOUDS is a project lead by Chris Pottinger and Jamie Easter and their album is a new QBICO release. This is some really way out and propulsive free-form music, all presented on a wild picture disc of "bad trip" art by Chris and Jamie. The art has scary intestine creatures looming on Side A, and a poor fella that seems to have sprouted tubes from many of his appendages, along with having a few eyes shooting out of his left eye socket on it's "B" side. I hate when I feel like that ! It's quite unsettling, but well designed and probably clues you in to how mad these sounds are on the vinyl. The music is a bit like Smegma but without the use of any cut-ups or much electronics. Here they use, among other things, guitar, sax (and/or some kind of horn), and voice. This is an organic miasma of throbs and groans...none of which overstays it's welcome. Here, what sounds like the rites of Cthulu at the Mountains Of Madness, is the order of the day. I mean this stuff sounds like someone just about to lose their mind...but it's so damned good in that sense ! Ahhh , that "thin piping sound" Mr. Lovecraft so often wrote of. Is it the call of the "old ones" or is that just your mind going off ? But it's not a bad thing,...don't get me wrong here. Relax your mind and float downstream.....is it not dying ? (Yes, I did mis-quote that ON PURPOSE!) This is music for those of us that like the darker side of psychedelic free form sounds....like Brast Burn,Taj Mahal Travellers or good ol' Smegma. This has it's own angle on that bunch...but if you dig any of the before mentioned bands, you should love this. Another fine and wild release by QBICO. yum !"psychatrone myspace
QBICO 78
COTTON MUSEUM- No face in the bog (QBICO 78) cow's milk vinyl, artworks and music by Chris Pottinger, with insert SOLD OUT
side A originally released as a ltd ed CD-R art set in 100 copies on Tasty Soil, Creature
B1 track is unreleased, rec. in 2007
B2 originally released in 2006 on Fag Tapes as a side of a tour cassette with Sick Llama
B3 was played as a loop for 8 months straight on a pirate radio station that broacasted out of the Cloud House on 107.9 fm
"Far out electronic music for the third millenium ! the track on side A is side long and totally insane (don't know but i hear echoes of Kawabata's solo on qbico #11, could be a new step/continuation ?!), my amplifier's pointers never went so schizo-frenic ! side B start with a short electronic meditation thinned out by pure acid... the middle piece is long and it's grow on you, deeper and deeper... this futuristic rocket ends with a mezmerizing short track that was broadcasted as a loop on a pirate radio station for 8 consecutive months ! all in tune: the cover, the vinyl color, the music AND the creatures ! an exhibition (curated by Thurston Moore) of Chris Pottinger's fine artworks at been recently displayed at the latest No Fun Fest."
QBICO 77
SLITHER- Invertebrate (QBICO 77) one-sided black vinyl SOLD OUT
Heath Moerland & Chris Pottinger: horns & electronics
side A
Venom injection
Invertebrate
"Ghosts horns howling at twisted electronics sub-humans or invertebrate"
QBICO EPSILON
MATS GUSTAFSSON- Mats G plays Duke E (QBICO EPSILON) 125 copies ONLY, one-sided black vinyl SOLD OUT
26 copies with paste-on grey covers with stamped and signed photo by Mats, numbered from A to Z
99 copies with paste-on white covers
Mats Gustafsson- tenor sax and live electronics
rec. April 8, 2008 by Olof Madsen at Blue Tower Studios
side A
In a sentimental mood
I never felt this way before
Come Sunday
Blue goose
Sophisticated Lady
QBICO 77/78/79 ltd ed
26 copies only numbered from A to Z
the creatures box
qbico 77/78/79 records
one unique and original creature artwork by Chris Pottinger (all different)
silk-screened box with creature by Chris Pottinger
creature badge
SOLD OUT
QBICO 76
ERUPTION- Live action 1972, Wuppertal (QBICO 76) 2LP (music on three sides) with folder cover in heavy outer plastic sleeve, black vinyl & orange vinyl (180gr), cover by qbico SOLD OUT
music by:
Conrad Schnitzler
Klaus Freudigmann
Wolfgang Seidel
and friends
3 side long tracks, the complete concert
WORDS:
"qbico erupts !!!
YESSSS!
Another set of QBICO records’ greatness is now at hand ! Although this time ’round I have only ,so far, scored a copy of QBICO 76....Conrad Schnitzler’s ERUPTION Live Action, 1972...Wuppertal a double album with 3 sides of early historical German sounds. Yes, 3 sides live,...but nothing like that Genesis album of the same title! Ha! No ,this is a full live concert from Conrad Schnitzler and his collegues while he’d just left Tangerine Dream and Kluster because he wanted to make more cold hard electronics sounds even at this early stage in the KrautRock game. Here are pieces of music that somehow go from brooding soundtrack-like segments all the way to the deepest space travels even during one track. Another cool thing is the use of acoustic instruments in this mix, like flute and violin (cello). Yes there is more of what I call I.P.R. (that’s Imagination Per Minute) on this album than than most classic albums of the era, and even modern albums of this ilk too! What makes this a delight is the sheer forward momentum of ideas and textures ...from one minute to the next these pieces grow and mutate into areas you never expect. To me side A and side B seem like one piece cut in two by the time limit of album sides, but this may have been one continuous show start to finish. Funnily the vinyl color and label designs seem to reflect the music’s growth in intensity too. The first album is of black vinyl , but the label for side A has the least lava flowing on it...by side B the music and the lava on the label are getting pretty powerful... then by side C the album is bright orange vinyl and the label too is angrily glowing with the stuff of the very Earth’s birth AND (by God) the music by this point will have you glowing too! A while back QBICO released an early ERUPTION album that I was incredibly excited over....and that one’s gone for a while now. But now you have another chance to hear a little bit of (almost) lost KrautRock history and this time you should try and catch a listen. Conrad Schnitzler , Klaus Freudigmann and Wolfgang Seidel have been a sort of mystery influence on early electronic and free music.....NOW is the time to experience what has been hidden for what seems like ages. Some of you might want a bit of a comparison in terms of sound...well, I said to QBICO records that this sounded a bit like a guitarless Electronic Meditation or sort of like Alpha Centauri era Tangerine Dream, to which QBICO replied: NO,....it’s better than that. (or something similar) After a few more listens I’d still stick by that as just purely a musical reference point ....expressly because I’d have to agree that this album might even be what those other albums aimed to achieve and fell short of! Yeah, it’s THAT good! These are sounds from a totally alternate universe." pyschatrone myspace
QBICO 75
HARTMUT GEERKEN- Amanita (QBICO 75) 2LP with folder cover in heavy outer plastic sleeve, black vinyl & gold vinyl (180gr), cover by qbico
SOLD OUT
rec. May 11, 1995
instruments played:
Sun Ra's Sun harp
Swarmandal
voice
side A
amanita spissa
side B
amanita ovoidea
side C
amanita strobiliformis
amanita vaginata
amanita phalloides
amanita rubescens
side D
amanita mappa
amanita pantherina
amanita vema
"Pratically impossible to make it brief here, HGeerken: author, composer, musician, film-maker, performer, actor, mycologist, archivist, stager of exhibitions, publisher of numerous authors from the circle of literary expressionism and dada, lumberjack, bumble-bee-keeper. during his six-year stay in Egypt in the 60's he is co-founder (together with Salah Ragab and Edu Vizvari) of the Cairo Jazz Band as well as founder and head of the Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble. played in various music groups: Embryo, trio with John Tchicai and Don Moye (extensive tour of Africa) and also with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. he worked with Sunny Murray, Don Cherry, Okay Termiz, Peter Kowald, Takehisa Kosugi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta, ect... today Geerken possesses one of the most comprehensive Sun Ra archives (waitawhile sun ra archives). his book omniverse sun ra (1994) ,which contains a first all-embracing discography of the musician, has meanwhile grown to be a priceless cult book. together with James Wolf from the library of congress in Washington DC , he's editor of the recently published collected poems and philosophical works of Sun Ra (the immeasurable equation 2005). better to read his bio to know more.
This is Geerken 1st ever solo release (a major event indeed !) and it was recorded under the influence of magic mushrooms (dried amanita muscaria). one of the instruments played here is Sun Ra's Sun harp (a Bulgarian bandura), which Sun Ra gave him in 1971 in Egypt, were Hartmut invited the Arkestra to play... they got no money to fly back to the States, so Hartmut kindly borrow them some bread for the trip back... in exchange Sun Ra gave him his Sun harp (which you'd hear on several Saturn LP and which was one of the few instruments that Sun Ra played besides keyboards) saying i'll buy it back from you one day... which evidently never happened. the other string instrument played here is a Swarmandal, which was given to him in 1976 in New Delhi by the renowed Dhrupad singers: the Dagar brothers. probably the wildest qbico ever, alien sounds !"
QBICO 74
DATASHOCK (QBICO 74) 180gr. clear olive vinyl, photo by Marion Meilgen SOLD OUT
rec. August 2007, mastered by Pete Swanson, two side long tracks
Ruth-Maria Adam
Pascal Hector
Ronnie Oliveras
Martina Ripplinger
Ulf Schutte
Marcel Turkowsky
Jan Werner
"Last year i was particulary impressed by their 1st LP as Datashock and Shivers, this is a very promising and young collective from Germany. the music got some affinities with Double Leopards, Family Underground and The SB... deep"
QBICO 74/75/76 ltd ed
26 copies only numbered from A to Z
Germany
qbico 74 hand-made covers by various members of Datashock
qbico 75 Atlas of musimycology, spor print by HG on original jazz cards by Eberhard Gommlich, signed & stamped by the paramycologist (insert+photos)
qbico 76 hand-made covers by Troglosound, signed
box wrapped in gauze, painted and spray stencil writings by qbico (stencil by Troglosound on back)
3 versions: rich gold (8), micaceus black (10) and vermilion (8)
SOLD OUT
QBICO 73
GRAVEYARDS (QBICO 73) black vinyl, cover by John Olson SOLD OUT
rec. 2007, two side long tracks
bunny- cello
mike khoury- violin
zach wallace- bass
nate wooley- trumpet
hell- percussion, tapes
coccyx- saxophone, electronics
johnny coorz- flute, electronics
"after few vinyl releases in duo or trio, this is the 1st Graveyards big band effort. a fresh and new look on free music; the more i hear it, the more i like it... killer !"
QBICO 72
BOBBY BEAUSOLEIL- Mantra (QBICO 72) pic disk, artworks by Bobby Beausoleil SOLD OUT
rec. in Oregon State Penitentiary at the end of the 80's
side A
Mantra part I
side B
Mantra part II
"A prison is a noisy place. The clanging of bells announcing the prison routine, the whir and ratcheting, banging and slamming of electric gates and mechanical metal doors, the ebb and flow of human vocalizations as hundreds of people caged against their will respond to their conditions in myriad ways - to express their loneliness, or disconttent, or rage, or insanity, or merely to cheer or boo a play in a football game on television - punctuated by the shouts of guards who must enforce their authority to maintain what passes for order in such places . . . all of this and more is amplified within the confines of reverberant concrete walls, conspiring to make it difficult to find, much less preserve, one's peace of mind.
I composed Mantra: soundscapes for meditation in response to several requests from some of my fellow prisoners. I was asked to create some gentle music that they could listen to on their personal cassette players as an aid in practicing meditation and relaxation techniques widely accepted as valuable tools in the process of healing mind, body and spirit. The challenge was to produce a musical composition that would help to mask the noise of the environment without being intrusive or demanding too much of the listeners attention, while incorporating combinations of tones and textures that may aid an individual in achieving a relaxed, meditative state of consciousness. By all reports, including my own experience, Mantra succeeds in its intended mission. As environmental music, it also seems to work well as a focusing agent when doing some types of creative work, or when reading, and to enhance the restfulness of sleep when set to play continuously through the night at low volume. You may find other uses for it as well. For all I know, it may help plants to grow more healthy, or soothe a teething baby. We are all doing time in one way or another, and the stresses of day to day life make it imperative that we find ways to generate harmony within ourselves from time to time. I hope that Mantra will serve you in this regard as well as it has served some of my friends in prison. Peace, Bobby BeauSoleil."
QBICO 71
RAHDUNES (QBICO 71) pic disk, cover by qbico SOLD OUT
rec. 2007, two tracks on side A and one on side B
"Originally from San Francisco, CA this is a rude boy duo. the record begin with some of the most crude and rough guitar/drums duo mu ever !
then you'll drift toward a far away place... to be finally hypnotized for 25 minutes by a side long track... derailing !"
QBICO 70
PSYCHATRONE RHONEDAKK- Early free-form waveforms (QBICO 70) deep blue sea 180gr. vinyl, cover by qbico SOLD OUT
side A
Harmonic resurgence
Spacemen 2 or 3
Psychatrone- synth
Brian Turner- guitar
rec. June 28, 1995
side B
Underwater sea chantys
Psychatrone- synth
rec. 1996 live to tape
WORDS:
""We never get promos from Qbico anymore (Hint Hint) but we did manage to lay hands on a great new LP they released called Early Freeform Waveforms by Psychatrone Rhonedakk. We're not exactly sure what the hell this is, but it appears to be an old electronic project that involved Brian Turner, the current program director of WFMU, which is probably the best radio station we've ever known. Brian plays very Chrome-ian guitar on one side, the flip is a pure Zolar gloop of electro-whizz. It's a formidable space jam, champ." Byron Coley, ARTHUR (#29 May 2008)
QBICO DELTA
THE RODNEY FOREST (QBICO DELTA) 125 copies ONLY, black vinyl with black labels and black inner sleeve SOLD OUT
26 hand-made covers by Ju Suk & Tom Recchion (for the ltd ed)
+ 99 sprayed covers by qbico with stencils artworks by Troglosound (front & back)
six versions:
orange covers with gold or silver or black letters
silver covers with gold or silver or fuchsia letters
rec. 2007, two tracks each side
Ju Suk Reet Meate, Oblivia and Tom Recchion
QBICO delta/70/71/72/73 ltd ed
26 copies only numbered from A to Z
interstellar hand-made bags by Troglosound (on precious changing satin)
psychatrone rhonedakk qbico 70 LP with paste-on covers, signed
rahdunes qbico 71 pic disk in hand-made covers (collage cover, taped and sued)
bobby beausoleil- mantra qbico 72 pic disk
graveyards qbico 73 LP in hand-made pic disk covers by John Olson (Wolf Eyes/American Tapes label)
the rodney forest qbico delta LP with hand-made covers by Ju Suk Reet Meate, Oblivia (Smegma) and Tom Recchion (LAFMS)
Bobby Beausoleil artwork The Green Man
silk-screened insert by Troglosound
SOLD OUT
QBICO 69
BORIS MORGANA- Liquid child (QBICO 69) maroon with green vinyl, cover by Juho Hotanen SOLD OUT
rec. early 2006 in Pakkala, Finland
Robin Ellis, Juho Hotanen, Juuso Paaso, Taneli Tuominen, Jukka Vallisto and Hermanni Yli-Tepsa
side A
Thirst of Organus
Sex games of the forbidden forest
Souls take pleasure in becoming moist
side B
Infinite Winter games
"When i went in Finland for the 1st qbico u-nite in Turku, i met Taneli (sax player) who gave me this strong rec. of his group Boris Morgana... after hearing few sec. of it, i immediatly thought that it was alone worth the trip up North: heavy stuff and pretty unique in his kind !"
QBICO 68
BLACK MOTOR (QBICO 68) black vinyl, cover by Tiitus Petajaniemi & Simo Laihonen SOLD OUT
rec. April 2006 in Tampere, Finland
Sami Sippola- alto and tenor sax
Villa Rauhala- bass
Simo Laihonen- drums
side A
Love life
Postmodern affair
side B
Mr. Cherry
Muurame
Dancin' on your grave
WORDS:
"Just a muddy and rainy day here in Psychatrone's sad Pennsylvania..... EXCEPT for when I turn on my new LPs from QBICO records !!
I pick up the two black and white covered albums, still looking out the window at the rain...
BLACK MOTOR (QBICO68) is the first I pull from the sleeve (featuring a picture of someone standing near what looks sort of like the Liberty Bell)....the LP makes me think of the good old days of discovering nice sounds in vinyl racks of discs that seemed endless....ahh those days are gone, right ? I drop the needle onto the spiral scratch...and soon all the grey day vaporises! I am transported back to the days when Don Cherry made albums that tread the waters of Free Form, New Thing jazz, and yet were just oh so close to being trad.... playing some almost Hard Bop "heads" that soon flow into the hottest of solos ! This just takes you there... a "new classic" I think to myself. You could be fooled into thinking it's an "old classic", I mean,...but this IS a NEW THING ! Great !
NEOKARMA JOOKLO TRIO is next with SOLAR VISION (QBICOgamma, an edition of 125 copies...so buy it where you find it ...SOON). This one's cover is black and white in design too...but it's "mat" white background and use of artful tactics in design makes the front jiggle your eyes in a ticklish way......BUT the back cover is a victory in psychedelic art ! This side of the sleeve makes you feel like you are looking through some sort of portal of black into space while our own "spiral galaxy" floats just above the surface of the sleeve.... NO KIDDING here either ! THEE most psych black & white art I have ever beheld with my eyes. THAT'S just the cover ....kiddies ! Now inside this eye feast in simple colors is a slab of sunny vinyl in yellow/red/orange color....and the sounds it produces are not far from what the title would lead you to imagine... All sorts of hand percussion and gongs propel the sounds of sax and wood flute...along with harmonica and guitar too. A sunny mix of middle eastern sounds of the freakiest qualities flow out of your speakers making holographic images of Sun Ra and Bastet float around the inside of your skull. If that doesn't transport you...well, you need to find a sarcophagus to lie in ! Mr. Qbico is always touting the NEOKARMA's.......and so far he's right on. All of their LPs so far are representing some of the best free-form music I've heard in a while.....this one's just an Arabian sun-kissed mind set for you all here ! YES, this IS a SOLAR VISION and I think anyone who missed this one is sadly missing one wild trip. All around this one is a total winner from cover to sonic eminations.
The mud is outside but the sun is in my mind...thanks to Mr. Qbico and his magic albums!" Pyschatrone blog
QBICO 67
QBICO U-NITE- V, Turku, Finland (QBICO 67) 200gr. clear blue vinyl (few clear aqua vinyl for the ltd ed), cover by qbico SOLD OUT
rec. live @ Dynamo Klubi on March 11, 2006 by Mikko Lagernohm
side A
Rakhim with Hans-Joachim Irmler
side B
Lauhkeat Lampaat with Lau Nau & Kuupuu- Joka nurkka haisse
"Two unique sides: on side A you'd hear a rare meeting among Rakhim (Circle's more dark side project) and Hans-Joachim Irmler from legendary Faust ! while on side B, a two male/two female playful affair (qbico's idea) among brothers Tolvi (Rahun Orkesteri) and Antti Tolvi's wife Lau Nau with Kuupuu. true unite spirit and perfect balance betw both sides with opposite moods..."
QBICO gamma
NEOKARMA JOOKLO TRIO- Solar vision (QBICO gamma) 200gr. clear orange vinyl, ltd. 125 copies only (of which 26 for the ltd ed ice q-be), with color insert SOLD OUT
rec. by Maurizio Abate
Virginia Genta- tenor sax, bombarda, wood flute, voice, little percussions
Maurizio Abate- tanpura, harmonica, acoustic guitar, kalimba
David Vanzan- percussions, gongs, africanisms
side A
Arabian Sun
The 3rd eye blues
Vision of light
side B
Solar Exodus part I
Solar Exodus part II
for words, see qbico 68
QBICO 69/68/67/gamma ltd ed
26 copies only numbered from A to Z
the ice q-be
(plexiglass, each one is different !)
inside:
qbico 67 LP
qbico 68 LP
qbico 69 LP
qbico gamma LP with hand-made labels and yellow inside cover
SOLD OUT
QBICO 66
NEOKARMA JOOKLO OCTET feauturing MAKOTO KAWABATA- Infinity (QBICO 66) 2LP, 180gr. clear vinyl with white & light blue atmosphere, artwork by Troglosound SOLD OUT
rec. Feb. 12, 2007 by Maurizio Abate
Virginia Genta- baritone sax & voice
Paolo Pascolo- flute
Andrea Gulli- tape & laptop
Giorgio Pacorig- fender rhodes
Makoto Kawabata- electric guitar
Christian Zandonella- electric guitar
Maurizio Abate- tanpura & steel guitar
David Vanzan- percussions
4 tracks with no titles
WORDS:
"The Neokarma Octet LP is so sparkling in sound that it reminds me of a sunset......as the album progresses the sound gets more and more night like. The album's labels make me think this too. Although it seems to be getting progressively brighter on those ...side by side in comparison. It's one of my favorite albums (including Meditative) that you've released so far ! It's so much like some night-time ambient soundtrack from another world ! Great !" Barry Saranchuk
QBICO 65
JOOKLO DUO- Free serpents (QBICO 65) 180gr. clear vinyl with black effects (very few with green added), artwork by Troglosound, with color insert SOLD OUT
rec. Dec. 2, 2006 by Maurizio Abate
Virginia Genta- tenor and baritone sax
David Vanzan- drums
10 tracks with no titles
QBICO BETA
NEOKARMA JOOKLO TRIO- Meditative (QBICO beta) 180gr. clear vinyl with pink and red clouds (+26 with clear vinyl, 2nd issue), one-sided, ltd. 125 copies only (of which 26 for the ltd ed Troglo box), artwork by Troglosound SOLD OUT
rec. Nov. 30, 2006 by Maurizio Abate
Virginia Genta- tenor sax
Maurizio Abate- tanpura & harmonica
David Vanzan- percussions
QBICO 66/65/beta ltd ed
26 copies only numbered from A to Z (+ one for the artists, copy "666")
the Troglo box
outside:
painted box with hand-made metal plates transformed into pure energy (alchemy)
(each one is a unique piece)
inside:
QBICO 66 double LP
QBICO 65 LP
QBICO beta one-sided LP
precious & smooth silk bag, silk-screened
signed by Troglosound
SOLD OUT
QBICO 63/64
QBICO U-NITE- IV, Aarhus, Denmark (QBICO 63/64) 2LP, black vinyl, cover by qbico SOLD OUT
rec. Feb. 1 (at Jon/Marc's flat) and 2 (live at Musikcafeen, Aarhus, Denmark), 2006 by Marc Gade
side A
Global Experience Orchestra- Flow with time
Daniel Carter- tp, as, cl
Vin Paternostro- ss
Marc Gade- tuba
Pernaus Salon- recorder, ss, clay flute
Qbico- balalaika, vc, perc, vl
Ed Wilcox- dr, harmonica
side B
Family Underground- 2/2/06
side C
Daniel Carter/Vin Paternostro/Ed Wilcox- Light in extension
side D
Daniel Carter/Vin Paternostro/Ed Wilcox- Walking flame
Daniel Carter- tp, as, fl ,cl
Vin Paternostro- ss
Ed Wilcox- dr
QBICO 62
TRULOFA (QBICO 62) black vinyl, cover by Jon, with insert SOLD OUT
side A
Adamant
Marc Gade- electronics
Samsera (live in Poland)
Kristoffer- cembalo
Jon- fiddle, perc, recorder
Nikolai- recorder
Ditte- vc
side B
The traveller
Marc Gade- 12 string gt
Slam- Spanish gt, balalaika, melodica
Jorgen Larsen- Western gt
Elektro
Jon- fiddle
Marc Gade- vc, radio, tin foil
Slam- drones, synthesis
QBICO 62 & 63/64 LP ltd ed
26 copies only numbered from A to Z
the Danish bag
outside:
especially designed and sewed cloth bag (interior is on bright red satin lining, see Danish flag) by Ditte (Jon's wife) and hand-made "stamps" by Jon
inside:
fantastic Trulofa hand-made covers by Jon, with folder cover on high quality papers
every one is different, various materials & techniques used...
(nearly all have front and back hand-made, most also the inside folder panels, with tracks titles, loose inserts, ect...)
postcard with all album notes
the U-nite double LP is housed in a faked (so nice material, it seems real !) foxy fur (glued on front cover), made by qbico
six photos of the Aarhus trip as inserts
original poster of the U-nite
small postcard of the regular ed cover with all album notes
SOLD OUT
QBICO 61
MICHAEL FLOWER- Returning to knowing nothing (QBICO 61) black wax, artwork by Robert Thomas SOLD OUT
rec. from 2003 to 2005
side A
Octave #1
The window is a river
If your light goes out....
side B
FFR #1 (for BS)
Antlers and whiskers
3pm 28_08_05
WORDS:
" Fucking wow. This latest batch of Qbico rocket ships is easily amongst their best batch of releases since the labels inception. And that's saying something. These fit firmly in along catalog gems by Matt Valentine, Double Leopards, Sunburned Hand, Conrad Schnitzler, Makoto Kawabata, Arthur Doyle and others….Fuck the Rough Guide, this is the Qbico Handbook for the psych-maddened, beauty of the UK now-sound scene. But no road-maps, list of hot spots or mini history lessons here. This is all modern day dream music. And while these certainly aren’t the only four worthwhile bands operating in the UK, they are as good as they come. Astral Social Club contributes two magical sides of shimmering droney-love. After a steady flow of cd-r's its nice to have some of this gorgeous music on a slab of vinyl. Pink vinyl too! A beauty stream of guitar and casio and drum machine and computer FX work together to create this dreamy tapestry of sounds. It builds to shimmering, blissful heights and really takes you, as the listener, out of body and into the cosmos. I shit you not. The sound of cartoon factories imploding. In slow motion. The Michael Flower LP is my fave here. After spinning my beat up cd-r originals for the last couple of years, it’s so nice have a bunch of it here in LP format. Compiled from tracks previously released on tour cd-rs between 2003 and 2005, this music is a revelation. He starts right in with a whirlybird Henry Flynt hoe down and doesn’t stop. Flynt, Tony Conrad, and Jajouka collide with ambient synthesizers and abstract free un-rock to make music that is almost frustratingly gorgeous. An album of the year for sure. Vibracathedral are cranking out some of their best stuff right now…..and that’s saying something. Here we have two side-long excursions on green vinyl and it really gets the neurons firing. Manic, static, patient buzz. The guitars and toy instruments pile up on one another and create a dense foam, a musky lather. Demented church organ sounds drive headfirst and there’s even some percussion thrown in for a bit. Although, they don’t need percussion to drive a piece of music. The Vibracathedral band pulses, fucking undulates and rides, on a wave of sweet electric drone. Ashtray Navigations give a real far-out trip with Throw Up in the Sky/ With Fine Clinking Magnets. It takes it’s time and slowly builds, the whir of a computerized space mixes with distorted tunes and tones floating about, electronic fluttering… but what does build works itself into a digital meltdown frenzy…and that’s just side one. The flip side grabs you by the oblongata and takes you on a drunken stumble down the back stairs. While most (if not all) of these are gone at the label you should be able to track them down through the various distros and mail orders. And I would very highly recommend doing such. 10/10" Adam Richards (3 July, 2007), Foxy Digitalis
QBICO 60
VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA- The sun balance/The open knot (QBICO 60) kiwi vinyl, artwork by Adam Davenport/Mick Flower SOLD OUT
rec. 2006
side A
The sun balance
side B
The open knot
for words, see the collective review on qbico 61
QBICO 59
ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB- Star guzzlers (QBICO 59) shrimp vinyl, artwork by Neil Campbell SOLD OUT
rec. January 2007
side A
Star guzzlers, part I
side B
Star guzzlers, part II
for words, see the collective review on qbico 61
QBICO 58
ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS- Throw up in the sky/With fine clinking magnets (QBICO 58) sky vinyl (few on white), artwork by Phil Todd SOLD OUT
rec. 2006
side A
Throw up in the sky
side B
With fine clinking magnets
WORDS:
"You probably remember where you were when you heard the names of the four latest Qbico records hit the streets. It was heavy times. Ashtray Navigations, Astral Social Club, Vibracathedral Orchestra and Michael Flower. Are you kidding? Four U.K.-spawned demolishers. If you're anything like me, you promptly started to fret about which/how many to buy because Qbico records don't really come dirt cheap. I was actually gonna skip em all but I knew I'd regret it later, so I bit the bullet and scored the Ashtray Navigations LP because I know Phil Todd's brew and I know it always hits the spot - not to say the others don't, mind. And heck, they're only about $22 per, which isn't so bad if you think about it. Who needs to eat when you've got records to play, man? Besides, you can feast on the eye candy this album will provide - great, mind-blasting artwork via Phil Todd himself and white/sky blue splatter wax, certainly apropos when taking the title and the music into consideration. I'm not even sure if anybody else is playing on this record or if it's Todd multitracking, but it's got his acid-stained visions all over the place regardless. Both sidelongs work with an idée fixe - building off of and decorating glorious foundations of sound. "Throw Up in the Sky" is the more "traditional" AxNx piece, if you want to put it that way (it reminds me a lot of what was heard on his fantastic 2006 outing "Four More Raga Moods"). It's a beauty of a slow-moving sheen that starts out with quiet roaring electronics and tinny snare hits that eventually congeal into a heavenly, soupy gloss. Amidst said cascading backdrop is a whole pollution of syrupy synth calls lifted from the same whooshing vein that Acid Mothers Temple are usually so keen to hit on. The loping percussion ushers along Todd's swirling guitar rag, but the track is never in any hurry to get anywhere - all the sounds wind up splayed out in the sun and are allowed to melt freely into one another until either they evaporate or day creeps into night. Todd's mastery of everything even remotely in tune with psychedelia is here in its spangled, sprawlin' glory though he never shoots even so much as a backwards glance - Ashtray Navigations are pushing on into the 41st century and bucking "revivalism" so hard I got saddle sores. It may well be down to an exact science at this point in the game (15 years on!) and I'll still be first in line to guzzle whatever swill's in the beakers. "With Fine Clinking Magnets" hoists itself up on a grainy, space-vaccuum type drone, with Todd's guitar adding assorted some gasps, some yawns, and plenty of strung-out liquid tonality echoing and reverberating until the next strings are plucked and coerced. The mechanical underbelly lends a disorienting urban feel to an otherwise heavily stoned session of front-porch guitar ramble...even more so when Todd's guitar adopts a sound somewhere close to a banjo stuck with a wah pedal to lay out a supreme bluegrass/psych shred. Or maybe it's Robert Fripp with a Mellotron letting loose on a concrète backing track sniff. All'n'all it's denser and not as gorgeous as the other side (with an ending that's much more "noise" than anything I've heard from the band in recent daze) but it still manages to be a sweet ride and as worthy of your precious time as anything else on the planet. I may never know if I made the Right Choice when it came down to selecting a fruit from the Qbico branch, but I tell you, those other records have got the bar set sky-high if they're gonna try and top Phil Todd's contribution. I know this one (and probably the three others) are sold out at Qbico by now but there's a few other stores in town that boast copies, so maybe you should try the usual hangouts before you get too discouraged, huh? If you've heard the others (or all of em), lemme know yer thoughts in the comments section a jump or two down below." outer space gamelan
QBICO 58/59/60/61 LP ltd ed
26 copies only numbered from A to Z
Leeds bondage box
hand-made bondage box by qbico with:
two hand-made covers by Phil & Neil (58 & 59)
two silk-screened fold out covers on a precious paper by Adam and Mick (60 & 61)
SOLD OUT
QBICO 57
SMEGMA with PERRY ROBINSON- Live @ No Fun Fest (QBICO 57) red vinyl, artwork by Ju Suk Reet Meate; with postcard as insert, photos by Michael Muniak SOLD OUT
Smegma:
Dr. Id, Ju Suk Reet Meate, Oblivia, Conroy, Burned Mind, Perry Robinson
rec. March 17, 2006 live @ No Fun Fest
side A
After midnight
Electric toy flute
side B
Dunes
Hot rod dreaming
WORDS:
"Live recording of the Smegma line-up of Dr Id, Burned Mind, Ju Suk Reet Meate, Oblivia and Conroy joined by legendary free jazz clarinettist Perry Robinson as well as Mark Samason, Mike Mehaffey and Todd Dickerson at the 2006 No Fun fest with extra tracks drawn from sessions in 2001 and 2003: "Smegma began 2006 with a triumphant performance at New York's No Fun Fest, where they rubbed shoulders with a virtual who's who of the contemporary noise underground at one of the signal gatherings of the new music. But always keen to join the dots between current practice and historical antecedents, they asked jazz clarinettist Perry Robinson, who has worked as a sideman with Archie Shepp, Charlie Haden and Bill Dixon, to sit in with them, an attempt to locate the source of their approach outside of simple noise-qua-noise. "To my mind, to have a guy with that kind of pedigree sitting in with us in New York - I don't know how many people in the audience were aware of it, but to me it was completely mindblowing, a validation of what we do and a real connection to old school avant garde," Meate insists." A great document of a historic meeting that served to tie up a whole bunch of 20th century freak/free music/guerrilla art strands." David Keenan
QBICO 56
ALAN SONDHEIM- 56 (QBICO 56) red vinyl with white, photos by Alan Sondheim, cover by qbico SOLD OUT
rec. 2005/06 in NY and LA
side A
Chitara3
Dervishi
Longninetheta
Vlfy
Plantplant
Birdcalls
Pieds8
side B
Fieldphone
F
Ion2
Dervish3
Deathl
Chitara6
WORDS:
"Poet, metalinguist, cultural theorist and musician Alan Sondheim is best-loved by consumers of sub-underground fare for the stellar sides he recorded for ESP-Disk in the late-60s. But prior to that he was already active as an improviser in Rhode Island working with Ritual All 770, a multi-disciplinary group that combined brass, vocals, tranced hand percussion, bass and drums with a great up-ending attitude to avant garde sources that was reminiscent of the way that the Los Angeles Free Music Society would later use a goofy strategy of provocative art prank as a cover to allow non-initiates to work on serious formal breakthroughs. The Songs - an early collaboration between the two - was originally issued on Riverboat Recoords in 1967 and has remained fairly unknown outside of All 770's appearance on the legendary Nurse With Wound list that appeared in copies of that group's first album, Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella. 56 represents his first new LP in 35 years. Here Sondheim is solo, using guitar, alpine zither, electronics and field recordings. The guitar material orbits a bunch of singular hemispheres that would seem to locate the arc of his melodic thought somewhere between the odd, baroque constructions of Sandy Bull and the knotty dissonance of John Fahey - or even at points Derek Bailey - while the electronics and field recordings are full of subtle concentric rings of melodic suggestion and feel almost like close-ups on organic events, full of refracted slow-motion pulses and coronas of phantom tone. The whole set is perfectly assembled, with tracks short enough not to be too gruelling and long enough to reveal their full transportational properties. Indeed, I'd go so far as to say it was Sondheim's most accomplished work to date. A classic of avant extension and highly recommended. " David Keenan
"A connoisseur of free jazz and well versed in its history, EP seemingly lost no time in getting in touch with Sondheim when he was back on the scene. On this platter, we hear a continuation of Ski/nn, possibly even material from the same sessions as this was recorded in 2005 and 2006. However, in additional to the lovely strumming of guitar and zither, there are pieces of pure electronic sound and field recordings. Sondheim stated in the Muckraker interview that he dislikes drones, so it not fair to call those pieces that. In common with the instrumental pieces, they set out a playing field and work within that area. None of the works here deal in radical dynamics of soft and quiet, but deal in the momentary details - the notes or the timbral qualities. Thiis album is more of a return to a work like T'other little tune in that is a collection of heterogeneous pieces that come together as an album. Fieldphone even reminds one a little of voice pieces on that album, though the processing now is digital compression algorithms rather than analog circuits. However, rather than looking back, it is better to consider this in the context of it being a contemporary production. Alan, like us, lives in the present day and has found as much, if not more, fascination with the internet and the possibilities of making music and art with the computer. The guitar is as much a part of the prsent as people continue to play it, and it only makes sense that Sondheim fuses this long time interest with that of exploring what is new, much the way he explored the Moog synthesizer in 1968. Here we hear the two worlds come together on Ion2, as well as separate into different pieces. Listened start to finish, the newer fascinations are sorrounded by the acoustic instruments whose tracks begin and close the LP. Perhaps there is a metaphor in this, i leave that for you to ponder." Eric Lanzillotta from Bixobal zine n° 1, Oct. 2007 (article and interview with Alan Sondheim)
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QBICO 55
PENGO- Toads tools amongst the tombstones (QBICO 55) green vinyl with red, cover by Pengo SOLD OUT
pengo is:
John Schoen, Jason Finkbeiner, R. Nuuja
rec. in 2003
side A
After the impossible happened
Doboce (albino possum)
Voices inside the circle
side B
The day it came crawling
One eye looks north
Let's levitate the outhouse
WORDS:
"Pengo really do make my favourite kind of music, playful psychedelic music that pushes the boundaries of the genre with a sense of fun and an atmosphere of mystery. For the completely uninitiated ‘Toadstools Amongst the Tombstones’ could serve as a primer on modern psych modes. Opening with some mbira led minimal rumblings the album moves through absurdist sound poetry, organic drone and ramshackle fingerpicking. It is a mixture of radio and live recordings. Pengo’s organic approach to music gives the whole record a ritualised feel. Pressed onto brown vinyl and adorned with pictures of toads and toadstools, it is easy to imagine weird creatures and magic spores swarming about the surface of the vinyl as it spins. ‘The Day It Came Crawling’ may be the albums heaviest moment, a squeaking sound of indeterminate source permeates the entire rtrack as metallic guitars congeal from spindly nothingness into a swirling shitstorm. Then it all drops out, people start screaming, faint applause is heard somewhere. It is easy to imagine that by this point in the evening audience/performer barrier is completely shattered. This is the best thing I’ve heard from Pengo. Essential listening for anyone into the genuine weird shit. 9/10" Cola Nitida, Foxy Digitalis
QBICO 54
THE SB- Who will feed them. (QBICO 54) black vinyl, with insert; cover artwork by Adam & The SB SOLD OUT
performed by:
Mark Bajuk, Adam Burr, Tony Fasce, Silvia Feriozzi, Eric Mauer, Brent Peich, Russ Waterhouse
rec. by Eric on June 10th, 2006 in Yonkers, NY
side A
sb.433.a
side B
sb.433.b
"the next evolutionary step from Double Leopards and Family Underground, very subtle and psychedelic music"
QBICO 54/55/56/57
ltd ed, 26 copies only, numbered from A to Z
Experiment US cardboard box with inside:
-three hand-made covers by Ju Suk Reet Meate (3 versions), John Schoen (2 versions) and The SB (5 versions)
-one cover with Alan Sondheim's unique phhotos, signed by Alan
-twine, old postal stamp (from young ep's collection) and ep stamp
SOLD OUT
QBICO 53
FARUQ Z. BEY with NORTHWOODS IMPROVISERS- Infa'a (QBICO 53) yellow vinyl w/violet, cover by Mark Rudolph SOLD OUT
Faruq Z. Bey- tenor & alto sax
Mike Carey- tenor, alto sax, flute, kalimba
Skeeter Shelton- tenor, soprano sax
Mike Gilmore- vibes
Mike Johnston- bass
Nick Ashton- drums
live studio rec. from August 2006
side A
Oncala
Ethiopia
side B
After death
Ode to E. R.
WORDS:
"Qbico, brings us the latest installment from dependable Detroit veteran, Faruq Z. Bey, and his group, Northwoods Improvisers. Four pleasant jammers in a late 60’s, celestial Afro-Jazz inspired mode, featuring Bey and others on a variety of horns and, Mike Gilmore, on vibes. Cool."
selected by Sonictroubadour among his favourite LP for 2006
"voted #1 on WNUR Radio Jazz Show chart"
"The music exists in a space cleared long ago by Coltrane's tireless modal
searching and Sun Ra's insinuating pulse, yet it still appears fresh and
purposeful - a music pleasingly at ease with it's own history".
Julian Cowley; The Wire Feb. 2007
"Qbico often has cool color-swirled vinyl, but this time it seems like it’s mood-vinyl, a soothing and fervent green spins around the turntable almost as an entrancing as this release itself. There are minor flashes of red and blue and white…but the green is elemental and rich. This supports the garden of sound cultivated here, Bey’s sax takes deep roots, often shadowed and wrapped with brotherly vines from fellow saxmen Mike Carey and Skeeter Shelton. Nick Ashton’s drums drop dewdrops on all the players, moist with cymbals plenty. Mike Gilmore’s vibes are what make this so green…so alive…hell they even make a track called “Ethiopia” sound lush. That has a nice mystic run to it, and in the latter half bassist Mike Johnston and Ashton get one of those infinite grooves ala Parker and Drake going, magic carpet rise! Again Gilmore is the sonic photosynthesis here..listen to him wrap up that “Ethiopia” number. On the flipside we explore life on “After Death” with Mike Carey communicating via kalimba and Bey slowly stirring the song along. Again an almost Egyptian flare rises from the ashes, if anyone stumbles on this review by way or searching jazz and Gilmore, as Sun Ra built an Arkestra that took to the skies, in Detroit Faruq
Z. Bey and his Northwoods are in full bloom. Pristine earth soul jazz." Thurston Hunger KFJC FM on-line review
QBICO 52
SABIR MATEEN/DANIEL CARTER/ANDREW BARKER- Not on Earth.... in your soul ! (QBICO 52) "smoke" vinyl (clear w/black), photo by Thomas Tulis SOLD OUT
Sabir Mateen- clarinets, sax, voice
Daniel Carter- flute, trumpet, sax, voice
Andrew Barker- drums, jawharp
rec. May 3, 2002 live @ EyeDrum , Atlanta, GA
side A
Not on Earth...
side B
in your soul !
WORDS:
from Foxy Digitalis on-line mag:
"When discussing any record put out on the Qbico label, one must first address the visual aspects, as they play such an important role in how the record is initially received. At Qbico the ideal is to create records that are in and of themselves significant objects beyond the fact that they transmit some wonderful sounds. Where the tendency of previous Qbico releases has been to rely heavily on an array of psychedelic colors, this release by Daniel Carter, Andrew Barker and Sabir Mateen functions on a level of visual subtlety. The cover is an elegant black and white photo of the three players; Carter up front, Barker in the mid-ground and Sabir Mateen bathed in a wonderful light in the background. The light featured in this photograph, alludes to the transcendental nature of the album’s title; “Not on Earth… In Your Soul.” The record itself is a beautiful translucent, smoky grey color that further enhances the overall feel. What has been created here is a perfect merging of image, text and sound as the physical object begins to reveal what is awaiting the listener between the sleeve tucked deep away inside those tiny grooves. The sound itself is an attempt to describe the transcendental experience of the text; slowly taking you up and out to some real deep moments of pure ecstatic freedom. The first side begins slow and mellow with some flute and clarinet but as soon as the drums kick in the experience soon evolves into some heavier moments that still latch onto the airiness of the beginning. The face ends with some moving vocal improvisations that almost sound like directions on how to get to the space that the music is about to head when the record is flipped. The second side begins right where the first left off launching into some very groove oriented drumming with chanted vocals and some back and forth action between the two horn players. This is the point where these gentlemen really hit their peak; taking the listener out.. way out, or better yet in and then.. gone..only to be brought back to earth by the enthusiastic sounds of the crowd as the musicians take their bow" Cory Card
from Motel de Moka:
"The Qbico label is always full of surprises and rarely fails to impress. With this LP we are treated with one of the most inspiring and energetic free-jazz performances of the year. The amazing drumming by Andrew Barker, the back and forth action between the two horn players and the chanted vocals make for an exhilarating and ecstatic experience. Also great about the label is their use of artwork. This one in particular is breathtaking. The musicians are captured in a moment which perfectly reflects their joyful and energetic playing" Bubbachups’ Top 10 albums 2006
QBICO 51
STEVE BACZKOWSKI/RAVI PADMANABHA- Aqua machine (QBICO 51) clear brown vinyl w/black & violet, photo by Padmanabha SOLD OUT
SB- baritone & tenor sax, slide bass clarinet, bells, conch shell, voicemaster, noseflute, home-made 8 hole clarinet
RP- drums, percussions, gopichand, tabla
live improvisations rec. in Buffalo, Rochester & Syracuse on April 8/9/10, 2005
side A
A1
A2
side B
B1
B2
B3
WORDS:
from Foxy Digitalis on-line mag:
"Baczkowski and Padmanabha have been tearing up the improv music scene for a few years now, both together and apart. Baczkowski made a notable appearance on The Dim Bulb with Paul Flaherty and Chris Corsano. As a trio they played so heavy they shook the steel girders. But he is no slouch away from that occasional line-up. Laying down the real slop in groups such as the Buffalo Suicide Prevention Unit, Hyoloza, along with gigs supporting William Parker and Eddie Gale amongst others, Baczkowski is a force, pure and simple. Padmanabha has been seen and heard in various line-ups with Baczkowski over the years, and in different groupings around NYC, but it is this duo where these two start to boil water. Here we have improvisation, seething with purity. Their date issued by Utech earlier this year starts to show the power of this “sax and drums” duo. But here, on Aqua Machine, they swing the wrecking ball. Right now they are hot off a giant appearance at Instal 06 and an equally drool-inducing set at Qbico Unite VII, but this slab of dark pink vinyl (like a hookers cheap lipstick !) takes us back a year and change. The sounds on these two sides were recorded over three days of trekking from Western to Central NY, hitting Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse. Baczkowski broadens his palette here, on record at least. Primarily known for his mean baritone playing, that horn is only featured on one of the five cuts here. Two cuts get the tenor treatment while the remaining are fleshed out by tubes like the slide bass clarinet, noseflute and homemade 8-hole clarinet. Yargh ! The record opens and closes with a sax-drum duo of the most volatile variety. In between, the drumming becomes percussion and then transcends both drumming and percussion. We hear all matter of bells, skins and some dreamy tabla. Each time I see or hear these two play together it manages to top the previous time. They truly have an extra-terrestrial level of communication, one that only seems to grow stronger. Padmanabha doesn’t just hold a beat he plays in and around Baczkowski…or Baczkowski plays in and around what Padmanabha is conjuring…Track B1 is a trip, at times sounding like much more than two people playing their insides out…often veering towards maelstrom, only to jump back and prance dreamlike through a fucking meadow…their chemistry is more like magick here. And it roars. Aqua Machine is surely worth the cost and/or the search to obtain it. And the duo of Baczkowski and Padmanabha are greatly worth your attention. They burn bright and show no signs of fading. 9/10" Adam Richards
QBICO 50
ARTHUR DOYLE ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE- Patriotic act (QBICO 50) one-sided "brick red" vinyl, three cut corners, artwork by Keith Haring SOLD OUT
Arthur Doyle-kinetic sax, village voice
Vinnie Paternostro- roland 505
Dave Cross- turntables
Nuuj- electronics
Leslie Q- guitar
Ed Wilcox- drums
rec. March 19, 2004 live @ the No Fun Fest, NY
side A
Homo
When the shit goes down
Milk brain
Butt call
"urban jazz"
QBICO 50/51/52/53 & ALPHA
ltd ed, 26 copies only, numbered from A to Z
Free US polystyrene box
(bronze top borders), with:
-Qbico 50/51/52/53 LP
-Qbico alpha one-sided LP (black vinyl): "Gogisgi" (unreleased) & a completly different take of "Himalayan foothpath" (both from "Rwanda" session)
-Qbico 52 & alpha got "Egyptian" hand-made covers and hand-made labels by Mike Johnston + various inserts (some on parchment paper)
- 3 rubber bands + 4 marble balls + stamped letters
SOLD OUT
QBICO 49/01
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