g02 . sol . black cloud of becoming
tape . 1st press June 17th 2011 . 50 copies
co-released with drowning
Three diverse though consistent sides of Emil Brahe's "doom-metal"-project.
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g03 . hahn kult . across ashen faces and leaden gazes
tape . 1st press June 17th 2011 . 50 copies
First release by hk for many years and a clear contrast to their early "psychedelic" black metal/noise-releases. Repetitive wall of sound, variations on a theme.
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g04 . mythic sunship . colour out of space
tape . 1st press June 17th 2011 . 50 copies
Unpretentious spacerock, a debut release. Flat dynamics and a repetitive, hypnotic flow.
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g05 . shiggajon . strenge
tape (ltd to 33) and cd-r . 1st press available November 19th 2011
Golem: "Strenge is an experiment for violins and a tambourine recorded in an abandoned industrial area in Copenhagen. The sound is dense, intense, shimmering, reminding one of early works by tony conrad."
Volcanic tongue: "Recorded “in an empty place in Copenhagen, March 2010” this is another amazing release from this Danish free music collective. Shiggajon combine cranky olde-world style volk melodies and instrumentation with ecstatic Fire Music chops and a heavy euphoric drone quotient and Strenge is the perfect amalgam of all three, with dark waves of string violence that are pure Ludlow Street ’66 giving way to fife and drum tattoos which unleash dramatic volleys of overtone violence. For fans of Tony Conrad, Angus MacLise, Third Ear Band, Revolutionary Ensemble et al."
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g06 . jon dræby . subjektive
undersøgelser (søg selv i reolerne)
cd-r . 1st press available November 19th 2011
Golem: "Jon Dræby's (of trulofa, shiggajon, trulofa trio etc.) music could be some of the closest you get to an authentic, echological modern folk-music. Naive and eclectic approaches to instrumentation are combined with a collage-based compositional style reminding one of old-school electronical music, and resulting in a strangely natural, intuitive, and undoubtedly heart-felt, playful and at times even humoristic, but always deeply convincing, way of expression. At the same time, you could also call it art-music par excellence, as every piece seems to invent its own genre, being composed around a clear idea or emotion, shaping the form to fit that specific content without any regard to tradition or genre-limitations. Quite simply, this is some of the most human music I have discovered for a long time. "
Volcanic tongue: "Great Godz/Maher Shalal Hash Baz/autistic country brass band style brokedown folk music: Draeby plays in Trulofa and Shiggajon and here he combines reeds, brass, drums, percussion, piano etc in some beautifully odd compositions that combine ancient folk motifs, with slow, staggering rhythms and a dosed/cultic feel that is straight out of the Handgjort/Bo Anders Persson school of prole levitation. Another great one on a consistently wowing imprint."
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g07 . elektronavn . strange hymns
cd-r . 1st press available November 19th 2011
Golem: "Compared to the usually more ”clean” and cosmic side of elektronavn, here it is the the secluded, dusty, psychedelic, somewhat minimalistic, ritualistic-repetitive, primitive loner-folk elektronavn that speaks. Four strange hymns to a hidden god, four bizarre perspectives on the word love."
Volcanic tongue: "Another amazing out-of-time set from Shiggajon’s uniformly ass-flattening imprint Golem Tapes. Elektronavn aka the vehicle for composer Magnus Olsen Majmon play ancient-sounding acoustic folk with a minimalist/devotional atmosphere. Aspects of early Meredith Monk vocal work combine with the kind of singing medieval strings of Third Ear Band/Toho Sara and even Kronos Quartet’s Early Music recordings to create a dizzying future-primitive hybrid that is as folk-based as it is radically free. Fantastic."
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g08 . part wild horses' mane on both sides
and shiggajon . lainfaida della indabishto
cd-r . 1st press available November 19th 2011
Golem: "Releasing a split with pwhmobs and shiggajon was an obvious thing to do, the bands having recorded together and played together (some times as one unit) on several occasions. Besides that, the bands seem to share an approach to modern improvised ”folk”music, trying to shape a kind of authentic contemporary form of expression without falling into the traps of psych-folk or free jazz. Shiggajon has, this being (probably?) their 16th release, been through a lot of phases. Having gone from being a two-man collage-project to being a 14-man orchestral live-unit, their material here comes from the latest more workshop-like studio-based way of working with music, which enables a more complex and dynamic structure. The pwhmobs-track, one of their more percussive and ambient, less jazzy ones, being recorded live, is a good example of the dynamics and intuitive flow of the band, seamlessly weaving together a very diverse but consistent piece of music, combining acoustics and electronics as the most natural thing in the world. "
Volcanic tongue: "Dream team split release that pairs two of the best free/folk jam bands on the goddamn planet, England’s Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides and Denmark’s Shiggajon. Shiggajon contribute two tracks, a slow-burning vertical ascension of reeds over slow bowing strings and a final epic traverse of organ drone and triumphal brass that takes off on John Coltrane’s Cosmic Music. Part Wild Horses are on equally epic form, with the sound of slow feedback tones and prayer bowls sparkling in deep silence before Pascal starts batting around time signatures and Kelly summons the ghost of Takehisa Kosugi. Still no one like them. Highly recommended."
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g09 . Caves . II
cd-r repress available November 19th 2011
first press on tape, distributed by golem in 2010
Golem: "Originally self-released through golem in 15 copies, this is a reissue of this second release by Mikkel Reher-Langberg's (shiggajon, angst, bm etc.) solo project. The music is very different from the older noiseish material, here consisting of simple compositions for ringing, vibrating, droning chords, using only acoustic (classical) instrumentation."
Volcanic tongue: "Fairly astounding document of solo work from Mikkel Reher-Langberg of Shiggajon: Caves sees him using nothing but acoustic instrumentation – violin, vocals, clarinet, cello – to generate great voids of singing tone, conjuring the monolithic edge of the world roar of Yoshi Wada’s Off The Wall and Tony Conrad’s Four Violins. Like Shiggajon proper the music walks the line between psychedelic folk ritual, free jazz and dense minimalist drone with considerable aplomb. Excellent and beautifully presented as are all of the Golem Tapes releases."
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g10 . varous . friends & family
cd-r - 1st press available November 19th 2011
free download: pt. 1 . pt. 2 . pt. 3
Golem: "The 10th golem-release is a 3xcd-r compilation (more than 3½ hours of music) featuring active Danish projects in some way surrounding the label, most of the projects being by members of shiggajon, projects that are not often presented. Being very extensive, this compilation should make up a pretty good introduction to this part of ”experimental” Danish music. None of the material featured here has been released before, and several of the projects have never released anything. In order of appearance, the projects featured are: shiggajon, oort trio, trulofa trio, rallemalle, ancestor, jon dræby, space continents, raphel mai amecche zabi almi, elektronavn, white moth, látzlò máa, mazurka, bm, drowning mountains, and al-ha-sheminit"
Volcanic tongue: "Beautifully packaged 3xCD-R set that compiles a buncha jaw-dropping tracks from friends and associates of the amazing Danish free/folk group Shiggajon. Here we get exclusive tracks – over 3 and a half hours of music! - from Shiggajon, Oort Trio, Trulofa Trio, Rallemalle, Ancestor, Jon Dræby, Space Continents, Raphel Mai Amecche Zabi Almi, Elektronavn, White Moth, Látzlò Máa, Mazurka, Bm, Drowning Mountains and Al-Ha-Sheminit w/the music raging from full-on fire music energy through singing folk drone, mass string levitations and ancient sounding ritual music. Pretty dazzling."