.SKiN GRAFT Records WHOLESALE CATALOG
 

NEW ADDRESS!:
SKiN GRAFT Records
P.O. BOX 1545
O' Fallon MO 63366 ( USA )

VIENNA STREET ADDRESS:
Mark Fischer
Hernalser Haupstrasse 27/13

1170 Vienna, Austria ( Europe )

CONTACT:
email: mark@skingraftrecords.com

Mark USA phone: 314-781-2608
website: www.skingraftrecords.com

STREET DATE: November 18th, 2008

MADE IN MEXICO
"Guerillaton"
diecut gatefold LP / CD
cat #: GR92CD / barcode: 647216609223
cat #: GR92LP / barcode: 647216609216


Short description: Providence-based No Wave influenced punk, combined with Reggaeton sounds.... Like Teenage Jesus and the Jerks mixed with Calle 13, or Daddy Yankee. Post-Punk with a Dem Bow beat, and a revolutionary flavor… the soundtrack to Simon Bolivar’s march through The Americas.
includes former members of La Machine, and Arab On Radar. Guerillaton is the highly anticipated follow up to MADE IN MEXICO's debut LP "Zodiac Zoo". Available on compact disc and as a limited edition Diecut Gatefold Vinyl LP.

SELLING POINTS:
o Includes former members of Arab On Radar.
o Track: “Yes We Can”, featured in the hit, multi-platinum selling video game phenomenon, “Guitar Hero II.”
o Played CMJ Showcases 2006, 2007
o International press and radio campaign
o
Ads in Signal To Noise, Wire, Skyscraper, etc.

PRESS QUOTES:
o “For those of you scoring at home, my favorite song in the entire game {Guitar Hero II} is "Yes We Can" by Made in Mexico. - ”Wil Wheaton
[Wesley Crusher, Star Trek: The Next Generation]


o “Vocalist Rebecca Mitchell alternately speak-sings in dry detachment or warbles and shrieks like Diamanda Galás (with Lydia Lunch's range) in a back alley brawl. The guitar sounds like it's being swung around by loosened strings, the bass like it's being hit with a rubber mallet, and the drums like they're being used as trampolines by a free jazz maniac attempting the Stooges catalog. And if the above descriptions sound appealing -- and they're not meant to discourage -- then this album will not disappoint. Made in Mexico is a catharsis for misanthropes and stress-cases everywhere, and is guaranteed to rile the savage beast in all of us.” - All Music

o ”A completely fucked-up "psychedelic" rock band, giving your ears a bad LSD trip from hell…. I listened to made in mexico's songs, and i bled from the ears.”– UrbanDictionary.com

o"The best of the post-Arab on Radar sweepstakes" -Weasel Walter (Flying Luttenbachers, Lake of Dracula).        
   

TRACK LISTING:
1)
Guerillaton / 2) Mundo 1 / 3) Viva La Luz / 4) For Your Own Good / 5) Remote Control Secrets / 6) Gringoton / 7) Villa Tranquila / 8) Yes We Can / 9) Mundo 2 / 10) The Americas / 11) Gran Columbia / 12) Mundovision / 13) March On La Migra /

Preview MP3: Guerillaton


STREET DATE: November 18th, 2008

SIDES 11-14
YOWIE / COLOSSAMITE
PRE / MULE
double 7" single & comic book set
(colored vinyl)
cat #: GR28-7 / barcode: 647216602873

Joe Carduchii wrote in his book "Rock And The Pop Narcotic" that today - "If you cut open young execs, housewives, rappers, house-mixers, salsa fans, hip-hopsters, etc, you're likely to find, 14 rings back, a layer of molten rock spewed by Australia's shaggiest eruption, AC/DC“.

SIDES 11-14 is the latest in SKiN GRAFT Records’ irregularly published series of tribute record and comic book sets published in conjunction with Gasoline Boost Records.  This deluxe double 7“ single and comic book set includes:

YOWIE "Dunderdruck“
The newly reformed YOWIE turn AC/DC’s „Thunderstruck” sideways to take the listener on a technically impeccable, hyper-alien-math-rock sugar high - played with spaghetti-strung guitars and stop on a dime drums.

COLOSSAMITE "Anti-Christ Devil Child“
The members of Gorge Trio (John and Ed of Deerhoof) plus Nick Sakes (vocalist of Dazzling Killmen) unite one final time for a maddening metal medley of AC/DC’s greatest hits.

PRE "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap“
London’s No Wave naughties apply their merry-go-round grind to the certified classic “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”.

MULE "Have A Drink On Me“
Vaulted for 10 years and previously unreleased, here is the final recording from this legendary Touch and Go / Quarterstick Recording artist, featuring the restrained redneck blues of PW Long on vocals and guitar.

Plus: a densely illustrated 20 page wraparound comic book sleeve written and drawn by Skin Graft founder Mark Fischer. 

SELLING POINTS:
o
Incredibly packaged - includes (2) colored vinyl 7” singles and a 20 page gatefold comic book sleeve
o Timed to coincide with the AC/DC’s  first new album in over eight years.  AC/DC have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide
o All recordings and comics are exclusive to this release.
o Previous installments in the “SIDES” series included bands such as:
--
Shellac, US Maple, Palace Brothers, Killdozer, Zeni Geva and Brise-Glace (Jim O’Rourke).
o PRE will tour the USA in October.
o New albums from YOWIE and PRE coming in 2009.
o
Ads in Signal To Noise, Wire, Skyscraper, etc.

TRACK LISTING:
1) YOWIE "Dunderdruck“ / 2) COLOSSAMITE "Anti-Christ Devil Child“
3)
PRE "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap“ / 4) MULE "Have A Drink On Me“



STREET DATE: September 16th, 2008
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AIDS WOLF Cities Of Glass

NEW ( ! )
AIDS WOLF
electronic presskit
(click cover to open PDF)

AIDS WOLF
"Cities Of Glass" CD
cat #: GR91CD / barcode: 647216609124

The Nine Principles Of AIDS Wolf

1. Maintain a Daily Ritual.
Music is like breathing, eating, sleeping, pissing, and, with any luck, fucking. Music must be a physical need and a mental compulsion.

2. Live Aesthetic Immersion. There's no reason a sonic composition cannot be inspired by or contribute to a drawing, a tasty curry, or one's choice of socks.

3. When in Doubt, Bum Them Out.
If you can't convert 'em, make 'em run crying and holding their ears.

4. Get in the Van.

5. Seek Strength through Strength. Gear's gotta be carried, sleep must be forsaken, and tours have to be survived.

6. Join the Family. Camaraderie with other bands is not only inspiring but also serves as a vital metrics by which to measure one's own perceived worth.

7. Allow for Sonic Fields of Nothing. The use of negative space in music creates new dynamics, abstracts the obvious, and challenges both the creator and the audience.

8. Lift Anchor and Set Sail. De-anchoring compositions by dispensing with a bass guitar allows AIDS Wolf to make rhythm, the central feature of its performances.

9. Become the Weird Punks. Remember when punk was weird and when weird was punk? Destroy genre straight jackets and move out of the comfortable.

Now that you have committed these principles to memory, we encourage further study through “Cities Of Glass”, the second album from AIDS Wolf. Once immersed in these tenets, you can be assured of finding failure and misery as you bring them with you into the wider world.

SELLING POINTS:
o Produced by Weasel Walter (The Flying Luttenbachers, XBXRX, Lake Of Dracula)
o AIDS WOLF will be touring throughout 2008. 
o Promotional posters available for display
o International press and radio campaign
o
Ads in Signal To Noise, Wire, Skyscraper, etc.

PRESS QUOTES:
o "AIDS Wolf are easily one of the best bands in the city right now, with discordance still ruling their roost but more prog rearing its head - that both teases and startles. - Montreal Mirror
o "the new punk rock is live and running".” - Crashinin
o "It’s nice to know that rock can still sound threatening..." - Popmatters
o “...this disc, you'll want one...” - SPIN


TRACK LISTING:
1) M.T.I. / 2) Tied-Up In Paper / 3) Cities Of Glass / 4) Ch-ch-ch-chatter / 5) Down, Holy Ground / 6) Gnarly Tooth / 7) General _ _ / 8) A Sacrificial Drone / 9) Relevant Issues / 10) So Many Plastic Pearls

Preview MP3: Tied Up In Paper


NEW RELEASES IN STOCK NOW:
GR39CD cover: above / SIN01CD: below

LAKE OF DRACULA
"Lake Of Dracula" CD
cat #: GR39CD / barcode: 036172603923
.........and also available...
"SiNRAFT LIVE 1996" CD
cat #: SIN01CD / barcode: 647216600121

Relive No Wave's summer of love! L.O.D. layer vicious, angular
guitar and obtuse, howling vocals over propulsive, throbbing dance beats in an unprecedented melange of excitement and alienation! Assembled from the lineups of THE FLYING LUTTENBACHERS, COUCH, SCISSOR GIRLS and U.S. MAPLE; LAKE OF DRACULA raise the wooden stakes for all them so-called "Super Groups". It's Clobberin' Time! Produced by Jim O'Rourke (Brise-Glace, Yona-Kit, Sonic Youth) and remastered by Weasel Walter.

As an extra special bonus, this new edition of Lake Of Dracula?s studio album has been augmented with the four legendary tracks from the infamous SINRAFT Bootleg 7" single - recorded live at the FIRESIDE BOWL in Chicago!

Also available: In a Limited edition of 300 copies ? the alternate version on SiNRAFT Records. Uncovered at customs in Norway, this bootleg CD has been seized by Skin Graft Records for lawful distribution worldwide. Includes the original 4-song SINRAFT Bootleg 7" songs, plus 16 bonus tracks - the entire Lake Of Dracula studio album (!), produced by Jim O?Rourke.

Please note: contents of Skin Graft catalog #GR39CD and Sinraft catalog #SIN01CD are identical, but with radically different artwork.

LINE-UP:
Weasel Walter: electric guitar
Heather M: drums
Marlon Magas: vocals
The Manhattanite: hat

PRESS QUOTES:
o "(Weasel) Walter adds layers and layers of cacophonous distortion... Vocalist Marlon Magas drowns in reverb U.S. Maple frontman Al Johnson (aka the Manhattanite) adds background vocals... Scissor Girls drummer Heather Melowic adds simplistic, yet furious, drumming... Lake of Dracula manages to create a big noise that's not soon forgotten. - All Music Guide

o "The best Now Wave No Wave album ever” - Runny Noise


TRACK LISTING:
1) Lake Of Dracula / 2) Plague Of Frogs / 3) Biographers Of The Flaming Druglords / 4) Cherries And Socks / 5) Blues Fantastique / 6) The Servo-Motor / 7) Green-Glassed Moves / 8) Violators / 9) Dracula Killed Frankenstein / 10) Coconut Wine / 11) The Carpet (Old Ghost) / 12) Henry Clay / 13) The Arctic Cats / 14) Memories Of Me / 15) Piss II / 16) Lake Of Dracula / 17) Blues Fantastique (live) / 18) Plague Of Frogs (live) / 19) Biographers Of The Flaming Druglords (live) / 20) Henry Clay (live)

Preview MP3: Plague Of Frogs
Preview MP3:
Biographers Of The Flaming Druglords (live)


NEW RELEASES IN STOCK NOW:  

KOENJIHYAKKEI
"Hundred Sights Of Koenji" CD
cat #: GR90CD / barcode: 647216609025
DOWNLOAD PDF ONE-SHEET

o “I'm probably going out on a limb here, but from my vantage point, this is not only the most brilliant of all of contemporary Japanese bands, but perhaps the greatest group currently operating in the world.” - Alternative Press

For the first time ever, Skin Graft Records proudly presents Koenjihyakkei’s legendary debut album “Hundred Sights of Koenji” to western listeners. With the original issue on Japan’s God Mountain label largely unheard and fetching enormous prices on the collector’s market, “Hundred Sights of Koenji”, returns to print in a deluxe, remastered edition. Originally released in 1994, "Hundred Sights of Koenji" includes the full RUINS line-up of Yoshida Tatsuya and Masuda Ryuichi, with Kubota Aki and Kuwahara Shigekazu for a futuristic journey forward to those hallowed fields of yore. KOENJIHYAKKEI is Area and ELP at their most excessive; Deus Ex Machina with tempo changes multiplied by 100; and Magma at their orff-ian choral, fusion jazz, overcharged gospel peak. Here begins a new chapter in the storied Zeuhl scene, where foreign tongues, interplanetary wars and inhuman technique rule the roost.

SELLING POINTS:
o Yoshida Tatsuya has a tremendous worldwide following, is the leader of KOENJIHYAKKEI and RUINS, and a player in renowned bands Acid Mothers Temple and Painkiller.

o Koenjihyakkei will be performing at Near Fest X, North America’s largest progressive rock festival this summer. Other US Dates
will follow.

o Yoshida Tastsuya will be
touring Europe as RUINS Alone, part of the Japanese New Music Festival this April and May. He will be performing the music of RUINS and KOENJIHYAKKEI on these dates as well as performing in Acid Mothers Temple.

PRESS QUOTES:
o "The first emotion that the music of Koenjihyakkei provokes is disbelief, a total inability to
grasp how five individuals could come together to create such a sound. Their cacophonous yet ultraprecise future-prog truly sounds beyond the limits of human potential. But slowly it all starts to make sense. Koenjihyakkei's combination of operatic female vocals,
dizzying keyboard lines, bleating woodwinds and jawdropping drumming creates a sound that can be deeply enjoyed just as easily as it can be marveled at." - Prefix

o “No irony here: this rocks with the teeth and heart to cut through the “scenes” and the "overground" like a knife. …Koenjihyakkei may go down as Tatsuya Yoshida’s greatest achievement: the most perfect fusion of straight prog, the avant-garde and hardcore punk. Amen.” - Pitchfork

o "Essential. A masterpiece of progressive music." - Prog Archives

TRACK LISTING:
1) Loss 2) Doi Doi 3) Molavena 4) Gepek 5) Yagonahh 6) Ozone Fall 7) Zhess 8) Zoltan 9) Avedumma 10) Sunna Zarioki

Preview MP3: Doi Doi
Preview MP3: Avedumma


NEW RELEASES IN STOCK NOW:  

PRE / AIDS WOLF
"Live Dates (Bootleg)" split 7" & Calendar
cat #: SIN03-7 / barcode: 647216600374
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Visit the new PRE "Epic Fits" website


Four song EP (all exclusive to this release) - Comes packaged in a 7" x 7" eight-page nudie calendar sleeve with topless pictures of both bands in
full-color.

Uncovered at Austrian customs, this bootleg 7" single has been seized by Skin Graft Records for lawful distribution worldwide. Originating in Russia by the rogue record label SINRAFT Records, this vinyl record includes unauthorized live recordings of Montreal's AIDS WOLF and London's PRE, packaged in a full color 8 page calendar of compromising band photos.

Following is the original solicitation from SINRAFT records:

HERE IS THIRD RELEASE OF ILLICIT RECORDINGS OF SINRAFT RECORDS. LIVE RECORDED ON LONDON FROM KOSTYA DROBIK. INCREDIBLE AROUSE GUARANTEES. DOUBLE SUPER LIVE RECORDINGS OF NO WAVE ROCK!!! BOTH GROUPS IN SKIN GRAFT RECORDS.

AIDS WOLF IS CRAZY BAND OF MONTREAL ON CANADA!!! (HEARING LIKE "ARAB IN RADAR"!) PRE IS MAD BAND OF LONDON ON THE GREAT BRITAIN!!! (HEARING LIKE "MELT-BANANA"!) TOGETHER IS TWICE INTENSITY!!!! BONUS IS IMPROBABLE RECORD SLEEVE CALENDAR OF PRE AND AIDS WOLF GIRLS AND BOYS NO SHIRTS IN FULL COLOURS!!!! IS SUPER SEXY 2!!!

TRACK LISTING:
1) PRE LIVE!!! 2) AIDS WOLF LIVE!!!


PROMOTIONAL POSTERS
Double-sided featuring PRE and AIDS WOLF
PRE & AIDS Wolf Tour dates HERE
Posters promote: PRE/AIDS WOLF split 7" & Calendar Bootleg, AIDS WOLF "The Lovvers" LP/CD, AIDS WOLF VS ATHLETIC AUTOMATON LP/CD & PRE "Epic Fits" Limited Metal Box CD / CD / LP. For use as in-store display materials.

IN STOCK NOW:  

IN STOCK NOW:  

PRE
"Epic Fits"
Limited Edition "Metal Box" CD / CD
LECD catalog #: GR89-LE-CD / LECD barcode
: 647216600220
CD catalog #: GR89CD / CD barcode: 647216608929
DOWNLOAD PDF ONE-SHEET

Born in a basement, based in London, the first outing of PRE had the entire audience locked outside, watching through barred windows from above. To the assemblage up top, it was clear that these five noise sprinkled nu-wavers had already figured it out - sound moves quicker in high pressure.

In the months that followed, PRE's rhythmically infectious skip-alongs were demonstrated on a flurry of releases. The band's debut 7" EP "Treasure Trails" caught ears by surprise and wouldn't let go. A rash of vinyl came in quick succession, pairing the band up with acts like AIDS Wolf, Dmonstrations, Bardo Pond, and Comanechi.

And now, weighing 14 songs and coming in just over 20 minutes tall, "Epic Fits" will be born on September 4th. Recorded in a chilly pizza storage unit with Westminster Brown at the controls, PRE's full length is cold sweat caught on two inch tape. Those initial moonbeams shining through the barred basement windows have been caught - meticulously sliced and diced - and reflected back in a brilliant, buoyant strobelight. Guitar, bass, bass, drum and moon shriek: PRE make the noise jump.

o Available in two CD editions from Skin Graft Records: a standard jewel-cased disc; and an individually numbered "first edition", packaged with a fold out poster sleeve in an embossed metal box (Note: metal edition shares the same dimensions as a normal jewel case for easy storage and display). Skin Graft's previous metal wrapped release, the debut album from U.S. Maple, currently sells for up to $500 on the collectors market

o PRE are a band people are talking about -in their native UK, they were asked to appear on Rough Trade's Counter Culture compilation CD, made waves on a sold out tour with the Gossip and performed at the NME music awards.

o PRE will be touring the United States and Canada this October, with performances at both Pop Montreal and CMJ's Music Marathon.

o Viral marketing campaign including 'Popping Showers' video by director Nathan Parker

PRESS QUOTES:

o "Gonzo punkers PRE are well on their way to superstardom. Like Karen O on a cocktail of narcotics, crazy lead singer Keeks Matsuura screeches alongside messy metal guitars with an energy that'd make duracell proud." - NME

o "Akiko only wears underwear on stage. When she comes on at first, she seems a little vulnerable in her minimal clothing.,, but then she starts singing and explodes. Even if you don't fancy girls, like me, it's still really cute to see a small Asian girl dance around in her undies and scream". - Rock On London

TRACK LISTING:
1) Drool... 2) Fudging on our Folks 3) Scenes from a 1963 Los Angeles Love-in 4) Slash in the Snake Pit 5) Ace Cock 6) I Met Her in the Bin 7) Nope Fun 8) So Jazzed 9) Dude Fuk 10) Greasers 11) Popping Showers 12) And Prolapse... 13) Ride Ride Ride 14) Know Yr Teachers

Visit the new PRE "Epic Fits" website

Preview MP3: Drool / Preview MP3: Fudging On Our Folks
Preview MP3: Popping Showers

ATHLETIC AUTOMATON
"A Journey Through Roman's Empire"
CD / import LP (vinyl street date TBA)
CD catalog #: GR88CD / CD barcode: 647216608820

LP catalog #: GR88LP / LP barcode: 647216608813
DOWNLOAD PDF ONE-SHEET

"Dressed in basketball jerseys, short shorts, and knee socks, and with flowing manes held back by terrycloth sweatbands, Athletic Automaton command attention through the sheer force of their personality before they even pick up their instruments. As a duo, they add up to something rather deadly, like a seventies-era gym class gone somehow horribly wrong. Or maybe horribly right. - Skyscraper

On their second full-length album "A Journey Through Roman's Empire" ATHLETIC AUTOMATON devolve without diminishing. Songs and instrumentation alike have been reduced to key components, stripped bare of pretense until only the core remains; evaporating the distance between listener and band.

This is minimalism set on heavy and trance gone sour. While deceptively simple and repetitive, the music is never rigid, never complacent or familiar. Alternately a swirl of precision, and a countercurrent of resistance, Athletic Automaton are unafraid to find virtue in the accidental, while remaining purposeful and determined.

Here, Donald Duck riffs dribble past sprinting rhythms - and asthmatic guitars swarm landscapes that bark back in opposition. "A Journey Through Roman's Empire" is a psychedelic coliseum of reverse intonation, rooted in Pittsburgh circa 1972, an audio sport the likes of which has never been heard before.

o Features guitarist Steve Mattos, formerly of Arab On Radar

o Available on CD and as a vinyl LP import from Spain's Trece Grabaciones

o "A Journey Through Roman's Empire" follows up AA's collaborative LP with AIDS Wolf earlier this year.

o Epic gladiator cover art by Seripop (Chloe & Yannick of AIDS Wolf)

PRESS QUOTES:
o "Calisthenics become repetitive exercises of sonic torture, as the sweaty duo engages in musical drills designed to sap the energy of even the most fit and healthy listener" - Dusted Magazine

o "Athletic Automaton is making my palms (and ears) sweat as we speak... Their riffs and grooves are minimal, the lyrics occasional, and the tension they wield - a most welcome constant." - Skyscraper

TRACK LISTING:
1) The Small Ball Game
2) Roman's Empire A.D.
3) The Gladiators Sandal Fight
4) Caesar's Haircut
5) Achilles' Last Tendon
6) A Circus Maximus
7) Hands Without Feet
8) The Smaller Ball Game


Preview MP3: Hands Without Feet
Preview MP3: Achilles' Last Tendon


IN STOCK NOW:

THE CHINESE STARS
"Turbo Mattress" Transparent CD
catalog #: GR69-2 / barcode: 64721660
6925

On the heels of the new album from The Chinese Stars, "Listen To Your Left Brain", Skin Graft proudly re-presents the band's debut CD "Turbo Mattress" in a new edition. Previously available as a "weaponized, chinese throwing star - shaped CD", "Turbo Mattress" was quick to sell, but also proved problematic for those wishing to play the disc in front feed CD players, CD changers or darn near anything other than a tray loading disc player. So for this new edition, Turbo Mattress has been pressed on a TRANSPARENT CD - maintaining the illusion of a chinese throwing star with the added bonus of being playable on all CD players and drives!

Formed from the charred remains of Arab On Radar and Six Finger Satellite, Turbo Mattress is the Chinese Stars' most abrasive, harsh recording, harkening back to the members' previous acts while laying the groundwork for the band's signature disjunct new wave sound. Christened after the "Chinese Star Epidemic" of the early 80's which found legions of grade school kids across America armed with "shuriken" throwing stars, the band pledge to follow in this tradition: terrorizing parents, authority figures and the psyche of the free world.

o Pressed on a "see-through" transparent cd!

o "The music on their Skin Graft debut, Turbo Mattress, keeps the beats as jerky as a racecar driver with the e-brake on, with guitar noise as jumper cables and Paul's surreal lyrics as a hallucinogen--fans of a more fucked Ex Models aesthetic, take note." - The Stranger

TRACK LISTING:
1) Sick Machine 2) Eyes of the Secret North 3) Loose Traffic 4) Arson Hotline 5) The Fastest Horse Yet

Preview MP3:
Sick Machine / Preview MP3: Arson Hotline



IN STOCK NOW:  
RUINS
"Refusal Fossil" (Special Edition) CD
catalog #: GR87CD / barcode: 64721660
8721

Japan's RUINS have extensive experience and a tireless commitment! A furious barrage of explosive and intricately composed drum(s) and bass (guitar), Ruins cover all stops between hardcore's hysteric intensity, metal's pummeling dynamics and the confounding inscription of progressive rock. No slack. No slop. Absolute masters of quick change, stop-start tempos and time-signatures, Ruins craft an unprecedented amalgam of originality, all sung in a peculiar language of their own invention.

The first album to feature bassist Sasaki Hisashi, "Refusal Fossil (Special Edition)" resissues the long out of print "Refussal Fossil" full length, unquestionably the band's heaviest, rawest effort, plus five previously unreleased tracks, all remixed and remastered by the band's Yoshida Tatsuya (Koenjihyakkei). Also featuring a host of guest musicians from Japan avanst scene (including Yamamoto Seiichi of Boredoms), "Refusal Fossil" boasts twenty-five cuts in all: An hour-plus blast of zig-zag calisthenics!

"Fiendish and crazed, Ruins explore string-popping ideas only to degenerate into complex whirlpools of distortion, then regroup into a new version of their original idea with surprising grace. Ruins grow on you like a cancerous cell, and are killer." - CMJ

TRACK LISTING:
1) Refusal Fossil 2) Uskilsdos Zaimm 3) Stara Planina 4) Eccentric Ditch 5) Etymology 6) Empty Hands 6) Der Strudel 7) Still Life 8) 7th Dimension 9) Faux Numero 10) Calnac 11) Heraklion 12) Ramification 13) Misconduction 14) Reckless Stone 15) You Know What You Like 16) Heaven and Hell 18) Hyderomastgroningem 19) Burning Stone 20) Plexus 21) Dhaskrive 22) Gravestone 23) Del Fanci Kant 24) Infect 25) Prog Rock Medley

Preview MP3:
Refusal Fossil

Preview MP3: Etymology

KOENJIHYAKKEI
"Angherr Shisspa" CD (repress)
cat #: GR78CD / barcode: 647216607823

Some bands you just have to hear. Japan's KOENJIHYAKKEI (aka Koenji Hyakkei aka Hundred Sights of Koenji) are just such a band. Headed by vocalist / composer / drummer extraordinaire Tatsuya Yoshida (of the renowned bass and drum duo RUINS), KOENJIHYAKKEI is Area and ELP at their most excessive; Deus Ex Machina with tempo changes multiplied by 100; and Magma at their orff-ian choral, fusion jazz, overcharged gospel peak.

"I'm probably going out on a limb here, but from my vantage point, this is not only the most brilliant of all of contemporary Japanese bands, but perhaps the greatest group currently operating in the world."
- Alternative Press

"KOENJIHYAKKEI is a unique concept for Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins), and it may go down as his greatest achievement: the most perfect fusion of straight prog, the avant-garde and hardcore punk. Amen."
- Pitchfork


TRACK LISTING:
1) Tziidall Raszhisst
2) Rattims Friezz
3) Grahbem Jorgazz
4) Fettim Paillu
5) Quivem Vrastorr
6) Mibingvahre
7) Angherr Shisspa
8) Wammilica Iffirom


Pr
eview MP3 Rattims Friezz

Preview MP3 Angherr Shisspa


IN STOCK NOW:  
THE FLYING LUTTENBACHERS
"Destroy All Music Revisited" CD
catalog #: GR85CD / barcode: 647216608523


Skin Graft Records proudly presents "DxAxMx Revisited", a fully remastered, extended edition of The Flying Luttenbachers' landmark 1995 album, "Destroy All Music". This special edition includes notorious drummer/multi-instrumentalist Weasel Walter and renowned jazz saxophonist Ken Vandermark, the innovative punk-jazz ensemble that first garnered the band widespread acclaim.

Here the band is captured at the height of the internal struggles that would soon dissolve the quintet line-up. The end result is an unforgettable experience, a document of the most extreme energy level the line-up ever mustered on record.

In addition to the 10 tracks featured on the original release, this comprehensive edition includes seven never-before-heard vintage recordings, all painstakingly remastered by bandleader Weasel Walter. "Destroy All Music Revisited" is 80 minutes of wild, unhinged cacophony, fusing fiery free jazz improvisation with modern post-punk/noise-rock structures. This is an integral part of Chicago's underground musical heritage, a milestone in adventurous jazz, and a key component of the neo-no wave movement.

o Includes 7 additional tracks and fold-out retrospective booklet

o "Destroy All Music" lets you continue to follow this incredible band's evolution from a freak-out jazz/spaz group to the conceptual beast of musical destruction that they are today.... Here, as always, the Luttenbachers are pushing limits."
- Pillowfight

o "... Recorded when some fellas from the Vandermark Five were in the lineup, records like this are the new classics of adventurous jazz. No gimmicks, just intense exploration."
- Popwatch

TRACK LISTING:
1) Demonic Velocities / 20,000,000 Volts 2) Fist Through Glass (94A) 3) Sparrow's Thin Ict 4) Splurge 5) In Progress... 6) Verlag aus den Turbo Scratcher 7) The Necessary Impossibility of Determinism 8) Dance of the Lonely Hyenas 9) Tiamat en Arc 10) Final Variation on a theme entitled "Attack Sequence" 11) One-Two Punch 12) Improvisation 13) The Critic Stomp 14) Clammer + Sprint 15) Coffeehouse in Flames 16) Eaten By Sharks 17) Throwing Bricks

Pr
eview MP3: Demonic Velocities/20,000,000 Volts
Preview MP3: One Two Punch (previously unreleased)

THE CHINESE STARS
"Listen To Your Left Brain" LP
catalog #: GR86LP / barcode: 647216608615


Band History: Being made now.

With "Listen To Your Left Brain", the Chinese Stars declare a new cold war. Formed in 2003, the band's pedigree reaches back to legendary acts Arab On Radar and Six Finger Satellite, seeds that inform this new efflorescence, but now the band has filled out in all the right places, having honed their chaotic four-on-the-floor, post-punk dance style into an unequivocal signature.

Here The Chinese Stars set in motion a tsunami of new waves, crafting an atmosphere of propulsive sonic escapism - fueled by noodle-stringed guitar riffs, seat of your pants lyrics and hallucinatory synths. This is a fast, forward audio movement, taking music back to the base pleasures. Razor sharp, aural pop-art: the overblown are busted.

Limited edition vinyl LP comes packaged with a lyric-poster drawn by Mat Brinkman.

o Band touring the USA with The Blood Brothers this April

o First CD "Turbo Mattress" will be reissued this summer!

o "Outpunking Radio 4, outfunking !!! and out-Rapturing the Rapture, The Chinese Stars' brazen four-on-the-floor propulsiveness, flexibly blends elastic guitars over stabby snares and jived-up bass... while former AOR singer Eric Paul peppers songs with salacious commentary, exuding depraved, lascivious lyrics." - CMJ

o "Their sound(?) ...would probably liken it to a really bad drug trip at a karaoke bar."
- Sound The Sirens

TRACK LISTING:
1) Drugs And Sunshine 2) Cold, Cold, Cold 3) All My Friends Are Getting High 4) Left Brain 5) Bored With This Planet 6) Shake Off The Nurse 7) Teeth Marks 8) T.V. Grows Arms 9) The Drowning

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Preview MP3: Shake Off The Nurse



IN STOCK NOW:

AIDS WOLF VS ATHLETIC AUTOMATON
"Clash Of The Life-Force Warriors"
Gatefold vinyl LP / CD
CD cat #: GR84CD / barcode: 647216608424
LP cat #: GR84LP / barcode: 647216608417

With AIDS WOLF VS. ATHLETIC AUTOMATON, the hard edge bleeds.

In the wake of their respective debut albums, Providence's ATHLETIC AUTOMATON and Montreal's AIDS WOLF came face to face; stripped bare of armor, draped in amour, wielding weapons of choice. With the battle lines drawn, each band tallied forcefully, committing individual tracks to tape. But as the war waged on, members defected from side to side, new alliances were formed and the hard lines blurred. What emerged from the battlefield was an entirely new entity: bloodied, unbowed, and undefeated.

Recorded by Radwan Moumneh at One Hundred Sided Die in Montreal and Patrick Crump in Lincoln, Rhode Island, Skin Graft Records presents "Clash of the Life-Force Warriors" on dueling formats: as a compact disc and gatefold sleeved vinyl LP, intimately designed by Montreal's Seripop.

Athletic Automaton is guitarist Stephen Mattos, formerly of Arab on Radar; and drummer Patrick Crump, Pellum 123 expatriate. Aids Wolf is concussionist Hiroshima Thunder and singer Special Deluxe, paired with guitarist's Barbarian Destroyer and Him, The Magi. Aids Wolf Versus Athletic Automaton is all of the above... and the dawn of a new age: a crystalline declaration of independence for an uncivilized world.


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HOLY SMOKES (BACK IN STOCK)
"Talk To Your Kids About Gangs" CD
catalog #: GR82CD / barcode: 647216608226


"Holy Smokes are a supergroup better than the sum of it's incalculably impressive parts (line-up includes members of Hella, Pinback, The Advantage and The Flying Luttenbachers)... A balancing act of incredible dexterity... a scorching mangle of instruments igniting waves of dreamily emotive melodies upon a dizzying volcanic terrain. This is barefoot shoegazing on a bed of hot coals."
- Independence Now

Talk To Your Kids About Gangs" is the culmination of a recording process that began in 2003, with the line-up of Zach Hill, Dan Elkan, Rob Crow, Carson McWhirter, Jonathan Hischke, Ian Hernandez and J.R. Thompson. The group first assembled for the album "Masculine Drugs", a soundtrack to a book penned by founder Zach Hill and released by Suicide Squeeze Records. On their Skin Graft debut, Holy Smokes arrive fully formed. Where the band's debut offered a discordant free-jazz-noise-rock shock, "Talk To Your Kids About Gangs" emerges as a harmonic tangle of pitches and thunder claps, that as they unravel, come into focus as intelligible, infectious oddments of grooving sonance. Make no mistake, these are songs: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Synth, Drums, Samplers, Toys, Piano, Keyboards, Trumpet and Gadgets - no bullshit. Holy Smokes have recorded a masterfully drawn, spectral broadcast; a call to arms now and forever.


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YOWIE
"Cryptooology" CD
catalog #: GR74CD / barcode:
64721660742x

"
Its profound geographical isolation makes Australia an unlikely habitat for a missing link that could exist for millions of years without being documented by science, especially since no primates are indigenous to the continent. Nevertheless, the land down under claims its own version of Bigfoot, the Yowie. The creature's long history can be traced back to aborigine legends. An aborigine folk tale explains that when their people first migrated to Australia thousands of years ago, they encountered on the new continent a savage race of ape-men. The aborigines' ancestors went to war against the ape-men, and in the end the humans triumphed, thanks to their ability to make weapons. Ð Bigfoot Encounters

Three years in the making, Cryptooology, Yowie's debut album, is an album at war. Yowie, a dual-guitar and drums trio from St. Louis, have been stunning audiences with their incomparable barrage of sonic kung fu. They accelerate the progressive-rock rhythmic sensibilities of RUINS and MAGMA and mutate them with the shriekier side of BIG BLACK and SLAYER. The band incorporates many variations in time signature, tempo, and tuning, to create a virtual audio maze, but no matter how complex things get their compositions remain cohesive and compelling.


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PROMOTIONAL POSTER-NEWSLETTERS
AW VS. AA & HOLY SMOKES POSTERS (outside)
(measures 2' x 3' !!!)
SKiN GRAFT Newsletter: (inside)
__NEW SKIN GRAFT promotional poster-newsletters! For use as in-store display materials and P.O.P. giveaways.
___Ask your Skin Graft Records sales representative for details.


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REPRESSED & BACK IN STOCK (available now):
DAZZLING KILLMEN Face Of Collapse CD
catalog #: GR36CD / barcode: 0 36172 60122 6

Original recipe! The first Skin Graft full-length album back in print! LOUD LIFE at ALTERNATIVE PRESS magazine declared "Face Of Collapse" the TOP ALBUM of the 90's based on the following criteria: 1) Avoidance of formula or cliché. 2) Dexterity of Rhythm section, 3) Quality of album's production values, 4) Lack of predictable lyrical subjects - Satan, Straightedge, Viking folklore, etc. "Sounds like Dave Bruebeck's Time Out played through Carcass' PA system." Found on lots of "best of" lists everywhere.
Preview MP3 HERE
DAZZLING KILLMEN Receurda CD
catalog #: GR36CD / barcode: 0 36172 60362 6

Collects re-recordings of the the first album "Dig Out The Switch", the Lounge Ax cassette, the singles, unreleased gems and about 20 cub scouts. 76 minutes of blistering fast emotional Prog-Math-Hardcore. Your band can't play this. These guys wrote the book before the dogs ate it. Legendary.
Preview MP3 HERE
QUINTRON These Hands Of Mine CD
catalog #: GR57CD / barcode:
0 36172 60572 9
From New Orleans, Louisiana - 9th Ward! Truly the greatest, excitingest, most fullest of the spiritest, rocking and especially rollingest one-man-band the world has ever seen. If you're thinking honkin' squonkin' washboard, sideshow one man band, then fast forward past that big bass drum and start thinkin' stripped down drum machine, overdriven Hammond Organ with Leslie speaker and a frontman who screams and gestures like he invented devil's music. The dance craze starts here, on shag carpeting.
Preview MP3 HERE
FLOSSIE AND THE UNICORNS l.m.n.o.p. CD
catalog #: GR54CD / barcode:
0 36172 60542 2
From New Orleans, Louisiana - 9th Ward! File under Quintron. Miss Pussycat's little animal friends are always starting bands! The most popular is Flossie And The Unicorns and L.M.N.O.P, is their first CD. Flossie and The Unicorns sound like... hmmm... furry animals playing dance music on little tiny guitars, eensy weensy drums and itty bitty synthesizers! Now, Please don't try to figure out the "time signature" of this music - there isn't one. So simple and perfect, it's almost frightening - unless, of course, you're a badger!
Preview MP3 HERE
U.S. MAPLE Long Hair In Three Stages CD
catalog #: GR33CD / barcode:
6 47216 60342 9
U.S. Maple's first album, before they fell all apart on "Sang Phat Editor". This is the album that "rocks". Disjointed machinations, Poppy locksteps and jarring sideways excursions all leading down a path to nowhere's-ville. Engineered by Jim O'Rourke with a cold. Packaging is printed in 3 distinct metallic inks.
Preview MP3 HERE
MELT-BANANA Scratch Or Stitch CD
catalog #: GR34CD / barcode:
6 47216 60342 0
Out of the old ashes sizzle and scream a new wave and realization simply called MELT-BANANA. A maelstrom of experimental heart surgery, Melt Banana walk on water. They effortlessly juggle all of those sharks that think they're swimming in new, unexplored territories. Here are the imported children of the no waves gone by, a hardcore-informed, audio info overload from Tokyo's ferocious underground. Get ready to Rumble! In short, take all of the scrabbling atonal dissonance of no wave, bathe it in the hysteria of hardcore, then rinse with the acceleration of speed metal. Repeat. This is the one Jim O'Rourke "Produced" & Steve Albini "Recorded".
Preview MP3 HERE


SKiN GRAFT Records Catalog (by format):

   
   


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COMPACT DISCS:
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GR92CD MADE IN MEXICO
"Guerillaton" CD

GR91LP AIDS WOLF
"Cities Of Glass" CD

GR39CD LAKE OF DRACULA
"Lake Of Dracula" (remastered + bonus) CD


SIN01CD LAKE OF DRACULA
"SiNRAFT Live 1996" (remastered + bonus) CD

GR90CD KOENJIHYAKKEI
"Hundred Sights Of Koenji" CD

GR89-LE-CD PRE
"Epic Fits" (Metal Box) CD

GR89-2 PRE
"Epic Fits" CD

GR88CD ATHLETIC AUTOMATON
"A Journey Through Roman's Empire" CD

GR87CD RUINS
"Refusal Fossil" (special edition) CD

GR85CD THE FLYING LUTTENBACHERS
"Destroy All Music Revisited" CD

GR84CD AIDS WOLF VS ATHLETIC AUTOMATON
"Clash Of The Life-Force Warriors" CD

GR83CD KOENJIHYAKKEI "Viva Koenji!!" CD

GR82CD HOLY SMOKES
"Talk To Your Kids About Gangs" CD

GR79CD RUINS "Pallaschtom" CD

GR78CD KOENJIHYAKKEI "Angherr Shisspa" CD

GR77CD MADE IN MEXICO "Zodiac Zoo" CD

GR76CD RUINS Vrresto CD

GR74CD YOWIE Cryptooology CD

GR73CD POINT LINE PLANE "Smoke Signals" CD

GR72CD QUINTRON The Frog Tape CD

GR71CD CHEER-ACCIDENT "Introducing Lemon" CD

GR71LP CHEER-ACCIDENT
"Introducing Lemon" Gatefold 2xLP&CD

GR70CD GORGE TRIO "Open Mouth O Wisp" CD

GR69CD THE CHINESE STARS
"Turbo Mattress" transparent CD

GR68CD RUINS 1986-1992 CD

GR67CD CHEER-ACCIDENT
Gumballhead The Cat CD & Comic Book Set

GR66CD ARAB ON RADAR "Yahweh Or The Highway" CD

GR65CD Q ELECTRONICS (QUINTRON) Drum Buddy CD

GR62CD CHEER-ACCIDENT Salad Days CD

GR61CD FLYING LUTTENBACHERS Truth Is a Fucking Lie CD

GR60CD ARAB ON RADAR "Soak The Saddle" CD

GR57CD QUINTRON These Hands of Mine CD

GR56CD YOU FANTASTIC! Homesickness CD

GR55CD COLOSSAMITE economy of motion CD

GR54CD FLOSSIE & THE UNICORNS L.M.N.O.P CD

GR53CD-2 ZEEK SHECK Good Luck Suckers CD

GR52CD MOUNT SHASTA Watch Out CD

GR51CD FLYING LUTTENBACHERS Destroy All Music CD
(out of print - see GR85CD)

GR49CD STRANGULATED BEATOFFS Self-Titled CD

GR47CD ZEEK SHECK "I Love You" CD

GR46CD FLYING LUTTENBACHERS Gods of Chaos CD

GR45CD RUINS Refusal Fossil CD (out of print - see GR87CD)

GR44CD US MAPLE Sang Phat Editor CD (temp. out of stock)

GR39CD LAKE OF DRACULA
"Lake Of Dracula" (remastered + bonus) CD

GR37CD FLYING LUTTENBACHERS Revenge CD

GR36CD DAZZLING KILLMEN Recuerda CD

GR35
CD SHAKUHACHI SURPRISE
"Space Streakings Sighted Over Mount Shasta" CD


GR34
CD MELT-BANANA Scratch Or Stitch CD

GR33CD U.S. MAPLE "Long Hair In Three Stages" CD

GR31CD MOUNT SHASTA Who's The Hottie CD

GR23.5CD BIG'N Discipline through Sound CD

GR22CD DENISON KIMBALL TRIO Soul Machine CD

GR20CD YONA-KIT Yona-Kit LP CD

GR18CD SPACE STREAKINGS Nana Toku CD

GR17CD BRISE-GLACE When In Vanitas CD

GR16CD DENISON KIMBALL TRIO Walls In The City CD

GR13CD MOUNT SHASTA Put The Creep On CD

GR12CD DAZZLING KILLMEN Face Of Collapse CD

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COMPACT DISC EP's:

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GR42CD YOU FANTASTIC! Pals CDEP

GR43CD COLOSSAMITE All Lingo's Clamor CDEP

GR38CD YOU FANTASTIC! The Riddler CDEP

GR14CD SHORTY Fresh Breath CDEP

 


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VINYL LP's:
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GR92LP MADE IN MEXICO
"Guerillaton" Diecut Gatefold LP

GR86LP THE CHINESE STARS "Listen To Your Left Brain" LP

GR84LP AIDS WOLF VS ATHLETIC AUTOMATON
"Clash Of The Life-Force Warriors" Gatefold LP

GR81LP AIDS WOLF "The Lovvers LP" vinyl LP (out of stock)

GR77LP MADE IN MEXICO "Zodiac Zoo"
Gatefold pop-up sleeved LP

GR72LP QUINTRON "The Frog Tape" LP

GR71LP CHEER-ACCIDENT Introducing Lemon
Gatefold 2xLP&CD

GR66LP ARAB ON RADAR Yahweh Or The Highway LP

GR63LP FLOSSIE AND THE UNICORNS
Animal's Clubhouse LP (Miss Pussycat & Quintron)

GR60LP ARAB ON RADAR Soak The Saddle LP (out of stock)

GR55LP COLOSSAMITE Economy Of Motion LP

GR52LP MOUNT SHASTA Watch Out LP

GR49LP STRANGULATED BEATOFFS Self-Titled LP

GR35LP SHAKUHACHI SURPRISE
"Space Streakings Sighted Over Mount Shasta" deluxe pic LP
(w/ poster, booklet, die cut sleeve, etc)

GR31LP MOUNT SHASTA Who's The Hottie LP

GR23.5LP BIG'N Discipline through Sound LP

GR18LP SPACE STREAKINGS 7-Toku LP

GR16LP DENISON KIMBALL TRIO Walls In The City LP

GR13LP MOUNT SHASTA Put The Creep On LP


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VINYL 7" SINGLES:

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SIN03-7 PRE/AIDS WOLF "Love Dates" (Bootleg)
- - split 7" and calendar sleeve

GR75-7 HIGH ON FIRE / RUINS split 7" & bomic book (out of stock)

GR32-7 SPACE STREAKINGS Taco Beya 7" & comic book

GR24-7 MELT-BANANA Pillcase 7" and comic (out of stock)

GR19-7 U.S. MAPLE Stuck 7"

GR15-7 BRISE-GLACE "In Sisters All And Felony" 7" & comic book

GR11-7 UFO OR DIE "Shock Shoppers" 7" & comic book

GR06-7 MAMA TICK Horse Doctor 7" & comic book

GR05-7 MOUNT SHASTA Nodule 7" & comic book


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DOUBLE 7" SINGLES:

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GR28-7 Sides 11-14 various AC/DC tribute 2 x 7" & comic
(with Yowie / Colossamite / Pre / Mule)

GR25-7 Sides 1-4 various AC/DC tribute 2 x 7" & comic
(with Shellac / U.S. Maple / Big'n / Brise-Glace)

SIN02 STRANGULATED BEATOFFS "INXS" double 7"