Electro Motive Records mailorder catalog

BACK IN PRINT!
NEUNG PHAK (MONO PAUSE) CD
Bay Area musico-pranktitioners Mono Pause have spent more than a decade in a host of different guises, from right-wing, pro-war Operation Desert Storm vets to an unclassifiable improv combo playing to a room of blind listeners, so they appear just as comfortable with this ethnographic pop exercise known as Neung Phak. This CD is a non-stop barrage of Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Taiwanese and West Oaklandese cover songs (and like-minded originals) which has climbed college radio charts as it leaves heads too busy bopping around to its catchy tunes to be scratched in confusion. Both current-ish Southeast Asian pop hits and morlam country styles bump up against each other in a host of languages and dialects, and the result is an upbeat and danceable pop record on one hand, and a severe blurring of nationalities on the other. There's even a "secret" guest appearance by Sun City Girls' Alan Bishop.
(An Abduction release)
$11.50 ($13.00 International Orders)

POREST PRUDE JUICE FOR THE HERITAGE SWINGER CD (CPA-022/SEELAND 528)
Critically-acclaimed debut release from Bay Area cutup/sonic solutionist Porest (also known as Mark Gergis of Mono Pause), co-released with the Seeland label. Porest manages to breathe new life into the sometimes-stale "plunderphonics" genre (can something so intrinsically part of current popular culture really be called a genre?) by presenting this extremely entertaining 40-minute menu of 19 very different pieces. Sampled from sources as diverse as 16mm educational films with phony Scandinavian narrators (for the hilarious "Fist Dumplings"), Gergis' own field recordings from the Middle East and elsewhere, intercepted radio transmissions, instrumentation and much more, Prude Juice for the Heritage Swinger adds up to a very unique and endlessly repeatable album.
$11.00 ($13.50 International Orders)

VARIOUS ARTISTS AZADI! 2-CD SET (FM-01/CPA-021)
A co-issue with San Francisco's Fire Museum Records label, this mammoth and eccentric two-disc set is a benefit compilation for RAWA, Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, featuring generally exclusive tracks from such performers and groups as Deerhoof, Mono Pause, David Slusser, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, bran(...)pos, Zeek Sheck, Spezza Rotto, Faun Fables, Miya Masaoka, and bazillions more. Also includes rare cuts by Meena, RAWA's founder (who was assassinated in 1987 by the Afghan KGB), and legendary Afghan singer Merman Parvin. 36 tracks in all across two CDs. Click here to see the full track listing.
$13 ($15.50 International Orders)
proceeds benefit the continuing works of RAWA

UBZUB ALIEN MANNA FOR SLEEPING MONKEYS CD (CPA-017)
The first full-length release by the Bay Area's premiere costumed space aliens! This well-armed band of musical earthworms has unleashed over 60 minutes of songs originally channeled by a group of sightless cave animals deep within the pyrenees, recreated using 20th century recording technology and wrapped in lovely cover art. The result is a tumultuous tunefest with a decidedly pop bent and a smidgen of greasy grimy gopher guts. Pulsating weirdness Ubu, Beefheart, and Residents fans should, and do, love.
$11.00 ($13.50 International Orders)

MONO PAUSE SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEAD OF THE DUCK CD-R (QUALIPY #3)
This amorphous bunch of ex-toy manufacturers, originally from River Falls, Wisconsin, USA, checks in with a moody, entirely improvised debut full-length. Guitars, dueling basses, horns, keys, toys, et al in a swirling spy-fi soundscape. Features members of Fibulator and Ubzub in a very different context. Originally issued on cassette, now with 35 new minutes of music!
$8.00 ($10.50 International Orders)

MONO PAUSE HEARING RADIO THROUGH YOUR TEETH CD-R (QUALIPY #4)
Live radio performance by this East Bay ensemble, improvised/composed as a 4th of July fireworks simulcast for Berkeley's KALX FM in 1994. Reagan's assassination attempt is revisited, John Wayne's jingoistic rantings are recontextualized, and police intervene in this collage of tape/sonic manipulation and live instrumentation. Also includes excerpts from a 1994 KUSF performance, and an all-new bonus radio interception. Naive soundscapes in stereo.
(Originally released on cassette, now sold out... we have remastered onto CD-R, which comes with the original sleeve.)
$5.00 ($7.50 International Orders)

THE TWELVE STEPPES DEEP NORTH CD AND ACCOMPANYING MAGAZINE
(POREST SOUND #001)
A true story. Two brothers (the Twelve Steppes) made a pilgrimage to a suburb of Detroit, Michigan to visit twisted family and eke out a living in the dead of winter. From their experiences came this amazing diary/rant/observation in sound and read-along magazine form. Cut-ups and songs, intricately-designed with much use of "field recordings" from the suburbs, as well as musical contributions by MONO PAUSE, TWISH, and CLEM FORTUNA, make up a dadaist ethnographic commentary on middle-U.S. society and culture, complete with regional meal recipes. A one of a kind, uncomfortably funny project.
$11.00 ($13.50 International Orders)

O-TYPE MOMMY CD (CPA-014)
The mutant Siamese twins of legendary post (pre?) art-rock group MX-80 SOUND create gorgeous, thundering, uniquely cerebral music on their second full-length release. Propelled by Bruce Anderson and Jim Hrabetin's spiraling guitars, O-Type's highly cinematic soundscapes are a fascinating counterpoint to their alter egos' more subdued delivery. Mostly instrumentals, with a few grimly amusing vocal tunes. A must for fans of Ralph Records era MX-80 in particular.
$11.00 ($13.50 International Orders)

THE NATIONAL HARDWOOD FLOOR ASSOCIATION
SAVAGE VIGILANCE FOR A RUG-FREE AMERICA CD (CPA-005)
"Savage" is the operative word for perhaps the funniest crank-call collection ever released. A Christian radio talk show in Portland, Oregon was relentlessly pranked by a merry band of lunatics over a three-year period, and this classic 1992 CD presents their hilarious disinformation campaign in all its glory. From queries about finding a good Christian abortionist to bizarre prayer healing requests, this amazing CD hits those bibles below the belt! Accept no imitations!
CD $10.00 ($12.50 International Orders)

LP edition OUT OF PRINT

SCREENBRED CASSETTE (CPA-008) - now available in CD-R format - cassette edition is sold out
On their only full-length release, this amazing (now defunct) loop-and-sample duo creates their tunes almost entirely from found sound, using varying gradations of low-end consumer gear, tossing in a bit of their own instrumentation for good measure, and coming up with little ditties that might be perfect for mythical avant-garde AOR FM stations. An LP-length tape of quirky tunes for cathode casualties who have a love of Negativland, Tape-beatles, et al. A pre-lo-fi gem.
$5.00 ($7.50 International Orders)

VARIOUS ARTISTS LIVE FROM THE AFTERWORLD 2 LP SET (CPA-018)
The Heinz Club in Oakland hosted the East Bay's most revered live venue from 1991-93, The Afterworld Lounge. This awesome commemorative double LP compilation features many of the fine bands who played there including THE THINKING FELLERS UNION LOCAL 282, RUINS, SUN CITY GIRLS, THREE DAY STUBBLE, MECCA NORMAL, FIBULATOR, LITTLE MY, THE MOLECULES, ROVA SAXOPHONE QUARTET/RUBBER CITY, PLUTO, SPLATTER TRIO, O-TYPE, C.C.C.C., STICKS AND STONES, BLOWJOB, CRAWLING WITH TARTS and more, all in otherwise unreleased performances recorded live at the Afterworld! This is a limited-edition item of 600 copies.
$14.00 ($19.00 International Orders)

MONO PAUSE PEEPING THROUGH THE LISTEN HOLE LP (CPA-019)
1999 issue by these eccentric purveyors of "situationist" music; improv-rock to binaural field recordings to Middle Eastern pop and beyond in 37 minutes. Mono Pause features members of all sorts of (living or dead) off-balance Bay Area ensembles, including Fibulator, Negativland, Porest and others. Their LP debut presents 10 unclassifiable tunes, original and originally purloined, lovingly rendered to virgin vinyl.
"(Mono Pause is) the best since...I dunno. Spy-fi." - Moe Staiano, Moe!kestra
"One of the Bay Area's best-kept secrets" - SF Weekly
$11.00 ($16.00 International Orders)

FIBULATOR drankfromtheasphalt LP (CPA-013)
Third and best release by this shimmering female vocal-driven combo. In a netherworld between Henry Cow/Art Bears and Pylon there lived this much-loved band who never got the national attention they deserved. Moody, angular, exhilarating pop from a band whose members eventually drifted into Grand National, Fuck, and Mono Pause. Each copy in unique hand-painted sleeve.
MORE COPIES JUST TURNED UP IN STORAGE! We have a handful of this out-of-print release left...
$11.00 ($16.00 International Orders)

FIBULATOR EVEN FROM HERE YOU LOOK BIG LP (CPA-010)
Second release draws in part from their hard-to-find cassette-only first album and adds a host of exhilarating tunes for a strong vinyl debut. Silk screened sleeve, no two alike. (1992)
SOLD OUT - for the last copies, try: http://www.subterranean.org/main/bigcat.html

LITTLE MY ASTHMA CASSETTE EP now available in CD-R format - cassette edition is sold out
Out-of-print, tape-only 2nd release from 1992 by these Oakland popsters with 7 great tunes. Cassettes are now sold out, but we now offer a CD-R edition, converted at 24-bit A/D directly from the original master tape and packaged with its original lovely cement truck sleeve art. Fresh out of the gate, Little My was a sharp power trio anchored by the brilliant guitar shards of Mat Stahl and polyrhythmic percussion of Ad McCauley.
$5.00 ($7.50 International Orders)

WOBBLY GREETINGS CD
ORIGINAL EDITION SOLD OUT - LOOK FOR POSSIBLE REPACKAGING BY 200888

RASCAL REPORTERS WE'RE GOD CD
Wafer Face continues their reissue series of ultra-rare Rascal Reporters cassette-only releases with this 1980 gem, generously remastered with various bonus tracks. More lovely and damaged analog compositions from the two Steves (Gore and Kretzmer)...75 minutes of music. (Wafer Face)
$11.00 ($13.50 International Orders)

RASCAL REPORTERS PURPLE ENTRAPMENT CD
Peculiar pop ballyhoo from this prolific, legendary Michigan duo. Dark-edged ditties in weird arrangements abound, fueled by their twisted personalities and love for prog sounds. (Wafer Face)
$11.00 ($13.50 International Orders)

(t)ENTATIVELY, a (c)ONVENIENCE USIC - square root - 1 PICTURE DISC LP
SOLD OUT - MORE COPIES MAY BE AVAILABLE EVENTUALLY

DEADSECRATION mini-zine
What began as a series of internet pranks carried out on Grateful Dead Usenet groups took a rather timely turn with Jerry's demise, and this crass little magazine reprints all the classic moments from all sides of the discussions. A hilarious and nasty document as anonymously compiled by a recovering deadhead, featuring actual Dead bootleg tape fragments in each copy! Try playing 'em to see what great show you got! (Another Joe Reader)
$2.00 ($4.50 International Orders)

GRAMMA SHROLL C-45 CASSETTE
Geoff Soule of Fibulator and Fuck and Mono Pause brings us this fantastic collection of 4-track tunes, minimal (yet over-the-top at the same time) missives of guitar and shriek and unease. Also known as Twish, Soule is a genuine renaissance man. (Gramma Shroll)
$4.50 ($7.00 International Orders)