The Tower Recordings

Tower Recordings is the earliest incarnation of the whole psych-folk scene revival. They lead the way for countless other artists and even gave root to their own branch of side projects including MV+EE, P.G. Six and Samara Lubelski (among others). Even though their sound is based in folk music, a lot of their work, especially the earlier material, has noise and lo-fi qualities.

I first heard about this outfit after reading the infamous article about "New Weird America" in Wire magazine. I didn't purchase anything by them before I actually started collecting MV+EE releases and even then it took a while. I believe I bought one of their albums after finding one for cheap on Gemm shortly after the release of one of the numerous MV+EE efforts.

The Fraternity Of Moonwalkers Label: Audible Hiss Records Release: 1996 Format: CD Cat. no: A.H. 16
Song list:
Invisible Shield And The Cycles Revolt Near The Hoss Systems (1:21) Clang Race (4:02) 1990's Moire Exchange (1:41) Spirit Of Love (4:25) Collagen Fairs (1:42) New Slander (Aging) (1:59) Freyer's Hotel (3:39) Expatriate Is Aiming (1:30) Galaxy M100 (6:44) Tanworth, Randomly (1:07) Music For 18 Motors (1:55) Web, Lull (The Caricature Of Palatable Hands) (2:11) Metal Spray Cans (2:05) Market God And Her Children (2:10) Arcade Daycare (2:44) Holoscanners (6:46) Stars Are Manufactured (3:25) Spaceball Mtrwys (1:26) Ain Soph (Fuckere & Pre-Tanks!) (7:01)

Ya'ard God Label: Child Of Microtones Release: 2005 Format: CD-R Cat. no: COM 18
Song list:
Star Horses (3:11) The Dual Drool (1:19) Rational Seven (5:51) Dionysus Revolting (3:15) Lunar Charisma (1:40) Stoned Age Music (4:18) Tower Of Love (2:04) The Tower Of Everything (3:20) Sinking Of The Offcut World (4:24) Karuna Blues (7:36) Canned Heat Woe (4:20)