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we are glad to host our Jerusalemite companion label releases. most of Something On the Road albums, are available as a free download at our mp3 downloads page. All these releases are available at Basement store.
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| sotr_compiled_001 v/a - something from the road | This is the first compilation from Jerusalem based miniature label, 'Something on the road'. A pocket size collection of songs / instrumentals/ sounds - ranging from pure pop to atmospheric post rock - that found their way to our desktop and from there on to our hearts. Hopefully some of you out there will find these tracks as moving as we did
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| sotr_set_001 something on the road | In his set, SOTR explores the oriental-middle eastern music field merging Arabic and Israeli artists, classical, pop and alternative styles to just over 40 minutes of coherent and beautifully structured piece.
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| sotr_dj_001 dj, caress – dead bolt [single] | First single to appear from dj, caress debut album. Already a respectful member of the hip-hop scene in Jerusalem, producing sagol 59 and tabu + among others, dj caress delivers In this single a track that blends classic Israeli tune from the mighty Izhar Cohen with some top notch beats. Check it out.
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| sotr 021 eskimo king - tooth shaped migration | Released by the 'Something On The Road' label for the Israeli market. "Debut solo monster from Brian Sullivan, guitarist/vocalist with void-gobbling 'rock' group Mouthus. Songs with huge seams of devouring fuzz ala Crystalized Movements, stoned thousand-mile vocals that overlap in butterflies of slow tongue, lo-fi post-hardcore balladry, lung-puncturing shots of drum and a beautifully addictive atmosphere of honey-thick lethargy." - Volcanic Tongue
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| sotr 020 ed yazijian - six ways to avoid the evil eye | This album is a reissue for the Israeli market of a super limited CD-R from 2006. These are mysterious recordings that seem to be immersed in an innerspace composed entirely of serious reverb Jello, all instrumental-style with loads of tabla and slide guitar and international/continental/other worldly instruments & sounds. The artist is Dr. E'weerd Yijji (aka Ed Yazijian) who should be known for his work with serious folks like Dredd Foole and Pete Prescott (Mission of Burma, Volcano Suns) and many others (not to mention occasional live performances with the mighty Sun City Girls). this is his first solo release. We offer two tracks from this release in our downloads page.
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| sotr 019 V/A: zadik zecharia - kurdish melodies on zorna - remixes | compiling the four singles series with the additional bonus of 4 remixes never released before from KSR, nemoi, spark o & nicoteen and mule driver.
The compilation takes Zadik's zorna sounds to varied musical terrains: Atmospheric/ cinematic dubstep, grime, tech, house, dub, field recordings, drone, noise, metal, all which are knit together into one statement/ tribute. Also, on the way, this compilation manages to serve as a 'window' to the experimental scene in Jerusalem today.
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| sotr 018 poochlatz - thanks for giving in | Combining elements of primitive power electronics and their explorations into contemporary drone-metal territories, 'Thanks for Giving in' is the new live album from Israel's Poochlatz - Rani Zager (Vultures, Lietterschpich) and Maor Appelbaum (Screening, Vultures, and a number of releases under his own name).
Recorded in July 2006, when opening to the Grave Temple Trio, Poochlatz are bleak, sinister and iconoclastic than ever, mending and molding moral conventions, slaughtering holy cows and questioning the truth only to make it more vague and unreachable than it already is.
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| sotr 017 young puritans - the last album | 'The Last Album' is the debut LP from Young Puritans.
Young Puritans started out in '99 as a macabre cabaret duo which included Yishai Kiczales (Vocals and Piano) and Uri Kranot (Vocals, Guitar, Saxophone).In 2000, the group added three members and released their first EP on Fact Records (available for free download on the Basement website).
In the summer of 2003 the Puritans began work on their debut album.In the summer of 2006 the album was completed.'The Last Album' was produced, mixed and recorded by 'Yuppies with Jeeps'. Three tracks from this album are available as a free download.
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| sotr 016 bonecloud - campfire | Bonecloud are a duo from Dublin that specialize in producing haunting drones.They make beautiful blurry ambient - noise which circles you efficiently / bounds & navigates you into a dreamy, hypnotic state. "Bonecloud offer up their own sonic ghostworld, beginning as a shimmery high end drone, before slowly devolving into a murky subterranean crawl, muted voices, buzzing strings, thick whirs and pulsing white noise, all wrapped in a druggy fug and left to drift through along some Stygian stream, a dense murky fog, wrapping your head in muted fuzz and filling your ears with a warm thick sonic syrup." Aquarius records
Originally issued as part of a split release with the group Ghosting on the mighty Yarnlazer label - this is a limited run just for the Israeli market.
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| sotr 015 mule driver - 'the proud ones' variations | Mule Driverr (Ak Duck, The Models) delivers his dreamiest release to date. He creates a lush pool of analog sounds that bring to mind early/ naive BBC Workshop themes & the mental synth constructions/ stretches of newly discovered/ late 70's maestro, Edmond De Dyster. The e.p is based on the theme of the 50's western "The Proud Ones". "Mule" revisited / reconstructed the touching, nostalgic theme making it his own - 4 variation that work separately and as one circular - hypnotic journey. Recorded during the summer of 2006.
Super Ltd. Edition 3" inch - comes in a hand made cloth pouch with 2 cards.
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| sotr 014 d. opp & lil' oof - the lagan tapes | Named after River Lagan in Belfast, here comes A new sonic oddity from Israel, this time by Lietterschpich members David OPP (also from Barbara and Cadaver Eyes) and Lil' Oof (Panda Porn).
The Lagan Tapes is the aftermath of A Lietterschpich gig at the Sonorities Festival held in Belfast in 2005. David and Lil' Oof found themselves walking across River Lagan whereas David was thumping on fences and banging on random garbage cans with his bare hands, while Lil' Oof was documenting the rawkus with her broken Sony TCM-323 Cassette-Corder that gave this recording its' essential lo-fi quality.
You can find the full artwork of this title here.
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| sotr 013 maurice - rock stories vol.2 - and one thought | 4 original rock stories by Maurice, this time round diving deep into the early - mid seventies, recalling his first encounters with Hendrix, Black Sabbath and other greats. As usual, and most important, Maurice does not forget the local angle of things, documenting the Israeli scene at the time (He dedicated this volume to local guitar hero, Shlomo Mizrachi). All texts are in Hebrew.
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| sotr 012 grouper - he knows | Issued earlier this year on ltd. 3" cdr via the Yellow Swans' Jyrk's label. This is a limited run for the israeli market.
Grouper is the work of one woman named Liz. The main instrument on this haunting e.p is her voice which is wrapped around itself to hypnotizing effect and circled by delicate/ ghostly guitar lines & rattling miniature sounds.File under: Dream-Drone.
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| sotr 011 nico teen - workshop | Ak-Duck and 'Something On The Road' are proud to present the debut mini-album by singer / songwriter / producer Nico-Teen / Zohar Shafir. Shafir is an important part of Ak-Duck: she's sung on a few tracks from Spark-O's album, she's played and sung on the tribute album to the TV series "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", released by Rockstar-Wannabe (with whom Shafir founded, two years ago, the live act K.G.Babes), she's sung on Polish Butterfly's debut album, and she contributed greatly to Ak-Duck's two latest compilations.Nico Teen's album is a musical experiment that will challenge fans of electro-acoustic acts like Laila and Colleen, and in the same breath will invigorate Kate Bush fans as well!
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| sotr 010 maurice – rock stories | Maurice, a colorful figure in Jerusalem art scene, a writer and a member of the veteran punk band 'sartan hashad', presenting in words and sounds the soundtrack of his early life story, from his childhood in the northern town of Akko (Acre) during the late 50's, listening to Presley and Cliff Richard until the early 70's discotheque's. Hebrew storytelling
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| sotr 009 gonzo guide for the curious hippopotamusist | Hippos are hip! Not convinced yet? Read this guide, and you too will be carried to the wonderful world of the hippopotamus. This guide is Available as a pocket size book in selected stores in Jerusalem (balance, uganda) and also in convenient PDF file right here (hebrew!). If not installed yet, you may need to grab the free Acrobat reader.
"I have learned so much from this guide!" - Sir David Frederick Attenborough
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| sotr 008 hisato higuchi - she | "'She' is the debut EP from Tokyo-based musician Hisato Higuchi, assembled from pedalling shapes of wraithlike guitar, blasted, genderless vocals and thin film of digital electronics and fuzz. ....One of the finest solitary broadcasts from beneath the Tokyo pavement for a while.” – wire magazine
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| sotr 007 liettterschpich - quasi | Liettterschpich's debut EP is a mixture of noise, doom, industrial and drones. It includes a cover version to the pixies' classic track Monkey Gone to Heaven
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| sotr 006 god on our side - original soundtrack | "God on our side" is fundamentally about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The film was made during 2004 in the Netherlands institute for animation films. The film had been selected for many short film, animation and documentary festivals around the world. The music was composed by Uri Kranot (a member of Hapuritanim Hatze'irim) and recorded live (with members of Yuppies With Jeeps )
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| sotr 005 dj, caress - samples (single) | The EP consists of 2 original tracks by Caress - with vocal contributions from rapper Taboo Plus(Audiocollage) - and a remix by Yaya - 1/2 of the electronic duo Gaza.In the past, Caress produced tracks for rapper Sagol 59, Taboo Plus and many other indie hip - hop artists.This is Caress' debut single.
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| sotr 004 shimon adaf - soon there will be summer e.p | "The songs in 'Soon There Will Be Summer' were recorded over a very short and intense period of time ...........their music was created using the same three musical instruments: an acoustic guitar (Takemine), a plain electric guitar (Fender Telecaster) and an old fashioned keyboards (Casio HT-3000). I used the same set of strings on both guitars during the recording session, never cleaned the keyboards and recorded all tracks directly to the computer. Then I played the songs to Yuval Shafrir, who took the sound files to his studio (D.B.) and did wonders" (shimon adaf)
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| sotr 003 schlaf gesucht - drift (e.p 3) | The third and last episode in Schlaf’s Ltd. 3” series feat. three untitled compositions . Drift sees the trio migrant to gentler/ much soothing regions than their past (two)
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| sotr 002 schlaf gesucht - kishkushim (e.p 2) | The second chapter in Schlaf’s Ltd. 3” series.This time round the free noise trio is joined by Michael Busidan who circles their chaotic yet expressive sound with warm / progressive synth washes. The cd consists of one long raw & colourful session exhibiting a more spikey & elaborated side of the band.
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| sotr 001 schlaf gesucht - put it on the riz (e.p1) | e.p1 / 'Put it on the Riz' is the first chapter in a series of three EP's documenting schlaf's live sessions (this time round at the Rosa Pub, July 2003).It consists of two powerful tracks that showcase the group's ability to craft beautiful & imaginative free noise soundscapes
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| sotremixed 004 zadik zecharia - remixes vol. 4 | Time for the local noise gang to have a go at Zadik Zecharie's zornarecordings. This release features a mindblowing remix by formerVultures and Lietterschpich members, Poochlatz, in which they freeze the zorna at zero gravity and pile layers of beautiful dirt on top ofit. The second remix by Finkel (Finkelstein, member of TaaPet andLietterschpich) is a digital assault on the grains of sounds producedby Zadik's Kurdish wedding celebration. Free Kurdistan!
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| sotremixed 003 zadik zecharia - remixes vol. 3 | Chapter 3 in Zadik Zecharia's ongoing remixes series. This time round, Gal Tushia and David Ovadia from the Teder label -confront zadik intense zorna sounds. Gal's opening remix keeps the wild primal / tribal notion of the zorna and the dola drum while adding a fine analog electronic edge to the traditional kurdish compositions. David's interpertation, on the other hand, shifts you into a dreamy state - a circular, dense drone that orbits way up in space.
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| sotremixed 002 zadik zecharia - remixes vol. 2 | Dj Kube and Yayehe Smon places the kurdish zorna behind the market stall and later on at the heart of the dancefloor.In track 1 the zorna absorbs the scents of the hectic local market. An inspiring atmospheric intro that brings to mind Yayehe's touching field recordings cd - Sleeping In The Market: Ethiopian Music & Sounds From Amhara - released earlier this year via Latitude/ Locust.The main remix (track 2) sees Dj Kube and Yayehe rave on to the zurna's high pitched sounds delivering an unresistable house / club anthem.
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| sotremixed 001 zadik zecharia - remixes vol. 1 | Two remixes to Zadik Zecharie's mind blowing kurdish zorna sounds (sotrpast 001).The opening track is an atmospheric mix delivered from (Ak Duck)'s mighty Mule Driver. The Driver starts off with some elegant - dense ambient carpets punctured by sharp tech - house beats and lets the zorna run wild towards the end of the track. The second track is an intense new school hip - hop / breaks investigation by dj, caress which situates the Zorna in a grimy, tingling universe.
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| sotrpast 002 schlaf gesucht – schlaf gesucht | Schlaf Gesucht's debut album. originally released by the band in 2002 and made available again with upgraded cover art. If you've managed to listen to one of the band's ep's - released earlier this year via SOTR- you probably know that schlaf's sound is very elastic - moving from wild, dense guitar walls to airy soothing textures. Be sure to check this early somnambulant ride from the Jerusalem based trio
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| sotrpast 001 zadik zecharia - kurdish melodies played on zorna | Zadik Zecharia was born in the Sharnash Village in Kurdistan and moved to Israel (made 'Aliyah') in 1950. Zadik dedicated, and still does, his life to playing the Zorna – a traditional, trumpet like instrument, longer and narrower. The Zorna is most identified with the Kurdish people. This album was originally released independently in 1980.
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| sotr_dvd 001 zadik zecharia - kurdish melodies played on zorna - live at mondial hall 14/12/87 | Something on the Road & "Mr. Piro Productions" are proud to present Zadik Zecharia Live.
This psychedelic document from the late 80's gives an opportunity to observe the Kurdish community's unique wedding customes & stirring dance moves while raving on to Zadik's high pitched, dizzying zorna sounds. If you were stunned by Zadik's cd and the Zadik remix series - this is an ecstatic experience you won't wanna miss.
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| sotrcard 001 poor man's fortune | the flier for 'simchat aniyim' [poor man's fortune] exhibition. 26 pictures taken in the summer of 2005 at the stardust pub, in central jerusalem, during the dub events held every friday afternoon. dub.mi took the pictures. dub.mi and Something On The Road worked on the exhibition hosted in Uganda records and comics store - jerusalem.
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