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AIDS WOLF
"Dustin' Off The Sphynx" 7" Vinyl EP / CD
cat #: GR96CD / barcode: 647216609629
cat #: GR96-7 / barcode: 647216609674

At the farthest reaches of modernity, we still somehow pine for an aesthetic that borders on sociopathy. The badass has long brought this aesthetic principle forward, but barely manages to deliver it to us here in the 21st century. The badass, though common in the vernacular, hyperbolically applied wherever, has sadly gone the way of the fucking chucking spear. Clearly a distinction is necessary to distinguish real badassery from its overuse in language today if there is any hope of salvaging this treasured relic of our cultural past.

Badassery cannot be separated from its roots in death, the overriding theme (aesthetically and politically) of the 20th century. Badass simply cannot describe goofball sneakers, a kid in a Michael Jackson video, or scroungy hobo jammers living in an abandoned water tank. Because badassery, like Annie Oakley's nightly routine, requires a delicate precision - predicated on getting the danger on.
Excerpt from “AIDS Wolf Present: A Distinguishing Historiography of The Badass Genesis-2009 (complete essay available for download at www.skingraftrecords.com)

Formed in Montreal, 2003, AIDS Wolf are the preeminent Formalist / Unknown Wave quartet. They have released two full-length records as well as numerous collaborations, splits and seven inches. Their new EP, titled "Dustin’ Off The Sphynx" is available as a 7” vinyl EP and as a full-length compact disc. Both formats include seven additional bonus tracks from the now out-of-print “Pas Rapport” tour-only tape. These tracks are included on the CD and come as a free download with the silkscreen sleeved, colored vinyl 7” EP.ion.

SELLING POINTS:
o Available as a 7” vinyl single and a full length compact disc * Produced by Weasel Walter (The Flying Luttenbachers, XBXRX, Lake Of Dracula).
o CD includes (7) bonus tracks from the Pas Rapport cassette, while the 7” vinyl EP includes a coupon for a free download of said trackse
o First pressing of the 7” issued on colored vinyl and sports deluxe hand silkscreened sleeves by Seripopn
o AIDS Wolf are unafraid to get in the van. They have performed to raging pits across North America and Europe, including sold-out shows at CMJ and SXSW
o Ads in Signal To Noise, Wire, Making No-Waves, etc.

PRESS QUOTES:
o “This HEAD-RAZING record impinges so thoroughly upon my sense of what’s good and bad, right and wrong, dark and light, that all I can do is sit by helplessly as their lightning bolts of fiery dissonance jolt my system completely. “Cities Of Glass” stands on its own as a document of just how fucked-up things are getting in the realm of noise-rock. Shit never sounded so good.” - Pop Matters

o ”Now THIS is an act to watch at SXSW.”– Billboard    

TRACK LISTING:
1) Old Fashioned Values / 2) Pressing Graphite / 3) Abortifacient / 4) Dustin’ Off The Sphynx,
- - - PLUS “Pas Rapport” Bonus Tracks: (included on the CD - and as a free download with the 7”):
5) Police de la quéquette / 6) P'tit débile / 7) Elle est si cochonne / 8) Débande / 9) Hot dog élégant / 10) Polie la poilue / 11) Flaque de vomi/Restitu

PRE
"Hope Freaks"
LP / CD
cat #: GR94CD / barcode: 647216609421
cat #: GR94LP / barcode: 647216609414

Hope Freaks is the second album from London's new-school, no wave naughties PRE. Recorded in Chicago with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio and mastered by Weasel Walter in San Francisco, “Hope Freaks” is a power-vault up from the acclaimed newborn gnarl of their debut 'Epic Fits'.

Like it's predecessor, “Hope Freaks” weighs in at a lean twenty minutes. Every punch is packed, and with a master at the faders, you will feel the devil in all its detail. Each unhinged swing never fails to connect.

Since forming in London three years ago, PRE has taken their spring-loaded live-show to the people. Two massive UK tours with The Gossip and stints with the likes of Health, The Mae Shi, Finally Punk and Mika Miko in the US has refined their footwork into a dizzying dance of precision instruments. A sold out performance at the Knitting Factory resulted in a two page spread in SPIN Magazine and the band's infamy lead to a bootleg vinyl release in Eastern Europe.

Most recently, PRE embarked on yet another US tour, pummeling SXSW and the West Coast, and appeared alongside Yowie, Colossamite (Deerhoof) and Mule (P.W. Long) on SIDES 11-14, a double 7” and comic book collection inspired by AC/DC.

And now; bare-knuckled, fist in hand with Skin Graft Records; PRE spring forward for round two - unprotected, unwavering - and with infectious left hooks guaranteed to leave listeners staggering.

SELLING POINTS:
o Produced by Steve Albini (Nirvana, Shellac) and mastered by Weasel Walter (XBXRX, Lake Of Dracula)

o "Hope Freaks" is available as a 12" vinyl LP and as a compact disc

o Pre toured extensively alongside The Gossip, HEALTH, Mika Miko, The Mae Shi, AIDS Wolf, Finally Punk, Foot Village to name a few.

o PRE has performed SXSW, CMJ and has been featured in a multitude of publications, including Spin Magazine and NME.

o To celebrate the release of "Hope Freaks", hand-numbered copies of PRE's debut album "Epic Fits", packaged in an embossed metal box, are being made available again! Quantities are limited.

o International press and radio campaign / Ads in Signal To Noise, Wire, Skyscraper, etc.

PRESS QUOTES:
o “Epic Fits is more fun than any number of last year's punk releases. If Pre have a trademark it's that they'll derail anything moving. Pile-up's the point." - Pitchfork

o “It can be hard to stand out among the hundreds of bands that play the annual CMJ Festival, so the hallucinogenic noise-smiths in PRE left it ALL on the floor!?" - Spin

o ”Love it! Screaming yelling yelping relentless girl voice, erasing all errata... ?Epic Fits? indeed. Meticulously slicing and cleverly crafted razor sharp noise tantrums - beautifully unawkward and very easy to listen to! Yes! Pre make the noise jump." - Organ

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

TRACK LISTING:
1) gang of wire / 2) haircut, tacos / 3) the junk / 4) why be wives / 5) teenage lakes / 6) +INTERLUDE+ /
7) the love crunch / 8) COLD / 9) hope freaks / 10) new prints / 11) sleep weak

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Preview MP3: Teenage Lakes
Preview MP3: Haircut Tacos

KOENJIHYAKKEI
"Viva Koenji!" CD (new pressing)
cat #: GR83CD / barcode: 647216608325

“Koenjihyakkei towers over most modern progressive rock because of an attention to detail and an overwhelming force of conviction. 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

Finally available again, Skin Graft proudly presents Koenjihyakkei’s second album “Viva 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, “Viva Koenji!!”, generally considered the band’s heaviest album, returns to print in a deluxe, remastered edition. Headed by vocalist / composer / drummer extraordinaire Yoshida Tatsuya (of the bass and drum duo RUINS), Koenjihyakkei boasts a listenership comprised of zuehl prog fans, no-wavers and adventurous music enthusiasts; and has proven itself the most exciting contemporary progressive rock act on the planet.

PRESS QUOTES:
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

TRACK LISTING:
1) Grembo Zavia / 2) Graddinoba Revoss / 3) Sllina Vezom / 4) Quidom / 5) Aramida / 6) Cembell Rotta / 7) Brahggo / 8) Rissenddo Rraimb / 9) Guoth Dahha / 9) Pamillazze

Preview MP3: Grembo Zavia

RUINS
"Vrresto" CD (new pressing)
cat #: GR76CD / barcode: 647216607625

Like their visual namesake, RUINS are colossal.
An avalanche of energy, nuanced and direct, written in stone.

Japan's drum(s) and bass duo RUINS are renowned around the globe for their mind-bendingly fast and complex hyper-progressive rock onslaught. Ruins are masters of quick-change, stop/start tempos, time signatures and textures. Hardcore, psych, speed metal, art rock, funk- all are elements incorporated into their music, but what comes out is irrefutably original. Unquestionably RUINS.

Ruins formed in 1985 and along with fellow countrymen The Boredoms’ are Japan’s preeminent underground force. Their influence is heard in the music of Fantomas, Lightning Bolt and a generation of musical freakouts, but RUINS continue to evolve and lead the charge. Ruins have recorded with the likes of Derek Bailey and John Zorn, and have inherited the music constitution of avant-garde and progressive groups such as Magma, Frank Zappa, Henry Cow, and King Crimson but their overwhelming physical power jettisons them into another realm, beyond borders of genre, to find opened arms and dropped jaws not only within these esteemed circles, but also among hardcore punk enthusiasts and metal audiences craving speed, technical ability and razor sharp precision. Few, if any, bands can appeal equally to both Slayer fans and Debussy and Webern enthusiasts.

In recent years, Tatsuya Yoshida has carried the RUINS mantle all on his own, as RUINS Alone, continuing to tour the world performing the uncanny vocalizations, psychedelic inventiveness, infectious melodies, improv spasticity, and thrashing workouts RUINS are renowned for. Previously only available overseas, Vrresto is available in a new edition, extensively remixed & remastered (and in some cases, re-recorded) by RUINS founder Tatsuya Yoshida at Magaibitsu Studios in Tokyo. Vrresto also includes two tracks newly sequenced into the album, making this the broadest RUINS release to date.

PRESS QUOTES:
o “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

o “(RUINS) wed histrionic vocals like Magma's Christian Vander in a tourettic fit to seething hardcore re-interpretations of Udu Wudu-era Magma's motion, dicing up time signatures like a musical hibachi chef on Benzedrine. The peaks of gibbering lunacy Ruins occasionally achieve beggar disbelief... a definite A-ticket ride.r.” - Alternative Press

o “The opener wastes no time in burning down all bridges to sanity, at once the greatest-ever hardcore punk song not to protest anything (or even feature real words in the lyrics), while serving as a public service announcement for ADD awareness. The main riff is as stubbornly assured as anything Bad Brains ever put to wax, and lest you get bored during its eight seconds, another wild-ass riff is there to take its place, and again and again.” - Pitchfork

TRACK LISTING:
1) Snare / 2) Warrido / 3) Ffenniko / 4) Dagdad / 5) Kpaligoth / 6) Beguotto / 7) Zumn-vigo / 8) Cozhritto / 9) Savollodix / 10) Quopern / 11) Laipthcic / 12) Jarregoh / 13) Mokchilco / 14) Larikoschodel / 15) Vrresto

Preview MP3: Warrido

GAY BEAST
"Second Wave"
Deluxe LP / CD
cat #: GR93CD / barcode: 647216609322
cat #: GR93LP / barcode: 647216609315

Hear Ye! Fear Ye!

Join us May 26th for the coming out dance party of the year as Gay Beast ride the Second Wave straight onto the streets! Formed in 2005 and renowned as Minnesota's premier agit-prog queer band, Gay Beast cuts a careening groove between the prickly corners of tunefulness and musical density, danceability and controlled chaos. On Second Wave, their sophomore effort and first release on Skin Graft Records, the trio lets fly with utopic visions of second-wave feminism, exposing a mood-swinging musical reach heretofore unheard.

Join us May 26th as the nuclear family explodes into a psychedelic mushroom cloud of writhing, urgent vocals set against the precise, premeditated clatter of guitar, drums and keys. Add a dash of electronic psych, and a spoonful of sax - and your goose is cooked.

Join us.

SELLING POINTS:
o Available on compact disc and in an astonishing 12" vinyl collector's edition - extensively adorned with hand silk-screened sleeves and insert.
o Mastered by Weasel Walter (XBXRX, the Flying Luttenbachers, Lake of Dracula) for maximum penetration.”
o Gay Beast will tour like the dickens to support Second Wave
o International press and radio campaign
o Ads in Signal To Noise, Wire, Skyscraper, etc.

PRESS QUOTES:
o “Bands like Gay Beast used to get me excited, but none have had such a gloriously bent and creative batch of songs to match up with the innovation (of Gay Beast)." - Dusted Magazine

o “Think Health, think Lovely Little Girls, think DNA. But don't think too hard. It wouldn't be right." - Sound & Fury

o ”Gay Beast are one of the few bands i've seen around that are seriously challenging the form and content of modern rock music. Their compositions and execution are ambitious and effective. A truly unique and weird band." -Weasel Walter

TRACK LISTING:
1) Beach / 2) Revolt Revolt / 3) Aspirin / 4) Xerox / 5) White Diamonds / 6) Exploding Knee /
7) Make a Map, Pressing Hard / 8) Tides / 9) Eeexxxpppaaannndddiiinnnggg / 10) Reprise

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Preview MP3: Eeexxxpppaaannndddiiinnnggg

KOENJIHYAKKEI
"Nivraym" Special Edition CD
cat #: GR95CD / barcode: 647216609520

Nivraym is the third studio album by Japan's Koenjihyakkei. Led by Yoshida Tatsuya of the progressive-hardcore drum and bass duo Ruins, Koenjihyakkei's Nivraym is the bands purest, most uncompromising expression of Zeuhl music to date, blending progressive rock, symphonic rock, fusion and neoclassicism with the energy of hardcore punk, the volume of metal and the attitude of rock in opposition.

Previously available only in Japan, Nivraym has been extensively rebuilt for this 2009 worldwide release. The band has gone back to the original master recordings and the current line-up has added new flourishes, additional overdubs, re-recorded drum tracks and the entire album has been remixed and remastered at Japan's Magaibutsu Studios.

SELLING POINTS:
o Yoshida Tatsuya has a tremendous following as the leader of KOENJIHYAKKEI and RUINS, and a player in renowned bands Acid Mothers Temple and Painkiller.
o Koenjihyakkei tours worldwide
o International press and radio campaign
o Ads in Signal To Noise, Wire, Skyscraper, etc.

PRESS QUOTES:
o “For No irony here: this rocks with the teeth and heart to cut through scenes and the "overground" like a knife" - Pitchfork

o “The labyrinthine twists and turns, with sudden shifts in tempo and dynamics, will leave you slack jawed with astonishment. Any one of these 9 pieces will leave fragments of melody reverberating around your skull for days... This is by no means just for Zeuhl fans - open minded fans of just about any sub genre should find plenty to enjoy here, between the highly symphonic keyboard sounds, the piledriving rhythms, the jazzy chord patterns and the atmosphere of a group of highly skilled players doing exactly what they do best and loving every minute of it.” - Prog Archives

o ”The second track "Becttem Pollt" has got to be one of the best prog rock compositions of the past decade. The instrumental section in the middle is so intense and proggy that you might even have to stop the CD to catch your breath. I can't find a weak track here.”– Ground and Sky    

TRACK LISTING:
1) Nivraym / 2) Becttem Pollt / 3) Lussesoggi Zomn / 4) Vissqauell
5) Mederro Passquirr / 6) Axall Hasck / 7) Maschtervoz / 8) Gassttrumm / 9) Vallczeremdoss

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Preview MP3s: Nivraym - Becttem Pollt

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 /

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Preview MP3: Guerillaton

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“

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 “...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

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)

KOENJIHYAKKEI
"Hundred Sights Of Koenji" CD
cat #: GR90CD / barcode: 647216609025
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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

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!!!

THE CHINESE STARS
"Turbo Mattress" Transparent CD
catalog #: GR69-2 / barcode: 647216606925

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

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.

Preview MP3 HERE / Another MP3 HERE