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Bruno Spoerri

Der Wurger Vom Tower

Cult jazz soundtrack to supernatural Soho strangler epic ‘Der Wurger Vom Tower’ by Swiss electronic pioneer Bruno Spoerri that has been locked away since 1966.

Translated as ‘The Strangler In The Tower’, this lesser-known thriller possibly stretched the imaginations of cinematic crime buffs beyond the genre’s parameters before disappearing into obscurity.

Liberated from Bruno Spoerri’s meticulous master tape vault this, his first-ever feature-length soundtrack commission, can finally take its place alongside other recently resuscitated oblique jazz scores by the likes of Basil Kirchin, Krzysztof Komeda (Cul-De-Sac), Roger Webb and Jonny Scott.

The real sacred jewel in Bruno Spoerri’s crown as the leader and pioneer of Switzerland’s electronic underground (not to mention sample source amongst rap royalty) and a mysterious monarchial figure in European jazz and music technology.

TRACK LISTING

Der Würger Vom Tower (Big Ben’s Little Secret)
Der Würger Vom Tower (Oxfords On Oxford Street)
Staircase Strangler/Headlines For Harry
Don’t Blame Jane
Regent Jewellers (A Few Questions For Mr. Clifton)
Robbery In Robes
Jane Flees (Jazz Chase)
Kidnapped
Crashed Jag/Raymond’s Revuebar/Scotch & Pancakes
There’s A Devious Religious Sect...
To The Brothers Of Compensatory Righteousness...
Brogues In Robes
Kiddie’s Beat (More Tea Vicar/Something Stronger)
Reading The Killer
The Strangler In The Tower/Kiddie And Company
Flashlight/The Whole Finger
Spiral Staircase (Jazz Chase)
Inspiral Staircase (Jazz Chase Rock Version)
Check Out The Gravel Pit (Parkstrasse Percussions)
Plane To Peru (Parvati Smaragd)

Jean-Claude Vannier

La Bête Noire/Paris N’Existe Pas

Jean-Claude Vannier and Finders Keepers finally liberate two previously unreleased and fabled soundtracks.

This one black vinyl disc release features the only existing original historic recordings to his first ever 1968 collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg, as well as the entire lost musical score for Vannier’s first major star-stuffed solo film commission.

As longtime custodians, Finders Keepers Records are proud to present both the hallucinogenic orchestral music to Robert Benayoun’s ‘Paris n’existe pas’ and the rhythmic onslaught and cyclic waltzes from Patrick Chaput’s ‘La bête noire’, complete with an extensive booklet of essays, interviews, secrets and rare images from both of these mythical cinematic obscurities.

TRACK LISTING

La Bête Noire (Intro)
Chasser La Bête Noire
Histoire De Daniel
The Black Beast (Effets Cords)
Rythme De La Bête Noire
Danse De La Bête Noire
Le Dealer
Karen/Antonia
The Black Beast 2 (Effets Cords)
The Writer/Yves
Chasser Bête Noire (Revenir)
The Juvenile Judge
La Bête Noire (Generique)
Paris N’existe Pas (Opening Titles)
Angela En Ambré
Télékinésie En Turquoise
Simon Slips
La Chambre Rose
Fantôme Félicienne
Le Feu
La Tête
Les Chemins N’existent Pas
Fantôme Soirée
Le Temps Passe
Flipbook
Fantôme Soiree (Outtake)
Flipbook (Outtake)

Sharing social circles and spiritual ideologies with artists such as Iasos, Connie Demby and Deuter, whilst splitting label release schedules with Laraaji, Laurie Spiegel and Wendy Carlos, the unique Florida raised soul mate duo known as Emerald Web released their privately pressed debut LP at an axis where post-prog rock met proto-new age and ambient electronic music.

At the turn of the 1980s Bob Stohl and Kat Epple embarked on a ten-year spiritual journey playing at planetariums and laser shows above the same Californian silicon city that devised the early computer music software, unifying their state of the art modular synth soundscapes and organic compositions of flutes, bells and field recordings and furnishing a self-pressed cassette tapeography of inimitable Emerald Web music for their self-funded Stargate label. Having first communicated via the medium of music as flute players at a South Florida jam session the future space music luminaries would be instrumental in assisting synthesiser companies via feedback and consultancy in developing instruments such as the Lyricon wind synth (favoured by Suzanne Ciani and Bruno Spoerri) and various sponsored machines for Arp, Buchla, EML, Computone and Orchestron. Named after a laser show formation and combining influences from science fiction films, fantasy novels and a broad musical spectrum including Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, It’s A Beautiful Day and Goro Yamaguchi, Bob and Kat would balance day jobs as synth programmers as well as TV and film soundtrackers under the moniker BobKat Productions (counting microscope nature documentarian Carl Sagan amongst their clients) with evening synthesiser shows at galleries, spiritual centres and even punk clubs. This compilation album comprises early tracks from Emerald Web’s debut vinyl release and the following four rare cassette only albums on Stargate Records from 1979-1982 before the band recorded their bestselling (and Grammy nominated) albums for labels affiliated with Germany’s Kuckuck and Larry Fast before Bob Stohl’s sad and untimely death in 1989.

Taken from original master tapes and recorded using revolutionary and prototypal music technology many of these tracks have never been on vinyl or CD until now. Finders Keepers are proud to have worked closely alongside Kat Epple as part of an ongoing Emerald Web / BobKat archival project making these important early electronic / organic musical hybrids available for fans of ambient krautrock, electronic soundtracks, musique concrete, electro and PINA enthusiasts alike. Welcome To The Valley Of The Birds.

TRACK LISTING

Dawn
The Dragons Gate
Ars Nova
Flight Of The Raven
Photonos
Doppler Bells 1
Rainforest
Voices Of The Sage
Valley Of The Birds
Reflecting Pool
Stepper
Openings
Nightsong
Chasing The Shadowbeast

Lost love songs and self-pressed pop acetates by this previously unheard Californian folk duo from beneath the shadows of the Hollywood Hills.

These recordings of unreleased and unknown American acidic folk and acoustic pop were made in the late 60s by husband and wife duo Don and Stevie Gere. For over 40 years they’ve sat untouched and unplayed in a box of unmarked studio tapes at their family home in Los Angeles.

As original pop songs and guitar based arrangements from the man who made the stoner psych soundtrack for cult movie ‘Werewolves On Wheels’, these rescued one-off pressings were sung in harmony with his teenage sweetheart and lifelong partner, Stevie Howard, and recorded at LA based walk-in studio sessions.

Sprouting a missing branch in the family tree of LA based artists like Curt Boetcher and Doug Rhodes (The Millennium), Waddy Wachtel (Buckingham Nicks) David Gates (Bread) and members of The Steve Miller Band, this LP includes original versions of tracks written for or featuring all of the above, as well as destroyed and unreleased film music.

What might have been considered lost treasure has until now remained previously unshared outside of the duo’s own private relationship, presenting fans of obscure folk and privately produced pop with a unique album that defies collectability and paints a fuller picture of a lesserspotted enigma in uninhabited unison with his closest musical confidant.

TRACK LISTING

American Lullaby
Live Our Life
Sweet Sugar
Talked About World
Keep An Eye On You
Another Blue Day
What Do You Think Of Me
Kindly
Tell Me Now
I’ve Been Wrong
Laying By The Riverside


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