AF URSIN Aika First ORIG Press 150 Copies Handmade Experimental Avant Garde NWW

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AF URSIN: “Aika – Un Reveil Siderant Dans Le Passe Decompose”

Label: Edition La Scie Doree

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Original 1st press as released in an edition of 150 numbered & signed copies – comes housed in handmade gatefold jacket. Each jacket was unique with vintage photo in gatefold. This is number 107/ 150. Was later repressed in different jacket. THIS IS THE RARE FIRST PRIVATE PRESS EDITION that came out in 2008.

GRADING:

LP Record: Excellent ~ Near Mint

Handmade gatefold Jacket: Near Mint

Some words on this issue: AF URSIN: “Aika” (PRIVATE) “Subtitled "Un Réveil Sidérant Dans Le Passé Décomposé", this new LP by Af Ursin – the solo project of Timo Van Luijk, of Noise-Maker's Fifes and In Camera fame – comes in a sepia-tinged non-figurative cover reminiscent of Mirror and Andrew Chalk's artworks. The first side starts with simple (but not simplistic) wind / brass counterpoint, soon replaced by the mysterious "Marche Arrière", with its echoes of early Univers Zero (that bassoon demarcating the general gloom..). The closure is an atonally wavering abstraction of pre-taped womanly pitches, initially disturbed then besieged by weird electronic noises, somewhere between Akira Rabelais, György Ligeti and Rafael Toral's recent machinations. The second part begins with a short melancholic introduction for ancient-sounding piano – think Asher subjected to a further spin of a time machine – leading to the eerily seducing sonorities of "Un Réveil", whose sparse orchestral elements and recurring ghostly voices are gradually sustained by an unremitting slow pulse (tubas?). Tony Conrad meets Yog Sothoth, the puzzlement even greater than before. Anyhow, don't mind the comparisons: Van Luijk is a legitimate representative of no-frills, all-substance sound art.” –MR Paris Transatlantic. Extremely limited and numbered edition of 150 copies; all signed by the artist and graced in all unique handmade jackets. Limited edition of only 150 numbered copies, each gatefold jacket is meticulously been assembled by the artist himself, making that there are no two jackets alike. Apart from giving you sonic beauty, this release is also an aesthetical statement in packaging.

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Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. We don’t sell anything below VG++. VG++ grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear. Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away. Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect. Mint: like new.

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SHIPPING COSTS

= Registered Airmail to USA/Canada/Mexico/Oceania = $22 for 1 LP, $25 for 2 LP's, and $30 for 3 LP's.

= Registered Airmail to UK/Europe/Russia = $23 for 1 LP, $26 for 2 LP's, and $31 for 3 LP's.

= Registered Airmail to South America = $30 for 1 LP, $33 for 2 LP's, and $39 for 3 LP's.

= For Asian countries = Because the charge of the Registered Airmail is the same as EMS, we automatically send out your package by EMS. See the EMS rate below. 

In case of purchase more than $200, item(s) must be shipped by EMS (Express Mail with internet tracking, and the insurance).

= EMS Shipping to USA/Canada/Mexico/Oceania = $25 for 1 LP, $29 for 2 LP's, and $33 for 3 LP's.

= EMS Shipping to UK/Europe/Russia = $28 for 1 LP, $32 for 2 LP's, and $36 for 3 LP's.

= EMS Shipping to South America = $37 for 1 LP, $42 for 2 LP's, and $48 for 3 LP's.

= EMS Shipping to Asian countries = $20 for 1 LP, $23 for 2 LP's, and $26 for 3 LP's.

Registered Airmail Shipping rates for EP’s: USA & EUROPE & AUSTRALIA: $12 for one EP; 15 for 2 EP’s and 18$ for 3 EP’s

Registered Airmail Shipping rates for CD’s: USA & EUROPE & AUSTRALIA: $10 for one CD and 12$ for 2 CD’s

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