rodent tapes The catalogue

Cedar Hill - the last stronghold..........Donations
journey to jonestown for a short visit at the last sorrowful moments. Spend time in Cedar Hill, the last stronghold...some great basslines, this whole album has a dub feel to it...but with a different slant, something new, unlike anything heard before - audio sculpted psychedelic dub..a nice atmospheric album to chill with...sad but also uplifting stories of life...
cat.No. ARZ020RT

Disorder of thinking......................Donations
Reminiscent of Can at their modern best..arzathon's nod to krautrock masters, a big influence on his art
Disorder of thinking, 4 tracks of perfect audio sculpted psychedelics..smooth basslines framed by tribal
drums...blended church and tribal soundscapes..from thou didst sleep as a mortal man to blood of a lamb
36 minutes of audio escapism
cat.No. ARZ021RT

Dreaming the world into being.............Donations
Soundscapes is an artform arzathon has always been interested in, dreaming the world into being
has a strong classical feel to it...this is music to meditate, gone the new age dreamscapes, here,
biting realism, the hope of a crying violin...this album is an audio experience, a soundscape
like no others, adrift in the vastness of space..dreaming the world into being...
cat.No. ARZ022RTSC

Empire of sensibility.....................Donations
Journeying further into the world of soundscapes...this, the soundtrack to a dream, at times peaceful
..then menacing...an audio sculpture tocreate films in your mind...music stripped to its bare bones
but still able to create a mood, to take you along on its audio journey...
cat.No. ARZ023RTSC

Fox and the flies.........................Donations
This starts off innocently enough, fairly straight forward basslines and drum riffs, a 70's
funk feel, wah wah guitar, then by track 3 - builders of golgonooza, things get stranger, back
into the grip of audio sculpted psychedelia - stoner beats, industrial riffs, all blended to a
rythmic experience, more people should be smokin' weed, then they'd be nicer...
cat.No. ARZ024RT

In bed with demo-crazy....................Donations
And when.........are you still up - to all mankind...a laid back, gliding, psychedelic
trippy slow groove - floats along nice & mellow, perfect in many ways...Is there somewhere..
another nearly 11 mins journey, that never feels like a chore, grabs you, pulls and pushes
you along ..something to awaken by, it's all about the revolution...the coffee in the morning
...I hear nods to Kraftwerk here..the krautrock influence on Arzathon's art can clearly be
heard on this outting...
cat.No. ARZ025RT

Mother heart's sorrow.....................Donations
comes with a bonus Cd..different versions of 4 tracks, shorter than on the album..The
album itself...lamenting the forests of old, as with most of Arzathon's audio world
a place to relax, to smoke, let go and dream..stories told with sound, Principle of
entropy has a strange beauty about it. ..Forest far from civilization carries on the theme.
a haunting cry from the forest of the mind. Psychedelia for the 21st century on an album
of audio sculptures for the 22nd century..mother hearts sorrow, a type of beauty rarely
heard...as with The dropout symphony the bonus Cd will for a time be available as a
seperate Cd.
cat. No. ARZ026RT

Reprise...................................Donations
A collection of tracks that never made it onto other projects, either because of space
issues, or they just had the wrong feel...Here on Reprise, they fit well together, creating
a perfect chilled affair. Nice mellow groves, with some great soundscapes of guitar and synths
Belinda Subraman makes a brief appearance on echoes of the brain.
cat. No. ARZ027RT

Stimulate the enviroment..................Donations
We don't mind the gap, perfect synchronized groovin' with soundbites from the underground,
the london underground tube-system, that is....this soundtrack to a rainy day, on entering
the storm, stormchasin' in audio The pot fairy - a stoner fairytale, smokin does enhance by
the sounds of this...stimulate the enviroment, does just that to the ears.
cat. No. ARZ028RT

The cult of reason........................Donations
This album will guide you to your own personal dreamstate ..perfect sounds to chill with..
experimenting at its best, Dressant la tete, the spirits crying out to be heard..
cat. No. ARZ029RT

The dropout symphony......................Donations
A bonus cd comes with this cd..radio edits, plus other mixes...love the title of this album,
and the audio sculptures suit it perfect..worth every minute your ears spend on it...for
a limited time the bonus Cd will come seperate, in its own case... The war against marijuana
was lost 30 years ago - it's over. Prisons - were built with the stones of law, brothels,
with stones of religion...no need to harp on, but, it's over..
cat. No. ARZ030RT

The grey zone.............................Donations
From the mountain - from the musical mind of arzathon, an audio sculpture brings the voice
of manson together with tablas and haunting soundscapes.the grey zone is like reliving the
dreams of somebdy lost in history. The title track, tribal ambiance, a slow steady beat,
voices from the grave, a pleasure to dip into this ocean of sound, the grey zone ...a perfect
place to spend time...
cat. No. ARZ031RT

The reading room..........................Donations
Audio sculpted psychedelia, soundscapes built around actual seances recorded in the 60's.
Spiritual avant garde experimentism...a touch of floyd in places, ...a strange little album -
voices from the afterlife, wisdom from beyond the grave...some minimal drums, not so as to
crowd the seance..this is a work of audio art, the dead have something to say and here they
get to say it...
cat. No. ARZ032RTSC

The place of the first time...............Donations
A journey into space, the sky should be black, the opening track, sets the mood. This is
like a Heinlein story, 'cept it's being told with sound, this audio sculpted psychedelic story
of space exploration amoungst the stars..the place of the first time, maybe a soundscaped
masterpiece, but if not, at least worthy of a listen..here at the place of the first time
cat. No. ARZ033RTSC

Torment of contrition.....................Donations
Like one of those foreign flicks, subtitled - you know from the offset it's gonna be
something strange, but watchable, - in ways you can't quite understand..Torment of contrition,
an audio film, soundscapes create the images...just lie back and let it wash over you...
released from the torment of contrition...
cat. No. ARZ034RTSC

Bouncin' off reality......................Donations
onto the psychedelic floor of sound...seems to me...wierdness at its best..CIA, LSD & Fish
(pt.1) makes you want (pt.2)....bouncin' off reality - seems to me, bouncin' off reality is just
that - a journey of LSD - Art, makes life worth living. . ..seconds in the mind of hunter s
thompson...jaywalking through an LSD dreamscape, salvador dali sketch, stretched, beyond its
frame...normality..begging toreenter ...to no avail...the conspiracy of normaility has held us
hostage for enough years...bouncin' off reality is the only means of escape...unhinged...like
the door...
cat. No. ARZ035RT

Jonestown - seven acts of fate............Donations
(feat. Phil Ogison)
An audio sculpted psychedelic memorial for the lost souls of jonestown...
cat. No. ARZ036RT

Planet of experimentation.................Donations
anybody who listens to Arzathon's audio sculptures, should without a doubt be able to hear
the krautrock influence...Can, Faust, Popol Vuh the list goes on, planet of experimentation is no
exception...experimental to the core..., this album has bits of everything, from dub to tangerine
dream-like soundscapes..a full and interesting journey of audio imagery awaits you ...there is beauty
here..a planet of audio sculptured psychedelia...
cat. No. ARZ037RT

There will always be another John.........Donations
a short project, but epic in nature...a short dub pleasure cruise...a stop-over in John's
world...more pot fairiness...nothing here to be taken serious..ice cold beer & burbs...with
a haze of smoke on the waterfront...
cat. No. ARZ038RT

Stories of life and love..................Donations
(feat. Shanna Dawn)
One of the first collaborations recorded after his return to recording.Shanna has a perfect
voice, though this is not arzathon's normal experimental style, it works perfect ... frames
Shanna's voice like a dream..The songs on this Cd were written by arzathon and Shanna
She also performs in her own band with Amy Ketchum, they call themselves The Sirens and have
a page on Myspace...worthy of a visit...The sirens magical at times, but always alluring
cat. No. ARZ039RT

The shame that binds......................Donations
(feat. Gina Fear)
 From back in the day, Gina has one of those voices that fit the time perfectly, not
sure if she still sings these days, I believe she paints and has a webpage dedicated to
those paintings...google may know,seems to know most things these days..the sound quality
isn't a 100% digital, but is worth a listen if only for Gina's vocals..Arzathon in his Gypsy days...
cat. No. ARZ040RT

The war machine...........................Donations
Piano, drums, voice samples from the 2nd of our modern killing theatres the war machine,
audio sculpture, how much longer will we let the killing go on, in the name of a flag,
countries, somany reasons, but not a single truth...has taken a few years to finish this
project..with the starts and stops..been worth it though...do quite like the end result..
cat. No. ARZ041RT

ARZATHON(the artist formly known as GYPSY)

And then the leaves fell..................Donations
What is there to say about the offerings in this section of the Rodent
Tapes flyer/catalogue "gypsy" Arzathon as a younger man on the run
in the big wide world, London, Brighton, Colchestor. these recordings
were mainly made in London using analog equitment, Tascam 4-8
track...these few are the only recordings remaining, at least the only
ones that have turned up so far. Some may still be found, no great lose
if not, the world will keep on turning, for now..maybe, a slight personal
feeling of wanting...and then the leaves fell...distortion..a place for skulls
leads into the 3 part track..and then the leaves fell...not perfect, but..has
artistic merrit...on wet windy nights, sleep is hard to find...some youthful
thoughts...ah...to be young again..
cat. No. ARZ010GRT

More reality than true....................Donations
(feat. the total mad schizophrenic non guitarist)
not the last, but one of the last recordings made by gypsy before he
went on his journeys...something called art..a strange little number
with an inspired lyric..no sense of justice, looking down from above...
the suits and ties puttin' time on the line....let me grow this weed at the
side of the road, it's not much stronger than your guns and bombs...
this track alone, makes more reality than true worth a listen...some of
the experimenting does fall short of the intended target..but there are
moments here that make up for those short comings...
cat. No. ARZ011GRT

Not at all................................Donations
 (collab. with Gen Ken of Generator)
Generator was a project in the USA, which aimed to bring independent
sounds and art to the attention of a wider audience...I hope it managed
to achieve it's aims. Not afraid of the dark..not afraid at all....not at all..
again, some inspired writing on this album from the depth of time...early
1990, late '89 I believe....the early days of home-recording, experimental
electronics, still in its infancy...somany buttons to push...and trying to
combine it with actual instruments, hard work getting the sounds wanted..
and sometimes the candy store syndrome set in....nevertheless, the road
Arzathon/Gypsy is on can clearly be heard..especially on tracks such as
Mirror image of day...
cat. No. ARZ012GRT

Parts of the whole........................Donations
puppets & puppeteers, a great lyric, poem...back in the day gypsy
wrote and used a lot more poetry than he does now...a few new songs
have been written and given airplay on No pigeonholes...a show hosted
by Don Campau..www.kkup.com..the place to hear independent under-
ground music from around the world. ..Man of drink...another great lyric
many will relate to...two albums here really...youth, some of us just didn't
have the patience...seems to be something that grows on some of us...
some good material here, these days, I would even say.. parts of two
wholes.. the words alone make it worthwhile..history in the hearing..
cat. No. ARZ013GRT

Sunglass alimony..........................Donations
Rock 'n' Roll will save your soul & Junkies passion for dungeons, two
tracks on this album I really enjoyed...this material is very different from
what Arzathon audio sculptures, but still worth a listen...again, some great
youthful words, a song written abut that electric chair..there is a chair, it's
not a fable - there is a chair, for the socalled unstable...what a line...can only
get better, and it does...youth...and substances, can you beat it...in every
murdered promise...but, as mentioned above, there are some exceptional
moments...even in the youthful folly of words a smile can be found...to the
wave........
cat. No. ARZ014GRT

The other side of a tear..................Donations
Parts 1 & 2, the other side of a tear, a strange psychedelic journey...african
witchcraft, a well written poem, which fits well onto this audio treat some
exceptional experimental moments on this album, but some moments that
deserved to be forgotten behind the other side of a tear...
cat. No. ARZ015GRT
This tape is, therefore I am..............Donations
a, to be or not to be moment...of mortal mothers..the lives of Baader
& Meinhof...from birth to arrest...when can you call war war, when can
you call the killing right...throughout these early recordings Arzathon
can be heard...growing, same with this tape is, therefore I am...
cat. No. ARZ016GRT

Viersen...................................Donations
(feat. John dead Head. Lord Litter)
viersen, the town in germany where gypsy spent a large part of his
youth...also close to the town he was born..many of his childhood friends
live in and around viersen...not a bad place to have spent ones youth...
memories were made...mainly in deutsch, the vocals that is...though,
there are vocals in english, not that this should matter...the english
language seems to bogart the music industry...viersen, has some
exceptional experimental moments...but, some that don't quite work...
of course this is my opinion, the liking is different for each of us...
cat. No. ARZ017GRT

Yesterday comes quicker than tomorrow.....Donations
(feat. Dion Trevarthen, Paul Kearnsey, Harald 'sack' Ziegler)
Time (a study) Manson's conception of time, translated from psychedelic
revelation into word. Track 5, a poem by John Hinckley..The Guf was inspired
by a film called The seventh Sign...the vocal on the guf wasn't wriiten,
a spontaneous automatic recorded vocal...This is amoungst my fav. gypsy-
arzathon offerings...as usual, the project I remember liking the most..My soul's
where you left it...is sadly one of the mastertapes not found...but, in pandora's
box we find hope, just for such occassions...yesterday cones quicker than
tomorrow, ...one of the albums that seems to work as a whole...
cat. No. ARZ018GRT

DREAMTIME TROUBADOURS

Invoking the spirits.......................Donations
(collaboration with Didi Koi)
Didi Koi...oh well..his real name, no idea..he's a bit of a recluse whom I met in town on one of
his bike shopping trips. We got talking about music, turns out he recorded music at home, mostly for
himself...so we decided to do something together..and this is that something.

The gale project...........................Donations
(collaboration with Kristianne Gale)
A facebook friend...Kristianne has an amazing voice and talent....
She also has many solo pieces available on soundcloud and other
sites, the best way to track her down is via facebook, will be worth
it, some brilliant experimental folk sounds...and an amazing voice
cat. No. DRTR011RT

Under the bamboo tree......................Donations
(collaboration with Don Campau)
Don...an old time friend. One of the first people I got to know from the scene. Has his own show on KKUP,
No Pigeonholes, Why it's taken solong before we worked together nobody knows, but love what we've come up with.

HEAVY METAL VAMPIRES on NUCLEAR WASTE

Coupe de grace (debut).....................Donations
this is the original HMVoNW line up Ralf 'gypsy' Bevis and friend from
Belgium whose name escapes me now, been a long time....P.Kaa
springs to mind, but can't be sure...or of his whereabouts ...this album
was originally only availble on cassette this is also only one of the few
surviving recordings from back then...other tapes have long since
been lost. A tale told in 3 languages..marvin the paranoid andriod makes
an appearance, as does the starship enterprise being hijacked by alien
heavy metal vampires on nuclear waste..was a great evening, weekend
which can be heard on this recording...
cat. No. HMV050RT

Those once upon a time stories.............Donations
the other surviving tape from back in the day..has been remixed and
the sound quality somewhat cleaned up...Belinda Subraman is the
other member on this recording. stories written by Belinda set to music...
cat. No. HMV051RT

Recordings that are missing Way past midnight..the breathelizer
tape...
after over a 10 year silence the HMVoNW have recorded a new
project Belinda Subraman is back with words and voice & Phil
Ogison is providing the psychedelic guitar

Tales from the crypt vol.I.................Donations
transaudio lobotomy
 the first HMVoNW project in over 10 years...the only new member is
Phil Ogison his guitar playing gives the recordings that certain something
different.. Belinda has again provided some great wordsmithing..and
arzathon has turned it all into a great HMVoNW project.
cat. No. HMV052RT

Tales from the crypt vol.II................Donations
a reworking of the material..an instrumental version of the tracks...
though vol.II is very different from vol.I.
cat. No. HMV053RT

Tales from the crypt vol.III...............Donations
transotomy
Vol III focuses on Belinda's words...this version uses the stories written in
full, whereas vol.I has only portions of them...making this a very different
recording...
cat. No. HMV054RT

TROLLS on ACID

a one off collaboration with Brian Fowler...not sure if there
will ever be another Trolls on Acid project, we have talked
about it, sofar nothing has come of it though..maybe in the
 future, never say never...

Cities of sorrow...........................Donations
this is a project Brian Fowler and myself put together many years ago...
sadly we've not managed to find the time to work on another project since
then, but we live in hope...
cat. No. TOA070RT

COMPILATIONS & SAMPLERS

Back from the day...........................Donations
a collection of tracks from early cassette only releases..in a way, a best of,
not designed as such, but, for my taste, it does work...these tracks are
some of the best from his early recordings...
cat. No. COMP001RT

Collaborators vol.I..........................Donations
tracks from projects Arzathon has collaborated with artist from around
the world...on these two compilations the artists are from Canada and
the USA
cat. No. COMP002RT

Collaborators vol.II........................Donations
the second part of the compilation of tracks from projects Arzathon has
collaborated with artists from around the world...on these two compilations
the artists are from Canada and the USA
cat. No. COMP003RT

The collection vol.I........................Donations
tracks from solo projects by Arzathon..not to be confused with a best of..
these two compilations (collection I&II) are more akin to samplers, to give
an idea of the material on the albums the tracks are taken from...
cat. No. COMP004RT

The collection vol.II.......................Donations
a second compilation of tracks from solo projects by Arzathon
cat. No. COMP005RT