film & music label

Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows
Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival

Catalog #: pl-18 / pl-19
Format: dvd / no regions / ntsc / dvd-pack with 8-page booklet
Official release: June 2010 (avalaible at our shop)

DVD with two films

Extras:
Movie trailers
Subtitles: english, german & spanish
Also featured: Martin Rev Live, Monks, Doc Schoko, Floating di Morel, FM Einheit + Irmler
Artwork with drawing by Daniel Richter, 8-page booklet
Total running time: 180 minutes

Faust / So far

Catalog #: pl-20
Format: 7" vinyl
Official release: June 2010 (available at our shop)

The only ever released faust single is now reissued for the first time since 1972 by play loud!
Original artwork, remastered by Hans-Joachim Irmler

"Das sind die Dinger, die man nicht in den iPod tun kann." Junge Welt
"These iconic krautrock cuts traverse contrasting paths to reach an alternate headspace" Record Collector

Gossip / The Raincoats

Catalog #: pl-08
Format: 7" vinyl & download
Official release: October 2009 (available at our shop)

drunken maria* by Gossip
monk chant* by The Raincoats
(*taken from the tribute album silver monk time)

"It's a dream come true!" Nathan Howdeshell (Gossip)
"The idea for the single with Gossip is a match made in heaven." Shirley O'Loughlin (The Raincoats)

Doc Schoko - Schlecht dran / gut drauf

Catalog #: pl-07
Format: 12" vinyl & download
Official release: November 2009 (available at our shop)

Doc Schoko: vocals, guitar, clarina, synth, piano
Kurt Kreikenbom: drums
JoJo Wolter (S.Y.P.H.): bass
Uwe Jahnke (Fehlfarben): guitar
Hans-Joachim Irmler (Faust): mastering

Doc Schoko auf Tour mit Jochen Distelmeyer

Floating di Morel - Said My Say

Catalog #: pl-06
Format: 12" vinyl & download
Official release: November 2009 (available at our shop)

Third album by Berlin rock 'n' rollers Floating di Morel. Kai Drewitz (ex PLO), Sabine Blödorn and Thorsten Neu (former Kissin' Cousins) "sound like Sky Saxon & the Seeds did float, uneffortless, it´s just there as it pops into yr head like a thumb stuck in the mouth." (39 Clocks Jürgen Gleue about FdM)

Monks - The Transatlantic Feedback

Catalog #: pl-04
Formats: dvd / no regions / ntsc / dvd-pack with 8-page booklet
Official release: March 13th, 2009 (available at our shop)

DVD includes 81 minutes of bonus features:
biographies dave, eddie, gary, larry and roger talk about their origins and musical backgrounds
a date with dave day these field recordings with elvis fan dave day introduce us to the concept of monks banjo playing. enjoy this master class by the first rock´n´roll banjo player in music history!
monks 60s live appearances on german tv the only 60s performances preserved on film are made available for the first time in their entirety.
reunion new york 1999 the 6th monk or how gary burger lost his voice and mike fornatale rescued the monks.
subtitles english, german, spanish, french, italian & polish
movie trailer + liner notes by Allison Anders and filmmakers.

 

Complication / Oh-how to do now

Catalog #: pl-05
Format: 7" vinyl
Official release: March 13th, 2009 (available at our shop)

This is the first official and authorized re-issue of the Polydor International 1966 single release “complication / oh-how to do now” by the legendary avant-garde rockers the monks.
Re-mastered and in the original art work.

Monks Demo Tapes 1965

Catalog #: pl-03 - mr278
Formats: 12" vinyl / cd-digipack (booklet/inner sleeve w/ liner notes)
Released: May 2007 (available at our shop)

These early monks recordings were made seven months before Black Monk Time. They are released for the first time in Europe by Munster Records / play loud!
10 original monks songs plus 3 additional tracks by The 5 Torquays and Jason Forrest.

Silver Monk Time - A Tribute to the Monks

Catalog #: pl-02
Format: double cd-digipack / 20-page booklet & download
Released: October 2006 (available at our shop)

29 international artists take on the legacy of the monks: with fsk, the fall, faust, fehlfarben, doc schoko, gudrun gut, die goldenen zitronen, chicks on speed, psychic tv, international noise conspiracy, alexander hacke, barbara manning, s.y.p.h., alec empire, silver apples, alan vega, mouse on mars, the raincoats, jason forrest, singapore sling, 27/11, mense reents, 5.6.7.8’s, cycle, the gossip, jon spencer, solex, charles wilp and the original monks

Monk Time/ Higgle-dy Piggle-dy sold out!

Catalog #: pl-01
Format: 7" vinyl
Released: October 2006

monk time* by Alec Empire and Gary Burger
higgle-dy piggle-dy* by The Fall

(*taken from the tribute album silver monk time)

Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping

Catalog #: tba
Formats: dvd / no regions / ntsc & download
Extras: Interview with Bill Talen (30 min) / German & Spanish Subtitles

The first documentary feature about the beginnings of the current green candidate for mayor of New York City Reverend Billy, a.k.a. Bill Talen.

(available at our shop)