Aqua Rock – s/t

Calling all obscurists/perverts/voyeurs/friends – manna from heaven right here. Paul Norton’s Lynx Rufus imprint is quite the endeavour, a dedication to the dusty and, quite likely, mould encrusted corners of private press, outsider activity, where no idea is too obscene, no thought too free. We’ve procured a handful of titles from across the series, united less by style than indomitable, cageless spirit. It was the Afflicted Man collection that brought us here – post ’77 sneering DIY self-determination like a harder rocking Patrik Fitzgerald – but we stuck around for all the accompanying weirdos, be that Aqua Rock’s New Age Fripp motorik, Todd Tamanend Clark’s absurdist Negativland-does-psychedelia, Wicked Witch’s lo-rent ESG funkadelica, or Bingo Gazingo’s idiot savant pop-garbage (and possibly where Ariel Pink picked up a few key ideas), plus more besides. An Aladdin’s cave for the right set of ears. Beautiful freaks.