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********************************************************************* Caboladies / Oneohtrix Point Never split cassette $7BACK IN STOCK!!
"This split unfolds as a singular and flowing journey. Caboladies reaches out to solar gods above while OPN wanders through the arid deserts of the mind and heart." -nna tapes
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"The latest work from Portland, OR synthesizer veteran Daryl Groetsch. Layered, melodic analog synth music for astronauts that yearn for the earth below." -nna tapes
************************************************ Driphouse "50/50" cassette $7
"Catacombs of electronic espionage from former Raccoo-oo-oon member Darren Ho. A tape of many chambers, each containing clues to a greater unknown." -nna tapes
************************************************ Nonhorse "Subtle Revenge" cassette $7
"Enter G. Lucas Crane's (Woods, Vanishing Voice) warped and damaged world of tape collage hysteria. "Subtle Revenge" is the full spectrum of bizarre sensations experienced during full-on party mode, and the hazy reflection on the morning after. Snip, snip..." -nna tapes
************************************************ Breathing Flowers "Audiomancy" cassette $6
"McKinley Jones (ex-Expo '70) dollops out a spoonful of star-gazing
cosmic folk/astral flower picking, full of fly-by guitar buzz and
synth warbles, melted field recordings intertwined, dipping from dark
vibes to light all the way to the melodious happy ending. A short but
sweet collection full of interesting twists and turns in a cohesive
vision of nights laid out in the grass dreaming of blooming lands.
Tied up in wrap-around sewn wallpaper border pouches with an insert
and a flower bud. Edition of 50." -cabin floor esoterica
************************************************************** Zashiki Warashi "Salamander" cassette $6
"Carter Thornton is no stranger to throwing something down, weather
it's his recent LP on Conduit Creations with collaborations with
everyone from Burning Star Core to Zaimph, or his time spent in Enos
Slaughter (with brothers from NNCK and Sunburned), Izititiz, and
Piegeons, the man has made a dent in the New York shamble folk that's
for sure. This tape show's a wide range of everything from his
off-kilter, ringing classical guitar work to bent up mixes of swirling
static, dog barks, jingled bells and jangled drums, and slowly
building into the intense fuzz of the B-side only to end with a warped
keyboard demo jam at the end. Strange is only the beginning. Edition
of 50 tapes in full-color wrap-around 'Wappenhalter-style' sleeves
laid on leaves picked from the summit of Mt. Jeez and tied shut with
twine." -cabin floor esoterica
************************************************************** Pan to Scratch "The Stratified Course" cassette $6
"Endless (perveyor of the wonderful Earjerk, member of Drunjus and
Second Family Band) really knows how to scratch up a tape. The sounds
of a tape recorder left on long after the music has ended. The whip of
the wind over a built-in-mic, the pocket rustle and the panning hum of
a car passing by. A walk through the woods picking up trash and
banging out rythms on rust and paper cups. Riffing in a melodica found
under the moss. Edition of 50 tapes in sewn burlap pouches with a
cardstock insert." -cabin floor esoterica
************************************************************** FLOWER MAN "ANOTHER OZONE HEX" cassette $6
"Chris Bush (OF CABOLADIES) has been REALLLLY blowin my mind with his solo project Flower Man. After seeing a preformance of him while on tour in lexington, i was hooked. An equally beautifully reserved and chaotic offering of completely unbelievable synthesizer music. High end crunch mixed with new-agey pad-synth sounds play off each other in un-real and head-spinning harmonic motions. Engaging and mezmorizing. Truly amazing. Reminds me of Eno's "ambient 3: day of radiance". This releases' last track "wonder what you are" wlll have you cooped up in front of your tape deck playing it again and again and again! be warned.. nicely color printed, in an edition of 75 copies." -catholic tapes *normal case version*
*************************************************** SKIN GRAFT "DAMNED" cassette $6
"Wyatt Howland's SKin Graft project (Cleveland, OH) is hands-down creating some of the most abrasive and disgusting electronics Ive ever heard. NOTHING like it. filth. "Damned" is especially wonderful due to its extremely short sides and his ability to do so much with 5 minutes at a time. Tapes, electronics, and gut-wrenching electronics dont waste a second of this release. one of the best Sk's ive heard! originally released in a private edition back in March with another limited FW release with xeroxed art for his short midwest tour. Just had to give it a more "official" release. Nice color prints, in an edition of 100 copies" -catholic tapes *normal case version*
*************************************************** FACE PLANT "GET HIGH & LISTEN" cassette $6
"face plant is the new solo project of aaron coyes (peaking lights, rahdunes). while maintaining the same buried pop feel as peaking lights, coyes goes completely off the wall on "get high & listen". with wild swinging delays over lo-fi tape madness, coyes rarely lets up on this rollercoaster ride of a release enabling all the senses into total pop motion sickness. like takin a ride through the desert on bright day, total mario-kart style. extremely uplifting and rhythmic while maintaining an unusually free and wild style. a really fun listen!" -catholic tapes
*NOTE: There are two versions: one in a normal case, one in over-sized case*
*************************************************** Baronic Wall - "The Golden Sword/In Granite Parlor" cassette $6.50
"Baronic Wall is former Iowa City resident Jack Gilbert who recently moved back to his home turf in the Welsh countryside. This cassette is a re-release of the ultra limited self released “Golden Sword” cassette and the Agents of Chaos issued “In Granite Parlor”. After a series of destructive freak out prone live shows Baronic Wall was put to tape with help from Jeff Witscher and what found its way onto those tapes is a fucking weird stew of sci fi synth punk and sordid artistry. Dry as hell poetically fucked British ranting over torched keyboard sludge, the mannerism of this music are obessesion with detritus. There is a Lambkin/ vintage Fazzini vibe here, and the far out heights of this spaceship see no bounds. Art by SDReed." -night people
********************************* Tracey Trance - "Fountain" cassette $6.50
"We first came across Tracey out on the road, passing through Bloomington Indiana. His organ with a big Dutch Hex painted on the back and keyboards piled up in a corner looked liked an interesting mess. The live result was a weird stunning mix of drum machine baked psychedelic zydeco, Tiny Tim like vocals, and sunny pop goop. The music was really fun, people danced, and Tracey turned out to be just as charming and interesting as his music. With a recent tape on El Tule and more to come on Not Not Fun, expect more from Tracey soon. Art by SDReed." -night people
********************************* Pink Priest - "Gulls Diving Into the Ocean" cassette $6.50
"Pink Priest is Arkansas resident William Cody Watson, who also spends time co-running the Bathetic Label, and playing with Wild Safari. Real deep loner zone feelings on this cassette. Low rumbling synth and electronics blowing over a windswept landscape by the sea. Isolating, atmospheric and gloomy but with subtle touches of light almost airy tones floating in and out to create a deeper more dynamic composition. New LP out on La Station Radar as well, and more on the horizon for sure. Art by SDReed." -night people
********************************* The Pheromoans - "s/t" cassette $6.50
"The Pheromoans are from the UK and poses some of the best forward potential in contemporary artsy garage punk. With prior 7inches out on Savory Days, Convulsive, and Yakisakana, a prolific discography is already in the works. Comparisons have been made to the Fall, the Shadow Ring, the Scrotum Poles etc. and that all fits well and good, but this cassette even further highlights The Pheromoans distinct collage inspired mess of lo fi spoken word junk, savage riffing, and pop tinted abandon. Really great stuff. Art by SDReed." -night people
********************************* DuneBuggy - "Suck Me Through a Flavor Straw" cassette $6.50
"New DuneBuggy via the Garbes/Taterbug axis, two longer jammers. A side is DeNudes loner guitar vibes transitioning into a short garage punk stomper. B side is Dunebuggys best moment yet, a long upbeat organ ripper, raw and on the spot, hazed, sad and heartfelt. Art by RGarbes." -night people
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Jeffry Astin - 'Stray Dreams Zodiac' cassette $6
"In stride with the no-fi key fidelities established on an earlier summer split c19 with Josh Burke - densely packed and deeply hypnotic, all flows." -housecraft
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Gitche-Anahmi-Bezheu/Jugu split cassette $6
"Incredible carousel-like sprawl from Ian Najdzionek's latest brain-child Gitche-Anahmi-Bezheu - expertly crafted meditative vibes. Jugu is a new emerging beast, with two mighty sets of industrious Gainesville hands at play : Royallen + Evan Galbicka (Antigua Ibis, head of Vanishing Hour)."-housecraft
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Talugung - 'Adelosa Glare' cassette $6
"Ryan Waldron has a keen sense for the ethereal. The sounds he conjures from household glasses to rickety old strung things reflect a fair and balanced illustration of the nature of our reality. Minors and majors gently twist and curl in organic harmonics. No attempt is made to beautify or perfect the output for the objects resound in their own subtle inherited vibration, harmonious even in dissonance."-housecraft
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Xiphiidae - 'Sewn Within a Circle' double cassette $10
"Recalls recordings passed, circa 2002 to 2009 - has the same kind of "feel" as 'Crystal Marvelous Fruit' (released late in '08 on ExBx) in that it's a collection of older material sorting through a wide array of instrumentation and sourcing but this also includes select tracks from the first few Xiphiidae releases on Housecraft like: 'Honeyguide', 'Our Bodies Anointed With Lightning', Royallen split CDr, and 'Celestial Rag Rug', as well as a couple tracks from the s/t cassette release on Scumbag early in 2006 - all with a pinch of virgin material/fold-out art and here's our #100"-housecraft
********************************************* NASA "High Cube" cassette $6
"One of the most recognizable structures at the Walt Disney World Resort, Spaceship Earth plots a timeline from the origins of prehistoric man to the dawn of the 21st century. This post-everything Orlando trio, likewise, takes you on a half hour headtrip thru the dawning of blown-out blues to the trance-inducing psychedelia of tomorrow with a little slow-burning drone and groove-damaged stoner sludge along the way. Recorded in 2007, High Cube leaves no sonic bowl left untoked, picking up where past releases on Not Not Fun and H-tapes left off." -baked
********************************************************************* DRIPHOUSE "Romati & Gains" cassette $6
"Daren Ho, former shredking of Raccoo-oo-oon and recent NYC transplant, has been melting minds like a hot knife thru warm space butter under his synth-ladden solo moniker Driphouse through a handful of releases from the likes of Night People and Ho's own Gel imprint. Here, Daren offers two intensely psychedelic excursions which lull the listener to a deep peaceful pyschosis, before dissolving into thin air. In a word, mesmerizing." -baked
********************************************************************* Sparkling Wide Pressure "Bob Moves/Linda Speaks" cassette $6
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********************************************************************* Blank Realm "Heatless Ark" LP $13
"We’ve touted this Brisbane clan on multiple occasions in the past (the Mind Peril and The Returner tapes on NNF) but they say the third time’s the charm and clearly that’s true because not only is Heatless Ark Blank Realm’s vinyl debut, it’s also by far the weirdest, deepest, punkest, freakiest, aka BEST album the band’s ever made. And so for all these reasons (and more) we are happy as heaven to offer it up for the world. The porous BR line-up allows for a lot of instrumentation flux and this transience translates on record here to a strange range of agendas: open electric ecstasies (“Fabulous Terror Index”), dissonant outsider-wave art-punk (“Saint Tegram,” “Heatless Ark”), loner Jandek-y demos (“Blues Helix,” “Blues Helix 2”), slow-diving femme-sung dream-gaze (“Till I Clear My Own Name”), and beyond. Varied, wild, and intensely ambitious, this LP establishes Blank Realm as high on the high heap of the rich Australian underground, with miles more expansion potential. Hopefully western world touring plans can congeal soonishly to drive the point home. Black vinyl LPs in beautiful metallic ink smoke-ritual jackets (these jpegs don't do them justice) screenprinted by art-wizard Ryo from Topping Bottoms. Edition of 400." -nnf
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Mirror to Mirror "Heart" cassette $6
"Beautiful synthesizer by the fairly new moniker of Alex Twomey (Jugular Forest label). Perfectly paced, orchestral ambient music that takes you places far beyond the "sit and listen" approach so commonly utilized at the moment. Highly inspired by the weight that came along with the massive fires literally feet from his home in the angeles national forest this summer." -ekhein
******************************************************* Huh 'huh' cassette $7 (UK import)
"Hailing from Japan Huh are a duo consisting of Takuma Mori and Kyosuke Terada. Their glacially textured improv jams swirl in and out of dub, pop, punk, freeform jazz, psychedelia and noise. The first side is a continuous 45 minute jam that takes in all manner of explorations driven by some of the most awesome Improvised drumming and weird space alien vocalised mantras. Laser beams swirling amidst kaleidoscopic guitar, moments of sweet beautiful jewels build up into cacophonous mountains collapsing upon themselves and as the remnants settle, another biker lullaby is born riffing into oblivion… The flip side is broken down into five improvised pieces which bring us more ferociously pounding loose rhythms and synthesized skoozing vocals, like a playful dub roots petting zoo, reminiscent at times of the Slits, Cotton Casino, and NNCK. These guys are breaking through with these immense freeform jams and an emphasis on freeform! Huh receive and transmit something so accurately and pure that it emits liberation upon the listener. These guys sound like a present day Boredoms covering themselves from 15 years ago!" -bum tapes
**************************************************************** Julian Lynch/Zodiac Toys split cassette $7 (UK import)
New Jersey’s Julian Lynch brings three laidback songs from the Garden. (for fans of Ducktails, Real Estate et al) Zodiac Toys are from Bristol." -bum tapes
**************************************************************** Second Family Band "Dream Release" cassette $7 (UK import)
Another incredible offering from the SFB camp, documenting their huge collective burnouts. side A begins with a Murky laidback basement jam which quickly morphs into a psychedelic banjo romp, and ends with the incredible tropical sounding shamanic title track. The flip sides drugged up guitar solo and loose percussion keeps the pace for another of the band’s sonic meditations, which all accumulates into the last track’s laid back Dub Vibes, perfectly suited for heaviest smokers soundtrack. limited to 40 copies" -bum tapes
**************************************************************** GITCHE-ANAHMI-BEZHEU - 'MAHPIYA SKA IN: GUIDE TO NOWHERE PLATEAU' cassette $6
"Abysmal breezes whisk upon Mahpiya Ska, inducing a daze. Trickling delicacies disperse like eggs in the moss. Nothing to retain but the White Cloud guide, emerging from the cave, closer to Nowhere Plateau." -rotifer cassettes
*************************************************** ALEX BLEEKER & THE FREAKS "s/t" LP $13
"ALEX BLEEKER & THE FREAKS' self titled album was recorded live on June 11th, 2009. The bulk of the session took place in the basement of JULIAN's childhood home, in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The group consists of ALEX BLEEKER (REAL ESTATE), MATT MONDANILE (Real Estate, DUCKTAILS), MARTIN COURTNEY IV (Real Estate) and JULIAN LYNCH. Some of the songs mirror the boys' collective disposition, that of a gentle and warm young man. Others however, invite the listener in for a glimpse at that same boy's restless, virile soul. A sensitive type may describe it all as Raw, Live, Honest Rock and Roll with Heart. Alex Bleeker & The Freaks have been friends since High School and as healthy, red blooded American men so often choose to do, they've channeled their romantic energies into an electrified musical powerhouse. It's as classic and genuine as an adolescent's Playboy collection or a fat, bald man in a Red Corvette." -underwater peoples
***************************************** UKE OF SPACES CORNERS COUNTY BAND “FLOWERS IN THE NIGHT.” LP $12
"The UKES bring us all another butter country moon fried farm folk bammer to sing or bang a gong along to. Once again this release features a full band of self taught weirdo clinger and clangers carefully caressing tones out of anything from an effected mandolin to a marble in the bottom if a well tuned 5 gallon bucket. Players include Andy Neubauer, Dan B, Amy Moon O-s, Kristen Myers, Caleb Gamble, and Ben Grubb. Cover art by Janel Beckman and printed by Leif Goldburg. Insert art by Amy Moon and Kristen Myers." -turned word records
************************************************************* Sam Goldberg "Current" LP $13
"Sam Goldberg is a Cleveland, Ohio multi-instrumentalist/ composer who has been running in the garage rock/electronic underground circles for the last half of the ’00s. He also curates and operates the Pizza Night cassette label, one of the most beloved underground cassette headquarters of the midwest as of late. Unique, timeless, and clever constructions of sound created with many instruments like synthesizers, rhythm boxes, and electric guitars provide a wide scope of varied colored tones from release to release. This debut record, Current, is an early document of Sam’s solo guitar work. Side A consists of a hazy and humid melodic stasis that may be known from the Emeralds/Sam Goldberg 2007 tour cassette. An untitled piece that evokes a sense of longing and discontent while simultaneously hitting the deep and raw channels of the subconscious past that bring an understanding to the spaces between experience and memory. A gorgeous wash of clouded, ringing guitar not unlike Glenn Branca’s “Symphony No. 2.” On the flip side another phantom composition played only a few times live and recorded over a year ago in a similar weightless, sky guitar fashion rounds out the double side long debut. “Carol” is a great example of massive tone landscapes that can be born with minimal processing and careful compositional dynamic. Indeed, the sound of the instrument remains quite impressive throughout the album. The universal longevity of this record, however, will lie in the perfect placement of simple musical practices like chord changes, timbre and dynamics. Current has a style quality all it ’s own from the avant garde to pop rock with everything in between. No pretentions, no exponentiating contemporary concerns. Current stands as a pure and unwaivering document of self-expression, a characteristic that the all-time best albums have. It’s a rare case when a music with no lyrics or vocals can pave a path to an extraordinary understanding to one ’s own augmented reality. Outstanding debut album that defies the past and future and only breathes in the present moment. — John Elliott, 12/01/09, Cleveland. " -weird forest
******************************************************** SISSY SPACEK - "Fortune" 7" $5
"An on going project of prolific artist John Wiese, SISSY SPACEK has taken many forms: intricate collages of the small, quiet, details that trickle through in between “sound”, drums spliced and severed, 18 piece “noise” orchestras, performances that included nothing but the act of shattering glass as source sound to
ones that result in broken basses and bleeding throats, etc. You never know how overblown and explosive or incredibly quiet and intricate one specific release might be. On “Fortune”, Wiese has assembled a trio
with Charlie Mumma (drums) and Corydon Ronnau (vocals): crafting 26 songs of grind-core noise (like a Crossed Out playing with malfunctioning gear). Corresponding singles also released on A Dear Girl Called
Wendy (Italy) and Ketchup Cavern (Canada)." -gilgongo records
******************************************************* JAMES FELLA / TIMELOAD FOWL - split LP $12
"James Fella (Soft Shoulder, Tent/City) offers a live recording from May 2009: Shifted sax, crackling electronics and skeletal guitar drifting across 18 minutes of crowded, Ye Olde Bike Saviors Co-Op living room sound. Debut vinyl release from Timeload Fowl, sound / noise project of the already established visual artist, R. Sawyer of San Luis Obispo: grim, bleak, but secretly meditative and beautiful.
Includes a collaboration with James that offers more of a thick brutal / buried approach. Short run LP, art by R. Sawyer (Rainbath Art). " -gilgongo records
******************************************************* PIGEON RELIGION - "Dead Boss" 7" $5
"One of two simultaneously released debut 7”s from AZ’s Pigeon Religion, the other being on Parts Unknown. Wrecked
and abstract punk, which if you want to exclusively live in the distant past: a bit of a Flipper, later Black Flag and Birthday Party hybrid of sorts, a mess that works it way through all senses. This band has played about 70 times in their first year as a band: clearing out venues with 45 minute renditions of new tracks, clearing out intestines with combinations of extreme volume and strobe lights that have constant speed changes, blowing away virtually every band that they open for as they come through town and turning living rooms and basements into 1am destruction zones on a regular basis. Co-released with Jarson International." -gilgongo records
******************************************************* GAY BEAST - s/t 7" $5
"Released on the heels of an incredible second full length on Skin Graft (“Second Wave”), this single offers a classic /
ancient / much loved gem from early in their existence (called “Multi-Purpose Anti-Form”), and an incredible hectic dual
cover / splice (Dymaxion and The Need) on the tail end of the B-side. Noisey and spastic, yet much more so complex and
intricate, somewhere between Devo and Scissor Girls, but with a specific and special energy that is uncompromising
and legit. Beautiful four color tri-fold out covers done by the Beast’s Dan Luedtke." -gilgongo records
******************************************************* LITTLE WOMEN - "Teeth" LP $12
"“Official BIO”: Brooklyn quartet Little Women formed two years ago to create music that blurs the line between structure
and spontaneity. The group’s sound distilled from a broad range of influences that stretch from classic Chicago free jazz thru pop music, punk rock, math metal, and harsh noise. Little Women never stop pushing into new sonic territory: splitting overtones to create ghost notes, violently disassembling their instruments onstage, and attacking written and improvised
material with equal ferocity. During performances band members often experience side-effects more commonly
associated with prescription drugs such as nausea, dizziness, and internal bleeding. Little Women stomp all over
genres, creating some of the most adventurous, in-the-moment, wrenchingly honest music of their generation."Teeth" is 20 minute piece, recorded in one long, single take, covering an impressive range of sound, and is an intense
and dynamic presentation of what they are doing as a band. Art work by MICK BARR (Orthrelm, Crom-Tech, Ocrilim, etc). Also: Members of Little Women have recorded and/or performed with some of the top names in jazz/improvised music such
as: Anthony Braxton, Steve Lacy, Mark Dresser, Jim Black, Trevor Dunn, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, George Garzone,
Chad Hugo (The Neptunes), Gerry Hemingway, Joe Morris, Matt Wilson, Michael Formanek, Mat Maneri, and Dave Koz. Members of Little Women also play in bands such as Zs, Extra Life, Cutter, Period, Archaeopteryx." -gilgongo records
******************************************************* FRENCH QUARTER - s/t LP $12
"FRENCH QUARTER is Stephen Steinbrink from Phoenix, AZ. After releasing and selling out of several DIY / handmade recordings (both done on his own and by labels such as Arbor and C-Salt), this self-titled LP, which comes with a CD
version inside, is his first properly issued recording, and comes highly anticipated by anyone who has seen him on one of his excursions across various parts of the country. Stephen crafts memorable, vocal based songs using a variety of approaches and methods while maintaining a smooth consistency in sincerity, making these 10 songs an engaging and moving listen. Though comparable to others from past and present, (Neil Young? Woods? The Microphones? Karl Blau?) and despite his young age, Stephen is hard at work creating his own set of unique songs
that feel like old friends upon first listen. Other notes: Brittany Gould (of Married in Birdichiev fame, Rhinoceropolis (Denver venue) co-runner) painted the art for this release. FRENCH QUARTER did a full US tour in late fall. This LP
comes out in between that and another full US tour in early winter 2008." -gilgongo records
******************************************************* ZS - "Arms" LP $12
"Simultaneously complex and minimal, avant-garde post-jazz composers, ZS new full length "Arms" offers nearly 50
minutes of insane new studio recordings. "Brooklyn quartet Zs play the real hard, real minimal, real painstakingly worked-out rock etudes that kids with beards and concentrated stares prick up their ears for. However, the real news is, this stuff actually does rock, though perhaps not as ragingly as bands to who they're likely to be compared
(Orthrelm, Don Caballero, Flying Luttenbachers). It helps that I first heard Zs live: four guys (drums, guitar, guitar+keyboard, saxophone) seated facing each other, sheet music and stand-lights illuminating some very focused
faces, and playing stuff that pounded a lot more than you might think given the monkish air of the room". - Dominique Leone / pitchforkmedia.com. Vinyl version of the new full length studio recording, an initial run of 500 on opaque white. " -gilgongo records
******************************************************* Mountain Fold Music Journal issue #3 $5
"The third issue features:
- Oren Ambarchi
- Rowland S. Howard
- Pink Reason
- Release The Bats
- Sun Araw
- UV Race
Cover artwork by Tom Polo
72 pages. 148mm x 210mm. Perfect bound. Softcover. Full colour offset.
**************************************** plane "kremlin" cassette $6
"johnson county guitar duos from iowa’s evan miller and phil ochs. i first heard plane when i was visiting iowa city for the first time. phil was screening some of his gorgeous super 8 films and plane provided the soundtrack via cassette deck. it was the perfect tonic after a long drive from chicago...with scenes of county fairs and kids goofing off in the iowa hills. there’s a wonderful melancholy to all these songs, and a great rapport between phil and evan, with just enough fuzz, tremolo, and finger-picking to put a large smile on my face. very refreshing!" -rare youth
******************************************* SANDOR RADO - KIRUNA KHYAL TAPE $9 (swedish import)
"Andreas Malm from Fria Konstellationen/Skeppet goes solo with Sandor Rado. Three organic drone pieces with an almost folky feel. Kiruna Khyal is scandinavian coldness at it's best and the result is 31 haunting minutes. 50 copies. " -utmarken tapes
******************************************* VIKING JEWS - WHEEL BITE TAPE $9 (swedish import)
"First proper release from Utmarkens Viking Jews, one of Gothenburgs most promising new acts for the moment. Hannes Norrvide explores the beauty of the endless summer with three droney tracks. Melancholic and very youthful stuff with sweet melodies. Warm and nostalgic. Wheel Bite has Concrete Surfing from his first tape as well as two new(er) tracks added. 24 minutes. LP on RTB to follow. 50 copies. " -utmarken tapes
******************************************* ZAIMPH/JENNY GRAF TAPE $9 (swedish import)
"Recorded live at Utmarken 2009-03-15. Limited to 50 copies. " -utmarken tapes
******************************************* Peak Fraeans cassette $9 (swedish import)
"Freak Paeans new pseudonym Peak Fraeans follow up his amazing release on caff/flick,
"now when i wear an anchor". The magic continues.. " -klorofyllkassette
******************************************* Leafes - Seedland cassette $9 (swedish import)
"This is the second pressing of Leafes debut fullength from 2008. Consisting of thirteen songs
stretching over varied form of musical expressions like pop, folk, drone and noise. This unorthodox
cassette combines the acoustic feeling of earlier recordings with a more experimental use of both
electronics and instruments. " -klorofyllkassette
******************************************* Topaz Rags "Capricorn Born Again" LP $13
"Grey clouds stay grey. Low light situations birth low-lit moods. It's all bummer clockwork. West Coast lurk-jazz triad Topaz Rags return to vinyl with their debut long player, Capricorn Born Again, an eight-song comedown recorded/mixed from spring-to-fall of '09 via a complex 4-track/boombox assemblage method. Everything creaks and hisses, there's smoke in the air, players at the end of their ropes, lyrics washing over faded raga ballads, slinky electric piano bar depressions, shadow gauze cavern pop. The bell jar is half empty, obviously. Slow dive and sink in. Black vinyl LPs (mastered by Pete Swanson) in jackets designed by Amanda. Edition of 400. " -nnf
******************************************** V/A "My Estrogeneration" LP $13
"First ever NNF vinyl compilation (more in the future hopefully?) finds the spotlight landing fairly on the fairer sex, and the glare is glorious. 11 diverse femme musical energies corralled across 12 inches of black vinyl, all exclusive contributions, and the breadth of zones and interzones traversed is a beautiful thing to hear. Carry on my wayward non-sons. LPs in jackets with artwork by Pocahaunted bassist/scholar Diva Dompe, plus a full-color double-sided insert. Edition of 500. This year's Estrogeneration includes:
-Zola Jesus
-Tickley Feather
-Pocahaunted (vintage unused track from Gold Miner's Daughters sessions)
-Inca Ore
-Topaz Rags
-HNY
-Talk Normal
-Islaja (featuring Samara Lubelski and Blevin Blectum)
-L.A. Vampires
-U.S. Girls
-Valet" -nnf
******************************************** Jack Rose & the Black Twig Pickers "s/t" LP $16
"Raw and rocking collaboration between Jack Rose and the Black Twigs with some of the most swinging, hard-hitting string music waxed in many a decade. Rose’s solo playing has always had a tough edge, with his prodigious technique often employed in the service of dropping right-hand bombs – his use of a thumbpick originates from his years of duets with Twig Mike Gangloff, struggling to make his guitar heard over Gangloff’s crashing banjo. The front line of Rose and Gangloff’s strings are joined by Isak Howell’s no-nonsense guitar and harmonica and Nate Bowles’ variety of expert percussion. The four players lock together with a sure-footedness honed by frequent touring and a singularity of intent to rock. Gangloff takes the vocals, howling out standards like “Little Sadie” firmly in the old-time tradition – without reserve. A few of the tracks here are updates of Rose & family classics, with the group turning the stately “Kensington Blues” upbeat and issuing an assured take on “Bright Sunny South,” first recorded by Pelt (w/Rose and Gangloff) back in 2001 on their gonzo classic double “Ayahuasca.”" -klang
******************************************************************* Sex Worker "The Labor Of Love" LP $12 BACK IN STOCK!!
"Still waters run deep but wild waters run deeper. Both when fronting San Fran free-punk body-music trio Mi Ami or performing angst-dance psycho-dramas under his solo alias, Sex Worker, Daniel Martin-McCormick always succeeds in generating total motion (and emotion) and breaking the fourth wall. His vision of tranced/anguished rhythm questing hits an apex on The Labor Of Love, his LP debut under the Sex Worker guise, and we’ve been soaking in its dark arts for months. Pulsing, lo-fi kraut electronics bubble and sputter under hazy arcs of weirdo vocal smear. Escapist disco drum machines cruise into the horizon under a canopy of dubby accents and FX percussion, sometimes peaking in harsh frenzies of echo-scream meltdowns. All three pieces function as anthems or elegies or protest songs articulating Daniel’s heavy anti-sex trafficking/enslaved bodies activist agenda but you don’t have to know the depths of the ethical framework to grasp the vibe. An intensely unique and hyper-personal statement from one of our favorite west coast music-dreamers. Black vinyl LPs in jackets designed by the artist. Edition of 450." -not not fun
*********************************************************************** Dylan Ettinger "Bringin' The Heat" cassingle $4
"Companion cassingle to the Smokin’ 7 inch (NNF177) finds Ettinger out on his own, sans The Heat, but even without back-up he still brings it. “Bringin’ The Heat” is a killer coast guard coda, searchlights fanning out, SWAT Team guitar licks, hypnotized Kevlar keyboard prisms, delicate synth wah surf spray misting up your fuschia Oakleys. It’s make-it-or-break-it time; be a pro. The other song on here is “Cancer,” which washes over the closing credits as the cast and info scroll down and people leave the theater. A melancholic cocaine-y synth-pop outro ode with multiple micro-solos and some defeated echo vocals crooning out the final fade-to-black vibes: we did what we could, it was what it was, but forget it Jake that’s life on the squad, another day another dollar (or something). Material repeats on both sides to save you some flipping. Pro-imprinted cassettes in full-color J-cards with art by NNF. Edition of 125. " -not not fun
*********************************************************************** Inca Ore, Tunnels, Argumentix, Ghost to Falco "post-alarmist Dracula safari" LP $11
"post-alarmist Dracula safari" the 12" in dedication to Alarmist, a post-animal band from portland OR from 2004-2005. They influenced the people that saw them play and took your carpet for a joy ride once or twice while you knew them. Nick B (drums) aka TUNNELS donates some tracks of psychedelic pop unlike other recordings under the same name. Recorded during the last few days of the band and after the break up. Eric C.(guitar) aka GHOST TO FALCO brings you 2 tracks one almost like a 1 minute western dirge the other more in the traditions of GHOST TO FALCO style recordings. James S.(vocals) aka ARGUMENTIX dabbles in the world of industrial beats and stories of a world left behind in 3034. Assisted on these recordings by Hando on sax. Eva aka INCA ORE(vocals) delivers a chopped and screwed version of some of her recordings mixed with clips of ALARMIST live shows she picked up from Friend Mansion a few years after the fact. On the first track of side crocodile you can hear the ode to ALARMIST by M.Remy (U.S. GIRLS) as she calls in to a radio interview the band was doing. Non of the 4 solo artist sound anything like what ALARMIST was doing and non of the solo projects sound a like. This is a great collection of eclectic music. pressing of 300. 12" black vinyl " -omsb
*************************************************** Abe Vigoda/Child Pornogaphy split 7" $5
"Child Pornography consist of Aaron Allen (high castle) and Bizzah. heavy bass keyboard harmonies accompanied by a drum machine, guitar(sometimes) and Aaron's vocals. Minimal electronic music from 2 very sweet and creative dudes. A great side to play to get the kids pissed off and not dancing to some class A dance muzak.
Abe Vigoda release their second 7" side with a burst of no-waveish punk. recorded in a great style captured this band in the beginning stages of their development. I have heard more then one person call this recording (please forgive me)epic. 7" vinyl record " -omsb
*************************************************** Eternal Tapestry "Invisible Landscape" LP $14 BACK IN STOCK!! (repress)
"Last year’s Mystic Induction LP captured PDX wah junkies Eternal Tapestry at their hairiest hour, awash in color trails and nightshade flashbacks. Since then they’ve reverted back to their original power trio line-up, circled the tube amps, and written a fresh, flooring set of brand new electric rippers. And The Invisible Landscape is the fruit of this from-bliss-to-blistering evolution/revolution. It’s packed deep with six kraut-punk psych-shredders, huffing fumes from the twin guitar hero dogfighting of Dewey Mahood and Nick Bindeman while drum demon Jed Bindeman does barrel rolls and nosedives into the eye of the storm. There’s also a rawness and warmth to the production that helps the songs bleed into the ear with more electricity than before, and the riff/vocals interplay is streamlined for optimum mainlining. A fiery high point for a fiery high band. Hit it or quit it. Randomly colored LPs (hues range from silt grey to swamp green and beyond) in pro-printed jackets with art by the band plus a photocopied insert. Edition of 500." -not not fun
*********************************************************************** SICK LLAMA / TREETOPS "light infection" collab. cassette $6 BACK IN STOCK!!
"wax organ and keys. mixed down in Ham Studios. adrift in the night.
edition 50." -fag tapes
************************************************************* HIVE MIND "beneath triangle and crescent" cassette $6 BACK IN STOCK!!
" first official release for Fag Tapes! the last few Hive Mind gigs i've seen
have been real sick and it's too bad the Super Street tape recorder
missed out on all of them. studio recordings. edition 50." -fag tapes
************************************************************* color dream "infinite gravity" cassette $6 BACK IN STOCK!!
"new way chill project outa arbor records treetops. a must have for all fans! edition 50." -fag tapes
************************************ E.C. Brown and I'Diamond "Gothick Reforme" cassette $6
"Everything just keeps getting darker and darker... It must be time for this lost treasure to be unearthed. In 2001 someone gave me a cd-r. They said they knew I liked "strange music" and they thought I should have this. The cover art was a robed figure with a golden mask and the back had a similar figure (perhaps female) posing with similar robes and a different mask. Both figures were set against a background of neon pink and yellow forest leaves. Somehow, despite the colors, there was something definitely ominous about the artwork for this cdr. And the same can be said of the sounds within. Truly ahead of it's time, I had no frame of reference for this at the time. I kept the cdr mostly to mysel; a secret revealed only to some. Very few were ready to except it's slimy, sometimes oppresive atmospheres, it's jarring filmscore "scene changes", and it's mixture of pre-Free(k) Folk, Noise and even Black Metal tendencies. Earjerk has tracked down Mr. Brown and has re-issued this wonder on puke-pink or yellow cassettes with the original artwork formated for cassette, for all the world to hear no longer lingering in dark corners of cardboard boxes and basement floors, subject to cd rot and digital decay. Buy this. Be the first to say you weren't there. 99 copies." -earjerk
************************************************************************************ Pan to Scratch "Wintermarch" cassette $6
unseen territories explored via microphone. " -object tapes
************************************************************************************ generals & such "quixote" cassette $7
"this is a first for digitalis & friends... this baby is produced from a painted score. yep, painted scores. how fucking cool is that? well, based on the results from this trio of californians: christian kiefer, timothy rowan, & erik werner - it's pretty damn cool. here's a little background... generals & such, this is what they do. they play painted/graphic scores. this one is produced by werner (don't know if they all are) and this one is a 15 ft painting based on the first eight chapters of don quixote. i feel like i don't need to say anything else because that is simply incredible. but i won't taunt you... what do you get with a 15 ft painted score? scattershot percussion anchoring acoustic & electric guitars making skronks and waves. werner's acoustic playing at times reminds me of akiyama. rowan offsets this frenetic playing with calm and cool reverb-drenched spirals. it's an awesome contrast. the music progresses and unfolds slowly. kiefer's drumming guides the trio through the valleys and deserts, avoiding pitfalls unless necessary. the whole thing just feels monumental. tape is 73 minutes long, but each side is exactly the same. so it's basically a 1-sided c38, but i hate tapes with a blank side. pro-dubbed to boot. edition of 65. " -digitalis
************************************************************** rambutan "incidences" cassette $7
"century plants & burnt hills conspirator, eric hardiman, is no stranger to the realms of burnt-to-a-crisp garbage drones. his solo guise, rambutan, has been on an absolute tear this year with not-to-be-missed offerings on stunned, 905 tapes, house of alchemy, & others. his abstract meanderings grind it out with tortured guitar melodies and raw, spitting electronics. hardiman wields tension like most people drop the ball. each side demands submission as each is an open, festering wound that needs to be cauterized. these pieces ooze like liquid gold. mastery, motherfuckers, take it or leave it. edition of 70, green team." -digitalis
************************************************************** early tunnels "aerial caves" cassette $7
"what a swamp this sucker is. throw the body over the side and get the fuck back to shore because there's some serious action about to go down after dusk. early tunnels is the ohio duo of jon lorenz (wasteland jazz unit, etc) and pete fosco (pete fosco, etc) bringing down the blitzkrieg through a mess of electric fences and barbed wire. "aerieal caves" is a gnarly excursion through minefield guitar syndrome, waltzing electronics, and firebrand horns that are guaranteed to peel paint and manufacture all kinds of dissonance with the neighbors. lorenz & fosco don't fuck around. they concoct a steaming cocktail that sounds so foreign you'd swear everything they were playing was from another planet. total kong. edition of 70, pro-dubbed and scrubbed." -digitalis
************************************************************** ester poland "hippi, kanuuna ja Kiinan torni" cassette $7
"man, finland... it never stops does it? it really never does. just when you think the terrain has been scoured and every last pore drained til the last drop, something new comes along with such star-searching bombast that you get knocked square on your ass all over again. ester poland are the latest in a long line of impeccable sound sculptors out of finland, but this screeching duo are riding their own astral baby well into the new millenium.
guitar freakouts worm there way into cavernous squalls, stretching from here to forever. even when they pull things back and break out the acoustic strum, there's so much cacaphony happening under the surface that you'll never escape the chaos. these blasts are psychedelic as fuck and will strip you down to the absolute core. finland wins again. edition of 60, pro-dubbed green-foil foliage.
" -digitalis
************************************************************** disguises "aeolian hookers" cassette $7
"let the insanity begin! these beasts from toronto follow-up their mind-melting LP from last year, "post-mortem depression," with absolute avalanche of hell. jagged guitar swirls get the beat down from a pommel horse of drum bombs. screams escape from the abyss only to be sucked back under by crawling basslines. and then the guitars come at you again and again and again. there's no avoiding this minefield - you're gonna lose a leg.
this is clusterfuck city folks and disguises are your tour guides. these jagged excursions will cut your face open and make you want to apologize for bleeding all over the brand new carpet. edition of 80, pro-dubbed with broken golden fairy art and smeared labels." -digitalis
************************************************************** young boys/fm.face split cassette $7
"oh this little gem of mine, spit & shine spit & shine. young boys and fm.face are two newborn projects hailing from opposite coasts, but when they join forces on this tape it's to melt your face off. young boys kick it on first with thick reverb post-punk spirit and stonewalled vocals belting it out, these five songs are covered in new york slime. these songs are bleak but laced with something sweet that keeps you coming back for more and more.
fm.face is like the rascally younger brother who is out to show how he can really fuck shit up in a royally awesome way. these songs are punked-out wastelands. angular guitar lines repeat to infinity on top of overblown drum machines while fm.face just absolutely fucking belts it out. look out below. edition of 100, half on black, half on white, pro-dubbed pounds." -digitalis
************************************************************** a wake "s/t" cassette $7
"let's just admit this first off: we all want to fucken rock sometimes. ok, maybe a lot of the time. well, live vicariously my friends through the psychedelic sprawl that is the UK's a wake. rising from the ashes of one of my favorite bands of the last few years, beach fuzz, this trio of barry dean, nick mitchell, & fliss horrocks. dueling guitars blow smoke through heavy wattage while ramshackle drums offer a grenade path to nowhere. these four long pieces just freaking howl. moon shots be damned, this is how us regular folk get high. edition of 70, pro-dubbed purple stars." -digitalis
************************************************************** body morph "travel keys" cassette $7
"dan dlugosielski's body morph project has been scorching ear drums all over the world for the past few years. fuzzed-out and stretched-to-oblivion electronics spit their way into a black cauldron. scuzz reeds scatter like buckshot, painting everything in town a solid shade of red. in the static, beats emerge to plug the holes where water is pouring in. i dunno if this is a nightmare or a wet dream or what, but i can tell you it sounds oh so fucking good. screamers for the masses. edition of 75, pro-dubbed orange treats." -digitalis
************************************************************** black eagle child "two days" cassette $6
"I had just purchased a new pickup for my acoustic guitar and had played through several enjoyable sessions in which some music was recorded, and some was lost. The playing of these songs helped to dial down the eustress levels in our apartment a bit, since our daughter Mary had just been born a few rapid days earlier. Two songs were salvaged for this cassette, each recorded on a different day. The tracks are single take—acoustic guitar plugged into digital delay and amplified with a solid-state Kenwood amplifier. Produbbed, red shells with deep blue imprint. Limited to 100 standard copies, 5 art copies." -self released
************************************************************** Sudden Oak "Causeways of the Sun" cassette $6
san francisco's sudden oak. mp3 sample released on bezoar formations
************************************************************** Radiant Husk"Beyond an Endless Swale" cassette $6
solo project of matt from sudden oak. mp3 sample released on bezoar formations
************************************************************** PEAT RAAMUR/PERSPECTIVES split cassette $6
"Peat and Perspectives' first appearance." -rotifer tapes
*********************************************** Second Family Band "Logos Destroyer" cassette $6
"On side A, SFB conjure the sounds of a somber, drifting, purple cloud. The presence of Dan Woodman and T. Endless, the two main members of drunjus, is undeniable on this droner. db Pedersen's buoyant bansuri flute and throat singing float on the edge of the audible surface and Ol'sons subtleties never distract. Side B: Another cosmic noise conference at the Peaking Lights compound featuring a killer crew of Family members and collaborators old and new!" -earjerk
********************************************** Pan to Scratch "With Happiness" cassette $6
"Spring time in a can. Banjo, bouzouki melodica, cassette and sounds captured live, outside. 7/1/09 through 7/11/09. Variant color tape, insert and case with hand carved text. Limited." -earjerk
********************************************** Toby Aronson "Tonal Music" cassette $6
"Toby Aronson brings forth a cosmic exploration of two acoustic instruments: the Pipe Organ and Gong. Toby lives in Burlington, VT." -nna tapes
**************************** Waterside Gala "Composure & Recreation" cassette $4
"New sax/keyboard-driven project from Sean McCann and Kellen Shipley. Sustained, dry, jazz-influenced recordings. Full color artwork and painted tapes.
c13, limited to 60 copies." -roll over rover
************************************************ MODERN OFFICE cassette $7
"DROOPING FLOOR" -young tapes
*************************************** Evan Miller "Contacting The Eye" cassette $6
"The folk instrument may sound abandoned, but these very clean compositions from Evan Miller display a different instrumental integrity. Melody is stripped away which reveals very focused arrangement of harmonics and drones that live in the now. These tracks offer something invaluably refreshing from this traditionally finger-plucking performer." -gel tapes
************************************ The Polyps - "The Gong is the Moon" cassette $6
"The Polyps is Raf Speilman, Portland OR resident, Golden Hours member, and Eggy Records main man. After checking out a killer Polyps tape on Digitalis and a 7" on Eggy, Night-People had to get involved with releasing something for this killer project. An eclectic collage sensibility prevails on this recording, track to track there is an interesting variety, synth goop and guitar drone mix with burnt to hell upbeat folky pop tunes vaguely reminiscent of a 90's Expressway vibe, totally its own deal though, another almost unclassifiable tape from Night-People. " -night people
************************************************** Robedoor "Raiders" LP $14
"Following their 2008 East Coast tour with Woods and Pocahaunted the Robedoor agenda has mainly been: hibernating in the City Terrace zone above east LA, adding a drummer/modular synth dealer, and letting the smoke rise. Raiders is the first RBDR LP since 2008’s Endlessly Blazing and is the result of almost six months of slow-burn transformative tape machine meditation helmed by Mr. Ged Gengras. Bummed guitars, loner drone tones, low caverns of reverbed drums and rumble, echo dislocation, and dead voices cascade down into the isolated highways. Song modes are carved out and then left to rot. Features early trio live set staples like “Indo Shadow” and “The Downcast Eye.” You can’t stick your hand in the same black river twice. Change or be changed. LPs in jackets with cover photo by Caitlin C. Mitchell. Edition of 500 (250 on marbled grey, 250 on black). " -nnf
********************************************************* Wolf Eyes "Always Wrong" LP $15
"Always Wrong is a mantra of severity. WOLF EYES has been scouring audiences across the globe with their acid drenched industrial noise and dub terror psychedelia, establishing themselves as the trailblazers of a genre and pioneers of the long-form noise tour. coming forth from the piles of tape loops and effects the bulk of tables reeling with electronics have been shed. This clarity never sacrifices intensity as paradoxically this is the most organic of the full lengths but also the harshest and most dissonant. Opening track "Cellar" immediately sets the pace of barraged edits and percussive electronics as startling vocals spit from the dry throat and remain unfiltered for the first time breathing a clear litany of scorn. A new voice is rising and it isn't happy. Throughout the album non-electronic beats created from live drums replace programming while colliding tape loops and junk metal bring new unstable rhythm like a house with eroding foundation. "Living Stone" shows a more natural state of acoustic composition highlighting the despondent subtle plucking of controlled guitar improvisation that could come from natures ghost. Forging ahead in "We All Hate You" loud tonal horns and architecturally placed electronics. However their aesthetic core of pummeling hasn't been abandoned as the aggressive "Broken Order" takes hold with shrill feedback fueling industrial cannon blasts of white hot noise that burn the body from the neck down. Immediately it is clear that Wolf Eyes have crafted a statement with maturity that stands at the top of their mysterious discography. Always Wrong is a denial against conformity and the triumph of walking a path alone" -hospital
****************************************** BURNING STAR CORE 'WSBC/SSS' 10" $12 (UK import)
"Second in the series of six 10"s from C. Spencer Yeh, launching immediately into a giant feedback epic that slowly reveals delicate harmonies beneath a sea of howling distortion.
This edition comes with insert insert design by John Olson (Wolf Eyes)." - no fi
************************************************ Bermuda Link “Exit” cassette $6
"A confusing, patchwork astral soundboard controlled by Josh Burke and Jeff Astin. Cut-up sheets of electronics and tapes overlap, mix, and degrade to a wash. Edition of 70, with full-color fold-out art." -exbx
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Mossy Throats “D.N.A. Mismatch” cassette $6
"Stunned electronic systems. Shocked, froze, reversed, slowed. Taped response melded with constant electric torrent. Edition of 30, with full-color fold out art. " -exbx
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Throat Boggle “Double Brain Scan” cassette $6
"Head-scratcher electronics from Mossy Throats and Head Boggle. Anything goes zones that don’t go anywhere and don’t really make any sense. Tons of abstract and wildly different styles. Edition of 40, with full-color fold out art. C60" -exbx
************************************* Goldberg and the Universe split cassette $6
"A second edition of the tape from our tour last march, with brand new art! Bright and floating sax, electronics, and organ. Relaxing and dense. Edition of 60, with full-color fold out art." -exbx
************************************* Emaciator - Defeat" cassette $6
"From the archives -- an older recording from 2007 finally sees the light. Much in the style of 'Reflection' and others from the era, with deep keyboard melodies buried beneath near-impenetrable layers of grit and throb; resembling a kind of warped trance-goth by the end. Edition of 125, color covers and labels." -monorail trespassing
********************************* Endless Time "Coasting" cassette $6
"Open air amidst the float. Expertly paced, beach-influenced tonal meditations from Heavy Psych Kev, with each side developing into seagulls, waves, and the sound of sand beneath your feet. Edition of 125, color covers and labels." -monorail trespassing
********************************* Cloaked Light - Creek" cassette $6
"A glimpse into the other side; only the most necessary of elements. A dim light shines; a singular focus turns. By the end, the pieces are inside out. Edition of 125, color covers and labels." -monorail trespassing
********************************* The North Sea "Royal Arsenal" cassette $6
"Two ten minute tracks come smeared across this tape from Brad Rose's The North Sea. Drone music, slowly shifting, and peppered with acoustic folk-oriented instruments and percussion, hinting at this artist's background, but obviously looking forward to a drastic change in sound that is obvious from his recent releases under this project as well as activity in Ajilvsga. Color digital printing on a royal arsenal of metallic vellums; silver, gold, plum, purple. 2-panel j-card, 1 panel of real marble, an internal horizontal OBI, and silver labels. Edition of 100 on hi-bias chrome tapes. " - black horizons
***************************************** Pulse Emitter - Progression to Desolation LP $14 *repress*
"Not much to say about this really after a few years of it's being released, besides it was an excellent release then, that has, and will stand the test of time to be remembered as one of this era's synth classics. "Ball Crushing". 75 copies on red translucent vinyl, 30 on black that are leftover from the first press, you can pick. All come packaged in a copper on black screenprinted sleeve, from Seizure Palace, and designed by me, for maximum label aesthetic."- black horizons
**************************************** Shearing Pinx "Weaponry" LP $13
"Divorce was so pleased with how Shearing Pinx delivered on the Haruspex 7" last year that we decided to up the ante considerably and release a double LP in two parts. In return the Pinx have gone all in with the new material. Weaponry pt. 1 is a mountain that will remain visible in the sea of astounding, bizarre releases Shearing Pinx have been pouring for the last half decade. It is made clear from the first moments of the opening track; the Vancouver trio has been committed here to tape while in rare form. This LP sets up a classic, demento-tuned twin guitar battle where a nonchalant vocal delivery squares off against the drum set’s muscular fake jazz-jizz-isms. William S. Burroughs used a shotgun to create paintings. Shearing Pinx use musical instruments to wound and maim. Tunes for the unglued. Artwork by Rick White of Eric's Trip / Elevator / Rick White Album. Edition of 600." -divorce records
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Goliath Bird Eater "BLOOD GENERATION" cassette $6
new tape by goliath bird eater on caligulan records
************************************* Mountain Fold Music Journal Issue #2 $5
"Mountain Fold is an independently published music quarterly based in Sydney, Australia. An interview-based magazine concentrating on both Australian and international acts, Mountain Fold also acts as a forum to discuss art, film, literature and culture, both high and low. Issue #2 of Mountain Fold Music Journal features interviews with and artwork by Sean Bailey, Philip Brophy, Circle Pit, The Dead C, Wet Hair and Woods. Cover artwork by Rhys Lee. 72 pages, full colour offset print, perfect bound, A5 format." - Mountain Fold.
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Orphan Fairytale "Dragons of the Deep" cassette $6
"Orphan Fairytale is as strange and enchanting as the name implies. Dragons of the Deep is sublime lo-fi exotica and minimalist melodicism from a cold and perfect land. Eva van Deuren crafts a fluid sound sculpture from snarling dogs, electronic tom-toms from a cable-access suspense movie, slushing snow, malfunctioning music boxes, interstellar transmissions intercepted by common household appliances--sounds returning from a distant, failing memory, reassembled in impossible configurations. A perfect soundtrack for your next fever delirium." -rampart tapes
******************************************* JAMES FERRARO CITRAC 2XLP $22
"The CITRAC collection presents one of James Ferraro’s most cinematic visions; showing his recent mode of soundworld creation in top form. By shying away from pure musical creation and opting towards the organic birth of sonic universes James finds a new way to tell a story. Evoking vastly imaginative imagery, this 80+ minute suite spanning two LPs, contains the previously released “Postremo Techno Mundus Symposium”, excerpts and alternative edits from Liquid Metal’s Alternative Soundtrack to “Digital Overdrive”, and the all new “Digital Tribe”. Presenting deep-nightmarish atmospheres of surveillance and captivity on through the rush of the open road; the hypnotic, lo-fi result is one that could only come from Ferraro’s alien mind, eternally stuck in a 1980s vision of an impossibly archaic future. In an edition of 400 double LPs with full color printed inner-sleeves in pro-printed black and white cardboard sleeves and printed labels by James." -arbor infinity
********************************************* Infinite Body / Emaciator Split LP $10
"long-awaited and much desired split release of two highly complimentary west coast workers. saturated harsh melodicism from ib; two tracks bridged by a solo voice recording. synth driven by the human voice; screaming to make beautiful tones. the emaciator side is a dense, dense, drone; beginning with a throwback to past efforts before absorbing into layer upon layer of guitar and keyboard drones that rise to a subliminal level -- finally wearing down to an optimistic close. first vinyl release for the label." -monorail trespassing
*********************************************************************************** MOSSY THROATS + WETHER "LIVING" SPLIT cassette $6
"living is a documentation of live performances by mossy throats and wether. dan d (m.t.) presents some panicked pepsi jazz recorded in 2008 at the bertochi brothers' place. no-fi electronicsax for the mole people. mike h (w.) lays out the sounds from a secret lansing back alley gig, also from 08. a heavy and cluttered collapser with brad raub of pink desert helping out on the drum kit. feel the slow." -905 tapes
***************************************************************** Cloudland Canyon "Silver Tongued Sisyphus" LP $13
"Recorded in Brooklyn, Germany, and Memphis, Silver Tongued Sisyphus followed Cloudland Canyon's well-received Requiems Der Natur 2002-2004. The album's secular calls to prayer with humming, looping, and loping ambient passages are interspersed with bursting rhythmic energy and agitated guitar lines. Pulling influences from the foggy ether of generations past, the band stakes their claim to the shadows of the cult musical culture of the late 1960s and early 1970s German underground scene. Live shows sound like unauthorized soundtracks to netherworld versions of The Swimmer or Scorceror. Originally released on vinyl in an edition of 96 copies on Germany's Mediamuerte label, Silver Tongued Sisyphus is now available once again." -holy mountain
****************************************************** Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou "The Vodoun Effect" 1972-1975 (Funk & Sato from Benin´s Obscure Labels) 2XLP $23 (german import)
"The cultural and spiritual riches of traditional Beninese music had an immense impact on the sound of Benin’s modern music. Benin is the birthplace of Vodun (also Vodoun, or, as it is known in the West, Voodoo), a religion which involves the worship of some 250 sacred divinities. The rituals used to pay tributes to those divinities are always backed by music. The majority of the complex poly-rhythms of the vodun are still more or less secret and difficult to decipher, even for an accomplished musician. Anthropologists and ethnomusicologists agree that this religion constitutes the principal “cultural bridge” between Africa and all its Diasporas of the New World and in a reflection of the power and influence of these sounds many of the complex rhythms were to have a profound impact on the other side of the Atlantic on rhythms as popular as Blues, Jazz, Cuban and Brazilian music.
Two Vodun rhythms dominate the music of Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: Sato, an amazing, energetic rhythm performed using an immense vertical drum, and Sakpata, a rhythm dedicated to the divinity who protects people from smallpox. Both rhythms are represented here mixed in with Funk, Soul, Crazy organ sounds and Psychedelic guitar riffs. Bandleader Melome Clement explains: “Sato is a traditional rhythm derived from Vodun. It is used in Benin during annual rituals in memory of the dead; you can’t just play Sato at any given time. Sato is also the name of a drum which is used during the ceremonies. It’s huge: about 175 centimeters high. The drummers, armed with sticks, dance around it and hit it all at the same time. It’s very coordinated. The Sato drummers are backed by an orchestra of smaller drums and shakers. We also did some modern versions of a Vodun rhythm called Sakpata. ‘Mi Ni Non Kpo’ and ‘Houi Djein Na Da’ are Sakpatas, which in Fon means "god of the Earth" -analog africa
************************************ Odd Clouds "Deceiving Illusion" LP $14
"A thousand years ago, in 2006, Michigan moonlighters Odd Clouds drizzled down their LP opus, The Cavernous End. Within the sphere of open-eyed freeform organized psych-jazz sprawl, nothing compared. Years later that album still kills, but not much has followed in its wake (there have been some loose tapes but those roll in a cruder basement fuckaround vein). So we are personally xxtremely pleased to be able to finally offer up the band’s latest album-length affair, Deceiving Illusion. A six-song spelunk into the deranged group brain responsible for noise scene mainstays like Fag Tapes and Tasty Soil Records, Illusion rumbles through a hall of mirrors of zones/styles, from freaky garbage punk to robot throat games to motorik brass meditations to unhinged 70s German commune beardo psych-blazers. The journey is the destination and all that. Abuse yr Illusion. Black vinyl LPs in stunning 4-color pro-silkscreened jackets with artwork by Chris Pottinger and Jamie Easter, plus a double-sided photocopied insert. Edition of 400. " -nnf
**************************** Little Claw "Human Taste" LP $13
"Portland, OR-by-way-of-Michigan garage gang Little Claw first tripped our radar with their self-released Why Not 7 inch, which was/is raw and physical and swingin’ in all the ways you want a 7” to be. Their LA live shows proved even more ripping and charged; we were sold. So we sprung at the offer to enshrine their latest (and best) album, Human Taste, on vinyl for the world’s turntables to adore. Packed with classic, cracked anthems (“Frozen In The Future,” “Colors You Drown”), basement weirdo stompers (“Modern Vampire,” “Breathing Tape,”) and naked art-punk riddles (“Lay To Waste,” “Summerphile”), the LP’s two sides are slyly sequenced to seduce, blind, and devour, demonstrating a rad range of attacks, escapes, claws, tongues. It’s a great late summer record: between styles, beyond genres, and aggressively alive. Taste the Taste. Black vinyl LPs in jackets with art designed by the band, plus a pro-printed, double-sided 11x17 poster/insert. Edition of 600. CD edition available on Ecstatic Peace" -not not fun
**************************** Mudboy "Music For Any Speed" 7" $6 (italian import)
"As organ scientist mudboy is back in Europe, Lexi Disques is happy to present his new 7-inch.
Mudboy comes from Providence, Rhode Island, the town of Lightning Bolt AND HP Lovecraft. He released cassettes, cdrs, vinyls, texts on various european, belgian and american labels including his own Free Matter for the Blind label. He’s also making sound/light installations and silkscreen visuals. A short CV is here if needed.
Music For Any Speed is based on a reflexion on time. Artwork: mudboy (printed on newspaper)." -lexidisques
*********************** MUDBOY AND ORPHANFAIRYTALE "Live in Antwerp" cassette $10
"This Long form CS release is recordings of two live collab sets between mudboy and Orphan Fairytale in Antwerp-in the beginning of 2006-
one at the Freaksendfuture show and one at a New Years Party two months later. The CS version comes with a mp3 Download. The Long form silkscreen album art (24") are by R.Lyon. edition of 200." -FM4TB
*********************************************** Mudboy's First Digital Release "RARE FIND " EP $3
"In Conjunction with posterdisc.com this "Rare Find" EP features three unreleased tracks: "Breath In, Breath Out, and a live jam with Area C. Each coupon comes with a handwritten UNIQUE code that allows for the download of this album 2x. Simply enter the code into the posterdisc site- and wallah! you are ipod rocking. Every hand drawn crushed ipod shaped coupon is attached to a unique item found while on tour throughout Europe and the USA. Meet mysterious technology! Find outrageous plant life. Each item unique." -FM4TB
******************************************** UUHUU "buch" cassette $8 (german import)
"UUHUU´s sixth tape release, finally not in edition of 6 or 13 or whatever. Doing the UUHUU here are Marcel Türkowsky and Andrew Cvar known from groups like Cones, Jackie O Motherfucker, Datashock or Chillers in the Mix. Buch is a two sided zapstory tape. Both sessions are taken from the secret Buchbinderei concertsessions in november 2006. One of the rustiest houses in the outback of b Berlin. Already closed down. On the Buch tape: Many howling voices mixed with sudden murky tapemaniplationsounds, whistling and rythming bottoms are turning into the other side with a more jaques brel like guitarswamping surrounded by the hiss of dancing bassflageoletteelphants with dronepsycheexplosions under there shining crystalfeet. And all the time this suspensionflavour of a Herzog movie ("Even Dwarfs Started Small" 1970)." -tape tektoniks
******************************************* Aosuke "Monotone Spirits" LP $15 (german import)
""Aosuke's new album "Monotone Spirits", which has been released as collaborative work of the labels Audiolith and Meudiamorte, is highly recommended to all lovers of classic Ambient sounds as all four tracks which are paving their way through a total running time of about 36 minutes feature floating, totally beat-less structures of organic ambience influenced of what my be called a slightly Post-PostRock'ish attitude if the simple use of processed guitar sounds can be regarded as Rock-reference. If not, it's just Ambient at its best."" -meudiamorte
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Mama Baer / Kommissar Hjuler Allstar-Band split cassette $8 (german import)
split tape on tape tektoniks from germany
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Heatsick/Cones split cassette $8 (german import)
split tape on tape tektoniks from germany
********************************************** Expo ‘70 / Rahdunes Split 12″ $10
"A limited edition split LP from two of the country’s most popular traveling noise syndicates. Expo 70 create a long and atmospheric drone track, taking up the entire side of the LP. Rahdunes chime in with three amazing tracks, some of which include drums (a first for them!) by Indra Dunis of Numbers. Limited to 500 copies with silk-screened covers, this one will be a crowd pleaser for sure." -kill shaman
******************************************************************* Gowns "Red State" LP $10 BACK IN STOCK!!
"Brilliant noise-folk from these super talented and well-known artists. Gowns bring a whole new poratrayal of synthesized sounds and organic instruments." -kill shaman
**************************************************************************************** Drifts 'Volute & Turreted' 2xcassette $10
"Double econo-synth action unit.2/3rds of Bladder Stalks (of Louisville Castle). Recorded to 4-track one evening December 2008. One 32 minute cassette featuring the original mix down with shorter, more concise tracks. One 90 minute cassette of much longer, more open-ended jams. Outtakes, false stops & starts...whatever....all included. " -scumbag tapes
************************************************ Dogbox cassette $6
"Dirt-sound audio diaries from, “two dudes that work in a 7-11.” Absolute ??? sound, taking you on a journey through the sewers of Philly at night. There are actual dogs on this tape. Other recent mishaps on Scumbag Tapes and I Just Live Here. Edition on 70 with full-color vellum art and Xeroxed insert. C30." -exbx tapes
******************************************************** Human Compost "Foam Predator b/w Try Me" cassette $6
"Piles of terrible sound from brand new trio of John-O/Pledgemaster/Body Morph. Abrasive, dense slabs of sound made of electronics, reeds, tapes, metal, radio and who knows what else. Edition of 30 with full-color, fold out art. C30." -exbx tapes
*************************************************************** Birmingham Drains "Mutator Beach" cassette $6
"More new strangeness! BD is Milo aka the Zone and Mossy Throats, both on heavy, deep electronics. Pushes into completely strange territory, alien communication through the sun’s rays. A language that only gets weirder the more you learn. What washed up on Mutator Beach? Edition of 40 with full-color, fold out art. C30." -exbx tapes
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weird stuff vol. 2 cassette $6
c92 comp. on exbx tapes. not sure who's on this...edition of 40
************************************************************************** Vibes "Psychic" 7" $6
"Every family has a freak (or 2). Every deck’s got a wild card. We’ve got Vibes. Ante up. NNF’s loosest cannons return to the recording fray with, Psychic, a blown-out briar patch of basement garage fantasy masquerading as obscurist protest funk – and the band’s first vinyl statement. Recorded in Eagle Rock on a “last legs”-style 4-track, the EP’s four songs are jacked deep in the red, with fuzz bass, wah shrapnel, vocal sloganeering, and drum racket all fighting for tape room. Competition is fierce. Recent live faves like “Dead Horses” and “Night Court” appear in particularly revved-up form, as do the first two Vibes songs ever written, “Psychic” and “Prisms Of Fame.” All bases are covered. All soul trains are derailed. Here comes the judge. Black vinyl 33 RPM singles in full-color fold-over sleeves with collage artwork and lettering by Cameron Stallones, photographs by Caitlin C. Mitchell, plus a rant-y revolution scrapbook insert. Edition of 400." -nnf
************************************ SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN "FIRE ESCAPE" 2XLP $20 BACK IN STOCK!!
"Limited edition vinyl (edition of 1000) with bonus track and new artwork by Eye (Boredoms)" -smalltown supersound
****************************************************** SUN ARAW- "Boat Trip"- 12" $13 BACK IN STOCK!!
"Boat Trip might be some hidden soundtrack to Donkey Kong warp-whistling straight into Ayahuasca Country. In about twenty minutes Sun Araw manages to navigate a psychedelic jungle cruise through canopy din & spooked drone, then he noses the boat out of the water and lifts into uncharted dub-spheres. The back half of this entranced tour is like being (fortunately) trapped inside an old Upsetters jam played at half-speed with twice the shaman-chant and reverb drenched percussion. Normally we wouldn't trust taking this kind of trip with just anybody, but with wheel and rudder alike in the hands of Magic Lantern co-captain Cameron Stallones, we can sip our yage-of-choice in peace and share the Sun Araw vision as one. Originally issued on Stunned Records as a limited CDR, here it gets the deluxe vinyl treatment. Limited to 500 on black vinyl." -woodsist
****************************************************************************** Mountain Fold issue #1 $3
"Mountain Fold is independently published music quarterly based in Sydney, Australia. It is an interview-based magazine concentrating on both Australian and international acts. While primarily music focused, Mountain Fold also acts as a forum to discuss art, film, literature and culture, providing the reader with intelligent and informed interviews. The publication is available for free throughout Australia. Internationally, the only cost occurred to stockists will be to cover postage. Issue #1 features: - Beaches - Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Fabulous Diamonds - Naked On The Vague - Michael Rother - Songs" -Mountain Fold
******************************************************* Teeth Mountain "Live On" LP $14
"Bodymore, Murderland has a long and still-living history of wacko art/music loons operating out of cheap warehouses (Tarantula Hill, RIP) and cheaper apartments (The Comfort Dome, etc), and something about the place’s civic/social vibe seems to foster an almost schizophrenic degree of diversity amongst its bands. Needless to say, this is a good good thing. But despite the city’s recent-ish rep as a home to neon strobe light teen party heroes like Daniel Deacon and Ponytail and whatnot, there’s obviously a ton more to the story, and the band that seems to us crucial to this neo-wave B-MORE renaissance is Teeth Mountain. A seven-piece jam crew comprised of 2-3 odd drum kits, sax, clarinet, mixer drones, electric guitar, a pile of pedals, various voices, and probably other unknown mystery junk, they straddle a fine, fucked up line between carefully orchestrated rhythmic psychedelia and total drum-circle-damaged freeform freak-sprawl. To us, it’s a holy zone, and one we hope they continue to linger in. TM’s 2008 LP on SHWDPLY (recently reissued, grab one ASAP) was easily one of our top recs of the year, and so we are obviously awesomely jazzed to offer up Live On, their follow-up. Two all-new sides of artfully interwoven live recordings encompassing all the band’s best moods: outsider world scorch, jittery horn ragas, basement attack trance, etc. Raw and real and alive as life. Future Teeth Mountains will be scaled at NNF, learn the terrain now. Black vinyl LPs in jackets with painted-craft-cathedral artwork by the band, plus an 11x11 full-color double sided insert. Edition of 500." -nnf
*************************************************************************** DEAD MACHINES "MINISTER TO A MIND DISEASED" cassette $6
"Hub and wife deliver another assault of fluttering dead electronics... Moving more quickly than most DM releases...Gutted Horrorbleness sketched by psychic sickness. Could be the soundtrack to Harry Harrison's DEATHWORLD if they ever made it into a movie. Sick Sci-Fi horror nastiness!" -hanson records
***************************************** V/A Michigan Box Set 6LP $55
HANSON & RRRECORDS present a 6-LP BOXSET featuring a full side each from TWELVE MICHIGAN NOISE projects. Full LP sides from: PRINCESS DRAGONMOM, RAVEN STRAIN, REDROT, AARON DILLOWAY, TOVAH D-DAY, CHARLIE DRAHEIM, HIVE MIND, MAMMAL, EVENINGS, COTTON MUSEUM, SICK LLAMA, WOLF EYES. Compiled by Greh Holger and Aaron Dilloway. Limited to 600 copies. Packaged in fully silkscreened record mailers. **INTERNATIONAL FOLKS: THIS BOXSET IS HEAVY, $20 POSTAGE FOR THIS ALONE, $30 MOST LIKELY IF YOU GET MORE ITEMS**
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wolf eyes recycled cassette $6
part of the never ending recycled cassette series on rrr records
*********************************************************** Gang Wizard "GOD-TIME-MAN UNIVERSAL CONTINUUM CALIBRATION DISC" LP $9 BACK IN STOCK!!
"Follow-up album to 2007's "Byzantine Headache" on Load Records.
What really sets this Gang Wizard album apart is that it was recorded in
an actual studio. The load album and albums on Ecstatic Peace were all
recorded at home through one mic into a 4track. So, after 10 years of
being a band, Gang Wizard breaks tradition. The results are a dense
network of sparkling electronics, brittle guitars, and intense vocals that
will surprise even the most well-listened GW fan. A landmark." -lost treasures of the underworld
***************************************************************************** BACK IN STOCK!! Gang Wizard - "The Atlas of Cancer" LP $9
"This was origionally planned to accompany their winter 07 European tour.
10 years and running, LA's Gang Wizard deliver an LP of live recordings
from a line-up including members of Foot Village, Yuma Nora, Kevin Shields
and Dynasty. " -gilgongo records (co-release with deathbomb arc)
*************************************************************************** Tent City "Drought" one-sided LP $12 (limited to 300) BACK IN STOCK
"Tent City play free-form sound / music; broken folk meeting crackling noise, somewhere between artists such as Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice, Don Cherry, The Dead Machines and The Davenport Family. Twenty minute live set recorded in Feb. 2006 at a show in Phoenix, AZ with The Dead Science, after one of the longest recorded droughts in Phoenix history. Limited to 330, "Drought" is Tent/City's first "proper" record, following several short-run and sold-out releases on Not Not Fun and Night People, and is a one-sided clear record, the B-side being multi-screened and color-blended. This labor of love was a long-time in the making and is finally ready to be unleashed."- gilgongo records
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Uneven Universe/Sam Goldberg "Beast / Falling Pyramid " tour split cassette $6
"A split of incredibly contrasting tracks. Uneven Universe's "Beast" is a psychedelic romp of electronics and sax that sounds as if the master had been cut into thousands of pieces then pasted back together. Disjointed yet still cohesively meshed together in a steady current of killer creepy improvisations. A track that adequately represents the best of the michigan youngbloodz. Sam's side pairs up his reverberated guitar styles with his current exploration of minimalist sequencing and analog synthesizer droning." -pizza night
************************************************** SKYSCRAPER "Issue # 30" zine $5
Skyscraper's spring issue warms the hearts with features on BONNIE PRINCE BILLY, THERMALS, WAVVES, BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW, COMET GAIN, MI AMI, OCEAN, THE RESIDENTS, TITUS ANDRONICUS, CAUSE CO-MOTION, and a ton of others.
************************************************************ the old rig "trembling static sky" cassette $6
"lost under a blanket of overgrown weeds and fallen branches is the remains of the old rig. this duo of patrack singleton and frank baugh (sparkling wide pressure) create organic webs of sonic detritus and sew its roots into the fertile, tennessee soil. black as night and sullen under a metric ton of fuzz, "trembling static sky" has washed out all the glitz and glam and taken these stellar drones into their mossy core. utilizing a variety of field recordings, these pieces are like a warm, flowing river of molasses.
epic in scope and persistence, add the old rig to the list of growing concerns in tennessee. baugh & singleton are in it to win it. incredible artwork by bob vore. edition of 65, pro-dubbed and ready to go."- digitalis
**************************************** Topaz Rags "Tarot Harem" 7" $7.50 (high wholesale to restock/OOP) BACK IN STOCK!!
*members of pocahaunted/robedoor* "Eagle Rock’s most reclusive comedown crew creep back into the blacklight for their vinyl debut with a pair of loosely more focused excursions into cold soul music and post-beatnik jazz shadowplay. Dress accordingly. Recorded in the weeks preceding the ritual void sessions that birthed the California Ash cassette, both tracks here tread the grey but groovy haunted interzone between bummed DIY ghost bop and outright goth lament. It’s a fine line, watch it closely. “Tarot Harem” is the A side, and it feigns a pure funeral mood before slowly stirring to life with erotic spectral voices, distant trumpet, and a swingingly narcoleptic rhythm section. The B is “Black Honey,” which tip-toes a similar path through 3 AM city streets while forlorn piano notes fall like light rain, the drums gently rev up, and vocals scat about “black tar black tar” and how “the beat goes on.” It does. This is the wrong side of town. Hang around if that’s yr thing. Black vinyl singles in hand-silkscreened, photocopied, and die-cut sleeves with topless nature nymph/burnout artwork. Edition of 250." -not not fun
************************************************** Mammatus "The Coast Explodes" LP $12
"Mammatus's second album The Coast Explodes straddles the line between psychedelia and hard rock while introducing more progressive aspects. The music is heavily influenced by both the power and complexity of the natural world and the ongoing battles of light and darkness. "Excellent Swordfight" is a continuation of the same story told in the debut's "Dragon of the Deep." "Pierce the Darkness" explores being a light in a dark world. "The Changing Wind" is a pipe-led psychedelic folk tune that could have been sited by Ghost's Second Time Around and the shanga vibes of the forest in the Autumn. It unfurls into the title track which encapsulates the massive fury of the ocean." -holy mountain
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ANDREAS BRANDAL cassette $6
"all the way from Norway...two solid tracks of a melt of a room full of various instruments and "non"-instruments. a bunch of different film projectors going in and outa focus on all kinds of images. edition 50." -fag tapes
******************************************************** Nonhorse "Slow Child" 7" $6 *BACK IN STOCK!*
"A CONFIRMED TAPE BLISS; ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS ON THE MOON." -young tapes
************************************************************************ Concrete Arteries/Polish Hex "Facial Spore" split cassette $6
"The birth of Facial Spore. A solo track at the beginning and end by each, the middle is new unit of John-O/me. Heavy and low electronics, taking up every bit of space. All dark energy and melting auras. Full-color, two-sided art on over-sized cases. Edition of 40" -exbx tapes
************************************ SUN ARAW- "Boat Trip" 12" $13*BACK IN STOCK!*
"Boat Trip might be some hidden soundtrack to Donkey Kong warp-whistling straight into Ayahuasca Country. In about twenty minutes Sun Araw manages to navigate a psychedelic jungle cruise through canopy din & spooked drone, then he noses the boat out of the water and lifts into uncharted dub-spheres. The back half of this entranced tour is like being (fortunately) trapped inside an old Upsetters jam played at half-speed with twice the shaman-chant and reverb drenched percussion. Normally we wouldn't trust taking this kind of trip with just anybody, but with wheel and rudder alike in the hands of Magic Lantern co-captain Cameron Stallones, we can sip our yage-of-choice in peace and share the Sun Araw vision as one. Originally issued on Stunned Records as a limited CDR, here it gets the deluxe vinyl treatment. Limited to 500 on black vinyl." -woodsist
****************************************************************************** Kites/Earth Crown split LP $13
"This is a cold vision of a dark trash covered future full of Sci Fi nightmares and strange out of body experiences. This is the final Kites recording and is perhaps the strangest and most chaotic piece in the prolific discography. Annihilation synth and tape collage, cut up, sped up and dialed to oblivion. Earth Crown steps it back, slows down the pulse, lets the edges of the static curl around the drone to the breaking point, where the damage is let loose, purged out and built again. This LP is a reminder of how cold, desolate, and haunting life can be. Silkscreened by Shawn Reed, Art by Kites and Earth Crown. " -night people
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Skin Graft "You Deserve Nothing" cassette $6
"Psychedelic scum electronics from Wyatt Howland. Intense dark zones and wet cold clutter. A real jaw dropper of pissed noise that at moments sounds as if Wyatt chose to set a modular synth rig on fire. The absolute best of OHIO." -pizza night
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Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman "Wolfenstein 3D" cassette $7
"It's hard to ever take Ryan aka Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman too seriously. In fact, he calls Wolfenstein 3d his "new age" album. It's not all that new agey but it's definitely new territory. He brings a stellar focus to his usual barrage of bizarre electronics and droning that will make you sea sick and in awe of his mixing mastery. Full Color art + comes with 3D GLASSES!" -pizza night
*********************************************************** Astral Social Club "Super Grease" LP $14
"Campbell's approach as Astral Social Club could be seen as both a continuation and a refutal of his work with Vibracathedral Orchestra - a continuation in that it continues the quest into the unknown stellar regions of improvised drone-based music, and a refutal in its espousal of most of the elemental organic rock modes that made that band so special. The focus here is more on alien electronics and overloaded loop disorientation, sometimes even working with sounds more readily associated with the far end of dance music to produce a truly vast 21st century psychedelic sound." -important records
*********************************** DEAD MACHINES- "PLAYS INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS" 1 SIDED LP $11 BACK IN STOCK!!
"Michigan heavy domestic-electronic couple Dead Machines always create records that confuse and intrigue. They are the forefathers of broken gear / appliance / wind instrument basement jamming and have their niche dug deep. “Invasion” exists on the borders of existence- room ambiance is present, but the sounds are totally alien. Twisting mixer feedback and found sound source into a twisted collage of life outside the “Pod”: harsh and awakening, but at times giving way to the trance of the machine lull. Don’t fall asleep. In an edition of 450 LPs with full color pro-printed cardboard sleeves with art by John Olson." -arbor
********************************************************** Yeast Curd "Barefoot in the Dark" cassette $6 BACK IN STOCK!!
"When Eric isn't busy running the always amazing Scumbag Tapes label, he's doing THIS. Not too sure what THIS is, exactly. Some of the strangest radical electronics I've ever heard, like electric eels wriggling through spider-baby veins. Home-made bedroom go-nowhere sounds that leave you in a forest of doubt and stoked! Edition of 70, with full-color fold-out art." -exbx tapes
********************************************* HEALTH / FOOT VILLAGE / CAPTAIN AHAB / JASON FORREST remix 12" $11
"Another Ravesploitative 12" destined to get any dance party ramped up to its sexual peak. So have fun with this mysterious combination of HEALTH, Foot Village, Captain Ahab, and Jason Forrest. All parties bringing their best to become a strange entity indeed." -ravesploitation
********************************************** Second Family "Dirty River" C35 cassette $9 (belgium import) BACK IN STOCK!!
"Crunching, raw and abstract psychedelic blues improvisations by this collective featuring Clay Ruby of Davenport and Burial Hex fame. Tasty keys, moody rhythms and two long, relaxing and dirty tunes. Edition of 70." -sloow tapes
******************************************************************************* Pink Luminous Invocation "The Pink Sea" 1-sided C60 cassette $9 (belgium import) BACK IN STOCK!!
"Riding high on the lazy waves of pink twilight, this journey sets off with an illuminated chorus of exotic northern sounds before inhaling a nasty smoke of dark feedback. 100 copies." -sloow tapes
******************************************************************************* andy futreal "wrack: oud improvisations,reactions and abstractions" cassette $9 (belgium import)
"The transmutation of El Din and Jansch into the boiling earth waves of Ogdoad. The light shines on the other side of the spectrum. No raga. 70 copies." -sloow tapes
********************************************************** Mi Ami "Echonoecho" b/w "Version" 12" single $6
brand new mi ami single on Quarterstick/Touch & Go Records. Members of Black Eyes. very dubby/funky
*************************************************** Sonic Youth "s/t" 2XLP $14
"Sonic Youth's eponymous debut EP, reissued in a deluxe double- LP edition on the band's own Goofin' imprint, was recorded in late 1981 at Radio City Music Hall in NYC and originally released on composer Glenn Branca's Neutral label. The album is loosely based on compositions the newly formed group had performed at that year's week-long Noisefest event (and remains the only recorded document of an early line-up featuring actor Richard Edson on drums). The newly remastered vinyl also features extra live material from a 1981 gig, and a track from a previously unheard studio session." -goofin'
******************************************************************** Robedoor "Shrine to the Possessor" LP $16 (high wholesale cost) *BACK IN STOCK!!*
"New batch of brutal minimalism from Robedoor on their first vinyl full length, Shrine to the Possessor. This one is pure darkness - no light, no air, just tortured souls and echoed cries. Three epic droning processionals built from the heaviest, thickest low-end tones. The sound of indentured servants from a scorched dustbowl wasteland. Caveman aesthetic pushed to its limits by recording to eight analog channels. Robedoor's storied back catalog includes full length CDs on Release the Bats and Interregnum, collaborative albums with their sisters-in-arms Pocahaunted on Digitalis, Ecstatic Peace, and Blackest Rainbow, and countless other long sold-out CDRs and tapes, several on the band's own label, the undeniably prodigious Not Not Fun, as well as on Ruralfaune, Chocolate Monk, Chondritic Sound, and many others. Recorded by Bobb Bruno at Bored Fortress HQ in Eagle Rock, CA. Artwork by Andy Spore. Includes silkscreened 11x17 poster. Limited and numbered to 500. " -music fellowship
*********************************************************************** Dlx Othr "Nineties Youth Experience" cassette $6 BACK IN STOCK!
"Controls more or less permanently set for cat shit and a hammer. Gutter-sourced and wooden-fingered collage of twin guitar assault from the latest iteration of the ongoing Bee Mask/Skin Graft collab. Disgusting patinas on elaborate bronze machines. Hot coals/black holes uneasy contemplation energy, with an unexpectedly quiet/majestic finish. Mark McGuire (Emeralds) and Nate Scheible make cameo appearances, amid fragments culled from wasted home jams and performances at the Tower2012 in Cleveland.-deception island
******************************************************* The Reel Deel "Marked for Death" cassette $6 BACK IN STOCK!
"Here's one for those of you who particularly cherished Hot Air Balloon Ride's "Oktoberfest" c30 this past winter, a release that garnered such critical accolades as "shows no signs of being anything other than dicking around for just long enough to be worrying." The Reel Deel, captured in action at Cleveland's Doubting Thomas Gallery, is the trio of John Elliott (Emeralds, Outer Space, Hot Air Balloon Ride), Ryan Kuehn (Thursday Club, Dr. Quinn Medecine Woman, Hot Air Balloon Ride), and myself, in tapes-only mode.
This was a ridiculously killer/annihilated February night, of which I remember mostly all of us standing around a table laughing hysterically and the room glowing yellow while I tried to make my eyes focus on a massive fucking heap of tape. Giant flapping jaws of the cosmos tunnel jams, decked out in stoned giggling and paranoid whispers. Seriously counterintuitive water features. Comments from those in attendance included, "I knew that Jerry was here." No shit." -deception island
******************************************************* rosso merda & cheap machines "next to nothing" cassette $6
"real real sick synth. or so it seems, until audio hallucinations cause horrific unmoving thought patterns. lines of violence are blurred. old world style." -fag tapes
************************************************************* Los Llamarada "Take the Sky" LP $11
"It has been almost a couple years since Los Llamarada took the world by surprise with their much raved about vinyl debut "The Exploding Now!" Monterrey, Mexico's premier underground band's claustrophobic psych punk won praises from everybody from Siltbreeze's Tom Lax to Z Gun's Ryan Wells. "When's the next record?" has rung in my ears for the last year. Well, now it is here! "Take the Sky" was originally slated for a February release, we held off on putting it out until we built this into one serious killer. While some of the murk of the first is gone (don't worry it still as an eerie lo-fi sound), it has been replaced by sharp psych stun guitar which will make your jaw drop. I've previewed this for a few people (Rick Ele, Ryan Wells to name two) and everyone has walked away amazed. To quote Rick Ele: "Damn." 20 Jazz Funk Greats says "This bulking contraption is propelled upwards forever upwards on an invisible matrix of relativistic wind patterns, oars spinning in a foreboding cycle to a rhythm that would make the Red Crayola proud in its parabolic slash metronomic derangement". Of course, I am biased, but this is a great record… Hear "Future Scream" for some proof. " -s-s records
******************************************************************* Hototogisu/Burning Star Core "s/t" LP (collab) $13
"...This all-improvised studio meeting is the perfect reconciliation of both tendencies, of Hototogisus obsessive layering of strata after strata of violently conceived noise and of Burning Star Cores epic, post-Kraut thunder-punk style. Bower has long been on record about his opposition to anything approaching dialogue in improvised music, favouring a senses-devouring simultaneity over anything that might pass for actual exchange, so its no surprise that there is little on this new record that sounds even close to conventionally improvised music. Instead, it feels more focused towards the zone where energy begins to spontaneously birth form, where the monomaniacal pursuit of the nowhere zone bears fruit in the shape of a music that transcends its constituent parts while being totally based around – and rooted in - the individual response to the moment. BXC play it ginchy and garage-pop right from the start, simultaneously inverting and amplifying Bower and Bassetts vertical constructs with drums that sound like they might have been lifted straight from the most flower-power parts of the Silver Apples back catalogue and bass patterns that are as tactile and rock-anchored as Cans Holger Czukay. To hear Hototogisus music given this kind of injection of dynamic energy makes them seem more obviously sourced in classic rock music than you might otherwise have guessed, with a dense, implosive sound that feels like a hyper-distilled take on all of rocks most outlaw aspects, the feedback that makes you feel like you could explode in a ball of electricity, the anti-gravity effect of heavy fuzz, the seductive, alien tongues. Its certainly the most garage band side that either of the groups have cut to date, albeit in the form of a Gnostic, post-acid re-think where the vibration is more important than the outer forms, where energized enthusiasm makes for a more fundamental guiding principle than verse/chorus/verse and where the only direction left is out. Which is another way of saying it feels genuinely bad-ass. In an era where even the best groups seem polite, pro, participatory, democratic, this is music that is disregarding in its overwhelming power, exhilarating in it irresponsible spontaneity. And in an underground scene where self-conscious notions of avant-garde and free improvisation have long displaced any concept of an intuitive rocks off-style, well, it feels like a re-connection to the source. So file this one closer to Kill City or Sticky Fingers than Persian Surgery Dervishes or The Black Album and feel the gravity of your whole record collection shift." - David Keenan. (yik yak records)
************************************************************ Robedoor "Rancor Keeper" LP $13
"Vinyl reissue of 2007 full-length CD on Release The Bats. This version is freshly remastered, has all new artwork.Limited to 500." (seaclave records) "...they have distilled the finest points of their murky haze into something more brutal than atmospheric. Whereas some of their recordings revel in a dark, euphoric pastiche, Rancor Keeper sits more on the confrontational side, pummeling listeners with thick buzz-saw drones, moaning vocals, and cavernous percussion. From the jarring opening of “Empty Temple,” which butts in somewhere mid-performance, Rancor Keeper begins in the deep end and continues to thicken over the course this first piece. Things are more delicate on “Abyss Whisperer,” although tension remains high, the band never knowing whether their washed out drum chants will begin to clip and get swallowed in noise. It’s this push and pull, albeit with a narrow spectrum of sound, that makes Rancor Keeper’s subtleties as strong as its onslaughts. In “Wendigo Psychosis,” Robedoor let themselves off their leash one final time for a speaker-bleeding meltdown, creating one of the most intense moments of their recorded history. It’s a strong release for Robedoor: a must for any fan and a good introduction for newcomers to form an opinion with." Tiny Mix Tapes review
************************************************************ Raccoo-oo-oon "s/t" 2XLP $20 BACK IN STOCK/OUT OF PRINT!!
"All things must come to pass, if you love something set it free, it’s better to burn out than fade away, blah blah blah. No platitude can mask the permanent bummer of a favorite band breaking up in their prime, and such is the case with Iowa City’s most untamed civic treasure, feral-psych foursome Raccoo-oo-oon, who decided to dissolve this year after nearly half a decade of radical and galvanizing activity (tapes, tours, t-shirts, etc). Fortunately they’re generous sorts, so their parting gift to the fans/haters/planet is a vicious, thorny wilderness of endless, nameless songs heaved across four fried sides of black vinyl. Crawl a mile in their shoes. As far as R.I.P. band statements go, this self-titled monster is tough to beat, by far the most ambitious slabs of sounds the RAC pack has ever put together. Doomed, desperate prog-rock flailings decay into hollow purgatories of dimly pulsing ambience, only to re-erupt into pissed percussion firestorms and experimental electricity. There are a few moments of Behold Secret Kingdom-style focus, but for the most part the mood remains raw and acidic, four souls on edge, backs to the crowd, channeling everything they have left inside. It’s deconstruction time again. Nearly 80 minutes of music, mastered by Pete Swanson, housed in reinforced double LP jackets with “Andy/Daren in repose” photo artwork, plus a pro-printed 11x11 insert. Edition of 500." -nnf
************************************************************************ Sonic Youth "Dirty" 4XLP box set $28 *THAT'S ONLY $7 A RECORD!!*
"Sonic Youth's landmark 1992 album Dirty was re-released in a double-CD deluxe edition package by Universal Records in April, making it part of a series that includes classic albums by Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, and The Who. The corresponding quadruple-LP box set on the band's own Goofin' Records imprint includes: the original 15 album tracks; nearly two dozen bonus tracks culled from B-sides ("Genetic," "Hendrix Necro," "The Destroyed Room," "Is It My Body," "Personality Crisis," "The End Of The End Of The Ugly" and the eight-minute epic "Tamra"), outtakes ("Stalker," "Youth Against Fascism" and "Wish Fulfillment"), and rehearsal tapes from the period (the previously released "Little Jammy Thing" and previously unreleased songs "Lite Damage," "Dreamfinger," "Barracuda," "New White Kross," "Guido," "Moonface," "Poet In The Pit" and "Theoretical Chaos"); an eye-watering trove of full-color artwork; and essays from Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo and journalist/co-conspirator Byron Coley.
The band's eighth official album, Dirty reflects the influence of touring partners such as Mudhoney and Nirvana; indeed, the team behind Nevermind -- producer Butch Vig and mixer Andy Wallace-- helped to craft an explosive, intense yet melodic rock album which would become arguably the band's most commercially and critically successful work to date. The ultimate Dirty set features more than 20 previously unreleased and hard-to-find B-Sides, outtakes and demos
Photos, artwork and liner notes from Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, and Byron Coley
A classic from the year punk broke " -goofin
********************************************************************** Los Llamarada "The Exploding Now" LP $13 BACK IN STOCK!!
"Monterrey, Mexico is the second biggest city in Mexico, one of that country's intellectual hubs, and home to Los Llamarada. These four youngsters met while studying psychology and decided to take their brains and fill them with noise. Good thing for you because what they came up with is a great murky noisy claustrophobic no wave mind storm. While touches of Mars, very early Sonic Youth, and even Patty Waters show up in Llamarada’s sound, what mi amigos are pounding out is pretty much all their own. Am I excited about this one? Damn right, I am. And once again, like all the other bands Ss released before you ever heard of them (A Frames, Cheveu, Nothing People, a bunch of Tete de Bebe bands), I urge you to take a chance with Los Llamarada (pronounced : Los Yama-RAda). 600 copies, screened sleeves." -S-S Records sample1 sample2 sample3
***************************************************************************************** Cloudland Canyon "Lie in Light" LP $12
"It appears there is a second "kosmische musik" period in full bloom around the world at the moment, not so much "kosmische" as in "krautrock" but instead "cosmic". Just here at kranky we have the celestial symphonies of Stars of the Lid, the guitar circle prog-psych of White Rainbow, the astral folk explorations of Lichens, the cut and splice electro-motorik of Andrew Pekler, the alien space-blues of Valet, and now the half German, half American duo Cloudland Canyon who actually bring the full-on "krautrock" on.
You can play pick the influences if you like, but you can do that with any group. Cloudland certainly owe a debt to the German underground of the 70's, but they have also added flourishes of baroque pop and even a tinge of the 80's New Zealand scene into their sound. That they have ingested these influences and then delivered something as dynamic as this album without sounding like rote imitation is what impresses. The album is anything but one-dimensional, as they traverse a wide swath of territory. From the lock down groove of the opening track "Krautwerk," to the dense buzz of "White Woman," through the pastoral pscyh of "Heme" and on to the gentle wash of the closer "Mothlight," Cloudland Canyon have created an eclectic and rewarding listen.
This new album follows the Silver Tongued Sisyphus EP on kranky, and their Exterminating Angel collaboration with Lichens on the Holy Mountain label. Ezra Buchla, whose father Don builds the legendary Buchla synthesizers, guests on viola and synth. Simon Wojan also plays trumpet and writes music for King Khan & the Shrines, while Kip Uhlhorn previously toiled in The Red Scare as well as Panthers" -kranky
************************************************************************* Cloudland Canyon "Requiems Der Natur 2002-2004" LP $14
"Spanning three years of studio work, Cloudland Canyon was born when Uhlhorn, touring Europe with Panthers in 2002, met up with German multi-instrumentalist Simon Wojan. Tapes were exchanged, and a handful of improv performances across the Atlantic forged a promising creative pairing, one that would take shape when Wojan made the trek to Brooklyn later that year. Through a week's worth of 12 hour days in the recording studio, armed with as many instruments and computers as they could find, the two assembled the basic tracks for Requiems Der Natur: rattling, sprawling experiments that fused their musical discoveries, which take the shape of its container, then rapidly spill out and fill whatever size of space they're given. Within, strictures of German new age and electronic music of the '70s haze into field recordings mottled with analog burble and echoes of woodwinds. Shambling, modal organ ruminations detour browned-out meditation hang sesh. Blue-eyed drunken soul collapses upon swarms of meticulously composed synthesizers into a yellowed, rejoicing howl. Bulkheads of battleship-grey sound are dry-docked and meet the sun for the first time, then the solitude of night. Smoky Mountain fingerpicking rests for seemingly connected moments against an ever-changing backdrop of technology. Contributions by The Double's Jacob Morris, Turing Machine/The Juan MacLean drummer Jerry Fuchs, and Uhlhorn's wife, Kelly Winkler, fortified the sessions with further points of view." -tee pee
***************************************************************************** Tom Carter "Shots at Infinity 2" LP $15 (high wholesale cost)
"Shots at Infinity 2 contains two long live tracks in the same mode as volume one, but more cut loose and blown out, recorded in Nemo Bidstrup's record store and Burnt Hills' basement jam zone. Tom Carter is a guitar player best known for his work with acclaimed psych-drone iconoclasts Charalambides. Since 2000, however, he has become increasingly active as not only a solo artist but as a collaborator. He has performed with improvising musicians as diverse as Thurston Moore, Jandek, Tetuzi Akiyama, Matt Valentine, and many others, as well as being a key member of groups like Badgerlore (with Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance), Friday Group, Mudsuckers (with Robert Horton and the Yellow Swans), and Zaika (with Marcia Bassett of the Double Leopards and Hototogisu)." -important
************************************************************************ Sword Heaven "Entrance" LP $13
"SWORD HEAVEN is a Columbus duo using sheet metal, electronics, horn, drum and treated vocals to bring a supercluster of black clouds into your zone. While there is an undeniable black tone of metallic grime hanging over the proceedings, this music will appeal to those wanting something absolute in their lives. Yes, name check pre-industrial dive bombers like the SWANS or GODFLESH, but realize that will not prepare for the all out bombast this duo spreads on your toast. The band has 7 inchers and LP sides on undy mainstays record labels like NOT NOT FUN, DEATHBOMB ARC and CEPHIA’S TREAT, as well as a split LP with fellow Ohio cyanide spritzers, LAMBSBREAD. This is their full-length debut. Make no mistake, this release will be noticed and fans of exxxtreme soundz and bold smells will bow down and spill proper restitutions of pig blood stained dollars at their local record shack or illegal download center. " -load "Town Hag" MP3
************************************************************************************ Traum "Built for Nothing" 1-sided LP $11 *OUT OF PRINT*
"Suburban Michigan is a breeding ground where every weirdo has a label, a band, and a handful of secret/under the radar collaborative projects. Here Graveyard’s Ben Hall and Lambsbread’s Zac Davis create a monolithic one sider influenced by too many private press jazz records and abstract instrumentalism. Davis turns in his effect pedals for nothing; pure clean tones plucked up and down scales and bridges so uniquely that it is easy to confuse the guitar for a sax. Ben Hall drums like a man with four arms; constant rattling trap tapping and assorted pots and pans clattering, flowing completely smoothly. A perfect union of sound. In an edition of 300 copies in screened chipboard sleeves by Anthony Decanini." -arbor
************************************************************************************ Ex-Cocaine "Esta Guerra" LP $12
"Forged in the Garden City (that's Missoula, Montana to you, piker), Ex-Cocaine is the formidable, sneer-wielding duo of Bryan Ramirez (guitars, effects, vocals) and Mike C (percussion, hexes, spells). Their debut LP from 2005, Keep America Mellow (on Ramirez's Killertree label) brought to light heavy august vibes steeped in the tippled, woodbine 'n' cider electro-folk of Michael Chapman, Steve Peregrine Took, Roy Harper, and other more reclusive Anglo biscuit-snuffers whose works haunt the archives of Kissing Spell and Shadoks. On their second effort, Ex-Cocaine throw down hard, evoking a gnarled bonfire with flames that roar thunderously like the detuned, rockist clang of Dead C's Harsh '70s Reality, and burns evenly like the smelted, Rust Belt psychedelia of Stone Harbour's Emerges. Vinyl-only and limited, the sparks are flying off this one already. Catch it if you can. " -siltbreeze
********************************************************************** God Willing/Privy Seals split LP $12
"God Willing and Privy Seals are two of the prime purveyors of meditative harsh tones. God Willing’s guitar and oscillatior drone has been reaching epic levels of hypnosis lately and this piece is a great example. The repetitive nature of textured signals act like the swaying charm of the pocket watch: onward march. Matthew Sullivan has been crafting his Earn project recently, and this, one of the final Privy Seals recordings acts as a logical bridge. Heavy, hi-end guitar and tape interlacing: a harsh movement, but possessing transcendently soothing qualities buried under the deprivation of distorted tones. At the end of the hallway a door lies open. A long overdue document of the LA Diaspora. In an edition of 300 LPs with silkscreened chipboard covers by Ren Schofield. " -arbor
***************************************************** katchmare "soft cavern" cassette $6
"katchmare is the solo moniker of nick hoffman who runs the excellent scissor death label up in illinois. "soft cavern" is a dense listen and perfect for the oncoming bitter cold that winter brings. using little more than guitar and microsynth, hoffman laces the hanging branches with burned-out silver streamers and acid-soaked confetti. there's something about "soft cavern" that is simultaneously disorienting but familiar. you're sure you've been here, but you can't quite figure out when. there's a vague, sinister undercurrent that flows through the cavern walls, but it's constantly kept in check by hoffman's able, delicate touch. these drones are entangled in each other, like a sonic spiderweb of bliss. limited to 50 copies." - digitalis
*************************************************************** Mi Ami "Ark of the Covenant" 12" $12
"Heavy and frantic dub punk from San Francisco's Mi Ami, featuring Dan and Jacob of Dischord's Black Eyes. A spacious exploration of 21st century paranoia and psycho-sexual body terror. "I don't wanna live, I wish I was dead." Debut release from Lovers Rock. Limited to 500 copies, 45rpm, 140 gram vinyl, hand screened covers." -lovers rock
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CANNIBAL FREQUENICES cassette $6
"I found this master buried underneath the dirt in the woods next to my builiding. It was covered in mud and mostly rotted. Turns out MIKE SHIFLET recorded this, dug a hole and
threw it in there 2 years ago. Now its been unearthed and its time to for the rot to soak into your stereos. Fans of Shiflet's eariler GOT tape "Drones and Spits" should be chomping at the bits for this one. Edition of 50." - gods of tundra
********************************************************** soundpressings "s/t" cassette $6
"oklahoma turned out to be crimson red this year, but for those of us living here, we know that this place is a fucking hole of an enigma. case-in-point: soundpressings. this newly unearthed oklahoman gem came out of nowhere to blow our brains into piles of swiss cheese. the inimitable danny mitchell comes to us from out west in norman (via nathan young's stomping grounds in tahlequah). soundpressings, though, is all over the map. hearing soundpressings is like wandering into a mountain of lost & found tapes from a million different sources, all playing at once. mitchell crafts these collages together in an original and addictive way, finding sweet, ghosted-out drones in the midst of a sheet of noise or a plodding, electronic rhythm. once you enter his domain, you never know where exactly you'll end up. oklahoma's not dead yet. limited to 80 copies, full color covers by mitchell." -digitalis
*********************************************************************** Birds of Delay / Nackt Insecten split cassette $8 (UK import)
"Birds of Delay, recorded in Cambridge earlier this year. "Turned Froo Silt" doses up shots of strangled moan with layers of something approaching melody struggling to break through the murk. Probably with great shoes on. Nackt Insecten side crams four jams into fifteen minutes without a hit single in sight. Varying levels of scuzz, consistent intensity, or whatever..." -sickhead
**************************************************************** ashtray navigations/nackt insecten - "mouth /astrid" split cassette $8 (UK import)
""Mouth" gave me visions of Phil Todd circumnavigating the globe, skimming over the clouds in a silver glider before swooping down and busting through the Earth's crust to body-board recklessly on subterranean rivers of lava. I doubt that was what Ashtray Navigations had in mind but it's a nice image. 20 minutes of dense warped outer-space sound and buried ecstatic guitar heroics.
The B side by request features a couple of Smackt Injecten keyboard workouts. (The last guitar strings broke back in October). Watch out for super high flying ill-advised vocal drool." -sickhead
**************************************************************** Jazzfinger/Lanterns split cassette $8 (UK import)
"Two 30 minute voyages. Jazzfinger vibe is dark and dense. Lanterns is more like dazzled and bloodshot." -sickhead
**************************************************************** changeling & nackt insecten - "trans atlantice mindmelt vol 1" split cassette $8 (UK import)
"Noisedroners from the USA & Scotland unite via the modern technological wonders of cassette tape and snail mail." -sickhead
**************************************************************** Benjamin Franklin "La Pente / Loupiotes" 7" $5
“The website for Benjamin Franklin doesn't tell us much about him, just mostly where we can see him perform. But perform doing what? I don't know. Side B takes me back in time, to the period that we first got to know Benjamin Franklin, as the uncrowned king of casio-bebop. A soundtrack for a sad/drunk smurfs film!” - lexidisques (belgium)
********************************************************************** gryn brvs/siblings of plasma split cassette $6
"this one comes from the UK with all sorts of dangling gold and buckets of skronk. fresh off their chocolate monk CDR, gryn brvs continue to be at odds with themselves, creating a cacaphonous sprawl that totally works, even though it seems like it shouldn't. harshly picked acoustic guitars rattle on above waves of ramshackle, junkyard percussion. it's like the percussion is trying to destroy the melody laid down by the guitars. it's fucken great. this sidelong meltdown squirms along for days, lulling you into a state of total abandon. siblings of plasma share members and membranes with gryn brvs, but their modus is down a different rabbit hole. walls of cello squalor mourning the end of days, wailing like the death knell of god only knows. these tracks are bathed in organic, hypnotic ruin. once s.o.p. gets their claws in, you are done. 75 copies w/ spraypainted wrap around sleeves." - digitalis
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sindre bjerga recycled cassette $4
new tape on rrr records
*************************************************************************** MARRIEND IN BERDICHEV - s/t 7" $5
MARRIED IN BERDICHEV is Brittany Gould, and is a vocal-based sound / noise project that spans the terrain between soft and soothing and jagged and abrasive. Voices and organic sounds are looped and layered over each other,sometimes providing the back bone of a GROUPER or INCA ORE type piece, but at other times, ricocheting into scathing movements that tear through speakers and pierce ear drums, simultaneously beautiful and powerful. This two song 7” is MARRIED IN BERDICHEV’s first release outside of several self-released CDrs and an appearance on the 2008 DEATHBOMB ARC TAPE CLUB (w/ Lucky Dragons, 16 Bitch Pile-Up, Hawnay Troof and more), and features art created by and hand-screened by Brittany herself, is released alongside an October 2008 European tour with KEVIN SHIELDS, and is limited to 300 copies.
Brittany is a former member of TRANSISTOR RADIO SOUND and has played a huge role in the Denver collective venue / space RHINOCEROPOLIS and as MARRIED IN BERDICHEV, she has collaborated with other artists such as JANDEK (live), KEVIN SHEILDS (as a duo called CALDERA LAKES), GLOCHIDS (live) and JAMES FELLA (of TENT/CITY, SOFT SHOULDER). She has done various album and poster art for artists such as FRENCH QUARTER and FOOT VILLAGE." -gilgongo
*********************************************************** Goliath Bird Eater/Sasqrotch split 10" $11
"LA’s rep as a hometown to heaviness is backed up by a lotta props: Richter Scale-wrecking earthquakes, Vin Diesel racing an army camo hummer down Sunset Blvd on a daily basis, Buzz Osbourne loitering at pretty much every flea market within walking distance of a greasy spoon, etc. Oh, and the sick & twisted Sunn amp-manglings emanating from the respective lairs of Goliath Bird Eater and Sasqrotch. Duh. GBE is the half-decade-strong gauntlet through which Eagle Rock-based Teen Choice Award-winner Bobb Bruno gives voice to his solitary metal ruminations, and oftentimes riffs germinate in his brain/fingers for YEARS before being finally committed to 8-track tape. After a string of shaky drummers but SLAYING tapes/CDRs, he solidified shit enough to lock this timeless psych-crusher in the can. “Blood Silk Road” slow-rides a one-note rock monolith into the void before post office local (and Wilco wild card) Nels Cline steps in to wail an absurdly eyeball-shredding guitar solo that crescendos the song into a black light hurricane of repetitious death. Kill me now please. Highland Park’s Sasqrotch cruise in a scummier mindset, rolling together depraved sax attacks, freakish costumes, and even the occasional bouzouki curveball intro into their mythically hirsute spliff before torching it in a blaze of drums and drop-tuned oblivion. Their B offering, “Menstrual Cyclone,” is a fairly archetypal document of the road-tested freeform ripper they were jamming live for most of the latter half of ’07. Suck it down. Black vinyl 10 inches in printed jackets, plus a hand-numbered insert, with artwork by French electronic enigma Kikifruit. Edition of 400." -nnf
************************************************************************* Emaciator "Coveting" LP $12
"Misery wears many masks, but Tulare, California fatalist Jon Borges has etched his mark on most of them. For at least half a decade he’s pursued increasingly suicidal tendencies under his Pedestrian Deposit guise (which is currently on hiatus), splicing subdued loops of morbid beauty against savage canyons of harsh noise histrionics. Lately, though, he’s been straying more and more from this aggressive exercise in contrasts in favor of his Emaciator alias, which draws from the same dark wellspring of bitter memories and bipolar rage but, instead of unleashing it in grand frenzies, bottles everything up inside until it seeps out the pores. Early efforts/cassettes retained a strain of buzzing nausea reminiscent of his PD days, but the last 12 months have witnessed a complete abandonment of any ties to the past. Times are still bleak, sure, but the grey prisms of brooding ambience Borges now conjures and slowly collapses convey a depth of mood and subtlety far surpassing simple signifiers like Indifference, Resentment, Remorse. Coveting collects together five exquisite Emaciator compositions (including two particularly riveting songs that were debuted live at Echo Curio last winter) for a harrowing 40 minutes of troubled solace, crisscrossing suicide guitar lines, and entranced self-reflection. Meditation is a myth; desire does not sleep. Black vinyl LPs in shrinkwrapped jackets with layout by Borges, cover photograph by Shannon Kennedy. Mastered by Pete Swanson, edition of 430." -nnf
******************************************************************************* Shearing Pinx - Haruspex EP 7" $5
"Vancouver’s Shearing Pinx have been on fire lately, releasing one tripped out slab of no-wave goodness after another. This latest offering pushes onward with some of their most doped up freak-outs and weirdo jams. Until recently, the Pinx saved the wildest material for tapes, CDRs and the road, but as proved on their recent split with the Mutators, they can let loose on wax too. Haruspex is the next open door. Artwork by Nicholas MacMillian. Limited to 500 ." -divorce
************************************************************************************ Ex-Cocaine/Yellow Swans split LP $12
"Two storied USA duo institutions share war stories across twelve miles of raw wax, and the rest of us are lucky enough to eavesdrop. Missoula, Montana’s Ex-Cocaine continue roping that weird rambling wind that seems to stir the soul and keep America mellow, and the pair of anthems they jam out here encapsulates the whole breadth of their sea-to-shining-sea cosmosis. Plainsong guitar lassoes around loose-limbed percussion flame-fanning, building and burning till a boss bonfire glows on the horizon, then they close out the side with a ragged and earnest Meat Puppets cover that’s become a live staple of late. Real and roamin’. On the B, Yellow Swans channel a supreme slice of psychedelic eulogy that cuts twice as deep with the knowledge that after many a summer (they birthed in 2002-ish) dies the Swan. Pete and Gabe’s DYS saga has spanned the decade and their impending non-existence will be lamented all over the world, so the more 11th hour record books they want to stencil with their electric synergies, the better for all of us. R.I.P.eace out. In a stunning “sexy legs” kaleidoscopic masterpiece art jacket by Religious Knife Maya Miller. Half on bleached olive vinyl, half on black. Edition of 600." -nnf
******************************************************** warmth/medroxy progesterone acetate split 7" $5
"One track from each on the vinyl, Limited to 300 total copies." -small-doses
************************************************************************************** SOFT SHOULDER - "2 Song Hit Single" 7" $5
"Two new songs from Arizona's SOFT SHOULDER, who play loud and noisy but equally catchy no-wave post-
punk (X-Ray Spex, Contortions, Sleetmute Niightmute). The A-Side being one of the original set's staple, "Mary Ann", which originally surfaced in the form of a music video on a DNT VHS compilation with Shearing Pinx and others. The B-Side is a slightly longer piece, the old set's staple closer, with a long, clean and broken bridge over trouble skronk. Handmade covers (spray-paint, stencils, collages, burns, stains, ect) made by the band." -gilgongo records
********************************************************************************** Baby 63 "Quiver" 7" $4
"In the 1980s, the cassette underground was something to be into. Thousands of bands had access to cheap recording and duplication equipment for the first time in music history. What resulted was a cornucopia of oddness and wonderful sounds. Baby 63 was an active part of that underground. Started in the early 80s in suburban Washington DC, Karin Fletcher recorded a half dozen cassettes and released them to the world. These two songs - Quiver and Shark Watcher Maker - are from her first recorded in 1984. What you get is a mix of the Residents, Birthday Party, early Fetus, and pre-dance Industrial. Though the music is made from loops and primitive instruments, the result is songs, not pure noise or endless drone. Forget hype, forget fact that I am trying to sell you a record by someone you never heard of. This is great stuff. Only 500 pressed" S-S Records
***************************************************************************************** The New Flesh "Dog" 7" $4
"Great great great! The New Flesh continue to grow and what they’ve grown into here is groovy crawl through metallic netherworlds where the walls were papered by Big Black, Feedtime & the Butthole Surfers. Wicked enough to screw dirt to and with a sound that will cut your grass to nubs." Terra Firma Records
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