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Animal Psi

1 Sep 10 - Cassette

Outer Spacist – 'Tape' C60
"If you love blown out American Rock ‘n’ Roll that pogos between punk rock and psych – you’ll instantly know how excited I am to be able to present the latest sonic emanation from Ohio’s Outer Spacist. Presented as one uninterrupted program, “Tape” slams 10 tracks into nearly 30 unrelenting minutes of outerspace sonic destruction. This release builds on their first 2 7”s on Columbus Discount records from last couple years to show a band growing in skill and mythos. It’s a beautiful trip you won’t want to miss. *** For much of the run the program repeats on the b-side for a continuous trip. On a select number of copies the b-side is blank so you can record your own space voyage – kinda like the Choose Your Own Adventure books I read in the 80s. Ed. of 75. w/ Download code." HERE

1 Sep 10 - Cassette

Tom Carter – 'Numinous' C40
"When we began planning for future Prairie Fire releases, Tom was at the top of our wish list. Needless to say that we’re pretty excited to be able to release two hot live T.C. Jams to fire off our fall release parade. Recorded in Brooklyn and Montreal, these tracks (Beauty Draws The Seed & Numinous) offer some of the best solo psych guitar I have heard in loooong time. w/download code. Ed. of 100."

Gremlynz/Ajilvsga split C30
"Scratch another (or a couple off the to do list). This one pairs William Cody Watson (Pink Priest) as Gremlynz and Brad Rose (North Sea & Alter Eagle) and Nathan Young (Alms) as Ajilvsga. Thick slabby scabby noise drones make this a winner. This alters brain functions – don’t surprised if you’re suddenly living in abandoned car underneath a bridge after spinning this. Kids using sound files to get high is no myth, here’s PROOF. w/download code. Ed. of 85."

Dim Dusk Moving Gloom – 'Blinded By The Natty White' C40
"I don’t know nothing from nothing anymore. Had I not been killing time on the internets, I would have never ever met up with Justin M. Lloyd. There was some kind of discussion regarding psychedelic noise (if such a sub sub sub genre exists) and this dude says he’s all about that and can prove it. I took the challenge and said – you make something that impresses me and I’ll releases no questions asked. In no time flat tracks are in my mailbox – 2x 20 min tracks recorded by JML as Sensible Nectar. I waited until I was in a sufficiently jaded mood so I could remain unshakably unimpressed. Well, it was maybe 45 seconds in to the first side when I gave up fighting. Beautiful waves of Eno styled ambience flowed from my speakers – made my sink into my couch and nod off for lil’ bit – that was until a full wall of harsh noise slapped me back to reality. Once I recovered, I spun the next track – fab spaced out guitars that easily sets the mood for bong hits, space flight, or astral blowjobs – if you do that kinda stuff. Blinded – exists at the tail end of Sensisble Nectar and where DDMG begins. It’s brilliant. You need this. w/download code. Ed. of 50."

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1 Sep 10 - Cassette

BARACLOUGH - 'VULPUS VULPUS' C55

"BARACLOUGH are making noises. Baraclough are jangling cutlery. Baraclough are muttering weird nonsense. Baraclough are meditating. Baraclough are floating above you. Baraclough at flopping at your feet like a newly landed sound-haddock. Baraclough are scuttling through the city streets radiating beautiful music. Baraclough are truly strange and inspiring. Baraclough are Paul de Casparis, Dale Cornish, Eddie Nuttall. A collection of unreleased recordings made during 2009 and 2010, this cassette represents the BARACLOUGH boys at their most beguiling; words spew out of the mouth-hole straight from the twisted brain-mush, and a choir of cassette-tape angels drown beneath the glimmering synthesiser sea. It's a long overdue pleasure to have this band release a tape with Beartown, and well worth the wait! Edition of 50, with blood red cassettes and carniverous artwork."

SLUMP - 'WITHOUT PROMISED FRIDGE' C45

"Soaring out of the industrial rust valley, you ride high on a gentle zephyr. The clink-clank of the blasted landscape beneath softens briefly and, just for a moment, you break through the blanket of grey smog and catch a glimse of a beautiful azure sky. Unfortunately, it seems that a few seconds of happiness is all you're getting this time buddy; your piece of junk, papier-mache flying-machine has let you down once again. Decend back into the sludgey canyon. Folk songs for the 30th century? Side A is all drunken engineers in reverse, hammers on engines, tapes loops, reverb, and the sound of slow-motion dental surgery. Side B is an endless wander through the dunes, your footsteps are the tempo, your loneliness the rhythmn and your sunburn is the melody. Edition of 25, clear cassettes with "so-banal it's upsetting" artwork."

31 Aug 10 - Cassette

Black Eagle Child – ‘Born Underwater b/w The Arquebus’ CS $5
”Duration: 30 minutes. From the artist: "Composition has always been a difficult process. When I decided to stick close to my comfort zone and start building music from foundations of guitar, writing music became a little easier. Before Black Eagle Child reached this point, my composition process did not exist. Mostly the result was failure, but from this lack of discipline also came a couple pieces I really felt proud of. Here they are finally in an official production." First edition of 100 professionally-duplicated & imprinted cassettes, packaged with 100lb monochrome cardstock 4-panel j-cards.”

Knit Prism - 'Growing' CS $5
"Duration: 25 minutesMichael Pouw's efforts as Knit Prism have already transported us to many lands—some familiar and others less so. Here guitar chords issue forth on tape, floating lightly in the air, but also with enough heaviness to refract the light passing through. There is a certain haze about Growing. Mimicing the moods and incidences in our daily lives, Pouw travels from one moment to the next, often with little transition in between. Not wanting to be incongruently clear about this, all we can say is that the sounds on this recording are attributed to places of mystery and a certain 'other world' that so often exists in the realm of comedic drama. This is realism and comedy together. Walk through the barrier of fog and step into a world in which the rules are unknown. First edition of 100 professionally-duplicated & imprinted cassettes, packaged with 100lb monochrome cardstock 4-panel j-cards."

A. Pushkin - 'The Figure' CS $5
"Duration: 61 minutes. Has electronic music reached its pinnacle? The mainstream transition from analog to digital in the 1990s caused a shortage of analog equipment, but now analog is in a renaissance. The early part of the 2000s saw a race toward higher BPM and hyper-mutilated amen breaks, but all the while there have been analog warriors existing in the underground. Alexey Pushkin is an advocate for analog, and instead of making dubstep records or the fastest jungle 12" ever, he is creating worlds into which his listeners can retreat. As Analog Concept, Alexey has given us a broad range of experiences—from walls of ambient sound to collections of vintage-inspired numbers to a trip through a real-life cityscape. The Figure presents A. Pushkin, and it is a portfolio of sorts. We get rich ambience, wild synthesizer manipulation, crisp field recordings, and now even infectious minimal house outings. Electronic music exists simultaneously in the future and the past. First edition of 100 professionally-duplicated & imprinted cassettes, packaged with 100lb monochrome cardstock 4-panel j-cards."

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31 Aug 10 - CDr

DEAD BODY COLLECTION/VOMIR split CDr 6€(Spain)/7€(EU)/8€(World)

"Sober, Unchanging, Relentless, Violent, Unfeeling... that's it, Harsh Noise Wall, monotonous and monolithic driving senses into dullness. Dead Body Collection is a relatively new HNW project from Serbia (started summer 2009) which has been releasing stuff in several labels such as Toxic Industries, Hoarse Records, Monolithische Aktion, Coffin Crawl Records, Satans Din, Turgid Animal, Vomit Bucket... producing walls in a bright and focused way offers here a killer intense and extense 40 min piece deleting all hope from sight. Vomir, what left to say about this project that hasn't been sayed before... "...unvarying roaring monolithic noise" (Ed Pinsent), "...fierce, impenetrable & thick slice of HNW making from the French master of the genre Vomir" (Roger Batty), "...couple of insanely heavy releases on Glasgow’s At War With False Noise the most visible proponent of this form so far is France’s Vomir" (Scott McKeating), "...total depressive nihilistic purity" (At War With False Noise)... Vomir's track is way more claustrophobic, crustier and colder than what lovers of the genre might be used to. Packaged in dvd slim case and limited to 67 copies. 2 tracks / 80 minutes Length."

KREUZER - 'L'Armée Secrète' CDr 6€(Spain)/7€(EU)/8€(World)

"... Excellence is served in this Mini Album through the form of 5 well-executed tracks which fusion and combine elements of Martial Industrial, Power Electronics, Dark Ambient quite in the way of the old European school. Rhythmic militant percussion, processed voice samples, powerful synth lines. The concept of the album is the French Resistance during the WWII and with track titles such as "Appel Au Peuple", "Les Combatants De La Nuit", "La Libération" Kreuzer draws an apocalyptic atmosphere full of tension. Includes Charles De Gaulle's speeches. 5 tracks / 20 minutes length."

RELEASE HELEN RYTKA/TRANSDUCTOR - 'Stranglehold/E.L.F.N.' cassette 6€(Spain)/7€(EU)/8€(World)
"Harh Noise Wall by RELEASE HELEN RYTKA (US) and Static Noise hnw influenced by TRANSDUCTOR (Spain). Pro duplicated cassette. 23 minutes per side. Limited edition of 100 copies."

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31 Aug 10 - Cassette

Grasshopper - 'Wretched Blood Wraith' C24 $5
"SECOND EDITION: LIMITED TO 25. The NY brass/electronics duo Grasshopper has been confounding the NY populace with an aggressive sprawl of electric burble and fuzz-damaged horns, but man, I didn't see this one coming. On this cassette, their sound hits a peak of totally controlled, sharp mayhem, one that's almost PE in nature save for the commanding brass that blasts in where vocal chords usually shred. Interestingly, Wretched... was birthed, then aborted, and reborn as a more concise pair of compositions filling out an ominous sub-drone sprawl. Here, a very imposing, very unique identity sees creation, falling between harsh noise, early electronics, and free jazz. One of their first releases outside of member Jesse DeRosa's fantastic Baked Tapes imprint."

Telecult Powers - 'Kiss The Viper's Fang' C30 $5
"SECOND EDITION: LIMITED TO 25. The occult-drenched fog of this transcendental duo hangs high on Fang. In the midst of generating a lauded trajectory of constant performance and resoundingly impenetrable mythology, the homemade boilings of analog-generated dread forage forward in the midst of perplexing discomfort and lo-fi tape ambiance. Some of the richest minimal synth work you're likely to hear; a must for Cluster and Demons fanatics. Bleak, bizarre, and entrancing."

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26 Aug 10 - CD

CLUSTER & FARNBAUER - 'LIVE IN VIENNA' 2CD $12
"Double CD. Live in Vienna is the eighth full-length album by German electronic music outfit Cluster and their first and only album with Joshi Farnbauer. It is the first of three live albums recorded by Cluster. Until now Cluster & Farnbauer had never been reissued on compact disc."

HOTOTOGISU - 'Floating Japanese Oof! Gardens Of The 21st Century' 2CD $12
"Double CD. Floating Japanese Oof! Gardens Of The 21st Century was originally released on the DeStijl label in 2005 spread out over 3 LPs in hand glued packaging featuring colorful prints of Matthew Bower's compelling artwork. To date this remains a singular & mysterious release in the Hototogisu discography."

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24 Aug 10 - Cassette

deep magic/water lily jaguar - 'shimmering landscape plane/forwards' C60
"deep tapes no. 6. 30 minute, blissful voyages from both deep magic & water lily jaguar (formerly dream safari). deep magic’s side is a warm, drifting journey through a cleansing & relaxing vision forest; entering this vision in a sweaty, rhythmic zone, going deeper and deeper until emptying out into repetitious, contemplative textures. water lily jaguar guides us through a sea of changing, chiming tones; undulating & breathing along with your body, vibrating & moving until the very end. limited to 25 copies w/ full color, double sided j-cards designed by alex."

derek rogers - 'absolute immersion' C30
"deep tapes no. 7. derek rogers creates heavy (& heady), body arresting, mind wandering sounds & has released music for a number of amazing labels (scotch tapes, existential cloth, pizza night, stunned, kimberly dawn, tape drift, to name a few). ‘absolute immersion’ is one of derek’s most blissful & hypnotic releases yet, showcasing a beautiful combination of subtle noise textures with repetitive, chiming organ minimalism, that lends itself to infinite repeat on those cleansing, relaxing nights. limited to 25 copies w/ full color, double sided j-cards designed by alex & deep blue tapes with custom labels."

gkfoes vjgoaf - 'field mantras' C21
"deep tapes no. 8. gkfoes vjgoaf is sean conrad (of campfires). ‘field mantras’ is one of the most beautiful pieces of music i’ve ever heard. gorgeous, wordless, layered vocals, gliding & levitating above organic field recordings of walking through a beautiful forest. great for inducing those soothing, nature infused visions. limited to 25 copies w/ full color, double sided j-cards designed by alex. yellow spraypainted tapes with custom labels."

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22 Aug 10 - Cassette

RC28: COVENTRY MUSIC - 'Vapor Canaries' C18
"Lucid discoveries turn short trips into an incessant quest. Just can't get enough of these guys.. edition of 44."

RC29: CHRISTOPHER RIGGS - '5:00, 3:00' C30
"Part of a series of eight c30s where each fifteen minute side is evenly divided in a different way. Side A contains 3 five minute pieces while side B contains 5 three minute pieces. A single tape limits every piece to the same set of 3-4 sounds. 8 tapes = 8 sets of sounds. Piping creaks sway back and forth, tearing through distinct conversation. Other parts out now on Midori and Rigg's label, Holy Cheever Church. edition of 52."

RC30: TULUUM SHIMMERING - 'flowers are offered' C94
"Long awaited release originally intended for Vanishing Hour Revival. Of the last token to be had from this righteous triumph. Instant glaze emanation. Absolute, open form. Cover artwork by Evan Galbicka. edition of 98."

RC31: GITCHE-ANAHMI-BEZHEU - 'bamboo cruise under liquid shade' C60
"Lounge & drift delight. A familiar relaxation with presented strings. edition of 52."

RC32: EXPLODED STAR SAD SERVANT/MISNER SPACE C50
"side A: A pure, concentrated 25 minute high channeled directly from Artem Bezukladnkov (Heart Museum, Kema). side B: Heavy second winds pick up, soaring vocals ingrained in deep currents. Individually collaged covers on confetti cardstock. Polka dot stickers on black type II tapes. edition of 48."

RC33: KANE POUR - 'wasp in the silver orbitstream' C18
"Slightly slimmer audio tape only reissue of the vhs + cs joint release with Vanishing Hour Revival. Side A was recorded live at Daacha Gallery, winter '09. Side B comes from a studio session at the old Rotifer locale. All recorded straight to tape on a Marantz field unit. Mesmerizing jams, of Kane's most celestial approach. edition of 52."

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I had An Accident

22 Aug 10 - Cassette

Elevator Boy s/t C62 $4
"Looping guitar ambience - a chilling display of distance and space. A weightless album performed by Elevator Boy. Dreamlike tones and subtle guitar picking along with hum and crackling sounds and hushed tender tones brings the self-titled release out from its slumber to dazzle the soft ear drums. Play this album as you feel the cool breeze of the air conditioner upon your glistening body after taking a cool shower on a beautiful summers day. Allow the sounds to bring you back to last night when you finally kissed that girl and drank too many tequila sunrises." HERE

21 Aug 10 - Vinyl

Broken Water - 'Normal Never Happened' 7"
"Coming out on the tail of a self-released 7" ("Boyfriend Hole/Mother"), cassette (Night People) and early 2010 highlight WHET LP (Night People/Radio is Down), Broken Water's FDR debut 7" finds the band further refining their distinctive northwestern squall. A-side "Normal Never Happened" kicks off with a throbbing riff, before morphing into a hazy, spacey dream-pop zone topped with layered vocals. The B side, "Faux King Vogue" continues their exploration of the dark, noisy guitar work that's been a hallmark of Pacific NW bands since the days of Unwound, Lync, and Kicking Giant. Covers are letterpressed with unique paint splatters." HERE

20 Aug 10 - Cassette

Enjoyable Saxophone Music By... Jon Lorenz and Body Morph tape
"Side-to-side wild reed styles from Body Morph and Jon Lorenz (tenor mango from bell abuse kings, Wasteland Jazz Unit). My jazz history teacher would have certainly not been into this, the look on his face of deep despair and emptiness, no hope... all is lost. C30 in an edition of 50."

Body Morph - 'Muted Me' tape
"Muted saxophone... to some it is just the horrid sound of dampened, choking, tuneless attempts at what seems like reed music. I dunno, what do you think? C20 in an edition of 40."

Weird Stuff vol. 3 tape
"Another C90 packed with weird stuff from the studio. A lot of confusing noise. Not exactly clear on what all of this really is, however it includes; Black Leather, Leeches, Pure Skull, Body Morph, and White Boss. C90 in an edition of 40."

Starfox tape
"Hyper-driven, raw, jet-engine blasts from the duo del cerebro known as the Starfox. Burke and myself at the controls of a white-hot splash of howling electronics, shattered space, and abrasive tangles of wire and sax. C30; edition of 40. note: this is the same material that was originally sold on tour as a deluxe double cassette."

Criminals - 'Wistful Chubby Genius' tape
"Andy and Leslie's fragile, jittering array of unnamable source. A forest of buzzing machines, dead electronic signal, and maybe some kinda real instrument played at some point? A colorful and confusing dip into the criminals' mind. C30 in an edition of 50."

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20 Aug 10 - Cassette

BT01: You are not all Boring - 'Pixelated Getaway' C39 $7
"A new mini-LP by You are not all Boring containing nine instrumental synthpop/chillwave styled songs. Musical influences include New Order, Human League, Washed Out, Section 25, Erasure, The Orb and the like. Washes of reverb, FM synths and chiptune bleeps collide amidst thudding drum machines and dubby basslines. Limited to 25 copies!" HERE

20 Aug 10 - Cassette

Gown/Robrobrob – ‘12’ cassette $6CAD(world)
“40 mins. Limited edition of 50 w/ cloth bag and fold-out. Side 1: GOWN - Jake’s Strut (Live in Sackville, 2009 w/Omon Ra) (20 mins) “MacGregor’s (also of the Bark Haze/Bastard Wing) voice floats through the murky composition like a lost firefly, giving off light every so often in hopes that he’ll be found again. A foggy oasis steeped in washed out guitar effects, psychedelic clouds of harmonies that float by like the first black clouds before a beautiful thunderstorm. Side 2: RobRobRob – Water / Garden at Night / Pocket Thesaurus / Untitled / Sun on curtains (20 mins) Hailing from Scotland via The Netherlands, guitarist Robert Gray’s style floats between harsh beauty and gentle noise. Free-form improvisations that are neither acid-folk nor shoegaze and somehow both. Something new called Folkgaze? Maybe.” HERE

Brave Mysteries

19 Aug 10 - Cassette

CQBL008 BONG - 'Samhain Festival' C34 $7(US)/$8(CAN)/$10(WORLD)

"[Limited edition 20 Silver on Silver | 80 Silver on Smoke] Bong are a psychedelic trance metal outfit from Newcastle, England; and they are made up of the finest in the area's delinquent underground music scene (including members of Obey, Lobster Priest, Trollmann av Ildtoppberg, Basillica, Master Slave and many more). Aside from a magnificent full length LP, most of Bong's output has been generated by bootleg recordings of their rare live shows. Nonetheless, Bong always provide enough pulsating atmosphere and crushing doom to make every recording worthwhile. For those who know the music of Bong, there is absolutely no need for any further explanation. I'd just wait for the smoke to clear just enough that I can see the red of your eyes, then cheerfully say: "Hey dudes, New BONG tape!" Enough said. However, for the uninitiated: let's pretend for a minute that Lou Reed, Moe Tucker, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Angus MacLise decided to join forces and create Pärson Sound instead of the Velvet Underground. We are talking real drugs here. Real problems. Though the OM comparisons are becoming tiresome, they can also be a good starting point for the imagination. Go ahead and keep in mind OM's minimalist and extended renderings of the modern blues/doom formula, the brain-numbing ride cymbal pulse, the gigantic drum sound, the chakra-shaking blues bass, but add to it some transcendent lyrical phrasings of an amplified sitar, the astral buzz and clatter of the royal shahi baaja, nihilistic waves of hypnotic guitar ooze, and the mournful hymns and mantras of a genuine monster sea troll sadhu of Albion. Now imagine this demented sonic recipe pounding live and loud in a roomful of creeps, trancing out to two side-long ragas, in Glasgow, on Halloween night, 2009. Anyone got a light?"

CQBL007 Lens - 'Techtron Dawn/Chimera Game II' $7(US)/$8(CAN)/$10(WORLD)

"[Limited edition 20 Grey on Orange| 80 Black on Clear] Lens is the newest project by Woodman, an elder godfather within the Second Family Band and Davenport Family circles. For those of us lucky enough to get some of his rare self-released tapes, he also gotten us grooving by the name Mighty Diamond and also simply as Woodman. Woodman may be even more well known for his band Drunjus, a long-running, progressive and oblique drone-based duo with Endless. This latest moniker seems to be an extension of that devotional drone sound that he has been crafting with Drunjus. Though, where Drunjus can occasionally become towering, twisted and even atonal, Lens seems to be sitting completely still and focused in a disciplined meditation. Evocative waves of organ tone and simple analog synthesis come and go, pensive melodies gently interrupt the flow only to suggest themselves and disappear just as quickly. There is an organic regiment to the electronic motions of the first side, creating sequencer-like sensations that guide our drifting attention, perhaps bringing to mind Terry Riley and early Klaus Schulze. Over two side-long compositions, a balanced harmony gracefully haunts the tape, and while the first side indicates a developed and steady progression with organ and cosmic electronics, the second side takes things down even more to silent place where Lens can illuminate the room by sounding the ritual song of a single bell within a deepening chasm of a vacuous spacial drift."

CQBL006 MV&EE - 'Muskie & Manitou' C65 $7(US)/$8(CAN)/$10(WORLD)

"[Limited edition 20 Violet on Sky | 80 Violet on White] Matt Valentine and Erika Elder should need no introduction. Starting off in the influential and unparalleled folk rock unit, The Tower Recordings, an odd-fellows network of musical mavericks from New York City who fearlessly dissected the lollipops and land mines of psychedelic revolutions past, Matt Valentine has been releasing monumental slabs of specialty medicine since the early 90s. Over the years MV & EE have taken the experiments of The Tower Recordings well beyond our referential imaginations and into the realm of very personal colors, away from the hip urban scene and towards an intimate campfire circle that only the locals would know about. Moving out to the countryside of Vermont has clearly had an effect on this pair, and their subsequent bands (such as The Bummer Road and the Golden Road) took fundamentals of the Delta Blues, Appalachian folk, Neil Young, Indian classical, and West Coast psychedelic sounds through their own special homespun haze of farm electricity and mountain air. The results were an elastic, deep-breathing yoga of musicianship, communing together and singing out into the night. Their music became influenced by the humors and seasons, sometimes the same song would manifest as a blaze and then sometimes only a flicker. As the pairs' craft and language deepened, there was always a distinctly pastoral and star-gazing Soul to every recording. Every so often the homesteading duo will pack up their instruments and their loyal canine friend Zuma, and hit the road as a rambling family medicine show . However, even in this small incarnation the music is as big and the vibes are as strong as ever, and after witnessing the MV&EE live duet now four times, it never ceases to amaze just what an eclectic and wild energy these two humans can raise in one evening, all by themselves. This tape presents the MV&EE tour of Summer 2009, fresh from the sweetest spot in the taper's pit. As last Summer was coming to a cool simmer, MV&EE strolled into the collegiate utopia of Madison, Wisconsin; to perform at a tiny art gallery for their faithful Midwestern brethren. The room was packed with flannel-clad friendlies and the atmosphere was thick and balmy, as Matt mumbled his way to the opening heatstroke of "Summer Magic", the micro-brewed smiles crept across all our faces, and we were all real gone for a change. This tape effortlessly captures the magic of that evening and and opens the portal, gazing back into the hypnotic waves of Matt and Erika's secret mountain bonfire."

CQBL005 The Mumber Toes - 'Always Already' C60 $7(US)/$8(CAN)/$10(WORLD)

"[Limited edition 20 White on Purple | 80 White on Purple Tint] "(...) the generativity of something uttered always already seems to deny fixed fleshhas always already been exploited [...]" - Brian O'Blivion This is the latest living artifact, directly given from the line of King David, and ushered in by his/her wholly unholy manifestation as thee The Mumber Toes, also called Karen Eliot, and seen to his subjects as the Wing'd Master ov Thee UnEnding Beginning and TheE Timeless End Times. You will probably recognize this audio happening as another recording of senseless modern racket, or perhaps the latest in a long line of superior Alien Power Electronics. The reality is, it is impossible for any of us to truly know what in the Hell this really is. Clearly there is something being communicated to us through the constructs of garbage synthesis and failing echoes. The sound is sub-human and nauseating, leaving long lines of quivering oscillations to perpetual births and deaths within the coursing scores of grey vomit. Winding like a catheter up your spinal column, this is an ancient electronic language capable of properly calling the incantations necessary for conjuring the fires of a uniquely Qliphothic Kundalini. The newly crowned serpent phoenix, arisen through this astral union, is born a power complete, unleashed and free to conquer. The bull is slain and the rabble is scattered. The broken ego, now a sperm, now a spell, now a sigil, now left here as an offering for lesser spirits to suck. All eyes are closed, blessed to know there'll be nothing left to see."

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Munitions Family

18 Aug 10 - Cassette

Lunar Miasma – 'Levitation' C30 €6
"First release on Munitions Family of Greek master of amplified keyboard instruments Panos Alexiadis aka Lunar Miasma. 3 tracks of super layered synth composition – this is NOT a one-take space droner! Pro duped tapes as always. Check the samples…"

Toymonger – ‘Animal Kingdom’ C30 €6
"Noise/free electronics duo made up of United Bible Studies / Deserted Village main man, Gavin Prior and Boys of Summer member Andrew Fogarty. Sound has been stripped back their previously dense dark droning, to a more clean and controlled, organic style of noise music. Pro duped tapes as always. Check the samples…"

Reptile Brain – ‘Dinosaur’ C30 €6
"Debut solo synth release from Boys of Summer and Toymonger member, Andrew Fogarty. On this limited cassette release, Reptile Brain summons the darker atmosphere of his Toymonger work through the warm vintage synths of the Boys of Summer space sound. Pro duped tapes as always. Check the samples…"

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18 Aug 10 - Vinyl

ash pool - 'for which he plies the lash' LP
"Now on wax. 8 songs of big bang black metal. First 100 copies on " Saturn " yellow vinyl available only in the hospital retail store." HERE

18 Aug 10 - Cassette

Luke Perry - 'Brainwave's Rerun Crunch' $7(US)/$9(World)
"New full length tape from New York's Luke "Axl" Perry. Retro TV commercial psychedelic synth pop styled after 90s teen dramas. Listening to this tape feels like watching reruns of "Saved By the Bell" and "90210" early on a saturday morning while your brain starts shorting out from eating too much sugar with your breakfast cereal. Tapes packaged in teen idol trapper-keeper design with hot pink shells sporting Krusty the Clown and Luke Perry himself as Sideshow Bob." HERE

16 Aug 10 - Cassette, Print

fire island, AK – ‘Horns for Maldoror’ 3"CDr + poster $8
”An indictment against youth + beauty; an apocalypse eternity in horns, vox, feedback, busted electronics. 3" CDr, shrouded by one of fourteen b/w posters (≈ 2'x4') with selected text from Maldoror by Comte de Lautréamont. Comes in manila envelope with attached photograph, hand-numbered edition of 82.”

fire island, AK – ‘Where is This + fire island, AK’ C40 $5
”Power electronics, harsh noise, drone ... collaboration between Where is This (Ireland) and fire island, AK (America). c40 in norelco case with double-sided insert, hand numbered edition of 50.”

fire island, AK – ‘fire island, AK / Richard Ramirez’ C43 $5
”c43 split between fire island, AK and Richard Ramirez. Double sided-insert, c43 in norelco case, hand numbered edition of 30.”

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16 Aug 10 - Cassette

Cruise Family - 'Forever' C30 6€

"Free Download for a short time period. Your entire body is light. Light fills every particle of your blood, every cell, every membrane and organ. During recent years, many have been undergoing various forms of rearrangements. Typically, after the integration of the second cycle the embodiment is completed. The world of self-evolution is on the verge of an information explosion: cheap energy, free energy-everything will be given to you. All of this is related to the evolving light-encoded filaments. Our planet is nearing the completion of an evolutionary cycle that began long, long ago. During this final phase of the cycle, our human consciousness is awakening and expanding into cosmic consciousness, as we gradually remember WHO WE ARE, and the PURPOSE we came here to fulfill. All your energy belongs to you! You hold the history of the universe within your physical body. What is occurring upon the planet now is the literal mutation of your physical body, for you are allowing it to be evolved to a point where it will be a computer that can house this information. The friction you feel with others is that you are on this path of evolution and bursting forth. You will realise the contact and the energy that is continuously around. Use "FOREVER" from Cruise Family as always in limited physical form for 6 Euros included shipping on the entire planet ore as FREE download for a short time period! Order NOW!" HERE

16 Aug 10 - Cassette

Richard Ramirez - 'Your Persuasion My Perversion' C20
"Out now on WATERPOWER- the perfect set for converting from boy to man . Packaged in an oversized vinyl box comes a clear C20 filled with queer harsh noise accompanied by an authored 3" DVDr containing 10 minutes of manipulated and distorted cuts from Jean-Étienne Siry's POING DE FORCE. Limited to 36 copies." SAMPLE/WEBSITE

15 Aug 10 - Cassette

C/F 014 Regicide Bureau – ‘Toadflax’ C62 $7(US)/$10(World)

”This one is for the underground home-taping heads. Hailing from St. Louis, Thomas Sutter’s Regicide Bureau project has been running strong since the mid-80s. His prolific output of heavily electroacoustic sonic alchemy has been documented on cassette by such labels as Sound of Pig, Deaf Eye, Ecto Tapes, HalTapes, and Harsh Reality Music, while releasing more than 300 recordings on his own hypermedia imprint. After delving into only a small portion of the catalogue, it’s easy to see that the Regicide Bureau oeuvre fits nicely alongside such home-taping legends as If, Bwana, Hal Mcgee and Minóy. Noise heads: don’t sleep on this one! Toadflax, an unreleased noisescape from 2009, is all at once raw, refined, abrasive, and elegant. Tom’s approach to sound is a painterly one—sonic chiaroscuro. One moment there is a jarring rift of noise, and the next a haunting melody fights through controlled feedback. Along the way signals abruptly cut out, as if exhausted, only to reappear after shape-shifting in silence. Documented on this tape, true to ritualistic form, is a glimpse into the Regicide Bureau microcosm of chaos and contemplation. The atmosphere here is a disorienting one, like being in a deep fever dream wandering lost through an endless field of purple toadflax. Duplicated at Close/Far headquarters: Type I to Type I. Black and white j-cards with color labels on white shells. Edition of 100.” HERE

15 Aug 10 - Vinyl

ARBOR 098 OUTER SPACE LP $16(USA)/$19.5(CANADA)/$26.5(WORLD)
"John Elliott’s Outer Space project is a laboratory for electronic investigation. Acting as a continuance of the studies of mid 20th century electronic music composers such as Nik Pascal and Laurie Spiegel, Elliott’s music is deeply indebted to the inner workings of the electric signal. Acting almost as a meditation, through the simple gesture of translation Elliott’s process begins to reveal itself as electricity is converted into acoustic pressure and potential; the melody of physics. The six recordings on the album are each a microcosmic view into Elliott’s practice; a keystone, illuminating his solo practice as well as his work as a member of Emeralds. Composed and recorded over the past three years without the use of digital synthesizers and arpeggiation; a record closely connected to a personal path, attempting to make sense, to understand one’s journey. Mastered by Keith Fullerton Whitman; pressed in an edition of 650 copies on clear vinyl with full color gloss covers and heavy stock printed euro-style inner sleeves." HERE

15 Aug 10 - Vinyl, Cassette

SWANOX - 'DAWNRUNNER' CS
"NNF199. awesome electric ritual full-length by this longtime left coast lurker. several years in the making, several steps above & beyond his usual
terrain."

DUCKTAILS LP
"NNF152. reissue of this summer 09 classic gets another pass around the gameboard. just in time for his lengthy Euro tour with Belgian porpoise-whisperer Dolphins Into The Future!"

SUN ARAW - 'HEAVY DEEDS' LP
"NNF169. another 09 slab comes back for seconds. same zany jungle funk, same headscratching liner notes, now a dollar cheaper!"

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Le Petit Chevalier

14 Aug 10 - Cassette

Je Suis le Petit Chevalier/David Payne - 'folkwaste library' split cassette $7(N. America)/$9(World)

"Limited edition of 18, hand numbered, eyeball tapes, collaged wooden popsicle stick covers. Each one beautifully unique. washed upon desertshores, abstractions of once familiar moments, impressions of naked bodies, tragic heroes in the seaweed, electronic impulses or psychic miscommunications? The distances are too great. Too many days on the road. I need to clear my head. My blurred consciousness awakens, staring past the burning sun and into a stranger's eyes. Did I say that out loud? Did we actually have this conversation or did I just dream it? David Payne: Fossils crushed into dust, distilled into it's purest form, no overdubs, no effects, no residue. Are these severe abstractions or disorientation by rare clarity? Basements dug into a bone filled ground. A lonely metal machine grinds out music, scraping it's way past the ghostly clouds of Steeltown's dark legacy. Confusing times indeed." HERE

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