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admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:30:20 +0000

DAIS031 Tor Lundvall – ‘The Shipyard’ LP $16
Edition of 500. Tor Lundvall has graced us with yet another remarkable album this year. Â Previously, Lundvall had introduced himself to Dais with his masterpiece albumÂ Sleeping & HidingÂ and struck lightning twice with theÂ resilientÂ The Seasons UnfoldÂ box set and now we are humbled to be crafting the strings with the curation of his most recent effort. Â The Shipyard was recorded during the dramatic season change-over of â€™09/â€™10, during which time Lundvall was immersing himself in portrait studies of local maritime themes and nautical life at the docks. Â This instrumental collection of songs composed the soundtrack to the final renderings of these conceptional ideas put side by side, for which semblance he is most know for. Limited to 500 hand numbered vinyl copies (comes with a free MP3 download coupon) with artwork by Tor Lundvall.

DAIS034 King Dude – ‘You Can Break My Heart b/w Devil’s Tail’ 7″ $7
Edition of 500. King Dude returns hot of the heels of his prolific debut albumÂ Love, giving listeners a preview of two new tracks poetically titledÂ You Can Break My HeartÂ (which will be featured on his upcoming full-lengthÂ Burning DaylightÂ on Dais Records this summer). Â An exclusive unreleased b-side of Devilâ€™s Tail wraps up the old world backyard gospel that King Dude has cemented himself in over the past year. Serves tribute to both sides of the coin, both sides work equally, paying service to the ones weâ€™ll never understand. Complemented with reverent artwork by TJ Cowgill. Limited to 500 copies.

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Aposiopèse

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:26:58 +0000

Tomoko Sauvage – ‘Ombrophilia’ LP
Tomoko Sauvage, Japanese musician and sound artist based in Paris, has developed a natural synthesizer, an electro-acoustic system using hydrophones (under-water microphones of Aquarian Audio) immersed in porcelain bowls of different sizes filled with water. She plays with water waves and drops resonating in the bowls, also with her new sonic exploration, audio feedback creating waving drones and natural overtones. Since her solo album, “Ombrophilia” was released from either/OAR (US) in 2009, she made performances in Europe, US and Japan, often in solo but also in collaboration with Momus, MC Schmidt (Matmos), Gilles Aubry, André Gonçalves… In 2011, a new set of porcelain bowls was created during her residency at La Pommerie (FR) in collaboration with Ceramic Research Center of Limoges (CRAFT).

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Pan y Rosas

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:22:26 +0000

sky thing – ‘garbage strike’
about the artist: sky thing is john collins mccormick, an improviser and sound artist currently living in garrett, indiana whose performances and installations are built on improvisation utilizing the natural comings and goings of the people and the space as well as transducers and contact mics. his interest lies in percussive aspects of traditional instruments and extended performance techniques; the space in between improvisation and composition; and acoustic to electronic sound conversion. about the album: john used prepared turntables, transducers, contact mics, modulators and various objects to create garbage strike, his first album for pan y rosas. the sound is something like a furnace roar and artificial cicadas with life happening in the background. metal singing. found objects vibrated with motors. phased sizzle.

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Field Hymns

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:22:11 +0000

GRAPEFRUIT cassette $6
RIYL: Tangerine Dream, music so kraut it’s still cabbage & synths creamy enough to attract cats. What happens when you get Klaus Shulze into some tight-fitting American jeans? Yes I know, the periennial question – well we here at Field Hymns have the answer and of course the result is Grapefruit. Muscular and fluid, Grapefruit speaks a brogue of 70′s Kosmisch and 80′s action flick scores, woven into a rich expanse of arpeggiated streams, analog sunsets and cosmic beaches. Recommended for all lovers of analog synth artistry. Grapefruit is the solo project of Portland, Oregon’s Charlie Salas Humara – currently in the bands Regular Music and Sun Angle, previously of The Planet The and Panther.

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Obsolete Units

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:19:57 +0000

Controlled Bleeding – ‘Body Samples’ C70 $7
The second of two reissues on Obsolete Units documenting Controlled Bleedingâ€™s paramount early 80â€²s work in the field of American harsh noise and post-industrial electronics. Following a similar collage aesthetic to Knees And Bones, the groupâ€™s second album from 1985 finds the staggeringly impetuous and rapturous pandemonium the group had been perfecting around this period advancing ahead diligently without much concern for any sort of repose. Perhaps a more diverse array of resonances are on display, but the mania is all masterfully regulated under the watch of founder Paul Lemos and late longtime members Chris Moriarty and Joe Papa. Another fundamental piece in the history of the American avant underground. Obsolete Units is enormously proud to be bringing this essential work back into print, with this being the first time it has seen release on cassette. This issue includes the original vinyl artwork as well as the bonus material included with the 1990 CD reissue. Pro-dubbed/pro-printed edition of 100.

Controlled Bleeding – ‘Knees And Bones’ C68
The first of two reissues on Obsolete Units of the singular early noise work from Paul Lemosâ€™s chameleon-like project Controlled Bleeding, who have over the past 30 years excelled at styles as diverse as harsh noise, dub, free jazz, prog rock, and dark ambient. Knees And Bones though is unequivocally an important work of American industrial, harsh noise, and power electronics, with this inimitable collage of violence from 1985 finding Controlled Bleeding at its most cacophonous and outright ecstatic. Congealing together many disparate renderings of perplexing and unsettling improvisations, Knees alternates between near-contemplative states of raucous inspection to unhinged tantrums of hysterical frenzy. Much of your favorite harsh noise and power electronics starts here; think early Einsturzende Neubauten and the New Blockaders forcing forth a healthy regiment of pure aural punishment. Obsolete Units is enormously proud to be bringing this essential work back into print, with this marking the first time it has seen release on cassette. Pro-dubbed/pro-printed edition of 100.

Lea Bertucci – ‘Carillon’ C38 $7
An dexterous exploration of modern day tape music and woodwind composition, Carillon is the solo recording debut of TwistyCat member Lea Bertucci. A compendium of principles both familiar and unforeseen in Bertucciâ€™s work, this cassette consists of two long pieces both similarly sharing a distinct fondness for the potency of tape as a musical means. The title piece superimposes Bertucciâ€™s celebrated bass clarinet playing over found recorded sounds and amplified room textures, thus generating a sparsely oscillating work woven tightly within the warm confines of the cassette format. Her second composition represents a rather radical departure from her recordings with TwistyCat, this piece existing as a collage of sonics falling on deeply atonal and discordant planes. Here she reigns in her auditory tools until all sounds are gestated into a distinctly eerie and delicately beguiling essence. As a whole, Carillon is a powerfully visionary and penetrating statement that is to be expected from an artist of Bertucciâ€™s talent. Highly recommended for fans of the work of Christina Kubisch, Luc Ferrari, and Pauline Oliveros. Pro-dubbed/pro-printed edition of 100.

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Fan Death

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:39:13 +0000

ROOMRUNNER – ‘SUPER VAGUE’ EP
Super Vague is outing number 2 for Baltimore’s Roomrunner, and their first to be released on vinyl. Fans of off-kilter guitar abuse in the vein of U.S. Maple, Chavez, and Polvo, and huge radio rock riffs alike will have a new favorite band after hearing these new tracks, written and recorded in Baltimore by Denny Bowen, formerly of Double Dagger and Yukon. The 12″ features four tracks, clocking in at 12 minutes, cut LOUD at 45 and mastered to blow out the Best Buy floor-model speakers you just installed in your Civic.Three out of the four songs, “Super Vague,” “Undo,” and “No Wait,” were recorded during the same sessions as their debut EP (FDR-030), and showcase the huge-riffed alternative guitar crunch Roomrunner has been turning heads with. The final track, “Petrified,” is the earliest scrap of Roomrunner that’s been unearthed, from a four-track recording dating to 2006. It’s barely over a minute long, and carries on in the tradition of “Tourette’s” or “Nic Fit,” a blown-out exclamation point to this EP. Look, you like guitars, you like rock music. Roomrunner are a rock band. Enjoy the rock music. RIYL: Nirvana, Geffen-era Sonic Youth, Polvo, Chavez, U.S. Maple, Local H, the self-titled Foo Fighters LP. As a bonus, the Super Vague 12″ comes with a download code including the tracks from the 12″ and selective live tracks from the bleeding edge of their catalog, featuring tracks from the self-titled EP, Super Vague, and as yet unreleased material.

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Baldruin – ‘Nachtfalter’ [Review]

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:11:38 +0000

Baldruin, Germany’s Johannes Schebler, conjures ‘Nachtfalter’ through baroque psychedelics and dark ambient material. Beginning the tape with “Irrweg” and what may very well be a phrasing-quotation from a later Coil LP, the tracks follow in quick secession with an arboreal paganism and wry, literary sensibility. The Sturm und Drang continues with similar titling (anything can appear a grimoire when written in German with the right font), compiling sounds from flutes, bells and various percussion, antiquated strings, and well-disguised electronics. The difference, however, singling out the exceptional Baldruin from neighbors like Hoor Paar Kraat and Clay Ruby is the deliberate condensation of these sounds into gnarled structures of compositional organization, not without voice both literally and figuratively. High points such as “Spiegelung,” “Schürfwunde,” and “Wildwuchs” stand shoulders to the best instrumentals of Current 93, evoking the same garden fantasies of pleasure and horror, but mostly an even-keeled wistfulness for both. Avant-folkways are similar forged to noir guitarsmiths like Jon Porras, Steven R. Smith, Ben Nash, and Evan Miller, both for instrumental dexterity and deliberation of vision. A C30 with 12 tracks, the tasteful length of these pieces ensures no idea runs afoul of a conclusion, and the tape object emanates potential by smuggling its own secrets. 100 copies on clear tapes with fancy glossy J-cards. Highly recommended.

Brave Mysteries cassette
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I Had An Accident

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:55:57 +0000

Walter Gross – ‘LA Pink Filth’ C35 $5
Repressing of one of our favorite release – now available on pink cassette tapes. Nasty beats and Hellish mixes finally receives its proper format. Limited to 20 on chrome tapes and features a remix not on the CD. Mp3 with purchase.

Wilhelm/Romart – ‘Melody For A Broken Heart’ C40 $6
The debut release of Wilhelm featured on a split with Romart… both concoctions of Ireland’s Ian McCarthy. Sparse pin drops and charged ions bouncing in a thunderous drone set on stilling the air around you. Similar to conceptualizing the sound of a boot crunching fresh snow or icicles melting in a freezing sun. Echoing stillness… Romart’s picture is of a broken heart destroyed with life and pumped blood in a drainage ditch of glitched sentiment. Uttered sadness and a dust of debris clouds upward from a fallen shell. A chanting sample of distorted love, the melody of a broken heart. Free mp3 download with purchase. Limited to 30 on green film cassettes and chrome tape.

Heart Heart Julia – ‘Dreams of Ways of Killing Her’ C15 $7
Heart Heart Julia brings forth Dreams Of Ways Of Killing Her – a short ep/single featuring the track “Night Falls” featuring the beautiful vocal stylings of DenMother weaved within the weird guitar and sound sculptures of Heart Heart Julia. A continued chaotic experimentation that causes some to scratch their head, while others find a subtle beauty buried inside the sounds. The b-side features the finally completed track “Benjamin” written in 2005 after Bieler enjoyed the documentary about Benjamin Smoke. Finding rare vocals and poetic imagery of death singing. The album is rounded out with a strange acoustic rendition of “Easy like Sunday Morning” dubbed special by the bizarre strength of Bieler and Dutton. Free mp3 download with purchase. Rare limited to 10 copies on c15 reel2reel cassettes. Also available as free download.

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Robert & Leopold

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:11:28 +0000

DeTrop – ‘Con Rit’ C30 $7(US)/$9(WORLD)
Early modular madness culled from their various live rehearsal tapes from the infancy of DeTrop. Strung together in the Spring of 2011 featuring members of York Factory Complaint & Ideal Forms, DeTrop has persistently kept its aesthetics alive while valuing the constant idea of evolution. From these tapes, you can hear the members wistfully piecing together their chops, tweaking their values and solidifying their domain, whether at sea or on land.

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Not Not Fun

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:09:32 +0000

RUSSIAN TSARLAG – ‘MIDNIGHT AT MARY’S HOUSE’ LP
utter gutter masterpiece of unclassifiable surf-slime cardboard anthems by this American treasure. perhaps his crowning achievement to date.

RUSSIAN TSARLAG – ‘VOYAGE TO THE ENCRUSTED PILLOW’ CS
beautifully esoteric tour tape of junkyard sphinx pop and chain-dragging ghost garbage.

CANKUN – ‘ISALO WATERFALL’ CS
france’s finest heatwaver returns to NNF with six scorched and subtle skyway-psych constructs, a gold leap forward.

ETHER ISLAND – ‘SEASON OF RISK’ 7″
ex-Mythical Beast duo go off the grid with a trio of raw, ritualistic drone-grunge desert deathmarch ballads.

WEYES BLOOD – ‘THE OUTSIDE ROOM’ CS
limited tape edition of last year’s classic full-length, made for her recent west coast tour with queen victoria. not many of these left.

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