Hands of Hydra and Janina Angel Bath Duo – ‘Stargazer’ C30
Janina Angel Bath’s voice feels like celestial nectar dripping from astral spheres ready to awaken the inner kundalini serpent from its slumber. With Hands of Hydra on sitar this is a deep eastern psychedelic meditation with slow motion tambura strings unfolding universal consciousness. 100 copies.

The Lone Garage Massacre – ‘Nag-Khung-Sa-Cha’ C54
Healing music to change your head space by way of trance induced astral traveling and devic beings. Ethereal psychedelic folk music channeling spirits from the dark land and influenced by Native American rituals, shamanism and Americana. 80 copies.

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La Big Vic – ‘Actually’ CS
La Big Vic is a phenomenal band from Brooklyn. I know its backwards, but we are releasing a cassette of their full length, Actually, which is already out on LP from Underwater Peoples. The album is a beautiful collection of styles, bundled under a young pop energy with a nod to 70s German rock.  SAMPLE

Cream Juice – ‘Cream Juice’ CS
Seth Graham (Henry Dawson) & Keith Rankin (Giant Claw) bringing some improv synth randomness. This is a sprawling hour-long debut. Weed Temple describes it as a “whimsical take on electronic music” where “the quasi-prog melodies and analogue baroque stylings are dropped in favor of of a “more” dripping, shimmering version of psychedelia that sounds like a less hermetic, non-academic version of Caboladies. SAMPLE

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In a similar citation-heavy mode of album making, Human Adult Band fork over their first LP after celebrating a decade of existence.  “Influence” may be too deliberate a term for what’s demonstrated here as one doesn’t necessarily need to study the catalogs of the Buttholes to draw the same conclusions; yet the comparisons still hold and suggest if nothing else a kindred interest in sweating the same structural assumptions.  An inevitable reference for the band, “Off” is like the best of Hammerhead’s ‘Ethereal Killer’, and “Silver Violence” and “Econo Praxia” both fake a brooding stew before breaking into the fuzzed-over vocals and hypnotic buzz of Nirvana’s ‘Bleach’, with traces of Mudhoney, Shellac, Unsane.  These moments are many, and capture the band at their best – part revivalists, part stalwarts – but they attest to their cognizance through relatively odd-ball tracks like the roadhouse psychedelia of “The Shaker Pt. 1,” the Truman’s Water thrash of “Sixth Sense Incense on X-Mess,” or the Shimmy Disc fodder  “A Hole”.  Half-between these world, “Byron Lives” is like a mad-mash of discordant jangle, swirling noise, and workhorse percussion stifling a Chicagoan Pegboy/Vic Bondi non-sing (if I bothered to squint at the lyrics, I’d likely find it in tribute to Coley, or more likely Gysin, but surely not the lord).  There’s a coldness to the ‘Hearing Damage Sessions’ – marked by the tinny, trebly percussion and sagging wah of rhythm section –  comparable to the emergence of Unwound’s ‘New Plastic Ideas’, sounding like they switched drugs or gave them up altogether.  Here’s to another 10 years of keeping us guessing.  Recommended.  Edition of 500.  A co-release with Heat Retention records.

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AFTERLIFE – ‘Transmissions’ C22
With their recordings: Franklin Teagle and Ryan McGill, as always, become mediums of the stars, channelled by forces beyond our grasp of reality and regularly practice the true meaning of meditation through their impromtu gatherings, the result…some of the most beautifully intense hypnotic melodies comprehensible, to these eyes…..i personally view their process as not necessarily controlled, moreso: released-alike the instinctual breathing process of animals-OR-the natural process of love and compassion, together these 2 gentlemen are a force fueled and navigated by emotion and transcendental instinct . the natural and supernatural working as one prayer. FT/RM and maggot valley are happy to share this release that was recorded early 2010….since then, like any other artist or collaborations; the process and fundamentals change over time, like everything…being a fan myself, i have a collection of their cassettes, which i love to change up here is something that has been hidden away from us for a few years and made available to you now, that you can throw into the rotation where it belongs (also BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR AN LP courtesy of HOOKER VISION) art by the one and only maggot Jeremiah, home-dub edition.

XIPHIIDAE – ‘material in mind’ C42
its hard to sum up the actions and experimentations of a brilliant mind. Jeffry Astin in general is a pioneer of his creations and has created several new genres/styles of music all of his own hands, and counting all of us who collect his recordings know this, if you are new to his music, and you love the music that is out on other labels similar to this one, i recommend you find as much as you can for the experience in general…dabble into the man, he will show you new faces of music the beauty of xiphiidae is that you never know what you’re getting yourself into. a weaving tapestry of layered collauge of sounds from so many sources, it could be composed and conducted with instruments, or it could be all random/found/selected/lost and found ressurected, or the hidden brought into our light….all sprouted from the rich magnetic soil that is the mind of Housecraft Jeff. for his fans: the man IS a state of mind, and his past and present will continue in our personal history books in music ALWAYS. have a listen to the sample of “frangrence in color” and let yourself get swept into getting this tape. creep art menace by maggot jeremiah, the 1 and only. this is a produb edition.

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ASR080 Remnants v. Collapsed Arc split C30 $6(US)/$8(World)
Versus Series II cassette ten: This split offers an excellent juxtaposition of audio artworks as Ryan Marino (Imminent Frequencies) constructs a highly sophisticated drone rich with warm tone and texture backed with an A.D.D. composition of short loop pandemonium by Collapsed Arc.

ASR085 The David Russell Snake – ‘Futures EP’ CDr $6(US)/$8(World)
The Snake pays admission into the future with 9 new electronic / techno compositions. “Futures EP” presents a new direction for David Russell (Collapsed Arc / Jerk)… drum loops, bass beats and mayhem abound on this stunning 16 minute EP.

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