[CFE #40] Before Returning C30
The ritual of the every day routine. A sister tape to If Only They. Similar to the older Sootskin Pearls tapes. Cut-ups, tape movements, boredom and forgotten moments. Edition of 33 in chipboard boxes with pasted on art. Various inserts (one painted/handwritten, one an excerpt from a D.A. Levy poem) and a small pinecone.
[CFE #47] Dylan Golden Aycock – ‘Guitar Meanderings I’ C15
Brief moments of beauty from Dylan Golden Aycock (aka Talk West, head of Scissor Tail Editions) pulled from various guitars. At times spacious, loose and bluesy, at others tight and hypnotic. The clean and the dirty, the full and the fragile. A testament to the possibilities of the instrument. Edition of 50 in chipboard boxes with pasted on art. Various inserts (one stained/handwritten) and a piece of fabric.
[CFE#48] If Only They C30
A sister tape to Before Returning. Tape collage, monotonous wobble and scratch. Hallucinatory movements. Older recordings, heavier sounds. More static, less space. Edition of 33 in chipboard boxes with pasted on art. Various inserts (one painted/handwritten, one a poem by Max Finstein) and a piece of Ohio shale.
[CFE#49] Nagual & Carl Mitchell – ‘Improvisations I & II’ C40
Nagual is the duo of David Shapiro & Ian McColm, here joined by Oberlin saxophonist Carl Mitchell. Over these two side-long improvisations the trio move throughout ghostly moments of tension and ascension. At times recalling the Cherry/Riley radio session. Confident, pulsing meditations with never a misstep. A work of incredible power. Edition of 50 in chipboard boxes with pasted on art. Various inserts (one painted/handwritten, one a photograph by Kaitlyn Phillips) and a dried wildflower.