Category Archives: UPDATE

Pine Smoke Lodge – ‘from the yellow’ 2xcassette $10

Hott Tubb s/t cassette $6

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masarurasam – ‘move’ CDr $7 (US)/$9 (World)
mini CDr limited 30.  nada 06.  Slowly unfolding synthesizer meditations. Moving on and exploring new places. A sense of wanting to let go, but still holding on. For headphones and distanced listening. Hand packaged. mini CDr

Jess – ‘Silent Night’ CDr $7 (US)/$9 (World)
mini CDr limited 30.  nada 07. Late night compositions. Loops. Samples. Cut and paste. Odes to the collage, Jess, the night, and musique concrete. Hand packaged. mini CDr.

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Isengrind – ‘Night of Raining Fire’ LP £12
Solange Gularte (Natural Snow Buildings) returns for her second solo LP for Blackest Rainbow. A dreamy psychedelic haze of shimmering drones, minimal string plucking with barely-there vocals, Gularte’s sound is somewhat more far out in comparison to say Twinsistermoon or Natural Snow Buildings. Night Of Raining Fire showcases this with tracks like the almost medieval sounding Still Voyager, or the outsider folk sound of Nadirs of the Sun. The record comes packaged in a stunning full colour sleeve covered in Gularte’s strange surreal illustrators. Limited to 500 copies. 400 on heavyweight blck virgin vinyl, 100 on coloured standard weight vinyl, exclusive to direct  customers!

Various – ‘Menagerie #3‘ LP + zine £13
Jake Blanchard’s third volume of Menagerie finally shows up just over a year after #2… The concept this time is slightly different, not only do the artists create imagery based on the musicians music, but this time the musicians also create a track based on an image created by the artist. Two exclusive new tracks from each of these artists: Ben Nash, Isengrind, C Joynes and Twinsistermoon. And exclusive new artwork by Jim Stoten, Simon Fowler, Adrianne Neil and Jake Blanchard. The sleeve is a collaboration between Jake and Jim and it is incredible! The LP is pressed on heavyweight black virgin vinyl, packaged with a A5 12 page litho printed full colour booklet. Limited to 500 copies.

Chris Forsyth & Koen Holtkamp – ‘Early Astral’ LP £12
Chris Forsyth has recently been touring around Europe with his Paranoid Cat Band in support of their excellent LP on Family Vineyard as well as playing with Meg Baird on her recent record and a continuing member of the Peeesseye. Koen Holtkamp plays as part of Thrill Jockey’s Mountains, as well as releasing solo material on aformentioned Thrill Jockey and Type. On Early Astral Forsyth and Holtkamp team up, playing guitar and synthesizer and modular electronics respectively. The record consists to two tracks, each with a great kraut guitar groove, but frequently rocking into a blissed out epic psychedelic smog of wailing riffs and bubbling electronics. 400 on heavyweight blck virgin vinyl, 100 on coloured standard weight vinyl, exclusive to direct  customers!

Ben Nash – ‘Oh Lordy Me! (My Heart Is Wandering Again)’ LP £12
It’s been quite some time since a full length solo Ben Nash release, and it’s finally here, and so,what different from his more psychedelic folk drones he showcased way back on ‘The Seventh Goodbye’. Probably best left for Ben to explain this one for you… “I recorded this new full-length record during downtime from playing with Chora and after a long break from recording any solo music. Having become somewhat disillusioned with the process of overdubbing conventional “physical” instruments repeatedly in my solo work I have spent a lot of time experimenting with different ways of inputting, manipulating and arranging sound electronically, both in a variety of computer based environments and also using an Apple iPad. This release is the first in a series that will document these experiments. All sounds on the album stem from and are sequenced within Yamaha’s TNR-I app with some minimal mix processing in Logic” – Ben Nash, Camberwell Green, September 2011. Edition of 250 copies pressed on heavy weight black virgin vinyl. Preorders come with a bonus CDR of new exclusive material!

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Perspectives/Basked Unit split C20 $7(US)/$9(World)
A joint duo split between Gainesville, FL soundcrafters Persepctives and Southern Ontario’s Basked Unit. A side is a minimal freeform instrumental via Royallen & Do Tell, guitars interweave tales between piano notes for a strange trip down memory lane.  Flip side sees Thoughts on Air visit the house of sun for a relaxing afternoon session with Knit where two guitars and various contact mics / patch cords join as one for a flowing medley of mid-winter looped patchwork.

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The Infrared Experience – ‘Memories, Waves & Frowns’ CD
We welcome back The Infrared Experience (Location still unknown) with a brand new instrumental CD and there is an enormous variety (or creativity, if you like) going on here. From experimental & contemporary music to (guitar) post rock to organic (guitar) ambient ( & dark) soundscapes. And maybe also for people who like a mix (and/or musical traces) of Steve Reich, Roy Montgomery, Set Fire to Flames, Philip Glass, Stars of the Lid, (experimental) Sonic Youth etc (to name the most known…we probably forget a couple)Sometimes it is hard to believe that all sounds have been created only with electric guitars and a few guitar effect pedals, but it’s a fact.  This is the second full length album by The Infrared Experience and it is probably even better than the appreciated debut (“White”).  But you really need to listen to the entire album to appreciate the variety & ideas.  guitars by tie.  Photography, artwork/cover design and audio post-production & mastering by Ralf Rabendorn. CD Info: Limited prof collectors edition, pro diamond dyes, AiR Digipack design, thick cardboard with special coat, waterproof Nice monochrome art in black&white (outside), sepia (inside) & monochrome blue (middle).  NEW COVERS printed by a professional printing plant!  50 min playing time.  Due to the larger and heavier new covers, the shipping costs are much more expensive compared to all previous releases, but we still try to keep the prices low!!! We hope you appreciate it

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Windmill • Waterwheel – ‘Waterwheel • Windmill’ C40 $7(US)/$9(World)
One may be aware of Kirk Marrison’s work through Fibreforms and Kiln. During the mid-’90s, Marrison collaborated with NYC guitarist Charlie Nash (Arsenal/Rhys Chatham) on two releases slated for Alley Sweeper Records. The first, Waterwheel – Panchroma, was released, but due to the disintegration of the label, the second was not. ” Waterwheel • Windmill ” is that release, finally emerging in 2011 under the Windmill • Waterwheel moniker. Combining rhythmic explorations with some seriously alive processing and textures, these pieces still feel fresh today, 15 years after they were recorded.  Nash moved to the Midwest, but his influence on the late-‘70s No Wave New York scene has been noted. Here, he provides a variety of musical textures with objects, prepared and played guitar, and guitar as transmitter of beauty. Marrison sculpts these into teeming atmospherics, constantly dipping in and out of amorphous spaces; at times sounding like a forest and at times like clippings of forgotten landscapes, sewn together by threads of hot water.  Artwork by E. Lindorff-Ellery. Pro-printed on heavy stock. Pro-dubbed, imprinted cassettes with classic Notice attire. Type II Cobalt. Edition of 100.

56K – ‘Generations Lost’  C30 $7(US)/$9(World)
Generations Lost is the debut Notice Recordings release of 56K, the new project of Josh Burke. Over the past few years, Burke has released dozens of tapes under several aliases—Sky Limousine, Ocean Diamond, Silk Fountain, etc—showcasing his ethereal synth constructions. As this tape’s title suggests, 56K continues Burke’s explorations on themes related to memory, perception, and reproduction. Highlights from the half-dozen tracks include the trancelike unfolding epic “A Dream Within A Dream,” the retro-gaming arpeggiated breakdown of the title track, and “Angel,” a bold and mysterious New Age homage. Elusive and dreamlike, these half-recognized zones emerge organically from the musical framework of Burke’s pieces.  Collaborative artwork by E. Lindorff-Ellery and Josh Burke. Pro-printed on heavy stock. Pro-dubbed, imprinted cassettes with classic Notice attire. Type II Cobalt. Edition of 100.

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TAR031 – Seven Lies About Girls/Derek Rogers split C60
limited to 50 copies. This is the tale of when Seven Lies About Girls and Derek Rogers went to Disneyland. Side A has Toxitown’s house band staged to storm the Grey-Matterhorn armed with farfisa and banjo, only to wind up taking so much acid their souvenir photo from Splash Mountain came out Hypercolor. Side B finds Derek Rogers drifting through Space Mountain on a sea of syrup, recieving thought transmissions from the sentient automotons. Welcome to the world of tommorrow. Remain seated por favor.

TAR032 – Gaze – ‘III’ C60
limited to 100 copies.  The era of the “noise party band” is supposed to be over, but try explaining that to the three capital-d Dudes who make up Gaze. They’ll show up at your house with suitcases of broken gear and milk-crate mounted effects processors to open a neon wormhole in your tiny living room with all the fever and focus of Thorton Melon nailing a triple lindy. Perfect jams for chilling with the Silver Surfer at a cosmic kegger.

TAR034 – S.C.O.A.M./Pregnant Spore – ‘Circle The Excess’ C40
limited to 50 copies. Teen Action Records is pleased to present this sublime stereophonic exploration by San Francisco’s “Student Considers Other Academic Models” and Baltimore’s “Pregnant Spore”. Through the use of innovative technologies, such as The Internet and Sesame St. talking toys these artists have created a work of timeless beauty, sure to appeal to group activities and contemporary resource possibillities.

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Mincemeat or Tenspeed $5
After Strange Gods when faith in strategy was absent, and the only game played was dice.   Melodic, Rhythmic, “noise”/ Fake techno.  Pro duped cassette, with silkscreened covers by Mark Price.  150 copies.  52:00 running time.  LISTEN

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Pregnant Spore – ‘Listen To The Universe’ CDr/special edition cassette €5/€15
Pregnant Spore, the one-man project of Justin Marc Lloyd, presents organic soundscapes, characterized by heterogeneous noises glued together, along with deviating frequency sounds. Mind-melting sound with a strong psychedelic leaning, achieved through real objects sound processing, and DIY effect pedals.  Justin also runs Rainbow Bridge independent music label, and is active in the fields of photography, image manipulation, and circuit bending.  Listen To The Universe was recorded in early 2011.  Special edition (CM009L):
Hand-painted cassette housed in hand-painted card box.  Limited to 18 copies (15 hand-numbered, 3 slashed)!  Regular edition (CM009)CDr packed in mini CD case. Cover artwork presents an image of real human brain cells.

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CHRISTIAN COSMOS – ‘enthronement by god as the first-born of the dead’ – 4xcassette
soundtrack for judgment of souls. edition of 48.

RAINFOREST SPIRITUAL ENSLAVEMENT – ‘green amulet crafts supernatural qualities’ cassette
environmentalism is the new religion. minimalist rhythmic noise ambient. edition of 63.

INFRASTRUCTURE ZERO – ‘socom’ double-cassette
industrial out of the mists of early morning balkans. cold scaffolding turning orange with rust. freon leaks out from refrigeration units onto cracked cement floors of the slaughterhouse. edition of 63.

SIERRA LEONE ANGER – ‘executive outcomes’ double-cassette
UN funded world slavery? peace with honor? reconciliation for death squads? edition of 63.

DECEMBER MAGIC – ‘could the web be re-spun’ cassette
electronic noise from dominick fernow dealing with the ‘spider web’ controversy in the JonBenét Ramsey investigation. edition of 63.

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