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DAIS 026 : King Dude – ‘Love’ LP $17
The long awaited proper full length album by Seattle’s King Dude is up now for preorder. Dark pagan-fueled folk wrapped tight with outsider Americana, steeped in themes of love, death and redemption.  King Dude was initially projected forth using his Actual Pain vehicle for his metaphysical leaning and occultist tendencies.  Reverent as it is prophetic and stark, King Dude has previously swooned audiences with releases on Avant!, Bathetic and Clan Destine, now his masterpiece album on Dais pulls together the biblical sound and isolation of the northwest.  Stepping forward alone, King Dude has now toured across America, as well as a highly successful European tour this year…an atmosphere filled with hope and salvation, drawing sound influence akin to Death In June & Sol Invictus but sewing together a hybrid of true folk tradition alongside Woody Guthrie and Johnny Cash.  Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies.  Records come in thick die-cut cardstock sleeves revealing beautiful inner sleeve printed artwork beneath.  Designed by T.J. Cowgill.

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TRAVEL EXPOP SERIES – ‘Volume 1: FRANCE’ LP
Cankun, Holy Strays, Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier, Voodoo Mount Sister. HITD 007 – Co-release with Ruralfaune – LP 12″ – 300 copies on white vinyl.  Our next release will mark the launch of the first volume in a series of splits, which answers to the beguiling name of Travel Expop Series. The idea behind this series is simple: With each new edition we will bring a handful of experimental pop artists together with a label that we admire of the same nationality, on a single vinyl.  So we begin with France, in co-production with the label Ruralfaune. This first volume-collage will, to our delight, draw together Cankun’s groovy funk-pop, the hallucinatory drone merry-go-round music of Holy Strays, the luminous, poetic dabblings of Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier and the cosmic equatorial hypnosis sounds of Voodoo Mount Sister. As for the artwork, Michael Sallit will mark his name on the list of collaborators. For this grand occasion, we are organising a launch party for Saturday 26th November at Espace B (in Paris’s 19th district). Click here for more info. Put it in your diaries!

COUGH COOL/JOHNNY HAWAII split tape
HITD 008 – Split Tape –  Before the year comes to close, Cough Cool’s lo-fi shoegaze (Philadelphia, USA) will collide with the psychedelic surf sounds of Johnny Hawaii (Marseille, FR) on a very special packaging cassette. First co-release with our friends at Atelier Ciseaux & La Station Radar. Gosh almighty! 100 copies.

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ANOK29 Andrew Coltrane/Bob Bellerue – ‘A Confederassy of Burnt Bridges’ split 12″
two firestorms, two sides. AxCx brings two tracks in a long delirious slow burning assault, with virgin sacrifices in a sonic sacrifice. pure sensual carnage. BxBx sketches and slashes out a busted landscape, with FM radio battles and assault horns to salve the suburban frontier with fire and metal rain. color covers, xerox insert. limited edition of 125 copies.

ANOK36 GX Jupitter-Larsen with Cheapmachines 7″ $8
a blustering clusterfuck by these two masters of audiophile murk. 2 sides that churn with wild abandon through the reproductive systems of cement truck whales, orgone subways, and curdled rivers of molten latex. limited edition of 100 copies on yellow vinyl with color foldover covers.

ANOK38 Postcommodity – ‘Your New Age Dream Contains More Blood Than You Imagine’ LP
two long sides in this session of hunting songs by Postcommodity, the Southwest avant-garde true-native ensemble of Raven Chacon (KILT/Death Convention Singers), Cristóbal Martínez, Kade L. Twist, and Nathan Young (Ajilvsga / Alms). using hand-made instruments made of bone and skin, junk metal, voice, and choice electronics in spare amount, “Your New Age Dream Contains More Blood Than You Imagine” traces a sonic arc through the chase of animals, and the movement of blood and spirit in the midst of industrial and cultural collapse. it is a stark and spirited statement of remaining free within growing technological fetishism, intellectual slavery, and the continuing curse of colonialism in America and greater capitalist culture. screen-printed fold-over covers, printed labels. limited edition of 200 copies.

ANOK39 Gen Ken Montgomery – ‘1/f noise’ one-sided LP
“1/f Noise” began as an immersive listening performance where people were led one by one, blindfolded, down eight flights of stairs, through corridors, in and out of rooms with firing kilns, clay mixers, buffering machines and ventilation ducts. This performance, plus the sounds of ceramic production–recorded at the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning in Cincinnati, Ohio–were then combined with an 8-channel concert recording from Art Damage Lodge to create the composition on this record. Regular and artist editions available: Regular edition: limited to175 copies with insert in letter-pressed cover by Future Retrieval, with pro-printed inserts, printed label on the A side, and ink printing on the blank B-side. An artist edition: limited to 20 copies packaged in a handmade box with 2 ceramic sculptures cast from a mold made from Gen Ken’s inner ear by the avant-garde ceramic artist team of Katie Parker & Guy Michael Davis (Future Retrieval).

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Ben Owen – ‘Birds and Water, 1’ C94  $7(US)/$10(World)
Those with a certain taste will be familiar with Ben Owen’s subtle yet stunning design work with his Brooklyn-based Winds Measure Recordings imprint, which also releases his own carefully crafted music in both collaborative and solo form.  These are two masterfully textured sidelong pieces exemplifying his attention to craft, process, and detail at the most painstaking levels, while still embracing the sonic imprecision of the cassette tape medium.  “These recordings were made on residency with The Experimental Television Center in Owego, NY during May 2010. This was my third and—unknown to me at the time—last residency, as the Center has now closed. While two of three residencies were in partial an audio/video collaboration with Justin Lincoln, the Birds and Water series is my main body of work created at ETC. The recordings are both sound and sound and image based pieces using David Jones’ image processing system. ETC expanded operations in 1974 with the first Jones Colorizer, and in 1975 with a set of keyers, a multi-input syncable sequencer and a bank of oscillators, all designed and constructed by David Jones. The analog system modules coupled with several external op amp generators are heard in these sessions. Numerous patches and variations of each were recorded in extended durations. Side A was recorded direct to cassette tape. Both recordings are presented in their unedited duration. Thanks to Hank Rudolph, Sherry and Ralph Hocking, Justin Lincoln, Giuseppe Ielasi and Evan Lindorff-Ellery.” – Ben Owen.  Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi. This release features collaborative artwork by Owen and Evan Lindorff-Ellery.  Cover art silk screen printed by the fine folks at Sonnenzimmer print studio in Chicago. Thanks to them for their help. Silk screen printed sleeve designed by Lindorff-Ellery. Two inserts included featuring video stills by Owen. An edition of 200. Type II Chrome cassette tape.

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The Pheromoans – ‘Bar Rock’ 12″
Fresh off of their amazing debut full-length ‘It Still Rankles,’ The Pheromoans, the UK’s #1 DIY wedding band, have returned to the studio, imbuing their singular brand of ramshackle honesty with a deeper swagger than previously seen.  That’s right, the success has gone to their heads, and like most multi-platinum-selling artists, they’ve decided to indulge with ‘Bar Rock,’ a 7-song ep (mini album?) released in small quantities on the esoteric medium of 12” vinyl.   300 available. LISTEN

Storm Shelter s/t cs
Sludge-slinging pop and euphoric, marching doom from the four ladies of Storm Shelter.  After a long incubation, finally a debut release!  limited to only 50.  LISTEN

Flower Man – ‘Inversion Fortuite’ one-sided 10″
Chicago-based Flower Man (aka Caboladies’ Chris Bush) gives us his latest, an electronic suite weaving motorik vibes into Badalamenti ambience. LISTEN

Dikes of Holland/Daniel Francis Doyle split one-sided 10”
Dikes of Holland and Daniel Francis Doyle give up two tracks each for a killer one-sided split, Dikes pounding rock giving way to DFD’s dynamic, one-man acrobatics. LISTEN

The Rebel – ‘The Five Year Plan’  one-sided 12”
We couldn’t be happier to present to the world a new release from one of our favorite recording artists OF ALL FUCKING TIME!  Ben Wallers aka The Rebel is the main man behind Country Teasers, and continues to amaze with the near constant flow of material out on a variety of labels including a 2007 release from Austin label Emperor Jones.  Since playing in our garage in March of 2006 we’ve kept in contact (aka drunk g-chatting), and a couple months ago he was generous enough to send us 13 songs to choose from. We’ve selected our three favorites, and pressed them up proper on a 12″ EP titled THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.  full color everything…. label, jacket, and screen printed B Side. Looks/Sounds amazing. Fans of Ronnie O’Sullivan will be extra stoked.  300 copies. LISTEN

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Pregnant Spore – ‘Growth’ 2xCDr – RB-103
A brand new collection of 13 psychedelic compositions by Baltimore’s Pregnant Spore, recorded in real-time with no edits. This is severely focused material, yet, at times, it may give the illusion of scattered and chaotic collages and textures. Centered around the theme of personal spiritual growth, Justin Marc Lloyd pushes his trademark “mangled electronics” sound to a new meditative level, all the while maintaining a degree of harshness and complexity in frequencies and movement. Inspired by the poetry of Dao De Jing and it’s integration into every day life, Growth is simultaneously a journey inside the mind and outside the realms of the galaxy, all according to our own perception of reality. Although flesh, vocal chords and man-made devices were joined together to produce what you hear, they were all merely vessels in exposing an invisible world that already existed. This is something to get lost in because Pregnant Spore had lost itself in the making. Hand-assembled, hand-stamped scrap-booking card-stock packaging and hand-stamped CDrs. Contains track listing and a copy of collage artwork made by Justin Marc Lloyd. Limited to 40.

Pregnant Spore – ‘Ache For’ C92 – RB-105
Meditative, slow moving, extremely diverse indulgences in voice, samples and disfigured electronics. Centered around the concept of longing. These recordings took place by accident. In an attempt to experiment with new equipment, strange encounters and a slip into a trance-like state ensued. The tape was rolling and so was the manifestation of missing someone and something so much that it induced physical pain. With that channeled energy in these recordings, the two 45 1/2 minute pieces will pass by leaving the rest of the world behind.  Special price of only $5 shipped as incentive to generate more sales for the purpose of fund-raising for the label. Hand-assembled j-cards made of folded origami paper with lazer-jet printed inserts with artwork and info by Justin Marc Lloyd. Limited to 50.

Ground Zero Mosque / & + Lessons – ‘Advance Funerals’ CDr
3 CDrs full of wacky noise tactics by Andy Livingston, Justin Marc Lloyd and Jake Lexso. Jake is the man behind the Pittsburgh solo endeavor Ground Zero Mosque, an extremely diverse outfit ranging from walls of harsh noise to electro beats with synth melodies to everything in between. Justin and Andy make up a Baltimore duo called Lessons producing psychedelic noise with no limits. This release contains tracks from each project as well as collaborative tracks between the two projects.  3 CDrs separately packaged inside paper sleeves with info, together housed in a hand-numbered manilla envelope. The 11 out of the 33 copies distributed by Rainbow Bridge Recordings were hand-stamped with a rainbow stamp.

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[058] SCULPTURE – ‘Toad Blinker’ picture-disc LP
2nd zoetropic picture disc by this UK duo.

[057] XELA – ‘The Sublime’ LP
3rd and last part of the trilogy.

[056] MACHINEFABRIEK & GARETH DAVIS – ‘Ghost Lanes’ LP
Rutger Zuydervelt with amazing clarinettist Gareth Davis.

[055] ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB – ‘Generator Breaker’ LP
Brand new album by UK DIY/Drone/Noise legend Neil Cambell with heavily layered techno-infused space drone whirl.

Test House/Catscars split EP
CF is pleased to present a brand new split double EP from Brooklyn’s Test House and Dublin’s Catscars, available now on super limited cassette (including 320 kpbs MP3 download) from the CF Store. Also available as a part of limited time MEGADEAL, get all three of our latest tapes for only £10!! Here’s some more about the bands: Test House is the New York City-based production duo of Peter Schuette (ex-Silk Flowers, Psychobuildings) and James Elliott (ex-Bear In Heaven, ex-School of Seven Bells). The duo blends classic House music with elements of ’80s electro, German cosmic music, deep R&B, the film scores of Goblin and John Carpenter, Detroit Techno, and various strains of modern dance music. The resulting sound aims a dancefloor tractor beam at your ass while disrupting normal brain functions with blissed-out repetition and hypnotic melodies. Listen here! Inhabiting a genre of her own devising known mysteriously as “Post-Enya”, Catscars is the solo project of Dublin’s Robyn Bromfield (Patrick Kelleher’s Cold Dead Hands, Children Under Hoof) and shares with those projects a love of old synths and an effortless pop sensibility. This is her first release since the acclaimed debut album “Construction” from earlier this year, and it’s Cold Wave lack of affectation is the perfect foil to Test House’s haunted Housescapes.

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[UM013] Ninni Morgia – ‘Ladyboy Sonata’ CS
Thirty minutes of guitar delirium from Italy’s finest avant guitarist. Morgia starts off in his own unique warped way, with a noise psych intro filled with fiery bendings and his signature wild distortion. Then the guitar gets modulated until it’s filtered and thinned out to a hammering, hypnotic cicada chant. It’s a Kafkian nightmare, and when the guitar is reduced to bits, it feels like it’s emitting its last cries of help, like Solmania’s face-cutting licks, or better, like a windy February night walk in NY. Morgia’s guitar work resembles the extended techniques applied to trumpet by Peter Evans and Axel Doerner, both in terms of dynamics and research, especially in richness, clarity and overtones, and also in a beyond-limits live performance (there are no overdubs on any of his recordings). Pro-dubbed imprinted black tapes with a foxxy Ninni on the cover. Edition of 100.  Also comes in a numbered limited edition of 9: same packaging but housed in stenciled ladyboy cardboard boxes by SK. Available only direct from Ultramarine. See/listen/have it.

[UM010] Silvia Kastel – ‘Love Tape’ CS
Silvia Kastel: synth, voice, bass, beats, tenori-on, NatGeo artwork.  A concept tape packed with unconditional love to whoever hears/buys/does whatever with it. C30, white shells with watercolor labels by SK; each tape is unique. Edition of 60; of which 9 come in a numbered limited edition with alternate covers, each one featuring an instant picture of/by Silvia Kastel.

[UM011] Marcello Magliocchi – ‘Music For Sounding Sculptures In Twenty-Three Movements’ CS
Twenty-three wonderful pieces recorded live in a tower in Tuscany, in which master percussionist Marcello Magliocchi plays sound sculptures by Andrea Dami, made of various metals including iron, brass, copper, steel, aluminium and featuring other elements like strings, stones and gongs. Imagine a mix between Indonesian gamelan, Bertoia, Lucier , obscure recordings from Africa, Beaver Harris and Don Moye, all infused with Marcello’s unique approach to polyrhythm, dynamics and modulation, the result of over 40 years of personal studies. Each movement flows through the most disparate sounds: percussive, flute-like, thick drones, lap-steel, bells, cymbals… every sculpture becomes alive and is made resonate in all possible ways, through a fine work of tonal juxtapositions, rhythm interlocks, deep resonation and also using brushes, bows and sticks. The excellent clarity of the recording allows for a full enjoyment of the rich range of harmonics, pitches and clangs produced.  C60 high quality chrome tapes, with photo artwork by Lidia Stranges and watercolor labels by Silvia Kastel; each tape is unique.  Edition of 60.

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NNA035: Quicksails – ‘A Fantasy in Seasons’ C30
Ben Billington’s solo works as Quicksails put him in a place uncharted by many other contemporary acts, combining a wide assortment of live percussion and synthesized electronics. Following up recent cassettes on Digitalis and Deception Island, “A Fantasy In Seasons” recalls moments of Kosmische synth, Free Jazz, world music, and a vast collection of eclectic sounds from this world and elsewhere.

NNA036: Hex Breaker Quintet – ‘Riders’ C20
Deeply spaced orchestral arrangements from the HBQ Riders Crew, consisting of Grasshopper’s Jesse DeRosa and Josh Millrod, plus Telecult Powers’ Mister Matthews and Witchbeam. The boys travel the lonely road with pastoral, longing brass lines coasting alongside gritty modular synthesizer, creating deep currents of brotherhood electronics. VIDEO

NNA037: various artists ‘Diamond Catalog “Magnified Palette” Remixes‘ C95
Birthed out of the DNA of Diamond Catalog’s “Magnified Palette” LP (NNA032) comes 95 minutes of truly disturbed dance music, remixed by an eclectic gang of underground electronic musicians hand-selected by Pat and Lala. Dirty trance, harsh noise breakbeats, minimal house moods, and overall imaginative techno from the likes of Liz Harris (Grouper), Driphouse, Future Blondes, Fecalove, and sweaty handful of mystery characters.

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