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‘Rhizomatic St. Louis Vol. 2 Compilation‘ C67 $7(US)/$10(World)
Second volume of the annually released compilation of Sound Art, Free Improvisation, Electronic & Electroacoustic music from artists currently living and working in the St. Louis area. Featuring: A1 Marble – Blood Orange (Sounds like it could’ve been on a late 70’s Sky Records release) A2 Poison Rat R. – Orbit (Featuring Kenji Siratori) (Japanese cyber punk author reading w/ dark electronics) A3 Byssus – Ampoule (Mysterious soundscapes) A4 Radiant Husk – Apple Uppfle (Odd and alluring tenor sax electroacoustics and field recordings) A5 Darin Gray – Gateway for Phyllis Diller (Mouth Piece Study No. 1) (Extended technique upright bass ambient throb) A6 Mark Sarich – When you are not here Yet you are here; Abschied (Feldman-esque piano study) B7 Eric Hall – The Sight Of Without You (Seasoned Improv tactics twisted into pastoral electronica) B8 John Tamm-Buckle – Titan3 80-300 (Custom Max programming manifested as warped sine wave layers) B9 Wamhoda – Mentally Whipp’d (Swamp Kid gutter techno w/ field recording of party kidz at a discotheque) B10 Burlin Mud – Live @ Momo 12/11(Skarekrau nature-noise B11 Michael Williams – Part of the Whole (Outsider guitar jangle and shadow electronics) B12 Ajay Khanna – Noise Enhancement 9×5 (Conceptual tape hiss embellishment) Pro-duplication and metallic silver imprinting with full color double sided j-cards. Limited edition of 75 posters and cover art by Jeremy “Ghost Ice” Kannapell. Digital download link included. Edition of 150 on chrome tape.

Kevin Harris / N.N.N. Cook split C30 $7(US)/$10(World)
Two nonsectarian pieces of contemporary American electronic music utilizing. a customized eurorack modular synthesizer on the Harris side and computer software on the Cook side. The composition by Mr. Harris was created in response to the composition by Mr. Cook. Side A: Kevin Harris – NI6B^RR [Food Poisoning] {Funding for Disagreement} Side B: N.N.N. Cook – Furuzanfar #568 w/ Sine Qua Non Memories. Pro-duplication and metallic gold imprinting with black and white double sided j-cards. Edition of 100 on chrome tape.

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Keith Fullerton Whitman/Floris Vanhoof split LP
New split 12″ between two modular experimentalists stretching the world map for this split release. While Keith Fullerton Whitman comes with one of his more accessible / danceable piece to date, Floris Vanhoof had full reign to record a dark and hazy drone piece for the flipside. Using purely analog synths, both build very unique although complementary compositions. Keith Fullerton Whitman – you already know him – is an American electronic musician who has recorded albums influenced by many genres, including ambient music, drone, electronic, drill and bass, musique concrète and krautrock. Making music since the 90′, he started recording using his own name in 2001, and most of his work recorded today is under that name. He studied computer music at Berklee College of Music, where he was exposed to modern electronic music composition and synthesis. Whitman has released albums on many labels such as Edition Mego, PAN, Kranky, Root Strata, Planet Mu. Connecting his many worlds, ideas and influences into highly personal pieces, everything Floris Vanhoof put his hands on turned into a highlight. Not only his solo LPs on Ultra Eczema and Kraak, but also an extensive list of stunning performances. In his live shows Vanhoof links new visual ideas to his idiosyncratic musical performances in which homemade synthesizers, exceptional ebay acquisitions and a personal framework are forged into an impressive whole. One of the most versatile and creatively liberated artists in Belgium! This record has been mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin. Pressed on 180g black vinyl and packaged in a 3 colors silkscreened cover printed by Hannah Geise. Edition of 400 copies.

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RC73: BROGAN BENTLEY – ‘MOMENTS EP’ C24
Just in time for a feel good summer, bay area mon Brogan Bentley holds it down with this crucial EP. A flavorful blend of ambient breathers and swelling vigorous flow. Cover Artwork by Casual Sniper/Silent Thunder. Professionally duplicated on type II, chrome cassettes. edition of 100.

RC74: TULUUM SHIMMERING – ‘BEFORE US IS OUR OCEAN’ C90
Back from a flowered grassy knoll hideaway somewhere in the UK, Jake Webster presents us with a new Tuluum sound. Peaceful vocals with a soothing aura. Professionally duplicated on type II, chrome cassettes. edition of 100.

RC75: SUB LIQUID – ‘APEX’ C42
First physical release from Sub Liquid (Graham Pisarek) local from Nevada City! After a by chance encounter, this release became inevitable. Pure, aerial beats sure to keep your head bobbin’. Much more to come, including shows around the northern California area and more new cassette and online releases. All sounds and artwork by Sub Liquid. Professionally duplicated on type II, chrome cassettes. Limited to 100 copies from Rotifer. edition of 200

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CARLTON MELTON – ‘Four Eyes’ 12″ £13.99
Carlton Melton have been releasing some incredible improvised psychedelic jams over the last few years, released through their own Mid To Late label and the great UK label Agitated. So after hanging out with these guys at their show here and being absolutely blown away, we’re pleased to be releasing this prelude to their forthcoming new LP for Agitated later this year. This new four track 30+ minute 12″ EP is dripping with heavy riffs, thunderous drums, gurgling synth psychedelia, and mind altering bass. The Carlton Melton sound lies between drone and space rock entwined with loose jam band improvisation, and they blend it perfectly with a touch of baked stoner rock. The record features special guests Brian McDougall, and John McBain (founding member of the legendary Monster Magnet). McBain also mastered the audio. Limited to 600 copies pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl. 300 copies are on transparent blue vinyl and 300 copies are black. Transparent blue copies will be randomly distributed to shops. We have approximately 100 copies of the coloured vinyl available to pre-order.

HELLVETE – ‘Sint – Denijs’ LP £13.99
Brand new record from Glen Steenkiste, founding member of Silvester Anfang and their more recent incarnation Sylvester Anfang II. Currently Glen is also frequently collaborating with his fellow Anfang member, Ernesto Gonzalez (aka Bear Bones Lay Low) in their free-drone project Gonzalez & Steenkiste. But whilst being active in these projects he still finds time to craft his own music. “Sint-Denijs” is his second solo full length vinyl release following his “De Gek” lp for Kraak Records from 2010, and several great cassette and CDR releases for fantastic labels like Funeral Folk, Sloow Tapes, Audiobot and SicSic Tapes. Since his previous record on Kraak, Steenkiste has been getting more and more interested in sustained tones, foreign melodies and longer compositions. On this new record he draws influences from early Minimalism and old folk music and with the use of harmonium, bowed banjo, electric tampura and analog synth he creates probing intense sounds that try to undo notions of time and place. Steenkiste’s music is like taking an endless shower of sunbeams, warm, comforting and mind-altering. Music that makes time stand still and focuses on shifting details and textures, but massive in sound and presence. This record is pressed in an edition of 500 copies on 180 gram virgin vinyl including a digital download coupon. 200 copies are on ultra clear vinyl, 300 on black. Ultra clear copies will be randomly distributed to shops. We have approximately 100 copies of the coloured vinyl available to pre-order.

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THE PERVERTS – ‘In Heaven’ C30 £3.5
“…like some old hidden memory that would rather be forgotten ‘the perverts’ gather beneath the concrete pavements of polite society awaiting to unleash themselves upon an unsuspecting public.” The Pervert’s debut, Bacon Handbag, was 18 FuzzULike songs about Mom and Dad. The new album In Heaven is the sound of a changed band, out are The Stooge’s style fuzz, Melt Banana yelps and in are post punk guitar lines, weird vocal synths and a bit of actual singing. 14 weirdo post-punk tracks from the Bristol duo, spread across a snot-green C30 cassette with ‘colour it yourself’ front cover and full colour inside cover art. Limited edition of 30 copies. Includes digital download.

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NNA059: Nate Young/Regression – ‘Blinding Confusion’ LP
Over the past few years, iconic noise artist Nate Young has been carefully crafting his own signature solo sound, as evidenced through his progressive recordings and performances with American experimental music staples such as Wolf Eyes, Stare Case, Demons, and Moon Pool & Dead Band. After the completion of his recent Regression trilogy (part one being the self-titled disc on Ideal in 2009; 2011’s “Stay Asleep” LP on NNA as part two; and part three “Other Days” on Japanese label Rockatansky in 2012), Young begins a new chapter in his personal sound world, and it is perhaps his biggest leap forward musically thus far. Regression “Blinding Confusion” enters a new era, retaining the techniques and studies from his previous work and raising them to new levels. Intense compositional building and structure seep through each track, traversing new ground melodically while still upholding Nate’s patented over-bearing weight of dread and slow-burning darkness at all the right moments. Deep, percussive brutality and pulsing neurosis mesh with somber burial hymns, held together by Young’s technical prowess and mastery of his chosen gear. Each frequency is given it’s own unique role and characteristic voice, deeply chilled by the arid space of decay via tape manipulation/disintegration, howling its way through the grooves of the record like a cold wind of dead space that billows throughout, unrelenting. Atonal, morphing, and modulating bass lines pulse and plod their way through, like the unseen presence of the undead ascending a creaking stairway, leading upwards toward a nebulous void. This establishes a truly horrific atmosphere while honoring primitive technology, refined with a thick dose of originality. Self-recorded at Burning Log Studios and M.U.G. in Young’s native zone of Detroit, Michigan, combined with high definition mastering and cutting by Lupo at Calyx in Berlin, Germany, make “Blinding Confusion” the defining artifact by one of the United States’ most talented voices in noise and experimental music.

NNA060: Ryan Power – ‘Identity Picks’ LP
Over the last decade, Burlington, Vermont songwriter/producer Ryan Power has tirelessly embarked on the quest to write the definitive song-based music, full of accuracy, refinement, deliberation, and perfectly-placed shifting harmonic puzzles. Ryan’s latest “Identity Picks” for NNA Tapes is an eight track song cycle that dances through lush jazz pads, aquatic smooth jazz funk styles, and the sensitive side of progressive rock. These songs are long, shifting compositions, slowly unfolding and patiently circulating within a refreshing variety of stylistic modes. Throughout these colorful arrangements, Ryan creates a polyphonic choir with his own voice, adding symphonic embellishments to his calculated and catchy hooks. Ryan addresses contemporary issues in his subject matter, including the music industry, lust, self-evaluation, identity crisis, and the contemplation and acceptance of a world gone mad. Unlike the phobic, neurotic head spaces of 2012’s “I Don’t Want to Die”, “Identity Picks” is a life assessment, a meditation on putting yourself out there and the struggle to maintain integrity under scrutiny. The production is astonishingly hi-fi – recorded, engineered, mixed and performed entirely by Power himself, aside from the occasional guest appearance from members of his newly-formed live band. According to the artist, the songs on this album were written “to help give my life meaning” through the purity and timelessness of classic, addictive songwriting. In an era of technological A.D.D. and fleeting vogue, “Identity Picks” is a record to listen to over and over again, finding new meaning and appreciation with each revolution.

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Kwaidan – ‘Make All The Hell Of Dark Metal Bright’ LP
Bathetic is pleased to bring to the masses, Make All The Hell Of Dark Metal Bright, the debut long player from Chicago’s Kwaidan. This project brings together Mike Weis (Zelienople), André Foisy (Locrian), and Neil Jendon – when you look at a line-up like this, it’s easy to see how important and profound the outcome will be…

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Gary Busdriver – ‘Guitar!’ CS $5
Gary Busdriver is back! This time he’s delivering a monster…a cross between Metal Machine Music and the most damaged fretwork of Keiji Haino, Guitar! is all action and improv gone mental. The performances were captured starting at the end of 2011, using a variety of equipment/playing styles, and deliberated over for quite some time. Busdriver’s initial concept was to alternate between extreme electric guitar improv and subdued (yet angular) acoustic lines. However, as the project evolved, Busdriver found himself drawn to the method of recording as much as the playing. He had started recording live to a BOSS 8-track machine before switching to both Garageband and Ableton Live to further mangle & distort his guitar improvisations. The results are truly adventurous. This is OUT-THERE music…

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GOD 16 Bernhard Lang – ‘Monadologie XII’ LP+CD
For the second time, rocked Bernhard Lang basis of GODrec, delivering his ultimate piece from Monadologie series – Monadologie XII, for ensemble. Unlike the previous release (TablesAreTurned, with Philip Jeck), Monadologie XII is nothing less than a blast: a three-part concerto for ensemble with occasional saxophone solos and terrific drum parts (watch your ears on the second side of the vinyl!). And all that, in astonishing performance of Klangforum Wien, under the direction of genius Johannes Kalitzke. Together with Differenz/Wiederholung 2, Monadologie XII could definitely be Lang’s most jazz-influenced piece up to date and at the same time, one of the biggest quakes in contemporary music of today (with more to come)! GODrec is also very proud to welcome Klangforum Wien to the roster, with this to be their first vinyl ever to be released!

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