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[RVR0095] To The Lovers, Farewell – ‘Persians In The Throne Room.’
Most recorded in the DAW using various synths through a vocoder for the shoegazy/harsher songs…..HarshGaze?

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The Fourth Wall – ‘We Are The Guinea Pigs soundtrack’ 8″ lathe
8″ Lathe Cut with homemade covers. Ltd. to 27 copies on clear vinyl.
$18 order now at www.onekindfavor.net. Ships on or before March 12th
A short soundtrack to the 1980 documentary film “We Are The Guinea Pigs” (dir. Joan Harvey) which deals with the aftermath of the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster. The music is by an unnamed band of New Yorkers associated with the Fourth Wall theater group. The raw music is reminiscent of the “Savage Sons of Ya Ho Wa” LP (1974), which in turn recalls Neil Young’s “Ditch Trilogy,” but the sole focus of the lyrics is the evils of nuclear energy and the systems that keep the reactors going. The politics are definitely socialist and anarchist leaning, with lines like “even Charlie Manson had more respect for law.” At the time of the film’s release some found the music in poor taste, or at the very least, highly unpolished, but looking back, there is much to be enjoyed about the sounds of this rag tag pick-up band singing about a cause they believe in.

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TULUUM SHIMMERING – ‘Orange & White Feathered String’ C50
The inimitable Tuluum Shimmering returns! Ascending, transcending,floating down the river Nile. Artwork by Sean Gadoury. Pro-duplicated. Edition of 50. SAMPLE

JOSH ST. DENIS/MISNER SPACE split C22
Side A: Josh St. Denis offers treated analogue-sourced field recordings accompanied by beautiful guitar stylings. Side B: Misner Space delivers an acoustic set recorded on cassette from the forest floor. Artwork by Sean Gadoury. Pro-duplicated. Edition of 50. SAMPLE/SAMPLE

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Further Reductions s/t C30 $8(US)/$15(World)
NYC minimal synth / coldwave from Further Reductions featuring the beautiful resound of Katie Rose and poetic dance electronics of Shawn Devin (Led Er Est). Last year’s incredible Something Cold compilation in tandum with their debut single on Captured Tracks, Further Reductions keeps their analog minimalism pure while drawing on influences like SM Nurse and Oppenheimer Analysis. Edition of 50 with packaging artwork/design by artist Jordan Levine.

Bob Bellerue – ‘Fine Phenomena’ C10 $8(US)/$15(World)
The past decade has seen composer Bob Bellerue transform various ideas about prepared noise action into varied musical composition with a focus and energy that is unmatched. His history with projects like Redglaer and Halfnormal, assorted releases through his own Sleepy Hollow Editions and Half Normal labels, and his infamous Ende Tymes Festival in Brooklyn, NY have made Bellerue a patron namesake among most tight-knit experimental musicians. This release equals two live performances recorded at the Phi Phenomena “10 Artists in 60 Minutes” yearly events in 2009 and 2011. Edition of 50 with cover photography by Bob Bellerue.

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Metal Wind – ‘Ancient Sounds’
Ours ears had forgotten them : the ancient sounds. Discover them through six atmospheric concrete pieces. From dark spectral drones to obscure meditative noises arrangements.

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Tim Blechmann and Manuel Knapp – ‘viii’ CDr
Nada is very proud to release VIII, the latest in a series of collaborations between Tim Blechmann and Manuel Knapp. Tim Blechmann studied music informatics in Tübingen, Stuttgart and Vienna. Blechmann’s musical work is predominately as an improviser with laptop and composer of computer music. Manuel Knapp studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and computermusic and electroacoustic music at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Knapp works as an artist in the fields of painting, graphics, animation and electroacoustic music. A single 40+ minute piece of ominous digital static and humming electronics. Slow building with strong linear momentum eventually swells into a dense cloud of digital grain and electronic skree. A late night burner. Featuring original artwork from Manuel Knapp. Edition of 100.

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GOD 13 Slobodan Kajkut – ‘Sick Nature/City of Bore’ LP
For Slobodan Kajkut there was always and intention to write a piece for hardcore/trash/speed/reaction duet Heifetz. Fascinated not only with their variety of different musical styles, that are part of their musical language, but also with their ability to perform with extreme level of passion and variation of sarcasm and severity, Kajkut wrote a piece that musically and physically tests their patience.Somehow, the piece titled City of Bore (named by Heifetz), illustrates the character of the piece. Literally, there is nothing happening, the piece is a half an hour of emptiness, filled with periodical points. There is nothing new in the piece itself, many artists, such as Taku Sugimoto and many others, wrote thousands of such pieces, but in this case, interesting is to hear how Heifetz perform such music, always on the border to explode, though with ability to abstain. On the other side, Sick Nature (played by Maggot, duet particularly formed to perform this piece), also explores punctuality but in a rhythmical way, and with slightly extended instrumentation.Each single note of the piece is performed with almost mechanical precision, which make the piece extremely cold. Various percussions and dynamic extremes from very silent, to extremely loud, make a great correspondence to boredom of City of Bore. This is the music where nothing makes sense… This 180g vinyl comes in beautiful self made silk-screened cover and is very limited to 100 units only, from which only 50 will be available for sale!!! TRY

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EAT SKULL – ‘III’ LP
“While you were out kicking an empty Sparks cup around SXSW, world class musical talents Eat Skull were busy creating their 3rd opus, entitled III, on a fever train between states, cities, community colleges and jails. Nearly 4 days or 4 years in the making, depending on who you ask, III is a more psychedelic and perfectly circular outing then their previous classics of paranoid ecstasy ‘Wild and Inside’ and ‘Sick to Death.’ Somewhere inbetween the subatomic joy of Primal Scream’s “Keep Your Dreams” and the desperate loneliness of ‘Same Place the Fly Got Smashed’ era Guided By Voices lies the weird and wonderful world of III. Throw a dash of Iron Maiden’s ‘Wasted Years’ in the cauldron, stir and dip a cigarette in it to smoke. This is music to drink to, die to, fall in love to and quit your job to. Drive to Alaska. Fuck it.” California “Golf” Richards, Portland, OR 2012.  TRY

HERBCRAFT – ‘The Astral Body Electric’ LP
Three years on from the initial Herbcraft blurt, this third Herbcraft LP sees a full blossoming of sonic seeds sown in previous wax transmissions. Once the isolationist bedroom-psych project of Matt Lajoie, the intervening years have found Herbcraft sprawling out in many different full-band incarnations–duo, trio, quartet, sextet–for tours and heady super-sessions at their HQ in Maine. The Astral Body Electric finds the most enduring lineup of the band at its peak: songs half-composed, half-improvised, and played with freewheeling first-take intensity. Recorded direct to tape by Doug Tuttle (Mmoss) in an 18th-century New England barn, the focus on analog recording techniques (spring reverb, tape delay, hands-on flange) captures the Herbcraft soundworld in its most-natural habitat. Matt’s unhinged electric guitar swirls around Dawn Aquarius’ wah’ed organ riffs, Nicholas Barker’s kosmische-inspired drums and synth, and Corinna Marshall’s trilled-out flute and circular bass, complete with nebulous groop vocals and auxiliary support from Doug and Aaron Neveu (Woods). “Aurally massaged” into the 4th dimension by Matt “MV” Valentine with his signature “Spectrasound” mastering technique, The Astral Body Electric is psychedelic, mantric, free-rock music for the mind and body, and the most expansive, fully-realized, and confident Herbcraft record yet.  TRY

THE WOOLEN MEN s/t LP
The Woolen Men are three — two Oregon natives and a Washingtonian. They play punk influenced DIY music in the Pac-NW tradition of Dead Moon and the Wipers. More than a sound or style, that means a kind of work ethic — do-it-yourself and do it a lot. The band is happiest touring up and down the I-5 or bunkered in their practice space with the cassette 4-track rolling. And it shows. Live, the band is thunderous and energetic and the magnetic chemistry of the three of them playing together shines through in the recordings. This self-titled album released by Woodsist Records is their debut LP, following a handful of largely self-released EPs. Instead of changing their technique of recording fast and loose to capture the live energy of their sound, they recorded and recorded and recorded until they had enough songs to make up an album only of material with that elusive spark of a great recording. The ten tracks here represent five different sessions, and as many songs made the cut as were left behind. The LP was made to endure, with little attention payed to current trends or “in” sounds — what matters to the band is that the songs are well written and executed with integrity. The whole thing was recorded to analog tape. The Woolen Men are Alex Geddes, Lawton Browning and Raf Spielman. They live and work in Portland, OR. Raf previously released an album of solo material under his Polyps moniker for the Woodists sister label Hello Sunshine. TRY

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Champagne Sequins – ‘Summonings’ print/DL
Edition of 25 printed instruction manuals accompany the latest release from Brooklyn’s Champagne Sequins. Sounds on this recording were made with electronic instruments built by the artist, and range from dark tone sequences to noise and rhythmic/distorted top 40 radio transmissions.

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Mold Omen – ‘Sanbenito’ CS $5
Coming to you all the way from Baltimore, Mold Omen and their album Sanbenito. A “sanbenito” is a penitential garment worn by heretics, especially during the Spanish Inquisition. This heavy, loaded word translates into some fine improv/noise music by MO. The album isn’t aggressively dissonant, over the top, or bleak, but instead plays with gaps and silences in between plucked tones. Evocative is a word we like use to describe their sound tapestry. It is a challenging listen to be sure, but one that fans of the group will enjoy.

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