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Bleet/Wild Domestic/WTCHS/I Smell Blood split 7″
Out of Sound Records prides itself in the physical medium. As part of our ongoing split seven inch PIE-Series we’re proud to announce the release of our second split, this time featuring a heavy assault of instrumental post-rock and lo-fi punk: Bleet: Three-piece instrumental rock for stoned metal heads and video game nerds. Wild Domestic: taking the torch from double drumming progressive acts and adding a slurry of surf/post-jam riffs. WTCHS: straight out of the basement, concrete walls and tape hiss…. Gaining loads of attention via their PERDU imprint. I Smell Blood: London, Ontario’s heaviest band…. two-piece immaturity. Please Check it Out and let everyone know what you think. We should mention that this record was silkscreened by the Arctic based, Inuit Silkscreen program run by the Out of Sound Rezonance Program (see below for more information on our Outreach Inititatives).

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GIANNI GIUBLENA ROSACROCE – ‘La Mia Africa’ C26
Green Cassette. Silkscreened cover by ARRACHE TOI UN OEIL
limited to 100 copies. Stefano Isaia’s GIANNI GIUBLENA ROSACROCE is back with new recordings: the great first cassette, “La Piramide Di Sangue” released by Yerevan Tapes one year ago, laid the foundation of the kraut-psych rock ensemble LA PIRAMIDE DI SANGUE (with the “Tebe” LP out on Boring Machines / Sound Of Cobra). Now he’s back with his solo project, few nice mates helping (Dedalo666, Vernon, Jena) and two Tuareg girls reading Isaia’s poetries in fulfulde (fula language). The setting of La Mia Africa is a psych mid-eastern landscape, desert at sunset, ancient temples and a far far shore… GGR keeps us in these atmospheres with a mysterious clarinet, tenebrous acoustic guitars, dreamy voices talking in a language that sounds far but fascinating and simple rare percussions give us the beat for a walk on the sand dunes. Following this charming music, we’ll find the oasis in this desert…

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NNA049: Deciumus – ‘Glass Tetany’ C43
New tape from the solo project of NYC’s Pat Murano of No Neck Blues Band, aka Decimus. Pat has been hard at work the last few years crafting his series of self-titled epics on his own Kelippah imprint, and ‘Glass Tetany’ continues the legacy onto NNA. This release is a disorienting journey through the rolling dunes of far away desert, leaving the listener feeling isolated on unfamiliar terrain. Carrying the tradition of psychedelia into the next age, Decimus weaves dizzying melodies between synth and guitar, ranging from tender to gritty, creating a dense mass of multi-fidelity atmospheres that seem to score a tale of otherworldly travel. Chopped up alien beat work and bionic vocals cut through vapor, disembodying the mind from the physical form. Original cover artwork by the artist.

NNA052: Belarisk – ‘On Amorphous Dawn’ C36
Belarisk is a project of Lee Edward Tindall, a fresh Providence, RI resident by way of Massachusetts. Lee has been steadily performing solo and with others over the years, with his various projects Zerfallt, Mutation In The Gryd, Aphid Palisades, Astronaut, and more. As Belarisk, Tindall taps into the more melodic side of experimental electronic music, applying his expert-level technical skills to digital and analog synthesizers and effects. The result is a bold, Americanized interpretation of German school electronics, that not merely repeats the past, but uses its essence to look forward. Belarisk paints with sound in the full spectrum of grey; forging overdriven frenetic malfunction with spacious, tonal glory. Sawtoothed synth lines are tessellated to reflect infinitely, where the sound of electrical current is dissected and manipulated in real-time. Mournful, dark formations of sound occasionally dissipate to reveal the radiant light of possibility. Original cover artwork by the artist.

NNA053: Howard Stelzer – ‘The Lonely Astronaut’ C26
Few are more committed to the exploration of the cassette tape than Cambridge, MA’s Howard Stelzer. For years, Stelzer has been creating his own unique tape music both by himself and with a reputable cast of collaborators, much of which has been documented on his own Intransitive Recordings label. What separates Howard’s work from the bulk of traditional tape music is that he manipulates not only the phenomena of sound committed to magnetic tape, but goes deeper into the exploration of the physical mechanics and inner workings of the cassettes and players themselves, amplifying them in order to let the “instrument” become part of the music. The compositions on “The Impossible Astronaut” seem to create a void; a vacuum where trapped sounds are desperate to be released. Textural nuances and multi-dimensional field recordings are saturated beyond recognition, while lurching hiss and hum become anti-matter, simmering in tension. From subtle and quiet to loud and burning, sounds are presented in their raw form, and mixed to perfection.

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Grant Evans – ‘Dragging Alabaster’ C40 $7.25(CAN)/$8.25(US)/$10.25(WORLD)
Grant Evans presents forty minutes of minimalist sound sculpture, capturing guitar snippets, found field recordings and reel to reel tape loops on his latest cassette Dragging Alabaster. Beginning with a heady guitar sample repeated over a whirl and whisper of taped sounds and their mysterious origins, Grant lays down some of the most gripping noise over melody being produced right now. Its decidedly a crisp recording with lo fidelity roots. The flip side moans with slowed down tape samples blurring together to produce a lulling trance. Throughout the length of the tape, there are touches of indeterminable sound sources that repeat translucently, managing to captivate the listener with its constant subtle shifts. It’s a thoughtful record, and one that should undoubtedly be on wax, but here it is offered first through House of Sun as a C40 limited edition cassette.

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GOD 11 Rdeča Raketa – ‘Wir werden’ LP
Collecting their experiences through various impro- and electro – acoustic projects, as a part of Viennese circle, this Slovenia – born duo (Rdeča Raketa – Red Rocket), manifests their own post – apocalyptic vision of today’s humanity. Wir werden (We will), consists of two carefully composed pieces, each spanning on one side of vinyl. Constructed from various electronic sound sources and field recordings with acoustic instruments, duo offers brutal sine-wave attacks, discreet loops, scary drones and beautiful piano passages. And this is just small part from what this fabulous catalog of human’s habits offers, opened and closed with the spoken word lyrics. Wir werden deals with the past repeating, movements and their absence in front of systems appearing to be crumbling, relationships between people and their inner fears, as they claim themselves. Ultimately, this release is collection of recommendations for surviving today’s Brave New World.

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BURIAL GROUND – ‘Pieces’ 8-track $10(US)/$12(Can/Mex)/$15(World)
Pure audio stasis and horror-movie obsessed sonic brutality from none other than Burial Ground. Not for fans of music. An abyss of grinding texture, harrowing bass throb and roaring oblivion. After the last few releases from Anthony Shaw’s minimal and ultra harsh static-noise project, we at Lighten Up finally came to realize that we must to do our small part to help support the work. So it is after great consideration and pains on our part that we proudly present these massive scraping walls of monolithic destruction, subjected to our heavy handed all analog approach, and released in the completely unparalleled 8 track cartridge format. An impossibly warm blanket of nothing, dedicated to the cult classic horror film “Pieces” from 1982. These cartridges have been very carefully selected, painstakingly quality tested, bulk erased, demagnetized and real time duplicated using a high end recorder, resulting in beautiful all-analog contemporary noise artifacts. Absolutely NONE of the typical roller corrosion, or deteriorating foam pads one might find in your average grimy old 8-track tapes, only the highest quality felt pads, and absolute best, cleanest cartridges have been recycled for this project. First copy is Blood Red, the following four cartridges are Midnight Black/ Dark grey, and the remaining edition of 22 cartridges are Virgin White. Each 8-track cartridge is hand numbered, with full color labels and protected in a self sealing plastic sleeve. Extreme distortion and black frequencies for depraved troglodytes. Total pummel.

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Nathan Ventura – ‘Asshole With A Clarinet’ $11
“Asshole With A Clarinet” by Nathan Ventura is the first vinyl release by the new label Anonymous Dog Tapes and Records. It features 15 tracks of outsider folk and jazz-punk composed into a structured madness. Side 1 of this record features eight tracks of clarinet, drums and vocals. The songs range from repetitive driving riffs with harsh lyrics about quitting your job and moving in with your mom to chaotic, melodic insanity, as well as everything in between. Side two features seven tracks of utterly odd folk songs; some with a predominantly metal and industrial air, and others with a desperate element devoid of shame that may very well endear or disgust listeners. This is Nathan’s first official release. He is a studio artist from Boston, Ma, rarely making live appearances. issue of 300 copies.

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[enrcmp18] V/A – ‘100 Years of Noise – Public Domain Celebration Release‘
Compilation celebrating the 100th anniversary of ‘L´Arte dei Rumori’, the first artistic manifesto concerning noise music. It was written by Luigi Russolo, an Italian futurist painter and composer, who was interested in classifying all the new sounds that were coming out from the machines at the time. The tracks on this compilation are not about white noise, they cover all spectrum of experimental sounds: music concréte, electro acoustic, free jazz, circuit bending, field recordings, etc. This compilation was released on January 1st, the Public Domain Day under creative commons public domain license. A more extended release with additional information will be available in the following.

[enrmp318] M-PeX & Makrox – ‘Volutka’
Album by Portuguese project M-PeX in collaboration with DJ Makrox. Mixing Portuguese guitar with electronics, jazz and hiphop elements. World music at it’s best.

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