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ErstLive 009: Antoine Beuger – ‘s’approcher s’éloigner s’absenter’
This world premiere piece, written by German composer (and Wandelweiser founder) Beuger specifically for this festival and these musicians (Ben Owen, Barry Chabala and Dominic Lash) and dedicated to Abbey, opened the first night of the festival, setting a fantastic tone and high standard for the weeks of music to follow.

ErstLive 010: Christian Wolff/Keith Rowe
This set was the first ever full-length duo set from these two longtime masters, bringing Rowe together with one of his early influences, New York School stalwart and John Cage collaborator Christian Wolff. This show coincidentally occurred on September 4, ending after 11 PM, so almost precisely one year before Cage’s 100th birthday.

ErstLive 011: Keith Rowe – ‘September’
This was the much anticipated final set of Keith Rowe’s week in NYC, following five duo sets with various collaborators. It took place on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and the Manhattan atmosphere was uniquely charged. As he almost always does, Rowe rose to the challenge of the occasion, creating a moving, dense, virtuosic set in the lineage of his 2004 set with Burkhard Beins in Berlin (ErstLive 001) and his 2008 solo set in Tokyo (ErstLive 007). The recording quality is remarkable, both recorded and mastered by Taku Unami for maximum impact, this is truly a special recording.

ErstLive 012: Radu Malfatti/Taku Unami
This was the 10 PM set on 9/11/11, and makes for a perfect pair with the Rowe solo, two very different extremes. Where the Rowe is in your face visceral, the Unami/Malfatti created a gentle atmosphere within the pitch-black room (lit solely by Unami’s visuals), an overarching cumulative feeling in the listener. The too-perfect-to-be-scripted intro and outro frame a set that’s almost not there, a radical recording even by ultraminimal standards.
 
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ASTRO/&+NUNDATA SPLIT/COLLABORATION $7(USA)/$8(CAN&MEX)/$10(WORLD)
THIS TAPE BRINGS ONE OF THE GREATS TOGETHER WITH A VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN SERBIAN ARTIST IN WHICH I AM ALWAYS INTERESTED IN RELEASING, SRDJAN EFTIMOVSKI (NUNDATA). ODD METALLIC CLANGING AND GRATING TEXTURES WITH MANY PERPLEXING ELEMENTS FADING IN AND DRAINING OUT. ASTRO (AKA HIROSHI HASEGAWA), A MEMBER OF THE LEGENDARY C.C.C.C., PERFORMS PSYCHEDELIC NOISE AS PER USUAL, ABSTRACTLY AND HARSHLY SIMULATING COSMIC MAGNIFICENCE AND DESTRUCTION. 1ST EDITION: PROFESSIONALLY PRINTED, HAND-NUMBERED J-CARDS. PRISON SHELL C55S WITH UNIQUE HAND-PAINTED LABELS LEFT OVER FROM PREVIOUS RAINBOW BRIDGE RELEASES. ARTWORK BY JUSTIN MARC LLOYD. LIMITED TO 10 WITH FULL COLOR ARTWORK. 2ND EDITION: BLACK INK XEROXED ON NEON ORANGE CARD STOCK, CLEAR SHELL C62S WITH HAND-PAINTED/DRAWN/STAMPED ARTWORK ON WHITE LABELS, HOUSED INSIDE NEON GREEN TAPE BOXES.

BREAKDANCING RONALD REAGAN – ‘NEUROSCIENCE IS DUMB’ C40 $7(USA)/$8(CAN&MEX)/$10(WORLD)
MY INCREASING INTEREST IN NEUROSCIENCE AND IT’S RELENTLESS UNACCEPTANCE IN THE PSYCHOLOGY FIELD AS A FACTOR IN MENTAL ILLNESS HAS BEEN SHAT UPON BY JOHN CASH OF AUSTIN, TX. 40 MINUTES OF DIVERSE, DYNAMIC AND CUT-UP-ISH. COMPLEX AND METICULOUS, EVEN. A SLIGHT TONGUE IN CHEEK FEEL BECAUSE GENUINELY COMPOSED, HIGH-QUALITY, AGGRESSIVE AND POWERFUL NOISE CAN ALSO BEEN FUN AS SHIT. FUCK THE FUN HATERS. BLACK INK ON NEON PINK, NEON YELLOW, PEACH, GREEN, AND WHITE CARD-STOCK J-CARDS. EACH TAPE CONTAINS DIFFERENT STICKERS ON THE A SIDE. SOFT POLY CASES. ARTWORK BY JUSTIN MARC LLOYD, INCLUDING THE BLATANT TYPO, THAT JOHN DECIDED HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT AND THINKS IS FUNNY. BREAKDANCING RONDALD REAGAN COMIN AT YA.

GX JUPITTER-LARSEN/WIDOW’S BATH/PERMANENT OUTLET SPLIT CD $10(USA)/$12(CAN&MEX)/$15(WORLD)
RAW AND DIRTY ELECTROACOUSTIC BY THE HATERS ONE-AND-ONLY GX JUPITTER-LARSEN. WIDOW’S BATH DELIVERY THE LAST 10 MINUTES OF THEIR FIRST RECORDING SESSION EVER, PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED. HARSH AND PSYCHEDELIC FEEDBACK AND SYNTH EXPERIMENTATION. PERMANENT OUTLET ARE THE TEXAS DUO OF ZACH GUTTOWSKY (GLASGOW SMILE, BLACK LEATHER JESUS, FOLTER) AND CHANEL GARCIA (LADYBOI BIOPSY). AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO HNW. SERIOUSLY THICK, CRUMBLING WALLS COMPLETE WITH FULL COLOR ARTWORK BY JUSTIN MARC LLOYD ON 2-SIDED INSERT, TRAY CARD AND CD FACE. SHRINK WRAPPED. LIMITED TO 25 COPIES. REPLICATED AT KUNAKI.

JUSTIN MARC LLOYD – ‘YEAR OF THE WATER DRAGON VOL 2 & 3’ C40 + C45 + ZINE $15(USA)/$17(CAN&MEX)/$20(WORLD)
TRANSLATED NATURE AND ENERGY FROM WITHIN THE YEAR OF THE WATER DRAGON. NOTHING IS AIMLESS, ALTHOUGH ONLY THE WIND CARRIED. I HAD TO ASK MYSELF CONSTANTLY, “DOES EACH MOVEMENT MOVE ME? WAS I MOVED WHEN I MOVED THIS SOUND, EVEN AMONGST THE INEVITABLE ELEMENT OF MYSTERY?” IT IS A LOT TO SAY AT ONCE, BUT IT IS GENUINE, AND IT EXPLORES MUCH OF THE SONIC SPECTRUM; CRUMBLING AND CRACKLING, ENVELOPING AND MODULATED DRONES, SNEAKY NO-INPUT EXPERIMENTATION, CIRCUIT-BENT DRUM MACHINE POUNDING AND PURE FOUND SOUND/TAPE MUSIC. COMPOSED AND MIXED IN REAL TIME. EACH SIDE OF THE C40S HAVE 33 MINUTE PIECES RECORDED ONTO THEM, WHILE LETTING THE COMPLETION OF THE TAPE CROP THE PIECES. THE REMAINING MATERIAL FOR THE FINAL VOLUME WILL BE RELEASED BY OBFUSCATED RECORDS IN THE FORM OF A C30. GET BLAZED AND ZONE. THIS WAS MADE FOR THE FILLING OF AIR AND THE COATING OF SPIRITS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS RELEASE COMES WITH A HAND-MADE ZINE OF 20-30 PAGES EACH, WITH DIFFERENT PIECES OF HAND-MADE AND DIGITAL COLLAGES MIXED TOGETHER ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAPER, INCLUDING HOLOGRAPHIC SILVER SPARKLE FOR THE COVERS. PICTURED: THE PRESENCE OF THE WATER DRAGON TRANSLATED INTO VISUAL GRATIFICATION. VOL 2 ARE BLACK TAPES WITH HAND-PAINTED LABELS IN A LIME GREEN BOX. VOL 3 IS A PURPLE TAPE WITH HAND-PAINTED LABELS IN A PURPLE BOX WITH A HOLOGRAPHIC STICKER ON EACH. BLACK INK ON CARD STOCK (RAINBOW ZEBRA-PRINT CARD STOCK FOR VOLUME 2 AND RAINBOW POLKA DOTS FOR VOLUME 3). LIMITED TO 23.

WATER BULLET – ‘GREEN GREEN’ C45 $7(USA)/$8(CAN&MEX)/$10(WORLD)
A BALTIMORE-GONE-CHICAGO+UPSTATE NEW YORK DUO FEATURING MATT EKEY AKA BRANDON MARSHALL (WR). FREE IMPROVISATION SESSIONS OF DAMAGED ELECTRONICS, SIDRASSI ORGAN FLIRTATIONS, LOOPS AND COLLAGES, PROCESSED TOY KEYBOARDS, CORRUPTED DATA DUBBED TO TAPE AND MANIPULATED… A COMPLETELY UNAGGRESSIVE YET DYNAMIC AND STRANGE SONIC ASSAULT COMPOSED AROUND THE IDEA THAT BEING A CLEANING LADY HIGH ON MARIJUANA IS OPPRESSIVE. THESE ARE HER STORIES. BLACK INK ON LIGHT GREEN CARD STOCK. BLACK TAPES WITH HAND-MADE ARTWORK. 18 J-CARDS FEATURE ARTWORK BY ALYSSA HERLOCHER. THE OTHER 17 FEATURE ARTWORK BY JUSTIN MARC LLOYD. LIMITED TO 35.

OK PUTRID – ‘SMOKE WEED EVERY DAY (IT’S NOT FAIR THAT U DON’T CARE)’ 6″ LATHE $12(USA)/$14(CAN&MEX)/$16(WORLD)
RB’S FIRST LATHE. 5 MINUTES OF SERIOUSLY DAMAGED TAPES, SYNTHS, AND ELECTRONICS BY TWO WEIRDOS WHO GREW UP IN THE BACK-ASSWARDS REDNECK SHIT-HOLE TOWN OF MAYO, MD, SOMEHOW ONLY SEVERAL MILES FROM “LEGITIMATE CIVILIZATION.” NOT SURE IF THAT’S A GOOD THING. UNCONVENTIONALLY HYPNOTIC LOOPS INFLUENCED BY STUPIDITY, OVER-COMPLICATED THINKING, FUNNY FEELINGS, FUN, ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP AND PONIES AND RAINBOWS AND ALL THAT. IT’S SORT OF IRRITATING AND UPSETTING. FULL COLOR ARTWORK ON BOTH SIDES BY KAITLYN PROCHAZKA. EACH INDIVIDUAL MULTI-COLORED LATHE IS UNIQUE. COMES WITH INFO SHEET INSIDE A PLASTIC SLEEVE WITH A 3D STICKER. LATHES CREATED BY 2208. LIMITED TO 15.

FILTH – ‘AUTOSCOPY’ C32 $7(USA)/$8(CAN&MEX)/$10(WORLD)
ROB BUTTRUM HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMMITTED TO, IN THIS PROJECT, AN EQUAL BALANCE OF WEIRD AND HEAVY. TERRIFYING VOCALS, TAPE MANIPULATION, FEEDBACK AND STRONG, INDUSTRIAL PULSING AND POUNDING. BLEAK AS HELL BUT OVERWHELMINGLY PSYCHEDELIC. FILTH IS STEADILY TURNING THE POWER ELECTRONICS, INDUSTRIAL AND NOISE SCENE UPSIDE DOWN. ALSO, CHECK OUT ROB DOIN HIS THANG IN TERMINATOR 2 AND NITE SHADEZ, TWO MORE EQUALLY AS FILTHY TEXAS BANDS. BLACK INK PRINTED ON ROYAL BLUE J-CARDS. WHITE SHELLS WITH PURPLE AND GOLD ARTWORK. LIMITED TO 36.

CANINE COURT ONE – ‘I CAN’T REMEMBER’ CDr $6(USA)/$7(CAN&MEX)/$9(WORLD)
DIRTY, STRANGE, BLACK METAL-INSPIRED TRACKS FEATURING SANTERI LOHI OF WHITEWATER ORGASM AND MIKAEL KOSKINEN. SINISTER HOWLING, DIGITAL 80’S/90’S STYLE SYNTH PADS, DARK AMBIENT PASSAGES, AND ENOUGH DISTORTION AND DEPRESSION TO TORTURE YOURSELF FOREVER. BLACK INK ON YELLOW J-CARDS. SOME ARE NEON YELLOW, OTHERS ARE A PALER, DARKER YELLOW. HAND-STAMPED CDR IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE. LIMITED TO 33.

TEATRO SATANICO – ‘RAINBOW TAPE’ C32 $7(USA)/$8(CAN&MEX)/$10(WORLD)
THIS LEGENDARY ITALIAN PROJECT OF DEVILS G RELEASED IT’S FIRST CASSETTE IN 1993. SINCE THEN, IT HAS THRIVED ON APPROACHING POWER ELECTRONICS, INDUSTRIAL, AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC AS A WHOLE IN AN EXPERIMENTAL, UNUSUAL AND DARK WAY. SATANIC THEMES. OR RELIGIOUS. OR SACRILEGIOUS. 30 MINUTES OF “LAPTOP PUNK” INFLUENCED HEAVILY BY MINIMAL ELECTRO, NEW WAVE, DARK AMBIENT AND AVANT-GARDE NOISE. AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE OF GENUINE COLD, DARK, INDUSTRIAL THAT I’M SO HONORED TO HAVE ON THIS LABEL. BLACK INK ON RED CARD STOCK. WHITE TAPES WITH GREEN/GOLD HAND-PAINTED ARTWORK. INCLUDES LYRICS. LIMITED TO 44.

JUSTIN MARC LLOYD – ‘YEAR OF THE WATER DRAGON VOL. 1’ C62 $7(USA)/$8(CAN&MEX)/$10(WORLD)
EXTRA COPIES OF THIS TAPE WERE DISCOVERED UPON MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MISTAKENLY HUGE SHEETS OF THE ARTWORK WERE ALSO PRINTED DURING THE PRINTING PROCESS FOR THE ORIGINAL. THEREFORE, WE’VE PACKAGED THESE 5 EXTRA TAPES IN POLY CASES WITH ONE SHEET OF THE MISPRINTED ARTWORK EACH. ALL OF THE MATERIAL IS THE SAME, BUT THERE ARE NO LINER NOTES. ONLY A SHEET OF A CROPPED PORTION OF ALYSSA HERLOCHER’S ARTWORK.

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MY CAT IS AN ALIEN – ‘Art Is A Tear Of Noise And Infinite Silence’ 2LP
Deluxe, full-color heavyweight gatefold jacket; 12″x24″ cover art painting by Roberto Opalio. “Clandestine auteurs the Opalio Brothers, Roberto and Maurizio Opalio (aka My Cat Is An Alien) have deftly sprinkled our solar system with their beautifully fragile, arcane soundscapes, as well as multimedia collaborations with vanguards such as Sonic Youth, Christian Marclay, Keiji Haino, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Jim O’Rourke, Mats Gustafsson and many more. They now present a new phase of their already-celebrated body of work by abandoning their signature guitars and “space toys” and swapping them for a new set of homemade string instruments and reassembled electronic devices. Roberto says: “Me and my brother decided to create a new beginning in sound: I started working with a totally new set of modified, de-constructed, electronic devices, while my brother self-made a peculiar double-bodied string instrument.” This double LP, made only with this new set of instruments, comprises seven instantaneous compositions, with neither overdubs nor outtakes.” *NOTE: An intentional locked groove was placed after A1 to bring the listener’s mind to reflect on the sense of the “Preludio,” the stylus will be locked after A1 until the listener moves it manually to A2 (the proper beginning of the work).

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RZDZ # 20 – Palix/Benjamin L. Aman – ‘Transports’ CDr 8€/$11
Recent collaboration between Paris based laptop composer Palix and Benjamin L. Aman, visual and sound artist born in France. These two artists started working together at The Living Currency a performative exhibition curated by CAC Bretigny, conducted by Palix for 6th Berlin BIennale in 2010 at HAU 2 and dedicated to a group interpretation of several pieces from Christian Wolff, Scratch Orchestra’ members and Cornelius Cardew. Then, both musicians kept collaborating on their own work, sharing the same interest for visual compositions and invisible travels. Transports is a 40 minutes live set recorded at 64 in Paris on january 15th, 2012. The piece explores sonic as well as mental borders between minimalistic patterns, musique concrete and analog electronics. Co-founder in early 80′ of Radio Nova, Palix has also collaborated since early 80′ with numerous dance choreographers, film makers and musicians like Bruce Russell, Jean François Pauvros, David Coulter… His film works have been shown worldwide in film festivals ((Rotterdam International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival …) and galleries (Galerie In Situ/Fabienne Leclerc, Galerie Michel Journiac in Paris). Since 2005, Benjamin Aman has been showing his work in galleries and museums, playing in numerous festivals, concerts, releasing his music on label such as Recordings for the Summer, No-fi, Ruralfaune… Collaboraton with Jason Honea, Leif Elggren, Michael Barthel… Transports is edited on white CDR in a limited run of 50 copies, presented in a white enveloppe, numbered and stamped.

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II16 Ashan – ‘Ancient Forever’ C42
“Exploring the deep energies of the Earth, the hidden beings, and the magicks that bind us all.” Artwork by Sean Conrad. Mastered by Knowself.

II15 Kaliska/Ashan – ‘Completion’ DL
“Night to day and day to night.” Artwork by Braden J McKenna. Mastered by Max Rivers.

II14 Hear Hums – ‘Opens’ C48
“Hypnotic acoustic instrumentation, wordless choruses, thunderous drums, free, fun.” Artwork by Hear Hums and Forest Clay. Mastered by Jennifer Munson.

II13 Kaliska – ‘The Path We Make’ C44
“Walking a personal path, howling at the moon.” Artwork by Braden J McKenna. Mastered by Max Rivers.

II12 Ashan – ‘To Return To’ CD
“Much love and intention. All songs were inspired by the book Ashan: The Gentle Way. These songs serve as Guiding Messages for me, and perhaps others, to return to.” Artwork by Sean & Rosa. Mastered by Michael Biggs.

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‘MIRACLE OF LOVE‘ compilation C45
Be it the words and structure of an Angel Olsen, a Cough Cool, or a Lantern; the dense, foggy atmospherics of a Listening Mirror, a High Aura’d, a Merryl, or a William Cody Watson; the dream-like vibrations of a Villages or a Padang Food Tigers; or the otherworldly energy of a Difference Clouds, a Lee Noble, or Lazy Magnet… Bathetic Records artists have always carried a vibrance and spirit to carry them to the tippy top of their realm. Miracle Of Love is Bathetic’s offering of endearment to you, faithful follower; a display of our ever-growing love for you. 2012 is offering a warmth that’s helped us grow.

COUGH COOL – ‘Rarities Volume 1: 2009-2012’ C44
Cough Cool crept up in 2009, the solo work of the pro Dan Svizeny. He made some songs, some tapes bubbled and spun out from his lair, and we were lucky to compile a stew of hits from him, that became an early Bathetic fixture, Buy Some Dust — which remains, and will forever remain — a classic bedroom burner of mad decadence. Somewhere along the way, Dan teamed up with Jon P. Mack, to work up the infamous Nude Beach, which took a nose dive after their Facebook page became a beach resort for perverts and another band snatched their name. C’est la vie. Dan and Jon, unscathed, decided ‘fuck it’ and just took up the Cough Cool moniker for themselves. Once again, Bathetic was lucky enough to jettison their first piece of wax onto the world – a monstrous menagerie of absolute 90s cool by way of 2000’s grit. They became lackadaisical, surefire superstars, bent for lo-fi rock royalty. However in the 4 years running of the Cough Cool machine, there’s been some odd men out, and we proudly present that to you as Rarities: 2009-2012. A look back on the hits and misses (if you’d even call them that), the chunks that didn’t make it to a specific release. What you’re going to find are some very #rare gems. Most of this shit is just as priceless as the tracks that made it to tape spool and wax. In their own words: “Rarities 2009-2012 is comprised of songs Jon and I made in our apartment in Philadelphia and basement in New Hope, PA. Our music and lives are influenced heavily by hanging out and talking about shit, and all of the people we wish we could sound like. In doing that, we kind of fell way short of a lot of those influences and along the way, carved out some sort of home for ourselves.” Edition of 100.

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MS07- The Mayonnaise $4
This 1997 recording is exemplary of the MAKESHIFT vibe, with its numerous approaches in sound creation, recording techniques, moods, and ideas. Moods include dreaminess, eeriness, violence, madness. Surreal and trashy, yet calculated & composed art music created by fertile teenage minds in a small town where imagining what experimental music created on a 4 track cassette recorder would sound like brings such things into existence.

MS10- The air conditioners $4
The sequel to the mayonnaise. More experimental, perhaps… more yelling than on the Mayonnaise tape; more variations in sounds and effects and ideas. A semi-loose piling of instrumental mood-swinging madness. Some being very pretty-type songs with ambient leanings, some being extremely noisy wackiness, some being quasi-unnerving scariness, wordless expression singing, some being moderately humorous goof-isms, and some exercises in mood self-contradiction. Air conditioners tape is ok. Dog thinks so.

MS13- Light Bulbs – ‘Macrocephalics’ $4
Schizophrenic array of colors in sound. This is the second installment of Light Bulbs music. “macrocephaly” is a condition where the human head grows constantly. The first side of the tape is a well-fitting continuance of its predecessor’s ideology. A large variance of ideas, as usual with the MAKESHIFT creators. There’s a guy screaming into a barrel, there’s a weird french girl screaming about her dog, there’s big funky drums, there’s noisified spazzings, there’s piano, there’s wackjob nastyness, there’s an electricity buzz-o-rama, there’s sad pretties, and there’s a spoken word guy with a soda can slamming around too. That’s just the first side though; the other side has drawn-out meditation ghoulash. “Advancing macrocephaly” is 18 minutes length of music which, though done a few years before any of the members had heard the music of Glenn Branca, sounds maybe somewhat similar to some of his music. There are 3 other elongated quasi-ambient music segments comprising side 2. They taper off and waver through different feelings of isolation. More surprising levels of creative quality from the adolescent MAKESHIFT minds.

MS16- Light Bulbs $4
Variation of experimentations from acoustic sweetyness, warm piano, noisy and non-noisy art-guitar, polyrhythmic drum overdubs, to a little man yelling “michael!!” from under a toadstool surf.

MS19- Kinetic Dog Hallucinations DL
A collection of Makeshift’s first 4 years, highlighting some of the standouts. Sound collages, relaxing tunes, and psychotic, rhythmic beauty.

MS23- Shivers $4
This music invokes an introspective mellowness. This ambience is partly created by the deliberate absence of electric instruments; a self-imposed challenge to the creator. Acoustic guitar, a very old zither, bells, broken cymbals, trash bags full of crushed cans, and a few other primitive random percussion items are the materials used. There is a fairly large variety of approach between the different pieces, but the recording has a consistent quiet/eerie/somber mood throughout.  Fabulously colorful arrangements. Warm and inviting.

MS24- Meadows $4
Instrumental music designed as soothing background music to help time flow warmly, but was received by friends as being more engaging than mere background. It can likely function either way depending on mood and mindset. Trickly guitar lakes, stretchy reverb, carefully planned drum kit/percussion, a monster groan repeating infinitely, and dripping melted aluminum. Ambient guitar textures designed with alluring percussion patterns and other comforting moody spicing. Earthy comfort moods for reflection and thoughts.

MS26- Light Bulbs – ‘Yum Walbs’ $4
Another instrumental delight from the light bulbs. Tidy instrumentals. High mellowness content. Cello, piano, pseudo-jazz, pseudo non jazz, and happiness. Unique, evocative, and quirky. The usual for a Light Bulbs release, with a decidedly sleepy and contemplative slant.

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WAT C-002 SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE – ‘COVERED IN BLUE COLORS’ C40
Sparkling Wide Pressure is the project of Tennessee resident Frank Baugh. In Covered in Blue Colors, his take on Americana is both intimate and remote. Many moments evoke a mythos of Western experience. Â At other times, peyote-induced passages of unintelligible speech hypnotize. Baugh’s latest work–as always–is cloying and undeniably gorgeous. Tape art by Lynn Fister. Watercolor printed on j-card with unique collage work on each. Pro-dubbed chrome tape with yellow shell. Limited to 75.

WAT C-003 STEPHEN MOLYNEUX – ‘THE STARS ARE THE LIGHT SHOW’ C25
Stephen Molyneux offers us here thirteen capriciously lovely and haunting songs. Distinct with a southern bewitching charm, a buried estate home transforms to a field expedition to distant lands. Â These ancestral memories point to a hybrid history. They seduce with a facade of whimsy, but they will leave an indelible mark. Tape art by Lynn Fister. Watercolor printed on j-card with unique collage work on each. Pro-dubbed chrome tape with kelly green shell. Limited to 75.

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Nite Lite – ‘Megrez’ LP
Limited to 300 copies on black vinyl. A topiary of organic sound. Topos, place. And the ambient surrounds us. The topic: to pick up sounds in your old kit bag for survival; to keep the world alive by clipping and trimming, sculpting shapes out of its sounds. If we can sculpt sound, then we can type on clouds. Clouds are perfect typewriters, the opposite of skin. Sound is organic even when it’s the artificial reproduction of cricket music. Even in field recordings, when we are recording in the field, the field is also recording us, reminding us that we breathe in its microambience. How else could we copy infinity? Sounds assembled to resemble nothing like the world that comes from where they came from. There are webs and we below know they will always be unmappable mazes. This music exists somewhere between sci-fi soundtrack and being inside a music box. It’s an aquatic, underwater sound as if the ocean were a seashell (who could lift it?) and through it we could hear the murmurs of invisible whales using sonar to mirror the deeps from our own aquariums. Nite Lite makes us feel safe enough to experience how any night can be a jungle of the possible, and that the experience of listening is a kind of migration from solar to sonar sonata. -Gregg Biglieri. Music by Philip and Myste French. Recorded in 2012 on Mt. Tabor, Oregon. Mastered by James Plotkin. Artwork by Myste French. Design by Chris Koelle.

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