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previous artist: irvine arditti		there are 2 titles featuring area c in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: bülent arel

$15.12

back in stock as of
september 9th, 2010

first in stock on
september 4th, 2009

threads:
modern-psych
guitar-themed
concert-recordings

sedimental (usa) #sed 054 cd

area c / black forest / black sea / eyes like saucers / mudboy “the planetarium project” double compact disc set

area c + mudboy- the basin of the heavens (29:52)
area c + jeffrey alexander from black forest/black sea - messier object 45 (29:59)
area c + black forest/black sea - cassiopeia (30:13)
area c + eyes like saucers - lesser dog, greater still (31:36)

august 2009 release ; lovingly conceived / executed quartet of live collaborations between erik “area c” carlson and an array of his close-knit compadres in/on the providence “scene,” all recorded in situ at the cormack planetarium ...

aside from the music (some of the best i’ve heard from erik, partly deviating from his usual “always sunshine” modus) this is really one of the mostly carefully considered cd editions i’ve come across recently, with each disc in a gorgeously screen-printed inner sleeve, all housed in something of an “accordion” fold-out jacket (c/o amy borezo) ... excellent stuff !!!

sedimental press release...

area c with bf/bs, eyes like saucers and mudboy: the planetarium project
sed2cd054 | released in 2009

double full length cd release limited to 500 copies housed in a stunning and uniquely designed handmade hand assembled letterpress cardstock sleeve by discerning artist amy borezo at her shelter bookworks studio in orange, ma.

we have been fans and have closely followed providence’s area c project for several years. it was simply a matter of time before we would release something by this dynamic artist and these special recordings presented themselves as the obvious choice. area c’s work has always appealed in its ability to be at once hypnotically accessible balanced by subtle and brooding dark elements under the surface. it recalls both post-rock elements as well as the more experimental works of classic 70’s german space rock groups. the live collaborations with the other providence based artists push area c's distinctive sound in compelling directions. this document represents over two hours of carefully selected music taken from many evenings of performances.

about the planetarium project:

in 2007, erik carlson of area c came up with the alt-space idea as a way to explore interactions between sound and space in environments that are not normally viewed or used as venues for art. its intent is to serve as a medium through which area c and other like-minded musicians could create new music that is inspired by and engages with unique architectural locations. an obvious first choice was the cormack planetarium, hidden within the slightly threadbare, victorian-era museum of natural history in providence, ri. these live performances – collaborations between area c and black forest/black sea, mudboy and eyes like saucers – became the basis of the planetarium project.

for each performance, area c and the collaborating artist composed a new, largely improvisational piece based on a visual score created by carlson that corresponded to the planetarium display that he had designed with the planetarium staff, utilizing the planetarium’s zeiss projector and some of their more antique equipment. recorded in almost total darkness, these live performances mix in a palette of live instrumentation with samples from of a range of cosmic phenomena, including whistlers, bow shock, and kilometric radiation: all forms of radio emission produced by the magnetic fields of planets and other cosmic bodies. the planetarium project weaves these sounds into a fabric that plays between three sets of extremes: analog+digital, electric+acoustic, high tech + low fi.

the dome of the planetarium is filled with millions of tiny perforations. when projected light hits this surface, it produces a blurred effect, causing a slight optical shimmer: a low-fi way of mimicking the shimmer of distance we feel when viewing the real night sky. the music composed for the planetarium project was inspired by the way this domed room warps the sounds and images created here, while also wrapping the audience and performers within them.

the alt-space performances were funded through a grant from the rhode island state council.

$11.76

back in stock as of
november 12th, 2010

first in stock on
october 13th, 2006

threads:
analogue-synth
anti-music
bedroom
brutal-prog
circuit-bending
experimental-instruments
free-improvisation
guitar-themed
harsh-noise
lo-fi
minimalism-drones
modern-psych
playback-music

best of 2006 !!!

rare youth (usa) #ry-02 cd

“rare youth” double compact disc set

black pus - “ghrost”
furisubi - “sentinels”
kites - “riding the glass geyser”
mercy light - “fuck deke” (live at club in-zone)
jean cozzens - “drum practice”
james amoeba - “pearl skies”
siren cult - “celebrity couples”
amil byleckie - “the eagle’s summation”
area c - “circadia”
xerxes - “#4”
russian tsarcacm - “don’t ever touch me”
mucid cuspidor - “vile surmiine”
summer city - “hurry your ass”
alberich - “everything i’ve ever wanted”
blue shift - “twist taster”
feral children - “panic attic”
siege engine - “untitled”
i would eat that pizza - “i don’t know how to live my life”
haunted house - “gravediggers”
lucky dragons - “shimmering problems / on kitchen floors / outside of kitchen windows”
synb - “electric gladiators”
lazy magnet - “voyage of the universal harmony rainbow”
pedestrian deposit - “you will not treat me this way”
chris paddock - “4 t-shirts”
h2h - “liquid sky”
leif goldberg - “closet day to earth”
petal boat - “tiny kitten”
unicorn hard-on - “bird in hand”
what cheer? brigade - “disco bhangra”
red delicious - “soda”
byron house - “snake skein”
mairead donnelly - “black butterfly”
black forest / black sea - “old man chepachet”
total gym - “live at the mutiny”
workdeath - “i am failure beneath your love”
diego perez - “squid battles and dies”
god willing - “drawn edited”
teenage waistband - “beast”

first release (...after a 7” single and a cassette) on geoff mullen’s rare youth label - a double-disc compendium of contemporary goings-on in the providence, ri area, as compiled, lovingly, by geoff himself.

unlike many other providence “scene” compilations that feature, say, artists now signed to load; or artists that are friends with dom “prurient” fernow, this offers a pretty damn subterranean overview of what’s bubbling just underneath the surface of providence’s musical collective consciousness...

rare youth press release...

v/a : rare youth – new music from providence, ri

2cd compilation

here it is…a year in the making…a collection of new music from one of the most fertile and constantly changing locales in the union. featuring over two hours of music and spread out over thirty-eight tracks, rare youth brings together some of the most exciting artists at work in providence right now: work/death, kites, black pus, xerxes, heart2heart, russian tsarcasm, blue shift, lazy magnet, byron house, teenage waistband, black forest/black sea, unicorn hard-on, synb, leif goldberg, siege engine, lucky dragons and many many more.

sequenced to highlight the great diversity of musical stylings in this small town, this cd takes you on a smooth ride down the many colorful roads of: power pop psych noise, abandoned dronescapes, reckless free improvisation, emo power electronics, late night elven dance music, epic psych rock, shredded throat guitar doom, john carpenter-esque synth despair, witty no-fi punkish noise, genuine teenage love songs, total garbage, marching bands, etc. etc.

with the attention that providence has received for being a hub of louder-than-life, experimental music / art, this compilation tries to provide an updated snapshot of the current subterranean goings-on. it includes many of the artists who are responsible for bringing such acclaim and attention to this small community - brian chippendale (lightning bolt, black pus), mat brinkman, leif goldberg, jo dery, christopher forgues - while also highlighting some of the new and young artists who are taking things in different and exciting directions - russian tsarcasm, alberich, heart2heart, blue shift, summer city, byron house. there are also a handful of tracks featuring visiting artists (pedestrian deposit, brian miller and kevin shields…).

hand-packaged in a double-cd gatefold sleeve, with original illustrations and design by christopher forgues - aka cf, kites, paper radio, low tide, fantasy empire, etc. (his work can also be seen in comics anthologies kramer’s ergot, the ganzfeld, paper rodeo).

compiled and edited by geoff mullen.

edition of 1000 copies.

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