amazing births “painted glacier” c20 cassette

• painted glacier (1)
  
  
• painted glacier (2)

cylindrical habitat modules press release...

amazing births "painted glacier" c20 new tape from mark mcguire (emeralds) and julian gulyas (synaptic foliage) ... pretty much the exact opposite of our first tape, "painted glacier" is a symmetrically aligned, super warm and very specific zone, stretched out and really taking it's time. synth and guitar standing on top of a mountain and melting down the sides. almost angelic sounding. side b picks up where the first one left off, gets into some "evening star" style loops and blissful, delicate waves of misty electronics. extra proud of this one. full color covers and labels, edition of 85!

mark mcguire “off in the distance” long playing record

• off in the distance (1) (20:16)
  
  
• off in the distance (2) (20:45)

cylindrical habitat modules press release...

mark mcguire "off in the distance" lp after multiple unsuccessful attempts to pass on this massive task, i am now sitting down with the challenge of describing one of my all-time favorite albums. one that's left a pretty major mark on me and has many memories attached to it throughout the two or so years that this lp's been in the works. truly the perfect music for any particular mood. personally evoking memories of being carless and aimlessly walking everywhere during a bleak cleveland winter, sitting on an august roof and falling asleep, and more recently, mark and i's amazing swim hangs. music that holds a mirror to the listener and demands the bending of a mind. endlessly shifting and reflecting, “off in the distance” can truly apply itself musically to any situation. and to me, that's the definition of a great album. this lp sounds amazing and “hits the spot” at any time, under any circumstances. “off in the distance” is a true testament to the brilliance currently seeping out of cleveland's smog-filled pores, and in fact, i'd boldly state that it's mark's best, most emotive material. one of mcguire's earlier releases, originally presented as a cassette on chondritic sound in 2008 and mastered for vinyl by james plotkin to emphasize and bring out every single nuance and stroke this colossal recording holds. gorgeous sprays of vast, melancholic guitar build in the classic mcguire style. dense, angular drones weave in and out and pull your brain along with them. thunderous electronics crackle and warp over the lush, subtle melodies that are reverberating and bouncing off each other below. and when the clean guitar comes in on side a, nothing else matters. a perfect album. and really, what else could matter? edition of 500.

emeralds “does it look like i'm here?” double long playing record set

• candy shoppe (4:44)
  
• the cycle of abuse (4:57)
  
• double helix (3:01)
  
• science center (4:38)
  
  
• genetic (12:06)
  
• goes by (4:10)
  
  
• does it look like i'm here? (7:28)
  
• summerdata (4:47)
  
• shade (4:25)
  
  
• it doesn't arrive (3:33)
  
• now you see me (3:28)
  
• access granted (4:04)

may 2010 release ; after much speculation & fanpire mongering, emeralds here “arrive” with their third “proper” album, released on peter “pita” rehberg’s editions mego ... a few changes are afoot :: gone are the side-length slow burners, replaced here by a suite of remarkably succint pop numbers, taking the band’s trademark synth / guitar / synth attack into new realms ... also, notably, the production values are through the roof, capturing each stray oscillation and phantom guitar echo in amazing detail (not to mention the quality of the lp cut - yowza - d&m’s rachad becker outdoing even himself) ... all things lending to what is undoubtedly the band’s towering recorded achievement thusfar ; finely honed & poised for international superstardom (they’re set to tour japan with fenn’o’berg this summer) ... lush gatefold double-lp with a gnarly fold-out 24” x 24” poster (like this :: ... you know, for the dorm-wall homasote ; beats yr swan song black-lighter any day of the week) ; highly recommended !!!

editions mego press release...

emego 101/emego 101v emeralds: does it look like i'm here? double gatefold vinyl release date: 24.05.2010 emeralds are john elliott, steve hauschildt, and mark mcguire recorded july - august 2009 and january - march 2010 in cleveland, ohio mastered by james plotkin vinyl cut at dubplates & mastering, berlin art by emeralds cover photo by jen gomez layout by mike pollard and jen gomez ‘does it look like i’m here?’ is the third official album by emeralds (after "solar bridge" on hanson, and the self-titled lp on their own wagon and gneiss things imprints, as well as countless small edition tapes and cdrs on a host of labels) and once again it presents another radical new direction for this cleveland trio. it sees the group moving from playing single oscillator analog synthesizers to really complex analog and analog/digital hybrid as well a great deal of guitar synthesizers, not to mention fine tuning their skills as brilliant tunesmiths. simply put, the results are outstanding. comprising of a number of tracks from their recent  ultra limited 7” vinyl series on wagon, as well new compositions exclusive to this release. this fine selection of tunes surpass anything they have achieved in their 5 year career. perfect melodies intertwined with ripping sequences and a guitar sound that floats perfectly throughout. although most tracks cover new ground in that they follow a shortened ‘pop format’, more long form cuts such as the towering ‘genetic’ and the title track will give fans of their earlier work something to grab onto, or totally let themselves go depending on the state of mind. having spent all their lives in the relative isolation of cleveland means their music has developed into a vital, stunning unique hybrid that may have not been able to blossom in more active urban centres. ‘does it look like i’m here?’ heralds a turning point for all those involved and is perfect vivid soundtrack to emerge out of the recent harsh grey winter. fresh, shiny and totally essential.

emeralds “s/t” compact disc

• overboard (off the deep end) (4:41)
  
• geode (6:20)
  
• diotima (6:47)
  
• passing away (18:00)

hanson press release...

emeralds - s/t - cd cd version of of the self released/self-titled lp by cleveland's emeralds recorded aug-sept 2008.  proper follow up to their debut lp 'solar bridge',  'emeralds' takes the thick drone sound of that lp into an even more abstract and strange place. visual music that lifts the listener up and transports them through tubes of sound occasionally to be swept into the opposite direction by an unexpected entrance into another world entirely. an intense journey that drops you off in a place just beyond death. field recording contributions from aaron dilloway. mastered for cd by james plotkin. contains a 16 page full color booklet featuring photo artwork by the band themselves.

emeralds “solar bridge” compact disc

• magic (12:34)
  
• the quaking mess (14:14)

hanson press release...

emeralds solar bridge digipak cd starting out in 2005 performing live sets using only television sets as sound sources, emeralds has grown in recent years into a monster of heavy improvised drone using analog synths and masterfully effected guitar. born out of the midwest scum-noise scene, these guys have taken the intense heaviness of their midwest brethren to a place that is entirely their own. they have replaced the creepy atmosphere and abrasive harsh noise of their peers w/ a very different though equally intense blast of cosmic drone power! hanson records is proud to announce emeralds - solar bridge, the trio's first full-length album after numerous cassette and cd-r releases on such labels as american tapes, chondritic sound, and the bands own imprints wagon and gneiss things. the album opens with the side long "magic" where the band builds a quiet drone into an extreme thick sawblade of swirling noise as beautiful as it is menacing. the flip is yet another sidelong journey titled "the quaking mess", a track that stabs your brain with fluttering sparks of synthesized needles before relaxing you into a göttschingesque dream state while slowly bringing you back to earth with an electronic wave of molten rumble. fans of the smooth tones of 'new age of earth' era ash ra tempel and the buzzing thick drones of throbbing gristle's 'heathen earth' should take note, as emeralds may be their new source for electronic drugs. cd pressed in 1000 digipak copies.

outer space “wrecked math” compact disc recordable

• untitled (1) (7:28)
  
• untitled (2) (2:28)
  
• untitled (3) (11:23)
  

high spirits press release...

hs no. 14 outer space wrecked math [ big john from emeralds ] rules also

mark mcguire “vdsq • solo acoustic volume two” long playing record

• at first sight
  
• vitamins
  
• second thoughts
  
  
• front porch breeze
  
• burning leaves

colored mushroom / the medicine rocks “at red frosting” cassette

• the route to the medicine rocks
  
• blood puddles / sore subject
  
• fresh water from the sea channels
  
• blotter accident
  
  
• the route to the medicine rocks ii
  
• when you’re gone
  
• drifts

wagon press release...

colored mushroom and the medicine rocks - "at red frosting" after being delayed multiple times along with mr mcguire’s "between family", this release finally sees the light. songs about confusing confusion being confusing. the ensemble moves forward with a malachite grid for the room to change all the bad stuff happening in the basement. nobody is being honest and so maybe the obsidian should be handled with much more care (i.e. put it away) than previously anticipated. no, not new age bullshit - im talking about the little pieces of information which we are handed to use as tools. thats not the point anyhow and besides that, the red frosting is a mystery and its a bad thing anyway, nobody wants to dwell on the bad stuff. 150 chrome red tapes w/double sided collage art.

quiet light water gap “nerve trigger” c38 cassette

• nerve trigger (1)
  
  
• nerve trigger (2)

wagon press release...

mark mcguire “tidings • amethyst waves” double long playing record set

• along the coral reef (17:52)
  
  
• trips through the park (14:47)
  
  
• a matter of time (17:56)
  
  
• the passing of the road chief (14:29)

weird forest press release...

mark mcguire tidings / amesthyst waves 2xlp trying to put the last 15 years of music into context, you’d be hard pressed to get anyone to agree on a single thing. if anything, this period has been a collective convergence of all things cool-sounding: naïve experimentalism, academic composition, art-rock synthesis, electronic nihilism/flagellation, and, well, everything else. mark mcguire could muddy anyone’s interpretation of the contemporary canon with his buddies in the triadic mega-unit, emeralds, his collaborative outings in sun watcher and skyramps (with daniel “oneohtrix point never” lopatin), and his prolific, yet well-executed, solo work. ”have you heard his shredability, incomprehensible astral traveling and meditative neutron stasis on any of those solo jams, the dude must be ancient!?” truth is, mark mcguire is a youngin’, not a refugee of the ’70s. nor is he mining unfamiliar territory; he produces something old and familiar, yet it sounds so fresh and necessary for today. originally released as limited edition cassettes and masterfully cleaned up for this definitive release by james plotkin, tidings/amethyst waves finds mcguire packing 60+ minutes with trance-inducing, melodic guitar intricacies, an occasional wall-of-squall reminiscent of mizutani riding a thunder horse, and filaments of a drifting stratosphere where organic synthed-out solos are nestled in tight. with this release, mark mcguire has hatched a true american euro-vision utilizing major shifts in the ‘music as language’ paradigm. no joke, this is where wyld stallyns is heading in the year 2398 a.g. and tidings/amethyst waves is as essential as anything in the emeralds catalog. package boasts photography by mark mcguire, with design by aaron winters. edition of 1000 in stoughton, tip-on gatefolds and printed inner sleeves..

mark mcguire “tidings • amethyst waves” compact disc

• along the coral reef (17:57)
  
• trips through the park (17:52)a matter of time (14:29)
  
• the passing of the road chief (14:47)
  

“electric annihilation • issue 1” magazine

• electric annihilation • issue 1 (20 pages)

electric annihilation press release...

hello all, the first issue of electric annihilation is now available. ea is a 20-page music publication, b&w on tabloid-size (11 x 17 pages) newsprint. circulation of 5,000 copies. the first issue includes interviews with: thurston moore henry rollins john olson (wolf eyes/american tapes)emeralds sun araw wet hair nomen dubium plus scene reports from gothenburg sweden (written by matthias andersson of release the bats), cleveland (by sam goldberg) and iowa city (by shawn reed). also an article by jon isaac. there's a centerfold poster too. cover artwork and border/frames by zachary fleming.

“the blend” c122 cassette

• magic lantern - trimmed and burning
  
• cursillistas - seven story mountain
  
• oneohtrix point never - bannlieue in 3 sectors
  
• slasher risk - the mayor
  
• thoughs on air - passerby
  
• sky limousine - hyperdeep pt. 2
  
• social junk - mumble street
  
• city center - situation
  
• the mossy throats - horrifying blind crawlers
  
• hairmaiden of the totem robe - bye lawn
  
• teeth collection - untitled
  
• chill reflections - on jellyfish
  
• druids of huge - stephen
  
• treetops - shrouded glow
  
  
• lilypad - dripping patch no. 9
  
• soul manure - walking to 401 s. woodlawn
  
• infinite body - sunshine
  
• goliath bird eater - metempsychosis
  
• ducktails - angelfire
  
• shared needles - who’s the victim
  
• gorman - sparrow
  
• terrortank - funeral path
  
• the north sea - glasnost bowl
  
• peaking lights - secret cops (live in albany)
  
• pink desert - huh
  
• uton - feeling fine
  
• lanterns - bruised looser for lips
  
• thousands - electric vd

slime city press release...

sc00: v/a  "the blend" cassette a 122 minute compilation of various artists compiled throughout 2008. dubbed in real time on high grade cassettes with double sided artwork, insert & labels by jeff astin (housecraft). in an edition of 200 with unreleased tracks by: ducktails, lilypad, magic lantern, peaking lights, oneohtrix point never, treetops, infinite body, goliath bird eater, hairmaiden of the totem robe, the north sea, druids of huge, social junk, gorman, shared needles, cursillistas, sky limousine, the mossy throats, uton, thousands, pink desert, chill reflections, thoughts on air, soul manure, slasher risk, terrortank, city center, lanterns, teeth collection