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first in stock on
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root strata (usa) #rs-24 cd

steven r. smith “the anchorite” compact disc

  • stars heaped up like grain (3:52)
  • procession (3:22)
  • paths in the bower (3:34)
  • the anchorite (2:41)
  • vine (4:35)
  • ampulla (2:50)
  • moss landing (3:13)
  • anastasis (4:02)
  • closing (3:40)
  • ascension (5:52)
february 2008 release ; the reissue of jewelled antler mainstay steven r. smith’s “the anchorite” - previously available for a blink on vinyl via important (i’ve been trying to track down a copy for myself for a year now...) - now thankfully reissued thanks to jefre cantu & co.’s root strata ...

moving in somewhere between lamonte young’s theatre of eternal music (everything’s there, from the static string-based drones right on down to the challenged, warm fidelity) & loren mazzacane connors’ epic bedroom guitar paeans, this is one of smith’s finer moments. highly recommended !!!
root strata press release...
steven r. smith
"the anchorite"

rs-24
cd
edition of 500

originally released in 2006 on important records as a limited run lp in their ongoing arts & crafts series, root strata is proud to present the reissue of the anchorite, a dazzling jewel in smiths substantial discography.

performed live to two track with the aide of tape loops and prerecorded takes, the music maintains a drifting, painterly quality that easily evokes the american west as much as the european east which smith so lovingly mines for his hala strana recordings. sepia toned and tinged with a luminous distortion, the anchorite, as the name suggests, is reserved, pulled back and solemn, some kind of hermetic prayer for the end of the world.

beautifully repackaged with new artwork in a heavy black & white gatefold cd case with offset printing.

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modern-psych
minimalism-drones
jewelled-antler

soft abuse (usa) #sab 026 cd

ulaan khol “i” compact disc

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... endlessly moody psych-guitar burners from jewelled antler’s steven r. smith ; the first in a proposed trilogy of said ...
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ulaan khol i cd · sab 026

throughout his career as a solo artist, and through membership with the celebrated ensembles thuja and mirza, steven r. smith has had a hand in creating some of the most compelling and singular instrumental psychedelic music of the past ten years. smith's latest project, ulaan khol, moves beyond the eastern european-inspired sources and scales employed by his work as hala strana towards an approach alternately true to his personal musical lineage and in a realm beyond any pre-existing work. as ulaan khol, smith digs in deep with a palette of drums/guitar/organ to craft a monolithic & expansive free form, feedback-heavy atmospheric din that bonds the disparate realms of fushitsusha and high rise with popul vuh and flying saucer attack.

as ulaan khol, smith has planned a maximalist three-part suite, 'ceremony.' in the first installment of the trilogy, i, the tone is overwhelming bleak as the pieces (all untitled) caterwaul, moan and crumble. dripping with basement doom, ulaan khol's cosmic histrionics emanate with the raw essence of white light/white heat jettisoned by harmonia's amorphous drifts.

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soft abuse (usa) #sab 009 cd

hala strana “these villages” compact disc

  • wood scree
  • dressed in rushed
  • the great season
  • october
  • meitas gula ŕbolŕje
  • fear of the land
  • népdal tárogatón
  • the carved yoke
  • peal
  • for g. mesmer
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sab 009 hala strana these villages

these villages, the third album from hala strana, is a further culmination of steven r. smith's interest in eastern european folk music.

smith's original, instrumental compositions are peppered with interpretations of traditional songs, presenting a collision of the musical interests throughout his prolific career (as a solo artist and as a member of thuja and mirza).

built upon layers of sustained drone & delicately plucked and bowed strings, these villages creates a seamless and almost raga-like environment. it's a dark record, a definite work of beauty, and a perfect soundtrack for autumn's changing leaves and howling winds.

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april 26th, 2011

first in stock on
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threads:
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guitar-themed
folk
modern-psych
lo-fi

 best of 2008 !!! 
porter (usa) #pr 4010-13 cd

“the jewelled antler library” quadruple compact disc boxed set

  • loren chasse - green laughter (18:11)
  • loren chasse - footpath 1 (1:02)
  • tomes - part 1 (10:04)
  • tomes - part 2 (10:38)
  • loren chasse - footpath 2 (1:11)
  • the ivytree - the withering year (2:53)
  • the ivytree - inner groves (6:13)
  • the ivytree - white sun (5:41)
  • the ivytree - lake of fire (3:29)
  • loren chasse - footpath 3 (0:47)
  • hala strana - cutting durmast (3:13)
  • hala strana - karst (5:12)
  • hala strana - sztajer (trad. polish) (3:13)
  • hala strana - cantecul miresei (trad. romanian) (3:08)
  • hala strana - nettles (3:14)

  • dead raven choir - night scene (8:29)
  • dead raven choir - the horn's sound in the wood ... (5:45)
  • dead raven choir - the shepherd's hour (6:50)
  • loren chasse - footpath 4 (2:01)
  • the famous boating party - white butterfly (3:37)
  • the famous boating party - the orange bears (3:36)
  • the famous boating party - albion moonlight (3:37)
  • the famous boating party - the great sled-makers (3:20)
  • the famous boating party - the deer is humble (2:40)
  • the famous boating party - follies of summer (2:33)
  • loren chasse - footpath 5 (1:27)
  • uton - zwuij 1 (5:35)
  • uton - zwuij 2 (8:06)
  • uton - zwuij 3 (5:29)
  • loren chasse - footpath 6 (0:37)

  • claypipe - wayside (1:38)
  • claypipe - constant (1:50)
  • claypipe - industry (the provision of cairns) (1:37)
  • claypipe - the math of random fractures (3:59)
  • claypipe - crouching (4:09)
  • claypipe - midnight at mangawhai beach (skeleton) (4:57)
  • claypipe - ~~~ (1:47)
  • loren chasse - footpath 7 (1:13)
  • the muons - green man (4:03)
  • the muons - space man (4:22)
  • the muons - flowers (3:33)
  • the muons - land's end (5:32)
  • the muons - fishes (2:14)
  • loren chasse - footpath 8 (1:27)
  • thuja - fable 1 (9:39)
  • thuja - fable 2 (12:17)
  • loren chasse - footpath 9 (2:49)

  • fursaxa - harbinger of spring (17:50)
  • loren chasse - footpath 10 (2:26)
  • kemialliset ystavat - kyy2 (4:01)
  • kemialliset ystavat - kyy1 (5:37)
  • kemialliset ystavat - kw (4:19)
  • kemialliset ystavat - kyy4 (2:35)
  • kemialliset ystavat - kx (3:13)
  • loren chasse - footpath 11 (1:13)
  • the ways of god to man - nothing (11:27)
  • the ways of god to man - everything (7:18)
  • the ways of god to man - anything (9:37)
  • loren chasse - footpath 12 (1:52)
december 2008 release ; holy grail time here folks ...

by the time i was made aware of just what a treasure trove the “jewelled antler cd-r library” series (released, one a month, during 2003) was, the discs in question were long unavailable, banished to the realm of myth & mystery, their hand-drawn artwork(s) relegated to .jpg files on assorted discography pages ...

lo and behold, the wise ones over at porter records (a young label, known primarily for their free jazz releases by the likes of henry grimes, odean pope, and khan jamal) saw some unjustice in this inavailability & set out to once again make this series, largely responsible for launching the career(s) of kemialliset ystävät, fursaxa, uton, dead raven choir, claypipe, and any number of the various combinations of the key jewelled antler players (loren chasse, glenn donaldson, steven r. smith, and rob reger) available to the discerning connoisseur who, like me, was largely unaware of this music as it was unfolding ...

the label has done a bang-up job, squeezing the entire contents of all 12 mini-cdrs onto four discs (with bonus material(s) from the shadowy the ways of god to man exclusive to this set) and housing everything inside a foil-stamped box along with a series of 14 double-sided, full-color cards (detailed below) reprinting the original designs and themes ...

easily one of my top releases of 2008, a life-saver for the latter-day jewelled antler fanatic ; highest recommendation !!!
porter press release...

the jewelled antler libary 

with 13 groups, 59 tracks and over 4 hours and 40 minutes of music and sounds, the jewelled antler library 4 cd box-set brings together experimental music from the u.s., finland and new zealand that ranges from psychedelic, abstract drone, soft psych, noise, folk and field recordings, to the outright strange and bizarre.  four cds that collect together the entire 12 volume set of the limited edition jewelled antler cd-r library, plus the limited edition recording of the ways of god to man and also 12 new field recordings by loren chasse.

musicians include: fursaxa, uton, loren chasse, tomes, the ivytree, hala strana, dead raven choir, the famous boating party, claypipe, muons, thuja, kemialliset ystavat, the ways of god to man.  this is a 1000 limited edition box-set.  the box-set is made of chip board stock with the jewelled antler logo debossed in metal foil, includes 14 heavy stock panels with original artwork, cd faces have printed photos by loren chasse.

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