mudboy / orphan fairytale “live in antwerp” c40 cassette

• live freaksendfuture shop (19:40)
  
  
• live new years jelle creme studio (18:58)

mudboy “impossible duets • collaborations across the void” long playing record

• the martian time slip (is:is) w/ philip k. dick
  
  
• eno and i w/ brian eno
  
• the black creek, hudson valley, ny
  
• the schumann resonance accompanied by loi ta tu (da lan 3, 1983)

hundebiss press release...

h004 mudboy - impossible duets lp 33 rpm ltd. edition of 500 artwork: hand cut and folded recycled paper last temptation of raphael lyon's mudboy, after dozen recordings as the seminal this is folk music (last visible dog, 2005) and exciting hungry ghosts (not not fun, 2007) the doctor of experimental organomics explore new approaches to his personal hallucinations. the works on this album are only the hapless product of stumbling fingers, hammered out by so many orangutans fighting over garbage. in these four small handholding adventures, mudboy takes no more than he can give. if he had the opportunity to sit down with brian eno or philip k dick and talked through their collaboration, he would have said: "you have done your half, please allow me to do mine”.

colin langenus “infinite ease • good god” double compact disc set

• you need sleep (7:21)
  
• beer can (4:13)
  
• descaped (4:08)
  
• numbers hall (3:56)
  
• hold tite (9:14)
  
• best thing (10:14)
  
  
• smoking (3:03)
  
• paradise (3:24)
  
• nothing to say (2:10)
  
• keep one tree (1:26)
  
• need to know (3:15)
  
• socialite (3:45)
  
• surrounded by love (3:38)
  
• doom (4:25)
  
• dreams only friend (6:11)
  
• lose my heart (3:42)

northern spy press release...

artist: colin l. orchestra title: infinite ease / good god genre: rock, country, psychedelic, jam band format: double cd in ecowallet street date: 5/10/2011 artists on this album colin langenus, eli winograd, raphael lyon, jonah rapino, brenden wood, derek stanton, patrick muecke, matthew clark, sara shapouri, jesse lent, michael troutman, stephen muecke, jarrod hood, michaux hood, tim nylander, peter schuette, dave kadden, marc orleans, maxx katz, jeremy harris, dan beckman, don godwin, adam taber, jimmy thomson, matt mottel, ben ronen, deya+nini, sebastion paulson, peter b in the tradition of long strange trips across wide open spaces, the colin l. orchestra arrived at the offices of northern-spy records via colin langenus previous project, usaisamonster. he’s exchanged his previous duo for a full-scale rock orchestra of his bestest buds on multiple guitars, drums, violins, keyboards. their first project, infinite ease / good god, is full-scale indeed, available as a double-cd or a deluxe fully re-mastered for vinyl version of infinite ease. though three years in the making, they flow as smoothly as an inner tube on a lazy stream on a summers afternoon. three years setting schemes and arranging sleeping dreams have culminated in two lush, flowing albums full of anthems and wee small moments. from the supple bass line that opens, you need sleep, to crunches of guitar shred melting into velvet strings on their way to a country ditty that would do graham parsons proud. here is a double-pleasure that re-envisions the jam band and, at the same time, indie rock, meshing together minimalistic repetitive jams, bright melodies, and loose, easy-going vocals all in the sole service of aiding your bliss. sounds like rhys chatham jamming with the meat puppets. - colin langnus debut albums for ex-usaisamonster member colin langenus’ new project, the colin l. orchestra mastering by heba kadry at the lodge

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)

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.

mudboy “volume iv • this is folk music” long playing record

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• solitron wave
  
• solitron waves
  
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• starlight
  
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• running
  
• beirut dance party
  
• coming here was a bad idea
  
• dawn treader
  
• sailing song
  
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weird forest press release...

mudboy this is folk music lp raphael lyon is the enigma known as mudboy. from the incredibly detailed art / packaging to bizarre mp3 releases attached to scrap metal or plant matter to freddy krueger-inspired art installations, lyon has always been one of the strangest cats on the scene. this unique perspective also infects his music. whereas many of today's kosmiche-influenced artists bubble up from the noise scene (with knob-twiddling pedal pusher seemingly a prequisite to sequencing synth jammer these days), mudboy's work hints more toward the avant-garde as well as a touch of the classical. originally released on cd in 2005, this is folk music finds lyon placing each sound with purpose and carefully sequencing the songs to create a dark, slightly twisted yet strangely beautiful soundscape. listen to the gunshot crack that kicks the album into high gear on "solitron wave", the seamless transition from the sparkling melody of "running" into the jungle rhythms of "beirut dance party", even commonplace field recordings of waves and night sounds take on a different dimension in lyon's hands. this is folk music may have been his first major release but already, all the trademark elements are present: the skewed aesthetic, the attention to detail and especially, the strong compositional sense. this is mudboy. art / layout by raphael lyon. vinyl reissue specially re-sequenced by the artist. limited edition of 500 includes 22" x 22" insert .

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