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no label (unknown) #pelt 001 lp

pelt “a stone for angus maclise” long playing record

  • a stone for angus maclise (1) (21:00)

  • a stone for angus maclise (2) (20:45)
december 2008 release (which we had for a blip way back when ; now in stock in number) ; grey-area “no label” release from patrick best (vocals, harmonium), mikel dimmick (harmonium), and mike gangloff (singing bowls, gong, esraj) ’s pelt, featuring a long, side-split recording made during march of 2007 in tribute to the methedrine cardinal himself, angus maclise ...

... an odd tactic, to handle this in such a hands-off matter, especially as this trumps a great deal of the band’s recent vhf-label output ; the kinds of melting twin-harmonium pump-action & modal vocal swirl the trio get up to herein (esp. the second half) are straight out of the la monte young / pandit pran nath playbook (of which these guys are clearly avid readers) ...

simple, no-frills lp, with a silver metallic sticker on the front & a small dual-sided insert ...
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- pelt - a stone for angus maclise - no label lp - edition of 500 -

2007 home studio recordings - 2 side long tracks - beautiful - silver foil sticker cover w/ insert

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vhf (usa) #vhf 090 cd

pelt “(untitled)” compact disc

  • untitled (1) (14:39)
  • untitled (2) (29:56)
  • untitled (3) (13:27)
  • untitled (4) (3:45)
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vhf#90 pelt (untitled) cd

(untitled) is a devastating set of almost pure white light from the newly upgraded pelt lineup. the intense drone music on (untitled) represents a return to "sonic-ism" for the quartet of jack rose, mike gangloff, patrick best, and mikel dimmick. like pelt's 2003 effort pearls from the river, (untitled) is an all-acoustic affair. on (untitled) the group concentrates on producing dense clouds of overtones from guitar, cello, tibetan bowls, gongs, sruti, and esraj. track 1 is an overpowering straight line ala the theatre of eternal music, an atmosphere of stasis with gong and bowl flickering subtly over the massive track bed. track 2 is a 32 minute epic that begins with the soft strains of jack rose's 12 string, picks up dueling cello and esraj and gradually builds in intensity with the sounds of gongs and other unusual percussion. track 3 is the live staple "sundogs," where rose's weissenborn lap guitar and gangloff's resonator guitar produce a stream of unearthly high, singing overtones in an uncanny acoustic impression of electric feedback. the final track is an epilogue of best's keening cello, again ignoring the usual technique associated with the instrument in the pursuit of pure weirdness. housed in card folio printed by stumptown.

4 tracks, 62 mins.

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vhf (usa) #vhf 076 cd

pelt “pearls from the river” compact disc

  • up the north fork (8:03)
  • pearls from the river (20:20)
  • road to catawba (15:06)
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vhf#76 pelt pearls from the river cd

first new music in a couple of years from the trio, focusing entirely on their acoustic side. recorded in a single march 2003 session in va by mikel dimmick, this is a superb distillation of their recent musical forays (both alone and together). "up the north fork" is a trio for banjo, baritone banjo, and cello - after the snakey bowed introduction, the fast thwacking of the banjos and forcefully strummed cello take over and whip up a storm. the other two tracks are lengthy ragas (one in c, one in d) with the virtuosic modal guitar of jack rose front and center. "pearls from the river" features jack on 12 string, dueling with mike gangloff on esraj. pat best's thick, sonorous double bass bowing anchors the duet between the lightning thrumming/plucking of jack's guitar and mike's arcing, sharply bowed half-time melody. "road to catawba" has jack on 6 string, with mike moving to tamboura, for a full exploration of the d lydian mode. best's bass is again the foundation, with whistling overtones rising from his bow over the low drone. liner notes by byron coley.

“join pelt in celebrating the ecstatic joy that results from refusing to accept the alleged primacy of shit-culture. it does not exist if we will not believe in it. and we must refuse it on all levels always. the proof of its surrender is at hand. yr hand. right now, motherfucker!” - byron coley

3 tracks, 45 mins.

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vhf (usa) #vhf 025 cd

pelt “brown cyclopaedia” compact disc

  • anchored (7:40)
  • green flower (9:58)
  • couldn't see it (1:37)
  • subversion of a cat's eye (4:36)
  • secret grudge matches (4:49)
  • penelope from a plane (2:30)
  • phantom tick (edit) (7:04)
  • absolution (10:39)
  • almighty (6:00)
  • th in paradise (4:21)
  • total denigration (3:18)
  • who is the third who walks always beside you ? (9:11)
  • speedy west massaker (1:51)
  • hugest (1:54)
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vhf#25 pelt brown cyclopaedia cd

debut long player by the "classic" pelt trio. this out-of-nowhere blast of creativity followed a couple of 7"s that were in a more "rock" style and was quite a revelation at the time (it's still good for listening, of course). brown cyclopaedia was originally issued as a dbl lp in mid-1995 on the band's own radioactive rat label (the precursor to klang). the pressing was limited to 300 and most copies were given away, so it basically disappeared on release. we offered to put it on cd to keep it available. the cd features the complete program of both lp's, along with great new watercolor artwork by christina carter (as opposed to the non-art of the lp version). the sound on the cd is much improved - the lp sounded like it was pressed on recycled racquetballs. the music features a lot of drifting but edgy stuff, mainly guitar oriented but with some unusual vocal, horn, etc touches that they turned more fully towards on the releases that followed. i guess this takes a lot of cues from the dead c/xpressway scene but i think has them beat in the atmosphere department.

14 tracks, 75 mins.

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