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arbor (usa) #arbor 086 cs

work/deathruptural strictures” c20 cassette

  • the perfect outline of clouds from below

  • may the universe provide, or not
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "may the universe provide, or not"
february 2009 release ; new music from scott reber (with guest input from geoff mullen & sakiko mori) ...

two pieces, one seemingly built from stray improvisations on the sound-board of a grand-piano, then an awesome charlemagne palestine-esque rumination for six-hands-on octave-laced drone-piano ...

highly recommended !!!
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arbor86 work/death- "ruptural strictures" c20

providence’s scott reber, has been recording under the work/death moniker for years, yet no two releases sound the same. progression is key to w/d, never staying stuck in the same zone for too long, but consistently creating dense, focus compositions. “ruptural strictures” combines acoustic piano and string work reminiscent of lucier, layered densely, creating textured and meaningful drones.

in an edition of 100 tapes with full color cardstock covers and printed labels.

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harsh-noise

ekhein (usa) #ek22 cs

ten thousand thingsthough darkness divides us” c23 cassette

  • untitled (1) (11:25)

  • untitled (2) (9:28)
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march 2009 release ; new jam from the suddenly quite prolific duo of geoff mullen & scottwork/deathreber, working their blend of “garbage drones” via an array of stringed instruments (scott’s bass, geoff’s guitar) ...

destroyed, but eminently listenable / tonal ; never an easy combination to pull off ...
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ek22-ten thousand things "though darkness divides us" c23

tense, string-heavy ambiance from the providence, ri duo of scott reber (work/death) and geoff mullen (rare youth label). sounds residing somewhere between day and night, hard and soft, everything and nothing. pinning the listener down without a single detail lost in the process.

limited to 75 copies.

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i just live here (usa) #ijlh 023 ep

mercy lightmercy light” seven inch single record

  • mercy light (1)

  • mercy light (2)
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i just live here press release...
ijlh023 - mercy light 7"

loose upright bass, violin, and drum improvisation from cybele "blue shift" collins, scott "work/death" reber, and ren "god willing" schofield.

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monorail trespassing (usa) #mt 67 cs

work/deathcontained in proper place names” c24 cassette

  • in search of sunrise (champagne neverland mix)

  • gull deep inland (gordon overlooking the atlantic)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "in search of sunrise"
april 2009 release ; first/last in this 2009no fun” batch from jon borgesmonorail trespassing, covering two new pieces from scottwork/deathreber ...

i make my love of scott’s work no small secret throughout these pages, but i really feel like he’s finally arrived ; aside from the fact that’s damn near impossible to properly classify this music (seemingly constructed out of misted/electronically processed classical radio transmissions) it possesses similar levels of emotional heft as canonic work such as pita’s “get out” while retaining the murky intent that makes his music so ... alluring ...

a really good one ; in fact all of these mt tapes are remarkably different from your average sturm/drang harsh noise session(s) ... a sign of things to come ? i sincerely hope so ...
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[mt67cs] work / death - contained in proper place names c-24

reber can do no wrong. synthesizer processes that reach a near-orchestral level; a rich and multi-dimensional work of pure and emotional noise rarely seen now -- or ever. still the most unique project out there.

100 copies, full color covers and glossy labels.

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monorail trespassing (usa) #mt 61 cs

earndown the well” c28 cassette

  • speechless men
  • please
  • she could only remember

  • down the well
  • barrier
  • i was only a ghost
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "barrier"
... excellent set of dirty-slate droning string pieces, ranging from the plaintive solo cello intro (played wonderfully by scottwork/deathreber ; echoing the recent eliane radigue “naldjorlak” set) to a more introverted / overloaded take on the whole 90s shoegazer guitar-drone “thing” ...

nice to hear this sound right now, especially when it’s coming from such a fresh perspective ... easily the best of this winter 2009 batch of tapes from jon borgesmonorail trespassing ...
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[mt61cs] earn down the well c-28

an epic achievement -- moving from layered cello (courtesy scott 'work / death' reber), to blissed-out post-shoegaze guitar (what mbv should've become), to gritty, dark subtlety; ending with an unsettling document of audio voyeurism. narrative and honest, true stories.

edition of 125, full color covers and glossy labels.

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three songs of lenin (usa) #tsol tour cd

kakerlak / oscillating innards / the rita / sewer election / work/deathtour collaboration • east coast 2008” compact disc recordable

  • tour collaboration (23:59)
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last copies of this tour cd ; replicated for this travelling harsh-noise caravan’s exploits to and from the no-fun fest in may ... surprisingly event-heavy given the collaborative nature of the piece ...
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kakerlak - oscillating innards - the rita - sewer election - work/death: tour collaboration cdr

5 way mail collaboration to mark our east coast tour leading up to the recent no fun fest.  source materials obliterated from stage to stage and mixed into a continuous 24 minute piece that develops across the range of crunch, crumble, & crackle while still maintaining distinct movements and personality. man mingle.

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three songs of lenin (usa) #tsol 08 cs

work/deathfrom an inescapable circle” c44 cassette

  • build this together (21:48)

  • isolated and demoralized (21:51)
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november 2008 release ; scott reber here upping the labor-intensive ante via his tsol editions ...

this one comes as a norelco-boxed tape (with a lovely, multi-colored screen-printed insert) housed inside a separate screen-printed fold-out cardboard sleeve (on which a number of brecht texts are carefully laid) ...

musically, scott’s depiction of these pieces as “covers” of lucier’s “i am sitting in a room” ring true (skipping of course past the introductory “dry” iterations right to the room-tone obliterated climax) ... tiny details from the initial pass through the tape deck are occasionally evident, but for the most part the constant whirr of the heating & electrical system(s) are brought to the fore ... excellent work.
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tsol-08: work/death - from an inescapable circle c44

pulled together for a print show in november on the theme of sustainability. nearly hnw take on a.lucier's 'i am sitting in a room'. considering how certain environments can enhance or destroy the things that exist in them. the sound of the space (where the show was and where i work) recorded and played back to itself. a-side sourced from a workshop to assemble jessica rylan's flower electronics touch sensitive noise generator. b-side lets the building assume industrial possibilities after humans have gone. life going nowhere. somebody help me. staying alive.

type ii high bias c44 with 2 color screen printed, four panel inserts and outer corrugated box. limited to 100, but less than half that left right now.

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three songs of lenin (usa) #tsol 06 cs

ordinary machinerystand while fields pass” c20 cassette

  • (no tracklisting)
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tsol 06: ordinary machinery - stand while fields pass

nocturnal urban acoustic ecology. returning to the threads of past radio work and a cdr from 2004, ordinary machinery is an attempted transcription of listening and environments (internal/external). after they've waved goodbye and driven away. waiting for the connection. walking cross lots. when did things stop? where did this headache come from?

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three songs of lenin (usa) #tsol 05 cs

hollow bushlaura dern in the house of blue light” c20 cassette

  • 10.11.01 ac temple • birmingham alabama (1)

  • 10.11.01 ac temple • birmingham alabama (2)
first in the spring 2008 batch of tapes from scott “work/death” reber’s increasingly impressive three songs of lenin ; new music from rodger stella & bryan martin (with “subliminal contributions” from important eagle, lazy magnet, & work/death) posited as an “alternate soundtrack” to lynch’s “inland empire” ...

again, this batch all have amazing moire-heavy multi-color screen-printed artwork ; this particular tape overlaid with text(s) cribbed from michel chion’s “the voice in cinema” ...
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tsol 05: hollow bush - laura dern in the house of blue light

theremin overload and bleary-eyed nightmare visions coordinated by rodger stella at the ac temple (birmingham, al) october '07. after the show is the after party and rodger pulled in all willing participants for an alternate soundtrack to david lynch's inland empire. core duo of rodger and bryan martin with subliminal contributions from important eagle, lazy magnet, and work/death. this is why i drove across the country. gruesome true life.

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three songs of lenin (usa) #tsol 04 cs

ten thousand thingsflat bed wreckers” c20 cassette

  • day off clocked in

  • sidewalk point of view
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04: ten thousand things - flat bed wreckers :

on going collaboration with geoff mullen. this installment leans towards open sky nz drone pitted against low gray city clouds. organ, midi, microcassette.

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three songs of lenin (usa) #tsol 03 cs

olneyville string systemolneyville string system” c20 cassette

  • feet are red like fetuses

  • everyone must wear blindfolds
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03: olneyville string system :

improv string trio conversations between cybele blue shift (violin), miriam black forest/black sea (cello), and myself (upright bass). teenage daydreams of xenakis and feldman. obsessive-compulsive inner ear itch/scratch.

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hospital productions (usa) #hos 093 cd

showtunes of the condemned” compact disc

  • sinking body - return of the ear (13:42)
  • pleasurehorse - cure wounds (light) (4:27)
  • smashed femur dance party - losing you (1:48)
  • work/death - skull mantra - headspace vapor analyzers (6:01)
  • pleasurehorse - cure wounds (serious) (4:21)
  • smashed femur dance party - house of the rising sun (1:53)
  • meerk puffy - bomb bomb bomb (10:58)
  • work/death - sokubaku - paper & string against gravity (3:01)
  • pleasurehorse - cure wounds (critical) (2:54)
  • smashed femur dance party - beat goes on (2:01)
  • work/death - encoder decoder message / numbers theory (2:56)
  • kites - total peace (9:53)
  • work/death - head injury support group - obliterated by cross hatching (3:02)
second of the two “providence-era” comps dom laid down his fledgeling hospital productions imprint (the other :: “old tyme lemonade”) - nice mix of harsh noise tendencies & bit of zonked oddery from the fort thunder crowd(s) ...
hospital productions press release...
desperate electronic turbulence

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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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