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previous artist: zeitkratzer		there are 4 titles featuring zelienople in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: zeni geva

$10.08

new to stock as of
march 5th, 2010

threads:
modern-psych
guitar-themed
minimalism-drones

digitalis recordings (usa) #digi033 cd

zelienople “stone academy” compact disc

plaster dog (7:37)
fuck everything (4:30)
elephant (6:05)
fire machine (3:35)
more mess (4:01)
southside (2:15)
pissing (4:02)
bird's face (7:26)
when you were 9 (5:06)

2006 release ; fifth album from this chicagoland trio (also issued on root strata on vinyl) ...

this was the first thing i personally heard from these guys (did i ever mention that my brother & sister-in-law lived, for a while, in zelienople? nice town) ; it remains my favorite of their work ...

digitalis recordings press release...

zelienople "stone academy"

hailing from chicago, zelienople have been etching out a place for themselves in the windy city for the past five years. constant collaborators with souled american's scott tuma, this quartet mixes ghostly song structures with ambient drones better than just about anyone. with recent releases on time-lag, new zealand's pseudoarcana, and tarentel's root strata imprint, the boys of zelienople are rising like vines toward the canopy.

"stone academy" picks up where 2005's brilliant "ink" (recently reissued on cd by loose thread recordings) left off. it balances the simple beauty of guitar-based songs with overwhelming, dark drones. the combination is as powerful as it is intricate. each note, each chord is carefully chosen and perfectly placed; they never take too long or push too much. the attention to detail is magnificent. zelienople have mastered the art of making expansive, luminescent drones sound as organic as the soil beneath your feet. "stone academy" reverberates like it's planted deep inside a lost cavern, hidden miles beneath the surface waiting for excavation.

with rich textures and challenging soundscapes, "stone academy" is a wholly satisfying listening experience. the darkness is only a canvas for the light of these compositions to shine through. zelienople offer up one of the year's finest aural adventures.

$18.01

back in stock as of
may 1st, 2012

first in stock on
september 20th, 2011

threads:
modern-psych
minimalism-drones
guitar-themed
electro-acoustic-composition

digitalis vinyl (usa) #digiv016 lp

john twells / matt christensen “coasts” long playing record

the crate
burning bridges together

2010 release ; debut album from the duo of john “xela” twells & zelienople’s matt christensen

digitalis vinyl press release...

digiv016: twells & christensen "coasts" lp

"coasts" has been a long time in the making but now that it's here, the wait will prove worth it. john twells (aka xela) and matt christensen (of zelienople) have been collaborating in various forms for years, but this is their first fully-realized work. the entire album was made with vintage gear and recorded to 8-track during a weekend in chicago in 2008 and finally mixed at twells' seventh door studio outside boston. the resulting record is a spectral odyssey in two parts. darkened passages shift and fall apart while keeping the piercing sun at bay. faint song structures lurk beneath the rolling black waves, but only get an arm above the surface during those rare moments of light.

opening with "the crate," immediately you are immersed inside the belly of the whale as twells’ siren call gets trapped beneath christensen's bleak guitar notes. it all feels held together by the thinnest of threads. rattling tones crawl out from underneath swirls of electronics, like barely-there points of reference in a white out. lines are crossed but blur together and everything ends up sounding like desperate, beautiful collage of sound. it's all a rouse, anyway, as you are tricked into a sense of calm as the dying orchestral zones gently flame out.

"burning bridges together" is your reward for buying in. crunching guitar chords bowl into you at full-force, moving slow but piling on the pressure. christensen belts out the vocals this go round, getting buried underneath endless washes of fuzz-soaked cacaphony. tension rises to the point of no return as they desperately search for a breaking point. things finally settle down and gently fade into oblivion, christensen's guitar providing the final epitaph. in the end, the seamless nature of the collaboration is what really leaves its mark.

vinyl only edition, cut at d+m in berlin and pressed in germany.

$13.44

back in stock as of
september 15th, 2010

first in stock on
november 14th, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
minimalism-drones
free-improvisation
field-recordings

root strata (usa) #rs-34 cd

good stuff house “endless bummer” compact disc

endless bummer (1) (10:20)
endless bummer (2) (7:46)
endless bummer (3) (12:24)
endless bummer (4) (15:25)

november 2008 release ; really quite stunning collaboration between zelienople’s matt christensen / mike weis and souled american’s scott tuma ...

i hear much music in this loose, shambolic free-rock/drone style in any given month ; this one has a palpable heft to it (read: it sounds really, really good & heavy) ...

root strata press release...

good stuff house
"endless bummer"

rs-34
cd
edition of 300

first proper cd of this ongoing collaboration between matt christensen and mike weis of zelienope & scott tuma of souled american & boxhead ensemble. given that background then it should come as no surprise how far off sounding and echo drenched this disc is. incorporating a wide range of acoustic & electric instruments, both live & from tapes of previous performances, the group fully indulge their wanderlust, floating on the back of massive plates of soft focus hiss and falling head first into deep reverb canyons. vocals sometimes wisp by, as do blasted edges of percussion & tuma's lovely guitar nocturnes, but it's all desperately distant, more like a distorted memory of a band playing many years after the show has ended.

edition of 300 copies in an offset printed sleeve with cover photos by mike weis.

$14.51

back in stock as of
april 11th, 2012

first in stock on
july 6th, 2007

threads:
modern-psych

type (uk) #type 024 cd

zelienople “his/hers” compact disc

family beast (6:53)
moss man (9:02)
parts are lost (9:27)
forced march (9:42)
sweet ali (8:56)

type press release...

zelienople : his/hers

the latest full length from chicago 3-piece zelienople. a sludgy exploration into psychedelic rock with occasional pauses for breath and smudged blues. sittin' on the porch and sending a sultry glance to the neighbours wife has finally been set to music...

zelienople (named after a borough in pennsylvania) is the moniker of chicago based musicians matt christensen (guitar/vocals), mike weis (percussion) and brian harding (guitar/clarinet) and between them, in a desolate suburban basement, they have come up with a record of pure psych-rock sludge. now on their fifth album, the band have struck upon their finest moment yet, honing their skills to create something singular and utterly unique. there is certainly no shortage of acts willing to throw down waves of experimental guitar noise and clattering percussion, but with the benefit of focus and experience, zelienople sound like something totally out of time and almost impossible to place.

residing in a hazy drunken world in-between slow-core pioneers low, psych-folk outsiders charalambides, japanese overlords boris and dead man era neil young 'his/hers' is a faded photograph of rock music past, yet still manages to keep a firm footing in the present. guitars echo like disappearing ghosts and vocals moan and wail mercilessly while percussion bubbles up in glorious waterlogged waves. 'his/hers' isn't a concept album, but it might as well be with five bravely sculpted tracks acting like chapters, taking you through a whole gamut of emotions, from pensive and lonely through to aggressive and impulsive and beyond.

fusing the warring factions of blues, noise, metal, folk and jazz the trio have made as breathtaking a psychedelic album as you're likely to find, and unlike so many others in the scene it never threatens to overwhelm you with meaningless academia or pretension. this is an album made for listening, for enjoying and sinking in to, an album that is made as an illicit treat for the discerning music fans among us. grab hold and step aboard, zelienople are just about ready to take you on a universal journey into the subconscious, and it's gonna be quite some ride.

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