“rhizomatic st. louis • sound art, free improvisation, electronic & electroacoustic music vol. 1” c72 cassette

• regicide bureau - tainai kuguri / priem (excerpts)
  
• rich o'donnell - rolls (live performance of percussion and electronics)
  
• raglani - take 1
  
• tory starbuck project - tender trap (excerpt)
  
• n.n.n. cook - x degrees of synchronicity (mock-up)
  
  
• dr. mabuse - camera flash flood watch
  
• dave stone - live at noisefest viii (excerpt)
  
• public shallows - live at noisefest vi
  
• brain transplant - damage
  
• kevin harris - merci
  
• dinner music - saphead (kids move fast)

close/far press release...

rhizomatic st. louis vol. 1 a compilation of sound art, free improvisation, electronic & electroacoustic music from artists currently living and working in the st. louis area. featuring: regicide bureau: tom sutter; prolific 80’s tape trader with an electroacoustic infatuation, self-released over 300 cd-r’s and tapes rich o'donnell: director of the electronic music studio at washington university, st. louis, was principal percussionist with the st. louis symphony orchestra for 40 years, percussion and electronic instrument builder, co-founded hearding cats, a 501(c)(3) arts collective in ’09 raglani: analog synth guru, electronic music history enthusiast, og of the stl experimental music scene tory starbuck project: tory z. starbuck; avant-garde art rocker, music instructor, adept player of ethnic drums, saxophone, violin, sitar, koto, and electronics n.n.n. cook: sound artist, improviser, graphic designer, and visual artist, runs the tape side of close/far recordings dr. mabuse: mike murphy; electronic instrument inventor and builder, i call him the, “harry partch of electronics”, president and co-founder of hearding cats arts collective dave stone: reeds player par excellence, free jazz hero, seasoned improviser public shallows: integral promoter, writer, and performer in the local music community, josh levi’s flood yr face blog is the #1 source for underground concert listings in stl brain transplant: chris smentkowski’s long running solo and collaborative noise project, laptop data warper, guitar mangler kevin harris: runs the best experimental venue in the city, the floating laboratories, performs with homemade “wind turbine” signal generators diffused through a multi-channel sound system and modular synthesizers dinner music: rick weaver; experimental renaissance man, restless soul, runs human conduct records pro-duplication and imprinting with full color double sided j-cards. signed and numbered digital prints and cover art by jeremy "ghost ice" kannapell. edition of 200 on high bias tape.

raglani / n.n.n. cook “split” c20 cassette

• raglani - sig. to ether error
  
  
• n.n.n. cook - otherness figments

close/far press release...

c/f 013 raglani / n.n.n. cook split c20 cassette 2010 on the a side is a new track commissioned specifically for close/far recordings. sig. to ether error seems to channel a distant astral oratorio. slowly your mind’s eye is activated and begins to build its own temple. reconciling the synthetic with the organic, raglani coaxes a state of concord between himself and his circuitry. on the b side the primary sound source is an electronic unit, the meridian box, custom designed and built by joseph kramer. it consists of six oscillators with independent pitch controls and electrodes controlled by body resistance. otherness figments immediately sweeps you into its current, enveloping your body with hum and crackle. punctuated by blasts and tears in time, jarring moments begin to smear and stretch. as you pan across your barren destination, mirages dance across the landscape. abruptly, your dionysian journey ends in repose. pro-duplication and imprinting in black ink on clear shells with gold foil liners. edition of 200 on high bias tape.