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previous record label: irml		there are 7 titles on isounderscore in stock. they are listed below.		next record label: jackpot

$13.44

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september 7th, 2010

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isounderscore (usa) #iso 14 cd

acre “isolationist” compact disc

untitled (1) (15:28)
untitled (2) (12:43)
untitled (3) (21:59)

october 2009 release ; nice to finally see a mass-market cd release by aaron “acre” davis, as the set of his subtle, yet extremely loud tone creep i caught a few years back at mass art was one of that year’s highlights, yet he’s remained oddly quiet in the interim ...

enter brandon nickell’s isounderscore, with this nicely laid-out edition (as you can see to your left - the spot varnish is invisible to the scanner’s eye ; yet when photographed at an oblique angle - as below - you can clearly see the patternage appear before your very eyes) consisting of three extended pieces ; first a squared off, slowly mutating major third, then a straight pulse-width modulator, then a long suite for stroboscopic octave-parallels (listen to the sound-sample), each executed with the sort of subliminal progress i’d normally attribute to damion romero & damion alone ... highly recommended !!!

isounderscore press release...

acre "isolationist" cd

after years of painfully limited cassette and cd-r releases, aaron davis has created his most definitive and ambitious work as acre to date. "isolationist" is the first official full-length from one of portland's most enigmatic and respected figures of the northwest's fervent experimental music underground.

the album features a new track recorded during the summer of 2009, exhibiting the slow yet subtle and highly-detailed electronic undulations that has largely characterized davis' work as acre. alongside this new piece are two completely remastered tracks from the original "painless" cd-r released on the students of decay label in a criminally limited edition of 75 copies in 2008. a record which unequivocally celebrates davis' years of painstaking effort mastering the minimalism of room crushing frequencies, this album represents the most essential and first widely available acre release.

recorded by aaron davis in portland, oregon, mastered by thomas dimuzio at gench studios in august 2009. graphic design and artwork by brandon nickell. printed on spot-varnish fluorescent orange matte jackets; limited edition of 500 copies on compact disc.

$13.44

new to stock as of
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analogue-synth

isounderscore (usa) #iso 09 cd

brandon nickell “and if you set this mind of mine afire then on my bloodstream i yet will carry you” compact disc

hanging on by a golden thread (11:44)
“and if you set this mind of mine afire then on my bloodstream i yet will carry you” (8:08)
iad wave (7:46)
time throne (6:27)
the roughest jewel in your glittering crown (second key) (7:20)

september 2010 release ; deep set of “unclassifiable music” from isounderscore’s brandon nickell, bucking current trends in retrograde fidelities, instead focusing on a combination of plug-in instruments & ... analogue synths as it’s source material(s) ... results range from hyperbaric granular cloudings to squeaking hysteresis to click-oriented pointillist skree, all forged from a language that’s brandon’s & brandon’s alone ... a great, challenging listen not easily encapsulated ...

isounderscore press release...

artist: brandon nickell (b. aug 1 1981 oakland, california)
album: “and if you set this mind of mine afire then on my bloodstream i yet will carry you”

limited edition of 500 copies
total running length: 41:24
label & catalogue: isounderscore [iso_09]
release date: september 4th, 2010

exactly five years after the release of his debut album “the helical word” under the aemae project, brandon nickell has released his third album eponymously, “and if you set this mind of mine afire then on my bloodstream i yet will carry you” which was recorded, mixed and fully realized beteen winter 2007 and spring 2010. the album is inspired by personal experiences and extensive research with auditory hallucinations (particularly while living in east oakland in the early 2000’s) and the title is taken from the german poet rainer maria rilke’s (1875-1926) poem “put out my eyes” with minor revisions in the title.

2010 is an age of cassette revivalist culture, analog synthesizers and nostalgic aesthetics; however the album makes no apologies in not conforming with these trends and instead opts to use all tools at the creator’s disposal to achieve a unified vision that has been a painful three year undertaking in order to create a work that is unique in scope. the album was recorded with virtual analog synthesizers using computer based-sequencers, the sequential circuits pro one synthesizer, the human voice, and features further extensive use of analog and digital synthesis. the fifth track is the studio version of a live piece which was originally released on the black horizons tape in 2009.

mastered by james plotkin in summer 2010; artwork by and design by brandon nickell using a two-dimensional tessellation of the tesseract pressed with gold foil on black matte cd jackets. never to be re-pressed in its original form.

$25.21

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isounderscore (usa) #iso 08 lp

dimmer “remissions” double long playing record set

sky wire (12:54)
sun dog (14:48)
gases that emit light (14:30)
giant eagle (15:29)

may 2009 release ; second release from the on-going duo of lafms’ joseph hammer & bay-area sonic alchemist thomas dimuzio ...

four takes, all recorded in concert in california between 2006 & 2007, with mr. hammer utilizing his array of tape-loops and tools, mr. dimuzio on the processing, sampling, and re-sampling tip(s) ...

some beautiful, long sections involving short loops & gradual transformation (listen to the sound-sample) cut with decidedly more sturm / drang moments ... awesome.

isounderscore press release...

[iso_08] dimmer "remissions" 2xlp

release date: may 19th, 2009
artist location: san francisco, california u.s.a. (thomas dimuzio), los angeles, ca, u.s.a. (joseph hammer)
total running length: 57:41

dimmer's "remissions" is the second full-length album from longtime sonic architects of interactive feedback circuits, thomas dimuzio and joseph hammer. this 2xlp effectively represents four side-long pieces from their live shows throughout california taken place between 2006 and 2007.

essentially a follow-up to their 2007 album on los angeles' melon expander, "remissions" expands upon the immense recursive tape looping and resampling that is found inherent in their work but achieves a weight and time displacement that greatly overshadows their dark preceding full-lengh. all four pieces were recorded at: norcal noisefest in sacramento (2006, "sky wire"), the luggage store gallery in san francisco (2006, "sun dog"), the smell in los angeles (2006, "gases that emit light"), and artsf's noise pancakes series (2007, "giant eagle").

live sampling, processing, feedback, looping by thomas dimuzio. tape manipulation and processing by joseph hammer. design and layout by thomas dimuzio, joseph hammer and brandon nickell. limited to 500 copies on full-color sleeves with cover photography by john dalton.

$16.81

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isounderscore (usa) #iso 06 lp

maleficia “maleficia” long playing record

making (15:58)
remaking (17:09)

january 2009 release ; trance-inducing pair of vocal / viola / electronic threnodies from ilysea viles sunderman and andy way ...

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[iso_06] maleficia - s/t

release date: january 20th, 2009
artist location: oakland, california u.s.a.
total running length: 33:07

well in the works since late 2007 is the long overdue debut lp of oakland experimental/noise duo maleficia which features ilysea viles sunderman on vocals/viola and andy way (also of french radio, nf orchest, carrion, riqis) on electronics.

"making" and "remaking" were recorded at earhammer studios in fall 2007 by greg wilkinson (chronicles of lemur mutation, carrion, laudanum), and mastered in winter 2008 by thomas dimuzio at gench studios in san francisco.

two side-long tracks, "making" and "remaking" produce an exquisite and carefully balanced binary system of torrential noise along with beautiful vocals/viola; ultimately the result is an impressive debut record from one of the most original and interesting noise groups to come out of oakland over the last couple of years.

both ilysea viles sunderman and andy way have participated in live collaborations for groups such as inn.aff.(orchext.) -- centered around live improvisation involving members of irr. app. ext., maleficia and nf orchest. maleficia’s output until this point has consisted only of an extremely limited cd-r released in 2006, where its caustic and compositional qualities were compared to the likes of fe-mail and the vocal stylings of jarboe. cover photo by ilysea viles sunderman

limited to 400 copies.

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isounderscore (usa) #iso 05 lp

arastoo / aemae “ostrakon” long playing record

ostrakon (11:01)
capo (11:52)

july 2008 release ; two collaborations between arastoo darakhshan & brandon nickell, centering on arastoo’s improvised piano-drippings & brandon’s glacial electronic treatments ...

isounderscore press release...

[iso_05] arastoo & aemae - ostrakon

release date: july 29th, 2008
location: san francisco, california u.s.a.
total running length: 22:53

ostrakon is the long in the works lp collaboration between aemae and arastoo darakhshan. this project is specifically centered and largely structured around darakhshan's live piano compositions. as such, the record marks a radical departure from brandon nickell’s brutal synthetic compositions and solo work as aemae, as well as in darakshan’s case a departure from his drone minimalist synth works. the record is rich and glowing in ghostly resonance, old forgotten places with side-long pieces for each side: "ostrakon" and "capo" ; black & white cover artwork by darakhshan. production, mixing and synthesis by brandon nickell (aemae) ; production, mixing, and piano by arastoo darakhshan.

recorded and finalized between 2007 and winter 2008.
limited to 320 copies.

$8.41

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isounderscore (usa) #iso 04 cd

aemae “maw” compact disc

pde (6:47)
confound me (10:11)
spectral psychosis (4:46)
bad entity (10:56)
the bell contour memory (7:36)

january 2007 release ; second album from bay-area composer brandon nickell ...

right off the bat, this one hits much harder than “the helical word,” embracing the sort(s) of fully-rectified wave-shapes mapped out by florian hecker (then, again, by john wiese) ...

overall a more punctuating / pointillist effort ...

isounderscore press release...

[iso_04] aemae - maw

release date: january 2nd, 2007
flocation: oakland, california u.s.a.
total running length: 40:24

maw is the full-length follow-up to aemae’s 2005 album the helical word. these five pieces were composed by 25 year-old brandon nickell between the period of summer of 2005 and fall of 2006. perhaps it can be suggested that maw expands upon the aurora borealis and detailed frequency patterns of the helical word however it sets itself apart from its predecessor with time-scales that breath and contract, intense dynamics whipping around the listener’s spatial perception, and compositions that layer themselves with contours shaped and crafted with unusual precision. maw easily documents and moves within intersections of modern electronic music composition, noise, and experimental music utilizing synthesis to construct new sounds.

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isounderscore (usa) #iso 03 lp

arastoo “three” long playing record

untitled (1) (8:44)
untitled (2) (4:18)
untitled (3) (13:00)

isounderscore press release...

[iso_03] arastoo - threelocation: oakland, california u.s.a.
release date: may 16th, 2006

"three" is the work of 25 year-old bay area resident arastoo darakhshan. ancient voices and drone work traverse paths of analogue synths, strings, and synthetic textures through three tracks on this full-length lp, ultimately creating three distinct spaces of sound. the "three" lp is the second full-length release for the isounderscore label in oakland, california and is the second release from arastoo himself.

limited to 333 copies with black on black matte jackets.

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irml

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