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language of stone (usa) #los 010 cd

mythical beast “scales” compact disc

  • cycle / circle
  • black walls
  • river blindness
  • live to live
  • eyes into space
  • light in the maze
  • chaos spinner
  • ready for waste
october 2008 release ; debut album from this group previously associated with the not not fun label (they shared two split lps w/ pocahaunted & cloudland canyon, respectively) ...
language of stone press release...
mythical beast is:
corinne sweeney: vocals & percussion
aaron lee hawn: bass, synth, & percussion
jeremiah orndorff cowlin: guitar & percussion

like a would-be soundtrack to some forgotten wagnerian saga, mythical beast's debut full-length unleashes sonic elements akin to trudging minions in an epic struggle for tonal supremacy. this bloodless battle is for hearts and minds though, and is shot through with majesty and pathos. it's no wonder that a trio commanding this type of simple yet nuanced compositional energy would risk life and limb crossing the new orleans "security" perimeter one month post- katrina to rescue their gear from a semi-ravaged practice facility. the fact certainly provides insight into the spirit behind their dread progressions of guitar, bass and vocals. mythical beast's music is dank, grim and heavy as hell, but at its heart lies an indestructible momentum and spirit in no small part due to corrine's valkarie-esque presence. all this is an elaborate way of saying that mythical beast wield power and majesty with equal acumen. come join the struggle.

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language of stone (usa) #los 008 cd

noa babayof “from a window to a wall” compact disc

  • prelude (0:53)
  • a song for me (2:08)
  • indian queen (3:38)
  • marching band (3:49)
  • loving you (4:19)
  • one song (3:00)
  • at your death (3:04)
  • cotton strings (2:48)
  • midtown fair (3:10)
  • this years parade (3:21)
  • before sleep (2:19)
  • them that are writing these songs (2:06)
language of stone press release...
much is made about the lack of originality in music. “everything has been done, and done to death” people decry. this is a very modern attitude, and perhaps more than a bit flawed. music has always been a continuum. styles and traditions are passed from one generation to the next to be cherished, replicated, altered or reinvented. just as one individual looks to another for identity and support, so one song looks to the last for meaning; a place in the grand structure.

noa babayof does what many before her have done. she is a folk musician in the singer-songwriter tradition. she pays homage here, stretches boundaries there, and most often plays within the structures formed by the greats that preceded her. this in itself is not an easy task. very few have what it takes to make it on a stage where what separates the weak from the strong is neither record sales nor charisma, but the greatness of the songs. this is something, i’m sure, noa is reminded of each time she picks up her guitar to meet the challenge.

noa babayof is an israeli native. she will spend the next year in the united states touring in support of the north american release of from a window to a wall. noa records and performs in english. noa will be releasing a video single directed by festival’s alexis powell and greg weeks. weeks produced and arranged the album.

all songs written by noa babayof produced and recorded by greg weeks at hexham head, philadelphia, pa mixed by brian mctear and itay taragano at trx studios additional mixing by udi koomran and noa babayof, ginger studios mastered by erez caspi, bardo studios. string arrangements by greg weeks additional vocal arrangements on “them that are writing these songs,” “midtown fair,” and “at your death” by omer hershman

katt hernandez: violin
jesse sparhawk: mandolin on “one song,” harp on “before sleep” and “midtown fair”
greg weeks: recorder, percussion, white/pink noise, bells
jessica weeks: flute on “a song for me”
margaret wienk: cello, contra bass
amit erez: addl guitar on “at your death,” “marching band,” “one song”; addl vocals on “one song”

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language of stone (usa) #los 007 lp

silver summit “silver summit” long playing record

  • music in the afterlife
  • the door
  • awaken
  • in-between place
  • apple tree
  • water’s edge
  • acadia
  • fool’s love
  • wishing well
  • the bridge
language of stone press release...
that silver summit is a new york band is undeniable. the darkness and frenetic claustrophobia of nyc ebbs from every sonic pore of the band’s debut long player. new york city is nothing, though, if not trace elements of the globe’s disparate cultures (made uniform through earth and steel and flesh). multiculturalism (a dreaded word, i know) informs silver summit’s sonic character as much as the blackened brownstone facades, hidden public gardens and slumbering subway commuters must. where else then to seek unmitigated conflations of metal, dream-pop, oriental, british folk and other harmonious dissonances than in the band’s own musings? the musical layers are infinite, as are the listener’s chances at discovery.

silver summit is:
david shawn bosler: electric/classical/acoustic lead guitars, percussion, backing vocals
sondra sun-odeon: vocals, slide/rhythm guitar, baglama saz, mandolin, keys/piano, cymbals, percussion

all songs written by david shawn bosler & sondra sun-odeon, except “wishing well,” written by bert jansch

recorded and engineered by greg weeks at hexham head studios, philadelphia from september to october 2007. additional cello & piano tracks recorded by brian mctear & amy morrissey at miner street studios. mixed by brian mctear at miner street studios, philadelphia, october 2007. mastered by alex abrash at aa mastering, queens, ny.

a limited vinyl pressing is for sonic voyagers seeking to ascend to the next level.

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language of stone (usa) #los 007 cd

silver summit “silver summit” compact disc

  • music in the afterlife
  • the door
  • awaken
  • in-between place
  • apple tree
  • water’s edge
  • acadia
  • fool’s love
  • wishing well
  • the bridge
language of stone press release...
that silver summit is a new york band is undeniable. the darkness and frenetic claustrophobia of nyc ebbs from every sonic pore of the band’s debut long player. new york city is nothing, though, if not trace elements of the globe’s disparate cultures (made uniform through earth and steel and flesh). multiculturalism (a dreaded word, i know) informs silver summit’s sonic character as much as the blackened brownstone facades, hidden public gardens and slumbering subway commuters must. where else then to seek unmitigated conflations of metal, dream-pop, oriental, british folk and other harmonious dissonances than in the band’s own musings? the musical layers are infinite, as are the listener’s chances at discovery.

silver summit is:
david shawn bosler: electric/classical/acoustic lead guitars, percussion, backing vocals
sondra sun-odeon: vocals, slide/rhythm guitar, baglama saz, mandolin, keys/piano, cymbals, percussion

all songs written by david shawn bosler & sondra sun-odeon, except “wishing well,” written by bert jansch

recorded and engineered by greg weeks at hexham head studios, philadelphia from september to october 2007. additional cello & piano tracks recorded by brian mctear & amy morrissey at miner street studios. mixed by brian mctear at miner street studios, philadelphia, october 2007. mastered by alex abrash at aa mastering, queens, ny.

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language of stone (usa) #los 006 cd

lights “lights” compact disc

  • at midnight (6:06)
  • break, run, fly (7:57)
  • branches low (4:40)
  • for you (5:14)
  • rise up (3:10)
  • lick the blood (4:00)
  • here we go (3:52)
  • sing it o-o-o (part 1) (4:13)
  • sing it o-o-o (part 2) (6:15)
language of stone press release...
light is nature's guiding force. it fills the coffers of nature's bounty, providing every living thing with its own particular sustaining essence. blood. blood that shadow dwellers take with a savage thirst. where sustainer and desanguinator co-mingle, lays the discrete border to the territory of lights, a swath of land bathed in transformative moonglow and the illusory.

here, for every virginal vocal harmony a vampiric riff lies in wait, each dulcet tone risks transformation into snarling beast, and ghost-like apparitions infest the rafters, unseen but duly felt. lights embody the mixture of pop beauty and psychedelic horror that has compelled millions to shiver in fright and ecstasy. join us.

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language of stone (usa) #los 005 cd

festival “come, arrow, come!” compact disc

  • fair and true (2:26)
  • boxcar (2:45)
  • blown light (2:42)
  • hold off the earth (3:31)
  • zebulon (4:09)
  • bind us all (2:23)
  • return (4:08)
  • even the light (2:21)
  • valentine (2:13)
  • come outside! (2:06)
language of stone press release...
when sisterly voices conjoin the vibration that arises goes beyond even metaphysical explanation. it enters our cores and seemingly, if momentarily, triples our double helixes. that's solid science, friends and that is also lindsay and alexis powel, the duo otherwise known as festival.

tribal drone, backwoods spiritual, basement psychedelia, hilltop roots romp. whatever element they touch upon filters through the genetics of sisterly song and descends on eager ears like a misty rain. alexis powell is a current and founding member of the meerkat film collective. lindsay powell has released two solo records under the aegis of cake bake betty and is a member of the heavy rock quartet skyblazer.

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language of stone (usa) #los 004 cd

ex reverie “the door into summer” compact disc

  • second son (6:57)
  • the crowning (4:31)
  • dawn comes for us all (6:45)
  • the years (5:16)
  • days away (4:20)
  • cedar (8:57)
  • clouds? or smoke? (6:30)
  • wooden sword (4:28)
  • cedar, pt. 2 (2:29)
language of stone press release...
when teenage imaginings transcend childhood's end and lodge with concrete ferocity within the sound world of adult reality, one can find a unique realm wherein dulcimers and glam-rock guitar frenzies manifest with uniform importance. the trick is knowing not to discern a difference. gillian chadwick understands this more than most visconti acolytes. her employment of the fantastic within ex reverie's epic confines heralds a return to a reality deeper than most modern folksinger neo-realists can manage to muster. in a post-'70s realm, the struggle is to circumnavigate irony without succumbing to blandness or facile dictations of woe. b>ex reverie's the door into summer maps that route with crystalline authority.

gillian chadwick is half of woodwose (language of stone) and a member of golden ball (honeymoon music).

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language of stone (usa) #los 003 cd

ilya monosov “seven lucky plays, or how to fix songs for a broken heart” compact disc

  • i open my arms (3:22)
  • tricycle (2:48)
  • my dear (2:36)
  • legs and arms (1:55)
  • winter lullaby (2:08)
  • the burning flame (2:48)
  • ms. desolate (2:55)
  • the beauty that your are (3:25)
  • happy song (6:46)
  • i'll live my life without pain (5:26)
january 2008 release ; song-based solo album from mr. monosov of the shining path, monosov / swirnoff, et.al ...
language of stone press release...
ilya e. monosov's seven lucky plays, or how to fix songs for a broken heart is monosov's private celebration of the human experience and are based on his poems and stories written from 1996-2007. his early exposure to russian dissident culture greatly affected his life and art. influenced from a young age by his parents' passion for literature, art, and poetry; as well as by the music of vladimir vysotsky, alexander galich, leonard cohen, coltrane, miles davis, and african american folk music traditions (blues and gospel), monosov's picked acoustic guitar and voice arrangements were recorded at hexham head by greg weeks (of espers), and feature strings by margaret weink (fern knight), mandolin and harp by jesse sparhawk, and electric guitar by weeks.

ilya monosov is half of the shining path (holy mountain) and a member of mountain home. features players jesse sparhawk (language of stone) and margaret wienk (fern knight).

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language of stone (usa) #los 002 cd

mountain home “mountain home” compact disc

  • the sparrow
  • battle, we were
  • comes, the winter
  • omie wise
  • nottamun town
nice, mellow, downer folk side from this group, counting ilya monosov (whose collaborative, minimalism-laced lps with preston swirnoff on eclipse are, imho, the highlights of the catalogue) amongst its ranks ...
language of stone press release...
not everyone dreams of a mountain home, which is good, because if they did there'd be no real hope for those of us who actually need one. of course, many folks who pine for a solitary life amidst the elements find themselves far removed from the requirements to make such a lifestyle immediately possible.

that's where a band like mountain home come in. and not just them, but the host of musicians, promoters, publications, venues and enthusiasts that have cropped up over the past ten years or so to champion a musical array that supports an overall cultural reorientation. besides such crushingly poetic offerings as 'the sparrow,' mountain home promulgate an earthen visage and wooden sound capable of bleeding sap into the veins of city dwellers and suburban refugees the world over.

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language of stone (usa) #los 001 cd

orion rigel dommisse “what i want from you is sweet” compact disc

  • fake yer death
  • alice and sarah
  • simon sent for me
  • a faceless death
  • capricorn
  • ashes from your burning wood
  • suicide kiss (because dead)
  • a giver
  • little neighbor
  • drink yourself (to death)
interesting album of sparse songs utilizing electric cello and synthesizer as the main instrumentaiton; i’m sure someone is going to come along and compare this to arthur russell, but the tone is much more rustic & direct...

maybe a bit outside of the light-spectrum that’s normally represented here, but this has a certain charm...
language of stone press release...
on the surface, orion rigel dommisse's song world is marked by death, desolation and personal disaster. that the events populate a fairy-tale-like terrain is no small point. the transmutation of terror and dread into a manageable folkloric currency makes complete sense given the fantastic elements sewn within orion's singular visions.

as with the best fantasy tales, orion's songs thread multiple meanings, some obvious, others occluded, through a linear narrative of disarming depth. all the while the tone is charged, with menace and beauty. this is classical music set to lucio fulci's the beyond, folk music from some lost balkan province where moonlight feeds all need for vitamin d.

orion's text is a dark, rich blood that oozes through organs, infusing them with all manner of unearthly metastices; mutations which allow them to evolve through pain, survive the corruptions of this world and deliver upon it an inverse of the negativity it so often yields. orion feels the world like few others can. our reward for that is what i want from you is sweet.

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