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justin meyersalbuterol auteur” c21 cassette

  • albuterol auteur

  • drone (no stasis)
april 2013 release ; ... a pair of beautiful modular synth pieces from justintone filthmeyers, composed and performed on his own home-brew instrument ....
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nna058: justin meyersalbuterol auteur” c21

"albuterol auteur" is the latest collection of synth pieces from minneapolis-based sound and visual artist justin meyers. after multiple brilliant releases over the years, many of which on his own tone filth label, nna is excited to bring forth these new works created and performed on meyers' own home-built modular synthesizer system, the tf50.

working from the ground up, meyers displays a natural talent in the pure manipulation of raw current and electricity to form deeply expressive and colorful environments of electronic sound. these minimal yet perpetually shifting compositions seem to be aqueous in structure, seamlessly drifting between tones and phases, carving out a unique melodic terrain along the way. the expedition is documented in immaculate fidelity, engrossing the listener in a distinctive warmth.

an original voice in electronic music at the hands of highest caliber craftsmanship.

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freddy rupperthangs a shadow” one-sided c36 cassette

  • memory slothly
  • mannerisms
  • stanch
  • droops
  • stanch 2
  • scant
  • happens
  • dessicator
  • hangs a shadow
april 2013 release ; ... superb set of musique concrète pieces (his second for nna) by the artist formerly known as this song is a mess but so am i ...
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nna057: freddy rupperthangs a shadow” c70

following up 2012's "wait" ep on nna, we're proud to present "hangs a shadow", the debut full-length from prague-via-los angeles musician freddy ruppert. these very personal recordings meditate on the loss of a loved one, and the inward struggle to retain honest memories of that person.

ruppert strives to convey through sound what words fall short of explaining; frustrations with mortality, the limitations of the human organism, and it's inevitable battle with it's own consciousness. electro-acoustic and musique concréte influences are prevalent, harnessing the power of silence to bridge the emptiness between snippets of percussion, field & domestic recordings, raw electronics, and the manipulation of collected improvisations.

a cinematic narrative emerges through immaculate processing, editing, and the poignant use of space to cut into the tension of intimacy. human voice, jagged sine waves, the movement of furniture, and fateful tones are all juxtaposed against themselves, breathing intense life into the mundane through complex sound work.

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phorkentertainment” c43 cassette

  • accelerationism
  • skylight (interlude 1)
  • undone
  • wishing well / lifespan (interlude ii & iii)
  • the clock

  • development
  • dead memo
  • you worry they will worry
  • spectator
  • it’s you (exit)
april 2013 release ; ... second outing from neal reinalda’s phork project, dealing in a kind of misted techno bleep-out w/ occasional plunderphonic tendencies (love the terry riley soundtrack to lifespan btw ; one of his more under-rated soundtracks) ...
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nna056: phorkentertainment” c43

los angeles-based producer neal reinalda offers us his latest "entertainment", the anticipated follow-up to last year's "discrepancies" cassette on nna.

with this full-length, the people's higher order further refines it's sound, bringing forward new ideas and flavors into american techno. phork succeeds in injecting a warmth and humanity into a dance music framework that is wholly original, keeping a global influence in it's sampling studies, while receiving guidance from the worlds of noise, hip-hop, ambient, and sound art.

reinalda's baltimore roots shine through in his informed conceptual framework, holding a mirror to daydreams of post-consumerism and dark ecology. mood and atmosphere are established through ultra-tight production and focused composition, pulsing with life even in the absence of rhythm. the result reaches new depths in contemporary electronic music, gaining power and magnitude through sonic texture, repetition, and the matrimony of inhuman and organic worlds.

systems are questioned, interconnectedness is examined, and yet still nothing is as it seems.

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blanche blanche blanchewooden ball” long playing record

  • rich man (1:54)
  • ted talks (1:29)
  • i can pay (1:48)
  • time to remember (0:36)
  • the one i'll call (2:34)
  • join the creative class (1:53)
  • pain station (2:14)
  • the kind dry stream (1:09)

  • family of one (1:12)
  • i cricle near (2:08)
  • god records (0:52)
  • cow (1:42)
  • look at me now (2:13)
  • why the candle burns (1:54)
  • looks don't run (4:57)
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nna055: blanche blanche blanchewooden ball” lp

sarah smith and zach phillips, better known as blanche blanche blanche, live by the element of risk. this becomes clear upon listening to their latest full-length record “wooden ball”, where the unpredictability reaches palpable levels. these prolific young masters of harmony from brattleboro, vermont have spent the last couple years recording and releasing nearly 10 full-length records worth of brilliant and confounding musical quicksand. describing it in words can be difficult, but make no mistake that these songs are both highly calculated, and drenched in paradox.

manic keyboard lines are pounded out with hyper chops, running circles around octopus basslines. each progression is seemingly different from the last, showing a simultaneous reverence and destruction of the tonal study. percussion pads are guided by ruthless polyphony at an intense, hummingbird-paced tempo, with lines and melodies colliding at every junction, clashing and crashing, like the most fluid and elegant car wreck you’ve never seen. the cutting, topical lyrics and deadpan, bare-bones vocal delivery are wholly original, while undoubtedly fueled by the eternal flame of the “punk” spirit and diy ethics.

most importantly, at the heart of the all the technicality, lies the warmth of the human element. “wooden ball”, like most bbb, was lovingly recorded to four-track tape, so you can tangibly feel the intention of these spirited musicians. this taps into what seems to be an emerging vermont-style, evident in other locals artists like ryan power, son of salami, chris weisman, or happy jawbone family band – raw, no-rules songwriting, unattached to genre or principal. the revenge of the “small town” feel, where rock and roll is in the eye of the beholder. there must be something in the syrup

mastered and cut by lupo at dubplates & mastering, berlin.

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anthony childthe space between people and things” long playing record

  • the space between people and things (1)

  • the space between people and things (2)
march 2013 release ; ... superb set of musique concrète pieces from anthonysurgeonchild, known primarily for his “bassline-freehard-techno productions from the mid-90’s on ... but here working in a decidedlyacousmatic” mode across two side-length pieces that recall the 80’ssyter-eragrm group & the contemporaneousdigital-era” output of trevor wishart & denis smalley, as well as the more recent quebecois / empreintes digitales scene ...
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nna054: anthony childthe space between people and things” lp

nna is honored to be releasing the latest full-length solo recording from anthony child, uk electronic music legend perhaps best known for his forward-thinking techno production as surgeon.

a native of northamptonshire england, child has been at the helm as a dj, writer, and producer of electronic music for nearly 20 years, creating works for reputable labels such as counterbalance, tresor, and downwards. aside from dancefloor-commanding techno, anthony has also been creating a private collection of tone-based experimental works over the years, much of which have become the backbone for his latest solo album.

the space between people and things” finds child revisiting his collection of unreleased experimental studies from the last 16 years, collaging them into an entirely new framework. using a sound palette reminiscent to his techno works, child focuses in on the molecules within the sonic textures and frequencies, delicately emphasizing the negative space that surrounds them. these sounds are then intensified to form vast new worlds, enveloping the listener with bright, crystalline detail and clarity.

these two side-long pieces seem to exist and not exist simultaneously, filling the listening space as an almost physical presence, to a point where they blend harmoniously with the air that surrounds you. the brainchild of intense focus and exploration, this record serves as an artifact that gives the listener a very personal glimpse into the mind of one of electronic music’s most creative producers.

according to child himself, this record “consists of location recordings, tonal experiments, and thought-forms from many different positions in space and time. it is the sound of the space between people and things.”

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howard stelzerthe impossible astronaut” c26 cassette

  • the impossible astronaut

  • two faces turned toward the sun
february 2013 release ; ... something of a “comeback” set from beloved boston-area “tape music” composer (& intransitive label-head) howard stelzer, featuring two excellent pieces of in-situ capstan / motor-rumble & ferrically-starved voltages, cut into side-length edits of whirr, clank, and drone ...
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nna053: howard stelzerthe impossible astronaut”c26

few are more committed to the exploration of the cassette tape than cambridge, ma’s howard stelzer. for years, stelzer has been creating his own unique tape music both by himself and with a reputable cast of collaborators, much of which has been documented on his own intransitive recordings label.

what separates howard’s work from the bulk of traditional tape music is that he manipulates not only the phenomena of sound committed to magnetic tape, but goes deeper into the exploration of the physical mechanics and inner workings of the cassettes and players themselves, amplifying them in order to let the “instrument” become part of the music.

the compositions on “the impossible astronaut” seem to create a void; a vacuum where trapped sounds are desperate to be released. textural nuances and multi-dimensional field recordings are saturated beyond recognition, while lurching hiss and hum become anti-matter, simmering in tension.

from subtle and quiet to loud and burning, sounds are presented in their raw form, and mixed to perfection.

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belariskon amorphous dawn” c36 cassette

  • portal play
  • cup of false halogen
  • wilted pine
  • fallen birch
  • path to the terrestrial crux
  • fallen birch ii
  • automated mist

  • dirsa morin
  • land of lacquer
  • snake for a head
february 2013 release ; ... excellent work from recent berlin-(that’s berlin, ma, folks - i.e. “the good berlin”)-to-providence transplant lee tindall, here issuing only his third title under the belarisk moniker (after sets from semata & fadeaway) ...

... seven (shorter) almost library-lineage cues on the a-side (full of spry melodic ivory-tinkling, cut with effected-mists & finely layered & overdubbed orchestrations) b/w three gorgeous drone-field exorcisms ; arguably the best nna tape since the three-legged race set from last year ...
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nna052: belariskon amorphous dawn” c36

belarisk is a project of lee edward tindall, a fresh providence, ri resident by way of massachusetts. lee has been steadily performing solo and with others over the years, with his various projects zerfallt, mutation in the gryd, aphid palisades, astronaut, and more.

as belarisk, tindall taps into the more melodic side of experimental electronic music, applying his expert-level technical skills to digital and analog synthesizers and effects. the result is a bold, americanized interpretation of german school electronics, that not merely repeats the past, but uses its essence to look forward.

belarisk paints with sound in the full spectrum of grey; forging overdriven frenetic malfunction with spacious, tonal glory. sawtoothed synth lines are tessellated to reflect infinitely, where the sound of electrical current is dissected and manipulated in real-time. mournful, dark formations of sound occasionally dissipate to reveal the radiant light of possibility. original cover artwork by the artist.

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matt carlsonall moments” long playing record

  • a moment
  • raindrop garden
  • field electric
  • reality club

  • a lock against oblivion
  • standing wave
  • all moments
september 2012 release ; ... long-awaited follow-up to matt carlson’s “particle languagelp (draft, 2011) as well as the landmark 50th release on nna tapes (way to go toby & matt !!!) ...

... as said was perhaps the single most zeitgeist-defining album of contemporary music we “workedlast year, the existence of new set of “live-playedanalogue modular synthesizer music is a major cause célèbre ... while the tone here is vastly more streamlined & dareisayaccessible” than “particle” ‘s often entirely abstract patch-cable wizardry, the adherence to consistently melodic modules & straight-tempi simply shows us another side of carlson’s formidable vocabulary on his chosen dot.com modular & voice / vocoder arsenal ...

... amazing record ; highly recommended !!!
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nna050: matt carlsonall moments” lp

nna is proud to present our 50th release, matt carlson’s “all momentslong-playing record. where 2011 s “particle language lp acted as a study in texture and density within experimental synthesizer music, “all moments” finds carlson engaging with the more traditional musical materials of melody, harmony, and rhythm, calling to mind his work as one half of portland, or duo golden retriever. the pieces on this record range from shorter pop études to longer, more open improvisatory synth studies, retaining a sense of playfulness and expressiveness within a highly focused and calculated framework.

recorded to four-track cassette and primarily hand-played with very little-to-no auto arpeggiation, “all moments” captures an often-overlooked warmth and human quality in electronic music, emphasized further by carlson’s use of modal and tonal vocal studies, electronically transformed by his use of the vocoder. the result is a well-rounded collection of colorful, exuberant electronic music.

mastered and cut by lupo at dubplates & mastering, berlin. artwork by jason traeger.

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decimusglass tetany” c43 cassette

  • glass tetany (1)

  • glass tetany (2)
february 2013 release ; ... a break from the “numbered” series of decimus lp’s (scattered five winds across the earth by his own kelippah, alga marghen, holidays, digitalis, etc.) here pat murano unleashes a lengthy set of mutated dubs for nna that is amongst the weirdest & most in-categorizable music that either of us have heard in ages ...
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nna049: decimusglass tetany” c43

new tape from the solo project of nyc’s pat murano of no neck blues band, aka decimus. pat has been hard at work the last few years crafting his series of self-titled epics on his own kelippah imprint, and ‘glass tetany’ continues the legacy onto nna.

this release is a disorienting journey through the rolling dunes of far away desert, leaving the listener feeling isolated on unfamiliar terrain. carrying the tradition of psychedelia into the next age, decimus weaves dizzying melodies between synth and guitar, ranging from tender to gritty, creating a dense mass of multi-fidelity atmospheres that seem to score a tale of otherworldly travel. chopped up alien beat work and bionic vocals cut through vapor, disembodying the mind from the physical form. original cover artwork by the artist.

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phorkdiscrepancies” c50 cassette

  • discrepancies i
  • discrepancies ii
  • discrepancies iii
  • discrepancies iv

  • discrepancies v
  • discrepancies vi
  • discrepancies vii
  • discrepancies viii
august 2012 release ; ... an immaculately strained assortment of lottery-milks from one neal reinalda, steeped in the grand vestibule of post-winchester aphorisms, trucked-out just enough to hold adolescent interest through each successive interval (translation :: nice enough set of post-basic channel whallup, with any real ciliae-challenging frequencies filtered out [i.e. works perfectly on cro2]) ...
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nna048: phorkdiscrepancies”c50

nna is proud to present “discrepancies”, the latest full-length from the people’s higher order of royal kinship. neal reinalda has created a highly unique strain of surrealist techno collage using a high brow palette of sound that borrows not only from traditional electronic dance music, but also from another place entirely… sounds that are perplexing as they are refreshing, familiar as they are understated. field recordings and other naturally-occurring sonics find their place comfortably amongst delicate, watery rhythms and painterly percussion, all wrapped up in a pop art sensibility.

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freddy ruppertwait” c20 cassette

  • 1
  • 2

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
august 2012 release ; ... a short, stout, and decidely candied english victual, fashioned into sheet-depleted cog-forms that radiate a foul, viscous thunder (translation :: excellent electro-acoustic pieces forged from pointillist, full-range percussion hits into dense, brooding collages ... excellent) ...
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nna047: freddy ruppertwait”c20

deviating stylistically from his previous work with former ghosts and this song is a mess and so am i, los angeles-based musician freddy ruppert has constructed a forboding collage of churning industrial soundscapes. “wait” is a highly personal collection of deliberately anti-climactic processed acoustics, from glassy piano fragments to deep, rumbling bells. while remaining bestial and dark, the sounds on “wait” retain an emotionally complex and organic energy; a calculated exercise in tension and restraint, existing intimately in a place of no resolution.

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le révélateurhorizon fears” c22 cassette

  • scala fenicia
  • data daze
  • personal imaging

  • view model
  • fleuve noir
august 2012 release ; ... kinda hard to believe this is only roger tellier-craig’s third release as le révélateur (following the root strata tape & the mms best-selling “fictions” lp on steve hauschildt’s gneiss things) ...

... continuing on from where “fictions left off, the five pieces here come as fully formed as they get these days ; roger’s innate knack for intensely layered, “movingcompositions (there’s simply no denying his expertise as a producer / programmer ; this stuff is as brimming with micro-detail and tiny flickering actions as a volcanic tidal pool is on full display throughout, yielding what is inarguably one of the best tapes of the year (seriously ; fans of the more ecclesiastic end of the post-emeralds sound will find exactly what they’re looking for here) ...
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nna046: le révélateurhorizon fears”c22

following up stellar releases on the root strata and gneiss things labels, montréal, quebec music veteran roger tellier-craig offers us his latest collection of crystalline electronics as le révélateur. “horizon fears” explores virtual settings through highly evocative and sparkling hi-fi electronics, spanning a wide array of moods and themes. always a dedicated purist, tellier-craig specializes in assembling pulsing electronics and inventive melodies as interlocking parts, creating a colorful and highly visual grid of fine-tuned pieces that operate flawlessly as a whole.

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co lasoft power memento” c32 cassette

  • no burden
  • the opressor
  • love nest
  • dr. oblivion soundcheck
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nna045: co la "soft power memento" c32

embody problematic behavior. these are the three words that co la uses to describe "soft power memento," his follow-up ep to 2011's "daydream repeater" debut lp on nna. something to mull over while immersing yourself in co la's vivid and constantly-evolving world of sound.

the spectrum of source material is widened and focused, with an emphasis on acoustic instrumentation and jazz palettes, all diced up and run through the new anything sound system. concréte percussive molecules are tenderly arranged and teamed up with clear, heavy bass to retain the danceability and groove that baltimore is inherently known for. the result is a vibrant, lively, and undeniably innovative collection from one of electronic music's most tuned-in producers.

program repeats on both sides. compact disc version available from hands in the dark records.

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nna tapes (usa) #nna 044 lp

ryan poweri don't want to die” long playing record

  • i don’t care
  • mondo rush
  • i don’t want to die
  • rag rug

  • transition possible
  • the knowhow
  • the way it’s always been
  • you wanna seltzer
april 2012 release ; ... prior to this, my only experience w/ mr. power’s music stemmed from the tracks on the nnaburlington, vermonttape-box (half of which are present here) ; he’s obviously an extremely talented dude, with a knack for songwriting strongly reminiscent of his vermont brethren (both the work of the weisman brothers chris & kurt comes to mind, as does that of associate kylehappy birthday thomas) while maintaining a certain fagen / becker vibe (the sas changes & arrangements here, albeit entirely electronic, just screamsteely dan” to me) that should be more of a turn-off ... yet, i’m kind of mildly into this, based purely on the fact that i had one of these songs stuck in my head for a minute (yes, the one in the sound-sample to your left ; no need to bogart the ohrwürm infection) ...
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nna044: ryan power "i don't want to die" lp

after self-releasing four previous full-length albums, it's finally time for the long-overdue debut vinyl offering from burlington, vt songwriter and producer ryan power. "i don't want to die" is a collection of constantly shifting, well-constructed and unique pop songs, teeming with existentialism and groove. content-wise, this is perhaps not your average pop record. ryan's candidly personal lyrics meditate on the fear of death, hypochondria, soul discrepancies, depression, and the lustful mind, while still remaining remarkably emotional, accessible, and catchy. his silvery vocals meld fluidly with imaginative electronic production, evoking elements of late-70's soft pop, disco, prog and art rock, synth pop, and smooth r&b funk. power's talent for songwriting works perfectly in conjunction with the depth of his knowledge of music – "i don't want to die" is complex and technical, yet so charming that you only notice it almost as an afterthought, when you're trying to wrap your head around the song that's been bouncing around inside it all day. these songs are strange and personal, but they're also universal. they sound sexy and lonesome, like a dying light bulb flick

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eli keszler / keith fullerton whitmansplit” long playing record

  • eli keszler - mired

    drums, crotales, installed motors, micro-controller metal plates
    bowed crotales, snare drum
    drums, guitar, crotales
    cymbal, bass drum, clarinet

  • keith fullerton whitman - occlusion

    real-time music for hybrid analogue/digital modular synthesizer
april 2012 release ; ... originally conceived as part of the “split series” of live recordings (i.e. the lp’s for no fun, amethyst sunset, amish, and dekorder with my formative experiments in live hardware synthesis on one side ... then considerably more elegant work(s) by carlos giffoni, mike shiflet, ben vida, and alien radio on the others, respectively) the proposed split with eli keszler (a musician whose work i’ve long been in admiration of, despite never actually working together on anything) for nna tapes actually took on a different shape entirely ...

... i had something of an epiphany while watching eli play music last spring ; as someone who’s long been enamored with the “free” style of drumming (and someone whose hands / motor skills often fail / betray him on the regular) i had the idea to devise a sub-patch to “generate” completely arbitrary clustered rhythm-events, which i then used to control the spacing of randomly-derived sound events, automated by a similar (yet, discrete) set of “bucket-brigade” values that were applied to the pitch, panning, length, shape, wave-shape, and frequency modulation of a continuous stream of analogue / digital sound ...

... the results, heard here on record for the first time (recorded in one afternoon, shortly after discovering the patch, presented here as a pair of continuous, overlaid takes captured a few hours apart) form the basis on a new piece that i’ve titled “occlusion” ; the same that i’ve been performing for the last year & will continue to hone & complicate for the remainder of the year ... here’s an excerpt of the very recording heard on this lp ::



... eli’s side is incredible for a multitude of reasons, but ultimately what makes it unique is the “calling cardnature of it ; gone are the side-length explorations of bowed-metal, spastic snare-drum crackle, or stand-mounted / stick-playedno wavelineage electric guitar sizzle ... instead, we get four digest-length pieces incorporating each of these approaches, culminating in (a first) an extended drone piece (sourced to an interference setup used to animate the sounding head of a large bass drum via feedback) cut with some low clarinet growl (c/o ashley paul) ... the first track also shows off some of his recent work with arduino-based, automated rhythm aggregates (listen to the first part of the sound-sample ; the high transients floating above his hyperkinetic snare drum blister) ...

... comes in a nice sparse sleeve, with one of eli’s “works on paper” recreated as the cover, another more pointillist figure on the front of the printed inner sleeve (detail below) and a third on the a-side label ; this came out beautifully, both in sound (natch, we both insisted on a d&m cut) and sight ...

ps. to make the parallel clearer, you can actually overlay both the first few tracks by eli (via the sound-sample player to your left) & the first few minutes of my side (ditto the soundcloud player above) yourself ; doesn’t that sound nice ...
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nna043: eli keszler / keith fullerton whitman split lp

nna is very excited to announce a split lp between world-renowned electronic music composer keith fullerton whitman and multi-instrumentalist composer eli keszler.

this lp is a conversation in sound between two prominent artists, one working in the electronic realm (whitman), and the other in the world of live acoustics (keszler). in fact, whitman's piece was inspired and created as a direct response to keszler's signature frenzied percussion style.

both sides of the record are full of incredibly detailed nuance-driven music. these artists work with sound on the microscopic level, deliberately placing each individual molecule of sound in it's intended location. whitman's piece "occlusion" is automated "machine music" warfare, utilizing rhythm as a textural tool, while keszler uses live percussion, bowed metal, and other acoustics to act as a humanized response to whitman's machine-regulated assault, solidifying this record as a fantastic document of human vs. machine call and response.

original artwork by eli keszler.

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dolphins into the futurea star maker, strange dreams, and clairvoyance” c38 cassette

  • the moon shone mildly over the hills, prompting strange dreams in all creatures (a symbolic lucid poem, echoed by the night bird arriving from the faraway coast of chorals)
  • olaf stapledon’s start maker (here’s to you, dear olaf!)
  • the moon ... (reprise)

  • guiding polyphonies (looped voices of dreamtime, repeated waves of chorals)
  • various possible notes and timbres of the mental unit molecule (a poem of the mu’s various possible tunes, octaves and timbres)
april 2012 release ; ... sounding like a mix between the various charles / richard band film-scores & the woozy, arbitrarily placed squiggle of nuno canavarro’s “plux quba,” this is a fine piece of contemporary exotica, divined from the airborne intuitition of neptune hisself ...
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nna042: dolphins into the future  "a star maker, strange dreams, and clairvoyance" c38

naturalist visionary lieven martens brings us along the latest voyage of his musical vessel, dolphins into the future. "a star maker, strange dreams, and clairvoyance" induces a state of lucid dreaming where we experience tales of romance, stargazing, cosmic motion, and eternity. not unlike a painter's brush, martens utilizes a sound palette of colorful, synthesized organics to bring the listener directly into the vivid and exotic world that dolphins has spent years cultivating. after much anticipation, we're very pleased to offer the latest creation of a true hero of the nu new age.

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lettera 22dieter tapes” c34 cassette

  • dieter tapes (1)

  • dieter tapes (2)
april 2012 release ; ... promising set of particularlycomposerlyanti-music & assorted “junk-metal abuse” from the young italian duo of matteo castro and riccardo mazza, known for their releases for ljud & bild, a dear girl called wendy, dokumentarisk agenda, and their own second sleep ...
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nna041: lettera 22 "dieter tapes" c34

lettera 22 is the duo of matteo castro and riccardo mazza, two men on the forefront of the flourishing italian noise & experimental scene. "dieter tapes" is a sordid collage of desolate audio, repurposed and destroyed in the struggle of man versus machine. lettera 22 use extreme textures and dynamics to build up high levels of abusive tension, only to send them crashing down in a cacophony of broken beer bottles and urban scrap, leaving behind a skeleton of seething silence and tape hiss. a seedy and voyeuristic recording, akin to witnessing a beating in a dark alley.

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ralethe moon regarded, and the bright one sought” c26 cassette

  • the moon regarded

  • the bright one sought
april 2012 release ; ... stunning work from williamralehutson ; a pair of slowly surging pieces for variable attack / decay shapes that rise & recede in & out of the magnetic ether at a natural, feldman-ic clip ...
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nna040: rale "the moon regarded, and the bright one sought" c26

nna is honored to release the latest work by southern california sound artist william hutson. a collection of undulating swells of tone span across both sides of "the moon regarded, and the bright one sought," each one expertly crafted and layered using a combination of modern and traditional instrumentation. while sitting comfortably in the minimalist tradition, each ebb and flow is brimming with color, emotion, and evocative melody. the listener is rewarded with a pause of silence after each swell, leaving the opportunity to reflect and contemplate on the sound's vastness and beauty.

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co ladaydream repeater” long playing record

  • cocktail
  • vanity plate
  • wanna say faux
  • turned twice
  • burning one in stockholm

  • smooth solidarity
  • egyptian peaches
  • belgian pillow
  • my jamaican
  • siamese in greece
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nna038: co la "daydream repeater" lp

it's time to welcome in the era of new exotica with "daydream repeater", the debut lp by co la,  gentleman and purveyor of all things avant-luxury. matthew papich designs a new sonic territory, creating something that nods to jamaican rocksteady and 50's american pop in spirit, but ultimately presents an elegant re-purposing of those parts into fresh, smart, electronic music.

for all seeking an attitude adjustment in the era of austerity, try burning one for co la's cultivated luxury sound - you may find an emerging solidarity slipping into your ears. in other words - if you're too wise to live straight, you better grip this sound sooner than later.

mastered by lupo at dubplates & mastering in berlin.

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diamond catalog 'magnified palette' remixes” c95 cassette

  • opium & cherry cola (6:34)
  • unknown bum (10:55)
  • dariius (5:35)
  • fecalove (2:15)
  • jacket juice (7:34)
  • my whole hand was wet (1:35)
  • unknown bum (5:16)
  • 1nt20 (7:20)
  • diamond bitch (0:53)

  • canner mefe (4:19)
  • glom (4:45)
  • driphouse (3:59)
  • liz harris (2:47)
  • future blondes (4:20)
  • my whole hand was wet (1:30)
  • unknown bum (6:45)
  • toning (3:41)
  • glom (4:34)
  • 1nt20 (3:21)
  • unknown bum (7:42)
january 2012 release ; ... 95 minutes of assorted remixes of diamond catalogue (i.e. patdj yo-yo dietingmaher, aka indignant senility, & his life-partner lala conchita) ’s “magnified palette” lp by assorted friends & colleagues, the credited & mask-wearing alike ...
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nna037: various artists "diamond catalog 'magnified palette' remixes" c95

birthed out of the dna of diamond catalog's "magnified palette" lp (nna032) comes 95 minutes of truly disturbed dance music, remixed by an eclectic gang of underground electronic musicians hand-selected by pat and lala. dirty trance, harsh noise breakbeats, minimal house moods, and overall imaginative techno from the likes of liz harris (grouper), driphouse, future blondes, fecalove, and sweaty handful of mystery characters.

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hex breaker quintetriders” c20 cassette

  • with the sun on my face and truth on my lips what’s behind me doesn’t matter

  • darkess in the land while electrons silently collide creating new worlds
january 2012 release ; ... blissed-out drone-improv from both halves of grasshoper & telecult powers, channeling some rather lovely, almost vangelis-esque night-time city sky-lines via brass & modular synthesizer ...
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nna036: hex breaker quartet "riders" c20

deeply spaced orchestral arrangements from the hbq riders crew, consisting of grasshopper's jesse derosa and josh millrod, plus telecult powers' mister matthews and witchbeam. the boys travel the lonely road with pastoral, longing brass lines coasting alongside gritty modular synthesizer, creating deep currents of brotherhood electronics.

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quicksailsa fantasy in seasons” c30 cassette

  • up to the binges
  • saigon motors
  • retreats in ware
  • walking through the rain

  • two crowded
  • speed of the tartan
  • cold in california
  • blooming channels
january 2012 release ; ... sorted set of murky electronic miniatures (with sporadic, live-played percussion) from b 3’s quicksails project, working an octagon of dank, moody nugs focusing the alpha of his laser-vision on the 80’slibrary” spec (in several places i’m reminded of david vorhaus’ “phase iv” score) , the beta on some as-yet-un-inventedfuture jazzponzi scheme ...
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nna035: quicksails "a fantasy in seasons" c30

ben billington's solo works as quicksails put him in a place uncharted by many other contemporary acts, combining a wide assortment of live percussion and synthesized electronics. following up recent cassettes on digitalis and deception island, "a fantasy in seasons" recalls moments of kosmische synth, free jazz, world music, and a vast collection of eclectic sounds from this world and elsewhere.

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coppertonekill and release” seven inch single record

  • tyranness (2:41)
  • clandestiny (2:59)

  • vows (2:13)
  • rott (2:46)
  • all is one (1:08)
september 2011 release ; ... debut vinyl outing from long-time providence resdient sasha wiseman, with only a prior night people tape under her belt ...

... largelybumpin’micro-korg club tunes, the sort which normally make we want to eat a gun, even if there’s a sort of post-suicide angst-y nihilistic splendor to the whole thing (listen to the sound-sample for a taste) ...
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nna034: coppertone "kill and release" 7" ep

coppertone is los angeles' sasha wiseman, a one-woman pop damager specializing in cold, beat-driven anthems swathed in quietly intimidating atmospherics. "kill and release" offers bodily transport into a world that's as surreal and synthetic as it is strangely familiar – something like the dream sequence of a horror film. a woman armed with a net, a knife, keyboards, and lust.

limited edition pressing of 300 copies.

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innercitys/t” seven inch single record

  • dada les apocalypses (7:42)

  • the pyramids in northeast belgium (6:03)
september 2011 release ; ... hans dens innercity here kicking off a new series of “maxi-ep’s(i.e. two 6/7/8 minute sides/jams, each squoze onto a side of a 7single) ...

while the a-side’s a big, vaporous morass of sub-aquatic plundered strings (not far from wolfgang voigt’s “gas” project in sound/approach) the b-side takes a slightly more direct route to the dance-floor via chugging feet & an almost first-wave detroit-style indecipherable voice-over ...

... despite the extended length(s) the pressing & sound are pretty great throughout (listen to the sound-sample for an untouched transcription from smack dab in the middle of the a-side) ...
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nna033: innercity 7" ep

open the gates to the mystifying world of belgian electronic producer hans dens' innercity project. truly alien, truly futuristic rhythmic mantras and techno miscalculations. dens' unique minimal beat style, combining elements of electronic, kraut, and new age weirdness, creates an otherworldly entity that transcends our earthly boundaries.

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diamond catalogmagnified palette” long playing record

  • slith’d on
  • valveneration

  • ancestral comprehensions & acrid predictions
  • aries vieweight
may 2011 release ; ... long-awaited debut wax (after a single, self-issued tape via pat’s cherried-out merch) from patdj yo-yo dietingmaher & life-partner lala conchita’s diamond catalogue ...

recorded at home in hubbard, or & in a hollywood studio, the four cuts on “magnified palettedeviate from the purely four/floor thump-outs of “we are 138bpm”, preferring a more variegated take on contemporary berlin’s many electronic music flavors (elements echo the hardwax-universe greatly, down to the grungey dub & lo-fi haze) while still nestling it’s aesthetic core in the whole “slowed & throwedpantheon of temporal transfiguration that anchors all of pat’s work under his myriad aliases ...

that this is the first vinyl release on the until-now tape-only nna is telling (this really does make more sense as a spin-able “clubartifact ; at least moreso than anything else the label has done thusfar) ; toby & matt have done a bang-up preserving their whole look / feel onto the new format (full color printed inners ; fancy !!!) ... highly recommended !!!
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nna032: diamond catalog "magnified palette" lp

nna is proud to present the debut lp by diamond catalog, the new duo of lala conchita and "glamorous" pat maherr (indignant senility, expressway yo-yo dieting, and so on). this full-length is the definitive statement of diamond catalog's concoction of cross-bred dance music and mutated, swirling noise bricolage.

"magnified palette" seems to exist in five dimensions of sound, with factory-booming beats creating a mechanical-yet-organic framework for devious sonic chatter to wind its way through. imagine the sound of a distant rave in the midst of a disorienting drug spell, wading your way through the infinity of your mind's own dark matter.

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laurel haloantenna” c30 cassette

  • impulse
  • dia sapiens
  • zoo hypothesis
  • heuristic gag factor

  • strength in free space
  • factory reset
  • head
may 2011 release ; ... was completely caught off-guard by this set of largely gaseous / amorphous drone -music from laurel halo, whose often techno-aligned stylings seem waylaid here in favor of a more open-ended approach to production that favors texture over rhythm ...

only the closinghead” & the a-side closer (whose rink-a-tink metalloid chatter ... & in fact the entire spectrum, remind me heavily of “pure / impure” -era seefeel, which can never be a bad thing) gets into any kind of pulse / thump ...
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nna031: laurel halo "antenna" c30

an impressive display of expansive ambient techno-tinged digital music from brooklyn, ny electronic producer laurel halo. the destinations on "antenna" range from dystopian synth storms to airy, gaseous rays of light, finally culminating in deep, beat-driven abstractions. laurel demonstrates a strong ear for composition and a passion for vivid sound.

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drainolithwhere are ye col. leslie groves?” c20 cassette

  • where are ye col. leslie groves? (1)

  • where are ye col. leslie groves? (2)
may 2011 release ; ... ultra-zonked set of pieces (on one he’s doing his best robert ashleyprivate parts” bit ; elsewhere it’s all hotel lobbyhappy hour” desperation, and elsewhere still it’s all minimal, sunken casionics - listen to the sound-sample for that) from medicine rocks’ / alterity problem’s alex moskos ...
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nna030: drainolith "where are ye col. leslie groves?" c20

montréal lurker and aids wolf guitarist alexander moskos has bestowed us with one of our most baffling cassettes yet. not unlike parlor music being played by an insane asylum patient, moskos rips intangible, monk-esque midi piano hallucinations over sporadic drum pad wailing and other miscellaneous electronic mishaps.

fake jazz or real truth?

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golden retrieveremergent layer” c36 cassette

  • tumuli
  • subsidence

  • apsis
  • emergent layer
may 2011 release ; ... really, i could just live inside this music, its endlessly rich layer(ing)s of modular synthesizer & harmonized bass clarinet have, after a handful of amazingly high-quality releases over the past year (or so ; for root strata, gift tapes, agents of chaos, and their own bucket factory), proved, without a doubt, that these two guys are making some of the most rewarding real-time electronic music out there ...
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nna029: golden retriever "emergent layer" c36

on "emergent layer," jonathan sielaff's melodic processed bass clarinet lines flow over matt carlson's complex, swirling modular synth beds. the stereo field is used to it's full capability, placing the listener in a physical torrent of electronic sound. highly actualized and carefully placed music from this portland, or duo.

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mike shiflethoneyed crest” c22 cassette

  • honeyed crest

  • poisoned root
march 2011 release ; mike’s been on a real hot streak recently (his “llanos” disc was one of many folks’ favorites of 2010 & its subsequent critical laudings led directly to a forthcoming type album) ...

here, he successfully bridges the textural crackle of 90’s home listening” with an ecclesiastic guitar-noise wallop that transcends genre-boundaries like “noise”, “improv”, “drone”, and the like ...
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nna028: mike shiflet "honeyed crest" c22

mike shiflet conjures a harrowing atmosphere of dark, melodic storm clouds on "honeyed crest". a dense fog of organic buzz permeates through both sides of the tape, only to be pierced by a siren's choir of shimmering, jagged guitar fuzz. as always, shiflet expertly holds a microscope to texture and detail, creating a massive entity of cascading melody and contemplative sound.

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dog ladythe garden of agony” c17 cassette

  • the god of jagged gold
  • elephant falls

  • your arms are psychedelic echoes
  • the dogs' haggard mouths digging again in the garden of our agony at midnight guided by the drone of our predictions
march 2011 release ; .. damn, this guy is good !!! sorted tape of live violin plonk, assorted open-circuit chirrup & tape-loop excess from mike collino, coming in as the third-world / enslaved love-child of “the sinking of the titanic” & voice crack’s “earflash” ...
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nna027: dog lady "the garden of agony" c17

dog lady's mike collino has made a name for himself in the world of noise in the last few years, with highest quality releases on labels such as rrr, fag tapes, and chocolate monk. "the garden of agony" continues this standard with collino's unique recipe of violin and tape manipulation. drugged-out bowing and awkward plucks drag across rusted strings while drifting through antique melodies, seasick tape loops, and caustic cracked electronics.

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ken seenoinvisible surfer on an invisible wave” c31 cassette

  • a breezy memory
  • driving into light / blustery day
  • playing gold in the woods / saying goodbye
  • nothing here

  • the ocean after a storm
  • screens
  • ricochet
  • stained glass window
  • sunset at truck patch
february 2011 release ; ... ken’s is a new name to me, having played in the band ponytail for the last few years ; this collection of inspired instrumental miniatures could very well be his solo debut, which is surprising given how well-polished & thought-out these light, “spring-gardenthemed pieces tend to be ...
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nna025: ken seeno "invisible surfer on an invisible wave" c31

baltimore, maryland's ken seeno displays a majestic array of crystal clear synthesizer arrangements. soaring melodies float high above the shimmer of the blue-green waters, looking down upon the colorful shore and the oceans beyond.

this is landscape electronics.

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hubblehubble linger” c61 cassette

  • hubble linger (1) (30:00)

  • hubble linger (2) (30:00)
february 2011 release ; ... needless to say i’m fairly floored by this extended solo-trance-out from zs guitarist ben greenberg, who seems to have invented a device that halts time (musical, actual, and meta-physical) ; its use is put to great effect across this 60-minute blast of cylingstereochord progressions and assorted haze(s) that approaches the fervour of mbv / belong’s filtered-out high-gain wash while retaining the minimalist patina of charlemagne palestine piece ... awesome.
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nna024: hubble "hubble linger" c61

debut release from ben greenberg of nyc no-wave psych clan zs. "hubble linger" lays down a full hour of cyclical and overlapping electric guitar workouts that are almost synth-like, but maintain their thrashiness throughout.

the sound of guitar being used as a tool by a professional hypnotist.

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three legged raceraining order” c20 cassette

  • raining order

  • raining whisper
january 2011 release ; ... after robert’s solocomeback” side (on that lovely split with jeff rene hellwitscher on arbor) here he breaks form with not a pair of cracked-electronic flare-outs, but in fact a pair of heart-wrenchingly gorgeousambient” pieces, full of slightly woozy, yet tonal chord-forms and ghostly / “spectrallyprocessed voices that rates as one of his finest moments ...
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nna022: three legged race "raining order" c20

hair police member robert beatty produces two pieces of lush, womb-like synthesizer melded with hypnotic processed female voice. highly intricate and textured electronics weave in and out of gelatinous loops of speech with expert precision.

artwork by the artist.

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dylan ettingerbotany bay” c24 cassette

  • genesis
  • endeavor

  • ceti alpha v
  • eugenics
january 2011 release ; ... aside from the fact that titling a track “eugenics” is akin to calling one “hitler”, this is a fine set of cheeky electronic pop music from dylan ettinger, easily relatable to the early-mid-80’s continuum of “private synth” records (robert bearns & ron dexter anyone ?) ...
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nna021: dylan ettinger "botany bay" c24

this tape plays like the soundtrack you might hear at a night out on a studio 54-themed dance vessel in the far reaches of the galaxy. eddie murphy and alf are there, buying drinks for some three-breasted siamese twins while you slam your sixth canister of toxic nectar.

pass out on the bay.

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head boggleunsounds and domo live” c35 cassette

  • pink lloyd
  • crunch saddle mxi
  • dode pansere
  • pontone
  • one rockers

  • head boggle domo live
january 2011 release ; expert-level live-electronic grappling from the inestimable derek gedalecia ...

i’m glad labels (well ; boutique, european vinyl labels would be ideal, but nna here’s not a bad choice when it comes to tape-imprints) are finally picking up on derek’s transmissions ; the well seems far from dry & in fact, the last few things have gotten better & better ... case in point is this set, compiling some very edit-heavy micro-assembled miniatures (a-side ; listen to the sound-sample for his almost brian ruryk-ian approach) alongside an extended live-take (fully blown tape composition with real-time synth accompaniment) that shows the bogglelive experience” is just as enthralling as his through-composed work ...
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nna020: head boggle "unsounds and domo live" c35

derek gedalecia's latest creation brings us mutated electronic music from the extreme far out. a seemingly endless stream of synthetic gurgles, gulping, and goop in chaotic bursts of unpredictability

includes a live audience / soundboard recording that delivers in the masterful live hb style.

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synaptic foliageholding hands” c40 cassette

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november 2010 release ; ah, good to see julian popping up outside of the cleveland axis (i.e. his own cylindrical habitat modules label) ... here he drops a 10-track gem of short vignettes, all nestled somewhere between the polar extremes of “early electronicleaning sound-research (listen to the first half of the sound-sample) and the fizzing, upper-atmospheric float of his sixth-city brethren ...
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nna019: synaptic foliage "holding hands" c40

julian gulyas (cylindrical habitat modules label boss) delivers a refreshing suite of synth and tape explorations. "holding hands" references the early days of electronic music, while still maintaining a forward-thinking and modern abstract underground sound.

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lust for youthbodies in barrels” c23 cassette

  • untitled (1)

  • untitled (2)
november 2010 release ; pretty killer set of cold scandinavian electronics from amanda eriksson & hannes norrvide ... a successful mix of grinding industrial jabber, huge pulse-width drones & even a little bit of the ‘ol contempo auto-arpeggiated goodness (listen to the sound-sample for the first 2) ...
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nna017: lust for youth "bodies in barrels" c23

swedish duo lust for youth produce two sides of barren serenity, settled in a thick, gaseous haze of industrial pollution. beds of distant synth melodies wander through bleak noise textures and rhythms.

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ryan garbess/t” c20 cassette

  • carved in luxury

  • curved in air
november 2010 release ; extremely terry riley-centric (who can blame him !!! terry shreds !!!) tape from wet hair member ryan garbes, working a floating organ-loop patch o’er the a-side, then some more open-ended vocal & farfisa ragas on the second ...

loved the recent arbor single, this continues the trajectory in fashion ...
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nna016: ryan garbes s/t c20

iowa city resident and wet hair member ryan garbes conducts a twenty-minute psychedelic one-man-band workout. a grand fusion of intense farfisa shred, out-jazz, acid rock, surf mentality and hazed-out croon mantras.

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julia holterlive recording” c54 cassette

  • beast wildest
  • je vivroie liement
  • me are more than i need
  • hello, stranger
  • did you attend?
  • days of you

  • betsy on the roof
  • so lillies
  • with loue to toune
  • pushkin, inconsolate
  • sea called me home
  • phaedra runs to russia
november 2010 release ; odd-duck tape (at least in the nna catalogue) of lo-fi orchestral pop songs (albeit in a general-midi setting ; i’m reminded a little bit of marianne nowottny) from julia holter ...
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nna015: julia holter "live recordings" c54

so cal artist julia holter's latest cassette is a very personal collection of dreamy home-recording style pop ballads. lush piano and synthesizer instrumentation meld with holter's ethereal vocals in cinematic and melancholy arrangements.

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josh burkesense palace” c30 cassette

  • pool on bend
  • micro-life
  • rush

  • yang surf
  • petals
july 2010 release ; fluterry, lo-fi synth sparkle from josh burke, getting into some rather nice, alpha-wave style brain-reduction zones ...
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nna014: josh burke "sense palace" c30

new works from chicago, il bliss mogul josh burke. reminiscent of his previous moniker sky limousine, burke creates a tapestry of relaxation utilizing guitar and various electronics to bathe the listener in a familiar haze of peaceful and pensive sound.

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pulse emitterlonging thresholds” c30 cassette

  • longing thresholds (1)
  • longing thresholds (2)

  • longing thresholds (3)
april 2010 release ; great tape from daryl groetsch, here getting into some nice, almost boards-of-canadian zones, recalling the “meditative music” series he’s in the midst of, albeit with a bit more in the way of automated gating & filter wobble ...
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nna012: pulse emitter "longing thresholds" c30

the latest work from portland, or synthesizer veteran daryl groetsch. layered, melodic analog synth music for astronauts that yearn for the earth below..

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driphouse50/50” c24 cassette

  • intro
  • heavy white
  • gunmetal

  • deep underneath
  • garden
  • into black mouth
  • squigs
april 2010 release ; really quite nice tape of floating electronics from darren ho (the first in what will hopefully be a long, winding stream of said over the next few years - i hear he’s got one in the works for agents of chaos) ... has a lovely, hand-played feel throughout, rifling in & out of a buncha different avenues, rife with pregnant pauses & stray bits of harpsichord & acoustic piano ; like a non-sequenced variant on the berlin school axis, far from “flowing” ...
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nna011: driphouse "50/50" c24

catacombs of electronic espionage from former raccoo-oo-oon member darren ho. a tape of many chambers, each containing clues to a greater unknown.

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nna tapes (usa) #nna 007 cs

harmonizers/t” c30 cassette

  • permanent culture

  • 5th world
march 2010 release ; debut release from the duo of nna’s toby aronson & greg davis, riding high on a wave of “fifth world” influences taking in jon hassell (natch), “my life in the bush of ghosts,” and even (dareisay) bill laswell’s subsequent post-herbie plunderphonic projects ...
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nna007 harmonizer s/t c30

harmonizer is the new duo of burlington, vermont residents greg davis (kranky, carpark, autumn records) and toby aronson (nna tapes, rats cops). future world sample-driven electronic synthesis, heavy rhythms, and total harmonizer worship.

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