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previous record label: raft		there are 11 titles on rare youth in stock. they are listed below.		next record label: rasbliutto

$12.48

new to stock as of
august 23rd, 2008

threads:
harsh-noise
doom
guitar-themed
black-metal

rare youth (usa) #ry-19 cs

new russians “out of the blue” double c18 cassette boxed set

recorded @ the halloween iron pour (1)
recorded @ the halloween iron pour (2)
recorded @ the halloween iron pour (3)
recorded at home

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "b>halloween iron pour (1)"

amazing black-metal / harsh-noise blast from this mysterious duo ...

rare youth press release...

hermetic couple new russians debut their domestic black noise, housed in a nice double cassette album rescued from the providence recycling center (previously holding audio tapes of the uk's absolutely fabulous), mostly recorded at a halloween iron pour and under the influence of homemade mead and other mysterious intoxicants.

$7.81

new to stock as of
august 23rd, 2008

threads:
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones
analogue-synth

rare youth (usa) #ry-18 cs

emaciator “secondary” c24 cassette

burdening
reassurance

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "burdening"

tight tape from jon “pedestrian deposit” borges’ newer drone-oriented project ...

rare youth press release...

emaciator brings forth the cold and flourescent drones of the western world,
two great sides of slowly unfolding hum recorded in 2008.

$7.81

new to stock as of
august 23rd, 2008

rare youth (usa) #ry-17 cs

alberich “heat death 2” c30 cassette

heat death 2 (1)
heat death 2 (2)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "heat death 2 (1)"

... aka kris lapke (i.e 1/2 of northern cross, member of ash pool & prurient ca. “arrowhead”) ...

rare youth press release...

alberich continues his rhythmic industrial hymns
dedicated to our imminent cosmic demise.

note: this will be an ongoing series of releases.

heavy electronics

$7.81

new to stock as of
august 23rd, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
analogue-synth
bedroom
lo-fi

rare youth (usa) #ry-16 cs

pro bro dog / lazy magnet “split” c32 cassette

pro bro dog - “grimey grind”
lazy magnet - alpha solo edition w/synthesizer

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "alpha solo edition w/synthesizer"

rare youth press release...

pro bro dog is brandon poplin (byron house) going all-out dance crazy a la derrick may's "strings of life" (this track may be familiar to those lucky enough to catch his tour last year) - complemented with a b-side slow burning solo synth workout from lazy magnet (harris live synth).

$13.33

back in stock as of
august 23rd, 2008

first in stock on
april 2nd, 2008

rare youth (usa) #ry-11 lp

russian tsarlag / blue shift “split” long playing record

russian tsarlag - thank you for the plastic surgery you've given me
blue shift - the burrow

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "thank you for the plastic surgery ..."

april 2008 release ; a lovely split-lp (which, incidentally, comes with hand-sewn book containing some high-contrast scribble by both parties) by a disparate pair of providence’s more promising next-gen artists - russian tsarlag (almost pumice-ian no-fi bedroom damage with mythic, joe-meek-esque landlord-slaying abilities ...) and cybele “blue shift” collins (solo violin scrape ala kosugi’s bellows lp ... with errant drum machine) ...

that geoff (mullen, c/o whose rare youth label this appears) had the foresight to pair these two on one fine, green slab of musicol wax is testament to the whole contemporary providence “thing” - i’m sure these two walk in the same circles & don’t differentiate all that much between their respective songcraft & non-idiomatic improv moves ... choosing rather to revel in the be-all zest of “living” - frankly, i’m glad ...

one of the better / more convincing records of sub-sub-terranean goings-on that has landed here in the past few months - highly recommended !!!

rare youth press release...

ry-11 russian tsarlag / blue shift - split lp

grab a bag of gas and turn your hi-fi on, kids, cuz things are just getting weirder and weirder...

"thank you for the plastic surgery you've given me" features some of tsarlag's finest recorded work to date, including such hits as "back lot," "my slow hand," and a fine rendition of brian wilson's "don't worry baby." tsarlag fans might consider this to be a starting point for the more "orchestral" tsarlag sound - richly executed with jangly guitars, organ, drums, tape loops, and 60-cycle hum. drink piss!

"the burrow" gives us some of blue shift's most varied recordings yet - from solo violin improv, four-track fukkery, and vocal wheezing to all out gothic dub. wonderful music from a one-of-a-kind artist who consistently impresses with her emotional honesty and genuine creativity.

for certain people, this record will be like a slice of heaven. pressed on transparent green vinyl, with letterpressed covers, and a 32 page zine insert with illustrations, collage, and writing by carlos gonzales and cybele collins. get a copy before they disappear into the strange cave from whence they came.

$13.33

back in stock as of
august 23rd, 2008

first in stock on
february 11th, 2008

threads:
modern-composition
free-improvisation
modern-psych

rare youth (usa) #ry-10 lp

eli keszler “livingston” long playing record

(no tracklisting)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "livingston"

february 2008 release ; the vinyl debut from boston-area percussionist/composer eli keszler ... those of you from around town might know eli as the guy that backed up jandek on drums last year, an honor he shares with alex neilson & chris corsano ...

... and in fact corsano’s self-released “solo” albums are a good reference point for keszler’s music here; mainly concerned with brittle, cracking drum-kit abuse coupled with detuned electric guitar & bells/gongs/extended-technique percussion-room lineage sounds, all performed by keszler himself ...

a very nice record; nestled somewhere between the late 70s no-wave vectors and the kind of bubbling over energy of latter-day free-jazz / psych (albeit with copious music-school chops) - eli’s someone to watch out for over the next few years; best to get on the bus early to reserve a seat. he’s on tour with geoff mullen (who released this via his rare youth label) @ the moment (feb 2008) - i urge you to check them out ...

rare youth press release...

debut lp by drummer/multi-instrumentalist eli keszler. a distinct composition in four parts, livingston is a brooding and dark meditation for drums, crotales, guitar, clarinet, bowed percussion, fender rhodes, nail violin, and tapes.

this is a rare kind of solo record, in that eli's obvious instrumental virtuosity is tempered with a refined sense of composition and emotional space. you don't get the sense that this is the work of a single musician. furious outbursts of raw percussive energy are kept in check by floating, distended melodies, and moments of silence are interrupted by the jarring clarity of high-pitched bells being bowed at close intervals. at times sounding like an indonesian gamelan being put through the wringer, and at others like the massive drone of an aeolian harp being played by the wind -- livingston effectively combines the influences of composers like giacinto scelsi and iannis xenakis with the improvisational energy and atmosphere of an artist like keiji haino.

clocking it at just over 23 minutes, this is a potent piece of music and an auspicious debut by a very talented young artist. limited edition of 300, with hand-screened covers. definitely recommended to fans of mirror, organum, espdisk, nmperign, jandek, evan parker and paul lytton, gruppo di improvvisazione nuova consonanza, phil niblock, etc.

$7.81

back in stock as of
august 23rd, 2008

first in stock on
october 23rd, 2007

threads:
lo-fi

rare youth (usa) #ry-09 cs

shv “endless love” c45 cassette

(no tracklisting)

rare youth press release...

ry-09 shv - "endless love" c45 if you missed the recent "mediocrity will be punished" american tour, here's another chance to bathe in the aural splendour of superior human vomit. recorded over the past year at bad times, you can hear the poison drip off the keyboard and re-position itself for total revolution. not to be missed! full color inserts and translucent yellow cassettes.

$7.81

back in stock as of
august 23rd, 2008

first in stock on
october 23rd, 2007

threads:
doom
free-improvisation
lo-fi
modern-psych

rare youth (usa) #ry-08 cs

buddyship “untitled / the way down to florida” c40 cassette

(no tracklisting)

rare youth press release...

ry-08 buddyship - "untitled / the way down to florida '07" c40

three warriors shredding their way to the 2007 inc. american free metal at its finest. note - this is the trio version with harris, at, and jeff hartford. culled from over two hours of live-to-4-track jams in various locations and with some uncredited collabs, this is some seriously ripping, psychic brotherhood. beautiful cover illustrations by cybele collins of a totally gnarly bear !!!

$7.81

back in stock as of
august 23rd, 2008

first in stock on
july 24th, 2007

threads:
analogue-synth
lo-fi
modern-psych

rare youth (usa) #ry-04 cs

alberich “heat death” cassette

(no tracklisting)

summer 2007 release; a solo tape from kris lapke, known mostly for his collaborations with dom “prurient” fernow inna number of groups of the years, as well as through his northern cross project w/geoff mullen.

rare youth press release...

“alberich is a solo project of kris lapke - member of ash pool (with dom fernow), northern cross, etc. and it's mostly made with analog synth noise and some computer manipulation, i believe. very rhythmic and driving...good stuff!”

$7.81

back in stock as of
august 23rd, 2008

first in stock on
may 8th, 2006

threads:
guitar-themed
free-improvisation
lo-fi

rare youth (usa) #ry-03 ep

geoff mullen “a rip in the fabric” seven inch single record

a rip in the fabric (side one)
a rip in the fabric (side two)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "a rip in the fabric (side two)"

first release on this new geoff-mullen curated label, formed to release a double-disc collection of providence-area goings on (still forthcoming, possibly in the fall.) this is a single room-tone electric guitar murkler, pressed onto two sides of a 7” record, housed in a very nice set of nepalese hand-painted paper with some print-gokko aktion on the front. a mysterious & foreboding entry into the geoff mullen discog; now growing at an alarming rate!

$10.92

back in stock as of
august 23rd, 2008

first in stock on
october 13th, 2006

threads:
analogue-synth
anti-music
bedroom
brutal-prog
circuit-bending
experimental-instruments
free-improvisation
guitar-themed
harsh-noise
lo-fi
minimalism-drones
modern-psych
playback-music

rare youth (usa) #ry-01 cd

“rare youth” double compact disc set

black pus - “ghrost”
furisubi - “sentinels”
kites - “riding the glass geyser”
mercy light - “fuck deke” (live at club in-zone)
jean cozzens - “drum practice”
james amoeba - “pearl skies”
siren cult - “celebrity couples”
amil byleckie - “the eagle’s summation”
area c - “circadia”
xerxes - “#4”
russian tsarcacm - “don’t ever touch me”
mucid cuspidor - “vile surmiine”
summer city - “hurry your ass”
alberich - “everything i’ve ever wanted”
blue shift - “twist taster”
feral children - “panic attic”
siege engine - “untitled”
i would eat that pizza - “i don’t know how to live my life”
haunted house - “gravediggers”
lucky dragons - “shimmering problems / on kitchen floors / outside of kitchen windows”
synb - “electric gladiators”
lazy magnet - “voyage of the universal harmony rainbow”
pedestrian deposit - “you will not treat me this way”
chris paddock - “4 t-shirts”
h2h - “liquid sky”
leif goldberg - “closet day to earth”
petal boat - “tiny kitten”
unicorn hard-on - “bird in hand”
what cheer? brigade - “disco bhangra”
red delicious - “soda”
byron house - “snake skein”
mairead donnelly - “black butterfly”
black forest / black sea - “old man chepachet”
total gym - “live at the mutiny”
workdeath - “i am failure beneath your love”
diego perez - “squid battles and dies”
god willing - “drawn edited”
teenage waistband - “beast”

first release (...after a 7” single and a cassette) on geoff mullen’s rare youth label - a double-disc compendium of contemporary goings-on in the providence, ri area, as compiled, lovingly, by geoff himself.

unlike many other providence “scene” compilations that feature, say, artists now signed to load; or artists that are friends with dom “prurient” fernow, this offers a pretty damn subterranean overview of what’s bubbling just underneath the surface of providence’s musical collective consciousness...

rare youth press release...

v/a : rare youth – new music from providence, ri

2cd compilation

here it is…a year in the making…a collection of new music from one of the most fertile and constantly changing locales in the union. featuring over two hours of music and spread out over thirty-eight tracks, rare youth brings together some of the most exciting artists at work in providence right now: work/death, kites, black pus, xerxes, heart2heart, russian tsarcasm, blue shift, lazy magnet, byron house, teenage waistband, black forest/black sea, unicorn hard-on, synb, leif goldberg, siege engine, lucky dragons and many many more.

sequenced to highlight the great diversity of musical stylings in this small town, this cd takes you on a smooth ride down the many colorful roads of: power pop psych noise, abandoned dronescapes, reckless free improvisation, emo power electronics, late night elven dance music, epic psych rock, shredded throat guitar doom, john carpenter-esque synth despair, witty no-fi punkish noise, genuine teenage love songs, total garbage, marching bands, etc. etc.

with the attention that providence has received for being a hub of louder-than-life, experimental music / art, this compilation tries to provide an updated snapshot of the current subterranean goings-on. it includes many of the artists who are responsible for bringing such acclaim and attention to this small community - brian chippendale (lightning bolt, black pus), mat brinkman, leif goldberg, jo dery, christopher forgues - while also highlighting some of the new and young artists who are taking things in different and exciting directions - russian tsarcasm, alberich, heart2heart, blue shift, summer city, byron house. there are also a handful of tracks featuring visiting artists (pedestrian deposit, brian miller and kevin shields…).

hand-packaged in a double-cd gatefold sleeve, with original illustrations and design by christopher forgues - aka cf, kites, paper radio, low tide, fantasy empire, etc. (his work can also be seen in comics anthologies kramer’s ergot, the ganzfeld, paper rodeo).

compiled and edited by geoff mullen.

edition of 1000 copies.

previous record label:
raft

...and that's everything on rare youth in stock.
(why not take a look at the previous and next labels?)

next record label:
rasbliutto

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