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semata productions (usa) #sem 002 cd

greg kelleyself-hate index” compact disc

  • stimulus check (8:13)
  • these are distractions (8:20)
  • shearing husks (9:20)
  • accumulating errors (what is peripheral?) (8:51)
  • vessel (4:02)
  • anxious drift (3:55)
  • visiting microphones (3:42)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "anxious drift"
august 2008 release ; hot on the heels of his excellentreligious electronics” lp for no fun comes this, greg kelley’s first trumpet-oriented solo-disc in ages ...

vacillating, often within the same piece, between quiet / prepared acoustic takes & the sort of harsh amp-distortion / ring-modulation-laden blasts (listen to the sound-sample) he’s been getting up to in heathen shame as of recent, this is assuredly one of the more dynamic sets in greg’s increasingly variegated oeuvre ...

highly recommended !!!
semata productions press release...
sem-002 greg kelley "self-hate index" cd

self-hate index is greg kelley's 4th "proper" solo cd and his first since 2005's i don't want to live forever. if we count 4 limited edition cdrs, a one-sided lp, and a cassette, we have a small body of work to dig into over the past decade ranging from synthesizer explorations, a couple of guitar freakouts, musique concrete experiments, and some 4 track experiments using electric fans, contact mics and cheap keyboards.

but what of the trumpet? isn't that the instrument he's supposed to play? of all the above-mentioned recordings, 5 of them feature barely any trumpet at all and 2 of them chop up the recordings to the point of non-recognition (recorded on microcassette?!). this basically leaves 2000's trumpet cd and 2005's uncomfortable one-sided lp as the sole representatives of this trumpet player's trumpeting in all its vulgar nudity.

enter self-hate index. recorded this spring in a proper studio environment on a proper recording medium (yes, pro tools was used - like the real musicians), this is kelley's first recording in some time that features real-time recordings of one person in a room playing an instrument. like trumpet, there is some manipulation of the recording medium, awkward placement of mics, close-micing, the leaving on of an air conditioner, etc. but unlike trumpet, this may be the first solo recording of kelley's to bridge the (perceived?) gaps between the quiet micro-worlds of nmperign, the blazing feedback of heathen shame and the edited constructs of some of the previous solo recordings. purely acoustic tracks mix it up with amp & distortion pedal workouts and curious inquiries regarding mic placement. but in the end, we have one person, with a trumpet, banging his head against the wall of what music is and what it expects of him.

7 tracks. 46 minutes.

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semata productions (usa) #sem 001 cd

the epicuriansintroducing the epicureans” compact disc recordable

  • sweetly violent revisionists (7:40)
  • scum of the earth (5:19)
  • not produced by john cale but dont you wish it was (3:20)
  • benefits, disclosures and accommodation of nothing (2:05)
  • the good life (6:59)
  • thoughts i lost but it didn't matter because i'm sure it was bullshit (10:11)
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august 2008 release ; debut by this boston-area trio featuring dave gross, semata’s ricardo donoso, and ryan mcguire ... coming in somewhere between free improv, sound-poetry, and death metal (gross’s through-sax vocalizations remind me a bit of atila csihar sans the cavern-verb) ...

a promising start, no doubt. comes as a printed cd-r in a full-color, pro-printed digipack ...
semata productions press release...
sem-001 "introducing the epicureans" cdr

formed in 2008 the epicureans have the hottest new sound out there. they range from sparse 'lowercase' type music to "full on" (as the kids say these days) noise with a hardcore metal edge. at once playful and brutal, the epicureans are your best friends and your enemies worst enemy. when they say 'we love you' at the end of every show they mean it. music is all about love and the epicureans, with their thirst for seeking pleasure, are here to provide.

dave gross sax
ricardo donoso drums
ryan mcguire bass

featuring ex members of kayo-dot and fetish and having releases on tzadik, sedimental, hydrahead and others between them - these players have developed a highly singular and curious approach to their instruments, i urge you to check them out.

edition of 200 (full color digipak w/ shrink wrap)

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