eleh “homage” triple long playing record boxed set

• black
  
  
• blue & white
  
  
• together we are one
  
  
• beneath the silver sun
  
  
• madrid
  
  
• reflection 1
  
• reflection 2

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catalog number: taiga 25 artist: eleh title: homage format: 3xlp box total running time: 2:04:48 release date: 2 april 2013 presenting a unified whole, the homage 3lp boxed set contains homage to the square wave, ...sine wave and ...pointed waveforms, all out of print until now. initially released separately in 2008, 2009 and 2012 respectively with custom letterpress jackets, this collection includes new retrospective artwork by john brien. each disc comes in its own one-color silkscreen jacket using the same blue, orange and green from the original editions; all housed in a rigid white satin-coated slipcase with spot varnish printing hand-numbered out of 800. eleh, an artist who flourishes in restraint, uses a reduced sonic vocabulary to highlight delicate intricacies in a logical path toward harmonious satisfaction. the organization of hypnotic square waves, rippling sine waves and triangle/saw tooth waveforms is a discourse in the infinity, rather than the limits, of reduction. by employing a natural practice of balanced interpretation eleh enables an individual reaction free of the clutter of white noise.

jon mueller “death blues” long playing record

• find yourself
  
• impatience
  
• death blues
  
  
• acceptance
  
• impermanence
  
• iron string

tatsuya nakatani “nakatani gong orchestra” long playing record

• a
  
  
• l

pauline oliveros “primordial / lift” double long playing record set

• part 1
  
  
• part 2
  
  
• part 3
  
  
• part 4

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catalog number: taiga 22 artist: pauline oliveros title: primordial / lift format: 2xlp total running time: 67:06 release date: 25 september 2012 30 may 2012 marked the 80th birthday of american visionary musician pauline oliveros. "primordial / lift" is a continuation of the celebration. this double vinyl record contains the previously unreleased 2nd performance of "primordial / lift" from 25 september 2010. the 1st performance of this work, which took place in 1998, was released on cd in both edited and full-length versions. interpreting a score penned by oliveros in 1998, anne bourne, andrew deutsch, miguel frasconi, david grubbs, jason huang and suzanne thorpe joined oliveros at issue project room in brooklyn to divulge this bizarre and surreal sound work. centered around a low frequency oscillator, the group swirls cello, voice, sampler, glass drones, eguitar, violin and v accordion into a molten mass dropped from outer space. along with the simultaneously released deep listening band “needle drop jungle” 2xlp, this title completes a tetralogy of oliveros releases on taiga that started with the deep listening band “then & now” and timeless pulse “trio” 2xlp’s. “primordial / lift” was mastered by james plotkin, cut direct to metal and pressed on 200g virgin vinyl in an edition of 500. it comes packaged in a double-wide jacket with the original scores printed in metallic ink and a flooded pocket. the jacket is encased in a custom slipcase, with gorgeous photographs by michael s. carlson from deep within the expansive taiga forest's southern edge.

deep listening band “needle drop jungle” double long playing record set

• landgrove
  
  
• friday mighty
  
  
• jungle howl
  
  
• tomorrow’s power

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catalog number: taiga 21 artist: deep listening band title: needle drop jungle format: 2xlp total running time: 69:21 release date: 25 september 2012 30 may 2012 marked the 80th birthday of american visionary musician pauline oliveros. “needle drop jungle” is a continuation of the celebration. together with bandmates stuart dempster and david gamper, oliveros and company churned up a vigorous storm at their january 2011 residency in seattle, captured on this double vinyl release. with the help of staff at dxarts, the deep listening band recorded impromptu downpours unhindered by technical issues, a peak in their collective creative output. suddenly & unexpectedly, david gamper died on 27 september 2011. “needle drop jungle” thus includes the brightest moments from what have sadly become the last recordings of this exceptional trio. along with the simultaneously released pauline oliveros “primordial / lift” 2xlp, this title completes a tetralogy of oliveros releases on taiga that started with the deep listening band “then & now” and timeless pulse “trio” 2xlp’s. “needle drop jungle” was mastered by james plotkin, cut direct to metal and pressed on 200g virgin vinyl in an edition of 500. it comes packaged in a double-wide raw brown cardstock jacket with essays by the band and a flooded pocket. the jacket is encased in a custom slipcase, with gorgeous photographs by michael s. carlson from deep within the expansive taiga forest's southern edge.

jon mueller / james plotkin “terminal velocity” double long playing record set

• vestibular apparatus
  
• hypnagogia
  
  
• eigenlicht
  
• anthypnic
  
• praedormitium
  
  
• subvocal
  
  
• microsleep

taiga press release...

jon mueller and james plotkin first combined forces on physical changes, scorching the leading lp side of mueller's 2009 multi-format collaborative investigation. forging mueller's blistering percussion and rolling hills of drums with plotkin's searing guitar and melting electronics, a sturdy alloy was formed. when both musicians were asked to perform at the utech records music festival in june 2011, at which they appeared as a duo, the pair spent the proceeding days spontaneously unfurling terminal velocity. recorded in rural wisconsin just outside of mueller's native milwaukee, terminal velocity is an effort of concentration. on the brink of implosion, the duo reduces dense washes of percussion and guitar to thick crusts, at times deceivingly with a whispered intensity. sizzling drums meet electronic warbles as two great forces restrain each other to a constant speed. mastered by plotkin, cut direct to metal and pressed on 200 gram virgin vinyl, terminal velocity is presented in an edition of 500 copies. packaged in a heavy stoughton tip-on gatefold, the jacket is hand-numbered on the spine and features a textured paper to enhance karlynn holland's graphite drawings the album accompanies.

alan lamb / garry bradbury / david burraston / oren ambarchi / robin fox “wired open day 2009” double long playing record set

• garry bradbury & alan lamb - 2009.10.31 7:40pm
  
  
• david burraston & alan lamb - 2009.10.31 8:05pm
  
  
• oren ambarchi - 2009.10.31 9:10pm
  
  
• robin fox - 2009.10.31 9:40pm

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catalog number: taiga 19 artist: alan lamb, garry bradbury, david burraston, oren ambarchi & robin fox title: wired open day 2009 format: 2xlp total running time: 75:06 release date: 5 june 2012 wired open day 2009 is a vinyl-only release documenting live performances by alan lamb, garry bradbury, david burraston, oren ambarchi and robin fox. held outdoors during the evening of october 31 at the wired lab, in rural south west, new south wales, australia, this 2xlp is a document of the event; the result of an artist in residence program to explore the sonic possibilities of the wires, landscape scale installations in rural nsw. the wired lab is an artist run initiative founded in 2007 to foster art / science collaborations in a rural environment. the initial focus of this project was to establish a site to preserve and expand on the wires a distinctly australian invention that was pioneered by australian artist alan lamb since the 1970’s. lamb’s formal investigations of the wires started in 1976 with his discovery of a 1km stretch of abandoned telegraph wires on a farm in the great southern region of western australia ... lamb learnt to record them and later devised compositions with these recordings. when these telegraph lines eventually decayed, lamb commenced building wire installations primarily for recording. like the scale of the original telegraph wires, these purpose built wire installations were not of a domestic scale, they too had a deep connection with nature and spanned 100’s of metres across the rural landscape. although principally functioning like a giant æolian harp, it is not only wind that ‘plays’ the wires, it seems that on their own accord the wires often harmonically ‘sing’, vibrate or roar as they react to environmental factors, thereby creating a unique and infinite instrumentation of itself and its surrounds, in the words of david burraston “... they are nature's microphone” the 4 sides of wired open day 2009 display the expansive range of the wire installations built by the wired lab. commencing at sunset, garry bradbury and alan lamb coax a gentle eco with acoustic recordings into deep and sonorous reverberations on side a. david burraston and alan lamb focus on droplets of zaps and wire oscillations at twilight, with side b culminating in a downpour of crackling spray. at nightfall, oren ambarchi applies his mastery of condensed and layered tones on side c, with shuddering overtones, husky drones and rich clusters of sustain. robin fox concludes, in the dark, on side d, mashing off-kilter rhythms with a tumble of staccato bursts and fuzzy crunch. an edition of 500 double lps in hand-numbered matte-varnished stoughton tip-on gatefold jackets, wired open day 2009 was mastered by james plotkin, cut direct to metal and pressed on 200g virgin vinyl. this release features photographs from the site and text by sarah last, founder of the wired lab and curator of wired open day 2009.

douglas quin “fathom” long playing record

• 58° 37’ n 159° 59’ w (10:40)
  
• 59° 02’ n 158° 25’ w (12:35)
  
  
• 64° 49’ s 64° 02’ w (8:35)
  
• 77° 37’ s 165° 48’ e (11:00)

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taiga 11 - douglas quin "fathom" lp packaged in custom letterpress materials. douglas quin’s fathom brings together four extended underwater soundscapes—two each from the arctic and antarctic. the recordings have been gathered over a period of 15 years, capturing an extraordinary palette of sonic voices, events, spaces, and textures. to the human ear, these soundscapes are haunting and otherworldly; yet they are very much of this world—out of earreach. the tracks are minimally edited and are his first field recordings to be archived in vinyl. included with the release is a sealed envelope containing an insert with specific locations, animals, and other elements heard, giving listeners the option to absorb sound with or without association. the envelope is printed with liner notes and comments from dutch journalist and music critic rené van peer. mastered by james plotkin, cut direct to metal and pressed on 200 gram virgin-vinyl, fathom comes packaged in custom letterpressed materials and is presented as a limited edition of 1000.

giuseppe ielasi “(another) stunt” long playing record

• (another) stunt (1)
  
• (another) stunt (2)
  
• (another) stunt (3)
  
  
• (another) stunt (4)
  
• (another) stunt (5)
  
• (another) stunt (6)

rafael toral “space elements vol. i” long playing record

• i
  
• ii
  
• iii
  
• iv
  
  
• iv (continued)
  
• v
  
• vi
  
• vii

rafael toral “space solo 1” long playing record

• portable amplifier (21:44)
  
  
• echo-feed (4:34)
  
• bender (6:05)
  
• electrode oscillator (3:57)
  
• portable amplifier 3 (8:00)

rafael toral “space” double long playing record set

• part i (13:32)
  
  
• part ii (24:46)
  
  
• part iii (19:45)
  
  
• space study 1.3 (16:50)

taiga press release...

rafael toral - space 2xlp (taiga 1) after over 15 years of drone and ambient work based around guitar and electronics, rafael toral has set off on a radically new mission. leaving the guitar behind, toral has equipped himself with instruments such as a theremin-controlled white noise generator, amplified coil spring percussion, and a random pulse width modulation oscillator. with these he has launched his jazz-fueled craft through earth's atmosphere, into outer space. the resulting voyage is one where the sounds created recall the blast of a ray gun, the gurgle of a velociraptor, the rush of a primordial geyser, all seasoned with a vintage analog appeal and interspersed with meditative moments of silence. toral's new approach to music, entitled the space program, runs counter to his career thus far by focusing on performance instead of composition. the foundation and fundamental release of the program is space. using live and in-studio performances from 2004 and 2005, toral designed space as "an orchestral environment for electronic instruments." following space, the program will continue to develop with releases from the space solo series, documenting performances of individual instruments played unaccompanied, and the space elements series featuring various collaborators while toral focuses on a single piece of equipment. with previous releases by toral on such respected labels as touch, table of the elements and ecstatic peace, taiga records is proud to present the deluxe 2xlp version of space. this exciting album by toral is coincidentally taiga's inaugural release as well as that of the space program. originally released on cd by the highly regarded staubgold label, it is presented here in a limited edition of 500 copies on direct-metal mastered 200g virgin vinyl. this version includes all of the original audio from the cd plus a previously unreleased 17-minute vinyl-only bonus track, "space study 1.3," a live duet with percussionist cesar burago. packaged in a gatefold jacket designed by helder luís with spot metallic printing, the album boasts the daniel malhão photograph from the cd version expanded across the entire outside in uv gloss, an essay by toral printed inside on reversed stock and the pockets flooded black.