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new to stock as of
june 3rd, 2009

threads:
doom
guitar-themed
lo-fi
modern-psych
black-metal
new-zealand

tipped bowler tapes (usa) #tbt 010 lp
faunasabbatha (france) #sab 006 lp

mrtyu “ornate shroud” long playing record

  • the night
  • bloody birth
  • breathes dust of the night

  • sacrament of blood distilled
  • the deeps
  • burning clear
  • dead guru sings
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "the deeps"
june 2009 release ; antony milton’s deconstructed gypsy / black / doom / bedroom-metal project mrtyu returns with this fine missive of scratchy, lo-fi guitar buzz, violin scrape, occasional drum-machine, and barely determinable vocals (at least that’s what i think that is - listen to the sound-sample) ...

leagues beyond the recent 20 buck spin “blood tantra” set in terms of its detachment from any / all contemporary modes ; highly recommended !!!
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mrtyu / ornate shroud / tbt010 and sab006

hopefully mrtyu requires little introduction, because the project evades easy description. an odd compound of vedic imagery, metal misanthropy, and violin agony, this music moves away from any particular fan base in pursuit of its distant, darkened idols.  ornate shroud is mrtyu’s most potent spawn to date. hewing closer to song form than previous releases, the album conceals antony milton’s violent guitar and violin work behind mrtyu’s characteristic murk. its pieces transition from jagged riffs to eerie ambient scrapes through wooly feedback, approaching the uncanny.  although the year is yet young, 2009 will likely not produce a bleaker aggraga record.  

edition of 350 180 gm. lps in heavy-stock linen-paper sleeves hand-screened, -cut, and –glued by reuben little of 43rd parallel press.

available from tipped bowler in the us and faunasabbatha in france. 

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threads:
guitar-themed
modern-psych
free-improvisation
bedroom

tipped bowler tapes (usa) #tbt 009 lp

li jianhong “lovers with cloisonné bracelet” long playing record

  • lovers in misery (17:38)

  • time in the mirror (17:47)
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june 2009 release ; lp-only release from this chinese solo psychedelic guitar traveler, after an excellent archive-label disc from a few years back, & subsequent outings for psf & his own 2pi imprint ...

jianhong’s playing has all of the catharsis of haino’s, but there’s a righteous, almost cosmic manner to it that belies a certain hendrix influence ... one of the better “bedroom” guitar blowouts of recent times ...
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li jianhong / lovers with cloisonné bracelet / tbt009

hangzhou’s li jianhong has been performing alone and in the duo d!o!d!o!d! for several years, but he only caught western ears last year with the monumental san sheng shi, released by philadelphia’s archive cd. oceanic and desolate, lovers with cloisonné bracelet cements li as a distinctive voice in modern noise. the two halves of this record are an ideal introduction to li’s music: “lovers in misery” offers a restrained, electric swell; “time in the mirror” wallows in hototogisu-an guitar hell.  without sacrificing pacing for density, li has crafted an album that decimates the retrograde psychedelic guitar landscape and trivializes the petty violence of much harsh noise.   

edition of 350 180 gm. lps in heavy-stock linen-paper sleeves hand-screened, -cut, and –glued by reuben little of 43rd parallel press.

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new to stock as of
july 29th, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
minimalism-drones
lo-fi
free-improvisation
new-zealand

tipped bowler tapes (usa) #tbt 005 lp

glory fckn sun “spectra” long playing record

  • spectra
  • like true wings to icarus

  • specificity through absence
  • colour of the night
  • glare
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july 2008 release ; gorgeous, muted improv-psych extrapolations, jointly knit by antony “nether dawn” milton, ben spiers, and simon o’rorke into a batch of tight guitar / violin / percussion burners ...

takes vacillate between static “wall of sound” blur & almost amm-esque pointillist jabs. really, really nice stuff ; the first i’ve heard from this promising new nz aggregate.

colored-vinyl pressing in a 2-color vg kids sleeve. highly recommended !!!
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tbt 005
glory fckn sun
spectra

the sky done clouded over after glory fckn sun's debut album, yielding this brooding and corrosive follow-up. the new zealand sorta-super group of antony milton, ben spiers, and simon o'rorke concoct a slow-burning behemoth of metallic shivers and distortion churn, dark enough to invoke the dread name haino.

spectra is an unsettling mind-meld: spiers desolate soundscapes bleed into milton's heavy drones, which are complemented perfectly by o'rorke's restless percussion. group improvisation is the natural language of these three; even listing their solo and collaborative albums over the past decade would take way more effort than i can muster. suffice to say this is a stellar and unique record to add to their massive discographies.

in an edition of 300 red 160 gm. vinyl records, housed in silk-screened, heavy-gauge recycled stock jackets.

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