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utech (usa) #ur cd024 cd

nadjatrembled” compact disc

  • breakpoint
  • no cure for the lonely
  • corrasion
  • tremble
  • stays demons
  • tremble
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "tremble"
september 2008 release ; utech’s reissue / repackaging of this prior ... utech nadja release (cdr --> cd upgrade ; necessary ?), covering a quadrilogy of pieces recorded in philly back in 2006, with two new jams from june of this year tacked on for extended listening ...
utech press release...
nadja
trembled

format: cd
edition: 900
length: 65'
trx: 6

catalogue number: urcd024
released: september 13, 2008

recorded: 1-4. recorded by aidan baker at a private event, toronto, canada > march, 2006.5-6. recorded by scott slimm at johnny brenda’s in philadelphia > june, 2008.

aidan baker: guitar, vocals, drum machines.
leah buckareff: bass.

trembled has returned, triumphantly. released by utech records [046] in the summer of 2006 on limited cdr. the principal live recordings from toronto have been remixed/remastered and include a rare performance of swans "no cure for the lonely." the core of the release, though, is “tremble”, a cascading improvisation of drift and atmospherics revealed to audiences on an occasional basis. the track is telling of the fluidity with which nadja create and why the band has become so highly regarded. “breakpoint” and “corrasion” complete the set. exclusive material has been added in "stays demons" and a second version of "tremble" recorded by scott slimm in philadelphia. illustration by justin bartlett. the ultimate document of nadja at their most electric and empyreal.

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utech (usa) #ur cd019 cd
stephen kasner (usa) #ursk 05 cd

klangmutationenschwarzhagel” compact disc

  • i
  • ii
  • iii
  • iv
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "ii"
sweet disc of harsh malaysian free-improv (how often do you hear that phrase ?) from the duo of tham kar mun & yeoh yin pin ... if you’ve been enjoying (or have even able to find/hear) the recent wave of jooklo duo / neokarma jooklo artifacts ; this brutal batch of freedom lies in wait in some of the the same ravines ...
utech press release...
klangmutationen
schwarzhagel
ursk series: vol. 5

format: cd
edition: 750
length: 49'
trx: 4

catalogue number: urcd019 / ursk5
released: september 13, 2008

recorded: recordings were made between february and may, 2008 in cheras and subang jaya, malaysia. further editing, mixing and treatments by yeoh yin pin.

tham kar mun: tenor saxophone. yandsen: tenor saxophone.
yeoh yin pin: electric guitar. kok siew wai: suara.

klangmutationen are an mystery. more could be said about what their music isn't than what it is. hailing from kuala lumpur, malaysia, the underground experimentalists pierce the veils of eastern and western music. recalling early sets on fmp as well as the takayanagi / abe axis of japanese free music, schwarzhagel is the sound of a spirit falling past its own life after death, forever.

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field-recordings

utech (usa) #ur cd018 cd
stephen kasner (usa) #ursk 04 cd

the stargazer’s assistantshivers and voids” compact disc

  • night soil
  • shivers and voids
  • the dream kingdom
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "night soil"
side-project disc from guapo / miasma member david j.smith & co. ... fairly explosion-heavy (listen to the sound-sample for an ear-ful) stuff ... (hmm ... need to those guapo records) ...
utech press release...
the stargazer's assistant
shivers and voids
ursk series: vol. 4

format: cd
edition: 750
length: 25'
trx: 3

catalogue number: urcd018 / ursk4
released: september 13, 2008

recorded: recorded, mixed and produced by antti uusimaki and david j.smith at home and anti-establishment from september 2007 - june 2008.

written and arranged by :

david j.smith: harmonium, acoustic guitar, synths, water bowl, chain, door, matchbox, percussion, tapes, samples, vocals.
antti uusimaki: mellotron, synth, effects.
sara hubrich: bowed thunder-board (1,3) violin, viola (3).
chloe herington: bassoon (3).

david j. smith (guapo, miasma & the carousel of dead horses) releases a second set of recordings as the stargazer's assistant. following the other side of the island on aurora borealis, shivers and voids is a union of instrument, voice and tape. a soundtrack left waiting for the right film to accompany it through the dark. sweeping, intricate, sometimes ominous, yet always exuding a warmth of emotion. ancient forests, vast plains, billowing clouds, rusted metal hulks, wet rock walls, lights flickering in darkness. the stargazer's assistant reveals all this to us.

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utech (usa) #ur cd016 cd
stephen kasner (usa) #ursk 02 cd

heavensoreasmodai” compact disc

  • aurora
  • tabula smaragdina
  • asmodeus
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "tabula smaragdina"
june 2008 release ; debut album from this greek black metal act ...
utech press release...
artist: heavensore
title: asmodai
ursk series: volume 2

format: cd
edition: 750
length: 53'
trx: 3
catalogue number: urcd016 / ursk2
released: june 28, 2008

recorded: studio e > august 1, 2006.
additional recordings by panos a.
at red needled studio.
mixed by panos a. and nikos g.
at red needled studio and studio 5.

george v: vocals, guitars.
panos a: guitars, sounds.
nikos g: bass.

asmodai > drums by panos a. and bass by kostas k.
lyrics by george v.

the forsaken mother has birthed a godhead. a triune declaration of intent rich in the beliefs of the tabula smaragdina and solomonic magic. asmodai/sammael reigns as the king of impurity spreading his blackened sovereignty like so much tar upon the heart of man. and as all things were by the contemplation of one; so all things arose from this one thing by adaptation.

"there is a single main definition of the object of all magical ritual. it is the uniting of the microcosm with the macrocosm. the supreme and complete ritual is therefore the invocation of the holy guardian angel; or, in the language of mysticism, union with god." --- aleister crowley

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utech (usa) #ur cd015 cd
stephen kasner (usa) #ursk 001 cd

skullflowerdesire for a holy war” compact disc

  • your cities, your tombs (7:01)
  • moses conjured a blood niagra (7:26)
  • eves dream (8:26)
  • frozen spectres (7:08)
  • serbonian bog (9:42)
  • unholy inhuman (8:06)divinus deus (7:28)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "frozen spectres"
april 2008 release ; white-hot drum-machine & guitar-shrapnel from matt bower’s skullflower ... on par w/the recent “tribulation” release on crucial blast in terms of its rhythmic forward-propulsion & on a different trajectory entirely as the recent “pure imperial reform” set on turgid animal (which forgoes the rhythm/pulse in favor of pure twin-guitar bleed) ...
utech press release...

skullflower > desire for a holy war > ursk1

desire for a holy war is mayhem piled on top of mayhem piled on top of squalls of caustic feedback. furies spitting oaths of shrouded vengeance from ancient tongues. plague riders dealing death on mounts of venomous ether, hooves pounding the wild earth. matthew bower may have reached a watershed with last year's abyssic lowland hiss (heavy blossom) but it is with desire for a holy war that he has come to conquer. never has skullflower sounded so severe or remorseless.

utech records and stephen kasner collaborate on fine art series

utech records will invoke a connate soul next year in visual artist stephen kasner to develop a second fine art series of cd releases for the label. the series, as yet unnamed, will comprise nine volumes of 750 copies each over the course of 2008 beginning in april. kasner has committed the bulk of his next year's output to painting original and exclusive canvases. his subject matter has yet to be disclosed, but the artist has spoken in general terms of a new direction he wants to explore in his work. a package unique to the series has been designed to highlight kasner's residuum and the accompanying music.

the foundation of the series is the belief that a visual device can bind a disparate body of music in a meaningful way. the genesis of this idea was first explored with photographer max aguilera-hellweg in 2007 and the result was utech record's acclaimed arc series. fruit borne from that venture has led to this stab at further examination. kasner immediately saw value in the theory and agreed to help cultivate and refine it.

artistic study aside, the guts of this series is the music and the conviction that it alone will give rise to its life. utech and kasner discussed at length the curatorial undertaking and a virulent battery of musicians was selected. skullflower, heavensore, runhild gammelsaeter, fuyuki yamakawa, aluk todolo and final with more to be announced at a later date.

sure to be an archetype for the music/art proposition in the coming year, the series has been intentionally left open ended. the two have agreed to let ideas evolve naturally and it will remain to be seen just how far things will go. there is a lot on the table and not all of it is being revealed at this point.

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utech (usa) #ur cd014 cd
utech arc series (usa) #arc 9 cd

tabata mitsurulumrapideco” compact disc

  • mahhagogo pt.1 (9:41)
  • dust to dust (3:55)
  • hydrozoa (5:23)
  • tiovivo (8:06)
  • lumrapideco (8:41)
  • mahhagogo pt.2 (9:54)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "dust to dust"
december 2007 release ; solo album from zeni geva’s other guitarist tabata ...
utech press release...
artist: tabata mitsuru
title: lumrapideco
arc series: volume 9
format: cd
edition: 500
length: 46'
trx: 6
catalogue number: urcd014 / arc9
released: december 22, 2007

recorded: september-october, 2007.

tabata mitsuru: electric guitar, guitar synthesiszer, organ, synthesiszer, percussion, vocals.
yamazaki iwao and suzuki junzo: backing vocals.

japanese sound artist tabata mitsuru (boredoms, zeni geva, acid mothers temple, 20 guilders, leningrad blues machine) is a musician who has claimed his solo voice and skillfully hones it with each release. lumrapideco (speed of light) is a collection of spaced-out electronics, bleak feedback and sedate guitar passages. sometimes oppressive sometimes heart stirring, it is never less than astonishing.

arc series

the series began as an abstraction. utech records and max aguilera-hellweg had previously worked together on half makeshift aphotic leech in the fall of 2006. over the dark wisconsin winter of 2007 the label began to sketch out a brazen idea and a means for its realization. that idea was to produce a series of releases that would marry photography and sound in such a way as to tether a varied spectrum of music with a single visual concept. max was invited to participate and graciously accepted. the arc series would come to represent an alliance/arc borne among artists of disparate fields of study (music, photography, graphic design, lithography, woodworking and screen printing) and comprise the first entry in the label's fine art catalog provoking incursion into further long-term collaborations. each of the disks was hand assembled in an exclusive package and released in editions of five hundred every eight weeks. nine volumes were issued from april to december 2007.

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utech (usa) #ur cd013 cd
utech arc series (usa) #arc 8 cd

junzo suzukipieces for hidden circles” compact disc

  • shadows-lights - dropped pieces for discarded dawn (6:17)
  • lost chords (9:16)
  • ameria excerpt ii (3:38)
  • wind (4:40)
  • one-armed messenger (3:49)
  • circles for vibrolux (2:53)
  • hats off to a.m. (16:58)
  • lights-shadows (4:12)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "hats off to a.m."
december 2007 release ; subdued solo-electric-guitar extraplations from miminokoto / overhang party guitarist junzo suzuki - some nice brushed chordal droning pieces (listen to the sound-sample) cut with single-note flourishes (ala masayuki takayanagi’s “lonely woman”) & folk-guitar excursions ...
utech press release...
artist: suzuki junzo
title: pieces for hidden circles
arc series: volume 8
format: cd
edition: 500
length: 52'
trx: 8
catalogue number: urcd013 / arc8
released: december 22, 2007

recorded: atelier himawari > october, 2007.

suzuki junzo: gibson es335.japanese singer/guitar player suzuki junzo (astral travelling unity, 20 guilders, overhang party, miminokoto) weaves an improvised country blues/folk music with touches of acid and psych. while performing and recording mostly as a solo artist, he has collaborated with hiroshi hasegawa, tabata mitsuru and kawabata makoto. pieces for hidden circles is a recording of the highest order evoking spirituality and devotion unrivaled. a campaign to a world of solitude, each footfall and gust of wind resonating to the heavens.

arc series

the series began as an abstraction. utech records and max aguilera-hellweg had previously worked together on half makeshift aphotic leech in the fall of 2006. over the dark wisconsin winter of 2007 the label began to sketch out a brazen idea and a means for its realization. that idea was to produce a series of releases that would marry photography and sound in such a way as to tether a varied spectrum of music with a single visual concept. max was invited to participate and graciously accepted. the arc series would come to represent an alliance/arc borne among artists of disparate fields of study (music, photography, graphic design, lithography, woodworking and screen printing) and comprise the first entry in the label's fine art catalog provoking incursion into further long-term collaborations. each of the disks was hand assembled in an exclusive package and released in editions of five hundred every eight weeks. nine volumes were issued from april to december 2007.

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utech (usa) #ur cd012 cd
utech arc series (usa) #arc 7 cd

sachikokunado” compact disc

  • dmu-bdud kam-po so-zan
  • dusk
  • route 21
  • cosmic garden
  • the voice from the border
  • gakida no mori
  • chiacona und konzert in g moll
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "kunado"
utech press release...
sachiko > kunado > utech records > 012 > arc7

sachiko: voice, electronics, bells, more

japanese vocalist and instrumentalist sachiko (overhang party, vava kitora, kosokuya) looses a second, white-hot solo release. her brilliant debut you never atone for on there/musik atlack rode gilded wings straight to the heart of the psych sun. the journey continues with kunado. a tincture of taj mahal travellers, wispy oscillations and lysergic vocals bathes the recording in delicate atmosphere as sachiko's sonic attack leaves vicious and harrowing results. a listen not soon forgotten.

arc series

the series began as an abstraction. utech records and max aguilera-hellweg had previously worked together on half makeshift aphotic leech in the fall of 2006. over the dark wisconsin winter of 2007 the label began to sketch out a brazen idea and a means for its realization. that idea was to produce a series of releases that would marry photography and sound in such a way as to tether a varied spectrum of music with a single visual concept. max was invited to participate and graciously accepted. the arc series would come to represent an alliance/arc borne among artists of disparate fields of study (music, photography, graphic design, lithography, woodworking and screen printing) and comprise the first entry in the label's fine art catalog provoking incursion into further long-term collaborations. each of the disks was hand assembled in an exclusive package and released in editions of five hundred every eight weeks. nine volumes were issued from april to december 2007.

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utech (usa) #ur cd011 cd
utech arc series (usa) #arc 6 cd

zaïmphla nuit electrique” compact disc

  • la nuit electrique
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "la nuit electrique"
utech press release...
zaimph > la nuit electrique > utech records > 011 > arc6

marcia bassett: voice, guitars, electronics

marcia bassett (double leopards, hototogisu) rears zaimph's vile head once again on la nuit electrique. a raspy, delicate instrumental passage begins like a crippled music box. elegant and soporose. blackened guitar and amplification apprise the rest. acrid feedback hangs in the air and vocal modulations clot inside dark rivers of current. the night electric.

arc series

the series began as an abstraction. utech records and max aguilera-hellweg had previously worked together on half makeshift aphotic leech in the fall of 2006. over the dark wisconsin winter of 2007 the label began to sketch out a brazen idea and a means for its realization. that idea was to produce a series of releases that would marry photography and sound in such a way as to tether a varied spectrum of music with a single visual concept. max was invited to participate and graciously accepted. the arc series would come to represent an alliance/arc borne among artists of disparate fields of study (music, photography, graphic design, lithography, woodworking and screen printing) and comprise the first entry in the label's fine art catalog provoking incursion into further long-term collaborations. each of the disks was hand assembled in an exclusive package and released in editions of five hundred every eight weeks. nine volumes were issued from april to december 2007.

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utech (usa) #ur cd010 cd
utech arc series (united states) #arc 5 cd

joshua conveyvacant integument” compact disc

  • jejune
  • oospore
  • shuck
  • idle
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "idle"
utech press release...
artist: joshua convey
title: vacant integument
arc series: volume 5
format: cd
edition: 500
length: 27'
trx: 4
catalogue number: urcd010 / arc5
released: august 18, 2007

recorded:
new york. spring, 2007.

joshua convey: guitar, harmonica, electronics.

vacant integument is the debut release from ny resident joshua convey. sharp, spiky overtones rattle four skillfully assembled tracks. each gritty frame is lined with a delicate array of guitar, harmonica and electronics. quiet drone hums along as melody slowly reveals itself amongst carefully placed shards of raw feedback and noise. not since kaoru abe or masayoshi urabe has the harmonica been used to such magnificent effect. vacant integument is a singular and resonant work that deserves all manner of praise.

arc series

the series began as an abstraction. utech records and max aguilera-hellweg had previously worked together on half makeshift aphotic leech in the fall of 2006. over the dark wisconsin winter of 2007 the label began to sketch out a brazen idea and a means for its realization. that idea was to produce a series of releases that would marry photography and sound in such a way as to tether a varied spectrum of music with a single visual concept. max was invited to participate and graciously accepted. the arc series would come to represent an alliance/arc borne among artists of disparate fields of study (music, photography, graphic design, lithography, woodworking and screen printing) and comprise the first entry in the label's fine art catalog provoking incursion into further long-term collaborations. each of the disks was hand assembled in an exclusive package and released in editions of five hundred every eight weeks. nine volumes were issued from april to december 2007.

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utech (usa) #ur cd009 cd
utech arc series (united states) #arc 4 cd

james plotkinindirmek” compact disc

  • afyon
  • amfetamin
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "amfetamin"
utech press release...
artist: james plotkin
title: indirmek
arc series: volume 4
format: cd
edition: 500
length: 73'
trx: 2
catalogue number: urcd009 / arc4
released: august 18, 2007

recorded:
afyon > nyc > may 26, 2007 > guitar > filter > powerbook.
amfetamin > nyc > october 6, 2006 > pc > powerbook > software.

james plotkin unveils his second solo release in as many years. indirmek presents two distinct facets of his musical work. the first track, afyon (opium) lies closest to plotkin's trademark drift. in essence, a guitar track stretched to limitless possibility. an elemental fury contained, dissected and entrusted to a nyc audience for their consideration in the spring of 2007.

amfetamin (amphetamine) is a second recording from nyc, performed in the fall of 2006. the track is considerably more immediate. it's allure can be credited to plotkin's use of electronics to invoke raw sound and shape it as he sees necessary to fit a given context. the track speaks a multitude of languages in succession and simultaneously.

arc series

the series began as an abstraction. utech records and max aguilera-hellweg had previously worked together on half makeshift aphotic leech in the fall of 2006. over the dark wisconsin winter of 2007 the label began to sketch out a brazen idea and a means for its realization. that idea was to produce a series of releases that would marry photography and sound in such a way as to tether a varied spectrum of music with a single visual concept. max was invited to participate and graciously accepted. the arc series would come to represent an alliance/arc borne among artists of disparate fields of study (music, photography, graphic design, lithography, woodworking and screen printing) and comprise the first entry in the label's fine art catalog provoking incursion into further long-term collaborations. each of the disks was hand assembled in an exclusive package and released in editions of five hundred every eight weeks. nine volumes were issued from april to december 2007.

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utech (usa) #ur cd007 cd
utech arc series (united states) #arc 2 cd

daniel menchewolf’s milk” compact disc

  • untitled (1)
  • untitled (2)
  • untitled (3)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "untitled (1) / untitled (2)"
utech press release...
artist: daniel menche
title: wolf's milk
arc series: volume 2
format: cd
edition: 500
length: 63’
trx: 3
catalogue number: urcd007 / arc2
released: june 23, 2007
recorded: house of menche. winter, 2006-2007.

daniel menche: organ, gong, trumpet.

crystalline drones and sacred incantation. nectar procured from golden fruit. shimmering resonance channeled through dream. a most anticipated return to form for menche. breathtaking purity of sound. wolf's milk is a triumph of immense magnitude.

arc series

the series began as an abstraction. utech records and max aguilera-hellweg had previously worked together on half makeshift aphotic leech in the fall of 2006. over the dark wisconsin winter of 2007 the label began to sketch out a brazen idea and a means for its realization. that idea was to produce a series of releases that would marry photography and sound in such a way as to tether a varied spectrum of music with a single visual concept. max was invited to participate and graciously accepted. the arc series would come to represent an alliance/arc borne among artists of disparate fields of study (music, photography, graphic design, lithography, woodworking and screen printing) and comprise the first entry in the label's fine art catalog provoking incursion into further long-term collaborations. each of the disks was hand assembled in an exclusive package and released in editions of five hundred every eight weeks. nine volumes were issued from april to december 2007.

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utech (usa) #ur cd005 cd

half makeshiftaphotic leech” compact disc

  • aphotic leech
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "aphotic leech"
utech press release...
artist: half makeshift
title: aphotic leech
format: cd
edition: 500
length: 36'
trx: 1
catalogue number: urcd005
released: february 24, 2007
recorded:
november, 2006.

nathan michael: piano, guitar, organ, glitch work, manipulation
nicholas szczepanik unknowingly provided all percussion.

aphotic leech is the first movement in a series of ever changing modes which make up what half makeshift has slowly become. a bath of heavy drone and bitter piano chords strewn over top of subtle glitch work and manipulated percussion, aphotic leech trades malice for despair and shuns any probable hope.

created in november of 2006 from austere piano pieces, string fragments, a live percussion specimen and other various arrangements, this piece grew to be much larger than originally intended through a series of long manipulation and thought processes. it engulfs the body in a thick black sludge only to dissipate at once, become a reborn substance and finally drain itself leaving a small fragment lingering after it expires.

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utech (usa) #ur cd004 cd

vulture clublive young, die fast and leave an exquisite corpse” compact disc

  • ancient nun stripped bare her head exploding foreign deserts even audio
  • intro to ghost in a foxhole
  • live young
  • die fast and leave an exquisite corpse
  • terminal bed wetter enters lighthouse by force
  • alleged plot to blow up the holland tunnel during rush hour
  • bringing back the monolith
  • the charred face of navy gnr yeo
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "intro to ghost in a foxhole"
confounding disc of over-modulated single-note guitar wash from thomas lee’s vulture club project. fans of chris smith’s records, take note ...
utech press release...
artist: the vulture club
title: live young, die fast and leave an exquisite corpse
format: cd
edition: 500
length: 53'
trx: 7
catalogue number: urcd004
released: january 20, 2007
recorded:
july-september, 2006.

amps / gtrs / programming by thomas lee.

"the guitar is not dead. it is still humming and i believe in it. copper wound is copper wound, today and yesterday. magnets are magnetic, today and yesterday. wood is wooden, today and yesterday. electricity is electric, today and yesterday. these things shift in their own time and on their own basis. they are not forced and in my own capacity, i do not force them. the editor's role is advocate. the rattle you hear, that is the energy and the idea. it is not all mine and it is not all theirs and it is not all yours. but it is all ours."

"there was darkness before there was light, i guess. we live in between. name is thomas lee // borne somewhere and will die somewhere too // currently living in lawrence, kansas. i reside here because neighbors are not so close and most of them are old and deaf already. downtown where the hipsters are, i can walk amongst them and no one knows about the amps and guitars. no need to scream about the weirdness because i am invisible and alive // they let me walk fast and away. these are my people is one way or another and i refuse to belong to them. live young, die fast and leave an exquisite corpse. i can't explain it any better than that." -tl

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utech (usa) #ur cd003 cd

shawn greenleenysa” compact disc

  • nysa
  • extispicy
  • haruspex
  • auguraculum
  • quadrivium
  • shot with errors
  • vinedresser
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "auguraculum"
sorted disc of mego-lineage computer music/systems from providence-area composer / landed member / pleasurehorse shawn greenlee.
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artist: shawn greenlee
title: nysa
format: cd
edition: 500
length: 37'
trx: 7
catalogue number: urcd003
released: december 9, 2006

recorded: providence, rhode island, 2006.

nysa represents a compendium of turbulence and singularities. the sound for drunken states on mythic mountains. a studio reshaping of several live performances with custom computer programs, gestural input devices, and circuit-bent electronics.

it was assembled throughout 2006 in providence and mixes human aktions with the performance systems: needles(s), high, maenads, and augur. each system utilizes a physical approach for exploring the hidden and creating the esoteric with digital audio. hands move and draw across circuits and codecs. oscillating cryptographs emerge as sonic divinations, interpreted by an ecstatic body. interference reveals noise beneath noise.

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utech (usa) #ur cd002 cd

lasse marhaugspaghetti western rainbow” compact disc

  • spaghetti western rainbow (redux)
  • i quattro dell’apoclalisse oro hondo
  • the endless gundown
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "spaghetti western rainbow"
note: this is a proper, replicated cd-edition, re-issuing this now-classic lasse marhaug session with bonus materials (including a piece done in something of a mail-collaboration with... myself... late last year)

here’s the blurb i originally wrote regarding the cd-r edition:

here’s a nice edition of a september 2004 wnur-fm radio set from norway’s leading bringer of doom, lasse marhaug. lasse completists (of which there are many, certainly enough to justify a larger pressing of this than 50) will want to note that this is, as far as i can tell, the first solo live marhaug release (there have been a few jazzkammer live things, notably the one w/merzbow recorded @ a molde a few years back). taking a step back from recent brutal/all-sound ventures, lasse here dips into a collection of found-sounds and fx, mish-mashing them this way and that, rendering what could be considered a “musical” piece (esp. given the context). i haven’t had this fun listening to what is ostensibly a “noise” record since the merzbow/cock espmusic for man with no name” 7” on fusetron (which shares a similar love for leone/morricone-lineage twang). more proof that mr. marhaug is and continues to be one of the most vital voices in contemporary sound ...
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artist: lasse marhaug
title: spaghetti western rainbow
format: cd
edition: 1000
length: 55'
trx: 4
catalogue number: urcd002
released: october 21, 2006
recorded:
chicago / boston / bergen / oslo.
final mix > oslo > june 6, 2006.

hailing from the land of the rising snow, lasse marhaug has become one of the most commanding and respected sound artists in norway. as a musician and composer he has contributed to cd, vinyl and cassette releases for labels throughout europe, asia and america. aside from solo work, marhaug contributes to several ensembles including nash kontroll (ideal) and a large jazkamer unit (smalltown supernoise) with black metal legends enslaved. having collaborated with artists from varying fields of musik (sunn o))), aaron dilloway and maja ratkje) marhaug's reach extends into musik for theatre, installations and video.

a salvo to ennio morricone, spaghetti western rainbow stands testament to the italian composer's enduring influence. morricone collaborator sergio leone established the spaghetti western genre in 1964 with a fistful of dollars. the director used morricone again to score the remaining two films in his three-part account of greed and violence (for a few dollars more and the good, the bad and the ugly.) leone's critics were struck by his brutal depiction of an unromantic west, but his singular style, camera angles and extension of time made his work different from any western that had come before. lasse marhaug exacts leone's slow, beautiful power and love for expanse with shades of morricone's subtle witchery to create what will inevitably be considered one of his masterworks. harsh, dry passages blend with drifting soundscapes, bird calls and an asseverate guitar figure that promotes an invigorating context for film musik.

issued on utech records [001] as a micro pressing of 100 cdr copies in the winter of 2004. lasse marhuag first performed this music as an improvised laptop work for chicago radio station wnur. this edition finds the original piece remastered and divided into two tracks that open and close the album. two unreleased pieces recorded in boston, bergen and oslo have been added as bonus tracks. various source material contributed by keith fullerton whitman. artwork inspired by the film "the great silence."

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utech (usa) #ur cd001 cd

james plotkinkurtlanmak/damascus” compact disc

  • kurtlanmak
  • damascus
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "kurtlanmak/damascus"
first proper, replicated cd release from keith utech’s juggernaut/label... this a slightly more subdued/sub-aquatic take on guitar-doom from khanate member jim plotkin ...
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artist: james plotkin
title: kurtlanmak/damascus
format: cd
edition: 1000
length: 52'
trx: 2
catalogue number: urcd001
released: september 9, 2006
recorded:

kurtlanmak > nyc > december 27, 2003 > guitar > electronics > pc laptop.
damascus > buenos aires > august 26, 2005 > prepared guitar /trumpet / gongs / drumkit > powerbook.

james plotkin began his musical career as the guitarist for metal band old with vocalist alan dubin. the two would cross paths again under the guise of khanate. in the interim plotkin would become involved in projects ranging from guitar bent soundscape and grind to free improvisation. his body of work spans format and label, recording for avant, hydra head, asphodel, earache, southern lord and archive among others. whether writing, performing, or producing, his output has been invariably unique and extreme.

kurtlanmak/damascus is no exception. recorded live in new york and buenos aires respectively the tracks show a side of james plotkin rarely seen. that of the solo artist. plotkin utilizes two distinct setups for each performance and channels the sound of acoustic instrumentation through the hum of electronic sorcery.

released on utech records [022] as kurtlanmak in the fall of last year, the limited cdr was sold at dates on the khanate "it's cold when birds fall from the sky" tour. the music on this edition has been remastered and the packaging expanded. a second, unreleased recording from argentina is added to complete the disk.

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utech (usa) #ur 047 cd

phantom limb + bisonphantom limb + bison” compact disc recordable

  • get out! you mental horsepill!
  • phantom limb &, when standing by itself, means and bison
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "phantom limb + bison"
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artist: phantom limb & bison
title:
format: cdr
edition: 200
length: 58'
trx: 2
catalogue number: ur-047

recorded: seth misterka at improvised & otherwise festival, brooklyn, ny, 5/7/05.
experimental intermedia: a festival with no fancy name, new york, ny, 3/13/05 (curated by phill niblock)

jaime fennelly (oscillators, bass drum, electronics)
chris forsyth (guitar)
shawn edward hansen (ems synthi & the brothers zoto)
chris heenan (contrabass clarinet)

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utech (usa) #ur 043 cd

frode gjerstad / kjetil d. brandsdalantiphonic” compact disc recordable

  • antiphonic
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artist: frode gjerstad/kjetil brandsdal
title: antiphonic
format: cdr
edition: 200
length: 43'
trx: 6
catalogue number: ur-043
recorded: stavanger, norway, 4/10/05.

frode gjerstad [bass sax, clarinets]
kjetil brandsdal [bass]

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utech (usa) #ur 041 cd

werner moebius / jon mueller / jim schoeneckeramalgam” compact disc recordable

  • amalgam (recorded in milwaukee wi 11/26/05)
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artist: moebius/mueller/schoenecker
title: amalgam
format: cdr
edition: 200
length: 33'
trx: 1
catalogue number: ur-041
recorded: milwaukee, wi, 11/26/05.

werner moebius [computer, devices]
jon mueller [percussion]
jim schoenecker [synthesizer, shortwave radio]

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utech (usa) #ur 040 cd

ultralydthrob and provision” compact disc recordable

  • rhiz vienna (6:49)
  • landmark bergen (13:03)
  • ? (1:52)
  • µ (4:15)
  • ¥ (2:42)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "throb and provision"
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artist: ultralyd
title: throb and provision
format: cdr [ep]
edition: 200
length: 29'
trx: 5
catalogue number: ur-040
recorded:
1.recorded by rhiz at rhiz,vienna,9/14/05.
2.recorded by isak strand at landmark,bergen,5/8/05.
3-5.recorded by mo frott

kjetil d. brandsdal [bass]
kjetil moster [sax on 1,2]
anders hana [guitar]
morten j. olsen [drums, vibes]

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utech (usa) #ur 039 cd

brötthaest/pänybrötthaest/päny” compact disc recordable

  • ho jenta lura oss raett i haelvette
  • bade du
  • ukreng
  • perk/pret
  • novva
  • enten
  • haijll
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "brötthaest/päny"
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artist: brötthaest/päny
title:
format: cdr [ep]
edition: 200
length: 23'
trx: 7
catalogue number: ur-039
recorded:
banking street rehearsal rooms. christmas ‘04.

all instruments by simon schultz, lars myrvoll and martin larsen.

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utech (usa) #ur 032 cd

fessendeninside the ice factory” compact disc recordable

  • (no tracklisting)
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artist: fessenden
title: inside the ice factory
format: cdr
edition: 200
length: 44'
trx: 1
catalogue number: ur-032
recorded:
the ice factory, chicago, il, 11/4/05.

joshua convey [bass]
stephen fiehn [guitar, cd players, ipod]
steven hess [drums]

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utech (usa) #ur 028 cd

sinistritiming the 183k pulse” compact disc recordable

  • tk ii [pt.1]
  • tk ii [pt.2]
  • tk iv [pt.1]
  • tk vi [pt.1]
  • tk ix
  • tk vi [pt.2]
  • tk ii
  • ik xii
  • tk xiii [pt.2]
  • tk iii
  • tk viii
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "timing the 183k pulse"
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artist: sinistri
title: timing the 183k pulse
format: cdr
edition: 200
length: 37'
trx: 11
catalogue number: ur-028
recorded: zona rosa, massa, 8/21/05.

sinistri collective:
manuele giannini [guitar,amp,wah left channel]
mattia di rosa [guitar amp right channel]
roberto bertacchini [drumkit]
dino bramanti [real time basses, pulses, maxmspcode]
alessandro bocci [mixer, synth cd-j, contact mic, effects]
massimo carozzi [am/fm tuner, contact mic, effects]

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