burning star core “inside the shadow” compact disc

• inside the shadow (w. metals) (14:49)
  
• now united (7:32)
  
• inside the shadow (9:48)

hospital productions press release...

catalog: hos-212 artist: burning star core title: inside the shadow format: cd a reissue of an obscure tour only recording from 2005 brings to the light the flickering dance of mr yeh and his dives into organic drone music. unlike the majority of his electronic compositions inside the shadow reveals three textures brought to life with violin, chimes and bells that defy most of the contemporaries limitations to synth only exercises. yeh proves the heart of landscape oriented linear composition is only limited by the imaginations of the creators and brings warmth to an otherwise cold genre with the flame of inside the shadow.

joe musgrove “music from an unremarkable room” long playing record

• music from an unremarkable room (1) (20:30)
  
  
• music from an unremarkable room (2) (20:30)

pleasing everyone all the time press release...

kevin drumm “second (reissue)” compact disc

• .cynicism is the stuff laugh riots are made of. (23:48)
  
• ..all morning and half the afternoon.. (1:55)
  
• ...we both liked the view... (22:01)

perdition plastics press release...

release date: january 2010 artist: kevin drumm title: second format: full-length cd (47 minutes) label: perdition plastics catalogue number: per 010.2 this is the first re-issue of kevin drumm’s second since its original appearance and out-of-print status in 1999. in a limited edition of 500 copies, perdition plastics is delighted to make this work available once again. drumm is well-known and respected as a composer and improvisational player. second is indeed drumm’s second solo release being comprised of three compositions. by appearing, disappearing, and reappearing, subtle and dissonant sounds characterize an internal dialogue within an almost filmic scenario. foreshadowing his later, dark, ambient drone work, second utilizes a variety of sources including: guitar, organ, accordion, and analogue synth finalized to computer to create this unique document within his extensive output. compositionally precise and intricate, minute details emerge and illustrate the scope of drumm’s range.

kevin drumm “kevin drumm (reissue)” compact disc

• untitled (1) (7:26)
  
• untitled (2) (3:03)
  
• untitled (3) (9:37)
  
• untitled (4) (5:14)
  
• untitled (5) (9:47)
  
• untitled (6) (3:01)
  
• untitled (7) (17:09)

perdition plastics press release...

release date: january 2010 artist: kevin drumm title: kevin drumm (self-titled) format: full-length cd (56 minutes) label: perdition plastics catalogue number: per 007.2 this is the first re-issue of kevin drumm’s self-titled premiere solo recording since its original appearance in 1996. perdition plastics is honored to make drumm’s foundational work available again in a limited edition of 500 copies. kevin drumm is an established and respected composer and improvisational player. he emerged as a notable presence in the thriving chicago avant music scene of the ‘90s. this release introduced drumm with seven tracks of improvised, advanced tabletop guitar. recorded directly to digital audio tape without edits or overdubs, drumm evokes a powerful new perspective in guitar sound and method. by contrasting sparseness and complexity, drumm links improvised new music with electronic composition. this sedate, monochromatic package helped further obscure listener expectations.

tatsuya nakatani / forbes graham “essences” compact disc

• cardamom (8:15)
  
• vanilla (7:45)
  
• lavender (5:46)
  
• myrrh (10:18)
  
• basil (5:13)
  
• sage (4:15)
  
• sandalwood (5:28)

blaq lghtn press release...

blaq002 - tatsuya nakatani/forbes graham “essences” cd a recording of a meeting between trumpet player forbes graham and percussionist tatsuya nakatani, essences is shamanic, ceremonial, and yet urgent. nakatani is practically orchestral on this disc, wielding an arsenal of bells, bowls, and gongs. graham switches between trumpet and piccolo trumpet, although most would be hard pressed to tell which he is playing. starting off in a meditative, sonorous state and building to a pattering panoply of rhythms, essences is an exploration of the folding and unfolding of mysteries and secrets.

forbes graham “i won’t stop” compact disc

• drowned
  
• this is the key
  
• in my dreams
  
• heaven
  
• we won't stop
  
• echoes
  
• ghost howls
  
• for you, lily

blaq lghtn press release...

blaq001 - forbes graham “i won’t stop” cd combining material from “everybody’s gone” and newer tracks “drowned”, “echoes”, and “ghost howls”, avant trumpeter forbes graham’s newest release “i won’t stop” successfully traverses multiple genres. modern improvisation meets noise, glitchy electronics, noise, and more on this cd.

id m theft able “babb's bridge” long playing record

• hurricane
  
• covered bridge and wilsen roads
  
• hooded mergansers in the melt
  
• "hums" and "myths" ('hams and 'mouths)
  
• presumpscot vapor strands
  
  
• gasps and asterisks 2 (whom beyond doowoe) ?
  
• gambo powder mill explosions
  
• babb's bridge

john w. fail “the 15,000 day boat trip” long playing record

• the 15,000 day boat trip • part 1 (17:37)
  
  
• the 15,000 day boat trip • part 2 (15:14)

8mm press release...

8mm 038 the 15.000 day boat trip lp it happens every so often, something astounding arrives out of nowhere. like a revelation from another era that has been trapped between dimensions, floating endlessly through the empty layers of space and time and then suddenly arriving like an ancient message in a bottle. the message: “the 15,000 day boat trip” a stunning  soundtrack to an imaginary travel through the oceans of the mind, and the wonderful diary of a lonely traveller across the world. my word: this record sounds like nothing you’ve ever heard before, a strange alchemy between styles. completely without genre and extending beyond the boundaries of the infinite! decades of avant garde, are homaged together in a sort of “harmonic schizophrenia” in this unique distillation of (electro) acoustic music, sound collage, spectral folk passages, free improvisation, and an almost orchestral arrangement for violin and strings. each subject is particularly approached and concurring in the creation of an ancestral form of a “blues” hybrid. if what you ask from a record is the chance to travel with your imagination, close your eyes and you’ll be somewhere between atlantis and utopia floating in the hold of this ship full of ghosts! music composed, performed and edited by john w. fail (cenotaph audio label, past releases on dronedisco, ultra eczema,  lied music, spiral joy band) mastered by ruradith sadancahaan. massive nautical-style silkscreened artwork and inserts  by cavalo branco. handnumbered and limited to 300 copies. i love this album cheers luca massolin

ramleh “valediction” compact disc

• i,ii
  
• iii. iv
  
• v
  
• vi

second layer press release...

ramleh valediction second layer records after witnessing a whitehouse performance in 1982 gary mundy was inspired to found both the pivotal label broken flag, and ramleh – a power electronics project whose initial, hugely influential recordings and shows were violent sonic outbursts of desperate, confrontational and barely controlled screaming feedback with a slightly psychedelic edge. this first incarnation of ramleh, although rightly considered a seminal project in the power electronics scene, were only active for a mere two years (although much of their released material only surfaced after this period), and in 1984 the project was put on an indefinite hiatus. mundy, however, was keen to push on and investigate new territories, and ramleh was resurrected a couple of years later as an equally pioneering and influential improvised noise rock project who, along with ‘sister group’ skullflower, proceeded to send seismic tremors through the international noise underground that are still being felt (and perhaps only truly understood) today. in 1997, after a run of boundary-pushing singles and albums, this ‘rock’ version of ramleh was also laid to rest. however, some five years later, mundy decided to once again return to the project, and ramleh were reborn a second time. at first continuing in an improvised noise rock vein – albeit with a more driving, stripped down sound – and then, in 2008, finally returning to an exploration of their power electronics roots. now we are lucky enough to have both rock and power electronics incarnations of ramleh active concurrently – the former consisting of mundy along with long-term collaborator anthony di franco (ax, ethnic acid, jfk, skullflower etc.) on bass and martyn watts (danielle dax, breathless) on drums; and the latter of just mundy and di franco. after a new ‘rock’ 10-inch ep co-released earlier this year by black rose recordings and an also resurrected broken flag, second layer records are extremely proud to present valediction - the first all new ramleh album since 1997, and the first new power electronics recordings from the project for 25 years. and yet valediction is no ordinary “power electronics” record, nor is it anything as straightforward as simply a return to their roots. valediction is very much an entity of its own – both consolidating and expanding upon everything ramleh have touched on in the past, but also digging into entirely fresh ground for the band. valediction is, perhaps, ramleh’s most bleakly psychedelic creation so far.

noise nomads “to live as jakals” long playing record

• teeth of the leper bite slowly
  
  
• still dripping
  
• expecting more than you deserve

bonescraper press release...

bruce russell “left-handed blows: writing on sound 1993-2009” book

• left-handed blows: towards a technique of incognito
  
• ten aphorisms in lieu of an editorial policy for logopandocy
  
• what is free?: a free noise manifesto
  
• a little aesthetic discourse: a dialogue between alastair galbraith and bruce russell
  
• contra-fludd/contra-kepler: the disharmony of the spheres extolled in ten theses
  
• heaven on earth is always a beguiling prospest: a dialogue between danny butt and bruce russell
  
• to think is to speculate with images: rosicrucian linguistics revisited as semiological discourse
  
• tuplas
  
• poi$on + lie$ = money + death - the axe interview
  
• on the guitar: practical materialism - lesson one
  
• the real ‘driver ufo’ - douglas lilburn: complete electro-acoustic works
  
• thinking my head to the sky: practical materialism - lesson two
  
• points of reference: here to go
  
• midnight crossroads tape recorder blues
  
• concerning the duende: practical materialism - lesson three
  
• celestial disharmonies: retuning the ears of the world with sound art
  
• time under the rule of the commodity: notes towards an epistemology of tape music
  
• silver machines and stone henges: pumping the pipe organ of psycho-social mind control
  
• battering down all chinese walls
  
• dub me tender: a brief personal history of the sound recording as an artistic medium
  
• why i make recordings
  
• caution: analogue artist at work!

clouds press release...

left-handed blows: writing on sound 1993-2009 by bruce russell published 2009 by clouds, auckland, nz 128 pages preface by alastair galbraith  ‘left-handed blows’ is a collection of essays written by bruce russell (dead c.) reflecting on sound, improvisation and critical action in the field of culture. about the title these are days when no one should rely unduly on his ‘competence’. strength lies in improvisation. all the decisive blows are struck left-handed.  walter benjamin (1928). ‘one-way street’ summary of contents the contents of the volume were first written for ‘logopandocy: the journal of vain erudition’ originally published with compact discs on the corpus hermeticum label, as liner notes for other compact discs, or as catalogue essays and journalistic pieces. there are also a theoretical introduction and conclusion, which provide a framework within which these occasional pieces can be collectively understood. essays 1999-2008 left-handed blows: towards a technique of incognito practical materialism lesson 1: on the guitar practical materialism lesson 2: thinking my head to the sky practical materialism lesson 3: concerning the duende time under the rule of the commodity celestial disharmonies: retuning the ears of the world with sound art the real ‘driver ufo’: douglas lilburn in memoriam (the wire) battering down all chinese walls (the wire) why i make recordings (revue et corrigee) caution: analogue artist at work! logopandocy 1994-97 what is free? a free noise manifesto contra-fludd/contra-kepler: the disharmony of the spheres extolled in ten theses a little aesthetic discourse: a dialogue between alastair galbraith and bruce russell heaven on earth is always a beguiling prospect: a dialogue between danny butt and bruce russell ‘to think is to speculate with images’: rosicrucian linguistics revisited as semiological discourse ten aphorisms in lieu of an editorial policy for logopandocy liner notes 1997-2008 ralf wehowsky tulpas 1997 ralf wehowsky points of reference 2003 birchville cat motel gunpowder temple of heaven 2008 bruce russell midnight crossroads tape recorder blues 2005 bruce russell 21st century field hollers and prison songs 2007 interview 1999 ‘poi$on + lie$ =  money + death’ bruce russell interviewed by marco fusinato in axe no. 19, ed. john nixon and marco fusinato about the author bruce russell is a practitioner in sound, who since 1987 has been a member of the dead c. this genre-dissolving new zealand trio, mixes rock, electro-acoustics, noise and improvisation in equal measures. he has also been active as a solo artist, and directed two of new zealand’s vanguard labels, xpressway and corpus hermeticum.   he is currently studying at rmit towards a doctorate in sound. this seeks to establish a theory of the social utility of improvised sound work, building on guy debord’s critique of the commodity-spectacle, walter benjamin’s reflections on time and commodity fetishism, and karl marx’s theory of value.

sabu orimo “wind songs” long playing record

• improvisation of the wind #1
  
• improvisation of the wind #2
  
• improvisation of the wind #3
  
• improvisation of the wind #4
  
  
• improvisation of the wind #5
  
• improvisation of the wind #6
  
• improvisation of the wind #7
  
• improvisation of the wind #8

siwa press release...

sabu orimo : wind songs lp following a number of small run releases (and an appearance on a recent volume of psf 's tokyo flashback series) here's a vinyl only set of sabu orimo's solo shakuhachi work. recorded by orimo in 2007-2008 and played on unlacquered natural bamboo flutes. with an approach to his instrument described as "japanese old stone age style" (or the somewhat misleading term 'noise shakuhachi') orimo might be said to be working on the fringes (of the fringes) of japan's broadly defined 'psychedelic' scene. that said one could ask if siwa's motives here might not just be a case of trying to peddle 'the hated music' behind a veil of blatant exoticism. yes that does mean that after a number of rock/folk moves we're dishing up some more exquisite 'improv'. and you deserve it. heavy weight vinyl only edition of 299 in five color handpulled screen printed sleeves.

preggy peggy / the lazy babymakers “get an ace case of the measles” long playing record

• come ravage the rice in my rug
  
• shep makes coffee
  
• how so ever far
  
• not a dry eye in g-unit
  
• amonia blud.
  
• legs n. ahll & “lucky” lester lickley meet sammy the one-eyed pirate .. in the dark !
  
• play meaty for me
  
• buttermouthed buckslappers of fu manchu
  
• saul peels an onion
  
• the circle with a hole in the middle

ultra eczema press release...

ultra eczema 63 preggy peggy and the lazy babymakers; get an ace case of the measles lp while my face drips with pus, yellow soup, manjuice and morning youghurt, i finally got an injection against measles, which i also suffered from until i found out about preggy peggy and the lazy babymakers (both thru a cdr on the great chocolate monk and on preggy's own "being weird isn't enough records"!), i thought they deserved it more then i did. as a "price" i could release their record inspired by the subject matter. which became a beautiful audiobook like a madman's guide to alienville! the medicine these chaps have to use makes em sing in different colours and add styles to eachother that never heard of eachother's existence.  preggy peggy and the lazy babymakers basicly got started because of angela sawyer's (boston based psycho recordcollector and owner of the great weirdo records store!) compulsive need to overdub a mountain of voices over a mountain of strange instruments played by ja, the other preggy who aparantly "lives on one of new england's gray shabby beaches with a couple of miniature fluffy dogs"! they never play live, it is probably pretty impossible to do live anyway, and style wars it sort of comes near sun city girls jams with francois dufrene, remixed by a texas hill billy..  both members were in a mountain of bands noone ever heard of, such as; pig sex, the pie plate band, the cool breeze, jet jaguar backing band, phenomenological boys, stick a fork in it, laser laser laser laser, the white people, cough syrup, the saliva sisters, giacinto scelsi tribute band, white cocaine, my son's coloring book, the whoop whoop girls, jimmy & the waffles, n. soseki/t. hatsuro, the kantian project, instant distance mental powers, the whistle band, byron, jimmy & gerard, les garcons sur la plage, life partners, the a minor project, moshi moshi i am the decider, goils goils & fripped, swastika niggers, sun shine sanitarium, the cloud club, scarcity of tanks, the depressed horns, fleetwood sac & the sex-havers, human hairs, grizzler big band, exusamwa, duck that, etc.. comes in a collaged cover with a new born baby on it and prince charles and an insert.

a middle sex / temperatures “unclean yawn b/w bifurcation” long playing record

• a middle sex - unclean yawn (16:14)
  
  
• temperatures - bifurcation (16:23)

carnivals press release...

car001: a middle sex/temperatures a middle sex are a trio from manchester. on 'unclean yawn' they weave together marathon syncopated drumming, choral singing with static drones and voices that float in through the cracks and join the party of stalactites above. bookended by sunburned guitar and swirls of ecstatic vocals, you might just dream about the lions again. 'unclean yawn' drifts between bleached visions of distant 'pop' music and nauseating, nerve-fried habitats. temperatures grapple their way through 16 minutes of enveloping decay in 'bifurcation'. weirdo vocals loop themselves into a rage of gin and pain killers before riding the wet concrete wave of total abyss. overblown electronics and submerged bass dance to the death with drums that carousel and shuffle in deep, sparse rhythm before imploding in a head down, rifle-fire free work out. 300 copies.

matrix metals “flamingo breeze” long playing record

• flamingo breeze (14:46)
  
  
• ray ban meltdown (10:20)
  
• tanning salon (3:56)

grippers nother onesers “(live at slimer beach)” long playing record

• alien breeze transistor
  
• after dark cravings
  
• big radio circus midget
  
• stone cold cvs grip
  
• overjuiced suicidal leather cupid
  
• glue sniffing prowler
  
• space cake hitchhiker
  
  
• space cake hitchhiker
  
• highway nightstalker overture
  
• highway night stalker
      “psycho profiles/head voice”
  
• feed the shadow
  
• melted junk food box

olde english spelling bee press release...

oesb-43 grippers nother onesers (at slimer beach) lp  completely remastered issue of a cult classic tape from 2004/2006. limited to 450 copies. pro-printed black & white covers and insert.  also known as: lamborghini crystal "1992 cool runnings holiday" released 2006 on cassette on new age tapes. recorded 2004 in the parking lot of the jim daytona avenue 711 memorial. dedicated to richard ramirez. grippers nother onesers is a channeling of teenage mutant glue sniffing psycho dreams, a prelude to the psychotic beach bum depression induced by junkfood and huffing siphoned gas out of the oscar meyer mobile. "after dark cravings" starts out with a voice saying ''hello earthlings'' which is an alien mistaking a candy bar for the higher life form inhabitants of earth's soft analog air minimal lo-fi satanic ritual resinated at the bottom of a plastic bong. ashes of the charles manson family band. a flash of memories of a grateful dead tape playing after you picked up a psycho hitchhiker. jim carrey self-consciousness about his new nose job at the oscars, being a vessel for the voice of the omnipresent leviathan comprised of lost souls stranded naked on the shoulder of the fast lane. 'aside from the heavy richard ramirez zone i wanted the record to have the feeling of when you find a half empty bottle of anti-psychotics and just see the name of the owner and you wonder where that person is now - ptc so please enjoy this space caker from the heaven's waiting room of custom s.r.o. song booth stars.

bruce mcclure “vouchsafe me more soundpicture (fain make glories)” long playing record

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• untitled (2)
  
  
• untitled (3)
  
• untitled (4)

olde english spelling bee press release...

oesb-36 bruce mcclure "vouchsafe me more soundpicture (fain make glories)" lp  bruce mcclure is well known on the international experimental film circuit for his unique projector performances that utilize film loops & modified 16mm projectors. but there is also an equally innovative sound element to his work and he has been embraced by the experimental music community as well. bruce performed at the chocolate monk curated "colour out of space" festival in 2008 and was chosen as an opening act for throbbing gristle's reunion tour in the spring of 2009. during mcclure's performances the optical sound signals from each projector are fed through banks of guitar pedals, manipulated live, and played at extremely high volumes through the p.a. system. the different loops phase in and out of each other resulting in what could be described as a power electronics version of the early tape experiments of steve reich and terry riley, while sparser sections have an off-kilter minimal techno feel reminiscent of plastikman and the early works of thomas brinkmann. this album features four excerpts from a professionally recorded performance in early 2009 at the walker art center in minneapolis, mn. edition of 375 copies in heavy duty covers silkscreened by monoroid.

flashback repository “s/t” long playing record

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• untitled (2)

olde english spelling bee press release...

oesb-30 flashback repository "s/t" lp remastered issue of an obscure tape from the mysterious outer limits collective (wingdings / explorers / matrix metals / foxy baby / yoga / 90210 / etc). limited to 425 copies in pro-printed duo-tone sleeves with a 5-page essay booklet. the flashback repository is a storehouse of collective waste consciousness from all beings of the universe, i.e. all unfiltered myth & material of the human/alien/animal mind, laying dormant in a hidden dimension resembling a disposal area or transfer station somewhere within our spectral plane. a vast depot for all universal race memory that passes beyond our mortal earthly cognition and subconscious apparatus. this reposited latent substance is available to all organisms within our particular sphere, all beings earthy and paranormal. the recordings here represent the three main stages of unconscious withdrawal: "glimpse", "recurrence", and "manifestation" - they are a blue print of sorts. there may be a possibility of the retrieval of materials - the recycling of this substance alongside the development of individual real-time understanding of eternal materials and impressions that are constantly escaping our sensory grip. the repository shows itself as what appears to be part of an undivided whole, a section manifested in our dimensional field through thin channels of emotion & vibration. these phenomena are the result of direct brain-repository contact, a glimpse into the infinite plenitude of energy and data housed by the repository. with each glimpse, each peek through these looking-glass channels, the mind gains a deeper insight into the potentials hibernating within the data-pool and the particular characteristics and movements of the repository. it is important to note that the usage of the word 'flashback' connotes not only the re-collection or re-existence of memory and dream data from the past, but also the future. for instance one can 'flash forward' just as easily and achieve the desired results. - outer limits inc.

pussygutt “gathering strengths” long playing record

• gathering strengths • silence within (20:00)
  
  
• gathering strengths • spirit walker (15:06)

olde english spelling bee press release...

oesb-19 pussygutt "gathering strengths" lp  third full-length release from this boise, idaho duo following two critically acclaimed efforts - the "sea of sand" double-lp on oesb and "she hid behind her veil" cd on 20 buck spin. pussygutt continue to develop their unique brand of doom soundtrack heaviness on gathering strengths, which features two side-long compositions titled "silence within" & "spirit walker". clarinets, violin, and cello are all prominent - lending this album even more of an avant-classical feel than previous efforts. the band calls this album "an esoteric meditation on soul and nature" and they cite alvin lucier, henry gorecki, and arvo part as primary influences for these recordings - along with the funeral doom of groups like nortt, catacombs, and celestiial. packaged in heavy duty covers silkscreened by monoroid, limited and numbered edition of 550 copies.

graham lambkin “dumb answer to miracles” book and compact disc recordable set

• lovely hardcover book of graham lambkin’s writings replete with a disc of music !!!

• introduction
  
• the world’s a toy
  
• and to whom do i owe my life?
  
• we’re complex piss
  
• here do women work?
  
• patrick aggression
  
• pride of the pack
  
• book
  
• da / seconds out
  
• clap if you can hear me
  
• elf gnome
  
• feeling the colonel’s rage
  
• he’s a pig for power
  
• drop inspection
  
• corn
  
• cradle and birth
  
• dumb answer to miracles
  
• captain colic
  
• each and every day
  
• buried with me bits
  
• uro
  
• temple ash
  
• dr. quackenbush
  
• lust stud
  
• poon tweedle
  
• weight of power
  
• i am a lighthouse
  
• met calf
  
• beak
  
• skin it
  
• sir simon time
  
• loveland frog
  
• down crying in force
  
• you of fame
  
• casooks
  
• i have a wife
  
• jumpskins
  
• simon watersnake
  
• people
  
• different shaped faces
  
• square rock square roll
  
• the serpent and the speedway driver
  
• i’m some songs
  
• paper island
  
• rock to run
  
• you testing me?
  
• unit one
  
• long paul pedigree
  
• we got shit for a king
  
• pleasures bore
  
• tomb of speed

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penultimate press press release...

graham lambkin dumb answer to miracles limited edition book - 250 copies. hardcover, numbered with cd. cover illustration graham lambkin 'dumb answer to miracles' is the first official publication of writings by graham lambkin. previously 20 copies of a signed private edition entitled 'tomb of speed' were circulated amongst friends, colleagues and mail order customers. this collection gathers all the 'tomb of speed' writings, a handful of lambkin's lyrics he wrote for the band shadow ring and many unpublished works. these writings entertain as much as they baffle, happily wandering the glorious pastures of open bewilderment. the ordinary dons the fantastic, the uncanny flirts with the comical and a private world is open to those with an explorative constitution. what response can one gain from such writings? it's this uncomfortable familiarity or comforting unease that haunts the entire oeuvre of graham lambkin. the beautiful odd. the eldritch normality. the leek in milk sauce. published by penultimate press, london, dec - 2009