robert hampson “signaux” long playing record

• signaux 1 (17:56)
  
  
• signaux 2 (18:02)

vatican shadow “ornamented walls” long playing record

• operation neptune spear part 1 (live mix rehearsal)
  
• operation neptune spear part 2 (live mix rehearsal)
  
• operation neptune spear part 3 (live mix rehearsal)
  
  
• cairo is a haunted city (mythic chords)
  
• nightforce scopes
  
• yemeni telephone number
  
• india has just tested a nuclear device
  
• church of all images (church of the nsa)
  
• boxes were wired to batteries then loaded into a brown toyota cargo truck

luigi nono / hans van eck “la lontanza nostalgica utopica futura • nuctemeron” double compact disc set

• luigi nono - la lontanza nostalgica utopica futura - start tapes (4:25)
  
• luigi nono - la lontanza nostalgica utopica futura - leggio 1 (6:31)
  
• luigi nono - la lontanza nostalgica utopica futura - leggio 2 (9:03)
  
• luigi nono - la lontanza nostalgica utopica futura - leggio 3 (7:42)
  
• luigi nono - la lontanza nostalgica utopica futura - leggio 4 (8:22)
  
• luigi nono - la lontanza nostalgica utopica futura - leggio 5 (9:31)
  
• luigi nono - la lontanza nostalgica utopica futura - leggio 6 (7:16)
  
  
• han van eck - nuctemeron - 1st hour (1:57)
  
• han van eck - nuctemeron - transition 1 (2:32)
  
• han van eck - nuctemeron - 2nd hour (3:53)
  
• han van eck - nuctemeron - transition 2 (2:00)
  
• han van eck - nuctemeron - 3rd hour (5:01)
  
• han van eck - nuctemeron - transition 3 (3:48)
  
• han van eck - nuctemeron - 5th hour (4:27)
  
• han van eck - nuctemeron - 6th hour (5:14)
  
• han van eck - nuctemeron - 9th hour (3:08)
  
• han van eck - nuctemeron - transition 4 (3:00)
  
• han van eck - nuctemeron - 11th hour (6:32)
  
• han van eck - nuctemeron - 12th hour (4:37)

sub rosa press release...

luigi nono / hans van eck la lontananza nostalgica utopica futura / nuctemeron 2cd digipack + 16 page booklet cd1/ sacd, playable on cd and dvd players cd2/ standard audio cd sr309 - cd1 features luigi nono's la lontananza nostalgica utopica futura (1992), an original title, a unique aesthetic metaphor even: one could say that the past reflected in the present [nostalgica] brings about a creative utopia [utopica]; the desire for what is known becomes a vehicle for what will be possible [futura] through the medium of distance. performed by tiziana pintus /violin and hans van eck /sound projection (the schreck ensemble). - cd2 features hans van eck's nuctemeron (2008), a spiritual voyage as described in the text of apollonius of tyana (93 ad) which serves as the basis for the performance, connected by intermissions. aspects of number symbolism, the four elements and the road to spiritual perfection have found their way into the music. features hans van eck conducting, sound projection tiziana pintus violin caroline erkelens voice, gong ainhoa miranda gimenez bass, alto, b-flat clarinet wilco botermans stratifier evert de cock mixing jan-kees van kampen computers pieter suurmond computers luigi nono (1924-1990) italian avant-garde composer of classical music who remains one of the most prominent composers of the 20th century. nono studied with malipiero at the venice conservatory (1941-5) and with maderna and scherchen, both of whom orientated him towards 12-note serialism (he married schönberg's daughter nuria in 1955). his avant-garde partisanship was inseparable from a commitment to socialism, twin aspects of a revolt against bourgeois culture: hence his avoidance of normal concert genres in favour of opera and electronic music, his frequent recourse to political texts and his work in bringing music to factories. his works include the operas intolleranza 1960 (1961) and al gran sole carico d'amore (1975), the cantata il canto sospeso (1956), orchestral works and tape pieces. much of his music of the 1950s and 1960s has a fervent lyricism; later works tended to be more pessimistic (ein gespenst geht um in der welt, 1971). the schreck ensemble the magic of sounds is for me the most important aspect of music. the foremost goal of my compositions is to make the listener experience sounds as they are, taking him beyond the surface of the music. my musical style might be described as lyrical and colourful. the use of live electronics and soundtracks is so integrated in my way of making music that i cannot do without it. i co-founded the schreck ensemble with the late arie van schutterhoef in 1989 in order to perform music that combines the use of acoustic instruments with the new sounds offered by modern computer technology. my music is published by mcn/donemus, amsterdam.

bernard gagnon “musique électronique (1975-1983)” long playing record

• gwendoline descendue! (1980-81)
  
• sea lunch (1979)
  
• totem ben (1983)
  
• improvisation (1983)
  
  
• dictée (1981)
  
• nous sommes tous des cré basile (1983)
  
• gololo-mashta (1975-1980)

the shadow ring “remains unchanged” double long playing record set

• candle meat
  
• squawk with me
  
• evil & good
  
• birds & booze
  
• squawk with me
  
• media egg
  
  
• tiny creatures
  
• so what of
  
• trying to find
  
• hold onto i.d.
  
  
• the world phone
  
• salt waves
  
• alcove hair & hand
  
• kako dresso
  
• when entrance celebrates champagne
  
  
• the flowing
  
• people
  
• shallows
  
• their minds
  
• and what if

kye press release...

kye 21: the shadow ring 'remains unchanged' 2lp remains unchanged is the long-time-coming archival overview of the shadow ring. spanning the full decade of their existence, remains unchanged offers an alternate account of the group's labor, told through 20 never-before-heard tracks. from the lumbering monotony of 1993's squawk with me, to the funereal glory of 2003's and what if, remains unchanged grants the listener rare access to the secret history of cheriton's greatest underground export. mastered from the original tapes by jason lescalleet, remains unchanged arrives in a full color high gloss gatefold sleeve, with fold-out wall poster in an edition of 1000 copies.

palais schaumburg “palais schaumburg” double long playing record and seven inch single record and compact disc set

• wir bauen eine neue stadt
  
• die freude
  
• gute luft
  
• ahoi, nicht traurig sein
  
• grünes winkelkanu
  
• morgen wird der wald gefegt deutschland kommt gebräunt zurück hat leben noch sinn?
  
• eine geschichte madonna
  
  
• rote lichter (zick zack zz 23, 1980)
  
• glücklich wie nie (zick zack zz 23, 1980)
  
• kinder, der tod (version) (zick zack zz 145, 1982)
  
• telefon (zick zack zz 33, 1981)
  
• kinder, der tod (zick zack zz 33, 1981)
  
• aschenbecher (zick zack zz 145, 1982)
  
• gute luft (live 24.1.1982)
  
• hat leben noch sinn (live 24.1.1982)
  
• herzmuskel (live 24.1.1982)
  
• morgen wird der wald gefegt (live 24.1.1982)
  
• ahoi, nicht traurig sein (live 24.1.1982)
  
• rote lichter (live 24.1.1982)
  
  
• die freude
  
• leckerbissen
  
  
• grünes winkelkanu
  
• ahoi, nicht traurig sein (andreas dorau)

bureau b press release...

palais schaumburg 2-lp (180g) + cd + bonus 7“ release date: october 12th, 2012 the influential german band palais schaumburg has reunited in the classic lineup. since its release in 1981, their debut album has remained in a league of its own: fleet-footed and peculiar, abstract and pop, amateurish and savvy, it showed real alternatives to the then-pervasive crude search for identity found in the "new german wave". the band, which consisted entirely of divergent personalities, has reunited in this formation to rediscover their common ground, further develop, and to perform live. their few recent live concerts in berlin, cologne, and tokyo were met with rapturous reception – and not only from those in their own age group. in this post-sampling era, with the current, dynamic changes in the creation and reception of music, their statement has lost none of its fascination. anyone who sees and hears the combination of idiosyncratic bass riffs (blunck), bizarre yet catchy rhythms (hertwig, blunck), fehlmann's shrill horn and synthesizer fanfares, and hiller's seemingly atonal staccato guitar work and oblique lyrical conglomerates, will immediately comprehend the influence of this band. therefore, we are very pleased to reissue the important original works of palais schaumburg in an appropriate and extended format. what do we mean by that? well, in addition to the actual album, this reissue includes a second cd / lp containing all the pieces that the band recorded prior to their debut album (all of them now for the first time on cd), and a previously unreleased recording of a concert in holland. the limited edition 180 gram vinyl double lp additionally contains a single with four tracks from a concert in hamburg where people from the audience – among them andreas dorau – perform their own versions accompanied by the band. a lavish booklet includes rare photographs and liner notes by chris bohn, editor of the british music magazine "the wire". palais schaumburg – a brief history: in 1980, two students met at the hamburg art academy: thomas fehlmann, who appreciated art and music and wanted to connect them, and the musician holger hiller, who had escaped the fractious hamburg alternative scene, preferring the art school's conservatory of music. the spirit of the early new german wave blew through the country, the first independent labels vied for innovative artists, and the west german post-punk scene began to take shape. hiller and fehlmann brought in fm einheit (from the band abwärts) on drums and the californian chris lunch on bass. but only shortly after the first single, with timo blunck's bass riffs and the adept drumming of ralf hertwig, did the band establish its classic lineup. palais schaumburg played numerous gigs in this lineup and recorded a second single (telefon) – then on the indie label zick zack. the recording of the album was enhanced by the british producer david cunningham (flying lizards). soon the music giant phonogram came along waving a contract. though it was predictable that the album would not exactly be a commercial success, its special position in german pop music soon became clear. the attention the album received was considerable, given the "awkwardness" of the music. even abroad, the qualities of the quartet did not go amiss, especially in the netherlands and great britain. these days, alongside to the central works of the famous krautrock bands, it is one of the most sought-after albums of german avant-garde music internationally. a printed english translation of the lyrics perhaps contributed to album's high profile abroad, as certainly did the appearance of the band: with shaved-up necks, side partings and traditional german jackets, palais schaumburg took a stance against the clothing habits of the punks on the one hand, and the peace movement on the other, toying provocatively with supposedly ur-germanic symbols and meanings. the intention was not merely to be acoustically "different."

sympathy nervous “plastic love” long playing record

• khahi cloud
  
• anatawa suguni
  
• she is lunatic machine
  
• break in the sunday
  
  
• butoubyou no syounen
  
• quick starttype
  
• untitled 1
  
• plastic love
  
• nanikaga....

gus coma “color him coma” double compact disc set

• a word from dear gus (0:53)
  
• güt mörning (2:40)
  
• very smart (it was) (1:01)
  
• are you swede? (0:28)
  
• tourist (0:49)
  
• meet our employees (3:13)
  
• the cup is clean (0:17)
  
• televisions (1:01)
  
• new broom (0:42)
  
• the infiltrators (5:50)
  
• sonar too good (0:44)
  
• the boss's terrible handwriting (2:13)
  
• avril shower (1:24)
  
• topic of cancer (3:23)
  
• it's 09754 (1:14)
  
• say aaah (2:29)
  
• advice to the elderly (1:18)
  
• bak seat driver (0:27)
  
• gus coma expands (0:58)
  
• no more shoes (2:22)
  
• shopping list (6:23)
  
• mr. west today (1:15)
  
• stay at home housewife (2:17)
  
• 'on 99 oooh (0:21)
  
• his own 2 feet (3:06)
  
• bethlehem (0:25)
  
• inteligent (2:07)
  
• directions (3:44)
  
• lemonade 'n' beer (1:47)
  
• his master's vox (1:29)
  
• the wrong guy (2:53)
  
• revlon torturo bunnies (12:25)
  
  
• solid soul gus (2:29)
  
• good morning (2:05)
  
• automation (2:08)
  
• television off (0:54)
  
• broom broom (4:20)
  
• terrible hand (2:29)
  
• climate change (3:10) the revenge of 09754 (2:10)
  
• aaah diddums (2:11)
  
• the old ones (1:33)
  
• bak seat driver (ford anglia mix) (1:53)
  
• elastoplast futures (3:42)
  
• gus coma disco virus (2:15)
  
• no more shoes (save our soles mix) (1:57)
  
• shopping list (panic mix) (1:24)
  
• westerday (4:05)
  
• no more
  
• please! (2:11)
  
• ambient dullard (0:41)
  
• artificial intelligent (3:21)
  
• different directions (1:50)
  
• hmv rip (2:14)
  
• smart guy (3:56)
  
• disco monster (4:18)
  
• muzika conkretti lachrymosa (14:37)

paradigm press release...

gus coma - color him coma (pd 27) 2cd with 8 page poster booklet total time 2hr 22:44 cover by clive graham, poster by gus coma released 2011 the first cd in this set is a reissue of an obscure cassette release from 1983 that was originally released in a small edition on the london based, it’s war boys label. this c60 consisted of 2 distinct halves. side 1 was formed around several mixes of an experimental track, constructed from a room-sized 24 track loop. a version of this track first appeared on the lp flagellation by the just measurers (who were c. d. greyt, yakkö banovic and narki brillans). side 2 is a collage of mostly unused (and some remixed), excerpts from what became the title track of the milk from cheltenham lp, triptych of poisoners. this lp track consisted of a tape collage of the live mixdown of 17 cassette recordings of locked record grooves, simultaneously, with stray radio and an infernal matchbox. the full milk lp is now available on cd via alga marghen. both these lps were also originally it’s war boys projects. as with other releases by these guys nobody worked under the same name twice, but if you are familiar with their soundworld then there will be no mystery, only astonishment. nearly all the session material here was engineered by chris grey, best known for his work with the homosexuals. no production master was ever found for cd1, so one of the actual cassette edition had to be used in its place. however, whilst looking through the archive for the master tape, an alternative version of the tape was found, which although it followed a similar blueprint to cd1 it also contained some very different music, some primitive disco drum programming, and a somewhat more sophisticated sound quality. it was difficult to choose which version to release, so both versions appear here, but at the generous price of a single cd. each cd also contains an additional much longer bonus track at the end that was originally intended as working material for the unfinished milk from cheltenham lp 2. the guest musicians on this cd set are many and varied, but it’s all put together by gus coma, lepke b’s dwarfish cousin, who renounced show-biz to work as a heavy goods vehicle driver. all in, the material here is the strangest and most experimental music to come from the it’s war boys scene. expect gigantic tape loop symphonies, sundry plunderphonics, lo- fi sparks and the voice of jfk, a william burroughs interview (on one track), and a worn out teach yourself english tape. color him coma !

pinkcourtesyphone “elegant & detached” compact disc

• petraglyph (for ranier) (12:14)
  
• sans motif / closer to here than you care to be (15:03)
  
• an awaiting room (for tati) / stars fell (23:20)
  
• millimeters off / non us (tiny) (11:54)
  
• sans many things (bedtime) (9:00)

room40 press release...

pinkcourtesyphone - elegant & detached (cd) rm451 room40 pinkcourtesyphone is an echo of an unfamiliar voice. pinkcourtesyphone remembers two things you hold up to your face as a conduit to forgotten love pinkcourtesyphone permeates like a syrup-y dream. pinkcourtesyphone is many things from many places. pinkcourtesyphone is elegant and detached. this is the second full length call from the pinkcourtesyphone-line; a loquacious interlude on beauty, place, and obsession. the callers voice whispers a wistful yet false love-letter to the cinema of aesthetics from a distant place concerning the things you did... and things you need to have done. about richard chartier richard chartier (b.1971), sound and installation artist, is considered one of the key figures in the current of reductionist electronic sound art which has been termed both “microsound” and neo-modernist. chartier’s minimalist digital work explores the inter-relationships between the spatial nature of sound, silence, focus, perception and the act of listening itself. chartier has previously published two works with room40.

erik m “transfall” compact disc

• austral (21:45)
  
• batfox park (4:08)
  
• klein surface (3:23)
  
• pavlova (9:42)
  
• sossusvlei (5:08)
  
• ursprung (3:09)

room40 press release...

erikm - transfall (cd) rm449 room40 erikm’s transfall is a document of profound gesture. a collection of works that resolve his recent explorations into music and sound for performance, dance and theatre. for almost two decades, erikm has been a major force in contemporary musique concréte. he is a compelling improviser and forthright composer whose work taps into the central linage of sound-object oriented composition emanating from france. developing a highly personal performance and compositional language, erikm’s reputation and position within the emergent generation of concréte composers had led to numerous collaborations with icons such as luc ferrari (room40 issued les protorythmiques in 2007). transfall is an archive of six works linked through new developments in erikm’s compositional philosophies. he notes: the time spent on the composition of some of these pieces gave me the possibility to ‘break out’, that is to get out of my usual processes of ‘degeneration / generation’ of a body or of a multiplicity of ‘pre-existing sound objects’. thus my gesture shifted, i have looked for and recorded my own sound materials. when heard collectively, these compositions take on a presence much more than the sum of their parts. they collect unconventional approaches from an artist whose compositional methodologies are already deeply rooted in experimental traditions. the resulting pieces, and the album as a whole, represent one of erikm’s most personal and resolved works to date. a vision of future explorations mounted within a frame of the artists’ previous sonic understandings.

anthea caddy / thembi soddell “host” compact disc

• dissembling (20:03)
  
• a shut in place (8:23)
  
• intimate geometry (9:57)

room40 press release...

anthea caddy / thembi soddell - host (cd) rm448 room40 for their second major recording project host, australian sound artists anthea caddy and thembi soddell rigorously shape aural representations of physical environments to express psychological experience. recorded in scientifically controlled spaces and unpredictable natural and man-made environments, sampler and cello interact to generate acoustically opposing atmospheres. interwoven with abstracted found sounds, instrument and environment merge to create a dynamic interplay between physical reality, sensory perception and psychological interpretation. host presents an edition of tense electroacoustic compositions that define new, dense, and sonically detailed environments that highlight and shadow the interaction between human psyche and the physical world. biography anthea caddy and thembi soddell have been said to be a “formidable duo” that “deliver a strong and convincing product.” since the release of their first collaborative album, iland, in 2006, they have been commissioned for a number of multichannel concert presentations and gallery installations (immersion, melbourne 2008; westspace gallery, melbourne 2009; parisonic festival, paris, 2011) ; performed internationally at venues and festivals such as instants chavirés (paris), cave 12 (geneva), vibra @ occc (valencia), café oto (london), la malterie (lille), worm (rotterdam), hörkunstfestival (erlangen), and biegungen festival (berlin) ; and regularly participate in major australian experimental music festivals such as liquid architecture and the now now. their work is also discussed in the book experimental music: audio explorations in australia, published by unsw press in 2008.

andrea belfi “wege” compact disc

• a (14:12)
  
• b (14:50)
  
• c (2:20)
  
• d (7:55)

room40 press release...

andrea belfi - wege (cd) rm446 room40 wege translates as ‘path’ and it’s a fitting title for the latest rendering from master percussionist and experimental composer andrea belfi. the albums’ four pieces act as orientation points through some imaginary sonic landscape. wege is belfi’s fourth lp (the first with room40), and stems entirely from compositions completed at two artist-in-residence projects in austria (hotel pupik) and in brussels (q-o2 werkplatz). the album is built around a cyclic electro-acoustic system, through which belfi has developed a complex musical network of possibilities. with this electro-acoustic system, influenced in part by steve reich’s ‘pendulum music’, wege’s four pieces revolve around spiraling interconnections of synthesizer, feedback and drums. belfi explains further: this device creates feedbacks on two drums on my drum kit, and i can modify it by stopping and stretching the drum skins with hands and various kinds of sticks, mallets and brushes, and/or by filtering the feedback with an a modular synthesizer. edited in a quiet apartment in greifswald (germany) a small town on the baltic sea, the record bears marks of the stillness of the surroundings in which it was finalised. there is a sense of hushed awe and a subtle reference to the wind swept coldness of the landscape in these pieces. wege is mastered and mixed by giuseppe ielasi.

richard youngs “rurtain” long playing record

• rurtain (shonny don)
  
• rurtain (keymarno)
  
  
• rurtain (astral social club remix)
  
• rurtain (john clyde-evans remix)
  
• rurtain (oneohtrix point never remix)

él-g “mil pluton” long playing record

• city h
  
• o pluto
  
• blau lunge
  
• sas
  
• pol culte
  
  
• four acts amazon
  
• addio

lorenzo senni “quantum jelly” long playing record

• xmonsterx (13:30)
  
• windows of vulnerability (5:31)
  
  
• makebelieve (8:39)
  
• digital ? tzunami (6:31)
  
• powerage xion4 (4:03)

eli keszler “catching net • installations - compositions” double compact disc set

• cold pin 1 (13:10)
  
• cold pin 2 (14:19)
  
• cold pin 3 (25:36)
  
  
• catching net (16:27)
  
• cold pin (13:19)
  
• collecting basin (10:00)

pan press release...

eli keszler 'catching net' (pan 32) eli keszler drums, percussion, crotales, guitar ashley paul, alto saxophone, bass harp geoff mullen, prepared guitar greg kelley, trumpet reuben son, bassoon benny nelson, cello sakiko mori, piano the providence string quartet: carole bestvater, violin rachel panitch, violin chloë kline, viola laura cetilia, cello catching net is a collection of selected installations and compositions eli keszler created during the last two years. the double-cd set includes both stand-alone recordings of the installations and the integrated ensemble scores performed in conjunction with those installations. the first disc features two ensemble versions of cold pin, previously released in a 2011 lp of the same title on pan, plus a 26-minute, previously unreleased live ensemble recording (mixed sextet and piano quintet; these are captured in contrasting acoustical spaces). the second disc begins with the title track, catching net, a 17-minute score for string quartet and piano with the cold pin installation. the score is fully notated, timed with stopwatch markings rather than tempo or meter. following are two recordings of keszler’s large-scale installations functioning on their own. collecting basin features piano strings / wires up to 250 feet long splayed from a two-story water tower in shreveport / louisiana, across two large, empty water purification basins, which acted as an amplifier for the sounds produced by the installation. a ‘solo’ version of cold pin (without live performers) concludes the album. tracks 1 and 3 on the first disc and track 2 on the second disc were recorded at the historic cyclorama, a massive dome at the boston center for the arts. cold pin was installed directly on a large curved wall in the dome, using micro-controlled motors and beaters to strike extended strings ranging in length from three to 25 feet. born in brookline, massachusetts, visionary composer / percussionist / multimedia artist eli keszler began playing drums at eight, and composing at twelve. before finding an interest in experimental music and improvisation, he played in rock and hardcore bands; his work retains an intense physicality and churning, often ferocious energy. he is a graduate of the new england conservatory, where he studied composition with anthony coleman and ran blake. a self-taught visual artist, his aesthetic outlook owes as much to richard serra and robert smithson as it does to musical icons like xenakis, nancarrow, and ornette coleman. he has collaborated with phill niblock, roscoe mitchell, joe mcphee, loren connors, jandek, and many others, and has recorded more than a dozen cds and lps for esp-disk, rel, and pan. keszler’s installations employ piano wires of varying lengths; these are struck, scraped, and vibrated by microprocessor-controlled motorized arms, giving rise to harmonically complex tones that are percussive yet resonant. these installations are heard on their own and with accompanying ensemble scores. said keszler in a npr all songs considered interview, “i like to work with raw material, like simple sounds, primitive or very old sounds; sounds that won't get dated in any way. i was thinking of ways i could use strings or acoustic material without using pedals or pre-recordings, so the live aspects appealed to me.” in addition, the patterns formed by the overlapping piano wires allow keszler to create visual components that relate directly to the music, without having to use projections or other electronic equipment. the 2xcd is mastered by rashad becker at clunk, in a limited edition of 1000 copies. it is packaged in a pro-press digisleeve jacket which itself is housed in a silk screened pvc sleeve with extensive images from the installations, program notes, sketches of the installations, scores, electronic schematics from the projects, and accompanying drawings and artwork by eli keszler and bill kouligas.

pete swanson “pro style” long playing record

• pro style (6:49)
  
• pro style (vip) (9:06)
  
  
• do you like students? (11:47)

majutsu no niwa “frontera” double long playing record set

• afunruparo
  
• turn to flames
  
• frontera
  
  
• majutsu no niwa (magikal garden)
  
• thousands of nights, thousands of days
  
• journey to the end of the night (voyage au bout de la nuit)
  
  
• night cruise
  
• lurking all over
  
• beyond the steel rails
  
  
• la vena

new vague press release...

nv-0012 majutsu no niwa frontera fukuoka rinji (vocals, guitar, violin) kageyama hiroyuki (bass, acoustic guitar) morohashi shigeki (drums, percussion) sachiko (electronics) deluxe 2lp reissue of the first studio album by majustu no niwa (the band that rose from the ashes of the mighty overhang party). originally released on a japanese only cd this vinyl version includes an extra track from the same sessions left off the cd due to time constraints. we get crunching psychedelic rock, an acoustic comedown then a final 22+ minute feedback and electronic laden journey into the void. pressed by rti on hq 180 gm vinyl (the only 180gm produced in the us that matters) and housed in a heavy tip-on gatefold jacket. all around a beautifully presented item and it comes into the world in a limited edition of 500.

le son de l’os “old sun” long playing record

• carpathia
  
• abandoned horses
  
  
• past imperfect
  
• vert de gris

matt carlson “all moments” long playing record

• a moment
  
• raindrop garden
  
• field electric
  
• reality club
  
  
• a lock against oblivion
  
• standing wave
  
• all moments

nna tapes press release...

nna050: matt carlson “all moments” lp nna is proud to present our 50th release, matt carlson’s “all moments” long-playing record. where 2011 s “particle language” lp acted as a study in texture and density within experimental synthesizer music, “all moments” finds carlson engaging with the more traditional musical materials of melody, harmony, and rhythm, calling to mind his work as one half of portland, or duo golden retriever. the pieces on this record range from shorter pop études to longer, more open improvisatory synth studies, retaining a sense of playfulness and expressiveness within a highly focused and calculated framework. recorded to four-track cassette and primarily hand-played with very little-to-no auto arpeggiation, “all moments” captures an often-overlooked warmth and human quality in electronic music, emphasized further by carlson’s use of modal and tonal vocal studies, electronically transformed by his use of the vocoder. the result is a well-rounded collection of colorful, exuberant electronic music. mastered and cut by lupo at dubplates & mastering, berlin. artwork by jason traeger.

phork “discrepancies” c50 cassette

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nna tapes press release...

nna048: phork “discrepancies”c50 nna is proud to present “discrepancies”, the latest full-length from the people’s higher order of royal kinship. neal reinalda has created a highly unique strain of surrealist techno collage using a high brow palette of sound that borrows not only from traditional electronic dance music, but also from another place entirely… sounds that are perplexing as they are refreshing, familiar as they are understated. field recordings and other naturally-occurring sonics find their place comfortably amongst delicate, watery rhythms and painterly percussion, all wrapped up in a pop art sensibility.

freddy ruppert “wait” c20 cassette

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nna tapes press release...

nna047: freddy ruppert “wait”c20 deviating stylistically from his previous work with former ghosts and this song is a mess and so am i, los angeles-based musician freddy ruppert has constructed a forboding collage of churning industrial soundscapes. “wait” is a highly personal collection of deliberately anti-climactic processed acoustics, from glassy piano fragments to deep, rumbling bells. while remaining bestial and dark, the sounds on “wait” retain an emotionally complex and organic energy; a calculated exercise in tension and restraint, existing intimately in a place of no resolution.

le révélateur “horizon fears” c22 cassette

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nna tapes press release...

nna046: le révélateur “horizon fears”c22 following up stellar releases on the root strata and gneiss things labels, montréal, quebec music veteran roger tellier-craig offers us his latest collection of crystalline electronics as le révélateur. “horizon fears” explores virtual settings through highly evocative and sparkling hi-fi electronics, spanning a wide array of moods and themes. always a dedicated purist, tellier-craig specializes in assembling pulsing electronics and inventive melodies as interlocking parts, creating a colorful and highly visual grid of fine-tuned pieces that operate flawlessly as a whole.

reines d’angleterre “globe et dynastie” compact disc

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bo’weavil press release...

globe et dynastie cd reines d'angeleterre bo’ weavil is totally psyched to have the opportunity to release the second album by reines d'angleterre. this time a thoroughly studio affair. reines d’angleterre is a fascinating collaboration between avant outsider musician ghédalia tazartès and two electronic botanists, èlg and jo aka opéra mort. this lp covers more of the wild ground the band started with on “les comores” released back in 2010, but going further into a musical terrain that defies definite description … a slow trip into wizards intimacy, synthetic jungles, underseas zoos and tibetan-industrial complexes. it feels like one has stumbled into disturbing dreams from a different realm. a quality of mystery, trickery and halucinatory movements slip and shift across the recording. this is out there music, experimental music with no fixed abode with a unique quality that defies most things today.

stephanie hladowski / c joynes “the wild wild berry” compact disc

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bo’weavil press release...

the wild wild berry cd stephanie hladowski & c joynes this is the first recordings for bo’ weavil by english folk singer stephanie hladowski, coming together with regular recording artist c joynes. the wild wild berry a highly individual record, that accents both their respective styles. chris’ melodic beauty is equally matched by stephanie’s turn of phrase. the album contains their renditions of eleven british traditionals, some better known than others. all the songs were mostly selected from archive recordings at cecil sharp house, and chosen on the basis of something unique about the original recording rather than the song itself. nothing about the record is a let down, the simple melodies and powerful authority that both exhibit make this a recording that one will play a thousand times over.