gregor cürten / anselm rogmans “planes” compact disc

• planes i (18:06)
  
  
• planes ii (18:10)

entr’acte press release...

gregor cürten & anselm rogmans planes cd (e138) recorded on 11 may 1974 without interrupting the course of the music. composed by gregor cürten & anselm rogmans. initially released in 1974 as a private press lp, this is the first official reissue of planes, produced in close collaboration with gregor cürten. remastered from the original master tapes by giuseppe ielasi. with thanks to ian middleton and clive graham edition of 300 copies

gerhard rühm “verlautbarungen” compact disc

• glaubensbekenntnis (1973) (3:49)
  
• gruppendynamik (1982) (2:36)
  
• der wallfahrt lohn (1982) (3:56)
  
• rausch (1972) (3:10)
  
• seufzerprozession (2009) (3:36)
  
• ungleiche brüder (2001) (1:37)
  
• verlautbarung. eine sprechstudie in amtsdeutsch (2006) (3:33)
  
  
• expressionen (1952-1954) (3:45)
  
• gebet (1954) (0:56)
  
• atemgedichte (1954) (0:54)
  
• hymne an lesbierinnen (1956) (1:18)
  
• phonetische meditation (1985) (3:46)
  
• lautgedichte (2000) (2:04)
  
• aleatorische und symmetrische lautstudie (2006) (1:17)
  
• 12! ein zahlengedichte (1979) (2:49)
  
  
• zwei anektdotische sprechduette (2012) (2:15)
  
• pressenotizen (2000) (4:44)
  
• schweine, menschen, engel (2001) (5:59)
  
• glaube liebe hoffnung (2002) (2:45)
  
• getäuschtes vertrauen (2007) (4:46)
  
• gebären und bestatten (2007) (3:45)
  
• schimpfduett (1:11)
  
• sprechtänze (2008) (4:33)

tochnit aleph press release...

gerhard rühm verlautbarungen tochnit aleph ta107 cd presenting 37 solo text-pieces, phonetic poems and poetry duets (with monika lichtenfeld) written and composed between 1952 and 2010. recorded 2011 at piethopraxis tonstudio, cologne by marcus schmickler. comes with 24 page booklet with liner notes by gerhard rühm in english & german. gerhard rühm (b.1930) is an austrian writer, visual artist, composer, performer of experimental / phonetic poetry, radio and theatre author and publisher. he is considered one of the most important artists of experimental poetry. he studied piano and composition at the national academy of music and interpretative arts in vienna and later received private tuition from josef matthias hauer. he lives in cologne and vienna. gerhard rühm was a founding member of the “wiener gruppe” (1954-1960) with friedrich achleitner, h.c. artmann, konrad bayer, and oswald wiener. given the radicalism of their writing, works of art, and happenings, the group is considered to be the first avantgarde movement in austria, thus contributing decisively to the origin of the vienna actionism. rühm belongs to the classics of modern german-language literature. scores of new genres, such as "visual music", "auditory poetry" and "gestural drawing", are among his wide-ranging, heterogenous work that emerges from the interface of literature, visual art and music. his work, which bears the influence of expressionism and dadaism, is often based on ready-made material taken from everyday life, which he then adapts using a particular formula. in a spirit of play, and without subjecting himself too rigidly to self-imposed rules, astounding, multi-layered effects of meaning emerge from an extreme concentration of means.

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.

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

unchained “happy stirrup” double long playing record set

• falsini fop or blade
  
• spetters
  
  
• crystal drops of quilmes
  
  
• the happy stirrup
  
• suncanal
  
• licking tides
  
  
• anlehnung (bonus track)
  
• reflections (bonus track)
  
• grenze (bonus track)
  
• gateway evening colours (bonus track)

work/death “interstitial” c20 cassette

• simplified methods for imperfect messages - side one
  
  
• simplified methods for imperfect messages - side two

three songs of lenin press release...

tsol.14 work/death : interstitial c20 focused mechanistic studies of impulse, system failure and transmission capacities. reducing all personal language to on/off duration pattern-age over noisy channels. junk sound slipping against itself. side 1 is more minimal hollow klang of repeatedly closing doors. side 2 pushes dense chatter to where quantitative becomes qualitative. engineers at bell labs in the late 1950's struggle to teach a switching relay to imagine david tudor's 'rainforest'. first new tapes in 2 years as well as first recordings using the small speaker array and resonant objects which have been the basis of recent live performances (ende tymes fest, buffalo noise fest, burning fleshtival iv, etc). each takes a specific direction while both explore the textures of rattling metal, shredded paper, and spatial diffusion.

veiled “suicide herself” soundsheet

• suicide herself

glass coffin press release...

veiled: suicide herself inri 002 veiled is arnau sala of ex con with robert francisco of max noi mach. pressing of 300 on white vinyl.

mike shiflet / pete swanson “bedside b/w college view” long playing record

• mike shiflet - bedside (15:04)
  
  
• pete swanson - college view (12:32)

amish press release...

required wreckers volume 5 mike shiflet / pete swanson “bedside” b/w “college view” lp release date: 9/4/2012 catalog: ami035r/w format: lp * mastered by timothy stollenwerk * letter- pressed obi strip * artwork and 16-page art booklet by miranda lichtenstein and cameron martin amish is pleased to officially announce a new release featuring work from two american noise and sound artists, the ohio-based mike shiflet and the recent portland-to-new york transplant pete swanson. the fifth installment in the label’s required wreckers series (ami-035r/w) features side-long compositions that borrow as much from the worlds of noise and power electronics that swanson and shiflet were affiliated with in the early parts of their careers, as from techno and modern composition. mike shiflet’s “bedside” utilizes disparate sources - guitar, field recordings, abstract electronic textures and white noise - to create a composition that’s both warmly pastoral and defamiliar. this is one of shiflet’s most beautiful works to date. shiflet has released a number of critically acclaimed recordings over the last decade for labels like type and ecstatic peace!, as well as collaborating with c. spencer yeh in burning star core. pete swanson’s “college view” documents another example of his recent recordings’ attempt to blur the lines between techno, noise, and electronic music. “college view” drags detroit dance music into a static field of electricity, and then doubles back again. “college view” documents another great example of swanson’s mature, post-yellow swans output, as indicated on a series of releases since 2011 on labels like three-lobed and type. miranda lichtenstein and cameron martin provide the visual art for this release. the cover art and booklet included with the release feature images from a series of manipulated photographs of chinese scholar rocks that the artists have worked on since 2008. the images suggest the same kind of blasted pastoralism that shiflet and swanson invoke in each of their pieces. lichtenstein and martin have each exhibited their work internationally in shows in new york, tokyo, austria and at the 2004 whitney biennial. with equal nods to throbbing gristle’s retrograde conceptualism and recommended records unwavering musicality, amish is pleased to announce the required wreckers series. r/w will explore the work of artists operating at the intersections of sound art, improvisation, drone, outsider experimentation and modern composition. in the spirit of its name, r/w aims to disrupt the boundaries typically used to delimit genre and the sensibilities that help to inform taste. in so doing, r/w slips out from under the simple, reductive classifications so often used to discuss, and even critically engage, contemporary music. situating r/w in the gap between throbbing gristle’s celebrated a-musicality and the unrelenting craftsmanship of henry cow, these releases acknowledge their debt to historical precedent. each release is a one-time vinyl pressing and will be housed in a letterpress band (designed by bryan christopher baker) that will vary with each installment. these lps will also include artwork and assorted ephemera that invoke our deepest respect for the medium and the hand-crafted (and assembled) components we regret have disappeared with the rise of digital media. r/w terminates after ten installments.

thought broadcast “s/t” long playing record

• consumer blackmail
  
• motorschiz
  
• ten toes down
  
• fortune teller
  
• jungle nausea
  
• mad tea party
  
  
• stylite
  
• bonepolish
  
• state children
  
• imperial mask
  
• yegg
  
• anemic session

eleven twenty-nine / tom carter / marc orleans “in the sunlight b/w anchors away” seven inch single record

• in the sunlight
  
  
• anchors away

“personal best #2 • fanzine for noise, music and no progress” magazine

• (84 pages, full color)

marhaug forlag press release...

personal best #2 the second issue of marhaug forlag's fanzine. 84 pages. all interviews. this time in colour. published july 2012. incapacitants ex1ensive interview with both mikawa and kosakai: the origins of the project, stories of drunken behaviour, and why progress is no good. complete with karaoke-breaks inbetween. attila csihar mayhem, sunn 0))) and tormentor vocalist on heavy metal bootlegging behind the iron curtain, playing dracula and how to breathe properly. maja s.k. ratkje norwegian singer/composer on proper protest: blasting your music at 130 db across a fjord. earth dylan carlson on what is rotten in seattle. phil blankenship pacrec / troniks / lhd-honcho and southern californian noise guru talks about the horror of covering an entire red hot chili peppers album. damage digital misa moronaga on being a singer in a japanese grindcore band and her hardships. fns fredrik ness sevendal’s existence is norway’s best kept secret. here is the first interview with this enigmatic folk / drone / lofi guitarist. vanhala finland’s new noise wizard sits down with personal best for serious tea talk. katsura mauri japanese turntablist explains how she’s able to eat vinyl. don dietrich borbetomagus / the new monuments’ axeman on the first fan mail, using pedals on the sax and deep sea fishing.

lesser “elder bits” c60 cassette

• elder bits (1) (30:00)
  
  
• elder bits (2) (30:00)

no label press release...

carlfriedrich claus / harmut geerken “einem luftigen akustischen kosmos entgegen” compact disc

• einem luftigen akustischen kosmos entgegen (60:33)

rumpsti pumsti (edition) press release...

carlfriedrich claus & hartmut geerken - einem luftigen akustischen kosmos entgegen rumpsti pumsti (edition) nummer 12 edition of 300 copies comes with 12-page booklet including a text by hartmut geerken (german only) collaboration performance by these two infamous german visual artists & sound-poets, recorded at lyrik-kabinett münchen, june 1991. this is carlfriedrich claus' only sound-collaboration ever. both artists prepared a 60-minute backing-tape and wrote a detailed score for live-performed poetry and voice-operations. in addition to these fixed compositions they left room for spontaneous improvisation and the use of small cymbals ('tschinkas'). this is like nothing else. very serious, raw and quite unsettling. between the early 1950s and his death in 1998, carlfriedrich claus (born 1930) produced a corpus of work that occupies terrain somewhere between philosophy, art, linguistics and acoustic literature. both visually with his language sheets and acoustically with his language operations, he plumbed and explored the depths of human consciousness, making a wholly individual contribution to the art of the 20th century in doing so. these sound processes and language operations have a consistency and radicalism unacknowledged hitherto. hartmut geerken (born 1939) is an author, composer, musician, film-maker, performer, actor, mycologist, archivist, stager of exhibitions, publisher of numerous authors from the circle of literary expressionism and dada, lumberjack, and bumble-bee-keeper. as a percussionist, he has collaborated with a variety of free jazz musicians such as sun ra, john tchicai, sainkho namtchylak. as a poet, he is a practitioner of concrete poetry and organizes events such as the annual bielefeld new poetry colloquium. as an actor, he appeared in six films by herbert achternbusch and appeared in two of achternbusch's plays at the munich kammerspiele.

andrew pekler “ex tempo ra b/w encounter in the resonant void” seven inch single record

• ex tempo ra
  
  
• encounter in the resonant void

paul & maurey “satellite” long playing record

• i'm lying
  
• fly me away
  
• exit two
  
• no other
  
• why ohio
  
  
• yawn, dont yell
  
• xl
  
• summertime
  
• drum song
  
• away now

rel press release...

paul & maurey - satellite - rel019 edition of 340 paul and maurey is the duo of ashley paul and sakiko mori. 'satellite', is an extended album with new and unreleased material, based off the micro edition cassette released on wagtail in late 2010 that sold out in an instant. this version reveals their expansive, open ended and dynamic approach, combining ashley's intuitive writing and vocals, with their propulsive and multi-layered rhythms, clatter and dynamics from the ensemble sound. both performing on a wide range of instruments - sakiko on keyboards, percussion, harmonium and ashley on guitar, green box, reeds and even tuba. these two play multiple instruments at once and often switching in the middle of songs. together they create a unique world of small scale / micro-sounds and non-musical gestures, somehow fitting this all within a song structure that really needs to be heard to be understood. in doing this, paul & maurey make something oddly beautiful out of the rawest material. satellite is an lp edition, printed on clear vinyl, pink labels, with black matter inner in a custom, hand painted and silk screened jacket, in a limited edition of 340 copies.

the accidents “demo color” c34 cassette

• depressant
  
• life in the hole
  
• xenia drank salt water
  
• normandy elementary nerve
  
• cold dirt and daylight
  
• seasonal recollection
  
  
• cryptic heater
  
• dream static memorian
  
• makes believe
  
• loose end

ekhein press release...

ek57-the accidents "demo color" c34 debut release from the mysterious cleveland, ohio unit, the accidents. not limiting themselves to any "genre", "demo color" has genuine variety within it's 11 tracks and manages to maintain a cohesive center. lush synthesizer and drum machine arrangements, heartfelt acoustic guitar and cassette work. with central themes of disaster and loss, particularly in america in the last century, there is a strong emotional core to this release not often heard in synthesizer based music at this moment in time. expressing something beyond the surface and incorporating an extremely human narrative somewhere it is often lacking.

the compass rose “the simulation district” c28 cassette

• natural industry
  
• liquid expanse
  
• men who can’t eject pt. 1
  
• morning greeting
  
• phantom of lights
  
  
• advertise
  
• men who can’t eject pt. 2
  
• yellow palisades
  
• the simulation district
  
• telepresence persons

ekhein press release...

ek56-the compass rose "the simulation district" c28 sophmore release by duo the compass rose. rumored to have taken nearly a year to complete following a move back to the states, jack gilbert and company have finally returned with a new album of data and voice. whereas the focus of the previous compass rose release "the plough horse" concerned the totality of all things, "the simulation district" seems to aim it's sights on what doesn't exist, what is invisible, and what is inevitable... plans for a debut lp in the works.

co la “soft power memento” c32 cassette

• no burden
  
• the opressor
  
• love nest
  
• dr. oblivion soundcheck

nna tapes press release...

nna045: co la "soft power memento" c32 embody problematic behavior. these are the three words that co la uses to describe "soft power memento," his follow-up ep to 2011's "daydream repeater" debut lp on nna. something to mull over while immersing yourself in co la's vivid and constantly-evolving world of sound. the spectrum of source material is widened and focused, with an emphasis on acoustic instrumentation and jazz palettes, all diced up and run through the new anything sound system. concréte percussive molecules are tenderly arranged and teamed up with clear, heavy bass to retain the danceability and groove that baltimore is inherently known for. the result is a vibrant, lively, and undeniably innovative collection from one of electronic music's most tuned-in producers. program repeats on both sides. compact disc version available from hands in the dark records.

che chen “block flute signal #1 b/w t-h-r-s-h-l-d-s” c52 cassette

• block flute signal #1
  
  
• t-h-r-s-h-l-d-s

autumn press release...

ar031 che chen - block flute signal #1 / t-h-r-s-h-l-d-s cassette release date: 04/03/12 100 copies professionally duplicated cassette with laser printed j-card artwork by che chen mastered by greg davis this is one of che's first proper solo releases (after last year's excellent pulaski wave 7" and some self-released recordings). che uses a nice palette of instruments along with tape recorders / loops / delay to create warm fidelity, organic, and pulsing sounds. side a is a beautiful long form flute meditation. side b is an episodic composition alternating between field recordings and instruments / tones, reflecting the ideas of thresholds from outside to in, passing through, up and down. movements from one space to another. che's music hints at aspects of christina kubisch, phill niblock and/or takehisa kosugi's music while forging his own unique path in our current digital age. block flute signal #1 - a long form piece that works with the harmonic and timbral possibilities of a simple set of materials. two block flutes--a bass recorder and small double recorder (eastern european in origin)--played by humming and blowing simultaneously to create more than one pitch. the tape loop consists of a simple two-note pattern played on the double recorder, pitched down one octave. (double flute, bass recorder, voice and tape) t-h-r-s-h-l-d-s - conceived of as a sequence of episodic concrete sounds, out of an interest in listening to things one at a time, as discrete sound forms, that progress in series. intervals of silence and field recordings made while passing through various thresholds and doorways form transitions between the various sounds. (zither, sine wave generators, feedback, tape delay and field recordings)

minoru sato / -m/s / asuna “measure in nature” compact disc

• resonances transition in nature states (24:56)
  
• solid vibrations of each organ through nrf amplification (23:38)

autumn press release...

ar030 minoru sato -m/s & asuna - measure in nature cd release date: 05/01/12 200 copies silk-screened cardboard ecopak artwork by saiko kimura mastered by greg davis minoru sato & asuna have been working together over the last 8 years or so. they have previously put out 2 excellent records (on spekk and senufo). their duo finds common ground from two distinct voices. minoru is known for his sound work exploring lucier-esque paths of making physical phenomena audible and the use of feedback and natural resonant frequencies. asuna is quite a musical chameleon, ranging from noise blasts, free improv, beats, pop songs, dense organ drones, field recordings and toy music sound collages. 'measure in nature' collects two long form pieces recorded in 2004 & 2011 spanning the width of their collaboration so far. 'resonances transition in nature states' highlights asuna's contribution a bit more, a thick shimmering and pulsating bed of prepared reed organ drone stasis (reed organs with the keyboard and entire casing removed just leaving the chromatic organ reeds, motor / air system and soundboard) subtly accentuated and filtered through minoru's resonant tubes and vases. 'solid vibrations of each organ through nrf amplification' highlights minoru's system. shifting tonal centers of pure resonant frequency feedback through glass tubes and vases along with asuna's crackling and burnt organ motor textures. this piece is less static than the first with more arcs and waves and weight. i've been working on putting together a release with these two wonderful japanese musicians for several years now and im thrilled with what finally came together. it was worth the wait. this is an especially focused, conceptually tight and musically rich album.

asha sheshadri “flowers in glass cases” c32 cassette

• pale
  
• capillary
  
  
• gold
  
• apothecary
  
• halloween

digitalis limited press release...

ltd#234: asha sheshadri “flowers in glass cases” c32 (75 copies) ex-mutation in the gryd hauntress that is willing to throw acid on your dreams.

keith fullerton whitman “occlusions” long playing record

• occlusion (rue de bitche) (18:17)
  
  
• occlusion (weteringschans) (17:47)

editions mego press release...

demego 026 /  keith fullerton whitman occlusions lp (cut at 45 rpm) release date 19.06.2012 occlusion (rue de bitche) recorded on february 18th, 2012 at les ateliers de bitche, nantes, france. performed on a 4.2 quad array, captured in stereo from the performer's perspective on a zoom h1 handy recorder (auto level :: off) occlusion (weteringschans) recorded on february 25th, 2012 at paradiso, amsterdam, the netherlands. performed on a 4.2 quad array, captured in stereo from the performer's perspective on a zoom h1 handy recorder (auto level :: on) occlusion is a loose framework for a multi-channel, freely improvised piece of live electronic music, performed without the aid or consent of pre-recorded or even pre-arranged materials of any kind. a given realization will last between 10 and 30 minutes ; time is elastic. every effort has been made to avoid divisible rhythms (although mistakes are occasionally made) ... still, i consider it a "kind" of dance music. these two realizations, recorded a week apart at festivals in france and the netherlands during february 2012, capture the piece (much like those on the “generators” lp) in two entirely different iterations, in states of (a) a mildly inebriated bliss & (b) an arbitrarily triggered blind rage. both recordings were made at 24-bit, 96khz through the absolute cheapest means available to the consumer to do so. they sound fantastic. “occlusions” is a companion piece to “generators” in that they share the same tool-set ... however, it is the free jazz yang to generator's minimalist yin. it is not recommended to those seeking meter, melody, cleanliness, or a clearly outlined organizational sense.

pod blotz “white ... black ... spectrum infinity” c30 cassette

• forgive everything
  
• union of interference
  
• isis in her electric lava bath
  
• white circle, black circle
  
  
• the rising unknown
  
• march of the shared dream

teen action press release...

tar033 - pod blotz - white...black...spectrum infinity c30 (limited to 100 copies) ====================================================== white...black...spectrum infinity, is collection of careful synth work, swelling organ, pulsating rhythms, transfixing tones and ethereal vocals. this work describes a journey, an electrical lava bath, a desolate room slowly lifting into another realm and a sonic battle in space. this is electronic drone music with melodic structuring, in depth tape manipulation and experiments. these songs, arrangements and compositions were made between 2010 and 2012.

spiderwebs “brighton beach” long playing record

• fossilized whispers
  
  
• cyclone skyline

wholly other press release...

wholly other is excited to announce our first lp since 2008: spiderwebs brighton beach. spiderwebs is the duo of tom carter (charalambides, etc.) and houston improvising guitarist sandy ewen, whose growing body of work includes a trio album with weasel walter & damon smith, several albums with rock group weird weeds, and collaborations with pauline oliveros, tatsuya nakatani, jaap blonk, annette krebs, bhob rainey, sabir mateen, j.d. emmanuel, and many others. starting from the sparse and sometimes pastoral base of spiderwebs’ two previous releases strands formerly braided (music fellowship) and away away (collective jyrk), brighton beach constructs towers of fuzz, electronics, and naked scrape from which the duo launch deep into the inarticulate heart of sonic maximalism. since spiderwebs' 2003 inception, carter's guitar playing has traveled a long, strange road from his spacious improvisations with heather leigh-era charalambides to the immersive pyrotechnics of his current solo playbook. ewen’s mangled percussive explosions, high-harmonic shrieks, and bailey-esque realtime stereo panning echo the aesthetic terrorism of electric donald miller, and provide a perfect foil to carter’s damaged looping psychedelia. both push their sound to improbable extremes to launch spiderwebs into the upper realms of higher-key incandescence. edition of 255 hand-numbered & hand-titled copies with 2-color silkscreen covers and photo / text inserts.