a. diller “still life” c60 cassette

• still life (1)
  
  
• still life (2)

draft press release...

d003 :: a. diller, still life :: tape released october 2010 still life is an outsider's sampling of half forgotten urban environments, cracked electronic soundscapes that form abandoned cities replete with radioactive fallout. brooklyn-based adam diller leans toward his more experimental side, creating his first cassette release from a variety of sound sources: field recordings, synth, electric piano & sampling keyboards. layered synth passages, textures, and melodies seamlessly mix, often making it difficult to distinguish the source. the result is a truly innovative soundscape work. diller's diverse background consists of free improvised music (bnsf on locust), ultra minimal acoustic improv (doublends vert on line/12k), deformed free jazz/hip hop fusion ($.99 dreams, self-released cds & lps), and audio production. [c60 tape :: pro-dubbed, labeled, edition of 100]

ludo mich / burial hex “collaboration” c31 cassette

• forever and the end of dimensional illusions
  
  
• speed of light is too slow
  
• all the way away

sleepy cobalt press release...

friday, september 10, 2010 ludo mich / burial hex cover artwork realised by dylan nyoukis. layout and design by eric frye. professionally duplicated and imprinted cro2 cassettes. edition of 250 (silver ink on black shells). co-released with our friends at scumbag relations. goes into production 9/10/2010 to be released sept. - oct. 2010 ludo mich is a painter, sculptor, holographer, musician, performance artist and fluxus associate best known for the series of hysterical films he made in the sixties and seventies, especially : 'lysistrata' (1975), an adaptation of aristophanes' satirical poetic comedy into a strictly personal ludic burlesque. all actors perform naked. this was due not simply to the budget being too small to accommodate the appropriate costumes and regalia; ludo mich also intended to use his particularity to heighten the impact of aristophanes' anarchistic ideas. 'saturnus' (1971) by ludo mich still remains one of the topworks of the belgian underground cinema of the sixties and seventies.. burial hex is the extended keyboard and noise meditations of clay ruby. a composition cycle of horror electronics to be executed in preparation for thee final mysteries coming in the twilight of this kali yuga. vocals composed and performed by ludo mich, recorded 15.2.2008 at ludo's place by marc van tichel / tape modern. edited and infused with electronics, spring - summer, 2010 at the harvest abbey. all electronics designed and edited by clay ruby, with additional synthesizer contributions by the mumber toes on "forever and the end..."

allen karpinski “vdsq • solo acoustic volume six” long playing record

• high altitude headache
  
• apparition bluff
  
• who to ask headache
  
• red echo
  
  
• the midwest: great plains, the rust belt, and great lakes

matthew mullane “vdsq • solo acoustic volume four” long playing record

• once was, is once again (part i)
  
  
• once was, is once again (part ii)

bird names “metabolism • a salute to the energy of the sun” long playing record

• kiss my ring (3:09)
  
• the beach @ the lake (3:57)
  
• grow each other (3:44)
  
• welcome to the ghostage (3:11)
  
• phantoms & furtunes (3:02)
  
  
• apollo, descend (2:59)
  
• my baby's a lady (3:05)
  
• metabolism (4:19)
  
• dust you come (3:49)
  
• ok, another windless day (3:48)
  
• their impermanent occasion (2:54)
  
• tell me, son (3:35)

northern spy press release...

bird names – metabolism: a salute to the energy of the sun lp • limited to 1000 copies high quality virgin colored vinyl • pro printed jackets the latest release by the fringe pop outfit bird names is another bright star in their galaxy of offerings.  the album, metabolism: a salute to the energy of the sun, was created meticulously over the course of many moons and spiritual awakenings in sunny chicago, il.  the band is a duo, of sorts, comprised of phelan lavelle & david lineal, though a cast of good souls have helped them along their travels. recently making athens, ga their home, they explore a pop sound that touches as much on the naïve as it does the borders of avant-experimentation. their new album, mastered by griffin rodriguez (icy demons, beirut, band of horses), is a lo-fi, boundary-pushing, pop experiment in the vein of the beach boys’ smile. it is a fully-realized reflection on the sun and the fount of organic energy, or human energies, as the speech of the sun.

bird names “metabolism • a salute to the energy of the sun” compact disc

• kiss my ring (3:09)
  
• the beach @ the lake (3:57)
  
• grow each other (3:44)
  
• welcome to the ghostage (3:11)
  
• phantoms & furtunes (3:02)
  
• apollo, descend (2:59)
  
• my baby's a lady (3:05)
  
• metabolism (4:19)
  
• dust you come (3:49)
  
• ok, another windless day (3:48)
  
• their impermanent occasion (2:54)
  
• tell me, son (3:35)

northern spy press release...

bird names – metabolism: a salute to the energy of the sun cd • 4 panel digipak the latest release by the fringe pop outfit bird names is another bright star in their galaxy of offerings.  the album, metabolism: a salute to the energy of the sun, was created meticulously over the course of many moons and spiritual awakenings in sunny chicago, il.  the band is a duo, of sorts, comprised of phelan lavelle & david lineal, though a cast of good souls have helped them along their travels. recently making athens, ga their home, they explore a pop sound that touches as much on the naïve as it does the borders of avant-experimentation. their new album, mastered by griffin rodriguez (icy demons, beirut, band of horses), is a lo-fi, boundary-pushing, pop experiment in the vein of the beach boys’ smile. it is a fully-realized reflection on the sun and the fount of organic energy, or human energies, as the speech of the sun.

rhys chatham “outdoor spell” long playing record

• outdoor spell (7:41)
  
• crossing the sword bridge of the abyss (18:01)
  
  
• corn maiden's rite (6:31)
  
• the magician (12:19)

northern spy press release...

rhys chatham – outdoor spell lp • limited to 1000 copies high quality virgin vinyl • pro printed jackets rhys chatham: voice, trumpet beatriz rojas: cajón (on ‘corn maiden’s rite’) jean-marc montera: electric guitar (on ‘the magician’) kevin shea: drums (on ‘the magician’) rhys chatham has trail-blazed a course through late 20th century music, equally aplomb in post-minimalist composition as he is in punk. not since roebling laid his span across the east river has there been an artist who builds bridges in both how we hear music and how we can appreciate art. his latest album, outdoor spell, is a further document in that direction. here has has eschewed 100 guitars, or even himself playing a single guitar, for the trumpet and voice, both electrified and dry. it is an earthquake island for the 21st century, tugging at the corners of new ideas, taking in forms endemic to a shared imagination and renewing the beauty there.

rhys chatham “outdoor spell” compact disc

• outdoor spell (7:41)
  
• crossing the sword bridge of the abyss (18:01)
  
• corn maiden's rite (6:31)
  
• the magician (12:19)

northern spy press release...

rhys chatham – outdoor spell cd • 4 panel digipak rhys chatham: voice, trumpet beatriz rojas: cajón (on ‘corn maiden’s rite’) jean-marc montera: electric guitar (on ‘the magician’) kevin shea: drums (on ‘the magician’) rhys chatham has trail-blazed a course through late 20th century music, equally aplomb in post-minimalist composition as he is in punk. not since roebling laid his span across the east river has there been an artist who builds bridges in both how we hear music and how we can appreciate art. his latest album, outdoor spell, is a further document in that direction. here has has eschewed 100 guitars, or even himself playing a single guitar, for the trumpet and voice, both electrified and dry. it is an earthquake island for the 21st century, tugging at the corners of new ideas, taking in forms endemic to a shared imagination and renewing the beauty there.

providien “followed by a wraith” long playing record

• red man’s vietnam
  
• seeker of the sun
  
• followed by a wraith
  
• no us
  
• no other
  
• next one
  
  
• group birth
  
• sewer animals
  
• salmonella bunker blues
  
• keep searching

amethyst sunset press release...

providien "followed by a wraith" amethyst sunset 008 the midwest is a real shangri-la for bohemia basement bleakness so it’s not real surprising that loner tape grime duo providien hail from the snow-blasted state of ohio, and have a grim grassroots aura that just feels right. led by sword heaven electrician mark van fleet and partner-in-crime/childhood friend nathan reynolds (also of weirdo goths american jobs), providien’s debut, “followed by a wraith”, sprawls from disembodied horror atmospherics to no-fi sludge death marches to pure weirdo home-taper acoustic guitar meltdowns, each new zone more unsettling and brainwashed than the last. has elements of mammal (especially the recent drone-suicide ballads), the shadow ring (just replace all the british stuff with raw american sloth), and various other esoteric cassette miserablists, but that’s just a roundabout way of saying this shit rules.  - britt brown the lp is limited to 200 copies on black vinyl with color center labels and a paste on cover insert with album info and tracklist is printed on cardstock.

a snake in the garden “tunnel of blinding light” c32 cassette

• tunnel of blinding light (1)
  
  
• tunnel of blinding light (2)

no label press release...

ed yazijian “gansrud” long playing record

• for h. mck
  
• bon bibi
  
• piece for one violin
  
• salt curse of the onandaga
  
  
• hoffie’s hill
  
• hands of blue
  
• piece for four violins
  
• for borghild

hp cycle press release...

artist: ed yazijian title: gansrud format: lp matrix#: hp 285 second solo full-length from ed yazijian, also known for his long running but sparsely documented collaborations with dredd foole, featuring eight disparate tracks recorded between 1996 and 2009. each side starts off with some slow burning guitar (accented by bowed contrabass and violin on side two) that reverberates with an ease past midnight vibe. the album then weaves through a personalized space featuring eastern percussion, mainlined/cosmic violin drones and intercepted radio transmissions from an unknown origin. the record concludes with a contemplative guitar which is enveloped in tape hiss that eases its way in before fading away. the lp pressed in an edition of 350 copies and is presented in a full colour printed sleeve that is at one itself and with the spirits an opaque facsimile.

kevin greenspon “unveiling” c25 cassette

• backlit
  
• silt mesh
  
• exposé
  
  
• wireframe
  
• unveiling
  
• exhibit

monorail trespassing press release...

[mt83cs] kevin greenspon unveiling c-25 los angeles' hardest working underground man. what may appear to be all bright light soon gets covered by dark clouds. greenspon combines elements of ambient music, drone, collage and harsh noise, all condensed into song form. six tracks.

“before, after” c24 cassette

• accent
  
• reflection across water
  
  
• seperate
  
• light breaks through the darkest clouds

monorail trespassing press release...

[mt82cs] before, after c-24 pollard / borges collaborative sessions; recorded over a year's time, titled in three hours. most representative of the late treetops + emaciator sides of their personalities. delicate synth tones underneath layers of guitar and tapes; each person's contributions bringing out the best qualities of the other's.

phantom pains “obelisk” c32 cassette

• obelisk (1)
  
  
• obelisk (2)

monorail trespassing press release...

[mt80cs] phantom pains obelisk c-32 eric haney of sf has been churning out a steady string of tapes this past year on his beach house label. two sides of dark drift, overtaken and swarmed by distant-sounding noise and even more distant chords. this is dark ambient, expanded, without the cringeworthy cultural baggage.

lithium dreams / starla dust “split” c20 cassette

• lithium dreams - phaeton sphinx
  
  
• starla dust - alpha minx

monorail trespassing press release...

[mt79cs] lithium dreams / starla dust c-20 final documents of omega egg worship, pre-abduction. a night on the space beach; sleep machines and synths taking everyone to a world beyond dusseldorf.

pedestrian deposit “east fork • north fork” compact disc

• a blessing (12:49)
  
• strife / meridian (13:08)
  
• a light through sediment (12:21)
  
• cycle of combustion (19:55)

monorail trespassing press release...

[mt78cd] pedestrian deposit east fork / north fork cd deluxe instant reissue of the much-too-limited edition housecraft tape, including two new and previously unreleased tracks; 32 minutes of new music. reflective of our live sets of the past year and a half. residing in the netherworld between genres, as usual. edition of 500, pro-pressed cd, shrink-wrapped in jewel case.

ferveur noire “prey” c20 cassette

• saboteur
  
  
• distant

monorail trespassing press release...

[mt39cs] ferveur noire prey c-20

without belonging “solace” c26 cassette

• solace (1)
  
  
• solace (2)

monorail trespassing press release...

[mt33cs] without belonging solace c-26

without belonging “without belonging” double c10 cassette set

• untitled (1)
  
  
• untitled (2)
  
  
• untitled (3)
  
  
• untitled (4)

monorail trespassing press release...

[mt32cs / cg020] without belonging 2xc-10

pedestrian deposit “live lungmotor” c20 cassette

• stray threads
  
  
• despite my attempts

monorail trespassing press release...

[mt22cs] pedestrian deposit live lungmotor c-20

“emptiness / worthless” c10 cassette

• emptiness
  
  
• worthless

monorail trespassing press release...

[mt15cs] emptiness / worthless c-10

circuit wound “disruption in modern progress” c30 cassette

• skyscraper slowly collapsed
  
  
• gridlock explosion

monorail trespassing press release...

[mt3cs] circuit wound disruption in modern progress c-30

robert turman / neon depth “the depth of neon b/w indes of right & wrong” c29 cassette

• robert turman - the depth of neon
  
  
• neon depth - index of right & wrong

a soundesign press release...

robert turman v. neon depth | a soundesign recording 049 the ninth tape in the asr "versus" split series is a disorienting voyage into the depths. on side a robert turman (co-founder of non and frequent collaborator with aaron dilloway) masterfully reassembles looped portions of neon depth. robert creates a stark post-industrial nightmare with a bone chilling collision of siren and serenity. side b is the original track that robert used to construct "the depth of neon" with. "an index of right & wrong" is an anxiety laden trip taken from a 2008 collab between john ellitott (outer space) & david russell (collapsed arc). pro-dubbed cassettes graciously mastered by wyatt howland. c29 edition of 120 pro-dubbed cassettes

tanja orning “hommage à anna-eva bergman” compact disc

• hommage à anna-eva bergman (7:50)

prisma press release...

tanja orning: hommage à anna-eva bergman cd prisma records 709 releasedate 04.10.2010 in 2002 the performer and cello player, tanja orning, was asked by the director of the henie onstad art centre, karin hellandsjø, to play at the opening of an anna-eva bergman exhibition. tanja orning decided to compose a completely new piece inspired and dedicated to bergman’s art. the piece was entitled hommage à anna-eva bergman. in february 2009, the large retrospective exhibition surrealism, line and form – anna-eva bergman’s formative years 1949-52, opened at the henie onstad art centre. once again tanja performed and a couple of months later she was invited by the art centre to record the piece for the in-house label prisma records. on april the 13th tanja orning and sound technician thomas hukkelberg came together in the centre’s studiohall, to record the piece. tanja orning is a performer, improviser and composer. after studies in oslo, london, and indiana university, she held the position as a co-principal cellist in the stavanger symphony orchestra for 5 years until she left for oslo in order to realise a number of projects. she is currently playing with groups such as christian wallumrød ensemble, asamisimasa, dr.ox and polygon as well as her solo-project cellotronics which resulted in a cd in 2005. orning is currently undertaking research in contemporary performance practice at the norwegian academy of music. prisma records is proud to present this entrancing and lyrical composition on a single track cd release, pressed in a limited edition of only 300 copies.

charlie nothing “outside / inside” long playing record

• outside (20:54)
  
  
• inside (11:35)