mudboy “volume iv • this is folk music” long playing record

• untitled
  
• solitron wave
  
• solitron waves
  
• untitled
  
• starlight
  
• untitled
  
• untitled
  
  
• running
  
• beirut dance party
  
• coming here was a bad idea
  
• dawn treader
  
• sailing song
  
• untitled
  
• untitled

weird forest press release...

mudboy this is folk music lp raphael lyon is the enigma known as mudboy. from the incredibly detailed art / packaging to bizarre mp3 releases attached to scrap metal or plant matter to freddy krueger-inspired art installations, lyon has always been one of the strangest cats on the scene. this unique perspective also infects his music. whereas many of today's kosmiche-influenced artists bubble up from the noise scene (with knob-twiddling pedal pusher seemingly a prequisite to sequencing synth jammer these days), mudboy's work hints more toward the avant-garde as well as a touch of the classical. originally released on cd in 2005, this is folk music finds lyon placing each sound with purpose and carefully sequencing the songs to create a dark, slightly twisted yet strangely beautiful soundscape. listen to the gunshot crack that kicks the album into high gear on "solitron wave", the seamless transition from the sparkling melody of "running" into the jungle rhythms of "beirut dance party", even commonplace field recordings of waves and night sounds take on a different dimension in lyon's hands. this is folk music may have been his first major release but already, all the trademark elements are present: the skewed aesthetic, the attention to detail and especially, the strong compositional sense. this is mudboy. art / layout by raphael lyon. vinyl reissue specially re-sequenced by the artist. limited edition of 500 includes 22" x 22" insert .

alexander rishaug “shadow of events” long playing record

• h_kon
  
• drawing a day
  
  
• garden memories
  
• solm
  
• things that disappear
  
• magic fingers

alexander rishaug “shadow of events” compact disc

• h-con (11:28)
  
• drawing a day (8:57)
  
• garden memories (6:55)
  
• solm (3:05)
  
• things that disappear (5:00)
  
• magic fingers (8:04)

dekorder press release...

[053] alexander rishaug shadow of events cd shadow of events is the third album by oslo, norway sound artist, producer and musician alexander rishaug, following his asphodel cd possible landscape (2004) and 2001’s panorama on the smalltown supersound label. the album was recorded over a five year period and mixed in berlin last year. not unlike his previous albums but apparently more refined shadow of events combines a warm and organic haunting quality blended with both abstract and concrete tones and subtle digital noises. most of the tracks are developed from field recordings, instrument improvisation or live sampling. then processed and edited with the computer as the main tool. i’ve used sounds hailing from a dusty rhodes, a lovely guitar, a nervous radio and a lonely piano. rishaug’s music is informed by classic minimal composers such as steve reich and terry riley as well as 90’s electronica acts such as the oval / microstoria axis and like-minded but more obscure artists associated with the mille plateaux label (remember neina?) but surely wouldn’t be out of place on a contemporary label like kranky or type. repetitive and seemingly simple melodic patterns are combined with (and sometimes obscured by) decaying monlithic drone layers creating a hazy melancholic landscape slowly unfolding its beauty. granular shoegazy tones are building up in slow-motion recalling the patient yet precise and complex drone works of stephan mathieu, william basinski and machinefabriek’s dauw album. alexander rishaug was part of the improv collective arm (1996-2006) with arne borgan and are mokkelbost (killl) as well as collaborating with lasse marhaug on a lucky kitchen release. he has remixed metal bands ulver and she said destroy as well as noise duo jazkamer and bjorn hatterud and conrad schnitzler’s recent collaboration.

datashock “pyramiden von gießen” double long playing record set

• intro
  
• lasagne phalanx
  
• chiahonania leder boots
  
  
• die pyramiden von gießen
  
• kanal telemedial energieausgleich
  
• das märchen vom zauberbergi
  
  
• datashock, the mothership reactivated, flying
  
• der fröbelturm
  
  
• schlupp vom grünen stern
  
• outro

dekorder press release...

[052] datashock pyramiden von gießen 2lp datashock is a south-german collective of young punks pretending to be old hippies. they have released albums on qbico, textile, chocolate monk and their own meudiademorte label, and have collaborated with family battle snake, aidan baker and black to comm. pyramiden von gießen is their most psychedelic, mature, song-oriented and krautrock-infused outing so far (think kosmische kuriere, ash ra tempel et al). it's a vinyl-only double-lp in a gorgeous fold-out cover with liner notes by seminal german cut-up poet and novelist jürgen ploog (see below). mastered by pete swanson (yellow swans) and cut at dubplates & mastering. nomadic sounds sounds, what are they? where do they come from, where do they go to? they come from the space of nomadic sounds which surrounds the planet. they can dissolve without being heard, or they can temporarily fuse into bodies of sound and fly through the layers of the stratossphere, dancing like chimeras. they can rotate or make their rounds and penetrate heads and bodies. like shadows, falling down on invisible images. attempts to render sounds visible remain in vain. they avoid noise. sounds densify to drafts and sketches pervading space. he who listens closely can use them for orientation. whereto? he wonders, in an effort to follow them, their image being too seductive. sometimes they betray him and he gets lost in an infinity beyond our grasp, where the soundless western lands are, the destiny of caravans of musicians, wise men and priests and where there are no road signs...where human creatures dissolve in the flickering of bells and sail out to the land of the dead. the tonal outlines gradually fade and the gaze of the sphinx loses itself. the horizon is a line of shadows above which, glimmering in the backlight, pyramides of sound rise again and again, like fata morganas. behind all this, the desert turns into a land of shadows. a hint of silence glides across endless dunes. the traveller rides on waves of sound, while losing his last pieces of baggage, experience and the identity familiar to him. he senses that perception becomes a vehicle by which he travels. he starts to live in it and with it enabling him to leave his body behind and to move in time. in this phase, his memories start to fade until they are extinguished and he dissolves in sounds and colours. he has entered the space of simultanities. more and more mummies, enroute by package tour to the western land stay behind. some believe they could make it to space on their bicycles. they are called fellaheen of the future. they simply left the highway of monotony and loneliness, which they thought too cumbersome, in order to make it to the land of dreams. flesh, the only weapon the traveller has left, becomes blunter and blunter with every step. it becomes annoying, like the smell of carrion floating around his thighs. in the sucking emptiness above the sand he can smell the fear. it is paraphrased by a hieroglyph for final solitude, which like a beast of prey can turn into a curse of malignance and desperation and, chase the hiker into the hopeless salt hills of the sekbha. gradually the caravan of courtiers, musicians and artists stays behind. demons disguised as prophets or members to the cult of osiris. they travel with an astonishing armory of portable burial chambers and foldable pyramides, which they set up in no time when pilgrims turn up. sensually deprived are secretly offered pin-ups of alamut women, who are famous for their erotic aura and impatient to be brought to life by the biting smell of ozone of hassan i sabbah, while succubi and incubi from persia and india are chanting encouraging songs. a man paints the tail of a comet into the sky. he knows that the comet, like halley, will miss the planet. “come with me, stranger, i will take you on a rocket trip.” in a dark valley the candidate is scanned with a radiometer by a virginal dragonfly. no written word is allowed on the trip. what is paper, after all? it is nothing but mutilated memory, says someone, who claims to be a pilot of dreams. he insists that he can leave his body with the help of sounds. with a click of the tongue, they take off into space, where the gaze fades away in a tepid trickle... a current of air carries them onto the silent sea and into the solitude of sounds. - jürgen ploog

stephan mathieu “to describe george washington bridge” ten inch single record

• to describe george washington bridge
  
  
• in them a giant diverted himself

felix kubin / ensemble intégrales “echohaus” compact disc

• kugeln (0:59)
  
• uncanny valley (3:18)
  
• die sanfte welt der ruhestörung (1:39)
  
• nachtschicht für russolo (4:28)
  
• zerschlage mein herz
  
• dreifaltiger gott (3:29)
  
• die besucher (3:22)
  
• schwarzer fluss (9:17)
  
• nahtlos glücklich (3:07)
  
• fluchtweg (2:47)
  
• bande vierge (5:50)
  
• obelisk (2:02)
  
• smiling buddha (3:00)
  
• vögel ohne specht (4:42)
  
• dusty corners (2:46)
  
• freundliche zukunft (1:54)

dekorder press release...

[049] felix kubin & ensemble intégrales echohaus cd this latest project by the hamburg-based musician, composer, and futurist, felix kubin i>(his second release on dekorder) is a collaboration with the contemporary music chamber group, ensemble intégrales, and the reknowned german underground pop producer and sound engineer, tobias levin. echohaus was recorded in and around levin's electric avenue studio in the basement of westwerk, a former squat and cultural centre for non-commercial art and music in hamburg.  a special recording technique was developed for the project whereby the musicians played simultaneously in separate rooms, connected to one and other only by headphones. this was done in order to achieve a lively,“cinematic" sound that made use of the particular dynamics of the rooms and amplified mechanical details. the rooms, each of which had a different acoustic character, were used as natural echo chambers. kubin and the composer burkhard friedrich, former member of ensemble intégrales, provided the musicians with simple graphic scores or basic descriptions of the compositions; all subsequent material was developed on the fly. kubin was in the mixing room giving instructions and suggestions, while the musicians played and improvised, adding their own ideas to the project. no artificial reverb or effects were added to the recordings. the different types of rooms and microphones, noises inside and outside of the studio, as well as the unusual interrelationship between the physically isolated players became part of the process. all the tracks were recorded in one take without any additional layers or track-by-track recordings. after a five-day recording session kubin and levin created various mixes which kubin then edited over a period of several months. the final results mark yet another radical departure from kubin's trademark sci-fi pop sound, blending the aesthetics of academic contemporary music, film soundtracks and improvised music with a strong focus on room-specific natural acoustics. felix kubin has released highly acclaimed albums on a-musik, dekorder and his own gagarin label. he has recently been featured on the front cover of the wire magazine, released his first short movie collection, directed several radio plays and is currently finishing the production on his forthcoming sci-fi pop album. burkhard friedrich (born 1962 in berlin) is a composer of several musictheatres, film music and chamber music, performed by ensemble intégrales (d), phoenix ensemble (ch), the austrian ensemble (a) and others, saxophon player and improvising musician. he is regularly collaborating with video-artists and theatrical directors. ensemble intégrales was founded by burkhard friedrich and barbara lüneburg. their repertoire includes classics by karlheinz stockhausen, john cage, iannis xenakis, alfred schnittke, giacinto scelsi, steve reich, alvin lucier, györgy ligeti, frederic rzewski, james tenney, morton feldman, cornelius cardew, mauricio kagel and new music from china, austria and the uk. tobias levin is a german producer and engineer. the bands and musicians he has worked with range from pop to avantgarde, including kammerflimmer kollektief, charles curtis, to rococo rot, tied & tickled trio, christian naujoks, christoph kurzmann & john butcher, augsburger tafelconfect & lol coxhill or kreidler. he is also a founding member of legendary avant pop group cpt. kirk &.

hanno leichtmann “the african twintower suite” long playing record

• the african twintower suite theme
  
• attention please
  
• theme from lüderitz
  
• gitarrendrone/landstrasse
  
• sitarfäden revisited
  
• psychoflutes
  
• patty burries the dog
  
  
• a chant for your inner peace
  
• chris schling speaks
  
• faster! moondog! kill! kill!!
  
• the sun ship
  
• the animatograph karussell
  
• mellotronfinale kurz

hanno leichtmann “the african twintower suite” compact disc

• the african twintower suite theme
  
• attention please
  
• theme from lüderitz
  
• gitarrendrone/landstrasse
  
• sitarfäden revisited
  
• psychoflutes
  
• patty burries the dog
  
• a chant for your inner peace
  
• chris schling speaks
  
• faster! moondog! kill! kill!!
  
• pax,pax,pax,pax.
  
• theme from alt-lüderitz
  
• the sun ship
  
• streicher,becken,tempelblock,orgel
  
• the animatograph karussell
  
• mellotronfinale kurz

dekorder press release...

[048] hanno leichtmann the african twintower suite cd october 2005: seminal german director christoph schlingensief (r.i.p. 2010) shoots his latest feature film „the african twintowers“ in lüderitz / namibia with irm hermann, klaus beyer, robert stadlober, patti smith........ autumn 2006: schlingensief approaches berlin musician/composer hanno leichtmann (groupshow, static, denseland) regarding a soundtrack for the film. there were hours and hours of raw material; the concept being a movie with few dialogues and music throughout – a 90 minute psychedelic collage; an associative visual and sonic trip. with the help of john nijenhuis aka sir henry as well as a trio of musicians playing indian music (tabla, sitar, tampura), they started to improvise in leichtmann’s recording studio projecting film sequences on a wall. within 4 days and nights an enormous amount of tracks had been recorded and several rough mixes had been compiled. after a while though, schlingensief decided to shift the concept. the film transformed into an art installation with 18 monitors showing sequences simultaneously (presented at the berlinale and steirischer herbst), and later on, a kind of „making of...“ with 90% off-comments by christoph schlingensief and very little music was made. thus, „the african twintowers suite“ represents a lost soundtrack; compiling the most interesting recordings, newly edited, layered, collaged, shortened and mixed between 2009 and 2010.

tomutonttu “elävänä planeetalla” long playing record

• kuka on mukana?
  
• luominen jäi kesken
  
  
• lautta lähtee
  
• siat nousevat vuorelle

the haunting “psychic interference” cassette and magazine set

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

gods of tundra press release...

--the haunting "psychic interference" cassette + zine. new images and sounds simmer in dream corridors. interference is the only thing that is consistent in the lifeforce. what comes after interference ends up on the astral plane. the cove couple lingers in all planes on this one. color and black & white collaboration art zine, lo fi and ancient cassette.

sickness “fragmented memory” one-sided long playing record

• fragmented memory (17:09)

gods of tundra press release...

--sickness "fragmented memory" one sided lp. live in cleveland on november 4th, 2010. incredible capture of the newest sickness directions. breaking and tearing sound into strange silences. a bizarre atmosphere hangs heavy in the room...and refuses to leave even after the record ceases to spin. throw your expectations in the garbage can, this is true sonic disturbance.

busratch “tokei nikki” long playing record

• the dream
  
• memory lost child who awakens from dream
  
  
• 99 lock grooves

sudden infant “solothurn” compact disc

• scene 1 (32:53)
  
• scene 2 (18:45)

david borden / james ferraro / samuel godin / laurel halo / daniel lopatin “frkwys vol. 7 • borden, ferraro, godin, halo & lopatin” long playing record

• people of the wind pt. 1 (12:26)
  
• internet gospel pt. 1 (5:59)
  
  
• people of the wind pt. 2 (4:55)
  
• internet gospel pt. 2 (8:18)
  
• twilight pacific (7:20)

stillbirth “toward sailor” long playing record

• serotonin (placing the son by the sea)
  
  
• melatonin (at rest. in bed. on deck.)

blackdeath “katharsis • kalte lieder aus der hölle” long playing record

• licht ist mein tod
  
• besessenheit die ich brauche
  
• die verzweiflung der letzten folter
  
• der nukleare wojwode
  
  
• die 666 dimension
  
• stolz der falschen engel
  
• das pestreich
  
• der flug der nazgul (bonus)

blackdeath “katharsis • kalte lieder aus der hölle” compact disc

• licht ist mein tod (4:56)
  
• besessenheit die ich brauche (4:53)
  
• die verzweiflung der letzten folter (6:48)
  
• der nukleare wojwode (9:33)
  
• die 666 dimension (4:29)
  
• stolz der falschen engel (5:56)
  
• das pestreich (6:37)

hospital productions press release...

blackdeath - katharsis: kalte lieder aus der hölle - cd we are proud to announce the new album of this long running russian black metal legend. violent, angular, and twisting original black metal with disturbing clear voices from the 666 dimension. further words from marco of seed stock records regarding the new blackdeath: hot blood in the frozen wastes, tormented sleeps, no rest, no peace - always some war to be fought. black death keep fighting, living life as war. on this new album, all of the wildness and violence that black death have been renowned for have now hardened into an idiosyncratic and cracked style: manic vocals that switch between black rasp and psychotic singing, nordic style riffs that are somehow bent into a weapon with sharper angles, and a song progression that is equal parts percussive brawl and wide-eyed revelation. after 6 albums you'd think that they would have plateaued, or grown tired, but no. rather, here, you find them in the strongest form since the band's inception back in 1998. they now have finally secured themselves a real drummer, and full-professional studio sound. for some underground black metal bands, that might equal an awkward combination, but black death have always been stubbornly focused on quality of riff and refined composition of song which translates perfectly in this level of production. "black death means black metal" and effectively it is presented here on katharsis without the trappings of politic or theologian rhetoric, and it's given in its most potent and straightforward dosage.

blue angels “isidora” c30 cassette

• crisp
  
• ceiling
  
  
• short era
  
• weekend
  
• wakeupppainted

digitalis limited press release...

ltd204: blue angels “isidora” c30 blue angels is the maryland stronghold of blown-out, drone pop with a subterranean gaze from rob kusterer. "isidora" represents the first available release from the project and is crackling with hooks and spooked-out beats. everytime i get drawn into the opener, "crisp," i feel like i'm stuck outside in the street while some megarave is happening next door. it's simultaneously awesome and agonizing. it skirts that line and keeps reminding you that yeah, you're there but really you're not. edition of 75, pro-dubbed chrome.

mike shiflet “meadowbathers” c21 cassette

• meadowbathers (m. shiflet mix)
  
  
• meadowbathers (j. panzer mix)

digitalis limited press release...

ltd201: mike shiflet “meadowbathers” c21 mike shiflet's "llanos" was one of my favorite albums of 2010 and these two extended reworkings / remixes turns that material on its ear. shiflet and his longtime cohort, joe panzner untangle and retangle the thick aural web of album tracks "pink meadow" and "sunbathers" (hence the title). thick swashes of noise are undermined by subterranean melodies that aren't succeeding if they're not falling apart. the two pieces work very well in tandem with shiflet's restrained touch working as the perfect opposition to panznzer's blown-out mini-masterpiece. i usually shy away from remixes but "meadowbathers" finds very worthwhile new ground. get lost. edition of 75, pro-dubbed chrome.

lunar miasma “the gateway” c27 cassette

• the gateway
  
• air pt. 1
  
  
• hills
  
• air pt. ii

digitalis limited press release...

ltd199: lunar miasma “the gateway” c27 greece's panos alexiadis floats through future waves like a glass cipher ready to morph into a cosmic sprite. "the gateway" is just that. first you taste the sequencer-laced candy, rising-and-falling in succession like the perfect lucid dream. melodies bring down the clouds with cathartic rejoinder. alexiades is perfectly content kissing the sun and swimming with the analog sharks, letting the crystal clear sonic seas do all the talking while he holds his breath until infinity. welcome to the magic hour. edition of 75, pro-dubbed chrome.

fake map “a continued garden” c22 cassette

• 3d thumbnail
  
  
• convenient height

digitalis limited press release...

ltd198: fake map “a continued garden” c22 debut from this post-taiga remains project of alex cobb’s, "a continued garden" is an organic virus festering its way into your skull. cobb has left behind the savory glacial landscapes of his taiga past, instead filling the cracks with expert synthesis and sonic debris. each side-long excursion is visceral to a point. "3d thumbnail" churns along mechanically like a soldier determined to make the kill before evaporating into a digital symphony of bubbling resonance. the awesomely-titled "convenient height" is drenched in euphoria and disconcertingly comforting. you know nothing is really this sweet. edition of 75, pro-dubbed chrome.

logan seguin “drone” c45 cassette

• drone
  
• max cady
  
• dr. loomis
  
• daniel
  
  
• mr. grady
  
• annie
  
• patrick
  
• please ....

digitalis limited press release...

ltd197: logan seguin “drone” c45 logan seguin makes his digitalis return and follows up his exquisite fake soundtrack with another exploration of bare-bone keys, samples & minimalist rhythms. "drone" is not entrenched in drone. instead we find basketcase melodies and handwoven rhythms that sneak a peak under the hood of halloween and cape fear among others. seguin chooses his film samples wisely, manipulating them into a caustic mess. paired with music that creeps along at every angle, the effect is ominous to say the least. expertly macabre. edition of 75, pro-dubbed chrome.

ghostrider “light pulse” c28 cassette

• glittering sunray
  
• reality warping
  
• seven days left
  
  
• past life regression
  
• peak of the light pulse
  
• orbit of ida

digitalis limited press release...

ltd196: ghostrider “light pulse” c28 everyone is going all berlin school these days, but ghostrider's jens pauly just shrugs his shoulders wondering what all the fuss is about. he's all ready to start his own fucken köln school, blasting seraphim blisscapes over the bridges attempting to drain the rhine. "light pulse" resonates with absolute clarity, rolling over the synthetic hills into a different shade of grass. as his compositions loop around and fold in on themselves, they disappear like vapor in the early morning and leave nothing behind but the haze. edition of 75, pro-dubbed chrome.

paco sala “radial sundown” c38 cassette

• entry level
  
• orlando
  
• toue les orages
  
  
• the city loves us, you & i
  
• fetter lane
  
• farfar

digitalis limited press release...

ltd194: paco sala “radial sundown” c38 it's a eurotrash dream and i'm loving it. paco sala is the alter-ego of konntinent's antony harrison and anyone familiar with his past work will be quite surprised by this turn of events. "radial sundown" is an afterhours vapor trail through italo mazes and darkened alleys. swirling electronics are matched by smooth beats and pop-infused hymns. harrison bounces to the underbelly, always keeping something sinister just off-screen. add in delectable vocals by felicia atkinson (in french, no less) and you're in for the best fucking ride. edition of 80, pro-dubbed chrome.

oxtirn “oxtirn live” compact disc

• oxtirn live (1) (6:56)
  
• oxtirn live (2) (3:04)
  
• oxtirn live (3) (2:42)
  
• oxtirn live (4) (11:45)
  
• oxtirn live (5) (8:17)

rel press release...

oxtirn - live - rel017 edition of 300 oxtirn 'live' documents a performance in new york city, by the new trio of geoff mullen, ashley paul and eli keszler. following a score by keszler, the group performs on an array of instruments, using three guitars, drums, voice, auto-motorized harps, tenor harp, bass harp, microphones, clarinet, alto saxophone, crotales, drums and cymbals. the music drifts in a unique way between a wide variety of sounds, from incredible density of clattering metal textures and string attacks, wall of sound guitars, mechanical music, high pitched saxophone bends and an oddly dim shimmering high harmonic sound. all creating together, a harsh, jagged and angular wash of ricocheting materials. in other sections, metal and vibrating strings, crotales and horns create a calmer and high contrast atmosphere. in the end, the music evolves into an area of sustained sound, space and sparse gesture, featuring one of ashley paul's songs and vocals, where the music takes on a new formation, leaving the listener with a question mark, and in some way is a new form of intuitive song. the recording itself is a low fi document with a spacious, raw and aggressive timbre to it, adding to the already unique feel of the music. the packaging is intricately designed with a multi-color silk screen, based on a drawing by eli keszler. the cd itself is housed in a multi panel, fold-out, metallic paper print with pictures from the concert and excerpts from the oxtirn score, with gold stamping on the outside of the metallic paper. the cd is attached to a hub which sits on top of liner notes, with an embossed design on the flip. oxtirn live is a one time special edition of 300 copies.