frans de waard “heerlen hiss” three inch compact disc-recordable

• heerlen hiss (19:22)

my own little label press release...

027 frans de waard - heerlen hiss (3"cdr) concert from february 2009 in heerlen. in 2008 i composed three pieces for compilations which all deal with the sound of hiss from old cassettes, and some 'field recordings' from faulty cassette mechanisms. two of those pieces have been released already, on 'lasting' and 'tabl for six', and the third will come later this year on a new uk label. all of the elements of those elements are reconfigured in 'heerlen hiss' and the recording is a mixture of a line recording i made myself and a live recording giving to me by edward ka-spel.

freiband “musik for no title” three inch compact disc-recordable

• musik for no title (17:50)

my own little label press release...

026 freiband - musik for no title (3"cdr) a re-issue of 2003 freiband piece. it was back then released by poland's mik musik, and part of a series of five (if i am not mistaken) remixes of source material i totally forgot about. its a seventeen minute piece of laptop music processing.

beequeen “atem” three inch compact disc-recordable

• atem (21:21)

my own little label press release...

025 beequeen - atem (3"cdr) the longest piece beequeen ever submitted to a compilation,'guru means slayer of darkness', back in 1996 on manifold. its been out of print for quite some time, but both me and freek think this is a great old, and lost beequeen piece, so we decided to re-issue it. it was made back when i lived in den haag, and uses multiple layers of a ventilator and a heating system. a fine lively drone piece.

frans de waard “verval” three inch compact disc-recordable

• verval (15:44)

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024 frans de waard - verval (3"cdr) a live recording from extrapool, january 10th 2009. live sound is being up by three microphones and three cassette players and then fed back into the mix. a slightly edited version.

frans de waard “profieldeel zeven” business card compact disc-recordable

• profieldeel zeven (5:17)

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023 frans de waard - profieldeel zeven (businesscard cdr) soundtrack to the film 'ijzig vuur' by jan kees helms, for which i return to the material from 'vijf profielen'.

bass communion / freiband “haze shrapnel” three inch compact disc-recordable

• bass communion - haze shrapnel (12:51)
  
• freiband - haze shrapnel (remix) (8:00)

my own little label press release...

022 bass communion / freiband - haze shrapnel (3"cdr) i have been in contact with steven wilson off and on for quite a while. recently he wrote me, we traded some cds and he liked my little enterprise. he had a spare track of 12 minutes and 'if i want to release it'. 'sorry, and why not do a remix then', as freiband. next time roles will be reversed.

frans de waard “untitled (le poeme d'une vie bien remplie)” three inch compact disc-recordable

• untitled (20:10)

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021 frans de waard - untitled (le poeme d'une vie bien remplie) (3"cdr) rutger asked me to play on the same night as he did in leeuwarden and 'if i could incorporate some text'. i asked dmitry vasiljev of monochrome vision to speak a short mayakovsky text, in russian of course, and this 3" captures the slightly edited concert.

pick-up “from here to anywhere” three inch compact disc-recordable

• from here to anywhere (8:49)
  
• space outside time (13:09)

my own little label press release...

020 pick-up - from here to anywhere (3"cdr) pick-up is a new duo of martin luiten (girlfriends, uw hypotheek advies) on guitar and frans de waard on laptop. two gorgeous pieces of digital blues? well, whatever. forthcoming is a lp on important records and one on plinkity plonk.

freiband “reflection” three inch compact disc-recordable

• reflection (16:36)

my own little label press release...

019 freiband - reflection (3"cdr) piano sources recorded on boxing day, transformed in the days after with the final mix on new years eye 2007. moody textured music with a bite.

beequeen “long stones and circles” three inch compact disc-recordable

• long stones and circles (17:59)

my own little label press release...

018 beequeen - long stones and circles (3"cdr) re-issue of a long out of print classic beequeen work, based around various text by land artist richard long.

jim o’rourke / carlos giffoni “japan  tour 2011” compact disc

• carlos giffoni - acid queens-prototype version (12:13)
  
• jim o'rourke - canadian bonus track (14:51)
  
• jim o'rourke / carlos giffoni - roulette (17:42)

diamond catalog “magnified palette” long playing record

• slith’d on
  
• valveneration
  
  
• ancestral comprehensions & acrid predictions
  
• aries vieweight

nna tapes press release...

nna032: diamond catalog "magnified palette" lp nna is proud to present the debut lp by diamond catalog, the new duo of lala conchita and "glamorous" pat maherr (indignant senility, expressway yo-yo dieting, and so on). this full-length is the definitive statement of diamond catalog's concoction of cross-bred dance music and mutated, swirling noise bricolage. "magnified palette" seems to exist in five dimensions of sound, with factory-booming beats creating a mechanical-yet-organic framework for devious sonic chatter to wind its way through. imagine the sound of a distant rave in the midst of a disorienting drug spell, wading your way through the infinity of your mind's own dark matter.

government alpha “somnambulant” c46 cassette

• pervious (6:23)
  
• hollow (5:58)
  
• descendent (3:21)
  
• reel (7:29)
  
  
• live at ekoda flying teapot 6.26.10 (21:29)

rainbow bridge press release...

government alpha - somnambulant c46 - rb-082 i spoke with yasutoshi, the man behind government alpha, about the recent earthquake in japan. he described it as "a terrible shaking!" the same could be said to describe the material he submitted to rainbow bridge for this release. it is almost as if he manifested the recent japanese natural disasters in noise-form months before they occurred. this tape is plagued with swirling, swarming, scathing, oscillating textures that do not follow most harsh noise trends. these sounds seem to hurl you into a spiral of head-melting chaos more so than they crush your skull. side b is a live performance recorded in june of 2010 is even more dynamic and diverse, including some nutty screaming from yasutoshi's own vocal chords. this material is strange, ruthless, and the more i listen to it, the more i love it. japanoise at it's finest, ladies and dicks. professionally printed, hand-numbered, full-color artwork with hand-stamped, purple tinted tapes. limited to 50.

colour bük “our favorite fucking day of the goddamn year” c31 cassette

• comatose artifact
  
• i got thought
  
• if i know
  
  
• the realm of positivity
  
• magic keys to conv.
  
• most grotesque of all
  
• cram station

weird forest press release...

colour bük our favorite fucking day of the goddamn year cassette colour bük hails from new york city and their sound is steeped in that gritty nyc guitar sound. buzzing, noisy guitar drones (courtesy of the band's vibrator "technique") mingle alongside catchy, angular songs. you may feel dirty after jamming this tape but you will enjoy it. pro-dubbed chrome cassettes come with embossed paste-on covers and professional full-color j-card inserts. limited edition of 100.

kevin corcoran “haptic music” c45 cassette

• like a thought hangs
  
  
• haptic music
  
• a drift of dim light

weird forest press release...

kevin corcoran haptic music cassette kevin corcoran's official discography spotlights the wide range of his drumming repertoire -- witness the arty-free jazz punk stylings of antennas erupt! (s-s records), the bombastic blasts on his various weird forest 7"s, the more subdued percussion on his americana-cum-improv trio with christian kiefer and tetuzi akiyama (digitalis) and most recently, the incredibly tight avant-rock drum beats featured with garrincha & the stolen elk (stunned). but left to his own devices, corcoran is much more interested in subtle, quiet sounds and haptic music is the first release spotlighting solely his ideas. these pieces reflect his interest in percussion as timbre gestures (touching texture, sounding surfaces with objects, droning cymbals) where rhythm is not the major aspect but underscores or enables certain movements. haptic music was recorded between 2008 and 2010. acoustic and amplified percussion improvised and recorded live. pro-dubbed chrome cassettes come with embossed paste-on covers and professional full-color j-card inserts. limited edition of 100.

the preterite “the preterite” c60 cassette and c64 cassette set

• ready or not
  
• foot forward
  
• crater’s edge
  
  
• the bridge
  
• last stand
  
• beam
  
  
• with a star to guide them
  
• dirge
  
• trail is still warm
  
  
• the belfry bats
  
• swarm
  
• transat accidently

weird forest press release...

the preterite the preterite double cassette the preterite drops this fantastic 2x cassette release which sounds like it came from another world -- one where factories float in the sky and willy wonka's running for president. something of a "piano" album, the preterite takes this most hallowed of instruments and molds a fantastic aural clouds that take winding, angular paths on the way to building up a melodic, cacophonous maelstrom. pro-dubbed chrome cassettes come with professional full-color j-card inserts and an embossed collar. if you only buy one weird forest tape release all year, this would be the one.  limited edition of 100.

julianna barwick / ikue mori “frkwys vol. 6” long playing record

• dream sequence
  
• stalactite castle
  
  
• rain and shine at the lotus pond
  
• rejoinder

rvng intl. press release...

frkwys vol. 6: julianna barwick & ikue mori lpcat #: frkwys06 / wcr004 frkwys vol. 6 features four pieces composed and performed by artists julianna barwick and ikue mori as part of a month-long installation curated by rvng intl. at white columns gallery, new york, ny. when rvng accepted an invitation by white columns director matthew higgs to display in the all-purpose project space, we envisioned a venue to host a frkwys collaboration. the non-profit gallery's long-standing support for experimental music dates back to the noise fest, a nine day event curated by thurston moore in june of 1981 that featured many prominent downtown new york musicians. keeping the institution's regard for nyc avant music in mind, we looked to ikue mori, a member of no wave anti-stars dna and pioneer of drum machine and software improvisation, and julianna barwick, an artist recognized for the ethereal loop-based vocal compositions of her 2009 florine ep and 2011 the magic place lp, to forge the focal point on our opening night event. for the installation, a particle-board cubicle was custom constructed and placed at the center of the project space. the cubicle wall separated julianna and ikue to their respective seated work stations, while web cams captured the musicians at work / play and became interactive projections manipulated by video artist erik mika, illuminating this exercise in simulated engagement. each of julianna and ikue's improvised performances on october 29th, 2010, were cut live to vinyl via portable lathe. on the album's june 14th release date, the set of four unique lathe cuts and an elaborate art book will be made available for offers on igetrvng’s website. the book features creative direction by will work for good and photographs from the two events by aubrey mayer and jody rogac. julianna and ikue met a second time three weeks later at white columns, november 16th, 2010. this time the two musicians collaborated without an audience, cubicle, web cams, or lathe, but with past experience and spirit in place, an exercise in actual engagement. the four pieces of frkwys vol. 6 include two performances from the first collaboration and two performances from the latter collaboration. frkwys vol. 6 is a shared release with the sound of white columns. the lp is available in limited edition, packaged in thick black jackets with a two-color adhesive wrap. all lps come with a 24-page black & white zine; the book features creative direction by will work for good and photographs from the two events by aubrey mayer and jody rogac.

jefre cantu-ledesma “shining skull breath” long playing record

• distant star (for pete swanson) (5:39)
  
• cannibal hymn (1:29)
  
• shining skull breath (6:02)
  
• tigris and euphrates, moon of blood (1:26)
  
• diamond star (5:41)
  
  
• the honeybees in my heart (1:48)
  
• the first time i saw your face, ithought it was a dying star (6:54)
  
• beautiful thunderbolt (moon gazing in your skull) (2:44)
  
• witch head nebula (2:08)
  
• tender radiance (6:10)

drainolith “where are ye col. leslie groves?” c20 cassette

• where are ye col. leslie groves? (1)
  
  
• where are ye col. leslie groves? (2)

nna tapes press release...

nna030: drainolith "where are ye col. leslie groves?" c20 montréal lurker and aids wolf guitarist alexander moskos has bestowed us with one of our most baffling cassettes yet. not unlike parlor music being played by an insane asylum patient, moskos rips intangible, monk-esque midi piano hallucinations over sporadic drum pad wailing and other miscellaneous electronic mishaps. fake jazz or real truth?

reuben son “lesslessness” c61 cassette

• voidance
  
  
• lesslessness

razors & medicine press release...

r&m 39 reuben son : lesslessness – c30 connect with the grace of jesus, "as it is written in the law of the lord, every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the lord;"- luke 2:23. this is nothing but deliberate robbery in the name of the lord. anyone doing this is stabbing jesus againg. of what use is his death then? as for me jesus blood is sufficient! what is the rational behind ministers asking believers to make sacrificial givings to take away the curse of ruben on first born? to my mind, my first son is not ruben and he is redeemed of god. of what use is such ritual giving in faith? reuben was the first child of jacob and leah, and the founder of the tribe of reuben. when the bible lists the names of jacob's 12 sons, reuben's is listed first. but reuben lost the privileges that traditionally were given to first-born sons because he had an affair with bilhah, who was his father's concubine (genesis 35:22). reuben, however, is noted for some good things. although reuben had a curse on him, the curse does not automatically transfered to you! the blood of jesus has paid the price for all curses and cause of the law. consider it fraudulent if any minister or ministry ever ask you to part with sacrificial offering / seed to remove the curse. be wise!

hsdom “no title” c31 cassette

• am graben (iii)
  
• paradigma des werkzeugs
  
  
• machine
  
• 2092 mit saturn

phaserprone press release...

hsdom no title tape biographical clues to old germany. moments of loneliness. effects and hints of spoken word. raw code synthesis, absent of contemporary computer software. recalling the more esoteric industrial of the past. letterpressed j-card, and pro duplicated tape.

dust “ballet” c26 cassette

• pass
  
• transfix mutate
  
  
• hallway “3”
  
• open

phaserprone press release...

dust ballet tape distant criminal, a way of life. hushed moments of lyrical voice, with fractured synthesizer. an exploration of autonomy, the survivor. first and possibly the last dust release, new identity as five mask. formerly earth crown, formerly copper glove. letterpressed j-card, and pro duplicated tape.

dr. quinn medicine woman “advanced dungeons and dragons” c30 cassette

• d20
  
• soloflex
  
• i hate myself and i want to cry
  
• vin diesel
  
• suburban blaster
  
• sohio
  
• suburban blaster
  
• keyless entry
  
• you look good
  
  
• fortune cookie
  
• zzxst001
  
• coin toss
  
• skip-it
  
• sub-zero
  
• dead batteries
  
• puppy
  
• room temp beer

deception island press release...

di37: dr. quinn medicine woman "advanced dungeons and dragons" c30 (edition of 150). dqmw is ryan kuehn of thursday club, hot air balloon ride, etc, who for my $ is probably more responsible than any other individual for the less immediately obvious particulars of the contemporary cleveland aesthetic.  "ad&d" has the best kind of "collected home recordings" feel to it and is definitely the most appropriate layperson's introduction to ryan's work, which encompasses grmmy hyperreal metals, terry riley-esque ivory-tickling, psychedelic jaws-of-the-cosmos vocal manipulation, obnoxious gear demos, bleary expanses of fading transmissions, etc.  truly bizarre "rust belt basement stapleton" vibe to this one. ryan kuehn is as total an enigma as they come, and is probably more responsible than any other individual for the persistence of cleveland’s status as a hub of utter strangeness, between his long-term stewardship of “the record exchange”, a nosebleed haven for human / audio fuckery and deep afterhours gurgle on wcsb, and thursday club, his collaboration with brian detrow, which spent the early oughts mapping much of the territory within which an ensuing wave of northern ohio fuckups, from fragments to moth cock, would operate. in that sense, thursday club’s dna is woven every bit as deeply into the cleveland aesthetic as that of skin graft or tusco terror, and despite the name, ryan’s solo recordings as dr. quinn medicine woman hew much more closely to the psychedelic free electronics and mossy synth throb of tc than, say, the righteously pointed misanthropy of hot air balloon ride (with john elliott), the thousand-yard-starin’ tape zonkery of the reel deel (with john elliott and chris madak), or the negative-wavecrust hose blast of dpi (with wyatt howland, amanda howland, and j guy laughlin). while prior dqmw jawns have flaunted their opacity and insiders-only scruples, advanced dungeons and dragons simply shrugs, pulls back the curtain, and takes out the trash. as effective and consistently surprising a cereal box decoder ring as any in kuehn’s vast ouerve, it’s a rare opportunity to stagger your way across a hypercube tumbling through the ether, sipping nectar through a straw in a storm of mercury droplets (“d20 ), passing out on the deck of a heavily filigreed hovercraft (“soloflex”), wrapping your head around salvia jaws (“vin diesel”), spraying tar from a whipped cream can (“suburban blaster”), and waking up on a screwy plateau on the edge of time, where a drop of water takes eight hours to roll down your face (“keyless entry”). …and that’s just side a, with the reverse taking in the grmmy hamminess of “fortune cookie”, the zonked/dissociated lesswave of “coin toss”, the glassy, celestial glide of “sub-zero”, and the bleary, tumbling wool-fi minimalism of “room temp beer.” extra fucked classic rust belt basement tapecult aesthetic. one for the true heads.

night burger “what happens next” c36 cassette

• what happens next
  
• profligate
  
• as always
  
• you drive
  
• my turn to hide
  
  
• what happens next (dross)
  
• settlement

deception island press release...

di36: night burger "what happens next" c36 (edition of 200). noah anthony of social junk's solo project and absolutely my favorite thing going in philly right now. weird / bleak / minimal without the sense of holding out on the listener, long on classically dubby mutes and bucket brigade stunts, and maintaining one foot in "songcraft" of the martin rev / daniel miller variety and another in a surprisingly chain reaction-esque abstraction. since he landed in philly a couple years back, noah anthony of social junk has participated in a dizzying number of warped units, including mirror men, mindless attack, the late form a log, and of course night burger, solo vehicle for his virtuosic command of postdub / postjunk technique in the service of a stunningly bleak, utterly forlorn, and eerily refined agenda. that this project, which has cultivated a well-earned reputation for prolific and mind-erasingly intense live performances remains sparsely represented in terms of studio recordings makes an immaculately structured album-length release such as this one particularly special. what happens next? gets lurching with a slo-mo jackhammer riff that hits like a thousand telephone switchboards getting sucked into a neutron star. anthony’s vocal persona is hollowed-out and resigned, a terrifying shell of the dosed everyman angle worked in sj. the a side progresses through dessicated combo organ perc of “profligate”, wrapped in tick, melt, and whisper, to the keening rust belt-style reedwave, iq-annihilating bass drops, and bucket brigade gurgle of “as always,” “you drive” and “my turn to hide”. on the reverse, “what happens next (dross)” transforms the numbing bonecrunch impact of the original into a sick thud / clatter beneath a frigid organ riff, while “settlement” stretches into epic territory, an unintelligible interior monologue dissolving in a stiff bleach solution amid a hail of highway flares, giving way to a muted psychedelia of the hyperclean factory sort, surprisingly not unrelated to a plausible interpretation of, say, early chain reaction recs. phenomenal. i did it for the philly crew: kevin e, party t, rick w, alex h, eamon t, wendy h, lance s, charles c, jeremy h, chris m, etc. all the kids want to be whipped with a chain. - j.r.

travis bird “two tidal states” c34 cassette

• high, never reached
  
  
• low, evaporated

digitalis limited press release...

lltd191: travis bird “two tidal states” c34 dense reduction's travis bird veers off course and into space with his first solo effort, "two tidal states." bird cracks out his ms2000 to send up this homage to radigue and other forms of synthetic expression. sparse bleeps and blops open the tape, gently guiding you through the rabbit hole. as he rumbles his way through the sub-sonic basement, you're greeted on the other side with the promise of skull-boring oscillations. solid, methodic drones coalesce into a mountain of sonic debris acting like an artificial monument to the cosmos. edition of 75, chrome tapes.