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Artist: AVARUS Title: Kirppujen Saari Format: LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Long touted as the forefathers of Finnish freeform psychedlic music, Avarus, a collective bearing members from The Anaksimadros, Kemialliset Ystävät, Maniacs Dream, and more, document their first tour of the United States on "Kirppujen Saari". The sounds contained show a departure and growth from typical Avarus recordings. The A side long track begins with a psychrock romper complete with full "band" instrumentation, slowly it deconstructs itself into the abstract electric/acoustic stylings and sonic spattering familiar to their previous work. Slowness builds into full on clatter filled walls of vocals, toy keyboards, horns, strums, and other acoustic junk, creating a unique and massive drone. The opposing side is pure acoustic drones composed of vocals, horns, and tribal beats. Room filling ambiance, corner clatter, and morphing silence also find a way to unobtrusively build themselves into the piece. In an edition of 350 LPs on coke bottle clear vinyl with printed labels by Bart of Sloow Tapes and proprinted full color foldover art by the band."- Arbor |
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Artist: AXOLOTL/INCA ORE Title: Split Format: 7" Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "Karl Bauer and Eva Saelens (Axolotl and Inca Ore respectively) are two like minded Bay area psychers operating on two opposing levels. Axolotl marks the A side with skyward streaking drones and ethereal loops tinged and focused, ringing with the joyous bliss of upward passage. An endless array of vocals, electronics, and violin looping and looping, building and growing: stasis. Inca Ore makes her craft from an Earth bound level. Oneness with her surroundings, roots firmly planted. Eerie incantations and meandering harp play foreground to layer upon layer of looped vocals and murky ambience, charting your way towards forever. In an edition of 450 white purity colored 7"s in black and white pro-printed collage fold-over sleeves by Eva with a numbered insert." - Arbor. |
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Artist: BARK HAZE Title: Macannabis Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Somewhere, the gods of psych are smiling. Gazing down on this Northeastern all-star unit, just feeling the music. Bark Haze is comprised of Andrew Macgregor (aka Gown), Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth), and on this recording Pete Nolan (of Magik Markers). Gown and Moores dual guitars and in constant conversation. There must be a psychic barrier between these dudes minds, nothing sounds forced, only ever flowing. Nolan keeps the time with militant precision acting as the foil for guitar development. A thirty-minute track recorded around the same time as All Tomorrows Parties last winter stretched across two sides of the tape. Infinite psyched out oblivion like a more sober Lambsbread. In a numbered edition of 200 copies with double sided red eyed tree art and tape labels by Maya Miller of Heavy Tapes/Religious Knives." - Arbor. |
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Artist: CLOAKED LIGHT/PALE BLUE SKY Title: Clear Of/Someday, Sometime Format: LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Working together, but differently. Clear Of, shows Cloaked Light working within a new mode; an expanded temporal sensitivity through field recording and discrete static chords. Slow movement- revealing growth and decay at the subtlest thresholds; disappearing music with a heavy presence, a shifting sense of space, not in the room, but of the room. Pale Blue Skys Someday, Sometime approaches a similar expansion of perception and unobscuring blur. Through tape manipulation, the inner workings of tonal relationships are placed under focus; extending time to reveal new moments; widening the view. Distorting to understand; a reorienting pause. Originally conceived to coincide with the Cloaked Light/Pale Blue Sky California tour with Pedestrian Deposit, Infinite Body, Earn, and Mirror to Mirror in January 2010; a testament to a common point and its different trajectories. Approaching the possibility. Mastered by Pete Swanson; cut at 45 rpm. In an edition of 400 copies with glossy jackets and inner sleeves." -Arbor |
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Artist: COPPER GLOVE Title: Surviving The Garden Of Hate Format: 7" Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "Copper Glove, the new project from Baltimores Door (formerly Earth Crown; who shared splits with Secret Abuse and Kites on past Arbor releases), shows a further progression of his one man industrial-noise synth unit. In opposition to his former work, Copper Glove is more mindful of composition; utilizing tone generators and processed synthesis and vocals, to present a dense cut up analog form of industrial concréte. Doors nihilistic optimism carries itself with a sense of effortlessness; ideological aggression, a pure translation. With focused energy, the noise of the machine continues as man controls it. The city is destroyed but we can still live here, forever. In an edition of 300 7"s with silkscreened covers and printed labels by Door." -Arbor |
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Artist: DEAD MACHINES Title: Plays Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Format: One-sided LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Michigan heavy domestic-electronic couple Dead Machines always create records that confuse and intrigue. They are the forefathers of broken gear / appliance / wind instrument basement jamming and have their niche dug deep. "Invasion" exists on the borders of existence- room ambiance is present, but the sounds are totally alien. Twisting mixer feedback and found sound source into a twisted collage of life outside the "Pod": harsh and awakening, but at times giving way to the trance of the machine lull. Dont fall asleep. In an edition of 450 LPs with full color pro-printed cardboard sleeves with art by John Olson." -Arbor |
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Artist: EMPTY VESSEL Title: A World Of Dew Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
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Artist: EYE SHAKING KINGDOM Title: Heavy Glass Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $7.50 |
| "Eye Shaking Kingdom is the severely fried, technicolor overdrive duo comprised of Glasgows Nackt Insecten and Alistair Crosbie. Their sole past release, "With Metal and Swordlight" placed their feedback driven drones in a league of their own, though they have still managed to remain below the crossfuzzed radar. These two tracks can be taken as totally overdriven crushing walls of loops, feedback and keys; but intense listening shows luscious keyboards painting the soundscape with all the colors of the lunar rainbow. Totally dynamic flows and heavy clarity streak across the foggy night sky. In an edition of 80 tapes with art, tape labels, and a poster by JKtapes Peter Friel."- Arbor |
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Artist: FERRARO, JAMES Title: Citrac Format: Double LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $26.00 |
| "The Citrac collection presents one of James Ferraros most cinematic visions; showing his recent mode of soundworld creation in top form. By shying away from pure musical creation and opting towards the organic birth of sonic universes, James finds a new way to tell a story. Evoking vastly imaginative imagery, this 80+ minute suite spanning two LPs, contains the previously released Postremo Techno Mundus Symposium, excerpts and alternative edits from Liquid Metals Alternative Soundtrack to Digital Overdrive, and the all new Digital Tribe. Presenting deep-nightmarish atmospheres of surveillance and captivity on through the rush of the open road; the hypnotic, lo-fi result is one that could only come from Ferraros alien mind, eternally stuck in a 1980s vision of an impossibly archaic future. In an edition of 400 double LPs with full color printed inner-sleeves in pro-printed black and white cardboard sleeves and printed labels by James." - Arbor |
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Artist: GANG WIZARD Title: For The Man Trapped Inside A Man Format: 3" CDR Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Summer is over dude. Bummer. Lots of left over Popsicle sticks and melted jams and memories of the pool are what remain. I guess that you can still have all that shit in Sun Valley, CA, but not in the Midwest. Its getting cold now, but thats beside the point. Gang Wizard gets together all the time and records the hardcore hang out sessions. Every time they are done we are left with a sweet document like this one. Totally rad dudes, in totally rad moods, creating totally rad tunes. Disjointed guitar jingles and all over the place drumming create a cacophony of positivity. Total Happiness from members of Foot Village, Rose For Bohdan, dynasty, and unicorn hard-on. Released for their fall 2006 NW tour in a numbered edition of 75 neon drenched popsicle-sticked canvases. " - Arbor. |
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Artist: GHOSTING Title: Live/Oakland+ Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "This Portland drone duo manages to create lengthy tracks with a psychedelic precision that makes you forget what time is/was/will be. This tape contains a track from a live show in Oakland with bustling airy drones and the dinging of bells luring the ears to go to places they have not been before. The track progresses thoughtfully with exact subtleties building to a climax only to come tumbling down with that exact progression. The B-side is a deja-vu conjugated burner starting where the other side ended. In a numbered edition of 100 copies with individually inked and sprayed tape labels in a silver sprayed case and ink drawn cloudscapes." - Arbor. |
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Artist: GIFFONI, CARLOS Title: The Absence of Essence Format: Double 7" Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Carlos Giffonis heavy synthesizer work recalls the crushing, massiveness of early industrial music. Completely consuming the air around it with heavy vibrations and total deprivation. These four tracks rip holes through the sonic barriers, loud and powerful but with entrancing subtleties and discreet builds. The nature of the 7" format does not harm Giffonis work which normally exists in extended lengths; instead very succinct and unwavering compositions result: creating four vignettes of grey industrial zones. As the person responsible for No Fun Productions and the No Fun Fest, this Brooklyn transplants presence in the current progression of the genre is undeniable. In an edition of 400 2x7"(one on white vinyl and one on black) sets in gatefold sleeves with art by Maya Miller of Heavy Tapes/Religious Knives." -Arbor |
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Artist: GOD WILLING/PRIVY SEALS Title: Split Format: LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "God Willing and Privy Seals are two of the prime purveyors of meditative harsh tones. God Willings guitar and oscillatior drone has been reaching epic levels of hypnosis lately and this piece is a great example. The repetitive nature of textured signals act like the swaying charm of the pocket watch: onward march. Matthew Sullivan has been crafting his Earn project recently, and this, one of the final Privy Seals recordings acts as a logical bridge. Heavy, hi-end guitar and tape interlacing: a harsh movement, but possessing transcendently soothing qualities buried under the deprivation of distorted tones. At the end of the hallway a door lies open. A long overdue document of the LA Diaspora. In an edition of 300 LPs with silkscreened chipboard covers by Ren Schofield." -Arbor |
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Artist: HORSE HEAD Title: Make It Something Else Format: CDR Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "I remember when the Zelda game came out for N64. I was all over that shit, but then forgot about it and never beat it. The thing I do remember is the sweet soundtrack it had. So-cal sunshine kids Horse Head have inadvertently recreated the sounds of the ocarina of time with guitars, drums, and voice. Past releases are hints of songs, these are "songs". Lyrics with all the joys and unjoys of being a human. Psych-pop for the kids. Down tempo tribal beats. Their most song based release yet(ever?). Upcoming album on Not Not Fun. In hand crafted/sewn cardstock pocket folders with conch shell stamped discs in an edition of 50." - Arbor. |
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Artist: INFINITE BODY Title: A Series Of False Awakenings Format: One Sided LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "Kyle Parker is Infinite Body. Like most of Southern Californias harsh noise youth crew (Impregnable, Privy Seals, Pedestrian Deposit), IB is the polar opposite of Kyles former project, Gator Surprise. There is something about the shift from creating unrelenting, harsh noise to ambient dreamlike drones that works perfectly; flowing with dedication and intensity from similar veins. Infinite Bodys debut cd "White Hymn" was a masterpiece of blurred lights, colorful, but heavy synthesizer and vocoder pieces. "A Series of False Awakenings", his follow up to that CD from the winter, shows a seasonal change, with a heavy presence on field recordings: children in parks, chimes, and the spring ambience of light winds and birds songs. An elevated sense of reality: entirely surreal. Kyles thoughtful and sincere work is certainly some of the most well executed around and the upcoming Infinite Body/Emaciator split LP on Monorail Trespassing will only further solidify this. In an edition of 300 LPs with proprinted foldover sleeves featuring art by Kyle." - Arbor. |
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Artist: KAEZM Title: Hydrogen Falls Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Denmark is a place teeming with half fried organic drone crews such as Sarahs Charity and Family Underground. Kaezm is the solo output for Nicolas Kauffmann of FU; here he channels electricity through criss-crossing patterns creating a midrange din full of lament. Nics drones move with static builds from a variety of sources and multiple levels of echoing chorus: airy, buzzing mantras tinged with Middle Eastern vibes and a deepening sense of time beat down like an incessant rainfall in a storm of hiss. In an edition of 100 labeled tapes with full color art by Nic." - Arbor. |
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Artist: KITES/EARTH CROWN Title: Split Format: LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $13.00 |
| "This is a cold vision of a dark trash covered future full of Sci Fi nightmares and strange out of body experiences. This is the final Kites recording and is perhaps the strangest and most chaotic piece in the prolific discography. Annihilation synth and tape collage, cut up, sped up and dialed to oblivion. Earth Crown steps it back, slows down the pulse, lets the edges of the static curl around the drone to the breaking point, where the damage is let loose, purged out and built again. This LP is a reminder of how cold, desolate, and haunting life can be. In an edition of 400 LPs with inserts, printed labels and silkscreened covers by Shawn Reed featuring art by Kites and Earth Crown. Co-released with Night People." -Arbor |
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Artist: MANIACS DREAM Title: Zanzibar Format: LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $14.00 |
| "Finland is the epicenter of collective music-making. Under the name Maniacs Dream, members of a variety of Finnish bands such as Avarus, Fricara Pacchu, Kemialliset Ystävät, and more come together to create blown-out free rock (not your typical stoner guitar jams). Their unique/bizarre approach to music-making constantly questioning the construction/deconstruction of sound creates songs at times recalling the electro-acoustic clatter drone of Avarus crossed with tribal rhythms and intergalactic guitar zones. Total sonic freedom with a punk ethos directly influenced by a trip to Zanzibar prior to recording this record (which is a reissue of the long sold-out tape originally released on Lal Lal Lal in 2006). In an edition of 450 records on light blue vinyl with printed labels and full color pro-printed fold-over sleeves with art by Benjamin Bergman and an insert." - Arbor |
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Artist: MEF TEEF / OWL XOUNDS EXPLODING GALAXY Title: Split Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Pure energy and total expression are the only boundaries around the free-jazz/music movement. Primitivism and psychedelic confusion act as the main themes. Mef Teef of Iowa City, a relatively new collective, have one past release on Raccoo-oo-oons Night People Label (of which MT percussionist Andy Spore is a member). Spastic drumming acts as the basis for which brass, piano, and silence interweave. Culled from a hometown live session, "Dark Star Voyage Pt. 1" features unique instrumental interplay causing the piece to progress almost theatrically with definitive mood changes. Brooklyns Owl Xounds Exploding Galaxy is a heavy hitter in the free jazz underground. Comparisons to avant-garde greats are not unjustified. With a recent LP out on Wooden Wands Mad Monk label and a plethora of sold out self released jams, this is the collectives first tape. Focused on the youthful energy of punk music and centered around the drumming of Adam Kriney (La Otracina, Castanets), in "Transmission To The Pineapple Universe", Owl Xounds produce pure blown out oblivion never faltering in its onward progression. Recorded live at the Cakeshop featuring Gene Janas on upright bass, Darius Jones on alto sax, and Greg Vegas on electric guitar the jam is a total freak-out, seething equally with nods to Sonny Simmons as it is to Sonic Youth. In a numbered edition of 100 tapes with printed labels, art and an insert by Andy Spore." - Arbor |
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Artist: MILLER, EVAN/GOWN Title: Split Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: US Price: $6.50 |
| "The power is out. The power is back. This tape juxtaposes two expert guitarists against each other on the natural A/B boundaries of the cassette medium. Iowas own Evan Miller creates long drifting ragas (or as he like to call them, spells) of acoustic guitar work akin to contemporaries such as Fahey and Rose, but strays from their "minstrel in the country" vibe and going more towards "a fisherman on the wharf" style. Even though there are no words, the emotion and story of his songs are obvious. "Specter" was recorded during a storm adding an ominous atmospheric quality to the meandering spell. On the flip side, Gown creates sky high electric guitar drones similar to his work in Bark Haze, but his presence in the solo setting adds a particularly nice clarity to his work; much less of an overload leaving more time to really soak into the jam. "Pigeon Church" is one of his first recordings since leaving his internship at Ecstatic Peace and moving up to rural Maccan, Nova Scotia. In a numbered edition of 100 tapes in 3 color silkscreened sleeves with tape labels and an insert." - Arbor. |
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Artist: NOISE NOMADS Title: Tone Deaf Format: Double Cass & Zine Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Total Western Mass scum. Jeff Hartford (Grey Skull, Bonescraper) destroys all sonic barriers; forty minutes of harsh, sweating electronics and acoustic rampage straight from the gutter. Hartford always leaves the audience guessing, whether it is his cut up garbage sources, contact micd gurgles or hairwhips, the end result is guaranteed to be something physical. The truth lies somewhere within the mess of cables and the stack of amps; they must be destroyed to uncover it. In an edition of 100 double tape sets with printed labels and a zine housed in a 7 reel to reel box with full color paste on by NN." -Arbor |
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Artist: ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER Title: Zones Without People Format: LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Daniel Lopatins Oneohtrix Point Never represents a rift in time; an isolationist expedition into the archaeology of sound, notably the analog polysynth as a means of organic creation. ⿿Zones Without People is the second record in the OPN trilogy; acting as a bridge between the drifting, alien compositions of ⿿Betrayed in The Octagon and a music more rooted in melody and introspective nostalgia as a search for self. An exercise in ⿿in between-ness: reconciling noise and melodicism, the stasis of drone and the spasomadic nature of concret, the historical narrative of 70s Kraut synth music and 80s techno. Arpeggios and sequencers play a key role in this amalgamation, as these forms of repetition create an attachment to a certain sentiment neither human nor machine. The record reflects this transformation; the A Side has distinct emotional flourishes, while the majority of the B Side seems to be overtaken in cold, mechanized melodies (like attempts at teaching a machine to feel). The final track ⿿Hyperdawn is a solution to these two disparate modes of interpreting stimuli: a pure union of veins and patch cables." - Arbor. |
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Artist: P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. Title: Narc Grind/I Came Here To Die Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Recently formed LA skate punk crew, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. consisting of Britt from Robedoor/Not Not Fun and 2/3rds of Black Black bring two quick tracks utilizing SoCal sunshine vibes, skateboards, and a "fuck authority" attitude. Dr. Pepper and scab fueled thrash: grind the pigs; skate or die. Jam this tape on repeat at yr favorite skate spot; positive negativity. In an edition of 75 tapes in cassingle style O card sleeves with black and white art/tape labels by the band." -Arbor |
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Artist: RALE Title: Whispering Gallery Format: LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Following recent tape releases on Young and Ekhein, Bill Hutsons Rale project should no longer be an elusive one. His modular synthesized low-end focus reaches new depths with each release; managing to provide a richness in texture and a deep listening experience in slow moving forms. Hutson exercises a dedicated control and mastery in composition as a result of his overwhelming knowledge of the potentials of sound. ⿿Far off organ chords become enveloped by an atmospheric heavy air; melody isnt shunned, but obscured. Frequencies arranged seamlessly, with a modest approach; like the growth of a grey cloud. In an edition of 400 12 EPs in proprinted cardboard sleeves with printed labels." - Arbor. |
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Artist: SARAHS CHARITY Title: Code of Red Twin Format: CDR Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $9.00 |
| "Among the metal forests of Denmark, there is Sarahs Charity. A maelstrom of expert tone work and free electricity; sounds so electric, yet still reminiscent of the flowing natural growth of fellow Danes Family Underground (it should be noted that Nicolas of FU helps out on track 2). This naturalism plus the actual sterility create a feeling nothing short of psychedelic. A wall of intense oscillation and soothing vacuous space ala Marcia Bassetts various projects. Speaking of Marcia, SC is also famed for being the only non Bassett/Bower related project to be released on the esteemed Heavy Blossom label. In a numbered edition of 150 copies in absolutely beautiful mind tripping deluxe screened sleeves by Dylan Martorell, with screened discs and an insert." - Arbor |
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Artist: SECRET ABUSE Title: Immeasurable Gift Format: LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "⿿The Immeasurable Gift is a testament to cathartic possibilities and the role of creation/release as a means of understanding. Recorded throughout the past three years in a variety of locations and personal moments; encapsulated by a common, unrelenting concern. Beautifully delicate, elegiac melodies concealed within curtains of dense electronic ambiance reveal themselves like the light at the end of the tunnel; a signifier of the temporary vessel form. Balancing recklessness with care and coming to terms with the inevitable; encountering the man on the shoulder, reminding us that we are all just weary travelers. In an edition of 425 records in full color proprinted cardboard jackets with printed labels and an insert; all design by Jeff Witscher." -Arbor |
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Artist: SHEARING PINX / SILVER DAGGERS Title: Split Format: 7" Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "Time to tell all the 77 dudes to get hip to the 07 sound. Vancouvers Shearing Pinx and Los Angeles Silver Daggers are North Americas ambassadors for the new wave of skronk/thrash/post-whatever punk. The Pinx play angular, expertly timed, staccato waves of noise and punk. Two long songs sandwiching one short one in typical Pinx fashion. The Daggers (experts of interpreting animal sounds w/ regular rock instruments) create utterly epic art-punk jams complete with swirling synths and horns based around solid drumming and guitar/bass interplay. One track was recorded live at The Smell, coming complete with mosh philosophies, while the second track recalls David Byrnes "boombox experiments" circa Stop Making Sense. Be sure to check out their new record on Load! In an edition of 400 numbered copies on concrete grey vinyl w/ hand stamped labels in 2 color silkscreen cardstock sleeves and a long insert." - Arbor. |
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Artist: SUN CIRCLE Title: Lessness Format: Double LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $22.00 |
| "Following in the tradition of minimalist composers such as La Monte Young, Yoshi Wada, and Charlemagne Palestine, Sun Circle exemplifies a contemporary focus on long form drone music. Members Greg Davis and Zach Wallace have shown their interest in the field with extended works on Kranky and Root Strata respectively; together on Lessness, they show a deep-rooted interest in the power of simple forms. Building upon themes from their recent solo work (Davis subtly shifting tonal work with electronic oscillators and Wallaces acoustic drone work on the glass armonica), Lessness is comprised of four side long works each exhibiting a different acoustic instrument in isolation. Exploring drums, tambouras (both rhythmic and droning), and gongs with a meditative precision, Davis and Wallaces work seems at once both mechanic and human; the product of focus, revealing a vast beauty within the subtlety of the geometric potential of sound. In an edition of 400 copies with full color matte jackets." -Arbor |
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Artist: TAIGA REMAINS Title: Thereafter Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Alex Cobbs Taiga Remains project pushes the exact opposite vibes as the name of his Students of Decay label. With use of nothing but guitar and pedals Cobb materializes lush and precise drones which seem to come directly out of the air. So heavy and powerful that they dont even seem to exist, nor could they come from any instrument / human. Total peace and solitude; meditative Eastern vibes transcendent in and of themselves. The A sides "Winter Tai-Tung" is a light and breezy trip through the mist, growing unconsciously, beyond notice until the track ends. The B sides "Spring Shan-Lin-Shi" recalls visions ten seconds of prayer service slowed down and stretched into ten minutes, like the sound right after a bell rings hung in static forever. In an edition of 100 tapes in oversized plastic cases with an insert and printed labels."- Arbor |
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Artist: TIME LIFE Title: I Am Just To Myself Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $7.00 |
| "By now this duo should be far from a mystery though their psychic audio mythos has been continually deepening, growing, and transcending. Comprised of Vanishing Voice members G. Lucas Crane(Non-Horse) and Heidi Diehl, these New Yorkers flee the trappings of the fashion capital of the world for the land of home grown psychedelia. Non-Horse plays a crate of cassette tapes and a chain of delay. Wrapping sounds from various sources into a concocted aural remedy from reality, a psychedelic blanket sheltering you from the outside world. Heidi lends her voice and dripping dream guitar work to the powers at hand, juxtaposing heavy bass with light whispers and shimmering strings with deep murmurs. On the B side fellow spirit forcer Steve Gunn of GHQ brings a new element to the group, percussion. A natural oneness is developed between all players, creating earth music with a deeply rooted sense of calmness and serenity. In an edition of 100 numbered tapes with printed labels." -Arbor. |
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Artist: TRAUM Title: Built For Nothing Format: One-sided LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $12.00 |
| "Suburban Michigan is a breeding ground where every weirdo has a label, a band, and a handful of secret/under the radar collaborative projects. Here Graveyards Ben Hall and Lambsbreads Zac Davis create a monolithic one sider influenced by too many private press jazz records and abstract instrumentalism. Davis turns in his effect pedals for nothing; pure clean tones plucked up and down scales and bridges so uniquely that it is easy to confuse the guitar for a sax. Ben Hall drums like a man with four arms; constant rattling trap tapping and assorted pots and pans clattering, flowing completely smoothly. A perfect union of sound. In an edition of 300 copies in screened chipboard sleeves by Anthony Decanini. "- Arbor |
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Artist: TREETOPS Title: Permission/When I Was Younger Format: LP Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $11.00 |
| "Spirited youth and the intense magnification of focused energies chart the recent zones for Treetops. Utilizing tapes, casio keyboards, vocals and a variety of other sources, the path to earth bound nature drone is firmly rooted in electricity. Like the combination of the glacial drifts of massive rocks and the movements of air, the sources meld into blissed out meditative drones: ceremonial music rising into the future to get out of the past. Infinite ancients; constantly progressing, constantly evolving. Mastered by Pete Swanson (D. Yellow Swans); in an edition of 300 copies in proprinted foldover sleeves featuring photography by Kyle Parker (Infinite Body). The B-Side features a remastered and extended version of the "When I Was Younger" 2xc10 (arbor69) from last winter." - Arbor |
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Artist: TREETOPS/CYGNUS Title: Split Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: US Price: $6.50 |
| "At its purest, recorded music is two things: basements and one track recorders. Treetops and Cygnus are a complimentary pair of basement sludge psychers armed with little more than a few effect pedals (no distortion?!). The Treetops track is a grower and coming in at just under 10 minutes one of the longer Treetops jams to date. Light guitar strumming, tape manipulations and the occasional incantation are the sole sources for "Wild Beauty". Sky bound riffs float through the storm clouds. This track is a companion piece to the upcoming Ecstatic Peace tape, "In The Vanilla Grove/ Man and Horse". Cygnus is the guitar/keyboard duo of Heath Moerland (Sick Llama/Fag Tapes) and his friend Glen. Heath and Glen use slow flanged strumming and haunted house keyboards all progressing at a slow-ed down pace. The second track starts out with some fuzzed heavy riffage and keyboard overload while progressively deconstructing itself to two guitars; a totally zoned out "I forgot we were recording" style gem. Much more chill then their previous blown out shred fests. In a numbered edition of 100 sprayed/stamped tapes in red youth stickered poly cases." - Arbor. |
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Artist: TUSCO TERROR Title: Psychedelic Narcosis Format: CDR Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "Cleveland noiseniks, Tusco Terror, barrage the earth with their subterranean dirt worship. Having just released a split LP with Emeralds on Ecstatic Peace, this crew is ready to take their Midwestern gear slaughter beyond the realm of the breadbasket. Operating with a loose lineup usually ranging from 3-5 players all jamming in their own private zones, contributing their own part to the psychedelic nonsequitors and cosmic confusions contained within the recording. Pile upon pile of unrecognizable source contort themselves into an unrecognizable yet brutally intriguing end result. Dont stop digging. In two editions: A( of 68 numbered copies in silkscreened, watercolored, and sewn sleves with screened discs) and B (of 32 numbered copies in printed collage sleeves with screened discs). "-Arbor |
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Artist: WARMTH Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Arbor Country: US Price: $14.00 |
| "Even though Warmth main man Steev Thompson still appears to be incommunicado totally epic recordings continue to surface. Before Roxanne Jean Police was officially over and Steev still lived in Chicago, he joined up with another then Chicago resident Branden Diven of Quilts/American Grizzly Records. The jams that were created filled a couple of cdrs and the Warmth side of the split with Quintana Roo on Not Not Fun. This LP consists of a remixed and edited version of the original cdr running at just under 45 minutes. Forgotten smog floats through a Northside basement. Sounds emanate but their source is totally unrecognizable. Quiet growing tonal blobs erupt into washes of aural color. A complete union of samplers, synths, vocals, guitar, organs, percussion, and electronics merge to create the sounds contained within; a loss of individual existence. Completely serene. In an edition of 300 LPs on creamy yellow vinyl with hand stamped labels in pro-printed and screened fold over sleeves with art by Roy Tatum and an insert by Steev." - Arbor. |
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Artist: WATERSPORTS AND AARON ROSENBLUM Title: More Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: US Price: $8.00 |
| "If a tape should ever be described using the word "submerged" it is this one. Watersports is the Brooklyn duo of Russ Waterhouse and Lea Cho, who in the same configuration also make up Blues Control. The A side begins with "submerged" bubble sounds mastered from the inside of an aquarium. The serene scene ebbs and flows until shimmering keyboards pierce the murk like sun into the blimey deep. On the B side the duo is joined by Aaron Rosenblum of Son Of Earth/Sapat. This track is keyboard heavy from the start with what seems like all three of the players weaving sounds through each others keyboarding. A glorious and shimmering overtone blurs reality. Howling flutes act as sea creatures in crisis. If you put the shell up to your ear and concentrate you can hear Rosenblum totally shredding. In an edition of 100 numbered tapes in oversized double sided collaged tape cases." - Arbor. |
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Artist: WORK/DEATH Title: Ruptural Strictures Format: Cass Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $6.50 |
| "Providences Scott Reber, has been recording under the Work/Death moniker for years, yet no two releases sound the same. Progression is key to W/D, never staying stuck in the same zone for too long, but consistently creating dense, focus compositions. ⿿Ruptural Strictures combines acoustic piano and string work reminiscent of Lucier, layered densely, creating textured and meaningful drones. In an edition of 100 tapes with full color cardstock covers and printed labels." -Arbor |
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Artist: YEH, C SPENCER & LASSE MARHAUG Title: The Elementary Particles Format: 7" Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "This collaborative work between US improviser C. Spencer Yeh (Burning Star Core) and European sound artist Lasse Marhaug is one of the most diverse and rewarding efforts by either artist. It is the result of hours of recording, cut up and spliced together, giving the listener a glimpse into various short snippets of the sessions. Harsh quick sonic blasts, violin scrapes and drones, field recordings, vocal exercises, room clatter and more are used in the process, but the way that they are assembled and woven together provides a nonstop experience that goes best with highly concentrated listening. Still the result is so varied that something new can be heard on every listen; a recording so intense you can never truly grasp what is actually happening; most definitely a highlight in both artists discographies. In an edition of 400 7"s in proprinted foldover sleeves with art Jose DeDiego and an insert." -Arbor |
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Artist: YEH, C. SPENCER/SICK LLAMA Title: Split Format: 7" Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "The malformed compositions of C. Spencer Yeh and Sick Llama come from opposing spectrums of noise music, though their similarities are undeniable. Whether it be Yehs solo piece for violin or Sick Llamas gunked tape work, the spirit of improvisation shines through. On Yehs track, the churning sounds of metal scrapes and light tinges, like crossed electric static and growing, buzzing drones are the result of one violin. His unique approach to the instrument marks him as one of the most exciting improvisers today whether it be with his solo work or through his work in Burning Star Core. Sick Llamas untitled piece is one of his most concise and interesting tracks; crushing and dirty with the hiss of tape static. Coming from the stoned mind of Heath Moreland of Fag Tapes, the expected tape aesthetic is transferred to vinyl with a compilation of cut up compositions, evoking a series of mystery sound sources. In an edition of 500 7"s in proprinited fold over sleeves with art by Maya Miller of Heavy Tapes/Religious Knives." -Arbor |
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Artist: YOUTH OF THE BEAST Title: Lantern Format: 7" Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $6.00 |
| "Youth of the Beast is pure primitive electronics, suffocating saxophone scrawl and epic percussion. Acting as the solo output for Raccoo-oo-oons Andy Spore, this record is YOTBs first vinyl offering following up a few tapes on Night People and Fuck It Tapes. Blistering vocal screeches and mixer feedback blasts meld with stray tones as brass wails and drums are pounded. Spore is a master of channeling the spirits right into the basement where he crafts his jams, creating a captivating mass of noise and psychedelic signals crossing for a painfully beautiful 10 minutes. Breathless sax solos and massive tribal percussion interspersed throughout. The sum of all these parts is something intense, unknown; an ever evolving sonic creature as bleak as it is restless. In an edition of 315 records with EPIC xeroxed double sided/double foldover (youll understand it when you see it) sleeves and printed labels by Spore." - Arbor. |
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Artist: ZAIMPH Title: Untitled Format: 7" Label: Arbor Country: USA Price: $5.50 |
| "In the past Marcia Bassett(of Double Leopards, GHQ) has proved her versaitility under the Zaimph name; from the depraved feedback and tone fury of her "Sexual Infinity" CD on Hospital Productions to her delicate electric guitar and vocals waves on the "Mirage of The Other" LP on Gypsy Sphinx. This untitled 7" release further proves this fact by recalling her earliest roots in the Siltbreeze band UN: vocal mantras and delicate strumming are placed over a hypnotically evolving base of looped piano, feedback, and strings. The end result is something beautiful that twists the lines of classification, picking up little points of reference from her past bands and laying out a path towards the future. In an edition of 500 7"s in proprinted full color foldover sleeves with art by Marcia. Mastered by Josh Stevenson." - Arbor |