Animal Psi

Animal Psi

1 Sep 10 - Cassette

Outer Spacist – 'Tape' C60
"If you love blown out American Rock ‘n’ Roll that pogos between punk rock and psych – you’ll instantly know how excited I am to be able to present the latest sonic emanation from Ohio’s Outer Spacist. Presented as one uninterrupted program, “Tape” slams 10 tracks into nearly 30 unrelenting minutes of outerspace sonic destruction. This release builds on their first 2 7”s on Columbus Discount records from last couple years to show a band growing in skill and mythos. It’s a beautiful trip you won’t want to miss. *** For much of the run the program repeats on the b-side for a continuous trip. On a select number of copies the b-side is blank so you can record your own space voyage – kinda like the Choose Your Own Adventure books I read in the 80s. Ed. of 75. w/ Download code." HERE

1 Sep 10 - Cassette

Tom Carter – 'Numinous' C40
"When we began planning for future Prairie Fire releases, Tom was at the top of our wish list. Needless to say that we’re pretty excited to be able to release two hot live T.C. Jams to fire off our fall release parade. Recorded in Brooklyn and Montreal, these tracks (Beauty Draws The Seed & Numinous) offer some of the best solo psych guitar I have heard in loooong time. w/download code. Ed. of 100."

Gremlynz/Ajilvsga split C30
"Scratch another (or a couple off the to do list). This one pairs William Cody Watson (Pink Priest) as Gremlynz and Brad Rose (North Sea & Alter Eagle) and Nathan Young (Alms) as Ajilvsga. Thick slabby scabby noise drones make this a winner. This alters brain functions – don’t surprised if you’re suddenly living in abandoned car underneath a bridge after spinning this. Kids using sound files to get high is no myth, here’s PROOF. w/download code. Ed. of 85."

Dim Dusk Moving Gloom – 'Blinded By The Natty White' C40
"I don’t know nothing from nothing anymore. Had I not been killing time on the internets, I would have never ever met up with Justin M. Lloyd. There was some kind of discussion regarding psychedelic noise (if such a sub sub sub genre exists) and this dude says he’s all about that and can prove it. I took the challenge and said – you make something that impresses me and I’ll releases no questions asked. In no time flat tracks are in my mailbox – 2x 20 min tracks recorded by JML as Sensible Nectar. I waited until I was in a sufficiently jaded mood so I could remain unshakably unimpressed. Well, it was maybe 45 seconds in to the first side when I gave up fighting. Beautiful waves of Eno styled ambience flowed from my speakers – made my sink into my couch and nod off for lil’ bit – that was until a full wall of harsh noise slapped me back to reality. Once I recovered, I spun the next track – fab spaced out guitars that easily sets the mood for bong hits, space flight, or astral blowjobs – if you do that kinda stuff. Blinded – exists at the tail end of Sensisble Nectar and where DDMG begins. It’s brilliant. You need this. w/download code. Ed. of 50."

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1 Sep 10 - Cassette

BARACLOUGH - 'VULPUS VULPUS' C55

"BARACLOUGH are making noises. Baraclough are jangling cutlery. Baraclough are muttering weird nonsense. Baraclough are meditating. Baraclough are floating above you. Baraclough at flopping at your feet like a newly landed sound-haddock. Baraclough are scuttling through the city streets radiating beautiful music. Baraclough are truly strange and inspiring. Baraclough are Paul de Casparis, Dale Cornish, Eddie Nuttall. A collection of unreleased recordings made during 2009 and 2010, this cassette represents the BARACLOUGH boys at their most beguiling; words spew out of the mouth-hole straight from the twisted brain-mush, and a choir of cassette-tape angels drown beneath the glimmering synthesiser sea. It's a long overdue pleasure to have this band release a tape with Beartown, and well worth the wait! Edition of 50, with blood red cassettes and carniverous artwork."

SLUMP - 'WITHOUT PROMISED FRIDGE' C45

"Soaring out of the industrial rust valley, you ride high on a gentle zephyr. The clink-clank of the blasted landscape beneath softens briefly and, just for a moment, you break through the blanket of grey smog and catch a glimse of a beautiful azure sky. Unfortunately, it seems that a few seconds of happiness is all you're getting this time buddy; your piece of junk, papier-mache flying-machine has let you down once again. Decend back into the sludgey canyon. Folk songs for the 30th century? Side A is all drunken engineers in reverse, hammers on engines, tapes loops, reverb, and the sound of slow-motion dental surgery. Side B is an endless wander through the dunes, your footsteps are the tempo, your loneliness the rhythmn and your sunburn is the melody. Edition of 25, clear cassettes with "so-banal it's upsetting" artwork."

31 Aug 10 - Cassette

Black Eagle Child – ‘Born Underwater b/w The Arquebus’ CS $5
”Duration: 30 minutes. From the artist: "Composition has always been a difficult process. When I decided to stick close to my comfort zone and start building music from foundations of guitar, writing music became a little easier. Before Black Eagle Child reached this point, my composition process did not exist. Mostly the result was failure, but from this lack of discipline also came a couple pieces I really felt proud of. Here they are finally in an official production." First edition of 100 professionally-duplicated & imprinted cassettes, packaged with 100lb monochrome cardstock 4-panel j-cards.”

Knit Prism - 'Growing' CS $5
"Duration: 25 minutesMichael Pouw's efforts as Knit Prism have already transported us to many lands—some familiar and others less so. Here guitar chords issue forth on tape, floating lightly in the air, but also with enough heaviness to refract the light passing through. There is a certain haze about Growing. Mimicing the moods and incidences in our daily lives, Pouw travels from one moment to the next, often with little transition in between. Not wanting to be incongruently clear about this, all we can say is that the sounds on this recording are attributed to places of mystery and a certain 'other world' that so often exists in the realm of comedic drama. This is realism and comedy together. Walk through the barrier of fog and step into a world in which the rules are unknown. First edition of 100 professionally-duplicated & imprinted cassettes, packaged with 100lb monochrome cardstock 4-panel j-cards."

A. Pushkin - 'The Figure' CS $5
"Duration: 61 minutes. Has electronic music reached its pinnacle? The mainstream transition from analog to digital in the 1990s caused a shortage of analog equipment, but now analog is in a renaissance. The early part of the 2000s saw a race toward higher BPM and hyper-mutilated amen breaks, but all the while there have been analog warriors existing in the underground. Alexey Pushkin is an advocate for analog, and instead of making dubstep records or the fastest jungle 12" ever, he is creating worlds into which his listeners can retreat. As Analog Concept, Alexey has given us a broad range of experiences—from walls of ambient sound to collections of vintage-inspired numbers to a trip through a real-life cityscape. The Figure presents A. Pushkin, and it is a portfolio of sorts. We get rich ambience, wild synthesizer manipulation, crisp field recordings, and now even infectious minimal house outings. Electronic music exists simultaneously in the future and the past. First edition of 100 professionally-duplicated & imprinted cassettes, packaged with 100lb monochrome cardstock 4-panel j-cards."

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31 Aug 10 - Cassette

Grasshopper - 'Wretched Blood Wraith' C24 $5
"SECOND EDITION: LIMITED TO 25. The NY brass/electronics duo Grasshopper has been confounding the NY populace with an aggressive sprawl of electric burble and fuzz-damaged horns, but man, I didn't see this one coming. On this cassette, their sound hits a peak of totally controlled, sharp mayhem, one that's almost PE in nature save for the commanding brass that blasts in where vocal chords usually shred. Interestingly, Wretched... was birthed, then aborted, and reborn as a more concise pair of compositions filling out an ominous sub-drone sprawl. Here, a very imposing, very unique identity sees creation, falling between harsh noise, early electronics, and free jazz. One of their first releases outside of member Jesse DeRosa's fantastic Baked Tapes imprint."

Telecult Powers - 'Kiss The Viper's Fang' C30 $5
"SECOND EDITION: LIMITED TO 25. The occult-drenched fog of this transcendental duo hangs high on Fang. In the midst of generating a lauded trajectory of constant performance and resoundingly impenetrable mythology, the homemade boilings of analog-generated dread forage forward in the midst of perplexing discomfort and lo-fi tape ambiance. Some of the richest minimal synth work you're likely to hear; a must for Cluster and Demons fanatics. Bleak, bizarre, and entrancing."

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24 Aug 10 - Cassette

deep magic/water lily jaguar - 'shimmering landscape plane/forwards' C60
"deep tapes no. 6. 30 minute, blissful voyages from both deep magic & water lily jaguar (formerly dream safari). deep magic’s side is a warm, drifting journey through a cleansing & relaxing vision forest; entering this vision in a sweaty, rhythmic zone, going deeper and deeper until emptying out into repetitious, contemplative textures. water lily jaguar guides us through a sea of changing, chiming tones; undulating & breathing along with your body, vibrating & moving until the very end. limited to 25 copies w/ full color, double sided j-cards designed by alex."

derek rogers - 'absolute immersion' C30
"deep tapes no. 7. derek rogers creates heavy (& heady), body arresting, mind wandering sounds & has released music for a number of amazing labels (scotch tapes, existential cloth, pizza night, stunned, kimberly dawn, tape drift, to name a few). ‘absolute immersion’ is one of derek’s most blissful & hypnotic releases yet, showcasing a beautiful combination of subtle noise textures with repetitive, chiming organ minimalism, that lends itself to infinite repeat on those cleansing, relaxing nights. limited to 25 copies w/ full color, double sided j-cards designed by alex & deep blue tapes with custom labels."

gkfoes vjgoaf - 'field mantras' C21
"deep tapes no. 8. gkfoes vjgoaf is sean conrad (of campfires). ‘field mantras’ is one of the most beautiful pieces of music i’ve ever heard. gorgeous, wordless, layered vocals, gliding & levitating above organic field recordings of walking through a beautiful forest. great for inducing those soothing, nature infused visions. limited to 25 copies w/ full color, double sided j-cards designed by alex. yellow spraypainted tapes with custom labels."

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22 Aug 10 - Cassette

RC28: COVENTRY MUSIC - 'Vapor Canaries' C18
"Lucid discoveries turn short trips into an incessant quest. Just can't get enough of these guys.. edition of 44."

RC29: CHRISTOPHER RIGGS - '5:00, 3:00' C30
"Part of a series of eight c30s where each fifteen minute side is evenly divided in a different way. Side A contains 3 five minute pieces while side B contains 5 three minute pieces. A single tape limits every piece to the same set of 3-4 sounds. 8 tapes = 8 sets of sounds. Piping creaks sway back and forth, tearing through distinct conversation. Other parts out now on Midori and Rigg's label, Holy Cheever Church. edition of 52."

RC30: TULUUM SHIMMERING - 'flowers are offered' C94
"Long awaited release originally intended for Vanishing Hour Revival. Of the last token to be had from this righteous triumph. Instant glaze emanation. Absolute, open form. Cover artwork by Evan Galbicka. edition of 98."

RC31: GITCHE-ANAHMI-BEZHEU - 'bamboo cruise under liquid shade' C60
"Lounge & drift delight. A familiar relaxation with presented strings. edition of 52."

RC32: EXPLODED STAR SAD SERVANT/MISNER SPACE C50
"side A: A pure, concentrated 25 minute high channeled directly from Artem Bezukladnkov (Heart Museum, Kema). side B: Heavy second winds pick up, soaring vocals ingrained in deep currents. Individually collaged covers on confetti cardstock. Polka dot stickers on black type II tapes. edition of 48."

RC33: KANE POUR - 'wasp in the silver orbitstream' C18
"Slightly slimmer audio tape only reissue of the vhs + cs joint release with Vanishing Hour Revival. Side A was recorded live at Daacha Gallery, winter '09. Side B comes from a studio session at the old Rotifer locale. All recorded straight to tape on a Marantz field unit. Mesmerizing jams, of Kane's most celestial approach. edition of 52."

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I had An Accident

22 Aug 10 - Cassette

Elevator Boy s/t C62 $4
"Looping guitar ambience - a chilling display of distance and space. A weightless album performed by Elevator Boy. Dreamlike tones and subtle guitar picking along with hum and crackling sounds and hushed tender tones brings the self-titled release out from its slumber to dazzle the soft ear drums. Play this album as you feel the cool breeze of the air conditioner upon your glistening body after taking a cool shower on a beautiful summers day. Allow the sounds to bring you back to last night when you finally kissed that girl and drank too many tequila sunrises." HERE

20 Aug 10 - Cassette

Enjoyable Saxophone Music By... Jon Lorenz and Body Morph tape
"Side-to-side wild reed styles from Body Morph and Jon Lorenz (tenor mango from bell abuse kings, Wasteland Jazz Unit). My jazz history teacher would have certainly not been into this, the look on his face of deep despair and emptiness, no hope... all is lost. C30 in an edition of 50."

Body Morph - 'Muted Me' tape
"Muted saxophone... to some it is just the horrid sound of dampened, choking, tuneless attempts at what seems like reed music. I dunno, what do you think? C20 in an edition of 40."

Weird Stuff vol. 3 tape
"Another C90 packed with weird stuff from the studio. A lot of confusing noise. Not exactly clear on what all of this really is, however it includes; Black Leather, Leeches, Pure Skull, Body Morph, and White Boss. C90 in an edition of 40."

Starfox tape
"Hyper-driven, raw, jet-engine blasts from the duo del cerebro known as the Starfox. Burke and myself at the controls of a white-hot splash of howling electronics, shattered space, and abrasive tangles of wire and sax. C30; edition of 40. note: this is the same material that was originally sold on tour as a deluxe double cassette."

Criminals - 'Wistful Chubby Genius' tape
"Andy and Leslie's fragile, jittering array of unnamable source. A forest of buzzing machines, dead electronic signal, and maybe some kinda real instrument played at some point? A colorful and confusing dip into the criminals' mind. C30 in an edition of 50."

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20 Aug 10 - Cassette

BT01: You are not all Boring - 'Pixelated Getaway' C39 $7
"A new mini-LP by You are not all Boring containing nine instrumental synthpop/chillwave styled songs. Musical influences include New Order, Human League, Washed Out, Section 25, Erasure, The Orb and the like. Washes of reverb, FM synths and chiptune bleeps collide amidst thudding drum machines and dubby basslines. Limited to 25 copies!" HERE

20 Aug 10 - Cassette

Gown/Robrobrob – ‘12’ cassette $6CAD(world)
“40 mins. Limited edition of 50 w/ cloth bag and fold-out. Side 1: GOWN - Jake’s Strut (Live in Sackville, 2009 w/Omon Ra) (20 mins) “MacGregor’s (also of the Bark Haze/Bastard Wing) voice floats through the murky composition like a lost firefly, giving off light every so often in hopes that he’ll be found again. A foggy oasis steeped in washed out guitar effects, psychedelic clouds of harmonies that float by like the first black clouds before a beautiful thunderstorm. Side 2: RobRobRob – Water / Garden at Night / Pocket Thesaurus / Untitled / Sun on curtains (20 mins) Hailing from Scotland via The Netherlands, guitarist Robert Gray’s style floats between harsh beauty and gentle noise. Free-form improvisations that are neither acid-folk nor shoegaze and somehow both. Something new called Folkgaze? Maybe.” HERE

Brave Mysteries

19 Aug 10 - Cassette

CQBL008 BONG - 'Samhain Festival' C34 $7(US)/$8(CAN)/$10(WORLD)

"[Limited edition 20 Silver on Silver | 80 Silver on Smoke] Bong are a psychedelic trance metal outfit from Newcastle, England; and they are made up of the finest in the area's delinquent underground music scene (including members of Obey, Lobster Priest, Trollmann av Ildtoppberg, Basillica, Master Slave and many more). Aside from a magnificent full length LP, most of Bong's output has been generated by bootleg recordings of their rare live shows. Nonetheless, Bong always provide enough pulsating atmosphere and crushing doom to make every recording worthwhile. For those who know the music of Bong, there is absolutely no need for any further explanation. I'd just wait for the smoke to clear just enough that I can see the red of your eyes, then cheerfully say: "Hey dudes, New BONG tape!" Enough said. However, for the uninitiated: let's pretend for a minute that Lou Reed, Moe Tucker, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Angus MacLise decided to join forces and create Pärson Sound instead of the Velvet Underground. We are talking real drugs here. Real problems. Though the OM comparisons are becoming tiresome, they can also be a good starting point for the imagination. Go ahead and keep in mind OM's minimalist and extended renderings of the modern blues/doom formula, the brain-numbing ride cymbal pulse, the gigantic drum sound, the chakra-shaking blues bass, but add to it some transcendent lyrical phrasings of an amplified sitar, the astral buzz and clatter of the royal shahi baaja, nihilistic waves of hypnotic guitar ooze, and the mournful hymns and mantras of a genuine monster sea troll sadhu of Albion. Now imagine this demented sonic recipe pounding live and loud in a roomful of creeps, trancing out to two side-long ragas, in Glasgow, on Halloween night, 2009. Anyone got a light?"

CQBL007 Lens - 'Techtron Dawn/Chimera Game II' $7(US)/$8(CAN)/$10(WORLD)

"[Limited edition 20 Grey on Orange| 80 Black on Clear] Lens is the newest project by Woodman, an elder godfather within the Second Family Band and Davenport Family circles. For those of us lucky enough to get some of his rare self-released tapes, he also gotten us grooving by the name Mighty Diamond and also simply as Woodman. Woodman may be even more well known for his band Drunjus, a long-running, progressive and oblique drone-based duo with Endless. This latest moniker seems to be an extension of that devotional drone sound that he has been crafting with Drunjus. Though, where Drunjus can occasionally become towering, twisted and even atonal, Lens seems to be sitting completely still and focused in a disciplined meditation. Evocative waves of organ tone and simple analog synthesis come and go, pensive melodies gently interrupt the flow only to suggest themselves and disappear just as quickly. There is an organic regiment to the electronic motions of the first side, creating sequencer-like sensations that guide our drifting attention, perhaps bringing to mind Terry Riley and early Klaus Schulze. Over two side-long compositions, a balanced harmony gracefully haunts the tape, and while the first side indicates a developed and steady progression with organ and cosmic electronics, the second side takes things down even more to silent place where Lens can illuminate the room by sounding the ritual song of a single bell within a deepening chasm of a vacuous spacial drift."

CQBL006 MV&EE - 'Muskie & Manitou' C65 $7(US)/$8(CAN)/$10(WORLD)

"[Limited edition 20 Violet on Sky | 80 Violet on White] Matt Valentine and Erika Elder should need no introduction. Starting off in the influential and unparalleled folk rock unit, The Tower Recordings, an odd-fellows network of musical mavericks from New York City who fearlessly dissected the lollipops and land mines of psychedelic revolutions past, Matt Valentine has been releasing monumental slabs of specialty medicine since the early 90s. Over the years MV & EE have taken the experiments of The Tower Recordings well beyond our referential imaginations and into the realm of very personal colors, away from the hip urban scene and towards an intimate campfire circle that only the locals would know about. Moving out to the countryside of Vermont has clearly had an effect on this pair, and their subsequent bands (such as The Bummer Road and the Golden Road) took fundamentals of the Delta Blues, Appalachian folk, Neil Young, Indian classical, and West Coast psychedelic sounds through their own special homespun haze of farm electricity and mountain air. The results were an elastic, deep-breathing yoga of musicianship, communing together and singing out into the night. Their music became influenced by the humors and seasons, sometimes the same song would manifest as a blaze and then sometimes only a flicker. As the pairs' craft and language deepened, there was always a distinctly pastoral and star-gazing Soul to every recording. Every so often the homesteading duo will pack up their instruments and their loyal canine friend Zuma, and hit the road as a rambling family medicine show . However, even in this small incarnation the music is as big and the vibes are as strong as ever, and after witnessing the MV&EE live duet now four times, it never ceases to amaze just what an eclectic and wild energy these two humans can raise in one evening, all by themselves. This tape presents the MV&EE tour of Summer 2009, fresh from the sweetest spot in the taper's pit. As last Summer was coming to a cool simmer, MV&EE strolled into the collegiate utopia of Madison, Wisconsin; to perform at a tiny art gallery for their faithful Midwestern brethren. The room was packed with flannel-clad friendlies and the atmosphere was thick and balmy, as Matt mumbled his way to the opening heatstroke of "Summer Magic", the micro-brewed smiles crept across all our faces, and we were all real gone for a change. This tape effortlessly captures the magic of that evening and and opens the portal, gazing back into the hypnotic waves of Matt and Erika's secret mountain bonfire."

CQBL005 The Mumber Toes - 'Always Already' C60 $7(US)/$8(CAN)/$10(WORLD)

"[Limited edition 20 White on Purple | 80 White on Purple Tint] "(...) the generativity of something uttered always already seems to deny fixed fleshhas always already been exploited [...]" - Brian O'Blivion This is the latest living artifact, directly given from the line of King David, and ushered in by his/her wholly unholy manifestation as thee The Mumber Toes, also called Karen Eliot, and seen to his subjects as the Wing'd Master ov Thee UnEnding Beginning and TheE Timeless End Times. You will probably recognize this audio happening as another recording of senseless modern racket, or perhaps the latest in a long line of superior Alien Power Electronics. The reality is, it is impossible for any of us to truly know what in the Hell this really is. Clearly there is something being communicated to us through the constructs of garbage synthesis and failing echoes. The sound is sub-human and nauseating, leaving long lines of quivering oscillations to perpetual births and deaths within the coursing scores of grey vomit. Winding like a catheter up your spinal column, this is an ancient electronic language capable of properly calling the incantations necessary for conjuring the fires of a uniquely Qliphothic Kundalini. The newly crowned serpent phoenix, arisen through this astral union, is born a power complete, unleashed and free to conquer. The bull is slain and the rabble is scattered. The broken ego, now a sperm, now a spell, now a sigil, now left here as an offering for lesser spirits to suck. All eyes are closed, blessed to know there'll be nothing left to see."

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Munitions Family

18 Aug 10 - Cassette

Lunar Miasma – 'Levitation' C30 €6
"First release on Munitions Family of Greek master of amplified keyboard instruments Panos Alexiadis aka Lunar Miasma. 3 tracks of super layered synth composition – this is NOT a one-take space droner! Pro duped tapes as always. Check the samples…"

Toymonger – ‘Animal Kingdom’ C30 €6
"Noise/free electronics duo made up of United Bible Studies / Deserted Village main man, Gavin Prior and Boys of Summer member Andrew Fogarty. Sound has been stripped back their previously dense dark droning, to a more clean and controlled, organic style of noise music. Pro duped tapes as always. Check the samples…"

Reptile Brain – ‘Dinosaur’ C30 €6
"Debut solo synth release from Boys of Summer and Toymonger member, Andrew Fogarty. On this limited cassette release, Reptile Brain summons the darker atmosphere of his Toymonger work through the warm vintage synths of the Boys of Summer space sound. Pro duped tapes as always. Check the samples…"

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18 Aug 10 - Cassette

Luke Perry - 'Brainwave's Rerun Crunch' $7(US)/$9(World)
"New full length tape from New York's Luke "Axl" Perry. Retro TV commercial psychedelic synth pop styled after 90s teen dramas. Listening to this tape feels like watching reruns of "Saved By the Bell" and "90210" early on a saturday morning while your brain starts shorting out from eating too much sugar with your breakfast cereal. Tapes packaged in teen idol trapper-keeper design with hot pink shells sporting Krusty the Clown and Luke Perry himself as Sideshow Bob." HERE

16 Aug 10 - Cassette, Print

fire island, AK – ‘Horns for Maldoror’ 3"CDr + poster $8
”An indictment against youth + beauty; an apocalypse eternity in horns, vox, feedback, busted electronics. 3" CDr, shrouded by one of fourteen b/w posters (≈ 2'x4') with selected text from Maldoror by Comte de Lautréamont. Comes in manila envelope with attached photograph, hand-numbered edition of 82.”

fire island, AK – ‘Where is This + fire island, AK’ C40 $5
”Power electronics, harsh noise, drone ... collaboration between Where is This (Ireland) and fire island, AK (America). c40 in norelco case with double-sided insert, hand numbered edition of 50.”

fire island, AK – ‘fire island, AK / Richard Ramirez’ C43 $5
”c43 split between fire island, AK and Richard Ramirez. Double sided-insert, c43 in norelco case, hand numbered edition of 30.”

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16 Aug 10 - Cassette

Cruise Family - 'Forever' C30 6€

"Free Download for a short time period. Your entire body is light. Light fills every particle of your blood, every cell, every membrane and organ. During recent years, many have been undergoing various forms of rearrangements. Typically, after the integration of the second cycle the embodiment is completed. The world of self-evolution is on the verge of an information explosion: cheap energy, free energy-everything will be given to you. All of this is related to the evolving light-encoded filaments. Our planet is nearing the completion of an evolutionary cycle that began long, long ago. During this final phase of the cycle, our human consciousness is awakening and expanding into cosmic consciousness, as we gradually remember WHO WE ARE, and the PURPOSE we came here to fulfill. All your energy belongs to you! You hold the history of the universe within your physical body. What is occurring upon the planet now is the literal mutation of your physical body, for you are allowing it to be evolved to a point where it will be a computer that can house this information. The friction you feel with others is that you are on this path of evolution and bursting forth. You will realise the contact and the energy that is continuously around. Use "FOREVER" from Cruise Family as always in limited physical form for 6 Euros included shipping on the entire planet ore as FREE download for a short time period! Order NOW!" HERE

16 Aug 10 - Cassette

Richard Ramirez - 'Your Persuasion My Perversion' C20
"Out now on WATERPOWER- the perfect set for converting from boy to man . Packaged in an oversized vinyl box comes a clear C20 filled with queer harsh noise accompanied by an authored 3" DVDr containing 10 minutes of manipulated and distorted cuts from Jean-Étienne Siry's POING DE FORCE. Limited to 36 copies." SAMPLE/WEBSITE

15 Aug 10 - Cassette

C/F 014 Regicide Bureau – ‘Toadflax’ C62 $7(US)/$10(World)

”This one is for the underground home-taping heads. Hailing from St. Louis, Thomas Sutter’s Regicide Bureau project has been running strong since the mid-80s. His prolific output of heavily electroacoustic sonic alchemy has been documented on cassette by such labels as Sound of Pig, Deaf Eye, Ecto Tapes, HalTapes, and Harsh Reality Music, while releasing more than 300 recordings on his own hypermedia imprint. After delving into only a small portion of the catalogue, it’s easy to see that the Regicide Bureau oeuvre fits nicely alongside such home-taping legends as If, Bwana, Hal Mcgee and Minóy. Noise heads: don’t sleep on this one! Toadflax, an unreleased noisescape from 2009, is all at once raw, refined, abrasive, and elegant. Tom’s approach to sound is a painterly one—sonic chiaroscuro. One moment there is a jarring rift of noise, and the next a haunting melody fights through controlled feedback. Along the way signals abruptly cut out, as if exhausted, only to reappear after shape-shifting in silence. Documented on this tape, true to ritualistic form, is a glimpse into the Regicide Bureau microcosm of chaos and contemplation. The atmosphere here is a disorienting one, like being in a deep fever dream wandering lost through an endless field of purple toadflax. Duplicated at Close/Far headquarters: Type I to Type I. Black and white j-cards with color labels on white shells. Edition of 100.” HERE

15 Aug 10 - Vinyl, Cassette

SWANOX - 'DAWNRUNNER' CS
"NNF199. awesome electric ritual full-length by this longtime left coast lurker. several years in the making, several steps above & beyond his usual
terrain."

DUCKTAILS LP
"NNF152. reissue of this summer 09 classic gets another pass around the gameboard. just in time for his lengthy Euro tour with Belgian porpoise-whisperer Dolphins Into The Future!"

SUN ARAW - 'HEAVY DEEDS' LP
"NNF169. another 09 slab comes back for seconds. same zany jungle funk, same headscratching liner notes, now a dollar cheaper!"

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Le Petit Chevalier

14 Aug 10 - Cassette

Je Suis le Petit Chevalier/David Payne - 'folkwaste library' split cassette $7(N. America)/$9(World)

"Limited edition of 18, hand numbered, eyeball tapes, collaged wooden popsicle stick covers. Each one beautifully unique. washed upon desertshores, abstractions of once familiar moments, impressions of naked bodies, tragic heroes in the seaweed, electronic impulses or psychic miscommunications? The distances are too great. Too many days on the road. I need to clear my head. My blurred consciousness awakens, staring past the burning sun and into a stranger's eyes. Did I say that out loud? Did we actually have this conversation or did I just dream it? David Payne: Fossils crushed into dust, distilled into it's purest form, no overdubs, no effects, no residue. Are these severe abstractions or disorientation by rare clarity? Basements dug into a bone filled ground. A lonely metal machine grinds out music, scraping it's way past the ghostly clouds of Steeltown's dark legacy. Confusing times indeed." HERE

13 Aug 10 - Cassette

clh19 – water lily jaguar/past utopia split C40 $7(US)/$8(Canada/Mexico)/$9(World)
”water lily jaguar generates a whirlpool of shimmering aquatic beauty. Past utopia submits dazed and whirring transmissions. edition of 25.”

clh20 – basked unit – ‘ward peak’ C40 $7(US)/$8(Canada/Mexico)/$9(World)
”stumbling textures diffuse into one another; equal parts glimmering and hissing. edition of 25.”

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13 Aug 10 - Cassette

GR048: Knox Mitchell and Flame Throne – ‘Mayday’ C45 $5
”Weird early collab recording from 2008 – recorded live in the living room of an empty house. Weird bongos and vocals, circuit bent gear, harsh electronics. Weird times….spent the night with a girl for the first time later that evening. YOUTH. Color covers/tape labels, edition of 25.”

GR060: Knox Mitchell/Planet of ID – ‘Pre-Paid Grave’ C45 $5
”Live split tape from 2008 – recorded at (drunken) AJ Glaub fest in October 2008. The KM side is a rare document of a faux-synth pop drum machine mangled tape phase. The POID side is another rare document, the only recording ever made of Derek’s INSANE INTENSE spoken word set. Grip this tape and re-live the gig you weren’t at. Color covers/tape labels, edition of 25.”

GR087: Jon Browning – ‘Industrial Park’ C30 $5
”Non-boring HARSH noise from Jon Browning aka Honeymuzzle. Recorded in 2005 and not released until NOW. Blankets of broken circuits, tape speak, and ever-changing electronic scree. Very focused. Color covers/tape labels, edition of 20.”

GR097: Spider Tombs – ‘Shadrach’ C30 $5
”New recordings from Geoff Walker &I’mLooLoo aka Spider Tombs. Two extended organic, dark stereo drone pieces. Member of Gravitar, BSBC, Basket Case, and Enemy Brains. Color covers/tape labels, edition of 30.”

GR109: Knox Mitchell – ‘Attempts’ C120 $4
”Stereo, non stereo, non existant recordings from February-now. Traditional music, wrecked vinyl, tapes, soon to be dead electronics. I don’t really really making most of this, but it’s surprising how varied it is. Weeks of experiments,str8 to yrtapedeck. 2 hours of sound!! Color covers.”

GR117: Team Telepathy – ‘Easter with Goro’ C45 $4
”Feedback clash between AJ Glaub/Knox Mitchell recorded on Easter 2009 in Okemos, MI after a killer double gig – first at Olson’s Aries Assault party, then the Dead Machines/Aids Wolf gig at Mac’s Bar. We left Mac’s, headed back to AJ’s mom’s huge empty house, and jammed til the early morning hours. Mixed to weird stereo back in February. 2 FUN!! Dueling screeching jams – some unexplainable synth/drums /vocals in the mix too? I don’t remember but they sound good. Long color foldout covers, painted tapes, edition of 20.”

GR118: Repulsion – ‘For The Elements’ C30 $4
”It comes from outside, not from the outside. I wanna be right from the inside out. I want you to see. I want them to see. I want to be right for everyone to see. I wanna be right. For me, for you, for them, for the elements.For space, for time. Electronics filled with mud. Murk for stereo tape. Xerox covers, Xerox tape labels, edition of 25.”

GR122: Live Michigan Two – ‘City Center’ C30 $5
”Second volume in the Live Michigan series – this one being a recording of City Center in Grand Rapids this past Easter Sunday. Incredible songs with such amazing energy, recorded to tape. Features some pretty interesting audience participation. Contains some songs from the Cops Don’t Care 7” and the Spring Street 12”. GREAT GREATGREAT. Uniform LIVE MICHIGAN covers/tape labels, edition of 40 copies.”

GR124: Thom Elliott – ‘Temptation To Exist’ C45 $5
”Brand new recordings from Pleasuredome dweller/curator Thom Elliott (Textgate, Deathwish, Gridlock’d, Black Onyx, Vacationers, etc.) whose releases on Bare Wire Technologies, With Intent, his own Pleasuredome label, and most recently, Hermitage Tapes sit with some of the best jams to call Michigan their home. Unsettling and plain scary sounds made from mystery electronics. Resist the temptation, cease to exist. Xerox covers/tape labels, edition of 30.”

GR129: Varnum – ‘High School Hospital’ C10 $4
”An empty high school. An empty hospital. Nausea-inducing stereo waves, new from Anthony Viviano (of Precious Trombley). Recorded in Grand Rapids, MI and processed in Jeddo, MI. Xerox covers/tape labels. Edition of 20.”

GR136: V/A ‘Lake Michigan Vol. 1’ C95 $5
”THE MYSTERY OF LAKE MICHIGAN. Exciting new live mystery tape series curated by Andrew Coltrane. 95 minutes of live recordings made by AC, but in his classic ???style, no dates, artists, anything. He asked me if I wanted to release the three volumes – OF COURSE I DO! Mainly Michigan acts I’m guessing. Can’t say for sure who’s on this, but it’d be a safe bet that you might hear hear Dan Dlugosielski, Mike Connelly, KhrisReinshagen, Paul Gunsberg, Jon Lockhart, GrehHolger, John Olson, Sam Dour, some combination of any of these, or maybe NONE of the above! No one knows for sure, but I know that these recordings are 100% puzzling. See if you can decipher, take a chance. Xerox covers/tape labels, edition of 30.”

GR137: Alena Wright – ‘Playings of Tanned Glass’ C45 $4
”Not the recordings I wanted to release, but when you confuse masters, dub the tapes, and then can’t find the right one…why not just go with it? I’ve got way too many tapes and no organization… Xerox covers, painted tapes. Edition of 11.”

GR138: Knox Mitchell – ‘Midnight Handlings’ C3 $2
”Two 1.5 minute chewed tape loop collages pieces. Stationary. Xerox covers, slightly labeled tapes. Edition of 9.”

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12 Aug 10 - Cassette

Skin Graft/Dim Dusk Moving Gloom split C32
"You know what to expect from the murky depths of Wyatt Howland from Cleveland, Ohio... A new composition of grit, dirt, scum, darkness and gloom. Speaking of gloom, Baltimore's Dim Dusk Moving Gloom has you gnashing your teeth on an atmospheric yet harsh and chaotic electronic opus of cuts, bruises and dissonant beauty. Blue or red, hand-stamped, foil tapes. Full color j-cards. Limited to 50 (25 of each foil color)." HERE

Lighten Up Sounds

12 Aug 10 - Cassette

NEON SEA - 'Fading Light' C32 $7(US)/$9(World)
"Swimming through the miasma. "Fading Light" offers a bleak soundtrack to these steadily darkening skies. Mutilated accordion drones, buzzing tape manipulations and crashing electronics rumble over industrial tape-hiss, ambient gamma-ray throb and dark electro-growl. Simultaneously soothes and seethes. Brings to mind a brisk jaunt through the barren tundra. Electric-pink and white screen-printed labels on opaque sky-blue shell comes packaged in a full color glossy dust sleeve w/ matching fold out J-card in a clear Norelco case. Edition of 50."

(D)(B)(H) - 'Bleach is the color of my true love's hair.' C40 $7(US)/$9(World)
"Limping down the road less traveled. Profound Garbage-Jazz/Free-Junk improvisations to further the picture puzzle. Minimal rustling and scraping slowly builds to fever pitch room-tone crescendos. (D)(B)(H) utilizes an array of household objects along with strings, horns, percussion and electronics to create this offering of seething spontaneous compositions. Suitable soundtracks to your seasonal "shut-in" sessions. Black shell w/ wood grain labels comes packaged in a glossy "Fab-Four" wood grain dust sleeve. Inner sleeve printed on recycled brown stock. Includes an eight page booklet with info, band photo and poem by Donald Barthelme. Edition of 50."

JUSTIN RHODY and MATTHEW HIMES - 'Romantic Love' C24 $7(US)/$9(World)
"Of the darkest depths of Mid-coast winter. Minimal, tortured soundscapes sans macho posturing. These frightening duo improvisations are culled from the same sessions as the nauseating cassingle released by the "Green Tape"label earlier this year. The boys manipulate throbbing feedback, violin, voice, electronics, tapes, microphones and strings to create these hypnotizing electro-acoustic compositions. This is ugly stuff. Black shell w/ black labels comes packaged with a full color fold out J-card. in a black Norelco case. Edition of 100."

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10 Aug 10 - Cassette

NTR011 Yellow Crystal Star – ‘Pathway To Celestial Towers’ C30 $6(No. America)/$9(World)
"The old wisdom is still here ; music is a bridge to timeless realities. This cassette was conceived not as the music of Yellow Crystal Star, but as a manifestation to point the way while being in transition. It is not intended to be a personal or emotional expression." Recorded while in Thailand. Artwork by E. Lindorff-Ellery, photograph by Mark Billings. 2-colour letterpress printed on heavy stock. An edition of 45. Pro-dubbed, imprinted cassettes.”

NTR012 Red Electric Rainbow – ‘Sky Underneath’ C40 $6(No. America)/$9(World)

”Full omnipresent aerial convergence throughout and within the skies below and above, from Dan Smith's prolific Red Electric Rainbow project. Although Dan is currently immersed in planning Chicago's Neon Marshmallow fest, he is still able to kick out the lengthy synth pieces that are his trademark — sparkling, simultaneously dense and airy, familiar and mysterious. Artwork by E. Lindorff-Ellery. Letterpress printed on heavy stock. An edition of 45. Pro-dubbed, imprinted cassettes.”

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