 M. Geddes Gengras 'The Kiss Of Life' C40 (SicSic) "M. Geddes Gengras, hip cat and modular wizard from the City of Angels with a bunch of tapes out on various imprints like Stunned Records, Full Of Nothing and Sacred Phases is delivering two sidelong tracks like solar wind straight from the heart of the sun: bubbling and boiling hot psychedelica. Mindmelting! Can you stand the heat?" - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Case 'BM' C30 (Ghetto Naturalist) "Having Jeff Case melt my mind MANY times playing in the percussion sect of the AMAZING Burnt Hills, I was beyond psyched when he laid on some solo jams for release- WEIRD and BEAUTIFUL- hypnotic, meditative, patient, with a dose of new free jazz- 2nd side could be an album on it's own - PSYCHED on this" - label description |
 Parashi / Cruudeuces split C30 (Ghetto Naturalist) "Tons of GREAT recent output from Mike Griffin- all around busy busy - textured to the max on these 2 trks - prepare to get swallowed, every time. PARASHI offers up the balanced spectrum here- KILLER! CRUU side is "outdoor activities 6" - field source material and reeds- settle in, zone out, dial in, drop out" - label description |
 Hakobune 'Nebulous Sequence 2' C30 (Ghetto Naturalist) "AMAZING soundscapes from Takahiro Yorifuji. Solo guitar- minimal, MELLOW, maybe the sound trk as one looks through their favorite window pane or anything? These 5 trks have become an anthem for the seasonal change around here." - label description |
 Fossils 'Bohemian Grove' C60 (Ghetto Naturalist) "beyond sounds from the north resort. This is what I call a MAJOR joyride. At about an hr.= a taste of it all, and it's KILLER! you want to laugh= you got it, you want to cry= you got it, you want to look suave and silly in your chair or taxed on the floor= you got it! Payne and Farr on this one and super good!!" - label description |
 Cruudeuces 'St. James' C21 (905 Tapes) bottom of the ocean slow-churners from the most ghetto naturalist around, cruudeuces. three jams, 21 minutes. gnarled vibes recorded in a black hole. |
 Alex Homan 'That Is No Way To Talk To A Lady' C38 (905 Tapes) local dude. young dude. played an id m theft able gig with just a sampler on his lap. it was killer. this tape bounces around like jezzball. weirdo electronics, blown-out percussion, vocals... lots of weird cut up shit going on. ambient sessions as well. i hope this dude does more. |
 Weirding Module 'Peace Offering' C57 (905 Tapes) michael troutman (awesome color, violent ramp) plays the sort of italicized synth jams that mega man listens to with his weirding module project. the shit on peace offering is excessively focused and stunning. if you went to get a root canal from a space-dentist who was into beats, this would be playing in the lobby on a loop. |
 Grass Traffic 'Neighbored Watch' C30 (905 Tapes) dude behind the d'artagnan label and projects like pummeler, albino groupie, and wax toller spews out a half our of sticky-icky under the moniker of grass traffic. gross clatter straight from the gut. i think he said this is the last material he recorded before his house was broken into and had his gear stolen. bummer. i expect a box set after he tracks the dude down, stabs hims, and jams over his corpse. |
 2673 / David Sutton split C62 (905 Tapes) 2673 returns to the 905 fold with two more harsh, mutant soundscapes. so over the top and grotesque. blasts that switch back from speaker ripping walls to crunchy drones. it's insane. for real. david sutton splits the tape with him, dangling piercing waves of lsd-water rapid tones from the other side of your brain. the part you don't use. you wont need it anyway. |
 Toning 'Paranormal Romance' C42 (Skell) "Cody Brant is the man behind Toning. After outstanding releases on labels like the late great Stunned Records and Eggy, he brings his soundworld over to the East Coast with this release on Skell. Paranormal Romance finds Brant continuing to tinker with miniature musical forms, preferring distilled and focused pieces to sprawling side-long jams. Guitars and synths make most of the sounds, but it is Brant's imaginative treatment of these instruments that separates him from the ranks of the arpeggio-istas that litter the current synth scene. He is scheduled to be touring in the spring of 2012 with synth pioneer JD Emmanuel." - label description |
 Fossils from the Sun vs. Parashi/Xanthocephalus split C34 (Skell) "As a member of Burnt Hills and Century Plants Ray Hare's journeys into the deepest realms of guitar and vocal-based noise psych have inspired and impressed; while his long-running solo project FfrtheSun has released material on labels like Reverb Worship, Digitalis, and Peasant Magik. Parashi's Mike Griffin unleashed a slew of material in 2011, on labels such as Stunned, Tape Drift, and Ghetto Naturalist Series before joining Burnt Hills midway through the year. Their soundclash uses guitar, synth, and voice to brew an amalgam that drones, scrapes, and creeps its way through a side-long 17-minute ride. Xanthocephalus is helmed by Brooklyn's Russ Aldertone, who released outstanding material on Kendra Steiner Editions and Ghetto Naturalist Series in 2011. He combines elements of harsh noise, field recordings, and occasionally furious bass playing, mixed together with a healthy sense of restraint amidst the chaos. COYE is a molten slagheap of sonics, powerful, menacing, and unique." - label description |
 Cruudeuces 'Various Skin Figurines' C30 (Skell) "Cruudeuces' Nathaniel Brennan is a conjurer; utilizing tapes, percussion, clarinet, and various bits of electromagnetic interference, he creates cleverly detailed and utterly bleak zones of sound. After a slew of releases on labels like Kimberly Dawn, Tape Drift, his own Ghetto Naturalist Series imprint, and Existential Cloth, Brennan has a large and impressive body of work. On Various Skin Figurines, he uses a subtle palette, with thick and crunchy low-end tones balanced by swirling clouds of tape noise and darkness--the results are astounding. So happy to put this one out! " - label description |
 Wether "Dream Recall" C20 (Heavy Psych) "Filthy synth & oscillator pulses from Mike 905. highly detailed and pummeling frequencies. distorted dreamscapes. " - label description |
 V/A 'Delaweird' C60 comp (no label) One hour of experimental/ambient/noise/synth/drone/what-have-you from all delaware artists. Some you may know, some you may not... Lineup goes like this: Eric Carlson Hartman, Vales, Nigro, Wether, Unicron, Alex Homan, Dirty Hole, Ben Fleury-Steiner, Tendrills, Joe Breitenbach, Pessimistic Lover, Color Zoning, Winter Ritual, and Dark Hair. Delaware. Delawhat? Delaweird! (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Leeches 'Voice and Vision Come No More' C60 (Moon Mist) "Higher level sax, tape, and electronics burning. These recordings achieve a constant upward motion, everything swarming and pulling you up so high, you realize if you ever stop, you'll fall and...morts. Forced distortion until finally consumed by it. Edition of 30, full-color art by Milo Leffler (Birmingham Drains). Leeches is Andrew Coltrane and Daniel Dlugosielski." - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Shades 'Blue Beach EP' C20 (Moon Mist) "A cracked, almost shamanistic approach to electronics. Ethereal to the point it walks a thin line between ritual music and primitive new age self-help. edition of 30, full-color art printed on stardream stock. brian wozniak and spencer bryant, ann arbor, mi 1999." - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Plankton Wat / Super Minerals split C40 (Stunned) "You were right — it was impossible for us to stay away for long. So here’s one final tape before Stunned is out the door for good. We’re thrilled to have been unexpectedly given a chance to produce this years-in-the-making split between Portland brothers Plankton Wat and Super Minerals. Side A commences with four season-inspired songs by Plankton Wat that calm the tides of the mind and prepares a scene of tranquil Pangea. Nectar flavored spirals of guitar, flute, percussion, and banjo drip forth as dusk falls, and nocturnal creatures gather to listen from the edges of Dewey Mahood’s glowing camp. Side B finds M. Geddes Gengras & Caitlin C. Mitchell doubling Super Minerals’ size and sound, joining in deep Green Machines Studio icaros-weaving. Winds, guitar, and drums twist into thick vines, fueled by mighty herbal allies and Third-Ear harmonics which plunge the band toward a blazing red dawn. Final edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c40 tapes with double-sided jcard and insert." - label description |
 Sundrips 'Phased Out' C32 (Fadeaway) "synth and guitar swirls set adrift amidst reflective surfaces. two side-long improvisations and one short "bonus" track. the first sundrips session from 2011 to be released. (edition of 100; pro-dubbed, pro-printed)" - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Pierrot Lunaire 'Lantern Floating Vessel' C28 (Fadeaway) "these diverse and discrete pieces of free saxophone shapes, soft tones, disembodied voices and amplified atmospherics suggest an alluring unifying logic. and what is sought with this logic is a sort of ascent. (edition of 100; pro-dubbed, pro-printed)" - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Belarisk s/t C35 (Fadeaway) "focused electronic compositions from lee tindall (zerfallt, 1/2 of mutation in the gryd). a document which surveys the desolate terrain and engages its space in an almost alarmingly steady and clear manner. (edition of 100; pro-dubbed, pro-printed)" - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Fossils 'Flame Disc Revisited' C30 (Prairie Fire) "D. Payne & crew join Prairie Fire for a horns-out free for all. It's as if they channeled the Red Crayola — with a C, none of this K stuff — via 1969 from Radio London. Even though Radio London shut down in 1967. These sounds have serious time travel capabilities." - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Pink Priest / Hoarders split C20 (Prairie Fire) "About a week after we released the Gremlynz/Ajilvsga split tape (PF 020), the Pink Priest (William Cody Watson) contacted us with plans for another release. This time he brought with him Horders, the musical project of Houston visual artist Give Up. Pink Priest offers up a rapturous side of dark creeping menacing psychedelic drones while Horders takes on a loner folk via black metal trip. It all makes up for an awesomely dark ambient release that won't disappoint." - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 White Creeps 'White Sleep' C20 (Prairie Fire) "William Cody Watson and Andrew Stone are White Creeps. Evil is electrified as WCW drops psychedelisized random analogue bleeps and bloops over Stone’s yellow eyed foaming guitar drone. Great tracks.. they remind me of that time when I was dosed with DMT at the strobe light factory." - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Pine Smoke Lodge 'Season Above Lakes' C33 (Cae-Sur-A) "With the sonorous bray of the hunting horn Pine Smoke Lodge transport the listener back in time to ancient primeval forests and mist-enshrouded landscapes. Seasons Above Lakes is an earthy pagan byway where semi identifiable sounds shimmer around the periphery creating a sense of unease and wonder. Recorded live at Sugar City in Buffalo New York, 30th of May 2010." - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
