 Marinara Cooler 'Without It, I'm The Same' C30 (Moon Mist) "creepy mail collaboration with Mike Haley (905 tapes, wether). garbage can industrial noises shuffle around, while painful tones grow and die. possible replacement for the C.H.U.D. soundtrack, if they add a Jamaican scene. MIST-9, edition of 30" - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Derek Rogers 'You Were Familiar I Remember' C30 (Moon Mist) "Introspective new full-length tape by Derek Rogers. deep loner/bedroom electronics, perfect for solo listening at full-volume. derek's unique style leaves room for the listener to breathe, and hear each of the soft layers of electronics. sculptures of sound. MIST-8, edition of 30." - label description |
 Bad Chess s/t C60 (Moon Mist) "lines of playful repetition and organic morphing of minimal sounds blossom throughout this strange one-off tape from Peter Friel (young tapes, cloaked light) and his elusive and mysterious roommate Lewis. rhythmic soft techno from am stations that don't exist. MIST-7, edition of 28." - label description |
 Egg Sac 'Lose It" C30 (Moon Mist) "a destructive mail collaboration with Tiger Hatchery. blown out distorted chaos for horns, drums, and strings. an irresponsible force far flung from free jazz banalities and shit constructs. noise birthed from the egg sac. MIST-6, edition of 30." - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Ajilvsga 'The Priest' C50 (Rocket Machine) "Another descent into the blackened depths from Brad Rose and Nathan Young. Recorded in real time using an Akai GXC-730D and a Nakamichi LX3 onto Cobalt Type II cassette." - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Shingles / Spectrum Tickets split C36 (Tranquility) "This split collects new directions from two guys who are certainly no strangers to frying brains with sound. Jesse DeRosa (Grasshopper) starts with a little late night music. Armed with little more than his Electronic Valve Instrument, DeRosa layers absolutely gorgeous melodies that swell and move together in dramatic, sweeping fashion. Themes of isolation and mystery run deep through these tracks, yet there is plenty warmth to be found within. Mike Haley (Wether) soundtracks the awakening of sentient cyborgs on the flip side. Haley develops an atmosphere that is colder and bleaker than DeRosa's, but certainly no less engrossing. Synthesized patterns and drum machine rhythms stay locked into one another, plowing forth toward a new technological dawn. Pro-dubbed and imprinted chrome cassettes, featuring designs by Caroline Teagle." - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 The Aloha Spirit 'Under Wild Skies' C25 (Tranquility) "Through his thoughtfully curated c60 Radio program, Austin's Brad Barry has been closely affiliated with experimental music and cassette culture for the past several years. Now, with The Aloha Spirit, he's sharing his own personal sounds with the world, and what a wonderful thing it is. Under Wild Skies finds Barry arranging synth loops carefully and confidently, conjuring placid tones and giving them space to gently buzz and gradually intermingle with one another. This is unabashed relaxation music, teeming with positive vibrations and basking in the radiance of the earth. Pro-dubbed and imprinted chrome cassettes, featuring designs by Caroline Teagle." - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Bedroom 'Solipsist' C30 (Tranquility) "After last year's split with Afterlife, Bedroom finally returns with a second missive. Flying solo this time around, Brooklyn's Michael Chau presents two long-form pieces on Solipsist that showcase his ability to make engrossing synthscapes with both maximal and minimal sensibilities. Chau effectively harnesses the power of the Moog in an impressive variety of ways, churning out passages of spine-tingling melody, mechanical sequences, and drones that hover high above the clouds. It all flows together magnificently, and what's left behind is an expressive, complex work that's as sensitive and beautiful as it is muscular and intense. Pro-dubbed and imprinted chrome cassettes, featuring designs by Caroline Teagle." - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 Ghostrider 'Voices' C33 (Tranquility) "Germany's Jens Pauly seemed to appear out of nowhere in 2011 with two of the year's best synth tapes on Hobo Cult and Digitalis Ltd. Voices finds Pauly honing his craft even further with seven new meticulously composed pieces. Each track immediately springs to life with vivid, cinematic detail. Pulsing, heavily sequenced numbers call forth images of high-speed drives through neon-lit urban jungles, while more restrained and amorphous tracks bring to mind slow strolls through a foggy hillsides. Steering clear of the slightest bit of excess, Pauly is truly a master at conveying moods that resonate deeply without wasting a single second. Pro-dubbed and imprinted chrome cassettes, featuring designs by Caroline Teagle." - label description (SOUND SAMPLE) |
 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 |
 V/A 'Delaweird' C60 comp (Delaweird) 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) |
