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ARBOR 145; 12"EP
CLOAKED LIGHT / PALE BLUE SKY
SPLIT

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 Sky’s 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 it’s 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.

sample:
cloaked light 'clear of,' (excerpt)
sample: pale blue sky 'someday, sometime' (excerpt)

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ARBOR 140; 7"EP
RYAN GARBES
REAL SUGAR B/W THE LIGHTS

Ryan Garbes is the drummer of Iowa City bands such as Wet Hair, Dunebuggy, Trash Dog, and formerly Raccoo-oo-oon. His recordings under his own name represent a unique brand of solo multi-track recording with a seamless integrity; through a skillful use of instrumentation and recording technique, Garbes eschews notions of low fidelity for songs reminiscent of traditional American garage rock produced in the haze of an early 90’s UK aesthetic.   Genuine pop songs, cloaked in a comforting wash of reverb, as if Lou Reed had done a record for Creation; more ecstatic than obstructed Garbes’ voice is a refreshing one outside the continuum of contemporary four-track bedroom pop.  In an edition of 300 copies with full color sleeve and printed labels by Ryan. 

sample:
the lights (excerpt)

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ARBOR 137; 12"EP
PALE BLUE SKY
SHADES OF GREY

Pale Blue Sky is the new project from Mike Pollard (formerly Treetops). Shades Of Grey is the project’s genesis; a long considered transition uniting the organic drone-work of the former project with compositional structures.  The recordings embody a delicate sense of distance; staring out at the moving landscape obscured by the mediation of the window.  Through blurred fidelity the origin of melody is placed under microscopic inquiry; an exploration into the moment of tonal interaction.  Pale Blue Sky utilizes repetition and non-linear movements, attempting to reconcile simplicity, form, and sentiment through modes of difference.  Placing focus on spatial concerns, as well as emotive potential, the five songs contained within are each different embodiments of the possibility of the transformative decay of remembrance.  An ephemeral glimpse; the moment has already passed. For quiet, distanced listening. Mastered by William Hutson, cut at 45 rpm.  In an edition of 400 copies with full color glossy jackets, printed inner sleeves, and printed labels.

sample:
fleece (excerpt)
sample: interlude (drift) (excerpt)

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ARBOR 133; 7"EP
COPPER GLOVE
SURVIVING THE GARDEN OF HATE

Copper Glove, the new project from Baltimore’s 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. Door’s 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 with white ink on metallic black paper and printed labels by Door. 

sample:
protogenerator (excerpt)

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ARBOR 099; DOUBLE 7"EP
CARLOS GIFFONI
THE ABSENCE OF ESSENCE


Carlos Giffoni’s 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 Giffoni’s 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 foldout gatefold sleeves with art by Maya Miller of Heavy Tapes/Religious Knives.

sample: lift (excerpt)

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ARBOR 075; LP ALBUM
SECRET ABUSE THE IMMEASURABLE GIFT


“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.

sample: carefully opening the window

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ARBOR 052; 7"EP
C. SPENCER YEH / SICK LLAMA SPLIT



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 Yeh’s solo piece for violin or Sick Llama’s gunked tape work, the spirit of improvisation shines through. On Yeh’s 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 Llama’s 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 400 7”s in proprinited fold over sleeves with art by Maya Miller of Heavy Tapes/Religious Knives.

sample: sick llama- untitled (excerpt)

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