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VIEW CART EMEGO101; CD ALBUM EMERALDS DOES IT LOOK LIKE I'M HERE?  ‘does it look like i’m here?’ is the third official album by emeralds (after "solar bridge" on hanson, and the self-titled lp on their own wagon and gneiss things imprints, as well as countless small edition tapes and cdrs on a host of labels) and once again it presents another radical new direction for this cleveland trio. it sees the group moving from playing single oscillator analog synthesizers to really complex analog and analog/digital hybrid as well a great deal of guitar synthesizers, not to mention fine tuning their skills as brilliant tunesmiths. simply put, the results are outstanding. comprising of a number of tracks from their recent ultra limited 7” vinyl series on wagon, as well new compositions exclusive to this release. this fine selection of tunes surpass anything they have achieved in their 5 year career. perfect melodies intertwined with ripping sequences and a guitar sound that floats perfectly throughout. although most tracks cover new ground in that they follow a shortened ‘pop format’, more long form cuts such as the towering ‘genetic’ and the title track will give fans of their earlier work something to grab onto, or totally let themselves go depending on the state of mind. having spent all their lives in the relative isolation of cleveland means their music has developed into a vital, stunning unique hybrid that may have not been able to blossom in more active urban centres. ‘does it look like i’m here?’ heralds a turning point for all those involved and is perfect vivid soundtrack to emerge out of the recent harsh grey winter. fresh, shiny and totally essential. -EDITIONS MEGO ADD TO CART: USA; $15.00 | CANADA; $15.50 | WORLD; $17.00 J4F4249; C23 CASSETTE PALE BLUE SKY SOUVENIR  pristine ambient synthesizer from mike pollard (arbor label). slow, beautiful tones contained in a quiet space while layers subtly form underneath. relationships between frequencies and cyclic repetition. far away music for memories. edition of 75 cassettes. -JUGULAR FOREST ADD TO CART: USA; $7.00 | CANADA; $7.50 | WORLD; $8.50 J4F4341; C30 CASSETTE EARN IN A YEAR  a collection of guitar-based pieces from matthew sullivan (ekhein label). delivered in a variety of ways with sweet and hopeful ambient interludes, self-punishing loops, the saddest air organ, and beautiful guitar lines buried thick under harsh, static lashings. recorded over a large amount of time in many different places. a melody for every city, a reminder of time taking its toll. edition of 75 cassettes. -JUGULAR FOREST ADD TO CART: USA; $7.00 | CANADA; $7.50 | WORLD; $8.50 J4F4343; C33 CASSETTE 1958-2009 LIVE  live guitar and synthesizer performances from matthew sullivan (earn; ekhein label) and alex twomey (mirror to mirror; jugular forest label). a heavyhearted, ambient in-studio performance and an extremely gazed live rendition of the B side from the project's first tape on ekhein. everything dedicated to michael jackson. 1958-2009. edition of 75 cassettes. -JUGULAR FOREST ADD TO CART: USA; $7.00 | CANADA; $7.50 | WORLD; $8.50 R&M25/SEM-010; LP ALBUM BRENDAN MURRAY / PERISPIRIT SPLIT  razors and medicine and semata productions are pleased to announce the first long playing record release of both brendan murray and perispirit. murray has been making waves around boston, the usa, and the world since 1999. perispirit, the collaborative project of ricardo donoso and luke moldof formed in late 2007, is known by their dynamic live performances and two cassette releases. brendan murray’s “birches and marksman’s graves (voice and computer #1)” is a clear summation of his interest in controlled drones and gestural improvisation with a step into the unknown. murray is always keen to transform and manipulate an instrument sound color to the point of non-recognition, utilizing a single source for this piece: the voice of noell dorsey. the piece opens with dissonant clusters, moving up and down generating momentum, keeping the music physical while still highly controlled. vague hints of melody lie underneath the cracks trying to seep through but are swallowed up by the turbulence. it gradually gives way to extended technique vocalisms that call to mind sound poetry and at times even the sprechstimme of schoenberg. later the swirling tones return with a combination of both the higher and lower pitch clusters. it sounds like falling infinitely downward. perispirit’s side offers a statement that is equally focused but bares little if any resemblance to murray’s piece. it can be described as more active than their previous material, utilizing quick sectional transitions, relying on three key components: harsh noise, delicate melodic work, and degraded lo-fi manipulations. the piece begins with dynamic harsh cutups that pay attention to sound specialization and stereo field manipulations inspired by the likes of sickness and pain jerk. the momentum grows and is quickly brought down to almost nothing creating a feeling of aural blue balls. the process is resumed and then the piece breaks into looping guitar passages with a subtle electronic underpinning. the layers build than disappear. the noise returns building to a heightened peak of frustration until it drops off and we are left with the sound of life’s monotony. gradually a wall of drone begins to creep in and eventually overtakes all else. edition of 250 pressed on 160 gram off white vinyl featuring full color lp jackets & labels; mastered by kris lapke. -RAZORS AND MEDICINE / SEMATA ADD TO CART: USA; $16.50 | CANADA; $20.00 | WORLD; $26.50 AS002; LP ALBUM MIST SELF-TITLED  vinyl debut from the ohio duo of MIST (john elliott and sam goldberg). following up their "certain expansion" and "stole colors" cassette releases on pizza wagon, MIST offer up two full sides of their best material yet. electric organs. beautiful and dreamy progressive synths, kosmik string synth zone. mastered for vinyl by james plotkin. limited to 500. pro printed covers. front cover photo by ashley krantz. -AMETHYST SUNSET ADD TO CART: USA; $15.00 | CANADA; $18.50 | WORLD; $25.00 GEL05; C15 CASSETTE DUNEBUGGY MIRAGE MAHAL  rock and roll at its essentials require very few things to excite the mind, which iowa city's dunebuggy satisfy these very well. taterbug croons on the microphone while holding down the base sound with the guitar while ryan garbes of (wet hair and raccoo-oo-oon fame) keeps things steady with the rhythm kit. a pseudo -les rallizes denudes (裸のラリーズ, hadaka no rallizes) cover appears on the first track as well! -GEL ADD TO CART: USA; $6.50 | CANADA; $7.00 | WORLD; $8.50 GEL06; C14 CASSETTE EVAN MILLER CONTACTING THE EYE  he folk instrument may sound abandoned, but these very clean compositions from evan miller display a different instrumental integrity. melody is stripped away which reveals very focused arrangement of harmonics and drones that live in the now. these tracks offer something invaluably refreshing from this traditionally finger-plucking performer. -GEL ADD TO CART: USA; $6.50 | CANADA; $7.00 | WORLD; $8.50 YOUNG # TWENTY; DOUBLE C20 CASSETTE SET TREETOPS / ABELAR SCOUT / EVAN MILLER / TATERBUG SPLIT  varied angles, collected impending -YOUNG ADD TO CART: USA; $14.00 | CANADA; $15.00 | WORLD; $17.50 J4F4244; C20 CASSETTE MIRROR TO MIRROR REREST  a new step from alex twomey (persimmons pomegranate, jugular forest). slow synth moving through the middle of differences. inhaling and falling forward. resolved in the present. edition of 75 copies -JUGULAR FOREST ADD TO CART: USA; $6.50 | CANADA; $7.00 | WORLD; $8.50 SOUND HOLES #028; C30 CASSETTE PERSIMMONS POMEGRANATE GODLESS  the calm before the desire for destruction. a new tomorrow. a cleansed palate. this releases is the first for persimmons pomegranate outside the confines of the exceptional jugular forest label. a beautiful rhythmic patterns gives way to a torrent of electrifying static, held together by the unrelenting hope for truth. limited to 73 copies. -SOUND HOLES ADD TO CART: USA; $6.50 | CANADA; $7.00 | WORLD; $8.50 MT 68; CD ALBUM PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT AUSTERE  five years in the making, and the first duo recordings -- a very, very calculated and controlled effort. moving past the harsh noise cutups but not eschewing them entirely; rather, moving forward to areas of sound collage, music-concrete, field recording and electroacoustic. to be heard as one long piece. the progression continues. 1000 copies, pro-printed covers. -MONORAIL TRESPASSING ADD TO CART: USA; $10.50 | CANADA; $11.00 | WORLD; $13.50 ACE015; CD ALBUM TAIGA REMAINS WAX CANOPY  taiga remains is the brainchild of cincinnati's alex cobb. over the past few years he has developed a signature sound that blurs the line between blissed-out guitar work and atonal, blown-out dirges. cobb never sits still; taiga remains is always moving forward, searching out new ideas and sounds. his label, students of decay, is clearing house for all things drone. this year he's been spotted on root strata, callow god, arbor and more. in the world of vinification, it's been a damn good year. on "wax canopy," cobb pushes the line he's scratched in the pavement further than before. his soothing, six-string sorcery still dot the horizon on this album, but there's also a more angular, blown-out monster at work here. it's like he's channeling the angry spirits of the world into a fuzzed elegiac strains. this is powerful music built to shake the foundation and rattle your crystal bones. these diamonds are forever. limited to 500 copies. cover art by jefre cantu-ledesma. -DIGITALIS ADD TO CART: USA; $12.50 | CANADA; $13.00 | WORLD; $15.50 NFP40; CD ALBUM CARLOS GIFFONI ADULT LIFE  this is shining and pure electronic music. adult life continues carlos giffoni's work in slow-building drones and prickly, trebly peaks, but he also imbues these new compositions with subtle structure and blind-siding rhythmic pulses which recall the many pioneers of electronic composition, among them cluster, brian eno, kraftwerk, and tangerine dream. the caustic melding of foreboding abstraction and lively pulse raises adult life to a paradigm of the breathing and the immaculate, a strange set of dichotomies finding a shocking common ground. carlos giffoni describes this as some of his most musical work to date, a pure electronic excursion into more grounded troupes which almost paradoxically work out completely new sonic concepts and ideas. original illustrations for this full length by megan ellis. -NO FUN ADD TO CART: USA; $12.50 | CANADA; $13.00 | WORLD; $15.50 KVIST 002; LP ALBUM RAGLANI WEB OF LIGHT  joseph raglani : analog synth, sine/squarewave generator, electronics, tapes, vocals, guitar and places. the record version of web of light is available on kvist records. limited to 500 copies on 140 gram vinyl with pro-printed covers and inserts. raglani’s use of analogue electronics is tied to traditional krautrock by a thread of dark romanticism extending, in germany, back to the work of caspar david friedrich. epic and tumultuous landscapes as images of psychic space; hazardous journeys through awesome and forbidding worlds; the hair-blown viewer looking down onto incredible canyons…the entire extended metaphor of friedrich’s work, linking the arc of a spiritual journey to the beautiful and tumultuous work of nature, is conserved in the work of the kosmische school. raglani’s relationship with the music of schulze or fricke is not ‘retrospective,’ but contemporary. the musical commonalities proceed from a shared commitment to the elaboration of exotic musical spaces, pursued chiefly through melody, adorned by figurative electronic flourishes and concrète motifs. what is missed in alot of drone and noise is the ability of the sound to paint a scene; too often, we’re presented with a blandly ecstatic wash of lo-fi murk, more stoned than psychedelic. raglani avoids these generic limitations by engaging more directly with the tradition to which his peers owe, arguably, the most considerable debt. what he deepens in that tradition is in the abstraction and development of themes–spreading out the narrative through textural variation, rather than driving ever forward through arpeggios and circular rhythms. if raglani avoids the ascending freakouts of early kosmische music, however, it is because everyday life today is freaked out enough on its own. what is needed, rather, are sounds that can address our already-piqued uncertainty by involving it in a story it might recognize as its own. so there is little here, also, to tether raglani to the generic vibrations of noise and drone, though he uses some of the machines that make them; instead of any massive simultaneous display, secrets are revealed gradually and cumulatively. raglani’s voice may sound familiar at first, and there is no doubting its context and sources, but the events described by his music trickle out in shapes, and at a pace, uniquely his. the scenes he composes, surreal but distinct, have all the luster of real paint. -KVIST ADD TO CART: USA; $16.00 | CANADA; $19.50 | WORLD; $26.00 FTS 01; CD ALBUM BULBS LIGHT SHIPS  anyone familiar with the cdr label, jyrk, that i ran from 2001-2006, would know that I have long been a fan of william sabiston’s music. as a member of axolotl, as a filmmaker, or on his own, as ball lightning, he’s delivered the goods. william formed bulbs with jon almaraz in 2005, shortly after his leaving axolotl and shortly following jon’s move from bakersfield to san fran. jon was a younger, ambitious guitarist just hitting the big city. apparently the pairing was destiny, william’s beating-around-the-bush electronic drum styles mesh perfectly with jon’s ultra-processed minute guitar jabs. light ships finds bulbs at their most psychedelic and pointillistic. they occupy an odd space between the gloss of kompakt records minimalism, the glue huff ambiguity of a band like mouthus, and the stuttering clicks and confusion of a han bennik/derek bailey duo. there’s a lot of movement from more acoustic to more electronic sounds, from more straight rhythmic patterns to totally elliptical percussive gurgling, from understanding what’s going on to not having any sort of idea who is doing what to whom. despite all these shifts and potential contradictions, the music manages to be entirely cohesive and the record is surprisingly easy on the ears. everything here has its place. -PETE SWANSON ADD TO CART: USA; $12.50 | CANADA; $13.00 | WORLD; $15.50 DI 21; C20 CASSETTE THE REEL DEAL MARKED FOR DEATH  here's one for those of you who particularly cherished hot air balloon ride's "oktoberfest" c30 this past winter, a release that garnered such critical accolades as "shows no signs of being anything other than dicking around for just long enough to be worrying." the reel deel, captured in action at cleveland's doubting thomas gallery, is the trio of john elliott (emeralds, outer space, hot air balloon ride), ryan kuehn (thursday club, dr. quinn medecine woman, hot air balloon ride), and myself, in tapes-only mode. this was a ridiculously killer/annihilated february night, of which i remember mostly all of us standing around a table laughing hysterically and the room glowing yellow while i tried to make my eyes focus on a massive fucking heap of tape. giant flapping jaws of the cosmos tunnel jams, decked out in stoned giggling and paranoid whispers. seriously counterintuitive water features. comments from those in attendance included, "i knew that jerry was here." no shit. -DECEPTION ISLAND ADD TO CART: USA; $7.50 | CANADA; $8.00 | WORLD; $9.50 DI 20; C20 CASSETTE DLX OTHR NINETIES YOUTH EXPERIENCE  controls more or less permanently set for cat shit and a hammer. gutter-sourced and wooden-fingered collage of twin guitar assault from the latest iteration of the ongoing bee mask/skin graft collab. disgusting patinas on elaborate bronze machines. hot coals/black holes uneasy contemplation energy, with an unexpectedly quiet/majestic finish. mark mcguire (emeralds) and nate scheible make cameo appearances, amid fragments culled from wasted home jams and performances at the tower2012 in cleveland. -DECEPTION ISLAND ADD TO CART: USA; $7.50 | CANADA; $8.00 | WORLD; $9.50 VB 14; C18 CASSETTE GOD WILLING EMOTION DISCRIMINATION  phased out bass frequencies piled on thick. another fine example of the consistently high quality releases coming from this empty-zoner. beer soaked sludge, mixed with pizza. 4 color silk screened inserts, stamped shells, type 2 high bias cassettes. edition of 76. -VILE BILE ADD TO CART: USA; $6.50 | CANADA; $7.00 | WORLD; $8.50 HOS-138; LP + 7" SET VARIOUS ARTISTS LIKE A FROG IN WINTER  i started putting this compilation together in 2004 while residing in providence. at that time the climate of noise was rather hi-fi, technological, and cold. This was the start of noise as entertainment rather than entertaining. personal communication became lost. noise became something clean. something stimulating. in response i started putting together a list of new bands at the time that i felt represented a more psychological, minimal, dismal, and rejected feeling that to me was one of a fire place having smoldered out after a night of burning. aside from the sound i wanted to see a return to the fetishistic and erotic attitude of noise... and a negative one at that.... again in response to what i saw as a call for positive noise. i asked the artists to think about the theme of inevitability. of being unable to escape ones own attractions and being slaves to desire. each one approached this topic differently and sometimes in very contradiction to the theme as you will see. many of these artists have continued on to establish themselves while others have vanished into the ether. however this is the terms upon which this work came forth to offer again a refreshingly negative perspective on this human game we play called life. participating criminals: in order of incarceration... ffh, a fail association, immaculate:grotesque, cleanse, pedestrian deposit, chrysalis, ahlzagailzehguh, habeeb, craniopagus, alberich, bereft, barrikad, prurient, sewer election, panicsville, filthy turd, omei, the seven arts, age of enlightenment, mark solotroff, whorebutcher, climax denial, stegm, burden. support deviance! -HOSPITAL PRODUCTIONS ADD TO CART: USA; $20.00 | CANADA; $24.50 | WORLD; $32.00 RTB #43; CD ALBUM RACCOO-OO-OON SELF TITLED  everything's coming to an end with the swansong from iowa city's raccoo-oo-oon. following up last years critically acclaimed behold secret kingdom (rtb/not not fun), the final album takes everything up a notch and shows a band taking their last breath and laying down the last bricks in their fairly short history. the album blends together all different parts of raccoo-oo-oons discography, taking cues from the utter freeform punk madness of the cave of spirits forever (time lag), building something completely new of the era that was behold secret kingdom and yet delivering echoes of the eclectic mythos folkways recordings. the album reeks of desperation and a feeling of going down with nothing to loose at all. a fucked up future-prog mayhem that is all over the place and at no known place at all at the same time. genuinely uncomfortable, desperate and just beautiful, this album will surely be remembered as the most important recording that racco-oo-oon ever put to tape. minds are melting, new grounds are covered and things will never be the same. a playtime of close to 75 minutes over 7 tracks. mastered by pete swanson. mini gatefoldsleeve with black felt. 2xlp version on not not fun. the band members are now playing in acts such as wet hair, trash dog and pukers. edition of 1000 copies. -RELEASE THE BATS ADD TO CART: USA; $12.50 | CANADA; $13.00 | WORLD; $15.50 TOV 11; CD-R ALBUM DEAD MACHINES LOOK TWICE  three live tracks. one from the art gallery throwdown that thurston did concurrent with the last no fun. one from cleveland @ the embassy, and the final one a chicago gig for a crew of acid eaterz. make sure your jellied brain doesn't go into protect mode. Should be renamed the live horrible animal moaning sound band...but it's too long. In a slip case with strange ufo look twice artwork. numbered edition of 80. -TOVINATOR ADD TO CART: USA; $7.50 | CANADA; $8.00 | WORLD; $9.50 BR 033; CD-R ALBUM TRAUM CINDER BLOCKS  after a post-theft restructuring, traum reformats as more of a trio approach this go-round with chris riggs absolutely destroying the guitar chair. and what a damaged overall approach it is. the formal constraints bring something out that tends towards some of the most unknown improvised noise proposals so see light in michigan. riggs is a brutal technician and there's not a guitar note to be heard and the chords--if you can call'em that---- sound like machines self-inflicting tonal punches. riggs and bunny move through all the material with a push/pull controlled passive aggressiveness that makes it impossible again and again to figure out who's doin' what. cd-r in art sleeve with printed sandpaper -BROKEN RESEARCH ADD TO CART: USA; $7.50 | CANADA; $8.00 | WORLD; $9.50 PIZZA NIGHT 09; C30 CASSETTE THE MOSSY THROATS ELECTRIC MARSH  electric marsh is a hot slab of disgustingly likeable psychedelic mess. clattery squelches of electronics and sax. dan d's current jams (in acts like uneven universe, body morph, cardboard sax) are some of the sickest in the midwest. the rising sun of ferndale, some say. anything that he touches turns to absolute gold, showing incredible control on the most bizzzzare zones. couldn't be more stoked to drop this one. p.s." -PIZZA NIGHT ADD TO CART: USA; $6.50 | CANADA; $7.00 | WORLD; $8.50 LTD 27; C31 CASSETTE UNEVEN UNIVERSE CAVE SPEECH  i friggin love this duo. horns and electronics spewing their finest concoctions into the michigan sky. what a world. "cave speech" is as primitive sounding as its title suggests. saxophone squelches are bent and burned into unrecognizable heaps of murk while hazy electronics wind their way through the sonic valley. these dense recordings are endless amalgamation of caustic layers and bent circuits that are burning down all the houses in ferndale. michigan, it's in the fucken water. there's nothing disjointed about "cave speech," though. they push the limits, but all these battling tones and bones remain a beautifully cohesive mess. there really needs to be more horn/electronics duos in the world. nobody will do it this well, but hot damn am i addicted to this stuff. uneven universe for life. yessss. limited to 75 copies with 2-colored silkscreened labels. -DIGITALIS LIMITED ADD TO CART: USA; $6.50 | CANADA; $7.00 | WORLD; $8.50 PRA003; CD ALBUM TEN-TON 2_05  tracks 1-3, 5, 7, 9, 12–13 recorded live (no overdubs) on february 6th, 2005 @ 3030 w cortland/elastic arts foundation, chicago IL, by paul giallorenzo and davis krieg. mixed by paul giallorenzo and ten-ton. mastered by carl saff. tracks 4, 6, 8,10–11 from practice recordings, july 2004 to february 2005. anthony decanini: bass guitar, percussion, guitar, alto saxophone justin muggleton: guitar, bass guitar, amplified percussion chris robert: drums on track 10 -PRACTICE (anthony decanini's pre-binges project) ADD TO CART: USA; $6.50 | CANADA; $7.00 | WORLD; $8.50 PRA001; CD ALBUM TEN-TON 11_03  recorded november 2003 by ten-ton additional engineering by josh engelhardt released january 2004 justin muggleton - guitar, percussion anthony decanini - bass, percussion, alto saxophone -PRACTICE (anthony decanini's pre-binges project) ADD TO CART: USA; $6.50 | CANADA; $7.00 | WORLD; $8.50 |