Rocker #6
(No Rent) Magazine $12.00
With Darksmith of California, The Haters, Nuclear War Now, Alex Tominsky and Carrie DeCunzo Talk Music About Bogs, new segment TRAXXX (w CBN), Odal
Text Pieces + Compositions for Prepared Strings and Objects
(Krim Kram) CD $14.00 (Out-of-stock)
COMING SOON.
Chilly Mortal
(Chocolate Monk) CDR $8.00 (Out-of-stock)
COMING SOON. Matthew’s parents’ neighbor Joan came over for a drink during the 2023 Christmas period and at one point admitted, “I guess I’ll just have to face the prospect of ginormous bills this winter. I have to have the heating on, see. I’m a chilly mortal.” All of the voice recordings on Chilly Mortal that that aren’t Greg’s grandad Charlie talking about a car he used to own in the 1920s come from Matthew and Lila’s neighbor Bob, who, during one of his daily tea-over-the-fence meet-ups with Matthew, revealed that in the late ‘80s he used to go to Sneinton Market to buy used tapes to record over, but “kept the ones of interest.” Lucky for us, Bob fields of interest include weird voice messages interesting. Guest appearance by Theo of Territorial Gobbing just to offset the purely old person vibes.” Edition of 60
Peasant Swill
(Chocolate Monk) Cassette $9.25 (Out-of-stock)
COMING SOON. Crude experiments for voice, tape, electronics and field recordings. Side A blurts and sputters brown-out vocals followed by slowing loop meditation. Fidelity be damned. Side B is an invitation to join the lower vibration of reality that is Brighton’s Theatre district. Ding ding! Numbered edition of 28 Each cover is individually collaged and rubber stamped.
Green Glass
(Chocolate Monk) CDR $8.00 (Out-of-stock)
COMING SOON. Further broadcasts from these two champions of true-brow / street level sound art, or is it a imageless art movie for your ears? Either way, belief makes real. Edition of 60
Beginners Mind
(Chocolate Monk) Magazine + CDR $12.00 (Out-of-stock)
COMING SOON. Recordings and paintings from summer 2024. Tapes, contact mics, loop pedals, objects, Yamaha PSS-50 keyboard, percussion and field recordings. The Haiku paintings were made by exploring the parameters of minimalism, with just a red circle and single black stroke allowed for each one. The gouache paint gives a distinctive and delicate texture to each untitled piece. The sounds and textures flow together in a spirit of meditative minimalism, with each element given space to breathe and unfold, much like the strokes in the pictures. 24 pages, full color, in hand-stamped envelope. Edition of 60
Dumb Tangerine Dream
(Krim Kram) CD $14.00 (Out-of-stock)
COMING SOON. Extended snart-scapes where loops. distressed scroichles, outsider guitar improv, and electronic pasta (al dente) converge in the back of the bus, with the animals and prisoners. Four tracks, all previously released as limited edition 3-inch CDRs. With inserts.
Misery Guests
(Siltbreeze - SB-197) LP $20.00
Katharine Daly, Leonie Brialey and their crew are assuredly zoned into what they’re laying down on the rural-like, rough hewn Misery Guests, which rollicks woozily and fetchingly out of step. Stitched in out-of-time folk ruggedness, these tracks seem plucked out of a mid-’70s time warp that contemporary alt/retro bands only dream of conceiving. Think Fairport Convention, Etchingham Steam Band, Desire / Rolling Thunder-era Dylan, Patti Smith Group, Garbage & The Flowers. And while its existence will forever remain bittersweet without Daly here to embrace its ultimate fruition, her spirit is forever locked into every nuance of this stone-cold masterpiece. Edition of 400.