secret abuse - the immeasurable gift – arbor - lp – 12$

“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.
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body morph - negative face– arbor - cass – 6$

Dan Dlugosielski (of Uneven Universe, Mossy Throats, etc) has kept his Body Morph project relatively wrapped up until recently with only a few limited releases on his own Excitebike as well as stellar appearances American Tapes and Gods of Tundra. Body Morph finds Dan at his simplest; a minimal take on strange-fidelity. Smooth saxophone waves wash over a dense bed of electronic warmth, mirroring the ambience of the ocean. Sonic contortions from a willing pallet; a fresh sense of control. In an edition of 100 tapes with textured cardstock covers and printed labels.
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 keith fullerton whitman - dream house variations – arbor - 4xcass – 20$

Keith Fullerton Whitman’s first release in over two years manifests itself in an inspired take on aural perception. “Dream House Variations” is a meditative experience, comprised of four cassettes intended for simultaneous listening. The variations themselves are reworkings of two endless loop cassettes through Doepfer Analog Modular Systems; KFW exacts his technical mastery through dense filtering, panning, and modulation of the source. The octophonic nature of the set creates an infinite amount of listening experiences, not only due to the syncing of the tapes, but also placement within a room and the equipment used for playback. The music becomes a part of the room much like the quadraphonic intentions outlined in Eno’s “Ambient” series. Each experience creates new instances of counterpoint, melding tonality, and individual senses of perception eliciting the source of the variation: mind or machine? In an edition of 150 four tape sets in oversized vinyl cases with full color cardstock covers, silver cardstock inserts, and printed labels.
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raglani - classically sprained – arbor - cass – 6$

Joe Raglani has been creating music in St. Louis for years, with one of the keenest ears for space and form as well as a deep dedication to detail. His organic arrangements evoke the sort of feeling that any great work does, allowing a glimpse into the artist’s inspiration at the time of creation. “Classically Sprained” is no exception; worked and reworked from an innumerable amount of sources (modular synth, banjo, horn, voice, piano, and more), every placement is deliberate, nothing feels out of place or excessive. One of Raglani’s most uplifting releases to date; some songs exist on borderline pop territories, while still ripe with a modern take on a Berlin School sense of composition and Eluvium-esque emotive sensibilities. An ineffably great album; together with his recent Kranky record certifying a singular take on music-making; contemporary bedroom composition of the finest quality. In an edition of 150 tapes with full color cardstock covers and printed labels.
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trauma - calming effects of the ocean vol. 3 – arbor - cass – 6$

The third chapter of Trauma’s six part series (other volumes on Fag Tapes, Excite Bike, Tapeworm Tapes, Holy Cheever Church, and American Tapes) finds the Detroit duo of percussionist Ben Hall and guitarist Chris Riggs adrift in texture. Neither’s role can be distinguished; a seriously strange and pure approach. Percussive guitar and melodic drums intertwine denying all points of departure. The piece constantly advances incessantly in a blur of energy; almost non-human: like a field recording of playerless instruments outside during a rainstorm. In an edition of 100 tapes with full color cardstock covers and printed labels.
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outer space - perfect vacuum – arbor - cass – 6$

                john elliott (of emeralds, lilypad, daylight savings time) has spent many years mastering his ms-10. this tape from his young outer space project is an exploratory trip into the deep caves; synthesized water drips into stalactite formation. heavy “what’s it” zones, broadening the boundaries: refusing the molds of synth drone by creating something entirely singular: uncharted. in an edition of 150 tapes with full color art and labels.
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binges – return to whatever – arbor - cdr – 6$

Binges are a hometown favorite here in Chicago.  Up until this point their music has existed to the public in one form: the live set.  For the benefit of those outside of Chicago, the duo, comprised of drummer Chris Robert and guitar/bass/drum/mic/tape dude Anthony Decanini, recently teamed up with Midwestern Raccoo-oo-oon to cover the west coast with their syncopated improvisations.  It is only fitting that their first release be made up of live material(recorded to DAT tape and mastered with the utmost care).  Decanini creates a vast number of growing and receding loops from his guitar, bass, contact mic, tapes, and other sources which act as the perfect foil to Robert’s percussion(a serious thing to behold).  It isn’t so much one person acting as the leader as much as the two creating an absolute sonic union of sounds blurring the line between free jazz and noise.  In an edition of 200 screened CDRs in screened sleeves.
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villa valley – accused beasts – arbor - cass – 5$

Being Michigan house party mainstays and touring/real life buddies of Haunted Castle, Villa Valley, prepare to fuzz out you frontal lobe with their magnum opus.   Tracking in at just under an hour in total length, two really long tracks fill up this disc with metal scrapes, vacuous howls, and a new element, toy keyboards.  These tracks are much more restrained than their previous output showing a definite direction and focus, most particularly the second track, which could arguably have a chorus and refrain.  Subdued keyboards add a new layer to the murky manipulations and feedback howling for which VV is known.  Make sure to catch these dudes on tour Drenches on their full US tour this June.  In an edition of 80 sprayed/stamped discs with medical book collage art by the band.
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sarah's charity – code of red twin – arbor - cdr – 7$

Among the metal forests of Denmark, there is Sarah’s Charity.  A maelstrom of expert tone work and free electricity; sounds so electric, yet still reminiscent of the flowing natural growth of fellow Danes Family Underground (it should be noted that Nicolas of FU helps out on track 2).  This naturalism plus the actual sterility create a feeling nothing short of psychedelic.  A wall of intense oscillation and soothing vacuous space ala Marcia Bassett’s various projects.  Speaking of Marcia, SC is also famed for being the only non Bassett/Bower related project to be released on the esteemed Heavy Blossom label.  In a numbered edition of 150 copies in absolutely beautiful mind tripping deluxe screened sleeves by Dylan Martorell, with screened discs and an insert.

noise nomads - tone deaf – arbor - 2xcass & zine – 10$

Total Western Mass scum. Jeff Hartford (Grey Skull, Bonescraper) destroys all sonic barriers; forty minutes of harsh, sweating electronics and acoustic rampage straight from the gutter. Hartford always leaves the audience guessing, whether it is his cut up garbage sources, contact mic’d gurgles or hairwhips, the end result is guaranteed to be something physical. The truth lies somewhere within the mess of cables and the stack of amps; they must be destroyed to uncover it. In an edition of 100 double tape sets with printed labels and a zine housed in a 7” reel to reel box with full color paste on by NN.
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work/death - ruptural strictures – arbor - cass –6$

Providence’s Scott Reber, has been recording under the Work/Death moniker for years, yet no two releases sound the same. Progression is key to W/D, never staying stuck in the same zone for too long, but consistently creating dense, focused compositions. “Ruptural Strictures” combines acoustic piano and string work reminiscent of Lucier, layered densely, creating textured and meaningful drones. In an edition of 100 tapes with full color cardstock covers and printed labels.
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zaimph – arbor - 7" – 6$

In the past Marcia Bassett(of Double Leopards, GHQ) has proved her versaitility under the Zaimph name; from the depraved feedback and tone fury of her “Sexual Infinity” CD on Hospital Productions to her delicate electric guitar and vocals waves on the “Mirage of The Other” LP on Gypsy Sphinx. This untitled 7” release further proves this fact by recalling her earliest roots in the Siltbreeze band UN: vocal mantras and delicate strumming are placed over a hypnotically evolving base of looped piano, feedback, and strings. The end result is something beautiful that twists the lines of classification, picking up little points of reference from her past bands and laying out a path towards the future. In an edition of 500 7”s in proprinted full color foldover sleeves with art by Marcia. Mastered by Josh Stevenson.
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dead machines - plays invasion of the body snatchers – arbor - 1 sided lp – 11$

Michigan heavy domestic-electronic couple Dead Machines always create records that confuse and intrigue. They are the forefathers of broken gear / appliance / wind instrument basement jamming and have their niche dug deep. “Invasion” exists on the borders of existence- room ambiance is present, but the sounds are totally alien. Twisting mixer feedback and found sound source into a twisted collage of life outside the “Pod”: harsh and awakening, but at times giving way to the trance of the machine lull. Don’t fall asleep. In an edition of 450 LPs with full color pro-printed cardboard sleeves with art by John Olson.
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evan miller - transfiguartions on lap-steel guitar – arbor - lp – 13$

Iowa City’s Evan Miller is never one to stay in the same rut for too long. His earlier releases were composed of Fahey-esque spells, heavily emotional acoustic guitar work emanating tones of nostalgia and simplicity. On “Transfigurations” a new zone is crafted with lap-steel guitar and tape collage, creating equally nostalgic music from the other end of the spectrum: delicate, minimal drones. Tones interweave and textures evolve: it is Evan’s most personally progressive work, combining past themes and reinterpreting them on another medium: electric lap-steel guitar. Mastered by Pete Swanson. In an edition of 450 full color pro-printed cardboard LP sleeves and printed labels designed by Jeff Witscher (Secret Abuse / Callow God).
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infinity window - artificial midnight – arbor - lp – 13$

New York synth duo Infinity Window have been crafting their game for well over a year without much documentation. Comprised of Dan Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never) and Taylor Richardson (Prehistoric Blackout), this LP shows them at the pinnacle of self-realization. Equally influenced by John Carpenter and the Taj Mahal Travelers, they create traveling music; music that has the power to transport and overwhelm the listener with vibes outside of those presently available to them. The A Side consists of two tracks, both clouded in a heavy haze of fog, dark and heavy though their clarity exists underneath the shroud. The B Side’s lone track “Skull Theft” is the full circle realization of the first two tracks: a light is illuminated and the fog begins to clear. Mastered by Keith Fullerton Whitman. In an edition of 500 LPs with full color pro-printed cardboard sleeves and printed labels with art by Robert Beatty (Hair Police / Burning Star Core)
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warmth – arbor - lp – 12$

Even though Warmth main man Steev Thompson still appears to be incommunicado totally epic recordings continue to surface.  Before Roxanne Jean Police was officially over and Steev still lived in Chicago, he joined up with another then Chicago resident Branden Diven of Quilts/American Grizzly Records.  The jams that were created filled a couple of cdrs and the Warmth side of the split with Quintana Roo on Not Not Fun.  This LP consists of a remixed and edited version of the original cdr running at just under 45 minutes.  Forgotten smog floats through a Northside basement.  Sounds emanate but their source is totally unrecognizable.  Quiet growing tonal blobs erupt into washes of aural color.  A complete union of samplers, synths, vocals, guitar, organs, percussion, and electronics merge to create the sounds contained within; a loss of individual existence. Completely serene.  In an edition of 300 LPs on creamy yellow vinyl with hand stamped labels in pro-printed and screened fold over sleeves with art by Roy Tatum and an insert by Steev.
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c. spencer yeh + lasse marhaug - the elementary particles– arbor - 7" – 6$

                this collaborative work between us improviser c. spencer yeh (burning star core) and european sound artist lasse marhaug is one of the most diverse and rewarding efforts by either artist. it is the result of hours of recording, cut up and spliced together, giving the listener a glimpse into various short snippets of the sessions. harsh quick sonic blasts, violin scrapes and drones, field recordings, vocal exercises, room clatter and more are used in the process, but the way that they are assembled and woven together provides a nonstop experience that goes best with highly concentrated listening. still the result is so varied that something new can be heard on every listen; a recording so intense you can never truly grasp what is actually happening; most definitely a highlight in both artists’ discographies. in an edition of 400 7”s in proprinted foldover sleeves with art jose dediego and an insert.
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god willing / privy seals - split – arbor - lp – 12$

                god willing and privy seals are two of the prime purveyors of meditative harsh tones. god willing’s guitar and oscillatior drone has been reaching epic levels of hypnosis lately and this piece is a great example. the repetitive nature of textured signals act like the swaying charm of the pocket watch: onward march. matthew sullivan has been crafting his earn project recently, and this, one of the final privy seals recordings acts as a logical bridge. heavy, hi-end guitar and tape interlacing: a harsh movement, but possessing transcendently soothing qualities buried under the deprivation of distorted tones. at the end of the hallway a door lies open. a long overdue document of the la diaspora. in an edition of 300 lps with silkscreened chipboard covers by ren schofield.
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ten thousand things- crooked on chrome– arbor - cass – 6$

Heavy mechanized factory zones, synthetic industrial murk: this collaborative project between East Coast mainstays Geoffrey Mullen (of the Rare Youth label) and Scott Reber (aka Work/Death) reveals a polyphonic wasteland. Covered under layers of tape sludge and deep bass exists a synthesized ambiance, eerie like dark nights in the warehouse district. In an edition of 100 tapes printed on silver cardstock with tape labels.
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carlos giffoni - the absence of essence – arbor - 2x7" - 11$

arlos 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
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c. spencer yeh / sick llama - split – arbor - 7" – 6$

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.
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infinite body - a series of false awakenings – arbor - 1 sided lp – 11$

kyle parker is infinite body. like most of southern california’s harsh noise youth crew (impregnable, privy seals, pedestrian deposit), ib is the polar opposite of kyle’s former project, gator surprise. there is something about the shift from creating unrelenting, harsh noise to ambient dreamlike drones that works perfectly; flowing with dedication and intensity from similar veins. infinite body’s debut cd “white hymn” was a masterpiece of blurred lights, colorful, but heavy synthesizer and vocoder pieces. “a series of false awakenings”, his follow up to that cd from the winter, shows a seasonal change, with a heavy presence on field recordings: children in parks, chimes, and the spring ambience of light winds and birds’ songs. an elevated sense of reality: entirely surreal. kyle’s thoughtful and sincere work is certainly some of the most well executed around and the upcoming infinite body/emaciator split lp on monorail trespassing will only further solidify this. in an edition of 300 lps with proprinted foldover sleeves featuring art by kyle.
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p.r.o.b.l.e.m.s.- narc grind / i came here to die – arbor - cass – 6$

recently formed la skate punk crew, p.r.o.b.l.e.m.s. consisting of britt from robedoor/not not fun and 2/3rd’s of black black bring two quick tracks utilizing socal sunshine vibes, skateboards, and a “fuck authority” attitude. dr. pepper and scab fueled thrash: grind the pigs; skate or die. jam this tape on repeat at yr favorite skate spot; positive negativity. in an edition of 75 tapes in cassingle style o card sleeves with black and white art/tape labels by the band.
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kaezm - hydrogen falls – arbor - cass – 6$

Denmark is a place teeming with half fried organic drone crews such as Sarah’s Charity and Family Underground. Kaezm is the solo output for Nicolas Kauffmann of FU; here he channels electricity through criss-crossing patterns creating a midrange din full of lament. Nic’s drones move with static builds from a variety of sources and multiple levels of echoing chorus: airy, buzzing mantras tinged with Middle Eastern vibes and a deepening sense of time beat down like an incessant rainfall in a storm of hiss. In an edition of 100 labeled tapes with full color art by Nic.
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maniacs dream - zanzibar – arbor - lp – 12$

Finland is the epicenter of collective music making. Under the name Maniacs Dream, members of Finnish bands such as Avarus, Fricara Pacchu, Kemialliset Ystävät, and more come together to create blown out free rock. Their unique/bizarre approach to music making, constantly questioning the construction/deconstruction of sound creates songs at times recalling the electro acoustic clatter drone of Avarus crossed with tribal rhythms and intergalactic kraut rock guitar zones. Total sonic freedom with a punk ethos directly influenced by a trip to Zanzibar prior to recording this record (which is a reissue of the long sold out tape originally released on Lal Lal Lal in 2006). In an edition of 450 records on light blue vinyl with printed labels and full color proprinted foldover sleeves with art by Benjamin Bergman and an insert.
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youth of the beast – lantern – arbor - 7"– 6$

Youth of the Beast is pure primitive electronics, suffocating saxophone scrawl and epic percussion.   Acting as the solo output for Raccoo-oo-oon’s Andy Spore, this record is YOTB’s first vinyl offering following up a few tapes on Night People and Fuck It Tapes.  Blistering vocal screeches and mixer feedback blasts meld with stray tones as brass wails and drums are pounded.  Spore is a master of channeling the spirits right into the basement where he crafts his jams, creating a captivating mass of noise and psychedelic signals crossing for a painfully beautiful 10 minutes.  Breathless sax solos and massive tribal percussion interspersed throughout.  The sum of all these parts is something intense, unknown; an ever evolving sonic creature as bleak as it is restless.  In an edition of 315 records with EPIC xeroxed double sided/double foldover (you’ll understand it when you see it) sleeves and printed labels by Spore.
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tusco terror – pyschedelic narcosis – arbor - cdr – 6$

Cleveland noiseniks, Tusco Terror, barrage the earth with their subterranean dirt worship. Having just released a split LP with Emeralds on Ecstatic Peace, this crew is ready to take their Midwestern gear slaughter beyond the realm of the breadbasket. Operating with a loose lineup usually ranging from 3-5 players all jamming in their own private zones, contributing their own part to the psychedelic nonsequitors and cosmic confusions contained within the recording. Pile upon pile of unrecognizable source contort themselves into an unrecognizable yet brutally intriguing end result. Don’t stop digging. In two editions: A( of 68 numbered copies in silkscreened, watercolored, and sewn sleeves with screened discs) and B (of 32 numbered copies in printed collage sleeves with screened discs).
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widening horizon – 10000 ft above us, 100 years behind us – arbor / jk tapes - cass – 5$

This collaborative project of Treetops and Laissez Faire, expands itself beyond the constraints of a roster, opening the doors to all psyched youth(in particular, on this tape: Z.Z. and L.S.). The battling acoustic/electric vibes of the last tape are lost, traded in for an entirely communal psychic journey propelled by multiple guitars, horns, keyboards, drums, recorder, loops, and vocals. Spiritually united youth create a pure and uncompromising 20 minute soirée travelling in and out of styles like clouds through the sky. You are now free… In a numbered edition of 50 full sleeve wrap around double sided vellum prints, co-released with bro label JKTAPES.
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druids of huge –ergotism/pure hype – arbor - cass – 5$

Chicago trio Druids of Huge rock, roll, and destroy the modern concept of a rock band.  With a name that screams “hooded gods of shred”, the resulting sounds can be quite refreshing.  Percussionary styles can change at any moment from Sword Heaven-esque pummeling and crash destruction to light jazz splash/tom simmering.  The guitar feeds back from a massive Sunn amp and rips its way through the basement, fists pumping and beers spilling.  Suitcase electronics provide a warm and massive tonal base, erupting with its own existence.  Rip it real good, bro.  In a numbered edition of 50 sprayed/stamped tapes in cassingle style sleeves.
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shearing pinx / silver daggers – split– arbor - 7"- 5$sold out

Time to tell all the ’77 dudes to get hip to the ’07 sound.  Vancouver’s Shearing Pinx and Los Angeles’ Silver Daggers are North America’s ambassadors for the new wave of skronk/thrash/post-whatever punk.  The Pinx play angular, expertly timed, staccato waves of noise and punk.  Two long songs sandwiching one short one in typical Pinx fashion.  The Daggers (experts of interpreting animal sounds w/ regular rock instruments) create utterly epic art-punk jams complete with swirling synths and horns based around solid drumming and guitar/bass interplay.  One track was recorded live at The Smell, coming complete with mosh philosophies, while the second track recalls David Byrne’s “boombox experiments” circa Stop Making Sense. Be sure to check out their new record on Load! In an edition of 400 numbered copies on concrete grey vinyl w/ hand stamped labels in 2 color silkscreen cardstock sleeves and a long insert.
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emeralds/ quintana roo - bubble quiet complication/ beheaded dynasty – arbor - lp – 14$sold out

Blessed waves of beautiful sounds build and decay into perfect pieces of music.  From opposing locations and opposing approaches to drone, Ohio’s Emeralds and LA’s Quintana Roo juxtapose themselves with skillful perfection.  Emeralds’ epic synth composition “Bubble Quiet Complication” marks the acts first vinyl appearance, and  possibly heaviest work to date.  A tribute to the sine waves of 70s, this massive grower oscillates and progresses completely discretely; impossible to follow and completely transcendental.  Bass heavy subsonic patterns work their way underneath the beauty, completely proving and reinforcing this bands recent acclaim.  Quintana Roo (comprised of members of Robedoor, Pocahaunted, and Changeling et al.)  take a more natural/native approach to their craft.  A massive horn blasts marks a call to arms on “Beheaded Dynasty”.  Twinkling chimes and electric textures help paint a natural base.  Hand drums start the onward march to oblivion, met along the way by a blessed to infinity bass line building to an organic overload.  In a numbered edition of 450 emerald green LPs with printed labels and proprinted cardboard jackets with an insert all from the psyched psyche of Devon Varmega.
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loopool – useless unless – arbor - cdr –5$sold out

jean-paul garnier does it again.  this ever changing artists comes at us with a largely vocal oriented album.  free rock guitar jams and synth explorations.  sewer pipe drones with beautifully placed vocals.  this is another album that has been in the works for far too long, but it is finally here for you to hear.  every song sounds different as this urban chameleon of an artist approaches new terrain.  some of these songs totally rock(in the rock and roll type of way), some of these songs rock(in the garage punk type of way), and some of these songs rock(in the noise drone type of way).  these lyrics are there to make you think.  think about your friends and think about the world.  the lyrics are collected in a scrawled out sheet which folded up fits like a nice book in the purple clam shell case.  the clam shell case is then put in a full color sike-out drawn custom envelope.  in a numbered edition of 50 copies.

cole milner – no strangers – arbor - cdr –5$sold out

A slight detour from the recent noisy releases on arbor brings us to Cole Milner’s newest pop gem.  Cole Milner a man of many names such as Cole Miller, Cole Miller Island, Sneakypines, I Love You, and many other names following the “C.M. (insert place here)” formula.  Cole writes pop songs in Menlo Park, CA similar to those of the Pacific Northwest dudes.  He’s toured with everybody from Seattle and Portland and is a really cool guy, and also totally nice.  Sometimes he has a moustache.  Sometimes he uses a drum machine.  This album features some instrumental help from the brother, but other then that it’s all Cole.  Campfire songs, bossanova songs, and dance songs.  All about love and fear and stuff like that.  Packaged in a paper bag with paste on and an insert by Cole.  In a numbered edition of 100.
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traum – built for nothing – arbor - 1 sided lp – 9$ sold out

Suburban Michigan is a breeding ground where every weirdo has a label, a band, and a handful of secret/under the radar collaborative projects.  Here Graveyard’s Ben Hall and Lambsbread’s Zac Davis create a monolithic one sider influenced by too many private press jazz records and abstract instrumentalism.  Davis turns in his effect pedals for nothing; pure clean tones plucked up and down scales and bridges so uniquely that it is easy to confuse the guitar for a sax.  Ben Hall drums like a man with four arms; constant rattling trap tapping and assorted pots and pans clattering, flowing completely smoothly.  A perfect union of  sound.  In an edition of 300 copies in screened chipboard sleeves by Anthony Decanini.
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melee – violent forms of laughter pt. 2 – arbor - cass – 6$ sold out
If there were noise bands in the roaring twenties, they would sound just like this.  Melee creates creaky drones with traditional jazz instruments.  The percussion sounds like rain and rakes scraping against the wall(if the wall were a giant snare drum).  The cello strings squeal sending chills up the spine.  The trumpet cuts through basement asbestos fog choked under concentration.  The whole mess progresses almost cinematically, totally full of suspense. Features members of Graveyards. Pt. 1 forthcoming on Meudia Morte label out of Germany.  In a numbered edition of 100 in sprayed tape cases with paste-on cover and printed/painted tape labels. 
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bobb bruno –white lovers dream house– arbor - cass –6$ sold out

I saw Bobb open for Wilco(yeah, that Wilco) last Thanksgiving in the biggest auditorium in Chicago; like orchestra/opera shit.  He came out in a full body bunny costume, sat down at a drum pad and created some of the heaviest synthetic beats I've ever heard using samples, a drum pad, and some pedals for about 10 minutes.  Needless to say it ruled.  You probably know Bobb as that guy in Goliath Bird Eater, Polar Goldie Cats, Knit Witch et al.  If not for that then you know him for his recording wizardry which he employs on rad S.LA acts such as Silver Daggers, Mika Miko, Robedoor, Abe Vigoda, Quintana Roo, Hello Astronaut Goodby Television and probably a billion more.  Here he creates two side long ethereal skyscapes of Technicolor synth work. Somewhere between Boards of Canada and Kevin Shields' (MBV) solo work from Lost in Translation.  In a numbered edition of 100 tapes with printed/ stamped tape labels and full color double sided marker/photo collage sleeves.

french quarter – overpassing – arbor - cdr – 6$ sold out

The best thing about Arizona is either that it is warm(like very warm), but not humid or the burgeoning music scenes centered around the Phoenix/Tempe area.  With shows going on multiple nights a week at places like Trunkspace and Modified Arts, how could a dude not be totally inspired?  Stephen Steinbrink aka French Quarter is a Phoenix, AZ desert dweller with a guitar and some friends.  He writes songs that will bring back the feelings of hearing that Neil Young bootleg tape in your cousin’s car for the first time.  He is joined by a cast of talented Arizonans from bands such as Tent City and Soft Shoulder.  The tracks are wonderfully orchestrated by Steinbrink featuring a never ending array of instrumentation.  New LP forthcoming on Gilgongo Records(of Tempe,AZ).  In a numbered edition of 100 copies with gold stamped discs and trifold inserts in two color silkscreened chipboard arigato pack.
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family battle snakes –brain fried eternally– arbor - cdr – 6$ sold out
Family Battle Snake is totally cerebral.  Dense drones creep and evolve slowly but surely with every pace.  The mechanical hums and vocal hymns are interwoven with enough horns and mic’d clatter to fill every nook of your room leaving nothing untouched.  Once again, a loud release, but still very soothing.  Completely submerged.  In a numbered edition of 90 Cdrs in stamped/sprayed custom digipacks.
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quilts – light horn – arbor - cass –5$ sold out
Shimmer shining strips of sound float through the sky.  The light horn is calling.  Organ sprawls covered in pit-er-pat percussion.  This is the kind of music that you create in your head when you are sitting on the park bench and rearranging the memories of the sounds going around you.  Except it is better and it is recorded.  Earth drones make dreamy lullabies. These dudes have releases coming out all over the place including a split tape with Quintana Roo on Dnt, as well as a recent release on a new incarnation of imvated, cauliflower dreams.  Limited to 50 numbered copies with orient smoke dream art on jade tapes.
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changeling / quetzocoatl – arbor - cass – 6$ sold out

Scientists say that sound travels better through water and rocks than it does through air.  LA’s Changeling and Dublin, Ireland’s Quetzocoatl challenge these scientists.  In a split tape of international proportions, airy loftiness and spiritual mist-icism play the key roles.  Changeling’s guitar-centric drones become one with the ambience of the mist surrounding them.  Quetzocoatl uses a multitude of instruments and delay to build a drone which floats across the sky next to the birds.  Each piece ends too soon, almost evaporating into the clouds from which they were born on a constant migratory path to rad.  In a numbered edition of 100 tapes in sprayed/screened/stamped linen bags with art/insert by Roy Tatum(aka Changeling).
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futurians – Jawhol Yoko!– arbor - cass – 5$ sold out

I was first introduced to these New Zealand shredders through the 267 Finland dudes.  NZs finest rock the boat, baby, with some of the dirtiest surf rock from either side of the equator.  This tape compiles live tracks and other odds and ends from barnacle encrusted clubs.  Rock and Roll with tsunami force breaks everything in its path except for the party.  Recent shred out on Foxy Digitalis and Last Visible Dog.  Cover art by Thomas Bernard on transparent paper with totally hand made tape labels.  In an edition of 50.

birds of delay –live from mind avalanche – arbor - cass – 6$ sold out

Beneath the mounds of tape loops, keyboard mysticism, and vocal séance rests the human forms of Luke Younger and Steven Warwick aka Birds Of Delay.  “Live From Mind Avalanche” is a particularly deep work.  It sounds as though it was recorded live on the wing of a flying plane or at the top of some epicly huge mountain in India.  Frozen delays and deprived electronics ache for freedom from desolate captivity.  Drowned static screeching into an abyss of grey tumbles down the side of a snow slicked slope.  Icy smoke envelops whatever remains.  In a numbered edition of 90 sprayed/stamped tapes with art by the band.
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warmth –death as a young child – arbor - cass – 6$ sold out

After months of attempting to acquire the final (now lost) tour recordings of Roxanne Jean Police (RIP), Steev Thompson presents his most recent incarnation, Warmth.  Fresh out of a Brian Wilson-esque disappearance Steev brings deep visceral layers of synth and electronics that churn and grow.  Clouds of fog envelope the tones emanating from Michigan’s forgotten forests.  This tape acts as the precursor to the upcoming Warmth LP co-released by Arbor and Double Fantasy.  In a numbered edition of 90 tapes in sprayed paste-on manilla envelopes.
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villa valley / treetops – split– arbor - cass –5$ sold out

The suburbs can be kinda weird.  Villa Valley and Treetops both come from the highly forested sub-urban areas of Detroit and Chicago, respectively.  Villa Valley occupy the A side with teeth bared.  Tape manipulations, contact mic-ery, and feedback create a cacophony at times boarding on full out free jazz (Midwestern style of course).  This is what Wolf Eyes sounded like before they had double picture discs pressed in editions of 1000(not like that’s a bad thing, though).  Treetops is Mike Pollard (of Arbor);  Guitar incantations float around the highest peaks of forgotten mounts.  Fuzzed out pyschedelia;  primitive percussion and subtle vocal drones occasionally emanate through the haze.  In a numbered edition of 100 tapes in sprayed purple cases with art by Ola Vasiljeva.
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pocahaunted – native seduction – arbor - 3" cdr –5$ sold out

Recording?  Compact disc?  Before the arrival of the white man to the new world, these two tribal sisters would chill out, harvest grains, and participate in drum circles while creating smoke signals.  The white man introduced the electric guitar and microphone as well as recording technology.  The girls turned in their primitive gear to go analog!  Vocal chants for a good harvest.  Guitar strums coupled with bass drum dreams to protect oneself from the evil spirits.  Backed behind a teepee of protective electronic hum.  All is good.  In two color silk-screened sleeves with splattered disc dot/ enchanted feather print keeping the cd in its place, all tucked in a plastic sleeve.  In a numbered edition of 100 copies.
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horse head – make it something else – arbor - cdr –5$ sold out

I remember when the Zelda game came out for N64.  I was all over that shit, but then forgot about it and never beat it.  The thing I do remember is the sweet soundtrack it had. So-cal sunshine kids Horse Head have inadvertently recreated the sounds of the ocarina of time with guitars, drums, and voice. Past releases are hints of songs, these are “songs”.  Lyrics with all the joys and unjoys of being a human.  Psych-pop for the kids.  Down tempo tribal beats. Their most song based release yet(ever?).  Upcoming album on Not Not Fun.  In hand crafted/sewn cardstock pocket folders with conch shell stamped discs in an edition of 50. 
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cole milner – cool million – arbor - cdr – 6$ sold out

Cole is back and this time on a ton of labels (different versions of this album will be on Stop Drop, Marriage, Paw Dawns, and Arbor).  The entertainer extraordinaire brings his playful melodies and clever rhyming in attempts to cheer you up and maybe make you dance a little.  Cole sings song about how much he loves you, as in, this wasn’t recorded with his girlfriend in mind, but actually you!  Very similar to the more recent playfulness shown by Adrian Orange and Calvin Johnson; totally positive and uplifting.  This is a much more cohesive album than Cole’s previous Arbor release, “No Strangers.”  In a numbered edition of 50 copies in sewn/stamped sleeves with stamped discs.
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gang wizard – for the man trapped inside a man – arbor -3" cdr –5$ sold out

Summer is over dude.  Bummer.  Lots of left over Popsicle sticks and melted jams and memories of the pool are what remain.  I guess that you can still have all that shit in Sun Valley, CA, but not in the Midwest.  It’s getting cold now, but that’s beside the point.  Gang Wizard gets together all the time and records the hardcore hang out sessions.  Every time they are done we are left with a sweet document like this one.  Totally rad dudes, in totally rad moods, creating totally rad tunes.  Disjointed guitar jingles and all over the place drumming create a cacophony of positivity.  Total Happiness from members of Foot Village, Rose For Bohdan, dynasty, and unicorn hard-on. Released for their fall 2006 NW tour in a numbered edition of 75 neon drenched popsicle-sticked canvases.
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sleeping babies –beneath the blood moon – arbor - cass – 5$sold out

What is love?  Love is… making eerie jams with your honey.  This recently relocated BF/GF duo drop their first release on arbor.  Creepy organ drones and hypo-hypnotic percussion carry your ears.  Howls of a wolf in heat to the blood moon.  Ritual dreams realized through vocal drones.  Totally organic.  Featuring members of Quilts.  Limited to 50 numbered copies with art by the band and tapes salvaged from the swamp; stamped with a blood moon.
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fossils / waves - ghetto primiative – arbor - cdr –5$ sold out

Crumbling latitudes form a sonic bridge connecting Hamilton, Ontario
and ypsi, Michigan.  Recorded at the peak of canaduh's summer, the
fossils half of this split stinks of the melted ghetto blaster
thistrack was recorded on.  The whole things chugs along at a super
slow-mo rate giving the whole track a gotham city sewer system field
recording vibe.  Waves is john olson of American tapes, wolf eyes,
dead machines, and just about every other rad unit out there.  Here he
comes in surfing on a sonic torrent of sirens crashing like the waves
and bringing the seashells onto the shore.  Wavesss second track
sounds like the distress call of a submarine crashed on the ocean
floor being heard through dolphin ears.  In a numbered edition of 100
with slim cases slathered in a whole bunch of paint, but actually ends
up looking super slick.

treetops – sandy floors – arbor - 3" cdr –4$ sold out

suburban boredom and weeks waiting for compilation submissions were the main factors for this albums conception.  armed with a guitar autographed by "the" bruce springsteen, a synthesizer, drums, and a four track, a kid sat down at a desk and began to record sounds.  he wished that his friends could be there so that he didnt have to do everything, by himself, but they live in the city and wouldnt hop on a metra train to get out to him.  this is a tribal entry into suburbia.  when all the kids were getting guitar lessons, a young treetops was busy jamming screwdrivers into the fret board like thurston moore.  forest drones from the basement.  field recordings from the park.  vocal damage  and keyboard waltz.  what album would be complete without cynical song titles to make you "LOL"?  limited to 50 copies, comes mounted on cardboard with the treetops logo stencil'd on the front.

Various – arbor – cdr/zine –8$sold out

artist -  the sneaky pines, hannu karjalainen, the futurians, bagelsandcreamchesse, e*rock, treetops, raccoo-oo-oon, gastric female reflex, horsehead, joe+n, the goslings, ethelscull, silver daggers, robedoor, barrabarracuda, haunted castle, loopool
       
each of the bands contribute a piece of art work compiled into a 18 page full colour booklet..  this is in a numbered edition of 200 copies.

horse head – birds and bees – arbor - cass – 4$ sold out

if you were like millions of americans, you spent your weekday nights glued to the edge of your seat watching lost.  a stockpile of these horse head tapes were found at in the bottom of "the hatch".  horse head sounds like early animal collective circa here comes the indian.  in fact these are three teens from orange county california utilizing field recordings and pretty guitar strumming to take you into the forest.   put this tape in your walkman, and close your eyes.  you will be instantly "chilled out".  primal drumming keeps you steadily in place.  before you know it, thirty six minutes have passed, you open your eyes and youre on the subway, and in fact, not sitting under an aurora borealis tree.  if you cant go on a vacation this summer, at least buy this tape so you can pretend for over half an hour that you are in another place.  in an edition of 100 with green tapes in brown paper sacks with an insert and a pine branch(makes the package smell great when you open it).
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sheperds - acid bath – arbor - cass – 5$ sold out

The acid drenched guitar hymns on this tape, seem to come from
somewhere other then Brooklyn.  It sounds like an escape from the
city.  The sounds contained within still feature the rhythm and
busy-ness of the city, but sound as though they were recorded on an
old tape deck in the woods, or the shed in the woods behind the cabin
in the woods.    It is only fitting that members of Shepherds come
from groups such as Meneguar, Woods, Non-Horse, and Wooden Wand and
the Vanishing Voice.  It features the same "drop everything and make
music" vibe that those other projects produce.    Perfect hearthside
tape to keep you warm as those metropolitan winters are approaching.
Features super nice silkscreened art by Shawn Reed of Raccoo-oo-oon
with copper rusted tapes.  In a numbered edition of 100 copies.

Robedoor- grey gates – arbor - 3” cdr –4$ sold out

the icy cold l.a. weather brings creepy crawly sounds that creep with trachea scarring drones and crawl with wind riddled blasts of noise. oh yeah, there is some drums in there too. this record has been too long in the making, but is worth the wait (unlike xmen3).  this shit rules.  it will have your body moving in some sort of awkward tribalism from the past.  this is not very harsh, as in, i dont imagine britt needing lozenges after recording this, though i dont think a cup of tea would hurt.  the brass acts like those vortex rooms at the local hanuted house that twist you around, but on for seconds until you can get a grasp on reality.  man this band rules, this is total airplane music.  windy, flight capable vocals and ambience, with turbulent, ready to rock thibal percussion.  let this record take you somewhere this summer.  sprayed covers crocheted to those plastic 3" sleeves.  everything is purple with a little bit of frost bite.

seafoam green – s/t – arbor - cass – 5$ sold out

"two bored kids + an overwhelming amount of musical equipment = seafoam green. neither of these kids dislike their mothers, i just want to make sure that you know that. they actually happen to love them very much. this 10 minute recording is divided into two tracks for the two sides of your standard cassette tape. the first track is an instrumental happy romp filled with synth blasts and guitar strums. the second side however delves into the darkness of teenage angst in an instrumenal un-happy romp filled with synth blasts and guitar strums. side b is those late nights filled with too much homework. there should be vocals on this, but the mic wasnt working. recorded straight to 4track with patch cable drums added later. limited to 16 copies(because thats how old these kids are) in tape cases w/ a little slip band thing and with ocean sprayed tapes and a graph paper insert."

cja – wedding band – arbor - cass –5$ sold out

Dunedin captain of the Futurians has been busting music for years.  Being a coconspirator of the Davenport Family(twice removed) everything is recorded.  The A side is a soirée into guitar minimalism.  Samples, delay, electricity.  The B side brings it all back home.  Folk songs for Dunedin porch singing, campfire or living room exhibition.  Songs about life and living(but then again, what music isn’t?).  Comes in hand dyed bags garnished with an “I do” ring on red/gold passion/wealth tapes with an insert.  Til death do us part(in an edition of 50 copies).
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mef teef / owl xounds exploding galaxy – split – arbor - cass –5$ sold out

Pure energy and total expression are the only boundaries around the free-jazz/music movement.  Primitivism and psychedelic confusion act as the main themes.  Mef Teef of Iowa City, a relatively new collective, have one past release on Raccoo-oo-oon’s Night People Label (of which MT percussionist Andy Spore is a member).  Spastic drumming acts as the basis for which brass, piano, and silence interweave.  Culled from a hometown live session, “Dark Star Voyage Pt. 1” features unique instrumental interplay causing the piece to progress almost theatrically with definitive mood changes.  Brooklyn’s Owl Xounds Exploding Galaxy is a heavy hitter in the free jazz underground.  Comparisons to avant-garde greats are not unjustified. With a recent LP out on Wooden Wand’s Mad Monk label and a plethora of sold out self released jams, this is the collectives first tape.  Focused on the youthful energy of punk music and centered around the drumming of Adam Kriney (La Otracina, Castanets), in “Transmission To The Pineapple Universe”, Owl Xounds produce pure blown out oblivion never faltering in its onward progression.  Recorded live at the Cakeshop featuring Gene Janas on upright bass, Darius Jones on alto sax, and Greg Vegas on electric guitar the jam is a total freak-out, seething equally with nods to Sonny Simmons as it is to Sonic Youth. In a numbered edition of 100 tapes with printed labels, art and an insert by Andy Spore.
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robedoor / haunted castle – nameless race – arbor - lp – 10$ sold out

Summertime is all about transcending space and going on tour with your buds.  How could a tour alliance be more buddy buddy than that of LA’s Robedoor and Detroit’s Haunted Castle?  Britt, Alex, Dan, and Suzzette traversed the west coast with the goal of pacification by sonic means.  This collaboration was recorded in studio with a bunch of mics in Davis, CA.  Robedoor blankets Haunted Castle’s abrasive drones with meditative tones.  The recording is held together by the bass drum’s rhythmic p(e)ace.  In a numbered edition of 300 copies with pro printed fold over poster art and printed labels by Jeremy Earl of Fuck It Tapes and an insert by Britt.
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lilypads – twin holes – arbor - 2x3" –9$ sold out

Emerald’s Big John is the synth guru behind the illustrious Lilypad.  Immense decay and epic clarity.  Just when you think that the tone has stagnated, another hole of hi-end oscillation materializes.  Constantly progressing to the next level of blissed out forgetfulness.  Soft and comforting, yet possessing the ability to completely entrance the listener into a state of loneliness; the first disc has the abductive quality to be over before it even starts.  A multi tiered synthetic existence of pure desolation and beauty.  The second disc is a masterpiece of stereo panning, with a focused separation between left and right, going beyond the normal dimensions of time and space.  Meant to be played loud and alone to truly grasp the solo solidarity and self-contemplating tones.  Growing louder and heavier to the pinnacle of reverse deprivation.  In typical Lilypad infoless anonymous styled packaging, in this case a mind bending ‘witchbox’ by visual cat lover, Witchbeam with an 11”x17” color poster insert in an edition of 50 copies.
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tent/city – arbor - cdr –7$ sold out

Past the desert smoke and arid dust trails of Arizona lies an Oasis of broken folk.  Occupied by Tent/City, this area is like a river of creativity and blessed drones.  Six artful dwellers armed with instruments ranging from pots and pans to synths and guitars, pianos and flutes, have the perfect recipe for clattery commune psych.  Taken out of their natural habitat and thrown into the studio they offer these five tracks to the coyote spirit.  The first three tracks act as studies focusing on different pairings of the featured instrumentation.  This culminates in the fourth track, an epic 12 minute long jam full of rotted synth, flute prayers, electric guitar with hints of the raccoon’s good blessing, all over a foundation of unwavering percussion.  In an edition of 90 triangle stickered cd-rs  with an insert all in a hand sewn paisley pouch complete with button clasp.
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haunted castle – void lake – arbor - cdr – 8$ sold out

 This is the debut full length by Detroit's Haunted Castle.  These are the first recordings from the infamous Half-Crypt (which was recently vacated due to frequent car break-ins and mail stealing).  At the time these tracks were recorded the basement had black mold hanging from the ceilings in some areas.  It turned out that that shit was totally toxic and needed to be removed pronto.  There is heavy black mold influence running through these tracks.  Abrasive and lo-fi drones that sound like they are seeping from swamped out electronics.  Vocals heavy like elephant calls coupled crunching guitar and molded basement ambience.  There are even a few fist pumping moments!  Guaranteed to be an instant classic.  In a numbered edition of 100 copies in hallucinogenic tripped out linen bags and cardstock  sleeves screened by Jelle Crama.

treetops - when i was younger – arbor - 2xcass –7$ sold out

A purely inspired release rising out of a dismal autumn, where even the trees delayed their color change.  Focusing outward to various points of reference, sk1’s hold their tones in frozen chains, slowed down tapes shake the earth, strings twinkle and shine, while vocals murmur inaudible wishes and flowing ruminations.  A droning black mass, entirely different from the recent blown out walkman recorder territories previously traversed by this project.  Recorded over two November nights, in deep reflection and heavy listening. In an edition of 50 labeled tapes with black/white/grey art in Norelco cases.
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evan miller / gown – split – arbor - cass –5$ sold out

The power is out.  The power is back.  This tape juxtaposes two expert guitarists against each other on the natural A/B boundaries of the cassette medium.  Iowa’s own Evan Miller creates long drifting ragas (or as he like to call them, spells) of acoustic guitar work akin to contemporaries such as Fahey and Rose, but strays from their “minstrel in the country” vibe and going more towards “a fisherman on the wharf” style.  Even though there are no words, the emotion and story of his songs are obvious.  “Specter” was recorded during a storm adding an ominous atmospheric quality to the meandering spell.  On the flip side, Gown creates sky high electric guitar drones similar to his work in Bark Haze, but his presence in the solo setting adds a particularly nice clarity to his work; much less of an overload leaving more time to really soak into the jam.  “Pigeon Church” is one of his first recordings since leaving his internship at Ecstatic Peace and moving up to rural Maccan, Nova Scotia.  In a numbered edition of 100 tapes in 3 color silkscreened sleeves with tape labels and an insert.
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ajilvsga – sacred arrow – arbor - cass –  5$sold out

Bleak.  Landscapes harvested for consumption and distribution.  Where is the ancestral spirit?  Oklahoman duo Ajilvsga, comprised of Brad Rose and Nathan Young, recall the forgotten sorrows of the Cherokee with synthesizer.  Deep and slow moving, just like the nomadic herd, Rose and Young’s primitive drones weave in and out of consciousness, transcending time.  Sheer rock cliffs cannot contain the war whoops and tribal tension of the epic seventeen-minute B side track, “Fire Builder”.  Make sure to keep your eyes on the horizons for upcoming signals from Not Not Fun, American Grizzly, and native imprint, Digitalis.  In an edition of 100 labeled tapes with double sided full color art and sprayed cases.
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door – destroy all – arbor - cass – 5$sold out

New Jersey is like the gloomiest place in the country.  Daniel La Porte (aka Door) tries to rep the 732's as gloomy as possible.   The dude's jams are like an onslaught of machine smog; a march through grey streets.  Door rips through the air with the hypnotic and concrete progression of a helicopter.   A close dude of the Nautical Almanac crew, Door has the similarly sparse but tortured vocals emanating every once and a while through the clink-clanking of the machine hum and mixer destruction. Featuring art by Daniel on minimally stamped tapes in a numbered edition of 100 copies.
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uneven universe – clump humans – arbor - cass –5$sold out

From the iciest mounts of Michigan’ most frozen brains come massive sounds of sax/electronics duo Uneven Universe. Dan( from Haunted Castle) and Holly (who are both in Cardboard sax with John Olson) wreck havoc on the basement, turning it into an epic snow storm of tape loops and electronics. Through the totally solid murk saxophones, harp, and bells toll, slicing their way into your eardrums in the most hypnotic way. Prepare to get zoned and frozed. In a numbered edition of 100 tapes with full color collage art and printed labels.
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treetops - flannel – arbor - cass – 5$sold out

Yet another seasonal progression in the ongoing Treetops saga, “Flannel” captures the recording of suburban basement mantras; holy rituals recorded on a snow-day. Tape murk drenches the bass while vocals and sk1 rain down like sleet, freezing upon impact. Dulled by the warmth of shelter and the total consciousness of the wasteland that lies beyond those four walls; dismal, yet comforting. In an edition of 50 labels tapes.
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black monk - flowstone – nnf / arbor - lp  - 12$sold out

Flowstoned and dethroned, finally. Last year’s bored/burning summer spell of Eagle Rock entropy birthed a numb drum ‘n drones duo dubbed Black Monk. The aesthetic of inept, free-punk drumming and red-eyed, void-surfing low-end infinity found output on two micro-limited cassette releases (one on Buried Valley, one on Zac/Lambsbread’s Maim & Disfigure) and one weedian live show (in Tempe, AZ) and then the scholars split to separate coasts. Fortunately for us/you, Flowstone comes crawling outta the caverns of a babeless summer on a slab of black wax, collecting their out-of-print Murmur CS and half the V CS, plus an unreleased side-long wastoid-land of subterranean percussion and roaring magma. Just in time for 2012. Black vinyl LPs in stark pro-printed fold-over covers plus a poster of arcane team scribble by BM. Limited to 270.

empty vessel – a world of dew – arbor - cass –  5$sold out

Ah man, you know that feeling when you wake up early in the morning and walk out hazy-eyed into the hazy world to pick up the newspaper?  It’s a trip.  Empty Vessel is Roy Tatum of Quintana Roo, Changeling, Black Monk, etc.  Electronics sweating with overdrive.  Transcending the aural spectrum with a dew inducing haze of harsh drones.  The ebb and flow of a confined stream; tranquility turned up to 11.  In an edition of 100 numbered copies.
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treetops / cygnus – split – arbor - cass –5$sold out

At it’s purest recorded music is two things: basements and one track recorders.  Treetops and Cygnus are a complimentary pair of basement sludge psychers armed with little more than a few effect pedals(no distortion?!).  The Treetops track is a grower and coming in at just under 10 minutes one of the longer Treetops jams to date.  Light guitar strumming, tape manipulations and the occasional incantation are the sole sources for “Wild Beauty”. Sky bound riffs float through the storm clouds. This track is a companion piece to the upcoming Ecstatic Peace tape, “In The Vanilla Grove/ Man and Horse”.  Cygnus is the guitar/keyboard duo of Heath Moerland(Sick Llama/Fag Tapes) and his friend Glen.  Heath and Glen use slow flanged strumming and haunted house keyboards all progressing at a slow-ed down pace.  The second track starts out with some fuzzed heavy riffage and keyboard overload while progressively deconstructing itself to two guitars; a totally zoned out “I forgot we we’re recording” style gem.  Much more chill then their previous blown out shred fests.  In a numbered edition of 100 sprayed/stamped tapes in red youth stickered poly cases.
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time life – i am just to myself – arbor - cass –5$sold out

By now this duo should be far from a mystery though their psychic audio mythos has been continually deepening, growing, and transcending. Comprised of Vanishing Voice members G. Lucas Crane(Non-Horse) and Heidi Diehl, these New Yorkers flee the trappings of the fashion capital of the world for the land of home grown psychedelia.  Non-Horse plays a crate of cassette tapes and a chain of delay.  Wrapping sounds from various sources into a concocted aural remedy from reality, a psychedelic blanket sheltering you from the outside world.  Heidi lends her voice and dripping dream guitar work to the powers at hand, juxtaposing heavy bass with light whispers and shimmering strings with deep murmurs.  On the B side fellow spirit forcer Steve Gunn of GHQ brings a new element to the group, percussion.  A natural oneness is developed between all players, creating earth music with a deeply rooted sense of calmness and serenity.  In an edition of 100 numbered tapes with printed labels.
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axolotl / inca ore – split – arbor - 7" –5$sold out

Karl Bauer and Eva Saelens (Axolotl and Inca Ore respectively) are two like minded Bay area psychers operating on two opposing levels. Axolotl marks the A side with skyward streaking drones and ethereal loops tinged and focused, ringing with the joyous bliss of upward passage.  An endless array of vocals, electronics, and violin looping and looping, building and growing: stasis.  Inca Ore makes her craft from an Earth bound level.  Oneness with her surroundings, roots firmly planted.  Eerie incantations and meandering harp play foreground to layer upon layer of looped vocals and murky ambience, charting your way towards forever.  In an edition of 450 white purity colored 7”s in black and white pro-printed collage fold-over sleeves by Eva with a numbered insert.
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ghosting – live/oakland+ – arbor - cass – 6$sold out

This Portland drone duo manages to create lengthy tracks with a psychedelic precision that makes you forget what time is/was/will be.  This tape contains a track from a live show in Oakland with bustling airy drones and the dinging of bells luring the ears to go to places they have not been before.  The track progresses thoughtfully with exact subtleties building to a climax only to come tumbling down with that exact progression.  The B-side is a deja-vu conjugated burner starting where the other side ended.  In a numbered edition of 100 copies with individually inked and sprayed tape labels in a silver sprayed case and ink drawn cloudscapes. 
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axolotl / inca ore – split – arbor - 7" – 5$ sold out

Karl Bauer and Eva Saelens (Axolotl and Inca Ore respectively) are two like minded Bay area psychers operating on two opposing levels. Axolotl marks the A side with skyward streaking drones and ethereal loops tinged and focused, ringing with the joyous bliss of upward passage.  An endless array of vocals, electronics, and violin looping and looping, building and growing: stasis.  Inca Ore makes her craft from an Earth bound level.  Oneness with her surroundings, roots firmly planted.  Eerie incantations and meandering harp play foreground to layer upon layer of looped vocals and murky ambience, charting your way towards forever.  In an edition of 450 white purity colored 7”s in black and white pro-printed collage fold-over sleeves by Eva with a numbered insert.
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robedoor / yellow swans – split– arbor - 7" –5$ sold out

It’s about time that two of the West Coast’s best units share a slab of vinyl together.  This is an epic coupling.  LA’s Robedoor (an obvious Arbor favorite) present what might be their best work yet, “Tremor Deliverance”.  Synths and subdued vocals weave together into an ornamental sound tapestry with heavy Middle Eastern influence.  Total satyagraha.  Portland’s Yellow Swans are constantly touring (just now embarking on a multi-month European jaunt) and spreading the word of sonic liberation.  Their untitled piece is a wall of sound, totally alive and growing, infinitely large.  In an edition of 500 copies with printed labels and silkscreened art by Shawn Reed of Raccoo-oo-oon.
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wigwam / odd clouds – split – arbor - cass & 3"cdr – 7$ sold out

Long before the Ford Motor Co. ruled over Michigan, Plains Indians would chill out and ride wooly mammoths everywhere.   Then the mammoths hit the pits, and Henry Ford created the car, ever since then the state has been clogged with smog.  Odd Clouds (Rep-ing MI labels Fag Tapes and Tasty Soil) create a cacophony of tribal electric jamming.   Loud and mean; a group improv cave jam going back to the basics and just kicking it.  Wigwam (of Kalamazoo's Tapeworm Tapes) creates a maize field of drones only to light it on fire, and burn it to the ground so that it can be reused later.   War horns streak through the desolation of bass drum onslaught.  Comes with a 3" of additional oil slick sludge rock from the Odd Clouds cave.   In an edition of 100 copies in oversized tape case with double sided full color art(front by Heath Moerland of OC; inside by Miles Haney of WW), sprayed/stamped tapes, individually water colored 3” sleeves, the works.
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          pocahaunted- island diamonds – arbor - lp –15$sold out

Teepees turned in for shanties. Moccasins turned in for high tops. Spirit fog turned in for purple haze. This is the sound of the world town. Amanda and Bethany have had S. LA metal head Bobb Bruno play electric drums on their tracks in the past, but the results of this album is something entirely different than anything they attempted before. It is less Bobb playing drums with Pocahaunted, than it is an entirely new entity operating in perfect unity. Dubbed out and drenched in the grime of the streets, Island Diamonds features the same vocal come downs and chord repetition/progression to infinity that P-haunt is know for, but with the addition of almost (dare I say) “danceable” beats. This is the record that Amanda and Bethany have always wanted to make, the crown jewel of an epic sistership. Rub soap in your eye make it red so you look raw. Recorded/mixed/mastered over a period of three months, and the effort/time shows; Pocahaunted’s most developed/realized work yet; features additional saxophone riffage by Andy Spore (of Raccoo-oo-oon, Youth of the Beast, Pukers) mastered by James Plotkin. In an edition of 500 Rasta colored LP’s on clear yellow vinyl with pro-printed jackets with art by Crystal Stokowski, labels by A+B, and an insert..
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dead white –Holy Deprivation– arbor - cdr –7$sold out

Dead White is a one-man dream team comprised of drone maker/dreamscaper, Andy Brack. Whirling loops of sound bounce off of the walls this dude creates with his voice and guitar.  Too many muted fire alarms must blare through Andy’s hallway while he is snoozing. Three tracks and just short of forty minutes, this recording splatters the sound canvas with aural landscapes; evoking images of really big bird cages and sacred Tibetan caves.  Comes in six color silkscreened fold out posters by Belgian wizard Jelle Crama.  Keep (dead) noise alive(in an edition of 130).
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steve hauschildt- rapt for liquid minister – arbor - cass –7$ sold out

Still-moving loops repeat and build themselves in deep washes of aural hallucination. Steve is known for his work in Ohio synth-drone unit Emeralds. Like the other output from the Emeralds crew, it is hard to believe that today’s best synth music is being made by twenty year old dudes from the Cleveland suburbs, but they seriously just have it figured out. Steve’s smooth and densely layered drones, heavy in Kraut influence, are as huge as any of his contemporaries and as rich as his predecessors. Vocal incantations reminiscent of “Way Their Crept” era Grouper place Steve’s compositions on another level. Deeply thoughtful and knowledgeable zones floating in and out of reality. In an edition of 150 labeled tapes with full color cardstock J-cards.
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eye shaking kingdom- heavy glass – arbor - cass –6$ sold out

Eye Shaking Kingdom is the severely fried, technicolor overdrive duo comprised of Glasgow’s Nackt Insecten and Alistair Crosbie. Their sole past release, “With Metal and Swordlight” placed their feedback driven drones in a league of their own, though they have still managed to remain below the crossfuzzed radar. These two tracks can be taken as totally overdriven crushing walls of loops, feedback and keys; but intense listening shows luscious keyboards painting the soundscape with all the colors of the lunar rainbow. Totally dynamic flows and heavy clarity streak across the foggy night sky. In an edition of 80 tapes with art, tape labels, and a poster by JKtapes Peter Friel.
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taiga remains- thereafter– arbor - cass –7$ sold out

Alex Cobb’s Taiga Remains project pushes the exact opposite vibes as the name of his Students of Decay label. With use of nothing but guitar and pedals Cobb materializes lush and precise drones which seem to come directly out of the air. So heavy and powerful that they don’t even seem to exist, nor could they come from any instrument / human. Total peace and solitude; meditative Eastern vibes transcendent in and of themselves. The A side’s “Winter Tai-Tung” is a light and breezy trip through the mist, growing unconsciously, beyond notice until the track ends. The B side’s “Spring Shan-Lin-Shi” recalls visions ten seconds of prayer service slowed down and stretched into ten minutes, like the sound right after a bell rings hung in static forever. In an edition of 100 tapes in oversized plastic cases with an insert and printed labels.
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caboladies - waterslide mines – arbor - cass –6$sold out

Kentucky’s Caboladies recreate the cosmic birth of droning stars. Dense, psychedelic synth compositions, building to the point of electro-ecstatic infinity. Sliding through the crystallized air, shining with beauty. Uplifting, transcendental spells stuck in the newness and awe of the atmosphere. The young trio have released stellar cdrs on Students Of Decay and Mountaain. Limited to 100 tapes with full color art and labels.

treetops - paths/infinite blue/two winds – arbor - 3xcass –13$ sold out

Collected here are six sets from the Summer 2008 Midwest Tour with Uneven Universe. A particular aesthetic developed throughout the tour, focusing on the organic mixing of sources into a bleary, dreamlike kosmiche drone: blending the borders between new age keyboard and electronics and harsh, focused zones. All sets recorded straight to walkman, allowing each space (whether it be a gallery, basement, warehouse, etc) to reshape the sound, creating quiet, delicate textures. In an edition of 50 sets with individually packaged tapes in norelco cases with full color art and labels.
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treetops - north – arbor - cass –6$ sold out

Time spent alone during the summer; outside. Recorded shirtless in the sand, direct to walkman on the beach in northern Michigan. An organic ambience; orchestrating the sounds of the Earth. In an edition of 50 tapes with full color art, labels and an insert.
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steve young - michael jordan – arbor - cass& zine –10$sold out

Trekking through this young new world, Steve Young (Peter Friel of Young Tapes) recognizes the shapes and colors of the sky and appropriates them on to keyboard and tape. A vast journey through mystic, floating zones; always searching for the next level of contextualization. A light trip; refined for this new age. Fly like an eagle. In an edition of 40 tapes with full color art and labels plus a 6 page full color zine by Peter.
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kevin shield – cavity fever – arbor - cass –5$sold out

Kevin Shields(aka Eva Aguila), resident Deathbomb Arc go-to-girl and craft fair fabric wizard with her own label Hate State, is undoubtedly the harsh noise queen of the West Coast.  Whether it be her collaborations with Brian Miller, her jamming in Gang Wizard, or her solo work, she is always painting from her own sonic spectrum of harsh tones and brutal waves of distortion.  “Cavity Fever” is heavy on keyboard/organ sounds, a new direction for KS, which are seamlessly crocheted with tape manipulations, microphone feedback, and expert tone work.  Brutally beautiful sunshine-electric jams.  In a numbered edition of 100 sprayed tapes with mind melt art by George Meyers.
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god willing- cleansing hours – arbor - 2xcass –8$sold out

Scum Crew member Ren Schofield plays true to his posses title with this sludge noise opus.  Pure overdriven electricity oscillates steadfastly while fighting the battle for sonic purity.  SK-1 tones chug toward the cliff of oblivion demanding submission from strangled guitar strums trying to reach the surface(a cause inevitably resulting in failure).  Spattering waves of crossed frequencies construct an unscalable wall of crushing distorted drones; beauty lies beneath if you can dig that deep.  Good vibrations.  In an edition of 100 double tape sets in clear plastic album style cases with double sided sky/carpet collages and printed labels.
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widening horizon – s/t – arbor / jk tapes- cass –5$sold out

Just when you thought all was about to fade to grey an epic expanse of orange, blue, and a phenomenon known as the “green glow” blinds you.  The rolling hills seem endless, maybe they are(who really knows).  At this moment of severe spatial reconsideration dual guitar drones, one electric, one acoustic, seem to rise up from the ground right under your feet.  The contents of this tape are organic/communal compositions of guitar, sampler, synth, recorder, and percussion.  The flow of consciousness is ever flowing/never slowing(at least for 17 minutes).  The first in a series of coreleased tapes (w/ bro label jk tapes)featuring Treetops+Laissez-Faire.  Horizontally oriented jams for an up and down kind of world.  In a numbered edition of 40 tapes in full color double sided wraparound styled  j-cards and sealed with a sticker.  
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emaciator - merit – arbor - cass –5$sold out

Rising beyond the ether, Jonathon Borge’s (of  Pedestrian Deposit and the Monorail Trespassing label) guitar based drone project floats freely in it’s own realm.  Looking down on stone and earth, a feedback torrent swells.  Awe-inspiring chords streak through the grey gloom like stone cutters putting everything in it’s right place; a sanctimonious harmony between the give and take of the bleak and the beautiful.  Dense and serene.  In an edition of 100 tapes with printed labels and art by Borges.
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bee mask - how softly sings the kettle, how sweetly chimes the clock – arbor - cass –6$sold out

recent east coast transplant, chris madak has been ripping the air with his bee mask drones for some time. here he juxtaposes harsh, heavy tendencies with intricate synth work, creating dynamic pieces operating on multiple levels with a deep sense of high, mid, and low ranges. interspersed throughout with effected field recordings to create an impossible zone existing somewhere between the synthetic and the natural. in an edition of 100 tapes with full color art and labels.
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strange water - environments – arbor - cass –6$sold out

the first strange water release was a daunting, drenched c60 of confusing murk; now: clarity. dan dlugosielski (uneven universe, body morph) and mike pollard (treetops) create a focused and directed new age piece, consisting of keyboards, electronics, and sax stuck in a rileyian trance. two minds melted into one. smooth moving, everything shines; the clearing of the sky after a storm. a lone track stretched across both sides of the tape. infinity is now, loop forever. in an edition of 75 tapes with full color art and labels.
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avarus – kirppujen saari – arbor - lp – 14$sold out

Long touted as the forefathers of Finnish freeform psychedlic music, Avarus, a collective bearing members from The Anaksimadros, Kemialliset Ystävät, Maniacs Dream, and more, document their first tour of the United States on "Kirppujen Saari".  The sounds contained show a departure and growth from typical Avarus recordings.  The A side long track begins with a psychrock romper complete with full “band” instrumentation, slowly it deconstructs itself into the abstract electric/acoustic stylings and sonic spattering familiar to their previous work.  Slowness builds into full on clatter filled walls of vocals, toy keyboards, horns, strums, and other acoustic junk, creating a unique and massive drone.  The opposing side is pure acoustic drones composed of vocals, horns, and tribal beats.  Room filling ambiance, corner clatter, and morphing silence also find a way to unobtrusively build themselves into the piece.  In an edition of 350 LPs on coke bottle clear vinyl with printed labels by Bart of Sloow Tapes and proprinted full color foldover art by the band.
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acre- monolith – arbor - lp –12$sold out

Portland's tone wrangler Aaron Davis (aka Acre) has been blasting the world with his massive-but-barely-there feedback swells for quite some time with releases on Black Horizons, JK, and more.  His first LP offering brings about the Acre essence quite well.  Massive walls of shoe-gazed feedback are some how tamed into smooth, quintessential drones.  This is not the sound of synthesizers or keyboards, but a single tone being modified and replicated into a monolithic piece.  Stasis so strong it is hard to realize the power of these two side long tracks until they end, forcing silence back upon the listener: direct hypnosis and transcendental zoning.  In an edition of 200 records in pro-printed fold over sleeves.
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watersports w/ aaron rosenblum - more – arbor - cass –6$sold out

found a stash of this oop arbor cassette

                if a tape should ever be described using the word “submerged” it is this one. watersports is the brooklyn duo of russ waterhouse and lea cho, who in the same configuration also make up blues control. the a side begins with “submerged” bubble sounds mastered from the inside of an aquarium. the serene scene ebbs and flows until shimmering keyboards pierce the murk like sun into the blimey deep. on the b side the duo is joined by aaron rosenblum of son of earth/sapat. this track is keyboard heavy from the start with what seems like all three of the players weaving sounds through each others keyboarding. a glorious and shimmering overtone blurs reality. howling flutes act as sea creatures in crisis. if you put the shell up to your ear and concentrate you can hear rosenblum totally shredding. in an edition of 100 numbered tapes in oversized double sided collaged tape cases.
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secret abuse / earth crown - split – arbor - cass –6$sold out

Jeff Witscher and Door are two the hardest ripping nomads; covering the scene in a grey blanket of dedication. Focused walls of droning harsh noise from Secret Abuse; “Hands of Clock | Move Slowly” is the product of solitude and bleak middle grounds. Underneath lies beauty: purity. Earth Crown’s “Napalm Fucker (Start War Small)” is an intense, short burst of synth and electronics: aggressive and raw, nihilistic depravity: fuck all. Created for their East Coast 2008 Tour; in an edition of 100 tapes with full color art and labels featuring photography by Kyle Parker (Infinite Body).
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ducktails - acres of shade – arbor - cass – 6$sold out

Acres Of Shade” is a departure from past Ducktails zones. Mondanile turns away from his lofi bedroom pop vibes, moving towards synthesizer cycles. He does not sacrifice his youthful style and tropical nostalgia; just rethinks the way it is expressed. Drifting drones lift in the air. Features all new material: “White House With Green Shutters / Surfs Up”. In an edition of 100 tapes with full color covers and printed labels.
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treetops - melancholy – arbor - cass –6$sold out

Created for the Winter 2009 Midwest/Northeast tour with Infinity Window and Sick Llama, this progression represents a slight divergence from recent Treetops movements. Guitar and casio recordings pushing aside personal boundaries and mental blocks. The final recordings before rethinking the equation. In an edition of 50 tapes with full color art and printed labels.
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prehistoric blackout - wake up dead – arbor - cass –6$sold out

taylor richardson conjures deep stoned synth vibes in the duo infinity window(w/ oneohtrix point never). prehistoric blackout is his solo project where he takes 18+ years of guitar playing and redefines the instrument; creating impossible sounds and ghost rhythms in heavily psychedelic zones. a beautiful statement of opposing levels of clarity: a tribute to recreational drugs. in an editions of 100 tapes with full color art by taylor and tape labels.
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bark haze –macannabis– arbor - cass –6$sold out

Somewhere the gods of psych are smiling.  Gazing down on this Northeastern all-star unit, just feeling the music.  Bark Haze is comprised of Andrew Macgregor (aka Gown),  Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth), and on this recording Pete Nolan (of Magik Markers).  Gown and Moore’s dual guitars and in constant conversation.  There must be a psychic barrier between these dudes minds, nothing sounds forced, only ever flowing.  Nolan keeps the time with militant precision acting as the foil for guitar development. A thirty-minute track recorded around the same time as All Tomorrow’s Parties last winter stretched across two sides of the tape.  Infinite psyched out oblivion like a more sober Lambsbread.   In a numbered edition of 200 copies with double sided red eyed tree art and tape labels by Maya Miller of Heavy Tapes/Religious Knives.
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drenches – universal vomit – arbor - cass –6$sold out

Ecstatically moving upward while remembering the gritty deprivation of the past, Branden Diven of Warmth, Quilts, Knife City incorporates elements of his other projects into his latest solo effort, Drenches. The transcendent keyboard loops of Warmth and Quilts meld effortlessly with the twisting static feedback of Knife City. Covering the width of aural planes in a way very reminiscent of Creature Comforter era Black Dice, Drenches mixes the beauty with the carnage, lining itself with subconscious consuming rhythms. In an edition of fifty tapes with double sided collage art and painted labels on grey shells.
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exercise - field of dreams – arbor - cass –6$sold out

Chicago duo Exercise, comprised of Brett Naucke (Faceworker/Catholic Tapes) and Mike Pollard (Treetops/Arbor) find themselves at their most focused yet. Dual analog synthesizers in perfect harmony evoke a filmic sense of stasis; light and airy textures existing with an acute sense of high-mid range concentration. Soft pleasure and light contemplation; recorded in the middle of Chicago winter where the grey skies are as bright and glaring as the sun on a clear day. In an edition of 100 tapes with full color cardstock covers and printed labels.
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outer space / oneohtrix point never- split – arbor - cass –6$sold out

Outer Space’s John Elliott and OPN’s Dan Lopatin are arguably the two leaders in the analog synthesizer revival. Both constantly raise the bar with their bands(Emeralds and Infinity Window, respectively), though their solo work is a great gauge of personal innovation. Here, Outer Space (as a solo project) goes into truly unchartered territory, using synths as well as sound collage, the meticulously recorded “Evaporating Door” took months to be fully conceived. Combining Kraut influences such as Tangerine Dream with musique concret and John Cage, Elliott creates what truly is his bravest work yet. On the flipside, Lopatin digs deep into the OPN archives, presenting his first composition with a sequencer from 2004. It is interesting to see its use that early in his work because it is as relevant and integral to the current OPN zone as ever. The following track recalls the deep space drone vibes found on the “Betrayed In The Octagon” cassette. Atmospheric movements with uplifting and personal flickers of light. In an edition of 200 tapes with full color art and printed labels.
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treetops / walter carson - split – arbor - cass –6$sold out

recent treetops zones since relocation to ny have seen deeper focus into keyboard exploration. presenting here two heavy, focused slabs separated by a brief meditation. always in a process of self contemplative progress: the product of living ten stores above the never quiet street. darryl cook’s walter carson project has been spot on for years., creating a confusing haze of synthesized ambience and heavy acoustic clatter through bows and junk abuse; slowly melting into blessed,zoned deep repetition. in an edition of 100 tapes with full color art and tape labels.
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mark mcguire - the garden of eternal life – arbor - cass –6$sold out

cleveland guitar zoner and emeralds member mark mcguire crafts his most beautiful work yet. delicate strumming to infinity floats in the clouds; acting in an almost medicinal way to provoke good vibes. dreamy, light elation and nostalgia make each listen feel highly personal. deep focus wraps you in the warmth of your own memories: subtle and powerful, spiritual and healing. free your mind from it’s own constraints. in an edition of 150 tapes with full color art and labels.
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soft shoulder – untitled – arbor - cdr –6$sold out

Tempe, Arizona is a creative hotspot over run with positive youth and a supportive community.   Soft Shoulder is the in house posi-punk band comprised of James, James, and Ashley of the clatter crew Tent City.  On this release they turn in their catchy hooks and traditional structure for two 15+ minute improvised pieces that fall somewhere between TC and Graveyards.  Total washed out summertime drones for the punk dudes or sunshine thrash for the noise dudes.  In an edition of 100 numbered copies with stamped discs and an insert within a cardstock print bound with neon nineties nylon bracelets.  
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bryter layter- imprinted season – arbor - cass –6$sold out

The debut release from this collaborative project between Joseph Raglani (Kranky) and Mike Pollard (Arbor) was conceived during Summer 2008 upon a chance meeting and mutual inspiration. The project exists on its own, filling a space removed from either artists regular mode. “Imprinted Season” consists of six songs, cohesive and focus; a presentation of a modern take on electronic music and traditional pop structure. An attempt to reconcile the conception of the synthesizer as a drone machine and reconnect it to music’s roots, filling the circuits with life and emotion. The melancholy of early morning, dew on the blossoming flowers glistening in the sun’s haze. The future is bright no matter how bleak the present. In an edition of 125 tapes with full color cardstock covers and printed labels.
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treetops - as i gaze – arbor - cass –6$sold out

Throughout the past four years, Treetops has been a personal experience. The project has seen many forms in terms of growth and approach. “As I Gaze” documents the final Treetops recordings. This is the point where the exploration reaches it’s end; the final bridge between the past recordings and future directions. Slow tone floats and melancholic progression under a low, reflective grey sky. Ambient textures dissipate within the environment; a search for stasis, a clear head. In an edition of 100 tapes with full color cardstock covers and labeled tapes.
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