various - mash mansum - dnt– cass - 6$
The time is now! It's summer and here's the year-in-the-making (delays) now-wave tape compilation "Mash Mansum". Some of these bands have broken up since giving their songs, but believe me, all the bands on this tape are ALIVE. While Hunting Lodge wait patiently for the bus, Neck Hold attack each other with their drums. Shearing Pinx stay put in the forest. The Sticks try to work it out. Gay Beast approach middle-age. Deaf! Deaf! aren't so hungry anymore, and Twin Crystals umm..well they've been eaten alive. Pro manufactured tapes in green shell with the DNT logo on the tape. Artwork and screen printed covers by Danimal (of Gay Beast). Edition of 100.
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family underground - helium rug - dnt records - one sided lp - 10$
Denmark's drone demons release another one. A helium rug would float, which is exactly what your melted mind will do while listening to this record. Whistling blown by the birds of hell. This has been in the works for quite some time. Originally intended to come out last summer on their US tour, but we didn't want to flood the market (they already had 3 LPs coming out the same time). Edition of 299 on black vinyl with bi-color stencil on b-side. The front cover is what you will look like after listening to this. Your mind will split open unleashing the helium rug from within. Screenprinted covers. Artwork by Zachary Fleming.
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the pope - do you wanna boggie - dnt records - cass - 6$
The duo of Paul Kneejie and Brian Watson are American popular musicians known collectively as The Pope. They met in elementary school in 1953, when they both appeared in the school play Alice in Wonderland (Kneejie as the Dodo, Watson as Dweedle Dum). They formed the group Tom and Jerry in 1957, and had their first taste of success with the minor hit "Hey Schoolgirl... Boogie". As The Pope, the duo rose to fame in 1965 backed by the hit single "The Sound of Silence Boogie Woogie". Their music was almost featured on the landmark film Star Wars, propelling them further into the public consciousness. They are well known for their close harmonies and sometimes unstable relationship. Their last album, Boogie Over Troubled Water, was marked with several delays caused by artistic differences. Kneejie and Watson were among the most popular recording artists of the 1960s, and are perhaps best known for their songs "The Sound of Silence Boogie", "Mrs. Robinson Boogie", "Boogie over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer Boogie". They have almost received several Grammys and are hoping to be inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2007). In 2004, Rolling Stoned ranked The Pope #420 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Boogie. Hand-numbered edition of 40 on blue cassettes. Cover photo by Macklin Vietor
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james fella/nomen dubium - split - dnt records - 3" cdr - 4$
James Fella is a busy guy. He plays in Tent City & Soft Shoulder, plus he runs the label Gilgongo Records. Some of his past solo outputs have been beautiful soft intricate works, others have been loud blissful guitar pedal'd pieces. Total brain-fried intensity for this one. The 3" finishes with Nomen Dubium from Berkeley, CA. Nomen Dubium create incredibly beautiful (some will say new-age, but c'mon!) guitar pieces, run through a zillion and one pedals. Think My Bloody Valentine or something.
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german/red needled sea - split - dnt records - 3" cdr - 4$
Glad to do another release for the finger-piano kings German. On this one they expand out to many other instruments too. Red Needled Sea are Athens, Greece, and that's about all I know about them. They make murky drone you'd expect from a band from Greece.
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monitors /kk rampage - split - dnt records - 3" cdr - 4$
"March’s battle of Monitors v. KK Rampage provides nine tracks of experimental, yes, but totally premeditated and practiced RnR. Of like mind, Missouri’s Monitors and Chicago’s KK Rampage give-up four and five tracks, perfect 7” EPs of jagged post-punk familiar to GSL, 31G, and related rosters of Southern California noise-makers. Monitors’ wordless approach is dominated by Polvo guitar and tom-tom racing on complete tracks like “Tycho Brahe” and the six-minute jam “Demophon”, a bit of keyboard added to the latter’s airy lead-in, and with more grind-and-lurk on the opposing tracks. The VSS grind of “Dark Desire” links both bands as the trebly, discordant replies of the band to the pained pleas of KK Rampage vocalist Johnny Rampage recall many the AmRep band, particularly Hammerhead, and late-90s California like early Rapture; “A Fading Moment” is so sincere it could be a cover for all I know, and “Teeth Like a Knife” is a fine, Factory-style closer with dance bass-line and entrenched vocals before a group sing-along among the downpour of crashing cymbals. Rad! Two full bands of 2xgtr/bass/drum formation, they may prove to be the only classic rockers in the series." (review by Animal Psi)
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tent city/horse head - split - dnt records - 3" cdr - 4$
Tent City from Tempe, AZ are a group of five people and use everything around them such as pots and pans and toy instruments and looped guitars to make blissed out music along the lines of Raccoo-oo-oon. Horse Head from OC, CA make teenage drone. past releases on arbor, nnf, friendly biceps, etc.
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tunnels/bird costumes - split - dnt records - 3" cdr - 4$ sold out
"The pairing of Bird Costumes and Tunnels has proven quite apt: sharing a common backyard in sunny Portland, Oregon, the two artists also share a similar ominous, human-absent approach to composition - though from opposite sides of the spectrum, with Bird Costumes taking a more mechanical approach to compliment Tunnels’ more textural drones. Stepping up for tracks one and two, Bird Costumes (Daniel Osborne) begins his half of the split with metered strafes of what sound like strings played beyond the fret-board or from within a piano; sparks of high-vibration which evoke the New antics Cowell or Partch. Natural-harmonic tones emerge from behind these pulses of sound, gaining in volume with each release until they fill both channels with a torrent of skillfully layered distortion. Track two is another exercise in guitar virtuosity, this time over a canvas of hand-muted guitar, with noodles and slides layered vertically in various states of distortion. At five and three minutes, these two tracks work well on their own as sketches, but could do equally well as seeds for larger movements. Tunnels (Nicholas Samuel Bindeman) takes to task the last track: at 10 1/2 minutes, the untitled piece (all three tracks are suitably untitled) oscillates quickly in a cresting mid-range helicopter drone, behind which tonal drones glint and shift with a rare narrative quality found only in the works of masters like Stars of the Lid. All three tracks are brilliant, well-executed, and far larger than this tiny disc would elude." (review by Animal Psi)
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gay beast - disrobics- dnt records - lp- 8$
"Disrobics" was originally self-released on CD by the band, but I felt it needed to be heard on vinyl. Gay Beast are a skronky neo-wave group of kiddos from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Silk screened covers and black vinyl. Hand numbered pressing of 500.
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nomen duben - bering sea- dnt records - cass - 5$
Nomen Dubium (aka Zachary Fleming) and I have been sharing music for quite some time now. And although I've always enjoyed his music, it's never quite fit in to the DNT-framework, but I've always been waiting for something that did. So when he sent me this song, I was excited and eagerly awaiting more. Well, now this tape is complete and ready for the world! He did the artwork too! (what you see right now might be the temporary image though..problems with the camera). Black cassettes with labels also designed by him. Limited to 100
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gang wizard – i remember you form the party in long beach – dnt records - 7" - 5$
This was supposed to come out awhile back, but who cares, because now it's out. I'm bad at describing music, so here's a description of them: "...an angelic force, delivering a unique thrash-bliss sound to the world. Sparkeling synths and homemade glitter electronics are combined with whirlwind drums, screaming vocals, and aluminum spring guitars. A fantasy of blindness cycling through your lungs." members of foot village, rose for bohdan, and many other bands. Edition of 300 on black vinyl with minimalist cover.
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jazzfinger - wixxon flag bearer- dnt records - cdr - 5$
Jazzfinger, from the UK, have been making music for quite some time now. The main thing that I've noticed about them, is that they never stay put with just one sound. Their sound can change from song to song even. The first song on this cdr has a keyboard (or is it a melodica?) drone, changing chords a few times, with a guitar or other screeching sound over it. The second song continues right where the first one left off, this one is a quarter of an hour long. This time, it builts up in substance, with some drumming from cans and various toys. The next few tracks continue the calmness, and five songs in a piano joins the mix, with pots-and-pans drumming. Water-color splashes over a weird drawing of heads. Edition of 100
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sheperds- bush babies - dnt records - 7" - 5$ sold out
Vinyl debut by Brooklyn's Shepherds. Originally this was going to be used for the DNT 3" series, but it was far too long to be used for a 3" split, so we decided to upgrade it to a 7"! The best way to describe them would be free-form psych-drone, with different tape effects thrown in their too. Members of Woods, Non-Horse, Wooden Wand and others. Pro-printed full-color glue pocket sleeves.
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yellow swans / warmth – split – dnt records - 7" - 5$ sold out
Wowie Zowie! This one is sure to rip your mind apart. [Insert deep abstract description here]. Crazy artwork by the crazy (in the good sense of the word) Belgium artist Jelle Crama. Listen to the record, take three hits of acid, and you'll understand the music & artwork fully. Inksplot band logos on the 7" label, on American-dream White Vinyl. Limited to 300. Go!
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quilts / quintana roo - split - dnt records - cass - 5$ sold out
Two Q-band units panhandle for spirit contact. Quintana Roo unearth another pit of holy bones and Aztec ash, classic "rumbling tombs" style drone-spelunking with post-straight edge summertime Josh Feola guesting on the drum throne. Communal seance zoning. Quilts' "Pink Hotel" rents a room/suite of space heater fuzz fog and falls asleep. Enough muffled murk-moans and endless echo to earn lucrative sponsorship from at least 4 of the 5 major US delay pedal companies. Heavy WARMTH. With fucked-up-and-photocopied covers of burial dirt. Hand-numbered edition of 100.
various - musisica moche w/ shearing pinx, lord galvar, soft shoulder - dnt records - vhs tape- sold
"Musisica Moche" was originally supposed to come out in June of last year, but between bands breaking up (Hot Girls Cool Guys) and bands not being able to complete their videos (Party Fowl, Mikaela's Fiend), this release has been far delayed, and has seen many line-up changes.With that said, this video is going to light your hair on fire (in a good way). This isn't just some live footage type thing. These are actual messed up ARTworks, with tons of vibrant colors and twirls and all sorts of psychedelic headspinners. Each video is different, and each one is very far out. Dolphin-skin teal tapes with warped looking labels and bumpy spine in a spraypainted cardboard case with huge DNT logo on the back. First edition limited to 50
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mantut - mantut - dnt records - cdr - 5$ sold out
Mantut features members of both The Pope and Books and Tape...well it features all the members of both bands. (Right?) So I guess it's more of a collaboration than a side project. During the time I was waiting for the master, one of the members kept saying "we're having fun" "just have fun" and other sentences involving the word fun. Hm. Seems it took six months for them to get "inspired". Hehehe. The one time I saw The Pope play the bassist had all these crazy sounds going, and then he took his hands off the bass and drank some water. He's magic!! Just like the REAL Mantut. I think Mantut is also a city in Egypt. This cdr is limited to 50 copies, so don't wait any longer! You should already have it!
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apple snails / the mighty acts of god - split - dnt records - cass - 5$ sold out
Those of you lucky enough to have heard Not Not Fun's "Free Beasts" cassette compilation may remember Apple Snails from it. That's all I had to hear from them to know that I wanted more! Apple Snails cover the first side and are about as close as you can get to folk drone (is that possible?). Lots of slide guitars and dark drones that will leave you with an amnesia induced trip. Side B belongs to The Mighty Acts of God, which is a lovely lady, Niwi. Electric guitar is the main instrument used, with others guitars and keyboards(?) soaking through that create this very vibrant transcendent feeling, that honestly, the first time I heard, left me speechless. Red cassettes with 'grid' labels, and fabulous artwork by the even more fabulous Jeremy Earl of Fuck it Tapes. Edition of 100.
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non horse - drone moral - dnt records - cass - 4$ sold out
Non-Horse, a.k.a. Gabriel Lucas Crane is my hero. It's clear from every release of his I've heard that he's been doing this for awhile. For those of you unfamiliar to him, he collects sounds. What do I mean by that? Exactly that. The way I picture it, is he goes around with a tape recorder trying to document the (un)familiar world. I've never met him, but I imagine this house is covered from floor to ceiling, and wall-to-wall with cassettes. Non-Horse uses field recordings, tape loops, tape manipulation, circuit bending, and all sorts of other amazing things that most of us only wish we could do. This tape is blue, with a light mist of spraypaint in a purple case with cover art by NH himself. Insight on this recording on the insert.. Edition of 100.
(same music on both side of tape)
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health - live//smell - dnt records - cass - 4$ sold out
This tape is from a live recording of them at The Smell in Los Angeles back in May. It captures uhh...their sound? HEALTH (not to be confused with the shitty lower-cased health from the east coast) are the leading noise-rock experimental band of Los Angeles..says me, and everybody else I've talked to. The bassist/electronics dude John has like, two suitcases full of pedals and effects, including these weird electronic drum pads, that he assures me are very expensive and delicate. Some songs feature two drummers! Every time I see the drummer he just refers to me as "DNT" which, I'm not sure is a good thing? The tapes are transparent-dark green, with label-maker labels and are housed in a plastic case with six different versions of the covers. (bright green, bright orange, fushia, baby blue, and a orangish-red). They're going on a nation wide tour with fall/winter, so expect the tapes to go fast! Limited to 100.
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hide and seek - tales from the fourteenth dimension - dnt records - 2xcdr - 5$ sold out
I unfortunately found out about this band a little too late; they had already broken up. This band is from North Carolina although listening to them they sound like they might come from D.C. A friend of mine said they sound like "black eyes if black eyes were FUN". And I definetly agree. The band is three people, one is a girl, and all of them sing at different parts in different songs. There are keyboards and drums. And a cow-bell. This release is a two disc discography of this dancey punk-funtacular band. Housed in a thin, white dvd case with a full-color cover, art by Zach the keymaestro, and spray-painted cdrs and cases. Edition of 100
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shearing pinx -caves - dnt – 7" – 5$ sold out
Oh-oh-oh! Yes! Yes! This is what I've been waiting for for so long: a band I love enough to release vinyl by. And this is that band, Shearing Pinx They're sort of like, a no-wave influenced, totally shred-tastic group of three bandits from Vancouver, British Columbia. I was lucking enough to see them not once, but TWICE last week in Los Angeles, which, unfortunetly was not the release show, due to delays at the plant. But here it is: A four-song 7" at 33rpm on transparent-green vinyl with green labels in silk-screened covers, artwork by the Pinks themselves. It's a limited edition, of 400, hand-numbered. Git 'em while they're hot, because nearly half are already gone, thanks to some sweet stores and distros. Enjoy!
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various - Dnt records . . . compilation -dnt records -cdr - 5$ sold out
Five different colors, and each one has a different drawing, hand-numbered out of 100.
The Pope
Forbici
Rose for Bohdan
Dead/Bird
Hot Girls Cool Guys
Lacoste
Groovy Cave Paintings
Robedoor
Haunted Castle
Gang Wizard
grime hut - live at the Il corral - dnt records - cass -3$ sold out
This band is so good they don't have to practice. So good they don't have to record in studios. So good they don't have to be booked to play shows. Grime Hut is an improvisational experimental act..wannabe metal? Featuring members of Night Wounds, Shearing Pinx, Pretty Thigh, and Hide and Seek. They hardly ever play shows. This is one of their shows. From a show at the Il Corral in Los Angeles on July...27th, 2006 I believe..some time that week.. Some members were "inspired" before the set. ahem. what? Recorded live. Unmastered copies on home boombox to recycled tapes salvaged from the sewers where Grime Hut belong anyway. Limited to the amount of tapes in the limited amount of shoeboxes full of tapes I have.
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health - health - dnt records - cass -5$ sold out
HEALTH's first full-length! 11 songs in just over 30 minutes, this album blazes by and is over before you know it. Ex-Models/Liars-influenced sound waves you're used to plus new dancy songs you aren't..unless you've seen them live recently. If you haven't, you can! Because they're about to embark on a 40 day US tour!! Full-color cardstock j-card covers in plastic case, on solid yellow cassettes and pro-dubbed/pro-imprinted cassettes. Limited to 200 copies.
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mudboy - livish 2007- dnt records - cdr - 5$ sold out
Beware of Mudboy, it creeps and leaps and glides and slides across the floor..right through the door and all around the wall a splotch, a blotch. Be careful of Mudboy! Crazy full-color artwork by Matt Lock (puffandmagic.com) plus a giant green cardstock monster insert! Limited to 50 copies! 7"
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various - caked paradise - dnt records - cdr/zine - 6$ sold out
Guess what everybody? DNT has now been around for two years! This is the compilation to celebrate it! Who wants cake? Totally (not really) in the making since last year's birthday comp. This one tops it for certain. Drone cake batter by Warmth & Quilts. Psychedelic icing by Moonmilk. The socks that grandma always gives you by German. Stringed folk-balloons by The North Sea & Nomen Dubium. Pink the tail on the donkey by Plankton Wat. Melted ice cream by The Mighty Acts of God. Art by: Puff & Magic, Dean Sullivan, Zach McCraw of Night Wound fame, Matt Maceda, and Zach Fleming. Writing by DJ Rick (Art for Spastics), Eric Hesson (maan), Matt Maceda, and Jon Isaac plus reviews of the past years releases, by Z-Gun, Animal Psi, Britt Brown of Cassette Gods & more. Plus then it's like, flip to the back bro and pop in the disk (remember when 'disc' was spelled with a k? what changed that?). Anyway, full-color art for some of it, black ink-colored paper for the rest of it. In a 'dvd' case with birthday stencils and invisible cake. Hand numbered out of 150. Eat up!
errol flynn - s/t - dnt records - cass - 3$ sold out
The "real" Errol Flynn is most remembered as playing the swashbuckler role is many movies in the first half of the 20th century. Well this cassette will show you the REAL Errol Flynn, and not just the roles that he played. De-tuned keyboards and almost-not-there guitars underneath field recordings and fuzzy left-of-the-dial mexican radio. Wrenches and tin cans and all sort of tape loops will help you to discover Mr. E.F. Green cassettes housed in a plastic case with a photo of Errol Flynn holding a shrunken bon-fire he stole from the rich to give to the poor. Edition of 100.
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moonmilk - hidden speech- dnt records - cass - 5$ sold out
Lia Tsamoglou and Kell Derrig-Hall make up this Australian drone duo. Umm..tape effects and dronescapes. partial field recordings? If I were good at writing descriptions I'd write like 10 pages on how good this tape is..but uh, yeah.. Anyway, crazy swirly intricate black and white cover art design by Zachary Fleming (who also comprises 100% of the project Nomen Dubium) in a DIY shrinkwrapped case with label-maker labels and red cassettes. Hand-numbered and limited to 100 copies
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german - german - dnt records - cdr - 5$ sold out
Who knew that Germany had such lush finger piano players! This project is called German, although every thing about it is distinctly not German. The drums sound like an African tribe ritual on congo drums teleported deep into the Amazon. While the (Russian?) Finger Piano is run through so many pedals the electricity may have caused them to travel back in time to the days of the Scythians. (What the hell is that supposed to mean?!?!?!?)
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acre / haunted castle - split - dnt records - 3" cdr - 4$ sold out
"For February, Acre of Portland channels one ballsy, 10-minute monochromatic drone: microtonal to the extreme, this beast doesn’t move, it errods. On the flip-side we enjoy some gapped-tooth electronics by Haunted Castle, the first non-Portland contributors to the series. Overtaking a pillaged soundtrack of adult-contemporary radio, this duo from Detroit address “Crumbling Kalamazoo” with a sharp feedback hiss which whips and snaps like a snake, punching holes all along the muffled bass of their gagged hostage." (review by Animal Psi)
oh home/mythical beast - split - dnt records - 3" cdr - 4$ sold out
Oh Home are from Redondo Beach (ex member of Le Joshua) and make really beatiful epic guitar/pedals/drums music. Also:2012. They share the 3" with Mythical Beast, who use their basses to create some moderately heavy riffing, but gentle too. umm..
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apple snails / treetops - split - dnt records - 3" cdr - 4$ sold out
Some of you might remember Apple Snails from his split CS with The Mighty Acts of God (DNT012). Well since then he's been busy doing releases on some awesome labels, including Digitalis/Foxglove. He makes dark ambient stuff. Perfect for the fall. Treetops is Mike Pollard of the ridiculously awesome label Arbor. Bedroom guitar loop/fuzz awesome. He just did a tape on Ecstatic Peace, so watch out!
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bonecloud - drawing spirits in crytals- dnt records - cdr – 5$ sold out
"Drawing Spirits in Crystals" after a few listens sounds like perhaps it should have been titled "Carving Spirits Out of Crystals" because that's exactly what they do here. It's known that when light passes through crystals, it produces a wonderful spectrum of colors. This cdr somehow makes that true of sound passing through crystals too. Beyond the melodic drones, somewhere in the distance, you can hear a mechanical gear that sounds like the spirits inching their way closer and closer. Very immersive textures. One long 40-minute track. Edition of 100.
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super minerals - the piss - dnt records - cass - 6$ sold out
New cassette by Long Beach's Super Minerals, which is Phil and William from psych band Magic Lanterns. "The Piss" takes a different route than ML using murky drones and faint cries for help. Heavily influenced by old zombie films. Limited to 75 hand numbered copies on piss yellow cassettes with gross hairy label art. Red fishy cover art with yellow splatter.
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plankton wat - alchemy of darkness - dnt records - cass - 6$ sold out
Solo project of Dewey Mahood of Eternal Tapestry. "Plankton Wat is a beautiful, graceful thing of looped and picked acoustic guitar, following a wander-glimmer-drone structure that psych fans in Portland should be well aquainted with. With barely any of the cacophony or aggression Eternal Tapestry sometimes builds to...[this album] beckons us to fall back into our own head. Not the busy part–the worry and chaos cortex–but, the part that I’ve had a hell of a time finding lately, the pocket where our thoughts go when we’re perfectly happy to just drift and stare." (Willamette Week description of PW). Edition of 100 on pro-dubbed red tapes, with art by Dewey Mahood.
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mudboy - MuDMuX Volume One - dnt records - 7" -5$ sold out
This is the first installment of a series of 7"'s to be released by various labels. Each record contains a single track on each side by a different band- produced, mixed, orchestrated, destroyed, mutilated and brought back to life by the dark dreams of Mr. mudboy. Side A of this first edition features an unearthed file by the Extreme Animals resurrected as a tribute to "Lil John Carpenter." Percussion by Jeremy Lazy "animal" Magnet Harris. Side B is a devastating whirlpool cliff walk based on a song written and sung by the DarkDarkDark band. Backup fingers by Alec K Redfearn of the Eyesores fame. Cover art is a hand made blue and gold 4 pass silkscreen by R Lyon in collaboration with Kevin Hooyman. Limited to 535.
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