long distance poison - gamma graves - ecstatic peace - cass - 8$
Hand-numbered limited edition of 100 copies. "Long Distance Poison present an irresistible concoction of convergent psychedelic and analog electronic energies, everything from a love of nature, and Rothko-like visual aesthetics, to musical influences like Sky Records, John Carpenter soundtracks, minimalism, and a less-hyper Mother Mallard or post-Phaedra Tangerine Dream. They've released some excellent tapes, on Life Like, Cryptic Carousel, and Digitalis Limited, releases that capitalize on the band's strength in long-form electronic composition with a wealth of improvisational wiggle-room. There's a 'ground' concept for each section of each piece, but that merely serves as a taking-off point for LDP's pulsating extrapolations, typically about 30 minutes in length total, or longer. They've been wowing local Brooklyn audiences for some time now, and part of the fun of their shows is the opportunity to experience the band finding their way in the moment, watching the clay of their ideas take on form and urgency as they go." --Wm. Berger, host of "My Castle of Quiet" on WFMU
stegm - on tight white sheets - ecstatic peace - 2xcass - 12$
"2Xcassette in white vinyl case. Killer harsh noise project of Canada power electronics master Ryan Bloomer. 100 copies."
strange brew - live weird, die weird - ecstatic peace - cass -8$
"Solo noise action from Ann Arbor, Michigan legend Michelle Birawer. 100 copies."
leah peah - ecstatic peace - cass -8$
Solo cassette of harsh noise love from member of Head Molt. 100 copies."
menstruation sisters - samantha, my wack panther - ecstatic peace - lp -12$
“Unlike anything book or animal, the Menstruation Sisters destroy wholly" - Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth.
Menstruation Sisters hail from Sydney, Australia. Basically a duo comprised of wildboy poet ululationist and guitar strangler Nick Kamiussis (aka Rizili aka Riz) and OZ wonderkid Oren Ambarchi (Sunn 0)), Burial Chamber, Grave Temple, John Zorn etc etc), and sometimes aided by Brendan Walls and others. Their first LP, Ma, was in an edition of 100 copies, all of which had razor blades, balloons and hypodermic needles applied to one side. As an objet d’art it became a highly desirable item for noise believers (and was recently reissued – sans appliqués – by No Fun Productions). Every once in a while an LP drops out of nowhere only to further confuse whomever is fortunate enough to grip it. 2005 saw the Holy Africa 7” on White Denim, in 2001 the infamous Goog LP on Saucerlike, in 1999 the Dead At Slugs LP on Menlo Park and in 1998 the Triple Bogey On A Ma Par Hole 3 X 7”. All of these are essential documents of one of the most bizarre, genuinely inspired free time outfits working the avant-mind body love/noise worship axis today. This newest LP has been patiently waiting to be released for the last few years, initially a multi-label project instigated by Menlo Park and now fully realized by Ecstatic Peace. Long a champion of Menstruation Sisters after witnessing an out-of–nowhere set at NYC’s legendary lost underground experimental oasis The Cooler in the late 90s, Thurston Moore invited the Sisters to open for Sonic Youth in Sydney shortly thereafter and, as inspired and weird as the NYC set was, the Sonic Youth gig was perhaps one of the most astounding question marks of music the seasoned Moore had ever experienced. So we present you Samantha, My Wack Panther – a new and beautiful peek into the edge of musical menstruation.
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leslie keffer - feels like frenching - ecstatic peace - lp - 10$
When Leslie Keffer lived in Athens, OHIO she was asked about the noise scene there. “You’re looking at it”, she responded. Indeed. Leslie is one of the more fascinating proponents of homegrown Middle America noise music. A single girl drawn to the more ravaged and magical aspects of noise as source music, art and lifestyle. She has since moved to Nashville where she has been developing and progressing her personal take on what is basically a highly marginal genre of music. Her inputs are radio transmission wave-noise, the living aura of Lindsay Lohan, punk, pop, Madonna, her amazing girlfriends and defiltering the terror of male-centric Power Electronic depravity and goon-ism. Her last two No Fun festival performances, in duo with Thurston Moore in 2006, and the Noise into dance beat into ‘Where’s The Party’ slumber party freak out where all the noise girls fem-exorcised an already somewhat de-clawed noise misogynist is already legendary. Leslie’s sound has been heard on various cassette labels (Rampart, Gameboy, I Just Live Here, Epicene, Cherried-out Merch) and most recently her own imprint Action Claw. She has issued a number of hand-made CDRs with her own touch of knitted fabric pouches. She has two tracks on the 2XCD Tarantula Hill Benefit (Ecstatic Peace E#107), one with Baltimore’s Nautical Almanac who have been championing Leslie’s work for years now. We are only too happy to release this premier full-length LP of Leslie’s demonstrating where she’s been and where she’s going. More releases are coming: an Ecstatic Peace cassette limited edition with Leslie performing live one side with Thurston Moore in Columbus, Ohio and the other with Kim Gordon in Easthampton, Massachusetts. And then the 12” dance noise jammer. That’s when the party fucking hits! Beware.Cover painting by Adriane Schramm. Comes with double-sided laser printout insert.
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mouthus - divisionals - ecstatic peace - lp - 10$
After releasing the first Mouthus LP years back Ecstatic Peace returns to unleash another beast by this always amazing duo. Brian Sullivan (gtr/vox) and Nate Nelson (perc) connect here with a focused, thematic hayride through long tone static and fried mind amp terror. Anyone following the arc and molten flow of Mouthus’ last few LPs and CDs (on Our Mouth, Troubleman Unlimited, Olde English Spelling Bee, Music Fellowship, Important, Three Lobed, Weird Forest and the exemplary Saw A Halo on Load) will be surely intrigued by Divisionals as it is Mouthus at their sweetest. Almost. Just when you’re drifting through the electric skies you find the Earth reaching into your soul pulling you back to a primordial foreverness. A charming action.
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Home recordings performed, recorded, and produced by James Jackson Toth.
To quickly address the elephant in the room - certainly, collections of demos, outtakes and home recordings are mostly bogus, but obviously you're reading this, so obviously I've somehow been coerced into releasing this batch of tunes, and you've bought it or stolen it or borrowed it or gotten a promo or whatever, so let's cut to the chase. In my defense, all of the cuts contained herein are 'songs' in the traditional western sense - my experiments in "surf harmonica" and "doom zydeco" will not be chronicled here, deep and plentiful as those archives may be.
Everything here was recorded by me on either a Roland BR-8 digital 8-track or it's flashier, more cosmopolitan cousin, the BR- 1600, with incalculable assistance from Jexie Lynn, who accompanies me on many of these songs and who's encouragement and creativity allowed many of them to be. Most of the recordings were done at my then-home in beautiful Knoxville, TN between October 2002 and January of 2007, just prior to the retirement of the Wooden Wand name.
You've already pardoned the narcissism, now pardon the cliche: I stand behind these songs as snapshots" and enjoy them despite their many flaws. I hope you do, too.
The Wand, Nashville, TN Winter 2007
paul flaherty - bill nace - thurston moore - flaherty/nace/moore ecstatic peace - cd- 11$
Paul Flaherty has been a direct lifeline to the radical free-reed lineage of Albert Ayler, John Gilmore, Peter Brotzmann and Arthur Doyle since first coming into our vision sometime in the 80s. At some point in the 90s he began woodshedding hard with Northampton, Massachusetts resident spirit-drummer Chris Corsano. As the contemporary free-noise-space-weird underground gathered around minds were liberated to godhead heights.
Also in the 90s a young and beautiful boy-man named Bill Nace was drawn to the region by the living art and music here and also began inter-sonic-guitar/linguistics with Corsano (as Vampire Belt). After Corsano relocated to the UK, Nace began a long-running duo with Flaherty
Sonic Youthian Thurston Moore had been tracking Flaherty’s comet whilst perusing dog-eared copies of Cadence mag in the early 90s. He eventually booked the infamous Flaherty-Colbourne group for their first ever NYC gig at the legendary now-defunct Cooler club on way West 14th Street.
In 98 Moore and his family escaped to free-zone Northampton and immediately fell in with Corsano and Flaherty as a trio. (This group recorded, with the extended lineup of saxophonist Wally Shoup, for a Japanese only CD produced by Jim O’Rourke – which Ecstatic Peace will re-issue to the western world soon ‘nuff).
Subsequently Moore and Nace begat Northampton Wools, a basement-ritual guitar-noise duo (Ecstatic Peace CD forthcoming). From time to time Nace, Moore and Flaherty would collect their energies and throw down live trio sessions which still resonate through the valley’s ear(s).
This trio CD is a session Flaherty set up in the late winter of early 2008. There are 3 tracks (“sex”’ “drugs” and “lavender”), one short, two looong. It is a primo example of this threesome’s focus and sonic storytelling, ferocious yet pensive.
Cover art by Noise Nomads.
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kim salmon - wall/paper- ecstatic peace - cass - 7$
Kim Salmon is the guitarist singer/songwriter from The Scientists, one of the all time greatest bands, not only from their homescape Australia, but the entire fucking universe. He's also spent some kick ass time with Beasts of Bourbon and the equally sweet Kim Salmon & The Surrealists. Last time we saw this swamp core genius we asked him if he ever recorded any "experimental" guitar action. As a matter of fact yes he did and goddamnit if he didn't send us some righteous avant smoke.
"wall/paper" is a continuous piece of guitar music moving through dark drone noise threat into scabrous dr rhythm romp and settling into sweet slide improvisation. A sartorial affair from one of the bossest music minds down under.
C-44 same program both sides, blue shells w/ 5 panel cover designed by Kim Salmon, gold inked #d edition of 100.
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