caboladies - crowded out memory - gneiss things - cdr - 10$
With great pleasure I would like to announce the newest release by Lexington, KY's Caboladies, 'Crowded Out Memory.' Though this disc was recorded nearly a year ago when the group was still a three-piece, I feel it is one of their most representative and cohesive statements since "Body Tides." With little use of overdubs, 'Crowded' already endures as a musical testament to collective transcendence, only possible within the magic of what is called the Moment or the Now, ie. that instance in live recording/performance when it just clicks. It seems that because of this drive to the Unattainable, comparisons to Emeralds are inevitable, so let me stress that this is wholly different in both instrumentation and arrangement. The songs themselves are reminiscent of the best moments of Fennesz through the calculated untangling of melodic digitalia, sheets & textures and the interplay therein. It is the very music itself that speaks to this Age of Information, where convenience technologies and their widespread cultural embrace place a stranglehold on human-to-human interaction. An emerging recursion to the place where overabundant memories lose significance.
With that, I leave you with the music- this is an essential grip for all the Liminalist's out there..
Mastered by Robert Beatty. Art by Yours Truly.
-gneiss
pulse emitter - sunset into night - - gneiss things - cdr - 8$
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steve hauschildt - critique of the beautiful - gneiss things - cdr -10$ sold out
Finally available internationally after the initial release for Emeralds European tour is my new CDR, "Critique of the Beautiful" which consists of five new tracks totaling over 40 minutes. Falling somewhere between My Bloody Valentine-esque fuzz'd despondency and the dizzy optimism of Sunroof!, this disc is somewhat of a departure from "The Summit" in that it attempts to sonically reconcile the unattainable nature of pure beauty and the disposability of surface appearances. Like a knot in your stomach, a feeling of uneasiness pervades this release--a call for a change of mind, as wind, as waters; false As dice are to be wish'd...
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oneohtrix point never - a pact between strangers - gneiss things - cdr -9$ sold out
"Newest release from OPN aka Daniel Lopatin, certified 'King of the Arpeggiator.' Sounds like it could have been recorded ankle in a puddle deep in Amplified Galapagos. Though Dan has already carved out his own sound-niche I must again stress that this is one of his finest, most focused works to date. First track 'The pretender' has a kind of Anthony Phillips circa '87 vibe, ie. frito layers of sawtooth dentistry while the second track recalls mid/late-period Eno along the lines of 'Nile: An Ancient Egyptian Quest.' Since I as of yet have not mused to the public on the ridiculous, current proscription of the term 'new age' I am forced to explore new ways of expression. There is an incorrect stigma attached to the term at present because in 2008 people still associate it with the survivors of the downfall, propagators of cheesy presets and Yanni qualities INSTEAD of actual COOL shit that Sounds Good. Basically, listen to a Suzanne Doucet tape on Isis from '84 which sounds good and like this CD and not regurgitative Windham Hill releases and media perception of the term. But I digress..John says Dan has a knack for snax, starburry chola yummys. Last track is totally Prisms-era Michael Garrison possibly in the style of Jarre, finger calisthenics. Handpainted CDRs with this strange interference paint which actually allows you to see into other dimensions when you look at it. Every CD has a unique design unto itself. Interference paint is a polymer emulsion (paint) containing titanium-coated mica flakes. Painted over a dark color you see the labeled interference color. Painted over a light color you see the complimentary color. The color changes depending upon the angle you're viewing the paint at. It's impossible to represent the effect in a picture as it is a phenomenon which exists through motion, movement.. I find the tracks on this release are successful in that they too operate on a similar level. Have you ever read Binkley's 'Piece: Contra Aesthetics?' Now that our nation can collectively take a deep breath for the next four years, it is time to straight chill and listen to the music at hand!! -Steve Hauschildt, Gneiss
-gneiss
sam goldberg - echoing department - gneiss things - cdr - 10$ sold out
emeralds - emeralds - wagon/gneiss things - lp - 16$ sold out
Brand new full length from Cleveland's Emeralds recorded Aug-Sept 2008. Proper follow up to their debut LP 'Solar Bridge', 'EMERALDS' takes the thick drone sound of that LP and transforms it into an even more abstract and strange place. Visual music that lifts the listener up and transports them through tubes of sound occasionally to be swept into the opposite direction by an unexpected entrance into another world entirely. An intense journey that drops you off in a place just beyond death.
Edition of 1000 copies on randomly swirled colored vinyl with full color sleeves and insert featuring photography by the band.
Recorded Aug - Sept 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio. Additional field re
-emeralds