north sea - in the time of the sugar pines - new american folk hero – cdr – 10$
In the burgeoning underground psych, folk, and noise movement, The
North Sea ís Brad Rose serves as both one of its biggest champions and
contributors. His Digitalis Industries imprint, 160+ release strong
Foxglove CDR series, and Foxy Digitalis online magazine have not just
pushed forward but unearthed many unknown, remote artists in the genre
and helped create and extend the community. Brad has been making his
own music since the mid 90s and has been a member of such bands as the
Juniper Meadows, the Golden Oaks, and the Cone Bearers. The North Sea
is his solo experimental / ambient / improvisational folk music
project and, like much of the folk music in the movement, looks to
bring together the style of folk music with the feeling, sound, and
aura of nature. In this project, Rose mixes nature field recordings -
birds, air and leaves - with a wide variety of stringed instruments.
In the Times of the Sugar Pines stands as Brad's last predominantly
folk recording under The North Sea name as he continues to search and
expand his sound into more abstract realms. This exploration can be
heard on the album as the sound carries a more ethnic European feel on
several tracks, bringing out darker tones and more impassioned
playing, creating a wonderful bridge between his old sound and new.
(Co-released With The Music Fellowship).
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fantastic voyagers - volume one - new american folk hero – cdr – 10$
Originally only available at the Mike Tamburo curated Fantastic
Voyagers Festival. This amazing compilation is now available in a
limited edition of 200 copies. It features Dave Kuzy, Dave Bernabo,
Michael Cosentino, Nick Schillace, Alexei Plotnicov, Adam MacGregor,
Anup Kishore Pradhan, Layne Garrett, Josh Beyer, R. Keenan Lawler,
Hunted Creatures, Noctuelles, Mike Tamburo, Ken Camden, Eric
Carbonara, Elastic Dimension, Tusk Lord, Advancement In Regression
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droppy septum - howling lands - new american folk hero – 3" cdr – 8$
Droopy Septum is the solo project and sound creations of Edinboro
Pennsylvania's Ryan Emmett. His sonic explorations range from minimal
drones to harsh noise to carefully constructed sonic landscapes.
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eric carbonara - This May Be The End/Long Hallway, Three
Slightly Open Doors - new american folk hero – 3" cdr – 7$
This May Be The End is a tapestry of intricately repeating guitar
phrases woven into layers of interlocking, syncopated, phase in/phase
out patterns...a melodic rhythm that will keep your head bobbing as
much as spinning. Melodic lines (often expressed through layered
ebows) enter as quickly as they depart, leaving no central theme
except the interlocking Reichian pattern. This may be the end feels
almost like two pieces of music with a bridge of synthesized waves
between the two patterns, the latter being a more subtle come down to
the vortex of chaotic bliss in the first section.
Long Hallway, Three Slightly Open Doors is a step in a different
direction, without a central rhythmic or melodic theme, the piece is a
beautifully meandering stumble of notes falling from the guitar. A
perfect counterpart to the first piece's tenseness, Long Hallway is
loose, patient and indirect about it's objectives, causing the
listener to react more than anticipate.
Recorded in his home studio, Nada Sound Studio, from 2003 to 2006,
both pieces are a far cry from Carbonara's solo guitar work, showing
his depth as an arranger/composer in the studio beyond that of a solo
improviser.
matt mcdowell - headlong into the fire - new american folk hero – 3" cdr – 7$
McDowell's most recent solo outing finds him honing his vision to
form an extended composition incorporating layers of electronics,
organ, bells, free drumming and a healthy dose of acid-fried guitar.
Elements of early minimalism, musique concrete (ala Richard Maxfield,
etc.), and the Neil Young/Loren Mazzacane Connors school of guitar
playing combine to create a deep listening exercise akin to waking up
on fire to find yourself lost at sea.
Alexander Turnquist - sleep chapter - new american folk hero – 3" cdr – 7$
a dense layer of acoustic drone that slowly develops, shifts, and
collides with itself around the distant sound of a flowing river.
Alexander hails from Eastern Idaho and spent much of his youth developing
an appreciation for the rugged mountains and forests that surrounded him.
Of equal inspiration were his parents, his father being an accomplished
guitarist and his mother a photographer with an eye for nature.
In his spare time, it is not unusual to find Alex wandering in the Tetons,
immersing himself in volunteer work or handcrafting custom woodwork for his
father's log homes business.
As for his music, categorization does not come easy. Each song contains a
prose buried deep between the acoustic layers, waiting to be discovered. The
best advice one can give when considering his unique guitar compositions is
this: Don't just hear, but listen. You will be better for the
experience." Ron Thyberg
Mike Tamburo and Ken Camden - of meisha - new american folk hero – 3" cdr – 7$
Reissued, Re-edited and Remastered, this long out of print recording
features Ken and Mike together in one of the most reverberant rooms
imaginable. Subtle interplay and beautiful ecstatic guitar drones. A
very welcome addition to the world of Meisha.
nux - the signal - new american folk hero – cd – 10$
Matt Mcdowell (Portland, Oregon) was a former member of Arco Flute Foundation. He currently plays with Brave Priest, The Amazing Trapeze and releases many duo recordings with Mike Tamburo. Before recording The Signal, Mcdowell spent the better part of 3 weeks staring closed eyes at the sun, flickering his fingers in front of his eyes, making predictions of the coming apocalypse and then recorded this as its soundtrack, Mcdowell delivers one of the most brutal guitar recordings these ears have heard.
mike tamburo - screwing six bolts into last tuesday or screwing sox bolts into last week - new american folk hero – cd – 10$
4th reissue of the first non guitar Tamburo release now features gorgeous artwork and jewel case. " Screwing Six Bolts Into Last Tuesday is an especially impressive solo piece for piano, vibes, feedback and effects that builds from tasteful piano strikes to a processed cycle of electronics and distortion that altogether makes me think of Steve Reich's reverberating flights to infinity, with some speed fluctuations and inter-dimensional shifts further adding to the processed build-up confusion. Often quite disturbed and haunted in the same space". - Lee Jackson
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number none - nervous climates - new american folk hero – 3" cdr – 8$ sold out
Number None are a drone duo from Chicago. They also run Rebis Records. Newly reissued!!! Masters of timbre and duration Number None came out to my cabin and the tension they created between beauty and chaos got to be so high that I was really afraid all the animals in the forest would riot. Instead we were visited by a giant cobra that covered Number None until it finally stopped raining. Beautiful nuanced harmonies of drones.
mike tamburo & wilson lee - boyinger - new american folk hero – 2x3" cdr –10$ sold out
The Boyinger was a site specific 24 foot instrument built and performed by Mike Tamburo out of a broken mandolin. The first disc features a solo performance of the instrument. Disc two features Wilson Lee (Fathmount) remixing, reworking and performing with the music on disc one.
mike tamburo - language of the birds and other fantasies boxset - new american folk hero / music fellowship – 7 cdrs , 1 dvd & book – 33$ sold out
This new Mike Tamburo boxset contains 7 cdrs, a dvdr of 11 of
Tamburo's films and 3 live performances, and a 72 page book of liner
notes and his art. Layout and design by Mike Kasunic and Tamburo,
screenprinting by Skeleton Press.
The boxset includes the albums: Jade Is the Color of My True Love's
Fate, Of Faith and Joy and Happiness, In the Present the Past Keeps
Haunting, Don't Leave Your Bones In My Backyard, Language of the
Birds, A Fine Line On the Throne of Time. The boxset is limited to 250
copies. Co-released with The Music Fellowship
fathmount - 6 string renderings - new american folk hero – cd –10$ sold out
For fans of guitar terror. Fathmount is Wilson Lee from Hong Kong's experimental duo "new fairfield parks & recreation". By playing 6-string guitar, mics and mixer feedback, Fathmount makes itself an improvising project that combines noise drone/ electro-acoustics and folk. Performed/collaborated with Brad Rose, Birchville Cat Motel, Antony Milton and FM3 (china duo). Recently completed 3 records "6-string renderings 1 & 2" (releasing on newamericanfolkhero and later foxglove) and "continuum overflow". "6-string renderings (one)" is the beginning of the project that works with drone, noise and guitar overtones.
andy futreal - like twilight bleeding - new american folk hero – 3" cdr – 7$ sold out
A collection of three pieces on acoustic guitar recorded at home on
three different evenings in the fall of 2006. Two pieces, "like
twilight bleeding" and "kaftan" were single improvised takes recorded
direct to two-track. The first stretches out in the evening light from
a brief series of high notes to explore a central theme - breaking,
scattering and ultimately reforging it; the latter piece is shorter
and frenetic -- maybe catching a thread of older musics from parts
east. The third piece, "ghosts of twilight", recorded onto a rickety
old 4 track cassette with acoustic guitar and ebow, brings shades of
"like twilight bleeding" back to creak and howl as things wind down
some time past midnight.