clearing - no titles - no kings - cass - 6$
The second album on No Kings of sumptuous electronic suites from Murfreesboro’s Joseph Volmer (Party Trash, Virgin Spirit, Skylines, Police Academy 6) is wrought with slow intensity. These 7 stunning tracks channel classic moments from Baraka-soundtrack-era Dead Can Dance and Philip Glass, with space-high extremes that then plunge into the bleakest depths. At times plaintive, at others frightening, the icy chord progressions shatter and reform with each passing moment. Edition of 100 pro-dubbed tapes with color labels. Risographed and photocopied art based on accompanying video work by Geoffrey Sexton, with insert by Amy Fortunato.
scissoring - we hate everything - no kings - cass - 6$
Two crazy dudes, Dan “Cough Cool” Sviseny and William Cody “Pink Priest” Watson, have given up their corporeal bodies and made some kind of Voltron Mutant union that is Scissoring. Each half-mutant man taking a side of this tape, they have gathered the sound dust of civilizations and run them through the shredder a thousand times to make a paste, and they are smearing it all over our faces and stomachs. Cough Cool’s side is four tracks entitled 1. I, 2. AM, 3. WILLIAM, 4. BASINSKI. Cody’s is called Who Gives a Fuck. Truly they hate everything. This is Scissoring’s first effort, they have since gone on to complete two more albums, NUCLEAR WET EARTH, and NO DREAM / NO REGRETS. Pro-dubbed imprinted tapes with photocopied artwork designed by WCW, as well as a letterpressed mini-print of his drawing of what seems to be a gremlin flipping you off. Edition of 60.
ala vjiior / twin polygamists split - no kings - cass - 6$
Frank Oullette of Hobo Cubes / Cult sends us minimalist love with a new side project Ala Vjiior on side A of this split, and leader of Copenhagen boutique BSBTA, Christian Kann, turns up the cold heat for side B as Twin Polygamists. Double minimalist electronic action! Microsound clouds drifting into deep space. Best listened to in a Cathedral. Two-layer artwork: letterpressed lino-cut designed by Amy Fortunato, with glass painting acetate overlay by Geoffrey Sexton. Pro-dubbed blue imprinted tapes, edition of 70.
ophibre - chronic complications- no kings - cass - 5$
Ben Rossignol offers up 40 minutes of raw experiments in synthesis from his frontier workshop in Boston, playing built-from-scratch analog machines of his own design, and other mystery equipment. This dramatic document is rooted in the tradition of noise/music boundary exploration, while its upper limbs claw the modern mist. Edition of 60 pro-dubbed / imprinted tapes with letterpressed artwork.