expo 70 - psychosis - peasant magik - lp -16$
Random alien noises drift in and out, distracting you from the hellish static brewing. Melodies begin to creep out of the murk, still covered in filth, trying desperately to escape, forever being pulled back down. Guitars lament for their fallen brothers, and the battle begins. Standard edition consists of 180 gram black vinyl, silk screened 12" x 24" insert, and pro-printed covers and OBI.
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saudade - the hooded ones - peasant magik - cass -6$
-Fragmented songs emerge from layers of delayed guitar, keys, and
everything else these guys could get a hold of.
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temples - bestial - peasant magik - cass -6$
-Two 20+ minute long track inspired by Jens Bjornboe's Moment of Freedom.
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christian science minotaur - map 3 (of 9) - peasant magik - cass -6$
-Driving songs, but not in an Crue way. More like you just drank too
much soda and now the steering wheel is sticky. Been waiting to put
this out for far too long, and totally worth the wait.
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millions - the unanimous night - peasant magik - cass -6$
-Meditative tunnels of synthesized ash aimed from the heavens.
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robe - star form - peasant magik - cdr - 7$
With only guitar and trombone Robe. create haunted, drifting melodies buried under deep, narcotic wells of sound. Dark, horror movie style murk. Sounds as if a victrola is dying downstairs while construction workers are ripping up a street across town in slow motion. Black CDs housed in black cardboard sleeve with full color wrap around art and printed vellum. Hand stamped and numbered.
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dukkha - hail and farewell - peasant magik - cass - 6$
Endless repetition. Keys spin over down tuned sludge, FX ridden guitars suffocate themselves, and utterly massive swells consume all laid before. TRUE SHEFFIELD BLACK PSYCHEDELIA.-pm
antler piss - ancestral feedings - peasant magik - cass -6$
Every time I listen to this I am left with an overwhelmingly
uncomfortable feeling. Like I just witnessed someone drowning a
squirrel in a trash can full of rain water. Number one in the leftover
cassette series.
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korperschwache - fear the hex - peasant magik - 3xcass - 10$
Black Canyon Drone starts things off right away with a blast of hyper distorted guitar and doesn't stop for the remainder if the cassette. Hidden melodies float in and out, with the occasional riff and drum beat surfacing. Death Disco slows things down with stumbling drums over layers of murk and blackened filth. Dissonance and Submission finishes everything off with walls of buzz and shards of feedback. Not for the open-minded.-pm
ondo - 654 65 - 694 33- peasant magik - cass - 6$
Obsessively composed guitarscapes. Industry stretched to the point of total collapse. Bleak and without redemption. Look out for more Ondo on Peasant Magik in '09.-pm
sarah's charity - mirror of abundance - peasant magik - cass - 6$
Squealing feedback and tortured guitar movements spread overtop thickblack, droney buzz. Think Hendrix, but he accidentally set himself on
fire. Or maybe Wall without the Wall? Simultaneously overwhelming and
lulling.
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sun stabbed - the world upside down - peasant magik - cass - 6$
Following up a killer cdr on Pseudo Arcana, the French duo of Pierre Faure and Thierry Monnier return with over 40 minutes of expertly crafted, drifting guitar feedback. Ranging from Sunroof!-esque shimmering skree to glacial amplifier buzz.-pm
diaphragm + migrations in rust - framed of remission- peasant magik - cdr- 7$
The first time I saw these two play I was sitting, totally sober, in the back of a warehouse in Purchase, NY. Maybe it was the hours of Simpson's arcade game I had just finished, but it was one of the most focused and engaging shows I had seen in ages. Later that night I approached MIR about working together, and 9 month later this finally sees the light of day. Both Diaphragm and Migrations In Rust contribute one slow burner each, with a collaborative track to finish things off. Somewhere between the space of Andrew Chalk, layers of Birchville Cat Motel, and the sinister atmosphere of Abruptum.
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one master – forsaking a dead world - peasant magik - cass - 6$
"Accompanied by the bleak howl of February winds, Peasant Magik is proud to unleash the Northeastern horde One Master’s Forsaking a Dead World on cassette—six tracks of pummeling blasphemy, buzzing, cacophonous thunder, tortured black majesty and ritual worship at the bloodstained altar of True Black Metal. Unholy fucking grimness not meant for the false." - Vistiek
century plants – bloodrise - peasant magik - 3" cdr -5$
Howling monolithic massive live set from this explosive duo. Nightmarish fog cutter sonics ebb and throb with a dark sinister undertow... unlike anything else you’ve heard from them. This one documents them opening for Dead Machines in summer 07. Molten lava inspiration was flowing down into the basement that night, and the proof is right here. Total power focus. Echoes of Robedoor, Throbbing Gristle, Birchville Cat Motel, and countless other sonic terrorists can be heard, but Century Plants stir things up into their own unique brand of madness. The 3" cdr is painted black and wrapped in a foldout sleeve held. 3" CDR Edition of 100
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drunjus - enceladus - peasant magik - cdr - 7$sold out
The sound of mud, trees, crickets, and mosquitoes in sloooow motion. Hazed out Dream Porch sessions, field recordings from Cherokee Marsh, and full on drone assaults from Woodman, Endless, and, local analog synth compatriot, Crystal Dragon. Black CDs housed in black cardboard sleeve with full color wrap around art, printed transparencies, and handmade paper. Hand stamped and numbered.
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A. jarvis – she is also phasing- peasant magik - cass - 5$sold out
Three tracks of total John Carpenter worship. Sweeping synths, pulsing bass lines, and Kurt Russell. Had he just done something as simple as rework the soundtrack to Escape from New York, this would still be essential. Instead, he takes Carpenter's classic blueprint and somehow manages to incorporate elements from all of his previous work at once: swells of feedback, analog shimmer, and subtle, but damaged, percussion. Like all of his previous work, this is absolutely perfect. High bias chrome tapes, pro-printed covers.
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ajilvsga – thorazine to infinity- peasant magik - cass - 5$sold out
When I first recieved the master for 'Thorazine to Infinity' I was reading Richard Dawkins' "The Ancestor's Tale". During one of the first listens I came across a passage on the end of the Cretaceous Period. "The noise of the impact, thundering round the planet at a thousand kilometres per hour, probably deafened every living creature not burned by the blast, suffocated by the wind-shock, drowned by the 150-metre tsumani that raced around the literally boiling sea, or pulverised by an earthquake... Then there was the aftermath - the global forest fires, the smoke and dust and ash which blotted out the sun ... and stopped dead the world's food chain." I imagined this would be a good soundtrack to it's aftermath.
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lanterns - lughnasadh - peasant magik - cdr - 6$sold out
Following up killer releases on First Person and Sloow Tapes, the almighty Lanterns return. Along with them are guitars, bells, hand percussion, strings, vocal chants. While this might conjur images of drug-rugs and rainsticks, all new age nonsense is avoided. Instead, we get dark and formless celestial shimmer. What was lost on the hippies has been found in a basement in Leeds. Artwork by Mel of Ashtray Navigations.
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alistair crosbie –sad faces of the moon - peasant magik - cass -5$sold out
After a steady stream of beautifully presented CDR releases on his own Lefthand Pressings imprint and endless collaborations, the rest of the world seems to be catching up with Alistair Crosbie, whose name appeared in numerous year end reviews. Still, after dubbing 100 of these things, I can’t figure out if this is the soundtrack of being trapped under ice or some of the most inspiring, solitary new age bliss I’ve heard in ages. Either way, it is absolutely stunning. Photograph by Kaitlin Mosley. High-bias chrome tapes.
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josh lay - hater of life - peasant magik - cass - 7$sold out
One half of the sludge duo Cadaver In Drag, Josh Lay steps it up with what might be the harshest, and my personal favorite, Peasant Magik release to date. Underwater cave drones buried beneath blasting percussion and feedback. Overwhelmingly depressive, yet you still walk away with a sense of family.
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slow listener – bad coffee day - peasant magik - cass - 6$sold out
The first release from this UK horde sees their sound already fully realized. Armed only with what sound like mangled keyboards, Slow Listener orchestrates over these 40 minutes an audio version of the title. A beautiful sun filled morning slowly overtaken by teeth sweat and sullenness. Covers by James Ulmer. CS edition of 50
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v - standing still in the celestial sphere - peasant magik - cdr -7$sold out
First solo statement from Monks of The Balhill member, Vincent Caylet. Found within are pink guitars, accordion dreams, smoke, and ash. Songs move in an almost airy, whimsical fashion, while occasionally hinting at the black within. 2007 might have been the year of the French Psychedelic Underground, 2008 will be the year of the Monks. Black CDs housed in white cardboard sleeve with full color wrap around art and handmade marble paper. Hand stamped and numbered.
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helm - the illuminated factory - peasant magik - cass - 7$sold out
I first got this master while watering plants at a local mall. Every week I would go in at night, strap on a full body harness, lock myself to the railing, jump over the side, and go to work on hundreds of plants, while continuously flipping this tape over and over. The perfect soundtrack to floating three stories up while breathing in harsh chemical fertilizers and watching the leaves fall on the janitors below. The title track is one of the best Helm tracks to date. Forward moving phase shifts buried under blankets of high end pulses, only subsiding to make room for some of the most inviting tones this side of Tangerine Dream. Side B's Hearts Like Broken Motors is a full 19 minutes of new age synth onslaught. Covers designed and printed by James Livingston of Black Horizons. 12 were printed on tan paper, the remaining on black. Black high bias chrome tapes.
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rale - nightside / shadeup - peasant magik - cass - 7$sold out
Dark tunnels of sound and cracked drones hiding under a bed of mircotonal details. Black, green, and gold at a glacial pace. Total focus and totally alone. Photos by Jon Borges. Black, high bias chrome tapes.
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expo '70 - white ohms - peasant magik - cass - 7$sold out
-Space effortlessly drifts and FX-riddled loner folk jams glisten in
its wake. Recorded at the same time as Black Ohms.
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ajilvsga - white path / red path - peasant magik - cass - 7$sold out
Thick clouds of swirling electronics, walls of distortion, phased guitars, tar, and electricity riveted together for one of the heaviest and densest Ajilvsga recordings to date. Melodies briefly stumble to the surface, only to be turned inside out by the chaos. High bias chrome tapes with 4 panel J-card and obi.
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ajilvsga - three heaps of skulls - peasant magik - cass - 7$sold out
With their third release for Peasant Magik, Ajilvsga push their sound even further. Huge slabs of densely layered scum continuously churn while Rose and Young summon shards of electricity from the high heavens.
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swamp horse - crippled witch - peasant magik - cass - 6$sold out
Kentucky duo featuring Morgan Rankin and Josh Lay. Totally overwhelming. Rarely do I want to turn down records I like, and I mean this in the best possible way. Number seven in the leftover cassette series
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monks of balhill - ten way to get out of the water - peasant magik - cass -6$sold out
Vocal mantras, decaying guitars, and found sounds combined in totally refreshing way. Both sides constructed from similar pieces, but distinctive enough to show the endless stream of ideas pouring from these two Vincents. Made with love, guitars, wind instruments, field recordings, and tigers. Art by Adriane Dalton.
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gareth hardwick - carnations - peasant magik - cass - 6$sold out
Through his Low Point imprint and solo outings, Gareth Hardwick has
been releasing some of the most compelling sounds in recent years.
Carnations, his first cassette release, consists of two ten minute
long pieces, one each for guitar and organ. Both sides consist of
layers of slowly evolving melodies, both effortless and affecting.
With such simple sound sources and mastery of craft, Carnations
recalls both early Stars of the Lid and Maeror Tri's more uplifting
sides.
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sean mccann - the truth is marching in - peasant magik - cass - 6$ sold out
Blistering circus whirl and warble. Reminiscent of wandering around a casino in the early morning. Slot machine melodies pan in and out of focus, all memories of the outside world fade, and everything around you is covered in a smokey haze.
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wether / gallows / pillars of heaven / deerstalker– 4 way split - peasant magik - 2xcass - 10$ sold out
One fifteen minute side long track from each, with collabrative effort on 4th side. Released to coincide with a Pillars of Heaven and Heat Conference (Wether + Gallows) weekend outing. Wether pumped the gas, Pillars of Heaven navigated, and Gallows brought the pillows and sleeping bags. Hi-bias chrome tapes with pro-printed covers. Co-released with No Horse Shit.
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oak / pet coffins / pillars of heaven / pink desert - peasant magik - 2xcass - 8$ sold out
Long delayed 4 way split finally available. Oak kick things off with
room shaking reverberations of epic proportions. Don't know what the
sound sources are, but this is some heavy shit. Pink Desert continues
with their brand of blissed out vocal mantras: both elevating and
suffocating. Cassette number two starts off with Pet Coffins'
combination of dying machinery and angelic coos, and ends with Pillars
of Heaven's death march. Cover art by James Ulmer.
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xiphiidae - wake of the hoods - peasant magik - cass - 6$ sold out
Xiphiidae is the solo project of Housecraft's main man, Jeffry Astin.
Side A is full of air-conditioned drones, nature sounds, and delayed
guitars. Very sleepy, indeed. Side B could possibly be a recording of
someone eating dinner while thousands of insects run wild over various
stringed instruments.
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the north sea - hundred flowers - peasant magik - cass - 6$ sold out
Brad Rose as been channeling some seriously heavy vibes lately. Picking up where Ajilvsga left off, Rose spews forth even more thick unholy shimmer. Hints of past pursuits loom just beneath the surface, lush forest drones are completely overpowered by caustic metallic doom.
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wereju - dream / death - peasant magik - cass - 6$ sold out
Newest entry in Wereju's sprawling catalog. Each release takes his
signature blackened shimmer to the next level. Here melodies stretch
towards infinity, guitar lines snake their way over fog covered
rivers, and bleak, low end rumbles moan incessantly.
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joe breitenbach - frigid waters - peasant magik - cass - 6$ sold out
Abstract oceans of majestic drones and hyper color rhythms.
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tunnels - in between dreams - peasant magik - cass -6$ sold out
It's hard to believe that there is only one man behind Tunnels. When I first heard these recordings I thought that Nicholas, as a joke, had sent me some super rare desert psych-folk record he found. Maybe he did? I imagine him walking around one lazy afternoon, getting some coffee, and tripping over a box of moldy records someone tossed in the gutter. He looks through and finds this one stuck to the back of some mid-80s Fleetwood Mac record. The cover is a pasted on, hand drawn picture of a naked lady throwing up rainbows and laying in a field of exploding mushrooms. The band name is lost forever, half stuck to the back of the FM record. He goes home and spends the rest of the afternoon carefully scrapping off the black mold. Finally he gets enough of it off to actually play the record, and transfers it to tape, so as not to further damage his record player. The tape makes its way to his car and gets lost under his seat. Months later, he rediscovers the tape, only now it's covered in Dr. Pepper and melted Jolly Ranchers. Nick tranfers it to cdr and sends it over to me with the name In Between Dreams on it, which seems very fitting in this context. Pro-dubbed and imprinted cassettes. Full color three panel, double sided j-card with artwork by Morgan Alexandra Ritter.
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hoor paar kraat - graduating from clocks to watches (eureka tapes vol. II) - peasant magik - cass -6$ sold out
The sound world that Anthony Mangicapra inhabits is totally unlike any other. Each listen reveals hidden elements and previously unheard sounds. Singular drones conceal a fragile universe of manipulated field recordings and mangled reverb. Meticulously constructed and skillfully executed, Hoor-paar-kraat displays a serious mastery of craft, frequently unheard of in an over saturated scene.
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enfer boreal - devotion - peasant magik - cass - 6$ sold out
Lost melodies now remembered and given new life.
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