PETER BRODERICK - 'GRUNEWALD'

Formats

• ERATP092CD - CD

  4050486112458

• ERATP092LP - 10"

  4050486112441

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Not long after the release of Peter Broderick’s seventh solo album ‘Partners’, the composer closes 2016 with his equally exceptional ‘Grunewald’ recordings, out on December 9th via Erased Tapes. Born in just one night inside the four walls of the discrete yet majestic Grunewald Church, situated on the outskirts of Berlin, this five-track EP is an exploration of the alluring partnership between the acoustic space and Broderick's solo performance on piano and violin. Reflecting the grandeur of the room and the natural interaction between the instruments and their surrounding environment, 'Grunewald' pays homage to a very unusual space that's become a haven for an entire generation of contemporary composers. Words from Peter, October 2016: “In the few years between 2008 and 2011 or so, the Grunewald Church in Berlin was something of a hotspot for a group of us musicians. It started when Nils scouted it as a location in which to record The Bells . . . and then it seemed like we were in there every month or two for a while, either for recordings or for concerts. There was a lady living just down the street from the church, and we’d just knock on her door, give her a couple hundred euros, and then she’d hand over the keys to the church! To be given unsupervised access in a space like that is really quite unheard of most of the time… For anyone who likes reverb, the Grunewald is a dream come true. That in combination with the beautiful old Bösendorfer piano made it the perfect place for both recording and performing. When mixing the recordings that comprise this EP, simply titled Grunewald in homage to that old haven of ours, there were no artificial reverbs or delays used . . . only the natural sound of that epic space. Originally these piano recordings were released as part of a split album on a small Japanese label, and the violin piece was included on a compilation, also Japanese . . . but all these pieces were recorded on the same night, in the same space, and it is with great pleasure that I see them reunited for this release.”

Tracks

1. Goodnight
2. Low Light
3. Violin Solo No.1
4. It?s A Storm When I Sleep
5. Eyes Closed And Traveling

Press

Press for ?Partners?:

?Immediately seductive, balancing spare, bittersweet melodies and billowing space.? ? Uncut

?An endlessly intriguing and clever record? ? Music OMH

?Another triumph in Broderick?s career? ? The Quietus

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ALEX DINGLEY - 'BEAT THE BABBLE'

Formats

• BIRTH003 - LP

  655035035314

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“The first time I met Alex Dingley, he was standing in a dark rainy alleyway in the UK. I was halfway intimidated, him smoking a cigarette as he grinned wide… Two front teeth missing and he extended his hand… Mischievously laughing. Immediately I felt his kind and genial warm soul. I knew he was a longtime friend of Cate Le Bon, so I knew he was good people. When asked to “co-produce” his album with Cate I was so very interested to hear his life in music. Anyone with two front teeth knocked out must have a plethora of wild stories (and…he does). I couldn’t have been more curious. He comes from Wales, where he shares his life with his lovely wife Mared, who in 2010 collapsed and was diagnosed with a grade-three brain tumor. She was given 18 months to live, but is still here six years later. Touch wood everyday. She is a colorful, inspired artist, and uses her art to express this life reset. Alex has story, he has more than story, and these life-changing events have inspired a need to bleed the pen…. This time they are both sharing this experience through the eternal beauty of love, art, and song. Bags were packed and Alex, Mared, Cate, myself and trusted (sonic master) recorder Samur Khouja all communed up in the panoramic house studio overlooking the ocean in Northern California. Far from Wales, but near a release, an unfettered Pacific expressional adventure. “When I heard the lyrics and vocal delivery I had to remind myself this is not some songwriting fiction… This is a man whose life and shared love-life was reset to zero with life’s quicksilver contretemps. This is a melodic book on tape, a journal put to song, a soundtrack to film starring real people, real script. “I think Cate’s & my only focus was to help the musical arrangements by servicing them sharp and simply, so Alex’s songs and voice could effect the listener as it effected him and us. “I know people like easy-to-digest musical comparisons. The recordings remind me a little bit of early Stiff Records, which I love. So, there you go...” —Tim Presley (White Fence), 2016

Tracks

1. After The Laughter
2. Between The Sheets
3. Butterfly Corpses
4. I Don?t Ever
5. Lovely Life To Leave
6. Not Alone In The Dark
7. If I Asked You To Dance
8. She Just Came By To Say Hello
9. One Good Idea
10. In The End

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EYE - 'OTHER SKY'

Formats

• BING127 - LP

  600197012710

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Other Sky is Eye’s masterpiece. Recorded 12 years after their initial formation, the Dunedin quartet of Peter Stapleton (The Terminals, The Pin Group, Flies Inside The Sun), Peter Porteous (Empirical) and Jon Chapman (Double Leopards, Rory Storm and the Invaders) have never sounded more on target and immense. Not that their past releases are anything shabby! With this record, there’s a distinct communication going on between the players as they freely explore the dregs and corners of what is arguably still considered rock music. Recorded at The Anteroom, an old Masonic lodge in Port Chalmers, it took a steady three years to cobble together. The five tracks here alternately strike with intensity and drift with menace, with Eye casting new lines of cohering musical language into a sea of babble. Be prepared to transcend.

Tracks

1. Tension Cue
2. Kōtuku, Kōtukutuku
3. The Moon In Your Eyes
4. Black Lightning
5. Threave

Press

Features members of The Pin Group,
The Terminals, and many others

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KING BUFFALO - 'ORION'

Formats

• PSYCHOBABBLE087 - LP W/ CD

  4046661480610

• PSYCHOBABBLE087CD - CD

  4046661481327

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King Buffalo is a psychedelic trio in the classic format - bass, drums, guitar - whose expansive and thunderous music is anything but easily definable. For three years now Sean McVey, Dan Reynolds and Scott Donaldson have been hashing out their heavy soundscapes in the woods of upstate New York. The result: Orion, which with “no question... will stand among the best debuts of 2016.” (The Obelisk) Formed by three long-standing members of the blooming Rochester, NY rock scene, King Buffalo gathered in September of 2013 to start working on a new musical collaboration in a heavy rock vein. Their efforts spawned a demo release and several splits and one-offs which, coupled with their impressive live show, quickly gained them an international audience. Nearly exactly three years after their formation, King Buffalo shows the world its first long-player creation – a powerful concoction of heavy psych, blues, and stoner rock in stunning cohesion. Orion's flow is surprising giving the relative youth of the band, but King Buffalo seems to be a rare breed capable of fusing loose-knit and spacious pieces into a tightly-focused package. Written during and out of jam sessions, Orion’s nine tracks are texturally rich and oozing with psychedelic goodness, yet honed and driving in the next blink of an eye. Lush, shimmering melodies á la Dead Meadow and free-flowing grooves that recall All Them Witches meet with the full force of fuzzed-out stoner rock riffs, all coinciding organically. impressively, King Buffalo’s focus extends beyond composition and into the technical realm; Orion was recorded entirely by the band in the very same rehearsal room that played host to the songs' creation. After a successful self-release, Stickman Records is proud to present Orion to the world on 180gr vinyl including CD as well as a standalone CD release.

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COUTEAU LATEX - 'HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT'

Formats

• 135GONE - 7"

  647603396460

Details

Debut single from the new project by Lise Sutter (The Staches, Maraudeur) and Seth Sutton (Useless Eaters). Recorded in Geneva, Switzerland. Mastered by Mikey Young.

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THE BILL DIXON ORCHESTRA - 'INTENTS AND PURPOSES'

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• SV119 - LP

  855985006192

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After spending the early ‘60s playing in groups with Cecil Taylor and Archie Shepp, trumpeter Bill Dixon recorded his singular and visionary masterpiece in 1967. Intents And Purposes remains not only Dixon’s defining statement as a composer, but also one of the most luminous moments in the history of avant-garde jazz. Combining orchestral timbres with free jazz intensity, Dixon leads a ten-piece ensemble including such heavyweights as Byard Lancaster, Robin Kenyatta, Jimmy Garrison and Reggie Workman. Closing each side of the album, “Nightfall Pieces I” and “Nightfall Pieces II” are evocative duets featuring Dixon’s flugelhorn accompanied by flautist George Marge. With Intents And Purposes, Dixon creates a work focused as much on sculpting and defining space— emphasizing moments of resonant stillness around which the compositions thrum and swell—as on purity of expression. This first-time vinyl reissue is recommended for fans of Art Ensemble of Chicago, Anthony Braxton and Henry Cow. “One of the richest and most compelling LPs to taunt and tempt listeners into a life of freakdom.” —John Corbett

Tracks

1. Metamorphosis 1962-1966
2. Nightfall Pieces I
3. Voices
4. Nightfall Pieces II

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ENNIO MORRICONE - 'UN UOMO DA RISPETTARE'

Formats

• SV047 - LP

  855985006857

Details

Un Uomo Da Rispettare translates to “A Man to Respect,” which can easily be said of Ennio Morricone himself—the unparalleled maestro of the soundtrack. This 1972 crime film stars Kirk Douglas as a master safecracker at a crossroads in his life, emerging from prison yet tempted by one last big job. Morricone builds the main theme around Cicci Santucci’s flugelhorn as riveting leitmotifs reprise amidst variations of noir-jazz abstraction to frame the composer’s grand vision. A strident, two-note piano phrase sets the mood of heightened tension, while muted timpani and trance-like descending bass patterns sweep dramatically across the cinematic stereo field. On “18 Pari,” slinky rhythms and softened wah-wah guitars offer a distinctly Italian library music, adding elements of lightness to the overall avant-garde score. Un Uomo Da Rispettare’s dissonant chords and angular arrangements recall Morricone’s free improvisation work with Gruppo D’Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza. This first-time vinyl reissue is recommended for fans of Krzysztof Penderecki, Harry Partch and Sun City Girls.

Tracks

1. Un Uomo Da Rispettare
2. Un Tempo Infinito
3. Prima Di Lasciarla
4. A Florinda
5. Colpo Parallelo
6. L?Incarico
7. 18 Pari
8. A Florinda
9. Un Uomo Da Rispettare

Press

Classic 1972 soundtrack from the
maestro of the soundtrack
First-time vinyl reissue
Newly designed artwork

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JOHN BENDER - 'PLASTER FALLING'

Formats

• SV102 - LP

  855985006024

Details

Plaster Falling was recorded at the same time as John Bender’s first album, I Don’t Remember Now / I Don’t Want To Talk About It. Released in 1981 on the artist’s own Record Sluts label, copies of Plaster Falling’s initial pressing came hermetically sealed in plaster (and later latex). Thus, listeners had to literally break open the record to find what’s hidden inside. Produced in relative isolation, Plaster Falling is a beacon of brilliance in the nascent minimal-wave sphere. Veering towards skeletal urgency, these recordings set bright analogue melodies against half-whispered vocals and expand Bender’s electronic cryptography thru a series of lone signifiers: “Station,” “Plaster,” “Women,” etc. As Bender explains in the liner notes, “I began to distance myself from the present and describe scenes as if in a movie – seeking concrete, terse, juxtaposed imagery.” This first-time standalone reissue is recommended for fans of Gareth Williams & Mary Currie’s Flaming Tunes, Minimal Man and Grouper. Pressed on translucent blue vinyl in a limited / numbered edition of 1,000 copies.

Tracks

1. 43B6 Station
2. 42B4 Plaster
3. 39A4 Women
4. 45A2 People
5. 39A5 Something
6. 35B5 Records
7. 34B1 Knuckles
8. 38A1 Cities
9. 45A1 Street

Press

First-time reissue of 1981 synth
tour de force
? Original copies go for high
collector prices
? Limited / numbered edition of
1,000 copies on blue vinyl

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