| Graveface Records - Please Donate! | Aug. 18, 2010 |
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Graveface Records recently lost 50-60% of their stock in a flood, which was not covered by insurance. They are in danger of being forced to close their doors, so please help with a donation if you can. All donations receive free music from them and go directly toward repressing destroyed releases. Graveface Records - Flood Donations |
| Rumorse - Halogen Eve | Aug. 16, 2010 |
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Rumorse is Spanish producer Jorge Sasera. You may have spotted his name on Koen Park's Remixes, Reworkings And Reimaginings or Phasen's Listening To Old West Coast Rap. Halogen Eve marks his debut release on physical format, taking center stage with eight stellar tracks of mesmerizing electronica/IDM. This is Rumorse's first release since the 2008 album Waves For Rumours (available on iTunes and most digital retailers). Halogen Eve is a lean, concise display of Rumorse's prime cuts, and an ideal starting point for those new to his work. Be sure to check the catalog page for art, audio and purchase options. We're pleased to announce we have a project forthcoming with Micko Westmoreland. He recorded through the late 1990s and early 2000s as The Bowling Green, working with Luke Vibert, µ-Ziq, Si Begg and more. Last year, he released his debut album under his own name, along with a remix disc featuring The Red Falcon Projects. We're very excited to have him involved with the label and we'll have more details on his release soon. D.D. NewMole will be making his return very shortly, under the alter-ego of 80 Pounds. The material is a harsh drum'n'bass/jungle clinic known as the "Very Little Light E.P.", recorded circa 2004/2005. If you enjoyed the Naphta remix from his Twilight Fires EP, that's something akin to 80 Pounds. Look for it likely in September. |
| Rumorse - Halogen Eve | IA036 |
| Tracklist: 1. Aerostatic Xilophon 2. A Sad Journey 3. Drifting Chroma 4. Sidechain 5. Dream On 6. Halogen Eve 7. Electrah 8. Cromatica |
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| Biocore 3 | July 26, 2010 |
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Biocore 3 is the trio of Dorosoto, 21 Jumpsuit and Mall Security. In 2008 while meeting up for a live show, they recorded this one-off session live to tape, with each act bringing their own signature sound, to surprisingly cohesive results. In the time which followed, the material held up so well, we decided to give it an official release. The 3" EP is limited to 25 copies, with a repress unlikely. Check the catalog page for clips, artwork and digital options. As we hinted in the last update, Plantains have joined the label. You can read more about them here. Quite a few acts will be making their label debut with us over the coming months, some of whom we've announced, some we haven't. One of the imminent artists is Rumorse, whose excellent album Halogen Eve is one of our next titles. We have a heavy release schedule for the second half of the year, as several projects are all finishing up at once, from both new and familiar names. Check back often as we'll be releasing quite a few things, several of which will be in very limited runs. |
| Biocore 3 - Biocore 3 | IA035 |
| Tracklist: 1. Part 1 2. Part 2 3. Part 3 |
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| Lunar Testing Lab - Surveillance Tapes | July 02, 2010 |
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Two years removed from the release of Space Program, Lunar Testing Lab has returned with his proper follow-up album, Surveillance Tapes. Largely shifting away from sample-based work, LTL imposed upon himself a deeper focus on songwriting, by layering his music into a richer circuitry of sounds, using a variety of undisclosed synths. The album takes on a slightly darker tone from previous material, as illustrated by the near all-black packaging. Self-described by Lunar Testing Lab as his finest work to date, Surveillance Tapes is an exploration of all things hidden, both in shadow and in front of our eyes. The album will be released worldwide digitally on Tuesday, July 6th, through most retailers, including iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, etc. Space Program should be joining it in the coming weeks as well. Head over to the catalog page to hear clips, as well as view the artwork (which, given it's panoramic, wraparound design, isn't really done justice in our cropped website format). There's a free download of the track "Wire Tap", as well as full purchase options on CD or MP3. We're finishing up the previously mentioned, one-off collaboration disc between Mall Security, Dorosoto and 21 Jumpsuit, known officially as Biocore 3. There will be only 25 of these, with a repress unlikely. This and our Milieu reissue are next on the serving plate. Until then, listen to the Plantains. |
| Lunar Testing Lab - Surveillance Tapes | IA032 |
| Tracklist: 1. Cold Fire 74 2. Venona Project 3. Spektr-UF 4. Rhyolite 5. Signal Intelligence 6. Rundfunk 7. Vela Hotel 8. Intercept Station 9. Copper Coast 10. Paaliaq 11. Midnight Zone 12. Aquatone Minder 13. Intrasonic 14. Wire Tap 15. Space Traffic Control |
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| Spak Cubes - Tape Tracks | May 31, 2010 |
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Spak Cubes is the one-off alias of Audrius Vaitiekunas, born in Klaipėda, Lithuania and residing in London, England. To date, much of his work has been under the name IJO, for a variety of netlabels, as well as an appearance on our Remixes, Reworkings And Reimaginings disc in 2009. Ranging from drum'n'bass to ambient, Vaitiekunas avoids strict musical directions, regularly switching amongst multiple genres. In 2009, he started his 300 Degrees alias, with an EP for the Napalm Enema label. Earlier this year, he followed it up with another for Cactus Island (co-run by our own Maps And Diagrams). He arrives at I, Absentee with the one-off project Spak Cubes, an acid/electronica session recorded live to tape. Clips of Tape Tracks are available on the catalog page. Next, we're entering our summer schedule, which features the return of many acts familiar to the label. We're working on a mammoth reissue from Milieu, after last year's successful New Drugs For Nuclear Families Of The Seventies re-release. This time, we're tackling Our Blue Rainbow. If you enjoyed New Drugs, you'll certainly like this one as well. Milieu uncovered so much extra material this time around, it actually amounted to an entire album's worth. Bent Appletape will be packaged as the second CD of a double album and feature an hour's worth of previously unreleased material from the same era. Definitely one of our highlights of 2010, keep an eye out for it. In addition to a new Lunar Testing Lab album soon, which we've previously mentioned, we'll also have a special one-off collaboration disc between Mall Security, Dorosoto and 21 Jumpsuit, likely a very limited 3". More details to come. For anyone in Canada looking for our stuff, Fathom Distribution is now stocking many of our releases. They also stock several other quality labels, do check them out. |
| Spak Cubes - Tape Tracks | IA034 |
| Tracklist: 1. Acid Gong 2. Seminal Blur 3. Baltia Ost 4. Norden 5. Home Seguels 6. Rasor Acid 7. Spacetime Continuum 8. Robo Journey |
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| RFP - The Twilight Fires: Volume Four | May 03, 2010 |
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We're back from hiatus and kicking off our spring/summer schedule. Today comes The Twilight Fires: Volume Four, highlighting the work of RFP (Red Falcon Projects). This is very likely our final installment of the series, as they take so long for us to assemble (this one took about a year). There's still a few copies of Volume Two and Three, while Volume One is available as a free download. So this is the last chance to own the complete series. For this final chapter, we've pressed it on 5" with a white digipak in limited edition, or as a 320kbps download. Musically, It features six tracks of electro mayhem, running about thirty minutes and including a previously unreleased RFP track. 'The Theme From Red Falcon' is actually the very first RFP song ever recorded, giving the listener a glimpse into the origin of the act. The guest line-up includes Skanfrom (aka Sleeparchive), G.D. Luxxe (Tigerbeat6, Ersatz Audio), Raiders Of The Lost ARP (Mario Pierro, one half of MAT101 and Jollymusic), Paul Blackford (Breakin', WéMč) and In2Minds (Jacen Solo and Rob Piper). They've taken on remixes of the 'Theme', as well as 'Ice Warz '85', from last year's EP of the same name. The final remix is a glimpse into future RFP, with the yet to be released 'Cyber Surfer'. Secret Station has just released the Shreber Harber Mole Flying Wheel album, M.F.N.D. We were originally set to release this at I, Absentee, but due to artwork issues and our inability to reschedule, we couldn't complete it. Thankfully LTL felt comfortable handling it at Secret Station. Shreber Harber Mole Flying Wheel is warm IDM/electronica from Japan, with previous releases on U-Cover, Joseph Auer's Rednetic label and David Newlyn's October Man imprint. If you're a fan of any of these labels, it should be a no-brainer purchase. We'll still likely work with Shreber down the line at I, Absentee, so consider it a sister release of our highest recommendation. The download is available now at Secret Station, with the CD version coming any day now. Speaking of Lunar Testing Lab, he just completed a mix for A Strangely Isolated Place (a Milieu mix is in their archives as well), while Maps And Diagrams did a mix for Fluid Radio, via his Hessein project. Do check them out if you get the chance. On a final Maps And Diagrams note, we have just one copy of Tööpuudus remaining before it's out of print. Be sure to grab it if you haven't already. |
| RFP - The Twilight Fires: Volume Four | IA031 |
| Tracklist: 1. The Theme From Red Falcon 2. Ice Warz '85 (Raiders Of The Lost ARP Rmx) 3. The Theme From Red Falcon (Skanfrom Remix) 4. Ice Warz '85 (G.D. Luxxe Remix) 5. The Theme From Red Falcon (Paul Blackford Remix) 6. Cyber Surfer (In2Minds Remix) |
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| Sow - Dog | Mar. 16, 2010 |
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After about fourteen months of work, we finally arrive at Sow's Dog. This is our first standard CD release. It's hard to describe Sow without mentioning Pig. Pig began in the late 1980s on the legendary Wax Trax! Records as a solo project from Raymond Watts, a then studio tech for KMFDM, Einstürzende Neubauten, Psychic TV and many more. Around this time, Anna Wildsmith did a single with Watts and decided to play off the Pig name, calling the project Sow. Five years later, an album's worth of tracks came together with Wildsmith at the helm. Legendary names such as J.G. Thirlwell (Foetus, Wiseblood) and Jon Caffery (Kids On TV) were in the mix, and the first Sow album, Je M'Aime, was born. The material was a very harsh and angry assault in experimentalism. In 1998, Sow returned with the sophomore effort Sick. This time, a wide variety of musicians joined the project, including Sascha Konietzko (KMFDM), Rob Henry (Euphonic, Children Of The Bong), Günter Schultz (KMFDM, Pigface) and more. The sound natuarally shifted into a very wide variety of styles, crossing almost too genres to name. A third album began around 2000, with Sow vets Watts and Henry returning for production and songwriting duties. Tracks were done around a part-time schedule and countless flights from France to London, allowing Wildsmith to record in studio with the musicians. The last track was completed around late 2008 (ironically also the last track on the album). Dog once again presents a shift in sounds from Sow, away from some of the 'industrial' stigmas of the past and into more uptempo directions. Electronic, acoustic, pop, experimental, dance, classical. All of them describe Dog, none of them define it. The album is packaged in a jewel case with an 8 page booklet, featuring artwork by Simon Wildsmith (Anna's brother), an accomplished artist from France with many gallery showcases to his resume. The production and mastering is professionally done, sure to rumble your speakers and eardrums. It's in many ways our greatest logistal accomplishment to date. We finally have our digital system up and running. Nearly the entire catalog is now available for download. The purchase links are available on each of the release pages, as well as the newly created digital page, which will be permanently located under the order tab of our site menu. As the list of sold out titles grows, you'll see a greater separation between the digital and physical stocks. All files are in 320 kbps MP3. When you order, you'll be e-mailed a download code. Please let us know if there's any kinks in the system, we'll work them out quickly. Things should be running smooth though. New Drugs For Nuclear Families, Embryonic Audio Restoration and Ice Warz '85 have all sold out on physical format and are now out of print. Tööpuudus is down to single digit quantities and will soon be gone as well. Lunar Testing Lab has just released a new EP called Unauthorized Frequencies via his Secret Station label. We'll be releasing LTL's highly anticipated sophomore album this spring. Our spring / summer release schedule will also include: -A double album reissue of Milieu's Our Blue Rainbow (featuring an album of previously unreleased music) -The fourth (and final?) installment of The Twilight Fires, featuring the return of The Red Falcon Projects, remixed by a wave of all new guest artists For now, we're taking a bit of a break to focus on the Sow album. After fourteen months, it felt like the completion of a chapter and a good time for us to rest. We'd like to thank everyone whose supported us up to this point. We'll see you in May! |
| Sow - Dog | IA025 |
| Tracklist: 1. Slap 2. Crybaby 3. Blue Sheets 4. The Kidnapping Of Anna Wildsmith 5. Pornostar 6. Lip 7. More Candy 8. My House 9. Kali 10. Like It Should Be |
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