Asuna & Opitope: "Sunroom" CD ($15) This is the first collaborative full-length release by Japan's Opitope, the duo of Chihei Hatakeyama (Kranky, Room40) and Tomoyoshi Date (FlyRec), and Asuna (spekk, Headz). Listeners familiar with Opitope's majestic 2007 release "Hau," or any of the more recent output by Asuna, Hatakeyama or Date, will find much to love here. Across the albums' nine tracks, gossamer webs of treated sound (made from all manner of plaintive piano, rubbed strings, delicately picked guitars and evocative accordian, vibraphone and sampling) hover, resonate, ebb and disperse.
Paul Clipson and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: "Within Mirrors" DVD ($28/$32ppd US/World for special edition DVD w/ bonus 3") A wondrous collection of out of print film collaborations and two new films by these two Bay Area artists. "...the sonic and visual elements of these works are at once overwhelming in their beauty, and supremely evocative in their ability to conjure for the viewer pure wonder at the beauty and frailty of the world around us." More info regarding release date and pre-ordering at studentsofdecay.com
Coming in late 2009/2010: final installment of 2009 subscription series, Caboladies "Renewable Destination" CD.
Still available: CDs by Brendan Murray, Area C, Marble Sky, and more...
