bands already dunked in the drunk tank:
donato epiro
throuRoof
goodwillies
al qaeda
a man & a guitar
zack kouns
etherik
horse gives birth to fly
harps of fuchsia kalmia
many mansions
nirvana pan jali (dream safari)
robe.
gorman
bill baird
the end springs
derek rogers
black eagle child
oh be joyful
chapels
shoreline
be good family.
Influences
the mighty mighty river
the mighty mighty plains
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ttc 012 Etherik - Shipwrecks (cdr)
Etherik is Erik Heyns, our good friend & wonder multi-instrumentalist from Belgium,
this album sways like a half sinking boat on the sea, blurring the lines between submergence & surfacing, hope & resistance, living & dying.
This little psych folk gem is going to make you happy - real happy.
cdr comes in hand-sewed felt 'cases' & comes with 2 pieces of art :
one unique handmade linolium stamp artwork (by etherik)
& one of two hand drawn treasure maps w/ cd info on back (by jess.)
edition of 40. $8 / $10 .
www.myspace.com/etherik
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ttc 013 Nirvana Pan Jali / Many Mansions - split c30
the artist of many monikers including quaouauh,
sky shepherds & dream safari doses us again with
his self described lethargic spiritual drone.
the track,'Celestial Mud' is just as it would suggest.
think drugged out meandering drone. like tripping
through a temple's forest at night, getting stuck
between the sounds of the night and the sounds
of the temple. this one grows from a four member om
circle to a full earth shattering choral, sounding somewhere
between a thousand mosquitos and ten thousand tape
warped trumpets. some heavy ethereal chant here my friends.
chant and be..well..whatever you want.
the many mansions piece, 'Book of Splendor,'
begins its decent into indecency with killer tape
manipulations,synth filtering and frequent radio static,
painting the picture of a shiny new age sci-fi wonderland.
the tiny man is at the toy piano, the drunk-ed three armed
and eyed creature is taunting the bearded birds-who are
squawking back in their vinyl scratch like language.
pt. II: enter island drum beats. enter groove. get into it.
hand-drawn art on tapes, hand-sewn/stapled silkscreened
arty collage fabric & recycled felt pockets. collage art insert.
edition of 35. $6 / $8 .
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ttc 014 Harps of Fuchsia Kalmia w/ Delphine Dora-Pantomima Terrestre c24
Harps of Fuchsia Kalmia is the new weird-folk,
avant-folk forest-music project of Salvatore Borrelli
(etre, wondrous horse); the music is made in a direct
way, without processing or any other disturbance. Here
he is joined by delphine dora, the brilliant singer and
musician, who adds her honey sweet voice and piano to
this already captivating set of sounds.
"Pantomima Terrestre" or "Pantomime of the earth" could
not be a more fitting name - this is the earth's musical. -
a complete production with characters, story lines
and dedications - a perfect collage of traditional
folk, field recordings, organic drones and percussion.
delphine's airy vocals mingle with the drum beats,
space sounds and radio static. birds chirp, dogs bark,
cars drive by, and records spin backwards. sluggish dulcimer
& guitar plucks crescendo beneath the drone of the harmonium.
uniquely improvisational and experimental without loosing
its familiarity, there's only one way to discover this world. press play.
if your into caethua, vapaa, nnck, donato epiro
and any other trippy explorations of italy, finland and
forest spirits everywhere, this tape will not disappoint.
current/past releases on Ikuissus, Centre of Wood &
Fire Museum and future releases on Reverb Worship &
Beard of Snails. look out! rad purple tapes in silkscreened
fabric & recycled felt (made out of plastic bottles!)
cases. comes with 2 inserts - one piece of amazing
photo art by Federica R. & other with hand written tape info, etc.
edition of 40. $6 / $8 .
www.myspace.com/harpsoffuchsiakalmia
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ttc 015 donato epiro/throuRoof -tamandua's gorgeous dream drones c20
with a name like "tamandua's gorgeous dream drones,"
its not hard to imagine the news on this tape.
these two fine Italian artists bring us together
for some straight up anteater magic - dream journeys
with tunnel visions, flickering lights & fevered hallucinations.
Side A: donato epiro builds a river wall of white noise
in your head space, blurring your vision with the drone
of ants & gods & swingers. "Myrmecophagidae Musik"
sneaks up like a gang of shadows climbing towards the
jungle ceiling. slightly familiar, these are the sounds your
eardrums make when you blew them out the night before.
the ringing behind the reverberation expands & shakes with
earthquake like tremors until you & the vibrations are
one in the same.
Side B: throuRoof's "Fire Ants Mandibles" begins with
the sounds of the jungle at dusk. here is the hidden world
of animal communication & wind chatter. big black bugs
hollowing wood, some shift some scatter. your eyes are
jungle vines and grasses, swaying in a blistering breeze,
glistening in the last rays of sunlight. total amplification
of the illumination. anteaters unite.
clear tapes, home dubbed real time, housed in recycled fern paper. comes with two inserts - one with hand-written tape info, one art by throuRoof. edition of 24.
$6 ppd us/ $8 world.
www.myspace.com/throuroof
www.myspace.com/tubivuoti
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ttc 016 the GOODWILLIES - Tangerine Tape BURST c30
while other artists are busy pounding away
on that trend-mill, tim goodwillie is off
building his own. taking a side winder route
through the tangerine tunnels of time,
goodwillie takes the lead in what i like to call
the race for intergalactic funk-manship. fuck bootsy
collins, goodwillie is here to spice up your summer
as your lo-fi noise groove captain. bruised beats
deliver some blows while smoky shaky synths get
sexy with the static of your brain in 'Pink Milk Plus.'
'Silver Fox' begins by banging your head against
a bass wall, then while you're distracted, the
funkiest fried groove within the galaxy bursts through,
tossing and tumbling around like shoes in the dryer.
amazing drunk junk pop from the synth samurai.
*side B:* A slow motion melody beaten and busted up
then shoved into the tiniest of holes. a thousand tons
of pressure being held back with a feather. like watching
an explosion in rewind. bad ass vibrations for your massive
pollution caused headaches. break through & BURST motherf*s!
Side A: Pink Milk Plus / Silver Fox -- Side B: the Moist Contact of Different Metals
home real-time dubbed tapes, some blue some not,
two inserts- housed in recycled felt & citrus fabric.
edition of 44. $6 ppd us/ $8 world .
www.myspace.com/thegoodwillies
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ttc 017 al qaeda - aluminum lock smith c20 al Qaeda just finished up an epic tour
with Mike Watt, Droughter, Derek Rogers, & Rob Crow & now they are dropping
this epic tape.
don't expect to hear the same thing twice from this
ever evolving band from san fran. they will blow
your expectations out of the polluted water, spit
on them and then give you a hug. here they throw
out some delayed sunshine on all our round red summer
faces. this tape begins with one of those familiar
string/guitar loops you think you hear wandering in
the wind on a deserted beach. definite highway drifter
drone filling up the speakers for that daydream deliverance.
slow motion space dives with solar flares on your side.
who is the aluminum lock smith? who is the blind tiger?
light one up and sway your head to this shit.
clear tapes housed in homemade black envelopes,
random pics from around the world on one side,
comes with mini-zines containing tape info,
art. edition of 22. $6 ppd us/ $8 world.
www.myspace.com/theealqaeda
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ttc 018 a man & a guitar - to kill a dead man (cdr)
a man and a guitar. that's it. his thoughts, his emotive resistance, his chorus,
his steel. 'to kill a dead man' is a reminder that you don't need fanciness to
create something beautiful, haunting & timeless. this album has that tip your
hat to the side kinda saloon vibe, swaying into a gritty bar with a gun on your
side,ready to draw. your covered in the settling of dusk, in desert sweat & dirt
& your miles from any place you'd call home. letting the chords ring and echo
then fade, allowing each string to take part in the madness, AM/AG draws out
the sounds that need pushing & lets the others drop away. small swells of nearby thunder fill the largest sky you've ever floated in. paris, tx vibes for sure, with less texas twang & more paris flare. seven tracks of grifter blues to burn your
double-dealing skin. sizzle sizzle. (dedicated to derek bailey & neil young.)
cdr comes packaged in rad recycled packaging with
poetic insert. front/back cover art by
aman&aguitar. edition of 22. $7 ppd us/ $9 world
www.myspace.com/amanaguitar
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ttc 019 Zack Kouns - Peter Denied Our Lord (cdr)
Kouns has quite a varied & vast discography filled with challenging creations
that tend to float in a religious stream a soot. & you get the freak feeling
when listening to him that he's privy to a world you don't know about. Kouns
sounds like no one in your black book or record collection. he's got his own
way of telling the story & makes no apologies about it. his voice gets tangled
in between speech & a solemn soaring swoon. & boy can he belt it when called for.
"Peter denied Our Lord" consists of 10 verses
about the various stages and types of denial.
Recorded in the woods at night- crickets, rain &
background hiss take the shape of instruments
in this epic tale of communion and refusal.
here Kouns favors the bluesy one note strum
lines & minimal accompaniment. dark downer
fucked folk vibes stirring in the branches -
often no chorus, no refrain - just storytelling
in full effect. past/current releases on bum tapes,
owness, clinical archives & others. soon to
have a cult like following to take over the world
with. deny and repent.
cdr comes in (a bit oversized) recycled packaging w/ insert.
front/back art by Kouns. edition of 22. $7 ppd us/ $9 world.
time: 34:47
www.myspace.com/zackkouns
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This is the first set from the slightly tweaked Beach Fuzz line-up with Fliss Horrocks now playing guitar alongside Tom Settle and Nick Mitchell. Seven tracks of clattering drums, chugging and wailing guitars, screaming keyboards, mellow, lilting pastoral improv and moaned vocals.
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it's goinnn allright. I'm just recording with my band Moccretro, booking and doing some other random creative endeavors. most of all I'm trying to get a damn job! how bout you? any new releases in the works?
Hey cosmic friends! we'll be doing a whirlwind sonic blitz of nyc // brooklyn this week and it would be awesome to see you and maybe swap some recordings!
10.13.09 Ding Dong Lounge w/ New yoga and Invisible Circle
10.14.09 Death by Audio w/ Maaraam (members of Teeth Mountain), GDFX, Invisible Circle
10.15.09 Cakeshop w/ Amen Dunes, Invisible Circle
10.16.09 Market Hotel w/ Beach Fossils, Air Waves, PC Worship
Hey Jess, we got the tapes today. Thanks a zillion. Check out our new songs, they're hella chillers. I'm playing some collab show with my buddy, Kevin Yuen tonight at a bar called The Stud. We were going to wear these black cloaks, but we couldn't see our guitars/pedals or hear our amps very well with them on, so we said fuck it.
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