digitalis recordings pre-order information - SUMMER/EARLY FALL 2008
package deal #1 for $50: you get special editions of ACE011, ACE012, ACE015, & ACE017 + ACE020 for $75 PPD worldwide.
other deals/discounts available if you want to order a combo of pre-orders/already released stuff. just email me.
package deal #1 for $50: you get special editions of ACE011, ACE012, ACE015, & ACE017 + ACE020 for $75 PPD worldwide.
other deals/discounts available if you want to order a combo of pre-orders/already released stuff. just email me.
======THE NEW STUFF======
ace011: tetuzi akiyama + kevin corcoran + christian kiefer "low cloud means death" CD $13 / CD + 3" CDR $16 For years I've counted Tetuzi Akiyama as one of my absolute favorite guitarists. He's been cranking out great records for ages, honing his style and skill in every possible way. Add in Christian Kiefer, who has also put out a string of magnificent releases, and a talented drummer/percussionist in Kevin Corcoran (who has appeared on releases on Weird Forest and played in Antennas Erupt!) and you've got a recipe for something magical.
"Low Cloud Means Death" is a series of sea-inspired improvisations that are fighting a continual battle with the silence between each note. This is sparse music at its finest. Minimal notes float in the air as Corcoran lays a web of various percussion beneath the organic layer Akiyama and Kiefer weave. The instrumentation is varied - Akiyama sticks to acoustic guitar while Kiefer splits time on accordian, piano, and other vices. What the trio produces ends up coming off like an all-improvised Morton Feldman or something of the like.
This is a journey on salt-encrusted waves, traipsing through empty spaces in search of whatever aural mystery can be found. It goes something like this: Thump. Quiet again. Twang thump. Quiet. Quiet. Still quiet. Distant blap. And let me tell you, it is one fantastic voyage.
Limited to 500 copies. Artwork by Eden Hemming Rose.
**NOTE: Special edition includes an extra 3" CDR entitled "The Old Language" that compiles tracks from a live performance the trio did in California around the same time as these sessions took place. Of note are the sounds of a couple who lived next door to the space where the show was arguing with each other and then vacuuming. Awesome.**
audio samples:
The Pressure of the Current -- The Vision Ship
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ace012: super minerals "multitudes" CD $13 / CD + c40 $18There are a lot of good times happening in SoCal these days and the Stunned Records/Magic Lantern crew is responsible for a whole hell of a lot of it. Well, Super Minerals are an important cog in that machine and this duo's intentions are blaring loud and clear on their first proper CD, "Multitudes." This duo of Phil French and William Giachhi may rip it up when they're moonlighting in Magic Lantern, but here they are burning it all down slow.
This is an album full of zoned-out drones that smolder and sink deep down into the mud. Synths wallow in the sun-dried ruins while guitar & bass write new epochs with shards of sonic debris. Fried whispers drift in the analog breeze slipping in and fading out before you even realize they're there. Late night whirrs and gentle skeletal purrs make a home in these aural prisms, never quite letting the blood boil. But Super Minerals will guide you as you meander through the rain-soaked city streets, never quite leading you back home.
Limited to 500 copies in silkscreened jackets. (note that that is not the actual cover art)
**NOTE: Special edition comes with bonus cassette with two side-long live performances. It's a chance to hear Super Minerals stripped to the bone, and will make you realize just how damn good these two really are. Strictly Limited to 100 copies with additional artwork**
audio samples:
Graves -- Heatless
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ace015: taiga remains "wax canopy" CD $13 / CD + 3" CDR $16 Taiga Remains is the brainchild of Cincinnati's Alex Cobb. Over the past few years he has developed a signature sound that blurs the line between blissed-out guitar work and atonal, blown-out dirges. Cobb never sits still; Taiga Remains is always moving forward, searching out new ideas and sounds. His label, Students of Decay, is clearing house for all things drone. This year he's been spotted on Root Strata, Callow God, Arbor and more. In the world of vinification, it's been a damn good year.
On "Wax Canopy," Cobb pushes the line he's scratched in the pavement further than before. His soothing, six-string sorcery still dot the horizon on this album, but there's also a more angular, blown-out monster at work here. It's like he's channeling the angry spirits of the world into a fuzzed elegiac strains. This is powerful music built to shake the foundation and rattle your crystal bones. These diamonds are forever.
Limited to 500 copies. Cover art by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. (note that that is not the actual cover art)
**NOTE: Special edition comes with extra 3" CDR with exclusive, brand new material house in handnumbered sleeves all fancylike.**
audio samples:
Returning Breath -- Interlude
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ace017: of "rocks will open" CD $13 / CD + c44 $18 Loren Chasse is responsible for a whole host of vital albums. He was a founding member of the Jewelled Antler label and has sparked so many great moments from the likes of Thuja, The Blithe Sons, Softwar, and of course his main solo guise, Of. For years this project has evolved into something of absolute magical grandeur.
"Rocks Will Open" is the latest opus in Chasse's catalog. The music on this album is as organic as it gets. Each tone, each sound feels like it has been culled directly from the Earth's crust. Gentle drones arc toward the hazy sunlight, flickering like distant birds sailing out over the sea. Between the ghostly echoes rises a cacacphony of plucked strings dancing toward oblivion. Loren Chasse's vision is perfectly expressed on "Rocks Will Open."
Limited to 500 copies.
**NOTE: Special edition comes with bonus cassette called "morphological echo," which contains all new, exclusive material (and is the first OF cassette). the tape also has its own additional artwork.**
audio samples:
The Paper Raft -- Longings on Grey Leaves
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ace020: tarentel "live edits: italy/switzerland" CD $13 Over the course of numerous dates in Italy, Tarentel (a trio on this tour of Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Danny Grody, & Jim Redd) improvised every set they played with often stunning results. This is not your grandfather's Tarentel. "Live Edits: Italy/Switzerland" is full of pounding tribal drums and walls of mixer feedback, floating guitar trips and walls of noise. This is a whole new world scattered across burned-out pages; a place to hide and get lost in for ages. These pieces are a tug-of-war between beauty and tension. Tarentel rarely sound better than this.
This is the second in a series of ongoing "live" releases from Tarentel, though they are, as the band says, "live" in the same spirit that Werner Herzog makes "documentaries."
Limited to 500 copies. (note that that is not the actual cover art)
audio samples:
Untitled
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NOTE: none of these are out yet. they will be shipped as soon as they are available.
why pre-order you ask? a few reasons:
1. you will get your CDs before anyone else. we will ship them prior to the official release announcement
2. you will also be eligible for special promotions & various free items in the future.
3. you'd be helping us out. a lot.
why pre-order you ask? a few reasons:
1. you will get your CDs before anyone else. we will ship them prior to the official release announcement
2. you will also be eligible for special promotions & various free items in the future.
3. you'd be helping us out. a lot.