self promo.....

hey,
welcome to the May 2006 edition of the Carbon Records Newsletter.

(if you know someone who wants to be on this list, have them email
me. if you are on this list and would like to be removed from it,
check out the links at the bottom of this email, and sorry in
advance. ok, on with the news:)


News:
====================
Two new releases available as of this past weekend. the new Hinkley
CD, estate sale, was releases at the band's release party here in
Rochester at the Bug Jar. photos on the Carbon site. the other new
Carbon release includes the Ovo/Cock E.S.P. split 7" which was co-
released with a handful of great labels. more details in the Releases
section below.

Pengo is hitting the road on sunday for a week-long Northeast and
Midwest tour playing multiple shows with Country Teasers, as well as
Eloe Omoe, White Mice, Watersports, Sick Llama and Scarcity of Tanks,
among others. details below in the Shows section.

The upcoming Carbon triple CD! compilation is complete and the CDs
were delivered to Carbon.HQ today. just waiting for one more part to
be printed and delivered and then assembly madness will begin. the
compilation will DEFINITELY be available by the end of the month.
more info on the contents of the compilaton is down below in the
Releases section.

The CarbonSoundSystem is going strong, with 21st installment was
posted on friday. i'm starting to work on a new feature for the
SoundSystem, which will include interviews and live performances from
various Carbon-related artists. stay tuned for more details. other
SoundSystem background info: each week, a new recording will be
posted (available as a podcast, or manual download) and will feature
selections from the most recent additions to the Carbon mailorder
catalog as well as other Carbon goodies, including release previews.
i record it in the style of a radio show. point your favorite podcast
client (like iTunes) to www.carbonrecords.com/podcast/ , or you can
just go there with your browser and right-click---"save-as linked
file" on the "Read more.." links... more info on podcasts down below.

reminder:10YR.boxset is ALMOST GONE FOREVER!!! i have just about 5
copies left. once they're gone, the releases will only be available
individually, with no wooden/metal-goodness.


New Releases:
====================

Hinkley - estate sale (CD) - Carbon Records $10.00
"In Spring of 2005 Hinkley started working on their latest CD, Estate
Sale, with the help of Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, Clem
Snide, Yo La Tengo). Recorded in both Brooklyn and Rochester, the
mixing and production duties of the record were split between Adam
and Hinkley (Adam mixing half the record remote in Los Angeles and
Hinkley mixing the other half in Rochester). Each mix was carefully
constructed and well though out, in some cases changes to the
arrangement or instrumentation occurred after all the tracks were
recorded and mixing was well underway. This approach gives the record
a unique feel. Musically Estate Sale encompasses a wide variety of
ideas weaving between country, 60's pop and indie-rock, while still
grounded in the distinct sound that has given Hinkley its name."
simply put, this is one of the best pop/rock records i've heard in
quite some time, and hence, i was compelled to release this CD (joe).

OvO / Cock E.S.P. - split single (7inch) - Carbon Records $5.00
"Italy's Ovo create fierce and pounding postpunk featuring heavy
injections of noise, free jazz and seminal no-wave. The duo features
talented multi-instrumentalist and Bar La Muerte Records chief Bruno
Dorella (Ronin, Wolfango, Bugo) and Stefania Pedretti (Allun, ?aloS),
whose stunning vocal range begins with cutsey child-like whispers,
peaks with banshee wails, and finishes with brutal death metal roars.
This release sees them in full rock mode, causing one sneak-preview
listener to compare the first of their two tracks -- "Pastorale" --
to Godflesh. Daniele Brusaschetto, Jacopo Andreini and Capoccia make
special guest appearances. America's Cock E.S.P. are generally known
for producing harsh noise only surpassed in intensity by the contempt
they generate within certain corners of the underground music scene.
This release is more of a diverse collection than their usual
outings, featuring mostly duo recordings of bandleader Emil Hagstrom
and vocalist Elyse Perez. In additio
n to the usual electronic noise and ranting vocals, certain tracks
also feature delicate experimental soundscapes and even some beats.
One of E.S.P.'s ten short tracks, "Yoko OvO", includes Elyse's vocal
ode to Stefania. Alexandra Kohl makes a guest appearance. The
packaging features several impressive photos from a notorious
November 2004 show in Oakland -- the last of 15 shows the two bands
played together on their respective 2004 US Tours -- on a bill which
included No Doctors, Unconditional Loathing, and Stooges sax player
Steve Mackey. An edition of only 500 copies" - co-released with 8mm,
Apop, Bar La Muerta, Bastardized and Little Mafia.



Pending releases:
****a TRIPLE!!!! CD compilation is also in the works for a late May
release. this will include tracks from past/present/future Carbon-
related artists, favorites, and all around good people, including
Aaron Rosenblum, Andy Gilmore, Anla Courtis, Antony Milton,
Asthmatic, Autumn in Halifax, birchville cat motel, Blood and Bone
Orchestra, chad oliveiri, cockesp, coffee, crawlspace, Crush the
Junta, Davenport, Blood Stereo, entente cordiale, Foot and Mouth
Disease, Gastric Female Reflex, Carpentry, Craig Colorusso, Heathen
Prayers, Hilkka, Hinkley, Howard Stelzer, Irene Moon, joe sorriero,
joe+n, Lunt, Caustic Solution, mike shiflet, Carlos Giffoni, Thurston
Moore, neil campbell, the north sea, pengo, Phroq, Pumice, Sindre
Bjerga / Jan-M Iversion, sq, Tan as fuck, Tula, The Body,
Tinnitustimulus, Dead Machines, Justice Yeldman and more...

coming up in June will be a Derek Bailey tribute 7" lathe-cut. each
side, a father-daughter duo, including myself (Joe+N) and my daughter
Ella, and other side by Chris Reeg (from Blood and Bone Orchestra,
Entente Cordiale, Crush the Junta, etc) and his daughter Ada. it
will be a limited edition of 50 copies.


Most recent Carbon releases:

Kelli Shay Hicks - Bucked (CD) - Carbon Records $5.00
a great little EP from Kelli Shay Hicks, clocking in at just under
10min. 3 field recordings of Kelli Shay's amazingly delicate, but
sharp, songs-- recorded by Jem Cohen in abandonded urban spaces off
the hi-ways of upstate New York. "Kelli Hicks is well versed in the
timeless. While her minimalist finger picking style, gentle voice,
and wry lyrics recall the 'New Americana' movement, she’s not
pretending. When you see her play, it becomes clear: This is Kelli
Hicks’ music. Nothing else..." -- Chad Oliveiri, City Newspaper.
"Kelli Hicks has a voice to break your heart. Her music is haunting
and playful… I’m left quietly devastated." -Davey Rothbart, FOUND
Magazine. [packaged in a chip-board folder with 2-color silk-screen
artwork. co-release with Atone Records] - check out more info on
Kelli - www.kellishayhicks.com

Chad Oliveiri - Pathetique (CDR) - Carbon Records $8.00
40min+ of top-notch electronic performance/composition from this
musician/writer from Rochester NY. this release includes pieces based
on live collaborations with various individuals throughout as well as
solo pieces, recorded between 2001 and 2005 . the tracks range from
static-driven compositions to organic pastoral drones, including
guitar, piano, voice, electronics, etc. Chad also has a collaborative
release with Brannon Hungness (also featured on this release) coming
out on Entr'acte (UK) this spring (2006). [heavy duty vinyl cover,
with full color insert and "prism" overlay. factory-colored CDR]

Arthur Doyle - No More Evil Women TOUR CD (CDR) - Carbon Records $10.00
20 minutes of Arthur Doyle's trademark vocalizations. recorded direct
to cassette, this is a great vocal only recording from Arthur, to
celebrate his recent mini-tour of the NorthEast US. [limited edition.
packaging started as 3 4'x4' paintings on 1/4" plywood. the pieces
were then cut into 6"x6" boards that serve as the cover/carrier for
the release.]

Joe+N - uprooted (3inch CDR) - Carbon Records $30.00
this is the deconstructed-product of a sculpture/object piece i
created for an art exhibit at A|V in Rochester (www.avspace.org).
each release is a 3" CDR enclosed in a hand-made box, measuring 6.5"
x 6.5" x 2", along with a lid. the inside bottom is lined with dried
reeds gathered at an abandoned rail-line. the material on the CD is
constructed and inspired by the sounds of the reeds, used/existing in
various ways. the art piece was also entitled "uprooted" and was
about various forms of uprooting items/resources/people/ etc, so it
made sense to uproot the boxes from the main piece and spread them
around. this release is ULTRA-LIMITED. there are 10 boxes made of Oak
and 5 made of Paduak and Oak.

Monotract - live in Japan (CD) - Carbon Records $12.00
"this cd documents our japan tour of 2002, Its been a few years but
we never did/nor will do sets like this ever again (involved tons of
electronic equipment + impossible to recreate songs) includes a
mangled version of Throbbing Gristle's United. Mutant artwork by
Jelle Crama [its amazing looking, as you could expect from Jelle]" --
co-released by Imvated Records,Carbon Records,Gold
Soundz,Humbg,Audiobot,Breaking World and Public Eyesore. due to some
overseas mail mishaps, i never got my copies, but Lieven at Imvated
was incredibly kind to donate 10 copies of his own stock to Carbon.
HUGE thanks to him. for this reason, i'm selling them for slightly
more than i normally would, to try to recoup my costs.


coming up in mid/late 2006: SQ, Anthony Milton / Joe+N split, Edward
Ruchalski, Pumice, Joe+N and more.



Shows (Rochester, NY):
====================
Sun May 14th - Pengo, Watersports and Afternoon Penis - Goodbye Blue
Monday (1087 Broadway, Bushwick - Brooklyn) - 8PM

Mon May 15th - Pengo, Eloe Omoe and Anna Rampage - PA's Lounge (345
Somerville Ave, Somerville) - 8PM

Tue May 16th - Country Teasers, Pengo, White Mice and Black Clouds -
Redrum (corner of Oak & Troy St. 3rd floor, Providence) - 10PM

Wed May 17th - Country Teasers, Pengo, Blood and Bone Orchestra - Bug
Jar (219 Monroe Ave, Rochester) - 9PM

Thu May 18th - Country Teasers, Pengo, Sick Llama and DJ John Olson -
The Lager House (1254 Michigan Ave, Detroit) - 8PM

Fri May 19th - Country Teasers, Pengo and Spires That in The Sunset
Rise - Empty Bottle (1035 N. Western Ave., Chicago) - 9PM

Sat May 20th - Pengo, Scarcity of Tanks, Lambsbread and Wheelchair
Riot - The Church (681 W. 14th St., Cleveland) - 8PM

Tue May 23rd - Bran(...) Pos, Sharkiface and Joe+N - A|V (8 Public
Market, Rochester) - 9PM

Sun May 28th - Hair Police, Graveyards, Heathen Shame, Pengo ad DJ
John Schoen - Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave, Rochester) - 8PM

Sat Jun 24th - Roxanne Jean Polise, Will Soderberg, Adam Mokan and
Entente Cordiale - A|V (8 Public Market, Rochester) - 9PM

Wed Jul 5th - Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice, Religious Knives and
Pengo - Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave, Rochester) - 8PM

*** and stay tuned for a Joe+N Day-Tour announcement.

you can also check out the Carbon Shows Calendar Site at http://
www.carbonrecords.com/calendar/ for up-to-the-minute additions/
changes/etc.

And now, you can subscribe to the Carbon Shows Calendar using iCal on
the Mac, or other calendar applications that support the iCal
standard. the Carbon iCal URL is http://www.carbonrecords.com/
calendar/carbon.ics



Media Updates:
====================
- new Hinkley release party photos have been posted -
www.carbonrecords.com/photos/
- check out the latest Carbon Records podcasts (details below) -
www.carbonrecords.com/soundsystem/



MAILORDER:
====================

New Releases since 4/6/2006 (24 items)
======================================

Angel Corpus Christi - Louie Louie (CD) - gulcher $12.00
"12 songs by for and about Lou Reed 1. Louie Louie 2. Caroline Says
II 3. Tell It To Your Heart 4. She's My Best Friend 5. Disco Mystic
6. Banging On My Drum 7. I Want To Boogie With You/Je T'aime 8. Lou"


BCT - The Life and Times of Steven Character (CD) - Yawn Factory $8.00
"Conceived in a thick haze of flatulence and other suspicious
airborne activity in 1996, Blatant Crap Taste is the one-man grind
machine from Rochester, NY native and technical metal juggernaut,
Erik "pinchmaster" Burke. Formerly the creative mastermind behind
legendary underground sensations LETHARGY, and current SULACO and
NUCLEAR ASSAULT guitarist, the multi-talented Burke handles all the
instruments on this 77-song squealography that would literally suck
the Tin Man right through a keyhole. Sustained, explosive bursts of
humorous intensity is the prime agenda of B.C.T., and via Burke's
construction of labyrinth-like mazes of crooked riffing and
torrential blast beats, he yanks and twists the listener through a
schizophrenic 64 minute minefield of unpredictable aural acupuncture.
Despite the prickly nature of the hyper-kinetic, porcupine-needle
guitar style, there is an absolute punchdrunk magnetism and sense of
groove in the songwriting that slithers and winds itself into
your permanent memory. The Life & Times of Steven Character is an
essential release for fans of quirky, rhythmically complex extreme
metal of the Human Remains/Cephalic Carnage variety, and is truly a
testament to the immense talent and staggering creativity of the
original Rochester berserker, Erik Burke. Guaranteed to unfold your
brain into shrapnel-shaped pieces of THC-stained origa" -- Drew
Johnstone


Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood - goodbye (CD) - Digitalis
Industries $12.00
"As far as the Southern Hemisphere goes, Australia's budding
underground has often played second fiddle to that of it's island
neighbor, New Zealand. But a new crop of Aussies is levelling the
playing field. Leading the way is the brother/sister duo of Michael
and Kristina Donnelly AKA Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood. These
cosmic travelers are soaked to the bone in dust, like relics from the
past. They speak only in tongues and send out shortwave psychedelic
radio transmissions into the bleeding edges of drugged-out folk
sludge. BOTOS' organic compositions are familiar to many by now.
After a string of CD-R releases on Time-Lag, Celebrate Psi-
Phenomenon, and others, this is their first pro-pressed offering.
Building on transcendent themes and saturating everything in an all-
encompassing puff of bong smoke. Endless walls of instrumentation
create artificial bounderies that the Donnellys destroy with far-
reaching, hypnotic drones. By the time"Goodbye" comes to a grinding hal
t, it feels like the stuff of legend. Brothers of the Occult
Sisterhood are only interested in blowing your skull to smithereens
while cradling you in their arms. They are simply magnificent, and
there aren't many doing it better these days. The first 500 copies
come in silkscreened sleeves done by the New Zealand arthouse/
imprint, United Fairy Moons."


Burnt Hills - to your head (CD) - Flipped Out $8.00
"manic, frantic, buzzed and burnt, listen closely as this nine piece
releases a tidal wave of freaked basement atmosphere filled with
unhinged riffs, squalling feedback, bedrock bottom end and pounding
pulse"


Gays in the Military - People is Beautiful (CD) - gulcher $12.00
"Cover art by Peter Bagge! 1. Firepigs: A Tribute To America's Heroes
2. Hips Or Lips? 3. Evil Physician/Evil Position 4. Tiger Cage 5.
AIDS Team (The Dirty Version) 6. Beverly Hills Cock Part Two 7. A
Message"


Geisha - Mondo Dell'Orrore (CD) - Crucial Blast $12.00
"Devouring/rebirthing the concept of "noise rock" into something
frighteningly beautiful and brutally heavy, GEISHA deliver crushing
blasts of impossibly hyperdistorted rock baked in massive frequency
overload and massive hooks and melodies and sinister crushing riffs,
all of it slathered in filthy throbbing feedback and white noise
horror holocaust, like the early 90's alt rock of Isn't Anything-era
MY BLOODY VALENTINE and DINOSAUR JR. mashed together with the most
brutal sort of Unsane/Am Rep style racket and distortion-drenched
psych/noise into a sludgy metallic mass, jamming with a small army of
pedal-smashing harsh electronics troglodytes playing awesomely catchy/
crushing pop songs buried beneath a hellish storm of skree and amp-
blowing fuzz. Terrifying. Beautiful. Licensed for North America by
Crucial Blast."


Harm Stryker/To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie - split (7inch) - 804Noise
$5.00
"Packaged in handmade silkscreened cover sleeves, silver ink on black
card stock, Harm Stryker and To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie offer up
their own brand of minimalist experimental noise compositions. First
pressing limited to 500 copies"


Hinkley - estate sale (CD) - Carbon Records $10.00
"In Spring of 2005 Hinkley started working on their latest CD, Estate
Sale, with the help of Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, Clem
Snide, Yo La Tengo). Recorded in both Brooklyn and Rochester, the
mixing and production duties of the record were split between Adam
and Hinkley (Adam mixing half the record remote in Los Angeles and
Hinkley mixing the other half in Rochester). Each mix was carefully
constructed and well though out, in some cases changes to the
arrangement or instrumentation occurred after all the tracks were
recorded and mixing was well underway. This approach gives the record
a unique feel. Musically Estate Sale encompasses a wide variety of
ideas weaving between country, 60's pop and indie-rock, while still
grounded in the distinct sound that has given Hinkley its name."
simply put, this is one of the best pop/rock records i've heard in
quite some time, and hence, i was compelled to release this CD (joe).


Keijo and the Free Players - after at once (CD) - Digitalis
Industries $12.00
"Once again, Finnish-native Keijo Virtanen unloads another dirt-
stained masterpiece. Over the past few years he has assembled a group
of artists that have become known as the Free Players. Their
collaborative efforts are like a clinic in improvisation. The
interplay and spontaneity between them is epic. The Free Players
often include members of Finnish free-jazz pawnpins Vapaa, as well as
Kheta Hotem, Kundalini Snakes, and others. "After at Once" is the
ensemble's first non-CDR release and finds them in top form. The
members of Vapaa play an integral role on "After at Once." Tiitus
Petäjäniemi is especially key with his vocal wailings and
incantantions. Tribal percussion and chromatic whimsy often puncuate
Keijo's sarod-laden excursions through the mist. There's a heavy
Indian influence on these recordings, stemming from Keijo's many
trips its sub-continental shores. Musically, "After at Once" is
spacious, but cohesive. With the addition of the sarod on these
recordings, the
music takes on a life of its own. As always, Keijo's hand guides the
magic and in the end, it's still his world we're living in."


Magik Markers - Panegyric To The Things I Do Not Understand (CD) -
gulcher $12.00
"The Magik Markers Have Done It Again, But Not Yet CALIFORNIA SIDE:
Didion Waltz The 4th Iliaster A Manx Is A Rare Guy One More Time
Against The Wall My Ice Cream Rack Churchbells/Military Exercises/
Tennis Cour "


Monolith Zero/Never Presence Forever - split EP (CD) - 804Noise $8.00
"This split CD brings together two artists with varied approaches to
noise and abstraction that combine to form a complex vision of the
possibilities of sound. Monolith Zero’s world brings to mind dimly
lit interiors, where small buzzes on the threshold of audibility
threaten to erupt at any moment and the tiniest strands of sound
carry an almost unbearable tension. Small movements carry great
weight inside this space, where raw electricity is guided, channeled,
and shaped, but never tamed. Monolith Zero’s terse economy is at
times reminiscent of Japanese masters like Ryoji Ikeda and Toshimaru
Nakamura, but this music develops according to its own unpredictable
rhythm, with extreme dynamic shifts lurking around the corner. The
music of Never Presence Forever is above all immersive. These
wavering drones fused with fits of distortion suggest tortured
conflict and cry out for volume. Reference points like Merzbow (whom
Never Presence Forever has remixed) and Megaptera place the
se dark ambient/death industrial pieces in a realm where the everyday
sounds of technology (the transformer hum in a vacant lot littered
with refuse, a blast furnace echoing in a concrete stairwell) express
ominous atmospheres. The tracks flow one into the next forming a
coherent 20-minute piece that ranges from quiet, meditative low-end
tones to shrieking metallic scrapes.[MR] First pressing of 1,000 copies"


Narcotic Dreams - Shattered (CD) - 804Noise $8.00
"The latest release from Narcotic Dreams is an unsettling exploration
of the emotional possibilities of dark ambience. Ranging from hushed,
creaking drones that linger on the threshold of audibility
("Tempest") to cathartic outpourings of jarring feedback (“Stillness
Shattered” and "Vertigo"), the music unfolds like an experimental
film with everything removed but the shadows. Electric guitar, bass,
and organ are processed as they’re recorded to create textures far
removed from their instrumental origins. The result is by turns
tense, meditative, harsh, and blissful. Moving seamlessly from one
track to the next, Shattered feels like a living, breathing space,
the kind of album you “enter” as much as listen to. See you inside."


Orthrelm / Behold...The Arctopus - split (CD) - Crucial Blast $7.00
"This CDEP features a new, exclusive song each from New York tech/
prog metal wizards BEHOLD...THE ARCTOPUS and shred meltdown duo
ORTHRELM, overdosing the listener on spastic complexity and insane
instrumental prowess that will liquify your grey matter. Adorned in
eye-blazing original artwork from VOIVOD's Away."


OvO / Cock E.S.P. - split single (7inch) - Carbon Records $5.00
"Italy's Ovo create fierce and pounding postpunk featuring heavy
injections of noise, free jazz and seminal no-wave. The duo features
talented multi-instrumentalist and Bar La Muerte Records chief Bruno
Dorella (Ronin, Wolfango, Bugo) and Stefania Pedretti (Allun, ?aloS),
whose stunning vocal range begins with cutsey child-like whispers,
peaks with banshee wails, and finishes with brutal death metal roars.
This release sees them in full rock mode, causing one sneak-preview
listener to compare the first of their two tracks -- "Pastorale" --
to Godflesh. Daniele Brusaschetto, Jacopo Andreini and Capoccia make
special guest appearances. America's Cock E.S.P. are generally known
for producing harsh noise only surpassed in intensity by the contempt
they generate within certain corners of the underground music scene.
This release is more of a diverse collection than their usual
outings, featuring mostly duo recordings of bandleader Emil Hagstrom
and vocalist Elyse Perez. In additio
n to the usual electronic noise and ranting vocals, certain tracks
also feature delicate experimental soundscapes and even some beats.
One of E.S.P.'s ten short tracks, "Yoko OvO", includes Elyse's vocal
ode to Stefania. Alexandra Kohl makes a guest appearance. The
packaging features several impressive photos from a notorious
November 2004 show in Oakland -- the last of 15 shows the two bands
played together on their respective 2004 US Tours -- on a bill which
included No Doctors, Unconditional Loathing, and Stooges sax player
Steve Mackey. An edition of only 500 copies" - co-released with 8mm,
Apop, Bar La Muerta, Bastardized and Little Mafia.


Poochlatz - Victims of Self Preservation (CD) - Poochlatz $10.00
from their MySpace page: "Against all odds, we strive for excellence
– we pray for prey, but shudder helpless – what's the meaning of this
perverse? I've got them infecting on the flaws, questioning the truth
– if needed, they will convert heaven into a burning hollow space –
but once anxiety will slap me back, sanity will strike some points –
could it be that everyone needs a miss to flourish? Get down to it
and finish the job:" Sounds like: "Prurient, Wolf Eyes, Burmese,
Noisegate, Masonna, Khanate, Sunn O))), Kites, Haus Arafna,
Jazzkammer, Haters, Sudden Infant, Dissecting Table, Sightings,
Lietterschpich, KK Null, John Zorn's Kristallnacht."


Sound 00 / Iversen - s/t (7inch) - Dirty Demos $7.00
"Antonio and Jan-M collaborate here for a debut release of theirs and
ours, creating four moody, abrasive, electronic sound experiments
collected here in a nice 7” vinyl format. "


Stefan Neville - do not destroy (CD) - Last Visible Dog $10.00
"This is the same Neville behind Pumice (Raft (LVD), Yeahnahvienna
(Soft Abuse)) as well as a collaborator with the likes of C.J.A,
Witcyst, Matt Middleton, Antony Milton, Chris Knox (Tall Dwarfs) and
Campbell Kneale (Birchville Cat Motel), so you should know what to
expect: eccentric one-man-band lo-fi goodness. But where Stefan's
other releases have always taken the existence of pop-music for
granted albeit filtered and fucked 'til broken, 'do not destroy'
makes no such assumption. Recorded in the night-times, while daytimes
were consumed with a mundane and low-paying filing job, the 'Do Not
Destroy' album is an exercise in desperate escapism that is
ultimately more personal than Neville's other works (and also his
most challenging.) 'Do not destroy' is the original noisy, primitive
Neville, back when making a shit-load of noise was still the best
sort of music to release!"


The Feral Blood of Swagger Jack - s/t (CD) - Last Visible Dog $10.00
"Swagger Jack might draw comparison to John Fahey's Blind Joe Death,
if only that both characters are completely fictional. Fans should
have no problem detecting that this is New Zealand's Antony Milton in
full-on song-writing mode (versus his noisier projects such as AM and
Nether Dawn.) Self described hillbilly/bluegrass/folk music, Mr. Jack
nonetheless veers closer to the true NZ roots of folk: This Kind of
Punishment, The Terminals, Roy Montgomery, Alastair Galbraith and
even The Clean. Swagger Jack's veins pump the feral blood of the
Velvet Underground, Joy Division and Wire (Chair's missing)! How all
this becomes synthesized into edgy-folk-like songs about camping is
hard to say. A deeply creative and melodic album that makes sense in
New Zealand, but may be completely beguiling for the rest of us."


The Goslings - Spaceheater/Perfect Interior (CD) - Crucial Blast $12.00
"Spaceheater/Perfect Interior collects the first two EP's from
husband-and-wife duo the GOSLINGS, originally released as short-run
CD-Rs on low-fi/indie noise imprint Asaurus Records in 2003-2004.
Working with a signature palette of melted,low-fi indie pop and muggy/
smeared psych-drone ambience ground through overdriven amplifiers and
shot out into pools of swirling basement shudder, The GOSLINGS adorn
their gorgeous powermurk with eerie field recordings, ghostly
subterranean vocals, and crackling cable buzz.If SUNN O))) had, in
actuality, been a late-80's dreampop outfit on 4AD Records, or if
cult shoegazers MEDICINE had ever collaborated with drone-axe
sorcerers EARTH, the resulting fug may have been similiar to this
black-sugar avalanche. Simultaneously ethereal and blown-out,angelic
strains of four-track mud-majesty shaking the walls of the ancient
well it's buried beneath."


Tivol - Interstellar Overbike (CD) - Last Visible Dog $10.00
"Finland's Tivol might be one of the best kept secrets on the Nordic
peninsula. These psychedelic monsters remind me a lot of another
great Finnish psych-rock band, Pharaoh Overlord. I can't sit still.
Few bands have the energy and exuberance as Finnish kraut kings
Tivol. Their previous outings have been bombastic sonic nightmares,
and "Interstellar Overbike" is no exception. Over the course of the
album, Tivol shed their skin and howl at the moon. Guitar, bass,
drums, and vocals are the weapons of choice here, but this is music
that is totally drenched in space debris. This is a monolithic
journey that will inject caffeine directly into your pulsating veins.
It makes you just want to get up and shake your ass and run a million
fucking millions to the nearest star. No band emits this kind of
radiation like Tivol does. They are the absolute best and one of
Finland's most overlooked gems. It's a goddamn shame, too, because
this is the kind of aural mindfuck that will put a smil
e on anyone's face and make you feel like you've just met God. Hail
Tivol! Hail!-" Brad Rose (foxy digitalis)


Tom Carter - glyph (CD) - Digitalis Industries $12.00
"Since the early '90s, Tom Carter has played as one-half of the
essential Charalambides. During that time, Carter also released a
handful of solo albums on his own Wholly Other imprint as well as a
recent reissue on the seminal Kranky Records. With these he also
proved to be an extremely capable solo artist. Since relocating to
Oakland, Carter has also joined forces with Ben Chasny and Rob Fisk
as a regular member of Badgerlore, while also playing in various
outfits with Robert Horton. "Glyph" was originally issued as a
limited-edition CD-R on the aforementioned Wholly Other. It is long-
since out-of-print. This reissue of these remastered tracks breathes
new life into the pieces. What is most striking is the warmth that
pervades this entire album. With one piece for steel string acoustic
guitar, another for lap steel, and the final (and shortest) on nylon
string acoustic, there is diversity amongst the cogent thread that
holds it all together. Carter's improvisations speak vo
lumes without saying a word, and "Glyph" is one of his finest
achievements to date. It is an ode to the last year of his life in
Austin, Texas and all that it contained. As stated in Tom's liner
notes for the reissue, "I regret nothing yet I miss Texas and its
unpressured passage of time, the ability to create an oppositional
universe under the nose of redneck reality, the cicadas, the hot
green light through afternoon trees, rolling joints in a lawn chair."
"Glyph" is all of these things and more, depicted in an aural form
that only Tom Carter could create. First 500 come in gatefold
sleeves, silk-screened on one side by Rob Fisk (Free Porcupine
Society) and spraypainted on the other by Tom."


Various Artists - 804noise (CD) - 804Noise $8.00
"Establishing 804noise as a label, this compilation features 11
exclusive tracks from 11 different Richmond based experimental and
noise artists. First pressing of 1,000 copies"


Various Artists - Invisible Pyramid: Elegy Box (OTHER) - Last Visible
Dog $40.00
6CD SET!!!! --- "LVD's second compilation and spiritual successor to
Drunken Fish's Harmony of the Spheres box (EP length submissions),
but instead of 6 artists, there are now 31. The set features all
exclusive material, and the total running time clocks in around 7
hours and 36 minutes. This compilation, like the first Invisible
Pyramid comp (2003), finds its inspiration in the writings of Loren
Eiseley (naturalist, anthropologist, and essayist); for whom an elegy
to the first victims of the still-escalating wave of man-made mass
extinction seemed appropriate. Each artist has dedicated their track
to a recently extinct species (with a short bio), and Jeff Knoch
(Urdog) has written a substantial essay to accompany the set. Disc 1:
Black Forest/Black Sea, Birchville Cat Motel, Wolfmangler, Loren
Chasse, Bardo Pond Disc 2: es, Andrea Belfi & Stefano Pilia, Sunken,
Kulkija, Tomu Tonttu Disc 3: UP-TIGHT, Flies Inside the Sun, Uton,
mudboy, Steven R. Smith Disc 4: Keijo, Doktor Ke
ttu, My Cat is an alien, One Inch of Shadow, Fursaxa Disc 5: Ashtray
Navigations, Peter Wright, Geoff Mullen, Urdog, Miminokoto Disc 6:
Area C, Ben Reynolds, Seht, Avarus, Renato Rinaldi, Matt De Gennaro
"Providence label Last Visible Dog has been a prime source of mind-
bending sound for a while, disseminating what its website calls “the
NZ underground, American outsider free-folk, Japanese Psych-rock, and
the on-going European ‘freak-out’.” But with The Invisible Pyramid:
Elegy Box, the imprint has outdone itself and pretty much everyone
else, spreading nearly eight hours of probing music by 31 artists
across six bulging discs. Inspired by the nature writing of Loren
Eiseley, each EP-length contribution is dedicated to an extinct
species. Swimming through the set’s engulfing sounds while reading
about each vanished creature, it’s tempting to view The Invisible
Pyramid as artistic preservation, an attempt to save some great
marginal music from extinction. However, Jeff Knoch!
’s heady liner notes suggest a subtler connection between fringe
music and neglected animals. Lamenting man’s inability to recognise
that “non-human animals act, think, and exist entirely independent of
any human design”, Knoch sees a solution in “beings who walk the fine
tightrope betwixt our own kind and the wholly other”. Specifically,
he means dogs. “Gazing into the eyes of a dog, one sees both a
reflection of oneself and a glimpse of an intelligence so alien and
other,” Knoch explains. “[The dog] affords the disenchanted human…a
hitherto unseen eternal openness, where everything is experienced as
newness and as it is.” Maybe drone, free-folk, noise and all the
outsider sounds on The Invisible Pyramid are the dogs of music,
halfway between man-made composition and the “as it is” sound of
nature. Such airy philosophising might be a bit much, but even if the
music here isn’t the link between man and nature, it sure sounds like
it. Primal percussion, electronic rumblings, !
animalistic moans, screeching amplification and wholly unident!
ifiable
sounds mesh in a way both guided and untamed, with each artist more
conduit than controller. It’s man versus nature with the ‘versus’
deleted. The group best suited to this task (at least in name) is
Italy’s My Cat is An Alien, and its contribution to disc four
fittingly is not dedicated to a specific animal, but rather “all the
extinct alien species”. The duo sews short guitar clips, rotating
electronics, and pinprick noise into an aural forest, with every
sound as unpredictable as rainfall, yet the ideas behind them clear
as water. Yet The Invisible Pyramid’s nature-drenched tone is set
much earlier. Black Forest/Black Sea (from Providence, Rhode Island)
open with a paean to the Inepta tortoise, diving from the top of a
glitchy cliff down through squawking percussion and back up into
meditative string sawing. New Zealand’s Birchville Cat Motel follow
with a typically dense drone, adding crunchy distortions and sparse
strums that flicker like stars in a pitch-black sky. Lat!
er, Philadelphia’s Bardo Pond eulogise a Costa Rican frog with a
blast of heavily-stoned psych that steers close to song territory
without losing the set’s feral freedom. At the other end of the
spectrum, London’s Peter Wright melts wharf ambiences, fire crackles,
and echoing footsteps into 3-D drones that seem to turn speakers into
sound-reflecting walls. California’s Jewelled Antler Collective,
whose members often utilise field recordings and naturalistic
instrumentation, should fit snugly inside The Invisible Pyramid, but
only two of its artists are included. Loren Chasse’s “the carapace
and its soul-life” whispers a thin drone through water, Metal, and
outdoor ambience, while Steven R Smith’s hymn to the Hawaiian
“Confused Moth” is one of many tracks to weave noise around a lone
exploratory guitar, evoking the winding string-work of Roy Montgomery
bathed in a woodsy fog."


with throats as fine as needles - s/t (CD) - Digitalis Industries $12.00
"Deep inside an abandoned bunker on New Zealand's north island, With
Throats as Fine as Needles have perfected their craft. On this, their
debut CD release, the group has expanded to a quartet. Birchville Cat
Motel's Campell Kneale and Pseudoarcana chief, Antony Milton, have
joined forces with James Kirk (Sandoz Lab Technicians, Gate) and
Richard Francis (Eso Steel) to create a claustrophobic, organic web
of massive drones. Everything on this CD was recorded outdoors with
battery-powered instruments. Underneath the ground, the quartet
burrows out their own cavern, bouncing sounds off the walls until it
becomes a singular, solid mass. Each gently sculpted tone floats in
humid air. The music is saturated with the dirt and grime from a
million a years of human history, wailing out in unison like an
excavation turned exorcism. With Throats as Fine as Needles are your
guides through this aural fog. Co-released with Ohio's Students of
Decay imprint."





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NOTES ON PODCASTS:
Carbon is now PODCASTing and is listed on Apple's iTunes podcast
directory. if you use iTunes, update to version 4.9 and you can
subscribe to the Carbon podcast, and it will automatically download
recordings as i post them to the Carbon site. in the iTunes Podcasts
Directory, type Carbon Records into the Search box and it will find
the Carbon podcast entry. then click on the Subscribe button and
viola, you're subscribing to the Carbon Records Podcast. for those
not using iTunes, you can use Podcasting clients, such as iPodder
(FREE download for Mac/Windows/Linux at http://
ipodder.sourceforge.net/). in iPodder, you'll have to enter the URL
of the Carbon podcast page. it is the following: http://
www.carbonrecords.com/podcast/ . pretty nifty technology. basically
its radio-on-demand, or audio subscriptions, etc. i have some test
files up there now, but i will be posting recordings on a regular
basis, live performances, vocal rants/interviews/thoughts, etc.


ok, thanks

joe




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