From: joe@...
Subject: Carbon Records Newsletter - May 2007
Date: May 7, 2007 11:28:51 AM EDT
To: jtunis@...
Reply-To: joe@...

hey,
welcome to the May 2007 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:
====================
The passing of Dave Cross - it is with great sadness that i report
Dave Cross passed away 2 weeks ago, after a long battle with cancer.
Dave was the force behind Coffee and the Arthur Doyle Electro-
Acoustic Ensemble. he was one of the most interesting people i have
ever met, always keeping me on my toes, and will be incredibly
missed. our thoughts go out to his wife Karin and their three
children. feel free to send stories/comments/etc to me. i'll be
compiling them into a tribute webpage at some point. Adam Wilcox,
Dave's very close friend, wrote a very nice obit for Rocehster's City
Newspaper - http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/news/articles/
DEATHS:+Musician+Dave+Cross/


Band Info:
====================
Joe+N 2007 Day-Tour is tentatively scheduled for July. exact date is
not yet decided upon. i'll send out more details soon. this year will
include some new tour stops centered around water.


New Releases:
====================
no new releases this month, but multiple releases coming over the
next month or two, including the new full-length from Kelli Shay
Hicks (co-release with Atone), a new Entente Cordiale full-length (CD
- co-release with Phantom Limb Records), Crush the Junta's first full-
length (CD) and a Joe+N Day-tour boxset/comp including audio and
video from the last N years of playing. this will be available at
this year's Day-Tour, tentatively scheduled for July.


RECENT RELEASES:

Artist: Tumul
Title: Tension Management
Format: CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $8.00
Catalog ID: CR121
Tumul is Cameron Farash (aka Dr. Hamburger) and Joe Tunis (aka Joe+N,
etc), long lost twins. this is electronics, mics, bowls, samples,
etc. recorded at Penarrow Catacombs. [sprayed and stenciled cardstock
cover with sprayed CDR inside heavy vinyl sleeve]

Artist: Durán Vázquez
Title: Ghetto, Borghetto
Format: CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $8.00
Catalog ID: CR108
"It is a work that arose from the experimentation with software
effects, and in a very intuitive way." Durán is a Spanish noise
artist, with releases on Alg-a netlabel and Crónica.
transmissions.... contact?.... responses.... contact? parts of this
almost sound like the tribute release(s) Sub Rosa did years ago for
philospher Gilles Deleuze. [packaged in spray-painted slim jewel case
with spray painted cdr]

Artist: Ed Chang
Title: marble / latch
Format: CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $8.00
Catalog ID: CR106
here's an amazing drone guitar release from Ed Chang, the man behind
NYC-based Quodlibet label. member of Spin-17, and all around free-
improv, experimental, out-there musician. this showcases his softer,
more subtle drone-infestations/incantations. [packaged in heavy vinyl
sleeve with b&w photo by Ed on the front, and veluum back cover. cds
are spray painted]

Artist: Carbon Records
Title: Carbon VINES design
Format: TSHIRT
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $10.00
Catalog ID: CR110
if you're familiar with Keith Fullerton Whitman's label Entschuldigen
label, this is the font he used for his official logo (i loved the
logo so much, i had to use that font. i pretty much wear my
Entschuldigen hoodie everyday). it looks like vines growing in and
out of the letters, which are an old-english looking type. these
shirts are light brown (almost drab-green) with cream ink.

Artist: Crazy River and Sindre Bjerga
Title: Everything We Know is Barely Being Held Together
Format: CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $8.00
Catalog ID: CR148
2 live tracks recorded is Oslo and Stavanger Norway in 2005. scratchy
drone-transmissions from the north. this is some quality throb/drone/
heavy sounds. another feather in Sindre's frozen cap. [packaged in
heavy vinyl sleeve with handmade green paper, sprayed with silver.
veluum cover for liner notes on back and sprayed CD]

Artist: John Charlton
Title: Walking the Red Road
Format: CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $8.00
Catalog ID: CR147
This is John's first full-length on Carbon, with, i'm sure, more to
come. former member/cohort of TenTon (now in Chicago), John lives in
the Boston area and records all sorts of sounds, guitars, tibeten
bowls, cymbals, strings, etc. he was featured on the Carbon 3CD
compilation I Don't Think the Dirt Belongs to the Grass and won this
praise from Keith Fullerton Whitman: "there’s something on here for
everyone... and in fact you might end up, like myself, enjoying just
about everything on this set, from the pieces by the names you know/
trust to those by otherwise unknowns (for example; i didn’t know john
charlton’s name, but his acoustic guitar/tibetan singing bowls/wine
glasses piece on here ended up being one of my favorite pieces.)".
This full length is a study in guitar, from repetitive/looping
acoustic and clean electric with incidental backgrounds, to busy
hammering/drumming/droning on an acoustic, to warbly electric mood
(ala LMC), to full-on saturated noise/drone. to m
irror KFW's comment, something for everyone. [packaged in heavy vinyl
sleeve with handmade red and gold paper and spray-painted CD]

Artist: Christopher Reeg
Title: el borracho
Format: CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $8.00
Catalog ID: CR139
el borracho is Christopher Reeg's first solo full-length release,
showcasing Chris' skills on double bass, keyboard/synth, guitar and
melodica, as well as other random instruments. with help from some of
his Blood and Bone Orchestra band-mates, Jim Colby, Ed Downey and
Darren DeWisperlaere, Chris lays down 8 perfectly crafted pieces (28+
min) ranging from abstract drone/textural scapes, melodic
instrumentals, to outsider keyboard/sampling/bass/sax improv, and
finally rounding things out with a angular rock gem. [packaged in a
kraft Arigato folded sleeve with 2 color artwork by Chris and
silkscreened by Alex Schmidt] (Chris also plays in Blood and Bone
Orchestra, The Years, Ada le O, Entente Cordiale, Crush the Junta,
and a couple other offshoots)

Artist: SQ
Title: LONG WIRES
Format: CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $8.00
Catalog ID: CR113
40+ minutes of SQ from the summer of 2001. recorded at Visual Studies
Workshop, this recording finds SQ delving into the sounds of wires.
all string instruments, including a long-wire instrument constructed
using a floating wall-section used by the gallery. 20+ feet long,
contact mic'd as well as room-mic'd. [packaged in heavy-duty vinyl
sleeve with full-color insert along with a section of wire]


coming up later in the spring/summer will be releases by Sindre
Bjerga and Joe+N (collaboration via mail),SQ, Talibam!, Edward
Ruchalski, Andy GIlmore, Joe+N, Hilkka, Tuurd, Deciduous vs Conifer
and more.


Shows (Rochester, NY):
====================
Thu May 10th - Raccoo-oo-oon, Evan Miller, Them Natives and Nod - A|V
(8 Public Market, Rochester) - 9PM

Fri May 11th - Autumn in Halifax - art opening (University Ave,
Rochester - contact for more info)- 7PM

Sun May 13th - Traum (members of Graveyards) and Blood and Bone
Orchestra - A|V (8 Public Market, Rochester) - 9PM

Wed May 23rd - Dennis Tyfus (Belgium - lecture), Sixes, Deathroes,
Hardline Elephants and Pengo - A|V (8 Public Market, Rochester) - 9PM

Fri June 1st - Vertonen, Jason Talbot, Tumul, Stone Baby and more - A|
V (8 Public Market, Rochester) - 9PM

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:
====================
- the Carbon Songs page is currently being revamped to be made much
more dynamic and easier to update from my side. so look for a new
look/interface and a bunch new tracks very shortly!
- new Photos at http://www.carbonrecords.com/photos/ including
Growing and Pengo.
- check out the latest Carbon Records podcasts (details below) -
http://www.carbonrecords.com/soundsystem/ (WIDELY OUT OF DATE!)



MAILORDER:
====================
NEW 20% OFF SALE STARTS TODAY AND GOES THRU NEXT MONDAY, MAY 14!!!!



New Releases since 4/15/2007 (12 items)
======================================

Alasehir - the stone sentinels (CD) - Archive Recordings $13.00
"3 tracks spawned from a night of riffs and jams at Lemur house from
Bardo brothers on dual guitars and current Bardo drummer Jason. Heavy
psych that sways a little closer to the Sabbath side of jams then the
normal Bardo Pond burn. Also features Igler on electronics on 2 of
the 3 jams. Single pressing of 600 "


Antique Brothers - Emerge, Murky Sunlight (CDR) - Phantom Limb $7.00
"Volume five of this duo's phenomenal acoustic guitar manipulations,
this is actually only their second release. Following the critically
acclaimed debut release on the House of Alchemy, this album finds the
brothers in a much more communicative and realized state. For fans of
Six Organs of Admittance and Clipse alike."


Burnt Hills - stoners pot palace (CDR) - Flipped Out $8.00
"the neverending search for the eternal riff has once again brought
us to the basement, where a mass of guitars, an army of drums, a lone
bass swimming upstream and a voice from beyond spreads it on thick
for over 58 minutes of brain trauma buzzkill with hand decorated mini
lp gatefold jackets and "vinyl" cdrs in an edition of 99 copies"


Destructro Swarmbots - Clear Light (CD) - Public Guilt $10.00
"Destructo Swarmbots has carved a unique niche for themselves over
the past 4 years. Their live shows consist of chaotic walls of white
noise, improvised textures and battered instruments. Their recordings
are delicate, at times meditative, washes of ambience constructed
from countless piles of tortured sounds. Influenced heavily by 200+
needle-dropped, out of print psyche records, "Clear Light" is their
strongest effort yet and the next step on their journey to artistic
isolation."


Fantastic Ego - Ego Trip the Light Fantastic (CDR) - Phantom Limb $7.00
"From Ged Gengras (Antique Brothers) comes this accomplished take on
the new wave pop song ("Down in the Park") and some inspired no wave
guitar and sonica instrumentals. For fans of Current 93 and any Beta-
Lactam Ring releases"


Jon Eriksen / Sten Ove Toft / Utarm - Penumbra Booming (CD) - Roggbif
$14.00
"A triple solo-split release from three of Scandinavias top noise
acts. Spanning from Harsh-Noise by Eriksen, viŕ heavy industrial
drones by Toft, to electronic doom metal by Utarm, this release has
been praized by reviewers throughout the world."


Sleepwalkers Local 242 - Things We Put Our Friends Through (3inch
CDR) - Phantom Limb $4.00
"18 minutes of drugged out bedroom folk strained through cheap
computers. Think Low on more pain killers and Newcastles. Comes in a
sickly sweet sky blue and clouds spraypainted plastic case, with
printed insert and spraypainted 3 inch cd-r"


Taiwan Deth - LIVE (3inch CDR) - Roger Records $6.00
"Captured live on a magical, mystical night in Nashville, TN, this
album takes you deep into the Taiwan Deth psyche. Organic pulses,
guitar scree, haunting voices, saxophone skronk, and unidentifiable
sounds from a parallel dimension. Crystal clear sound quality too.
Just saw these guys mesmerize everyone at INC in Miami and I'm
totally thrilled to be putting this out. Cool golden handmade package
too, can you even tell what you're looking at in that picture?
Limited to 200 copies!"


Thousands - Sand and Stone (CDR) - Phantom Limb $7.00
"Four seekers went into the Joshua Tree desert, armed with acoustic
instruments, battery powered amps, and a few bottles of whisky. As
night descended, the four huddled together and made up songs for
protection against the wild darkness. Eventually, it was the darkness
that feared the sound. This release is housed in a sturdy cardboard
pack, with many Bedazzled adornments"


Various Artists - untitled (3CD) - Public Guilt $15.00
"A year and a half in the making... three labels (Public Guilt,
Epicene Sound Systems and Underadar) teamed up to co-curate and co-
release a 55 artist, 225 minute, 3CD compilation of some of the best
noise / experimental / avant artists active today. Collected in a 5"
x 6" x 1" kraft paper box and wrapped in a beautiful gold ink on red
paper band , "untitled" features the visual art of four visual
artists (2 pieces per artist) who are also represented in sound:
Shaun Flynn (Wzt Hearts), Christopher White (Magicicada), Jason Zeh
(as himself) and Matthew Reis (Teeth Collection).

Disc 1 (artist: Shaun Flynn)
Black Meat - Writers Block | Door | Noveller | Jason Zeh | Teeth
Collection | Earwicker | tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE | Gerritt |
Thurston Moore | Wzt Hearts | Skullcaster | Steve Bradley | Wether |
Mermaids | Strotter Inst. | Mike Shiflet | Leslie Keffer | Magicicada

Disc 2 (artist: Christopher White)
Burning Star Core | Oblong Box - Black Needles | Aughra | Travis Ryan
| Donna Parker | Robert Inhuman | Yellow Tears | 1thousand holy
shards | Back from Iraq | Sick Ill Cell | Dead Machines | Herpes Ö
DeLuxe | The Cherry Point | scutopus | Ben S. Jacobs | Blango |
Decimation Blvd. | Ultra//Vires | Subterrane | Destructo Swarmbots |
Darsombra

Disc 3 (artist: Jason Zeh)
Panicsville | OP Rechts - Passiv Negativ | Bet Hell | Gerritt & John
Wiese | Josh Lay | Cotton Museum | Big China/Little Trouble | Forbes
Graham | Small Life | Iovae | Heirs of Rockefeller | Perfect Teeth |
Hum of the Druid | Sword Heaven | Tonight Golden Curls | Guilty
Connector

Liner notes panel: (artist: Matthew Reis)"


VxPxC - Of Indeterminate Age (CDR) - Phantom Limb $7.00
"The richest hues, soaked in heavy decay. The brightest tones,
steeped in analog fuzz and digital fog. The sound of one hand waving
away the smoke from a burning bush. This new cd-r from (VxPxC) stacks
layers of analog and digital keyboards with looping guitars and
voices, and peppers the whole mix with a slew of acoustic instruments
(from banjos to accordions to violins). This cd-r is protected from
the forces of nature by a black plastic clamshell perfectly matched
with industrial photos by Andrew Smrz."


Zu - s/t (picture disc) (7inch) - Public Guilt $5.00
"Zu defies genres, destroys boundaries and categories about what a
rock or jazz combo is and how it behaves. No-wave, funk, hardcore-
punk, jazz , and mathematics held together in an instrumental three-
piece. On their debut picture disc, Zu teams up with Italian
turntable manipulator, OKAPI for three new tracks of heavy, free jazz
skronk wrapped around manipulated vinyl samples ranging from spoken
word records to warped musical oddities. The picture disc features
amazing artwork from long time Zu collaborator, SCARFUL."



Carbon Records
PO Box 10718
Rochester, NY 14610
www.carbonrecords.com



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