hey guys,
three brand new Carbon releases hot off the presses/burners.
Deciduous vs Conifer, Kelli Shay Hicks and a new collaboration
between Sindre Bjerga and Joe+N. buy all three and get a deal! i've
also included info on the other most recent Carbon releases. dig it


joe






Artist: Deciduous vs Conifer
Title: leaves and needles
Format: CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $10.00
Catalog ID: CR153
2 tracks, totally 50+ minutes. DvsC is a trio consisting of R. Scott
Oliver, Chris Reeg (Blood and Bone Orchestra, Entente Cordiale, Crush
the Junta and more) and Joe Tunis (Joe+N, Entente Cordiale, Crush the
Junta, SQ and formerly of Pengo). the trio plays only non-
electrically enhanced instruments, including batteries (so no eBows).
instruments on these recordings include acoustic guitar, homemade
string instrument, double-bass, homemade mallets, bowls, bells,
wooden box drums, bottles, melodica and more, "creating a non-
shamanistic/spiritual approach to earthly music. it is what it
is." [laser cut wooden cover with the DvsC logo, image behind the cut-
out, with the CDR inserted into an adhesive backed vinly sleeve]



Artist: Sindre Bjerga and Joe+N
Title: slow collapse / building nature
Format: CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $8.00
Catalog ID: CR149
the second in the Joe+N collaboration series (the first being with
Antony Milton. this release consists of six tracks totally 27+
minutes, this is a long-distance collaboration between Sindre Bjerga
(Gold Soundz label man) and Joe+N (aka Joe Tunis, Carbon label man).
the two traded tracks over 2006/2007, Sindre started the recordings
with some heavy synth loops/drones/etc. Joe then overdubed various
instruments (guitars, drums, field recordings), extending/looping the
originals at times, to get them to a final state. [packaged in a
heavy-duty vinyl sleeve with a transluscent red "dimple" cover,
artwork beneath, and wrapped in a band of metallic foil tape.]





Artist: Kelli Shay Hicks
Title: Buck Again
Format: CD
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $10.00
Catalog ID: CR144
“A needle in one arm and a bouquet in the other”. This is Kelli
Shay's first full-length album. The thirteen tracks here were
recorded in 2005 in Chicago with Butchy Fuego of Pit er Pat. Buck
Again is not unlike Kelli's live performances in its sparseness, but
each song flows into the other with the addition of ambient sounds
that weave through an instrumentation consisting of little more than
guitar, autoharp, violin, and voice. [Each package is unique-- hand-
painted in gold and silkscreened in Nashville, Tennessee at Isle of
Printing.] “She sounds like Strawberry Shortcake is coming to get
me”.


Artist: Various Artists
Title: June 2007 Carbon releases package deal
Format: 3CD
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $22.00
Catalog ID: CR_2007_06_releases
This is a packaged deal. The 3 June 2007 Carbon releases, including
Kelli Shay Hicks (CD), Sindre Bjerga and Joe+N (CDR) and Deciduous vs
Conifer (CDR). so get three releases for only $22 ($6 off the normal
price). release details below.

Kelli Shay Hicks - “A needle in one arm and a bouquet in the
other”. This is Kelli Shay's first full-length album. The thirteen
tracks here were recorded in 2005 in Chicago with Butchy Fuego of Pit
er Pat. Buck Again is not unlike Kelli's live performances in its
sparseness, but each song flows into the other with the addition of
ambient sounds that weave through an instrumentation consisting of
little more than guitar, autoharp, violin, and voice. [Each package
is unique-- hand-painted in gold and silkscreened in Nashville,
Tennessee at Isle of Printing.] “She sounds like Strawberry
Shortcake is coming to get me”.

Sindre Bjerga and Joe+N - the second in the Joe+N collaboration
series (the first being with Antony Milton. this release consists of
six tracks totally 27+ minutes, this is a long-distance collaboration
between Sindre Bjerga (Gold Soundz label man) and Joe+N (aka Joe
Tunis, Carbon label man). the two traded tracks over 2006/2007,
Sindre started the recordings with some heavy synth loops/drones/etc.
Joe then overdubed various instruments (guitars, drums, field
recordings), extending/looping the originals at times, to get them to
a final state. [packaged in a heavy-duty vinyl sleeve with a
transluscent red "dimple" cover, artwork beneath, and wrapped in a
band of metallic foil tape.]

Deciduous vs Conifer - 2 tracks, totally 50+ minutes. DvsC is a trio
consisting of R. Scott Oliver, Chris Reeg (Blood and Bone Orchestra,
Entente Cordiale, Crush the Junta and more) and Joe Tunis (Joe+N,
Entente Cordiale, Crush the Junta, SQ and formerly of Pengo). the
trio plays only non-electrically enhanced instruments, including
batteries (so no eBows). instruments on these recordings include
acoustic guitar, homemade string instrument, double-bass, homemade
mallets, bowls, bells, wooden box drums, bottles, melodica and more,
"creating a non-shamanistic/spiritual approach to earthly music. it
is what it is." [laser cut wooden cover with the DvsC logo, image
behind the cut-out, with the CDR inserted into an adhesive backed
vinly sleeve]






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: Various Artists
Title: April 2007 Carbon releases package deal
Format: 3CD
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $20.00
Catalog ID: CR_2007_04_releases
This is a packaged deal. The 3 April 2007 Carbon releases, including
Durán Vázquez, Ed Chang and Tumul. so get three releases ($8 each)
for only $20. release details below.

Ed Chang - marble / latch CDR - 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]

Durán Vázquez - Ghetto, Borghetto CDR - "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]

Tumul - Tension Management CDR - 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: 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 mirror 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)



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