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News:
====================
the 30% clearance sale in the Mailorder store is still going strong.
get the deals while they're hot. over 450 titles are on sale! --
http://www.carbonrecords.com/mailorder/sale.php the sale goes thru
the end of August, so hurry before it ends!

A|V, a performance space i help run here in Rochester has recently
been shut down due to some zoning issues with the City. we are
currently looking for a new space to continue to hold the visual and
music shows. we're still booking some of our shows at other venues in
town, in the interim. if you care, you can follow along at
www.avspace.org


Band Info:
====================
The Joe+N 2007 Day-Tour occurred on August 4th and was a blast. great
weather, great performances, decent turn-out. tons of photos are up
here: http://www.carbonrecords.com/photos/photo_page.php?show_id=502
and full details are here: http://joe.carbonrecords.com/daytour/ . a
new 3 disc Joe+N BOXSET was also released that day. details below...


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

Artist: Joe+N
Title: Day-Tours 2005/2006 - the best part of today was it wasn't
yesterday
Format: 3CD
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $15.00
Catalog ID: CR96
this is a BOXSET containing 2 audio CDRs and 1 video DVDR. material
culled from the 2005 and 2006 Joe+N Day-Tours. each of the audio
discs contains 3 tracks around 20min long. the DVDR contains 7
videos, also each roughly 20min in length. [packaged in a 5" x 7" x
1" kraft box, each with a unique color image transfered onto the
cover, along with spray paint, and each package comes with some
variety of Day-Tour postcards, including this year's (2007). limited
to 50 copies!!!]

Artist: Crush the Junta
Title: the curse of abraham
Format: CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $8.00
Catalog ID: CR156
two live tracks, totally 42+ minutes. ranges from the stoner/heavy
riff-n-drive that live CTJ audiences have been experiencing, to some
more deconstructed, almost US Maple-influenced jitters. [packaged in
kraft chip-board envelope with full color artwork affixed and dual-
color spray splatter. disc is also sprayed. also includes color insert.]

Artist: Crush the Junta
Title: hanging design
Format: TSHIRT
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $10.00
Catalog ID: CR157
the Crush the Junta "hanging" design. comes in muted blue and brick
red shirts with gray and white ink and wrap-around design.

and also coming up later in the summer will be Crush the Junta's
first full-length studio CD.



RECENT RELEASES:

Artist: Entente Cordiale
Title: the recognition of common interests
Format: CD
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $10.00
Catalog ID: CR150
nearly 48 minutes of sometimes sparce, sometimes dense, guitar work
by this trio consisting of Will Veeder (Hinkley, Torpedoes, formerly
of Muler), Chris Reeg (Blood and Bone Orchestra, Crush the Junta, Ian
Downey is Famous, DvsC, Ada le O, The Years) and Joe Tunis (Joe+N,
Crush the Junta, Tuurd, SQ, DvsC, Ada le O, formerly of Hilkka and
Pengo). other instrumentation includes heavy synth, droney melodica
and homemade pipe chimes. co-released by Phantom Limb Recordings.
[packaged in a heavy vinyl sleeve with pro-printed card-stock cover]

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 overdubbed 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 translucent 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: 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)


coming up later in the summer/fall will be releases by more Joe+N
collaboration releases, Nôh/No split, Brian Blatt, Nôh, SQ, Stone
Baby, Edward Ruchalski, Andy Gilmore, Joe+N, Hilkka (really?),
Tuurd, (VxPxC) and more.



Shows (Rochester, NY):
====================
Sat Aug 11th - Dead Machines, Pengo and Nôh - The Bunker (,
Rochester) - 9PM

Thu Aug 23rd - Crush the Junta, Knife Crazy and Trystero - Montys
Krown (, ) - 9PM

Thu Sep 13th - Katamine, Tiger Cried Beef and more - Boulder Coffee
(100 Alexander St., Rochester) - 8PM

Sun Sep 30th - Shelf Life and more... - Boulder Coffee (100 Alexander
St., Rochester) - 8PM



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 (now called MEDIA) page has been revamped to be
made much more dynamic and easier to update from my side. and watch
out, i'll be posting 50+ video clips in the coming weeks.
- new Photos at http://www.carbonrecords.com/photos/ including AreaC,
Eyes Like Saucers, Joe+N (Day-Tour 2007), Crush the Junta, and more.
- check out the latest Carbon Records podcasts (details below) -
http://www.carbonrecords.com/soundsystem/ (WIDELY OUT OF DATE!) -
get ready for a new posts soon!



MAILORDER:
====================
30% OFF CLEARANCE SALE is still going strong. buy and save! i just
added a bunch of items to the USED store, with more coming soon
(including DVDs). look out for newly added CDs, Vinyl and DVDs!!!


New Releases since 7/13/2007 (12 items)
======================================

Ben Reynolds - hips 'n moons (CDR) - Gold Soundz $8.00
"Great new album by new favorite Ben Reynolds. He uses guitar,
synths, loops and voice to create magic worlds of drones, but then
again so much more. Especially the center piece "Blood though
heavens" is a masterpiece of stellar minimalism rarely heard these
days.."


Black Sparrow - once i'm under a person's skin, i'm like a splinter
(CDR) - Gold Soundz $8.00
"Very well executed intimate drones from Mr. Sparrow, who also runs
the wonderful Curor recordings label out of Brighton, England. He
manages to pull off the jagged, tactile sound in his drones, not too
unlike, say, Jazzfinger.. And this is always a plus in my book (yes,
I have a book..)"


Chora - runt page (CDR) - Gold Soundz $8.00
"Very good weird free psych stuff from the now London-based stepsons
of Sheffield. Hard to describe, but there's drums, there's some horn
playing, there's twisted crunchy sounds, somehow they're reminding me
of Black Dice. Not entirely similar sounding, but the same kinda
feeling. Somewhere between Animal Collective and Vibracathedral
Orchestra, perhaps?"


Crush the Junta - the curse of abraham (CDR) - Carbon Records $8.00
two live tracks, totally 42+ minutes. ranges from the stoner/heavy
riff-n-drive that live CTJ audiences have been experiencing, to some
more deconstructed, almost US Maple-influenced jitters. [packaged in
kraft chip-board envelope with full color artwork affixed and dual-
color spray splatter. disc is also sprayed. also includes color insert.]


Crush the Junta - hanging design (TSHIRT) - Carbon Records $10.00
the Crush the Junta "hanging" design. brick red shirt with gray and
white ink and wrap-around design.


Crush the Junta - hanging design (TSHIRT) - Carbon Records $10.00
the Crush the Junta "hanging" design. muted blue shirt with gray and
white ink and wrap-around design.


Joe McPhee - Soprano (LP) - roaratorio $16.00
"A document of Joe McPhee's first solo concert devoted exclusively to
the straight horn, Soprano is both a companion volume to his previous
LP for Roaratorio (the critically lauded Everything Happens For A
Reason) and a follow up to his classic album Tenor, which raised the
bar for solo saxophone music over 30 years ago. Recorded live in St.
George's Church at the Guelph Jazz Festival in 1998, Soprano was
inspired by Pauline Oliveros' Deep Listening performance at the venue
the previous year. The acoustics of the church provided a natural web
of reverberation and delay, and compose as much a part of the sonic
palette as Michael Overhage's farmhouse did for Tenor. McPhee's art
is informed by the head and the heart in equal measures, and Soprano
is thoughtful, passionate music from one of jazz's most eloquent
practitioners. A limited edition of 553 copies on 180 gram vinyl,
with a Judith Lindbloom silkscreen print on rice paper and liner
notes by McPhee and Oliveros."


Joe+N - Day-Tours 2005/2006 - the best part of today was it wasn't
yesterday (3CD) - Carbon Records $15.00
this is a BOXSET containing 2 audio CDRs and 1 video DVDR. material
culled from the 2005 and 2006 Joe+N Day-Tours. each of the audio
discs contains 3 tracks around 20min long. the DVDR contains 7
videos, also each roughly 20min in length. [packaged in a 5" x 7" x
1" kraft box, each with a unique color image transfered onto the
cover, along with spray paint, and each package comes with some
variety of Day-Tour postcards, including this year's (2007). limited
to 50 copies!!!]


MichaelThomasJackson / Marc Zajack / Brian Osborne - Mixed cassette
(CASS) - Heat Retention Records $4.00
Snake Side "Miles Runs the Batteries Down" Michael Thomas Jackson
reworks recording of MTJ/Brian Osborne Duo at Sinkhole City Noise
Fest (Hickory, NC) 11.12.05 "Mucus Caverns" Antler Piss (Marc Zajack)
"Fare Thee Well Fairy Morsel" Michael Thomas Jackson reworks MTJ/
Brian Osborne Duo at Philadelphia Athenaeum 10.25.04 Blank Side "Gang
Bang" Marc Zajack/Brian Osborne live at Like The Spice Gallery
10.14.06 "Feedback Love" Michael Thomas Jackson live electronic
feedback "Mucho Ouzo" Paper Leg (Brian Osborne) live at 226 Series
9.24.06 "Lou Rawls Memorial Percussion Orchestra" Brian Osborne live
on East Village Radio 8.03.04 -vs- Michael Thomas Jackson cassette
fucked 10.04


Paper Legs - Three by Three (3CD) - Heat Retention Records $8.00
THIS IS 3X 3" CDRs. .


Shelf Life - Ductworks (CD) - public eyesore $10.00
(ITDE) “Ductworks” finds Public Eyesore Records honcho Bryan Day with
collaborators Alex Boardman, Joseph Jaros, and Jay Schleidt; working
in a truly egalitarian manner to fashion an effortlessly unruffled
recording. Unfortunately, the somewhat calm nature of the disc may
turn off casual listeners. Pay attention, you suckers– it is for
exactly this quality that I can declare “Ductworks” a real success.
Let’s face it, improvisational music sometimes hits a few ‘behavioral
lock grooves,’ where its an open secret that what is occurring sounds
like improv, but is really a re-hash of What Worked Before. Even the
overall tone of a performance can fall prey to this sort of
repetition– proceeding from quiet to loud everytime, working to
create a “dark” sound time and time again… it’s cheating the improv
spirit, and it is my opinion that this makes it even more difficult
to appreciate some real improv when you come across it. Of course,
I’m thinking of “Ductworks” as I write this. No,
it doesn’t seem to have an overarching theme. No, it’s not a showy
display of dramatic guitar runs or sax blowing. So why listen? For
starters, check how fully these musicians explore their instruments!
I’m not sure of everything that’s being played, but I can assure you
that whatever it is, it’s being squeezed for the last drop of sound
available! It’s also very enjoyable to hear such a ‘real’ album–
listeners will easily be able to place themselves within the
performance, which is strikingly immediate without being at all in
your face. Recommended. - DaveX


Spool Ensemble - three electronics (3inch CDR) - Heat Retention
Records $5.00
comes in a slim dvd case



Newly added USED Releases since 7/13/2007 (22 items)
======================================

Allun - et sise (CD) - bar la muerte $5.00
Brume and Artificial Memory Trace - 1st Encounter (CD) -
alien8recordings $5.00
DJ Soul Slinger - upload: a continuous mix (CD) - USED $5.00
DJ Soul Slinger - missing time : the abducted remixes (CD) - USED $5.00
DJ Soul Slinger - Don't Believe (CD) - USED $5.00
Edith Frost - Wonder Wonder (CD) - Drag City $5.00
Luis Bunuel - That Obscure Object of Desire (DVD) - USED $8.00
Mice Parade - Collaborations (CD) - USED $5.00
Michel Goundry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (DVD) - USED
$8.00
Minmae - Vonsachiang (CD) - USED $5.00
Minmae - My Quiet Life (CD) - blackbean and placenta $5.00
Mr Natural - I Cooked Your Eggs (CD) - USED $5.00
obO - diamond loser (CD) - USED $5.00
On Fillmore - s/t (CD) - Family Vineyard $5.00
Peter Brook - Marat / Sade (DVD) - USED $8.00
Squarepusher - Selection Sixteen (CD) - USED $5.00
The Frantic Flattops - Hi-Fi Honey (CD) - USED $4.00
The Reverend Horton Heat - Smoke 'em if You Got 'em (CD) - SubPop $4.00
The Vandermark 5 - Simpatico (CD) - Atavistic $5.00
Tsui Hark - Once Upon a Time in China (DVD) - USED $8.00
Unstable Ensemble - The Liturgy of Ghots (CD) - USED $5.00
With For Intoned - s/t (CD) - USED $5.00




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