hey,
welcome to the April 2008 edition of the Carbon Records Newsletter.

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


News:
====================
Carbon Mailorder is hosting a 20% OFF SPRING CLEANING SALE thru
April. the sale includes everything that has been added to the
catalog a year or more ago. that adds up to more than 550
releases!!!! check it out, get them while they're in stock. full list
here: http://www.carbonrecords.com/mailorder/sale.php

A|V, a performance space i help run here in Rochester was shut down
back in July 2007, 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. if anyone can help in any way, it would be very much
appreciated. 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. and to add to it, a couple other DIY spaces in town
have also been shut down, leaving few places for the outer-fringe of
sounds. but work is in project, keep an eye out....


Band Info:
==========
Chad Oliveiri's latest release, Pathetique, is still getting some
decent airplay around the country, thanks to the help of Rob Rioux at
Pirtlegimp promotions (http://www.pirtlegimp.com).


New Releases:
====================
Carbon is STILL hunkered down, working on 1/2 dozen releases to be
released in the next 3-5 weeks. stay tuned, releases by Entente
Cordiale, Joe+N, Stone Baby, John Charlton and more!!! 2 will be
coming out by next weekend, with 4 more to follow very shortly. in
the mean time, check out these fine releases.

RECENT RELEASES:

Artist: Tuurd
Title: Cover the Earth
Format: TSHIRT
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $10.00 / $15.00
Catalog ID: CR152
comes in short and long sleeve styles, in black or brown shirt with 2-
color (white and brown) Cover the Earth logo.

Artist: Carbon Records
Title: 2007 flower design
Label: Carbon Records
Price: vary depending on size (adult, kid, toddler) and style
(tshirt, onesie, sweatshirt)
Catalog ID: CR164
flower design (pictured at left), 2 color design of flower and text
on various shirt colors (black, heather gray and white) and various
sizes including adult, kid and toddler sizes.


Artist: Crush the Junta
Title: the disappeared
Format: CD
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $8.00 $6.80 (15% sale)
Catalog ID: CR151
45 minutes of improv noise-rock heaviness. ranging from full-on
overblown jams, to thick drones, to even some melodic pieces.
includes lots of guitar, bass, synth and drums, with some vocals
sprayed here and there. similar at times to Grey Daturas, Heavy
Winged, Alasehir/Bardo Pond and Codeine. check out
ctj.carbonrecords.com for more info. [packaged in a heavy vinyl
sleeve with pro-printed card-stock cover. cover artwork by Andy
Gilmore - birdbrid.blogspot.com]

Artist: Joe+N
Title: leaves fall
Format: 3inch CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $6.00
Catalog ID: CR163
nearly 17min of solo electric guitar. three, almost equal length
pieces. the middle, lighter one, is sandwiched in between two slabs
of thick heavy guitar throb, ala Alasehir/Alumbrados, [3" CDR
affixed to a 5" square piece of 1/4" plywood with twine.
the plywood is sprayed and stenciled on one side. disc is also
sprayed/splattered] limited to 25!!!

Artist: Placenta Popeye
Title: black fever
Format: CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $8.00
Catalog ID: CR159
31+ minutes from this french noise duo. deconstructed songs, similar
to the DeadC with their guitar and vocal work sometimes low-key drone/
tones, sometimes more aggressive and harsh. its all very good. (at
least) 1/2 of the group runs the Tanzprocesz label (http://
tanzprocesz.free.fr/). [packaged in Stumptown-Arigato package,
sprayed and stenciled, multiple colors, with insert and sprayed and
stenciled CDR]

Artist: Stone Baby
Title: fully render(ed) /cloud/s
Format: CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $8.00
Catalog ID: CR160
44+ minutes from this drone/creeper duo (Cory and Jen) from Rochester
NY. guitars, violin, effects, dulcimer, homemade tape machine and
more. really amazing layers of sounds from just two people. good
sense and mixture of denseness and space. [packaged in a 5x7"
kraft chipboard envelope, original cloud artwork from Cory, affixed
with clear/thread-grid tape and sprayed/splattered, insert/notes and
sprayed CDR]

Artist: Colonel Parmisan
Title: Retaste
Format: 3inch CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $6.00
Catalog ID: CR161
20 minutes from this solo Rochester arist - Brian Blatt. also plays
in Gaybot, Dufus and No, among others. this is two tracks. one short
studio piece, synth/textural warbly-ness. and a longer live synth/
drone/noise/voice piece. amazing repetition of melody in the noise
context, with hiss, static and air/fog mixed in. [cdr is wrapped in a
cardstock insert, inserted into a vinyl sleeve, affixed to a
(roughly) 5x5" piece of plywood, which is painted with various
layers/colors, and then stenciled with more colors. CDR is also
stenciled]

Artist: Tumul
Title: spray-stencil design
Format: TSHIRT
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $10.00
Catalog ID: CR123
various color shirts (light heather gray, dark heather gray, orange,
dark red) with mixture of ink colors (white, black, gold, orange)
with variety of sizes (not all colors in all colors, so its a surprise!)

Artist: Noh
Title: s/t
Format: 3inch CDR
Label: Carbon Records
Price: $6.00
Catalog ID: CR158
duo of Larry J Patti (Foot and Mouth Disease) and Joe Tunis (Joe+N,
Crush the Junta, Entente Cordiale, former-Pengo, etc), doing analog
and electronic heavy/deep synth. [3" CDR housed in a LP cover,
sprayed and stenciled. limited to 50 copies!]

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.]



coming up in the spring/summer will be releases by more Joe+N
collaboration releases (with John Charlton and sleepwalkers local
242), Noh/No split, SQ, Andy Gilmore mixing Ada le O, Joe+N, Hilkka
(really?), Tuurd, (VxPxC), a Rochester NOISE compilation, Hinkley,
multiple Autumn in Halifax releases (including a book/ep combo),
mutliple Deciduous vs Conifer and more.



Shows (Rochester, NY):
====================
Tue Apr 22nd - Laundry Room Squelchers and the International Noise
Conference - 11 ACTS TOTAL! - Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave, Rochester) - 8PM

Fri Apr 25th - Hinkley and Ada le O - Montys Krown (875 Monroe Ave,
Rochester) - 9PM

Sat Apr 26th - Dead Meadow, Crush the Junta and Orodriun - Bug Jar
(219 Monroe Ave, Rochester) - 9PM

Thu May 1st - A Night of John Cage: Ed Downey and Deciduous vs
Conifer - House of Hamez (389 Gregory St, Rochester) - 8PM

Mon May 12th - Demons, Pengo, SIck Llama and Helicoptre Sanglante -
Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave, Rochester) - 8PM

Sat May 24th - North Hero, Stone Baby and Joe+N - House of Hamez (389
Gregory St, Rochester) - 8PM

Tue May 27th - Stone Baby/Joe+N, North Hero and Kapala - Metropolis
Underground (615-C South Main Street (backside of bldg), N. Syracuse)
- 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 photos page has been updated with some show-shots, including
Pegacide and Tuurd
- check out the latest Carbon Records podcasts (details below) -
http://www.carbonrecords.com/soundsystem/



MAILORDER:
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New Releases since 3/4/2008 (10 items)
======================================

Bardo Pond - Batholith (LP) - three lobed $20.00
"released early march 2008. batholith is a collection of six tracks
that are near and dear to bardo pond but, for some reason or another,
have never previously been released. that one-sentence description
might lead one to think that these tracks are "outtakes" or cutting-
room floor type material - neither conclusion could be further from
the truth. the tracks included on batholith range from previous live
staples ("a tune," one made 'famous' by opening bardo's set at
terrastock II in san francisco as joined by roy montgomery [and a
recording of which was featured on the KFJC compilation live from the
devil's triangle, volume 2]) to tracks the band recorded in john peel
sessions ("slip away", also available here as a downloadable .mp3
preview). collected as a whole, these tracks form a fluid and
cohesive album. batholith is not just an exciting moment for long
time bardo pond fans, but a great jumping on point for folks who are
relatively new to their craft. as per the three
lobed standard, batholith is pressed on 180g RTI vinyl. it is housed
within heavy "old-style" one-pocket stoughton gatefold jackets
bearing new artwork by john gibbons and isobel sollenberger. the
record is from an edition of 1049 copies and, and as an added
convenience for our vinyl friends, will come packaged with a glass-
mastered CD (not CD-R) of the material present on the wax. pre-
ordered copies were accompanied by a bonus CD (TLR-044) of previously
unreleased bardo pond material."


Blowhole - reassembled (CDR) - Lunhare $8.00
"ive and studio recordings previously released on cassette in 1995.
Free-noise(jazz?) assaults, improvisations, objects beaten and
scraped, but also a violin. All you can imagine and nothing you may
imagine. A manifesto of musical freedom." - part of Lunhare's
Lethargy Series - "New releases of recordings dating back to the last
millennium"


Brian Ruryk/Mabus(RIP) - split (CASS) - Wintage $5.00
"Side A: Finds Ruryk busting up the joint full on Acusto-G-tar shred,
tape warp melt, tuna can jam,sample-fizz, and Brian's wonderful sense
of humur, add 1/4 cup of punishing assault + blend! Side B: Mabus
(RIP) holds it down with bad splices, and D grade edits done with the
pause+record. A slow-fi sound collage containing field recordings of
Parkdale, Westinghouse MRC-13, early morning cable TV, and various
audio masturbatory devices that biuld into a speed fueled death-raga.
Ltd. Ed. 50"


Crawling With Tarts - Ludiques Manifestes (CDR) - Lunhare $8.00
"Three live recordings from concerts held in Oakland in 1991 and
1992. Intended to be released on cassette in 1999, but kept in the
drawer until now, this work is published for the first time.
Improvisation sketches on percussive patterns, self-constructed
instruments, and even a punky, fast and furious song. Different sides
of a group always different from the rest. " part of Lunhare's
Lethargy Series - "New releases of recordings dating back to the last
millennium"


Demons/THAMES - split (CASS) - Wintage $10.00
"Part of the ongoing Wintage Tape Subscription Club Side A: Demons
create a totom of Psychodelic Brain-wash, the proto-prog travelouge
for the psychonaut in all of us. To Jupiter and beyond..set the
controls for the heart of the yada yada yada... hands down favorite
release to date, only Black Monoliths & Tracers remain! Side B:
THAMES hail from Montreal and create wasted walls of Psychodelic
scum. Blake Hargreaves(Dreamcatcher, Cousins of Reggae) & Alexander
Moskos(Drainolith,Unireverse) kick you in with a bucket full of Brain-
skunk, obliterating and Phat! Ltd. Ed. 100"


el-g - Capitaine Present #4 (DVDR) - tanzprocesz $7.00
"Capitaine Présent" is a subconscious audio-serial started in 2004 by
él-g. This Fourth episode is a film with Stolen images from google,
edited in a 20 minutes long futurist didactic movie with 300
different voices, inserts and orgasmic crescendos. It talks about
life, universe, teenagehood, theme parks, enterprises, synaptic links
and sweet skizophrenia. Tristan Tzara meets PizzaHut meets You. And
yeah it's french only because it's impossible to subtitle this
object, no place for it. Capitaine Présent #1-2-3 included for yr
never-ending audio pleasure. Totally queer pink plush handmade
packaging. 50 copies.


Kapotte Muziek - enhanced room acoustics (CDR) - Lunhare $8.00
"Previously released on cassette in 1996, the two original tracks are
here enhanced by a new one especially composed and performed by
Freiband in 2007. From the analogic sound modifications of last
century's industrial age to the micro and nearly audible variations
of the new digital era. " - part of Lunhare's Lethargy Series - "New
releases of recordings dating back to the last millennium"


Knife World - s/t (LP) - roaratorio $16.00
"Formed in Minneapolis in 2004, Knife World have converted many
unwary bystanders into true believers through their frenetic gigs in
underground venues and the occasional club. The band worships at the
Riff Temple, swapping pomposity for a mischievous intelligence. Jon
Nielsen sounds as if he's scrambling to play all the guitar parts of
some skewed arena-rock mashup at once, while drummer Josh Journey-
Heinz avoids the obvious backbeats by carving out the spaces around
them instead. Together they have a fuller sound than most groups with
more appendages. A self-released cassette and a cd-r served up hints
and guesses, but now their debut LP comes along to deliver the goods.
Packaged in a pleasantly eye-gouging 3D gatefold jacket, with glasses
mounted into the vinyl."


Pangolino Orchestra - O (CDR) - Lunhare $8.00
"Studio recordings previously released on cassette in 1995. Art&free-
rock structures with a somewhat strange approach to melody. Featuring
the genius of Piume E Sangue’s Gi Gasparin." - part of Lunhare's
Lethargy Series - "New releases of recordings dating back to the last
millennium"


Paul Metzger - Gedanken Splitter (LP) - roaratorio $15.00
"Paul Metzger continues to pile up the plaudits from critics and
peers alike for his virtuosic string-slinging, gaining notice through
his CD on Chairkickers and his split LP with Ben Chasny and Chris
Corsano on Roaratorio. Metzger’s modified banjo is tricked out with
additional sympathetic raga strings, although the compositions on
Gedanken Splitter are informed by much more than Eastern drone music
alone. Recorded in the same period as 2007’s Deliverance on Locust
Music, this is a more jagged and aggressive (although no less
accessible) affair. Metzger winds these improvisations around
thornier threads than on his previous releases, and while never
turning completely abstract, Gedanken Splitter moves even further
away from anything resembling typical banjo fare. This is mesmerizing
and singular playing." ---- "Gedanken Splitter is ferocious, frantic,
yet entirely on-course -- easily Metzger's most aggressive waxing
yet." - Bill Meyer, Signal To Noise




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