BLUESANCT: SEPT 2011 news update


[ To read this online with pictures and links, GO HERE :
http://www.bluesanct.com/sept2011newsletter.html ]


1. INTRO
2. DREKKA tour news, new tape, and a couple other things...
3. CAETHUA package sales!
4. THANK YOU and THE WAY OUT




1. INTRO
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This is Mkl Drekka here.

Welcome to autumn... (why is it still hot then?)

There is some exciting (at least to me) news from DREKKA and perhaps to
those TURN PALE fans out there. (see SECTION 2)

Also, below we have some sweet package deals, in our continuing effort to
clear out space in the 'warehouse' (IE- the shelf below the stereo here in
the office)

As always, these will be first come, first serve, and they will go FAST,
so grab 'em while you can! (see SECTION 3)

We try to keep the newsletters brief... but for up-to-the-minute updates
and fun stuff, be sure to follow the BLUESANCT TUMBLR:
http://bluesanct.tumblr.com

Okay... maybe I'll see you on the road in January... or any number of
places in between.

Ciao.
Mkl.



2. DREKKA NEWS
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Well, there are several things going on with DREKKA at the moment. Here
is a run-down... take a look at the newsletter online (see above) for
links to various places for more info.


* DREKKA will be heading to Italy once again, in January 2012. This will
be the third year in a row touring Italy. The tour will begin on DEC
28/29 in Itri at the amazing Muviments Festival, and will also be the
release show for a new Drekka tape recorded LIVE IN ITRI last November.
DREKKA will be touring with CANID, a powerful electronic/a cappella
performer from here in Bloomington...
http://canid.bandcamp.com to hear


* DREKKA has added a new re-issue to the bandcamp site. 'Complicationing
comp comp, Vol.0' was originally issued in a private edition of 10 copies,
as a collection of compilation tracks and random material by Drekka from
late 1999/early 2000. Even long-time fans should find new stuff on there,
and this collection contains some of my all time favourite tracks I've
ever done... please take a listen
http://drekka.bandcamp.com/album/complicationing-comp-comp-vol-0


* DREKKA has a new live cassette out on the brilliant new CHEMICAL TAPES
label... a sort of 'best of' the 2010 Matters of Tone tour, which collects
tracks from various shows in Italy and Slovenia from last year. It is
available now, via CHEMICAL TAPES (http://chemicaltapes.com) and on the
merch table at upcoming DREKKA shows.

NORMAN RECORDS has this to say about it:
"The overall environment created is pretty creepy and unsettling at times,
at points recalling some of Nurse With Wound’s ambient explorations.
There’s a real something lurking in the shadows vibe but the darkness is
sometimes punctured by lighter elements that shine through and emerge like
bells and the angelic female vocal. It’s still pretty dark though even
recalling elements of Coil who have clearly been an influence"


* Lastly, and of interest to TURN PALE fans, DREKKA (ie- ex-singer of TURN
PALE), Martin Prowles (drummer of TURN PALE, DREAMERS OF THE GHETTO and
EARLY DAY MINERS) and Scott Ferguson (KAM KAMA) have been working on new
tracks for the band EXAMINATIONS... a hypnotic post-punk new wave sound
mixing Soft Cell and HTRK... coming soon to your headphones and venues.



3. CAETHUA package sales!
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Presenting: the third in a series of attempts to clear out some space...

Every few months, we will be highlighting some rare items by Bluesanct
artists that I have a few copies left of; to clear out some space... I
will also add several 'incentives' for further enticement.

This month's sales are all amazing! If I were you, I would go for the big
package and get all of them!

Order links, mp3s and photos at:
http://www.bluesanct.com/sept2011newsletter.html


This month's sales are:

A) CAETHUA - 'I may be gone for a long, long time...' LP:
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CAETHUA's follow-up to her debut album on BLUESANCT, 'Village of the
Damned', 'I may be gone...' is a "cold marriage of growing up in the snow
covered cornfields of upstate New York, moldy nylon-stringed guitars, a
hissing blend of flea market electronics, rusted pots and pans, field
recordings of a doomed boat trip down the St. Lawrence River, birds in the
ice covered trees, the groan of an overheating diesel engine, shortwave
radio in the middle of nowhere." Swirled colored vinyl, released on
Saxwand/Friends & Relatives.

SALE PACKAGE DEAL includes LP, a 7" and three CDs:

* CAETHUA - 'I may be gone for a long, long time...' LP
* CAETHUA - 'Village of the Damned' CD (Bluesanct)

...plus a copy of BODY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST - Apperceptionist CD
(Bluesanct, 4AD bliss arrangments to beautiful acoustic melodies,
BoJtB produce brief postcards of sound, sharing little moments with
devastating beauty.)

...AND a copy of PANTALEIMON - Under the Water 7" (Bluesanct)

...AND a 'BLUESANCT MIXTAPE CD' compilation feat eighteen tracks from
various Bluesanct releases including CAETHUA, DREKKA, ANNELIES,
RIVULETS, BODY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, IDITAROD, VOLLMAR, ELEPHANT MICAH
and more...



B) CAETHUA - 'The Pleasures of Manhood/Queenly Women Crowned and
Uncrowned' CDR:
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Self-released re-issue of two out-of-print cassettes released around the
same time as 'I may be gone...'. Every bit as beautiful and haunting as
her first two albums, in a DVD case with full-colour artwork and a
fold-out poster. Self-released via Saxwand/Friends & Relatives.

SALE PACKAGE DEAL includes four CDs:

* CAETHUA - 'The Pleasures of Manhood' CDR
* CAETHUA - 'Village of the Damned' CD (Bluesanct)

...plus a copy of BODY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST - Apperceptionist CD
(Bluesanct, 4AD bliss arrangments to beautiful acoustic melodies,
BoJtB produce brief postcards of sound, sharing little moments with
devastating beauty.)

...AND a 'BLUESANCT MIXTAPE CD' compilation feat eighteen tracks from
various Bluesanct releases including CAETHUA, DREKKA, ANNELIES,
RIVULETS, BODY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, IDITAROD, VOLLMAR, ELEPHANT MICAH
and more...



C) ANCESTRAL DIET - 'V.I.T.R.I.O.L.' LP:
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ANCESTRAL DIET is the darkest parts of CAETHUA brought to the fore.
ANCESTRAL DIET is an anti-society sound retrospective... slaughterhouse
sounds, graveyard groans and burning factories simmer along with early
90's industrial beats and hollow-eyed duets. Members are CAETHUA and Andy
Neubauer. Released on Saxwand.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

SALE PACKAGE DEAL includes LP, a 7" and three CDs:

* ANCESTRAL DIET - 'V.I.T.R.I.O.L.' LP
* CAETHUA - 'Village of the Damned' CD (Bluesanct)

...plus a copy of BODY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST - Apperceptionist CD
(Bluesanct, 4AD bliss arrangments to beautiful acoustic melodies,
BoJtB produce brief postcards of sound, sharing little moments with
devastating beauty.)

...AND a copy of PANTALEIMON - Under the Water 7" (Bluesanct)

...AND a 'BLUESANCT MIXTAPE CD' compilation feat eighteen tracks from
various Bluesanct releases including CAETHUA, DREKKA, ANNELIES,
RIVULETS, BODY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, IDITAROD, VOLLMAR, ELEPHANT MICAH
and more...



PRICES: (order link below)
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A) CAETHUA - 'I may be gone...' LP PACKAGE:
POST-PAID IN THE US: $16 PAYPAL
POST-PAID REST OF WORLD: $29 PAYPAL

B) CAETHUA - 'The Pleasures of Manhood...' CD PACKAGE:
POST-PAID IN THE US: $12 PAYPAL
POST-PAID REST OF WORLD: $20 PAYPAL

C) ANCESTRAL DIET - 'V.I.T.R.I.O.L.' LP PACKAGE:
POST-PAID IN THE US: $16 PAYPAL
POST-PAID REST OF WORLD: $29 PAYPAL


A+B) CAETHUA LP + CDR PACKAGES:
POST-PAID IN THE US: $24 PAYPAL
POST-PAID REST OF WORLD: $40 PAYPAL

A+C) CAETHUA and ANCESTRAL DIET LP PACKAGES:
POST-PAID IN THE US: $28 PAYPAL
POST-PAID REST OF WORLD: $47 PAYPAL

A+B+C) GO CRAZY, BUY EVERYTHING! PACKAGE:
(that's two LPs, four CDs and a 7"!)
POST-PAID IN THE US: $37 PAYPAL
POST-PAID REST OF WORLD: $56 PAYPAL


ORDER NOW via the link below or feel free to email me if you have any
questions or are confused (figurehead [at] bluesanct.com)

ORDER NOW:
http://www.bluesanct.com/sept2011newsletter.html



4. THANK YOU and THE WAY OUT
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BLUESANCT is a tiny label run by me, Mkl Anderson (of Drekka/Turn
Pale/Examinations/etc). It is part of the Day2 Alliance and has been
releasing experimental sounds and disjointed folk musics since 1995... 16
years and counting!

Thanks for reading my newsletter.

You are receiving this because you are a friend, colleague, or have
purchased something from Bluesanct in the past. Rest assured, I will never
annoy you by sending lots of emails. Once a season, if that.

If you would rather not hear from me again, just let me know and I will
remove you from our email list.

If you have any questions, help to offer, received this twice or have
anything you want to say, write me at: figurehead [at] bluesanct [dot] com
or search for Drekka on Facebook, and we can chat.

Until soon... be well.
Mkl.







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AVAILABLE NOW:
DREKKA - Live in Europe 2010 (C-46) (Chemical Tapes, UK)
DREKKA - Collected Works: Vol.1 2CD w/BK (Morc, MORC53)

COMING SOON:
DREKKA - Live in Itri 2010 (C-60) (Brigadisco, IT)
DREKKA - Collected Works: Vol.2 2CD w/BK