Crippled Light Waves, a music distribution site and record label based in Los Angeles, has agreed to help distribute both Jane Bowles and La Bronke's Figurehead tape and Mir's Contrails cdr release. All tracks are available for download, as well as a whole list of other music offerings, things that you have not heard, but that you definitely want to hear. Thanks Andrew.
Check out Crippled Light Waves
A dual 50 cdr release of both Sociotree and Discos Compulsivos/Luv Luv of Barcelona, Spain, Dead Geography amounts to the collaborative jams of Mir and Summer Recreation Camp over the this past summer. Mostly improvised and essentially without instruments, save samplers, effects, and the human voice, Dead Geography is embodied by dysfunctional melodies, rhythms, and blurbs that never quite come together.
It was a great pleasure to be able to have a peak into Barcelona's marginal, but thriving experimental music scene and to see different takes on transcontinental ideas. While Barcelona primarily seems to be dominated by popular music and big venues, there are a number of admirable friends
holding it together and bringing to the city, through small shows, festivals, and releases, something they otherwise would not get. That is, sounds outside of the huge concert halls of Barcelona. At the same time being incredibly friendly and hospitable. How do they do it?
Check out Discos Compulsivos/Luv Luv, Ozono Kids, and Jahbitat for release and art coming out of Barcelona.
September 12th @ Miscelanea
c/Guardia 10, Barcelona
starts at 20:30
In the past two months we have been putting together the first Sociotree releases, both limited editions, and have just finally finished them up. Jane Bowles and La Bronke's Figure Head debut release is an edition of 30 tapes, with a DIY design and cover images ranging from construction to demolition derbies.
Second in line has been Mir's album Contrails in an edition of 80 cd/rs. Though there should probably be a small booklet of different album designs that Contrails has had, the final design has been decided on, and this is the "official" release. If you want to take a look at the design of either release, they are both in the audio section. Each of these goes for $5 and can be shipped via mail. Just send an email and ask.
Of course, if you are one of those digital types that doesn't want another tape or cd/r floating around, some of the tracks are available for download in the audio section as well.
There is a new track up by Zomgurl Octim called h999 emitting droney rhythms and sinusoidal projections, and a two part dubstep mix by Daizo in the podcast player.
THURSDAY MAY 8TH
MUTINY's HOUSE
New Brunswick, NJ
8PM sharp
$5
THE RITA (vancouver throat slitting barrier cult worship)
SEWER ELECTION (sweden's finest harsh rituals)
OSCILLATING INNARDS (portland spewing anguish)
KAKERLAK (baltimore rusted guts and flesh)
WORK/DEATH (providence blackened cult abyss)
Mir will be setting out on another weekend tour either the third or fourth weekend in May. Whoever can help out with venues in the northeast U.S. would be highly appreciated. Also, if anyone would want to join in on the tour, it would be great to have a companion.
There will be a number of releases in different mediums coming in the next months, hopefully before the move out of New Brunswick. Yes, the time has come to leave this city, it has given all that it can. But there are a number of projects that will act as a summary of all that has taken place here. Here are some:
Insanity, Victims, and Childhood, in Short
April 18, 7 PM
Gallery Aferro will be curating a night of Red Saw's Filmideo, an annual event taking place on every Friday in April.
Artists:
JiHyun Ahn, Penelope Cain, Colette Copeland, Bang Geul Han, Kensuke Koike, Norene Leddy, Agnes Nedregard, Julia Oldham, Matt Ortega, Jean Gabriel Periot, Molly Schwartz, Martin Sulzer, Roghie Asgari Torvund, John Waters, Tamara Yadao
Magic Afternoon/Mirror Faced Monster has been uploaded into the player. It is a mix of instrumental tracks, save a few reverberating bumbles every now and then. From syncopated psychedelics to seamless simultaneity, these are ups and downs compiled into 41 minutes.
Also, we have recently stumbled across some old recordings of Jane Bowles & La Bronke in collaboration with Mir. From 2006, these recordings are improvised jams that have been revisited and edited. In addition to this, Mir has also contributed 4 new unreleased tracks from 2006, you can call them the B-sides of Contrails. Both of these sets could be found in the audio section of the site. Remember, to download just right click and save as. People are having trouble with Mike Bruno's tracks, which are zip files that must be downloaded and extracted onto your computer before you can listen to them.
Show on March 29th:
New to Sociotree is Jane Bowles & La Bronke's podcast of his tracks. It is called a podcast because they have all been streamlined into one 20 minute file, without track markers. This was an experiment mash-up of house, noise, and pretty sound influences, if you can imagine. But you don't have to imagine because you can listen.
Upcoming next week:
Thinking that it would balance things to have a more song oriented artist on the site, I asked Mike Bruno a few weeks ago if he would like to put up some of his tracks . Shortly after I received a couple of cdrs dressed in a black cover. I took them home for a listen knowing that I was in for something good, and it was just that and more. Not only did it include the normal charming incantations that Mike is known for, but also tracks that go bang, pshhtt, and bmmmm at 10 bpms underwater. Something I think we all can identify with. Listen if you are a fan of harmony.
Because of recent space restrictions, the content of the site will no longer be able to outlive those who have produced it. In other words, some things will have to be taken down to make room for others. So get them while they are up. Take note that because of this I was only able to host a few tracks from each of Mike's cdrs, though I wish I was able to put them all up. So if you wish to hear more, or perhaps just tell him how much you like his stuff, you can contact him here.
The New Year's Eve show turned out to be a really amazing event, and the most enjoyable celebration of the holiday I have had yet. Though there were some issues with the ever-ready authorities, we ended up making it to the end of the night without any problems. It was a good way to start the year. Thanks to the people who made it work and to the touring bands. As always, there are pictures.
Therefore, we will celebrate this new beginning by greeting two new podcasts in the player, and by saying farewell to the old ones that gave us many hours of listening pleasure in the year of 2007. Dave Roque's long awaited mix, lost in a data mine for quiet some time, resurfaces with the relevant title 2 years spent will be up by the end of the week. Also, Dave Sutton's new Burnt out mix is a set of somber tones for technicolor dreams.
There are some upcoming shows for Mir in the next week or two. Here is the list:
On the spur of the moment last night we decided that this site needs more pictures/drawings and stuff so we put some of Earthboy's collages in the gallery section. So now they are up and there is a new adjunct to the old gallery. The images are roll-over so that you can see the front and back. Have fun.
Suzy Ham debut Space Cadet mix is in the podcast player.
Upcoming: New Podcasts by Dave Roque, Dave Sutton, and Parent_M will be uploaded sometime this month. Dec. 31st show w/ Mir and others, details to come.
Mir, Current Amnesia, and Jane Bowles & La Bronk are looking to go on tour for the first week of january, and we need help booking some shows in the Northeast, Baltimore, Philly, NYC, New Brunswick, etc. If anyone has any contacts of houses and places to play, it would be of great help. Just send a message if you can.
Also, New tracks in the audio section. Dave Sutton and Jane Bowles & La Bronk. These tracks are awesome so give them a listen.
Parent_M - Nephew Mix
Available
for download:
Mir - Contrails