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March 23, 2012

out now: city of the asleep – winter in tumultua

The long-awaited twelfth release from COTA and the first on Spectropol [SpecT 10], winter in tumultua is a scattered narrative depicting a world in chronic upheaval. It is told through a patchwork of sonic textures–glitchy noise wrapped around meandering ragas, atonal piano jazz decaying into industrial film scores, acid-washed ambiance being rudely displaced by chugging kraut-rock. Through these disparate tableaux, the unifying thread of a mathematician’s sensibility is woven, in the form of unusual time-signatures and the microtonal scales found within the unusual 17-tone equal temperament (a natural but unconventional alternative to the usual 12-tone equal temperament). Extensive liner notes are included in the download.

city of the asleep is the pseudonym of Oakland-based musician Igliashon Jones.

cityoftheasleep.bandcamp.com

www.cityoftheasleep.com

March 18, 2012

GOLDENBATS II is out

In Farouche Voidness,

ZANTH!

Ferrum Catastrophae 

Tethered To “All Seed”,

Strata And Raad,

Quanta Eyes Wings Grow,

Off The Backs Of Golden Bats!


GOLDENBATS II is a twenty-six minute musical journey. Vast, lovely and large, it transitions from a bleak, dark and brooding stormy night into a new dawn of contentedly chorusing whippoorwills.

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Living in a megalopolis can be daunting to say the least. GOLDENBATS II is about time, healing, channeling creative energies and giving birth. The work was composed as a means for personal self-healing and empowerment both by the act of its creation and by the subtle memeplex it introduces upon repeated listening. The package design, etc. are all extensions of these ideas. The work was never intended to be released to the public though now through some fortunate external interest you’re reading these words and hearing these sounds.

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Geoff Duncanson and Dennis Meade have been performing and recording music together for the better part of a decade. They’ve been friends ever since their public school days in Yonkers, NY. Dennis has recorded music for the Imminent Frequencies label along side Asa Osbourne, Spencer Yeh, Jon Wesseltoft, and Jacob Long. Geoff was a member of the long standing New York experimental sextet Blue Velvet. That ensemble has performed along side Octis (Mick Barr), Mary Timony, Growing, Aloha, Medications, Child Abuse, Beauty Pill, Behold… The Arctopus, and many others. Geoff has performed most recently banging “resonant rocks” together in an impromptu performance on the streets of Kingston, NY with Pauline Oliveros during the 2011 O Positive festival. Both Geoff and Dennis have played in Sun Son Sun with James Zandoli and Victor “Poison Tete” (Rat At Rat R).


February 26, 2012

Moshier & Fairbanks hard copies are available

They’re here and shipping!

Steve  Moshier: Limestone Gates limited edition CD

……..(ambient minimal electronic classic 80s reissue)

Jeff Fairbanks: Baldy’s Shopping limited edition CD; and micro edition USB Flash Drive (3 left!)

……..(quirky and beautiful experimental soundtrack music)



February 16, 2012

new video for “glibs”

here’s a psychedelic animation video by Diego Monroy (Spain) for “glibs” (from bruce hamilton & friends’ mash hits vol. 1)!

more of Diego’s work can be found here (visual) and here (sound).

January 21, 2012

hamilton & friends: mash hits vol. 1 is available

Bruce Hamilton presents 19 experimental mashups of tracks by an eclectic crew of international artists. Musique concrète, improvisation, drones, soundscapes, postminimalism, complexity, and noise all play into the resultant electroacoustic package which is designed to flow as an album.

January 8, 2012

Jeff Fairbanks – Baldy’s Shopping released

Strange and beautiful ambient and “pop” tracks from Jeff Fairbanks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

These electronic instrumental tracks are like postcards documenting a character through the ups and downs of everyday life, where the mundane and magical rub shoulders. They explore textures and moods, as short stories or sketchbooks can, resulting in the wide stylistic approaches (cartoon-ish, poignant, atmospheric) presented. The album is not programmatic; rather, the stories are up to the listener.

January 6, 2012

Golden Town on Sequenza 21

Nice bit on Daniel Stearns’ Golden Town by the always excellent Christian Carey on S21.

Sequenza 21

December 18, 2011

new reviews from Fouter & Swick

Brief, well-crafted takes on Possible Worlds and Duopoly.

December 7, 2011

Limestone Gates is available!

A “reissue” of tracks by Steve Moshier featured in collaborative Los Angeles stage productions between 1983-1992. Hypnotic analog electronic post-minimalism rediscovered.

December 3, 2011

Limestone Gates due out 12/7

Spectropol is happy to announce the upcoming “reissue” of some electronic minimalist treasures from the ’80s and early ’90s.

Steve Moshier’s Limestone Gates will include five tracks from “Boy’s Life” (1983); a section from Deliquium in C (1989); and “Sudan” (1992). These pieces featured as “environmental” soundtracks to collaborative theater works that grew out of the fertile art/music scene of downtown Los Angeles.

Analog warmth, a cozy tape hiss and only the essential notes lull one into a lucid meditative state. This is ambient music that seems to be saying something we forgot about.

http://stevemoshier.com