Freshly returning from the mountain forests of Eastern Oregon…I wanted to put the word out there that the new Gift Tapes releases are out now.  I couldn’t be more happy about this new batch of cassettes from Pulse Emitter, Matt Carlson and The North Sea.  This time around the tapes have been pro-dubbed in editions of 100.  These tapes will go super fast, so be sure to order soon.

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Pulse Emitter - grass - C30

Fellow NW-based Pulse Emitter, the solo project of modular synth mastermind Daryl Groetsch, has created a beautiful work, half of which is reminiscent of his self-released Meditative Music series, while the other half delves into the weirdo world of sub-earth root structures crawling with insects.  Grass is one of my favorites from his recent discography and Gift Tapes is extremely honored to present one of his works.

Matt Carlson - stereo face - C40

Matt Carlson‘s recent solo efforts venture into the sounds of early electronics pioneers.  As a member of the minimal noise drone trio Bonus & former member of the Parenthetical Girls, Carlson’s efforts have included pop music, noise, free improv and performance art.  His new work, Stereo Face, is modular synth wizardry all over the stereo field and steeped in science fiction themes that nod at the 1960′s while simultaneously hyper-driving towards the future.

The North Sea - daytona - C30

Daytona is an epic drone work formed of textured synthesizer and layered electronics.  The North Sea‘s (Brad Rose) high-density sound projects degraded memories that lead to abandoned tunnels and empty into sunset skies.  Both noisy and meditative, this gorgeous piece is the perfect compliment to lone autumn walks.  Definitely another exciting addition to the North Sea catalog.

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Tapes available here: Gift Tapes.

For the next few Autumn days, I’ll be overlooking the sunsets & sunrises from this fire lookout in Oregon.  When I get back next Tuesday, we’ll release the new batch of  GIFT TAPES !  Mark it on your calenders – September 29th, 2009 – as these tapes will be flying off shelves: Pulse Emitter, The North Sea, & Matt Carlson (of Bonus).  Extreme synthesizer radness.

Wanted to give Gift Tapes Blog readers the heads up about two releases from Gift Tapes artists that were released this past week.  Brother Raven has a new tape called Nellie that just came out on Brad Rose’s fine label Digitalis LTD – it’s a C40, limited to 70 copies.  Additionally, there is a new Spare Death Icon tape on OMM called Highlander/Seahorse – also a C40, limited to 45 copies.  Please check with those labels for copies.  We’ll also be getting artist copies soon, so if either of them sell out – check in with us.