December 19th, 2009 by GT
As promised, our 3rd micro cassette released this past FALL, limited edition 50. This completes the first series of micros, secretly known as the T&D Trilogy. New Father Sound jams will be available in Gift Tapes’ WINTER batch, coming in early January. Our new tapes will include a Father Sound/Harpoon Pole Vault SPLIT (C30), Brother Raven (C30) & Golden Retriever’s first tape (C20). Keep posted for more info… Happy Holidays!!!
Father Sound, elastic underwater cave diver
Download: GT012 63MB ZIP file, includes 320 kbps MP3s
MICRO CASSETTES… The wave of the future.
Inexpensive. Miniature. Mono. Limited Frequency Response.
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December 9th, 2009 by GT
Cliffsides is one of the projects of Brooklyn-based synth jammer Ryan McGill (Bones of Seabirds). His recently released tape called Singularity contains two melodic works for synthesizer that launch the listener into celestial orbits. Thick, spacey passages of delayed synth washes, combined with heavy bass notes that drop like meteors, are carefully constructed to form a heavy cosmic aura. Drones and filter sweeps combine to form a mountain of sound. It’s the sound of a spaceship set to fly just 200 yards above the earth’s surface, zipping across the sky, tracing it’s geological formations. Ambient arpeggiations rain down from the skies above sub-bass tones, while emotive string pads slice through the center leaving gorgeous, wistful melodies in their wake. This is an invitation to another place and an easy passage to a new universe.
This was my first acquisition from Franklin Teagle’s Anathema Sound. Forming only a year and a half ago, this label already has 23 releases to date. With such great artists and original artwork (Matt Yacoub), this is a definitely a label to keep our eyes on–check them out. Also, I should mention–keep your eyes out for a new project called Afterlife, a collaboration between Franklin Teagle and Ryan McGill. Some of you may have checked out the Stunned Records release, a split with Ossining (Brad Rose & Kevin Danchisko of Sovetskaya Gone). I got this in the mail last week (thanks Phil!) and both sides are excellent.
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December 1st, 2009 by GT
Mirror to Mirror, a new project from Jugular Forest’s founder Alex Twomey, melds mystery with new age ambient virtues. Minimalist atmospheres are packed with emotive intensities so powerful, they tend to feel more like noise pieces. Rerest is the first release of this new project, conceived in February of 2009. It’s a departure from his work as Persimmons Pomegranate, a noise-based project where the music jumps from strange drones to ecstatic spaces (also excellent work–check out Window).
With the press of the play button the sound begins to accumulate, forming yellow-tinged shadows that pass beneath every breath. In the corner of the darkly lit room, a distant light reflects upon a pool of blood. You notice that the air is stagnant, but then someone opens the door. This transition causes the walls to disintegrate. Emotional, uplifting, inspiring, meditative, and underneath it there is an attractive darkness. Rerest excels at activating the imagination. I find it particularly amazing that a short tape (c20) can have such an effect; this music will transport the attentive listener.
Jugular Forest is proving itself to be an up and coming label. This is my 4th cassette from them and everything I’ve received so far has been great. I highly recommend picking up some of these tapes before this label is discovered.
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