Mandelbrot masters

yar! just a quick update to say i received test masters of the new Mandelbrot album from Tigrics today. They're sounding good! Once Keung has had a chance to listen to them over and see if there are any changes needed, project should be underway.

Labels: mandelbrot, masters, new releases

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

sneaky previews!

hey!

i've uploaded the new "Magnetism, That Electricity.." tracks to lastfm. No downloads yet, till the record comes out, but you can have a cheeky listen to each of the EPs at:

Mandelbrot Set
Fisk Industries
The Village Orchestra
The Marcia Blaine School For Girls

Labels: fisk industries, magnetism, mandelbrot, marcia, new releases, previews, village orchestra

Thursday, February 7, 2008

small pieces

hello! not too much new to report, although working on loads of things for upcoming releases.
We have the recordings from the Magnetism gig all encoded and uploaded to the server. I'm just letting the artists all hear em first, and give me the go-ahead to unleash em on the world! They all sound excellent, so i don't see there being any problems.

Almost there with all the recordings for the proper 'Magnetism, That Electricty..' release too, just waiting on one more at the moment, and I'll get that off for mastering and pressing.

The upcoming schedule for the year looks like it will be:

- 'Magnetism, That Electricity' double 12" pack
- n.Ln, 3" cd in metal tin box.
- Feld 12" ( you might remember Feld from the two tracks on the 'Some Paths..' compilation)
- Production Unit 12" - not nailed down yet, but speaking with Dave and selecting tracks.
- Mandelbrot CD - an album Keung recorded last year in his bedroom, pretty raw and rawkus, and damn good!
- new Village Orchestra album, upcoming later in the year
- new Fisk Industries album, also later in the year.

All good stuff!

Labels: fisk industries, magnetism, mandelbrot, marcia, n.Ln, upcoming releases, village orchestra, vinyl

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

the "Magnetism, That Electricity.." record release

hey! as this things tend do, the original idea for "Magnetism, That Electricty.." has evolved greatly! At first i had imagined it as a DVD-r compilation akin to last years "Analog For Architecture", with the four EPs, plus a load of extras. I trimmed that idea back to just a CD compilation with only the four EPs, which seemed more in line with the actual "Magnetism.." gig coming up at the Luminaire. Putting something out as a CD these days though, is a dodgy gamble - its a solution that only works for certain projects, and i didn't feel it would do this project justice, so i started looking into pricing for a double 12" vinyl release. It *is* kinda expensive, but with the idea growing in my head, it seemed like the loveliest format and most fitting to the four EPs - So yeah, we've settled on a double 12" vinyl package for the upcoming release!

Two discs in black paper sleeves, housed in a clear PVC outer container - one side per artist:

disc one will have a lush 20 minute drone opus from Mandelbrot, backed with four tracks of low-end electronics from Fisk Industries.

disc two will have a 20 minute monster from The Village Orchestra, and be backed with several Marcia Blaine School For Girls tracks.

Limited to 300 copies, each with hand-written certificate/postcard, and should be selling for £10 direct from the site here, plus going out via the normal distribution channels. I'm super excited - I think these are going to be amazing! stay tuned for more updates - i'm due all tracks by this weekend, then quickly get it mastered and off to pressing, so i would expect release date to close to the end of February..

Labels: fisk industries, mandelbrot, marcia, upcoming releases, village orchestra, vinyl

Friday, December 7, 2007

the upcoming shiz

hey! aiight, some updates on current projects -
The main thing we're working on at the moment is the upcoming "Magnetism, That Electricity.." compilation and label night. This project got started after being offered the night at the Luminaire this coming january. Rather than just having a gig night, i thought it would be kinda cool to turn it into something bigger, and at first thought i should do a DVD-R compilation along the lines of last years "Analog For Architecture", with some main content and a whole load of extras. The timeline is just a little tight for collecting so much material, so i figured it would be better to focus the time on just making it a three EP collection from the artists playing at the gig. It seems a more fitting release for the event, and should be easier to bring together in time for January. Mat is still working on the artwork, but we think it should be somewhere along the lines of the flyer image, with the red sorta superhero lightning bolt, and musically will have three EPs from Mandelbrot, Fisk Industries and a collection of Marcia related projects. I'm very excited about it!

Following shortly after that, we'll have a new three track EP from San Francisco based Nyles Lannon under his n.Ln guise - a welcome return for the lad, with three gorgeous new tracks. Nyles sent me the finished tracks a few days ago, and they're pretty stunning. Long sprawling ambient indie electronics which i'm sure you'll dig! Artwork/packaging, we're going to release on a 3" cdr in a small metal tin with clear glass window, with some kind of insert to show through the window. I'll post up some ideas when we've got some mockups of the art.

I was speaking on the phone with Chris Motion last night, the creator of our Recon 'White Label' release from a few years back. I haven't seen Chris in about a year, and he's coming up for our xmas party tomorrow, so I'm very excited to catch up with him! He's been crafting away on what sounds like a very interesting project, moving away from his broken dub techno creations, and working with strange loops of lounge and exotica, which in his capable hands I'm sure will produce some amazing results. We're looking into how cheaply we could produce a small run of 7" EPs.

well, theres loads more i could mention, but i'll save some surprises for future postings!

Labels: fisk industries, gigs, magnetism, mandelbrot, marcia, n.Ln, recon, upcoming releases