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TARENTEL & TETUZI AKIYAMA, ETC
hey everyone,
so i got all sorts of motivated today and busted out the release pages and everything for our two newest babies. most of you have probably pre-ordered, but if you were waiting for the official release, here they are! yeow:
ace011: tetuzi akiyama + kevin corcoran + christian kiefer "low cloud means death" CD $13 / CD + 3" CDR $16
For years I've counted Tetuzi Akiyama as one of my absolute favorite guitarists. He's been cranking out great records for ages, honing his style and skill in every possible way. Add in Christian Kiefer, who has also put out a string of magnificent releases, and a talented drummer/percussionist in Kevin Corcoran (who has appeared on releases on Weird Forest and played in Antennas Erupt!) and you've got a recipe for something magical.
"Low Cloud Means Death" is a series of sea-inspired improvisations that are fighting a continual battle with the silence between each note. This is sparse music at its finest. Minimal notes float in the air as Corcoran lays a web of various percussion beneath the organic layer Akiyama and Kiefer weave. The instrumentation is varied - Akiyama sticks to acoustic guitar while Kiefer splits time on accordian, piano, and other vices. What the trio produces ends up coming off like an all-improvised Morton Feldman or something of the like.
This is a journey on salt-encrusted waves, traipsing through empty spaces in search of whatever aural mystery can be found. It goes something like this: Thump. Quiet again. Twang thump. Quiet. Quiet. Still quiet. Distant blap. And let me tell you, it is one fantastic voyage.
Limited to 500 copies. Artwork by Eden Hemming Rose.
Special edition limited to 100 copies includes bonus 3" CDR, "The Old Language," featuring a live performance by the trio. Hand-stamped covers.
pics, audio, & ordering: http://www.digitalisindustries.com/ace011.html
ace020: tarentel "live edits: italy/switzerland" CD $13
Over the course of numerous dates in Italy, Tarentel (a trio on this tour of Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Danny Grody, & Jim Redd) improvised every set they played with often stunning results. This is not your grandfather's Tarentel. "Live Edits: Italy/Switzerland" is full of pounding tribal drums and walls of mixer feedback, floating guitar trips and walls of noise. This is a whole new world scattered across burned-out pages; a place to hide and get lost in for ages. These pieces are a tug-of-war between beauty and tension. Tarentel rarely sound better than this.
This is the second in a series of ongoing "live" releases from Tarentel, though they are, as the band says, "live" in the same spirit that Werner Herzog makes "documentaries."
Limited to 500 copies.
pics, audio, & ordering: http://www.digitalisindustries.com/ace020.html
only a handful of the akiyama trio special editions left, though, so be aware! and check the distro update too!
soooon: more tapes, more vinyl, more CDs (barn owl pre-orders in a week or two!)
much love to you all.
xx,
brad
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at 12 December, 2008 07:19,