hey everyone,

alright alright fall is in full blast and my heels have been dragging. it's all good though. cranking out some new jams finally, this batch is brought to you by delicious pumpkin beer that put us over the hump to life:

it's definitely time to throw a party and bigger insides is your guest dj for the night. we first met chris thorne many moons ago when he appeared on "gold leaf branches" (as snake oil) and then reconnected recently as his new band, tan dollar, and new solo project (THIS) were spreading their collective wings. so what's the skinny?

minimal beats and insanely catchy casios and synths battling it out in a neon pit of doom. except there's really not any doom, but sun-specked skies and silver streams. as it hops along, you feel as though you're being whisked away on a hot air balloon ride toward the pink horizon. thorne's ability to create songs that are full of pop hooks yet disjointed and feel as though they could fall apart at any second is a gift. bigger insides: ready to throw down. edition of 70, pro-dubbed.

there couldn't be a better title for cliffsides' mini-opus than "lucid dreams" it sums up the entire sound and feeling of this tape perfectly. if you're ready to take a long and winding journey, this is your trip. cliffsides is the alter ego of bones of seabirds' ryan mcgill. where BOS is the darkness, cliffsides is the light.

methodic juno rumblings and soaring synth lines trap your consciousness in a bottle and blast it into the farthest reachest of the universe. arpeggios burn like solar flares, etched into glass forever. when mcgill gets this sucker really purring, you'll be zoning out for days and days. edition of 70, pro-dubbed.

pink priest sheds his summer skin and heads home for another kick at the can. "east camden" is drenched in sepia-toned nostalgia like your favorite childhood blanket, held together by the flimsiest thread. keyboards bathe in rivers of fuzz with buried melodies reaching out from their dirt beds. put the industrial revolution to sleep, folks, and sing the night away.

"east camden" picks up where his previous digitalis effort left off. it's a familiar path trekked with new intentions and hopes. everything here is gasping for one last breath. edition of 80, pro-dubbed. art by danielle nemet.

back when i started digitalis in 2003, bluesanct was one of the labels i admired most. michael anderson's catalog had no boundaries, but always traversed in interesting fare. at the top of the mountain is his solo wares as drekka. "ancestral cave sequence" is one of his most cryptic efforts yet.

crackling folk textures and bent strings shine out from the reverb-laden soundscape mazes. vocals and violin escape the murk with their melancholic melodies fighting off the static to cement themselves in your mind. electronics get washed in but the strings are never far off. everything here feels so delicate, so fragile. "ancestral cave sequence" is a ghostly orchestra leading you away, serenading you into the gloaming. anderson has really unlocked something stunning. edition of 80, pro-dubbed w/ silver-on-clearblue imprinting.

sometimes, persistence really pays off in the end. jooklo-contributor luca massolin worked for ages on putting together a release for digitalis and just when it seemed like it might not come together, this absolute gem turned up. "kaleidopea" is as accomplished as golden cup has ever been. chattering walls of synth debris find the perfect balance between foreign and familiar leading you down diamond paths. just when it feels like everything is closing in around you, massolin breaks out the guitar and you're in a different place entirely. again, it's all in the balance.

on the flipside things really cook as the inimitable sachiko adds her voice to the mix. hypnotic synth underpinnings are the perfect canvas for massolin's delay-strewn guitar and sachiko's incredible voice. as the synth repeats over and over it leaves plenty of room for the guitar and voice to interact and suck you under. it's disjointed enough to keep you from totally drifting away, each off-kilter moment snapping you back to reality, but overall the effect is pretty goddamn mesmerising. eventually we all settle down and get lost in the waves. unbelievable. edition of 80, pro-dubbed. gold-on-red silkscreened covers.

as always, package dealz available - email me (all roads lead to brad@digitalisindustries.com ). smaller package deals available, just drop us a note.

Myrmyr is the duo of Agnes Szelag and Marielle Jakobsons (aka Darwinsbitch). They create electroacoustic songs on many instruments such as violin, cello, voice, bass, gezhong, piano, and accordian. When those instruments aren't enough, they invite friends to play with them and write scores for conducted improvisations. Their scores are often conceptually or process-driven, resulting in their unique style of electroacoustic music, reminiscent of Scandinavian free folk, lullabies, dramatic film scores, and electronic improvised music.

"The Amber Sea" is their debut album and is the story of amber, inspired by the mythology, Baltic folklore, and geology of this magical gem. The album traces the story of how amber is created, with material from intimate lullabies and free form ballads to epic orchestral oceans.

A whole host of guest musicians populate the world of "The Amber Sea" playing instruments ranging from trombone, clarinets, vibraphone, flutes, harmonium, voice and more. It's an absolute collective effort.

Edition of 500 in gatefold jackets printed by Stumptown, designed by Agnes.

alright so what's in the pipeline? the cursillistas LPs start shipping next week. RIGHT ON. after that, vinyl from roll the dice, imaginary softwoods, & higuma. sparkling wide pressure and mira cook in there too. oh and the new scott tuma, "dandelion," will make its way in early 2010. the album is DONE.

much love,

brad