Week in Review #60
Catching up with last week’s slightly delayed FFFoxy Podcast… “On this episode of the FFFoxy Podcast, we started off the show with a premiere excerpt from the Philadelphia-based duo Good Area’s forthcoming LP called Macbeth. This release, following solid efforts out on the reputable Kye and Hanson labels, is due out later in the year on Vitrine, the private imprint started in 2013 by Good Area members Allen Mozek and Gabi Losoncy. Vitrine has been slowly issuing works from other like-minded artists dealing in primitive electronics, tape manipulation, sound poetry, and noise. On this episode, we be spoke with Allen about the work that he’s doing with Vitrine, along with the sound work that he is doing under the name No Intention and with Good Area. You will also hear several selections from the Vitrine catalog throughout, including some other new and forthcoming releases and a few other Philadelphia-related artists that Allen provided. If you are interested in checking out further sound clips, you can head over to the Vitrine YouTube page. If you’d like to purchase any Vitrine titles, we’d encourage you to check out the following mail order sites: Alberts Basement (AU), Art Into Life (JP), Crisis of Taste, Fusetron, Hanson, Infinite Limits (UK), Little Big Chief, Mimaroglu, Swill Radio, and Tordan Ljud (EU). Hope you enjoy this episode. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions or comments.”
1. Good Area “Macduff Pt. 1” Macbeth (for., Vitrine)
2. Introduction
3. Three-Legged Race “Ex-Locksmith” Rope Commercial Vol. 2 CS (VT07)
4. (Interview segment with Allen Mozek)
5. Spoils & Relics “Infrared Air” Map of the Interior CS (VT06)
6. Gene Pick “Secondary Cell” Lacing the Air CS (VT04)
7. Safe House “1:11 / Region VI” Region VI CS (Vitrine) (VT003)
8. Good Area “Anti P” (excerpt) Dilettante Cassette CS (VT01)
9. (Interview segment with Allen Mozek)
10. Copley Medal “Joop” Marble Cage CS (VT08)
11. A. Bolus “Chopping Polish Speed…” Tropical Poolside Drainage CS (VT09)
12. Adam Bohman “Keelhaul Consumption” The Period Before Christmas… (for., Vitrine)
13. (Interview segment with Allen Mozek)
14. No Intention “Suicide Blues” +B CS (Robert and Leopold)
15. No Intention “Armchair Electronics” Armchair Electronics (for., Vitrine)
16. (Interview segment with Allen Mozek)
17. Christian Mirande “Italian Tire Pressure”
18. Steven White “Revox Christening”
19. T.D. “Time Bends Forward” Violence as Sport CS (Crisis of Taste)
Find out more about submitting material to the FFFoxy Podcast at David’s website, Free Form Freakout.
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#1 – 3.15.2015 – Baskaru released Frank Rothkamm‘s remarkable Wiener Process, a 24 CD set lasting exactly 24 hours that was originally conceived by the artist and philosopher as a possible cure for tinnitus. Failing in that aim, Rothkamm realized his monumental creation had in fact evolved to reflect, in his own words, “the scientific method of psychostochastics”; in layman’s terms, music minus time. “Once Wiener Process is set in motion within the listener, [it] will go on until the listener dies,” Rothkamm posits. There are only 24 boxes available, so act quick if you want one. –SD
#2 – 3.16.2015 – XLR8R reported that Leaving Records would shortly inaugurate a new age release series titled Mindflight, noting that “forthcoming releases appear set to include solo productions alongside a number of collaborative efforts, with the likes of Jimmy Tamborello (a.k.a. Dntel), LA artist/musician Mitchell Brown, and cosmic soundscaper Diva Dompe, and Stones Throw affiliate Mndsgn having added their talents to a handful of efforts.” Though the announcement didn’t mention the new cassette, it’s probably safe to assume that the series began with the release of Diva’s Vibration Fruits guided meditation cassette last week. Follow Leaving on Facebook for updates. -DP
#3 – 3.17.2015 – The Guardian ran coverage from The Calvert Journal’s Alexandra Vorobiova exploring the range of electronic music issuing haphazardly but more or less independently from the remoteness of Siberia, with a focus on Stanislav Sharifullin, aka the producer Hmot, and proprietor of his own exquisite tape label Klammklang. Incidentally one of the better bits of recent reportage on the international tape scene, Vorobiova also observes that the lion’s share of Klammklang releases end up in foreign collections. Read the entire article here and check out Klammklang on Bandcamp. -DP
#4 – 3.17.2015 – Ad Hoc premiered a new video from videomaker Sara Drake for precocious Chicago synth drifter Quicksails, accompanying the song “Daily Drift” off of his Spillage cassette for Tranquility Tapes — which is still available to buy digitally via Bandcamp. Check out the video below or click through to Ad Hoc for the full scoop. –DP
#5 – 3.17.2015 – UK poet John Cooper Clarke announced his first tour of the US and Canada for over 35 years. The punk icon, who was recently the subject of a BBC documentary, will start his trip in Las Vegas at the end of next month and finish up a couple of weeks later in Toronto. Full details are available here. –SD
#6 – 3.17.2015 – Cam Curran issued his second release as Cambo, following his dazzling debut on Further a couple years back. This time around, the Brooklyn resident and “co-conspirator” behind Styles Upon Styles returns with six hip hop and techno skewers that are dark and dreamlike, although not at all nightmarish. Incorporating strains of Nightmares on Wax, Madlib and other elusive beat-icians rubbing shoulders with the gritted techno or IDM worlds while maintaining steadfast ear for mangled rhythms, Patronage & Pork is disfigured in just the right places. Sample the tape below and pick up a copy before they’re gone directly from the label. -BP
#7 – 3.18.2015 – Craig Leon composed an alphabet for Electronic Beats’ brain-scouring, recurring feature in which artists riff off something like the first thing they think about in relation to each letter; in this case particularly interesting for the anecdotes Leon drops about Sire, though honestly I’d prefer a more probing feature if it turned out more album recommendations from this dude. Read that at Electronic Beats. -DP
#8 – 3.18.2015 – Ghostly International announced a new addition to their store: an amazing print from artist Brandon Locher (who has also contributed to their ongoing wallpaper series.) The new print, Mazes to the Motherlode XL, is quite the beauty to behold — gander it below and once you’re properly hypnotized, head over to the Ghostly shop to pick up a 20″ x 20″ print. -LP
#9 – 3.18.2015 – On Thursday we posted about Manufactured Recordings’ incredible Norton batch, but didn’t mention the label already has more than a dozen additional upcoming releases, including recognizable titles like DJ Quik’s Quik is the Name and obscure 7″s (the label’s other forte) like the “I Was There At The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” 7″ from a mostly ungoogleable 80s New York punk band. Since founding Manufactured as well as the label’s Sinderlyn imprint, Captured Tracks & Co. seems well prepared as a spiritual and geographical complement to a more bombastic west coast imprint like LA’s Burger. Hop onto Facebook and follow Manufactured for updates on their dozen+ impending reissue gems, and I gather much much more to come. -DP
#10 – 3.18.2015 – The Wire let loose a bonus track from the Japanese version of Lightning Bolt’s new Fantasy Empire album. The 8-minute stream of “Where Are Your Kids?” precedes the album’s March 23 release, a July ATP Iceland show and a month-long tour of the US for the ear-wrecking duo. –SD
#11 – 3.19.2015 – After sixteen years of operations, Insound announced plans to close up shop by the end of the month. The online music retailer was at the forefront of independent internet music sales and helped ushered in the careers of bands like Les Savy Fav, Low, and the Album Leaf (among others) with its sister label Tiger Style. R.I.P. -BP
#12 – 3.20.2015 – Field Hymns is all set for more new tapes at the start of next month. The label’s second set of the year will see Eirik Suhrke‘s Brainchai split sides with Aaron Munson’s Ilkae for Athena and the welcome return of David Suss’s Millions project on Line in the Sky. Grab them from April 1. –SD
