3/1/12
ST05 - Devin Dart "Mint Spring Silver"
ST05 - Devin Dart "Mint Spring Silver" - C40Limited Edition of 30
While it’s surely a boundless source of untapped brilliance and under-the-radar masterpieces going for $5 a pop, the world of left-field “tape music” is often a terribly serious one—all deep, stone-faced drones and cosmic soul-searching; in other words, not a whole lot of “fun”. Thank God, then, for Devin Dart, whose new Mint Spring Silver cassette for the lovely Scissor Tail Records (run by Dylan Aycock of Talk West fame) is a goofy, schizoid melting pot of “jazz-punk sci-fi improv” that won’t leave you you stewing in an existential crisis. One of the least nonsensically-titled tracks on the release (see: “Haha whoa dude did you know yer fingers are made of lightning”), “Now, I Elevate” comes crashing forth with thunderous drums, brightly-humming synths, and indecipherable noise. It’s loud, triumphant, and yes—fun. -Boy Attractions
SOLD OUT
2/21/12
ST04 - Mohawk Park "Ungeometric Circuit"
ST04 - Mohawk Park "Ungeometric Circuit" - C30Limited Edition of 60
I’ve stopped keeping count as far as Brad Rose projects go. And it doesn’t matter. They’re all different and exciting; if Rose were a porn starlet, he’d be a classic, able to reinvent even as the business changes. Dylan Aycock would be his worthy director (the last name… fitting). Their tandem outfit, Mohawk Park, has certainly amassed the equivalent of a longevity boner with Ungeometric Circuit. The sexual grind of a dark room, punctuated by the foreplay before bed springs jolt alive in symmetrical spurts, the start up and slow down of “The Future Was” projecting dirty images into the untapped imagination. “Vanilla Spiderwebs” provides the apropos cool down after the filthy first half. The post-coital deep slumber of “Defense Mechanism” locks the eyelids for Sandman replays of the raw footage. A quarterback’s gotta keep in game shape; Rose and Aycock remain as limber and unpredictable as they cum. -Tiny Mixtapes
ST03 - Fains "s/t"
ST03 - Fains "s/t" - C30Limited Edition of 60
Originally imagined as miniatures. These 12 short but sweet compositions by Scotty Griffith cross any number of genres without settling to any certain one. Griffith has a knack for creating short epics without sounding like fragments of longer pieces. Gorgeous lush electronics sparse beats and playful melodies, rumbling bass and some hints of guitar and zither. At times beautifully haunting and masterfully executed without ever feeling rushed. Tracks like "I Was And You Were" become very hard to decipher what instruments or machines are being used to create the sounds. The only way I could describe it is if a robot were playing a soulful Scottish ballad on some sort of broken futuristic-electronic bagpipes. Pretty amazing.
3/20/11
ST02 - The New Honey Shade "Ozark Dream"
ST02 - The New Honey Shade "Ozark Dream" - C25Limited Edition of 60
Beautiful new work by Mark Kuykendall of (Leaving the Tribe, Golden Pawn, Cecada, Triangle). It's an honor to get to put out some of his solo music that I've witnessed accumulate over the years. These 12 songs were recorded over a 3 year period on reel to reel, wire recorder, ipod... you name it. So much warmth here, and that homely watercolor painting of his fits nicely with the lush synths and old time guitar taken from camping trips in the unsuspecting mountains of Oklahoma.
(currently) SOLD OUT
2/25/11
ST01 - Golden Pawn "Workers Lament"
ST01: Golden Pawn - C25Limited Edition of 60
Debut from Oklahoma's "Golden Pawn". Four ghostly improvisations recorded through a hole in the ceiling of an old brothel by Dylan Aycock (Talk West, The Doldrums), Andrew Bones (The Panda Resistance), Mark Kuykendall (The New Honey Shade). Made with comradery, rhodes, guitar, drums, vibraphone, and tornado sirens. Art by Yaroslav Gerzhedovich. (3 copies left)
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