CURRENT RELEASES
 Stars of the Lid Music for Nitrous Oxide(re-issue) |
 Bhob Rainey/Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase 'Ain’t it Grand' split 7-inch |
 Novi_Sad Jailbirds |
STARS OF THE LID’S 1994 classic debut re-issued with new mastering and artwork!!
Stars of the Lid-Music for Nitrous Oxide compact disc, 79 minutes (sedcd023) first pressing 1000 copies. Full color digi-packs
NOVI_SAD Jailbirds (sedcd053) 1) Komdu! Hvert? 21:06 2) Torched estates 19:40 limited to 500 copies and housed in our plastic-free gatefold sleeves with spine, art design by cs08
Novi_Sad’s work came to our attention via our good friend Susanna Bolle( Non-Event and Rare Frequency) in Boston. A superbly keen ear, Bolle felt that his work and our label should connect. Though Nov-Sad’s has only a few years of practice behind him, the quality and maturity of all of his efforts is striking. The proposed Jailbirds material for Sedimental was totally complete and not only of the highest quality but also of a truly unique vision. What is significant in his work is the multiplicity of its action on the listener. It is a density of sound, acting in three-dimensions, not as auditorysound effect but as music with depth both physically and in functionality. Its intensity and purposefulness based in specific conceptual foundations and enhanced by a mastery (and transcendence) of technical means collapses amplified environmental recordings, drone manipulations, structured ambient soundscape, microtones and overtones into unified whole. Sedimental is truly excited to be an early anchor of this young composer and sound artist’s serious oeuvre.
NoviSad (Thanasis Kaproulias, b. 1980) is a graduate student from the Economic University of Piraues. He lives and works in Athens, Greece where he began generating sounds in 2005. His debut album Misguided heart pulses, a hammer, she and the clock received worldwide critical acclaim. Recently, Novisad did a recording session at the prestigious VPRO studios in Amsterdam, for the Dutch National Radio which will be released by Staalplaat [NL] in the Mort Aux Vaches series. His latest piece Dramazon is available on TouchRadio from the publishing house Touch [U.K]. He is currently working on a project based on various methods of audio analysis called Sirens in which he explores the aesthetics of information on sound by using quantitative data from major stock market crashes in history.
BHOB RAINEY-Ain’t it Grand ANGST HASE PFEFFER NASE- Journey to the Center of Something or Other In the form of split 7-inch record (sed07002) limited to 350 copies artwork by jess goddard
Proposed for Sedimental as a glorious masquerade by Boston based by Bhob Rainey (BSC, Nmperign, and infinite collaborative scenarios) and including the opportunity to also release solo work by western, MA’s Chris Cooper(Fat Worm of Error, XO4, Buddies, BSC, etc.) in his Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase guise proved too devastating a proposition to avoid. So we did not…avoid it.
Here we have a circular cover project, or a which came first, a who is whoconundrum. Those who know the respective artists work well enough should be able to suss the jig, and despite a label-less disc there are other ways. So, what do we have here musically? Densely collaged musique concrete-ism edited at a rather brisk pace, essentially. What matters, besides each artist’s specific musical means, is both the sensitivity and the breadth the artists bring to the project. Concise. Humorous. Kick-ass. Classic.
Do we really need to discuss Rainey’s importance on things experimental at this point? I hope not. Chris Cooper on the hand does deserve a bit more elucidation. Though well enough known through the circles in the above mentioned projects, it seems that his particular genius through the discipline of his guitar work is still not wholly understood. He possesses notable music knowledge as well as theoretical approaches that are generally not employed in the lo-fi, experimental noise and punk worlds in which he operates. His contribution to this artifact is yet another important piece of evidence that continues to build an airtight case for his necessary-ness.
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