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xxx | 2004 | $10
Sedimental is proud to announce the release of the EHC’s first formal document. The EHC provided Sedimental with many hours …
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xxx | Released in 2004 | $10
Sedimental is both honored and pleased to release this stunning work from New York based installation and sound artist Seth …
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SEDCD036 | Released in 2004 | $10
This long-awaited document of an historic tour marrying two of Berlin’s finest improvisers with Boston’s hometown sluggers has finally been released, and is sounding luscious. At the end of August, 2001, Doerner and Neumann arrived at Boston’s Logan airport for a tour that would cover the continental United States and take up the entire month of September.
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SEDCD035 | Released in 2003 | $10
A year and a half in the making, this remarkably dense and subtly musical effort marks a rupture/diversion in Ielasi’s creative output. The intersection of electro-acoustic sonogrophies infused with fragments of melancholic melodies creates a near dizzying disorientation. In 1998 Iealasi founded the well-respected Fringes label, in order to document his own work as well as that of other artists. In addition to his work on Fringes, he has recorded for such labels as Leo and Sonoris, Erstwhile and Absurd. He has performed live with Taku Sugimoto, Jerome Noetinger, Dean Roberts, Thomas Lehn, Michel Doneda and Brandon LaBelle, Domenico Sciajno among many others.
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SED1LP | Released in 2003 | $10 |
One-sided LP, ltd to 500 copies
A singularly brilliant work for baritone, tenor, contralto & soprano whistling kettles from this unpredictable Argentinian collective Reynols seems to be more active than ever. Responsible for a bunch of highly conceptual projects such as the “10.000-chicken Symphony”, “BlanTapes”, “Fire Music”, “Reynols Plays the Eiffel Tower”, etc. this sound-art piece redefines a traditional format in classical music Їthe quartetЇ in order to expand its boundaries and possibilities. Through the three movements of this composition (Andante Mogal, Moderato uno Surido Fermo and Allegro Repuliom Lanidelo), the sound of the four whistling kettles create deep textures, ranging from minimal static drones to complex pitch counterpoints. If the String Quartet has, for centuries, been a must for composers, what can we expect from the coming XXI century quartets? Maybe this release starts eying in key an answer.
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xxx | Released in 2003 | $7
10” record, limited to 500 numbered copies A tour document highlighting two exemplary excursions by these leading Boston …
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SEDCD033 | Released in 2003 | $10
Involved before and after with such groups as At the Drive-In, the Abrasion Ensemble, Mat Maneri, Fiery Furnaces, White Heat, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, and the Gamelan Kyai Rosowibowo, either as drummer, guitarist, singer, tape manipulator or saron demung-ist, these recordings of the Tonalamotl date from 1997-1998, and sound like none of the above. Curiously, it also anticipates the improvised movement from Japan subsequently labeled “Onkyo” and the sort of electroacaoustic music documented by the esteemed Erstwhile imprint.
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SEDCD034 | Released in 2003 | $10
Sunder, Unite began with the destruction of musical sources through the insertion of silence and/or faulty connection. It continued with the playing of small objects, fire and grass on our tour of Japan in 2000,being multiplied on many small speakers in each space and recorded in these situations. Sources continued to be recorded in our locations, train stations, a market in Kyoto… Sounds were traded and holes punched in, surfaces distorted. Transparencies of sound were overlaid and cut, residues remain. We followed an ever-shifting ground and rate-of-change. A skip and fade, an intuitive mix and then traded again. The crumbling recording of metal. A walking recording of creaking wood. Speakers in a room.
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SEDCD032 | Released in 2002 | $10
Sedimental’s first release for 2002, Four Stills, is from New York composer/guitarist Michael J. Schumacher. Schumacher has a strong presence on the experimental scene with his refined guitar “drone” compositions but parallel to this activity he has been working with number system applications of sampled material through electronics, a direct extension of his audio installations. Schumacher is also internationally recognized along with his wife and artist Ursula Scherrer, who designed the artwork for this release, for the outstanding Studio 5 Beekman space (now Diapason on 6th Ave.) that provides a sympathetic environment for audio artists to execute installations. The participants in this project read like a who’s who of leading-edge composers and experimental musicians.
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SEDCD031 | Released in 2001 | $10
Sedimental’s release of the second cd from Chicago based electro-acoustic composer Olivia Block titled Mobius Fuse. This much anticipated follow up to her critically acclaimed debut Pure Gaze(sed cd028) continues her rich and unique exploration of both acoustic and electronic sounds reaching a depth and level of emotional intensity rarely heard in the field.
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SEDCD030 | Released in 2001 | $10
In our continuing quest to bring you new and young talented experimental musicians, sedimental is proud to release the debut cd from Boston improv heavyweight, Thereminist James Coleman. Featuring Bhob Rainey, Greg Kelley, Liz Tonne, Tatsuya Nakatani and Vic Rawlings this dynamic cd not only sheds new light on an instrument historically relegated to novelty but also provides a superb forum for experiencing an aesthetic that can be heard in much of Boston’s underground. These improvisational settings and collaborations, carefully selected by James himself, reach a place beyond their instrument individually and do so with subtlety and elegance. We recommend listening to Zuihitsu at several different volume levels to experience these qualities. This release also features the creativity of five other excellent improvisers (bios provided below).
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SEDCD027 | Released in 2000 | $10
From musician, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Susanne Lewis, comes a new, long-awaited solo-album. Self-titled, the album contains solid, superb tracks that delve into lyrical themes concerning love, lust, confusion, nature, hometown reflections, traveling, trees, wondering/wandering, the FDA and the future of the human race and professional sports, all created and delivered in Susanne Lewis’ special way.
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SEDCD029 | Released in 1999 | nfs
This document was originally intended to be packaged with issue #22 of n d magazine to coincide with an interview I did with Phill several years ago. The material, created for an installation at Studio 5 Beekman, is much different than Phill’s composed work, using urban and country street sounds throughout southeast Asia to create a hypnotic but also chaotic collage. Phill thought it better suited as a document with the interview than a normal release.
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SEDCD026 | Released in 1999 | $10
The debut release from the talented Chicago-based composer Olivia Block. In the few short years of her re-location from Austin, Texas to Chicago she has become a noted figure within its underground and experimental circles performing at the Women’s Avant Fest(Lounge Ax) in ‘97, The Eye of the Ear Sound Festival(Links Hall) in ‘98, and Women Mixing in Sound Festival(Artemesia Gallery) in ‘98, as well as playing trumpet for a Palace Bros. Project and colloborating in live performance with Pauline Oliveros.
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SEDCD025 | Released in 1998 | $10
Sedimental offers the re-release of the classic out of print collaborative recording How To Live With A Tiger between Susanne Lewis and Azalia Snail, known as HAIL/SNAIL. Recorded and released in ‘93 on the now defunct Funky Mushroom label, the album is a critically* lauded mini-masterpiece of idiosyncratic indie-pop psychedelia, featuring both artists unique approach to the song form while cross pollinating each other’s sound.
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SEDCD024 | Released in 1997 | $10
Specially re-mixed material Francisco created for the dance work, Geography, by the The Ralph Lemon Dance Co. which premiered at Yale in New Haven. At the time Francisco already had established himself as an important new composer working with huge pools of silence that then build in time stretching waves of sonic purity. This work is certainly in the vein but there’s also subtle percussive elements woven in, drawn from an African percussion ensemble that performed live during the performance. This is Francisco’s seventh cd release.
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SEDLP046 | Released in 1996 | Contact for price
Limited editon white vinyl pressing, 709 copies
The follow-up to “nitrous oxide” was to be a limited edition white vinyl only release as requested by Adam and Brian. As with all sedimental releases the artists have complete control over the look and the material once we agree to do a release together.
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SEDCD023 | Released in 1995 | $10
This of course, was our first cd release from all the way back in 1993. Robert Ovetz (Ultrasound) mentioned this guy Adam who was doing amazing 4-track stuff at home. I think the name of the tape he gave me was called “Ombudsman”. The success of this release was a surprise and certainly having Joel at Cargo, who was just getting Kranky going too, champion it helped much. It certainly put us both out there. Ultimately, SOTL ended up at Kranky and are still making amazing recordings. Many say this is still their favorite Lid release, although I am partial to the “Ballested Orchestra” too. Below is the original press release that went out with promo copies.
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v/a-Dbl 7 | Released in 1994 | $5
Our very first release was this lovely little item, the music expressing the innocence of just starting up a label, the artists personal favorites of mine, and the double 7” format expressing the ambition and desire to be a little different. It was well received and sold fairly well given sedimental was new and the artists were still fairly unknown. Obviously volume #1 implies further volumes. Maybe someday we will do another. Occasionally I encounter someone who tells me they bought this when it came out and it really makes my day. Still in print.
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misc titles: rare, vinyl, cd, out of print, experimental, psyche, punk, prog, noise, improv, out, lowercase…all prices listed post-paid in North America! add $4 overseas.
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