The Curatorial Club

TCC017 | Gem Trails Timeshares

2011-02-14T07:40:00.001-08:00

Wormhole

Gem Trails is Trevor (Woodsman/Firetalk Records) nom de plume. A solo excursion into the nuanced underbelly of psychic reality. Timeshares is a visceral journey into the nether world where subtle fragments of life are rendered in slow-motion, only to be dissected, observed, and preserved for future citizens.

Gem Trails - Timeshares - C30
Side 1: 1993, Timeshares, Mega Fortress, Wahter, Old Kid
Side 2: See Colors, Dyno Comp

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TCC016: Airbird/Megafortress Split

2011-01-21T11:29:00.001-08:00

Airbird/Megafortress C30 Split - TCC016
****art by Megazord****

Old skool buds team up to populate this C30 chromatic tape in various synthetic forms.

Airbird (aka Joel Ford of Games) brings big beats and piano house over transposed vox on jams like "Part of the Game" and "King for the Night", while "Somewhere in a Field" dwells in galactic gurgles and satellite field recordings. It's all encompassing, and I didn't even mention that he also tries on the Beach Boys "Surfer Girl." Airbird going H.A.M right now. #watchout

Listen to "Part of the Game"

Side B is a mythic region inhabited solely by Bill Gillim, the lone proprietor of the Megafortress. Over four movements, Gillim zones in on the internal chaos, harvesting tones from a DX-7 in the midst of the night. "Allelujah" is a hybrid journey into a prophetic digital gospel, while "Mega Fortress IV" showcases Gillim's way with an EWI and VE-20. Pretty much just waiting for Kanye to jack a Megafortress vox samp at this point. Oh yeah, and if you haven't seen his video for Freedom From Fear, watch it now. It's not on the tape, but it's striking, and an excellent example of where Megafortress is heading...I think?

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TCC015 Flower Orgy

2011-01-21T11:14:00.001-08:00

Flower Orgy- TCC015- C30 $7US/11INTL (includes Shipping)

Supremely damaged hippie folk from Redhook's Flower Orgy, a fried concoction blended to distressed warmth over a few months on the southern tip of BK. The 4-some retreated to the woods of VT this past autumn and tracked this off-handed tape– a travellogue from a lost (or…found?) weekend in the woods. First release by this shambolic singers who meandered out of Bennington, VT a 'lil while back, includes an outstretched cover of Exuma's "22nd Century." Take a listen below.

Flower Orgy play tomorrow at Silent Barn where they will have a couple copies for sale.

TCC014 | Zonotope™- Excellent Realms

2010-11-09T09:51:00.001-08:00

Found out we had a secret undergounr pyramid they had built underneath the building over there, a large full frame copper pyramid that you could go down into the chamber, crawl up inside of and sit down in the thing and I tell ya, you go off planet right there. This thing has an accelerator on top of it that sends your mind off into different places. When I was young my mother taught me a little bit about how the mind works and how you get outside of your body anyway, so I did my usual thing that I do…but inside the pyramid, which had been built for Billy by these extraterrestrials - they told him how to build it - huh, it real accelerates your meditation and your thoughts and your individual spiritual powers…so there were a lot of real unusual things going on there. - Randy Winters

Listen to Excellent Realms on Zonotope™'s Bandcamp.

Zonotope™ Excellent Realms C30
Side A
Excellent Realms / Space Without You

Side B
Under That Building / On My Planet / Singularity Sky / Discover / Busted Animatronics on Gliese 581d

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2010-11-08T09:14:00.001-08:00

TCC012 | Sultan- The Moon

2010-10-12T07:51:00.001-07:00

Subtle tones creeping through the sentient Autumnal air, this reissue of Sultan's The Moon materializes from the invisible mist hanging in the air. Recorded in March of 2010, the tape fittingly begins with "Overture", a sweeping and grandiose opening statement, as faded and hushed as "There Goes My Girl", Sultan's wondrous tune that closed Blackburn Recordings Various Deficiancies V.1 compilation. Kayla gave The Moon, a collection of five extended cuts, to a handful of friends, but this is the first time it will be available in larger quantities. Highly recommended for fans of haunting acid-folk, damaged tape excursions and restrained beauty.

Listen to The Moon in its entirety at Sultan's Bandcamp.

The Report V.2

2010-08-30T06:36:00.000-07:00

Pre-order The Report V.2 (out soon)

Featuring interviews with Iasos, Greg Davis, Velvet Davenport, Candy Claws, as well as texts by Dan Lopatin, Cameron Stallones, Daniel Bachman (Sacred Harp), Nate Grace (Pure Ecstasy), and much much more. This volume's tape compilation features selections from Dolphins into the Future, Ducktails, Buffalo Moon, Dent Sweat, Big Troubles, The Twerps, Airbird, La Big Vic and many more. The DVD will showcase artists like Laurel Halo, Megazord, Speculator and a variety of other outer-worldy gonkers.

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TCC011| CHUCK PERSON'S ECCOJAMS VOLUME.1

2010-08-08T19:15:00.000-07:00

The KGB Man comes correct again. 55+ minutes of wonk'd re-edits from Sega-haze alter ego Chuck Person. Screwed & fucked re-edits of everything from Toto's "Africa" to "Castles in the Sky" to 2Pac to Bobby Womack. Gonzo digital tweakery that'd spin the spunnest spunion.

Chuck Persons- Angel by The Report|TCC

Chuck Persons- Information by The Report|TCC

CHUCK PERSON'S ECCOJAMS VOL.1- C60- TCC011

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TCC010| Arches- C20

2010-07-19T08:22:00.000-07:00

Unsure of what lay before them, a few young men searching for reassurance headed into a church to explore the negative space floating above. What came out of the sessions is a C20 reimagining summer as a self-reflective purgatorial state, where everything slowed to a near-pause before life once again took over. Arches have been mining this lucid reflective state for a minute, examining the ins-and-outs of everyday life like molecular biologists searching for fractal bacteria under a microscope. What emerges is a sound that feels like opening a yearbook a year after you got it, and wondering what happened to all the faces you used to see wandering the halls daily. Some are forgotten, others etched into nooks of the mind.

Stream the tape here.

Arches- C20- TCC010 (two different covers)
Side A: Comin' Back Again, Wide Awake
Side B: Golden Rye, It Won't Take Long

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TCC009 | Spermwhales- The Seven Openings of the Head

2010-07-18T06:56:00.000-07:00

Originally conceived as a gateway to meditation, the spiraling ambiance of Spermwhales doesn't feature any nature recordings, but the natural world is most definitely present. The debut from the Maryland-based ambient artist, The Seven Openings of the Head, hints at the tropi-waves ridden by Ducktails, but veers left, trading surf dotted melodies for hyper-dimensional exploration before catching the last boat to tripper's island.

MP3: Spermwhales- Ears, Door to the Soul

Spermwhales - The Seven Openings of the Head- C24- TCC009
Side A: 1 Ears Door to the Soul, Fractal Vibe
Side B: 1 Hissssssy Fits, Baker Valley

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006-008| Pigeons, Future Shuttle, Games

2010-06-30T19:57:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BDAY AMERKA! NEW TAPE BATCH

TCC006 - Pigeons C28

On the trail of their Lunettes 7-inch on Soft Abuse and barely preceeding the release of Si Faustine on OESB, this collection of songs finds Pigeons exploring their inner realm. Originally intended to be a live release, TCC006 grew to include new songs (the intoxicating allure of "en rêve" and the luminous "Masks"), as well as homages to some of their favorite songs (Mark Bolan's "Life's A Gas", Dwight Twilley's "Looking for the Magic" and Jimmy Page and Del Shannon's "In My Time of Sorrow.") The B-side is filled with a live set recorded in the dead of winter on the Lower East Side and showcases songs from the forthcoming Si Faustine.

Pigeons- en rêve

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TCC007 - Future Shuttle - West & Green - C28

Recorded on a sunny evening on Greenpoint's river edge, this live improvisational set from Future Shuttle finds the synth duo exploring temporal atmosphere while submerged in an infinite sea of newly born stars. Recorded live on a Sony handheld tape recorder during a Future Shuttle live installation at the opening of the Art Unit at West & Green on April 13th 2010. The recording featurs Camilla Padget-Coles and Jessa Farkas on synthesizers and Lizzie Harper on Flute.

Future Shuttle- Side A of West & Green

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TCC008 Spend the Night With....Games - 2xC60

Every summer has its banging mix of sensual classics and 2k10's (aka SUMMRUHLUV) is brought to you by Games. Childhood homeys Dan Lopatin and Joel Ford sit back and ride a .wav of sensual soul and slo-funk, screwing everything from Enya to Mobb Deep, leaving all the shawty's in short shorts wet in the wings. Epic cover at by Megazord.

Pre-Order: $9 (+ shipping) (Will not ship until July 25th)

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SPEND THE NIGHT WITH
GAMES

SUMMERTAPE 2010 2xc60

TAPE 1
SPEND THE NIGHT WITH GAMES - Side A by Games
A1 MICHAEL FRANKS - DONT BE SHY
A2 COOL NOTES - SPEND THE NIGHT
A3 ALAN SHEARER - SONS OF THE SNAKE
A4 APHEX TWIN - WINDOWSILL
A5 DELANO SMITH - METROPOLIS
A6 DEREK MAY - WIGGIN SINISTER
A7 TRICKY - STRUGGLIN
A8 MICHAEL FRANKS - DONT BE SHY (REPRISE)

SPEND THE NIGHT WITH GAMES - SIDE B by Games
B1 MANHATTANS - CRAZY
B2 DOPPLEREFFEKT - GESAMTKUNSTWERK
B3 BILLY GRIFFIN - SERIOUS
B4 OCTAVE - ART AND SOUL
B5 ENYA - BOADICEA

TAPE 2
SPEND THE NIGHT WITH GAMES - Side C by Games
A1 ENYA - DAN Y DWR
A2 LOOSE ENDS - HANGIN ON A STRING (CONTEMPLATING)
A3 BAM BAM - WHERE'S YOUR CHILD
A4 COLONEL ABRAMS - TRAPPED
A5 KRUSH - HOUSE ARREST
A6 COOL NOTES - IN YOUR CAR

SPEND THE NIGHT WITH GAMES - Side D by Games
B1 HERBIE HANCOCK - RAIN DANCE
B2 ROGER TROUTMAN - EMOTIONS
B3 JOYCE SIMS - ALL AND ALL
B4 ATLANTIC STARR - SILVER SHADOW
B5 52ND STREET - TELL ME (HOW IT FEELS)
B6 MAI-TAI - HISTORY
B7 MOBB DEEP - PARTY OVER

ALL TRACKS ARE GAMES RE-EDITS

005 | Family Portrait

2010-06-08T15:05:00.001-07:00

The morning after their reunion at the Micro-Pixel-Rites loft jam, Family Portrait reconvened in Brooklyn to jam on Sunday Brunch radio. While Mimoun, Sawyer and Brody played together for the first time in months the night before, their live radio jam was the first time all four original members of Family Portrait had played together since the inaugural Underwater Peoples Summer Showcase in August of 2009. Familiar faces sat indian style on the floor in awe. A few choice words from some in attendance:

"It was a heavy session fueled with heavy smoke blasts and riffs, cyclical and meditative like a balloon that keeps floating upward." Matt Mondanile

"I couldn't see much of anything because there was so much smoke, but I'm pretty sure there were about 10,000 people in the studio that day -- not to mention all the tailgate parties in front of the high school outside." Emilie Friedlander, Visitation Rites

"There was definitely a morning-after vibe during that brunch set. Possibly out of consideration for our hangovers, their usual heart-throbbin' rockstar nighttime vibe was replaced with something softer and, dare I say, more sincere." Elise Oh, Pixel Horse

"I walked in late, almost halfway through the set. A huddled mass of spectators glared up at me, wide-eyed, and almost cautionary. Dark Magic was brewing. A single howl arose from Family P's uncharacteristically murky depths: 'Call me Mr. Flintstone, I can make your bed rock!'" Alex Bleeker

Family Portrait / C20 / TCC005
Side 1: George 9:21
Side 2: Gene 8:23

Download: Family Portrait- Gene

Tape + Digital

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004 | Cascaders C24

2010-06-01T09:29:00.000-07:00

Permeating from the depths of Slob City, Cascaders channels the buzz of a late night TV drone projecting silent infomercials onto lucid dreams. The musical project of Jamie Granato (Men & Women, Co-Founder of Group Tightener) is a luminous meditation on modern living in urban society, where the space floating between fits of consciousness is more telling than the random bits & pieces of memories left scattered on the street.

Cascaders / C24 / TCC004

Side 1: Lifetimes, Don't Want It

Side 2: Skybridge, Harpoon Dodger

Tape + Digital

Sample: Cascaders- Skybridge

Full DL: Cascaders C24

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The Report

2010-04-28T13:29:00.000-07:00

The Report, a publication which in the future will likely be produced and distributed under the Curatorial Club umbrella, is almost sold out of its first edition. The Report was intended to be made-to-order, however, in trying to plan ahead for any postal misfortunes, airmail vanishings or Earth shattering catastrophes, I produced 200 copies of the Report, 28 more than the 172 orders (which includes copies for contributors). I'm going to keep a few for myself (just 3). The remaining 20 (a few copies may still be at the Mexican Summer Co-Op, 1 or 2) are currently for sale at The-Report.org, or by simply clicking this hyper-link.

001-003|Twin Sister|Alex Bleeker|Run DMT

2010-03-13T11:57:00.000-08:00

It's a pleasure for me to finally announce the incarnation of The Curatorial Club, a new project-based imprint specializing in producing and releasing a wide variety of unique projects. The first batch finds us curating releases by three of our favorite young recording acts; Twin Sister, Alex Bleeker and Run DMT.

Twin Sister's Alternates (TCC 001) is a 30 minute collection of demos from their Vampires with Dreaming Kids EP and the soon-to-be-released EP Color Your Life. Recorded over the past couple of years, the songs shed light on Twin Sister's influences, while giving unique insight into their evolution as a band. The band has 25 copies of the tape on tour, others will be made to order through The Curatorial Club. (Download the A-side here.)

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TCC 002 is a C20 by Alex Bleeker. Mad Dog is an "audio sketch book" that spans a year of bedroom recording Alex did, mostly "lying on my back in bed." The cassette is an invitation to view the work in progress, to hear loose picking evolving into the skeletal framework for songs like "Summer," which Bleeker notes "was literally the first time i had played it." "The first thing ["Mad Dog"] was something I did randomly on Matt's 8-track while I was waiting for him to get ready to leave. Then I found the handheld in my closet a few days ago because I wanted to record the last 'song' on there...It spans from December '08 to now."

The third release in the first batch from The Curatorial Club is Run DMT's physical debut. This C60 collects his initial work, Bong Voyage & Get Ripped or Die Trying, which were initially intended to be released as a two-sided tape. In addition, to the instant classic mixes, the tape is speckled with unreleased, exclusive Run DMT magic dust. Original run of 20 is sold out. A new batch, featuring a new mix, as well as different new, never-before-heard tracks, as well as "Spruce Bringsteen", is now available. This batch will be made to order. Each j-card will be individually designed by Run DMT and The Curatorial Club.

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