Originally released in 2003 on Konstrictor Productions this fantastically bizzare record features both a 7 song Christmas EP from Nichole & The Dreamcatchers, whose lead singer, Nichole, is in full command of her twelve year old voice shaped at the hands of Gary Gooper. Amazing stuff. Then the full on extravaganza. Two tracks from Half-Handed Cloud, The Mary Hamhocks (Liz Janes and husband- erstwhile Slowly Rotating Fan- Michael Kaufmann) and Mary Krismus. Probably the prettiest thing Create (!) has ever recorded (”Hymn for St. John of Shanghai”- bonus points if you know what he is the patron saint of…), a great lo-fi, fun instrumental from elusive My Marathon and a simply astounding piece of music from Joel Pickell (drummer and musician in the travelling Half-Handed Cloud circus). What is Christmas without kids!?? Childhood tape recordings from 1978 and 87 bookend the tracks and the album tops off with “Red & Green” from themorningcall featuring some sweet baby chatter.

Track Listing
01. Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Santa is the Greatest [mp3]
02. Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Santa-Santa [mp3]
03. Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Time To Rejoice [mp3]
04. Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- What a Day for a Dog of Gold [mp3]
05. Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Santa’s on his Way [mp3]
06. Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Santa is the Greatest (surf-rap) [mp3]
07. Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Chocolate Stars (I’ll be home) [mp3]
08. The Mary Hamhocks- Christmas Kiss [mp3]
09. Joel Pickell- Don’t be Scared There is a Savior [mp3]
10. Christmas 1978- Jingle Bells [mp3]
11. My Marathon- A Sleigh Ride Through the Streets of San Francisco [mp3]
12. Campfire Kids- It’s Jesus’ Birthday so He Should Get the Toys [mp3]
13. Half-Handed Cloud- Asian Meteorologists Predicted the Heavens to Snow-down a Child a Child to Us (Plant a little Fir Tree) [mp3]
14. Mary Krismus- Ah-ooh-nee-oh [mp3]
15. Create (!)- Hymn for St. John of Shanghai [mp3]
16. Bastille Day- It’s Christmas Time in D.C. [mp3]
17. Philip Fawn- Ode to Gandolf and Ye Ole Christmas Spirit [mp3]
18. The Mary Hamhocks- Sweet Baby Jesus [mp3]
19. Christmas 1987- Little St. Nick [mp3]
20. The Switched-Off Promise Book- Electrical Coloured Lights [mp3]
21. Mary Krismus- Go Tell it on the Mountain (for Cousin Paul) [mp3]
22. Half-Handed Cloud- The * That Moved-around the Night [mp3]
23. themorningcall- Red & Green [mp3]

Press
“The comp, now free for the downloadin’, also features music from Liz Janes (disguised as Mary Hamhocks) and Create (!), as well as seven songs by a 12-year-old named Nichole. Does she sound like Daniel Smith of the Danielson Famile? You’ll just have to download to find out.”- Pitchforkmedia.com

“a somewhat deranged holiday album”- Tofuhut

“some of the best Christmas music you’ll hear all year”- Gorilla Vs. Bear

This music surprises and seem to bridge the gap between Steve Reich’s Music For 18 Musicians and Ornette Coleman’s Free Jazz. Coupled with their collaborative release with Liz Janes on Asthmatic Kitty, released in September of 2005, Create (!) have entered another phase of hyperactivity. Their long-awaited, rumoured and beloved studio full length looks to be their next chapter.

Justice Constantine- acoustic drums, percussion
Orlando Greenhill- acoustic bass, percussion, voice
Lynn Johnston- clarinet, bass clarinet
Raymond Raposa- electric guitar, electronics
Chris Schlarb- electric guitar, electronics
Kris Tiner- trumpet, flugelhorn

Produced and Engineered by Chris Schlarb
Photography by Adriana Lucero-Schlarb
Layout and Design by Aaron Tanner

Track Listing
01. A Prospect Of Freedom
02. Sonny Sharrock
03. When A Single Flower Blooms, It Is Spring Everywhere
04. Circus Hammer
05. Six Dreams/Divided [mp3]
06. In (Our) Own Backyard
07. Gutei Holds Up A Finger
08. Durindana

Press
“It was King Crimson’s Robert Fripp who said: “Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end.” The guitarist from Dorset, England would no doubt be intrigued by Create (!)… The music on A Prospect of Freedom ranges from the ballad to the deafening roar, from the sublime to dark and brooding. Shimmering guitar chords sit alongside manic reed and brass in surreal juxtaposition, and untethered improvisation is balanced by serene chill-out ambience. The end result is a curiously intoxicating brew and somehow or other it all works rather beautifully.”- All About Jazz

“…their most patient and inspired album to date.”- NPR: All Songs Considered

“‘Six Dreams/Divided’ will surprise you with [its] coherence and subtlety. You can almost hear these players (who have worked with Eugene Chadbourne, Red Krayola, and Wadada Leo Smith) simultaneously listening to and playing with each other.”- Pop Matters

“The double bass comes like a hook to the throat. Out of living matter… changing form and unforeseeable following the feeling, the urgency, the impulse, and of the always different sounds but never repeated with the same emotion. They do not fall into the repetition by hiding their true intentions… These pieces evolve/move… A Jazz for which so much name “free” is an insult… “- Hi-Nu (France)

Collected from the Sounds Are Active and Joyful Noise record labels, Strata- A Young Person’s Guide To Experimental Music, presents both previously unreleased and downloadable tracks with album cuts.

Produced by Chris Schlarb and Karl Hofstetter
Artwork by Tim McMullen

Track Listing
01. Philippians- New Inspiration
02. Melk The G6-49- The Instantaneous Mobilization of All the Resources in the BURROW and All the Forces of My Body and Soul
03. Deneir- Charting Oblivion
04. Soul-Junk- Genesis 15
05. MakeShift:Shelter- Faux Hawk
06. Lafcadio- Noticing Drastic Changes in Individuality and Enlightenment at Such a Young Age
07. Bizzart- Nivek (outputmessage remix)
08. Patagonian- Cage
09. Create (!)- Durindana
10. Electric iLL- Funaise
11. Gratis- Means and Ends (instrumental version)
12. Abner Trio- One
13. Manners for Husbands- Lions
14. I Heart Lung- Moving Through Colour (excerpt)
15. Receptor Sight- Bagel & Green

Press
“A co-release between the Sounds Are Active and Joyful Noise labels, Strata: A Young Person’s Guide to Experimental Music lives up to its title pretty well — even if not a kid’s album in a classic sense, there’s often a gentle, merry playfulness about this 15-track selection which gives a number of creative groups a chance to show what they can do in a post-indie/IDM/everything else vein. The most well-known would doubtless be Soul-Junk, whose pursuit of any number of musical muses over the years has turned out to be a quiet triumph of dedication and art — their retelling of “Genesis 15″ makes most attempts at indie rap seem like the lazy mess it is; lead man Glen’s voice sounds like he’s broadcasting from the outer planets. But things are hardly limited to that, as everything from grinding feedback freneticism into haunted drone from Melk the G6-49 to Lafcadio’s semi-math/rap rock and I Heart Lung’s Mogwai-leaning instrumental mini-epic “Moving Through Colour.” Track times are all over the map as well — Deneir’s brief tone/beat collage “Charting Oblivion” is under a minute, Receptor Sight’s own take on post-rock reach and majesty, “Bagel & Green,” is almost a quarter-of-an-hour. The slyest track — Patagonian’s “Cage (Reenactment of More Encores)” — sounds about like what one would expect.”- All Music Guide

The remixes here run the gambit: Wobbly’s hilarious remix mush-mouths Slo-Ro into danceable incoherency; Patagonian blip-hops Galaxalag into reverse hip-hop infinity. Elsewhere, DAT Politics‘ Aelters crosses Soul-Junk with R2-D2 and early Sega videogame music and Hairspray or No? do right by 1957’s “Jelly Wings”. Create (!) defers to the rap to keep beat with a bizzare live piano/bass/drums revision of “Horse Posing As Unicorn” while Leafcutter John kling-klangs his way through “Can Hop”.

The wonderful artwork has been remixed and masterfully assembled by Paul Goode and Jonathan Dueck, themselves the original artists for 1957 and 1958 respectively. Wholly strange, rewarding and consistantly difficult, 1937 is the breakup record. 1937 is the reunion record.

Track Listing
01. Slo-Ro Vs. M.C. Ponderosa- opidish
02. Aelters- begollar tempus
03. Create (!) Vs. Accident- Seahorse Posing as Colorform
04. Hairspray or No?- poolfullofstatic
05. Wobbly- aiming narrow
06. [dREKKA]- Jammy July Pike Remix - [dREKKA] battles the Mind Flayer on the 12th Day of Christmas wearing Plus Three Chain Mail
07. Poison Arrows- hornfront
08. Stephen Ruiz- soul structures sourced
09. Professor Kermit w/Ashish Vyas- atari atari [mp3]
10. Matt Davignon- jibjob
11. Soul-Junk w/Evig Poesi- NOVA [mp3]
12. Dev79- ungst func slag collision remix
13. looproad- totale (ruby doomsday remix)
14. Soul-Junk- Creech
15. Jason Talbot- non-linear remix
16. Patagonian- organ air
17. therefore- clarks green
18. Leafcutter John- canhop
19. Soul-Junk- Wack M.C.

Press
“If Captain Beefheart enlisted the glitch-hop enthusiasts from TigerBeat6 to record an album of gospel music, it would probably resemble Soul-Junk’s recent work. 1937 is Soul-Junk’s most ambitious release to date. Though technically a remix album, the record plays out more like a futuristic jam session… this impressive cast of artists deconstructs hip-hop to bizarre new levels… a brand of ambitious artistry that, however difficult to find, is immensely rewarding.”- Prefix Magazine

“The album, despite how disparate the group of remix-ers is, is surprisingly consistant and listenable”- Music For Robots

“Half tribute album, half collaborations, remixes, and mash ups, 1937 is by far one of the strangest albums I will hear this year”- The Phantom Tollbooth

“On the 1937 remix album, they go into some truly rarified air. Gurgling through the meticulous murk lies a sensibility that makes this much more memorable than so much “difficult” music. Dance at your own peril.”-HM Magazine

Over a 6 years in the making (yes, six), the album features incredible contributions and collaborations with DJ ESP, who appears on 4 tracks, Soul-Junk who produce “Nivek” and co-produce “Pink Summer in Hell” with Accident. Galaxalag also contributes vocals to “Nivek” along side other M.C.’s Freedom80 (of Non-Conformists), on “Negative Gravity” and Zane (of Tunnel Rats) on the incredibly dirty “Infinite Zero”. Also contributing to the sounds and structures are NOTICE contributors Peter Chan who lays down saxophones and clarinets on 5 cuts, Justice Constantine and Andrew Pompey who play live drums on one track each (”Protocol” and “Infinite Zero” respectively). Create (!) performs on the groove-based deconstruction that is “Stock Options on the Inner Reconstruction of Man” and Slo-Ro (of Soul-Junk) also contributes sounds to two additional tracks (”Ear Drung/Illuminate” and “Infinite Zero”).

Album artwork features all original full colour and hand-drawn art from Jonathan Dueck.

All tracks produced by Accident except:
“Ear Drung/Illuminate” co-produced by Accident and Sam Justice
“Nivek” produced by Soul-Junk
“Protocol” co-produced by Nomadic Urchin and Accident
“Pink Summer in Hell” co-produced by Soul-Junk and Accident

Mastered by Rafter Roberts

All lyrics by Bizzart (Ninja Poetics, ASCAP) except:
“Infinite Zero” lyrics co-written by Accident and Zane
“Stock Options on the Inner Reconstruction of Man” lyrics co-written by Accident
“Hummingbird Feeder” lyrics co-written by Freedom80

All artwork by Jonathan Dueck

Track Listing
01. Ear Drung/Illuminate
02. Nivek
03. Stock Options on the Inner Reconstruction of Man
04. Protocol
05. Wax
06. Pink Summer in Hell [mp3]
07. Infinite Zero
08. Negative Gravity/Hummingbird Feede

Press
“1 out of 10!”- Vice Magazine

“On Ear Drung, Bizzart and producer Accident weave jazz, hip-hop, trip-hop, glitch, spoken word and about a dozen other styles… The six years that went into the album are apparent in the details, like the epic sounds of the bass and percussion on “Infinite Zero”. Who knows what to call this, except fucking good.”- XLR8R

“This succinct album is a comfortable introduction to experimental hip-hop, where off-the-wall sounds merge with more conventional music-making methods- engaging rhymes and solid beats, not to mention optimum production thanks in large part to Accident…[an] honest arrangement of a passionate artist’s deeply personal work.”- Metro.pop

“In a world (hip-hop) so far removed from the conceptual framework of the album, Ear Drung feels like a minor and obscure masterpiece-cohesive, challenging, complete, and mostly unheard.”- MuchoMas.com

“Pink Summer In Hell,” which is as menacing and as strange a hip-hop track you’re likely to hear this year: Cut up voice samples of women mumbling nonsensical words screech out of the right speaker as a horror-film synth sample weaves back and forth in the mix. Glen Galaxy of Soul-Junk has said he’s probably not the guy who’s going to “dial anybody up a hit single,” and “Pink Summer” is proof of that. “Infinite Zero” could almost be the beginning of a new sci-fi-jazz-rap genre. The sound of metallic spaceship doors slam shut and open while a free-jazz ensemble consisting of acoustic piano, clarinet and claribone freak out on the port.”- Stylus Magazine

“a unique, label-defying album… Bizzart’s preference to offer substance rather than ironic plasticity alone makes this record a rare find and worthwhile listen”- Rockpile

“It’s compelling enough to listen to Ear Drung as primarily the work of a producer — production duties are handled in large part by Accident and, as if to confuse, often “by accident” — but Bizzart is a capable MC, sounding like a Bay Area transplant, his style falling somewhere directly between the Hieroglyphics and Anticon camps.”- L.A. Alternative Press

“…utterly unique. Quite possibly the very definition of avant garde but with an emphasis on intelligence rather than random or mindless stupidity. Clever doesn’t cover it—you have to use words like genius, one-of-a-kind, and groundbreaking. Get this album now and experience sound as its now meant to be.”- Smother.net

Initially released on CD and 12” vinyl only for local listening and consumption Pete Records and Sounds Are Active teamed up to put out an album of real music regardless of genre and style, Jazz is all music and no scene or pretense.

Jazz has been released on both CD and vinyl. The CD contains 71 minutes of music. Vol. 1 on vinyl contains non-CD tracks from CrankCase, The Slippers and Dub Kinetics, and clocks in at around 37 minutes.

Credits
Produced by Pete Deeble and Chris Schlarb
Mastered by Nick Burgh
Additional editing and mastering by Accident
Cover artwork done by Joel Heflin
CD and vinyl label art by Tim McMullen
Layout and design done by Catherine Nguyen

Track Listing
01. Sidecar- Man From Manchester
02. Sidecar- Quadrant 7
03. The Slippers- Oui
04. The Slippers- 2490
05. CrankCase- Keedo [mp3]
06. CrankCase- Spy No.8
07. CrankCase- OFR Superlative
08. Dub Kinetics- Return of the Congo
09. Dub Kinetics- Rougher Version Pt.2
10. Dub Kinetics- Ital Dub
11. Create(!)- Age of Entanglement [mp3]
12. Create(!)- Create(!) vs. Technology
13. Create(!)- Angry Elephant and the Silly Circus

Press
“This is one of the dopest records ever.”- Below The Surface

“…people need to be freaked out every now and then, grabbed by the neck and jerked around until they’re made aware there are aural alternatives to what they’re hearing on the radio and seeing in clubs. And that, ultimately, is what Jazz is all about.”- OC WEEKLY

Composed entirely of improvisations recorded live and in the studio, Patterns features Create (!) seemlessly melding underground hip-hop, drum n’ bass, jazz, noise, and African and Eastern musics, Create (!) never has the time to stagnate in any one particular genre or style.

Create (!) has only begun to define their sound and with the drum n’ bass of “Elegy March/ Rain To The Sea” to the avant-jazz of “Hubtrane” (complete with harmonium and Moog synth courtesy of Fisher J. Price). Patterns contains no overdubs and no effects. What you hear is exactly what happened.

The limited edition (only 100 made) release of Patterns features full colour original artwork from Long Beach artist Steam along with unique hand packaged slim-line case and track listing.

Patterns features Olmeca from Acid Reign, Circus of the ShapeShifters, DJ Kenzo from Project Blowed and Mark Morrison and Miike Coleman of Fisher J. Price.

Produced by Create (!)
Engineered and Mastered by Accident
All compositions by all musicians

Recorded at:
Off The Top (Hollywood), Sacred Grounds (San Pedro),
Lil’ Rock Studios (Long Beach), The Hub Cafe (Fullerton)

Create (!) is:
Orlando Greenhill- electric and acoustic bass, voice, toys, electronics
Danny Levin- euphonium, trombone, percussion, voice, electronics
Steve Richardson- drums, percussion, electronics
Chris Schlarb- electric guitar, clarinet, toys, electronics
Ian Souter- trumpet, percussion, voice, electronics

With:
Olmeca- M.C. (on tracks 1 and 10)
DJ Kenzo- turntables (on tracks 1 and 10)
Circus- M.C. (on track 3)
Mark Morrison- harmonium (on track 6)
Miike Coleman- electronics (on track 6)

Track Listing
01. Revolutionary Roll Call [mp3]
02. Introduction
03. American Tragedy
04. Rocking Madness In The Bowels Of San Pedro Whil Observing The Maximum Occupancy Rule of 7
05. Elegy March/Rain To The Sea
06. Hubtrane
07. Children Playing In Outer Space
08. Accretion
09. The Ark
10. Comprehension Vs. Enjoyment

Press
“Get this today and wish that your freestyle could be this fresh”- Action Attack Helicopter

“This ain’t no ordinary rock record. A fascinating listen, for sure, and when it’s nearly over, you have to agree with the voice on a track called “Comprehension vs. Enjoyment”: ‘I don’t know what all that fancy jive means, but I like the sound of it.’”- OC Weekly

A document of the first four times that Create (!) ever performed together, Moth Nor Rust is an album of raw improvisations and ideas. Many of the members of Create (!) had never even met prior to the recording and performance of this music.

Featured mostly in a trio setting, Moth Nor Rust features tracks recorded live before a befuddled coffee house crowd at The Hub Cafe. Moth Nor Rust is an audio explanation of the genesis of Create (!).

Pick it up and listen to their brains..

Moth Nor Rust was produced by Create (!) and engineered by Chris Schlarb.
Recorded at 124 Hullet, The Hub, and Lil’ Rock Studios, ‘99-’00.
Mastered by Fourever of the Mystics.

Track Listing
01. Dissemblance March
02. Intersection
03. Anaerobic Communication
04. Letting Pt.1
05. Cry Of The Subterranean Hippopotamus
06. While Walking
07. B.J.’s Lament
08. Letting Pt. 2
09. Uprooting Unrighteous Fruit
10. Born of Water and Spirt

Press
“Something about this release promises a certain something, it might be the IDM friendly packaging of the album, the varying instrument credits for the quintet (electronics, clarinet, sampler, and more)… promising moments crop up enough that further investigation can be warranted. “Anaerobic Communication,” with a mournful, radio-signal guitar line matched with a steady funk/jazz rhythm, brings an attractive subtlety to the fore, slowly mutating into other improvisations over eight minutes without suddenly rocking out. Meanwhile, “Letting, Pt. 1″ has a gentle, soothing synth part setting a calm tone over an equally low-key but still active enough drum/trumpet jam, while a similar keyboard part helps to make two more tracks worthwhile: “While Walking” and, unsurprisingly, “Letting, Pt. 2,” which has a little more overall activity going at the same contemplative pace. Not the end of the world but not simply something to shrug at in the end.”- All Music Guide

“…Create (!) sounds like something from your life…”- Agata, Melt Banana

“A perfect soundtrack to driving down a deserted highway in the middle of the night with the top down.”- HM Magazine