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		<title>therefore- The Bomb Grant (SAA1133)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Schlarb</dc:creator>
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An overwhelming listen, <em>The Bomb Grant</em> is the final album from <strong>Michael Kaufmann</strong> (ex-<strong>Soul-Junk</strong>) and <strong>Wayne Feldman</strong>. Upwards of two years time was spent crafting the edge of noise into a kind of technological voodoo. The impulse to give a circuit board a soul exists and is abandoned. However soft ears will bear out the Spirit inside.

Presented in two epic compositions therefore eclipses last years <em>L.G.F.C.A.</em> with an even more challenging, esoteric masterwork. Patience not included.]]></description>
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An overwhelming listen, <em>The Bomb Grant</em> is the final album from <strong>Michael Kaufmann</strong> (ex-<strong>Soul-Junk</strong>) and <strong>Wayne Feldman</strong>. Upwards of two years time was spent crafting the edge of noise into a kind of technological voodoo. The impulse to give a circuit board a soul exists and is abandoned. However soft ears will bear out the Spirit inside.</p>
<p>Presented in two epic compositions therefore eclipses last years <em>L.G.F.C.A.</em> with an even more challenging, esoteric masterwork. Patience not included.</p>
<p><strong>Track Listing</strong><br />
01. Texas Radio<br />
02. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/therefore-texasradioexcerpt.mp3" target="_blank">Plausible Binding [mp3]</a></p>
<p><strong>Press</strong><br />
&#8220;However, this isn’t a perfect record, as perfection would only ruin the idea here&#8230; When the listening experience is over, and all the pieces fall into place, there’s still a large degree of uncertainty as to whether the experience was enjoyable, enlightening, or even worthwhile. Neither bad, nor good, nor indifferent, it has a coldness which overwhelms the pockets of raw feeling that emerge unexpectedly. The Bomb Grant is good way to put an amicable end to Therefore’s long partnership, even if it won’t necessarily put them on the music map for the rest of eternity. For the experimentally inclined, however, it makes for an interesting 36 minutes and two seconds, and would probably make a good soundtrack for cleaning the house.&#8221;- <strong>Urban Pollution</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Rather than being a mere spontaneous combustion sort of recording, this album is a combination of spontaneity and precise detail. Considering the fact that most folks would consider this random noise, this may seem confusing. But it is the attention to detail that makes this collection of noise entertaining and credible. An interesting twist is that cellos are sifted into the mixture on occasion. Perplexing music with depth.&#8221;- <strong>Baby Sue</strong></p>
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		<title>therefore- L.G.F.C.A. (SAA1128)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Schlarb</dc:creator>
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Digital never sounded so disturbed. After performing live for 30 hours straight, remixing <strong>Xn.</strong> and <strong>Soul-Junk</strong>, recording a songless ode to AM radio (in mono on cassette no less), charging an hours wage per CD and intentionally erasing all traces of their existence, therefore propagates the greatest "free" album ever made.

A high concept/low frequency full length album years in the making, <em>L.G.F.C.A.</em> is therefore at their finest. The spirit of early Aphex Twin is conjured in the cello/violin/acid beats of "Mexico On A Budget" whilst tracks like "Apartment Complex" and "Free Soundtrack" startle with their anti-chrome, pro-implosion sound. On <em>L.G.F.C.A.</em> the ego has been remixed into white noise and live snare drum hits. By the time you reach the thirteenth minute of "Drivers License Renewal" you will understand all that came before.]]></description>
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<p>Digital never sounded so disturbed. After performing live for 30 hours straight, remixing <strong>Xn.</strong> and <strong>Soul-Junk</strong>, recording a songless ode to AM radio (in mono on cassette no less), charging an hours wage per CD and intentionally erasing all traces of their existence, therefore propagates the greatest &#8220;free&#8221; album ever made.</p>
<p>A high concept/low frequency full length album years in the making, <em>L.G.F.C.A.</em> is therefore at their finest. The spirit of early Aphex Twin is conjured in the cello/violin/acid beats of &#8220;Mexico On A Budget&#8221; whilst tracks like &#8220;Apartment Complex&#8221; and &#8220;Free Soundtrack&#8221; startle with their anti-chrome, pro-implosion sound. On <em>L.G.F.C.A.</em> the ego has been remixed into white noise and live snare drum hits. By the time you reach the thirteenth minute of &#8220;Drivers License Renewal&#8221; you will understand all that came before.</p>
<p>therefore is:<br />
<strong>Wayne Feldman<br />
Michael Kaufmann</strong></p>
<p>All tracks presented in 192kps.</p>
<p><strong>Track Listing</strong><br />
01. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/01.mp3" target="_blank">Grants Tomb [mp3]</a><br />
02. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/02.mp3" target="_blank">Free Soundtrack</a><br />
03. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/03.mp3" target="_blank">Gray Album</a><br />
04. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/04.mp3" target="_blank">Register Your Domain</a><br />
05. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/05.mp3" target="_blank">Apartment Complex</a><br />
06. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/06.mp3" target="_blank">Cassius Clay</a><br />
07. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/07.mp3" target="_blank">Sorority Girls</a><br />
08. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/08.mp3" target="_blank">Post Modernity</a><br />
09. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/09.mp3" target="_blank">String Theory</a><br />
10. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/10.mp3" target="_blank">Texas Holdem</a><br />
11. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/11.mp3" target="_blank">Cheap Meds</a><br />
12. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/12.mp3" target="_blank">Mexico On A Budget</a><br />
13. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/13.mp3" target="_blank">Botox Alternative</a><br />
14. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/lgfca/14.mp3" target="_blank">Drivers License Renewal</a></p>
<p><strong>Press</strong><br />
&#8220;The album is a sonic implosion of sounds along every frequency with bouncing pings and pongs, skittering video game like explosions and white-noise. It&#8217;s avant-garde at it&#8217;s purest for the new millennium. Move over Bela Bartok.&#8221;- <strong>Exit Magazine</strong></p>
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		<title>Xn.- ideas without numbers (SAA1118)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Schlarb</dc:creator>
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A collection of five short ambient guitar pieces from <strong>Chris Schlarb</strong> recorded in 1999 and released as a limited edition album totaling less than 10 minutes. Built around the unorthodox but simple sounds coaxed out of the electric guitar the original album was meant to be listened to repeatedly. After the limited release sold out, Schlarb contacted a number of different experimental, electronic and hip-hop artists to gauge interest in remixes and reinterpretations. ]]></description>
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<p>A collection of five short ambient guitar pieces from <strong>Chris Schlarb</strong> recorded in 1999 and released as a limited edition album totaling less than 10 minutes. Built around the unorthodox but simple sounds coaxed out of the electric guitar the original album was meant to be listened to repeatedly. After the limited release sold out, Schlarb contacted a number of different experimental, electronic and hip-hop artists to gauge interest in remixes and reinterpretations. </p>
<p>Collected here in this remastered and remixed release are three distinctly individual representations of ideas without numbers. Each of the original five pieces have been remixed twice and laid aside one another in their own distinct space. Remixes from <strong>Omid</strong> (<strong>Freestyle Fellowship</strong>, Beneath the Surface), <strong>outputmessage</strong> (<strong>Ghostly International</strong>, <strong>Dabrye</strong>), languis (<strong>Plug Research</strong>, <strong>Nobody</strong>), <strong>Siamese Sisters</strong> (Vla Hemia), <strong>Accident</strong> (<strong>Bizzart</strong>, <strong>Acid Reign</strong>), <strong>Patagonian</strong>, <strong>Yochannan</strong>, <strong>therefore</strong>, <strong>Deneir</strong> and <strong>anaphylaxis</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Track Listing</strong><br />
01. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/Xn-GoneHomeEarly.mp3" target="_blank">gone home early [mp3]</a><br />
02. palindromic tone<br />
03. migration<br />
04. flood tide<br />
05. clocks, unwinding<br />
06. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/Xn-GoneHomeEarlyOmidRemix.mp3" target="_blank"></a>gone home early (omid remix) [mp3]</a><br />
07. palindromic tone (outputmessage remix)<br />
08. migration (siamese sisters remix)<br />
09. flood tide (yochannan remix)<br />
10. clocks, unwinding (accident remix)<br />
11. gone home early (deneir remix)<br />
12. palindromic tone (patagonian remix)<br />
13. migration (therefore remix)<br />
14. flood tide (languis remix)<br />
15. clocks, unwinding (anaphylaxis remix)</p>
<p><strong>Press</strong><br />
&#8220;dreamy, soundtrack-y, delay and echo-laden &#8216;anti-guitar&#8217; guitar pop.&#8221;- music (for robots)</p>
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		<title>therefore- ocean (SAA1106)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Schlarb</dc:creator>
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An album of subtle ambient beauty, <em>ocean</em> is full of warmth and sound. banjo, clarinet, organ, alternately fill the ears with saturating bursts of static and tambourines. clicks and noise swirl quietly, like melodies, around drums, cymbals and electronics. This cassette only release comes to us from the catalog of the recently liquidated inlet recordings.

<em>ocean</em> was recorded between January 1998 and November 2000, in Lewisburg, PA; Olympia, WA; and San Diego, CA. A stark analog contrast to the group's later period output, <em>ocean</em> remains one of <strong>therefore</strong>'s most fully realized artistic statements.]]></description>
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An album of subtle ambient beauty, <em>ocean</em> is full of warmth and sound. banjo, clarinet, organ, alternately fill the ears with saturating bursts of static and tambourines. clicks and noise swirl quietly, like melodies, around drums, cymbals and electronics. This cassette only release comes to us from the catalog of the recently liquidated inlet recordings.</p>
<p><em>ocean</em> was recorded between January 1998 and November 2000, in Lewisburg, PA; Olympia, WA; and San Diego, CA. A stark analog contrast to the group&#8217;s later period output, <em>ocean</em> remains one of <strong>therefore</strong>&#8217;s most fully realized artistic statements.</p>
<p><strong>Track Listing</strong><br />
01. <a href="http://soundsareactive.com/catalogue/mp3/therefore-kedge.mp3" target="_blank">kedge [mp3]</a><br />
02. halyard<br />
03. petrel<br />
04. mariner<br />
05. edd<br />
06. narwhal<br />
07. hold<br />
08. transom</p>
<p><strong>Press</strong><br />
&#8220;I listened to Ocean, and no-one is more surprised than I to find myself telling you all that it is really something to hear. It’s one of the most pleasant listens I’ve had in months. It’s that rare kind of recording that’s almost always welcome&#8230; “Petrel” and “Mariner” &#8212; quietly stun the listener the way they do, it’s a low-key delight. The whole second side, with its listlessly plucked banjo and flurries of tambourines, is something I’ve found myself returning to almost compulsively. It’s got the hypnotic allure of a snowy television screen.&#8221;- <strong>John Darnielle, Last Plane To Jakarta</strong></p>
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