Sounds Are Active » Vla Hemia http://soundsareactive.com Making Noise Beautiful Since 1999 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:08:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Electric iLL/Vla Hemia- split CD (SAA1124) http://soundsareactive.com/electric-illvla-hemia-split-cd-saa1124/ http://soundsareactive.com/electric-illvla-hemia-split-cd-saa1124/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:22:15 +0000 Chris Schlarb http://soundsareactive.com/electric-illvla-hemia-split-cd-saa1124/ Long awaited, this split release collects two amazing EP's from Viva Voce's Kevin Robinson as Electric iLL and the Siamese Sisters produced Vla Hemia project. The first half collects the five sought after tracks from the much whispered of Vla Hemia (MC Vinch Kashmir and Siamese Sisters). Think Golden Age Hip-Hop (Blowout Comb, Midnight Marauders, Juggaknots EP) without a retro-wish to be fresh in '94. These tracks lack the stale same-ness of much of mainstream boom-bap. Electric iLL is a sound for sore ears. Recruiting Soul-Junk's Galaxalag and Slo-Ro for phoned in (literally) raps and NY's JSRockit, who delivers a hilariously whimsical verse on "Non-Moley Yease", the husband-half of the fantastical Viva Voce, Kevin Robinson lets his freak flag fly. On tracks like "Nurban Gowns" he duets with a Speak-N-Spell, and constructs lunchtray turntablism, elsewhere live saw and drumkit breaks collide and fedback guitars mask unwholesome lyrical patterns. Not to be missed.]]> 631FC06E-4D24-4F48-983F-C99355789B54.jpg
Long awaited, this split release collects two amazing EP’s from Viva Voce’s Kevin Robinson as Electric iLL and the Siamese Sisters produced Vla Hemia project.

The first half collects the five sought after tracks from the much whispered of Vla Hemia (MC Vinch Kashmir and Siamese Sisters). Think Golden Age Hip-Hop (Blowout Comb, Midnight Marauders, Juggaknots EP) without a retro-wish to be fresh in ‘94. These tracks lack the stale same-ness of much of mainstream boom-bap.

Electric iLL is a sound for sore ears. Recruiting Soul-Junk’s Galaxalag and Slo-Ro for phoned in (literally) raps and NY’s JSRockit, who delivers a hilariously whimsical verse on “Non-Moley Yease”, the husband-half of the fantastical Viva Voce, Kevin Robinson lets his freak flag fly. On tracks like “Nurban Gowns” he duets with a Speak-N-Spell, and constructs lunchtray turntablism, elsewhere live saw and drumkit breaks collide and fedback guitars mask unwholesome lyrical patterns. Not to be missed.

Tracks 1-5 Recorded and Produced by Siamese Sisters
Tracks 6-10 Recorded and Produced by k.Rza
Mastered by Accident
Artwork by Jonathan Dueck

Track Listing
01. Today Tomorrow
02. Break Loose [mp3]
03. Sky Driftn
04. Stash Blvd
05. Stash Blvd (Remix)
06. Nurban Gowns [mp3]
07. Trodtadot
08. Au Yu Yae
09. Non Moley Yease
10. Funaise

Press
“One of my favorite hip hop releases this year, up there with Cyne’s Evolution Fight and Dangerdoom’s The Mouse and The Mask.”- Gorilla Vs. Bear

]]> http://soundsareactive.com/electric-illvla-hemia-split-cd-saa1124/feed/ Sounds Are Active/Asthmatic Kitty Sampler (AS001) http://soundsareactive.com/sounds-are-activeasthmatic-kitty-sampler-as001/ http://soundsareactive.com/sounds-are-activeasthmatic-kitty-sampler-as001/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:53:10 +0000 Chris Schlarb http://soundsareactive.com/sounds-are-activeasthmatic-kitty-sampler-as001/ Sounds Are Active and sister label Asthmatic Kitty have pooled their collective talents to put something beautiful into the world: the 2004 Sampler. Over over 74 minutes of music from these two unceasingly original record labels. The Asthmatic Kitty “Side” features songs from Sufjan Stevens’ first three albums, as well as three tracks from the unrelentingly joyous Half-Handed Cloud. Songs by Liz Janes, Castanets and Viva Voce round out the 11 tracks- 3 heretofore unreleased. The Sounds Are Active “Side” teems with spastic new work from Melk The G6-49, Bizzart and Deneir. New and unreleased tracks from Soul-Junk, Vla Hemia and Create (!). Softer pieces contributed by Xn. (featuring a slick remix from hip-hop producer supreme Omid) and the brooding “Two Planes for Elliott Smith” by the Constantine/Levin/Phillips/Schlarb/Shadduck quintet.]]> B7EB3DC1-F4D7-43D1-BA86-6E45BAAFFF2E.jpg
Sounds Are Active and sister label Asthmatic Kitty have pooled their collective talents to put something beautiful into the world: the 2004 Sampler. Over over 74 minutes of music from these two unceasingly original record labels. The Asthmatic Kitty “Side” features songs from Sufjan Stevens’ first three albums, as well as three tracks from the unrelentingly joyous Half-Handed Cloud. Songs by Liz Janes, Castanets and Viva Voce round out the 11 tracks- 3 heretofore unreleased.

The Sounds Are Active “Side” teems with spastic new work from Melk The G6-49, Bizzart and Deneir. New and unreleased tracks from Soul-Junk, Vla Hemia and Create (!). Softer pieces contributed by Xn. (featuring a slick remix from hip-hop producer supreme Omid) and the brooding “Two Planes for Elliott Smith” by the Constantine/Levin/Phillips/Schlarb/Shadduck quintet.

Track Listing
Asthmatic Kitty Side
01. Sufjan Stevens - All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!
02. Half-Handed Cloud - Let’s Build A Planet
03. Viva Voce - Red D-Lish
04. Liz Janes - Guitar Guitar
05. Castanets - I’ll Be Just Where You Are
06. Sufjan Stevens - Happy Birthday
07. Half-Handed Cloud - Pressing Into It
08. Liz Janes - Vine
09. Viva Voce - Welcome Mat
10. Half-Handed Cloud - Here’s A List
11. Sufjan Stevens - Year of the Tiger
Sounds Are Active Side
12. Deneir - Random Object Subject
13. Patagonian - Hands in the Face of Time
14. Xn. - gone home early (Omid Remix)
15. Vla Hemia - Break Loose
16. Soul-Junk - Nova (Evig Poesi Remix)
17. Bizzart - Pink Summer in Hell
18. Melk the G6-49 - Henry
19. Create(!) - Three Butterflies, Seven Mockingbirds
20. Constantine/Levin/Phillips/Schlarb/Shadduck - Two Planes for Elliot Smith

Press
“Proving that sisterhood is powerful, sibling labels Sounds Are Active and Asthmatic Kitty cram a grab bag of sounds- everything from hip-hop to free jazz to folky weirdness- onto one sampler. The Sounds Are Active half buzzes with new tracks from Soul-Junk, Bizzart, Vla Hemia and others.”- XLR8R

]]> http://soundsareactive.com/sounds-are-activeasthmatic-kitty-sampler-as001/feed/ Xn.- ideas without numbers (SAA1118) http://soundsareactive.com/xn-ideas-without-numbers-saa1118/ http://soundsareactive.com/xn-ideas-without-numbers-saa1118/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:48:55 +0000 Chris Schlarb http://soundsareactive.com/xn-ideas-without-numbers-saa1118/ A collection of five short ambient guitar pieces from Chris Schlarb 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. ]]> 7214B568-6DAF-4147-8B2A-EA50D2054628.jpg
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A collection of five short ambient guitar pieces from Chris Schlarb 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.

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 Omid (Freestyle Fellowship, Beneath the Surface), outputmessage (Ghostly International, Dabrye), languis (Plug Research, Nobody), Siamese Sisters (Vla Hemia), Accident (Bizzart, Acid Reign), Patagonian, Yochannan, therefore, Deneir and anaphylaxis.

Track Listing
01. gone home early [mp3]
02. palindromic tone
03. migration
04. flood tide
05. clocks, unwinding
06. gone home early (omid remix) [mp3]
07. palindromic tone (outputmessage remix)
08. migration (siamese sisters remix)
09. flood tide (yochannan remix)
10. clocks, unwinding (accident remix)
11. gone home early (deneir remix)
12. palindromic tone (patagonian remix)
13. migration (therefore remix)
14. flood tide (languis remix)
15. clocks, unwinding (anaphylaxis remix)

Press
“dreamy, soundtrack-y, delay and echo-laden ‘anti-guitar’ guitar pop.”- music (for robots)

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