Sounds Are Active http://soundsareactive.com Making Noise Beautiful Since 1999 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:00:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Plainspeak on Kickstarter http://soundsareactive.com/plainspeak-on-kickstarter/ http://soundsareactive.com/plainspeak-on-kickstarter/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0000 Chris Schlarb http://soundsareactive.com/?p=428 Aaron Roche and Tim Hinck have taken folk and modern classical music to another dimension entirely. The 4-D result is Plainspeak, their new album recorded with members of the Chattanooga Symphony, Lambchop, The Cherry Blossoms and Silver Jews. In order to press Plainspeak on vinyl, Aaron and Tim have launched a Kickstarter project that includes great rewards starting at just $20.

]]> http://soundsareactive.com/plainspeak-on-kickstarter/feed/ 0 DENEIR- Nowhen EP (SAA1157) http://soundsareactive.com/deneir-nowhen-ep-saa1157/ http://soundsareactive.com/deneir-nowhen-ep-saa1157/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:21:12 +0000 Chris Schlarb http://soundsareactive.com/?p=416 DENEIR releases the his debut solo recording. The 7 track Nowhen EP curves acoustic sounds into new electronic shapes. Features a rare remix by Warp Records legends, Autechre.]]> saa1157.jpg
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After countless remixes and guest appearances, DENEIR releases the his debut solo recording. The 7 track Nowhen EP curves acoustic sounds into new electronic shapes. Nowhen features contributions from The Weird Weeds‘ Nick Hennies, Melk The G6-49’s Karl Hoffstetter and Chris Schlarb. Not to be outdone, the EP also features a rare remix by Warp Records legends, Autechre.

Track Listing
1. Quantum Foam and Non-Spagettification
2. Load Universe Into Cannon. Aim At Brain. Fire!
3. n’exprimez rien
4. The Ten Thousand Things
5. Piaf Peeloff [mp3]
6. The Winding Ladder
7. The Winding Ladder (Autechre Mix)

Written and Produced by DENEIR

Kris Castro- guitar on “n’exprimez rien”
Nick Hennies- drums on “n’exprimez rien”
Karl Hofstetter- drums on “Piaf Peeloff” and “Quantum Foam and Non-Spagettification”
Chris Schlarb- electric guitar on “Piaf Peeloff” and “Quantum Foam and Non-Spagettification”
Giovanni Serrato- field recordings on “The Winding Ladder”

Artwork by Jonathan Dueck

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Washing hither and thither through the rip tide of the Los Angeles music scene, Rare Grooves was formed out of break up of The Widow Babies. Guitarist Danny Miller and drummer Tabor Allen launched themselves into fresh ideas and new singing duties, arriving very quickly at a recording date with their hero and bass master Mike Watt. Produced by long-time collaborator Chris Schlarb, Rare Grooves‘ songs are saturated in bay city sunshine and breezy palm tree shade.

Track Listing
01. Cause For Concern [mp3]
02. No Garden

Tabor Allen- drums
Danny Miller- electric guitar
Andrew Pompey- congas
Chris Schlarb- tambourine, electric guitar solo on “No Garden”
Mike Watt- electric bass

Songs by Tabor Allen and Danny Miller
Produced by Chris Schlarb

Recorded at The Compound in Long Beach, CA. on February 3rd, 2010
Engineered by Jeff Lewis and David Macwean

Artwork and Design by Danny Miller and Tabor Allen

A Co-Release with Papermade Records

]]> http://soundsareactive.com/rare-grooves-saa1156/feed/ 0 Destroyer Of Brains- Song For Charles Rocket (SAA1154) http://soundsareactive.com/destroyer-of-brains-song-for-charles-rocket-saa1154/ http://soundsareactive.com/destroyer-of-brains-song-for-charles-rocket-saa1154/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:00:32 +0000 Chris Schlarb http://soundsareactive.com/?p=380 I Heart Lung, The Widow Babies, Breakestra and Ventriloquists.]]>

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“Song For Charles Rocket” is the high energy, debut recording from Los Angeles-based free jazz ensemble, Destroyer Of Brains. The band features members of I Heart Lung (Asthmatic Kitty Records), The Widow Babies (Ol Factory Records), Breakestra (Stones Throw Records) and Ventriloquists.

Tabor Allen- drums
Danny T. Levin- euphonium, trumpet
Danny Miller- electric guitar
David Moyer- tenor saxophone
Chris Nowak- electric bass
Chris Schlarb- electric guitar

Composed and Produced by Chris Schlarb
Engineered by Jeff Lewis at The Compound in Long Beach, CA.
Artwork and Design by Danny Miller

Track Listing
01. Song For Charles Rocket
02. Love Is The New Black

]]> http://soundsareactive.com/destroyer-of-brains-song-for-charles-rocket-saa1154/feed/ 0 Jonathan Dueck’s 16mm Project http://soundsareactive.com/jonathan-duecks-16mm-project/ http://soundsareactive.com/jonathan-duecks-16mm-project/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:58:35 +0000 Chris Schlarb http://soundsareactive.com/?p=378 What do Chad VanGaleen, I Heart Lung, Son Lux and Deneir have in common? They have all contributed music to the new 16mm video project from Canadian visual artist Jonathan Dueck. The project needs your help and you can pledge and receive rewards through Kickstarter today!

]]> http://soundsareactive.com/jonathan-duecks-16mm-project/feed/ 0 C.J. Boyd’s new album Aerial Roots is out now! http://soundsareactive.com/c-j-boyds-new-album-aerial-roots-is-out-now/ http://soundsareactive.com/c-j-boyds-new-album-aerial-roots-is-out-now/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:55:06 +0000 Chris Schlarb http://soundsareactive.com/?p=374 Our good friend C.J. Boyd has released a new three song, 40+ minute album on sister label, Joyful Noise Recordings. Aerial Roots, is C.J.’s first album of solo electric bass since his Sounds Are Active album, The Greatest Weight. Pick it up today!

]]> http://soundsareactive.com/c-j-boyds-new-album-aerial-roots-is-out-now/feed/ 0 Next To Last Songs Vol. 2 (SAA1152) http://soundsareactive.com/next-to-last-songs-vol-2-saa1152/ http://soundsareactive.com/next-to-last-songs-vol-2-saa1152/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:00:40 +0000 Chris Schlarb http://soundsareactive.com/?p=285 In a pastoral field, Will Donaldson's Next To Last Fest brought together iconic hip-hop duo Themselves, beat-maestro Daedelus and transcendent singer-songwriter Diane Cluck with psychedelic rock collective Dark Meat, Elephant Six's Circulatory System and three Asthmatic Kitty artists: Jookabox, Liz Janes and Chris Schlarb.]]> saa1152.jpg
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In the winter of 2007, musician Will Donaldson assembled a music festival so ambitious the rest of the country has yet to catch up. In a pastoral field, on the weekend of December 8th and 9th, Donaldson’s Next To Last Fest brought together iconic hip-hop duo Themselves, beat-maestro Daedelus and transcendent singer-songwriter Diane Cluck with psychedelic rock collective Dark Meat, Elephant Six’s Circulatory System and three Asthmatic Kitty artists: Jookabox, Liz Janes and Chris Schlarb.

Highlights include Themselves‘ “Poison Pit” (with DoseOne’s hilarious stand-up banter), Hope For Agoldensummer’s beautiful and delicate “Love Like A Sailor” and former Dirty Projectors guitarist Spenking’s “Bad Blood Bubble-Up”. Daedelus masterfully mixes disparate elements into a massive 10 minute live mix, “Jerusalem” finds Liz Janes in fine voice accompanied only by her acoustic guitar and both Daedelus, Liz and others join Chris Schlarb for a live interpretation of Twilight & Ghost Stories.

Diane Cluck performs three songs (two from her masterful album, Oh Vanille / Ova Nil) while Circulatory System and Long Legged Woman provide fascinating demos recordings. All together, the album features over an hour and half of live recordings, radio performances and unreleased demos.

The recordings on Next To Last Songs Vol. 2 are smudged with distortion, cracked with wind and alive with the electricity of a unrepeatable moment in time.

Track Listing

01. I’m Not Who You Think I Am (Live at the Next To Last Festival)
Artist: Diane Cluck

02. Ponta (Live at the Next To Last Festival)
Artist: Grampall Jookabox

03. Night Court (Live at the Next To Last Festival)
Artist: Deaf Judges

04. Love Like A Sailor (Live at the Next To Last Festival)
Artist: Hope for Agoldensummer

05. Boy Moses (Viking Moses cover, live at the Next To Last Festival)
Artist: Spenking

06. (untitled) (Unreleased demo)
Artist: Circulatory System

07. Live at the Next To Last Festival [mp3]
Artist: Daedelus

08. (excerpt) (Live at the Next To Last Festival)
Artist: Geoff Reacher

09. The Southern Suite (Unreleased demo)
Artist: Here Comes A Big Black Cloud

10. You Devil You (Live at the Next To Last Festival)
Artist: themselves

11. Sandy Ree (Live at the Next To Last Festival)
Artist: Diane Cluck

12. Bad Blood Bubble-Up (Live at WUGA, Athens) [mp3]
Artist: Spenking

13. Home of the Brave
Artist: Ishues

14. Poison Pit (Live at the Next To Last Festival) [mp3]
Artist: themselves

15. Jerusalem (Live at WUGA, Athens)
Artist: Liz Janes

16. My Ghost (Unreleased)
Artist: Long Legged Woman

17. Fourth Night (Live at the Next To Last Festival)
Artist: Hope for Agoldensummer

18. 1/2 A Million Miles From Home (Live at the Next To Last Festival)
Artist: Diane Cluck

19. Twilight and Ghost Stories (Live at the Next To Last Festival)
Artist: Chris Schlarb

20. Pony Express
Artist: Daniel Clay

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Sound expansion + destruction + resurrection from Nels Cline (Wilco, Geraldine Fibbers) and G.E. Stinson (halfmonk, Shadowfax). Elevating Device is the first volume of extreme sonic manipulation from these two legendary guitarists.

Presented as a single an expansive 44-minute track, Elevating Device is unique look into the electronic rabbit hole of avant guitar improvisation. Cline and Stinson attack, stab, sample and soothe their instruments in this one-of-a-kind recording.

Notes: Download includes both 256kps mp3 and FLAC audio files, hi-res album artwork file and a new photo by Peak.

Track Listing

1. Elevating Device [mp3 excerpt]

Nels Cline- electric guitar, electronics
G.E. Stinson- electric guitar, electronics

Produced by Ronan Chris Murphy, G.E. Stinson and Nels Cline

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ronan Chris Murphy at Veneto West (Los Angeles)
Artwork by Matias Coduri

]]> http://soundsareactive.com/nels-cline-ge-stinson-elevating-device-saa1150/feed/ 0 Elevating Device Cover Preview http://soundsareactive.com/elevating-device-cover-preview/ http://soundsareactive.com/elevating-device-cover-preview/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 20:05:44 +0000 Chris Schlarb http://soundsareactive.com/?p=259 We are very proud to announce the 50th release in the Sounds Are Active catalogue: Elevating Device by Nels Cline + G.E. Stinson. Over 40 minutes of avant/jazz/noise from two highly acclaimed guitarists. Pre-order details coming soon. Until then enjoy a hi-res download of the cover art by Matias Coduri

]]> http://soundsareactive.com/elevating-device-cover-preview/feed/ 0 Shiny Midwest Tour http://soundsareactive.com/shiny-midwest-tour/ http://soundsareactive.com/shiny-midwest-tour/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:01:16 +0000 Chris Schlarb http://soundsareactive.com/?p=255 Not long after the release of Holy Roller, Shiny Around The Edges have taken off on a short tour of the Midwest United States. Don’t miss their show in Chicago with Burning Star Core and Wasteland Jazz Unit! See all dates here.

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