Tapes sold out; two new ones; TB & DB tour; Dense Reduction on Digitalis

*All our tapes are sold out, including the Dense Reduction tapes from earlier in the year. *

Hello from Maine, down from North Eastern Canada, en route to Vermont and soon back to Chicago. Other half in California.

HOWEVER, for all of America, please contact Discriminate Music for all 8 tapes.
For folks in Europe, and presumably the rest of the world, wanting the newer tapes and also the Illusion of Safety reissue, "Repairs", they may contact Colour Ride (not for IOS) or Boomkat. Boomkat should have a fair amount of the North Sea tape and a very limited amount of the IOS tape.
Colour Ride currently has Tärr and The North Sea, and Boomkat should post theirs in about a week. Things are available from Discriminate now.

Since releasing the tapes listed below, a small hiatus has ensued, soon ending with two new Notices : #11 and #12. The first is by Red Electric Rainbow, who is deeply entwined within the weaves of preparation for the Neon Marshmallow Festival, taking place at the Viaduct Theatre this August in Chicago. The lineup is exceptional. Be sure to attend. Artwork this time on green paper, printed with white ink.

The second tape is by Yellow Crystal Star, who will also be embarking upon a tour this late July. Music recorded in Bangkok. Featuring photography by Mark integrated into the Notice Recordings design.

In other news, Travis Bird & Dan Burke will be touring for their guitar duo project along the East Coast in September. Exact dates and venues TBA.

Also, Dense Reduction and probably Illusion of Safety (or some combination of DR, DR & IOS, ELE + TB & DB, etc) will be performing on WHPK's show, "Pure Hype". Details are unclear as of now, but the airing should be on the 23rd of July.

And lastly, look out for a DR tape on Digitalis Industries Ltd., dropping sometime in July. It is called "Fictive Agriculture".

That's all for now. A couple photographs from excursions might be posted later, as well as other Notice News.

Hope everyone is enjoying the summer... take in an open landscape; accepting the miniature summer epiphanies.

The North Sea and Tärr. Two new tapes

# 1 : ( Notice #9 ) Tärr : " Shoulder Movements "

Dealing with both fabricated and real paradises, and the streamlined means for arrival. A demanding listen — one which sits well with the Notice catalogue, both past and future. Present is implied.
- Artwork by E. Lindorff-Ellery. 2-colour letterpress printed on heavy stock.
An edition of 66.
- Pro-dubbed, imprinted cassettes with classic Notice attire.

Cover art is available using these links :
Larger cover

# 2 : ( Notice #10 ) The North Sea : " Relinquished Sparks "

Brad Rose has brought forth his first release for Notice Recordings. An extremely prolific and visceral project — here presented as more minimal and delicate, yet maintaining a great degree of intensity and grace. Sparks fly forth in slow motion, their ephemeral luminescence dependent upon the surrounding darkness, gradually landing on new grounds.
- Artwork by E. Lindorff-Ellery. Letterpress printed on charcoal-grey weave stock. Ink is available in TWO colours : All Black or all White.
Please specify which you want (or both !) when ordering.
25 in Black ; 52 in White
An edition of 77 total.
- Pro-dubbed, imprinted cassettes with classic Notice attire.

Different versions of cover art is available using these links :
White or Black

Sound samples available here :
http://soundcloud.com/notice-recordings/sets/the-north-sea-and-tarr-cassette-excerpts

Prices are 6$ North America / 9$ World. An initial sale for these tapes will be purchasing both for 10$ North America / 14$ World. Trades are welcome.


The next two tapes will be available in 2 weeks. The first is by Red Electric Rainbow, who is deeply entwined within the weaves of preparation for the Neon Marshmallow Festival, taking place at the Viaduct Theatre this August in Chicago. The lineup is exceptional. Be sure to attend.
The second tape is by Yellow Crystal Star, who will also be embarking upon a tour this late July.

Ken Camden, Zelienople - Empty Bottle, 3 June 2010

And more ruminations--

Ken Camden performed solo in support of his new Kranky release, Lethargy & Repercussion. Employing a drone generator processed in rhythmic ways, his playing heavily effected and often tweaked in real time, Ken’s set took on a very human, exploratory quality, flying in the face of typical drone guitar pieces. His pieces were episodic, with several motifs weaving in and out of the rhythms of the drone box. This approach lent some immediacy to the show, but it also somehow limited the transcendent effects of the music, as sudden movements, knob tweaking, and changes in the backing modulations drew me out of the trance just as abruptly as his playing put me in it. Ken used the familiar pentatonic scale almost exclusively, carefully moving up and down the neck until he settled on a position at which to cut loose for more ecstatic playing. What really stood out was the texture coming out of his three practice amps, with multiple effects creating a layered atmosphere that faded out or cut abruptly in between pieces.

Zelienople took the stage without a drummer, and singer/guitarist Matt Christensen made an announcement in a grave tone—drummer Mike Weis, with whom he and guitarist Bryan Harding had played for 15 years…was violently ill with the stomach flu. As the laughter subsided in the audience, he and Harding launched into a rumbling squall of feedback, only yielding after several minutes to quieter pieces. With the absence of Weis’ frankly awesome drumming, the songs took on a more intimate feel, scaled back to strumming and sparse repeated riffs. Singing with heavy reverb, Christensen sounded a bit like Mark Kozelek at times, his voice imploring calm and full of reservations. The hypnotic repetition let the songs breathe in a new way that gave them a refreshing, almost singer-songwriter sheen. One of the things that make Zelienople so captivating is that, on top of their wisecracking and laid-back exterior, an undercurrent of deep transcendence seems to simply boil over. Christensen closes his eyes, starts rocking back and forth, and the atmosphere descends. It’s this unexpected and quite natural descent that makes for such superior music.

Koboku Senjû – Hideout, 26 May 2010

Some thoughts from my journal--

Last week, I saw the North American debut of the Japanese-Norwegian quintet, Koboku Senjû, in Chicago. I saw the group live before listening to their debut album. The CD itself, entitled “Selektiv Hogst,” while conceptually strong, falls into a familiar trap of improvised and particularly quiet music. The problem is that, though the music is controlled to a high degree, giving room for intimate interplay between the players, there is nothing on the disc that can compare to the visceral immediacy of seeing the group perform live. In particular, the rigors of circular breathing and deep concentration on display by Eivind Lønning (trumpet) and Espen Reinertdsen (tenor sax) were completely eliminated on disc.

To capture such elusive playing on a recording is difficult, of course. But the actual playing at the Hideout was more inventive, more focused, and executed in a stronger way. It seems that the release documents an early meeting of a group that had developed significantly between its recording and their first North American show. The horn players in particular were magically inventive during the show, playing interwoven lines that mimicked the pulsing of electronic oscillations, the clattering and whispering of modular synthesizers, and other nonmusical elements, with precision and clarity. The incorporation of advanced musical techniques like circular breathing, and the propensity to play very softly and at the very edges of the instruments’ ranges, only added to the power of watching the horn players work.

Tetuzi Akiyama, the Japenese guitarist, played marvelously unresolved lines throughout on an acoustic guitar. The sparseness of his playing gave it a quietly authoritative feel, enhanced by his mystic cowboy persona. Playing fingerstyle and employing multiple capos, brushes, and semi-resonant slides, he coaxed a surprising array of sounds from the acoustic, miked simply with an SM-57, his right hand theatrically plucking as if waving a wand over the room.

The main attraction of the group, if there is one, was the no-input mixing master Toshimaru Nakamura. He’s been released in a number of electroacoustic collaborations recently (trumpet, saxophone), and it was interesting in particular to hear him interact with Akiyama. Their set as a duo at the Hideout produced some intense and distinct soundscapes, complimenting each other with tense, careful, and gorgeous playing.

Perhaps resulting from his choice of instrument, there’s a competitiveness to Nakamura’s virtuosity, a barely-contained impulse to search for the new and to stand out. This was especially apparent in the large ensembles with Chicago players at Enemy, and occasionally with Koboku Senjû. Occasionally, Nakamura would simply crush a piece into submission during a section with crescendos of noise, essentially forcing the acoustic instruments to regroup into a new section. This was a surprising tactic that lent a fresh urgency to the music, but it also reinforced Nakamura’s status—as an innovator on an unusual instrument, and as a known force on the progressive music scene. I have to think that as this group keeps playing, their collective virtuosity will continue to make listeners challenge the limitations of both electronic and acoustic instruments.

Sold out of most of the tapes. Saving some for the Kinzie Art Walk in Chicago and for shows. We have a handful left of each. Please get in touch if you'd like some, or contact Discriminate Music or Reckless Records and see if they have some first.

2 spectacular releases coming up next Thursday by Tärr and The North Sea. These orders will receive free stickers and letterpress printed cards, while supplies last. A sale will occur in which you may purchase both for 10$ppd in the States of America.

Much in the works, including new tapes by a number of musicians, a new website and other developments.

Full update very soon with more information.

Thanks and enjoy the summer.

Send good thoughts to the Gulf of Mexico and the surrounding land. And all the families, animals, fishermen and towns affected by such a horrendous disaster. Fuck oil and fuck BP.

Some people like it official

We now have distribution through Discriminate Music. They do a fine job of clearly laying everything out, with sound samples, artwork and descriptions. Very nice indeed.
Please get in touch with them.

We've been working on tapes by The North Sea and Tärr.

They should be ready within a month.



Brad Rose of The North Sea and Eden Hemming Rose will be playing a show in Chicago as ALTAR EAGLE, at Enemy on May 7th. We are hoping to have the tape ready by then. That would be most functional. The tape is called "Relinquished Sparks". It's a sparse and elegant excursion for the project, yet maintains a great amount of intensity. We're extremely honoured to be working on it with him, and everything is turning out really well. The artwork is still a product of E. Lindorff @ Notice Rec. Corp., but this time on the darker side.


Also playing this gig will be Caboladies and Zelienople. All these guys put on absurdly good shows. Highly recommended.


Other information regarding this and other projects, including the Tärr release, is forthcoming.

ALL tapes are still available. Please be in touch.


Happy Spring to you all.

FOR SALE; Illusion OF Safety "Repairs" Reissue is now available. All other tapes still available.

The classic Illusion Of Safety cassette tape originally issued on Sound Of Pig in 1988 is now available after some delay regarding the printing. Finally, we found an excellent and friendly printer : Kill Hatsumomo right here in Chicago. She did a great job. The cover art is the same as the original, given to us by Dan Burke, except this time it's silkscreen printed. The paper is heavyweight. The whole package looks great ! We have about 30 of these for sale from us, from an Edition of 50. Dan has some as well.





This is the same price as the other tapes : 6$ for North America and 9$ for the World.
Please Paypal the money to noticerecordings[at]gmail[dot]com. Thanks to those who pre-ordered. Please contact for other options of payment.


All the other tapes are currently available as well, pictured below.
If you buy 3 tapes, we will give you one for free. Buy all 6 tapes for 30$ including worldwide shipping. Selling tapes funds more releases, and we have lots to release !


Notices #3 & #4 are pictured above in two different ways. Along with the previous 2 Notices, the Travis Bird & Daniel Burke (Illusion of Safety) tape, "Negentropy", is also listed.
Click on each image for enlarged versions.
The first four cassettes pictured are letterpress printed ink drawings by E. Lindorff-Ellery, 2 panel fold-over inserts on heavy-weight, textured stock. "Repairs" is, as mentioned above, silkscreen printed.

Samples ; easy to hear

We now have a Soundcloud website.
More samples will be available soon, but for now we have these :

Dense Reduction Samples  by  Notice Recordings

SISSY SPACEK / ILLUSION OF SAFETY / GERRITT WITTMER & PAUL KNOWLES

The above listed artists will be playing a show in Chicago, on the 26th of March.

This should be an extraordinary show, and you are encouraged to attend.

The price is 5$.

For sale at this show will be the Illusion of Safety reissue, "Repairs", and also Dan's collaborative guitar duo tape with Travis Bird, "Negentropy".

Not so common to see Wiese come through Chicago, so this is an event not to be missed.

Location :

Viaduct Theatre. 3111 North Western, just south of Belmont. Under a bridge !

With bleachers ! Damn. Make sure you make it.

21+, Doors @ 10, Sound @ 10:30.

Again, 5$. Five dollars.

Show Saturday at Hotti Biscotti

Dense Reduction will be playing a show with Illusion of Safety and Travis Bird & Daniel Burke this Saturday, the 20th.

Hotti Biscotti
3545 Fullerton
Chicago

10ish

Hope you can make it.

More later.
Thanks.

Dense Reduction / Jason Soliday & James Edgelake @ Hotti Biscotti

Here is a video for the Dense Reduction and Jason Soliday & James Edgelake performances at Hotti Biscotti on 23 January 2010. There is some digital clicking throughout the videos (mainly Dense Reduction), but it's just from a slightly faulty video camera, and is not part of the performances.

Filmed by Acid Marshmallow --> http://www.acid-marshmallow.com/

Dense Reduction
January 23rd, 2010
at Hotti Biscotti in Chicago

Jason Soliday & James Edgelake
January 23rd, 2010
at Hotti Biscotti in Chicago

Briefly ; more later

Just a quick post for the moment.

The Travis Bird & Daniel Burke tape, "Negentropy" is now for sale.
Notices 3 & 4 : Dense Reduction tapes, "Hobbes Diamond" and "Cornerstone Mill" are now for sale.

The Illusion of Safety reissue, "Repairs", has been duplicated and is back from the plant, but the inserts still need to be printed.

Those of you who have made pre-orders, we thank you ! The tapes will go out as soon as possible.

**Pre-orders help fund new releases. All money received goes towards new releases**

All tapes are 6$ and orders and pre-orders are accepted. Everything is available.

Forthcoming tapes by Yellow Crystal Star, Red Electric Rainbow and Jon Mueller are in discussion.

Upcoming is a series of C90 tapes by E. Lindorff-Ellery utilising layers of rediscovered unmastered 4-Track tapes of bell and metallic loops, diffused field recordings, AM radio, empty sounds of amplified portable audio players, blank tapes, and internal feedback, all recorded live to stereo 2-Track, creating a subjective (non)narrative of textual successions.

Pictures of tapes, samples of audio and descriptions of content are all coming soon.

The craziness of the blog may end soon, being replaced by an actual website.

Please be in touch.

Thank you.

Daniel Burke & Travis Bird @ Enemy

Here are two short videos taken during the show at Enemy, in Chicago.

Bird/Burke #1 from Notice Recordings on Vimeo.

Bird/Burke #2 from Notice Recordings on Vimeo.

Show tonight : Z'EV, Travis Bird & Daniel Burke, Vertonen

Not sure if this will draw anyone new in, but just a reminder of the show tonight at Enemy, in Chicago.

1550 N Milwaukee, up the stairs.
Featuring a rare live performance by Z'EV, a performance by Notice Recordings guitar duo Travis Bird & Daniel Burke, as well as a performance by Vertonen, who is sure to play a great set of dynamic and textural sound layers.

There will be a new post about new tapes for sale soon.

Please be in touch.
noticerecordings [at] gmail [dot] com

Thank you.

The recent live WNUR performance by Travis Bird and Daniel Burke is now available for listening on the station's website. The performance included a number of diverse passages, as well as a brief interview. Video was captured throughout and will be edited into visual elements for future performances, and perhaps a throwback "music video," once a staple for major-label-backed television exposure.

Chicago is experiencing a lively and unexpected snowstorm today. Those not working outdoors will toast once again to the continued bravery of such hearty souls who keep the city functioning during these white moments.

Illusion Of Safety, "Repairs" -- Forthcoming Reissue and other News

"REPAIRS" REISSUE :
In the works is an Illusion Of Safety cassette reissue of the 1988 release, "Repairs". Originally released on Sound of Pig, this is the first reissue of the material. Moreover, the original cassette medium will be respected and maintained.
Once again, this is a cassette reissue, not a CD reissue.
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This is currently in production and will be available in a couple weeks. However, you may place a pre-order for it by sending -- using Paypal --
6$ for North America and 9$ for World-wide shipping to noticerecordings[at]gmail[dot]com .
*UPDATE*
This is NOW available for purchase. Please send orders using the information above.
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This release is also coniciding with Illusion of Safety's reissue of "Probe", once again available on the newly rekindled Perdition Plastics. It can be purchased here, here or here.

2 GUITARS, NO WAITING :
Also in the works is a new tape by Daniel Burke (IOS) and Notice Recordings co-owner and half of Dense Reduction, Travis Bird.
This will also be available in a couple weeks.

**UPDATE** This is now available for purchase.


SHOW IN CHICAGO :
Finally, this is all coinciding with a show at Chicago's Enemy, on February 19th.
Information can be found here. This show will feature a rare performance by Z'EV as well as by Vertonen and Travis Bird & Daniel Burke.

All these releases will be available at the show, in addition to Notice Recordings thus far by Dense Reduction, Evan Lindorff-Ellery and Travis Bird & Daniel Burke. Maybe more "unofficial" Notices ...

1550 North Milwaukee Ave
Doors at 9:00
Show at 10:30

Dense Reduction on the radio

Industrial-pastoral sound art only occasionally, on a frosty day like today, gets radio exposure. Dense Reduction, featuring musicians associated with Notice Recordings, will be featured in a live performance today on WZRD Chicago's "Live from WZRD" podcast. Fellow performers include Illusion of Safety and Travis Bird & Daniel Burke. Listen here.

Tapes available

Notice #1 and #2 are now available for purchase.

We are asking 6$ for each tape.

This price includes shipping costs in North America.
We are also accepting other offers of more or less.

Paypal to thecoloroflight [at] hotmail [dot] com for payment, and it'll ship within a day.

Notice #3 and #4 are currently in production and should be ready in a couple weeks.

On another note, we have a show with :

Illusion of Safety

http://www.myspace.com/illusionsofsafety

Jason Soliday

http://cranksatori.net/js/

This show is at a small bar/venue called :

"Hotti Biscotti"

3545 Fullerton Ave.

January 23

Starts @ 10:30

A flyer was kindly made by Dan Burke for the show.

Hope to see you there !

Notice #5, a Recording for the Season

WINTER 2009 COMPOSITION FOR FIELD DRONES AND DOMESTIC RECORDINGS

A piece for memories and relocated sense of place

An empty Field covered in snow, ambiance of Classical music playing with Woodstove humming, People singing, Snow movement and other objects. A found tape of my Father singing a song of his, another found tape of Choral and Organ music.

Recorded using an Edirol field recorder, an old alarm-clock radio speaker made into a microphone and the internal mic of an old Sony boombox.

Not much equipment at home in Vermont, so :

Compiled and edited digitally using the program "Goldwav".

Happy holidays to everyone


Here (320kbps, 14:26, 33.1MB) (Updated as of 25 December 2010)

Artwork finalised : Notice #1 & 2

Drawings by E. Lindorff-Ellery, final layout with Travis Bird.
Letterpress printed, fold-over 2 panel "J-Card".

Sound excerpts from NTR001 :

Side A

Side B

Tapes available in January 2010

noticerecordings [at] gmail [dot] com

Thanks

Forthcoming

NTR001 :
DENSE REDUCTION (C40)
Side A ; Reductive Determinism
Side B ; Subdued Texture Field

Edition of 60

NTR002 :
EVAN LINDORFF-ELLERY : CONFLICTS AND INTERRELATIONSHIPS (C20)
Side A ; Three-track drone, Version 1
Side B ; Three-track drone, Version 2 & 3

Edition of 50

Artwork and sound samples TBA

noticerecordings at gmail dot com

First thought

I am inside a giant concrete dome with a mosaic composed of beautiful green and blue tiles. I am suspended from the ceiling and all I can say is, "Yes I am".

Record buying public--rationalizing

Record companies have vicious promotions these days. Rationalizing purchases has become easier than ever. Even with the onset of unemployment, consumers intrepidly chase their collector's impulses. Satiate their curiosities deeper than before.

As a person interested in expanding musical horizons, I wonder, at what point will there be an overload? When will I have to choose between two, or ten, or fifty when no exclusions will do? Who will fold first, me or them?