LPx3 Box Set, Compilation, Constellation, 2012
Screen-printed box which includes 3 different albums from Constellation Records [CST089, 090, 091]:
- Kanada 70 – Vamp Ire [CST-089]
- Pacha – Affaires Étrangères [CST-090]
- HangedUp & Tony Conrad – Transit of Venus [CST-091]
Each LP includes a screen printed jacket, poster, and insert
Kanada 70 – Vamp Ire
Compilation of 15 tracks from the K70 CD-R series
Recorded on Tascam Digital 8-Track between 2006-2011
Mastered by Sandro Perri
Album Profile (click to expand)
Style: Industrial-Dub, Post-Rock, Tape Music, Experimental, Ambient Techno
Vibes: Deconstructed, Urban, Eclectic, Mechanical, Hypnotic, Visceral, Murky, Intertwined, Industrial
Musical Qualities: Loops, Collage, Repetitive, Noisy, Studio-as-an-Instrument, Sampling, Beats, Atmospheric,
Instrumentation: Synthesizers, Percussion, Keyboards, Tape Loops, Electric Guitar
Track Notes ( * = Recommended )
| A1 – oscillators sliding in and out of harmony with clattering samples and percussion dropping in and out |
| A2 – Extreme bass & noises, stereo pulse of bass-synths with squelchy sounds. Very visceral sounds |
| *A3 – mellow industrial beat with quiet guitar stacattos, Really cool reverb guitar sounds drop in and out over pulse |
| *A4 – industrial loop post-rock. Wild guitar loops |
| A5 – synth/flute arpeggio loop, house beat kicks in under the off-kilter loops collage. things shift in and out of time with each other |
| *A6 – 4-on the floor drums with intertwined and knotted afro-beat guitars. industrial high-life. so many guitar polyrhythms. maybe 4-5 guitars plus a deep sliding bass guitar |
| A7 – gritty sound collage with samples reminiscent of concrete and water. hypnotic synth loop fades in. swirling industrial sounds |
| *A8 – crescendo post rock guitar staccatos over looped drum pulse. more & more guitar layers |
| B1 – distorted rhythm machine, 6/4 time |
| *B2 – damp basement bass ostinato, with distorted string/horn sounds adorning it |
| *B3 – polyrythmic synths and drum machines with more intertwined highlife guitars |
| *B4 – Sunny afro-pop grooves |
| B5 – underwater industrial techno beat |
| B6 – squelchy underwater loops & noises |
| *B7 |
Pacha – Affaires Étrangères
Recorded at home in February 2009 by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh. Mixed at Hotel2Tango. Mastered by Harris Newman (Greymarket)
Album Profile (Click to expand)
Style: Abstract Groove, Anatolian Rock, Psych, Post-Rock
Influences: Krautrock, Balkan Folk, Arabic Music
Vibes: Adventure, Driving, Serpentine, Triumphant, Motorik, Psychedelic, Exploratory, Energetic, Hypnotic
Musical Qualities: Percussive, Polyrhythmic, Fuzzy, Modal, Instrumental, Riffs, Uncommon Time Signatures, Noisy, Repetitive
Instrumentation: Drums, Frame Drum, Synthesizers, Percussion, Keyboards, Electric Bass, Tape Loops, Electric Guitar, Oud, Saz
Track Notes ( * = Recommended)
| *A1 – busy motorik drums with bass synth and modal synth melodies |
| A2 – Aggressive drums & fuzz synth. driving, busy drums |
| *A3 – vocal loops, groovy bass & piano samples building into a groovy swagger. noisy crescendo drops back into polyrhythmic groove |
| A4 – looped keyboard pads. joined by driving hand drum pulse. Most mellow song so far |
| *B1 – Ominous drones & balkan rhythms. guitar & keyboards play tangled folk melodies |
| *B2 – Oud & saz over reversed tape loops. acoustic textures are very welcome. arabic singers sampled in background. amazing drums & polyrhythms. sped up tape loops. Ends with beautiful lo-fi saz solo |
| *B3 – Mellow frame drum polyrhythms over vocal drones and ambient guitars. Beautiful nocturnal atmosphere |
| B4 – swaying groove. uplifting dance, confident |
HangedUp & Tony Conrad – Transit of Venus
Recorded live to 24-track analog tape and 2-track DAT at Hotel2Tango in 2004. Engineered & mixed by Efrim Menuck
Mastered by Harris Newman (Greymarket)
Album Profile (click to expand)
Style: Drone Rock, Experimental Rock, Post-Rock, Free Rock, Post-Minimalism
Vibes: Urban, Gritty, Deconstructed, Visceral, Dystopian, Woozy, Muscular, Angsty, Industrial
Musical Qualities: Droney, DIssonant, Improvisation, Heavy, Dynamic, Noisy, Bassy, Percussive, Fuzzy, Distorted, Instrumental, Repetitive, Pulse
Instrumentation: Violin, Viola, Drums, Skateboard, Monochord, Loops, Bowed Drum Skins, Sheet Metal
