Foreign Lands Summer 2005 Catalog

001 Naturaliste-"Au Revoir Naturaliste"
Document of naturaliste's spring 2002 east coast tour. Varied performances after days of strange drives/people/places.
C62-$4

002 Document-"Nashville/Omaha"
field recordings of both towns, months apart, yet same state of mind.
*out of print

003 Ernesto Diaz-Infante-"S/T"
field recordings, guitar and droning vocals
C47-$4

004 Aidan Baker-"Eye of the Day"
Haunting and drifting improvisations using guitar, bass, percussion and sound loops. Check out aidan's writings and other recordings as well.
*out of print

005 Steve Schneider-"13th Street Bridge"
free saxophone with sounds of night
*out of print

006 Koura-"Osu"
Brian Labcyz recorded these sounds and movements of the streets in Gifu, Japan. Best listened to with headphones.
*out of print

007 Ernesto Diaz-Infante/Charles LaReau split release
geography experiments: guitar, bells and storms
*out of print

008 Metal Tech-"Finally you are alone, now be quiet, remain calm, and enjoy"
Chris Fischer (Naturaliste, Unread Records) uses cans, pipes, wires and various household cleaning items to make organic sounds; at times warm tones, others, mechanical blasts. Side two has a remix by Das Torpedoes.
1 sided C47 $3 *side 2 now contains das torpedoes remix

009 Das Torpedoes-"The Silence"
Untrained player on found piano with electronics/radio frequencies that combine to make non-silent collages.
C47 $4

010 Arnoux-"Live"
L.E. Methe (Naturaliste, Seagull Tapes) and Arnoux Ensemble improvise with Methe's dark reflections on life/nonlife in Omaha.
1 sided C47-3$

011 Mammal-"Murk Lowlands"
Gary offers driving sounds and incoherent machine voices.
C47-$4

012 Steven Curtin-"Wires on Dry Trees Turn Night Into Day"
Steven has been recording since the late 70's. This is a blend of analog and digital technologies that takes one into the future via the past.
*out of print

013 v.-"la55"
Now defunct project of jeff surak (Normal Music, Violet, zeromoon). Found objects and broken electronics start off chaotic and then settles the listener with somewhat ambient textures.
CDR $6

014 mike khoury/jason shearer: the ghost of joseph campau
Mike Khoury (Enropy Stereo) and Jason Shearer live with reeds, violin and flute. Music that is best on tape for a somewhat classic feel.
c47 $4

015 sb "whiskey road"
Russ Waterhouse and friends form this NYC collective that offers up droning/drifting sounds from a live performance in New Orleans.
cdr $6

016 subterranea s/t
Archival recordings from Neville Harson of mandible chatter. Recorded in an abandoned train station in Pennsylvania. One can hear the ghosts under the sounds of ancient industry.
cdr $6

017 naturaliste "your bleak hour"
Starts off with a strange "remix" of a performance and moves into a long drone with various sounds clashing and then minimal. Side two is one long blast with a swaying cellist taking reign.
*out of print

018 new carrollton "nc17"
reissue from this excellent group that existed during the home tape release glory days. apocalyptic sounds that drift and drone with unease.
cdr $6

019 snma "935"
an exercise in duration from the home of grel(http://grel.bravepages.com/). a collage of abstraction and absurd for the curious.
c 92 $4

020 rinusworks "brandenburgertor part two"
field recordings and geography experiments from rinus van alebeek. journeys through berlin, dresden, wuppertal, pulica, lerice, and morocco among others. at times ancient pathways lead to present day encounters.
cdr $6

021 bull,s blood "man dyeth" cdr
junk folk and sounds with an occasional sound of what appears to be someone trying to sing. satire or life in a closet.
cdr $6

022 klopsmajien "()" tape
from the Netherlands, sounds made in small space by antonio termeer. subtle guitar drone, field recordings of footsteps and words in the distance, strange blasts of clanging make this a very enjoyable tape wherever one exists.
cdr $6

soon: mandelbrut cdr, texture films on vhs tape.

all prices postpaid.
Contact: Charles Lareau

charles lareau
shinhan apt. 102-806
eui-dang gongju
korea 813-612

page last updated August 8, 2005