stereo magick

Free track "FLAVOR" from The Sunset Curse

2010-06-01T10:43:00.000-07:00

THE SUNSET CURSE "ARTIFICIAL HEART" (HELMET ROOM RECORDINGS)
- This Denver-based multi-instrumental trio infuse deep electronic roots strategically blended with tight, cutting drum work, melodic, spacious dual guitars, syncopated proggy synths, and raw emotional vocals.

Free Mp3 from helmet room recordings just click and enjoy.

New Orbit Service track available on MOM CD from Beta-lactam Ring

2009-10-07T11:43:00.001-07:00

New track from Orbit Service will be appearing on the MOM release on Beta-lactam Ring, (all proceeds going to help Chris' mom in her fight against stomach cancer).

We are super proud to have been asked to contribute for such a worthy cause. The new Orbit Service track features violin work from Elin Palmer (Crooked Fingers, Woven Hand, Munly and the Lee Lewis Harlots). Please click here to order a copy of the CD.

Other artists appearing on this special release include: CJ Boyd, One Starving Day, Nadja, Expo '70, Seven That Spells, Troum, Armchair Migraine Journey, LaSTPO, The Legendary Pink Dots, Nurse With Wound, Un Festin Sagital, Earthmonkey, Andrew Liles, Volcano The Bear, and Else Teicher (I hope I didn't leave anyone off!)

HEAVYWEIGHT DUB CHAMPION set to release Rise of the Champion Nation on May 5th, 2009

2009-03-18T14:08:00.001-07:00

"Heavyweight Dub Champion restores all hope." - KRS-ONE

Founded in a log cabin at 9,000 feet in the mountains of Colorado, and now based in San Francisco, California, Heavyweight Dub Champion is a movement of interdimensional warriors representing the Army of the Last Champion. Firmly rooted in hip hop, dancehall, dub and electronic music, founder and Last Champion Manifesto author Resurrector transcends space and time wielding an arsenal of deep revolutionary audio with support from a evolving crew of co-conspirators that include co-founder Patch, Totter Todd, Dr. Israel, A.P.O.S.T.L.E, Jillian Ann and Stero-Lion. At the collective's core is the universal intention of inspiration, mind expansion and transformation through creative expression - all of which manifests in their collective artistic performance known as The Liberation Process.

Their award-winning debut album Survival Guide for the End of Time is a hard-hitting slab of revolutionary consciousness that continues to galvanize a growing legion of followers across the globe. Their unique sound, powerful presence and evolutionary message of self-determination have attracted the attention of many notable artists, critics and international festivals. Their music has been remixed by the legendary FreQ Nasty who included his mix of "Snared" on the recent FabricLive 42 compilation and, by rising star Bassnectar, whose mix of "Arrival" was released by the seminal San Francisco electronic label, OM Records. 2009 is poised to be a landmark year for Heavyweight Dub Champion with the global release of their new album Rise of the Champion Nation and their continued success on the international touring circuit.

Heavyweight Dub Champion - Rise of the Champion Nation

Rise of the Champion Nation is the highly anticipated, genre-bending new album from Heavyweight Dub Champion. Produced by Resurrector and Patch and recorded over the span of five years on multiple continents, Rise features collaborations with some of contemporary music's most incendiary vocalists, including Killah Priest, Dr. Israel, A.P.O.S.T.L.E. and three tracks with the legendary KRS ONE. More than 25 artists contributed to the album with additional production from Totter Todd. Building on the foundations of hip hop, dub, electronic music and ancient trance ritual - Heavyweight Dub Champion is breaking new ground and blazing new paths in what they term Sonic Shamanistic Alchemy.

Picking up where their debut album Survival Guide for the End of Time and its included 60 page Last Champion Manifesto left off, Rise of the Champion Nation is a "conceptual" album that follows the inner battle of the "Warrior," from the Arrival (of the Last Champion), through Warrior Divination One, Two and Three, to his emergence as the King Of The Mountain and the journey's end with the entrance to the Promised Land. Throughout the album Emcee VILL is again beckoned by "N.A.F. Agents" while on his quest to infiltrate Champion Nation and assassinate the Last Champion. Heavyweight Dub Champion's mission is simple: "The Unconditional Liberation of the Human Race."

"An ill-bent mix of apocalyptic hip hop dubtronica." - Westword Magazine

"Some of the hottest dub hop on the planet." - Marquee Magazine

"Their genius is the great virtue of 70's dub - never overdoing it." - L.A. Weekly

Rise of the Champion Nation features contributions from KRS ONE, Killah Priest, A.P.O.S.T.L.E., Dr. Israel, Totter Todd, Stero-Lion, Elf Tranzporter, Ganga Giri, Lady K, Emcee Vill, Lady K, J Criminology, Wailer B, Lynelle Moran, Dan West, Ivan "Choi" Khatchoyan, Hector Becerra, Emcee Vill, Vida-Sunshyne and DJ Illnaughty.

Mix Engineered by Oz Fritz
Mastered by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner

Impending Release: [reciprocess : +/vs.] documenting the process of musical reciprocality between Philippe Petit & friends

2008-12-02T08:28:00.001-08:00

a new song showing the collab of Bela Emerson & Philippe Petit, feat. on vocals Randall Frazier of Orbit Service can be heard there:

www. myspace. com/philippepetit

[reciprocess : +/vs.]

documenting the process of musical reciprocality between Philippe Petit & friends

[bleep 39]

www. bip-hop. com

A few years ago BiP_HOp had started a series called "Reciprocess".

To celebrate 10 years since the inception of the label + his 25 years of activism/DJing, Philippe Petit composed a 70+ minute soundtrack, cut it into pieces which were sent to friends to add their spices to.

The Wire magazine liked the idea and agreed to give it away with their issue # 301, in March 2009.

The Cd will offer 80 minutes of exclusive music by:

01) BELA EMERSON (feat. vocals from RANDALL FRAZIER) & Philippe Petit

02) AIDAN BAKER & Philippe Petit

03) CHAPTER 24 & Philippe Petit

04) COSEY FANNI TUTTI & Philippe Petit

05) SIMON FISHER TURNER & Philippe Petit

06) KLANGWART & Philippe Petit

07) DOUGLAS BENFORD & Philippe Petit

08) dDAMAGE & Philippe Petit

09) MARKOVO & Philippe Petit

10) KUMO & Philippe Petit

11) EUGENE S. ROBINSON (courtesy of OXBOW) & Philippe Petit

12) SEVERIN 24 (feat. vocals from KATHY COMPTON) & Philippe Petit

13) JASON FORREST & Philippe Petit

14) LYDIA LUNCH & Philippe Petit

15) JEAN-HERVÉ PERON (art-Errorist/Faust) & Philippe Petit

16) JUSTIN K. BROADRICK & Philippe Petit

17) STRINGS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (Hervé Vincenti & Philippe Petit)

18) SYBARITE & Philippe Petit

in case you'd like to subscribe and secure a copy:

www. thewire. co. uk

PS: also worth your interest...

Bela Emerson : hespera [bleep 38]

4th album from the pioneering electric cellist who builds layers of rhythm and sound from every part of her instrument: sounds are looped, take on lives of their own, bounce off each other...the effect, as anyone who's heard her will testify, is mesmeric.

SELECTED REVIEWS :

present Emerson as a skilled and eclectically minded performer. Boomkat / UK

Legendary Pink Dots - Dissonance

2008-09-19T13:27:00.000-07:00

driving the pack
from the rear
with a trumpet
with an axe
and a threat

driving to the precipice
windswept and wet
we're starving... neglected

eternally carving my course
on a landscape that's blighted and scorched
i've lighted a torch for the truth
we don't listen, we should
from the blind side
its a landslide
but in hindsight
i thought it was easier

but its all much too late to turn back
i'd lose face
and you'd turn on me
faithlessly put me away
in a place where my orders are echoes
my tortuous ghosts
in a space with no windows
and i'm counting on my toes

all this time to reflect
on my crimes on humanity
i'm screaming profanities
just give me a chance
i'll start over again
i confess i confess

yes, i blew it again

i confess i confess

yes. i blew it again

Antenne "Gloves On"

2008-09-15T11:25:00.001-07:00

From the new CD "#3" on helmet room recordings

Legendary Pink Dots "Rainbows Too?" Video

2008-09-15T11:05:00.001-07:00

"Rainbows Too?" by THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

From the album, Plutonium Blonde, available Oct 7, 2008 from ROIR!

LegendaryPinkDots.Org

Legendary Pink Dots "Plutonium Blonde" plus N. American Tour!

2008-09-14T12:02:00.000-07:00

Have you checked out the brand spankin' new Legendary Pink Dots site yet?

No? Well, you're missing out on some truly rad things, my friend!

Want to get into a Legendary Pink Dots show for FREE?

ROIR & The LPD are starting a Legendary Pink Dots "Plutonium Blonde" street team. Help us spread the word about the Plutonium Blonde album (out Oct. 7th!) & tour and weíll get you into a Legendary Pink Dots show for FREE!

If the ëPink Dots are playing in your town, help us spread the word. Email anna(at)roir-usa(dot)com with your name and address... and weíll send you posters & flyers for you to put up across town in record stores, book stores, schools, coffee shops, bars or wherever else you want (you know your town the best!). Take a couple photos and email them back to us a week before the showÖ weíll put your work up on the ROIR and LPD sites and weíll add you to the LPD guestlist!

New US Tour Date added!

Hey Chapel Hill, NC! Spend Halloween w/ the 'Pink Dots at the Local 506!

Plutonium Blonde US & Canada Tour

Thu 10/16 Vancouver, BC @ Richard's On Richards Cabaret
Fri 10/17 Portland, OR @ Berbati's Pan
Sat 10/18 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Mon 10/20 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Tue 10/21 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Thu 10/23 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
Fri 10/24 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Sat 10/25 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
Sun 10/26 Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club
Mon 10/27 Montreal, QC @ Les Saints
Tue 10/28 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory
Wed 10/29 Boston, MA @ The Middle East Downstairs
Thu 10/30 Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Fri 10/31 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
Sat 11/01 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Sun 11/02 Orlando FL @ The Social
Mon 11/03 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum
Wed 11/05 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Sat 11/08 Austin, TX @ Stubb's BBQ
Sun 11/09 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
Tue 11/11 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
Wed 11/12 Tempe, AZ @ Big Fish Pub
Thu 11/13 Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory
Fri 11/14 San Francisco, CA @ Cafe du Nord
Sat 11/15 San Francisco, CA @ Cafe du Nord

Dub Gabriel, Anarchy Alchemy (Destroy All Concepts)

2008-09-10T14:18:00.000-07:00

Dub Gabriel is back with "Anarchy Alchemy" his follow up to 2005's "Bass Jihad" and he is not fucking around.

This record is an a testament to the power of collaboration. Stylistically speaking, Anarchy Alchemy is all over the place, flavors of Dub, Hip Hop, Electronica and even Ambient grace this recording- and yet somehow, doesn't suffer from lack of direction. In fact, I think because of Gabriel's distinct production style, the album feels as cohesive as any- but I digress.

Anarchy Alchemy finds Gabriel in collaboration with the likes of Jah Dan, Yo! Majesty, Juakali, Sami Yaffa (New York Dolls), Mark Pistel (Meat Beat Manifesto), Maga Bo, Dr. Israel, and even Michael Stipe from REM (doing a Suicide cover)- which seems to solidify Gabriel as not only a master of networking, but a man with a great talent for melding a myriad of styles and personalities into an entirely new and perhaps greater thing altogether. In the case of Dub Gabriel, the sum is greater than the parts.

Jah Dan brings us to the table with "Chasing The Paper" a thick and smokey Dub Step cut about greed. If you have subwoofers in your pad, be prepared to have your brain rubbed down by this one. Ready for fat bass synths a-plenty rolling through your room like a freight train?

If you don't feel it, then I you don't have your stereo turned up loud enough- or you are deaf. Or dead inside.

Moving along though, "Spirit Made Flesh" featuring Brooklyn beat poet Karen Gibson Roc changes the gear and we mellow out with a feminine spoken word vibe, that swirls and crashes like water all around you. Again, the production of the record is so solid and consistent, the change in mood is not disruptive, and in fact is welcome, keeping the experience entirely interesting and enjoyable.

Other highlights for me personally include the Dr. Israel track "Battle Of The Righteous Man" which is a steady march forward on pulsing bass lines and Dr. Israel spreading an indeed righteous message about the government state we all seem to be staring right in the face. And the beautifully soft track "La Vie Senvole" which features French artist Judith Juileratt floating above a moog-created puddle that ripples and bubbles under her soft whispers.

Surprises wait around ever corner on this record. Dubby echoes, thick bass, and all the sounds are fantastic. Not to mention the final track, featuring Michael Stipe singing "Cheree" (from the band Suicide) accompanied by a string section, organ, harps and with electronica provided by Mark Pistel, and electric guitar from Sami Yaffa of New York Dolls. What more does a guy have to say?

Oh, OK. What if I told you that this was the debut release on the Destroy All Concepts record label, which Gabriel has just started, which is being run by a collective of artists, all with pending releases... Don't you think we should support that? If you can't get behind that, what can you get behind?

Click the album art above to grab this record from iTunes. Happy listening.

Download:
"Chasing The Paper" featuring Jah Dan HERE

The Long Dead Sevens: The White Waltz & Other Stories

2008-07-30T09:38:00.000-07:00

The debut album from The Long Dead Sevens, produced by Boris ‘Mephisto’ Wilsdorf (Einstuerzende Neubauten’s producer), is startling in both it's natural beauty and it's sublime darkness. Careful attention to detail was taken in the recording of this release, as evidenced by the thick atmosphere, which sort of places you in a new space during the entire listening experience. Wooden instruments resonate in an American Western/Gothic hybrid of sound reminiscent of Woven Hand or 16 Horsepower, and the theatrical lyrical delivery throughout the album brings to mind Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at their finest.

The album as a whole moves very easily along, and somewhere along the way the Americana influences seem to vaporize, and you find yourself in a dark miasma of trance-inducing drones and chants, with analogue synthesizers swelling and heaving like magma from the speakers. The lyrical content and singing style of vocalist Nick Cliff seems to bridge the gap between these worlds seamlessly, and in fact, seems to steer the album to this (now apparent) logical conclusion.

Kudos to Beta-lactam Ring Records on the exquisite cover art, which is presented in an ultra-heavy book cover type stock, which I have never seen before- which somehow makes buying records seem as important, and as worthwhile an endeavor as the long gone days of vinyl. The struggling record industry as a whole could learn something from the likes of Beta-lactam Ring Records. In my opinion, this is how records are supposed to be made. High marks all around.

Check out some samples HERE