autumn records releases


ar016 john clyde-evans - go gracious kiki change cassette (c28) release date: 03/2010 100 copies professionally duplicated cassette with laser printed j-card	side A: 1. solfarrd time change 2. go gracious kiki change side b: 1. the nest of delinquent gaijin 2. salt burning smoke
ar015 chris weisman - fresh sip cassette (c62) release date: 02/02/2010 150 copies professionally duplicated cassette with laser printed j-card artwork by ruth garbus	side A: "YEN you" 1. saved in chats 2. 999 3. i'm the author 4. apple season 5. capricorn 6. open tuning 7. blowing all over the bay 8. nu carta 9. yen you 10. focus on the flute side b: "i don't care again" 1. fresh sip 2. midi van 3. i don't care again 4. mr. man 5. hardcore experimentation 6. lies about me 7. teacher in rags 8. if i say so myself (i used to be an elf) 9. all night night fresh sip cassette - $7 buy mp3s -> HERE	chris weisman emerges again with more NEW VERMONT MUSIC two STEREO albums of multi-colored songs (YEN YOU & I DON'T CARE AGAIN) rainbow music (see: AJA COVER) balanced & varied the tone is right white light refracting through a prism sunshine through trees through curtains, reflecting mind mirrors this is a WHITE ALBUM (or maybe a MCCARTNEY III) and when you take out the 4 picture inserts of THE BEATLES they look like WARHOL images, silk-screened with the brightest neon colors spray painted / crayon scribbles / paint splatters / computer generated geometry repeating to infinity like an 80s local motion advertisement or 90s PBS specials graphics or 00s paperrad animation retro/bizarro fantasies (in the 50s, every dad was thin) four dimensional dynamic spectrum of rockers acapella synth guitars electric acoustic drums pedals folk vocals fuzz pop tapes solo bass yamaha DX7 / DX100 (kaleidoscopic sound paintings) FM synthesis on the AM dial crackling static, faint reception FIFTH WORLD (re: magnetic fields, lyle mays, stevie wonder, the beatles, five stairsteps, loggins, fagen, etc...) [if you can, imagine chris in the back of the midi van, wearing a rainbow CHRIS hat, wrapped in an indian blanket, floating just above an oriental rug, eating an heirloom apple, reading richard brautigan, focusing on the flute in the middle of the air, dream catching dream songs] this is some of chris' best music yet (maybe his best is always NOW?) the blank page (MIND) is alive steep (SIT) for 62 minutes (hours/days/months/years/lifetimes...) take a fresh sip (ALWAYS) listen deeply find the feel & get on the trail...
ar014 kurt weisman - orange cd release date: 02/02/2010 300 copies silk-screened cardboard ecopak with black & white woodblock print copy insert by ben stamper	1. new england snakes 2. self-portrait with skull 3. let my spirit rise 4. rainbow blues 5. orange 6. when i saw him with you 7. new blueberry song 8. tulip tree trail orange cd - $12 buy mp3s -> HERE	ORANGE the color? a town in new jersey? the flipside of the beatles? the fruit? the sun? the unrhymeable? ORANGE is kurt weisman's second album (after 2008's spiritual sci-fi, a few 7"s & e.p.'s, and his work in Feathers) it is a brilliantly chiseled gem. a beautiful garnet, or perhaps an orange chalcedony. there are traces of traditional norwegian melodies, atonal counterpoint, simple folk songs, new age blues, spacy doo wop, neo-classicism, love songs and a detour of the following....(orange lady, orange was the color of her dress then blue silk, shades of orange, orange juice blues, woodsmoke & oranges, onion orange, apples & oranges, funktion orange, draped in fluorescent orange, orange claw hammer, oranges & lemons) kurt abandoned the micro-editing & digital processing of his previous music (for now) there isn't a trace of computer trickery on ORANGE which makes this a straight forward, well balanced, deceptively simple(r), honest album. there isn't a single note of filler here, every sound sits still in perfect place. kurt lives in a cabin in the woods near putney, vermont. it seems that the quiet, peaceful isolation permeated this music. these songs were ingrained and steeped deeply within kurt's soul (and fingers) over the course of a few years. now he is a mirror reflecting them back to us with love to the universe. ORANGE is mostly kurt singing and playing guitars but there are tasteful additions of clarinets from robert stillman (horses) and kinetic sparkling keyboards from eliot krimsky (glass ghost) & a touch of other instruments & sounds by kurt. included is a nice insert of a woodblock print of a horse by ben stamper (ben + vesper) who also helped produce the album. these are songs of ascension. (thermal clouds. bird flight. spirits rising. love growing. spirals. wide open skies. heavenward.) in his special way, maybe kurt has found his own center, his deep bliss, his unique way to tap into the universal BODY / MIND. ORANGE will be everyone's new favorite color. shining the most radiantly pure light into your ears.
ar013 chris weisman & greg davis - northern songs LP release date: 2010 300 copies drawings by ryan storm
ar012 ben vida - patchwork cassette (C38) release date: 01/04/2010 100 copies professionally duplicated cassette with laser printed j-card	side a: 1. #0 patch four 2. #1 patch eight 3. #2 patch eleven 4. #3(4) patch twelve and twelve a 5. #5 patch ten 6. #7 patch fifteen 7. #7.1 patch d+m four (patch 20) 8. #8 patch sixteen side b: 1. #9 patch two 2. #11 patch nine 3. #12 patch five 4. #13 patch nine a 5. #14 patch one patchwork cassette - $6 buy mp3s -> HERE	ben vida is best known for his work as bird show or town & country or singer or any number of other projects he's been involved with over the past decade or so. ben has been totally zonking out to morton subotnick, robert ashley, league of automatic music composers, karlheinz stockhausen, klaus schulze, aphex twin and more. and this cassette showcases his recent forays into electronic synthesizer music. he has been slowly refining his set-up/sound/process to achieve more and more unique & varied results. there has been a lot of new synth music floating around recently but ben stands firmly away from the usual drone/new age/kraut/ambient zone on this one. instead, he dials in some great automatic/hands-free patches on his moog voyager semi-modular system and lets them do their thing. what we get here is a swirling,cycling mass of tones and shapes and colors. the process of now. the idea of eternity is just around the corner. ben selected excerpts from these infinite synth patches and they all flow together to make an energetic and dynamic listening experience.
ar011 sun circle - live tour cassette release date: 11/2009 100 copies - sold out professionally duplicated c46 cassette with laser printed j-card	side a: toronto 12/11/08 side b: san francisco 09/20/09	a limited edition tour cassette featuring recordings of two different sun circle live sets. toronto - harmonized mizmars over a bed of synthesizer drones, developing raga-like. leads to an ecstatic wall/wail of accumulated drones and drums/percussion. san francisco - at the on land festival. tribal ritualistic hand drumming. intense minimalism. with a large drone chord coming and going.
ar010 ruth garbus - rendezvous with rama CD release date: 01/04/2010 300 copies silk-screened cardboard ecopak artwork by ruth garbus recorded by ryan power	1. falling down to earth 2. fly away 3. video piano 4. the finish field 5. halloween 6. tarp face 7. spy zone 8. my apple rendezvous with rama cd - $12 buy mp3s -> HERE	ruth garbus used to be in a band called Feathers. you might remember them if you were absorbed in the neo-psych-folk-whatever-you-call-it scene about half a decade ago or so. (she still plays with kyle t. in a band called happy birthday / she lives with c. weisman in brattleboro / her sister is merrill TuNe-yaRdS) ruth has been slowly crafting a bunch of solo songs in private. a couple of years ago, she made a short album called ruthie's requests on a little cassette machine. (if you blinked, you probably missed it) well now its 2010 and she is here with some NEW VERMONT MUSIC. (and there is more to come....) this is her orbital turn. a chance for her tones to float out over the airwaves now... we are very happy to present you with ruth's debut album, Rendezvous with Rama. these days, not many people can pull off a record this lovely of just electric guitar and vocals but ruth does it. her music flows with ease and beauty and grace. her guitar parts suggest cascading choirs and unheard contrapuntal vistas. and her lyrics invoke scenes from: imaginary worlds (visual art) everyday worlds (house painter) we are lucky to get a glimpse into the creative fantasy/reality lands of this quiet artist. recorded in burlington, vermont by ryan power in a large warehouse with spacious natural reverb. an intimate fall / winter vibe captured on a 2-track reel to reel tape machine.this is perfect music for snowfalling(s) fragile and flowing dark and joyous natural and quiet movement and stillness (possible reference point: vashti bunyan singing & playing an electric guitar, recording for ECM?) ruth's songs get deeper and different and beyond any of those easy references. is she a singer/songwriter? folk musician? chanteuse? torch singer? jazz vocalist? new age artist? tropicalia? early music? im not sure what we should call it. maybe all of the above. well it doesn't really matter anyhow because we think you'll think ruth's new album is SUPER GOOD.
ar009 kurt weisman & chris weisman - over the shadow's door 7" release date: 10/20/09 300 hand numbered copies with hand stamped labels on colored vinyl (pink & blue) cover art by emma weisman	a1. kurt weisman - over the shadow's door b1. chris weisman - over the shadow's door over the shadow's door 7" - $7 buy mp3s -> HERE	over the shadow's door is a unified artistic project by the ever creative weisman siblings. a title was chosen and then kurt, chris and emma set about making music / art to correspond with the title. this is the result. kurt opens things up on side a with lovely spiralling acoustic guitar patterns and his trademark high angelic tenor falsetto vocals (along with the ghost of kurt weisman singing even higher vocal harmonies!) "no i can not be a man anymore" on side b, chris slashes and cuts through echoed word raps over spindly guitar licks and drum stick clicks (he'll explain it to you in the song). the chorus reaches a droney low voice counterpoint stasis. a nice little coda at the end with brazilian guitar tones and a chunky bassline. "who says that i can't find the floor?" emma's artwork is a wonderful children's book style cross hatch illustration. someone crawling on floor trying to open the purple shadow door. while another on the first floor is climbing a ladder to peer at the ceiling galaxies / stars. strange paintings on the wall above the orange couch. are there are more questions than answers?
AR008 GREG DAVIS - PRIMES CD release date: 06-2009 300 copies (with a special limited edition of 25 copies with 5 5"X5" signed and numbered artist's prints by jeff davis) silk-screened cardboard ECOPAK artwork by jeff davis	1. minimal 2. happy 3. palindromic 4. lucky 5. pythagorean primes cd (ltd. artist's edition) - $20 primes cd - $12 buy mp3s -> HERE	these pieces grew out of my research and interest in just intonation and prime numbers. during my explorations, i came across some interesting prime number sets and wondered what they would sound like. i constructed these pieces using sine wave generators in max/msp. i chose a base frequency (fundamental) for each piece and multiplied that number by each of the prime numbers in a given set to determine the harmonics / partials / overtones. most of the overtones were transposed down several octaves to fit within a comfortable 2-3 octave range. this became my “scale” or harmonic zone for each piece. i related the panning and metronome speed of each overtone to its frequency. rhythmically, each sine tone / frequency followed its own 3 beat cycle which created overlapping prime number rhythmic patterns. beat 1 = base frequency for that given overtone beat 2 = an octave higher beat 3 = silence (rest) the lower overtones had faster rhythmic cycles and the higher overtones had slower rhythmic cycles. this was a way for me to relate the rhythm to the prime number sets and integrate it with the harmony while still retaining a musical texture that was interesting to me. i used a simple stereo delay to blur the rhythmic texture to create more of a slowly shifting, patterned harmonic cloud. these pieces are dedicated to james tenney (1934-2006). they are an acknowledgment of his extraordinary work with alternate tuning systems and just intonation. his musical life should be an inspiration to us all.
AR007 CHRIS WEISMAN - TAPE WALK CD release date: 06-2009 300 copies silk-screened cardboard ECOPAK drawings by chris weisman	1. working on my skateboarding 2. b.o.a.c. 3. be and 4. red book 5. the dancer 6. day sleeper 7. dissonant beauty to be forgotten 8. pigs of glass 9. fa mi may (dream away) 10. morty's rugs 11. natural cymbal 12. the o chord 13. polyglot 14. complex complex 15. welcome to reality smith 16. world of the snowsun 17. you made a drawing tape walk cd - $12 buy mp3s -> HERE	new hampshire native new school vermonter brattleboro residence chris has been quietly singing his songs for years giving away cdrs & cassettes to friends planting his music here and there jazz guitarist (studied) teacher made up his own book of guitar pattern(s)hapes little room small coffees & yogurt sometimes soup or raw carrot higher octave music purple fleece jacket maybe green pants inverted guitar he knows every oblique & obscure corner of the beatles wrapped in blanket or poncho did you know that paul used a capo on his bass? white george harrison hat from the strawberry fields video joyous open presence curious infinitely creative mind look into the third eye its the ocean daily mountain climber late night talk "all roads descend toward town" (snyder) chris sheds personal taste filters (buddhism) to get into a very wide range of songs, histories, moods, vibes, feels, memories, instincts, styles, LOVE, PEACE he takes chances (thank you john cage!) pushes limits & boundaries & envelopes this is pure, intuitive, heart music lyrical imagery strange and funny and spiritual always honest melodic twist & turns harmonic curveballs makes sense always catchy sweet tenor voice like that of colin blunstone loves robyn hitchcock & syd barrett & steely dan & keith jarrett & jerry garcia like the best tunes of the elephant 6 chris is a prolific songwriter he's (more than) the daniel johnston of the new age and now its the obama age so its cool to write songs again and its more than okay to like songs again not many can craft a weird smart pop song like chris does he is the bearer of a torch running towards the ever expanding finish (beginning) line (light) listening is easy so do yourself a favor... let these songs get stuck in your head for awhile "tape walk" is a new collection of chris weisman songs taken from many of his self-released albums
AR006 CHRIS WEISMAN & GREG DAVIS - NORTHERN SONGS CDr release date: 05-2009 100 copies - TOUR ONLY - SOLD OUT silk-screened cardboard ECOPAK drawings by ryan storm	1. new americans 2. christalline 3. hat of night 4. reading road 5. it's all too much 6. we won't survive 7. the nine times 8. steaming bowl 9. crystal under brattleboro proper CD release march 22nd 2010 on home normal records.	'northern songs' is the debut collaborative project between fellow vermonters, chris weisman & greg davis. chris has been prolifically & quietly writing and recording songs for many years. greg has been involved in all types of music and has made many records for various labels. he is maybe best known for his drone music and his electro-acoustic computer music work. for this album, chris sent greg some basic songs on 4-track tapes. usually just guitars, vocals, and maybe another instrument here or there. greg dumped the tracks into his computer and overdubbed all manner of instruments, vocals, and used his signature computer processing techniques to further embellish, explode & extend the arrangements of the songs. the result is a strange, fantastic, wonderful, joyous, weird world of songs with many twists and turns & harmonic / melodic / textural surprises. it is a journey from beginning to end. it takes some time to get acclimated to this sound world, but give it a chance to seep in. repeated listenings will reward the listener & reveal more and more detail, depth and beauty. 'northern songs' is the perfect marriage of chris' lyrical imagery & far out song-craft with greg's expansive computer production / arrangement & compositional ideas. we are really excited about this record & we hope that you will enjoy it. http://www.myspace.com/cwgd
AR005 GREG DAVIS - MIDWAY CDr release date: 09-2007 99 copies - SOLD OUT 9 different silk-screened covers by TICK TICK	1. ottawa, ontario (04/12/07) 2. arlington, massachusetts (11/18/06) - with joe grimm buy mp3s -> HERE	midway was a limited edition tour cdr release. it featured 2 live sets by greg davis from 2007 & 2006 respectively. ottawa, ontario was an opening set for the books. greg played korg mono/poly analog synth, shruti box, bells, vocals and computer. thick solid meditative drones. arlington, massachusetts was a live set from the first brainwaves festival. greg invited joe grimm to play with him. greg played khaen, bells, vocals and computer. joe grimm played violin and vocals. deep ritual bright ecstatic drones.
AR004 SUN CIRCLE - SUN CIRCLE LP release date: 12-2008 525 copies	side 1 side 2 sun circle lp - $15 buy mp3s -> HERE	autumn records is back with a LP reissue of the debut cdr by sun circle on lichen records. this LP is a musical offering by the duo of zach wallace and greg davis. side a features ecstatic full wail vocals and organ drones peace noise. side b soothes with repetitive washes of bells gongs and chimes.
AR003 ROTFLOL - ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING OUT LOUD 7" (autumn records seven inch series #2) release date: 2-11-03 500 copies	a1. ghost forest night rave a2. dunes of plenty (dudes of plenty) b1. danny's revenge b2. i heart computerz rotflol 7" - $5 buy mp3s -> HERE	rotflol is pittsburgh based jacob ciocci, part of the paperrad crew (along with jessica ciocci and ben jones). when jacob isn't creating zines or flash animations or busy at CMU, he is making music that's as colorful as the clothes he wears. here he brings us four lo-fi, melodic, junked out, video gamey, crazy dancetime electro tracks. positive, fun, and uplifting. this music is like all of this 'neo-electro/synth pop' stuff, except better and without the cold, robotic, black turtleneck attitude. jacob also created wonderful day-glo hand silkscreened covers himself for a little retinal dazzle which completes the rotflol experience.
AR002 GREG DAVIS & DON MENNERICH SPLIT 7" (autumn records seven inch series #1) release date: 5-7-02 500 copies	greg davis a1. snowfall a2. birdposts don mennerich b1. enclave b2. conclave greg davis & don mennerich 7" - $5 buy mp3s -> HERE	chicago based greg davis brings you two tracks that are an extension of his 'arbor' album on carpark records. acoustic guitars mingle with field recordings, crisps, and bubbles. a pleasant marriage of organic and electronic sounds. new york based don mennerich offers up two songs with touches of folk, prog, and post-rock. also combining acoustic guitars with washes of field recordings, mlm, synth, murkiness, and gloppy beats. eerie and lovely at the same time.
AR001 VARIOUS ARTISTS - AUTUMNATURE CD release date: 5-1-01 500 copies - SOLD OUT	1. colongib - move bed here 2. jet jaguar - there's a choice we're making 3. lackluster - 31/10/99 4. hrvatski - gemini (early) 5. fizzarum - torsion 6. bauri - tummy 7. i am robot and proud - the snowstorm: two moods 8. kettel - barsevoice 9. cex - good will sidis 10. zammuto - feedbag 11. ml - intl bidniss mgmnt 12. asterisk - sea green and cyan (v.1) 13. marumari - atlantic 14. lexaunculpt - little bear sounds buy mp3s -> HERE	an all-star melodic IDM compilation.