BARONG /// C60 /// GAMELAN /// LORD

MYSTERIOUS CASSETTE, RECORDED BY "LORD."  NO OTHER INFORMATION. FIERY BARONG CEREMONY.  KING OF SPIRITS GETS ANIMATED.  GAMELAN POWER TRANCE - CLEAR OUT THE KITCHEN AND FREAK IT.  BORTH RIP 320.

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ILYAS AHMED $$$ LIZ HARRIS (AKA. GROUPER)

LIVE AT AQUARIUS RECORDS

IT'S TRUE.  BEAUTIFUL INTIMATE SET MAKE BORTH SHED TEAR.  BORTH USUALLY VERY FIERCE AND STRONG. CREAKING FLOORBOARDS, SHUFFLING CD CASES ADD TO HAUNT.  GREATEST RECORD STORE IN THE WORLD (POSSIBLY, BORTH NEED TO TRAVEL MORE).  SHIT ASS BATTERIES MAKE TAPE SLIP A FEW TIMES, SOUNDS A BIT FUN.  CHORD PROGRESSIONS SLOG SKIN, REVERB LURES LIDS.  DON'T HESITATE WITH THIS.

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GRAINS LIVE AT MAMA BUZZ

POWER DUO PRESENTS JAW DROPPERS - VIRTUOSIC DISPLAYS OF RHYTHMIC LINEAR ALGEBRA.  FRENETIC BURSTS OF GLUTEN IMPACT GUT.  TIGHTEST PROGRESSIONS MELT DOWN LIKE SALTED SLUG INTO NEBULOUS SLIME PILE.  ESSENTIAL CREATIVITY FROM THESE BREAD WINNERS!

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INFINITE BODY /// PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT

LIVE AT AMNESIA SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

INFINITE BODY BLAST, TOWERING SPEAKER TUNNEL, RHYTHMIC STROBE, DEEP MASSAGE.  PED DEPOT UNLOAD SCRAP METAL SCRAPER DRIPPING WITH ELECTRONS AND CELLO SERENITY.  BAR ROOM CHATTER PART OF COMPOSITION, RIGHT?  RIGHT!

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MUSIC OF THE RAIN FOREST PYGMIES (LYRICHORD LP)

THUNDER ECHO, DRIPPING PLANTS ENVELOP, YOU CAN FEEL THE HUMIDITY SWIRLING AROUND WITH THESE IMPRESSIVE CHORAL WORKS.  RECORDED BY COLIN TURNBULL, NICE ACCOMPANIMENT TO BOOKBOOK (EVER READ THE FOREST PEOPLE?)  BORTH RIP VINYL 320.


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DISPIRIT :: ATRIARCH :: ALARIC

LIVE AT EL RIO MARCH 24, 2011

DISPIRIT DOMINATING WEAKLINGS.  COMPOSED METAL FLAVORS.  ATRIARCH PROVIDING ELECTROCUTION THROUGH SPRING REVERB TANK, ENTER THE CHAMBER.  ALARIC:  IS THAT CHORUS ON THE BASS?  EMO-PUNK-METAL.  ALL RECORDED TO TCD5M, DON'T MISS.

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TECUMSEH LIVE AT HEMLOCK TAVERN

TECTONIC PLATES SHIFT, MASSIVE ORBITS, FLUTTERING FEEDBACK, HEAVIEST DRONES TO DATE, BURIED IN WARM SAND, TUNE INTO THIS.




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ON LAND FESTIVAL 2010

SELECTIONS INCLUDE:


BARN OWL 
GRASSLUNG
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
PETE SWANSON
PULSE EMITTER
WHITE RAINBOW


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JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA // HIGUMA // JON PORRAS (OF BARN OWL)

HEMLOCK TAVERN FEBRUARY 10, 2011

ALL STAR LINE UP OF SAN FRANCISCO TALENT.  JON PORRAS' TRACK IS STUNNING.  GREAT PERFORMANCES ALL AROUND.  SUPER 8 PROJECTIONS BY PAUL CLIPSON (VIEW).

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LAUDANUM /// WHITEHORSE

 LIVE @ THE FIRST CHURCH OF THE BUZZARD

MARCH 04, 2011
HEAVY DOOM HITTERS, CRACKED EARTH, SOUNDS FROM WITHIN ISOLATED WAREHOUSE.

LAUDANUM:  LISTEN

WHITEHORSE:  LISTEN

TREES / BARN OWL @ ELBO ROOM

BORTH RECORD THIS ONE WITH THE TC-D5M! FOR BETTER QUALITY.  SHOW FROM LAST JUNE.  DISTORTION DRONES, HARMONICS BATTLE FOR PRESENCE.  UNHEARD SOUNDS FROM A LONG BURIED BUFFALO SKULL.

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FENNESZ IN SF!!!!

LUSH, TANGIBLE SOUNDWAVES ASSUME GASEOUS PROPERTIES AND TAKE THE SHAPE OF CONTAINER.  FRESH LIQUID JELLO POURED INTO MOLD.  THE SWEDISH AMERICAN MUSIC HALL.  THE MASTER ONCE AGAIN DIRECTING, ILLUMINATING A RARE SURREALITY.

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✠ TERMINAL ✠

RIQIS // SUTEKH HEXEN // TREES // MONARCH!

BORTH EARS SUFFER PERMANENT DAMAGE HERE.  STUFFED PAPER BAG SCRAPS INTO CANALS.  SUB-BASS VIOLENCE RATTLE THREADS.  BLOWN OUT AND BRUTAL.

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BILL ORCUTT LIVE ON LAND 2010

MUTILATED, RAVISHED, GUTTURAL.  ANIMAL SOUL IMPROVS FROM THE 4-STRING MAESTRO HIMSELF.  THE ON LAND FESTIVAL 2010, SWEDISH AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, SF.  BORTH ARRIVE LATE, MISS FIRST SONG...ALAS.

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GROUPER LIVE ON LAND 2010

HOT MUD OOZING THROUGH ALL CORNERS OF THE SWEDISH AMERICAN MUSIC HALL.  THE ON LAND FESTIVAL 2010.  YOU CAN HEAR THE OCCASIONAL CLICK & CLATTER OF PAUL CLIPSON'S MESMERIZING SUPER 8 ACCOMPANIMENT.

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