2015 LIVE FAVORITES

Here's a short piece about some of my favorite live experiences from 2015:

AARON TURNER’S TOP 10 LIVE ACTS, FROM MERZBOW & FULL OF HELL TO JON MUELLER

Thanks to Self-Titled for hosting this and F. Coloccia for the picture.

Looking forward to 2016.....

SUMAC WEST COAST/SOUTHWEST TOUR 2016

Newly announced SUMAC west coast/southwest tour dates below. We will be touring with the highly exceptional groups ENDON (Japan) and Black Spirituals (Oakland). Looking forward to it - hope to see you out there. We'll be playing a few songs from the new album as well....

2/18 Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown *
2/19 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret *
2/20 Seattle, WA @ Funhouse *
2/21 Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar *
2/22 Eugene, OR @ The Boreal %
2/25 Chico, CA @ Cafe Coda %
2/26 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern *
2/27 Glendale, CA @ Complex *
2/28 Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge ^
2/29 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister ^
3/1 El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace ^
3/3 Austin, TX @ Sidewinder ^
3/4 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada ^

* w/ Endon, Black Spirituals
% w/ Endon
^ w/ Black Spirituals

NEW SIGE RELEASES

Above and below: the new string of SIGE releases in various states of assembly.

Busy fall for SIGE Records - we have the following new titles now available for order from the SIGE webstore:

- Circle "Pharaoh Overlord" CS
- Pharaoh Overlord "Circle" CS
- Mamiffer/Oakeater split CS
- SUMAC "The Deal" CS
- Jussi Lehtisalo "Maisteri" CS
- Oakeater "Aquarius" LP/CS/digital
- Daniel Menche & Mamiffer "Crater" CD/digital

Up next is "Surfacing", the debut release from Faith Coloccia's new solo project Mára.
You can view a video for one of the songs from the album via The Wire Magazines website here.

Thank you.

CRATER VIDEO + DIGITAL

"Crater" video by Daniel Menche. Write-up/premiere today via Noisey.

"Crater" album digital version now available from the SIGE Records Bandcamp.

Thank you.

"CRATER" STREAM

The Daniel Menche & Mamiffer "Crater" album is streaming in full today via FACT Magazine. Listen here.

It is available from the SIGE webshop here.

Album art and layout by Faith Coloccia (pictured above and below).

SUMAC WRITING, ETC

Writing for the next SUMAC album is well under way. Recording commences next month at The Unknown in Anacortes, WA. Kurt Ballou will be working with us again on this one for the recording/mixing.

SUMAC also has a webstore now. It's here. And we're setting up a west coast/southwest tour for Feb/March 2016.

More soon...

NEW MAMIFFER/MENCHE + OAKEATER

Above: cover art for the Daniel Menche & Mamiffer "Crater" album, and the Oakeater "Aquarius" album. Cover photography for "Crater" by Daniel Menche, all other art and design by Faith Coloccia.

The Menche/Mamiffer album has been in the works for multiple years now and is finally done. Very happy this idea is now realized and we can share it. The Oakeater album has also been the works for quite a while as well - both will be available for pre-order next week in the SIGE webshop. Additionally, Menche has made videos for both the collaborative album and the Oakeater - which we'll be able to share shortly.

This was also just announced for Mamiffer - 2016 appearance at Big Ears Festival - looking forward to this one: http://lineup.bigearsfestival.com

Thank you.

Currently enjoying: Skullflower/Voltigeurs/Black Sunroof - split LP, Marco Fusinato "Spectral Arrows: Sidney", Low "Ones and Sixes", Drudkh "A Furrow Cut Short", Jacaszek & Kwartludium "Catalogue Des Arbres", Boubacar Traore "...and His Guitar", Lawrence English - live, Bizarre Uproar "Vihameditaatio", Doramaar "Terra Icognita", etc....

STEVE VON TILL - ALUI ARTWORK

Above: images from the album art for Steve Von Til's "A Life Unto Itself".

CD and LP versions are out now via Neurot Recordings, and you can listen to the album here.
Thanks to Steve for inviting me to participate in the project.

Also out now - Barnett + Coloccia "Weld" LP (cover art below by Faith Coloccia). This is the second album by the duo of Alex Barnett (Oakeater), and Faith Coloccia (Mamiffer), also their second for the Blackest Ever Black label. I contributed a bit to the project in the form of recording and and some production in tandem with Faith. The album is streaming here.

Currently enjoying: Disasterpeace "It Follows" OST, Aktor "Paranoia", "Worst Behavior" Simon Hanselmann, Logical Nonsense "Expand the Hive", Maica Mia - live, Barnett + Coloccia "Weld", Pale Chalice "Negate the Infinite and Miraculous", etc. 

SUMAC, MAMIFFER, OLD MAN GLOOM, ETC

Some news regarding recent and upcoming activities....


MAMIFFER:

Upcoming shows:
DISJECTA,  Portland, OR - May 1st - live collab with Daniel Menche
LEVITATION, Vancouver, BC - June 7th
SLED ISLAND - June 24-28


"Status Nascendi" cassette version and new t-shirt now available here:
SIGE BIG CARTEL


SUMAC:

New interviews here:
BEARDED MAGAZINE
ABOUT.COM

"The Deal" 2xLP repress and new shirt available here:
SIGE MERCHTABLE

Upcoming shows:
SLED ISLAND  - June 24-28

And a new live video:





OLD MAN GLOOM:

"Meditations in B" LP reissue, new t-shirt, and "The Ape of God" LP represses here:
HYDRA HEAD MERCHTABLE

Upcoming shows:
PSYCHO, Santa Ana, CA - June 15th
MEXICO CITY, Mexico - June 16th (with Cave In)

Thank you.


Now enjoying: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie "We Should All be Feminists", Iannis Xenakis "Polytope de Cluny", Mika Vainio "Time Examined", Execration "Morbid Dimensions", Joyce Carol Oates "Black Water", Arv & Miljö "Orientering/Dena Värld", Ascension "The Dead of the World", Arvo Pärt "Adam's Lament", etc.

MAMIFFER / JAPAN TOUR 2015

Mamiffer is heading to Japan with Daniel Menche. We'll be playing 3 shows there, Dates and info as follows. Poster image above by Faith Coloccia. We'll be playing some new material and bringing new merch with us as well. Hope to see you there - arigato!

MAMIFFER / DANIEL MENCHE - Japanese Tour, Spring 2015 

03/26 - Conpass, Osaka - with YPY & DREAMPV$HER
03/27 - Super Deluxe, Tokyo - with BORIS
03/29 - Soup, Tokyo - with DREAMPV$HER & ENDON

SUMAC - THE DEAL - ART, ETC

Above: LP O-ring (front and back), LP inner jacket (front and back), and LP labels (A/B sides), from SUMAC's "The Deal" album layout. Artwork by Faith Coloccia. Design by A. Turner.

"The Deal" is now available on CD/digital in North America/Europe via Profound Lore, and CD in Japan (w/bonus instrumental) from Daymare Recordings. The 2xLP version on SIGE Records is currently being repressed and will be available again shortly. On the upcoming SUMAC NW mini-tour, the band will also have their copies of the 2xLP for sale at the shows. Dates are as follows:

03/11 // VANCOUVER, BC // BILTMORE CABARET
03/12 // VICTORIA, BC // LOGAN'S PUB
03/13 // PORTLAND, OR // WHITE OWL SOCIAL CLUB
03/14 // BELLINGHAM, WA // THE SHAKEDOWN

03/15 // SEATTLE, WA // HIGHLINE 

Here are some preview tracks from the album:

Thank you.

Currently enjoying: Hildur Gudnadottir "Saman", Janne Westerlund "Marshland", Virus "Carheart", MB "TPTMBTD", Tenderizor "Touch the Sword", Eternum "Summoning The Wolven Spirit", Morton Subotnick "The Wild Bull", etc

MAMIFFER TOUR JAN/FEB 2015 + SEATTLE RECORD SWAP

Mamiffer's West Coast/Southwest US tour starts in a few days - first half is with Russian Circles, second half with Jon Mueller and William Fowler Collins. Looking forward to playing with our friends, going to some spots we've never been (or at least never played), and debuting some new material. Our line up this time is again the core duo of Faith Coloccia and myself. Details and dates are below. Poster image above by Faith Coloccia.

Also - for anyone in the Seattle area - I'll be running a SIGE Records/Hydra Head table at the Destroying Sounds record swap tomorrow (01/17). I'll be bringing new, old, discounted and rare items from both labels, some selections from my personal collection, and a few artifacts generated just for the swap - test pressings with hand drawn covers, etc. Go here for details on time and location.

Thank you.

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MAMIFFER US TOUR JAN/FEB 2015: 

With Russian Circles: 
01/20/15 Seattle, WA @ Neumos 01/21/15 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom01/23/15 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall01/24/15 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy 01/25/15 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar 


With Jon Mueller and William Fowler Collins: 
02/02/15 Albuquerque, NM @ Spirit Abuse (with Raven Chacon) *
02/03/15 Tempe, AZ @ 51 West (with GOG) *
02/05/15 Los Angeles CA TBA *
02/06/15 Oakland CA @ Life Changing Ministries *
02/07/15 Chico CA @ Orange St. Art Studios
02/09/15 Portland OR @ High Water Mark (with Daniel Menche)
02/10/15 Anacortes WA  @ The Buisness
02/11/15 Vancouver, BC @ The Rattle

* William Fowler Collins on these dates only

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