KEIJI HAINO + SUMAC "American Dollar Bill..."

Very happy to announce the forthcoming collaborative album between Keiji Haino and SUMAC - "American dollar bill - Keep facing sideways, You’re too hideous to look at face on" due out via Thrill Jockey in Feb 2018. We're hoping to have copies available for sale on our upcoming west coast tour with Converge as well. Above and below are previews of the album art generated using recent paintings, photos from our studio session and with design assistance by Faith Coloccia. There will also be some test pressings of this album for sale with the original art created for the album - more on that shortly.

Thank you.

SACRUM PROFANUM + THALASSA INTERVIEW

At this year's Sacrum Profanum Festival in Krakow, PL, "Metapattering for Constellation" - a new composition by Faith Coloccia with Aaron Turner - will be debuted. The piece was commissioned by the festival, and will be performed by a 9 piece ensemble as part of the Post-Indie Classical event on 09/30. More on the festival here. 

From the festival's curatorial text regarding Post-Indie Classical:

"This concert is an attempt at defining, identifying or perhaps even constituting new aesthetics – post indie classical? This type of music is created in opposition to sometimes too predictable modern music, but at the same time to over-aestehticised and following the beaten tracks indie classical, and is written by non-academics from the world of independent music. The concert will be unique for one more reason – as the light goes down, you will not know what to expect. All compositions will be produced by Spółdzielnia Muzyczna as premieres; they have just been commissioned by Sacrum Profanum and are being composed. Their author’s vision of instrumental music will be presented by Faith Coloccia and Aaron Turner (Mamiffer, Sumac) – privately a couple of the pianist and the guitarist – vocalists, graphic artists and composers of music basking in the air of melancholy, situated between ambient and chamber music; Aidan Baker(Nadja) – a multi-instrumentalist, a prolific artist representing many aesthetic styles, first of all ambient, drone, shoegaze and kraut-rock; Toby Driver (Kayo Dot) – a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer of music at the crossing of the avant-garde, jazz and prog-metal; Mika Rättö and Jussi Lehtisalo (Circle, Pharaoh Overlord) – a vocalist and a bassist who play all kinds of music from heavy metal through the improvised avant-garde up to avant-rock; Paweł Kulczyński (Wilhelm Brass) – specialising in modular synthesisers, broken rhythms and sound installations (e.g. last year’s Shibboleth)."

Here also is a new interview with Thalassa, the duo of Aaron Turner and William Fowler Collins. The interview discuses "Bonds of Prosperity" Thalassa's debut album, as well as Megadeth, Hendrix, Ghostbusters and other crucial topics:

Machine Music interview with Thalassa

"NOX", my collaborative album with Daniel Menche, is now available for pre-order. Visit the SIGE Records webstore for details - HERE.

Details and sound samples coming soon.

Thank you.

HOLC video

Ozero from ECHOVIDEA on Vimeo.


A video for an older House of Low Culture track made by ECHOVIRUSES. This was just passed on to me, though made some time back. One of my favorite HOLC tracks - glad someone found another use for it. Thanks.

RECENT INTERVIEWS

photo by: Faith Coloccia


Recent interviews:

Metalsucks podcast

Peer Pleasure podcast

Never Mind The Hype video interview

Thank you.


Recently enjoying: Ryo Murakami "Esto", Basic House "I Could Tell You But Then....", "Labyrinths" Jorge Luis Borges, "Sunburning" Keiler Roberts, Full of Hell + Merzbow, Ghedalia Tazartes "Diasporas", ENDON "Through the Mirror", NORDRA - s/t, Zachary James Watkins - live compositions at The Chapel, Seattle, etc.

THALASSA - ALBUM ART & STREAM

Above: THALASSA "Bonds of Prosperity" 2xLP layout. Artwork by Faith Coloccia, additional artwork and design by A. Turner.

THALASSA is A. Turner and William Fowler Collins. The debut is released officially tomorrow, 5/19 via SIGE Records. Here is a full stream of the album for your listening pleasure.

Thank you.

THALASSA - NEW TRACK AND PRE-ORDER

The THALASSA "Bonds of Prosperity" 2xLP is available for pre-order from SIGE Records HERE.

And, below is "Face Obscure" the third track from the album.
Thank you.

SUMAC - JAPANESE TOUR

Very excited to be heading back to Japan  with SUMAC - especially so considering we'll be touring with ENDON and playing a collaborative set with Keiji Haino. Dates and details below. Poster image by Faith Coloccia. Thank you.

6/30: Tokyo @ Bush Bash, w/ FRIENDSHIP, BLACK PHONE 666
7/01: Nagoya @ Huck Finn w/ ENDON
7/02: Osaka @ Conpass w/ ENDON
7/03: Tokyo @ Fever w/ENDON, collab set w/ Keiji Haino

THALASSA - SHOWS AND NEW TRACK

THALASSA is my duo collaboration with William Fowler Collins. We will be playing two shows this month (listed above). 

Below is the first track from our forthcoming album "Bonds of Prosperity", coming out May 19th on SIGE Records. Pre-orders for the vinyl version will be gin this coming Monday 3/20.

Thank you.

SUMAC/OXBOW Europe 2017

I have neglected my blog for a long while. This is my attempt to get back to updating it regularly. 

Poster image above - art by F. Coloccia, design by me.

Here are the dates for the upcoming SUMAC / Oxbow European tour. Thank you.

SUMAC/OXBOW 

EUROPE 2017

20/04 - PRAGUE, CZ

21/04 - LEIPZIG, DE

22/04 - KARLSRUHE, DE

23/04 - TILBURG, NL

24/04 - BRUSSELS, BE

25/04 - LONDON, UK

26/04 - LEEDS, UK

27/04 - BRIGHTON, UK

28/04 - PARIS, FR

29/04 - CREIL, FR

01/05 - MILAN, IT

02/05 - RAVENNA, IT

03/05 - LAUSANNE, CH

04/05 - MUNICH, DE

05/05 - BERLIN, DE

06/05 - COPENHAGEN, DK