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.

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RECENT INTERVIEWS

photo by: Faith Coloccia


Recent interviews:

Metalsucks podcast

Peer Pleasure podcast

Never Mind The Hype video interview

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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.

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SUMAC "WHAT ONE BECOMES" CS ART PREVIEW

Above: color separation proofs from the SUMAC "What One Becomes" cassette version.

SUMAC "THE DEAL" TEST PRESS PAINTED EDITIONS

Above - paintings for the test press versions of SUMAC's "The Deal" 2xLP (SIGE 037). 
Edition of 7, ink/plaka on paper.

Enjoying: Hander som vardar "Aristokrat", Grimes "Art Angels", Shape of Despair "Monotony Fields", Harry Pussy "One Plus One", Kowloon Walled City "Grievances", Neutral s/t, Akhlys "The Dreaming I", Mt Erie "Sauna", Mt Erie "Ocean Roar", etc. 

BLACK SPIRITUALS "BLACK TREATMENT" EP

Above: Black Spirituals "Black Treatment" CS. Design by A. Turner using original art elements by F. Coloccia.

Haven't been able to do as much design work as I'd like lately, so I was happy when the opportunity arose to create the sleeve for a tour CS EP by Black Spirituals. For now it's a cassette only release and currently available for order here. Thanks to Black Spirituals for asking me to do this, and to Faith for providing some excellent source materials! New Black Spirituals studio album in the works for later this year, also due for release via SIGE.


Recent enriching intake: ENDON - live, Black Spirituals - live, Sarah Ferrick - "Odette" and various comics, Champagne Mirrors "Extended Communication Techniques", Mount Eerie "Clear Moon", Circle "Pharaoh Overlord", Stilla "Ensamhetens Andar", Klaus Lang "einfalt. still.", Luigi Archetti "Null III", 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. 

OLD MAN GLOOM "THE APE OF GOD" ART + MAMIFFER MIX

Above: Selected artwork from the Old Man Gloom "The Ape of God" LPs and CDs. Artwork by A. Turner, front cover design by Faith Coloccia.

The new Old Man Gloom albums "The Ape of God" are now available for order - North American/European CD version from Profound Lore, Japanese CDs (+ DVD) from Daymare Recordings, and vinyl editions from SIGE Records.

Most of the art for the album was made as large scale ink/plaka paintings on paper, along with some smaller pen and ink drawings. The individual pieces were cut up, collaged and the photographed to create the final images, with some minor computer processing for the layout arrangements. Final print was completed by Stumptown Printers - two spot colors printed on uncoated textured stock, and in the case of the LPs, with additional letterpress printing in select areas on the jackets. Photos of the final print can be view with the Stumptown Flickr page here.

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In conjunction with the release of the new Mamiffer album "Statu Nascendi", Tiny Mix Tapes is hosting a guest mix by Mamiffer. It includes tracks from some of our favorite (and in many cases inspirational) artists - Kites, Alice Coltrane, Swans, Dirk Serries, etc. You can view the full article/mix here, and/or listen to the stream below.

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Currently enjoying: "Stone Mattress" Margaret Atwood, Swallowed "Lunarterial", Jon Mueller "Physical Changes", Batilus  "Concrete" (Andy Stott remix), Cut Hands "Festival of the Dead",  Noxagt - s/t, Dead Fader "Scorched", etc.

NEW SIGE TRACKS: OLD MAN GLOOM + BLACK SPIRITUALS

Above:  Old Man Gloom "The Ape of God" LP cover - drawings by me, design by Faith Coloccia, and Black Spirituals "Of Deconstruction" LP cover, art and design by F. Coloccia.

SIGE is working on a bunch of new releases for the fall, and we now have a couple tracks to share from two of them - Old Man Gloom "The Lash" and Black Spirituals "Radiant". The cassette version of the Black Spirituals album is available now from the SIGE mail-order store, the LP and digital versions coming shortly. The Old Man Gloom LP/cassette will be available in Nov from SIGE, with the CD and digital versions coming courtesy of Profound Lore.

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Currently enjoying: Trepaneringsritualen "Perfection + Permanence", James Hollis "The Wounding & Healing of Men", Kerry James Marshall "Painting and Other Stuff",  Diamanda Galas "Saint of the Pit", Gorguts "From Wisdom to Hate", Brunhild Ferrari & Gol "Play Luc Farrari's Exercises d'improrvisation", Blut Aus Nord "What Once Was - Leber II", etc.

NEUROSIS/SOILENT GREEN + HELMS ALEE 7"s

Above: 7" covers for Neurosis/Soilent Green and Helms Alee.

Hydra Head has just made 2 special edition versions of the above mentioned 7"s available via the RTK webshop. Details as follows:

"We have initiated a new vinyl series at HHR. Utilizing leftover vinyl from previous pressings we have created small run editions of out of print releases. Each release will is packaged in letterpress printed HHR vinyl jackets, hand numbered, and customized with hand stamped text and new artwork by Aaron Turner."

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MENCHE/COLLINS LP ART + NEW SIGE TITLES

Above: front and back cover art for the Daniel Menche/William Fowler Collins split LP, and a new t-shirt design using the same source images - all for/from SIGE Records. The artwork and design for these projects were a collaborative effort with Faith Coloccia.

Both the Menche/Collins split LP and the SIGE t-shirt are now available for order in the SIGE webshop, along with the new full length by Mesa Ritual (which also includes William Fowler Collins alongside Raven Chacon). You can order here and listen here.

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Recently enjoying: Cut Hands - live, Godflesh - live, Circle - live, Trepaneringsritualen - live, Oathbreaker - live, Teitanblood "Death",  Alice Coltrane "Lord of Lords", Killing Sound s/t, Pitreleh - s/t, Horseback "Piedmont Apocrypha", Grouper "The Man Who Died in His Boat", Thomas Pynchon "Gravity's Rainbow", etc

BLOODLET LP

Above: Artwork for the Bloodlet "Live on WFMJ-FR 03.23.1995" LP coming out on A389 next month on Record Store Day. Thanks to A389 and Bloodlet for inviting me to participate in this project.

Also: collaborative album with William Fowler Collins finally complete - release details forthcoming. Old Man Gloom European tour starts April 1st. Details on two new SIGE Records releases coming soon (Daniel Menche/WIlliam Fowler Collins split LP/CS + Mesa Ritual LP/CS) - you can preview a track from the Mesa Ritual album here:



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Currently enjoying: Noisem "Agony Defined",  Mesa Ritual - s/t, Bloodvite "Falskt Spektrum" Virile Games "Wounded Laurel", Helm "The Hollow Organ", Bloodlet "Entheogen", Brunhold Ferrari "Tranquilles Impatiences", Marissa Nadler "July", etc. 

SIGE/TURNER/COLOCCIA INTERVIEW

Black Magazine has kindly instigated and published an interview with Faith Coloccia and me, regarding our various collaborations, independent projects, SIGE activities, upcoming releases, etc. The intro is in German, all else in English. You can read it here. Thank you.

*photos above by F. Coloccia and A. Turner

GLOOM OVER EUROPE

New poster design for Old Man Gloom European tour 2014. Background drawing by Desmond Scofield.

KHLYST "CHAOS IS MY NAME" LP

Above: a couple pieces from the forthcoming LP version of the Khlyst album "Chaos is My Name". Original artwork by Stephen Kasner, logo and design by me. This album originally came out on CD only via Hydra Head in 2006. Should've been on vinyl as well, but it took about 8 years to get that happening. Better late than never as it's an amazing piece of work. It will be available this spring on LP, and there may still be some CDs lingering in the HHR webshop. More specifics on the release date soon.

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Currently enjoying: Castavet "Obsidian", "Life Zone" by Simon Hanselmann, Hatred Surge "Human Overdose", Baptists "Bushcraft", Puce Mary "Success", Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang "Live in Iceland", Pietro Riparbelli "Three Days of Silence", Aanipaa "Through a Pre-Memory", Inquisition "Obscure Verses of the Multiverse", etc.

NVTN PRINT NOW AVAILABLE

Above: photos and a jpeg approximation of the final print of my NVTN print now available for sale at S&D. It's a 12" x 26" one color hand screened print on black French paper with laser engraving in the lower right hand corner. The standard edition (of 100 prints) is available here, and the black on black artist's edition (of 45 prints) is available here. Thanks to S&D and All Pigs Must Die for the invitation to realize this project.