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.
"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)
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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'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.
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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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." Thank you.
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.
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.
