EDIT: PLEASE NOTE THAT DI27 AND DI29 ARE SOLD OUT AT SOURCE. I AM NOT ACCEPTING ORDERS FOR THESE TITLES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Small quantities of DI28 and DI30 remain as of this writing. Thanks everyone for your support so far! Mimaroglu, Eclipse, Second Layer, Tomentosa, Discriminate Music, and Sound Holes will all be distributing releases from this batch.
It’s been a while, no? Hope you’ve all been well! I’ve been keeping warm, getting settled in new digs, consuming immense amounts of cheap scotch and fried rice, and steeling my nerves to bask in the privilege of dropping epic full-length joints from three of my favorite going concerns, plus the first peeps anyone’s heard from Bee Mask in a veritable eon. But first, let’s clear things up: Wyatt had a dream that this batch was gonna feature fully accessorized action figures of Steve Kenney and Shane MacKenzie, and I’m sorry to say that I haven’t delivered. Ther
Pretty much what I said:
Tiger Hatchery
Bee Mask
Sequence Chair
Travis Woodson
…9pmish at the Crooked Shoe
4500 Kingsessing, Philadelphia, PA
$5 s/d
Just a quick note: I’m on my way to catch a train to central Maine, or as close to it as trains get at any rate, so I’ll be unable to process any mail orders until…probably January 3rd or so. Instead of processing mail orders, I’ll be walking around on snowshoes, etc.
Hope winter’s treating everyone reasonably well. Big updates coming in January. Will be spending my vacation laying out artwork for a crazy slew of new releases…about which more later!
It’s true, and it’s happening at the Rotunda (4014 Walnut St. in West Philly) on Friday, January 15 at 8pm.
Deception Island Invitational, our irregular series of curated performances, which has been suspended since winter 2007/08, when we delivered a mid-sized handful of fried epiphanies to the Language Foundry in Cleveland, is headed to Philly, in cooperation with Bowerbird and GATE.
This edition features:
Outer Space (Cleveland)
Telecult Powers (Brooklyn)
Bee Mask / God Willing Duo (Philly, clever name pending)
Ladies’ Room (Philly)
More information can be found here.
A stack of related surprises are in the works, so stay tuned for further updates. For now, suffice to note that these jamz are, as they say in the business, free 2 tha publick.
As you can see, we’ve mostly recovered from the holiday haxx. Most of the content from the old site is back, but I’ve kept the mailing list closed for now, so I can reorganize it somewhat. Signup will be available again shortly.
That’s not all, either; there’s a lot of news in the works. With any luck, I’ll be rolling out a comprehensive update in the next week or so.
First of all, many thanks to everyone who came out to Danger Danger Gallery last night! The show was a total blast, due in particular to bar-raisers from Wasteland Jazz Unit and Tiger Hatchery.
While we’re at it, I’ve got one more Philly-area Bee Mask performance to announce for the Fall:
Presented, of course, by Philadelphia Sound Forum.
“101 Cassette Labels” is an online exhibition dedicated to the visual culture of contemporary tape labels, curated by Ceci Moss for Rhizome. Lots of friends and personal favorites are featured, so I’m thrilled by the inclusion of di23-26 and the Bee Mask/Sam Goldberg split on Catholic Tapes.
Hard to believe I’ve been back from WV for a few days now! Thanks to everyone for an incredible weekend. Far too many highlights to list!
Photo by Jillian Slane.
Better almost late than never, I’m announcing two shows this month.
The first takes place Wednesday, August 5th at Plays and Players, 1714 Delancey Place, Philadelphia. Bowerbird presents Graveyards, PIMA Group, and Bee Mask. Show begins at 8pm sharp, tickets are $5-10, and as if that weren’t enough, I’m told that there will be air conditioning and a cash bar.
Second, I’ll be playing at the second Voice of the Valley festival, presented by Tusco Embassy, at Indian Meadows campground in Pentress, WV, August 14-16. I’m scheduled for the night of the 16th, but everyone who can make it is encouraged to attend all three days, as the lineup must be seen to be believed. In fact, you can see it, get tickets, and probably do a few other things, at one or the other of the links above.
Per Steve Cornford:
“This is the first material I’ve heard from Bee Mask, who seems to have broken out of local obscurity in recent months thanks to a fairly frantic release schedule including his vinyl debut on Weird Forest which I am yet to hear. He apparently uses homemade photosensitive circuits, controlled by moving small lights around over them. If you think that might end up sounding like a collaboration between Thomas Lehn and Marcus Schmickler then think again. There’s not a bleep in sight on this tape, instead we are treated to a single piece of spacious drift split over the two sides, conjoined by some distinctly non-electronic chime and clatter.
“Side A opens out with hollow, low passed tones, contented emptiness, patient calm, waves seem to lap against rocks in the distance. This half sounds much like Brendan Walls Outposts LP, or Asher’s Distances piece for homophoni, until joined by a fragile phasing loops of bells and chimes, which blend over onto the second side. The remainder of the side rolls out in sustained tones again, slightly less passive than previously, though far from an onslaught. A really beautiful tape, thoroughly effective in spite of its apparent effortless simplicity.”
It’s worth mentioning that No Mutant Enemy is still available from me as of this writing.
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