Deception Island

Hey everyone: just a heads up to the effect that DI38 is sold out at source. You can still grip DI35, DI36, and DI37 from us, though, and DI38 is currently available from Mimaroglu, Tomentosa, Discriminate, Second Layer, and Vinyl Revolution. Thanks for all your support, as always!
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DI Summer 2011: Quicksails, Night Burger, Dr Quinn, Outer Space, Alterity Problem

DI Summer 2011: Quicksails, Night Burger, Dr Quinn, Outer Space, Alterity Problem

We know, we know…it’s been a long time coming, but just in time for summer, Deception Island is back in the game with four immense jawns from some of our fave going concerns! DI35: Quicksails Silver Balloons in Clusters c40 Few artists have played a more central role in the recent explosion of high-quality,...
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…When the Smoke Cleeerz

Alright, so we’ve had a super-hectic April, but here’s the deal: DI35-38 are now firmly scheduled for release on Tuesday, May 3! Thanks everyone who’s already expressed interest! ALSO, DI34 is now sold out at source. Tomentosa Records just took the last minigrip off our hands, so by all means, get ‘em there!
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Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning

(photo by Mark Price) Yeah, we know…that’s a picture of the DI31-34 covers being printed, but the signifying heft of it is (or at least should be) in the direction of letting you know that DI35-38 are in production and planned for a mid-April 2011 release. Further information will be trickling in soon, but...
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DI Invitational Fri 1/21: fluxmonkey, M. Johnsen, Cohen/Madak Duo in Philly

DI Invitational Fri 1/21: fluxmonkey, M. Johnsen, Cohen/Madak Duo in Philly

Remember how we said something a while back about a forthcoming Invitational? The wrapz are now off our first event of 2011, presented in cooperation with Bowerbird, and it looks something like this: fluxmonkey (Cleveland) Michael Johnsen (Pittsburgh) Charles Cohen + Chris Madak (Philly) 8PM at The Rotunda 4014 Walnut St., Philadelphia FREE You...
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Mixed/Slung

Mixed/Slung

Yet another post about two things follows. The first of those things is that a chunk of Bee Mask’s Canzoni dal Laboratorio del Silenzio Cosmico is stitched into Autre Ne Veut’s recent mix for Altered Zones! The second is that DI31 is now sold out at source, albeit still available from distros. Thanks everyone...
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2010 EOYz Cont.

2010 EOYz Cont.

Two things! First, we’re thrilled that 2010 honors keep rolling in for DI and related projects. The latest crop includes EOY nodz from Akteon regarding DI31, Visitation Rites on DI32, Greg Davis (via Root Strata) on DI33, and WFMU’s My Castle of Quiet on DI29. MCOQ also reps Bee Mask’s Canzoni dal Laboratorio del...
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20tennerz et al

20tennerz et al

(photo courtesy of Witchbeam) Thanks to Sounds from the Rust Belt for including DI33 in their year-end best-of! In other batch-related news, DI32′s getting love from The Fader, Pitchfork, Dead Formats (dead? really?? why’d you check it, then? -ed.), and Earmilk. Thanks everyone for your support! We considered getting our own year-end list together...
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Yeah, we know…

Yeah, we know…

…the site’s looking pretty screwy. A rogue WordPress update scotched the old theme and this is some stopgap shit. While we’re at the keyz, we might as well take this opportunity to welcome Aguirre Records to the distro fold. Anyone on the continent looking to grip DI33 and/or DI34 (to say nothing of a...
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Back in Bizness, late 2010 Edition

So, I’m back from Cleveland as of late last night, with a stack of recs, a brain full of train grease, big plans for DI circa 2011, and an insatiable yearning for Choy Wong in tow, which means that mailorder is back on as of today. Actually, what the fuck does that have to...
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