***Since his self-titled LP debuting on Peak Oil in 2012, M. GEDDES GENGRAS has amassed a following for his distinctive take on synthesis, with releases on Umor Rex, Leaving and Opal Tapes. New Lines is his anticipated homecoming to Peak Oil. New Lines sees Gengras delve deeper into the copper plated, arpeggio spewing nooks and crannies of his prodigious modular synthesizers, dragging them across vast expanses of infinity oscillations via stops in Detroit techno’s neo-romantic strings (“Bushi”) and Manchester’s early 90s grime-soaked IDM clatter (“Cris Rose”). When absorbed in its entirety, New Lines is an expansive step forward for Gengras’ futurist sonic explorations. Pressed in an edition of 300 copies with lenticular covers and inserts designed by TIM GOODWILLIE.
LP $15.50
10/23/2015
***NAKED ISLAND is the striking debut collaboration from BRIAN PYLE (ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE) and FELICIA ATKINSON (JE SUIS LE PETIT CHEVALIER). Their respective unique visions fuse into one bold new deep space soundscape. Their self-titled debut is two expansive tracks spread luxuriously across 35 minutes of mutant ambient techno. In a delicate fugue of influence, amidst ethereal synth mastery, suggestive percussion and whispered vocals, a total collaborative experience is reached. Pressed in an edition of 300 copies with hand-assembled lenticular artwork by artists PETER BURR and LAURA BROTHERS.
LP $15.50
07/15/2014
***Portland’s STRATEGY’s impressive 15 year plus discography rests on his ability to reference disparate music forms whilst making them sound entirely and distinctly his own. Whether crystalline dub, cerebellum-tingling ambient, atavistic post-punk or two steps beyond, Strategy has remade these all in his inimitable image. On Pressure Wassure, he not only plunders the fertile bounty of early ‘90s UK hardcore, he eviscerates it’s taut snares, bowel shaking bass and Dionnysian spirit, reimagining that eras ecstasy enlightened explorations for contemporary dancefloors, whilst sprinkling in neon p-funk flourishes, deft bassline deconstructions and the sheer murder of once familiar samples. In the span of just four devastating tracks, Strategy offers up supple, devastating pressure. Pressed in an edition of 300 copies with hand-assembled, label-bankrupting red flocked covers.
LP $15.50
07/15/2014
***After a triumphant slew of recent 12"s on 100% Silk, Endless Flight and Under the Spire, electronic music National Treasure, STRATEGY emerges from the fog swept enclaves of Portland with this, his dub kraut disco-not-disco masterpiece. Strategy has managed to throw the totality of leftfield musical zeitgeist into his unparalleled musical juicer, resulting in a full length album of bass-heaving, postpunk-tinged pop. From the ramschackle atmospheric opener "Sugar Drop" to album highlight with "hit" writ large all over it, "Baby Fever" right through to sunset sludgy dub banger "Saturn's Day", Strategy has created something entirely his own.
LP $15.50
10/09/2012