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The Caretaker
02/27/08
Everyone knows The Caretaker as
none other than the legendary James Kirby, the man behind V/Vm
and the V/Vm Test label, purveyor of fine experimental, ambient, noise, new-beat music and a veritable
authority on the subject. We're lucky to now have him in the
ranks at Install with an evocative full-length called
Persistent Repetition Of Phrases. This album is in many ways
faithful to the classic Caretaker sound as well as being
somewhat of a newer experiment; the aged, crusty vinyl of
years-long-forgotten is still quite present, however this
time things have broken down even further in lock-groove
purgatory where flickering loops and shards of melodies are
all that's left from the dementia of old age. Slight
glimpses of fond memories are endlessly repeated on yellow
film screens, in the dark and dusty theatres of the human
mind, until a loss of recollection occurs, leaving foreign
fragments to a puzzle you can never put back together.
Overall a very stirring and sad album, and a potent display
of the musical uniqueness that makes The Caretaker so
relevant. Available from Install as a limited edition
500-digipak release decorated with a beautiful painting by
Guy Denning.
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Gareth Hardwick - Waiting For
The Penny To Drop
01/19/08
The newest release in our
ongoing Installation series, drone-poet Gareth Hardwick
graces our catalog with 2 beautiful livesets he performed in
Spain and the UK last year. Both extended pieces are
gorgeous examples of Hardwick's lulling technique with a
guitar and a soothing improvisational listening experience
for those of us who may live too far away to see him
perform. The first set, recorded digitally, is a very clean
and soft bed of billowing cloud-like tones, while the second
set, recorded on dictaphone, is a much more hazy trip with a
field of textures beneath the ever-evolving drone-swells.
Gareth owns and operates his own Low Point label in the UK,
which produces alot of great music in it's own right, and
we're both honored and excited to be able to bring his
newest record to you at Install! Limited to 100 copies.
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WELCOME! New
Releases by Ourson, Dan Crall and Brian Grainger...
10/31/07
-INST001 Ourson - Eth
The enigmatic Luke Hazard
emerges from the black woods of West Virginia with an album
that sounds cursed and burnt up from the very beginning. Eth
boldly marks the birth of the Install label and as you might
expect, it doesn't fool around. At times primordial and
cosmic, Ourson guides you through barren windswept
landscapes of rock and mud while simultaneously ripping
apart the stereo field like a crusty blood-stained cloth.
Eth is a truly epic recording of both gentle and unfriendly
sounds, sparking mental images of the creation, deep haunted
forests, bad acid trips and angry gods leveling mountains to
dust. Limited to 300 glossy digipaks.
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-Installation 1: Dan Crall -
North
The
Installation series starts with North by Oregon
experimentalist Dan Crall. Originally the host of an
experimental radio show, Crall has collected and
assembled several unique recordings here for an album that
really must be experienced. Everything from field recordings
of mountain hikes, rain and tree-chopping to creepy
voicemail, sound installations and even a bum mournfully
explaining how he shot his horse in a public park. Crall is
a master of capturing moments only imagined by most of us,
and
North is truly a spectacular document of people, places and
things that may have otherwise been forgotten. Limited to 50
copies.
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-Installation 2: Brian Grainger - Silver Surfaces Washed
White
Second
in the Installation series, Brian Grainger visits
uncomfortably loud territory on Silver Surfaces Washed
White. Thick masses of white noise and analog feedback form
long, monochromatic clusters of crumbling sound. Initially
sourced from cassettes of various abstract pieces Brian
recorded for the Sun-Day boxset, these are the remnants of a
completely corrosive musical process that is as fascinating
as it is unsettling. Best
when played at high volume! Limited to 50 copies.
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