Stunned no. 101

Xiphiidae — Pisces Muse c45 (Stunned no. 101) —out of stock—

Xiphiidae’s newest tape ‘Pisces Muse’ is a mind-clearing alignment in the trance of deep night, beckoning to all edge dwellers & eternal wanderers. It employs psychoelectronic utterance and polyrhythmic forest drums in equal measure — a twinkling chimera at the boundary of our peripheries. Limited edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c45 tapes w/ double-sided jcard and insert.
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Stunned no. 100

Foundation Stones: The Stunned Box — c112 + c96 + c72 + c66 + c81 + c88 (Stunned no. 100)—out of stock—

The re-issues selected for this box set are among the indispensable foundation stones which paved the way for Stunned Records to arrive at this 100th release celebration. In working over months & years with the eleven artists represented in The Stunned Box, the community-building potential and sheer delight that accompanies efforts of mutual collaboration has increasingly verified itself. In addition, each of them poured vision and skill into every moment of their releases with us. Because these albums were originally issued on highly-limited CDr, and we’re having trouble with our own cascading compact disc archive, we decided it was time to reach back and rescue these beloved classics before any more obscurity could settle in. Here’s what you get with ‘Foundation Stones: The Stunned Box’:

— Eight-and-a-half hours of music spanning six pro-dubbed & imprinted cassette tapes
— Re-issues of early and rare Stunned CDRs, all transferred from original masters
— Cassettes are housed in vinyl album with double-sided cover art and insert
— Box set comes in a crocheted slipcase designed & handmade by Myste French
— This special edition is limited to one-hundred and eleven copies

TAPE 1 (c112)
Side A: Eureka — Eureka (Stunned no. 1)
Side B: Ear & Throat — Viaje (Stunned no. 2)

TAPE 2 (c96)
Side A: Rambutan — Broken Infinity (Stunned no. 38)
Side B: Metal Rouge — Salt Stones (Stunned no. 22)

TAPE 3 (c72)
Side A: Sleepwalkers Local — Better Living Through Science (Stunned no. 8)
Side B: smgsap — Chrysalis Cycles (Stunned no. 9)

TAPE 4 (c66)
Side A: Eureka — Big Breath (Stunned bonus #8) & Cloud Stages (Stunned bonus #5)
Side B: Plankton Wat — Crystal Wizard (Stunned no. 13)

TAPE 5 (c81)
Side A: The Doglands — The Doglands (Stunned no. 6)
Side B: The Pistil Cosmos — Smoking Clouds In the Land of Fire (Stunned no. 23)

TAPE 6 (c88)
Side A: Sean McCann — Sway (Stunned no. 12)
Side B: Enfer Boreal — The Birth of Venus (Stunned no. 25)

Stunned no. 99

Berber Ox — Minor Tranquiliser c56 (Stunned no. 99) —out of stock—

David Rutledge of Berber Ox hails from Australia and crafts some of the most alluring compositions we’ve encountered in quite a while. Deftly playing with perceptions of space and resonance, Berber Ox guides ‘Minor Tranquiliser’ toward a candid interface between man and machine. Macro-sized drones flow and then eddy around micro-moments of time. Field recordings of chattering public spaces and eerily familiar human environments crisp into focus amidst the tide of artificial intelligence, and then swirl away again in gentle deference. A multi-faceted gem of patience and pacing, ‘Minor Tranquiliser’ yields much to the involved listener upon every return. Limited edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c56 tapes w/ double-sided jcard and insert.
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