10.01.2010

Stunned no. 98


Silver BulletsCittà Invisibili c62 (Stunned no. 98) —out of stock

“In outer Firnu from two z z eight to two z one z were corded then recorded these sounds. The music of ‘Città Invisibili’ invites up out of overextensi in sixtyfour evolutions per second audtac overlap: the chopstack uke lay with the yarnstruck drum; rattles on the rise over foghorn-string syncos; dreamsplicing onto scoglitti seaweed; breathing as swimming; passage through open city as a particle of dust, yielding to three-part sunrise; warble-waves the message. ComisoDJ ora, now, noi? Ecco lo statico.” — Silver Bullets. Special edition of 222 pro-dubbed & imprinted c62 tapes w/ double-sided jcard and insert.
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Tiny Mix Tapes
Soundeyet

Stunned no. 97



M. Geddes GengrasPink Trails / Deep Moon Time c35 + c33 (Stunned no. 97) —out of stock

On the occasion of his 3rd solo release with Stunned, M. Geddes Gengras reports: “Cassette soundtracks for late nite cruising Los Angeles. ‘Pink Trails’: Clean freeways and dirty sidewalks, exhaust-blackened palm trees and grease & lime juice running off taco trucks. Tape grot synth/guitar mantras for sub-city eye-line fog reconnaissance, bunker hill breaks through the clouds and gets flattened, and frog town becomes a freeway. Maximum east los street vibes for severe downtown dreamers and skid row dwellers. ‘Deep Moon Time’: the gentle Id to Pink Trail’s raging Ego. Spare synth lines are bathed in reverb, offhand loops grow in significance, champagne meditations bubble up through cracks in the plastic. Solo moog pieces for quiet moments.” Limited edition set of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c35 + c33 tapes in butterfly case with double-sided jcards.

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Auxiliary Out

Stunned no. 96


CelerHoney Moon c66 (Stunned no. 96) —out of stock

“The moon tonight seemed brighter than the sun, the brightest it could be without hurting my eyes. I wanted to call you, to tell you what I really wanted, but I didn't. Maybe you were already there, looking at the moon, its amber beams reflecting in your eyes, I imagined. Then and again a glint bounces back up to the honey moon, the angle of reflection passing perfectly to where I'm standing, covered in a transparent, shining blanket of light. Each thing is mine, unless the wind wanted it for herself.” — Danielle Baquet-Long, September 2008. Limited edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c66 tapes w/ double-sided jcard and insert.

Stunned no. 95


Mortuus Auris & The Black Handsleep, c33 (Stunned no. 95) —out of stock

His third release with Stunned finds MABH’s Peter Taylor explaining: "The journey to fatherhood took a turn I never expected. Upon the birth of my daughter I felt compelled to communicate in the early stages of her life. A newborn has a whole world of sound and shapes to contend with. I used this as a point of reference to begin a sonic trip into nebula static, white noise and otherworldly tones. I built a pallet from a hundred culled cassette tapes, eroded vinyl and electronic tones. ‘sleep,’ is conceived for ultimate spatial displacement, allowing the listener to absorb, focus and drift. Each tone is focused on a particular emotion and state of slumber — the drift, the doze and the deep sleep." Limited edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c33 tapes w/ double-sided jcard and insert.
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Animal Psi
Foxy Digitalis
Agniworld

Stunned no. 94


ExcavacationsPresent Heap c40 (Stunned no. 94) —out of stock

“I got lost. In thinking about the past I put myself in it. When I came back, I was the only thing holding it together. There's a force in the mind, a river current that picks up speed as you fall asleep. Where you write whole novels in a matter of minutes only to forget it all when you're startled awake. ‘Present Heap’ delves into the mainframe — a guided tour of biological circuitry. It drifts in and out with no specific theme but vagueness. Sounds and phases that almost get remembered before the user is ushered off to another area of the diagram. The album operates from a cool central core, alternating between old memories that won't come back and a familiar calm zone. Snap out of it.” — Chad Parsons of Excavacations. Limited edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c40 tapes w/ double-sided jcard and insert.
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Animal Psi
Lucid Owls