one year passes...
I am finally getting this Azusa Plane retrospective together.
This is the full discog with tracklistings below. Not sure of a few release dates...
If you see anything missing please let me know :)
Also trying to track down a few label people if anyone can help:
Studio Muscle Recordings
Umbababayee Records
Lissys Records
Burnt Hair Records
Motorway Records
Kake Mix Records
Lounge Records
Low Orbit Records
Transmissions
Thanks!
Vinita
7"s
The Azusa Plane 7" (doorstep vinyl 001) Volume I : Fall Meander - (500 pressed, Tracks – ‘Fall’, ‘Meander’ (1995)
The Azusa Plane/Fuxa - Split 7" (doorstep vinyl 002) Vol. II - (500 pressed. Repress of 400.) Tracks: The Azusa Plane ‘Beyond Infinite’, Fuxa ‘OpelWerks’ (1995)
The Azusa Plane/Loren Mazzacane Connors - Split 7" (doorstep vinyl 003) Vol. III - (750 pressed) Tracks: The Azusa Plane ‘Every Wave Has Its Own Integrity’, Loren Mazzacane Connors ‘Spirit’ (1996)
The Azusa Plane/Lab Rat - Instress Volume 5, Split 7" (Roadcone Records, roco 15in5) Tracks: The Azusa Plane ‘Hal’, Lab Rat ‘Qur por bien no venga’ (1996)
The Azusa Plane/Grimble Grumble - Split 7" (Enraptured Records, RAPT4506) on black vinyl, 500 on blue vinyl. Tracks: The Azusa Plane ‘A Minimalist Plot to Destroy Modern Rockism’, Grimble Grumble ‘Second Mind’ (1996)
The Azusa Plane ‘Comparitive Receptions : A Study of Two Distinct Qualifiers’ 7" (Blackbean and Placenta Records) Tracks: ‘Fender: Six Strings of Tonal and Atonal Vibrations’, ‘Moog: 32 keys of polar and Bipolar Oscilations’ (1996)
The Azusa Plane/Roy Montgomery - Split 7" (doorstep vinyl 004) Vol. IV (1000 pressed, blue vinyl) Tracks: The Azusa Plane ‘She was into S&M and bible studies. Not everyone's Cup of Tea She Would Admit To Me. Her Cup Of Tea She Would Admit to no one’, Roy Montgomery ‘Cumulus Fugue’ (1997)
The Azusa Plane/Juicy Eureka - Spilt 7" (Lissys Records, liss 16) Tracks: The Azusa Plane ‘Calvin Johnson Has Saved Rock for an entire generation’, Juicy Eureka ‘Air’, ‘Bedlam’ (1996)
The Azusa Plane ‘Lou, Nico, Sterling, John, and Maureen’ 7" (Burnt Hair Records single 011) Tracks: ‘Lou, Nico, Sterling, John, and Maureen’, ‘This is Not Spacerock’
The Azusa Plane/Tin Foil Star Split 7" (K-RAAK Records, release 001) Tracks: The Azusa Plane ‘An Unrecognizeable Paradigm Shift’, Tin Foil Star ‘Follow me Home’ (1997)
The Azusa Plane/ The Ahimsa Observatory - Split 7" (Little Mafia Records Oklahoma, LMO17) Tracks: The Azusa Plane ‘Mechanical Sound Reconstructions’, The Ahinsa Observatory ‘Hollow Stars Ascending’ (1997)
The Azusa Plane ‘The Last of the Famous Electronic Playboys EP’ 7" (Motorway Records) Tracks: The Last Of The Famous Electronic Playboys A, ‘The Last of The Famous Electronic Playboys B’ (1998)
The Azusa Plane/ Orange Cake Mix / Amethyst Room / Gravity Wax split 7” (Mind Expansion, ME 015 ) Tracks: ‘Live At Leeds’, ‘Cinema Creation’, ‘ Varying Degrees Of Clarity’, ‘Kick Back / Prehistoric Radio (Waves)’ (1998)
The Azusa Plane/Ariel M -Split 7" (Monster Truck Records) Tracks: The Azusa Plane ‘Philadelphia 1999’, Aerial M ‘Blue Black Holler’ (1999)
The Azusa Plane/Octal - Split 7" (Earworm Records / worm 23) clear vinyl, Lathe cut edition of 200 Tracks: The Azusa Plane ‘Song For Claudia Cardinale’ (1998)
The Azusa Plane/Loopdrop - Split 7" (Rocket Girl, rgirl5) Tracks: The Azusa Plane ‘United States Direct Investment in Other Countries’, Loopdrop ‘Siempre Azul’ (1999)
CDs
The Azusa Plane ‘Tycho Magnetic Anomaly and the Full Consciousness of Hidden Harmony’ CD (Camera Obscura Records, cam 002) Tracks: ‘ Temporal Continuum’, ‘Implications of Holomovement’, ‘The Miracle of The Octave’, ‘Armonia Aphanes Phaneros Kreisson’ (1997)
The Azusa Plane ‘America is Dreaming of Universal String Theory’ Double CD (Colorful Clouds for Acoustics 016/017) Tracks: ‘ Strings 1’, ‘Strings 2’, ‘ Strings 3’, ‘ Strings 4’, ‘ Strings 5’, ‘ Strings 6’, ‘Strings 7’, ‘Strings 8’, ‘Strings 9’ (1998)
The Azusa Plane ‘Result Dies with the Worker - a collection of live recordings 1997 through 1998’ Live CD (Colorful Clouds for Acoustics 018/Little Army 007) 500 pressed. Tracks: ‘Philadelphia, PA - Phi Lamb Fraternity 2’, ‘Philadelphia, PA - Pontiac Grill’, ‘Philadelphia, PA - Khyber Pass Pub’, ‘ Washington, DC - Mellatronic Festival’, ‘ Chapel Hill, NC - Transmissions Festival’, ‘London, UK - The Garage’, ‘ Providence, RI - Terrastock 1’, ‘San Francisco, CA - Terrastock 2’ (1999)
The Azusa Plane ‘The Highway’s Jammed With Broken Heroes’ CD (K-RAA-K Records) Tracks: ‘No Future’, ‘No Fun’ (2001)
10” / 12” vinyl
The Azusa Plane live series Volume 2, 1 sided LP (Blackbean and Placenta, BBPTC27) Tracks:’ Lou, Nico, John, Sterling and Maureen’,’ Hi, How Are You’, ‘Autumn Lament’, ‘Pop World’ (1996)
The Azusa Plane ‘Presents Jacques Offenbach's Opera Effort’ 12” EP (Amish, AMI 010) Tracks: ‘1863’, ‘1872’, ‘1875’, ‘1875’ (1997)
The Azusa Plane ‘Bedroom Ambience: Collection of Home Recordings’ LP Compilation (Enraptured Records, RAPTLP14)) Track: ‘A Magnetic Breakthrough’ (1997)
The Azusa Plane ‘Angelfood Electronics Volume 2’, CD / LP Compilation (Kake Mix Records, KMR009) green vinyl Track: ‘Eric Gaffney’ (1997)
The Azusa Plane ‘Cheltenham’ 10" (Ochre Records, OCH024) ltd 700 pressing leaf-green vinyl. Tracks: 'Cheltenham Part 1’, ‘Cheltenham Part 2’ (1998)
Compilation Tracks
The Azusa Plane Coffee Shop compilation #4 1 sided 12” (Blackbean and Placenta, BBPTC32) Track: ‘Me and Wayne Rogers’ (1996)
The Azusa Plane - Sounds From The Philadelphia Low Orbit Lounge CD Compilation (Lounge Records/Low Orbit Records) Track: ‘Shooting Speed with Lou Reed’ (1996)
The Azusa Plane - Angelfood electronics vol1&2 (Kake Mix records) Track: ‘Eric Gaffney’ (1996)
The Azusa Plane - Sunday Sept. 14, 1997 CD Compilation (Enraptured Records, rapt cd15) Track: ‘Two Views of the New Zealand Landscape’ (1997)
The Azusa Plane – Whiskey, You’re the Devil compilation CD (Cactus Gum Mafia productions) Track: ‘Imperivm Neptvini Regis’ (1997)
The Azusa Plane -Serotonin Ronin CD Compilation (Camera Obscura) Track: ‘Temporal Continuum’ (1998)
The Azusa Plane - Psychedelphia CD (Lounge / Rocket Girl, rgirl10) Track: ‘Drinking Scotch With Delmore’ (1999)
The Azusa Plane - A Rocket Girl Compilation, (Rocket Girl, rgirl26) Track: ‘United States Direct Investment in Other Countries’ (2001)
The Azusa Plane - 3…2…1…A Rocket Girl Compilation, (Rocket Girl, rgirl74) Track: ‘Dream’ (2011)
The Azusa Plane - Simeon Benefit CD Compilation (Rocket Girl/Ptolemaic Terrascope (unreleased) Track ‘Silver Simeon’
Magazine Compilation Tracks
The Azusa Plane – Why We All Came Together CD (Yakuza Magazine #8) Track: ‘Autumn Lament’ (1996)
The Azusa Plane - Badaboom Gramophone CD compilation with magazine (#2 Ba da Bing) Track: ‘You Said that I Could Bring My Guitar’ (1997)
The Azusa Plane – The Money Shot (Chunklet compilation, with issue 12 of the magazine) track ‘An Acoustical Triumph’ (1997)
Simon Joyner with The Azusa Plane Badaboom Gramophone CD compilation (#3 Ba da Bing) Track: ‘Song to the Killers’ (1998)
The Azusa Plane - Japanese Rumba, (CD compilation #10, with Yakuza Magazine, yak-5) Track: ‘Tokyo Guitar Flashback’ (1998)
The Azusa Plane - Ptolemaic Terrascope CD compilation (Issue 26) Track: ‘Implications of Holomovement’ (live) (1998)
The Azusa Plane - benefit CD (Transmissions, Trans001) Track: ‘Death of A Microphone’ (1998) (title of CD???)
Cassettes
The Azusa Plane - Resonating Subtleties (Shrimper) Tracks: 1. ‘Hi, How Are You’, 2. Ode to Mountain Goats, 3. Pop World, 4. George Harrison Plays Sitar, 5. Emeralds, 6. Underground Velvet, 7. Cambridge, 8. Pop World II, 9. Khyber, 10. Dream (1995)
The Azusa Plane - Chutes and Ladders (Cactus Gum) Track: ‘Erone' (1996)
The Azusa Plane / Musique Arch De Lux Split Cassette (Supernova Records) - A series of ten tape splits. 15 minute synth improv - ‘Panic On the streets of London’ (1996)
The Azusa Plane - North America vs Europe Double Cassette Compilation (Cactus Gum Records/Studio Muscle Recordings) Track: ‘Nebraska’ (1997)
The Azusa Plane - Compilation Cassette (Studio Muscle Recordings) Track: ‘Improvisational Atonement’ year?
The Azusa Plane - Experiments in Phonographs 60 minute Cassette (Umbababayee Records) Tracks: 1. Listening for the Dinosaur, 2. The Magic of Psychoacoustic Sound year?
Other Projects
Two Projects to Harness the Surge of the Tides (Astro Lanes / CCFA 011) green 7” A. Wave Crests in the Oceans of Air - Forerunners of Sonar, One Voice, Two Sounds (Part I), B. Sound Profiles From Wave Crests - One Voice, Two Sounds (Part II), Galaxies Like Grains of Sand (1996)
Two Projects is Jason DiEmilio / Erik Kassab / Ryan Anderson / Quentin Stoltzfus / Jason Knight /Stellar and the Champ
The Spires of Oxford / Alphane Moon and Our Glassie Azoth - Experimenting with an Amen 7" (Ooggum, Og2) 300 blue A. The Spires of Oxford ‘From the inscription on the tomb of the Duchess of Newcastle in Westminster Abbey (1673), B. Alphane Moon ‘Experimenting with an Amen, Our Glassie Azoth ‘Heavenly Earth’ year?
The Spires of Oxford CD (CCFA, Cloud 013) Tracks: 1. Graves of Two English Soldiers on Concord Battleground, 2. By the Statue of King Charles at Charing Cross (1997)
The Spires of Oxford Badaboom Gramophone CD compilation with magazine (#4 Ba da Bing) Track: ‘Charles Edward at Versailles On The Anniversary Of Culloden’ (2000)
Providence 27.4.97 CD/ 10” (LA 005/ Earworm) Tracks: ‘6.42’, ’11.00’, ’17.42’ (1997)
Jason DiEmilio, Dave Pearce, Carl Hultgren, Jason Knight, also appearing on track 2: John Gibbons, Michael Gibbons)
Grace – Keep It Swell CD (Creep, Creep015) year? Other members?
Mazarin - Watch it Happen CD album / LP (Victoria / Rocket Girl, rgirl15) (2000)
― rocket girl, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 10:35 (fourteen years ago)
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And here's the formal press release for the collection, Where the Sands Turn to Gold:
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This new luxuriously and lovingly packaged double CD with DVD is a labour of love in memory of Jason DiEmilio (1970-2006) aka the Azusa Plane. Two CDs feature over two hours of music spanning the breadth of the Azusa Plane catalogue. The DVD features a thirty-minute live set and 65 MP3s split between 11 folders; which include rare tracks, never released Azusa Plane live recordings, an interview with Jason and a previously unreleased recording. An expansive booklet is included with the release which contains essays, thoughts, reflections and memories of DiEmilio's life and musical output.
An integral part of Philadelphia’s experimental scene, the Azusa Plane was the lo-fi drone-rock improvisational recording and live project of Jason DiEmilio of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania. Performing almost exclusively on a Fender guitar and usually through numerous effects pedals, DiEmilio was very prolific; releasing three full-length studio albums, a live disc, a number of singles and tracks on various compilations. (See booklet for full discography).
Here are some extracts from Apples author Richard Milward’s piece in the liner notes about the Azusa Plane:
Your eardrums were designed to listen to the Azusa Plane. Leaving no electrical frequency untouched, the music of Jason DiEmilio, Jason Knight and sometime percussionist Quentin Stoltzfus is at once dense and sparse; the musical equivalent of sleepwalking on feathers with ton-weights attached to your hands and feet. At times heavily distorted—at others, light as cloud matter—the guitar sprawl swims back and forth from one end of the musical spectrum to the other; creating the most wondrous, devastating, effervescent soundwaves. It is music which both challenges and celebrates the senses.
While the Azusa Plane exemplifies the term ‘experimental’—in fact, at times, the pieces seem almost like scientific research into atonalism, feedback manipulation, circuit bending, and the search for ‘full consciousness of the hidden harmony’—there is such obvious soul to the music, it never appears clinical, or sterile. The band was not merely a group of La Monte Young-a-likes in lab coats. Recognising the guitar as an electrical, endlessly-exploitable machine, DiEmilio pushed that machine to its very limits and, in doing so, purged the darkest limits of his emotions. His guitar was like a six-stringed stress-ball; a release from what he described as ‘the ever despair and struggle of my life… a constant battle against depression and the ever feeling of heading absolutely nowhere with no control whatsoever… and so music gives a good place to sort this all out."
An extract from Jason DiEmilio’s eulogy:
Jason suffered from a chronic and seemingly incurable pain. He had a seriously debilitating condition known as tinnitus and hypercusis that was brought about by extreme sound exposure; a result of playing in bands most of his life without protection for his ears. The nerve damage was severe and irreversible. Recently it had become even more acute. He held out for as long as he could and lived as he died. With grace and indefatigable courage. Jason was open to the simplest beauties of the world and never could stop being enraged at what fouled it.
An album launch party in Philadelphia in October should provide fans and the community surrounding the Azusa Plane with a celebration of Jason’s life work.
Album Launch Party
OCTOBER 29th 2011, Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia, USA
Tickets $10.00 includes live music from Fuxa, Asteroid #4 and Mariner Nine, as well as a special screening of the live Azusa Plane gig as featured on the DVD.
Doors 7.30pm
Tickets here: http://www.johnnybrendas.com/event/54893/
The album will be available to buy at the show but will be in the shops officially in February 2011.
See below for the full track-listing for each CD and the DVD:
CD One
Two Views Of The New Zealand Landscape
Meander
Every Wave Has Its Own Integrity
Eric Gaffney
Tokyo Guitar Flashback
Death Of A Microphone
Shooting Speed With Lou Reed
Lou, Nico, Sterling, John And Maureen
Live At Leeds
Fender: Six Strings Of Tonal And Atonal Vibrations
You Said I Could Bring My Guitar
United States Direct Investment In Other Countries
CD Two
A Magnetic Breakthrough
Ode To The Mountain Goats
George Harrison Plays Sitar
Beyond Infinite
This Is Not Spacerock
Calvin Johnson Has Saved Rock For An Entire Generation
Cheltenham 1
Cheltenham 2
She Was Into S&M And Bible Studies. Not Everyone’s Cup Of Tea, She Would Admit To Me. Her Cup Of Tea, She Would Admit To No One.
The Last Of The Famous Electronic Playboys
Me And Wayne Rogers
Mechanical Sound Construction
Azusa Plane Music MP3 folders:
01 RESONATING SUBTLETIES
Hi, How Are You
Ode To The Mountain Goats
Pop World
George Harrison Plays Sitar
Emeralds
Underground Velvet
Cambridge
Pop World II
Khyber
Dream
02 7" SINGLES 1996-1997
Fall
Meander
Beyond Infinite
Every Wave Has Its Own Integrity
Hal
A Minimalist Plot To Destroy Modern Rockism
Fender: Six Strings Of Tonal And Atonal Vibrations
Moog: 32 Keys Of Polar And Bipolar Oscilations
She Was Into S&M And Bible Studies.
Calvin Johnson Has Saved Rock For An Entire Generation
Lou, Nico, Sterling, John, And Maureen
An Unrecognizeable Paradigm Shift
Mechanical Sound Constructions
03 7" SINGLES 1998-1999
The Last Of The Famous Electronic Playboys
Live At Leeds
Philadelphia 1999
Song For Claudia Cardinale
United States Direct Investment In Other Countries
04 10" and 12" SINGLES
Lou, Nico, John, Sterling And Maureen (Live)
Hi, How Are You (Live)
Autumn Lament (Live)
Pop World (Live)
Lou, Nico, John, Sterling And Maureen (Live)
Autumn Lament (Live)
1863
1872
1875
1875 Part 2
A Magnetic Breakthrough
Eric Gaffney
Cheltenham 1
Cheltenham 2
05 COMPILATION TRACKS
Me And Wayne Rogers
Shooting Speed With Lou Reed
Two Views Of The New Zealand Landscape
Imperivm Neptvini Regis
Death Of A Microphone
Drinking Scotch With Delmore
06 MAGAZINE COMPILATION TRACKS
You Said I Could Bring My Guitar
An Acoustical Triumph
Song To The Killers
Tokyo Guitar Flashback
Implications Of Holomovement (Live)
07 CASSETTE TRACKS
Erone
Panic On The Streets Of London
Nebraska
Listening For The Dinosaur
The Magic Of Psychoacoustic Sound
08 TERRASTOCK 1 LIVE OUTTAKES (26thApril 1997)
Terrastock 1 Song 1
Terrastock 1 Song 2
Terrastock 1 Song 3
09 THE GARAGE LONDON LIVE OUTTAKES (14thSeptember 1997)
The Garage Song 1
The Garage Song 2
10 INTERVIEW WITH JASON DIEMILIO / UNRELEASED TRACK
Jason DiEmilio Interview
Silver Simeon
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago)
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