S/D: Spectrum Spools

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because this label deserves a dedicated thread

SEARCH
- Motion Sickness of Time Travel, s/t (my 2012 album of the year so far)
- Human Kindness, Animal Husbandry
- No UFOs, Soft Coast
- both Bee Mask albums
- Driphouse, Spectrum 008

DESTROY
- Temporal Marauder, Temporal Marauder Makes You Feel
- Forma, s/t
- Hive Mind, Elemental Disgrace

this is also the thread where we celebrate their magnificent sleeve design (which is up there with Night Slugs and Captured Tracks and Acephale for best in the world right now). I mean:

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Search Franco Falsini "Cold Nose" and Robert Turman "Flux" reissues. Haven't heard any of their other stuff yet. What's bad about the Hive Mind? Or are you just not a fan of his style?

MSOTT album is great! I really like the Container record too which is kind of synth noise-meets-techno, lots of ferocious whirling beats that demand to be played at head-crushing volume.

Also like the Franco Falsini reissue, which was totally new to me. Had never heard of his band Sensations Fix before either, but they're a pretty good 70s krautrockish Italian prog band. Bunch of their albums on Spotify, I've listened Finest Finger a fair bit, mostly cos I liked the name and the cover art. Dunno which is their best one.

Also search the Fabric album from last year:
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Uh, this one:
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Something I'm interested to hear that's coming out soon is the Toka Yasuda (Blonde Redhead etc) solo album made under the name Plvs Vltra. Was really disappointed with the last BR record but this is supposed to be more of an electropop thing.

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sorry, having an out-of-touch-with-music moment

Search: Mist - "House" LP
Collaboration from John Elliott of Emeralds and Sam Goldberg (Radio People)
More analog synth arpeggio mayhem

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generally more hit than miss for me. forma and bee mask are my favs.

One thing I wonder about is the economics of a label like this. They seem to have put out a ton of releases in a very short space of time and none of them strike me a records that are going to sell a whole load. How the heck do they do it? Or am I underestimating the market for this sort of thing?

Good question. They're a sublabel of Mego, right? Though that leads to more questions, it's not like Fennesz or whoever is selling millions either...

theyve sold out of p much every release so far i think? so theres some kinda market for this stuff...

best record is the forma one i think but i really, really like the human teenagers record too. pov is probably something like: forma, human teenager, headboggle, container, enh i cant really rep for any after that. oh n/m the driphouse is a rerelease of a tape i liked i think? the only ones i think are total misses are the franco falsini rerelease which is just so fucking corny and the hive mind one.

jamescobo have you tried fucking with nna tapes at all? they have tighter design work and better qc imo

god if I ever take the plunge into the tape scene I'll end up spending myself into a home under a bridge within six months

There are no "destroy" albums from this label whatsoever. Great label.

Didn't they reissue that Robert Turman thing? Classic for that alone.

theyve sold out of p much every release so far i think?

Ah, I did not know that. You're talking about the vinyl I guess? Good luck to them in that case. All my Spectrum Spools consumption is via Spotify and then I've bought a few things that I've really liked through emusic for buttons basically (MSOTT, Container, Soft Coast). It obviously isn't on my account, but if their coffers are swollen, that's good news.

Oh, that PLVS VLTRA album is up Spotify now. It's very un-Spectrum Spools-y, on first listen it's like an electroid j-pop version of that Charlotte Gainsbourg album.

Can't wait for the Gary War album they're putting out soon.

Yeah me too! The cover is SUPER

Oh, that PLVS VLTRA album is up Spotify now. It's very un-Spectrum Spools-y, on first listen it's like an electroid j-pop version of that Charlotte Gainsbourg album.

Ok I must hear this now.

Ha, I might be wrong about the Charlotte G comparison, the first track led me astray! It's weird, it flits between pretty straight-up Kylie-ish pop moves (Sunkissed) and much noisier electronic stuff (Like Spice).

Yeah it touches on a bunch of playful electro comparisons - OOIOO, John Hughes "Reset the Warehouse", Shibuya-kei, Mouse on Mars, Sapphire Slows...pretty good so far.

I not sure whether it's good or what at the moment, but it's definitely got 5,000 times more sparkle to it than the last Blonde Redhead lp.

anyone have any opinions on the Drainolith LP yet

band names very much in character

Can't wait for the Gary War album they're putting out soon.

― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 08:09 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah me too! The cover is SUPER

― gonna send him to outer space, to hug another face (NickB), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 08:11 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the human teenager lp that just came out is a collab between gary war & someone

the new Outer Space album is my favorite of theirs since the self-titled one. REALLY good stuff.

finally got the time travel thing, am i in for good stuff?

it is SO good

jamescobo have you tried fucking with nna tapes at all? they have tighter design work and better qc imo

― Lamp, Monday, June 18, 2012 11:36 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

since there is no dedicated NNA thread I will respond here with the update that I have gotten ridiculously into NNA in the last few months. the Golden Retriever & Pulse Emitter ones (plus the Carlson LP) are my faves so far but everything I've heard on there so far has been at least good. I even like the Drainolith tape!

Does anyone know if their vinyl releases include a download code? The Editions Mego site has a "promo code" link on each release's page, but I can't get a confirmation anywhere...

As far as I know, they don't include the download code.

Aw. Ah well, not like mp3s are hard to get; it's just a convenience thing. I finally got a chance to pick up a few of these on vinyl for a reasonable price, and they're so gorgeous I couldn't pass it up.

Thumbs up for Donato Dozzy Plays Bee Mask which is the Voices From The Lake guy remixing Vaporware iirc

big-time +1 to the above post, that album is GREAT. makes me want to check out some of his other stuff - anything I need to seek out?

Donato Dozzy ‎– K
Donato Dozzy ‎– Acid Test 03
Tin Man ‎– Acid Test 01 w/ Dozzy Remix
Peter Van Hoesen ‎– Receiver 1/3 w/ Dozzy & Sigha remixes
Dozzy's remix on this 12" on Morphosis' label: http://www.discogs.com/RaH-Dynamo-Dreesen-Madteo-Sensational-Redose-1/master/553418

these mixes for mnml ssgs:
http://www.discogs.com/Donato-Dozzy-Mnml-Ssgs-Mx12-Live-Labyrinth-2008/release/3658940
http://www.discogs.com/Donato-Dozzy-Ssg-Special-Kosmische-Labyrinth-Mix/release/3658640
http://www.discogs.com/Donato-Dozzy-Mnml-Ssgs-Mx-Fnl/release/3655613

wrt to Bee Mask - I missed out on his earlier tape releases so cannot say much about those, but I cannot recommend the Elegy For Beach Friday compilation and Vaporware / Scanops LP highly enough.

oh I know all about Bee Mask, but Dozzy is new to me. I just picked up the Voices of the Lake LP; will check those out next. thx!

I'd also recommend Dozzy's Roma mix - http://www.electronique.it/podcastA3163C10_Podcast_Donato-Dozzy_E-P--200---Roma

Rewoven enough that extracts were released as tracks.