A lo-fi blend of vicarious, submerged pop tunes and swirls of shifted drone. This second release from New Fast clings to the surface barely, peering in anti-rhythmic fits towards an endless center.

“The Handbook for Acoustic Ecology takes its name from Barry Truax’s (Ed.) work, originally published in 1978. This reference work compiles all major terminology from the fields of acoustics, psychoacoustics, environmental acoustics and noise measurement, electroacoustics, music, linguistics, and soundscape studies, with extensive cross-references and straightforward explanations.

Photograph by Frank Singley.”

“All music written and recorded by Wartime Tapestry at the end of 2011. Limited run of 50,
in handmade packaging. Slow shifting drones inspired by the daily routine.”

“Something’s wrong but you don’t know what it is, do you?”

This album represents humankind’s constant struggle with emotional and psychological conflict, and the search for some kind of resolution. Cover art by Anna Cervova.

“Xanadu was the name of the summer capital of Kublai Khan’s Yuan Dynasty in China. Xanadu was a story told by the Venetian traveler Marco Polo. In 1797, it inspired a famous poem, Kubla Khan, by one of the leading English poets of the Romanticism movement, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The band Rush, a huge Pregnant Spore influence, also had a song titled ‘Xanadu’ based on this very poetry. Additionally, Jane Yolen wrote a book called Xanadu (and Xanadu 2) which was the introduction into the history of Xanadu in my own personal life. I stumbled across the book wandering the library as a kid and my life has never been the same. Sonically and technically speaking, this release is extremely experimental in nature and covers many facets of avant sound-art using manipulated electronics and tapes.”