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Volume 1 of the 3" series is now complete. Subscriptions are no longer available, but now you can order them individually, until we run out (these are the left-overs, VERY limited stock) $4.50ppd US/Canada, $9ppd International. Or you can buy all 8 for $30ppd US/Canada, $50ppd International. Paypal Buttons on the website: <a href="http://www.dntrecords.com">http://www.dntrecords.com</a>
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-Tynan

 

January: Tunnels/Bird Costumes"The pairing of Bird Costumes and Tunnels has proven quite apt: sharing a common backyard in sunny Portland, Oregon, the two artists also share a similar ominous, human-absent approach to composition - though from opposite sides of the spectrum, with Bird Costumes taking a more mechanical approach to compliment Tunnels’ more textural drones. Stepping up for tracks one and two, Bird Costumes (Daniel Osborne) begins his half of the split with metered strafes of what sound like strings played beyond the fret-board or from within a piano; sparks of high-vibration which evoke the New antics Cowell or Partch. Natural-harmonic tones emerge from behind these pulses of sound, gaining in volume with each release until they fill both channels with a torrent of skillfully layered distortion. Track two is another exercise in guitar virtuosity, this time over a canvas of hand-muted guitar, with noodles and slides layered vertically in various states of distortion. At five and three minutes, these two tracks work well on their own as sketches, but could do equally well as seeds for larger movements. Tunnels (Nicholas Samuel Bindeman) takes to task the last track: at 10 1/2 minutes, the untitled piece (all three tracks are suitably untitled) oscillates quickly in a cresting mid-range helicopter drone, behind which tonal drones glint and shift with a rare narrative quality found only in the works of masters like Stars of the Lid. All three tracks are brilliant, well-executed, and far larger than this tiny disc would elude." (review by <a href="http://www.animalpsi.com">Animal Psi</a>)
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February: Acre/Haunted Castle
"For February, Acre of Portland channels one ballsy, 10-minute monochromatic drone: microtonal to the extreme, this beast doesn’t move, it errods. On the flip-side we enjoy some gapped-tooth electronics by Haunted Castle, the first non-Portland contributors to the series. Overtaking a pillaged soundtrack of adult-contemporary radio, this duo from Detroit address “Crumbling Kalamazoo” with a sharp feedback hiss which whips and snaps like a snake, punching holes all along the muffled bass of their gagged hostage." (review by <a href="http://www.animalpsi.com">Animal Psi</a>)
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March: Monitors/KK Rampage
"March’s battle of Monitors v. KK Rampage provides nine tracks of experimental, yes, but totally premeditated and practiced RnR. Of like mind, Missouri’s Monitors and Chicago’s KK Rampage give-up four and five tracks, perfect 7” EPs of jagged post-punk familiar to GSL, 31G, and related rosters of Southern California noise-makers. Monitors’ wordless approach is dominated by Polvo guitar and tom-tom racing on complete tracks like “Tycho Brahe” and the six-minute jam “Demophon”, a bit of keyboard added to the latter’s airy lead-in, and with more grind-and-lurk on the opposing tracks. The VSS grind of “Dark Desire” links both bands as the trebly, discordant replies of the band to the pained pleas of KK Rampage vocalist Johnny Rampage recall many the AmRep band, particularly Hammerhead, and late-90s California like early Rapture; “A Fading Moment” is so sincere it could be a cover for all I know, and “Teeth Like a Knife” is a fine, Factory-style closer with dance bass-line and entrenched vocals before a group sing-along among the downpour of crashing cymbals. Rad! Two full bands of 2xgtr/bass/drum formation, they may prove to be the only classic rockers in the series." (review by <a href="http://www.animalpsi.com">Animal Psi</a>)
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April: Tent City/Horse Head
Tent City from Tempe, AZ are a group of five people and use everything around them such as pots and pans and toy instruments and looped guitars to make blissed out music along the lines of Raccoo-oo-oon. Horse Head from OC, CA make teenage drone. past releases on arbor, nnf, friendly biceps, etc.
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May: Oh Home/Mythical Beast
Oh Home are from Redondo Beach (ex member of Le Joshua) and make really beatiful epic guitar/pedals/drums music. Also:2012. They share the 3" with Mythical Beast, who use their basses to create some moderately heavy riffing, but gentle too. umm..
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June: Apple Snails/Treetops
Some of you might remember Apple Snails from his split CS with The Mighty Acts of God (DNT012). Well since then he's been busy doing releases on some awesome labels, including Digitalis/Foxglove. He makes dark ambient stuff. Perfect for the fall. Treetops is Mike Pollard of the ridiculously awesome label Arbor. Bedroom guitar loop/fuzz awesome. He just did a tape on Ecstatic Peace, so watch out!
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July: German/Red Needled Sea
Glad to do another release for the finger-piano kings German. On this one they expand out to many other instruments too. Red Needled Sea are Athens, Greece, and that's about all I know about them. They make murky drone you'd expect from a band from Greece.
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August: James Fella/Nomen Dubium
James Fella is a busy guy. He plays in Tent City & Soft Shoulder, plus he runs the label Gilgongo Records. Some of his past solo outputs have been beautiful soft intricate works, others have been loud blissful guitar pedal'd pieces. Total brain-fried intensity for this one. The 3" finishes with Nomen Dubium from Berkeley, CA (debut tape still in print, DNT038). Nomen Dubium create incredibly beautiful (some will say new-age, but c'mon!) guitar pieces, run through a zillion and one pedals. Think My Bloody Valentine or something.