7 / 25 / 2016

OUT NOW
James Chen – Taiwanese Folk Style

Walking home from school around 1962 in Chia-yi, Taiwan, James Chen heard wild guitar noises reverberating from a nearby building. Compelled by its tone and sound, he stumbled upon a local musician playing guitar and immediately inquired for a lesson. In the ‘80s he began to write songs at home, talking about cicadas molting in the summer, the pleasures of leisurely sipping tea, blooming Poinciana flowers and a wistful longing for his family after living in the States for many years. Lovely, personal works.

Cut to present day, James’ son Hewson (The New Lines) took his father’s tunes and alongside his bandmate Davis White, fleshed out the production adding additional guitar, synthesizer and drums. Hewson titled this Taiwanese Folk Style because growing up around his fathers music, this is what he thought traditional Taiwanese cultural music sounded like. Over 30 years in the making, this inter-generational collaboration is as beautiful as it is sublime.

$6 – Purchase Cassette w/ digital download

7 / 21 / 2016

7 / 11 / 2016

OUT NOW
Corum — Coastal Vudutronic Voyage CS

Coastal Vudutronic Voyage is the solo work of Grant Corum from the psychedelic troupe Million Brazilians. The tunes are flush with humid atmospherics, flickering twilight synth lines and ancient rhythms ingrained with an experimental fervor befitting of its spiritual voyage. It’s a heavy listen to be sure, simultaneously rooted in sublime worldly travels, sweat lodge visions and unheard alien soundscapes. Look inward and dig deep into Coastal Vudutronic Voyage’s lush drift.

Corum has also freshly completed his Beguiling Isles Trilogy LP series (Beguiling Isles / Effigy Mounds / Magic Mirror) on his stellar label, Psychic Sounds Records. Please listen.

$6 – Purchase Cassette w/ digital download

6 / 16 / 2016

2 / 29 / 2016

2 / 16 / 2016

2 / 1 / 2016

Corum is touring the West coast in February in support of forthcoming Magic Mirror LP on Psychic Sounds and Coastal Vudutronic Voyage cassette on Moon Glyph.

February 4 – Olympia, WA @ Cryptatropa
Arrington de Dionyso & Oomung Varma / Skrill Meadow / Versionary performs THE SEX LIFE OF MUSHROOMS

February 5 – Seattle, WA @ Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
Arrington de Dionyso & Oomung Varma / Geist & the Sacred Ensemble / God and Vanilla

February 6 – Portland, OR @ Xchurch
Arrington de Dionyso & Oomung Varma / CLOWN CAR (Smegma / MSHR) / Dolphin Midwives

February 12 – Oakland, CA @ Life Changing Ministries
FaTHErs (Headboggle / Tusco Terror) / White Gourd / Goddess Aphonic w/ Andrew Scott Young (Tiger Hatchery)

February 13 – Davis, CA @ The Morgue
Quartzthrust / White Gourd /Joe Windslow

February 14 – On the Air @ KFJC
Live video & sound streaming w/ White Gourd / Joe Windslow

February 15 – Oakland, CA @ the Church (5-10)
White Gourd (w/ Kinko Milada of 3 Moons) / Mummy Dust Trippers (Joe Windslow & Corum) / Dry Lick (Virtual Vahalla) / KSUN Spacebag Orchestra / Turkish Tea Lounge all evening….

February 16 – San Francisco @ A.T.A.
White Gourd / Joe Windslow / Special Guest TBA

February 17 – Santa Cruz, CA
Village of Spaces / White Gourd / Joe Windslow

February 19 – Los Angeles @ Coaxial
Nephila (Shannon of Pedestrian Deposit) / White Gourd / Joe Windslow

February 20 – Joshua Tree @ Beatnik
White Gourd / Joe Windslow

10 / 27 / 2015

from “Arcosanta” CS. Pre-Order here.

10 / 20 / 2015

Out today, 3 Moons Astronomy of Dreams LP (ed. of 250)

10 / 9 / 2015

Vinyl LP out October 20 (Ltd ed. 250). Pre-order here.

8 / 24 / 2015

Out today, buy “Once Was You” on cassette

8 / 10 / 2015

Cassette out August 24. Pre-order here. Premiered on Tiny Mix Tapes

4 / 29 / 2015

3 / 31 / 2015

12 / 9 / 2014