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City: HIGH POINT
State: North Carolina
Country: US
Signup Date: 1/2/2006
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
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September brings some crazy changes here around Three Lobed
headquarters. There's a lot going on here - check it out...
--THREE LOBED ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH THRILL JOCKEY
RECORDS--
Three Lobed is pleased as punch to announce that we have partnered
with Chicago's fine Thrill Jockey Records for the exclusive
distribution of Three Lobed's entire catalog in North America. Fear
not - no changes whatsoever will occur in regards to our mailorder
operations - they will continue to operate as they have for the last
nine years. Look for this partnership to get our releases before more
ears and eyes. Questions? Just let me know!
--PRE-ORDERS ON UPCOMING VINYL--
--TLR-072 D. CHARLES SPEER & THE HELIX "DISTILLATION" LP--
It is a tremendous understatement to say that it is with grand
excitement that Three Lobed Recordings is proud to announce the
release of “Distillation” by D. Charles Speer & the Helix. For the
last couple of years we have been continually excited by each of the
fruits that have resulted from Speer/Helix collaboration. For our
money, last year's "After Hours" album was one of the best released by
anyone. “Distillation” only ups the ante from that prior full length
by elaborating upon some of the musical themes from the late 2008 “In
Madagascar” 7”. The resulting album presents a tightly focused
modern honky tonk quintet more than happy to blur the lines between
country, psychedelia and the overall American musical tradition.
Consisting on this album of D. Charles Speer (aka Dave Shuford from
the No Neck Blues Band and Enos Slaughter), Hans Chew (last seen
providing some ripping piano accompaniment on "Fishtown Flower" from
Jack Rose's "The Black Dirt Sessions"), Marc Orleans (Enos Slaughter,
Sunburned Hand of The Man), Jason Meagher (No Neck Blues Band,
Coachfingers) and Rob Gregory (the Suntanama), the Helix are a
seriously experienced and talented crew. “Distillation” was recorded
over time between the winter and summer of 2008 at the band’s home
away from home, Meagher’s Black Dirt Studios in Westtown, New York.
Margot Bianca guests on backing vocals on a few of the album’s tracks.
The album starts off in monstrously infectious form with the leadoff
track, “Mason Dixon Crime” (a downloadable MP3 of which can be found
here -www.threelobed.com/tlr/..tlr072.html). The track’s propulsive,
rolling rhythm, dueling guitars and soaring chorus offer the perfect
foil to Speer’s ever-present baritone vocals. To those new to the
band, “Mason Dixon Crime” provides the perfect introduction to Speer’s
captivating narrative gift. He is a singer who is capable of
simultaneously spinning a masterful tale using a delivery that leaves
the listener feeling like there is something hidden and secret being
held just out of sight. Other prime examples of this gift are evident
throughout “Open Season” and its soaring climax, the plaintive “Time
Changes Things” and the swaggering album-closing “Shorty (A Bastard
Cat).” While Speer’s vocal range is one of the band’s calling cards,
the Helix also features the unique voice of Hans Chew’s blazing
piano. While Chew aims for the fences throughout the rollicking
“Hardwood Floors”, he really gets cut loose (and to spend some time on
lead vocal duty) on the seriously jamming “Life Insurance.” One would
be remiss to think that the Helix is a one (or two) voice affair
though – it is a totally solid full ensemble presentation as is
evidenced by the jaunty full band workouts presented within both the
instrumental “Helical” and the rockin’, rollin’ and beer swillin’
“Gravedigger.”
“Distillation” is pressed on 180g RTI vinyl and housed within an old-
style Stoughton gatefold sleeve bearing new artwork from both Turner
Williams and the band. As a bit of a first for Three Lobed, the album
will be accompanied by a download coupon for DRM-free MP3s of the
album. The current estimated street date is November 17 - copies pre-
ordered from us at the label will ship as soon as they are on hand in
advance of that date. “Distillation” is from a one-time pressing of
approximately 900 copies and costs $19 postpaid in the US, $23.50 to
Canada and $31 postpaid to all other addresses. Copies of
“Distillation” pre-ordered by October 23, 2009 have the option of
being accompanied by a glass-mastered CD (TLR-073) presenting a full,
killer live set from the full band recorded on April 25, 2008 at the
Turf Club in St. Paul (MN) that is not available separately. Add
$2.50 to the aforementioned prices during the pre-order phase to
obtain the bonus CD. Ordering information is available here -
www.threelobed.com/tlr/tlr074...html
In conjunction with the band, Three Lobed is also offering some
bundled packages combining “Distillation” with some prior Speer/Helix
releases. The items available for bundling and inclusion within the
same package as “Distillation” are the “Past or Beyond”/”Canaanite
Builder” 7” (s@1 #83, edition of 500), “In Madagascar”/”Bar-Abbas
Blues” 7” (s@1 #104, edition of 500) and the “After Hours” CD (s@1
#102). If you wish to bundle one 7”, add $4 to the cost of
“Distillation.” To add both 7”s, add $7. To add the “After Hours”
CD, add $9. To add both 7”s and the CD, add $15 to the cost of
“Distillation.” “After Hours” is the first album from the full band
setup of D. Charles Speer & the Helix and is guaranteed to keep any
and all parties going strong. Due to the numerous permutations of the
bundle packages, we will not be set ing up PayPal buttons for these.
A straight PayPal transfer to "info@threelobed.com" (not the gmail
address) will work fine. Drop us a line if you have questions and
we'll get you set.
--TLR-054 STEVE GUNN "BOERUM PALACE" LP
Steve Gunn’s prodigous talent for fusing traditional American song
structures with a raga influence is almost criminally unheralded.
Gunn’s songcraft is so strong and his playing style so effortlessly
beautiful that folks should be shouting his name from every tall
building and mountaintop. It is with such high esteem for the man’s
work that Three Lobed Recordings is humbled by the association and
thrilled to announce the release of “Boerum Palace” by Steve Gunn.
Without any doubt, “Boerum Palace” is a staggering accomplishment and
is certainly Gunn’s most assured and confident work to date.
Native Philadelphian Gunn has been a stalwart of the American
experimental scene for closing in on a decade. He is known by many
for his contributions as one half of the core duo behind GHQ (with
Marcia Bassett) as well as for his many other affiliations with
underground luminaries such as Tom Carter, the Magik Markers and Marc
Orleans. Gunn has slowly cultivated his own solo work alongside his
other obligations and involvements. After a few early CDR and
cassette releases under the moniker “Moongang,” Gunn gravitated
towards performing and releasing music in his own name, culminating in
the exceptional “Sundowner” (Digitalis Industries, 2008). “Sundowner”
was, to that point, the most potent burst of Gunn’s songwriting
abilities and remarkable playing abilities. Following “Sundowner,”
Gunn bunkered down to further hone his songwriting and “Boerum Palace”
represents the overwhelming products of that effort.
“Boerum Palace” represents Steve Gunn’s first full-length release on
vinyl and second album. The album starts off with a headlong rush
into the hypnotic “Mr. Franklin” (a downloadable MP3 of which can be
found here -www.threelobed.com/tlr/..tlr054.html). Gunn’s fluid playing
style, especially as portrayed within this track, provides ample space
for the development of infectious musical themes. The track ends in a
dextrous duel between Gunn’s guitar and guest Marc Orleans’ (of D.
Charles Speer & the Helix, Sunburned Hand of the Man) vicious pedal
steel. The album mixes Gunn’s long-form blues / raga / psych
explorations alongside briefer cuts that equally display his
songcraft. These tracks, such as “Variation II” and “Jadin’s Dream,”
demonstrate that Gunn is equally confident with shorter or longer
compositions. Gunn's voice is joined by an ethereal turn from the
Vanishing Voice’s Heidi Diehl on the album’s central and haunting
“House of Knowledge.” The track opens with a building central guitar
theme. This theme allows Gunn to layer on further guitar
explorations. The tone set by these musical themes builds into the
duo’s vocal delivery that delivers volumes despite being uttered in
gentle tones. Other highlights include “Cryin’ Eyes,” an inspired
reworking of J.J. Cale’s “Crying Eyes” featuring backing
instrumentation from Marc Orleans, and the richly textured album
finale “Mustapha’s Exit.”
“Boerum Palace” is pressed on 180g RTI vinyl and housed within an old-
style Stoughton sleeve bearing new original artwork from Mike Pare and
some of Gunn’s photography. The album will be accompanied by a
download coupon for high quality DRM-free MP3s of the album. The
current estimated street date is November 17 - copies pre-ordered from
us at the label will ship as soon as they are on hand in advance of
that date. “Boerum Palace” is from a one-time pressing of
approximately 800 copies and costs $19 postpaid in the US, $22.50 to
Canada and $30 postpaid to all other addresses. Copies of “Boerum
Palace” pre-ordered by October 23, 2009 have the option of being
accompanied by a glass-mastered CD (TLR-074) presenting new, scarce
and previously unheard Gunn material that is not available
separately. Add $2.50 to the aforementioned prices during the pre-
order phase to obtain the bonus CD.
--PARTY LIKE IT'S 2005! DIGITAL RELEASES--
The end is nigh! Why, you ask? Well, most of your favorite Three
Lobed releases are (or will) now be available as digital downloads
through FINA Music (http://www.fina-music.com). Lots of otherwise out
of print Three Lobed titles will be going up over the course of the
next few weeks. Everything that is posted is high bitrate (320), DRM-
free and available only as complete albums. There are only a few
titles up at the present (Eternal Tapestry's "Palace Of The Night
Sky", Heavy Winged's "Alive In My Mouth", Mouthus' "For The Great
Slave Lakes" and Hassara's "Backyard I-III") but more is on the way.
We're trying to keep everything affordable - hope folks dig in! We
haven't had a chance to get the links up on the site yet, but we will
shortly. More information will follow on the status of what's
available in next month's update. Feel free to check in on this page
(http://fina-music.com/labels/..?label=413) for a complete and current
listing of what we have posted at any one time.
--STILL FRESH VINYL--
--ETERNAL TAPESTRY "PALACE OF THE NIGHT SKIES" LP+CD (TLR-069)--
Three Lobed Recordings is excited to announce the release of “Palace
Of The Night Skies,” the new album from Eternal Tapestry. While this
trio first turned heads with their expansive psych/kraut/blues guitar
explorations as embodied within a series of small run cassette and CDR
releases, their 2007 “Mystic Induction” album on Not Not Fun firmly
established the band as formidable players worthy of sharing the stage
and spotlight with such current heads as Wooden Shjips and Kinski.
“Palace of the Night Skies” ups the ante and represents this group’s
heaviest jams to date, bringing forth some heavily righteous riffs and
plenty of drum punishment.
“Palace Of The Night Skies” consists of two long-form tracks recorded
in 2008 at the Tapestry Space in Portland, Oregon by the band’s core
lineup of Dewey Mahood on guitar, Nick Bindeman (JOMF) on guitar and
occasional vocals and Jed Bindeman (Heavy Winged) on drums. “Prism
Light Traveller” covers the album’s entire first side and is rich with
snarling and overblown psych guitar heroics. While no listener could
ever ignore the big-time guitar workouts present throughout the album
as a whole, Jed Bindeman’s deft and metronomic drumming propels
“Prism…” along its trail straight into the fiery heart of the sun.
Much as in his other band, Heavy Winged, Bindeman’s drums provide the
perfect background for the dueling, multi-directional guitar work. The
album’s second side is the substantially more pensive and atmospheric
“The Hidden Void.” This track’s slow boil is punctuated with
incendiary psych solos and cryptically buried vocals. Taken as a
whole, “Palace Of The Night Skies” is ready and able to provide any
listener in need with the set and setting for a perfect night in.
The LP is pressed on 180g RTI vinyl and housed within a classy
letterpressed cover (courtesy of our buddies at Dexterity Press in
Chicago) bearing silver foil ink on deep midnight blue paper and
bearing new artwork by Loni Gaghan. All copies of the album are
accompanied by a glass-mastered CD (not CDR) of the two album tracks
in addition to a bonus track (“Hermetic Secrets”). Praise Shiva! The
record itself is from a one-time pressing of 730 copies and is moving
quickly. The LP costs $19 postpaid in the US, $22.50 to Canada and
$30 postpaid to all other addresses.
--LIMITED STASH OF LETTERPRESS ETERNAL TAPESTRY POSTERS--
In a bit of a Three Lobed first, our friends at Dexterity Press in
Chicago have prepared a super-swanky limited stash of Eternal Tapestry
posters for us incorporating elements of the "Palace of the Night
Skies" cover. These posters feature the main front and back cover
images, the album name, title, "SUMMER 2009" and Three Lobed logo and
are pressed in silver and black ink upon the same deep blue paper
stock as the album cover. We only have about 12 of these available.
These posters will shipped rolled and are $11.00 each (inclusive of
shipping) for delivery within the United States. If you live
elsewhere and are interested, drop a line and we can figure out
shipping to wherever you are.
--OSCILLATION III PRICE REDUCTION--
Have you always intended to check out the Oscillation III CD series
and, for whatever reason, never gotten around to it? If so, there's
no better time to jump in than the present as the price on this
complete ten disc set (with slipcase) is being reduced to $68 postpaid
within the US ($72 to Canada, $78 to all other non-US addresses).
Oscillation III consists of otherwise unavailable material from Lee
Ranaldo, Jack Rose, Tom Carter, Bardo Pond, Magik Markers, Howlin
Rain, GHQ, Bark Haze, The Michael Flower Band and a bonus disc from
Vanishing Voice.
--LIMITED STASH OF "DAMAGED GOODS" HOWLIN RAIN VINYL--
As Jon Nall likes to say, "shit happens." As such, we have found
ourselves with a pile about 20 copies deep of Howlin Rain's "Wild
Life" LP (TLR-052) which have, for some reason or another been
classifed as "damaged goods." It might be an odd seam on the back of
the LP cover, a badly dinged cover or something similar. In *all* of
these cases, the vinyl is in perfectly playable shape and has no flaws
at all - the flaws are all on the jacket/artwork. If you are
interested in adding one of these copies to your collection, feel free
to pick one up for $6.50 per copy in addition to any purchase of any
regularly priced Three Lobed vinyl. No additional postage is needed
for the "damaged goods" LP regardless of your location in the US,
Canada or anywhere else in the world - you just have to add this to an
order containing *any* other Three Lobed vinyl.
--DISTRIBUTED GOODS--
We have started a smallish subsection of the label website to keep
current lists of what sorts of distributed items we happen to have in
stock. Current stock includes copies of both of the D. Charles Speer
& the Helix 7"s ("Some Forgotten Country" and "In Madagascar" - both
in celebration of our upcoming Speer/Helix LP release). Check it out
at - http://threelobed.com/tlr/..distrib.html
--LIMITED RETURNS--
In July we recieved a limited stash of unexpected returns of some
otherwise long out of print titles. So, on a first-come, first served
basis, we have a limited number of copies of the following records
*complete with their respective bonus CDs*-
TLR-058 Gown (with Sunburned Hand of the Man) "For the Maples" LP+CD
(with bonus CD) (4 copies) - $23 each postpaid within the US
TLR-067 Bardo Pond "Peri" LP+CD (with bonus CD) (4 copies) - $24 each
postpaid within the US
We also a small handful of the otherwise out of print -
TLR-030 Hassara "Backyard I-III" CD (5 copies) - $8 each postpaid
within the US (but also available for $5 each if added in with any
Three Lobed vinyl title)
All of the prices above do not include international shipping -
inquire for availability/rates/totals.
--TWITTER UPDATES--
Cruise on by http://twitter.com/3lobed for Twitter updates as needed.
It's not like there are daily updates or anything, but we do pass
along stuff as is happens around here.
--UPCOMING RELEASES--
We are pretty pumped that both the D. Charles Speer & The Helix and
Steve Gunn LPs are getting ready to be cracked out upon the world. We
have some goodies cooking up for 2010 including new material from MV
&EE, insane studio sessions from Heavy Winged and a totally bonkers
project that is in the planning phases. Good news comes to those who
wait...
--LIKE LIVE STUFF?--
The Three Lobed crew have been in on the live recording scene for well
over a decade. We have slowly started filtering some of our old
masters out into the world on DIME (www.dimeadozen.org). We're only
doing stuff in the FLAC format at this point but feel free to swing by
and check out what we're seeding (hint - it's largely similar to the
sorts of stuff we release as a label). Search for the user ID
"threelobed".
--LIVE SHOWS--
Look out for September Pacific NW dates from Eternal Tapestry as well
as a pile of dates from Jack Rose (some with the Black Twig Pickers!).
Check back by this list for additional events as they become known to
us.
www.threelobed.com/tlr/live...html
--STILL AVAILABLE--
Cruise on by the online catalog if you're in need of any of the
following (or want to read more information about these releases) -
TLR-069 Eternal Tapestry "Palace Of The Night Skies" LP(+CD)
TLR-064 Sunburned Hand Of The Man "A Grand Tour Of Tunisia" 2xLP (+
TLR-065 "London Zero" CD) (limited supplies)
TLR-058 Gown "For the Maples" LP (+CD)
TLR-057 Enos Slaughter "Beisbol" 2xLP (+CD)
TLR-052 Howlin Rain "Wild Life" LP
TLR-045-052, 055 - "Oscillation III" CD set (discs from Bardo Pond,
Bark Haze, GHQ, Howlin Rain, Jack Rose, Tom Carter, Lee Ranaldo, Magik
Markers, Vanishing Voice and The Michael Flower Band) (recent price
reduction!)
TLR-041 Sarin Smoke "Smokescreen" LP (limited supplies)
TLR-040 Turnstone CD ($6 when paired with any vinyl order)
TLR-039 Basalt Fingers LP+CD (limited supplies)
TLR-036 GHQ "Crystal Healing" LP (very limited supplies - fewer than
10 copies remain of this old gem)
TLR-034 500mg "Apocatastasis" LP (limited supplies)
TLR-031 GHQ "Heavy Elements" CD ($5 when paired with any vinyl order)
TLR-030 Hassara "Backyard I-III" CD (7 final copies on hand - $5 when
paired with any vinyl order)
TLR-019 Spectre Folk "Requiem for Ming Aralia" CD ($5 when paired with
any vinyl order)
TLR-015 Davenport "Rabbit's Foot Propeller" CD ($5 when paired with
any vinyl order)
TLR-013 Bardo Pond "Cypher Documents I" CD ($5 when paired with any
vinyl order)
As always, thanks for reading. Feel free to pass this along to folks
you may know who may be interested. Be well!
Cory
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