This is a reminder that you have about three days to submit tracks for the second volume of the rainy day mixtape.  Submissions from the first volume are no longer relevant to this release.  We'd love to see submissions from our wonderful family of artists, as well as anyone else reading this.

For full details, read this blog.

<3 John (& CREW)

Nuclear Woods is a two-man operation consisting of bass and drums. Through a combination of cleverly executed rhythms and complex melodies, they'll have you wanting to dance in no time. This lo-fi EP is the first release by Nuclear Woods.

Those of us behind the scenes here at mam!records have loved Nuclear Woods for quite a while now, and we're really happy to finally share this wonderful EP with all of you.  Make sure to go add Nuclear Woods on their myspace, and definitely check them out live if the opportunity presents itself.

Track List:
01 Changes in the Land
02 Flannel Man
03 Lost Alien, Now Breathes
04 Tanner's Last Reconciliation
05 Dandy Angels
06 Last Dance Street
07 I'll Leave You With That

http://www.myspace.com/nuclearwoods

I think we can agree that it's time for another volume of the mam!records rainy day mixtape.  Originally, we had thought to make the second volume out of tracks that were not selected for the first volume, but for a number of reasons, we're deciding against that.  Talking it over with the other guys who help me out here, we've decided that it is more appropriate to give all of the artists a chance to bring their A-game and submit a new track.  A lot of the tracks that were not included with the first volume are possibly no longer representative of their respective artists' current work.  So everyone is getting a new shot at a new disc.

Keeping how our past experiences in mind, we hope that this disc will be the best mam!records compilation ever.  This one might very well be a two-disc volume, based on the dramatic increase in submissions we get each time.

We also plan on releasing more compilations, mixtapes and samplers as we grow as a community.  The goals for this label have always included creating a strong community for artists and those who like to listen.

Enough of that, though.  I know what you all want.  And that is DETAILS.


Deadline: Sunday, October 25th

Release: Wednesday, November 11th (11/11/2009)

Who can submit: Anybody (whether you have released on this label before or not)

Length: No more than 6 minutes.

Other important details:

1) All submissions MUST be in a lossless format.  Acceptable lossless formats include FLAC, WAV, (uncompressed) AIFF.  If you do not know how to get these files out of your program(s), let me know and I'll help you.  Anything in MP3 or any other lossy file will be immediately rejected.  We're done with the whole "If you like it, I'll bother to upload it in a lossless format" or "my program can't export that" or "they take too long to upload".  The files are bigger, and that's good.  If you have some issue with this rule, contact me and we'll work something out.  As our releases are downloaded more and more, we are expected to have high standards of quality.

2) Upload your files to a site like sendspace.com, megaupload.com, mediafire.com or any other site that works like that.  Leave the email slots blank and send me the URL it gives you.

3) Your song can be from any release past or present (or unreleased), but it must not have been selected for a mam!records compilation in the past.

4) One song entry per person/artist.  If you have more than one musical project, feel free to submit something from both projects.  In the past, we accepted two tracks from each artist, but there are just too many tracks to sift through to do that anymore.

5) Pick a song that you feel represents your music.  We want tracks that show people what we're made of.  Try to pick something you're proud of.

We look forward to hearing all of your submissions.  I know this might come off as sounding like it's a pain, but it really is enjoyable for those of us behind the scenes of mam!records to go through all the tracks.  We always have fun, even if there are 4+ hours of tracks.  :D

TWITTER

Take a minute to follow us on twitter if you have it.  We update there with new releases, as well as other information that is good to know.  We'd love to have some interaction with you all there.  This also syncs with our myspace status updates.

http://www.twitter.com/mamTWEET

We'd love to follow all of you as well.


Now that we're pretty much caught up with releases, we'd love to get submissions for new releases.  The goal is two or three releases a month.  Do you know someone who would like to join the family?  Send them our way.  We are always open to new artists joining.

There will also be a few new projects announced in the very near future (by next week), including the next issue of the rainy day mixtape series and details about the Colias series (big news to come here).

TORRENTS

In the past, we have offered many mam!records releases for free download via hosting at archive.org as well as torrents on a number of private trackers.  To spread our distribution even farther, we have been given a Content Distributor account at the popular public torrent tracker mininova.

From now on, new releases will also be released as featured downloads on mininova.org.  This will allow for much greater exposure and will provide another option for downloading new mam!records releases.  There is even an RSS link on our page, so you can automatically download all new mam!records releases as soon as they're put up.

Click here to view our Content Distributor page.

NEW RELEASES

First off, it is important to update all of you as to the new releases.  There are some REALLY great things here, and I strongly recommend that each and every one of you download each and every one of these amazing releases. 

Take note of Trepans and Motorcycle Maus, who have their very first releases on mam!records.  Please show them some support and give them a big welcome to the family.

mam082 - Mósslonnrós - The Last Inch of Snow to Fall
After 7 months from the last EP, the new Mósslonnrós album is finally available on mine, all mine! records. It includes music influenced by the likes of Steve Reich, Robert Rich and Brian Eno as well as melodies pulled from Mósslonnrós post-rock experience.
FLAC | MP3

mam083 - Goldyne - Goldyne EP
Goldyne returns to mam!records with this bizarrely coherent set of tracks that some manage to combine distorted electronics, guitars and reverbed vocals into something that's not quite freakfolk yet not quite experimetnal electronics. You have to hear it for yourself.
FLAC | MP3

mam084 - Trepans - Trepans
On Earth's new project Trepans makes its debut here on mine, all mine! records with a suitably epic self-titled release. Equal parts ambiance and dance groove fuels this ethereal full-length. This is a must-have.
FLAC | MP3

mam085 - [praw] - 7 Horrors
Recorded on commission for use in a short film. This is a set of seven possible horror themes submitted for consideration. Horror 7 was eventually used in the film.
FLAC | MP3

mam086 - Motorcycle Maus - Knockout
mam!records is proud to present the debut EP from Pennsylvania's Motorcycle Muas, Knockout. This six track release of experimental indie tracks is expertly written and mixed. Guitars and tribal drums blend seamlessly with electronics that seem to disguise themselves as organic machines.
FLAC | MP3
TORRENT

mam87 - K. Wilhelm - Caffeine LP
K. Wilhelm's full-length, Caffeine LP, serves as a sort of sampler of various works released and unreleased until now. Instead of just collecting tracks together for this full-length release, K. Wilhelm reworked and remastered most of the tracks.
FLAC | MP3
TORRENT

Hot damn!  It feels good to be back!

I'm happy to say that I have settle in to the small town of Bø, Norway.  There is a sizable mound of material that has backed up over the last few months, and I am very happy to get this out for all of your listening ears.  I hope you can all understand the reasons behind these delays - it's smooth sailing for a while now.

To celebrate the wonderful material many of you have sent in (and continue to send), we'll be offering you backed up and new releases in rapid fire.  These releases will possibly be made into megaPACK torrents for simple download.  For now, here are the FLAC downloads of five great releases I've been itching to get out.





For now, only FLAC is available (with the exception of Anon, They Move's release which is only available in mp3), but within the next 24 hours, the mp3 and ogg files should be ready.

Expect five more releases very soon.  Once we catch up, we will try to offer weekly/biweekly releases, so keep sending your material.  It is always appreciated!



COLIAS

We are officially taking submissions for the Colias EP series (like last year's Clouds EP series).  You can fit the theme (Colias is a type of butterfly) as closely or as abstractly as you wish.  Just keep your release EP-length, and you're set.

I look forward to our continued partnership here at mam!records.  All of us involved appreciate your dedication and support.

<3 JOHN


P.S. Get this if you haven't:

Hello fellow music lovers and musicians,

I want to apologize for my lack of ability to follow through on projects lately.  As a lot of you know, I am moving to Norway very shortly (I will be in Norway on the 15th).  This last month has been almost hellish to say the least.  I've been frantically assessing my financial situation and the possibility of coming back to the states early to assure my graduation.

On top of that, I've had very poor internet situations, including this last week or two at my folk's house.  Towns of 2000 people rarely have great internets.

Once again, I apologize for abandoning you people who have been nothing but kind, supportive and cooperative.  Once I get settled in to my dorm in Bø, Norway, I want to ramp up the energy here.  So many of you have sent me such great music that really needs to be heard.

I love each and every one of you.

So very soon,
John Praw

I know things have been slow here for a while, but we have definitely been working on some things over here.

RAINY DAY MIXTAPE VOLUME 2

We continue to work on the second volume of the Rainy Day Mixtape series.  Most of the tracks will be selected from the first pool of submitted tracks.  If you'd like to submit a new track or you missed your opportunity the first time around, you can upload a lossless file somewhere (ex. sendspace.com) and send the link here.  No release date has been selected yet.

mam:COVERS PROJECT

mam!records is now taking submissions for the upcoming release, mam:COVERS.  The release will, obviously, be a release of covers.  Each artist may submit up to two cover tracks of popular or independent artists for this project, curated by K. Wilhelm's Corey Murphy.  Corey is planning and developing this project, and gearing this project toward songs with lyrics if possible.  Tracks will be selected based on originality of renditions.  You are encouraged to take as much or as little from the original as you wish. 

Tracks must be submitted in a lossless format (ex. flac, wav, alac).  If you need help getting your files in these formats (no transcodes) feel free to comment or message here.  Tracks must be submitted either here or to kwilhelm@mamrecords.com by August 1st.  That will be the last day submissions will be accepted.

ANNOUNCING COLIAS

Last year, we tried our hands at the free EP series, Clouds.  We are proud to announce the new EP series, Colias.  As with Clouds, this is a themed series.  You can stick as close to the theme as you wish.  For those of you who don't know, Colias is a genus of butterfly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colias).  Our first issue of Colias is almost complete, and comes courtesy of our good friend stop/eject.  Please message us here if you are interested in being part of Colias.  We plan to release at least one issue of Colias a month.

OTHER NEWS

It has been a bit slow here, but we really want to step it up a notch and become more active than ever.  If you or someone you know would like to become part of mam!records, message us here on myspace.  We'd love to have you join our family.

The submissions are all in, and now we must simply sort through them and come up with the final volume.  It's a bit difficult right now, because there is a lot going on for all of the mam!records staffers (end-of-the-year stuff), and there are almost three and a half hours of material to sort through. 

The sampler will be released before May 15th, but we're aiming for sooner if possible.  In the mean time, we'll start doing our regular releases again.  So if you've got material you'd like to add to the queue, send us a message.

Best wishes and fish kisses,
John (& crew)

SUBMISSIONS

As you (should) know, sampler submissions were due today, April 26th.  As of today, I have tracks from the following artists.  Remember you can submit up to two tracks.

æϣ (2)
Animus Invidious (2)
Arafúra (1)
Arto (2)
axd (2)
chrystos (1)
Dad School (1)
Fira Fem (2)
Gemini Sky (1)
Given Willingly (1)
Goldyne (2)
Jip (1)
K. Wilhelm (1)
Kilroy, et al. (2)
Last Minute To Jaffna (2)
MC Hammered & Gorilla Pat (1)
Michael Good (2)
Nuclear Woods (2)
OGOGO (1)
On Earth (1)
On Travel (1)
Andrew Weathers (1)
Pushmi-Pullyu (1)
RedSK (1)
Sometimes The Bear Gets You (1)
Smokething (1)
stop/eject (1)
Synthia (2)
The Ambience Project (2)
The Enright House (1)
thingswillbedifferent. (1)
Trepans (2)
Waltz (1)
Wild Dogs In Winter (1)
woodworkings (1)

If I missed you somehow (files get lost occasionally), please reply here or message me as soon as possible.  If you have a last minute addition to the sampler, message me as soon as possible.  We will accept them no later than Tuesday, but you need to message us.

The tracks submitted thus far are really great.  Lots of cool stuff.

REBRANDING

Because this disc features a number of (great) artists who are not (yet) on mam!records, we've decided to rename it.  From now on, this will be known as the "mam!records rainy day mixtape".  In the future, we plan to do periodic updates with new mixtapes, open to the public for submissions.  We'll also continue our "sampler" series, but those discs will be exclusively for artists who have contributed music to a non-compilation release on this label.

Thanks again for the submissions!  This is a lot of time listening to all of these (almost 3 hours worth of material), and it's going to be a tough time sorting them out.  There is a possibility that we will release 2 volumes at once.

ART

If you have ideas for the album cover, send them my way.  You're probably better at photoshop than we are.

<3 John and crew

Hey guys. I know I've been kind of quiet about the "Winter Sampler," but there were a lot of things working against it. The biggest thing that happened was the loss of about 50% of the files when some asshat unplugged my harddrive.

SO, we're going to try this again, and this time it's going to happen for real. Here are the rules.

Rules:


I think the rules are pretty simple, and I look forward to hearing your tracks. Feel free to submit the same tracks you submitted last time, as long as they fit those rules. This time, I'm backing up all the tracks, and I've already set aside time to work on this. It WILL come out this time.

Thanks guys, and sorry for the inconvenience.

Ladies and gentlemen....

Ladies and gentlemen, we have 1000 friends!

Our 1000th friend on myspace is the wonderful Jeanne.
http://www.myspace.com/jeannevsmonsters

Check out her beautiful sounds.

John

P.S.  Within the next few days we'll have 30,000 page views.  If you get the 30,000th page view, make sure to leave a comment to claim your bragging rights.

NEW RELEASES

Make sure too hit up the profile and download mam072, Waltz and Given Willingly's excellent, excellent release Shade From A Devil's Lantern.  It's really quite amazing, and probably one of the most satisfying things to come out of this label. 

Coming soon:

PLAYER

As you may have noticed, I decided to finally put a player up.  The featured songs will rotate, focusing on songs from recent releases, as well as our most popular releases.  If you click the Playlists button and select Label Artists, you'll start seeing songs from label artists' players show up, so you can skim through lots of different songs by our wonderful artists.

PHYSICAL RELEASES


April 4th, look for the store to be back up, just in time to purchase the new Pushmi-Pullyu / The Enright House split, Together.  It's limited edition, and most copies will only be available on The Enright House's tour, so grab them quick.

We'll also have some new tapes coming out.  The first new tape will be a brand new EP by The Bilderberg Group with an improve B side.  It will be a limited edition on green cassette with custom art.

Lots more, to be announced later.

Much love,
John