Excepter

STEPS: La Sala Rossa

ASR059

Official bootleg of the live concert on June 23rd, 2006 at the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival, Montreal, Quebec. Features the four-man, Alternation-era band sharing the stage for the first time with current member Lala. Opening with a cover of "Cocaine Blues" and bleeding into recognizable album tracks like "Knock Knock" and "Ice Cream Van" this set overflows with the spectral, slow-burn electro-improv for which they are known. 99% unreleased.



cd-r edition of 100

Vakhchav

Hunting Horns

ASR052

"Recorded mostly in 2007 when most of my dreams consisted of running into a crystalline water mass. Safe to say, usually awoke with no scratch but with ambitions of translation. Lots of florescent drones, stirred briskly into 1 part acoustic + 1 part synth anaesthetic equaling out a hefty mess of sun dogs."

- Nickolas Mohanna


cd-r edition of 50

Antique Brothers

Sons of Winter

ASR047

"This album was conceived in the cold unforgiving days between the end of 2006 and the start of 2007. My brother and I were together in the land we grew up in for the first time in almost a year. We improvised acoustic duets, and over the next year, built a record around them. I like to think the spirit of our Mother was present during these sessions. Our Father was present in body as well as spirit. We thank him for opening his doors and heart to us, as he has done time after time since we have both left home on our own roads."

- Cy Gengras


cd-r edition of 100

Totally Dad

Video For The Snake

ASR043

Three hell-hermits from Middleton Street extra choose to live like field mice. one yea cooks, one ha cleans, and one cuts doh paper. if they notice the night late has begun, they drop their gold duties and fold instruments into towels bang. It has all been full saved. Somebody does it better than.


CD-R edition of 100

Fantastic Magic

Witch Choir (Repress)

ASR033

For anyone who missed out the first time around, or those looking for a higher fidelity version of this release...

"Take a magical trip on a pegasus through a field of LSD. Flowers harmonize and dance among young wizards at the festival of the equinox.", stated a mystical nypmh as he sat perched apon a toadstool, shanai in hand. These thoughts come to mind as a neo-psychedelic journey begins through a field of emerald green grass and a multicolored sky that is Fantastic Magic. Pull up a woven floor mat and enjoy the fruits of the earth as you delve into three young wizards journey through the island forest."

- Orion Ferguson

cd-r edition of 400

Gang Wizard

Live In Paris

ASR021

"We claimed to be touring Europe with just the bare necessities. We claimed that any amp and drum situation would work for us. Paris put this claim to the test. The drum kit was a snare, a kick, and a street sign. The amplification was a single blown out PA. So we ran two guitars, three full electronics set ups and the vocals through the PA, and just went for it. The massive amounts of signal cancellation transformed five musicians into one single Frankenstein. The street sign didn't work as a cymbal, so dump a dump had to do. But somehow this became the most powerful set of the entire tour. Insistent throbbing distortion that somehow is a rock band, except when the PA would overheat and only vocals/drums remained. Rowdy French speaking audience imitating whatever they thought our gibberish lyrics were. Most told us the set was too short, but twenty minutes spent hanging off the edge of chaos felt like ages to us. We're very proud of this performance. This is what music sounds like when you work for it. Too many universal rock bands are just doing it to bring themselves pleasure. Doing it for the pleasure of the audience sometimes means that the performer doesn't have fun at all. Which is 100% ok, since the only thing that matters is how the audience feels."

- Brian Miller

3" CD-R edition of 100

Crow Feathers

Imaginary Scores

ASR014

"Pre-dawn bedroom synthesizer and guitar compositions from a North Carolina ex-pat currently exiled to Central Michigan. Imaginary Scores never stagnates in effortless emotionalism; instead melancholy passages trace the horizon for glints of hope, seeking resolution and solace. This collection exhibits my favorite long-form recordings from the past year. While these pieces were not created with the intent to function together as a cohesive album, when paired together in this manner, I found that they illuminate an ethereal, radiant quality for which I always strive."

- Brandon Miller

2 x 3" CD-R Edition of 100

Nessmuk

Flies Free

ASR013

This 3" EP features Pennsylvania's finest: Kevin Moist and friends from some of his other projects, The Clear Spots and Evening Fires. He's transcribed a fitting description for it:

"Scenes from a mountain travelogue: Ghostly peaks glimpsed through shifting fog, followed by a climb across a rugged expanse of boulders, opening into a wide canyon bathed in sourceless light. Nineteen minutes of four-track cave drones transmitted via guitars, synths, and spirit shakers. "

- Kevin Moist

3" CD-R Edition of 100.