Browse by Label: RVNG INTERNATIONAL

Artist:	EXCEPTER
Title:	FRKWYS Vol. 2
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	12"
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	FRKWYS 002EP

"RVNG is proud to announce a new 12" series entitled FRKWYS. A play on the name of the legendary Folkways record label founded by Moses Asch in the late '40s to document sound and movement in music from around the world, our FRKWYS (think 'Freakways') 12" series pairs contemporary artists and their progenitors by way of remix, reinterpretation, and original collaboration. Like the Folkways releases, each installment in RVNG's FRKWYS series lives under a thematic banner (albeit sometimes loose) and explores a different facet of electronic music. The first release in the series features collaborations from NYC avant-pranksters Excepter with Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti of Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey, and JG Thirwell of Foetus and his many alter egos. The result of this premiere series edition is a new and entirely relevant industrial revolution. Chris & Cosey draw from their early output (Heartbeat, Trance) and turn Excepter's 'Shots Ring' into a whip smart primitive techno mix while JG Thirwell orchestrates 'Stretch' as a wildly percussive, brassy acid track. We are housing these limited edition 12"s (900 copies / pressing) in a classic package using heavy stock jackets applied in leatherette and tip on adhesives, creating a truly substantial and archival feel. You have to see / hear this record to believe it."

Artist:	ARP & ANTHONY MOORE
Title:	FRKWYS Vol. 3
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	FRKWYS 003LP

"For the third volume in Rvng's FRKWYS (pronounced Freakways) series, ARP (aka Alexis Georgopoulos) and Anthony Moore contribute an album of modern minimalist compositions culled from sources both old and new. From the reworking of some of Moore's unreleased late '60s compositions and the incorporation of actual extant tapes from that time, to the newly minted pieces by Georgopolous along with new accompaniments to the original recordings, it's another vibrant addition to the ongoing series in which contemporary artists are paired with their progenitors by way of remix, reinterpretation, and original collaboration. The idea to pair the two composers was born of Georgopoulos' appreciation for Pieces from the Cloudland Ballroom (1971), Moore's adventurous avant-garde album described by Alan Licht as neither a 'Krautrock or art rock LP but a bona fide minimal classic.' Upon listening to several pieces by his symphonious accomplice-to-be, Moore was 'struck by a powerful sense of familiarity, a recognition of certain musical values close to my own heart being explored by someone else.' Mutual admiration formed, Moore and Georgopoulos came together in September 2009 at Atlantic Sound's Brooklyn studio, a scene serenely inspired by the live room's forward face on the East River. Recorded to a 24 track, 2" Studer tape machine, the album begins with the stringed drone of 'Today's Psalter,' a piece named for the instrument at its thematic core (re-established later with 'Yesterday's Psalter'). 'Spinette' is a lively and cyclical measure exercise built on an original work. And, at end of the first side, 'Piano Waves' reinvents a Magnetophone tape recording Moore originally realized in the '60s as a sonorous anchor on the album. The second side begins with 'Wild Grass I (for Arthur Russell),' composed by Georgopoulos for a cello, violin, and piano ensemble. As with its companion piece 'Wild Grass II (for Robert Wyatt),' it takes heroic inspiration and uses intimate instrumentation to create a movement compelling in its refined gestures. 'Mirrors & Forks' returns to Moore's treasure trove of tape loops, seething into 'Yesterday's Psalter,' and then a lunar-lit rendition of 'Slow Moon's Rose' sung by Georgopoulos, a song originally recorded by Moore in 1972 as part of Slapp Happy. Limited pressing of 550 vinyl copies housed in thick jackets wrapped in a lively monochromatic adhesive."

Artist:	PSYCHIC ILLS
Title:	FRKWYS Vol. 4
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	12"
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	FRKWYS 004EP

"The fourth volume of FRKWYS sees the work of Psychic Ills reinterpreted by an ancestry of artists that reflect the New York City group's artistic trajectory over the last seven years of avant exploration. True to the FRKWYS series, each artist selected to collaborate with Psychic Ills helped pioneer a new realm in electronic music. This volume is as much a testament to Psychic Ills' effort to push their sound forward through new eyes and ears as it is their interest linking the lineage of the artists involved. The record reads like a family tree, its roots firmly planted in psychedelic German soils, the trunk a techno pillar, and branches tangled in the experimental ether. Almost a year in the making, FRKWYS Vol. 4 is a detailed document of like-minded communication from afar and close. Psychic Ills first initiated contact with Hans-Joachim Irmler, founding member of German kraut-fathers Faust, who delivers a primal/industrial strength double take on 'Witchcraft Breaker' from Dins, the band's first full length. Detroit techno progenitor Juan Atkins was contacted on an unlikely whim and immediately responded to 'Mantis,' from Ills' second album Mirror Eye, with a boiler room deep mix that whumps to a soulful bass line and scans 180 phase fields. Psychic Ills tour companion Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers grips 'I Take You As My Wife Again,' another track from Mirror Eye, and hypnotically oscillates it into dark dimensions of synthesized rhythm. This volume of FRKWYS is limited to 550 vinyl copies, packaged in thick black jackets with a two color adhesive wrap."

Artist:	MIRROR MIRROR
Title:	FRKWYS Vol. 5
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	12"
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	FRKWYS 005EP

"Interested in examining the electronically-tinged savoir faire of their debut album, The Society for the Advancement of Inflammatory Consciousness, while also eager to document the new industrial direction in which Mirror Mirror are headed, we wrangled together a team of FRKWYS collaborators that was more born of workplace 'what if...' than a back and forth between the label and band. Fortunately, David and Ryan were on board with our candidates, all decidedly culled from a post-punk pantheon of those who were busy dubbing up and dropping out while their contemporaries jaggedly jangled and angled away. Stuart Moxham of Welsh minimalists Young Marble Giants, as well as the short-lived solo project The Gist, was first to deliver his mix of 'Love is the Law' from Society for the Advancement, which deals in the same stunningly exotic and heady pop sounds that have helped mold his celebrated career (including that undeniable YMB guitar tone). Alig Pearce of notorious agit-punks Family Fodder next submitted a disciplined dub of 'New Horizons', also from Society, complete with meditative instructions for anti-inflammatory consciousness. Rico Conning, of the eerily dubbed out, lost-in-time group The Lines, auditioned early mixes of Mirror Mirror's forthcoming album and transformed 'Oddfellows' into a blissed-out, behind-the-beat mix akin to his production for Depeche Mode and William Orbit. The final collaborative product on this record truly does serve as the bridge between Mirror Mirror's first and second albums. With a musical legacy firmly yet obscurely rooted in NYC's halcyon electronic music scene with ties to pioneering No Wave, hip hop, and electro projects (see Ike Yard, Death Comet Crew, and Dominatrix), Stuart Argabright helped craft 'Nau Sau Ser Bil Uma Rah Rab', a thrillingly melodic six minute original track."

Artist:	BARWICK & IKUE MORI, JULIANNA
Title:	FRKWYS Vol. 6
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	FRKWYS 006LP

"Frkwys Vol. 6 features four pieces composed and performed by artists Julianna Barwick and Ikue Mori as part of a month long installation curated by RVNG Intl. at White Columns gallery, New York City, NY. For the installation, a particle board cubicle was custom constructed and placed at the center of the Project Space. The cubicle wall separated Julianna and Ikue to their respective seated work stations, while stationary web cams captured the musicians at work/play and became interactive projections auto-manipulated by video artist Erik Mika, illuminating this exercise in simulated engagement. Each of Julianna and Ikue's improvised performances on October 29th, 2010, were cut live to vinyl via portable lathe. Julianna and Ikue met a second time three weeks later at White Columns, November 16th 2010. This time the two musicians collaborated without an audience, cubicle, web cams, or lathe, but with past experience and spirit in place, an exercise in actual engagement. The four pieces of FRKWYS Vol. 6 include two performances from the first collaboration, and two performances from the latter collaboration. The LP is available in limited edition, packaged in thick black jackets with a two color adhesive wrap. All LPs come with a 24 page black & white zine featuring photography by Mayer and Rogac."

Artist:	BORDEN/FERRARO/GODIN/HALO/LOPATIN
Title:	FRKWYS Vol. 7
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	FRKWYS 007CD

"FRKWYS Vol. 7 features pieces improvised in various forms by David Borden, James Ferraro, Samuel Godin, Laurel Halo, and Daniel Lopatin. When Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never, Ford & Lopatin) and RVNG Intl. began discussing this FRKWYS collaboration, Borden's work in Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. and his seminal Music For Amplified Keyboard Instruments album were mutually ecstatically acknowledged. While rooted in academia, Borden's minimalist compositions deal in natural themes, evoking expansive environments. The idea to grow the project to include additional collaborators was inspired both by Borden's accomplishments in ensemble improvisation levity. Atlantic Sound Studio in DUMBO, Brooklyn became the meeting destination for Lopatin and and by a basic desire for collective energy and Borden, alongside musicians Halo, Godin, and Ferraro. The cosmically dense but dynamic nature of the recording reveals the diverse ingredients seasoning the spatial stew. 'People of Wind' Parts 1 and 2 were amongst first takes from the two-day session. The pieces exhibit the ensemble in early harmony, allowing each other textural counterpoint play while avoiding rigidity. 'Internet Gospel' Parts 1 and 2 demonstrate the players at ease and taking turns at solo accompaniments, ending in a Fourth World freak out. 'Twilight Pacific' and 'Just a Little Pollution' are compiled from middle points of the session - structured statements in solidarity."

Artist:	BORDEN/FERRARO/GODIN/HALO/LOPATIN
Title:	FRKWYS Vol. 7
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	FRKWYS 007LP

""FRKWYS Vol. 7 features pieces improvised in various forms by David Borden, James Ferraro, Samuel Godin, Laurel Halo, and Daniel Lopatin. When Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never, Ford & Lopatin) and RVNG Intl. began discussing this FRKWYS collaboration, Borden's work in Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. and his seminal Music For Amplified Keyboard Instruments album were mutually ecstatically acknowledged. While rooted in academia, Borden's minimalist compositions deal in natural themes, evoking expansive environments. The idea to grow the project to include additional collaborators was inspired both by Borden's accomplishments in ensemble improvisation levity. Atlantic Sound Studio in DUMBO, Brooklyn became the meeting destination for Lopatin and and by a basic desire for collective energy and Borden, alongside musicians Halo, Godin, and Ferraro. The cosmically dense but dynamic nature of the recording reveals the diverse ingredients seasoning the spatial stew. 'People of Wind' Parts 1 and 2 were amongst first takes from the two-day session. The pieces exhibit the ensemble in early harmony, allowing each other textural counterpoint play while avoiding rigidity. 'Internet Gospel' Parts 1 and 2 demonstrate the players at ease and taking turns at solo accompaniments, ending in a Fourth World freak out. 'Twilight Pacific' and 'Just a Little Pollution' are compiled from middle points of the session -- structured statements in solidarity. The limited edition LP version of FRKWYS Vol. 7 is packaged in thick black jackets with a two-color adhesive wrap. Vinyl version includes full album download plus bonus track, 'Just A Little Pollution.'"

Artist:	BLUES CONTROL & LARAAJI
Title:	FRKWYS Vol. 8
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	FRKWYS 008CD

"Volume 8 in the ongoing FRKWYS series on RVNG Intl. is a double album-length collaboration between Blues Control and Laraaji. Following the 'fodder first' tradition of previous FRKWYS installments, Vol. 8 was birthed over e-mail dialogue between RVNG and Russ Waterhouse and Lea Cho of Blues Control. Blues Control's evolved output gracefully arcs with influence and innovation that gleams electronic, New Age, and hard rock terrains. Laraaji's name came up early in that conversation and felt intrinsic to Waterhouse and Cho's own musical calling. After learning various instruments in his formative years and studying composition at Howard University, Laraaji eventually found his musical conduit in an electronically-modified zither. Laraaji's 1979 album Celestial Vibration (recorded as Edward Larry Gordon) places the stringed instrument at the forefront on two side-length excursions in rhythmic ambiance. The 1980 album Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, produced by Brian Eno for his ambient record series, further documented Laraaji's zither explorations alongside Eno's soundscaping. Laraaji continues to pursue music both in its recorded form and as a healing tool. Over two album sides, the listener is transported from the urban sound garden of 'Awakening Day,' through the soulful yow of 'Light Ships,' into the texture bliss of 'City of Love,' and finally the reflective pool of 'Freeflow'. The first bonus track 'Somebody Scream' demonstrates Laraaji's dexterous zither-playing over thirty-five minutes of music, while the second, 'Astral Jam,' starts with a Wu-like beat (courtesy of Laraaji) and warps into a rolling snare trance." Includes a download code for the full album, plus an hour of bonus material.

Artist:	BLUES CONTROL & LARAAJI
Title:	FRKWYS Vol. 8
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	2xCassette
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	FRKWYS 008CS

Double cassette version. "Volume 8 in the ongoing FRKWYS series on RVNG Intl. is a double album-length collaboration between Blues Control and Laraaji. Following the 'fodder first' tradition of previous FRKWYS installments, Vol. 8 was birthed over e-mail dialogue between RVNG and Russ Waterhouse and Lea Cho of Blues Control. Blues Control's evolved output gracefully arcs with influence and innovation that gleams electronic, New Age, and hard rock terrains. Laraaji's name came up early in that conversation and felt intrinsic to Waterhouse and Cho's own musical calling. After learning various instruments in his formative years and studying composition at Howard University, Laraaji eventually found his musical conduit in an electronically-modified zither. Laraaji's 1979 album Celestial Vibration (recorded as Edward Larry Gordon) places the stringed instrument at the forefront on two side-length excursions in rhythmic ambiance. The 1980 album Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, produced by Brian Eno for his ambient record series, further documented Laraaji's zither explorations alongside Eno's soundscaping. Laraaji continues to pursue music both in its recorded form and as a healing tool. Over two album sides, the listener is transported from the urban sound garden of 'Awakening Day,' through the soulful yow of 'Light Ships,' into the texture bliss of 'City of Love,' and finally the reflective pool of 'Freeflow'. The first bonus track 'Somebody Scream' demonstrates Laraaji's dexterous zither-playing over thirty-five minutes of music, while the second, 'Astral Jam,' starts with a Wu-like beat (courtesy of Laraaji) and warps into a rolling snare trance." Includes a download code for the full album, plus an hour of bonus material.

Artist:	BLUES CONTROL & LARAAJI
Title:	FRKWYS Vol. 8
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	FRKWYS 008LP

Repressed; LP version. "Volume 8 in the ongoing FRKWYS series on RVNG Intl. is a double album-length collaboration between Blues Control and Laraaji. Following the 'fodder first' tradition of previous FRKWYS installments, Vol. 8 was birthed over e-mail dialogue between RVNG and Russ Waterhouse and Lea Cho of Blues Control. Blues Control's evolved output gracefully arcs with influence and innovation that gleams electronic, New Age, and hard rock terrains. Laraaji's name came up early in that conversation and felt intrinsic to Waterhouse and Cho's own musical calling. After learning various instruments in his formative years and studying composition at Howard University, Laraaji eventually found his musical conduit in an electronically-modified zither. Laraaji's 1979 album Celestial Vibration (recorded as Edward Larry Gordon) places the stringed instrument at the forefront on two side-length excursions in rhythmic ambiance. The 1980 album Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, produced by Brian Eno for his ambient record series, further documented Laraaji's zither explorations alongside Eno's soundscaping. Laraaji continues to pursue music both in its recorded form and as a healing tool. Over two album sides, the listener is transported from the urban sound garden of 'Awakening Day,' through the soulful yow of 'Light Ships,' into the texture bliss of 'City of Love,' and finally the reflective pool of 'Freeflow'. The first bonus track 'Somebody Scream' demonstrates Laraaji's dexterous zither-playing over thirty-five minutes of music, while the second, 'Astral Jam,' starts with a Wu-like beat (courtesy of Laraaji) and warps into a rolling snare trance." Includes a download code for the entire album, plus "almost an hour of bonus material."

Artist:	GROSSKOPF, HARALD
Title:	Synthesist/Re-Synthesist
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	LP+CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RERVNG 001LP

Repressed. "Synthesist, the landmark 1980 solo album by Harald Grosskopf, the enigmatic percussionist behind Ash Ra Temple, Klaus Schulze, Cosmic Jokers, and YOU. A melodically rich and celebratory symbiosis of krautrock, kosmische, and new age, restored and remastered for RVNG Intl's debut reissue. Includes a bonus album compilation CD Re-Synthesist, featuring reinterpretations of Synthesist by Oneohtrix Point Never, Blondes, Arp, CFCF, Stellar Om Source, James Ferraro and more. The Synthesist LP comes in a deluxe package including a unique reverse-bound record jacket and full-color liner notes in English and German."

Artist:	TWITCH, JD
Title:	10 Inches Of Fear/60 Minutes Of Fear
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	10"/CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	RVNG MX6TEN

"The mid- to late 1980s was the period when I really started to buy a lot of records. I was particularly obsessed with (mainly) American bands like Sonic Youth, Big Black, Swans, Butthole Surfers, Flipper, etc. This project came about after a late night (slightly tipsy) conversation between myself and Matt from RVNG in New York a couple of years ago when we discovered we both shared a love for many of those bands." -- JD Twitch. "For Rvng Prsnts Mx6, Twitch re-edited four tracks by Flux of Pink Indians, Honey Bane, Zounds, and The Mob for the 10". We officially licensed the tracks from each of the artists; an incredibly interesting process interacting with some of our music heroes. The edits are top notch. The 10" comes with a mix CD featuring 22 classic and obscure punk rock tracks expertly selected and mixed by Twitch. The CD is packaged in a gigantic 20" x 20" doublesided, fold-out poster with an personal punk rock history compiled by Twitch." The CD mix features: Big Black, Crass, Savage Republic, Butthole Surfers, Flipper, The Ex, Sun City Girls, Swans, Sonic Youth, The Pop Group, Minutemen, H�sker D�, Black Flag, The Rentals, Screamers, Fatal Microbes, Poison Girls, etc.

Artist:	PINK SKULL
Title:	Endless Bummer
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 001LP

"The dystopian frontier is near, but never fear. In the new era of endlessness where we hide ourselves as humans among androids, there is hope. On Endless Bummer, the second album from Pink Skull, the producer duo of Julian Grefe and Justin Geller rip out the tracking chip and jump the grid on a quest for purity among putridity. Lysergic traces from Pink Skull's electro-fried debut Zeppelin 3 LP reappear on Endless Bummer in ghostly tape delays and trigger hits but this album favors the man-made over the machine. Grefe's vocals, both sung and sampled in harmony, humanize lead off track 'Peter Cushing' and 'Oh, Monorail', while the expanded 'live' Pink Skull line up of drums, bass, and guitar animalize the skittish acid tracks 'Chicken Inside Egg' and 'Gonzo's Cointreu'. Where Bummer mellows slightly, Skull's spirit animal Geller takes tracks like 'Wheet' and 'Fired, So Fired' into outer kosmische territories. The result of this balance parallels the Bummer along the various lines of PIL's Metal Box, The Orb's Pomme Fritz EP, the tropicalia Dada-ism of Tom Ze, and Eno & Cluster. Living / breathing electronic music made beyond the computer screen for bigger screens, Bummer could easily soundtrack a remake of Videodrome as well as it could a Kubrickian classic." Includes newspaper insert. Covers come in blue, red or green, each with a unique "bummer" word letterpressed on the front.

Artist:	HISTORICS
Title:	Infinidelity Part 1
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 002.5EP

"The Infinidelity Part 1 12" flickers to life with a re-work of 'Fan Fare' by Tom Croose, a track that swells with a massive drum loop, buzzy bass blasts, and an ominous synth line only to break itself down and accentuate a stark female vocal sample. The glimmering sensibility of Croose's track pitter-patters over into the buildup of Sir Billy and Creso's Saturday Crimson Mix of 'Kinda Personal', another warm track with its roots grown thick in a heavy kick and its wings beating to the crisp high hat on the up beat. Low Motion Disco's take on 'Languages', a meditative number, recalls the even unfolding of an early morning, the calm of the evening, and the moment before you head into the night for the acid thump of Pink Stallone's remix of 'City to City' and repeat the shimmering cycle."

Artist:	THESE ARE POWERS
Title:	Candyman
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	12"
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 002EP

"These Are Powers lay it on thick, sweet, and sludgy for their new Candyman EP on Rvng Intl. The Brooklyn-based trio of Anna Barie (vocals & electronics), Pat Noecker (bass, electronics, vocals), and Bill Salas (beats & production) do nothing to sugar coat the grimy center of a new, bass bin rattling, electro-shock sound. Powers kick off the EP with 'Candyman', a naughty nursery rhyme set to a bombastic East meets West-Indies reggaeton shuffle. The rifling bass and scattered snare shots of 'Gutterspaces' emerge as dancehall back from the future, followed by the sputter to mega-life Chicago juke and drone fest of 'World Class Peoples'. The EP also includes a runway house remix of 'Candyman' by globe-trotters Teengirl Fantasy and a remix of 'World Class Peoples' by Costa Rica's Cosmetics that is as much Burial as it is Scott Walker. The artwork, by Kevin O'Neill at Will Work For Good, is inspired by the slimy sexual fetish known as sploshing. The sploshee featured on the cover will remain anonymous. First pressing limited to 1000 copies. RIYL: Dizzee Rascal, The Bug, Peaches, The Knife." Full color glossy inner sleeve.

Artist:	HISTORICS
Title:	Infinidelity Part 2
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 003.5EP

"Metropolitan Indian and RVNG Intl. present the Historics Infinidelity 12" series. Inspired by a short story of the same name by author Chris Leo, Infinidelity offers ten songs from Historics' late 2009 album debut, Strategies For Apprehension, transformed by an assembly of artists from the outer ether of the electronic music world. Infinidelity Part 2 locks into the groove in hit form with a 'Taverns' remix by Sweden's Jackpot, a track that neatly pits the vocal track against a jack-happy beat and arpeggios that joyfully amp up the outro. Kool Keith pops his head in the UFO! remix of 'Take it to the Top,' making it cool to rap about Eric Clapton over the hyper-dub marching band madness. The 12" continues on its eclectic way with a metallic revision of 'Things Alright' by RVNG sound racketeers Allez-Allez and ends with a Kool Keith redux and some Miami Bass/saxophone skeeze with Montreal's CFCF at the helm of another 'Take it to the Top' remix."

Artist:	ALLEZ-ALLEZ
Title:	Hideous Racket
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 003EP

"The cargo of Allez-Allez's debut EP, Hideous Racket, contains a suspiciously alien sound that could only be kept secret for so long before being smuggled and peddled by RVNG Intl. on the war torn and drug dirtied mutant dance floors. This London lab tech duo staked their claim with social and online experiments and now expand their methodically creative reach with four tracks made for the interstellar overdrive. The EP begins with the melodically rich and playful title track before the aquatic acid house of 'Seven Down Six Across' bubbles to the surface to close the a-side. The b-side starts with the James Holden championed 'Weird Science', a washy blend of Frippertronic frequencies and a street smart beat, and rounds out with the shimmering Rhythm Ace shuffle of 'Slump', described by Optimo's JD Twitch as 'Chris & Cosey riding a flying hoover over the city in Blade Runner.' Designed by Kevin O'Neill at Will Work for Good, each 12" is packaged with a red or blue vinyl cling allowing your own commentary depending on the mood. First pressing limited to 550 copies."

Artist:	HISTORICS
Title:	Infinidelity Part 3
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 004.5EP

"Infinidelity pt. 3 closes out our 12" series with two monstrous remixes. UK remix maven and recent Strut Records mix maker Leo Zero turns 'Skin Orders' into a sprawling, eight minute mix of rapid fire drum patterns akin to 'Bombs Over Baghdad' and odyssey-like, Garcia-inspired guitar work by Crow of Mountain of One. Canadian producer Andrew Allsgood's take on 'Two Tons' stomps away with a heavy kick, congo-laden percussion, and fuzzed out bass line oscillating into a cosmic cataclysm and refrain. This remix fits in nicely with Allsgood's classic 12" for History Clock and features additional production by Worst Friends. Complete the Infinidelity series with this final chapter. Infinidelity was mastered by Graeme Durham at The Exchange. Each 12" comes in an extremely limited edition of 300 copies, absolutely stunning artwork by Mark McCoy."

Artist:	BLONDES
Title:	Lover/Hater
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 005EP

"Electronic duo Blondes follow-up their 2010 Touched EP with Lover/Hater, a two track 12" inaugurating a three part series on RVNG exploring duality concepts. Recorded live to 2" tape at Atlantic Sound in Brooklyn, these set staples capture Blondes at their headiest and deadliest. 'Lover' places a shamanistic Meredith Monk vocal sample atop a ritualistic rhythm, transporting the track to a trancefloor spirit worlds away. 'Hater' builds on cascading keyboard cycles before breakiing into an E2-E4 on the floor bounce. Artwork by Kevin O'Neill. Limited pressing."

Artist:	BLONDES
Title:	Business/Pleasure
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 007EP

"Blondes return with the Business/Pleasure, the second in a three part series exploring duality concepts. The two 12" sides were performed and recorded live without overdubs while the duo was stationed in Berlin between European dates this past winter. Both 'Business' and 'Pleasure' let the melodic textures breath before layers of synth, sub bass, and percussion are marched out and into the deep pockets of these late-night, hypnotic house burners. Who says business and pleasure can't mix?"

Artist:	PINK SKULL
Title:	Psychic Welfare
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 008LP

"Psychic Welfare comes after Julian Grefe waded through the cosmic slop that accumulated around him the two years following the release of Endless. Grefe alongside Justin 'JG' Geller, forms the central nervous system of a Pink Skull. Psychic Welfare was produced by Pink Skull and Jeff Zeigler (Kurt Vile, War On Drugs) between the band's Philadelphia studio and Brooklyn, NY. Contending with the seismic swells in both the macro and micro worlds around him, Grefe refracted the polluted waves in a fantastical fit to write the 13 songs of Psychic Welfare. The album is a map of time and space portals in which the listener can navigate from the corroded corners of machinated life to boundless, amorphous space in mere seconds." Packaged in an elaborate poster sleeve; includes download for the full album, plus bonus tracks and remixes.

Artist:	MIRROR MIRROR
Title:	Interiors
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 009LP

LP version. "Mirror Mirror, the New York based duo of David Riley and Ryan Lucero, bring their avant-pop explorations to RVNG Intl. with the release of Interiors, the ten-song follow up to their debut album, The Society for the Advancement of Inflammatory Consciousness. Recorded in two parts, Interiors features the production work of Chris Coady (Beach House, Gang Gang Dance, Zola Jesus), who helped realize an expansive sound from Mirror Mirror's home-studio recordings. The other album half, aided by Joshua da Costa's monstrous and metronomic live drumming, was produced by Thomas Asenault and Zeljko McMullen at So Many Fields. Interiors deals in themes of secret societies, escapist fantasies, and psychological extremes. 'Sublime Objective' opens the album in the mind's eye of an adventurer attempting a daring mountain climb. 'Under the Sun' rollicks under ray-baked guitars until it's split in two by a cameo from SSION frontman Cody Critcheloe. 'Dot Dot Dot' mutates an R&B midi-bass line, before 'Sick City' tours an underworld of nightwalkers and plastic shamans. The acid-inflected 'Starseed' adapts a futurist Timothy Leary lecture, promising listeners 'bread and dope for a thousand years.' Album namesake 'Interiors' describes a recluse who shuts out worldly distractions, while the stringed cavalcade of 'Open Wide' leads to new psychedelic pop pastures. The album closes with 'Overpower / Overjoy,' an industrially flourished, whip-cracking serenade of sorts." Includes full album download, plus bonus remixes by Kingdom, Jamstation, Virgin Voices and more.

Artist:	BRONZE
Title:	Copper
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 010LP

"Stream-of-consciousness lyrical cooing and restrained analog trickery rest atop constant cog rotation grooves on Copper. These elements yield a truly conductive album, abundant in compositions that beg for a listener's oxidizing ear. Commencing with 'A Showdown Of Sorts', the record assumes a vague narrative aided by the allure of Tuxedomoon / Ralph Records-y exoticism, albeit less claustrophobic. 'Showing Them' staggers into even Wierd-er territory, with eye flashes and spots of Legendary Pink Dots. 'So Slow' and 'The Rouge Became' are sister tracks fallen not far from the same Silver Apple(s) tree. 'Wits' and 'Fumes In Suits' counter clockwork like a high-pressure Units track and place Copper in the lexicon of San Fran synthesized and syncopated anti-stardom. Each vinyl copy of Copper comes with a copper ring. The ring is intended to be worn to BRONZE performances or even during daily rituals. While wearing the ring, you, the ring bearer, are encouraged to speak informally - if not offensively - with fellow ring mates. When overheard or confronted, blame it on the ring - i.e. 'It was the copper talking.' The ring will initially turn your finger green. The ring will also heal your wounds, correct your balance and is a fashionable accessory to boot."

Artist:	BLONDES
Title:	Blondes
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	2CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 012CD

"Blondes, the duo of Sam Haar and Zach Steinman, release their self-titled debut album for RVNG Intl. Blondes quickly evolved from a home studio project to a live experience built around a tactile assemblage of synthesizers, sequencers, and drum machines. The Touched EP (Merok, 2010) demonstrates Haar and Steinman's early interest in an improvisational process that remains embedded in their creative approach, while touching upon their adoration of German composer Manuel Gottsching and his seminal E2-E4 album. Available as limited edition vinyl pressings, these six tracks are collected together in album form along with two new offerings, 'Gold' and 'Amber.' Almost entirely improvised and recorded in single takes, 'Gold' and 'Amber' are inspired by complexity and purity, which manifests in the manic energy and bliss of the parallel tracks. Blondes journey of musical discovery is reflected in a companion disc featuring eleven remixes by friends, peers, and heroes including JD Twitch of Optimo, Dungeon Acid, SFV Acid, John Roberts, Andy Stott, Robert Miles (yes, that Robert Miles), Teengirl Fantasy, Bicep, Traxx, Laurel Halo, and Rene Hell."

Artist:	HOLTER, JULIA
Title:	Ekstasis
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 014CD

"Julia Holter's second album,Ekstasis, is a collection of songs written and recorded across the span of three years in Los Angeles, California. Ekstasis marks a return to the playful searching of her 2007 Eating the Stars EP, but guided by newly-learned disciplines, slightly better technology, and nearly limitless home recording time. Holter's songwriting stems from a mythological reverence of that which is incomprehensibly beautiful. Stars was a first attempt at musically transcribing this beauty, while discovering the honest enjoyment of unadulterated creativity. Holter's critically acclaimed debut album Tragedy (Leaving Records, 2011) embraced Stars strains of shimmer, but used sparser textures in a narrative context. While Ekstasis reflects the conventions of her classical training, the album is also uncannily, if unknowingly, poppy. Holter's approach to crafting the songs of Ekstasis centered around what she describes as, 'open ear decision: what seemed to sound best for that moment.' This blindness to reverence unintentionally steers Ekstasis along the experimental pop spectrum most commonly associated to New York's Downtown music micro-universe of the '80s, specifically the works of Laurie Anderson and Arthur Russell."

Artist:	HOLTER, JULIA
Title:	Ekstasis
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	2LP
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	RVNGNL 014LP

Gatefold double LP version with mp3 download. "Julia Holter's second album,Ekstasis, is a collection of songs written and recorded across the span of three years in Los Angeles, California. Ekstasis marks a return to the playful searching of her 2007 Eating the Stars EP, but guided by newly-learned disciplines, slightly better technology, and nearly limitless home recording time. Holter's songwriting stems from a mythological reverence of that which is incomprehensibly beautiful. Stars was a first attempt at musically transcribing this beauty, while discovering the honest enjoyment of unadulterated creativity. Holter's critically acclaimed debut album Tragedy (Leaving Records, 2011) embraced Stars strains of shimmer, but used sparser textures in a narrative context. While Ekstasis reflects the conventions of her classical training, the album is also uncannily, if unknowingly, poppy. Holter's approach to crafting the songs of Ekstasis centered around what she describes as, 'open ear decision: what seemed to sound best for that moment.' This blindness to reverence unintentionally steers Ekstasis along the experimental pop spectrum most commonly associated to New York's Downtown music micro-universe of the '80s, specifically the works of Laurie Anderson and Arthur Russell."

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Artist:	SUN ARAW/M. GEDDES GENGRAS/THE CONGOS
Title:	FRKWYS Vol. 9
Label:	RVNG INTERNATIONAL
Format:	CD+DVD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	FRKWYS 009CD