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Artist:	AIRBIRD
Title:	City Vs. Mountains
Label:	SOFTWARE
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SFT 003EP

"Airbird is the solo project from Joel Ford, bassist of Tigercity and one half of Ford & Lopatin. After a split-cassette release with Megafortress on The Curatorial Club, Ford releases Airbird's first single, City Vs. Mountains on his own label Software. In lead track 'City Vs. Mountains,' cicadas buzz as Airbird exits Babylon on his boogie road trip quest back to nature. Ford notorious for funk, packs a whole arsenal of West Coast style groove for the trip. The track is definitely a road dogger with lots of beats and bass plus a remarkable clarity in the vocals that distinguishes him from the contemporary murk pack. After a night of heavy driving, 'Rotating Cloud' marks the day's return with sparse, delicate high register melodies and pulses which gradually give way to a midi locked safari of wildlife house. And yes the zookeeper is a Al Carlson, Software's engineer & mix guy you thought -- but he also packs a gnarly Alphabet City avant RIPPP when he wants to, and on multiple saxes. Airbird arrives!" Hand-numbered limited edition of 500 copies.

Artist:	AIRBIRD
Title:	Trust
Label:	SOFTWARE
Format:	12"
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	SFT 004EP

"Software Recording Co. introduces Airbird's Trust EP. Residing in Asheville, North Carolina via New York City, Airbird is the solo project of Joel Ford, one half of Ford & Lopatin. Trust is a five song EP featuring a patchwork of Ford's influences. Oblique rhythm schemes, computer-funk, and oceanic pop drift song play off of one another to create a unique look at the contemporary e-music scene. Obsessed with the dichotomy of big city culture versus the solitude of the American wilderness, Ford vacillates between studio life and the appalachian outdoors. His City vs Mountains 12" was a literal reference, a theme that continues on Trust in the form bisected and jagged elements interlaced with organic motifs. And although the EP feels eclectic, there is a glowing, somber core that fuses his techno pop into something distinctly personal. Edition of 500."

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