Browse by Artist: BARDO POND

Artist:	BARDO POND
Title:	Cypher Documents I
Label:	3LOBED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	3LOBED 013CD

"Over their recording career, Bardo Pond has released countless tracks that have appeared only on singles, compilations or other formats. This material has frequently stood equal in stature to the band's densely sprawling full-length albums. In an effort to start compiling this hard-to-find material, both the band and Three Lobed Recordings are proud to announce the debut of the Cypher Documents series. The first installment in this ongoing series compiles seven studio tracks that have never before been released on conventional media. The tracks themselves take the listener to many different places -- be it the aggressive and sludge-guitar attack of 'Slag,' the sparse tones of 'Quiet Tristin,' or the extended psych exploration of the thirteen minute epic 'Black Turban.' Closing out the disc is 'From The Sky,' an exclusive and extended thirty-one minute psych-rock epic. This track is appearing on this disc for the first time anywhere in any form -- it is the expanded session that the original five minute MP3 'In The Sky' came from. While not originally designed to be released together as a single album, the time span over which they were recorded makes the seven tracks on Cypher Documents I possess a definite cohesive flow. As presented, this disc acts as a sort of 'lost' album that displays exactly how the band sounded in the meantime between the release of Set and Setting and 2001's Dilate."

Artist:	BARDO POND
Title:	On The Ellipse
Label:	ATP RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	ATPR 005CD

Originally released in 2003, this is Bardo Pond's sixth release. Formed in Philadelphia in 1989 by brothers John and Michael Gibbons, Bardo Pond is one of the most mesmerizing bands of the past few years. On The Ellipse sounds like a heavy mix of Sabbath riffs blended with the folk beauty of Led Zep III -- a broad-stroked swirl of heavy riffs, improvised jams and acoustic meditations. Often quoted as being Mogwai's favorite band, Bardo Pond performed at the very first ATP festival, as well as being hand-picked by Sonic Youth for their ATP in Los Angeles. Both heavy and intense, Bardo Pond possesses a hypnotic spell that lures you into a psychedelic lair and always leaves you wanting more.

Artist:	BARDO POND
Title:	Selections: Volumes I-IV
Label:	ATP RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	ATPR 014CD

Following their 2003 ATP release On The Ellipse, Philadelphia indie-psych drone masters Bardo Pond return with a new offering comprised of rare unreleased tracks that have previously only been available in limited numbers as CD-Rs at the band's live shows. Selections is the band's seventh full-length release, and documents the highlights of their career, re-mastered and repackaged by ATP. Formed in 1989 by brothers John and Michael Gibbons, Bardo Pond is one of the most seriously underrated bands of the past few years and Selections is no exception to their mesmerizing work. Both heavy and intense, the album possesses a hypnotic spell that lures you into a psychedelic lair and always leaves you wanting more.

Artist:	BARDO POND
Title:	Ticket Crystals
Label:	ATP RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	ATPR 021CD

Philadelphia's Bardo Pond return in June 2006 with Ticket Crystals -- their sixth studio album and second for ATP Recordings. Completing a trilogy of work -- first embarked on with 2001's Dilate and centered with 2003's On the Ellipse -- Ticket Crystals resumes the quintet's signature doom tempo, multi-layered drones; while introducing a lighter pastoral, even Tudor-like feel, which rallies throughout against the band's youthful riff petulance. Recorded over two years at the band's home studio, a handful of the tracks first came to light on Bardo Pond's 2003 live UK dates alongside kindred spirits and former label mates, Mogwai. Tracking down the elusive balance between extensive improvisation and acutely structured arrangements, Ticket Crystals includes the spellbinding "Moonshine" (a ten-minute plus ethereal expedition that immediately recalls the acoustic intricacy of Led Zeppelin III coupled with the contemporary quirkiness of Cocorosie) and live favorite and album opener, "Destroying Angel," which only just manages to contain the sheer force of the brothers Gibbons' amplification and vocalist and flautist Isobel Sollenberger's haunting and occasionally terrifying tones. Also featured on the album is the band's unique reworking of The Beatles' White Album classic, "Cry Baby Cry," which was originally recorded for and broadcast by the BBC as part of their commemoration of the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death.

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