Browse by Label: ISOUNDERSCORE

Artist:	AEMAE
Title:	The Helical Word
Label:	ISOUNDERSCORE
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	ISO 002CD

2005 release. "The Helical Word was written by 23 year-old Brandon Nickell under the recording name Aemae over a lengthy two-year period in Oakland, California between 2003 and 2005. The record is an intensive experimentation with vocal resonance and digital formant manipulation, employing a wide array of synthesis techniques using self-written software. The Helical Word is undeniably a systematic and dark electronic exploration into the frequency domain. The record is constructed from the ground up as a pure exercise in synthesis without the use of field recordings, vocals, or samples."

Artist:	ARASTOO
Title:	Three
Label:	ISOUNDERSCORE
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ISO 003LP

2006 release. "Three is the work of 25 year-old Bay Area resident Arastoo Darakhshan. Ancient voices and drone work traverse paths of analogue synths, strings and synthetic textures through three tracks on this full-length LP, ultimately creating three distinct spaces of sound. The Three LP is the second full-length release for the Isounderscore label in Oakland, California and is the second release from Arastoo himself. Limited to 333 copies with black on black matte jackets."

Artist:	AEMAE
Title:	Maw
Label:	ISOUNDERSCORE
Format:	CD
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	ISO 004CD

2007 release. "Maw is the full-length follow-up to AEMAE's 2005 album The Helical Word. These five pieces were composed by 25 year-old Brandon Nickell between the period of summer of 2005 and fall of 2006. Perhaps it can be suggested that Maw expands upon the aurora borealis and detailed frequency patterns of The Helical Word , however it sets itself apart from its predecessor with time-scales that breath and contract, intense dynamics whipping around the listener's spatial perception, and compositions that layer themselves with contours shaped and crafted with unusual precision. Maw easily documents and moves within intersections of modern electronic music composition, noise, and experimental music utilizing synthesis to construct new sounds."

Artist:	ARASTOO & AEMAE
Title:	Ostrakon
Label:	ISOUNDERSCORE
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	ISO 005LP

2008 release. "Ostrakon is the long in the works LP collaboration between AEMAE and Arastoo Darakhshan. This project is specifically centered and largely structured around Darakhshan's live piano compositions. As such, the record marks a radical departure from Brandon Nickell's brutal synthetic compositions and solo work as AEMAE, as well as in Darakshan's case a departure from his drone minimalist synth works. The record is rich and glowing in ghostly resonance, old forgotten places with side-long pieces for each side: 'Ostrakon' and 'Capo'; black & white cover artwork by Darakhshan. Production, mixing and synthesis by Brandon Nickell (AEMAE); production, mixing, and piano by Arastoo Darakhshan. Recorded and finalized between 2007 and Winter 2008. Limited to 320 copies."

Artist:	MALEFICIA
Title:	Maleficia
Label:	ISOUNDERSCORE
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	ISO 006LP

2008 release. "Well in the works since late 2007 is the long overdue debut LP of Oakland experimental/noise duo Maleficia which features Ilysea Viles Sunderman on vocals/viola and Andy Way (also of French Radio, NF Orchest, Carrion, Riqis) on electronics. 'Making' and 'Remaking' were recorded at Earhammer Studios in Fall 2007 by Greg Wilkinson (Chronicles of Lemur Mutation, Carrion, Laudanum), and mastered in Winter 2008 by Thomas Dimuzio at Gench Studios in San Francisco. Two side-long tracks, 'Making' and 'Remaking' produce an exquisite and carefully balanced binary system of torrential noise along with beautiful vocals/viola; ultimately the result is an impressive debut record from one of the most original and interesting noise groups to come out of Oakland over the last couple of years. Both Ilysea Viles Sunderman and Andy Way have participated in live collaborations for groups such as inn.aff.(orchext.) -- centered around live improvisation involving members of irr. app. ext., Maleficia and NF Orchest. Maleficia's output until this point has consisted only of an extremely limited CD-R released in 2006, where its caustic and compositional qualities were compared to the likes of Fe-mail and the vocal stylings of Jarboe (Aquarius Records #237). Cover photo by Ilysea Viles Sunderman Limited to 400 copies."

Artist:	EBTEKAR & THE IRANIAN ORCHESTRA, ATA
Title:	Ornamental
Label:	ISOUNDERSCORE
Format:	2LP
Price:	$26.00
Catalog #:	ISO 007LP

Subtitled: Ata Ebtekar and the Iranian Orchestra for New Music Performing Works of Alireza Mashayekhi. "An ambitious, extremely complex, and sonically rich project that gives us an immense pleasure to release. An incredible collaboration between Ebtekar and Alireza Mashayekhi's Iranian Orchestra for New Music in Tehran, Iran involving dozens of trained musicians. Ebtekar has recently returned to the Bay Area from his three year stay in Iran where he closely worked with legendary composer Alireza Mashayekhi. The album spans 50 minutes, crystallizing acoustic instruments and electronic music composition with ten tracks fully realized by Ebtekar and Mashayekhi's orchestra. Ata Ebtekar (b. 1972, Hamburg Germany) aka Sote is an Iranian-American electronic composer and sound artist. His compositions are sonic tales synchronously decoding and regenerating customary patterns of thought in nature; aural designs of crisis and harmony where contempo meets folklore, orchestrating an artificial saga with a variety of illuminations and analysis. Presented here is a full-length album involving dozens of trained musicians performing works written by legendary Iranian classical and electronic music composer Alireza Mashayekhi in which Ebtekar was granted freedom by Mashayekhi himself to arrange and transform these compositions into fully realized pieces using his techniques of synthesis and electronic manipulation. Ornamental continues to explore even further than that which was presented in Sub Rosa's 2007 anthology, Persian Electronic Music (Yesterday and Today 1966-2006). The album also continues the radical experimental departure from his early electronic music work as Sote in the 12"'s published by Dielectric and Warp Records. Ebtekar's work continues to be painfully singular and shines bright in its ability to eliminate barriers the world over between noise, silence and modern electronic music composition. All music recorded in Tehran, Iran. Limited to 500 copies on black vinyl on full color spot-varnish matte jackets. Mastered by Thomas Dimuzio at Gench Studios in San Francisco, CA. Artwork and design by Brandon Nickell."

Artist:	DIMMER
Title:	Remissions
Label:	ISOUNDERSCORE
Format:	2LP
Price:	$26.00
Catalog #:	ISO 008LP

"Dimmer's Remissions is the second full-length album from longtime sonic architects of interactive feedback circuits, Thomas Dimuzio and Joseph Hammer. This 2xLP effectively represents four side-long pieces from their live shows throughout California taken place between 2006 and 2007. Essentially a follow-up to their 2007 album on Los Angeles' Melon Expander, Remissions expands upon the immense recursive tape looping and resampling that is found inherent in their work but achieves a weight and time displacement that greatly overshadows their dark preceding full-length. All four pieces were recorded at: Norcal Noisefest in Sacramento (2006, 'Sky Wire'), The Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco (2006, 'Sun Dog'), The Smell in Los Angeles (2006, 'Gases That Emit Light'), and ArtSF's Noise Pancakes Series (2007, 'Giant Eagle'). Live sampling, processing, feedback, looping by Thomas Dimuzio. Tape manipulation and processing by Joseph Hammer. Design and layout by Thomas Dimuzio, Joseph Hammer and Brandon Nickell. Limited to 500 copies on full-color sleeves with cover photography by John Dalton."

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