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"Lethal Tender consists of the combined visions of Corum (of Timelash/Beguiling Isles) and newcomer 6-Ear colliding through a barrage of crunchy beats, off-kilter rhythms, hacked up speech synthesis, and bizarre melodies colliding and weaving to deliver a strange commentary of Americana industrial foolery a la Orange Milk Records, Sewn Leather, or even Herbie Hancock's Future Shock era chopped and screwed ripped and drippy on that special syrup. Funky, weird, and big but from a free-form noisy groove tip. Hard to pinpoint like a lot of Psychic Sounds releases, but intriguing as always. Mastered by Rashad Becker for an extra production punch, Empire of Illusion delivers a debut by these two heavy hitters that we're hoping to follow up from stat!" --Sarah H, PS
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PSR 027LP
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"What remarks can recall the pampered page when the subject shines through so many shaken seams? The remarks are for the producer of Quasimodo The Streetsweeper, the mysterious, though constantly revealing, CF, presenting himself here as Universal Cell Unlock. Christopher Forgues of Brown Recluse Alpha, Mark Lord, Kites, and author of blazetastic comic books. What remarks could remain after all that? However, one still finds this fresh pile of inviting and mature music, coated in the haunting haze of digital reverb. What premeditated remark could recharge reminisces of New York more than the city's newly appointed director of rodent mitigation? The lost legend of Tony Conrad running up the steps of a Manhattan church to meet the mysterious mad one playing the bells in the spire, Charlemagne Palestine. The bristles from the machines of swirling repetition that push parking brush to the side are repurposed here as pluckphonic metal keys, mined for their rich harmonic content. There are strategies taken from the decidedly unfocused on New York musical tradition of American and global capital-N Noise music. An invitation to a closed eye head bob is quickly revoked with a shock call to attentiveness. There's an attentiveness here. Across forty minutes of percussion music, with some stark electronic accouterments along the way, the focus on the form and compositional aspects is forgotten only to let the sounds build and interact without pesky human interruption. That's the remark to recall: remarkable music with new surprises pushed through." --Ben Kudler
Black and white double sided 11x17" hand stamped insert by CF. Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk at Stereophonic Mastering. Full color cover with black poly lined inner sleeve. Limited edition pressing of 300 black vinyl.
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PSR 026LP
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"This duo of Eva Titania Soledad Van Deuren (Orphan Fairytale) and Tristan Vloeberghs create wondrous, shapeshifting soundworlds. Glyphs & Gods bounds through the airy on muted sparkles and amorphous melodies tinged with psychedelia. Van Deuren and Vloeberghs spiral skeletal rhythms into darkened corners like they're being chased by water ghosts from another dimension. The music flits from formless whimsy to blurred terror the deeper it goes. Moments in the glaciated ether step downward and spit out sonic shards of guitar rinse and resonant vocal spells. Going further into the core of Glyphs & Gods only gets stranger, and more enticing. Textural globules are cut into tiny bubbles by sharpened timbres, opening a space for haunted houses to make themselves at home. It's all a setup to punch through into some kind of celestial paradise where we levitate on synthetic winds and the stillness of never. Highly recommended." --Foxy Digitalis
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PSR 025LP
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"The moon is out and it's time for experiments in the Pacific Northwest. Enter the abode of Smegma Laboratories, dwelling of Ju Suk Reet Meate & Oblivia (The Tenses) whom are active in Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS) notable collaborators with Merzbow, Wolf Eyes, John Wiese and infamous rock critic Richard Meltzer. It's late in the evening and they have invited fellow Smegmateer David Morgan along with synthesized sculptors Brenna Murphy & Birch Cooper of MSHR, and psychedelic shape-shifters Corum & Suzanne Stone of Million Brazilians. All have arrived to share conversation in a new potent brew of Sonic Fermentations about to be set into motion. A distant brass vibrates to initiate 'Batch 1' whetting the mug as we gaze through low glow haze of undulating electricity and nervous clatter. We are directly dipped into a volatile vat of saxophone trills, whistling lasers, conch moans, tense string vibrato, rattle snake shake, knife sharpening, gong burst, eastern flute, percussive clang, ratchet stir, guided all by the sway of upright bass to soothe the highly expressive ooze. Now activated, 'Batch 2' is too mutagenic for any container, a deep drank of sci-fi exotica concoction with psychotropic effects churned by a monstrous kalimba, canned laughter, radio broadcast fritz, eerie lap steel, double reed riff, all torched in a broth of stretching electrical beams. Suspense arrives by waiting for these themes to disintegrate and dissolve steering into unrecognizable forms. Once that happens, allure clashes with grotesque, contours between exhilaration and wailing dissolve, and the music becomes a current of unified instinct by this Psychic Sounds Ensemble. Sip it or shoot it, either way will result in stimulating both head and visceral.' --Karen K. Full color Folkways style wrap-around cover. Hand stamped & metallic screen printed insert. Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk. Limited pressing of 200."
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PSR 023LP
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"'While stumbling through the Shiek's Bazaar of the Bizarre, I came across Idaho Joe serenading a flea circus under a rug. Corum hovered nearby conducting with tea tree oil toothpicks. Fortunately, the tape was running. The smoke is thick but you can make out some shapes in the haze. Joe seems to be floating through the same wing of the ethno forgery museum that Alvarius B called home. There are some seasonings that taste a little like Tower Recordings with mashed potatoes. This all comes housed in one of the finer Corum covers in the Psychic Sounds network. Do the right thing and pick this up.' --Scott Simmons, Exiled Records"
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PSR 022LP
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"'Embassador Dulgoon is known for his intrepid contributions for the world-traversing experimental science ensemble Nonlocal Society, however the eccentric Chilean multi-instrumentalist points us in a very different direction for his most recent revelation entitled Hydrorion Remnants. Dulgoon delivers a fantastic voyage by way of transportive electro-acoustic elements, roaming crypto-zoological sampling, and soaring synthesized melodies that all work to create a truly unique escapade. Burrowed systems of organ tones, colossal reptile grunts, washes of native twang, shapeshifting effects, sliding sonic tendrils of dangerous fauna, rowdy bird calls, heroic guitar trod, and interconnected tunnels of feedback are all mapped out for you to explore. Activate the artifact that is Hydrorion Remnants to reveal a dense world of wild beasts and uncharted landscapes that only the most adventuresome dare to seek.' --Grant Corum for Psychic Sounds"
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