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Panicsville
A Dragonfly For Each Corpse LP+7"

This record left our Brian feeling ecstatic.

Chicago noise polluters Panicsville have been on the fringes of the confrontational theatre circuit for years now, dressing up in latex and throwing shit at their audiences, kind of a bit like Gwar or something but with better sounds. This lovingly packaged LP & 7" set is not what I was expecting. Unsettling indeed but not a barrage of squealing frequencies or the aural equivalent of clay spiked with shards of glass. It's more the sound of someone trying to fix a witches bike in a leaky haunted shed at midnight. And what I do know is the sheer quality of this pressing allows the eerie sounds & frequencies on here to strike fear into your soul, to climb into your mind, to swim around your brain fluid lakes, to pollute your very being. They sound so (dead) ALIVE! Side two has a different vibe though, a slightly medieval or pagan quality to it. The bike is still getting fixed but this time it's just dawn, there's 3ft of mist on the lawn and now SUDDENLY there's half a dozen Aphex-style nymphs running round you, playing fierce power electronics at ear shredding levels out of big black rubber cased ghetto blasters. This is fantastic.


Nate Wooley
Trumpet/Amplifier LP

This record left our Brett feeling happy.

Everyone's well into big circles at the moment. Check the new Autechre album, Sunn's Monoliths and Dimensions, that No Age 12" and now this. Circles are pretty cool I guess, but personally I'm more diggin' the net form of the dodecahedron at the moment. What this guy's doing reminds me a wee bit of Florian Hecker, albeit with a completely different tool set. Here he spends half the LP exploring the pure sound capabilities of the trumpet in a series of crazy toots which'll have you baffled with disbelief and wide-eyed with wonder at what he's managing to generate. The other half has him fiddling with an amp as it begs for sweet mercy. As a listening experience this comes off more as an exploratory noise record than anything else as the beauty of it is in the discovery of, and envelopment in, surprising and original sounds. No bad thing as far as I'm concerned but don't go jumping in expecting to be whistling along..


Peeesseye + Talibam! 2xLP

This record left our Business Lady feeling happy.

Ok, here we got ourselves a collaborative effort from then insane improvers Talibam! and the Gothic Junk folk experimentalism of Peeesseye, both emperors of the NYC improv scene playing in all sorts of outfits including the outstanding Storm and Stress. Anyway, after years of mutual friendship and touring activity they decided to get together and rock some purist improv fun and the results are mint. Matt Mottel's skronking keyboard drives these sessions into unlikely territories with his funk influenced, distorted organ tones and Kevin Shea is on fine form here playing blistering drums dictating the ambiance and flow of each development in the tracks. A rare vocal contribution brings things to ahead on the opener and makes for a lively intro to a consistently interesting, if slightly perplexing improv wigout. Should also note the significant contribution from the Peeeseye boys who provide an ambient framework of synth tones and guitars from which new ideas evolve. Definitely one of my favourite Talibam! albums i've heard so far and an excellent introduction to the power of Peeesseye. Please observe.

OUT NOW! Panicsville LP+7", Nate Wooley LP, Peeesseye+Talibam! 2xLP

Hello there!

Smeraldina-Rima is psyched to present three new releases!

Panicsville "A Dragonfly For Each Corpse" LP+7"

Nate Wooley "Trumpet/Amplifier" LP

Peeesseye + Talibam! 2xLP

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Panicsville "A Dragonfly For Each Corpse" LP+7"
Smeraldina-Rima 10
20 € (S&H excl.)

"A Dragonfly For Each Corpse is a record that stands no daylight. A feverish nightmare of an album, dragging us into a brown paper bag —ferocious cannibal jungle ambience seeping through— till we're cast down some stairs into a cellar made out of spit. A twirling folkballad sung by a ghost made out of chewing gum turns into a symphony of typing fingers, ticking clocks and slamming car doors, like a noirish soundtrack to the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby, accompanied by squeaking stuffed animals as eyewitnesses. A record that feels like a horror franchise turning into understated drama, where mourners and killers change places in unexpected and drastic fashion. With the collaboration of John Wiese, Josephine Foster, MV Carbon, Thymme Jones." —w

Edition of 400, heavy-weight vinyl with screenprinted open sleeve

panicsville.nihilistrecords.net
www.myspace.com/panicsville



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Nate Wooley "Trumpet/Amplifier" LP
Smeraldina-Rima 11
17 € (S&H excl.)

"Trumpet/Amplifier: three pieces of unrelenting pressure, from choking bursts of muteness to firestorms of sound. Trumpeter becoming trumpet. Brass ventriloquism." —ttt

Edition of 496, heavy-weight vinyl with screenprinted open sleeve. Liner notes by Ben Hall.

www.natewooley.com
www.myspace.com/woundedstoryteller



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Peeesseye + Talibam! 2xLP
Smeraldina-Rima 13
20 € (S&H excl.)

"Talibam! (Kevin Shea on drums, Matt Mottel on keyboards) and Peeesseye (Jaime Fennelly on electronics, Chris Forsyth on guitars and Fritz Welch on drums) have been pals and Evolving Ear labelmates for a while now, so it was only a matter of time before they all got together and let it rip. And rip this certainly does, driven on by the double-barrelled percussion attack, underpinned by Fennelly's drones and scribbled all over by Mottel and Forsyth, whose wild gonzo soloing is a happy and healthy reminder that one-chord jamming was part and parcel of American alt.rock before the word alt.rock even existed, back when Fugs roamed the Earth and Angus MacLise still turned up for rehearsals, back when these laddies were still twinkles in their daddies' eyes. Of course, it's not all one-chord rock —sometimes they dispense with chords altogether and dive headlong into the primeval murky soundpool, with scant regard for whatever sharp rocks and nasty beasties might be lurking under the surface. Loud, messy, dangerous and glorious." —Dan Warburton

Only 600 copies available, artwork by Rachel Lowther.

CD available at Invada Records!
invadarecords.bigcartel.com

www.peeesseye.com
www.myspace.com/talibam



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If you want to order, please drop us a line at orders[at]smeraldina-rima[dot]com

Store & distros, get in touch for wholesale prices.

Some other stuff that's coming out in a week or so:

Ryan Garbes "Unbreakable Flower" CS
Colby Nathan as Hyena "Commyn Straet" CS
Jonas Ruchenhever "Maze/Haze" CS

Stuff that's coming out real soon:

Steven H "Ik, Steven H" 12"
Relay I: Jack Allett / Kalbakken 7"
Spirit Of The Positive Wind LP
Extra Sexes "Spiral Mirror" LP
Alex Monk "The Safety Machine" 2xLP

Still available on Smeraldina-Rima

Alex Monk "Exchanging Chairs" CD-R
Boy+Girl "Cavity Orbit Sword" CD-R
Blue Shift "Pressure Corner" CD-R
Don't Move, Play Dead! "Live at the George 2nd Pub" CD-R
Alex Monk "Kit Mikaya" CD-R

Also, out now on audioMER.

Frederik Croene "Le Piano Démécanisé" LP

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Alright people, thanks for listening! Till next time!
—Levi

Peeesseye+Talibam! review in Paris Transatlantic Magazine

Great review of the Peeesseye+Talibam! album in Paris Transatlantic Magazine!

Talibam! (Kevin Shea on drums, Matt Mottel on keyboards) and Peeesseye (Jaime Fennelly on electronics, Chris Forsyth on guitars and Fritz Welch on drums) have been pals and Evolving Ear labelmates for a while now, so it was only a matter of time before they all got together and let it rip. And rip this certainly does, driven on by the double-barrelled percussion attack, underpinned by Fennelly's drones and scribbled all over by Mottel and Forsyth, whose wild gonzo soloing is a happy and healthy reminder that one-chord jamming was part and parcel of American alt.rock before the word alt.rock even existed, back when Fugs roamed the Earth and Angus MacLise still turned up for rehearsals, back when these laddies were still twinkles in their daddies' eyes. Of course, it's not all one-chord rock – sometimes they dispense with chords altogether and dive headlong into the primeval murky soundpool, with scant regard for whatever sharp rocks and nasty beasties might be lurking under the surface. Loud, messy, dangerous and glorious. Watch out for a vinyl release shortly too on Smeraldina-Rima.–DW

Releases set for 6th of March

If you need yet another reason to go to the KRAAK festival in Aalst on the 6th of March, next to seeing Yoshi Wada, we'll be having a stand holding 2 new releases there.

Nate Wooley Trumpet/Amplifier LP

A firestorm of grinding sound that emerges one into a highly personal sonic hellhole; Trumpet/Amplifier is a definitive statement by Wooley and is probably his most drastic and complete album to date. A marriage of noise and freejazz plagued by shadows and fog. Comes with extensive liner notes by Ben Hall (Graveyards).

Limited to 496 copies, with screenprinted art, designed by Levi Seeldraeyers.




Peeesseye+Talibam! 2xLP

A collaboration made in fudge, this brings together 2 tribes of cannibals that cook up a gumbo stew of Kraut infused jams and over the top arm wrestling organ-freakouts to conjure up bleeding walls of feedback. Result? A serious contender for the scariest psych fest this town has ever seen. The CD version of this is coming out on the lovely Invada Records.

Limited to 600 copies, artwork by Rachel Lowther.



Be like the smart kids and pre-order your copy, since these are expected to move fairly fast. Write to: orders[at]smeraldina-rima[dot]com

See you at the festival.

Ryan Garbes 'Unbreakable Flower'

Here's a peek at the cover for a tape release that should be out this March, "Unbreakable Flower" by Ryan Garbes. A collection of chaotic and battered freak-outs submerged in hot fatt and nameless liquid. Recommended! This guy used to drum with psych-kiddos Raccoo-oo-oon, who aren't around anymore unfortunately, but this stuff is definitely a cure for pain.


http://www.myspace.com/rgarbes

First Utterance

So, this is gonna be the place where we're planning to keep you up to date on Smeraldina-Rima releases and upcoming shows. We'll also be doing some reviews every now and then, plus the occasional rant.

A quick shout out for those who live in Ghent, this saturday we're doing a show at Smeraldina-Rima Headquarters, namely avant-garde lutenist Jozef van Wissem is doing an improv set with snare-rumbler Eric Thielemans. Also we have mister Awesome-O himself, Lieven Martens, playing as Dolphins Into The Future.

Place to go is Komijnstraat 1, 9000 Gent, Saturday 20th of February 2010. Doors at 20h, things start at 21h.


http://www.myspace.com/vanwissem
http://www.myspace.com/ericthielemans
Dolphins Into The Future @ Scheld'apen

See ya there.