After a long hiatus, Heavy Tapes is back. We have six new tapes, which are packaged in letterpressed custom fabricated cardstock tape covers which wrap around and tuck into themselves. All artwork is black ink on white cardstock by Maya Miller. Cassettes will be available from distributors shortly. Keith Fullterton Whitman "A Bogan Apocalypse" c60 One of the people on our original wish list for the "Solo Synth" series, Keith Whitman offers three pieces which invoke various intense mental landscapes through melodic sweeps, pulsing bass, scrambled signals, and more discernable electric speak. You think the ground is new and the water is still flowing, but it's just inverted, and instead they stand to reflect your thoughts inward -- hard to explain, but easy to enjoy. Jazzfinger "Tour of the Moors Volume 1" c60 Jazzfinger have managed to span chronology and geography with their destructive path of sonic dedication and abandon. This tape collects two live performances where the group floats recorders, voices, and electricity through the channels and pipes of a true clutch of old school heads -- a very worthwhile picture indeed. Workbench & Black Quarter / Cornucopia "Live in San Juan" c30 The trip from the Western part of the Island to San Juan is smooth and dramatic -- the trees melt away and a metropolitan bulb protrudes. Right in the shadow of the bulb is Santurce, where the Cubo space is a jagged realm of concrete and hyper productive thought and action. Workbench and Black Quarter were lucky enough to be invited to play in the San Juan Noise Fest and this is a partial document of the evening -- our live set on one side, and Puerto Rican noise mainstay Cornucopia on the other. A small slice of a magical evening in Puerto Rico. Tom Grimley "Never Mind the Abstention, Here's the Semi-Automatic" c30 This tape is a series of recordings of an automated electronic ensemble - independent agents designed and built by Tom Grimley to perform his music for him. Side "A" includes studies for the full piece and the full recording of "Never Mind..." while side B contains "Studies for a New Trio." Both of these recordings are remarkably new and fascinating -- new and unheard voices interact and produce something that warrants close attention -- there are layers of discussion and projection, hums, creaks, whistles, throbs, and more. First in a planned series of projects with Heavy Tapes and Tom. Withdrawal Method "Live Letting" c20 We first met Drew from Withdrawal Method / Since 1972 at the first No Fun festival -- he was selling tapes and hanging with the Nyoukis/Brighton crew, and his tapes were killer. After finding about his music project Withdrawal Method by a few bootleg live shows and officially released cassettes, we asked Drew for a master, and he gave us two live performances -- an optimal way to enjoy his sounds. Rough, live, purely electronic, these two pieces defy description -- just bury your head in the sand and trust us on this one. Religious Knives & The Haunting "Live in the Cove" c20 When you're "a couple," there's nothing better than finding another couple that you connect with. Here, husband and Wife teams Religious Knives and The Haunting (Mike and Tara Connelly) hook up for a late night pyjama jam after a full evening of eating, drinking, and relaxing. We knew we were friends, but would the jams work out? I think we found out that we have as much in common in terms of sound and approach as we do in taste for food and wine. Creaking, reverb, a jar full of marbles, and a lot of atmosphere. You don't need to be full and sitting by candlelight to enjoy this, but it helps.