a distant place - feat. the poetry of jamesreindeer

gentle readers. might we stop to announce a really nice piece for your listening pleasure, something beautifully soothing for the ongoing summer months perhaps. the very splendid souls at folk radio uk have seen fit to assemble a mix of songs inspired by my 'shallow pools' spoken word release, which you can read more about right here.

A Distant Place (Poetry & Music) by Folk Radio Uk on Mixcloud

an hour's worth of glorious folk music, inter-cut with excerpts from the 'shallow pools', featuring beautiful musical works from a host of artists including decorative stamp's very own band of buriers, not to mention the near-legendary meg baird, amongst a wealth of others. be sure to listen in, it is something rather wonderful indeed.

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jamesreindeer

fuzzier dismemberment logic

dear readers. might i briefly draw your attention to the splendid 'fuzzier dismemberment logic' extended remix, featuring myself alongside the masterful trip from saarpreme over the chryso-produced beat, a re-working of the original track taken from his 'demon's run' album.

now streaming, and now also available as a free download from chryso's bandcamp page, be sure to have yourself a listen as well as fixing yourself a free download... and do be sure to secure yourself a copy of the album, available now from the mighty postrap collective.

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jamesreindeer

amidst the grease and chaos - second edition - out now

might we gladly announce that the ultra-limited hand-crafted second edition of the staggering and highly-praised 'amidst the grease and chaos' album from the mysterious iron filings and sellotape collective is now available to order from both the decorative stamp online store as well as my own bandcamp page.

already heralded as a 'classic' from many quarters, the album is a twenty track hallucinatory, psychedelic journey through field recordings, found sounds, manipulated loops, drones and distorted drum-sets. a darkly disorientating collection of sound-pieces indeed.

the second edition features the same tracklisting as the first, but with completely new album artwork, prepared in collaboration with the raindrop watchers and providing yet another enthralling set of images to complement the sounds therein. be sure to investigate immediately.

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jamesreindeer

chryso - demon's run - album out now

with much enthusiasm and after what seems like the longest of waits, we can at last collectively announce that the astonishing debut album from the mighty chryso is at last upon us, entitled 'demon's run' and available as a limited edition cd and download, featuring sumptuous artwork from albane, from the masterful postrap collective. spanning fifteen tracks and featuring a host of vocal collaborators including the likes of the mighty misanthrop, soda, qwer, noah23, myself, nimrod and more, and drawing us along avenues of staggeringly varied and fascinating production work, moving effortlessly between electronic and organic, the album is something of a great success to say the least. be sure to think about fixing yourselves copies directly, there is a wealth of treats to be found within this release indeed.

for my own part, i had been aware of chryso's work since first hearing his amazing collaboration with soda on the 'feat. soda' album, and since then had known he was a name to keep an ear out for, but had never really had the chance to cross paths with, until i most unexpectedly and gladly received an invitation to get involved with the 'demon's run' album project. i eagerly anticipating hearing the selection of beats he sent over to me to audition, and gladly found one which inspired me to word the text that became 'fuzzy dismemberment logic'. a fitting title for sure, as the track provided me with the perfect backdrop to word an equal lurid, psychdelic piece spanning a host of absurdist images in rapid sequence. a good deal of fun to write and something a little out of the ordinary perhaps.

since this fine collaboration i can gladly report that chryso and i have become something of good friends and have managed to cross paths at a number of events, inclduing the 3rd skribble gebibble birthday party, as well as the 3rd 1,2-piecefest, and how i can effortlessly report that he is a really wonderful guy, the kind of guy where you immediately know that he is a really good man and a really decent person. so, do be sure to check out the album, support the artists involved, 'like' chryso on facebook, bookmark his website, swing past his bandcamp, and generally get involved. good times indeed.

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jamesreindeer

iron filings and sellotape - re-release coming next week

ladies and gentlemen. with great enthusiasm and excitement we can announce that, this time next week, decorative stamp shall be re-releasing the highly-acclaimed debut album from iron filings and sellotape as a further limited edition of just fifty hand-crafted copies, featuring entirely new artwork designed in collaboration with raindrop watchers.

already heralded as something of a classic, including being voted as 'album on the month august 2011' by trip-hop.net, and making  a lot of 'end of year lists' for 2011, might we strongly suggest that you think about securing yourself a copy as soon as next monday rolls around, as we are anticipating that they shalln't be available for too long. get involved!

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jamesreindeer