stone baby - broken wings and bandages – phantom limb recordings - cdr - 6$
changeling – five hundered nights – phantom limb recordings - cdr - 7$
Recorded at the lavish Phantom Limb Recording studios, aka my house, this new cd-r from Los Angeles' premier
composer of blissed out loops sounds like it was transmitted directly through time and space from Kevin Shield's brain
while recording "Loveless".
Lush and yet desolate, this is the best work of Changeling so far, and it only promises to get better. Two massive
guitar and keyboard compositions, flying high above the ground, casting shadows on our hearts.
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warm climate and sleepwalkers local – theories and realities – phantom limb recordings - cdr - 7$
The perils of relationships, whether they be work-related or creative or whatever can be stressful and fraught with
disaster. Or they can be so unbelievably unbelievable that the whole picture is actually more than the sum of its parts
(deep, huh?). Well, this case is neither of those things... This is two musicians, at the height of their game, exploring
an unfamiliar territory for both of them. Part dub, part drone, and soaked with emotion and strangled voices, this is
Massive Attack for the Loaded set. Think of it as lounge music for a scrapyard, thick with metal scraping, electronics
buzzing, but also deep bass and challenged beats.
Packaged in a crappy plastic sleeve, and decorated with the ramblings of Seth Kasselman (aka Warm Climate), but
dripping with the sarcastic humor of Grant Capes (aka Sleepwalkers Local)
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zanzibar snails – vanadium dream – phantom limb recordings - cdr -7$
Unexpected sounds from unexpected new friends, the drone of Zanzibar Snails is both familiar and wholly
indescribable. Music made by inhuman means, an alchemy of sounds blasted and scorched, "Vanadium Dream" is a
thick radioactive depth charge to our oceanic roster of drone and trance sounds. It is an attack on the senses, staged
in three sections, a triptych of doom and resurrection.
Packaged in a beautiful 5 screen / 9 color silkscreened fold out cover, this is a looker to behold and a sounder to listen
at...
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entente cordiale - the recognition of common interests – phantom limb recordings - cd - 6$
A split release with Carbon Records, who describe this pro-manufactured CD release succinctly as "nearly 48 minutes
of sometimes sparce, sometimes dense, guitar work by this trio consisting of Will Veeder (Hinkley, Torpedoes, formerly
of Muler), Chris Reeg (Blood and Bone Orchestra, Crush the Junta, Ian Downey is Famous, DvsC, Ada le O, The
Years) and Joe Tunis (Joe+N, Crush the Junta, Tuurd, SQ, DvsC, Ada le O, formerly of Hilkka and Pengo). other
instrumentation includes heavy synth, droney melodica and homemade pipe chimes. co-released by Phantom Limb
Recordings.
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grandma larkey - the grand malarkey– phantom limb recordings - cdr - 6$
These guys rule! Take the forces of Nanopop and Insect Mind Burial Ground and mash them into a fine lysergic broth.
Add tectonic chunks of deep drone and hectic fuzz. Mix liberally with indignant rage at the raping of nature by man's
industry, and top it all off with a healthy dose of cynical humor. What you have is a recipe for the Grand Malarkey, a
reckless and inventive slab of noise art, a testament to skull-flowering everywhere.
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century plants – fingers – phantom limb recordings - cdr - 6$
Another upstate New York free-form group (must be something in the water?), Century Plants' two members hail from
Albany and lay down some heavily crazed guitar action on this release (their second one). Featuring members of
Burnt Hills, Century Plants have crafted a diverse world out of just three tracks, showing a complexity only outweighed
by the passion that created it.
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bjerga / iversen – drawn to the light like moths to the flame – phantom limb recordings - cdr - 6$
First group that I wanted to release a cd-r for that wasn't friends of mine... and
now I have the chance... And "Drawn to the light" is a doozy. One monumental
track of hiss and spark and growing tension, a vector dance through the eye
of a needle or an eye of the hurricane. If you know these two mens' work, then
you will realize this is essential... If you don't, this is a damn fine place to start.
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cahier orchestra – ciudad – phantom limb recordings - cdr - 6$
Marko of FInland has been making music for a long time (with releases on Foxglove,
Cut Hand and Sloow Tapes) But he has never made a collection of sounds as brutal
and intense at this yet.
Phantom Limb is honored to release this truly epic set of sonic mayhem,
blasted rhythms and blurred soundscapes. Glitched out bliss from across the sea!
-phantom limb
fantastic sleep – new master – phantom limb recordings - cassette - 4$
Recorded on the two most harrowing days of the year (Halloween and Tax Day), this cassette
documents the on-going assault on boring drone music. Created by Ged Gengras (Fantastic
Ego, Antique Brothers, and Thousands) and Grant Capes (Sleepwalkers Local 242, (VxPxC),
and Thousands), this sounds like none of that... OR this sounds like all of that mixed together
and shot through broken subwoofers, chewed on by an electric dog and then shat out onto
a landmine!
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rob funkhouser – allegory of the caves – phantom limb recordings - cdr - 6$
"Allegory of the Cave" is the first release of this young lad from the Midwest and it is pretty stunning in its minimalist
appeal.. Layering piano and organ in long icy runs, Rob adds in bells and light percussion to create a shimmering
ambient piece over 35 minutes long.
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sleepwalkers local 242 - things we put our friend through - phantom limb recordings - 3" cdr -4$
18 minutes of drugged out bedroom folk strained through cheap
computers. Think Low on more pain killers and Newcastles.
Comes in a sickly sweet sky blue and clouds spraypainted
plastic case, with printed insert and spraypainted 3 inch cd-r
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fantastic ego - trips the light - phantom limb recordings - cdr - 6$
From Ged Gengras (Antique Brothers) comes this accomplished take on
the new wave pop song ("Down in the Park") and some inspired no wave guitar
and sonica instrumentals. For fans of Current 93 and any Beta-Lactam Ring
releases
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6majik9 – rubber god head – phantom limb recordings - cdr - 6$
From the musical collective broadcasting Terracid, Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood, and other celestial craziness
comes the majikal sounds of 6Majik9. Channelling Coltrane through a cracked mirror image of the No-Neck Blues
Band, the music of "Rubber God Head' is a new form of world music, a world of not just distance and space, but of time
and past and future.
-phantom limb