Emeralds & Aaron Dilloway - Under Pressure (Hanson 2008)

Cleveland cosmic synth trio Emeralds and ex-Wolf Eyes noisester Aaron Dilloway team up on this 2008 Hanson Records release for 40 minutes of zoned out, slowly mutating electronics.

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Flower Man - Peppermint Steamroom (Young Tapes

A personal favorite. Chaotic, interstellar synth work from dude/half Caboladies/former Lexingtonian Chris Bush. Released on Young Tapes, 2009.

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Religious Knives - In Your Head CS (Rampart)

10 minutes of subterranean rumbles, tornado wind gusts, and half heard voices at a séance. 2006 release by Brooklynites on Lexington, KY based Rampart Tapes.

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Kites - Kites Vol. 2

Random blasts of lo-fi punk, creepy freak folk, and feedback squall from Providence weirdo Kites (Christopher Forgues), released in 2002 on Unskilled Labor.


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Uneven Universe - Nightcrawler Walls

Haunted horn blasts from Michiganders Dan & Holly on DNT Tapes.

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Total Life - S/T

T: "Yo, you robbing me? What tapes do you have there? That's good... That's good... OH SHIT TOTAL LIFE!"
Me: "Is it awesome?"
T: "Dude, it's like everything that you want Growing to be."

Keven Doria (Growing) conjures some thick walls of static on this Animal Disguise release.

Caves - s/t c15

Mind melting drones from Lexington nice guy Ben Allen (Wretched Worst, Benstances) on the now-defunct Blood Red Cassettes label. Side A features creeping war drums and malfunctioning short-wave static, while Side B holds a damaged guitar raga accompaniment for inter-stellar satellite beams. The whole thing plays out like the soundtrack for the deleted scenes of Apocalypse Now.


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