Embarker - "Big Gary" cassette. $5.
Embarker is the solo project of Brooklyn based audiovisual artist Michael Barker. "Big Gary" shows a strong taste for the liminal sonic spaces of modified and homemade electronics, synths, and stringed pseudo-instruments in the creation of organic, rhythmic "noise" works. A fine entry in the spleencoffin catalog, and an excellent companion/follow-up to last year's Embarker cassette on I Just Live Here. Inserts and labels are handmade typewriter text on yellow lined memo paper with a drawing by Thomas Clark. Limited edition of 50 copies. First 20 copies feature special extra-limited edition "Big Gary" rub-on vinyl letters on the cassette shell exterior.
Kreace Peeps - "Asinine Frequncies" cassette. $5.
Kreace Peeps return from 4 years of obscurity to follow up 2007's classic "Pac Man Ghost Suicide by Shotgun Blast". "Asinine Frequencies" pools together a massive collection of reworked and/or simulated field recordings, utilizing location objects, improperly played non-western instruments, culinary tools, tape loops and tape manipulation, frothed beer cans, contact-miked piles of HVAC equipment, bottle caps strung through tennis rackets, artificial wind, and likely countless other undisclosed examples of "asinine" instrumentation and techniques for a surprisingly cohesive work of anti-genius. Hand-screenprinted covers and labels featuring drawings illustrating the circa 12th century process of harvesting Mandragora. Edition of 50.
Opéra Mort / Decapitated Hed - "Minuit Cerceuil/Zereo Zone" split 7". $5.
Paris/Brussels duo Opéra Mort team up with Spleencoffin regular Decapitated Hed for this well-paired split vinyl release. Everything you need is here: evil loops, piercing synths, destroyed dance rhythms, maniacal vocals, AND a handful of mesmerizing lock grooves to top it all off. This is sadistic death disco for the discriminating listener. Sleeves feature deep black multi-generation xerox shadows on heavy duty black kraft paper with silver hand-screenprinted text, laboriously DIY as always, limited edition of 300 copies.
