DA 226 MYLAR: Ten Trillion Tarantulas / OBLEAK split CD

Mastered by THOMAS GARRISON Music by TTT and OBLEAK

TTT (Spain / USA)

Enrique Garoz de Diego & W. T. Nelson collectively represent more than half a century of sound-craft using some of the most unique hardware anywhere. Garoz de Diego directs one of the most idiosyncratic high-voltage

DA 226 MYLAR: Ten Trillion Tarantulas / OBLEAK split CD

Mastered by THOMAS GARRISON Music by TTT and OBLEAK

TTT (Spain / USA)

Enrique Garoz de Diego & W. T. Nelson collectively represent more than half a century of sound-craft using some of the most unique hardware anywhere. Garoz de Diego directs one of the most idiosyncratic high-voltage analog studios to be assembled on the European continent in the last 20 years. Dedicated to building absolutely rugged audio with a diversity of projects, Enrique has activated, collaborated & performed with some of the most far-out audio artists on the planet. Gaba with collaborator Garazi Gorostiaga issues a consistently confounding din nourished by a strict diet of metaphysical literary subjects & ideas. P/E unit Emaztegiaiak is witness to Miguel A. Garcia’s smiteful electronics met head-on by Garoz de Diego’s lunatic-preacher vocalizations. Tube Tentacles’ glass-based electronic instruments & vivid plasma-textured documents feature a prolific who’s who of experimental excellence: splits with Guilty C., Witches of Malibu, Government Alpha & NBDY* just off the top.

Nelson started with analog tape in the 1970s & began building unique electro-acoustic instruments in the ‘80s. Association with Bastard Noise & Man is the Bastard in the 90’s inspired expedition into the analog electronic territories. Mentored by both father, William Nelson, an Electronic Engineer, & comrade Henry Barnes of Amps for Christ, new synths were soon part of concurrent music groups Sleestak & Unicorn’s sound. 2000’s saw the founding of Geronimo with percussionist Moises Ruiz & the Trogotronic Studio in Long Beach CA. The venture’s trajectory was guided by Geronimo & Bastard Noise producer Michael Rozon, Joey Karam from The Locust, Chris Goodreau of Sickness & Thomas Garrison / Control. In the 20 years hence the shop grew from a part-time pursuit to an all-the-time obsession. Presently Emperor of the North & TTT are provisioned by purpose-built in-house electronic prototypes. Both projects serve an interesting reciprocal role for the artisan-synth-studio’s R&D and vice versa.

TTT yields an extremely tight phonic gamut comprised of high-dynamic beat-based marches. It’s the sound of conflict; the sound of the collective upheaval born of the relentless rotten turds dropped from the lewdly gilded floating-world on high. The sound of a spontaneous industrial-orchestrated street melee peppered by flash-bang incendiary devices. Overwhelming numbers audaciously emerge from behind the barricades as one invincible movement.

Obleak (USA)

Some of the greatest artistic monuments are the result of ingenious procedure.

Obleak’s music is curated through the processes of self-generated rhythms. Probability sequences are initiated & interfaced with performance. The artist’s reaction to the machine in real-time is a key point of terrifyingly skilled engagement. Emphasis here is a focus on the application of experienced intuition & complete indifference to any reflection whatsoever. The ballistic sound of Obleak’s “Statolith”—a mechanized interactive assembly—accompanied by pulverized vocal conduct, assembles a visceral sonic collage.Direct connection from the contorted metallic soundscape to the key-lit cover art offers more proof of Obleak’s high-level command of communication in multiple mediums. The result is this collection of unique & heretofore unknown species of composition. A magnificent presentation whose execution may not be unseen or unheard. Music itself may be altered by their distribution.

DAFT ALLIANCE 2023

Concentrick is the solo works of artist and producer Tim Green. Known for his more abrasive work in Nation of Ulysses and The Fucking Champs, Lucid Dreaming shows us a different side of Green with 9 gentle Twin Peaks inspired cosmic synth classics.

Lucid Dreaming was originally released as part of the Emperor Jones catalog in 2002. To mark the 20

Concentrick is the solo works of artist and producer Tim Green. Known for his more abrasive work in Nation of Ulysses and The Fucking Champs, Lucid Dreaming shows us a different side of Green with 9 gentle Twin Peaks inspired cosmic synth classics.

Lucid Dreaming was originally released as part of the Emperor Jones catalog in 2002. To mark the 20 year anniversary Daft Alliance will reissue this gem for the first time on cassette. Professionally dubbed and printer sky blue cassette in sky blue Norelco case. Edition will be limited to 50 copies and is expected to sell fast. Cassettes will only be available for purchase through the Daft Alliance website.

READ FULL REVIEW IN PITCHFORK MAGAZINE- https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1569-lucid-dreaming/

Alma Maru (الممر : “passage”) - the culmination of twenty years of collaboration; an arrival at a luminous present after a tumultuous odyssey through unsettled times.

9 song CD. RIYL Amps for Christ, No Neck Blues Band, Throbbing Gristle, Sunroof!

REVIEW FROM BORED IN PITTSBURGH:

The sounds featured on Alma Maru’s self-titled debut, conjured via

Alma Maru (الممر : “passage”) - the culmination of twenty years of collaboration; an arrival at a luminous present after a tumultuous odyssey through unsettled times.

9 song CD. RIYL Amps for Christ, No Neck Blues Band, Throbbing Gristle, Sunroof!

REVIEW FROM BORED IN PITTSBURGH:

The sounds featured on Alma Maru’s self-titled debut, conjured via guitar and synth, vacillate between haunting, atmospheric drones and abrasive sheets of noise, sometimes within the same track. Spare, brooding beauty explodes into hellish chaos and then resolves itself again, like dust settling after an explosion. “Am18” is one of several tracks that sounds like a Godspeed You! Black Emperor demo that’s been left in the elements to degrade, the song’s swirling guitar tones submerged under a fine layer of static. The electronic warbles that undergird the piece simultaneously resemble the hoots of a clockwork owl and the beeps of a busted self-checkout station left to rust after a catastrophe. The impression left by “am18” is one of loneliness, a sad machine whirring on even though its raison d’être has long since been obliterated.

To All With History showcases three beautiful ambient compositions from composer Monte Cimino. Now available on CD from the Daft Alliance catalog.

In addition to his brilliant contribution to our Plague Hymns series, Monte has recently released collaborations with The Night Bench and Bill Laswell released on Laswell's M.O.D. label, and is known for

To All With History showcases three beautiful ambient compositions from composer Monte Cimino. Now available on CD from the Daft Alliance catalog.

In addition to his brilliant contribution to our Plague Hymns series, Monte has recently released collaborations with The Night Bench and Bill Laswell released on Laswell's M.O.D. label, and is known for his work in Burial Tree and Bay Area thrashers Concrete Walls.

Photography by Alby Pearson Artwork and design by Nathan Berlinguette

Daft Alliance is proud to announce the long overdue first proper release of Curse of the Birthmark’s self titled debut on 180gram black vinyl.

One of the best grimy alienating secret gems of San Francisco music, Curse of the Birthmark is finally getting a proper release, and on a great label to boot. Fantastic, bombastic and repulsive, live in the

Daft Alliance is proud to announce the long overdue first proper release of Curse of the Birthmark’s self titled debut on 180gram black vinyl. 

One of the best grimy alienating secret gems of San Francisco music, Curse of the Birthmark is finally getting a proper release, and on a great label to boot. Fantastic, bombastic and repulsive, live in the mid-aughts — a broken amp, the cheapest keyboard and a kit that only a mother could love have produced one of the most egregious freak noise dance grooves ever cut into plastic. Not for the faint of heart. For fans of Arab on Radar, Throbbing Gristle, Skin Graft, SIGHTINGS, Scissor Girls and uncombed mayhem everywhere — a perfect soundtrack for a wretched year.

Fuckwolf's 2019 demo tape is brought back to life following a near-death blow by the mighty fist of Covid 19. Updated with 2 new unearthed recordings from the iPhone Voice Memo vault! Remastered by John McBain (Monster Magnet), the songs now have a bite and girth for those who like em thick. We’ve been what? But I’m immunized!

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Fuckwolf's 2019 demo tape is brought back to life following a near-death blow by the mighty fist of Covid 19. Updated with 2 new unearthed recordings from the iPhone Voice Memo vault! Remastered by John McBain (Monster Magnet), the songs now have a bite and girth for those who like em thick. We’ve been what? But I’m immunized!

Fuckwolf plays psychedelic garage rock at it's finest. Features members of Curse of the Birthmark, Wooden Ships, Tussle, and Total Shutsdown to name a few. RIYL Thee Oh Sees, Deerhoof, or Scissor Girls.

Tape is being released in a limited editions of only 50 copies and will only be available through the Daft Alliance website.

With a murky provenance that spans three decades, Emperor of the North AKA W. T. Nelson's audio fieldwork includes performance & production of recordings on Three One G, Relapse, Kitty Play & Gravity Records by Geronimo, The Bastard Noise, Man is the Bastard & Sleestak (plus key electronic instrument designs for Trogotronic).

Originally

With a murky provenance that spans three decades, Emperor of the North AKA W. T. Nelson's audio fieldwork includes performance & production of recordings on Three One G, Relapse, Kitty Play & Gravity Records by Geronimo, The Bastard Noise, Man is the Bastard & Sleestak (plus key electronic instrument designs for Trogotronic).

Originally released as a limited edition of 100 cassettes by Kitty Play Records in 2015, EOTN's Street Van/Songs of Love is now issued by Daft Alliance for the first time on the digital audio compact disc medium.

First edition limited to 100 handmade cassettes.

The preposterous confederation of well established En Nihil & relative newcomer EOTN is itself something of an illusion. Collectively the personnel in both projects represent 60+ years of operation upon the event horizon of musical comprehension & classification. En Nihil’s well documented

First edition limited to 100 handmade cassettes.

The preposterous confederation of well established En Nihil & relative newcomer EOTN is itself something of an illusion. Collectively the personnel in both projects represent 60+ years of operation upon the event horizon of musical comprehension & classification. En Nihil’s well documented presence & influence in a seminal era of dark experimentation run amok in the blinding UV-lit hellscape of California’s “Southland” is shared with EOTN’s alternative engagements (TTT / Geronimo, Bastard Noise) therein. Similar bona fides do not equate similar approaches which is what makes this release so interesting.

Side A / Emperor of the North Sprawls prepares a visceral theme with sinister vocal condiment sparingly spread on violent analog aliment. Side B / Janky Funeral buries living ears in a devastating set of fingernail scratching live-entombment-electronics with absolutely no hope of disinterment.

Digital album out now with option to purchase

Side A / Emperor of the North Sprawls prepares a visceral theme with sinister vocal condiment sparingly spread on violent analog aliment. Side B / Janky Funeral buries living ears in a devastating set of fingernail scratching live-entombment-electronics with absolutely no hope of disinterment.

Digital album out now with option to purchase super-limited hand-numbered cassette.

Skeletonized started in 2012 as a solo recording project that consisted of drums and electronics. Through the years, the live band has included saxophone, bass, guitar, synthesizer, samples and vocals. The band's current sound is inspired by a wide range of musical influences that include no wave, free jazz, noise, punk & avant garde elements.

Skeletonized started in 2012 as a solo recording project that consisted of drums and electronics. Through the years, the live band has included saxophone, bass, guitar, synthesizer, samples and vocals. The band's current sound is inspired by a wide range of musical influences that include no wave, free jazz, noise, punk & avant garde elements.

On the latest release "Future Shock", the band includes drums as well as tenor sax, alto sax, synthesizer and guitar. Sampling recordings of these instruments was a huge part of the song writing process as well, with most of the compositions being sample and loop based entirely.

Tape is being released in a limited edition of only 50 copies and will only be available through the Daft Alliance website. PREORDER BEGINS 11/15/21.

READ REVIEW OF FUTURE SHOCK BY THE "BORED IN PITTSBURGH" BLOG HERE: https://boredinpittsburgh.home.blog/2021/07/02/daily-yinz-skeletonized-quartet-your-boring-life/

Preorder now to reserve a copy of the 2nd edition. Orders will beging shipping 07/01/21

The first album from Human Quena Orchestra was released in 2007 on Daft Alliance; Means Without Ends was a disturbing, introspective slab of blackened industrial doom that stood out in stark contrast from the rest of the slow n' low extreme doom scene, utilizing

Preorder now to reserve a copy of the 2nd edition. Orders will beging shipping 07/01/21

The first album from Human Quena Orchestra was released in 2007 on Daft Alliance; Means Without Ends was a disturbing, introspective slab of blackened industrial doom that stood out in stark contrast from the rest of the slow n' low extreme doom scene, utilizing layers of harsh textured distortion and electronics to create a caustic form of monstrous doom that shared as much of industrial music's cold, machine-like aesthetic as it did the ultra-slow riffage of the most extreme variants of doom metal.

Means Without Ends is slow and psychedelic with churning treated drums, blow out basslines, epic ambient drones, and tortured vocals à la Xasthur or The Locust. “It’s like a brutal, psychedelic, industrial version of Jesu.”—Andee Connors (Aquarius Records). Truly dark music.

Last Train Out is available through Daft Alliance on Clear Red Vinyl or CD.

"Sometimes albums are the collective energy of the people involved and how they interact with their surroundings. This would be that. On our third album, we were down to the original 3 members and it was back to basics. By this time we had figured out that the only way we

Last Train Out is available through Daft Alliance on Clear Red Vinyl or CD.

"Sometimes albums are the collective energy of the people involved and how they interact with their surroundings. This would be that. On our third album, we were down to the original 3 members and it was back to basics. By this time we had figured out that the only way we could excel as a 3 piece of 2 guitars & drums was to play tightly knit short songs that had little room to breath for all involved. I personally remember this as a negative period with a lot of negative energy; we turned our backs to the audience and purposefully engaged no one at all. This album is definitely mostly very negative but has a really raw, insular energy thats unlike the rest of the albums, as its literally what we wrote with our backs against the wall (and turned away and against any audience). Most of the album is just the raw 3 piece with no overdubs but then that trio ended and there are 2 newer songs w/ Eric Kiersnowski (Godzik Pink, Feather Wolf) which are lighter in tone and 2 with Bobb Bruno (Best Coast, For Carnation) playing bass. and also 2 compositions left over from the period of our first record that we didn't use before to counter-balance the brutality and bareness of the trio songs." – Paul Lai August, 2019

New noisey improv one man freak jazz from Nilserver's Mackenzie Kourie. All parts/instruments performed by Mackenzie Kourie In October 2020, recorded into Audacity, with no post production. Instrumentation includes drums, bass, guitar, percussion, trumpet, Moog Opus, and sampler. For fans of Skeletonized, Open City, Miles Davis, and Naked City.

New noisey improv one man freak jazz from Nilserver's Mackenzie Kourie. All parts/instruments performed by Mackenzie Kourie In October 2020, recorded into Audacity, with no post production. Instrumentation includes drums, bass, guitar, percussion, trumpet, Moog Opus, and sampler. For fans of Skeletonized, Open City, Miles Davis, and Naked City.

Cassettes are super limited to an edition of only 50!

Preorder LIMITED EDITION cassette. Orders begin shipping on 06/01/21

Barcodes features 8 collaborative dirges between Fifac and Dino Crisis. FiFac is a producer of aural textures extracted from ambient and concrète forms. Crystalline drone and aggressive variants of ambient and footwork music using various synthesizers, effects, and samplers. Dino

Preorder LIMITED EDITION cassette. Orders begin shipping on 06/01/21

Barcodes features 8 collaborative dirges between Fifac and Dino Crisis. FiFac is a producer of aural textures extracted from ambient and concrète forms. Crystalline drone and aggressive variants of ambient and footwork music using various synthesizers, effects, and samplers. Dino Crisis, aka Mackenzie Kourie of Rhode Island's NILSERVER, is generally a one man act of hyper free noise jazz with a focus on improvised percussion. Together the two have created something unique and playful in the spirit of free music.

"Sometimes albums are the collective energy of the people involved and how they interact with their surroundings. This would be that. On our third album, we were down to the original 3 members and it was back to basics. By this time we had figured out that the only way we could excel as a 3 piece of 2 guitars & drums was to play tightly knit

"Sometimes albums are the collective energy of the people involved and how they interact with their surroundings. This would be that. On our third album, we were down to the original 3 members and it was back to basics. By this time we had figured out that the only way we could excel as a 3 piece of 2 guitars & drums was to play tightly knit short songs that had little room to breath for all involved. I personally remember this as a negative period with a lot of negative energy; we turned our backs to the audience and purposefully engaged no one at all. This album is definitely mostly very negative but has a really raw, insular energy thats unlike the rest of the albums, as its literally what we wrote with our backs against the wall (and turned away and against any audience).

Most of the album is just the raw 3 piece with no overdubs but then that trio ended and there are 2 newer songs w/ Eric Kiersnowski (Godzik Pink, Feather Wolf) which are lighter in tone and 2 with Bobb Bruno (Best Coast, For Carnation) playing bass. and also 2 compositions left over from the period of our first record that we didn't use before to counter-balance the brutality and bareness of the trio songs." – Paul Lai August, 2019

"With brutal deployment of a relentless time-intensive process The Damage Done reduces hundreds of hours of performance to this disfigured 60 minute work. Superficially K.P.G’s, aka as Music Ends Here boss man Ken Geiger, seventh solo release appears to represent a precarious tipping point for every facet of the human experience, but the concrete

"With brutal deployment of a relentless time-intensive process The Damage Done reduces hundreds of hours of performance to this disfigured 60 minute work. Superficially K.P.G’s, aka as Music Ends Here boss man Ken Geiger, seventh solo release appears to represent a precarious tipping point for every facet of the human experience, but the concrete compositions confound with a deeper constant: The delusion of norms was only palliative distraction from our true (& current) state!" -WT Nelson

The Plague Hymns is a 4 part series, featuring over three hours of music, and nearly 40 artists, curated and compiled during the early stages of the Covid 19 global pandemic.

The compilation series features contributions from Psywarfare (Dwid Hellion), EVICSHEN, Aidan Baker of Nadja, MUDO (Igor Cavalera of Sepultura), Witches of Malibu, Ultracide

The Plague Hymns is a 4 part series, featuring over three hours of music, and nearly 40 artists, curated and compiled during the early stages of the Covid 19 global pandemic.

The compilation series features contributions from Psywarfare (Dwid Hellion), EVICSHEN, Aidan Baker of Nadja, MUDO (Igor Cavalera of Sepultura), Witches of Malibu, Ultracide (Jay Randall of Agoraphobic Nosebleed) KPG, Industrial Hazard (Spencer Hazard of Full of Hell), Nilserver, Trieu Thi Trinh (WT Nelson of Bastard Noise & Emperor of the North), NTSC, My Heart and Inverted Flame, Betty White Noise (performing a brilliant tribute to Integrity), En Nihil, Ryan Unks (of Human Quena Orchestra), Stone Jaw, Music En Berlin, and many others.

Daft Alliance has put together a double cassette set that includes all 4 parts to this series. First edition is limited to 100 copies. Tapes come in a sleek white vinyl case, with full color cover art by Kyle Ranson.

For Many Birthdays is the meticulously constructed second record from San Franisco based Tomonori Yasuda. Here Tomo runs the gamut from dense bursts of intricate glitch to expansive, ambient soundscapes, off time sequences counterbalanced by funky keys and broken jungle undertones. For Many Birthdays is another brilliant hit for an artist that also

For Many Birthdays is the meticulously constructed second record from San Franisco based Tomonori Yasuda. Here Tomo runs the gamut from dense bursts of intricate glitch to expansive, ambient soundscapes, off time sequences counterbalanced by funky keys and broken jungle undertones. For Many Birthdays is another brilliant hit for an artist that also performs with TUSSLE and FUCKWOLF!

Additional players on this CD: Aggie, Window Window, Colter Jacobsen, Nathan Berlinguette, Nathan Burazer.

Recommended if you like Matmos, Kid 606, Machinfabriek, Eats Tapes

This title is currently sold out, but we are excited to announce that we will press a limited second edition of Tomo's "Tomo" in spring of 2021.

The self titled debut of Japanese artist Tomo Yasuda is nothing short of a masterpiece. Tomo's creativity and sense of humor allow the music to transcend the pitfalls of electronic music. His melodic

This title is currently sold out, but we are excited to announce that we will press a limited second edition of Tomo's "Tomo" in spring of 2021.

The self titled debut of Japanese artist Tomo Yasuda is nothing short of a masterpiece. Tomo's creativity and sense of humor allow the music to transcend the pitfalls of electronic music. His melodic sensibilities greatly shape the proceedings into an intriguing and rhythmic electronic atmosphere like no other. Tomo touches on the playful electronic grooves and extends into more abstract and angular work that will certainly appeal to fans of Matmos, Asphex Twin, and Todd Terje.

Tomo also performs with San Francisco post-punkers TUSSLE, and with members of Curse of the Birthmark in FUCKWOLF.

CD comes in a slick silk screened jacket with artwork by Colter Jacobsen.

Mixed and mastered by Tim Green at Louder Studios in San Francisco.