26 APRIL 2013
Upcoming releases & events.
For the most current news & information check twitter.
Upcoming releases:
Philip Corner Deutsche Bundesbahn LP
Paul Panhuysen Eight Double Sudokus LP
Enrico Coniglio Bragós LP
Lawrence English Viento LP
Francisco Lopez untitled#300 LP
etc
2013 events:
Mary Halvorson of MAP
Apr 26 - Annandale-on-Hudson NY - w/ Peter Evans & Weasel Walter @ Bard College
Apr 27 - Buffalo NY - w/ Peter Evans & Weasel Walter @ Hallwalls
Apr 28 - Toronto ON - w/ Peter Evans & Weasel Walter @ tba
Apr 29 - Montreal QC - w/ Peter Evans & Weasel Walter @ La Sala Rossa
May 1 - Brooklyn NY - w/ Kim Gordon, Julia Holter, etc @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple, 8pm
May 2 - Middletown CT - w/ Jessica Pavone @ Wesleyan University, Russell House, 8:30pm
May 4 - New York NY - w/ Secret Keeper @ Cornelia Street Café, 9pm & 10:30pm
May 5 - New Haven CT - w/ Secret Keeper @ The Big Room, 7pm
May 6 - Cambridge MA - w/ Secret Keeper @ The Lilypad, 7pm
May 7 - Quincy MA - w/ Secret Keeper @ Adams Academy, 7:30pm
May 8 - Montreal QC - w/ Secret Keeper @ Casa del Popolo, 8:30pm
May 9 - Marlboro NY - w/ Secret Keeper @ The Falcon, 7pm
May 10 - Nashville TN - w/ Secret Keeper @ Zeitgeist Gallery, 7pm
May 12 - Baltimore MD - w/ Secret Keeper @ Creative Alliance, 7pm
Tatsuya Nakatani of MAP, etc
Apr 26 - Easton PA - w/ Michel Doneda @ Connexions Gallery
Apr 27 - Pittsburgh PA - w/ Michel Doneda @ Garfield Artworks
Apr 28 - Columbus OH - w/ Michel Doneda @ Wild Goose Creative
Apr 29 - Cleveland OH - w/ Michel Doneda @ The Go Factory at All Signs Go
Apr 30 - Detroit MI - w/ Michel Doneda @ Trinosophes
May 1 - Toledo OH - w/ Michel Doneda @ Robinwood Concert House
May 2 - Chicago IL - w/ Michel Doneda @ Elastic
May 3 - Omaha NE - w/ Michel Doneda @ OM center
May 4 - Kansas City KS - w/ Michel Doneda @ Paragraph Gallery, Charlotte Street Foundation
May 5 - Springfield IL - w/ Michel Doneda @ The Pharmacy
May 6 - Lexington KY - w/ Michel Doneda @ Mecca Live Studio & Gallery
May 7 - Nashville TN - w/ Michel Doneda @ Chestnut Studios, 7:30pm
May 8 - Chattanooga TN - w/ Michel Doneda @ Folk School of Chattanooga
May 9 - Knoxville TN - w/ Michel Doneda @ Pilot Light
May 10 - Atlanta GA - w/ Michel Doneda @ The First Existentialist Congregation, 8pm
May 11 - Asheville NC - w/ Michel Doneda @ Asheville Apothecary
May 12 - Raleigh NC - w/ Michel Doneda @ Marsh Woodwinds
May 13 - Richmond VA - w/ Michel Doneda @ Nile Cafe
May 15 - New York NY - w/ Michel Doneda @ Gallery 109
May 17 - Victoriaville QC - w/ Michel Doneda @ Festival International De Musique Actulle de Victoriaville
May 19-20 - Vandreuvre les Nancy, France - w/ Michel Doneda @ Musique Action Festival
Oren Ambarchi
Apr 29 - Montreal QC - solo @ La Sala Rossa
May 12 - Glasgow, Scotland - w/ Stephen O'Malley @ Tectontics Festival / Ciry Halls Candleriggs
Jul 6 - Helsinki, Finland - w/ Nazoranai @ Kuudes Aisti Festival 2013
Jul 7 - Roskilde, Denmark - w/ Nazorani @ Roskilde Festival (Pavillion)
Jul 11 - London, United Kingdom - w/ Nazorani @ Scala
Pauline Oliveros of Deep Listening Band, Timeless Pulse, etc
Apr 22-29 - Hong Kong - artist residency @ City University of Hong Kong, School of Creative Media
May 2 - Troy NY - w/ Laurie Anderson @ EMPAC, RPI Campus, 8pm
May 8 - Kingston NY - ASKar @ Steel House Restaurant, 5-9pm
May 18 - New York NY - w/ Triple Point @ Eyebeam
Jun 1 - Los Angeles CA - w/ Nubian Word for Flowers @ Hammer Museum's Billy Wilder Theater, 2-5:30pm
Jun 5 - New Paltz NY - w/ David Rothenberg, Mikhail Horowitz, Cicada Invocation & Ione @ Mohonk Mountain House
Jun 15 - Kingston NY - w/ David Rothenberg, Mikhail Horowitz, Cicada Invocation, Ione, etc @ Rotary Park, 3-6pm
Jun 22 - New York NY - solo @ HarvestWorks, 8pm
Jun 23 - Jul 5 - Deer Isle ME - Deep Listening Intensive @ Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Jul 12 - Troy NY - Keynote Address at First International Conference on Deep Listening @ EMPAC, RPI Campus
Aug 1 - New York NY - solo @ Museum of Modern Art Sculpture Garden, 6:30pm
Aug 31 - Woodstock NY - solo @ Byrdcliffe Colony
Stephen O'Malley of Lotus Eaters
May 2 - New York NY - w/ KTL & solo @ Knockdown Center / RBMA Drone Activity in Progress, Queens
May 12 - Glasgow, Scotland - w/ Iancu Dumitrescu & w/ Oren Ambarchi @ Tectontics Festival / Ciry Halls Candleriggs
May 29 - Paris, France - w/ The Pyre (directed by Gisèle Vienne) @ Festival Manifeste, Centre Pompidou, Les Spectacles Vivants
May 30 - Paris, France - w/ The Pyre (directed by Gisèle Vienne) @ Festival Manifeste, Centre Pompidou, Les Spectacles Vivants
May 31 - Paris, France - w/ The Pyre (directed by Gisèle Vienne) @ Festival Manifeste, Centre Pompidou, Les Spectacles Vivants
Jul 6 - Helsinki, Finland - w/ Nazoranai @ Kuudes Aisti Festival 2013
Jul 7 - Roskilde, Denmark - w/ Nazorani @ Roskilde Festival (Pavillion)
Jul 11 - London, United Kingdom - w/ Nazorani @ Scala
Jon Mueller
May 3 - Chicago IL - w/ Death Blues @ The Burlington, 9pm
May 4 - Milwaukee WI - w/ Death Blues @ The Cactus Club, 10pm
Bryce Beverlin II
May 13 - Minneapolis MN - w/ Milo Fine, Elaine Evans & Paul Metzger @ Homewood Studios
4 MARCH 2013
Eleh Homage 3xLP box available now!
TAIGA 25 - Eleh Homage 3xLP box is now available in our shop.
Listen to 1-minute samples from each disc or read more about this title.
All 3 discs are pressed on 200g virgin vinyl & come in silkscreened jackets.
The components are housed in a rigid white slipcase with spot-varnish printing hand-numbered /800.
*Update: 5 March 2013 - This is sold out but is or will be available soon from:
Important, Forced Exposure, Metamkine, Boomkat, Norman, Volcanic Tongue, SoundOhm, etc
11 FEBRUARY 2013
Eleh Homage 3xLP box coming soon.
TAIGA 25 - Eleh Homage 3xLP box will be available to order soon.
No pre-orders for this title, it will be available to order when it's ready to ship.
The discs & silkscreened jackets have arrived but the boxes are still being manufactured.
Once the boxes arrive, hopefully soon, assembly will commence with ordering to follow shortly thereafter.
An email will be sent to our mailing list when these are available.
If you are not on the list & would like to be added send a request to info@taigarecords.com.
View the cover art & listen to 1-minute samples from each disc in our catalog or read more about this title here.
30 NOVEMBER 2012
Jon Mueller Death Blues LP available for pre-order.
TAIGA 24 - Jon Mueller Death Blues LP is now available for pre-order.
There will be 100 gold & baby blue blend, 200 silver & 200 black pressed, all on 200g virgin vinyl.
The LPs will come packaged in hand-numbered heavy-duty litho-wrapped jackets including the full Death Blues manifesto.
A completion date is not confirmed at this point but these will likely start shipping around January 14, 2013.
*Update 3 December 2012: the gold & baby blue blend version is sold out but silver & black vinyl are still available for pre-order.
*Update 30 January 2013: this title is sold out.
This release is a collaboration between Taiga & Hometapes.
Hometapes have released a digital version & the whole album is available for listening here.
Additionally, the Death Blues manifesto, which will be included with the LP, can be downloaded at Change This.
Listen to an excerpt, read more about the Death Blues album or pre-order the LP in our shop.
For full details on the Death Blues project visit deathblues.com
Front & back covers:
A side label on white & silver blend as an example of how the gold & baby blue color will look & B side label on silver vinyl:
26 OCTOBER 2012
Test pressing & rarities auctions, end of 2012 plans, etc
To raise funds for our upcoming releases we have listed 23 auctions, one for each title Taiga has released so far.
Auctions include test pressings &, in the instances we didn't have an extra test, sold out color vinyl versions from our archives.
All ending Friday, November 2, the funds from these auctions will help us continue to make future releases of the highest caliber.
Speaking of future releases, we have two very special titles we are working towards getting out before the end of 2012:
Eleh Homage 3LP boxed set & Jon Mueller Death Blues LP
More information on both of these releases will be posted here soon.
Finally, thanks to everyone who pre-ordered the Nakatani Gong Orchestra LP!
The vinyl arrived on October 10 but the jackets are still being manufactured.
Once the jackets arrive these will be assembled & shipped out immediately.
Please note, there are only a few of the the limited to 100 white / clear half & half split vinyl left in our shop.
*Update 21 November 2012: All Nakatani Gong Orchestra LP pre-orders have shipped as of Monday, November 19, 2012.
The white / clear version is sold out but gong & black vinyl is still available in our shop.
28 SEPTEMBER 2012
TAIGA 23 available for pre-order.
TAIGA 23 - Tatsuya Nakatani Nakatani Gong Orchestra LP is now available for pre-order.
These are currently scheduled to begin shipping the week of October 29, 2012.
Read more about the Nakatani Gong Orchestra LP here or listen to an excerpt here.
Pressed on 100 white / clear split, 200 black & 500 gong, the entire pressing is on 200g virgin vinyl.
Packaged in a heavy Stoughton tip-on jacket wrapped in black paper printed with metallic ink & hand-numbered /800 on the back.
Jacket front & back cover:
*Update 10 October 2012: The jackets are still being manufactured but the vinyl has arrived!
31 AUGUST 2012
TAIGA 21 & 22 available now!
The new Deep Listening Band & Pauline Oliveros 2xLPs have arrived & will start shipping next week.
Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered, your support is greatly appreciated!
Deep Listening Band Needle Drop Jungle 2xLP transparent blue vinyl sold out through pre-orders.
A few mustard & black vinyl copies remain in our shop.
Pauline Oliveros Primordial / Lift 2xLP broze vinyl also sold out during pre-orders.
A handful of transparent purple & black vinyl copies remain in our shop.
*Update 12 September 2012: Both of these titles are sold out, check our distributors/select stores for availability:
Forced Exposure, Metamkine, Boomkat, Norman, Volcanic Tongue, SoundOhm, Denovali etc
TAIGA 21 - Deep Listening Band Needle Drop Jungle 2xLP:
TAIGA 22 - Pauline Oliveros Primordial / Lift 2xLP:
31 JULY 2012
TAIGA 21 & 22 pre-orders available
TAIGA 21 & 22 are now available for pre-order.
Test pressings have been approved for both titles & they are in final stages of production now.
These are scheduled to begin shipping the week of August 27, 2012.
TAIGA 21 - Deep Listening Band Needle Drop Jungle 2xLP consists of highlights from DLB's January 2011 residency in Seattle.
Listen to an except here or read more about the album here.
There is also a 10:00 excerpt from Needle Drop Jungle in the Spring 2012 Mix at Sound Colour Vibration.
TAIGA 22 - Pauline Oliveros Primordial / Lift 2xLP was recorded 25 September 2010 at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn NY with Anne Bourne, Andrew Deutsch, Miguel Frasconi, David Grubbs, Jason Huang & Suzanne Thorpe.
Listen to an except here or read more about the album here.
Needle Drop Jungle pressing info: 100 transparent royal blue, 200 opaque mustard yellow & 200 black (all 200g virgin vinyl).
Primordial / Lift pressing info: 100 opaque bronze, 200 transparent purple & 200 black (all 200g virgin vinyl).
Both titles come packaged in pocket-flooded doublewide jackets with custom slipcovers.
TAIGA 21 - Deep Listening Band Needle Drop Jungle 2xLP:
TAIGA 22 - Pauline Oliveros Primordial / Lift 2xLP:
*color vinyl images courtesy of Pirates Press.
31 MAY 2012
TAIGA 20 available for pre-order
TAIGA 20 - Jon Mueller & James Plotkin Terminal Velocity 2xLP is now available for pre-order.
These are scheduled to begin shipping the week of June 25, 2012.
Mueller & Plotkin are performing together June 21, 22 & 23 on the US east coast, details below.
*Update 5 July 2012: This is sold out here but will be available soon from:
Forced Exposure, Metamkine, Boomkat, etc
Listen to an except here or read more about the album here.
There is also a 10:00 excerpt from Terminal Velocity in the Spring 2012 Mix at Sound Colour Vibration.
Pressing info: 100 transparent light blue w/ opaque gray splatter, 200 transparent orange & 200 black (all 200g virgin vinyl).
Packaged in heavy-duty Stoughton tip-on gatefold jackets printed on a felt textured paper to compliment the graphite drawings.
Each copy is hand-numbered /500 on the spine.
Gatefold jacket front cover, back cover & inner spread:
Approximations of A & C labels on transparent light blue w/ opaque gray splatter vinyl + B & D labels on transparent orange:
30 MAY 2012
Happy 80th birthday Pauline Oliveros!
American visionary electronic & experimental music pioneer Pauline Oliveros turns 80 today. Her incalculable & continuing contributions to education, science & sonic art are certainly cause for celebration! Just as there have been many performances, workshops, etc. leading up to this day the festivities will not stop here. To commemorate, Taiga Records is releasing 2 double-LPs, Deep Listening Band Needle Drop Jungle & Pauline Oliveros Primordial / Lift, both in production now. For more events surrounding PO's 80th, please visit her calendar.
30 APRIL 2012
TAIGA 19 available now!
TAIGA 19 - Alan Lamb, Garry Bradbury, David Burraston, Oren Ambarchi & Robin Fox Wired Open Day 2009 2xLP
is now availble in our shop. This will begin shipping next week, around May 7, 2012.
Update 22 May 2012: This is sold out from us but available now or soon from:
Forced Exposure, Metamkine, Boomkat, Volcanic Tongue, etc
Listen to 2:30 excerpts from each side of Wired Open Day 2009 included in our Spring 2012 Mix at Sound Colour Vibration.
Read more about the album here or listen to an additional excerpt from Oren Ambarchi's side here.
Wired Open Day 2009 was pressed on 100 clear with black core, 200 clear & 200 black (all 200g virgin vinyl).
Packaged in heavy-duty Stoughton matte varnished tip-on gatefold jackets, each copy is hand-numbered /500 on the back cover.
Clear with black core vinyl showing C & D side labels with front & back cover of jacket:
Clear vinyl showing A & B side labels & jacket innerspread:
28 MARCH 2012
Spring 2012 Mix
Listen to our 1:00:00 Spring 2012 Mix at Sound Colour Vibration featuring excerpts from upcoming releases:
Alan Lamb, Garry Bradbury, David Burraston, Oren Ambarchi & Robin Fox Wired Open Day 2009 2xLP (TAIGA 19)
Jon Mueller & James Plotkin Terminal Velocity 2xLP (TAIGA 20)
Deep Listening Band Needle Drop Jungle 2xLP (TAIGA 21)
& recent titles by Eleh, House of Low Culture, Rafael Toral, Lotus Eaters, Kayo Dot & Timeless Pulse
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