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.
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:
In other news:
*Taiga related information is regularly posted on twitter.
Upcoming 2012 events:
Rafael Toral
from rafaeltoral.net
Apr 30 - Lisboa, Portugal - w/ Space Collective 4: Double Duo @ Galeria ZDB
May 25 - Lisboa, Portugal - w/ Space Collective 6: Double Trio @ Galeria ZDB
May 27 - Brussels, Belgium - Space Studies 2, 6, 7 @ Les Ateliers Claus
May 29 - Frankfurt, Germany - Space Studies 2, 6, 7 @ Atelierfrankfurt
May 31 - Zürich, Switzerland - Space Studies 2, 6, 7 @ AP News
Jun 1 - Basel, Switzerland - Space Studies 2, 6, 7 @ dBâle electronic music festival
Jun 2 - Basel, Switzerland - "blind date" w/ Gregor Hilbe @ dBâle electronic music festival
Jun 3 - Genéve, Switzerland - Space Studies 2, 6, 7 @ Cave12
Jun 4 - Grenoble, France - Space Studies 2, 6, 7 @ le 102
Jun 8 - Porto, Portugal - w/ Space Collective 3 @ Primavera Sound Porto
Jun 23 - Lisboa, Portugal - w/ Space Collective 8: Double Quartet @ Galleria ZDB
Tatsuya Nakatani of MAP
from hhproduction.org
May 1 - Knoxville TN - w/ Shane Polowin @ Pilot Light
May 4 - Asheville NC - w/ Shane Polowin @ Static Age Records
May 5 - Boone NC - solo @ Loven House Underground, 9:30pm cancelled
May 8 - Charlottesville VA - solo @ The Bridge
May 9 - Baltimore MD - solo @ Red Room
May 10 - Philadelphia PA - solo @ PhilaMOCA
May 31 - New York NY - solo @ Movement Research Spring Festival, West Park Presbyterian Church
Mary Halvorson of MAP
from maryhalvorson.com
May 2 - Koln, Germany - w/ Peter Evans & Weasel Walter @ Musik Triennale, Stadtgarten
May 10 - Oakland CA - w/ Mary Halvorson Trio @ Yoshi's Oakland, 8pm
May 12 - Potter Valley CA - w/ Mary Halvorson Trio @ Penofin Jazz Festival, 3:15-4:30pm
May 16 - Kittery ME - w/ Mary Halvorson Quartet @ Buoy
May 17 - Victoriaville QC - w/ Mary Halvorson Quartet @ Victoriaville Festival
May 18 - New Haven CT - w/ Mary Halvorson Quartet @ Firehouse 12
May 19 - New York NY - w/ Mary Halvorson Quartet @ Cornelia Street Café
Pauline Oliveros of Deep Listening Band, Timeless Pulse, etc
from paulineoliveros.us
May 3 - London, United Kingdom - "Her Noise" Keynote Address @ Tate Modern, 7-9:30pm
May 5 - Le Mans, France - w/ Barre Phillips, Joelle Leandre & Pascal Contet @ 33rd Europa Jazz Festival, 5pm
May 10 - Troy NY @ EMPAC Concert Hall, 7pm (open studio 11:30am-2pm in EMPAC Theater), both free
May 15 - Lublin, Poland - Deep Listening Intensive @ CODES Festival of Traditional & Avant Garde Music
May 16 - Lublin, Poland - Deep Listening Intensive @ CODES Festival of Traditional & Avant Garde Music
May 18 - Lublin, Poland - performs Cage & Oliveros @ CODES Festival of Traditional & Avant Garde Music, 7pm
Jun 1 - Brooklyn NY - w/ Anmari Wili @ Issue Project Room, 8pm
Jun 8-10 - Rhinebeck NY - Deep Listening Intensive & Concert @ Omega Institute
Jun 14-16 - Montreal, Quebec - AUMI presentation & concert @ McGill University
Jun 17 - New York NY - Deep Listening Band concert @ World Financial Center Winter Garden
Jun 30 - Brooklyn NY - Memorial Concert for David Gamper @ Roulette, 8pm
Aug 13-17 - Sonoma County CA - Deep Listening Intensive @ Ratna Ling Retreat Center
Stephen O'Malley of Lotus Eaters
from ideologic.org
May 3 - Berlin, Germany - w/ Æthenor @ Hau2
May 5 - Wroclaw, Poland - w/ Æthenor @ Asymmetry Festival
May 10 - Mexico City, Mexico - w/ KTL @ Aural Festival
May 12 - Sau Paulo, Brazil - w/ KTL @ Sonar Festival
May 18 - Göteborg, Sweden - w/ This Is How You Will Disappear @ Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival
May 19 - Göteborg, Sweden - w/ This Is How You Will Disappear @ Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival
Jun 6 - Angers, France - solo @ Silver Club
Jun 7 - Paris, France - solo @ La Triennale 2012, Palais Tokyo
Jun 10 - Brighton, United Kingdom - w/ Sunn O))) @ Coalition
Jun 11 - Manchester, United Kingdom - w/ Sunn O))) @ The Ritz
Jun 12 - London, United Kingdom - w/ Sunn O))) @ Koko
Jun 14 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - w/ Sunn O))) @ Milkweg
Jun 15 - Hoboken, Belgium - w/ Sunn O))) @ Fort8
Jun 16 - Paris, France - w/ Sunn O))) @ Gâité Lyrique
Jun 17 - Clisson, France - w/ Sunn O))) @ Hellfest
Aaron Turner of Lotus Eaters & House of Low Culture
from hydrahead.com
May 3 - Boston MA - w/ Old Man Gloom @ Great Scott
May 4 - Philadelphia PA - w/ Old Man Gloom @ First Unitarian Church
May 5 - Richmond VA - w/ Old Man Gloom @ Strange Matter
May 6 - Baltimore MD - w/ Old Man Gloom @ Otto Bar
May 7 - Hamden CT - w/ Old Man Gloom @ The Space
May 8 - New York NY - w/ Old Man Gloom @ Europa
Bryce Beverlin II
from insidesmusic.com
May 3 - Minneapolis MN - w/ Scaphe @ Glob
May 25 - Minneapolis MN - w/ Scaphe @ Heliotrope Festival
James Plotkin of Lotus Eaters, etc
from hydrahead.com & rhythmplex.com
May 4 - Philadelphia PA @ First Unitarian Church
Jun 21 - Philadelphia PA - w/ Jon Mueller @ Kungfu Necktie, 8pm
Jun 22 - Brooklyn NY - w/ Jon Mueller @ Zebulon, 9pm
Jun 23 - Cambridge MA - w/ Jon Mueller @ Lilypad, 9pm
Jon Mueller
from rhythmplex.com
May 12 - Chicago IL - solo @ The Hideout, 9pm
Jun 21 - Philadelphia PA - w/ James Plotkin @ Kungfu Necktie, 8pm
Jun 22 - Brooklyn NY - w/ James Plotkin @ Zebulon, 9pm
Jun 23 - Cambridge MA - w/ James Plotkin @ Lilypad, 9pm
Enrico Coniglio
from enricoconiglio.com
May 13 - Treviso, Italy @ Spazio Pelodrilli, 18:00
Robin Fox
from last.fm
May 30 - Montreal, Canada @ Mutek Festival
Giuseppe Ielasi
from last.fm
Jun 2 - Modena, Italy - w/ Bellows @ Teatro delle Passioni
Kayo Dot
from kayodot.net
Jul 18 - Syracuse NY @ Club Fusion
Jul 20 - Danbury CT @ The Heirloom
Jul 21 - Portland ME @ Psychic Catalonia
Jul 22 - Boston MA @ Church
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
29 FEBRUARY 2012
TAIGA 18 available now!
TAIGA 18 - Eleh Homage to the Pointed Waveforms LP is available now.
Listen to an excerpt, read about the album &/or purchase it in our shop.
An edition of 500 black on 200g virgin vinyl, the LPs are packaged in hand-numbered custom 2-color letterpress jackets.
The 1st 100 copies include a signed & numbered screenprint by John Brien.
*Update: This is sold out, thanks for your support.
Upcoming 2012 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)
Pauline Oliveros Primordial / Lift 2xLP (TAIGA 22)
then
Enrico Coniglio Bragós LP
Rafael Toral Space Solo 2 LP
Tatsuya Nakatani NGO LP
etc
19 JANUARY 2012
TAIGA 17 available now!
TAIGA 17 - House of Low Culture Poisoned Soil LP+12" is now availble in the shop.
Listen to an excerpt, learn more about the album or read reviews at A/V Club, Brainwashed & Foxy Digitalis.
100 lead & 400 black vinyl pressed, it's a grand LP+12” set with doublewide jacket, printed innersleeves & flooded pockets
*Update: 23 January 2012 - Lead vinyl is sold out, black vinyl still available.
2 DECEMBER 2011
HOLC release date & 2012.
Test pressings have been approved for the House of Low Culture Poisoned Soil LP+12"!
An official release date has been set for 31 January 2012 though mailorder copies are likely to be available before then.
2012 release plans are in full momentum including the Jon Mueller & James Plotkin Terminal Velocity 2xLP among many others.
8 NOVEMBER 2011
HOLC reviews & PO's 80th.
Advance praise for the House of Low Culture Poisoned Soil LP+12" at Foxy Digitalis, Brainwashed & A/V Club.
Now scheduled for simultaneous release on Pauline Oliveros' 80th birthday, 30 May 2012:
Deep Listening Band Needle Drop Jungle 2xLP & Pauline Oliveros Primordial / Lift 2xLP
4 OCTOBER 2011
David Gamper 1945-2011
David Gamper, 66, died unexpectedly Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at his home in Landgrove VT. Gamper was a member of the highly influential Deep Listening Band along with Stuart Dempster & Pauline Oliveros. At the time of his death, discussions were underway for Important and Taiga Records to release new DLB material for the 80th birthday of Oliveros on May 30, 2012. Plans will proceed to release what has sadly become Gamper's last recordings from Seattle WA, January 2011. We lost a great artist but his spirit lives on in sound & we can always find him there. To David's family & friends, our sincere condolences.
3 OCTOBER 2011
New release delays.
Both the House of Low Culture LP+12" and new Eleh LP are held up by unexpected manufacturing delays. At this point neither title has approved test pressings, but problems are being resolved as this is written. Progress will be posted here and/or on twitter as things move forward. Right behind these 2 releases is the Wired Open Day 2009 2xLP w/ Alan Lamb, Garry Bradbury, David Burraston, Oren Ambarchi & Robin Fox. Thanks for your patience.
16 SEPTEMBER 2011
Thank you for participating.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the fundraising auction, your support is appreciated.
30 AUGUST 2011
Eleh test press fundraiser auction.
Eleh Homage to the Sine Wave LP Test Press #16/20 auction
The winner will receive:
---Eleh Homage to the Sine Wave LP Test Press #16/20 (ships immediately)
---1 Eleh Homage to the Pointed Waveforms LP w/ screenprint, ltd 100 (ships when released, tentatively late September)
---free shipping for both items anywhere in the world
All funds will go toward the manufacturing of Homage to the Pointed Waveforms. Thanks for your support.
12 AUGUST 2011
Now in production & upcoming releases.
Now in production (both scheduled for September release):
TAIGA 17 - House of Low Culture Poisoned Soil LP+12"
TAIGA 18 - Eleh Homage to the Pointed Waveforms LP
On the horizon:
TAIGA 19 - Wired Open Day 2009 2xLP (w/ Alan Lamb, Garry Bradbury, David Burraston, Oren Ambarchi & Robin Fox)
Pauline Oliveros Primordial/Lift 2xLP (September 25, 2010 performance by Anne Bourne, Andrew Deutsch, Miguel Frasconi, David Grubbs, Jason Huang, Pauline Oliveros & Suzanne Thorpe)
Enrico Coniglio Bragòs LP
Jon Mueller & James Plotkin tba 2xLP (recorded June 2011 in Milwaukee)
Deep Listening Band tba 2xLP (to be released May 30, 2012 for PO's 80th, new material recorded in Seattle, January 2011)
14 JUNE 2011
House of Low Culture LP+12"
TAIGA 17 - House of Low Culture Poisoned Soil LP+12" is now being cut by John Golden & will be released this summer! HOLC is the long running solo project of Aaron Turner (Lotus Eaters, Isis, Mamiffer, Hydra Head, etc) & Poisoned Soil is the first full length to be released in 8 years since the 2003 CD Edward's Lament! Sige have recently released a Mamiffer / HOLC split cassette featuring a demo from Poisoned Soil, Spoiled Fruits of the Kingdom, available during their current tour.
On the horizon:
Enrico Coniglio Bragòs LP, recorded in Venice, tenatively scheduled for September release.
Wired Open Day 2009 2xLP with Alan Lamb, Garry Bradbury, Dave Burraston, Oren Ambarchi & Robin Fox, planned for October.
Jon Mueller & James Plotkin tba LP, collaboration now being recorded in Milwaukee WI.
Eleh Homage to Pointed Waveforms LP, currently being recorded
& more to be announced soon.
01 JUNE 2011
Mamiffer in Minneapolis, etc.
Small Doses & Taiga Records present Mamiffer & House of Low Culture in Mpls, both featuring Aaron Turner from Lotus Eaters.
Faith Coloccia formed Mamiffer (Seattle, WA) as a solo project, expanding from her piano compositions. Now including Aaron Turner (Lotus Eaters) along with a revolving cast of collaborators and instrumentation, Mamiffer is a "freely evolving entity." Turner's long running solo project House of Low Culture unfurls ghostly drone, ambience & dark soundscapes with guitar, voice & various sources. Pentacene (formerly HeatdeatH), guitar, drums & electronics duo of Andrew Broder & Tim Glenn, churn abstract improvisations informed by black metal, free improvisation, electronic composition, etc. Dimanche, charismatic improv duo of Jon Davis & Naomi Joy (Mother of Fire), make strikingly vibrant magic with violin, clarinets & voice. June 7 @ Nick & Eddie Warehouse.
(*moved to N&E bar, same address as the warehouse)
In other Taiga news, only 3 L and 1 2XL Eye of the Storm T-shirts are left in the shop, and a few olive copies of TAIGA 16 as well.
17 MAY 2011
TAIGA 16 available now!
TAIGA 16 - Rafael Toral Space Elements Vol. III LP is available to order now & will begin shipping Tuesday, May 24. This volume includes incredible sound thanks to James Plotkin vinyl mastering (not found on previous volumes) & an improved jacket die with top & bottom gussets. As usual, this volume features João Paulo Feliciano artwork and graphic design by NOTYPE. Pressed on 100 opaque olive green & 400 plasma colored virgin vinyl.
According to Rafael Toral, the Space Program is all about a simple idea: to perform abstract electronic music under jazz values. The result is full of fascinating paradoxes: "melodic without notes, rhythmic without a beat, familiar but strange, meticulous but radically free". We are now releasing its most eloquent example so far: Space Elements Vol. III
15 APRIL 2011
MAP Fever Dream won Qwartz 7 award for artwork / packaging.
TAIGA 9 - MAP Fever Dream 2xLP won the artwork / packaging award at Qwartz 7!
See all laureats here. Listen to, read about or purchase the MAP Fever Dream 2xLP.
25 MARCH 2011
TAIGA 15 ltd silver vinyl sold out.
TAIGA 15 silver vinyl version is sold out, black vinyl is still available in the shop.
16 MARCH 2011
TAIGA 15 ltd green vinyl sold out & a jacket photo from Stoughton.
TAIGA 15 cola bottle green vinyl version is sold out, silver & black vinyl are still available in the shop.
Stoughton sent this photo of a finished Wurmwulv gatefold jacket this morning.
15 MARCH 2011
TAIGA 15 available now.
TAIGA 15 - Lotus Eaters Wurmwulv 2xLP is available to order now & will begin shipping next week, around March 22. The vinyl has arrived but the Stoughton tip-on gatefold jackets are still being manufactured. There were 100 transparent cola bottle green, 300 opaque metallic silver & 600 black pressed, all on 200g virgin vinyl.
Wurmwulv follows the 2009 vinyl issue of Lotus Eaters Mind Control for Infants in spirit & form. Rearranged, remixed & remastered by James Plotkin, the Wurmwulv 2xLP also includes material from Lotus Eaters self-titled Drone Records 7-inch for an altogether new experience. Wurmwulv was direct metal mastered onto 3 sides & pressed on 200g virgin vinyl with a D-side etching by Aaron Turner. More Turner drawings are included within the Stoughton tip-on gatefold jacket designed by Stephen O'Malley featuring spot varnish, flooded pockets and gorgeous Stephen Kasner cover paintings printed on linen-textured paper.
01 MARCH 2011
TAIGA 15 available soon & Qwartz awards.
TAIGA 15 - Lotus Eaters Wurmwulv 2xLP will be available to order soon. The vinyl has arrived but the Stoughton tip-on gatefold jackets are still being manufactured. There were 100 transparent cola bottle green, 300 opaque metallic silver & 600 black pressed, all on 200g virgin vinyl. This will be available in our shop within the next 2 weeks, stay tuned.
TAIGA 9 - MAP Fever Dream 2xLP has been nominated for a Qwartz award in the artwork/packaging category!
11 JANUARY 2011
TAIGA 12 & 14 LTD editions are SOLD OUT.
Black vinyl editions are still avalible through mailorder.
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