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Another track from Causa Sui's first ever live album on 2LP/2CD/DL 

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"Live at Freak Valley" comes hot of the heels of last years acclaimed studio effort Euporie Tide, and is a condensed manifestation of the low-end heavy side of the band. This show presents the band in elemental quartet mode and features a wide palette of cuts from the entire catalog. From the band's signature cut ”El Paraiso” from their 2005 debut, through revamps of the more translucent Summer Sessions material, straight up to virgin jams, fresh from the rehearsal room.

Mixed and mastered by Jonas Munk from multitrack recordings this set sounds as warm as crisp as any of the albums."

Tracklist:

Disc 1

1. The Juice
2. Boozehound
3. Lonesome Traveler/Santa Sangre/Garden of Forking Paths
4. Mireille
5. Red Valley

Disc 2

1. El Paraiso
2. Euporie
3. Homage
4. Soledad


Causa Sui: Red Valley (Live at Freak Valley)

Causa Sui: "Homage" (Live at Freak Valley)

From Papir's 2011 album "Stundum". It has been long sold out but is now back in print on luxurious CD and 2LP! An absolutely essential El Paraiso release. 

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Papir: "Monday"

From Papir's 2011 album "Stundum". It has been long sold out but is now back in print on luxurious CD and 2LP! An absolutely essential El Paraiso release.

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Papir: "Sunday #1"

Collection of previews from Pewt'r Sessions 3, coming out on El Paraiso Records August 18! Preorder from www.elparaisorecords.com

First 1000 LPs coloured. First 300 orders from www.elparaisorecords.com comes with a bonus 10". 

Causa Sui: Pewt'r Sessions 3 Album Preview

Out december 8th, 2014 on www.elparaisorecords.com

3rd album from Causa Sui drummer Jakob Skøtt expands his one-man-band experiments into vast new territories. 

Taurus Rising is built from motoric synthesizer arpeggios and heavy duty live drumming. But rather than simply worshipping endless repetition, Skøtt reaches an impressive array of expressions on each of these five mini epics - each song is ALIVE - frequently whirling off track like the wind direction in a sand storm, leading to some mind-altering melodies and rhythms that’ll keep you on your toes. Washed currents of pulsating analogue synthesizer scores, pre-fusion jazz-sensibility and fuzz’ed out electronics all tied together by fevered rhythms.

Jakob Skøtt is the drummer in revered danish experimental psych act Causa Sui and has previously collaborated with artists from Tortoise and Sunburned Hand of the Man. In a number of different outfits he has also released thru esteemed labels such as Morr Music, Ghostly International, Darla Records. Furthermore Jakob has done exclusive live visuals and artworks for Amon Düül II, Earthless, Manual, cult actress Asia Argento as well as The Roadburn Festival.

Taurus Rising is released as a single LP as well as a 2xCD package also containing his previous album Amor Fati. All drums for each albums were improvised in a single afternoon.


Jakob Skøtt: Pleiades (Taurus Rising)

Out december 8th, 2014 on www.elparaisorecords.com

3rd album from Causa Sui drummer Jakob Skøtt expands his one-man-band experiments into vast new territories.

Taurus Rising is built from motoric synthesizer arpeggios and heavy duty live drumming. But rather than simply worshipping endless repetition, Skøtt reaches an impressive array of expressions on each of these five mini epics - each song is ALIVE - frequently whirling off track like the wind direction in a sand storm, leading to some mind-altering melodies and rhythms that’ll keep you on your toes. Washed currents of pulsating analogue synthesizer scores, pre-fusion jazz-sensibility and fuzz’ed out electronics all tied together by fevered rhythms.

Jakob Skøtt is the drummer in revered danish experimental psych act Causa Sui and has previously collaborated with artists from Tortoise and Sunburned Hand of the Man. In a number of different outfits he has also released thru esteemed labels such as Morr Music, Ghostly International, Darla Records. Furthermore Jakob has done exclusive live visuals and artworks for Amon Düül II, Earthless, Manual, cult actress Asia Argento as well as The Roadburn Festival.

Taurus Rising is released as a single LP as well as a 2xCD package also containing his previous album Amor Fati. All drums for each albums were improvised in a single afternoon.

Jakob Skøtt: Escape From The Keep

Collection of previews from the forthcoming solo LP on El Paraiso Records, coming out March 2nd. It's a "vinyl only" release, limited to 500 copies on transparent orange vinyl, inlcudes download card and artprint.

Order here: http://www.elparaisorecords.com/releases/jonas-munk-absorb-fabric-cascade-lp

Or get the super cheap, super kosmische bundle that includes the Pan reprint + two artprints here: http://www.elparaisorecords.com/product/jonas-munk-lp-bundle-preorder

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Info:

Second solo LP from Causa Sui guitar player/producer Jonas Munk. These three long pieces aren't defined by Munks signature guitar-approach, but is rather a musical vision of vintage synthesizers, organs, piano and analog electronics elegantly weaved together to create extensive formations of pure sound. The harmonic simplicity and unrestricted dedication to sonic balance and texture is something of a first in Munk's body of work. This is pattern music, characterized by slow builds and subtle, but refined, transformations, where gradual tectonic shifts and tiny harmonic gestures generate vivid emotional responses. Instead of imposing any direct intention or meaning, it's an album that can create a mental environment for the listener to expand and open up into. 

Music like this is perceived as incredibly simple and free flowing, but, as is the case with the biological world, reveals textural minutiae and interweaved intricacy once studied close-up. Every tiny detail serves the bigger picture. It's music that's practically vibrating with possibility. 

File next to: Terry Riley, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Brian Eno, Popol Vuh. 


Or

Jonas Munk: "Absorb Fabric Cascade Album Preview"

Opening track from Papirs forthcoming live record, recorded at last years Roadburn Festival in The Netherlands. The album will be out in March on 2LP/CD/DL. Preorder available from www.elparaisorecords.com soon!

Info:

After 4 studio albums, Papir unleash their first live album. It’s surprising it took so long, since the band’s shows have long been revered amongst fans. The music-biz has also noticed Papir’s stellar live performances: like when Mojo Magazine singled them out from the hoards of bands at danish music-showcase Spot 2012 as THE show of the entire festival - as well as the holy rite of passage for any cosmic Stoner Rock band: The Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, The Netherlands, where Papir was asked not to perform no less than 3 times during the festival in 2014! It’s the first and finest of these shows in full that Papir havde chosen for this release, and it’s all here: Christoffer Brøchmann’s jaw-dropping drum chops, easing from delicate jazzy drumrolls one second into deranged math-psych explosions the next - creating a diving board for
Nicklas Sørensen’s vast array of guitar-styles, blending post-rock drones with majestic wah-drenched soloing. With Christian Becher keeping it all together with his bouncing and booming bass lines, as well as utilizing his groovemaker to make blistering ethereal soundscapes.

The album was mixed and mastered by Causa Sui’s Jonas Munk from a 24bit multitrack recording.

Papir: "Lykk Trep - R Hi - Losé (Live at Roadburn)"

Excerpt from Shiggajon's forthmcoming full length on El Paraiso Records, officially released August 21 on LP (ltd to 500 copies) and digital download. 

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Info:

"It's tempting to categorize Shiggajon as a spiritual jazz ensemble, since their music is able to induce a heightened, spiritual euphoria much similar to that of Pharoah Sanders, Don Cherry or Alice Coltrane. But any narrow definition of their sound would be misleading. While there's an element of ritualism present, there's also a post-modern tendency to absorb everything from sufi music to krautrock and contemporary electronic drone. Heavily modulated guitar pedals and processed vocals accompany layers of flutes, strings, bells and percussion as the most natural thing in the world.

It's the kind of music that demands openness and surrender. Every time the ensemble performs improvisation is fundamental - it’s a journey into the unknown. As in John Coltrane's later works, Shiggajon establishes a unity between spirituality and improvisation - they embrace the paradox of seeking elevation and existential affirmation through sounds that occasionally verges on chaos and dread. These two long,
multi-layered, cacophonous pieces occasionally come off as slightly abrasive and dissonant, but ultimately the music is a process resulting in joyful catharsis and healing."

Shiggajon: "Sela" (excerpt)

Brian Ellis Group: "Escondido Sessions" coming out on El Paraiso Records September 4! New CD/LP (1000 copies, includes download card)featuring members of Astra, Radio Moscow and Psicomagia. File next to: Miles Davis, Can, Joe Henderson, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Tortoise.

Preorder here: http://www.elparaisorecords.com/releases/brian-ellis-group-escondido-sessions

Super sweet Brian Ellis bundle: http://www.elparaisorecords.com/releases/brian-ellis-lp-bundle

"There’s something brewing in Southern California these days, besides the world’s finest Pale Ale and crystal clear surf rolling up the shore along the Interstate 5. Recently there’s been a pour of mindblowing prog-, psych- and free-rock in impeccable form out of San Diego County: Seamlessly merging jazz tendencies and extraordinary jam-abilities with crushing heaviness, electronics and a general out-there-ness. Bands such as Psicomagia, Earthless and Joy has earned SoCal it’s own unique spot on the worldwide map of psychedelia. 

At the heart of all this, is one young Escondido native, Brian Ellis. A guitar virtuoso in Astra, saxophonist in Psicomagia as well as keys- and synth-wiz. For years he’s been cutting his teeth as a grade A session player in heavyweight funk-outfits such as Egyptian Lover, as well as a studio owner gradually turning into an esteemed recording engineer. 

It was only a matter of time before he was gonna get his own group of local offbeat heroes in the same room and crank out a spectacular piece of prismatic, electric free-form jazz. And here it is. 

Along with members from Radio Moscow, Corima and Psicomagia, Brian has cooked up two vinyl sides of seriously vital jazz-rock, taking up where Miles Davis, Tony Williams and Donald Byrd left off in the seventies. This music is a far cry from the self-absorbed European free-jazz or academic noodling one is likely to meet at any given jazz festival - no, this music is earthy, like, say, Hendrix at Woodstock, or Miles’ Live Evil - a pinnacle challenge of the past that has never met any really satisfying response from contemporary music." 


Brian Ellis Group: "Via De Mi Rancho"

New collaborative effort from San Diego multi-instrumentalist Brian Ellis and North Carolina ambient producer Brian Grainger coming out on CD/LP/DL September 18 (vinyl ltd. to 500 copies, includes download card)!

File next to: The Incredible String Band, Freescha, Robbie Basho, Six Organs of Admittance

Preorder: http://www.elparaisorecords.com/releases/brian-ellis-brian-grainger-dusk

Get the super sweet Brian Ellis bundle: http://www.elparaisorecords.com/releases/brian-ellis-lp-bundle

"Rarely has the feeling of late summer twilight been captured as well on record as on this collaborative effort by Southern California native Brian Ellis and South Carolina ambient producer Brian Grainger. This is the sound of two offbeat musicians zoning out with acoustic guitars, hand drums, flutes and an array of vintage synthesizers and tape machines, brewing a mysterious, mellow kind of acid folk, like it’s never quite been brewed before. Though psychedelic in nature this isn’t yet another materialization of a 1970s commune-folk vision - rather it feels like a work of ghostly solitude, strangely absent from human activity, slowly, aimlessly moving forward like a lonely breeze travelling down the coastline as the day fades away. 

This lengthy collaboration took place over several years - on one hand everything floats in a seemingly unordered manner, but on the other hand everything follows a crystal clear overall path. Ellis’ open-tuned guitar playing merges naturally with Brian Grainger’s faded synth lines and sound treatments, sometimes alluding to several styles and musical eras simultaneously, creating an atmosphere of ambiguity and timelessness throughout the album. Ultimately a serene, rare and kaleidoscopic work. "




Brian Ellis & Brian Grainger: "At Dusk"

New collaborative effort from San Diego multi-instrumentalist Brian Ellis and North Carolina ambient producer Brian Grainger coming out on CD/LP/DL September 18 (vinyl ltd. to 500 copies, includes download card)!

File next to: The Incredible String Band, Freescha, Robbie Basho, Six Organs of Admittance

Preorder: http://www.elparaisorecords.com/releases/brian-ellis-brian-grainger-dusk

Get the super sweet Brian Ellis bundle: http://www.elparaisorecords.com/releases/brian-ellis-lp-bundle

"Rarely has the feeling of late summer twilight been captured as well on record as on this collaborative effort by Southern California native Brian Ellis and South Carolina ambient producer Brian Grainger. This is the sound of two offbeat musicians zoning out with acoustic guitars, hand drums, flutes and an array of vintage synthesizers and tape machines, brewing a mysterious, mellow kind of acid folk, like it’s never quite been brewed before. Though psychedelic in nature this isn’t yet another materialization of a 1970s commune-folk vision - rather it feels like a work of ghostly solitude, strangely absent from human activity, slowly, aimlessly moving forward like a lonely breeze travelling down the coastline as the day fades away. 

This lengthy collaboration took place over several years - on one hand everything floats in a seemingly unordered manner, but on the other hand everything follows a crystal clear overall path. Ellis’ open-tuned guitar playing merges naturally with Brian Grainger’s faded synth lines and sound treatments, sometimes alluding to several styles and musical eras simultaneously, creating an atmosphere of ambiguity and timelessness throughout the album. Ultimately a serene, rare and kaleidoscopic work. "


Brian Ellis & Brian Grainger: "Forest"

We're proud to announce the first solo album from Papir guitar player Nicklas Sørensen coming out February 19!

While there’s certain similarities with the records Nicklas has created with Papir it quickly becomes apparent that this is something quite different. “Solo” begins and ends with the instrument the Copenhagen native fully masters by now: the guitar. Throughout the album his main instrument is being explored as a generator of otherworldly, esoteric sounds as well as a compositional tool and - perhaps most importantly - a transmitter of pristine, cascading melodies.

There’s a peaceful, savory quality to the record that manifests a musical maturity. With help from the rhythm section of Papir as well as Causa Sui’s Jonas munk, who also recorded the album in El Paraiso Records’ new studio, Nicklas has created a wide, shimmering sound that seems to allude to a multitude of different styles and traditions. Considering that Nicklas is best known as a hard rocking guitar player with a knack for improvisation it’s perhaps surprising that his inclination for pattern-based minimalism, blissed-out ambience and experimental british “oceanic” music from the 1980s and early 1990s dominates throughout this set. This is the kind of record that rewards repeated listens - each listen revealing new layers in the architecture of sound. “Solo” is an affable, slowburning album where each component is given its own space and place to gently unfold and work its magic in the mind of the listener.


Nicklas Sørensen: "Solo3"

First track from the new Causa Sui full length album, "Return to Sky", coming out on El Paraiso Records on March 18!

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kPNWonY84Y

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Causa Sui: "The Source"

Nicklas Sørensen: "Solo5"

Opening track off Return to Sky - out march 18th 2016 - order it from http://elparaisorecords.com/releases/causa-sui-return-sky

Causa Sui: Dust Meridian

Another track from the new Causa Sui album "Return To Sky", out March 18!!!

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Causa Sui: "Dawn Passage"

Behold thee Mythic Sunship! The fuzzed-out Copenhagen quartet will release their debut on El Paraiso Records May 13! Preorder from: www.elparaisorecords.com

"With a band name mingled from album titles by John Coltrane and Sun Ra one might expect Mythic Sunship to be jazz band. However, this is not quite the case, although the Copenhagen quartet shares a similar sense of exploration and general untamedness with that of the two masters of cosmic jazz.

The destination is transcendence alright, but the vehicle, ultimately, is assembled from decades of ROCK! Not your dad’s rock exactly (unless your dad hung out in Münich or Wümme in the early 1970s, that is), but nonetheless ROCK, where ferocious drum-pounding and thick, Geezery basslines adds fuel to an endless pyre of blazed-out dual fuzz guitar action. This stuff is wild.

Spiritually, the band seems connected to present day So Cal psych-rock, but listening to Ouroboros, their debut album, also reveals the band’s strong ties to the Copenhagen underground scene: members of the band brushing elbows with the avant-garde noise of the record label Posh Isolation as well as the Mayhem venue, and even chips in with the new weird-commune of the Festival of Endless Gratitude. These bros are in the zone alright!

There’s plenty of blissed-out riff-worshipping here, but there’s also something slightly unsettling in the band’s skyward travels - perhaps a longing for spiritual redemption? Maybe the road to Satori isn’t necessarily pretty after all."

File next to: Amon Düül II, Earthless, Guru Guru, Travellin’ Flower Band

Mythic Sunship: "Ophidian Rising"

Behold thee Mythic Sunship! The fuzzed-out Copenhagen quartet will release their debut on El Paraiso Records May 13! Preorder from: www.elparaisorecords.com

"With a band name mingled from album titles by John Coltrane and Sun Ra one might expect Mythic Sunship to be jazz band. However, this is not quite the case, although the Copenhagen quartet shares a similar sense of exploration and general untamedness with that of the two masters of cosmic jazz.

The destination is transcendence alright, but the vehicle, ultimately, is assembled from decades of ROCK! Not your dad’s rock exactly (unless your dad hung out in Münich or Wümme in the early 1970s, that is), but nonetheless ROCK, where ferocious drum-pounding and thick, Geezery basslines adds fuel to an endless pyre of blazed-out dual fuzz guitar action. This stuff is wild.

Spiritually, the band seems connected to present day So Cal psych-rock, but listening to Ouroboros, their debut album, also reveals the band’s strong ties to the Copenhagen underground scene: members of the band brushing elbows with the avant-garde noise of the record label Posh Isolation as well as the Mayhem venue, and even chips in with the new weird-commune of the Festival of Endless Gratitude. These bros are in the zone alright!

There’s plenty of blissed-out riff-worshipping here, but there’s also something slightly unsettling in the band’s skyward travels - perhaps a longing for spiritual redemption? Maybe the road to Satori isn’t necessarily pretty after all."

File next to: Amon Düül II, Earthless, Guru Guru, Travellin’ Flower Band
