From limited 'Untitled No. 1' 7" on Signal Dreams

Having just finished up a grueling Master's degree in Sound at the School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago, It's impressive, but unsurprising, that spirited Chicagoan violin prodigy, sound designer, and composer Troy Schafer has been able to balance a wealth of inspiring musical work with his intense studies. While he's best known for his weeping string and guitar arrangements for Kinit Her and Wreathes and composing with Burial Hex, he's also kept plenty busy over the past few years dialing in a brilliantly soulful approach to more scholarly sonic endeavors. We couldn't be more excited to present 'Untitled No. 1;' some of the most inspired work from Schafer yet, as he presents this holy trinity of his artistic identity. According to Schafer, the incredible A side is the culmination of 36 hours of recordings chopped up and expertly sequenced into a gorgeous collage packed with string arrangements, modular synthesis, algorithmic analog and digital systems, tape, and much more. The controlled pacing of the B side's moodier dirge pushes the listener into steady footing before twisting him/her into panicked, screeching emotional heights via organized bursts of sonic chaos. Art Design by Dani Schafer. Please see shipping rates. 

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Troy Schafer  "Untitled No. 1 Side A"

From full length pro-duped CD-r album 'Prevais' on Signal Dreams

Dauntingly prolific and remarkably consistent, Los Angeles, CA-based sound-sculptor Derek Rogers is known well for his mountains of ever-evolving releases packed with gorgeously disciplined meditations that are every bit as cathartic as they are textured. While his hard work in duo Circuit Rider UK (with Lee Noble) seems to have slowed down Rogers' solo output a bit over the last year, Signal Dreams is proud to present 'Prevais,' his dynamic new full-length album, which finds his signature sound slipping deep into new skin. Rogers hasn't abandoned the slow-burning comforts of favorites like 2012's 'Everything That Mattered, At Once' or last year's 'Don't Stop Bereaving,' but has instead built upon them with finely cut, neck-deep MAX processing. Artwork by Nathaniel Ritter. Price is postage paid in the US, please see shipping rates for Canada/World. 

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Derek Rogers "Current Pool"

From full length pro-duped CD-r album 'Prevais' on Signal Dreams

Dauntingly prolific and remarkably consistent, Los Angeles, CA-based sound-sculptor Derek Rogers is known well for his mountains of ever-evolving releases packed with gorgeously disciplined meditations that are every bit as cathartic as they are textured. While his hard work in duo Circuit Rider UK (with Lee Noble) seems to have slowed down Rogers' solo output a bit over the last year, Signal Dreams is proud to present 'Prevais,' his dynamic new full-length album, which finds his signature sound slipping deep into new skin. Rogers hasn't abandoned the slow-burning comforts of favorites like 2012's 'Everything That Mattered, At Once' or last year's 'Don't Stop Bereaving,' but has instead built upon them with finely cut, neck-deep MAX processing. Artwork by Nathaniel Ritter. Price is postage paid in the US, please see shipping rates for Canada/World.

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Derek Rogers 'Swift'

From the limited full-length pro-duped CD-r album 'The Ideating Knell' on Signal Dreams

Madison, WI-based avant-jazz explorer BC Grimm is well known locally not just for his phenomenal cello work in live collaborations with artists like Julian Lynch, Spires That In The Sunset Rise, and the mighty Db Pedersen (to name just a few), but also the mind-blowing improvisational chops he showcases with his brother A.J. Grimm in cello-guitar duo The Brothers Grimm and his worldly and detailed production work as Brain Grimmer. More recently, Grimm's work has been shifting focus toward his intriguing work with two different Chinese zithers, Guqin and Guzheng. We're extremely proud to present 'The Ideating Knell,' a staggering album that combines Grimm's deep experimentation with the zithers with his love of detailed processing. Honestly, nothing we could say about it could match the beautiful clarity of this statement from BC Grimm himself: 
"'The Ideating Knell' is an experimental acoustic album of compositions for two ancient Chinese zithers, Guqin 古琴 & Guzheng 古筝. This record includes 6 ‘doppler phase’ pieces for guqin, emulating tape composition techniques to create the movement of sound to/from the vanishing point on the horizon line to/from the listener’s ears. There are 6 pieces for prepared guzheng using: dulcimer hammers, cajon brushes, chopsticks, mate straw, metal bowls, broken teaware, clay sculpting tools, snare wires, & seashell strands. 3 pieces revisit the title track composition from BCG’s 2011 solo guqin album, “Flock Migrates Over The Pines”: with re-recorded, reconstructed versions in two custom tunings, and a new variation on the theme in a traditional tuning. The actual notes in the composition’s score visually depict various forms & shapes of birds taking off into flight, or in formation during flight. Also, specially devised for this project is a new ‘Pentatemperment’ tuning system on guqin, which splits the octave into 5 equal steps, instead of 12 [ low to high: C-40c D0c E+40c G-20c A+20c C-40c D0c ]. Guzheng 古筝, a 21 string bridged zither spanning 4 octaves, and Guqin 古琴, a 7 string fretless zither spanning 1 octave, tune to pentatonic scales. Both instruments share a culturally important performance history stretching back about 2,500 years to the Warring States period." Artwork by Nathaniel Ritter. Price is postage paid in the US. Please see shipping rates for Canada/World. 

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BC Grimm "The Ideating Knell (Prepared Guzheng)"

Madison, WI-based experimental music label specializing in (but not limited to) tape manipulation, process-based experimentation, and mutant synthesis. 

GD04 Noxroy "Anverloss" and GD05 Troy Schafer "Survey Of A Broken Tape Recorder" available for pre-order now, orders ship on Feb 1st. Both CD editions are pro-duped and limited to 50.



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