It’s not everyday that you hear a band like The Gums. Hailing from the ancient city of Lud, The Gums are known up and down the path of the beam for their signature blend of riff skankin swamp punk.

Shortly after the world began to move on, Sam Code (guitar, lead vocals) left behind a life-long career as a tollbooth operator when he found a collection of arcane recordings in an abandon hab unit. The audiodisks awakened within him deep passions of a lost time, and he hasn’t slept regular since. Colin, (bass, backup vocals) journeyman assassin from an Interlocutor sect, turned his back on contract killing after visiting Lud for the first time. Enchanted by the sounds of Lud and its vibrant nightlife, Colin made fast friends with Lud’s people and never thought twice about it. Cameron (drums) arrived on the scene, emerging from a fallen space satellite on the outskirts of town. Remembering only his name and a series of 32 digit binary access codes, Cameron speaks well, and was even town hero for a week or so before joining The Gums.

The Gums drive a hard sound. They shrug in the face of a madness that’s slowly eating Midworld. The Gums set their sights on a simpler time, when Gunslingers walked the amongst us, and people could be people any old time of day. After touring stretches of the beam for years in search of the mythical land of Credence where the water runs clear, they somehow wound up in 21st century Oakland with no money, and that’s where they live today.

We are an artist-run label formed in 2013.  All the work, good or bad, is done by the people in the bands.  Current home to Nonagon, The Austerity Program,  Polonium and J Foley

All the tracks featured in this stream are available for download and purchase at http://controlledburnrecords.com

Deadwood was founded in 2004 by 3 musicians playing guitar, bass and drums. In the early days the band primarily focused on traditional black metal mainly representing rage, despair and omnipresent helplessness. The interplay of dissonant and comprehensive circumstances characterizes the compositional relationships. With the introduction of a second guitarist in 2008 the aggressive and sometimes chaotic base of the band gains a more stabilized structure. From now on, the creative phase of Deadwood is pervaded by an integration of atmospheric elements. The band remains initially at its roots with the single-handedly produced and sold out demo. At the increasingly upcoming live performances, one of the guitarists is doing the vocals for two years - the first really active time of the band.
In order to focus work on the more and more complex composition of the music Deadwood accommodates a singer in 2010. Recordings for a sampler in this year show a clear addition of postrock elements. The replacement of one guitar player marks the next huge turning point at the end of the year 2012. The new one adds important musical aspects to the overall picture. Both guitar players are familiar with each other and start to work over the existing compositions. This enhancement creates space for a tonal development. With a larger total outlay but still single-handedly, Deadwood is able to release their debut album “Picturing A Sense Of Loss” in 2014. The six songs with, a total playing time of nearly one hour, illustrate the dynamic field of tension between melancholy and aggression. 

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London-based Chilean DJ and producer DJ Raff crafts lysergic, low-slung dance music, lacing together samples from across the Afro-Latin diaspora into a heady mix of percussive patterns and hypnotic melodies. With support from Gilles Peterson and Tom Ravenscroft among others, DJ Raff has established himself as one of the most prolific producers on the scene. He describes himself as a relator - or sonic storyteller - speaking in a “musical language” of kaleidoscopic rhythms and atmospheric instrumental moods that draw on myriad influences from the Andean regions of Chile, Peru, Bolivia and beyond.

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