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some tasty reviews
Interesting and positive review of Brendan Byrnes’ Micropangaea in the excellent Igloo Magazine. …and a nice little take on V/A: Whatcom Weird Vol. 1 from Whatcom County’s own What’s Up! Magazine.
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Night Stories out Jan 15
Joel Taylor’s Night Stories, a full-length album teeming with moving melodies, subtle textures and xenharmonic wonder comes out on Spectropol January 15. Night Stories is a suite of nine pieces that...
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Night Stories is available
The new xenharmonic album from Joel Taylor is here! Stream the first half, or download the entire package (name-your-price) at the link below. The download includes the equivalent of a double album, as...
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new pricing starts Feb 15
Folks, we need to raise our prices on physical merchandise to keep this going. Starting Feb 15 the price of CDs and CDRs will increase by $2 from current levels. Digital sales will remain the same. So...
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andrew young: inkplaces – out 2/12/13
inkplaces explores sounds; the way they reflect us and the way we reflect on them. Preview the first two tracks now!
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inkplaces is available
andrew young’s new collection of exploratory sound pieces is available for download at the Spectropol shop. “…a daydream of the chaotic universe outside of human perception.” artwork by nick lane.
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new review of “respect”
Touching Extremes has a thoughtful review of Akiyama/Gburek’s recent Spectropol release. Check it out here.
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more reviews of akiyama/gburek and borghi
Just Outside has some very nice reviews of Respect and Musica per Nastro here.
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new release from J.C. Combs in June 2013
A short but beautiful collection of works for processed piano is set to come out in mid-June from Seattle-based sound artist and composer J.C. Combs. Details to emerge soon!
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Gazing is available
Seattle-based composer and improviser J.C. Combs presents an EP of processed piano recordings, each of the three pieces serving as a sonic reverie between worlds. Check out & download Gazing here....
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Byrnes: review on “Can This Even Be Called Music?” + bonus track!
Folks, Brendan Byrnes has conjured up a track we’ll be releasing as a bonus (online only) for Micropangaea on its anniversary (7/28)! Meanwhile, read another excellent review of Micropangaea here.
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call for microtonal works
Spectropol records is seeking audio submissions for a compilation of xenharmonic/microtonal tracks of any style composed/recorded since 2010. The compilation will be a free net-only release in fall...
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new Vincent Bergeron coming 8/7/13
“Il y a seulement des apparitions” will be Bergeron’s second release on Spectropol (the first was Elle avait Raison Hathor, as Berger Rond). As with all of his albums, its a remarkably expressive and...
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One year of Micropangaea (bonus track)
It’s been one year since the release of Brendan Byrnes’ Micropangaea, an album that made Igloo Magazine’s top releases list for 2012. Read the Igloo review. We’re celebrating by releasing a bonus...
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Vincent Bergeron collaborator interviews
We thought it would be interesting to get some perspectives from a few of VB’s collaborators on his new album (out 8/7/13 on Spectropol). Vincent came up with three entertaining questions; read them...
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“Il y a seulement des apparitions” is available
Another multi-layered journey from Montréal’s Vincent Bergeron, “Il y a seulement des apparitions” continues his exploration of cutup mixing techniques and his own idiosyncratic singing. The result is...
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Gazing at Gazing
J.C. Combs’ recent Spectropol release quickly became the soundtrack for some great choreography by Susan Haines in Bellingham. More performances later this year will include even more music from Combs....
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Plans for microtonal compilation(s)
The response to the call for micro/xen/JI works was overwhelming. Because I received such a large collection of interesting and quality pieces, and because I’m not in favor of putting out a marathon...
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“aos rios urbanos” out 10/6
A collection of thoughtful and moving acoustic/electric guitar pieces (with some electroacoustic processing) from Brazil’s George Christian Vilela Pereira, “aos rios urbanos” (to the urban rivers) is a...
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“aos rios urbanos” (George Christian) released
George Christian (Brazil) shares a beautiful and exploratory collection of guitar-based microtonal and processed pieces. Use the link to our Bandcamp site below to access the name-your-price download...
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