Post by piaptk on Feb 27, 2011 23:03:49 GMT -5
Hello folks, thought you might be interested in this 7" that I (www.PIAPTK.com) am releasing (will be available very soon) in conjunction with Lost Sound Tapes and alt.vinyl in Europe. It's a comp of four songs recorded directly to a 1940's wire recorder. For details, see the liner notes below.
I recorded Phil in a barn at Helsing Junction several years ago. He had already switched to the Mount Eerie name, but wanted to be billed as Microphones, as he was recording an old Microphones song.
Each label made their own very distinct version of the cover. The PIAPTK cover is hand-letterpressed, the LST version is a cool velum and transperency cover, and the altvinyl is a professionally printed foldover. There are only 200 copies of each cover.
Thanks for checking it out!
Liner Notes:
These songs were recorded live to a 1940’s Webster Wire Recorder. Wire recorders were originally invented in the late 1800’s and recorded sound to a hair-thin strand of stainless steel wire. This was the predecessor to magnetic tape as a recording medium. The wire is extremely fragile and fickle, and the machine itself adds certain audio elements to the recording; pitch shifts, bleed over from previous recordings on the reused wire, a clanking sound from the cylinders turning, tonal colorings and distortions, etc. These elements very much color and contribute to the recordings. Therefore, this record is considered a “collaboration” between the artists and this antiquated machine.
Side A:
Microphones: I Lost My Wind
(Phil Elverum: Recorded on a farm in Rochester, WA)
Golden Boots: Marie
(Dmitri Manos, Ryan Eggleston, Nathan Sabatino, and James Grip: Recorded in a living room in Olympia, WA)
Side B:
Bishop Allen: Ghost
(Justin Rice and Christian Rudder: Recorded in a venue basement in Seattle, WA)
Paleo: Jessica’s Wedding
(David Andrew Streckany: Recorded in a bedroom in Olympia, WA).
I recorded Phil in a barn at Helsing Junction several years ago. He had already switched to the Mount Eerie name, but wanted to be billed as Microphones, as he was recording an old Microphones song.
Each label made their own very distinct version of the cover. The PIAPTK cover is hand-letterpressed, the LST version is a cool velum and transperency cover, and the altvinyl is a professionally printed foldover. There are only 200 copies of each cover.
Thanks for checking it out!
Liner Notes:
These songs were recorded live to a 1940’s Webster Wire Recorder. Wire recorders were originally invented in the late 1800’s and recorded sound to a hair-thin strand of stainless steel wire. This was the predecessor to magnetic tape as a recording medium. The wire is extremely fragile and fickle, and the machine itself adds certain audio elements to the recording; pitch shifts, bleed over from previous recordings on the reused wire, a clanking sound from the cylinders turning, tonal colorings and distortions, etc. These elements very much color and contribute to the recordings. Therefore, this record is considered a “collaboration” between the artists and this antiquated machine.
Side A:
Microphones: I Lost My Wind
(Phil Elverum: Recorded on a farm in Rochester, WA)
Golden Boots: Marie
(Dmitri Manos, Ryan Eggleston, Nathan Sabatino, and James Grip: Recorded in a living room in Olympia, WA)
Side B:
Bishop Allen: Ghost
(Justin Rice and Christian Rudder: Recorded in a venue basement in Seattle, WA)
Paleo: Jessica’s Wedding
(David Andrew Streckany: Recorded in a bedroom in Olympia, WA).
