Year: 2015

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Low Lumens : Dawn/Dusk

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We’re proud to announce the release of Low Lumens : Dawn/Dusk album from Burnt Toast Vinyl. The album will be available on cd and digitally from Burnt Toast Vinyl on 30 October and on cassette from Crime & Punishment Packaged Goods. Low Lumens is the moniker for the Pittsburgh based artist and musician Danny Bracken. His creative practice explores interactions between video, sound, and physical space, ranging from immersive, multi-sensory installations to small-scale sculptures. Born into a family of musicians, sound occupies a central role in his work; taking the form of film scores, installations, and stand-alone recordings. At the heart of these investigations lies an interest in the relationship between humans, the natural world, and technology. Explorations of how we embrace technological advancements while staying connected to ourselves, others, and the natural environment, are recurrent themes throughout his work. Bracken’s music further extends this dialogue, examining the tenuous balance between digital possibility and human impression, creating in a context that is constantly shifting between analog and digital realms. The release of Dawn/Dusk is a combination of two four song EPs that Bracken wrote and recorded between 2013-14. The all-instrumental Dawn/Dusk has moving electronic melodies interwoven with synthetic percussive sounds,…Continue readingLow Lumens : Dawn/Dusk

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Preparation Age

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Mike Adams At His Honest Weight rounds out 2015 with Preparation Age, a new 5-song one-sided LP on Burnt Toast Vinyl in conjunction with our friends at Sounds Familyre. It was recorded during the same sessions as a forthcoming 2016 full-length and serve as companion songs and a taste of what is to come. They build on the solidly crafted pop songs of 2014’s The Best of Boiler Room Classics through sonic experimentation and take the band’s sound into a hazier new territory combining influences from the synth-based rock of Wheat, Grandaddy, and Flaming Lips with Beach Boys inspired vocal harmonies. Throughout Preparation Age, Mike Adams manages to tell stories of forgotten friends and everyday people, turning fear and anxiety from the departed past into something pleasing and beautiful. In the more perfect universe next door, 2016 is the year for Mike and the boys’ magnum opus crowning achievement that will earn them a well-deserved gold record. For 2015, in the here and now gold teeth, it’s Mike Adams At His Honest Weight’s Preparation Age. Preparation Age is presented in a limited vinyl-only release of 500 copies with the B-side featuring an etching and including a digital download code. This LP…Continue readingPreparation Age

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Kloster’s Half Dream, Half Epiphany released!

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You can hear the track “Benjamin’s Song” from Kloster’s album Half Dream, Half Epiphany through the youtube link below: Half Dream, Half Epiphany is out tomorrow in the US on cd through Burnt Toast Vinyl and on cassette through Crime & Punishment Packaged Goods. The album borrows from apocalyptic folk by way of Current 93 and World Serpent related bands as well as the baroque folk of Sufjan Stevens, among other influences. Kloster are from Copenhagen and there are two reviews for the album available now: Gaffa gives Half Dream, Half Epiphany 6 out of 6 Gfrock gives the album 5 out of 6. Check them out, though they may prove to be a bit difficult to read depending upon your proficiency with the Danish language. There’s also an interview with Mikael from Kloster on stovt.dk about the album and its relationship with beer since the cassette is being released on Crime & Punishment Packaged Goods. There’s also a little bit more about the connection between Burnt Toast Vinyl, beer, Kloster, and Crime & Punishment Packaged Goods in this interview at stovt.dk (in English!) and this interview at stovt.dk. Many great friends have participated in this release and we’re very…Continue readingKloster’s Half Dream, Half Epiphany released!