The limited edition colored vinyl copies of Robert Beatty’s “Soundtracks for Takeshi Murata” are sold out. Friends and fans were kind enough to submit photos of their copies, since the patterns of each individual record was unique. If you’re curious, you can view examples on the label’s Facebook page.
Standard black vinyl pressings and CD copies are still available here.
Many thanks to everyone for being so supportive of this very special document!
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These records look almost as amazing as they sound.
Don’t miss out:
http://glisteningexamples.bandcamp.com/album/soundtracks-for-takeshi-murata
GLISTENING EXAMPLES is proud to announce “Soundtracks for Takeshi Murata” (GLEX-1302), the debut LP/CD of Kentucky-based electronic musician Robert Beatty under his given name. Beatty has long been a presence in the experimental underground as a member of Hair Police and more recently performing and recording solo under his Three Legged Race moniker. He is also well known for his visual art, which encompasses installation, drawing, video, and album artwork design for countless artists including Oneohtrix Point Never, Real Estate, Vybz Kartel, and Peaking Lights.
“Soundtracks for Takeshi Murata” collects Beatty’s compositions for digital video glitch pioneer Takeshi Murata, produced between 2004-2007. Beatty’s collaborative relationship with Murata has spawned some of his strongest work to date, and Glistening Examples is honored to present this music to the public for the the first time outside of screenings, museums, and galleries. Beatty has performed alongside Murata’s work in New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Beijing, where he performed several shows, including at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art during the 2008 exhibition, “Stray Alchemists.”
The formative elements of the recent Three Legged Race full length “Persuasive Barrier” (Spectrum Spools, 2013) are apparent in the rubbery pulsations of “Escape Spirit Videoslime” and the ghostly buzzing harmonics of “Untitled (Silver)”. Moving between hypnotic minimalism, dense processed atmospheres, and spacious drones, often in the same track, these pieces are the perfect corollary to Murata’s fractured and viscous visuals. While the video and audio are linked in the same fluid time space, the soundtracks are presented now as stand-alone works, powerful compositions drawn from the same underlying chaos apparent in Murata’s ever-shifting psychedelic environments. This is exciting electronic music that invites the listener to imagine their own videoscapes with or without having viewed Murata’s work.
“Soundtracks for Takeshi Murata” is published in an LP edition as well as CD format, with new artwork from Murata, design by Beatty, and digital mastering by Jason Lescalleet at Glistening Labs USA. The LP includes a download code and an 11″x17″ poster. The CD includes a bonus track not found on the LP.
View video of “Untitled (Silver)” on UbuWeb
Buy this album here.
GLISTENING EXAMPLES is proud to present “leave/trace” (GLEX-1301), the vinyl debut of Grisha Shakhnes.
Formerly operating under the name of Mites, Shakhnes has been recording and performing in Tel Avi, Israel since 2008. His work has been issued both privately in limited handmade CD-R editions, and internationally though Alamut Records (Jerusalem), Mystery Sea (Belgium), and Copy For Your Records (NYC). Consider ‘leave/trace’ a graduation ceremony, as Shakhnes steps away from pseudonymity and into the bright lights of his own exceptional music.
“leave/trace” offers a compelling display of musical abstraction, blending field recordings from peculiar and mundane origins into sumptuously detailed and surreally original new forms. Shakhnes is deftly able to capture and juxtapose otherwise overlooked details of commonplace events, placing his work at the fulcrum of contemporary tape music.
Never overly literal, “leave/trace” instead allows the listener to find their own way through its compositions, granting rich reward for those willing to make the journey.
“Fine work, among Shakhnes’ best.”
– Brian Olewnick, Just Outside
http://olewnick.blogspot.com
“This is unquestionably Grisha’s most convincing statement to date, and one which cements him in the frontline of artists to watch as the year unfolds. A fabulous LP.”
– Graham Lambkin, KYE Records
“leave/trace” is a beautiful LP, published in an edition of 500 copies.
The first 100 copies of this record are pressed in fresh virgin blood vinyl and only available via direct mail order through Glistening Examples.
Jason Lescalleet has occasionally been publishing some of his own music on this little label called GLISTENING EXAMPLES.
To date, there have been three releases on this label in the span of 5 years. It all started with THE PILGRIM in 2006.
In 2011, GLISTENING EXAMPLES later released a collection of compilation tracks and rarities called THIS IS WHAT I DO – VOLUME ONE.
Then, in 2012, GLISTENING EXAMPLES issued a 7″ record with two short compositions by Graham Lambkin and Jason Lescalleet. It was the first time that GLISTENING EXAMPLES could really be considered an actual publishing label, as opposed to a exercise in vanity, since it marked the first release that included music made by someone other than Jason Lescalleet.
In 2013, GLISTENING EXAMPLES will be forging onward as a label since the scope of releases will be growing to include many other artists. Of course, there will still be the occasional record or CD that will be based solely on Lescalleet’s own ego/vanity/artistic expression, but there is also a plan to release collaborative recordings that are already in progress.
In the meantime, we are proud to announce the first GLISTENING EXAMPLES release of 2013 to be an LP by Grisha Shaknes called “leave/trace”. We will be announcing pre-order information very soon (for those of you that enjoy the idea of collecting limited edition artworks).
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GLEX-1301 “leave/trace” by Grisha Shakhnes
GLEX-1201 Graham Lambkin / Jason Lescalleet - ”Food Chain” / “Nice Ass”
GLEX-1101 Jason Lescalleet – THIS IS WHAT I DO – VOLUME ONE
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