Damn. He's such a douche. I'll be seeing him at a festival, so he'll likely have a set time around 60-70min. Here's hoping he'll keep his filthy mouth shut between songs.
S'pose I felt the need to chime in on this discussion since it does, in large part, involve me.
In the spirit of transparency I will elaborate a little on my costs. My per unit cost for Lost Songs is somewhere around $8. It will be more once I see final shipping costs from Pirates Press - likely very close to an additional $1 each.
Per my agreement with John @ Deep Elm - licensing fees were 20% of gross profit (not sure how that was split up between the band and DE). So now I'm sitting at about $11.25 per unit, my cost. I am required to sell 50 copies to the band @ $10 each but you know what, fuck that, I offered to give the band their 50 copies free of charge (plus #'s 1-5 to the band members) because damn if they aren't one of the greatest bands to ever grace this green Earth. So add another $500 or so to my actual costs. Once you do the math you can see that I'm not exactly quitting my day job here.
I'm not going to entertain the complaints about $5 domestic and $18 international shipping because, hey, that's what it costs to properly ship a record these days. I refuse to send an international record out on a boat for 2-3 weeks to save a few bucks on shipping. It's counter-intuitive. I don't re-use mailers, they are all new and there are no less than 6 sheets of bubble wrap in that mailer (or 2 cardboard dividers) protecting the record. I can't tell you how many times I've purchased a record, paid $4-5 and that shit is rattling around in the mailer, taking a complete beating.
To reiterate what someone said earlier, I also wish this were a Graveface release because it's well-documented, Ryan is fronting the best damn label on the planet right now. However, I really didn't think there was any interest in the album and assumed it was never getting pressed so I took the risk. Yes, I view it as a risk because there's no guarantee these are going to sell out anytime soon because I do not have distribution nor do I wish to get involved with distributors who simply don't pay their bills.
I'm sorry that a good many of you feel the asking price is expensive. I have a lot of time and effort into this release and when those 200+ pre-orders need to go out it's going to be me sitting in my office packing up each and every one of them, very carefully. I think the price is fair considering that I'd like to be able to keep the doors open to continue releasing music I love. Or at least be able to give myself a fighting chance, ya know?
Yeah $6500 for a new used engine and it just isn't worth it. I'm going to have to sell my baby to a Junk yard. I still don't know what I'm going to do about the car.
Fuck these guys. It's scary how homophobia still is not an issue. Many people around me, most of them genuinely good people, use words like gay as an insult or embarrassing name and they have no idea why it's bugging me. None of them is homophobic even in slightest, they just don't see the issue with it.
Thanks a lot for your great feedback regarding the Denovali Festivals London & Berlin. We're very pleased to present you the first artists for the Denovali Festival Essen 2015 edition in this newsletter. We're beyond that delighted to offer two reissues of long time sold out Celeste and Greg Haines releases. Also available now: A limited amount of the Celeste Animale(s) US Tour 2xLP edition.
PREORDER den052 | Celeste - Morte(s) Nee(s) Cd | 2x12'' reissue den171 | Greg Haines - Where We Were Cd | 2x12'' reissue den179 | Celeste – Animale(s) 2x12'' (limited us tour edition – 50 pieces available)
OUT NOW den014 | The Coma Lilies – Memento Mori 12'' (one time only pressing) den230 | Multicast Dynamics - Scape Cd | 12'' den231 | Multicast Dynamics - Aquatic System Cd | 2x12'' den232 | Petrels - Flailing Tomb Cd | 12''
Please consider that (due to bottlenecks at the pressing plant) we're sadly not able to ship the Multicast Dynamics „Aquatic System“ Vinyl edition before early August.
DENOVALI FESTIVAL ESSEN 2015 This year the festival will focus on various forms of audivisual performances · We're very pleased to welcome Holly Herndon (us), Blanck Mass (uk), Emptyset (uk), Mondkopf (fr), Ah! Kosmos (tr), Noveller (us), Oneirogen (us), Orson Hentschel (ger), Hidden Orchestra (uk), Moon Zero (uk), Second Moon Of Winter (uk), Witxes (fr), Poppy Ackroyd (uk), Sankt Otten (ger), Carlos Cipa (ger), Thomas Köner (ger) and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (us). Six further artists will be announced soon.
· Tickets + further details: www.denovali.com/festival/essen · Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/691883270922966
DENOVALI STORE NEWS This week's Denovali Store update includes new records of ZU, Jaga Jazzist, Hot Chip, Herbert, Mohammad, Sharon Van Etten, Alva Noto, Majeure, the Ex Machina OST, new Ennio Morricone vinyl Reissues etc.
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GREG HAINES – WHERE WE WERE CD | 2x12'' | DIGITAL Reissue
Limited vinyl Reissue - 350 pieces with solid gold / black a/b color effect.
This album is the result of one person sitting alone in a room and creating something entirely personal, without the frustrations of organising large-scale sessions for other players or the laborious work of preparing scores. In fact, the few scored moments that were written were later disregarded, with a whole string session with PETER BRODERICK ending up on the cutting-room floor (sorry, Peter!), along with endless hours of other material. What is left is the condensed diary of a year of exploring old tape delays, analog synths and percussion - some of which played by percussionist/composer SYTZE PRUIKSMA (a member, along with Haines, of THE ALVARET ENSEMBLE, whose debut album was released in December 2012 by Denovali Records), and some of which played and recorded in a midnight daze at Haines' studio in Berlin. Working in this way led to a whole host of other long-term influences feeding into the music that had never found an outlet before. The experiments in dub conducted by the likes of KING TUBBY or LEE PERRY and continued by the likes of RHYTHM & SOUND had a profound effect, as did the iconic work of TONY ALLEN and other African composers. The spaced-out soundscapes found on early TANGERINE DREAM and KLAUS SCHULTZE had always had a subtle influence on Greg's work, but now armed with an arsenal of dusty studio toys, those sounds became warmer, richer and more prominent.
The influences evoked here may at first appear at odds with Greg's previous work, but an affinity between the dense poly-rhythms of Africa and beyond have long been an influence for contemporary composers such as STEVE REICH, and their reach and importance on western music is undeniable. But now the lines have been blurred, and its impossible to say where one “style” or influence stops and another begins – something that was perhaps the only concept for this record. The symphonic synth crescendo of “So it Goes” would not have the same impact if it were not following the head- nodding drive of “Something Happened”. The delicate arpeggios of “Wake Mania Without End II” only exaggerate the unrelenting, rhythmical explosion of “Habenero”, and without starting with the intimate piano of “The Intruder”, the album's cavernous ending wouldn't feel so otherworldly. Its all in there or at least whats left of it after the hiss, the dirt and the degradation of the tape machine destroyed it, reworked it, and spat it back out fullyformed. Mixed and mastered together with NILS FRAHM at his Durton Studio, Berlin.
Vinyl ::: thick gatefold covers + black polylined inner sleeves + 180g vinyl ::: download code ::: limited edition: 350x solid gold / black a/b ::: price: 22.00 Euro
Cd ::: nice digipack sleeves ::: price: 13.00 Euro
CELESTE – MORTE(S) NEE(S) CD | 2x12'' | DIGITAL Reissue CELESTE – ANIMALE(S) 2x12'' US Tour Edition
2015 Reissue of the 3rd full length of the cult outfit from France. 2010: Three years after Pessimiste(s), two years after Nihiliste(s), and one year after Misanthrope(s), there are still those red flickering lights, the fog and the mood of desperateness, in(s)aneness and darkness if you listen to this band. CELESTE are back with a new full length. In times where other metalbands copy their last full length or try to catch attention with a new producer for every new record CELESTE are just trying to extend their sound and the intensity with every new song. And they did it again. They again wrote a heavier, better, darker full length than the last time. And... in this context they enhanced their unique, incomparable sound with new elements: they interlaced well fitting samples and for the first time they experimented with guest musicians and new instruments. Two people from LES FRAGMENTS DE LA NUIT joined them with piano and strings. CELESTE and piano & strings? Yes. And it fits perfectly. Naturally they again created a new level of denseness in their sound – and that's maybe the reason why they found so many new fans in several genres during the past 10 years. From black metal to sludge, from doom to posthardcore – the people love them because they're not copycats – they're not trying to exhaust any genre clichés - they're creating their own dark soundscapes with every new record. Seven songs (more than 40 minutes) of pure hopelessness and distress. And it's pretty simple to circumstantiate their success: they're still an excellent liveband. ‘'Don't pass up on the heaviest albums of the year of one of the best metal bands of the past 10 years.''
den014 | The Coma Lilies – Memento Mori 12'' den060 | Dale Cooper Quartet - Parole De Navarre Cd | 2x12'' reissue den110 | The Dale Cooper Quartet – Metamanoir Cd | 2x12'' reissue den154 | Poppy Ackroyd - Escapement Cd | 12'' reissue den209 | The Eye of Time - Anti Cd | 12'' den210 | Carlos Cipa - All Your Life You Walk Cd | 2x12'' den211 | Poppy Ackroyd + Lumen - Escapement Visualised Dvd den212 | Blueneck - King Nine Cd | 2x12'' den214 | Poppy Ackroyd – Feathers Cd |12'' den215 | Thomas Köner - Tiento de las Nieves Cd | 2x12'' den216 | Dale Cooper Quartet + Witxes Cd | 12'' den217 | N(35) - Saarn 12'' den218 | N(36) - Heven 12'' den219 | Second Moon Of Winter - One For Sorrow, Two For Joy Cd | 12'' den220 | Terminal Sound System - Dust Songs Cd | 2x12'' den222 | Ricardo Donoso - Deterrence Cd | 12'' den223 | Ricardo Donoso - Saravá Exu cd | 12'' den225 | Kuba Kapsa Ensemble - Vantdraught 10 Vol.1 Cd | 12'' den226 | Piano Interrupted - The Unifield Field Reconstructed Cd | 12'' den228 | Ah! Kosmos - Flesh Cd | 10'' den229 | Ah! Kosmos - Bastards Cd | 12'' den230 | Multicast Dynamics - Scape Cd | 12'' den231 | Multicast Dynamics - Aquatic System Cd | 2x12'' den232 | Petrels - Flailing Tomb Cd | 12''
DENOVALI STORE NEWS / BACK IN STOCK
A Place To Bury Strangers / The Telescopes - Split Single No. 6 10'' [18.5€] Akkord - HTH040 (limited edition) 12'' [13€] Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol. 3 2x12'' [25€] Ambient Jazz Ensemble - Suite Shop Reworks 12'' [23€] Becoming Real - Pure Apparition 12'' [20€] Biosphere & Deathprod - Stator Cd [15.5€] Bruce Brubaker - Glass Piano 2x12'' [22€] Captain Planet - Inselwissen 12'' [16€] Captain Planet - Wasser kommt, Wasser geht 12'' [16€] Cassegrain & Tin Man - Window Window 12'' [13€] Circuit Des Yeux - In Plain Speech 12'' [19€] Dasha Rush - Sleepstep. Sonar Poems For My Sleepless Friends 2x12'' [22€] David John Sheppard - Vertical Land 12'' [16€] Denovali Festival - 2015 London - Grey Record Bag [6€] Denovali Festival - 2015 London - Limited 17'' x 11'' Print [6€] Denovali Festival - 2015 London - White Record Bag [6€] Dommengang - Everybody's Boogie 12'' [19€] Ennio Morricone - Comandamenti Per Un Gangster 12'' [22€] Errorsmith & Mark Fell - Protogravity 12'' [16.5€] Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury - Ex Machina OST 2xCd [18.5€] Goatsnake - Black Age Blues 2x12'' [32€] Herbert - The Shakes 2x12'' [27€] Herbert - The Shakes Cd [16.5€] Hot Chip - Why Make Sense? (Deluxe Edition) 2xCd [18.5€] Jaga Jazzist - Starfire 12'' [19€] Jaga Jazzist - Starfire Cd [16.5€] Jenny Hval - Apocalypse, Girl 12'' [20€] Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs 12'' [18.5€] Kara-Lis Coverdale and LXV - Sirens 12'' [17€] Kinski - 7 (Or 8) 12'' [19€] Majeure - Termination Shock 2x12'' [18.5€] Majeure - Termination Shock Cd [13€] Merzbow / Mats Gustafsson / Balazs Pandi / Thurston Moore - Cuts Of Guilt, Cuts Deeper 2x12'' [24.5€] Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out Of Something (Limited Edition) 12'' [20€] Modest Mouse - Interstate 8 (Limited Edition) 12'' [20€] Mohammad - Lamnè Gastama 12'' [19€] Mohammad - Segondè Saleco 12'' [19€] Moloch - Die Isolation Cd [16.5€] Monarch - Die Tonight 12'' [14€] Oscar Peterson Trio - Live In Cologne 1963 2x12'' [28€] Rocky Votolato & Chuck Ragan - Kindred Spirit 10'' [14€] Sharon Van Etten - I Don't Want To Let You Down 12'' [16.5€] Sharon Van Etten - I Don't Want To Let You Down Cd [13€] Sigur Ros - ( ) 2x12''+Cd [25€] Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun 2x12''+Cd [25€] Stefan Wesolowski - Kompleta 12'' [17€] Stelvio Cipriani - La Polizia Ringrazia OST 12'' [22€] Sumac - The Deal 2x12'' [30€] Takaakira "Taka" Goto (Mono) - Classical Punk & Echoes Under The Beauty 12'' [18€] The Kvb - Mirror Being 12'' [22€] Thomas Brinkmann - What You Hear (Is What You Hear) 2x12'' [21€] Weird Owl - Interstellar Skeleta 12'' [22€] When - The Black Death 12'' [17€] Zu - Cortar Todo 12'' [21€]
It's been one year since I got the vinyl bug and it doesn't appear to be going away any time soon. Right away I could see my spending getting out of hand and we had just started the Dave Ramsey budget plan. This of course made things tricky but it made me very careful what I buy, and more importantly how I buy.
I discovered Discogs pretty quickly and found out it was very easy to set up and sell from. Each week I'd come home with a few garage sale scores to list for sale. As an Amazon Prime member, I not only learned how to search for bargain LP's, I made sure I ordered one at a time so I could keep the packing material (never once have I purchase a shipping box).
Another help was buying two copies of any limited/variant editions and selling one to basically pay for my copy or at least make it very cheap.
All in all it's gone pretty well and I've tracked all my purchases/sales in the "You Need A Budget" (YNAB) app on my iPhone. Since last June, my out of pocket expense is about $800 and I've got about 400 records. The other good news is I just finished logging them all in Discogs and according to recent sale info, my collection at the low end is at $3400 on the low end and $9500 on the high. Anything used I own is VG+ or better and of course the new stuff is all NM. While I'm a bit over budget on a monthly basis overall since last June, I've still managed to get a heck of a collection for a relatively low outlay.
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