roboticempire Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Now this is a re-ighteous update. We've got a beautiful ISIS re-issue, an overdue CAPSULE re-press, an old ISIS t-shirt re-printed and a rock solid slab of other new re-leases & re-stocks for the Robotic Empire - Online Store. Lets get at it: Its no secret we're big ISIS fans. Have been, still are, will be. Robotic Empire and ISIS have a lengthy history, but even after releasing four remix LPs, two 2xLP albums, one live 2xLP and a massive commemorative box set together, this release still carries serious weight. After being out of print for years, we're proud to re-issue (our personal favorite) ISIS album, Oceanic, as a fine 2xLP release. Showcasing a band at the height of a monumental transition, Oceanic was and is hailed by many fans as ISIS' landmark album, simultaneously earning widespread critical acclaim. Raising the massive bridge between crushing metal and atmospheric post-rock, ISIS truly came into their own sound on this brilliant sophomore album. Now housed in a heavyweight "tip-on" style gatefold jacket, Oceanic has been carefully re-mastered and re-cut for optimal sound quality. We are absolutely thrilled to be reissuing this double LP, even despite the band's somewhat recent breakup. Regardless, this album stands the test of time and we're honored to present it to you today. 2000 copies of this have been pressed up, with the following numbers and colors of vinyl: * 100 on Seaweed (translucent green w/ black streaks) * 200 on Gyre (opaque olive) * 300 on Brine (swamp green/clear swirl) * 1400 on Black Although technically a pre-order, this is completely finished and available now in the Robotic Empire - Online Store and will begin shipping the week of January 24th. Absolutely related to this is the uncovering of an ollld ISIS t-shirt design from their archives. Printed in minimal numbers for a Japanese tour many many moons ago, this Oceanic-specific shirt is finally available again (and stateside). Printed on Alstyle shirts (sweatshop free & akin to American Apparel texturally) with a 20% ink discharge, the minimalism of this print perfectly compliments ISIS' abstinence from convention. In an overflowing sea of huge-print shirts, its nice to see something actually utilizing space as a vital design element. Anyway, blathering aside this boils down to a simple, super cozy shirt from way back when. Nice! This is available now in the Robotic Empire - Online Store. Completely unrelated but equally awesome is the new re-press of CAPSULE's stellar debut album, Blue. First dropped nearly 3 years ago, this tornado of fury is a powerful combination of grind, screamy hardcore and technical wizardry. A seriously convolutely conglomeration of genres and styles, it actually takes several spins of this monster to truly soak up all the crazy tunage that's going on within. 500 more of this bad mamma jamma were pressed up: * 100 on Tropical Blue (translucent electric blue/beer mix w/ blue streaks) * 200 on Primordial Blue (translucent blue w/ amoebas) * 200 on Ocean Blue (opaque aqua blue/baby blue mix) This is finally available again after being sold out for quite a while, and the 12" also comes with a CD of the same jams, inserted into the interior of the custom die-cut high-gloss gatefold jacket itself. A great package and a killer debut album, we're pretty hyped to have this available again! Just in time too as their new album No Ghost will be dropping via RVA brethren Rorschach Records later this year. Until then, you can pick up Blue (and/or their beastly Self-Titled collections LP) now in the Robotic Empire - Online Store. Appropriately, we've got some sweet CAPSULE t-shirts there too Beyond those new/old Robotic Empire label releases, the distro n' other labels' items new & restocked to the Robotic Empire - Online Store this time around are substantial enough to shake a stick at. Some pretty gnarly new stuff across the board, including Deathwish crushers (COLISEUM, DOOMRIDERS, STARKWEATHER and TRAP THEM), an awesome old NADJA double-album finally released on vinyl, THOU's monumental Summit on wax via Southern Lord, the new BUCKSHOT FACELIFT 1-sided LP, some Super-Fi import stuff, the newest COALESCE and PHOBIA 12"s on the cheap via Relapse... plus on the restock tip we've got crucial vinyl from BLACK TUSK (color wax), CAPSULE/FURNACE and ENVY. YES! Here's the full list: NEW ITEMS: * Art Of Burning Water - Head Of The Tempest 12" (Super Fi) - $13.99 * Buckshot Facelift - Anchors of the Armless - 1-Sided BLACK 12" (Old Souls) - $9.99 * Buckshot Facelift - Anchors of the Armless - 1-Sided GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Old Souls) - $9.99 * Buckshot Facelift - Anchors of the Armless - 1-Sided RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Old Souls) - $9.99 * Capsule - Blue - OCEAN BLUE COLORED VINYL 12"+CD (Robotic Empire) - $12.99 * Capsule - Blue - PRIMORDIAL BLUE COLORED VINYL 12"+CD (Robotic Empire) - $12.99 * Capsule - Blue - TROPICAL BLUE COLORED VINYL 12"+CD (Robotic Empire) - $12.99 * Coalesce - Ox 12" (Relapse) - $9.99 * Coliseum - True Quiet / Last Wave - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 7" (Deathwish) - $4.99 * Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive 12" (Deathwish) - $9.99 * Geisha - Maudit A Minuit 12" (Super Fi) - $13.99 * Isis - Oceanic - BLACK VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $19.99 * Isis - Oceanic - BRINE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $19.99 * Isis - Oceanic - GYRE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $19.99 * Isis - Oceanic - SEAWEED COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $19.99 * Isis - Oceanic Japan - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $15.99 * Isis - Oceanic Japan - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99 * Isis - Oceanic Japan - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99 * Isis - Oceanic Japan - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99 * Isis - Oceanic Japan - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99 * Isis - Oceanic Japan - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99 * Nadja - Thaumogenesis 2x12" (Important) - $19.99 * Phobia - Unrelenting - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Relapse) - $9.99 * Starkweather - This Sheltering Night - DARK BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Deathwish) - $9.99 * Thou - Summit 12" (Southern Lord) - $14.99 * Trap Them - Seizures In Barren Praise - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Deathwish) - $9.99 RESTOCKS: * Black Tusk - Taste The Sin - GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Relapse) - $9.99 * Capsule / Furnace - Split 7" (Moment of Collapse) - $4.99 * Envy - Abyssal 12" (Temporary Residence) - $9.99 * Envy - Compiled Fragments 1997 - 2003 2x12" (Temporary Residence) - $18.99 * Envy / Thursday - Split 12" (Temporary Residence) - $10.99 * Snowblood - Self-Titled CD (Super Fi) - $7.99 What an update! Hot on the heels of that last totally massive one too, which had another new label release & t-shirt as well... so we're wailin' on it full-speed here! Thanks for keeping us busy, hopefully you enjoy the new tunes! -Robotic Empire Robotic Empire - Online Store Robotic Empire's Twitter Robotic Empire on Myspace Robotic Empire on Facebook Robotic Empire's email list Robotic Empire's news blog/archive Robotic Obscurities free audio archive Robotic Empire's youtube channel Robotic Empire Wholesale Robotic Empire's main website Robotic Empire at Sound Cloud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecream Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 ordered the seaweed but I must say that gyre color looks very appealing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
httran Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Just put in an order. Looking forward to hearing the Capsule LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherson123 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Got all the Oceanic's. I've never heard Capsule before but those albums look beautiful. Might have to check it out. Thanks for the pictures. Any info on the approximate vinyl weight for the the Isis represses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Anyone pick up an extra Seaweed color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticempire Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 "Seaweed" and "Gyre" are both sold out. The black should be available a little while at least, but the last color ("Brine", my favorite) is down to roughly 50 copies: ISIS - Oceanic 2xLP & shirts in the Robotic Empire - Online Store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preston Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Any insight on those variants at BCD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Any insight on those variants at BCD? same colors, different descriptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherson123 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Green = Gyre Dark Green = Brine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preston Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticempire Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Green = GyreDark Green = Brine yeah that'd be my guess too, but i don't know for certain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticempire Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 posted this on our Facebook and Twitter yesterday, but thought some folks here would get a kick out of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherson123 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 How did this guy get his already? http://cgi.ebay.com/ISIS-OCEANIC-2LP-GRE....item3a625 22051 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoonbill Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 i got my seaweed copy on friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 If anyone changes their mind after getting the seaweed one, get at me. Please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherson123 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 i got my seaweed copy on friday. Where did you order from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoonbill Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 robotic empire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherson123 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Do you live especially close to Washington? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticempire Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 OK folks a double-round of quick wacky news here: First off, and most importantly: International shipping problems seem to now be fixed! SUPER sorry about this hitting right in the middle of ISIS mayhem, but it geniunely wasn't our fault. USPS updated their shipping stuff and it threw off stuff within webstores like ours. With literally no support from them, alterations were needed in the backend to get this working again. Long story short, it wasn't a quick fix and there was minimal support in how to do it. Big thanks to our webguru Josh Sisk for sorting it out, but big sorrys to all the Euros who had issues ordering Everything should be working now! Second, and also pretty major: We actually have 100 more copies of ISIS Oceanic 2xLPs on the "Gyre" color vinyl than we thought! This one IS our fault, as we accidentally screwed up our own inventory when adjusting for the copies given to the band... and thus, didn't even know we had 100 more copies of this until we started packing the orders. Whoops! So yeah, to everyone who missed color vinyl on this blowout, 100 more "Gyre" copies are actually still available (as of posting this). We're aware this stuff doesn't make us look particularly "on top of it", but it was true coincidence that these two very random snafus happened within the same massive mailorder rush. We're sorry for the mixups, but orders are being packed at a furious rate and should be shipping out by the week of January 24th (since this is still technically a pre-order, with a February 1st "street date"). THANK YOU to everyone who ordered, sorry again about the mixups... but the final package should speak for itself as we're really happy with how this turned out. Peace! -Robotic Empire - Online Store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Why couldn't you have goofed and found extra Seaweed ones?!?! Why oh why?!?! Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticempire Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 sorry bro. roughly a week later and down to just 3 copies of "Gyre" though as of posting this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickemmons Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Just saw this when I woke up today for the first time and luckily grabbed the last copy on Gyre, excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticempire Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Color vinyl is completely gone, and we're down to 34 copies of black too (as of posting this)... and our distributor is way low on copies too. This sold way faster than we expected, major thanks to everyone who ordered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherson123 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I hate to be an ass but I have to ask, what was the rationale behind leaving the last 20 seconds of "Hym" off this press? Or was it an accident? I mean the fade out works and if this were the first time someone heard this record it would be a totally believable ending but not having that last little bit and knowing that its supposed to be there is really weird. Maybe I'm the only one who cares this much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticempire Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 no clue. you'd have to ask the band that one, that's not the type of decision we'd make as a label. creative stuff is always up to the band(s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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