Monday, March 15, 2010

GENTLE WONDER

BROKEN DEER "WHITE WOMAN" on Vimeo.

New animated video by Alice Cohen for the song "White Woman" by Broken Deer.

Broken Deer is the solo recording project of Lindsay Dobbin. She lives in the deep northern frontier of Yukon, Canada. "White Woman" is from the forthcoming album POLARAURA that will be released June 21, 2010.

There is a previous Broken Deer album titled OUR SMALL GOING that is available from www.gandhararecordings.org.

Broken Deer.

Alice Cohen.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

NEW VIDEO: RANGERS "OUT PAST CURFEW"

RANGERS "OUT PAST CURFEW" from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.

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SUSPECT JUVENILE 12/03/73
A MALE JUVENILE WAS CONTACTED IN THE 250 BLOCK OF HILLCREST AVENUE. THE MALE JUVENILE WAS OUT AFTER CURFEW AND WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF A CIGARETTE LIGHTER. THE MALE JUVENILE WAS CITED AND RELEASED TO HIS PARENTS.

VIDEO BY ZAHID JIWA.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

IN WITH THE OLDE OUT WITH THE NEU

DUCKTAILS - DECK OBSERVATORY (excerpt) from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.

TEASER FOR TOMORROW'S DEBUT OF A NEW RANGERS VIDEO BY CANADA'S
ZAHID JIWA: http://www.youtube.com/user/cashc0W

THIS IS A SHORT CLIP FOR A DUCKTAILS SONG OFF OF LAST SUMMER'S "LANDSCAPES" ALBUM - A FULL LENGTH VIDEO EXISTED FOR THIS BUT THAT VERSION AND ALL THE FOOTAGE WAS ON A LAPTOP COMPUTER DEMOLISHED BY AN IRATE BODYBUILDER WHO WENT INTO "ROID RAGE" AFTER A COFFEE-SPILL INCIDENT -- SO HERE IS THE ONLY SURVIVING VERSION. JUICE-HEAD STRIKES AGAIN.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

LIQUID ENERGY ENHANCED GLADIATOR IN THE DIGITAL COLOSSEUM A.G.*

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JAMES FERRARO - LAST AMERICAN HERO, Pt. 3 from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.

"THE ENERGY ENHANCED GLADIATOR WISHES TO MERGE AS ONE WITH HIS GIRL. HIS TONGUE RING GLOWS UNDERNEATH THE RENO MOON. HER SILVER SILENCE BEGS FOR HIS PLEASURE. HE CAN HEAR HER CALL DEEP WITHIN HIS BEING, AS THE DESERT CLOUDS ROLL ON OVER HIS METAL SLAVE. SHE SUBMITS TO BE PARKED AND THE SHADOW OF LOVE IS AMOUNG THEM. A BLACKTOP TUMBLE WEED ROLLS AROUND THE DRIED TAR ONLY A DREAM OF IT’S MASTER BLOWING IN THE WIND. FROM THE HAND OF THE GLADIATOR WHO NOW HUNTS FOR A DREAM, A FLAT SCREEN DREAM. A GROUP OF HUMANS PRESUMED LOST FOR THE LAST DECADE AND A HALF WERE FOUND ALIVE CAMPING OUT IN THE BACK RECESSES OF A COSTCO SUPER MARKET. AFTER BEING LOST DEEP INSIDE OF THE COSTCO BUILDING FOR WEEKS WITHOUT ANY OUTSIDE CONTACT, THEY FINALLY STARTED THE SETTLEMENT OF "NO FEAR". The front cover (JUDGE JUDYITE IN SODOM AND GOMORRAH) represents the programmed citizen and the process of it’s logical sequence as visible from the working creative inner ego of the program (the living human host’s perspective) in a snapshot form in the empty world created by the MODERN Gomorrah temple BEST BUY™ plaza center. The back cover represents the same idea but this one exhibits the inner head perspective of the "LIQUID ENERGY ENHANCED GLADIATOR IN THE DIGITAL COLOSSEUM A.G.* *After Google " - JAMES FERRARO

Thursday, March 4, 2010

FOREST SWORDS VIDEO TRILOGY (PLUS ONE)

The debut Forest Swords vinyl just came out on monday and has already been generating some rave reviews -- including earning Volcanic Tongue's much coveted "Tip Of The Tongue" honors (a.k.a. record of the week) -- here's David Keenan's write-up of the album:

"Mind-blowing out of nowhere debut for this solo UK underground project based in the Wirral in Merseyside. Forest Swords work as a Hypnagogic update of classic UK underground modes, importing psychedelic hip-hop and R ‘n’ B production styles into the kind of eccentric art-pop settings of Simon Wickham-Smith and Richard Youngs, Two Daughters, Dome, The Shadow Ring et al. The music is hypnotically lush minimalism, sometimes using synthesised ghost vocals over dubbed-up Julian Lynch style bass and beautiful smears of drone. Forest Swords talks of his love for Aaliyah’s work with Timbaland and there’s a sleight of hand going on here which is comparable to Daniel Lopatin’s seductive use of screwed hip hop styles in drone/underground settings. Here Forest Swords come over as a Hypnagogic Aphex Twin, with the stoned production style of Selected Ambient Works usurped by crude minimal Spacemen/Velvets guitar and some F/X heavy DIY remix styles. It’s a fantastic trip, with something indefinably bleak/lovely in its evocation of lonely late night England. Dagger Paths consists of specially re-mastered versions of tracks from the out of print cassettes Miarches and Glory Gongs along with brand new material. Full colour pro-printed sleeves and insert with a MP3 download. A classic UK underground side, bolstering the tradition while taking it somewhere else completely. Highly recommended." - David Keenan, Volcanic Tongue


here's a brand new video for the track "Visits" off the Forest Swords "Dagger Paths" album -- the final installment of what makes up a trilogy when grouped alongside the videos for "Miarches" & "Glory Gongs".

Forest Swords - Visits from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.



Forest Swords - Glory Gongs from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.



Forest Swords - Miarches from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.

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and here's the aforementioned "PLUS ONE" -- a video for "The Light" which is the closing track on "Dagger Paths" - this was made by Alex Davis of Leftist Nautical Antiques who released the debut Forest Swords cassette last year.

The Light from Hazed Nostalgia on Vimeo.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

TESTAROSSA SEANCE

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ABOVE IS A COLLECTION OF STILLS FROM THE SECOND VIDEO FOR THE MATRIX METALS "FLAMINGO BREEZE" LP -- MADE BY LUKE WYATT

Visitation Rites already posted a sweet write-up for this video HERE so hit that up if you wanna read more // otherwise peep the moving images below, is a fancy ride>>>

MATRIX METALS "TANNING SALON, PART TWO" from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

DISTRO ACTION 2 - BIG TROUBLES 7" ON BLACKBURN

All right -- we snagged a short stack of the debut 7" by Big Troubles... This is a killer record and is limited to only 350 copies.. look for their 2nd 7" to drop really soon on OESB and then a full-length a bit later on....

BUY IT HERE

BLACKBURN RECORDINGS OFFICIAL WRITE UP IS HERE

SOUND SAMPLES CAN BE PEEPED AT: CHOCOLATE BOBKA, ROSE QUARTZ, FRIENDSHIP BRACELET, & WEEKLY TAPE DECK

DISTRO ACTION 1 - ALICE COHEN "SKY FLOWERS" CD

We're going to be fleshing out the OESB SHOPPE with some additional distro items - many of which will be releases by OESB artists that were self-released or are on other labels. For starters here is a cd from 2008 by Alice Cohen on her own Crinoline imprint. While her OESB l.p. "Walking Up Walls" was a home-recorded affair with countless layers of fog & fuzz, "Sky Flowers" occupies a completely different soundworld as it was a studio recording with rich, clean production. HERE is an excellent article and interview published in Philadelphia's City Paper at the time of the release. And below is her spooky self-animated video for "Black Pepper" - the first song off of "Sky Flowers".

ALICE COHEN "BLACK PEPPER" from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

OESB & CHOCOLATE BOBKA PRESENT:

Thanks to Matt at King-Size for hooking us up with the opportunity to host a killer nite of music this Thursday at Webster Hall Studio (downstairs). They have an awesome sound system & Zak Mering (of Raw Thrills / Greatest Hits / Insted) will be DJ-ing some crazy jams before & between all the bands.... doors 8 p.m. and Run DMT will start 9 p.m. sharp -- then Alice Cohen, Pigeons, Big Troubles, & Twin Sister. This will not be a late show - it's scheduled to end by midnight so come early... $7 at the door. Check Bobka's post HERE for video clips and/or mp3's by all of the above acts. Webster Hall is at 125 East 11th Street in the East Village, near Union Square.

CARLOS ANTONIO - EL HOMBRE ORQUESTA - LIMA, PERU






CARLOS ANTONIO from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.

Olde English Spelling Bee is excited to announce a partnership with the MassTropicas label which is run out of Western Massachusetts by Michael Pigott.

Michael has been dedicated to hunting down musical obscurities in Peru and has some very exciting projects planned this year for his label MassTropicas. During one of his many trips to Peru he was introduced to street musician Carlos Antonio by local photographer Tunchi and arranged an informal recording session from which this video was made. Also worth checking out is Tunchi's awesome website of Lima street photographs here: http://www.limafotolibre.com/

Here's some background info from Michael:
"Carlos Antonio is known as El Hombre Orquesta (translation: one man band) and he has been playing on the streets for 24 years. He is originally from Chiclayo which is eight hours north of Lima. He plays his favorite cumbia and salsa songs from Peru and all over Latin America. The trumpet or kazoo like sound you hear is his "plastic trumpet" which is a soda bottle cut in half with a piece of plastic fashioned over the top with a rubberband. I recorded these songs last year in Lima on May 15th, we picked him up and brought him to a practice spot halfway across the city in a taxi. He played for an hour straight. Enjoy."

OESB will be the exclusive distributor of the Carlos Antonio cassette release on MassTropicas from these sessions. There were 100 cassettes professionally duplicated - half of these were given to Carlos in Peru and the remaining 50 copies will be available in the new distribution section of the OESB webstore -
http://oesbee-shoppe.blogspot.com/


Also here is a video clip of a Peruvian television report on Carlos (in spanish):