news, updates and ramblings
Foxy Digitalis have claimed Stray Ghost’s intense debut CD album “An Avalanche of Swollen Tongues” as ‘essential listening’. Read the review in full here! Many thanks to Dave.
They also gave praise to the Drone Poets compilation here. Thanks to Elliot for that one.
Whilst on the subject of Stray Ghost, Hidden Shoal have released a free download single of a track from his up coming album “Nothing But Death”. Cop it over here!.
Thanks to everyone who was involved and came along on Saturday night. It was an absolute blast. If anyone has any pics or video footage or anything, that would be ace.
The new t shirt colourways are in the store now! Limited to 25 of each colour so be quick!!
Plurals/Tuluum Shimmering Split will be available by next week, just had a slight cock up with the CDrs, oops.
Merry Christmas! x
Yes, worthy of a few caps I think!
Unfortunately, I’m unable to make it, but it should be grand!
Also, a favourable review of Seabuckthorn’s “Distant Summer Storm” album has poped up here!
That’s all for now, but DON’T FORGET! Message to Bears, Timothy C Holsehouse, Winter in Montreal and Plurals LIVE in Aylesbury December 12th! Would be ace to meet some fans!
xxxxxxx
Alot to say tonight!
A bunch of new distro items have been added recently;
Fugues – Unreleased Tracks Compilation
A great comp featuring Message to Bears along side some other fantastic artists.
Field Rotation – Licht und Schatten
Second release from up coming Fluid Audio label.
And the 2 latest releases from the fantastic Home Normal label have also been added to the store.
The October sale ended last weekend, so the OCT10 10% discount code can no longer be used. Thanks to everyone who ordered and made use of the discount! I’m still keeping a bunch of items at a lower price though, you can check them out here. You can now also buy Stray Ghosts “An Avalanche…” with the t shire at a special package deal price here!
I’ve just confirmed that the wonderful Experimedia will be stocking Dead Pilot releases! I’ll let you know as soon as they have them in stock. Huge thanks to Jeremy! Hibernate have also just launched a shop and will soon be stocking select releases as well!
Fluid Radio will be broadcasting a mix made by me on Saturday November 14th. It features a bunch of great music from Dead Pilot releases as well as some from my favourite non Dead Pilot artists! After it’s been broadcast, I’ll upload it for download.
The remixes for the bonus disc for the re-release of Ekca Liena’s “Slow Music…” have now been confirmed and are as follows:
- Into The Wind (Cover by Duncan Harrison)
- Post Altitude (Remix by Pupilar)
- We Are Dying Flames (Remix by Stray Ghost)
- Fire Emerging From Mist (Remix by Kixotek)
- Fire Emerging From Mist (Remix by Nadja / Aidan Baker)
I’m so pleased and thrilled with this line up. I can’t wait to get this out. More info on it’s release soon.
And lastly, the first every Dead Pilot gig is taking place in Aylesbury on Saturday December 12th with Message to Bears, Winter in Montreal, Timothy C. Holehouse and Plurals. Hopefully this will be the first of many. More info here and here. If you are interested in coming and have no idea where Aylesbury is, please do get in touch and I’ll help you out.
I think that’s just about everything. As I said, I’m taking a break from releases for a month or so, but expect to see something special soon.
xxxxx
With “An Avalanche of Swollen Tongues” still fresh in our ears, Stray Ghost’s Anthony Saggers releases another amazing set of tracks, this time on Australian label Hidden Shoal. Entitled “Each Paradise Is A Lost Paradise”, it is 3 tracks of absorbing melodic ambiance that chime and float along beautifully.
Download only I’m afraid, but you can’t have everything 
Give it a whirl here.
Textura have posted a great article showcasing some fantastic labels. Read it over here!
The Stray Ghost special editions have now sold out! Although, you may be able to grab copies from the following places:
http://www.normanrecords.com/poogle/index.php?q=stray+ghost&format=&btnG=Search
http://www.homenormal.com/archives/category/shop/other-labels/dead-pilots
That brings me neatly onto the next point; Home Normal and Databloem are now stocking Dead Pilot releases! Check the link above for Dead Pilot on Home Normal and the link below for Dead Pilot on Databloem!
http://www.databloem.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&label_id=137&Itemid=2&vmcchk=1&Itemid=2
Many thanks to Ian/Ben from Home Normal and Dennis at Databloem. I’m working on getting a few more stockists at the moment, so am holding back on the next few releases until I’ve secured them.
I’ve added a new 3″ EP by Operations to the distro section of the store. It’s called “Sundevil” and is abit different from the usual Operations sound, but is definitely worth a listen. Plus it’s highly limited to just 30 copies!
Okay so there are ALOT of releases planned for the next few months; it’s going to be really busy and very exciting. Also new t shirts coming soon too. I’ll be taking a break for while to sort out new stockists and a few other things, but expect a bunch of new releases next month.
Thanks as ever. x
So, as we say goodbye to the month of September and hello to the month of October, I’d like to bring a few things to your attention(s).
First off:
Stray Ghost’s fantastic full length “An Avalanche of Swollen Tongues” released a few weeks has had a bloody fantastic review by our friends at Sonic Reverie.
“There are strains of the Japanese aesthetic Wabi Sabi throughout Stray Ghost’s music, the fact that we cannot quite hear what is buried below the synthetic drones and static makes it seem all the more appealing in it’s imperfection. We are forced to press our ears to the speakers and listen closely to catch scintillating frames of the beauty which is buried beneath the kind of harsh protrusion of external noise which invades our hearts and minds on a daily basis.”
Read the full review:
http://sonicreverie.blogspot.com/2009/09/stray-ghost-avalanche-of-swollen.html
Secondly (and whilst on the subject of “…Swollen Tongues”:
You can now purchase the limited, hand numbered, tied with string and with bonus disc version of the album on it’s own WITHOUT a t shirt. So, those of you who like to listen to music topless, but still want the limited edition special-ness and bonus disc, can now purchase it on it’s own!
http://deadpilot.bigcartel.com/artist/stray-ghost
For all the Stray Ghost purchasing options!
Thirdly:
New distro items have been added from the lovely Hibernate records and my favs Small Doses. Check out the distro section for these gems (limted copies of everything!):
http://deadpilot.bigcartel.com/category/distro-items
Lastly:
With the nights drawing in and such (and the amount of amazing and larger scale releases planned over the next few months) I’ve decided to do a bit of a sale to shift the last few copies of some releases and make way for all the lovely new ones.
http://deadpilot.bigcartel.com/category/sale-items
Some stuff is down to just ONE COPY so if anything does take your fancy, get on it or be disappointed!
Also, during this sale time, if you order 3 (THREE) or more items (releases, distro items, sale items, t shirts ANYTHING!), you can use a special discount code: OCT10 for an extra 10% off. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS ONLY TO BE USED ON ORDERS OF 3 (THREE) OR MORE ITEMS, NO LESS. ANY ORDERS NOT FOLLOWING THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED AND YOU WILL LOSE OUT. SORRY.
Okay, that wasn’t quite last; final things:
Regarding the re-release of Ekca Liena’s Slow Music; please join the mailing list (on the home/start page) to be kept up to date on when this will be out. Joining the Facebook group and following the Twitter page wouldn’t help either. This way you will be notified of all goings on.
A few new places will be stocking Dead Pilot releases! More info shortly. Mega thanks to those guys for stocking us!
Out next week: Pete Fosco – Crescent Avenue (ltd. 1oo), Archers by the Sea/Pine Smoke Lodge – Split (ltd. 80) and Eyeballs – The Roof of the World re-issue (ltd. 40)
Finally, thanks to everyone for your continued interest and support. Keep it up and keep physical music and the DIY ethic alive!
http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2009/09/an-avalanche-of-swollen-tongues/#more-3645
An Avalanche of Swollen Tongues featured at the fantastic Fluid-Radio.
Stray Ghost – An Avalanche of Swollen Tongues pre order period has ended and orders will be shipping from Monday 21st September. Special Editions will be heading out first, so expect an email shortly regarding your colour option
There are now full pics of the packaging and pics of the t shirts up on the store. You can now also buy the t shirts on there own for £8.75.
Drone Poets will (finally) be out soon, along side Pete Fosco – Crescent Avenue and Archers by the Sea/Pine Smoke Lodge – Split. It’s your last chance to pre order Drone Poets for the slightly cheaper price of £7.20. As of next week it will go up to £8.50. Remember, it’s 2 Cdrs each with over an hour of exclusive drone material from the likes of Ekca Liena, Wereju, Stefan Kushima and more!
I don’t know how often you check the Myspace page, but there is now a highly details list of whats coming up over the next few months and, even if I do say so myself, it’s looking fantastic. The list includes a re-release on CD of the sell out Ekca Liena debut album and Eyeballs – The Roof of the World. The Ekca Liena re-issue will be 500 copies including a bonus disc. The Eyeballs re-issue however, will be highly limited and act as a prelude to a new release and t shirt.
Also, I urge you all to check out the last.fm to download/stream tracks from past, present and future Dead Pilot releases and join the facebook group to get some special discount codes!
Thanks alot! xxxx
