news, updates and ramblings
http://deadpilot.bigcartel.com/product/the-doom-riot-slow-estate-dreams
The Doom Riots fantastic bliss noise album “Slow Esate Dreams” is now on sale for just £5.20.
If you’re not convinced, stream or download the entire album on last.fm!
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Doom+Riot/Slow+Estate+Dreams
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http://phantomchannel.bandcamp.com/album/ekca-liena-orb-night
Phantom Channel marks it’s second physical release with a 3″ CDr by our fav, Ekca Liena. Download it at the above link or buy the disc in the Dead Pilot store now!
http://www.smallfish.co.uk/shop/release/?cat=SPIRE009
Ekca Liena’s brilliant “Drones Between Homes” release on UTS gets a great write up at Smallfish!
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.
http://bjif.fourtwoseven.co.uk/viewitem/3670
Great new review of Timothy C Holehouse – To The Howls at Midnight.
Last few copies are available in the store!
http://deadpilot.bigcartel.com/product/timothy-c-holehouse-to-the-howls-at-midnight
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
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=212633370443&ref=mf
Semi alldayer of folk, improv, drone and noise. There will be a Dead Pilot merch stall, where all passers by get a free sampler CDr, of which the tracklisting is as follows:
1. Message to Bears – At The Top Of This Hill (Departures)
2. Winter in Montreal – V (Motion Sick and Speechless)
3. Stray Ghost – Grains & Waves (An Avalanche of Swollen Tongues)
4. Cylon – resonanz IV (resonanz)
5. Wereju – Remembering (An Anniversary of Sorts)
6. 1877 – Narcolepsy (I Am An Antagonist)
7. Seabuckthorn – Violet Sky (Distant Summer Storm)
8. Ekca Liena – June 4101 (Sleep Paralysis)
9. Pete Fosco – Western Ave. II (Crescent Avenue)
10. Nicholas Szczepanik – Underwater Landslide (Drone Poets Compilation)
11. Douleurfantome – 50MOLOCH (Part 1.5)
Hope to see you there.
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It’s your last chance to pre order the Stray Ghost album at the cheaper price. It will be shipping around the 15th September.
Also, Drone Poets will finally be out at the end of the month. So last chance to pre order that at the special price too!
Thanks so much to everyone who has pre ordered so far and thanks for the great responses to the Ekca Liena, Seabuckthorn and Cylon releases!
Oh, and all those who ordered Message to Bears – Departures recently and are awaiting your copy, they will all be posted out this week! Thanks for your patience!
Nik, Kishan and Steven are chatting with DJ Gareth Lloydon on BBC Three Counties Radio’s Introducing Show tomorrow night at about 7.15pm.
The three counties in question are Beds, Herts and our very own Bucks but it’s available on various frequencies and according to Wikipedia can be heard as far away as Rugby and Sussex!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/introducing
“This record left our Phil feeling ecstatic.
I can never spell Ekca Liena right. I always spell one of the words wrong and then I have to go and correct myself. There’s only nine characters in there as well so it’s not hard. The urge to put the C before the K is strong….The last Ekca CD blew my face off and we gave it album of the week… We sold out in a day!! Here is his proper follow up album called Sleep Paralysis on the Dead Pilot label. The album lulls you into a false sense of security with the opener being a warm floaty drone track sucking you into it’s niceness before track two (‘Ceiling Ghosts’) comes in with some dark droney forboding pulsing fuzz which will have you caked in fecal fun. It’s intense stuff alright. the production is amazing and it becomes completely clear on ‘Heavy Weather’ where some backwards guitar intertwines with some melodic electronics to stunning effect. Later in the track some thunderously loud drums come in and it’s starting to remind me a of track from Boards of Canada’s Geogaddi. That is until the walls of guitars which have slowly built up hit you in the face like a hammer shapped fist. The whole album has a dark feel to it…. like there’s some evil presence hanging around. I think fans of Sunn O))), Utech etc will like this as there’s a metal influence in there lurking ‘n all. It’s a damned special album! Comes in a diecut cardboard gatefold sleeve limited to 250 copies! CD only!!”
http://www.normanrecords.com/records/110150
This record left our Ant feeling happy.
There is a whole ton of dreamy drifty ambient type gear in this week. We’re literally drowning it… Hey there’s some good stuff though…. Cyclon is Jannick Schou and his ‘Resonanz’ album for Dead Pilot will have you floating away in no time. It’s basically some really subtle, ultra chilled ambient gear to get lost in. It’s quality stuff and the way it gradually evolves is real nice. Limited to 250 copies in stamped hand numbered sleeve.
http://www.normanrecords.com/records/110119
This record left our Phil feeling ecstatic.
Dead Pilot really has come into its own lately with almost every release on the label being super good. I just plucked the Seabuckthorn out of the review pile mainly cos I liked the name. The opener is a stunning track where you’re thrown into a dark jangly folk inspired romp with pounding drums that sound like someone is beating on your head…..Then some wierd Plaid-ish fuzzy electronics kick in and then it turns into an acoustic guitar raga. It’s an incredible piece of music which ducks and dives and does things you wouldn’t expect. That’s just the first track as well! It’s quite cinematic in its approach and the rest of the album follows a similar suit. The percussion that’s on the albm is nice and loud in the mix which is something I’m a fan of. The tracks veer from solo acoustic guitar workouts to weird electronic folk in the blink of an eye. Somersaault of Thought is an amazing tune which is very Fahey-esque and if you’ve been digging the recent folks like Cam Deas and Spoono doing such things then you’ll enjoy this. ‘Distant Summer Storm’ is a cracking album which comes with my total recommendation yah. Well good!!
http://www.normanrecords.com/records/110149
Huge thanks to Phil and the team at Norman records!
