Looking for demos and having a Garage Sale

  By glacial23 | 11/29/2011 - 6:20 pm | Catalog, General, New Stuff 1 Comment

Still working on this synthpop-ish C20, but once it’s done, I’d like to put out a couple of short run split C30s (maybe 25 copies each at most) early next year. Anyone down to put out 15 minutes of “danceable” electronic music? If you’re interested, send an email with a link to a demo to glacialcommunications@gmail.com or hit up my SoundCloud dropbox. If we like what we hear, we’ll let you know. I’m pretty sure I know who one of the acts is going to be already (it’s a new project that hasn’t recorded or released anything yet).

Those two short run splits are going to be followed by another, bigger pro-duped split C20 or C30. More details on that closer to release-time.

Also, I seem to have a bit of extraneous gear that I’m not using, so in order to clear some of it out, I present The First Periodic Glacial Communications Garage Sale. Here’s the first round of deals:

  • Alesis MMT-8 MIDI Sequencer. Includes manual. $30SOLD
  • Boss DR-202 Drum Machine/Sequencer. I think I have a printed manual somewhere. $60ON HOLD
  • Kawai R-50 Drum Machine- just got it as part of a package deal and don’t really need it. No manual. $25SOLD
  • Danelectro Distortion pedal-never used, still in the box. $10
  • Danelectro Metal Distortion pedal-never used, still in the box. $10
  • Alesis Metavox Vocoder. Includes manual. $50
  • JVC belt-drive turntable. Sometimes plays a little weird. $20
  • (Sears?) belt-drive turntable. I never really used it. $20

Nothing includes a power adapter. If you really want me to provide one, I probably can for extra money.
All prices are pretty negotiable, and interesting trades will be considered. I’d prefer Cleveland-area pickups/meetups at shows, but if you want something shipped, we’ll work out some sort of arrangement.

Live at the 71st Door, 11-26-2011

  By glacial23 | 11/28/2011 - 1:23 am | General, New Stuff, Performances Leave a comment

For those who missed Saturday night’s show, here’s a recording of it: Live at the 71st Door, 11-26-2011.

November update

  By glacial23 | 11/16/2011 - 1:40 am | Catalog, General, New Stuff, Performances Leave a comment

Crazy busy so far this month. Played two shows so far (Nov. 6, opening for CLAPS and Kiernan Paradise, and Nov. 12th at the inaugural show (CAVE FEST) at the new and improved Rubber City Noise RCNCAVE). I’ve also made a second batch of contact mics for WCSB’s Radiothon last week, and am contemplating a third for general sale next year.

So, what’s on the horizon, recording-wise:

  • GLAC-27 (title/artist TBA): a C20 of synthpop-ish stuff, some of which I’ve been playing out lately. Hopefully ready by December 11th? Two tracks are pretty much ready to go.
  • GLAC-25 (glacial23: Acetic): What started as a simple compendium of x0xb0x acid tracks is now shaping up to be something much bigger- a 2 CD set with disc one being the aforementioned compendium and disc 2 being a live-in-the-studio jam. There may also be a super-limited mix collection of Ohio-connected acid tracks and a road trip along the length of OH-303. More details when it’s closer to release (at the current rate, maybe 3/03/2012 :-) )
  • GLAC-20 (‘The messed of’)- A collection of assorted odd things in the vault. When it’s ready, it’ll be ready. Until then, it’s not ready.

Live-wise, there are three for-sure shows coming up (Nov. 26th, at the 71st Door, Dec. 11th at bela dubby, and Dec. 26th at Pat’s in the Flats), and maybe one in planning stages (more info when I know anything more). If my math is correct, one more beyond that and I’ll be at 24 shows this year- triple my rather meager goal of equaling what I did in 2010. I’ve also got my first booking for 2012, but it’s not until April- I’ll be writing some more about that closer to the event.

October Update #1

  By glacial23 | 10/7/2011 - 6:45 pm | Catalog, General, New Stuff, Performances Leave a comment

OK, my earlier hopes of GLAC-27 coming out any time soon are pretty much dashed. It’ll happen, but the October time frame is pretty much not happening. However, once that’s done, GLAC-25 (an all acid tracks compilation titled ‘Acetic’) should be coming out soon thereafter. It’s about 70% done already, since it’s a collection- just need to make three or four more tracks for it.

There are still a couple of unclaimed Aquacade/Rhyolite cassettes available, so grip ‘em while you still have a chance.

Upcoming live stuff:

-October 12th, bela dubby – with Spacedog, Fragments and fluxmonkey, and Moth Cock.

-October 25th, The Happy Dog- with Watchword, Meager Sunlight, and Skeleton Warrior.

 

Mid-September 2011 happenings…

  By glacial23 | 9/13/2011 - 5:06 pm | Catalog, future projects, General, New Stuff, Performances 2 Comments

Recording: GLAC-26 is pretty much available in the wild now. Two are purchased, four are more-or-less on hold for folks, and four are still available for the gripping (as well as an unlimited quantity of downloads). It was a long march to get it released in the last couple of weeks, as it turned out a) the tape deck I planned to use had a non-functional input, and b) once I got a replacement deck, the tapes I had planned to use were of an incredibly low quality, and refused to record at a reasonable speed. Luckily I had recently purchased some good-quality C20s, and was able to make this a case of putting both tracks on each side, versus the original one track per side planned.

My earlier estimation of an October 9th release of the next tape (GLAC-27) may be a little premature, as it will now be a full C20 instead of a C10. We’ll see what happens. After that is (likely) a split C30 (GLAC-28), but that’s really early in the planning phases.

 

Live: Played an incredibly anarchic set at Sunday’s Audio/Visual Baptism show pretty much just using my 4-track as an instrument. I had all sorts of feedback issues and just decided to roll with them at some point. Messy, but fun.

I’ll be playing tomorrow, September 14th at bela dubby in Lakewood, along with Michael James (who did a killer drone set at AVB), and Michael Collins (formerly of Prince Rama, but now living in the Cleveland area) and maybe one more performer. I’ll also be doing various and sundry things at Recycled Rainbow next week- as of right now, the only confirmed happening is some sort of performance in conjunction with Eric Alleman.

 

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