23 November 2010

LTFR 024 - TEMPERA // ENDLESS CAVERNS ESTRANGED MANE split cassette is now sold-out.

Also sold out of all copies of the HERBCRAFT
PAPERS cassette on F.I.T.
Down to the last few copies of everything else... Tomentosa and Eclipse will have copies available soon in their distros.

All domestic and most overseas orders have now shipped; the few international orders left will ship next week [Nov 30].
ML

10 November 2010

L'ANIMAUX DRINKS THE MOON  //  THREE NEW LIMITED CASSETTES
[tempera, endless caverns, jared fairfield, gorman trio, sacred basil]
Wheels are turning and machines are purring once again at the L'animaux Tryst HQ, a gentle wave of activity not seen around these parts in a little while. Deep fall hibernation vibes are keeping the tea kettle on, mukluks on at all hours, and hi-fis glowing warmth in every room as we dub, draw, fold, cut, paste, repeat....

For now, some new limited edition tapes to feast yer ears on ... preview many tracks via the 33RD CONGRESSIONAL REPORT #1 podcast, available for download & streaming now @ Foxy Digitalis.

Everything can be ordered in an automated fashion from our new L'ANIMAUX STOREFRONT, or as always you can feel free to simply email your order to lanimaux [at] gmail [dot] com.


L'ANIMAUX TRYST FALL CATALOG 2010


NEW FEATURED ITEMS:



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LTFR 023: GORMAN TRIO  //  SACRED BASIL: UNTITLED SPLIT
FORMAT: CS [C-25]   //   EDITION: 60   //   RELEASED: 11.09.10   //   SOLD OUT
DOCUMENTING THE FIRST OF SEVERAL LIVE COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN SONIC AMBASSADORS FROM GORMAN [J. SPENCER], CURSILLISTAS [M.LAJOIE], & WHITE LIGHT [I. PAIGE] DURING THEIR WEEK-LONG US TOUR IN 2009, "EXALTED (MOST HIGH)" WAS COVERTLY PERFORMED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CLINIC [BLOOMINGTON, IN] WHILE THE PROSPECTIVE AUDIENCE WAS STILL PORCH-BOUND. THICK TONE-DRONES FOR THE THICK MIDWEST SUMMER EVENING AIR; FREE-DRIFT NOTES FOR THE RECREATIONAL HIGHS OF THOSE "HIT THE ROAD" DAYS. THE FLIP-SIDE IS A PREVIOUSLY-UNRELEASED SNIP FROM THE SACRED BASIL SESSION THAT BIRTH'D THE DAY OF SIX BILLION CASSETTE [CABIN FLOOR ESOTERICA #7], AN OPEN-FIELD / FREE-RANGE JAM OF RECIFEIAN ACOUSTIC STRINGS, BELLS, PRE-LANGUAGE VOX, AND CREAKING FLOORBOARDS. UNSELFCONSCIOUS HOOTS CAPTURED LIVE AT NEW WYRD 33. HAND-LABELED SAPPHIRE-FOIL TAPES PACKAGED IN AN ART PAPER J-CARD SLEEVE, WITH 60 COMPLETELY UNIQUE INDIVIDUALLY HAND-DRAWN/WRITTEN AND COLLAGED COVERS, HAND-NUMBERED TO 60.






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LTFR 024: TEMPERA  //  ENDLESS CAVERNS: ESTRANGED MANE
FORMAT: CS [C-40]   //   EDITION: 45   //   RELEASED: 11.09.10   //   SOLD OUT
TWO IMPROVISATIONAL PORTLAND ACTS PAY TRIBUTE TO A FAVORITE SPOT IN THE LOCAL UNDERGROUND SCENE: STRANGE MAINE. THIS USED RECORD/TAPE/BOOK/CURIO SHOP BY DAY TAKES ON THE OCCASIONAL TRANSFORMATION INTO THE MOST FREEWHEELING VENUE IN TOWN, AND IS THE SITE OF SOME OF THE GREATEST LIVE SETS WE AT THE L'ANIMAUX CAMP HAVE EVER WITNESSED. ON THIS TAPE,
TEMPERA
DROPS THEIR FIRST NEW RELEASE SINCE 2009'S STELLAR SELF-TITLED 12"; THIS 19-MINUTE SESSION WAS RECORDED LIVE IN MAY 2010 AND WAS PERFORMED USING JUST TWO MICROPHONES AND MORE DELAY/ECHO/LOOP PEDALS THAN BAND MEMBERS. THE RESULT IS OF AN ENVIABLE SUBTLETY, THE SOURCE WHISPERS AND WHISTLES BENT TO UNIMAGINABLE ANGLES AND LENGTHS UNTIL ONLY SPECTERS REMAIN. ENDLESS CAVERNS' CONTRIBUTION FINDS WHISPS OF CRACKLY ELECTRIC GUITAR LEADS MINGLING WITH DUB-INSPIRED BASS, VOCALS, AND PERCUSSION, ALL STRETCHED OUT IN A HALLUCINATORY TIME-ZONE WHERE EACH TWEAK IN THE CHAIN ADDS A NEW LAYER OF HAZE TO YOUR ALREADY-CLOUDY VISION. HAND-LABELED OPAQUE BLOOD-RED TAPES IN NORELCO CASE, WITH PRO-PRINTED FULL-COLOR "WINDHAM HILL-THEMED" J-CARDS HAND-NUMBERED TO 45.





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LTFR 025: JARED FAIRFIELD: MYSTERIES
FORMAT: CS [C-29]   //   EDITION: 75   //   RELEASED: 11.09.10   //   SOLD OUT
AS HUMBLE-YET-IMPRESSIVE IN VISION AND EXECUTION AS ANY CLASSIC UNDERGROUND ALBUM SHOULD BE, THIS OUT-OF-NOWHERE EP FROM RURAL MAINE'S JARED FAIRFIELD IS SO ON-POINT THAT ONCE IT CROSSED OUR PATH WE KNEW IT HAD TO FIND A HOME ON L'ANIMAUX TRYST. WORKING A FOUR-WAY CROSSROADS OF PAGAN UR-FOLK, AQUARIAN PSYCH-POP, CONTEMPORARY UNDERGROUND, AND FUTURE SOUNDS, FAIRFIELD MOVES HIS REMARKABLE VOICE THRU TIMELESS TUNE AFTER TIMELESS TUNE, FAINT VAPOUR TRAILS OF PAST SKEWED-POP CLASSICS ON THE PERIPHERY. ALONG THE WAY, THAT VOICE IS JOINED BY DEFT GUITAR FINGERPICKING, AUTOHARP STRUMS, DRONE/PURE SOUND, A RICH TAPESTRY OF PERCUSSION, AND EVEN ONE SABBATH-WORTHY FUZZ BASS BREAKDOWN, ALL COMPOSED AND ARRANGED WITH QUIET CONFIDENCE AND WARM FIDELITY. THE TITLE TRACK IS ONE OF THE BEST SINGLES WE'VE HEARD ALL YEAR, AND ONCE YOU'VE MOVED PAST THAT PARTICULAR EARWORM, REPEAT SPINS REVEAL NEW DEEP VISIONS LIKE EACH QUARTER-TURN OF A KALEIDOSCOPE. HAND-LABELED WHITE TAPES IN AN OVERSIZED, PRO-PRINTED FULL-COLOR TEXTURED ART PAPER SLEEVE, TIED CLOSED WITH WOOL YARN, HAND-NUMBERED TO 75. Jared Fairfield- 'Mysteries' 





In addition to these new limited magnetic-tape offerings, the online shop has a few distro items that L'animaux-related bands [HERBCRAFT, CURSILLISTAS, ENDLESS CAVERNS] have released on other fine labels [Digitalis, Cabin Floor Esoterica, Hello Sunshine, Fuck-It Tapes], as well as older items that are still in print.

For a more transparent rambling experience, check in with the new 33RD CONGRESSIONAL REPORT Tumblr, where we're regularly posting new, forthcoming, and unreleased tracks, mixtapes, videos, oddities, upcoming events, etc. in 12pt. Rockwell [where available].


ENJOY THE EARTH'S BOUNTY  //  HORN OF PLENTY  //  CORNUCOPIA
M J L J


06 October 2010

...as this particular site drifts into "archival" mode real quick...
...and with the official dot.com gathering moss and weeds...

a couple new sites for increasingly-relevant L'animaux Tryst-and-related updates:

[posts include new and old recordings from members of the L'animaux family and beyond, mixtapes/podcasts, previews of upcoming albums, videos, "happenings" (live events), and redirects of note -- generally updated a couple times a week or more]

[this is where you can buy things from us via Paypal buttons]

next batch of new releases due in a couple weeks!
the dual tape deck has been ablur making some real-time clones thruout September & October for the following:

LTFR 023: GORMAN TRIO  //  SACRED BASIL - untitled split-CS [c25; ed. 60]
LTFR 024: TEMPERA  //  ENDLESS CAVERNS - ESTRANGED MANE split-CS [c40; ed. 45]
LTFR 025: JARED FAIRFIELD - MYSTERIES CS [c29; ed. 75]

look for a digital c45 mixtape of tracks from these albums along with tracks from other upcoming releases by PLANETS AROUND THE SUN, CURSILLISTAS, LIGHTNING STRIKE LIGHTNING, BAD BUS, and field recordings captured in and around the 33rd Congressional Offices thruout 2010.

pre-orders and preview podcast next week!

08 February 2010

L'animaux Tryst Presents: Field Recording #01:
Winter Solstice, December 20, 2009
HFS Annex, Biddeford, Maine, USA

"Wondrous Love", performed by Tempera, Tin Ceilings, Hersey State, and the congregation.
Planets Around The Sun's hands extend
in honor and acceptance
of the sun's shortest day.
Lit candles and rung bells
Evoke the prayers of every denomination
All-One
in compassion and love and communion.

This, the environment
in which Tempera
with thirty fingers on one piano
feet on depressed sustain,
evoke notes and overtones
refracting and melding into
opaque & transparent sound.

Commandment IV:
"Allow each vibration to complete its own cycle without interference"

Emily Dix-Thomas (Hersey State) bows
horsehair on metal strings
and something emerges
Older than all of us--
a hymn--
Randy Illian (Tin Ceilings) & Corinna Marshall (Tempera)
lead the congregation
in a praise
of "Wondrous Love"

This is Field Recording #01. 



Download "Wondrous Love"


In this field recording: Tempera
Tin Ceilings
Emily Dix-Thomas
/
Hersey State
Planets Around The Sun 


Further documentation of this event:
Hilly Town

HFS Annex


Next installment: Field Recording #02: "Casiodrone"

25 January 2010

Friends,

L'animaux Tryst is back.


This winter:

"Field Recordings" online series.
Planets Around The Sun cassette.
Tempera cassette.
Bad Bus - "Too Bright (#5)" cassette.
Lightning strike Lightning.
Earthcraft. 


In the meantime,