now available for pre-order: 003c v/a if a tree falls in the forest, can we record it?


13 feb 2007
l-t-(f)-r 003: v/a if a tree falls in the forest, can we record it?

in which eleven of maine's most compelling outsider artists of music create blips, cuts, shrieks, and sludge over two sides of a 45-minute cassette, and announce to the world a scene you never knew existed. the tree falls on everything from id m theft able's speak-n-spell-n-unhuman-voice symphony to drona parva's warm electric guitar improvisations and everything thereabouts and in between. we've got crank sturgeon's uniquely fucked dada, bird microphone's bell voice cuts and pastes, pine tree state mind control and rattle of polar bear teeth's combat noise drones, visitations' chants n' strums, aphelion shelter and cursillistas' building-everything echo-swells and loops, bad bus' haunted basement tapes and scrapes, and nancy scott's scratchy manipulated folk-band strums. a definitive document of maine's contemporary avant/experimental/noise scene.

running time: approx. 43 min.

tracks:

side a:
01. Aphelion Shelter - NO MORE WAR
02. Bird Microphone - The Absentee
03. Id M Theft Able - I M Star
04. Crank Sturgeon - Still Hangin' in There (AGPUGJI)
05. Pine Tree State Mind Control - Hostages
06. Rattle of Polar Bear Teeth- Live on WBOR 092406
side b:
07. Cursillistas - Gently Down the Stream
08. drona parva - rabbit gate
09. Visitations - Untitled
10. Bad Bus - Lobster Cancer
11. Nancy Scott - The Sound Band

003c - if a tree falls in the forest, can we record it? cassette - $6
45-min. cassette: ruby-red tinted and hand-written, hand-numbered cassette.
packaging: clear plastic case covered on both sides with a one-of-a-kind collage by alyce ornella (bird microphone) and matt lajoie (cursillistas). vellum track-list insert pasted to the inside of the case. (see below for examples of some of the tape cover collages.)
edition: limited, 45 copies.

TO PRE-ORDER:
send an email to lanimaux (at) gmail (dot) com with your name and location. a copy will be set aside for you. no single orders of more than three copies, please. price includes shipping to US, email for price quote worldwide. you will be contacted with payment instructions when the product is ready to ship.

NOTE: the cdr version of this album, which included album art by crank sturgeon and insert collage by alyce ornella, is available on avant garde farm records in an edition of 100.

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l-t-(f)-r 001: cursillistas' les biches update - SOLD OUT ***the first l'animaux tryst release, cursillistas' les biches, is sold out at the label. it will be available as a distribution item through time-lag records and tomentosa records soon, and available as a 5"cdr on paha porvari records in late february*** l-t-(f)-r 001:cursillistas' les biches in which--that is to say, therein--cursillistas performs five songs of varying lengths and degrees, all vaguely within the realm of psychedelic lo-fi folk rumbles, but with more electricity than ever before. the a-side begins with an epic build, layers upon layers of electric guitars, vocals, distorted percussion, indian flute, horns and feedback drones, which drops out at its most intense to reveal the quiet echoing guitar strum and broken-microphone vocals of the gentle "dirt.palm.line". the bee side features rudimentary use of a nine-note toy xylophone throughout, beginning with an experiment relying solely on the xylophone itself to create its dense toy tone trance. the langley schools celebration sounds of "bag of feathers" follows, with amateur-choir vocal layers claiming pre-eminence over the trumpet call. the album closes with more layered vocals and a focus on xylophone and reverse guitar, gently leading the raft of sea tones to the coastline of does. running time: 23:35 tracks: 01. the snake and the motor 02. dirt.palm.line 03. toy tone yr. death 04. bag of feathers 05. aphra bones 001b - les biches 3"cdr 3"cdr: hand-painted white cd face and hand-stamped black lettering. packaging: hand-drawn ink and hand-painted front on brown bag paper. back is homemade white paper (with brown paper and plant materials mixed in), hand-painted, hand-stamped, and hand-drawn, numbered 1-40. the two sides are hand-sewn together with thread, closing with a simple thread-and-button mechanism. insert: hand-written liner notes, hand-numbered 1-40 on semi-transparent paper, with gold flower design. edition: limited, 40 copies. sold out 001c - les biches cassette 26-min. cassette: hand-painted and hand-stamped white cassette. packaging: clear plastic case covered with dirt and a white feather. insert: hand-written and hand-lettered a-z on semi-transparent paper, with gold flower design. edition: limited, 26 copies (a-z). sold out

prices include shipping to US address. please email lanimaux@gmail.com for ordering instructions. paypal, check, or money order accepted.

shipping notice: no l'animaux tryst merchandise will be shipped until january 6, 2007, in order to avoid the holiday postal clusterrush. please feel free to contact lanimaux@gmail.com to reserve your copy of cursillistas' les biches in the meantime... l-t-(f)-r 001b = 3"cdr (limited edition of 40) l-t-(f)-r 001c = 26-min cassette (limited edition of 26) coming soon thereafter: l-t-(f)-r 002b & 002c: bird microphone and cursillistas' paper mines split 2x3"cdr & cassette sound experiments and song fragments woven through the american folk tradition. haunting, unsettling, and beautifully melancholy songs about wooden hands and crows in the garden. bird microphone and cursillistas each take a disc/side. 2x3"cdr in limited edition of 47, cassette in limited edition of 26. l-t-(f)-r 003c: if a tree falls in a forest, can we record it? cassette compilation of maine underground/avant/noise/folk musicians, including crank sturgeon, id m theft able, drona parva, visitations, cursillistas, nancy scott, bird microphone, bad bus, and more and more. 5"cdr available through avant garde farm records right now. cassette in limited edition of 26.

FIRST LT(F)R RELEASE pre-order now: december 12. 2006 l-t-(f)-r 001:cursillistas' les biches in which--that is to say, therein--cursillistas performs five songs of varying lengths and degrees, all vaguely within the realm of psychedelic lo-fi folk rumbles, but with more electricity than ever before. the a-side begins with an epic build, layers upon layers of electric guitars, vocals, distorted percussion, indian flute, horns and feedback drones, which drops out at its most intense to reveal the quiet echoing guitar strum and broken-microphone vocals of the gentle "dirt.palm.line". the bee side features rudimentary use of a nine-note toy xylophone throughout, beginning with an experiment relying solely on the xylophone itself to create its dense toy tone trance. the langley schools celebration sounds of "bag of feathers" follows, with amateur-choir vocal layers claiming pre-eminence over the trumpet call. the album closes with more layered vocals and a focus on xylophone and reverse guitar, gently leading the raft of sea tones to the coastline of does. running time: 23:35 tracks: 01. the snake and the motor listen 02. dirt.palm.line 03. toy tone yr. death 04. bag of feathers listen 05. aphra bones listen 001b - les biches 3"cdr - $9 3"cdr: hand-painted white cd face and hand-stamped black lettering. packaging: hand-drawn ink and hand-painted front on brown bag paper. back is homemade white paper (with brown paper and plant materials mixed in), hand-painted, hand-stamped, and hand-drawn, numbered 1-40. the two sides are hand-sewn together with thread, closing with a simple thread-and-button mechanism. insert: hand-written liner notes, hand-numbered 1-40 on semi-transparent paper, with gold flower design. edition: limited, 40 copies. 001c - les biches cassette - $6 26-min. cassette: hand-painted and hand-stamped white cassette. packaging: clear plastic case covered with dirt and a white feather. stenciled black paint title and hand-lettered a-z. insert: hand-written and hand-lettered a-z on semi-transparent paper, with gold flower design. edition: limited, 26 copies (a-z). TO PRE-ORDER: email lanimaux@gmail.com with your name and address and we'll set aside a copy for you. no single orders of more than three copies (per format) please. you'll be contacted soon thereafter with ordering instructions. NOTE: paha porvari records is releasing a 5"cdr version of les biches in early 2007! NOTE2: time-lag records will be carrying les biches as a distribution item! international orders are encouraged to go through time-lag's catalog. PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING TO U.S. ADDRESS. EMAIL ANY QUESTIONS TO lanimaux@gmail.com.

introducing: l'animaux tryst (field) recordings l'animaux tryst is an independent record label based out of portland, maine, dealing primarily in 3"cdrs and cassettes. the packaging of the releases focuses on handmade art, and the recordings themselves are of a lo-fi, home-recorded quality. in every aspect, the "things hands make" are preferred to the "things machines make," which results in a product straight from the artist to the listener with minimal outside mediation. because of the handmade nature of the releases, l'animaux tryst albums are released in extremely limited quantities. whenever possible, they are distributed in small numbers through some mail-order distribution catalogs, primarily time-lag records. to subscribe to the l'animaux tryst mailing list, to receive periodic email updates on upcoming and currently available releases, please send an email to lanimaux@gmail.com with your name and email address. any questions or comments about the label can be directed to the same address. send postal correspondence (demonstrations, propositions, etc.) to: matthew lajoie l'animaux tryst (field) recordings 131 chadwick st. apt.56 portland, me 04102