Vendor: FM Skyline
Type: Cassette
Price: 15.00

In stock and shipping now. Comes with digital download. 

Liteware is now available on cassette! Professionally dubbed and shrinkwrapped, as always! 

Tracklisting:
1. paradise neon
2. glass beaches
3. crystal river
4. polygon park
5. acrylic jungle
6. marble madness
7. kallisto
8. mirror gallery
9. quartz gallery
10. shadows
11. endless sky

Mastered by: t e l e p a t h 

Vendor: death's dynamic shroud
Type: CD
Price: 15.00

Glass replicated CD.

"it fucking bangs — hard and consistently — for a dizzyingly complex and immensely pleasurable hour" - FACT

"super, super sick... I want every sample to play for infinity." - Tiny Mix Tapes

#1 Top 10 Electronic albums of the 2010s - The Sentry

Tracklist:
1. 너 땜에 맘이 맘이 맘이 맘이 괴로워요 04:20
2. Loving Is Easy 05:43
3. Somebody Home 04:24
4. 혼자 남은 지금 꼴이 06:33
5. 이보다 좋을 수는 없겠어 04:31
6. CD Factory / 드라마 05:43
7. 시원한 파도소리 좋아요 05:44
8. 내 마음은 떨고 05:35
9. 그대 기억에 지쳐 잠들죠 01:54
10. 혼자 남은 지금 꼴이 (Reprise) 02:50
11. CD Player pt III 05:13
12. 난 괜찮다고 또 웃으며 Good Bye 07:00

Vendor: Equip
Type: LP
Price: 30.00

Another release for the 100 CLUB - an extremely limited release series from karakreativ.

Originally released as part of Equip's cassette club, "EQUIP's PICKS," comes "DJ Prom Knight Presents... DJ Prom Knight Plays the Holiday Party." DJ Prom Knight is an alias that shows Equip exploring the internet genre "slushwave."

• Limited to 200 copies, available this Christmas season only.
• Vintage Red vinyl color

Track Listing:

1. Wrapped & Sent
2. Gift from Heaven
3. Holy Ghost
4. Silent Nite
5. Do U Hear It?

 Edited by Equip to fit the maximum length of the vinyl format UwU

Vendor: George Clanton
Type: LP
Price: 25.00

In stock and shipping now! 

karakreativ was recorded in Richmond VA and Ridgewood NY between 2014 & 2015. All recording, mixing and “mastering” was performed by George Clanton on a fake Mac Pro and a Fostex Model 80 reel to reel.

Vendor: karakreativ
Type: LP
Price: 48.00

3 random vinyl LPs from the karakreativ archives. 

• last remaining copies of color variants we no longer sell
• copies with superficial damage to the cover (not affecting playback)
• product returns
• test pressings (no artwork, black vinyl) 
• otherwise discontinued records from our over eight years printing music
• some are sealed, some are unsealed
• no requests, no returns  

Vendor: death's dynamic shroud
Type: LP
Price: 25.00

In Stock and shipping now

Part of a suite of 3 albums all releasing simultaneously November 10th 2023

Midnight Tangerine is a venture into somewhat more conventional songwriting for death’s dynamic shroud, as heard on singles “Who I Say I Am” and “The Bleeding Of The Sun,” which became live staples over the course of the recent tour. It is a melodramatic, synth-driven album with many of the epic, explosive moments DDS has become known for over the years.

The artwork is a digital collage by band member Tech Honors featuring early 1800s watercolor abstractions originally painted by Mary Gartside, and fruits and flowers by Kaspar Hauser.

Midnight Tangerine is available for streaming everywhere now here: https://karakreativ.com/Midnighttangerine

500 copies available

Vendor: death's dynamic shroud
Type: LP
Price: 25.00

In Stock and shipping now

*Note: Many of the remaining copies of Transcendence Bot were received with minor corner bending from the factory. See photo 3 for one of the more extreme examples. Your record may be the same. We will not honor damage claims based on this kind of corner softening.*

Part of a suite of 3 albums all released simultaneously November 10th 2023

Transcendence Bot is an intense, equally abrasive and symphonic fusion of sounds coalescing into an album that asks what it means to be human in the face of possible total technological integration. “What? to be human,” which opened many DDS live sets on the recent US tour, warps distorted bass and a persistent vocal sample into a massive, anthemic catharsis. And the growls and guitar chugging of recent single “Profane Angelic Function” constitute some of the heaviest music DDS has ever made.

Cover artwork by Keith Rankin

Transcendence Bot is available for streaming everywhere now here: https://karakreativ.com/Transcendencebot

500 copies available

Vendor: death's dynamic shroud
Type: LP
Price: 25.00

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Part of a suite of 3 albums all released simultaneously November 10th 2023

Keys To The Gate is a cinematic and frenetic electronic album confronting personal and geopolitical fears and anxieties. First single “Love Heat” is emblematic of the manic energy of the album, with wonky synth hooks and DDS’ patented vocal manipulations. And the 7-minute, ever-pulsing “Let Them Live” became a crowd favorite during the recent tour. What writhes from just beyond the gate…

Cover artwork by James Webster

Keys to the Gate is available for streaming everywhere now here: https://karakreativ.com/Keystothegate

500 copies available

Vendor: George Clanton
Type: LP
Price: 25.00

Vendor: George Clanton Fan Club
Type: Cassette
Price: 15.00

In stock and shipping now!

This performance was recorded on a Zoom H4N at the 200% Electronica ALbum Release Party at Brooklyn Night Bazaar in Greenpoint, NY on November 18th 2017. 

A George Clanton Fan Club + Tour Exclusive online for a limited time! 

Album Tracklist:

1. Want 2 Fly
2. Flounder 707
3. Slow 2018 (Sky's The Limit Remix)
4. Secret
5. daydream
6. Starboy
7. bonus.wav
8. Play That Thing Again

Vendor: ESPRIT 空想
Type: LP
Price: 25.00

In stock + shipping now!

Pressing of 500

ESPRIT began in 2012 as the sample-based side-project of electronic pop artist “George Clanton.” ESPRIT’s first two EP’s “Girls Only” and “Summer Night” are still considered essential listening for any newcomers to the vaporwave genre. In 2014, when vaporwave was still defined by its use of found music and manipulated samples, ESPRIT released his ‘Virtua.zip’ LP composed entirely of original material. In the 3 years since its release, the vaporwave scene at large has followed this trend.

After ‘Virtua.zip,’ the ESPRIT series was put on hold while George Clanton’s eponymous project’s ‘karakreativ’ LP released in late 2015. In 2017, ESPRIT returned with both the successor to ‘Virtua.zip’ and the sister album to ‘karakreativ’.

‘200% Electronica’ combines fully original compositions in ESPRIT’s classic vaporwave style with chopped & screwed samples pulled from George Clanton’s own songs, inspired by two years of touring with nothing but a Roland SP 404-SX.

Album Tracklist

1. Secret
2. Warmpop
3. Seal
4. So Heavy You Can't Float
5. You're in Love
6. It's a Fast Driving Rave Up With Esprit
7. Flounder 202
8. Purity 202
9. Trip II the OC
10. Slow 2018
11. Play That Again

Vendor: Mirror Kisses
Type: LP
Price: 25.00

Before George Clanton, before karakreativ, there was "Mirror Kisses." Mirror Kisses was a name I held onto for many years because I was afraid if I started going by my real name, I would lose all of my fan base. Imagine that!

This album was originally released in 2013, and has been available at mirrorkisses.bandcamp.com since that date. But, I've been surprised at how many people had never heard this music. When I play something from one of the older albums live, there is always someone who asks "what song was that?"

So, if you are looking for "more music like George Clanton," this is pretty darn close.

Vendor: Mirror Kisses
Type: LP
Price: 25.00

In stock + shipping now.

Album Tracklist

1. Proud 
2. She's Gone
3. Call Me Now
4. Team Follow
5. Takeover
6. Haunt Me
7. Someone to Name
8. Sleeping in the Hallway
9. Team Follow (18 Carat Affair Re-Freak)
10. Takeover - Outlands '90 Remix
11. All I Need
12. The Squeeze
13. Slow Lover
14. Hold Steady
15. Slow Lover - ESPRIT空想 Remix

Vendor: death's dynamic shroud
Type: LP
Price: 38.00

death's dynamic shroud's highly anticipated double-album 'Darklife' is out now, via karakreativ.  Stream it here. 

Limited to 500qty.

All three members of death’s dynamic shroud (James Webster, Keith Rankin & Tech Honors) reunited for the first time since 2017’s Heavy Black Heart for their recent suite of material - ‘Judgment Bolt’ (Single), 'Fall For Me' (Single), ‘Neon Memories EP’, ‘Messe de E-102 EP’, all parts leading to their most ambitious work to date – ‘Darklife’ out September 23, 2022 via karakreativ. 

“Since 2014 we have been releasing albums under the death’s dynamic shroud name in pairs or as individuals, but Darklife is the strongest representation of our combined sensibilities, shifting from heavy electronic dance music to bubblegum pop, from gentle ballads to harsh digital abstractions; it is an outpouring of ideas and acts as a new beginning for the group. Much of the album is about the nature of love as a metaphor for our individual philosophies sparking and melding in the music, examining love as a social construct, or as the fabric of the universe, or as not existing at all. As our debut for karakreativ, Darklife can also be seen as a bridge between the underground tape and electronic scene of the 2010s into the dance and pop world the label has been shepherding.” -death’s dynamic shroud

“Messe de E-102” is a spooky electro-pop thriller brimming with tension and triumph." -What's Good on ‘Messe de E-102’

"It’s a bear that death’s dynamic shroud have wrestled with for years and consistently come out on top with adventurous triumphs like 'Neon Memories.'" -FADER on Neon Memories 10 songs you need in your life this week: 4/18/22

"...indie-pop track that evolves into a massive electronic behemoth... there’s never been a better time to be a fan of Death’s Dynamic Shroud." -Lyrical Lemonade on Neon Memories

“...Fucking awesome…” -The Needle Drop on ‘Judgment Bolt’ during NMF

“‘Judgment Bolt’ continues the search for untraditional dancefloor bangers, channeling Skrillex and the digital miasma of classic vaporwave.” -THE FADER on ‘Judgment Bolt’

“…a pixelated, dancefloor-shaking blur of digitized beats, trippy orchestral passages and mutated vocals that stoke excitement for the full-length to come.” -Columbus Alive on ‘Judgment Bolt’

Track List

1. Stay 05:12
2. Judgment Bolt 04:32
3. Neon Memories 04:39
4. Light Left The Garden 05:33
5. Missing Person 02:25
6. Messe de E-102 05:50
7. After Third Heaven 05:13
8. Before I Cool Off 03:59
9. I Just Wanted To Know Love 03:26
10. Fade Persona 04:15
11. Fall For Me 03:52
12. Where Does It Come From? 03:52
13. Rare Angel 06:16
14. Perfect Angel 02:49
15. Dark Matter 03:41

Credits: 
Written, Recorded & Produced: 
James Webster, Tech Honors & Keith Rankin

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Vendor: George Clanton
Type: CD
Price: 15.00

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Announcing "Ooh Rap I Ya" - the first solo album from George Clanton in nearly 5 years. Coming this July 28th, Ooh Rap I Ya expands on the sonic universe established by 2018's "Slide," this time delving deeper into self-reflection and psychedelia.

Tracklist: 
1. Everything I Want
2. Justify Your Life
3. Punching Down
4. I Been Young
5. You Hold the Key and I Found It
6. Vapor King
7. SubReal
8. F.U.M.L. (feat. Neggy Gemmy)
9. Ooh Rap I Ya
10. For You, I Will (feat. Hatchie)

Cover art by Extra Vitamins

Vendor: George Clanton
Type: Cassette
Price: 15.00

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Announcing "Ooh Rap I Ya" - the first solo album from George Clanton in nearly 5 years. Coming this July 28th, Ooh Rap I Ya expands on the sonic universe established by 2018's "Slide," this time delving deeper into self-reflection and psychedelia.

Tracklist: 
1. Everything I Want
2. Justify Your Life
3. Punching Down
4. I Been Young
5. You Hold the Key and I Found It
6. Vapor King
7. SubReal
8. F.U.M.L. (feat. Neggy Gemmy)
9. Ooh Rap I Ya
10. For You, I Will (feat. Hatchie)

Vendor: George Clanton
Type: LP
Price: 25.00

The NEW album from George Clanton

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Announcing "Ooh Rap I Ya" - the first solo album from George Clanton in nearly 5 years. Coming this July 28th, Ooh Rap I Ya expands on the sonic universe established by 2018's "Slide," this time delving deeper into self-reflection and psychedelia.

This first vinyl edition differentiates itself from all future pressings with an embossed cover, and a yellow color matched paper inner sleeve. All first edition variants are in canary yellow. 

Tracklist: 
1. Everything I Want
2. Justify Your Life
3. Punching Down
4. I Been Young
5. You Hold the Key and I Found It
6. Vapor King
7. SubReal
8. F.U.M.L. (feat. Neggy Gemmy)
9. Ooh Rap I Ya
10. For You, I Will (feat. Hatchie)

Vendor: FM Skyline
Type: LP
Price: 27.00

Tracklisting:
1. paradise neon
2. glass beaches
3. crystal river
4. polygon park
5. acrylic jungle
6. marble madness
7. kallisto
8. mirror gallery
9. quartz gallery
10. shadows
11. endless sky

Mastered by: t e l e p a t h 

Vendor: death's dynamic shroud
Type: LP
Price: 25.00

In stock + shipping now!

Live From Japan is a recording of the live material death's dynamic shroud performed on the NEO GAIA PHANTASY tour of Japan in 2018.

1. TWICE! 02:16
2. NEONアーキテクチャ (パート2) 02:38
3. CD Player pt II 01:40
4. Nothing Like This World 01:07
5. 家へ帰ろう 03:16
6. Butterflies 03:50
7. I Don’t Kiss You Like I Used To/オリンピックの夢 01:50
8. He Said Be Said 06:14
9. 午後 04:02
10. Rare Emoji Collection 04:14
11. Loving Is Easy 03:29
12. Ice Cream For Breakfast 00:55
13. Please Secretly Dye Me 00:49
14. BEGIN TODAY'S SESSION? 03:43
15. BAE 05:15
16. 南サンドリア〔s〕 02:58
17. TTFN K? 03:52

Vendor: death's dynamic shroud
Type: LP
Price: 18.00

Like Neon Memories, Messe De E-102 is a suite of all-new material and stands on its own as a mini-album as well as a single. The record also includes an instrumental version of Messe De E-102 and a 2012 demo recording. Messe De E-102 7-track EP is out now on LTD Edition vinyl via karakreativ. Limited to 500qty.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

"“Messe de E-102” is a spooky electro-pop thriller brimming with tension and triumph." -What's Good

“Stunningly beautiful” -The Needle Drop

Tracklist
A1. Messe De E-102 (5:32)
A2. Sorry Pt. 2 (4:07) [Vinyl Exclusive]
A3. Wish House (3:29) [Vinyl Exclusive]
A4. Dark Channel (5:49) [Vinyl Exclusive]
A5. Rose Confession (4:06) [Vinyl Exclusive]
B1. Messe De E-102 [2012 Demo] (4:39) [Vinyl Exclusive]
B2. Messe De E-102 [Instrumental] (5:32) [Vinyl Exclusive]

About
death's dynamic shroud have always been curious about what we can't see. Tech Honors, James Webster, and Keith Rankin make music that explores that sense of wonderment—emotional, experimental electronic work that fills gaps between the known and unknown. Full of richly textured layers of sound, songs like new single “Judgment Bolt” draw unsuspecting listeners into a place that’s simultaneously murky and neon, somber and playful. You feel a sense of new adventure, with a curious pang of déjà vu. The group was initially drawn to the vaporwave world, producing records like 2015’s I'll Try Living Like This and 2017’s Heavy Black Heart, which took familiar sounds—like K-pop, among others—to their maximalist limits. Since then they’ve experimented with making music in different formations of the group and collected the results in a project called NUWRLD Mixtape Club, which included the acclaimed 2021 release Faith In Persona. Their upcoming album—their first in years to include all three members—finds them further exploring unknown realms, focusing on original composition, songwriting, and vocals. And, of course, they’ve utilized some well-placed samples to help drive the album’s concept: an exploration of “love as a social construct, or as the fabric of the universe, or as not existing.” Once again, death's dynamic shroud work to chart what we can’t see but—more than ever—can feel. To Webster, this era boils down to one salient fact: “There’s more of us in this than ever before.”

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Vendor: death's dynamic shroud
Type: LP
Price: 44.00

In stock + shipping now. Limited to 500qty.

Limit one per variant per customer.  

"it fucking bangs — hard and consistently — for a dizzyingly complex and immensely pleasurable hour" - FACT

" super, super sick... I want every sample to play for infinity." - Tiny Mix Tapes

#1 Top 10 Electronic albums of the 2010s - The Sentry

This bundle includes:
• I'll Try Living Like This 2xLP [Masterpiece Edition on 180 Gram Vinyl]
• Includes 4 vinyl-only bonus tracks not included in previous editions
• Deluxe Edition 8-page 12x12" Booklet
Tracklist:
A1. 너 땜에 맘이 맘이 맘이 맘이 괴로워요 04:20
A2. Loving Is Easy 05:43
A3. Somebody Home 04:24
A4. 혼자 남은 지금 꼴이 06:33

 
B1. 이보다 좋을 수는 없겠어 04:31
B2. CD Factory / 드라마 05:43
B3. 시원한 파도소리 좋아요 05:44
B4. 내 마음은 떨고 05:35

C1. 그대 기억에 지쳐 잠들죠 01:54
C2. 혼자 남은 지금 꼴이 (Reprise) 02:50
C3. CD Player pt III 05:13
C4. 난 괜찮다고 또 웃으며 Good Bye 07:00

D1. 혼자 남은 지금 꼴이 (Peach & Plum Remix) [Bonus Track] 4:28 
D2. Business Class [Bonus Track] 7:51
D3. Starlight ボッサ [Bonus Track] 6:17
D4. Lipstick Response [Bonus Track] 6:05

Vendor: ESPRIT 空想
Type: Cassette
Price: 15.00

In stock and shipping now!

200% Electronica is back again on cassette. 

ESPRIT began in 2012 as the sample-based side-project of electronic pop artist “George Clanton.” ESPRIT’s first two EP’s “Girls Only” and “Summer Night” are still considered essential listening for any newcomers to the vaporwave genre. In 2014, when vaporwave was still defined by its use of found music and manipulated samples, ESPRIT released his ‘Virtua.zip’ LP composed entirely of original material. In the 3 years since its release, the vaporwave scene at large has followed this trend.

After ‘Virtua.zip,’ the ESPRIT series was put on hold while George Clanton’s eponymous project’s ‘karakreativ’ LP released in late 2015. In 2017, ESPRIT returned with both the successor to ‘Virtua.zip’ and the sister album to ‘karakreativ’.

‘200% Electronica’ combines fully original compositions in ESPRIT’s classic vaporwave style with chopped & screwed samples pulled from George Clanton’s own songs, inspired by two years of touring with nothing but a Roland SP 404-SX.

Album Tracklist:

1. Secret
2. Warmpop
3. Seal
4. So Heavy You Can't Float
5. You're in Love
6. It's a Fast Driving Rave Up With Esprit
7. Flounder 202
8. Purity 202
9. Trip II the OC
10. Slow 2018
11. Play That Again

Vendor: Small Black
Type: LP
Price: 40.00

Shipping now! Chillwave pioneers Small Black present their now-legendary debut EP in greatly expanded 2xLP form with a gatefold jacket, full color inner sleeves, a beautiful multicolor vinyl, and a collectible 16-page 12"x12" booklet featuring color photos and show flyers from the era. 
For a bundle featuring a limited edition T-Shirt and Pin, click here.

After finding a hard drive they thought destroyed, Small Black returned to their origins 13 years later and cracked the idea to turn their landmark self-titled EP into the full-length they originally intended it to be. In a joint release between karakreativ & Jagjaguwar, the songs that launched the band into the world are back on vinyl on March 31st, for the first time in a decade ! The two record set features the full Small Black LP on first record, while the second record features rarities, unreleased songs, remixes and a 23 minute time capsule/collage of the birth of chillwave in 2009 that's exclusive to the vinyl release. Also included is a full color photobook that chronicles the history of the band from their early LI recording days, through their Brooklyn DIY show beginning to their first tours in 2010.


Album Tracklist:


Side A
Despicable Dogs
Weird Machines
Bad Lover
Pleasant Experience
Lady in The Wires

Side B
SK5 Banghouse
Desert of the Heart
Independence Day
Watchers
Kings Of Animals
Midnights House

Side C - B-SIDES and RARITIES
Despicable Dogs (Washed Out Remix)
Bad Lover (DJ Sabrina Remix)
Don’t Worry Your Mind
Weird Machines (Live at Bongozz)
Despicable Dogs (Shredder Skate Park Edit)

SIDE D - Field Recordings and Demos (vinyl exclusive)

"it just felt right to get all the other side B tracks we had from that era, and turn the Small Black EP into the LP it was intended to be..."

Here's a note from singer Josh Kolenik on the LP:


"Ryan and I would lock ourselves away on weekends in the attic of my Uncle Matt's surfboard workshop/house on Long Island in 2008/2009. There was nothing to do there except get tuned up on vodka-lemonade with Matt and run the dinky Casio through a $5 Radio Shack amp to see how crazy it sounded. We didn't really know the proper rules of recording, and the only absolute must was that there be no real drums on the album as we'd had enough of craigslist. There were no expectations for the songs, except to play some Todd P warehouse shows and then Despicable Dogs changed our lives. 



It's been well over a decade now. Matt's gone, back surfing in the sky somewhere. There was a real spirit to being at his house, with full focus on the tunes for these 48 hour marathons that gave them an intimacy that still feels fresh to me. We originally had made a full record, but ended up sitting on some tracks as we figured out the live band and did an EP instead. Last year, I plugged in a hard drive we thought was never going to turn on again and found the lost music for Desert of the Heart. It had always felt like the missing song from this era, so we decided to spruce it up and finish the mix. In doing so, it just felt right to get all the other side B tracks we had from that era, and turn the Small Black EP into the LP it was intended to be. Most of the other tracks on the second side are things that we'd played live at the little venue we ran, Bongozz, but the recordings were never officially released. Side C has the classic remix of D-Dogs from Washed Out along with some other rarities, including a live version of Weird Machines from our 2nd ever show. 



We found a ton of home tapes going through the archive that we collated into a 23 minute time capsule of our recording and songwriting at that time. Jamming with kids in Charlottesville after a house show. Synth sessions on the roof of Ryan's Bushwick loft. It's a document of that time, outside of the constraints of songs and choruses. 

It was a trip to go back to 2009 and made me proud of what 2 kids with a blown out Casio SK-5 and an MPC in a freezing surfshack came up with!
It's been a hell of a run with Ryan, Juan and Jeff and we just keep on rolling!

- Josh

Vendor: Small Black
Type: LP
Price: 70.00

For the collectors - the new Self-Titled 2xLP from chillwave pioneers Small Black, bundled with a limited edition Made-In-USA T-Shirt with a distressed vintage style screen print, and a limited edition 1.5" enamel pin featuring a recreation of the original album artwork. Shipping now!

For the vinyl, their now-legendary debut EP comes in greatly expanded 2xLP form with a gatefold jacket, full color inner sleeves, a beautiful multicolor vinyl, and a collectible 16-page 12"x12" booklet featuring color photos and show flyers from the era. 
For the record-only product listing, click here.

After finding a hard drive they thought destroyed, Small Black returned to their origins 13 years later and cracked the idea to turn their landmark self-titled EP into the full-length they originally intended it to be. In a joint release between karakreativ & Jagjaguwar, the songs that launched the band into the world are back on vinyl on March 31st, for the first time in a decade ! The two record set features the full Small Black LP on first record, while the second record features rarities, unreleased songs, remixes and a 23 minute time capsule/collage of the birth of chillwave in 2009 that's exclusive to the vinyl release. Also included is a full color photobook that chronicles the history of the band from their early LI recording days, through their Brooklyn DIY show beginning to their first tours in 2010.


Album Tracklist:


Side A
Despicable Dogs
Weird Machines
Bad Lover
Pleasant Experience
Lady in The Wires

Side B
SK5 Banghouse
Desert of the Heart
Independence Day
Watchers
Kings Of Animals
Midnights House

Side C - B-SIDES and RARITIES
Despicable Dogs (Washed Out Remix)
Bad Lover (DJ Sabrina Remix)
Don’t Worry Your Mind
Weird Machines (Live at Bongozz)
Despicable Dogs (Shredder Skate Park Edit)

SIDE D - Field Recordings and Demos (vinyl exclusive)

"it just felt right to get all the other side B tracks we had from that era, and turn the Small Black EP into the LP it was intended to be..."

Here's a note from singer Josh Kolenik on the LP:


"Ryan and I would lock ourselves away on weekends in the attic of my Uncle Matt's surfboard workshop/house on Long Island in 2008/2009. There was nothing to do there except get tuned up on vodka-lemonade with Matt and run the dinky Casio through a $5 Radio Shack amp to see how crazy it sounded. We didn't really know the proper rules of recording, and the only absolute must was that there be no real drums on the album as we'd had enough of craigslist. There were no expectations for the songs, except to play some Todd P warehouse shows and then Despicable Dogs changed our lives. 



It's been well over a decade now. Matt's gone, back surfing in the sky somewhere. There was a real spirit to being at his house, with full focus on the tunes for these 48 hour marathons that gave them an intimacy that still feels fresh to me. We originally had made a full record, but ended up sitting on some tracks as we figured out the live band and did an EP instead. Last year, I plugged in a hard drive we thought was never going to turn on again and found the lost music for Desert of the Heart. It had always felt like the missing song from this era, so we decided to spruce it up and finish the mix. In doing so, it just felt right to get all the other side B tracks we had from that era, and turn the Small Black EP into the LP it was intended to be. Most of the other tracks on the second side are things that we'd played live at the little venue we ran, Bongozz, but the recordings were never officially released. Side C has the classic remix of D-Dogs from Washed Out along with some other rarities, including a live version of Weird Machines from our 2nd ever show. 



We found a ton of home tapes going through the archive that we collated into a 23 minute time capsule of our recording and songwriting at that time. Jamming with kids in Charlottesville after a house show. Synth sessions on the roof of Ryan's Bushwick loft. It's a document of that time, outside of the constraints of songs and choruses. 

It was a trip to go back to 2009 and made me proud of what 2 kids with a blown out Casio SK-5 and an MPC in a freezing surfshack came up with!
It's been a hell of a run with Ryan, Juan and Jeff and we just keep on rolling!

- Josh

Vendor: Neggy Gemmy
Type: Cassette
Price: 15.00

The highly anticipated third LP on cassette from Neggy Gemmy out April 28th, 2023 via karakreativ. Her recent string of singles 'California', 'Beep Beep', 'Daydream', 'Gemmy Juice', 'Twisted', and 'Black Ferrari' have been a glimpse into a new cartoonified Neggy Gemmy-verse. The vision coalesces in "CBD Reiki Moonbeam" - 15 bonafide pop songs that bounce from California to outer space as quickly as they descend from glamor into chaos. 

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Album Tracklist:

1. california
2. black ferrari
3. daydream 
4. take a picture
5. beep beep
6. cbd
7. reiki
8. twisted
9. spinning
10. seeing stars (feat. frost children)
11. euphoria
12. moonbeam 
13. playing on my phone 
14. gemmy juice (feat. sarah bonito)
15. on the floor

Credits:

all songs written, recorded + produced by lindsey french (neggy gemmy). seeing stars co-written by neggy gemmy, frost children, + jorge elbrecht. gemmy juice performed by neggy gemmy and sarah bonito. mixed by neggy gemmy, jorge elbrecht, abe seiferth, oren ratowsky, nate donmoyer, + zach fogarty. mastered by mike marsh. art by uou___cute. layout by neggy gemmy.