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New releases.
admin April 15th, 2010
Hello all.
Here’s the release schedule for the next few weeks, its going to be fairly busy.
spire021:Wreaths-Like Sparks From Throats Falling
spire026: Gareth Hardwick-London 220109
spire027: Padang Food Tigers-Go Down, Moses
spire028: Coldstream-South Island
spire029: ibreatheFUR-Everyday You Look Different
spire030: Rameses III-For José María
spire031; Ian Hawgood-Live Performances, Japan.
spire035: Zelienople-Hollywood (reissue)
All should be available over the next month or so.
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Spire021: Wreaths-Like Sparks From Throats Falling
admin April 4th, 2010
Wreaths-Through Winter On Foot by Under The Spire
Wreaths- Ribbons, Like At The Nape Of The Neck by Under The Spire
Wreaths-Like Sparks From Throats Falling will be available April 2010.
Spire021 be made in an edition of 250 copies on glass-mastered pro CD’s in screenprinted recycled card wallets From Stumptown Printers of Portland, Oregon.
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spire026: Gareth Hardwick-London 220109
admin April 1st, 2010
Pre-orders are now available on the release/buy page for the next release on under the spire.
Please place pre-orders seperately from available items to avoid delays.
Gareth Hardwick-London 220109 (Edit) by Under The Spire
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Wreaths- O! Like Falling Snow
admin March 30th, 2010
Wreaths - O! Like Falling Snow… taken from the album like sparks from throats falling, out soon on under the spire recordings…underthespire.co.uk made with found footage… audio © wreaths 2010
Like Sparks From Throats Falling (spire021) by Wreaths will be available soon on under the spire.
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Spire024 available now
admin March 15th, 2010
Hot on the heels of spire025 is spire024, obviously.
Here are a few words about Frozen Quarters from Spheruleus aka Mr Harry Towell.
“FIELD RECORDINGS
The album, entitled ‘Frozen Quarters’ spans 14 short tracks that all feature recordings made in and around my locality in an attempt to preserve and capture my day-to-day environment.
I’ve recorded snippets from various household objects, sounds heard outside and some unusual ideas I’ve had along the way. The most unusual of these involved climbing into a huge empty waste-disposal skip to record instrument takes and picking up tons of natural reverb along the way…
I have completed an hour-long mix of all of the many recordings I made for the album and plan to release it on a netlabel as a precursor to the full album.
TONE
The melodic elements throughout ‘Frozen Quarters’ are mostly derived from various instruments I’ve acquired throughout the recording of this album. You can hear sounds of keyboard, zither, trumpet, piano, harmonica and guitar. I’d say around 95% of the compositions made with these instruments were done by myself through experimenting with different melodies and chords. This is an approach that is pretty new for Spheruleus, but one that I am becoming increasingly interested in. Although I do love electronic and synth based music, I am fascinated by how playing instruments to provide a sound-source for further electronic treatment can really add an organic warmth to my sound design. What’s more, is that with the album concept being about preserving an environment to capture its essence, an organic and real experience has been lifted through means of these instrument recordings. Rather than create a synthetic representation of the environments, I have managed to actually been able to be part of the process through such instruments.
I would never normally refer to myself as a musician or instrument performer since I’ve never had any form of teaching. But my natural ear for sound and music has meant that I have been able to lift some interesting sounds and tone from this small collection of instruments.
The mastering was handled by Mr Ian Hawgood (who has a release soon on under the spire) who’s done an incredible job. This is a seriously great headphone listen.
Hope you enjoy,
Chris
A few words from Mr Dag Rosenqvist.
admin March 2nd, 2010
Jasper TX – A Voice From Dead Radio
Back in the spring of 2007 I released a series of 3” CD-r’s. Harrisburg, D+A EP and Pilgrims. They were all hand made and ridiculously limited. I think the first two were made in an edition of 75 and then I made about 100 copies of Pilgrims. Harrisburg sold out in a matter of weeks, D+A EP in a few days. Pilgrims lasted all the way into summer only to eventually end up being sold out too.
Ever since then I’ve been getting a lot of e-mail regarding these releases. People asking me if I had any spare copies left, if there were any place I knew of where they could still be available or if there were any plans for a second edition. Some even tried to persuade me to sell my own copy…
So I started thinking about maybe re-releasing those ep’s as a collection, because in my mind they have always been like different chapters of the same book. But I decided that, in order for me to get really excited over this project, I needed to do something more than just re-releasing the ep’s. I started contacting artists whom I respect and whose music I love, asking them if they’d be interested in working with me on this project. The idea was simple: To let every artist do a remix or an alternative version or a cover or whatever they felt like doing, of the original track. The artists were given total creative freedom to do as they pleased with the track. No restrictions, no boundaries and no rules.
Doing a remix album is an attempt to look at things from a slightly different angle: To give old songs new life and to let them evolve into something else. I am of course aware that this concept is not new, there are plenty of remix albums out there. But I do think that what we have collectively achieved here is a coherent body of work that flows almost seamlessly and where each track, while still maintaining each artists unique creative identity, acts as equal parts of the album, making this release sound more like an actual album rather than a collection of remixes. I hope you appreciate what we’ve done here. I think I can speak for everyone involved in this when I say that we are mighty proud of these tracks and we hope that you will like them too.
On this album you will find an extended version of the track The Glow Of Minerals. This is the way it was originally supposed to be if not for the time restrictions of a 3” CD. You will also find a track called A Voice From Dead Radio that is something quite special indeed. A Voice From Dead Radio consists of elements from every track of the album. Compiled by Cameron Webb, perhaps better known as Seaworthy, this is a simply stunning track and this amazing, massive chunk of music also acts as a closer for the album and as such it does a mighty fine job to say the least. You do not want to miss this out on this one.
Oh, and did I mention Zelienople is doing a 16 minute cover version of the track Harrisburg pt.2…
Enjoy.
Dag Rosenqvist, Gothenburg, March 2010
A Voice From Dead Radio is availabe to pre-order now.
A Voice From Dead Radio available to pre-order
admin March 1st, 2010
Head over to the Releases/Buy page to grap yourself a copy.
As previously mentioned there are a limited number of business card CD’s containing a brand new exclusive track by Dag given away free with orders from me. Limited numbers so get in there fast.
A Voice From Dead Radio by Jasper TX. Available March 2010.
admin February 25th, 2010
Here are two remixes taken from the double CD release A Voice From Dead Radio. It brings together most (if not all) of Dag’s earlier 3″ releases on one disc, the other contains 10 remixes by the following:
01: Harrisburg Pt.1 remix by Pillowdiver
02: Harrisburg Pt.2 cover by Zelienople
03: D remix by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
04: A remix by Xela
05: A Beacon To Lead Us There remix by Peter Broderick
06: The Glow Of Minerals remix by Simon Scott
07: Through Dusk…And Falling Leaves remix by Steinbruchel
08: Our Way Through The Field remix by Aaron Martin
09: A Quiet Gloom remix by Alex Cobb
10: A Voice From Dead Radio assembly by Seaworthy
Below are 2 remixes by Simon Scott and Steinbruchel.
The album will be available for pre-order very soon. Please sign up to the newsletter to find out when it is available. There will be a very limited number of business card CD’s available containing a brand new Jasper TX track, Hills/Mountains, given away free with orders from the UTS website, get in quick if you want to secure one.
The Glow Of Minerals Remix By Simon Scott by Under The Spire
Through Dusk…And Falling Leaves remix by Steinbrüchel by Under The Spire
spire 022 & 023: pre-orders available now
admin January 29th, 2010
The next 2 releases on under the spire will be available mid-February.
Pre-orders are available now.They will both be in an edition of 150 copies each.
IMPORTANT: Please pay for pre-orders separately from already available releases. It save a lot of confusion!
