Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 23:53:09 -0400 From: "J. Scott Carradice" (jscottc@INTERLOG.COM) Subject: Jens-o-rama! Your second guess was correct. That style of music simply isn't his cup of tea. I'd rather have Ivo NOT release a ambient/techno/drone styled album if he didn't 100% believe in it, don't you? And you have obviously found other outlets for this kind of music anyways. If you'd like a semi-4AD take on a more jungle oriented ambient/techno/drone music, check out Leaf Records. It's run by 4AD staffer Tony Morley in London. Owners of v23's "Modern Calendar '96" may recognise Tony's name. He was the guy whom the calendar was dedicated to (T leaf Morley). Some of his 12" releases may be of interest to 4ad-l'ers. Here is a brief discography of most of what Leaf has done: REEL 1 INVISIBLE SOUNDTRACKS: Volume One "Dijecta" written/produced by Mark "Seefeel" Clifford "Zurich" co-written/produced by Neal "Mojave 3" Halstead DOCK 2 BOYMERANG: Proactiv EP Features members of Bark Psychosis. DOCK 3 LUGER: Pass Agent written/produced by Joe Gray DOCK 4 WITCHMAN: The Shape Of Rage EP written/produced by John Roome Tony played Ivo some Leaf stuff and although Ivo isn't the biggest fan he supports Tony and Leaf's music. I guess it wont be a part of 4AD's roster at the present time. If interested, e-mail Tony: leaf@principia. com or just call up 4AD's London offices and ask for Tony Morley. See if you can get a catalogue! Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:11:39 -0500 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: Raking up fallen leaves New releases from ex-4AD staffer Tony Morley's Leaf label: February 9th 1998 "INVISIBLE SOUNDTRACKS Volume III" EP REEL 3 (limited edition 12" only) mail order price: £4.50 Following last May's 'Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 1' collection, which compiled the first two 'Invisible Soundtracks' 12"s as a CD, The Leaf Label continues its acclaimed series with a third limited edition EP, released on February 9th. Once again, the EP features only exclusive tracks, specially commissioned for the project. The label invited artists (both new and established) from across a broad musical spectrum to contribute an evocative piece of music for an imaginary film. Of the five tracks on this 12", three will be included on the forthcoming 'Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 2 CD' release (REEL 3CD, released March 2nd) which will also include exclusive tracks by Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), Laika, A Small Good Thing, Fridge and David Kristian, amongst others. Like the previous 'Invisible Soundtracks' EPs, this release will be available in a limited edition of 1,000 copies only, so they'll sell out fast. Please note: this is the first Leaf release to be handled by their new UK distributor, SRD. The tracklisting for Invisible Soundtracks Volume III is as follows: A1. b.Low - Stepping Through A Wooden Door (6:07) A2. Control Panel - Control Panel 03 (0:56) A3. Max Brennan - From The Temple To The Nile (4:28) AA1. Four Tet - Field (5:32) AA2. To Rococo Rot - Die Dinge Des Lebens (8:05) INVISIBLE SOUNDTRACKS VOLUME III - artist biographies b.Low (Patrick Pulsinger & Erdem Tunakan) Pulsinger and Tunakan should need no introduction as the brains behind Vienna's fabulous Cheap label, and b.Low ("Vienna's leading low profile band!!") was the first project they worked on together. A highly sought-after trio of b.Low releases surfaced between 1991 and 1994, in excruciatingly limited runs, with guests such as Gerhard Potuznik and Richard Dorfmeister. A b.Low album will be released on Cheap imminently. Pulsinger and Tunakan have collaborated many times, most famously as Sluts'n'Strings and 909. Pulsinger has already tried his hand at an imaginary soundtrack with his self-explanatory Porno album for Disko B, and the low down and dirty 'Stepping Through A Wooden Door' would have to be the love scene in this particular fictitious film... This track will be included on the 'Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 2' CD. CONTROL PANEL (Warren Defever) One of a myriad pseudonyms that sonic troublemaker Warren Defever of His Name Is Alive (4AD) has appeared under, Control Panel represents some of his first forays into electronica. Two tracks have already been released: 'Control Panel 01' was a limited cassette only release; '02' appeared on a limited run 12" last year; the oddly haunting '03' appears here; and '04' and '05' appear on the forthcoming Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 2 CD. Defever lives and works in Livonia, just outside Detroit, Michigan. A Control Panel album should surface later this year. MAX BRENNAN Brennan, one of a growing number of musicians emerging from the Isle Of Wight, is one of the UK's most prolific producers. Best known for his work as Fretless AZM (on Holistic), he also records as Universal Being (also Holistic), Maxwell House (Peacefrog), O.H. Krlll (Beau Monde), and under his own name for Sublime, Phonocide (and now Leaf!). The track he has recorded for Invisible Soundtracks is quite different from his other projects. No-one else sounds quite like Max... 'From The Temple To The Nile' will be included on the 'Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 2' CD. FOUR TET (Kieran Hebden) This track represents the first fruits of Kieran Hebden's new sample-based project, Four Tet. The Leaf Label plans to release a single by Four Tet during 1998. Hebden's other group, the post-rock trio Fridge, are signed to The Underdog's Output label, and release their second album in February. An exclusive Fridge track appears on 'Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 2'. TO ROCOCO ROT (Ronald Lippok, Robert Lippok & Stefan Schneider) The kings of understatement, TRR are based in Düsseldorf (Schneider, also of Kreidler) and Berlin (the Lippok brothers), and are signed to City Slang records. Their recent album, Veiculo, was one of the greatest and most overlooked records of 1997. In a spooky real-world-meets-Invisible-Soundtracks moment, 'Die Dinge Des Lebens' will be used in a forthcoming German film, entitled Nettropics (directed by Vladimir Mushevsky). The track will also appear on the 'Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 2' CD. REEL 3CD March 2nd CD only 'Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 2' Includes 14 exclusive tracks by To Rococo Rot, DJ Spooky, Laika, Fridge, Si Begg, b.Low, Max Brennan, Warren Defever (His Name Is Alive), A Small Good Thing, Richard Thomas, David Kristian, Barbed, etc. DOCK 13 March (tbc) 12" only Fourtet EP (title tbc) Kieran Hebden of Fridge's new solo sample-based project. DOCK 14 March (tbc) 500 x 7" Richard Thomas single (title tbc) New Richard Thomas (Invisible Soundtracks/Lo Recordings) material - loads of tracks on a 7" single. DOCK 15 March 16th 12" only The Sons Of Silence v Ronnie & Clyde (title tbc) Head to head action from the boffins of breakbeat - new tracks from SoS and R&C, plus remixes of each other's tracks... will be simultaneously released in the US by Derailed (contact: aamlink@aol.com or 212 924 3005) BAY 3CD/BAY 3V April 6th CD/vinyl various artists Leaf label compilation (title tbc) Will include the best of the Leaf catalogue (including Boymerang, Witchman, The Sons Of Silence, etc) plus some new tracks. Simultaneous release in the US through Derailed (see above) DOCK 16 April (tbc) 12" only A Small Good Thing EP (title tbc) ASGT let fly new stuff - they're promising more extreme sounds than anything they've done before... finally, Manchester's mighty DJ Speedranch (with Andy from v/vm and James Plotkin) will be releasing an exclusive mix CD on Leaf later this Spring - expect loads of exclusive noise terror - new tracks from Jega (Skam), DJ Olive (We), v/vm, Matt Wand (Stock, Hausen & Walkman), James Plotkin, Marco Passeroni (Nature), Somatic Responses (Praxis), DJ Scud (Ambush/DHR) and Sonic Subjunkies (Thaddi/DHR) are already in the pipeline... If you haven't seen Speedranch yet, check him out at Manchester's Black Eye club, or at Scratch on January 22nd... The Leaf Label, 2 Cairns Road, LONDON, SW11 1ES, UK Fax: +44 (0)171 228 8330 leaf@number9.demon.co.uk JEFF KEIBEL TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA E MAIL: redshift@interlog.com Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 16:35:02 -0500 From: "JS (Jim) Adams" Subject: Re: Invisible Soundtracks > Does anyone know where I can get a hold of Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 1" > (Leaf, cd format compilation)? Anyone have it? What is on there aside from > theis great Zurich track? 1 RICHARD THOMAS - Menage Trois 2 ZURICH - A Harsh Truth (Parts I & II) 3 THE SONS OF SILENCE - The Crater Rim Caf 4 NON PLACE URBAN FIELD - Beachside FX 5 RICHARD THOMAS - Here I Am 6 BEING - Cue 7 BEDOUIN ASCENT - If Mountains Could Sing 8 DISJECTA - Vistic 9 RICHARD THOMAS - Intrusion Reported By Witness 10 TWISTED SCIENCE - Sloop B 11 RICHARD THOMAS - Muffin Spencer-Devlin/Hawaii II 12 RICHARD THOMAS - Dirt vs Earth (Part II) 13 AIR MIAMI - Nevada 2007 14 GESCOM - Bronchusix 15 SEYMOUR/VAN HOEN - Tema 16 VENDOR REFILL - Pendulum Nice to hear about a second disc forthcoming ... From: leaf@number9.demon.co.uk Subject: Fwd: The Leaf Label's e-mailing list #11 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 08:01:57 EST In this newsletter you'll find info on: the forthcoming 'INVISIBLE SOUNDTRACKS: Macro 2' CD other NEW RELEASES MAIL ORDER EXPORTS FORTHCOMING LEAF EVENTS The Leaf Label co-hosts London's SCRATCH club (with Lo Recordings and The Wire magazine). If you're not already on the Scratch mailing list, send a note to scratch@number9.demon.co.uk stating that you'd like to be added. Don't hesitate to get in touch if there's anything else you need to know... --------------------------------------------------------------- New Releases ^^^^^^^^^^^^ February 16th 1998 (please note new release date!) 'INVISIBLE SOUNDTRACKS Volume III' EP """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" REEL 3 (limited edition 12" only) mail order price: #4.50 A1. b.Low - Stepping Through A Wooden Door (6:07) A2. Control Panel - Control Panel 03 (0:56) A3. Max Brennan - From The Temple To The Nile (4:28) AA1. Four Tet - Field (5:32) AA2. To Rococo Rot - Die Dinge Des Lebens (8:05) -------------------------------------------------------------- March 9th 1998 'INVISIBLE SOUNDTRACKS: MACRO 2' """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" REEL 3CD (CD only) mail order price: #11.00 Following last year's Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 1, The Leaf Label continues its acclaimed IS series with a second compilation, released on March 9th. Once again, the compilation features only exclusive tracks, specially commissioned for the project. The label invited artists from across a broad musical spectrum to contribute a piece of music that in some way evokes a cinematic image. The contributors, who include Patrick Pulsinger & Erdem Tunakan, DJ Spooky, To Rococo Rot, Si Begg, Laika, Fridge and Warren Defever from His Name Is Alive, have managed to conjure up tantalising images of distant realms: dark jungles, forgotten space wrecks and illicit sexual encounters. The soundtrack to the film of your dreams... Where Macro 1 included mainly UK artists (including The Sons Of Silence, Gescom, Mark Clifford, Mark Van Hoen and Richard Thomas), Macro 2 has a decidedly international flavour - musicians from Austria, Germany, Sweden, Australia, Canada and the US all feature - with both new and established artists represented. See attached artist biographies for more details. Please note: this is the first Leaf album to be handled by our new UK distributor, SRD. The tracklisting for 'Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 2' is as follows: 1. Polyester Orkester - Aldrigpunkt (5:00) 2. b.Low - Stepping Through A Wooden Door (6:07) 3. A Small Good Thing - Coarse Bitch Cop (4:09) 4. To Rococo Rot - Die Dinge Des Lebens (8:05) 5. Matthew Corwine - aeth (5:22) 6. Max Brennan - From The Temple To The Nile (4:28) 7. Fridge - Beaf (5:51) 8. Control Panel - Control Panel 04 (0:56) 9. Control Panel - Control Panel 05 (6:27) 10. Si Begg - Sorry Officer (2:48) 11. Paul D. Miller - He Who Leaves No Trace (9:59) 12. Laika - Storms + Skeeters (3:26) 13. David Kristian - Porch Song (5:17) 14. Barbed - Underwater (2:32) ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ POLYESTER ORKESTER (Henrik Johansson) Johansson lives and records on a small Swedish island in the Baltic. He has previously had music released by the Californian Plug Research label as Smyglyssna. 'Aldrigpunkt' was originally recorded in 1995, and this is is a very minimal version of the original which sets the scene of our imagined film beautifully... b.Low (Patrick Pulsinger & Erdem Tunakan) Pulsinger and Tunakan should need no introduction as the brains behind Vienna's fabulous Cheap label, and b.Low ("Vienna's leading low profile band!!") was the first project they worked on together. A highly sought-after trio of b.Low releases surfaced between 1991 and 1994, in excruciatingly limited runs, with guests such as Gerhard Potuznik and Richard Dorfmeister. A b.Low album will be released on Cheap imminently. Pulsinger and Tunakan have collaborated many times, most famously as Sluts'n'Strings and 909. Pulsinger has already tried his hand at an imaginary soundtrack with his self-explanatory Porno album for Disko B, and the low down and dirty 'Stepping Through A Wooden Door' would have to be the love scene in this particular fictitious film... A SMALL GOOD THING (Tom Fazzini, Andrew Hulme & Mark Sedgewick) ASGT recently released their third full-length album on The Leaf Label (to be followed by a brand new EP in the spring). The trio record in a somewhat arcane manner, the music being assembled around the UK: Tom in Leeds, Mark in Hull and Andrew in London. They are no strangers to soundtrack music - all their recordings have a highly cinematic air - with several pieces to be used in Channel Four Films' forthcoming adaptation of Irvine Welsh's The Acid House. TO ROCOCO ROT (Ronald Lippok, Robert Lippok & Stefan Schneider) The kings of understatement, TRR are based in Dusseldorf (Schneider, also of Kreidler) and Berlin (the Lippok brothers), and are signed to City Slang records. Their recent album, Veiculo, was one of the greatest and most overlooked records of 1997. In a spooky real-world-meets-Invisible-Soundtracks moment, 'Die Dinge Des Lebens' will be used in a forthcoming German film, entitled Nettropics (directed by Vladimir Mushevsky). MATTHEW CORWINE 'aeth' is the first UK release by Seattle-based musician/writer/web designer Matthew Corwine. The track (which was recorded without the use of a sequencer) is reminiscent of Jon Hassell's Fourth World project from the early '80s, though Corwine claims never to have heard his music. He has previously released material as Lo Phat Hi Fi (on Oxygen and XLR8R Traks) and Barrington Hall (deep house on Electrik Soul). MAX BRENNAN Brennan, one of a growing number of musicians emerging from the Isle Of Wight, is one of the UK's most prolific producers. Best known for his work as Fretless AZM (on Holistic), he also records as Universal Being (also Holistic), Maxwell House (Peacefrog), O.H. Krlll (Beau Monde), and under his own name for Sublime, Phonocide (and now Leaf!). The track he has recorded for Invisible Soundtracks is quite different from his other projects. No-one else sounds quite like Max... FRIDGE (Kieran Hebden, Sam Jeffers & Adem Ilhan) Post-rocking Londoners Fridge are signed to the Underdog's Output label and were responsible for the monstrous 'Anglepoised' single last year. Their second album, Semaphore, is released in February 1998. CONTROL PANEL (Warren Defever) One of a myriad pseudonyms that sonic troublemaker Warren Defever of His Name Is Alive (4AD) has appeared under, Control Panel represents some of his first forays into electronica. Two tracks have already been released: 'Control Panel 01' was a limited cassette only release; '02' appeared on a limited run 12" last year; '03' is included on the Invisible Soundtracks Volume III 12"; and the haunting '04' and '05' feature here. Defever lives and works in Livonia, just outside Detroit, Michigan. A Control Panel album should surface later this year. SI BEGG One of the most prolific and unpredictable musicians in British electronic music, Si records as Cabbageboy for N Tone/Ninja Tune, Buckfunk 3000 for Language, and Bigfoot (Eukatech). Anyone who's heard the debut album release on his own Noodles imprint will not find anything particularly unexpected in this track. In other words, it's very strange. Straight outta Zone 5. PAUL D. MILLER Probably better known as DJ Spooky, Big Apple-dweller Miller has also released a number of recordings under his real name on Asphodel. He has just signed to Geffen in the US. LAIKA (Margaret Fiedler & Guy Fixsen) 1997 was a good year for Laika - with the release of their second album Sounds Of The Satellites (Too Pure), they supported Radiohead on their last UK tour and signed with Sire in the States. 'Storms + Skeeters' is an instrumental piece for multi-tracked flute. A new Laika album should surface in the autumn. DAVID KRISTIAN Kristian ploughs his own musical furrow in Vancouver, Canada. Acclaimed releases for Drop Beat were followed recently by an album for Alien8 Recordings, entitled Cricklewood, which was a tribute to the landmark '50s recordings of Louis and Bebe Barron, who scored Forbidden Planet. BARBED (Alex McKechnie & Alex Burrow) Alex and Alex operate on the odder fringes of the London music scene. Having not only released CDs under their own name, they have been involved with multimedia presentations (The BBC's Dr Who CD ROM; Virus audio visual sculpture) , film soundtracks (The Man Who Couldn't Feel, & Other Tales) and dance music (a collaboration with choreographer Liz Ranken at the ICA). They were also part of the original line-up of cult heroes Add N To X, and have collaborated with the plunderphonic likes of Negativland, People Like Us and The Tape Beatles. A recent release was entitled 'Vibrators' - super-amplified and strangely moving recordings of, er, vibrators. 'Underwater' speaks for itself - it might pass you by on a casual listen, but reveals hidden depths when paid full attention. IAN ECCLES-SMITH Australian-born Eccles-Smith now lives in London, where he moved in 1997. In the past he has written and won awards for real film scores, including David Cox's celebrated Puppenhead animation. Currently working with Paul Schutze, he also has a career as a remixer, with work ranging from The Sisters Of Mercy (!) to Peter Andre (!!). His first solo album, Clubbed 2 Death, featured vocals by the leading serial killers of our time. -------------------------------------------------------------- LEAF RELEASE SCHEDULE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Here's what we're intending to release in the first part of 1998: DOCK 15 March 30th 12" only The Sons Of Silence v Ronnie & Clyde (title tbc) Head to head action from the boffins of breakbeat - new tracks from SoS and R&C, plus remixes of each other's tracks... will be simultaneously released in the US by Derailed (contact: aamlink@aol.com or 212 924 3005) DOCK 13 April (tbc) 12" only Fourtet EP (title tbc) the first fruits of Kieran Hebden of Fridge's new solo sample-based project DOCK 14 April (tbc) 500 x 7" Richard Thomas single (title tbc) New Richard Thomas (Invisible Soundtracks/Lo Recordings) material - loads of tracks on a 7" single BAY 3CD/BAY 3V April (tbc) CD/vinyl various artists Leaf label compilation (title tbc) Will include the best of the Leaf catalogue (including Boymerang, Witchman, The Sons Of Silence, etc) plus some new tracks. Simultaneous release in the US through Derailed (see above) DOCK 16 May (tbc) 12" only A Small Good Thing EP (title tbc) ASGT let fly new stuff - they're promising more extreme sounds than anything they've done before... finally, Manchester's mighty DJ Speedranch (with Andy from v/vm and James Plotkin) will be releasing an exclusive mix CD on Leaf later this Spring - expect loads of exclusive noise terror - new tracks from Jega (Skam), DJ Olive (We), v/vm, Matt Wand (Stock, Hausen & Walkman), James Plotkin, Marco Passeroni (Nature), Somatic Responses (Praxis), DJ Scud (Ambush/DHR) and Sonic Subjunkies (Thaddi/DHR) are already in the pipeline... MAIL ORDER ^^^^^^^^^^ If you find it difficult to locate Leaf releases in your particular corner of the world, we're now offering a speedy mail order service. If you're interested, e-mail leaf@number9.demon.co.uk, or fax +44 (0)171 228 8330, and we'll get you a price list. Note that, production times permitting, you will receive new releases at least 2 weeks before release! Thanks! [please note: Leaf releases are also available by mail order through SOLEILMOON (USA - info@soleilmoon.com), MEGO (Austria - pita@mego.co.at), A n A n A n A (Portugal - ananana@esoterica.pt), and SYNAESTHESIA (Australia - atomic@diamond.vicnet.net.au)] DISTRIBUTION ^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Leaf Label is now handling some of it's exports directly. If you require info on wholesale prices, please get in touch. The Leaf Label is relieved to announce that SRD will now be handling UK Distribution and exports. Please amend your records accordingly. Distribution of The Leaf Label is handled by these fine companies: UK/export: SRD (UK: harry@southern.com / export: pete@southern.com / +44 181 802 3000) USA/Canada: DUTCH EAST INDIA TRADING (sales@dutch-east.com / 1 212 630 0700) SOLEILMOON (info@soleilmoon.com / 1 503 335 0706) New Zealand: FLAVOUR (sjimflav@ihug.co.nz / 64 9 358 4057) -------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming Leaf-related events: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mar 3rd Leaf radio show (DJ Tony Morley) The Global Channel (www.pirate-radio.co.uk) or visit the broadcast at The Global Cafe, Golden Square, London Mar 3rd DJ Tony Morley The Electronic Lounge, ICA, London Mar 4th DJ Tony Morley (+ Ultramarine, Dego, Ian O'Brien) The Clinic (London) Mar 26th DJ Tony Morley (+ Dave Grubbs (Gastr Del Sol) + more) Scratch (The Spitz, Spitalfields Market, London) Mar 31st Leaf radio show (DJ Tony Morley) The Global Channel (www.pirate-radio.co.uk) or visit the broadcast at The Global Cafe, Golden Square, London Apr 9th The Sons Of Silence + Four Tet + DJ Speedranch + DJ Tony Morley Black Eye, Manchester more dates to come... February Chart (DJ Tony Morley): ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ artist title label 1. Pole Pole Kiff SM (Ger) 2. Bel Air Project Dark Jazzor Furure Talk (Fr) 3. Tortoise TNT (LP) City Slang (UK) 4. Cornelius Fantasma (LP) Matador (US) 5. Moodymann Mahogany Brown (LP) Peacefrog (UK) 6. Circadian Rhythms Internal Clock (LP) Language (UK) 7. Alex Gopher Gordini Mix Solid (Fr) 8. Live Human Improvisessions FatCat (UK) 9. Billy Preston Drown In My Tears Springboard (US) 10. TPO Hiroshi's Dub Disorient (UK) 11. Bob Sinclair Eu So Quero Um Xodo Columbia (Fr) 12. Psycloplasma Forbidden Planet Acid Orange (Ger) 13. Bubbah's Tum Dirty Great Mable iLL (UK) 14. The Skinless Brothers It's The G Central (Austria) 15. Fridge Semaphore (LP) Output (UK) 16. Portishead Elysium (Parlour Talk Remix) Go! Beat (UK) 17. DJ Vadim USSR Reconstruction (LP) Ninja Tune (UK) 18. Silverkick You Are My Heroin Fused And Bruised (UK) 19. Sofa Surfers The Plan Klein (Austria) 20. Ultramarine 4U (Further Details Remix) New Electronica (UK) 21. 2nd Gen Noise Sculptures EP Flo (UK) 22. The X-ecutioners Raida's Theme Remix Asphodel (US) 23. Stock, Hausen & Walkman Ventilating Deer Hot Air (UK) 24. Paddington Breaks Smart But Casual EP iLL (UK) 25. Kid Loco A Grand Love Story (LP) Yellow (Fr) 26. DJ Git Hyper Zimmerman Dox (Holl) 27. Neon Phusion Theme From Firefly Laws Of Motion (UK) 28. various Altered States Of America Lo Recordings (UK) 29. Septile Domestik Life N-Tone (UK) 30. Pressure Drop Caught In Session Higher Ground (UK) ----------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for listening. Get in touch! The Leaf Label, 2 Cairns Road, LONDON, SW11 1ES, UK Fax: +44 (0)171 228 8330 leaf@number9.demon.co.uk Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 01:51:39 PST From: Gordon McEwen Subject: invisible soundtracks macro 2 [blink] I downloaded the Feb and Mar archives from the list server (just post the instruction "GET impure-L LOG9802" (without the quotes) to listserv@webnt.cks.com to get Feb's - March's is LOG9803) to discover that I missed at least half the posts in Feb. Nothing seems to have happened in March until the 9th. Combing through the archives I didn't see any discussion of Leaf's "Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 2", foretold for some time and out now for a week or two. This disc really is very good. Standout tracks, for me, are b.Low's funky workout "Stepping through a wooden door" (also on the Invisible Soundtracks III 12"), Fridge's cut-up lo-fi groove "Beaf" (looking forward to their new album "Semaphore" - out soon? on Output), Max Brennan's evocative "From the Temple to the Nile" (also on the 12"), and To Rococo Rot with cool and easy "Die Dinge Des Lebens" (TRR's Paris 25 ep now out on CD - 12" only originally - I think). In fact, there's very little I don't like on this comp. Special mention goes to Laika's atypical "Storms + Skeeters", "an instrumental piece for multi-tracked flute" says the blurb - which indeed it is. Must look-out for Macro 1. Gordon Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 01:37:38 EDT From: Riouxs@aol.com Subject: Rioux's Records Update #23 (3/3) RICHARD THOMAS - What My Eyes Can See ltd 7" (Leaf Dock : 14) $5.00 After a quiet summer, The Leaf Label returns with the first of four releases this side of Christmas. Richard Thomas's 'What My Ears Can See', which includes 'Manicougan 5' from the critically lauded 'Classic Plant' collection, is the label's first ever 7" release. This is Richard's first release since the acclaimed 'Shoes And Radios Attract Paint' album on Lo Recordings (1997). Richard originally came to the attention of lovers of odd stuff through his contributions to the 'Invisible Soundtracks' series on Leaf. The idea behind this 8-track 7" was to capture more of those musical vignettes on his own record. Sounding like snapshots from his warped laboratory, these tiny pieces lend themselves to the 7" format perfectly. Limited to just 700 copies. "Microelectronics, digital compression and modern studio-limiting dampen down the raw wildness of electricity. Thomas uses physical, vibrant sound - horns, xylophone, squeaky toys, static - recalling an era when guitars had names like Broadcaster, Telecaster, Stratocaster: threats to the stillness of the air and the body's cushioning flesh. He's not afraid of music that hurts" - Rob Young, The Wire