Eagle Altar - The Life Of Bridgette Driscol

Eagle Altar
The Life Of Bridgette Driscol (Kimberly Dawn KimDawn014 - 2009)
3" CDR Numbered edition of 50, with hand-scrawled CDR, OOP

Did I mention that I've always had a soft spot for 3" CDs?

Brad Rose with his wife Eden Hemming under their Eagle Altar moniker (not to be mistaken for Altar Eagle which is Eden Hemming with Brad Rose...). This lovely 3" CDR, with Eagle Altar hand-scrawled all over in golden ink, is unfortunately already out-of-print at the source the small Kimberly Dawn label (even though it was released only 3 weeks ago...). Great 18-minute track, as is to be expected from a Brad Rose project! Eden is not singing on this one (it is one of the differences with Altar Eagle, or Corsican Paintbrush, or other collaborations between husband and wife), but it has a nice drum-machine loop in the background.


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Ajilvsga - Last Of The White Buffalo

Ajilvsga
Last Of The White Buffalo (Abandon Ship Records ASR039 - 2008)
C28 Edition of 100, OOP

A nice one, released by Abandon Ship Records in 2008 like Winter Hunt. This is less epic than Winter Hunt (it is twice as short anyway), but it is nice and rhythmic however.

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Ajilvsga - White Crow

Ajilvsga
White Crow (Blackest Rainbow - 2009)
C42 Edition of 100, OOP

One of the latest Ajilvsga releases, on the ever consistently good Blackest Rainbow (recently of fame for the latest Natural Snow Building 3xLP, 2xCD and zine).
The only 'Crow-of-many-colours' not released by Digitalis / Peyote Tapes to the great advantage of being an edition of 100 instead of the usual 20-something... It's already out-of-print at the source though.

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Ajilvsga - The Black Mouth Society

Ajilvsga
The Black Mouth Society (Tavarn Keben bes34 - 2009)
C60 Edition of 60 hand-numbered copies with hand-made cover

The A-side of this tape, The Black-Tailed Deer, is without doubt my favourite Ajilvsga track (at the moment anyway...). Everything is perfect with this release : 2 great long tracks, superb artwork (if not very convenient), it's released on Laurent/Sorc'henn excellent label Tavarn Keben and last but not least it's recorded on orange cassettes (who can resist orange!).

For once, this one is still available at the source, but I couldn't wait to share it with you : I'm sure more than one will buy it after listening to those mp3s!

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BUY it!

Jonathan Coleclough & Murmer - Nevill #6

Jonathan Coleclough & Murmer
Nevill #6/47 (ICR ICR59 - 2006)
CDR edition of 1

Yep, a unique CDR in an edition of 1!
The story behind this : when ICR released Husk by Coleclough & Murmer, they had a special mail-order edition of 200 copies with a bonus CD, and a special-special edition of 47 with an extra CDR (only 25 for sale) and I managed to get #6. Lucky me! This CDR states 'each copy has a unique piece of music and a unique cover'. It's a processed field-recording using sounds of Nevill Road, London, recorded 19 & 20 april 2006.
That makes it probably the rarest item in my music collection (I have other releases with unique artwork, but that is the only one with unique music!)

Oh, I forgot to tell you it is only 5 minutes long, I guess it could not have been a full album, could it?

If ever you have another copy of Nevill, please post a link somewhere, that would be great to get to hear as many of them as possible!

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Ajilvsga - From The Black River To The Dead Sea

Ajilvsga
From The Black River To The Dead Sea (Music Your Mind Will Love You Mymwly0036 - 2005)
CDR, OOP

An early Ajilvsga release (the earliest, at least according to Discogs) on the sadly defunct Music Your Mind Will Love You (I love that name!). Not the best Ajilvsga release, but still worth listening to. And it's on CDR, and as much as I like cassettes, this is a far more convenient format (come on, throw me the first stone!).
I should have taken a picture of the whole handmade artwork, but I told you I was lazy...

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Ajilvsga / Capricorn Wings - Rights Of The Solemn Ceremonies

Ajilvsga / Capricorn Wings
Rights Of The Solemn Ceremonies (Goaty Tapes, 2008)
C58 edition of 100

I don't really like split releases... This one is no exception : I like the Ajilvsga side, but the other one is just barely OK. Don't know much about Capricorn Wings but they are French and have another tape out on Abandon Ship Records, so I guess they can't be all wrong!.
t would have made a nice C30 with the two Ajilvsga tracks, but at least with mp3 files you don't have to rewind to skip the unwanted track.
Fancy hand-cut labels à la Goaty Tapes.

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The North Sea - Underneath The Jesus Tree

The North Sea
Underneath The Jesus Tree (Barl Fire Recordings BFR013 - 2006)
CDR Edition of 200

Brad Rose solo for a change, under his The North Sea moniker. This is relatively early The North Sea (2006), that means more acoustic folky songs, complete with voclas, bird chirps and guitar strumming, quite far from the sound of today... It's great anyway, as everything Brad Rose touches.

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Ajilvsga - Winter Hunt

Ajilvsga
Winter Hunt (Abandon Ship Records ASR027 - 2008)
C50 Edition of 100, OOP

Three track cassette released by Abandon Ship Records in 2008. This is without doubt one of my favourite Ajilvsga release. I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as I do.

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Period Disc 2 is alive!

I've posted a new link for Jonathan Coleclough's Period limited second CD. If you're interested, just go back a couple of posts...

Ajilvsga - White Path / Red Path - new rip

Ajilvsga
White Path / Red Path (PM31 - 2008)
C40 Edition of 100, OOP

Thick clouds of swirling electronics, walls of distortion, phased guitars, tar, and electricity riveted together for one of the heaviest and densest Ajilvsga recordings to date. Melodies briefly stumble to the surface, only to be turned inside out by the chaos. High bias chrome tapes with 4 panel J-card and obi.

This cassette was released by Peasant Magik


I've made a (hopefully) better rip than before, here it is :

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Ajilvsga - Archived Bones

Ajilvsga
Archived Bones (Dial Square Tapes DSQ001)
C21 edition of 20

Very limited again (20 copies only too), this is some 'older' material from 2007 release on the even-more-limited-than-Digitalis Limited Brad Rose label, Dial Square Tapes.
It will make your bones rattle indeed...

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Ajilvsga - White Sky Monster

Ajilvsga
White Sky Monster (Open Range Records ORR-017)
C32 edition of 50 hand-numbered copies

Tape in hand-made stapled felt packaging, with hand-numbered insert. It's a bit cheap looking in my opinion, but the translucent green tape is nice and the music is Ajilvsga at its best. On the quite obscure Open Range Records label (but they have also released one of the first Sean McCann, Boomerangutan, so they seem to be worth checking out, aren't they?).

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Ajilvsga - Gathering Of Owls

Ajilvsga
Gathering Of Owls (Digitalis Limited ltd#6)
C42 edition of 72 hand-numbered copies

I had quite a difficult time finding this one (got it on f* e-bay...), so it's one of my favourites. The artwork is pure Ajilvsga with the undecipherable black-metally logo. Pure drone-noise bliss.

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Ajilvsga - Green Crow

Ajilvsga
Green Crow (Digitalis Limited / Peyote Tapes)
C33 edition of 20

Very limited (20 copies!), this tape was a tour only edition sold at a show on March 23rd at "The Monolith" with Barn Owl & Language Of Light. Some copies were later sold by Brad Rose and I managed to get one...
It is the third instalment in the 'insert-colour-here' Crow after Red and Blue which were even more limited and are all co-released by Digitalis Limited (Brad's label) and Peyote Tapes (Nathan's label).
Simple artwork but great music!

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Lazier than ever...

I've finally found the time and courage to rip some out-of-print Ajilvsga tapes. So you can expect (finally and hopefully) a proper update of my dormant blog...

For now i have posted a new link for White Path / Red Path below, and I'll fix the other ones later.



... later : new links posted (with new rips @ 256k) for Monos and Andrew Liles


...and later still : new link for the Christoph Heemann.

More Ajilvsga tomorrow, I promise!