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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