Yuco - Employee. CT17. 50 Copies Digipak CD album.
Yuco are a Japanese duo formed in 2008. On this recording their tracks slowly morph from classical acoustic guitar melodies through to post rock instrumentals. They list their recording intruments as : Programming, piano, clarinet, guitar, bass and drums. This is a cd release in a digipak sleeve.
One Nine Three / Op.20 / Dreamend / Carnival As Pschic Fatigue / Smoke Rising From Your House / I Will Try Where I Chase Fading Music In The Corner / Prisoners' Dilemma.
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Solipsism - Let's Watch The Sunrise. CT16. 49 Copies Digipak CDR (ep).
Solipsism is Craig Murphy, an experimental musician and recording artist from Glasgow. He works in various styles of music including ambient, IDM and experimental. This release is an ambient one made entirely with heavily-effected, then processed electric guitar. It comes as a lightscribed cdr in digipak sleeve with a foldover insert. The picture sleeve is an original glossy photograph by myheadisaballoon.
Let's Watch The Sunrise / No Destination In Mind / Wilderness Of The Sackcloth Hearts / Horizon / MirrorriM
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Richard A. Ingram - Hymns Vol. 1. CT 15. 55 Copies Digipak CD -SOLD OUT.
The release features a collection of tracks made from recordings taken from a variety of sources. TV programmes, old cassette tapes and home recordings amongst others. These recordings were then processed by analogue and digital means.
Happy Is That People / Crazy Lover / The Pneumatic Christ / Lord, How I Thank You That You Died / There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood.
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Sima - Softness. CT014. 60 Copies. SOLD OUT.
Sima is a composer who studied musicology, harmony and counterpoint in his university days and is a self taught tape musician. He initially approached his compositions from a musique concrete and avant garde standpoint, slowly evolving to encompass his own style.
Sima cites minimalist composer Arvo Part as a direct influence, and names Johann Sebastian Bach, the romanticism of Beethoven and the diversity of Sergei Profokiev and Karlheinz Stockhausen as inspiration for his compositions. His main themes are silence, notes, layers, textures and so on.
Softness is a beautiful modern classical album of Sima's piano / electronics / field compositions.
lento non tanto / variations on the softness / whatever you want / tribute to no one / mirror / saparation / minuet from a diary.
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Wil Bolton - Chimes For A Wall Drawing. CT013. 50 Copies. SOLD OUT.
'Chimes for a Wall Drawing' is a live recording of a performance at Tate Liverpool in August 2009, inspired by the gallery's display of Sol LeWitt's 'Wall Drawing #1136'.
In the spirit of Sol LeWitt's use of seriality and arbitrary systems, this electro-acoustic composition used the artwork as an inspiration and graphic score, mapping its seven spectrum colours onto the corresponding notes on coloured chime bars.
Chimes, handbell and electric guitar were processed live into elongated tones and drones, layered with electronics and field recordings made within the gallery and surrounding area.
This release is a printed CD (not cdr) in a full colour sealed digipak sleeve designed by Antonymes.
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The New Watercolour Society - A New Season. CT012. 16 Copies. SOLD OUT.
Atomspheric ambient electronic album from The New Watercolour Society. Produced using guitar, bass, keyboards, cassette tapes and computer software. Lightscribed cdr in a mini LP style gatefold sleeve. Photographic front and inners. It comes in a heavy plastic cover with a clear film printed insert.
Chalk / Flooding The Fields / Feel The Distance / Different Ways / Never So Hollow / Neither Discussed Nor Planned / Gently Faded, But Faded Nontheless / Quiet Steps Will Be The Longest And The Last.
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Precursor Of Man - He Emanted Light. CT011. 39 Copies. SOLD OUT.
Hypnotic improvised recordings by Simon Gee (sonic activities, bass, drums and electronics) with a special appearance by Junil Kim (electric violin and voice). Lightscribed cdr in miniature gatefold photograph sleeve.
In State (Part 1) / In State (Part 2) / In State (Part 3) / In State (Part 4) .
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The Falling Sun - Away From Home ep. CT010. 39 Copies. SOLD OUT.
Mellow, melodic electronica from The Falling Sun. Lightscribed cdr in miniature gatefold photograph sleeve.
Away From Home / Sunday Purple Sky / Imagine / Point Across / Remember / The Sun On Her.
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Yamaoka - Deadlock. CT009. 40 copies. SOLD OUT.
Piano, effects and electronics from Japanese duo Yamaoka. Lightscribed cdr in digipak photo sleeve and card insert.
Cloudy / Aki / Ramda / Test / Rainbow / Tsuki / Clime / Echoes / Pocket
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Yellow6 Old (Box). CT008. 6 Copies. SOLD OUT.
Some previously unreleased and some previously released ambient, dreamy post rock from Yellow6. Each box has a unique photograph on the front and contains two double lightscribe cdr's, one 3 inch silver cdr, five b&w and five colour photographs in a tracing paper insert and two business cards.
OLD. Frieze / Helium / 4 Reel (V2 Remix) / Playtime / Good Friday / Drift (V2) / Drift / Away To Here. Previously unreleased. Daniel Lovegrove - tape transfer and mastering.
LOOPS, NOTES AND SKETCHES [SOLO GUITAR]. Quarters / Untitled 1 / Tuesday Bow / Seven Seven 1 / Runaway Baritone / Sunday Bow / Puls… / Arhythmia / Seven Seven 2 / Untitled 3 / Afterlow
LIVE. Close / Cut / If You See Something, Say Something / Katerinahissen / 090209.If You See Something, Say Something / Butterfly Girl (Beth's Song) / Cut / 00:30 / … /Norwest Passage
SINGLE / COMPILATION TRACKS. If you see something, say something (Version 1) / If you see something, say something (Version 2) / Untitled 2.
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Plantman - Closer To The Snow (CT007). 35 Copies. SOLD OUT.
An unusual release for Cathedral Transmissions as it is an album of 'real' songs. I couldn't resist the demo though, so here it is - lovely.
In The Night / Flame / Closer To The Snow / Silver Stream / Sad Eyed / Passing Ships / Paper Boats / Magic Wood #1 / The Tide / Idle Brave / Your Faraway Blues / Leave A Window / Ancient Grey / Blues My Religion / Amelanchier / Magic Wood #2 / Mountains.
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Model Citizen - Computer Ballads (CT006) 35 Copies. SOLD OUT.
A beautiful set of ambient drones with a piano interlude from Model Citizen. Model Citizen is the minimalist solo project of Adam Williams, based in Gwespyr North Wales. Lightscribed cdr in digipak photo sleeve with card insert. Cover photo by Hannah Richards.
Learning To Walk Again / Carbon Footprint / An Eternity / Hope / Interlude / Utopia.
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Ten - Journeys (CT005) 40 copies. SOLD OUT.
Ten are a project led by Dominic Deane who makes ambient instrumental electronica. Dominic is supplimented on this recording by violin, viola and cello, creating beautiful, lush sounds. This album was originally released on Owls label.
Suspended In The Sky / A Continuous Decline / Unfamiliar Perspective / Negative Landscape / Distance / Fade To Light / Fractured Lines / Morning Air / A Sense Of Strangeness
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Larkian - Un Disque Pour Ne Pas Danser (CT004) 33 Copies. SOLD OUT.
The fourth release is from Larkian. Tracks based on the saturation of various effects using a guitar mixed with drones, field recordings and some beats. Larkian is a project that was started at the end of the 90's by Cyril Monnard, a Lausanne (CH) resident.
Lightscribed cdr in digipak sleeve with card insert.
The Collapse / She Hears Noises / The Astonishing Octave Switch / La Plus Sauvage
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Various Artists - Blurred Tapes. Sampler No.1 (CT003) 40 Copies. SOLD OUT.
The third release from Cathedral Transmissions is a 50 minute compilation cdr of tracks from current and upcoming releases. A collection of tracks in varying styles including the lovely piano of Antonymes, the electronica of Ten and The Falling Sun, the drones and clicks of Erik De Cordier and the soundscapes of Larkian.
Lightscribed cdr in digipak sleeve with card insert.
Model Citizen - Hope / Antonymes - Heart Filled With Emptyness / Ten - Negative Landscape / The Falling Sun - Imagine / Plantman - Magic Wood #1 / Blistering Earth - Saturnine (Extract) / Larkian - La Plus Sauvage / Thorsten Scheerer - Flus (Instrumentalversion) / Erik De Cordier - Ze Bute / David Newlyn - Transposition (Extract).
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Thorsten Scheerer - Piano Pieces (CT002) 40 copies. SOLD OUT.
The second release from Cathedral Transmissions is a set of piano pieces recorded by Thorsten Scheerer between 1990 and 2007. Thorsten Scheerer lives and works in Mannheim and Frankfurt, Germany. He studied history of art with a main focus on digital art at the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, and the Humboldt-University, Berlin. He started playing classical guitar at the age of 12 and received lessons in electric guitar and composition (Michael Koschorreck: Xavier Naidoo/Soehne Mannheims) since he was 16. After playing with different bands of all styles - from jazz to pop music -, Thorsten Scheerer nowadays mainly composes and produces contemporary electroacoustic as well as popular music. Thorsten Scheerer is account manager for business process excellence IT solutions in the banking sector. He is member of the fgnm (Frankfurt Society for New Music) and DEGEM (German Society for Electroacoustic Music).
Lightscribed cdr in digipak sleeve with 2 page booklet.
Bagatellenlied (parts 1 to 8) / Florenz 2.2 / Barcelona 1.3 / Florenz 3.0 / Fluss / Fluss Instrumentalversion / Bagatellenlied Instrumentalversion
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Antonymes - beauty becomes the enemy of the future (CT001) 100 copies. SOLD OUT.
The first release on Cathedral Transmissions is a stunning mini album by antonymes .
7 enigmatic and lonesome sounding tracks based on piano, strings and electronics it really is a beautiful piece of work. Lightscribed cdr in a digipak sleeve with a six page booklet. Recorded at the Lightbox, Harwarden. Mixed by Paul Humphreys, mastered by Wil Bolton with text by Paul Morley.
My Salvation / They Have Not Seen The Stars / Pour Tojours Sans Espoir / Grotesquely Beautiful / The Measured Cadence / A Heart Filled With Emptiness / La Fin De Tout