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Warm Climate

ol' Mangler Redbeard

About Me

Warm Climate has been known to play songs, document the sounds of volcanic ash, and perform selections from Stockhausen's Aus Den Sieben Tagen.
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FRESH OUT OF THE OVEN!
Circle Dub / Regrettable Form
A true labor of love and our greatest achievement to date. Phantom Limb thought so too and we’re delighted that they wanted to release it. Here’s what they have to say about it:
“Never judge a book by its cover. A simple adage, but very appropriate in this case. Warm Climate's Seth Kasselman might not seem like the most forceful and intense guy, but this orchestrator of chaos has created one of the most brutal works of music to date. "Circle Dub / Regrettable Form" is a concerto in 3 parts for the noise set, taking clarinets and shimmering guitars and laying them alongside found sound and heavy doses of raging deep static. A profound and mind-altering experience, to be sure.” Limited to 90, pick it up at www.phantomlimbrecordings.com
also new (sort of)...
Timid Festival: A Collection of Field Recordings
Dug out of the archives (recorded Dec 31st 2001 – Jan 1st 2002), Timid Festival captures a New Year’s Eve drive down the California coast, in true documentarian / vérité fashion. Returning from our journey just minutes before the clock struck 12:00; we put a mic outside, then listened and responded to the world with whatever resources we had available. Aside from a gun blast and a sly thief, it was an unusually still holiday, which is captured well on this disc. Moving at the pace of breathing and rarely rising above a whisper, this is not a typical Warm Climate disc, nor was it ever intended to be. Each CD comes with hand drawn, one of a kind artwork and is housed in a durable cardboard shell. Limited to 50, or until I get tired of making the laborious artwork. Hit us up if you’re interested._________________________________________________ ___________
Discography
Calculate the Greatness CDR (RBCA003), Robert Barry Construction Associates, 2000, out of print
Avalanche Lectures CDR (RBCA005), Robert Barry Construction Associates, 2001, out of print
Of Home CDR (RBCA006), Robert Barry Construction Associates, 2001, out of print
Lame Park CDR (RBCA010), Robert Barry Construction Associates, 2004, out of print
Earth and its Resources split CDR EP w/ Cantus Firmus (RBCA011), Robert Barry Construction Associates, 2005, out of print
Forced Spring for Rising Tide CD (RBCA013), Robert Barry Construction Associates, 2006
Agnomen 1 CDR, Obsolete Units , 2006
Circle Dub / Regrettable Form CDR, Phantom Limb , 2007
Timid Festival: A Collection of Field Recordings CDR, RBCA, 2007
Mangler Redbeard CDR, RBCA, 2008

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/10/2005
Band Members: Seth K. + friends
Influences: Ornette Coleman, Bee Gees, Clyfford Still, decomposing wood, Tahitian Choral Music, obsolete maps, Ilhan Mimaroglu, Andy Goldsworthy, abandoned construction sites, Phil Collins, Gerhard Richter, Olivier Messiaen, Alois Haba, Etienne Jules Marey, Leonard Cohen, etc...

Sounds Like:
"From the Wall-era Pink Floyd-via-Edward Ruchalski opening, to its creased-velvet crackle and strum finish; Warm Climate’s Forced Spring For Rising Tide is the very definition of far-reaching." DaveX, Startling Moniker
"The duo strikes a nice balance between something approximating an accessible form of jazzy folk on one end and an avant-garde bent rooted in experimental sound and collage art on the other, incorporating significant elements of both worlds to create something far more mosaic-like than traditional folk / jazz, but still relatively accessible to open-minded listeners of those genres as well as collage / experimental devotees." RKF, The One True Dead Angel
"This disc is a strange one, and of course it's Meant to Be Like That but I think it should be said anyway because it really did throw me (and is throwing me) a curve. Something else that should be said is that opening track "Sincerely, the Moon" has to absolutely be one of the worst anythings I've ever heard at all in recent memory. " Outer Space Gamelan
"Seth has always been one of my favorite singers and songwriters, since I very first heard his voice sing "Set it forth..." on a tape I received in the mail after answering an ad in the Recycler. This album (Lame Park) pushes (and elongates and makes staple art all over) the envelope. This is the most extreme mutation yet from Warm Climate. Seth channels some of the darkest characters I've ever heard bubble up from "in there." I'm not on this album so I can say all these things objectively." Rune F.

Record Label: RBCA, Obsolete Units, Phantom Limb
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

- New CD - W.C. goes Glam -

The new CD, Mangler Redbeard, is now available! Believe it or not, it’s a collection of 9 glam/pop/fright songs, written and recorded entirely in the month of February. Not your typical Warm Cli...
Posted by Warm Climate on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:12:00 PST

RPM

http://www.rpmchallenge.com/ At one time or another I've heard most of you say, "Man, I'd love to record an album but..."  Your excuses have ranged from, can't play an instrument, no time, no mul...
Posted by Warm Climate on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:54:00 PST

red setter inn

New albums are available!  Check the main page for details on those.  Lately the Warm Climate live band has been a duo of me and Nick.  I really the direction we're taking, although I p...
Posted by Warm Climate on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:31:00 PST

updates

Our legal problems have subsided.  Email us if you want to know more about how that all panned out.  So many thanks to everyone who offered their support and badgered their law school friend...
Posted by Warm Climate on Thu, 24 May 2007 06:35:00 PST

Daniel Steven Crafts

Daniel Steven Crafts's 1982 album Soap Opera Suite & Snake Oil Symphony contains some of the greatest sound collage music of all time.  I've owned this album for years, I'm a huge fan, and ha...
Posted by Warm Climate on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:57:00 PST

We're scratching heads...

From Outer Space Gamelan Warm Climate is Seth Kasselman and Rune Freeman from Los Angeles, CA (aren't they all from California now? Bloody hell) and apparently they've been around long enough to make ...
Posted by Warm Climate on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:43:00 PST

I just found out

Buddy Miles was the main voice behind The California Raisins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Raisins...
Posted by Warm Climate on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:52:00 PST

you can stop making art now

...because nothing you do will ever top this Hanatarash performance from 1985.  Rumored at $60,000 of destruction/entertainment.  Dig... http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~gin/rock/japan/hanat...
Posted by Warm Climate on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:11:00 PST