AUCTION (2009)
recorded by andy magoffin at the house of miracles. mastered by sandro perri. printed and pressed by standard form.
concise past
(a touch before 2000 into 2001)
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gatherings and playing at the old forest city gallery, home of the nihilist spasm band
fractured big-band get-togethers with no “agenda†or “ideaâ€
name lifted from a william s. burroughs rant (popping up in other reads as well)
2002 and ongoing
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solidified our live and recorderly lineup
king haxi records is established as guerrilla micro label
recorded eight albums independently (our folk art) with andy magoffin at his house of miracles
collaborated and improvised twice with the master vocalist damo suzuki
duotone records helps release the king haxi catalogue in japan
our label co-operatively stretches out to include cailen dye (oblq), figure and ground, fujita scale, talugung, and a person diguised as people
worldly and home-made instruments are collected for recording
touring finds us a new canada
a northern chorus, absent sound, akron/family, as the poets affirm, below the sea, bloemfontein, cj boyd, destroy all dreamers, domakesaythink, don caballero, explosionsinthesky, from fiction, great lake swimmers, holy fuck, i have eaten the city, mahogany frog, no birds, oneida, people for audio, sandro perri, polmo polpo, sing that yell that spell, starsofthelid, tokyo police club, what seas what shores, all sell more merch than us at shows
we befriend liverpools' loka (ninja tune) and embark on an 8 day mini tour throughout south western ontario and quebec
friend in life and sound, wil byrick leaves the group
discography
auction (2009) hand carving hand (2007) enceinte (2005) fallen reverends (2004) remote mote locations (2004) red pawn e.p. (2004 - out of print) bow or bow (2003) hail of knives (2002 - out of print)