[AVAILABLE] 804LTD-009: Insects with Tits is Roger Smith ( Chefkirk ) & Kenneth Yates ( Harm Stryker & Caustic Castle ), both of Virginia. Unlike their first release (804LTD-007), this one is brief. Full of restraint, but perhaps not a lot of patience, which makes for a very tense listening experience. Packaged in a slimline dvd case, with full color artwork printed on glossy paper. Limited to 100 copies. $5ppd in the US.
[AVAILABLE] 804LTD-007: Caustic Castle "Untitled" EP 3"CD-R [reviews]
Caustic Castle, is fronted by Kenneth Yates (Harm Stryker, Insects with Tits). With his solo debut clocking in just under 13 minutes, you find Mr. Stryker presenting a much more focused assault with a sound that can only be his. Three tracks limited to a finite number of 100 copies. Professionally printed color artwork inside a zipdisc casing. $5ppd in the US.
[AVAILABLE] 804LTD-006: Chefkirk "Giant Squid" CD-R [reviews]
Roger Smith is Chefkirk, also one half of the all vegan noise outfit Insects with Tits . This release shows an evolution in the Chefkirk sound, and it's probably the loudest release on 804noise thus far. This realease see's Chefkirk going completely raw without any editing and it's somewhat rhythmic making it feel very live and full of energy. The artwork is hand silk-screen and limited to a finite number of 100 copies. $5ppd in the US.
[OUT OF PRINT] 804LTD-005: Insects With Tits "Insects With Tits" CD-R [reviews]
If you'd hooked up a transducer to the key at the end of Ben Franklin's kite it might have sounded something like this: A slowly gathering storm filled with birdish chirps in the upper-mid and a pea-soup fog of bristling drone, until everything erupts into the kind of cleansing rain Travis Bickle dreamed of. Dark ambience is the focus but not the rule, as there's an earthy beauty inside these howling machines. Cells divide, electromagnetism radiates, blood pumps, gravity pulls. It's noise music, yes, but the kind that envelops and keeps you company on lonely evenings.
Insects with Tits is Roger Smith of Chefkirk & Kenneth Yates of Harm Stryker , both of Virginia. Their project is an experiment, like the best things in life-- a politically and socially explicit venture with a focus on vegan action. Limited to a finite number of 100 copies. $5ppd in the US.
[OUT OF PRINT] 804LTD-004: ENE "Live at 804noise Fest 2004" CD-R [reviews]
ENE's Scott Hudgins is an experimental veteran to the Richmond experimental community. This recording was taken from his performance with past ENE collaborator Robert Miller. The approach on this recording can be described as “samplers without borders," as the set moves from the gurgling interiority of “Persiasaki†to the low-riding high desert funk of “Pimp My Ride In Downtown Democratised Baghdad,†then further East still to the eerie Subcontinental headspace of the popping “Wasted Restoration.†On the closing “Hello†a surprise voice from the ghost of MTV past brings us home in style. ENE began in 1990 when Scott Hudgins, Robert Miller and Paul Bethel first collaborated. Since that time they’ve released eight full-length CDs and four split records, in addition to remixes and compilation tracks for labels like RRR, Staalplaat, ZK Records. Limited to 25 copies. $5ppd in the US.
[OUT OF PRINT] 804LTD-003: Harm Stryker "A Most Beautiful Place" 3" CD-R [reviews]
Harm Stryker's Kelly Nourse presents her first recorded solo excursion captured from her live performance at January 2005's FM/Intrusion. Performing through a small inexpensive fm transmitter the audience experienced through headphones an excellent example of how beautfiul minimalism can be. Hand printed blue & white linoleum cut design on brown cardstock. Limited to a finite number of 21 copies. $5ppd in the US.
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[OUT OF PRINT] 804LTD-002: Narcotic Dreams "Cursed Night" 3" CD-R [reviews]
Richmond, Virginia’s James McCrea aka Narcotic Dreams extracts the sound palette from the “Castlevania 3: Dracula’s Curse†NES game and transforms the sonic guts of an innocuous amusement into a dark and anxious mini-suite. As lo-bit game excerpts evoke memories from the Golden Age of B-movie horror, dense shards of metallic distortion ramp up the tension and place the music squarely within the confines of the contemporary experimental noise scene. An unusual combination of cinematic sound cues and gothic drone, with distinctive packaging (hand-screened sleeves, silver & red ink on black card stock) to match.[MR] Limited to a finite number of 44 copies. $5ppd in the US.
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[OUT OF PRINT] 804LTD-001: Harm Stryker & Birds in the Meadow w/ Brian Jones "Processing Quartet" CD-R [reviews]
The first release in the 804Noise Limited series documents a brilliant live performance in Richmond, Virginia. In November 2004 past, future, man, and machine all plowed recklessly into a busy intersection and two MiniDisc players were on hand to capture the resulting carnage. At the city’s Artworks gallery noted improvisers Marty McCavitt (laptop) and Darius Jones (alto sax), who record and perform together as Birds in the Meadow, were joined by the inventive Brian Jones on percussion, with Kenneth Yates of Harm Stryker providing electronics and processing. What followed were four distinct voices in deep conversation, working together to create an exceptionally detailed and constantly shifting tapestry of sound. Incorporating elements of classic free jazz, European improv, modern composition, and out noise, the Processing Quartet remains accessible to any fan of adventurous music.[MR] Packaged in hand screened sleeves, with yellow ink on black card stock. Limited to a finite number of 50 copies. $5ppd in the US.
[AVAILABLE] 804-004: Narcotic Dreams "Shattered" CD [reviews]
The latest release from Narcotic Dreams is an unsettling exploration of the emotional possibilities of dark ambience. Ranging from hushed, creaking drones that linger on the threshold of audibility "Tempest" to cathartic outpourings of jarring feedback “Stillness Shattered†"Vertigo", the music unfolds like an experimental film with everything removed but the shadows. Electric guitar, bass, and organ are processed as they’re recorded to create textures far removed from their instrumental origins. The result is by turns tense, meditative, harsh, and blissful. Moving seamlessly from one track to the next, Shattered feels like a living, breathing space, the kind of album you “enter†as much as listen to. See you inside. $6ppd in the US.
[AVAILABLE] 804-003: Monolith Zero / Never Presence Forever split CD [reviews]
This split CD brings together two artists with varied approaches to noise and abstraction that combine to form a complex vision of the possibilities of sound. Monolith Zero ’s world brings to mind dimly lit interiors, where small buzzes on the threshold of audibility threaten to erupt at any moment and the tiniest strands of sound carry an almost unbearable tension. Small movements carry great weight inside this space, where raw electricity is guided, channeled, and shaped, but never tamed. Monolith Zero’s terse economy is at times reminiscent of Japanese masters like Ryoji Ikeda and Toshimaru Nakamura, but this music develops according to its own unpredictable rhythm, with extreme dynamic shifts lurking around the corner. The music of Never Presence Forever is above all immersive. These wavering drones fused with fits of distortion suggest tortured conflict and cry out for volume. Reference points like Merzbow (whom Never Presence Forever has remixed) and Megaptera place these dark ambient/death industrial pieces in a realm where the everyday sounds of technology (the transformer hum in a vacant lot littered with refuse, a blast furnace echoing in a concrete stairwell) express ominous atmospheres. The tracks flow one into the next forming a coherent 20-minute piece that ranges from quiet, meditative low-end tones to shrieking metallic scrapes.[MR] First pressing of 1,000 copies. Sample mp3's will be available soon. $6ppd in the US.
[OUT OF PRINT] 804-002: Harm Stryker / To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie split 7" [reviews]
Packaged in handmade silkscreened cover sleeves, silver ink on black card stock, Harm Stryker and To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie offer up their own brand of minimalist experimental noise compositions. First pressing limited to 500 copies. $5ppd in the US.
[AVAILABLE 804-001: Various Artists "804noise" compilation CD [reviews]
Establishing 804noise as a label, this compilation features 11 exclusive tracks from 11 different Richmond based experimental and noise artists. First pressing of 1,000 copies. $6ppd in the US.
Miscellaneous 804noise Merchandise:
[AVAILABLE] 804noise T-Shirts
Hand screened t-shirts with the 804noise insignia designed by Mark Mcgee aka MAKR of To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie fame. These shirts are screened on demand, so the logo can be set any place you'd like. T-shirt colors limited to white or black, with burgandy or white ink. Please specify what size and color you'd like during purchase. $10ppd in the US.
[OUT OF PRINT] 804noise Fest 2006 Artists Compilation CDR
This years 804noise Fest Compilation was a double CDR release with 23 individual recordings from MOST of the participants who performed over the two days. Patrons received this compilation as they entered the main event on Sunday October 15th, 2006. Limited to a finite number of 100 copies.
[OUT OF PRINT] 804noise Fest 2005 Artists Compilation CDR [reviews]
Making sure that everyone left the 2005 804noise Festival with something to remember it by, the 804noise collective assembled a CDR featuring music by every performing artist(s) on the bill. Some being exlcusive and not so exclusive tracks, presented in the order in which everyone played. Packaged in a white bi-fold cardboard casing with minimally screen printed insects. Limited to a finite number of 200 copies. $5ppd in the US.