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MONGOLBORD SURFINGTURD Newsletter 9Good grief! It's been a while.
We've been beavering a way on a bunch of stuff we aren't quite ready to announce, but we are proud to finally reveal the secret record we hinted at in the last newsletter.
Presenting a fully collaborative work by Saskatchewan semi-monastic experimental veterans
Polyps, and microstatic sound-sculptors
Uethröt. I know we say this every time we put out new music, but this is a revelation. A groggy robe-laden jazz headache manipulated and reconstructed on the edge of space and time. It's a whole
other thing. I was honoured to take part in what I can safely say was the greatest musical cross-pollination accidents I could ever have conceived. The process was... Well, let's just say it would be impossible to capture that experience on record. Nevertheless, the product speaks for itself. Enjoy.
On top of that we have the very aptly titled
Cold a new EP from
Wooddoom that follows on from their debut
Blight, naturally progressing from pure wilderness to the fringes of the city, as its devastation slowly pours outward into the Earth.
We are gearing up for some interesting stuff in the not too distant future, so keep your eyes and ears attached to your head and brain please.
So long and thanks for everything you internet crêpes,
Quentin Uderick Iain Phong
UPCOMING RELEASESbord43
Polypsuethröt(2xLP/CD)
1. Polypticon (17:14)
2. A Garden of Ogre’s Teeth (21:50)
3. An Assemblage of Bog Oak (13:32)
4. Uethröpticon (14:29)Here at Mongolbord Surfingturd, we have been working alongside members of Polyps for a long time, in one capacity or another. Until now however, we have not had the opportunity to work directly with the Saskatchawan ensemble as a whole. Their uniquely mythic take on heavy experimental sound textures have been a staple of the office subwoofer chamber since the earliest days of the label.
Uethröt was formed last year by Mana Gunray Serpentine veteran Ivan Islar Ilasko and Saul Tillerman, and they delivered us a disc of bleeding-edge glitchtronics, whatever that’s supposed to mean.
So you can understand how excited we are about this brand new fully-collaborative effort featuring the combined membership of Polyps and Uethröt, alongside a host of special guests including prepared guitarist Lisa Salomon and experimental percussionists Leonard McMorrow and Quentin Uderik Iain Phong (that's me!).
Together this baffling assortment of musicians have blended the worlds of electronic abstraction and doom-laden metal into a dense sub-sonic fabric of dark dream-like psychedelia, ritual drones, jazz and freak-out noise dirges. Contrast is the main theme of this record, dynamic range and scope. Polyps manage to stay true to their unique gnostic vision while the Uethröt influence pulls the music outward in wholly unexpected directions. The resulting recorded document is a full spectrum assault of mystical, hallucinogenic joy and wonder. Breathe deep, drop out and weep smoke.
Deluxe gatefold 2LP with compositional notes and ciphers. First 200 copies of the vinyl are midnight grey with white swirl and red fleck, followed by 200 in translucent red, and the remainder in matte red. Also available on gatefold CD and digital. Download code with all physical orders.
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Wooddoom - Cold(12" EP/CD)
1. Rats Carry the Plague to the Altar (12:03)
2. A Dysphoric Mimosa (4:18)
3. Crushed by the Snow of a Thousand Winters (8:48)
Not content with releasing their first album last year, the family Lenoire returns with a new Wooddoom EP, made up of material recorded upon the couple’s return to their home in Quebec after their stint in the Alaskan countryside. The tone is similar, but there's an aspect of urbanism leaking into proceedings here. A subtle industrial influence sees this new work drawing from a slightly different well, while still remaining firmly
of the earth.
The first track is an extension of a piece from their earlier incarnation The Amphibious Unity Choir and Eight-Hundred Salamanders Handclap Band. The remaining tracks see Wooddoom moving in a more overtly composed direction, with passages reminiscent of Temple Lantern Caravel’s more melancholic moments. There's a greater sense of emotional maturity at work, but make no mistake, this still comes from that dark place in the human psyche.
12" EP single-sleeve in greyous grey only. Also available on CD and digital. Download code with all physical orders.
CATALOGUEAll titles in print, unless otherwise specified
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Mana Gunray Serpentine – I: Montsalvat (2LP/CD)
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Mana Gunray Serpentine – 1.1 Ham (7”/CD)
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Mana Gunray Serpentine – 1.2 Ibis (7”/CD)
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Mana Gunray Serpentine – 1.3 Rust (7”/CD)
bord05:
Leopold Stokowski's Sports Jerkin - Hilarious Planetoids (CD)
bord06:
Strongarmed Colostomy Joe – Stamping Out Jingoism All Over the World (3LP/2CD)
bord07:
Ken West – Possible Hostage Situation (LP/CD)
bord08:
Krazee Kool Kong Donkey – People in Glass Houses Should Not Have Sex (CD)
bord09:
Mana Gunray Serpentine – II: Aux-Drawn & Quartz (2LP/CD)
bord10:
Mana Gunray Serpentine – 2.1 Ship (7”)
bord11:
Mana Gunray Serpentine – 2.2 Bastard/2.3 Bitch (12" EP)
bord12:
Child of Saturday – The Almighty Cod (CD)
bord13:
Krazee Unkool Serial Rapist – Sigh, Gurney Weaver (7”) LIMITED EDITION, SOLD OUT
bord14:
Lung! - Hail Ancestor (LP/CD)
bord15:
Cross Trumpet Express – The Beluga and the Dugong (2xLP)
bord16:
Plague Techtonics – Methereal (reissue) (LP/CD)
bord17:
Plague Techtonics – Urea (reissue) (LP/CD)
bord18:
Strongarmed Colostomy Joe – America is Probably Dying (2LP/CD)
bord19:
Mana Gunray Serpentine – Re: You (12” EP) LIMITED EDITION, SOLD OUT
bord20:
Plastik Oblong Orkestry – Sentinel Howard & the Annals of Punching (2xLP/CD)
bord21:
Lord High Empruss Celia the Fuckin' Lamp – Grapeshot (LP/CD)
bord22:
Ever the Aghast/Rodimus Prime – Beef Anchor (CDEP)
bord23:
Plague Techtonics - Void (reissue) (2xLP/CD)
bord24:
Plague Techtonics - Hornet (reissue) (2xLP/CD)
bord25:
Mana Gunray Serpentine - 3: Carnifex (2xLP/CD)
bord26:
The Only Significant Eyeball – A Fish For Which We Have No Name (2xDVD)
bord27:
Plague Techtonics – Plaque (7"/mini CD) LIMITED EDITION, SOLD OUT
bord28:
Mana Gunray Serpentine – 3.1: Sleep (7")
bord29:
Lord High Empruss Ceila the Fuckin' Lamp – Taiga (3xLP/CD)
bord30:
Various - Label Compilation #1: Shield-Eaters and World Leaders Have Many Likes Alike (CD) HALF-PRICE
bord31:
Plague Techtonics – Ferrum (2xLP/CD)
bord32:
Plastick Oblong Orkestry – The Crawdad Takes Command (2xLP/CD)
bord33:
Avuncular Orbital Ape - Man is in House, Man is Looking in Mirror/Man is Removing His Own Face With Knife (EP/CD) LIMITED EDITION, SOLD OUT
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Amarok - Anosmian Flowershawl (2xLP/CD)
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Temple Lantern Caravel – Pass Into Night (2xLP/CD)
bord36:
Uethröt – Situationists of the Future Will Dance on Your Grave (2xLP/CD)
bord37:
Trapped Giraffago Gun Fayre - (Please Help Me I am Trapped at the) Trapped Giraffago Gun Fayre (LP/CD)
bord38:
Amarok – Summertide Cyst(2xLP/CD)
bord39:
Mana Gunray Serpentine – IV: Clusters+Splinters (2xLP/CD)
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Mana Gunray Serpentine – 4.1 Anvil (7") LIMITED EDITION, SOLD OUT
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Wooddoom – Blight (2xLP/CD)
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Plague Techtonics - Olm/Sulphurworm (LP/CD)
PRICINGUnless otherwise specified
CANADIAN DOLLARS
7" = $10
EP/LP (12")= $15
2xLP = $25
CD = $10
2CD = $15
2DVD = $15
All releases (except vinyl-only limited editions) now come with download codes for 320kbps mp3.
Edited by user 28 May 2013 18:03:51(UTC)
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