Cordyceps

Well...
My first "album" as Cordyceps is finished. I've (temporarily) titled it Fireworks, though that is subject to change. It's 5 tracks, 36 minutes and 42 seconds long, and was written/improvised/recorded over the past week or so. It is also the first time I've recorded, or even played any music in about two years exactly. It can maybe sound unfocused at times, but overall I actually really like it. I've got twelve "followers" on here, thought I don't know if anyone actually "follows" this, so I might be writing this to no one, but you're welcome/encouraged to download it. And leave feedback. Even negative stuff.


Cordyceps - "Fireworks" (Mediafire link, zip file)
1) Decorational Rugs (4:37)
2) Pulsar (2:41)
3) Deimos Anomaly (8:56)
4) Prognosis Negative (4:49)
5) Abominable Abdominal Stars (15:42)

Also, add me on MySpace.

If you download it, and you enjoy it, and would like a physical copy, I will send you one for free, with the above artwork. I'm personally really sick of artists releasing digital-only albums/eps, especially ones that they charge money for. But even the free ones. As this blog shows, I like physical releases. :-)


Lastly, to explain the name...

Weekly Friday Update

(photo one)
[L-R:
Brand New|The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me|Triple Crown, 2xLP
Javelin|No Mas|Luaka Bop, LP
Magic Lantern|Platoon|Not Not Fun, LP
MGMT|Congratulations|Columbia, 2xLP]

(photo two)
[L-R:
Sun Araw|On Patrol|Not Not Fun, 2xLP
White Rainbow|New Clouds|Kranky, 2xLP
Magic Lantern|Showstopper|Not Not Fun, 7"
Asha|Strange Vertices|Gryd Complex, CDR
Universal Studios Florida|Ocean Sunbirds|Little Furry Things, CDR
Colored Mushroom And The Medicine Rocks|Arcades Of The Morning|Wagon, CS
Panabrite / Hobocubes|Sub-Aquatic Meditation / Soma Satori|Hobo Cult, CS]

Weekly Friday Update

(photo one)
[L-R:
Black Joker|Watch Out!|Olde English Spelling Bee, LP
Five Starcle Men|???|???, LP
Robedoor|Burners|Important, LP
Squim|Zephyrus|Olde English Spelling Bee, LP]

(photo two)
[L-R:
Umberto|From The Grave|Permanent, LP
Mark McGuire|Vacation Days|Wagon, CDR
Mark McGuire|Things Fall Apart|Wagon, CDR
oOoOO|No Summr4U|Disaro, CDR
Sparkling Wide Pressure|Facing The Nothing World|Stunned, CDR
Husere Grav|Husere Grav|Stunned, CS
Lunar Miasma|Three Legged Elephant, CS
Mortuus Auris & The Black Hand|Freiheit ist Immer Freiheit der Andersdenkenden|Stunned, CS
Pearl Drills|Untitled|Wagon, CS
Slam Fucking Dunk|Slam Fucking Dunk|Stunned, CS
Talisman|Initiate Into The Mysteries|Stunned, CS
Torture Corpse|Stop The Mind|Stunned, CS]

Monday was cool...got the two new McGuire discs from Hanson, along with a surprise in the form of the entire latest Stunned batch. Other than that, a pretty boring week. Labels shouldn't sell direct if they can't handle doing mail order.

Weekly Friday Update

(photo one)
[L-R:
El Guincho|Alegranza|Young Turks, LP
James Ferraro|Multitopia|Olde English Spelling Bee, LP
James Ferraro|K2 - Chameleon Ballet|Olde English Spelling Bee, LP
High Places|High Places vs. Mankind|Thrill Jockey, LP]

(photo two)
[L-R:
The Morning Benders|Big Echo|Rough Trade, LP
Sylvester Anfang II|Commune Cassetten|Blackest Rainbow, LP
Robert A.A. Lowe & Rose Lazar|Gyromancy|Thrill Jockey, Book+3"CD
Robert A.A. Lowe|Fazo IV: La Kvalito De Speguloj|Rainbow Body, CD
Mist|Glowing Net|Pizza Wagon, CS
Outer Space|Timespace Projection|Wagon, CS
Kenneth Anger|The Complete Magick Lantern Cycle|Fantoma, 2xDVD]

Weekly Friday Update

(photo one)
[L-R:
Autechre|Oversteps|Warp, 2xLP
Beach House|Devotion|Carpark, 2xLP
Blind Man's Colour|Wooden Blankets|Kanine, LP
Burial|Untrue|Hyperdub, 2xLP]

(photo two)
[L-R:
Cursillistas|Les Biches|Time-Lag / L'Animuax Tryst, LP+CD
Dylan Ettinger|Cutters|Digitalis / Ruralfaune, LP
Lemonade|Pure Moods|True Panther Sounds, LP
Local Natives|Gorilla Manor|Frenchkiss, LP]

(photo three)
[L-R:
Ahmed Janka Nabay|Bubu King|True Panther Sounds, LP
Gianni Rossi|Gutterballs|Permanent Vacation, LP
Ruby Suns|Fight Softly|SubPop, LP
Tanlines|Settings|True Panther Sounds, LP]

(photo four)
[L-R:
Cursillistas|Les Biches|Time-Lag / L'Animaux Tryst, CD (from LP)
J. Hanson|Boolean Blues|Digitalis, CD
Mark Bradley|Eternal|Blackest Rainbow, CDR
Brainworlds|***|Sonic Meditations, CDR
Field Of Hats|The Active Node|Durable Stimuli, CDR
Hive Mind|Acrid Mire|Chondritic Sound, CDR
Hobo Cubes|Hypnotic Infinitum|Patente, CDR
Mark McGuire|Language Barrier (US Edition)|Wagon, CDR
Altar Eagle|Vintage Cats|Digitalis, CS
Celer|Rags Of Contentment|Digitalis, CS
Dylan Ettinger|Interstellar Pleasures|Digitalis, CS
Bernardino Femminielli|La Montana del Capricornio|Hobo Cult, CS
J. Hanson|Blood Orange|Gift Tapes, CS
Headboggle|Alto Coloratura In Synthesize|Catholic Tapes, CS
Knit Prism|Orbs|Gift Tapes, CS
Neon Shit|Neon Shit|Tree Tapes, CS
Pine Smoke Lodge|Twelve Faces Of The Smoke Mask|Digitalis, CS
Radio People|Three Radiant Urns|Pizza Night, CS
Revelation Blitz|Revelation Blitz|Durable Stimuli, CS
Sacred Basil|Tuvan Annex|Digitalis, CS
Studio SS|Sickness|Gift Tapes, CS
Charlatan|Exercises|Gift Tapes, MC]

Weekly Friday Update

(photo one)
[L-R:
Beach House|Teen Dream|SubPop, 2xLP+DVD
jj|jj no.2.1|Sincerely Yours, LP
Robert A.A. Lowe & Rose Lazar|Eclipses|Thrill Jockey, LP
Robert A.A. Lowe|Fazo IV: La Kvalito De Speguloj|Rainbow Body, LP]

(photo two)
[L-R:
Pale Blue Sky|Shades Of Grey|Arbor, LP
Pill Wonder|Jungle/Surf|Underwater Peoples, LP
Small Black|Small Black|Cass Club, LP
The XX|The XX|Young Turks, LP]

(photo three)
[L-R:
Small Black / Washed Out|Split|Lovepump United, 7"
Woods|To Clean|Half Machine, 7"
Woods|I Was Gone|Woodsist, 7"
Emeralds|Emeralds|Hanson, CD
High Places|03/07-09/07|Thrill Jockey, CD
Headboggle|Clavioline Demo And Living Stereo|Wagon, CDR
V/A|Peasant Magik Presents: PM50|Peasant Magik, 8x3"CDR
Cloaked Light|Plain Curtain|Arbor, CS
Harmonizer|Harmonizer|Nu New Age, CS
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma|Bloodstream Sermon|Arbor, CS
Brett Naucke|Southern California|Arbor, CS
Nautilus|Blaster Vision|Nu New Age, CS]


Here's what's in the PM50 box.
On the left side going down:

Valerio Cosi + Greg Kowalsky + Fabio Orsi
Andrew Paine
Super Minerals
Natural Snow Buildings

then in the middle is the "zine" insert (reverse side is mostly just the cover art for the 8 CDRs)

down the right:

Pillars Of Heaven
Fabio Orsi / throuRoof
The North Sea
Big Blood

The box is a little light/weak, unfortunately. And it's a little tight, too, with the zine shoved in. The CDRs themselves look great though. The little cases look very nice.

Weekly Friday Update

(photo one)
[L-R:
Alice Cohen|Walking Up Walls|Olde English Spelling Bee, LP
Dam-Funk|Toeachizown|Stones Throw, 5xLP
James Ferraro|Last American Hero|Olde English Spelling Bee, LP
Forest Swords|Dagger Paths|Olde English Spelling Bee, LP]

(photo two)
[L-R:
Hellvete|De Gek}Kraak, LP
jj|jj no.3|Secretly Canadian, LP
Joanna Newsom|Have One On Me|Drag City, 3xLP
Pantha Du Prince|Black Noise|Rough Trade, 2xLP]

(photo three)
[L-R:
Pocahaunted|Make It Real|Not Not Fun, LP
Rangers|Suburban Tours|Olde English Spelling Bee, LP
Jack Rose & The Black Twig Pickers|S/T|Klang Industries. LP
Jack Rose|Luck In The Valley|Thrill Jockey, LP]

(photo four)
[L-R:
V/A|The Minimal Wave Tapes, Vol. 1|Stones Throw, 2xLP
Caboladies|Kind Glaze|Peasant Magik, 8" lathe-cut
Dylan Ettinger & The Heat|Smokin'|Not Not Fun, 7"
Nonhorse}Shadow World|Upstairs, CDR
Edibles|Super Space / Mind Peace|Not Not Fun, CS
Dylan Ettinger|New Age Outlaws|Not Not Fun, CS
Pocahaunted|Spencer Longo|Not Not Fun, TS]