ABOVE THE TREELINE


Welcome Nowhere
December 3, 2009, 1:12 am
Filed under: Uncategorized

OK, so i decided to repurpose this blog to something else. I have set up a new MP3 blog and I’ve transferred everything from this site to the new one. Sorry about any confusion.

here’s the new site:

WELCOME NOWHERE



Tarentel – Live Rhaaa Lovely Festival 2003
November 30, 2009, 4:04 am
Filed under: experimental, instrumental

Tarentel
Live at the Rhaaa Lovely Festival 2003

1. Bell Jar (11:26)
2. Yangtze (4:37)
3. Beat Song (16:49)
4. When We Almost Killed Ourselves (6:50)

Recorded April 19th, 2003 at the Rhaaa Lovely Festival in Cortil-Wodon, Belgium.

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hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving holiday.



Of – The Awful Cloud
November 25, 2009, 2:58 am
Filed under: ambient, experimental, instrumental

Of
The Awful Cloud

1. The Uglich Cloud (6:49)
2. Psychotic Episode 3 (4:01)
3. Human Absence (16:55)
4. The Cumulus Deceased (11:02)

Released in 2006 on Jyrk as a CD-R. Of is Loren Chasse, who is not only a sound artist but a public educator from San Fransisco.

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Jason Molina – No Moon On the Water
November 23, 2009, 5:35 pm
Filed under: folk

Jason Molina
Chunklet 7″

1. No Moon On the Water (2:56)
2. In the Human World (2:16)

Out of print 7″ released in 2004 with an issue of the always entertaining zine Chunklet.

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The Burgundy Romance – S/T
November 19, 2009, 1:08 am
Filed under: instrumental

The Burgundy Romance
Self-Titled

1. Untitled (3:11)
2. Untitled (4:23)
3. Untitled (2:50)
4. Untitled (3:07)
5. Untitled (5:10)
6. Untitled (5:27)
7. Untitled (7:08)

Some pretty cool instrumental stuff from 1998 in the vein of Shellac and/or Slint. features Dave Le Bleu of The Mercury Program on drums. It was engineered by Tom Reno, also of The Mercury Program.

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Rainy Day Regatta – The Music Is On
November 16, 2009, 6:04 pm
Filed under: folk

Rainy Day Regatta
The Music Is On

1. Opening (3:37)
2. Spinning (4:53)
3. (In F & E) (2:15)
4. The Music Is On (5:04)
5. The Beauty in That Time Was Forgetting the Details (3:05)
6. Gazing Away (5:35)
7. I’ll be Home for Wednesday (4:06)
8. Stars (3:42)
9. Nothing Left to Say (4:59)

Recorded in Chicago 1999. RDR was Ryan Seaton and Mikael Wood. Great little folk record released as a one-sided LP and CD in a plastic sleeve. Get your boat shoes on.

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Starving Weirdos – Wartime Sunrise
November 14, 2009, 7:39 pm
Filed under: ambient, experimental, instrumental

Starving Weirdos
Wartime Sunrise (17:51)

I’ve got about six hours worth of jams I’ve downloaded off of their website over the last few years. Here’s one of them. Total radness.

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Lunar – There Is No 1
November 12, 2009, 3:06 am
Filed under: experimental, instrumental

Lunar
There Is No 1

1. Ursa (2:32)
2. -Tirwanto (5:02)
3. Vat Iz (3:41)
4. Kozmonautika (2:52)
5. Cannot Copy You (7:45)
6. Los Dos Millones de Dolares (5:34)
7. Reverberateur Numerique (11:18)
8. I Find It Hard to Believe (4:40)
9. It’s All Very Clear to Me Now (1:16)
10. End of Transmissions (5:29)

Don’t know too much about these guys accept that they were a “post-rock” band from Croatia and this record was recorded in 1999. Not a bad attempt at trying to steal Mogwai’s thunder. Enjoy.

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Iceburn – Moon/Brew #9
November 9, 2009, 5:02 pm
Filed under: Salt Lake City, experimental, instrumental

Iceburn
Moon/Brew #9 7″

1. Moon (5:18)
2. Brew #9 (5:26)

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7″ released around 1994 by the highly underrated Iceburn. “Moon” is one of my favorite songs by them. “Brew #9″ is a live track that wasn’t recorded very well.



Very Secretary – Insound Tour Support Series
November 7, 2009, 1:02 am
Filed under: folk

Very Secretary
Insound Tour Support Vol. 10

1. Go Tell Today (2:46)
2. Highlight Lowlife (4:20)
3. Perfect Prescriptions (2:29)
4. What Made the Reverend Smile (3:33)

Recorded December 1999 and January 2000.

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happy weekend….