noise tapes
I just learned that after 10 years in Seattle, Levi Berner is moving to Portland. It sounds like he’s got a nice situation lined up down there, and we wish him luck, though will miss seeing him in the shop on a regular basis. Before he moves at the end of the month, there will be a show with …Wind Swept Planes…, Algiers, Drowner, Red Squirrels and Worthless Eaters at the Seattle Metaphysical Library (which is less than a block from us) on April 13th (a week from Monday). Some time after he has resettled down south, he will return to Seattle for a Zen Enthusia in store performance featuring Algiers and Sterile Garden. Zen Enthusia is of course Levi’s label, we just got the latest release which is a C26 by Algiers. It’s an edition of 40 copies and as usual comes in a double sided full color J-card. The sounds contained within are a thick blanket of static noise - it sounds like things piled up on top of each until the details blend together into one large mass of sound. In this sense, its like the early Hands To recordings. At the same time, we got a couple copies of a Vertonen C20 on What We Do Is Secret entitled “Rogyapas Bath“. This one is a bit different from other Vertonen recordings I have heard and is very peaceful ambient.