“Fuck do I ever have some explaining to do! Hot Air Balloon Ride is the cult-favorite duo of Emeralds synth ripper John Elliott (aka Lilypad) and Thursday Club electronics wizard Ryan Kuehn. This release documents an epic and utterly wasted gig that went down about a month back at Cleveland's Language Foundry, when our usual gaggle of stony customers undertook a voyage into the black heart of rust belt half-gentrification, and - unflinchingly, I might add - consumed its beers en masse. I seem to recall that in the midst of the Ride's setup, a consensus was reached to listen to the remainder of this epic Indians/Yankees jam and somehow the radio was running through Ryan's gear for a pretty heavy count of extra innings. This tape picks up like a looooong way into the process, fyi. Also, John wants me to write something in the description about how we saw a seriously fucking large spider that night while burning in an alley, but I'm not really sure what that has to do with anything. Flatteningly loud, at times even classically harsh black hole w/ radioactive gold leaf monosynth detail and shit-eating/knuckle-dragging posi vibes in equal measure. The fucking 1990s. If you think they kicked any kind of ass whatsoever, you weren't there, pal. This tape is a phenomenal wrench to the craw of any/all kollektor skum who claim to have Cleveland filth more than like 40-45% sussed. Hand-numbered edition of 100.” – DI.

All-new limited volume of forlorn, laminal string drone and phantom landscape construction from this close associate of Emeralds et al. Already sold out at source.

“Wyatt Howland's Skin Graft project (Cleveland, OH) is hands-down creating some of the most abrasive and disgusting electronics I’ve ever heard. Nothing like it. Filth. Damned is especially wonderful due to its extremely short sides and his ability to do so much with 5 minutes at a time. Tapes, electronics, and gut-wrenching electronics don’t waste a second of this release. One of the best SK's I’ve heard! Originally released in a private edition back in march with another limited FW release with xeroxed art for his short midwest tour. Just had to give it a more "official" release. Nice color prints, in an edition of 100 copies.” – CT.

Edition of 100 copies cassette from this new duo project featuring John Elliott of Emeralds and George Viebranz of Pimlo. Malevolent waves of thundering far-off electronics over the sound of pure electricity. 

Split CD, hand-numbered edition of 100 copies, with six tracks of degraded violent mixer/effects sound from Wyatt Howland’s Skin Graft and four shots of hypnotic low-level electronics from George Viebranz of Pimlo, who plays alongside John Elliott of Emeralds in Revelation Blitz. 

Double CD edition of a double cassette from Cleveland’s Skin Graft aka Wyatt Howland. Skin Graft have a particularly puzzling/beguiling take on basic noise tectonics, sometimes worrying a single sound source to rubber, sometimes exploding nothing but a patch lead into countless formal contortions. Cancerous is particularly minimal, with flat-lined metal tones that pulse with primitive electricity and almost Hive Mind-style nada braincell rot. 

Deluxe double-LP reissue of what was originally a triple cassette set limited to only 150 copies. Very intimate, beautifully constructed dream visions from John Elliott of Emeralds/Outer Space et al. Originally released under his own name due to the extremely personal nature of the sonics, this is a magical set and one of the deepest passes of the mystery zone from the Emeralds cultus to date. There are extended textural pieces that sound like hi-fi visionings of MB’s most miasmic electronics through sunrise-in-the-toneworld style arcing drones that have a great cosmo-liturgical feel. Epic, personal synth drone beamed direct from the source. Remastered by James Plotkin and cut at Berlin’s D&M with full-colour gatefold sleeves. 

Edition of only 250 copies on transparent orange vinyl with hand-sewn book and download code, already sold out at source: “An idea started at a summer party at Sam Goldberg's Cool Ranch house for a collaboration turned into a full-length album over the winter months in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. Emeralds' Mark McGuire weaves his incredible guitar parts through synthesizers, loops, orchestral instruments, and singing assembled by Trouble Books' Keith Freund and Linda Lejsovka. Turned out just as awesome as we dreamed." – B&H. 

Limited cassette from the duo of visual artist Witchbeam and Mister Matthews, here joined by Lala Ryan who adds some high mass-style female vocal stylings to the A side’s vertical synth levitation while over on the flip there are heavy trio jams featuring John Elliott of Emeralds. Some kind of Typhonian theme is almost apparent but like much associated with Kenneth Grant, it’s pretty hard to put your finger on. 

Brand new album from Sam Goldberg’s always-fantastic Radio People project with one of their most gloriously technicolour productions. Hazel features a guest appearance from John Elliott of Emeralds/Outer Space et al and the feel is of America Endless w/a synth music that relocates European notions of continent and space to the American landmass, a music of eternal expansion, of constant evolution. Tracks build from simple drum machine hypnotics into great vistas of overlapping synthesized heavens as melodies cohere in flat-lined pulse-based beams of pure electricity. God knows there’s a lot of mediocre synth-action out there but once more Goldberg (and Elliott!) prove themselves to be way ahead of the game. Hand-numbered edition of 750 copies on virgin vinyl with a download code. 

Limited CD-R on Shane from Lambsbread’s label featuring more gothic/ornate synth moves from Sam Goldberg. Some of Goldberg’s heaviest/crunchingest keyboard fantasies give way to a more primitive take on psychedelic DIY that could almost come out of Neil Campbell’s suitcase.