First Person (7 items)

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  Artist/Title: Ben Reynolds and Andy Jarvis - s/t 3 Format: 3inch CDR Label: First Person (UK) Price: $6 Catalog ID: CarbonDist_First_Plural009 “This installment of Andy Jarvis' excellent First Person CD-R series features collaborations with another excellent UK-based artist, Ben Reynolds. These three tracks do a fine job of exploring the realm of solo steel-string acoustic guitar. In the spirit of Fahey and other Takoma artists, Jarvis and Reynolds do a marvelous job playing off each other. On the opener, "Princess Metal Mountain," soft drones flow underneath the dual picking, give a sense of tranquility and peace. This is a solemn track with an underlying mysticism. It's like you're being followed by a mythic creature, but every time you turn around it scurries out of site. "Bronze Tower (That Holds Up the Sky)" is short but oh so sweet. This follows two high school lovers through golden fields at dusk one summer evening. The smell of grass is in the air, and they are guided by nothing more than young love. There's an endearing quality to this piece that is hard to pin down, but present throughout. It's quite beautiful. The third, and final, piece is the epic "The Immortal Yip." Meandering through clouds of dust, Reynolds and Jarvis seem to be constantly searching each other out. There's a sense that they are just barely out of reach to each other, but that adds to the overall dynamics of the track. In all, it thrives in its length (it's over 11 minutes) and leaves you wanting more”.- Brad Rose

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  Artist/Title: Joe+N - Opsy Delet Space Before Com 4 Format: 3inch CDR Label: First Person (UK) Price: $6 Catalog ID: CarbonDist_singuler039 a collection of pieces which are more layered and textured than the normal guitar work from Joe+N. still mostly guitar generated, but with more effects and even some vocals to boot. from the label.... "By day Joe Tunis runs Carbon Records, a project that began in 1994 as a means to release his own Joe+4=Poopie cassette. Located in Rochester, New York the label has since gone on to birth releases by such esteemed acts as Dead Machines, Cock ESP, Reynols, Blood Stereo, Tom Carter, Ming, Bjerga/Iversen, Emil Beaulieau and Yellow Swans among countless others. Carbon releases come on a variety of formats (clear 7” singles, triple CD’s, DVD’s etc) and usually come wrapped in meticulously rendered artwork or some form of tactile outer packaging, each aural/visual missive being a testament to ingenuity and good old fashioned hard work. In amongst this Mr Tunis also finds the time to release music under the name Joe+N and has built up an exhaustive and prolific back catalogue on Carbon and various other like-minded labels. For his FirstPerson disc we are treated to 5 untitled tracks of stream of consciousness vox and downer guitar scrabble. Those familiar with the work of Joincey, particularly in his Wagstaff/Coits mould of the early to mid 90’s, will recognise subtle comparisons specifically in approach and attitude that being music which burns bright with the white heat of creativity “in-the-moment”. The “message” and actual “doing” of the work overriding any technical aspects or peripheral logistics connected with recording “quality” or concessions to “correctness”. This is music borne of passion and a need to document that which lies incommunicable in the language of the everyday. "

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  Artist/Title: PeasAndPopOff - puff: pull up to park (strapped n the cab) 4 Format: 3inch CDR Label: First Person (UK) Price: $6 Catalog ID: CarbonDist_Singuler027 "~Which is of >>geriatric flotation/ "Creature from the Black Lagoon wants to be your friend". Willo-the-Wisp dogging alarmed HAIRDRYERS >>twittering in a windtunnel, funereal stampedes to see electric pickaxes at dawn! ~ [Mel Delaney] PUFF splinters into PEASANDPOPOFF (+ soon PALLIATIVES, PALIMPSEST, PUPPYJUMPUP...ad infnt.) Beaming from the brain of Joincey = SLOW GLOOP ELECTRONICS/MUFFLED MURK, MOANING GHOST VOX,"

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  Artist/Title: Puff - 3rd Puff 4 Format: 3inch CDR Label: First Person (UK) Price: $6 Catalog ID: CarbonDist_Singuler033 "Currently making a nuisance of himself w/ STUCKOMETER, JOINCEY (COITS, INCA EYEBALL etc etc) adopts his best "kid-in-sand-pit" face and once again digs deep to pull out the shining tone poems that astound us all. The third part in this series of short works (013 & 023) is enlivened somewhat by some lovely double bass playing, who saw that coming? Hands down fucking GENIUS"

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  Artist/Title: PUFF - s/t 3 Format: 3inch CDR Label: First Person (UK) Price: $6 Catalog ID: CarbonDist_First_Singular013 Joincey = PUFF. 3 songs, 3 minutes

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  Artist/Title: PUFF - 2 3 Format: 3inch CDR Label: First Person (UK) Price: $6 Catalog ID: CarbonDist_First_Singular023 "Part 2 of 3 from Joincey (COITS, INCA EYEBALL etc"

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  Artist/Title: Stuckometer - muung 4 Format: 3inch CDR Label: First Person (UK) Price: $6 Catalog ID: CarbonDist_Plural029 Immediately arresting deconstructed "rock". " ? free/spontaneous (igneous) rock dismembered sinewy zombie limbs flailing contact mic microcassette mayhem recorded in a goat/in a pig ? " [Joincey] This band have made quite a name for themselves this year as an exceptional live experience with support slots to the Magik Markers, Sunburned Hand of the Man amongst many many others. Features Joincey (Inca Eyeball, Coits, PUFF etc) M U U N G can be heard here - myspace.com/stuckometer