Recent Carbon Records (20 items)

- Artist: SHED
- Title: Street Ghost
- Format: CASS
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $6.00
- Catalog ID: CR188
This is the twelfth release in the Carbon 15YR.Series. 32+ minutes of sampled and live vocals, guitars, drones, cut-ups, dirge, textures, beats, throb, sourced-tape warble, and electronic wizardry. [packaged with spray/splattered/stamped cardboard cassette holder, pro-dup'd and printed cassettes and b&w poster sheet. ]


- Artist: Jungle Heart
- Title: nipple confusion
- Format: CASS
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $6.00
- Catalog ID: CR189
This is the thirteenth release in the Carbon 15YR.Series. a new collaboration between the members of SHED and TUMUL. 47+ minutes of beat-oriented, draaag influenced. low/sloooow vocals, dirty electronics, beats and loops and more. [packaged with spray/splattered/stamped cardboard cassette holder, pro-dup'd and printed cassettes and b&w poster sheet. ]


- Artist: Various Artists
- Title: Carbon 15YR.Series Subscription
- Format: OTHER
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $95.00
- Catalog ID: CR194
Mid April of 2009 marked the 15th anniversary of Carbon Records. To celebrate, Carbon announces the Carbon 15YR Subscription Series. 15 releases over the course of the 15 months. Each release available individually, but subscribers will get the real deal. 15 releases, each at $8, comes out to $120. But if you subscribe, you only pay $95. Along with the discount deal, subscribers will also receive a couple bonus surprises as well as a hand-made box to house the entire series (shipped at the conclusion of the series). The subscription deal will be limited to 150 subscribers, so order soon. Releases include: Social Junk, Sindre Bjerga and Textured Bird Transmission, Irene Moon++, Drive the Pieces Together, Mike Shiflet and Ryan Jewell, Crush the Junta, Thurston Moore, Burnt Hills, Stone Baby, Century Plants, Hinkley, Ails al’on, Dylan Nyoukis, SHED and Jungle Heart.

- Artist: Hinkley
- Title: Heaven is High
- Format: CDR
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $8.00
- Catalog ID: CR190
This is the tenth release in the Carbon 15YR.Series. 14 tracks from Will Veeder and company. Hinkley is a departure from the usual Carbon improv/abstract/noise/etc releases, but if you're into song writing, and really great rock, sometimes country-ish, sometimes poppy, songs, then this is your bag. [packaged with pro-printed covers in a heavy duty vinyl sleeve]

- Artist: Thurston Moore
- Title: Suicide Notes for Acoustic Guitar
- Format: CDR
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $8.00
- Catalog ID: CR192
This is the eleventh release in the Carbon 15YR.Series. 25+ minutes of guitar explorations from this veteran of the scene, as well as Sonic Youth. this is some of the best solo guitar works i've heard in a while and one of my favorite from Thurston. [packaged with pro-printed covers in a heavy duty vinyl sleeve]

- Artist: Tumul
- Title: writing in tongues
- Format: CDR
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $8.00
- Catalog ID: CR195
two tracks (32+ minutes total) of live Tumul madness. each track a complete set. vocal drones and pattern, electronic wizardry, etc. an auditory rival to their live, very visual, sets. [originally release with a plywood and plaster mount, but these are simple flat-package versions. black and white print in heavy vinyl sleeve)

- Artist: Tumul
- Title: riding96
- Format: CD
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $5.00
- Catalog ID: CR196
one track, 16+ minutes. recorded during an actual drive, while driving, on route 96 in upstate/western NY from Rochester to Ithaca. direct recording of electronics, drum machine, vocals, wind, bumps and more. amazing dense and loud, and abrasive (in a good way)

- Artist: Burnt Hills
- Title: Alpha Seven
- Format: CDR
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $8.00
- Catalog ID: CR186
This is the eighth release in the Carbon 15YR.Series. 60+ minutes of psyched out jam vibrations from this Albany NY ensemble. [packaged with pro-printed covers in a heavy duty vinyl sleeve]

- Artist: Dylan Nyoukis
- Title: The Curious March of the Goat Faced
- Format: CDR
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $8.00
- Catalog ID: CR187
This is the ninth release in the Carbon 15YR.Series. 1 second under 60 minutes of vocal experiments, field recordings, sound collage, synth space effects, string arrangements and more. [packaged with pro-printed covers in a heavy duty vinyl sleeve]

- Artist: Stone Baby
- Title: if English is good enough for jesus, then its good enough for me
- Format: CDR
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $8.00
- Catalog ID: CR185
This is the seventh release in the Carbon 15YR.Series. 40+ minutes of guitar, effects, violin, synth and vocals. textured drones, ghostly vocalizations, keyboard swells and progressions. this is quite a collection of tracks from this geographically challenged duo (WesternNY/US and Germany) [packaged with pro-printed covers in a heavy duty vinyl sleeve]

- Artist: Century Plants
- Title: Copper Visions
- Format: CDR
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $8.00
- Catalog ID: CR184
This is the sixth release in the Carbon 15YR.Series. 32+ minutes of dirgy space jams from this amazing duo out of Albany NY. like lost transmissions from deep seated roots. Ray and Eric are also members of Burnt Hills, Transcendental Manship Highway, Rambutan and Fossils From the Sun. [packaged with pro-printed covers in a heavy duty vinyl sleeve]

- Artist: Drive the Pieces Together
- Title: Ethnography
- Format: CDR
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $8.00
- Catalog ID: CR182
This is the fourth release in the Carbon 15YR.Series. "Drive the Pieces Together was a band that existed for one performance only. Actually, now that I think about it, I'm not sure if it was a band or a composition....Peter Warren, a guitarist, had composed a piece of electronic music with significant silences in it. The group, consisting of Steve Norton (a sax player who would, for this project, only play a turntable), Vic Rawlings (amplified cello), Erik Carlsen (tuba), Dave (reeds), and me (Howard Stelzer) (cassette tapes), would improvise along with Peter's recording, which would function as a sort of score." [packaged with silk-screened logo over a unique "sampled" page in a heavy duty vinyl sleeve]

- Artist: Mike Shiflet and Ryan Jewell
- Title: Hysteresis
- Format: CDR
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $8.00
- Catalog ID: CR183
This is the fifth release in the Carbon 15YR.Series. 35+ minutes of controlled feedback, drone, silence, static, samples and acoustic/live improv. [packaged with silk-screened logo over a unique "sampled" page in a heavy duty vinyl sleeve]

- Artist: Irene Moon ++
- Title: Triffles and True Trifles
- Format: CDR
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $8.00
- Catalog ID: CR181
This is the third release in the Carbon 15YR.Series. This is an amazing collection of various projects of Irene Moon, including Auk Theatre, Darker Florida, Collection of Late Howell Bend and solo Irene. Performance art/installations, meets science/entomology, meets weirdo noise-scapes. check out www.begoniasociety.org for more information on each group. [packaged with a full-color pro-printed folded card in a heavy duty vinyl sleeve]

- Artist: Darryl Norsen
- Title: Sublime Frequencies Films tour poster
- Format: OTHER
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $6.00
- Catalog ID: CarbonPosters_sublime_frequencies
Designed by Darryl Norsen (www.dnorsen.com) for the Rochester NY tour stop of the Sublime Frequencies Film viewing and lectures featuring Robert WIllis and Ian Nagoski. This is an 11x17 pro-printed poster on heavy glossy card stock. not many copies left, so hurry.


- Artist: Social Junk
- Title: Summer Concussion
- Format: CDR
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $8.00
- Catalog ID: CR179
This is the first release in the Carbon 15YR.Series. Documenting Social Junk's 2008 Summer Tour (with Big Nurse), this is a great collection of live drone/drum/out captures. Similar to the Dead C, but with their own unique rhythm and pace. [packaged with a full-color pro-printed folded card in a heavy duty vinyl sleeve]

- Artist: Sindre Bjerga and Textured Bird Transmission
- Title: Temple of Transparent Wisdom
- Format: CDR
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price: $8.00
- Catalog ID: CR180
This is the second release in the Carbon 15YR.Series. Recorded in 2007 and 2009 in Stavanger Norway and Weymouth UK respectively, this is some dense heavy drones with the perfect balance of texture and movement. [packaged with a full-color pro-printed folded card in a heavy duty vinyl sleeve]

- Artist: Hinkley
- Title: Elephant Roundup
- Format: CD
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price:
$10.00$6.00 (40% sale) - Catalog ID: CR176
this is somewhat of a live record. recorded during a Dec 2007 show in Rochester NY. Hinkley then added some overdubs (more guitars, vocals, etc) and mixed and mastered it during the spring/summer of 2008 to arrive at this final product. Elephant Roundup is an incredibly strong representation of the "big band" form of Hinkley, complete with the usual guitars, bass, drums and vocals, but in addition, keyboards, misc percussion, violin, banjo, singing saw and baritone horn. the songs range from (alt) country to downer pop to full-on rock with a very strong emphasis, across the board, on song writing and meaningful (and usually story-telling) lyrics. [production CD housed in a heavy duty vinyl slip case with pro-printed full-color folded cover]

- Artist: Autumn in Halifax
- Title: the soft, soft shakes
- Format: CDR
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price:
$10.00$6.00 (40% sale) - Catalog ID: CR177
Recorded in multiple studios over the course of 2007 and 2008, in both Upstate New York and San Diego California, Autumn in Halifax; David Merulla and W.Dirk Doucette, along with various contributors put together another collection of songs with considered arrangements and colored by multiple instruments including Wurlitzer and Fender Rhodes pianos, singing saw, accordion, trumpet, vintage effects and the familiar guitars,drums and bass. The warmth of 1970's rock and roll, concise pop songs and subtle experimentation all can be found within this particular song cycle.
Reviews (1):
City Newspaper
Setting out to make a "more pop-sounding" album this time around, Autumn In Halifax leader David Merulla proves that poppiness doesn't have to come at the expense of substance. Merulla's work can flow as gently as a canoe being carried downstream by a slow current, but tends to be heavy on the atmosphere. He also writes prose, and his songs often come across like the sonic equivalent of pastoral scenes described in dense passages of literature. By contrast, "Soft Shakes" immediately gets off to a more anthemic start with the singalong-inducing "Sleepwalkers." As the album goes on, drummers William Doucette and Jonathan Stevens provide lively beats even as Merulla begins to evoke the deep stillness of vintage acoustic Neil Young. Merulla has an unparalleled knack for challenging your expectations while going easy on your ears. As accessible and beautiful as it is, "Soft Shakes" still commands a most rewarding kind of patience. - City Weekly

- Artist: Autumn in Halifax
- Title: Special Combo Pack
- Format: OTHER
- Label: Carbon Records
- Price:
$15.00$9.00 (40% sale) - Catalog ID: CR177_CR175
This is a Special Combo Deal. The 2 most recent Autumn in Halifax releases for a special price.
Autumn in Halifax & The Leaves - Robert Frank & The Moon BOOKLET and CDR
The short story Robert Frank & The Moon written by David Merulla began as a title written in one of David's notebooks and then continued to reappear in subsequent notebooks and on various scraps of paper. David's affinity for the Swiss photographer Robert Frank plays a subliminal part in seeing the story through however the story is more about memory, shapes and origami. The companion soundtrack ep is an instrumental music recording by Autumn in Halifax & The Leaves, meant to be listened to while reading the story, however can also be enjoyed by itself. The ep was recorded live to two track at the Wolf Den, Rochester, New York by Joe Tunis, mixed by Chris Reeg & David Merulla. Autumn in Halifax & The Leaves is David Merulla, Scott Oliver, Chris Reeg and Joe Tunis. [package include a 5x7 booklet with pro-printed cover, silkscreened cdr and silkscreened kraft stay-flat envelope]
Autumn in Halifax - the soft, soft shakes CDR
Recorded in multiple studios over the course of 2007 and 2008, in both Upstate New York and San Diego California, Autumn in Halifax; David Merulla and W.Dirk Doucette, along with various contributors put together another collection of songs with considered arrangements and colored by multiple instruments including Wurlitzer and Fender Rhodes pianos, singing saw, accordion, trumpet, vintage effects and the familiar guitars,drums and bass. The warmth of 1970's rock and roll, concise pop songs and subtle experimentation all can be found within this particular song cycle.
