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As previously advertised on this very blog, Whettman Chelmets' glorious new single is released today. It's a lovely slab of retro shoegaze goodness. Here's the story: “Alas… The Sun is Shining and You are Still Alive” finds Whettman Chelmets exploring more of the guitar sounds and textures that defined his teenage life, and that sound …
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Here in the Conning Tower we're entering another one of our fabled busy periods; this Friday sees the release of Whettman Chelmets fuzz-drenched shoegaze maxi-single Alas... the Sun is Shining and You are Still Alive (see previous blog post), followed on Monday by a new album by multi-media artist Hans Castrup. Das 7. Siegel (The Seventh Seal) …
Aloha. A brief update about two releases we've just made available for pre-order. As ever, we're fashionably late to the party, announcing our first two cassette releases. First up, we're delighted to welcome Cousin Silas back to the Submarine Broadcasting Company imprint, on this occasion in tandem with our resident multimedia artist The Glove of …
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Ah, autumn, season of mists and mellow fruitlessness. Our release for the tail end of September is 'Suburban Solitude' from our resident mystic t.r. hand in collaboration with Glauber K. de Souza of the Amao Quartet. The album contains the field recordings and sound collages you've come to expect from t.r hand, but taken in …
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One of the features of the Submarine Broadcasting Company is that in addition to our roster of lovely musicians we also have guest artists from time-to-time who will release work through us rather than their home label... Cousin Silas earlier this year, and just recently Ippu Mitsui graced us with a release or two. The …
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Dominic Valvona’s New Music Reviews Roundup A bumper roundup this month from me of eclectic tastes from across the sphere, including albums, singles, cassettes and EPs from Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Andrew Heath, Picturebox, Bokanté And Metropole Orkest, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Perhaps and Stringmodulator. In brief, ‘lower-case’ minimalist composer Andrew Heath delivers […] …
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A quick round up on some of the radio appearances happening soon: Stringmodulator on Grand Music for Tiny Souls (plus our Bearsuit friends Bunny & The Invalid Singers) Stringmodulator on the Comfy Show (plus our good friend Jaime Munarriz): t.r. hand on The Recognition Test (along with our friends Alwin van der Linde + {AN} …
September 10th sees the release of three special albums, all quite different but with a common theme running through them. We have... From Germany, Stringmodulator with their debut album 'Manifesto'. Reclusive krautrockers K-Elektronischer Automatisten's new album 'Verlorene Tonbänder Maschinengefühle' English krautrock from Dynamo Snackbar with 'A Myriad of Catalysts' Three melodic instrumental albums that nod …
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Everyone here at the Conning Tower was winding down, lowering the periscope, ready for the traditional English August of drizzle and traffic jams, when a most remarkable thing happened... a new EP from the reclusive guru of mind-training, self help/abuse and prison tattoos, t.r. hand, landed on the desk. There's a super-size serving of concept …
Two releases this month, both somewhat unusual. First up is the various artists compilation, Cottura 8 Minuti (or C8M). This is compilation of music made in, or at least centered around, the kitchen. We'd love to take credit for C8M, but the truth is the curation and heavy-lifting was done by Lezet and Razrook, both …
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