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SOCCER MOM - BRIDES/CANOE (Single)
Released November 6, 2012
"The sound takes me right back to the first two Ride releases and maybe a little Catherine Wheel." JAMIE MYERSON, WDNK 91.5
"Soccermom sets off new parts and bridges with a patient efficacy; powershrugs into exuberant crescendoes with nonchalance. Everything about Soccermom's music seems informed not only by the best music of two decades past, but also a measured, casual attitude toward crafting good music." JAY BREITLING, CLICKY CLICKY MUSIC
"A couple parts shoegaze, one part jangle electric, one part alienated loner dirty fuckup sound... The drums are massive, the vocals are buried in that layered way, the guitar sustained forever... Utterly perfect timing." JASON DEAN - 7INCHES
Following the triumphant release of their debut 10”, 100m Records present the Brides/Canoe single from Boston's Soccer Mom. The band, which is drawn together from a medley of different groups, consists of Dan Parlin, Danielle Deveau, Justin Kehoe, and William Scales. Their origins lie in the late 2000's when singer/guitarist, Parlin, returned to Massachusetts from San Francisco armed with a wealth of ideas that, with time, brought the group to life.
After serving in a range of Boston acts, including E.R., Get Help and The Spanish Armada (all on The Beatings' Midriff Records imprint), Parlin cemented the foundations of Soccer Mom when bassist Deveau joined full-time. In due course fellow E.R. sideman and Spanish Armada principal William Scales enlisted as second guitarist, along with Spanish Armada drummer David Kaplan.
In 2010, with what they describe as "a collective caesura among the various competing projects", the band reaped well- deserved attention for their debut 7". They have since released the breath-taking 6-song EP, You Are Not Going To Heaven, to general critical acclaim.
"Too-loud-to-be-dreaming rock quartet Soccer Mom unleash their own noisy, driven, pop gems of streamlined distortion." THE BOSTON PHOENIX
"There's no denying the band's strong '90s influences — with a distinct New England color —a listen to the new EP proves Soccer Mom owns it." NERVE
"This is a really great EP that delivers on the bands promise of contrasting sounds and styles. There's melody and feedback, rapid drum fills and dreamy vocals." THE 405
The departure of Kaplan in early 2011 left vacant the drum chair for another E.R. cohort, drummer Justin Kehoe, with whom they continue to deliver their blistering live performances.
Soccer Mom's distinct sound emerges from a detailed exploration of intimate connections between contrasting forces. Through melody and dischord, clean tones and chaotic feedback, they find a balance between the referential and the staggeringly new. The vocals are often sparse and quietly deconstruct conventional song structure amidst a whirlwind of dual guitar histrionics.
When asked to describe the band in his own terms, Parlin states:
"We're all coming from so many angles, influence-wise. I mean, it's rock music - but it's not punk, and it's not just noise. It's not quite dreamy enough to be shoegaze, but it's also not hard to hear all of those pieces sneak in... When people ask us what kind of music we play, I just say "loud". It's not much to go on, but at least you'll remember to bring earplugs to a show."
Brides/Canoe was recorded by Kevin Micka and mastered by Scott Craggs at Old Colony Mastering. It is released through 100m Records on November 6th, 2012, as a digital single ahead of a highly anticipated full-length expected in 2013.
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RELATIONS - RELATIONS
Released June 12, 2012
Relations is the musical brainchild of Terence Murren and Michael Sanders. They first joined forces in a New England high school more than a decade ago, as part of a Modern Lovers cover band. Through their subsequent musical and geographical journeys the two have remained the closest of friends, corresponding throughout on their musical comings and goings. In 2011 the two decided it was time to compose and record.
Sanders descibes how they set about writing the EP:
“The creative process happens in a number of ways. Each song is a journey. Some start as beats and grow into parts that become songs... some are snippets of hours and hours of jamming... and others are fully formed ideas that I bring in to be arranged by T and myself.”
They built on their disparate musical journeys, ranging from screaming loud indie rock to traditional jazz, in an attempt to create something eclectic and push each other out of their comfort zones. This created a sonic narrative of where they have been, and where their ears have begun to pull them. The result is strange, gritty, and somehow nostalgic.
“At an early stage in the project we decided to only program drums and play all the keyboards live. This, coupled with vintage amps and verb, keeps everything living and breathing on top of the electronic drums.”
On Relations, their self titled EP recorded and produced in Brooklyn by Glass Rifle's PJ Norman, you hear their decade long, musical correspondence. Through a rush of noisy guitar and synths, detailed drum sequences, and riding bass lines, they present the polaroids of their musical journey. Spanning across decades of influences, you are likely to hear a little Blur, Kraftwerk, New Order, The Lemonheads, The Knife and Pavement.
On hearing the finished tracks for the first time:
“We were pretty proud. It's amazing to reunite with an old music brother after 10+ years and make sweet sweet music together.”
You can attempt to compare them to any contemporary NYC garage rock outfit, but in reality, you are likely to get the feeling of nostalgia, modern love and rock 'n' roll. They are likely to be okay with that.
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LINK
www.relationsband.com
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SOCCER MOM - YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HEAVEN
Released October 3, 2011
100m Records announce the EP release of new signing, Boston's Soccer Mom. The band, which is drawn together from a medley of different groups, consists of Dan Parlin, Danielle Deveau, Justin Kehoe, and William Scales. Their origins lie in the late 2000's when singer/guitarist, Parlin, returned to Massachusetts from San Francisco armed with a wealth of ideas that, with time, brought the group to life.
After serving in a range of Boston acts, including E.R., Get Help and The Spanish Armada (all on The Beatings' Midriff Records imprint), Parlin cemented the foundations of Soccer Mom when bassist Deveau joined full-time. In due course fellow E.R. sideman and Spanish Armada principal William Scales enlisted as second guitarist, along with Spanish Armada drummer David Kaplan.
In 2010, with what they describe as "a collective caesura among the various competing projects", the band reaped well-deserved attention for their debut 7". They have since recorded this breath-taking 6-song EP with Shaun Curran at The Napoleon Complex in Somerville, MA, which they mastered with Eric Baird at Half Son of Audio. The departure of Kaplan in early 2011 left vacant the drum chair for another E.R. cohort, drummer Justin Kehoe, with whom they continue to deliver their blistering live performances.
Soccer Mom's distinct sound emerges from a detailed exploration of intimate connections between contrasting forces. Through melody and dischord, clean tones and chaotic feedback, they find a balance between the referential and the staggeringly new. The vocals are often sparse and quietly deconstruct conventional song structure amidst a whirlwind of dual guitar histrionics.
When asked to describe the band in his own terms, Parlin states:
"We're all coming from so many angles, influence-wise. I mean, it's rock music - but it's not punk, and it's not just noise. It's not quite dreamy enough to be shoegaze, but it's also not hard to hear all of those pieces sneak in… When people ask us what kind of music we play, I just say "loud". It's not much to go on, but at least you'll remember to bring earplugs to a show."
You Are Not Going To Heaven is released through 100m Records on October 3rd, 2011, in digital and limited edition 10" vinyl with elegant, letter-pressed packaging by Letter From Brooklyn.
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SOME LINKS
www.soccermomboston.com
www.letterfrombrooklyn.com
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"Too-loud-to-be-dreaming rock quartet Soccer Mom unleash their own noisy, driven, pop gems of streamlined distortion... superb enough to launch the band into the national realm." - The Boston Phoenix
"Sonically superb. Long sustaining notes paint out the walls, while a buzzy bass marches down the middle, jaunting out its own fuzzy, buzzy melodies." - CD On Songs
"This debut EP manages to bring in just the right amount of ugly noise with a catchy framework. " - Brainwashed
"There's no denying the band's strong '90s influences — with a distinct New England color — but a listen to the new EP proves Soccer Mom owns it." - Nerve.com
"Soccer Mom are not afraid to embrace their shoegaze influences whilst experimenting with something new." - The Art Of Stuffing
"Clouds of melody, both of the real and phantom variety, wrap around thick basslines and all-business drums like crawling ivy to produce a sum greater than the individual parts." - Michael Fournier, yourband.info
"The perfect balance between harmony and distortion, melody and debilitating feedback." - Brendan T, SONIC MASALA
"Soccermom sets off new parts and bridges with a patient efficacy; powershrugs into exuberant crescendoes with nonchalance. Everything about Soccermom's music seems informed not only by the best music of two decades past, but also a measured, casual attitude toward crafting good music." - Jay Breitling, Clicky Clicky Music
"You Are Not Going to Heaven really continues to impress with a great melding of jangly indie-rock/pop and subtle jabs of harsher/woozy feedback." - Built On A Weak Spot
"A couple parts shoegaze, one part jangle electric, one part alienated loner dirty fuckup sound… The drums are massive, the vocals are buried in that layered way, the guitar sustained forever… Utterly perfect timing." - Jason Dean, 7Inches
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VARIOUS ARTISTS - LOVE AMERICAN SKIN
Released September 5, 2011
100m Records announce the soundtrack to photographer Diana Scheunemann’s feature-length documentary film Love American Skin. The soundtrack was provided by the label to support Scheunemann’s stunning debut as a filmmaker and is arranged into a thirteen-song, thirteen artist compilation release drawn from 100m Records artists and special friends.
In the summer of 2010, Scheunemann undertook an eight-week road trip clockwise around the USA, starting and ending in New York City. The aim of the trip was to photograph, film and explore the multiple facets of the American identity. Fueled by a curiosity for the stereotype of the Mid-West, she was convinced that New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, and Las Vegas are not an accurate portrayal of the USA. With her boyfriend, artist PJ Norman, and their dog they drove 10,128 miles, and through 21 states to attain a more accurate understanding.
Scheunemann elaborates:
“Over 60 days we filmed, photographed and explored over 60 people. We experienced temperatures between 35 and 118 degrees Fahrenheit, my boyfriend became my husband, and the car’s engine was used as a cooking stove. Love American Skin replicates our journey’s spontaneity, freedom, eccentricity and discoveries.”
Love American Skin is about the American people and their landscape; a surface which invites curiosity, lustfulness, tragedy and love. A single American skin encompassing much history and various points of origin. Peeling back the surface exposes the unique, miniature stories of individual cells in the corpus, and the collective story of a country’s complexion.
The 80-minute feature is accompanied by thirteen superb compositions by 100m artists and friends. Ranging through wonderfully organic electronic soundscapes, thoughtful acoustic singer-songwriters, catchy pop tunes and urgent, driven rock the soundtrack perfectly captures the variety of American cultures and landscapes depicted in the film.
Tracklist:
1. Fates – Morning USA (2:26)
2. The Fancy – Honey, Baby (3:47)
3. Stay Low – Extension Of Me (5:09)
4. Soccer Mom – (A) Natural History (3:17)
5. Soft Skin – Why Do You Pretend? (2:50)
6. Iamprimate – Forever (3:32)
7. Giving The Table A Name – Epiglottis (Leak) (3:42)
8. Medes – If You Stay (5:10)
9. Dinah Thorpe – In The Country (4:29)
10. Glass Rifle – Foebic (3:14)
11. Django Voris – The Dawn Of A New Day (3:50)
12. tKatKa – Dimension Tension (6:09)
13. Tseuq – Hazing The Itch (4:59)
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ARTIST INFORMATION
Fates
http://www.fatesarekind.com
The Fates project was started by American composer Django Voris, Swiss electronic artist Moritz Wettstein, and British-born producer PJ Norman. The three met in New York City in early 2009 where their shared passion for electronic experimentation led to a series of recording sessions at Harvestworks, the foundation co-founded by Bob Moog to support experimental music. With the return of Wettstein to his native Switzerland in 2010, Fates continues as a duo between Voris and Norman with a revolving door policy as they continue the production of their second full-length in Wettstein's absence.
"Nebulous post-industrial soundscapes constantly tweaked and realigned to create one of the most original electronic records of the year to date. 4.5/5" - The Milk Factory
"Dizzying and compelling." - Brainwashed
"Literally one in a million; tweaking and meshing uncommon sounds to create one of the most original electronic pieces I have heard all year. Abstract art for the ears most certainly." - AW Music
"A post-glitch triumph that goes by quickly but not without making one’s head spin." - Cyclic Defrost
"When you listen to this material with headphones it really takes on a life of its own as all of the various textures come together to create lush soundscapes." - Cosmos Gaming
"Murky Circuits sounds like a highly caffeinated robot took over a decrepit Radio Shack and had its way with anything it could grab." - Chubby Jones
"Experimental, rampant and very energetic." - Radio Onde Furlane
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The Fancy
http://www.wearefancy.net
The Fancy is the creation of the composer/songwriter duo Clara Latham and Seth Garrison. Classically trained musicians with a serious love for popular forms, The Fancy merges chamber music and pop sensibilities with earnest song writing and dramatic flair. With Amy Cimini (Till by Turning, Starring, Christy & Emily) on viola and Katherine Young (Till by Turning, the Nightingales, Anthony Braxton’s Falling River Quartet) on bassoon, The Fancy orchestrates lush tunes so timeless you think you might already know them.
"Piano and guitar provide the main propulsion, and the precise, nimble lines of Young and Cimini add real depth and richness... undeniably well-crafted." - Chicago Reader
"For those who've kept the faith in bands with doe-eyed pop instincts and touches of chamber-music instrumentation, New York band The Fancy provides some validation. Pianist Seth Garrison and guitarist Clara Latham's vocals come through as pristine and tender as could be." - AV Club, The Onion
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Stay Low
http://soundcloud.com/staylow
Stay Low is the alias of electronic producer Kris O'Connor, best known for his work as frontman for 100m Records act Death By Sadie.
"A vivid alchemy of pop and post-punk." - Zane Lowe, BBC Radio 1
"Death by Sadie is essentially an underground super group collective framed around the talents of Kris O’Connor and aided and abetted by members of tKatKa and The Montauk Projekt. ’Limited Edition’ is the ensemble's debut outing and a storming stellar soaring slice of swaggering shoe gaze drilled gritted dream pop it is to. Freebasing in the main on early Ride styled hollowing streamlined codas, this sugar laced florescent fancy is equipped with a pulsating driving dynamic at its core within which are housed blood lines tracing back to the fuzz laced bliss laden glazes of My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur JNR and Moose (most notably ‘Jack’ and ‘boy’)... Of course its all essential stuff as though you needed to ask." - Losing Today
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Soccer Mom
http://www.soccermomboston.com
After serving in a range of Boston acts, including E.R., Get Help and The Spanish Armada (all on The Beatings' Midriff Records imprint), Soccer Mom founder Dan Parlin cemented the foundations of the band when bassist Danielle Deveau joined full-time. In due course fellow E.R. sideman and Spanish Armada principal William Scales enlisted as second guitarist, along with another E.R. cohort, drummer Justin Kehoe. Through melody and dischord, clean tones and chaotic feedback, they find a balance between the referential and the staggeringly new.
"Clouds of melody, both of the real and phantom variety, wrap around thick basslines and all-business drums like crawling ivy to produce a sum greater than the individual parts." - Michael Fournier, Yourband.info
"The perfect balance between harmony and distortion, melody and debilitating feedback." - Brendan T, Sonic Masala
"Soccermom sets off new parts and bridges with a patient efficacy; powershrugs into exuberant crescendoes with nonchalance. Everything about Soccermom's music seems informed not only by the best music of two decades past, but also a measured, casual attitude toward crafting good music." - Jay Breitling, Clicky Clicky Music
"A couple parts shoegaze, one part jangle electric, one part alienated loner dirty fuckup sound... The drums are massive, the vocals are buried in that layered way, the guitar sustained forever... Utterly perfect timing." - Jason Dean, 7Inches
"Taking their unanimous love for nineties indie-rock and using it to churn out some rather catchy fuzz driven tunes." - Built On A Weak Spot
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Soft Skin
http://softskin.tumblr.com
Soft Skin is a band from Brooklyn formed in 2010. Bassist Tom Morrill and guitarist Andrew Mailliard (who served as a consultant editor on the Love American Skin film) met while attending the Rhode Island School of Design, after which the two moved to New York and formed the basis for the band. Tom soon met singer Jack Richardson; a recently stateside musician from London, England, working at a small art studio space. Ideas were exchanged and the group began writing songs together. Drummer Calvin Cupino, an NYU student, finalized the band on drums.
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Iamprimate
http://www.pjnorman.com
The solo project of Love American Skin's Assistant Director PJ Norman (also of tKatKa, Fates, Glass Rifle). Iamprimate takes, as a starting point, the sense that the avant-garde has become trapped by the oxymoron of post-modernism. The project aims to reconcile avant-garde composition into a coherent statement within the realm of popular music by placing popular elements into a space that is affected by avant-garde treatments, such as the use of location recordings and sound-concrete.
"Iamprimate is able to resonate a vast array of emotions utilising only his voice and an acoustic guitar... an incredibly warm slice of alt-folk, that's easy on the ear and remains firmly on the tongue." - Tom Brumpton, Extreme To Serene Radio
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Giving The Table A Name
http://www.gttan.com
Giving The Table A Name is powered by a single individual, Jeff Allyn Szwast, who writes and records all the ingredients. Originating in Athens, Ga., the project has been based out of Brooklyn, NY since 2002.
"It’s very clear something great is happening here, what it is we may never know, but while there is still air to breathe, let’s enjoy this one. It may not last and if there is a dry eye in the crowd when it’s over, then surely dehydration is the only logical excuse." - Indie-Music.com
"Jeff Allyn Szwast's avant-indie rock project Giving The Table A Name specializes in angular guitar progressions punctuated by thumping, crashing percussion, and vocals leaning towards the slithering and cerebral side." - The Deli Magazine
"It’s rare when a musician personally crafts every piece of his/her art... Jeff is one of those rare creators that has his hands on every aspect of his music." - The New LoFi
"Comfortable, familiar, and engaging... Giving the Table a Name delivers thoughtful and poetic lyrics, full of dark symbolism and covert psychological exploration... the production quality is skilful and the songs certainly provide plenty of ambiance on which effortless indulging can ensue." - Moon Music Reviews
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Medes
http://www.myspace.com/medesmusic
Medes is the solo project of producer AJ Cookson. Known for his remix work under alter-ego Forma, and as the frontman for the explosive band The Montauk Projekt, he is perhaps best known for his work with Distraction Records act Necro Deathmort. AJ has been a regular contributor to 100m collective projects since the label’s inception and has collaborated with many of the collective’s acts.
On Medes:
“Seriously apocalyptic dub tripped ambient electronics.” - The Sunday Experience
"Depeche Mode for the pirate bay generation." - XYZ Magazine
On Necro Deathmort:
"A work of pure schizoid genius." - Terrorizer
"Heavy, deep and moody... the mixing of electronics, beats and doom metal is entirely sucessful. I wish this album were longer. All future experimental dub metal artists should look to this album to see how to get ’er done." - Decibel Magazine
"[the duo] blend low-level hip-hop beats with Scorn-esque bass and elonated guitar riffs to remarkable effect. . . it's that awesome. . . the music is superb, the artwork and packaging equally good. . . warped shuffling genius. 300% necro, foo'!" - Zero Tolerance
"This shit is amazing, so dark and heavy and unlikely... just for the record, January is in no way too soon to start picking records for your best of 2010 list... just so you know... - Aquarius Records
"This Beat Is Necrotronic’... easily represents one of the most intriguing and unexpected genre collisions I’ve encountered over the past year...." - Cyclic Defrost
"This has me foxed...one minute it's Sunn O))), the next it's Squarepusher." - Vice magazine
"...a fucking belter of an album... Unexpectedly mint." - Foxy Digitalis
"No word of a lie, Necro Deathmort will be in my top ten at the end of the year. Their album "This Beat Is Necrotronic" is a triumph... the most original record I've heard in what seems like an aeon... the kind that'd give Stephen O'Malley a ten tonne stonk-on, with a rumbling subwoofer molesting bass attack that'd induce pant shitting for miles around." - Chronicles Of Chaos
"[an] album that every death metal idiot was too clunky, too loud and too lumpen to make, this is the album that Nick Cave should play at home" - Unpeeled
"For fans of acts such as Earth, Growing and Jesu, This Beat is Necrotronic is likely to be a hugely enjoyable purchase. . . a splendid debut turned all the way up to eleven, and one which deserves your attention." - Bearded magazine
"All in all, the album is made up of dark, twisted brilliance. (4/5)" - NARC magazine
"This Beat is Necrotronic is a wonderful album. This music is as hard as nails and as deep as it is loud." - Buzzin' Music
"If you're looking for an aural definition of the word "uncompromising" then this is it." - The Crack
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Dinah Thorpe
http://www.dinahthorpe.com
Thorpe calls herself a songwriter, musician, and producer, and she lives, gardens, bikes, and works in Toronto. Truths and Other Stories, her full-length debut, was released in the fall of 2009 to much praise from press and peers. She has honed her performance chops opening for Buck 65 in a boxing gym, playing at a public bath in Zürich, and sharing the stage with industry heavyweights like Kate & Anna McGarrigle, The Cliks, Eternia, and Melissa Ferrick. Dinah's work has infiltrated television and art galleries alike, with "Election Song" featured on MTV's Sixteen and Pregnant, and new work commissioned for Evan Tapper's installation, Swoon.
"At times heartrending and real, in other moments twisted and funny, Thorpe’s clear voice is the thread that ties together a range of styles, bold opinions and engaging beats." - Xtra!
"With leathered beats from a seemingly seasoned pro (she's shared a stage with Buck 65, The Cliks, Eternia, and Melissa Ferrick) Dinah does vocals, and plays acoustic guitar, ukulele, keyboard, drums, while controlling MIDI and programming tunes (not at the same time)... for reals and for truths an exercise in the enkindling of contentment." - Kox & Kuntz
"Thorpe's whimsical songs, accompanied by gentle ukelele or guitar, are offset by her gorgeously deep and weary alto. Fans of the Indigo Girls or Portishead's Beth Gibbons will eat this lady up." - Alison Lang, The Coast
"Thorpe is extremely talented. Unafraid of quirky instrumentation like the ukulele and nontraditional percussion, Thorpe is in a class of her own writing lyrics that ponder a variety of social phenomena, from obsessive parenthood to subsidies on SUVs." - Cindy Filipenko, Herizons
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Glass Rifle
http://www.glassrifle.com
Glass Rifle are Americans Dan Colby, Ryan Francini, and British-born PJ Norman. The roots of the group lie in the Boston DIY punk scene where Colby and Francini first met. After stints on drums for Hydrahead stalwarts The Huguenots, and Jade Tree Record’s The Explosion, Colby formed The Cignal with Francini. In the mid ‘00s, after a well-received 7”, The Cignal disbanded and both Francini and Colby moved to New York City. It was here, several years later, that they met PJ Norman.
"Impossible to ignore." - Joe Marvilli, Consequence Of Sound
"A degree of genuine punch and something feels fiercely independent about it." - Daniel Dylan Wray, Glasswerk
"Glass Rifle are a sonic battering of dischordant power pop, with killer guitar licks offsetting fierce beats that literally pummel you into submission." - Zolton, Lost At E Minor
"It's tight, incredibly crafted and stands alongside any classic American underground sound… Both of these tracks are pushing that complex hardcore formula to it's limits, it's just an impressive contemporary take on a genre that remains relevant thanks to Glass Rifle." - Jason Dean, 7Inches
"Moving, unconventional and provocative. Blazing a new trail in contemporary music." - Tony Mastrianni, National Music Writer
"A singular sound that gets you tight to your chair... Awesome." - RJ Frometa, Vents Magazine
"Urgent Post-Punk attack, kicking the living shit out of your ears…in a good way!" - Route For The Underdog
"Like a Hold Steady raised on London punk and based in Brooklyn, Glass Rifle's delivery stays true to the varied roots of all its members by distorting the relentless energy of British rock with a Williamsburg flair." - Joe Puglisi, Baeble Music
"Early Mission of Burma filtered through the earliest releases on Invisible Records. Somehow it feels very familiar, yet completely new at the same time… For anyone who longs for the heyday when Amphetamine Reptile and Touch and Go weren't just labels, but institutions, this is as inviting as it gets." - Creaig Dunton, Brainwashed
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Django Voris
http://www.djangovoris.com
Born and raised in the deserts of Arizona, composer Django Voris found himself adept at learning new instruments from a young age. After acquiring skills in a handful of wind and brass (trumpet, trombone, flute, saxophone), and adding the guitar to his repertoire, he finally settled on piano as his instrument of choice. To create his distinct sound, Voris combined his multi-instrumental abilities with a longtime passion for computing (he learned CBASIC as a child on his grandfather's old portable Osborne 1). By utilizing samples and field recordings through his own computed processes he achieves a very modern multiple-format approach to music, where any sound source is an instrument.
"Sounds so cool..." - Nick Luscombe, BBC Radio 3, Late Junction
"Saucerful of electronic secrets... odd noises and children's toys take us on an amazing journey." - Carl F Gauze, Ink 19
"Crystal clear and at times fuzzy and indistinct, the polarizing effects work." - RareMediumWell
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tKatKa
http://www.tkatka.com
tKatKa, pronounced 'Te-Kat-Ker', craft a clever and classy collision of ambient musing and euphoric escapism that could melt the heart of even the most hardened anti-electro stalwart. The project is a collaboration between artists PJ Norman and Carlsson. That they have a history of playing in punk bands comes as no great surprise for they seem to genuinely, unpretentiously discard the notion of genre-based restraints, leaving them with a completely blank slate to hurl their imaginations at.
"Absolutely gorgeous" - Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 1
"A mash up of drum rhythms and soulful pads changing from uplifting to dark in a blink of an eyelid." - IDJ Magazine
"Very cool" - Nick Luscombe, BBC Radio 3/Flomotion
"The music that New York does best and loves best" - Annie Nightingale, BBC Radio 1
"A combination of guitars and electro sounds with the hint of a rattlesnake in the background." - Glasswerks
"The collection of songs tKatKa have produced are stunning." - God Is In The TV
"A whirring collage of warping electro beat melodies salaciously herded together under a glazing chassis of deliciously manicured updated Miami Vice like grandeur." - Losing Today
"The duo's mastery of beatwork is very evident, it's nice to hear a record more multi-dimensional than cold programming." - The Black And White Magazine
"Expect it to soundtrack a spooky art flick, but it won't because it's better than the film would be." - Bearded Magazine
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Tseuq
http://www.tseuq.com
Tseuq is the solo project of 100m Records collective co-founder Carlsson. A serial collaborator, his work has graced the releases of 100m groups Death By Sadie and tKatKa to critical opinon.
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For more information, or digital press packs, please contact: pete@100mrecords.com
In the summer of 2010, Scheunemann undertook an eight-week road trip clockwise around the USA, starting and ending in New York City. The aim of the trip was to photograph, film and explore the multiple facets of the American identity. Fueled by a curiosity for the stereotype of the Mid-West, she was convinced that New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, and Las Vegas are not an accurate portrayal of the USA. With her boyfriend, artist PJ Norman, and their dog they drove 10,128 miles, and through 21 states to attain a more accurate understanding.
Scheunemann elaborates:
“Over 60 days we filmed, photographed and explored over 60 people. We experienced temperatures between 35 and 118 degrees Fahrenheit, my boyfriend became my husband, and the car’s engine was used as a cooking stove. Love American Skin replicates our journey’s spontaneity, freedom, eccentricity and discoveries.”
Love American Skin is about the American people and their landscape; a surface which invites curiosity, lustfulness, tragedy and love. A single American skin encompassing much history and various points of origin. Peeling back the surface exposes the unique, miniature stories of individual cells in the corpus, and the collective story of a country’s complexion.
The 80-minute feature is accompanied by thirteen superb compositions by 100m artists and friends. Ranging through wonderfully organic electronic soundscapes, thoughtful acoustic singer-songwriters, catchy pop tunes and urgent, driven rock the soundtrack perfectly captures the variety of American cultures and landscapes depicted in the film.
Tracklist:
1. Fates – Morning USA (2:26)
2. The Fancy – Honey, Baby (3:47)
3. Stay Low – Extension Of Me (5:09)
4. Soccer Mom – (A) Natural History (3:17)
5. Soft Skin – Why Do You Pretend? (2:50)
6. Iamprimate – Forever (3:32)
7. Giving The Table A Name – Epiglottis (Leak) (3:42)
8. Medes – If You Stay (5:10)
9. Dinah Thorpe – In The Country (4:29)
10. Glass Rifle – Foebic (3:14)
11. Django Voris – The Dawn Of A New Day (3:50)
12. tKatKa – Dimension Tension (6:09)
13. Tseuq – Hazing The Itch (4:59)
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ARTIST INFORMATION
Fates
http://www.fatesarekind.com
The Fates project was started by American composer Django Voris, Swiss electronic artist Moritz Wettstein, and British-born producer PJ Norman. The three met in New York City in early 2009 where their shared passion for electronic experimentation led to a series of recording sessions at Harvestworks, the foundation co-founded by Bob Moog to support experimental music. With the return of Wettstein to his native Switzerland in 2010, Fates continues as a duo between Voris and Norman with a revolving door policy as they continue the production of their second full-length in Wettstein's absence.
"Nebulous post-industrial soundscapes constantly tweaked and realigned to create one of the most original electronic records of the year to date. 4.5/5" - The Milk Factory
"Dizzying and compelling." - Brainwashed
"Literally one in a million; tweaking and meshing uncommon sounds to create one of the most original electronic pieces I have heard all year. Abstract art for the ears most certainly." - AW Music
"A post-glitch triumph that goes by quickly but not without making one’s head spin." - Cyclic Defrost
"When you listen to this material with headphones it really takes on a life of its own as all of the various textures come together to create lush soundscapes." - Cosmos Gaming
"Murky Circuits sounds like a highly caffeinated robot took over a decrepit Radio Shack and had its way with anything it could grab." - Chubby Jones
"Experimental, rampant and very energetic." - Radio Onde Furlane
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The Fancy
http://www.wearefancy.net
The Fancy is the creation of the composer/songwriter duo Clara Latham and Seth Garrison. Classically trained musicians with a serious love for popular forms, The Fancy merges chamber music and pop sensibilities with earnest song writing and dramatic flair. With Amy Cimini (Till by Turning, Starring, Christy & Emily) on viola and Katherine Young (Till by Turning, the Nightingales, Anthony Braxton’s Falling River Quartet) on bassoon, The Fancy orchestrates lush tunes so timeless you think you might already know them.
"Piano and guitar provide the main propulsion, and the precise, nimble lines of Young and Cimini add real depth and richness... undeniably well-crafted." - Chicago Reader
"For those who've kept the faith in bands with doe-eyed pop instincts and touches of chamber-music instrumentation, New York band The Fancy provides some validation. Pianist Seth Garrison and guitarist Clara Latham's vocals come through as pristine and tender as could be." - AV Club, The Onion
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Stay Low
http://soundcloud.com/staylow
Stay Low is the alias of electronic producer Kris O'Connor, best known for his work as frontman for 100m Records act Death By Sadie.
"A vivid alchemy of pop and post-punk." - Zane Lowe, BBC Radio 1
"Death by Sadie is essentially an underground super group collective framed around the talents of Kris O’Connor and aided and abetted by members of tKatKa and The Montauk Projekt. ’Limited Edition’ is the ensemble's debut outing and a storming stellar soaring slice of swaggering shoe gaze drilled gritted dream pop it is to. Freebasing in the main on early Ride styled hollowing streamlined codas, this sugar laced florescent fancy is equipped with a pulsating driving dynamic at its core within which are housed blood lines tracing back to the fuzz laced bliss laden glazes of My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur JNR and Moose (most notably ‘Jack’ and ‘boy’)... Of course its all essential stuff as though you needed to ask." - Losing Today
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Soccer Mom
http://www.soccermomboston.com
After serving in a range of Boston acts, including E.R., Get Help and The Spanish Armada (all on The Beatings' Midriff Records imprint), Soccer Mom founder Dan Parlin cemented the foundations of the band when bassist Danielle Deveau joined full-time. In due course fellow E.R. sideman and Spanish Armada principal William Scales enlisted as second guitarist, along with another E.R. cohort, drummer Justin Kehoe. Through melody and dischord, clean tones and chaotic feedback, they find a balance between the referential and the staggeringly new.
"Clouds of melody, both of the real and phantom variety, wrap around thick basslines and all-business drums like crawling ivy to produce a sum greater than the individual parts." - Michael Fournier, Yourband.info
"The perfect balance between harmony and distortion, melody and debilitating feedback." - Brendan T, Sonic Masala
"Soccermom sets off new parts and bridges with a patient efficacy; powershrugs into exuberant crescendoes with nonchalance. Everything about Soccermom's music seems informed not only by the best music of two decades past, but also a measured, casual attitude toward crafting good music." - Jay Breitling, Clicky Clicky Music
"A couple parts shoegaze, one part jangle electric, one part alienated loner dirty fuckup sound... The drums are massive, the vocals are buried in that layered way, the guitar sustained forever... Utterly perfect timing." - Jason Dean, 7Inches
"Taking their unanimous love for nineties indie-rock and using it to churn out some rather catchy fuzz driven tunes." - Built On A Weak Spot
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Soft Skin
http://softskin.tumblr.com
Soft Skin is a band from Brooklyn formed in 2010. Bassist Tom Morrill and guitarist Andrew Mailliard (who served as a consultant editor on the Love American Skin film) met while attending the Rhode Island School of Design, after which the two moved to New York and formed the basis for the band. Tom soon met singer Jack Richardson; a recently stateside musician from London, England, working at a small art studio space. Ideas were exchanged and the group began writing songs together. Drummer Calvin Cupino, an NYU student, finalized the band on drums.
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Iamprimate
http://www.pjnorman.com
The solo project of Love American Skin's Assistant Director PJ Norman (also of tKatKa, Fates, Glass Rifle). Iamprimate takes, as a starting point, the sense that the avant-garde has become trapped by the oxymoron of post-modernism. The project aims to reconcile avant-garde composition into a coherent statement within the realm of popular music by placing popular elements into a space that is affected by avant-garde treatments, such as the use of location recordings and sound-concrete.
"Iamprimate is able to resonate a vast array of emotions utilising only his voice and an acoustic guitar... an incredibly warm slice of alt-folk, that's easy on the ear and remains firmly on the tongue." - Tom Brumpton, Extreme To Serene Radio
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Giving The Table A Name
http://www.gttan.com
Giving The Table A Name is powered by a single individual, Jeff Allyn Szwast, who writes and records all the ingredients. Originating in Athens, Ga., the project has been based out of Brooklyn, NY since 2002.
"It’s very clear something great is happening here, what it is we may never know, but while there is still air to breathe, let’s enjoy this one. It may not last and if there is a dry eye in the crowd when it’s over, then surely dehydration is the only logical excuse." - Indie-Music.com
"Jeff Allyn Szwast's avant-indie rock project Giving The Table A Name specializes in angular guitar progressions punctuated by thumping, crashing percussion, and vocals leaning towards the slithering and cerebral side." - The Deli Magazine
"It’s rare when a musician personally crafts every piece of his/her art... Jeff is one of those rare creators that has his hands on every aspect of his music." - The New LoFi
"Comfortable, familiar, and engaging... Giving the Table a Name delivers thoughtful and poetic lyrics, full of dark symbolism and covert psychological exploration... the production quality is skilful and the songs certainly provide plenty of ambiance on which effortless indulging can ensue." - Moon Music Reviews
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Medes
http://www.myspace.com/medesmusic
Medes is the solo project of producer AJ Cookson. Known for his remix work under alter-ego Forma, and as the frontman for the explosive band The Montauk Projekt, he is perhaps best known for his work with Distraction Records act Necro Deathmort. AJ has been a regular contributor to 100m collective projects since the label’s inception and has collaborated with many of the collective’s acts.
On Medes:
“Seriously apocalyptic dub tripped ambient electronics.” - The Sunday Experience
"Depeche Mode for the pirate bay generation." - XYZ Magazine
On Necro Deathmort:
"A work of pure schizoid genius." - Terrorizer
"Heavy, deep and moody... the mixing of electronics, beats and doom metal is entirely sucessful. I wish this album were longer. All future experimental dub metal artists should look to this album to see how to get ’er done." - Decibel Magazine
"[the duo] blend low-level hip-hop beats with Scorn-esque bass and elonated guitar riffs to remarkable effect. . . it's that awesome. . . the music is superb, the artwork and packaging equally good. . . warped shuffling genius. 300% necro, foo'!" - Zero Tolerance
"This shit is amazing, so dark and heavy and unlikely... just for the record, January is in no way too soon to start picking records for your best of 2010 list... just so you know... - Aquarius Records
"This Beat Is Necrotronic’... easily represents one of the most intriguing and unexpected genre collisions I’ve encountered over the past year...." - Cyclic Defrost
"This has me foxed...one minute it's Sunn O))), the next it's Squarepusher." - Vice magazine
"...a fucking belter of an album... Unexpectedly mint." - Foxy Digitalis
"No word of a lie, Necro Deathmort will be in my top ten at the end of the year. Their album "This Beat Is Necrotronic" is a triumph... the most original record I've heard in what seems like an aeon... the kind that'd give Stephen O'Malley a ten tonne stonk-on, with a rumbling subwoofer molesting bass attack that'd induce pant shitting for miles around." - Chronicles Of Chaos
"[an] album that every death metal idiot was too clunky, too loud and too lumpen to make, this is the album that Nick Cave should play at home" - Unpeeled
"For fans of acts such as Earth, Growing and Jesu, This Beat is Necrotronic is likely to be a hugely enjoyable purchase. . . a splendid debut turned all the way up to eleven, and one which deserves your attention." - Bearded magazine
"All in all, the album is made up of dark, twisted brilliance. (4/5)" - NARC magazine
"This Beat is Necrotronic is a wonderful album. This music is as hard as nails and as deep as it is loud." - Buzzin' Music
"If you're looking for an aural definition of the word "uncompromising" then this is it." - The Crack
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Dinah Thorpe
http://www.dinahthorpe.com
Thorpe calls herself a songwriter, musician, and producer, and she lives, gardens, bikes, and works in Toronto. Truths and Other Stories, her full-length debut, was released in the fall of 2009 to much praise from press and peers. She has honed her performance chops opening for Buck 65 in a boxing gym, playing at a public bath in Zürich, and sharing the stage with industry heavyweights like Kate & Anna McGarrigle, The Cliks, Eternia, and Melissa Ferrick. Dinah's work has infiltrated television and art galleries alike, with "Election Song" featured on MTV's Sixteen and Pregnant, and new work commissioned for Evan Tapper's installation, Swoon.
"At times heartrending and real, in other moments twisted and funny, Thorpe’s clear voice is the thread that ties together a range of styles, bold opinions and engaging beats." - Xtra!
"With leathered beats from a seemingly seasoned pro (she's shared a stage with Buck 65, The Cliks, Eternia, and Melissa Ferrick) Dinah does vocals, and plays acoustic guitar, ukulele, keyboard, drums, while controlling MIDI and programming tunes (not at the same time)... for reals and for truths an exercise in the enkindling of contentment." - Kox & Kuntz
"Thorpe's whimsical songs, accompanied by gentle ukelele or guitar, are offset by her gorgeously deep and weary alto. Fans of the Indigo Girls or Portishead's Beth Gibbons will eat this lady up." - Alison Lang, The Coast
"Thorpe is extremely talented. Unafraid of quirky instrumentation like the ukulele and nontraditional percussion, Thorpe is in a class of her own writing lyrics that ponder a variety of social phenomena, from obsessive parenthood to subsidies on SUVs." - Cindy Filipenko, Herizons
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Glass Rifle
http://www.glassrifle.com
Glass Rifle are Americans Dan Colby, Ryan Francini, and British-born PJ Norman. The roots of the group lie in the Boston DIY punk scene where Colby and Francini first met. After stints on drums for Hydrahead stalwarts The Huguenots, and Jade Tree Record’s The Explosion, Colby formed The Cignal with Francini. In the mid ‘00s, after a well-received 7”, The Cignal disbanded and both Francini and Colby moved to New York City. It was here, several years later, that they met PJ Norman.
"Impossible to ignore." - Joe Marvilli, Consequence Of Sound
"A degree of genuine punch and something feels fiercely independent about it." - Daniel Dylan Wray, Glasswerk
"Glass Rifle are a sonic battering of dischordant power pop, with killer guitar licks offsetting fierce beats that literally pummel you into submission." - Zolton, Lost At E Minor
"It's tight, incredibly crafted and stands alongside any classic American underground sound… Both of these tracks are pushing that complex hardcore formula to it's limits, it's just an impressive contemporary take on a genre that remains relevant thanks to Glass Rifle." - Jason Dean, 7Inches
"Moving, unconventional and provocative. Blazing a new trail in contemporary music." - Tony Mastrianni, National Music Writer
"A singular sound that gets you tight to your chair... Awesome." - RJ Frometa, Vents Magazine
"Urgent Post-Punk attack, kicking the living shit out of your ears…in a good way!" - Route For The Underdog
"Like a Hold Steady raised on London punk and based in Brooklyn, Glass Rifle's delivery stays true to the varied roots of all its members by distorting the relentless energy of British rock with a Williamsburg flair." - Joe Puglisi, Baeble Music
"Early Mission of Burma filtered through the earliest releases on Invisible Records. Somehow it feels very familiar, yet completely new at the same time… For anyone who longs for the heyday when Amphetamine Reptile and Touch and Go weren't just labels, but institutions, this is as inviting as it gets." - Creaig Dunton, Brainwashed
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Django Voris
http://www.djangovoris.com
Born and raised in the deserts of Arizona, composer Django Voris found himself adept at learning new instruments from a young age. After acquiring skills in a handful of wind and brass (trumpet, trombone, flute, saxophone), and adding the guitar to his repertoire, he finally settled on piano as his instrument of choice. To create his distinct sound, Voris combined his multi-instrumental abilities with a longtime passion for computing (he learned CBASIC as a child on his grandfather's old portable Osborne 1). By utilizing samples and field recordings through his own computed processes he achieves a very modern multiple-format approach to music, where any sound source is an instrument.
"Sounds so cool..." - Nick Luscombe, BBC Radio 3, Late Junction
"Saucerful of electronic secrets... odd noises and children's toys take us on an amazing journey." - Carl F Gauze, Ink 19
"Crystal clear and at times fuzzy and indistinct, the polarizing effects work." - RareMediumWell
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tKatKa
http://www.tkatka.com
tKatKa, pronounced 'Te-Kat-Ker', craft a clever and classy collision of ambient musing and euphoric escapism that could melt the heart of even the most hardened anti-electro stalwart. The project is a collaboration between artists PJ Norman and Carlsson. That they have a history of playing in punk bands comes as no great surprise for they seem to genuinely, unpretentiously discard the notion of genre-based restraints, leaving them with a completely blank slate to hurl their imaginations at.
"Absolutely gorgeous" - Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 1
"A mash up of drum rhythms and soulful pads changing from uplifting to dark in a blink of an eyelid." - IDJ Magazine
"Very cool" - Nick Luscombe, BBC Radio 3/Flomotion
"The music that New York does best and loves best" - Annie Nightingale, BBC Radio 1
"A combination of guitars and electro sounds with the hint of a rattlesnake in the background." - Glasswerks
"The collection of songs tKatKa have produced are stunning." - God Is In The TV
"A whirring collage of warping electro beat melodies salaciously herded together under a glazing chassis of deliciously manicured updated Miami Vice like grandeur." - Losing Today
"The duo's mastery of beatwork is very evident, it's nice to hear a record more multi-dimensional than cold programming." - The Black And White Magazine
"Expect it to soundtrack a spooky art flick, but it won't because it's better than the film would be." - Bearded Magazine
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Tseuq
http://www.tseuq.com
Tseuq is the solo project of 100m Records collective co-founder Carlsson. A serial collaborator, his work has graced the releases of 100m groups Death By Sadie and tKatKa to critical opinon.
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100m Records is a boutique record label founded in 2004 around a close-knit scene of musicians and producers in North London, UK. Beyond London, the collective now has connections in New York, Stockholm and Zurich and the aim continues to be to release music from the core artists whilst providing a platform of opportunity to new and emerging artists. -
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