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nm#11 / Cody Oliver / untitled #1

2008-07-20T16:03:00.000-07:00

Cody Oliver / untitled #1 / cdr

Released July 20, 2008
48:34

The first of Cody Oliver's untitled recordings, a remix of a longer piece composed for the EPCOR for the Performing Arts. Long, quiet drones and field recordings that build to a blistering cacophony of spiraling, but not unpleasant, noise.

10$

nm#10 / alps / forward

2008-07-20T15:53:00.000-07:00

alps / forward / 3"cdr

released July 20, 2008
12:54
edition of 31

More digital, tape & field recording manipulation, pulled from the archives and remixed/deconstructed.

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hla-003 / Chinpira / Yubitsume

2008-01-19T17:47:00.000-08:00

Chinpira / Yubitsume / cdr

released January 19 2008
47:27

Chimpira is the saxophone & guitar noise improv duo of Dan Meichel (tokyosexwhale, Street of Crocodiles, Scum de Terre) and Cody Oliver, combining a double dose of free jazz and truculent noise. Dexterous and rough improvisations, unprocessed and raw, with no overdubing.

10$

nm#9 / Cody Oliver / Yamadori

2008-01-14T17:55:00.000-08:00

Cody Oliver / Yamadori / cdr

re-released January 14 2008
46:45

After making the relentless minimalism of REPETITION, Cody Oliver has turned his attention to the quieter end of the spectrum. For Yamadori, electronic and acoustic source sounds have been pushed to peak volumes before being reduced to near inaudible levels. Adding acoustic instrumentation, field recordings and endlessly layered accordions, Yamadori ranges from gentle, quiet arrangements of harsh noise to massive swarming drones.

Originally released in 2003

10$

nm#8 / Cody Oliver / Repetition

2007-12-02T07:55:00.000-08:00

Cody Oliver / Repetition / cdr

re-releases December 2 2007
46:02

Using only the guitar and computer to generate material to be sampled and assembled, Repetition is a massively layered, dense cluster of tonal streams.

Originally released in 2002.

10$

nm#7 / Cody Oliver / Solo Acoustic Electronic

2007-11-30T14:50:00.000-08:00

Cody Oliver / Solo Acoustic Electronic / cdr

re-released November 30 2007
30:04

Cody Oliver attacks his tape collection with digital editors and processors, creating a disorientating, electro-acoustic mass. "There are listeners out there who whine about a supposed 'glut' of homemade compact discs from improvisers, but the activity should really be supported if the outcome is as excellent as this."-Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide

Originally released in 2001

10$ (OUT OF PRINT AT THE MOMENT! WILL BE AVAILABLE AGAIN SOON)

nm#6 / alps / Colle di Melogno

2007-09-07T16:20:00.000-07:00

alps / Colle di Melogno / 3"cdr

released September 7, 2007
21:59
edition of 30

New batch of short noise bits stiched and stuck together from various sources, locations and formats. Grimey electronics, guitar and tape pieces edited with care and technology.

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nm#4 / NAA / List of Objects

2007-05-04T09:22:00.000-07:00

NAA / List of Objects / 3"cdr

released May 4 2007
22:30
edition of 22

side one 9:36
side two 9:21

Recorded in 1998, List of Objects was the last of Cody Oliver's self-released, lo-fi tape-noise cassettes under the name NAA. Originally released as a micro edition of 15 C-20 cassettes, now digitalized as a new micro edition of 22 3"cdrs...

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nm#3 / Hoad & Hoak / RAT-RUN

2007-03-07T13:45:00.000-08:00

Hoad & Hoak / RAT-FUN / 3"cdr

released March 7 2007
22:30
edition of 25

Hoad - drums, etc.
Hoak - guitar, etc.

Rock and roll, noise, electro- acoustics, jazz, electronics and improvisation mixed and mashed together both precisly and randomly.

6$

nm#2 / Cody Oliver / Acer

2006-12-23T10:01:00.000-08:00

Cody Oliver / Acer / rink cdr

released December 23 2006
4:25
edition of 25

Four an a half minute electro-acoustic exercise. The sound of grave digging and a French eulogy cut and assembled into a pastoral, tonal celebration.

Slick corporate tin box package.

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nm#1 / alps

2006-12-22T16:22:00.000-08:00

alps / alps #1 / 3" cdr

released December 22 2006
23:52
Edition of 19

Relentless and minimailistic, verging on pure white noise, alps makes overwhelming doses of motionless, ferocious sound that assaults everthing, all at once, all the time.

Packaged in folded corrugated cardboard and held together with a lino-cut printed band.

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house leek audio - cd release - Thom Golub & Cody Oliver

2006-12-16T00:00:00.000-08:00

Cody Oliver / microclimate / hla-001 / cd

33:45
audio-art

…sonic investigations of gradual climate change and rapid local weather shifts, microclimate sketches an abstract account of the trials of agriculture and gardening, and submits loaded predictions of the future movements made of small segments of the environment…

12$

Thom Golub / Lexicon / hla-002 / cd

22:52
improvisation

A solo improvisation, recorded perhaps under duress, Lexicon is a miniature document of Thom Golub’s celebrational, monumental and sustained attack-style of the double bass. Relentlessly and ruthlessly scrambling through passages between dissonance and tunefulness, extended and traditional technique, Lexicon demonstrates the full sonic palette of the acoustic bass and culminates precariously between free improvisation and pure aural candy.

10$