Youth Code_King Yosef
The power collab of Youth Code & King Yosef on A Skeleton Key in the Doors of Depression yields a ripper of an industrial banger. With distinct black metal, hardcore and ebm sounds forged together in wholly exciting innovative way. This one is absolutely breathless and raw and I fucking love it.
A Skeleton Key is out and highly recommended. Mixed by King Yosef and Youth Code. Mastered for digital by Arthur Rizk and mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon.
Benét
Benét is out of the gate with their first EP, Game Over! Based in Richmond, VA, Benét is the creative force behind the tracks, performing and co-producing each track with Cameron Smith. The EP is R&B gold with some nü-disco vibes. It lays honest candor with seriously sick hooks. We cannot wait to hear more from this artist!
Game Over! is out now on Bayonet Records. It was mixed by Billy Pavone and mastered for all formats by Amy Dragon.
Marv
Marv's Keyboard Suite Vol. I has finally made it way into the world. It is a stunning masterpiece album that is melancholic and achingly beautiful. This is the record that will be a cornerstone and played on repeat within an ambient collection.
Pre-released on enmossed but sold out in preorders (all proceeds went to Carolina Abortion Fund in Durham, NC); you can still grab a copy of the vinyl on All Day Records. Mixdown collaboration by Glyn Maier. It was mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph
MattxIbarra
MattxIbarra has remastered and reissued his gorgeous album, Seventeen, broadening the release format to include a limited edition Double LP vinyl package. This album is sonically densely layered while still managing to an overarching minimalist yet hypnotic flow.
Out now. Remastered with lacquers cut by Amy Dragon.
Rose City Band
Ripley Johnson has graced us again with “Earth Trip”, the third release from his solo project. It’s a beautiful album that is truly a billet-doux to the natural world. It’s impossible not to be lifted and carried away to calm with this one.
“Earth Trip” is out now on Thrill Jockey, though last I checked inventory was low and going fast. It was recorded by Colin Stewart at The Hive, mixed by Cooper Crain at Electrical Audio, and mastered for all formats by Amy Dragon.
John Bence
John Bence has delighted us once again with his brilliant new release 'Love". With expansive piano performances, this may be one of his best yet. Powerful, raw and highly emotional, Bence walks us though a time of sobering clarity and a shift towards the light. Do take some time to listen through.
'Love' was released on Thrill Jockey. It was mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph.
Slant
SLANT are back with '1집', a searing blast of hardcore rage. It's incredible. Hailing from Seoul, South Korea and taking center stage on the International hardcore stage- I cannot get enough of this band. If you are a fan of 80's hardcore legends, get your hands on '1집'.
First pressing sold out quickly but a repress is available again on Iron Lung and offered in special edition colored vinyl options. It was mastered for vinyl/ cut by Amy Dragon at Telegraph.
Clever Girls
Clever Girls's newest album 'Constellations" is an absolute gift. It walks a listener though the both relatable and highly personal story of the isolation that can ensue while exploring ones inner compass. It aches beautifully of the pain that comes from growth. The honesty of this album is truly special.
The vinyl sold out in pre sales, but definitely check back for re press options. 'Constellations’ was recorded, mixed, and produced by Chaimes Parker at Big Nice Studio. It was mastered for all formats by Amy Dragon at Telegraph.
GG King
GG King "Remain Intact" is here. Greg King's (vocalist with Atlanta legends Carbonas) GG King project has delivered us another pure garage punk rockers dream. "Remain Intact" is truly a blast from start to finish.
Out now on Total Punk Records. It was mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph.
Infinite X's
Infinite X's sole self titled release from 2002 has been unleashed. "Queercore super group featuring Jody Bleyle (Team Dresch) and Tamala Poljak (Longstocking) remastered from the original tapes and available on vinyl and digital for the first time". It originally came out on Chainsaw Records and it still manages to sound fantastic and catchy as hell by today's standards.
This is the 200th release from Jealous Butcher, housed in a gold foil stamped jacket with a printed inner sleeve and pressed on a limited edition of 300 gold vinyl LPs, get it while it lasts. Transferred and re mastered from the original studio tapes then mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering.
Montclaire
Montclaire "Future Fear" is the first full length release by Sabrina Velazquez. It is a truly lovely collection of songs that convey a sense of grit in storytelling for matters of the heart and facing the worlds uncertainty with brave eyes open. It's all beautifully arranged and performed and worthy of praise. Check it out.
Recorded, Produced and Mixed by John Askew. Mastered for all formats by Amy Dragon.
XYLITOL
XYLITOL's "I’m Pretty Sure I Would Know If Reality Were Fundamentally Different Than I Perceived It To Be" EP has been a long time coming and it came and went with a flash. It was a limited edition release with all proceeds from this record going to benefit Black Fem Defense, a Baltimore-based organization that makes self-defense tools and training accessible to Black queer youth. In addition to being a fantastic cause, the album is a total ripper.
Recorded by Captain Tripps Ballsington at High Command in Olympia, WA. It was released on Thrilling Living and mastered for all formats by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering.
Kimié Miner
Kimié Miner, a Grammy Nominated Producer, Singer-Songwriter, Recording Artist, Music Publisher and owner of HAKU COLLECTIVE label is out with a brand new album: Children of the Sea (Nā Kama Kai). This release is a blast of gorgeous Hawaiian sunshine and good vibes. "It was released by HAKU Collective "not for profit to support non-profit Nā Kama Kai committed to empowering keiki to embrace a deeper sense of aloha and personal understanding of their kūleana (responsibility) for Hawai’i’s natural environment. It shares important messages of conservation, ocean safety and interconnectivity told through the voices of Hawai’i’s children."
It was mastered for all formats by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering.
Plankton Wat
Portland musician Dewey Mahood,the genius behind Plankton Wat, is out with this gorgeous album 'Future Times'. Mahood teamed up with Dustin Dybvig and engineer/producer Victor Nash to create a regional experiential time capsule. This album was recorded in the spring of 2020, when the pandemic began and the feelings of uncertainty were amplified by racial injustice and coastal wildfires. "Future Times taps into psychedelia’s counter-cultural heritage as music for protest, liberation and imagining new ways of being in this world." Get this album while you can still pre order it.
'Future Times' was mastered for all formats by Amy Dragon.
John Jeffery
John Jeffery, drummer from Moon Duo, has released a solo project 'Passage'. Get bathed in the warm, minimalist and ambient glow of this instrumental album. Grab a copy now; available on Jean Sandwich Records.
’Passage' was recorded at The Hive, with engineer Colin Stewart. It was mastered by Gavin Gardiner and mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering.
Holy Sons
Holy Sons is out with this gorgeous double LP, "Raw and Disfigured". This album certainly delivers. Emil Amos, of Om, Grails, and Lilacs and Champagne showcases his brilliance in this searing and comprehensive release. Emil "draws thematically from the archetypal tale of Quasimodo and classic ghost story imagery to illustrate the “hero’s journey” in the time of a coming apocalypse." The vinyl sold out almost immediately, so definitely check back in for a repress.
Out on Thrill Jockey. Mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph.
Florian T M Zeisig
Florian T M Zeisig is out with a vinyl debut 'Coatcheck'. This album is a dub-techno gem of perfection. Succinctly poised rises and decays of ambient dreamlike textures guide listeners through this memorable album. The original pressing sold out immediately, but a repress is on the way and online. All proceeds to Women In Exile (Berlin, GER) - www.women-in-exile.net
'Coatcheck' is released on Enmossed. It was mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering.
Teyuna Mamos and Zaha
Indigenous Peoples from the of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta joined together for a special recording of ancient ceremonial 'Music for the Mother'. From Underwater Panther Coalition: "The mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Colombia are the sacred ancestral lands of Indigenous Peoples: the Kogi, Arhuaco, Wiwa, and Kankuamo. Together, they number over 30,000 people. The inhabitants share the belief that they are the guardians of the heart of the world. Their spiritual leaders are called Mamos. The Mamo is charged with maintaining the natural order of the world through songs, meditations and ritual offerings. Through deep meditation, ritual offerings, songs, and prayers, the Mamos follow the law of caring for the Sierra Nevada to maintain the equilibrium of life for the sacred mountains and the entire world. They are concerned that non-Indigenous people are plundering and dismembering the Earth. This a first of it's kind album of ancestral music from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. “
Mastered for all formats by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering.
MoPOP Founders: Alice in Chains
Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) honored Alice in Chains with their annual 2020 Founders Award. The streaming benefit aired December 1 to support this historic museum, featured some top notch acts performing tribute covers of Alice in Chains tunes with the buzz from some of these special performances lasting for days after the program aired. Due to the pandemic, many of the recordings were tracked remotely; Geoff Ott of London Bridge Studio in Seattle tracked and mixed the artists who recorded on site at the museum. Performances by: Alice In Chains, Liv Warfield, Lily Cornell with Chris Degarmo, Kim Thayil with Krist Novoselic, Soundgarden, & Shaina Shepherd.
It's available for streaming on Amazon Music. Selected tracks above were mastered by Amy Dragon.
Metzger & Bauer
Metzger & Bauer is back direct from Switzerland with a new release after a five year hiatus. Crocodile de Jungle is a gauzy haunting album. From Burning Sound Records : “Slowness is a necessary answer to the infinite insanity of this world. Metzger und Bauer are taking their time to compose their album and to build their songs… subtle, melancholic layers of sensitive sonic feelings with weird poetic vocals in french or english surfing over… sensual beautiful sadness sparking in the dark…”
Crocodile de Jungle is out now. It was mixed by Sirup Gagaville/Yagwud Mobil Studio, and mastered for all formats by Amy Dragon at Telegraph