Author: bleed Air
Date: 26. October 2020
25 Artists. 25 C-5 (that’s 2:30 per side) cassettes with two tracks (exclusive B-side). Strictly limited to 10 hand-dubbed copies each. Custom design.
superpolar Taïps proudly presents the second release of its Cassette Single series.
The Master Musicians of Dyffryn Moor are a ragtag band of percussionists from a parallel Wales where rituals and folklore dominate contemporary life.
The “Blessing of the Hand-Sanitizer” ritual gives thanks for the anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties of this in-demand substance, and aims to ensure its plentiful supply. The ceremony documented here took place in Llangollen, and was led by local elder Carnedd Aur.
The “Blessing of the Spam Filters” ritual gives thanks for protection against unwanted pharmaceutical offers and banking scams. Timing of the ritual is crucial, and 2:30 is generally believed to be the optimal length. Less than this, and the filters are feared to become ineffective. Longer rituals, on the other hand, are thought to lead to an increasing number of false positives.
Author: bleed Air
Date: 20. October 2020
30 35 (then, it’ll really be over) Artists. 35 cassette singles. Exclusive B-sides. Individual artworks. A limited number hand-dubbed copies per tape and artist Eventually, all tracks will be released on a compilation (digital/cassette), planned for … I don’t know, maybe end 2022 or beginning 2023. That’s the SPT Cassingle series in a nutshell.
The first two batches of three were released on Friday 6 November and 4 December 2020 and quickly sold out. First artists were Tiger Village (SPT03), The Master Musicians of Dyffryn Moor (SPT04), Harald Sack Ziegler (SPT05), qualchan., German Army and Modus Pony. Thank you all so much for this!
Contributing artists: Orca, Attack! (Elizabeth Joan Kelly & David Rodriguez), Cruel Diagonals, moduS ponY, Nicholas Langley, Emerging Industries of Wuppertal, Phirnis, Whettman Chelmets, Aros E-V, Carlos Perea Milla aka Melquiades, qualchan., German Army, Stichflamme Dormagen, bleed Air, Ball Geographie, Leaaves, Francesco Ameglio/I Was Listening To Tapes In Tokyo, Tiger Village, The Master Musicians of Dyffryn Moor, Harald Sack Ziegler, Daniel Saylor, Adderall Canyonly, Jamie Orlando/Zigra, The Tuesday Night Machines, Robin Barnick, Therapeutische Hoergruppe, QST, Von Heuser, Chorchill, Cinchel, Hualun, Ffion, Petridisch, Yves Malone, Letters from Mouse, Goodparley.
Stay tuned for more details on the individual releases and artists mentioned over at Bandcamp or here.
