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Jozef Van Wissem

When Shall This Bright Day Begin

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Mary Halvorson Meltframe

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Ingrid Laubrock Ubatuba

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Bersarin Quartett III

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The Dutch minimalist Jozef Van Wissem’s celebrated lute compositions have met with universal acclaim, even bringing him the 2013 Cannes Film Festival Soundtrack Award for his score of Only Lovers Left Alive, a vampire film by Jim Jarmusch. When Shall This Bright Day Begin features eight new compositions that will feel both familiar and fresh, with Van Wissem pushing his compositions subtly away from a rigid contemporary classical style into a more open sound with an almost experimental dark folk/ rock orientated emphasis. Van Wissem even quite literally opens up his work, as he invited renowned artist Zola Jesus for two collaborations.

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“Centuries-old lute motifs filtered through 21st-century drone-rock sensibilities.”

“Jozef van Wissem wants to make the lute ‘sexy again,’ and Jim Jarmusch is helping him … simple [and haunting].”

Franks & Deans How Did You All Get in My Room?

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“As both an avant-garde composer and a baroque lutenist, the Dutch musician … is no stranger to dichotomy.”

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“Van Wissem’s compositions are heavy and mystic and set in hypnotic darkness, both on his own and with musicians like James Blackshaw, Smegma, Heiji Kaino, and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch.”

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Jozef Van Wissem: lutes, electronics, vocals Zola Jesus: vocals Track Listing: To lose yourself forever is eternal happiness • You can’t remain here • Detachment • The purified eye of the soul is placed in the circle of the eternal sun • The ecstasy of the golden cross • On the incomparable nobility of earthly suffering • Ruins • Death of the ego Key Markets: Hometown: Brooklyn. Also: Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland

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Genre: Avant Rock/Experimental Label: Consouling Sounds CD: CSD 65 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 4/1/16 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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• Acclaimed Dutch minimalist composer known for his score to the Jim Jarmusch film Only Lovers Left Alive, winner of the Cannes Film Festival Soundtrack Award (2013). • Features guest vocals by Zola Jesus. • Previous releases on Important Records, Incunabulum, and Persephone. • Glowing press coverage from the New York Times, Vogue, SPIN, Washington Post, Huffington Post, NPR, and more. • RIYL: Chelsea Wolfe, SQÜRL, Marissa Nadler.

Trio 000 Days to be Told

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• Promo campaign by Viral Propaganda.

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When Shall This Bright Day Begin

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World Be Free

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• Features members of Amenra and Black Heart Rebellion. • Mixed & mastered by Billy Anderson, known for his work with Melvins, Neurosis, Swans, and more. • Official release show with Crowbar, followed by a slew of concerts. • Track “Ruina. Where men go to die” was featured on the international Falling Down II compilation. • In-house promo campaign. • RIYL: Church of Ra, Syndrome, Neurosis, Old Man Gloom.

Kingdom Hemeltraan

Genre: Avant Rock Label: Consouling Sounds & Hypertension CD: CSD HYP 10 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak + Obi Strip, Box Lot 36 Street Date: 4/1/16 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Belgium’s Kingdom, featuring members of Amenra and Black Heart Rebellion, have started serving the masses with their debut album, separating themselves from false prophets. Hemeltraan is a slow, mature work of bleak drones, epic doom, and fuzzy sludge in five movements, which slowly draws listeners into an unfolding landscape of broken imagery and half-remembered screams. Both the heavy and the droning parts serve as an audible fog that slowly attacks your senses. Through the repetition of sludgy riffs built on sustained chords and eerie chanting, Hemeltraan hypnotizes its prey and conveys a brooding feeling of unease. Track Listing: Altema • Ruina. Where men go to die • A quiet • Rivers rage • Elude Key Markets: New York, Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland

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Ether was formed by members of various South Florida bands with the intention of creating riff-driven, down-tuned, guitar-heavy, doomtrodden metal. Not unlike the pioneers of their respective genres, Ether gathers influence from such mammoths as Eyehategod, Neurosis, Crowbar, Isis, Melvins, and the like, to carve their own perfectly miserable niche. Inspired by the human condition and the grimier side of life, Ether’s lyrics focus for the search for clarity in a godless world, unrealistic expectations of humanity, the skill of selfdestruction, and other miraculous facets of life. God drops a loaded gun on a table and walks away…

Ether Human Error

Genre: Metal Label: Dead Truth Recordings CD: DTH 19 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/1/16 d

Track Listing: Trainspotter • Beloved Palehorse • La Bella Vida • Under Ice and Sky • Dirt and Dust • Burden of Mankind • Interlude • Before Common Error Key Markets: Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL. Also: Orlando, Detroit, Louisville, New York, Philly, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas, New Orleans

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• Features members of Terror, Civ, Judge, Side By Side, Despair/Envy, Strife, and Gorilla Biscuits. • Guest vocals on “I’m Done” by Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Rival Schools). • Mixed by Nick Jett (Terror) at The Hydeaway. • Translucent orange LP includes digital download. • Cover art by Linas Garsys (American Nightmare, Ramallah, Bitter End). • RIYL: Dag Nasty, Uniform Choice, Minor Threat, Civ, 7 Seconds, Youth of Today.

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• Early track premiere by Noisey (Vice). • Upcoming U.S. tour dates TBA.

During Fall 2014, Scott Vogel (Terror/Buried Alive), Joe Garlipp (Envy), Andrew Kline (Strife), and Sammy Siegler (Judge/Civ/Rival Schools) joined together to start World Be Free. The band set out with the goal of making music that was more melodic and positive than what some were used to playing. They worked on crafting a sound that leaned heavily on the inspiration of the classic hardcore and punk albums they all grew up on, while adding a modern twist that kept it new and fresh. With no label, no real budget, and without anybody knowing what they were up to, the band decided it was time to make a record … and they knew that Revelation Records was the right choice all along. While these guys are still active in Terror, Gorilla Biscuits, Strife, Judge, and other bands, World Be Free is very much a priority — including playing live in 2016 in support of their debut release The Anti-Circle. “Trust us, World Be Free’s title track is actually a hardcore premiere you might want to hear … this new hardcore band is definitely special.”

“The whole lineup’s pretty impressive, with Terror’s Scott Vogel on vocals, Strife’s Andrew Kline on guitar, Gorilla Biscuits member Arthur Smilios on bass, and Joe Garlipp of Envy (the NY band, not the Japanese band) and Despair on guitar.”

“Classic-influenced, melodic, and positive hardcore.”

Genre: Hardcore Label: Revelation Records CD: RHQ 162 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/1/16

VINYL: RHQ 162 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/1/16 ORANGE

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Scott Vogel: vox Sammy Siegler: drums Joe Garlipp: guitar Andrew Kline: guitar Arthur Smilios: bass Track Listing: World Be Free • Shake The Ghost • All These Colors • Empty Things • Never Slip • Breakout Or Busted • The Anti-Circle • I’m Done • What I See • Sammy’s Mirror • I Erase You • Of My World • Promises Made • Counting Vices Key Markets: Hometown: Los Angeles. Also: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago

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• Features members of Remembering Never, Bishop, and Until the End. • Shows with Weedeater, ASG, Cough, Torche, and Junior Bruce. • Has generated buzz with updates on Lambgoat/PRP. • East Coast touring in Summer 2016. • RIYL: Neurosis, EyeHategod, Crowbar, Isis, Thoue, Irreversible.

The Anti-Circle

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• Mary Halvorson’s acclaimed Meltframe finally available on vinyl! • CD release named #7 in NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll Top 10. • 180-gram clear vinyl with download card included. • Gatefold cover and custom inner sleeve artwork. The latest album from Mary Halvorson — named #7 in NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll Top 10 — now available on vinyl! Initially conceived as a solo guitar album made up of jazz standards, the final document is comprised of modern compositions long admired by Mary, the oldest being Duke Ellington’s “Solitude.” The remainder of the pieces date from the 1960s, through to Tomas Fujiwara’s contemporary “When.” SIDE A: Cascades (Oliver Nelson) • Blood (Annette Peacock) • Cheshire Hotel (Noël Akchoté) • Sadness (Ornette Coleman) • Solitude (Duke Ellington) • SIDE B: Ida Lupino (Carla Bley) • Aisha (McCoy Tyner) • Platform (Chris Lightcap) • When (Tomas Fujiwara) • Leola (Roscoe Mitchell)

Mary Halvorson Meltframe

“One of the most exciting and original guitarists in jazz — or otherwise.” — WALL STREET JOURNAL

Genre: Jazz Label: Firehouse 12 Records VINYL: FHR 8021 Price Code: 3J (SRP $29.99) Number of Discs: 1 Gatefold LP Jacket, Box Lot 8 Street Date: 4/1/16 d

“A credible vision of jazz’s near future.” — NATE CHINEN, NEW YORK TIMES

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Gorgeous seven-CD set of Braxton’s interpretation of the music of Lennie Tristano and associated colleagues including Billy Bauer, Connie Crothers, Warne Marsh, and Sal Mosca, among others.

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Anthony Braxton: piano André Vida: saxophones Jackson Moore: saxophones Eivind Opsvik: bass Mike Szekely: drums 61 Tracks Include: Crosscurrent • Ice Cream Konitz • Dreams [6:53] • Two-Way (Duo) • Casino • No Figs (Quartet) • 317 East 32nd Street • Sound-Lee • and more Key Markets: Hometown: New York. Also: Chicago, Boston, San Francisco

Available as three CDs or one Blu-ray Audio disc. Includes 20-page booklet with liner notes by Anthony Braxton. Design by Yesium Tosuner using excerpts of Braxton scores. Representation through Sacks & Co. in New York.

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Genre: Jazz Label: New Braxton House Records 7xCD: FHR NBH 905 Price Code: 10I (SRP $109.99) Number of Discs: 7 Box Set, Box Lot 13 Street Date: 4/1/16

Genre: Avant Jazz/Experimental Label: Firehouse 12 Records 3xCD: FHR 2020 Blu-ray Audio: FHR 4020 Price Code: 2P (SRP $33.99) Price Code: 4I (SRP $43.99) Number of Discs: 3 Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 14 Digipak, Box Lot 50 Street Date: 4/1/16 Street Date: 4/1/16 d

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• Features Jen Shyu, currently riding a wave of critical acclaim including multiple year-end Top 10 lists. • Deluxe box set includes four CDs plus a Blu-ray disc featuring a live performance of the complete work. • Extensive booklet contains libretto and notes by Braxton. • Representation through Sacks & Co. in New York.

Anthony Braxton’s latest opera Trillium J presented in a multi-media box set containing live performance video on Blu-ray disc and studio recording on a four-CD set.

Anthony Braxton: saxophones, iPod Taylor Ho Bynum: brass, iPod Mary Halvorson: guitar, iPod Jessica Pavone: violin, viola, iPod Jay Rozen: tuba, iPod Aaron Siegel: percussion, iPod Carl Testa: bass, bass clarinet, iPod

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Track Listing: Composition No. 372 • Composition No. 373 • Composition No. 377

DISC ONE (CD): Act I • DISC TWO (CD): Act II • DISC THREE (CD): Act III • DISC FOUR (CD): Act IV • DISC FIVE (BD): Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV

Key Markets: Hometown: New York. Also: Chicago, Boston, San Francisco

New Braxton

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Anthony Braxton: conductor, composer Taylor Ho Bynum: co-conductor Jen Shyu: soprano Ingrid Laubrock: soprano saxophone Dan Peck: tuba …and many more!

BD Specs: Region Free, 16:9 (Widescreen), Color, English (Stereo), Not Rated, Run Time: 215 min

Anthony Braxton Trillium J

Genre: Jazz Label: New Braxton House Records 4xCD + Blu-ray: FHR NBH 906 Price Code: 10I (SRP $109.99) Number of Discs: 5 Box Set, Box Lot 4 Street Date: 4/1/16 d

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House Records

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Anthony Braxton 3 Compositions [EEMHM] 2011

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Anthony Braxton Quintet [Tristano] 2014

The origin recording of Braxton’s latest immersive musical system, Echo Echo Mirror House Music, available as 3-CD Box Set or 5.1 Surround Sound Pure Audio Blu-ray, with composer’s notes and score illustrations.

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Gorgeous new seven-CD box set. Features Anthony Braxton on piano. Liner notes by noted author and NPR contributor Kevin Whitehead. Representation through Sacks & Co. in New York.

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Key Markets: Hometown: New York. Also: Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle

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Various Artists

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• Debut album from all-female Vegas powerhouse The Negative Nancys. • Features former members of The Dirty Panties and The Seriouslys. • Limited edition colored vinyl includes digital download card. • Promoted by SquidHat Records as part of their national print, radio, and social media campaigns. • Submission to over 8,000 radio and print media outlets. • Print advertising in New York Waste, Substream, Razorcake, and Vegas Seven. • RIYL: The Runaways, Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, Slant 6, Le Tigre.

Powerhouse Las Vegas band The Negative Nancys might be all female, but that is WHAT they are, not WHO they are. Formed from the blood and sweat of a thousand dive bar gigs, Kate78, Kelley, Penelope, and Eva play rebellious, infectious, in-your-face punk rock with a distinctive style. Track Listing: Headsick • Mean Girl • Cup Cake; So What • I Wish Godzilla Was Real • Sorry, Not Sorry • Minority Report • Sunny Place • Dead Friends • Vegan Strip Club Riot

The Negative Nancys Sorry, Not Sorry Genre: Punk

Label: SquidHat Records CD: SQD 3756 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 50 Street Date: 4/1/16 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

“Aggressive, fast, and awesome!” — PUNKS IN VEGAS VINYL: SQD 3755 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot 60 Street Date: 4/1/16 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Key Markets: Hometown: Las Vegas. Also: San Diego, New York, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York

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Thomas Köner Tiento de la Luz

Genre: Avant Rock/Classical Label: Denovali Records VINYL: DNV 249 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 1 Gatefold LP Jacket, Box Lot 40 Street Date: 4/1/16

180-gram vinyl features matte gatefold covers and digital download. Hailed as “a major innovator in the contemporary music scene,” (Louvre Museum), Thomas Köner’s second piano-centered album features a diverse range of classical instruments in addition to his distinct live electronics. Claiming that music does not exist, he focuses on tone color, which he considers to be the luminous resonance of sound. “Imagine each passage as a continual pricking of the senses: the strike, bloom, afterimage, and decay of each tone cluster become the arc of a life unfolding in endless variations.” — THE WIRE SIDE A: Tiento de la Luz 1 • Tiento de la Luz 2 • Tiento de la Luz 3 • SIDE B: Tiento de la Luz 4 • Tiento de la Luz 5 • Tiento de la Luz 6

• Thirteen never-before-released tracks of Vegas punk bands covering Prince! • Features Guilty By Association, Franks & Deans, Mercy Music, The Dirty Panties, and more. • RIYL: Prince, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, NOFX, Rancid, Green Day, Blink-182.

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• Promoted by SquidHat Records to national print, radio, and social media outlets. • Print advertising in New York Waste, Substream, Razorcake, and Vegas Seven.

Combining rock, R&B, soul, funk, psychedelia, jazz, and pop, Prince has been an innovator, influence, and icon for over three decades. Now, some of Las Vegas’ best punk bands unite to share their unique takes on his classic songs! Participating bands were given only two instructions: pick any song you like, and make it your own. From the face-melting hardcore of Guilty By Association to the soulful guitar heroics of Mercy Music and beyond, this 13-track homage to the music legend is sure to thrill all Prince fans … and maybe create some new ones in the process! Genre: Punk Label: SquidHat Records CD: SQD 3121 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 50 Street Date: 4/1/16 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT d

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Genre: Avant Rock/Ambient Label: Denovali Records VINYL: DNV 251 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 1 Gatefold LP Jacket, Box Lot 40 Street Date: 4/1/16

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180-gram vinyl features matte gatefold covers and digital download. On this new album from Piano Interrupted, pulsating soundscapes of deconstructed, mangled, and texturized African percussion serve as the base for delicate piano phrases and intricate compositions, interlaced with fluid double bass playing. Recorded partly in Senegal, with local musicians playing traditional instruments, Landscapes of the Unfinished is the duo’s third album for German experimental label Denovali Records. “A potpourri of sounds created from very elegant and oddly charming evolutions.” — NEURAL SIDE A: Waraba • Abdou Kadre • Vieux • Mamadou Fall • SIDE B: Oumar Konte • Sara Ba • Vieux (Reprise) • Jean Luc Diola • Pape Malick Diome

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Track Listing: The Heiz: Delirious • New Cold War: I Would Die 4 U • Negative Nancys: Sister • Franks & Deans: Jungle Love • Guilty By Association: Let’s Go Crazy • The New Waves: Erotic City • Mercy Music: Purple Rain • The People’s Whiskey: I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man • The Quitters: Jack U Off • The Dirty Panties: Raspberry Beret • SquidHat Allstars: When U Were Mine • Mustang Ranch Hands: The Most Beautiful Girl In The World • Dr. Phobic and the Phobic-Tones: When Doves Cry Key Markets: Hometown: Las Vegas. Also: New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis

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Piano Interrupted Landscape of the Unfinished

PunkSexy: A Las Vegas Punk Rock Tribute to Prince

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EXCLUSIVELY FOR RECORD STORE DAY Various Artists PunkSexy: A Las Vegas Punk Rock Tribute To Prince Genre: Punk Label: SquidHat Records VINYL: SQD 1999 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot 60 Street Date: 4/16/16 d

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PURPLE VINYL

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SIDE A

• Eleven never-before-released tracks of Vegas punk bands covering Prince. • Limited edition purple vinyl — only 500 pressed. • Includes digital download card. • Produced exclusively for Record Store Day 2016. • Features Guilty By Association, Franks & Deans, Mercy Music, The Dirty Panties, and more. • RIYL: Prince, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, NOFX, Rancid.

• The Heiz: Delirious

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Combining rock, R&B, soul, funk, psychedelia, jazz, and pop, Prince has been an innovator, influence, and icon for over three decades. Now, some of Las Vegas’ best punk bands unite to share their unique takes on his classic songs! Participating bands were given only two instructions: pick any song you like, and make it your own. From the face-melting hardcore of Guilty By Association to the soulful guitar heroics of Mercy Music and beyond, this 11-track homage to the music legend is sure to thrill all Prince fans … and maybe create some new ones in the process!

• New Cold War: I Would Die 4 U • Negative Nancys: Sister • Franks & Deans: Jungle Love • Guilty By Association: Let’s Go Crazy • The New Waves: Erotic City

• Mercy Music: Purple Rain • The People’s Whiskey: I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man • The Quitters: Jack U Off • The Dirty Panties: Raspberry Beret • SquidHat Allstars: When U Were Mine

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