Current plans for 2011 include the following...
E=mc22
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer LP+7"+CD set (both 1-sided)
Almost done.
Gonna be a beaut...
E=mc24
Taming The Outback "1986-1989" CD.
This long-in-the-making project is almost done. I had some problems with the 24-page booklet (currently being re-printed) but it all looks and sounds great! Comes in a super-thick Stoughton-style gatefold sleeve, a 2-sided mini-poster plus the aforementioned booklet. Initial copies will also come with a great sticker.
There is also going to 75-copy 7" by 7" embossed box-set version featuring 4 badges (buttons), a copy of the band's only 7" and other goodies.
E=mc25
Bad Losers
Plan to press 100-copies of this LP with proper printed labels, booklet and stuff...
E=mc27
Troum "SAIWS" pic disc 7"
We HOPE to have this in a liquid-filled (gel) sleeve. We'll see. Planning to make about 150 of these - all depends on how the sleeve comes along 9and costs!)
E=mc28 ... ????
Right now no plans ... we'll see.
The "music biz" is in a parlous state right now.
Many of my favourite record shops have shut and life is tough for many many artists and labels. We'll persevere though ...
Cheers and happy 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Pepe Wismeer LP now finally out.
At last ...
this long-in-the-making LP is complete and available and with 100 copies in total it'll surely make the Xmas #1 in the hot top pop charts...
Seriously - it looks great.
Beta-lactam Ring have copies and Forced Exposure should be getting some copies soon.
The band have some as well.
While the records arrived in August - getting the sleeves and inserts together correctly took much longer than expected.
Comes with a 2-sided card insert, an 8-page stapled booklet and another insert explaining the rather unusual pressing process used to make the record (which cannot be re-pressed!).
I'll be on holiday from 24th Dec to mid-January 2011 - so any orders placed in this period will not be shipped until I get back to EQ-Towers.
Cheers
this long-in-the-making LP is complete and available and with 100 copies in total it'll surely make the Xmas #1 in the hot top pop charts...
Seriously - it looks great.
Beta-lactam Ring have copies and Forced Exposure should be getting some copies soon.
The band have some as well.
While the records arrived in August - getting the sleeves and inserts together correctly took much longer than expected.
Comes with a 2-sided card insert, an 8-page stapled booklet and another insert explaining the rather unusual pressing process used to make the record (which cannot be re-pressed!).
I'll be on holiday from 24th Dec to mid-January 2011 - so any orders placed in this period will not be shipped until I get back to EQ-Towers.
Cheers
Monday, August 2, 2010
Pepe Wismeer - 100-copy LP coming soon
Vinyl-fetishists alert.
I have just taken receipt of 100 copies of the new LP by Pepe Wismeer (this is not a person but a duo from France with quite a long pedigree of CDs, CD-Rs and some vinyl).
The LP, titled "musi" contains some sublime music.
For some amazing reason (most probably due to magic fairy dust, this has been confirme3d by real scientists...) the audio on the vinyl sounds SOOO much better than the CD copy.
This is a full-length, coherent LP with full printed labels - each numbered.
We are still working on the cover - but there will be inserts and - I hope - a small stapled booklet (we'll see) - the band are currently on holiday.
This record was pressed on standard 140g vinyl using a new process called a "Father Press" - which eliminates the need of a "Mother" plate BUT means you cannot press any more than 100 copies or so. The only way to re-press is to cut another master. So this is a unique item!
Sound quality is superb.
Cat # is E=mc26 and more details will come when I know myself.
I am hoping to coincide this release with a full re-issue of some earlier Pepe Wismeer CDs by Beta-lactam Ring later this year. Watch this space.
That's it for now - except to say the Blue Sabbath Black Cheer record (E=mc22) is still ongoing - this is a major (sorry, I mean MAJOR) effort by all involved and the final result - if it all goes according to our fiendish plans - will be spectacular (expensive ... but spectacular...)
I have just taken receipt of 100 copies of the new LP by Pepe Wismeer (this is not a person but a duo from France with quite a long pedigree of CDs, CD-Rs and some vinyl).
The LP, titled "musi" contains some sublime music.
For some amazing reason (most probably due to magic fairy dust, this has been confirme3d by real scientists...) the audio on the vinyl sounds SOOO much better than the CD copy.
This is a full-length, coherent LP with full printed labels - each numbered.
We are still working on the cover - but there will be inserts and - I hope - a small stapled booklet (we'll see) - the band are currently on holiday.
This record was pressed on standard 140g vinyl using a new process called a "Father Press" - which eliminates the need of a "Mother" plate BUT means you cannot press any more than 100 copies or so. The only way to re-press is to cut another master. So this is a unique item!
Sound quality is superb.
Cat # is E=mc26 and more details will come when I know myself.
I am hoping to coincide this release with a full re-issue of some earlier Pepe Wismeer CDs by Beta-lactam Ring later this year. Watch this space.
That's it for now - except to say the Blue Sabbath Black Cheer record (E=mc22) is still ongoing - this is a major (sorry, I mean MAJOR) effort by all involved and the final result - if it all goes according to our fiendish plans - will be spectacular (expensive ... but spectacular...)
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Organum Digital Bootlegging
David Jackman is very distressed to learn that ALL his work - including Valentin (which has only just been released) - has been pirated as digital downloads.
Nothing at all of the David Jackman / Organum catalog has ever been issued as digital downloads.
Nothing.
While the march of the internet is inevitable and unrelenting - we politely request that no-one uses these pirate download services.
The people involved are nothing more than criminal parasites, they do no social good at all and simply undermine everything that true independent artists and labels work so hard to achieve.
No wonder most small indie labels and artists are struggling.
On another matter - the Blue Sabbath Black Cheer release is moving forward - slowly...
But the final product is going to be spectacular (and that is a completely unbiased opinion of course).
Nothing at all of the David Jackman / Organum catalog has ever been issued as digital downloads.
Nothing.
While the march of the internet is inevitable and unrelenting - we politely request that no-one uses these pirate download services.
The people involved are nothing more than criminal parasites, they do no social good at all and simply undermine everything that true independent artists and labels work so hard to achieve.
No wonder most small indie labels and artists are struggling.
On another matter - the Blue Sabbath Black Cheer release is moving forward - slowly...
But the final product is going to be spectacular (and that is a completely unbiased opinion of course).
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Organum "Valentin" - pre-orders now being taken
Ready to go!
After lots of work and stuff we're now ready to take pre-orders for this great addition to the amazing catalog of Organum - a discography that stretches back to 1979...
2 version are available:
Meditiations in Japan will be getting some copies (soon) plus Forced Exposure have copies (they supply almost everyone, everywhere). If you are in California please check Aquarius Records who will be getting copies too (I hope).
Finally, you may think the price is a little high for a 7" single: True - but this item cost a lot to design, master and manufacture - when you see it you'll appreciate why. A worthy addition to the Organum catalog.
After lots of work and stuff we're now ready to take pre-orders for this great addition to the amazing catalog of Organum - a discography that stretches back to 1979...
2 version are available:
- "Standard" version - 233 numbered copies, heavy matte-finish picture sleeve + matching insert.
- Picture Disc version - 81 numbered copies (with same insert as regular edition but no picture sleeve) + PVC pic disc bag.
Meditiations in Japan will be getting some copies (soon) plus Forced Exposure have copies (they supply almost everyone, everywhere). If you are in California please check Aquarius Records who will be getting copies too (I hope).
Finally, you may think the price is a little high for a 7" single: True - but this item cost a lot to design, master and manufacture - when you see it you'll appreciate why. A worthy addition to the Organum catalog.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Organum 7" out on 25th June 2010
The records are all done and look outstanding.
Heavy matte p/s + matching card insert.
Each numbered - 233 copies.
There is a special picture disc version - limited to 81 copies (no sleeve but with the same insert plus a small numbered insert). These will be available only here.
Currently copies will be available via:
Heavy matte p/s + matching card insert.
Each numbered - 233 copies.
There is a special picture disc version - limited to 81 copies (no sleeve but with the same insert plus a small numbered insert). These will be available only here.
Currently copies will be available via:
- Mimaroglu Music Sales (USA)
- Drone Records (Germany)
- Malignant (USA)
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
TROUM "Eald-Ge-Stréon" 2xLP arrived
After many (I mean many) weeks of delay (technical issues left, right and center -- this magnificent artifact has finally arrived at Equation Towers. A double LP of the highest quality.
What we have here are 2 slabs of luxuriously heavy vinyl (one sky blue, the other black) and housed in what can only be described as an amazingly heavy book-style bound gatefold sleeve.
We pressed 400 copies - although some sites erroneously state 500 - all the same, no fancy special editions.
The vinyl sounds so much better than the CD (I'm not biased of course). The depth and beauty of the pulsing undulating Troum exquisiteness is simply breathtaking.
This is a joint release with Beta-lactam Ring Records (Portland OR) and both labels are hugely proud of this. A worthy addition to any collection. If you are in Europe we suggest getting your copy directly from Glit[S]ch @ Drone Records - postage on this is not going to be cheap - that's for sure.
What we have here are 2 slabs of luxuriously heavy vinyl (one sky blue, the other black) and housed in what can only be described as an amazingly heavy book-style bound gatefold sleeve.
We pressed 400 copies - although some sites erroneously state 500 - all the same, no fancy special editions.
The vinyl sounds so much better than the CD (I'm not biased of course). The depth and beauty of the pulsing undulating Troum exquisiteness is simply breathtaking.
This is a joint release with Beta-lactam Ring Records (Portland OR) and both labels are hugely proud of this. A worthy addition to any collection. If you are in Europe we suggest getting your copy directly from Glit[S]ch @ Drone Records - postage on this is not going to be cheap - that's for sure.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
R.Y.N. LP Out Now
Finally - this LP is out!
Being sold at a low price too !
233 copies made, 5 inserts, inner bag and a great silk-screened spot-gloss outer sleeve.
Main distribution through:
Forced Exposure (USA)
Drone Records (Germany)
--------------------------
Vital Weekly described the music very well indeed with the following description:
"... sounds like a death-cart being wheeled through a medieval street"
That sums it up very well IMHO !
Details (per the listing on Equation web site) as follows:
R.Y.N. are a UK-based duo probably best known for their Astral Death CD (Unrest Productions) and an excellent 7" on Drone Records.
On this vinyl-only release R.Y.N. present 44 minutes of completely new recordings: a mix of archaic, unsettling, new and melancholy. This album took many months to record as a result of the careful attention paid to the record by the duo.
This LP provides both classic R.Y.N. darkness plus even heavier oppressive, dark, soundscapes that can only be fully appreciated on vinyl over the two side-long tracks: Archaic Techniques Of Ecstacy and Provisional Sketch Of The Mind.
Pressed on black vinyl in a spot-varnished silk-screened card sleeve (by Seizure Palace) plus pro-printed inner sleeve and 5 card inserts (housed in separate stickered inner sleeve). If you don't know their work then this is definitely worth exploring. If you do know them then this is a must.
Being sold at a low price too !
233 copies made, 5 inserts, inner bag and a great silk-screened spot-gloss outer sleeve.
Main distribution through:
Forced Exposure (USA)
Drone Records (Germany)
--------------------------
Vital Weekly described the music very well indeed with the following description:
"... sounds like a death-cart being wheeled through a medieval street"
That sums it up very well IMHO !
Details (per the listing on Equation web site) as follows:
R.Y.N. are a UK-based duo probably best known for their Astral Death CD (Unrest Productions) and an excellent 7" on Drone Records.
On this vinyl-only release R.Y.N. present 44 minutes of completely new recordings: a mix of archaic, unsettling, new and melancholy. This album took many months to record as a result of the careful attention paid to the record by the duo.
This LP provides both classic R.Y.N. darkness plus even heavier oppressive, dark, soundscapes that can only be fully appreciated on vinyl over the two side-long tracks: Archaic Techniques Of Ecstacy and Provisional Sketch Of The Mind.
Pressed on black vinyl in a spot-varnished silk-screened card sleeve (by Seizure Palace) plus pro-printed inner sleeve and 5 card inserts (housed in separate stickered inner sleeve). If you don't know their work then this is definitely worth exploring. If you do know them then this is a must.
Friday, March 5, 2010
New LP by R.Y.N. out shortly + other news
Been almost a year since the last post.
I've not been (too) idle over the past few months, but I just seem to have lost the urge to 'blog' but I guess it's time to announce some new developments and things.
1: R.Y.N. 12" Vinyl LP (E=mc20) : Archaic Techniques Of Ecstacy (233 copies)
The next LP will be out in a few days at a nice affordable price. A great couple of tracks of sheer darkness by this duo from the UK famous for a couple of intense CD's and a 7" on Drone.
HEAVY oppressive, dark, soundscapes that can only be fully appreciated on vinyl over the two side-long tracks: "Archaic Techniques Of Ecstacy" and "Provisional Sketch Of The Mind". Pressed on black vinyl in a spot-varnished silk-screened card sleeve (by Seizure Palace) plus printed inner sleeve and 5 card inserts (numbered by myself, of course). It is also being retailed at a nice price ... so no reason not to explore this great band. R.Y.N. LP release details here. Or check the main Equation release page here.
2: TROUM "Eald-Ge-Streon" 2xLP (E=mc21/mt183)
This 2xLP will be available shortly and is housed in an outrageously super-heavy gatefold card sleeve. This is a joint release with Beta-lactam Ring (who released the CD version late 2009).
There will be 500 copies with a few on coloured vinyl (exact pressing details tba). I will probably be selling only a few copies here on the Equation Records web site, but not a lot - the main distributor will be Beta-lactam Ring Records -- so you are urged to visit them for details and purchasing.
3: ORGANUM 7" to be released in a couple of months (E=mc23).
The first vinyl outing by Organum in 8 years.
This work is titled "Valentin" and will be around 200 copies in full colour picture sleeve.
Equation is delighted and honoured to be releasing a work by this artist that needs no introduction.
4: Taming The Outback "1986-1989" CD (E=mc24)
With the master tapes lying idle in the vaults for over 20 years this exceptionally talented band from Southend-on-Sea (my home town in the UK) will eventually see the light of day with pristine new mastering (by Snowboy) for the very best sound quality possible. The professionally recorded LP-that-never-was will no have its debut (finally!). This is not going to be just another bog-standard CD -- Oh No!. This will is going to come in a very heavy-gauge deluxe card gatefold mini-LP style sleeve, a printed inner, a 6-panel poster, a sticker and a 16-page booklet with rare photos and an interview and history (along with lyrics).
A very limited edition version (60 copies or so) which also be made available. This will come in a 7"x7" pro-printed embossed box which will not only have the CD but also a an exact copy of the band's hyper-rare 7" plus other inserts. Only 60 will be made (around) as the record will be very limited... watch this space (promise it will be updated within a year!).
The image below is from the band's ultra-controversial promotional photo-shoot that caused an uproar in both local and national UK press. So I guess this will act as a precursor to what is to come. Dare I say -- if you love Joy Division and Echo & The Bunnymen (which you all should do if you have any sense) you're going to be in for a real treat!
I've not been (too) idle over the past few months, but I just seem to have lost the urge to 'blog' but I guess it's time to announce some new developments and things.
1: R.Y.N. 12" Vinyl LP (E=mc20) : Archaic Techniques Of Ecstacy (233 copies)
The next LP will be out in a few days at a nice affordable price. A great couple of tracks of sheer darkness by this duo from the UK famous for a couple of intense CD's and a 7" on Drone.
HEAVY oppressive, dark, soundscapes that can only be fully appreciated on vinyl over the two side-long tracks: "Archaic Techniques Of Ecstacy" and "Provisional Sketch Of The Mind". Pressed on black vinyl in a spot-varnished silk-screened card sleeve (by Seizure Palace) plus printed inner sleeve and 5 card inserts (numbered by myself, of course). It is also being retailed at a nice price ... so no reason not to explore this great band. R.Y.N. LP release details here. Or check the main Equation release page here.
2: TROUM "Eald-Ge-Streon" 2xLP (E=mc21/mt183)
This 2xLP will be available shortly and is housed in an outrageously super-heavy gatefold card sleeve. This is a joint release with Beta-lactam Ring (who released the CD version late 2009).
There will be 500 copies with a few on coloured vinyl (exact pressing details tba). I will probably be selling only a few copies here on the Equation Records web site, but not a lot - the main distributor will be Beta-lactam Ring Records -- so you are urged to visit them for details and purchasing.
3: ORGANUM 7" to be released in a couple of months (E=mc23).
The first vinyl outing by Organum in 8 years.
This work is titled "Valentin" and will be around 200 copies in full colour picture sleeve.
Equation is delighted and honoured to be releasing a work by this artist that needs no introduction.
4: Taming The Outback "1986-1989" CD (E=mc24)
With the master tapes lying idle in the vaults for over 20 years this exceptionally talented band from Southend-on-Sea (my home town in the UK) will eventually see the light of day with pristine new mastering (by Snowboy) for the very best sound quality possible. The professionally recorded LP-that-never-was will no have its debut (finally!). This is not going to be just another bog-standard CD -- Oh No!. This will is going to come in a very heavy-gauge deluxe card gatefold mini-LP style sleeve, a printed inner, a 6-panel poster, a sticker and a 16-page booklet with rare photos and an interview and history (along with lyrics).
A very limited edition version (60 copies or so) which also be made available. This will come in a 7"x7" pro-printed embossed box which will not only have the CD but also a an exact copy of the band's hyper-rare 7" plus other inserts. Only 60 will be made (around) as the record will be very limited... watch this space (promise it will be updated within a year!).
The image below is from the band's ultra-controversial promotional photo-shoot that caused an uproar in both local and national UK press. So I guess this will act as a precursor to what is to come. Dare I say -- if you love Joy Division and Echo & The Bunnymen (which you all should do if you have any sense) you're going to be in for a real treat!
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