ttc 017 al Qaeda - aluminum lock smith c20

al Qaeda just finished up an epic tour
with Mike Watt, Droughter, Derek Rogers,
& Rob Crow & now they are dropping
this epic tape.

don't expect to hear the same thing twice from this
ever evolving band from san fran. they will blow
your expectations out of the polluted water, spit
on them and then give you a hug. here they throw
out some delayed sunshine on all our round red summer
faces. this tape begins with one of those familiar
string/guitar loops you think you hear wandering in
the wind on a deserted beach. definite highway drifter
drone filling up the speakers for that daydream deliverance.
slow motion space dives with solar flares on your side.
who is the aluminum lock smith? who is the blind tiger?
light one up and sway your head to this shit.

clear tapes housed in homemade black envelopes,
random pics from around the world on one side,
comes with mini-booklets containing tape info,
art. edition of 22. $6 ppd us/+ ship for world.

keep an open eye out for their other
releases on the always killer Scotch Tapes,
Middle James Co. & Heavy Psych (just to name a few).




LISTEN AQ
& TTC

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ttc 016 the Goodwillies - Tangerine Tape BURST c30

while other artists are busy pounding away
on that trend-mill, tim goodwillie is off
building his own. taking a side winder route
through the tangerine tunnels of time,
goodwillie takes the lead in what i like to call
the race for intergalactic funk-manship. fuck bootsy
collins, goodwillie is here to spice up your summer
as your lo-fi noise groove captain. bruised beats
deliver some blows while smoky shaky synths get
sexy with the static of your brain in 'Pink Milk Plus.'
'Silver Fox' begins by banging your head against
a bass wall, then while you're distracted, the
funkiest fried groove within the galaxy bursts through,
tossing and tumbling around like shoes in the dryer.
amazing drunk junk pop from the synth samurai.
*side B:* A slow motion melody beaten and busted up
then shoved into the tiniest of holes. a thousand tons
of pressure being held back with a feather. like watching
an explosion in rewind. bad ass vibrations for your massive
pollution caused headaches. break through & BURST motherf*s!

Side A: Pink Milk Plus / Silver Fox
Side B: the Moist Contact of Different Metals

home real-time dubbed tapes, some blue some not,
two inserts- housed in recycled felt & citrus fabric.
edition of 44. $6 ppd us/ world get in touch.

check out the SOUNDZZ HERE
& HERE





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ttc 015 donato epiro / throuRoof - tamandua's gorgeous dream drones c20

with a name like "tamandua's gorgeous dream drones,"
its not hard to imagine the news on this tape.
these two fine Italian artists bring us together
for some straight up anteater magic - dream journeys
with tunnel visions, flickering lights & fevered hallucinations.
Side A: donato epiro builds a river wall of white noise
in your head space, blurring your vision with the drone
of ants & gods & swingers. "Myrmecophagidae Musik"
sneaks up like a gang of shadows climbing towards the
jungle ceiling. slightly familiar, these are the sounds your
eardrums make when you blew them out the night before.
the ringing behind the reverberation expands & shakes with
earthquake like tremors until you & the vibrations are
one in the same.
Side B: throuRoof's "Fire Ants Mandibles" begins with
the sounds of the jungle at dusk. here is the hidden world
of animal communication & wind chatter. big black bugs
hollowing wood, some shift some scatter. your eyes are
jungle vines and grasses, swaying in a blistering breeze,
glistening in the last rays of sunlight. total amplification
of the illumination. anteaters unite.

clear tapes, home dubbed real time, housed in
recycled fern paper. comes with two inserts -
one with hand-written tape info, one art by throuRoof.
edition of 24. $6 ppd us/+ ship for world.

check out the soundzz -> Epiro
ThrouRoof & TTC

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UPDATE

coming soon to a stereo near you ::

>> throuRoof & donato epiro entrance us with their anteater magic. (tape)
>> a man & a guitar offers us his first journey into solo electric space. just the right amount of minimal madness. (cdr)
>> al qaeda throws out some delayed sunshine on your round red faces. drifter drone for that daydream deliverance. (tape)
>> zack kouns recorded "peter denied our lord" in the woods, with background hiss, rain, crickets, trees and denial - all such dear friends. (cdr)
>> the goodwillies travel through the tangerine tunnels of time, spunky junk funk as a guide. you can't hide from SILVER FOX. stop, pop, BURST! (tape)

right after that are some dope offerings from monks of the balhill & enfer boreal, lasers from atlantis, cough cough, stone baby, siddhi + much much more!

b r e a k

*tired trails is currently on hiatus until
the end of july, when we will return with
a bangin' batch to set your summer on fire
(probably...well, most likely,um...hopefully).

all orders - expect soon. the shop will
also be closed while on break, but feel free
to email us. sm:)e

New Etherik, Nirvana Pan Jali/Many Mansions, Harps of Fuchsia Kalmia !!

ttc 012
Etherik-Shipwrecks
cdr time: 54 minutes

Etherik is Erik Heyns, our good friend and
wonder multi-instrumentalist from Belgium,
who also plays in Grant Moff Tarkin & Rivercrest
(funeral folk). Here he delivers one hell of an album,
an album i haven't been able to put down since it
arrived on my doorstep. "Shipwrecks" is an amazingly
crafted fully realized first album, a magnetic 9 song
cycle in which Heyns plays all the instruments - percussion,
acoustic & electric guitars, organ, tibetan bells,
bali flutes...you name it. But this album sounds
more like a full ensemble then a one man show.
Each track is so carefully constructed, so lovingly
assembled, so mind and soul expanding...you tend to forget
one lone soul created such an incredible journey.
Mixing experimental post rock with psychedelics and free
dark forest folk, this album sways like a half sinking
boat on the sea, blurring the lines between submergence
and surfacing, hope and resistance, living and dying.
Layers of speech creep beneath his fire brimmed vocals,
as if he were conjuring up sea and sky spirits to sing
along with him. There is a sense of tradition in his lyrics
and raga influenced guitar trips, but also of exploration -
each track setting off on its own adventure - each one more
engrossing than the next. These all consuming compositions
will find a way into your head and swim there gently, slowly
letting you drift off into their world like any good song
will do. think six organs, legendary pink dots, comus,
pink floyd, then think beyond them, then stop thinking.
This little psych folk gem is going to make you happy - real happy.
cdr comes in hand-sewed felt 'cases' & comes with 2 pieces of art :
one unique handmade linolium stamp artwork (by etherik)
& one of two hand drawn treasure maps w/ cd info on back (by jess.)

Listen to Etherik at his MYspace
or at OURS
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ttc 013
nirvana pan jali/many mansions-split c30


the artist of many monikers including quaouauh,
sky shepherds & dream safari doses us again with
his self described lethargic spiritual drone.
the track,'Celestial Mud' is just as it would suggest.
think drugged out meandering drone. like tripping
through a temple's forest at night, getting stuck
between the sounds of the night and the sounds
of the temple. this one grows from a four member om
circle to a full earth shattering choral, sounding somewhere
between a thousand mosquitos and ten thousand tape
warped trumpets. some heavy ethereal chant here my friends.
chant and be..well..whatever you want.

the many mansions piece, 'Book of Splendor,'
begins its decent into indecency with killer tape
manipulations,synth filtering and frequent radio static,
painting the picture of a shiny new age sci-fi wonderland.
the tiny man is at the toy piano, the drunk-ed three armed
and eyed creature is taunting the bearded birds-who are
squawking back in their vinyl scratch like language.
pt. II: enter island drum beats. enter groove. get into it.

hand-drawn art on tapes, hand-sewn/stapled silkscreened
arty collage fabric & recycled felt pockets. collage art insert.

Listen MANSIONS &
NIRVANA or our
MYspace
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ttc 014 Harps of Fuchsia Kalmia w/ Delphine Dora-Pantomima Terrrestre
c24


Harps of Fuchsia Kalmia is the new weird-folk,
avant-folk forest-music project of Salvatore Borrelli
(etre, wondrous horse); the music is made in a direct
way, without processing or any other disturbance. Here
he is joined by delphine dora, the brilliant singer and
musician, who adds her honey sweet voice and piano to
this already captivating set of sounds.
"Pantomima Terrestre" or "Pantomime of the earth" could
not be a more fitting name - this is the earth's musical. -
a complete production with characters, story lines
and dedications - a perfect collage of traditional
folk, field recordings, organic drones and percussion.
delphine's airy vocals mingle with the drum beats,
space sounds and radio static. birds chirp, dogs bark,
cars drive by, and records spin backwards. sluggish dulcimer
& guitar plucks crescendo beneath the drone of the harmonium.
uniquely improvisational and experimental without loosing
its familiarity, there's only one way to discover this world. press play.
if your into caethua, vapaa, nnck, donato epiro
and any other trippy explorations of italy, finland and
forest spirits everywhere, this tape will not disappoint.
current/past releases on Ikuissus, Centre of Wood &
Fire Museum and future releases on Reverb Worship &
Beard of Snails. look out! rad purple tapes in silkscreened
fabric & recycled felt (made out of plastic bottles!)
cases. comes with 2 inserts - one piece of amazing
photo art by Federica R. & other with hand written tape info, etc.

Listen HoFK
& Tired T



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ttc 011 Horse Gives Birth to Fly - Untitled c30

blown off of whatever sphere i thought i
was living on and on to this one. horse gives
birth to fly offers up this massive Live 2nd
album, taking their noisy french psych
to a whole new level. they claim to make
'ritual noise,' but that only brushes the
surface of their sound. these 6 tracks combine
the sounds of an industrial pow-wow-crunchy
metal mantras- with reverb soaked spook.
HGBTF perform their cosmic ceremonies with
stoned hypnotic rhythms, metal scrapes,
shaky eerie singing and radical riffs.
they get into a groove and sink you in
it completely. with influences like volcano
the bear, starving weirdos & acid mothers
temple you'd be moving in the right direction,
but expect this tape to stand on its own in
spite of its nods. this beast will haunt you until
you stand on your head and put it on repeat. so beware
and be happy - this tape is one heavy hit. the kind of
hit that makes the room spin, your eyes sweat and your
heart race. you may want to just let this one blow
your speakers. killer packaging thanks to the band!
black tapes come on metal plates, screwed into place,
all placed in blue oversize envelopes w/ art on front/back.
edition of 30, i only have 20! expected to sell out quickly.
$7ppd w/in states. / $9 world. (these puppies are heavy)

Listen HERE
& HERE

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(HGBTF is offering these up as cdrs also-
please contact them.)

(these tapes have a min of silence on each side
to ponder infinity in, once you return back from
it that is)

(thanks to my boy cakes, who assisted my
poor old mind in finding words to write this-
some of them are in fact his.)