Utech Records S/D

I didn't realize this label had so many releases. Any recommendations?

GOG!!!!

i've been raving about utech and the gog album for months on ilx. definitely my "it's all new to me" label of the year.

i notice going to the site now that he will be "closing" the label? site? until next year. but you can still order stuff.

aside from the GOG album: Vagusnerve's Lo Pan album is amazing. Aluk Todolo album, Finsternis, is also great.

but, really, ALL the stuff i've heard is of such high quality. such a great vibe/aesthetic/design/vision/etc.

A week or two ago he took the site down completely apart from a front page, which had a note that the label was closing for the time being due to unforeseen circumstances.

I'm very relieved to see that he's back up and running to some degreee at least.

Best wishes for Keith & Utech to get through whatever the current difficulties may be.

I was looking forward to the Shokyo Ontei series, primarly for the Urabe involvement, so would like to see that come together at some point.

Here's the label website for ease of access by the way: http://www.utechrecords.com/

Bought the Vagusnerve (which was my whole reason for starting thread), GOG and Blood Fountains records to start with. $14 when you consider that shipping and tax is included is a pretty good deal actually.

do you have good/powerful speakers at home? cuz most of this stuff sounds great loud. i mean, i think it actually benefits from being played loudly. or the listener benefits. one or the other. probably both.

Yeah I do, but I don't listen to most of my music on them sadly. :(

Got 'em the mail yesterday. Vagusnerve and GOG are totally fantastic. Dude also threw in two other earlier releases (one by Guillaume Gargaud and one by Half Makeshift) which look great.

http://www.utechrecords.com/index.html

They are having a sale. $10 a piece to the end of the year.

i wish more people cared! they should. this is EXCITING modern music!

five new releases are really good. more experimental/improv/collaborations. more electroacoustic stuff. the ural umbo album is excellent. but, really, i like them all.

having a contest by the way:

http://hammersmashedsound.blogspot.com/2010/01/utech-records-contest.html

not a big lasse marhaug fan but this cover is so badass that I still kind of want this album:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_upR682BFRiM/S1yElUM2qnI/AAAAAAAAE70/XxZbYygfG7g/s1600-h/LM_Beauty.jpg

whoopso, let's try again:

http://www.utechrecords.com/Misc/LM_Beauty.jpg

new stuff is so good.

AURAL FIT "Mubomuso" UTECH RECORDS [URCD031/Shokyo4]
WHITE STATIC DEMON "Apparitions" UTECH RECORDS [URCD048]
WHITE STATIC DEMON "Decayed" UTECH RECORDS [URCS049]
RST "The Sunset Limited" UTECH RECORDS [URCD050]
THE HUMAN QUENA ORCHESTRA "A Natural History of Failure" UTECH RECORDS
[URCD051]
RAHMANE "Islands of Pathos" UTECH RECORDS [URCS052]

white static demon is justin broadrick getting all noisy and its awesome!

actually, i lied, i did not receive this and if anyone else wants it they better act fast:

WHITE STATIC DEMON "Decayed" CS
Analog conduction of Avalanche's digital release. Black cassette.
This item will only be for sale through Utech Records. Edition of 100.

oh and i also got the new locrian album coming out on utech for review and its pretty amazing. need to listen to it loud and with full attention though. will report back.

i swear i sound like i am on the payroll but i don't care cuz this label rules so hard and is so exciting. and so MUCH great stuff. i don't know how he does it. every package is so beautiful.

but i did get the other white static demon and that's what i was talking about.

From Utech Records:

To date I haven't said anything publicly about Stephen Kasner out of respect
for his privacy. He has issued a statement and I wanted to share it.

"Stephen Kasner has recently been diagnosed with some serious medical
issues. Like many artists who lack the benefit of medical insurance, he
pushed the situation aside until it became unavoidable. Emergency care has
been initiated, but he is not out of the woods yet, and his continued care
is extremely necessary - hence this call for aid to friends, admirers of his
art, and comrades alike."

You can help by making a donation via PayPal to <kas✧✧✧@stephenkas✧✧✧.c✧✧>

I am offering three URSK box sets <http://www.utechrecords.com/URSK.html>;
for $115 each. All proceeds will go directly to Stephen. If you are
interested please email <utechreco✧✧✧@sbcglo✧✧✧.n✧✧>.

new digital page for downloads.

http://utechrecords.bandcamp.com/

New GOG is amazing. Are the Ural Umbo records good, Scott? I notice they're on sale I like the Sum of R and RM74 stuff generally...

don't sleep on this...

http://www.utechrecords.com/UR_BoxSale.html

for real, best deal around. wow. i got one.

Me too.

CASSETTES!

I have only have the Sum or R record too so it's all going to be new to me.

that deal is worth it just for Urania alone. man, what an album...

Urania has given me for real out of body experiences. without any drugs or anything. it has totally put me in another place and i have forgotten where i was while it was playing. it's magical.

finally picked up a GOG record and man scott was right all along, this stuff rules

I like this a lot too although it is not typical Utech stuff:

http://utechrecords.bandcamp.com/album/body-horror

I think the Pan Gu record is pretty great too. Awesome artwork as well.

the album is solid but I love this extended one in particular:
http://utechrecords.bandcamp.com/track/no-return

"finally picked up a GOG record and man scott was right all along, this stuff rules"

:)

Scott what else 2013-2014 is good. After the crazy boxed set deal I kinda stopped paying attention for a bit.

new three-disc live fushitsusha + peter brotzmann set is FANTASTIC. sounds so good. well worth the money. it's 30 bucks...

I still like this label, though, because of my own tastes, I preferred their earlier days when they were more jazz, less noise. Some of those early brown-packaged jazz CDs of ridiculously small runs (75, 125, etc) were so good. The Rempis Percussion Quartet's "Circular Logic" remains one of my favorite jazz albums ever (for some weird reason).

It's now available for free, though:

http://www.candydinner.com/album/dave-rempis-percussion-quartet-circular-logic/

And, wow, yes, that Fushitsusha/Brotzmann sounds great from the sample.

https://soundcloud.com/utech-records/fushitsusha-nothing-changes/s-pME4M

yeah, highest recommendation

So I flat out love this label and I am pretty sad to hear that the wife of the guy who runs it just died, leaving behind two young kids as well (a 12 yo son and 9 yo daughter). There is a 4 and a 1/2 hour benefit album linked below and a gofundme if anyone feels like supporting. :-\

http://utechfamilybenefit.bandcamp.com/album/and-suddenly-everything-absolutely-everything-was-there
http://www.gofundme.com/yhq9bg

Yeah Keith documented her passing very movingly on Facebook, and seeing this happen is a lovely tribute.

holiday bundle. 60 bucks. a great deal. i got one. lots of stuff that i didn't have.

http://utechrecords.com/

Me too. Love these sets. I give dupe stuff I have as gifts. :)