MOSS ARCHIVE

Gay Shapes - YDLMIER 031

2012-01-22T14:07:00.000-08:00

The new cassette from Gay Shapes is coming out on the Boston label YDLMIER. Edition of 40 coming January 28th. Side A was compiled from recordings of our summer tour in 2011. Side B was recorded at the Firehouse, December 2011. Mixed and edited at Moss Archive.

Hear it all:
Side A: Gay Shapes YDLMIER by thefirehouse

Side B: Gay Shapes YDLMIER tape by thefirehouse

[moss005] Safety Danger

2011-12-24T23:17:00.001-08:00

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Debut mini-album from Safety Danger. The solo project of Ryan Mulhall. Bright, colorful melodies built around a lo-fi Yamaha keyboard. Soaring vocals and synth laser-blasts surround the intricate loops.

Download the album for free from his Bandcamp Page.

[moss004] Designs for Coloring

2011-12-19T11:12:00.001-08:00

Faux-Pas Industries and Moss Archive present:
Designs for Coloring by Bastian Void and Three Fourths Tigers.

Split release from Joseph Bastardo and Ryan Mulhall, the two halves of Looks Realistic. Roots, leaves, moss and dirt. Each half is a distinct take on tape recording and manipulation, using synthesizers and sampling keyboards. Both sides were edited, mixed and arranged at Moss Archive, in the forest-valley of New Hampshire's White Mountains.
Edition of 100 hand-numbered, pro-dubbed audio cassettes. Coming January 2012.

On the first side we have moldy melodics and blown tape crumble from Bastian Void. Analog synthesizers bubble and rip the tape into a warm dust. You've sleepwalked into a secret science lab, hidden in the woods behind your house. You flip a switch. Recorded to 4-track summer 2011 in Worcester, MA.

Canopy Process by Bastian Void

Monadnock by Bastian Void

The flip side from Three Fourths Tigers offers up a broken screen of bright rainbows smeared with soil. Recorded to portable tape recorder on a camping trip. Computers tell you bedtime stories while keyboards play a glitched-out recounting of American pop music, until the batteries finally sputter to a halt. Some days, puffs of pink lint drift by. Other times, tar smears across your back yard while you're trying to play flashlight tag.

Dust Collector by Three Fourths Tigers

Gloss Plains by Three Fourths Tigers

Bastian Void - Horicon Sketches

2011-10-27T07:20:00.000-07:00

Bastian Void - Horicon Sketches
Digitalis ltd #215

OUT NOW! Pick one up here:
MIMAROGLU MUSIC SALES
DISCRIMINATE MUSIC

"joe bastardo returns with bastian void's sophomore missive thrown into the swirling abyss. mirrored shards reach out and pluck chord changes from a diamond's eye. these electric daydreams move along on muted rhythms. soak it all in as you take a journey into the unsettling sonic environments of melting landscapes. this is as much in the sky as it is buried underground. a festive spectrum." - Digitalis

Edition of 75 pro-dubbed chrome... Recorded at Moss Archive April-September 2011

Bloom Perspective by Bastian Void

Ray Sentence by Bastian Void

Using Plastic / Wax Mist by Bastian Void

Marbles by Bastian Void

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE ON THE BANDCAMP PAGE

[moss003] Looks Realistic - Opticoral

2011-09-06T11:39:00.001-07:00

moss003 - OPTICORAL

New CDr now available from Looks Realistic. A sleepwalk through forests of sputtering circuitry. Synthetic flora and fauna pass you by as you travel deeper into the bubbling electronic streams that flow through the caaaverns of your miiiind. Two live tracks edited together at the Moss Archive.

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Have a listen! Download it for free from our Bandcamp page, or email me to order a CDr.

[moss002] Gay Shapes - Tour 2011

2011-08-06T11:28:00.000-07:00

moss002 - Gay Shapes. 100 copies. Chrome Tape.

Originally made to take on our summer tour.

Digital Download available from our Bandcamp page.

Bastian Void - Ported

2011-05-11T09:02:00.000-07:00

Bastian Void - Ported
Digitalis ltd #202

Tapes are sold out... thanks for the support!
Digital Download on the Bandcamp page.

"when you open your debut with the sounds of a modem connecting to the internet, you really have to deliver. massachusetts resident joe bastardo lets you know from the first spectrum that he's not fucking around. rhythmic casio spells cast with a wide ’90s web filter in through a slanted prism. with titles like "vaporware," "the TAG towers" and "windows 97 / in reality" you'd be forgiven if your mind drifts toward ferraro-isms, but bastardo's soundtrack runs less underwater and more straight at your throat. "ported" is a pre-apocalyptic cybergasm."
-Brad Rose, Digitalis

edition of 75, pro-dubbed chrome... Recorded at Moss Archive in March of 2011.

Midnight Societies by Bastian Void

Duplex by Bastian Void

Glass Age by Bastian Void

Windows 97 / In Reality by Bastian Void

[moss001] Looks Realistic - Sans

2011-04-01T15:20:00.000-07:00

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The second CDR from Looks Realistic. Eight casioscape jams, recorded across 2010. Live jams, edited and mixed at Moss Archive.

The album has been uploaded to the Bandcamp page as a free download.
Check it out HERE. Or email me for a physical copy.

sans by Looks Realistic

Looks Realistic - Ninja Turtles
Video by Steve Grisé

[moss000] Looks Realistic - Untitled CDr

2011-04-01T11:19:00.000-07:00

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The first CDr from Looks Realistic was recorded in a basement early 2010. The album is a junkheap of tribal casio and gameboy dialogue jamz. Limited to 20 hand-made copies.

Download available on our Bandcamp page.

The Moss Archive

2011-03-03T13:50:00.000-08:00

Moss Archive was conceived in 2009 by Joseph Bastardo. The first release was a small run of CDrs by Looks Realistic. Stay tuned for info on various releases and shows pertaining to Moss Archive. Email Joe for any inquiries.