Tuesday, September 10, 2013

rgt #13: Crodar - Movie

 
rgt #13: Crodar - Movie C23

E-Mu synths, samples, and other filtered sounds compose Corey Mahaney’s latest solo work: six scenes of an imagined film, each written with a deft sense of musicality & an uncommon organic quality that belies its sources.  From powerful Eastern-tinged drone to more subdued synth glow, each track represents a shifting audio backdrop of varying vibes, often displaying a reflective quality while always retaining a feeling of raw sincerity & thoughtful contemplation.  

Type II, high bias chrome tapes.  Edition of 50 with mini-poster included from the artist.





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rgt #11: Kevolych - Abstract Frame

rgt #11: Kevolych - Abstract Frame C26


    Working with a stockpile of homemade synths & noise generators, Joseph Connelly jams out layers of circuits on circuits in exploration of texture, contrasts in intensity, and contemplative ohm-drone sans any sort of forced spiritual connotation.  Starting in a godless synth temple, the atmosphere initially seems devoid of life until other writhing layers find their way in.  Things take a turn for the worse & a wall of harsh noise buries the place with the listener inside it.  Negative Nostalgia unfolds in similar fashion but in place of harsh noise the open air swells into the morass of a stirring insect jungle, dense with a squall of evolving noise & burnt-circuit clamor.

Type II, high bias chrome tapes.  Edition of 50.

 

 

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rgt #10: Zonal Taste Wand/ZX-9 - Negative Space/Partition Function Part 2

rgt #10: Zonal Taste Wand/ZX-9 - Negative Space/Partition Function Part 2 C47

Two of Australia’s finest synth manglers, Ben Lynch and Luke Morris comprise a dual-Aussie split on Negative Space/Partition Function Part 2.  Zonal Taste Wand starts us off with a lumbering, beat-driven electronic sandstorm that dissolves into a tense relative stasis just long enough to make the eventual paranoia of a bad trip hit even harder.  Meditation follows.  On the flip, ZX-9 creates minimal & mechanical test tube drippings spoon-fed to you by automatons in six short experiments, the results transmitted from a robotic lab deep underground directly into your lab rat brain.

Type II, high bias chrome tapes.  Edition of 50.








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Review:
· Raised By Gypsies

Monday, January 28, 2013

Postage rate hikes/2013 update

  Chances are if you're reading this you're already aware of the ridiculous new USPS rates that went into effect yesterday.  The price increase for domestic shipping isn't outrageous, but the new rates for shipping out of the country are pretty fucking insane.  LPs especially.

  A new (and hopefully easier) ordering format is implemented in the store. Prices in the paypal buttons have been adjusted to reflect the new rates, many apologies to the number of overseas weirdos that support Retrograde.  I'm looking for a better, smoother, and cheaper solution but until I find one I'm at the mercy of USPS & the lobbyists who shout the loudest.  As always, feel free to hit me up if you're looking to order in volume, have questions, or just want to bitch about how goddamn retarded this is.

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  For 2013, the next batch of tapes is just about done, an Elders repress will likely surface with it, and some interesting new distro items will be showing up in the shop before the spring.

  A bit slow on the draw with this one, but the entirety of Den's Electric Eyes 7" can be streamed in this article.  Akers also has Tough To Kill & some of his previous releases available on his Bandcamp for your wanton ears.

  30 minutes of new Kraken Mare material will birth via Luke Morris's excellent Rocket Machine imprint sometime in the near-to-distant future.

  Lastly, Den is plodding along writing an LP for BLVD Records that will likely be recorded sometime in the spring & released in the summer if all goes well.  


That's all for now.  Stay spaced.

Best,
-Adam/RGT


Tuesday, January 15, 2013

rgt# 12: Den - Electric Eyes 7"




rgt #12: Den - Electric Eyes 7"

Den returns on a 7 inch slab with three songs of cosmic thud, interstellar grooves, and dead-planet desolation.  Electric Eyes is a continuing expansion starting with an abduction prayer, followed by a ride on a stream of Kraut photons & finally ending in an Antarctic sludge ritual, all woven together with enough dark matter to fuel your FTL travels well beyond the solar system & out into the distant depths of uncharted space.  

Electric Eyes comes in a two-color silk-screened cover & a full color insert in an edition of 300.




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Review:
· Boston Hassle
· Still Single
· Tiny Mix Tapes
· Yellow Green Red

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Kraken Mare - Iapetus Ocean



 Part of the latest (and best-looking to date) Skell batch, I've got a handful of these c30s available in the distro