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Piehead Records Newsletter for November, 2002 Scroll down for info on OUR NEWEST RELEASES ::: PREVIOUS RELEASES ::: UPCOMING RELEASES ::: LIVE EVENTS ::: ORDERING/SUBSCRIPTIONS ::: :::::::::::::::: OUR NEWEST RELEASE ::: The final two albums in the Piehead Records 2002 limited edition series were released today and are now available for purchase (ordering details below): PIE010 : Andrew Duke : _Highest Common Denominator_ Andrew Duke is an artist from Halifax, Nova Scotia who has had a busy year with releases on Bip-Hop, Dial, Tsunami Addiction, and Bake/Staalplaat. His newest album is an exclusive collection of six remixes (tracks by Aaliyah, The Blameshifter, Chicks On Speed, Club Telex Noise Ensemble, Mister Nobu and Pink Floyd) and six collaborative tracks (with Building Castles Out Of Matchsticks, Kim Cascone, Dalglish [aka O.S.T., Rook Vallade/Rook Vallard], I8U, Monolake and Polmo Polpo) created throughout the summer and fall of 2002. ::: more info : http://www.pieheadrecords.com/releases/pie010.html ::: Andrew Duke website : http://www.techno.ca/cognition/ PIE011 : V/Vm : untitled Known primarily for their noise-ridden deconstructions of saccharine pop music and other audio atrocities, Manchester's V/Vm (aka James Kirby - for this release, at least) may surprise people with this new untitled album. Rather than blasts of static or pitch-shifted Lionel Ritchie vocals, the disc instead features mainly ambient material that is almost serene, yet still oddly disconcerting. The closest comparison points within the vast V/Vm backcatalogue would be "The Stranger" (released in 1998 on the Phthalo label) and The Caretaker's two albums of ghostly ballroom classics. But even so, they still manage to get in a poke at Sir Elton John. ::: more info : http://www.pieheadrecords.com/releases/pie011.html ::: V/Vm website : http://www.brainwashed.com/vvm/ :::::::::::::::: PREVIOUS RELEASES ::: PIE009 : I Am Robot And Proud: _You Make Me This Happy_ ::: more info : http://www.pieheadrecords.com/releases/pie009.html ::: I Am Robot And Proud website : http://www.bloop.org/robot/ PIE008 : naw : _gibberish_ ::: more info : http://www.pieheadrecords.com/releases/pie008.html ::: naw website : http://www.noisefactoryrecords.com/naw.htm PIE007 : Vague Terrain Recordings : _A Viable Alternative to Actual Sexual Contact_ ::: more info : http://www.pieheadrecords.com/releases/pie007.html ::: ??? : http://www.google.com/search?q=Vague+Terrain+discography PIE006 : Multiplex : _Iroquois_ ::: more info : http://www.pieheadrecords.com/releases/pie006.html ::: Multiplex website : http://www.multiplexmusic.com PIE005 : Your Favourite Horse : _I Would Close My Eyes But All I See Is The Massacre_ ::: more info : http://www.pieheadrecords.com/releases/pie005.html ::: Your Favourite Horse website : http://www.scarcelight.com PIE004 : I8U : _grasshopper morphine_ ::: more info : http://www.pieheadrecords.com/releases/pie004.html ::: I8U website : http://www.I8U.com PIE003 : David Kristian : _My Three Suns_ ::: more info : http://www.pieheadrecords.com/releases/pie003.html ::: David Kristian website : http://www.davidkristian.com PIE002 : hellothisisalex : _the canadian spelling program_ ::: more info : http://www.pieheadrecords.com/releases/pie002.html ::: hellothisisalex website : http://www.hellothisisalex.com PIE001 : ARC/Aidan Baker : _Repercussion_ ::: more info : http://www.pieheadrecords.com/releases/pie001.html ::: ARC website : http://fade.to/arc ::: Aidan Baker website : http://www3.sympatico.ca/mokka :::::::::::::::: UPCOMING RELEASES ::: We are currently finalizing plans for our second limited edition series to be released on a monthly basis throughout 2003. The format this time will be EP length releases on CD3"s with a more handmade feel to the packaging. We should have the list of artists completely confirmed within the next couple of weeks, at which point we will send out an announcement and open the series to pre-orders. We're also in the very early stages of planning for a couple of full-scale CD releases which should see the light of day during 2003. No firm details to announce yet, but as things come together, we'll let you know. :::::::::::::::: LIVE EVENTS ::: We're happy to announce that we'll be holding a holiday celebration under the name of our "parent company", Stained Productions. It will be happening on Sunday, December 8th, 2002 at Oasis (294 College Street in Toronto), and it will feature live sets by I Am Robot And Proud, hellothisisalex and Self Service plus food, prizes and more. ::: more info : http://www.stainedproductions.com/events/christmas/ : http://www.pieheadrecords.com/live.html :::::::::::::::: ORDERING/SUBSCRIPTIONS ::: All Piehead releases can be ordered directly from us using credit card, money order or cash. ::: more info : http://www.pieheadrecords.com/mailorder Piehead releases can also be purchased from the following online sources: ::: Duotone Records, Japan : http://www.duotonerecords.com ::: Norman Records, UK : http://www.normanrecords.com In Toronto, you can buy our releases at: ::: Electron Music : 726 Queen St. W. (above Doc's Leathers) ::: Ping Things at The Ambient Ping : Tuesdays @ club nia/C'est What, 19 Church St. : http://www.theambientping.com In Montreal, you can buy our releases at: ::: Atom Heart : 364-B Rue Sherbrooke East : http://www.atomheart.ca/ ::: CD Esoterik : 1841C Rue Ste. Catherine Subscriptions to the 2002 limited edition series are still available directly from Piehead. Subscribing ensures that you will receive all of the 11 releases in the series mailed directly to your home as they are released, plus a subscriber-only compilation to be released in December which will feature EXCLUSIVE tracks from all of the artists in the series. New subscribers will be sent PIE001 to PIE011 immediately, and will receive the compilation in mid-December. :::::::::::::::: Need more info on anything mentioned above, or just wondering what this whole Piehead thing is all about? The answers you seek can be found at http://www.pieheadrecords.com or by emailing us at hello@pieheadrecords.com :::::::::::::::: cheers, Greg & Sheryl Piehead Records :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Greg Clow ::: greg@stainedproductions.com ::::::::: concert & event promotions ::: http://www.stainedproductions.com :::::: electronic music radio & reviews ::: http://www.feedbackmonitor.com ::: electronic/experimental record label ::: http://www.pieheadrecords.com ::::::::: 158 Close Ave. 2nd Floor ::: Toronto, Ontario M6K 2V5 ::: Canada --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org