Cray - Kinamets cdr

Cray - Kinamets (siht16) (SOLD OUT)
date of release: 31.10.2008
format: cdr
copies: 50
Info: Cray is Ross Healy of Melbourne Australia, Ross has been making electronic music under various monikers since the early 90's for labels in Australia, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Ireland and the U.S. This is his second full length CD after 7 years in hiding. During that time Ross had sold everything he owned and moved to the country to get back to basics. Kinamets is NOT a drone record and is more in the form of early academic synthesizer recordings, it was recorded live on a EMS Synthi AKS .

Total System Point Never - Power In That Which Compels You cdr

Total System Point Never - Power In That Which Compels You (siht15) (SOLD OUT)
date of release: 31.10.2008
format: cdr
copies: 50
Info: Total System Point Never is Daniel Lopatin of Oneohtrix Point Never / Astronaut / Infinity Window on polyphonic synthesizers and Vinnie Paternostro of Total System Failure and Sonic Suicide Squad on tenor sax. This disc sounds like John Zorn getting fucked up by Tangerine Dream, somewhere between free jazz skronk and future retro synth. This release represents the rebirth of snapped in half, the future is now.

H/B A/D - Within The Triangle cdr

H/B A/D - Within The Triangle cdr (siht14) (SOLD OUT)
date of release: 27.07.2008
format: cdr
copies: 30
info: H/B A/D is a mail collaboration between San Fransisco's Head Boggle and Halifax's D/A A/D. Within The Triangle is 30 minutes of spaced out delay LFO damage and skittering classic synths crying out in pain, this isn't you average synth noise release - this is new ground. Get drunk / get lit, strap on some headphones and let go.

Regoshere - Swarming Crypt cdr

Regoshere - Swarming Crypt cdr (siht13) (SOLD OUT)
date of release: 27.07.2008
format: cdr
copies: 25
info: Regosphere is the new death industrial / power electronics project from Andy Quitter of Suburbia Melting. This disc contains 2 tracks of intense emotive electronics and blistering energy. The title track itself is worth the journey, evil from the murky depths of the belly of Cthulhu.

Robe. - Facial cdr

Robe. - Facial cdr (siht12) (SOLD OUT)
date of release: 27.07.2008
format: cdr
copies: 25
info: 45 minutes of bleak tones from Indiana's harvesters of doom. This is some of Robe.'s most dark work to date.

Slow Listener / In Negatives - split cdr

Slow Listener / In Negatives - split cdr (siht11) (SOLD OUT)
date of release: 24.05.2008
format: cdr
copies: 30
info: 1 track each from the UK's feedback drone hero Slow Listener and Canada's newest kid on the block In Negatives. Slow Listener provides a near 20 minutes lo-fi electronics malfunction, while In Negatives chimes in with 16 odd minutes of pure tape loop doom.

Andrew Coltrane - Cosmic Machine c30

Andrew Coltrane - Cosmic Machine (siht10) (SOLD OUT)
date of release: 24.05.2008
format: c30
copies: 50
info: Synth, straight no chaser. This tape is 2 side long synth jams from Michigan madman A.C. These drones are deep, dank and endless as the cosmos. This release sports a full color j-card, with printed labels on transparent fuschia tapes. Pure electric sex!

possibly available from:
Tomentosa Records (usa)
Blackest Rainbow (uk)

Gown - Deep In c45

Gown - Deep In (siht08) (SOLD OUT)
date of release: 24.05.2008
format: c45
copies: 50
info: 45 minutes of guitar feedback apparitions from ex-ex patriot Andrew MacGregor, this release is some of Gown's best drone work yet. Never boring, but never too much. This is the shit that Goldilocks ate, but little did she know it was laced with salvia. Strap in, plug in, let time melt. These tapes come with blue printing on pink mylar j-cards, and spray painted /hand stamped labels.

possibly available from:
Tomentosa Records (usa)
Blackest Rainbow (uk)

Alex Pearson / Kenji Siratori / Elijah Kamminga - split cdr

Alex Pearson / Kenji Siratori / Elijah Kamminga - split cdr (siht04) (SOLD OUT)
date of release: 24.05.2008
format: cdr
copies: 30
info: 2 solo tracks from Kenji Siratori, 1 solo track from Aler Pearson, 1 solo track from Elijah Kamminga as well as colaborative efforts from Kenji and Alex as well as Elijah and Alex. From death industrial, harsh noise, cut up to off kilter drum and synth jazz. This disc is as odd as it fucking gets, featuring photography and design from Chris Gibson.

Spark Applied To Powder - The Window c10

Spark Applied To Powder - The Window (siht09) (SOLD OUT)
date of release: 27.04.2008
format: c10
copies: 30
info: We are very pleased to announce the first official release of Eugene Oregon's own Spark Applied To Powder. Transparent yellow tapes with black and gold spray painted labels. This stellar release features 2 tracks of Sidrassi Organ masterfulness. Side a is a cluster of bright tones and sub bass bombs, while side b is a dense drone that never seems bleak and shines with light.

A.S. Pearson - Broken Dreams and Blue Jays c45

A.S. Pearson - Broken Dreams and Blue Jays c45 (SOLD OUT)
date of release: 24.02.2008
format: c45
copies: 20
info: A.S. Pearson of D/A A/D's solo analog project, just modular synth - no effects or outside sound sources. each tape comes with a relic of my childhood, a 1987 O-Pee-Chee Toronto Blue Jays card from my actual collection. The tape is 2 side long modular drone jams, straight to tape. No overdubs, 100% analog.

This nice little slab of white plastic is the newest offering from D/A A/D front man, Alex Pearson. This is the first in what will hopefully be an ongoing series of pure analog synth recordings done in a more ambient style recorded straight to tape, and never touched by digital hands. As with most of his this release's is pretty bass heavy, but unlike D/A A/D there is also an underlying since of melody, and plenty of long, engaging drones. This still hits pretty heavy though, and I would hesitate to call it straight up drone or ambient. While it has the characteristics of both those styles, the tones are still very beefy and unrelenting in a way that is purely Alex's own. All an all I enjoy this tape very much, and for people like me who can't get enough synth action it's one of the best things I've got in the mail recently. It's a shame that it's limited to only 20 copies. Comes with a small business card with the info, and a Toronto Blue Jays baseball card from the 1980's, all in a tiny zip lock bag. Very cool sounds, and nice, thoughtful packaging. Get it quick! - eat trash, shit money!

*NEWS*
Unfortunately due to the nature of this release the master tape was damaged by static electricity, there may be slight popping during the tape, we would like to think it adds character.

possibly available from:
RRRecords (usa)

Fossils - Drunk Boat c45

Fossils - Drunk Boat (siht07) (SOLD OUT)
date of release: 24.02.2008
format: c45
copies: 23
info: Hammer town's Fossils on snapped in half for the first time! White cassettes spray painted neon matte yellow/green and pink with red splattered labels. True zombie music, field recordings from the undead apocalypse. The sounds of torn flesh and social decay. These lo-fi fossils jams are some of the best we have heard.

possibly available from:
RRRecords (usa)

Suicidal Tendons - Black Teeth c30

Suicidal Tendons - Black Teeth (siht06) (SOLD OUT)
date of release: 24.02.2008
format: c30
copies: 20
info: Kelso Washington's harsh noise beast on snapped in half with clear red cassettes with transparent cobalt gray mylar, black and white and black on black inserts. Harsh walls with a twist, 28 minutes of foreplay leading to 2 solid minutes of hard core fucking (noise).

"Is this a S.T. ambient tape?!? Well close, but not exactly. The tape starts off with gear slowly being turned on, with each tiny sound being feed into a delay loop that grows and grows. A nice eerie, crunchy feedback loop rolls along, crackling and changing ever so slightly. After the play button clicks up and you are broke from the daze of the past 15 minutes, it's time to flip it over. It slides back into the same rhythm and you continue to be stoned by the noise. Just before the tape ends there is a nice surprise. Double killer! Amazing packaging from SIH contains 3 inserts, including a book review and a translucent painting of the dark one himself. It's all enclosed in a small zip lock bag." - eat trash, shit money!

possibly available from:
RRRecords (usa)