Important Records' monthly newsletter, with updates on new releases:
Greetings!
Our fall release schedule is now in full swing with brand new records from Slomo, Nadja, Aidan Baker, Tecumseh and the debut solo record from Grails songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Zak Riles. Riles' debut is as essential piece of the Grails equation as often Riles songs are the origins of Grails material. He writes them his way and then once they're part of the Grails cannon they take on a different form. Riles' versions of these songs have the same intensity but delivered in a slower and more subtle way. For fans of Grails/Blackshaw/Fahey/Popol Vuh etc.
As you likely already know Ocean's "Here Where Nothing Grows" has outsold everyting on Important and received major international acclaim. Well, after 3 years of work their follow up is ready and will be released in early November with the LP version and bonus track ready sometime in December. It's appropriately titled "Pantheon Of The Lesser" and everything you could possibly wish to know about it can be found here:
http://importantrecords.com/ocean_lesser/
Also, Risil is delayed for a couple of months. The good news is that the record will be even better and will be available on both CD/LP. Risil is a caravan headed through the audio desert and under the canopy can be found Guillermo Herren (Prefuse 73/Savath & Savallas), Zach Hill (Hella), Tyondai Braxton (Battles), John McEntire (Tortoise), Alejandra Deheza (School Of Seven Bells), Eva Puyuelo Muns (Savath & Savalas). Get ready!
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We're still offering the Fall 2008 Back To School sale which gives you the opportunity to grab some key Important titles for as low as $5 each.
Chose from a list of almost 80 sale priced Important Records releases:
15 cds: $100
30 cds: $200
55 cds: $300
all 78: $400
Everything can be found here:
http://importantrecords.com/sale.html
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And don't forget to treat yourself to a Rega P1. Your ears and your record collection will thank you for it.
http://importantrecords.com/rega/rega.htm
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NEW RELEASES:
ZAK RILES "self titled" CD $12
Zak Riles is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in the Important band Grails. His creative contributions to the group are immeasurable and can be heard clearly on this self titled debut solo outing. In fact some of the pieces on this solo record have been reinterpreted into Grails favorites......
TECUMSEH "Avalanche & Inundation" CD $10/LP $12
Heavy drone/heavy meditation. Be inside the sounds.
Formed in 2004, Tecumseh creates drone metal of the heaviest variety although with more forward movement than some of their peers and with the addition of cold electronic hiss.
SLOMO "THe Bog" CD $12
Holy McGrail: Moog Taurus II, Sunn Mustang, Clatter
Howard Marsden: Korg MS10 & Korg MS20, Hiss
Julian Cope: Poem
The Bog is the 2nd full-length release from Slomo, honing down the ritual clatter of their first album, The Creep (2005), into a more cumbersome and laden affair, ever heading downwards into the Northern Underworld upon slurries of unsignposted mung....
AIDAN BAKER "I Too Wish To Be Absorbed" 2xCD $12
Aidan Baker's I Wish Too, To Be Absorbed is a 2 disc compilation of tracks from various out-of-print, limited edition releases spanning the last 10 years of Baker's output, ranging from his very first release to material that was featured on the soundtrack to a book of his poetry.....
AIDAN BAKER/LEAH BUCKAREFF/NADJA "Trinitarian" LP $14
100 white/100 blue. One per customer.Trinitarian represents an attempt to break down the essence of Nadja by offering a solo track from each of its two members plus one Nadja composition; two stripped down ambient pieces featuring single instruments (guitar and bass, respectively) to a full Nadja composition......
SKULL DEFEKTS "Waving" 7" $10
Last copies of this extremely limited edition of 300 tour 7" available only at shows and direct from Important
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New Apparel:
SKULL DEFEKTS SHIRTS $10
- two different prints in two different colors
CONIFER $10
- Crown Fire shirts designed by Conifer member Zak Howard
HOTOTOGISU $10
- tour shirt printed on American Apparel
IMPORTANT RECORDS tote bag $10
- a tote bag + an Important logo = an Important Records tote bag. Fits records, books and groceries.
MERZBOW Dolphin Sonar $10
- available in two colors
JULIETTE ALARM CLOCK MOBILE $5
- new Important design inspired by a junk shop Juliette brand alarm clock.
DOUBLED UP 2008 $5
- update of the ever popular and ever so out of stock Doubled Up shirt design.
JULY/AUG NEW RELEASES:
KAWABATA MAKOTO & MICHISHIT SHINSUKE "Basement Echo" CD $11
MERZBOW "Dolphin Sonar" CD $11
TOM CARTER "Shots At Infinity 1" CD $11
TOM CARTER "Shots At Infinity 2" LP $14
ASTRO/HIROSHI HASEGAWA "Live At Muryoku Muzen Temple" LP $14
ASTRO/HIROSHI HASEGAWA "The Echo From The Purple Dawn" CD $11
BASS COMMUNION "Molotov & Haze" CD $12
REPRESSED:
GRAILS "Take Refuge In Clean Living" LP $15
- The first 100 orders will receive amber colored vinyl. When those are gone we'll start shipping
black copies
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS self titeld LP $12
- Third pressing. This time around the first 100 copies shipped are on white vinyl.
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE GURU GURU "Psychedelic Navigator" CD $10
- This sold out immediately and is finally available again
JULIA KENT "Delay" CD $10
- Another immediate sellout finally available again.
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this email as well as the new items from the website. Or you can put it all
in an email to me and I'll get back to you quickly with a total.
Your order will not be held until it is paid for.
SHIPPING IN USA:
CD/7": $3 for the first and $1 each additional
SHIRT: $3 for the first and $1 each additional cd/lp or shirt
LP: $4 for the first and $1 each additional cd/lp or t-shirt
SHIPPING TO CANADA:
CD/7": $4 for the first and $1 each additional
SHIRT: $6 for the first and $2 each additional cd/lp or shirt
LP: $6 for the first and $2 each additional cd/lp or t-shirt
SHIPPING OVERSEAS:
CD/7": $5 for the first and $1 each additional
SHIRT: $10 for the first and $2 each additional CD, and $2 for each additional shirt
LP: $12 for the first and $2 each additional cd and $2 each additional LP or shirt
CALCULATING POSTAGE:
Items above are listed in order by weight. CD/7" are the least heavy, followed by shirts and then LPs which are the heaviest. Select your heaviest item and then add in the prices for all additional items.
For instance, if you live overseas and you are buying two LPs and a CD you would calculate $12 for the first LP, $2 more for the 2nd LP and then $1 more for the CD. That would make your shipping total $15. If you are in the USA and you make the same purchase you would calculate $3 for the LP, $1 more for the 2nd LP and then $1 more for the CD making your total $5 for media rate shipping.
If you don't feel comfortable making this calculation please email me your complete order and address and I'll quickly respond with a total. imprec@importantrecords.com
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Important Records
Box 1281
Newburyport, MA
01950
USA
Very Best,
John & Important Records
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