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ASTHMATIC KITTY RECORDS MAIL LIST MARCH EDITION
1. Cryptacize Album and Tour
2. DVD (and don’t forget the Independent Exposure competition)
3. Music for Videogames
4. Happy Ending
5. Unusual Animals Mutates into Louisville
6. SXSW 2008 (Listen!)
7. Tour Dates
-0——-INTRODUCTION——————————————————————————-
We’re about to head off to SXSW 2008, so if you’re going to be in Austin as well, catch us at one of our day parties and say hello. But just because we’re jetting doesn’t mean there’s not much going on. Cryptacize’s album is finally out and it’s a doozey. Between our last communique and this, we’ve let loose our Encyclopedia Asthmatica DVD into the world of video. We also have a very special Unusual Animals event in Louisville that anyone can contribute to, even if you’re not in the area.
Thanks again for reading!
1. Cryptacize Album and Tour
2. DVD (and don’t forget the Independent Exposure competition)
3. Music for Videogames
4. Happy Ending
5. Unusual Animals Mutates into Louisville
6. SXSW 2008 (Listen!)
7. Tour Dates
-0——-INTRODUCTION——————————————————————————-
We’re about to head off to SXSW 2008, so if you’re going to be in Austin as well, catch us at one of our day parties and say hello. But just because we’re jetting doesn’t mean there’s not much going on. Cryptacize’s album is finally out and it’s a doozey. Between our last communique and this, we’ve let loose our Encyclopedia Asthmatica DVD into the world of video. We also have a very special Unusual Animals event in Louisville that anyone can contribute to, even if you’re not in the area.
Thanks again for reading!
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-1——-CRYPTACIZE ALBUM AND TOUR————————————————————-
Cryptacize’s first album is now available, either here on the website or at your favorite independent record store. We’ve had the pleasure of listening to it for some time, and we think you’ll enjoy it’s swirling delicate orchestration.
In case you need something to listen to until your album arrives via mail, or the bus arrives to take you to the record store, Michael, Chris, and Nedelle of Cryptacize have carefully created a playlist of some of their friends’ music. Go to asthmatickitty.com, then click on AKradio at the top, then “change playlist” to select the Cryptacize playlist.
Click here to order the album for $10+SH:
http://asthmatickitty.com/music.php?releaseID=86
“Cosmic Sing-a-long,” video by Cryptacize:
www.vimeo.com/709460
Cryptacize’s first album is now available, either here on the website or at your favorite independent record store. We’ve had the pleasure of listening to it for some time, and we think you’ll enjoy it’s swirling delicate orchestration.
In case you need something to listen to until your album arrives via mail, or the bus arrives to take you to the record store, Michael, Chris, and Nedelle of Cryptacize have carefully created a playlist of some of their friends’ music. Go to asthmatickitty.com, then click on AKradio at the top, then “change playlist” to select the Cryptacize playlist.
Click here to order the album for $10+SH:
http://asthmatickitty.com/music.php?releaseID=86
“Cosmic Sing-a-long,” video by Cryptacize:
www.vimeo.com/709460
-2———ENCYCLOPEDIA ASTHMATICA DVD CHECKED IN————————————–
Dear Library Patron,
This is a friendly reminder that the Encyclopedia Asthmatica “Digital Versatile Disc” is now available for checkout.
From,
Your neighborhood imaginary library.
(pssss: our DVD is out! It has videos from almost everyone on our label!)
Encyclopedia Asthmatica Info ($14+SH):
http://asthmatickitty.com/music.php?releaseID=91
“Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake,” by Sufjan Stevens, as interpreted by visual artist Deborah Johnson:
www.vimeo.com/665276
Trailer for the DVD (designed by the packaging and DVD menus’ creators: Zack and Gala Bent):
www.vimeo.com/665307
Dear Library Patron,
This is a friendly reminder that the Encyclopedia Asthmatica “Digital Versatile Disc” is now available for checkout.
From,
Your neighborhood imaginary library.
(pssss: our DVD is out! It has videos from almost everyone on our label!)
Encyclopedia Asthmatica Info ($14+SH):
http://asthmatickitty.com/music.php?releaseID=91
“Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake,” by Sufjan Stevens, as interpreted by visual artist Deborah Johnson:
www.vimeo.com/665276
Trailer for the DVD (designed by the packaging and DVD menus’ creators: Zack and Gala Bent):
www.vimeo.com/665307
-3——–MUSIC FOR VIDEOGAMES——————————————————————-
As some of us here at the label are avid video gamers but with little time to spare, we keep a close eye on the independent video game scene as it often yields a higher creativity-to-time ratio than most other videogames. It was with piqued interest that we watched a game called AudioSurf move from almost-finished to the rare “completed” status just a month or two ago. The game takes an MP3 or CD and turns it into a playable video game level, with colored blocks appropriately tied to the tempo of the song. Its integration of pure color on visual dimension with the experience of sound into one unified, synesthesia game space seemed quite fascinating. And plus, it was really fun.
We decided to round-up a few friends of the label and put together a compilation designed especially for play in AudioSurf. The call was quickly answered by signed and unsigned alike, including folks from Anticon Records, Sounds Are Active, and Imputor. The end result is a driving, definitive, compilation comprised of previously released and some unreleased material that is cohesive if only because our criteria was playability in addition to quality. Apparently, there is a mathematical and musical beauty in that.
Download the album here:
http://asthmatickitty.com/music.php?releaseID=95
Download a free AudioSurf demo here:
www.audiosurf.com
As some of us here at the label are avid video gamers but with little time to spare, we keep a close eye on the independent video game scene as it often yields a higher creativity-to-time ratio than most other videogames. It was with piqued interest that we watched a game called AudioSurf move from almost-finished to the rare “completed” status just a month or two ago. The game takes an MP3 or CD and turns it into a playable video game level, with colored blocks appropriately tied to the tempo of the song. Its integration of pure color on visual dimension with the experience of sound into one unified, synesthesia game space seemed quite fascinating. And plus, it was really fun.
We decided to round-up a few friends of the label and put together a compilation designed especially for play in AudioSurf. The call was quickly answered by signed and unsigned alike, including folks from Anticon Records, Sounds Are Active, and Imputor. The end result is a driving, definitive, compilation comprised of previously released and some unreleased material that is cohesive if only because our criteria was playability in addition to quality. Apparently, there is a mathematical and musical beauty in that.
Download the album here:
http://asthmatickitty.com/music.php?releaseID=95
Download a free AudioSurf demo here:
www.audiosurf.com
-4———–THE HAPPY ENDING MUSIC AND READING SERIES————————————–
We are happy to announce that we have partnered with writer/culture-provocateur Amanda Stern and her Happy Ending Music and Reading Series to present a night of…well, what else…music and reading. On April 2nd at 9:30PM Asthmatic Kitty’s Michael Kaufmann and Amanda Stern will be hosting this event at Joe’s Pub in New York City. The music will be presented by our lovely My Brightest Diamond accompanied by strings. Also presenting will be three very fine writers: Alec Bemis, Daphne Carr and Rob Sheffield.
Sponsored by BOMB Magazine:
www.bombsite.com/
Happy Ending website:
www.amandastern.com/happyending.html
Joe’s Pub:
www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,3798
We are happy to announce that we have partnered with writer/culture-provocateur Amanda Stern and her Happy Ending Music and Reading Series to present a night of…well, what else…music and reading. On April 2nd at 9:30PM Asthmatic Kitty’s Michael Kaufmann and Amanda Stern will be hosting this event at Joe’s Pub in New York City. The music will be presented by our lovely My Brightest Diamond accompanied by strings. Also presenting will be three very fine writers: Alec Bemis, Daphne Carr and Rob Sheffield.
Sponsored by BOMB Magazine:
www.bombsite.com/
Happy Ending website:
www.amandastern.com/happyending.html
Joe’s Pub:
www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,3798
-5————-UNUSUAL ANIMALS MUTATES INTO LOUISVILLE—————————————-
The Unusual Animals series of events has spawned many mutations from its now year-old Austin ancestor, including species in Indianapolis, Houston, and Portland. Now a particularly strange variant will emerge from the warm cocoon of Louisville, Kentucky on April 5, at the 930 Gallery, 6:30pm. One attribute that makes this particular Animal so abnormal is that it will incorporate an active pollination from the public at large. Along with the 930, we are requesting art from you or someone you know. You can read the call for entries below, but you only have until the 15th of March.
Attendance to this particular evolution will merit observations of music explorator Shedding, old-timey modern rockers The Town Criers, the non-android sound making of Squeeze-bot, and hip-kraut Ultra Pulverize. Cost to this phenomenon is free, save perhaps what it wears away from your scientific assumptions.
Go here for link-o-rama, including bands and call for entry:
http://asthmatickitty.com/news.php?newsID=266
The Unusual Animals series of events has spawned many mutations from its now year-old Austin ancestor, including species in Indianapolis, Houston, and Portland. Now a particularly strange variant will emerge from the warm cocoon of Louisville, Kentucky on April 5, at the 930 Gallery, 6:30pm. One attribute that makes this particular Animal so abnormal is that it will incorporate an active pollination from the public at large. Along with the 930, we are requesting art from you or someone you know. You can read the call for entries below, but you only have until the 15th of March.
Attendance to this particular evolution will merit observations of music explorator Shedding, old-timey modern rockers The Town Criers, the non-android sound making of Squeeze-bot, and hip-kraut Ultra Pulverize. Cost to this phenomenon is free, save perhaps what it wears away from your scientific assumptions.
Go here for link-o-rama, including bands and call for entry:
http://asthmatickitty.com/news.php?newsID=266
-6————–SXSW—————————————————————————————–
For those of you who will not be in the Austin, Texas area this week for SXSW, fret not! Find a nearby warm, dry climate, take your laptop into the backyard, and turn on our AKradio SXSW 2008 playlist. It’s almost like being there!
For those that will be there this week, see below for times and dates. Stop by and say hello!
Asthmatic Kitty (and friends) Label Showcase:
Friday, March 14 @ Central Presbyterian Church (200 E. 8th St)
8:00pm – Tristan Perich
9:00pm – Doveman
10:00pm – Clare & The Reasons
11:00pm – Cryptacize (Asthmatic Kitty)
12:00am – My Brightest Diamond (Asthmatic Kitty)
1:00am – Castanets (Asthmatic Kitty)
For those of you who will not be in the Austin, Texas area this week for SXSW, fret not! Find a nearby warm, dry climate, take your laptop into the backyard, and turn on our AKradio SXSW 2008 playlist. It’s almost like being there!
For those that will be there this week, see below for times and dates. Stop by and say hello!
Asthmatic Kitty (and friends) Label Showcase:
Friday, March 14 @ Central Presbyterian Church (200 E. 8th St)
8:00pm – Tristan Perich
9:00pm – Doveman
10:00pm – Clare & The Reasons
11:00pm – Cryptacize (Asthmatic Kitty)
12:00am – My Brightest Diamond (Asthmatic Kitty)
1:00am – Castanets (Asthmatic Kitty)
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Okay Mountain Presents Asthmatic Kitty and Friends:
Friday, March 14 @ at the Okay Mountain Gallery (1312 East Cesar Chavez Ste B)
2:00pm – Marla Hansen (Standard Recording)
2:45pm – Hi Red Center
3:15pm – Gary Higgins (Drag City)
4:00pm – The Weird Weeds (Autobus Records )
4:45pm – KIT (Upset the Rhythm)
Saturday, March 15 @ at the Okay Mountain Gallery (1312 East Cesar Chavez Ste B)
2:00pm – Grampall Jookabox (Joyful Noise Recordings)
2:45pm – Smoke Detector
3:15pm – Son Lux (Anticon Records)
4:00pm – Cryptacize (Asthmatic Kitty)
4:45pm – {{{Sunset}}}
DJ Stephen R between sets
Day Party Sponsors:
KTRU: http://bang.rice.edu/
Microcinema: www.microcinemadvd.com/
XLR8R Magazine: www.xlr8r.com/
Function Drinks: www.functiondrinks.com/
Miles of Chocolate: www.milesofchocolate.com/
St. Arnold’s Brewing Company: www.saintarnold.com/
Real Ale Brewing Company: www.realalebrewing.com/
Other Appearances by AK Artists:
My Brightest Diamond (solo):
– Thursday, March 13, 12:00pm – Paste-Stereogum Lounge @ Volume (612 6th St)
Castanets:
– Thursday, March 13, 1:00pm – Todd P’s free all-ages patio BBQ party @ Ms Bea’s (1104 E. 6th St)
SC Distribution Day Party:
Friday, March 14 @ End of an Ear (2209 S. 1st)
1:00pm – Cryptacize (Asthmatic Kitty)
1:50pm – No Kids (Tomlab)
2:40pm – Jeremy Jay (K Records)
3:30pm – White Hinterland (Dead Oceans)
4:20pm – Sian Alice Group (The Social Registry)
CSTNTS (featuring members of Castanets):
– Friday, March 14, 2:00pm – Impose/KVRX house party @ RanchO RelaxO (3402 Merrie Lynn)
Friday, March 14 @ at the Okay Mountain Gallery (1312 East Cesar Chavez Ste B)
2:00pm – Marla Hansen (Standard Recording)
2:45pm – Hi Red Center
3:15pm – Gary Higgins (Drag City)
4:00pm – The Weird Weeds (Autobus Records )
4:45pm – KIT (Upset the Rhythm)
Saturday, March 15 @ at the Okay Mountain Gallery (1312 East Cesar Chavez Ste B)
2:00pm – Grampall Jookabox (Joyful Noise Recordings)
2:45pm – Smoke Detector
3:15pm – Son Lux (Anticon Records)
4:00pm – Cryptacize (Asthmatic Kitty)
4:45pm – {{{Sunset}}}
DJ Stephen R between sets
Day Party Sponsors:
KTRU: http://bang.rice.edu/
Microcinema: www.microcinemadvd.com/
XLR8R Magazine: www.xlr8r.com/
Function Drinks: www.functiondrinks.com/
Miles of Chocolate: www.milesofchocolate.com/
St. Arnold’s Brewing Company: www.saintarnold.com/
Real Ale Brewing Company: www.realalebrewing.com/
Other Appearances by AK Artists:
My Brightest Diamond (solo):
– Thursday, March 13, 12:00pm – Paste-Stereogum Lounge @ Volume (612 6th St)
Castanets:
– Thursday, March 13, 1:00pm – Todd P’s free all-ages patio BBQ party @ Ms Bea’s (1104 E. 6th St)
SC Distribution Day Party:
Friday, March 14 @ End of an Ear (2209 S. 1st)
1:00pm – Cryptacize (Asthmatic Kitty)
1:50pm – No Kids (Tomlab)
2:40pm – Jeremy Jay (K Records)
3:30pm – White Hinterland (Dead Oceans)
4:20pm – Sian Alice Group (The Social Registry)
CSTNTS (featuring members of Castanets):
– Friday, March 14, 2:00pm – Impose/KVRX house party @ RanchO RelaxO (3402 Merrie Lynn)
-7——TOUR DATES——————————————————————————-
Castanets
2008-03-13 Thursday: Austin, TX – Ms Beas (for the free agency / todd p nyc BBQ)
2008-03-14 Friday: Austin, TX – Central Presbyterian Church (at Asthmatic Kitty & Friends Showcase)
2008-03-15 Saturday: Austin, TX – RanchO RelaxO
Cryptacize
2008-03-11 Tuesday: Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves (w/ why?, Sunburned Hand of the Man, and WeMadeOutOnce DJs)
2008-03-11 Tuesday: Dallas, TX – Good Records (afternoon instore)
2008-03-14 Friday: Austin, TN – End of an Ear
2008-03-16 Sunday: Houston, TX – Rudyard’s Pub (w/why? and Samara Lubelski)
2008-03-17 Monday: Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon (w/why? and Panther)
2008-03-18 Tuesday: Atlanta, GA – The Drunken Unicorn (w/why? and Panther)
2008-03-19 Wednesday: Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle (w/why?)
2008-03-20 Thursday: Charlottesville, VA – Outback Lodge (w/why? and Doofgoblin)
2008-03-21 Friday: Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church (w/why? and Br. Danielson)
2008-03-22 Saturday: New York, NY – The Knitting Factory (w/why?, Panther, and Son Lux)
2008-03-23 Sunday: New Haven, CT – Sundazed at BAR (w/why?)
2008-03-24 Monday: Northampton, MA – The Iron Horse (w/why?)
2008-03-25 Tuesday: Cambridge, MA – The Middle East (w/why?)
2008-03-26 Wednesday: Montreal, QC – La Sala Rossa (w/why?)
2008-03-27 Thursday: Toronto, OH – Silver Dollar (w/why?)
2008-03-28 Friday: Ann Arbor, MI – Pierpoint at University Of Michigan (w/why? and Hopalong)
2008-03-29 Saturday: Chicago, IL – The Hideout (w/ Rock Falls and Citay)
2008-03-30 Sunday: St. Louis, MO – Lemp Arts Center (w/ Thankful Tree, Citay, and Jumbling Towers)
2008-03-31 Monday: Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
2008-04-01 Tuesday: Denver, CO – Hi-Dive (w/ Littles Paia, hunter dragon, and Milton Melvin Croissant III)
2008-04-03 Thursday: Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court (w/ Kid Madusa (from The Tremula) and touch the awesome)
Half-handed Cloud
2008-04-16 Wednesday: San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop (w/ Lake)
2008-04-17 Thursday: Oakland, CA – Mama Buzz Cafe (EARLY) (w/ Lake)
2008-04-20 Sunday: Denver, CO – Rhinoceropolis (w/ Lake)
2008-04-21 Monday: Omaha, NE – Slowdown (w/ Lake)
2008-04-22 Tuesday: Ames, IA – The Practice Space (w/ Lake)
2008-04-24 Thursday: Chicago, IL – Lincoln Square Theatre (w/ Think/Dance Collective, Lake)
2008-04-25 Friday: Grand Rapids, MI – Calvin College@Fish House (w/ Lake)
2008-04-26 Saturday: Bloomington, IN – Art Hospital (w/ Vollmar, Lake)
2008-04-27 Sunday: Nashville, TN – Portland Brew (South) (w/ Lake, Aaron Roche)
2008-04-28 Monday: Chattanooga, TN – Barking Legs Theater (w/ Charles Allison, Lake)
2008-04-29 Tuesday: Maryville, TN – Tomato Head (w/ Lake)
2008-04-30 Wednesday: Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn (w/ Lake)
2008-05-01 Thursday: Athens, GA – Caledonia Lounge (w/ Casper & the Cookies, Lake)
2008-05-05 Monday: Purchase, NY – Purchae College@Co-op (w/ Lake)
2008-05-06 Tuesday: New York City, NY – Cake-shop (w/ R. Stevie Moore, Lake)
My Brightest Diamond
2008-03-12 Wednesday: Dallas, TX – Granada Theater ((solo) w/ Kid Dakota and Cloud Cult)
2008-03-13 Thursday: Austin, TX – Paste-Stereogum Lounge at Volume
2008-03-14 Friday: Austin, TX – Central Presbyterian Church (at Asthmatic Kitty & Friends Showcase)
Rafter
2008-04-19 Saturday: Claremont, CA – Pitzer College (@ Kohoutek Music and Arts Festival)
Be seeing you!
Castanets
2008-03-13 Thursday: Austin, TX – Ms Beas (for the free agency / todd p nyc BBQ)
2008-03-14 Friday: Austin, TX – Central Presbyterian Church (at Asthmatic Kitty & Friends Showcase)
2008-03-15 Saturday: Austin, TX – RanchO RelaxO
Cryptacize
2008-03-11 Tuesday: Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves (w/ why?, Sunburned Hand of the Man, and WeMadeOutOnce DJs)
2008-03-11 Tuesday: Dallas, TX – Good Records (afternoon instore)
2008-03-14 Friday: Austin, TN – End of an Ear
2008-03-16 Sunday: Houston, TX – Rudyard’s Pub (w/why? and Samara Lubelski)
2008-03-17 Monday: Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon (w/why? and Panther)
2008-03-18 Tuesday: Atlanta, GA – The Drunken Unicorn (w/why? and Panther)
2008-03-19 Wednesday: Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle (w/why?)
2008-03-20 Thursday: Charlottesville, VA – Outback Lodge (w/why? and Doofgoblin)
2008-03-21 Friday: Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church (w/why? and Br. Danielson)
2008-03-22 Saturday: New York, NY – The Knitting Factory (w/why?, Panther, and Son Lux)
2008-03-23 Sunday: New Haven, CT – Sundazed at BAR (w/why?)
2008-03-24 Monday: Northampton, MA – The Iron Horse (w/why?)
2008-03-25 Tuesday: Cambridge, MA – The Middle East (w/why?)
2008-03-26 Wednesday: Montreal, QC – La Sala Rossa (w/why?)
2008-03-27 Thursday: Toronto, OH – Silver Dollar (w/why?)
2008-03-28 Friday: Ann Arbor, MI – Pierpoint at University Of Michigan (w/why? and Hopalong)
2008-03-29 Saturday: Chicago, IL – The Hideout (w/ Rock Falls and Citay)
2008-03-30 Sunday: St. Louis, MO – Lemp Arts Center (w/ Thankful Tree, Citay, and Jumbling Towers)
2008-03-31 Monday: Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
2008-04-01 Tuesday: Denver, CO – Hi-Dive (w/ Littles Paia, hunter dragon, and Milton Melvin Croissant III)
2008-04-03 Thursday: Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court (w/ Kid Madusa (from The Tremula) and touch the awesome)
Half-handed Cloud
2008-04-16 Wednesday: San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop (w/ Lake)
2008-04-17 Thursday: Oakland, CA – Mama Buzz Cafe (EARLY) (w/ Lake)
2008-04-20 Sunday: Denver, CO – Rhinoceropolis (w/ Lake)
2008-04-21 Monday: Omaha, NE – Slowdown (w/ Lake)
2008-04-22 Tuesday: Ames, IA – The Practice Space (w/ Lake)
2008-04-24 Thursday: Chicago, IL – Lincoln Square Theatre (w/ Think/Dance Collective, Lake)
2008-04-25 Friday: Grand Rapids, MI – Calvin College@Fish House (w/ Lake)
2008-04-26 Saturday: Bloomington, IN – Art Hospital (w/ Vollmar, Lake)
2008-04-27 Sunday: Nashville, TN – Portland Brew (South) (w/ Lake, Aaron Roche)
2008-04-28 Monday: Chattanooga, TN – Barking Legs Theater (w/ Charles Allison, Lake)
2008-04-29 Tuesday: Maryville, TN – Tomato Head (w/ Lake)
2008-04-30 Wednesday: Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn (w/ Lake)
2008-05-01 Thursday: Athens, GA – Caledonia Lounge (w/ Casper & the Cookies, Lake)
2008-05-05 Monday: Purchase, NY – Purchae College@Co-op (w/ Lake)
2008-05-06 Tuesday: New York City, NY – Cake-shop (w/ R. Stevie Moore, Lake)
My Brightest Diamond
2008-03-12 Wednesday: Dallas, TX – Granada Theater ((solo) w/ Kid Dakota and Cloud Cult)
2008-03-13 Thursday: Austin, TX – Paste-Stereogum Lounge at Volume
2008-03-14 Friday: Austin, TX – Central Presbyterian Church (at Asthmatic Kitty & Friends Showcase)
Rafter
2008-04-19 Saturday: Claremont, CA – Pitzer College (@ Kohoutek Music and Arts Festival)
Be seeing you!
For more animal-esque music, news, and issues, tune in to Kitty Mowmow’s Animal Expo online at www.thecapstone.ua.edu, Sunday nights 8-10 central.
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