ACHE RECORDS
"The second chapter of the DIV/ORCE series unfolds to reveal two tracks so well-made for each other, it's hard to believe it wasn't intentional. Both songs push threw themselves, relying on pillars of rhythmic energy, and both seem to collapse on themselves midway, one ...
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ACHE016 | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "Number eight in the div/orce series features Vancouverites exclusively. Secret Mommy's debut release as a 5 piece band: less digital mayhem, more pop gem with the main attention on Andy Dixon's vocal & guitar-work. It is clear that Andy is further ...
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ACHE039 | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "The seventh installment of our DIV/ORCE series, a split 7" series devoted to transcending the trivial boundaries of genre, pairs up two Bay Area acts. Wobbly, a San Franciscan with a vigorous back catalog, including releases on Tigerbeat6, and ...
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ACHE035 | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "Andy Dixon is currently manipulating organic sounds into electro-acoustic, pseudo-dance pieces under the moniker Secret Mommy, playing guitar and singing in the outsider improvised rock trio, Winning, and running the experimental record label, Ache ...
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ACHE036 | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "Vancouver trio, Winning's sophomore full length is as dour and uncomfortable as it is playful. It's a paradigm sprouted from the seed of improvisation, but nurtured from a dark and claustrophobic sentiment. Structurally, Could We Believe In Magic? ...
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ACHE037 | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "Zoë Verkuylen (The Red Light Sting), Mark Colavecchia (North Of America), Dan Tompkins (Got To Get Got), and Chris Vanderlaan (Animal Names / Buzzing Bees). The pursuit for a contemporary definition of "punk" is stretched and incessant. While ...
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ACHE033 | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "A collision of a hundred simultaneous ideas, Belgium's Uske Orchestra steamrolls through an unsettling cartoon landscape. They're previous two full lengths (the most recent of those was released on Sonig) are bursting with wrenching anti-segues of ...
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ACHE031 | ACHE RECORDS
"Andy Dixon's (aka Secret Mommy) first trek into the world of solo artistry finds himself finger picking guitars into his computer, only to process them into a mangled, yet beautiful collage of sounds. Just as the name suggests, "I Am Compltley Oprationa l" plays with ...
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ACHE005 | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "An elegant blend of modern fervor with an old-world charm, Birthday Party glistens with a timeless yet quirky pop panache. Primarily cello, mandolin, vocals, and percussion, The Winks are entirely void of any of the instruments traditionally used ...
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ACHE032 | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "While straying far from vocabulary such as "accessible" or "easy", this is Div/orce at its least abrasive. Pairing up two reflections of pictorial solitude and subtle melodic deep woods groan, we have Greg Davis and a member of the Jeweled Antler ...
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ACHE028 | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "Roaring through sixteen jagged, misshapen pieces of punk rock in less then 30 minutes, Tokyo's 2UP sweat and wiggle wildly. Teenage Mondo Trash will bring to mind the lost art of punk-house energy and screwball spirit. It's a puzzling and ...
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ACHE027 | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "Modern electronic manipulation coalesces with robust and celebratory cartoon melodies on this, the debut full length release by the Danish duo, Jab Mica Och El. After a 7" released on their own label, Champion Robot, and a beautifully crafted ...
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ACHE026CD | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "Eleven electronic / electro-acoustic artists from eight countries unify to pay homage to what listeners of BBC Radio 4's You and Yours radio program have voted as the most significant invention since 1800, beating computers, the internet, and even ...
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ACHE025CD | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "Vancouver's Secret Mommy spent half a year invading public space, equipped with hidden hand-made condenser microphones. He visited his former high school to record a basketball practice; he visited a martial arts demonstration, a children's day care, ...
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ACHE022CD | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "This is Mr Whyte's debut full length. In fact it's his debut release. We don't know where he's from or where he is now. What we do know is that he lived in Vancouver for some portion of his life (the portion in which this record was created) but no ...
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ACHE017 | ACHE RECORDS
special offer! "LEAD SINGER reminds me of the moments when I'm climbing the staircase to my bands practice space and I am able to hear 4 bands practicing at once, all at matching volumes. It's a documentation of the rare times when somehow, the cacophony that echoes ...
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ACHE015CD | ACHE RECORDS
