If you can't make it to the show, Body Lotion and the Bloody Hands' CD-R EP will be available in the shop on the 28th.
Update: The show was a roaring success! Thanks to everybody! (Aren't you glad you attended?) We're already low on copies of the EP - more are on the(ir) way!
March 6, 2008
---> And so, Konrad Korabiewski's "Stateless" is now available through us. 44 minutes of electronic music beyond easy categorisation, in a digipak! Thanks to everyone who came to the release party, and to Konrad and Mikkel for a great live set.
---> Distro news:
If you're in more of an acid folk/drone mood (you already have the new Monks of the Balhill / A Man & A Guitar and 6majik9 releases on A Beard of Snails, right?), you might be interested in these new additions to the BSBTA Boutique's distro section:
- We Wait for the Snow "Lullabies from Our Dreams" (CD from Final Muzik)
- Inhibitionists "Concession Strings" (CD-R from MYMWLY)
---> Asaurusnow carries the entire Workaholics on Holiday! catalogue, as well as Mechanical Bird's "11 Songs for Perchers". Mechanical Bird is also in stock (accompanied by nice words) over at Norman Records.
February 28, 2008
---> Out now:Monks of the Balhill / A Man & A Guitar "Beyond the Map"and6majik9 "Black Sattva", limited edition CD-Rs on A Beard of Snails Records!
I've made a few copies of each so far, and will continue to make copies over the next several days (a lot of cutting, gluing and painting goes into each copy, so they'll take a while to make. But I shall make sure it won't take too long before you get your copy... if you actually order one.) Listen, listen, listen. Shop.
...which will be released on March 4. We are throwing a small party to mark the occassion. (It is a great album, why not listen to a few of the tracks from it now?)
If you can't read the flyer, I can clarify that the event will take place at Gefährlich, a small café in Copenhagen's Nørrebro district. The street address is Fælledvej 7.
The rumours are true: between 8 and 9 PM (21-22), we will be giving away free copies of the CD! Subsequently, you will also - if you want to - be able to purchase d'Oorhinge l'Orange's two other releases (keeping us in business!)
Afterwards, K.K. will do a live set with percussionist Mikkel Benn.
---> And, indeed, this page has gone through a mini-revamping. The new design is not perfect(ed) yet, and a few things may still be added or taken away. I am fully aware of all broken links (the newsletter and mp3 pages aren't finished... check back in three hours or three days!) The next couple of months are going to be massively busy on the release front. After this onslaught, it will be necessary to slow things down considerably. Just so you know. But first things first!
Elsewhere: I'm exhausted, having lifted heavy objects much of the day. I'll be back with more (while also attempting to catch up on e-mails) ASAP!
January 18, 2008
---> Tidying up: Well, 2008 has, on a personal level, been kind of lame so far, but things are looking up. Hope you've had a good start to your year.
I've managed to do a bit of rearranging and redesigning here. Over the next couple of months, The BSBTA Label Group Experience will only be lovelier...
December 23, 2007
---> X-mas = very soon, but... We (d'Oorhinge l'Orange Recordings) just wanted to say that we now have actual copies of the brilliant new cryptic scenery CD, "On the Outskirts" in our possession. And we (BSBTA Boutique) are totally ready to sell you, you, and you, etc. a copy.
Two of the album's quieter tracks (musically and moodwise, the album is rather varied, but never incoherent) are on MySpace. I believe the tracks are unmastered versions, but you get the idea...
---> After X-mas/before NYE: A Beard of Snails will be issuing an ultra limited edition double cd-r of two of Claus Haxholm's more drone-y/electro-meditative projects, Dead Black Arms and My Love We Found the Skies. Check back here on December 27th or 28th :-)
--->Hard drive hard times: This past week, I was without a computer, due to the fact that the old BSBTA Label Group Supercomputer suddenly stopped working. Several important audio and artwork files
which I didn't get around to backing up reside on the fux0red hard
drive. The files can probably be retrieved by professionals, but them thar pros don't come cheap.
So anybody who buys anything from us from now until eternity-or-thereabouts, will have a clean conscience
knowing exactly what the money will go to: not booze, blow, or biatches, but,
simply, the continued existence of A Beard of Snails, d'Oorhinge l'Orange, Workaholics on Holiday! and BSBTA Vinyl.
In case I don't get the opportunity to post another update until 2008, I'll wish you a Happy New Year in addition to a Joyous Christmas - now!
December 6 & 7, 2007
X-mas = Re-runs! For our "new" fans (and those of you who missed it the first time around), we have reuploaded the 2004 BSBTA MP3 Advent Calendar. Download all 24 tracks free!
Also, both of the aforementioned WoH! CD-Rs (see below) are now in stock.
Some of you may know that The BSBTA Label Group crawled out of the womb of, and proceeded to slowly devour, Bloated Sasquatch Beer Theatre Audio.
(For those of you who don't know, Bloated Sasquatch Beer Theatre Audio
was a record label that existed from early 2000 to late 2006, releasing
109 cd-rs and CDs in that timeframe.)
The BSBTA Label Group itself is not a record label, but an umbrella organisation, distributor, and spiritual guide for a
number of genre-specific and/or format-specific micro labels. And while
the Label Group name and "concept" may carry corporate connotations, none of our
affiliated labels have any intention of becoming major indies.
If it does happen, well, thank you :-)
Based out of Copenhagen, Denmark, the Label Group and its labels are run by a rotating cast of geeks, freaks, and volunteers, but, mostly, just one person, usually referred to as "us" or "we".
We also run the format-specific BSBTA Vinyl and 3S3TA imprints, though the latter seems to be pretty much over.
It is a common misconception that these labels are "BSBTA sub-labels". BSBTA (meaning Bloated Sasquatch Beer Theatre Audio) is no longer a label; the above labels are independent, while, of course, retaining strong ties with their common roots. Or something like that.
In any case, e-mail/message BSBTA or one of the labels for a mailing address. If you see an address for BSBTA on the internet, it is an old address, and I might not get your CD if you send anything there!
