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Notice Recordings Releases New Cassette Batch: Okkyung Lee, Sarah Hennies & Greg Stuart, Matt Hannafin performing John Cage

Notice Recordings Releases New Cassette Batch: Okkyung Lee, Sarah Hennies & Greg Stuart, Matt Hannafin performing John Cage

Notice Recordings has released a new batch of cassettes. The first release comes from the esteemed New York-based cellist Okkyung Lee. Her new album is entitled Speckled Stones and Dissonant Green Dots. The first track is currently available for streaming and features a sprightly arrangement or computer-generated and analogue synthesizer. The B-side is said to “suggest early polyphony.” You can purchase the cassette on Bandcamp here.

The second new release from Notice Recordings is from percussionists Sarah Hennies and Greg Stuart. The B-side “Basin” is currently available for streaming and features a captivating assortment of found sounds that form a mysterious narrative-of-sorts. You can find more information about the album and purchase it here.

The third new release from Notice Recordings is from Matt Hannafin and finds him performing pieces from John Cage. It’s called Four Realizations for Solo Percussion and features compositions that Cage wrote during the last thirty years of his life. One piece, entitled “c Ȼomposed Improvisation,” was written for Glen Velez, a percussionist that Hannafin studied under. You can stream the A-side can be streamed above. More information about the pieces and purchasing the album can be found here. All three cassettes are limited to 100 copies.

Trichromatic Moiré Out Now, Features Tetuzi Akiyama, Sarah Hennies, Ryu Hankil, More

<i>Trichromatic Moiré</i> Out Now, Features Tetuzi Akiyama, Sarah Hennies, Ryu Hankil, More

The Sonic Art Research Unit (SARU) have released a new album entitled Trichromatic Moiré. The title refers to a graphic score by Thomas Martin Nutt that several artists were then asked to interpret. The two-disc album features numerous artists: Tetuzi Akiyama, Sarah Hennies, Ryu Hankil, Samuel Rodgers, Joseph Clayton Mills, Sally Ann McIntyre (Radio Cegeste), and more.

Over 200 Record Labels and Artists Join Bandcamp in Donating Today's Profits to Transgender Law Center

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Today, music streaming platform Bandcamp will donate 100% of their profits to the Transgender Law Center, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for change in laws and policies that discriminate against transgender and gender nonconforming people. Bandcamp is joined by over 200 record labels and artists who will also donate all profits made today to the TLC.

Some artists and record labels have uploaded unreleased music to the website as a result. This includes the release of "Joy Boy" by Julius Eastman from Frozen Reeds. The song was performed live at the same concert that featured "Femenine". Sarah Hennies has also released "Knees", a composition that utilizes empty beer kegs and a vibraphone. Jason Lescalleet has uploaded the aptly titled August 4th to the Glistening Examples page. As a note, this EP will only be up for today. And Liz Harris aka Grouper has also released "Children", a song that was written during the same sessions that produced Ruins.

You can view a complete list of all participating artists and record labels here. This benefit ends at midnight, pacific time.

Pre-orders for Sarah Hennies' 'Gather & Release' are Now Available

Sarah Hennies is releasing a new album on Coppice's label, Category of manifestation:. The album is entitled Gather & Release and will be out on in April. You can listen to excerpts from the album's two tracks above. The press release for Gather & Release is as follows:

Gather & Release is the result of years worth of composer Sarah Hennies’ exploration of the vibraphone in synthesis with her experiences of identity, obsession, anxiety, tension, grief, and loss.

Over the course of an hour, Hennies entangles highly focused percussion playing with field recordings, sine waves, signifiers from her personal & family history (including a 20+ year old recording of her grandfather reciting poetry), and bilateral stimulation, a tool for anxiety release and a major component of EMDR therapy (a branch of psychotherapy that focuses on relieving the patient of disturbing memories as a treatment for psychopathology).

The limited edition CD will come in hand-sewn packaging. You can find more information about Gather & Release, as well as pre-order it on the label website here

Graham Lambkin, Vanessa Rossetto, Sarah Hennies, and More Appear on Kendra Steiner Editions 10th Anniversary Album

Kendra Steiner Editions is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a new compilation of new and exclusive tracks. That's the cover above and, as you can tell, the release will feature artists such as Graham Lambkin, Vanessa Rossetto, and Sarah Hennies. The album is currently available for $8 in the US or $12 elsewhere (postage paid). If you're interested in purchasing the album, money can be sent via PayPal to django5722 (at) yahoo (dot) com. Make sure to include your name, address, and the name of the item you're purchasing.