Famous Laughs / Potions – Wildcats c40

Posted by POTIONS / September 2, 2011

Famous Laughs & Potions will be offering a collection of space-scapes that we’ve recorded sporadically in not-so-recent times. We will be hocking these tapes at Distractions shows on our upcoming tour, which begins next week. Check out the dates below:

9/5/11 – TOUR KICK OFF! EMPTY BOTTLE FREE MONDAY! THIN HYMNS, DISTRACTIONS and HEALTH & BEAUTY!!!!!!

9/7/11 – Detroit, MI @ Bakery Loft w/Bones and more

9/8/11 – Cleveland, OH. @ Happy Dog w/TBA

9/9/11 – Pittsburgh, PA. @ Gooski’s w/ Gangwish and Taichi Nakatani

9/10/11 – Bard College, NY @ SMOG w/tba

9/11/11 – New York, NY @ Cake Shop w/Cloud Becomes Your Hand and Strange Shapes

9/12/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Bookspace w/ Cozy Galaxies and Oh! Pears

9/13/11 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar w/Lands & Peoples, Bachelorette, and In Every Room

9/14/11 – Blacksburg, VA details TBA

9/15/11 – Charlotte, NC @ Yauhaus (1227 Rollins Ave.)

9/16/11 – Athens, GA. details TBA

9/17/11 – Indianapolis, IN @ Cataracts Music Fest

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Now accepting orders for PAR007 + PAR008

Posted by POTIONS / August 13, 2011

PAR007 : Distractions – Lost Horse c32 \ pop pushed through a layered and noisy envelope created through our obsession with delay pedals, tiny keyboards, cassette culture, vintage spacey sounds

PAR008 : POTIONS – Odd Notions c62 \ ambient music with a “focus” on murky keyboards, janky non-sequenced drum machine beats all filtered through dub delays and looped to outerspace and back

$5 per tape

Shipping:
$1 U.S.
$2 Canada
$4 International

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SIDE A \ ODD NOTIONS

Posted by POTIONS / July 4, 2011

SIDE A from forthcoming PAR c62: POTIONS debut release. Recorded over the last couple of years, this long collection will give you a small glimpse into the world of Roland Potions.

Dubbing has already begun and we are going to try to have this one ready as early as July 12.

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SHYTAPER \ WILD OATS \ CASA DONDE

Posted by SHYTAPER / June 9, 2011

WILD OATS, first ever performance at CASA DONDE.

[download set]

 

 

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SHYTAPER \ BRAIN IDEA \ TREASURE TOWN

Posted by SHYTAPER / June 3, 2011

Brain Idea from Chicago \ (R.E.M. from Athens, Georgia)

Recorded at Treasure Town.  [download set]

and also, dig on their Survival Scrolls LP from Permanent Records.

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Nash Smith & Ganges in America

Posted by GANGES / June 3, 2011

(((hellopartypeople)))

Nash Smith & Ganges are heading out on a summer tour.

Check here for dates:

http://nashsmithganges.tumblr.com/shows

////xoxoxo\\\\

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Colaboración : Numero Uno

Posted by Tom / May 26, 2011

a first in a series of many, Colaboración : Numero Uno features Bo Hansen (Heavy Times, Street Rash, Campfires), Johnny D (Bowl of Dust, Wild Oats, Ganges, They Were Thieves),  and T. Owens (Distractions, Potions, Gorges).  A drunken jam at its worst, and an interesting one at best.  with no further ado…

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