[Microsound-announce] Rivers of Recordings announcement

[Neil Wiernik]

Today we would like to inform you of our latest release!

RIVER003

artist : naw (aka neil Wiernik)

title : terrain vague

track number. "title" [time] :
01. "4 by 6" [06:38]
02. "glass bell bottom pipeline" [05:20]
03. "birch bark ceiling wax" [06:03]
04. "90 degree decent" [08:55]
05. "sprawl" [05:58]
06. "seismic side walk activity" [07:39]
07. "birch bark (tomas jirku remix)" [11:28]

audio : download the "album sampler mega-mix" [11:54] for a preview of the 
album at
http://www.riversof.com/RIVER003_album_sampler_mega-mix.mp3

info : Rivers of Recordings is proud to announce the release of the label's 
first album, an album rather appropriately from Neil Wiernik. Neil and Tomas 
Jirku first met in Toronto nearly seven years ago when they performed on the 
same bill at what was Jirku's debut performance. The two easily found affinity 
in their sounds and at the time they even boldly determined that techno music 
need not be faster than 120 beats per minute. Despite deviations from this 
through the course of those years we find ourselves with an album which indeed 
rarely exceeds this pre-determined mark. The pace of the music at this tempo 
aided by the music's structure seems to dissolve the listener's reference to 
time in an almost disorientating effect. As the music progresses one can hear 
the effects of the creator's hand fine-tuning the elements of the composition 
in search of balance. Created as an event to occur only at the time of it's 
performance, this album, thankfully recorded by Neil, gives us a look into the 
artist's process. The rawness of the result is a relief from the overproduced, 
sterile precision of computer music that is overabundant these days. The 
abstention from addition post-production beyond Neil's own self-determined 
processing allows us to hear the music as the creator intended, because there 
is no purpose in allowing the creators work to be altered in some misguided 
goal. The artwork for the album, a collaboration between Tomas Jirku and Greg 
Smith, brings together multiple printing techniques in a resourceful and unique 
package. Greg is an architect based between Toronto and Los Angeles who, along 
with Neil, co-curates the Vague Terrain online digital arts quarterly.

purchase : $15 USD including shipping worldwide from riversof.com

(More retail locations coming soon. If you are interested in carrying this 
release at your store, online or elsewhere, please contact us at 
tomas at riversof.com)

edition : limited to 50 numbered CDRs with hand-made packaging and printing

design : Tomas Jirku and Greg Smith

label info:

Rivers of Recordings is a small, ideological record label created by Tomas 
Jirku and his friends with the goal of keeping the founding values of 
electronic music culture alive in spite of trends and critics. We will present 
unique creations that reflect our ideas in the most unadulterated manner 
possible. Each and every Rivers of Recordings creation is hand-made by the 
artists involved in the project. Mass manufacturing is avoided and the result 
is a limited edition of unique creations that range from CD albums to 
screen-printed t-shirts and everything else we can come up with along the way. 
All of this ensures the most direct connection between the artist and audience. 
In addition to our irregular releases we have a regular podcast that you can 
subscribe to or download from our website so check out our website regularly 
for fresh mixes. We

thank you for your support!

Tomas Jirku - http://www.tomasjirku.com
Rivers of Recordings - http://www.riversof.com or www.myspace.com/riversof