MUSCLETUSK "ASK THE UNIVERSE" LP

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Muscletusk "Ask the Universe" LP
Braw Records

£12 p+p (UK)
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"A relentlessly sludgy stew...Scattershot drum-powered metal guitars collide with washing machine electronics and manic wordless vocals that in the record’s quietest moments sound like some feral alien cave-creature’s mating call straight out of Quatermass. A perfect hallucinogenic Halloween accompaniment; this is an earth’s core horror movie soundtrack in waiting" - Neil Cooper, The List.

"It’s often easy to spot a Metal attitude lurking under the surface of a Noise group but, in the case of Edinburgh quartet Muscletusk, it breaks the surface like a particularly nasty zit. At heart, this is a heavy rock unit of guitars, drums and vocals, who have escaped the tyranny of the riff. On this debut vinyl release, drums clatter and thrash in a way that’s free-form yet devoid of jazz; guitars puke and churn extreme feedback and Industrial noise; wordless, abstracted vocals shriek and gibber. The resulting thuggish onslaught is bent into loops and swirling, queasy drones, several of which are stitched together here in a brutal, slightly nauseating collage. Taken in one go, it’s like drowning in a cement mixer" - Daniel Spicer

"From the darkest of scuzz-coated cellars comes the debut LP from Edinburgh’s finest proponents of creeping noise slime. If this retching onslaught was blasting out from under your neighbours’ door, you’d probably walk past shudde...ring and ready to invest in ear plugs. Opener “Rusted Horse” sets an immaculate tone, as decaying swathes of sickening electronics rush up to nauseous heights, complimented by hysterical chimp-like vocal chattering. Free drums skitter and scramble around somewhere down by the nether regions and, all in all, it makes for a pretty fantastic white-out. Six further pieces pursue this course before the final sputtering discharge of “Fingers Inside The Glove”. God knows what answer Muscletusk expects of the universe, but it could possibly be found by playing this LP at full volume while power drilling into your forehead in search of a third eye." - Euan Andrews, Rock-a-Rolla


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MUSCLETUSK UK TOUR!

Hi fudz

MUSCLETUSK are going on tour this week, ostensibly to promote our LP "Ask the Universe" on Braw Records. We won't actually have any copies as its delayed at the pressing plant, but should get em a couple days after we get back to begin shipping. We will be taking preorders at the gigs, so bring along 12 bones and you'll get one through yr letterbox! On all dates, you'll get the pleasure of hearing and seeing fellow Edinburgers SCRIM playing some tape and recorder wheeze.

LISTEN TO SOME SAMPLES FROM THE LP:





SEPTEMBER TOUR DATES

22nd Newcastle - Muscletusk, Scrim, Mechanical Children, Culver, Foot Hair - Northumberland Arms, Northumberland Street.

23rd Manchester - Muscletusk, Scrim, The Gamecock - The Engine House @ Islington Mill, James Street, Salford.

24th Brighton - Muscletusk, Scrim, Bolide, Teignmouth Electron- Cowley Club, 112 London Road

25th Nottingham - Muscletusk, Scrim, Morgan Caney, Modulator ESP - Chameleon Arts Cafe, 17 Angel Row.

26th Leeds - Muscletusk, Scrim, Mutant Ape, Castrato Attack Group - Cardigan Arms, Kirkstall Road.

ALL GIGS COST ROUND ABOUT £5, AND KICK OFF APPROX 7.30PM.

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RECENT THINGS, FREE FOR YOU

There has been so much weirdo shit happening in E'burgh recently that my fancy wee portable recorder has been ran clean out o' battteries. In thoroughly modern fashion, please stream and download many audio and visual delights hence...

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BRITTLE HAMMER TRIO - video AND audio from 14th June show with Spencer Clark & James Ferraro. Perfromance art extravaganza.




And here's the audio. Mind and crank it to hear those subtle pops and clicks that really make the whole "live experience" thing real...


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DEAD RIB STINK - live trio set from June 23rd at Canon's Gait, Edinburgh. Look out for more from this haphazard three way...




and while we're at it....Here's a solo Ash Reid aka Solipstink set from 22nd May 2010...



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MUSCLETUSK

We have an LP coming out soon on Braw Records. Here is a live set from the same date as the Solipstink set above...



And back in March, two Muscletusks collaborated with two Helhestens to form the controversially named MUSCLESTEN
Listen below.....




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Phew, almost there...

And further back, in February (I think) two Muscletusks collaborated with Marky Mark "Loose Cannon" Callan to perform under the name WinsorDamonBeast, which is usually the alter-ego of one of those Muscletusks, when in solo mode.
Got that? Here's the recording...

DEAD LABOUR PROCESS - WORLD TOUR!

Seen as this short jaunt has me playing a show in Toronto while I'm on holiday there, I thought I'd class it as a (caps lock on...) WORLD TOUR! I know that misses out a substantial portion of the world, and its pretty much only Prague, Germany and Belgium, but who knows, maybe more dates will get added due to phenomenal demand...Click on the abundant links below to get more info, kids...

Thurs July 15th: Toronto, Canada @ Teranga, w/ Bryan Ruryk, Kevin Crump, Safe

Monday August 2nd: Prague, Czech Republic @ K4 Students Club, Charles University, Celetná 20.

Tues August 3rd: Prague, Czech Republic @ Globe Bookstore, vocal/text set w/ Graeme Smith, Jorge Beohringer

Sat 7th August: Berlin, Germany @ Die Kunstapotheke, w/ Nude On Sand

Mon 9th August: Ghent, Belgium? Maybe just hanging out here and here

Tues 10th August: Brussels, Belgium – Radio Panik session 5-6pm, then gig at MicroMarche, doors 8pm.

Wed 11th August: Hamburg, Germany @ Horbar, w/ Kommissar Hjuler & Mama Baer (trio), Chad Popple?

Thurs 12th August: Offenbach, near Frankfurt, Germany @ Waggon

KI "STOPS DROPPING!" & IAIN CAMPBELL "ABSOLUTELY THE BEST ABBA SINCE ABBA"

Good day all,
Two new bangers up now, perfect for the BBQ summer that is upon us...

BOTH RELEASES POSTAGE PAID: £8 UK/ £9 EUROPE/ £10 WORLD
(or see P&P details below...)

UN031 KI - "Stops Dropping!" CDR £5
Degreaser for yr mossed up brain, live at the INSTAL 09 fest in Glasgow, Scotland. Trio of Tamio Shiraishi (on ear peircing sax/gibbering, of Fushitsusha), Mico (on wails, clatter, piano and huh??, member of No Neck Blues Band) and Fritz Welch (on gong, traps, Les Dawson lips and "vibes", member of Peeesseye/Brittle Hammer Trio etc etc). This was a total standout for me at a fest packed with utter lunacy. Getting up close and personal while Mico lost it with some cymbals crashing too near my little toes was a special moment. Comes in beautiful screenprinted sleeves, design by the Welch twins.



UN032 Iain Campbell - "Absolutely the best ABBA since ABBA" CDR £4
Potentially litigious smorgasboard, this ain't exactly Mamma Mia 2...Recordings from unknown sources, madly spliced chatter, gleaming feedback streams and all sorts of primal scrape. If you listen to it backwards those voices probably say something demonic. Listen to the sample, big cheese.



POSTAGE AND PAYMENT
UK - 50p per item
Europe - £1 first item, 50p additional
World - £1.50 first item, 50p additional

Paypal to ewc309 AT aol DOT com
or for general chit chat email unrecs AT yahoo DOT com

OLDER RELEASES STILL AVAILABLE:

UN007 DEAD LABOUR PROCESS "EXAMINATIONS" CDR £4
UN011 THE SPEECH ORGANS - VARIOUS CDR £4
UN014 UFO ANTLER BAND CDR £4
UN015 DEAD LABOUR PROCESS “LONE THROAT” C30 (LAST COPY!!!) £3
UN016 DEAD LABOUR PROCESS “MECHANICAL RELATIONS” CASS (LAST COPY!!!) £3
UN025 PRECIOUS TROMBLEY "SIMPLE FIGHTING" C40 £3
UN027 FORDELL RESEARCH UNIT "HATER" CDR £4
UN028 FOSSILS "SUPER UNKNOWN/ZIPPER EXAM" C60 £3
UN029 DIOSPROJECT "EPHEMERAL WOMEN" C20 £3
UN030 DEAD LABOUR PROCESS/RETAIL UNIT "BEARERS OF BAD TIME" CDR £4

UNVERIFIED T-SHIRTS

Step out into the world of fashion with one of these limited edition, hand designed UNVERIFIED RECORDS t-shirts...
All are unique and sprayed with durable fabric paint. New colours and designs forthcoming...
PRICES: £7 UK/ £8 Europe/ £10 World
PAYPAL to ewc309 AT aol DOT com
(email unrecs AT yahoo DOT com for combining postage etc etc)

Available:
Yellow w/ black & pink logo (M/L)
Red w/ black logo (M/L)
Light grey w/ black logo (M/L)
Blue w/ pink logo (M)
Blue w/ black logo (M)
"Carribean Joe" recycled t-shirt (backprint, as pictured) (M)
Navy blue w/ pink & dirty yellow recycled t-shirt (M)

NEW RELEASES JANUARY 2010

NEW JUNK FOR YR HEID...



UN027 Fordell Reseach Unit “Hater” CDR £4
From the misty hills of Oxgangs, more thousand-mile worrying from the pit of a bong. Gorgeous elongated drifting with a sharper tongue than most. None of that hippy shite here pal. SOLD OUT!



UN028 Fossils “Super Unknown/Zipper Exam” c60 £3
More Canadian weirdo sound. A full hour of far off clanking, ear ache and general lo tech wizardry. If side A is a reimagining of that Soundgarden record, it’s a pretty warped one. I swear I heard “Spoonman” in there somewhere…

SOLD OUT!


UN029 DIOS Project “Ephemeral Women” c20 £3
Starting with a teary playground recording and ending with some hazed-up fog stomp, Derrick Leach AKA DIOS Project gives you a quick once over with the contents of his toy box. The sound he done brewed makes me think of snow melting away and other rebirth/renewal metaphors.



UN030 Dead Labour Process/Retail Unit “Bearers of Bad Time” CDR £4
Myself and Mr. Sandy Milroy bring the bad vibes. DLP stuff is all entangled croaking, biscuit tin percussion and backward spooling. RU is the bleakest, sweatiest club you ever been in, on the wettest night of the most miserable day of your life. It may just be me but this whole disc just reeks of Thatcherite rain…





P+P: UK - 50p per item
Europe - £1 first item, 50p additional
World - £1.50 first item, 50p additional


PAYMENT: send paypal to ewc309 AT aol DOT com
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Cheeeeeeeeers