Announcing Impose Cassette Series #2: Birthdays!
We're pleased as a direct smack in the face to call Birthdays' Hawaiian Punch Wave the second in our baby tape series.
Birthdays is the performing name of Boston, MA's Samuel Yager. He has released some early material on Breakfast of Champs, but this limited edition five song cassette is one of his earliest collector items. Stirring that blissed out bubbly electro that's been steeped in this year's Kool Aid, but resulting in a mix that doesn't dry up like so much unrefined sugar powder, Hawaiian Punch Wave is here for your consumption.
You can pre-order here. All pre-orders will ship by the official release date, August 17.
Posted on August 13, 2010
Pre-order Al Lover's Satanic Tambourines cassette
The ninth in our cassette series, we're pleased to present Al Lover's Satanic Tambourine tape. In line with his production work with Fist Fam and remixes of Bay Area psych-rock, Satanic Tambourines is blunt trauma to the dome of icky guitar loops over the sharp snaps of boom bap percussion. If rap needs a Roky Erickson, Al Lover is the man with the MPC to stake that claim. Satanic Tambourine is out November 11 (that's 11.11.11). Check out the first single, "Black Magick Starter Jacket", below, and pre-order the casette here.
Al Lover, "Black Majick Starter Jacket"
Posted on November 07, 2011
GDFX, One Thing out now!
We're beyond extremely pleased to be releasing the debut LP from Liturgy/Teeth Mountain/Dan Deacon Ensemble/Guardian Alien/Amen Dunes/Family of Love/Boadrums drummer/musical octopus on Impose. The beautiful thing about the record, called One Thing and out August 16, is the number of alternative records we've been sent by Fox over the past couple years as possibilities--records that stylistically span the gamut of noise and electronic beat music--because Greg is as prolific a recording artist as he is a collaborator. Every few months we'd get a new sample, with Greg opining "I think it will sound something like this, what do you think?" Maybe the honed-down "Taoist/video game-inspired" release we'll be printing on blue and white vinyl has an extra glow off the hours of other material he's passed through, or maybe everything he does holds its own separate weight. Either way, One Thing is noggin' bending music, and we're pleased to share. Available digitally everywhere, you can purchase the limited edition blue and white LP version of One Thing here.
Posted on August 19, 2011
Impose releases Prince Rama VHS/Cassette "15 Minute Exorcise"
We are excited to announce the release of Prince Rama's "15 Minute Exorcise". This limited-edition release is the eighth installment of the Impose cassette series and includes an instructional exercise VHS produced by Julian Bozeman of Quiet Hooves. The A-side accompanies the VHS, while the B-side includes the instructions for the yoga exercises. The music was recorded by Taraka with additional drums and instructions by Nimai. Prince Rama just finished playing All Tomorrow's Parties in the U.K. and are playing the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona on May 28th. More tour dates here, and you can order the VHS/cassette here.
Posted on May 20, 2011