“Noise Rock” (Used 14 times)

Hiya, creeps!

It took me a few tries navigating this thing, but within a couple of days of digging, Uncle Dracula's got a mix for ya! I must say this, I am an obsessive mix maker, and I aim to make each one feel like a real album, or at least a soundtrack to some hypothetical cult VHS starring Uncle Dracula. With the exception of a few songs on each mix, I am barely familiar with these artists, working way-outta my comfort zone for mix making. I never made a mix this way before, but I am pleased with the results! They will always be under 80 minutes, so they can fit on a CDR (or cassette!?), as infinite iturd playlists are against my religion. Stay tuned for more.

Lucifer in the sky with aliens,

Uncle Dracula

I recorded this music (at the link below) in 2010 from melodies and ideas that had been fermenting in my head for years.  I needed to release the album by 2011 to feel like I had accomplished something while there's still time.  Although, it's rather crude, for me, i's nice to have record of where I have come from.  What do you think of it?  Does it make you want to play or is it simply a musician at work?  Please be the judge.  If anyone is interested in sharing these recordings, please do.  (Contact me if you'd like to talk business.)

The specifics: I used an old keyboard and a four-track recorder.  I recorded loud in order for the base to ring true and the keyoboard to carry a fuzz.  As a result of the loudness in these songs, I don't reccomend listening with headphones as you could hurt your ears playing it at the appropriate volume.  Use a speaker system that bumps base so loud you can feel it to truly hear this music.  In the end, its really up to you. I recorded the whole thing using headphones and I only have a slight ringing in my left ear now. Only that and nothing more.

Click here to listen: http://triangularconception.bandcamp.com/

I, Colin Langenus and my best friend Jonah Rapino put out our first cassette tape in 1994. We called our label Massive Distribution and since we have released 110 albums and counting. Our goals were simply getting our friends and our own many projects out there! I think initially I thought this would be a precursor to something greater. I really thought many of the Massdist artists were geniuses that would be discovered by the masses immediately! Jonah was never this naive. Eventually Massdist became to me essentially an archive and another reason to keep busy, releasing improv or one off bands. Massdist has given me a lot of joy.

Here are a few Massdist releases from over the years. Maybe we'll put more up here. These are some of my favorites, or just albums that I didn't have anymore and wanted to hear again.

Thanks to Jason Sigal and the FMA for the invite! And thanks to Northern-Spy Records for the help!

Fans of noise rock, experimental ruminations, epic weirdo jams, or Brooklyn's Oneida should check out the great Russian band Asian Women on the Telephone.

I've posted a few of my favorite AWOTT songs below, but to really do the band justice, you must check out their youtube videos. When the band performs live, they dress up like overgrown mutant arthropods.

Fire up your browser's Russian-to-English translator and get in on AWOTT's other web activity: podcast | blog. Band member Nikita runs a blog/distro, and possibly other great and mysterious operations from his home base in Moscow.