THE MANTIS DC
SELF TITLED
LIMITED EDITION HEAVY WEIGHT 12" 45RPM VINYL
LIMITED RUN, NUMBERED, WITH CUSTOM COVER ARTWORK BY THE BAND
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD WITH BONUS TRACK
STREAMING ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS
SELF TITLED
LIMITED EDITION HEAVY WEIGHT 12" 45RPM VINYL
LIMITED RUN, NUMBERED, WITH CUSTOM COVER ARTWORK BY THE BAND
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD WITH BONUS TRACK
STREAMING ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS
The Mantis DC is a musical group comprising of Dempsey Hamilton on drums and percussion, David Barker on treble string instruments, Doug Kallmeyer on bass string instruments, and joined by Monica Stroik on visual projections, art and video production.
Each instrumentalist equally supports and takes lead roles in the arrangements, while consistently maintaining a playful energy that propels the music forward. The six pieces presented explore a variety of feel, from heavy riffs and terse percussive syncopations to open, dynamic explorations.
Each instrumentalist equally supports and takes lead roles in the arrangements, while consistently maintaining a playful energy that propels the music forward. The six pieces presented explore a variety of feel, from heavy riffs and terse percussive syncopations to open, dynamic explorations.
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Check our Youtube channel for live streams From Verses artists
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REQUIEM- DENIAL AND REPERCUSSIONS
Meditative aural scapes for respite-
A collaborative experience between Doug Kallmeyer and Tristan Welch
FREE SOIL - BLACK
Free Soil is a proletariat union compromised of teachers, independent contractors, community administrators, union workers and public servants based out of Washington D.C. Tasked to spread accurate information regarding current afairs outside of the traditional – corporate controlled outlets, Free Soil provides documented demonstration in the form of audio/ visual presentation both in media and live events. While explicitly an anti-fascist organization, the group is strictly non partisan and holds no allegiance to any political party agenda.
Live presentations are a mesmerizing experience in sensory overload. Incorporating gut rattling sonic dynamics, challenging video content and hypnotic strobes and lighting, each piece is based on specific themes incorporating statistical information on subjects such as fascism, government and corporate corruption, gun violence statistics, colonialism/ imperialism, climate change, and current social issues.
All Free Soil video content is free and we urge you to view, download, and share these works as it is a documentation of current issues.
Free Soil is a proletariat union compromised of teachers, independent contractors, community administrators, union workers and public servants based out of Washington D.C. Tasked to spread accurate information regarding current afairs outside of the traditional – corporate controlled outlets, Free Soil provides documented demonstration in the form of audio/ visual presentation both in media and live events. While explicitly an anti-fascist organization, the group is strictly non partisan and holds no allegiance to any political party agenda.
Live presentations are a mesmerizing experience in sensory overload. Incorporating gut rattling sonic dynamics, challenging video content and hypnotic strobes and lighting, each piece is based on specific themes incorporating statistical information on subjects such as fascism, government and corporate corruption, gun violence statistics, colonialism/ imperialism, climate change, and current social issues.
All Free Soil video content is free and we urge you to view, download, and share these works as it is a documentation of current issues.
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SPECTRAL HABITAT- ATLAS
Limited edition cassette and download available now
Limited edition cassette and download available now
Spectral Habitat is
Meg Mulhearn and Elisa Faires.
Calling upon strong roots in classical, drone, and heavy music, the duo uses vocals, violin, effects, synthesizers, and field recordings to create dynamically rich and immersive sonic landscapes.
“I felt something unravel...you took me on a journey I needed to take.”
Spectral Habitat hears impassioned feedback from those deeply moved by their live shows frequently, and they take it seriously. What started in 2014 as casual improvisations between multi-instrumentalists Meg Mulhearn (U.S. Christmas, Divine Circles, Judas Horse, Lunar Creature) and Elisa Faires while touring across the country with their respective solo projects has evolved into a dynamic soundscape experience, one where audience response has made it clear the music they create together has the power to dismantle emotional barriers to allow vulnerability to surface.
Meg Mulhearn and Elisa Faires.
Calling upon strong roots in classical, drone, and heavy music, the duo uses vocals, violin, effects, synthesizers, and field recordings to create dynamically rich and immersive sonic landscapes.
“I felt something unravel...you took me on a journey I needed to take.”
Spectral Habitat hears impassioned feedback from those deeply moved by their live shows frequently, and they take it seriously. What started in 2014 as casual improvisations between multi-instrumentalists Meg Mulhearn (U.S. Christmas, Divine Circles, Judas Horse, Lunar Creature) and Elisa Faires while touring across the country with their respective solo projects has evolved into a dynamic soundscape experience, one where audience response has made it clear the music they create together has the power to dismantle emotional barriers to allow vulnerability to surface.
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VERSES SAMPLER Vol. 3
20 pieces by label artists and friends
20 pieces by label artists and friends
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DOMINGUES AND KANE- ROUGH MAGICK
Classically trained cellist and viola da gamba player Amy Domingues and multi- instrumentalist/composer Dennis Kane (The Hunted Hare) have performed for years in the Washington, DC indie/experimental scene both solo and in collaboration with others. Finally working together under the name Domingues & Kane, they weave the eloquent resonances of the viola da gamba with electronic treatments, keyboard, and guitar to create a rich sonic fabric. Drawing from traditions as varied as Renaissance counterpoint, basso ostinato, and improvisation, the duo forged a new instrumental genre all its own, resulting in the 2016 release of “Gut + Voltage: Viola da Gamba & Electronics in Synthesis” (Verses Records).
On their latest release, “Rough Magick”, Domingues & Kane explore the compositional and sonic possibilities of the viola da gamba and electric guitar combination. There is more experimentation in the playing, the sound is symphonic and atmospheric.
On their latest release, “Rough Magick”, Domingues & Kane explore the compositional and sonic possibilities of the viola da gamba and electric guitar combination. There is more experimentation in the playing, the sound is symphonic and atmospheric.
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DMLLL- STORIES FROM A CRUEL PLANET
“Stories from a Cruel Planet”. Self written, performed, recorded and mixed, DMLLL (Damla Bozkurt) cites direct inspiration from the often times cruel world that we live in. “Children's Game in a Bomb Crater” was composed for the children in Aleppo. “A Tango in Tear Gas” for the resistance at Gaza border. “Humanity Washed Ashore” for refugees who have to leave their homes because of war. The compositions are based largely on arrangements for violin ensemble, with additional bass, synth and piano, plus guest appearances from friends Erdem Baser and Nedim Ruacan.
A themed series of explorations for Damla, “Stories from a Cruel Planet” puts a heavy emphasis on compostion, dynamics and harmony, with a fine balance between space and explosive virtuosity. This work represents a deep understanding of modern composition and discipline as well as emotive performance, and the results are an extremely emotive and moving release.
A themed series of explorations for Damla, “Stories from a Cruel Planet” puts a heavy emphasis on compostion, dynamics and harmony, with a fine balance between space and explosive virtuosity. This work represents a deep understanding of modern composition and discipline as well as emotive performance, and the results are an extremely emotive and moving release.
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THE HUNTED HARE- NOCTURNE
“Nocturne” is the third release from The Hunted Hare, the solo guitar project of Dennis Kane (Red Spells Red, Domingues & Kane), Less pastoral and summery than the 2018 release, “Lost Wilderness”, the songs on “Nocturne” are inspired by, and evocative of, the night. Taking inspiration from Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins, 60’s & 70’s Italian movie soundtracks and Baroque forms, the sounds are deep and personal, but not necessarily dark or foreboding.
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RED SPELLS RED- SECRET SOUNDS
ELECTRONIC EXPERIMENTS
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WENDY EISENBERG/ SHANE PARISH
NERVOUS SYSTEMS
LIMITED EDITION 12" VINYL
NUMBERED AND HAND SCREENED ALBUM ART
AVAILABLE NOW
"Both are amazing guitarists with a backgrounds in experimental music, who have come together here to create some wonderful sonic lattices which appear to weave themselves before your very ears. The fact that these improvisations were recorded within hours of their first meeting is nothing short of remarkable.
This may sound a strange thing to say, but listening to this set takes me so far away that I forget that I am listening to two guitars, because the sound here is so dense and intense that the means is totally overtaken by the outcome… this is such an amazing performance… a moment in time which has been wonderfully captured."
-Simon, The Fragmented Flâneur , Psych Insight Music
NERVOUS SYSTEMS
LIMITED EDITION 12" VINYL
NUMBERED AND HAND SCREENED ALBUM ART
AVAILABLE NOW
"Both are amazing guitarists with a backgrounds in experimental music, who have come together here to create some wonderful sonic lattices which appear to weave themselves before your very ears. The fact that these improvisations were recorded within hours of their first meeting is nothing short of remarkable.
This may sound a strange thing to say, but listening to this set takes me so far away that I forget that I am listening to two guitars, because the sound here is so dense and intense that the means is totally overtaken by the outcome… this is such an amazing performance… a moment in time which has been wonderfully captured."
-Simon, The Fragmented Flâneur , Psych Insight Music
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TRISTAN WELCH- 40 hours
LIMITED EDITION 12" VINYL
numbered and hand screened album art
AVAILABLE NOw
"40 Hours is a conceptual force of radicalism. It’s a protest album, but the protests are contemplative. There’s room in Welch’s music to ponder, rare in today’s society. There are no opinions shoved down your throat. Welch strategically and impressively uses a sea of guitar loops to ease into a soothing mood, allowing the listener to engage in their own thoughts and ideas. "- Chad Beattie, Splice
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We are proud to be carrying 'Salad Days' by our good friend
PATRICK BATES.
Limited edition, 12" white vinyl with full color insert artwork and digital download.
"Salad Days could also represent the spirit his music speaks to. It wouldn’t be unfair to compare the album to many great acts of the modern rock era: The angst and power of Sunny Day Real Estate, the intricate multifariousness of Radiohead, the mathematics of The Dismemberment Plan, the glory days of Omaha via acts like Cursive, that brass-infused swagger of Afghan Whigs, the melodic sensibilities and sincerity of Copeland.
The production value and mix is clean and sharp — the sound essentially glimmers."
-Noise Journal
PATRICK BATES.
Limited edition, 12" white vinyl with full color insert artwork and digital download.
"Salad Days could also represent the spirit his music speaks to. It wouldn’t be unfair to compare the album to many great acts of the modern rock era: The angst and power of Sunny Day Real Estate, the intricate multifariousness of Radiohead, the mathematics of The Dismemberment Plan, the glory days of Omaha via acts like Cursive, that brass-infused swagger of Afghan Whigs, the melodic sensibilities and sincerity of Copeland.
The production value and mix is clean and sharp — the sound essentially glimmers."
-Noise Journal
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SPLIT COMPILATION
ON LIMITED EDITION CD AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
VERSES RECORDS VR ROMEDA RECORDS
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OWLBINOS OF NORTHFIELD - DMLLL - DUBLOCK - HUDA&KAMYAR -GLITCHFIELD PLAINES - PETE PRESCRIPTION
TAG CLOUD - MRSCIENTIFICTERMS - DUB NOT POP - JAMES WOLF - KANAL DREI - THE HUNTED HARE
TAG CLOUD - MRSCIENTIFICTERMS - DUB NOT POP - JAMES WOLF - KANAL DREI - THE HUNTED HARE
THE HUNTED HARE - LOST WILDERNESS
FULL LENGTH
CD AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
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DMLLL - SHORT TALES OF WINTER
CD and digital download
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TAG CLOUD - PATTERN RECOGNITION
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JAMES WOLF - THAT
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Gel-Sol - Horse Head Bookends
Digital download and limited 140 gram vinyl with extensive artwork
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"Two Sisters" from Horse Head Bookends is included in the November 2017 issue of The Wire Tapper!
All copies of the November 2017 issue of The Wire will come complete with an exclusive free CD attached to the cover, The Wire Tapper 45, the latest volume in the acclaimed series of new music compilations. As with previous volumes this CD, which has been compiled by Shane Woolman, Gustave Evrard and Astrud Steehouder is packaged in a heavy duty card sleeve designed by The Wire's art director Ben Weaver, and contains a range of new, rare or exclusive tracks from across the spectrum of the kind of underground/outsider musics covered in The Wire. |
GEL-SOL - TORUS
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Torus is an epic, ambient journey into synthesis by Andrew Reichel, AKA Gel-Sol. This track is available as a bonus track for "Horse Head Bookends," or you can get it as a "single" here. In 2016, work for the full length release Horse Head Bookends began with a series of lab experiments featuring the giant modular system MORT. These experiments were well documented, and took on a life of their own. Inspired by the Stanford Torus, a NASA-proposed space habitat which rotates slowly in outer space, while maintaining it’s Earthly origins. A complete movement spanning just over 45 minutes, Torus takes you on an exploration of inner and outer space. |
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The Hunted Hare- Nothing is Always
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302 Acid- Even Calls -reissue of the 2005 EM:T records release
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BLASTS ATOMIC! LONDON METAL/BODY
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JAMES WOLF- ON SE LEVE
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DUBPIXEL- UNUSUAL SYSTEMS FOR UNUSUAL PEOPLE
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DOMINGUES & KANE
"Gut + Voltage: viola da gamba & electronics in synthesis"
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We Stand
An International Benefit Compilation for Planned Parenthood 44 Artists representing 10 countries 
SAMPLER VOLUME 2
LIMITED EDITION CASSETTE WITH DOWNLOAD CARD OR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD |
CODE RED
An International compilation to benefit the ACLU 40 pieces of music representing 7 countries 
SAMPLER VOLUME 1
LIMITED CASSETTE WITH DOWNLOAD CARD OR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD |