Shordie Shordie - Breath Of Fresh Air - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. A Breath of Fresh Air is the triumphant, inspiring album from Bread of Kaliwild, a longtime staple of the underground rap scene who continues to grow and shine as an emcee. And while he certainly made waves with the of his solo debut, Daily Bread, in 2019, Bread is on another level with the ten tracks on this project. It's all part of his plan to capture the sound he loves and holds so dearly, all while pushing himself as a lyricist.

Debut album by the New Zealand duo of Bruce Russell (Dead C, Handful Of Dust, etc) and Luke Wood. Visceral Realists is a high-concept commentary on the state of vinyl, analogue recording, music culture, art, etc. A 45-rpm bullet of short bursts of free electric sound, the music here is tactile and rough but not Inchnoise music.Inch Russell and Wood play over loops of scratchy records, with their guitars and electronics surging to get over the wall. Russell's guitar sound from his vintage transistor amp and anti-style is instantly recognizable from countless classic Dead C sides, but the tracks are more painterly than recent DC epics-these are celebratory vignettes of thoughts-singles, if you will. Originally made as an unfindable edition of twenty by Wood's Ilam Press tag to accompany an exhibit of NZ lathe-cut records, this new edition is beautifully packaged in a debossed and letterpress printed sleeve designed by Wood and printed by Stumptown in Portland. Two color risographs printed by Wood in NZ are tipped onto the jacket, and an additional two inserts provide revelatory notes by Russell and glam shots of the instruments that made the sounds. Also includes download slip.InchThere's more information encoded in an old record than in a new one. Every crack, every pop, a tree ring of recovered time. A life-time. Time again for life. Like the revenants, come from the grave warm; and once again walking. But still just blood in a bag. The glow of the vacuum at the heart of a market-place-where art goes to fetch bread. That is how we've warmed our hands for this work. To know we are alive.Inch -Bruce Russell

Vinyl LP pressing. 2023 from the acclaimed hip-hop artist.