What we're jamming

Eliminator

Hey everybody, thanks for making this last batch the fastest sell-out in HF history! Seriously, like bam, they're gone. Totally eliminated. (Maybe we should think about making more copies next time.)

Right now we're planning releases for the Winter 2010/2011 season, and it's looking a little more industrial-ish and noisy with new long-format tapes from Eyescraper and the previously unrecorded Lava Tubes. It'll be a harsh season, so get ready!

PS: If you've got demos that you think are in line with the HF 'aesthetic' (whatever that is) send us some mp3s!

=> hiddenfortresstapes at gmail dot com

PPS: Actually if you're still looking for copies of the Eagle Chalice tape, maybe try Tomentosa in a week or two -- they're one of the last people we mailed out tapes to, and they should maybe have a few copies.

Personal Flotation Device

We've got hella new tapes, which you can peruse in the updated online store.

New epic tek jamz from KW, loner basement pop from Fake Teeth, and rad summer zoners from Eagle Chalice. I'm feeling totally psyched, are you?

Digital Vanguard

Kid Wizard's official gone digital. You can now get promo MP3s for the new cassette along with downloadable versions of previous tracks from bandcamp.

Into the cosmos we go!

SUMMER JAMZ

Eagle Chalice - Let's Float

Kid Wizard - Slow Motion

These may or may not be the final version that are going on the tapes...

Stuff We Like

EMA - "Little Sketches On Tape" C32 (Night People, NP102)

This one has really been rocking my walkman recently. EMA is Erika Anderson (formerly of Gowns and Amps for Christ) recording folky songs about cartoon cowboys and runaway boyfriends into a severely broken (or at least highly questionable) tape recorder. What could have been a bunch of half-assed song sketches or formalist exercises in obsolescence instead comes across as something very personal and (to my ears) sad, the sounds of the tape recorder emphasizing the loneliness that's only half-present in her songs. The automatic voice-onset detector goes haywire during certain parts, causing notes to zoom in and out of focus in a manic way that completely transforms Emma's quiet, soft-spoken singing. Sort of riding an Alvin Lucier vibe in the way that technology obliterates human imperfections, etc. etc. Anyway, it's pretty awesome, my favorite thing to come out on N.P. so far.

Links: EMA, Night People

//// RAINBOW VISIONS ////

NEW TAPES SOON:
Eagle Chalice - Let's Float
Fake Teeth - S/T
Kid Wizard - Massive Rainbow Crystal Magic

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Refer to: Kid Wizard, Eagle Chalice