Ben LaMar Gay - Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun (IA11 Edition) // OUT NOW on all digital music platforms // LP in stores on March 28th
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Ben LaMar Gay - Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun (IA11 Edition) // OUT NOW on all digital music platforms // LP in stores on March 28th

Ben LaMar Gayโ€™s de facto debut album, Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun, was our attempt to introduce the legendary Chicago composer / improviser / renaissance man to the rest of the world with a compilation of tracks from 7 albums he made over 7 years (though he hadnโ€™t yet made the effort to actually release).

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Rob Mazurek's Alternate Moon Cycles (IA11 Edition) -- OUT NOW on all digital music platforms (with 20 minutes of digi-only bonus music)
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Rob Mazurek's Alternate Moon Cycles (IA11 Edition) -- OUT NOW on all digital music platforms (with 20 minutes of digi-only bonus music)

Rob Mazurekโ€™s Alternate Moon Cycles was our first release. The incredibly spare single-note-centered cornet, bass and organ chant was recorded to tape at pint-sized Chicago bar Curio as part of a performance series that predates any notion of our labelโ€™s existence. Documenting this performance โ€“ highly unique even within the depths of Mazurekโ€™s vast catalog โ€“ stirred those notions, and soon talks began of releasing the recording on a fresh imprint.

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Carlos Niรฑo & Friends - new live video, US tour dates, Big Ears residency
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Carlos Niรฑo & Friends - new live video, US tour dates, Big Ears residency

As a new entry into the online edition of our label's zine Tracing the Lines, we are happy to share a concert film by ๐—”๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ก๐—ถรฑ๐—ผ that documents ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ถรฑ๐—ผ & ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€' live performance at 2220 Arts in Los Angeles on ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ.

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OUT NOW on all digital music platforms: Damon Locks's LIST OF DEMANDS
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OUT NOW on all digital music platforms: Damon Locks's LIST OF DEMANDS

Today Damon Locks โ€“ the Chicago-based visual artist, educator, musician, deejay, and vocalist who is known as the voice of Rob Mazurekโ€™s Exploding Star Orchestra, former frontman of legendary punk band Trenchmouth, and leader of latter day liberation music collective Black Monument Ensemble โ€“ releases his debut solo album List of Demands on all digital streaming platforms.

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Andy Moor (The Ex) remixes Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly's MESTIZX // Ferragutti & Rosaly ON TOUR across US & EU this Spring
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Andy Moor (The Ex) remixes Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly's MESTIZX // Ferragutti & Rosaly ON TOUR across US & EU this Spring

Today the Amsterdam-based duo of Bolivian-born singer/instrumentalist Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Chicago ex-pat jazz drummer Frank Rosaly release a new remix of "BALADA PARA LA CORPORATOCRACIA" (from their critically lauded, International Anthem & Nonesuch Records co-released debut album MESTIZX) created by Andy Moor of legendary Dutch anarcho-punk band The Ex.

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