Welcome to the Scarcelight Newsletter
http://scarcelight.org

December

thank you to everyone who has supported the label
thus far, 2005 has been a great year. lots of news
to report. so we'll get right to it

in this months update:
<1> mp3 samples, Floodlight catalog, thoughts on mp3
<2> release news (current titles)
<3> forthcoming in 2006

<1> +
Scarcelight now has mp3 samples of our CD releases
available online, have a listen before you buy. 

MEGA RESTOCK of all our CDR releases + some new
distributed items @ Floodlight
http://scarcelight.org/floodlight/floodlight.html

we are working on getting our releases available through some 
download shops, please stay tuned. in the meantime we humbly
ask that if you've downloaded any scarcelight releases and like
what you hear that you please purchase a copy direct so that
we may continue releasing records, and put the money where 
it belongs; in the artists pocket. 
it has come to our attention that many small indie labels have 
had trouble with declining CD sales this year. this is unfortunate 
because the small labels are the ones who get caught in the 
middle. it's hard to tell if there is any correlation between 
increased downloading and CD sales, but we can state the 
fact that high CD prices are not a problem for us (or most small 
labels) our prices are $10 for full-length and $6.50 for ep's, that 
includes shipping to any US address. we offer discounts to folks 
who are buying more than 3 releases at a time. 
we would also like to make clear that the statement above in no 
way reflects that of any artist who has or will release a title
for Scarcelight, and that the label has no 'official' opinion 
about downloading except to restate that if you like what you hear
please support the artist and label by purchasing a 'hard copy'.
Any of our artist statements made to the press concerning mp3 
downloads are the artists own opinions. Questions concerning
mp3 downloading will be politely declined.

<2> +
(SLR32) EBSK - Space 2003 / Deep Red 3"CDR is out now
EBSK, a duo consisting of Eric Bruns (Clarinet, Bass Guitar) 
and John Rickman (Casio SK-1s, Casio SK-5s), have been 
bridging the indie-rock underground and the electronic 
listening crowd with their live shows up and down the 
east coast. Combining structured melody with a touch of 
sonic improvisation, the EBSK sound merges the aesthetics 
of ambient music with the potency of psychedelic free-rock.

(SLR44) RAMESES III / TRUST RIOTS split 8" is still in
production, nearly all copies have been pre-ordered
there are only 9 copies left !!! so if you would like to 
reserve one, now would be a good time to do it. send us
an email to: info@scarcelight.org
if you've already pre-ordered, no worries we have it on file

(SLR46),(SLR47),(SLR48) three volume live set by Accelera Deck
is out now! order now as there aren't many left of this 
title either. details can be had by visiting the scarcelight site

STILL AVAILABLE:
(LLL43) Skulllike - Eggs on Equators CDep
(SLR41) Plains - Into Tone CD
(SLR40) Merzbow - Rattus Rattus CD --not many remaining--
(SLR39) Accelera Deck - Pop Polling CD 
(SLR38) Violet - The Sun is Shining and the Flowers are blooming...3"CD
(SLR34) Freiband - Flying 3"CD
(SLR33) Accelera Deck - Sunstrings ep CDep --not many remaining--
(SLR27) Psychon - Apocalypse has been dubbed the weekend pill CD
(SLR26) Later Days - Songs of the Watchmaker CD
(SLR22) Chuck Bettis - Sonic Sigils 3"CD
(SLR19) Evol - Punani Shell CDep --not many remaining--

SOLD OUT:
(SLR21) Birchville Cat Motel - With Maples Ablaze CD
(SLR04) Accelera Deck - Ipsissima Vox CD

<3> +
next up on Scarcelight 
061SCL Accelera Deck - A Landslide of Stars CD


our old catalog # system was (SLR..) insert two digit number.
..... it looks like we will be around to see 100 releases eventually
and well we are tired of using parenthesis, and SLR is used
by a few other labels ...... so starting with release 51 our new 
catalog number sytem will be 051SCL

now go buy one of our records!
your support of independent music is appreciated

---Scarcelight