Welcome to the Scarcelight Newsletter http://scarcelight.org May 2005 pt2 /////////////////////// ............... CURRENT TITLES ............... (SLR40) MERZBOW - Rattus rattus CD (SLR39) ACCELERA DECK - Pop Polling CD (SLR38) VIOLET - The Sun is Shining...3"CD (SLR34) FREIBAND - {flying} 3"CD (SLR33) ACCELERA DECK - Sunstrings ep CDep (SLR27) PSYCHON - Apocalypse has been...CD (SLR26) LATER DAYS - Songs of the Watchmaker CD (SLR22) CHUCK BETTIS - Sonic Sigils 3"CD (SLR21) BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL - With Maples Ablaze CD (SLR19) EVOL - Punani Shell CDep $11 for CD's and $7.50 for 3"CD/CDep ppd in the USA ....................... SCARCELIGHT MiniJax Jam ....................... June 5th @ The Black Cat: Washington DC w/ live sets from: Chuck Bettis Derek Morton (of Mikroknytes) sc.all Violet Accelera Deck Accelera Deck mini-tour dates June 1st - Nashville, TN @ Angle of View June 2nd - Chicago, IL @ Dannys June 6th - Richmond, VA @ Art Works artist updates: + Accelera Deck - new album Pop Polling is out now and receiving good reviews. ck out the mini tour action listed above. Claire's Echo (a side label by Claire Records / Tonevendor) will release a new Accelera Deck album on LP in 2006. + Birchville Cat Motel - a collaborative album w/ Lee Ranaldo will be released sometime this year on Celebrate Psi Phenomenon. Look for a new BCM release on Scarcelight at some point. And for more great music ck out Battlecruiser! www.cpsip.com + Black Boned Angel - CD reissue of 'Supereclipse' out now on 20BuckSpin Kneale has assembled a trio which will make their live debut soon. more details as they unfold. + Chuck Bettis - dates for some of the upcoming Measles Mumps Rubella shows (bettis sings and plays trumpet) June 4th @ the Hosiery Washington DC June 18th @ the Cakeshop Brooklyn, NY July 16th @ venue TBA Brooklyn or Manhattan NY + Evol - the forthcoming Punani Testarossa will feature a remix by Pita. In the meantime hop on over to the Mego site to pick up Evol's long player 'Magia Potagia' also keep eyes peeld at imbecil.net, you never know what the hell might pop up! + Merzbow - on tour in July with Stephen O'Malley of Sunn 0))) 5 July 'Slam Festival', Athens Greece 6 July 'Slam Festival', Thessaloniki, Greece http://www.gagarin205.gr/ 9 July 'Supersonics Festival' Birmingham UK + Mikroknytes - the group are working on their third album at their own Kave Kavity studio. + Psychon - the Narrominded label just got off an 18 date European tour w/ Gone Bald. visit www.narrominded.com to ck out all the action from this great Dutch label + Rameses III - the UK groups contribution to the forthcoming split 8" is complete and sounds beautiful. Can't wait to see this record released! + sc.all - the loooong awaited sc.all record is being worked on slowly and steadily. A collaboration w/ Violet has also been recorded and mastered. Expect both of these records to see the light of day later this year. + Skulllike - one of two new projects from Jeely (of accelera deck) and Mike Karadimos Skulllike has very little, or nothing at all in common with anything Scarcelight has released previously (you dont want predictability do you ?) Skulllike sees Jeely come into his own, step out behind the electronics, and shed his experimental skin in favor of some stripped down and personal music that is a return to his 'rock band' roots from the mid 90's. + The Trust Riots - the second of the new projects from Jeely/Karadimos are currently recording their contribution to the split 8" with Rameses III ............ FORTHCOMING ............ (SLR32) EBSK - Space: 2003 / Deep Red 3"CDR (SLR41) PLAINS - Into Tone CD (SLR42) EVOL - Punani Testarossa CD (LLL43) SKULLLIKE - Eggs On Equators CD (SLR44) RAMESES III / THE TRUST RIOTS split 8" for more information visit: http://scarcelight.org if you would like to receive this newsletter directly please send an email to: info@scarcelight.org with "subscribe" in the subject header. please continue to support independent music! C @ Scarcelight