SIGE Records and Mutual Aid

SIGE RECORDS BANDCAMP

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Today we have new releases from: Marshall Trammell & William Fowler Collins, Zachary James Watkins, DOOLHOF (MC Dälek, A. Turner and Dennis Tyfus), Raven Chacon, Old Man Gloom, Tashi Dorji, NORDRA, Mamiffer, Alex Barnett, Daniel Menche and Aaron Turner.⠀
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Proceeds will benefit: ⠀
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National Bail Out ⠀
Navajo Nation COVID-19 Fund ⠀
Communities United Against Police Brutality ⠀
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⠀
Black Visions Collective ⠀
Reclaim the Block ⠀
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Due to the Minn. Freedom Fund being maxed out proceeds will go instead to:⠀
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The Louisville Community Bail Fund⠀
Justice for Breonna Taylor Fund⠀
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Thank you so much to all the artists that contributed and all supporters! ⠀
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Link in comments.
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Much love!!

Zachary James Watkins William Fowler Collins Mamiffer Will BrooksTashi Dorji Raven Chacon Old Man Gloom Daniel Menche Aaron B Turner Monika khot Alex Barnett

BLACK LIVES MATTER

Happy Release Day! Daniel Menche and Mára

Happy release day to Daniel Menche! "Melting Gravity" is available now! available at:
BANDCAMP
MERCHTABLE
BOOMKAT

Happy release day to Mára (Faith Coloccia)! "Here Behold Your Own" is available now! available at:
BANDCAMP
MERCHTABLE
BOOMKAT

Daniel Menche "Melting Gravity LP" available for pre-order

Daniel Menche "Melting Gravity" LP 

SIDE A: Melting Gravity 1
SIDE B: Melting Gravity ll

Available for pre-order HERE.

Preview a track HERE.

Daniel Menche follows up his triple CD opus Sleeper with the razor drone constructs of Melting Gravity. Hailing from Portland, Oregon, Menche is an iconic musician with three decades working with intense noise, immersive ambience, and turbulent field recordings. With Melting Gravity, Menche continues to carve his spot as a figurehead in the experimental community.

The title of Melting Gravity refers to an allegory on the human pursuit of transcendence with all of its connotations to weightlessness, ascension, flight, out-of-body experiences, and just getting high. Gravity, on the other hand, becomes that which negates and nullifies those transcendent pursuits. In the context of this particular allegory, gravity is the devil. Music, long a vehicle aimed towards transcendent ideals, becomes the weapon to defeat gravity, to defeat the devil. Daniel Menche wields the weapon of music in composing the mercurial grandeur that is Melting Gravity. 

Implementing an elegant arc of acceleration and dissolve, Menche presents a slow-motion tumble of drones from his signature manipulation of FM synthesis, oscillators, and sustained tones from various stringed instruments. The tangles and tendrils of these extended frequencies are bright and liquid, rich...  more

credits

releases September 13, 2019

Recored and mixed by Daniel Menche, 2018-2019.
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk.
Photos by Daniel Menche.
Additional art and design by Faith Coloccia.

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SIGE artist tour dates

Daniel Menche:

Sun 16/06/2019
Prague, Czech Republic w/ SUMAC

Mon 17/06/2019
Budapest, Hungary w/ SUMAC

Tue 18/06/2019
Vienna, Austria w/ SUMAC

Wed 19/06/2019
Munich, Germany w/ SUMAC

Thu 20/06/2019
Milan, Italy w/ SUMAC

Fri 21/06/2019
Winterthur, Switzerland w/ SUMAC

Sat 22/06/2019
London, UK
(Not with Sumac)

Weds 26/06/2019
Paris, France
(Not with Sumac)

Jon Mueller:

6/14 - Pittsburgh, PA 
6/15 - Washington, DC
6/16 - Brooklyn, NY
6/17 - Ithaca, NY 
6/18 - Huntington, WV

More info: https://rhythmplex.com

SUMAC:

16/06 // Prague, CZ •
17/06 // Budapest, HUN •
18/06 // Vienna, AT •
19/06 // Munich, DE •
20/06 // Milan, IT •
21/06 // Winterthur, CH •
22/06 // Clisson, FR *

• W/ Daniel Menche + The Austerity Program
* Hellfest

SIGE artist tour dates

NORDRA (Monika Khot)

EUROPE:

03/08 Aalborg, DEN – 1000fryd W/Sumac, Baptists
03/09 Copenhagen, DEN – Alice W/Sumac, Baptists
03/10 Gothenburg, SWE – Skjul Fyra Sex W/Sumac, Baptists
03/11 Oslo, NOR – Blä W/Sumac, Baptists
03/12 Stockholm, SWE – Kafe 44 W/Sumac, Baptists
03/23 Berlin, Germany- Zukunft am Ostkreuz W/Sumac, Baptists 

4/16 - Geneva CH @ La Makhno - L’Usine
4/17 - Thun CH @ AkuT
4/18 - Zurich CH @ UMBO
4/19 - Metz FR @ La Chouée
4/20 - Antwerp BE @ The Palazzo
4/21 - Gent BE @ Kinky Star
4/22 - Wüppertal GER @ Gallery Groelle
4/23 - Oldenburg GER @ Landmuseum Natur und Mensch
4/24 - Bielefeld GER @ Potemkin
4/25 - Berlin GER @ Urban Spree
4/26 - Warsaw PL @ Chmury
4/27 - Krakow PL @ Klub Alchemia
4/28 - Wien AT @ Arena
4/29 - Prague CZ @ TBA
4/30 - Plzen CZ @ Andel Music Bar
5/1 - Chemnitz GER @ Odradek
5/2 - Munich GER @ Import/Export
5/3 - Linz AT @ Kapu
5/4 - Innsbruck AT @ PMK
5/5 - Treviso IT @ Da Tocchetto

Jon Mueller:

3/21 St. Louis, Missouri

3/23 Big Ears Festival - Knoxville, TN

3/24 Bloomington, IN

4/11 Milwaukee, WI

^4/12 Madison, WI

4/13 Toledo, OH

4/14 Cleveland, OH

more info: https://rhythmplex.com/event-directory/

Daniel Menche:

3/ 28

Los Angeles, CA at Zebulon with PITA (Peter Rehberg)

EUROPE:

Sun 16/06/2019

Prague, Czech Republic with SUMAC

Mon 17/06/2019

Budapest, Hungary with SUMAC

Tue 18/06/2019

Vienna, Austria with SUMAC

Wed 19/06/2019

Munich, Germany with SUMAC

Thu 20/06/2019

Milan, Italy with SUMAC

Fri 21/06/2019

Winterthur, Switzerland with SUMAC

Sat 22/06/2019

London, UK

(TOUCH showcase) 

Weds 26/06/2019

Paris, France

Photo by Cameron Kelly

Experimental Love SIGE Records Valentine show

Upcoming SIGE records show at the Chapel in Seattle WA "Experimental Love" Featuring Daniel Menche, Marshall R. Trammell+Aaron Turner, Faith Coloccia as Mára, NORDRA and William Fowler Collins

http://www.waywardmusic.org/?p=4260

February 14, 2019 | 7:300 PM | $5 – $15 donation at the door 

 

 

 

 
“Experimental Love” – A collective exploration of drone, free improv, abstracted song and electroacoustic composition by SIGE Records artists Nordra, William Fowler Collins, Faith Coloccia, Daniel Menche, Marshall Trammell and Aaron Turner.

Nordra is the solo project of Zen Mother’s singer and guitarist Monika Khot, on label SIGE Records. Cinematic in nature, Nordra has utilized the trumpet to evoke an uncommon feeling of dread, along with sequenced beats, vocals, and guitar loops.

Originally from rural New England and now living in New Mexico, William Fowler Collins is an American composer, recording artist, and performer of dark minimalist music and drone music. Collins will perform material based on his new release, Field Music (SIGE). “Field Music isn’t a soundtrack for the bomb itself, but for the land that bore witness to its inception.” -THE WIRE

Faith Coloccia is an artist and composer/musician. She performs in Mamiffer, Mára and Barnett+Coloccia. She is the co-owner of SIGE records.

Daniel Menche is an experimental musician and multidisciplinary artist from Portland who has been performing and recording since 1989. He will be performing an electro-acoustic set of string drones reflecting the nature of his most ambient recordings on Sige Records — atmospheric and ominous drones that defy gravity.

Marshall Trammell is a percussionist & interdisciplinary cultural producer devoted to social issues. His unique training includes apprenticeships with improvising and folkloric masters, 20+ years as a creative music professional in the Bay Area, and MFA studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Integrated Electronic Arts. Currently, Marshall sits on the Executive Committee of the Merced County Arts Council in California’s San Joaquin Valley and spearheads an independent music festival.

Aaron Turner is a musician and artist known primarily for his participation in groups such as SUMAC, ISIS, Mamiffer and Old Man Gloom. His work has been informed by a lifetime involvement with metal/heavy music, often materializing in highly abstracted forms utilizing improvisation and longform composition. Turner is the founder of the Hydra Head Records label and co-founder of SIGE Records with partner Faith Coloccia. This event will mark his first collaboration with Marshall Trammell.

Coming out in 2019 on SIGE

Coming soon in 2019 from SIGE: 

-Barnett+Coloccia "VLF" LP FEB 2019
-Aaron Turner + Tashi Dorji CS (LIVE)

-Jon Mueller "Canto" LP
-Daniel Menche "Melting Gravity" LP 
-Mára (Faith Coloccia)   "Here Behold Your Own" LP 
-NORDRA  (Monika Khot) Pylon lll LP

SIGE artists tour dates

NORDRA (Monika Khot)

USA:

1/17 Clockout Lounge w/ Benjamin Thomas-Kennedy//Ben Wildenhaus//Serpentent

2/14 The Chapel Seattle WA with Mára, William Fowler Collins, Aaron Turner+ Marshall Trammell and Daniel Menche

EUROPE:

03/08 Aalborg, DEN – 1000fryd W/Sumac, Baptists
03/09 Copenhagen, DEN – Alice W/Sumac, Baptists
03/10 Gothenburg, SWE – Skjul Fyra Sex W/Sumac, Baptists
03/11 Oslo, NOR – Blä W/Sumac, Baptists
03/12 Stockholm, SWE – Kafe 44 W/Sumac, Baptists
 03/23 Berlin, Germany- Zukunft am Ostkreuz W/Sumac, Baptists

4/16 - Geneva CH @ La Makhno - L’Usine
4/17 - Thun CH @ AkuT
4/18 - Zurich CH @ UMBO
4/19 - Metz FR @ La Chouée
4/20 - Antwerp BE @ The Palazzo
4/21 - Gent BE @ Kinky Star
4/22 - Wüppertal GER @ Gallery Groelle
4/23 - Oldenburg GER @ Landmuseum Natur und Mensch
4/24 - Bielefeld GER @ Potemkin
4/25 - Berlin GER @ Urban Spree
4/26 - Warsaw PL @ Chmury
4/27 - Krakow PL @ Klub Alchemia
4/28 - Wien AT @ Arena
4/29 - Prague CZ @ TBA
4/30 - Plzen CZ @ Andel Music Bar
5/1 - Chemnitz GER @ Odradek
5/2 - Munich GER @ Import/Export
5/3 - Linz AT @ Kapu
5/4 - Innsbruck AT @ PMK
5/5 - Treviso IT @ Da Tocchetto

JON MUELLER:


More info: https://rhythmplex.com/event-directory/

1/17 Jon Mueller - Louisville, KY

1/18 Jon Mueller - Columbia, SC

1/19 Jon Mueller - Greenville, SC

1/20 Jon Mueller - Resonancy Series - Raleigh, NC

1/21 Jon Mueller - Asheville, NC

1/22 Jon Mueller - Atlanta, GA

1/23 Jon Mueller - Knoxville, TN

4/12 Jon Mueller + Forest Management + Noxroy - Madison, WI


Mára (Faith Coloccia)

2/14 The Chapel Seattle WA with Nordra, William Fowler Collins, Aaron Turner+Marshall Trammell and Daniel Menche

Daniel Menche

2/14 The Chapel Seattle WA with Nordra, William Fowler Collins, Aaron Turner + Marshall Trammell and Mára

William Fowler Collins

February 14: Chapel Performance Space / Seattle, WA / with Aaron Turner + Marshall Trammell, Mára, Nordra, Daniel Menche

February 12: Center for New Music / San Francisco, CA / with Geneva Skeen

https://www.facebook.com/events/1967647186682252/

 

 

February 17: Coaxial / Los Angeles, CA / with Geneva Skeen, Kaori Suzuki, Marcia Bassett

https://www.otherminds.org/event/latitudes-5/

Marshall Trammell:  

1/13 Portland OR Mississippi Studios live collaboration with Tashi Dorji 

 

SIGE artist upcoming shows

JON MUELLER:

https://rhythmplex.com/



11/15 Jon Mueller - Madison

11/16 Jon Mueller / Tontine Ensemble - Milwaukee

11/17 Resonance Series: Sarah Davachi / Jon Mueller / Gordon Ashworth - Chicago


12/1 Gong meditation - Milwaukee

12/2 Gong meditation - Egg Harbor

12/9 Reading meditation - Egg Harbor

For more info:
https://rhythmplex.com/event-directory/



Mára (Faith Coloccia)

12/6 with Thou and MJ Guider - Anacortes WA


William Fowler Collins

12/6 with Jaye Jayle and Emma Ruth Rundle at Sister Albuquerque NM

Daniel Menche

11/4 at Turn Turn Turn Portland OR

Zachary James Watkins

11/15 at @c4newmusic, OM's Blaine Todd presents the second installment of Latitudes featuring @billorcutt and Zachary James Watkins.  https://centerfornewmusic.com/calendar/latitudes-bill-orcutt-and-zachary-james-watkins/ …

Black Spirituals video premiere!

Here is the new Black Spirituals(Zachary James Watkins and Marshall Trammell) video premiere for "Treatment" (Video by Faith Coloccia and Daniel Menche. 

Video is here: Echoes and Dust website

Marshall Trammell: "What Faith Coloccia, with the support of Daniel Menche, have done is create a double, intertextual fold. Strobed and iterative, they have remapped the narrative of fugitivity as simultaneous multi-dimensionality, adapted from Dr. Willie Anku; performed by Black Spirituals, as an origami of emancipated soul. This is the flesh and blood of Black Spirituals. This is the flesh and blood of the present wave of magic and unapologetic liberation."

 

SIGE releases

Some new items are available at the SIGE store:
http://sige.bigcartel.com/

NICK YACYSHYN & BRIAN SEPANZYK “Compulsion - OST” CS
Cassette release of the soundtrack for Brian Sepanzyk’s 2017 horror film “Compulsion”.
All compositions by Nick Yacyshyn (SUMAC, Baptists) and Brian Sepanzyk (Waingro). Edition of 75 copies housed in full color printed sleeve and jewel case. Digital version coming soon.

HOUSE OF LOW CULTURE/DANIEL MENCHE/CAUSTIC TOUCH/EMS 4 way split LP and CS

New 4 way split released by Accident Prone Records. We have a few copies of various vinyl colors and cassette version. First new material from House of Low Culture (A. Turner & F. Coloccia) in 4 years. New tracks from Menche, Caustic Touch and EMS. Housed in a sleeve with photography by Menche and design from Coloccia. 

3 new paintings by Faith Coloccia 

From the new Barnett + Coloccia record "VLF" and a painting from NORDRA tour poster, all made with pigment made with ash and salt. 

New Mamiffer cassette from The Tapeworm (Touch, UK) 

Cassette only – limited edition of 150 copies
Side A: 0:00–3:12 found recording 2007, 3:13–10:30 recording/performance by F. Coloccia 2008-2009, 10:31–13:15 recording/mix by Randall Dunn, performance by F. Coloccia 2015, 13:16–16:13 recording/performance by A. Turner 2015, 16:14–end recording/performance by F. Coloccia 2011.
0:00–3:16: manipulated found recording/recording/performance by A.Turner 2015. 3:17–4:30: recording by F. Coloccia 2016. 4:31–6:02: recording by A. Turner, performance by F. Coloccia 2015. 6:03–8:41: recording/performance by F. Coloccia 2010. 8:42–9:33: recording/performance by A. Turner 2014. 9:34–13:35: recording by F. Coloccia 2011. 13:36–16:00: recording by A. Turner, performance by F. Coloccia 2014. 16:01–16:49: recording/manipulation by F. Coloccia, mix by Randall Dunn 2010. 16:50–End: recording/performance by F. Coloccia 2010 + 2015.

 NORDRA (Monika Khot) S/T LP

Debut album by Seattle's Nordra, aka Monika Khot. Desolate beat-scapes flecked with fleeting moments of beauty. Design by Nordra and SIGE, housed in letterpressed jackets by Stumptown Printers.  Edition of 300 copies, pressed on dried blood colored vinyl. 

COMING SOON:
SUMAC “WFMU” CS/digital
NORDRA “PYLON II” LP/digital
Black Spirituals “Black Access/Black Axes” 2xLP/digital
William Fowler Collins “Field Music” LP/digital
SUMAC “The Deal” 2xLP repress
Greymachine “Disconnected” 2xLP repress
Barnett & Coloccia “VLF” LP/CS/digital