lucky dragons - long form

Throughout the 90 minutes of Long Form Lucky Dragons follow a process, first explored on their 2011 release Shape Tape, where spectral information from source material (in this case, modular synthesizer) is organised into simple harmonic shapes - an open auto-tuning that does not discriminate between signal and noise. The result is a shimmering plane of harmony, an agreement of frequencies that extends above and below the range of audible perception. As any shape stretched towards an infinite length becomes a line, this is a flattening of form - music made as simple as possible.

Cassette edition of 100 copies (incl. download code)

FS111

$6 AUD + postage

tim coster - a place in the sun

This c32 cassette (Factory dubbed & printed Chrome, Dolby B) collects five tracks which more or less reflect pieces I was working on as recordings and in live performances over the last year. Recorded mainly with Eurorack modular synthesizer, endless "answer-phone" cassettes, effects and a few other gadgets, this is my first long-ish solo release since Star Mill in 2007. The tape comes with a download-code for mp3s (there was a slightly earlier CDR version that's basically identical).

Cassette

FS110

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the greens, pinks, and whites

one freezing afternoon last berlin winter, these wobbly songs were recorded by jason honea (from the shitty listener, and some other jewelled antler bands) & tim coster. spilling a traveller's collection of thumb pianos, bells, tapes, guitar & synth onto the wooden floor and making them into delicate shapes, moving parts around till it eventually all turns to ice. with fake-handwritten set-list by jason, and a cover illustration by los doros.

CDR

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metal rouge - live

last ever metal rouge cdr. this album documents part of helga & andrew's first southwest usa tour, here multiple version of the same two songs are rendered wildly different via on-fire telekinetic improvisation, and shaped forcefully by local parapsychological conditions. a nice follow up to the first ever metal rouge cdr on the CLaudia label a few years back.

CDR
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vogue forums

vogue forums is tim coster & christopher l g hill. recorded the day after pretending to be another band at a melbourne house party, this is a tapes + tapes (and synth) duo of industrial music-hall background music. preview listens approved over multiple family lunches. recorded onto real blank cassettes, co-released with bunyip trax. vogue forums twitter is here, slowly answering all your questions about fancy chocolate, champagne and shoes!

C60 cassette

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pro team - demo

Another recording from Dunedin, this time from January 2010, with the casual line-up of Oliver of the Sky, Eves (from PQRST), and Tim Coster. Inspired by a recent meal of mis-labelled tofu, and mapping communal practice-room acoustics with images of slow dusk, small bells, skateboarding, finger clicks, electricity, candles, travel, pure-data, and portable telephones. Recorded on a multitude of handheld devices, from every direction. Cover by O, Mix by E.

CDR

FS6

paeces - remix

A new release of an archival Paeces piece (not sure exactly when/where this was recorded or who is playing on it - although I'd imagine it's the full Melbourne quartet), not strictly a remix, but enthusiastically overdubbed (um.. not with beats) by the band, apparently after attending a lecture on sampling & hip-hop. A new take on the typical zeitgeist new/weird electro-acoustic drone & rattle, but for the multilayered urban environment. Nasty.

CDR

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cathedrals - demo

cathedrals is the duo of "nigel wright & tim coster" aka
"tim coster & nigel wright", chanelling the drone spirits
of goth and emo, and playing the same song over and
over again..

CDR 

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adam willetts - live

amazing synthesizers recorded live at the lines of flight festival in dunedin, 28th March 2009. it was a wild saturday night, and a few of the audience members decided to get a bit creepy. (cover photograph by kfpieters)

CDR

FS3

piano queen rainbow star telephone - demo

recorded 2009 somewhere in dunedin i guess, by alex, edie, john, motoko, rachel & toki playing all sorts of stuff. the shaman-bling rabbit is called storm!

CDR

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velvet hour - demo

live duo by shannon & tim - kinda afrobeat/stoner/gamelan style, with drum kit/singing/melodica & harmonica/casio/guitar. recorded 27 february 2009 in christchurch, at the high street project reading room, instead of going out to dinner with bruce russell.

CDR

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