Three New Ballast Releases Available Now

When it rains, it pours! Here are three new releases available now.

NVP09: Vertonen – stutterer (2 CDR, 48 page book, edition of 45, signed and numbered) 
NVP013: Vertonen – No. 6 (6 x 3" CDR, 17 text inserts, edition of 24, signed and numbered) 
NVP014: Dead Edits: Three Degrees of Dead Edits (3 x 3" CDR, 64 page book, edition of 15, numbered)
 

NVP09: Vertonen – stutterer (2 CDR, 48 page book, edition of 45, signed and numbered)

This is a bookend to NVP03, utterer, in that is also uses source material provided by Anthony Dunn (Terran Wretch). However, after my recent mechanical rhythmic works, and in contrast to NVP03, I decided to explore some rhythmic noise flavorings. Although your mileage may vary, you might catch a few wafts of Esplendor Geometrico, Sat Stochizmo, or SPK. I also included the original source material as a coda to the stutterer disc. The second disc, Three Situational Drownings, uses the same source material but the execution is more drone-based. The accompanying book contains some texts, but is primarily visuals based off modified stills from a 1988 Eric Lunde videocassette, applying reduplicative strategies via Photoshop.

NVP013: Vertonen – No. 6 (6 x 3" CDR, 17 text inserts, edition of 24, signed and numbered)

My homage to the UK TV series The Prisoner, using only samples from the TV program’s opening theme to create six different compositions. Each composition was created using parameters linked to numerical corollaries with the series (degrees of panning, duration of compositional elements, percentages of processing). In addition, the release also contains 17 texts based on OULIPO-esque writing constraints (each text uses only letters that must appear in at least six of The Prisoner’s episode titles, for one example), which are outlined on a supplemental  insert. All contained in a jewelry box.

NVP014: Dead Edits: Three Degrees of Dead Edits (3 x 3" CDR, 64 page book, edition of 15, numbered)

In 2016 Dead Edits played two shows in Chicago, and this release documents three “degrees," or variants, of Dead Edits “live." 

Disc 1, "An Evening with The Happiest Men in The Room" is a document of Dead Edits live, December 2, with both members in the actual flesh. 

Disc 2, "Dead Edits Present a (Re)presenting Permutation Presentation of: 'Dead Edits Present: Stefan Weisser’s Poextensions and Contexts: a Forgery' (Encore)," was composed from live and processed elements of our first Chicago show, which was performed by one only Dead Edit. At the last minute, Eric was unable to attend but sent a DVDR of himself as a proxy, which I further permutated as part of the live set that evening. I then further mutated and subsequently modified ~that~ recording to create this “reconstruction” of that evening’s performance.
Disc 3, "unheard until written," is me reading a passage from Eric’s 1991 book LLND, processed using tape methodologies Eric had shared previously with me, set to a mutated tape loop.

The final package that accompanies the release contains the "tale of the tape" (recording information / processes about the content of each disc) as well as the text recited on the third disc.

The book that accompanies the discs itself is a capture / end result of Eric’s "drill poem," which opened our December 2 show.

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The pricing for each release is as follows and includes shipping in the US: for the rest of the world, contact me first so I can get an price based on your location.

NVP09: Vertonen: stutterer (2 x CDR and book) - $20 

NVP013: Vertonen: No. 6 (6 x 3" CDR, textual support) - $24

NVP014: Dead Edits: Three Degrees of Dead Edits (3 x 3" CDR, book) - $20

Thank you for your interest,

Blake