ssr-106 : audio sampler

To celebrate the new year, I think it's time to share a little bit my music in the audio field. So I will choose 2-3 tracks from each of my main releases and put it there for free. Here is the link to the audio sampler of Naal Stayn : Rehearsals (...of a dead love).

The zip file includes :
Mighty magnificience makes magnetic minds 1:37
Milky moor meets mechanic mess 2:03
Devour (from within...) [part a] 7:12
c30 cassette & CD artworks

ssr-106 Naal Stayn : Rehearsals (...of a dead love)

Naal Stayn : Rehearsals (...of a dead love) is an album released on December, 31st 2010. The track Devour (from within...) is expanded to five more minutes on the CD version, compared to the cassette one, to last 20 minutes. The A4 size poster on the latter can be seen as a compensation.

'Sisterly Wanking : Blacktail'

This is the video of "Blacktail" by 'Sisterly Wanking.

ssr-105 Les Templiers d'Industries : Le Malade à la Plage

Les Templiers d'Industries : Le Malade à la Plage is the second album by Les Templiers d'industries, the solo project by Samuel le BS. Due to the fact the title refers to a sick boy who is going to the beach, the package pretends to be the travel box in which you can put the C90 tape but also the meds. It will come out tomorrow.

ssr-104 'Sisterly Wanking : Birdbash'

'Sisterly Wanking : Birdbash' is the second EP by 'Sisterly Wanking. Once again, I based the design & artwork (of both mini CD & C15 tape) on the vintage pictures sent by Ella Excèntrica. The cassette issue is the deluxe one as you get an orange compact cassette & an orange box + 1 coloured card in a cardboard box protected by a transparent plastic box. But different pics + 3 coloured cards have been used for the mini CD. It all came out this October, 10th 2010.

ssr-102b Naal Stayn : Hurtbeat

 Naal Stayn : Hurtbeat is a EP released on both C20 and mini CDrom issues in September, 21th 2010. The latter adds a bonus : the video of It will end in fear. This time the cassette artowrk works better than the mini CD one, according to me.

ssr-102 Naal Stayn : At the Age of Zero

 

Naal Stayn : At the Age of Zero was released on both C45 and deluxe CD editions. The latter contains the album on a CD, the EP Hurtbeat on a mini CD + 2 coloured photographs printed on glossy paper, the whole in a big double CD box. It came out in September, 19th 2010.

ssr-101 'Sisterly Wanking : Milldrop'

To celebrate the 101th & first release of 2010, I wanted something special... and what could be most special than to produce an external band for the first time ? Well, 'Sisterly Wanking is a male/female duet (Shird Leopart & Ella Excèentrica) from Philippines that I discovered throught Myspace. Their music is an interesting mix between old-fashioned toy loops, fake shoegaze guitars, low-picthed drum machines, amateur synth patterns and trash-jam sub bass lines. The whole thing looks like armless unfinished sketches on which you could not add overdubs. I based the design & artwork (of both mini CD & C15 tape) on the vintage pictures Ella sent to me. It came out in January, 31st 2010.

ssr-100 Tattooed Intestine : Duda Sleek

Tattooed Intestine : Duda Sleek was the fourth album by Tattooed Intestine but most of all the 100th release by Self-Sufficient Records !! What a joy to close that rich year that was 2009 ?! To celebrate this moment I first thought of making a special triple mini CD edition... but due to the inappropriate time running, I paused the trick and chosen a simple CD issue. To arrange that I printed all cover & lyrics & inlay sleeves on glossy paper and I added a coloured photograph. It came out in November, 7th 2009.

Here is the video of the track At Rivercide.

Note : the story behind the enigmatic title 'Duda sleek' is a little bit morbid. I was on camping and I saw a family who seemed lovely. Then later when I came back to home, while on my bicycling on a countryside road I discovered an isolated place. I said to myself "oh this would be the perfect one to hide a dead body. After Brainstorming and many artistic related ideas of mine, the concept of duda sleek came out. Duda would be the little girl I saw at the camping, sleek would be the name of his aborted/killed baby... and it would be buried in the isolated place I call Rivercide on this album.

ssr-098 Naal Stayn : From Carnal to Vacuum

Naal Stayn : From Carnal to Vacuum is the third audio release but the first Long Lenght album by me, Naal Stayn. This time I came back to the CD medium and the artwork are only based on my experimental drawings who de-represents the nude human body. It came out in October, 10th 2009.
Here, the music shares the reverb/wall of sound on the early Cocteau Twins albums and a great effort has been made on the bass (both notes, mix presence and sound). You can listen to 2 tracks of it on the Myspace page.

ssr-099 Naal Stayn : Salmon-Glued or Handuff Mug

Naal Stayn : Salmon-Glued or Handuff Mug is the first mini DVD I ever released/artworked. Instead of making a Mini CD, I thought putting videos would be funnier to get, so it became a mini DVD. In order to remain in the lo-fi spirit I used a GameBoy Camera to shoot the photoraphs of the cover sleeve. It came out in October, 5th 2009.

ssr-097 Naal Stayn : 33B

Naal Stayn : 33B is the second EP by Naal Stayn released in both CD and C30 tape editions in april 2009.

ssr-093 KZSE : Plus

KZSE : Plus was the second DVD by KZSE and created in january 2009 to promote the release of the second album Next. It contains 5 multicraft videos.

Here is the video of the track More.

ssr-092 Slutimids! : Kosmetiks?

Slutimids! : Kosmetiks? was a DVD (and the final release ever) by Slutimids! put out in October 2008. It offers the videos of all 17 tracks of the Tot und Lebend CD album + 4 bonus videos.

ssr-089 Tattooed Intestine : Dead-Eyed Piercing

Tattooed Intestine : Dead-Eyed Piercing was a DVD by Tattooed Intestine that you could get for free in april 2008 if you would send me a blank DVDr. Only one person (Patrick Glassel actually) asked for it, but it became a positive thing as it gave me the idea/concept of making One-off releases.

ssr-070 Lipstandärd : III + IV

Lipstandärd : 'III + IV' was a deluxe edition to 5 copies released in 2007 and gave to friends in USA and Europe. It contained the two C45 album by Lipstandärd in a VHS box + 2 postcards printed on glossy paper + 3 badges.

ssr-000

I will post here the artworks & special packages of one self produced products under licence of Self Sufficient Records. Please note these one-off items are made available for purposes of the historical record, rather than as conventional 'commercial' market.