Hi there,
well, quite a year thusfar! on march 9 th. we released the debut album by Roxane Métayer. first and second pressing: gone. third one coming up. more below.
and now, there's the long-awaited return of Soccer Committee. More than a decade after her last solo-releases, Mariska Baars resurfaces gloriously with the mini-album 'Tell from the grass'. Her sound is as minimal and spartan as her amount of output. The songs are still slow, stripped-down and quiet, made with an overwhelming love for tone and sound, focussed entirely on guitar and vocals. They’re definitely rooted in the folktradition, but at the same time very ‘ambient’, in the true sense of the word.
‘Tell from the grass’ is an extremely natural sounding record. Baars is a master in letting sounds resonate and explore their own path. As if she is more interested in conducting the songs in a certain direction than pushing them in a specific shape. To reach her goal, Baars works very restrained: she never uses a single note when it’s not fully required. The fact that the record still sounds so spontaneous makes it so unique: she does it so effortless that no one else really comes close to her approach. Utterly mesmerizing.
the 10" comes in a two colour screenprinted sleeve on sturdy 300 g ecopaper. the record costs 14 euro + shipping
well, quite a year thusfar! on march 9 th. we released the debut album by Roxane Métayer. first and second pressing: gone. third one coming up. more below.
and now, there's the long-awaited return of Soccer Committee. More than a decade after her last solo-releases, Mariska Baars resurfaces gloriously with the mini-album 'Tell from the grass'. Her sound is as minimal and spartan as her amount of output. The songs are still slow, stripped-down and quiet, made with an overwhelming love for tone and sound, focussed entirely on guitar and vocals. They’re definitely rooted in the folktradition, but at the same time very ‘ambient’, in the true sense of the word.
‘Tell from the grass’ is an extremely natural sounding record. Baars is a master in letting sounds resonate and explore their own path. As if she is more interested in conducting the songs in a certain direction than pushing them in a specific shape. To reach her goal, Baars works very restrained: she never uses a single note when it’s not fully required. The fact that the record still sounds so spontaneous makes it so unique: she does it so effortless that no one else really comes close to her approach. Utterly mesmerizing.
the 10" comes in a two colour screenprinted sleeve on sturdy 300 g ecopaper. the record costs 14 euro + shipping
so, in march we released Eclipse des Ocelles, the debut lp of Roxane Metayer. to such wide acclaim that we sold out of copies within a month. So we did a second pressing. which sold out within a week. all our distro's ran out of copies too. and now a third pressing is on its way, expected late july - early august. we'll post more details as soon as we know more, but you can put yourself on a waiting list - we'll contact those people first then. we're not take real preorders yet, as with the current delays in pressing plants, we want to avoid that people have to wait for months after paying...
On her first solo lp Roxane Métayer fully explores the possibilities of the violin, field recordings and folk oriented orchestration and melodies. She’s not afraid to use effects, minimal percussion, whistles and the occasional hushed vocal to expand the sonic palette to a maximum effect, resulting in multilayered, semi-improvised and subtle meanderings, gently evolving around a tight core.
On her first solo lp Roxane Métayer fully explores the possibilities of the violin, field recordings and folk oriented orchestration and melodies. She’s not afraid to use effects, minimal percussion, whistles and the occasional hushed vocal to expand the sonic palette to a maximum effect, resulting in multilayered, semi-improvised and subtle meanderings, gently evolving around a tight core.
this might be a good moment to remind you:
- we've recently totally ran out of copies of the Matt Christensen / Circle Bros split lp, the latest bingo trappers lp or the soccer committee cd. and we don't have huge quantities left of all of the other releases either. don't say we didn't warn you. however: some distro's probably have a few copies in stock. get in touch if you need help on locating one of our sold out releases.
- full overview of what's still in stock: www.morctapes.com/store
don't forget to listen,
wim/morc
- we've recently totally ran out of copies of the Matt Christensen / Circle Bros split lp, the latest bingo trappers lp or the soccer committee cd. and we don't have huge quantities left of all of the other releases either. don't say we didn't warn you. however: some distro's probably have a few copies in stock. get in touch if you need help on locating one of our sold out releases.
- full overview of what's still in stock: www.morctapes.com/store
don't forget to listen,
wim/morc