morc records - minmae

Portland-based Minmae got started when Sean Brooks of TheePsychicHearts found himself stuck with some studio time his band couldn't use. So he went in alone, recorded a few tracks, and found himself with a bona fide side project. Reasons for the startup: a growing disillusionment over 'rehearsal rock', a growing love for more ambient, lo-fidelity song production, some jungian investigation informing repressed emotion.

He chose the name Minmae in honor of the singing space celebrity beauty queen of the popular Japanimation sci-fi epic Robotech, he liked to watch as a child.The songs were later put out as the 'poltergeist over England' 7".After numerous seven-inches, split seven-inches, and a couple of CD full-lengths, , Minmae had ceased to be a side project and became a full-on endeavor.

Minmae isn't a pure solo project anymore either. Brooks is still the core of the band, but most of the time he's assited by two people when performing live. Line-up changes every now and then, Josh Kempa is the one that's hanging around for the longest time now. Past collaborators include the likes Jake Anderson (from Yak Brigade, Celesteville and Gang Wizard-fame) Billy Sprague (the man behind rocket racer records) onq (The italian guy with whom he did a few collaborations) and Danny Powers (from the And/Ors)

Throughout his impressive number of releases, Brooks has proven to be anything but a one-trick pony. Off course it's very obvious to refer to flying saucer attack when hearing the fuzz-songs on 'vonsachiang' And the 'sa trappe secret...' suite will definately please those who loved slint for the tension. But Brooks is definately a very gifted songwriter. listen to his piano-based track on the card-carrying... cd. Or his stunning "since before inertia" album. this one was originally released as cd-r on tapemountain.

But that release really caught the perfect morc-sound: both the songwriting, and the more experimental sound. so we decided to take care of the tape-release. The album starts with the polvo-esque track "the bastard", a perfect example of the first half of the tape: more traditional songs. the second half is the more 'classic' minmae: none like the previous releases though.

after this recording, minmae recorded ' my quiet life' in the same line-up, before sean brooks teamed up with a few new band members. as some sort of epilogue to this period in minmae-history, morc released 'since before hereafter' a 3" cdr with a live session, originally broadcasted on kuci radio. i dont think minmae ever sounded like this before, or after this recording. so that's why it was released as part of ' une série pour gagner de l'argent'

Minmae: "Since before hereafter"
3" cdr - released november 2003

a sort of epilogue to the 'since beofre inertia' are of minmae. this is a live session that was recorded for KUCI-radio. it documents minmae in a way the band never sounded before, and never sounded after this either. And it's the first part in 'une série pour gagner de l'argent'

3€/ + 5 us$

-> klick on cover for details and a track
-> mp3: no end, no end (upstanding version) (1'37)

Minmae: "Since before inertia"
tape - released february 2002

for the very first time available on tape: the incredible minmae album from 2001. first half is rather poppy, towards the end more eclectic. some of the finest minmae-moments thusfar.

3€ / + 5us$

-> klick on cover for details and a track
-> mp3: the bastard (3'28)

v.a.: "Card-carrying supporters of romance"
cd- released june 2001

Excellent cd-compilation that brings together the likes of appendix out, sodastream, a boy named thor, fuck, jen turrell, rabbit in red, pernath, bingo trappers, minmae and lots of other romantics

10 € / + 15$

-> klick on cover for details and a few tracks
-> band info

I'd Be Scared, Were You Still Burning - cd greyday productions	Remember these chords in the morning - cdr evelyn records ever 3	Record about us- tape Best kept secret 59	Microcassette Quatrains - tape/cd BlueSanct 46
True Love - cdep Devil in the woods	Split with morose- 7" try not to look recs 03	My first brush with infinity - 7" octane grammophone 03	Split w/ Electroscope - 12" airborne virus 02 / rocket racer 06
Shoegazerbliss also feat. Black nite crash, the high violets, voyager one, nordic ... Reverb records 12	Why is anything forbidden also feat. Psychon troopers, de portables, rose for bodhan,celesteville, wio a.o. deathbomb arc 09	'You cannot hold diy - it's an adjective - cd also feat. june of 44, morose, onq, darryl leigh blood, milaus, ... ouzel 21	Free bait CD-R also feat. the Stuffings w/ Encre Potable, Nylon Coated Cats, Drekka, Static Films ... Black apple 35

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