January 1, 2008

Happy New Year to you all!  The new CD from Paul Bradley, Mas Memorias Extranjeras, has been released and is now available.  This is a companion piece of sorts to the Memorias Extranjeras CD I released earlier.  You can purchase it on its own, but there is a special price for purchasing both which you can find below on the right.  There is also another short term deal for purchasing three Bradley CDs in the shop.

The Toniutti CD will finally be released early this year.  There will also be another CD release early this year from Arsenjie Jovanovich which will be in conjunction with a couple of other labels.  More details to follow on this shortly. 

There are several new titles in the shop, including some bundled tracks and price reductions.  Later this year, I plan to completely redo the site, which will hopefully improve the Alluvial Shop and how it operates.  My current software limits my ability to do much more than what you've seen here. 

Finally, a stock update- The Yannick Dauby LP, Janek Schafer Weather Report CD, and John Hudak Helen Marie 2xCD are all sold out.  I have very, very few copies of the Dale Lloyd Semper CD (at this rate, I expect it to be sold out by the end of the month), Affux Bordeaux TNT CD, and Frans de Waard Vijf Profeilen CD left.  Do not wait! 

July 2, 2007

Alluvial is the sole US distributor for Paul Bradley's new CD Chroma on his Twenty-Hertz label.  It is $16 postage paid in North America and you can find it here.  I am now offering a deal on this CD if you purchase it along with the Memorias Extranjeras CD on Alluvial. 

Some words about Paul's newest work:

The Wire April 2007 - Outer Limits / Jim Haynes
His seventh release in less than a year, Chroma is another stately album of strung-out vibrations from British drone artist Paul Bradley. E-bowed guitar is central to this album, which emerges on the first couple of movements as deep ripples of low-end frequencies exposing their source material through slow rotation of several phase patterns that could only be made by guitar. About halfway through the album, Bradley moves away from these Isolationist references through a pastoral set of brightly toned ambience. Here, the structural nature of Bradley's work becomes more apparent, as he composes through variable repetitions of elongated loops pocked with the odd effervescent flourish.

There are also several new titles in the Shop and some restocks.  Please check back frequently as many new titles will be coming in the next weeks. 

May 16, 2006

I'd like to start a mailing list for new release annoucements.  If you are interested in being added, please e-mail me at krwienke(at)hotmail.com with "mailing list" in the subject line.  I wish I could set it up through the site, but I won't bore you with the limitations of my software. 

October 23, 2005

Please note that the Minneapolis Post Office Box is no longer active.  Write for the current mailing address, if needed.  krwienke(at)hotmail.com.  Thanks.

Auctions:

I often have titles available on eBay which I do not post to the Alluvial Shop.  For a look, go to:

krwienke auctions

TO BE RELEASED in 2008:

Giancarlo Toniutti qwalsamtimutkw?italuc'ik  or (and now he almost did make himself into hemlock needles, it is said)

sound-field for rattle-harp CD  
Arsenjie Jovanovich CD- TBA

Hitoshi Kojo EZO 10"