CETACEA: OCTOBER 13TH

Cetacea plays this Tuesday, October 13th in Toronto at The Steady (1051 Bloor St. West) with Hybrid Frequency, Hexzuul, Mandelbrut & Ruin. Show II of III for October.

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CETACEA | cetaceansongs.bandcamp.com
HYBRID FREQUENCY | hybridfrecuency.wix.com/hybridfrequency
HEXZUUL | hexzuul.bandcamp.com
MANDELBRUT | mandelbrut.com
RUIN | ruin.bandcamp.com/

~ poster design by BW ~ photo by David Jones / manipulation by BW ~

CETACEA OCTOBER 2015 TORONTO SHOWS

Cetacea will have three performances in Toronto this month. The first is tonight at Handlebar (156 Augusta) in Kensington Market for edition number 26 of the monthly Nite Comfort series curated by Aaron Dawson of Dirty Inputs & Off the International Radar. I have been working on new material and will be using the live performances as a way to develop it before recording. To coincide with each show there will be other recordings made available online via bandcamp and if circumstances remain favorable a limited cassette tape or two may manifest in time for one or both of the remaining two shows.

Currently available are copies of the Invocation Vol. 1 cassette compilation by the newly launched Fire In Heaven Records run by Jason Pollard of Invocation TO. Cetacea shares track space on this comp with a great cast of fellow Toronto musicians such as Black Walls, Loom, M. Mucci, Hexzuul and many others. I did the design and layout of the tape with some assistance from Stephen Wilson of Unknown Relic. Visit the bandcamp link to purchase. VERY limited amount available online.

Subsequent releases will include a two-track release featuring a longer version of the Invocation comp track, 'Lost In a Corridor of Sand' plus another piece from the same recording session and a live recording of previous material performed this past May for a short tour with Andrew Hock. This along with some other unreleased material from the 2012 'Glyphs' recording sessions are ideally destined for some limited cassettes.
  
October 2015 poster by Bryan W Bray
Nite Comfort 26 poster by Aaron Dawson

OCTOBER 2015 TORONTO

Sunday October 4th
Handlebar // 159 Augusta / 9pm /  PWYC
w/ Evan Wainio-Woldanski
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Tuesday October 13th
The Steady // 1051 Bloor St. West / 8pm / $5
Kulture II
w/ Hybrid Frequency, Hexzuul, Mandelbrut, Ruin
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Tuesday October 27th
The Holy Oak // 1241 Bloor St. West / 9pm / $5 PWYC
w/ C.J. Boyd, Man Meets Bear
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LITHARACHNIUM TENTORIUM

CETACEA 'GLYPHS' DIGITAL

The debut release for Cetacea, which was originally released by Ivory Antler Records as one in a series of six cassettes with other artists for Record Store Day 2012, is available for download via bandcamp. Work on a new album, a proper full-length, has begun. So far some of the material has been performed live in various manifestations and there are a few titles floating around but nothing has solidified as of yet. More to announce as progress is made.

Throughout 2014 I managed to collect several live recordings of sets in varying qualities. Some self recorded, others kindly captured by others. There was some brief plans to release some of these digitally late last year as an ongoing series of live recordings. First one was almost ready to go to coincide for a show that happened late November with Evan Caminiti, Castle If and Michael Mucci but was scrapped at the time due to, what I felt was, lack of worthy fidelity. I'm going to re-approach this project and perhaps make something of it in the near future.

There are, however, some extra recordings that were done in the same sessions for 'Glyphs' that are indeed worthy of release. I've been letting these sit undisturbed for nearly two & a half years. Upon listening to them again recently decided they could be set free unto the world. Those will be made available on bandcamp for download and then maybe a short run of cassettes will manifest. Until then, please enjoy Glyphs, which can be downloaded and/or streamed via the link below.

Finally, Cetacea will perform live this Thursday in Toronto along side friends Clara Engel and Moonwood, both of whose music is well worth your time (click their names for links).

You can find some info about that show HERE
(with Cetacea erroneously listed as Cetacean)

GATES 'THROUGH THE HOWLING INFINITE' 2LP + DIGITAL VERSIONS

Show above is the piece created by Reuben Sawyer / Rainbath Visual for 'Through the Howling Infinite' and below that a shot of the debossed logo on the large 'obi' or band for the 2LP packaging. 

MOTHS HAVE EATEN THE CORE - Digital version
- Includes bonus track 'Absence (Choral)' and 8 page booklet.

THE PREVAILING WIND - digital version
Includes bonus track 'Frost (coda)' and 8 page booklet.

'Through the Howling Infinite' is a double LP package in an edition of 50 which includes both 'Moths Have Eaten the Core' and 'The Prevailing Wind' on 180gram black vinyl. Also included is a commissioned piece created by Rainbath Visual (Reuben Sawyer) and printed by Broken Press in Seattle.

The LP's are then housed together in a foil stamped, wrap around package along with the art print, a numbered insert and sealed with a large 'obi' debossed with the Gates logo. The packaging was produced by Standard Form in Toronto.

Both LP's come in the same packaging as the individual editions on each respective label: 'tip-on' style jackets printed at Stoughton, 12" x 12" inserts, vinyl in black dust sleeves, 11" x 17" fold-out posters, and download cards. Downloads include a bonus track for each album and 8-page digital booklets. The albums are available for streaming on bandcamp HERE.

This is a collaborative release between Anti-Matter and Ivory Antler. Please visit their respective sites for more info,

anti-matterrecords.com 
ivoryantler.com

GATES / NORTHUMBRIA / THISQUIETARMY - DECEMBER SHOWS

Gates will be playing three shows in December with thisquietarmy and Northumbria

Dec 5th - Toronto - The Music Gallery
Dec 6th - Guelph - Silence
Dec 16th - Montreal - Casa del Popolo

http://www.musicgallery.org
http://silencesounds.ca
http://www.casadelpopolo.com

'THEY HIDE IN THE SHADOWS' - digital version

Show above are the "pages" of the 14 page booklet made for the digital version of 'They Hide In the Shadows'. Available through Handmade Birds. This was originally available as a very limited CD. Putting this layout together was a pleasure, as the photography by Karol Orzechowski and the resulting themes and colours were just perfect. Would love to see this as a CD booklet one day.

To buy please visit the Handmade Birds store at: http://www.handmadebirds.com/store/
Scroll down and click the 'Enter Digital Store' selection.

THROUGH THE HOWLING INFINITE

A long silence since the last update here but Astral Ra is reaching its end as new developments start to grow. Lots to announce in the coming days and months.

Above: a piece of undisclosed art for something very special

upcoming releases/

Moths Have Eaten the Core
LP + digital - remastered by James Plotkin, details in posts below

The Prevailing Wind
LP + digital - remastered by James Plotkin, details in posts below

Eintraum
CD + digital - Storm As He Walks - details to come, also searching for a label for an LP version

Palace of Mirrors
2XCD + LP - Handmade Birds & Hypaethral Records
This is the new Gates album, featuring the whole band.  

THE PREVAILING WIND LP / IVORY ANTLER RECORDS

Cover image above for the LP version of The Prevailing Wind, to be released by Ivory Antler Records early 2013 in conjunction with the Moths Have Eaten the Core LP on Anti-Matter Records. This was originally released by Astral Ra May 2011 in an edition of 50 cassettes. This is also the only Gates album thus far that has not appeared online for download due to the fact that I never released a digital version via bandcamp or otherwise. So this will come to light again in the analog domain.

Remastered for vinyl by James Plotkin. Photos and art by A.E. Csaky and myself. Her photos grace the insert and vinyl labels. Rest of the layout, photos and illustration are adapted from the art of the cassette edition.

Both this and the Moths Have Eaten the Core LP's are entering production. All details pertaining to both along with the special dual edition forthcoming. Expect an announcement in December.

http://ivoryantler.com/
http://aecsaky.tumblr.com/

MOTHS HAVE EATEN THE CORE LP / ANTI-MATTER RECORDS

Cover image for the LP version of Gates debut album Moths Have Eaten the Core, coming soon from Anti-Matter Records. Originally released by Astral Ra late 2010 in a edition of 100 CD's and then reissued by Ivory Antler at the end of 2011 in another edition of 100 CD's with altered artwork. This edition is radically different visually, featuring the stunning photography of A.E. Csaky. The music has been remastered for vinyl and digital by James Plotkin.

Along with this, the second Gates album 'The Prevailing Wind', will be released as an LP by Ivory Antler records which also will feature A.E. Csaky's photography and audio mastered by James Plotkin.

Anti-Matter and Ivory Antler will be working together to create a special limited edition package that will house both LP's along with some extras. Final word on those and other details along with more pictures of art & layouts to come soon as everything is entering production shortly.
http://aecsaky.tumblr.com/
http://www.anti-matterrecords.com/

Eintraum flyer II

Copies are available from Land of Decay. The last word was that they are getting low, probably less than 20 remain. Visit http://www.landofdecay.bigcartel.com/ to grab one.

here are some reviews for the album
Anti-Gravity Bunny
Meat Mead Metal
Black Magazine

MTD

Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD): An animal / human experiment to find the highest dose of a chemical that, when administered to a group of test subjects in a clinical trial, does not result in a fatality due to short-term toxicity. This dose is then used for longer-term safety studies of the same species, lasting anywhere from two years to a lifetime. The MTD test is controversial, however, in part because of difficulties in extrapolating findings to more realistic doses, and in extrapolating results from animals to humans.

Maximum Tolerated Dose is the first feature-length documentary by Decipher Films. Equal parts found-footage mash-up, verité investigation, and artful meditation, the film charts the lives of both humans and non-humans who have experienced animal testing first-hand, with hauntingly honest testimony of scientists and lab technicians whose ethics demanded they choose a different path, as well as the simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of animals who have seen both sides of the cage. MTD aims to re-ignite the debate about animal testing by bringing these rarely-heard perspectives to the fore.

Directed by Karol Orzechowski
Edited by Karol Orzechowski & Jonathan Eagan
Produced by Jonathan Hodgson, Jennifer Bundock & Karol Orzechowski
Additional Filming by Jo-Anne McArthur & Guna Subramaniam
With Selected Archival Footage from The BUAV & Igualdad Animal
Music by Wyrd Visions and Bryan W. Bray

on tour now. here are the next batch of dates. Full info at maximumtolerateddose.org

RENO, NV  
July 21st, 7 pm: MTD screening @ 2233 w Dickerson road

PORTLAND, OR  
July 24th, 7 PM – MTD screening @ The Hollywood Theater, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd.

SEATTLE, WA 
July 27th, 7 PM - Screening of MTD and Q&A @ The Wildcat, 1105 23rd Ave. 

VICTORIA, BC 
July 31st, 7 pm: MTD screening @ Camas Books, 2590 Quadra Street

VANCOUVER, BC 
Aug 3rd, 7 PM - MTD screening @ Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia

Flyer for Eintraum cassette / Land Of Decay

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