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Just in time for the end of summer, we’ve got the perfect record to play while you watch the leaves turn colors and die: DRY. Veteran experimental guitarist Aidan Baker’s stellar contribution to Install couldn’t get any more straightforward. As the title would indicate, this is raw, live Baker we’re hearing, stripped down to the barest of components, no effects, no overdubs, warts and all. We’ve been following Baker’s output for years and we have to admit that we’ve never heard the man sound quite like this before. Unlike anything else we can think of, Dry is a contemplative experience that is as much physical as it is immaterial. Baker’s evocative playing style has never quite been this bare, and Dry proves that beneath all of the drenching reverbs and delays on his prior works, there is an incredible improvisational force at work. Sonically it mines monochrome landscapes of unpainted canvas, weaving in and out of melodic motifs, as if it were recorded in a dream state, while compositionally it lies somewhere between Jandek and Satwa, being both dissonant and meditative. Confessing and immersive, this is a record we cannot praise enough, and since there probably isn’t much that hasn’t already been said about Aidan Baker by now, we’ll get to the point: If you only hear one Baker release in 2009, make it this one – we’re certain you won’t regret it!

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Please enjoy a free download of the excellent remix album for Wood-Land’s 2008 debut release Home. This release was initally only available as a handmade promo sent out by Wood-Land himself to those who purchased the Home album from Install. At the time of this upload, Wood-Land’s second album Stone Circle is soon to be released at Install, and so both Install and Wood-Land are happy to give you this unique collection of remixes and reimaginings to tide you over until Stone Circle arrives.

Wood-Land’s next album at INSTALL entitled ‘Stone Circle’ is already at press and will be out the beginning of fall.  Packaged in a mini-lp sleeve featuring art by PAN and mastered by Greg Davis sure to be steller… This is  some deep in the woods shit…

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Hot on the heels of our Peter Wright double-album, we are proud to bring you another album you will want to hear at unholy decibel levels: DISPEL SPACE-TIME LUST by the collaborative duo of Jason Adams (Heptangular, Wordsalad) and Shinobu Nemoto (Summons Of Shining Ruins). Both heavy and heartbreaking, Dispel showcases the strengths of both artists in a powerful way…sad, violin-like swells of guitar give way to mangled and desolate atmospherics, while on other tracks we seem to be locked inside an aural prison of blackness, smog and the scent of burnt hair. The recording itself also seems to have been significantly damaged, with crusts of tape noise and warping throughout, giving us the feeling that Jason and Shinobu consecrated the master tapes in a fiery ritual inside a cave on Mars. Fans of both Shinobu’s work as Summons as well as Jason’s work as Heptangular (see below) would likely find this album to be an essential body of work, and one worth hearing for anyone who loves massive onslaughts of guitars writhing in and out of a bleak universe, conjured by two very seasoned mages, and only here at Install.

As if the record wasn’t great enough as it is, we’re offering a free copy of the Heptangular album “Restored” to anyone who buys DSTL, until we run out of them. An amazing album on its own, “Restored” is an obscure and underappreciated slab of experimental guitar work that we feel deserves to be heard. “Restored” will also be available for sale by itself in the shop for a limited time.

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Following releases on Infraction, Archaic Horizon and a superb track on SSR’s invitation-only Exercises In Obscurism compilation, Pat Benolkin gives Install what could be his strongest album yet: Rituals. The same man behind Electricwest (see: EED circa-2007) scales things back and creates an evocative atmosphere full of both dusky darkness and warm yellow light. Conjuring images of a damp, urban setting, Rituals walks us through haunted bus stations and deep sleeping-pill excursions, thick and humid with smoky phantom sounds wafting in and out of the shadows. A single street lamp is our only constant in this state, and if a slumbering black and white city could bear fruit, this would be it. Dark ambient at it’s best, and one of the best records we’ve heard all year! Limited to only 100 copies at #11 in the Installation series.

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Hey All,

I know, I know… There has been an extreme lack of blog updates… Life can get a bit crazy over here from time to time (see picture)…  I can assure that INSTALL is in full force with a ton of incredible releases in the cooker…

Coming Soon (Really Soon):

• Jason / Shinobu – Dispel Space-Time Lust (Jewel Case-CDr) Dark, Heavy Soundscapes…
  
• Aidan Baker – Dry (Wallet-CD) Unreal! Total outsider moment for Aidan! You have to hear this!
• Milieu – Phosphene Weather (LP) The first ever milieu wax!!!!

Stock Update:

The 2nd press of The Caretaker record is now almost gone… Forced Exposure (USA) and Norman Records (UK) have the last of them in the Distro world… I only have a VERY limited amount left at INSTALL…

Thats it for now!

-David

After 5 years, countless hours of hard work and dedication I have decided to cease all operations at Expanding Electric Diversity and dissolve the name into the ether. It has been an amazing ride, one that I would not trade for anything. I have met so many amazing people and created friendships that will last a lifetime. To the fans… Thank you for being so supportive. You have been there every step of the way for every release, always gushing with excitement and support. I have always strived to bring you a product that you were proud to present and give a home on your record shelves. I thank you for your steadfast dedication and honor.

It is important to me that I thank in specific my friend Brian Grainger. He always respected what I was doing and really made EED what it is today. Brian and I’s successful partnership continues at both INSTALL and SSR. We will continue to bring you only the best experimental music and design.

-David Tagg

Brian is now stocking the remaining SEAS LP’s and the 2008 Summer Compilation at Milieu Music. Please head over there to order copies while they last.

Go to www.milieu-music.com

Peter Wright is a true veteran of the experimental scene, hailing from New Zealand with a catalogue that goes back over a full decade. We’re very proud to present you with his newest offering, a mammoth double-album called Snow Blind. Anyone familiar with Peter’s music will be happy to hear lots of the layered guitar drones and textural interplay that his records have been known for, however we feel this is a totally accessible record to anyone who enjoys dense drones or ambient music. Wright coaxes otherworldly harmonies out of thick slabs of rocky chords that tower nearly endlessly like cliffs overlooking a black ocean, with some pieces keeping a calm, stately mood and others bursting with hot yellow energies. Altogether this is one of the finest collections of guitar music we’ve heard in a very long time, and should not be missed. Presented on a limited run of 300 copies with sprawling and unique artwork by Peter himself.

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The second edition of David Tagg’s split series has arrived featuring UK based guitar wizard Gareth Hardwick. Only 54 of these exist and will probably be gone before I finish typing this. If you want one DON’T WAIT! This will not be repressed in this packaging. Orders will ship in the order they are received. All will ship by June 15th.

*IMPORTANT – READ BEFORE ORDERING*

LIMIT ONE PER CUSTOMER!!!  IF YOU ORDER MULTIPLE COPIES YOU WILL BE REFUNDED AND HAVE TO REORDER!

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COMING SOON: ELUDER!