AARON MARTIN / VARIOUS "STITCHED IN FIRE" DELUXE CASSETTE BOX
my friend aaron martin asked me to do a remix/ reinterpretation of the track "marked in dust" from his album "worried about the fire." i quickly agreed and feel more than honored to be able to contribute to this cassette

Danny Norbury - Wires of Glass
Nicola Ratti - Reed Tunnel
Scissors and Sellotape - Blue Light (Fluoro Mix)
Tokyo Bloodworm - Making Rope Out of Eyelashes
Jasper TX - Water Tongue
Luperci - Marked in Dust
Saddleback - New Brighton (Bright On)
Michael Tanner - Ice Melts onto Fingers (Kerrie Robinson on Drums)
The Puddle Parade - Water Tongued
offthesky - Open Knife
Maurice De Jong - Sixth
Ian Hawgood - Beaver Falls (Faulty Resolutions)
Machinefabriek - Necks of Wire (Wired Necks)

limited pro dubbed and imprinted chrome cassettes in deluxe hand stamped cotton lined kraft jewelry boxes with vellum belly bands and inserts. includes download code coupon.
thirteen interpretations of pieces from aaron martin's 2010 album worried about The fire on experimedia by a cast of talented friends. mastered by ian hawgood.

LUPERCI - "THE SMOKE FILLED OUR HEARTS AND BLINDED OUR EYES BENEATH THE BURNING ORANGE MOON"

internet only release from idiosyncratics records

LUPERCI - "OBEISANCE" EP

a limited edition cd-r release for the luperci autumn 2011 tour

1. queen of the southern skies...without beginning or end
2. untitled
3. fall of the false gods...lord of the earth

'untitled' was also featured on the featherspines autumn 2010 compilation
cover art by d. brigman

autumn 2010/ spring 2011

LUPERCI - "JAHATOR"
limited editon cassette and cdr

side a:
the illness itself was the crisis
excarnation I
the ever expanding depths...

side b:
...of the selfless abyss
excarnation II
excarnation III
shine like stars in the world

sonic meditations
sm019

2011

FEATHERSPINES AUTUMN 2010 COMPILATION

01. heartskips "before (i knew)"
02. luperci "untitled"
03. streights "delvaux cradle"
04. hedia "wet wool"
05. chopstick "sudden sound mystery voice. occur loud shout."
06. me you like i "ring ring"
07. paintings for animals "nowhere stair"
08. pohonca honda "vietnom"
09. soft rocks "koalablood"
10. boar worship "the decline and fall of the christian empire"
11. a year without a summer "in the same place again"
12. martin back "psychic consort"
13. venetian veil "imbalancing element pt. 2"
14. coma recovery "red lightning child. great emptiness"
15. me you like i "trying to be a part of the blanket"
16. axsphkpxx "dream overmind" 

featherspines 31
2010


 
features a previously unreleased luperci track

FEATHERSPINES WINTER 2010 COMPILATION

features the luperci track: "purge.reflect" (but listed on the compilation as "III") from the "the bloodstained mouth of the mother is reflected in the diamond facets of the abyss" cd-r

LUPERCI/ FATHER OF THE FLOOD - "CADAVER STAINED, EMPARADIS'D IN YOU" SPLIT CASSETTE EP

side a: luperci - "black smoke reflected in the sacred waters (11:00)
side b: father of the flood - "a clot" (10:28)

monolithic document 002
2009

 this cassette is a hand numbered, limited edition of 40

LUPERCI - "THE HOLY MOUNTAIN" 12" LP

1.part one [10:11]
2.part two [21:15]

monolithic document 001
2008

'the holy mountain' is an epic and introspective piece that oscillates between quiet, hypnotic drone and trance inducing, crushing wall of sound. complied from a series of live recordings during the winter and spring of 2008, 'the holy mountain' features sitar, bass guitar, and vocals. these instruments were played through a variety of effects, creating unique sounds and textures designed to create a space of contemplation and mediation for the listener.
    thematically, 'the holy mountain' is about the human drive towards enlightenment and is largely influenced by the path of the aghori sadhus. the aghori are a sect of hindu ascetics that believe everything is sacred and nothing is profane. as part of their spiritual journey, they live alone in cremation grounds, carry a begging bowl made from a human skull, and wear cremation ashes. the extreme nature of their practice and their intense desire for the union with the divine was a major point of inspiration for the album.
    'the holy mountain' is released exclusively in 12” vinyl record format from the monolithic document label. each album jacket is hand printed by luperci's joseph angelo. this release is a hand numbered limited edition of 100 and is available from cold spring records.

from foxy digitalis:

After a handful of releases on cassette and CD-R, Luperci (aka Joseph Angelo of Albuquerque, New Mexico) delivers "The Holy Mountain," a two-sided drone monster of an LP. Working with the basic elements of sitar, bass, and voice, Luperci manages to create diverse sounds by amplifying and intensifying his instruments through a series of electronic effects. Generally, the album is a study of the balance between two musical aesthetics: synthesizer-style electronic drones and psychedelic sitar riffs. To his credit, Luperci does an amazing job mediating between the two and exploring the possibilities of their pairing.

"The Holy Mountain" consists of two sidelong pieces, helpfully titled "Part One" and "Part Two," and both explore various facets of Luperci's instrumental arrangement. The roughly ten-minute "Part One" opens with an ominous wall of heavy wall of drones, punctuated in the background by light touches of sitar. As the goes on, more high-pitched drone sounds are added and give a nice layer of contrast on the predominantly low-end sounds from earlier in the piece. "Part Two" treads similar territory, but is still quite distinct from its predecessor. It begins with echoed sitar plucks over scratchy, distant-sounding voice recordings. As the track progresses, the sitar riff seems to loop and echo into itself, forming interesting contrasts and tones. Heavy drones eventually creep their way into the song and seemingly wash over everything that preceded them, save for the sound of sitar gently creeping along in the background. Eventually, this fades out, leaving the sitar to take center stage again. At this point, what sounds like a chugging guitar riff (which I'm guessing came from the bass) enters the mix and serves as a background for the sitar. This is the only part where the album really falters, as this kind of riffage doesn't seem to fit along with the rest. Still, this doesn't last for long and the side ends quietly, but powerfully in ghostly echoes, as the voices from the opening of "Part Two" return.

Altogether, Luperci has created a thoughtful and absorbing album with "The Holy Mountain." Hearing what he is able to do with some less than standard elements is quite interesting and the resulting music is well worth checking out. There are only 100 copies of this album, all in handmade, silkscreened sleeves, so be sure to act quick if you'd like to hear the strange magic in the grooves of this vinyl. 8/10 -- Matt Blackall (14 July, 2009)

 J.ANGELO + D. BRIGMAN CD-R

I [04:28]
II [22:08]
III [08:05]
IV [04:53]

featherspines 005
2008

a forty minute joint effort from joseph angelo and daniel brigman available on cdr. this release is meant to serve as documentation of the pair's collaborative set taking place on may 3 at the stove art gallery. these four songs were recorded during the rehearsals leading up to this event. limited editon of 100 copies.

LUPERCI - "THE BLOODSTAINED MOUTH OF THE MOTHER IS REFLECTED IN THE DIAMOND FACETS OF THE ABYSS" CD-R

2008

1. (mother with gaping mouth)
2. (asitanga)
3. (purge. reflect)
4. (the bloodstained mouth of the mother is reflected in the diamond facets of the abyss)
5. (hex. verse 3)
6. (mother with gaping mouth. verse 4)
7. (the greatest transmutation and the highest alchemy)

this release features 7 new songs of abrasive electronics and introspective drones revolving around the currents of primordial chaos and reinforcing the cycles of destruction/creation. this is based on the belief that by embracing the wrathful and destructive deities and archetypes we attack the fraudulent realities and disassemble our illusions in order to perpetuate a more authentic existence.  the first edition of this release is limited to 13 handcrafted copies.  total time is 42:51

    
LUPERCI/ FATHER OF THE FLOOD SPLIT CASSETTE

side a: luperci
a01. the wind forces the black birds into chaotic elliptical patterns. [09:20]
a02. while in motion they silently whisper, "go home". [07:37]

side b: father of the flood
b01. ativan [09:15]
b02. staircases upon fault lines [08:46]
b03. geodon frost [09:07]

featherspines 003
2007

from the featherspines tapes website:

   "This new release through FeatherSpines Tapes, is another shared effort between two Albuquerque musicians, Luperci and Father of the Flood. Joseph Angelo of Luperci recorded these songs while on tour during the winter of 2007 in Berlin. The nature of these songs is in great contrast to the material released on early Luperci recordings, providing more gradually composed progressions from dark ambient drones and hisses to some of the more abrasive sounds you may be familiar with from Joseph's earlier project, Sidanik. These songs encompass a wide range of dynamics and tones, each being individually recognizable while still bolstering an overall disorienting boquet of sounds. Father of the Flood shares three pieces composed with a more eclectic base of instrumentation and field recordings than found on earlier releases. The result is a more focused and thorough journey of soundscapes and hypnotic reverberations.

the first edition was limited to 35 copies which were sewn into screenprinted fabric pouches with five color inserts of orginal artwork. the second editon of 65 were packaged in standard cassette tape cases with a black and white insert.