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FTAM-046
c16
Invertabit
Bug Powder Junkie

One side of distorted degredation and one of psyche-infused drones. A short tape covering the entire industrial gamut. All created from manipulated insect samples.

 


 

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FTAM-045
c12
Citizen 2-13
A Violent Means Til the End

Straight ahead, No Holds Barred harsh noise from this Milwaukee resident. Hold and destroyed samples. Walls of crushing distortion. Nothing else needs to be said.

 

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FTAM-044
c15
Peter J Woods Free Jazz Ensemble
Unpublished Studies in Adulthood

Raucous blasts of free jazz fury paired with quiet meanderings and low hanging field recordings. Ramped it up and let it crash back down.


 

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FTAM-043
c18
Peter J Woods
On Boredom

More acts of noise/theatre determination. A side sputters through cut up blasts and low end drones before falling into test tones and electroacoustic atmospheres. B side is full on sine wave/wall blast terror.


 

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FTAM-039
c19
Phoned Nil Trio
Milwaukee Architecture: Vol. 2

Part II of PNT's love letter to the amazing architecture found in Milwaukee. In this edition, we honor McCormick Hall and the Riverview Senior Citizens Village with harsh blasts and atmospheric waves.

 

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FTAM-038
c20
Phoned Nil Trio
Milwaukee Architecture: Vol. 1

PNT's love letter to the amazing architecture found in Milwaukee. In this edition, we honor the Howard Ave. Water Purification Plant and the North Shore Pumping Station with murky drones and weird synths.

 

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FTAM-036
Single Sided c26
An Extremely Loud Silence
Rockaby

A noise adaptation of the Samuel Beckett play "Rockaby." Heavy drones slowly die as the actor on stage takes their last breath.

A live performance can be seen here:

 

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FTAM-034
2xc20
Baculum + River of Icthyosis + Strangled Cop + xALLxFORxTHISx
X Means Not Welcome

A collection of the baddest straight edge harsh noise and power electronics from across the midwest. No remorse. No regrets.

 

 

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FTAM-033
c26
Partly Zombish
August Cake and the Cardboard Sessions

A truly bizarre duo from Buffalo, playing minimal and spastic scrapings and screeches. Tape hiss, feedback, cardboard solos and a blatant disregard for the musical fourth wall combine to make a truly strange listening experience

 

 

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FTAM-032
c31
Nummy
S/T

Simple sound sources played repetitively, yielding a highly diverse layer of sounds. The audio capibilities of water. Staged works of apathy, revealing a beautiful experiment.

A live performance of the A Side can be seen here:

 

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FTAM-031
3xCS
Peter J Woods
Fear

3 cassettes (c20 + c9 + c17) filled with three theatre pieces posing as harsh noise works. Static blasts, quiet atmospheres, and unsettling vocals abound.

 

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FTAM-029
c60
Stumblesome- LOVEREVOLVER

The second installment on FTAM from Wes Tank. Highly bizarre and textural hip hop atmospheres.

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FTAM-028
CD/7"/c26
Phoned Nil Trio
"ar b ok alou"

A stuttering mass of intrepid weirdness, false starts and awkward phrasing. Covers the gamut of experimental music, from harsh static blasts to minimal crackles, synth drone to music concrete. Features Peter J Woods, Neil Gravander of Lucky Bone and Dan Schierl of Dan of Earth.

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FTAM-027
3" cdr
False Flag- Metal Birds
Politically infused harsh noise wall from the man behind Pregnant Spore and the Rainbow Bridge label. Like the sounds of a protest distorted and played through an old AM radio.

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FTAM-026
3" cdr
Dan of Earth- Shed A Soft Mongoloid Tear
Bizarre modular synth. Short blasts of highly atmospherc tones.

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FTAM-025
Pro-press cd
Eric Lunde/Bryce Beverlin II/Peter J Woods
An Extremely Loud Silence: Audio renditions of Beckett's Dramas
Three different takes on the dramatic works of Samuel Becketts. Full on audio productions of the man's plays, done in the style of noise works.

$3.00 Download and full stream available HERE
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FTAM-024
2x3" cdr
Phoned Nil Trio- Big Time Weepers
An awkward combination of harsh blasts, tape hiss, and modular synth attack. Massively bizarre in the best way. Collaboration between Peter J Woods and the men behind Dan of Earth and Lucky Bone.

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No Image. OOPS. FTAM-023
2x3" cdr
Evolve/Wesley Charles Tank split
Two parts experimental hip hop, straight from the basement. Evolve brings his anarchist message while Tank wallows through the trenches of divorce.


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FTAM-021
3" cdr
Peter J Woods- Where We Belong
A static blast of HNW based power electronics followed by a meditation on swirling synths. Originally released as part of the 3x3" tour split with Instinct Control.

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FTAM-020
3" cdr
Instinct Control- Who We Are
Full on live circuit bending from the master of the tape machine circuit. Originally released as part of the 3x3" tour split with Peter J Woods.

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FTAM-019
3" cdr
Peter J Woods/Instinct Control
What We've Done
Collaboration between the two artists. Junk, lo-fi harsh noise and tape machin circuit manipulation. Originally released as part of the 3x3" tour split between the artists.

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FTAM-018
7" vinyl
Noveller- Wolf
Incredibly lush guitar drones from the Brooklyn based artist. Her first (and, to date, only) offering on the 7" format.

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FTAM-017
3" cdr
Blessed Sacrifist- Timeless Losers
Highly introspective and emotionally raw harsh noise/power electronics from the Milwaukee resident. Low synth tones give way to overpowering walls. Member of straight edge PE group xALLxFORxTHISx and doom/sludge outfit Slob Donovan.

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FTAM-016
3" cdr
KBD- Candid
Stark and powerful electro-acoustic/free jazz musings from the Toledo duo. Experimental percussion meets bizarre guitar and piano work.

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FTAM-015
3" cdr
Ratatosk- Black Earth
Atmospheric, industrial musings from this Chicago duo. Members include Jason Soliday (curator of the Enemy gallery) and Ben Billington (Quick Sails, Tiger Hatchery)

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FTAM-014
3" cdr
Lucky Bone- Non-hypnotic Catatonic
Cassette tape orchestras, built from the bizarre field recordings found at a pet expo (amongst other things). Recommended for Dilloway fans.

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FTAM-012
3"cdr
Realicide- Raw Skeletal Knuckles
Highly political digital hardcore/gabber the group has always been known for. Combination of live material and studio recordings. Includes a cover of The Mob.

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FTAM-011
12" Vinyl
Zebras/E=MC Hammer split
One part hyped up, Devo-inspired synth punk. One part totally stupid Zorn-inspired post-rock. Worth it for the awesome black/blue marbeled vinyl and the completely dumb back side of the record

See links to the left for sound samples.
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NON-MUSIC

FTAM-Z004
Zine + Cassette
Peter J Woods
The Astronaut Sestina

A solitary figure on stages leads an audience through an unseen world, pushing the limit of the individiual members physical well being until the inevitable happens.
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FTAM-Z003
Zine
Things To Hear Before You Die Vol. 1 (The Audio Tourist Guide)
A collection of writings inspired by awesome spots for found sounds. Includes submissions from GX Jupiter-Larsen, Peter J Woods, and more.
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FTAM logo button+sticker pack
4 buttons, 1 sticker
Hand drawn logo for the label. Each button has one letter, the sticker has all 4 in order. Black and White.
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FTAM-Z002
Novel
Peter J Woods- This Is Not For Your Enjoyment
Five years of complete gibberish. Literally.
Support independent publishing: Buy this book on Lulu.

FUTURE

035- Reptile Worship/Peter J Woods split LP
037- Breeched Hull/Lucky Bone split c4/3" dvdr
038-042 Phoned Nil Trio "Milwaukee Architecture: vol. I-V" cs
045-Citizen 2-13 c12
046-Invertabit c16
Z004- "The Astronaut Sestina" by Peter J Woods zine+c36

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