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Record Highlight — Hypofixx

Lashdigit Records is an independent, out-of-pocket record label that was created to release projects by Carlos Marzano.

The label was originally formed in the Bay Area in 1997 as The House of Fixx Records and was used to release demo recordings by Adverse Side-FX, a San Jose, CA based band that Carlos played drums for. The label name was later shortened to HOF Records and the first official release, “Corporate Life,” was pressed in 1998. A full-length album, “A Tale of Lunatic Daring,” was later released in 1999 as well as “The Maggot EP” shortly thereafter.

In March 2000, Carlos moved to New York City and began his solo project HypoFixx. Several singles, albums, and videos were released, giving him a humble amount of local and international success. In 2004, HOF Records was renamed to Lashdigit Records because of a dispute with another entity using the same name. Both HOF Records are now dissolved.

Hypofixx – Postmechanical: Retrospective is a collection of work spanning 10 years, including three albums and two remix EPs, and is being released on vinyl for the first time.

 

Record Highlight — Shirlette Ammons

Durham, NC based poet and songwriter Shirlette Ammons will be releasing her sophomore album, Language Barrier on Churchkey and SugarQube Records on February 5th, 2016.

The first single, “Earth Intro”, features a guest appearance by Grammy Award-winning duo The Indigo Girls. Other guests on the album include Meshell Ndegeocello, Amelia Meath (Sylvan Esso), Hiss Golden Messenger, German rapper sookee, Heather McEntire (Mount Moriah), Median (Foreign Exchange Music Group), Joceyln Ellis, and Phil Cook (Megafaun). All of the music was composed by Daniel Hart whose credits include St. Vincent and Broken Social Scene amongst others. shirlette worked with a broad and talented roster of award-winning guests to create a record that blends and bends genres.

 

Record Highlight — Constantine

Constantine’s debut LP Day Of Light will lead you on a lysergic odyssey filled with flute, sitar, Mellotron, electric harpsichord & more. The LP includes help from members of legendary ’71 folk psychedelic masterpiece O.W.L. (Of Wondrous Legends), including album art by Stephen Titra. A strong emphasis is placed on songwriting and arrangement, while the songs themselves have a Baroque, nuanced and hopeful atmosphere. Fans of the 1969/70 dense, delicate and psychedelic/folk psych sound need to get Day Of Light into your ears!

 

Record Highlight — Tapan

TAPAN is a duo from Belgrade. Title track, “The City”, takes few minutes to get going, but when it does… its like a James Chance/no wave saxophone on some kind of funky slo mo euro techno. The other 3 tracks drift in and out like some kind of night time fog on a glassy lake with live instruments/percussion peeping out from the hills. For deep and moody waistoids and freaks only.

 

Record Highlight – Peter Webb

Liminal Space cover art

Liminal Space is Atlanta artist Peter Webb‘s debut album. Through it, Webb shares his own perspective in territories of songwriting cliché: honesty, emotion, uncertainty, fear. The songs are informed by time spent in the wilderness as much as time spent in the urban environment; reflections on the paradox of a life split between the two. Expression through the medium of lyrical verse is the focal point here, supported musically by Webb and his peers. Overwhelmingly, the sentiments are about process — the process of deconstructing the dominant, damaging narratives of our society; the process of getting close to other people; the process of overcoming darkness; the process of subduing one’s own impediments to presence of mind and powerful experience.

 

Record Highlight — Spray Paint

Spray Paint

After an action-packed year of touring the world, Spray Paint return with their second LP of 2015, Dopers. It was recorded last August in the middle of 87 shows in 66 cities and in 12 different countries by Chris Woodhouse (The Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Mayyors). Easily the most hi fi they have ever been recorded, but without losing the scum. Moments of Jesus Lizard, Glenn Branca, Sister-era Sonic Youth come to mind at different points. Dopers is set for release October 23rd on Monofonus Press and you can cheek out the first smasher that debuted on Noisey.

 

Happy Holidays!

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Wow, what a year 2015 has been.  Thank you to all customers, suppliers, and fans of vinyl for your support and patience throughout the year.  It’s been quite an eventful year — new vinyl colors, additional pressing capacity added, monthly pressing quantity records broken (twice), Generation Wax, and new faces joining the Gotta Groovie team and extended family.

We look forward to working with customers new and old in 2016 as we continue to expand our operation.  In the very near term, we will be doubling our record plating capabilities.  We hope that this will help to output test pressings in a faster manner next year, and it will also increase our flexibility when things go wrong with stampers while pressing.  We also anxiously await the launch of our very own new record pressing machine — the GrooveBuilt record press.  Stay tuned for new updates!

Check out our 2015 Holiday Specials here.   And, just for fun, check out our annual list of Employee Record Picks here.

Happy Holidays from all of the Gotta Groovies!

(Gotta Groove will be closed November 26 and November 27 for Thanksgiving)

 

Record Highlight — Bicentennial Bear

Bicentennial Bear LP Release - Nov 20

Bicentennial Bear’s new album – Doubt & Distortion comes out today (November 20) in Columbus, Ohio.  Hit them up for the album release show, or online to grab a copy.

Bicentennial Bear consists of Billy Peake and Sean Sefcik (both formerly of Miranda Sound), Adam Dowell, Jason Mowery, and Leah Wahlin.

 

Record Highlight — Different Folk Records

Different Folk Records was founded this year in Sioux Falls/South Dakota by six friends whose goal is to release music that might not otherwise end up on vinyl. Diff Folk‘s first records were unveiled November 14th in Sioux Falls at a launch show featuring all five artists who appeared on the recordings. Diff Folk chose 7 inch vinyl for their first releases, with two splits featuring South Dakota-based musicians and a third with Minneapolis/Minnesota’s Jack Klatt on both sides. DF-7001 has The Union Grove Pickers’ “9 to 9” and Jami Lynn’s “The North Wind.” DF-7002 is comprised of Burlap Wolf King on Side A and Ryan Kickland on Side B. Klatt’s release is DF-7003.  Grab all three starting November 14.

 

Record Highlight — A.M. Nice


A.M. Nice is a punk rock band drenched in reverb, distortion, static and melody. Their energetic pop songs are driven by jazzy hooks and relentless, pounding drums. For fans of Superchunk, Braid, early Lemonheads and The Joe Jackson Band. Grab the new self-titled EP from Phratry Records now!

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