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ASR is a Cleveland, Ohio based label started in 2003
Contact : soundesign77@gmail.com
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Hackles [Pittsburgh] & Assassin Whole Mouth Mouth [Cleveland] split c40
Emeralds [Cleveland] 7” record
Leavenworth/Reverend Rhodes collab [Wichita] format tba
Roue’ [Cleveland] Live disc
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Ophibre - Alibi for Melting / ASR029 / 2008 / cd-r edition of 32
Text forthcoming...
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Aesthetic Black - Suicide Proof / ASR027 / 2008 / cd-r edition of 40
Dark, progressive noise rock collab by David Russell [microphones- Tanked], Jeff Host [guitar- Percolator], Justin Coulter [bass- Roue'] and Ben Billington [drums- Druids of Huge]. Black + white Xerox wax print on cardstock insert, white disc with black spraypaint stencil in vinyl sleeve.
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Rot Ton Bone - “Spare the Rot, Spoil the Bone” / ASR026 / 2008 / one-sided c84 edition of 100
Stoney Tusco at his finest, recorded during an "Experimental Pizza" night at the Grog Shop, Cleveland on 5.3.08. This live document rages hard as the Bone devastates the crowd with disgustingly brutal tape loops and voice for 42 minutes until he gets his “whiskey encore”. Half way through things get interesting as Stoney belligerently confronts the crowd, annihilating everything that’s not bolted down. The tape opens with the infamous “Eye of the Tiger” DJ mix by Ryan Kuehn [Hot Air Balloon Ride / Pedalphile]. White screenprint on black photo paper insert, black tape with red spraypaint stencil, clear + black case. Thank you Nathan Bowers and Ben Haehn for help with the screenprinting.
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Jerk - Reverse Vampire / ASR007 / 2006 / cd edition of 300
The first album proper by Jerk with Erick Hughes [Golden Error] on bass guitar. Menacing white-noise avant rock with smooth keyboard instrumentals. Contains the showstoppers "Cobra" and "Jimmy Sled Dog". Co-release with Banana Seat Girl. Black + white Xerox wax print insert on cardstock, pressed silver disc in vinyl sleeve.
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Jerk - Works / ASR005 / 2005 / cd-r edition of 30 >> OUT OF PRINT
A collection of the best works from the first 4 Jerk releases 2003-05 [Jerk / Guitar is a Dead Scene / Fuck Action / A-Pox on Jerk]. Jerk was: David Russell [Relentless Corpse / Tanked], Adrian Bertolone [Ken Rei / Banana Seat Girl] & Mike Dobrinic [Shells]. Voice manipulation, noise electronics and drums, drums, drums... textural noise rock improv and composition.
>> JERK "WORKS" IS AVAILABLE FREE IN MP3 FORMAT HERE <<
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AVAILABLE DISTRO ITEMS:
David Russell - Snake/Tank / Catholic Tapes 021 / 2008 / c21 edition of 50
Side A: 10 minute drum and voice composition recorded days after the demise of Jerk. Spastic, rythmic, frenetic noise with a bit of Stylophone drone thrown in for good measure. Side B: David Russell and Jeff Host [Percolator / Scarcity of Tanks] collab. Textural investigations for manipulated voice and guitar.
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Dying LIVE - Decimate / Mistake By The Lake 006 / 2008 / c16 edition of 50
2 filthy tracks of doomed noise caucaphony by Nathan Bowers [of Tusco Terror] and David Russell. 4 sessions layered together in the cold of winter on the shores of Lake Erie.
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Jerk - A Frenetic Menace / Tower Control 005 / 2007 / cd edition of 500
Disbanded Cleveland schitzoid noise rock unit’s final album, recorded by Paul Maccarrone at Zombie Proof.
“This Neubauten/Japanoise-inspired break-shit-and-scream-at-people band achieved transcendence almost right out of the gate a few years ago with inventive arrangements and frighteningly combative live shows. And though white noise is growing into a style so dominant in Midwestern underground music it's already a cliché, Jerk remains well ahead of the pack. The band is firmly committed to making noisy music, rather than "subverting" music with noise. A Frenetic Menace is, for the most part, aptly titled; the chaos of their performances is well represented here on tunes like "Black" and "Gale." But there's ample evidence of progress since 2004's Fuck Action. Lineup changes could explain it — the addition and departure of bassist/spasm enthusiast Eric Hughes and his replacement by ex-Roué pedal-hopper Justin Coulter have obviously left a mark. While Jerk is ultimately a genre band for a small elect that can handle this kind of stuff, it's good to know that in a milieu in which a band can easily get away with doing astonishingly little, someone around here is willing to do the hard work.” - Ron Kretsch, Cleveland Free Times
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Relentless Corpse - The Very End / Mistake By The Lake 011 / 2008 / c30 edition of 50
The 2nd Corpse album, July tour tape. Six compositions. Various configurations of Kirschner, Troxell, Howland & Russell. Discernable sound art assault.
SOLD OUT > Available from HANSON - www.hansonrecords.net
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Tanked - Tanked / ASR025 / 2008 / c18 edition of 50
Wyatt Howland [Skin Graft / Relentless Corpse / Dead Peasant Insurance] and David Russell [Relentless Corpse / Dying LIVE / Jerk] are joined by drummer J. Guy Laughlin Jr. [Assassin Whole Mouth Mouth / Dead Peasant Insurance] for three compositions of structured avant free metal. Sick syncopation, feedback squelching grindcore and pissed lurching power electronics. Double black xerox copy insert, black tape with white spray paint stencils, clear + black case.
SOLD OUT > Available from HANSON - www.hansonrecords.net
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David Russell - Self-Portrait/Dexation / Wagon No.52 / 2008 / c16 edition of 100
David Russell solo jam for Wagon [Emeralds’ tape label]. Side A, "Self-Portrait", is an exploration of self through percussion and voice. John Elliott’s Mom said it sounds like every pot + pan in the kitchen falling down off the highest, longest shelf. Side B, "Dexation", is comprised of 3 multi-tracked pieces banded together with an MS-10 and a little science-fiction. Did I mention John’s Mom also wrote the insert?
"now here is a true stoker. david has been jamming the cleveland underground before most, and this may be his first fully realized and widely documented release under his own name. this tape is pure dada surrealist ??????? "what in the hell is that fucking noise" ????? some more bonkers head anarchy of the highest order. if you had a shelf with everything in the world on it and you pushed one end up and left it to hit your floor, this would be the sound. kling klanging-metal junk-spring popping -uncontained screaming/tortured-soul/spiritual havoc that will leave you flipping this tape over and over. i challenge you to try and count the number of different sounds that happen in the first movement of this cassette alone. short loops covered in total confusion somehow contained and organized in only the way that david's mind could understand. when it came down to brass tacks and i found myself saying "no, really david, how did you record this?" i arrived time and time again at the simple explanation of "i worked very hard on this." i also came to find that i was completely wrong in my assumption that there was 132,978 different overdubs when i was in fact corrected and told there were nearly none. what in the hell is delina thinking with this shit going on the basement when shes upstairs cooking dinner? one of the best releases ever to come out on wagon and a great honor. sold out from hanson almost immediately. full color art on clear tapes with hand watercolored/markered retro syle labels. limited to 100 copies on the nose." - Wagon description
SOLD OUT > Available from HANSON - www.hansonrecords.net
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Envenomist & David Russell - split tape / Tusco Embassy #34 / 2008 / c32 edition of 100
Side A: Synth drone auteur Envenomist offers a dense cascade of dissonant harmony.
Side B: 4 pieces of A.D.D. voice/feedback/stylophone/drum assult by David Russell.
SOLD OUT > Available from TUSCO/EMBASSY - www.tuscoembassy.com
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A Soundesign Recording - A Selection of Works 2004-08 / cd-r edition of 50
This compilation contains selections from out-of-print releases from A Soundesign Recording. Color Xerox wax print insert on cardstock, white cdr with red + blue spraypaint stencil in vinyl sleeve.
1. Relentless Corpse - Putrefaction [from “Initial Decay”]
2. Jerk - Narc Assault [from “The Word No Twice”]
3. Jerk - Black [from “A Frenetic Menace”]
4. Skin Graft - Untitled [from “Beg”]
5. Free Time - Sitting Ducks [from “Hang Time”]
6. Howland/Russell - One Thousand and One [from “Grinding Ones”]
7. Bowers/Russell - Untitled [from “ASR018”]
8. Tusco Terror - Live at Parish Hall 8.18.07 [from “ASR018”]
9. Terrorist Other - Lane McCotter [from “T.O."]
SOLD OUT > Available from HANSON - www.hansonrecords.net
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Bowers/Russell Duo & Tusco Terror - split tape / ASR019 / 2007 / c20 edition of 50
Side A: Nathan Bowers [of Tusco Terror] and David Russell - 10 minutes of pill-fed electro-acoustic improv nonsense.
Side B: Akron noise unit Tusco Terror recorded live at Parish Hall, Cleveland in August ’07.
Read the Heathen Harvest review here: www.heathenharvest.com
SOLD OUT > Available from TUSCO/EMBASSY - www.tuscoembassy.com
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Howland/Russell - Grinding Ones / ASR014 / 2007 / cd-r edition of 30
David Russell and Wyatt Howland [aka Skin Graft] harsh electro-acoustic collaboration. Three 4-track compositions from their first recording session in January 2007.
SOLD OUT > SKSK version available from HANSON - www.hansonrecords.net
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David Russell - All Sounds 2 / SKSK043 / 2007 / cd-r
SKSK re-issue of a pre-Jerk David Russell solo recording. 9 compositions and song fragments [keyboards/pedals/shortwave/violin/voice] recorded direct to 4-track during winter 2002-03. A dark re-action to the invasion of Iraq.
SOLD OUT > Available from SKSK - www.angelfire.com/droid/sksk