For the felicitous, it needn't.

In Canneto, In Vouves, Mnasthai strikes as a ray of moon curved off an olive. Dilloway, Vafai, and others murdered at this setting afterwards. The site now currently a Kombucha brewery.

This was the final iteration of "D.I.E.?" (originally titled "Does it End?"), grown full from the initial loop of acoustic guitar and story-tale-sung that Nola created around 2006.

LBB - Popped Music (LUNGS-135)

LBB - Popped Music

LP + Download (LUNGS-135)

A document of introductions and crude forms built rapidly from the excess ostraca of present students. Try to find parking in Kaisertown, find the correct address of your destination, and greet two equanimous beasts (one in sandals) moments before the rubber will meet the road. So potent the hours that naps were required after. 

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Cages - Kunzhi Namshe

Digital download (NJR07)

Initially conceived of as 4 separate cassettes or a 5-CD box set, constraint and limitations pushed this massive collection of live & rehearsal recordings into the digital home. In-the-moment recordings spanning 2005-2018 give but glimpse of the panorama that the group evolved through, not even beginning to hint at the possibilities to endure afterwards. 

From solo explorations into progressively larger mixed groupings, a focus shifted over the years towards staging one-time-only realizations of the duo's music by new and contrasting means in concert. This compilation offers 3 different types of trio configurations, works with string quintet, works with small ensemble, and works with gamelan orchestra (with nods to Badalamenti and Terry Allen along the way). 

This powerful collection exhibits growth, bolstered and pruned by the depth of talent and intuition found in the community.

This is BUFFALO sound.

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Cages - Inside A Ringing Chord - NJR06

Cages - Inside A Ringing Chord - CD - NJR06

1. Savasana - 3:52

2. D. I. E.?  - 20:04

3. Disappearing Wall - 9:20

4. Something To Carry In The Dark - 4:49

5. Sufferer - 18:40

6. Devil - 22:58

In the works for 11 years and a lifetime ago, the new Cages album is finally released. Nola Ranallo & David Bailey began work on this group of songs in 2007, shortly after the completion of "Folding Space". After various setbacks and peculiarities, the duo began to revisit the material with the brilliance of cellist TJ Borden. TJ performed these songs live and wrote accompanying arrangements for string quintet. These string recordings were further stretched, mangled, and overlaid upon the original compositions, often times compelling us to re-work the initial song the new material was based upon. This process became an interesting spiral that grew hard to tell where it ended or began. Recorded over the past 10 years and featuring a poly-fi weaving of numerous live recordings and studio sessions, this release features our strongest material to date. Featuring the incredible talents of TJ Borden, Katie Weissman, David Adamczyk, Evan Courtin, Kyle Kresge, Mark Kedzierski, Juini Booth, Jon Mueller, Megan Kyle, Patrick Bolger, Joseph LoCicero, Mari Jones, Nick Jones, Vicente Rondon, and Justin Allan Kern. Limited to 200 copies.

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Out very soon

Why rush into it?

The final Gas Chamber release is nearing completion, should be finished before the year's end.

Cages will be releasing the "Inside a Ringing Chord" 2xLP on Nancy Jo. Ordering information will be posted soon.
Finishing mixes on 4 new live cassette releases.

Udjut Eye will begin work on a full-length lp in January.

Photo by Mark Duggan taken from the Cages - Pain Experience gig in October.