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posiBLOG http://www.positronrecords.com/posiblog/ Positron! Records Blog http://www.positronrecords.com//images/blogphoto.gif Positron! Records http://www.positronrecords.com/posiblog/ en-us Copyright 2008 Positron! Records, Inc Positron! Records CD Sale!
We've got big plans for 2008 and our first major change is that Positron! is going entirely digital. To begin our transition, all posiCDs are now on sale at shopPOSI. Most are priced around $8.00 and they will be on sale until they are sold out at which point they will be available as digital only.

For those of you that are not familiar with our digital downloads, they are extremely high-quality, DRM-free, and will play in any device or through any program that supports variable bit-rate MP3s. Furthermore, as we make this transition we will be also be adding the option to download uncompressed versions - we're still deciding on a file format, but it will likely be FLAC. When this occurs, the new download links will simply appear in your shopPOSI download locker, next to your mp3 links. There will be no extra cost to you to download the new format if you wish to do so.

Within the next month we will have two brand new releases for you under this new system: Atomica's "Grayscale" and Micronaut's "Callisto". Atomica is also working on some remixes for "Grayscale," so we will have some great new music for you very soon!

And for those of you mourning the demise of the posiCD, please understand that Positron! has _always_ put as much power into the hands of their artists as possible. All Positron! artists own their own masters and thus can do whatever they want. They can also profit from whatever they do. So what begins its life as a digital download at shopPOSI, may at some point in the future turn into a box set on the artist's website, or CDs on tour. And you'll know that buying it from them meant every dollar went into their pocket.

The object of the exercise here is not simply to cut costs, but to cater to the creativity of our artists rather than their output. We have always told our artists to make the records they want to make; under this new system, they will also be able to release them whenever they want to - which means more new music for you more often.

To take advantage of our sale, visit the CD section at shopPOSI. All on sale items are marked as such and as the CDs sell out they will be removed from that page.

This April, Positron! Records will be 10 years old. Thank you to each and every one of you who has been with us over the years. We appreciate your business and hope to bring you more new music than every before.]]> http://www.positronrecords.com/posiblog/entry.php?blogid=50 http://www.positronrecords.com/posiblog/entry.php?blogid=50 Positron! Records Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:18:33 CST posiNEWS 03.12.07 Bounte: One
After a mix-up at the pressing plant and a few shipping delays, we are very happy to announce that Bounte: One has arrived and is shipping! If you placed a pre-order for the CD, it is on it's way!

Bounte: One
One is the debut album from Chicago native Bounte. Combining a breakbeat and IDM backbone with strong melodic textures and melodies, One is an unique take on the current electronic music scene. From the spacious female vocals of "Going Nowhere" and "Glide" to the skittering instrumental programming of "del Frompson," One showcases Bounte's musical inventiveness, all the while maintaining a current sensibility. The production by Wade Alin (Atomica) adds a modern shine to the mix, and brings the music's ambient undercurrent in to the open.

Bounte: One is available as a CD and digital download. CD orders receive a free full album download at the time of purchase.

CD Price: $15.00
Digital Price: $9.00
Track Price: $.99

Chris Randall: The Devil His Due + Cheap Sensation
Also in stock and shipping is Chris Randall: The Devil His Due.

Chris Randall: The Devil His Due
The Devil His Due is the long-awaited solo album from Chris Randall, former frontman for Sister Machine Gun. A drastic sonic departure from the electro-industrial rock of his previous band, The Devil His Due pays homage to more traditional American music, while still maintaining the chaotic edginess that Randall is known for. Blues with a tinge of manic-depressive craziness is the order of the day, as Randall builds images of fictional people and events with stark clarity. The album is incredibly raw in sound, yet is full of subtlety that won't be readily apparent on the first listen.

Chris Randall: The Devil His Due is available as a CD and digital download. CD orders receive a free full album download at the time of purchase.

CD Price: $15.00
Digital Price: $10.00
Track Price: $.99

Also from Chris Randall

Chris Randall: Cheap Sensation
The Cheap Sensation EP is the digital-only companion to The Devil His Due. Three exclusive tracks, one cover, and three alternate takes comprise this EP of extras and out-takes. From the laid-back jazz groove of "City Streets" to the stomping rock of the title track, this EP gives an excellent insight in to the writing process, as these were all created before the final decision was made as to the direction The Devil His Due would take.

Digital Price: $6.00
Track Price: $.99]]> http://www.positronrecords.com/posiblog/entry.php?blogid=49 http://www.positronrecords.com/posiblog/entry.php?blogid=49 posiNEWS Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:09:33 CST posiNEWS 02.02.2007 NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER
Chris Randall: The Devil His Due and Bounte: One are now available for pre-order! Each album is available as both a CD and digital download. CD pre-orders will receive a free full album download at the time of purchase, and the CD will be shipped to you when it arrives. Estimated shipping date is currently on or about February 27th, 2007.

Chris Randall: The Devil His Due
The long-awaited solo album from Chris Randall, former frontman for Sister Machine Gun, pays homage to more traditional American music, while still maintaining the chaotic edginess that Randall is known for.

CD Price: $15.00
Digital Price: $10.00
Track Price: $.99

Also from Chris Randall

Chris Randall: Cheap Sensation
Three exclusive tracks, one cover, and three alternate takes comprise this digital-only companion EP to The Devil His Due.

Digital Price: $6.00
Track Price: $.99

Bounte: One
One is the debut album from Chicago native Bounte. Combining a breakbeat and IDM backbone with strong melodic textures and melodies, One is an unique take on the current electronic music scene.

CD Price: $15.00
Digital Price: $9.00
Track Price: $.99

NOW ON SALE
Impossible Recording Machine: Axioms $12.00
Micronaut: Ganymede $12.00
Sister Machine Gun: Transient 5.2 $8.00
Sister Machine Gun: SMG 6.5 Record Release Show DVD $15.00]]> http://www.positronrecords.com/posiblog/entry.php?blogid=48 http://www.positronrecords.com/posiblog/entry.php?blogid=48 posiNEWS Fri, 2 Feb 2007 15:48:12 CST On The One And The Zero Review @ Heathen Harvest On The One And The Zero:
Secondary projects are always interesting. Normally they don't feel the necessity of living up to expectations -except for those that end up being more popular than the original artists- and can play with a wide range of possibilities. Fun, experimentation or simple curiosity can make artists compose songs in very different ways they would normally, and Scanalyzer is no exception. The band composed by Chris Randall (Sister Machine Gun) and Wade Alin (Christ Analogue) takes music to a different level for both of them. Full bodied and very melodic. That was the sound you first find in the liquid approach to drum'n'bass that Scanalyzer bring. The band uses a main theme line and presents modulations over it. Introduces breaks, cuts and stops, keeping the rhythm uniform and using only slight variations in velocity. They introduce some industrial sounds, crunching bases and dirty arrangements over cleaner and darker melodic lines. "Zwischenspiel Eine" is one of the first of four, and introduces the first distortions, composition freedom and industrial feeling to it. It hooks up directly with "Scan 7" where the long sharp notes penetrate through the highly danceable thick techno lines, while the broken beats and drums fly all around.

The main orientation of Scanalyzer's music doesn't seem to be the dance floor. The beats are fast, sometimes hectic, and grinding; but it is simply a consequence of the style they have chosen. Their compositions are far wider and aspire to much more that simple drum'n'bass / drum'n'noise dancing. Scanalyzer does not hesitate in creating a slower realm with many more possibilities, vertexes and transformations. It is also extremely interesting the way they have created the record as a whole. The order of the songs, and the introduction of the "Zwischenspiel" follows the main reason of displaying the record as a complete story-line that once you start listening to, you feel compelled to follow through intensively to its end.

"Hifishit" lowers the velocity and introduces the song into a mid-tempo full of changes, where, as a ghost a dark cinematographic melody is introduced for a moment and then torn away. Piano notes, voice samplers and background noise catch a brooding attitude for the closing of the song. Except the sound develops directly into "Monotreme" that keeps the atmospheric feeling to it, and takes it into a far more epic and grander place. The melodies that take possession of the composition, over the broken beats, various arrangements and noises are powerful and captivating, transforming the fifth cut of the record into a soundtrack of heroics and insurrection. "Zwischenspiel Zwei" is an end for the darker side of Scanalyzer and opens the door of a harsher place.

"Herstius" brings back the velocity and anger in the form of crunching beats, the spotlight on short melodic lines of bases and a remarkable amount of overlapping percussion. Followed by another "Zwischenspiel", this time its goal is to smoothly take the thicker techno synthesizer work into a lighter liquid world of "One Seventy Five". This song is very melodic, sort of naïf and, although it opens easily as an accessible composition, it soon shows its distorted side of noise and deconstruction. These two are perhaps some of the most predictable songs they offer, converting it into the one with most possibilities of belonging to the rhythmic industrial scene, and taking control of the alternative demanding dance floors.

"Screamer" introduces much more voice samplers than previous songs, defending the name it was given, and strongly underlining the broken beats that it is made with. "Additionally All That Work" has an ambitious catchy tune that is surrounded by creeks, noises, bleeps and frequencies. The song is built on repetition, growth and destruction of a very powerful nature. "Neutron Dub" is dirtier and much haughtier, with standing out beats and an actual vocal line passed through distortion. "Modsinth" keeps the speed and throws some clashes, noises and blows over uniform broken beats.

The last "Zwischenspiel Vier" is charged with samplers, but evolves into a song of its own. It seems to be in a way a bit more primitive than the preceding compositions, and appear sort of as a 'take' on a melody possibility that shuts down to give entrance to "Screenbitter", a strong, fast and danceable song that is full of energy. It is perhaps one of the most direct cuts of the record. On The One And The Zero is meant to be listened to as a whole. For sure one can find amazing individual songs, with great possibilities; but I recommend you take an hour of your quotidian life and use Scanalyzer as a soundtrack. Life will be much more savory, exciting and alert.