NEWS...
May 2012

Once again, the latest on what is happening at Lumberton Trading Company front, late Spring 2012. As usual, delays have been inevitable for various reasons, but things are beginning to take shape once more. It has been stressed numerous times before, but direct support is very welcome and, indeed, the best means to help things run more smoothly here. Direct orders help towards the new releases and often even get rewarded with an additional item (or two) from our warehouse.

What follows are some updates on releases either still new or due soon here at Lumberton Trading Company.

LUMB006 NICK MOTT limited edition one-sided 7"/CDR SECOND EDITION:
Originally due to appear in 2007, this was first released in late October 2011 as a signed/numbered A4 print + 7" package in an edition of 100. Now, however, we have a second edition of 150 of these wonderful records, this time arriving with a CDR featuring additional and exclusive music by Mott, otherwise known chiefly for his work in Volcano The Bear (whom he left a few years ago), Songs Of Norway and Spectral Armies, and as an artist whose surrealist and thought-provoking drawings and paintings have already both adorned several of their record sleeves and attracted many beyond. It can be ordered now for £4.00 plus postage. Out in May 2012. The first edition is SOLD OUT.

LUMB014 FAUST ‘Od Serca Do Duszy’ 2LP:
Deluxe edition vinyl reissue of the 2CD that appeared in 2007. 600 only. Co-released by Dirter and AudioTong and scheduled, after a continuing series of perhaps typical false starts, for 'sometime' during 2012. It is taking a while to appear as it is has been, essentially, in Dirter's hands since late 2010 and they've not been without their own setbacks (afforded by an Andrew Liles 7" and NWW box set, amongst other delights). Please bear with us, though. This WILL happen and can still be pre-ordered for £20.00 plus postage. The first 10 orders will receive the signed concert poster from the show, too, as promised, but these are now all accounted for. It is hoped there will be more news on this long anticipated item over the summer 2012.

LUMBCD015 HANNIS BROWN ‘Severe Insomnia’ CD:
The second album by this very forward-thinking new NYC-based composer / songwriter / improviser / electro-acoustic artist, whose eleven pieces here not only absorb the free jazz of his beloved Charles Mingus but also the micro-tonal orchestral work of Ligeti and Penderecki as well as Edgar Varese's forays into spatial electro-acoustic soundworlds. As with the acclaimed self-released debut, ‘Oh Ah Ee’, Hannis Brown's music winds itself around those contours impossible to pin down to any one thing beyond those lines between pure, unadulterated insanity and, well, quite possibly, genius. ‘Severe Insomnia’, very much inspired by the very condition that the title itself draws (and Hannis himself suffers) from, is a great entry in the canon of contemporary music that simultaneously traverses those plains often considered ‘serious’, ‘difficult’ or ‘new’ whilst retaining an approachable sensibility firmly capable of defying such limitations. Limited to 500, with 25 of them available in a very special, hand-painted glass-panelled edition by Polish artist Ania Werner. Several copies of the limited version are presently still available. This was released in February 2011 and is available to buy now. Hannis' next album will appear on Lumberton Trading Company this year. Meanwhile, a limited edition 7" of his is likewise scheduled to appear on sister label Fourth Dimension sometime beforehand.

LUMB016 GLASS OUT ‘Never Force A Left Handed Child To Use Their Right Hand’ 12”:
Please note that this has now sold out from us and, as such, no more subscriptions for the series of six MLP/12” releases can be accepted.

LUMB017 CINDYTALK/PHILIPPE PETIT 'A Question of Re-Entry' 12":
The second release in the now defunct subscription series, by none other than Gordon Sharp's ever-wonderful Cindytalk platform and the prolific Philippe Petit caught firmly in the jaws of a twilight setting where piano, voice and drifts of mesmerising sound serve a portrait of emotions rarely found in contemporary music. Limited to 300, with the first 60 or 70 including a special sound postcard (comprising an additional collaborative piece by the two artists) only available via LTCo itself. This finally appeared in early November 2011, although all of the copies with the sound postcard were presold and are now unavailable from us. Additionally, only around ten or so copies of this 12" remain available from us. Please visit the appropriate section if interested in ordering this.

LUMB018 THEME/JEAN-HERVE PERON/ZSOLT 'Poison Is (Not) The Word' 12":
A limited edition release scheduled to go into production in June 2012 and capturing three songs from a collaborative studio session between Theme (here represented by Stuart Carter and Richard Johnson), Budapest's Zsolt SQrÈs, Jean-herve Peron (Faust) and Zsolt Varga recorded in early September 2011. The title piece is taken up by a side-long improvised melding of drones, textures and scree by Theme and the two Zsolts, whilst two further songs featuring everybody with Jean-herve Peron appear on the flipside and change the mood somewhat with their more tempered approach to those rare realms of improvised music where chemistry and likemindedness are the only order of the day. To be released in an edition of 400 very soon. Pre-orders accepted now (please visit the appropriate section).

LUMB019 BIRDS BUILD NESTS UNDERGROUND 'So As' CD:
Joint-released by their own Love Nest imprint, So As is the very latest album by this prolific and inventive trio comprising of turntablists Petr Ferenc and Michal Brunclík and filmmaker Martin Jezek. Featuring four pieces and a film by Jezek lasting 10 minutes, this album witnesses BBNU not only honing the craft caught on their previous few releases and live sound but also pushing it into new places as well. The atmospherics and interstellar swirl of textures seen on their recent collaborative LP with My Cat Is An Alien serve as a great starting point to the quasi-dimensional blankets of abstract sound to be found at work here. Limited to 300 in digipak sleeves, this is out mid-May 2012 and can be ordered from us via the Releases page on the website.

Other releases planned include a magazine package that will combine the first physical edition of Adverse Effect magazine since 2005 with an exclusive 7 by William Bennett’s Cut Hands and a special print only available with the first 100; an idea in itself both dedicated to the advantages of the physical format and the bringing together of at least two of label founder Richo's ventures to one place. The fourth entry in the series of six MLP/12” releases will then be by Human Greed. Finally, sister label Fourth Dimension Records continues to function. It likewise has new releases either out shortly or due soon (including a 7” by Richard Youngs/Luke Fowler, a Malegys CD and Bliscappen Van Maria LP) and continues to remain a home or platform for new and old artists alike. Do please visit the website at: visit the website at: www.fourth-dimension.net

As ever, a sincere thank you to everybody who has supported Lumberton Trading Company so far. We hope you continue to do so.