Is Land Releases

Releases Catalogue

IsL 001	Doubt now available as cd-r
	Kennedy/Forbes/Chesterman cd-r 20 minutes mp3 sound bite 736k
	Old philosophy seductively rendered as a "sound comic journey outside of the body". Spaciously placed texts from Descartes animate an elaborate sound design of percussion and concrete/found sound. Elemental settings of scrape, clatter and drone, disembodied voices & the odd tuneful bit.>more..

Isl 002

Drumsmachine

J Kennedy & m.chest cd-r 40 minutes mp3 sound bite 498k

Drum kits, electronic percussion, samples and debris. An organic rhythm work that is emphatically "post-techno". From short beaty improvisations to larger scale drum sagas, these machine/human dialogues suggest a side-step away from some of the dead-ends of drum-based music. A surprisingly unfrequented zone of inquiry.>reviews..

Isl 003	Music in the World of...
	m.chest cd-r 30 minutes mp3 sound bite 471k
	Marc Chesterman’s first collection of sampler & environmental sound compositions.Includes "familiar/unfamiliar", a studio version of his low-tech musique concrete performance at Soundculture ‘99. Some concise sample & ambient percussion studies round out an engaging listen.>more..

Isl C003	Portal
	J Kennedy & m.chest cassette 16 minutes mp3 sound bite 473k
	Spinning off from The Drums & Machine Project comes this 2-part mini-epic inspired by Robert Byron's classic travel yarn "The Road to Oxiana". Placed/played electric and acoustic drums exquisitely organised and colourfully lit. Minimalist, exotic and pleasantly intense. Obscure b-side solo piece from the vaults of J Kennedy in a similarly occidental vein.

IsL C002	Slow Learner
	J. Kennedy cassette 60 minutes mp3 sound bite 483k
	Drummer turns electro-acoustician and researches the playability of a standard issue drum machine. Half in a live setting and half studio. The programming/editing capabilities of the digital kit are employed in real time to mine the grey areas between improvisation, process music and rhythmic construction. >more...

NLU 001
Never Look Up

m.chest cd-r 30 minutes mp3 sound bite 692k

Marc re-fashions his multi-levelled Lopdell House sound installation into cd form. Compact & lucid, with a relaxed exploratory feel and some sublime layered moments - machine textures, radio phantoms, bushscapes, domestic interiors, abstract digital cascades & intimate percussion mix and mingle. Successfully avoids the rarified tone that too often undermines this sort of work.>more..

IsL 004 So Called Science

cd-r 72 minutes mp3 sound bite 496k

Assorted gems from an expanded pool of Is Land creative dabblers. The anonymity of several of the protagonists enhances a corporate sound that’s weighted towards the abstract and minimal, but includes a broad spectrum of fringe sound activity - improvisation, dub, noise, low-tech electronics and as usual plenty of percussion & delerious sound processing . Continuing our search for fresh listening experiences away from the hurly-burly of more fashionable avant zones.>reviews..

IsL 005 Kit NEW!! March 2002

J Kennedy cd-r 50 minutes

Not exactly new - some of the tracks appeared as a cassette run in the mid-90's. This expanded collection has been cleaned up and given a new luvly lo-fi radiance. The last testament to Mr K's perspective from behind his customised drum kit (where he spent a fair bit of the 90's): ethnic approximations; avant rock manoeuvres; hypno beats; fleeting dub references; demented animal-thrash. It's all here!

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Te Atatu Peninsula, Auckland
Aotearoa New Zealand
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Cassettes $10,	Cd-r $20,	including post & packaging within NZ & Australia, spend $40 and have a cassette for free.

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NLU 001	Never Look Up
	m.chest cd-r 30 minutes mp3 sound bite 692k
	Marc re-fashions his multi-levelled Lopdell House sound installation into cd form. Compact & lucid, with a relaxed exploratory feel and some sublime layered moments - machine textures, radio phantoms, bushscapes, domestic interiors, abstract digital cascades & intimate percussion mix and mingle. Successfully avoids the rarified tone that too often undermines this sort of work.>more..

IsL 004	So Called Science
	cd-r 72 minutes mp3 sound bite 496k
	Assorted gems from an expanded pool of Is Land creative dabblers. The anonymity of several of the protagonists enhances a corporate sound that’s weighted towards the abstract and minimal, but includes a broad spectrum of fringe sound activity - improvisation, dub, noise, low-tech electronics and as usual plenty of percussion & delerious sound processing . Continuing our search for fresh listening experiences away from the hurly-burly of more fashionable avant zones.>reviews..

IsL 005	Kit NEW!! March 2002
	J Kennedy cd-r 50 minutes
	Not exactly new - some of the tracks appeared as a cassette run in the mid-90's. This expanded collection has been cleaned up and given a new luvly lo-fi radiance. The last testament to Mr K's perspective from behind his customised drum kit (where he spent a fair bit of the 90's): ethnic approximations; avant rock manoeuvres; hypno beats; fleeting dub references; demented animal-thrash. It's all here!