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Upcoming Release: Rural Route No. 5
September 2 2010
It is with great pleasure that we announce the next installment in the Rural Route's series. It is by the wonderful Finnish duo of Samu and Ville Kuukka, who perform under the name The Gentleman Losers, and will be released on Sept 14th, 2010. The brothers have collaborated on a multitude of projects over the years, including, but not limited to, music for films and dance, sound design, and remixing. As The Gentleman Losers they have released two highly regarded full-length albums to date for the respected City Centre Offices imprint and its sister label, Büro. The three tracks that comprise Rural Route No.5 are highly atmospheric, ambient instrumentals with delicate guitar melodies that weave themselves in and out over its course. They are a travelogue mapping paths taken in Europe during the past year or so. Snapshots, based on improvisations drawing inspiration from the quieter moments of a nomadic life: a snowstorm in Helsinki, a hot September night in Berlin and a dusk in the Swiss countryside outside of Lucerne. The Kuukkas were finding homes away from home and longing back to one that was never there.



Limited to 150 physical copies. Available Sept.14, 2010.
www.gentlemanlosers.com

New reviews!
August 11 2010

We are pleased to see that Kyle Bobby Dunn's Rural Route No. 2 has garnered some great reviews! Check them out below.

The Pop Stalinist
AmbientBlog
Audio Gourmet
The Silent Ballet
Skeleton Crew Quarterly
Anti-Gravity Bunny
Pitchfork
Textura
Norman Records
Coke Machine Glow
All Fer teh Lulz

Reviews!
July 23 2010

We've been getting some great reviews of our latest batch of releases, check them out:

etaoin shrdlu Mating Calls
Chart Attack
Exclaim 1
Exclaim 2

Canaille Potential Things
Adequacy
Soundscapes
Eye Magazine
Exclaim

'Rural Route No.2' by Kyle Bobby Dunn
July 23 2010

The second installment of the Rural Routes 3 inch series is almost ready to go and is set to be released in April by artist Kyle Bobby Dunn.

During the composing and recording process of these two special works, Dunn revisited various spots and dimensions of an Albertan childhood that seemed smeared out and ghostly. The impact of these feelings and sightings wander prominently into the moody and eerie chord droppings of guitar, strings, radio mutations, and organ. The visions and times are suspended in between the icy notes of these two works. Refreshingly clear but horrifyingly mysterious and obscured at the same time....

Closely following the much praised release, A Young Person's Guide To..., on the Low Point label, fans of his work shouldn't hesitate on picking this one up as it is limited to 150 copies.

Rural Route No.2 will be available from our distributors in April. The album is available from our website here.

Rural Route No.4 by Alex Durlak
July 16 2010

Quickly following the release of Rural Route No.3 by Martin Clarke, comes the fourth installment in the series. A single drone piece entitled Catalyst by artist and musician Alex Durlak who is best known for his contributions to various Toronto bands and his work within the local arts community.

Recorded at the tail end of a bleak winter in a single improvised take, this recording marks the first stirrings from Durlak’s long hibernation from solo work. His guitar playing is sampled and processed in real time using a series of granular synthesis patches to create densely layered and dark sounds not easily associated with their original source.



Available for purchase and download here.

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