April 15, 2022: Isobel Bess (she/her) aka (is) has been releasing experimental music under her own name and various others for the last two decades. With a varied palette of bass, synthesizers, field recordings, spoken word, and electroacoustic sound manipulation, her output maintains a hazy focus on texture, spatiality, and the possibilities of deep listening. She is the author of several books of poetry, the most recent of which is called anyway i saw a light there.
(is) resonates beyond and between the temporal boundaries of truncated futures, a discorporate signal encoding the unrealized. They are received in our present moment as a psychoacoustic phenomenon most closely approximated by digital Frequency Modulation synthesis.
Light Play is the first full-length collaboration between sound artist Isobel Bess and the discorporate extratemporal signal known only as (is). The album draws atmosphere from the speculative futures of writers like Samuel R. Delany, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and Octavia Butler to shape a sonic space of expansive synth textures, sparse beats, and interstitial static. The result is an ambient album for the apocalypse. Hovering somewhere between signal and noise, Light Play echoes back from (im)possible futures to ask a singular question of the uncertain present: what now? Its languid synths offer respite only as an ellipsis, Frequency Modulation as prelude to riot. What now?
Artist receives 75% of all proceeds of digital only sales. The remaining 25% supports Grimalkin's label and mutual aid fund and helps us towards sustaining our work.
Tape proceeds go to Project Safe Philly Sex Worker Relief Fund.
All proceeds from the sale of lathes fund physical releases of other artists on Grimalkin Records. We break even if all of them sell.
grimalkinrecords.bandcamp.com
April 22, 2022: Infinity Knives (he/him) is
an African born/Baltimore based musician often working with bands,
orchestras, and singers to create the perfect culmination of left field
electronic, hip-hop and sound collages, in the likes of Erik Satie,
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Outkast.
This track is a remix by Infinity Knives of Spartan Jet-Plex's song My Way off of their album of the same name.
https://spartanjet-plex.
March 11, 2022: Spartan Jet-Plex aka Nancy Grim Kells (they/them), the founder and facilitator of Grimalkin Records, is releasing a handmade mixtape called My Way.
"2021 was a rough year, and by the end of it, I could see that the past year had paid an unfortunate toll on many folks in my life, including myself. Loop Sessions DMV, a monthly event, was a small bright spot for me that began in February 2021. I participated in the monthly events in the DMV chapter along with three additional sessions via Loop Sessions Montréal. Through the monthly events, I met many wonderful musicians and beatmakers, learned a lot about different musicians and bands from folks who selected the monthly crates, and challenged myself to stretch as a musician. Most of all, it has been a ton of fun.
This album features all of the Loop Sessions tracks that I created over the past year (2021) and in the order that they were made. Together they tell a story of the ups and downs throughout this past year and create a story of struggle, hope, and faith through dark and troubling times. I am also not a traditional beatmaker and so they also approach the idea of sampling and song creation through the use of sampling and sample packs in a nontraditional way.
This album releases via Grimalkin Records. I made a limited amount of handmade mixtapes and of this album to sell on Bandcamp. Proceeds support Grimalkin Records' current fundraisers."
https://spartanjet-plex.
https://grimalkinrecords.
Watch the video for tracks 11 and 12: Holy Unholy and I Am Stone, which released with the pre-order for My Way on February 4, 2022. You can also check out the single video version of I Am Stone here.
"Loop
Sessions assembles Beat Builders under one roof for a gathering of
music production and networking. Using the equipment of their choice
while sampling from the same vinyl, participants have a few hours to put
their creation together. There's no contest; just creative content!"
https://linktr.ee/
March 18, 2022: Rafael de Toledo Pedroso (they, he) is an experimental multimedia artist working in Ponta Grossa, Brasil. They are half of the duo’s Pedroso & Pedrosa and A/C Repair School and work on many other projects ranging from noise to hip-hop. Regardless of the genre of music they are delving into, Rafael’s style is characterized by vulnerable lyrics, dark and eccentric storytelling, dissonant and unique sounds, and blending bizarre concepts with several Brazilian rhythms.
Coração de Pássaro
(Bird Heart) is a concept album about the death of Paula, Rafael's
mother, who died in Oct. 2020 after battling a neurological condition.
The album focuses on Rafa's mourning process with somber lyricism,
filled with dirges and lamentations. The music blends Brazilian funk
with MPB (Popular Brazilian Music), all achieved with an experimental
mindset making the resulting tracks quite dark and unique. A somber love
letter about the complexity of the mourning process and how painful and
liberating it can be. Rafael is joined by talented musicians such as
Pedro Pedrosa (from Pedroso & Pedrosa), Amanda Jacometi (from Power
Puff Girl Sound), Carolina Simionato (from A/C Repair School) and Igor
Riscado to create melancholic and experimental Brazilian funk tracks
that make you want to cry and dance at the same time.
Artist receives 75% of all proceeds of digital only sales. The remaining
25% supports Grimalkin's label and mutual aid fund and helps us towards
sustaining our work.
Tape proceeds go to Network Women's Fight Against Cancer Ponta Grossa (Women's Network to Fight Cancer of Ponta Grossa).
All proceeds from the sale of lathes fund physical releases of other
artists on Grimalkin Records. We break even if all of them sell.
grimalkinrecords.bandcamp.com
February 5, 2022: Loop Sessions DMV presents: "My Way" Remix Contest (feat. Spartan Jet-Plex)
Loop Sessions DMV celebrates its first anniversary on February 5th 2022.
To commemorate the occasion, they teamed up with VA-based artist and
LSDMV regular Spartan Jet-Plex (of Grimalkin Records) to present to the
"My Way" remix contest.
"My Way", originally a submission to our 8th LSDMV, is a single by SJP
off their album of the same name, consisting of their past LSDMV
submissions. For this challenge, folks were given the vocal stems to
make a remix.
https://spartanjet-plex.
This album consists of the winners of the contest and were chosen by SJP
and the LSDMV team, and proceeds from this release supports Grimalkin's
grassroot non-profit efforts. It will help us cover filing fees, a mic
and mic accessories for a collective member, and to gift Grimalkin's
artists copies of tapes and lathes of their releases.
https://grimalkinrecords.
February 11, 2022: Michael Rider (they/them) is a dream pop singer-songwriter and they release their new single Battle of Heart on February 11th under Grimalkin Records. It is the third single from their upcoming album, Cycle, coming on May 13 of this year. Like the rest of the album, Battle of Heart
reflects the decade of experience under Rider’s belt. It was slated for
release on their second album Double Edged, but was withheld to be
refined for a later project. The melody is from early in their career
but uses new lyrics, creating an amalgamation of Rider’s past and
present.
The upbeat and sunny sound pairs with more somber lyrics describing the inability to create meaningful connections and ultimately coming to terms with the idea that some people want to maintain their distance, or keep up their “arms of steel” in the face of Rider’s “dynamite,” as referenced in the chorus. They also touch on the importance of removing themself from such situations in order to protect their identity as well as their heart
Michael Rider (they/them) was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Rider migrated to New York City on a visual art scholarship in 2013. They played open mics at the Sidewalk Cafe, the birthplace of anti-folk, amongst contemporaries such as Brett Gleason, Siv Disa, and Prince Johnny. Inspired by the work of Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell, Rider sings of the anxieties of life while mixing the traditional piano of their past with innovative electronic production, creating an ethereal pop experience.
Rider's album Cycle releases on Grimalkin on May 13, 2022. The pre-order for Cycle and final single, Baby I'm Scared, releases on April 8th, 2022. Stay tuned!
February 18, 2022: Dani Lee Pearce (she/her)
is a Pacific Northwest-born nonbinary trans creature currently living
in the Midwest who has been releasing music online since 2011. Many of
her songs were written during a 5 year period she was homeless, and
lyrical subject matter ranges from that experience to drawing from
dreams, fantasy, folklore, witchcraft, mythology, history, intense
emotions, the spiritual, the mysterious and the macabre.
Her music has ranged across a multitude of moods and textures, beginning
with very loose and experimental compositions and transitioning through
keyboard-based prog to synth-rooted progressive pop with a distinct
queer ethos. She became connected with Grimalkin Records in 2019 and her
16th and newest album, Spider Mountain, is her second release with the
label.
Artist receives 75% of all proceeds of digital only sales. The remaining
25% supports Grimalkin's label and mutual aid fund and helps us towards
sustaining our work.
Per Dani, proceeds from tapes support Grimalkin Records and are used for artist and release development.
Lathe proceeds go back to Grimalkin and we break even if they all sell.
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