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Germs 86

by Milieu

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    Assembled by hand, one copy at a time, in the White Pillar Workshop! One white 5" recordable disc, printed and duplicated via an Imation D20 disc duplication machine, held inside a black or white windowed paperboard jacket, with a 4x5" glossy photographic print insert visible on the front, and custom text sticker work on the back cover. Contained and protected by a clear plastic cast polypropylene sleeve, with a flap on the back side, to keep your sonic artifact dust and moisture-free.

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  • Ultra-Limited Edition GLANZWELT 60m Cassette Tape
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Having found three black cassettes in a box, while cleaning out a part of the studio, I decided to have some fun with them and dubbed exactly TWO copies of GLANZWELT, an 11-track collection of both Shallow Earth singles Amber Petrol'r / Germs 86, plus all of their associated b-sides. These tapes have red printed side labels and are housed inside fluorescent green plastic cases, with a glossy photographic print hand-cut and folded into a labeled J-card. They are priced as special edition collector's items in order to help finance the purchase of more blank cassettes for future releases - tapes are a bit more costly and time-consuming than CD-Rs, so having a bit of cash to offset costs will help.

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1.
Germs 86 [Night Version] 07:33
2.
He Can C 05:25
3.
Hallex Video 01:51
4.
Love Theme From 'Cosine Pharmacy' 04:43
5.
Pink Pepper Reprise 06:39
6.
Androgen Welt 07:42
7.
Glanz 06:25
8.
Ambsalons 05:47

about

Arriving fashionably late is GERMS 86, the second single for/from the SHALLOW EARTH album issued at Recycled Plastics. To make up for the delinquency, Germs 86 has been augmented by five more tracks than it was previously intended to carry, making it a full 40+ minute mini-LP - a digestif for the Shallow Earth experience.

Leading the fray is a Night Version of Germs 86, which may not sound too different to most ears - what is happening here is a re-pitching and processing of the Illuminated Paths "Party Mix" version of the track, which was itself much slower in tempo and pitch, and saturated via multiple generations of tape. Thus, in "returning" Germs 86 to its former state (or something close to it) it becomes like a mostly-remembered party that you absentmindedly wonder about the next morning. From there, He Can C cuts apart a Phil Collins single and gleefully rearranges it over a rubbery drum machine, before obliterating the entire mix in a fluorescent chemical fog and evaporating it. Hallex Video offers a 2-minute palate cleanser with a lock-groove of that soul LP you like to play when you separate the seeds from the stems. The iconic Love Theme from the romantic comedy 'Cosine Pharmacy' appears next, with some reflective dialogue between star-cross'd lovers Jean and Patrick, as they enjoy a sorbet on the balcony of Patrick's posh apartment. Pink Pepper picks up the pace again with a reprise of Harlequin Salon from the Shallow Earth album, although the entirety of the original track has been stripped off and replaced, except for a distant wash of synthesizer chords. Androgen Welt, previously an exclusive bonus track given out to those who attended the Shallow Earth Listening Party on Twitch, manages to appear here as well, after some convincing. The final two cuts, Glanz and Ambsalons, dial the groove back down again to a warm ambient buzz.

**As a small additional fun thing, I found three black cassette tapes in a box and decided to use them to make a tape edition of the two singles for Shallow Earth. This cassette, titled GLANZWELT, collects all eleven tracks from the AMBER PETROL'R aperitif and the GERMS 86 release presented here. The track sequence has been altered to give a more cassette-friendly flow, and the tapes are contained inside fluorescent green plastic cases with digital gradient photography on a glossy Fujicolor insert. Being that there are only two of these cassettes for public sale, they're a bit special, and they are being priced to raise a bit of extra cash to pay for more blank tapes to issue more tape editions on!

credits

released June 22, 2019

W/P by Brian Grainger. Recorded at White Pillar, Spring-Summer 2019. Mastered by The Analog Botanist. Photography by Rudolf Kremers. Design and text by ABM&D. Rudolf Kremers appears courtesy of Omni Systems UK. This is Milieu Music number MML137 (and the Glanzwelt cassette is MML137B).

Special thanks to all of the members of the Milieu Music Fan Club at Patreon (www.patreon.com/analogbotany). With their continued support, more music like this release can happen! At the present moment, the members of the Fan Club are: Burt T / Brian S / Jake P / Christ S / Damian H / Levi G / Brian C / Arthur W / Joel B / Peter H-B / Rik J / Jose S / David P / Helge J / Peter C / Alan A / Alex G / Seth B / David T / Devin H / Mathieu L / Andy B / Francois H / Benoit P / J.C. Bastos

Many humble thanks to the subscribers of the Deep Earth series. Without them, this music might not exist, and if it did, you might not be able to hear it. Support deep electronic mining initiatives today: malfokusita.bandcamp.com

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Milieu Dayton, Ohio

Psychedelic electronic music, sun-warmed analog ambient and sci-fi braindance, for cats, aliens and epicureans alike.

I also release music as Coppice Halifax: coppicehalifax.bandcamp.com

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