Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis
The Tempest is Over cd
on dead ceo (dceo007)
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   "On The Tempest is Over (Dead CEO), his new improvised duo record with cellist Kevin Davis, former Chicagoan Woody Sullender continues to find unexplored terrain for the banjo, weeding out any reference to bluegrass or old-timey music. In his hands the instrument sometimes evokes those of other cultures - the oud on "Strata Collide," the pipa on "Knocking Dust" - but his MO is singular: wonderfully strangulated tangles of notes arrive in brief bursts, then recede into gentle arpeggios or ominous single-note runs. Davis is a wonderful accompanist cushioning Sullender's brittle sound in mahogany chords and spectral harmonics."
-Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader

"...a world of delicate tinkles, rapidly comforting strokes and telepathic gestures, all beautifully recorded." - Eugene Chabourne

"It's clear that both lads can really play – Davis has a splendid round tone and a mean line in doublestops and harmonics, and Sullender is as good at finding the right notes as he is at discovering timbres on the venerable banjo you never thought existed." - Dan Warburton, Paris Transatlantic

mp3: Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis - Strata Collide (7:00)
website: www.deadceo.com/unclewoody

Uncle Woody Sullender
Nothing is Certain but Death cd
on dead ceo (dceo006)
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   Uncle Woody Sullender's solo debut, Nothing is Certain but Death, is a contemporary improvised banjo album. While Uncle Woody’s playing may be haunted by the voices of the banjo’s past, he challenges the instrument’s various identities, constructing a new voice equally indebted to punk, free jazz, noise, and Derek Bailey as it is to the artists preserved in 78rpm recordings.
   Also features guest appearances by cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, vocalist Carol Genetti, and cracked electronics maverick Jason Soliday.

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website: www.deadceo.com/unclewoody

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Sound Writing 10inch lathe-cut record
on dead ceo (dceo005)
$18ppd
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   Compilation record featuring works by Helen Mirra / Ernst Karel, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Carol Genetti, and Uncle Woody Sullender. Printed in a very limited run of 60 lathe-cut records, this release comes in a cardboard box with various ephemera.

Service Anxiety
The Persistent Inversion of Solution
by Protective Powers 7inch record
on dead ceo (dceo004)
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   Debut record by Chicago quartet Service Anxiety (features vocalist Dave Grant of Action Patrol). Resolutely seeking liberation from the right wing and constricting musical forms, Service Anxiety combine elements of hardcore, no wave, noise, and free improvisation into a focused attack on fascism. Comes in exquisite packaging featuring a hand letterpressed kraft double gatefold as well as a small poster. Small pressing of 500.

mp3: Service Anxiety - Art History (2:59)
website: www.deadceo.com/serviceanxiety

Ian Epps
audiophone
on dead ceo (dceo002)
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   Debut cd by Brooklyn-based video/audio artist Ian Epps. Epps creates a playful music out of manipulated sine waves and digital artifacts. For this genre of computer glitchery, Epps has a unique sense of phrasing and timing. He introduces charming musical hooks and bats them around and tears at them until they are lost in machine-like textures and atmospherics. Fragments of the original ideas then resurface throughout the disc's 86 tracks. This is a fun and promising debut work.

mp3s:
Ian Epps - Untitled_tr.1
Ian Epps - Untitled_tr.5
Ian Epps - Untitled_tr.20
Ian Epps - Untitled_tr.41
Ian Epps - Untitled_tr.58
Ian Epps - Untitled_tr.74
Ian Epps - Untitled_tr.86

website: www.ianepps.com

Winter Construction cdr comp/print object
on dead ceo (dceo003)
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   "Winter Construction" is a cdr comp of Chicago artists with accompanying text object. The audio focuses on the intersections between improvised music, laptop electronics, noise rock, and other ill defined genres. The hand letterpressed and handbound text focuses on mapping systems. Tracks by MORA, Kyle Bruckmann, Eric Leonardson/ Yasuhiro Otani, Rosenberg Skronktet, Fred Lonberg-Holm, the Flying Luttenbachers, Ernst Karel/ Brent Gutzeit/ Jason Soliday, Lozenge, Metallux, TV Pow, and others.
  This item is sold out but MP3s are now available online.

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Zaum
on dead ceo (dceo001)
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   In the 1990's, Chapel Hill, NC had a noted eclectic community of musical experimenters including the audio detournement of the Wifflefist Collective, the diverse crew behind the legendary Transmissions festivals, and the group improvisations of The Micro-East Collective.
   Released in 1999, "Zaum" documents the work of numerous artists working in different genres but who share common histories as well as the geographic space of Chapel Hill. Selections run from improvised rock to electronic noise to jazz to audio ecology. Artists include Gloatdragon, Beatless, John Randall Pelosi, Woody Sullender, Zuerichten, Silica Gel, The Comas, Bennoune, Ivanovich, Micro-East Collective, Repetophile, Jim Lee, and Glockenspiel.
   "This is an excellent compilation of music that makes me wonder why I haven't heard of any of these people before." - Nirav Soni, Ink19

mp3s:
Repetophile - A Story About Logs (2:37)
Ivanovich - Dendrite (5:20)