tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77653926607362004462024-03-13T08:17:33.347-07:00Dead FormatsDemian Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571374108534014967noreply@blogger.comBlogger806125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765392660736200446.post-29061506153323346282020-01-16T14:27:00.001-08:002020-01-16T14:28:09.389-08:00Dead Accents Catalog (up to date)<div>
<span style="color: #010101; font-family: "helvetica neue";"><span style="caret-color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-size: 9px;"><i>Titles in bold are in process of being finished. We are scheduled up until DA 150.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #010101; font-family: "helvetica neue";"><i style="caret-color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-size: 9px;">We rarely post any news here. I </i><span style="font-size: 9px;"><i>would</i></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-size: 9px;"> follow Demian Johnston on Instagram. Juggling </i><span style="font-size: 9px;"><i>multiple</i></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-size: 9px;"> accounts became too much. </i></span></div>
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<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 001 Hemingway "a kid named junk drawer" cs 16 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 002 Hemingway "the calling the waiter on the phone joke" cs ltd 23 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 003 Demian Johnston "sounds from home" cs ltd 16 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 004 Hemingway "the landlord, dr. islam" 3" cdr ltd 34 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 005 Demian Johnston "a fortress at terra sea" cdr ltd 40 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 005.5 Demian Johnston "a fortress at terra sea" cs ltd 30 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 006 Mamiffer/Oakeater 2xcs box ltd 30 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 007 A Death Cinematic/Great Falls split cdr ltd 127 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 008 Hemingway "the mountain has arrived" cdr ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 009 The Insect Explosion "difficulty without direction" cs ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 010 Sparkle Girl "blind sunfucked eye" cs ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 010.5 Sparkle Girl/Hemingway split cdr ltd 100 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 011 Demian Johnston "Coal Lung" cdr ltd 13 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 012 Shining Ones "Motions in Light" cdr ltd 100 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 013 Wooden Teeth/Demian Johnston split cdr ltd 134 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 014 Kenji Siratori vs. Great Falls cs ltd 50 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 015 Demian Johnston "forever" cs ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 016 Demian Johnston "still" cs ltd 30 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 017 Shining Ones cs ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 018 Great Falls/Pastor Tonal split cdr ltd 300 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 019 Demian Johnston forever (ext) cdr ltd 100 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 020 Halfdayroad cdr ltd 50 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 021 Dried Up Corpse/Demian Johnston cs ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 022 Everlovely Lightningheart cs ltd 110 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 023 Blowupnihilist cdr ltd 100 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 024 Hemingway "live at the Josephine" cdr ltd 30 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 025 Mamiffer "Throes & Ptarmigan" (accidental split with Oakeater) cs ltd 38 copies</i><b><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i></b></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 026 This Blinding Light cs ltd 77 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 027 Hemingway "Strange, How the Night Moves" cs ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 027.5 Hemingway "second thin skin" 12" ltd 300 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 028 Demian Johnston "they of Guernica" cs ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 029 Yellow Swans/Oakeater LP ediition of 150 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 030 Blouse(usa) cdr ltd 100 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 031 Trap Them cs ltd 300 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 032 Demian Johnston "Fallen Timbers" cs ltd 23 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 033 Ardent Vein cs ltd 100 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 034 Megabats cs ltd 50 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 035 Tiny Vipers cs ltd 100 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 036 Shining Ones cdr ltd 100 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 037 Synanon cs ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 038 Crystal Hell Pool cs ltd 50 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 039 Crystal Hell Pool "absolute night" cs ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 040 Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death/Hemingway cs ltd 100 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 041 Demian Johnston "swift drugs" cs 30 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i></i><b><i>DA 042 Dan LaRochelle cs 50 copies</i></b></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 043 Ardent Vein/Blsphm split cdr ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 044 Demian Johnston "Throat & Stone" cs 25 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 044.5 Demian Johnston "Throat ep" biz card cdr 10 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 045 œges cassette 150 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 046 At Jennie Richie "So Far Out" cs 55 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 047 Demian Johnston "Held" cdr 23 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 048 blsphm "prayer" cdr 18 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 049 Blsphm "Devil's Night" cdr 13 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 050 Demian Johnston "Gotham" lathe 66 copies</i><b><i>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i></b><i>DA 051 Demian Johnston "Hidden" cdr edition of 25 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 052 Blsphm "caved/skull" cdr edition of 20 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 053 blsphm "wounds" cdr ltd 50 copiesº </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 054 Great Falls cs ltd 77 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 055 blsphm "War" cs ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 056 Blsphm/Sutekh Hexen cs ltd 50 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 057 Demian Johnston "the few are away" cdr 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 058 BLSPHM "March 24th, 2015/December 18th, 2015" cdr 25 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 059 Gorgeous Beheading "6–10" cdr 25 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 060 Helms Alee cs 20 copies </i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 061 BLSPHM "YAMA" cs ltd 9 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 062 Blsphm "stealing glyph" cs 31 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 063 Demian Johnston "blsphm" cdr 28 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 064 BLSPHM "blackheartmass" ltd cdr 30 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 065 BLSPHM "Hollow" cd ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 066 BLSPHM "YAMA II" cs 36 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 067 BLSPHM "blacked" anti 12" record & cdr ltd 20 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 068 Blue Sabbath Black Cheer cd ltd 250 ish copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 069 Mink Stolen/Blsphm split cdr ltd 119 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 070 BLSPHM "torn" cs ltd 19 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 071 blsphm "horrors of heaven" cdr 20 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 072 Demian Johnston "the sun rises on new townships" cdr ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 073 At Jennie Richie "Like Spain..." cs ltd 60 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 074 Gorgeous Beheading cdr ltd 25 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 075 blsphm "pentagram" 5" lathe ltd 25 copies (biz-card 75b)</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 076 blsphm "presna" lathe cut ltd 25 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 077 Great Falls "live" cs ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 078 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>blsphm "A Trail Through the Woods" cs ltd 25 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 079 Undertow "live on WPSC" cs ltd 150 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 080 Blsphm "I Can't Die Here" cs ltd 25 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 081 At Jennie Richie/Irr. Apt. (Ext.) split cs ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 082 NW comp cs ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 083 Gorgeous Beheading "Slaver" cdr ltd 25 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 084 Blsphm "trash" cs ltd 13 copies (For tour!)</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 085 Blsphm "trench " cdr ltd 22 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 086 Blsphm "oceans" cs lts 25 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 087 Hemingway "vo//one" cdr ltd 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 088 Blsphm "harm" cdr edition of 14 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 089 Everything is a war vs blsphm cdr edition of 50 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 090 Crown of Bone/Savage Cross cdr edition of 100 copies</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 091 Great Falls "Accidents Grotesque" cdr open edition</i></li>
<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #010101;"><i>DA 092 BLSPHM "</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><i>Bartholomew/Nathanael" cdr edition of 50</i></span></li>
<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #010101;"><i>DA 093 BLSPHM "</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><i>Premise" cdr edition of 23</i></span></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 094 Great Falls "Kettle Logic" cs edition of 25</i></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>DA 095 Blsphm "Dungeon"</i><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><i> cdr edition of 50</i></span></li>
<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #010101;"><i>DA 096 BLSPHM "</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><i>sketch" cs ed. of 25</i></span></li>
<li style="color: #010101; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i></i></b><i>DA 097 Nervous Corps/Blsphm c10 ed. of 25</i></li>
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Demian Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571374108534014967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765392660736200446.post-59603603539145262022017-09-06T12:53:00.000-07:002017-09-06T12:53:07.021-07:00InstagramI think I am going to try something here. Since I like to focus on the design and the packaging I think I am going to start using this Instagram thing. I have over 1000 followers on my <a href="http://www.instagram.com/demianjohnston">personal account</a> and over 1200 on my <a href="http://www.instagram.com/anniesartandpress">letterpress shop's account</a>. I think these releases will hit more eyes and I will be able to review more things if I just do this. I am still dying to do a podcast and I have started on that but it's a lot of work to get it where you want. I may need your help on that. So go to the Instagram page and let's start spreading the word of <a href="http://www.instagram.com/deadformats">dead as fuck formats</a>.Demian Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571374108534014967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765392660736200446.post-87998615521781258372017-08-29T12:07:00.001-07:002017-08-29T12:07:30.541-07:00Update.Hey all. Thanks for all the emails and questions. I will answer them all here.<br />
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Yes, I am still doing this. I had to take a long break while I found a new place for me and my family to live in Seattle (not an easy task since Amazon has decided to strip mine wealth from the country/world and therefore fuck up their home city. Bezos must die.) but I am now settled. I have been also pretty busy with the summer trade show for my print shop, <a href="http://www.anniesartandpress.com/">Annie's Art & Press</a>. Thankfully those are now over but the work is kicking into high gear. That said, if any of you want letterpress work for your cassettes, cdrs or vinyl please let me know. I will give discounts to people from the blog. The price point on letterpress is a bit high but I think I can get it to a reasonable place.<br />
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I will be posting reviews here and there for the rest of the year, and into next year, but it may take a little while still until you see your release. I try to keep them all straight (there is a giant pile next to my desk) but there is a possibility that I miss one of two. I apologize for that but if you took the time to send them I will take the time to review them.<br />
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I am getting ready to do a short tour with Sutekh Hexen this October throughout the west coast. It will be as a guitar player for Sutekh Hexen but I will be playing sets as Blsphm too. Please come see me and we can either hug or fight. Up to you.<br />
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Thanks for making physical media. You all rule.<br />
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This may make it into the newspaper one day as the record that a future serial killer listened to on repeat before doing something witchy. It’s that super dark and creepy type of power electronics that can entertain some and inflict pain on others. I love this stuff. Both acts on here can have a line drawn from “Hamburger Lady” to this record and along the way there is a lot of brutality. I think you probably know both of these acts if you are reading this so I don’t feel the need to go into detail too much but this is some dark shit… I will say that there are some samples at one point that take me out of it a little but the vocals on this record, when they appear are so fucking killer that I will remember this for a long time. </div>
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I love doing reviews because I often get turned onto acts that are brand new to me but totally rule. This is another. Head over to Vapor Lane’s bandcamp and hear for yourself. Drone, noise, shoegaze, synth space outs… It’s all awesome. it moves a little faster than what you might first think and I like that. It sort of keeps the interest up. </div>
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This starts out with a throb. A rhythmic, pulsating throbbing sound that I found very disturbing. After that it sort of goes on this experimental journey. Drone, electronic loops, samples… Each track is a little different but there is a cool cohesion to the whole thing. It feels like a look into an artist’s mind. Someone who maybe has a lot of different things going on but all of them tell their story. </div>
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The layout is nice and simple. i’d have liked to have the quote on the cover to be at least a point size larger (see Ex-Breathers review below) but it’s a solid layout with good imagery. Probably my least favorite of all the Skin Trade Recordings layouts so far but it is still good. Still better than most. </div>
Demian Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571374108534014967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765392660736200446.post-52199998703922251862017-02-17T13:31:00.000-08:002017-02-17T13:31:12.350-08:00Monogamy—Semi-floral 7"<div class="p1">
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You want to know what is weird? This is really weird. Like super, crazy, space pants strange. I am sitting here trying to figure out how to describe this… Maybe like a dark bedroom pop, psychedelic-infused marriage of Jonathan Richman, Calvin Johnson and Ariel Pink with a sort of enthusiasm that makes you want to run into house parties and hug every single drunk teenager and tell them it’s going to be okay. They will be glad you did but they also think you are a weird old creep and that’s okay. Because I am… I mean…because you are. </div>
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The cover is a little underwhelming but I am still transfixed by how they printed it. It sort of looks like it was screen printed using watercolors. The best part is that there is a little zine inside that has collages, band photos and the lyrics, which are also great. You can find this out there and if any of this sounds interesting I would say you should check it out. It’s killer and bizarre. </div>
Demian Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571374108534014967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765392660736200446.post-18324553073834644962017-02-17T11:31:00.000-08:002017-02-17T11:31:02.087-08:00Witches of Malibu—New Sounds in Afro Industrial Music vol. 1 cs<div class="p1">
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This project and label are really impressing me. The sounds, the recordings, the packaging… It’s all making game want to make more of my own stuff… nuts. I gotta thank these people for lighting this fire in me again. This is great. Find it. You won’t regret it. </div>
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The tape it’s is really nice. The layout and type are handled wonderfully and I was surprised and delighted to see that my friend Foie had taken the pictures for this. That kind of made me like it all the more. Regardless this whole thing is a great release. Excellent. </div>
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I am not sure I am qualified to review this. I will say that I was definitely not expecting it but I have no idea what genre to call this. Sort of noisy electronic music, a little hip hop, a little straight up power electronics and a little bit trip hop… I don’t know but it’s pretty killer. I feel like those dudes on AntiCon have been dying to make a record like this for years and never quite got there. It’s impressive and massive. It never sits in the same groove for too long and wears a lot of different hats as far as genres are concerned. I don’t know but I am intrigued. </div>
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The layout is super simple and works pretty well now that I have heard the music. It’s total juxtaposition. Sadly they did this nice job on the outside and left the inside blank which I feel was a mistake. With all the black and a title of a record called “Void” I think if they just had a nice black flood printed on the inside it would have been striking. Now it just sort of looks like the cassette was a throwaway. Sometimes blank white on the inside doesn’t bother me but on a record like this kinda needs a bit more care. </div>
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Fuck. German Army is back at it with another full length in my mailbox in less than 2 weeks. I figured they were done or even exhausted by the huge amount of stuff they released over the last few years but apparently that was not at all the case. This is another excellent record full of pure hypnotism. The loops act almost like that lock groove at the end of the record that you let go for days and days just to see if you loose your mind. Which you do. And it’s great. Their taste level is on full display with knowing how long a track should be and how deep they should dive into each loop and sample. This one has some almost world music moments and I am all about this. Good luck finding this tape. It’s from a Portugal label so it’s probably difficult to find in the states. So worth it though.<br />
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The layout is great and the art fits perfectly with the music. Awesome. I don’t love the words of the band and album title being upside down on the spine but I don’t really care too much about that. Also I should note that I wasn’t totally sure if this was a split or if Kurgan Hearth was the album title due to the lack of typographical hierarchy but I pretty much knew what to expect with GA. <a href="https://ostresamigos.bandcamp.com/album/kurgan-hearth">Great album. </a></div>
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I know nothing of this label either but this is a fantastic release… kinda revitalizing in a way. I have always been a fan of Aidan Baker’s bands and his solo work so I was stoked to see this collaboration. I was definitely not disappointed in this one. Guitars, drums, synths make for a moving, swirling experience that kind of breathes a bit of new life into what can sometimes be a too self-referential genre. Drone I mean. The definition is kind of widening a bit and while this doesn’t completely turn it on it’s head it sort of pushes the boundaries. The sounds are small yet the note combinations are much more complicated than you might be used to. The rhythms are constant but they go from sounding like drums to just tones and back again seamlessly. It’s certainly something to get lost in.</div>
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All of the Skin Trade releases look great. It is another label that is able to get really nice packaging without spending a ton of money. I love this. It’s so easy to make a release of 100 tapes look good but still print it at a Kinkos for $20. Good typography (there are a couple strange tracking/kerning choices on this but I kinda like it for some reason), decent art and a taste level to handle it all will carry you a long way. Kudos to STR (their name gets a bit long to type over an over. Although I could have typed it one more time in less time it would have taken to type my explanation of why I didn’t type the entire name out. Or of this explanation. Or this. Or this. Or this…)</div>
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Right on. This is pretty rad bedroom industrial mixed with some drones. Sometimes it sort of just washed over me but most of the time there would be some strange rhythmic moment that would really capture my attention. Once my attention was captured the occasional vocal would then legit terrify me. There are some samples and I’m always a little meh about those but it works. It’s a killer piece from a group I don’t think I have ever heard of. </div>
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Seriously. This is good. Field recordings mixed with thoughtful and creepy drones. This is a pretty great example of those two things combined well. Creepy may not be the best descriptor but I think the natural, real-world reverb that comes from the field recordings provides a sort of story to each track. You hear something is happening, has happened and now you are just getting a fragment from that happening… Good work. </div>
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It looks fine. The type is handled fine and the art is fitting. I kinda wish there was something going on inside but honestly I constantly leave the inside of J cards blank so it would be pretty hypocritical wo call them out for this. It’s good. </div>
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So at first glance I assumed this was going to be some insane power electronics thing. It sort of has the creepy gray on black dark intensity of a HNW explosion but surprisingly it is not that at all. This is actually more in line with German Army or something of their ilk. Lots of noisy loops along sith sampled drums and a nice repetitive melody sort of moving the songs. It is still dark, certainly darker than German Army, but it also feels more upbeat than something that might present as this dark. I am clearly doing a poor job of describing this but I really dig this. I should also say that the layout and art are fantastic and the simple type treatment, while not perfect, is very effecting. This is really nice throughout. </div>
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Lovely synth-scapes from Iceland’s Tölva. I had never hear do this but it’s pretty wonderful. It’s maybe the most positive sounding music I think I have ever enjoyed. It sort of moves slowly back and forth with a sense of optimism that I wasn’t expecting. Apparently these tracks were made with some fascinating synth contraption that was sadly stolen just before this album was to be recorded so they used bits and pieces that had been recorded to compile this. It sounds great and it’s really well thought out. I’d be curious to see this live, assuming that the synth machine thing has been rebuilt. IF you get a chance please let me know what you think. </div>
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It looks pretty cool. Simple, clean, northern design that goes great with an Icelandic release. I dig it. Nice.</div>
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I really wanted to like this. It looks pretty cool and has these killer illustrations on it. Plus it came with adorable stickers and a tiny comic. That said I am am just not into this twee sort of electro pop. I am sure to those that are into this genre this tape would be amazing because it sounds good and feels genuine but to me I think I need to listen to Buyer’s Market after this as a palate cleanser. Check out their <a href="https://caramelship.bandcamp.com/">bandcamp</a> page and see what you think. Again, it’s well done and looks killer but…</div>
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Not really my thing. It sounds like a more synth-pop version of Sisters of Mercy with Kate Pierson singing a duet constantly… There really isn’t any song I can hear. It’s just kind of synth-salad with two people singing over the whole thing. Without much of a break. I’m not sure how serious this is supposed to be. </div>
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It looks fine. The cover is nice but the logo is kinda of silly and the type throughout is pretty rough. It’s this script font with a bit of radiance put on it to make it look like it’s glowing. I think there could have been a lot more work throughout the whole release. </div>
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Another gorgeous release from Ice Orgy. First of all the music is excellent. Basically the soundtrack to my current anxiety attack that I have been experiencing for the past 48 hours. I am not kidding. I am falling apart. Hooray! The first side is this building and rhythmic drone type piece that completely works on every level. The second side reminds me a bit of some of the more experimental Mt. Eerie stuff (I am totally, mostly thinking this because of what I am about to mention). It’s got drum machines and loops that degrade into a tense, yet beautiful drone.. You should hear this. I love this project. I respect how few releases they do but I do wish there was a higher output coming from them. Maybe now that they have relocated to Port Angeles, WA from Brooklyn, NY (definitely a step up, and I love Brooklyn) we will get more from this project. Maybe even a show or two. </div>
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The packaging is wonderful. Linoblock carved elements along with letterpressed o-cards and j-cards. They said something in a note about how the printing wasn’t as nice as they wanted and I think for the paper chosen this is an excellent print job. The paper feels like French paper which has a shitload of sizing in it. That makes getting an impression without damaging your type pretty difficult. The ink layers seem good and the choices all work well for me. I say bravo! I also would like to take this moment to ask the French Paper Company to create a line of papers designed for letterpress. They have a 140lb paper they say is good for letterpress but it’s really not. It’s fine but I am hoping for the texture and feels of BFK Rives or Savoy Reich but with the colors selection of French. I know that is super difficult, almost impossible, but you should do it anyway. </div>
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The art and song titles fall into that whole “watch out! I make girls nervous with the juxtaposition of black and white photos that have boobs in them and the intensity of my sounds!” thing, but it looks nice. The photos are well printed and do a good job of being unsettling. The type is simple and well handled and you know how much of a big deal that is for me. Nice job printing heavy black on an interesting colored card stock instead of just plain white. For something so simple you can really see that this release had some thought and care put into it. Good label. Good quality. </div>
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