Published
Sun, Jan 14, 2018, 21:56
- The San Francisco label's January releases are a mix of new and archival material.
Dark Entries' next four releases hit stores on January 29th.
The first EP, State Of Mind, comes from Dark Entries alumnus Cute Heels, the project of Colombian-born artist Victor Lenis. The new 12-inch features Berlin artist Aga Wilk and comes with remixes of the title track by Noncompliant and LA-4A. Next up is an album from Villa Åbo, the veteran Swedish artist behind the Börft imprint and a key member of cult projects Frak, Studio SS and Alvars Orkestra. Magnetic Moves was originally released as a cassette in an edition of 65. The Dark Entries edition spreads eight tracks across two LPs.
For its remaining January releases, Dark Entries looks back to its roots, reissuing a couple of obscure post-punk projects from the '80s. IMA (Intense Molecular Activity), the duo of Don Hunerberg and Andy Blinx, was active in New York City from 1979 to 1982. Blinx was an engineer who often worked out of Radio City Music Hall doing sessions for the likes of The Ramones, Richard Hell, Liquid Liquid and John Zorn. After hours, Blinx and Hunerberg would record IMA material in a studio situated above the proscenium of the Radio City Music Hall stage, eventually self-releasing a flexi-disc distributed by Ed Bahlman of 99 Records. The Dark Entries version includes four bonus tracks. The label will wrap up its January campaign with an EP compiling the 1982 and 1985 singles from Cheshire group Calendar Crowd, who were described at the time as "a moody Merseyside trio with strong atmospheric tunes and haunting lyrics."
Read our recent label of the month feature on Dark Entries.
Listen to clips of the Cute Heels EP.
Listen to clips of Villa Åbo's Magnetic Moves.
Tracklist
Cute Heels featuring Aga Wilk - State Of Mind
01. State of Mind
02. Golden Tears
03. State of Mind (LA-4A Remix)
04. State of Mind (Noncompliant Remix)
Villa Åbo - Magnetic Moves
01. Again Again
02. The Tiny One
03. Doortest
04. Dreams of Italy, Assiduous Dreams
05. Massive Duometer (Raw Mix)
06. Bianco Festival
07. Water Galaxy (Version D)
08. Short Relaxing End
Intense Molecular Activity - I. M. A.
01. Blurb
02. Points In Space
03. Just Testing
04. Blinxong
05. Beat Street
06. Battery Life
07. Rapid Ear Movements
08. The Look
Calendar Crowd - Perfect Hideaway
01. Perfect Hideaway
02. Perfect Hideaway Dub
03. Listen In To The Heart
04. Questions Answers
Dark Entries will release State Of Mind, Magnetic Moves, I. M. A. and Perfect Hideaway on January 29th, 2018.