Monday, June 26, 2017

+++++ BIG BLOOD & Todd W. Emmert New Release!!! +++++

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New DTTR Releases OUT NOW!
 This new batch of releases were meant to go out last November for our 10 year anniversar. Things got in the way and we were not able to get them out, so we are celebrating now!
It’s been a couple of years since we have put anything out on DTTR…
Do people still listen to cd’s /cassettes or read these types of blogs??
Regardless we wanted to celebrate 10 years  of Big Blood and DTTR  in the same fashion we started it, right herewith some of our handmade goods. 
In the coming months we be releasing a few more things here, so check back in.
 OUT NOW+++++++++

 Big Blood – Daughters Union – DTTR 050
 Celebrating 10 ½ years of Big Blood and Dontrustheruin
9 songs, 49 minutes
Dedicated to Elliott Schwartz & Yoko Ono
Listen FMA Here:
Bandcamp:
Buy Here:
 or if this is pain and you wanna buy something just write bigblood24@yahoo.com and we’ll figure it out.
 *Big Blood cassettes coming soon.

Todd W. Emmert – “Pushing Up The Daisies” – DTTR 045
 Each new Release by Todd (formely Inspector 22/Shortman)we tout as his best yet… this is no different, The man has graced this earth with some of the best albums… period.   This is part 1 of Todd’s “Triology of Death”. Part 2 and 3 will be coming out in the next bath of dttr releases late summer early fall. Amazing, the music speaks for itself . Listen Here:
Buy the digital version here:
All the Inspector 22 output (20 years, 22 releases $9.20)
Buy Here:
*Cassettes coming soon

ALSO Coming Soon:
Big Blood & Thunder Crutch
Big Blood – Operate Spaceship Earth
Big Blood – Deep Maine
Todd W. Emmert - Funeral




Tuesday, May 24, 2016

++++ NEW LP Elliott Schwartz & Big Blood - Ant Farm ++Big Blood Collab!!!

Elliott Schwartz & Big Blood - Ant Farm 

Released by Feeding Tube Records   

Get it HERE 

or

 HERE

LP Edition of 300. Numbered.



by Byron Coley

An incredible album of music, conjoining two different sonic aspects of Maine’s Strangeness. Big Blood are well known to fanciers of contemporary sub-underground sounds. The duo of Colleen Kinsella and Caleb Mulkerin have been conjuring up rural-experimental ghosts for over a decade. Feeding Tube has previously released their double LP set, Radio Valkyrie (FTR 103) to rapturous acclaim. Their music embodies the mysteries of the deep woods better than any othe artist we can name.
Elliott Schwartz, meanwhile, has been composing and playing brilliant (often keyboard based) music for decades. His 1973 duo album with saxophonist Marion Brown (released by Bowdoin College, where he has been based for many years), is often cited as one of the primest examples of a free jazz/avant classical hybrid. And all of his records are quite killer.
This LP came together as the soundtrack for an exhibit called Ant Farm, organized to showcase the work of Maine-based art quartet, The Ant Girls. This visual arts group included Ms. Kinsella and the late Dorothy “Deedee” Schwartz in its ranks, so it’s perhaps is this collab less surprising than it might initially appear.
But surprising or not, the work is an incredible syncretic fusion. Although there are certain instrumental parts we might ascribe to one artist or the other, as the music unwinds these divisions melt and become all-but-imaginary. The blend of Big Blood’s psych-tinged free-folk improvisations and Schwartz’s aleatory work on keys and percussion is a ver righteous blast.
300 numbered copies exist on our planet. Don’t delay.

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

++++NEW Tape Release Out Now on DTTR and a mystery package...

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Dimples’ – Obsessional Dream – DTTR051 - CASSETTE 
pro dubbed/printed and imprinted.


Left Coast and Right coast converge on this beautifully fucked up jagged folk gem. Precision laziness from our friends Colby& Greg.
Think Mayo Thompson Corky-era-herk and you got yourself an “Obsessional Dream”.   
We loved it so much we released it, what more can we say?

Catch ‘em while you can..on tape OR LIVE--or both!
On tour with Tom K & Caethua
Details below.
DIMPLES ON TOUR WITH TOM K & CAETHUA


 aaaaand...
Big Blood received a strange package from the Ukraine 2 weeks ago.
It came with (excellent)honey, an SD card of tunes(not pictured) and a mysterious tea. 
The address was to difficult to make out and there was no name in the package.
A gorgeous letter about our music and instructions to drink only one cup of tea at a time.due to it's "invigorating" effects.

WHO ARE YOU?  What kind of tea is this?


 THANK YOU!

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Cancelled Show in NYC w/ Chuck Bettis


Due to family circumstances we had to cancel our show in New York City this Saturday the 19th with the Amazing Chuck Bettis. We are 100% positive that Chuck will come up with something amazing to take our slot at his week long residency at Stone, so be sure to attend as many of these once in a lifetime shows as possible, info is as follows:


All of the shows below will occur at The Stone, which is located on the corner of Ave. C & 2nd Street.  
http://thestonenyc.com


Thursday, Dec. 17th
8pm  Pretty Clicks
Berangere Maximin (digital chimeras) Chuck Bettis (electronics)
Berangere comes all the way from Paris, France for this night of music
https://berchu.bandcamp.com
http://www.berangeremaximin.com
https://youtu.be/wn6z2Zp3ukU

10pm Period & Chris Pitsiokos
Mike Pride (drums) Charlie Looker (guitar) Chuck Bettis (electronics, throat) Chris Pitsiokos (sax)
doom & gloom
http://www.publiceyesore.com/catalog.php?pg=3&pit=129
https://mikepride.bandcamp.com
http://www.charlielooker.com
http://chrispitsiokos.com


Friday, Dec. 18th
8pm Sylvie Courvoisier, Ikue Mori, Chuck Bettis
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ikue Mori (electronics) Chuck Bettis (electronics)
Debut of this improvising trio.
http://www.sylviecourvoisier.com
http://www.ikuemori.com

10pm Gamma Reverse Dream Logic
Jeremiah Cymerman (clarinet, electronics) Jessica Pavone (viola) Chuck Bettis (electronics) 
Graphic score by Chuck Bettis, world debut of this trio performing it
https://jessicapavone.bandcamp.com
https://jeremiahcymerman.bandcamp.com


Saturday, Dec. 19th
8pm Matmos & Chuck Bettis
Drew Daniel (electronics) M.C. Schmidt (electronics) Chuck Bettis (electronics)
First time musical meeting of these electronic heavyweights
https://soundcloud.com/thrilljockey/matmos-ultimate-care-ii-excerpt-eight
http://vague-terrain.com
https://youtu.be/-qH-WQUmNQQ

10pm Big Blood CANCELLED & Chuck Bettis + special guests
Colleen Kinsella (voice, harmonium, drums) Caleb Mulkerin (electric guitar, voice, tape loops) Chuck Bettis (electronics) special guests (vocals)
Big Blood comes all the way down from Portland, ME for this debut psychedelic collaboration
https://dontrustheruin.bandcamp.com
http://dontrusttheruin.blogspot.com

Sunday, Dec. 20th
8pm  Chuck Bettis, Franke Vogl, Evan Rapport
Chuck Bettis (electronics) Franke Vogl (prepared bass) Evan Rapport (saxophone)
Members of The Meta-matics & All Scars come together as a trio for the first time.
https://livingmyth.bandcamp.com/album/economy-of-gestures
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Evan_Rapport__Chuck_Bettis/live__the_Stone_32112/
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Meta-matics/
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/All_Scars/

10pm Mossenek & Larry Kwartowitz
Mick Barr (guitar) Chuck Bettis (throat, electronics) Colin Marston (bass, electronics) Larry Kwartowitz (drums) 
Utter purveyors of primal vent.
https://mossenek.bandcamp.com
https://youtu.be/1uVzYL0naxw
https://iamcleric.bandcamp.com/album/regressions

Monday, September 14, 2015

++NEW RELEASES ++ Video Nasties & Fragile Clark



Video Nasties – Horror Holocaust s.l.p. - DTTR049 – CASSETTE

pro dubbed/ and imprinted

Hands down our favorite band in Maine. Their 4th and finest release to date guaranteed to move your feet, hips and bowels. Disco/Punk/J. Wobble and J. Carpenter heroics. Word on the street is they do kids parties as well.... 
not my kid, NO WAY.
get 'em while they last
49 copies for Maine
49 copies for everybody else.

4 songs 20 minutes



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 Fragile Clark – Frazzled Clark - DTTR048 - CASSETTE

pro dubbed/printed and imprinted.

Bedroom/Bathroom music of the highest order. Roky is still alive and kicking but I imagine that somewhere back in the early 80's he may have hallucinated a little piece of himself onto Clark's mind.... "leave your body behind" and hold onto your seats beats 'cause it doesn't get any better or cracked than this... outsider or insider music? You decide. Up next 16 worlds.

Fragile Clark - Loves you even if he doesn't know you, or knows you and has told you or implied that he hates you, or you insist that you hate him; NAMO KUAN SHR PU SA..... OM NAMAH SHIVAYA, KELLELUJAH, AMEN..... OM MANI PADME HUM.... NAMASTE.... DOO WHA DIETY, DIETY DUM, DEITY DOO 11:11

7 songs 22 minutes
FRAGILE CLARK"S Bandcamp here

Friday, July 24, 2015

Big Blood plays WFMU's Monty Hall JERSEY CITY Saturday July 25

...better late than never...

BIG BLOOD
HUMAN ADULT BAND
PICASTRO
Monty Hall
43 Montgomery St.   Jersey City, N.J.
$10.00   7:30 doors 8:30 start
Presented by Scott Williams & WFMU


Monday, March 16, 2015

Buffy St. Marie come back to Maine!



Buffy St. Marie composed this song, God Is Alive/Magic is Afoot,  from an excerpt from Leonard Cohen's Beautiful Losers. Freakin' gorgeous. I talk more about this amazing human being here.
Her current tour dates with Morrissey(!) here.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

+++New! Big Blood/ Human Adult Band Split 7" OUT NOW++++

A beautiful looking +sounding hand cut split 7".  
Made by Third Uncle Records...
LISTEN/BUY :
Big Blood  +  Human Adult Band (Kings of sludge, T. Penn ((Keeping it punk as shit since 94')) and company have no rivals. Lifers)

 Review by TPENN of Human Adult Band
'Half-Light Blues/Ain't No Hallowed Ground' 

Hand Cut 'lathe' 7" Record / DL
1 amazing exhibition of song writing by Portland, ME 
rock royalty, Big Blood. 
Call it freak folk, psych, new weird americana, rocknroll, either way Big Blood are a band who pay attention to detail and can make writing a damn good song seem easy. They are the Fred and Toody of New England. Human Adult Band (Mank, Chaz, Phil, T Penn) 
laydown an eerie improv thats ready to tilt and crumble at any minute. But hey, we make it to the 4:30 mark. Truly an honor to finally have a split with BB! Locked Grooves on each side. Only 29 made.


'sup winter

'sup winter

Monday, February 23, 2015

++ 5 New Releases OUT NOW! ++Celebrate Big Blood's 8 Year Anniversary ++


OUT NOW!! 2 New Big Blood , Tarpigh, Inspector 22 & Hammer of Hathor all on CD & cassette.

Big Blood, dontrustheruin records and Quinnisa Rose are all 8 years old!

 22 albums, 1 East Coast tour, 1 European tour, a wedding, a honeymoon, an independent record label and a daughter who never ceases to amaze us we celebrate our all encompassing labour of love.


Quinnisa is now part of the band and helping us make music, as well as recording her own stuff … almost done with her own album now. Stay tuned!


Big Blood – Double Days I     CD-R/Cassette dttr043


1. On Waterfall's Head
2. Rabbit's Foot
3. Planet Caravan (Black Sabbath)
4. Double Day
5. for Gardiner Greene Hubbard
6. Disintegration (The Cure)
7. Full of Drape
8. Babies Looking Weird
9. ...But I Studied
10. You're Crushing My Heart






Big Blood – Double Days II CD-R/Cassette dttr044



1. New Plan
2. Endless Peace
3. Go See Boats
4. Micah's Old Room
5. Fire Stove
6. Wild Mountain Thyme (Francis McPeake)
7. Magnetic Green
8. Time Stands Still
9. Golden Heart




Inspector 22 is the genius of Todd W. Emmert, a  mid-coast southern gentleman of endless proportions. He has released countless albums (all of them are must haves, and should be tracked down immediately). “I Can See Through The Poison” is inspector 22’s 5th release on dontrustheruin and is a slab of  all instrumental mayhem, blistering noisy guitars edged with sepia toned fuzz. As always the onslaught is tempered, this time by the heavenly sounds of cheap keyboards and endless hooks. 8 Songs, 30 minutes.







Hammer of Hathor – “Sphere” – CD-R/Cassette dttr042


Hammer of Hathor were only among us here in Maine for a few short years, but  in there wake they left us “Sphere”, and man albums don’t get much better than this! An epic album of organic ramblings, resulting in the most woozy and entrancing listen. Amazing fuzzed out electric guitar, pulsing intoxicating rhythms that would make Louis Hardin (Moondog) proud. A living, breathing album that softens even the backmost roads of the winter laden north.   8 songs, 50 minutes.








Tarpigh – Miss the Sun (the wrinkly one) CD-R/Cassette dttr040

17 Songs by the best band you don’t know you should know… what?  Well for sure if you asked me anytime in the last 15 years what band is “Maine’s best kept secret” Tarpigh would be the answer. “Miss the Sun” is up there with all their  greats and has all the classic tarpigh elements. Beautiful melodies, exotic off kilter rhythms, shredding guitar, and endlessly weaving strings. A band that will always put you on your head.  
One of the greats, Tarpigh 4-ever! 17 songs 60 minutes

Sunday, September 21, 2014

This Friday !!Big Blood Live with Video Nasties and more, SEPT. 26, Oak & the Ax Closing


The Oak and the Ax is closing it's doors as we know it. It's been a great time hearing and playing a part of the strange Maine sounds, eating veggie sliders, hot cups of tea or sake.Thank you  guys for a great run.
Friday night we'll party down collaboration style to celebrate this one of a kind place,
 140 Maine Street Biddeford, Maine.


8:30pm Greg Jamie +Colby Nathan

9:30pm Asa Irons + Village of Spaces

10:30pm Micah Blue Smaldone + Tom Kovacevic



Friday, August 29, 2014

Big Blood @ NEST FEST Tonight!!! Kennebunk see details below




NEST FEST
August 29th!!  Below are driving directions with parking details. Remember to bring: camping stuff (if you intend to camp), eating stuff (if you intend to eat), drinking stuff (especially water, though I will pick up a few cases, as well), sunscreen (if your need it), bug spray (if you need it), if you have a grill (there should be enough, may not a bad idea to bring extras, probably fine though!) BUT extra charcoal is a smart idea.  Pets are welcome.  There isn't a lot of shade, so a cap or a parasol or something is advisable.  There are some ponds and spots to swim on the property as well, just so ya know!  Only major thing is to make sure not to walk on the cranberry bogs, thanks!  Oh yes, and there's no rain location for the show, if it just drizzles a lil we'll go for it, but if it's looking like heavy rains, we wont be able to have electricity pumpin' out there. Also, there will be portapotties.  
DIRECTIONS AND LINE UP INFO BELOW:

LINE UP
12:00 - Heart Murmur Sounds Good
12:40 - Family Planning 
1:20 - Greg Jamie (O'D'E'A'T'H)
2:00 - Ao Oad 
2:40 - Saralee
3:20 - LE TRASH CAN
3:40 - DomeWZRD & Renaissance Bitch
4:00 - Nathan Ventura
4:40 - Dark Rodeo
5:20 - ded library (Witch Wolf)
5:40 - Yairms/AHLLHA
6:20 - Greg Hartunian
7:00 - Tom Kovacevic
7:40 - NE Patriots
8:20 - Big Blood
9:00 - id m theft able
9:40 - Video Nasties
10:20 - Guerilla Toss 
11:00 - the false woodsman (Lazy Magnet)
11:40 - God's Dogs   
...
and maybe mwchins somewhere in there if he can make it.  
schedule subject to alteration for suuure, YOU guys can play as long as you want!!!!


Directions heading NORTH on I-95:

take exit 25 for Kennebunk.

get off exit ramp, drive to stop sign, take a right. 

then take first right after crossing over the bridge going over the turnpike, Alewive Rd./rt.35 

follow that road straight for 3.5 miles

turn left onto Boulder Dr. 

follow that dirt road straight, ignore the sign that says to turn right, parking for bands is straight ahead right by where the music will be taking place. 



Directions heading SOUTH on I-95:

take exit 25 for Kennebunk.

follow exit ramp road to stop sign

take a right onto Alewive Rd./rt.35 

follow that road straight for 3.4 miles

turn left onto Boulder Dr. 

follow that road straight, ignore the sign that says to turn right, parking for bands is straight ahead right by where the music will be taking place. 


-- 
Colby Nathan

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