Trash_Audio

To No Avail has finally arrived! 180 gram vinyl housed in a beautiful gatefold cover laced with artwork by Sarah Sitkin. It’ll be the best looking album in your collection. You can order it from Handshake Inc.

If you’re looking for something extra like a sticker, a shirt, Plague Diagram vinyl, or if you’re weird like Alessandro and want it signed – e-mail info@surachai.org.

To No Avail + Sticker
$23 USA
$26 CANADA
$28 INTERNATIONAL

To No Avail + Sticker + Shirt OR Plague Diagram
$33 USA
$36 CANADA
$38 INTERNATIONAL

Surachai shirt version 1.5

Male sizes S/M/L/XL/XXL.

Prices include shipping: US $19, Canada $23, everywhere else $25.
If you want one, e-mail info@surachai.org with your shirt size/location and instructions will be sent.

To No Avail test pressings have been approved and are currently in production.

- To No Avail

Finally sold out & made some good old fashioned synth porn. – Jonathan Snipes

In 1980 Stanley Kubrick released his masterpiece of modern horror, The Shining. Over 30 years later we are still struggling to understand its hidden meanings. Rodney Ascher’s film Room 237 is an exploration of the truths concealed in The Shining.

Kubrick’s film was scored in large part with pre existing classical recordings, but the score for Room 237 has taken as its inspiration the elegant but quirky film music that accompanied low budget horror movies in the 1970s. Composers Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson utilize a combination of vintage and contemporary analogue synthesizers, as well as acoustic instruments to create an atmosphere that is at once both haunting and funky.

Musicians:
Jonathan Snipes – Synthesizers, Pianos, Vocoder, Percussion
William Hutson – Synthesizers, Percussion
David Rothbaum – Guitars & Bass
Nick Murray – Drums
Maryclare Brzytwa – Flute
Bear McCreary – Clavinet
Cristina Bercovitz – Vocal Effects

jonat8han.com
room237movie.wordpress.com

Most likely the only example of 303 music I can actually listen to.

4 x 303 and 1 x 606.

- Via Matrixsynth

Thank you Scott McGrath, our sponsors, the crew behind Wham Bam, and everyone that came to the BBQ. We’ve learned a lot from this experience and hopefully will be able to accommodate everyone we turned away next year. We hope to see both coasts for T_A events in 2012 but more information on that later…

The photo session in the video was run by Sarah Sitkin and her work can be found here: Sarah Sitkin’s Flickr! She’s responsible for the visual glory on To No Avail and a session with Sonoio. You can read an interview with her about her work on To No Avail here: Sarah Sitkin To No Avail Interview. Below are some selects from photoshoots from this past weekend.

Richard Devine

Nayib of Gorillabox

Scott & Julie Jaeger of Harvestman

Cyrus

It’s been a busy and exciting year for us at TRASH_AUDIO. We threw parties and played shows around the country and have plans for next year already! Every one of our crew has released something and here is a roundup of everything we’ve done in 2011!

Surachai
To No Avail – Info

Plague Diagram – Info

Justin
The Speed of Forever – Info

Unreleased Demos

Alessandro
Red – Info

Red Remixes & 7″ Scientist Vinyl – Info

Richard
Risp – Info

Twisted Tools: Transform – Info
Hollywood Edge: Mechanical Morphs – Info

Alessandro has employed some of the top electronic musicians to rework his Red album released earlier this year. The list of remixers include Telefon Tel Aviv, Alan Wilder (Ex-Depeche Mode, Recoil), Eric Avery (Ex-Jane’s Addiction, Giraffe Tongue Orchestra), Daniel Myer (Haujobb) and more. In addition to the free download of the remix album, Sonoio has a limited edition 7″ vinyl single of Scientist with Drumcell’s remix.

The Scientist vinyl 7″ is $8 and if you’re quick, you can grab a test pressing limited to only 6 for $30. Hi-definition downloads of the remix album are $5.

Also, there’s a holiday sale going on with back catalog CDs, posters and digital downloads!

- SONOIO

Scott Jaeger of Harvestman performs in Chicago at the Trash_Audio & Xart Synth Meet 8 on September 18, 2010

Cameras – CCDM, Jamie Pool, Dave Jones, Surachai
Edit – Surachai

It’s a bit overdue but I’ve been meaning to move a couple videos from ExposureRoom to YouTube. Here is Charles Cohen from a clinic Xart and Trash_Audio had in the summer of 2010. Coming up is Harvestman performance at Synth Meet 8.

Xart and Trash_Audio hosted Charles Cohen and Tyler (together known as Color is Luxury) from Philadelphia for a day of guided improvisation workshops and conversation. Their style of improvised electronics has been garnishing attention internationally, particularly Cohen’s mastery of the Buchla Music Easel. Here is their performance from June 19th in Chicago.

- Charles Cohen