maps August 10, 2006

today’s airline bomb scare makes me happy i live outside of the city. these things are always a bit more intense when you’re in the middle of new york city.

there’s a calmness here in the country, the cicadas making their deafening din in the trees don’t really care who blows up who. i feel sorry for richard chartier, who today has to fly to LA for an installation and gig, right smack in the middle of this chaos. it’s stressful and it really makes the joy of art turn into fear. for those of you in the San Jose area, go out and support the Bleeding Edge festival and all of the artists who had to travel in the middle of this insanity. it’s this weekend at the Montalvo Arts Center.

i wanted to thank Cameron Webb and Seaworthy for the incredible album that i’m having the joy of mastering this morning for their upcoming 12k release. we’re adding a couple of extra tracks to “maps in hand” and their music is absolute bliss on a day like today.

we’re back August 8, 2006

just a quick post to say we’re back. the site is back up, email is back up… and orders will be shipping tomorrow and thursday.

so sorry for the downtime.

day 2 without website and email August 7, 2006

2 days have gone by with 12k being down. i’ve gotten no response from my ISP in 18 hours. it’s quite a ridiculous situation now and i’m really pissed off.

apologies to those who are trying to contact us or order cds.

12k website hacked again August 6, 2006

the 12k website was brought down again this weekend by hackers and the entire site and account was suspended. this is really getting annoying.. and i’m quite pissed off.

i apologize to everyone who has been unable to get into our site or use the online shop.

i’m trying to fix this problem as quickly as i can….

blueprints August 3, 2006

in october we’ll be releasing 2 12k cds.. one is a full-length from australian guitar-duo SEAWORTHY (more details on that soon), the other is a compilation called BLUEPRINTS.

Blueprints features 6 artists who have not previously released material on 12k (except for jodi cave’s term. mp3 download). the basic concept for the compilation was to gather artists only from demo submissions and from those who have never been on a 12k cd. the idea initially was to find new artists who haven’t really released anything anywhere, but as it turns out, some of these artists have (eg: Christmas Decorations on Kranky, Leo Abrahams on Bip Hop). regardless, the main concept still stuck and the result is a really nice, varied compilation release introducing some new faces on 12k. the following artists have 2 tracks each on the compilation and it will be out in october:

LEO ABRAHAMS
london-based guitarist who has collaborated with artists such as brian eno, paul simon and ed harcourt.

SEAWORTHY
a trio from australia using mostly acoustic instruments and recording to 4-track cassette. warm, nearly indie-sounding mellow pop.

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
duo from brooklyn. noisey, melodic, organic, distorted…

PJUSK
from norway. deep, sometimes dark, spacious sounds.

AUTISTICI
from the UK, autistici is a true microsound artist with precise and delicate tones.

JODI CAVE
also from the UK, warm and fractured melodic scapes.

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BLUEPRINTS (12k1039) will be released simultaneously with Seaworthy’s “map in hand” (12k1040) full-length. both will be available in october.