The long awaited Babs Santini book, The Formless Irregular is finished! This career spanning tome is a deep exploration of Steven Stapleton’s visual work, itself featured on records by artists including Coil, Current 93, Whitehouse, Stereolab, Andrew Liles, Faust and Sand.
Production will begin early next year. In the meantime, follow our official instagram page for regular updates, previews and associated musings: @the_formless_irregular
To commemorate the Coil exhibition at Gallery X in Dublin, we have a stylish T shirt and hoodie for sale over in our shop!
We are also pleased to announce The Grave and Beautiful Name of Sadness will be shipping this week!
Coil exhibition
Babs will be exhibiting 5 pieces in Dublin’s Gallery X on St Stephens Green between 14th November to 21st December. Astral Disaster reissue on Infinite Fog will be available shortly and to commemorate the exhibition we will create a t-shirt of the new art to be available soon.
https://www.galleryx.ie/exhibitions.shtml
Test pressing sale
Our next test pressing sale will happen on November 16th, with a gallery preview to follow. Apologies short notice of delay in sale. Preview available now.
The Grave and Beautiful Name of Sadness
'The Grave and Beautiful Name of Sadness' featuring 2 archive versions from 2012 and 2007 now available for presale, shipping by the end of the month. We’ve made a postal correction.
Steven is also delighted to announce a collaboration with electronique artist Scanner. ‘Contrary Motion’, will be available on CD and vinyl, in the new year.
And most importantly…
We wish to declare support to the Women of Palestine! Nurse With Wound, in collaboration with Diarmuid MacDiarmada Tara Baoth Mooney have provided two tracks the the bandcamp compilation of concerned artists presented by Invisibilia Editions:
Sarha (a "Women with Gaza" benefit compilation)
by Various Artists with all proceeds going to "Women with Gaza"
"Sarha" means to roam freely, at will, without restraint: to go where the spirit takes you.
Please show your support here:
https://invisibilia.bandcamp.com/album/sarha-a-women-with-gaza-benefit-compilation
https://www.gofundme.com/f/women-with-gaza-una-raccolta-per-supportare-le-donne-a-gaza
Instagram : @women_withgaza
From Andea the organiser, 'I thank you, in pain and total uncertainty about the future of this sick world, I am very proud to have shared this little release with all of you. I wrote to the people who manage the fundraising. They thank us, not for the money, but for the trust we have placed in them.'
Léon Bloy & Nurse With Wound…
is available as a 40 page book with CD here!
The Grave And Beautiful Name Of Sadness
This feautures two archive mixes of the original 1984 recording. A 2007 epic variation recorded for possible inclusion in Peter Strickland's film 'Katalin Varga' and a unique 'psychedelic' version from 2012 which until now has never been heard. Limited to 500 copies. Available early to mid November
Who Can I Turn To Stereo CD 'Session Tape No 3'
We have a small surplus of these left over from the vinyl boxset. This item now comes in it's original silver card sleeve, housed in a hand printed red envelope, signed by Steven Stapleton. Also containing various archival paraphernalia. (prints, postcards and stickers etc) Available here!
Klusterfuck
From Steven Stapleton…
This is a strange one. Originally conceived as part of an anarchistic publication, the tracks culled from two live performances at separate locations in London’s Shoreditch got as far as the test pressing stage as long as 5 years ago and then forgotten. The publication never materialised and the cut lacquers and metalwork lay languishing in a dark corner on a dusty bottom shelf in the pressing plants storeroom. Forgotten until we were presented with a hefty bill for production and storage, rather than abandon the whole project it was decided to press up 300 to cover costs and produce a little collectable memento of these intense and unforgettable events.
Available in our shop, here!
We are very pleased to announce another Test Pressing Art Edition sale. As ever, each record is housed in a unique sleeve created by Miss Santini. The sale will take place at midday, UK time on August 31st. Examples of each can be found in our gallery, here!
