Preorder for C/S027-29 is up now! Tapes from Ron Jon’s Surf Shop, Stefan Christensen and Alexander. Limited to 50 a piece so act fast. These are officially out on August 1. Headroom/Landing split LP also available.
A second round of donations has been made. We were able to donate another $1000, split evenly between CT Bail Fund, Moral Monday CT, Unidad Latina En Accion’s Emergency Relief Fund and Student’s For Educational Justice. Thanks for your support! Hopefully more donations still to come!
Kawaguchi Masami’s New Rock Syndicate & Kryssi Battalene LP is officially out today! Lots of other good stuff in the store as well.
We continue to donate nearly all money coming in. So far we have been able to donate $1000 split to CT Bail Fund, Justice For Jayson, Atlanta Solidarity Fund and City-Wide Youth Coalition. We will be making another round of donations shortly - hopefully in a similar amount. See below post for more details.
Kawaguchi Masami’s New Rock Syndicate & Kryssi Battalene LP Preorder is up. Official release June 26. Please read the message below that was shared via our Instagram page earlier today…
A few days ago I quietly put up the preorder for Kawaguchi Masami’s New Rock Syndicate & Kryssi Battalene LP. This record was first delayed by the pandemic, which cancelled KMNRS’ West Coast tour and has now also canceled their East Coast/Midwest tour. In light of the current situation in our country I considered delaying the release again but have decided that rather than have 300 records continue to sit in my living room I will release it and donate a large percentage of sales to both local and national organizations, bail funds, etc. I’m hesitant to say an exact percentage on this until I see how sales go but I will say that I have no intent of turning a profit, and no intent of recouping the money I put into this project. I think I can promise a minimum of 60% of sales and hope to do more. I will only retain enough money to ensure I can release 5 long planned cassette tapes in late summer and early fall.
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Wholesale/distributor orders will work exactly the same, so distros and stores please get in touch. Orders on distributed items and old stock will be 100% donated - brand new Center live CS is on the store along with other hard to find titles.
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I have also launched a full digital archive via bandcamp. 100% of digital sales will be donated and everything can be streamed for free (full transparency: physical/digital sales of the Reptile Ranch LP will be a smaller percentage because I pay them royalties). The Masami/KB LP will have full streaming access on the official release date, June 26.
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If you are experiencing financial difficulty at this time and would like a free download of any C/Site releases email me.
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Locally I will be donating to @blacklivesmatternewhaven @peopleagainstpolicebrutality CT Bail Fund, amongst others TBD and nationally I have a list going but please feel free to comment organizations you would like to see donated to.
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Thank you for reading. We’re back in the streets on Friday, New Haven! Stay safe everyone.