2010

MACHINE SHOP IS RELEASED
The next phase of Dielectric is here. First the record. Karen and Drew team up to unite gongs and electricity. And it is good!

MACHINE SHOP THE LIVE SHOW
Next comes the live show. More gong volume than previously thought possible. Much weirder and much cooler than new age gong bath schmaltz. This is going to be big. Coming to a venue near you in 2011.

2009

LOWE OPTA 1 IS RELEASED
We are very happy to announce the addition of British experimenters Lowe Opta. Their first EP on Dielectric released in May 2009. See Downloads page to get it.

DIE ELEKTRISCHEN PITCH BLACK AVAILABLE NOW
Yes, this has been in the works for way too long. But now it's here. So go listen to damn thing. Or download it. Preferably both.

NEW WEBSITE, SAME GREAT FLAVOR
Yeah, you know. because you're looking at it. Thanks for visiting.

2008

ANON DAY, SOTE, DAN VOSS AND DIE ELEKTRISCHEN DRONE SET
Thanks to the lovely folks at KFJC for having us be a part of the 24 hour drone. It was a very pleasant time and we enjoyed our drone very much. Click on the headline to download your own personal copy of the set.

MONDAY AUDIO RETURNS
The longest running show in show business is back for more. The sounds you always wanted to hear but were afraid to! Arranged to musical perfection! Every Monday! Now in exciting new blog form! Exclamation points! Seriously, if you aren't hip to Jesse's art, then check it out. Now.

DIE ELEKTRISCHEN AGARES OUT NOW ON BONE STRUCTURE RECORDS
A 20 minute meditation on Agares, listed in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum as the demon responsible for earthquakes, and who rode around on a crocodile, carrying a hawk on his arm. Yeah.

NEW KAREN STACKPOLE TRACK ONLINE
Check out Requiem For A Moment on her MySpace page. New album recording sessions are mostly finished. Mixing is underway. Record to be released in summer 2009.

2007

PUSSYFINGER LIVE AT ANNIE'S SOCIAL CLUB
Thanks to all who came to the Robotspeak show. That was a really fun gig. There will be another Pussyfinger show coming up on December 6 at Annie's Social Club. Details on the Shows page.

DIE ELEKTRISCHEN NEWS
What the fuck is going on with Die Elektrischen you ask? (so what if you didn't) Plenty, I say. Expect a new Die Elektrischen release called Agares out in early 2008 on Belgian label Bone Structure. The release is part of the Psuedomonarchia Daemonium series, and is named after the demon of earthquakes (among other things). This is a single, 20 minute track that represents the most musically inclined DE release ever. Also new is the Black Metal band Infinite Mass, with DE on vox, keys and arrangements, R Trubitt on guitars, bass and JS Clark on drums. The first Infinite Mass release is out now on Bone Structure and is a 3-way split with amazing ambient artist 88 and super-frightening noise act N.D.E.K. Needless to say this is a must-have CD, and it's limited to 100 copies only. Available from the label. Full-length to follow in 2009

SOTE/ALIREZA MASHAYEKHI CD NOW AVAILABLE FROM SUB ROSA
An amazing musical document. The cd is called PERSIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC : Yesterday and Today 1966-2006. Visit the Sub Rosa website for details and biographies.

PUSSYFINGER RIDES AGAIN!
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. Pussyfinger is back and ready to be more fetid than ever. Check them out at the Robotspeak 5th anniversary show on October 29th. Jesse Clark and many others will also be performing at the certain-to-be-legendary event. You have been warned.

PINERESIN PETITE- AT EDINBURGH CASTLE ON SATURDAY 5/19
Pineresin petite. Less stuff, same great sound. the event is The Maker Faire afterparty, tons of music from the likes of: Pineresin, Barney the Theremin Wizard, Steve & Derek, Chachi Jones, Starpause, Zaxxon, Spacecase, and Create Digital Music. This shit is FREE, so you might as well go. Showtime is 7pm to 9:30pm so make it your first stop on your night out.

PINERESIN - FIRST GIG AT ROBOTSPEAK ON FRIDAY 5/18
Pineresin will take their bizarre setup on the road for the first time. Luckily for us, it's all good. We'll be encamping at the incredibly friendly confines of Robotspeak in San Francisco, where the people couldn't be any cooler and the venue couldn't be any more perfectly suited to our brand of electro-acoustic strangeness. Pineresin will be live processing and live sampling drums, vibes, marimba and whole lot of other stuff...

FIELD RECORDING ALL-STARS CD PARTY AT RML COMPOUND ON 2/3
OH YES! Dielectric has the privilege of celebrating the release of "RE:record" at the original Recombinant Media Labs Compound!

FIELD RECORDING ALL-STARS CD AVAILABLE
Two and a half years in the making, the Field Recording All-Stars, Dielectric's third installment of spontaneous improvisation (Drone All-Stars, Minimalist All-Stars) is complete for now. This release differs from the others because it wasn't done by people in the same room, or even at the same time. Instead, the improv between artists occurred as a response to a treasure hunt for sounds. Artists were given a list, and the "found sounds" were then grouped by topic; songs were created out of the interaction between them. Some of the artists also submitted a finished composition that was created from field recordings. These pieces were interwoven with original compositions by Die Elektrischen to make up the final journey.

2006

PINERESIN WEBSITE ONLINE NOW!
The official Pineresin website is online now. Accurately reflecting the band's inscrutability, pineresin.org is a glimpse into the inner world of the music of trees.

DIELECTRIC RECORDS PODCAST FEATURE ON SOLIPSISTIC NATION
The solipsistic NATION podcast plays a mix of all genres of electronic music, and also includes interviews, documentaries and showcases electronic music labels. Each episode is extremely informative as well as offering some very fine music. Just in time for Halloween (our favorite holiday!), Dielectric Records is featured in the latest installment of sN. For a direct download of just this episode, please click here.

PINERESIN "LIVE TREE OR DIE" ALBUM AVAILABLE AS FREE DOWNLOAD
Available now - Pineresin "Live Tree Or Die. A Double live record.

NEWEST PINERESIN ONLINE NOW
The latest Pineresin session (9/14/06) is online at the Pineresin page on the JSClarkstudios website.

DIELECTRIC WELCOMES PINERESIN INTO FOLD
A new group called Pineresin been hatched into existence. The first project to emerge from The Lodge, Pineresin is a collaboration between Carson Day, Jesse Clark, and Die Elektrischen. Over the course of countless hours of development, Pineresin has melded Moog, turntables, percussion, marimba, computers, analog effects, digital effects, and natural objects into a cerebral ambient headspace that is both intensely analog and electronic sounding at the same time. Tons of streaming audio (from 4 separate sessions) is available at Jesse's website. A downloadable Pineresin record should be available here next week, and a CD release date will be announced soon.

FIELD RECORDING ALL-STARS DUE OUT ON JANUARY 15
With great pleasure (and even greater relief!) Dielectric announces the release of the final chapter in the All-Stars trilogy. Many many months of work have gone into this, with contributions from the following list of amazing field recordists: Aaron Ximm, Leticia Castaneda, Mark Griswold, Maggi Payne, Rudy Trubitt, Toby Paddock, Milton Cross, Jen Boyd, Cría Cuervos, and Will Mitchell. All sounds were then processed, arranged and sequenced by Die Elektrischen into a full length CD.

KAREN DEL FUTURO LIVE SHOW ONLINE
The complete live recording from the amazing show by Karen Del Futuro (Karen Stackpole and Jesse Clark) at the 222 Club is online. To listen to it, click here.

MONDAY AUDIO REACHES THE END OF THE ROAD
The ambitious and entertaining Monday Audio series has reached its one year goal and is going out with a bang. The remarkable, 16 minute long final piece, "Khel Al Khalili" was recorded in Cairo, Egypt on binaural microphones. Be sure to listen on headphones for maximum effect. "Khel Al Khalili" is available now in streaming audio, and the entire year of audio is available for download from the Monday Audio page.

AGENTS DEL FUTURO "MYDRONE" AVAILABLE NOW
Just in time for the Maker Faire, Dielectric releases the first CD by Agents Del Futuro. "Mydrone" is an eclectic, upbeat assortment of experimental illbient made from found sound, analog synths, homemade instruments, live drums, and many other unconventional sources. Samples available on the ADF page, as well as the free download of "Mydrone Outtakes".

PUSSYFINGER LIVE AT ROBOTSPEAK SESSIONS NOW ON ITUNES PODCAST
The entire recording of Robotspeak Sessions 3.1 is available as a free podcast from iTunes. Do a search for "Robotspeak" and you should find it. The recording sounds eally good and there is some nice stuff from Kernel Panic and The Spit Brothers as well as a chaotic, exuberant set from Pussyfinger.

AGENTS DEL FUTURO TO PLAY AT THE MAKER FAIRE!
In what can only be described as stunning fashion, Agents Del Futuro has been invited to play at the ridiculously cool Maker Faire. The Faire is put on by the ridiculously cool Make Magazine and features luminaries no less scintillating than the MythBusters! Go see really cool DIY electronic stuff and bask in the glory of the bike wheel at the Maker Faire.

VIDEO CLIPS FROM DEAF ELECTRIC 14
Four video clips from the absolutely scintillating Deaf Electric on March 2. Agents Del Futuro and Karen Stackpole went to THAT place, when highly inuitive improv communication yields access to the magical art place. So good!

PUSSYFINGER "CHEW AND SWALLOW" CD AVAILABLE NOW!
The debut Pussyfinger CD is now completed. Harsh blackambient Industrial that is sure to leaves scars wherever it goes. Sound samples available online. Get it today in our online store.

NEW! SOTE "DASTGAAH" CD
The "Dastgaah" CD is here now. This is a split release with Record Label Records and we have spared no expense to present Sote's amazing music in a lovely 6 panel digipak featuring art by fellow Iranian Roza Matlabi.

AGENTS DEL FUTURO FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD
A complete album of outtakes and sundry material that didn't make it onto the forthcoming "Mydrone" cd is available on the Agents Del Futuro artist page. You can either download the entire zip file or stream each track in its entirety.

PUSSYFINGER AUDIO AND VIDEO CLIPS ONLINE NOW
It's here. The Pussyfinger webpage. Complete with things to listen to and things to look at. The first Pussyfinger cd, "Chew and Swallow," will be out by the ides of march.

KUSH ARORA AND FLUORESCENT GREY AT DEAF ELECTRIC 12
Another lovely Thursday at Deaf Electric has passed... many thanks to the artists (Kush Arora and Fluorescent Grey), the 222 Club, and most of all -- you who were there.

2005

MONDAY AUDIO HITS HALFWAY POINT WITH MA#26
Monday, 12/12/05, marks the six month anniversary for Agents Del Futuro's Monday Audio series. 26 chapters have been presented, one each week, all free for you to download and enjoy. The series will conclude at the 1 year mark, at the ripe old age of 52. Take me to Monday Audio.

CARSON DAY "TERRABYTE" CD AVAILABLE NOW!
After seemingly endless delays and roadblocks, the Carson Day "Terrabyte" 3" mini CD is DONE! The packaging is all handmade here at Dielectric HQ, limited to 100 discs. Available on the products page. CD available on download page.

SOTE TO HEADLINE DEAF ELECTRIC X
An unexpected visit from Iran has given us the opportunity to have Sote headline the newly revived Deaf Electric. Agents Del Futuro will also be on the bill, making this a truly special show. And it's FREE. Please come down and experience the new Deaf Electric.

DEAF ELECTRIC RETURNS
After a long hiatus, we have secured a new location for Deaf Electric. Thanks to the lovely people at San Francisco's 222 Club, every first Thursday of the month will bring you a highly eclectic assortment of Dielectric artists and other artists that we love. Improvements for the newly reborn Deaf Electric include a full bar, delicious food, and (usually) FREE ADMISSION! If there is a "name" band, then we will charge a small cover fee, otherwise, it's FREE. All because we love you. The inaugural SF Deaf Electric (auspiciously, number 10 in the series) will be November 3rd. As always, full details available on the "Shows" page.

DIELECTRIC IS PROUD TO PRESENT... MONDAY AUDIO
We now join Agents Del Futuro's Monday Audio series in progress. This is a series that brings you a new composition every Monday (hence the name). Take me to Monday Audio.

CARSON DAY AND DIE ELEKTRISCHEN FORM PUSSYFINGER
The newly-formed electronic duo Pussyfinger debuts Aug 25th at The Luggage Store in San Francisco (show details available on the shows page). Composed of Carson Day and Die Elektrischen, PussyFinger melds field recordings, found sound, and circuit bent Furby dolls. Their set will include "Trane" a 15 minute meditation built on a field recording of the idling motor of a 50-year old Diesel locomotive. From there, the duo will explore the juxtaposition of choral music, laptop computers, processed live vocals and other other sources of questionable taste.

SOTE SHOW: A SHORT SHARP SHOCK
Sote played at Oliver Arts Center at CCA on Sunday the 19th of June. Sadly, this short set was his only US date this year. In those 30 minutes he managed to clearly demonstrate that his constantly evolving sonic vision is still years ahead of the competition -- combining more and more traditional Iranian sounds and influences while at the same time pushing the outer limits of expiremental electronic music through frequency purification and manipulation. Sote is one of the most vital performers in the world. If you haven't downloaded his new record yet, jump over to his artist page and do it now. It's free.

ARASTOO HANDMADE AND ULTRA-LIMITED CD IS NOW AVAILABLE
Another example of Dielectric's commitment to screwing the industry and creating a new paradigm for independent releases is the first of our cd-r series, "Warmth in Digital" from Arastoo. This magnificent record has been lovingly and painstakingly packaged in a vellum coverlet, sealed with wax and hand numbered out of 50 copies. Each completely unique package contains photos taken by Arastoo. Because of the extremely limited number available, ordering will be handled on an individual request basis. To order, send an email to the address at the lower right corner of the page. Cost is $17 postpaid for those in North America, and $19 for those in all other locations. Retail will be handled exclusively by Aquarius Records in North America, with foreign distribution still to be determined. Samples of most of the record are available on the Arastoo artist page.

CARSON DAY "EXPERIMENTAL SEAFOOD CASSETTE" FREE DOWNLOAD!
A free peak at an upcoming Experimental Seafood Records release (a split cassette with Die Elektrischen)... and also something to tide you over while Carson prepares his debut full length. Lovely sounds here, all composed on a circuit bent casio sk-1 and electric mandolin. Click on the song titles for streaming mp3's or click on the download "button" for the full record.

EXCITING AND UNEXPLAINED CLEANING EVENTS...
is an original field recording made in a confined space with 10 individual microphones. Minimal editing and signal processing were applied to create the finished work. Recorded by Die Elektrischen and Rudy Trubitt with immeasurable help from Bruce Koball, "...cleaning events" will be presented as part of the 2005 San Francisco Tape Music Festival. The SFTMF is a three-day festival running from January 20-22. "...cleaning events" will be presented on Friday, January 21. In December 2004, NASA engineers monitoring the Mars Rover "Opportunity" noticed a suprising increase in the power output from the planetary explorer's solar panels. The only explanation was something (or someone) had swept accumulated dust from the Rover. "These exciting and unexplained cleaning events have kept Opportunity in really great shape," the London-based New Scientist magazine quoted NASA rover team leader Jim Erickson as saying.

2004

LOVE FOR THE MINIMALIST ALL-STARS
Some wonderful soul (Joel Callahan) who is NOT (we swear) on the Dielectric payroll, picked the Minimalist All-Stars for his best of 2004 list. We are ever so touched by his choice.

ARASTOO SONG SAMPLES ONLINE NOW
Samples from the upcoming "Warmth In Digital" CD-r are available on the Arastoo page. CD available soon.

SONAR 2004 REPORT
The festival was an unmitigated success, and it was fun as hell too. Can't beat that. Thanks so much to all the folks who came and checked out the Dielectric set. It was one of the most attentive audiences we've ever seen. Everywhere we went, we were treated to interesting art and music. Sonar also did a good job making sure all of the stages had high quality sound systems. It was a really well run festival.
As far as other bands at the show, Roots Manuva was our favorite. He had a great live band and both of his sets rocked. Pan Sonic didn't disappoint, but didn't deliver as much as we'd hoped, probably only due to unreasonable expectations on our end. The duo of Martin Hossbach and Christian Von Borries presented Masse und Macht, which we also enjoyed very much. Their "music made from other music" combined classical instruments with electronic processing to great effect. Richie Hawtin was cool, Beans was really good, and the Bulbes installation/performance was amazing. We also learned about a really fine label from Birmingham, England called Experimental Seafood. All of the releases we picked up from them are excellent.
Biggest surprise of the entire experience had to be the overall popularity of electronic music in Europe. There were huge crowds everywhere we went. Many thanks to everyone involved, and especially to Javier Blanquez (Go Magazine), Philip Sherburne and Vir Rousse.

DIELECTRIC MINIMALIST ALL-STARS READY TO SHIP
The most ambitious release yet in terms of concept, music and packaging design. A lovely vellum exterior wraps a 2CD set of improv sessions from Loren Chasse, Jason Levis and Die Elektrischen. A bonus disc of remixes also included with songs from Aemae, Gerritt, Carson Day, Chris Palmatier, Sonic Death Monkies and Arastoo.

2003

DIELECTRIC DRONE ALL-STARS DR. ONE AVAILABLE NOW!
The first release in a planned trilogy of improv records. The Drone All-Stars is a live drone session that has received some post-processing love from Die Elektrischen. This session features the significant talents of Karen Stackpole, Bill Noertker, Garth Klippert, Ben Hayes, Tony Cross. Also features live electric train played by Die Elektrischen.

VOLUME ONE COMPILATION IS OUT
A few tracks from the 12" records (for those of you that are turntable challenged) and a bunch of exclusive tracks (for the rest of us). Availalbe for download now!

MINTY FRESH VINYL ARRIVED FROM THE PRESSING PLANT!
The label is born. 12" releases from Sote, Karen Stackpole, Carson Day/Ilet Apt, and Die Elektrischen have arrived in their fabulous orange sleeves. Definitely unlikely to change the world, but hoping to at least make a few ripples in the pond, Dielectric is alive and screaming.