(((Black X-mas)))

Hails... I am participating in a mini "Christmas Music" festival this weekend being hosted by the friendly people and friends of Divorce Records and the Lost & Found Clothing store, here's the press release....

BLACK XMAS

December 12-14th
Lost & Found - 2383 Agricola St.

Celebrate (((Black))) Xmas at Lost & Found with far-out sounds, new art, food+drink, and big time sales. The entire weekend is FREE to attend, but we will be accepting donations for the Canadian Cancer Society.

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Friday, December 12th
6PM-9PM

ART OPENING

Recent Works by:

Sojourner Truth
Natalie Howard
Julia Kennedy

performance by : Ghost Bees

promotional support from Eyelevel Gallery

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Saturday, December 13th

SOUNDZZZ

1:45PM- WARGAZ
"Wargaz is the post-industrial folk drone experimentations of Ryan Kirk."

2:30PM- ZACHARY FAIRBROTHER + PJ HARVEY
"Long tones and loose change, two amps, two, guitars, two ebows, mixer, Saxophones...."

3:15PM- SLAYTOR
"computers and delay boxes??"

4:00PM- A.S. PEARSON
"Solo analog synthesizer from D/A A/D front man Alex Pearson, if D/A A/D is the storm this is the calm."

4:45PM- ALBERTASAURUS
"Armed with science and technology, Albertasaurus brings together analog synth, sampled beats and tons of noise in a cacophonous roar that will show you how to get your prehistoric on."

5:30PM- COMBAT
"Skree/skronk deployed to stab ears and dry tears."

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Sunday, December 14th

MORE SOUNDZZZ

2:30PM- OBLAST
"This minimalist, ambient project uses looped theremin-like tones to make space rock without the rock."

3:15PM- CHIEF THUNDERCLOUD
"chief thundercloud performs/records with himself/his friends at home/somewhere else. At black christmas he plans to play alot of tapes at once."

4:00PM - TROY RICHTER
"Troy Richter is a half decent guitar player working on his first novel, but he won't be playing guitar today."

4:45PM - SECRET COLOURS
"Secret Colours...sound collage, pouring insides out?"

5:30PM - LUKAS PEARSE
"My pic-nic model gramophone and vintage Illustravox amp/turntable combo have been itching to get under the mistletoe with my laptop and kaoss pads..."

Omon Ra's New album available for preorder

Omon Ra's newest album "The Halls of Medicine" is now available for pre-order at http://www.fixture-records.com/Releases.html

Much thanks to Conor and Tessa's hard work and enthusiasm.

"Fixture Records is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Omon Ra's new album, The Halls of Medicine on Sept 9th 2008.

Omon Ra are a prolific Halifax-based duo comprised of Dan Miller and Zachary Fairbrother. The pair have previously self-released two albums.

The Halls of Medicine is an album of raw spirituals built on junkyard percussion and jangly guitars. It highlights Omon Ra's dark, derailed take on folk music that draws as much from pop as it does from experimental music.

Omon Ra's latest songs recall the driving drone of The Velvet Underground, the ramshackle feel of early Beck, the industrial bellows of the Castanets' Cathedral, and the stripped-down poetry of Bonnie "Prince" Billy."

Paypal

Avant-Lard's Paypal account has been set up. Please let me know if there are troubles. We have a couple of exciting releases coming up including a CD by The Ether, it is reportedly going to be 80 mins of insanity spanning a vast jungle of musical styles all under the ethos of the barbarian noise that is THE ETHER. The Omon Ra live document of their trip to PEI which resulted them being kicked out of Baba's Lounge (A feat shared only with" "The Microphones") will soon be ready for release. The CD features two sets, first a sublime acoustic set and then the later evening set a sonic wall of noise madness under the spell of weed and alcohol, Pussy Galore eat your heart out. Also in the works is the Avant-Lard comp, it should featuring a variety of artists, I have requested each artist send me their "weirdest" track, I hoping for a very bizarre release. 

Thanks...

-Z

"Omon Ra's first full length record, Monolith 1,  is a serious collection of psychedelic, clutter-core, space free-k folk bliss. Recorded over a several month period in living rooms and other random locations, the cosmic warriors Zachary Fairbrother and Daniel Miller invite you along to travel to the ends of infinity and beyond. Incorporating elements of drone, noise, and musique concrete, Omon Ra blend their love of the "weird" with folk, rock, pop, and country to create a very alien sound that at the same time is very familar and begs you to ask the question are you remembering the future?

With 13 songs and just clocking in at over 45 minutes Monolith 1 will surely not disappoint. Each CD case futures hand made artwork making each one unique so buy now we still have a few left! $8 plus shipping and handling.

Tracks

1. Wabbi Sabbi

2. 200 Miles

3. Aubade

4. Don't Be A Tack

5. Watch Me Start Fires

6.Hotel

7. Rice in a Bag on the Counter

8. Countrymen

9. Sleeves

10. How High The Moon

11. Little Flower

12. At Martinique

13. Simorgh

Welcome and hello

Hello all fellow cosmic warriors this is the official website of Avant-Lard recordings. I, Zachary Fairbrother, have started this label to release my original material, and who knows perhaps I will release some other artists in the future. Please enjoj! I will be putting up some releases very shortly by my projects such as Omon Ra, Land Otter Man, and the Ra-Dawn Sun Cult. Thank you!

-Love Z