"Infinite sheets of grainy sound build and renew themselves to immensely pleasing effect." - The Wire.

Acoustic instrumentation and field recordings gradually blend with subtle electronics. A listening experience that ranges from quiet crackling to dense layers of harmonic texture.

Mountains is an ongoing collaboration between Apestaartje cofounders Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp. Having worked in parallel and often overlapping contexts within their respective solo projects (Aero & Anderegg), 'Mountains' was initially created as an outlet for live performance.

2) Avant-garde metal form Bulgaria. Sasoh and Naazakh.

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Mike Wexler is a New Yorker whose elaborate, creepy, chamber-folk recalls some lost trinket from the early '70s Canterbury scene.

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Chris Forsyth is known for hypnotic compositions and solo performances on 6- and 12-string guitars that assimilate minimalism and psychedelia with art rock, folk, and blues influences.
He has performed widely in Europe and the US, having toured with such like-minded artists as Träd Gräs Och Stenar, Steve Gunn, Ignatz, and ES. He is a founding member (with Jaime Fennelly and Fritz Welch) of gothic junk folk expressionists Peeesseye, and a member of the elusive experimental group Phantom Limb & Bison. Other notable collaborators have included guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama, trumpeter Nate Wooley, Koen Holtkamp, singer and songwriter Meg Baird, and choreographers Miguel Gutierrez and RoseAnne Spradlin.
He is the caretaker of Evolving Ear and lives in the City of Philadelpha, USA.

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