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Texas Chainsaw Dopefiend

by Dave Gilden

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    Edition of 300 copies, in digipack packaging with full color artwork. Co-released with S.A.P.

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Originally released on cassette in 1996, TCD is, at it's core, a Mother Savage 'mega-mix' composition of Gilden's work as engineered by Joseph Roemer and Rodger Stella -- encompassing his projects Sawgasm, Crackhouse, Depress/Regress, and work under his own name as the source material for a manic amphetamine-fueled journey through the highs and lows of various chemical states; encompassing unhinged harsh sessions that build to abrupt jump cuts and inspired use of the stereo field, primitive caveman percussion, psychedelic tape collage with short samples of Big Black and The Decline of Western Civilization along the way, all layered and edited with surgical precision -- a true masterwork of advanced and inventive tape composition using the primitive instruments of 1990's recording technology well beyond their capabilities.

The 90's brought many instant classics to the noise genre, but TCD stands above them all as perfection, and should be viewed as a benchmark going forward. This transfer of the original master tape, done by William Hutson (Rale, clipping.), has been carefully engineered to preserve and enhance the quality of the original without compromising it's integrity.

Edition of 300 copies in digipack. Co-released with new Swedish imprint S.A.P., who will handle all European sales and distribution; distributors and customers are encouraged to purchase the disc via: saprecords@protonmail.com | saprec.wordpress.com

**Out of respect for the sanctity of this material, it will not be available to stream or download at this time.**

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released February 4, 2022

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Monorail Trespassing Los Angeles, California

Established in 1999, and active since 2001, Monorail is a record label dealing in highly individual and considered forms of experimental music -- not limited to, but including harsh noise, sound collage, ambient, drone, and electro-acoustic musics.

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