May 9th

Pop the window wiper fluid; it’s time to celebrate. Famed American slime revivalist Russian Tsarlag is bringing his wares and tunes out on the road for a spring fling through 24 fine Eastern and Midwestern cities in support of his brand new LP, “Midnight At Mary’s House” – AVAILABLE NOW!! Also, while supplies last, a limited tour tape reissue is on hand as well. Both are on in the NNF shop, please enjoy and support this storied humorist and true musical treasure. Here’s the dates of his "Sleepwalkers USA" Tour (Jeff Zagers is also performing):

May
11 - Kansas City, MO
12- St. Louis, MO @ Pig Slop w/ Larva, Rick Wilson, Dinner Music
13 - Iowa City, IA @ Breast Imaging Center w/ Taterbug
14 - Milwaukee, WI
15 - Chicago, IL @ The Dustbowl w/ Forced Into Femininity, Piss Piss Piss Moan Moan Moan
16 - Bloomington, IN @ The Ream w/ Vollmar, Normanoak
17- Columbus, OH @ Skylab w/ Angel 1
18 - Ypsilanti, MI @ The Pleasure Dome
19- Pittsburgh, PA @ Romeo House w/ Trogpite
20 - Hudson, NY @ Hanger 18
21 - Northampton, MA w/ Jamie Moore
22 - Vermont
23 - Unity, ME @ Crosstracks w/ Ancestral Diet, Tracy Trance
25 - Providence, RI @ Operatechque w/ SHV, Copper Glove
26 - New Brunswick, New Jersey @ Ask A Creep w/ Human Adult Band, Phantom Selector
27 - Brooklyn, NY @ Navy Yard w/ Teenybopper, Rotten Apples
29 - Philadelphia, PA @ Pagent Soloveev w/ Suicide Magnets, Mirror Men
30 - Baltimore, MD @ W. Franklin St w/ Nautical Almanac, Sejayno
31 - Carrboro, NC @ Ladybird Basement w/ Secret Boyfriend
June
1 - Asheville, NC @ Izzy's Coffee w/ Secret Boyfriend, Bobert Rest
2 - Charleston, SC w/ Secret Boyfriend
3 - Savannah, GA @ No Control w/ Secret Boyfriend
4 - Jacksonville, FL @ SoLo Gallery
5 - Tampa, FL @ Cyborg City w/ Merchandise, The Love Toad


Also: Lifetime Romancer Dylan Ettinger is set to sail forth on his own rare multi-state voyage, please swing by for one of his surly synthesizer shakedowns and procure a copy of his still-fresh LP and share a high-five. Dates are thus:

May 16 - Chicago, IL - Burlington Bar
May 17 - Madison, WI - Mickey's Tavern
May 18 - Minneapolis, MN - Palmer's
May 19 - Minneapolis, MN - Yeti Records (free afternoon in-store show)
May 19 - Iowa City, IA - Public Space One
May 20 - Kansas City, KS - FOKL (Kansas City Psych Fest)
May 21 - St. Louis, MO - Negative Cold
May 22 - Knoxville, TN - TBA
May 23 - Atlanta, GA - Space 2
May 24 - Ashville, NC - Izzy's Coffee Den
May 25 - Lexington, KY - Backlot
May 26 - Brooklyn, NY - Body Actualized Center
May 27 - TBA
May 28 - Pittsburgh, PA - The Roboto Project
May 29 - Columbus, OH - TBA

There’s some other new action in the NNF shop (Ether Island 7”, Weyes Blood ‘Outside Room’ tour tape”, Cankun tape), all are incredible! This is the last new stuff until late June and copies are fleeting on an array of older titles, so please don’t miss out! As always, write with thoughts/curiosities: notnotfunrecords@gmail.com





April 10th

Alright, springtime means tour-time, as a million friends and affiliates seem to be out and about, here's some news that's fit to print:

1) ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE GLOBE TROT
april 10th - Valencia, La Residencia w/ Umberto, Tarántulas Pentium
april 11th - Barcelona, Miscelänea w/ Bradien
april 12th - Madrid, Triangle Club (Club Nasti), Space Cadet Night
april 13th - Lyon, La Triperie w/ DUBAI
april 14th - Brussels, Ancienne Belgique w/ Barn Owl, Blanck Mass
april 15th - Antwerp, Bar à bateau
april 16th - Amsterdam, OT301 w/ Xui Xui
april 18th - Turin, Piazza della Repubblica 4
april 19th - Rome, DalVerme w/ Heroin In Tahiti, Mushy (Rainforest Series, Nero Mag)
april 21st - Berlin, MindPirates, C3R3MØNY Night with the PURGE crew
april 27th - St. Petersburg, Erata Museum w/ Nadja
april 28th - Petrozavodsk, Sigmund Freud w/Love Cult, Dva Zagorodnyh

his set is rich with new material and dark laments. see a show and grab a copy of his 'LIVE IN LONDON' tape HERE, only about 15 copies left in stock!!


2)

a one-off gig in Paris on May 12th with 3 of our favorite artists, what a bill! Sand Circles' "Motor City" out NOW on tape and digital, his best yet...expect some vinyl later. And Cankun's follow-up to last year's great sunburnt "Jaguar Dance" album will be out the first week of May, "Isalo Waterfall," brimming with fried guitars and radiant mirages.

3)

Vienna's Cruise Family is cruising out in May as well, all over Italy, alongside Company Fuck and Stargate (Hundebiss). Check the lazer vortex he summons in the live sphere, and grab a copy of his "We're In Heaven" 12", about 80 copies left in stock!! Dates are thus:

Thu. 03.05. Vienna, Rhiz
Sat. 05.05. Udine
Sun. 06.05. Laibach, Menza Pri Koritu
Tue. 08.05. Torino, Cripta747, w/Stargate
Wed. 09.05. Mailand, Spazio Concept, w/Stargate
Thu. 10.05. Ravenna, Ravenna Planetarium, w/Stargate
Fri. 11.05. Macerata, Terminal, w/Stargate
Sat. 12.05. Rom, DalVerme
Mon. 14.05. Bologna, Elastico
Tue. 15.05. Faenza, Tesco, w/Stargate

4) Vancouver's White Poppy has crafted the first video from her debut full-length, "I Had A Dream," check it out HERE. And score the limited cassette from the NNF SHOPPE before they're all gone...

5) Lastly, but never leastly, our filmmaker/artist friend Jon Clark (who shot the LA Vampires "So Unreal" video) has completed a years-in-the-making 30-minute psychedelic opus about magical pogs and video store riddle dungeons entitled "Spectrum Hunter." It is well worth your time. Relevant links:

–TRAILER

-FULL MOVIE PART 1
-FULL MOVIE PART 2

–PURCHASE THE DVD

OK!! that's it for now! hit us up with inquiries/etc...


March 27th

cool news for Mexico City: San Fran collagist wizard KWJAZ will be performing a special set March 29th. info is on the flyer above. pick up his self-titled album on CD with 2 new bonus trax if you havent yet, dont have very many left...

ALSO: have a grip of new tapes (Sand Circles + White Poppy) plus the longawaited Dylan Ettinger CD/LP, 'Lifetime Of Romance', on the 'NOW' page
, plus a slew of sweet SILK action over on the 'RANDOM' page. dont miss out on any of these!

ALSO x 2: Cruise Family's Stefan Kushima has crafted a fogged out afterhours mix for friends and planetary listeners, the playlist and link is below. still have copies of his 'We're In Heaven' 12" fyi – next month he'll be on tour throughout europe too!


more as it comes!



March 14th

As if you needed to be notified, this weekend is Austin's annual madhouse for 'showcasing undiscovered talent' (like Bruce Springsteen and Odd Future), so if yr there we have a hand in two different parties with an array of out-of-town artists, here's the details:

FRIDAY MARCH 16TH @ HOUNDS OF LOVE (epic house party, flyer above), with:
-SAPPHIRE SLOWS (JAPAN)
-XANDER HARRIS (TX)
-CUTICLE (IA)
-SAMANTHA GLASS (WI)
plus SINGLE LASH and SUNGOD
1138 EMMITT RUN / AUSTIN, TX / 8 PM / ALL-AGES

also, the very next night, 100% SILK and NNF are teaming up with IMPOSE MAG to throw the 4th nite of their 'AUSTIN IMPOSITION' series.

SATURDAY MARCH 17th @ THE LONGBRANCH, with:
-PEAKING LIGHTS (WI/LA)
-SAPPHIRE SLOWS (JAPAN)
-TEARIST (LA)
-CUTICLE (IA)
-DAN FRIEL
-PRINCE RAMA (BK)
-XANDER HARRIS (TX)
1133 EAST 11th ST / AUSTIN, TX / 8 PM / FREE

for those outside the United States, there is also musical news. this weekend is also the launch of the first installment of the ECO Festival in Madrid, which is hosting an exceptional 3-day onslaught of amazing artists like Heatsick, Stellar OM Source, Hierogylphic Being, Andy Stott, Rene Hell, The Haxan Cloak, oOoOO, Rrose, plus label showcases by Type and 100% SILK -- the latter of which features sets by:
-OCTO OCTA
-BOBBY BROWSER
-JMII
-FORT ROMEAU

the showcase takes place on Saturday March 17th, and all info is on the ECO website. please come out, there'll also be a 100% SILK tent/cabana/hang-zone where DJ ACID WASH (Britt Brown) will be jamming weird classics, unreleased favorites, future SILK masters, and whatever else feels appropriate.


As if all that weren't enough, Kansas City's staunchest dread judge, UMBERTO, is embarking on a lengthy European tour in a couple weeks (see the above flyer for one particularly great line-up). Def swing by if he's passing thru yr county or country -- new UMBERTO full-length this fall!! Dates are such:

April 07 B - Brussels ZomBIFF Night #2 @ Magasin 4
April 09 F – Paris, L'Espace B
April 10 E - Valencia, La Residencia
April 11 E - Madrid, Nasti Club
April 12 POR – Coimbra, Caixa Negra - CITAC
April 13 E - Barcelona, Miscelänea
April 14 D – Berlin, Sameheads w/ Antoni Maiovvi
April 15 CZ – Prague, Final Club
April 16 A – Vienna, Rhiz
April 18 D – Würzburg, Cairo
April 19 D – Bielefeld, AJZ
April 20 D – Leipzig, Zorro
April 21 POL – Poznan, Cafe Miesna
April 22 POL – Wroclaw, Falanster
April 25 DEN - Copenhagen, Stengade
April 26 I - Rome, Dal Verme
April 27 I - Carpi, Mattatoi
April 28 I - Milan, Cà laghetto

a ton of new SILK titles and a few NNF's (including the long-awaited DYLAN ETTINGER cd/lp!!) next week

info / orders / questions / etc hit us up: notnotfunrecords@gmail.com





February 26th

Last year the Prince Rama sisters were invited to stage a trippy 'happening' at NYC's Issue Project Room (above), and the recorded document of that project – UTOPIA = NO PERSON – is available on LP, today!! the B side features a druggy skrewed remix by R.E.M. Koolhaas.

also OUT NOW:
-Samantha Glass 'Midnight Arrival' tape (amazing collection of new trax, a great warm-up for his forthcoming vinyl full-length)
-Ensemble Economique 'Live In London' tape (37 minute live performance of all new material, showcasing a dark new direction – NNF lp coming later in 2012)
-LX Sweat 'Sweat Sweat Sweat' tape (dream-syrup R&B electronics by this German newcomer – click below for a guest mix by him)


PLUS: brand new KWJAZ cd digipak version (with 2 new bonus tracks, over 20 minutes of unreleased music!), and the Peaking Lights '936' CD back in stock!!

all are available for sale HERE.

ALSO – while supplies last, buy any 3 tapes and get 1 tape of your choosing FREE. Just mention which one you want as yr freebie in your paypal 'notes' area!! (deal only applies to NNF tapes, not SILK or distro items)

Please dont hesitate to write if anyone has any questions or troubles with anything, we're here to help: notnotfunrecords@gmail.com



February 7th

OUT NOW: Cuticle's 'Mother Rhythm Earth Memory' (click above for his amazing cover of Baronic Wall's "Night Of Romance") and Cruise Family's "We're In Heaven." Both are expert examples of parallel strains of mutant electronic musix, and highly recommended. Also out – the special '2012' edition of Peaking Lights' "936" LP, on yellow vinyl plus a beautiful 11x17 poster-insert by Robert Beatty. Both are available on the NOW page.

ALSO – as we're running low on a number of older titles, many prices have been reduced to make room for incoming new releases! please pick up any you have may have missed and help fund new music!


Our favorite midwestern giallo-ist, Umberto, is going to be over in the UK for a rare string of special shows (playing with Silver Apples in Glasgow, for example). the dates are thus, please go if yr in the area:
Feb. 21 - London @ The Drop w/ Roly Porter
Feb. 23- Leeds @ Nation of Shopkeepers
Feb. 25 - Glasgow @ SWG3, part of the Glasgow Film and Music Festival

questions/concerns/demos/trades/etc, hit us up: notnotfunrecords@gmail.com

so much more en route in the coming months!




January 16th

New News 4 the New Year – out NOW, on 100% SILK:
-Peaking Lights '936 Remixed' 12" (amazing reimaginings of classic '936' cuts by a core SILK squad)
-Bobby Browser 'Just Browsing' 12" (one of SF's deepest electronicists drops his vinyl debut, dizzy synth lines and jazzed-out 303 bounce)
-SFV Acid 'Grown' 12" (great LA club head crate-digs up another unique entry in his white label disco-graphy)
-plus limited distro stuff from Japan's Moamoo and France's Hands In The Dark

ALL ARE FOR SALE HERE.

EVEN BETTER: BUY ALL 3 NEW 100% SILK TITLES and GET A 100% SILK TOUR T-SHIRT FREE (if you want one, of course) -- just specify whether SMALL, MEDIUM, or LARGE, and we'll ship!! only while supplies last.

more news + music in a bit. write notnotfunrecords@gmail.com with inquiries or int'l postage info or anything else !!



January 8th

as is evident: this Friday the 13th (!!) is an exceptional and fortuitous paths-crossing of a bunch of amazing 100% SILK artists – Ital has a layover on his way down to Australia, Magic Touch and Bobby Browser are comin down from SF for the weekend (expect M Touch guest star Josh Anzano to redux his shred session from this summer's Freak City blowout), plus sets by LA's own SFV Acid and Pharaohs, PLUS a rare DJ set by forthcoming SILK-ists Body Double. Once in a blue moon-style, so come out to the Little Temple if you live in a nearby zip code and like to sweat.

meanwhile, thousands of miles away:

there is an excellent dual bill in France of Ensemble Economique (currently on tour in europe) and High Wolf, plus a DJ set by Joseph Ghosn. should be a nite of note!

lastly: in typically waaaay digitally-delayed fashion, NNF just now, in 2012, has a gmail account. hopefully this will help facilitate various label matters. feel free to write to notnotfunrecords@gmail.com for order questions, shipping quotes, demo inquiries, LA show advice, and anything else !! the presents@notnotfun.com account still functions too but we're trying to switch over...



January 2nd

well here it is, after a lot of hype & expectation: 2012. we'll see how December 12th goes down, finally. in the meantime, might as well keep cruising. and here's the first 2 NNF sound-pods slated to drop this month:

The vinyl debut by Cruise Family from Vienna, "We're In Heaven" (click here to watch an excerpt video), is a swirling amnesiac freefall through ghostly club beats and afterlife rave textures. As a new year's present, he's crafted a rare archival mixtape of his favorite 303 Cologne/Detroit 1992-1995 acid/trance cuts; click on the image to download. In his words: "this is sick hallucinating stuff."



the other new 12" is Cuticle's follow-up to the "Confectioner's Beats" EP on 100% SILK. this one is the first purely solo Cuticle venture, after a series of longform collab approaches. "Mother Rhythm Earth Memory" is a heavily unique pan-synthetic crosspollination collection, a definite advance in dynamics and digital overrides. Click on the cover art below to watch the vid for the opening track (btw: despite what the vid says, this is on NNF, not SILK).



both are limited to 500 copies and should be available in the next 2-3 weeks. more as it comes!

happy new year to all


December 7th

massive thanks to the gracious team of the Les Urbaines fest in Lausanne for inviting LA Vampires and Maria Minerva (above) to perform this past weekend, was a rowdy and joyous arts melting pot we were honored to participate in. thanks to everyone that danced till dawn and hung deep.

AND: apropos of Maria's live Swiss debut we now have copies in stock of her exceptional new 100% SILK EP, "Sacred & Profane Love." Scope the bliss-overload slumber party teaser for 'Kyrie Eleison' HERE.

ALSO in stock: the debut 12" EP by Tokyo clublife dreamweaver Sapphire Slows, "True Breath." we have been obsessed with these trax for months, expect more from this young mystery studio ghost-worlder in 2012. A new video for opening cut 'Animal Dreams' is viewable HERE.

this is the last month before we spill over into whatever weird mess 2012 is looming to be so make it COUNT. thanks to all senders of intriguing mail and cool sounds, dont give up/out.


November 23rd

a post-thanksgiving sound-giving for whatever Los Angelenos arent home for the holidays! Ensemble Economique is coming down south for his first ever solo LA show, plus opening sets by Leech, Metal Rouge, and potential last-minute mystery guests. only $5, at Boy Manor in Echo Park. bring a friend (or turkey leg)!


November 14th

crucial news: a bicoastal crew of SILK alumni and affiliates are hitting the road for a first ever sweep through select cities around the east coast & midwest!! playing every nite will be: INNERGAZE, ITAL, MAGIC TOUCH, LA VAMPIRES, and OCTO OCTA. the dates are thus (aurora was nice enough to make facebook pages for many of the shows if you wanna grip extra info):

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16 @ SHEA STADIUM – BROOKYLN

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17 @ DRAKE HOTEL – TORONTO

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18 @ SCRUMMAGE VISION – DETROIT

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19 @ Q4 LOFT – CHICAGO

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20 @ B SIDE – CLEVELAND

MONDAY NOVEMBER 21 @ THE DUNES – DC

we'll have special limited tour tees, a tour tape or 2, tons of vinyl, and late curfews so please come out if yr near one of these spots (this was rather tricky to coordinate and dont have a clue if/when it'll happen again!). excited to see you all.


November 10th

check it out! some fave NNF French friends have organized a string of notable shows and we wanted to pass the word along to anyone lucky enough to be situated in the Paris vicinity or in the Iberian peninsula. this is Cankun & Holy Strays' first time playing live down in Spain and Portugal so please go out if you can! dates are below, check their internet pages for further details.

-26/11/11 Cankun, Holy Strays, Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier, High Wolf, Chicaloyoh @ Paris (Espace B)

-16/12/11 High Wolf + Cankun @ Marseille (Festival Nuit d'Hiver)

-11/01/12 Holy Strays + Cankun @ Barcelona (Miscelanea)
-12/01/12 Holy Strays + Cankun @ Madrid (Wurlitzer Ballroom)
-13/01/12 Holy Strays + Cankun @ Lisbon (Ze Dos Bois)
-14/01/12 Holy Strays + Cankun @ Oporto or Bueus TBC


October 22nd

what a (trick or) treat: midwest creepstro king Umberto is flyin into LA for a Halloween weekend performance co-thrown by NNF and Finders Keepers/B-Music, see the above for details! expect a special one-hour set of new tracks, old favorites, a cover (or 2?), fog machines, gore projections, strobes, costumes, and beyond! plus LA living taper Ssleeperhold and DJ sets by Ale from Pharaohs, Mahssa from Finders Keepers, and more!!

also: as you (hopefully) know, the new RANGERS 2xLP/CD "PAN AM STORIES" is OUT and ABOUT on the NOW page, it's an excellent trans-time zone trek of warped guitar gauze-pop.

trying to get a few more major releases out before the holidays encroach. news as it materializes. KIT, NNF