New Daniel Crommie Archival Release!

 This 1984 album was a significant turning point for Daniel Crommie - transitioning from esoteric folk troubadour to eccentric experimental electronic artist. Recorded at Retching Jackal Studio from January 1983 to March 1984 in Portland and engineered by Richard Paige, this was the first project Daniel committed to eight-track tape. Originally released in the summer of 1984 and available on cassette - this is the first time "Polarity" has been in print since 1984. Transferred from the original analogue stereo master at 24/48 resolution by Dave Fulton with audio restoration and  mastering by Jamie Haggerty in May 2025. Listen and download at BandCamp.

Track List:

From the Start

Better Times

True Industrial Spirit

Ferns

Wounded Angel

Only A Million

Red Band Blue Tribe

Simple Survival

After Silence

Are/Were

Northern Exposure

True Industrial Funk (bonus track)

Age of Information (bonus track)

 

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Daniel Crommie "Secret of Happiness" EP + "Perfect Disaster (No Fascists)" digital single + video!

 Coming Tuesday, June 17th: a new 5 track Daniel Crommie EP "Secret of Happiness". This will include an extended mix of the pre-release digital single released May 20th "Perfect Disaster (no fascists)", which features a multitude of protest voices of Portlandians anti-fascist chants. Techno-groove dance tunes perfect for brain massages and scaring fascists into submission. Available for download at BandCamp, and for streaming on all platforms world-wide. On Tuesday, May 27th a video for "Secret of Happiness" (single edit) will be released at YouTube and elsewhere. Listen to "Perfect Disaster (no fascists)" at Soundcloud.

 

Daniel Crommie "Lost City of Sirens"

 Following the instrumental album "Deciphering the Language of Bells" and the recently released 5-song EP "Extended Play" comes a dynamic new collection "Lost City of Sirens" on Tuesday, March 25th. Ten pieces with Daniel's flutes in tow - concert flute and alto flute, bamboo flute, electric dulcimer, synthesizers, sequences, theremini, stylophone, various percussion, drum & percussion sequences, garkleinfloten, Irish whistle, radio, devices - plus an array of exotic sounds, textures and rhythms that speak of previously unexplored lands. This download-only album is available at BandCamp and all of the usual streaming and download platforms.

Track list 

01 Eyeteeth

02 Broken Entropy Clock

03 The Slow Way

04 Medallion

05 Bitter Lemon

06 Stately Parade of Planets

07 Last Nights in August

08 Altocumulus

09 Vista Avenues

10 The Age of Unreasoned Certainty

 

Daniel Crommie EP to be released

 On Tuesday, January 28th a 5-song EP will be released on all streaming platforms as well as BandCamp, and will feature the previously released single "Live & Breathe". 

Daniel Crommie's "Deciphering the Language of Bells" now released + new single "Live & Breathe"!

 On Tuesday, August 27th New Weave released "Deciphering the Language of Bells" - a new album of instrumental music from Daniel Crommie. This 67 minute eleven track collection features the addition of sundry bells, electronics and alto flute along with his concert flute, plus other new sounds and textures in ambient and hypnotic beat settings. This is a download/streaming release and will be available at all of the usual download/streaming platforms and at BandCamp. Also, a new reggae-tinged single "Live & Breathe" was released and is available for download at BandCamp - and you can stream it everywhere!

Track list:

1. Bells (prologue)
2. Octane Oasis
3. Lions & Lambs
4. Soft Light
5. Basking in Darkness
6. Moody Skies
7. In Transit
8. Dystopian Furniture
9. Twelfth Morning
10. Opalescent Serpents
11. Bells (epilogue)

The peal of bells: funeral bells, wedding bells, warning bells, alarm bells, celebration bells, bells that soothe, church bells, school bells, bells that alert, signal bells, bells that summon spirits, bells that drive away demons, bells that announce arrivals, symbolic bells, ceremonial bells, bells to rouse.

Group Du Jour "Motion of Waves" 12" Vinyl EP

Emotional Rescue Records in London, England just released this compilation EP on 12" black vinyl - three tracks: Motion of Waves (LP version), Motion of Waves (cassette version) and We Travel Dark Waters. Both versions of Motion of Waves were recorded for the "Wonderful Vision" LP in 1987, of which there are still original virgin vinyl copies available - and We Travel Dark Waters, which appeared on the "Hinterland" instrumental compilation released on cassette in 1989. A few copies of the EP are available at BandCamp, and overseas orders can be filled at Emotional Rescue. You can download the tracks as they appear on vinyl at BandCamp too. 

New album from Daniel Crommie & Leslie Gray

 On Tuesday, November 7th New Weave will release a new collaborative album from Daniel Crommie & Leslie Gray titled "As the Raven Flies" - the follow-up to 2022's "Two of a Kind". Once again incorporating the organic/electronic sound, but more focused on the strings from Leslie Gray - including her new cello in addition to her usual violin and viola. There are a couple of pieces that hark back to their Saturnalia Trio repertoire including a redux of "Gemshorn Pipe" - "Gemshorn Revisited". More experimental moments ensue, especially the download-only bonus track "Scatterbrain". The CD artwork and mastering was once again created by our dear friend Jamie Haggerty - and a duo photo inside by longtime photographer Michael Renfrow. Available on deluxe digipak CD package or download at BandCamp.

Track List: 

• 01/ Dragonfly Eyes
• 02/ Agates on a Black Sand Beach
• 03/ Byzantium Danse
• 04/ Swirling Kandinski
• 05/ Gemshorn Revisited / Above the Weather
• 06/ Origami Confetti
• 07/ Last Stone Unturned
• 08/ As the Raven Flies
• 09/ Dark Understory
• 10/ Milky Blue
• 11/ Echelon