black petal
august 2008 catalogue. #21 & 22 out now. #18-#20 coming very soon.
#1 anthony guerra 'empty kingdoms'
melancholy guitar and disembodied moans of sadness. loner blues of a deeply personal kind. compact disc with handmade covers. probably never sold out.
#2 anthony guerra 'kingdoms II' (sold out)
wistful drones and ukelele pluckage leading to a glorious finale of ecstatic drum-led chant. happy? 3" cdr with hand-painted individual covers. strictly limited and now sold out at source. copies may still be available from distributors.
#3 muura 'scarlet urmine sandstone lady' (sold out)
the fucked find of the year. primal vocals, electric guitar, bludgeoning drumkit and analog synthesiser all played simultaneously, recorded direct to cassette deck in the blue mountains of new south wales, australia. muura is matt earle, also of stasis duo, x-wave, your intestines, antipan, XnobbqX and more. cdr with handmade covers. sold out. copies may still be available from distributors.
#4 antony milton 'guitar has strings'
a year without your guitar can seem a lifetime. our hero returns from india to his beloved beast and makes this record. simple fucked up guitar figures break through cassette deck mud. we proudly guarantee no flash finger frenzies.. this is raw folk glories and blues for everybody. cdr with handmade covers.
#5 mattin 'songbook 3'
post-VU down-strummed trash nihilism and savage intent. werner dafeldecker (autistic daughters, polwechsel, etc) adds his most bloody-minded bass playing on half the tracks, and the other half feature Noid of Vienna on cello. cdr with handmade covers.
#6 the minerals 'sapphire mind' (sold out)
a pre-Muura project and the inspiration for 'scarlet urmine sandstone lady'. existentialist robot fucken love blues. strictly limited 3" cdr with reversible cover. now sold out at source (that was fast). please contact eclipse, boa melody bar or warszawa for last copies.
#7 anthony guerra & matthew nidek (sold out)
anthony guerra and matthew nidek perform 'brand new love', originally heard on "empty kingdoms". strictly limited cdr-single with handpainted covers. now sold out at source. please contact eclipse, boa melody bar or warszawa for last copies.
#8 ray off 'nothing like a ribbon around a parcel'
jimb currin presents the new big-band incarnation of ray off.. with pamela poppins, katrina thomson and mr tim cornelius (sandoz lab technicians). haunted laments and frazzled insanity in equal doses..beautiful moments to end your night and to destroy your day. cdr with handmade covers.
#9 vodka sparrows 'death a thousand times over'
late night comedown heaviness for drinkers close to gone. anthony guerra & mark leacy (castings) on electric guitars. cdr with super special cord-bound washi wrapped covers.
#10 dj white pimpernell 'lovedjwhitepimpernellxxx' (sold out)
black petal debut for the white pimpernell. shit-hot white noise and sick beats mate. a one man tour de (brut) force of drum machine, electronics, electric guitar, shredded voice... and he still manages to pump his fist. djwhitepimpernell is adam sussmann of mosseisley, stasis duo and your intestines. cdr with handpainted covers. now sold out at source. please contact boa melody bar or warszawa for last copies.
#11 muura 'el dorado'
muura returns on a subtle note. winter music. fuck the beach cunts. cdr with handmade covers.
#12 the north sea: 'on the endless golden skyway' (sold out)
brad rose joins the black petal family, with contributions from valerio cosi. Tender earth-bound songs for hand and hoof eventually grow wings and scramble straight into the core of the sun. cdr with handpainted covers. now sold out. may be still available from distributors.
#13 the impromptulons 'beat it / beat off' (sold out)
6 piece improv slop from brisbane featuring mr joel stern and members of such classic brisbane groups as the perfect lovers, no guru and faber castell. apparently born from the mantra of 'everybody solos, nobody solos'; this sounds more like 'everybody is on the one, nobody is on the one'. 3" cdr with handmade covers. sold out here. check with distributors.
#14 matt earle 'golden guitar'
sometimes muura just wants to be himself. harshest yet. vocals and acoustic guitar recorded by a dying fire in the murky winter dark of the blue mountains. cdr with special thread-bound covers. out now.
#15 geodesic domes of the eastern seaboard 'viscous '70s magnets multiplied by nothing' (sold out)
savage fuzz guitar recast into alien dancefloor shapes by one of sydney's best kept secrets. there is only one true gentleman of the guitar: mr peter blamey. 3" cdr. sold out.
#16 city people's farmer's music 'afternoon tea' (sold out)
tender drone damage from nz's finest, sam hamilton and mark sadgrove. drink a cup of the new blood. 3" cdr. already sold out. contact distributors for copies.
#17 muura 'black bird sings'
the brutal (re-)return of muura. in the pounding style of 'scarlet urmine sandstone lady' multiplied by infinity. cdr. out now and selling fast. hooly dooly!
#18 your intestines (coming soon)
pure fucken pounding fucken rock fucken action. fucken why fucken is fucken it fucken taking fucken so fucken long? peter blamey. matt earle. anthony guerra. adam sussmann. cdr. coming august.
#19 your intestines (coming soon)
... and more. peter blamey. matt earle. anthony guerra. adam sussmann. cdr. coming august.
#20 mfhs (coming soon)
mark sadgrove. cdr. coming august.
#21 michael rodgers 'curtained moon' OUT NOW
long awaited solo guitar release from mr michael rodgers of broken hands. pure nightime ritual music.. the street enters the house.. and the guitar weaves around the sounds of london which intrude from every window and every door.. cdr.
#22 paper wings 'ash field' OUT NOW
suddenly on the blocks - the paper wings (anthony guerra & antony milton). debut album, following their competition-smashing contribution to Last Visible Dog comp "crows of the world". out now to coincide with mr milton's now cancelled european conquest. cd. split release with pseudoarcana.
LATER ON:
#23 ju sei cdr.
#24 anthony meaghan 3" cdr
#25 anthony guerra & mark sadgrove CD
#26 north gambier amateur bowers society cdr
distribution
japan: warszawa, shibuya, tokyo. www.warszawa.jp australia: half/theory, www.halftheory.com united kingdom: boa melody bar, glasgow. www.apexonline.com/melody bar united kingdom: volcanic tongue, glasgow. www.volcanictongue.com united states: eclipse records, www.eclipse-records.com united states: time lag, www.time-lagrecords.com france: antboy, nantes. www.antboymusic.com.au new zealand: pseudoarcana, wellington. www.pseudoarcana.com
direct orders from black petal are also available. please contact anthonypguerra[at]yahoo.co.uk for more information. payment by paypal available, but please contact us before sending funds as what you want may no longer be available. cds are 2100 yen. cdrs are 1500 yen. 3" cdrs are 1200 yen. these prices include postage anywhere in the world.
sold out releases may still be available from some of the distributors listed above.
label information
black petal exists to release folk, rock & other psychedelic musics.
the label is based in tokyo japan and is run by anthony guerra.
please contact anthonypguerra(at)yahoo.co.uk for order information, wholesale prices and other information.
we are not currently accepting demos.
thanks for your interest.