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now spinning: 1937 canary recording

Posted on October 14, 2011 by momo

Posted in 78 of the day, 78RPM records | Tagged 78 of the day, birdsong, field recording, polydor

the arms+legs 78!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by momo

 

"jonestown" 78RPM record by arms+legs"in the light" 78RPM record by arms+legs

arms+legs = cansafis foote (sax), eric park (bass/vocals), simon phillips (drums), and alexander theodoropulos (guitar)

mp3: “jonestown” by arms+legs

mp3: “in the light” by arms+legs

Posted in 78RPM records, NICE ASS 78 | Tagged 78RPM, san francisco

shellac time! no. 1

Posted on August 28, 2011 by momo

the first release in the SHELLAC TIME! mixtape series…  a scrumptious selection of gems from the nice ass 78RPM record library – jazz, polka, blues, mambo, boogie, country, and so on and so forth.  find them at explorist international in san francisco.

Posted in cassette tapes | Tagged 78RPM, mixtape

“arbitrary misses” by vagino

Posted on December 28, 2010 by momo

"arbitrary misses" - 78RPM record by vagino

mp3: “arbitrary misses” by vagino

vagino (liz allbee and gino robair) time travel to yesteryear and bring us back sing-song cylindrical delights.

Posted in 78RPM records, NICE ASS 78 | Tagged 78RPM, aria, berlin, collage, noise, san francisco

nice ass explained… in german!

Posted on December 3, 2010 by momo

red handcut 78RPM record

mp3: nice ass records von artndt peltner

arndt peltner, host of radio goethe on the station formerly known as KUSF, drops in to ask nice ass boss lady julia mazawa a few questions about the label.  this segment aired december 2, 2010, on SWR2 in germany.

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“lectroscaep” by elvis johnson

Posted on September 9, 2010 by momo

"lectroscaep" - 78RPM record by elvis johnson

mp3: “lectroscaep” by elvis johnson

with grace and elegance, elvis johnson slices and dices transmissions from the bottom of the ocean in this latest nice ass 78.

Posted in 78RPM records, NICE ASS 78 | Tagged 78RPM, experimental, noise, sound collage

the first handcut flexi from nice ass!

Posted on February 1, 2010 by momo

unknown arabic song abdel halim hafez cut into a plastic plate with a wilcox-gay recordette

Posted in 78RPM records | Tagged 78RPM, homemade record, wilcox-gay recordette

“half loom” by porest

Posted on December 31, 2009 by momo

"half loom" - 78RPM record by porest

mp3: “half loom” by porest

 

porest hums us a little tune on this slab of shellac, “half loom”, the latest addition to the nice 78RPM records series.

 

Posted in 78RPM records, NICE ASS 78 | Tagged 78RPM, oakland

“draw a train drawing” by gerald hawk

Posted on November 13, 2009 by momo
"draw a train drawing" - 78RPM by gerald hawk

 

mp3: “draw a train drawing” by gerald hawk

 

the latest disc in the nice ass 78RPM record series: a delectable deconstructionalist diversion from livermore’s finest audio craftsman, gerald hawk.

 

Posted in 78RPM records, NICE ASS 78 | Tagged 78RPM, experimental, noise

“to feed the night” by daniel hintz

Posted on November 4, 2009 by momo

"to feed the night" - 78RPM record by daniel hintz

mp3: “to feed the night” by daniel hintz

noise guitar moan.

Posted in 78RPM records, NICE ASS 78 | Tagged 78RPM, experimental, noise guitar, san francisco

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nice ass records

nice ass is a record label. we like noise. we issue 78s, 45s, and cassette tapes from our headquarters in oakland.

our 78s are hand cut in editions of one. that one copy is sent to the radio station of the artist's choosing. you can hear nice ass 78s on KFJC, WFMU, and KUSF. all tracks are available for your listening pleasure on this site.

momo@niceassindustries.com

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