subtle
limited
edition (only 100) Ought Almanac dose created book/mp3CD
theOughtAlmanac of AmassedFact Vol.I
is the second subtle art/artifact....
the first being "for hero: for fool" the boardgame...
there were only 100 copies made of each subtle artifact...
theOughtAlmanac of AmassedFact Vol.I
is hardcover, and hand painted,
it's 70 pages and 20,000 words are both answer key and treasure map, unraveling the epic of Hourheroyes, and detailing the world and mystery behind the last 5 years and 3 full-lengths worth of music makeing.
it also contains all 2.8 hours of the Almanac read over record crackle,
and the improvised recording session that eventually became the meat and music of "ExitingARM"....
there are only 100 copies, .....and the last 50 are available ONLY here at this online store. Book (autographed by dose)plus MP3CD = $75
sold out - sorry
subtle 'exiting arm'!update - LP now coming 7.29, but we're trying to get it sooner - the label delayed the vinyl due to a manufacturing error
The artwork is built from all of the portraits that were painted by dose, and purchased by our customers (you)who helped subtle raise money after their big theft in europe. So you've contributed to this record! Now it's your chance to preorder this CD/LP along with a package deal (if you wish) for the first 50 orders you can also get a matching tee shirt!
this title is temporarily unavailable until we find a new distributor for it. If you preordered the LP, we are still planning on having copies of this by the release date of 7.29
subtle 'yell and ice'
Yell & Ice is an
inspired collection of remakes, featuring 
collaborations
with Why?, Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade, Tunde Adebimpe
of TV On The Radio, Markus Acher of the Notwist,
Andy Broder from Fog, Chris Adams of Hood
and a one-off cLOUDDEAD reunion!
In the same way that Wishingbone revisited Subtle’s first LP A New
White, Yell & Ice explores and reinterprets their critically acclaimed
and most recent full-length, For Hero : For Fool. Both Wishingbone and
Yell & Ice were fashioned to further explore Subtle’s conceptual
protagonist (called Hour Hero Yes), while creating a medium for the band’s
love of collaborative music making.
Unlike a typical collection of remixes, Yell & Ice utterly re-approaches
the lyrics and music of For Hero : For Fool. In order to better suit the
pallette and prowess of each respective collaborator - poems were rewritten,
sounds resampled, and time signatures unlocked. These 'songbones' were
then sent to our collaborators/confidantes who then rewrote, sang, and
sequenced to the tune of their talents.
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doseone
- Skeleton Repellent CD [new!]
Another BRAND NEW indie self release from doseone. This one is all new music and all dose. So if you're a fan of "HA" or "Hemisphere" or "Slowdeath" you'll be a fan of Skeleton Repellent.Comes in a jewel case with original dose art.
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doseone
- Soft Skulls
This is a NEW indie release from doseone. Rubber stamped images on a chipboard cardboard sleeve. Very limited recording of dose reading poetry - only 500 copies available right now, and only online, right here on this site. Sure to go fast...
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MERCURY CRAZE!
The single from subtle's "For Hero For Fool" full length is here, and you have choices! You can either purchase the Mercury Craze on 12" red vinyl with the bonus track "Soft Pink Truth" remix, only available on the 12" vinyl...or the picture disc 7" (also available, with artwork by doseone hisself.) Or you can pick up the Mercury Craze CD enhanced single, which has a the video of Mercury Craze (by SSSR - amazing), and a collaborative track with Wolf Parade.
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ADD TO CART Mercury Craze enhanced CD single $11.50 | or package deals...
subtle
| for hero for fool
CD [$16]/2LP[$21]
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shipping now , This is the release that subtle has been heading towards since the beginning. It all comes together here in their finest and most cohesive release to date. This is their Zeppelin IV, their Paul's Boutique, their Frampton Comes Alive!
subtle
| wishingbone
CD/DVD
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On Lex Records, this lovely soft cover CD and DVD release contains many unreleased remixes, the beck remix, the Mike Patton remix and a few other gems plus a DVD of all the fine SSSR directed subtle videos. Amazing stuff.
subtle
- Long Vein of the Law 12"
Includes the track “The Long Vein Of The Law,” along with a remix featuring MIKE PATTON and ALEXIS ANNE, the song “I Heart LA II” featuring HRVATSKI, and a “Long Vein” instrumental.
subtle
- earthsick CD
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This is the compilation of all 4 of subtle's "season" releases (fall, winter, summer, spring) on one release.
subtle
- new white CD\LP
The first full length on Lex records - packaged in a swell cardboard package with lots of purty artwork and lyrics.
subtle | F.K.O.
12"
12"
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1. F.K.O. 2. F.K.O. (B.Fleischmann
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3. F.K.O. (Console (notwist side project) Remix) 4. F.K.O. Instrumental
dose
one
| HA
CD
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NEWest DOSE RELEASE - This is dose, at his textural best, pulling sounds from many sources and layering voice work that rivals his most ambitious.
mush
| cLOUDDEAD/Reaching Quiet etc
DVD
From the Mush 2002 US tour with cLOUDDEAD, Reaching Quiet, BoomBip/Dose, Radioinactive, and Labtekwon. Nice footage from the LA and SF shows. Looks and sounds great.
13
and God | s/t
CD | 2LP
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At
the helm of 13 & God's self-titled debut album are two schools of
thought: the balloon-and-burst child psychology of doseone, jel, and Dax
Pierson (collectively themselves) on one hand, and the pinhole- in-paper
astronomy of the Acher brothers Markus and Micha, and Martin "Console"
Gretschmann (the core of The Notwist) on the other. Notwist drummer Martin
Messerschmid and guitarist Max Punktezahl each lend their skills to production,
Steffi Böhm of Ms. John Soda and Valerie Trebeljahr of Lali Puna
sing on several tracks, and both why? and pedestrian (among others) also
make cameos. This half-dozen-plus form a transcontinental supergroup of
very human proportions: American angst and honest ability, German composition
and countryside chill, and the simple recurring universal urge to locate
oneself within the folds of time and place.
Dose and Markus Acher trade words that evoke the blind earnestness of
youth, and then chronicle its gradual leaching out by the loss of luck
and the sink of realization-- all shooting stars, Superman stride, climbing
bills and death-by-routine. This is a monumental record, the next step
in the evolution of something bigger than anything we're used to. The
Notwist players bring an ear for gorgeous rockpop arrangement and taste
for dubby glitch, while themselves grin toothy darkness and breathe electro-rap
experimentalism. Such seemingly disparate sounds combine into something
truly cohesive, wholly unique, and deeply visceral.
13
and God| Men of Station 12"
The
Men of Station 12-inch is the world's first introduction to the musical
monument that is the 13 & God album-- the auspicious meeting of minds
and bodies that emerged from a German September shared by anticon's themselves
and The Notwist.
13 & God's debut single bleeds warmth and love onto riding melancholia.
The plain words of Markus Acher steal the spotlight, curling themselves
around the band's music, while B-side "Soft Atlas" showcases
some of doseone's finer neuroses. His poetry calls the earth's axis into
question over a track that pulses with punched-out drums, only to be leveled
by subtle guitar pluck and vocal harmony.
Exclusive to this release are two sweeping remixes. The icy cold atmospherics
of 13 & God's "Into the Trees" are reimagined in dub by
why?, who hijacks dose's lyrics and completely resings them in his characteristic
drawl. The other remix, "L'Atlas Flexible / Von Gradleute,"
is Hrvatski's skittering six-minute mashup of "Soft Atlas" and
"Men of Station." It's a gorgeous rebirth that only hints at
the genre-defying range found on the upcoming full-length.
themselves
| Live II $11
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The next in the series...more Themselves live...more of what you've not come to expect...cuz...it's unexpected.
cLOUDDEAD
ten
CD/LP
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On Ten cLOUDDEAD builds on all the elements that defined their debut: razor sharp vocal interplay, quirky found sound samples, ambient drone dreamscapes, lyrics that walk the line between observational and confessional, and a fair share of odd nosdam's drums slowed to a growl.Individually, Doseone, why? and odd nosdam are as prolific and fearless as anyone in new music today, but together as cLOUDDEAD they create music that captures all the promise of their individual talents in an unequaled sound. Ten is cLOUDDEAD's crowning achievement.
doseone
- the pelt | bound paperback with CD
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Not
a novel, not a chapbook, but a real mixed bag, with stories, lies, poems,
drawings, collage, activities and a new CD available only with the book.
Da boy don't stop...Only available here at the official doseone store
(or at the anticon store...same warehouse.)
themselves
| The No Music of .AIFFs
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the no music of aiffs is the companion piece to the duo's September 2002 release, the no music, which was picked as a New York Times top ten record by Neil Strauss. The original has been remixed down to its smallest intestine and back toward the light until only the order of its tracks remains intact. The record features a new themselves song along with guest remixers Controller7 and matth, Hrvatski, why?, Hood, alias, A Grape Dope (John Herndon), Fog, odd nosdam, The Notwist and Electric Birds. The CD is enhanced with two music videos - visual remixes of "poison pit" and "you devil you," directed by Ravi Zupa. the no music of aiffs offers an eerie and pleasantly eccentric intimacy that permeates this collage of a collage of a collage.
Themselves
- The No Music
CD and 2LP
themselves,(formerly them), are doseone and jel. the no music. is dose and jel's highly anticipated, second full length, an american ode to the exposed nerve. At times the soundscape is layered to the point of opacity, only to peel away and reveal the sometimes burried drum bone and sick sung skeleton beneath. the no music. sounds like the polyphony of all the machines in the factory that turn fetus heads into skulls. Part composition, part organized chaos.
themselves
| them CD
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them was originally released as a self-titled album by them in May of 2000 when little about anticon was known or understood; the record went out of print about a year after its release. For many, this album introduced the ground-breaking, genre-defying madness of the duo. jel's distinct sound naturally facilitates doseone's surreal vocals, evoking another world entirely. The record is a funhouse ride turned ugly-- through childlike daydreams and social rants, to hip hop bravado and just outright strangeness. Guests include Mr. Dibbs, moodswing9 and J.Rawls.
Deep
Puddle Dynamics - The Taste of Rain CD
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The
amazing conceptual and stylistic landmark album from ANTICON folk SOLE,
DOSE ONE, ALIAS, JEL, DJ MAYONNAISE and friend SLUG (ATMOSPHERE). A nine-track
rhyme-revolution of the senses that takes hip hop well beyond its current
boundaries and jettisons the genre into the stratosphere. Poetic, groove-loaded,
and greater than the sum of its parts.
cLOUDDEAD
- full length CD
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CD
ODD
NOSDAM, DOSE ONE, and WHY?, Compile all their vinyl cuts onto one album,
delivering a striking and atmospheric pop record with threads of hip hop
beats and sporadic raps layered with soft vocal harmonies. Features guest
appearances from ILLOGIC, DJ SIGNIFY, SOLE, WOLF BROS., MR. DIBBS, and
the BAY AREA ANIMALS.
Boombip/DoseOne
CD- 2000
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A prose-speeding
blend of '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s-styled sounds and nut-jobbin' lyrical
flow.
GREENTHINK
- blindfold
CD
dose and why? with various guests like jel, boom bip, sole, odd nosdam, and guest contributions from slug, sole, dibbs - recorded in early 99 (pre-cLOUDDEAD)
DOSEONE
- Slowdeath
CD
collection of mental and lyrical fragments delivered over a sea of chaotic soundscapes. Definitely not for those heads just looking to par-tay, but rather for those who are definitely looking for some serious ill. With ODDNOSDAM on "music" and KRIS BROWN on guitars.
DOSEONE
- HEMISPHERES [CD]
out of stock
dose with mr. dibbs, mr. len, jel and more - recorded in 97
jel
- greenball 2 (2004)[CD]
Available only here online, this is jel's followup to Greenball (duh), and it's a full blown, shrink wrapped, full color, jewel case, long playing compact disc. Tracks: Interview #1, Zen Approach RMX, i Really Don't Know Much, Interview #2, Smake and Mirrors, Interview #3, Matkimble is Crazy, Jibberish and Drugaddict, Verticle Butt Stroke, juars Sun, Bootcamp Cramps, _Ucck A hihat, Interview #4, DIY Partisan, neglected Beat 1, Sole and Sage Heads hurt, Interlude (Sky Terrorism), neglected Beat 2, Wash Mommy's Wittle Soldures NRI Brain, God Thinks Funny Haha.
alexander kort - friend or... [CD]
Alex plays in subtle and has performed with sole.This is Incidental music for FOE, a play in 3 acts presented by the dept. of theater, dance and performance studies at the University of Cal, Berkeley. All compositions by A. Kort, and it's all cello, ambient kind of stuff. Loverly and in a nice digipak. Over 70 minutes.
Alexander
Kort/Walter Kitundu | self titled 10"
$9
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Alex plays electric cello (subtle, sole
etc), walter plays phono-harp and other homemade turntable inspired intstruments.
Here they make spontaneous music finding common ground and exploring new
territory. Very limited and handmade covers.