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SIC-0030, the CD of Laisistaz containing Emergence and the Under a Crushed Impulse EP. It has these two works, is over an hour long, has neat forest photography by Dry Eyes, and it’s an absolute essential for any serious collection. Unlike some other releases produced by Siccum Records, this is not DIY. It is professionally produced and manufactured.

SIC-0031 is a run of 5 mini-CDrs for a project called Get Over Yourself, a cosmic ambient space anthology created by time stretching a bunch of noise in a restaurant for 20 minutes.

SIC-0032 is a private cassette tape containing a Dry Eyes album called Ox. A very exclusive run comprised of 5 tapes, its not digitally available, and will remain such (unless someone wants to record the tape and put it on Soulseek or something, which is their prerogative and we won’t stop them). We might send it you if you can email to explain how you became a fan of Dry Eyes.

SIC-0033 is a tape of Noise Improvisation 0027- Storm Kitchen by Dry Eyes. This release is notable in that its actually available for sale, and you can get it on the Bandcamp page.

SIC-0034 is a tape for a really different kind of Dry Eyes album, in that its musical and has more in common with Tangerine Dream than noise music. This release highlights Dry Eyes’ unmatched compositional and production skill.

SIC-0028: Dry Eyes – Curtains Veil the Night on DIY CDR

Curtains Veil the Night was a cathartic experience for me. There’s a lot of bad in it, and a lot of the bad is from digging deep into my soul. While we try to be nice to each other, the fact remains that under our souls lies a beast, and that this beast can be a menace to us all if its entanglements in our minds are not brought into the daylight once in a while and understood.

So, Curtains Veil the Night is 33 minutes long and follows Depths Forest in that its being released on do-it-yourself CD-R. This means its in a cardboard sleeve, with the cover art stuck on the front, and a tracklist on the back. It comes in resealable plastic wrap. The point of this change is to make releases which cost very little and can be shipped anywhere in the world inexpensively. From Siccum’s Bandcamp page, you can buy the CDR for $1 USD, and shipping is $1.19 to the USA, $2.50 to Canada, and $3.23 to anywhere else in the world.

Dry Eyes – Depths Forest released on DIY CDr

Depths Forest–which is an EP about being psychotic in a forest in a world that’s falling apart, if you must know the inspiration for it–has been released on a DIY CDr for $1 plus $1 to $2.50 shipping. The release comes in a cardboard sleeve, has the cover art adhered to it, and the CDr is hand-lettered. The sleeve comes in a resealable plastic bag.

The Noise Improvisations of Dry Eyes

First of all, the owner of Siccum Records = Dry Eyes = Me

I’d like to talk about the Noise Improvisations that are released frequently by me. Currently, there are 21 of these noise improvisations. Except for the white noise improvisation, these are all made by recording short sounds (around 10 seconds usually), then looping and crossfading them. This creates for each sample a continuous stream of sound, which is played back with other sounds which are given the same treatment. Then, in real time, the volumes of the samples are manipulated, creating different combinations of noises.

VST effects are applied to the stream of sound created, making for different soundscapes which evoke different mental states when listened to. Sometimes the sound is a calming drone, at other times, it can be quite harsh. Many rhythms play independently of each other, just like the rhythms of every day Real Life.

Often I find that when a copious amount of reverb is applied to the mess of sound, it creates what sounds like a train rushing through a tunnel. To me, this sound is hypnotizing, and I use this effect quite a bit.

This kind of musique concrète is for me a celebration of mundane things. The sounds are for the most part created using mundane objects, and I try to make each object shine in a beautiful way through sound manipulation. Making this music is very enjoyable because it turns anything that makes sound in the environment around me into a potential musical instrument that can be recorded.

Noise music to me is a way to make any sound beautiful; it is to me music, not “just” noise, or not “noise not music”. Echoing the predictions of the Italian Futurists, modern technology has enabled us to turn any sound into music, and to me, noise is the future of music in this respect. I prefer to use mundane sounds, but noise is so great because literally anything can be used, and this freedom is a great thing for music.

If you listen closely, the universe is playing a noise performance to you; appreciating this and other noises leads to the appreciation of beauty in what actually exists in real life. In this respect, a noise album is like an extension of what the universe already does, and this is a great thing, in my view.

Anyways, if you want to hear my Noise Improvisations, check them out at http://dryeyes.bandcamp.com/

Also, check out the black and white photograph prints I have for sale too!