Drag out the shitty Weber grill and even shittier battery-powered RCA tape deck. Oakland, CA ambient/experimental mainstay Constellation Tatsu returns with a seasonal installment of tapes for the more adventurous backyard BBQs taking place in the coming months.
Among the offerings out today: Opaline (solo project of Hunter P. Thompson) with Thought Texture; Livingdog (Corey
Parlamento) & Mike Johnson offer us CRO$$; Andrew Tasselmyer & Patrick Spatz put forth Interior Currents; and James Michael’s Arrowheads project unleashes Lifeforce.
All four albums are available right now in cassette and digital editions. Peep the full tracklistings and preview tracks for all four below. Isn’t summer wonderful?
[Visit full site to view media]Thought Texture by Opaline
Thought Texture tracklisting:
01. Breathing Again
02. Spirals
03. Lost Formats
04. SR Reshape
05. Next Step
06. Thought Texture
07. Signal Loop
08. Inside Sky
09. Air Structure
10. Dissolved Reflection
[Visit full site to view media]CRO$$ by Livingdog & Mike Johnson
CRO$$ tracklisting:
01. For Martin
02. 2 Take 1
03. contemplate the life of a fencepost
04. Neon Morning Cycle
05. Music For Home Improvement Stores
06. Duet For Strings
07. heart the size of a ___
[Visit full site to view media]Interior Currents by Andrew Tasselmyer & Patrick Spatz
Interior Currents tracklisting:
01. Interior Current Number 1
02. Interior Current Number 2
03. Interior Current Number 3
04. Interior Current Number 4
[Visit full site to view media]Lifeforce by Arrowheads
Lifeforce tracklisting:
01. Green Water Glasses
02. Skeleton Ride
03. Fruit Of Valhalla
04. Prison Game
05. Dandilion Egg
06. Follow the Deer
07. See You Through The Bamboo
08. Lifeforce Energy
09. Supersurfing
10. World Map
11. Startropic Travellers
12. The Sorcerers Sickness (01:46)