Hoor-paar-Kraat: The Eureka Tapes - Artist Edition

[small doses]

After delays and manufacturing issues, Monday, April 18 will finally see the release of the Hoor-paar-Kraat 2cd, The Ritual Inclusion of Code CD, and the Formication CD. More on those later today...

For now though, I offer you this:

Hoor-paar-Kraat: The Eureka Tapes - Anthony Mangicapra Art Edition

First, some notes on the 2CD release by John Kealy

The pieces that make up The Eureka Tapes (The Complete Recordings) were all created while Hoor-paar-Kraat’s Anthony Mangicapra was living in the town of Eureka, California. Indeed, the town's name is apt as they represent a "Eurekamoment" for Hoor-paar-Kraat as a musical entity; a figurative spilling of the bath waters as Hoor-paar-Kraat found their sound. The hints of alchemical transcendence that peeped through the cracks of previous releases come brazenly into view throughout Eureka Tapes (The Complete Recordings). Music dissolves into explorations of texture, acoustic phenomena and the psyche.

Originally issued as three separate volumes in a variety of hard to find formats (A Whisper in the Sow’s Ear, a 3” CD; Graduating from Clocks to Watches C55 and Taxonomy of Divine Organisms, a CDr made to accompany, and sold only at, Mangicapra’s exhibit of paintings, “Above & Below”), The Eureka Tapes (The Complete Recordings) collects the three original volumes and will be released jointly by Small Doses and Basses Frequences. In addition to the original releases,The Eureka Tapes (The Complete Recordings) also includes Hoor-paar-Kraat’s side of their split cassette with Last and a previously unreleased recording from the same sessions. Spanning styles and moods like some kind of emotional suspension bridge, Hoor-paar-Kraat’s music finds itself traveling the same surreal by-ways as Nurse With Wound, irr. app. (ext.), The Hafler Trio and Coil’s more ritualistic output.

This box set includes this 2CD set and gives a phenomenal glimpse into the mind of Anthony Mangicapra the musician, but also gives an exclusive view of the world of Anthony Mangicapra the visual arts. All of Anthony's artistic output follows a similar aesthetic and is driven by the same impetuses.

This Artist edition box set is limited to 20 numbered copies and includes the following:

• Hand embossed box
• Hoor-paar-Kraat: The Eureka Tapes 2CD
• An original 4.5" square painting, signed by the artist wrapped in handmade paper and a stamped obi
• An Anti CD hand collaged, painted, and signed by the artist packaged in an envelope with listening instructions

These box sets are $54US/$55 Canada/$60 World postage paid. Contact joe[at]small-doses[dot]com for availability and purchasing.