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New Morriconez Album Out Next Friday (06/29/12)!

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Next Friday marks the release date of the latest installment of warped sunburnt desert psychedelia by Morriconez. “Cloud of Dust, Cry of Death“, the latest musical score by Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens is a bit more of a fleshed out version of Jeff’s previous cassette mini-album under the moniker “Jjango Cleefworth Morriconez“. Here we find some deep widescreen gems loaded with lush instrumentation and cine-delic picturesque atmosphere. A circuit bent spaghetti western fever dream. Watch the above video to preview “Saguaro Mescal Moustache”. Enjoy!

Out Friday, June 29th, 2012 on Compact Disc and various digital formats.

For more news, photos, videos, mix tapes and other issues related to cowboys and psychedelia, visit the official Morriconez Blog

Ozarks free single, video and album release date annouced!

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After what seems like ages, the mysterious Ozarks (Count Robbie Augspurger) finally emerge with a free singe, a release date and a brand new music video!

First off, the single..
This three track single (Called “As I Lay Sleeping/’Til I Die”) features the song As I Lay Sleeping from the upcoming self titled debut full length LP by Ozarks out on July 10th, 2012. Also included is a cover of The Beach Boys song ‘Til I Die from their 1971 album “Surfs UP” and an alternate guitar version of track one from the upcoming LP called I’m Never Bored.

Get the free three track single here!



And here we have the first official single from the album in video form. Pyramids of Love is taken from the “Amis/Pyramids of Love” split 7″ by Davis Hooker and Ozarks. This video was shot recently in a dark castle using only movie lights and total blackness. Ivan Rassimov is rumored to have acted as a hand model in this mini masterpiece of italo crime cinema. Perfect for watching when you are “driving all around”…

Check out the “Pyramids of Love” video in High Def here!

David Tagg – WR027 (2 x Cassette)

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Out today! David Tagg’s debut release for WR is simply titled by catalog number. WR027 is an insanely gorgeous remastered double cassette reissue of his incredibly limited edition release (25 pieces) formerly known as EEDCD-07. This reissue features nearly two full hours of pastoral ambient drone works that David constructed of synthesizers, reel to reels and field recordings. A bit of a departure from his more well know guitar based sound, but equally as compelling. A truly beautiful work of art! Don’t miss it a second time!

Remastered by the magic hands of Brian Grainger for your maximized listening experience…

Click here to view the cassette.

Click here to purchase digital version.

David Tagg – WR027 Out this Friday (06/08/12)

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Hello everyone,
Coming this Friday is a double cassette release of ambient synth works by David Tagg titled simply by catalog number: WR027. Enjoy a small taste above. More information very soon…

EOD – Questionmarks 12″ EP

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The highly anticipated vinyl edition of EOD’s 2011 Questionmarks EP is out now! Sink you vinyl tooth into these six ultra catchy acid cuts pressed onto thick black wax. Hard hitting, fast moving and oh so melodic tracks by Stian Gjevik. Indispensable modern braindance imported all the way from Norway for your listening pleasure! An essential 12″ for the acid lover’s crate!

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Click here for digital version.

Automatic Tasty – Speech And Silence (Cassette)

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The highly anticipated “Speech and Silence” album by Automatic Tasty is now available on Cassette! This album features ten ultra ear-catching acid/braindance cuts by Jonny Dillon that are sure to add some serious milage to your headphones! Absolutely beautiful work! Welcome to WR Jonny!

Check out the cassette by clicking here!

Click here for digital version!

Panda Beach – Last Days Ashore (CD Reissue)

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We’ve assembled a very limited CD reissue of Panda Beach’s “Last Days Ashore” EP for those of you who missed out on it. One of the earliest Wil-Ru releases and still an absolute favorite! Dark, delicate, moody, and insanely beautiful ethereal folk songs (seven in all) by Ebi Nasution. Don’t miss it!

Click here to view this release.

And here for digital version.

Automatic Tasty – Speech and Silence out on Friday, May 4th.

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The highly anticipated upcoming album from Automatic Tasty titled “Speech and Silence” will be released on Friday, May 4th, 2012. Speech and Silence will be available as a limited edition cassette + digital release and will also be made available separately as a digital only album.

Click the video to preview “I Seen You Through A Crowd”.

More updates soon…

Morris Arch Nightwork – Morris Arch Nightwork (Cassette)

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New trippy electronic sounds coming your way from the W-R-MY! Today we are proud to announce the release of Morris Arch Nightwork’s self titled album “Morris Arch Nightwork“. The man behind this insane release is Izaak Schlossman (a new friend from Philly) who happened to get in touch and grace us with this top notch Techno release. Some of you may know him as Starcircleanatomy, or the man behind the Ace of Tapes cassette label, but here we see Izaak starting out on a quest for new sounds under a new name… This limited edition Cassette is packed full of hypnotic minimal Techno. Densely textural, psychedelic and extremely addictive! Since the day it arrived, it has been on constant rotation here! Super highly recommended, don’t miss it!

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Some upcoming new releases announced!

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Hello Everyone,
Just wanted to take a moment to announce that we are hard at work on some upcoming new releases here at the WR home base. Here are a few releases that will be arriving shortly…

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Coming soon to LP:

First up, we have the debut full length album by Ozarks. This will be a limited edition LP containing 15 tracks of bedroom baroque-pop psychedelia by Robbie Augspurger. 300 black LPs housed in full color jackets with inserts featuring some of Robbie’s weird 1970s giallo-inspired photography. You won’t want to miss it!

Check out the Ozarks album trailer here!

Can’t get enough? Check out the Ozarks LP infomercial here featuring Robbie looking like Benny Andersson, playing a bunch of songs that aren’t on the album, alone at the piano (on a beach).

Also coming soon we have a 12″ edition of EOD’s Qustionmarks EP that was released digitally last year. Six uber-melodic hard hitting acid tracks by our man from Norway: Stian Gjevik (aka CN)! This release will be limited to 300 copies on black vinyl in black sleeves.

All I can say is that these tracks have been on heavy duty rotation since they first arrived at WR. Not sure how else to praise such a solid release! Absolutely essential listening!

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Coming soon to Cassette:

New to WR, Morris Arch Nightwork (Izaak Schlossman, aka Starcircleanatomy) makes his debut appearance with his self titled full length album featuring six generous tracks of dense atmospheric abstract techno. These complex yet tastefully minimal tunes are perfectly suited for dance floors and headphones alike. Limited to 100 Cassettes. Highly Highly Recommended!

David Tagg makes his first appearance on WR with an insanely beautiful double album of ambient synth drones titled simply WR027 (the catalog number of the release). Formerly released as a 25 copy only double CD as EEDCD-07 at the now defunct Expanding Electronic Diversity label, this double cassette reissue is comprised of 8 long-form drone works constructed of synthesizer, field recordings and reel to reels. As if this album could have gotten any more beautiful than it already was, our man Brian Grainger did an absolutely breathtaking mastering job for this cassette reissue. Limited to 100 copies. Heavenly…

And last but certainly not least, Jonny Dillon is gracing WR with a brand new full length album as Automatic Tasty! “Speech and Silence” is a 10 track album of some of the best braindance tunes we’ve heard in forever (aside from his two new vinyl releases at Lunar Disko of course!). These tracks are loaded with bouncy acid hooks and bubbling hyper-color melodies. Can’t recommend this one enough!

Check out the Speech and Silence trailer here!

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You can expect these releases to begin to surface in the next few weeks.
Thanks for reading! More information and sound samples coming soon.

– WR