5nakefork Records

THE GUILT 0F... CASSETTE OUT NOW!

2012-01-28T10:32:00.000-08:00

THE GUILT 0F... "SHRIEK OF THE ARABIC POEMS" CASSETTE EP IS NOW OUT!

TG0... IS RYAN MCKERN AND MIKE IX WILLIAMS. MIKE IX IS BEST KNOWN FOR BEING A FOUNDING MEMBER AND VOCALIST FOR EYEHATEGOD, AND MORE RECENTLY FRONTING OUTLAW ORDER. HE IS JOINED HERE BY RYAN MCKERN TO FOR THE GUILT 0F... THIS EP CONTAINS TWO TRACKS OF SPOKEN WORD, EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONICS, AND AMBIENCE. ESSENTIAL UNDERGROUND SOUND! PREVIOUS RELEASES INCLUDE A SPLIT LP WITH MERZBOW ON CHROME PEELER RECORDINGS, AND A NEW LP ON CHICAGOS BLOODLUST! RECORDINGS.

TWO COLOR SCREENPRINTED COVER ART ON 6X9" ENVELOPES. ONE COLOR PRINTED BACK COVERS. ALL ART BY MIKE IX AND 5NAKEFORK. TAPES WITH CUSTOM PRINTED LABELS ATTACHED TO CHIPBOARD. INCLUDES A CANVAS PATCH FOR YOUR JACKET OR VEST! HANDMADE IN EVERYWAY, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED, LONG-AWAITED RELEASES IN OUR CATALOG. WE ARE PROUD TO FINALLY PRESENT IT HERE FOR THE MASSES. THANKS TO TG0... FOR THEIR PATIENCE!

AVAILABLE FROM MIKE IX @ THE UPCOMING EYEHATEGOD SHOW, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10TH IN NEW ORLEANS, AND THE TG0... PERFORMANCE LATER THE SAME MONTH!

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CHROME JACKSON "CHROME FOREST" LP OUT NOW

2012-01-09T20:54:00.000-08:00

5NAKEFORK IS PROUD TO PRESENT CHROME JACKSON'S MIND MELTING DEBUT LP. LIKE S. MATTOS' PREVIOUS PROJECTS ATHLETIC AUTOMATON AND ARAB ON RADAR, CHROME JACKSON IS FULL OF INNOVATIVE GUITAR WRANGLING AND ATONAL 6 STRING SOUNDSCAPING! BY FAR THE MOST HANDMADE PIECE OF VINYL WE HAVE EVER PRODUCED. A DREAM FULLY REALIZED IN A GLORIOUS PACKAGE OF PAPER AND VINYL.

*LIMITED TO 215 COPIES ON CLEAR VINYL
*2 COLOR, 2 SIDED SCREENPRINTED JACKETS ON 100# FRENCH PAPER
*2 COLOR SCREENPRINTED 8.5x11" INSERTS
*FULL DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD WITH BONUS TRACKS FURNISHED BY ANCHOR BRAIN RECORDS.

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CHECK OUT THE BUNDLE DEAL WITH THE CHROME JACKSON / DIAGRAM A SPIT 7" AS WELL!

2011-12-10T20:59:00.000-08:00

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T HANNUM "THE UNHOLY BOW" BOOK OUT NOW!

2011-11-16T18:43:00.000-08:00

Slowly the crowd gathers, heads hung as the musicians pick up their instruments. Upon the first note of feedback the heads start moving. Both performer and witness begin a ritualized dance in a flurry of hair, a profane genuflection. An unholy bow. THE UNHOLY BOW is the final publication in artist TERENCE HANNUM's bi-monthly publication series for 2011 following his issues PURIFICATION, DARK MATTER/DUNKLE MATERIE (w/ Alexander Binder), DEATH POSTURE, ABLATION and NEGATIVE LITANIES. This issue focuses on the group ritual of the headbang ubiquitous in heavy metal culture, by cropping drawings and digital photo collages into a printed cadence and features a brief musing cadence from the artist. Printed in an Edition of 125.

5NAKEFORK PRESENTS TERENCE HANNUM'S FIRST BOOK, "THE UNHOLY BOW" THE FIRST PROFESSIONALLY PRINTED BOOK FOR BOTH T HANNUM AND 5NAKEFORK RECORDS. CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW ARTICLE @ CVLT NATION HERE!

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NEW CHROME JACKSON TRACK UP

2011-09-25T22:35:00.000-07:00

TITLE TRACK FROM THE UPCOMING CHROME JACKSON LP, "CHROME FOREST"
CHROME FOREST
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CHROME JACKSON LP @ PRESS NOW, OUT SOON, PREVIEW TRACKS UP ON FB

2011-09-15T20:50:00.000-07:00

CHROME JACKSON IS STEPHEN MATTOS OF DOOMSDAY STUDENT, EX-ATHLETIC AUTOMATON, EX-ARAB ON RADAR. HIS DEBUT 12" LP WILL BE OUT ON 5NAKEFORK/NAIL IN THE COFFIN RECORDS EARLY THIS FALL! ALREADY AT PRESS. 2 COLOR ART BY PAUL LYONS, PRINTED IN HOUSE @ 5NAKEFORK'S 5TRAIGHT PRINTING DIVISION.
EDITION OF 230 ON CLEAR VINYL~!
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CVLTS "LVST" deluxe reissue out NOW!

2011-06-09T20:03:00.000-07:00

CVLTS hail from kansas. after breaking through with "LVST" about a year ago on the respectable AMDISCS label, they have blazed a trail of limited cassettes of very high quality, the most recent being a split with ex-VxPxC and fellow Kansas natives Goodwillies.

This reissue of hazy vocals, submerged casios and [?] fits quite well on the 5nakefork roster and is ABSOLUTELY essential for those following this new midwestern outfit! HAIL KANSAS, HAIL CVLTS, HAIL 5NAKEFORK---

5x7" bag treatment just like AColtrane c30.

INCLUDES A BONUS LEAVENWORTH REMIX NOT AVAILABLE ON ANY OTHER VERSION OF THIS RELEASE!!! 25 minutes on a c30. art by g.k.b. of CVLTS and 5fork...clear tape tied to cardboard w/ hemp. Extremely labor intensive handmade package here! check out their website for 5nakefork 5anctioned 5hirts printed right here @ 5nakefork HQ!

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www.cvlts.com for more info!!!

GARY LUCAS AND GODS & MONSTERS LP OUT NOW!

2011-05-16T15:49:00.000-07:00

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green swirl vinylLIMITED TO 400 COPIES!
listen here!!!

NY TIMES
"..“Gary Lucas may well be the greatest living electric guitarist,” said the psychologist Daniel Levitin, author of the book “This Is Your Brain on Music” and a former recording engineer for the Grateful Dead and Santana. “He obviously has great technical facility, but beyond that I find a great combination of lyricism and exoticism in his playing. The lines he plays are not along the beaten path, and they show the influence of all kinds of musics and musical traditions. He has a palette of tones that is very wide and pleasing to the ear, at least to my ear..” "

"ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE GUITARISTS OF THE LAST FEW DECADES, A PLAYER WITH THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF TASTE, PRODIGIOUS TECHNIQUE AND WILD IMAGINATION..."The Ordeal of Civility" is Lucas' most instantly appealing, easily accessible album, which in the context of his long, creative career, makes it paradoxically the most radical LP he's ever done."
--THE BIG TAKEOVER, May 2011

"LUCAS' GAME IS THROWING CURVES AND HE DOES A FINE JOB OF IT ALL OVER 'THE ORDEAL OF CIVILITY"...WHATEVER HE ATTEMPTS HE MANAGES TO PULL OFF. Full of expert playing and songwriting, and is another solid album from a still somewhat unknown legend of rock music."
--THE REVILER, June 2011

'A WIDE-RANGING YET THOROUGHLY COHERING ALBUM, that bounces from weird swamp-boogie to acoustic blues to jazzy stomps to English folk, tied together by Lucas' slithery, stinging slide guitar. Gods and Monsters are more than capable of hanging with Lucas through all his sharp turn and tricky tangents, spicing up the proceedings with an abundance of timbres. Given a couple of spins, this album will grown on you and reveal itself to be full of quirkily catchy songs."
--CULTURECATCH, May 2011

"IT'S OBVIOUS THAT LUCAS IS MORE INTERESTED IN SERVING THE SOUL OF THE SONG THAN SHOWING OFF HIS CHOPS, AND THAT RESTRAINT WORKS EXCEEDINGLY WELL HERE FROM START TO FINISH".
--CRAWDADDY, May 2011

'"THERE'S A FIRESTORM OF ACTIVITY, A BRAVURA DISPLAY OF INTELLIGENCE HERE IN THIS ALBUM, BUT LUCAS' MOST AFFECTING MOMENTS ARE QUIET, GRACEFUL AND SPARE... a reminder that just because you can play guitar with dizzying skill, or write lyrics with a Yale English grad’s subversive wit, you don’t always have to. Sometimes the greatest technique is understanding when technique would just get in the way. "
--DUSTED, May 2011

"WHETHER RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST LIVING GUITARISTS, BY SELLING OUT SHOWS AROUND THE WORLD, OR BY TEAMING WITH LATE GREAT JEFF BUCKLEY, GARY LUCAS' ABILITY TO CONTINUOUSLY WEAVE HYPNOTIC RIFFS WITH INSPIRING MELODIES WITHSTAND THE TEST OF TIME. This is exemplified with the release of "The Ordeal of Civility". Gods & Monsters deliver a fantastic mixture of sound that brings a smile to your face while you discover the sounds you thought you’d forgotten."
--WAG NOTES, May 2011

'GARY LUCAS MANAGES TO BE A SUPERIOR ARTISAN AND AN ARTIST OF THE FIRST RANK...SHOWS THAT GARY LUCAS REMAINS VITAL, WHATECER DIRECTION HE SEEKS TO MOVE WITHIN AND TOWARDS."
--GAPPLEGATE GUITAR AND BASS BLOG, May 2011

"THE ONLY SICK THING ABOUT GARY LUCAS IS HOW WELL HE PLAYS GUITAR... Lucas leads a top-notch psychedelic rock band consisting of Television drummer Billy Ficca, Modern Lovers bassist Ernie Brooks, Hungry March Band's Jason Candler on alto sax, Faddy Acid's Joe Hendel on keyboards and trombone, and former Talking Heads keyboardist Jerry Harrison, who also produced the band's throbbingly intelligent third album. "The Ordeal of Civility". G&M's deep bag of tricks lets them soar optimistically, swing effortlessly, and even evoke the horrors of a 1941 Polish pogrom."
--RELIX, June 2011

"A REMARKABLE DISPLAY OF HEADY MUSICAL DEXTERITY...SEE, YOU CAN BE SMART AND ROCK AT THE SAME TIME!"
--HITS, MAY 2011

"A GUITAR VIRTUOSO WHO PRIZES FEELING ABOVE PURE TECHNICAL ABILITY. This cult hero compiled a staggering resume over the past 3 decades, working in Captain Beefheart's band, writing songs with Jeff Buckley, scoring films and tv shows, and playing with everyone from Iggy Pop to Roswell Rudd to DJ Spooky."
--MOTHER JONES, May 2011

"FEARSOMELY PROLIFIC GUITAR MAESTRO GARY LUCAS BACK WITH HIS AVANT-BLUES ROCK SUPERGROUP GODS AND MONSTERS...the musical menu is wildly varied, from spirited electric romps to esoteric brass instrumentals to acoustic guitar bombardments"
--SHINDIG, May 2011

GARY LUCAS 7" REVIEWED IN MAY 2011 WIRE MAG & SHINDIG [uk] MAG

2011-04-18T19:15:00.000-07:00

"Bizarrely, this seems as though it might be the first vinyl released under Gary Lucas's name. An extremely well-known player both for his own beautiful work and his tenure with Beefheart's Magic Band. His previous efforts as a leader have all seemingly been digital. How lovely, then, to have this in hand. Gary's performance is as deft as ever. His acoustic playing is complex and emotive, his electric work an elaborate patchwork of surfaces and styles. Great single. Make some more, sir."

--Byron Coley, "Size Matters", The Wire May 2011

GARY LUCAS
Music For The Eden Project
Snakefork

"With the recent tragic passing of Captain Beefheart, Gary Lucas has again found himself expounding on the man he worked for around 30 years ago but, since then, this ferociously-prolific guitarist has unleashed a mind-blowingly diverse barrage of collaborations and solo projects, all connected by his incandescent guitar salvos and barrier-crunching excursions.

His latest statement was composed for ‘a psychedelic environmental installation’, in collaboration with UK visual artist Paul McGowan, appearing as a limited, turquoise vinyl seven-inch single. One side sees Lucas cleave a breathtaking hall of mirrors flight path aided by a deftly-operated electronic arsenal which accentuates rather than dominates. The other serves as a similarly-captivating example of his steel-string mastery, sometimes echoing the virtuosity and unknown pleasures of the great John Fahey, the late genius who defined the form nearly 50 years ago. Well worth tracking down."

--Kris Needs

FREE MORAL AGENTS / MAINEY WILSON 7" OUT EARLY FEBRUARY

2011-01-21T17:23:00.000-08:00

FREE MORAL AGENTS / MAINEY WILSON split 7"

AVAILABLE NOW! HERE ALSO THRU NAIL IN THE COFFIN RECORDS WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS RELEASE. FMA IS IKEY OWENS [MARS VOLTA, DE FACTO, LONG BEACH DUB ALL STARS] AND CREW OF AMAZINGLY TALENTED MUSICIANS. MAINEY WILSONS SIDE WAS PRODUCED BY IKEY AND IS A FREE RANGE EXPERIMENTAL HIP HOP PSYCHEDELIC SHAKEDOWN FROM ONE INCREDIBLY STRONG VOICE...VERY LIMITED COPIES AVAILABLE SOON - ART BY J TAPIA [NAIL IN THE COFFIN RECS] AND CEDRIC BIXLER ZAVALA [MARS VOLTA, AT THE DRIVE IN, DE FACTO] !!

ANDREW COLTRANE "Maedenfleisch" c30 available

2011-01-02T20:32:00.000-08:00

Andrew Coltrane "Maedenfleisch" c30
Michigan master planner A.C. belts out an ancient one on 5f. 30 minutes of blown out astral tones through your bedside transistor radio. Illustrations by J Tapia, construction and design by 5nakefork. Cardstock art folded around crystal-clear cassette, which is fastened to cardboard by hemp strand. Handmade in every aspect - numbered edition of 70 copies.
BUY IT HERE

2010-11-13T19:22:00.000-08:00

Gary Lucas "Music for the Eden Project" b/w "Q & A" available now for mailorder.
100 on orange vinyl, 200 on green. Orange is only available from 5nakefork and Gary Lucas. ---- CLICK HERE to PURCHASE
check out the great reveiw @ GAPLEGATE GUITAR & BASS BLOG

Back to the Future the Ride "Neutrino Based Lifeforms" c20--still available!
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click HERE to get a free MP3 from "Neutrino..." from the GIMME TINNITUS blog!

We will soon have a very limited amount of FMA/Mainey Wilson split 7"s [a Nail in the Coffin/5nakefork split release] available later in December.

The next cassettes out in 2011 will be:
*FluiD "Disruption, Displacement, Disappearance" c30 - art by Jorge Tapia
*The Guilt Of... c15 w/ screened patch - art by Mike IX
*V/A "A Nite at the Drags" c46 featuring Headboggle, David Russell, James Fella/Filthy Grin, Coagulator, Sick Llama, Horseflesh, Totem Mold Growth, Eyes, Living Ghost, Social Junk, and God Willing - art by Jorge Tapia
*Foot Village "Fuck the Future II" cassette w/ screened patch

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SUPER VACATIONS "guacamole" cs, T. HANNUM "mount of all lands" c20 out NOW

2010-06-12T07:33:00.000-07:00

THE SUPER VACATIONS "guacamole" cassette - 11 songs from pulled from OOP releases, the newest 7" EP "henry", their first LP, and their newest LP "thicker milk" - highest reccomendation! 5x7" ziplocks hold beautifully handmade package featuring the vacations' roberto ulsh's full-color art sewn to recycled cardstock. full color labels, numbered edition of 100. CLICK HERE TO BUY
LISTEN HERE: www.myspace.com/meetthevacations

T. HANNUM "mount of all lands" c20 - two side-long vocal pieces from Chicago's Terence Hannum [locrian, unlucky atlas]. The A-sides "ascent" is just that, ascension. harsh vocal textures are masked completely with ? Initially we thought this was a tape-only electronics piece. B- "descend" is a beautiful mix of barely audible tones and extended "ping" ambience. Hopefully more to come on 5fork from T. c20 with printed labels, sandwiched in cardstock and a transparency overlay with art by J. Tapia [eyes, nail in the coffin] and 5nakefork. Hermetically sealed poly bags w/ white stickers. Un-numbered edition of around 50. sold out for now
LISTEN TO A-SIDE HERE: www.myspace.com/terencehannum
READ AN AWESOME REVIEW @ HOLIDAYS BLOG

WETHER / LEAVENWORTH "pray for rain" split c15
3 pieces of mayhem from wether. probably our favorite 5fork side of his since "desert scripture" way back in 2005? or '06. leavenworth counters this with a slow burning smokedown. cardstock art housed in 5x7" ziplocs. art by wether and 5nakefork. Found a few more of these and dubbed em off, unlimited editon. $6ppd - MADE TO ORDER UNLIMITED EDITION, EMAIL TO ADD TO ANY ORDER
listen: wether - leavenworth
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WASTELAND JAZZ UNIT c20

2010-05-21T19:40:00.000-07:00

WASTELAND JAZZ UNIT c20 - 52 copies in 12x6" ziplocks. tapes fastened to cardboard w/ hemp strand. 4 pg mini-booklet. art by J tapia [EYES, NitCo] and 5fork. highest quality handmade package here. two tracks of masterful reed manipulation and enduring harsh textures from OHIO weirdos. check out their LPs on thors rubber hammer, community college, and nashazphone... few copies left BUY HERE
http://www.myspace.com/wastelandjazzunit
READ A REVIEW @ HOLIDAYS HERE