MASS (Extended + Remastered), by Sarah Belle Reid

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MASS (Extended + Remastered)

by Sarah Belle Reid

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First ever 12" vinyl release of MASS, newly remastered and expanded with additional tracks. Available for preorder beginning December 8th, 2023 for a March 1st, 2024 release date.

Limited to 200 copies worldwide on Black vinyl. Each purchase includes a high resolution digital download of the album, and a collection of "Tempographical Maps" to guide your listening, created by Sarah Belle Reid.

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Aurora Central Records proudly presents the first ever physical release of MASS, newly remastered and expanded. Limited to 75 copies worldwide in White, this is the cassette version.

It includes a hi-res download of the album, and new artwork done by Sarah Belle Reid.

All orders will be shipped from our offices in Mexico, with tracking info.

**Be on the lookout for a special "Platinum" cassette!!**

There is 1 platinum colored cassette among the 100 copy run—if you receive the platinum cassette, you'll get a vinyl test pressing and original graphic score created by Sarah Belle Reid for free!

Send Sarah or Aurora Central Records a photo of the cassette to redeem your gifts.

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This is the approved test pressing of Sarah Belle Reid's first ever on vinyl pressing of MASS. They are limited to 10 copies worldwide. (Price is in Mexican Pesos)

Q) Why we sell test pressings: At Aurora Central Records we make these rare items available, and by purchasing them the buyer offers an incredible help to us, ensuring that the pricing of the records and shipping can be lowered, and we can keep releasing and supporting independent artists around the world. 100% of the sales of the test pressings goes to ensuring the quality of the release, help us with shipping costs, get better mailers, and more. Test Pressings are in hand, ready to ship! Jackets will be custom made by the artist and shipped months before the actual release of the record, so you'll be able to enjoy the release before anyone else.

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MASS Limited Edition Cassette (Light Green)
Cassette + Digital Album
Aurora Central Records proudly presents the first ever physical release of MASS, newly remastered and expanded. Limited to 25 copies worldwide in Light Green, this is the cassette version.

It includes a hi-res download of the album, and new artwork done by Sarah Belle Reid.

All orders will be shipped from our offices in Mexico, with tracking info.

**Be on the lookout for a special "Platinum" cassette!!**

There is 1 platinum colored cassette among the 100 copy run—if you receive the platinum cassette, you'll get a vinyl test pressing and original graphic score created by Sarah Belle Reid for free!

Send Sarah or Aurora Central Records a photo of the cassette to redeem your gifts.

Includes unlimited streaming of MASS (Extended + Remastered) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ... more

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MASS - Limited Edition Vinyl (Swamp Green)
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
First ever 12" vinyl release of MASS, newly remastered and expanded with additional tracks. Available for preorder beginning December 8th, 2023 for a March 1st, 2024 release date.

Limited to 100 copies worldwide on Swamp Green vinyl. Each purchase includes a high resolution digital download of the album, and a collection of "Tempographical Maps" to guide your listening, created by Sarah Belle Reid.

Includes unlimited streaming of MASS (Extended + Remastered) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	Vessel 05:00 video
2.	Passage 07:15	info
3.	Collide 09:13	info
4.	Sublimate 10:35
5.	Mass 15:22	info

about

From distant ocean song to the clang and howl of a murky forgotten memory, MASS is a dreamlike collage of shrill shrieks, gasps, corroded brass choirs, and melting modular synth soundscapes, all heard through a mist of hiss and noise. Fused together with equal parts frenetic improvisation, shrouded ritual, and meticulous arrangement, it presents a sonic topography at once tongue-in-cheek, sensitive, and nightmarish.

With discordant chorales and angular trumpet improvisations churning in an ever-evolving wash of whispers and howls, MASS is a collection of hazy, harsh, and frightful sound-worlds. With tracks meandering between aggressive rhythms, eerie ambiences, and abrasive cut-up electronic textures, MASS draws inspiration from early tape music, horror film soundtracks, and grindcore.

It was assembled between listening to extended doses of Else Marie Pade, Daphne Oram, Eliane Radigue, the Locust, Edgard Varèse, Maryanne Amacher, Dick Raaijmakers, Naked City, Mr. Bungle, and Thomas Ankersmit, bringing a little bit of all of them along with it.

MASS was originally conceived of as a 3-track EP, recorded and mixed over the course of three weeks in January – February 2021 while in the midst of a cross-country move. Recorded entirely in short-term housing away from her studio (and most of her instruments), Reid relied exclusively on her voice, trumpet, flugelhorn, household objects, and Make Noise's Strega semi-modular synthesizer for all sound materials. The MASS EP was released in March 2021 as a digital-only release, along with a limited run of hand-assembled tempographical maps and listening notes.

Upon being approached by Aurora Central Records to issue a re-release of MASS in physical form, Reid created two additional tracks to the collection: Vessel and Sublimate. These new chapters offer the listener an expanded sonic journey by deconstructing and weaving together thematic elements from the original collection along with new sound materials acquired from feedback circuits, incomplete radio transmissions, and highly amplified tiny objects.

Reproductions of the original tempographical maps, plus two additional maps, are included with the cassette and vinyl editions to help guide your listening. Original sound materials were recorded loosely and independently with little to no overdubbing, instead relying on meticulous editing and processing in the manner of classic tape music.

credits

released March 1, 2024

Sarah Belle Reid: trumpet, flugelhorn, voice, household objects, Make Noise 0-CTRL + Strega, miscellaneous toys and percussion, no-input mixer

Ryan Gaston: Make Noise 0-CTRL + Strega, Buchla 200e, Max/MSP processing, radio

Editing on Passage, Collide, and Mass by Ryan Gaston
All tracks co-produced and mixed by Ryan Gaston and Sarah Belle Reid

Passage, Collide, and Mass were recorded January–February 2021 in Little Rock, AR.
Vessel and Sublimate were recorded November 2022–February 2023 in Fayetteville, AR.

Mastering by Aurora Central Records

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Sarah Belle Reid Los Angeles, California

Sarah Belle Reid is a performer-composer who plays trumpet, modular synthesizer, and an ever-growing collection of handcrafted electronic instruments. Her unique musical voice explores the intersections between contemporary classical, experimental and interactive electronics, noise music, and improvisation. ... more

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