Noh Poetry Records
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Noh Poetry Records is a San Francisco, California
based independent record label
, founded by electronic musician Don Falcone
and graphic artist Karen Anderson in May 1987
. The label is dedicated to electronic
, experimental
, space rock
and psych music
.
Their first release was "Kamarupa," by Spaceship Eyes (Falcone's electronic solo project). Other Falcone bands and projects released on Noh Poetry have included Grindlestone, Quiet Celebration, Thessalonians, Fireclan (with former members of Melting Euphoria), and Falcone & Palmer.
The label's first and only compilation to date featured various artists. Titled "Where Stalks the Sandman," it included tracks by Porcupine Tree
's Steven Wilson
, Praxis (band)
(a Bill Laswell
musical project), and electronic music composer Kim Cascone
(Thessalonians). The CD also featured the only track, "An Isolated Craft," that Falcone ever released by Don Falcone (as opposed to being by a band or project).
In 2008, The Entropy Tango & Gloriana Demo Sessions, by Michael Moorcock
& The Deep Fix was released. These were sessions for planned albums based on two of Moorcock's novels: "Gloriana, or The Unfulfill'd Queen
" and The Entropy Tango
.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
based independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
, founded by electronic musician Don Falcone
Don Falcone
Don Falcone is an American musician and producer. Originally a poet-performer in Pennsylvania, he relocated to San Francisco at the beginning of the 1980s. He was a member of Thessalonians and the original Melting Euphoria...
and graphic artist Karen Anderson in May 1987
1987 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1987.See also:Record labels established in 1987-January-February:*January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
. The label is dedicated to electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
, experimental
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
, space rock
Space rock
Space rock is a subgenre of rock music; the term originally referred to a group of early, mostly British, 1970s progressive and psychedelic rock bands such as Hawkwind and Pink Floyd, characterised by slow, lengthy instrumental passages dominated by electric organs, synthesizers, experimental...
and psych music
Music
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.
Their first release was "Kamarupa," by Spaceship Eyes (Falcone's electronic solo project). Other Falcone bands and projects released on Noh Poetry have included Grindlestone, Quiet Celebration, Thessalonians, Fireclan (with former members of Melting Euphoria), and Falcone & Palmer.
The label's first and only compilation to date featured various artists. Titled "Where Stalks the Sandman," it included tracks by Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...
's Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson
Steven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
, Praxis (band)
Praxis (band)
Praxis was the name of an ever-changing musical project, led by prolific producer Bill Laswell. Praxis combine elements of different musical genres such as funk, jazz, hip-hop and heavy metal into highly improvised music...
(a Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
musical project), and electronic music composer Kim Cascone
Kim Cascone
Kim Cascone is an American composer of electronic music who is best known for his releases in the ambient, industrial and electro-acoustic genre on his own record company, Silent Records...
(Thessalonians). The CD also featured the only track, "An Isolated Craft," that Falcone ever released by Don Falcone (as opposed to being by a band or project).
In 2008, The Entropy Tango & Gloriana Demo Sessions, by Michael Moorcock
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
& The Deep Fix was released. These were sessions for planned albums based on two of Moorcock's novels: "Gloriana, or The Unfulfill'd Queen
Gloriana (novel)
Gloriana, or The Unfulfill'd Queen is an award-winning work of literary fantasy by British novelist Michael Moorcock. It was first published in 1978 and has remained in print ever since.-Genre:...
" and The Entropy Tango
The Entropy Tango
The Entropy Tango is a novel by British fantasy and science fiction writer Michael Moorcock . It is part of his long running Jerry Cornelius series....
.
Discography
- Spaceship Eyes: Kamarupa (1997)
- Quiet Celebration: Quiet Celebration (2000)
- Where Stalks the Sandman: V/A (2001)
- Fireclan: Sunrise to Sunset (2004)
- Thessalonians: Solaristics (2005)
- Falcone & Palmer: Gothic Ships (2007)
- Grindlestone: "one" (2008)
- Michael Moorcock & The Deep Fix: "The Entropy Tango & Gloriana Demo Sessions" (2008)
- Grindlestone: tone (2011)