The Special 12 Singles Series is a series of twelve 7 inch singles released by Gold Standard Laboratories

Gold Standard Laboratories

Gold Standard Laboratories or GSL was an independent record label which was founded in 1993 in Boulder, Colorado by Sonny Kay. In 2000, it was relocated to San Diego, California, USA, and two years later, to Los Angeles. It was headquartered in L.A...

 in 2005, one for each month. Subscriptions were available for either January through June, July through December, or all 12 singles. Select tracks from this series were released as a digital album on iTunes on October 3, 2006, with an extended version of "Live Private Booths". Alavaz Relxib Cirdec is a pseudonym used by Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Cedric Bixler-Zavala is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-American musician known for his work as frontman and lyricist of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta, and previously as frontman and occasional guitarist of the post-hardcore punk group At the Drive-In...

. There were 500 copies of each single pressed by GSL, and are now fairly rare.

The tracks by Omar Rodríguez-López and John Frusciante were recorded in Spring 2003.

Track listing

1. "The Piano Has Been Drinking" - Free Moral Agents
   Free Moral Agents
   Free Moral Agents is a collective of musicians brought together by Isaiah "Ikey" Owens as a means to expand the sounds of what started as a solo recording project...
   
    - 3:27
2. "If You Can't Say Love" - Free Moral Agents
   Free Moral Agents
   Free Moral Agents is a collective of musicians brought together by Isaiah "Ikey" Owens as a means to expand the sounds of what started as a solo recording project...
   
    - 4:03
3. "Drugged Ink" - Kill Me Tomorrow
   Kill Me Tomorrow
   Kill Me Tomorrow is a 1957 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Pat O'Brien and Lois Maxwell. It was made by Tempean Films at Southall Studios in West London.-Cast:*Pat O'Brien as Bart Crosbie*Lois Maxwell as Jill Brook...
   
    - 3:03
4. "Red Croissant" - Xiu Xiu
   Xiu Xiu
   Xiu Xiu is an American avant-garde group originally from San Jose, California. The band is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart, who has been its only constant member since its inception in 2002. His current bandmate is Angela Seo...
   
    - 2:53
5. "I Lost My Bees" - The Starlite Desperation
   The Starlite Desperation
   The Starlite Desperation is a rock band originally from Monterey, California. Combining elements of garage rock, punk, psychedelic music, goth rock, post punk, glam rock and 60's Pop. They released three full length records, 1 EP, and 3 singles, on several labels, including Gold Standard Laboratories...
   
    - 4:13
6. "0=2" - Omar Rodríguez-López
   Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
   Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
   
    & John Frusciante
   John Frusciante
   John Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record and film producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he had been for a number of years and recorded five studio albums...
   
    - 4:07
7. "0" - Omar Rodríguez-López
   Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
   Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
   
    & John Frusciante
   John Frusciante
   John Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record and film producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he had been for a number of years and recorded five studio albums...
   
    - 4:11
8. "Live Private Booths" - Alavaz Relxib Cirdec - 8:13
9. "Sapta Loka" - Alavaz Relxib Cirdec - 4:50