Label Feature: Vulpiano Records

Dear readers,
After a quite a spell of spotty activity here at A Future in Noise on my part, I am thrilled to announce the official launch of a new endeavor I have recently embarked on - a record label, Vulpiano Records! The concept of Vulpiano is based around this: each artist involved must make at least one single, EP, or album available for free. Purchasables with an on-line store will be coming along next year, and anything that costs money will be limited edition or special compilations - everything else is free. All of the first set of releases on the label are from artists I had previously featured here, which is slightly surreal and very cool. I'm proud to have them part of Vulpiano, and I hope you will be a part of it too! Check out the label site here:
http://vulpianorecords.moonfruit.com/

These are the first items to appear in the Vulpiano catalog...:

Le Fils des Trois Mousquetaires - pendant ce temps-là, en 1942 (LP)
Described as “Belgian songs falling from a plane”, this fellow does lovely acoustic tunes that would be perfectly fitting for a rainy day, or should you want to imagine yourself in the midst of a somber film scene with gray, dimly-lit streets around you. Le Fils des Trois Mousquetaires was one of my favorite independent artists on Last.fm when I first heard him months ago and I am very pleased to have his beautiful music be part of this label. How he describes his music: “I’d say I make a crossing between 60’s and 90’s pop, like the Kinks mixed with Nirvana, or Robert Wyatt with Lou Barlow, or the Zombies with Elliot Smith, or Nick Drake with Frank Black…”

Download pendant ce temps-là, en 1942!
Recommended track: "invisible"
Le Fils des Trois Mousquetaires: Last.fm | MySpace

Tiny Tide - The Smiths and The Cure (Single)
I have collaborated with Tiny Tide’s Mark Zonda in the past (on the Earth EP) and contributed to his SleepWalking Mag music blog (Making a Case for the Horrors, Artist Feature: Natural Snow Buildings) - yet another very fortuitous Last.fm meeting! The Smiths & The Cure is (you guessed it) a sort of tribute to both of those bands, with a particularly spot-on jangly guitar, and the downloadable includes a cover of Roxy Music’s “Rain Rain Rain”.

Download The Smiths and The Cure!
(or single mp3)
Tiny Tide: Last.fm | MySpace | Blog

Zapa - Songs 2006-2009 (Compilation)
This is a compilation of tracks from Zapa (originally from Spain, now in the UK), another musician I have collaborated with (on Earth) that I am ~ecstatic~ to have on the label! I previously described him on AFIN as having “a lovely delivery of lyrics, and a softly psychedelic style that is a perfect chill-out soundtrack”.

Download Songs 2006-2009!
Recommended track: "Amar En Silencio"

Zapa: Last.fm | MySpace

Ian France - High Places/Crackabow (Single)
Ian is one of my favorite independent electronic artists out there right now (he also remixed one of my songs, “Ice Water Girl”), blending remix elements in the context of his original electronic tunes. Catchy...otherworldly...and cool.

Download High Places/Crackabow!
(or single mp3)
Ian France: MySpace Music | Danish Poet (music blog)

Calvin Markus - Three Days of Sound (Soundtrack)
Calvin Markus is an artist that has featured several times on A Future in Noise in the past, through his work in Dead Times (see also this interview). His most recent work is the soundtrack to the forthcoming film Three Days of Sound (view trailer on Vimeo here).  Characteristic of his work in Dead Times, otherworldly, trippy, and soulful, the music seems a perfect fit for this film with a curious concept: "A middle aged, anti-social writer lives his life in seclusion. The tall, open windows in his apartment allow him to observe the bizarre world around him. He documents his dreams and thoughts onto paper using his IBM Selectric. One day, a pesky distraction catches him off guard and he is thrust into pure agony; the complete loss of his hearing in three days. He struggles to find meaning, as the mysteries of himself and the secluded universe around him unfold before his eyes."

Download Three Days of Sound (Soundtrack)!
Recommended track: "Dilated Nothingness"
Calvin Markus: Last.fm | MySpace Music

The rest of the Vulpiano Records roster (releases coming in 2010!):
CChristian, Vito Genovese, Ricky Lynn, Pi.o.tr/derseem, Anton Rothschild, Marilyn Roxie, Nathan Rich, Nick Silva / Nasty Mattress, Ava Zandieh, Worthy Eardrum Party\

Many more label updates to come in the new year - we hope you enjoy the sounds!
Cheers,
~Marilyn and Vulpiano Records