Vertical Jamming

by Phew

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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
The longform instrumental pieces of Vertical Jamming first appeared on a self-released tour only CD in 2016. Subsequently they were issued in a mail order cassette edition by Disciples. The pieces have now been specially edited by Phew for this first time limited edition clear vinyl pressing, cut by Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin.

Side A
Cheers [vinyl edit] (18:48)

Side B
Encore [vinyl edit] (19:45)

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Third Edition Cassette
Cassette + Digital Album
Both the first green edition and the second red edition of this tape are now sold out so we're making this third blue edition available. The 60-minute cassette version has “Cheers” and “Encore” given a side each, with “Drone” available as a digital download bonus track. Housed in a one colour printed j-card cassette box designed by Studio Tape Echo.

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Second Edition Cassette
Cassette + Digital Album
The first 'green' edition is completely sold out but to celebrate the release of Phew's new LP Vertigo KO on Disciples we have produced this second 'red' edition. The 60-minute cassette version has “Cheers” and “Encore” given a side each, with “Drone” available as a digital download bonus track. Housed in a one colour printed j-card cassette box designed by Studio Tape Echo.

Includes unlimited streaming of Vertical Jamming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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First Edition Cassette
Cassette + Digital Album
The 60-minute cassette version has “Cheers” and “Encore” given a side each, with “Drone” available as a digital download bonus track. Housed in a two colour printed j-card cassette box designed by Studio Tape Echo. It is the fourth in the Disciples series of half-releases, following on from the Black Lodge Lodgewars tape (DISC1.5), the Bogdan Raczynski x 8ball jungle soundclash We Used To Corrupt Each Other With Art & Coffee (DISC2.5), and His Name Is Alive radio collage 6Teen OK (DISC3.5). Further entries in this ongoing ‘deeper dive’ side catalogue are coming soon from the roster, including some unexpected collaborations.

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1.	Cheers 29:08	buy track
2.	Encore 26:50	buy track
3.	Drone 11:16	buy track

about

The longform instrumental pieces of Vertical Jamming first appeared on a self-released tour only CD in 2016. Subsequently they were issued in a mail order cassette edition by Disciples. The pieces have now been specially edited by Phew for this first time limited edition clear vinyl pressing, cut by Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin.

Explaining the background to the music, Phew comments: “Drone was recorded in 2014. It is a track that expresses the mood of those days, guided by the sound of a very simple oscillator. At the time of the catastrophe in Japan in 2011 and the Fukushima nuclear accident, and the change of government in 2013, I didn't feel like singing at that time, and instead started making music using a very simple oscillator. Cheers and Encore were recorded alongside the album New World using two more complex synthesizers. The content is a sequel to Drone, a sketch of the mental landscape from 2014 to 2015.”

“Static sputters, tones percolate, the sound thickens, and then a beatbox cadence straight out of the first Sucide album bounces on top of the heap like a precariously perched jackhammer.” The Wire (Archive Releases of 2020)

"The track "Cheers" is particularly mind-expanding and power-enhancing; a real epic trip I've listened to four times today." The Quietus

“Vertical Jamming feels less like music than sonic painting, as Moritani continually fills her field with new shapes and colors.” Bandcamp Daily

credits

released May 14, 2020

Recorded at Phew’s place in December 2015. Music by Phew. Originally issued on CD by Bereket and sold only at “A New World Tour” in 2016. Sound design and mastering by Hiroyuki Nagashima. Photography by Masayuki Shioda. Layout and photo treatment by Studio Tape Echo. A 2020 Disciples production under exclusive licence from Phew.

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Phew Tokyo, Japan

Phew's career began in the 70s fronting trailblazing Osaka punk group Aunt Sally (who released one album on Vanity Records in 1979). Ryuichi Sakamoto produced Phew's first solo release in 1980 and in 1981 Pass Records issued her debut LP, a classic featuring H. Czukay and J. Liebezeit of Can, and Conny Plank. She’s since collaborated with members of DAF, Neubauten, The Raincoats and more. ... more

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