Blackout Transmission announces the release of an extended player (EP) that features a lead-single “Beyond the Sight Lines” from the upcoming full-length LP “Twilight & Resonance” due out in October 2025. This EP feature three more songs. These additional songs feature lyrical and musical ideas from the “Twilight & Resonance” sessions. The band also re-mastered their cover of The Cure’s track “Lullaby” from the 1989 LP “Disintegration”
Long Beach, California’s purveyors of lushly layered songs are back with an extended player featuring 6 brand new songs. Limited edition ocean-blue vinyl available via Highlands’ Bandcamp page.
From the outset of recording “Sparse Illumination”, Blackout Transmission lead songwriter/arranger, C. Goett, envisioned calling upon musical comrades to reimagine these tracks through remixes and alternate interpretations. By activating the national Etxe Records community and local Los Angeles network, “Radiance + Variance: Remixes and Alternate Interpretations” advances new experimental and more electronic approaches to the original songs tracked with Scott Holmes (Highlands, Dream Machine LB).
Available exclusively on Bandcamp.
Near Northeast’s strings are tuned, their bows are rosined, and their cosmic beep-boops are dialed in from the digital ether. The Etxe family can’t wait to see you for the release of NNE’s new album, Gatherings, at Black Cat this Saturday, Nov. 6.
“We welcome Blackout Transmission onto our radar. . . one of the finest bands to come out of Los Angeles, California recently; a quartet that rocks between alternative rock and shoegaze.
One of the most spectacular debut albums of this year and other recent years. They sound like a light in the dark; a hope in the face of adversity. They sound like so many things that stir the fibers and take sighs. And we rub our hands over what may be the beginning of a promising career.”
Radiance + Variance: Remixes and Alternate Interpretations
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https://blackouttransmission.bandcamp.com/album/radiance-variance-remixes-and-alternate-interpretations
From the outset of recording “Sparse Illumination”, Blackout Transmission lead songwriter/arranger, C. Goett, envisioned calling upon musical comrades to reimagine these tracks through remixes and alternate interpretations. By activating the national Etxe Records community and local Los Angeles network, “Radiance + Variance: Remixes and Alternate Interpretations” advances new experimental and more electronic approaches to the original songs tracked with Scott Holmes (Highlands, Dream Machine LB).
What started with a few calls and emails to explore interest quickly bloomed almost accidentally, into a full seven-song extended player. The new treatments on these tracks feature radical re-workings by long-time collaborator Secret Wilderness (creating two fearless, techno stomper remixes channeling early Warp Records and dance-forward New Order vibes respectively); Washington DC-based musician Steven Rubin (a meditative groove with Beatles White Album psych vibes); Etxe Records artist Ars Phoenix’s Jonn Gauntletier (an early 90’s Depeche Mode inspired brooding trip); fellow Etxe Records and Los Angeles-based artist Magic Wands (a revved-up and ethereal rendition begging for repeat plays); Teenage Wrist’s Marshall Gallagher (an alternate mix with perfect sheen and propulsion); and Etxe Records post-punk duo Replicant Eyes (a nihilistic, industrial remix with Dan Gonzalez adding layered, additional vocals).
Taking a similar approach to the album artwork, the band commissioned Jeff Holmes to take the original Robin Gnista artwork and stretch the source material to establish a visual that connected to the EP. Jeff nailed it.
This release is an intentional statement of community. Each artist added their unique musical DNA to the original tracks creating a 7-song journey that pushes the boundaries of the original songs into something wholly new and vibrant. Blackout Transmission is grateful to all those that added their creativity and musicality. We hope you enjoy!
released May 6, 2022
Words and music by Christopher Goett (Undercast Music/SESAC)
Original Songs Arr. Goett, D’Zurilla, Cluppert, Salazar, Holmes
Original Songs Produced by Scott Holmes with Christopher Goett
"Tactile Responses Remix" and "Portals Remix" by Secret Wilderness
"Verdant Return Remix" by Steven Rubin
"Pacifica Remix" by Jonn Gauntletier
"Once There Remix" by Magic Wands
"Heavy Circles Remix" by Replicant Eyes
"Portals Alternate Mix" by Marshall Gallagher
Mastered by Jake Reid at The Ice Station | Arlington, VA
Original Artwork by Robin Gnista
Artwork, design, and layout by Jeff Holmes
Thanks to our friends, family, and you.
© & ℗ 2022 Blackout Transmission / Etxe Records & Productions
Near Northeast - Gatherings | Etxe 027 | Digital release: https://nearnortheast.bandcamp.com/album/gatherings
To Have and to Hold, released on July 23, 2022, is Teething Veils' fifth LP and sixth overall release with Etxe Records. CD orders will ship starting in mid-July. Vinyl LP orders will ship starting in January, 2023.