PRESS PLAY! Gulls and Chris Kirkley from Sahel Sounds going back to back in short 20 minute sets last month at SIGNAL 02 in PDX. Featuring exclusive forthcoming sounds from SEEKERS INTERNATIONAL, Mdou Moctar, and new Gulls tunes forthcoming on Zam Zam Sounds and Community Library! ENJOY!
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Elite Beat – Casual Rhythms Vol. 1
ELITE BEAT – Casual Rhythms Vol. 1
We give you the sounds of The Elite Beat, a six person live band based in Portland, Oregon. Starting with the heart beat of the Bass and Drums, Eiite Beat crafts hypnotic horn laced rhythm music. For fans of noisy analog dub mixing, live un-sequenced grooves, and soaring melodics atop a mountain of bass. Recorded and Mixed in house by the whole crew here at Boomarm Studios, this 60 minute psychedelic rhythm workout presents a new branch in the Boomarm Sound. Grab a copy of the limited edition Cassette tape below, or DOWNLOAD the digital sides for FREE.
Limited to 100 copies, professionally dubbed to black chrome tapes for maximum bump. Housed in a full color j-Card and plastic case.
– 7$ – Plus Shipping – PURCHASE HERE –
iSKELETOR – OUT NOW!
Iskeletor is the music of Turkish artist Kerem Sevinçli, a rising force in the bubbling Istanbul beat scene, Iskeletor is a regular contributor to the Tektosag collective and a coveted performer at the much-revered Istanbul club nights Pixie and Peyote. With Iskeletor, Sevinçli pulls energy from the creative fires burning in the community of independent and experimental Turkish artists, pushing forward a new wave of sound. Distilling the hard edges of noise and experimental music with the bombast and hypnotic structures of sample-based music, Iskeletor’s music plays like a fever state. Hard rhythms swing razor sharp, cloaked in layers of noise and melody, arranged with both a playfulness and a refinement that feels fresh and ready to burn up your speakers.
Served up on pro-dubbed bright purple high bias chrome cassette tapes, and housed in a full color 2 panel double sided J card designed by Turkish graphic artist’s Bora Baskan and M. Kosemen. Mastered for your sound system and your BOOMBOX by Alter Echo.
We are proud to present the self-titled debut album by Iskeletor, a searing 30 mins of fierce experimental rhythmic sorcery for your sound system.
Limited to 150 copies
DIGITAL: itunes, Juno, Beatport, Ect Ect Ect..
European peoples look to REWIND FORWARD for exclusive sales to save on shipping!
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iSKELETOR Gallows / Wa 7″
photo: www.rwdfwd.com
The A side tune “GALLOWS” is a stand out production from İSKELETOR’s Cassette Album.
The B side tune “WA” is a monstrous production made exclusively for this 7″ vinyl edition. It will not be re-released on the cassette/digital version, SO DONT SLEEP!!
Rough and ready for the sound system, mastered by Alter Echo. Art by C.M Kosemen / Bora Baskan / Design by Heatwave Press. Limited to 500 copies.
WE ARE SOLD OUT HERE AT HQ.
Look to REWIND FORWARD / RED EYE / JUNO
BOOMARM FAMILY ALBUM
As a thank you for your support I have compiled a FREE 14 track digital album full of unreleased and exclusive material by the whole extended Boomarm Nation family! Featuring incredible new material by El Mahdy Jr, iSKELETOR, Gulls, SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL, Mdou Moctar, Alter Echo & E3, Strategy, Best Available Technology, Teleseen, and more!
I hope you enjoy the sounds, its a wild and inspired ride indeed, from blistering sound system burners, to psychedelic African guitar, and horn laced hypnotic grooves, there is something here for everyone!
{ DNWLD }
El Mahdy Jr – RE-PRESS
Back by popular demand, we are thrilled to bring you this limited edition Re-Press of the debut LP by Algerian born producer El Mahdy Jr – The Spirit of Fucked Up Places.
Pressed onto black vinyl, and housed in a heavyweight clear polyvinyl sleeve. Each copy ships with a full color sticker designed by Polygon Press, and a digital download code.
15$ + Shipping
El Mahdy Jr – RE-PRESS – Deluxe Edition
THE DELUXE PACKAGE!
Includes: The LP housed in a heavyweight clear polyvinyl sleeve, a full color sticker designed by Polygon Press & a very limited edition T SHIRT designed by HEATWAVE PRESS. High quality black Pima Apparel tees silk screened in white ink, front and back.
35$ + Shipping
Very Limited supplies. ACT FAST!
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BOOMARM feature on BYTE.FM
BOOMARM NATION SPECIAL for BYTE.FM
We had a long chat with Anton from Germany’s BYTE.FM and talked about what we do, why we do it, and whats coming up on the horizon.
"Boomarm Nation is maintaining sound system culture , extravagant bass music , vinyl releases and a penchant for polyrhythmic sounds. The label was founded in 2009 and is located in Portland, Oregon. The catalog covers African sounds , dubby , dirty faces and dark oriental structures . Label founder Jesse Munro Johnson aka Gulls takes 60 minutes and leads you into his kingdom colorful. Booooommmm .... Tracklist: 1. Iskeletor - Gossamer - Boomarm Nation 2. Gulls - Running Times (Alter Echo Dub) - Boomarm Nation 3. Gulls - Mean Sound - Boomarm Nation 4. Matthewdavid - Stealing Sahara - Boomarm Nation 5. DontDJ - Auguste Solo - Boomarm Nation 6. El Mahdy Jr. - Gravity - Boomarm Nation 7. Mamelon - Koumba Fri Fri (Gulls Slowed Version) - Boomarm Nation 8. Mamelon - Koumba Fri Fri - Boomarm Nation 9. El Mahdy Jr. & Gulls - Disco Maghreb - Boomarm Nation 10. Gulls - A1 - Boomarm Nation 11. Iskeletor - Gallows - Boomarm Nation 12. Seekers International - Side A - Boomarm Nation 13. El Mahdy Jr. - Phantomatik - Boomarm Nation 14. Paper/Upper/Cuts - Colombia - Boomarm Nation
GULLS RHYTHM FORCE
Boom! Announcing the arrival of GULLS RHYTHM FORCE.
Captured during the live debut at PDX POP NOW on 7/21/14.
GULLS RHYTHM FORCE, takes the music of Gulls to a raw visceral realtime state, fully animated and alive. Featuring live electronics, Trumpet, Sax, Congas, and Drums all run through the Gulls system.
We are now accepting bookings worldwide for this 4 piece rhythm crew.
Photo: Tracy Harrison
Personnel:
Electronics / Cornet: Jesse Munro Johnson
Drums: Geordie Thompson
Congas: Carlos Blanco
Sax: Christine Denkewalter.
Grab a free DWNLD from the live set, below!
Press:
“Jesse Munro Johnson has been kicking out the hypnotically pulsating jams as Gulls for years now, but here, the founder of the experimental groove label Boomarm Nation unveiled a new four-piece live band, playing trance-y, dance-y, dubby space-funk built from congas, a stripped-down drum kit, sax and Johnson’s programmed beats (and occasional trumpet). It was the funkiest set I witnessed all weekend, and as someone who’d actually seen or heard much of lineup previously (I mean, it’s kind of my job), also the biggest surprise.”– Matthew Singer – Music Editor / WIllamette Week.
Photo: Tracy Harrison
Photo: Tracy Harrison
SEEKERS Reconsiders The Vampire’s Curse
OUT NOW ON LIMITED EDITION BLOOD RED CASSETTE TAPE
– SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL Reconsiders The Vampire’s Curse –
PURCHASE DIRECT /// or from REWIND FORWARD in the UK.
Here we find SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL in fine style with this archival soundsystem shocker. In tribute to the classic Scientist LP of a similar title, SEEKERS chops and hacks the dance to bits, leaving only the blood, guts and heart intact. None shall be safe from transfiguration.
Inna dis ya soul clash – the classic battle for soul domination – SKRS performs their own brand of dub exorcism on all dark hearts. In their medicine bag they arm themselves with THE quintessential Scientist codex, a golden chalwah, a ten foot stalk of herb and some holy water. May Jah have mercy on us all and rid our hearts of all evil curse dem! Out now on Boomarm Nation
“Court not the Romance of Darkness – for demons need love too –
Lest the consequences persist long after the bite is delivered
And a cataleptic slumber fall pon u!”
– Baba Raas
When She and the night conspire to conceal the Light
And the moon consents to cast Her haunting allure
The depths arise and stake their claim; a gnawing hunger for infliction
A sinister joy in the air rattles shutters with accursed laughter
Suffocating plumes of panic and confusion dance in wild frenzy
“Murder soundbwaay!” never before sounding so fatal
Boomarmin the beats for kids.
Jesse aka Gulls talking about his Beat Making 101 series with the kids at the Multnomah County Library. This is a free 4 week series, the next one starts up in August at the St. Johns Library.. Sign your kids up here>> https://multcolib.org/events/beat-making-lab-series-teens
Peep the sounds that the youth of PDX are making below…