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.

GULLS RHYTHM FORCE-1.1

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. 

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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…

BRKFST SNDWCH PULSAR MIX


visuals / graphic – by Paul Wig

“APRIL PULSAR MIX FOR BOOMARMNATION”
BRKFST SNDWCH

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This just in!

A wicked exclusive mix from one of PDX’s most diverse and adept vinyl DJ’s. BRKFST SNDWCH!

This mix is lush and pulsing, full of tracks from all over the beat spectrum. Perfect for the grassy spring air we breathe out here in the NorthWest. Enjoy!

Make sure and catch his live set at the May 1st edition of NIGHTCLUBBING @ Holocene. You can also find more BRKFST SNDWCH bangers and mixes on SOUNDCLOUD!!!

Mad props to Paul Wig for the epic cover art!

Get this mix while the spring air is still fresh on yr face!

DWNLD IT!!!

Tracklisting:

Klaus Shulze – P: T: 0: (Brain Metronome)

Giorgio Moroder – To the Bridge (Backstreet)

Art Of Noise – Moments In Love (Chrysalis)

Sasha – Baja (Ultra) Recoil – 2 (Mute)

Lundaland – Charlamane (Bigga’s Imperial Delay Mix For Rockers Hi-Fi) (Sonar Kollektiv)

Boards of Canada – 1969 (Warp)

Actress – Maze (Honest Jon’s)

Mr. C – Dark Moon (Wagon Repair)

Sten – Squares (Smallville)

Matthew Johnson – Walking on the Hands that Follow Me (Wagon Repair)

The Sunburned Hand of Man – Loft at Sea (Ecstatic Peace)

Sonic Youth – Or (Goofin’)

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GULLY FrESH on the MIX

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DOWNLOAD IT>>>>>>>.

GULLS - "BE REAL" mixtape!

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-Fresh for the speakers. There is slew of new material to slowly unveil
in the months to come.This mix represents a spattering of new and old Gulls musics.
The now sounds. Most of this Music was recorded in real time, live on the mix.
In true analog style. Remember... real life AUX sends???
The best friend in my studio right now is a TAPCO 4400 spring reverb!
..I'm tellin ya!!!

Hope you enjoy!

-gulls

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fffFresh dust. from STRATEGY

….”NOISE TAPE REGGAE”….

A very nice new 7″ from Portland’s own STRATEGY .. (AKA) Paul Dickow.

This music was made using repurposed dusty old reggae mix tapes spliced into loops played back on a 4 track. Mixed live, and processed live using only the finest of analog equipment.

This record is a beautiful adventure of familiar old sounds filtered through a new lens. Dubby fuzzy layers, lots of delicious spring reverb, and some heavy bass. All are very present indeed.

The B side puts me into an unknowing transcendental heavy lidded state every time i listen..

try it at33rpm..? its nice at both.. always a plus!

The vinyl comes in a sealed plastic sleeve. very sexy, took me a week just to break the seal, it looks so nice.

courtesy of the UK based Entr’acte label.

.. buyable HERE

These excerpts are really just teasers… for the full open blooms you gots to buy it!

A : side – “Repurposed Dub” – Noise Tape Reggae – STRATEGY

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B: side - "Taper's Rock Dub" - Noise Tape Reggae - STRATEGY

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