Like every other week, we’ve had a load of order fulfilment and packing to do.
This handsome pair have been keeping us busy this week:
Mark’s Field Lines Cartographer LP sold out on our bandcamp over the release weekend, although you should still be able to find copies in the shops? Maybe?
We’ve kept a few for Levitation/Whitby merch too.
We’re getting much admiration for the band’s own brilliant artwork on The Mistys LP. It’s definitely one of the best looking things we’ve ever released. It really feels like an Autumn record - crisp and cool but shot through with rays of chilly sunshine. We’ve ordered a super limited cassette this week - Andrew and Beth have done a 20 minute ambient album remix which is even more deeply Autumnal. We’ve also been gathering a few remixes…
Our attempts to get going with a subscription mailout haven’t been that successful - just due to the number of orders we’ve got to get through. This latest subscription drop is the long awaited “Participation” album and the new sessions LP, “Vanish” from Lo Five. The remainder of this pile is going to Bond’s Lane this morning. Absolute scenes as after nine years of CiS being operational, the stoic Quarat has handed over the keys of the post office to new management who I met for the first time yesterday. “Mr Morrison! Do you know how busy you’ve been keeping us?”
“Yes!”
Much more importantly, we’ve just released the new Lone Bison album, “Wave Construction”. Nick Bonell’s Lone Bison's music is a complete revelation, influenced by Krautrock, electronica, post-punk, soundtracks and post-rock. This is looking like continuing the trend of everything else we’ve done this year and selling out.
Nick has already delivered an album for the CiS Subscription Library and if we can manage it, there will be a 12” EP featuring remixes by Concretism and Paul Cousins out before the end of the year. The 12” has Nick Taylor revisiting our company discobag sleeves, not seen since CiS039.
There’s also a new non-album track AND a remix from Lone Bison over on the latest Moonbuilding CD which also features a new non-album lead track from the mighty Maria Uzor - who’s also the cover star in anticipation of the upcoming triumph that is her album “Soft Cuts”, due in a few weeks.
We’ve had to make a few line up changes to Levitation as we get closer to the event. We’re pretty much sold out now, with about 12 tickets remaining. There’s still a bit of thought to be given, but we’re trying hard to get the final line up out on the socials this weekend.
Remaining tickets are here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/castlesinspace/844821
I’m guessing we’ll be sold out by the end of the week.
Note to self: You haven’t ordered wristbands. Order wristbands.
Ruby has got the Levitation T-Shirts all sorted this week, which is one of the major efforts of preparation for the weekend. She’s also done the lovely CiS Gearbox design for a shirt in praise of the office stereo.
New Den Osynliga Manteln and Kevin Pearce records arrived Wednesday. Lack of sleep made unloading hard work. It’s like cardboard box jenga, boxes constantly in/out. The landlords told us off for leaving boxes in the hall.
It’s always a lovely few days when the new issue of Moonbuilding arrives from Spencer and the office is filled with that delightful smell of fresh print.
Thursday, we agreed a new subscription album which is a real catch. We also enjoyed some demos sent in from Mudlarking.
Friday was mostly accounts with the CFO and a quick board meeting. I also got sent a new Twilight Sequence album and two very long awaited test pressings.
We also announced this:
It’s looking like a solo mission this weekend to pack all the Interim Report, March 1979 up for our distro, s51. There’s been a lot of care and work gone into these reissues. We’re very excited to finally get them out there. You won’t be disappointed.
What’s In and What’s Out?
What’s occupying enquiring minds in Saffron Road this week?
In:
Lancaster
Genre-destroying album “10 Past 10” by Viscount
Kate Bosworth and Guerilla Biscuits at Hymns For Robots.
Weekly breaking of the subscriber numbers for the CiS Subscription Library. 🔥⬆️
Getting sent great shit like this:
Out:
X
Spending two days trying to get the “right” moon out of MidJourney.
Sleep.
Any meals other than all day breakfasts.
Malignant narcissists.
Please feel free to submit your INs and OUTs for next week.
Enjoy your weekend,
Colin,
Castles in Space. x
Don’t think that’d be a problem with the state of the building and planning dept around here 😂
Is the building in the 'In #1' pic going to be new CiS HO when you relocate to Lancaster....??? xxx