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BOTR015 - EXAEL :: “Ghost Hologram” CDR
Beer On The Rug is delighted to present our latest release, Ghost Hologram, the stately debut from contemporary classical auteur Exael. The album was conceived and produced over the course of six months, Spring and Summer 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri and Wichita, Kansas. Exael’s ouevre regally translates spheres of love lost and towering expanses of crafted sound interfaced with past harbingers by way of out of body experience.

Limited edition of 100 compact discs
Mastered by Josh Thomas
Layout by Paul Browning
Pro-printed inserts

BOTR015 - EXAEL :: Ghost Hologram CDR

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BOTR014 - YYU :: “TIMETIMETIME&TIME” C26 
 YYU is preoccupied with time. The looping and sampling musician used it in the title of his record (four times), gives his songs timestamps as titles, and sings about it quite a bit, specifically on the track “yyyy” where he loops his vocals to say ‘time’ for nearly most of the song. This obsession with time isn’t coincidental; instead it gives YYU’s music a sense of urgency and sensitivity. Opener “for hands/ moo.3” feels like waking up lost amongst a sea of endless screensavers, building and exploding in one’s field of vision. “um (don’t be)” is an example of YYU’s emotional intensity, strummed and looped as his fragile voice croons above. “&time” is the (un)holy meeting of natural and digital music: sensitive guitars layer upon YYU’s gorgeous vocals before bursting into a looping jubilee of syllables and drum hits. What makes YYU so special is his ability to synthesize feelings that are completely alien and utterly human. This alliance of natural and electronic sounds sometimes clash and overpower each other, but do so in the most serene way possible.

-Impose Magazine

Limited edition of 75 cassette tapes
Design assistance by Paul Browning

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BOTR013 - 情報デスクVIRTUAL :: “札幌コンテンポラリー” CDR
The multi-faceted New Dreams Ltd. saga continues onward with 情報デスクVIRTUAL serving yet another expansive chapter on “札幌コンテンポラリー”. Over the course of 60-plus minutes, masterclass producer Laserdisc Visions effortlessly propels listeners through a gamut of mind and body k-holes, from airport terminal headphone funk to pensively penned late nite lounge numbers. This release should be a ‘must grip’ for long time fans of LV’s output and BOTR completists alike.

Limited edition of 150 CDs
Designed by 情報デスクVIRTUAL
Additional design assistance by Paul Browning
Pro-printed inserts

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BOTR012 - MediaFired™ :: “The Pathway Through Whatever” C30
 Originally issued via Portuguese imprint Exo Tapes, we are enthralled to once more make available MediaFired’s kaleidoscopic artifact “The Pathway Through Whatever” for a new breed of listeners the world over. Aural architecture subliminally imbued with both pop icons and pariahs are humbly reappropriated far beyond rebirth, making way for a new and aqueous essence to danse and aspirate by way of delicately jarring frequency spectrums and sonically soothing tessiture. This reissue has been carefully re-imagined and encrypted onto cassette tape for maximum enjoyment.

Limited edition of 75 cassette tapes w/ download code
Designed by Whatever™
Additional design assistance by Paul Browning

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BOTR011 - Free Weed :: “Beer On The Drugs” C19
 Gnar mom Erik Gage joins BOTR’s ranks and blasts off axe in hand, shredding already spaced faces to flecks of carbon dust. This spliff riffin’ bong pop is not recommended for consumption by DARE members or the faint of heart. Features rubber burnin’ sensations like “Sci-Fi,” “Friend of the Guitar,” and “Caprica”. Pop this bad boy in your home stereo and blaze loudly for good measure.

Limited edition of 50 cassette tapes w/ download code
Art by Erik Gage
Layout/ design by Erik Gage and Chris Uehlein
Photography by Nick Ivy-Royal

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