We are proud to announce the fifth release in our South Florida-centric 7″ vinyl series; ‘Slave Exchange’ b/w ‘Sweetwater’, from Miami’s Lil Daggers. The wax is a limited edition run of 100 copies in black vinyl, with a wheat-pasted photo on each individual sleeve affixed by the band. As usual, we have rubber stamped our corallimorph logo onto the b-side of the center-sticker and stamped/ numbered the a-side.
The release party will be within a party: Saturday, January 16th @ the 2nd annual Sweatstock. Check out the set times for a bigger picture of the event – many amazing bands will perform, including Discosoma’s Lil Daggers, Beings, and Guy Harvey. The 7″ will be available at Sweat Records exclusively Saturday, which is also Record Store Day. After Saturday, you can pick up the record at Sweat as well as the Discosoma Records site.
Last month Natalie Shukur and Nicole Michalek of NYLON Magazine breezed through Miami to spotlight the city for November’s America issue. The spread below is an awesome representation of young Miami culture. Click on images to enlarge.
We are proud to present the debut 7″ vinyl release (‘Take Your Time (With Me)’ b/w ‘Never Seen Snow’) from West Palm Beach’s Guy Harvey. The record is limited to 100 copies in black vinyl with individually-screened sleeve art by the band. We have rubber stamped our corallimorph logo onto the b-side of the center-sticker and stamped/ numbered the a-side.
To celebrate The Vagabond is hosting the 7″ release party this Friday the 13th with sponsorship by Sweat Records and the live sounds of Guy Harvey and The Jameses. We will have the record for sale for $7 at the show; see you there!
For those who wish to purchase the Guy Harvey 7″ online, please see the Discosoma Records site.
Click play to check out the a-side, ‘Take Your Time (With Me)’.
Special thanks to Lolo from Sweat Records for facilitating the event and Brian Butler from www.theupperhandart.com for the awesome poster design, which interpolates images from our natural history film, ‘Transmission’.
On Saturday April 17th, we projected two video loops during ‘Sweatstock’; a free, all-day, all-ages block party in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood celebrating Sweat Records 5-year anniversary. For No Age (Sub Pop), Sweatstock’s headliner, we projected the neon green mouth of a Fungia sp. coral that actively ‘smiled’ over the energetic performance and enthusiastic audience, as seen in the video above.
Prior to No Age, we displayed an undulating, double-mouthed Ricordea florida polyp for Otto von Schirach‘s swamp-freak take on Miami Bass electronica (below).
We are proud to have helped contribute to what we consider was the best music festival Miami has seen in recent memory. Congrats and thanks to Lolo and Sweat Records for an awesome 5 years of organizing and promoting our Miami music scene; the Magic City would be a lot less magical without your hard work and drive.
4 color fluorescent ink silk screened 18′ X 23′ poster by Iron Forge Press, incorporating our ‘Crab Fashion‘ image. Photo shot in darkness with ultraviolet lighting.
West Palm Beach’s Surfer Blood will play The Vagabond in downtown Miami the night of Friday, December 18th with fellow Floridians Holiday Shores. This show falls in the wake of Surfer Blood’s massive national tour and precedes their highly anticipated debut album, Astro Coast, out via Brooklyn’s Kanine Records January 19, 2010.
Still photo (above) of aquarium/ projection and live video (below) of our contribution to the Sweat Records X Iggy Pop t-shirt release party, August 22, 2009 at the Awarehouse in the Wynwood Art District. This installation consists of a 10″ X 10″ X 4″ acrylic aquarium atop a overhead projector projecting a 15′ X 15′ image onto the courtyard wall. The live-action component of the installation features a performance by thirty photosynthetic jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana) collected in the mangrove estuary near the Virginia Key Wastewater Treatment Plant, here in Miami, FL.
Pop’s likeness, as depicted by Miami artist Claudio Picasso.
On Saturday, August 22 Sweat Records will be throwing a party for the release of a series of limited edition t-shirts featuring the image of Iggy Pop from Sweat’s now-iconic “Wall of Idolatry” mural. The show will be held at the Awarehouse space in Wynwood and will feature live performances by Awesome New Republic and The Jacuzzi Boys, DJs, live painting by Francesco LoCastro and one of our aquarium projections.
Iggy will be the guest of honor at this event; if you live in S. Florida, stopping by is highly recommended. $10 admission/ open bar. 8 PM @ 550 N.W. 29 St. Miami, FL 33127
