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07.02.08 Future releases: Ulaan Khol II CD on Soft Abuse sometime in the fall; Steven R. Smith Floor of the Sky E.P. one-sided LP with etched B-side on Burnt Toast Vinyl possibly by the end of the year; Gareth Davis & Steven R. Smith LP on Important Records (collaboration with Dutch bass clarinetist) sometime in the near future....

03.02.08 The Anchorite CD reissue on Root Strata, the Thuja s/t LP on Important Records and Ulaan Khol I CD on Soft Abuse are all out now in stores and mailorder. The Anchorite and Ulaan Khol cds are available from this website as well (see contact/items for sale page for more info). Thank you.

01.20.08 The Anchorite CD reissue on Root Strata will be released shortly. Root Strata is currently taking pre-orders for this at www.rootstrata.com. It should be available in stores and through this site in a few weeks. Upcoming: Thuja s/t LP on Important Records in early Feb. and Ulaan Khol I CD on Soft Abuse March 4th.

12.01.07 Owl is now available through this site, through Digitalis Industries (www.digitalisindustries.com), and various record stores and mail order.

11.07.07 Steven R. Smith Owl should be released within a couple weeks on cd. The label, Digitalis Industries (www.digitalisindustries.com) is currently taking pre-orders. Pointing in a new direction, this recording is a sparse, electric guitar based recording featuring vocals/lyrics throughout the recording. Packaged with a beautiful, two-color print on a light blue cardstock "wallet" slipcase by famed printers Stumptown Press of Oregon.

08.05.07 Upcoming releases 2007/8: Ulaan Khol I cd on Soft Abuse [first in 3-part Ceremony series of post Crown of Marches heavy fuzz guitar and organ workouts]; Steven R. Smith Owl cd on Digitalis [sparse solo recordings featuring vocals]; as well as cd re-issues of Hala Strana Karst + comp and unreleased tracks on Soft Abuse, Steven R. Smith Antimony on Ultra Hard Gel and the Anchorite on Root Strata. New Thuja lp in the works as well. Stay tuned for release dates....

06.25.07 Hala Strana Heave the Gambrel Roof CD and LP (regular version) and the chapbook are now available here on the site as well as various record stores and mail order. See Contact/Items for Sale page for ordering details.

05.17.07 The wood cover version of Heave the Gambrel Roof is out of print at the label and here on the site, but Aquarius Records (www.aquariusrecords.org) still have copies at this point. CD pre-orders and the screen printed cardstock cover version of the LP are currently available through Music Fellowship (www.musicfellowship.com). We should get copies of the CD and cardstock LP to sell through the site here soon.

05.12.07 The new Hala Strana release Heave the Gambrel Roof is now available on LP. The CD version should appear in a couple weeks. The LP is currently available with screenprinted wood covers with a chapbook. These are already sold out at the label but they can still be ordered from Aquarius Records (www.aquariusrecords.org). We currently have just a handful of the wood cover version here, but please email for availability before ordering. When the wood covers run out there will be a more streamlined LP version on heavy cardstock which are already available through the Music Fellowship label (www.musicfellowship.com). CD pre-orders area also happening at Music Fellowship.

03.07.07 The vinyl version of the new Hala Strana release Heave the Gambrel Roof should be available shortly. The test pressings have arrived and the covers have been printed. The cd version will be released sometime shortly after the lp version. Here's the scoop on the lp packaging: the first 250 copies will feature a screen print on a 12" square veneer of wood and will feature an 8-page chapbook. The second 250 copies will be printed on heavy weight cardstock but will not have the chapbook, for a total of 500 lp copies. The cd version will come in a standard jewel case. We'll have 50 copies of the chapbook available separately here for those who purchased a cd or one of the cardstock lps who still want a chapbook. Stay tuned... Also, a box of From Ashes Come cds were found in a friend's closet up in San Francisco so I now have a handful of those in stock, see the contact/items for sale page to order....

02.08.07 Cayce Lindner R.I.P.

01.22.07 Upcoming releases for 2007: Steven R. Smith The Anchorite CD version [Spring on Root Strata]; Steven R. Smith Antimony CD reissue [April on Ultra Hard Gel]; Hala Strana Heave the Gambrel Roof CD/LP [very soon on Music Fellowship]; Ulaan Khol [#1] CD [Summer] & [#2] CD [Fall, both on Soft Abuse--these are the first two parts of the 3-part Khol Ceremony series]

09.24.06 Steven R. Smith The Anchorite LP is now available. To order through this site, see "contact/items for sale" page

08.24.06 Steven R. Smith The Anchorite LP will be released on Sept. 26th, 2006 on Important Records. This will be limited to 500 copies, each cover screenprinted on heavy cardstock and then mounted with a hand-printed linocut in various colors (each signed and numbered as part of Important's Arts and Crafts Series). The music for this recording was recorded live to stereo 2-track without overdubs in Winter 2005. These will be available though the record label (www.importantrecords.com), the usual record stores and mail order, and I should have a few to sell through this site as well. Check back in a couple weeks....Also in the works--as soon as I can find the time we will hopefully get a page on here featuring original linocut prints which will be for sale. These will be two-color, original-sized prints of some of the linocuts that have been featured in the some of the recent and upcoming records and chapbooks. Email for more info.....

06.10.06 Upcoming releases: Hala Strana Heave the Gambrel Roof LP/CD on Music Fellowship [sometime 2006]; Steven R. Smith The Anchorite LP on Important Records [Sept. 2006]; Steven R. Smith Antimony CD reissue on Ultra Hard Gel [Oct./Nov. 2006]; Hala Strana Karst CD reissue with 8 extra bonus comp., single, and unreleased tracks on Soft Abuse [TBA].

05.02.06 Hala Strana limited lathe 7 inch White Sleep is now available. This is a very limited (60 copies) lathe 7 inch cut by lathe guru Peter King in New Zealand with hand colored covers and is available through Soft Abuse (www.softabuse.com). These will not be available through this site so please contact Soft Abuse if you are interested in ordering. It features three songs including a cover of Dog Faced Hermans "Dream Forever".

04.03.06 New Dusted Magazine "Listed" feature posted in "interviews/articles" section.

01.02.06 Two new interviews (one English, one French) posted in "interviews/articles" section.

10.29.05 Solo LP reissue Kohl has arrived and is available from midheaven mailorder (www.midheaven.com), various independent record stores, and from this website while supplies last. This is a vinyl reissue of the CDr released on Jewelled Antler in 2002 and contains a handmade book, woodcut insert, and silkscreened covers, limited to 400 copies.

08.24.05 Thuja's latest double CD release Pine Cone Temples is out now. New Steven R. Smith solo release Crown of Marches out in stores Sept. 27. See "Contact/Items for Sale" for ordering and pre-order info. In the works: Hala Strana Heave the Gambrel Roof CD and Hala Strana White Sleep limited lathe cut 7"...........

05.30.05 New solo release Crown of Marches will be released on Catsup Plate in late June if all goes well. This one 40-minute track will be packaged in a cardstock digipak with silkscreened artwork. The latest Thuja release will be a two disc set entitled Pine Cone Temples and will be released on Strange Attractors in August.

05.12.05 Solo perfomance aired live 05.10.05 on "Phoning it in" on BSR 88.1 FM Providence, Rhode Island. This performance can be listened to via the BSR archive available here. As the title of the show suggests, the performance was recorded over the phone and is about 30 minutes long, featuring both solo and Hala Strana material and some improvisations all kind of jumbled together.

02.26.05 New solo recording finished and mixed consisting of one 40-minute track entitled "Crown of Marches", predominately electric guitar, a bit heavier than previous fare. Not sure when and where this will surface......The Kohl vinyl reissue on Emperor Jones is in the works, jackets have been ordered and received, artwork being designed for silkscreening, record mastered and should be pressed soon. Stay tuned.....

01.03.05 Chapbook no. 2, The Scale of Conjunction is now available, 24 pages, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, prose and artwork, limited to 100 copies, available only through this site.

12.27.04 Upcoming: chapbook no. 2, The Scale of Conjunction, 24 pages, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, prose and artwork, limited to 100 copies, ready January 2005, e-mail for pre-order.

12.02.04 The Hala Strana Fielding 2xCD re-issue is now available and can be purchased through Last Visible Dog (lvd.4mg.com) or through this website for $14.00 ppd. This re-issue features a 14 minute bonus track and should also be available in finer record stores in a week or so.

10.01.04 The new release from Hala Strana entitled These Villages is available now directly through the Soft Abuse mailorder (www.softabuse.com) or you can find it in stores in late Oct. or Nov. The limited edition hand-made chapbook of linocuts, sketches and text which may accompany These Villages is also finished and can be purchased with the CD at Soft Abuse or separately through this website.

09.05.04 Upcoming will be the new release from Hala Strana entitled These Villages expected in the early Fall. To accompany this release, a limited edition hand-made chapbook of linocuts, sketches and text will be made available separately through this website and directly through Soft Abuse mailorder. This is planned to be limited to 110 copies, 8.5 x 5.5", 12 pages. Please stay tuned for information....

08.07.04 The Antimony limited cd-r on Digitalis Industries' Foxglove series is now out-of-print from the label. A few last copies may still be found at Aquarius Records and Eclipse Mailorder but you better move fast.......

06.29.04 Upcoming releases: Steven R. Smith Antimony limited cd-r on Digitalis Industries' Foxglove series out very soon ; Hala Strana Fielding 2xcd re-issue on Last Visible Dog out around September-ish ; Steven R. Smith Kohl lp re-issue on Emperor Jones out October or November ; Brand new Hala Strana recording These Villages cd on Soft Abuse in the near future....

05.22.04 In the studio working on new Hala Strana and solo recordings...

12.28.03 The latest Thuja full-length, All Strange Beasts of the Past on Emperor Jones is out now. Featured as Volume 10 in the Jewelled Antler Library series will be a 3" CD-r from Thuja entitled Fable and is available at www.jewelledantler.com. Upcoming in 2004: re-issues of the solo guitar recording Kohl on LP from Emperor Jones and Hala Strana's Fielding on double CD including a 13+ minute bonus track on Last Visible Dog.

11.04.03 The double CD-r + book limited release by Hala Strana, Fielding is now out of print. A re-issue on 2xCD is planned for release on Last Visible Dog in 2004. Thuja's All Strange Beasts of the Past on Emperor Jones will be out on Nov. 17th.

10.11.03 The self-titled release by Hala Strana on Emperor Jones is out now.

0 8.29.03 The double CD-r + book limited release by Hala Strana, Fielding is out now on Jewelled Antler and can be obtained at www.jewelledantler.com or through Aquarius Records at www.aquariusrecords.org. Coming soon: the self-titled CD from Hala Strana on Emperor Jones is now set for an Oct. 7th release while a new Thuja CD titled All Strange Beasts of the Past on Emperor Jones should be out by the end of the year.

07.19.03 The Hala Strana self-titled full-length release on Emperor Jones has been delayed because of distribution problems, but in its place is a Hala Strana double CD-r release + hand-made book entitled Fielding which will be available on Jewelled Antler in a limited edition in just a few weeks. This is a dense mixture of original tunes, field recordings, and covers of traditional songs with musical contributions from Glenn Donaldson, Loren Chasse, Darren Ankenman, and Steve Hanson.

04.20.03 The first Hala Strana release, a 3" cd e.p. entitled Karst, is out now on Jewelled Antler as part of their Jewelled Antler Library series. It includes musical contributions from Glenn Donaldson and Loren Chasse.

11.15.02 A new solo cd-r + book entitled Kohl has been released on the Jewelled Antler label and is available through Aquarius Records mailorder. Kohl will also be released as a limited edition lp + book & woodcut print in mid 2003 on Emperor Jones.

05.01.02 Steven has begun work on a new project called Hala Strana which should be releasing a self-titled full length in early 2003 on Emperor Jones.

04.14.02 Thuja has released a series of 3 inch cd-r releases which includes a box of artwork and artifacts called Museum #1 and Museum #2. Limited edition of 50 copies on Jewelled Antler.