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a limited press of 150 black lps. comes in a full colour sleeve, with double sided insert and black poly-lined innersleeves.

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really stoked to have the last handful of these from Distant Bombs, get both this and the lp for a bit of a squeeze! this is what Distant Bombs had to say about the lathe:

Not There / Here

This seven inch polycarbonate slab captures two monophonic chunks of duelling guitar deconstruction clipped from a live appearance at the hardest working small venue in the land as part of The Darkroom's monthly series dedicated to improvised mayhem. This is The Escalation in full throat, torturing ancient NZ-made amplifiers with prerequisite oscillating warble and ear eviscerating shrieks - what might be considered a warning shot across the bows ahead of their debut LP, coming soon.

We're taking no prisoners. Strap in.
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released October 8, 2021

The Escalation live at the Darkroom, Ōtautahi, July 18 2019
Recorded by Tony Miles
Edited + mastered by Peter Wright
Cut to disc by Johnny Electric
Art + design by PW

The Escalation » Bruce Russell + Peter Wright
Guitars + electronics + amps

©2021 The Escalation

download / listen here: distantbombs.bandcamp.com/album/not-there-here

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	1.	towers rise, towers fall 16:37
	2.	(complications of) geometry 17:38

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The Escalation is Bruce Russell and Peter Wright.

Bruce says “An occasional project for two guys who lived in the same small town in New Zealand. Peter Wright has had a long career - emerging from the post-punk Industrial miasma of early '90s Christchurch into an open landscape of drone-based guitar improvisation. Bruce Russell's career is even longer, hobbled to the shadow of his eternal supergroup, the Dead C. His solo guitar playing is really the relevant touchstone here, starting as an experiment with the live support of pre-recorded analogue tape-loops, eventually he felt capable of defying a paying audience with just a guitar. Out of that tragic struggle he has emerged as a plausibly flexible improviser in duo settings.

This album documents a summer afternoon at the Lyttelton Coffee Company in 2014. Filmed for the 'speculative documentary' On an Unknown Beach (dir. Adam Luxton/Summer Agnew) - see it where you can. The session was also recorded by Peter Wright on a borrowed zoom recorder, and this LP is the eventual result. Frequencies hover, half-baked rhythms emerge and subside, riffs die in embryo and 'we all go home barefoot'. In the words of Thomas Pynchon - 'right fuckin' on!'”

Presented by Bunkland, Distant Bombs and Feeding Tube in an edition of 150 lps.

For New Zealand, Australia and downloads, please go to: distantbombs.bandcamp.com/album/the-escalation

For America, please go to: feedingtuberecords.com/releases/st-3/

Watch On an Unknown Beach: vimeo.com/ondemand/onanunknownbeach

Watch The Escalation playing at the Christchurch Art Gallery: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-jICA_Wr5U and www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZidq9ENt_c

Watch a full length video for Towers Rise, Towers Fall here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-hvfXYKrtA

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released November 26, 2021

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