SKRSINTL meets MX7 inna DANCEHALL SHOWDOWN!

Shimmering hologram oases belie the bone-dry heat inna this ya ghost-bloodcl@$t-town; When tumbleweed beliefs pose as the only sign of life, it's time to step into Death's saloon; Bust down the dusty double-swinging doors even the Preacher-man dares not enter!

The Bartender has run out of liquor and listening;  Sullied Doves have danced their last number; Lawmen, levelled and long-gone, litter the dance floor;  Bodied outlaws doubled and draped over the bar. When the only exit is a horse-drawn hearse;  Face to face with Death, who will shoot first!?!

Step into this rattlesnake-ridden realm!  Dancehall Showdown is a crazy non-place world where 60’s Spaghetti Westerns, 70’s Library Synth Records and 90’s Golden Era Dancehall come together for a death-defying communion inna Yard!   The old posse of SKRS and MX7 ride once again under the banner of their co-run label, ICS Library Records, off into the fringes of sound-based reality.

SKRS' OG Papa Coolbreeze reinforces their select palette, "This album is our reiteration of influences ranging from Spaghetti Western era Upsetters to Raymond Scott's Manhattan Research Inc. to early Horsepower Productions.  Now the soundtrack we paint, however, is something entirely unique on its own".  Simply put: there's NOTHING like it out there!

Full disclosure: this LP has been shelved for well over 3 years now with the sudden disappearance of Oklahoma's now-mythical Digitalis Recordings, who were set to release it hot on the heels of their 2012 SKRS debut LP, TheCallFromBelow.  Since then, we've laboured to break more ground and lay several more keystones in the growing SKRS/ICS groundation-foundation in order to withstand its intensifying expanse and weight.  Now that the ground has been prepared, we've decided to take Dancehall Showdown back into our own hands and give it the proper love and nurturing we had always intended for it.  With Honest Jons taking up exclusive distribution duties, everything is in place. Peace to the Universe who conspires to manifest our reality.

Exclusive Distribution by Honest Jon's London

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theShopApprenticeEP Limited Edition Cassette

     

     To celebrate the latest initiate and newest member of the SKRSINTL Cru, the ineffable Ranking Miss Isha, 2015 graduate of the Ecclesiastical Society of San Joaquin, we are now delighted to offer theShopApprenticeEP as a stand-alone(!)* Limited Edition Cassette through our sister-affiliate label ICSLibraryRecords!

Straight head-to-head circuitry clash by SKRSxMX7 on tape. Recorded directly in-campus at ICS' Drumalie Ave Television and Radio Research and Repair Lab. Six tracks deep, each tape side is essentially a nine-minute suite in three movements.

SideA : RadioRepairman / BareWires / OpenCircuit

SideB : ShopApprentice / SignalPath / Potentiometer

Professionally duplicated in Eastern Canada on high-bias TDK SA cobalt cassette tape (better than Chrome!). Cover photography and design by MYSTERYFORMS. Edition of 70.

  *The original TAPE+POSTER+DIGITAL Combo Pack can still be purchased here

So gwaan get your dusty tape decks serviced by your local radio repair shop

and ghetto-blast this one ya slice of '88 other-worldly dancehall

Straight to a Soundbwoy head!

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SKRSxMX7xMYSTERYFORMS presents theShopApprentice

     The long-standing relationship between SKRSINTL and the Internal Circuitry Studies (ICS) faculty bears fruit once again!  This time: a triplex collaboration between SKRS, AgentMX7 and MYSTERYFORMS taking the form of a limited edition poster+tape+digital super combination punch, entitled...

theShopApprentice

     In celebration of the seeker in us all - working through inertia and circumstance, fatigue and doubt, poor weather and low signal strength, in efforts to raise our antenna and tune in to His Master's Voice.  Taking a page from one such soul apprentice's private journal entry, together we sing:

A hurried sip of dark tea and I'm out!
Pedalling off into my small shop corner of the galaxy,

Multiple sunsets away, another work day awaits.

In the charged dim light, the Master's song 

Intertwines with soldering fumes; 

and after a friendly exchange,

The repair work begins:

Re-routing faulty signal paths;

Deoxidizing rusted contacts; Purging failed components - 

Anything that gets in the way of pure Electricity

I've yet to develop a steady hand at this tho;

I still tremble at Your mere presence.

How do I make the leap across open circuits?

     Available now on the always vital ICS Library Records imprint, each limited edition combo pack you purchase includes a signed and numbered two-colour Risograph poster by MYSTERYFORMS and an exclusive 6-track EP on cassette and digital by SKRSxMX7.  All proceeds go to the ICS Arts, Crafts and Livelihood Program for Cultivated Living, an essential ICS initiative to help put food on artists' tables, cover portions of their sometimes impressive electricity bills, while continuing to make their works accessible and available to you and the community.  Thank you for your support.

     Original illustration and poster design by MYSTERYFORMS.  Edition of 70.  Two-colour, three-pass Risograph print on 11in x 15in, off-white, 80 lb. drawing paper.  Lovingly printed by Erica at Moniker Press.   The inherent limitations/beauty of Risograph printing causes each edition to align and register colours slightly different from one another (see photo above);  each edition resulting as a unique print - no two posters are ever identical!  Signed and numbered by the mystery man himself.

     Straight head-to-head circuitry clash by SKRSxMX7 on tape.  Recorded directly in-campus at ICS' Drumalie Ave Television and Radio Research and Repair Lab.  Six tracks deep, each tape side is essentially a nine-minute suite in three movements.  Professionally duplicated in Eastern Canada on high-bias TDK SA cobalt cassette tape (better than Chrome!).  Cover photography & design by MYSTERYFORMS.

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YARDTECH Revival

freak-out, deteriorated digi-dancehall-dub at its maddest;

the crucial selections of YARDTECH is now rescued

from 128kbps limbo and risen from ferric tape dust

Uncle Freddie Skeng, visiting from the Philippines,
has brought us the original cassette tape master
of this criminally overlooked recording

finally! we are able to properly (re)present and lovingly share
this rowdy ep - FREE - to all the staunchest dub adventurers and
SKRS fanatics.  get yours here in glorious HI-RES LO-FI!





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TheWhereBetweenYou&Me

      In celebration and thanksgiving for the latest addition to the SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL crew - our newest junior bubbler to run come bless up the Dance, the inimitable invincible Young Pow-Wow, we hereby present the listening massive with dis ya FREE musical excursion!

When neither the illusory Here
Nor the unfathomable Hereafter
Provide safe harbour;

The seeker has no place to turn
but TheWhereBetween
You&Me

And through it all : A solitary prayer;
A broken record loop-like chant for deliverance
One foot in oblivion;  Hanging by a thread of Hope

In Offeration and Dedication to You,
the One, the Eternal, of whom all things Are
Give thanks and praise each and every hour

TheWhereBetweenYou&Me is the dubwise sequel to
TheCallFromBelow; part two combination excursion style
By special request and public demand, it is now yours for free!



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BRUK PLASTIC!

When two heavyweight forces collide,

The inevitable displacement of weak shit is sure; 

Trunks rattle, illusions are tested, dancehall a bruk!

Inna dis ya new outing, wzrdryAV & seekersinternational

aim their sights against all weak-mindedness and set their phasers 

to "KILL";  undoing fake formulas lest we ourselves become undone

Take up the fight here and sign up against all weak shit

"...cos when we come fi nice up the place it's trouble!"
For your direction, for your satisfaction!


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Silent Season inna Vancouver

The UBC Philippine Studies Series, in partnership

with the UBC Liu Institute and Silent Season Records,

 is proud to bring you:  A Motion to Stillness

An evening of modern meditative dub

and ambient music showcasing the finest 

dub purveyors of the Pacific Northwest

Jamie McCue / Segue / WzrdryAV / SKRSINTL

immerse yourselves inna dis ya ital revival.

here's your map thru the woods

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TRANSMOLECULAR OFFERATIONS Vol.1

SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL joins top ranking

underground innovators and operators for a rare Sunday

offeration station identification! RAAAS!

GALAXABURN, SIPREANO, WZRDRY A/V,

ASTRX, SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL all on ONE bill!

A wha dem a deh pon!?!

Earliest interactions and collaborations reaching as far back as 

the early 90s are now finally culminating in this FIRST EVER

TRANSMOLECULAR group exhibition of audio and visual works

Join us for a special Sunday Showcase of true - original -

underground - outsider - art and sound.  Presenting works never

before heard or seen.  Dis ya a convergence Not To Be Missed

more details here.  hold tight.

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