Do It Thissen Records & Lathe Cuts

04/09/2024

Here's some news about the second of our releases this month

DIT-070 "Line For Thurgoland" by Lou Barnell comprises around a half-hour of experimental/improvised vocal tracks based on Lou's text scores.

It's a field recording made in an actual disused railway tunnel in Thurgoland, South Yorkshire and which has massive reverb qualities!

Four tracks from the performance will be made available on a clear 10" 33rpm lathe-cut EP and a fifth track is available as part of the digital download.

The release will be available to pre-order on Friday 6th September (Bandcamp Friday) at 0900 UK time, and the orders will be sent out at the end of September to coincide with the digital launch of the release.

If you're fans of the work of Emergence Collective, then I think you'll like this release - indeed, several of the Collective feature on this recording.

The release comes with a 12-page full-colour booklet comprising art inspired by Thurgoland, and includes photos of the recording location & EP credits.

This release is priced at £16 plus p&p

There'll be a special one-off bundle on offer, comprising the original artwork for this release (created by Lou Barnell) along with a copy of the EP cut on a different coloured heavyweight 10" blank. Additionally, there'll be a single-sided 10" lathe-cut included with this bundle, containing the fifth track which will otherwise only be available on the digital download.

The artwork is an unframed A3 sized mixed media piece and is a strict one-off. This "bundle" will appear as a separate item on the Bandcamp page. (See photo in comments)

5 track album

02/09/2024

Here's something to brighten up your Monday evening: news of the first of September's releases

The lead track off DIT-073 "Forest People" EP by Crystal Blaze is now available to listen to! Pre-orders for the limited edition 10" lathe-cut EP will be available from 0900 on Friday 6th September.

The actual release date is Saturday 28th September - the day of the launch event at Delicious Clam in Sheffield.

I'm planning an edition of just 25 copies, cut on heavyweight clear 10" blanks. Not all copies will be made available on the 6th, as I'll be holding a few back to sell at the launch event of the 28th.

More news on this, and the second of September's releases, later

4 track album

31/08/2024

All done! I’ve just finished cutting the last of the edition of 25 of DIT-073 Forest People EP by Crystal Blaze. Next task: labels & sleeves.

I’ll start taking orders for this release on Friday 6th September (to capitalise on Bandcamp Friday to keep the retail price down)

Not all of the edition will be made available on this date: I’m holding a few back to sell at the launch gig of Saturday 28th September. I’ll add unsold copies and the final remaining copies of the release into the Bandcamp shop on the day following the gig.

Price will be £12 plus p&p

I’m expecting this release to sell out very quickly. As usual, reminders will be made nearer the dates that the release will appear in the Bandcamp shop

30/08/2024

DIT-006 Smaragdus EP was released some four years ago, and if you've been enjoying their sound since then, you'll be pleased to learn that as well as a show in Wales at the end of September, they've pencilled in a Sheffield show on Sunday 15th September at The Shakespeare (6pm-9pm)

It's a Slow Wave Sound event and tickets are available now! (link in comments VVV)

Listen here:

6 track album

26/08/2024

DIT-071 off to the artist for approval to proceed … 3 x 5” lathe-cut box set with 24-page booklet

25/08/2024

Yorkshire is for life, not just Yorkshire Day (August 1st)! ... but be that as it may, only five days left to listen to my Freak Zone Playlist for Yorkshire Day on BBC Sounds.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021bxx

09/08/2024

If you own or have heard “Hen Lefydd Ynys Mon” by Smaragdus, [10” lathe-cut EP DIT-006 (Do It Thissen, 2020) and Cassette tape MPR013 (Miracle Pond, 2020)] and are located not too far away from Bangor, then this newly announced event of 28 September may be of interest …

05/08/2024

Update on August's releases:

All orders placed over the last few days following on from the release of Moosh 7" lathe-cut single have now been shipped - UK orders should be arriving tomorrow (Tuesday) or Wednesday at the latest.

The blue edition has sold out, there are four of the white edition left, and we're down to single figures on the black edition too.

The photo of me wearing the latest label T-shirt "Better lathe than never" prompted a flurry of sales - there's now only an XL in white and an XL in yellow left, so if you were contemplating a purchase - then now might be the time!

Good news on the September release front: the test cut for DIT-070 10" EP by Lou Barnell is approved, as is the test cut for DIT-073 10" EP by .

I'll be cutting these over the next few weeks, with pre-orders being taken from (Bandcamp Friday) 6th September. I'll share images of the artwork when ready.

03/08/2024

Thank you for all the love & likes for my recent playlist.

If you’ve not yet listened, it’s available for several weeks on BBCSounds:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021bxx

Here’s what was played >>>

01/08/2024

Shop's open for DIT-069 ...

https://doitthissenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dit-069-understanding-endless-possibilities

26/07/2024

Coming soon …..

18/07/2024

Nearly forgot … last month’s Electronic Sound magazine had a half page article about our pal DIMITRI (DIT-062)

17/07/2024

DIT-069 "Understanding"/"Endless Possibilities" 7" single by Moosh will be up for sale on the label's Bandcamp page on 1st August at 0800 UK time.

10 x white, 10 x blue and 20 x black, all on heavy 2mm "large hole" DJ/jukebox blanks.

Tracks are already on Bandcamp if you want a listen! Two ace tracks of funky soul with female vocal and some psychedelic/wah-wah guitar bubbling away underneath it all.

4 track album

16/07/2024

August 1st is Yorkshire Day, and my selection of Tyke tunage, along with my dulcet tones linking the tracks, can be heard "live" at 0000 on 1st August, and on the 6Music Freak Zone playlist web page thereafter for the whole of August …

Upcoming episodes of Freak Zone Playlist

10/07/2024

Smashing review of label alumni Out Ink’s recent live show at Sidney & Matilda, in Now Then magazine. Have a read, then head to the band’s page for CD & digital tuneage … or our bandcamp page for the remaining lathe-cut artefacts…

Self-identified as “angular and abrasive”, OUt iNK present the audience with a heavily prog-inspired wall of sound. It’s intricate, dynamic, and unlike most things you’ve heard before.

09/07/2024

This just popped up on my personal FB feed - any label alumni & followers interested?

An academic position as a Lecturer - Film Music is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

08/07/2024

First look at all three DIT-069 editions: 20 x black, 10 x white and 10 x blue: Moosh! Funky soul or soulful funk? A chance to have a quick listen before the end of the month!

05/07/2024

Release news!

August >>>
DIT-069 "Understanding"/"Endless Possibilities" by Moosh . Two killer tracks of funky soul with female vocals & understated psychedelic guitar, recorded ten years ago and newly excavated for your listening pleasure. It'll be released on lathe-cut DJ (large centre hole) 7" in a variety of colours

September >>>
DIT-070 "Line For Thurgoland" by Lou Barnell. A field recording made in a local disused railway tunnel with awesome reverb qualities, this is a suite of vocal interpretations of text-based scores performed by the cream of local improvisational musicians and presented over 3 sides of lathe-cut 10". This release is accompanied by a booklet of artwork by Lou and which was inspired by the recording location. There'll be a special one-off edition in a different colour from the main release which will be offered for sale with the original artwork for the release (original work by Lou Barnell)

DIT-073 "Forest People" EP by Jeesaw aka Crystal Blaze. Proper immersive vaporwave from Sheffield's leading exponent. This will be available as a 10" crystal clear lathe-cut

Photos show Moosh single, Lou Barnell booklet page; video is test cut of Crystal Blaze EP

More details later ...

04/07/2024

Just delivered a test cut for DIT-073 (10” vaporwave EP) to this good girl’s owner …

26/06/2024

DIT-027 “Northern Minimalism 2” by Pulselovers (originally released in 2020) has been remastered and combined with “Northern Minimalism 1” into a Castles In Space Subscription Library release.

Looks & sounds lush!

20/06/2024

DIT-069: first look at this forthcoming release, due July 2024

Moosh !!!

17/06/2024

DIT-072 “No Plan C” EP by Mzylkypop. Funds collected, MAP donation made. Many thanks to listeners & bidders!

Final hammer prices totalled £198.44

DIT >>> MSW / MSW >>> MAP

16/06/2024

DIT-072 … all snapped up & paid for - almost £200 under the hammer! I’ll be parcelling up tomorrow & forwarding the donation in the next day or so

Many thanks to the listeners and bidders!

15/06/2024

Brisk bidding on the five copies of DIT-072 which are on eBay ... over £180 in total at the time of writing!

Hammer comes down at around 8pm tomorrow evening (Sunday), have a pike here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p3711649.m570.l1313&_nkw=mzylkypop+charity&_sacat=0

13/06/2024

DIMITRI tells me that there’s a mention of DIT-062 “Probably A Metaphor” in the very latest edition of Electronic Sound Magazine …

09/06/2024

DIT-072 update: here they are, the full run of Mzylkypop’s “No Plan C” lathe-cut EP - all five are listed separately on eBay. Auctions end around 2000 next Sunday (16 June).

HERE THEY ARE:

BLACK https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204825176624

WHITE https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204825181249

CLEAR https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204825182135

RED https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204825183322

GREEN https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204825183853

Which one(s) do you fancy?

05/06/2024

All's well that ends well!

Last Sunday's Freak Zone on BBC 6Music contained a "Corrections and Clarifications" spot where host Stuart Maconie apologised for getting Out Ink's name wrong on air in the previous episode, and also for attributing the Hekla Fell track to DIT instead of Holy Crow Records ! To put things right, he played another Out Ink track, followed by an Isis Moray track upon Daniel's recommendation.

And it didn't hurt that SM had further kind words for the label 😉

listen here from 59 minutes in ...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001znz0

20/05/2024

Hmm, well that was a bit of a pig's breakfast: the Freak Zone blurb promised a couple of tracks from God's Own County (Yorkshire!) - which came to pass OK: and at the top of the program, Stuart announced that a couple of Tracks from recent Do It Thissen releases would be aired.

So far, so good: except that the first of these tracks was announced as "Enough" by a band called "The Bathtub & The Basin". Great name for a band, however the band in this case is Out Ink and the title of the B side of their recent release on Do It thissen had been stated instead of their name.

Fast forward to the end of the show, and the final track is "Dasein" by Hekla Fell - wrongly attributed (to my horror) to Do It Thissen when in fact it had been released on Holy Crow Records. I had been expecting to hear a track from the recent Do It Thissen 7" release "Hex"/"Vax", download codes for which I'd sent to the Freak Zone a few weeks back; maybe they'd wanted a track of longer duration to close the show, chosen "Dasein" and not bothered to check the full release details?

Notwithstanding all this, great to hear the tracks blasting out of the radio, and a big up to the Sheffield independent music scene.

19/05/2024

Stand by ….

13/05/2024

Update for those who weren't aware:

In the final week of my stint up in Orkney, I managed to slip over and crack my left hip. A&E in Kirkwall confirmed no broken bones, but on return to Sheffield and after visiting two of our fine hospitals, it turns out that I have a fractured acetabulum (hip socket).

No surgery planned - just rest & natural healing and hobbling around on crutches for a short while. I'll see how I feel at the end of May regarding firing the lathe back up.

Here's me, 3 minutes after the fall: "admiring the view" - good job there's no sound to this picture 😆