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Centripetal Force Small print-run record label focused on otherworldly sounds and oddball noisemakers.

I recently had the honor of curating a label sampler for Brad at Foxy Digitalis. It's a pretty solid representation of w...
20/08/2024

I recently had the honor of curating a label sampler for Brad at Foxy Digitalis. It's a pretty solid representation of what's going on here at Centripetal Force, including some music from upcoming releases. Tune in. Zone out. Let me know what you think.

Centripetal Force has released a lot of music in the last few years that has become a mainstay in my headphones. From longtime favorites like Joseph Allred and Jeffrey Alexander to new names like M…

Prairiewolf - ‘Deep Time’ - 8/10 in Uncut! Heck yeah. Preorders for digital, vinyl, and 2XCD up now on the bandcamp. cen...
19/08/2024

Prairiewolf - ‘Deep Time’ - 8/10 in Uncut! Heck yeah. Preorders for digital, vinyl, and 2XCD up now on the bandcamp. centripetalforcerecords.bandcamp.com and in the UK w/ Worried Songs.

16/08/2024

The evolution of Japanese psych reaches new levels this fall…..

Back from some camping and ready to catch up with the emails and other assorted business, including some 🔥new autumn rel...
13/08/2024

Back from some camping and ready to catch up with the emails and other assorted business, including some 🔥new autumn releases and a couple of 😳 announcements regarding a trip back to Nashville next month.

Lots of label submissions to get to over the next couple of weeks. I appreciate your patience. The first preorder of the autumn drops on Thursday. 👀 for it!

We've been in La Selva Beach for a year now. Let's get weird and talk about the lure of this magical land:
05/08/2024

We've been in La Selva Beach for a year now. Let's get weird and talk about the lure of this magical land:

It was one year ago that Centripetal Force and family pulled into the driveway of our new home in La Selva Beach, CA. It was no small feat to extract myself from a community where I had forged strong friendships and established strong roots, but deep down I knew this move was meant to be, perhaps ev

Jennifer Kelly takes you for a tour of Drew Gardner's latest, an interstellar experience! Not subscribed to Aquarium Dru...
30/07/2024

Jennifer Kelly takes you for a tour of Drew Gardner's latest, an interstellar experience!

Not subscribed to Aquarium Drunkard? What are you waiting for?

Drew Gardner steps out on his own with Cygnus A, leaving behind, at least for the moment, his longstanding partnership with Jesse Shepherd in Elkhorn, his free jazz-y improvisations with Flowers in Space (a trio with Andy Cush and Ryan Jewel) and his regular hippie psych collaborations with Jeffrey....

The elusive 12” edition . Vinyl color unknown.
29/07/2024

The elusive 12” edition . Vinyl color unknown.

Get out and see Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders at any of these shows, and you’ll have the opportunity to grab BOT...
26/07/2024

Get out and see Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders at any of these shows, and you’ll have the opportunity to grab BOTH volumes of the Lidders forthcoming live albums on Centripetal Force/ Cardinal Fuzz. The albums will go up for sale from the labels in September.

Heck yeah!

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I was re-organizing the garage today and realized that I never unpacked these from Milwaukee Psych Fest. I thought they ...
18/07/2024

I was re-organizing the garage today and realized that I never unpacked these from Milwaukee Psych Fest. I thought they were sold out. But there are five more. Catch them on the Bandcamp. And catch Emergency Group in Massachusetts. Tonight in Boston. And tomorrow at Belltower Records in deep Western Mass.

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Denver, y’all are some lucky folks. Three individual sets AND some collaboration. Oh my. Who wants to fly me in? ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼
17/07/2024

Denver, y’all are some lucky folks. Three individual sets AND some collaboration. Oh my. Who wants to fly me in?

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16/07/2024

Laraaji + Agnes Martian + Music For Connection + Hair And Space Museum - ‘Coincidence’
Now available on cassette, as well as digitally.

“Coincidence is a record bursting with the joy of spontaneous creativity. Its long, improvised pieces never fall into a rut, and every minute of this album is delightfully different from the last. It is both an uncompromising demonstration of free and experimental spiritual jazz and a document attesting to the power of collaboration.” - Thomas Blake, KLOF Magazine

Co-released w/ Transitory Tapes and Working Name Studios …. because collaboration is key for this kind of art to grow and thrive. Ya dig?

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15/07/2024

The new USPS rates are now in effect. Order from the CF Bandcamp by 6pm Monday, and I’ll honor the former rates. ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

SOMA (Sacred Order of Mystic Apogees)'Burning is Learning' (vinyl & digital) + 'Shiva/Shakti' (vinyl) + "The Tarot Will ...
09/07/2024

SOMA (Sacred Order of Mystic Apogees)
'Burning is Learning' (vinyl & digital) + 'Shiva/Shakti' (vinyl) + "The Tarot Will Teach You" (digital) all available now.

"Composed by the legendary Don Cherry, Ron Frangipane, and Alejandro Jodorowsky, “The Tarot Will Teach You” is a meditative Indian-inspired piece that sets the mystical tone for the surreal classic. Between its hypnotic beat, sustaining drones and ritualistic atmosphere, the original recording already sounds like something you’d find on a SOMA record. The band plays the track with psychedelicized gusto and emphasize the entrancing spiritual qualities of the 51 year old score. Fans of the film will surely appreciate this rendition, as will anybody who enjoys meditating to a transportive raga. Check it out." - Keith Hadad, Record Crates United

centripetalforcerecords.bandcamp.com

Dave at Cardinal Fuzz and I have been scheming …..
09/07/2024

Dave at Cardinal Fuzz and I have been scheming …..

Some folks have been asking if Coincidence from Laraaji + Agnes Martian + Music For Connection + Hair And Space Museum i...
08/07/2024

Some folks have been asking if Coincidence from Laraaji + Agnes Martian + Music For Connection + Hair And Space Museum is going to be on streaming services. The short answer is yes. Eventually it will be. But we all know that isn’t how art like this stays alive.

Get yours on the Bandcamp.
centripetalforcerecords.bandcamp.com

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Drew Gardner 'Cygnus A'Now available on vinyl, as well as digitally."There’s a small trend of virtuoso fingerpickers mov...
06/07/2024

Drew Gardner 'Cygnus A'
Now available on vinyl, as well as digitally.

"There’s a small trend of virtuoso fingerpickers moving outside their comfort zones, exemplified by the ongoing work of Drew Gardner. As half of Elkhorn, Gardner switched from guitar to vibraphone for last year’s lovely On The Whole Universe In All Directions, and here he focuses on zither, with rapturous glissandos that betray New Weird America’s ongoing love affair with Alice Coltrane – no bad thing, obviously." -John Mulvey, MOJO

centripetalforcerecords.bandcamp.com

05/07/2024

USPS rates are going up again. 😡 Get your orders in soon
and pay the old rate.
The new rates will kick in July 14.✌🏼

Elijah McLaughlin & Caleb Willitz‘Morning Improvisations / Evening Abstractions’Out now on vinyl, as well as digitally “...
05/07/2024

Elijah McLaughlin & Caleb Willitz
‘Morning Improvisations / Evening Abstractions’
Out now on vinyl, as well as digitally

“Morning Improvisations, Evening Abstractions synthesizes notions cribbed from ecstatic jazz, pastoral acoustic-guitar composition and turn-of-the-century art rock into an amalgam that stubbornly refuses to sound like anything other than itself.” - Bill Meyer MAGNET Magazine

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Returned home from some camping in Humboldt County to find out that Kevin Coleman, Elijah McLaughlin & Caleb Willtz, and...
28/06/2024

Returned home from some camping in Humboldt County to find out that Kevin Coleman, Elijah McLaughlin & Caleb Willtz, and Patrick Sansone were all chosen to be part of Aquarium Drunkard’s mid year review. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼.

Heck yeah!

https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2024/06/24/aquarium-drunkard-2024-mid-year-review/

The list is spectacular. My oh my do I have some catching up to do!

Also returned home to find a nice stack of mail orders waiting to be fulfilled. Those will get shipped today. I appreciate those orders. Summer is always tough, and I know money is tight with a lot of folks right now. I don’t take any order for granted .

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20/06/2024

Summer has arrived, and your soundtrack awaits! 😎🎶☀️

Coincidence from Laraaji + Agnes Martian + Music For Connection + Hair And Space Museum (cassette and digital)

Cygnus A from Drew Gardner (vinyl and digital)

Morning Improvisations / Evening Abstractions from Elijah McLaughlin & Caleb Willitz (vinyl and digital)

The Tarot Will Teach You from SOMA (digital)

all the links you would ever need are at centripetalforcerecords.com

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I feel like this album truly is a game changer. Read up and check it out.
14/06/2024

I feel like this album truly is a game changer. Read up and check it out.

: Elijah McLaughlin & Caleb Willitz’s “Morning Improvisations, Evening Abstractions” (Centripetal Force). “It synthesizes notions cribbed from ecstatic jazz, pastoral acoustic-guitar composition and turn-of-the-century art rock into an amalgam that stubbornly refuses to sound like anything other than itself.” Read our review: https://magnetmagazine.com/2024/06/14/essential-new-music-elijah-mclaughlin-caleb-willitzs-morning-improvisations-evening-abstractions/

Head on over to the bandcamp and check out SOMA’s take on “The Tarot Will Teach You” - a song taken from Alejandro Jodor...
14/06/2024

Head on over to the bandcamp and check out SOMA’s take on “The Tarot Will Teach You” - a song taken from Alejandro Jodorowsky’s soundtrack to The Holy Mountain.

And while you’re at it, check out Robert Ryan’s tarot deck and companion book.

https://rakinglightprojects.com/products/tarot-tantra-esoterica-bundle

Copies of 🔥Burning is Learning🔥 on burnt orange vinyl are over at the Bandcamp, with a limited number of the first album available there as well.

SOMA leaves soon for their tour with Grails. Check it out if they’re coming to your town.

👁️ GRAILS x SOMA Summer Tour 👁️

✨JUNE 29th• Baltimore, MD at
✨JUNE 30th: Philadelphia, PA at
✨JULY 1st: New York City, NY at
✨JULY 2nd: Hamden, CT at
✨JULY 3rd: Boston, MA at
✨ JULY 4th: Val-Moren, QC at the Subramanya Ayyappa Temple (SOMA only)
✨JULY 5th: Montreal, QC at
✨JULY 6th: Toronto, ON at

👁️ for new music coming tomorrow.
13/06/2024

👁️ for new music coming tomorrow.

🌀Limited Run🌀 15x20” screen printed and flocked black light summer tour posters . Art work by Robert Ryan.Printed by the...
12/06/2024

🌀Limited Run🌀
15x20” screen printed and flocked black light summer tour posters .
Art work by Robert Ryan.
Printed by the wonderful folks at Great Lakes Flocking .
These will be available in person at the shows.
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👁️ GRAILS x SOMA Summer Tour 👁️

✨JUNE 29th• Baltimore, MD at
✨JUNE 30th: Philadelphia, PA at
✨JULY 1st: New York City, NY at
✨JULY 2nd: Hamden, CT at
✨JULY 3rd: Boston, MA at
✨ JULY 4th: Val-Moren, QC at the Subramanya Ayyappa Temple (SOMA only)
✨JULY 5th: Montreal, QC at
✨JULY 6th: Toronto, ON at

HAPPY RELEASE DAY to Elijah McLaughlin and Caleb Willitz and their album, Morning Meditations / Evening Abstractions.  I...
07/06/2024

HAPPY RELEASE DAY to Elijah McLaughlin and Caleb Willitz and their album, Morning Meditations / Evening Abstractions.

I was both thrilled and taken aback when Elijah reached out to me about doing this album. He’s worked with some fine people in the past. And even upon first listen, I knew this album was something special.

No exaggeration. This album is a game changer, an exercise in improvisational music that will be a model for people to follow over the next few years. It brings together many worlds of music and composition. It contains elements of free jazz and rock. It’s experimental and collaborative. It’s ambient. It’s devotional. And the roster of musicians lending their talents to the album is quite impressive.

“an endlessly inventive, restlessly mutating work of improvised music, which moves between jazz, psych, post-rock, ambient and Americana. But more than that, it is also a love letter to the Chicago experimental music scene.” Brent Sirota, Aquarium Drunkard

“This is some record; for experimental and improv fans, as well as jazz fiends, there is so much to enjoy, because every musician contributing is highly skilled and clearly more than up to the challenging task of creating intelligent improvised music.” - Glenn Kimptom, KLOF Mag

The album is available for digital download and on vinyl at elijahmclaughlincalebwillitz.bandcamp.com/album/morning-improvisations-evening-abstractions

I don’t know where this alleged recovering economy is right now, but I do know disposable income is at a premium. Pair this album up with the new release from Drew Gardner and save yourself a few bucks. And keep the label moving forward into fall with some exciting new releases.

Stores.... hit up Revolver USA/Midheaven mailorder or DM me for copies.

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HAPPY RELEASE DAY to Drew Gardner (Elkhorn) and his new release, Cygnus A!While the headiness of this album is quite fam...
07/06/2024

HAPPY RELEASE DAY to Drew Gardner (Elkhorn) and his new release, Cygnus A!

While the headiness of this album is quite familiar, the approach and sound is much different than his other projects. Yes, Drew is still playing guitar, but the true focus of Cygnus A is on his use of the zither and mbira. The result is a more intimate listening experience. The tones draw you in, and as the album and song titles suggest, send you out far beyond the stratosphere.

"[Cygnus A] forms a suite of deeply serene pieces that create a soothing, mesmerizing, psychedelic flow." - The Third Eye

The album is available for digital download and on vinyl at https://cygnusa.bandcamp.com/album/cygnus-a

I don't know where this alleged recovering economy is right now, but I do know disposable income is at a premium. Pair this album up with the new release from Elijah McLaughlin and Caleb Willitz and save yourself a few bucks. And keep the label moving forward into fall with some exciting new releases.

Stores.... hit up Revolver USA/Midheaven mailorder or DM me for copies.

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