20jazzfunkgreats 2009 Mixtape

20jazzfunkgreats 2009 mixtape:

Twins themes of frost and illumination, blinding ice.

The people at 20Jazzfunkgreats blog have included Teeth of the Sea in their end of year mixtape. It also includes many a song that they have been delighted by in 2009.

http://www.20jazzfunkgreats.co.uk/wordpress/

01- Prince Rama of Ayodhya: Land of the Apocalypse Transcended
02- King Kong Ding Dong: Hot Train
03- Pantah du Prince featuring Panda Bear: Stick by My Side
04- Palms: Boundary Waters (Gavin Russom Remix)
05- Teeth of the Sea: Inside the Space Capsule (Love Theme)
06- Fuckbuttons: Space Mountain
07- Erik XVI: Kalabaliken i Bender
08- Bront Industries Kapital: Knights of Vipco
09- Hounds of Hate: I Love Triangles
10- Hudson Mohawke: Polkadot Blues
11- Joker: Digidesign
12- S U R V I V E: Holographic Landscape
13- OoOOo: NoSummr4u
14- Liars: Scissor

White Hills and The Heads appear on Uncut compilation

Free with this months Uncut magazine is a free CD of Hendrix inspired bands which includes White Hills - Radiate from the Rocket album 'Heads on Fire'....also on the CD is The Heads - Could be, doesn't matter from their 'Everybody knows'... album.

New White Hills album artwork

White Hills new self titled album is due out on Thrill Jockey records (check the TJ site for date).

Rockets very own Johnny O was commissioned to do the sleeve artwork, and as you will see from the pictures a sterling job was done. The vinyl artwork is especially impressive with an embossed mirrored sleeve, I doubt they will hang around for long once they hit the racks!!!!

Go to http://www.thrilljockey.com for more info

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=78141525

Rocket Recordings Discography

We have recently been asked by several people to publish our full discography, so here it is:

Launch 001
The Heads / Lillydamwhite Spit 7”
(03/98) 550 Copies

Launch 002
Sawdust Caesars – You pigs... 7”
(04/98) 500 Copies

Launch 003
Kubrick – Rodeo 7”
(07/98) 500 Copies (200 blue cover / 300 red cover)

Launch 004
Thee Hypnotics – Earth Blues ‘99 7”
(11/98) 500 Copies

Launch 005
Lillydamwhite – Gillespie 7”
(04/99) 500 Copies (First 100 on brown vinyl the rest on black)
35 copies of a CDR promo with Bubblegun Instrumental as extra track

Launch 006
Hacker – Ice Cream Man 7”
(06/99) 300 Copies with insert

Launch 007
Spleen / Hacker - Split 7”
(11/99) 500 Copies with 3 inserts (First 100 on pink vinyl the rest on black)

Launch 008
The Heads – Sessions 01 7”
(07/00) 1st Pressing: 500 Copies with 4 inserts (First 100 on yellow vinyl the rest on black)
2nd Pressing: 300 Copies with 4 inserts (all on purple vinyl)
An unknown quantity of the inner sleeves were personalised by one of the band members

Launch 009
Johnny Hash – Beyond Rome EP 7”
(01/00) 500 Copies with sleeve description card (First 100 on red vinyl the rest on black)

Launch 010
Suncoil Sect – Freeform Energy Freakout 12”
(06/00) 500 Copies (500 promotional postcards produced of cover A/W)

Launch 011
Sawdust Caesars – LSD Art EP 7”
(02/01) 300 Copies with 4 inserts (First 100 on orange vinyl the rest on black)

Launch 012
Hippopotamus / Suncoil Sect - Split 7”
(05/01) 300 Copies with 4 inserts (First 100 on white vinyl the rest on black)

Launch 013
Rocket Big Muff – Tshirt
(09/00) 50 copies

Launch 014
Suncoil Sect – One Note Obscures Another CD
(03/01) 1000 Copies

Launch 015
The Heads – Sessions 02 12”
(02/02) 500 Copies (400 on black with 10 inserts / 100 on blue with free 7” plus 10 inserts in metallic envelope, unknown number also came with live photo and sticker)

Launch 016
(Launch terminated)

Launch 017
Oneida – Anthem of the Moon LP
(03/03) 500 Copies (Grey vinyl)

Launch 018
The Heads – At Last LP
(05/04) 500 Copies (all on blue vinyl)
One colour sleeve versions (35 x Blue and 35 x Red)

Launch 019
Rocket vintage (2 designs) – Tshirt
(05/05) 50 copies

Launch 020
Plastic Crimewave Sound – Flashing Open CD
(05/04) 1000 Copies

Launch 021
Fuzz against Junk – Trenchfoot/Dugout 7”
(04/05) 500 Copies (all on red vinyl)
CD version quantity unknown

Launch 022
In Demons In (The Heads/Plastic Crimewave/Lillydamwhite) - 10”
(06/05) 1000 Copies (with 5 inserts)

Launch 023
Residual Echoes – MFI-GBSP CD/LP
(07/06) CD 1000 Copies
LP 1000 Copies (Clear vinyl with insert)

Launch 024
Ufomammut – Lucifer songs CD/LP (both with DVD)
(01/06) CD/DVD 1000 Copies (Hand screen printed cover by Malleus)
LP/DVD 1000 (Hand screen printed cover by Malleus)

Launch 025
Mammatus - Mammatus CD/LP
(06/06) CD 1000 Copies
LP 1000 Copies (Black vinyl with insert)

Launch 026
The Heads – Under the stress of a headlong dive Double LP
(08/05) 1000 Copies (all on black vinyl with gatefold sleeve)

Launch 027
Ocean– Here where nothing grows Double LP
(06/07) 1000 Copies (all on brown/white splattered vinyl)

Launch 028
Grey Daturas – Path of Niners CD
(07/07) 1000 Copies

Launch 029
White Hills – Heads on Fire CD
(10/07) 1000 Copies

Launch 030
The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers – Which side are you on? CD
(02/08) 1000 Copies

Launch 031
Teeth of the Sea – Orphaned by the Ocean CD
(01/09) 1000 Copies

Launch 032
Rocket 10th Anniversary show CDR
(04/08) 100 numbered copies given away at show.
Contains exclusive tracks by The Heads, White Hills, Teeth of the Sea, Notorious Hi-Fi Killers, Sawdust Caesars and Big Naturals

Launch 033
Collisions 01 – The Heads / White Hills Split LP
(04/09) 1000 Copies (700 black / 300 yellow with 150 with posters)

Launch 034
Rocket Big Muff II – Tshirt
(07/09) 50 shirts in two colours grey and blue

Launch 035
Teeth of the Sea – Hypnoticon 12” EP
(02/10) limited to 300 copies

Launch 036
Sunday Space Ritual CDR
(12/09) 100 copies given away at Xmas party show.
Contains exclusive tracks by Gnod, Teeth of the Sea, Notorious Hi-Fi Killers, **K, Gum takes tooth, Mutlings and Drumcunt


If there is anything in particular you are looking for, then let us know, you never know what we may have still lying around in our Mission controls in Bristol and London

Julian Cope gets Hypnoticon'd

Julian Cope has given the forthcoming Hypnoticon EP by Teeth of the Sea his 'vinyl of the month' award on his site Head Heritage:

Also search out Teeth of the Sea’s excellent new E.P. HYPNOTICON, which – in the wake of their excellent debut LP OCEAN – takes this Drudion’s Vinyl of the Month award. Released on Bristol’s excellent Rocket Recordings (www.rocketrecordings.com), HYPNOTICON showcases twenty-four minutes of highly transcendental space rock of the extremely non-clichéd variety. However, unlike too many Krautrock-obsessed contemporary bands, Teeth of the Sea score their triumphs precisely because of their couldn’t-give-a-fuck attitude towards so-called Authenticity. Instead, this band inhabits its own mythological mind map – the kind of burned out Zoroastrian terrain that perfectly unites early Ash Ra Tempel with Serge Leone trumpet one minute, then giddies your branium with stereo FX and ring modulators the next. Perhaps it’s their ability to appear monolithic and definitive at all times that makes Teeth of the Sea so attractive; there’s certainly nothing better than exploring the pot scene, then chillaxing pole-axed’n’safe in the hands of artists you know you can trust.

Julian Cope

See it in full here

The EP will be released on February 1st on vinyl and download....

Happy Xmas and New Year

Happy xmas and New year from us at Rocket....thanks for all your support in ‘09...

As for 2010, we have several things bubbling away, but definite launches are:

Teeth of the Sea – Hypnoticon EP (February 1st)
Gnod / White Hills – Dropout II double LP (April)
Teeth of the Sea – second album (June)

We are also looking for more contributors to this blog, so if you would like to consider a review of an album, band, gig old or new, please send your scribbles to rocketrecordings@yahoo.com

Rocket Probes December 2009 Playlist

Various – Obsession
(Good comp of '67 to '74 South American, Indian, and Turkish psyche, lots of fuzz, wah, delay and grooved out rhythms)

Purling Hiss – Purling Hiss
(Thanks to Dave Cambridge for turning us on to this and David Halstead for bringing us over a copy from Chicago....great lo-fi fuzz wah ridden garage..a bit like ‘Afflicted Man’ in places)

Slayer – World Painted Blood
(At times they hit their old magestic best, at times it is unfortunately quite disappointing....but the good news is ‘Lead Hanneman’ and ‘Lead King’ are back brutalising the wah)

Sola Bassana – Lost in Space
(Don’t know anything about this lot, but this track is a great slice of motorik space rock)

Heldon – Electronique Guerilla / Allez Teia
(Both these great albums have just been reissued on vinyl on Wah Wah records...and they each come with a free 7” including the great Schizo EP...a must have!!!)

Urdog – Eyelid of the Moon
(Amon Düül II inspired dazed stupor reminiscent of the altered states of psych folk bands from the late 60's early 70's)

The Necks – Aquatic / Hanging Garden / Drive By
(3 Albums of expansive mesmerising soundscapes of almost static rhythms weaving lush repetitive barely perceptible shifting meditative and transcendental Can like patterns)

Fire - Could You Understand Me
(1973 Yugoslavia fuzz distorted repetitive pedal mashing)