WORLD PEACE, ONE TAPE AT A TIME

 

Yard Sale For World Peace is one of my go to contemporary music labels. Operating out of Olympia, Washington, they specialise in spontaneous music, mostly recorded live or at home on a range of inexpensive equipment. DIY is the guiding principle, and this extends to their design aesthetic, which is basic but always invigorating and attractive. 

One of my favourite releases on the label is by Connective Tissue. It has one track, repeated both sides: a 21 minute synth and drums jam that stretches and grows and soars before ending in what might be a shower of cosmic sparks. Like most YSFWP releases, it is organic and real: the track breathes, and you can feel the space it was recorded in. It's unadorned and imperfect, which makes it brilliant.

You can listen to it here, and there are still some cassettes (7 at the time of writing) available. Postage from the USA is hugely expensive, but, if you message the label about a bulk order, they'll see what they can do because they're not only visionaries, they're also really nice people.