Grouper - Rarities 2002-2014

 

Self made compilation 2022.

01 Untitled [1st CDr, self released, 2004]

02 Rising Height [Split 7'' with Pumice, Soft Abuse, 2009]

03 Pale Through [from 'Tsuiki No Seika Vol. 1', Split 7'' with Xela, Root Strata, 2009]

04 False Horizon [Split 7'' with City Center, self released, 2009]

05 A-D (Excerpt) [from '10', Room 40-Wire Magazine, 2010]

06 Dice Airlock [from 'The Tropics Of Phenomenon', Sweet Dreams, 2010]

07 Alien Observer (Live in Vigeland Mausoleum) [Wire Magazine compilation, 2011]

08 He Knows (Live at St. Lukes Cathedral) [from 'RQ EQ Christchurch Earthquake Relief', 2011]

09 Hollow Tone [from '10', Room 40, 2011]

10 Quiet Eyes [from 'Neon Marshmallow NYC 2011', Neon Marshmallow cassette, 2011]

11 Demona [from 'Yeti Twelve' 7'',Yeti Publishing, 2012]

12 Cassiopeia [from 'Benefit For The Recovery In Japan', Antiopic, 2012]

13 Headache (MEMORYREMEDYMIX) [from 'The Remix Collection', Recycle Culture, 2014]

Grouper - Tried

 

Type 2007

01 Tried

02 Everyone in Turn

Another rare Grouper release, long out of print and only available from second hand sellers.

Extremely rare 7" only. 

Grouper - Wide

 

Free Porcupine Society 2006

01 Make Me Over

02 Little Boat/Bone Dance (Audrey)

03 Imposter In The Sky

04 Giving It To You

05 Agate Beach

06 They Moved Everything

07 Black Blood

08 Shadow Rise, Drowned

09 Wide

With the imminent release of a new Grouper album, I thought I'd share another harder to get release from a few years ago.

Originally a CD release on Free Porcupine Society in 2006, this album has been re-issued (in very limited runs) several times:

Weird Forest Records L.P. Test Pressing (2006)

Grouper self released L.P. (2010)

Grouper - He Knows He Knows He Knows

 

Collective Jyrk 2006

01 He Knows

02 He Knows

03 He Knows

Haven't posted any Grouper in a long time. An earlier release here. Guitar pedal drone experiments.

The original release was a mini CDr sold at shows on a Canadian tour. The same year also saw an even more limited version on Something on the Road records for Israel.

Finally, Grouper self released a 7" version in 2009.

GROUPER - VIOLET REPLACEMENT

Yellow Electric 2012

01. Rolling Gate
02. Sleep

Self released and limited to 100 copies, this CDr arrived after AIA and was the focus of live shows. Tape loops, guitar effects, improvisation. Ace.

GROUPER - GROUPER

Self Released CDr 2005

01. Moon Wave
02. Second Wind/Zombie Skin
03. Second Skin/Zombie Wind
04. Top of the Sea
05. Hold a Desert, Feel it's Hand
06. Close Cloak
07. Black Hole
08. Blackout


The dark, ethereal ambient of Liz Harris begins here. Self released as a CDr in 2005, this eponymous debut is now only available to buy from second hand sellers.

The original sleeve (and disc) did not contain track titles. The tracks were given names by Volcanic Tongue during its original listing and those titles have stuck.

The sound of Grouper would develop over later releases but everything is here, already in place, just rougher around the edges. The music on this disc sounds like it was not meant to be heard, recorded and then forgotten, found years later (probably in the woods).

The world seems to be catching on to Grouper now, but the records still sound like a secret.