ZACHT AUTOMAAT 2XLP IS A REALITY

Calico Corp. started largely as an idea to release a record for the band known as Zacht Automaat. We are happy to announce that two years and five releases later, that idea has come to fruition.

Over the past couple years, the duo of Carl Didur and Mike McLean have released 11 albums worth of mind scrambling instrumental gold under the Zacht Automaat moniker. This wildly original and exciting music has gone criminally unnoticed despite being released for FREE on the internet.

This double LP compilation collects the finest moments from their diverse catalogue. The package also includes an exclusive bonus CD-R containing an album's worth of outtakes from the inexhaustible Automaat archives along with a download card for the compilation proper.

Please stay posted for a preview video, album stream, and order link.

If you live in Toronto come say Hi at an event we will be holding to celebrate the availability of this latest Calico release. On October 12th Carl Didur will be manipulating a tape loop installation between 8pm - 1am at Grasshopper Records on Dundas St. West. Calico Corp. DJs will also be in attendance.

Lastly, if you'll be in New York for CMJ please check out our label showcase in association with Panache Booking at Silent Barn.

TAKE A HOUND HOME

Download a new mix made by Slim Twig himself to celebrate and serve as entry into the labyrinth that is A Hound at the Hem...

A Hound at the Hem MIX.

1. Harumi - 'Talk About It'
2. Nilsson - 'Everything's Got 'Em'
3. Led Zeppelin - 'In The Light'
4. Michael Nyman - 'A Watery Death'
5. Jean-Claude Vannier - 'L'enfant, La Mouche...'
6. Barry White - 'Gonna Love You Just a Little More'
7. Bowie - 'Right'
8. Gainsbourg - 'L'Hotel Particulier'
9. The Delfonics - 'Round & Round'
10. The Left Banke - 'Nice to See You'
11. William Sheller - 'Hare Krishna'
12. The Walker Brothers - 'Orpheus'
13. Gainsbourg - 'Cargo Culte'

DOWNLOAD IT HERE.

Do you need more convincing to take home one of the most elaborate albums of the year??

'...much of the record owes a sizeable debt to Scott Walker, from the cryptic lyrics and the deep, velvety club-singer croon Turnbull often employs to the swirling ‘Jackie’-esque strings of ‘Heavy Splendour’ and ‘Shroud By The Sheetful’’s spiralling, off-key hook. Even “All This Wanting”, with its jaunty rolling piano and fuzz guitar, exudes an air of almost malicious mischief, making Hound a wholly satisfactory solution for those Walker fans who find themselves torn between the full-bodied melodrama of his earliest solo work and the often impenetrable soundscapes of the post-Climate Of Hunter years.' - The Quietus

'While this album will take a few listens for those unfamiliar with the challenges of incorporated orchestral and rock elements within a conceptual work; fans of the Jacques Brel-Scott Walker school of transgressive baroque will have found a new masterpiece to dissect for years to come. Those that can get behind the sometimes atonal, dead pan crooning, dark veiled setting arrangements and lurid subject matters will discover A Hound at the Hem to be one the best post-glam concept albums not made in the slippery 70s.' - Impose Magazine

'It’s all buoyed on a darkly seductive current, giving every soaring high a queasy, industrial chill. Slim Twig may fly the weirdo flag, but hey, where would you rather be: smoking crap drugs with Ed Sheeran, or hunting space aliens with Matt Bellamy? If the latter, get your creep on and hand your heart to A Hound at the Hem: a record to reclaim the ‘guilty pleasure’ tag for purposes altogether more sinister.' - Drowned In Sound

THE HOUND IS HERE

Finally, our delayed Slim Twig LPs have arrived. Order freely, they look and sound fantastic!

PICK ONE UP FROM OUR BANDCAMP...

In other news 'label owners' Slim Twig & U.S. Girls are playing shows all throughout Europe in the next month. Come see us, and pick up some Calico releases from them that released them...

20 Nov - TBA, Bordeaux, FR
22 Nov - ZDB, Lisbon, PT
23 Nov - CCVF, Guimaraes, PT
24 Nov - El Perro Club, Madrid, ES
25 Nov - Underground Club, Barcelona, ES
26 Nov - TBA, Toulouse, FR
27 Nov - La Peniche, Lille, FR
28 Nov - Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels, BE
29 Nov - Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
30 Nov - Monarch, Berlin, DE
01 Dec - Friese, Bremen, DE
02 Dec - Trauma, Marburg, DE
03 Dec - Ludwigstraße 6, Giessen, DE
04 Dec - Incubated @ 013, Tilburg, NL
05 Dec - The Lexington, London, UK w/ Zacht Automaat
06 Dec - Revolver , Oslo, NO
07 Dec - FatCat Furballs show, The Green Door Store, Brighton, UK
08 Dec - The Castle Hotel, Manchester, UK

ALL THIS WANTING CLIP

See the psychedelic and the goofy merge seamlessly in this excellent clip for 'All This Wanting', a new song off Slim Twig's A Hound at the Hem.

It was directed by the very talented Emily Pelstring of Montreal, director of U.S. Girls 'Jack' video and many others.

We will have copies of the records in the next couple days. ORDER NOW!!

ORDER THIS HOUND...

The release of 'A Hound at the Hem' is drawing near! Hard to believe we are moving on to LPs.

Despite a delay at the press, we are anticipating the record being ready to ship soon, so get your paws on this thing in advance.

As soon as we have pictures of the completed artifact (handmade lyric booklet and all!) we will post them up.

Until then, have a listen! 

A HOUND AT THE HEM

We are thrilled to announce the release of our first 12" LP on Calico Corp.

Slim Twig's 'A Hound at the Hem'. A narrative album loosely based on Nabokov's 'Lolita' by way of 'Histoire de Melody Nelson'.

The album is a collaborative work primarily with Louis Percival, but including contributions from many notable Toronto artists including Carl Didur, Tim Westberg, Meg Remy of U.S. Girls and string arrangements by Owen Pallett.

Have a listen to the first track of the album, the epic 'Heavy Splendour'.

Please note this album is a co-release with the wonderfully eclectic Toronto imprint, Pleasence Records.

THE ISLAND SONG 7" SOLD OUT!

DOING LIKE THE BOSS DOES...
"THE ISLAND SONG" DISC BY U.S. GIRLS IS CURRENTLY SOLD OUT. IT IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON OUR BANDCAMP HERE. THANK YOU!