News From Dark Duck Records

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03/18/08	Ok, the official Ambient Poetry site is now up and we are currently accepting submissions for publication. Any and all poems, prose and other writings will be considered. Visit the site for more information about where and how to submit your material.
03/07/08	Just added some Hypnos CDs to the online store. Also added some Numina CDs. Lots of good stuff up there and it is all more or less recommended. If I didn't love it and think you would too, I would not be selling it in my store.
03/05/08	I'm not sure why I'm doing this but I've added another new section to the site called "Ambient Poetry." Not sure what the point of this is outside of my strange attempts at poetry. Over the years I've written several hundred poems. Most of which have never seen the light of day and never will. Some were songs from my Troubled Thought days. On the ambient poetry page, I will present all NEW and very strange things. As for the older poems, maybe they'll be published some day.
03/04/08	I've put up a new section on the site called VIDEOS where I've spotlighted a few ambient videos from our very own Lucette Bourdin. These 2 videos feature Lucette's music as well as her artwork. We hope to post more of these from Lucette and perhaps other artists in the near future as we develop this portion of the Dark Duck Records site.
02/12/08	Several new tracks posted to the Drone Download Project page, and for those wondering about the DDP Year 5 CD, it is in the works right now and should be available in a month or 2. For this CD we are loading it up with a BUNCH of new previously unreleased, unheard and never posted tracks we're sure you will love. More on that later.
02/09/08	In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we will be re-issuing a few CDs that have been out of print for awhile now, namely Mile High Chill 1, Mile High Chill 2, and Avalon Chill. Mile High Chill 1 is available now and 2 as well as Avalon will be issued in a few months.
02/02/08	Happy new year, ok so I'm a month late. Well it's now 2008 which means a few things. First this year marks the 20th anniversary of Dark Duck Records so we'll be doing a few cool things to celebrate this year. More on that later.
11/23/07	We've just added 2 new BOX SETS to the store in addition to the already available Dreams Box and Cycles Box. Now we have a new box set for Stephen Philips' Installations Series, as well as an Experimental Psychology Box. Check it out.
11/22/07	Well things seem to happen in chunks around here for one reason or another. Out now and ready for ordering are 3 brand spankin new releases that have been in the works for awhile. First up is "Installations 4" which is the continuation in the series of virtual installation pieces. Next up is Experimental Psychology's triumphant return with the massive double disc set "Fatal Sophisticated." Then the most recent offering is the new and first ever collaboration between Stephen Philips and Ben Fleury-Steiner called "Geoflexures." Click on the links for more info. That's it for now, lots more stuff coming in December and January.
10/2/07	Out now, the latest CD from Lucette Bourdin called "Stories From The City." An excellent followup to the sucessful "Rising Fog." Both CDs available now.
9/19/07	The Stephen Philips CD "Into The Dark" has been officially released on Hypnos Records, and available now through the Dark Duck Records online store. A long-time in coming, we think this one was worth the wait. It has been properly aged and is now ready for human consumption.
9/06/07	Lots of exciting news. We're finally getting around to rolling out some of the releases that have been in the works for awhile. Several new things from Stephen Philips including the new dark spacey long-form work "Stygian", the dark experimental ambient "Under The Red River" which are both available now. Now available for pre-order are "The Sobbing Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" from Stephen Philips which is set to be released 25 September 2007 to coincide with the mass market release of the DVD (check Amazon.com and others). Also coming in October is a new CD from Lucette Bourdin titled "Stories From The City." The next few months will see new releases from Soul In Limbo as well as Stephen Philips' "Installations 4" and "Otherworldly 4" releases.
8/27/07	Just uploaded to the Drone Download Project page with several new, very excellent tracks from 4 very talented artists. A new track from Matt Borghi called "092501" and another new track from Austere called "Fasciculate." Also included here are a new long-form deep drone from Rigel Orionis and a heavenly piece from Darkened Soul. Have at it! :)
8/15/07	Out now, the latest offering from Stephen Philips titled "Soliton." This one is available through the Earth Mantra label and available for free download, have at it :)
8/8/07	We are pleased to announce the latest installment of the ever popular Palandrone series. Palandrone 3 is now up on the Drone Download Project Page. Enjoy.
8/2/07	Greetings. Just a quick note to let you all know what the DDP Year 4 data CD is in the works and will hopefully be out soon. Sorry for the delay but there have been so many things going on, finalizing the DDP Year 4 has been a problem, but it will happen and soon. In other news I'm trying to finalize the CD for my score for the film "The Sobbing Stone" which is set to be released on DVD sometime this September. The DVD will be available from Amazon.com and the other usual outlets, the CD of the score (along with some bonus stuff that did not appear in the film) will be available through Dark Duck Records. More on that later as I know more.
7/23/07	The latest release from Experimental Psychology is due out in the next few weeks. This double disc set called "Fatal Sophisticated." (more info and sound samples up soon) In celebration of the new release, Experimental Psychology presented a live 2 hour concert on Kite Radio last week. The show was recorded and will be made available as a 2 CD set sometime later this year.
7/3/07	Wow, ok, so it's been awhile. Things are crazy busy around here as always so I apologize for any delays in updating things. I'm hoping to catch up on a lot this month. I've just added 4 new tracks to the Drone Download Project page. I think you will really like these. Included are tracks from Beatslaughter, Rigel Orionis, Soul In Limbo, and a new long-form Constant variation from Perimeter called "The Ravine" or aka Constant 8. Enjoy, and I hope to get more up soon as well as get the DDP Year 4 CD out the door soon. New CDs from Soul In Limbo and Lucette Bourdin are also on the horizon, as well as a few other things.
2/19/07	Out now on Dissonance Records, 2 new releases from Stephen Philips. The first is a digital-download-only EP called "The Atonal EP." Also out now, the new full-length and eagerly anticipated "Creampuff Casper Milk-Toast." Sound samples are up now.
01/23/07	Out now, a trio of releases and fresh new faces to Dark Duck Records. First off is "Diffusing The Light" from the very talented Soul In Limbo. A native of Australia. Next is "Rising Fog" from Lucette Bourdin. Lucette, a French native, is also a very talented painter who has had many art shows. And lastly is a new series from Stephen Philips called "From The Vaults" that finds Stephen digging through the vast DDR archives and revisiting some old material.
10/26/06	Only 1 copy of the out of print Oophoi set remains. If you'd like this FINAL set, please grab it ASAP to avoid disappointment.
10/24/06	Out today is the new CD from Stephen Philips titled "Confabulation." An excellent set of semi-experimental groovy ambient tones and textures. Sure to delight on all levels. Also, tonight on Kite Radio we will be debuting the all new DRONE DOWNLOAD PROJECT Year 3 Megamix. An almost 2 hour mix of all the tracks from Year 3 of the project plus a few extras thrown in. The full-length mix will be available for download in a few weeks, but tune in tonight to hear the whole thing. We are currently in production of the debut SOUL IN LIMBO CD. More info on this later but look for an early November Release. Also out in November will be Stephen Philips' CD score to the film "The Sobbing Stone."
10/17/06	Been awhile since the last update. We've got a few things to announce. Two new tracks on the Drone Download Project page, One of them is by Palancar (with Stephen Philips). Speaking of Stephen Philips, his new CD "Confabulation" is due out in early November. The other DDP track is by Soul In Limbo. Speaking of Soul in Limbo, his debut CD will also be out in November. More on these new releases soon.
8/26/06	New Palancar track just uploaded to the Drone Download Project page. Also, we still have 2 sets of the collection of out of print OOPHOI CDs. Better hurry if you want these limited edition out of print classics.
8/22/06	Out today is a special limited edition set of out of print Oophoi CDs, click HERE for more info on this. Also out today, Complexities, the new collaboration CD between Rigel Orionis and Stephen Philips.
8/21/06	Several new tracks have been posted to the Drone Download Project page and many more will be posted in the next few weeks as I finally am starting to get caught up with that. :)
8/2/06	The limited edition Stephen Philips' classic "Placid Repose" CD which was released 2 years ago through Gears of Sand, is now available in an extremely limited 2nd pressing. We only have a few copies and when they're gone, they're gone, so if you want to get them, please do so ASAP. On the horizon and to be released the end of August is the collaboration between Stephen Philips and Rigel Orionis titled "Complexities." More on this later.
7/11/06	Been a pretty crazy busy time around here. Inside and Outside volume 5 will be going out in about a week. A new Stephen Philips track has just been uploaded to the Drone Download Project page.
4/4/06	Tonight on Kite Radio, a classic FAX Records mix. Part 1 in a series label-spotlight on FAX. The next Fax mix will be sometime in May/June
3/31/06	New tracks have been uploaded to the Drone Download Project page. Up today is a new Rigel Orionis track.
3/30/06	The eagerly-anticipated Drone Download Project Year 3 MP3 CD is now available. Cover image, track info, etc. is forthcoming.
3/19/06	The 2 CD split release with Mystified and Stephen Philips is ready to ship now. Details here.
3/11/06	Inside and Outside Volume 4 has been shipped. Volume 5 should be ready by Mid-April.
3/6/06	Next up on the docket is the split release "Two Days / Day Three" double CD split release from Stephen Philips and Mystified, then Volume 5 of I&O. The collab with Rigel Orionis has been pushed back to late April and we're hoping to stick to that, and then hopefully the debut CD from Soul In Limbo but we don't want to promise too much at this point :)
2/23/06	In production is the Stephen Philips CD "Brokenness: Piano Miniatures." This CD was recorded approximately 5 years ago and was intended as the followup to the "In The Moonlight" CD. The project was shelved due to some technical difficulties in audio processing. Now 5 years later, with the advance of computer audio editing software, we've been able to clean up the recordings and are now able to present this amazing music in the way it was intended to be heard. This CD should be ready early sometime in May/June of this year.
2/14/06	Inside and Outside is currently in production and should go out in a week or 2. Upcoming CDs include the "Two Days / Day Three" double CD split release from Stephen Philips and Mystified as well as the first collaboration between Rigel Orionis and Stephen Philips, both due out in March. More information on these later. Also the Stephen Philips collaboration with Ben Fleury-Steiner, originaly intended as a Dark Duck Records release, will now be released on the Gears of Sand label. Kite Radio this week featured a new long-form work by Stephen Philips. The working title is "Love Hurts" (that will likely change) and this release should see the light of day sometime in the near future, likely issued as a downloadable due to its length (a little over 2 hours).
2/7/06	Inside and Outside Volume 4 is in production and should go out in the next week or 2. Dead links for the DDP Year 1 and Year 2 mega mixes have been fixed and the tracks have been re-uploaded. Information on the Year 3 CD and mega mix are forthcoming.
1/17/06	Out this week is Stephen Philips 3rd installment in the Otherworldly series. This time offered up as a downloadable release. This volume is the most ambient and tranquil of the discs in the series.
1/16/06	Starting this week, Kite Radio moves back to its original timeslot of 10:00 PM EST.
12/28/05	Whew, ok, so it's been awhile. Been too busy for my own good. Inside and outside volume 3 goes out this week. Volume 4 should be out in January, then 5 in February. The Drone Download Project Year 3 CD will likely be out in Feb or March. Probably early March. Lots of other cool stuff on the horizon, but I'll save that till next time.
8/29/05	Two great new tracks have been added to the Drone Download Project. First is our 100th release. A new artist going by the name of SOUL IN LIMBO, and another track from DDP contributor MYSTIFIED.
8/22/05	Installations 3 has now been released. Check the page for more info on this very special release.
8/19/05	Just uploaded a new track to the Drone Download Project. SunDummy's "In a Dark Forgotten Corner of The Universe" is now ready for download. Enjoy.
8/15/05	3 New tracks have been uploaded to the Drone Download Project today. A new Darkened Soul track, a track from an artist new to the DDP, who goes by the name of NA-KOJA-ABAD and Stephen Philips' Drone 22. All 3 tracks will be featured on Kite Radio this week.
8/2/05	Tonight on Kite Radio, a huge set of tribal ambient. I will also be spinning a few NEW Drone Download Project tracks that have not yet been posted to the site. So if you'd like a preview of the material, be sure to tune in anytime before 10:00PM EDT to join the fun.
7/25/05	Just uploaded a new track to the Drone Download Project, Stephen Philips Drone 21. A 28 minute magnum opus of environmental drone.
7/24/05	Coming up this week on Kite Radio, an hour devoted to environmental ambient featuring an all new track from Stephen Philips from a new series of environmental drone simply called "Outside" and we are devoting hour #2 to guitar ambient and textures.
7/16/05	Welcome to the new darkduck.net! We've dome some major overhauling and we're happy to bring you this new, easy to use format. We'll have more pages and content posting as time goes on, so check back often. If you have any questions or comments, let us know. Enjoy!
7/14/05	Dagboken, the new release from Stephen Philips, is now out on Hypnos Secret Sounds imprint. We have copies in stock now, so go to the store page and get the low-down on this exciting new release!
6/27/05	The new rework piece "Faded" is a collaboration between the artist Austere and Stephen Philips. this collection of "reworked" pieces from Austere's CD, "FADE", is a featured release on Dark Duck, so check out the store and listen to the samples. You'll definately want to get this in your collection.
6/23/05	Ben Summer's new release, "Unlistenable", is now available on Dissonance records. This unique blend of guitar treatments is definately worth checking out, so go to the Dissonance store page and order your copy today!