an album (titled “la chambre claire”) by my dear friend/amazing pianist/composer quentin sirjacq that we recorded in france back in january of 2009 will be released in september on the new french label brocoli records!  check his myspace page for samples! one last thing, my friend kristine barrett just released her two part opera via [...]

check out this review of Shadow Stories by Ava Mendoza!!!  here’s an excerpt- “…that energy translates directly onto the disc here thanks to the vivid recording quality courtesy of engineer The Norman Conquest.”

Check it out! UPDATE!  Buy the album on iTunes here.

going up to mt. shasta for the next few days to record with myrmyr in a backwoods cabin.  stoked. UPDATE:  pictures are below!  we had an amazing time and laid down some super awesome tracks!  (all pictures taken by agnes szelag and myself)

(2008- David Stubbs) Based in Oakland, California, Dokuro are visual artist/composer Agnes Szelag and the magnificently nomenclatured The Norman Conquest. They include the word “pop” in their self-definition, which is a little like Sunn 0))) locating a Country & Western element somewhere in their music. This is extremist fare that blasts away the earwax without [...]