Tune into Montez Press Radio at 8:30pm on Thursday, February 24th, 2022 to hear Jacob “Palto Flats” Gorchov & I riff on the continued saga of Creel Pone on the occasion of its 16th (going on 17th) anniversary, playing selections from the series’ formative years coupled with a few recent discoveries, all while putting it into context (Jacob also has a new Shimizu record out now & I urge you to check it out!)

(update: this is now active in the Montez “Archives” - either click the “Add to Public Playlist” button for it to come ‘round again, or consider making a donation to Montez to access the show in real-time via their site! This went super well by all accounts & we’re planning a round two for some point in April)

This renewed lease on Creel Pone’s life turned into the ultimate pandemic-era heads-down enterprise; I spent way, way too many hours up late at night chatting & dealing-trading with fellow Early-Experimental-Electronic Music collectors & afficionados, ended up finding just so much more of interest to the program, leading into a prolific 2021-into-2022 of both research & discovery and the (eventual) fabrication of the physical editions. Turns out, C.P. was not dead after all (just wounded in the trans-Atlantic regroup) & has yielded a sum total of 17 new titles & 30-odd “rééditions” of “Unheralded Classics of Electronic Music” between May & now. This all via the “Umbrella” of Alpha State NYC, which is just a fancy aggregate of all of those imprints & labels that I’ve run (into the ground) over the years, now living as a single entity in my office/studio/living room. The site has just been upgraded to ca. 2022 aesthetics & everything is cleanly cataloged & labeled for your viewing/listening pleasure, so please give it a look/listen; new titles are being added in batches every month: