PSS016:
Sean Byrd - "Always Was"

With an undeniably cinematic production style, veteran electronic music producer Sean Byrd injects emotion and depth into a new set of genres, simultaneously referencing and abandoning past and current electronic trends. With a delicate, precise sound, Byrd invokes a thick atmosphere of nostalgia for the distant future. Fluttering melodies wash over a monolithic base of pristine low-end frequencies, while hypnotic percussion drives forward with deft command. "Always Was" is an introspective soundtrack. The tension between dark, icy textures, and lush, warm melodies plays out in a beautiful cascade of minimal drum and bass, sedated techno, and deep dubstep tempo excursions.

Preview and purchase the album at the official site:
[PSS016] Sean Byrd - Always Was

A new cerebral t-shirt design by Anthony Cozzi, aka Snowblinded.
Inspired by that one band from Seattle.
$22 for US orders, shipping included.
Printed on American Apparel.

Please use the "BUY INTL" buttons for international orders.

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PSS013:
C.DB.SN + Scaffolding - "Covalent States"

Complex and ethereal, percussive and melodic, "Covalent States" showcases two of Denver's finest experimental electronic musicians with a conceptual remix collaboration. Between the two original cuts and corresponding remixes, Scaffolding and c.db.sn create an icy, metallic soundtrack for a mysterious journey into subatomic galaxies. Fluttering glitches, deep synths and head-nodding beats provide common stylistic ground, while the essence of each artist is unmistakable.

Preview and purchase the EP at the official site:
[PSS013] C.DB.SN + Scaffolding - Covalent States

PSS015:
Yo Soy Sauce - Juke Box

"Juke Box" is an all-star booty house and juke collaboration between Brer Rabbit (Flobots), Esme Tiger Collins (Paper Bird), and electronic producer CacheFlowe. With a heavy & hyper remix by Chrissy Murderbot, your booty might be dead if it's not moving.

Preview and purchase the single at the official site:
[PSS015] Yo Soy Sauce - Juke Box

PSS014:
Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens - Highway Driveway

A town man's roadtrip escape from driveway highway to highway driveway. Sun rising and sun setting euphoria as he wanders across the lost western expanse of the Sonoran desert on Dwight D. Eisenhower's gas strewn trails.

Preview and purchase the EP at the official site:
[PSS014] Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens - Highway Driveway

We're honored be named Westword's Best Record Label in the annual Best Of Denver edition of the esteemed music and arts publication. To top it off, they also gave us the Best Label Compilation Album award for our Experimental Dance Breaks 36 release, featuring some of our favorite local electronic producers. Here's to another year of Plastic Sounds!

Thanks for your support, and check out the awards here:
Best Record Label
Best Label Compilation Album

PSS012:
Iuengliss - Blank Matter

Blank Matter is an audio/visual full-length album that explores experimental soundscapes, complex rhythms, chopped breakbeats, moody space melodies, spastic jungle glitchiness and epic 8-bit happiness. Cohesive, but full of surprises, the album demands an intimate listen as it taps into a wealth of vibes and emotions. Everything intricate, everything intended, everything musical, Iuengliss's waves of cinematic sounds and heady production should warm the hearts of beat-freaks and electronica weirdos everywhere.

Preview and purchase the album at the official site:
[PSS012] Iuengliss - Blank Matter

PSS010:
Experimental Dance Breaks 36

As DJ-friendly as it is headphone-friendly, Experimental Dance Breaks 36 is the latest (and only) volume in this landmark series. Featuring the finest EDB tunes from the finest Colorado producers, this compilation is a snapshot of the serious talent in this underrated location. From destructive to meditative, the diversity shines through original combinations of dubstep, idm, glitch hop, breaks, jungle and more.

With design by Snowblinded and mastering by Twerk, this CacheFlowe-curated album will surely perk the ears of electronic music lovers looking for a fresh take on contemporary breakbeat-based sounds. As we escape current trends and homogenization, get ready for something new and unique: Experimental Dance Breaks 36.

Preview and purchase the album at the official site:
[PSS010] Experimental Dance Breaks 36

Our main VJ / guru Movax just released his new iPhone app Decim8, "a digital tool for photographic destruction". It's fun and awesome, and only costs a dollar, so grab it if you can and post your Decim8 pictures to the Flickr group. His older app Pulsar is pretty damn cool too.

PSS009:
Wentworth Kersey - ((O))

"Every piece seems like it has a warm, shimmering halo of synth bliss around it, which provides a very effective soft-focus counterbalance to Sampson's gritty heartbreak."

"Sampson is anything but mopey. In fact, he's a very charismatic, powerful, and articulate vocalist. He's a damn good songwriter too, as each of the eight pieces here is simple, direct, and memorably hooky."

- Brainwashed.com

Check out the reviews, preview and purchase the album:
[PSS009] Wentworth Kersey - ((O))

The first 30 fans to TEXT MESSAGE the hidden phone number in the video for Oxbow with their NAME, MAILING ADDRESS, and the letters "WK" will receive a FREE copy of this new record.

Denver's Plastic Sound Supply proudly announces PSS008:
George & Caplin - Secluded Malls and Scenic Byways / Requiem for an Encyclopedia (An Infinite Loop in 12 Volumes)

"George and Caplin's latest release is one of a dying breed - an album that demands to be listened to as an album. Yes, there are some fine songs on it that can stand alone (particularly 'Wilderness Eyes' and 'Wanderin'), but when taken as a whole, the disc really shows its strength. Each song flows into the next, tiny melodies rise and fall in the mix, gorgeous textures slip and slide over each other, and the full effect is almost intoxicating. As the 'bootgazing vaquero manifesto' that informs the album states, 'All creations would be at home on an AM radio, in a pick-up truck driven by Brian Eno, on the way to an open ranch' - and that's pretty much a perfect description of what you get here."
-Cory Casciato / Westword

Preview and purchase the album at our official site:
[PSS008] George & Caplin - Secluded Malls and Scenic Byways / Requiem for an Encyclopedia

We've posted the live/dj sets from the PSS showcase at the 2010 Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts. Download and enjoy!

CacheFlowe_-_CMKY_PSS_2010.mp3 (dirty/downtempo/dubby/hop)
Scaffolding_-_CMKY_PSS_2010.mp3 (nu mnml)
c.db.sn_-_CMKY_PSS_2010.mp3 (idm/experimental/deep)

Our main video/VJ master Movax just released a beautiful and technologically impressive music video that he created entirely with audio-reactive code. It's for a song called "Cupcake Gunfight" by Enabl.ed, and was released by German IDM label Brainstorm Lab. Click the image or click here to view it.

Our friend Michael Fakesch just released a wonderful collection of remixes on his label Musik Aus Strom, called "Exchange" [buy it at Boomkat]. We're honored that he included his remix of Scaffolding's "Narratives", originally released on Plastic Sound Supply. Acid techno! This song was also featured on XLR8R.com not too long ago.

Our friends in the Communikey crew are about to host the 3rd annual Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts in Boulder, Colorado, USA. We consider it the electronic music event of the year in Colorado, and are very happy to be participating again. We're holding a FREE & all-ages Plastic Sound Supply boutique at the CMKY HQ, located at 1825a Pearl Street. Our artists will be DJing and holding down the HQ from 2-7pm, where you can purchase weekend passes, get info, and kick back before the many exciting weekend festivities. Headlining artists include The Books, Akufen, Lucky Dragons, Dave Aju, Clark Warner and lots more. For more info about the 5-day festival, events and locations, check out the Communikey web site.

Our good friends Wentworth Kersey are wrapping up the 3rd of a trilogy of EPs, and in celebration, we're giving away their new single "Sun and Moon". We also made a nice web page to get to the first two EPs, and download all the free mp3s. Check it out here: www.wentworthkersey.com.

Our own CacheFlowe spent some time compiling a collection of electronic love music from the ages, and mixed a selection into a sensuous 90-minute experience, just in time for Valentine's Day. So dim the lights, put this mix on and cuddle up, because This Year Is For Lovers.

Our own Wentworth Kersey recently licensed their beautiful tune "Wealth" for a stunning and hilarious video piece created by Factory Design Labs. Click the image to see the video piece, and check out the EP here for previews and free mp3s:
[PSS006] Wentworth Kersey - (O)

Denver's Plastic Sound Supply proudly announces PSS007:
George & Caplin - He Really Got Through... Remixes

George & Caplin's brilliant album "He Really Got Through To Advertising..." has been reinterpreted by a close-knit collective of electronic music originators: CacheFlowe, Equulei, Scaffolding and Colortone Library. Staying true to group's original "experimental pop" sound, and tinged with guitar and harmonica, the EP is an unlikely but deep and beautiful meeting of influences. Warped electronic folk meets ambient drone, meets a slew of remixed genres, including elements of dubstep, techno, idm, glitch-hop and shoegaze.

CacheFlowe's remix of "He Really Got Through To Advertising..." is slightly too fast and complex, with too much guitar and flute to be considered dubstep, but you can hear the influence seeping into his production. Equulei's haunting remix of "Highway Driveway" takes a more subdued, if not just as complex take on the George & Caplin sound. The only remix with full-on vocals, its crunchy, glitchy beats drive you through an abstract and spooky rendering of the original. Scaffolding's remix of "Horse Fair 138" starts with an appropriate down-home harmonica sample that doesn't quite prepare you for the downtempo experimental techno funk, scattered glitchy vocal chops, and driving, bit-crushed beat. Finishing off the EP, Colortone Library takes a different approach, creating a lush, shoegazing, trance-inducing beauty of a remix of "Bluff Lake Forgotten".

Preview and purchase the album at our official site:
[PSS007] George & Caplin - He Really Got Through... Remixes

PSS005:
Scaffolding - Narratives

Scaffolding forges a hybrid of sorts, part minimal techno, part IDM. This thirteen track up-tempo excursion features six collaborators - three remixers: Michael Fakesch (of Funkstörung), Cacheflowe, Kero - and three vocalists: Bela Karoli, Sarah Marcogliese, and Sarina Simoom.

The opening track, "Microbe", captures the spirit of this release most keenly, effortlessly reconciling the aesthetic values of IDM and minimal techno. "Prelude 2", is Scaffolding's take on Bela Karoli's contribution, which borrows its title and lyrics from a T.S. Eliot poem - undoubtedly the dreamiest segment of the LP. Somber tones take over in "Instant", a track in which Sarah Marcogliese's vocal embellishments linger hauntingly in one's mind. "Brooke", "D-Tron" and "Flank" continue to explore a darker palette, aggressive one moment, brooding the next, until we emerge ultimately into a brighter, more hopeful territory with "Clarity". The album's closing track, "After the Killing" , features long-time friend and collaborator Sarina Simoom, who offers poignant lyrics and an arresting vocal performance.

Narratives' three featured remixers succeed in propelling the album well beyond its anticipated scope. Michael Fakesch's take on "D-Tron", abandons the original's darker components and trods along gleefully with an unmistakable acid-driven groove. Cacheflowe's take-no-prisoners approach gives us his wobbliest dub-step track yet in his stomping reiteration of "Microbe". Lastly, Kero's addictive synth-hook leaves us bobbing along, as a glitchy drum machine recalls Richard D. James and Mike Paradinas, and reminds us where the IDM roots of the album are embedded.

Preview and purchase the album at our official site:
[PSS005] Scaffolding - Narratives

PSS006:
Wentworth Kersey - (O)

"On WK's second self-titled EP, singer-guitarist Joe Sampson and keyboardist-programmer Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens... seamlessly meld haunting folk songs to minimal yet soaring samples and synthesizers. The result is a lush, lonesome vibe that sneaks up and bites you on the ass with its epic-ness."

Check out the reviews and interviews from the Denver Decider and the Westword (Westword blog post here)).

Preview and purchase the album at our official site:
[PSS006] Wentworth Kersey - (O)

We're teaming up with our good friends from Sub.Mission, a local crew that essentially created the dubstep scene in Colorado. They throw amazing events on big sound systems, and we're bringing out Starkey (Planet Mu) to celebrate CacheFlowe's experimental dubstep EP "Cache, Stacks & Queues". Starkey wrote a great remix for the EP, so he made perfect sense to headline the event. Visuals will be provided by our very own VJ Movax, and subsonic frequencies will be provided by Funktion One & Beta. We'll be selling the CD for $7 and will have PSS t-shirts available as well.

Click the image above to see the flyer

music by:
Starkey
CacheFlowe
Sub.Mission residents: Budros Gali, Serv One, Ronald Raygunn

visuals by: Movax

Friday, May 8th
9pm-2am
@ Beta Nightclub
1909 Blake St, Denver, CO

If you plan on attending, you can buy $5 presale tickets here, or pay $10 at the door. (Le Castle Vania is playing downstairs @ Beta)

Our own Rafa Jenn designed the new Plastic Sound Supply t-shirt
"Toy Guns", now available online. $23 for US orders, shipping included. Please use the "BUY INTL" buttons for international orders.

Click the picture above for a closer look at the mens shirt.

Mens sizes available in kelly green (American Apparel) and womens sizes in sage (Next Level Apparel).

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After our 4th release, we're officially announcing our 1st:
PSS001: Heft vs. Scaffolding - We Will Diminish

Longtime friends Heft and Scaffolding set out to create a 4-track collaboration that resulted in this complex and emotional techno / IDM release. Scaffolding opens up with a brilliant syncopated soundscape that follows with Heft's glitchy techno beauty "Dose". Continuing the techno trend, Scaffolding's "Mound" stands out as a melodic, smooth and bouncy dance tune before Heft closes out with "Waves Upon Waves", a glitchy downtempo tune with thick female vocals.

Download for free and/or purchase the EP:
[PSS001] Heft vs. Scaffolding - We Will Diminish

PSS004:
Wentworth Kersey - O

"The songs that make up the band's new EP are equal parts Sampson (and his love of wistful, Tweedy-esque country musings) and Stevens (and his obsession with ambient, otherworldly sounds), making for a lush, meditative outing."

Check out the excellent reviews from the Denver Post and the Westword.

Preview and purchase the album at our official site:
[PSS004] Wentworth Kersey - O

Denver's Plastic Sound Supply announces PSS003:
CacheFlowe - Cache, Stacks & Queues

With his new EP, "Cache, Stacks & Queues", CacheFlowe explores the experimental side of dubstep and glitch hop. A heavier take on his broken beats, CS&Q represents CacheFlowe's return to a sound that might just be called dance music in some circles. Collaborations with Machinedrum, Starkey, and Brer Rabbit from the Flobots round out the experimental street beat sound of the release. True to his style, CacheFlowe's 3rd solo release provides lots of surprises amidst the head-nodding beats.

Preview the album and download the mix at our official site:
[PSS003] CacheFlowe - Cache, Stacks & Queues

Our designer Anthony Cozzi, aka Snowblinded, cooked up this haute t-shirt for the label, now available online. $23 for US orders, shipping included. American Apparel.

Click the picture above for a closer look.

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On Saturday September,13th our very own Rafa Jenn and Scaffolding will be providing entertainment in Beacon, New York.

Rafa Jenn will be showing at Open Space Gallery, 510 Main Street - Beacon, NY.

Scaffolding will be playing the after-party at NEXT STEP, 10pm till late @ the Piggy Bank restaurant/bar in Beacon, NY.

Plastic Sound Supply's CacheFlowe recently wrote a remix for shoegaze band A Shoreline Dream, who wrote a beautiful track with UK producer Ulrich Schnauss. Cache gave their shoegazer tune a dubstep restyling. Shoestep? Preview the remix at his web site and buy the CD single for $5 from Latenight Weeknight records at Tonevendor or iTunes.

Our album is out. The release party was hot.

Preview and purchase the album,
and check out the music video and party gallery:
http://plasticsoundsupply.com/release/the_reprogramming_project/

We're flying out Machinedrum to play with us as we release our first full-length album, which is a collaboration between CacheFlowe, Scaffolding, and Wayne Winters. We'll be showing the world premiere of the video VJ Movax did for one of the songs, and our good friend Ten and Tracer will be opening the night up for us. Visuals will be provided by Movax and an-ism. Hope you can check it out!

Our very own VJ Movax will be performing visuals for Warp Records' legends Plaid in California next week. He's been designing/writing a special audio reactive 3d program for the UK duo's US tour coming up this month (see pic above). The custom software will be used at the other stops on the tour, but Movax will be at the controls on the following dates:

Thu, Jan 17, 2008 : Los Angeles - Walt Disney Concert Hall
Sat, Jan 19, 2008 : San Francisco - Mezzanine

On the web:
VJ Movax
Plaid

Scaffolding remixes "High Seas" for Nicole Torres & The Affiliates' latest release, "Out of Harm's Way". Number 10 on the LP, Scaffolding gives us acid basslines, and a hard-hitting beat, in this latest take on dark-hop. As an extra bonus, the track features Bela Karoli's Julie Davis with some tasty vocals!

artist links:
Scaffolding
Nicole Torres
Bela Karoli

Mania TV used segments from CachFlowe's "Ahh... Huh?" for a promo spot on their online tv station. Click the link above to view it!

We've released a laptop mix that was performed by CacheFlowe on July 27, 2007 at the Carnival of Shadows.

Download it for free.

PSS has printed up 3 fancy new stickers, designed by our very own Snowblinded.

Email us with your name and address and we'll send you a sticker pack!

-PSS crew.

CacheFlowe was written up by the local mag Colorado Music Buzz.

Click the picture above to read the full article.