Revised Minaret plan

November 13, 2021 by David Norman

I am under the impression that many folks don’t read this, but here are the answers to the five most frequent emails.

1) Where is my Minaret?
It never arrived at our US store and was instead sent back to Russia for some reason. The band is sending them out again, this time to our Canada store. Fingers crossed!

2) Where is my Orphan Donor?
The stamper is still broken and the plant hasn’t responded in over a week. I wouldn’t expect them until 2022 :( We were promised April 24th, 2021.

3) Where are the Kodan Armada stupid fancy?
They aren’t made yet cuz the plant ran out of clear PVC. This is the same plant that hasn’t responded in almost two weeks so I wouldn’t hold my breath.

4) Where will the 2021 4-way splits be, and how many are in each store?
Larry will have copies for U.S. residents only, including approximately 20 splatter, 20 smoke and 6 stupid fancy. Zegema Beach Records will have 35 splatters (25 US/10 Canada), 55 smoke (40 US/15 Canada) and 30 stupid fancy (22 US/8 Canada) and we ship worldwide. International residents are strongly urged to buy from the Canada/International store as it has the cheapest shipping.

5) When is the 2021 4-way split going live?
The digital and vinyl links will go live on Monday November 15th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST at the following links:

Bandcamp = https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/2021-4-way

U.S. store = https://www.zbrusa.com/products/2021-4way

Canada/International = https://www.zegemabeachrecords.com/zegema-beach-releases/2021-4way

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: NICOLE DOLLANGANGER = My friend Dustin in Glassing recently showed this Ontario act’s gorgeous voice and now I’m obsessed.

2021 - 11 - 09 /// Oopsie Whoopsie x2

November 09, 2021 by David Norman

Yo yo yo! Hope y’all are well <3

First off, we premiered an Alas track. It’s sick. The entire 2021 4-Way split 12” releases in full on November 15th. Featuring Alas, Armywives, Mirin Bide, and To Be Gentle.

Secondly, we made an oopsie in each of our stores. For some reason two products were not active upon release, Past Forms ‘CTRL’ cassette in the U.S.A. store (linked here) is now active, and the Hey Predator! in the Canada/International store (linked here) is also now active.

I’ve been spending my time shipping off those Fear Before The March Of Flames tapes and working hard finalizing Zampler 18, which is nearing completion with art underway. There will be around 7-10 new tracks including Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow, Atameo, Anna Sage, Brahm, Cara Neir, etc.

We received a bunch of new distro from both Nulajednanulanula as well as Dingleberry Records. We’ll have those up later this month!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: TERRIFYING GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL = This sassy Vancouver screamo band just dropped a new EP. And what an EP!!!

2021 - 11 - 05 /// Get ready for the final Meditations 7" split

November 05, 2021 by David Norman

Woah! Pretty busy much? Mhmm. Lots of shit goin’ down:

1) Fear Before The March Of Flames tapes are officially out on Tomb Tree Tapes (which we carry) and the cassettes came in, are dipped, and just need to be stamped. There are a few ooooovvvvveeeerrrrsssss…

2) Vientre/Tolls split cassette is also out and shipping in the Tomb Tree Tapes section of our store (or the U.S. site in general)

3) Meditations #5 ‘Understanding’ was revealed a few days back and the Malevich track is available to stream/die to. Full release happens in December.

4) Yarmulke ‘The Completed Discography’ double-cassettes are now out. We are already down to our last copies so don’t wait!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LAURA STEVENSON = Oh damn Laura and her exceptional voice released a new album this year that I just around to.

2021 - 10 - 28 /// Yarmulke revealed

October 28, 2021 by David Norman

The Complete Discography by Japan’s Yarmulke was revealed today and goes up for sale on November 3rd, 2021. This is a co-release with Kakusan Records on 100 double cassettes.

I updated the CD page with a few stragglers including Nulajednanulanula (which is VERY limited). We’ve also got 20 copies of the new 12” en route to Canada!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SHY, LOW = It’s been quite a few years (a decade?) since I’ve heard instru-metal this good. For fans of: Pelican, Russian Circles, and Tomydeepestego.

2021 - 10 - 27 /// CD listings complete

October 26, 2021 by David Norman

Woooo weeee another 30 hours checked off, over 175 CDs posted in the cd section of our website. It was updated with a few stragglers (Corea, Discordance Axis, Zeit, etc.) as well as comps (some very, very rare) and splits (Eucalypt, Bury Me Standing, Omega Massif, etc.)

Make sure you check out the Masada full length ‘II’ (here) and if you like it place an order in early 2022 when the 12” releases!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CAPE LIGHT = Recently revisited this Japanese classic. Imagine Raein on speed. Truly incredible stuff.