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From The Desk Of The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe: The Reverberation Appreciation Society, Part 1

From The Desk Of The Brian Jonestown Massacre‘s Anton Newcombe: “I was asked to be a guest editor for MAGNET, one of the few publications I still respect since it was founded, so kudos for that. I was told I could write about anything in the world that interests me. So I am going to focus on the rebirth of the do-it-yourself music labels. Just like me and my own label, A Recordings, they have a strong belief system about releasing vinyl. I wanted to present seven labels and what they are up to right now. My questions were very simple: Who are you, what made you want to buck the trends, and what inspired you to release physical products. Enjoy.”

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Newcombe: The Reverberation Appreciation Society …

Rob Fitzpatrick: The Reverberation Appreciation Society started releasing records back in 2010, with the start of Christian Bland from the Black Angels first solo record. I noticed on music-sharing sites that a lot of people were already downloading his music for free, so I suggested that we give it a proper release. Christian’s third LP is our 20th release as a label. Because of the way things started, right off the bat we were thinking about limited-edition physical product, because the music was already out there for free digitally.

Christian Bland & The Revelators’ “The Unseen Green Obscene” video after the jump.