Paradiso [2021] - Digitalia Records: ~~Purchase~~

Artist: Digitalia Records
Album: Paradiso
Year: 2021
Label: Digitalia Records - DR04
Format: Vinyl 7" (Phonotrope) / Mp3 (Zip Folder)

Track-list:

Skedaddle

Brimstoe

Shampoo Banana

Ten Fifty Nine

Zero O'Clock

To Get to the Other Side

Little Horn Dub

Bluegene Bornagain

Bluegene Bornagain Part II

Peace Out Cub Scout

Companies:

Polehouse: Recorded at, Mixed at

Personnel:

Eureka Brown: Vocals, Strings, Keyboards, Turntablism, EWI, Theremin (8)
Elmo Townsend: Bass, Programming
Beat Sinclair: Drums, Percussion
Dave Riotto: Harmonica (4)
Jeck: Intro (3b)
Scooter: Bass (3b)
Kris Bauer: Artwork, Photography, Executive Producer, Steamwand (8)

© 2021 Digitalia Records. All rights reserved. Written, recorded, and performed by Eureka Brown, Elmo Townsend, Beat Sinclair, et al. at Polehouse with special guest Dave Riotto.

Notes:

The souvenir 7 inch has the CSD single "To Get to the Other Side" on the A-side, and the Phonotrope on the B-side. It's the only physical representation of the download album* included exclusively with the purchase of the 45. The virtual single "Bluegene Bornagain" has been released in conjunction with the album as of August 20, 2020. The three part supertrack's title is the same nickname for Eugene, Oregon that the IBM supercomputer project's also named after. It originates, however, with the 1958 album "Blue Gene" by jazz sax player Gene Ammons, who co-founded the Chicago school of tenor saxophone with Von Freeman, and who's best known for his song "The Happy Blues," from which Guido Sinclair's Happy Blues Band takes it's name.

*Intended for desktop use - unless you're able to open zip folders on your mobile device, the download code should be redeemed on a desktop computer.

Digitalia Records - Paradiso CD (Private Pressing):

Just like the 2020 Olympics, Paradiso didn't happen until mid 2021. And to coincide with its actual final completion, a private pressing of CDs were delivered to a dozen friends from its brick and mortar heyday. The CD has the same Phonotrope art on the disc, which is viewable on a turntable, with the same settings as the vinyl. A small excess remains, yet ~~available for delivery~~, by Media Mail (or local pick up, if you're located in Eugene).

CASSETTE STORE DAY 2019

Digitalia Records - To Get to the Other Side (Wayback Machine Archive, 10/12/19)

Entering its seventh year in 2019, International Cassette Store Day [was] managed in collaboration by Blak Hand Records (UK), Burger Records (USA) and Side-B Creations (Japan)... Over 300 bands and labels worldwide (have) participated in the event. Notable releases included The White Stripes reissues of their first three albums, The White Stripes, De Stijl and White Blood Cells which were printed onto white tape exclusively for Cassette Store Day through Third Man Records (Wikipedia).