From the One Sheet: basalt Treble CD Baby Release Date: Rocktober 13, 2009 Appearing @ Zebulon's in Brooklyn, NY Friday, November 13, 2009 with Revival Times From Greensboro, NC: A spate of order from the midst of chaos that is basalt, an aural history in three parts: Treble. I. Radio Greensboro David Rowe hosts basalt on WUAG's live show in January 2009. II. Studio Side Domesticated & in the safety of the studio, basalt comes alive. III. 4 track Attack At times intimate & beastly, the latest from the ongoing series of bedroom tapes. On the Record: Tracy Spry - drummer, adventuress, discretion & taste. Nicky Trimiar - words + music, compulsion, assemblage About the Personnel: Nicky's 4 track name has been basalt since 1995, lower case to stress the utmost cathartic importance & insignificance of words & music. Resume: Mercury Birds, Taija Rae, The Scholarships & Fistfight. basalt live is often solo, sometimes with friends. Research & Destroy is her 4track label. Tracy has appeared in Joe G's Cover Show Explosions, playing synths in Stereolab & Suicide. basalt is her first steady. Contact: Nicky Trimiar. [email protected] www.myspace.com/nickyisbasalt Liner Notes: Side Studio: Miami Vice: From there all around just dusty earth a transition transmutation The Great Work: Ritual ecstasy as if under compulsion Driller Killer: That band on the second floor reverberates in my head Pasolini: Stolen pleasures rise & fall it’s too late Last Life in the Universe: Signify & realize this is only the introduction Pleasure Principle: Yearning sick & still unsatisfied not who you think you are 4 Track Attack: Andre Breton: Something is hidden behind the velvet curtain but still all is calm as the unknown stretches the further they graze without harm Mythologies: This time I tried something new you can’t fail unless you try Dancing!: Recognition of the noir midnight-scapes illumination of the luscious sound-scapes Side Stereo: MV, DK, PP Recorded by Shane Doggett. Additions by Nicky GW, P, LLU recorded by Nicky 4 Track Attack & Audio Sorbets by Nicky Mastered by Lee Wallace (BMI) basalt would like to thank: Sarah Love & her Fender Supersonic. Siobhan Southern. Eating the Invaders. Citified. Whatever Brains. Dave Cantwell. Kemp Stroble. Jaime Coggins. Mike Shepard. Extra special thanks to all our friends & family for the encouragements.