To celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday, Asa Milbankx has covered “Move on up” by Curtis Mayfield. Check it out over on Youtube.

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The new release is from Asa Milbankx is here.

“Fresher/Abaco” is a double-sided single.

The two songs are downloadable below in a zip file. They are available in MP3 and High-Resolution Apple Lossless / FLAC.

The high resolution zip files also include MP3s for compatibility with common media players. Apple Lossless is for use with iTunes, iPad, iPhone, and iPod. FLAC is for use with everything else.

Download MP3 direct to your device:
Track One, “Fresher”
Track Two, “Abaco”
Cover Art / Back Cover + Credits

Standard resolution MP3 Format (320KBPS) Zip File :
Download MP3 320Kbps zip file here

High resolution Apple Lossless Format (24 bit / 48khz) Zip File:
Download ALAC 24/48 zip file here

Highest resolution Apple Lossless Format (24 bit / 96khz) Zip File:
Download ALAC 24/96 zip file here

High resolution FLAC Format (24 bit / 48khz) Zip File:
Download FLAC 24/48 zip file here

Highest resolution FLAC Format (24 bit / 96khz) Zip File:
Download FLAC 24/96 zip file here

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Hey everyone. Just a quick note from your old pal Jarvis Tetley, wishing you a happy 2012.

We have some big projects coming this year. You will be getting new music from Asa Milbankx and M9A9… As well as the debut of the Tim McNicholas and Ali A.B. project, Ghost Quarter, and a couple more things that we can’t talk about just yet.

For a taste of what’s to come, download the December 2011 Asa Milbankx double-sided single, “Fresher/Abaco” if you haven’t yet.

Everybody – the SOPA bill is being voted on today. It will allow GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP of the internet (like in China or Iran). Go to www.fightforthefuture.org – they will connect you with your representative’s office. Register your opinion. SOPA is bad for people, bad for freedom of expression, and bad for business. Pass this along.

Thanks for your patience, everybody. The new, long-delayed Asa Milbankx single, “Fresher” b/w “Abaco” is finally mixed down and on its way – watch this space!

The new Asa Milbankx digital single, “Fresher” backed w/ “Abaco” will be available by the end of the year. Artwork below :

As we prepare for the onslaught of new Asa Milbankx material, starting with his new single in July and culminating in a new full length album this fall, let’s take a trip back to a more innocent time… October in the Year of Our Lord 2008.

It was a time when we had George W Bush in the White House, a time when we the economy was just beginning its rickety collapse… a collapse that many believe was exacerbated by “Simple Shapes + Patterns.”

Under the band name “The Latters,” and the pseudonyms Jon Domino and JM Ward, Asa Milbankx recorded and produced the entire album himself. Unfortunately, he also drew the childlike and off-putting cover artwork, but you can’t win ‘em all. After the release of this album, some of you may have seen the Latters play live; it was quite a spectacle. The group blossomed into something more than the solo album that preceded it.

Now we present, for the first time in a year or so, the entire album, for your freeloading pleasure. In 320KBPS MP3:

Download here: http://www.mountvalley.net/thelatters/ssp/simpleshapes.zip

This is not much more than a “proof of concept” track. I’m playing with layers of effects and trying to determine what the right amount of noise and distortion is before it becomes too much.

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Modulated noise, just to give you a taste

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The M9/A9 is a major motorway in Scotland connecting the cities of Edinburgh and Inverness.

M9A9 is a brainchild, connecting classic British shoegaze and Old World celtic music.

M9A9 is what happens if Capercaillie kidnapped Robin Guthrie to go hang out with The Jesus And Mary Chain in Kevin Shields’ basement.