Jacknife Records & Tapes and DUBLAB Present:

STIMULUS PROGRESSION Label Launch and Record Release.
Featuring live performances by LFZ and J.C. Osmundson.

DJ sets featuring label artists: Les Vampyrettes, Harmonia, Paul Dresher, Spencer Owen, Science Fiction, etc & deep cuts from DEEEEP SPACE
(by Sean Smith and dj red wine reduction)

**LIMITED EDITION MERCHANDISE**

MONDAY NOVEMBER 9TH
9pm-1am
(music starts promptly, so come early!)
HYPERION TAVERN
1941 Hyperion Ave
FREE, 21+
CASH BAR

STIMULUS PROGRESSION is a record label from Los Angeles specializing in re-issues of obscure private press and rare LP’s, original new-old-stock of select artists, and sporadic new releases. All releases are made available on tangible and preferred analog formats. Our output is centered on a balance of intellectualism and emotional creativity. Every artist’s work embraces the time in which it was created, yet embodies a timelessness in the progress of experimentalism. http://www.stimulusprogression.com/

LFZ is the current musical endeavor of Sean Smith. Guitar is at the heart and synthesizers come into play at times, all manipulated by a vast array of analog and digital devices. The music is emotionally driven and rides the line between composition and improvisation. There is a deep experimentalism captured in the music of LFZ -all executed by tangible means. LFZ is exploratory of sights, sounds and the phenomenological. The first album from LFZ is two extended pieces for guitar and electronics. As with all of Smith’s work, the music is instrumental but refers heavily to personal subject matter and concepts. “Fair Winds & Following Seas,” a multi-movement composition, is an abstract journey through the intangible phenomena of life and void, nature and spirit. The completely improvised b-side, “Infinite Regress,” delves colder depths by way of repetition and random chaos. Both pieces, almost opposite in approach compliment each other to form a cohesive whole. http://lfzunlimited.bandcamp.com/

JC OSMUNDSON is one half of HOUSE II, a duo rooted in Northern and Southern California, whose debut album will be released soon on STIMULUS PROGRESSION. The music of HOUSE II is abstract and varied. It is earnest. It creates a space somewhat between reality and dream, as if familiarity is confusing. Although created in an era of deep reference to the past, there is innocence and newness in its simplicity not unlike Neu! or even Penguin Cafe Orchestra, without actually sounding like anything else. However, there is an inherent American-ness to the music of HOUSE II. It is an extension of American Folk Music but through the use of field recordings, electronic instruments, abstract improvisation, and minimalist pop. In this way, the music sounds shrouded in mystery, even though its presentation is completely transparent. A refreshing and authentic listen.