<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Greetings -</span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I have recently re-launched my own record label, Io Records (<b><a href="http://www.io-records.com">http://www.io-records.com</a></b>), as a digital label distributed primarily by Boomkat (<b><a href="http://www.boomkat.com">http://www.boomkat.com</a></b>). The label will be focusing on releasing my experimental and non-dance floor works, works from the <i>Transelectronic Archive</i> (<b><a href="http://www.transelectronic.net">http://www.transelectronic.net</a></b>), as well as select musicians who fit the esthetic of Io Records. Currently scheduled artists are Baye & Connor Long [aka Khonnor]. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; ">Below are the links to Boomkat, and for those that are click-challenged, the Boomkat review as well of the current releases.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Title: Richard J Valeo - Hardware Excursions Volume One</span></font></b></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Release info: </span></font></b><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://transelectronic.net/v2/archives/294">http://transelectronic.net/v2/archives/294</a></span></font></b></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Boomkat link: <a href="http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=167034">http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=167034</a></span></font></b></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; ">Boomkat Review:</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">"Returning under his own name after recent activity as Isomer Transition, Type's very excellent RJ Valeo resumes more experimental duties, momentarily setting aside his preoccupations with techno formats. Hardware Excursions Vol. 1 finds the New York producer exploring deep and extended freeform synthesizer explorations, at time bordering on drone or even outright noise. You can hear a bit of a sci-fi influence creeping into the music, with combining elements of low frequency, motor-like oscillations and higher pitched, modulated bird-like timbres making up the largest part of Valeo's minimalist sound palette. Structurally these pieces are very liberated, unburdening themselves from anything that might be termed 'form' right up until the distorted industrial rhythm that fires up towards the end of 'Excursion Two'. The result is 16 minutes of dense, surprising and immersive electronic music of the highest order. Very highly recommended."</span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Title: Richard J Valeo - Devolutions Volume One</span></font></b></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Release info: </span></font></b><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://transelectronic.net/v2/archives/296">http://transelectronic.net/v2/archives/296</a></span></font></b></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Boomkat link: <a href="http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=167098&highlight=167107">http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=167098&highlight=167107</a></span></font></b></div><div><br></div></span></span></font></div><div><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Geneva; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; ">Boomkat Review</span></div></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">"After last week's Hardware Excursions, RJ Valeo sustains his experimental outlook with this selection of masterfully realised micro-drones. The interchange between extreme high frequencies and deep, steady-handed industrial tones on 'Construct 05' immediately brings to mind Richard Chartier's highly disciplined sound world, but these compositions also move towards more extrovert territory, harbouring shadows of half-melodies and flourishes of fractured circuitry. These more exploratory releases find Valeo in glorious form - let's hope that he continues to pursue this beatless direction for a good while longer yet..."</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><b>Io Records Q1 & Q2 2009 Release Schedule</b></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><strong>March</strong> <br>Richard J Valeo - Programmatic Responses <br><br><strong>April</strong> <br>Richard J Valeo - Devolutions Volume Two <br>RJ Valeo - Sunrise (Boomkat Edition) <br><br><strong>Spring / Summer 2009</strong> <br>Richard J Valeo - Days (as featured in The Wire Tapper) <br>Richard J Valeo - The Basement Tapes <br>Baye - The Spandrel <br>Connor Long (aka Khonnor) - The Untitled Release</span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b>Demos & Submissions</b></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">We are currently open to hearing your works, so get in touch if you are interested.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Thanks for you valuable time.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">All the best -</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">RJ Valeo</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></div></body></html>