HOBO CULT RECORDS

EUROPE!

2012-01-29T14:49:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!
Just wanted to let you know that I'll be gone for the month of February...
touring with Dirty Beaches in Europe!

Hope to meet some of you that have been supporting Hobo Cult.
Thank you!
Frank

THE LEMON TAPE

2012-01-22T21:28:00.000-08:00

Hobo Cult & Kinnta Records brings to you this amazing psych pop compilation curated by Christian Richer (cosmic mastermind behind Élément Kuuda, The Haiduks, Cavernes, U Made Ship, Spacekom and many more)...

::: THE LEMON TAPE - A PSYCHEDELIC POP EXPERIENCE :::

This cassette features 32 minutes of pure acid splash bubblegum sunshine from the underground Montreal scene. You have everything from Floyd inspired drug trips to surf pop rainbows... from the eternal deserts of your third eye to the tropical lounges of your soul. A vintage journey through a crate digger's imaginary collection.

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THE REVEENS - Twisted Games
BRAVE RADAR - A Spike
THE HAIDUKS - A Tide Through The Flames
THE CAPITAL OF PLASTIC DAFFODILS - Princess
BATAILLE SOLAIRE - Harpe Pierreries Chatoiement
JANE L. KASOWICZ - Looking for Jim Sullivan

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THE YESTERYEARS - Never My Love
SVIREBROEDRENE - Hvordan
LÉOPARD ET MOI - Prend de Nouvelles Formes
TOMATO SAUCERS - Cosmique Love
L'OEIL NU - Trance Oedipienne
ÉLÉMENT KUUDA - Insomnie Astral

::: Check out some audio excerpts HERE & some videos HERE :::

DUCK DIVE - Interpolarity

2012-01-16T08:04:00.000-08:00

Indonesian synth mastermind explores underwater portals with crystal clear precision.

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DUCK DIVE - Interpolarity

Spiral Movement Attunement
A Flashback In Curved Space
Critical Regeneration

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100 copies / Pro-dubbed & Pro-printed
Double sided color print onto glossy paper

JOHN CHANG - Navigation / Integration

2012-01-16T07:59:00.000-08:00

Tonal spheres of feedback loops act as the perfect soundtrack to meditation and prayer.

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JOHN CHANG - Navigation / Integration

Navigation For Solo Guitar
Integration Loop

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100 copies / Pro-dubbed & Pro-printed
Double sided color print onto glossy paper

COVENTRY MUSIC & C. YANTIS - Split Tape

2012-01-16T07:46:00.000-08:00

Eternal dream rituals for dark infinity fuses with rust covered guitar drones for the mountains.

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COVENTRY MUSIC - Dieu Du Ciel

Première Neige
Horloge Fondante
Cornes Du Diable

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C. YANTIS - Comet Lodge

Book Lungs
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Paradox, CO

(Mastered by Pete Swanson)

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100 copies / Pro-dubbed & Pro-printed
Double sided color print onto glossy paper

Hobo Dynasty

2011-11-11T12:29:00.000-08:00

HC - Areas In New Minds is out now on Sicsic Tapes

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New IDM glitch project called CODE: SUITE 104 - Gateway is out now on Tape Drift

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New temple drone project called ALA VJIIOR - split tape w/ Twin Polygamists is out now on No Kings

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The Old Rig / Hobo Cubes / Saturn Finger / Balder- double 7"

OUT NOW on A Beard Of Snails Records !!!

The Old Rig / Hobo Cubes / Saturn Finger / Balder- 2x 7" teaser by A Beard of Snails Records

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I have a track on this huge double cd compilation:

MC066 V/A "Next Level Marriage Counselling" 2xcdr (39x)
Featuring Unique Oil Free Air, Junk Sick & Nylstoch, RSI, Lovedied, Eagle Dust, Spasmoslop, DNA Radio, Kate's Organ, Alexandra Glazov & Clare Wohlnick, FTRG, Hobo Cubes, Italians, Well Hungover Cunt, Juno 82, Daddy's Room, Screwtape, Alzheimer Blanks, Young Romantix, Mud Brick Couch, Wank Bank, Mshing, Headless, Your Baby Is Ugly

Out now on Magik Crowbar

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HC - Molecular Geometry is out now on Unit Structure Sound Recordings

FFF

2011-10-23T10:56:00.000-07:00

Check out the fresh new Free Form Freakout t-shirts I designed last month... they are now availble!!! Support this great experimental radio station and grab one while supplies last!

VELVET CHROME - Stone & Anthology

2011-09-03T22:42:00.001-07:00

VC annihilates all that is in this realm and disintegrates into primitive molecules of raw drone / stoner / no-wave brain melt with this new tape on Brise-Cul

A) Disintegration of Consciousness
B) Origin of Action

C-23 cassette

Check out this review by Weird Canada
and listen to excerpts from the tape
HERE

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VC digs into their back catalog for Anthology... a collection of previously released tracks reissued by Dub Ditch Picnic

C-50 cassette / 125 copies

HOBO CUBES - Color Exchange VHS

2011-08-17T12:40:00.000-07:00

Moduli TV presents a new VHS full of psychedelic visuals...
This 30 minute venture includes 3 songs by Hobo Cubes

--> More images for preview HERE

--> Check out the great review on Weird Canada HERE

50 copies / White Cases / Color Art

Drop me a line to place an order.

Nu Hobo Etc.

2011-06-11T19:38:00.000-07:00

More hobo-chic related summer jams for you weirdo musik creeps...

Smooth tropical vibes... Timeless/Mindless CD out now on Debacle Records

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Dozens - Ultraseamatic cassette out now on Goldtimers

New zonked out collab with Ryan (Sundrips, Trailing, Aphid Palisades)

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New split with Confused Kundalini (Dry Valleys side project) out now on Tranquility Tapes

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Just uploaded the V I D E O M I N D tour tape onto Bandcamp

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Incredible 2xCS Split out now on Deep Tapes

Hobo Cubes / Lee Noble / Rambutan / Derek Rogers

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Climax 3 closes off a huge chapter in the underground scene with this 2xCS Split out now on Cloud Valley

Hobo Cubes / Sundrips / MSoTT / Nova Scotian Arms / Ambrose Oak

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Killer hobo vids on the HC HV VHS out on Hooker Vision

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Fallen Axe - Moments Together ::: debut cassette out now on Calypso Hum

Here's a review on Digitalis

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Hobo Cubes / Albino Groupie ::: Split Tape out now on d'Artagnan

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Hobo Cubes ::: Morphing Nature out now on d'Artagnan

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Center 4 Mentalists (HC tour tape on Goldtimers) has been repressed.
Grip one before they disappear!

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Hobo Cubes split tape with J. Hanson is out now on Digitalis

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HC - Pearl Mirage is out now on Sacred Phrases

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E. Motions (HC tape on Los Discos Enfantasmes) will also be re-released soon.

+ many more new collabs and solo projects coming soon!

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HOBO TOUR

2011-05-03T10:29:00.000-07:00

Thank you everyone... the tour was a success !!!

Hobo Cubes - New Albums

2011-04-11T19:33:00.000-07:00

It's time for an update on the never-ending Hobo Cubes tape saga...

Mecca d'Orra Dwellers out now on House Of Sun

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Perceptive Pulses out now on Orange Milk

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Aerial Nocturnes out now on Digitalis

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E. Motions out now on Los Discos Enfantasmes

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Uploaded some more albums to the Hobo Cubes Bandcamp

Be on the lookout for the upcoming HC HV VHS on Hooker Vision

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Hobo Cult / BEKO + Hartzine

2011-04-11T08:10:00.001-07:00

Read the Hartzine interview (in french... i think you can translate it at the bottom of the page) HERE
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No Fear Of Pop write up HERE
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Grab the 10 song Beko comp HERE

1) Pradada - Wasteland Hunters
2) The Haiduks - Use Up My Time
3) The North Sea - Deviance
4) Panabrite - Giraud Mind
5) Élément Kuuda - Hivernale et Mathématique
6) MSoTT - Beside the Quilted Lake
7) Nova Scotian Arms - Mineral Crush
8) Hobo Cubes - Slow Creations
9) Sundrips - Muted Coast
10) White Wigs - Passion Kiss

Hobo Cult review on Vice Italy

2011-03-23T09:57:00.000-07:00

Read the Italian Vice write-up on Hobo Cult HERE
Includes a special music mix at the bottom (stuff I've been listening to...)
Thanks Gastro Spasmo!

LABEL OF THE YEAR

2011-01-10T10:05:00.001-08:00

HUGE THANKS to Brad Rose (Digitalis)
for ranking Hobo Cult Records as the label of the year!

Wow, can't believe it. We had a big year with tons of great releases... thanks to all the bands and all the people who supported the label. Amazing. There's alot more planned, including some special surprises along the way...

"Now, I’d obviously choose Digitalis in a heartbeat if I could but I’m not gonna be that guy who chooses all the stuff he put out as his favorite. I figure that’s assumed. And I’m not gonna choose Type either since he put out two of my records this year. And Stones Throw could win every year by default (hello Madlib), so I won’t go there either. Nope – favorite label of 2010? Motherfucken Hobo Cult. My love affair with all things hobo started at a mere simmer earlier in the year, but Frank Ouellette (Mr. Hobo Cubes himself) just kept upping the ante and upping the ante with each batch. It’s a label that is impossible to pigeonhole and for me that’s what makes a label great. I want releases that come out of absolutely nowhere (see JLK). All over the map? Yes, please. Add in the fact that he has one of the best visual aesthetics around and his Moduli TV video house is cranking out the best videos in the world right now (that’s no hyperbole, it’s fucken true). I have discovered so many great new projects because of Hobo Cult that it’s a bit ridiculous. The talisman of it all is Ouellette’s Hobo Cubes project and most of the other stuff he has a hand in (special mention of his collaboration with Sundrips, Video Diaries – one of the year’s best tapes) including the split Hobo tape with Panabrite (one of the year’s best tapes period); Bernardino Femminielli’s tape was one of the best pieces of drone I heard all year.
Major props."
- Digitalis

Read the whole year-end review HERE

HC 2.1 + HC 2.2

2010-12-06T14:28:00.000-08:00

HC 2.1 by hobocultrecords

::: HC 2.1 :::

1) Eclipse Over a River - Élément Kuuda
2) Alpha Forms - Panabrite
3) Europa - Femminielli
4) Cosmogenesis - Hobo Cubes
5) Sailing Through A Lazer Storm - Citofono
6) 6th Cleaning - Relax and Sleep
7) Vibe Anthology - Body Rush
8) Weather Service Part 3 - THETLVMTH
9) Leurs Petites Mains Vident Mon Corps, Mon Sang sur Leurs Lèvres - Jean-Sébastien Truchy
10) fotoXr.eFE - M. Geddes Gengras
11) Transistor Blasts - Derek Rogers
12) Wormwood - Quiet Evenings
13) Distance - Seance of Nonchalance
14) Untitled - Sundrips
15) Flowers Will Flourish At Your Feet - Flaming Rays of The Sun
16) Timetrip Theory - Sinequanon
17) Kecap Manis - Simon Frank
18) Logic Control - C V L T S
19) Plunderfonia - We Are Time
20) Grazed - Reedbeds
21) N Train - Manhattan Bridge - Dirty Beaches

HC 2.2 by hobocult

::: HC 2.2 :::

1) O Senta C - Spring & Pretender
2) Landscape No. 1 - Driphouse
3) Techo Phat Yeah - Coeur de Cire
4) March to Nowhere - Metis Yeti
5) Polyform - Charlatan
6) Here's to the Eight Year Old Boy in the Gas Station Staring at Condoms and Going umm chss umm chss umm chss - Video Nasties
7) De Plus sa Main Semblait Las et ses Yeux Brillaient - RL/JST
8) Kicking the Coals - Parallel Pyres
9) 1965 - Ryan Garbes
10) Travelling Sundown - White Wigs
11) Party in the Bathroom - Wonder Wheel
12) Cabeza Fresca - Ines Navarro
13) Milkfed - Chineselightbulb
14) Itchy Face - Thickly Painted Walls
15) Don't Let Go - Lantern
16) Lassie's Last Challenge - JLK
17) Five Minute Mile - Kellen Shipley
18) Volo Umano - Donato Epiro
19) Cubisme - Ricardo Lucchesi

::: HOBO NEWS :::

2010-12-04T15:41:00.000-08:00

Hobo Cubes now on Bandcamp!

Listen to 3 songs (15-20 minutes each) from various split tapes from this past year... Enjoy the vibes!

HOBO CUBES - Blaze Factor (2010) NNA

2010-10-27T20:52:00.000-07:00

Brand new tape out now on NNA

Also available at Mimaroglu with cool little review by KFW
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Available at Discriminate

Montréal, Quebec's Francesco De Gallo recreates an atmosphere akin to drifting off to sleep at 4am while watching Unsolved Mysteries re-runs. Eerie 'Hearts of Space' moments meet deep harmonic clouds rising above an unsettling alien landscape.
-NNA

HOBO CUBES - Centerfold Creatures by Hobo Cult
HOBO CUBES - Shining From Beyond by Hobo Cult

HOBO CUBES & TIDAL - Split Tape (2010) Hooker Vision

2010-10-06T09:11:00.000-07:00

Brand new Hobo Cubes split tape w/ Tidal out now on Hooker Vision

Hobo Cubes ::: Sipping On Acid Surf
Tidal ::: Mercurial Shores

Huge Feature on Digitalis!

2010-09-26T21:25:00.000-07:00

Check out what the awesome Brad Rose had to say about the label and a Q&A session right HERE !!!

HOBO CUBES & THOUGHTS ON AIR - Split Tape (2010) Rotifer Cassettes

2010-09-24T07:53:00.000-07:00

HOBO CUBES - Divine Quest (ion)
THOUGHTS ON AIR - Bayou Blue

Released by Rotifer Cassettes

Your divine quest leads you to the bluest bayou. Let it take you.
C-30 / Edition of 56

To buy a copy, visit Rotifer Cassettes

Tomentosa!

2010-09-08T12:06:00.000-07:00

Visit Tomentosa Records for some out of print Hobo Cult albums...

- Wonder Wheel (Natural Selection)
- Hobo Cubes & Aradia (Split)
- Hobo Cubes (GIO)
- Magic Beach & ASSS (Split)
- Bernardino Femminielli (La Montaña del Capricornio)
- Panabrite & Hobo Cubes (Split)
- Hobo Cubes & Pwin ∆∆ Teaks (Split)
- Velvet Chrome (Thunder Shield)

MAGIC BEACH - s/t (2010) Black Mantra

2010-09-05T07:36:00.000-07:00

Magic Beach soak in the summer vibes and psych out the cosmo-tropical energy... Smooth acoustic instruments flow with warped electronic house sounds.
Total submergence...

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On their 1st record for Black Mantra, Magic Beach takes a trip to Ghost Island, and balance their tropical proto-house tendencies with a heavy dose of visionary psychedelia. If Les Rallizes Denudés were the house band on a Polynesian sea cruise.
- Black Mantra

To order a copy, visit Black Mantra

VIDEO DIARIES - Carryin' On (2010) Fadeaway Tapes

2010-07-28T12:58:00.001-07:00

The boys from Sundrips & Hobo Cubes sign each other's yearbooks...

Zero gravity drone commanders fly the long way home with this C-65.

Released by Fadeaway Tapes (Sundrips' Label)
Go grab some brain goo drippin' goodies HERE

Or find Fadeaway Tapes on Discriminate

50 copies / C-65 / Painted Tapes
Color Sleeves Designed by Lee

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This is a very amazing collaboration between two insanely great Montreal ensembles: Sundrips (the duo of Ryan Connolly and Nick Maturo) and Hobo Cubes (one Frank Ouellette). I know that “amazing” and “insanely great” are pretty huge adjectives, but I’m telling you that this trio delivers. These players together are practically unstoppable, slathering the stratosphere with waves of synthesizer goo and guitars that peal like bells.

Released on Sundrips’ own Fadeaway Tapes imprint, “Carryin’ On” revels in weirdo bliss. The moods emanating from VD home base range from contemplative, to unsettling to just plain otherworldly (if that can even be considered a mood). These psychedelic rangers spray every inch of this C65 with their alien tones, separating each side into a few different movements. Straddling the incredibly fine (and perhaps non-existent) line between noise and drone, Video Diaries encapsulate melody and ululation within a shimmering, textured hum that shifts constantly between outright noise and ecstatic glee. But realistically, the music is far more complex and moving than even my shameless brand of hyperbole can describe. Bottom line: Video Diaries have unleashed an epic monster of a release. 10/10.
- Digitalis

HOBO CUBES - Glass Dream Fusion (2010) Brise-Cul Records

2010-07-07T22:13:00.001-07:00

Hobo Cubes activates liquid time travel towards lo-fi light dimensions. Meditational atmospheres, abstract prayers, arpeggiated disfunctions...
Flight of the unknown.

Grab a copy here: Brise-Cul Records

35 minutes / CD-R
Laser Printed Color Sleeve
Spraypainted CDs

1) Eternal Shrine Meditation
2) Subconscious Flight
3) Heliocentric Jungle
4) Celestial Speeds
5) Ancient Realms
6) Black Mind Hex
7) Invisible Rivers
8) The Gatekeeper
9) Haunted Hearts
10) Reaching Infinity
11) Terminal Sequence
12) Astral Transmission
13) Tunnel To The Pantheon
14) Lost In The Diamond Swamp

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I love when new kids emerge and bring a new draft of energy in the scene. Hobo Cubes is one of the new torch bearers of the Montreal experimental underground scene. Also a member of Velvet Chrome and running his insanely great label, this project is dirty new school new age with a big solar and tenseful atmosphere. Perfect for your summer homicide cleanup… Seriously a name to not forget for the near future…
- Brise-Cul Records

HOBO CUBES - Spheric Dawn (2010) Rotifer Cassettes

2010-05-07T10:24:00.000-07:00

To buy a copy of Spheric Dawn, go here:

Rotifer Cassettes

Discriminate Music

Tomentosa Records

Colour Ride UK

Spheric Dawn captures the aura of astronauts embarking on foreign terrain…surrounded by barking winds and swirling star debris. Astral electric currents submerge into rhythms that point back to a pre-existing civilization, and then leave the inquisitive happenings to settle again into a quivering, dense atmosphere. Frequencies on this cassette are making extraterrestrial beings’ ears perk up around the universe. At last - we have music for all species to enjoy. Seriously, this is a curious and frightening drone experience.
-Zack

VC + Hobo Cult Interview on Weird Canada!

2010-02-04T07:57:00.000-08:00

We did an interview for a radio show the other day and it ended up being transcribed for Weird Canada!

READ THE INTERVIEW HERE!

You can listen to the original radio interview (in french) on the same page.

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You can also read a killer review of our CD by Simon Frank by clicking here!