This month marks the 15th anniversary of the podcast show. I was considering a few different possibilities for a special episode to mark this minor milestone, or simply moving forward as usual. Staying aligned with the regular label features that I’ve been doing throughout the podcast show’s history, I decided that now was maybe a fitting time to dig into the artists and output of our own in-house label, Round Bale Recordings, which I’ve always considered to be an extension of the podcast show.

For this episode, rather than me trying to tell the story of Round Bale Recordings in some sort of rambling monologue format, I decided it was best to speak with some of the artists I’ve been fortunate to have worked with on multiple releases over the years. This past week, I chatted with Nathan McLaughlin and Cody Yantis of Tilth, Russell Hoke, Kevin Cahill of Family Ravine and Downer Canada, and Doug Busson of Yuasa-Exide. Our conversations centered around their music and some of the releases they put out on Round Bale Recordings, but also about the human connections made and personal relationships formed through getting acquainted with each other in this small network of fringe music. To me, that seems to be a better telling of the story of Round Bale Recordings and Free Form Freakout up to this point. You’ll hear those conversations spread throughout the show, along with tracks from many different titles from the Round Bale Recordings’ catalog. I hope you enjoy this one. Feel free to get in touch if you have any comments or questions. As always, thanks for looking and listening.

• ~Introductory Music: øjeRum “Skygge I” Skygge (Round Bale Recordings)
• Troy Schafer “Side A” Untitled No. 4 (Round Bale Recording)
• Baltic Furs “Aerials” Contemporary Ruin (Round Bale Recordings)
• Komare “Substrate” S/T (Round Bale Recordings)
• ~Interview segment with Nathan McLaughlin and Cody Yantis of Tilth [14:44-34:00}~
• Tilth “Salt & Blood” Rock Music (Round Bale Recordings)
• Gateway “Side A” (excerpt) Summed-Up-Sounds In Process (Round Bale Recordings)
• Delphine Dora & Jackie McDowell “All This Struggle” The Dream of Change (Round Bale Recordings|Feeding Tube Records)
• ~Interview segment with Russell Hoke [48:05-57:10]~
• Russell Hoke “Haunted Brain” A Voice From the Lonesome Playground: An Anthology (Round Bale Recordings)
• Matthew Revert “Anytime, Anywhere” The Inpatient (Round Bale Recordings)
• Bee Balm Fields “Keep Far Away” Whiskey Walkin’ (Round Bale Recordings)
• Prairie Clamor “Beautiful Blue Skies and Golden Sunshine” True Songs (Round Bale Recordings | Friendly Puppy Music)
• ~Interview segment with Kevin Cahill of Family Ravine and Downer Canada [1:09:51-1:24:05]~
• Family Ravine “Our subconscious floats up for air in the drip of a dream” Leave Every Every Single You (Round Bale Recordings)
• Wonderfuls “Watching Dead Flowers Grow” Voices Like Rain (Round Bale Recordings)
• Magnetic Ghost “Reality Distortion Field” Pixels (Round Bale Recordings)
• ~Interview segment with Doug Busson of Yuasa-Exide [1:34:16-1:50:35]~
• Yuasa-Exide “Kicked” + “Claustrophobic” Go To Hell Encyclopaedia Britannica (Round Bale Recordings)
• Oksun Ox “Dunedin Heightz” I Don’t Care I Already Told You (Round Bale Recordings)
• Private Anarchy “Always” Central Planning (Round Bale Recordings)
• ~Outro Music: Sean McCann “I Should Care” Fountains (Expanded Edition) (Round Bale Recordings)

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