Vanity Projects is a Los-Angeles based music label curated by Geoff Geis. Vanity Projects has released cassettes from Geoff Geis, the Monolators, Crown Plaza, and Magick Orchids.
Kyle made a new compilation and I contributed!
geoffgeis presents “the Termite Sound”
Includes interpolations of “Uptown Top Ranking” by Althea and Donna and “Punky Reggae Party” by Bob Marley
We make the termite art
we don’t bother with chasing the elephant
we make the crowd get NASTY
We play the termite sound
we don’t go for the out notions
we keep it all contained
we don’t get lost in our ambitions, no
Turn on the radio,
just listen to the radio
Listen to the radio
You don’t have to be a gospel preacher!
But if you want to escape
with the upstrokes and the bass
we got the Reggaeton for you
the termite sound, we’re gnawing on the groove
And if you’re looking to chill
we got the Rocksteady original
I took the verse from Althea and Donna
and stole the beat from Bob Marley
Love is all I bring
inna me khaki suit and ting
No pop no style
us strictly roots
No pop no style
Us strictly roots
See me in da road til you call out to me
see me in my pants and ting
see me in my ‘alter back
see me give you ‘art attack
Give me little bass make me wind at the waist
uptown top ranking
love is all I bring
inna me khaki suit and ting
The cost of mailing a single tape to Europe after Jan. 27th: $9.45
a 7”: $12.75
an LP: $18.70.USPS Postage is going up on January 27th. While normal letter stamps are “only” going to increase to 46 cents, all services are going to increase way more. International postage is going to…
So I made two covers over the holiday season. One of them I made of a song I seriously love, Ellie Goulding’s “Anything Could Happen.” I used Garageband to make the drums and synths for this while I was on an airplane between LAX and ATL on my way to visit my family for Christmas, then I recorded…
This post is here to take you back to 2009 with some holiday spirit and some real reggae flavor. Mmm. Merry Christmas!!!
We’re friends with the So Many Wizards band. The group records for JAXart records, but also contributed a couple of songs to the Winter 2011 Vanity Projects sampler. Now they’ve a new video, with dancing. So we share.
Directed by Walt Gorecki, this one is called “I Like it Here.”
Our friends at Mabson Enterprises have done it again with yet another compilation paying tribute to yet another modern classic. With 16 treasures including a remix from Geoff Geis. This follows compilations covering Taylor Swift, Cher Lloyd, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Gotye.
Here is your official, Charles Mallison-directed, music video for Nima Kazerouni’s Crown Plaza project. You can read what Nima has to say about it over at the Portals blog.
Get your copy of the album Chem Waves volume 1 for $5 plus $2 shipping and handling:
Crown Plaza is the solo project of Nima Kazerouni, whose primary project So Many Wizards has just released the acclaimed Warm Nothing via Jaxart. Crown Plaza’s first release, Chem Waves volume 1 is now available through Vanity Projects for $5 plus $2 shipping and handling:
Reviews and Features:
After a short delay, these arrived in the mail today! I’ll be mailing the pre-orders tomorrow.
Ten Years of Tears, 2002-2012 is a 19-song, hourlong cassette compilationby the Monolators. It’s a limited edition of 100 copies. Order now via Paypal for $5 plus $2 shipping and handling. The tapes come with digital download codes, and they’re actually cheaper than just buying the mp3s through Bandcamp:
Press on the Monolators and Ten Years of Tears:
LA Underground | Buzzbands.la | Austin Town Hall | Radio Free Silverlake
The Monolators played an amazing, emotional, and intense 10-year anniversary show on the 22nd of September, complete with appearances by everyone who has ever been a member of the band. Here’s a photo I took during a moment:
