abrams / alvarado / avery / stein

07 VI   union pool  brooklyn  (supporting sachiko kanenobu)

28 VI   constellation   chicago  (IVtet + ben boye, hamid drake, ben lamar gay, nick mazarella)  record release concert for mandatory reality 

01 VII   roulette   brooklyn  (double bill with 75 dollar bill)

04 VII   kongsberg jazz festival   kongsberg (guests hamid drake & helge sten)

07 VII   arkaoda   berlin

08 & 09 VII   cafe oto   london  (guests alexander hawkins 08, evan parker 09)

10 VII   copenhagen jazz festival   copenhagen 

thanks to bill meyer for a fine unpacking of the JA&NIS story, with much input from abrams & lisa alvarado, at chicago reader. 

thanks to chris richards & the washington post. "it's the strange surprise of beautiful music that gives it its heft. beauty isn't a balm. it's a counterweight."

so you are wondering what's up with your -mandatory reality- order. good freaks of the realm, eremite is grinding on it. everyone wanna get funky one more time?

"due to repeated production disruptions caused by our pressing plant, we have been shipping in w-a-v-e-s."

as of just three days ago, supplies are sufficient to resume shipping vinyl orders. big thanks to all of you rolling with the scheduling flux. to the vocal minority sending choleric "where is my record" emails: i share your excitement about the album, but a gentle reminder that the official release date for the vinyl is 2019-05-10. those of you who direct ordered the vinyl here & have not already received it will still (most likely ;) receive it well before it is available elsewhere. 

once more, these are hand-made records right down to the dust jackets & screenprinted labels. that shit takes time, & it only fully happens after the pressing plant delivers our vinyl. & the eremite shipping department is a party of one.

many thanks for your interest & support. relevant updates will be posted here. 

mandatory reality reviewed in the 12 april new york times & today's pitchfork. thanks to giovanni russonello (NYT) & andy beta (PF) for bringing attention to our work.  

due to repeated production disruptions caused by our pressing plant, we have been shipping mandatory reality orders in w-a-v-e-s. if you direct-ordered the vinyl edition here at eremite.com on or before 2019-03-17, your record was already packaged & mailed. CD orders & all other orders placed after the aforementioned date shipping THIS WEEK into next week. download codes are not included with purchase of the vinyl edition. lossless digital files of mandatory reality are a click away via eremite's bandcamp page.