Early E6 Tapes to Be Reissued on Cloud

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Early E6 Tapes to Be Reissued on Cloud

Published Saturday, July 01, 2006 by Jeff | E-mail this post

Kelly Ruberto from Cloud Recordings has announced that the label will be remastering and releasing some of the earliest recordings to come from the Elephant 6 Recording Company, from now-defunct bands Cranberry Lifecycle and The Always Red Society, which featured members of Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control.

Cranberry Lifecycle, which is currently being mastered by Will Cullen Hart and Derek Almstead, is one of the key protean incarnations of Elephant 6, featuring Hart and Jeff Mangum. This band later (quickly) became known as Synthetic Flying Machine, which became the title of a Neutral Milk Hotel track. Synthetic Flying Machine eventually became Olivia Tremor Control, which Mangum shortly left (after one release, the band's first EP) to work on NMH.

The Always Red Society, from 1991, also featured a young Hart, and the title of this band was referenced on the first OTC album. More information about the Always Red Society cassette, including artwork and a tracklisting, can be found at Elephant6.com.

Hopefully more rereleases of early Elephant 6 material will follow, given the intense interest. With this, and the recent announcement of Elephant 6 DVDs at Elephant6.com, there's a lot to look forward to in the next year or two for E6 fans. Kelly has given a speculative date of "winter time" for the rereleases. More information will be posted as it comes.