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BLACK FOREST/BLACK SEA
self-titled
CD/LP

The fourth BF/BS full-length - recorded in Providence, RI, Portland, ME and Montague, MA with guest performances by Margot Goldberg and Stefano Pilia. Released December, 2006 on Music Fellowship.


rare youth VARIOUS ARTISTS
Rare Youth
Double CD compilation
38 new tracks from all-Providence, RI artists - featuring the likes of Work/Death, Kites, Black Pus, Xerxes, Heart2Heart, Russian Tsarcasm, Blue Shift, Lazy Magnet, Byron House, Teenage Waistband, Black Forest/Black Sea, Unicorn Hard-On, Synb, Leif Goldberg, Siege Engine, Lucky Dragons, many more. Released October, 2006 on Rare Youth.


t6 VARIOUS ARTISTS
Terrastock Six Compilation
CD
Secret Eye hosted Terrastock Six, held in Providence, RI in April 2006. We compiled this special compilation to celebrate the fantastic festival - it features exclusive tracks from eleven T6 bands. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. Released April, 2006 on Secret Eye.


pyramid VARIOUS ARTISTS
The Invisible Pyramid: Elegy Box
Six CD box-set comp
A mammoth new collection (over 7 hours of music) with EP-length tracks from each artist dedicated to various extinct species. BF/BS open the compilation (Disc 1, Track 1) with a brand new 16-minute piece seen through the eyes of a tortoise. The box set also features 30 other amazing bands from around the world! Released September, 2005 on Last Visible Dog.


rs CHRISTINA CARTER/BLACK FOREST/BLACK SEA
CC/BF/BS CD
Sold Out. Released September 2004, this split-EP release features Christina Carter and Black Forest/Black Sea. Includes three exclusive tracks from each artist plus an extra, collaborative track at the end. Featuring guests United Bible Studies, Glenn Donaldson and Stefano Pilia. Letterpressed on heavy art paper with two-color silkscreen and original art by Nemo Bidstrup. Released by Time Lag in a numbered edition of 500.


rs BLACK FOREST/BLACK SEA
Radiant Symmetry CD
The third BF/BS full-length. Released July, 2004 on Last Visible Dog.
Live recordings throughout Europe in 2004 featuring members of Kemialliset Yst�v�t, Scatter, Lazily Spun, One Ensemble of Daniel Padden, Gravenhurst and Stefano Pilia.


f+c BLACK FOREST/BLACK SEA
Forcefields and Constellations CD
The second BF/BS full-length. Released April, 2004 on BlueSanct.
Available from BlueSanct and distributed through Secretly Canadian.


bfbs BLACK FOREST/BLACK SEA
self-titled CD
The first BF/BS full-length. Released July, 2003 on Secret Eye and Last Visible Dog. Original pressing is SOLD OUT. Now re-issued with extra tracks (January 2006) on the French label Asphalt Duchess.


ftdis VARIOUS ARTISTS
For The Dead In Space, Volumes II + III Double CD comp
BF/BS contributed a track for this 2xCD comp, a tribute to Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine. Released November, 2003 on Secret Eye. The comp features tracks from the likes of Fursaxa, Bardo Pond, Thurston Moore and Mike Watt, and Alastair Galbraith. Available now from Secret Eye.


pyramid VARIOUS ARTISTS
The Invisible Pyramid Double CD comp
The very first BF/BS recording appeared on this 2xCD comp, released June, 2003 on Last Visible Dog. SOLD OUT. The comp also features Pelt, Bardo Pond, Birchville Cat Motel, Charalambides, Karma (with Kawabata Makoto), Kemialliset Yst�v�t, Fursaxa, Thuja, SubArachnoid Space, Reynols and more.


OTHER STUFF:
  • Frannce 3xCD comp (exclusive BF/BS track), Ruralfaune (France), 2007
  • Cris et Chuchotements comp CD (exclusive BF/BS track), Crier Dans Les Musees (France), 2007
  • Nothing Out There 3" comp (exclusive BF/BS track), N.O.T. (Belgium), 2007
  • BF/BS is featured on the Dream Magazine, Issue #6 comp CD.
  • BF/BS is featured on a comp CD from Intercontinental Records of Paris, France.
  • There is a compilation cd featuring artists who performed at the Pasture Music Festival in Wisconsin (July 16-17 2004) - the BF/BS track is new and exclusive.
  • Jeffrey and Miriam wrote and performed the soundtrack for RISD film student, B Shur's 20-minute feature, "The Butterfly Hunter," which was screened as part of the 2003 RISD senior film festival.
  • BF/BS are featured as guest performers on releases from Kemialliset Ystavat (Fonal), Gravenhurst (Warp), ES (Fonal), and Fit & Limo (September Gurls).
















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