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Populist Records is a small Los Angeles based record label committed to investing in compelling and experimental music from our own community.

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Our first full-length LP from Chris Kallmyer is out now.

We're really excited about our newest release from Chris Kallmyer, with contributions from Julia Holter and Lucky Dragons. 
Rhyolite, explores the artist’s understanding of landscape through sound, memory, and patterns. Side A, features “Fence, Amargosa Desert,” by Chris Kallmyer. This piece documents a wind-activated sound installation made from 200 glass bottles round in Rhyolite, Nevada. Side B features new works, written by Julia Holter and Lucky Dragons, in response to Kallmyer’s “Fence, Amargosa Desert.” These pieces suggest different ways of seeing and hearing the northern reaches of the Mojave Desert. Holter’s “Why We Come to Californy” filters Dust Bowl-era sentiment through her unique voice and perspective, while Lucky Dragon’s collection of 5 pieces present meditations on the essential elements of the sonic landscape. 

Praise for
​CONDITIONAL TENSION and
Face|Resection

Our last two releases, tholl/fogel/hoff's CONDITIONAL TENSION and Matt Barbier's Face|Resection, both recently received great praise from Textura. Check out what they had to say here: Textura Review
We're proud to announce our newest release
Chris Kallmyer/Julia Holter/LuckyDragons
Rhyolite
Available Now!
PR011: May 13th, 2016
Chris Kallmyer - Rhyolite
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