Terence Hannum and Thomas Martin Ekelund
Chicago: self-published, 2010
Pages: 24 page booklet in folio with CDr
Dimensions: 7.25 in X 7.25 in
Cover: Chipboard
Binding: Folio with staple-bound booklet
Process: Letter press cover with laser-printed booklet
Color: Black ink cover, black ink booklet
Edition Size: 100
ISBN: None

Terence Hannum has really outdone himself with the final release in his monthly zine series for 2010. Beautiful packaging in this collaborative work. We haven't had a chance to properly crank the CDr yet but will add to this review shortly to report back on the sonic component. Made in an edition of 100 copies, Terence's stuff usually goes fast so don't wait too long on this one.

From the press announcement:

"Completing artist and musician Terence Hannum's year long monthly zine project, Heresies, brings Swedish musician and designer Thomas Martin Ekelund into the fold. The twelfth and final zine in Hannum's series functions much like a call and response on the fringes of some mystic quest culling content from Gnostic heretics to further interrogate the void where Ekelund would design a mystical sigil and Hannum would respond with an invocation in gouache.

Both accomplished musicians, Ekelund with his now defunct project Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words and Hannum with his solo work and contributions to Locrian contributed to the audio CDR. And the audio content is immense. An over thirty-four minute massive drone work out that does not fear melody or haunting ambience. "Heresies" was also built on a back and forth between Hannum and Ekelund with Ekelund on Guitar, Bass, Piano, Organ, iPhone and Field Recordings and Hannum providing layers of vocal chants, singing and profanations.

Heresies the zine and CDR also comes packaged in a deluxe fold-over 7" square letter-pressed Stumptown Arigato pack made of thick (18pt.) brown 100% PCW recycled chipboard featuring a work from both of the artists letter-pressed onto its two sides. Letterpressed by Dexterity Press and hand assembled."