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Volcano Volcano by Steven Lambke

Steven Lambke - Volcano Volcano You’ve Changed Records (YC-053) Released: April 29, 2022

Volcano Volcano The World Filled To The Brim April, May, and June Brave Thoughts Bats In Blue Twilight Every Lover Knows Truth Marks Sea Level Turn The Planet Over Sorrow And Doubt Dream With Me

Performed by: Steven Lambke – vocals, guitars, percussion, melodion, recorder Daniel Romano – drums, organ, vocals David Nardi – bass with: Carson McHone – vocals William Kidman – guitar solo on “Sorrow And Doubt” Recorded by Daniel Romano at Camera Varda and at home in Toronto by Steven Lambke Mixed by Steven Lambke Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering Written by Steven Lambke Artwork by Shary Boyle Layout and Design by Paul Henderson Thank you: Kenneth Roy Meehan, Roddy Rosetti, Ian Romano, Julianna Riolino, Kerri Reid and Tyler Brett at The Sointula Art Shed, The Nordic Artists' Centre Dale, Adam Sturgeon, Shotgun Jimmie, everyone at Sappyfest, Colin Medley, José Contreras, Simone Schmidt, Nick Dourado, Colleen Collins, Kevin Howes, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Bucky Buckler and Robin Walker, Jon Mckiel, Jay Crocker, Mathias Kom and Ariel Sharratt, Vish Khanna, Niko Stratis, Nancy Urich

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steven.lambke dub.tape released december 15, 2020

1. opening.fanfare 2. gold.bottoms 3. aux.in 4. tin.flowers 5. noise.curtain 6. sweet.pipes 7. praise.dedication 8. postlude.prelude

"dub.tape" is not meant as either title or description, but from the beginning of making this music i imagined it on cassette - an unexpected homage, tribute, postlude to the collection of grey cassette tapes i had as a teenager, dubbed copies of punk, noise, and folk songs: i'd play them on a battery operated boombox squeezed between the front seats of the battered old volkswagon rabbit i inherited from my older brother, turned up loud over the rattle of the diesel engine, squealing codes and signals of distant, expansive thoughts and ways of being, feedback guitars and (im)possible poetry. a model of praise and dedication. this music was made quickly, with simple tools: only a borrowed bass (thanks lysh!!), a plastic recorder, two small shakers from the dollar store, and an 8 inch tambourine. now, as then, speeding through the darkness searching for loud joy and strange beauty.              written.performed.recorded by steven.lambke december.2020 bass.guitar soprano.recorder dollarstore.shakers 8inch.tambourine            

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Steven Lambke - Dark Blue You’ve Changed Records (YC-037) Released: March 29, 2019

1. Fireworks 2. At The Start Of The Song 3. Both Of Me 4. I Will Not Lie To You 5. Major Rager 6. Cut Flowers 7. My Love Is Impure But Enduring 8. White Horses 9. Troubled By The Night 10. Back To Back 11. Dark Blue 12. All My Days Are Light And Gold

Performed by: Steven Lambke - vocals, guitars, percussion, organ Daniel Romano - drums, percussion, guitars, vocals, organ Dave Nardi - bass, organ, guitars Mark Lalama - piano, accordian Ian Romano - drums on White Horses and second drums on At The Start Of The Song

Recorded by Daniel Romano Additional recording by Steven Lambke Piano and accordion recorded by Mark Lalama Mixed by Graham Walsh Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering, Montreal

Cover Art by Shary Boyle. Swallow, 2015. Porcelain, glazes Photograph by Sean Weaver Layout and Design by Daniel Romano

Steven Lambke gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council.

Songs by Steven Lambke © 2019 (SOCAN) 

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“The individual life is distinguished from all other things by the rectilinear course of its movement, which, so to speak, cuts through the circular movements of biological life. This is mortality: to move along a rectilinear line in a universe where everything, if it moves at all, moves in a cyclical order.” - Hannah Arendt

Photograph by Matt Charlton. Dark Blue is coming soon.

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Revolution C by Construction & Destruction / Steven Lambke

Construction & Destruction / Steven Lambke Revolution C Limited Edition Cassette (30 copies)/Digital We leave space in our music. The space, which some might call silence, becomes a place of conversation. It has the shape of a worn wooden table, with light falling on it, and surrounded by old wooden chairs. Light outside is filled with weather and black birds. Inside, light is an invitation. We three are quiet people, but excitable. We’ve known each other a long time. We have slept at each other’s houses. We have stayed awake long through the night, driving after the show, or in a frenzy of discussion. We know each other’s work as well as anyone. Revolution C is the document of a day in a long conversation. It is named after the studio in Toronto where it was recorded. Each songwriter expressing their particular concern, each supported by the others. Room C is the small room, still grand to us who work most often in our own homes, surrounded by dogs, or threatened by the tyranny of neighbours. Revolution is a measure of turning back, a cycle, and also a progress, a turning over, a complete and utter change. Letter the changes so they can be recognized. Construction & Destruction are Colleen Collins and David Trenaman. They live and work in Port Greville NS. Steven Lambke is a songwriter based in Toronto, ON or Sackville, NB depending on the season. We deal in fragments and used books, shards of bone and mirror.             Written and performed by Colleen Collins, David Trenaman, and Steven Lambke Recorded in Toronto at Revolution Recording Studio C by Phil Hotz, assisted by Andrew Doidge.           Appearing Live: Thursday, December 13 - Into The Abyss Records, Hamilton, ON Friday, December 14 - B13 Baker's Dozen, London, ON Saturday, December 15 - 10c Shared Space, Guelph, ON Sunday, December 16 - The Warehouse, St. Catherines, ON Tuesday, December 18 - The Burdock, Toronto, ON

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Something invisible, waiting to be seen, rising, swimming in the depths, disturbing the surface of the water. Hear it breathing, blowing blue water, blowing grey water. A dark outline. A split tail. A fin. An imagined thing, with imagined teeth, and real teeth. How does this dark mass feed? On its invisibility, on my desire for it, on my hope (a hearty meal!), on my wish to see. A ridge along the back, jagged spine curved to dive.

Performing live, with musical accompaniment: Wednesday October 17 - Thunder & Lightning, Sackville, NB Thursday, October 18 - Halifax Pop Explosion, Gus’s Pub, Halifax, NS

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Waiting for the bus before another go around the sun. 1000 storms are coming and a song for every one. 1000 storms are coming and a song for everyone.

Upcoming shows: February 3, 2018 - Art Bar, Halifax, NS w. Special Costello, Liz Brain x Doug, Samira E

February 8, 2018 - Megaphono Festival, Ottawa/Hull, ON/QC w. Ancient Shapes, Nap Eyes

Photo: Colin Medley

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Fall Tour 2017:

24 OCT: Malmö (SWE) - Moriska Paviljongen 27 OCT: Tranås (SWE) - PlanB 29 OCT: Västerås (SWE) - iNTiMAN 31 OCT: Stockhom (SWE) - Debaser 02 NOV: Östersund (SWE) - Jazz Kotet 03 NOV: Trondheim (NO) - Teaterhuset Avant Garden 04 NOV Bergen (NO) - USF 05 NOV: Kristiansand (NO)- Håndverkeren 06 NOV: Oslo (NO) - Rockefeller / John DEE / Sentrum Scene 07 NOV: Goteborg (SWE) - Pustervik 08 NOV: Copenhagen (DK) - VEGA / Ideal Bar 09 NOV: Hamburg (DE) - Nochtwache / Nochtspeicher 10 NOV: Deventer (NL) - Route 77 11 NOV: Diksmuide (BE) - Muziekclub 4AD 12 NOV: Leeds (UK) - Brudenell Social Club 13 NOV: Glasgow (UK) - O2 ABC Glasgow 2 14 NOV: Coventry (UK) - The Tin at The Coal Vaults 15 NOV: Dublin (IRL) - Whelan's 16 NOV: Manchester (UK) - Gullivers NQ 17 NOV: Newcastle (UK) - The Cluny 2 18 NOV: London (UK) - Borderline

//all dates with Daniel Romano//

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Watch me firework. Watch me turtle. When you draw a circle you can begin anywhere

The sky goes dark with crows and eagles an arched cathedral overhead.

Tell me a story, beginning and ending. Mostly what happens happens again.

This time I’m listening: leaves rustling; feet shuffling towards the door;

dust and coughing; “you call that singing?”. I’m always beginning again.

A flower explodes, dust and pollen, I hear someone calling my name.

My squeaky blood started swirling like an old planet turning on a rusted hinge.

The sunlight is shocking. It often comes early. It was there in the morning after the show.

I made you a coffee. You opened the curtain. My head was hurting today.

I felt like a scarecrow. I hid like a turtle. When you draw a circle you can begin anywhere.

Folded ticket. Lucky numbers. It’s the middle of summer but you can start anywhere.

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Very excited to venture over seas, over mountains and rivers, over obstacles great and small, over fear, over doubt, over puddles and cracks, with my good friends The Burning Hell and Shotgun Jimmie for a spring tour, my first in Europe. Nice to meet you, old world.

May 16, 2017 - Astra Stube, Hamburg DE May 17, 2017 - Hansa 48, Kiel DE May 18. 2017 - Gleis 22, Münster DE May 19, 2017 - Kohi, Karlsruhe DE May 20, 2017 -  Badstraße 8, Fürth DE May 21, 2017 -  Hafen 2, Offenbach DE May 22, 2017 - InDie Wohnzimmer, Stuttgart DE May 23, 2017 - Rote Fabrik, Zürich CH May 24, 2017 - Pöstle, Schaan, Liechtenstein May 25, 2017 - Rote Sonne, Munich DE May 26, 2017 - Slow Club, Freiburg DE May 27, 2017 - Nanostock, Pegnitz DE May 28, 2017 - ACUD, Berlin DE

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Just a few more shows as this strange, confusing year nears it's conclusion. Let us gather on the shores of the Atlantic ocean and sing into the wind.

December 9 - Thunder & Lightning, Sackville, NB - w. Julie Doiron December 16 - Peter Easton, St. John’s, NL December 18 - The Timber Lounge, Halifax, NS - w. Gianna Lauren

Poster by polinaboyz and printed by Pink Eye Print Company

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Going on tour in Alberta and BC with Forest Tate, crossing mountains, crossing water, with poems and song.

Sat, Oct 8 - Ye Olde Jar Bar, Medicine Hat, AB * Thurs, Oct 13 - The Cabin, Edmonton, AB Fri, Oct 14 - No. 6 Fire Hall, Calgary, AB Sat, Oct 15 Calgary - Local 510, Calgary, AB Mon, Oct 17 - Milkcrate Records, Kelowna, BC Weds, Oct 19 - Duncan Showroom, Duncan, BC Thurs, Oct 20 - The Copper Owl, Victoria, BC Sat, Oct 22 - The Toast Collective, Vancouver, BC *no Forest at this one, sadly

Poster by Shotgun Jimmie, extra credit from the University of Brandon, MB

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Days of Rough Grace by Lesley Johnson 2016 Melted wax on paper

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6IGQxa6vtY)

"You Know Me Well" Mod Club, Toronto, ON on Nov 11, 2015.

with Daniel Romano Kay Berkel and Ross Miller

Cameras: Margarita Brighton Colin Medley Lucas Prokaziuk Jared Raab

Editor: Colin Medley

Audio Recording/Mixing: Max Cotter

"The songs on Days Of Heaven were written with an attitude of great intimacy. They are addressed to the one listening, who may be all listeners, or none. We came to the big stage of the Mod Club. We had by this time toured across the country. We’d crossed the mountains and the prairies and the great Canadian Shield. We came very far to try and say something very simple: you know me well, as I am, and as I wish to be. May we all find someone to whom we can speak.”

You've Changed Records http://youvechangedrecords.com/ https://youvechangedrecords.bandcamp.... https://itun.es/ca/Xul89

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January 13 - The Former First Spiritualist Church, London, ON January 14 – The Garnet, Peterborough, ON January 15 – Havn, Hamilton, ON January 16 – Silence, Guelph, ON January 17 – The Burdock, Toronto, ON January 21 – The Bus Stop Theatre, Halifax, NS – In The Dead Of Winter Festival January 22 – St. Patrick’s Church, Sydney, NS January 23 – Thunder & Lightning, Sackville, NB – Stereophonic XIII

The Days Of Heaven tour of January 2016 will feature full band performances, special guests, songs and good cheer. 

Tour poster by Daniel Romano

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Memory Forever

Directed by Colin Medley Starring Steven Lambke, Tamara Lindeman, and Ian Kehoe

From the album Days Of Heaven You've Changed Records (YC-023)

Performed by: Ian Kehoe - drums Ross Miller - bass Tamara Lindeman - vocals Steven Lambke - guitar and vocals