SUPERLIMITED SERIES

In this era of infinite availability and endless access to music Alex Botten has gone the other way
with the SuperLimited Series. An ongoing sequence of releases that will be duplicated in runs of
between 5 and 20 copies. Once these are gone they will not be made available as downloads
anywhere (unless otherwise indicated), they will be gone forever when they sell out,
with no hope of ever being repressed or re-released.

Expect to see regular new releases, often on 3" CDs, all in hand crafted sleeves/special packaging.


WHAT'S AVAILABLE NOW
(scroll down for the things that have sold out)


EIGHT - 'France' 3" CDr. Hand printed linocut sleeves.
10 copies only, all numbered




Recorded whilst driving around France at the end of the summer. Half heard
pop hits, car noise, and fragments of conversation across 20 drifting minutes.


LAST 1


Are you in the UK, or somewhere else in the world, like France?




TWELVE - 'So Many Different Suns' one sided 7" EP, booklet, and CDR.
Ten numbered copies.


So Many Different Suns 7" EP

Lathe cut one sided 7" EP, playable at both 33 and 45 rpm, hand cut by Single Piece Slate in Seattle. Includes a sticker of the 'Data Magic Analogue
Wonder' sleeve, a 3" CDR of the music in a hand drawn sleeve, lino printed arigato pak sleeve, and a hand stitched booklet of original art.

LAST 1


You in the UK or the rest of the World?




THIRTEEN - 'Cell Phone Loop for Bethan McKnight' 3" CDR in hand drawn sleeves.
10 numbered copies.

Cell Phone Loop

3" CDR made up of samples recorded by Bethan McKnight then processed into something new
by Thee Moths. Intended as the background music for Bethan's 'Autocollages' art installation.

LAST THREE!


Are you in the UK, or somewhere else in the world, like France?




SIXTEEN
- 'Future Voices'  CDr, hand painted Muji sleeve,
10 copies




45 minutes of (almost) voice only improv. Layered choral vocals, human beatboxing,
looped melodies, and fragments of songs. Recorded at various times and places
over the last ten years. 10 only, hand painted, unique sleeves.

Digital version available from Bandcamp


Posting to where?



EIGHTEEN - 'Future Cities' C46 cassette. Painted cassette shells, hand made
cases with unique cmyk ink artwork. Numbered edition of 10





44 minutes of brand new music, ranging from Bliptronic synths, through layered vocals, howling
theremin, sped up drums, crushed strings, and Kaoss Pad manipulation. Comes in a specially made roll out sleeve tied with string.


Uk or World for post?


NINETEEN
- 'In the Dawn They Call the Rising Sun (Version Version)'
3" CDr and mini comic



18 minute remix of 'In the Dawn....' from 'Data Magic Analogue Wonder'.
Packaged with 'Future Residents' mini comic. Ten copies.


Posting to where?


TWENTY - 'Tiny Ruptures'
55 track 3.5" floppy disk



'Tiny Ruptures' is a 55 track album of micro tracks (none longer than a second) that is presented on a 3.5"
1.4mb floppy disk. The packaging is made up of a lino printed paper envelope, sealed into a plastic bag
with a hand drawn card tag. Ten copies only.


Where is this going?


TWENTY
TWO - 'Frankfurt Street Party, 21/08/2010'
3" CDr



Ten minutes of a stroll down a Frankfurt street during a festival. Unprocessed field recording
of stalls, live bands, and passing vehicles. 7 copies, presented in a repurposed museum
programme.


Tell me where I'm sending this



TWENTY THREE - 'A Skip and A Push'
double CD, 10 copies



Over two hours of ambient drones played out at a glacial pace. Double CDr
packaged in a hand printed card/envelope package. Numbered edition of 10


Posting to?



TEN - 'Analogue Magic' tote bag. Screen printed 100%
cotton bags, limited to 10 numbered copies.

Tote

Not music, but something you could put music in if you buy CDs or vinyl.
Limited to only 10, each one numbered on the label.

BUY THESE AT GIGS



ELEVEN - 'Analogue Magic' t-shirt. Hand printed 100%
cotton shirts.





Hand printed t-shirts, limited to what's here. These are hand made, so there are going to be print errors,
odd bits, and general 'not manufactured' aspects. There aren't any large shirts left, just XL, M, and S


Not many left, email for sizes/availability or come along to a gig




---------------SOLD OUT THINGS
---------------



FIRST - 'Thumb Piano Recording' 3" CDR, hand printed sleeves, hand drawn insert
10 copies only, all numbered.

Sleeve

10 minutes of thumb piano and laptop processing. Block printed sleeves, hand drawn insert, free mp3 download link included

SOLD OUT


SECOND - 'Married'  3" CDR in hand printed sleeves, and two hand written inserts
10 copies only, all numbered

Married front and back

20 tracks on one pocket sized disc. This is pretty much an album and is one of my favourite of my own things.
Comes with a free mp3 download link

SOLD OUT


THIRD - 'Many Hands/Light Work'  CD and DVD in individually hand drawn sleeves complete with colour insert
10 copies only, each hand numbered


Many Hands/Light Work

A CD of sounds, and a DVD of moving images, an insert explains what it's all about.
All the sleeves are different, and are illustrated with gold ink on Arigato Pak cases
Most of the DVDs are Region 2, but I've made a couple Region 1

SOLD OUT


FOURTH - 'Bells for Van Halen'  3" CDR, hand drawn and made sleeves
10 copies only, all numbered


20 minutes of ebbing drones created with bowed, stroked, and struck electric guitar and laptop.
Silver card sleeves, hand illustrated. Free mp3 download included


SOLD OUT




FIFTH
- 'Remixed by Celer'  3" CDR, hand drawn and made sleeves
10 copies only, all numbered

Thirteen and a half minutes/two tracks of drone and ambience built out of fragments of '500 Tiny Beating Hearts'
from 'Sparrows and More Sparrows'. Reworked by Will and Dani from Celer, released as a tribute to Dani.

The physical version of this sold out, but you can get the whole thing from
my Bandcamp site in glorious mp3 for £2. Click here to buy





SIXTH - 'Live at Cafe Oto'  3" CDR, hand printed and made sleeves
10 copies only, all numbered


Live at Cafe Oto

18 minutes of live sighs, bells, synth and circle, recorded at Cafe Oto in Dalston, London at the  second
Pins and Needles event.

SOLD OUT





SEVENTH - 'Repetitive Moths Mutate'  CDR. All black hand painted mini DVD sleeves
10 copies only, all numbered




Repetitive Moths Mutate is a three way collaboration
between Alex, Mutate, and Repetitive Strain Disorder. 30 minutes of guitar and synth
improv recorded live in front of an audience of literally 2.

SOLD OUT



EIGHT
- 'The Pub' 3" CDr, attached to a beermat!
5 copies only, all numbered




Nine minutes recorded one evening in a pub on Broad Street, Birmingham.
A field recording made with a mobile phone then processed in Ableton Live.

SOLD OUT





NINE - 'Analogue Magic' painted 7" single, nine song CDR,
and numerous handmade inserts
10 copies only, all numbered


complete package

All the inserts, together one last time

All the discs

Screen printed Arigato Pak case containing - unique hand painted 7" vinyl art, numbered and signed print, unique drawing,
painted insert, and CDR of nine songs wrapped in a lino printed packing paper sleeve.


ALL GONE! Last copy given as a gift to
The Goodiepal

Digital version can be purchased here



NINE and a HALF - 'Twenty Bees' lathe cut 7" single, clear
polycarbon disc, hand painted sleeve. ONE COPY (now gone)

Last bee 7"

Released originally in 2005 as part of the Twenty Bees limited series. There were
only 20 copies made and this is the very last one in the world that I've got to sell.
12 minutes of collaged acoustic samples, beats, and voices, on a polycarbon
Peter King pressing.

GONE


FIFTEEN - 'Cymbal'  double 3" CDr, hand made sleeve,
embossed pewter cover art. 5 only






Two 3" CDrs in a hand made double case. Embossed pewter cover art, hand drawn insert. 12 minutes (or 24 if you like)
of bowed and stroked contact mic'd cymbal. Intended to be played on two CD players at once, with speakers left, right,
front, and back. Mp3 of mixed version (both discs at the same time) free with purchase.


SOLD OUT


SEVENTEEN - 'Five Vocal Improvisations' 3" CDr. 5 unique discs, limited to
one copy each, part of a greater whole.



5 discs, 5 tracks, each issued in a run of one. Vocal improvisations made without
computers. Hand inked sleeves. Mp3 download of all five parts with purchase.

SOLD OUT


TWENTY ONE - '4 Bit Mix Tape'
C90 cassette




90 minutes of classic ZX Spectrum game tunes. Compiled, processed and mixed by Thee Moths
into two 45 minute sides. The sleeve is a lino cut printed on vellum. Limited to 5 copies.

SOLD OUT



FOURTEEN - 'Fly Past' 12" vinyl record, hand painted.
One only

Fly Past

No music on this, instead it's a piece of art painted on a recycled 12" LP. Acrylic paint and indian ink,
one copy only, will be shipped in a record sleeve which might be drawn on.

SOLD!