In 2017 Hedge Wizard conjured the Local Portal and stepped within. He has not been heard from since.
A few tapes and CDs were all that remained as physical proof that the Local Portal even existed, and most of those relics have been lost to time on the dusty shelves and within forgotten totes of the Old Collectors. Certainly some digital files still inhabit the dark corners of whirring hard drives or among the data stored on lost SD cards where they remain caged in their magnetic prisons.
In 2021, Chimney Rocks managed to make contact with the elusive Hedge Wizard and broker an arrangement for a 7" record release of this nearly neglected nugget of lo-fi wizardry. At last! Another chance for those seeking enlightenment to conjure their own Local Portal.
All the pieces have been assembled. the ink has dried. The spell is cast.
Your portal has arrived.
Step in.
LOCAL PORTAL is pressed on translucent root beer brown vinyl and comes in a custom hand screen printed sleeve. All orders also come with an original Hedge Wizard prism sticker.
All Music and Art by Matt Seeb.
Screen-printing by Commonwealth Press
Mastering by Jori Apedaile
Layout by Tree
You will get Local Portal added to your Bandcamp collection with your 7" order.
The Wax Mage's spell has been cast and swirling portals have been captured within a few of the records themselves. If you get a copy, see where it takes you!
the Swirling Portal Wax Mage editions are hand poured multi-color versions of the regular root beer brown edition records. Each one is unique. Only a handful have been pressed and 20 will be available for sale. Half will be available at the time of the record launch and the remaining will appear throughout the rest of the day.
Wax Mage editions come in the standard hand-printed sleeve with the Hedge Wizard prism sticker, and also come with a numbered Chimney Rocks watercolor and ink insert.
All Music and Art by Matt Seeb.
Screen-printing by Commonwealth Press
Mastering by Jori Apedaile
Layout by Tree
Watercolor by Monica Padamonsky
ONE WAX MAGE PER CUSTOMER. ORDERS WITH MORE WILL BE CANCELLED.
Includes unlimited streaming of Hedge Wizard - Local Portal
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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A dreamy, beguiling, nostalgic dungeon synth quest through the shires. But, it's so much more than that. The LP incorporates some unique key changes, field recordings and a lot of Mort Garson style synth work. It sometimes reminds me of old 70's PG horror soundtracks. The record is addictive melancholy inspiration. The ideal music for accompanying the dawning morning of an epic adventure. brantly
I love the mix of quiet melancholy and soaring wonder here. Listening makes me feel like I am looking up at the night sky on another world, watching impossible boreal colors dance along the horizon while tall trees sway in the keening wind, and gray-cloaked figures add their own long-dead voices to the joyful lament. Dave Aftandilian
The terrific debut album from Berlin industrial-pop auteurs Mueran Humanos was out of print until this reissue on the band's own new label. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 22, 2020
Dinosaurs and Dungeon Synth? PERFECT. This is the album that really got me into dungeon synth again and made me continue my dinosaur obsession. winstonrandom