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Idealized field recordings that capture the hallucinatory isolation of an abandoned arctic base. Anti-Natural combines organic mechanistic processes into an aesthetic whole. Both severe and opulent, naïve and self-confident, Anti-Natural offers an escape route from the false dichotomies of man/nature and man/machine and attempts the transcendence of the impossible. Idea Fire Company Anti Naturals LP on Swill Radio.

A very limited (200 copies worldwide) collaborative release by the Netherlands-based Plinkity Plonk Records and the US-based Swill Radio labels. Regarded as a companion release to the Idea Fire Company's LP Music From The Impossible Salon, the 7" features two delicate pieces of piano, synth, voice and tapes. Recorded at Wunderwaffen and featuring Graham Lambkin (Shadow Ring, Kye Records etc).

The series begins with a legendary Idea Fire Company (IFCO) radio show from 23 May 1999 with Karla and me joined by Graham Lambkin. This was our second show with Graham, the first being earlier in the day at the then-nascent Flywheel in Easthampton MA. (The Hardest Working Band In Rock!) We all worked together so well that it wasn't long before Tart was formed, but that's another story. This set showcases IFCO at its most languid, spacey, and electronic. Ill-fitting machine dreams. Excellent recording straight from the radio feed. A gorgeous representation of IFCO live during our 'Anti-Natural' period. Professionally printed CDRs in full colour jackets. Pro-pressed CDr on Lessons About History.

Two early Idea Fire Company (IFCO)duo shows recorded at RRRecords. I consider the 1997 show to be the first real IFCO show. We had played a year or so earlier at RRRon’s request at a noise night he curated for the Northampton Music Festival. I had never thought of doing IFCO live before and the experience led Karla and me to record an LP with stripped down instrumentation that we could perform live. Thus Anti-Natural was born. The first show features three pieces from Anti-Natural, including an excellent version of the rarely performed ‘Against Gravity’. The second show has a good version of Metropolis, a live staple for quite a while, as well as different material we were trying out for the follow up to Anti-Natural, which never appeared. (Or at least not until 2004’s Stranded.) ‘Production’ is a particularly effective piece. Two great shows of minimal electronics. Professionaly pressed CDr on Lessons About History.

2013 marks both the 25th anniversary of Idea Fire Company (the duo of Scott Foust and Karla Borekcy) and the 30th anniversary of Swill Radio, so what better way to start the celebrations than with a brand new IFCO LP? Postcards is a reworking of a cassette originally released by No Basement Is Deep Enough in 2011. Re-ordered, remixed, remade, and remodeled Postcards presents a more charming atmosphere than Music From The Impossible Salon's (Kye) stark melancholy. There is still plenty of piano and sad scenarios, but there are also flights of electronic fancy. Eight imaginary impressionistic portraits of cities we have never been to. Karla Borecky and Scott Foust. Deluxe edition. 220 g vinyl. Cover painting and artwork by Karla; booklet with highly subjective text by me. Postcards from a past that never existed. IFCO march on and on. Swill Radio.

Excellent Idea Fire Company LP, pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Since 2002, Idea Fire Company has performed and recorded as a quartet with core members Karla Borecky and Scott Foust, joined by Meara O'Reilly and Jessi Swenson.

Idea Fire Company follows up our conspicuously ignored Stranded LP with an equally, if not more so, strong statement. Core members Karla Borecky and Scott Foust are joined by an all star cast: Meara O’Reilly and Jessi Leigh Swenson from Stranded, as well as Frans de Waard, Graham Lambkin, and Dr. Timothy Shortell.A stark and romantic mission to the rocks. Lavish package featuring an excellent Karla cover painting as well as a booklet presented as a set of 5 x 7 art cards with another Karla painting, band photos, and an essay of mine. Swill Radio.

In March 2006, Idea Fire Company (IFCO) made their first appearances in Europe. Core members Karla Borecky and Scott Foust linked up with Frans de Waard and hit selected hot spots in The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. Five tracks, 52 minutes. Includes two versions of the haunting 'Pleasure Cruise'. Digipak edition of 300. RECOMMENDED. Swill Radio.