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Asthmatic Kitty | They say you can't keep a good man down and here at the Asthmatic Kitty Department of Super Sweet Songwriter Support we believe the same goes for good music. Up until now, Roberto Carlos Lange's albums under the Epstein banner weren't available outside of Japan--but all that's about to change! Celebrating 10 years of Epstein music, Asthmatic Kitty is proud to be releasing the entire Epstein back catalog along with two brand-new full-lengths!

The first album of new material, out March 9th and billed under the name Epstein y El Conjunto, is When Man is Full He Falls Asleep, a hazy dreamscape of bass, beats, and gloriously washed-out electronics. Like Lange's work in Asthmatic Kitty act Helado Negro, there's an organic playfulness to these songs, each looping, synth-pulsing, head-noddin', tape-collage evocative of things like drowsy afternoons DJing vinyl records for yourself, sleepy mornings with coffee and Wu-Tang on the Walkman, and sweaty summer block parties in Lange's current homebase of Brooklyn.

Equally influenced by weirdo out-pioneer Moondog, Parliament, DJ culture, and Argentine folk-singer Facundo Cabral, this 14-track danceparty kicks off with "Arrival to New York," an upbeat jam built from samplers and Lange's woozed-out vocals. A warm, billowing electronic visionquest, the track is a solid set-up for what's to come.

As When Man is Full He Falls Asleep reaches the end (aka, the point where you'll want to hit Play again) one of its greatest tracks, "A Lost Animal," a collaboration with School of Seven Bells, shows its pretty face. Anchored by Yeasayer member Jason Trammell's live drumming and MPC sampler-built warbles of re-energizing, healing noise, "A Lost Animal," is a definite highlight in a record of highlights.

So, meet Epstein. We're very proud to bring this album, along with its sisters and brothers of the back catalog, to the rest of the world!

Albums

• When Man Is Full He Falls Asleep

  Asthmatic Kitty

On Tour

• March 12, 2010 | Kiryu, Japan Epstein @ Level-5
• March 13, 2010 | Nagoya, Japan Epstein @ Live & Lounge VIO
• March 19, 2010 | Tsuruoka, Japan Epstein @ Harmony
• March 20, 2010 | Akita, Japan Epstein @ Live Space Yonkai
• March 21, 2010 | Niigata, Japan Epstein @ Junk Box Mini
• March 22, 2010 | Tokyo, Japan Epstein @ Super-Deluxe