Lackluster announces crowdfunding campaign to rescue CDs

[esaruoho]

Hi, I'm in the unenviable position of trying to reclaim CDs from a Belgian record-label, and to also reclaim deFocus vinyl from a hidden stash in the UK vinyl. Why should you care? Cos I'm offering said CDs, other records and Bandcamp downloads as perks for you.

Check it out! We've reached the $600 goal and are now at $999, so I decided to announce stretch goals.

#1 - we reach $1111 - and everyone involved in the campaign gets two unreleased Lackluster EPs and download codes for Lackluster: Slice and Esa Ruoho: Spaces.

#2 - we reach $1354 - and everyone gets the #1 stretch goal perks and also the forthcoming Lackluster: Merck Package digital release and the current album Lackluster: Lexicon of Goods as download codes.

Here's a link to my indiegogo campaign - there's still 28 days left to go.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/to-p ... m/x/373141

Let me know your thoughts on this, and if there are specific perks you'd like to see added to the campaign. I'll see what I can do.. Or not.

[esaruoho]

Hi. do you like unboxing? Well, then:



Here's update#6:
"Today is the day we've all been waiting for. We have just unboxed 145 CDs from the Belgian U-Cover Records. Yes! They have actually arrived in great shape.

But that's not all the news we have for this update!

We have now doubled the initial goal of $600, reaching a total sum of $1226, with 12 days left of the campaign. A thousand thanks to all of you!

So, if the CDs from U-Cover Records are here, that's the end of the campaign, right?

Hogwash! We can accomplish more, and we already have.

After brief negotiations and a PayPal transfer, the ever-mercurial Merck Records hailing from the sunny Miami beaches down in Florida, has sent us 136 CDs via the ever-reliable USPS.

It has been ricocheting all over the place for the past 8 days, from Miami to Long Beach to Kentucky to Philadelphia - and is currently crossing the Atlantic Ocean, arriving hopefully right before the end of the campaign.

So, is that all? No. We've reached the first stretch goal of $1111. This means that each and every one of you has qualified for two previously unreleased Lackluster EPs, exclusive to this Indiegogo campaign, as well as Bandcamp download codes for Spaces & Slice.

Let us reach for new heights. You might remember that we mentioned about a hidden stash of an unquantified amount of deFocus vinyls. We've done some detective-work and have found out that there are exactly 73 vinyls located at an undisclosed private location in the UK. We're getting them back, with your kind assistance.

In light of the brilliant Merck & deFocus news, we've decided to add a few more perks and a final stretch goal. You can find the perks on the right side of the campaign page. These include a sweet Slice+Showcase+Merck bundle, a quadruple deFocus vinyl bundle and a triple deFocus vinyl bundle. And now on to the stretch goals.

First, the second stretch goal. The low hanging fruit of $1354 is so close that we can almost taste it's moist, ripe flesh on our lips. That's when everyone who has so pitched in gets Bandcamp download codes for Merck Package and Lexicon of Goods LPs (Read the glowing Igloomag review here) at the end of the campaign.

The third stretch goal of $1888 gets everyone a digital download of two exclusive live recordings created exclusively for this campaign, an hour each. The first will be a Esa Ruoho ambient drone set and the second one will be a Lackluster special. You can listen to excerpts of previous recordings here.

Enjoy, and most of all, have fun. And thank you all!"

[Cupz]

I only invest in people that invest in me.

[esaruoho]

I only invest in people that invest in me.

sending records + digital download codes could be considered an investment in you

[Cupz]

What would I gain except more stuff? I'm not interested in stuff. I'm interested in you. As a person, or better yet, a friend.

[Aerial Boundaries]

What would I gain except more stuff? I'm not interested in stuff. I'm interested in you. As a person, or better yet, a friend.

Aw, you're an adorable dutch bunny!

[Cupz]

Yes,now giwme huggywuwgs and kiwssiekiwsses!

[Aerial Boundaries]

Yes,now giwme huggywuwgs and kiwssiekiwsses!

[esaruoho]

What would I gain except more stuff? I'm not interested in stuff. I'm interested in you. As a person, or better yet, a friend.

How may I assist that

[esaruoho]

Here's the Merck Records unboxing (unbox#2 of the campaign).

Only 4 days left on the campaign -
Anyone who pitches in to the campaign gets free digital downloads of:

Lackluster: Lexicon of Goods Lp
Lackluster: Showcase Lp
Lackluster: Merck Package Lp
Lackluster: Slice Lp
Esa Ruoho: Spaces Lp

+ 2 previously unreleased, exclusive-to-the-campaign Lackluster EPs
and, if we reach $1888 - also 1 exclusive-to-the-campaign Lackluster live performance recording and 1 Esa Ruoho live performance recording.

Only a few days left!

http://igg.me/at/LacklusterSlice

[Cupz]

What would I gain except more stuff? I'm not interested in stuff. I'm interested in you. As a person, or better yet, a friend.

How may I assist that

Well, maybe we can make a song together!

[esaruoho]

What would I gain except more stuff? I'm not interested in stuff. I'm interested in you. As a person, or better yet, a friend.

How may I assist that

Well, maybe we can make a song together!

alright then

[Cupz]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/976 ... luster.wav

Or maybe we should start a new collab thread?

[esaruoho]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/976 ... luster.wav

Or maybe we should start a new collab thread?

well i did try giving you my email address so we can dropboxers