Since 1994
About.
Lotus House Records is an independent label out of San Diego, releasing experimental psych, drone, and folk from a loose, long-running family of players in California, the UK, and Japan.
Bands
Sen K
The collaborative project of Eric and Krista Nielsen. See Still, the Heavens and Allele.
Maquiladora
Bruce McKenzie and Eric Nielsen (with rotating collaborators), releasing since 1998 — the label's longest-running project. See the full discography for every album from The Lost Works of Eunice Phelps (1998) to The Passion of Becky Royal (2015).
High Mountain Tempel
The eternal sound-questing project of Eric Nielsen and Keith Boyd — ritual music drawing on Robert Rich, SunnO))), Terry Riley, Lustmord, Philip K. Dick, Arthur Rimbaud, and H.P. Lovecraft. See Pacific Sky Burial, A Screaming Comes Across The Sky, The Glass Bead Game, and Gnosis.
Buzz or Howl
Eric Nielsen and Bruce McKenzie's fierce, improvisatory psychedelic duo — guitars, violin, synth and lapsteel exploring time, tide, and tone. See Worship the Sun as the Destroyer of Dreams onward.
Peckinpah
Bruce McKenzie's solo project, harmonium and slide guitar. See Smoking Peace With a Burning Crow.
Raagnagrok
Zali Krishna (electric sitar, guitar) and Mark Pilkington (synths, electronics) — kosmische exotica. See Man Woman Birth Death Infinity, or raagnagrok.co.uk.
Loraine
Phil Beaumont, Judd Feiler and Eric Nielsen — where it started, 1994. See Elefante.
Also on the label: Acid Mothers Temple, Earthling Society, Tenniscoats — collaborators and kindred labels, not Lotus House artists themselves.
Lotus House Players
Isis Aquarian · The Asterism · Story Bannister · Phil Beaumont · Keith Boyd · Max Bristol · Cotton Casino · Jason Crane · Charles Curtis · Morgan Doctor · Glenn Donaldson · Sioban Dixon · Hiroshi Hasegawa · Hiroshi Higashi · Adeline Jasso · Pall Jenkins · Makoto Kawabata · Zali Krishna · Fred Laird · Matt Luem (lyrics) · Bruce McKenzie · Tobias Nathaniel · Eric Nielsen · Dylan Nielsen · Krista Nielsen · Mark Pilkington · Becky Poole · Joe Plummer · Andrew Rosales · Saya · George Sluppick · Steven Smith · Takashi Ueno
Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Art
Otis Barthoulameu · Keith Boyd · Marty Brumbach · Leila Dear · Elf · Makoto Kawabata · Austin Lynn · Ben Moore · Asahito Nanjo · Daniel O’Sullivan · Rafter Roberts · Senkay · Yoshida Tatsuya · Kenseth Thibideau
Associated labels
Darla · Acid Mothers Temple · Bang! · Jonson Family · Better Looking · Acuarela · Standard · El Despacho · La Musica · Inpartmaint · Dustbowl · Tectonic · Land Speed · Earworm
Press
“Gnosis is a ritual for the imagination. All you have to do is wait for the first song to start and allow yourself to be spellbound.”
The Quietus — on High Mountain Tempel, Gnosis
“It's what New Age music could have been if it didn't take itself so seriously and allowed for a little accident and noise to bleed in.”
The Quietus — on Raagnagrok, Man Woman Birth Death Infinity
“The opener 'Ghost Coyote' is a twang flecked smolder, that sounds a bit like a slower, druggier, instrumental Mazzy Star.”
Aquarius Records — on Beggars, S/T
“This is the direction Low should've gone.”
Jon DeRosa, Pale Horse and Rider/Aarktica — on Maquiladora, A House All On Fire